MUSCLE “HIRAGANA MUSCLE 7 ~IT’S STILL SUMMER ON THE KOSHU KAIDO~” Final Results

September 9, 2022

MUSCLE “HIRAGANA MUSCLE 7 ~IT’S STILL SUMMER ON THE KOSHU KAIDO~ (CHEERING FANS TIME)”, 09/09/2022
Tokyo Kitazawa Town Hall
124 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. UP & DOWN CLIMAX FIGHT ~ SWOUD Special Rules: Herman Miller Mao, Kazusada Kokuyo, AK Racing Yoshimura, Eames Watase, Human Chair Imanari, Itoki Oyoshi, Daigouin Inada, One-Eyed Iron Naya, Dee Jay & Many Books defeated Totaro Omoiki, Takaku Karahiko, Knee Cross Kinya, Baseball Bat Swing, Marume Komimatsu, Hisamitsu Chikuhisa, Sasadango, Yukidango, Yasudango & Surprise-san when Mao submitted Chikuhisa with the Just Face Lock (46:32).

The two final performances for this rendition of Hiragana Muscle took place today. The afternoon show had a lowered capacity in order to allow the audience to safely cheer in a socially distanced environment. RAM RIDER, the musician who has been creating songs for this project since the beginning also announced that his soundtracks are now available on several music services like Spotify and iTunes.


MUSCLE “HIRAGANA MUSCLE 7 ~IT’S STILL SUMMER ON THE KOSHU KAIDO~”, 09/09/2022
Tokyo Kitazawa Town Hall
250 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. UP & DOWN CLIMAX FIGHT ~ SWOUD Special Rules: Totaro Omoiki, Takaku Karahiko, Knee Cross Kinya, Baseball Bat Swing, Marume Komimatsu, Hisamitsu Chikuhisa, Sasadango, Yukidango, Yasudango & Surprise-san defeated Herman Miller Mao, Kazusada Kokuyo, AK Racing Yoshimura, Eames Watase, Human Chair Imanari, Itoki Oyoshi, Daigouin Inada, One-Eyed Iron Naya, Dee Jay & Many Books when Chikushisa pinned Mao with the Amonken (53:55).

The final performance gets its happy ending in front of a full audience. Amon Tsurumi wins the match to bring Hiragana Muscle to its end. Muscle Sakai also gets his time in the spotlight when many of the wrestlers hand over the bandanas they wore for the show and tie them all around his arm.

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MUSCLE “HIRAGANA MUSCLE 7 ~IT’S STILL SUMMER ON THE KOSHU KAIDO~ (FREE PUBLIC PERFORMANCE)” Results

September 8, 2022

MUSCLE “HIRAGANA MUSCLE 7 ~IT’S STILL SUMMER ON THE KOSHU KAIDO~ (FREE PUBLIC PERFORMANCE)”, 08/09/2022
Tokyo Kitazawa Town Hall
245 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. UP & DOWN CLIMAX FIGHT ~ SWOUD Special Rules: Kazusada Kokuyo, AK Racing Yoshimura, Herman Miller Mao, Eames Watase, Human Chair Imanari, Itoki Oyoshi, Daigouin Inada, One-Eyed Iron Naya, Dee Jay & Many Books defeated Totaro Omoiki, Takaku Karahiko, Knee Cross Kinya, Baseball Bat Swing, Marume Komimatsu, Hisamitsu Chikuhisa, Sasadango, Yukidango, Yasudango & Surprise-san when Mao submitted Chikuhisa with the Just Face Lock (45:06).

The second of four performances saw the ending get flipped. After MAO’s character blocked the Uraken Backfist from Amon Tsurumi, he grabbed his arm and pulled him down into the Just Face Lock for the submission victory.

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MUSCLE “HIRAGANA MUSCLE 7 ~IT’S STILL SUMMER ON THE KOSHU KAIDO~” Results

September 7, 2022

MUSCLE “HIRAGANA MUSCLE 7 ~IT’S STILL SUMMER ON THE KOSHU KAIDO~”, 07/09/2022
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
544 Fans

1. UP & DOWN CLIMAX FIGHT ~ SWOUD Special Rules: Totaro Omoiki, Takaku Karahiko, Knee Cross Kinya, Baseball Bat Swing, Marume Komimatsu, Hisamitsu Chikuhisa, Sasadango, Yukidango, Yasudango & Surprise-san defeated Herman Miller Mao, Kazusada Kokuyo, AK Racing Yoshimura, Eames Watase, Human Chair Imanari, Itoki Oyoshi, One-Eyed Iron Naya, Daigouin Inada, Dee Jay & South River when Chikuhisa pinned Mao with the Amonken (37:31).

The final chapter of Hiragana Muscle began with a PowerPoint presentation from Super Sasadango Machine. He explained to the audience that his task for today is to figure out how to make the last episode an all round success. Ticket sales and merchandise are important but the biggest factor was how much they audience could get excited. Cheers and shouting were not permitted for the show due to restrictions but laughter and gasps of shock were allowed. So Sasadango got the crowd to give a standing ovation to kick off the show. There was also a montage video that ended with a tribute to Tsurutimo Dragon, aka the late Goro Tsurumi.

Amon Tsurumi is leaving DDT at the end of the year so he was the hero of today’s story. He was seen in the ring training with Konosuke Takeshita & Yuki Ueno when Yuki Rock interrupted them. Tsurumi revealed he wants to end his career as an idol wrestler and asked Takeshita to reform The Finisher Boys for a limited time so he can perform with them. Takeshita & Ueno agreed. Meanwhile up in the balcony, the former members of The Steel Chair Boys watched on. Since Shota is now in America he was replaced with Tetsu Unada and Yukio Naya in the group. Inada in particular set his sights on Tsurumi and declared war!

There was an introduction of all the characters followed by the title reveal for this episode, “UP & DOWN”. In the ring Takeshita talked to the others about his time training in Venice Beach when DJ Nira & Minamikawa confronted him. They came to warn that Naya High School, an elite group of badasses are trying to disrupt the balance of power and need to be stopped. Tsurumi asked if he can help but Nira turned him down. However The Finisher Boys saw the need to bolster their forces and decided to form the Finish Federation with their allies. Meanwhile the Naya High School were doing harsh knee training using chairs. Inada & Naya agreed to launch a conflict on all groups standing in their way!

