Union Goes Back To School, DDT Okinawa Tour

April 2, 2011

UNION “SCHOOL ENTRANCE CEREMONY”, 03/04/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Best Of The Super Junior Celebration: Ken Ohka Vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa
2. Seiya Morohashi Vs Yoshiaki Yago
3. Shinichiro Tominaga & Shota Vs Munenori Sawa & Nori da Funky Shibire-sasu
4. Top 10 Idol Death Match: Cherry Vs Miyako Matsumoto Vs Tsukasa Fujimoto
5. Tag Team Gauntlet: Isami Kodaka & Yano K Data Vs Kengo Ohka & Madoka Vs Choun-Shiryu & Cao Zhang (w/ Princess Makoto)
6. Sanshiro Takagi, Genichiro Tenryu & Shigehiro Irie Vs Shuji Ishikawa, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Hiro Tsumaki

DDT “NON-FIX 3.16”, 06/04/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Hikaru Sato Vs Akito
2. MIKAMI & Rion Mizuki Vs Tanomusaki Toba & Hoshitango
3. Keisuke Ishii Vs Daisuke Sasaki
4. 4 Way: HARASHIMA Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs Antonio Honda Vs DJ Nira
5. Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Kazuki Hirata Vs Danshoku Dino, KUDO & Makoto Oishi
6. Dick Togo, GENTARO & Yasu Urano Vs Takao Soma, Tomimitsu Matsunaga & Super Shit Machine

DDT “HIGH SIDE 2011”, 24/4/2011
Delfin Arena Kokusaidouri

1. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Ken Ohka
2. Takao Soma Vs Michael Nakazawa
3. Dick Togo & Yasu Urano Vs Kaijin Habu Otoko & Menso~re Oyaji
4. HARASHIMA & MIKAMI Vs KUDO & Antonio Honda
5. Kota Ibushi & Keisuke Ishii Vs Danshoku Dino & YOSHIHIKO

DDT “WHAT WILL NOT COME 2011”, 24/4/2011
Delfin Arena Kokusaidouri

1. Antonio Honda & MIKAMI Vs Danshoku Dino & YOSHIHIKO
2. Takao Soma Vs Ken Ohka
3. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Michael Nakazawa
4. Kota Ibushi & Keisuke Ishii Vs Shisaou & Gurukun Diver
5. HARASHIMA & KUDO Vs Dick Togo & Yasu Urano

DDT raised a combined total of 927,355 yen from its fundraisers at the 23/3 Monthly Young Communication show at Shin-Kiba 1st RING and the 27/3 Korakuen Hall show. The money has been sent to the disaster areas in Japan through the Red Cross. More fundraisers will be held during the 3rd April Union show at Shinjuku FACE and DDT’s 6th April show at Shin-Kiba.

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DDT “MONTHLY YOUNG COMMUNICATIONS MARCH EDITION” Results

March 26, 2011

DDT “MONTHLY YOUNG COMMUNICATIONS MARCH EDITION”, 23/03/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Ryuichi Sekine defeated Rion Mizuki with the Buzzsaw Kick (6:55).
2. Shota defeated Satoshi Hiroshi Kazato with the Frog Splash (7:48).
3. Shigehiro Irie defeated Jun Nishikawa with the Vertical Drop Back Flip (6:40).
4. Hiromu Takahashi defeated Kazuki Hirata with the Fisherman’s Suplex (8:51).
5. Hiro Tonai & Akito defeated Keisuke Ishii & Hiro Tsumaki when Tonai pinned Ishii with the Waterfall (13:47).

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DDT “DOTONBORI STORY 9” Results

March 15, 2011

DDT “DOTONBORI STORY 9”, 13/03/2011
Osaka Minami Move On Arena
310 Fans

1. Sanshiro Takagi defeated Great Kayser with the Sit Down Himawari Bomb (4:29).
2. Hikaru Sato & Kazuki Hirata defeated Keisuke Ishii & Akito when Sato pinned Akito with a Middle Kick (10:41).
3. DJ Nira Vs Hideki Shiota ended in a No Contest when the Shit Heart ♥ Foundation attacked both wrestlers (8:52).
4. Takao Soma, Super Shit Machine & Tomimitsu Matsunaga defeated HARASHIMA, MIKAMI & Daisuke Sasaki when Machine pinned Sasaki with the SHIT! Down Power Bomb (11:41).
5. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi defeated Antonio Honda & Michael Nakazawa when Oishi pinned Nakazawa with the Miracle Ecstasy (9:40).
6. Yasu Urano defeated KUDO with an Inside Cradle (13:55).
7. Dick Togo & GENTARO defeated Kota Ibushi & Shigehiro Irie when Togo pinned Irie with the Diving Senton (20:58).

