KO-D Title Plans, DDT On Youtube

January 31, 2011

A schedule of KO-D Openweight Title matches and contendership challenges from now until Sumo Hall has been posted. Not many wrestling companies plan out the schedule of title matches so far in advance but it benefits everyone wanting to keep track of the title race as DDT begins promoting its largest show of the year. The schedule goes as follows.

11th February: A Royal Rumble in Shin-Kiba 1st RING determines the next challenger for the KO-D Title.

27th February: Dick Togo defends the KO-D Title against the Royal Rumble winner in Korakuen Hall.

27th March: KO-D Title match in Korakuen Hall.

4th May: KO-D Title match in Korakuen Hall.

21st May: The first and second rounds of the KO-D Challenger Tournament takes place in Shin-Kiba 1st RING.

29th May: The Semi-Final and Final rounds of the KO-D Challenger Tournament takes place in Kyoto KBS Hall.

24th July: KO-D Champion takes on the Tournament winner in the main event of Sumo Hall.

DDT now has an official Youtube channel set up with one video posted so far. The video is of Bob Sapp falling on hard times until he discovers DDT and goes to meet Sanshiro Takagi and Ken Ohka. The meeting doesn’t end well for DDT. I’ll post it when I’m done with a few updates.

http://www.youtube.com/user/ddtofficial

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DDT “SWEET DREAMS!” Results, Kota Concussed, It’s Sapp Time!

January 30, 2011

DDT “SWEET DREAMS!”, 30/01/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,428 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Akito defeated Kazuki Hirata with a Modified Ankle Hold (8:18).
2. GENTARO & Yasu Urano defeated MIKAMI & Rion Mizuki when GENTARO submitted Mizuki with the Sharpshooter (10:29).
3. Takao Soma & Tomimitsu Matsunaga defeated Hikaru Sato & Daisuke Sasaki when Sato was DQ’ed (12:58).
4. Right to Produce “Someone´s Produce Show” Battle Royal: Keisuke Ishii defeated Yukihiro Abe with the Kneel Kick (12:13).
Order Of Eliminations: Hoshitango (3:16), Minoru Fujita (5:04), Michael Nakazawa (5:51), Tanomusaku Toba (5:57), Danshoku Dino (4:49), Makoto Oishi (7:02), DJ Nira (9:21) and Yukihiro Abe (12:13).
5. DDT Tokyo Beginning of Fight 2011 Special Tag Match: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega defeated HARASHIMA & KUDO when Omega pinned KUDO with the Croyth’s Wrath (16:55)
6. KO-D Openweight Title Unification Match: Dick Togo (c) defeated Antonio Honda (i/c) with the Diving Senton (26:24).
*Dick Togo becomes the 35th KO-D Openweight Champion.

With the injury setback now behind him, Dick Togo reclaimed his place on top of the DDT landscape by defeating Antonio Honda to unite the KO-D Openweight Championship with its unified version. In a correction to what I wrote a while back, Togo is officially the 35th KO-D Champion and now a 4-time holder of the title.

A Royal Rumble will take place at the 11th February Shin-Kiba 1st Ring show to determine the next challenger for Togo. The confirmed challengers so far are HARASHIMA, KUDO, Kota Ibushi, MIKAMI, Keisuke Ishii and Daisuke Sasaki. Also set to take place on the night is Dick Togo Vs DJ Nira in a non-title match and Kenny Omega Vs Michael Nakazawa.

Kota Ibushi had to go to the hospital for a CAT Scan after he suffered a mild concussion after a High Kick by HARASHIMA. He is likely to recover quickly and not miss any of the upcoming shows.

Keisuke Ishii was victorious in the Battle Royal. He will now get to produce his own show for the DDT Brand tripleshot at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring on 6th March. An extra rule was added to the match. The Suzumiya Haruhi theme song was played for almost the entire match. Whenever the song reached its chorus, everyone in the ring had to do the “Hare Hare Yukai” dance or be eliminated. Yukihiro Abe spent the match dressed as the main character from the series.

The disqualification in match #2 led to Hikaru Sato challenging Takao Soma to a match at the 27th Fabruary Korakuen Hall show. The match was accepted and will be Hair Vs Hair!