Suddenly, Kazusada Higuchi collapsed holding his knee in pain. He was meant to be the gang leader but now he can’t go through with it. Luckily for them, MAO stepped into the spotlight introducing himself as Naya High School’s newest transfer student. He is a bad guy who loves fighting and offered to take Higuchi’s spot. A video then played of Tsurumi visiting the SWAN DIVE bar for a drink and also to look for info. Inada & Naya arrived shortly afterward looking for Sasadango. They want him to create a weapon to defeat the Finish Federation but he refused. MIC the bartender tried to intervene but got his arm broken by Inada & Naya instead. Tsurumi couldn’t do anything but stay hidden in the corner and watch innocent people get hurt.

Tsurumi had to move on with his investigation and found the information he wanted. He learned that Naya is the leader of the Naya Zaibatsu criminal organization and Naya High School is just a cover up. His goal is to redevelop the city into his own sumo arena and turn all martial arts into gambling events. Tsurumi vowed to protect the city from them and will not run away. However most members of The Finisher Boys wanted nothing to do with the war and walked out on Tsurumi, Takeshita & Ueno. They would have to take on this fight on their own. Tsurumi then went through a training montage that included video clips of Hisaya Imabayashi fighting Pheromones.

While all of this was going on, Sasadango met with his family for their monthly meeting. They looked over all of the movements going on and had to decide which side to take. There is Naya High School declaring war on everyone, the remains of the Finish Federation getting ready to defend themselves and a third party called NUDE BOYS on the fringes that could get involved too. Haruo Murata then got a phone call over at the commentary table. The caller asked if he thinks a fight was about to begin? Murata answered he’s been sitting at his table for 1 hour 40 minutes. The atmosphere feels like a fight is going to break out but none has happened yet. MIC then appeared with his broken arm and rang the ring bell. Murata excitedly said “The fight is about to begin!” The Sasadango Family called a cab and had 10 minutes to decide which side they will fight for.

Next we saw Tsurumi, Takeshita & Ueno outnumbered in the ring against eight members of Naya High School. The numbers game was difficult to fight against but a misfire from Yumehito Imanari led to him hitting Inada by mistake and the comeback was on. Tsurumi even did a big dive, jumping off the ring apron into everyone on the floor. Higuchi then grabbed him and threatened to finish him off when the Sasadango Family arrived in time for the rescue. The Finish Federation also returned to their aid. Tsurumi struck Higuchi with the Amonken Backfist but his pin was suddenly broken up by the NUDE BOYS! There was fighting and musical numbers happening everywhere. There was even Tetsuya Endo’s mandatory run in. Higuchi ordered MAO to attack Tsurumi with a chair when everything suddenly slowed down and “Etupirka” began playing. MAO slowly blocked the Amonken with his chair but Tsurumi fought through the pain and slowly threw another Amonken, nailing his target for the three count.

Tsurumi declared victory but Keigo Nakamura & Toi Kojima along with a badly beaten Yuki Ishida told him there was still fighting on the streets. Higuchi also said the war wasn’t over yet and he was ready go go another round. The fighting will continue. Tsurumi looked to the audience and apologised for being unable to save the city from the chaos happening around him. That was the end of this story.

In his closing speech Tsurumi said he thought he had a second chance at youth with the original MUSCLE but thanks to Hiragana Muscle he got a third chance. He learned that as long as you are alive you are young. Muscle Sakai said he’s been doing these shows since 2004 and today was the first time he was able to keep an event to under two hours. They have three more performances this week and told the others to keep up with making them fun and exciting. MAO complained the chair is too heavy to do slow motion spots with but promised to give it his all.

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Final Muscle Performances, IP Title No. 1 Contender, Cara Noir’s 1st DDT Match, DAMNATION T.A Goes Tag Title Hunting

September 6, 2022

MUSCLE “HIRAGANA MUSCLE 7 ~IT’S STILL SUMMER ON THE KOSHU KAIDO~”, 07/09/2022
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

This week is the final set of performances for Hiragana Muscle before the brand finishes its current run. They are doing three shows in four days, all will be virtually identical and I bet they will feature some sort of goodbye scene for Hisaya Imabayashi/Amon Tsuurmi. The MUSCLE concept will return one day but right now it won’t be until the year 2030. Muscle Sakai will probably come up with an idea for something before then.

Super Sasadango Machine will be doing a PowerPoint presentation ten minutes before the show begins.

DDT “WHO’S GONNA TOP? 2022 TOUR IS ASAKUSA”, 13/09/2022
Tokyo Asakusa Hanayashi Theater

0. Dark Match ~ Nariagari Offer Match: Tawaramachi Kid Jr. & Super Nikuyaki Machine Vs Sumo Ninja Kyu & Tadaki Toronomi
1. 3 Way Tag Match: Yuki “Sexy” Iino & Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Akito Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Kazuki Hirata
2. Daisuke Sasaki & KANON Vs Yuji Hino & Yuya Koroku
3. Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada Vs HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Yukio Naya
4. Special Tag Match: Chris Brookes & Kid Lykos Vs Hideki Okatani & Takeshi Masada
5. Asakusa Specialty Special Tag Match: MAO & Shunma Katsumata Vs Makoto Oishi & Yoshihiko
6. Harimao Vs The 37KAMIINA!: Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida Vs Konosuke Takeshita, Yuki Ueno & Toi Kojima

The show has sold out.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW AUTUMN TOUR ’22”, 16/09/2022
Shinjuku FACE

1. International Princess Title Next Challenger Match: Miu Watanabe Vs Suzume

The No 1. Contendership for the International Princess Title is on the line here. Either Miu Watanabe or Suzume will be next in line to challenge Alex Windsor for the title.

Both Miyu Yamashita and Maki Itoh will not be at the show because they will be working indies in North America that weekend.

