Ibushi Prepares For Yoshihiko & AJ Styles, Mitomi Masayuki Comeback

March 18, 2015

Kota Ibushi’s run in New Japan just keeps getting better. After winning the New Japan Cup last weekend he now has an IWGP Title against AJ Styles match at Sumo Hall on 5th April. If Ibushi beats Yoshihiko this Saturday then the New Japan main event is guaranteed to be IWGP Champion Vs KO-D Champion, a first for New Japan and DDT’s relationship.

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

So DDT has put up a fact sheet and list of career highlights for Yoshihiko before his KO-D Title match with Ibushi. Apparently Kurt Angle gave plenty of praise when he saw footage of Yoshihiko attacking Ibushi and laying down the challenge. When Ric Flair watched the same clip he just said “This is wrestling!” Also of note is Yoshihiko feels strongly about getting the 5th April IWGP Title shot if he beats Ibushi.

UNION “MARCH OF UNION 2015”, 28/03/2015
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Yuuya Kubo Vs Yuki Sato
2. Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Madoka (w/ Harumi Tachibana)
3. Mio Shirai & Aoi Ishibashi Vs Ryu Gouma & Ladybeard
4. Isami Kodaka Vs Ryota Nakatsu
5. Mitomi Masayuki Comeback: Seiya Morohashi & Tomoya Kawamura Vs Mitomi Masayuki & Daisuke Kanehira
6. Union Fly To Everywhere World Title: Cherry Vs Shu Shibutani
7. FUMA, Kazushi Miyamoto & SAGAT (w/ MEN’S Teioh) Vs Shuji Ishikawa, Masato Shibata & Daichi Kazato

Mitomi Masayuki is back after going through a bad period last December. He was suspended from Union and DDT for bad behaviour on Twitter and then got himself injured while wrestling on a micro indie show a week later. He will be teaming with Daisuke Kanehira from Pro Wrestling HEAT-UP for his comeback.

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Ibushi Shoot Boxing, Honda’s Tiger Rope, Hair & Make Up Match

November 11, 2014

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Kota Ibushi will compete in a shoot boxing exhibition match on 30th November. The event is QueSeraJapon Presents SHOOT BOXING S-cup in Sumo Hall. The plan came together when DDT president Sanshiro Takagi and Shoot Boxing Association chairman Takeshi Caeser met during a magazine interview. Caeser asked Takagi if there were any pro wrestlers who would be a good fit for shoot boxing. Takagi immediately thought of Ibushi due to his karate background. Ibushi thinks it is a fun idea. He gets to introduce shoot boxing to pro wrestling fans and pro wrestling to shoot boxing fans. His opponent is to be determined but Takeshi did consider trying to bring in Kazushi Sakuraba. The event takes place the same day DDT is in Korakuen Hall but Ibushi said he will be on both shows.

DDT “SMILE SQUASH BOX OFFICE ~I WANT TO SEE THE SMILES OF EVERYONE~”, 12/11/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Akito, Kazuki Hirata & FUMA Vs Koji Iwamoto, Shunma Katsumata & Tetsuya Endo
2. Toru Owashi & DJ Nira Vs Makoto Oishi & X
3. Texas Tiger Rope Death Match: Masa Takanashi Vs Antonio Honda
4. 3 Way Tag Team Match: Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi
5. DDT Sumo Tournament Aki-Basho: HARASHIMA, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Konosuke Takeshita, Keisuke Ishii, Michael Nakazawa, Goto Ihashi, Shuji Ishikawa, Daisuke Sekimoto
6. Yasu Urano Vs Kendo Kashin
7. HARASHIMA & Akito Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Togi Makabe

Antonio Honda has demanded his match with Masa Takanashi should be turned into a Texas Tiger Rope Death Match. Honda wants a definitive winner in this match and is treating it like a big blow off match to a longtime rivalry.

