Smiling Cafe, King Of DDT, KO-D Tag Title Rematch, Keita No Longer In The House

July 2, 2012

DDT “SMILING HEADQUARTERS WRESTLING”, 05/07/2012
Harajuku Smiling Headquarters

1. HARASHIMA & Shigehiro Irie Vs Danshoku Dino & Michael Nakazawa

To celebrate the opening of the Smiling Headquarters cafe in Harajuku, DDT will hold a match inside the establishment and broadcast it live on their Nico Nico Douga page. The cafe is barely big enough to fit in 30 people and they will be allowed to attend the match for free. In addition to the match, Antonio Honda will also be there to perform some Hulk Hogan Gymnastics for the audience.

DDT “KING OF DDT OSAKA”, 08/07/2012
Osaka Yodogawa Ward Center

1. King Of DDT 2012 – Semi Final: Kenny Omega Vs HARASHIMA
2. King Of DDT 2012 – Semi Final: KUDO Vs Danshoku Dino
3. DJ Nira Vs Hideki Shiota
4. Takao Soma, Shoichi Uchida & Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan Vs Makoto Oishi, Akito & Hiroshi Fukuda
5. 4 Way Tag Match: Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda Vs Masa Takanashi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Tetsuya Endo
6. Kota Ibushi & Gota Ihashi Vs Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa
7. King Of DDT 2012 – Final: Winner of Semi Final 1 Vs Winner of Semi Final 2

Sanshiro Takagi has been forced to miss this show due to high blood pressure caused by nerve compression in his neck. He is expected to just miss this event.

DDT “ROAD TO BUDOKAN IN HIROSHIMA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TOKA-SAN~”, 15/07/2012
Hiroshima Industrial Hall

1. Yuto Aijima Vs Antonio Honda
2. Danshoku Dino & Michael Nakazawa Vs HARASHIMA & Rey Paroma
3. KO-D Tag Team Title: KUDO & Makoto Oishi (c) Vs Yuji Hino & Yasu Urano

The former champions get their rematch. Crying Wolf is going through a rough period that saw Yuji Hino losing both the KO-D Openweight Title and with Yasu Urano the KO-D Tag Team Title. They have been granted a rematch against the Homoiro Clover Z duo of KUDO & Makoto Oishi with the belts on the line.

Speaking of Crying Wolf, they are now down one man with the announcement that Keita Yano is no longer affiliated with DDT. After the cross promoted DDT and WALLABY show took place on Sunday, DDT and Yano had a discussion about their ideas about pro wrestling. Due to the differences in opinion, it was decided that Yano’s contract would be cancelled as of today.

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DDT “WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2012” Results

June 24, 2012

DDT “WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2012”, 24/06/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,517 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Yasu Urano, Antonio Honda & Keita Yano defeated Hikaru Sato, Keisuke Ishii & Tetsuya Endo when Hoda pinned Tetsuya Endo with the Diving Fist Drop (10:54).
2. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Tsukasa Fujimoto (c) defeated Danshoku Dino, DJ Nira, Gorgeous Matsuno, Hoshitango, Akito, Gota Ihashi, Hiroshi Fukuda, Choun-Shiryu and Tanomusaku Toba (10:00).
2a. Hiroshi Fukuda defeated Tsukasa Fujimoto (c) with a Belly-To-Back Suplex (2:33).
*Hiroshi Fukuda becomes the 916th champion.
2b. Tanomusaku Toba defeated Hiroshi Fukuda (c) with a Buzzsaw Kick (4:56).
*Tanomusaku Toba becomes the 917th champion.
2c. Tsukasa Fujimoto defeated Tanomusaku Toba (c) with a School Boy (5:16).
*Tsukasa Fujimoto becomes the 918th champion.
– Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Choun-Shiryu defeated Tsukasa Fujimoto (c) by Pinfall (12:35 pm).
*Choun-Shiryu becomes the 919th champion.
3. Special Single Match: HARASHIMA defeated Shigehiro Irie with the Somato (8:44).
4. GM Army Vs Dissidents: Sanshiro Takagi, Takao Soma, Hero Amon & Yoshiaki Fujiwara (w/ Katsuji Nagashima) defeated Michael Nakazawa, Kenny Omega, Batten Tamagawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga when Takagi pinned Nakazawa with the Sit Down Himawari Bomb (8:34).
5. KO-D Tag Team Title: KUDO & Makoto Oishi (c) defeated Masa Takanashi & Daisuke Sasaki when KUDO pinned Takanashi with the Diving Double Knee Drop (13:16).
*V1 for KUDO & Makoto Oishi.
6. KO-D Openweight Title: Kota Ibushi defeated Yuji Hino (c) with the Phoenix Plex (21:12).
*Yuji Hino fails in V2. Kota Ibushi becomes the 42nd KO-D Openweight Champion!

