Practice Makes Perfect For HARASHIMA, Genius Vs Rainmaker

July 8, 2013

ibushi-vs-okada

DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2013”, 18/08/2013
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – “Research Group” Battle Royal: Komyo (c) Vs
2. Dramatic Dream Match: Kota Ibushi Vs Kazuchika Okada
3. KO-D Openweight Title: Shigehiro Irie or Yuji Okabayashi (c) Vs HARASHIMA

As the 2013 King of DDT winner, HARASHIMA gets a main event KO-D Title shot at Sumo Hall. It is a title shot that has alluded the challenger ever since February when HARASHIMA fought and lost to Kenny Omega. All that is left to figure out now is who the champion will be. Shigehiro Irie defends the championship against Big Japan’s Yuji Okabayashi in Korakuen Hall on 21st July. If Okabayashi wins, it will bring back memories of “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2010” when HARASHIMA challenged Daisuke Sekimoto for that very championship. A victory for Irie however will continue what is now arguably the most successful KO-D Title reign in DDT history.

Meanwhile a co-main event has been signed and I am so excited to see it happen. It will be the Independent Genius taking on the Rainmaker when Kota Ibushi faces the current IWGP Heavyweight Champion, Kazuchika Okada from New Japan. This will continue Ibushi’s move up to heavyweight status along with his recent weight gain (it is currently 88kg). What’s interesting to note is the match will take place one week after the final of the G1 CLIMAX, which both men have entered. Ibushi thinks he will win the G1 and is interested, is highly motivated to wrestle Okada and wants to challenge for the IWGP Title. However, since there has been no mention of the championship during the announcement, I believe that Ibushi Vs Okada will be a non-title bout if Okada is still the champion when “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2013” takes place.

Speaking of Ibushi and the G1 CLIMAX, his group match with Shinsuke Nakamura in Osaka on 4th August will be shown live on Ustream iPPV.

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DDT “KING OF DDT OSAKA 2013” Results

July 7, 2013

DDT “KING OF DDT OSAKA 2013”, 07/07/2013
Osaka Umeda Nasci Hall
350 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. 3 Way Tag Team Match: Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki defeated Kushinbo Kamen & Michael Nakazawa and Masa Takanashi & Akito when Sasaki pinned Nakazawa with the Now Or Never (6:26).
2. Hikaru Sato defeated Tetsuya Endo with a Boston Crab (6:59).
3. King Of DDT Semi Final: Kenny Omega defeated Yukio Sakaguchi with the Croyt’s Wrath (9:59).
4. King Of DDT Semi Final: HARASHIMA defeated Konosuke Takeshita with the Somato (10:09).
5. Kota Ibushi & DJ Nira defeated Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi when Ibushi pinned Oishi with the Osaka Muscle Sakai Last Ride (10:07).
6. Shigehiro Irie, Keisuke Ishii & Takao Soma defeated KUDO, Yasu Urano & FUMA when Irie pinned FUMA with the Flying Sausage (13:11).
7. King Of DDT Final: HARASHIMA defeated Kenny Omega with the Swan Dive Somato (15:20).

HARASHIMA wins the 2013 King of DDT and will challenge for the KO-D Openweight Title in the co-main event of “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2013”. It took two Somatos and a Swan Dive Somato for HARASHIMA to beat Kenny Omega in the final. HARASHIMA defeated the rookie phenom Konosuke Takeshita in the semi-final while Omega took care of Yukio Sakaguchi. Now we to see who the champion will be, Shigehiro Irie or Yuji Okabayashi?

The “super important” announcement was the reveal of Kazuchika Okada competing at “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2013”. But that’s not all, it was announced Okada will take on Kota Ibushi in the co-main event! Ibushi thanked the crowd for the support they will give him in the upcoming G1 Climax and he promised he will do his best against the Rainmaker.

Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi announced that Kensuke Sasaki will be the third member of their team when they challenge the Monster Army for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles on 21/7. GM Tsurumi Amon was completely unaware of this and now has to contact Sasaki and negotiate with him to actually appear at the show.

Antonio Honda and Daisuke Sasaki both wrestled in Kushinbo Kamen costumes along with the gear they stole from Masa Takanashi & Akito. I guess they are Kamen’s spare costumes and the Monster Army stole them too.