Bob Sapp was announced to appear at DDT’s Sumo Hall show on 24th August. Yes, that Bob Sapp. A video was shown of “The Beast” confronting Sanshiro Takagi and Ken Ohka at DDT HQ. Takagi came up with some suggestions on Twitter for Sapp’s opponent. So far he’s thought of Bob Sapp Vs Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Bob Sapp Vs Tsurumi Goro and Bob Sapp Vs Ultraman Robin. A fun little fact that comes out of this is that in the space of a year, three former IWGP Heavyweight Champions have appeared in DDT so far: Genichiro Tenryu, Togi Makabe & Manabu Nakanishi. Bob Sapp will make it four if he does indeed show up and compete on the night.

Speaking of Takagi, he seems to be very pleased to be the “World’s Second Largest Promoter!” after the Wrestling Observer Awards came out.

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KO-D Unification Match Set, Next KO-D Tag Title Challengers Picked

January 19, 2011

DDT “SWEET DREAMS!”, 30/01/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Kazuki Hirata Vs Akito
2. GENTARO & Yasu Urano Vs MIKAMI & Rion Mizuki
3. Right to Produce “Someone’s Produce Show” Battle Royal: Danshoku Dino, Tanomusaku Toba, Michael Nakazawa, DJ Nira, Keisuke Ishii, Hoshitango, Yukihiro Abe, Makoto Oishi
4. Hikaru Sato & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Takao Soma & Tomimitsu Matsunaga
5. DDT Tokyo Beginning of Fight 2011 Special Tag Match: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega Vs HARASHIMA & KUDO
6. KO-D Openweight Title Unification Match: Dick Togo (c) Vs Antonio Honda (i/c)

We didn’t have to wait long for Dick Togo to recover from his injured tailbone. The original main event for “NEVER MIND 2010” is now set for DDT “SWEET DREAMS!” at Korakuen Hall on 30th January. The KO-D Openweight Title and its Interim version will be unified back into one championship. Depending on the result, either Dick Togo will get his first defence of the belt or Antonio Honda will be officially recognised as the 35th KO-D Champion.

Win or lose, Honda is still one of the KO-D Tag Team Champions. He and Daisuke Sasaki now know their next challengers for the belts, Togo’s GRANMA teammates, GENTARO and Yasu Urano. Their match will take place in Funabashi on 20th February.

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DDT “NEVER MIND 2010” Results

December 26, 2010

DDT “NEVER MIND 2010”, 26/12/2010
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,010 Fans

1. Yasu Urano, Hoshitango & Rion Mizuki defeated KUDO, Keisuke Ishii & Kazuki Hirata when Urano pinned Hirata with the Tombstone Pieldriver (8:09).
2. UWA World Trios Title: HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Yukihiro Abe defeated Michael Nakazawa, Hikaru Sato & Tomimitsu Matsunaga (c) when Owashi pinned Nakazawa with the Power Bomb (11:41).
*Shit Heart ♥ Foundation fail in V1. DISASTER-BOX become the 44th UWA Trios Champions.
3. KO-D Tag Team No. 1 Contender’s Match: MIKAMI & Onryo defeated Tanomusaku Toba & Mitsuya Nagai when MIKAMI pinned Toba with the Deep “M” Impact (10:40).
4. Loser Eats Dog Food: Takao Soma defeated Daisuke Sasaki with the Diving Guillotine Drop (9:02).
5. Man’s Club: Danshoku Dino Vs Makoto Oishi ended in a No Contest (9:08).
6. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega (c) defeated Jado & Gedo when Omega pinned Gedo with the Croyt’s Wrath (21:24).
*V2 for Golden Lovers.
7. Interim KO-D Openweight Title: Antonio Honda defeated GENTARO with the Octopus Hold (25:10).
*Honda becomes the 1st Interim KO-D Openweight Champion.

A packed Korakuen Hall crowd came to see the final DDT event for 2010 where Antonio Honda became the man to lead DDT into the new year. With Dick Togo out of action the original “Mentor Vs Student” main event of Togo Vs Honda was called off and the KO-D Openweight Title was declared inactive until Togo’s return. The replacement main event became Honda Vs GENTARO for an Interim KO-D Championship. A full house watched for 25 minutes as the two men gave their all but in the end it was Honda who clasped GENTARO in the Octopus Hold, forcing the veteran freelancer to submit. Afterwards Honda admitted to having mixed feelings towards winning the match, most likely because he couldn’t face Togo, but he got grand ovation from the packed Hall as he was presented the Interim Title.

