DDT “OSAKA 24 ZONE TOUR ~ HIGASHINARI DISTRICT” Results

November 19, 2012

DDT “OSAKA 24 ZONE TOUR ~ HIGASHINARI DISTRICT”, 18/11/2012
Higashinari Citizen Center
384 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Hikaru Sato defeated Tetsuya Endo with an Achilles Tendon Hold (6:36).
2. 3 Way Match: Antonio Honda defeated Michael Nakazawa and Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan when Honda pinned Nakazawa with the Diving Fist Drop (7:16).
3. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Takao Soma defeated Yasu Urano, Makoto Oishi & Shoichi Uchida when Soma pinned Urano with the Boma Ye (12:07).
4. Sanshiro Takagi, Akito & Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Gran Hamada, Gran Shiota & Gran Fukuda when Sakaguchi submitted Gran Fukuda with a Reverse Cross Armbreaker (11:04).
5. Danshoku Dino & DJ Nira Vs Yujio Hino & Daisuke Sasaki ended in a No Contest when Dino gave everybody the Lip Lock (12:09).
6. MIKAMI defeated Masa Takanashi with the Sliding School Boy (12:39).
7. Kota Ibushi & Konosuke Takeshita defeated HARASHIMA & Hiro Tsumaki when Ibushi pinned Tsumaki with the Sit Down Last Ride (17:00).

Rookie Konosuke Takeshita was in a great mood after tasting success in his first ever main event match. He asked Tsurumi Amon if he could be booked for more DDT shows than he is currently scheduled for. Amon understood Takeshita’s request but wasn’t sure if the increased schedule would get in the way with his high school education. Takeshita promised he will do his best both in school and in wrestling.

Danshoku Dino’s lust for Yuji Hino took centre stage for Match #5. However, his passion drove him out of control and he eventually gave a paralyzing Lip Lock to everyone in the ring, including the referee. The match was declared a no contest. When Daisuke Sasaki regained consciousness he challenged Dino to a rematch for DDT’s next Osaka show on 12th January next year.

Gran Shiota & Gran Fukuda both claim to be Gran Hamada’s illegitimate sons.

Yasu Urano’s return from a shoulder injury saw him dropping a fall to Takao Soma.

Antonio Honda was again caught stealing his opponents’ clothing and trying to sell them online. It turns out Honda is doing this to raise funds for the Monster Army.


Full Card For Higashinari

November 16, 2012

DDT “OSAKA 24 ZONE TOUR ~ HIGASHINARI DISTRICT”, 18/11/2012
Higashinari Citizen Center

1. Hikaru Sato Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. 3 Way Match: Antonio Honda Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan
3. Danshoku Dino & DJ Nira Vs Yujio Hino & Daisuke Sasaki
4. Yasu Urano, Makoto Oishi & Shoichi Uchida Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Takao Soma
5. MIKAMI Vs Masa Takanashi
6. Sanshiro Takagi, Akito & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Gran Hamada, Gran Shiota & Gran Fukuda
7. HARASHIMA & Hiro Tsumaki Vs Kota Ibushi & Konosuke Takeshita


Dino Waits For Hino In Osaka, Union Mixed Tag, Siege Hit By Bad Economy

November 15, 2012

DDT “OSAKA 24 ZONE TOUR ~ HIGASHINARI DISTRICT”, 18/11/2012
Higashinari Citizen Center

1. Danshoku Dino & DJ Nira Vs Yujio Hino & Daisuke Sasaki
2. Sanshiro Takagi, Akito & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Gran Hamada, Gran Shiota & Gran Fukuda
3. HARASHIMA & Hiro Tsumaki Vs Kota Ibushi & Konosuke Takeshita

Danshoku Dino said he is excited to be in the same ring with Yuji Hino when they face each other in Higashinari, Osaka this weekend.

UNION “7TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW”, 23/11/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

0. Dark Match: El Hijo del Goro Vs SAGAT
1. Hiroshi Fukuda & Taichi Kazato Vs Ryuichi Sekine & Shotaro Nasu
2. Cherry Vs Ran Yu Yu
3. Hiro Tsumaki & Mio Shirai Vs Seiya Morohashi & Arisa Nakajima
4. Isami Kodaka Vs Shigehiro Irie
5. 3 Way Match: Ken Ohka Vs El Generico Vs Jun Kasai
6. DDT Extreme Title: Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii

Arisa Nakajima from JWP stops by for some mixed tag team action. Poison Sawada JULIE will also be in attendance to greet the Union fans one last time.

