DDT “DNA 16” Results

May 11, 2016

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DDT “DNA 16”, 11/05/2016
Kitazawa Town Hall
225 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Tatsumi Tsukamoto defeated Rekka with a Grounded Manjigatame (8:27).
2. Makoto Oishi defeated Rainbow Kawamura with the Miracle Ecstasy (8:04).
3. KENSO defeated Kouki Iwasaki with the Diving Elbow Drop (10:56).
4. Jiro Kuroshio defeated Mizuki Watase with an Arm Lock (10:32).
5. Team Drift Goodbye Series: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao defeated Kazusada Higuchi, Guanchulo & Nobuhiro Shimatani when Ishii submitted Shimatani with a Half Crab Hold (14:22).
6. Kota Umeda defeated Shunma Katsumata with the Umeda Driver I (16:55).

He was gone for a month but Kota Umeda came back wanting to fight and live the pro wrestling life. Umeda was absent because he wanted to protect his relatives in Kumamoto after last month’s earthquake. In the main event against Shunma Katsumata he had to deal with his ring rust quickly because his opponent wasn’t going to take it easy on him. The match quickly went outside where Umeda missed Katsumata and kicked the ring post instead. Back inside Umeda avoided the Nebula Storm, hit a High Kick and pinned Katsumata with the Umeda Driver I. Umeda shook hands with Katsumata afterwards. Umeda said there isn’t enough wrestlers in DNA and that the place is more interesting with himself on top.

A nervous Nobuhiro Shimatani had to take Mao Inoue’s spot in the match against Team Drift after Inoue got injured. Keisuke Ishii bent him backwards with a nasty looking Half Crab Hold to win the match. Shimatani admitted he was scared from the pressure. Kazusada Higuchi was frustrated from losing to Drift again but was also encouraged by Umeda and Katsumata’s performance in the main event.

Kouki Iwasaki tried to stand up for DNA against KENSO but was handily defeated by the veteran. KENSO was left standing in the ring disappointed. Was this the best DNA had to offer? He challenged anyone from DNA to prove him wrong. Rainbow Kawamura answered the call. He’s never wrestled in America or Mexico but he’s been to Shinjuku and got the stuff to beat KENSO! Their match takes place on 9th June.

Daiki Shimomura will return to action on the 9th June show. The rookie was injured in his debut match back in March.


Sakaguchi And Tatsumi Injured, Takeshita Gets KO-D Title Shot

May 10, 2016

DDT “DNA 16”, 11/05/2016
Kitazawa Town Hall

1. Rekka Vs Tatsumi Tsukamoto
2. Rainbow Kawamura Vs Makoto Oishi
3. Team Drift Goodbye Series: Kazusada Higuchi, Guanchulo & Nobuhiro Shimatani Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
4. Mizuki Watase Vs Jiro Kuroshio
5. KENSO Vs Kouki Iwasaki
6. Kota Umeda Vs Shunma Katsumata

Yukio Sakaguchi is suffering from osteoarthritis in his right elbow and needs to have an operation. He will not be wrestling for the rest of this month but hopes to come back at the 1st June BOYZ show.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “BATTLE MISSION 2016 CODE.4”, 14/05/2016
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Yuu Vs Azusa Takigawa
2. Nonoko Vs Hyper Misao
3. 3 Way Match: Shoko Nakajima Vs KANNA Vs Marika Kobashi
4. Miyu Yamashita & Nodoka-oneesan Vs Yuka Sakazaki & Akane Miure

Rika Tatsumi was originally supposed to be in the main event but fractured a fibula in her left foot. She will be out of action for four weeks. Akane Miura takes her place in the main event.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “AUTOMATIC 2016”, 14/05/2016
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Mars Spector Invasion!: Mitomi Masayuki Vs Mars Spector
2. Men’s Street!: Chikara Vs Rainbow Kawamura Vs American Balloon
3. ’16 Fighting Satellite☆Battle Prince: Shuichiro Katsumura & Yumehito Imanari Vs Shibata & Eddie French
4. Revenge Of The “K”: Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Hi69
5. WRESTLE-1 Champion Appears In Ganpuro! ~Circle Of Friends Grows~: Ken Ohka, KAI & Shota Vs Minoru Fujita, Madoka & Yukihiro Abe

The visual of Chikara chopping American Balloon’s chest alone will be worth the ticket price.

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 11”, 21/05/2016
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

1. Daisuke Sasaki & Mad Polly Vs Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita

Joey Ryan will be on the show.

DDT “AUDIENCE 2016”, 29/05/2016
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Team Drift Goodbye Series Final – Team Drift Disbands Match: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs X, X & X
2. DDT Extreme Title: Super Sasadango Machine (c) Vs LiLiCo
3. KO-D Openweight Title: Daisuke Sasaki (c) Vs Konosuke Takeshita

Konosuke Takeshita is now the No. 1 Contender. He already fought Daisuke Sasaki twice for the KO-D Tag Team Titles and was on the losing side both times. However in the last week he pinned Sasaki and a few days later beat Shuji Ishikawa in under 5 minutes, earning him this title shot.