DDT “STERNNESS 30TH ANNIVERSARY ~JUN AKIYAMA 30TH ANNIVERSARY~”, 18/09/2022
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Yusuke Okada Vs Yuya Koroku
2. HARASHIMA & Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani & Soma Takao & Yukio Naya
3. Yuki “Sexy” Iino, Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno, Yumehito “Fantastic” Imanari & Koju “Shining Ball” Takeda Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Antonio Honda & Kazuki Hirata
4. Kazusada Higuchi, Yuki Ishida, Yuji Hino & Makoto Oishi Vs Daisuke Sasaki, Minoru Fujita, MJ Paul & KANON
5. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Yuki Ueno, MAO & Toi Kojima Vs Cara Noir, Chris Brookes & Masahiro Takanashi
6. Naomi Yoshimura Vs Takeshi Masada
7. Jun Akiyama Debut 30th Anniversary Match – Special 6-Man Tag Match: Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Yoshinobu Kanemaru Vs Yuji Nagata, Konosuke Takeshita & Shunma Katsumata

Cara Noir touches down in DDT teaming with CDK for his first match with the company.

All four members of Pheromones are teaming together for the first time.

I don’t know what Match #2 is supposed to be because it was written that way on the DDT website. I guess it’s a 5 Way all against each other?

DDT “WHO’S GONNA TOP? 2022”, 25/09/2022
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Special Tag Match: Osamu Nishimura & Shinichiro Kawamatsu Vs Akito & Yukio Naya
2. Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Takeshi Masada Vs Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA, Yukio Sakaguchi & Soma Takao
3. Daisuke Sasaki, Minoru Fujita & KANON (w/ MJ Paul) Vs Naomi Yoshimura, Yuji Hino & Makoto Oishi
4. DDT Universal Title: Yuki Ueno (c) Vs Cara Noir
5. KO-D Openweight Title: Kazusada Higuchi (c) Vs Konosuke Takeshita

The rookie Takeshi Masada gets to team with BURNING to take on four of DDT’s most established wrestlers.

DDT/ONLY WE “GET ALIVE 2022 TOUR IN CHIBA”, 08/10/2022
Chiba TKP Garden City

1. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON (c) Vs Yuji Hino, Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi

DAMNATION T.A could end up having both sets of tag team titles during October. They currently hold the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles and have to defend them against Ω, the faction that originally came from K-DOJO. When Yuji Hino found out about DAMNATION T.A’s formation he was upset to be left out of it. So he and Makoto Oishi started teaming up again. Now they are bringing back Shiori Asahi and the three of them want to take the belts from Hino’s former friends. They have the homefield advantage too because Chiba was K-DOJO territory. Something Hino might need to be worried about is PERON GRANDES are also booked for the show. That unit is involved in a never ending feud with Hino’s ONLY WE group, who will also be on the show. PERON GRANDES and DAMNATION T.A have gotten along in the past so they can possibly interfere on behalf of the champions.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “WRESTLE PRINCESS III”, 09/10/2022
Tokyo Dome City Hall

1. Princess Tag Team Titles: Saki Akai & Yuki Arai (c) Vs Rhia O’Reilly & Nightshade
2. Princess Of Princess Title: Shoko Nakajima (c) Vs Yuka Sakazaki

Next up on Yuki Arai’s checklist is her first match against foreign opponents. The Uprising won a match in EVE to earn an invitation to wrestle in Japan with Tokyo Joshi Pro. Their threat to destroy all challengers was translated into a demand to face Reiwa AA Cannon for the Princess Tag Team Titles. Both Rhia O’Reilly & Nightshade have wrestled in Japan before. O’Reilly was last there in 2018 for Sendai Girls while Nightshade previously wrestled for TJPW in 2019.

DDT “GET ALIVE 2022”, 12/10/2022
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Yuki Ishida 1st Anniversary Match ~ Playfulness Series Act 4: Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno Vs Yuki Ishida
2. Makoto Oishi 20th Anniversary Match ~ Men’s Club Vs The 37KAMIINA: Makoto Oishi, MEN’S Teoih & Shiori Asahi Vs Yuki Ueno, MAO & Shunma Katsumata
3. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura (c) Vs Daisuke Sasaki & KANON

Daisuke Sasaki & KANON can win a second set of tag titles if they beat Harimao for the KO-D Tag Team Titles.

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Higuchi Vs Takeshita, Imabayashi Stepping Back From CyberFight, Noir & Lykos Coming To DDT

August 22, 2022

DDT “DDT FREE -AUGUST-”, 24/08/2022
Shinjuku FACE

1. Yuki “Sexy” Iino, Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno & Koju “Shining Ball” Takeda Vs MAO, Shunma Katsumata & Kazuki Hirata
2. Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku Vs Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya & Chris Brookes
3. Daisuke Sasaki & KANON (w/ MJ Paul) Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani
4. Naomi Yoshimura & Makoto Oishi Vs HARASHIMA & Toru Owashi
5. Tetsuya Endo Vs Takeshi Masada
6. Shinjuku Specialty Special Tag Match: Yuki Ueno & Asuka Vs Joey Janela & Akito
7. Special Tag Match: Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Toi Kojima

DDT are not wasting any time kicking off their programs for the next Korakuen Hall show. Kazusada Higuchi and Konosuke Takeshita are squaring off, bringing Yuki Ishida and Toi Kojima along with them. The DDT Universal Champion and DDT Extreme Champion are in the same match when Yuki Ueno teams with Asuka while Joey Janela has to get along with the Akito, the man he beat to win the Extreme Title in the first place. Tetsuya Endo is back to square one but gets his first match with the rookie Takeshi Masada. All that plus preview matches for the upcoming KO-D Tag Team Titles and KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles bouts.

