DDT48 Card, Hurricane Sky Love, Osaka Bay Blues

August 24, 2012

DDT “DDT48 GENERAL ELECTION 2012 ~ASK FIRST SPECIAL~”, 26/08/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match – Furious Battle Royal: Makoto Oishi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Saint Rion Vs Choun-Shiryu Vs Shoichi Uchida Vs Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan Vs Goro Jr.
1. Tetsuya Endo & Konosuke Takeshita Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & Taichi Kozato
2. 5 Vs 2 Handicap Match: Kengo Ohka & Mio Shirai Vs Gorgeous Matsuno, Hideki Shiota, Michael Nakazawa, Batten Tamagawa & Gota Ihashi
3. KUDO & Akito Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Isami Kodaka
4. No. 1 Contendership For KO-D Tag Team Title – 3 Way Match: Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda Vs Hshitango & Masa Takanashi Vs Seiya Morohashi & Ken Ohka
5. Cherry Vs NOZOMI
6. Keisuke Ishii Vs Takao Soma
7. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Yuji Hino
8. MIKAMI Vs Yoshihiko
9. Danshoku Dino Vs DJ Nira
10. Special Tag Match: Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs HARASHIMA & Hikaru Sato
11. DDT Extreme Title: Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie

Both Cherry and Gota Ihashi have recovered from their illnesses and are now healthy enough to wrestle on the card. Cherry’s match with NOZOMI goes ahead as planned while Ihashi joins the team with the numbers advantage in the Handicap Match.

DDT “HURRICANE SKY LOVE”, 02/09/2012
Nagoya Telepia Hall

1. MIKAMI Vs Makoto Oishi
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs KUDO & Gota Ihashi
3. Kota Ibushi & Mr. #6 Vs Danshoku Dino & DJ Nira

Mr. #6 returns to team with the KO-D Champion!

DDT “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL 2012”, 16/09/2012
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2

1. Kota Ibushi & Konosuke Takeshita Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Yuji Hino
2. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Yoshiaki Fujiwara (c) Vs Danshoku Dino
3. Michael Nakazawa Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
4. KO-D Tag Team Title: MIKAMI & Tatsumi Fujinami Vs Winners Of 26/08 3 Way Tag Match

Yoshiaki Fujiwara Vs Danshoku Dino will still take place with or without the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title on the line. If Fujiwara is still the champion, the match will be for the title.

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Ibushi Vs Generico For The KO-D Title, DDT Extreme Title Match Back On

August 19, 2012

DDT “DDT48 GENERAL ELECTION 2012 ~ASK FIRST SPECIAL~”, 26/08/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match – Furious Battle Royal: Makoto Oishi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Saint Rion Vs Choun-Shiryu Vs Shoichi Uchida Vs Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan Vs Goro Jr.
1. Tetsuya Endo & Konosuke Takeshita Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & Taichi Kozato
2. 4 Vs 2 Handicap Match: Kengo Ohka & Mio Shirai Vs Gorgeous Matsuno, Hideki Shiota, Michael Nakazawa & Batten Tamagawa
3. KUDO & Akito Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Isami Kodaka
4. No. 1 Contendership For KO-D Tag Team Title – 3 Way Match: Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda Vs Hshitango & Masa Takanashi Vs Seiya Morohashi & Ken Ohka
5. Keisuke Ishii Vs Takao Soma
6. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Yuji Hino
7. MIKAMI Vs Yoshihiko
8. Danshoku Dino Vs DJ Nira
9. Special Tag Match: Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs HARASHIMA & Hikaru Sato
10. DDT Extreme Title: Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie

Every match except the main event and semi-main event will have a 10 minute time limit.

Shuji Ishikawa Vs Shigehiro Irie for the DDT Extreme Title finally takes place after the match was originally delayed in July when Ishikawa was diagnosed with rubella.

The winners of the 3 Way Tag Team match will get a KO-D Tag Team Title shot against MIKAMI & Tatsumi Fujinami on 16th September in Osaka.

Cherry Vs NOZOMI was also scheduled for this show but it has been cancelled due to Cherry’s illness. If Cherry recovers in time then the match will go ahead. If not, NOZOMI will be put into a different match.