DDT “AOBA CASTLE LOVE SONG IN SENDAI 2014”, 23/11/2014
Miyagi Yume Messe West Wing Hall

1. 3 Way Match: Daisuke Sasaki Vs Keisuke Ishii Vs Antonio Honda
2. Makoto Oishi & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo
3. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Michael Nakazawa Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi
4. Kota Ibushi Vs Gorgeous Matsuno
5. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
6. DDT Extreme Title – Catch Wrestling Rules: Akito (c) Vs MIKAMI

DDT “DRAMATIC GRAPHICS NIIGATA 2014”, 24/11/2014
Niigata Toriyano Gymnasium

1. 3 Way Match: Shigehiro Irie Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs DJ Nira
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi Vs Michael Nakazawa & MIKAMI
3. Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao
4. Makoto Oishi Vs Tetsuya Endo
5. Super Sasadango Machine Vs Antonio Honda
6. HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi

DDT “GOD BLESS DDT 2014”, 30/11/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Comprehensive Beauty Trading Company Presents Hair & Make Up Match: X Vs X
2. Dark Match Of Truth – Special Singles Match: Shigehiro Irie Vs Daisuke Sasaki
3. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata (c) Vs Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei & Gorgeous Matsuno
4. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs Makoto Oishi & X
5. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Soma Takao

DDT is being sponsored by a beauty cosmetics company for this show. As part of the sponsorship, there will be a match featuring wrestlers going through a makeover and fighting over who is more beautiful.

DDT, FREEDOMS, APACHE ARMY “KOICHIRO KIMURA MEMORIAL BOX OFFICE”, 08/12/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

A free show dedicated to the late Koichiro Kimura will be held in Shin-Kiba 1st RING. Wrestlers from DDT, FREEDOMS and Apache Army will be involved, including Sanshiro Takagi, MIKAMI, Takashi Sasaki, Tomohiko Hashimoto, NOSAWA Rongai, Daisaku Shimoda, Rikiya Fudo, GENTARO, Naoshi Sano, Kintaro Kanemura and Kazunori Yoshida. Kimura’s family are also expected to attend.

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DDT Dramatic Election 2014 Results

October 1, 2014

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DDT Dramatic Election 2014 Final Standings

1. Kota Ibushi (693 votes)
2. Isami Kodaka (689 votes)
3. HARASHIMA (416 votes)
4. Keisuke Ishii (410 votes)
5. Danshoku Dino (366 votes)
6. Saki Akai (303 votes)
7. Cherry (237 votes)
8. Soma Takao (219 votes)
9. Akito (210 votes)
10. KUDO (209 votes)
11. Kazuki Hirata (207 votes)
– Yasu Urano (207 votes)
13. Antonio Honda (203 votes)
14. Konosuke Takeshita (177 votes)
15. Masa Takanashi (176 votes)
16. Makoto Oishi (174 votes)
17. Yukio Sakaguchi (168 votes)
18. Kenny Omega (158 votes)
– Super Sasadango Machine (158 votes)
20. Tetsuya Endo (150 votes)

21. MIKAMI (144 votes)
22. Daisuke Sasaki (140 votes)
23. Shigehiro Irie (137 votes)
24. Shunma Katsumata (135 votes)

Total Votes Cast: 7,038 votes

The grand prize for Kota Ibushi is 1,000,000 yen and a KO-D Openweight Title shot at Saitama Super Arena on 15th February 2015. The runner up prize for Isami Kodaka is 300,000 yen and a KO-D Title shot on the 26th October Korakuen Hall show. The top 20 wrestlers will make up the main card for that show. The wrestlers ranked from 21st to 24th will participate in the dark match at Korakuen.

Unit Election Final Standings

1. Smile Squash (1,098 votes)
2. Shuten-dōji (1,089 votes)
3. Team Drift (1,086 votes)
4. Golden☆Storm Riders (777 votes)
5. Happy Motel (758 votes)
6. Otoko-Kata-Shinki (602 votes)
7. T2Hide (522 votes)
8. Nira Federation (387 votes)
9. Moratorium’s (252 votes)
10. Goja★Mika (125 votes)
11. Booing (108 votes)

The prize given to Smile Squash for winning the Unit Election is promotional rights to produce a Korakuen Hall show on 12th November.

As punishment for finishing dead last, Booing must now disband.

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The results of this year’s DDT Dramatic General Election was announced to a full Shinjuku FACE crowd of 520 fans. Samurai! TV cameras followed the briefcase as it made its journey towards Shinjuku. Smile Squash won the Unit Election, narrowly beating Shuten-dōji by 9 votes. Team Drift weren’t that far behind either. Nira Federation, the one man unit led by DJ Nira somehow got more votes than Nira did in the singles portion of the election.

Kota Ibushi wins the DDT Election for the second time and he is now guaranteed a KO-D Title shot at Saitama Super Arena next year. Ibushi felt happy that the fans are not sick of seeing him because of his dual contract with DDT and New Japan. When asked what he will do with the cash prize, Ibushi simply said “Yamanote Line Wrestling”. He wants to travel through an entire loop of the Yamanote Line and wrestle somebody at every stop. Sanshiro Takagi said afterwards he’ll talk to Japan Railway about it.