DDT “SNAKE WORLD REINCARNATION FINAL ~ POISON SAWADA JULIE FOREVER”, 25/11/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match: Hoshitango Vs Taichi Kazato
1. Masa Takanashi, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Yasu Urano, Hikaru Sato & Gorgeous Matsuno
2. Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Gota Ihashi Vs Yuji Hino, Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki
3. Castle Siege Death Match – Final Chapter: Sanshiro Takagi, Makoto Oishi & Akito Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiri Irie & Takao Soma
4. Michael Nakazawa & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Danshoku Dino & DJ Nira
5. Poison Sawada JULIE Retirement Match: Poison Sawada JULIE, Takatoge & JARASHIMA Vs Hiro Tsumaki, Tetsuya Endo & Konosuke Takeshita
6. KO-D Openweight Title: El Generico (c) Vs MIKAMI

The two sides for the Castle Siege Death Match met each other on neutral grounds (the Dropkick Bar in Shinjuku) to determine the rules for their upcoming war in detail. The only problem was Sanshiro Takagi hadn’t thought up of the rules yet. Thinking on the spot, Takagi decided that both teams will have a castle made out of 20 chairs each set up inside Korakuen Hall. Tsurumi Amon wasn’t pleased with the idea because those 40 chairs might be needed for the audience. Takagi then came up with the idea of each castle having features like a keep, a gun turret and a moat. Amon said that would be impossible because DDT does not have the money to build such features (maybe they could cut a deal with the porn studio that built a house inside Korakuen for Big Japan back in 2003). He told the two sides that if they wanted siege weaponry, they would have to pay for it themselves. Takagi searched through his pockets for money and found 1,350 yen, a movie ticket stub, some receipts and a Chinese restaurant voucher. Everyone else pitched in and eventually both sides ended up with a war chest of 30,000 yen each to spend on their arsenal.


Yasu Urano Returns Soon, JARASHIMA Summoned, Siege Reinforcements

November 1, 2012

DDT “TBA”, 18/11/2012
Higashinari Citizen Center

1. Sanshiro Takagi, Akito & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Gran Hamada, Gran Shiota & Gran Fukuda
2. HARASHIMA & Hiro Tsumaki Vs Kota Ibushi & Konosuke Takeshita

Yasu Urano may be healthy enough to return at this show. Shoichi Uchida and Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan are also scheduled to appear.

DDT “SNAKE WORLD REINCARNATION FINAL ~ POISON SAWADA JULIE FOREVER”, 25/11/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match: Hoshitango Vs Taichi Kazato
1. Masa Takanashi, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Yasu Urano, Hikaru Sato & Gorgeous Matsuno
2. Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Gota Ihashi Vs Yuji Hino, Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki
3. Castle Siege Death Match – Final Chapter: Sanshiro Takagi, Makoto Oishi & Akito Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiri Irie & Takao Soma
4. Michael Nakazawa & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Danshoku Dino & DJ Nira
5. Poison Sawada JULIE Retirement Match: Poison Sawada JULIE, Takatoge & JARASHIMA Vs Hiro Tsumaki, Tetsuya Endo & Konosuke Takeshita
6. KO-D Openweight Title: El Generico (c) Vs MIKAMI

Poison Sawada JULIE’s second partner from for his retirement match has been chosen. JULIE has a large selection of followers who fought for his snake army over the years but in the end, JARASHIMA joins Takatoge for JULIE’s final hurrah.

The siege on Castle Korakuen will be a much larger affair than expected. Both sides will have reinforcements with the defenders getting Makoto Oishi and the attackers getting their own giant battering ram, Shigehiro Irie.


