Sakavivor Series, Happy Motels Looking For Revenge, New Tokyo Joshi Recruits

December 15, 2015

TAVERN WRESTLING “~BIG YEAR END PARTY~”, 18/12/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Akito & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Yasu Urano & Yusuke Kubo
2. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Match: Miyu Yamashita & Hyper Misao Vs Shoko Nakajima & Yuka Sakazaki
3. Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs Daichi Kazato & Kota Umeda
4. Isami Kodaka Vs Kouki Iwasaki
5. U.S.A Sakavivor Series – Nerima World Order Vs U.S.A Superstars: “Big Sexy” Hiroshi Fukuda, Hanolek Hogaso & Nerima Sting Vs Sumo Rock, “Stone Cold” Sekine Ryuichin & Manmankaikind

The grudge between Nerima World Order and U.S.A has taken over Tavern Wrestling. Hiroshi Fukuda is now in the Kevin Nash role after betraying U.S.A to join the (other) nWo.

DDT “SAPPORO NEW LEGEND 2015”, 20/12/2015
Sapporo Sun Plaza

1. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Tomoya Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake
3. Antonio Honda Vs Kazuki Hirata
4. Tetsuya Endo & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
5. Akito & Yasu Urano Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Kouki Iwasaki
6. Ganpuro Of Charisma, Stand To The North Of Earth!!: Ken Ohka Vs Masa Takanashi
7. Sapporo Specialty North Country Special 4 Way Match: HARASHIMA Vs Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Shigehiro Irie Vs Konosuke Takeshita

The show is completely sold out.

DDT “NEVER MIND 2015”, 23/12/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. King Of Dark Title: Dai Suzuki (c) & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Gota Ihashi & Gorgeous Matsuno
1. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai (c) & Lady Beard Vs Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata & Cherry
2. Yasu Urano Vs Daisuke Sasaki
3. 4 Way Tag Team Match: Isami Kodaka & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Masa Takanashi & Kota Umeda Vs Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Suguru Miyatake
4. Ultra Heroes EXPO Collaboration Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Antonio Honda, Hiroshi Fukuda & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
5. HARASHIMA & Ken Ohka Vs Danshoku Dino & Super Sasadango Machine
6. DDT Extreme Title: Kendo Kashin (c) Vs Akito
7. KO-D Tag Team Titles Tournament – Final: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs Yuji Okabayashi & Shigehiro Irie

Happy Motels have the chance to get some revenge on Yuji Okabayashi. They lost the KO-D Tag Team Titles to Okabayashi & Daisuke Sekimoto back in February. Now they can at least beat Okabayashi to reclaim the titles.

Kendo Kashin wants to defend the DDT Extreme Title in an Amateur Rules match with 3 count pins allowed.

#OhkaEmpire explodes… Kind of. Ken Ohka has been left out of the group’s attempts to win back the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles. He and his new buddy HARASHIMA might go their own way if this problem can’t be settled.

Does Ultraman dance? We may see a bunch of Ultramen dance.

DDT “NEW YEAR LOTTERY SPECIAL! 2016”, 03/01/2016
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Joey Ryan & Candice LeRae Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake
2. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata (c) Vs Danshoku Dino, Super Sasadango Machine & KENSO
3. KO-D Openweight Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Konosuke Takeshita

Konosuke Takeshita quickly stepped up to challenge Isami Kodaka after his Happy Motels partner Tetsuya Endo lost to the KO-D Champion on Sunday.

Candice LeRae debuts in DDT with her World Cutest Tag Team partner Joey Ryan.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TOKYO JOSHI PRO ’16”, 04/01/2016
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Yuka Sakazaki Vs Candice LeRae
2. Saki Akamiya Vs Akane Miura
3. Tokyo Joshi Title: Shoko Nakajima Vs Miyu Yamashita

The event will also feature the debut of three new wrestlers: Yu, Marika Kobashi and Nodoka Onesan.

Yu is 156cm high, was born on 19th July and is from Chiba. She became a fan of DDT when she was in elementary school and took up judo because she was too young to train for pro wrestling. She said it is a dream come true to enter the ring.

Marika Kobashi is 154cm high, was born on 17th May 2001 and is from Kanagawa. She is a fan of Big Japan and wanted to become a wrestler after seeing one of their local events. She is the first signed wrestler in the entire DDT company to be born in the 21st century.

Nodoka Onesan is 145cm high, was born on 7th June and is from Okayama. She became a wrestling fan by reading the manga 1·2 no Sanshirou. Her gimmick will be based on the “Older Sister” trope from Japanese children’s TV shows (Waracchao! on NHK is an example). She hopes this character will attract children to Tokyo Joshi and turn them into fans.

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Tag Title Tournament, Akito & Honda Fight Over Title Shot

November 30, 2015

DDT “SECOND TIME IN NUMZAU 2015”, 06/12/2015
Shizuoka Kiramesse Numzazu

1. Masa Takanashi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
2. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Gota Ihashi
3. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata
4. Antonio Honda & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Akito & Yasu Urano
5. HARASHIMA & Ken Ohka Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles Tournament – Round 1: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Kota Umeda

Four teams have been entered into the KO-D Tag Team Titles tournament. First up it’s Happy Motels and Shuten-dōji in the regular teams block.