Sasaki Vs Sakaguchi Tomorrow, Umeda Biting To Return, KAI Enters Ganpuro

May 7, 2016

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2016 IN SAPPORO ~DRAMATIC DREAM CLOCK TOWER~”, 08/05/2016
AXES Sapporo

1. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owasho & Kazuki Hirata Vs Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Tomoya
2. Kazusada Higuchi & Guanchulo Vs Kouki Iwasaki & Shunma Katsumata
3. Tetsuya Endo & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Ryuichi Sekine & Kotaro Yoshida
4. Team Drift Goodbye Series: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs HARASHIMA, Akito & Yasu Urano
5. Hokkaido Big Way! Sapporo Specialty Single Match: Shuji Ishikawa Vs Konosuke Takeshita
6. SPW South East Asia Title: Masa Takanashi (c) Vs Antonio Honda
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Daisuke Sasaki (c) Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
*Yukio Sakaguchi will cash in his Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.

Tomorrow the third of six Right To Challenge Contracts will be cashed in. When Yukio Sakaguchi gets his title shot that leaves Danshoku Dino and Toru Owashi with the remaining contracts. Dino currently has two, Owashi has one.

Mao Inoue fractured a metatarsal bone in his left foot during the recent tour. He is expected to be out of action for four weeks.

DDT “DNA 16”, 11/05/2016
Kitazawa Town Hall

1. Rekka Vs Tatsumi Tsukamoto
2. Rainbow Kawamura Vs Makoto Oishi
3. Team Drift Goodbye Series: Kazusada Higuchi, Guanchulo & Nobuhiro Shimatani Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
4. Mizuki Watase Vs Jiro Kuroshio
5. KENSO Vs Kouki Iwasaki
6. Kota Umeda Vs Shunma Katsumata

Kota Umeda will is ready to return to the ring. He has spent time with his loved ones in Kumamoto after the recent earthquake hit the area. Umeta describes the situation as something he has never experienced before. The locals are trying to return to their everyday life despite aftershocks and everybody is anxious because of food shortages. He now fights as a guard dog for his family and he will become a mad dog on a rampage when he returns to the ring.

BASARA “VAJRA 10 WU”, 13/05/2016
Saitama Wrestle Fighter Museum

1. Dance! Ueki Police 24 Hours ~Hiroshi 100 Moments Of Barrage~: Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Takayuki Ueki
2. Ryuichi Sekine, Ryota Nakatsu & Koji Iwamoto Vs Tsutomu Oosugi, Hercules Chinga & Yusuke Kubo
3. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ A Block: Isami Kodaka (2) Vs SAGAT (0)
4. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ B Block: FUMA (2) Vs Daichi Kazato (4)
5. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ B Block: Takumi Tsukamoto (2 Vs Ryu Gouma (0)

FUMA Vs Daichi Kazato is now the key match in B Block. If Kazato wins his third match in a row he will be the clear best bet to qualify for the final.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2016 IN KYOTO ~DRAMATIC DREAM TOGETSUKYO~”, 14/05/2016
Kyoto KBS Hall

1. Ryota Nakatsu Vs Shunma Katsumata
2. HARASHIMA Vs Kota Umeda
3. Toru Owashi & Mizuki Watase Vs Tetsuya Endo & Hiroshi Fukuda
4. Kyoto Specialty Heian-kyō Tag Death Match: Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata
5. Local Triumph Of Saki Akai! Special 6-Man Tag Team Match: Saki Akai, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Cherry
6. Team Drift Goodbye Series: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs Kazusada Higuchi, Kouki Iwasaki & Guanchulo
7. Daisuke Sasaki & Mad Polly Vs Akito & Yasu Urano

The Heian-kyō Death Match returns. If a wrestler does something illegal during the match he will be punished by getting hit in the ass with a baseball bat.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “AUTOMATIC 2016”, 14/05/2016
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Mars Spector Invasion!: Mitomi Masayuki Vs Mars Spector
2. WRESTLE-1 Champion Appears In Ganpuro! ~Circle Of Friends Grows~: Ken Ohka, KAI & Shota Vs Minoru Fujita, Madoka & Yukihiro Abe

Shota has used his connections with WRESTLE-1 to bring in KAI for a show. The new W-1 Champion joins Ganbare☆Wrestling’s fight against Tomodachi-gun and its Rubbish Heap★Wrestling philosophy.

A mysterious being known as Mars Spector sent a message to Ganpuro that it wants to fight against strong wrestlers to see if Ganpuro is a worthy place. Whoever Spector is, he or she will face Mitomi Masayuki.

DDT “FRIENSDHIP, EFFORT, VICTORY IN NAGOYA 2016”, 15/05/2016
Nagoya International Conference Hall

1. 3 Way Tag Match: Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Antonio Honda & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Masa Takanashi & Guanchulo
2. Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Kota Umeda
3. HARASHIMA & Mizuki Watase Vs Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi
4. KENSO KING OF DDT 2016 Assessment Match: KENSO Vs Cherry
5. Nagoya Specialty! Miso Stew Special Tag Match: Super Sasadango Machine & Saki Akai Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Mammoth Handa
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Kazusada Higuchi, Shunma Katsumata & Kouki Iwasaki (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
7. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sasaki & Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs Akito & Yasu Urano

KENSO has to prove his mettle if he wants to be in this year’s King Of DDT tournament. DDT has chosen Cherry as his opponent. He’s pretty pleased with the choice.