The Golden Star has completed his climb back to the top of DDT! After a 20 minute battle with the K-DOJO powerhouse Yuji Hino, the KO-D Openweight Title is now around the waist of Kota Ibushi for the second time in his career. Ibushi dug deep and defeated Hino with the Phoenix Plex, a move Ibushi had only previously used once before against HARASHIMA at Sumo Hall back in 2009. Now he waits for the KING OF DDT 2012 winner to meet him in Budokan Hall.

Or maybe not. Someone had to come in and spoil the party and that someone was DJ Nira. As Ibushi was celebrating with his title belt, DJ Nira stepped into the ring and told Ibushi that he is not the only person who is eligible to compete in the main event of Budokan Hall. Nira showed his “Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere” contract to Ibushi, shook his hand and then left the ring. Will Nira really cash it in at Budokan Hall?

This defeat continues the recent bad period Yuji Hino has had with championship matches. Not only has Hino lost the KO-D Title and the KO-D Tag Team Title, he also lost the STRONGEST-K Tag Team Title earlier this month in K-DOJO. Just goes to show how fickle a pro wrestler’s fate can be.

The nWJ shocked everyone when the fourth man turned out to be Yoshiaki Fujiwara! Tsurumi Amon could only watch on helplessly while his team were getting destroyed by Sanshiro Takagi and his group. After the mtch, Amon considered quitting his role as DDT General Manager. However, Katsuji Nagashima stepped in and encouraged Amon to stay in the job. With the war against Tsurumi Amon seemingly won, Takagi now gets to focus on his upcoming match against Minoru Suzuki in Budokan Hall. Takagi asked Fujiwara to coach him for the time being and Fujiwara accepted the offer.

Takagi was then joined in the ring by Masayuki Sato, the editor in chief of Weekly Pro-Wrestling to announce a special issue of the magazine will be released during the run up to the big show to celebrate DDT’s achievements.

A special opening video will be created for DDT’s 15th Anniversary show. DDT will be teaming up with manga artist Yoichi Takahashi, the creator of the famous football series Captain Tsubasa to make an animated video to open up the big event. If my translation is correct, the video will be about the DDT roster playing a game of football that leads them over to Budokan Hall. So imagine those Nike and Addidas advertisements but with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo replaced with Danshoku Dino and Michael Nakazawa.

Tensions are mounting between HARASHIMA and Shigehiro Irie. Even though HARASHIMA won the latest match between the two, they continued fighting after the bell. Fans won’t have to wait long for their next encounter as you will see below.

The joshi tour is over for the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title. Now it is going over to China. Tsukasa Fujimoto was able to make it to today’s show despite losing the belt yesterday to Tsukushi in Ice Ribbon, who then lost it to a ring mat. The title then went back to Fujimoto and after a few more title changes she survived the Battle Royal as champion. At least until Choun-Shiryu snuck up on her, pinned her and then ran off with the belt.

That wasn’t the only story coming out of the Iron Man Title match. Before it began, video footage was shown of Danshoku Dino entering a bar owned by former DDT and Toryumon wrestler Toru Owashi. Dino met with Owashi and pleaded him to return to DDT. Owashi refused and kicked Dino out. The Battle Royal would then be interrupted by further video footage of Owashi looking depressed over his decision. Owashi’s mother slapped some sense into him and off he went to Korakuen Hall. When Owashi finally arrived, everyone in the ring gave him a Rocket Punch. Owashi then announced he will return to the DDT ring at Budokan Hall.