Michael Nakazawa was confronted by the Shit Heart ♥ Foundation in the ring, with group demanding that their former member shave his head bald for siding with Hikaru Sato during his No DQ Hair Vs Hair match with SHF leader Takao Soma. Nakazawa ended up gambling his hair on the DJ Nira Vs Hideki Shiota match. He picked Shiota to win the match but it didn’t matter as the SHF attacked both participants to cause a No Contest and then began to shave off Nakazawa’s hair. DJ Nira also got in on the action much to Nakazawa’s sadness. HARASHIMA, MIKAMI & Daisuke Sasaki ran in to make the save and kick start their Tag match against the group.

When Nakazawa finally reappeared for Match #5, he came out sporting a hairstyle similar to the Brahman Bros (as seen in the pic above). Tadasuke from Osaka Pro stood inside the ring for the entire match. By the time the match was over he couldn’t stop laughing at all of the comedy spots that took place.

Sanshiro Takagi made a surprise appearance for a bonus match against The Great Kayser to start the show. This was his first match in a full DDT show since his move to Union last year. After Sanshiro won with the Sit Down Himawari Bomb, he announced that DDT will donate some of the box office to charity in aid of the victims of the recent disaster.

At the end of the show, DDT referee Yukinori Matsui was given time to speak about his hometown in the Iwate prefecture, which was destroyed by the earthquake. Thankfully, he found out the day before the show that his family was safe and that everyone in the town was in his thoughts.

Due to the rolling blackouts and increased dangers happening in Tokyo right now, DDT has postponed tomorrow’s “NON-FIX” show that was supposed to take place in Shin-Kiba 1st RING.

At the moment, DDT’s “JUDGEMENT 2011” 14th Anniversary show is still going ahead on 27th March. Korakuen Hall suffered damage during the earthquake, most of it caused to the ceiling along with some electrical problems. SMASH has postponed its 18th March event at building but Big Japan and Ice Ribbon are still planning on having their Korakuen shows on 21st March take place.

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Osaka Show Still Taking Place

March 12, 2011

DDT have announced that the “DOTONBORI STORY 9” event held in the Osaka Minami Move On Arena tomorrow will still take place as scheduled. Everyone in DDT gives out their sympathy and prays for everyone’s safety in Japan aswell as the earliest restoration of calm after the tragedy that took place this week. A donation drive will take place during the show and DDT will also donate a portion of the money they make from the event to the victims of the earthquakes and tsunamis who now badly need aid and assistance.

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DOTONBORI STORY 9 Card

March 10, 2011

DDT “DOTONBORI STORY 9”, 13/03/2011
Osaka Minami Move On Arena

1. Hikaru Sato & Kazuki Hirata Vs Keisuke Ishii & Akito
2. DJ Nira Vs Hideki Shiota
3. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Antonio Honda & Michael Nakazawa
4. HARASHIMA, MIKAMI & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Takao Soma, Super Shit Machine & Tomimitsu Matsunaga
5. Yasu Urano Vs KUDO
6. Dick Togo & GENTARO Vs Kota Ibushi & Shigehiro Irie

I will be in Oberhausen, Germany this weekend for the big wXw 16 Carat tournament so I may not be able to post the results and other stories until I return home next week.

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DDT And Union In NEVER Tournament

March 5, 2011

Looks like Ken Ohka’s begging paid off. The NEVER brand from New Japan Pro Wrestling will be hosting a 16-Man Tournament on the 7th & 8th of April. Both DDT and Union will be represented in the tournament. DDT will enter Keisuke Ishii & Kazuki Hirata, both of whom have already wrestled in NEVER. Union will have Ken Ohka & Shinichiro Tominaga representing them. Other wrestlers involved here who also regularly appear in DDT and Union include Daisuke Sasaki, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi and Madoka. We are not far away from the annual Best Of The Super Juniors tournament and a great, breakout performance by any of these wrestlers could potentially pave the way for an invitation to take part in the competition.