The Golden Lovers had a slight disadvantage going into their IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Titles defence against Jado & Gedo. A few days ago in New Japan, Kota Ibushi was in a main event that stood as a preview to the upcoming Tokyo Dome spectacle. Despite coming out on the winning team, Ibushi was left with a minor injury to his left knee. Jado & Gedo targeted Ibushi’s left knee and used dirty tactics such as removing turnbuckle pads to take advantage of the match. However, Kenny Omega was there for his BFF and turned the tables in their favour, focusing their attacks on Gedo and finally pinning him with the Croyt’s Wrath.

The Danshoku Dino Vs Makoto Oishi match was, well…weird. Backstage, KUDO approached Tsurumi Amon asking to replace Yukinori Matsui as the referee for the match. Oishi stepped in and said he had no problem with KUDO’s offer. While the match went on, Matsui was seen backstage making his way to ringside, unaware that the match was taking place without him. Amon tried to stop Matsui from walking out by putting him in a Headlock. When that failed, he took out a bottle of laxatives and physically forced Matsui to drink it. Back in the ring Dino and Oishi were having their back and forth battle, leading to both men knoced out on the canvas. Backstage Matsui recovered from his sudden dose and got revenge on the DDT General Manager, forcing him to drink the laxative. With Amon out of the way, Matsui made his way to ringside. On the way he bumped into (and knocked out) Michael Nakazawa. He then walked past a dressing room with a sign saying it was being used by bikini idol and part-time wrestler Aika Ando. Tempted to sneak a peak, Matsui opened the door only to see Emi Sakura from Ice Ribbon getting changed. Feeling nauseous at the sight of Sakura half naked, Matsui walked away and then found two chihuahuas at the end of the hallway. Back in the ring, Dino had Oishi right where he wanted him and began dry humping the poor guy. KUDO’s reaction to this? He brought out a blanket and placed it over Dino and Oishi. Matsui finally came to ringside, carrying one of the chihuahuas he found. When he saw what was going on in the ring he called for the match to end. KUDO tried to stop him with a Buzzsaw Kick but Matsui dodged it and struck KUDO with a Rocket Punch. He finally ended the match in a No Contest. Oishi wasn’t happy with the result, mainly because he wasn’t sure if it meant he had to join Dino’s version of MEN’s Club. Tsurumi Amon came out to try and solve the problem when KUDO bravely stepped forward and offered himself to take Oishi’s spot in Dino’s group. Then Matsui offered to take the spot. Then the chihuahua Matsui was holding lifted its paw, asking for the spot. Then the room darkened and a spotlight shone on Masa Takanashi in the audience, and he dramatically offered to take Oishi’s place. Then Ken Ohka showed up to take the spot. Soon the entire audience had their hands raised. Makoto Oishi was so touched at what he just seen that he too raised his hand and asked to take the spot. Everyone in the ring looked at Oiishi and they all said in unison, “By all means!” Oishi wasn’t very happy at being duped afterwards.

Takao Soma has really taken to being the new leader of the Shit Heart ♥ Foundation and it showed in his match with Daisuke Sasaki. Due to recent tensions between the two, the loser of the match would be forced to eat dog food. Soma attacked Sasaki from behind while he was making his entrance and proceeded to fight dirty to get the advantage. The rest of the SHF were at ringside and Hikaru Sato was visibly angry at Soma’s actions. Sasaki fought back and even had to fight off Michael Nakazawa and Tomimitsu Matsunaga, but in the end Soma broke a plastic box over Sasaki’s head and then knocked out the referee with a chair shot. Soma dropped Sasaki with a Schwein and then hit the Diving Guillotine Drop for the pin. Nakazawa grabbed the unconcious ref’s hand and made him count to three to end the match. After the match Sasaki followed the stipulation and ate the dog food. Hikaru Sato had enough and said things had gone too far. After some trash talk with his stablemates, Sato said he would eat the dog food himself. However, he instead threw the dog food at Nakazawa’s face and ditched the Shit Heart ♥ Foundation.

Disaster-BOX made their farewell by winning the UWA World Trios Championship from the Shit Heart ♥ Foundation. Toru Owashi is taking a leave of absence from DDT but at least he has a title under his belt when he comes back. HARASHIMA thanked Owashi for the time they spent together as a team. Yukihiro Abe promised Owashi that he will become the KO-D Openweight Champion by the time Owashi returns. Owashi told Abe that if it does happens, he should get a title shot. He finished by saying DDT will always be his home and he will come back some day.

