Brother Tommy Lays It On, Isami Vs Yukio Title Match, Muscle Sakai II

April 17, 2015

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 1”, 19/04/2015
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

0. King Of Dark Title: Gota Ihashi (c) Vs Yasu Urano
1. Kazusada Higuchi Vs Kouki Iwasaki
2. 4 Way Match: MIKAMI Vs Danshoku Dino Vs Antonio Honda Vs Saki Akai
3. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Suguru Miyatake
4. HARASHIMA & X Vs Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao
5. Kazuki Hirata Tokyo GO! Numbers Game – Round 3: Kazuki Hirata Vs KUDO
6. BOYZ-gun Vs YaroZ-gun: Kota Ibushi, Makoto Oishi, Konosuke Takeshita & Shunma Katsumata Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Shigehiro Irie & Brother Tommy
7. DDT Extreme Title – Iron Man Match: Akito (c) Vs Daisuke Sasaki

Tomomitsu Matsunaga has been taken off the show due to personal reasons. Luckily a replacement was quickly found. Brother Tommy, one of the MCs of the YaroZ brand will take his place.

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2015”, 29/04/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. 2nd Generation Muscle Sakai Final: Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Super Sasadango Machine
2. Union Fly To Everywhere World Title – 3 Way Match: Cherry (c) Vs Aoi Ishibashi Vs Hibiscus Mii
3. Ken Ohka & Mio Shirai Vs Kengo Ohka & Seiya Morohashi
4. Independent World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
5. Union MAX Title – 1,000 Rose Death Match: FUMA (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa

Last weekend Isami Kodaka went to K-DOJO and came back a champion. He defeated Hi69 to win the Independent World Jr. Heavyweight Title at Korakuen Hall. When Union runs Korakuen later this month Kodaka’s scheduled match with Yukio Sakaguchi will now be for the title.

Ken Ohka returns to Union to team with Mio Shirai one more time before her retirement from pro wrestling.

There is going to be a Muscle Sakai II but who will it be, Hiroshi Fukuda or Super Sasadango Machine…? Something isn’t right about that. Muscle Sakai will present golden baggy pants to the winner. The baggy pants is necessary to identify Muscle Sakai II.

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Soma Injured, Max Bump Matches, Golden Roses For Union

March 31, 2015

DDT “FURIMUKEBA YOKOHAMA 2015 SPRING”, 04/04/2015
Yokohama Radiant Hall

0. King Of Dark Title: Gota Ihashi (c) Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
1. Sanshiro Takagi & MIKAMI Vs Danshoku Dino & DJ Nira
2. Toru Owashi & Makoto Oishi Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Shunma Katsumata
3. Konosuke Takeshita Vs Kota Umeda
4. Kazuki Hirata Tokyo GO Numbers Game – 2nd Round: Kazuki Hirata Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
5. HARASHIMA, Akito & Yasu Urano Vs Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake
6. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Daisuke Sekimoto, Yuji Okabayashi & Kazuki Hashimoto

There were two injuries coming out of “JUDGEMENT 2015” this past weekend. Soma Takao suffered an ankle injury and is unable to wrestle until 10th April at the earliest. Kota Ibushi sprained his middle and ring finger on his right hand but won’t miss any shows.

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 1”, 19/04/2015
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

0. King Of Dark Title: Gota Ihashi (c) Vs Tetsuya Endo

Tetsuya Endo cashes in his boobie prize from the Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Royal Rumble. I bet he’ll be glad to get rid of it.

DDT “MAX BUMP 2015”, 29/04/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Anytime, Anywhere Contention Battle Royal: X Vs X
2. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie
3. KO-D Openweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) Vs HARASHIMA

Two months after “SAITAMA SUPER DDT 2015” we get the rematch of the main event, unless somebody successfully cashes in their Ring To Challenge Contract. I mean it’s not like anybody in DDT watched Wrestlemania on Sunday and a lightbulb suddenly flashed over their head during the big main event angle… Anyway, the current contract holders are Yasu Urano, Hiroshi Fukuda, Kazusada Higuchi and Antonio Honda. Like last year wrestlers can lose the contract if they are pinned or submitted during any match in Japan.

There was one contract left unclaimed in the Right To Challenge Rumble. Another Battle Royal will decide who gets it. What it is for exactly won’t be known until the match is over.

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2015”, 29/04/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Union Fly To Everywhere World Title – 3 Way Match: Cherry (c) Vs Aoi Ishibashi Vs Hibiscus Mii
2. Isami Kodaka Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
3. Union MAX Title – 1,000 Rose Death Match: FUMA (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa

FUMA’s ego has grown as quickly as his rise to the top in Union. So much so that he is willing to fight Shuji Ishikawa in a 1,000 Rose Death Match, a stipulation that has not been used in a year.

Hibiscus Mii (formerly Apple Miyuki) answered the call when Union went searching for someone to be in the Fly To Everywhere Title 3 Way Match.

