Kiba Leaves Wrestling, Ohka’s KO-D Hangover, Saitama Slam, Tavern Wrestling

July 3, 2015

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE GIRLS BATTLE 2015 ROUND 7”, 04/07/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Akane Miura Vs MIZUHO
2. Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 1: KANNA Vs Hyper Misao
3. Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 1: Miyu Yamashita Vs Yuka Sakazaki
4. Saki Akai & Ai Shimizu Vs Nonoko & Shoko Nakajima

Chikage Kiba has announced she will be leaving pro wrestling for the time being to focus on her education. Kiba said it has been difficult for her to find a balance between the two and apologises for the sudden reveal.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “HIGH PRESSURE 2015”, 04/07/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Special Tag Match: Yukihiro Abe & Chikara Vs Hayato Mashita & Kotaro Nasu
2. Special Tag Match: Shinichiro Tominaga & Tiger Bedscene Vs GENTARO & Osamu Namiguchi
3. SURVIVAL IS BACK!: Mr. No Vs Survival Tobita
4. Student Of The Rainbow Vs Blackjack Of The Rubbish Heap: Yumehito Imanari Vs Minoru Fujita
5. Enjo-gun Presents Special Handicap Match: Ken Ohka Vs Shibata & Mitomi Masayuki

Even though he only held the KO-D Openweight Title for a few minutes, Ken Ohka is not going to let that deflate him. He is determined to win the championship again by any means possible. However no one but himself knows what his state of mind is going into a 2-on-1 Handicap match.

BOYZ “TANABATA SPECIAL ~WOMAN FESTIVAL 7~”, 07/07/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Soma Takao Vs Shunma Katsumata
2. Isami Kodaka Vs Kazuki Hirata
3. Kota Ibushi, Keisuke Ishii & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Daisuke Sasaki, Masa Takanashi & Konosuke Takeshita
4. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Kota Umeda
5. KUDO & Akito Vs HARASHIMA & Makoto Oishi

The show is standing room only.

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM VOL. 3”, 11/07/2015
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

1. Antonio Honda & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Saki Akai & Makoto Oishi
2. Danshoku Dino Vs Kota Umeda
3. HARASHIMA & Hiroshi Fukuda
4. Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Tori Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
5. MIKAMI DDT Final Road: Akito & Yasu Urano Vs MIKAMI & Shunma Katsumata
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao (c) Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi

The Sumo Hall main eventers could add more gold to smooth things over before they clash.

TAVERN WRESTLING “~DON’T FEAR THE HANGOVER~”, 15/07/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. MIKAMI & Tanomusaku Toba Vs Choun-Shiryu & Cao Zhang
2. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Match: Yuka Sakazaki Vs Akane Miura Vs Hyper Misao
3. Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Ryuichi Kawakami
4. KUDO Vs Ryuichi Sekine
5. Isami Kodaka & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei

The Suicide Boyz reunite in the opener to take on New Beijing’s No. 1 tag team.


King Of DDT Round 2, Tavern Wrestling, Ohka Vs Enjo-gun

June 9, 2015

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN FUJI ~DRAMATIC DREAM TSUKENAPORITAN~”, 13/06/2015
Shizuoka Fuji-san Messe

0. King Of Dark Title: Suguru Miyatake (c) Vs Gota Ihashi
1. Toru Owashi Vs DJ Nira
2. Yasu Urano Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
3. Sanshiro Takagi, Devin Sparks & Ric Ellis Vs Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki & MIKAMI
4. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Kouki Iwasaki
5. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs HARASHIMA & Akito
6. KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Hiroshi Fukuda

Looks like Hiroshi Fukuda is taking Tetsuya Endo’s place in Happy Motels while Endo is recovering from his injury.

Gota Ihashi hasn’t escaped dark match status just yet. He must be cursing the automatic title rematch rule right now.