MIKAMI will return to action at DDT’s next Korakuen Hall show on 22nd July. DDT is also hoping to bring in Tatsumi Fujinami.

The lottery to determine the first round for KING OF DDT 2012 was held at the end of the show. The matches are as follows:

Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Masa Takanashi
Kenny Omega Vs Daisuke Sasaki
Michael Nakazawa Vs Hikaru Sato
Shigehiro Irie Vs HARASHIMA
Keisuke Ishii Vs Takao Soma
KUDO Vs Antonio Honda
Yasu Urano Vs Makoto Oishi
Akito Vs Danshoku Dino

No unexpected match-ups there. Each of the pairings are very familiar with each other by now. Akito was quick to leave a message on Twitter saying as much as he admires Dino, his goal is to win the tournament not just as a DDT wrestler but as a Sportiva Entertainment wrestler too.

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Full “WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2012” Card, Miyamoto Vs Ishikawa

June 18, 2012

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

1. Yasu Urano, Antonio Honda & Keita Yano Vs Hikaru Sato, Keisuke Ishii & Tetsuya Endo
2. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Tsukasa Fujimoto (c) Vs Danshoku Dino Vs DJ Nira Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Hoshitango Vs Akito Vs Gota Ihashi Vs Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Choun-Shiryu Vs Tanomusaku Toba
3. GM Army Vs Dissidents: Michael Nakazawa, Kenny Omega, Batten Tamagawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Takao Soma, Hero Amon & X (w/ Katsuji Nagashima)
4. Special Single Match: HARASHIMA Vs Shigehiro Irie
5. KO-D Tag Team Title: KUDO & Makoto Oishi (c) Vs Masa Takanashi & Daisuke Sasaki
6. KO-D Openweight Title: Yuji Hino (c) Vs Kota Ibushi

A change to the card sees KUDO & Makoto Oishi already getting their first challengers for the KO-D Tag Team Championship. Masa Takanashi & Daisuke Sasaki get their title shot thanks to Sasaki pinning Oishi a day before the title change.

A lottery to determine the brackets for the KING OF DDT tournament will take place after the show.

UNION “TANABATA, WISHES CAN COME TRUE EVEN AFTER 11 DAYS!”, 18/07/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. DDT Extreme Title: Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa

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DDT “ANGRY PE GOOD PE IN IBARAKI” Results

June 16, 2012

DDT “ANGRY PE GOOD PE IN IBARAKI”, 16/06/2012
Ushiku Athletic Park Gymnasium
203 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie defeated Hikaru Sato & Tetsuya Endo when Ishii pinned Endo with a Fisherman Buster (9:32).
2. Sanshiro Takagi defeated Mitsuhiro Yoshida with an Avalanche Brainbuster (11:17).
3. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Tsukasa Fujimoto (c) defeated DJ Nira, Masa Takanashi and Tomomitsu Matsunaga (6:32).
*V1 for Tsukasa Fujimoto?
3a. Tsukasa Fujimoto eliminated Tomomitsu Matsunaga with the Tsukadora (5:37).
3b. Tsukasa Fujimoto eliminated Masa Takanashi by Ring Out (5:50).
3c. Tsukasa Fujimoto eliminated DJ Nira by Ring Out (6:32).
4. Why Does Michael Nakazawa Mess With Insanely Funny Game? – Verification Match: Danshoku Dino & Akito defeated Antonio Honda & Michael Nakazawa with the Danshoku Nightmare (12:33).
5. HARASHIMA defeated Takao Soma with the Somato (10:33).
6. KO-D Tag Team Title: KUDO & Makoto Oishi defeated Yasu Urano & Yuji Hino (c) when KUDO pinned Urano with the Diving Double Knee Drop (16:33).
*Crying Wolf fail in V3. KUDO & Makoto Oishi become the 44th KO-D Tag Team Champions!

Homoiro Clover Z has good reasons to celebrate tonight because KUDO & Makoto Oishi are the new KO-D Tag Team Champions! It was a big task made even tougher when Yuji Hino & Yasu Urano attacked the challengers during a handshake at the beginning of the match. But the tactic to focus on Urano and get Hino out of the match for as long as possible worked out in the end. The new champions said they now have a golden ticket for Budokan Hall and they hope Kota Ibushi will be joining them. Both Urano & Hino refused to give any comments to the press after the match.