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DDT “JUDGEMENT 2015” Results

March 29, 2015

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DDT “JUDGEMENT 2015”, 29/03/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,200 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

0. King Of Dark Title: Gorgeous Matsuno defeated Gota Ihashi (c) with a Reverse Cross Armbreaker (4:09).
*D3 for Gota Ihashi.
1. Toru Owashi & Hoshitango defeated MIKAMI & Shunma Katsumata whn Owashi pinned Katsumata with the Nodowa Otoshi (7:49).
2. Next KO-D Tag Team Titles Challenger Final: Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie defeated KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi when Irie pinned Sakaguchi with the Beast Bomber (10:00).
3. Sanshiro Takagi 20th Anniversary Falls Count Anywhere Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Jun Kasai defeated Kota Ibushi & Suguru Miyatake when Takagi pinned Miyatake with the Sit Down Himawari Bomb through a table (14:40).
4. DDT Extreme Title – Total Count Match: X=Shiori Asahi (c) (17) Vs Akito (17) ended in a draw (10:00).
4a. Sudden Death One Count Match: Akito defeated X=Shiori Asahi (c) with an Airplane Cradle (1:32).
*Shiori Asahi fails in V2. Akito becomes the 32nd DDT Extreme Champion!
5. Next KO-D Openweight Title Challenger And Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Battle Royal: HARASHIMA defeated Konosuke Takeshita with the Somato (23:35).
5a. Right To Challenge King Of Dark Title: Tetsuya Endo (8:21).
5b. Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere 1: Yasu Urano (8:21).
5c. Right To Host Box Office: Masa Takanashi (11:13).
5d. Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere 2: Hiroshi Fukuda (13:02).
5e. Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere 3: Kazusada Higuchi (15:24).
5f. Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere 4: Antonio Honda (17:16).
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (c) defeated Danshoku Dino & Super Sasadango Machine when Okabayashi pinned Dino with the Konaki Golem Splash (16:10).
*V1 for Storng BJ.

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The team of Danshoku Dino & Super Sasadango Machine were fully prepared for their KO-D Tag Team Title shot today. They both wore Machine masks and showed a Powerpoint presentation explaining how they plan to win. The presentation was titled “A Discussion Of The Tag Team Championship Challenges And Work-life Balance By A 37-Year-Old Duo”. Sasadango’s work-life balance is “Mold”, “Home”, “Graduate School”, “Local Talent Industry” and “Local Wrestler Business”. Dino’s balance is “Gay”, “Gay Time Writer”, “Security Guards”, “Gay Function Activities” and “Gay Wrestler”. They worked out that the champions’ balance is “Muscle Training”, “Wrestling”, “Muscle Training”, “Wrestling” and “Poseidon”. The solution to beat Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi was to create the Konaki Danshoku Driver, a double team version of Dino’s finisher. The move is named after Konaki Jijii from the manga GeGeGe no Kitarō. Sasadango puts on a Konaki Jijii costume which dramatically increases his weight and he leaps onto Dino’s back as he does the Danshoku Driver.

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The challengers jumped the bell and did everything they could to get the advantage. A few DDT wrestlers interfered to help them and did so while wearing Machine masks. The challengers hit the Konaki Danshoku Driver on Okabayashi but Sekimoto was there to break the count. Frustrated, Dino & Sasadango removed their masks revealing that they are now both bald! They hit the Konaki Danshoku Driver again but Sekimoto breaks the pin once more. The champions turned the tables and Okabayashi got his hands on the Konaki costume. Okabayashi put on the costume, increasing his weight to 2 tons and hit the Golem Splash for the victory. After the match Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie came down to confirm their challenge for the KO-D Tag Titles on 29th April. That is the same date Ishii & Irie won the All Asia Tag Team Titles last year. Sekimoto told them to bring the best they got.

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The Right To Challenge Battle Royal had eight prizes in total. The main one was a KO-D Openweight Title shot on 29th April in Korakuen Hall, which was given to HARASHIMA for winning the Royal Rumble portion of the match. He and Kota Ibushi didn’t play any games when they faced each other after the match. This time they accepted each other’s handshake.

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The other seven prizes were in envelopes held above the ring. Each envelope had a different design on it except for two which both had a skull logo. Tetsuya Endo and Yasu Urano were the first to grab contracts while fighting over them at the top of the ladder. Urano got a Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract while Endo was gutted to find out he got a King Of Dark Title match. Masa Takanashi grabbed the smiley face envelope and got the rights to book his own DDT show. Hiroshi Fukuda snuck up the ladder during Kazuki Hirata’s dance entrance and got himself the 2nd Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract. Undefeated DNA rookie Kazusada Higuchi got the 3rd Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract and Antonio Honda got the 4th thanks to Konosuke Takeshita helping him up the ladder.