DDT “KING OF DDT 2015 OSAKA”, 14/06/2015
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2

0. King Of Dark Title: Suguru Miyatake (c) & Kota Umeda Vs Gota Ihashi & Hiroshi Fukuda
1. HARASHIMA, Akiro, Yasu Urano, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Saki Akai Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata, Devin Sparks & Ric Ellis
2. 4 Way Match: KUDO Vs Danshoku Dino Vs Keisuke Ishii Vs Antonio Honda
3. King Of DDT 2015 – Round 2: Kazusada Higuchi Vs Shigehiro Irie
4. King Of DDT 2015 – Round 2: Daisuke Sasaki Vs Kota Ibushi
5. King Of DDT 2015 – Round 2: Masa Takanashi Vs Konosuke Takeshita
6. King Of DDT 2015 – Round 2: Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Makoto Oishi
7. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (c) Vs MIKAMI & Shuji Ishikawa

Not sure what order the King Of DDT matches will be. The semi-final match ups will be decided by a lottery.

This will be the Arrogant Bastards last show in Japan for now.

The King Of Dark Title will only change hands in the dark match tag if the champion pins one of his opponents.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE GIRLS BATTLE 2015 ROUND 6”, 20/06/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. KANNA Vs Hyper Misao
2. Saki Akai & Ai Shimizu Vs Erin & Akane Miura

Erin failed to beat Biishiki-gun with Hyper Misao. Now she’s teaming with the much bigger Akane Miura to get the job done.

DDT “TAVERN WRESTLING VOL. 0”, 23/06/2015
Saitama Wrestle Fighter Museum

1. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Match: X Vs X
2. Isami Kodaka & Ryota Nakatsu Vs KUDO & Kouki Iwasaki

The main event of the first Tavern Wrestling show will be a battle between the Dropkick Bar and Ebisuko Tavern. The show is being organised by the employee wrestlers of both establishments.

DDT “STREET WRESTLING IN IZU SHABOTEN PARK”, 02/07/2015
Shizuoka Izu Shaboten Park

4 Way Tag Team Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata Vs HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Hiroshi Fukuda

Soma Takao returns from All Japan just in time to do some wrestling outdoors in a park.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “HIGH PRESSURE 2015”, 04/07/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Student Of The Rainbow Vs Blackjack Of The Rubbish Heap: Yumehito Imanari Vs Minoru Fujita
2. Enjo-gun Presents Special Handicap Match: Ken Ohka Vs Shibata & Mitomi Masayuki

Enjo-gun got Ken Ohka to agree to a handicap match when they promised to fight him fair and square. We’ll see about that.


GANBARE☆WRESTLING “HOWEVER 2015” Results

June 7, 2015

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GANBARE☆WRESTLING “HOWEVER 2015”, 07/06/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR
92 Fans

1. Japan Vs USA ~Namiguchi Japan Vs Arrogant Bastards~: Devin Sparks & Ric Ellis defeated Osamu Namiguchi & Tiger Bedscene when Sparks pinned Bedscene after the DEATH FROM ABOVE (10:29).
2. Face Iron Bull Phantom Vs Berserk Mammel ~Prince SOS~: Mr. No defeated J-Soul Pandita III IV with the Diving Headbutt (5:29).
3. Let’s Go! COWPER!!: GENTARO & Kotaro Nasu defeated Shinichiro Tominaga & Osochin Aries when GENTARO pinned Aries with a Small Package (13:37).
4. Power Of Dreams Vs Enjo-gun: Shibata & Mitomi Masayuki defeated Yumehito Imanari & Chikara when Shibata pinned Imanari with the Enjo Kick (13:10).
5. Oretachi Nario No – Road To KO-D!?: Ken Ohka defeated Yukihiro Abe with the Spear Of Flame (15:14).

Ken Ohka successfully defended his Right To Challenge contract with a victory over former DDT wrestler Yukihiro Abe. Ohka encouraged Abe to stay with Ganbare☆Wrestling and help him prepare for his inevitable match with KUDO for the KO-D Openweight Title. Shibata came out and had an offer for Ohka. He wanted a 2-on-1 Handicap match between himself and Mitomi Masayuki against Ohka! However Shibata promises they will fight fair and square and there will be no outside interference by any member of Enjo-gun. Ohka accepted the challenge and is determined to beat Enjo-gun even if it’s by himself. He will beat Enjo-gun and he will become the KO-D Champion!

I still can’t get over the fact that a Japanese Austin Aries gimmick exists.

The Arrogant Bastards were added to the card when they requested to add one more match to their schedules before returning home to America. Osamu Namiguchi & Tiger Bedscene were supposed to wrestle each other but had to team together instead.

Ganpuro will have its first show in Shinjuku FACE on 23rd September.