DDT “WHO’S GONNA TOP? 2012 ~ DDT48 GENERAL ELECTION LAST DAY”, 30/09/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. KO-D Openweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) Vs El Generico

DDT was quick to decide who was next to face Kota Ibushi for the KO-D Openweight Championship. El Generico approached Tsurumi Amon backstage at Budokan Hall before the main event to challenge the winner of Ibushi Vs Kenny Omega for the title. Ibushi, looking to avenge his comeback defeat to Generico back in April, accepted the challenge shortly after winning the match. At the press conference in Shinjuku, Generico talked about all the matches he had against Ibushi in the past and after seeing Ibushi Vs Omega, wondered what it will take for him to beat Ibushi again. He also called both of the Golden Lovers amazing wrestlers. Ibushi admitted he did a lot of crazy things in that match but thinks he does not have to go up to that dangerous level again to beat Generico. Ibushi also talked about Omega being hurt after their match. He said Omega’s body is battered but he did not suffer any serious injury.

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Ibushi Wins IWGP Jr. Title Again

July 29, 2012

NJPW “40TH ANNIVERSARY LAST REBELLION”, 29/07/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,040 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kota Ibushi defeated Low Ki (c) with the Phoenix Splash (19:30).
*Low Ki fails in V2. Kota Ibushi becomes the 64th IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion!

Kota Ibushi returned to New Japan today to challenge Low Ki for the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship, the title he had to vacate back in September 2011 after a shoulder injury. With Kenny Omega, Daisuke Sasaki and Michael Nakazawa in his corner, Ibushi fought tooth and nail with Low Ki. The champ dodged Ibushi’s Quebrada outside the ring and later applied an upside down Dragon Sleeper hanging from the top rope. Ibushi recovered and hit the Quebrada a second time. Feet were flying from both wrestlers as their kick heavy offence came into play. Low Ki avoided the Sit Down Last Ride and tried to finish the match with the Phoenix Splash. But Ibushi rolled out of the way and struck Low Ki with the Cartwheel Overhead Kick. Ibushi landed his own Phoenix Splash to pin Low Ki and win the IWGP Jr. Title for the second time. Afterwards, KUSHIDA came out to challenge the new champion.

The big victory continues Ibushi’s path of success since returning from injury. His next big challenge is Kenny Omega at the DDT 15th Anniversary Show in Budokan Hall.

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DDT “ROAD TO BUDOKAN 2012” Results

July 22, 2012

DDT “ROAD TO BUDOKAN 2012”, 22/07/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,513 Fans – Super No Vacancy

0. Dark Match: Tsukasa Fujimoto & Mio Shirai defeated Hiroshi Fukuda & Choun-Shiryu when Fujimoto pinned Fukuda with the Tsukadora (5:22).
1. 12-Man Tag Team Match: Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Akito, Poison JULIE Sawada, Rion Mizuki, Tetsuya Endo & DJ Nira defeated Yuji Hino, Yasu Urano, Antonio Honda, Masa Takanashi, Daisuke Sasaki & Hoshitango when Endo pinned Honda with the Moonsault Press (10:30).
2. Sanshiro Takagi, Takao Soma & Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Hikaru Sato, Michael Nakazawa & Tanomusaku Toba when Sakaguchi submitted Nakazawa with the Jumping Cross Armlock (7:58).
3. KO-D Tag Team Title: KUDO & Makoto Oishi (c) defeated Shigehiro Irie & Keisuke Ishii when KUDO pinned Ishii with the Diving Double Knee Drop (9:21).
*V3 for KUDO & Makoto Oishi.
4. MIKAMI Return Match: Tatsumi Fujinami defeated MIKAMI with a Bow And Arrow Hold (7:01).
5. Hardcore Match: Shuji Ishikawa defeated HARASHIMA with the Splash Mountain onto a chair (16:57).
6. Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega defeated Danshoku Dino & YOSHIHIKO when Omega pinned YOSHIHIKO with the Two Storey Croyt’s Wrath (21:24).

The Golden Lovers teamed together to defeat their most infamous opponents just one month before Kota Ibushi and Kenny Omega will battle each other on the biggest stage in DDT history. Danshoku Dino and YOSHIHIKO knew how serious this match was. YOSHIHIKO wrestled the match dressed as Warsman, the character beloved by Kinnikuman fans for his ruthless abilities. However, the comnbined powers of Ibushi and Omega were too much and Omega defeated YOSHIHIKO with the Croyt’s Wrath to Dino with YOSHIHIKO on top of Dino’s shoulders. Afterwards, Omega thanked everyone involved for the great match. He said he wants to enjoy the rest of his matches before the 15th Anniversary Show in Budokan Hall because he knows his match with Ibushi there will be a war.

Celebrations were then interrupted when a challenge was thrown at Danshoku Dino. Unknown to everybody in attendence, the Invisible Man entered the ring and demanded to face Dino at Budokan Hall! Dino said he couldn’t see where he was, not even his butt. Nevertheless, Dino accepted the challenge. That’s right, Budokan Hall will see Danshoku Dino Vs The Invisible Man!