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When the match was over there was still one contract remaining, the first time it has ever happened for this match. Amon Tsurumi decided the contract will go to a winner of another Battle Royal on 29th April. The contract holders were all interviewed after the match. Takanashi said he will think about when he will cash in his contract. Endo said he will cash in his King of Dark contract on 19th April in Saitama. Urano wants to win the KO-D Title fair and square so he will not cash in when the champion least expects it. Fukuda wants to consult with Barack Obama before he decides when to get his title match. Higuchi said he will get his title match in Sapporo Teisen Hall because he wants to win the title near his hometown. Honda declared he will not cash in until pollen season is over because his nose is currently stuffy.

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Oh no! The hype backlash has begun for Shiori Asahi, although it is just as manufactured as his popularity. Amon Tsurumi is tired of Asahi being cheered so he instructed the fans to boo him instead just to mix things up. The fans played along and Asahi was stunned by the crowd turning on him when he came out. Akito on the other hand got a lot of support as the Total Count Match went on. With every second from a pinfall counting as a point, both wrestlers went with School Boys and Cradles to score quickly and often. Asahi took the lead by a wide margin but Akito came back and got the equalizing point right before the time limit expired. Sudden death quickly began and after 90 seconds of frantic scrambling, Akito got the winning pin count to regain the DDT Extreme Title! After the match Akito was thrilled to have the belt back and said the match taught him the importance of the one count.

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Sanshiro Takagi wanted something crazy for his 20th anniversary and he got it. He & Jun Kasai fought Kota Ibushi & Suguru Miyatake in a wild Falls Count Anywhere match. Kasai and Ibushi were at each other’s throats for a lot of the match, brawling up to the balcony. There was a scary moment when Ibushi was lifted over the railing and was left hanging over ringside from the ledge! Tables, basins, a barbed wire baseball bat and the Combat Bicycle were all used during the match. Takagi splashed Miyatake through two tables and then Power Bombed him through a third while yelling “Congratulations 20th Anniversary!” to himself. Ibushi and Kasai had a staredown after the match.

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Niconico Super Pro Wrestling, Isami Vs Sakaguchi, Thanks M.I.O

March 26, 2015

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NICONICO CHOKAIGI SUPER CONFERENCE “SUPER PRO WRESTLING”, 25/04/2015
Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall

NICONICO CHOKAIGI SUPER CONFERENCE “SUPER PRO WRESTLING”, 26/04/2015
Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall

The annual Niconico Chokaigi Super Conference in Japan will be hosting some wrestling events but it won’t be just any kind of pro wrestling. It will be Super Pro Wrestling!. The ring will be provided by phone company au and five shows are scheduled to take place. Genichiro Tenryu and Bob Sapp will be part of the main show along with talent from DDT and Michinoku Pro. Also scheduled is an Idol Wrestling show featuring girls from Tokyo Joshi Pro, an Ikeman show for the female audience, Yuru-chara Pro Wrestling featuring company mascots from all over Japan and Live Game Wrestling where matches will be booked by a popular Let’s Play channel called M.S.S Project.

There will be a special item for sale at the Super Pro Wrestling booth throughout the weekend. A limited edition “Yoshihiko Smartphone Piledriver” iPhone cover will be available for 1,300 yen and there will only be 1,000 of them available.

Niconico is a video streaming site so it’s possible the wrestling shows will be streamed live somewhere during the weekend.

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2015”, 29/04/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Isami Kodaka Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
2. Union MAX Title: FUMA (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa

Isami Kodaka believes he and Yukio Sakaguchi will give each other tremendous pain but that is what will make it a fun match.

UNION, OZ ACADEMY, WAVE, ICE RIBBON “M.I.O 3”, 09/05/2015
Osaka Ikuno Kumen Center

1. 3 Way Match: Sonoko Kato Vs Ryo Minami Vs Mitsuhisa Sunabe
2. Psuedo Close Match: HAYATE, Misaki Ohata & Tsukasa Fujimoto Vs Yumi Ohka, Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto
3. Mio Thank Match: Mio Shirai Vs Takashi Sasaki

The third M.I.O show has Mio Shirai going up against Takashi Sasaki. With retirement on the horizon, Shirai is not shying away from giving herself tough challenges.

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Judgement, DNA 4, Street Wrestling, Biishiki-gun, Ganbare Anniversary

March 23, 2015

DDT “JUDGEMENT 2015”, 29/03/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. King Of Dark Title: Gota Ihashi Vs Gorgeous Matsuno
1. Toru Owashi & Hoshitango Vs MIKAMI & Shunma Katsumata
2. Sanshiro Takagi 20th Anniversary Falls Count Anywhere Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Jun Kasai Vs Kota Ibushi & Suguru Miyatake
3. Next KO-D Tag Team Titles Challenger Final: Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi
4. Next KO-D Openweight Title Challenger And Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Battle Royal: HARASHIMA Vs Yasu Urano Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Daisuke Sasaki Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Soma Takao Vs Antonio Honda Vs Konosuke Takeshita Vs Tetsuya Endo Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs DJ Nira Vs Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Kazusada Higuchi Vs Kouki Iwasaki
5. DDT Extreme Title – Total Count Match: X (c) Vs Akito
*X is Shiori Asahi.
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (c) Vs Danshoku Dino & Super Sasadango Machine

The Total Count Match is a ten minute Ironman match where a point is scored for every second you pin your opponent. A one count sudden death overtime takes place if there is a tie at the end.

