Dramatic DDT

DDT “SNAKE WORLD REINCARNATION FINAL ~ POISON SAWADA JULIE FOREVER”, 25/11/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,779 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

0. Dark Match: Hoshitango defeated Taichi Kazato with the Midnight Buenos Aires (4:53).
1. Castle Siege Death Match – Final Chapter: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiri Irie & Takao Soma defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Makoto Oishi & Akito (5:39).
2. Yasu Urano, Hikaru Sato & Gorgeous Matsuno defeated Masa Takanashi, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yukio Sakaguchi when Sato submitted MatsunG with the Cross Armbreaker (8:41).
3. Danshoku Dino & DJ Nira defeated Michael Nakazawa & Hiroshi Fukuda when Nira pinned Fukuda after the Danshoku Driver (6:43).
4. Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Gota Ihashi defeated Yuji Hino, Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki when Ihashi pinned Honda with the Frog Splash (10:17).
5. KO-D Openweight Title: El Generico (c) defeated MIKAMI with the Brainbustaaaaahhhhh!!!!! (16:30).
*V2 for El Generico.
6. Poison Sawada JULIE Retirement Match: Hiro Tsumaki, Tetsuya Endo & Konosuke Takeshita defeated Poison Sawada JULIE, Takatoge & JARASHIMA when Takeshita pinned JULIE with the Touchdown (10:57).

Poison Sawada JULIE has retired from wrestling after 24 years of sleaze. Vipers, poison, the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title, snake magic, petrification, cloning, scorpions, feuds with karate dojos, time travel, a match against Masahiro Chono, J-Pop tribute acts and more. Poison Sawada had done it all in the Japanese wrestling scene. But his time has finally come to an end and efforts must be put in place for the new generation of wrestlers to shine, as highlighted by Sawada’s retirement match. Konosuke Takeshita is learning fast and now has two main event wins in a row.

El Generico passed his second defence of the KO-D Openweight Title against a very tough opponent. Generico praised MIKAMI for being a great challenger. The champion was given the chance to select his next opponent for 23rd December. That was when Kenny Omega entered the ring. He told Generico (in Japanese) he was upset with how Generico was able to quickly achieve goals that Omega couldn’t do during his 4 year stay in DDT. Generico was able to beat Kota Ibushi before Omega could. Generico was able to win the KO-D Title before Omega could. Generico simply replied by saying “I don’t speak Japanese.” Nevertheless, he chose Kenny Omega to be his next challenger.

It can now safely be said that Antonio Honda has a case of kleptomania. This time around, Honda stole leg guards from Kota Ibushi and Kenny Omega, items that would surely fetch a neat price online. The Golden Lovers were able to take their items back thanks to Gota Ihashi, who scored a big win and possibly discovered a suitable finisher in the form of the Frog Splash. Honda’s kleptomania flared up again after the match when he stole a briefcase from Tsurumi Amon. The briefcase contains something valuable that Amon was going to reveal to the DDT fans on 23/12. Honda then said he will sell the briefcase on Yahoo Auctions without knowing what is inside it.

Sanshiro Takagi then appeared to call Honda a thief. As punishment for his actions, the Monster Army would have to face Takagi plus a special tag team on 23/12. A video message then came up on the screen. It was Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima! They heard about Honda’s thievery and wanted to stop him. Tenzan’s message to Honda was “You’re under arrest, idiot!” and Kojima referred to themselves as the COZY Heaven Police Force. So it will be Sanshiro Takagi and TenKoji versus the Monster Army on 23/12!

For getting the pinfall on Match #3, DJ Nira earned the most valuable of prizes DDT can offer… an automatic Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title shot. Speaking of that belt, current champion Yoshiaki Fujiwara will return to DDT on 3rd January next year.

From what I have seen from translations and pictures posted online, the Castle Siege Death Match was sort of like a pro wrestling remake of DOTA/League Of Legends style video games. The Takagi Army and Team Drift each had a castle of stacked chairs to defend, one on the north stage of Korakuen Hall and one on the southside. There were also two smaller “towers” of stacked chairs inside the ring. Takagi hired a garrison of 15 people to defend his castle. Team Drift only hired one person, Toru Owashi! In a battle that saw a lot of chairs collapse, Team Drift were victorious in the end. Shigehiro Irie is said to have hurt his neck during the match. The injury happened when Irie gave Takagi the Vertical Drop Back Flip over on the north stage.

The next Hard Hit show has been announced to take place on 24th February in Shin-Kiba 1st RING. The show will have a youth theme to it.