DDT “BEER GARDEN WRESTLING – KENNY OMEGA, DAISUKE SASAKI AND GOTA IHASHI DAY” Results

July 29, 2014

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DDT “BEER GARDEN WRESTLING – KENNY OMEGA, DAISUKE SASAKI AND GOTA IHASHI DAY”, 29/07/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
585 Fans – Super No Vacancy

0. Exhibition Match: Super Strong Sasadango Scorpion Machine Jr. defeated Shunma Katsumata with the Tombstone Piledriver (5:29).
1. Dramatic Gloves Boxing Match: FUMA, Kazuki Hirata, Tetsuya Endo & Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Gota Ihashi (3-1).
1a. Boxing Vs Kickboxing: FUMA defeated Gota Ihashi by Knockout with a High Kick (R2 0:56).
1b. Lucha Libre Glove Rules: Tetsuya Endo defeated Gota Ihashi with La Magistral Cutback (4:43).
1c. Dance Boxing Match: Gota Ihashi defeated Kazuki Hirata with a School Boy (2:54).
1d. Vale Tudo Rules: Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Gota Ihashi by Referee Stoppage with Mounted Punches (2:12).
2. 4 Way Ladder Match: Hiroshi Fukuda defeated Daisuke Sasaki, SAGAT and Goro Jr. when Fukuda grabbed the beer (12:48).
3. Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa defeated Hikaru Shida & Tomomitsu Matsunaga when Nakazawa submitted Matsunaga with the HVS (23:42).
– Special Dark Match: Yasu Urano defeated Daisuke Kiso and DJ Nira by Neon Genesis Evangelion Gainax Ending (7:37).
4. Daisuke Sekimoto, Ryuichi Sekine & Antonio Honda defeated Kenny Omega, Daisuke Sasaki & Gota Ihashi when Sekimoto pinned Ihashi with the Deadlift German Suplex (19:51).

The main event was created when each of the active Golden Storm Riders chose which wrestlers they wanted to fight against. Gota Ihashi picked Ryuichi Sekine, Daisuke Sasaki picked Antonio Honda and Kenny Omega picked Daisuke Sekimoto. Their choices were to make sure they would be working hard. Depsite taking the pinfall and losing the match, Ihashi was praised by Omega for putting up a good fight. Ihashi even said he wanted to have a singles match with Sekimoto someday. The show ended with Sekimoto raising a toast to DDT and pro wrestling.

The delightful Hikaru Shida was there to team with Tomomitsu Matsunaga against Kenny & Michael Nakazawa. Shida’s butt word for today was “Beer” and Matsunaga joined in by having the word “Garden” scribbled on his backside. Kenny was happy to team with Nakazawa again and Nakazawa was happy to get physical with Shida. Nakazawa asked if lotion could be used in the match. Shida agreed but only if it meant she was allowed to use her bamboo sword as a weapon. Nakazawa agreed “because I use anything.” Omega and Matsunaga covered themselves in lotion and then slapped each other over and over. Everyone was eventually covered in oil and Shida used her sword to great effect. She and Matsunaga chased off Omega and found a bat to shove up Nakazawa’s backside. Omega returned armed with a lightsaber while wearing a Darth Vader helmet. Omega and Matsunaga had a lightsaber duel until Kenny said he was Matsunaga’s father. Omega wounded Matsunaga with the lightsaber and Nakazawa applied the HVS for the victory. After the match Kenny, Nakazawa and Matsunaga all began to sing the Frozen song “Let It Go” but Shida grabbed the mic from them. Kenny offered a handshake and then tried to hug Shida only to get blasted in the face with the bamboo sword.

All of the Ladder Match contenders were very thirsty so the obvious prize to hang above the ring was a can of beer inside a bucket. Hiroshi Fukuda lost a tooth in the match but won the beer.

Gota Ihashi had a rough day. Before he even had to think about the main event he had to go through a series of boxing style matches. First up was Boxing Vs Kickboxing against FUMA. Ihashi was knocked out with a High Kick. Next up was a Lucha Libre rules boxing bout against Tetsuya Endo. This was more of a wrestling match but both men still had to wear boxing gloves. Endo countered La Magistral Cradle to give Ihashi two losses in a row. Finally there was a Dance Boxing bout against Kazuki Hirata. Ihashi danced with Hirata for a bit but then pinned him with a School Boy. Kota Ibushi was there to watch over the match and when Yukio Sakaguchi suddenly appeared at ringside, Ibushi allowed him to fight Ihashi in a Vale Tudo match. Sakaguchi pretty much killed Ihashi with punches and kicks. Even though FUMA threw in the towel, Ibushi thought Ihashi still had a chance and let the fight continue. Sakaguchi beat the crap out of Ihashi even more to the point where the ref wanted to stop it but Ibushi was still convinced Ihashi had a chance. Finally Ibushi called for the end and awarded the fight to Sakaguchi. Ibushi said he was satisfied and assured the crowd Ihashi was all right.