DDT “DNA 4”, 02/04/2015
Kitazawa Town Hall

1. Ryota Nakatsu & Kota Umeda Vs Kazuhiro Tamura & Ryuichi Sekine
2. Tomoya Kawamura Vs Kouki Iwasaki
3. Shunma Katsumata Vs Taiji Ishimori
4. Dai Suzuki Vs Tigers Mask
5. Kazusada Higuchi Vs Suguru Miyatake

The undefeated Kazusada Higuchi goes against Suguru Miyatake, the wrestler who has so far gained the highest profile out of all the DNA roster.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2015 IN KOKURA ~DRAMATIC DREAM NIWATORI KASHIWA MESHI~”, 11/04/2015
Fukuoka Kitakyushu Palace

1. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles Match: KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao

The former champions have called for their automatic rematch. Will the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles quickly change hands again or can a team finally get a good run going??

DDT “STREET WRESTLING”, 15/04/2015
Shizuoka Izuguranparu Park

4 Way Tag Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Jun Kasai Vs Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Danshoku Dino & Saki Akai Vs Gota Ihashi & Suguru Miyatake

DDT brings its Anywhere Pro Wrestling to Izuguranparu Park, the largest location yet for their street wrestling antics.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE GIRLS BATTLE 2015 ROUND 4”, 18/04/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Biishiki-gun Vs Bust Deluxe: Saki Akai & Ai Shimizu Vs Nonoko & Akane Miura
2. Miyu Yamashita Vs KANNA

KANNA wants to prove she is not beneath Miyu Yamashita’s level after they lost to Biishiki-gun on the last show. Yamshita has beaten KANNA in all five singles match they’ve had in Tokyo Joshi.

With the formation of Biishiki-gun, Saki Akai is making enemies everywhere in Tokyo Joshi Pro. She and Ai Shimizu have now been challenged by Bust Deluxe after Akai called both of them pigs.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “RAISING AN ARMY ANNIVERSARY”, 18/04/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. You Can Bet The Name Of Yoshino: Osamu Namiguchi Vs Kotaro Yoshino
2. Special Single Match: GENTARO Vs Chikara
3. Special Tag Match: Ken Ohka & Yumehito Imanari Vs Shibata & Tomoya Kawamura

Ganpuro’s feud with Union Pro took a turn when Shibata, a fighter who has been involved with Ganpuro for almost a year turned his back on the company. Shibata believes Ganpuro lacks the fiery passion Ken Ohka often claims it has.

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Right To Challenge Returns

March 9, 2015

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM SPECIAL! 2015 ~TELETAMA BROADCASTING 1ST ANNIVERSARY~”, 21/03/2015
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

0. Dark Match: Kazusada Higuchi & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Ryota Nakatsu & Kota Umeda
1. Yasu Urano & Akito Vs Tomoya & Shunma Katsumata
2. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake
3. Teletama Presents Infomercial Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & MIKAMI Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & DJ Nira
4. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Do It Or Die! – Special Single Match: Aja Kong (c) Vs Saki Akai
5. Eat Or Be Eaten! – Special Single Match: HARASHIMA Vs Tetsuya Endo
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao (c) Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) Vs Yoshihiko

Saki Akai gets one more good shot at regaining the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title from Aja Kong. That is if Kong is still the champion.

The winning team in the dark match will qualify for the Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Battle Royal on 29/3.

DDT “JUDGEMENT 2015”, 29/03/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. King Of Dark Title: Gota Ihashi Vs Gorgeous Matsuno
1. Toru Owashi & Hoshitango Vs MIKAMI & Shunma Katsumata
2. Sanshiro Takagi 20th Anniversary Falls Count Anywhere Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Jun Kasai Vs Kota Ibushi & Suguru Miyatake
3. Next KO-D Tag Team Titles Challenger Final: Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi
4. Next KO-D Openweight Title Challenger And Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Battle Royal: HARASHIMA Vs Yasu Urano Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Daisuke Sasaki Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Soma Takao Vs Antonio Honda Vs Konosuke Takeshita Vs Tetsuya Endo Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs DJ Nira Vs Hiroshi Fukuda Vs X Vs X
5. DDT Extreme Title: X (c) Vs Akito
*X is Shiori Asahi.
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (c) Vs Danshoku Dino & Super Sasadango Machine

The time has come for my favourite DDT match to take place again. The Right To Challenge Battle Royal is a combined Royal Rumble and Ladder Match. The winner of the Rumble portion becomes the No. 1 Contender for the KO-D Openweight Title. However there are usually extra prizes hanging over the ring which is where the ladder comes in. In recent years the prize has been Money In The Bank style contracts that allow the holder to get a title match at any show they want. However there are also extra stipulations used to keep the contract holder on his toes. For example, last year the contract could change hands like a title if the holder was directly defeated in any match he wrestled in. The rules change or get altered every year so we won’t know for sure what the prizes and conditions are until right after the match.

