Hakata Card, Crying Wolf, Takagi’s Budokan Thoughts

November 29, 2011

DDT “TENKA SANBUN NO KAI”, 11/12/2011
Hakata Star Lane

1. Rock ‘N’ Roll Death Match: A. YAZAWA & Ken Ohka Vs Michael Nakazawa & Batten Tamagawa
2. Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Kazuki Hirata
3. Daisuke Sasaki & Rion Mizuki Vs Azul Dragon & DJ Nira
4. Hikaru Sato Vs Yasu Urano
5. KUDO, HARASHIMA & Masa Takanashi Vs Sanshiro Takagi, MIKAMI & Takao Soma
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie (c) Vs Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi

It is now confirmed that Antonio Honda & Yasu Urano’s new group will be called Crying Wolf. Honda & Urano have joined forces with former BattlARTS fighter, now demented Joker lookalike, Keita Yano as well as KAIENTAI-DOJO strongman, Yuji Hino. Urano and Hino will be the next team in line for a KO-D Tag Team Title shot, facing the champions on New Year’s Eve at Korakuen Hall.

DDT President Sanshiro Takagi explained why the promotion’s 15th Anniversary show at Nippon Budokan will take place on 18th August next year. He said that Saturday, the day the 18th August will be next year, during the middle of summer is one of the best days to hold a celebration. He feels DDT has been very lucky to have this opportunity and has felt the pressure to deliver a very special event to mark the occassion. He is also trying to decide what kind of match he should have against Minoru Suzuki if they do face each other. A Falls Count Anywhere match that winds up taking place outside the Imperial Palace is one idea Takagi came up with.


God Bless DDT, Rock ‘N’ Roll Death Match, Busy Schedule

November 26, 2011

DDT “GOD BLESS DDT 2011”, 27/11/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match: Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Toru Sugiura
1. Yasu Rano, Antonio Honda, Keita Yano & X Vs MIKAMI, Masa Takanashi, Takao Soma & Daisuke Sasaki
2. Michael Nakazawa Vs Hikaru Sato
3. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie (c) Vs Poison JULIE Sawada & Gorgeous Matsuno
4. Homoiro Clover Z Audition: Hikari Minami Vs Mitsuya Nagai Vs Tsutomu Oosugi Vs Hercules Senga Vs DJ Nira Vs Akito Vs Gundan Hitori Vs Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Hoshitango
Judges: Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi
5. AJPW Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kenny Omega (c) Vs Minoru Tanaka
6. KO-D Openweight Title: KUDO (c) Vs HARASHIMA

This will be one of the more major Korakuen Hall shows DDT will produce this year. A double main event sees KUDO defend the KO-D Title against HARASHIMA in a battle between two of DDT’s most established wrestlers while Kenny Omega sets his first defence of the AJPW Jr. Championship against the Jr. Heavyweight superstar Minoru Tanaka. Meanwhile Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi go on the hunt for a new member of the Homoiro Clover Z stable. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie defend the KO-D Tag Titles against the veteran duo of Poison JULIE Sawada & Gorgeous Matsuno, which will still take place despite Matsuno’s health and fitness being under question. But the biggest news will be Sanshiro Takagi announcing the date for DDT’s 15th Anniversary show to be held in Nippon Budokan.

Antonio Honda gave a hint towards the mystery fourth wrestler in the Let’s Go 30’s team. Honda said the wrestler is a “Crying Wolf”, referencing “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” children’s tale.

DDT “TENKA SANBUN NO KAI”, 11/12/2011
Hakata Star Lane

1. Rock ‘N’ Roll Death Match: A. YAZAWA & Ken Ohka Vs Michael Nakazawa & Batten Tamagawa

The Rock ‘N’ Roll Death Match previously took place during the Union day of “BEER FIGHT 2011” week. At times the match will be interrupted by music. Depending on the song being played, every wrestler in the match has to stop wrestling and either dance or drink alcohol until the music stops.

Also scheduled to show up are Hikaru Sato, Daisuke Sasaki, DJ Nira and Freelance Team Oita wrestler Azul Dragon.

DDT and Union have announced a bunch of new events taking place in early 2012. The next couple of months will be very busy as there will be at least one DDT or Union show every week from December until March with shows taking place in Tokyo, Fukuoka, Osaka, Chiba and Nagoya.