There were two bonus matches on the show. One was planned by Sasaki and it was a Falls Count Anywhere bout between DJ Nira and Daisuke Kiso. Nira was placed in submission after submission. Yukinori Matsui was pulled out of the ring right before Nira submitted. Nira called Kiso a bully but also said if Kiso just went for the pin, he would let him win. Kiso did what Nira asked him and counted to three. However, the bell never rang and there was no announcement. Instead a bunch of people circled round Kiso and told him “Congratulations!” one after the other. Nira then attacked Kiso and dragged him under the ring. Matsui recovered, looked under the ring and decided that Yasu Urano was the winner because he was the only wrestler visible at ringside.

Kenny’s bonus match took place at the beginning of the show. When he said that he was suddenly greeted by a new masked gaijin wrestler who goes by the name Super Strong Sasadango Scorpion Machine Jr. Kenny decided the newcomer would face Shunma Katsumata. Machine beat him and offered a handshake afterwards but Katsumata rejected it.

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DDT “BEER GARDEN WRESTLING – SHUTEN-DOJI DAY” Results

July 29, 2014

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DDT “BEER GARDEN WRESTLING – SHUTEN-DOJI DAY”, 28/07/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
481 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. KUDO defeated Tomoya Kawamura with the Diving Double Knee Drop (9:04).
2. Riho & Kotori defeated Cherry & Masako Takanashi when Riho pinned Takanashi with the Junior High Roll (14:11).
3. Summer Feature New Ghost Story Numabukuro Death Match: Yoshiko defeated Shunma Katsumata with a Lariat (2:58).
Other Competitors: Danshoku Dino, Toru Owashi, Hoshitango and Sayaka Obihiro.
3a. Summer Feature New Ghost Story Numabukuro Death Match: Amon Tsurumi read a ghost story (28:46).
4. Yukio Sakaguchi & KUDO defeated Isami Kodaka & FUMA when Sakaguchi submitted FUMA with the Modified Cobra Clutch (16:56).

Everybody sang Happy Birthday to Yukio Sakaguchi after the main event. He turned 41 on 26th July. Masa Takanashi said that the show was not Shuten-dōji Day but Yukio Sakaguchi Day instead.

One thing to expect during Beer Garden week every year is a ghost story from Hisaya Imabayashi. This time around there was a 6 Way Match taking place in the ring. If the match didn’t end in 3 minutes, Imabayashi would begin his story. Danshoku Dino was scared but Yoshiko bragged that she would win in 3 minutes. She lived up to her word and pinned Shunma Katsumata with 2 seconds left to spare. However the match had to be restarted with a 30 second time limit and this time Yoshiko couldn’t pin Katsumata before the clock ran out. And so, Imabayashi began his tales…

I once knew a couple who decided to have a barbecue with their friends by the river during their summer vacation. Everyone was happy until the boyfriend whispered “When I say run away. We run. Got it?” “Eh? Why do you say such a thing?” A few minutes later the boyfriend yelled “Run away!” At that moment both of them ran far away from the river. When they finally stopped to catch their breath, the girlfriend asked “Why did we run away?” The boyfriend answered “Everybody was eating food out of their left hand.” “Is that strange? Are not all of them left handed?” “It is impossible for all of them to be left handed. They must be ghosts!”

…

I killed my wife. Fortunately our kindergarten son was fast asleep when I put the wife’s dead body in the car. I drove up to the mountains and dug a hole to bury her in. The next morning my son ate breakfeast as always and went to kindergarten as always. I never explained what happened to her and he never made a fuss about it. But soon he became curious and would look me in the eye. Soon it became unbearable and I wondered if he knew I killed my wife. Then one day when we had our meal he just stared at me and at last he spoke “Why are you giving Mommy a piggyback ride all the time?” I looked behind me but couldn’t see anything. My son then said “Mommy jumped off your back and ran away.” I was left with chills.

…

I killed a man’s wife while she was pregnant. I buried her beneath a bench under a cherry tree in the park. A few years later I walked past the tree and saw a child crying. I asked him “Where is your Mom?” In tears, he pointed to the bench under the tree. No way… He looked at me when I asked where his Dad was. “Dad is… You!”