The Drift Vs Shuten-dōji feud has extended itself into the regular tag team division. The two sides will collide again with a future KO-D Tag Team Title shot on the line.

Sanshiro Takagi will celebrate 20 years in wrestling with a good old fashion Falls Count Anywhere Match.

I think this is the first time anywhere a champion has been labelled as X.

HARD HIT “~NEVER GIVE UP~”, 04/04/2015
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Kenta Hattori Vs Kouki Iwasaki
2. Nobuhiro Tsurumaki Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
3. Takafumi Ito Vs Hiroshi Kobayashi
4. Shuichiro Katsumura Vs Masaharu Tsuchihashi
5. Hikaru Sato & HARASHIMA Vs Ryo Kawamura & KEI Yamamiya
6. Mitsuya Nagai Vs Takaku Fuke

Hard Hit returns with a Dradition Vs Pancrase main event.

KEI Yamamiya is from the GRABAKA gym and is a former King Of Pancrase Light Heavyweight Champion. Nobuhiro Tsurumaki is representing Super FMW.

Yukio Sakaguchi will also be in action.

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Gorgeous Night, Saitama Slam, Golden Union

March 5, 2015

DDT “GORGEOUS NIGHT ~GANBAROU FUKUSHIMA~”, 15/03/2015
Fukushima National Athletic Meet Commemoration Gymnasium

1. Daisuke Sasaki Vs Kota Umeda
2. Yasu Urano & Shunma Katsumata Vs MIKAMI & Keisuke Ishii
3. Saki Akai Vs Shoko Nakajima
4. Sanshiro Takagi & Suguru Miyatake Vs Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi
5. HARASHIMA & Akito Vs Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
6. Gorgeous Matsuno, Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Tomomitsu Matsunaga

DDT and Gorgeous Matsuno come to Fukushima four years after the Great East Japan Earthquake to celebrate the reconstruction efforts that have taken place in the region since then.

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM SPECIAL! 2015 ~TELETAMA BROADCASTING 1ST ANNIVERSARY~”, 21/03/2015
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

1. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao (c) Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi
2. KO-D Openweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) Vs Yoshihiko

Team Dream Futures are the new KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions but Shuten-dōji were quick to get their rematch for the belts.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE GIRLS BATTLE 2015 ROUND 3”, 22/03/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Miyu Yamashita & KANNA Vs Saki Akai & Ai Shimizu

Saki Akai is not impressed with the looks of the Tokyo Joshi roster. With Ai Shimizu working as her servant Akai will face Miyu Yamashita & KANNA in what looks like the start of a new rivalry.

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2015”, 29/04/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Union MAX Title: FUMA (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa

With Isami Kodaka taken care of, FUMA has now set his sights on the biggest dog in Union. Sounds impressive but the Union MAX Champion has Kazushi Miyamoto & SAGAT in his corner to do the dirty work.

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DDT “SWEET DREAMS 2015” Results

January 25, 2015

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DDT “SWEET DREAMS 2015”, 25/01/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,000 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

0. Dark Match: Hoshitango defeated Hiroshi Fukuda with a Hip Drop (3:21).
1. Road To KO-D 6 Man Tag: KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi defeated Gorgeous Matsuno, Gota Ihashi & DJ Nira when KUDO pinned Ihashi with the Diving Double Knee Drop (6:53).
2. Road To Iron Man Battle Royal: Hikaru Sato defeated Shunma Katsumata with a Half Crab (9:06).
Order Of Elimination: Saki Akai, Bernard Ackah, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Yasu Urano, Soma Takao, Shunma Katsumata.
3. Road To Super TLC: MIKAMI & Shuji Ishikawa defeated Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Ire and Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake when Ishikawa pinned Miyatake with the Splash Mountain (10:40).
4. Road To Akebono Army Vs Yoshihiko Army: Antonio Honda & Great Kojika (w/ Yoshihiko) defeated Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata when Kojika pinned Hirata with the Choke Slam (11:13).
5. Road To Kazushi Sakuraba: Super Sasadango Machine defeated Sanshiro Takagi with a School Boy (4:14).
6. DDT Extreme Title – No Rope Escape Match: Akito (c) defeated Makoto Oishi with the rope assisted Triangle Scorpion (15:01).
*V5 for Akito.
7. Just Before Saitama Super Arena – Super Special 6 Man Tag Match: Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi defeated HARASHIMA, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo when Sekimoto pinned Endo with the Deadlift German Suplex (23:51).

With three weeks to go until DDT takes over the Community section of Super Saitama Arena, the company held a big preview show over at Korakuen Hall. Many of the matches today gives us an idea of what to expect in Saitama next month.