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DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ HARASHIMA PRODUCE DAY” Results

August 3, 2012

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ HARASHIMA PRODUCE DAY”, 03/08/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
389 Fans – Super No Vacancy

0. Dark Match: Haya Bucha & Popogorira defeated Eririn Takagi & Cobra Otakki when Bucha pinned Otakki with the Firebird Splash (8:21).
1. Hard Hit Offer Match: Isami Kodaka & Hoshitango (4D/0E/0P) defeated KUDO & Ryuichi Sekine (2D/2E/0P) when Kodaka submitted Sekine with a Headscissor Choke (12:11).
2. Endo Test Match: Tetsuya Endo Vs Danshoku Dino (apparently HARASHIMA) ended in a No Contest (3:45).
3. BOYZ Offer Match: Makoto Oishi, Daisuke Sasaki & Tsutomu Oosugi defeated Masa Takanashi, Yuki Sato & Hercules Senga when Oishi pinned Takanashi with a European Leg Roll Clutch (5:35).
4. HARASHIMA defeated Hikaru Sato with a Cross Armbreaker (29:58).
– Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Yakitori defeated Hiroshi Fukuda (c) (9:21 pm).
*Yakitori becomes the 947th champion.
– Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Ryuichi Sekine defeated Yakitori (c) by eating it (9:21 pm).
*Ryuichi Sekine becomes the 948th champion.
– Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Beer defeated Ryuichi Sekine (c) (9:22 pm).
*Beer becomes the 949th champion.
– Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Gota Ihashi defeated Beer (c) by drinking it (9:23 pm).
*Gota Ihashi becomes the 950th champion.
– Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Hiroshi Fukuda defeated Gota Ihashi (c) with a Tambourine Attack (9:25 pm).
*Hiroshi Fukuda becomes the 951st champion.

HARASHIMA and Danshoku Dino bumped heads and switched bodies at the beginning of the show. Danshoku HARASHIMA was the one who faced Tetsuya Endo in Match #2 but a clash of heads there had Endo jump into HARASHIMA’s body and Dino jump into Endo’s body. Danshoku Endo then began using Dino’s homo-centric offence that became so gratuitous the match had to be stopped. HARASHIMA Dino returned to the ring and all three bumped heads to return back to normal. At least until Endo began dry humping Dino.

The BOYZ offer match was beach themed with everyone using super soakers, towels and beach balls as weapons.

At the end of the show, Ryuichi Sekine attacked the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Hiroshi Fukuda while he was serving a try of yakitori chicken. When Fukuda was knocked out after a chop to the neck, a piece of the chicken fell on top of him, pinned him and became the new champion. Sekine ate the piece of chicken to win the belt by KO. He then celebrated with a can of beer but drank so much he collapsed. The can of beer landed on his chest and pinned Sekine to win the belt. Gota Ihashi then drank the can to win the title. Fukuda was back on his feet and attacked Ihashi. The champion kicked out of two pin attempts (which counts as successful title defences) but a tambourine to the back of the head finally put Ihashi out for the count. Fukuda made his escape as the champion once again.

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HARASHIMA Vs Irie Goes Hardcore, Ibushi Vs Kotoge In NOAH, Budokan Card Almost Complete

July 12, 2012

DDT “ROAD TO BUDOKAN 2012”, 22/07/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. MIKAMI Return Match: MIKAMI Vs Tatsumi Fujinami
2. Sanshiro Takagi, Takao Soma & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Hikaru Sato, Michael Nakazawa & Tanomusaku Toba
3. Hardcore Match: HARASHIMA Vs Shigehiro Irie
4. KO-D Tag Team Title: KUDO & Makoto Oishi (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie & Keisuke Ishii
5. Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega Vs Danshoku Dino & YOSHIHIKO

The rivalry between HARASHIMA and Shigehiro Irie has been bubbling up the last couple of months. The two had to be seperated after HARASHIMA’s victory over Irie at the April Korakuen Hall show. Then a rematch in the King Of DDT tournament saw HARASHIMA win again, this time by knockout. Now the grudge will go a step higher when the two meet in a Hardcore match later this month. That won’t even be the last time these two will face each other. As you will see below.

NOAH “GREAT VOYAGE 2012 IN RYOGOKU”, 22/07/2012
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. Starting Point Revolution ~ Classmates Confrontation: Taiji Ishimori Vs Masa Takanashi
5. Special Singles Match – NOAH Vs DDT: Atsushi Kotoge Vs Kota Ibushi

Kota Ibushi’s opponent for his return to Pro Wrestling NOAH has been confirmed to be Atsushi Kotoge. The former Osaka Pro wrestler now calls NOAH his home promotion and this match will be one of his biggest challenges since making the switch.