Everybody in the ring was anticipating the jump scare but this time it did not happen. Imabayashi admitted he was feeling tired. He just returned from a funeral of his friend who died in a sudden accident. There was a strange atmosphere in the train that day. There were only a few passengers but everyone according to Imabayashi was as dumb as a bag of hammers. He felt a cold sensation in his back muscles as if something just gave him a tight hug. As the train journeyed on into the night he fell asleep until he heard a strange whisper, “You… Next up is you…” Imabayashi woke up and looked around but nobody was speaking to him.

Back in the ring Imabayashi pointed at the wrestlers everytime he said you, hoping to get some sort of frightened reaction. Toru Owashi just slapped his hand away. He looked forward Imabayashi’s ghost stories and was left disappointed. Katsumata said he became a pro wrestler just so he could get to hear the ghost story! Dino encouraged Imabayashi to try one more time. He did and this time his “YOU!” jump scare worked! He pointed at everyone in the ring one after the other, causing them to pass out in fright. Then “Wild Thing” played over the speakers while Imabayashi dumped bottles of water into the audience.

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DDT “BEER GARDEN WRESTLING – DDT DAY” Results

July 29, 2014

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DDT “BEER GARDEN WRESTLING – DDT DAY”, 27/07/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
616 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao defeated KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Hoshitango when Ishii pinned Hoshitango with a Small Package (11:01).
2. Akito defeated Makoto Oishi by Referee Stoppage with the Wedding Clutch (7:52).
3. Beer Garden Specialty – Drunkers High: Saki Akai & Shunma Katsumata Vs Masa Takanashi & DJ Nira ended in a No Contest (12:34).
4. Michael Nakazawa, MIKAMI & Tomomitsu Matsunaga defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata when Nakazawa submitted Hirata with the HVS (8:49).
5. Enter Sandman Falls Count Anywhere 3 Way Match: Super Sasadango Machine defeated Danshoku Dino and Antonio Honda when Machine pinned Dino with the Vertical Drop Lehman Shock (12:52).
6. New Year’s Eve Revenge!?: Konosuke Takeshita defeated Tetsuya Endo with a High Angle German Suplex (15:58).
7. Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki defeated HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano when Sasaki pinned Urano after the Freedom Call (18:34).

Kenny Omega was on the winning side of the main event with Daisuke Sasaki. Omega told HARASHIMA that it was a good warm up for Sumo Hall but noted the absence of Isami Kodama. He then told the crowd that his first appearance for DDT was during Beer Garden week and some of his favourite memories are from the annual event.

DDT’s two new generation stars Konosuke Takeshita and Tetsuya Endo got to have their rematch from “NEVER MIND 2013” last December. The two Happy Motel members went full blast but like last time, Takeshita wound up on top. Takeshita was happy to show everyone how much he and Endo have grown since then. Endo thinks he has grown stronger and has more stamina. He is still young and will evolve more and more in the ring while having fun too.

If for some reason anybody in the audience was still feeling nostalgic for ECW, they got their fill with the Enter Sandman Falls Count Anywhere match. Danshoku Dino, Super Sasadango Machine and Antonio Honda all did The Sandman entrance and attacked each other with Singapore Canes and cans of beer. Sasadango eventually pinned Dino with the Vertical Drop Lehman Shock.

Michael Nakazawa’s hybrid training with Minoru Suzuki is beginning to pay off. He now has a new finishing move called the HVS, the Hybrid Venom Arm Sleeper. It’s a Sleeper Hold that is applied while Nakazawa smothers his opponent with his loose tights.

The rules of the Drunkers High Match was a wrestler had to drink a cup of sake everytime a pin attempt failed or a submission hold reached a rope break. Masa Takanashi and DJ Nira were already a little tipsy before the match even began. They and their opponents Shunma Katsumata & Saki Akai would go on to get hammered, toasting each other after every pin attempt and filling their cups over and over. Referee Daisuke Kiso even joined in and was accidentally knocked down by a Diving Cross Body from Akai who was too drunk to aim properly. Kiso kept getting attacked by everyone trying to stop the pinfalls and he demanded the match end as a No Contest. Akai gave him a Big Boot and was then joined by in the ring by KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi for more rounds of sake.

The show ended with Kazuki Hirata dancing alone in the ring.

New information about the DDT Dramatic General Election was revealed at the start of the show. There will be 48 wrestlers involved but they will all be competing as part of their unit. The units announced so far are:

Smile Squash (HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito)
Shuten-dōji (KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi)
Team Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao)
Golden Storm Riders (Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki)
Happy Motel (Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo)
T2Hide (Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata)
Otoko-Kata-Shinki (Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata)

Sanshiro Takagi wanted to name his team T2P because his and Toru Owashi’s first name begin with T and Kazuki Hirata begins with P. Hirata said that wasn’t true so Owashi tried to rename him Pira Hirata. Takagi eventually decided on naming his team T2Hide and then demanded they wrestle in a hexagonal shaped ring. Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga asked MIKAMI to join their unit but he rejected them and said he’d rather team with Gorgeous Matsuno because of the two of them go back a long way to DDT’s early days.