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In the main even the KO-D Openweight Champion and KO-D Tag Team Champions banded together to face their challengers in a 6-Man Tag. HARASHIMA has been getting the better of Kota Ibushi in their recent tag matches but Ibushi is ever so slightly winding up the champion with mind games. Meanwhile Happy Motels got the opportunity to measure up against the Strong BJ team of Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi before their big title match. The challengers rallied together and defeated the champions but it wasn’t easy. HARASHIMA hit the Somato to Ibushi on the apron. But a Swan Dive into the ring was caught by Okabayashi and ended with HARASHIMA being driven into the mat with a Spinebuster. Konosuke Takeshita gave Sekimoto the Blue Thunder and left it up to Tetsuya Endo to finish him. However Sekimoto recovered and hit Endo with a big Lariat for a nearfall. He then gave Endo the Deadlift German Suplex and this time he got the pin.

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Ibushi continued the mind games after the match when he offered a handshake to HARASHIMA. The champion didn’t want to be tricked again so he stuck his hand out in the shape of scissors. However as he did that Ibushi immediately changed his hand into rock. HARASHIMA changed his hand to paper but Ibushi switched to scissors. The two continued playing Rock Paper Scissors with Ibushi winning every hand and HARASHIMA getting noticeably more irritated. Amon Tsurumi stepped in and said he is looking forward to seeing great matches at “SAITAMA SUPER DDT 2015”.

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Akito faced Makoto Oishi in a No Rope Break Match with the DDT Extreme Title on the line. With no rope breaks in effect tightly locked submissions were now more dangerous. Both wrestlers had to physically drag themselves out of the ring to have any chance of escaping some of the holds applied during the match. Akito used the ropes to his advantage when he applied the Triangle Scorpion and held onto the ropes to apply even more pressure. Oishi tried his best to escape but soon had to give up. Next up for Akito is Shiori Asahi… I mean X.

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Super Sasadango Machine has been studying his chances of beating Kazushi Sakuraba next month. Using a Powerpoint presentation he explained that he had 0% chance of winning. He also remembered that he has now been wrestling for over 10 years and reaching such a milestone should power him up. A victory over Sanshiro Takagi gave him a confidence boost and Sasadango now thinks he has a 25% chance of beating Sakuraba.

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Once again Kazuki Hirata’s Magnum gear was stolen by Antonio Honda. Hirata got brand new GO! glasses to wear but Honda got his hands on them first. Whoever wears the glasses becomes compelled to dance to the Magnum TOKYO theme song. So obviously everybody in the match got to wear the glasses at some point, Great Kojika included. Kojika used the power of the music to clear house and pin Hirata with a Choke Slam.

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A single table, ladder and chair were involved in the Super TLC preview bout. MIKAMI made good use of the ladder while Daisuke Sasaki put Shigehiro Irie through the table. Back in the ring Shuji Ishikawa pinned Suguru Miyatake with the Splash Mountain. Things are only going to get crazier from there in Saitama.

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Saki Akai’s chances of regaining the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title are not looking good. She was the first person eliminated in today’s Battle Royal after a double Clothesline from Tomomitsu Matsunaga and Bernard Ackah. Matsunaga then pinned Ackah afterwards and after that Ackah knocked him out. Near the end Shunma Katsumata was the last one in the ring but he was soon joined by a big surprise. It was the return of Hikaru Sato! Coming down to the UWF Theme, Sato entered the ring carrying the Shield Of Victory Award he won at DEEP’s Saitama Super Arena show on New Year’s Eve. He kicked Katsumata down and tapped him out with a Half Crab all while still posing with the award. Sato took the mic and said he is unbeaten at MMA in Super Saitama Arena and he is now free to go after the Iron Man Title on 15th February.

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Despite not having the Brahman Brothers by his side, Gorgeous Matsuno still had access to the black India Ink to use against Shuten-dōji. Gota Ihashi used the ink to blind Yukio Sakaguchi but Masa Takanashi and KUDO were still there. KUDO hit the Diving Double Knee Drop on Ihashi for the win.

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Hiroshi Fukuda and Hoshitango had an unscheduled dark match during Amon Tsurumi’s opening show announcements. Tsurumi just stood there and spoke while the two men wrestled around him. When they were down Fukuda demanded he should be in the King Of Dark Title match and he would forfeit his spot in the Iron Man Title Rumble to do it. Tsurumi decided that the title match will now be Gota Ihashi & DJ Nira Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & Hoshitango. Fukuda was thrilled with the news until he found out the King Of Dark Title is actually a “Misfortune Championship”. Fukuda asked why would Tsurumi create such a championship? Tsurumi told him to go home.

Zeus will be in the 15/2 Iron Man Title Rumble.

The matches for DNA 3 on 5th February are Shunma Katsumata Vs Kota Umeda, Kouki Iwasaki Vs Kotaro Nasu, Kazusada Higuchi Vs Ryota Nakatsu, Jiro Kuroshio & Tomoya Kawamura Vs Dai Suzuki & Kikutaro and in the main event Suguru Miyatake Vs Yuko Miyamoto.