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Card For “DOTONBORI STORY 9”

February 28, 2011

DDT “DOTONBORI STORY 9”, 13/03/2011
Osaka Minami Move On Arena

1. Hikaru Sato & Kazuki Hirata Vs Keisuke Ishii & Akito
2. DJ Nira Vs Hideki Shiota
3. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Antonio Honda & Michael Nakazawa
4. HARASHIMA, MIKAMI & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Takao Soma, Super Shit Machine & Tomimitsu Matsunaga
5. Yasu Urano Vs KUDO
6. Dick Togo & GENTARO Vs Kota Ibushi & Shigehiro Irie

After losing his hair to Takao Soma yesterday, Hikaru Sato has pledged to start again at the bottom of the ladder and go back to the opening matches.

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Dramatic Fantasia: Now With More Union!

February 22, 2011

Starting this Thursday on Samurai! TV, DDT’s weekly television show Dramatic Fantasia will start dedicating one episode a month to the Union sub-brand. With Union growing as a promotion in its own right and planning to hold more shows than ever this year there was still the problem of how fans would get to see footage of the recent events. Dramatic Fantasia has dedicated episodes to Union in the past but they were few and far between and were mainly done so we could see Shuji Ishikawa’s run as the KO-D Openweight Champion. Now the problem has been solved with the upcoming episode showing matches from the 3rd February Shinjuku FACE event main evented by the match between Ishikawa and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi. The Union episodes of Dramatic Fantasia will feature a special guest for commentary ever episode with the current queen of boing boing, Yuzuki Aikawa being the first guest.

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DDT “DRAMATIC 2011 FEBRUARY SPECIAL” Results

February 11, 2011

DDT “DRAMATIC 2011 FEBRUARY SPECIAL”, 11/02/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
490 Fans

1. Makoto Oishi & Yuki Sato defeated Rion Mizuki & Kazuki Hirata when Oishi submitted Hirata with a Sharpshooter (9:32).
2. Takao Soma & Tomomitsu Matsunaga defeated Hikaru Sato & Tanomusaku Toba when Soma pinned Toba with the Diving Guillotine Drop (10:02).
3. Dick Togo defeated DJ Nira with a Crippler Crossface (6:44).
4. GENTARO & Yasu Urano Vs Antonio Honda & Hoshitango when Urano pinned Honda with a Jacknife Pin (12:51).
5. Kenny Omega defeated Michael Nakazawa with the Croyt’s Wrath (11:50).
6. Royal Rumble: HARASHIMA defeated Kota Ibushi, KUDO, Danshoku Dino, Daisuke Sasaki, Keisuke Ishii and Minoru Fujita (23:44).
6a. Minoru Fujita eliminated MIKAMI by Ring Out.
6b. Keisuke Ishii eliminated Kota Ibushi by Ring Out.
6c. Minoru Fujita eliminated Keisuke Ishii by Ring Out.
6d. Daisuke Sasaki eliminated Minoru Fujita by Ring Out.
6e. Daisuke Sasaki eliminated Danshoku Dino with the NOW OR NEVER.
6f. KUDO eliminated Daisuke Sasaki with the Diving Double Knee Drop.
6g. HARASHIMA eliminated KUDO with the Somato.

HARASHIMA gets to challenge Dick Togo for the KO-D Openweight Title at Korakuen Hall on 27th February.

Kenny Omega stripped down to a Danshoku Dino style rainbow thong during his match with Michael Nakazawa. This was to combat Nakazawa’s habit of stripping down to a thong during his comebacks.

Two of the main events for the upcoming 6th March tripleshot were announced. Cruiser’s Game will have MIKAMI & The Great Sasuke teaming up to face Dick Togo & TAKA Michinoku. As a reward for winning the Battle Royal at the end of January, Keisuke Ishii will host his own show. He will be against Takao Omori in the main event of that card.

A match that will have repercussions on this year’s Sumo Hall event will take place at the next Korakuen Hall show. Danshoku Dino, Tanomusaku Toba, DJ Nira and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi are among those involved but what kind of match it will be was not revealed.