DDT prepared a crack team of wrestlers to win back the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title from the recent string of women wrestlers. Unfortunately Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki were busy wrestling in New Japan. So DDT had to make do with Masa Takanashi, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & DJ Nira instead. Tsukasa Fujimoto eliminated all three of them in a Battle Royal to keep the championship. Afterwards Fujimoto said that she heard that whoever holds this belt will be guaranteed to wrestle inside Budokan Hall soon. She is not afraid of anyone who will attack her while she is walking down a street in the middle of the night just to get the belt. She will continue to hold the belt and will soon represent Ice Ribbon in Budokan Hall. Later on in the show, Matsunaga ambushed Fujimoto to try and win the belt. However, Fujimoto avoided getting pinned and ran away safely.

Sanshiro Takagi Vs Daishi began with the injured Mitsuhiro Yoshida admitting that he wasn’t injured at all. He tricked Takagi into having a match with Daishi, who had wanted to fight the DDT president at his own game. The match spread out of the ring and even out of the building to a playground outside the building. Takagi eventually won the match and he shook hands with Daishi. He also tricked Yoshida and gave him a Stunner when he reached out to shake his hand.

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Takanashi Triumph, Fujimoto Added, Cherry’s Goal

June 14, 2012

DDT “MASA TAKANASHI TRIUMPH ANNIVERSARY RETURN”, 15/06/2012
Edogawa Eastern Friend Hall

1. Emi Sakura Vs DJ Nira
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma Vs Hoshitango & Tetsuya Endo
3. HARASHIMA & Daisuke Sasaki Vs KUDO & Makoto Oishi
4. Kenny Omega, Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa Vs Shuji Ishikawa, Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie
5. Kota Ibushi & Danshoku Dino Vs Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda
6. Masa Takanashi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga

This is Masa Takanashi’s night. There will even be a special limited edition portrait of Masa available for fans to purchase on the night. Don’t worry, it didn’t come from Mexico.

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

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

Tsukasa Fujimoto has been added to the show at the last minute to defend her Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title in a Battle Royal against DJ Nira, Tomomitsu Matsunaga and Masa Takanashi. However, if Fujimoto happens to lose the title before then the match will simply be a regular Fatal 4 Way.

UNION “NIMOMAKEZU RAIN”, 17/06/2012
Kitizawa Town Hall

0. Dark Match: 14K Vs Shota
1. Big Rude Vs Taichi Kazato
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Keizo Matsuda Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & Rion Mizuki (w/ Rumi Kazama)
3. Ken Ohka & Mio Shirai Vs Choun-Shiryu & Cao Zhang (w/ Princess Makoto)
4. Triple Threat Tag Team Match: Isami Kodaka & Hiro Tsumaki Vs El Hijo del Goro & Goro Jr. Vs Johnny Goodtime & Johnny Yuma
5. Cherry Vs Yuko Miyamoto
6. BJW Tag Team Title: Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie (c) Vs Abdullah Kobayashi & Ryuji Ito

Cherry has come out and said that her goal for 2012 is to win the Joshi Puroresu Grand Prix award from Tokyo Sports at their annual awards ceremony. At 38 years old, that would make her the oldest winner of the award. Given the recent revelation, Cherry is now proud of that idea and hopes it will encourage other people from her generation to achieve their dreams.

14K comes from the Mobius promotion and has been added to the card thanks to a recommendation by Masao Orihara.