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Sasadango Vs Sakuraba: Once In A Lunchtime! King Of Dark Title

January 20, 2015

UNION “YUMI NIMO MAKEZU 2015”, 24/01/2015
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. SAGAT & Tomoya Kawamura Vs Goro Jr. & Ryota Nakatsu
2. Ladybeard & Riho Vs Cherry & Ryu Gouma
3. Modoka (w/ Harumi Tachibana) Vs Daichi Kazato
4. Union Fly To Everywhere World Title: Mio Shirai (c) Vs Aoi Ishibashi
5. “Mr. Perfect” Hiroshi Fukuda Comeback & Kazushi ‘s GYM Bodybuilding Circle Reunion Memorial Match: Hiroshi Fukuda & MEN’S Teioh Vs Kazushi Miyamoto & Seiya Morohashi
6. UWA World Tag Team Titles: Isami Kodaka & FUMA (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa & Masato Shibata

Shuji Ishikawa has chosen U-File Camp fighter Masato Shibata as his partner for the UWA World Tag Team Title match. Ishikawa said there are now less big guys in wrestling than there used to be and what’s better in pro wrestling than big guys colliding into each other? So he has picked someone similar in size to himself to be his teammate.

Mio Shirai admitted she doesn’t know a lot about her next challenger Aoi Ishibashi. However, overcoming the odds is what a champion does so Shirai is willing to take the risk of not studying Ishibashi before their match.

DDT “SWEET DREAMS 2015”, 25/01/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Road To Iron Man Battle Royal: Yasu Urano Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Soma Takao Vs Shunma Katsumata Vs Saki Akai Vs Bernard Ackah
2. Road To Kazushi Sakuraba: Super Sasadango Machine Vs Sanshiro Takagi
3. Road To KO-D 6 Man Tag: Gorgeous Matsuno, Gota Ihashi & DJ Nira Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi
4. Road To Super TLC: Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Ire Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake Vs MIKAMI & Shuji Ishikawa
5. Road To Akebono Army Vs Yoshihiko Army: Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Antonio Honda & Great Kojika (w/ Yoshihiko)
6. Just Before Saitama Super Arena – Super Special 6 Man Tag Match: HARASHIMA, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi
7. DDT Extreme Title – No Rope Escape Match: Akito (c) Vs Makoto Oishi

Akito’s reign of technical wrestling over the DDT Extreme Title now brings him into a match where rope escapes are not in effect. He and Makoto Oishi will have to rely on other means to avoid submission holds. Or maybe they both have a few moves up their sleeve that would benefit from rope usage.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “~CHAPTER 2 2ND SEASON~ VOL. 10”, 08/02/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. URRC Vs Erokawa Principle ~No Calories Recording Diet Super Fight~: Angela Ami Vs Kana
2. Let’s Go!! Bedscene!!: Osamu Namiguchi & Tiger Bedscene Vs Yoshihiro Horaguchi & Shinichiro Tominaga
3. Confrontation Of A Dream! Gundan Vs Gundan ~TOP OF THE SUPER ARMY~: Gundan Hitori Vs Ishihara Gundan Man
4. Karate Vs Karate Chop Part 2: Chikara & Yumehito Imanari Vs Kazuhiko Ogasawara & Karate Zebra
5. The Participation Story EPISODE 3 – Moment, Heart, Repeatedly ~ Both Of You, Dance Like You Want To Win!: Ken Ohka & Yukihiro Abe Vs Shota & Tomoya Kawamura

Ganpuro’s ranks have been boosted with the addition of Yukihiro Abe to the roster. Ken Ohka will be relying on him to get some revenge on the turncoat Shota.

UNION, OZ ACADEMY, WAVE, ICE RIBBON “M.I.O 2”, 14/02/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Sonoko Kato & Ryo Mizunami Vs Tsukasa Fujimoto & Miyako Matsumoto
2. Isami Kodaka & Mika Iida Vs Yumi Ohka & Daichi Kazato
3. Four Organisations 4 Way Match: Tsukushi Vs Shu Shibutani Vs Cherry Vs Mayumi Ozaki
4. Fairy Nihonbashi, Dynamite Kansai & Shuji Ishikawa Vs Seiya Morohashi, Mochi Miyagi & Aja Kong
5. Mio Shirai Vs Io Shirai

Naomi Susan noted that the relationship Union now has with Oz Academy, Pro Wrestling WAVE and Ice Ribbon thanks to Shirai’s multi-contract has created some fresh women’s matches in Union.