DDT “WRESTLING TONKOTSU 2011” Results

June 12, 2011

DDT “WRESTLING TONKOTSU 2011”, 12/06/2011
Hakata Star Lane
353 Fans

1. Rion Mizuki defeated Kazuki Hirata with a German Suplex (7:07).
2. Bob Sapp Games – 5th Stage: Danshoku Dino defeated Gaylon Summers with a Gaydo Clutch (5:37).
3. Triple Threat: MIKAMI defeated Makoto Oishi and Batten Tamagawa when MIKAMI pinned Tamagawa with a Swanton Bomb (6:01).
4. KO-D Tag Team Title Challenger Match: Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa defeated Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki when Omega pinned Honda with the Croyt’s Wrath (14:44).
5. Sanshiro Takagi & Shigehiro Irie defeated Dick Togo & Yasu Urano when Irie pinned Urano with the Diving Teddy Bear (15:21).
6. Winner Gets “Anytime And Anywhere” Contract: Takao Soma defeated Keisuke Ishii with the Diving Guillotine Drop (11:30).
7. HARASHIMA, Kota Ibushi & Hikaru Sato defeated Danshoku Dino, KUDO & Shiori Asahi when HARASHIMA pinned Dino with the Somato (21:07).

Dick Togo and Sanshiro Takagi realised that today was the last time the two rivals would be fighting each other. Togo invited Takagi to visit him in Bolivia sometime after he retires.

Takao Soma smashed through his last road block on the way to his KO-D Openweight Title shot on 19/6. With Keisuke Ishii out of the way, Soma now has the advantage of letting Shuji Ishikawa and GENTARO beat the heck out of each other on the night and then coming in to pick up the scraps and hopefully the KO-D Title.


MIKAMI Vs Posion Sawada JULIE Set For Sumo Hall

June 8, 2011

DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2011”, 24/07/2011
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. MIKAMI Vs Poison Sawada JULIE
2. Danshoku Dino Vs Bob Sapp
3. KO-D Openweight Title: Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs KUDO

A new match was announced for “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2011” and it is one that celebrates two of DDT’s longest serving stars. In one corner we have MIKAMI, a man who has accomplished it all in DDT and has been with the company since day one. In the other corner, making his return to the ring after a lengthy injury is Poison Sawada JULIE, the serpant who has terrorised DDT since 1999.

DDT “WRESTLING TONKOTSU 2011”, 12/06/2011
Hakata Star Lane

1. Rion Mizuki Vs Kazuki Hirata
2. Triple Threat: MIKAMI Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Batten Tamagawa
3. KO-D Tag Team Title Challenger Match: Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa
4. Winner Gets “Anytime And Anywhere” Contract: Takao Soma Vs Keisuke Ishii
5. Bob Sapp Games – 5th Stage: Danshoku Dino Vs Gaylon Summers
6. Danshoku Dino, KUDO & Shiori Asahi Vs HARASHIMA, Kota Ibushi & Hikaru Sato
7. Sanshiro Takagi & Shigehiro Irie Vs Dick Togo & Yasu Urano

The winner of Match #4 gets the “Anytime And Anywhere” contract, which is already cashed in for 19th June. Takao Soma is supposed to get the KO-D Openweight Title shot on that day but if Keisuke Ishii beats him here, he will replace him in the 19/6 title match.

Danshoku Dino needs to defeat Gaylon Summers in order to face Bob Sapp’s final Assassin. If Summers wins, he will face the Assassin instead and could even replace Dino in the match against Sapp himself at Sumo Hall.

The feud between Antonio Honda and Michael Nakazawa over who gets a title shot will be settled here. Nakazawa convinced Kenny Omega to choose him as his partner for the match to determine the next challengers for the KO-D Tag Team Titles.

DDT “WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2011”, 19/06/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Special Dark Match: Gorgeous Matsuno Vs DJ Nira
1. Masa Takanashi Comeback – Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Masa Takanashi (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii
2. Dick Togo DDT Last Match: Dick Togo & Antonio Honda Vs Yasu Urano & Daisuke Sasaki
3. Bob Sapp Games – Final Stage: Danshoku Dino or Gaylon Summers Vs Bob Sapp’s Final Assassin
4. KO-D Openweight Title: Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs GENTARO
5. KO-D Openweight Title: Shuji Ishikawa or GENTARO (c) Vs Takao Soma or Keisuke Ishii


BOSJ Update, New Beijing Tag Title Match

May 27, 2011

NJPW, 5/26/11
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,750 Fans

1. Best Of The Super Jr. – Block B: KUSHIDA [2] defeated Daisuke Sasaki [0] with the Midnight Express (6:53).
2. Best Of The Super Jr. – Block A: Kenny Omega [2] defeated Taichi [0] with the Croyt’s Wrath (8:59).
8. Best Of The Super Jr. – Block B: Ryusuke Taguchi [2] defeated Kota Ibushi [0] with the Milano-Style Dodon Throne (13:21).