Isami Kodaka finished in 2nd place, losing out to Ibushi by just 4 votes! It was the closest result ever for the contest and a much needed one since most of them have been won by landslides. Despite that, Kodaka still gets a KO-D Title shot later this month and some cash as a reward. HARASHIMA finished 3rd and said he’s looking forward to the Kodaka match. Kodaka said the same but promises he will crush HARASHIMA.

Yukio Sakaguchi now wants to finish his career wrestling for DDT so he will now be affiliated with the company.

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DDT “MEMORIES OF SUMMER VACATION 2014” Results

August 31, 2014

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DDT “MEMORIES OF SUMMER VACATION 2014”, 31/08/2014
Shinjuku FACE
650 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi defeated Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata when Takanashi pinned Katsumata with the Takatonic (7:58).
2. MIKAMI & Gorgeous Matsuno defeated Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga when Matsuno pinned Nakazawa with a Leg Lock Clutch (10:45).
3. Antonio Honda & Hoshitango defeated Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata when Honda pinned Hirata with the Diving Fist Drop (11:13).
4. DJ Nira defeated Daisuke Sasaki with a Modified La Magistral Cradle (12:50).
5. Yasu Urano & Akito defeated Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao when Akito pinned Takao with a Sunset Flip (12:19).
6. Kota Ibushi 10th Anniversary Match: Kota Ibushi, HARASHIMA & Konosuke Takeshita defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Shuji Ishikawa & Gota Ihashi when Ibushi pinned Ihashi with a Reverse Spear Drop (16:12).
7. KO-D Openweight Title Challenger Tournament – Final: Keisuke Ishii defeated Tetsuya Endo with the High Angle Double Arm DDT (17:57).

The next challenger for the KO-D Openweight Title has been decided. Keisuke Ishii defeated Tetsuya Endo in the final of the Young Wrestler Tournament. Ishii had been saying he was statisticly the favourite to win the tournament and he was proven right. However, Ishii’s stats against the champion HARASHIMA are not so good. He waves this off and says he does not care because he has gained a lot of experience and is now confident he can win the title.

Kota Ibushi dropped Gota Ihashi right on his head for the finish of the semi-main event. The match celebrated Ibushi’s 10 years in wrestling but was constantly delayed due to injuries to Ibushi and original participant Taiji Ishimori. The match finally happened today with HARASHIMA in Ishimori’s place. Tsurumi Amon was worried that Ibushi didn’t like the match but Ibushi said it was fun. The Combat Bike from Sumo Hall was used here, Konosuke Takeshita used it to run over Ihashi outside the ring.

Smile Squash scored an upset victory over Team Dream Futures. Tension is building between the two sides when Akito & Yasu Urano attempted to steal Drift’s KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles after the match. An angry Shigehiro Irie was able to stop them from doing so.

DJ Nira won a match! In a result that came out of nowhere, Nira tricked Daisuke Sasaki into letting go of the Crossface Lock and then pinned him with a modified La Magistral Cradle. Earlier in the match Sasaki had Nira trapped in the Crossface Lock but rather than tapping out, Nira instead Rocket Punched the referee.

In Match #3 Antonio Honda stole Kazuki Hirata’s  Magnum HIRATA mask from him and even danced to “Tokyo Go” before hitting the Diving Fist Drop to win.

Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega Vs Michael Nakazawa & Yoshihiko will take place in Osaka on 13th September as part of Ibushi’s 10th Anniversary celebration.

Shun Miyatake (Trainee) announced that he is scheduled to return from injury in October.

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Complete Card For “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2014”

July 22, 2014

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DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2014 ~MAYBE SUMMER WILL CHANGE MY LIFE~”, 17/08/2014
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