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Togo Injured, GENTARO Vs Honda For Interim Title Announced!

December 22, 2010

Reports are coming in that Dick Togo has suffered a broken tailbone and is now out of action indefinitly. Tsurumi Amon called in an emergency meeting to decide what to do with the KO-D Openweight Title now that Togo is unable to defend the belt this weekend. While it is uncertain when Togo will be fit to return, Amon made the decision to create an Interim KO-D Openweight Championship to fill the void caused by Togo’s injury until the champion is ready to return and defend his belt, most likely in a unification match. Antonio Honda will still be involved in this weekend’s main event fighting for the championship. Dick Togo’s replacement will be his GRANMA stablemate, GENTARO!

The card for this weekend’s show has been updated to fit around the new main event.

DDT “NEVER MIND 2010″, 26/12/2010
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. KUDO, Keisuke Ishii & Kazuki Hirata Vs Yasu Urano, Hoshitango & Rion Mizuki
2. KO-D Tag Team No. 1 Contender’s Match: MIKAMI & Onryo Vs Tanomusaku Toba & Mitsuya Nagai
3. Loser Eats Dog Food: Daisuke Sasaki Vs Takao Soma
4. Man’s Club: Danshoku Dino Vs Makoto Oishi
5. UWA World Trios Title, Jiyugaoka Six Man Tag Team Title & Nihonkai Six Man Tag Team Title: Michael Nakazawa, Hikaru Sato & Tomimitsu Matsunaga (c) Vs HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Yukihiro Abe
6. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega (c) Vs Jado & Gedo
7. Interim KO-D Openweight Title: GENTARO Vs Antonio Honda

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DDT “GOD BLESS DDT 2010” Results

November 28, 2010

DDT “GOD BLESS DDT 2010”, 28/11/2010
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,525 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. KO-D Tag Team Title: Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki (c) defeated GENTARO & Yasu Urano when Honda pinned Urano with a Cradle (15:52).
*V1 for Honda & Sasaki.
2. MIKAMI, KUDO & Tatsuhiko Yoshino defeated Yukihiro Abe, Rion Mizuki & Kazuki Hirata when KUDO pinned Hirata with a Diving Double Knee Drop (8:53).
3. Next Variety Group Election Match: Toru Owashi defeated DJ Nira, Danshoku Dino, Kota Ibushi, Tanomusaku Toba, Hoshitango, Michael Nakazawa & Tomimitsu Matsunaga when Owashi pinned Nira with a Diving Body Press (11:10).
4. Genichiro Tenryu, Masao Orihara & HARASHIMA defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Yoshiaki Yago & Shigehiro Irie when HARASHIMA pinned Irie with the Somato (12:58).
5. Young Drama Cup – Final: Takao Soma defeated Keisuke Ishii with the Diving Guillotine Drop (15:10).
6. KO-D Openweight Title: Dick Togo defeated Hikaru Sato (c) with the Diving Senton (27:55).
*Sato fails in V1. Togo becomes the 34th KO-D Openweight Champion.

Despite planning to retire in six months time, Dick Togo showed he still has it in him to win a big championship. This is Togo’s third reign as KO-D Openweight Champion while Hikaru Sato becomes the seventh wrestler to lose the title without a successful defence. The other six are Masao Orihara, NOSAWA, Super Uchu Power, Sanshiro Takagi, GENTARO and Shoichi Ichimiya.

Antonio Honda will be Togo’s first challenger. Right after winning the title, Togo said he will take on anyone in DDT at anytime. Honda sprinted into the ring so he could make the first challenge before anyone else. He broke down into tears as he told everyone how he thought Togo was one of the best wrestlers in history. Togo said he was glad that his first defence will be against Honda and they hugged. Their match will take place on 26th December in Korakuen Hall.

Takao Soma reached a milestone in his career by winning the Young Drama Cup, beating last year’s winner Keisuke Ishii. The young man’s career has gone off to a very good start going back to winning his debut match at the first Ryogoku Peter Pan show in 2009.