DDT “DRAMATIC DREAMS VOL. 3 ~FLOWERS ARE FLOWERS PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE~”, 22/05/2016
Osaka Yodogawa Ward Community Center

1. Crash The Super Heavy Special 6-Man Tag Team Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Jinsei Shinzaki & Toru Owashi Vs Shigehiro Irie, Kazusada Higuchi & Super Sasadango Machine
2. Special Tag Match: Kazuki Hirata & Kuishinbo Kamen Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & Kikutaro
3. Naniwa Shook! Man Vs Han Special Single Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Magnitude Kishiwada
4. Reunion Special Single Match: Yasu Urano Vs Antonio Honda (Special Referee: Dick Togo)
5. Twelve New Year’s Eve Dream: Konosuke Takeshita Vs ZERO

Joey Ryan, Emi Sakura and Hideki Shiota have been added to the show.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “YOKOHAMA 1:00 SET”, 28/05/2016
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. TOKYO Princess Of Princess Title: Miyu Yamashita (c) Vs Yuka Sakazaki

Miyu Yamashita’s second defence is against the girl who pinned her at the last show. Yuka Sakazaki has been on a winning streak ever since she began using the Osaekomi Backslide.


Daisuke Sasaki’s New Pet, Team Drift Goodbye Series, Heaven Summit Begins

April 26, 2016

DDT “YOKOHAMA TWILIGHT 2016 ~SPRING~”, 29/04/2016
Yokohama Radiant Hall

0. King Of Dark Title: Gota Ihashi (c) Vs Rekka
1. Sanshiro Takagi, Kazuki Hirata & Guanchulo Vs KENSO, Hiroshi Fukuda & Eddie French
2. 3 Way Match: Toru Owashi Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
3. Team Drift Goodbye Series: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs Ken Ohka, Danshoku Dino & Super Sasadango Machine
4. Kazusada Higuchi & Mao Inoue Vs Shunma Katsumata & Kouki Iwasaki
5. HARASHIMA, Akito & Yasu Urano Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo
6. Daisuke Sasaki & Daisuke Sasaki’s New Pet Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi

The new KO-D Openweight Champion has a busy schedule ahead of him. Daisuke Sasaki now has two championships to defend and his “pet” Shuji Ishikawa won’t be there to protect him all the time. To remedy this Sasaki got himself a second “pet” to guard him from the other Right To Challenge Contract holders. All Sasaki has said about his new pet is it’s cute and he thinks it’s male. He’s unsure if he will obtain any more pets after this one because he’s running out of space in his home.

After three years and nine months as a unit, Team Drift have decided to split after their latest failed attempt to chase after a championship. Keisuke Ishii feels that Drift have stagnated as a team. Shigehiro Irie said he now feels lonely after the decision but he has to face reality. Soma Takao thinks he needs to take this chance to grow after he failed to win anything in the Right To Challenge Rumble at “JUDGEMENT 2016”. Their final match as a unit will take place on 29th May but until then they will have a farewell series of matches on DDT shows. Ken Ohka demanded to be inserted into one of Drift’s final matches when he found out about their dissolution. He’s even willing to reform #OhkaEmpire for the occasion.

BASARA “VAJRA 9 ~TONIGHT IS HUNGRY FOR BLOOD~”, 01/05/2016
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall

1. Ryota Nakatsu & Koji Iwamoto Vs Hi69 & Eddie French
2. FUMA & Madoka Vs Takayuki Ueki & Toshiyuki Sakuda
3. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ B Block: Daichi Kazato Vs Ryu Gouma
4. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ B Block: Takumi Tsukamoto Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
5. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ A Block: Ryuichi Sekine Vs SAGAT
6. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ A Block: Isami Kodaka Vs Yusuke Kubo

Eddie French makes his BASARA debut.

BASARA “VAJRA 10 ~OSHU HITTO~”, 03/05/2016
Miyagi Yume Messe West Wing Hall

1. Madoka & Yusuke Kubo Vs Shinobu & SAGAT
2. LET’S PARTY ~Hiroshi Of Hardcore~: Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Abdullah Kobayashi
3. Special Tag Match: Isami Kodaka & Masamune Vs Koji Iwamoto & Hi69
4. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ B Block: FUMA Vs Ryu Gouma
5. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ B Block: Takumi Tsukamoto Vs Daichi Kazato
6. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ A Block: Ryuichi Sekine Vs Ryota Nakatsu

Seems that Hiroshi Fukuda has been bitten by the violence bug after his bloody match with MEN’S Teioh. Now he can get bitten by Abdullah Kobayashi!