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 7”, 12/12/2015
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

0. King Of Dark Title – 3 Way Match: Kouki Iwasaki (c) Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Hoshitango
1. Kazuki Hirata Vs Kazusada Higuchi
2. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake
3. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs
4. Japan, United States & Taiwan Tripartite Pact Concluded!: Konosuke Takeshita, Hiroshi Fukuda & Rekka Vs Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Kota Umeda
5. Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi Vs KENSO & Seiya Morohashi
6. 3 Way Match: Isami Kodaka & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Antonio Honda & Tetsuya Endo Vs Akito & Yasu Urano
7. KO-D Tag Team Titles Tournament – Round 1: Yuji Okabayashi & Shigehiro Irie Vs HARASHIMA & Ken Ohka

Then we get two special pairings. HARASHIMA & Ken Ohka are looking to continue their momentum from beating Hiroshi Tanahashi. Standing in their way are the big lads, Yuji Okabayashi & Shigehiro Irie. One half of the previous champions Daisuke Sasaki has been excluded from the tournament because his current partner Suguru Miyatake has not been good enough to earn a spot.

Rekka is from New Taiwan Entertainment Wrestling Federation. He joins a special team made up of a Japanese, an American and a Taiwanese. Konosuke Takeshita is the Japanese wrestler and Hiroshi Fukuda is the American.

DDT “SUPER STAR LANES 2015”, 13/12/2015
Hakata Star Lane

1. Hakata Specialty Mixed Unit Special Tag: HARASHIMA & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Shigehiro Irie & Konosuke Takeshita
2. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata (c) Vs Danshoku Dino, Super Sasadango Machine & Batten X Burabura
3. DDT Extreme Title Next Challenger Final: Antonio Honda Vs Akito
4. KO-D Openweight Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Tetsuya Endo

Tetusya Endo feels that his non-title victory over Isami Kodaka on yesterday’s BOYZ show is proof that he deserves his title shot and did not just get it because of a fluke Rock-Paper-Scissors tournament.

Both Antonio Honda and Akito are claiming the No. 1 Contendership for the DDT Extreme Title. The championship is very important to Akito and hates how Kendo Kashin treated the belt when he won it. Honda wants another shot at Kashin and his unusual match stipulations.

Yusuke Kubo has been added to the show.

DDT “NEVER MIND 2015”, 23/12/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Yasu Urano Vs Daisuke Sasaki
2. Ultra Heroes EXPO Collaboration Match: X Vs X
3. DDT Extreme Title: Kendo Kashin (c) Vs Winner Of 13/12 Challenger Match
4. KO-D Tag Team Titles Tournament – Final: Winners Of 6/12 Qualifier Vs Winners of 12/12 Qualifier

The Ultra Heroes EXPO match is Ultraman related. Maybe this is Ultraman Robin’s return to DDT?

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BOYZ “ULTRA ~ONCE IN A LIFETIME WOMAN FESTIVAL~” Results

November 29, 2015

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BOYZ “ULTRA ~ONCE IN A LIFETIME WOMAN FESTIVAL~”, 29/11/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
769 Fans

1. Kazuki Hirata & Shigehiro Irie defeated Soma Takao & Kouki Iwasaki when Hirata pinned Iwasaki with a Mad Splash (9:41).
2. BOYZ-gun Vs YaroZ-gun: Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata & Mizuki Watase defeated Joey Ryan, Hiroshi Fukuda & Super Ikemen Higuchi (w/ Brother Tommy & Shigehiro Irie) when Oishi pinned Fukuda with the Jikiden Tornado Clutch (8:37).
3. BOYZ Refreshing Grudge Liquidation: Daisuke Sasaki defeated Masa Takanashi with the Vietnam Driver II (12:56).
4. Yukio Sakaguchi & Keisuke Ishii defeated Konosuke Takeshita & Kota Umeda when Sakaguchi pinned Umeda with the Right Knee Of God (11:23).
5. HARASHIMA defeated Akito with the Firebird Splash (15:50).
6. Tetsuya Endo defeated Isami Kodaka with a Cradle Crush (12:58).

Doctors was the theme of the show. Everyone wore a long white coat and glasses during the opening speeches. The show ended with a photo shoot and dance number. The 769 fans in attendence were all women.

The main event was a preview of next month’s KO-D Openweight Title match. In an upset, the new champion Isami Kodaka was pinned by Tetsuya Endo. Kodaka was in control for most of the match but Endo ducked the Isamuashi Zan and rolled him over for the surprise three count. Even though the title was not at stake, Endo was more than happy with the win.

Mao Inoue missed the show after he injured his jaw at “OSAKA OCTOPUS 2015” the day before. He was supposed to be part of the BOYZ team for their 8-Man Tag match against YaroZ. To make the match even Shigehiro Irie was removed and it became a 6-Man Tag instead. Kazusada Higuchi was turned into a Super Ikemen to mock the BOYZ concept. BOYZ came out the victor but the YaroZ team promised they would return on 1st March.