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DDG, Another Homoiro Title Shot, nWJ’s Backer

June 4, 2012

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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DDT “DRAMATIC 2012 JUNE SPECIAL” Results

June 3, 2012

DDT “DRAMATIC 2012 JUNE SPECIAL”, 03/06/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
287 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Shigehiro Irie defeated Tetsuya Endo with a Teddy Bear (8:41).
2. Akito defeated Gota Ihashi with the Volk Han Vs Andrei Kopylov Ankle Hold (8:20).
3. Sanshiro Takagi, Takao Soma & Hero Amon defeated Michael Nakazawa, Batten Tamagawa & Ken Ohka when Amon pinned Tamagawa with the Japanese Ocean Cyclone Suplex (13:24).
4. KUDO & Makoto Oishi defeated Antonio Honda & Keita Yano when Oishi pinned Honda with the Jikiden Tornado Clutch (12:22).
5. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Hoshitango, DJ Nira & Ayumi Kurihara (c) defeated Danshoku Dino, Hiroshi Fukuda & Hikari Minami when Kurihara pinned Fukuda with a Back Throw (11:29).
*V3 for Ayumi Kurihara?
– Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Hiroshi Fukuda defeated Ayumi Kurihara (c) by Pinfall (2:52 pm).
*Hiroshi Fukuda became the 906th champion.
6. Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Keisuke Ishii defeated HARASHIMA, Hikaru Sato & Masa Takanashi when Ibushi pinned Takanashi with the Sit Down Last Ride (13:36).
7. KO-D Tag Team Title: Yuji Hino & Yasu Urano (c) defeated GENTARO & Tomomitsu Matsunaga when Urano pinned Matsunaga with the Tombstone Piledriver (20:36).
*V2 for Crying Wolf.
– Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Hoshitango defeated Hiroshi Fukuda (c) by Pinfall (3:52 pm).
*Hoshitango becomes the 907th champion.
– Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Michael Nakazawa defeated Hoshitango (c) by Pinfall (3:53 pm).
*Michael Nakazawa becomes the 908th champion.
– Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Ayumi Kurihara defeated Michael Nakazawa (c) by Pinfall (3:53 pm).
*Ayumi Kurihara becomes the 909th champion.

After dispatching of Tomomitsu Matsunaga & GENTARO, Crying Wolf are now being challenged by KUDO & Makoto Oishi for the KO-D Tag Team Title. Yasu Urano said it doesn’t matter if KUDO is teaming with Oishi, Danshoku Dino or Akito. They will all lose to Crying Wolf. Yuji Hino said he does not want to face them because he does not like easy challenges. The title match will take place on 16/6 in Ushiku.

There were a couple of Iron man Heavymetalweight Title changes today as Ayumi Kurihara finally made an apperance in DDT since winning the title. Even though she beat Hiroshi Fukuda in their 6-Man Tag Team match, Fukuda snuck a pin after the match and won the belt. Then Hoshitango beat Fukuda. Michael Nakazawa became the next champion only to lose it back to Ayumi Kurihara. That is the most recent title change I know of. On a sidenote, I put down that result as V3 because since she won the title, Kurihara beat Shu Shibutani in WAVE and Sakura Hirota in Oz Academy. Even if they weren’t acknowledged as Iron Man Title matches by those promotions they still count. Just ask Kana.

The nWJ revealed that they have a powerful figure in the world of wrestling backing them as an advisor. The backer is Katsuji Nagashima, who was the manager director of World Japan back when it existed. On 24/6 at Korakuen Hall, the nWJ will face Michael Nakazawa, Batten Tamagawa, Kenny Omega and a mystery partner in an 8-Man Tag Team match. The nWJ’s fourth man is only listed as a “Helper” so far.

The 16 competitors for this year’s King Of DDT tournament have been announced. They are HARASHIMA, KUDO, Kenny Omega, Danshoku Dino, Masa Takanashi, Makoto Oishi, Hikaru Sato, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Keisuke Ishii, Michael Nakazawa, Takao Soma, Shigehiro Irie, Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki, Yasu Urano and Akito. So no real surprises there. The winner of the tournament will face the KO-D Openweight Champion (who at this point will either be Yuji Hino or Kota Ibushi) at Budokan Hall.

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Ibushi Gets Ready For Hino

May 29, 2012

DDT “DRAMATIC 2012 JUNE SPECIAL”, 03/06/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Shigehiro Irie Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. Akito Vs Gota Ihashi
3. Sanshiro Takagi, Takao Soma & Hero Amon Vs Michael Nakazawa, Batten Tamagawa & Ken Ohka
4. KUDO & Makoto Oishi Vs Antonio Honda & Keita Yano
5. Danshoku Dino, Hiroshi Fukuda & Hikari Minami Vs Hoshitango, DJ Nira & Ayumi Kurihara
6. Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Keisuke Ishii Vs HARASHIMA, Hikaru Sato & Masa Takanashi
7. KO-D Tag Team Title: Yuji Hino & Yasu Urano (c) Vs GENTARO & Tomomitsu Matsunaga

Ayumi Kurihara makes her first appearance in DDT since she unintentionally won the Ironman Heavymetalweight Title from Kana at a WAVE show in April.