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Complete Beer Garden Cards

July 24, 2014

DDT “BEER GARDEN WRESTLING – DDT DAY”, 27/07/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Makoto Oishi Vs Akito
2. Beer Garden Specialty – Drunkers High: Saki Akai & Shunma Katsumata Vs Masa Takanashi & DJ Nira
3. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Michael Nakazawa, MIKAMI & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
4. KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Hoshitango Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
5. Enter Sandman Falls Count Anywhere 3 Way Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Super Sasadango Machine Vs Antonio Honda
6. New Year’s Eve Revenge!?: Konosuke Takeshita Vs Tetsuya Endo
7. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki

What will be the biggest Japanese tribute to The Sandman this month, the 3 Way Fall Count Anywhere Match here or the pants Doc Gallows wore during the G1 Climax yesterday?

DDT “BEER GARDEN WRESTLING – SHUTEN-DOJI DAY”, 28/07/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Cherry & Masako Takanashi Vs Riho & Kotori
2. KUDO Vs Tomoya Kawamura
3. Summer Feature New Ghost Story Numabukuro Death Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Toru Owashi Vs Hoshitango Vs Shunma Katsumata Vs Sayaka Obihiro Vs Yoshiko
4. Yukio Sakaguchi & KUDO Vs Isami Kodaka & FUMA

Gatoh Move gets involved with Riho & Kotori in action against Cherry and the returning Masako Takanashi.

DDT “BEER GARDEN WRESTLING – KENNY OMEGA, DAISUKE SASAKI AND GOTA IHASHI DAY”, 29/07/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa Vs Hikaru Shida & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
2. 4 Way Ladder Match: Daisuke Sasaki Vs SAGAT Vs Goro Jr. Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
3. Dramatic Gloves Boxing Match: Gota Ihashi Vs FUMA, Kazuki Hirata & Tetsuya Endo
4. Kenny Omega, Daisuke Sasaki & Gota Ihashi Vs Daisuke Sekimoto, Ryuichi Sekine & Antonio Honda

Not only does Gota Ihashi have to box against three people but he also has to go against Daisuke Sekimoto straight afterwards. Just kill him now.

DDT “BEER GARDEN WRESTLING – HAPPY MOTEL DAY”, 30/07/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Entetsu Challenge: Tetsuya Endo Vs Kenny Omega
2. Superman Comes To Japan!?: USA Offer Match: Hara Cena & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Tsuyoso Michaels & HHHH (w/ Choina)
3. Bra & Blindfold Watermelon Splitting Death Match: Antonio Honda Vs Daisuke Sasaki
4. Wrestling Classroom From Those Days: Konosuke Takeshita & TORU Vs Shigehiro Irie & Kazuaki Mihara

HARASHIMA as John Cena should not surprise anybody.

DDT “BEER GARDEN WRESTLING – TEAM DRIFT DAY”, 31/07/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. I Will Show You Pro Wrestling In Nagoya: Shigehiro Irie Vs Grampus Mask No. 4
2. Former Student Wrestling Rhapsody: Soma Takao Vs Yumehiro Imanari
3. Era Of Lariat Pro Is Over, Next Comes Knee Pro!: Keisuke Ishii Vs Danshoku Dino Vs Antonio Honda Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Jumbo Kiku Vs Riho
4. Soma Takao & Atsushi Aoki Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie

Grampus Mask No. 4 is a gimmick inspired by the Nagoya Grampus football club.

DDT “BEER GARDEN WRESTLING – SMILE SQUASH DAY”, 01/08/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Yasu Urano & Akito Vs Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
2. DDT Sumo Gran Sumo Tournament: HARASHIMA Vs Daisuke Sasaki Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Keisuke Ishii Vs Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Konosuke Takeshita Vs X
3. Danshoku Dino Vs Shunma Katsumata
4. 3 Way Match: HARASHIMA Vs Yasu Urano Vs Akito

What is a day’s drinking in Japan without a little sumo to enjoy?

DDT “BEER GARDEN WRESTLING – DDT FINAL DAY”, 02/08/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Jun Kasai Vs DJ Nira
2. Akito & Tetsuya Endo Vs Toru Owashi & Shunma Katsumata
3. Daisuke Sasaki & Gota Ihashi Vs Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
4. Yasu Urano Vs MIKAMI
5. Rock ‘N’ Roll Death Match: A.YAZAWA Vs Sanshiro Takagi Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Kazuki Hirata
6. Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao
7. Beer Garden Specialty! 6-Man Lottery Tag Match: HARASHIMA, Kenny Omega, Danshoku Dino, KUDO, Shigehiro Irie, Konosuke Takeshita

The teams for the main event will be determined by a lottery on the day of the show.

