Full Card for Shin-Kiba, Sawada Calls Upon Takatoge, Yokohama Wrestling Fiesta

October 24, 2012

DDT “DRAMATIC 2012 OCTOBER SPECIAL”, 28/10/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Keisuke Ishii Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. Yuji Hino, Hoshitango & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Makoto Oishi, Akito & Yuki Sato
3. Kota Ibushi & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs DJ Nira & Michael Nakazawa
4. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Takao Soma
5. Danshoku Dino Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
6. Poison Sawada Retirement Road – Second Leg: Poison Sawada JULIE, Mitsuya Jagai & High Viper Masa (w/ Hebio Yoneyama) Vs Kazuhiko Matsuzaki, NOSAWA Rongai & Seiya Morohashi
7. KO-D Title Challenger Decision – 7 Way Match: HARASHIMA Vs MIKAMI Vs Hikaru Sato Vs Shigehiro Irie Vs Isami Kodaka Vs Antonio Honda Vs Gota Ihashi

Winner of the 7 Way gets his title shot on 25/11.

DDT “GOD BLESS DDT 2012”, 25/11/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Poison Sawada JULIE Retirement Match: Poison Sawada JULIE, Takatoge & X Vs Hiro Tsumaki, Tetsuya Endo & Konosuke Takeshita
2. KO-D Openweight Title: El Generico (c) Vs Winner Of 28/10 7 Way Match

Poison Sawada JULIE is using his retirement match to help shine the spotlight on DDT’s rookies. However, he will also be bringing back some old pals to help him out one last time. One of them is Takatoge, the supernatural alter ego of Takashi Sasaki that existed around a decade ago. Sasaki dusts off the gimmick to bid farewell to Sawada.

DDT, Big Japan, FREEDOMS, K-DOJO and Ice Ribbon will be hosting the “NEW YEAR YOKOHAMA WRESTLING FIESTA” in the Red Brick Warehouse on 5th and 6th January. Big Japan last held the Yokohama Wrestling Fiesta in April 2007. This time around there are several promotions teaming together using the same concept as the annual Sapporo Wrestling Festival in October.

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Card For “DRAMATIC 2012 OCTOBER SPECIAL”

October 22, 2012

DDT “DRAMATIC 2012 OCTOBER SPECIAL”, 28/10/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Kota Ibushi & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs DJ Nira & Michael Nakazawa
2. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Takao Soma
3. Danshoku Dino Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
4. Poison Sawada Retirement Road – Second Leg: Poison Sawada JULIE, Mitsuya Jagai & High Viper Masa (w/ Hebio Yoneyama) Vs Kazuhiko Matsuzaki, NOSAWA Rongai & Seiya Morohashi
5. KO-D Title Challenger Decision – 7 Way Match: HARASHIMA Vs MIKAMI Vs Hikaru Sato Vs Shigehiro Irie Vs Isami Kodaka Vs Antonio Honda Vs Gota Ihashi

The main event has one wrestler from each unit in DDT and Union pitted against each other with the winner getting the next shot at El Generico for the KO-D Openweight Title.

Sanshiro Takagi versus Takao Soma will have a stipulation attached to it.

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DDT “DDT SPECIAL 2012” Results

October 21, 2012

DDT “DDT SPECIAL 2012”, 21/10/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,424 Fans – Super No Vacancy
DDT48 General Election Ranking In Parentheses

0. Dark Match: Yuji Hino (#26) defeated DJ Nira (#20) with a Rear Naked Choke (4:28).
0. Dark Match: Michael Nakazawa (#24) & Yoshihiko (#25) defeated Yukio Sakaguchi (#21) & Hiroshi Fukuda (#22) when Yoshihiko pinned Fukuda with a Small Package (7:04).
1. Masa Takanashi (#12) & Cherry (#15) defeated Makoto Oishi (#9) & Mio Shirai (#11) when Takanashi pinned Oishi with the Bacchus (7:41).
2. Hikaru Sato (#5) defeated Antonio Honda (#12) by KO (9:33).
3. Danshoku Dino (#2) defeated Konosuke Takeshita (#17) by KO with the Lip Lock (9:03).
4. Kenny Omega (#8) defeated Keisuke Ishii (#16) with the Croyt’s Wrath (12:56).
5. Hardcore Tag Team Match: Shigehiro Irie (#6) & Takao Soma (#18) defeated Isami Kodaka (#6) & Sanshiro Takagi (#18) when Irie pinned Kodaka with an Elbow Smash (12:44).
6. HARASHIMA (#3) defeated MIKAMI (#4) with the Somato (10:25).
7. KO-D Openweight Title: El Generico (c) defeated Kota Ibushi (#1) with an Inside Cradle (19:27).
*V1 for El Generico.