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Osaka Octopus Complete Card, BOYZ Vs YaroZ, New Year’s Eve Playoff

November 26, 2015

DDT “OSAKA OCTOPUS 2015”, 28/11/2015
Osaka Edion Arena #1

0. King Of Dark Title: Kouki Iwasaki (c) & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Shoichi Uchida & Dai Suzuki
1. Akito, Yasu Urano, Ryota Nakatsu & Kota Umeda Vs Keisuke Ishii, Soma Takao, Mao Inoue & Mizuki Watase
2. Shochiku Vs Yoshimoto All Out War: Super Sasadango Machine Vs RG & Ryota Yamazato
3. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Cherry (c) Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Suguru Miyatake Vs Toru Owashi Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Yoshihiko Vs Shunma Katsumata Vs Saki Akai Vs Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan Vs Gota Ihashi Vs Kikutaro
4. Hardcore Special 6 Way Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs KENSO Vs Daisuke Sasaki Vs Yuko Miyamoto Vs Kazusada Higuchi Vs Ken Ohka
5. DDT Extreme Title – UWF + 3 Count Rules: Antonio Honda (c) Vs Kendo Kashin
6. Danshoku Dino, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei Vs Joey Ryan, Hiroshi Fukuda & Tetsuya Endo
7. Special Single Match: Shigehiro Irie Vs Yuji Okabayashi
8. Special Single Match: HARASHIMA Vs Konosuke Takeshita
9. KO-D Openweight Title: Yukio Sakaguchi (c) Vs Isami Kodaka

This will be DDT’s biggest non-Tokyo show of the year and their first time inside the main hub of Osaka Edion Arena. The main event sees the winner of this year’s DDT Dramatic General Election going after the KO-D Openweight Championship. The future ace of DDT meets the present ace, we get a battle of the big lads, an unexpected UWF throwback and a Hardcore 6 Way Match. Can Saki Akai finally get her hands on the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title that has eluded her for so long? What will Super Sasadango Machine have in store for his comedian opponents?

BOYZ “ULTRA ~ONCE IN A LIFETIME WOMAN FESTIVAL~”, 29/11/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. BOYZ Refreshing Grudge Liquidation: Daisuke Sasaki Vs Masa Takanashi

The rest of the card will consist of BOYZ Vs YaroZ matches and is being kept secret until the day of the show. Names confirmed to appear on the BOYZ side are HARASHIMA, Yukio Sakaguchi, Isami Kodaka, Akito, Konosuke Takeshita, Tetsuya Endo, Kazuki Hirata, Keisuke Ishii, Soma Takao, Shunma Katsumata, Kota Umeda, Kouki Iwasaki, Mao Inoue and Mizuki Watase.

DDT “SUPER STAR LANES 2015”, 13/12/2015
Hakata Star Lane

1. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata (c) Vs Danshoku Dino, Super Sasadango Machine & Batten X Burabura
2. KO-D Openweight Title: Yukio Sakaguchi (c) Vs Tetsuya Endo

#OhkaEmpire are getting their title rematch. However Ken Ohka is unavailable so they are bringing in Batten X Burabura (formerly Batten X Tamagawa) to take his place.

Other outside talent scheduled to appear are Yuta Aijima, Azul Dragon, Van Vert Negro and Van Vert Jack.

“NEW YEAR’S EVE WRESTLING – YEAR END DRINKING PARTY!”, 31/12/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Three Organisation Shuffle Tag Tournament – Round 1: Sanshiro Takagi & Takayuki Ueki (w/ Bed Inn) Vs Great Kojika & Tetsuya Endo
2. Three Organisation Shuffle Tag Tournament – Round 1: Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei Vs Kaji Tomato & Kazuki Hirata
3. Three Organisation Shuffle Tag Tournament – Round 1: HARASHIMA & Yuko Miyamoto Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Yoshihisa Uto
4. Three Organisation Shuffle Tag Tournament – Round 1: Jaki Numazawa & Antonio Honda Vs Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi
5. Three Organisation Shuffle Tag Tournament – Round 1: Tank Nagai & Abdullah Kobayashi Vs Yuji Okabayashi & Danshoku Dino
6. Three Organisation Shuffle Tag Tournament – Round 1: Daisuke Sekimoto & Konosuke Takeshita Vs Shigehiro Irie & Hideyoshi Kamitani
7. Three Organisation Shuffle Tag Tournament – Round 1: Ryuji Ito & Ryuichi Sekine Vs TAKA Michinoku & Kazumi Kikuta
8. Three Organisation Shuffle Tag Tournament – Round 1: Kengo Mashimo & Isami Kodaka Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Kazuki Hashimoto
9. Three Organisation Shuffle Tag Tournament – Round 2: Winners Of Match #1 Vs Winners Of Match #2
10. Three Organisation Shuffle Tag Tournament – Round 2: Winners Of Match # Vs Winners Of Match #4
11. Three Organisation Shuffle Tag Tournament – Round 2: Winners Of Match #5 Vs Winners Of Match #6
12. Three Organisation Shuffle Tag Tournament – Round 2: Winners Of Match #7 Vs Winners Of Match #8
13. Three Organisation Shuffle Tag Tournament – Semi Final: Winners Of Match #9 Vs Winners Of Match #10
14. Three Organisation Shuffle Tag Tournament – Semi Final: Winners Of Match #11 Vs Winners Of Match #12
15. Three Organisation Shuffle Tag Tournament – Final: Winners Of Semi Final #1 Vs Winners Of Semi Final #2

Sanshiro Takagi & Takayuki Ueki are bringing in underground idols Bed Inn as their secret weapon to win the tournament.