DDT/DRAGON GATE “DDG COMES BACK” Results

June 5, 2012

DDT/DRAGON GATE “DDG COMES BACK”, 05/06/2012
Higashinari Citizens Center
501 Fans

0. Special Dark Match – Falls Count Anywhere: Michael Nakazawa Vs Hollywood Stalker Ichikawa is probably still going on (230:50). (Special Guest Referee: Gorgeous Matsuno)
1. Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma defeated Masaaki Mochizuki & Kotoka when Takagi pinned Kotoka with the Sit Down Sunflower Bomb (10:04).
2. Masa Takanashi & Ken Ohka defeated Super Shisa & Shisa Boy when Takanashi pinned Shisa Boy with the Takatonic (9:31).
3. Danshoku Rumble: Don Fujii defeated Danshoku Dino, Antonio Honda, Gorgeous Matsuno, Ryo “Jimmy” Saito and Rich Swann (14:47).
3a. Danshoku Dino kisseded Gorgeous Matsuno (0:57).
3b. Danshoku Dino kissed Rich Swann (6:55).
3c. Danshoku Dino kissed Antonio Honda (8:20).
3d. Danshoku Dino kissed Ryo “Jimmy” Saito (10:43).
3e. Don Fujii defeated Danshoku Dino with a Small Package (14:47).
4. Shingo Takagi & YAMATO defeated Kenny Omega & Keisuke Ishii when YAMATO pinned Ishii with the Gallaria (15:23)
5. BxB Hulk defeated Kota Ibushi with the First Flash (16:52).
6. HARASHIMA, KUDO, Shigehiro Irie & Masaaki Mochizuki defeated Cyber Kong, Naoki Tanizaki, Kzy & Mondai Ryu by DQ when Ryu attacked the referee (3:00).
6a. Sanshiro Takagi, Masaaki Mochizuki, HARASHIMA, KUDO & Shigehiro Irie defeated Akira Tozawa, Cyber Kong, Naoki Tanizaki, Kzy & Mondai Ryu when HARASHIMA pinned Kzy with the Somato (12:10).

The Falls Count Anywhere dark match between Michael Nakazawa and Stalker Ichikawa began 5 minutes before the doors of the arena were open to the public. After brawling outside the ring for a long time and guest ref Gorgeous Matsuno being unable to physically count to three, the match was nearing its time limit. Nakazawa, Ishikawa and Matsuno all agreed to get rid of the time limit and continue the match until a winner was crowned. They brawled to the back and everyone has assumed that the match is still going on.

Sanshiro Takagi and Masaaki Mochizuki became kindred spirits after the opening match, showing respect to each other for still going strong into their forties. Takagi wondered if they should form a tag team to show the younger wrestlers that they’ve still got it.

Ken Ohka tried to get Masa Takanashi and Super Shisa to put aside their differences and shake hands after their match. Takanashi refused and lashed out at Shisa Boy. Super Shisa got angry and gave everyone in the ring the Yoshitonic, even Takayuki Yagi the referee.

Danshoku Dino announced the rules for the Danshoku Rumble. Dino believes that 80% of pro wrestlers are secretly gay and it was up to him to get them out of the closet. So for this match if Dino kissed any of his opponents, they would have to admit they were gay and wear one of Dino’s spare tights. Anyone who beats Dino or lasts 15 minutes without getting kissed wins the match and proves that they are not gay. One by one the competitors fell to Dino and Don Fujii was soon left on his own. But right when Dino had Fujii’s head down his tights for the Danshoku Driver, Fujii escaped and pinned him with a Small Package to win. Then it was revealed that Fujii was wearing Danshoku tights under his gear all along and he gave Kotoka a kiss followed by the Danshoku Driver.

Back to the proper matches, Dragon Gate scored victories in the two most anticipated bouts. Shingo Takagi & YAMATO were too powerful for Kenny Omega & Keisuke Ishii to handle. As Omega and YAMATO were going back and forth, Takagi caught Omega by surprise with a Pumping Bomber. Ishii tried to keep the match alive but was then targeted by YAMATO. Ishii was down and out after a Vertical Drop Brainbuster and the Gallaria.

BxB Hulk defeated Kota Ibushi in a rematch from their DDG bout five years ago. Both men have grown a lot since then, both with their ability and with their personalities. Ibushi almost won with two Lariat and the Sit Down Last Ride Power Bomb. Hulk turned the tables with a big combo of Mouse, F.T.X., Spin Kick, Axe Kick and finally the First Flash to score the win and avenge his defeat to Ibushi from 5 years ago.

The main event saw some changes due to a possible delay with Akira Tozawa returning from the UK. When it was time for the main event to begin, Kzy yelled about Tozawa not being in the arena and also said that both Naoki Tanizaki & Mondai Ryu would replace him. The MAD BLANKEY team then attacked the DDT team until Mochizuki ran out to make the save. HARASHIMA then suggested to make the match an 8-Man Tag Team bout with Mochizuki joining him, KUDO & Shigehiro Irie. The match was made and Mochizuki was about to win in quick fashion after giving Ryu the Twister. However, the other MAD BLANKEY wrestlers pulled the ref out of the ring during the pin and got themselves disqualified in the process.