A mixed start for the Golden Lovers on the first night of the Best Of The Super Jr. tournament. Kenny Omega scored some points by beating Taichi but Kota Ibushi lost to Ryusuke Taguchi. Meanwhile Daisuke Sasaki was defeated by KUSHIDA in the opening match of the tournament. Their next matches will be on 28/5 where Omega faces Koji Kanemoto, Ibushi takes on KUSHIDA and Sasaki is against Taguchi.

DDT “NON-FIX DX 4.6”, 04/06/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Triple Threat: DJ Nira Vs HERO! Vs Makoto Oishi
2. KO-D Tag Team Titles: GENTARO & Yasu Urano (c) Vs X & X
3. Dick Togo & X Vs Danshoku Dino & X

No mention yet of how the KO-D Tag Team Title challengers will be determined.

DDT “WRESTLING TONKOTSU 2011”, 12/06/2011
Hakata Star Lane

1. Danshoku Dino, KUDO & Shiori Asahi Vs HARASHIMA, Kota Ibushi & Hikaru Sato
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Shigehiro Irie Vs Dick Togo & Yasu Urano

Shiori Asahi is from K-DOJO. This is his first appearance in DDT since November 2009, not counting any of the New Year’s Eve indy get together shows.

UNION “NIMOMAKEZU RAIN”, 02/06/2011
Shinjuku FACE

1. Hiroya Fukuda Vs Shigehiro Irie
2. Ken Ohka & Cherry Vs Mio Shirai & Io Shirai
3. Shuji Ishikawa & Shinichiro Tominaga Vs El Generico & Yano K Data
4. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi Vs Genichiro Tenryu
5. Dick Togo & Yasu Urano Vs Big Morohashi & Hiro Tsumaki
6. Greater China Unified Nakahara Tag Team Title: Chou-un Shiryu & Cao Zhang (w/ Princess Makoto) Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa
7. DDT Extreme Title – 2 Out Of 3 Falls: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs MIKAMI

The DDT Extreme Title match between Isami Kodaka and MIKAMI will be Best 2 Out Of 3 Falls with a 60 minute time limit in total.

The New Beijing duo of Chou-un Shiryu & Cao Zhang will have their first defence of the Greater China Unified Nakahara Tag Team Titles in Shinjuku FACE for Union. Thay have a very tough challenge ahead as their opponents on 2nd June are Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa. The former KO-D Tag Team Champions will love to win a championship for the TKG48 no matter what country the belts come from.

Yoshiaki Yago sent Naomi Susan a short poem explaining that he and the rest of the SS Susan will not be at the show.


DDT “TENKA SANBUN NO KAI” Results

December 12, 2010

DDT “TENKA SANBUN NO KAI”, 12/12/2010
Hakata Star Lane
389 Fans

1. Batten Tamagawa defeated Michael Nakazawa with the TONKOTSU! (9:13).
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Shigehiro Irie defeated MIKAMI & Rion Mizuki when Takagi pinned Mizuki with the Sit Down Sunflower Bomb (9:38).
3. Dick Togo & Yasu Urano defeated Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata when Togo pinned Hirata with the Diving Senton (11:34).
4. HARASHIMA defeated Keisuke Ishii with the Somato (6:52).
5. KO-D Tag Team Title: Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki (c) defeated Takao Soma & Tomimitsu Matsunaga by DQ when Soma used a steel chair on Honda and the referee (14:09).
*V2 for FROM THE NORTHERN COUNTRY.
6. KUDO defeated Hikaru Sato with a High Kick (13:33).
7. Danshoku Dino defeated Kota Ibushi with a Gaydo Clutch (16:07).

The “TENKA SANBUN NO KAI” series consisted of three seperate shows held in Hakata Star Lane by DDT, Big Japan and K-DOJO. The three promotions competed against each other to see who would get the highest attendence. Big Japan won with 464 fans in attendence, DDT finished second with 389 fans and K-DOJO was left with the bronze medal after getting 327 fans.


We’re Back (A Dinosaur’s Story) – DDT December Schedule

December 10, 2010

Holiday’s over with, I’m almost snowed in and I have some catching up to do. The results for the recent DDT and Union shows are posted and now I move onto the schedule for the rest of the month. We have DDT going on a shopping spree, a trip to Hakata Star Lane, the monthly dose of Young Communications, a brief stop in Ushiku Sports Park and then finish off the final week with a big show in Korakuen Hall followed by an even bigger party held on the final day of 2010.