GANBARE☆PRO “TOKOROZAWA PARK TOWN SHOPPING STREET 2022”, 27/08/2022
Saitama Tokorozawa Park Town Shopping Street Special

1. GanJo Special 6-Woman Tag Match In Park Town Shopping District: Yuna Manase, Kakeru Sekiguchi & Yoshiko Hasegawa Vs Moeka Haruhi, HARUKAZE & YuuRI
2. Eternal Rebellious Period And Late Rebellious Period vs Ishii’s Allied Tag Team: Yumehito Imanari & Tyson Maeguchi Vs Gota Ihashi & Kouki Iwasaki
3. ROMANCE DAWN Vs Super Beast Of The World & Hentai Of Toyama: Shota & Soma Takao Vs Aja Kong & Shinichiro Tominaga
4. Fresh Ariyama Presents Special 6-Man Tag Match: Ken Ohka, Shuichiro Katsumura & Keisuke Ishii Vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Mizuki Watase & SAGAT

This is one heck of a farewell match for Shota. One last sail for ROMANCE DAWN before he heads off to America and they’re facing Aja Kong! Add Shinichiro Tominaga to the mix and it is a tricky match for Shota & Soma Takao to figure out.

This is an outdoor show so bad weather on the day could cause it to get cancelled.

MUSCLE “HIRAGANA MUSCLE 7 ~IT’S STILL SUMMER ON THE KOSHU KAIDO~”, 07/09/2022
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

It was announced today that the DDT General Manager Hisaya Imabayashi will be leaving his job at CyberFight at the end of the year due to family reasons. His parents live in Fukuoka and he is spending more to take care of them. The amount of time needed to travel from Tokyo to Fukuoka on a regular basis makes it difficult to continue his full time responsibilities with CyberFight. However he will continue to appear in DDT from time to time and has not made a decision yet on whether or not to keep his GM role.

In response to this news Muscle Sakai decided that next month’s series of Hiragana Muscle performances will be the last for the brand. The Muscle name may come back in the future (they still have a date for 2030 on the schedule) in a new form. It is all up to Sakai and whatever new ideas he can come up with.

DDT “JAPAN BAKERY MARKETING PRESENTS KONOSUKE TAKESHITA 10TH ANNIVERSARY ~NISHINARI BAY BLUES~”, 10/09/2022
Osaka Nishinari Kumin Center

1. MJ Paul & KANON Vs Hideki Okatani & Takeshi Masada
2. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Staggered Entre Battle Royal: Toru Owashi (c) Vs Yuki “Sexy” Iino Vs Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno Vs Yumehito “Fantastic” Imanari Vs Yusuke Okada Vs Yuya Koroku Vs Akito Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Soma Takao Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Saki Akai Vs Yuki Ishida Vs Ilusion Vs El Unicorn
3. Yasu Urano, Antonio Honda & Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi Vs Masahiro Takanashi, Super Sasadango Machine & X
4. The 37KAMIINA Vs Brahmin Brothers: MAO, Shunma Katsumata & Toi Kojima Vs Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei & Brahman Sanshiro
5. Tokyo Joshi Pro 3 Way Tag Offer Match: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao Vs Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki Vs Miu Watanabe & Arisu Endo
6. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura & Yukio Naya Vs Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yuji Hino
7. Special Tag Match ~ Sakuya Konohana Tag Vs CCK!: Konosuke Takeshita & Yuki Ueno Vs Chris Brookes & Kid Lykos
8. Nobuyuki Onizawa’s Ochakan Radio Presents Special Tag Match: Minoru Suzuki & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs HARASHIMA & Shinya Aoki
9. Japan Bakery Marketing Co., Ltd. Presents Special Single Match: Konosuke Takeshita Vs Daisuke Sasaki

The semi-main event has more intrigue added to it now that Shinya Aoki possesses the Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere NFT. He was able to set up an account and DDT successfully transferred the NFT over to it. However he now has to defend it in every match he is a part of until he cashes in the title shot. Minoru Suzuki or Yukio Sakaguchi could suddenly find themselves with the perfect shortcut towards becoming champion if they directly beat Aoki.

Kid Lykos is the newest guest coming over to DDT! The British wrestler is best known for being Chris Brookes’ partner in crime when they teamed together across the world as CCK. The team went away when Lykos retired due to injuries and Brookes moved to Japan to work for DDT. But Lykos came back and the time is now to revive the Calamari Catch Kings and bring back some sick f’n tag moves! He will be in DDT for the 10th and 13th September shows.

DDT “WHO’S GONNA TOP? 2022 TOUR IS ASAKUSA”, 13/09/2022
Tokyo Asakusa Hanayashi Theater

0. Dark Match ~ Nariagari Offer Match: Tawaramachi Kid Jr. & Super Nikuyaki Machine Vs Sumo Ninja Kyu & Tadaki Toronomi
1. Asakusa Specialty Special Tag Match: MAO & Shunma Katsumata Vs Makoto Oishi & Yoshihiko

Makoto Oishi is bringing in Yoshihiko to take on ShunMao!

Nariagari is a amateur indie wrestling group that was created by Danshoku Dieno back in 2019. He wanted to find regular people who had suffered broken dreams at least once in their lives (but no more than five) and train them to wrestle. It is a project separate from DDT which is why there has barely been any crossover between the two entities.

Comedian Koriki Choshu will be at the show. The gimmick is he impersonates Riki Choshu. I don’t even want to know how long ago it was when I first saw that “Night Of Fire” music video he did.

DDT “WHO’S GONNA TOP? 2022”, 25/09/2022
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. DDT Universal Title: Yuki Ueno (c) Vs Cara Noir
2. KO-D Openweight Title: Kazusada Higuchi (c) Vs Konosuke Takeshita

Higuchi walked out of Ota Ward Gymnasium still the KO-D Openweight Champion but he already set his sights on his next opponent. He feels the need to beat Takeshita because Takeshita was the symbol of DDT’s strength before he began his overseas excursion. Higuchi cannot tell if he has become a true champion after beating Endo, but he definitely feels like he is currently the champion of DDT.

Yuki Ueno declared his goal as Universal Champion is to defend the title in the countries of challengers he has beaten. For example he would like to do a title defence in Thailand because Masahiro Takanashi often associates himself with that country. Another example is Ueno going to the UK after he beats Cara Noir. The British wrestler will be competing in Japan for the first time this month. He will get a match in DDT on 18th September as well as the title shot against Ueno on the 25th.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “WRESTLE PRINCESS III”, 09/10/2022
Tokyo Dome City Hall

1. Princess Of Princess Title: Shoko Nakajima (c) Vs Yuka Sakazaki

Max The Impaler is coming back to Japan for this show! They left a big impression on Tokyo Joshi Pro earlier this month so there is already anticipation for their return.