Sanshiro Takagi is now officialy affiliated with Union. At this time he is still scheduled to be on a few DDT shows but that could very well change in the coming weeks. He praised Shigehiro Irie for his performance in the match despite taking the fall. Takagi nominated Irie to be his partner for his match against Shuji Ishikawa & Seiya Morohashi at the Union event on 3rd December. At the end of the show, Dick Togo and Tsurumi Amon presented flowers to Sanshiro Takagi as he said his farewell to the DDT brand. Takagi congratulated Togo on winning the belt and they shook hands, only for Togo to kick Takagi in the gut and give him a Pedigree. Togo posed with his belt and then left the ring. When Takagi recovered he gave said his goodbyes to the fans and led them with one last play of “Fire!” by Scooter.

Match 3 had wrestlers entering the match Royal Rumble style. It started off with Toru Owashi and DJ Nira against each other. Everyone else involved in the match came out dressed as Owashi, mimicking his entrance and body language while “Sandstorm” by Darude was blasting from the speakers each and every time.

Choun Shiryu announced that New Beijing will return to Japan for a show to be held on 11th February 2011. Tsurumi Amon was confused as the New Beijing brand allegedly broke up back at Muscle House 10. Choun explained that in China it is common for dynasties that die in the Autumn to revive in the Spring.

Cherry appeared on screen to announce the new name for the former Mitsuboshi Curry restaurant. The new name for the restaurant is now Nico Nico Curry and it will re-open on 12th December. The new logo conatins a large happy face that covered Cherry’s own face during the video, kind of like the Laughing Man logo from Ghost In The Shell.

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DDT Schedule For November

November 16, 2010

A full report on DDT’s Osaka card is now posted.

DDT “NON-FIX 11.17”, 17.11.2010
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Young Drama Cup: Rion Mizuki (0) Vs Kazuki Hirata (2)
2. Young Drama Cup: Shigehiro Irie (6) Vs Yukihiro Abe (3)
3. Young Drama Cup: Takao Soma (6) Vs Keisuke Ishii (7)
4. Michael Nakazawa Vs The Great Kojika
5. Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki Vs MIKAMI & Hoshitango
6. Hikaru Sato & Tomimitsu Matsunaga Vs Dick Togo & Yasu Urano

Young Drama Cup Standings

1. Keisuke Ishii (7)
2. Shigehiro Irie (6)
3. Takao Soma (6)
4. Yukihiro Abe (3)
5. Kazuki Hirata (2)
6. Rion Mizuki (0)

This is the final set of matches in the Young Drama Cup before the grand final. The top two wrestlers in the Young Drama Cup go through to the final. I think DDT is using the “direct confrontation” rule where if there is a tie between two wrestlers, the result from their previous tournament match decides who finishes on top. If that is the case then Shigehiro Irie has already qualified for the final and Takao Soma Vs Keisuke Ishii will be for the other spot. However a draw between Soma and Ishii will mean both wrestlers qualify for the final and their rematch will be for the Cup. To use a rugby term, Rion Mizuki and Kazuki Hirata are fighting over who gets the Wooden Spoon.

DDT “GOD BLESS DDT 2010”, 28.11.2010
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Young Drama Cup – Final: 1st Place Vs 2nd Place
2. Sanshiro Takagi, Yoshiaki Yago & X Vs Genichiro Tenryu, Masao Orihara & X
3. KO-D Tag Team Title: Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki Vs GENTARO & Yasu Urano
4. KO-D Openweight Title: Hikaru Sato (c) Vs Dick Togo

Yoshiaki Yago will take on Akira Shoji at SMASH.10 over in JCB Hall on 22nd November. Ken Ohka will likely be accompanying Yago at the show.

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DDT “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL” Results