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2016 IN SENDAI ~DRAMATIC DREAM TAN~”, 03/05/2016
Miyagi Yume Messe West Wing Hall

1. 4 Way Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Kazusada Higuchi Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Eddie French
2. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Akito, Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata
3. Team Drift Goodbye Series: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Gorgeous Matsuno
4. Special Single Match: Daisuke Sasaki’s New Pet Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
5. Daisuke Sasaki Vs Guanchulo
6. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Tetsuya Endo & Mao Inoue

Sasaki has a chance to remove Sakaguchi from the KO-D Title race. He’s sending his new pet to go after Yukio Sakaguchi and his Right To Challenge Contract.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2016 IN AOMORI ~DRAMATIC DREAMTSUGARU SHAMISEN ~”, 04/05/2016
Aomori Hamanasu Hall

1. Wrestling Technique Olympics A Block Qualifier: Yasu Urano Vs Eddie French
2. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Tetsuya Endo, Mao Inoue & Gorgeous Matsuno
3. Team Drift Goodbye Series: Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Shunma Katsumata
4. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Keisuke Ishii & Guanchulo
5. HARASHIMA & Akito Vs Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita
6. Daisuke Sasaki & Daisuke Sasaki’s New Pet Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi

Yasu Urano is representing Japan and Eddie French is representing France in the opener.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2016 IN SAPPORO ~DRAMATIC DREAM CLOCK TOWER~”, 08/05/2016
AXES Sapporo

1. Team Drift Goodbye Series: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs HARASHIMA, Akito & Yasu Urano
2. SPW South East Asia Title: Masa Takanashi (c) Vs Antonio Honda
3. KO-D Openweight Title: Daisuke Sasaki (c) Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
*Yukio Sakaguchi will cash in his Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.

If Sakaguchi stays unbeaten until May he will cash in his Right To Challenge Contract for a KO-D Title shot. Unlike Sasaki he wants to win the title fair and square against a healthy opponent.

Tomoya and Koji Yoshida will also be on the show.

DDT “DNA 16”, 11/05/2016
Kitazawa Town Hall

1. Rekka Vs Nobuhiro Shimatani
2. Rainbow Kawamura Vs Makoto Oishi
3. Team Drift Goodbye Series: Kazusada Higuchi, Mao Inoue & Guanchulo Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
4. Mizuki Watase Vs Jiro Kuroshio
5. KENSO Vs Kouki Iwasaki
6. Kota Umeda Vs Shunma Katsumata

Jiro Kuroshio has impressed Sanshiro Takagi after wrestling with him in both DDT and WRESTLE-1 recently. He returns to DNA after appearing on Shows #2 and #3 last year.

DDT “FRIENSDHIP, EFFORT, VICTORY IN NAGOYA 2016”, 15/05/2016
Nagoya International Conference Hall

1. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Kazusada Higuchi, Shunma Katsumata & Kouki Iwasaki (c) Vs X, X & X
2. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sasaki & Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs Akito & Yasu Urano

Smile Squash wants to avenge HARASHIMA by winning the KO-D Tag Team Titles from Sasaki & Ishikawa. They are on a roll and take credit for Team Drift disbanding. They also believe to know the champions’ weakness. Although Sasaki & Ishikawa are both strong as individuals, their stamina does not match. Smile Squash thinks that Ishikawa’s large size is actually his weakness because he sweats a lot! If they can tire out Ishikawa and leave him in a dehydrated state they can then beat Sasaki and win the titles.

DDT “DRAMATIC DREAMS VOL. 3 ~FLOWERS ARE FLOWERS PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE~”, 22/05/2016
Osaka Yodogawa Ward Community Center

1. Crash The Super Heavy Special 6-Man Tag Team Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Jinsei Shinzaki & Toru Owashi Vs Shigehiro Irie, Kazusada Higuchi & Super Sasadango Machine
2. Special Tag Match: Kazuki Hirata & Kuishinbo Kamen Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & Kikutaro
3. Reunion Special Single Match: Yasu Urano Vs Antonio Honda (Special Referee: Dick Togo)
4. Twelve New Year’s Eve Dream: Konosuke Takeshita Vs ZERO

HUB knows how special his upcoming match with Konosuke Takeshita means to his opponent. When he found out Takeshita wants him to fight as his former gimmick ZERO he was happy to accept the idea.

DDT “AUDIENCE 2016”, 29/05/2016
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Team Drift Goodbye Series Final – Team Drift Disbands Match: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs X, X & X
2. DDT Extreme Title: Super Sasadango Machine (c) Vs LiLiCo
3. KO-D Openweight Title: Daisuke Sasaki (c) Vs X

Sasaki ultimately wants to defend the KO-D Title against Candice LeRae at Sumo Hall this August. However he was told this can only happen if LeRae enters the King Of DDT tournament and wins it. It is unknown if LeRae is going to be in the tournament.