Ken Ohka also returns to the ring for his first match since his failed DDT Extreme Title shot against Yuko Miyamoto.

Plus this will be the first time the Golden Lovers will team together in 2012.

DDT “PEGASUS METEOR FIST”, 10/06/2012
Nagoya Telepia Hall

1. HARASHIMA & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Masa Takanashi & Keisuke Ishii
2. Sanshiro Takagi, Takao Soma & Mr. #6 Vs Hikaru Sato, DJ Nira & Gota Ihashi
3. Nagoya Big 3 Single Match: Michael Nakazawa Vs Tetsuya Endo
4. Nagoya Big 3 Single Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Shigehiro Irie
5. Nagoya Big 3 Single Match: Kenny Omega Vs Akito
6. Yuji Hino, Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda Vs Kota Ibushi, KUDO & Makoto Oishi

Is Mr. #6 the newest member of the nWJ? Will this make the group even more dangerous than before? Will DJ Nira Rocket Punch somebody? Chances are the answers to all of these questions is yes.

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

1. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Mitsuhiro Yoshida

Kota Ibushi will not be at the Ushiku show. Instead he will be wrestling for New Japan’s “DOMINION” PPV in Osaka. His match for that show will be announced by New Japan soon.

Freelancer Mitsuhiro Yoshida comes back for his first match in DDT since December.

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

1. Special Single Match: HARASHIMA Vs Shigehiro Irie
2. KUDO, Makoto Oishi & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Masa Takanashi, Daisuke Sasaki & Hoshitango
3. KO-D Openweight Title: Yuji Hino (c) Vs Kota Ibushi

You can argue about whether or not it is too early for Ibushi to get a title shot but if anyone has a chance to dethrone Yuji Hino, it’s him. That’s easier said than done though. Hino already pinned Ibushi during their KO-D Tag Team Title match earlier this month. With Budokan Hall on the horizon, this could go either way.

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DDT “DOTONBORI STORY 12” Results

May 13, 2012

DDT “DOTONBORI STORY 12”, 13/05/2012
Osaka Minami Move On Arena
314 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Daisuke Sasaki defeated Tetsuya Endo with a Twisting Fisherman Buster (8:42).
2. 4 Way Match: Don Michael Vs DJ Nira Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Antonio Honda ended in a No Contest because of global warming (13:13).
3. Sanshiro Takagi, Takao Soma & Andy Palafox defeated Shoichi Uchida, Hideki Shiota & Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan when Palafox pinned Shiota with the Tiger Driver (12:16).
4. KUDO defeated Keita Yano with the Diving Double Knee Drop (12:44).
5. Masa Takanashi & HARASHIMA defeated Shigehiro Irie & Tomomitsu Matsunaga when HARASHIMA pinned Matsunaga with the Somato (13:29).
6. Hikaru Sato defeated Keisuke Ishii with a Cross Heel Hold (12:56).
7. KO-D Tag Team Title: Yasu Urano & Yuji Hino (c) defeated Kota Ibushi & Danshoku Dino when Hino pinned Ibushi with the F***’N Bomb (25:38).
*V1 for Crying Wolf.

Shigehiro Irie’s Road Warrior style shoulder armour was accidentaly destroyed during Match #5. HARASHIMA apologised and promised to put it back together with glue but it wasn’t enough to stop Irie from crying as he left the ring after the match. The armour was worth 33,000円.

The 4 Way Match was cancelled when Don Michael complained about feeling too hot to wrestle. Antonio Honda blamed Michael’s condition on global warming. Makoto Oishi said that Honda was spewing out so much carbon dioxide from his mouth it was making things worse. So everyone decided not to wrestle today in order to protect the planet from global warming.

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Matches For Dotonbori Story 12

May 11, 2012

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

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

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