DDT “ULTIMATE PARTY 2024”, 28/12/2024 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
1. Demus & Ilusion Vs Yuni & Kazuma Sumi
2. Shuji Ishikawa, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Shinichiro Kawamatsu Vs Masahiro Takanashi, Daichi Sato & Yuki Ishida
3. DDT Vs TJPW Full-Scale 6-Man Tag Match: Toru Owashi, Super Sasadango Machine & Antonio Honda Vs Rika Tatsumi, Hyper Misao & Pom Harajuku
4. Special Tag Match ~ O-MENZ Kumadori Debut Match: Kazuki Hirata & Kumadori Vs Makoto Oishi & Akito
5. Special 6-Man Tag Match ~ Haruto Sakuraba Debut Match: KANON, MJ Paul & Haruto Sakuraba Vs HARASHIMA, Yuki Iino & Soma Takao.
6. Special Tag Match: Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura Vs Kenoh & Yu Owada
7. Special Single Match: Yuki Ueno Vs Takeshi Masada
8. Special Single Match: Jun Akiyama Vs Yukio Naya
9. Special Single Match: Great-O-Khan Vs Danshoku Dieno
10. KO-D Tag Team Titles: MAO & To-y Vs Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku
11. KO-D Openweight Title: Chris Brookes Vs Daisuke Sasaki
The rest of O-MENZ will be joining Kumadori for a special dance performance as part of his ring entrance.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW YEAR-END PARTY 2024”, 29/12/2024 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. Ivy Steele Vs Chika Nanase
2. Dot Money Presents TJPW RUSH! Year End Special Red And White Team 5 Vs 5 Knockout Match: Shoko Nakajima, Arisu Endo, Moka Miyamoto, Haru Kazashiro & Toga Vs Mizuki, Suzume, Yoshiko Hasegawa, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami
3. SETUP All Asia Women’s Title: Pom Harajuku (c) Vs Matcha
4. Queen Of Asia Title & VPW Women’s Title: Yuki Kamifuku (c/c) Vs Lei Ying Lee
5. WINTICKET Presents I Hope There Will Be Lots Of Fun And Exciting Things Next Year! New Year’s Japanese Pro Wrestling! 20 Wrestler PRINCESS RUMBLE 2024: Miu Watanabe Vs Miyu Yamashita Vs Maki Itoh Vs Yuki Arai Vs Rika Tatsumi Vs Hyper Misao Vs Yuki Aino Vs Raku Vs Mahiro Kiryu Vs Haruna Neko Vs Kaya Toribami Vs Wakana Uehara Vs HIMAWARI Vs Kira Summer Vs Yuna Manase Vs Antonio Honda Vs X Vs XX Vs XXX Vs XXXX
The Red and White teams have been decided for the TJPW RUSH match. Now it is up to the captains Shoko Nakajima and Mizuki to come up with their team orders based on how Kendo handles team competitions. From start to end the positions are Senpo, Jiho, Chuken, Fukusho and Taisho. Since this is a Gauntlet match there is a chance that it can end with some wrestlers on the winning team not even getting to take part. If that happens then the wrestlers who did not get to enter will be added into the Princess Rumble. Tokyo Joshi Pro wants to ensure that everybody booked on the show will get to wrestle on it.
Antonio Honda is the latest unexpected entry into the Princess Rumble. There are four spots remaining but they may be kept open for whoever gets potentially left out of the TJPW RUSH match. You never know if the match ends up with only one wrestler going on a clean sweep leaving the other four on the team waiting on the sidelines for nothing.
DDT “NEW YEAR☆DRAMATIC PARADE 2025 ~ANSWERS WILL BE REVEALED ONE YEAR LATER~”, 03/01/2025 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. BZW Tag Team Titles: MAO & Yoshihiko (c) Vs Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda
2. Special Tag Match: KONOSUKE TAKESHITA & Jun Akiyama Vs Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya
3. KO-D Openweight Title Next Challenger 4 Way Match: Danshoku Dieno Vs Shuji Ishikawa Vs HARASHIMA Vs KANON
A few days ago I mentioned Shuji Ishikawa’s appearance here could be a hint towards big things on the horizon for the Evolution Joshi group that he helps manages with Suwama. Yesterday it was announced that the group will soon become a fully fledged pro wrestling company called Pro Wrestling Evolution. They will mainly focus on their home grown roster of joshi wrestlers but Ishikawa and Suwama will also be providing men’s matches on their shows. Could Ishikawa be on a path to win the KO-D Openweight Title to bring some prestige into his new venture? He did that before with Union Pro so history might get a chance to repeat itself.
Last month in France MAO & Yoshihiko turned Banger Zone Wrestling upside down by winning the BZW Tag Team Titles. They don’t have a return date set in stone yet so for the time being they are going to defend the titles at DDT shows in Japan. Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda are joining forces to be their first challengers.
“SANSHIRO TAKAGI 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMERATION EVENT ~ NEVER SAY NEVER”, 03/02/2025 Shinjuku FACE
1. Special Tag Match: Dump Matsumoto & Toru Owashi Vs Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
The next guest appearing at Sanshiro Takagi’s anniversary show is Fumihito Kihara. He was originally a ring announcer for All Japan goin back to the 1980s and ended up becoming a pro wrestler himself decades later. He wrestled in Ganbare☆Pro several times during the promotion’s early years. Here he will be pulling double duty because Takagi is booking him both as a wrestler and as the ring announcer!