After losing to Shuji Ishikawa in a Hardcore Match, HARASHIMA announced his tag team partner to face Ishikawa & Ryuji Ito at the 15th Anniversary Show. HARASHIMA’s partner will be New Japan’s Unchained Gorilla, Togi Makabe!

Even though KUDO & Makoto Oishi won their third straight defence of the KO-D Tag Titles, it came at a price. Oishi had to be stretchered away from ringside after Keisuke Ishii gave him an RKO onto the floor outside the ring.

An update of the Bolivia Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title Tour was read out to the crowd. Dick Togo was the champion but he lost it to Bolivian wrestler AJAYU. AJAYU then lost it to Yuki Sato. Sato then lost it to a local child. Dick Togo then beat the child and is now currently champion.

Daichi Kakimoto announced that he will make his long awaited return to the ring at Budokan Hall! It has been four years since Kakimoto has wrestled when a back injury ended his career. Since then he still worked for DDT eventually becoming the man in charge of the Dropkick Bar. Kakimoto said he had been discouraged so many times but finally reached the point where he could wrestle again. He will compete in the Iron Man Battle Royal and he looks forward to giving someone a German Suplex. Kakimoto said that this is not his return but it will lead to the next step of his career.

Yoshiaki Fujiwara was also announced to compete at the Iron Man Battle Royal.

After losing to Tatsumi Fujinami in his return match, MIKAMI asked Fujinami if they could team together and challenge for the KO-D Tag Team Title in Budokan Hall. Fujinami accepted the offer.

The show began with a 12-Man Tag Team match that saw Tetsuya Endo pick up his first pinfall in his DDT career. Afterwards it was announced that the two teams competing in the Budokan Hall football match were named Crying Wolf and The Familia. Endo will be part of The Familia team.

Sanshiro Takagi invited Muscle Sakai into the ring at the end of the show. He told Sakai that his dark match at Budokan Hall will begin at 3:30 pm and will have a 30 minute time limit. The show itself begins at 4:00 pm so if Sakai’s match is still going on, it will be stopped immediately so the show can properly begin.

The DDT48 General Election returns for a third year beginning at the end of August. Voting begins on 26th August. and ends on 30th September. The results will be announced on 3rd October.

A bunch of Anywhere Pro Wrestling shows are being scheduled after the 15th Anniversary show. A match will be held in Ohama Beach, Kanagawa on 22nd August, the Campsite Pro Wrestling will take place on 9th September and DDT will appear at rock festival in Aomori on 22nd September.

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Final “ROAD TO BUDOKAN 2012” Card

July 16, 2012

DDT “ROAD TO BUDOKAN 2012”, 22/07/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match: Tsukasa Fujimoto & Mio Shirai Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & Choun-Shiryu
1. 12-Man Tag Team Match: Yuji Hino, Yasu Urano, Antonio Honda, Masa Takanashi, Daisuke Sasaki & Hoshitango Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Akito, Poison JULIE Sawada, Rion Mizuki, Tetsuya Endo & DJ Nira
2. Sanshiro Takagi, Takao Soma & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Hikaru Sato, Michael Nakazawa & Tanomusaku Toba
3. KO-D Tag Team Title: KUDO & Makoto Oishi (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie & Keisuke Ishii
4. MIKAMI Return Match: MIKAMI Vs Tatsumi Fujinami
5. Hardcore Match: HARASHIMA Vs Shigehiro Irie
6. Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega Vs Danshoku Dino & YOSHIHIKO

This will be the first time the entire Monster Army has been together since forming.

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HARASHIMA Vs Irie Goes Hardcore, Ibushi Vs Kotoge In NOAH, Budokan Card Almost Complete

July 12, 2012

DDT “ROAD TO BUDOKAN 2012”, 22/07/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. MIKAMI Return Match: MIKAMI Vs Tatsumi Fujinami
2. Sanshiro Takagi, Takao Soma & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Hikaru Sato, Michael Nakazawa & Tanomusaku Toba
3. Hardcore Match: HARASHIMA Vs Shigehiro Irie
4. KO-D Tag Team Title: KUDO & Makoto Oishi (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie & Keisuke Ishii
5. Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega Vs Danshoku Dino & YOSHIHIKO

The rivalry between HARASHIMA and Shigehiro Irie has been bubbling up the last couple of months. The two had to be seperated after HARASHIMA’s victory over Irie at the April Korakuen Hall show. Then a rematch in the King Of DDT tournament saw HARASHIMA win again, this time by knockout. Now the grudge will go a step higher when the two meet in a Hardcore match later this month. That won’t even be the last time these two will face each other. As you will see below.