The opening round matches will have 10 minute time limits, Round 2 & Semi Final matches are 15 minutes and the Final will have no time limit. Sudden death One Count Pin rules are in effect for overtime.

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DDT “#OHKAEMPIRE BOX OFFICE ~MUSCLE MATES 2015~” Results

November 17, 2015

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DDT “#OHKAEMPIRE BOX OFFICE ~MUSCLE MATES 2015~”, 17/11/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,800 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Cradle Only Tag Death Match: Yusuke Kubo & Mr. Magic VII defeated Pedro Takashi & Choun-Shiryu when Kubo pinned Shiryu with a Cradle (12:05).
2. Best Of Three Series: Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata (2) defeated Danshoku Dino & Antonio Honda (0).
2a. Irregular Rules: Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata defeated Danshoku Dino & Antonio Honda when Oishi & Katsumata pinned Dino & Honda with the Miracle Ecstasy x Miracle Ecstasy (5:43).
2b. Special Rules: Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata defeated Danshoku Dino & Antonio Honda when Oishi pinned Honda with a Crucifix Pin (14:04).
3. All Japan Hand Sumo Championship Final: Kazunori Huzioka defeated Ryota Yamazato (0:42).
4. Konosuke Takeshita defeated Muscle Sakai with the German Suplex (13:16).
5. HARASHIMA & Ken Ohka defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yohei Komatsu when HARASHIMA pinned Komatsu with the Somato (17:36).

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Whatever problems there were between HARASHIMA and Hiroshi Tanahashi is now all water under the bridge. The two faced off in a tag team match for the first time since August with HARASHIMA looking to redeem himself in front of the New Japan ace. HARASHIMA and Ken Ohka had the home field advantage with everyone in the audience chanting for DDT and booing the New Japan team. Tanahashi ignored HARASHIMA and instead glared at Ohka. Yohei Komatsu then attacked HARASHIMA to start the match. Tanahashi continued to get booed especially when he worked over Ohka. But Ohka caught Tanahashi off guard with the Kamikaze and made the hot tag to HARASHIMA. Ohka later helped HARASHIMA avoid a Superplex by grabbing Tanahashi’s leg as he stood on the turnbuckles. HARASHIMA then rocked Tanahashi with a Rock Punch during an Elbow Strike exchange. Ohka readied himself for the Spear Of Flame but Tanahashi stopped it and attacked Ohka’s legs with the Dragon Screw, a low Dropkick and a Texas Cloverleaf. Komatsu did his part and prevented HARASHIMA from breaking the hold yet Ohka was able to reach the ropes. The tables were turned when Tanahashi held Ohka in a Full Nelson and Komatsu charged in for a Clothesline. Ohka escaped and Tanahashi took the blow. HARASHIMA focused on Komatsu and hit the Falcon Arrow and a High Kick. He went for the Somato but Komatsu rolled out of the way. Tanahashi tried to get involved but Ohka of all people took him out with the Spear Of Flame! HARASHIMA flipped Komatsu over with the Reverse Frankensteiner and hit the Somato for the victory.

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While Ohka and HARASHIMA celebrated, Tanahashi was quick to leave the ring. It looked like he was about to leave but he instead walked over to the timekeeper’s table and opened up a MacBook. “Although this is immediately after the match has ended, I want to start the presentation!” That’s right, Tanahashi was going to present everyone his very own Powerpoint presentation! Titled “How To Liven Up More Worlds Of Professional Wrestling” Tanahashi introduced himself as “New Japan flesh that has been carefully trained in the dojo.” He also revealed he got written permission from Super Sasadango Machine to do this.

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Tanahashi wants to spice up pro wrestling and spoke about the famous Keiji Muto Vs Nobuhiko Takada match from 1995, a match that at the time featured the ace of New Japan against the ace of UWF-I in an exciting dream bout. Twenty years later Tanahashi wondered if he and HARASHIMA would be able to elicit the same kind of excitement and enthusiasm for their match this past August. Unfortunately that didn’t happen and Tanahashi let his emotions get the better of him in his post-match comments. He now apologises to HARASHIMA and encourages him to continue down the road as the ace of DDT. Going back to spicing up the wrestling world, Tanahashi had some announcements to make in regards to his 2016 plans. He will win the IWGP Heavyweight Title at the Tokyo Dome in January, he will win the G1 Climax in August, he will enter the 2016 DDT Dramatic General Election and he will also enter the unit portion of the election in order to win and book his own DDT show next November! Learning his lesson from last time, HARASHIMA did not try to shake hands with Tanahashi. Instead he stuck out his fist and Tanahashi gave him a fist bump in response. Tanahashi offered to fist bump Ohka but Ohka told him to headbutt him instead. They gently bumped their heads together, smiled and gave each other a nod before Tanahashi left. HARASHIMA admitted feeling a bit confused but thanked Ohka, Danshoku Dino and Muscle Sakai for doing everything they could to make the match happen. He also thanked New Japan, Tanahashi and Komatsu for accepting their request.