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GANBARE☆WRESTLING “BEER GARDEN” Results

July 24, 2014

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GANBARE☆WRESTLING “BEER GARDEN”, 23/07/2014
Ichigaya Nanhai Memorial Clinic
85 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Special Video Director’s Cut Match: Aoi Ishibashi defeated Manami Kanda with the Just Facelock (6:03). (Special Referee/Director: Shibata)
2. Special Single Match: GENTARO defeated Yumehito Imanari with a Back Drop (8:39).
3. Special Beer Garden Match: J-Soul Pandita III IV defeated Mr. Judo by Knockout (6:00).
4. Special Tag Team Match: Osamu Namiguchi & Fumihito Kihara defeated Ken Ohka & Tiger Bed Scene when Namiguchi submitted Scene with a Crab Hold (10:59).

Shota had to be pulled from the show after fracturing his right clavicle in a bicycle accident during the week. Fumihito Kihara replaced him in the main event. After the match Osamu Namiguchi admitted to Ken Ohka that he had fun wrestling today. They were then interrupted by former WNC wrestlers Yuji Kito & Yoshihiro Horaguchi. They both came asking for a match. Ohka decided they will face himself and Tiger Bed Scene on 26th August.

The next generation J-Soul Pandita III is even more violent than the last one. It destroyed Mr. Judo and emerged with Judo’s mask much like how Atlantis did when he defeated Robin Mask in Kinnikuman. When he was unmasked Judo turned out to be (surprise, surprise) Atsushi Maruyama. He explained that when he was in elementary school he was inspired to take up Judo by Seiji Sakaguchi. He apologised for disguising himself and promised not to return yadda, yadda, yadda. You know the deal by now.

GENTARO was Yumehito Imanari’s mystery opponent and he beat him with a Back Drop. Imanari was inspired by GENTARO and asked him if he could use the Back Drop too. GENTARO later gave some encouragement to Imanari, telling him he is a pro wrestler no matter what anyone says.

Unsurprisingly, Shibata used his role as referee and cameraman for the joshi match to film upskirt shots of Aoi Ishibashi and Manami Kanda as they wrestled. Ishibashi gave him a Head Kick for his troubles and after the match complained about being sexually harrassed. Ken Ohka decided that Ishibashi will face Shibata on 26th August and this time Kanda will be the referee/director/camerawoman.

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Ibushi Pulled From G1, Beer Garden Cards

July 18, 2014

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2014”, 20/07/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. MIKAMI & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Yasu Urano & GENTARO
2. Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi, Super Sasadango & DJ Nira Vs Michael Nakazawa, Kazuki Hirata, Hoshitango & Shunma Katsumata
3. Special Single Match: Isami Kodaka Vs Akito
4. Special 6-Man Tag Team Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Taiji Ishimori & Toru Owashi Vs Shuji Ishikawa, Daisuke Sasaki & Gota Ihashi
5. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles – 3 Way Match: Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
6. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Kenny Omega
*Kenny Omega will cash in his Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.

Unfortunately Kota Ibushi has not recovered from his concussion and has to pull out of more shows. Even worse, Ibushi will no longer be competing in this year’s G1 Climax. The planned 10th Anniversary Match for Sunday has been postponed and several matches on the card have been changed.

GENTARO is a last minute addition to the card, returning to DDT for the first time since August 2012.

DDT “BEER GARDEN WRESTLING – SHUTEN-DOJI DAY”, 28/07/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Summer Feature New Ghost Story Numabukuro Death Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Toru Owashi Vs Hoshitango Vs Yoshiko
2. Yukio Sakaguchi & KUDO Vs Isami Kodaka & FUMA

DDT “BEER GARDEN WRESTLING – KENNY OMEGA, DAISUKE SASAKI AND GOTA IHASHI DAY”, 29/07/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Dramatic Gloves Boxing Match: Gota Ihashi Vs X
2. 5 Way Ladder Match: Daisuke Sasaki Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Antonio Honda Vs SAGAT Vs Goro Jr.