DDT “NEVER MIND 2022”, 29/12/2022
Tokyo Dome City Hall

DDT ends the year of their 25th Anniversary with a first time show in Tokyo Dome City Hall. They appointed LiLiCo to be the special ambassador for the event and she proposed DDT will give full ticket refunds to anyone who finds the show boring. She is also trying to convince DDT to let her take part in an Anal Explosion ceremony.

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MUSCLE “HIRAGANA MUSCLE 6 -SHIMOKITA ONE PLUS ONE-” Results

March 31, 2022

MUSCLE “HIRAGANA MUSCLE 6 -SHIMOKITA ONE PLUS ONE-”, 31/03/2022
Tokyo Kitazawa Town Hall
116 Fans

1. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 3: Kazusada Higuchi defeated “Yuki Ueno” with the Skewered Buddha Statue Attack (15:41).

The final day of the Hiragana Muscle tripleheader featured two performances of the show. The invisible man substituting for Yuki Ueno was killed in action on the afternoon show when Kazusada Higuchi slammed him onto the Buddha Statue, impaling him through it. That match only in the 3rd Round of the K-I Grand Prix so the show ended with narration explaining that Higuchi then lost to Yasu Urano in the Quarter Final.

MUSCLE “HIRAGANA MUSCLE 6 -SHIMOKITA ONE PLUS ONE-”, 31/03/2021
Tokyo Kitazawa Town Hall
188 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 1 A Block: Totaro Omoiki defeated Sec Suzuki with an unspecified finish due to the digest format (?:??).
2. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 1 A Block: Shota Okamura defeated Itoki Oyoshi with an unspecified finish due to the digest format (?:??).
3. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 1 A Block: Takaku Karahiko defeatded Marume Komimatsu with an unspecified finish due to the digest format (?:??).
4. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 1 A Block: Yukio Naya defeated South River Minamikawa with an unspecified finish due to the digest format (?:??).
5. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 1 B Block: MAO defeated Knee Cross Kinya with an unspecified finish due to the digest format (?:??).
6. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 1 B Block: Kazuyoshi Sakai HG defeated Mr. Magic with an unspecified finish due to the digest format (?:??).
7. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 1 B Block: Long River Hwang Ho defeated Mammoth Handa with an unspecified finish due to the digest format (?:??).
8. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 1 B Block: Shichihashiro Nayagi defeated Wataru Hebidokurin with an unspecified finish due to the digest format (?:??).
9. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 1 C Block: Eames Watase defeated Baseball Bat Swing with an unspecified finish due to the digest format (?:??).
10. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 1 C Block: Muscle Sakai defeated Ken Ohka with an unspecified finish due to the digest format (?:??).
11. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 1 C Block: Kazusada Kokuyo defeated Choun-Shiryu with an unspecified finish due to the digest format (?:??).
12. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 1 C Block: Yasu Urano defeated Ai Tominaga with an unspecified finish due to the digest format (?:??).
13. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 1 D Block: Shunma Katsumata defeated Mizuki Watase with an unspecified finish due to the digest format (?:??).
14. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 1 D Block: Giant Bashoku defeated AK Racing Yoshimura with an unspecified finish due to the digest format (?:??).
*AK Racing Yoshimura advances due to Giant Bashoku’s death.
15. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 1 D Block: DJ Nira defeated Golden Sakuragaoka with an unspecified finish due to the digest format (?:??).
16. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 1 D Block: Young Sasadango Machine defeated WATASHIMA with an unspecified finish due to the digest format (?:??).
17. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 2 A Block: Totaro Omoiki defeated Human Chair Imanari with a Body Slam (3:30).
18. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 2 A Block: Akito defeated Shota Okamura by Disqualification after a Chair Attack (3:44).
19. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 2 A Block: Takaku Karahiko defeated Kazuki Hirata with a Cradle (3:14).
20. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 2 A Block: Yukio Naya defeated Yuki Rock with a Pin (4:20).
21. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 2 B Block: MAO defeated Herman Miller Mao with the Golden Star Press 2007 (9:46).
22. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 2 B Block: Konosuke Takeshita defeated Kazuyoshi Sakai HG by Knockout with a Vertical Drop Brainbuster (10:03).
23. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 2 B Block: Long River Hwang Ho defeated Naoshi Sano by Knockout with the Long River Hwang Ho Foot Stomp (10:43).
24. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 2 B Block: Naomi Yoshimura defeated Shichihashiro Nayagi after Nayagi had a Loss Of Fighting Spirit (11:38).
25. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 2 C Block – 2 Count Fall: Yuki Ueno defeated Eames Watase with an Inverted Hurricanrana (1:13).
26. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 2 C Block – 2 Count Fall: Kazusada Higuchi defeated Muscle Sakai by Amon Tsurumi Judgement (1:40).
27. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 2 C Block – 2 Count Fall: Kazusada Kokuyo defeated Haruo Murata with a Pin (0:06).
27. Rematch: Kazusada Kokuyo defeated Haruo Murata when Murata gave up(1:03).
28. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 2 C Block – 2 Count Fall: Yasu Urano defeated One Of The People In The Commercial For Tojin High School Before Dr. Osamu Hayashi with a Ketsu Kick (1:36).
29. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 2 D Block – 1 Count Fall: Shunma Katsumata defeated Antonio Honda with a Crab Hold (0:43).
30. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 2 D Block – 1 Count Fall: AK Racing Yoshimura defeated Shota with a Crab Hold (0:30).
31. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 2 D Block – 1 Count Fall: Super Sasadango Machine defeated DJ Nira by Amon Tsurumi Judgement (1:40).
32. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 2 D Block – 1 Count Fall: Broom defeated Young Sasadango Machine with the Shiranui (0:46).
33. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 3 A Block: Totaro Omoiki defeated Akito with an unspecified finish (?:??).
34. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 3 A Block: Takaku Karahiko defeated Yukio Naya with an unspecified finish (?:??).
35. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 3 B Block: Konosuke Takeshita defeated MAO with an unspecified finish (?:??).
36. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 3 B Block: Naomi Yoshimura defeated Long River Hwang Ho with an unspecified finish (?:??).
37. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 3 C Block: Yuki Ueno defeated Kazusada Higuchi with an unspecified finish (?:??).
38. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 3 C Block: Yasu Urano defeated Kazusada Kokuyo with an unspecified finish (?:??).
39. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 3 D Block: Shunma Katsumata defeated AK Racing Yoshimura with an unspecified finish (?:??).
40. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Round 3 D Block: Broom defeated Super Sasadango Machine with an unspecified finish (?:??).
41. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Quarter Final: Totaro Omoiki defeated Takaku Karahiko with an unspecified finish (?:??).
42. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Quarter Final: Konosuke Takeshita defeated Naomi Yoshimura with an unspecified finish (?:??).
43. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Quarter Final: Yuki Ueno defeated Yasu Urano with an unspecified finish (?:??).
44. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Quarter Final: Shunma Katsumata defeated Broom with an unspecified finish (?:??).
45. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Semi Final: Konosuke Takeshita defeated Totaro Omoiki with the German Suplex (?:??)
46. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Semi Final: Yuki Ueno defeated Shunma Katsumata with an unspecified finish (?:??).
47. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 – Final: Konosuke Takeshita Vs Yuki Ueno is to be continued (?:??).