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Today’s show booked by #OhkaEmpire was a throwback to the old Muscle shows. It couldn’t officially be labelled as such because the next Muscle show is not supposed to take place until 6th October 2030 at the Tokyo Dome. However Muscle Sakai saw that today was enough of a special occassion to re-enter the ring and wrestle Konosuke Takeshita. Sakai targeted Takeshita’s right arm and eventually hit three Lehmann Shocks. When he was about to do the third one the arena darkened, “Etupirika” started playing and everything slowed down. We could hear the voices of Sakai’s and Takeshita’s hearts speak while Sakai and Takeshita fought in slow motion. Takeshita slowly pinned Sakai with the German Suplex and the match ended. Sakai awarded him with a Money In The Back suitcase (that’s right, suitcase) that guarantees him a spot on the next Muscle show in 2030. Takeshita said he may be wrestling overseas for a major company by then but if that does happen he promises to travel back to Japan to be on the show.

The undercard featured a team challenge between the old and new generation of Muscle wrestlers. The Old Muscle team won the first match in a contest where only cradles, School Boys and other pin attempt moves were allowed. Choun-Shiryu & Pedro Takashi both revealed they were now insurance salesmen and they tricked their opponents to lie down on the canvas to sign a new insurance plan. They rolled them up for the three count. The New Muscle team won Match #2 which was a Best 2 out of 3 Falls match between Danshoku Dino & Antonio Honda against KAT-TOO. The New Muscle team won the first two falls back to back. The deciding contest was an arm wrestling contest between Muscle cameraman Kazunori Huzioka and comedian Ryota Yamazato. Huzioka won it for Old Muscle!

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Tomorrow HARASHIMA & Tanahashi Will Meet Again!

November 16, 2015

DDT “#OHKAEMPIRE BOX OFFICE ~MUSCLE MATES 2015~”, 17/11/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. HARASHIMA & Ken Ohka Vs Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yohei Komatsu

This is the only match advertised for tomorrow’s #OhkaEmpire show in Korakuen Hall, which is sold out. The DDT website says there will be other matches on the card but we will not find out what they are until they happen. Given that the show is being run by Ken Ohka, Danshoku Dino and Super Sasadango Machine the card format might end up being similar to the old Muscle sub-brand. In fact, old Muscle shirts will be sold at the merchandise stand. So there may be a lot more than just wrestling matches to look forward to.

This is HARASHIMA’s chance at redemption against Hiroshi Tanahashi. Their match at “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2015” back in August created friction between the two when Tanahashi afterwards criticised HARASHIMA for not stepping up to his level and also expecting to be treated as his equal. Ken Ohka stepped in to help HARASHIMA defend his and also DDT’s honour by doing everything he could to set up this match.

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New Year’s Eve Tag Tournament (And Drinks)

November 14, 2015

“NEW YEAR’S EVE WRESTLING – YEAR END DRINKING PARTY!”, 31/12/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

Three Organisation Shuffle Tag Tournament

Yuji Okabayashi & Danshoku Dino
Ryuji Ito & Ryuichi Sekine
Yukio Sakaguchi & Kazuki Hashimoto
Tank Nagai & Abdullah Kobayashi
HARASHIMA & Yuko Miyamoto
Kengo Mashimo & Isami Kodaka
Daisuke Sekimoto & Konosuke Takeshita
Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi
Jaki Numazawa & Antonio Honda
Kaji Tomato & Kazuki Hirata
Shigehiro Irie & Hideyoshi Kamitani
Kazusada Higuchi & Yoshihisa Uto
Sanshiro Takagi & Takayuki Ueki
TAKA Michinoku & Kazumi Kikuta
Great Kojika & Tetsuya Endo
Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei

The annual end of year party held by Big Japan, DDT and K-DOJO is coming up and this time the theme is a big drinking party. This year’s show will be built around a one night tag team tournament with a bunch of teams mashed together. Most teams feature wrestlers from different promotions pairing together. A few of the entries are regular tag teams like the Brahman Brothers or Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi. Others are powerful singles wrestlers joining forces like HARASHIMA & Yuko Miyamoto, Kengo Mashimo & Isami Kodaka and Daisuke Sekimoto & Konosuke Takeshita. And then there’s the crazy stuff like Yuji Okabayashi & Danshoku Dino and Great Kojika & Tetsuya Endo.

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DDT “DDT SPECIAL 2015” Results

October 25, 2015

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DDT “DDT SPECIAL 2015”, 25/10/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,750 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House
DDT Dramatic General Election Ranking In Parentheses

0. Dark Match: Hiroshi Fukuda (#26) defeated Shoko Nakajima (#23) with a Reverse Cross Armbreaker (5:36).
0. Dark Match: Konosuke Takeshita (#24) Vs Shigehiro Irie (#25) ended in a Time Limit Draw (10:00).
1. Cherry (#6) defeated Ai Shimizu (#14) with the Cherryton Bomb (5:25).
2. Masa Takanashi (#7), Saki Akai (#11) & Kazuki Hirata (#18) defeated Makoto Oishi (#10), Yuka Sakazaki (#20) & Shunma Katsumata (#21) when Takanashi pinned Katsumata with the Takatonic (6:40).
3. Keisuke Ishii (#8) & Soma Takao (#12) defeated Akito (#13) & Tetsuya Endo (#22) when Takao pinned Akito with the Endless Waltz (7:14).
4. DDT Extreme Title – Texas Torture My Best Friend Death Match: Antonio Honda (c) (w/ Ryu Gouma) (#16) defeated Danshoku Dino (w/ Toru Owashi) (#5) when Owashi gave up (9:33).
*V3 for Antonio Honda.
5. 1 Vs 2 Handicap Match: Ken Ohka (#4) defeated Super Sasadango Machine (#14) & Yasu Urano (#19) when Ohka pinned Machine with the Spear Of Flame (8:16).
6. Isami Kodaka (#1) defeated Daisuke Sasaki (#9) with the Isamuashi Zan (11:30).
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Yukio Sakaguchi (c) (#17) defeated HARASHIMA (#3) with the Right Knee Of God (19:05).
*V2 for Yukio Sakaguchi.