DDT “SAITAMA SUPER DDT 2015”, 15/02/2015
Saitama Super Arena – Community Arena

0. King Of Dark Title – First Champion Final: Gota Ihashi Vs DJ Nira
0. Dark Match – DNA 6-Man Tag Team Match: Tomoya Kawamura, Dai Suzuki, Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu, Kota Umeda, Kouki Iwasaki
1. Love Of Memory: Danshoku Dino Vs Michael Nakazawa (w/ Shigeru Matsuzaki)
2. Special Single Match: Super Sasadango Machine Vs Kazushi Sakuraba
3. Akebono Army Vs Yoshihiko Army: Akebono, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Yoshihiko, Antonio Honda & Great Kojika
4. Super TLC Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Jun Kasai Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miytake Vs MIKAMI & Shuji Ishikawa
5. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Aja Kong (c) Vs Yasu Urano Vs Soma Takao Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Hoshitango Vs Shunma Katsumata Vs Saki Akai Vs Bernard Ackah Vs Yuto Aijima Vs Makoto Oishi
6. DDT Extreme Title: Akito (c) Vs X
*X is Shiori Asahi.
7. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Gorgeous Matsuno, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi
8. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi
9. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Kota Ibushi

Super Sasadango Machine’s opponent for Saitama Super Arena (the Community Arena, not the giant stadium) is none other than Kazushi Sakuraba! Sasadango’s only knew beforehand that he was getting a “super-heavyweight” opponent. Both men are said to be enthusiastic about the match.

Details have emerged for DDT’s newest… championship? Accomplishment? Reward? Whatever it is, the King Of Dark Title is only defended in dark matches and the first champion will either be Gota Ihashi or DJ Nira. However, the first champion will be whoever loses the match. For you see, the King of Dark is forced to wrestle only in dark matches until they win. Victories by the champion is what causes title changes so I assume defeats count as title defences. It is the championship nobody wants unless you want to wrestle early!

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Union Cam And Out, Saitama Previews

January 8, 2015

DDT “DNA 2”, 09/01/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Dai Suzuki Vs Shota
2. Kouta Umeda Vs Ryuichi Sekine
3. Tomoya Kawamura Vs Jiro Kuroshio
4. Ryota Nakatsu & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Hideki Suzuki & Koji Iwamoto
5. Kazusada Higuchi & Shunma Katsumata Vs Katsuhiko Nakajima & Mitsuhiro Kitamiya
6. Suguru Miyatake Vs Jun Kasai

Suguru Miyatake says he will do his best to go home alive.

UNION “NEW YEAR UNION 2015”, 10/01/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Ryu Gouma Vs Goro Jr.
2. Madoka Vs Ryota Nakatsu
3. Tomoya Kawamura Vs Awamori Man
4. Cam & Out Tag Match: FUMA, Daichi Kazato, SAGAT & Mio Shirai Vs Isami Kodaka, Shuji Ishikawa, Seiya Morohashi & Cherry

The main event will be an elimination tag match with a difference. Wrestlers who get pinned, submitted or counted out are still in the match but must join the other team. The match continues until one team loses all of its members.

Awamori Man is from Ryukyu Dragon Pro Wrestling, an Okinawa based indie.

DDT “DRAMATIC TENPOZAN! 2015”, 11/01/2015
Osaka Port Kumin Center

1. Makoto Oishi Vs Ryota Nakatsu
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan
3. Keisuke Ishii Vs MIKAMI
4. Konosuke Takeshita Vs Tetsuya Endo Vs Shunma Katsumata & Suguru Miyatake
5. New Year’s Annual Rock ‘N’ Roll Death Match: A. YAZAWA Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs DJ Nira Vs Shoichi Uchida
6. HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi

The Rock ‘N’ Roll Death Match returns. There will be beer and music aplenty.

DDT “DRAMATIC KAIYUKAN! 2015”, 12/01/2015
Osaka Port Kumin Center

0. Dark Match: Kazusada Higuchi Vs Ryota Nakatsu
1. Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi Vs Suguru Miyatake & DJ Nira
2. Antonio Honda & Tetsuya Endo Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & HAYATA
3. Akito & MIKAMI Vs Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata
4. Konosuke Takeshita Vs Kushinbo Kamen
5. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi
6. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki

Konosuke Takeshita takes on his toughest challenge yet… A wrestling clown!

DDT “ROAD TO SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 9”, 18/01/2015
Saitama Industrial Technology Centre

1. Saki Akai Iron Man Recapture Send Off: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Saki Akai, MIKAMI & Gota Ihashi
2. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Shunma Katsumata
3. Shigehiro Irie Vs DJ Nira
4. Konosuke Takeshita Vs Kazuki Hirata
5. Infomercial Match: Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi Vs Antonio Honda & Tetsuya Endo
6. KUDO & Masa Takanashi Vs Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao
7. HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito Vs Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake

Saki Akai is preparing to win back the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title from Aja Kong. A few of the others are going to help out with a tune up match.

DDT “SWEET DREAMS 2015”, 25/01/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Road To KO-D 6 Man Tag: Gorgeous Matsuno, Gota Ihashi & DJ Nira Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi
2. Road To Super TLC: Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Ire Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake Vs MIKAMI & Shuji Ishikawa
3. Road To Akebono Army Vs Yoshihiko Army: Antonio Honda & Great Kojika (w/ Yoshihiko) Vs Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
4. Just Before Saitama Super Arena – Super Special 6 Man Tag Match: HARASHIMA, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi
5. DDT Extreme Title: Akito (c) Vs Makoto Oishi

A few previews of “SAITAMA SUPER DDT 2015” fill up the next Korakuen Hall show.

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