0. Dark Match – DDT Vs Union: Daichi Kazato, SAGAT, Mitomi Masayuki & Tomoya Kawamura Vs Hoshitango, Rion Mizuki, Gota Ihashi & Shunma Katsumata
0. Dark Match – Tokyo Women’s Wrestling Offer Match: Miyu Yamashita, Chikage Kiba, KANNA, Shoko Nakajima, Yuka Sakazaki, Erin
1. Yasu Urano & Akito Vs MIKAMI & GENTARO
2. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Akihiro (c) Vs Daisuke Sasaki Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Tetsuya Endo Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Toru Owashi Vs DJ Nira Vs Shiro Koshinaka Vs Nonoko Vs Ai Shimizu Vs FUMA Vs Kizaemon Saiga
3. Saki Akai, Makoto Oishi & Ladybeard Vs Aja Kong, Antonio Honda & Hiroshi Fukuda
4. Street Wrestling Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Jun Kasai Vs Minoru Suzuki & Michael Nakazawa
5. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
6. DDT Extreme Title: Danshoku Dino (c) Vs Muscle Sakai
7. Special Single Match: Kota Ibushi Vs Shuji Kondo
8. Special Single Match: Konosuke Takeshita Vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
9. KO-D Openweight Title – 3 Way Match: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Kenny Omega Vs Isami Kodaka

The card for DDT’s biggest show of the year is now filled up. Due to the double KO on Sunday, HARASHIMA is still the KO-D Openweight Champion yet Kenny Omega still has a claim for a title shot. So Kenny has been added to the HARASHIMA Vs Isami Kodaka main event at Sumo Hall. I think the 3 Way match is sudden death, so HARASHIMA could lose the title without getting pinned.

Kota Ibushi is slowly recovering from the concussion he suffered earlier this month. He has begun to train again in preparation for his return at Sumo Hall. Ibushi was allowed to choose who his opponent will be. He wanted it to be someone he learned a lot from. As a joke he picked sumo wrestler Hakuho Sho, who is currently undefeated in the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. Then he picked Sanshiro Azuma from a manga called Fighting Detectives. Ibushi finally gave a serious answer and decided Shuji Kondo from WRESTLE-1 will be his opponent. Ibushi and Kondo had matches together in dragondoor and El Dorado during 2005 and 2006. They last fought each other at the 2011 “ALL TOGETHER” show. Ibushi believes he developed his style because of his matches with Kondo.

LiLiCo and the Up Up Girls are some of the musical guests appearing on the show.

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Ibushi Pulled From G1, Beer Garden Cards

July 18, 2014

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2014”, 20/07/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. MIKAMI & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Yasu Urano & GENTARO
2. Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi, Super Sasadango & DJ Nira Vs Michael Nakazawa, Kazuki Hirata, Hoshitango & Shunma Katsumata
3. Special Single Match: Isami Kodaka Vs Akito
4. Special 6-Man Tag Team Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Taiji Ishimori & Toru Owashi Vs Shuji Ishikawa, Daisuke Sasaki & Gota Ihashi
5. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles – 3 Way Match: Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
6. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Kenny Omega
*Kenny Omega will cash in his Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.

Unfortunately Kota Ibushi has not recovered from his concussion and has to pull out of more shows. Even worse, Ibushi will no longer be competing in this year’s G1 Climax. The planned 10th Anniversary Match for Sunday has been postponed and several matches on the card have been changed.

GENTARO is a last minute addition to the card, returning to DDT for the first time since August 2012.

DDT “BEER GARDEN WRESTLING – SHUTEN-DOJI DAY”, 28/07/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Summer Feature New Ghost Story Numabukuro Death Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Toru Owashi Vs Hoshitango Vs Yoshiko
2. Yukio Sakaguchi & KUDO Vs Isami Kodaka & FUMA

DDT “BEER GARDEN WRESTLING – KENNY OMEGA, DAISUKE SASAKI AND GOTA IHASHI DAY”, 29/07/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Dramatic Gloves Boxing Match: Gota Ihashi Vs X
2. 5 Way Ladder Match: Daisuke Sasaki Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Antonio Honda Vs SAGAT Vs Goro Jr.

DDT “BEER GARDEN WRESTLING – HAPPY MOTEL DAY”, 30/07/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Superman Comes To Japan!?: USA Offer Match: X Vs X
2. Entetsu Challenge: Tetsuya Endo Vs Kenny Omega

DDT “BEER GARDEN WRESTLING – TEAM DRIFT DAY”, 31/07/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Era Of Lariat Pro Is Over, Next Comes Knee Pro!: Keisuke Ishii Vs Danshoku Dino Vs Antonio Honda Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Jumbo Kiku Vs Riho
2. Soma Takao & Atsushi Aoki Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie

DDT “BEER GARDEN WRESTLING – SMILE SQUASH DAY”, 01/08/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Danshoku Dino Vs Shunma Katsumata
2. 3 Way Match: HARASHIMA Vs Yasu Urano Vs Akito

My favourite time of the year on the DDT calender is Beer Garden week. This is where DDT’s roster are at their most creative because they get to make the matches. So far we have ghost stories, a 5 Way Ladder match, some boxing, the return of Ultimate Superstars Action and a Smile Squash Triple Threat to look forward to. Unfortunately there is no more Lariat Pro Wrestling but in it’s place we get Knee Pro Wrestling. So expect the Boma Ye and Busaiku Knee Kick to be used a lot. There are two shows that have yet to have any matches booked for it. They are the first and final days of the series.