Muscle Sakai you motherfucker! All these matches “happened” on every performance but it’s only the final show that has the results recorded. I feel sorry for CageMatch if they’re trying to figure out whether or not these count towards each wrestler’s match history.

Ueno’s illness turned out to be gastroenteritis and he recovered enough to take part in the evening’s final performance. He and Konosuke Takeshita met in the Grand Prix final and were about to start their battle when the lights went out and “To Be Continued” appeared on the screen behind them.

The next set of Hiragana Muscle shows will be held on 7th September in Korakuen Hall and 8th & 9th September in Kitazawa Town Hall.

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MUSCLE “HIRAGANA MUSCLE 6 -SHIMOKITA ONE PLUS ONE-” Results

March 30, 2022

MUSCLE “HIRAGANA MUSCLE 6 -SHIMOKITA ONE PLUS ONE-”, 30/03/2022
Tokyo Kitazawa Town Hall
109 Fans

1. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 Final: “Yuki Ueno” defeated Naomi Yoshimura after a Self-Destruct Chair Attack (16:07).

The second and third Hiragana Muscle performances took place today with two more to come tomorrow. The stories were pretty much the same as yesterday but with some changes to the K-I Grand Prix 2022 results along the way.

MUSCLE “HIRAGANA MUSCLE 6 -SHIMOKITA ONE PLUS ONE-”, 30/03/2021
Tokyo Kitazawa Town Hall
149 Fans – No Vacancy

1. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 Final: “Yuki Ueno” defeated MAO after a Self-Destruct Chair Attack (16:58).

Yuki Ueno is still out sick so Naomi Yoshimura and MAO had to wrestle invisible men for their matches in the final act. The shows were also timed out better this time around so the tournament could actually make it to the final and be completed this time.

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MUSCLE “HIRAGANA MUSCLE 6 -SHIMOKITA ONE PLUS ONE-” Results

March 29, 2022

MUSCLE “HIRAGANA MUSCLE 6 -SHIMOKITA ONE PLUS ONE-”, 29/03/2022
Tokyo Kitazawa Town Hall
187 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. K-I (Kai) GP 2022 Semi-Final: “Yuki Ueno” defeated Shunma Katsumata after a Self-Destruct Chair Attack (16:58).

Today’s Hiragana Muscle show had to figure out what do you do when the star of the show pulls out sick? Yuki Ueno had to miss today’s show because of a fever and he was supposed to be the main character. Muscle Sakai and Amon Tsurumi apologized for his absence and explained it was too late to rewrite the script. They announced the role of “Yuki Ueno” was now going to be played by an invisible man. With that out of the way it was time for the show to begin.

Yuki Rock and Minamikawa introduced everyone to the K-I (Kai) Grand Prix. They wanted to celebrate the 18th Anniversary of MUSCLE (aka Katakana Muscle), the 2nd Anniversary of Hiragana Muscle and also the milestone anniversaries for New Japan and All Japan. They decided a 48 man one day tournament was the best way to mark the occasions. They introduced the bracket and used the Multiverse theory as their excuse to explain why DDT wrestlers were in the same tournament as their Muscle characters.

Now everyone had to figure out how to do a 47 match tournament in 100 minutes. Sakai’s solution was to do a highlights digest of Round 1. Then in Round 2 the ring would be divided into four sections for the A Block matches to all take place at the same time while the B Block matches would be held at a different venue to be broadcast on the screen. Round 1 began and all of the wrestlers tried to do a live action montage of the match highlights. Afterwards Rock & Minamikawa went to the Steel Chair Castle. There they told The Steel Chair Boys about the Kohki project that mixes traditional craft with professional wrestling. With Kohki they can use weapons not to cause fouls but to promote products! They were presented with three such items. The first is a steel chair painted with lacquer and containing a cushion made of brocade that results in a Super Hit when used as a weapon. The second is a Buddha Statue that will reduce the fighting spirit of whoever holds it. The third is a gong and mallet that hurts everyone who hears it during an out of the ring brawl. Rock & Minamikawa told The Steel Chair Boys they can all become rich together if they use these weapons in the tournament final!

Back at the Grand Prix, Round 2 began. The ring was roped off into four quarters with each of the A Block matches taking place in each section. The split didn’t last though and the eight wrestlers in the ring ended up getting in each other’s way. There was concern that the different universes interacting with each other would have reality changing side effects but the tournament continued. When those matches were over, the B Block was shown on screen. Each match allegedly took place at either an underground arena beneath the Tokyo Dome, outside Sumo Hall, inside the New Beijing Ochanomizu Dojo or on a street near the DDT dojo. The C Block was next and time was running out so every match was held under 2 Count Rules with a 100 second time limit. Finally the D Block took place with One Count Falls and 50 second time limits. One match ended in a draw and was supposed to restart with no time limit but Tsurumi called it off and chose the winner so the show could move on.