Dramatic Dream Rock-Paper-Scissors 2015

1. Qualifying Round: Tetsuya Endo defeated Shunma Katsumata and Yuka Sakazaki with Rock.
2. Round 1: Tetsuya Endo defeated Kazuki Hirta with Rock.
3. Round 1: Ai Shimizu defeated Antonio Honda with Paper.
4. Round 1: Akito defeated Super Sasadango Machine with Scissors.
5. Round 1: Soma Takao defeated Saki Akai with Scissors.
6. Round 1: Daisuke Sasaki defeated Makoto Oishi with Rock.
7. Round 1: Masa Takanashi defeated Keisuke Ishii with Scissors.
8. Round 1: Danshoku Dino defeated Cherry with Paper.
9. Round 1: Ken Ohka defeated Yasu Urano with Scissors.
10. Quarter Final: Tetsuya Endo defeated Ai Shimizu with Scissors.
11. Quarter Final: Soma Takao defeated Akito with Scissors.
12. Quarter Final: Daisuke Sasaki defeated Masa Takanashi with Rock.
13. Quarter Final: Danshoku Dino defeated Ken Ohka with Paper.
14. Semi Final: Tetsuya Endo defeated Soma Takao with Rock.
15. Semi Final: Danshoku Dino defeated Daisuke Sasaki with Paper.
16. Final: Tetsuya Endo defeated Danshoku Dino with Rock.

sakaguchi-harashima

The main event had to be changed hours before the show when Kota Ibushi fell ill with a high fever. It was decided he was in no state to compete so he was pulled off the show and replaced with HARASHIMA. HARASHIMA was picked because finished 3rd in the Dramatic General Election so the KO-D Openweight Title was still on the line. He appeared calm when he entered the ring despite the hectic story behind his latest title shot. Maybe the lack of time for HARASHIMA to prepare was the deciding factor in Yukio Sakaguchi winning but respect was shared after the match. Sakaguchi was happy with getting a fierce fight after the emergency switch. He said he can wait for Ibushi another day but there is a name at the top of his list of who he wants to fight. That name is Isami Kodaka. The winner of the Dramatic Election was confirmed to be Sakaguchi’s next challenger in Osaka on 28th November.

ddt-rock-paper-scissors

The annual Rock-Paper-Scissors tournament took place after the main event. The prize on offer was a KO-D Title shot in Hakata on 13th December. Tetsuya Endo ran through the tournament and defeated Danshoku Dino in the final. He admitted he was a lucky boy and now looks forward to Sakaguchi Vs Kodaka. He said he told everyone before that he would one day get a KO-D Title shot before his tag partner Konosuke Takeshita. Now he has the chance to beat Takeshita in the race to become KO-D Champion first.

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Daisuke Sasaki returned from a tour of Chile and brought along his newly won Chile MAX Lucha Libre Championship. This match was Kodaka’s first DDT appearance since the formation of BASARA but he was wearing a Union shirt in dedication to his former promotion. Kodaka thanked Sasaki for a good match but he now must pay attention to Sakaguchi.

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HARASHIMA’s late addition to the main event meant that he was taken out of Match #5. Super Sasadango Machine was annoyed because it was too late for him to change his PowerPoint presentation and HARASHIMA featured heavily in it. For some reason he decided to team with Yasu Urano instead of Ken Ohka and the match was now a 2 Vs 1 Handicap bout. Ohka and Machine tried to avoid each other and play wrestle when they were in the ring together. However Ohka eventually got too into the action and soon both of them wrestled each other as normal. Sasadango tried to immitate HARASHIMA by going for the Somato but Ohka rolled out of the way and hit the Spear Of Flame to win the match. Afterwards Ohka yelled out his support for HARASHIMA in the main event and also for their upcoming meeting with Hiroshi Tanahashi next month.

torture-friend-deathmatch

The DDT Extreme Title match featured a lot of torture. Both Antonio Honda and Danshoku Dino were accompanied by a friend, Honda had Ryu Gouma and Dino had Toru Owashi. Whenever a wrestler initiated a rope break their friend would be tortured and held hostage at ringside. The match ends either through normal means or when a hostage gives up. Both Owashi and Gouma were trapped against a corner post and tortured with clothespins attached to the face, tickling, ice poured down their shirts, getting their face rubbed into Hiroshi Fukuda’s pet dog P-chan and having kusaya (salt-dried and fermented fish) wiped under their nose. The Kusaya proved to be Owashi’s breaking point and he gave up just when Dino was about to beat Honda with a 10 count KO. Kendo Kashin appeared (wearing Sasadango Machine’s title belt for some reason) after the match and challenged Honda to an Extreme Title match on the 28/11 Osaka show. He also gave him a pumpkin mask. Honda put on the mask and accepted the challenge. Kashin then grabbed the Extreme belt and handed it over to a fan in the front row. In a backstage interview Kashin said he wants to do a UWF Rules match but with pinfalls also allowed.