November 14, 2010

DDT “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL”, 14/11/2010
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2
1,213 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Young Drama Cup: Kazuki Hirata (2) defeated Yukihiro Abe (3) with the Sliding Kick (6:06).
2. Young Drama Cup: Shigehiro Irie (6) defeated Takao Soma (6) with the Diving Teddy Bear (8:42).
3a. Sanshiro Takagi & Yoshiaki Yago Three Team Series: MIKAMI & Tanomusaku Toba defeated Sanshiro Takagi & Yoshiaki Yago when MIKAMI pinned Yago with a Sliding School Boy (3:22).
3b. Michael Nakazawa & Tomimitsu Matsunaga defeated Sanshiro Takagi & Yoshiaki Yago when Matsunaga pinned Yago with the Tommy Bomber (3:20).
3c. Toru Owashi & Hideki Shiota defeated Sanshiro Takagi & Yoshiaki Yago when Shiota pinned Yago with an Inside Cradle (4:21).
3d. Bonus Stage: Sanshiro Takagi & Yoshiaki Yago defeated Takaku Fuke & Kuishinbo Kamen when Yago submitted Kamen with the Cobra Twist (4:50).
4. Dick Togo, GENTARO & Yasu Urano defeated KUDO, Shoichi Uchida & Keisuke Ishii when Togo pinned Ishii with the Diving Senton (18:11).
5. KO-D Tag Team Title: Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki defeated Shiro Koshinaka & Danshoku Dino (c) when Honda pinned Dino with the Diving Fist Drop (15:18).
*Butt Samurai fail in V3. Honda & Sasaki become the 33rd KO-D Tag Team Champions.
6. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega (c) defeated Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi when Ibushi pinned Taguchi with the Phoenix Splash (9:42).
*V1 for Golden Lovers.
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Hikaru Sato defeated HARASHIMA (c) by Ref Stoppage with the Cross Armbreaker (21:27).
*HARASHIMA fails in V3. Sato becomes the 33rd KO-D Openweight Champion.

Young Drama Cup Standings

1. Keisuke Ishii (7)
2. Shigehiro Irie (6)
3. Takao Soma (6)
4. Yukihiro Abe (3)
5. Kazuki Hirata (2)
6. Rion Mizuki (0)

Hikaru Sato is the brand new KO-D Openweight Champion after a whirlwind period that saw his value grow higher and higher. Along with finishing second in the DDT48 Election, a shocking win over Kota Ibushi earned him a shot at HARASHIMA. Sato did to the champion what he did to Ibushi and that was rip his God damn arm off! The build up running up to the show was focused on Hikaru Sato. A video promo had Sato ask himself “What do I dream about? My dream wrestling match.” He came out to new theme music (“Electro World” by Perfume) and was showered in paper streamers from the Osaka fans. He was even accompanied by both the members of the Shit Heart ♥ Foundation and the former Belt Hunter X Hunter stables. HARASHIMA was accompanied by his fellow DISASTER-BOX teammates. Sato targeted the arm with Cross Armbreakers, a Keylock and Triangle Chokes including one hanging from the ropes. After 21 minutes, the Cross Armbreaker was too much for HARASHIMA to take and Yukinori Matsui had to call for the match to end. Afterwards, Sato told the fans  that his victory “…was a dream of mine. It was a dream for everyone!” He admitted that he will still be a fool from time to time and hoped that fans will continue to support him in DDT and also wrestling in Osaka in general. After his speech, Sato called Dick Togo to the ring in order to say he is prepared for their match on the 28th November. Togo congratulated the new champion but said he will let his actions in the ring do all the talking.

The Golden Lovers no longer have to worry about Apollo 55 chasing after their IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championships for now. Kota Ibushi pinned Ryusuke Taguchi with the Phoenix Splash in a turbo paced title match that went full speed from the beginning. The Lovers’ next challengers look to be Gedo & Jado and there is no love lost between these two teams.

Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki won the KO-D Tag Team Championships from the Butt Samurai team of Shiro Koshinaka & Danshoku Dino. Honda & Sasaki stole the belts from Dino during the Shin-Kiba 1st RING 5th Anniversary show. The plot was created by Honda to get revenge on Dino for a traumatising event that happened when the two shared an apartment together two years ago. What happened was one day Honda brought home a pudding that he was saving for later and he left it in the fridge. He even labelled the pudding so Dino would know it was for Honda. However, while Antonio was taking a bath, Dino became hungry and found the pudding in the fridge. He never noticed the label and ate the entire pudding. When Honda found out he tried not to get upset about it. However, as each day passed Honda’s anger grew like thorns stabbing in his heart until it finally reached it’s breaking point. So Honda joined up with his “true friend” Daisuke Sasaki to plan his revenge. They stole the belts, got Dino to accept their challenge for a title match and, most gratifying of all, Honda pinned Dino to win the belts. However, Honda & Sasaki already have a target on their backs. GENTARO & Yasu Urano challenged them to a title match for 28th November. DDT GM Tsurumi Amon accepted their request so the match is set for Korakuen Hall.

Dick Togo, GENTARO & Yasu Urano are now together as a stable. Yasu was seen with a t-shirt wrapped around his waist that said GRANMA. That might be the name of the new stable.