DDT “MALL ENTERTAINMENT WRESTLING AGAIN”, 11/12/2010
Tōjinmachi Shopping Arcade, Fukuoka City

4 Way Match: Dick Togo Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs Sanshiro Takagi Vs Kota Ibushi

DDT “TENKA SANBUN NO KAI”, 12/12/2010
Hakata Star Lane

1. Sanshiro Takagi & Shigehiro Irie Vs MIKAMI & Rion Mizuki
2. Dick Togo & Yasu Urano Vs Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
3. Michael Nakazawa Vs Batten Tamagawa
4. HARASHIMA Vs Keisuke Ishii
5. Hikaru Sato Vs KUDO
6. Danshoku Dino Vs Kota Ibushi
7. KO-D Tag Team Title: Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Takao Soma & Tomimitsu Matsunaga

DDT “MONTHLY YOUNG COMMUNICATION DECEMBER EDITION”, 16/12/2010
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Yukihiro Abe Vs Kotaro Nasu
2. Rion Mizuki Vs Shota
3. Takao Soma Vs Kazuki Hirata
4. Hiro Tonai & Hiro Tsumaki Vs Shigehiro Irie & Akito
5. Keisuke Ishii Vs Tatsuhiko Yoshino

DDT, 19/12/2010
Ushiku Sports Park Gymnasium Sub-Arena

1. Sanshiro Takagi & Mitsuhiro Yoshida Vs Danshoku Dino & Kenji Abe
2. Dick Togo, GENTARO & Yasu Urano Vs HARASHIMA, Kota Ibushi & Keisuke Ishii

DDT “NEVER MIND 2010”, 26/12/2010
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Man’s Club: Danshoku Dino Vs Makoto Oishi
2. UWA World Trios Title, Jiyugaoka Six Man Tag Team Title & Nihonkai Six Man Tag Team Title: Michael Nakazawa, Hikaru Sato & Tomimitsu Matsunaga (c) Vs HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Yukihiro Abe
3. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega (c) Vs Jado & Gedo
4. KO-D Openweight Title: Dick Togo (c) Vs Antonio Honda

BJW/DDT/K-DOJO/Freedoms/Ice Ribbon “NEW YEARS EVE TOSHIKOSHI PRO-WRESTLING 2010 COUNTDOWN SPECIAL!!”, 31/12/2010
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Special Dark Match – 19 O’Clock Pro-Wrestling: Kaori Yoneyama & Sayaka Obihiro Vs Hikaru Shida & Tsukasa Fujimoto
1. Bambi, Makoto & Hamuko Hoshi Vs Hikari Minami, Riho & Tsukushi
2. Ryuichi Sekine, Takumi Tsukamoto & Takao Soma Vs Hiroo Tsumaki, Akihito & Tatsuhiko Yoshino
3. 7 Referees Match: GENTARO Vs Atsushi Ohashi
4. One Night Tournament 2010 – Round 1: Great Kojika (Big Japan) Vs Guts Ishijima (GUTS World)
5. One Night Tournament 2010 – Round 1: Yuki Ishikawa (BattlArts) Vs Kana (Kana Pro)
6. One Night Tournament 2010 – Round 1: Takashi Sasaki (Freedoms) Vs TAKA Michinoku (K-DOJO)
7. One Night Tournament 2010 – Round 1: Sanshiro Takagi (DDT) Vs Command Bolshoi (JWP)
8. One Night Tournament 2010 – Semi Final: ? Vs ?
9. One Night Tournament 2010 – Semi Final: ? Vs ?
10. One Night Tournament 2010 – Final: ? Vs ?
11. 30 Organization Battle Royal: Chii Tomiya (Ice Ribbon) Vs Jaki Numazawa (Big Japan) Vs Jun Kasai (Freedoms) Vs Danshoku Dino (DDT) Vs Marines Mask II (K-DOJO) Vs Kaori Yoneyama (JWP) Vs Seiya Morohashi (Union) Vs Chou-un Shiryu (New Beijing) Vs Bear Fukuda (Secret Base) Vs Masato Shibata (Style-E) Vs Yasu or Hide Kubota (Sportiva Entertainment) Vs Shuou Fujiwara (Pro Wrestling Alive) Vs Shinobu (666) Vs Daisuke (GUTS World) Vs Kazuhiko Ogasawara (ZERO1) Vs Ultraman Robin (SGP) Vs Hikaru Sato (Pancrase Mission) Vs Kai (???) Vs Keizo Matsuda (IWA Japan) Vs Brahman Shu or Brahman Kei (Kowloon) Vs Shining Tiger Big Buddy (Yokohama Pro) Vs Chiba Man (???) Vs Sayaka Obihiro (19 O’Clock) Vs Masamune (Osaka Pro) Vs Ricky Fuji (Aggressive Pro) Vs Kikutaro (Akiba Pro) Vs Golden Pine (Okinawa Pro) Vs Kenbai (Michinoku Pro) Vs Keita Yano (BattlArts) Vs X
12. Eight Man Junior Match: Minoru, Madoka, Kaji Tomato & Kamui Vs Kenny Omega, HIROKI, Tsutomu Oosugi & Hercules Senga
13. Fluorescent Lighttubes Death Match: Ryuji Ito, Abdullah Kobayashi & Saburo Inematsu Vs Masashi Takeda, Isami Kodaka & Takeshi Minamino
14. Heavyweight Special Tag Match: Yuji Hino & Shigehiro Irie Vs Takeshi Morishima & Shuhei Taniguchi
15. Elimination Match: Yoshihito Sasaki, HARASHIMA, Shuji Ishikawa, Fujita “Jr.” Hayato & Emi Sakura Vs Kengo Mashimo, Yuko Miyamoto, Mammoth Sasaki, Munenori Sawa & Kazuhiro Tamura