It was time for Round 3 but there was a problem behind the scenes. Tsurumi was angry at Sakai because he script had so much happening in the show already. Rock & Minamikawa offered to help out until everyone discovered that the rest of the script hasn’t been written yet. A halftime show then began with a musical performance by The Steel Chair Boys. Suddenly Human Chair Imanari started going insane from holding the lacquer chair. Luckily Tetsuya Endo made his mandatory run in and saved the day. The Finisher Boys then performed their songs and announced they are suspending activities on 31st March because Totaro Omoiki (Konosuke Takeshita) will be going abroad.

There was only time left in the show for the main event so the last match of the K-I Grand Prix was the semi-final between Shunma Katsumata and an invisible Yuki Ueno. It was a hard fought back and forth battle between the two friends. “Ueno” hit Katsumata with the BME for a nearfall and then followed up with the WR. On the count of 2 everything slowed down and “Etupirka” began playing. Katsumata gave a monologue from the heart, saying he and Ueno can make The 37KAMIINA the best unit together but he will not give up. He kicked out of the WR and fought back. Katsumata hit the Sauna Trance Splash but the match slowed down and “Etupirka” played again. This time Yuki Rock gave a monologue but it was just to advertise his Kohki products. He handed Katsumata the chair and Katsumata went crazy attacking “Ueno” with it. A bunch of run ins happened and Katsumata ended up bouncing the chair into his own face, knocking him backwards into Roll Up so “Ueno” could pin him for the victory.

Katsumata got on the microphone and told “Ueno” he is still strong. He is going to miss Takeshita while he is in America but still has the rest of The 37KAMIINA to keep him company. He wants all five members to make DDT and Muscle more exciting. Yuki Rock placed the chair in the middle of the ring for “Ueno” to sit on while Sakai gave the show closing speech. Sakai said he was worried when Ueno sent him the picture of his 39 degree temperature but he though the match “Ueno” had today was great. Everyone is coming off of a Sumo Hall show last week and a Korakuen Hall show yesterday which makes Sakai wonder how they are able to do this. Katsumata shouted out “Because I’m a professional wrestler!” Sakai perked up and made him shout it again. He then told “Ueno” to grab his big chance and accept his upcoming challenges head on fair and square. Sakai then ended the show asking everyone to give him all of their support so Ueno can rest easy for the next few days.

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Sasaki Doing Hardcore Training, Emergency Falls Count Anywhere Match, Bakuretsu Power, Muscle K-I Grand Prix

March 11, 2022

DDT “DDT FREE -MARCH-”, 12/03/2022
Osaka Suminoe Maikon Hall

1. Yusuke Okada Vs Yuki Ishida
2. Yukio Sakaguchi & Saki Akai Vs Kazuki Hirata & Yukio Naya
3. Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno & Yuki “Sexy” Iino Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Antonio Honda
4. HARASHIMA, Naomi Yoshimura & Toru Owashi Vs Chris Brookes, Kazusada Higuchi & Hideki Okatani
5. DAMNATION T.A Vs The 37KAMIINA!: Minoru Fujita & MJ Paul Vs MAO & Shunma Katsumata
6. Maikon no Kohara Presents Osaka Specialty Special 6-Man Tag Match: Konosuke Takeshita, Yuki Ueno & Toui Kojima Vs Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yuya Koroku

Daisuke Sasaki told DDT he will not be at this weekend’s shows because he is busy preparing for Jun Kasai by doing “Hardcore” training in the Nerima mountains. His other opponent MAO will be at the show ready to deal with the rest of DAMNATION T.A while Sasaki is gone.

DDT “JUDGEMENT 2022 TOUR IN OSAKA”, 13/03/2022
Osaka Suminoe Maikon Hall

1. MAO Vs Yuki Ishida
2. 3 Way Tag Match: Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno & Yuki “Sexy” Iino Vs HARASHIMA & Toru Owashi Vs Antonio Honda & Saki Akai
3. Minoru Fujita (w/ MJ Paul) Vs Hideki Okatani
4. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Yuji Hino, Bodyguard & Yukio Naya
5. Osaka Specialty Special Single Match: Naomi Yoshimura Vs Chris Brookes
6. Maikon no Kohara Presents Special Survival Tag Match: Konosuke Takeshita, Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & Toui Kojima Vs Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku

We get to see Hideki Okatani pick a fight with Minoru Fujita.

DDT “SANSHIRO TAKAGI VS MICHAEL NAKAZAWA ROJO SPECIAL ONE MATCH BOX OFFICE”, 15/03/2022
Tokyo

1. Falls Count Anywhere Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Michael Nakazawa

The ambush Michael Nakazawa pulled on Sanshiro Takagi during the week has left the DDT boss fuming. They are still going to have their match at Sumo Hall but before that they will now have a Falls Count Anywhere match! It is a special one match event taking place somewhere in Tokyo that will be recorded for Youtube.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “GRAND PRINCESS ’22”, 19/03/2022
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. Juria Nagano Debut Match: Suzume & Arisu Endo Vs Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano
2. Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling Vs Ganbare☆Pro Wrestling: Nao Kakuta, Mahiro Kiryu, Haruna Neko & Kaya Toribami Vs Yuna Manase, Moeka Haruhi, HARUKAZE & YuuRI
3. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Hyper Misao
4. Yuki Kamifuku Vs Asuka
5. Nodoka Tenma Vs Yuki Aino
6. Sakisama, Mei Saint-Michel, Martha & Yukio Saint Laurent Vs Marika Kobashi, Raku, Pom Harajuku & Ram Kaichow
7. Special Single Match: Hikaru Shida Vs Hikari Noa
8. International Princess Title: Maki Itoh (c) Vs Yuki Arai
9. Princess Tag Team Titles: Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki (c) Vs Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe
10. Princess Of Princess Title: Miyu Yamashita (c) Vs Shoko Nakajima

The pop music duo angela will give a live performance of The Bakuretsu Sisters entrance song “BAKURETSU POWER” at the show. They will also be on commentary for two matches afterwards. Both Nodoka Tenma & Yuki Aino are big fans of the group.