El Generico snatched victory from the jaws of defeat, countering Kota Ibushi’s Phoenix Splash into an Inside Cradle to successfully defend the KO-D Openweight Title. According to the DDT website, this is Generico’s first official defence of the title. His match with El Ligero for Revolution Pro Wrestling in England last week has not been recognised as a KO-D Title match. Ibushi was very disappointed to lose to Generico for the third time in a row this year. He is convinced that he will someday beat Generico but for now his focus will be developing his new stable with Kenny Omega and Gota Ihashi.

A 7 Way match to determine the next challenger will take place on 28/10. It will be HARASHIMA Vs Shigehiro Irie Vs Antonio Honda Vs Gota Ihashi Vs Isami Kodaka Vs MIKAMI Vs Hikaru Sato. Kenny Omega was supposed to be included in this match but he will be spending the rest of the year in Canada after that show, so Ihashi takes his spot instead.

After Shigehiro Irie pinned Isami Kodaka in the Hardcore Tag Team match, a singles bout between the two was set up for the 23/11 Union show.

Poison Sawada JULIE mentioned that there was no shortage in opponents for his retirement match. Some of his suggestions included a 60 minute Ironman Match against Ultraman Robin and a 60 minute Ironman Viper Death Match against one of his old alter egos. However, he decided to share the spotlight with younger generation. Sawada will team up with two mystery partners to face Hiro Tsumaki, Tetsuya Endo & Konosuke Takeshita for his retirement on 25/11.

Tetsuya Endo gave some advice to Konosuke Takeshita before his match with Danshoku Dino. Takeshita was told to protect his lips from Dino. He should have listened.

Antonio Honda spent his entire match Hikaru Sato targeting his opponent’s hair. Sato’s hairline is getting rather thin and Honda helped speed up the balding process. However, Sato got the last laugh when he instructed the Samurai TV cameraman to get a close up on Honda’s head, showing that Honda himself has a bald spot. Honda was so shocked at the revelation he lost consciousness and collapsed. The referee called for the bell and declared Sato the winner of the match.

Dick Togo was in attendance to receive the award for Best Indie Match of 2011 from Samurai TV. Togo never actually received the plaque due to his busy travelling schedule at the time. The award was for Togo’s match with Kota Ibushi from March 2011.

KUDO and Yasu Urano both appeared to update everyone on their injuries. KUDO said he is aiming to return in the new year but Yasu is still going through tests and does not know when he can return. They both decided to temporarily disband Ura-Shima-Kudo. However, Hiro Tsumaki interrupted and pleaded with them to reconsider their decision. He wants the unit to continue under the name ShimaHiro, since himself and HARASHIMA are the only active wrestlers in the group.

Yoshihiko wore a pumpkin mask for his match. It and Michael Nakazawa beat Yukio Sakaguchi & Hiroshi Fukuda when it countered Fukuda’s Perfect Plex into a Small Package.

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Dai Resigns, NOSAWA Returns, Gorgeous Night, Takayama Pops Up In Odate

October 19, 2012

Takashi Dai, who was injured in his debut match back in March has resigned from DDT. Dai suffered a cervical fracture as well as damage to his spinal cord during his match with Shigehiro Irie and has been been in rehabilitation since then. The good news is he has recovered enough to where he can exercise again. However, it is unlikely he will return to wrestling anytime soon so he and DDT came to terms on his release.

DDT “DRAMATIC 2012 OCTOBER SPECIAL”, 28/10/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Danshoku Dino Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
2. Poison Sawada Retirement Road – Second Leg: Poison Sawada JULIE, Mitsuya Jagai & High Viper Masa (w/ Hebio Yoneyama) Vs Kazuhiko Matsuzaki, NOSAWA Rongai & Seiya Morohashi

NOSAWA Rongai shows up in DDT for the first time since June 2010 (his last Union appearance was more recent, this past January) to take part in Poison Sawada JULIE’s retirement tour. JULIE is also bringing in some former spiritual allies to face the collective trio of NOSAWA, Seiya Morohashi and longtime journeyman Kazuhiko Matsuzaki.

