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New Hard Hit Rules

March 12, 2012

HARD HIT “ATLANTIS”, 22/03/2012
Shinjuku FACE

1. KEI Yamamiya Vs Ryuichi Sekine
2. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Michael Nakazawa
3. Isami Kodaka Vs Tanomusaku Toba
4. HARASHIMA Vs Daisuke Nakamura
5. Hikaru Sato Vs Ryo Kawamura

Hikaru Sato has announced a new rule set to be used in Hard Hit going forward. The following changes have been made:

– Hard Hit matches will now have either a 10 or 15 minute time limit.

– Pinfalls are not in use.

– 10 minute fights will use a three point loss system. 15 minute fights will use a 5 point loss system.

– Closed fist strikes to the face, shins and knees are not allowed. However, strikes to the shins and knees will be allowed if the opponent wears padding on the affected area.

– Headbutts are banned.

– When on the ground, fighters are considered to be in a grounded state until they are standing on the soles of both feet.

– When fighting in a grounded state, the only strikes that are allowed to be used are open palm strikes.

– Leaving the ring during the fight, using weapons and attacking the referee are all grounds for immediate disqualifiction.

Everything else will be kept as usual. The last two matches will have a 15 minute time limit, the rest will be 10 minutes. There have been some comments that Sato is using the Hard Hit relaunch to prepare for a possible revival in the shoot-fighting style made famous by UWF and RINGS. Sato’s response is he does not know what is happening and he just wants to appeal to the fans of that style.

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Two New Matches For Hard Hit

March 9, 2012

HARD HIT “ATLANTIS”, 22/03/2012
Shinjuku FACE

1. KEI Yamamiya Vs Ryuichi Sekine
2. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Michael Nakazawa
3. Isami Kodaka Vs Tanomusaku Toba
4. HARASHIMA Vs Daisuke Nakamura
5. Hikaru Sato Vs Ryo Kawamura

Daisuke Nakamura comes from the U-FILE camp.

Tanomusaku Toba reappears to continue his streak of fighting on every Hard Hit show to date. Hikaru Sato has fought on every show except the first one.

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“JUDGEMENT 2012” And Hart Hit Matches

March 5, 2012

DDT “JUDGEMENT 2012”, 11/03/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Gota Ihashi Return Match: KUDO Vs Gota Ihashi
2. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Antonio Honda (c) Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Poison JULIE Sawada Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Tigers Mask Vs Kana Vs Keita Yano
3. A Major Explosion!? Rocket Punch: Masao Inoue Vs DJ Nira
4. Shigehiro Irie & Keisuke Ishii Vs Shuji Kondo & Kaz Hayashi
5. KO-D Tag Team Title: Yasu Urano & Yuji Hino (c) Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma
6. KO-D Openweight Title: Danshoku Dino (c) Vs Hikaru Sato

DDT confirmed the challengers for the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title Battle Royal. Antonio Honda was the one who brought the title back from the clutches of the Osaka Pro wrestlers. Now he will be chased after by the usual crew plus guests like Tigers Mask, Kana and Keita Yano.

HARD HIT “ATLANTIS”, 22/03/2012
Shinjuku FACE

1. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Michael Nakazawa
2. KEI Yamamiya Vs Ryuichi Sekine
3. Hikaru Sato Vs Ryo Kawamura

Some information has come in for the next Hard Hit show. The main event of Hikaru Sato versus Ryo Kawamura of Pancrase-ism fame will have a fifteen minute time limit. The other two fights will each have a ten minute time limit. More matches will be announced soon. Keiichiro “KEI” Yamamiya represents the GRABAKA gym located in Nakano while Yukio Sakaguchi comes from the Sakaguchi Dojo in Yokohama.

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HARD HIT “ATLANTIS” Results

November 13, 2011

HARD HIT “ATLANTIS”, 13/11/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
273 Fans

1. Keisuke Ishii defeated Hiroshi Fukuda by KO with the Kneel Kick (3:12).
2. Tanomusaku Toba defeated Kotaro Nasu by Ref Stoppage with Mounted Punches (7:37).
3. Isami Kodaka defeated Ryuichi Sekine with a Triangle Choke (5:18).
4. Kengo Mashimo defeated Akito with the Mudo (13:28).
5. Shuji Ishikawa defeated Takaku Fuke with a Vertical Fall Brainbuster (10:32).
6. HARASHIMA & Mitsuya Nagai defeated KUDO & Kenny Omega when HARASHIMA submitted KUDO with a Front Neck Lock (13:45).
7. Daisuke Sekimoto defeated Hikaru Sato by TKO with the German Suplex (11:20).

This could be the final Hard Hit event as Hikaru Sato requested to end the brand after the main event.