As both teams brawled after the match, Tozawa finally showed up and insulted both DDT. He also said they should stop hosting anymore DDG shows. Sanshiro Takagi came out and HARSHIMA suggested to restart the main event this time as a 10-Man Tag Team match with Takagi and Tozawa now involved. The restart saw the DDT+Mochi team bring the fight back to MAD BLANKEY with Irie trading Lariats with Cyber Kong, HARASHIMA & KUDO sandwiching Mondai Ryu with Middle Kicks, Mochi kicking the crap out of Tozawa and Takagi carrying both Tozawa and Ryu over his shoulders at the same time for a Spicolli Driver. The match ended when HARASHIMA dumped Kzy on his head with a Reverse Frankensteiner and then flattened him with the Somato.

As the show came to an end, HARASHIMA thanked the crowd for coming to see the first DDG show in four years. Takagi and Mochizuki again talked about forming a team together and becoming the strongest pair of wrestlers who were born on January, 1970. Michael Nakazawa and Stalker Ishikawa then made a reappearance to remind people their match was still going on.


DDG, Another Homoiro Title Shot, nWJ’s Backer

June 4, 2012

DDT/DRAGON GATE “DDG COMES BACK”, 05/06/2012
Higashinari Citizens Center

0. Special Dark Match: Michael Nakazawa Vs Hollywood Stalker Ichikawa (Special Guest Referee: Gorgeous Matsuno)
1. Danshoku Rumble: Danshoku Dino Vs Antonio Honda Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Don Fujii Vs Ryo “Jimmy” Saito Vs Rich Swann
2. HARASHIMA, KUDO & Shigehiro Irie Vs Akira Tozawa, Cyber Kong & Kzy
3. Masa Takanashi & Ken Ohka Vs Super Shisa & Shisa Boy
4. Kota Ibushi Vs BxB Hulk
5. Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma Vs Masaaki Mochizuki & Kotoka
6. Kenny Omega & Keisuke Ishii Vs Shingo Takagi & YAMATO

The time limit for the dark match has not been set. It will go from whenever they start the match up until around 10 minutes before the show itself begins properly.

DDT “ANGRY PE GOOD PE IN IBARAKI”, 16/06/2012
Ushiku Athletic Park Gymnasium

1. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Mitsuhiro Yoshida
2. 3 Way Match: DJ Nira Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
3. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Hikaru Sato & Tetsuya Endo
4. Why Does Michael Nakazawa Mess With Insanely Funny Game? – Verification Match: Danshoku Dino & Akito Vs Antonio Honda & Michael Nakazawa
5. HARASHIMA Vs Takao Soma
6. KO-D Tag Team Title: Yasu Urano & Yuji Hino (c) Vs KUDO & Makoto Oishi

This will be the sixth time a Homoiro Clover Z team challenges for the KO-D Tag Team Title ever since Danshoku Dino & Kota Ibushi vacated the belts back in September 2011.

DDT “WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2012”, 24/06/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Ayumi Kurihara (c) Vs X
2. GM Army Vs Dissidents: Michael Nakazawa, Kenny Omega, Batten Tamagawa & X Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Takao Soma, Hero Amon & X (w/ Katsuji Nagashima)
3. Special Single Match: HARASHIMA Vs Shigehiro Irie
4. KUDO, Makoto Oishi & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Masa Takanashi, Daisuke Sasaki & Hoshitango
5. KO-D Openweight Title: Yuji Hino (c) Vs Kota Ibushi

The feud between the GM Army led by Tsurumi Amon against New World Japan has seen Sanshiro Takagi bring in a powerful figure to help him out. Katsuji Nagashima, formerly an executive of New Japan and World Japan, is now a backer for the nWJ and his influence will be seen when the mysterious fourth wrestler of the nWJ team will be revealed. That’s not to say Tsurumi Amon has something up his sleeve with his own mystery wrestler also set to compete.


Dramatic Dream Gate Card Ready!