King Of DDT Round 1, No Pandita However

June 2, 2015

DDT “KING OF DDT 2015 SAITAMA”, 06/06/2015
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

0. King Of Dark Title: Gota Ihashi (c) Vs Suguru Miyatake
1. King Of DDT 2015 – Round 1: Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Keisuke Ishii
2. King Of DDT 2015 – Round 1: Makoto Oishi Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
3. King Of DDT 2015 – Round 1: Akito Vs Masa Takanashi
4. King Of DDT 2015 – Round 1: Konosuke Takeshita Vs Antonio Honda
5. King Of DDT 2015 – Round 1: Ryota Nakatsu or Kota Umeda Vs Daisuke Sasaki
6. King Of DDT 2015 – Round 1: Kota Ibushi Vs Kazuki Hirata
7. King Of DDT 2015 – Round 1: Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Kazusada Higuchi
8. King Of DDT 2015 – Round 1: Yasu Urano Vs Shigehiro Irie
9. Sanshiro Takagi, Devin Sparks & Ric Ellis Vs HARASHIMA, MIKAMI & Shunma Katsumata
10. 3 Way Match: KUDO Vs Danshoku Dino Vs Soma Takao

The winner of King Of DDT will get included in the KO-D Openweight Title match at Sumo Hall in August.

Ryota Nakatsu and Kota Umeda will take place at “DNA 6” on 4th June. The winner takes the final spot in Round 1.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “HOWEVER 2015”, 07/06/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Face Iron Bull Phantom Vs Berserk Mammel ~Prince SOS~: Mr. No Vs J-Soul Pandita III IV
2. Hold On And Go Beyond The Soul!!: Tiger Bedscene Vs Osamu Namiguchi
3. Let’s Go! COWPER!!: Shinichiro Tominaga & Osochin Aries Vs GENTARO & Kotaro Nasu
4. Power Of Dreams Vs Enjo-gun: Yumehito Imanari & Chikara Vs Shibata & Mitomi Masayuki
5. Oretachi Nario No – Road To KO-D!?: Ken Ohka Vs Yukihiro Abe

The phallic shaped Mr. No crashed a Ganbare☆Wrestling press conference and attacked both Ken Ohka & Yumehito Imanari with headbutts. J-Soul Pandita III IV of all things came to the rescue and had a stand off with Mr. No. The two creatures will have their showdown at Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR this Sunday.

DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2015”, 23/08/2015
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. KO-D Openweight Title: KUDO (c) Vs King Of DDT Winner

Genichiro Tenryu will wrestle on the show.


Arrogant Bastards Heading To DDT, Ohka’s Road To KO-D, Brahmans Prepare For Union

May 26, 2015

DDT “AUDIENCE 2015”, 31/05/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. King Of Dark Title: Gota Ihashi (c) Vs Kota Umeda
1. Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Super Sasadango Machine Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Hiroshi Fukuda
2. Yasu Urano, Akito & Aja Kong Vs Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Saki Akai
3. MIKAMI & Shuji Ishikawa Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Shunma Katsumata
4. T2Hide New Members Audition: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Kouki Iwasaki, DJ Nira, Devin Sparks & Ric Ellis
5. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao (c) Vs Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake
6. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs KUDO
*KUDO will cash in his Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.

The main event is back on! KUDO reclaimed his Right To Challenge contract from Daisuke Sasaki and still intends to cash it in at Korakuen Hall at the end of the month.

Devin Sparks & Ric Ellis are a Californian tag team known as The Arrogant Bastards. They approached Sanshiro Takagi requesting to participate in the audition for new T2Hide members. Takagi’s advice to them on Twitter is if they can dance better than Kazuki Hirata, they will pass the audition.

Aja Kong is back. She is still the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion last time I checked.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “HOWEVER 2015”, 07/06/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Power Of Dreams Vs Enjo-gun: Yumehito Imanari & Chikara Vs Shibata & Mitomi Masayuki
2. Oretachi Nario No – Road To KO-D!?: Ken Ohka Vs Yukihiro Abe

Ken Ohka is now a marked man because of the Right To Challenge contract he currently possesses. Yukihiro Abe has challenged him to a match for the contract. Abe sees this as an opportunity to return to DDT, win the KO-D Title and face all of the new wrestlers that have appeared since he left. Ohka is determined not to lose. However there is danger lurking in the background. Mitomi Masayuki from Enjo-gun also wants a match with Ohka and is not happy to be ignored.