kenso-takagi

Freelance wrestler KENSO appeared after the intermission looking for Sanshiro Takagi. He first showed up at yesterday’s Tokyo Joshi Pro event and was told to come here if he wanted Takagi’s attention. KENSO brought up their feud from 2006 that culminated in a No Ropes Exploding Barbed Wire Death Match. KENSO said their rivalry had so much passion and he wishes to relive it. Takagi offered a singles match for 3rd November. The crowd started chanting “Dark” and KENSO thought they were referring to his Dark Kingdom stable. Takagi had to explain the King Of Dark Title to him. Since Takagi is the champion the match has to be for the title and thus has to be on the pre-show. KENSO still accepted the match.

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Soma Takao used an Oklahoma Roll to pin Akito in Match #3. Takao calls the move the Endless Waltz.

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Everyone in Match #2 wrestled in fancy dress costumes. Yuka Sakazaki was a witch and KAT-TOO were her zombies. Saki Akai wore an orange maid costume, Masa Takanashi wore a pumpkin mask and Kazuki Hirata was, who else? Magnum TOKYO.

shimizu-cherry

Cherry still had the Union Fly To Everywhere Title belt with her when she faced Ai Shimizu in the opener.

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There was a big applause for both Shigehiro Irie and Konosuke Takeshita after their time limit draw. Despite being a dark match both wrestlers wanted to fight their hearts out.

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Hiroshi Fukuda distracted Shoko Nakajima by making her sing and then attacking her. Nakajima turned the tables when she interrupted Fukuda’s own singing with a Roll Up but Fukuda kicked out and applied an Armlock to submit her.

Daisuke Sasaki will hold a show celebrating his 10th anniversary of his pro wrestling debut on 18th November. Dick Togo will be the special guest referee for the main event and Antonio Honda Vs Yusuke Kubo is the first announced match.

Aja Kong will return with the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title on the 28/11 Osaka show. She will defend the title in a Battle Royal.

Keisuke Ishii, Makoto Oishi and Masa Takanashi are all getting gender swapped characters for the Ring☆Dream online card game.

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Halloween Shows In Okinawa, Tanahashi Returns, Osaka Octopus

October 19, 2015

DDT “HIGH SIDE DDT 2015”, 31/10/2015
Okinawa Navel Kadena Arena

0. King Of Dark Title: Sanshiro Takagi (c) Vs Kazuki Hirata
1. Daisuke Sasaki Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
2. 3 Way Match: Antonio Honda Vs Shigehiro Irie Vs Akito
3. Kota Ibushi Vs Dai Suzuki
4. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao
5. Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs Gurukin Mask & Tida Heat
6. Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano

Huh? Gurukin Mask is booked for a DDT show away from Omori Station? Is this a first?

Tida Heat is from Ryukyu Dragon Wrestling, Okinawa’s local wrestling company.

DDT “WHAT IT IS NOT COME OVER DDT 2015”, 01/11/2015
Okinawa Navel Kadena Arena

0. King Of Dark Title: Sanshiro Takagi (c) Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
1. Kazuki Hirata Vs Danshoku Dino
2. Akito Vs Dai Suzuki
3. 3 Way Match: Keisuke Ishii Vs Yasu Urano Vs Tetsuya Endo
4. HARASHIMA Vs Makoto Oishi
5. Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
6. Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Saki Akai Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Hibiscus Mii

If Sanshiro Takagi beats Kazuki Hirata on 31/10 then Hirata will defend the King Of Dark Title against Danshoku Dino on the 1/11 pre-show and Takagi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga will be bumped up to the main card.

DDT “#OHKAEMPIRE BOX OFFICE ~MUSCLE MATES 2015~”, 17/11/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. HARASHIMA & Ken Ohka Vs Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yohei Komatsu

HARASHIMA Vs Hiroshi Tanahashi is kind of happening again thanks to #OhkaEmpire. Ken Ohka and friends have successfully negotiated with New Japan to set up a tag team match in Korakuen Hall next month. It will be HARASHIMA & Ohka against Tanahashi and the young lion Yohei Komatsu. Tanahashi was critical of HARASHIMA after their match at “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2015” in August. He also ridiculed the idea of treating DDT as if it was on the same level as New Japan. Since then HARASHIMA has requested a rematch to prove him wrong. Ohka was also offended by Tanahashi’s comments and promised to do something about it with HARASHIMA.

DDT “OSAKA OCTOPUS 2015”, 28/11/2015
Osaka Edion Arena #1

1. Danshoku Dino, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei Vs Joey Ryan, Hiroshi Fukuda & Tetsuya Endo
2. Shochiku Vs Yoshimoto All Out War: Super Sasadango Machine Vs RG & Ryota Yamazato
3. KO-D Openweight Title: Yukio Sakaguchi (c) Vs Isami Kodaka

Joey Ryan said he wants to wrestle Danshoku Dino but I don’t know if he’s looking forward to wrestling the Brahman Brothers.