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Food Up! This Weekend’s Shows

February 10, 2011

DDT “DRAMATIC 2011 FEBRUARY SPECIAL”, 11/02/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Makoto Oishi & Yuki Sato Vs Rion Mizuki & Kazuki Hirata
2. Hikaru Sato & Tanomusaku Toba Vs Takao Soma & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
3. GENTARO & Yasu Urano Vs Antonio Honda & Hoshitango
4. Michael Nakazawa Vs Kenny Omega
5. Dick Togo Vs DJ Nira
6. Royal Rumble: HARASHIMA Vs Kota Ibushi Vs MIKAMI Vs KUDO Vs Danshoku Dino Vs Daisuke Sasaki Vs Keisuke Ishii Vs Minoru Fujita

It may be a small scale for a Royal Rumble but it features a good mix of potential challengers. And Minoru Fujita.

Easiest payday ever for Dick Togo.

Expect tensions between Hikaru Sato and Takao Soma to get worse as they face off in a Tag match before their Hair Vs Hair battle takes place.

NEW BEIJING “JAPAN TOUR 2011”, 11/02/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. The Decisive Battle!: Liu Bei Ito (w/ Nippon Li) Vs Cao Zhang (w/ Princess Makoto)
2. Chinese Stars Gathered In Japan!: Dragon Achoooo! & Zhou Yu Vs Ranjei Lee & Jet Bar
3. Opium War!?: Queen Elizabeth & Statue Of David Vs Golden Horn & Silver Horn
4. National Scramble For The Imperial Seal!: King Andui Qin Vs Great Slave No. 643 Vs Megumi Shin Akira Ra Nuruhachi Vs Emperor Qin Vs Zen Liu
5. Rushi’s Last Play: Choun-Shiryu, Rushi Togo & Young Master Togo Vs Hazime Hutoshi, Somato & Giant Boshoku

The stories for each match aswell as who wrestles as who in New Beijing are reposted below.

1. The Decisive Battle!
Back in China, New Beijing has a popular feud between two factions, the Wei faction and the Shu faction. Every year, one wrestler from each faction is chosen to take part in a big match known as the “Northern Expedition Derby“. However, to commemorate China recently becoming recognised as the second largest economy in the world New Beijing decided to have the match take place on their Japan tour instead.

2. Chinese Stars Gathered In Japan!
Some of China’s biggest stars from the silver screen gather together in Shin-Kiba to enjoy a dream contest.

3. Opium War!?
Centuries ago, China was notorious for importing of opium across the world. It was a lucrative market for the nation, but as more and more of the global population fell ill or became degenerates due to opium addiction, China was banned from any further attempts at shipping the drug. However, opium was still smuggled outside of the country which helped grow a large black market. The illegal opium trafficking led to conflict between China and Great Britain, with a newly formed discipline committee deciding to ease tensions by having both countries compete against each other in a wrestling match. A wrestling match that happens to involve Queen Elizabeth and the Statue Of David.

4. National Scramble For The Imperial Seal!
The Imperial Seal has been handed down from generation to generation as proof of the holder’s right to be master of the world. A state of emergency in 2010 took place when the Seal went missing. This led to the sudden collapse of New Beijing Pro Wrestling. Now leaders from around the world travel to China in search of the ancient artifact and claim the absent throne. In an unexpected turn of events, word spread that the Imperial Seal was found in Japan. Now an epic battle takes place as several warriors go to war over who the artifact belongs to.

5. Rushi’s Last Play
With his retirement on the horizon, Rushi Goto takes part in one last performance. But while one legend prepares to leave wrestling, a new generation of warriors are eager to rake his place.

Rushi Togo = Dick Togo
Young Master Togo = Kenny Omega
Hazime Hutoshi = GENTARO
Somato = HARASHIMA
Giant Boshoku = Shuji Ishikawa
Great Slave No. 643 = Sanshiro Takagi
Megumi Shin Akira Ra Nuruhachi = Michael Nakazawa
Dragon Achoooo! = KUDO
Zhou Yu = Konaka = Pehlwan
Ranjei Lee = Lingerie Muto
Jet Bar = Tanomusaku Toba
Liu Bei Ito = Ryuji Ito
Nippon Li = Nikkan Lee
Princess Makoto = Makoto

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