UNION “AMANIMOMAKEZU UNION 2015”, 17/06/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Union Fly To Everywhere World Title: Hibiscus Mii (c) Vs Mio Shirai
2. UWA World Tag Team Titles: Shuji Ishikawa & Masato Shibata (c) Vs Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
3. Union MAX Title: FUMA (c) Vs Yusuke Kubo

The Brahman Brothers are coming to challenge Shuji Ishikawa & Masato Shibata for the UWA Tag Team Titles. The Brahmans think the champions are freaks. In their minds Ishikawa acts like he’s Jesus and Shibata looks like the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from Ghostbusters. The Brahmans are preparing for the match by eating a lot of hamburgers and coming up with tactics to attack Shibata’s feet because that is his weak point.


GANBARE☆WRESTLING “WOW WAR TONIGHT 2015” Results

May 17, 2015

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GANBARE☆WRESTLING “WOW WAR TONIGHT 2015”, 16/05/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR
101 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Ganbare☆Single Match: Yukihiro Abe defeated Tiger Bedscene with the Tiro Finale (8:05).
2. The Answer Is NO! Special 3 Way Match: Mr. No defeated Kiku Montaro and Kuzu Hayashi when No pinned Montaro with the Diving Headbutt (5:52).
3. Power Of Dreams Showdown ~ Acceptance Of Rikidozan III Vs Hotel Scam Again: Yumehito Imanari defeated Chikara with a Samson Clutch (8:49).
4. The True Value Of Leeway Generation X!?: GENTARO defeated Shinichiro Tominaga with the Sharpshooter (15:55).
5. Reunion Of Fate! Black Jack Of The Lion And The Rubbish Heap: Ken Ohka & Minoru Fujita defeated Shibata & Mitomi Masayuki when Ohka pinned Masayuki with the Spear Of Flame (16:30).
*Ken Ohka wins Mitomi Masayuki’s Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.

With the help of Minoru Fujita, Ken Ohka was finally able to gain some ground on Enjo-gun and gain something big for his troubles. Ohka pinned Mitomi Masayuki and won his Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract! Ohka thanked Fujita for his aid. They shook hands but then Fujita suddenly DDT’d Ohka! Fujita apologised and called it a bad habit. Fujita explained he now has a family and that prevents him from wrestling often. He broke down in tears as he told his story. Ohka told Fujita he is always welcome in Ganpuro.

Yumehito Imanari was happy to have a match with Chikara. He felt it got them to bond more and strengthen as a team. Chikara told Imanari he is still really immature but he will become stronger. He promises to do his best for their Power Of Dreams tag team.

mr-no-ganbare

Mr. No was… er… well just look at it. It’s the same character from the Tiger Mask anime.

Yukihiro Abe’s Tiro Finale is a Cobra Clutch.


GANBARE☆JOSHI “RAISING AN ARMY ~ BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA~” Results

May 17, 2015

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GANBARE☆JOSHI “RAISING AN ARMY ~ BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA~”, 16/05/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR
92 Fans

1. BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA – Round 1: Hong Kong International Women Police Man defeated Miyako Matsumoto by DQ when Police Man was unmasked (7:16).
2. BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA – Round 1: Aoi Ishibashi defeated Orirabu with the Just Facelock (8:39).
3. BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA – Round 1: Haruka Kato defeated J-Soul Pandita III IV’s Sister with the Enjo Spring Nyan Bomb (4:59).
4. BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA – Round 1: Manami Kanda defeated Akemi Papiyon with the Sliding Lariat (6:41).
5. BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA – Semi Final: Aoi Ishibashi defeated Domestic Woman Police Man with the Natural Moonsault (5:07).
6. BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA – Semi Final: Haruka Kato defeated Manami Kanda with the Enjo Haruka Lock (7:51).
7. Ganbare☆Wrestling Raising An Army Anniversary Special Tag Match: Yukihiro Abe & Shinichiro Tominaga defeated Ken Ohka & Yumehito Imanari when Tominaga pinned Imanari with the JK (15:23).
8. BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA – Final: Aoi Ishibashi defeated Haruka Kato with the Cookie Splash (9:20).