Kendo Kashin, Kikutaro, Shoichi Uchida and Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan are scheduled to wrestle on the show.

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Holiday’s Over, Let’s Catch Up

October 17, 2015

DDT “UTAN FESTA 2015”, 18/10/2015
Tokyo JR Omori Station

0. King Of Dark Title: Sanshiro Takagi (c) & Chikara Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Hiroshi Fukuda
1. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Match: Miyu Yamashita & Erin Vs Shoko Nakajima & Yuka Sakazaki
2. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Suguru Miyatake & Ryota Nakatsu
3. Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Kota Umeda Vs HARASHIMA, Akito & Yasu Urano
4. Next Omori Title Challenger Battle Royal: Danshoku Dino Vs Antonio Honda Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Kazusada Higuchi Vs Tetsuya Endo Vs Gota Ihashi Vs Kouki Iwasaki Vs Toru Owashi Vs Seiya Morohashi Vs Lady Beard
5. Omori World Title: Gurukin Mask (c) Vs Makoto Oishi

Gurukin Mask returns for the annual DDT show outside the JR Omori Station. Last year he won the Omori World Title and this year he defends the belt for the first time. Makoto Oishi won a Battle Royal on last year’s show to become the No. 1 Contender.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE GIRLS BATTLE 2015 ROUND 9”, 24/10/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Right To 1/4 Tokyo Joshi Title Appearance: Akane Miura Vs Miyu Yamashita

Akane Miura currently has the right to appear in the main event title match in Tokyo Joshi Pro’s 4th January show at Korakuen Hall. The spot has to be defended in other matches up until the show takes place.

DDT “DDT SPECIAL 2015”, 25/10/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
DDT Dramatic General Election Ranking In Parentheses

0. Dark Match: Shoko Nakajima (#23) Vs Hiroshi Fukuda (#26)
0. Dark Match: Konosuke Takeshita (#24) Vs Shigehiro Irie (#25)
1. Masa Takanashi (#7), Saki Akai (#11) & Kazuki Hirata (#18) Vs Makoto Oishi (#10), Yuka Sakazaki (#20) & Shunma Katsumata (#21)
2. Cherry (#6) Vs Ai Shimizu (#14)
3. Keisuke Ishii (#8) & Soma Takao (#12) Vs Akito (#13) & Tetsuya Endo (#22)
4. Isami Kodaka (#1) Vs Daisuke Sasaki (#9)
5. HARASHIMA (#3) & Yasu Urano (#19) Vs Ken Ohka (#4) & Super Sasadango Machine (#14)
6. DDT Extreme Title: Antonio Honda (c) (#16) Vs Danshoku Dino (#5)
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Yukio Sakaguchi (c) (#17) Vs Kota Ibushi (#2)

The results of the Dramatic General Election is all for this. Yukio Sakaguchi defends the KO-D Openweight Title against Kota Ibushi, Antonio Honda defends the DDT Extreme Title against Danshoku Dino and Isami Kodaka goes one on one with Daisuke Sasaki.

TAVERN WRESTLING “~ALCOHOL SERIES~”, 27/10/2015
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Match: Shoko Nakajima Vs Erin
2. 3 Way Match: Cao Zhang Vs SAGAT Vs Kenji Fukimoto
3. Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs Ryuichi Sekine & Kota Umeda
4. SAKABA EXTREME: Isami Kodaka & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Jun Kasai & Daichi Kazato
5. U.S.A PRESENTS SAKABA HALLOWEEN HAVOC 2015 MAIN EVENT: “Mr. Perfect” Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Nerima Sting (Special Referee: Tsuyoso Michaels)

Ultimate Superstars Action is back for one night only providing the kind of American entertainment that only Hiroshi Fukuda can think of.

Kenji Fukimoto is from FREEDOMS.

DDT “FRIENDSHIP, EFFORT, VICTORY IN NAGOYA 2015 ~AUTUMN~”, 03/11/2015
Aichi Nagoya International Conference Hall

1. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Ken Ohka, Danshoku Dino & Super Sasadango Machine (c) Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo

Danshoku Dino recently embarassed Antonio Honda by making Gota Ihashi pin him in a Loser Leaves (Saitama) Town match. They have a DDT Extreme Title match next week and also a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles match in November. Honda can get revenge on Dino by winning both title matches.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “A GIRL’S COUNTERATTACK”, 07/11/2015
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Right To 1/4 Tokyo Joshi Title Appearance Battle Royal: X Vs X

The other spot in the Tokyo Joshi Title match will be decided by a Rumble style Battle Royal.

DDT “DNA 11”, 11/11/2015
Kitazawa Town Hall

1. Ryota Nakatsu Vs Mao Inoue

Mao Inoue has been doing well for himself so far. Ryota Nakatsu is here to make sure the success doesn’t go to his head.

DDT “OSAKA OCTOPUS 2015”, 28/11/2015
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #1

1. KO-D Openweight Title: Yukio Sakaguchi (c) Vs Isami Kodaka

Isami Kodaka gets a KO-D Openweight Title shot for winning the DDT Dramatic General Election.

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