Umeda Off This Weekend’s Shows, Max Bump Card

April 15, 2016

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2016 IN KANAZAWA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TORIYASAI~”, 16/04/2016
Kanazawa Distribution Hall

1. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Akito, Makoto Oishi & Hiroshi Fukuda
2. Danshoku Dino Vs Kouki Iwasaki
3. Tetsuya Endo Vs Mao Inoue
4. Daisuke Sasaki & Guanchulo Vs Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita
5. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
6. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Shunma Katsumata

Kota Umeda has been pulled off of this week’s shows due to the earthquake that hit his hometown Kumamoto yesterday. Thankfully none of his friends or family living there are hurt but DDT decided it is a bigger priority for him to keep in contact instead of wrestling this weekend.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2016 IN NAGAOKA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TOCHIO FESTIVAL~”, 17/04/2016
Nagaoka Ao-re

1. Keisuke Ishii Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi Vs Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
3. Kazuki Hirata Vs Antonio Honda
4. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi
5. Super Sasadango Machine Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
6. Daisuke Sasaki, Shuji Ishikawa & Guanchulo Vs Konosuke Takeshita, Tetsuya Endo & Mao Inoue
7. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Kazusada Higuchi, Shunma Katsumata & Kouki Iwasaki Vs HARASHIMA, Akito & Yasu Urano

HARASHIMA has a shot at taking the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Title from Kazusada Higuchi before their KO-D Openweight Title Match. Also Kouki Iwasaki will be back from injury so he may not be at 100%.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO X IDOL “SHIBUYA NIGHT DANGER!”, 18/04/2016
SHIBUYA DESEO

1. Yuu Vs Nodoka-oneesan
2. 3 Way Match: Yuka Sakazaki Vs KANNA Vs Azusa Takigawa
3. Miyu Yamashita & Shoko Nakajima Vs Rika Tatsumi & Akane Miura

Akane Miura is back to normal now that Poison Sawada JULIE has been banished from Tokyo Joshi Pro.

DDT “MAX BUMP 2016”, 24/04/2016
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. King Of Dark Title – 3 Way Match: Hoshitango (c) Vs Gota Ihashi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
1. Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Kota Umeda Vs Antonio Honda, Hiroshi Fukuda & Heddi French
2. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & X Vs Shunma Katsumata, Kouki Iwasaki & Guanchulo
3. KO-D Tag Team Titles Next Challenger Decision 3 Way Match: Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Akito & Yasu Urano Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi
4. DDT Extreme Title: Super Sasadango Machine (c) Vs Kazuki Hirata
5. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Saki Akai & Makoto Oishi Vs LiLiCo (c) & Mizuki Watase
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sasaki & Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo
7. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Kazusada Higuchi

HARASHIMA and Higuchi have been pretty even in their skirmishes so far.

Kazuki Hirata has lost every match he’s been in since being chosen as the No. 1 Contender for the DDT Extreme Title.

Heddi French is a French wrestler who has wrestled in IGF and Big Japan in the past. He also fought Yukio Sakaguchi in Hard Hit last year.

DDT “DNA 16”, 11/05/2016
Kitazawa Town Hall

1. KENSO Vs Kouki Iwasaki
2. Kota Umeda Vs Shunma Katsumata

Umeda’s been a bit distant from the rest of DNA ever since he joined Shuten-dōji. A clash with Shunma Katsumata at DNA 15 sets up this match here.

KENSO makes his presence felt in DNA. Iwasaki is there to defend the brand’s honour.


BASARA “VAJRA 5 ~EARTH SHATTERING~” Results

March 13, 2016

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BASARA “VAJRA 5 ~EARTH SHATTERING~”, 13/03/2016
Kitazawa Town Hall
280 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Kenji Takeshima & Tatsuhiko Yoshino defeated SAGAT & CHANGO when Takeshima pinned SAGAT with the Techno Break (11:46).
2. Kikutaro defeated Ryu Gouma with a Russian Leg Sweep onto the Statute Book (9:43).
3. Tsutomu Oosugi defeated Daichi Kazato with the Tsuki No Ishii (8:15).
4. FUMA, Madoka & Yusuke Kubo defeated Ryuchi Sekine, Ryota Nakatsu & Koji Iwamoto when FUMA pinned Nakatsu with the HEAVY METAL ANTHEM (18:03).
5. Takumi Tsukamoto defeated Hi69 with the Lightning Speed (12:19).
6. Isami Kodaka defeated Hiroshi Fukuda with a Manjigatame (13:27).

In the main event Isami Kodaka countered Hiroshi Fukuda’s Perfect Plex into a Manjigatame for the submission victory. Fukuda was left slumped in the corner after the match so Kodaka went over to find out what was wrong. Fukuda said he wanted medicine for gout. Kodaka told Fukuda he will help him fight the incurable disease! The conversation continued and they figured out if 3 out of every 10 people have gout then that means 30% of the BASARA roster has gout! Kodaka shook Fukuda’s hand as a promise to cure gout and that they will also have a rematch someday.

Kodaka called out FUMA at the end of the show and he came out with the rest of Kotetsu Gundan beside him. Kodaka calledd FUMA’s new look laughable and he declared war on the unit. He said BASARA had banned hardcore wrestling until now. Starting in April BASARA will have its first Hardcore Match and it will involve Kotetsu Gundan. FUMA said he felt like he just stepped in a land mine. When Kodaka said hardcore FUMA thought he meant hardcore punk rock. He’s not punk, he’s heavy metal! FUMA said he’ll look forward to the hardcore match and he’ll keep on rocking by slamming thorns and chains into Kodaka’s soft heart!