HARASHIMA evens the score with KUDO by submitting him with a Front Neck Lock. Anything could happen when the two face each other for the KO-D Openweight Title on 22nd November at Korakuen Hall.

Keisuke Ishii replaced Kazuki Hirata in the opener after Hirata suffered a concussion during the DDT show held earlier in the day.

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Tomorrow’s Tripleshot

November 12, 2011

DDT “NON-FIX 11.13”, 13/11/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Homoiro Clover Z Audition: Danshoku Dino Vs X
2. Hikaru Sato & Rion Mizuki Vs Michael Nakazawa & Kazuki Hirata
3. Yasu Urano, Antonio Honda & X Vs MIKAMI, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Hoshitango
4. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs DJ Nira & Gorgeous Matsuno
5. Kenny Omega Vs Takao Soma
6. KUDO & Daisuke Sasaki Vs HARASHIMA & Masa Takanashi

HARD HIT “ATLANTIS”, 13/11/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Kazuki Hirata Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
2. Tanomusaku Toba Vs Kotaro Nasu
3. Isami Kodaka Vs Ryuichi Sekine
4. Madoka Vs Kengo Mashimo
5. Shuji Ishikawa Vs Takaku Fuke
6. KUDO & Kenny Omega Vs HARASHIMA & Mitsuya Nagai
7. Hikaru Sato Vs Daisuke Sekimoto

UNION “FANTASY ILLUSION 5”, 13/11/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Cherry Tag Match: Giant Cherry & Nice Body Cherry Vs Mrs. Cherry & Chinese Cherry
2. S-Ovation Vs M-Ovation: Hiroyo Matsumoto & Misaki Ohata Vs Shigeko Deluxe & Hiroko Mangrove
3. Masako Takanashi & Kazue Hirata Vs Kaori Yoneyama & Leon
4. Handsome Shirai Vs Kenko Ohka
5. Cherry Vs Aja Kong

The shows will take place in the above order. DDT takes place first at noon, then Hard Hit goes on during the afternoon and finally the day ends with Union in the evening.

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Full Tripleshot Cards, Homoiro Clover Z Auditions

November 7, 2011

DDT “NON-FIX 11.13”, 13/11/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

Gorgeous Matsuno has requested a shot at the KO-D Tag Team Titles with Poison JULIE Sawada as his partner. However, Tsurumi Amon is not convinced they deserve to get the title shot. He thinks they will have to defeat the champions first before they can go after the belts. Sawada will not be appearing at Shin-Kiba 1st RING on 13/11 so Amon has told Matsuno to team with DJ Nira to take on the champs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie at the show. If Matsuno & Nira win, then Matsuno & Sawada will be given a title shot to be held at 27/11.

The Let’s Go 30’s pair of Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda are going back to the drawing board after failing to win the KO-D Tag Team Titles. Part of their new strategy will be to bring in a third member to their group, who will be revealed at this show.

Hard Hit “ATLANTIS”, 13/11/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

UNION “FANTASY ILLUSION 5”, 13/11/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

If you like your pro wrestling to have cross dressing then boy are you in for a treat (I can’t believe I typed that). Handsome Shirai Vs Kenko Ohka sounds like a gender swapped version of the Mio Shirai Vs Ken Ohka feud, Masako Takanashi is Masa Takanashi, Kazue Hirata is Kazuki Hirata, Shigeko Deluxe & Hiroko Mangrove are the female cheerleader alter egos of Shigehiro Irie & Shuji Ishikawa respectively and Chinese Cherry will obviously be Chou-un Shiryu. My guesses for the other Cherry knock offs are Hoshitango for Giant Cherry, Big Morohashi for Nice Body Cherry and Sanshiro Takagi for Mrs. Cherry/Cherry’s mother.

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

1. Homoiro Clover Z Audition: Hikari Minami Vs X
2. AJPW Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kenny Omega (c) Vs Minoru Tanaka
3. KO-D Openweight Title: KUDO (c) Vs HARASHIMA

Homoiro Clover Z will be holding “auditions” for the rest of this month to find their newest member. Hikari Minami from Ice Ribbon is the first name added to the audition. She caught their attention when she and Sanshiro Takagi defeated Clover members Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi at “OSAKA BAY BLUES”. So far the official members of Homoiro Clover Z are Danshoku Dino, Kota Ibushi, Makoto Oishi and KUDO.