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DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN OSAKA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TSUTENKAKU~” Results

July 13, 2014

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DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN OSAKA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TSUTENKAKU~”, 13/07/2014
Osaka Higashinari Kumin Hall
489 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. 3 Way Match: Makoto Oishi defeated Shoichi Uchida and Tomomitsu Matsunaga when Oishi pinned Matsunaga with the Jikiden Tornado Clutch (9:18).
2. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan when Soma pinned Ecchan with the Gin And Tonic (11:29).
3. Yasu Urano defeated Daisuke Sasaki with a Japanese Leg Lock Clutch (10:48).
4. Kota Ibushi 10th Anniversary Debut Produce – Kickboxing Rules: Kota Ibushi defeated Gota Ihashi and Michael Nakazawa by Knockout (4R 1:57) (Special Referee: Kota Ibushi).
5. Match Must End By Ring Out: Danshoku Dino defeated DJ Nira by Ring Out (1:03:17).
6. HARASHIMA & Akito defeated MIKAMI & Isami Kodaka when HARASHIMA pinned MIKAMI with the Somato (10:58).
7. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo defeated KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi (c) when Honda pinned Takanashi with a Takatonic Crosscut (16:50).
*Shuten-dōji failed in V2. Happy Motel become the 11th KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions!

Happy Motel are the new KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions! The trio’s good fortunes since their formation continued when they defeated Shuten-dōji to win the belts. With this being his first championship in his career, Tetsuya Endo said he lost his championship virginity. No. 1 Contenders Team Dream Futures were at ringside to watch the title match but Antonio Honda had a different idea for his team’s first title defence. Happy Motel will face both Shuten-dōji and Drift in a 3 Way match for the title at Korakuen Hall on 20th July.

Isami Kodaka took Kota Ibushi’s place in the semi-main event, teaming with MIKAMI to face HARASHIMA & Akito. HARASHIMA pinned MIKAMI with the Somato but was reminded by Kodaka that in order to face him at Sumo Hall he has to beat Kenny Omega at Korakuen first. Kodaka also said he is confident HARASHIMA and Omega will have a great match together.

The despicable DJ Nira attacked Makoto Oishi with a pencil after the opening match, prompting Danshoku Dino to come to his friend’s rescue. Nira challenged Dino to a No DQ, No Pinfall, No Give Up, No Countout match that could only end when a wrestler was thrown over the top rope and out of the ring. The match took place later in the show and lasted over an hour. Dino and Nira brawled away from ringside with an injured Oishi chasing after them. Rather than wait for them to return, DDT decided to carry on with the show. Dino & Nira would reappear inbetween the remaining matches only to fight their way out of the arena again. Finally when the main event was done they fought back into the ring and Dino eventually threw Nira over the top rope to the floor for the victory.

Kota Ibushi was able to contribute to the show by being the special referee for a kickboxing match between Gota Ihashi and Michael Nakazawa. The match was part of Ibushi’s 10th Anniversary celebration and Ibushi revealed it was originally supposed to be Nakazawa Vs Yoshihiko. Nakazawa protested the match because he has no kickboxing experience and he had no shin guards either. Ibushi made some questionable calls over knockdowns and also allowing the two to fight outside the ring. Ihashi even put Nakazawa in a Boston Crab and Ibushi just asked if Nakazawa wanted to give up. Nakazawa had enough and in the fourth round removed his tights and gave Ibushi the Ultimate Venom Arm. While Nakazawa prepared to do the same to Ihashi, Ibushi recovered and put on a boxing glove. He swung at Nakazawa but Nakazawa ducked making Ihashi take the blow instead. Ibushi tried a High Kick but the same thing happened and Ihashi was down for the count. Ibushi then knocked out Nakazawa with a Sole Butt, counted both Nakazawa and Ihashi out and declared himself the winner. After the match Ibushi said he will try and return to action at Korakuen Hall and promises to survive the G1 Climax.