Hi69 was graceful in defeat. He praised Takumi Tsukamoto for beating him.


TOKYO JOSHI PRO “HOP! STEP! KITAZAWA, JUMP!!” Results

March 13, 2016

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TOKYO JOSHI PRO “HOP! STEP! KITAZAWA, JUMP!!”, 13/03/2016
Kitazawa Town Hall
294 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Yuu defeated Marika Kobashi with the Cross Armbreaker (3:27).
2. Yuka Sakazaki & Nodoka-onesan defeated Rika Tatsumi & Azusa Takigawa when Sakazaki pinned Takigawa with the Magical Girl Splash (9:36).
3. Shoko Nakajima defeated Ai Shimizu with a Rolling Leg Clutch (8:25).
4. Sukeban-gun Vs Snake World: Saki Akamiya & Hyper Misao (w/ Tetsuya Koda) defeated Poison KANNA & Poison Miura (w/ Poison Sawada JULIE) when Akiyama pinned KANNA with the Two Stage Face Kick (11:28).
5. TOKYO Princess Of Princess Title: Miyu Yamashita (c) defeated Nonoko with the Crash Rabbit Heat (12:05).
*V1 for Miyu Yamashita.

It was a difficult challenge to climb but Miyu Yamashita was able to beat Nonoko for the second time in their rivalry. To record it as her first TOKYO Princess Of Princess Title defence was even sweeter. The key moment in the match was Yamashita finally giving Nonoko a German Suplex, something she wasn’t able to do successfully until now. At one point Nonoko used her cleavage to catch Yamashita’s foot when she attempted the Crash Rabbit Heat penalty kick. But Yamashita countered the Boinemaker into the aforementioned German Suplex to turn the tide in her favour. She then hit the Crash Rabbit Heat twice, once to the back of the head and the second to the face and that was enough to keep Nonoko down. Afterwards Yamashita said the power she has is kind of spooky. Nonoko is both a good and bad presence for her. Bad because her first pro loss was to her and good because she brings out the best in her. Yamashita hasn’t decided who her next challenger will be but invited anyone who can be her match to step up.

The stakes were high for Sukeban-gun Vs Snake World. If Saki Akamiya & Hyper Misao lost they would be forced to join Snake World and be remodelled into whatever Poison Sawada JULIE desires. But if they win then Poison Miura & Poison KANNA would have to accept defeat and take an antidote to return back to normal. Snake World ambushed their opponents to start the match. The referee at one point was knocked out so JULIE and Mitsuya Hebigai stormed the ring and interfered. Tetsuya Koda came to the rescue but was immediately beaten down. KANNA attempted to feed Akiyama a snake potion but Koda sacrificed himself and drank it. He became KODA and was now under JULIE’s command. Misao tried to remind KODA who he really is and he became conflicted. JULIE ordered KODA to use his new snake magic to attack Sukeban-gun but he refused. KODA instead turned on his new master and attacked both him and Hebigai with the spell instead! Misao then held down Miura while Akamiya hit KANNA with the Two Stage Face Kick to win the match.

KANNA admitted she hated being under JULIE’s control and wanted to be human again so she took an antidote first. Misao was about to hand Miura the remaining antidote when she noticed KODA was now dying from the spell because he is not as strong as the wrestlers. Misao asked what should she do and someone in the audience yelled “It cannot be helped!” Akamiya grabbed the antidote and fed it to KODA, turning him back to normal. JULIE laughed maniacly. Both antidote bottles were used yet Poison Miura is still under his spell. They never broke any promises so Miura gets to stay the way she is. He told Akamiya her sweetness will be fatal and he left with Miura and Hebigai. Misao suggested that Akamiya should face Miura one on one next month to win her freedom from JULIE once and for all. Meanwhile KANNA regained her bearings and asked why she was wearing an ugly snake pattern costume.


Last Stop Before Judgement 2016, Illuminate The Park

March 12, 2016

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “HOP! STEP! KITAZAWA, JUMP!!”, 13/03/2016
Kitazawa Town Hall

1. Yuu Vs Marika Kobashi
2. Yuka Sakazaki & Nodoka-onesan Vs Rika Tatsumi & Azusa Takigawa
3. Shoko Nakajima Vs Ai Shimizu
4. TOKYO Princess Of Princess Title: Miyu Yamashita (c) Vs Nonoko
5. Sukeban-gun Vs Snake World: Saki Akamiya & Hyper Misao (w/ Koda Tetsuya) Vs Poison KANNA & Poison Miura (w/ Poison Sawada JULIE)

The match order will be determined on the day of the show.