DDT “BUDOKAN PETER PAN 2012 ~ DDT 15TH ANNIVERSARY”, 18/08/2012
Tokyo Nippon Budokan

0. Special Dark Match: Muscle Sakai Vs X
1. Konosuke Takeshita Debut Match: Konosuke Takeshita Vs El Generico
2. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Royal Rumble: Choun-Shiryu (c) Vs Toru Owashi Vs Mio Shirai Vs Batten Tamagawa Vs X
3. Tag Team Gauntlet:
4. 5 Vs 5 Soccer Match: X, X, X, X & X Vs X, X, X, X & X
5. Special Singles Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Minoru Suzuki
6. Special Tag Team Match: HARASHIMA & X Vs Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie
7. KO-D Tag Team Title: KUDO & Makoto Oishi (c) Vs X
8. KO-D Openweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) Vs Kenny Omega

HARASHIMA will have to face Irie again when the 15th Anniversary Show rolls around. This time Irie will have Shuji Ishikawa by his side for a big tag team match. HARASHIMA will have to spend a long time thinking who will be the best wrestler to fight BIG “G” BANG with him.

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DDT “NON-FIX 10.5” Results

October 5, 2011

DDT “NON-FIX 10.5”, 05/10/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
248 Fans

1. Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda defeated MIKAMI & Hoshitango when Urano pinned Hoshitango with a Cradle (8:36).
2. Poison JULIE Sawada defeated Rion Mizuki with the Pirates A GO GO (7:33).
3. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie defeated Daisuke Sasaki & Kazuki Hirata when Ishii pinned Hirata with the Kneel Kick (11:11).
4. Special Guest Referee: Darkside HERO! defeated HARASHIMA by DQ when HARASHIMA attacked the referee (Darkside HERO!) (0:18).
4a. No DQ: HARASHIMA defeated Darkside HERO! with the Somato (8:26).
5. Michael Nakazawa King Of Laughter Challenge: Michael Nakazawa defeated DJ Nira, Masa Takanashi & Danshoku Dino by making them all laugh (8:15).
6. Hikaru Sato & Takao Soma defeated KUDO & Makoto Oishi when Sato submitted Oishi with the Cross Armbreaker (14:14).

Darkside HERO! being the referee for his own wrestling match caused some problems. He disqualified HARASHIMA for attacking him at the start of the match, even though he was supposed to since Darkside HERO! was his opponent. A rematch was declared immediately but this time under No DQ rules. Darkside HERO! was unmasked and revealed to be Tomomitsu Matsunaga. When HARASHIMA finally had Matsunaga beaten, Yukinori Matsui ran into the ring to make the three count.

HERO! appeared after the match to make peace with HARASHIMA and announce that he will be leaving at the end of October for personal reasons. He also said he never really liked Matsunaga. HERO! and HARASHIMA will team together for HERO!’s final DDT match for now in Nagoya on 30th October.

A TKG48 lumberjack match was announced for the 23rd October Korakuen Hall show. Sanshiro Takagi and Takao Soma are the only TKG48 members who qualified to wrestle at the show via the DDT48 General Election so it is likely one or both of them will be in that match with the lumberjacks made up of other TKG48 members.

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DDT “KO-D TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP ONE MATCH SHOW” Results

June 24, 2011

DDT “KO-D TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP ONE MATCH SHOW”, 24/06/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

0. Dark Match: Masa Takanashi defeated Kazuki Hirata with a Crab Hold (13:25).
1. KO-D Tag Team Titles: HARASHIMA & HERO! defeated Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa (c) when HERO! pinned Nakazawa with the Sasuke Segway (34:55).
*Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa fail in V1. HARASHIMA & HERO! become the 37th Champions!

The KO-D Tag Team Titles have changed hands once again. HARASHIMA & HERO! left Shin-Kiba 1st RING victorious over Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa, killing off the unlikely pair’s success story right when it just began. Masa Takanashi & Emi Sakura are the first team to challenge the new champions with the match set for the “LAST MINUTE SPECIAL” event at Shin-Kiba on 3rd July.

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DDT “NON-FIX 3.16” Results

April 6, 2011

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

1. Hikaru Sato defeated Akito with an Ankle Hold (7:43).
2. MIKAMI & Hoshitango defeated Tanomusaki Toba & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi when Hoshitango pinned Toba with a Uranage (7:55).
3. Takao Soma, Tomimitsu Matsunaga & Super Shit Machine defeated Dick Togo, GENTARO & Yasu Urano by DQ when GENTARO used a chair on Soma (12:02).
4. 4 Way: HARASHIMA Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs Antonio Honda Vs DJ Nira ended in a No Contest (9:12).
5. Daisuke Sasaki defeated Keisuke Ishii with the NOW or NEVER (10:37).
6. Danshoku Dino, KUDO & Makoto Oishi defeated Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Kazuki Hirata when Dino pinned Hirata with the Danshoku Driver (17:31).