May 10, 2012

DDT/DRAGON GATE “DDG COMES BACK”, 05/06/2012
Higashinari Citizens Center

0. Special Dark Match: Michael Nakazawa Vs Hollywood Stalker Ichikawa (Special Guest Referee: Gorgeous Matsuno)
1. Danshoku Rumble: Danshoku Dino Vs Antonio Honda Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Don Fujii Vs Ryo “Jimmy” Saito Vs Rich Swann
2. HARASHIMA, KUDO & Shigehiro Irie Vs Akira Tozawa, Cyber Kong & Kzy
3. Masa Takanashi & Ken Ohka Vs Super Shisa & Shisa Boy
4. Kota Ibushi Vs BxB Hulk
5. Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma Vs Masaaki Mochizuki & Kotoka
6. Kenny Omega & Keisuke Ishii Vs Shingo Takagi & YAMATO

Two worlds collided today when wrestlers from both DDT and Dragon Gate held a press conference for the joint “DDG COMES BACK” taking place in June.

Shingo Takagi & YAMATO said that they wanted to fight Kenny Omega because of his exciting style. Keisuke Ishii said he understands that his opponents do not know who he is but he will delight the DDT fans by scoring the win for his team. He also admitted to being a Dragon Gate fan.

BxB Hulk wasn’t too excited to hear he would be facing Kota Ibushi. Hulk wondered out loud if Ibushi was the same guy he fought back in 2007 and that he doesn’t know him much since them because he keeps getting injured. He then told Ibushi to be careful so he wouldn’t injure himself again. Ibushi pointed out that he won the match back in ’07. He will look forward to seeing how much both of them have improved since that match.

Super Shisa complimented Masa Takanashi for his ability to use the Yoshitonic/Takatonic finisher. However, he is insulted that Takanashi named the move after himself as if he was the one who invented it. He’ll show Takanashi what the original is like! Ken Ohka told the Shisa team that he will show them the greatness of a true lion. He then named his team with Takasnashi the Dropout Roses. This is in reference to both Ohka and Takanashi dropping out of the Ultimo Dragon Gym when they originally tried to get into wrestling (Ohka trained in the 7th class from 2000, Masa trained in the 9th class from 2002).

With the show taking place in Osaka, Shigehiro Irie is motivated to win the match in front of his home crowd. He also doesn’t want to lose to Cyber Kong. KUDO thinks that he, Irie and HARASHIMA are the strongest trio DDT can create to take on MAD BLANKEY. Akira Tozawa thinks otherwise.

Stalker Ichikawa had no idea the press conference took place today. In fact, Stalker had no idea the show existed and that he has a dark match against Michael Nakazawa. He only found out when he was called to the table! Special guest referee Gorgeous Matsuno said the match will take place under his rules, “Gorgeous Rules”.


Dramatic Dream Gate Returns, Dino & Ibushi Get Title Shot

April 26, 2012

DDT/DRAGON GATE “DDG COMES BACK”, 13/05/2012
Higashinari Citizens Center

0. Special Dark Match: Michael Nakazawa Vs Stalker Ichikawa

For the first time in four years, DDT and Dragon Gate will get together again for their Dramatic Dream Gate joint show. This will be the third DDG show to take place and the first to happen outside of Tokyo. Notable moments that took place in the previous events include Danshoku Dino and Masaaki Mochizuki swapping bodies before their match, a dream face off between Kota Ibushi and BxB HulkStalker Ichikawa and Gorgeous Matsuno building up a ridiculous rivalry where neither of them could get the upper hand, and CIMA getting way more of Dino and Akira Tozawa than he bargained for.

DDT “DOTONBORI STORY 12”, 13/05/2012
Osaka Minami Move On Arena

1. Daisuke Sasaki Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. 4 Way Match: Michael Nakazawa Vs DJ Nira Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Antonio Honda
3. Sanshiro Takagi, Takao Soma & X Vs Shoichi Uchida, Hideki Shiota & Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan
4. KUDO Vs Keita Yano
5. Masa Takanashi & HARASHIMA Vs Shigehiro Irie & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
6. Hikaru Sato Vs Keisuke Ishii
7. KO-D Tag Team Title: Yasu Urano & Yuji Hino (c) Vs Danshoku Dino & Kota Ibushi

So soon after Kota Ibushi returns to the ring, he & Danshoku Dino will get a shot at the KO-D Tag Team Titles that they had to forfeit when Ibushi was put on the shelf last September.