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Ibushi Still Injured, Maybe Teams With Taiji Ishimori, Ganpuro Beer Garden

July 10, 2014

DDT “ROAD TO SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 5”, 12/07/2014
Saitama Espoir Isanuma

1. Masa Takanashi Vs MIKAMI
2. Saki Akai Vs DJ Nira
3. KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
4. Daisuke Sasaki & Gota Ihashi Vs Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita
5. Infomercial Match – Best Stretch Edition: Sanshiro Takagi, Super Sasadango Machine Vs Kazuki Hirata & Tetsuya Endo
6. HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
7. DDT Extreme Title – Idol Lumberjack Match: Makoto Oishi (c) (w/ Sizukaze & Kizuna) Vs Danshoku Dino (w/ X)

Kota Ibushi has not been cleared of his concussion and is forced to miss the 12/7 Saitama and 13/7 Osaka shows. Ibushi is aiming to return for the 20/7 Korakuen Hall show.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN OSAKA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TSUTENKAKU~”, 13/07/2014
Osaka Higashinari Kumin Hall

1. 3 Way Match: Makoto Oishi Vs Shoichi Uchida Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
2. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan
3. Kota Ibushi 10th Anniversary Debut Produce – Kickboxing Rules: Michael Nakazawa Vs Gota Ihashi
4. Yasu Urano Vs Daisuke Sasaki
5. Danshoku Dino Vs DJ Nira
6. HARASHIMA & Akito Vs MIKAMI & X
7. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi (c) Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo

Happy Motel are the newest group in DDT. After beating Shuten-dōji a few days ago they already became the No. 1 Contenders for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles.

With Ibushi still out of action, Gota Ihashi gets to take his place in one of the matches meant to celebrate Ibushi’s 10th Anniversary. It will be a Kickboxing match against Michael Nakazawa. For Nakazawa’s sake it’s a good thing Ibushi won’t be involved in it now. Painful things tend to happen to Nakazawa whenever he fights Ibushi.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2014”, 20/07/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Special Single Match: Isami Kodaka Vs Akito
2. Kota Ibushi 10th Anniversary Match: Kota Ibushi, Taiji Ishimori & Gota Ihashi Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Shuji Ishikawa & Daisuke Sasaki
3. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Kenny Omega
*Kenny Omega will cash in his Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.

If Ibushi can go ahead with his 10th Anniversary match then we will get to see him team with Taiji Ishimori from Pro Wrestling NOAH.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “BEER GARDEN”, 23/07/2014
Ichigaya Nanhai Memorial Clinic

1. Special Single Match: Yumehito Imanari Vs X
2. Special Video Director’s Cut Match: Aoi Ishibashi Vs Manami Kanda (Special Referee/Director: Shibata)
3. Special Beer Garden Match: J-Soul Pandita III IV Vs Mr. Judo
4. Special Tag Team Match: Ken Ohka & Tiger Bed Scene Vs Osamu Namiguchi & Shota

Ganbare☆Wrestling does not want to be left out of Beer Garden week so they will be holding their own show. With blackjack. And hookers.

Another J-Soul Pandita has been brought into captivity for Ganpuro. It’s name is probably just supposed to be J-Soul Pandita IV but the website has it as J-Soul Pandita III IV. I hope it is the latter just for how absurd that name is.

Yumehito Imanari has invited Ganpuro’s fans to come up with suggestions for his opponent.

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DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN KASGOSHIMA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TENMONKAN~” Results

April 20, 2014

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN KASGOSHIMA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TENMONKAN~”, 20/04/2014
Oro City Hall
291 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. MIKAMI defeated Michael Nakazawa with the Ultimate Venom Stinger (8:37).
2. 3 Way Match: Tetsuya Endo defeated Danshoku Dino and Antonio Honda when Endo pinned Honda with a Moonsault (7:08).
*Tetsuya Endo wins one of Antonio Honda’s Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contracts.
3. Kiss His Ass Hole Match: Sanshiro Takagi defeated Hiroshi Fukuda when Takagi made Fukuda Kiss Danshoku Dino’s Ass Hole (7:35).
4. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano defeated Yuto Aijima & Tomomitsu Matsunaga when HARASHIMA pinned Matsunaga with the Somato (11:34).
5. KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Akito & Makoto Oishi when KUDO pinned Oishi with the Diving Double Knee Drop (10:20).
6. Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki defeated Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao when Ibushi pinned Takao with the Sit Down Last Ride (16:30).