NOAH “GREAT VOYAGE 2012 IN RYOGOKU”, 22/07/2012
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. Starting Point Revolution ~ Classmates Confrontation: Taiji Ishimori Vs Masa Takanashi
5. Special Singles Match – NOAH Vs DDT: Atsushi Kotoge Vs Kota Ibushi

Kota Ibushi’s opponent for his return to Pro Wrestling NOAH has been confirmed to be Atsushi Kotoge. The former Osaka Pro wrestler now calls NOAH his home promotion and this match will be one of his biggest challenges since making the switch.

DDT “BUDOKAN PETER PAN 2012 ~ DDT 15TH ANNIVERSARY”, 18/08/2012
Tokyo Nippon Budokan

0. Special Dark Match: Muscle Sakai Vs X
1. Konosuke Takeshita Debut Match: Konosuke Takeshita Vs El Generico
2. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Royal Rumble: Choun-Shiryu (c) Vs Toru Owashi Vs Mio Shirai Vs Batten Tamagawa Vs X
3. Tag Team Gauntlet:
4. 5 Vs 5 Soccer Match: X, X, X, X & X Vs X, X, X, X & X
5. Special Singles Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Minoru Suzuki
6. Special Tag Team Match: HARASHIMA & X Vs Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie
7. KO-D Tag Team Title: KUDO & Makoto Oishi (c) Vs X
8. KO-D Openweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) Vs Kenny Omega

HARASHIMA will have to face Irie again when the 15th Anniversary Show rolls around. This time Irie will have Shuji Ishikawa by his side for a big tag team match. HARASHIMA will have to spend a long time thinking who will be the best wrestler to fight BIG “G” BANG with him.

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BJW/Union, First Budokan Matches Revealed

July 9, 2012

BJW/UNION, 18/07/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. The Talent Of The Old Brilliant Young Man: Great Kojika & Cherry Vs Masashi Otani & Hiroshi Fukuda
2. Bottom Line Is To Whether Or Not To Give Up Life: Jaki Numazawa & Big Rude Vs Yuji Okabayashi & Hoshitango
3. Takagi To Isami Yes Or No: Abdullah Kobayashi & Isami Kodaka Vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Kengo Ohka (Special Guest Ref: Sanshiro Takagi)
4. Intersection Of The Dump Truck With A Broken Brake: Yoshihito Sasaki Vs Shigehiro Irie
5. Lead The Rogue Dragon? – Hardcore Match: Ryuji Ito Vs Ken Ohka
6. Who Is Noticeable? Who Is Barking? Who Will Win? I Was Right!: Shinya Ishikawa, Kazuki Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani Vs Isami Kodaka, Hiro Tsumaki & Taichi Kazato
7. DDT Extreme Title: Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa

A lot of bizarre names are being used as match titles. I’m sure that I mistranslated a bunch of them but the Engrish is quite fitting I think.

The gimmick match for the main event hasn’t been confirmed yet. However, there are rumours it will be a death match involving vipers, scorpions, lighttubes and roses.

DDT “ROAD TO BUDOKAN 2012”, 22/07/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. MIKAMI Return Match: MIKAMI Vs Tatsumi Fujinami
2. Sanshiro Takagi, Takao Soma & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Hikaru Sato, Michael Nakazawa & Tanomusaku Toba
3. KO-D Tag Team Title: KUDO & Makoto Oishi (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie & Keisuke Ishii
4. Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega Vs Danshoku Dino & YOSHIHIKO

YOSHIHIKO has been waken from his slumber and will be dusted off in preparation for a major main event rematch in Korakuen Hall. Over three years since their last epic battle, Hell’s Grave Digger Doll teams up with Danshoku Dino to collide with the Golden Lovers once more.

DDT “BUDOKAN PETER PAN 2012 ~ DDT 15TH ANNIVERSARY”, 18/08/2012
Tokyo Nippon Budokan

0. Special Dark Match: Muscle Sakai Vs X
1. Konosuke Takeshita Debut Match: Konosuke Takeshita Vs El Generico
2. Special Singles Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Minoru Suzuki
3. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Choun-Shiryu (c) Vs X
4. 5 Vs 5 Soccer Match: X, X, X, X & X Vs X, X, X, X & X
5. KO-D Openweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) Vs Kenny Omega

The 5 Vs 5 Soccer match is taking place because of the Captain Tsubasa involvement Sanshiro Takagi set up earlier this month. DDT held a game of football back in April 2009 between the Italian Four Horsemen and Louis Takanashi XIV’s French side. The game was played in the ring with a beach ball and ended in a 5-5 draw after extra time.