Enjo-gun did what they could to make Haruka Kato win the tournament. Shibata and Mitomi Masayuki interfered in her matches and got her to the final. They blasted J-Soul Pandita III IV’s Sister with a fire extinguisher and attacked Manami Kanda’s arm so Kato could tap her out. The Ganpuro wrestlers had enough and came to the rescue in the final, cutting off Enjo-gun. With the distractions out of the way Aoi Ishibashi pinned Kato to become BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA!

Akemi Papiyon is a cross dresser who had a major wardrobe malfunction during his match with Manami Kanda. His top was ripped off and his bra fell off right as Kanda hit him with the match winning Sliding Lariat.

Hong Kong International Women Police Man looked almost completely the same as the male counterpart. The only difference was the word “woman” was written on the wrestler’s mask. Miyako Matsumoto came close to beating him in the first round but Police Man unmasked. He tricked the ref into thinking Matsumoto did it and got her disqualified. In the semi-final Police Man chose to abstain from the rest of the tournament because his identity was discovered (he was Atsushi Maruyama of course). He was replaced by Domestic Woman Police Man. He looked exactly the same as the other one.


SUPER CINDERELLA 1st Round, Right To Challenge 3 Way, Who Captured Shawn?

May 12, 2015

GANBARE☆JOSHI “RAISING AN ARMY ~ BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA~”, 16/05/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA – Round 1: Hong Kong International Women Police Man Vs Miyako Matsumato
2. BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA – Round 1: Aoi Ishibashi Vs Orirabu
3. BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA – Round 1: Haruka Kato Vs J-Soul Pandita III IV’s Sister
4. BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA – Round 1: Manami Kanda Vs Akemi Papiyon
5. Ganbare☆Wrestling Raising An Army Anniversary Special Tag Match: Ken Ohka & Yumehito Imanari Vs Yukihiro Abe & Shinichiro Tominaga
6. BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA – Semi Final: X Vs X
7. BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA – Semi Final: X Vs X
8. BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA – Final: X Vs X

Hong Kong International Women Police Man is still expected to be Atsushi Maruyama in disguise.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “WOW WAR TONIGHT 2015”, 16/05/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Ganbare☆Single Match: Yukihiro Abe Vs Tiger Bedscene
2. Power Of Dreams Showdown ~ Acceptance Of Rikidozan III Vs Hotel Scam Again: Chikara Vs Yumehito Imanari
3. The Answer Is NO! Special 3 Way Match: Mr. No Vs Kiku Montaro Vs Kuzu Hayashi
4. The True Value Of Leeway Generation X!?: Shinichiro Tominaga Vs GENTARO
5. Reunion Of Fate! Black Jack Of The Lion And The Rubbish Heap: Ken Ohka & Minoru Fujita Vs Shibata & Mitomi Masayuki

Kiku Montaro and Kuzu Hayashi are indie wrestlers. I think we all know who Mr. No is going to be.

DDT “FRIENDSHIP, EFFORT, VICTORY IN NAGOYA”, 17/05/2015
Nagoya Nakamura Sports Center

1. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Shunma Katsumata
2. Amon Tsurumi Cup Battle Royal: MIKAMI Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Suguru Miyatake Vs Saki Akai Vs DJ Nira
3. Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
4. Anytime, Anywhere Holder 3 Way Match: KUDO Vs Kazusada Higuchi Vs Daisuke Sasaki
5. Different Life ~Sound Of Impermanence~: Danshoku Dino Vs Jinsei Shinzaki
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (c) Vs HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano
7. DDT Extreme Title – Last Man Standing Match: Akito (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie

A high stakes 3 Way Match guarantees one Right To Challenge Contract will change hands. Daisuke Sasaki wants to have every contract for himself so he can have a Plan B, C, D and E if his eventual cash in fails. He currently has two in his possession but he risks losing one if KUDO or Kazusada Higuchi beat him. Speaking of those two, they are both just weeks away from cashing in their contracts. To lose it now would be catastrophic for that person.

Amon Tsurumi will be the judge for his own Battle Royal. He will pick the winner based on whoever best meets his standards, whatever they are.

UNION “KAZEKAORU UNION 2015”, 23/05/2015
Kitazawa Town Hall

1. Isami Kodaka Vs Ikuto Hidaka

Isami Kodaka has said he uses the Shawn Capture Hold because he is a fan of Zero1 wrestler Ikuto Hidaka. He has invited Hidaka over to Union for a match to find out who uses the move better. Also because it will be a good match and Kodaka hopes everyone will enjoy as much as he will.