DDT “GORGEOUS NIGHT ~ GORGEOUS MATSUNO 10TH ANNIVERSARY”, 04/11/2012
Fukushima Memorial Gymnasium

1. Takao Soma Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. 3 Way Match: Cherry Vs Hiroshi Fukuda Vs DJ Nira
3. Hikaru Sato & Isami Kodaka Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Makoto Oishi
4. Antonio Honda Vs Keisuke Ishii
5. Kota Ibushi & Gota Ihashi Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Hoshitango
6. Gorgeous Matsuno, HARASHIMA & MIKAMI Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Danshoku Dino & Masa Takanashi

Gorgeous Matsuno takes centre stage on this night.

DDT “WE’RE GONNA GO BEFORE WINTER COMES”, 11/11/2012
Odate

1. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Vs Kaz Hayashi & Yuu Yamagata
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Yoshihiro Takayama Vs Shigehiro Irie & Takao Soma

The Drift wrestlers have a rather large mountain to climb in the form of Yoshihiro Takayama. The Hawtness and Sanshiro Takagi have the chance to put the rowdy youngsters in their place.

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Urano Pulled From “DDT SPECIAL 2012”

October 18, 2012

DDT “DDT SPECIAL 2012”, 21/10/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
DDT48 General Election Ranking In Parentheses

0. Dark Match: Yukio Sakaguchi & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Michael Nakazawa & Yoshihiko
0. Dark Match: Yuji Hino (#26) Vs DJ Nira (#20)
1. Makoto Oishi (#9) & Mio Shirai (#11) Vs Masa Takanashi (#12) & Cherry (#15)
2. Kenny Omega (#8) Vs Keisuke Ishii (#16)
3. Hardcore Tag Team Match: Isami Kodaka (#6) & Sanshiro Takagi (#18) Vs Shigehiro Irie (#6) & Takao Soma (#18)
4. Hikaru Sato (#5) Vs Antonio Honda (#12)
5. HARASHIMA (#3) Vs MIKAMI (#4)
6. Danshoku Dino (#2) Vs Konosuke Takeshita (#17)
7. KO-D Openweight Title: El Generico (c) Vs Kota Ibushi (#1)

Yasu Urano has not recovered from his injury and has been taken off the show. A reshuffling of the card now has Keisuke Ishii facing Kenny Omega on the main show and Yuji Hino Vs DJ Nira as a dark match.

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DDT “PLATEFUL FESTIVAL WRESTLING” Results

October 14, 2012

DDT “PLATEFUL FESTIVAL WRESTLING”, 14/10/2012
JR Omori Station
1,002 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Daisuke Sasaki defeated Omori Utaemon (Tomomitsu Matsunaga) with the Crippler Crossface (5:52).
2. Shigehiro Irie & Takao Soma defeated Kenny Omega & Gota Ihashi when Irie pinned Ihashi with a Flying Sausge (9:08).
3. No. 1 Contendership For Omori World Title – Battle Royal: Hoshitango defeated Tetsuya Endo with the Imachi Drop (11:46).
Order Of Elimination: Sanshiro Takagi, Antonio Honda, Michael Nakazawa, Kota Ibushi and Tetsuya Endo.
4. Omori World Title: Danshoku Dino (c) defeated Tanomusaku Toba with the Danshoku Driver (12:13).
*V4 for Danshoku Dino.
5. HARASHIMA, Hikaru Sato & Hiro Tsumaki defeated MIKAMI, Makoto Oishi & Masa Takanashi when HARASHIMA pinned Takanashi with the Somato (14:17).

Yasu Urano was pulled from the show due to a shoulder injury he suffered during yesterday’s match with Keisuke Ishii. It might not be serious but Urano will be resting for at least the next couple of days. Hikaru Sato was brought in to team with HARASHIMA & Hiro Tsumaki in Urano’s place. No word yet if Ura-Shima-Kudo is now going to be called Sato-Shima-Hiro.

Hoshitango is the next challenger for the Omori World Title after winning the Battle Royal. Danshoku Dino meanwhile earned a fourth defence of the belt with a win over Tanomusaku Toba.