Upcoming DDT & Union Cards

November 27, 2010

DDT “GOD BLESS DDT 2010”, 28/11/2010
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. MIKAMI, KUDO & Tatsuhiko Yoshino Vs Yukihiro Abe, Rion Mizuki & Kazuki Hirata
2. Next Variety Group Election Match: Toru Owashi Vs Danshoku Dino Vs Kota Ibushi Vs Tanomusaku Toba Vs Hoshitango Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs Tomimitsu Matsunaga Vs DJ Nira
3. Sanshiro Takagi, Yoshiaki Yago & Shigehiro Irie Vs Genichiro Tenryu, Masao Orihara & HARASHIMA
4. Young Drama Cup – Final: Takao Soma Vs Keisuke Ishii
5. KO-D Tag Team Title: Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki (c) Vs GENTARO & Yasu Urano
6. KO-D Openweight Title: Hikaru Sato (c) Vs Dick Togo

DDT “MALL ENTERTAINMENT WRESTLING AGAIN”, 11/12/2010
Tōjinmachi Shopping Arcade, Fukuoka City

Featuring: Dick Togo, Michael Nakazawa, Sanshiro Takagi & Kota Ibushi

Always a fun time whenever DDT decides to ditch the squared circle and go wrestle wherever they please. They will return to the spot where Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa defended the KO-D Tag Titles against HARASHIMA & Michael Nakazawa during their “Greatest Title Run Ever ™” earlier in the year. This time it will Takagi and Nakazawa are joined by Dick Togo and Kota Ibushi, although what kind of match it will be ihas not been decided yet.

DDT “TENKA SANBUN NO KAI”, 12/12/2010
Hakata Star Lane

1. Michael Nakazawa Vs Batten Tamagawa
2. HARASHIMA Vs Keisuke Ishii
3. Hikaru Sato Vs KUDO
4. Danshoku Dino Vs Kota Ibushi

Also Scheduled To Appear: Sanshiro Takagi, Dick Togo, MIKAMI, Yasu Urano, Rion Mizuki, Takao Soma, Shigehiro Irie, Kazuki Hirata, Tomimitsu Matsunaga, Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki & Toru Owashi

Batten Tamagawa comes to use from the West Gate Wrestling Federation, a promotion run by comedians who wrestle in their spare time. He has made a handful of appearances for DDT in the past.

Union, 03/12/10
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Hiro Tsumaki Vs Kento Miyahara
2. Cherry & Kengo Ohka Vs Yuki Miyazaki & Madoka
3. Isami Kodaka & Keita Yano Vs Survival Tobita & X.
4. 3 Way Match: 726 Vs Choun Shiryu Vs Kazuhiko Ogasawara
5. Shuji Ishikawa & Seiya Morohashi Vs Sanshiro Takagi & X

Sanshiro Takagi gets to choose his partner out of a group of 48 wrestlers. However, wrestlers 1, 2, 3, 7 & 10 have already been disqualified for smoking in the waiting room.

The winner of the 3 Way match will earn a spot on the Union Korkauen Hall card in January.