DDT “THANK YOU TEISEN! GOODBYE TEISEN! ~WITH LOVE AND GRATITUDE FROM DDT~”, 24/05/2015
Sapporo Teisen Hall

1. MIKAMI Vs Makoto Oishi
2. Tomoya & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Suguru Miyatake & Kouki Iwasaki
3. Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & DJ Nira
4. Yasu Urano & Akito Vs Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao
5. Teisen Specialty Sea Urchin, Salmon Roe And Scallop Bowl 3 Way Match: Antonio Honda Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Saki Akai
6. Danshoku Dino Vs Daisuke Sasaki
7. Thank You Teisen! Goodbye Teisen! Special Match: HARASHIMA, Kota Ibushi & KUDO Vs Shigehiro Irie, Konosuke Takeshita & Kazusada Higuchi

Although this is the final DDT solo show in Sapporo Teisen Hall, DDT will be working with NOAH, Big Japan, K-Dojo, FREEDOMS and Tenryu Project for the very last wrestling show in the building on 30th June.


Matches For M.I.O 3, Saitama Slam 2, Ganbare Stuff & Teisen Farewell

May 8, 2015

UNION, OZ ACADEMY, WAVE, ICE RIBBON “M.I.O 3”, 09/05/2015
Osaka Ikuno Kumen Center

1. 3 Way Match: Sonoko Kato Vs Ryo Minami Vs Mitsuhisa Sunabe
2. Psuedo Close Match: HAYATA, Misaki Ohata & Tsukasa Fujimoto Vs Yumi Ohka, Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto
3. Irregular Rules Match: Shuji Ishikawa Vs Fairy Nihonbashi
4. Aja Kong, Hamuko Hoshi & Daichi Kazato Vs Hiroshi Fukuda, Mika Iida & Miyako Matsumoto
5. Special Retirement Exhibition Match: KAGUYA Vs Ayako Hamada
6. Thanks For Teaching And Training During The Rookie Era: Mio Shirai Vs Takashi Sasaki

The rules for the Shuji Ishikawa Vs Fairy Nihonbashi match are being kept secret until the match takes place.

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 2”, 10/05/2015
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

0. King Of Dark Title: Gota Ihashi (c) & DJ Nira Vs Mitomi Masayuki & Ryu Gouma
1. Soma Takao Vs Suguru Miyatake
2. Akito & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Shunma Katsumata
3. Antonio Honda & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie
4. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Saki Akai Vs Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi, MIKAMI & X
5. Daisuke Sasaki Vs Konosuke Takeshita
6. 3 Way Match: HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs KUDO & Masa Takanashi Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Ryota Nakatsu

DNA rookies Kazusada Higuchi & Ryota Nakatsu are thrusted into the main event with big implications depending on the result. Higuchi and KUDO both have Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contracts and both have made their intentions clear to cash in later this month. Getting pinned would devastate either man’s plan.

The King Of Dark Title only changes hands if Gota Ihashi pins or submits one of his opponents. No title change if DJ Nira gets the win.

GANBARE☆JOSHI “RAISING AN ARMY ~ BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA~”, 16/05/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA – Round 1: Hong Kong International Police Woman Vs Miyako Matsumato
2. BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA – Round 1: X Vs X
3. BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA – Round 1: X Vs X
4. BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA – Round 1: X Vs X
5. BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA – Semi Final: X Vs X
6. BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA – Semi Final: X Vs X
7. Ganbare☆Wrestling Raising An Army Anniversary Special Tag Match: Ken Ohka & Yumehito Imanari Vs Yukihiro Abe & Shinichiro Tominaga
8. BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA – Final: X Vs X

Ganbare☆Joshi was able to find enough competitors to fill out the field for BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA. Joining the tournament are Aoi Ishibashi and Manami Kanda (both representing World Wrestling Association), Orirabu (COWPER amateur wrestler), Haruka Kato (fresh off of joining Enjo-gun), Akemi Papiyon (Dera Beppin Pro Wrestling) and J-Soul Pandita III IV’s Sister (*shrugs*). The remaining opening round pairings will be determined on the day of the show.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “WOW WAR TONIGHT 2015”, 16/05/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. The True Value Of Leeway Generation X!?: Shinichiro Tominaga Vs GENTARO
2. Reunion Of Fate! Black Jack Of The Lion And The Rubbish Heap: Ken Ohka & Minoru Fujita Vs Shibata & Mitomi Masayuki