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DDT “BLUE LIGHT YOKOHAMA 2012” Results

October 13, 2012

DDT “BLUE LIGHT YOKOHAMA 2012”, 13/10/2012
Yokohama Radiant Hall
203 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki & Hoshitango defeated MIKAMI, Masa Takanashi & Tetsuya Endo when Sasaki pinned Endo after an Imachi Drop from Hoshitango (9:43).
2. Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Akito by Referee Stoppage with a Rear Naked Choke (5:05).
3. Kenny Omega & DJ Nira defeated Danshoku Dino & Michael Nakazawa when Omega pinned Nakazawa with the Croyt’s Wrath (10:42).
4. Takao Soma & Shigehiro Irie defeated Hikaru Sato & Makoto Oishi when Soma pinned Oishi with the Boma Ye (10:20).
5. Union Non-Certified US Heavyweight Title – Yokohama Rules: Hiroshi Fukuda (c) defeated Sanshiro Takagi by DQ after the Sit Down Himawari Bomb (7:12).
*V3 for Hiroshi Fukuda.
6. HARASHIMA & Hiro Tsumaki defeated Kota Ibushi & Gota Ihashi when Tsumaki pined Ihashi with the Jawbreaker (14:36).
7. Yasu Urano defeated Keisuke Ishii with the Tombstone Piledriver (16:06).

Yasu Urano got the better over Keisuke Ishii again to cap off a good day for Ura-Shima-Kudo. The group also got help in the form of the promising Hiro Tsumaki from Union to side with them during KUDO’s absence. Tsumaki has suggested the stable should rename themselves Ura-Shima-Hiro until KUDO returns. Ishii meanwhile was pissed that he lost to Urano. All of Team Dream Futures swore that next time they will not go easy on Ura-Shima-Hiro and they will drink more milk to get even stronger.

Hiro Tsumaki has named his Savate Kick finisher the Jawbreaker.

Hiroshi Fukuda presented referee Daisuke Kiso with the official rule book used for Yokohama wrestling matches before he squared off with Sanshiro Takagi for the Union Non-Certified US Heavyweight Title. When the match began, Takagi immediately hit the Stunner and pinned Fukuda. However, the match had to restart because Article #28 of the rules said that US Title matches in Yokohama must begin with a lockup. Takagi then quickly submitted Fukuda but Article #165 says that submissions in Yokohama are invalid. Third time around, Fukuda was counted out after Takagi Suplexed him outside the ring but Article #4 says that a 20 count must be used, so the match continued when Fukuda got back into the ring and gave Takagi the Perfect Plex for a nearfall. Article #495 then came into play as a 30 second timeout is used after every Perfect Plex. Takagi had enough and gave Fukuda the Sit Down Himawari Bomb. Unfortunately Article #999 says that moves where the victim is raised above the opponent’s shoulders then suddenly dropped are considered dangerous and result in an automatic disqualification. After the match Fukuda told the fans to spread the news on Twitter and Facebook that he beat Takagi.

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Urano Vs Ishii, Non-Certified US Title Match, Union Festival

October 12, 2012

DDT “BLUE LIGHT YOKOHAMA 2012”, 13/10/2012
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki & Hoshitango Vs MIKAMI, Masa Takanashi & Tetsuya Endo
2. Akito Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
3. Kenny Omega & DJ Nira Vs Danshoku Dino & Michael Nakazawa
4. Union Non-Certified US Heavyweight Title: Hiroshi Fukuda (c) Vs Sanshiro Takagi
5. Takao Soma & Shigehiro Irie Vs Hikaru Sato & Makoto Oishi
6. HARASHIMA & X Vs Kota Ibushi & Gota Ihashi
7. Yasu Urano Vs Keisuke Ishii

The feud between Ura-Shima-Kudo and Team Dream Futures has leapt to the next level after Keisuke Ishii put KUDO on the shelf with a dislocated elbow. Yasu Urano faces Ishii in what is sure to be a heated main event.

Due to KUDO’s injury, HARASHIMA will need to find another wrestler to team with him to take on Kota Ibushi & Gota Ihashi.

Sanshiro Takagi Vs Hiroshi Fukuda will now have Fukuda’s Union Non-Certified US Heavyweight Title on the line. Fukuda chose Takagi to be his opponent and Takagi responded by asking what the hell is this US Heavyweight Title, who certifies the championship and why is it being defended in DDT? Fukuda said it is the most prestigious US Title in Japan, that it is certified by Union and it will cause too much trouble to explain why DDT is hosting the title match. He then got Takagi to sign the certificate to make the title match official, even though Takagi doesn’t want the title.