Sanshiro Takagi & Yoshiaki Yago teamed up for what was supposed to be a three match series in a bid to get rid of Yago’s ring rust aswell as to patch things up between the two before Takagi leaves for Union. In all three matches, Sanshiro accidentaly clocked Yago with a Clothesline that would lead to the team losing to the Suicide Boyz, the former Nuru Nuru Brothers and Toru Owashi & Hideki Shiota. A surprise fourth match then took place as Tsurumi Amon invited Takaku Fuke & Kuishinbo Kamen from Osaka Pro to take part in the series. Takagi once again Clotheslined Yago by accident but this time Yago avoided being pinned and trapped Kuishinbo in the Cobra Twist to finally win a match.

Yukihiro Abe’s cosplay for the day was from the anime series “K-On!“

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Golden Lovers Vs Apollo 55 Rematch Confirmed! Some Other News Too

October 25, 2010

DDT already has its top two matches booked for their return to the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium next month and they are both something to really look forward too. The big one sees those two Golden Lovers, Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega defend their newly won IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Titles against the very team they won them from Apollo 55! The New Japan duo are heading into Dramatic territory in a bid to win those belts back. (Speaking of Golden Lovers Vs Apollo 55, we’re still waiting on that NJPW Sumo Hall show to come online. Come on Japan, what’s taking so long?)

Sticking closer to home is the other big match signed, HARASHIMA defending the KO-D Openweight Title against Hikaru Sato. The neko maid shoot fighter has seen his profile raise significantly over the past year and his recent win over Kota Ibushi was enough to earn him his chance at the title. If HARASHIMA defeats Sato, he will match his personal best of KO-D Title defences at 3 wins.

DDT “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL”, 14/11/2010
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2

1. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega (c) Vs Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi
2. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Hikaru Sato

In a surprising turn of events, DDT founder Sanshiro Takagi will be moving over to the UNION brand after his defeat to Toru Owashi. But before he leaves DDT for the time being he will have one more match at the next Korakuen Hall show. Takagi and a partner of his choice will take on puro legend Genichiro Tenryu! Oh, and Masao Orihara too but nobody cares about him (I know I don’t).

DDT, 28/11/2010
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Sanshiro Takagi & X Vs Genichiro Tenryu & Masao Orihara

In business news, one of DDT’s restaurants will be getting a new name and new management. The Mitsuboshi Curry restaurant will have Cherry taking over as its manager and the new name will be introduced in two weeks. DDT currently runs three food and drink establishments in Tokyo, the Dropkick Bar and Ebisuku Bar & Grill which are both in Shinjuku and Mitsuboshi Curry in Mitaka. Many DDT wrestlers work in these places while pursuing their wrestling careers and the success of these businesses makes DDT is one of the more finacially healthy wrestling promotions in Japan today.

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“DDT SPECIAL 2010” Results

October 24, 2010

DDT “DDT SPECIAL 2010”, 24/10/2010
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,364 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Yasu Urano defeated Cherry with the Tombstone Piledriver (7:53).
2. Dick Togo defeated Great Hentai (Michael Nakazawa) with the Diving Senton (7:46).
3. Shuji Ishikawa & Isami Kodaka defeated MIKAMI & KUDO when Kodaka pinned MIKAMI (10:22).
4. Toru Owashi defeated Sanshiro Takagi with the Oden Splash (8:54).
5. Kenny Omega & Antonio Honda defeated Keisuke Ishii & YOSHIHIKO when Omega pinned Ishii with the Croyt’s Wrath (9:34).
6. Hikaru Sato defeated Kota Ibushi by Referee Stoppage with the Modified Cross Armbreaker (16:18).
7. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) defeated Danshoku Dino with the Somato.
*V2 for HARASHIMA.

Having the popular vote just wasn’t enough for Danshoku Dino to defeat HARASHIMA for the KO-D Openweight Title.

The big shock on the card was Hikaru Sato defeating Kota Ibushi via ref stoppage. Ibushi’s recent shoulder problem is well known and Sato used that to his advantage by locking on the match winning Cross Armbreaker. With a huge victory on his back and a lot of fan support as shown in the DDT48 Election, Sato may be able to get a KO-D Openweight Title shot in the future.

The match between Toru Owashi and Sanshiro Takagi had several hot stoves of water involved throughout. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi was also involved in the match somehow.

More information to come soon.

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