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Dick Togo American Vacation, Hard Hit Card

October 28, 2011

“THE INDIE SUMMIT 2011”, 03/12/2011
Asylum Arena, Philadelphia, USA

1. Yoshihito Sasaki Vs Sami Callihan
2. Dick Togo Vs KUDO
3. Jun Kasai & Jaki Numazawa Vs Ryuji Ito & Danny Havoc

Some matches have finally been announced for The Indie Summit 2011, a joint show produced by Combat Zone Wrestling featuring Japanese wrestlers from DDT, Big Japan, Freedoms and K-DOJO. Dick Togo will also be involved as his global retirement tour stops by the United States during December. Togo returns to the infamous Asylum Arena for the first time since the Chikara King Of Trios weekend back in April. KUDO will be one of DDT’s representatives, the most important one if he is still the KO-D Openweight Champion by the time the show takes place, and will be the one facing Togo in the former ECW Arena. Danshoku Dino is the only other DDT wrestler confirmed for the show so far. Kengo Mashimo from K-DOJO and Takashi Sasaki & Kamui from Freedoms will also be wrestling at the show.

PWG “FEAR”, 10/12/2011
American Legion Post #308, California, USA

El Generico Vs Dick Togo

One week later, Dick Togo will travel to Reseda, California for a highly anticipated Pro Wrestling Guerrilla event. While all the attention for this show is on the return of Super Dragon, the big highlight of the undercard is Togo’s clash with the current DDT Extreme Champion, El Generico.

Hard Hit “ATLANTIS”, 13/11/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

Hard Hit evens sort of lean more towards the kind of wrestling matches you would find in old shoot-style promotions such as UWF-I. Hard Hit matches can be won via pinfall, submission, knockout, disqualification and count out. There is also a points system in place that can determine when matches can end by TKO. In singles matches both wrestlers begin the match with 5 points each. For tag team bouts both teams start off with 8 points each. A wrestler loses a point when he is knocked down or uses a rope break. He also loses a point if he is called for a foul more than once. When a wrestler’s points tally reaches zero, he automatically loses the fight by TKO.

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Kenny Gets AJPW Jr. Title Shot, KO-D Tag Title Match In Sapporo

September 27, 2011

AJPW “PRO-WRESTLING LOVE IN RYOGOKU VOL. 13”, 23/10/2011
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight Title: KAI (c) Vs Kenny Omega

Just like in the Best Of The Super Jr. tournament back in June, Kenny Omega came so close to winning the 2011 AJPW Jr. Heavyweight League. Omega finished second place in Block A behind the AJPW Jr. Heavyweight Champion and eventual tournament winner, KAI. Omega defeated KAI, BUSHI and BLACK BUSHI but what cost him were losses to Kaz Hayashi and MINORU. Hikaru Sato was also in the tournament but could only finish fifth in Block B, beating Jimmy Yang and MAZADA but losing to Hiroshi Yamato, Koji Kanemoto and Shuji Kondo.

Luckily for Omega, he was the only person in the tournament to beat KAI and for that he has been granted a title shot. He will face KAI for the belt at Sumo Hall on 23rd October.

DDT “PRO WRESTLING FESTIVAL IN SAPPORO”, 10/10/2011
Sapporo Teisen Hall

1. Poison JULIE Sawada & Antonio Honda Vs Yasu Urano & DJ Nira
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Hiroki Vs Michael Nakazawa & Chiharu
3. MIKAMI Vs Masa Takanashi
4. HARASHIMA & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Tomoya Adachi & Takao Soma
5. KUDO & Hikaru Sato Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa
6. KO-D Tag Team Title Decision Match: Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie

The vacant KO-D Tag Team Titles will be on the line in the main event. Tsurumi Amon thinks the rivalry between Shigehiro Irie and Keisuke Ishii will translate into one well-oiled machine of a tag team. Irie briefly held the KO-D Tag belts with Munenori Sawa back in June while Ishii is coming off of a failed KO-D Openweight Title challenge.

Speaking of Munenori Sawa, this will be one of his last shows in DDT before his retirement. Best to enjoy his team with Sanshiro Takagi while we still can. Meanwhile Takagi will be working double duty by wrestling in the semi-main as well as what I think is a mixed tag match.

DDT “NON-FIX 11.13”, 13/11/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

Hard Hit “ATLANTIS”, 13/11/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

UNION “FANTASY ILLUSION 5”, 13/11/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

A Shin-Kiba 1st RING tripleshot is set for 13th November. DDT will hold a show, Hard Hit returns for its first event since April 2010 and Cherry will get to produce her fifth Fantasy Illusion.

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Dramatic DDT

New Hard Hit Rules

Two New Matches For Hard Hit

“JUDGEMENT 2012” And Hart Hit Matches

HARD HIT “ATLANTIS” Results

Tomorrow’s Tripleshot

Full Tripleshot Cards, Homoiro Clover Z Auditions

Dick Togo American Vacation, Hard Hit Card

Kenny Gets AJPW Jr. Title Shot, KO-D Tag Title Match In Sapporo

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