Today’s show was in Kota Ibushi’s home town of Kagoshima. He said when DDT returns he wants to have a title defence there.

KUDO completes a clean sweep of the weekend tour, getting the pinfall in all three of his matches. With DDT’s next show being the monthly Korakuen Hall event, the KO-D Openweight Champion is now ready for whatever Akito throws at him.

Danshoku Dino was knocked out during the 3 Way Match and his unconscious body was left lying down prone on the top turnbuckle. Sanshiro Takagi and Hiroshi Fukuda were unable to remove Dino before their match could begin so Takagi challenged Fukuda to an impromptu Kiss His Ass Hole Match. The winner would be whoever forced his opponent to kiss Dino’s ass. Fukuda was able to force Takagi to pucker up but a ref bump meant that no one was there to end the match. Takagi recovered, gave Fukuda the Sit Down Himawari Bomb and planted him nose first into Dino’s rear end to win, this time with the ref in full view.

For the entire weekend, Amon Tsurumi wanted Shigehiro Irie to cash in his Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract and challenge KUDO to a sudden KO-D Title match. Tsurumi’s reasoning was because at this time last year when Irie was champion,  Daisuke Sasaki constantly threatened to cash in his contract. Amon wanted Irie to do the same so this time he would be the bully instead of the bullied. Irie refused each night and on this show explained it is disgusting for somebody to cash in on an unexpecting opponent so he won’t be doing it that way.

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DDT “ALL NIGHT ENTERTAINMENT” Results

March 30, 2014

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DDT “ALL NIGHT ENTERTAINMENT – PART 1”, 29/03/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
532 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

0. Dark Match: Shunma Katsumata defeated Shun Miyatake with a Small Package (1:31).
1. Soma Takao defeated Gota Ihashi with a Diving Foot Stomp (5:13).
2. Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo defeated Michael Nakazawa & DJ Nira when Takeshita pinned Nira with the Touchdown (10:27).
3. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano defeated MIKAMI & Hoshitango when Urano pinned Hoshitango with a Backslide Pin (9:36).
4. Kikutaro defeated Guanchulo with the Shining Kikuzard (14:31).
5. Lucha Libre Rules: Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata when Sasaki pinned Hirata after the PK Mind.
*Daisuke Sasaki wins Kazuki Hirata’s Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.
6. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie defeated Antonio Honda & Tomomitsu Matsunaga when Ishii pinned Honda with the High Angle Double Arm DDT (10:40).
7. KUDO, Masa Takanashi & Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Akito when KUDO pinned Oishi with the Buzzsaw Kick (13:55).

After scoring the pin in the main event, KUDO called out for any of the Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract holders to come out and challenge him. When none of them came out he then turned his attention to his next confirmed challenger Akito and talked about their upcoming match KO-D Openweight Title match. Akito told him it was going to be a war and he is the future of DDT.

Keisuke Ishii is utterly focused on getting an All Asia Tag Team Title shot. He yelled out “Akiyama!” before he delivered an Exploder Suplex to Tomomitsu Matsunaga in their tag match. He and Shigehiro Irie also have a new double team move called the Go 2 Irie Sleep. It involves Ishii lifting up his opponent in the Go 2 Sleep position while Irie kneels down beside them. Ishii then throws the victim face first into Irie’s head. After the match Ishii showed a video of himself confronting Jun Akiyama and Yoshinobu Kanemaru demanding a title shot. Both of them rejected the challenge and walked off. The video then showed Ishii approaching Akiyama in a public toilet only for Akiyama to yell at him “I’m pissing, go away!” Back in the building Ishii said he will got to Akiyama’s dojo to ask again and he will record the meeting to show at next week’s show in Kawasaki.

With the Monster Army disbanded both Daisuke Sasaki and Antonio Honda decided it was time for a fresh start. Sasaki asked if he could team with the Golden Lovers (but not with Gota Ihashi). Both Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega said he could but they were then interrupted by Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata. Takagi challenged them to a Lucha Libre 6-Man Tag match. Sasaki worked well with the Golden Lovers, he even pulled off the PK Mind with Omega to win the match. Amon Tsurumi granted the new trio a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Title shot for the 12th April Kasukabe Hall show. Omega said he was reluctant to have Sasaki on his team instead of Ihashi but admitted they were a powerful team regardless.