MUSCLE “HIRAGANA MUSCLE 6 -SHIMOKITA ONE PLUS ONE-”, 29/03/2021
Tokyo Kitazawa Town Hall

The next Hiragana Muscle event is a series of five shows taking place across three days starting on 29th March. These shows are celebrating the 18th Anniversary of the original MUSCLE event from 2004. That’s not all. The K-I (Kai) Grand Prix will be brought back for the first time in 17 years with a total of 48 contestants taking part in a one day tournament. Since every Muscle show is a virtually identical performance per episode that means Muscle is running an entire 48-Man tournament five times in three days. But since this is Muscle that also means a lot of nonsense and shenanigans will be going on to derail everything. Nothing ever goes right when this promotion organizes a tournament. They still haven’t finished their New Year Tag Festival from 2009.

DDT “MEGA MAX BUMP 2022 TOUR IN YOKOHAMA”, 01/05/2022
Yokohama Budokan

1. KO-D Openweight Title: Konosuke Takeshita (c) Vs X

Pro wrestler and actor AKIRA will be at the show wrestling in DDT for the first time in his 37 year career (he did MUSCLE before but not DDT proper). He doesn’t do as many standard pro wrestling appearances as he used to but is still active in the ring as part of the MAKAI musicals.

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DDT “DDT FREE -JANUARY-” Results

January 7, 2022

DDT “DDT FREE -JANUARY-”, 07/01/2022
Shinjuku FACE
233 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Toru Owashi & Naomi Yoshimura defeated Antonio Honda & MAO when Owashi pinned Honda with La Magistral Cradle (9:55).
-. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: MAO defeated Toru Owashi (c) with a School Boy (7:16 pm).
*MAO becomes the 1,528th champion.
2. Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno, Yuki “Sexy” Iino & Yumehito “Fantastic” Imanari Vs Super Sasadango Machine, Kazuki Hirata & Shunma Katsumata ended in a No Contest (12:57).
3. Saki Akai & Akito defeated Maya Yukihi & Yuki Ishida when Akito submitted Ishida with a Sasori-Gatame (9:01).
4. Special Single Match: Chris Brookes defeated Yoshihiko with the Praying Mantis Bomb through a Table (13:15).
5. HARASHIMA & Yuji Hino defeated Kazusada Higuchi & Hideki Okatani when HARASHIMA pinned Okatani with the Somato (12:09).
6. Special Tag Match: Minoru Fujita & Soma Takao defeated Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul when Fujita pinned Paul with the Modified Samson Clutch (12:24).
7. The 37KAMIINA Vs BURNING!: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yuya Koroku defeated Konosuke Takeshita, Yuki Ueno & Toui Kojima when Koroku submitted Kojima with a Chickenwing Arm Lock (24:12).

The result of the main event is a little reminder that BURNING is not just about Tetsuya Endo. It was Yuya Koroku who picked up the win for the first time in his 9 month long career by making Toui Kojima submit. Koroku didn’t join the unit just to be Endo’s or Jun Akiyama’s henchman. He wants to put himself out there and reach for the top! Meanwhile Endo & Akiyama declared their intention to win the Ultimate Tag League and Endo promised to be the last man standing at Sumo Hall at the 25th Anniversary show! Meanwhile Konosuke Takeshita mentioned he will have nothing to say if he & Yuki Ueno don’t reach the Tag League final.

The DDT Universal Title match is just around the corner and Minoru Fujita showed he is in good enough shape for the champion. Fujita won the tag match by rolling up MJ Paul with the Samson Clutch. His message to Daisuke Sasaki was to sleep well and eat well before they fight for the title in Yokohama. Sasaki is happy to see the dirty fighter version of Fujita reappear because that is who he wants to wrestle against.

Maya Yukihi told Saki Akai a personal story about her first attempted entry into pro wrestling. Yukihi was always a DDT fan and approached the company eight years ago wanting to become a wrestler. She was turned down. So when she saw Akai join DDT and have her debut match with the company around the same time period, she felt an ugly jealousy towards her. But the rejection sent Yukihi on the path towards joshi wrestling and she made her career through that direction instead. So as a proud joshi, Yukihi challenged Akai to a singles match in a DDT ring. Akai accepted the match and asked for it to take place in either Shinjuku FACE or Korakuen Hall. Instead Sanshiro Takagi decided to book it for Sumo Hall! He apologised to Yukihi for DDT rejecting her all those years ago. Akai told her what an important milestone it is for a singles match between two women to take place at the 25th Anniversary show. Yukihi said she will put all that she’s done in joshi to the test against her.

Chris Brookes knew he was in for the fight of his life against Yoshihiko and wasted no time going in for the attack. He left the doll beaten and battered outside the ring hoping to get a countout win by Yoshihiko dragged itself back into the ring. Drew Parker set up a table and Brookes put Yoshihiko through it with the Praying Mantis Bomb to finally end the match. The hellacious fight ended with the two earning each other’s respect and they shook hands afterwards. Backstage Brookes called Yoshihiko the strongest wrestler in DDT but he had the stronger desire to win.

The DDT GM Hisaya Imabayashi is sick of seeing Pheromones getting away with their antics and putting the live broadcasts at risk. He hatched a plan with their opponents before the match. He noticed that every match Pheromones wins involves their butts getting exposed so preventing that will increase their chances of losing. Imabayashi himself got involved by grabbing hold of Yuki Iino’s tights so he wouldn’t pull them down. However Danshoku Dieno then grabbed Imabayashi’s pants and pulled them down. The match got called off when Imabayashi was thrown face first into Iino’s backside. Dieno called this a New Year’s gift from Pheromones. They are entering the Ultimate Tag League and promise to drag all opponents down to their level.

MAO winning the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title means we’re going to see that belt get passed around during the Tag League.

Super Sasadango Machine announced that Hiragana Muscle will hold five shows in three days at Kitazawa Town Hall from 29th to 31st March. All five shows count as “HIRAGANA MUSCLE 6”.

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