Konosuke Takeshita is the newest addition to the DDT roster. He will be making his debut against the world renowned El Generico.

Tatsumi Fujinami and Yuzuki Aikawa are also expected to compete at the show.

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Road To Takamatsu, MIKAMI VS The Dragon, Masa’s Road To Origin

July 5, 2012

DDT “ROAD TO BUDOKAN IN TAKAMATSU ~DRAMATIC DREAM PONDS~”, 16/07/2012
Takamatsu Symbol Tower

1. Michael Nakazawa Vs Batten Tamagawa
2. Yuji Hino Vs Takao Soma
3. Kota Ibushi & KUDO Vs HARASHIMA & Keisuke Ishii

Also competing at this event will be Sanshiro Takagi, Danshoku Dino, Yasu Urano, Makoto Oishi, Masa Takanashi, Tetsuya Endo, Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki, DJ Nira and more.

DDT “ROAD TO BUDOKAN 2012”, 22/07/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. MIKAMI Return Match: MIKAMI Vs Tatsumi Fujinami

MIKAMI was asked by DDT who he wanted to face in his first match since tearing his rotator cuff at the end of 2011. MIKAMI unexpectedly chose the legendary Tatsumi Fujinami, who is expected to appear at DDT’s Budokan Hall show next month. After some extra negotiations, Fujinami accepted MIKAMI’s request and will compete in the match at DDT’s last show in Korakuen Hall before the big event.

NOAH “GREAT VOYAGE 2012 IN RYOGOKU”, 22/07/2012
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

Road To Origin: Taiji Ishimori Vs Masahiro Takanashi

A special opportunity has opened up for Masa Takanashi as he is set to face Taiji Ishimori in NOAH at Sumo Hall. Masa and Taiji came into wrestling together as classmates in the Ultimo Dragon Gym. While Ishimori went on to be the centrepiece of the failed Toryumon X brand, Masa never debuted and flunked out of the system. Since then their paths led them in very different directions with Takanashi finding his home in DDT while Ishimori eventually navigated his way into NOAH. To mark the occassion, this match has been titled Road To Origin and Masa will wrestle under the name Masahiro Takanashi, which he originally used in the beginning of his career.

Kota Ibushi will also take part in the show, marking his first appearance in NOAH since July 2009.

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Three Total Worlds, New Year’s Eve, Whose Anniversary Is It Anyway?

June 28, 2012

A press conference was held in Dropkick Bar today to announce a list of different shows taking place in Hakata Star Lanes on 16th December. Sanshiro Takagi was in attendence representing DDT along with Big Japan owner Eiji Tosaka and TAKA Michinoku of K-DOJO. Together they announced that on that day, Big Japan will host a show in the morning, DDT will hold a show in the afternoon and K-DOJO will put on a show in the evening. The series of shows will be held under the title of “Three Total Worlds”.

TAKA then invited K-DOJO wrestler Shiori Asahi into the room. TAKA said that this year will be Asahi’s 10th year in the wrestling business and that he should choose where the ring should be set up inside Hakata Star Lanes. Asahi suggested that they should set up two wrestling rings side by side. He believed that all three promotions are creative enough to come up with good ideas for matches involving two rings. TAKA then pointed out that this year will also be K-DOJO’s 10th Anniversary, which will make this show be even more special.

The talk soon turned to the annual New Year’s Eve show in Korakuen Hall. However, Takagi didn’t seem so eager to participate in this year’s event. He said that they have been doing the show for seven years straight and he has not been able to celebrate the holiday with his family ever since. Tosaka on the other hand said he is looking forward to doing it again. He also said it will be in time for either the 17th or 18th Anniversary of Big Japan. He couldn’t remember which one it was. It was also pointed out that this year is the 40th Anniversary of both New Japan and All Japan. Takagi then remembered that Korakuen Hall celebrated its 50th Anniversary this year too. And just when you think that was all there was to celebrate, Tosaka calculated that if you combine all of the participating promotions’ anniversaries, it adds up to 100 years. So it was decided that the New Year’s Eve show will be held to celebrate the combined 100 year Anniversary of Korakuen Hall and all of the participating promotions. If the double ring idea works in Hakata, they might repeat the concept in Korakuen.

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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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