Shinichiro Tominaga Vs GENTARO was put together because GENTARO gave a rave review of Tominaga’s first wrestling match four years ago. Ganpuro and GENTARO want to see how far Tominaga has advanced since then.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN SAPPORO ~DRAMATIC DREAM CLOCK TOWER~”, 24/05/2015
Sapporo Teisen Hall

1. KUDO & Masa Takanashi Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake
2. Falls Count Anywhere Special 4 Way Match: Kota Ibushi Vs Sanshiro Takagi Vs Konosuke Takeshita Vs Danshoku Dino
3. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Kazusada Higuchi

Kota Ibushi is currently out of action with a neck injury. He is aiming to return on these final DDT shows at Sapporo Teisen Hall.

DDT “THANK YOU TEISEN! GOODBYE TEISEN! ~WITH LOVE AND GRATITUDE FROM DDT~”, 24/05/2015
Sapporo Teisen Hall

1. Teisen Specialty Sea Urchin, Salmon Roe And Scallop Bowl 3 Way Match: Antonio Honda Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Saki Akai
2. Danshoku Dino Vs Daisuke Sasaki
3. Thank You Teisen! Goodbye Teisen! Special Match: HARASHIMA, Kota Ibushi & KUDO Vs Shigehiro Irie, Konosuke Takeshita & Kazusada Higuchi

I hope none of the wrestlers in Match #1 are allergic to seafood.


GANBARE☆WRESTLING “RAISING AN ARMY ANNIVERSARY” Results

April 18, 2015

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GANBARE☆WRESTLING “RAISING AN ARMY ANNIVERSARY”, 18/04/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR
96 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Special Mixed Tag Match: Yukihiro Abe & Manami Kanda defeated Shinichiro Tominaga & Haruka Kato when Kanda pinned Kato with a Lariat (10:28).
2. Berserk Mammal Vs Foreign Mystery – Pittsburgh Death Match: Mr. AKIBA defeated U.S Philadelphia Pandita with the Idol Master (3:16).
3. Ganbare☆Wrestling Vs K-DOJO: Yoshihiro Horaguchi defeated Tiger Bedscene with a Boston Crab (9:22).
4. You Can Bet The Name Of Yoshino: Osamu Namiguchi defeated Kotaro Yoshino with the Lanakila-X (8:56).
5. Special Single Match: GENTARO defeated Chikara with a Backslide (12:33).
6. Special Tag Match: Shibata & Mitomi Masayuki (w/ Tomoya Kawamura) defeated Ken Ohka & Yumehito Imanari when Shibata submitted Imanari with the Dai Enjo (15:42).

The Union invaders are now called Enjo-gun (Flame Army) and they made their presence felt on this show. Tomoya Kawamura & Mitomi Masayuki attacked Ken Ohka & Yumehito Imanari during the opening introduction and tied them to the ring ropes with sticky tape just so they could give their theme music CD to the sound guy. The main event was a heated brawl with Ohka getting bloodied in the process. Shibata locked in the Hell’s Gate on Imanari to win by submission. Ohka revealed that he will face Shibata & Masayuki again on 16th May but this time his tag partner will be Minoru Fujita!

Osamu Namiguchi told Kotaro Yoshino that the most important thing he should learn from their match is fighting spirit.

J-Soul Pandita III IV was nowhere to be found so its American counterpart was brought in to fight Mr. AKIBA. “Real American” played over the speakers and U.S Philadelphia Pandita entered the ring while posing like Hulk Hogan. Mr. AKIBA called Philadelphia dullsville and said he is from the great city of Pittsburgh so they should have a Pittsburgh Death Match. Nobody knows what the rules for that match are since they only wrestled a normal match (as normal as a match can be with a creature like Pandita involved).

Manami Kanda and Haruka Kato were added to the BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA tournament on Ganbare☆Joshi’s debut show next month. Even though Kanda pinned Kato, Ohka encouraged Kato to join the tournament and work hard. That came back to haunt him at the end of the show when Kato was revealed to be the newest member of Enjo-gun!