Guanchulo cashed in his Right To Face Your Favourite Wrestler Contract to get a match with Kikutaro before he returns to Chile on 28th May. Kikutaro used his tricks to get Yukinori Matsui involved in the match and they proved to be the deciding factor. Afterwards Kikutaro thanked Guanchulo for choosing him to be his opponent.  Danshoku Dino announced the return of Danshoku Ranch Classic will happen on 20th May and it will be a farewell show for Guanchulo. He will also put his DDT Extreme Title on the line against Guanchulo in Kasukabe Hall on 12th April.

The DDT trainees Shunma Katsumata and Shun Miyatake pleaded with Amon Tsurumi to let them have another exhibition match. They were both unhappy that their bout at “JUDGEMENT 2014” ended in a draw. Miyatake also wants to prove he is ready to debut properly. Tsurumi allowed the match to happen with the stipulation that Miyatake will earn his debut match if he wins. Miyatake wasn’t able to capitalise on his oppotunity and lost to Katsumata in 91 seconds.

HARASHIMA and Yasu Urano will continue to team together under the name UraShima. They are willing to team with other wrestlers but have no plans to recruit a third member.

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DDT “ALL NIGHT ENTERTAINMENT – PART 2”, 29/03/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
532 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. GO-1 CLIMAX 2014 Arm Wrestling Tournament – Round 1: Michael Nakazawa defeated Yukio Sakaguchi.
2. GO-1 CLIMAX 2014 Arm Wrestling Tournament – Round 1: Tomomitsu Matsunaga defeated Akito.
3. GO-1 CLIMAX 2014 Arm Wrestling Tournament – Round 1: Konosuke Takeshita defeated KUDO.
4. GO-1 CLIMAX 2014 Arm Wrestling Tournament – Round 1: Sanshiro Takagi defeated Kenny Omega.
5. GO-1 CLIMAX 2014 Arm Wrestling Tournament – Round 1: HARASHIMA defeated Shigehiro Irie.
6. GO-1 CLIMAX 2014 Arm Wrestling Tournament – Round 1: Kota Ibushi defeated Soma Takao.
7. GO-1 CLIMAX 2014 Arm Wrestling Tournament – Round 1: Hoshitango defeated Tetsuya Endo.
8. GO-1 CLIMAX 2014 Arm Wrestling Tournament – Round 1: Antonio Honda defeated Keisuke Ishii.
9. GO-1 CLIMAX 2014 Arm Wrestling Tournament – Round 2: Tomomitsu Matsunaga defeated Michael Nakazawa.
10. GO-1 CLIMAX 2014 Arm Wrestling Tournament – Round 2: Konosuke Takehsita defeates Sanshiro Takagi.
11. GO-1 CLIMAX 2014 Arm Wrestling Tournament – Round 2: Kota Ibushi defeated HARASHIMA.
12. GO-1 CLIMAX 2014 Arm Wrestling Tournament – Round 2: Hoshitango defeated Antonio Honda.
13. Makoto Oishi, MIKAMI, DJ Nira, Kazuki Hirata & Daisuke Sasaki defeated Toru Owashi, Masa Takanashi, Yasu Urano, Gota Ihashi & Guanchulo when Hirata pinned Takanashi with a School Boy (4:00).
*Kazuki Hirata won Masa Takanashi’s Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.
14. GO-1 CLIMAX 2014 Arm Wrestling Tournament – Semi Final: Konosuke Takeshita defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga.
15. GO-1 CLIMAX 2014 Arm Wrestling Tournament – Semi Final: Kota Ibushi defeated Hoshitango.
16. GO-1 CLIMAX 2014 Arm Wrestling Tournament – Final: Kota Ibushi defeated Konosuke Takeshita.

DDT held two late night shows in Shin-Kiba 1st RING. The second show was dedicated to a one night arm wrestling tournament called the GO-1 CLIMAX. The winner would get a ¥50,000 cash prize. The final turned out to be a preview for the 13th April main event as Kota Ibushi and Konosuke Takeshita took each other on, with Ibushi winning. Takeshita told Ibushi he beat his right arm but his left arm is stronger.

After losing his Right To Challenge Contract earlier in the night, Kazuki Hirata quickly replaced it with Masa Takanashi’s contract after he pinned him in a 10-Man Tag match. Hirata spent the night wearing a Magnum TOKYO mask in between his matches.

The night ended with a performance of Hulk Hogan Gymnastics by Antonio Honda.

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