DDT “BEER GARDEN WRESTLING – HAPPY MOTEL DAY”, 30/07/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Superman Comes To Japan!?: USA Offer Match: X Vs X
2. Entetsu Challenge: Tetsuya Endo Vs Kenny Omega

DDT “BEER GARDEN WRESTLING – TEAM DRIFT DAY”, 31/07/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Era Of Lariat Pro Is Over, Next Comes Knee Pro!: Keisuke Ishii Vs Danshoku Dino Vs Antonio Honda Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Jumbo Kiku Vs Riho
2. Soma Takao & Atsushi Aoki Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie

DDT “BEER GARDEN WRESTLING – SMILE SQUASH DAY”, 01/08/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Danshoku Dino Vs Shunma Katsumata
2. 3 Way Match: HARASHIMA Vs Yasu Urano Vs Akito

My favourite time of the year on the DDT calender is Beer Garden week. This is where DDT’s roster are at their most creative because they get to make the matches. So far we have ghost stories, a 5 Way Ladder match, some boxing, the return of Ultimate Superstars Action and a Smile Squash Triple Threat to look forward to. Unfortunately there is no more Lariat Pro Wrestling but in it’s place we get Knee Pro Wrestling. So expect the Boma Ye and Busaiku Knee Kick to be used a lot. There are two shows that have yet to have any matches booked for it. They are the first and final days of the series.

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Ibushi Still Injured, Maybe Teams With Taiji Ishimori, Ganpuro Beer Garden

July 10, 2014

DDT “ROAD TO SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 5”, 12/07/2014
Saitama Espoir Isanuma

1. Masa Takanashi Vs MIKAMI
2. Saki Akai Vs DJ Nira
3. KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
4. Daisuke Sasaki & Gota Ihashi Vs Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita
5. Infomercial Match – Best Stretch Edition: Sanshiro Takagi, Super Sasadango Machine Vs Kazuki Hirata & Tetsuya Endo
6. HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
7. DDT Extreme Title – Idol Lumberjack Match: Makoto Oishi (c) (w/ Sizukaze & Kizuna) Vs Danshoku Dino (w/ X)

Kota Ibushi has not been cleared of his concussion and is forced to miss the 12/7 Saitama and 13/7 Osaka shows. Ibushi is aiming to return for the 20/7 Korakuen Hall show.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN OSAKA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TSUTENKAKU~”, 13/07/2014
Osaka Higashinari Kumin Hall

1. 3 Way Match: Makoto Oishi Vs Shoichi Uchida Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
2. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan
3. Kota Ibushi 10th Anniversary Debut Produce – Kickboxing Rules: Michael Nakazawa Vs Gota Ihashi
4. Yasu Urano Vs Daisuke Sasaki
5. Danshoku Dino Vs DJ Nira
6. HARASHIMA & Akito Vs MIKAMI & X
7. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi (c) Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo

Happy Motel are the newest group in DDT. After beating Shuten-dōji a few days ago they already became the No. 1 Contenders for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles.

With Ibushi still out of action, Gota Ihashi gets to take his place in one of the matches meant to celebrate Ibushi’s 10th Anniversary. It will be a Kickboxing match against Michael Nakazawa. For Nakazawa’s sake it’s a good thing Ibushi won’t be involved in it now. Painful things tend to happen to Nakazawa whenever he fights Ibushi.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2014”, 20/07/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Special Single Match: Isami Kodaka Vs Akito
2. Kota Ibushi 10th Anniversary Match: Kota Ibushi, Taiji Ishimori & Gota Ihashi Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Shuji Ishikawa & Daisuke Sasaki
3. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Kenny Omega
*Kenny Omega will cash in his Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.

If Ibushi can go ahead with his 10th Anniversary match then we will get to see him team with Taiji Ishimori from Pro Wrestling NOAH.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “BEER GARDEN”, 23/07/2014
Ichigaya Nanhai Memorial Clinic

1. Special Single Match: Yumehito Imanari Vs X
2. Special Video Director’s Cut Match: Aoi Ishibashi Vs Manami Kanda (Special Referee/Director: Shibata)
3. Special Beer Garden Match: J-Soul Pandita III IV Vs Mr. Judo
4. Special Tag Team Match: Ken Ohka & Tiger Bed Scene Vs Osamu Namiguchi & Shota

Ganbare☆Wrestling does not want to be left out of Beer Garden week so they will be holding their own show. With blackjack. And hookers.

Another J-Soul Pandita has been brought into captivity for Ganpuro. It’s name is probably just supposed to be J-Soul Pandita IV but the website has it as J-Soul Pandita III IV. I hope it is the latter just for how absurd that name is.

Yumehito Imanari has invited Ganpuro’s fans to come up with suggestions for his opponent.