UNION “UNION FESTIVAL”, 28/10/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Hiro Tsumaki Vs Keisuke Ishii
2. Cherry Vs Mika Iida
3. Daichi Kazato & Ryuichi Sekine Vs Menso~re Oyaji & Shotaro Nasu
4. Hiroshi Fukuda (w/ Mame Endo) Vs Seiya Morohashi (w/ Rumi Kazama)
5. Isami Kodaka, Ken Ohka & Mio Shirai Vs Miyako Matsumoto, Saint Seiya Rion & El Hijo del Goro
6. Shuji Ishikawa & Kengo Ohka Vs Shigehiro Irie & Takao Soma

UNION “7TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW”, 23/11/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Cherry Vs Ran Yu Yu

Ran Yu Yu is a freelancer who was affiliated with JWP and GAEA in the past. She will be retiring in December after a career that has lasted over 18 years and this match is part of her retirement tour.

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Golden Lovers Lose Title Matches, Now Or NEVER For Sasaki, Odate Match

October 11, 2012

AJPW “40TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR 2012” 07/10/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,600 Fans

AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Hiroshi Yamato (c) defeated Kenny Omega with the Cross-Arm Suplex (17:54).
*V3 for Hiroshi Yamato

NJPW “NJPW 40TH ANNIVERSARY ~ KING OF PRO-WRESTLING”, 08/10/2012
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
9,000 Fans – No Vacancy

IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Low Ki defeated Kota Ibushi (c) with the Avalanche Ki Krusher (17:05).
*Kota Ibushi fails in V3. Low Ki becomes the 65th IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion!

Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi both lost their title matches in the space of 24 hours at the beginning of the week. Omega went to All Japan to challenge for the AJPW Jr. Title held by Hiroshi Yamato and all he left with was a broken ear drum and some stitches. Meanwhile Kota Ibushi lost the IWGP Jr. Title to Low Ki over in New Japan, marking his second title loss in two weeks.

DDT “WE’RE GONNA GO BEFORE WINTER COMES”, 11/11/2012
Odate

1. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Vs Kaz Hayashi & Yuu Yamagata

Here we have a multi-promotional tag match between DDT and Wrestling New Classic against All Japan and ZABUN (a WAVE affiliated brand). This is a kind of match that I like to call Fire Pro Wrestling match making.

Daisuke Sasaki has been entered into a tournament to crown New Japan’s newest champion. The NEVER Openweight Title is the prize everyone will be fighting for and Sasaki will face 8 year veteran Tomohiro Ishii in the first round on 15th November in Tokyo SHIBUYA-AX. Is Sasaki defeats Ishii he will face YOSHI-YASHI or Ryuichi Sekine in the next round four days later.

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KUDO Out With Dislocated Elbow

October 10, 2012

DDT “DDT SPECIAL 2012”, 21/10/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
DDT48 General Election Ranking In Parentheses

0. Dark Match: Yukio Sakaguchi & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Michael Nakazawa & Yoshihiko
1. Keisuke Ishii (#16) Vs DJ Nira (#20)
2. Makoto Oishi (#9) & Mio Shirai (#11) Vs Masa Takanashi (#12) & Cherry (#15)
3. Kenny Omega (#8) Vs Yasu Urano (#14)
4. Hardcore Tage Team Match: Isami Kodaka (#6) & Sanshiro Takagi (#18) Vs Shigehiro Irie (#6) & Takao Soma (#18)
5. Hikaru Sato (#5) Vs Antonio Honda (#12)
6. HARASHIMA (#3) Vs MIKAMI (#4)
7. Danshoku Dino (#2) Vs Konosuke Takeshita (#17)
8. KO-D Openweight Title: El Generico (c) Vs Kota Ibushi (#1)

KUDO’s injury from Monday’s “SAPPORO WRESTLING FESTIVAL 2012” show has turned out to be a dislocated elbow along with some ligament damage. He will be out for some time which serves a big blow to the newly formed Ura-Shima-Kudo faction.

As the No. 20th ranked wrestler in the DDT48 General Election, DJ Nira has been selected to replace KUDO for his match against Keisuke Ishii on 21st October. This also changes the Dark Match that Nira was originally booked for. The Dark match is now Yukio Sakaguchi & Hiroshi Fukuda versus Michael Nakazawa & Yoshihiko.

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