DDT “GORGEOUS NIGHT ~GANBAROU FUKUSHIMA~”, 13/03/2016
Fukushima Kokutai Memorial Gymnasium Sub Arena

1. Antonio Honda & Cherry Vs Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi
2. Soma Takao & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Akito & Guanchulo
3. Daisuke Sasaki Vs Gota Ihashi
4. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Kota Umeda
5. Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Shunma Katsumata
6. HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Kouki Iwasaki

Gorgeous Matsuno will perform a new song at some point during the show.

BASARA “VAJRA 5 ~EARTH SHATTERING~”, 13/03/2016
Kitazawa Town Hall

1. Ryu Gouma Vs Kikutaro
2. Kenji Takeshima & Tatsuhiko Yoshino Vs SAGAT & Kazuaki Mihara
3. Tsutomu Oosugi Vs Daichi Kazato
4. Takumi Tsukamoto Vs Hi69
5. Isami Kodaka Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
6. FUMA, Madoka & Yusuke Kubo Vs Ryuchi Sekine, Ryota Nakatsu & Koji Iwamoto

Atsushi Maruyama was originally supposed to be Ryu Gouma’s opponent but had to pull out due to a scheduling conflict. Kikutaro takes his place.

DDT “DRAMATIC 2016 MARCH SPECIAL”, 26/03/2016
Shinjuku FACE

1. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Kazusada Higuchi, Shunma Katsumata & Kouki Iwasaki (c) Vs Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Kota Umeda

Team DNA faces Shuten-dōji in their first KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Title defence.

DDT “DRAMATIC GRAND ILLUMINATION!”, 03/04/2016
Shizuoka Izuguranparu Park

1. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Akito & Yasu Urano
2. Super Sasadango Machine Vs Shigehiro Irie
3. DDT Special 4 Vs Happy Motel Falls Count Anywhere 8-Man Tag Team Match: Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA, Yukio Sakaguchi & Saki Akai Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita, Tetsuya Endo & Hiroshi Fukuda

DDT’s first outdoor Anywhere Pro Wrestling show takes place in early April with a DDT dream team taking on all of Happy Motel in the main event.


Gorgeous Night, Kotetsu Gundan Vs Cavalry, “JUDGEMENT 2016” Match Order

March 10, 2016

DDT “GORGEOUS NIGHT ~GANBAROU FUKUSHIMA~”, 13/03/2016
Fukushima Kokutai Memorial Gymnasium Sub Arena

1. Antonio Honda & Cherry Vs Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi
2. Soma Takao & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Akito & Guanchulo
3. Daisuke Sasaki Vs Gota Ihashi
4. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Kota Umeda
5. Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Shunma Katsumata
6. HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Kouki Iwasaki

This will be the final proper DDT show before “JUDGEMENT 2016” in Sumo Hall on 21st March. It is also the annual Fukushima benefit show for charities related to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake. Gorgeous Matsuno is usually the star of the show.

BASARA “VAJRA 5 ~EARTH SHATTERING~”, 13/03/2016
Kitazawa Town Hall

1. FUMA, Madoka & Yusuke Kubo Vs Ryuchi Sekine, Ryota Nakatsu & Koji Iwamoto
2. Isami Kodaka Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
3. Takumi Tsukamoto Vs Hi69

The heavy metal stable Kotetsu Gundan gets its first match since forming. This is also Cavalry’s first match as a trio with Koji Iwamoto recently joining the group.

DDT “JUDGEMENT 2016 ~DDT 19th ANNIVERSARY~”, 21/03/2016
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

0. King Of Dark Title: Seiya Morohashi (c) & Hoshitango Vs DJ Nira & Dai Suzuki
0. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Battle Royal: Miyu Yamashita Vs Shoko Nakajima Vs Yuka Sakazaki Vs Nonoko Vs Rika Tatsumi Vs Hyper Misao Vs Azusa Takigawa Vs Yuu Vs Nodoka-onesan Vs Marika Kobashi Vs Ai Shimizu Vs Poison Miura Vs Poison KANNA
0. DNA Offer Match – Mao Inoue Comeback: Shunma Katsumata, Guanchulo & Mao Inoue Vs Kouki Iwasaki, Rainbow Kawamura & Nobuhiro Shimatani
0. Pro Wrestling BASARA Offer Match: Takumi Tsukamoto, Daichi Kazato & Ryu Gouma Vs FUMA, Yusuke Kubo & SAGAT
1. Ryogoku First Appearance! Next KO-D Openweight Title Challenger Decision And Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Battle Royal: Toru Owashi Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Masa Takanshi Vs Soma Takao Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Kazusada Higuchi Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Cherry Vs Ryuichi Sekine Vs Ryota Nakatsu Vs Yoshihiko Vs Ken Ohka
2. 3 Way Tag Match: Joey Ryan & Candice LeRae Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Akito & Yasu Urano
3. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Special 6-Man Tag Team Match: Saki Akai, Makoto Oishi & Lady Beard Vs LiLiCo (c), Kota Umeda & Mizuki Watase
4. Special Tag Match: Antonio Honda & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Tatsumi Fujinami & LEONA
5. DDT Extreme Title – Ultimate Royal Barbed Wire PowerPoint No Power Blast PWF Rules: Kendo Kashin (c) Vs Super Sasadango Machine
6. Kota Ibushi Comeback & Ibushi Wrestling Institute 1st Leg – East & West Toward The Front Over The Entire Surface Falls Count Anywhere Weapon Treasure Hunt Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Jun Kasai Vs KENSO & Michael Nakazawa Vs Kota Ibushi & Gota Ihashi
7. Dramatic Dream Match: Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Minoru Suzuki
8. Dramatic Dream Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Akebono
9. KO-D Tag Team Titles – Uchicomi! Presents: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Shuji Ishikawa
10. KO-D Openweight Title – Good Com Asset Presents: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs HARASHIMA