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DDT “WRESTLING BEER GARDEN IN SAPPORO” Results

October 18, 2013

DDT “WRESTLING BEER GARDEN IN SAPPORO”, 14/10/2013
Sapporo Teisen Hall
212 Fans

1. Beer Garden Specialty – Opening Tag Match: Atsushi Ohashi & Makoto Oishi defeated Kaji Tomato & Hiroshi Fukuda when Oishi submitted Fukuda with a Texas Cloverleaf (12:35).
2. Beer Garden Specialty – Blindfold Match: Antonio Honda defeated Shiori Asahi and Jaki Numazawa when Honda pinned both Asahi and Numazawa (10:46).
3. Beer Garden Specialty – Tag Match Between Foreigners: Jake Crist & Dave Crist defeated Jay Skillet & Danny Havoc when Dave Crist pinned Skillet with the Killing Spree (8:56).
4. Beer Garden Specialty – Drinking Match: Ryuji Ito & DJ Nira defeated Masa Takanashi & Ryuichi Sekine when Ito pinned Takanashi with the Dragon Splash (15:24).
5. Beer Garden Specialty – Gay Muscle Fight: Yuji Okabayashi defeated Shinobu with the Golem Splash (15:36). (Special Referee: Danshoku Dino)
6. Beer Garden Specialty – Now Leaders Vs New Leaders Full Cross-Border Match: Daisuke Sekimoto, HARASHIMA & Kengo Mashimo defeated Kazuki Hashimoto, Soma Takao & Tank Nagai when HARASHIMA pinned Nagai with the Somato (22:39).

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Osaka Stuff, Go Go Stuff, Yokohama Stuff, Sapporo Stuff

September 13, 2013

DDT “OSAKA 24 ZONE TOUR ~ TENNOJI DISTRICT”, 15/09/2013
Osaka Tennoji Ward Community Centre

1. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Hikaru Sato & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
2. Tennoji 3 Way Match: Toru Owashi Vs Antonio Honda Vs DJ Nira
3. Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Akito Vs MIKAMI, Masa Takanashi & Michael Nakazawa
4. Daisuke Sasaki Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
5. Road To KO-D OPENWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: HARASHIMA & FUMA Vs Yasu Urano & KUDO
6. Osaka Severe Earthquake! Premium Tag Match: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega Vs Shigehiro Irie & Konosuke Takeshita

Kota Ibushi has recovered from his kidney infection and will return to action on this show.

DDT “GO! GO! WEST TOUR IN FUKUYAMA 2013”, 16/09/2013
Fukuyama Big Rose

1. Yukio Sakaguchi & Makoto Oishi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Akito
2. Kota Ibushi & DJ Nira Vs Toru Owashi & Michael Nakazawa
3. Danshoku Dino Vs Betcha HOGO
4. 3 Way Match: Kenny Omega Vs Yasu Urano Vs Masa Takanashi
5. HANZO & MIKAMI Vs Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki
6. HARASHIMA, KUDO & FUMA Vs Shigehiro Irie, Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao

No changes here besides me finally getting Soma Takao’s name right. How the hell did we not realise we typed his name backwards for his entire career?

DDT “GO! GO! WEST TOUR IN YOKKAICHI 2013”, 22/09/2013
Yokkaichi Australia Memorial

1. Antonio Honda Vs Michael Nakazawa
2. Toru Owashi & MIKAMI Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Koji Iwamoto
3. Daisuke Sasaki Vs DJ Nira
4. KUDO, Yasu Urano & Kengo Takai Vs Yukio Sakaguchi, Makoto Oishi & Akito
5. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Kota Ibushi & Masa Takanashi
6. Yokkaichi Specialty Falls Count Anywhere 5 Way Match: HARASHIMA Vs Kenny Omega Vs Shigehiro Irie Vs Hikaru Sato Vs Danshoku Dino

Koji Iwamoto comes over from Sportiva Entertainment. He’s only been wrestling since November of last year.

DDT “YOKOHAMA TWILIGHT 2013 ~AUTUMN~”, 23/09/2013
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Masa Takanashi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
2. Toru Owashi & MIKAMI Vs DJ Nira & Michael Nakazawa
3. Kazuki Hirata Vs Akito
4. Kota Ibushi & Gota Ihashi Vs Soma Takao & Guanchulo
5. Yoshiaki Yago, Yukio Sakaguchi & Makoto Oishi Vs Yuji Hino, Daisuke Sasaki & Hoshitango
6. Road To KO-D OPENWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP – Part 2: HARASHIMA & KUDO Vs Yasu Urano & FUMA
7. DDT Extreme Title – 3 Way Match: Danshoku Dino (c) Vs Kenny Omega Vs Antonio Honda

A 3 way grudge has built up between Danshoku Dino, Kenny Omega and Antonio Honda over the DDT Extreme Title. After Dino won the belt from Omega, he had his first defence against Honda. Omega demanded to be added to the match and when he was denied, he interfered in the match attacking both men and ultimately stopped Honda from becoming champion. A Triple Threat match is the solution. Hopefully we get a match stipulation that determines once and for all who should be the champion.