After the main event, Tsurumi Amon approached Danshoku Dino in the ring to inform him of Bob Sapp’s latest Tweet. The message was a warning about Sapp’s next assassin. While they were reading the message, the ‘assassin’ suddenly appeared and entered the ring to attack Dino. Dino dodged him but accidentaly sent his attacker slamming into Tsurumi Amon and knocking him out. Dino and the wrestler fought to the back as the show ended.

The 4 Way match unintentionally started off as a 5 Way match. Minoru Fujita made his entrance along with the other competitors and Yukinori Matsui never noticed it. Tsurumi Amon had to stop the match and tell Matsui that Fujita wasn’t supposed to be here. He was eventually dragged away from ringside and the match continued. As the match progressed, DJ Nira formed an alliance with Michael Nakazawa and Antonio Honda and all three focused their attacks on HARAHSIMA. Nakazawa is starting to act like The Rock, but his attempts at The People’s Elbow ended badly when HARASHIMA rolled out of the way. HARASHIMA fought back but eventually the numbers game was proving too much. When all seemed lost, HARASHIMA was suddenly saved by HERO!, who cleared the ring. Matsui called for a No Contest as HARASHIMA was surprised to see himself being saved by his own alter ego.

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“MONTHLY YOUNG COMMUNICATIONS” Card, HARASHIMA Vs Honda

March 18, 2011

DDT “MONTHLY YOUNG COMMUNICATIONS MARCH EDITION”, 18/03/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Rion Mizuki Vs Ryuichi Sekine
2. Shota Vs Satoshi Hiroshi Kazato
3. Shigehiro Irie Vs Jun Nishikawa
4. Kazuki Hirata Vs Hiromu Takahashi
5. Keisuke Ishii & Hiro Tsumaki Vs Hiro Tonai & Akito

Kazuki Hirata Vs Hiromu Takahashi is a rematch from the 24/02 NEVER.5 show. Takahashi won that match with a Fisherman Suplex. This time Hirata has the home promotion advantage in DDT.

DDT “JUDGEMENT 2011 ~DDT 14TH ANNIVERSARY~”, 27/03/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Danshoku Dino Vs Bob Sapp’s Assassin
2. HARASHIMA Vs Antonio Honda
3. KO-D Openweight Title Challenge Right Fight +α Anytime and Anywhere Battle Royal: KUDO, Makoto Oishi Vs Daisuke Sasaki Vs Keisuke Ishii Vs Shigehiro Irie Vs Takao Soma Vs Super Shit Machine Vs Tomimitsu Matsunaga Vs Kenny Omega Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs GENTARO Vs Yasu Urano Vs Shuji Ishikawa Vs Seiya Morohashi Vs Ken Ohka
4. KO-D Openweight Title: Dick Togo (c) Vs Kota Ibushi

HARASHIMA Vs Antonio Honda has been added to the 14th Anniversary show. A year ago, the result would be obvious but now I am not so sure. Honda has recently held both the Interim KO-D Championship and the KO-D Tag Team Championship with Daisuke Sasaki. He has shown that he is capable of putting up a fight against anyone from Dick Togo to Hiroyoshi Tenzan. The match may prove to be more challenging for HARASHIMA than I would think. This is a chance for Honda to prove that he is at HARASHIMA’s level and start the road to becoming a fully fledged KO-D Openweight Champion.

The event will also feature the return of at least two names from DDT’s past, Rojo Del Sol and Tsunehito Naito. Rojo Del Sol showed up in DDT during the year 2000 and is a two time Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion. Former UWF fighter Tsunehito Naito wrestled for DDT in 1999 and went through the Malenko Dojo over in Florida.

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Awww, Ain’t That Sweet

February 21, 2011

A cute little story that took place during Valentine’s Day last week. The custom in Japan on Valentine’s Day is for women to give gifts such as chocolate to men. The girls from Ice Ribbon took part and all gave out Valentine’s Day chocolates to some of their favourite male wrestlers. Among the recipients of the chocolates were HARASHIMA who got a present from Riho, and Ken Ohka who got a gift from Hikari Minami. Let’s see if the men will return the favour on 14th March, aka White Day.

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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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