This is the official card layout for “JUDGEMENT 2016”. I will do the usual big show preview a few days before the show. The DDT Extreme Title match will be a highlight just based on the match name alone. Daiki Shimomura is out of the DNA match because of an arm injury. The returning Mao Inoue takes his place.


Snake World Threatens, Ibushi In His Element, Phantom Rumble

February 24, 2016

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “HOP! STEP! OSAKA, JUMP!!”, 06/03/2016
Osaka World Pavilion

1. Yuu Vs Nodoka-onesan
2. Rika Tatsumi Vs Marika Kobashi
3. Yuka Sakizaki Vs Azusa Takigawa
4. Miyu Yamashita & Shoko Nakajima Vs Nonoko & Ai Shimizu
5. Saki Akamiya & Hyper Misao Vs Poison KANNA & Poison Miura

Things are looking bleak for Saki Akamiya & Hyper Misao after they both lost to Snake World Joshi wrestlers at the last show. Snake World Joshi also gained a member when Mitsuya Nagai was brainwashed by Poison Sawada JULIE.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “HOP! STEP! KITAZAWA, JUMP!!”, 13/03/2016
Kitazawa Town Hall

1. Yuu Vs Marika Kobashi
2. Yuka Sakazaki & Nodoka-onesan Vs Rika Tatsumi & Azusa Takigawa
3. Shoko Nakajima Vs Ai Shimizu
4. TOKYO Princess Of Princess Title: Miyu Yamashita (c) Vs Nonoko
5. Sukeban-gun Vs Snake World: Saki Akamiya & Hyper Misao (w/ Koda Tetsuya) Vs Poison KANNA & Poison Miura (w/ Poison Sawada JULIE)

Tokyo Joshi GM Koda Tetsuya is being put in Sukeban-gun’s corner because Sanshiro Takagi will be busy working at a separate DDT show that day.

DDT “JUDGEMENT 2016 ~DDT 19th ANNIVERSARY~”, 21/03/2016
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. DNA Offer Match: X Vs X
2. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Battle Royal: Miyu Yamashita Vs Shoko Nakajima Vs Yuka Sakazaki Vs Nonoko Vs Rika Tatsumi Vs Hyper Misao Vs Azusa Takigawa Vs Yuu Vs Nodoka Onesan Vs Ai Shimizu Vs Hyper Misao Vs Hyper KANNA
3. Pro Wrestling BASARA Offer 8-Man Tag Team Match: Takumi Tsukamoto, Ryuichi Sekine, FUMA, Daichi Kazato, Yusuke Kubo, Ryota Nakatsu, SAGAT, Ryu Gouma
4. Ryogoku First Appearance! Next KO-D Openweight Title Challenger Decision And Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Battle Royal: X Vs X
5. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Saki Akai, Makoto Oishi & Lady Beard Vs LiLiCo, X & X
6. Falls Count Anywhere Weapon Treasure Hunt Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Jun Kasai Vs KENSO & Michael Nakazawa Vs Kota Ibushi & Gota Ihashi
7. Dramatic Dream Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Akebono
8. Dramatic Dream Match: Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Minoru Suzuki
9. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Shuji Ishikawa
10. KO-D Openweight Title – Good Com Asset Presents: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs HARASHIMA or Shigehiro Irie

Kota Ibushi’s return sees him added to the Falls Count Anywhere Match. This is the first time Ibushi will do such a match inside Sumo Hall. God only knows what ideas he’ll have in that environment.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “POKEBERU GA NARANAKUTE 2016”, 29/03/2016
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Eating Log 4.25 Class Of Love Calls: Yumehito Imanari Vs Bambi
2. World’s Strongest Phantom Rumble ~Bracken Of The Living Dead~: J-Soul Pandita III IV Vs Dr. Kirico Vs Potato Head Sera Vs Hong Kong International Police Man Vs Hong Kong Domestic Police Man Vs Hong Kong International Women’s Police Man Vs Atsushi Maruyama Vs Choun-Shiryu
3. Ganpuro Vs Tomodachi-gun: Ken Ohka, Shota & Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Minoru Fujita, Madoka & Yukihiro Abe

If the Ganpuro team win the main event they get to take back Yukihiro Abe from Tomodachi-gun and rehabilitate him back to normal. Abe has been listening only to Minoru Fujita ever since he joined his group and Fujita tells him he can become stronger if he beats Ken Ohka.

The Phantom Rumble sounds like a nightmare in more ways than one.