The HARASHIMA Vs Yasu Urano build up continues with UraShimaKudo splitting into two teams for a match.

DDT “SAPPORO WRESTLING FESTA 2013 – YOUNG GENERATION BATTLE”, 14/10/2013
Sapporo Teisen Hall

1. Shinya Ishikawa & Akito Vs Ryuichi Kawakami & Tank Nagai
2. 4 Way Match: Soma Takao Vs Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Atsushi Ohashi Vs Kaji Tomato
3. Yuji Okabayashi Vs Osuma
4. Kazuki Hashimoto, Kazuki Hirata & Ryuichi Sekine Vs Takumi Tsukamoto, Keisuke Ishii & Marines Mask

The annual Sapporo Wrestling Festa is a weekend of wrestling shows from DDT, Big Japan, K-DOJO and sometimes other promotions held in Sapporo Teisen Hall. DDT’s main involvement this year will be a doubleshot. First up is a show dedicated to the Young Generation from all the promotions.

DDT “WRESTLING BEER GARDEN IN SAPPORO”, 14/10/2013
Sapporo Teisen Hall

1. Beer Garden Specialty – Opening Tag Match: Kaji Tomato & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Atsushi Ohashi & Makoto Oishi
2. Beer Garden Specialty – Blindfold Match: Antonio Honda Vs Shiori Asahi Vs Jaki Numazawa
3. Beer Garden Specialty – Drinking Match: Masa Takanashi & Ryuichi Sekine Vs Ryuji Ito & DJ Nira
4. Beer Garden Specialty – Gay Muscle Fight: Yuji Okabayashi Vs Shinobu (Special Referee: Danshoku Dino)
5. Beer Garden Specialty – Now Leaders Vs New Leaders Full Cross-Border Match: Daisuke Sekimoto, HARASHIMA & Kengo Mashimo Vs Kazuki Hashimoto, Soma Takao & Tank Nagai

Then in the evening DDT brings along its summer tradition and invites the others to join along. Beer Garden is back for one night only!

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DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2013 ~ DDT LAST DAY” Results

August 3, 2013

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DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2013 ~ DDT LAST DAY”, 03/08/2013
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
618 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Antonio Honda Daisuke Sasaki & Hoshitango defeated MIKAMI, Makoto Oishi & Tomomitsu Matsunaga when Sasaki submitted Matsunaga with the Crippler Crossface (8:10).
2. Hikaru Sato & Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Kazuki Hirata & Gota Ihashi when Sakaguchi submitted Ihashi with a Strangle Hold (11:39).
3. Yasu Urano defeated Akito with a Small Package (11:44).
4. 4 Way Match: Gami defeated Masa Takanashi, Takao Soma and DJ Nira when GAMI pinned Nira with a Body Press (12:00).
5. Konosuke Takeshita defeated Tetsuya Endo by Referee Stoppage when Endo dislocated his elbow (8:39).
6. Beer Garden Specialty – Lottery 6-Man Tag Team Match: Shigehiro Irie, Toru Owasu & KUDO defeated HARASHIMA, Danshoku Dino & Keisuke Ishii when Irie pinned Ishii with the Verical Drop Back Flip (21:07).

Beer Garden Fight week has ended for another year. Now it’s time for everybody to nurse their hangovers and prepare for DDT’s biggest period of the year. Next up on the schedule: Sumo Hall.

Sanshiro Takagi praised the young DDT wrestlers for their effort this week, referring to the 6-Man Tag Team main event on yesterday’s Drift Produced event going 30 minutes and the hour long Ironman match between Hiroshi Fukuda and Konosuke Takeshita on the second day. He also talked about how DDT, Union, Tokyo Women’s Wrestling and Ganbare☆Wrestling are all one big family.

Tetsuya Endo dislocated his elbow when he took a bad landing from Takeshita’s Facebuster.

Shuji Ishikawa and Seiya Morohashi have been hired by Akihiro Miwa to act as bodyguards for Komyo, an art painting that is also the current Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion. The two Union wrestlers might be added to the 18/8 Iron Man Battle Royal at Sumo Hall in order to protect the champion.

GAMI was added to the All Night Nippon GOLD Battle Royal at the 17/8 Sumo Hall show.

The Monster Army was accused of stealing the hearts of the audience after the opening match. Antonio Honda denied it and accused the other team of stealing the audience’s hearts. Hisaya Imabayashi appeared and told each and every wrestler that they stole the hearts, and he made the wrestlers faint when he pointed at them one by one. Then they played “Wild Thing” over the speakers and everybody in the ring threw water everywhere Atsushi Onita style. Because at this point why not?

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