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “AEX32 SANTIAGO 2025”, 09/02/2025 Estación Mapocho Cultural Center, Santiago, Chile
1. Moka Miyamoto Vs Pandora
2. Aja Kong Vs Roma
3. Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh Vs Zatara & Sara Phoenix
Three matches have been announced for TJPW’s convention show in Chile for AEX Santiago. They are sending over Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh, Moka Miyamoto and also Aja Kong as a bonus. Their opponents are all local luchadoras from the Chile wrestling scene. Zatara & Sara Phoenix are familiar with each other both as opponents and teammates. Roma has been in wrestling for just as long as those two. Pandora is the same age as Miyamoto and has a similar level of experience as her so on paper they should be on an equal footing.
DDT “ROAD TO ULTIMATE PARTY 2024 IN OSAKA”, 15/12/2024 Osaka City Konohana Kumin Hall 294 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. Demus defeated Yuni with La Valagueza (7:09).
2. Special Tag Match: Akito & Keigo Nakamura defeated Carnatux & Yuki Ishida when Nakamura pinned Ishida with the Modified Crucifix (7:55).
3. Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino defeated Yukio Naya & Kazuma Sumi when Endo pinned Sumi with the Burning Star Press (11:11).
4. Special 6-Man Tag Match: HARASHIMA, MAO & Soma Takao defeated Danshoku Dieno, Jun Akiyama & Tomomitsu Matsunaga when MAO pinned Matsunaga with a Body Press (10:28).
5. Special Single Match: Yuki Ueno defeated Kazuki Hirata with the WR (16:19).
6. SCHADENFREUDE International Vs DAMNATION T.A!: Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & Ilusion defeated Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada when Sasaki submitted Honda with the Crossface Lock (14:04).
7. Special Single Match: To-y defeated Yuya Koroku with a Chickenwing Arm Lock Counter (15:45).
It just keeps happening! To-y once again beat Yuya Koroku, this time in a main event singles match. It continues the trend of Koroku’s recent losing streak against To-y. He spends the match targeting To-y’s arm and went for a Chickenwing Arm Lock to finish him off. However To-y found a way to Inside Cradle Koroku while defending himself from the move and scored the pinfall to win again. To-y said he is forging his own path no matter what. He is who he is today because he believes in The 37KAMIINA and they believe in him. That’s why he and MAO are going to take the KO-D Tag Team Titles at Sumo Hall! Koroku still can’t figure out what he’s doing wrong. He enjoys wrestling and believes in BURNING. Whatever he’s missing he hasn’t been doing it enough to win matches.
Daisuke Sasaki is going to make everyone believe he will beat Chris Brookes for the KO-D Openweight Title at Sumo Hall, even if he has to convince them by force. After DAMNATION T.A defeated SCHADENFREUDE International in their latest battle, they attacked Keigo Nakamura at ringside and forced him to say Sasaki will beat Brookes for the title. Nakamura was targeted because he has spent the month campaigning with Brookes for the upcoming Shukan Puroresu Awards. Sasaki also found one of the magazine’s reporters backstage and forced him to say the same thing.
The grudge between Yuki Ueno and Kazuki Hirata was settled with a match between the two. It happened here because the venue is only a 15 minute walk away from Ueno’s old alma mater. Hirata had an evil plan in place to hire masked goons to attack Ueno after the referee was knocked out. Ueno easily fought them off. Hirata then read a personal letter to Ueno where he said he would like nothing more than for Ueno to dance with him. Ueno was given a pair of Hirata GO! glasses but he refused because there are two things he hates: hurting people and dancing. The masked goons were able to get the glasses onto Ueno’s head, forcing him to dance with Hirata. But that only led to Ueno giving him the WR and winning the match.
MAO and Tomomitsu Matsunaga both fainted when they forced each other to go faces first into Danshoku Dieno’s rear end while he was bent over the top turnbuckle. MAO fell on top of Matsunaga when they collapsed and that was counted as a pin.
Yuki Ishida tried to get along with Carnatux by making him do the Dosukoi pose.
DDT “ROAD TO ULTIMATE PARTY 2024 IN SHINJUKU”, 11/12/2024 Shinjuku FACE 319 Fans – No Vacancy
1. KANON & Demus defeated Yuki Iino & Kazuma Sumi when Demus pinned Sumi with La Valagueza (7:21).
2. 3 Way Match: Danshoku Dieno defeated Toru Owashi and Kazuki Hirata when Dieno pinned Hirata with the Gay-do Clutch (0:17).
2a. Rematch: Danshoku Dieno defeated Toru Owashi and Kazuki Hirata when Dieno pinned Hirata with the Danshoku Driver (0:17).
3. Jun Akiyama, HARASHIMA & Tetsuya Endo defeated Yukio Naya, Daichi Sato & Yuki Ishida when HARASHIMA pinned Ishida with a Right High Kick (12:01).
4. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Ikuto Hidaka, Minoru Fujita & Fuminori Abe defeated Yuki Ueno, MAO & Keigo Nakamura by Referee Stoppage when Abe choked out Nakamura with the Nakamura Ganbare Hold (14:09).
5. Special Single Match: To-y defeated Yuya Koroku with the Kojima Impact (13:09).
6. SCHADENFREUDE International Vs DAMNATION T.A! – Best 2 Out Of 3 Falls: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & Ilusion (2) defeated Chris Brookes, Masahiro Takanashi & Antonio Honda (1).
6a. Ilusion (1) pinned Takanashi (0) with a Modified Cradle (7:24).
6b. Antonio Honda (1) submitted MJ Paul (1) with an Arm Bar (11:56).
6c. Daisuke Sasaki (2) submitted Chris Brookes (1) with the Crossover Face Lock (6:47).
As DDT gets closer to Sumo Hall, one of the last stops left was at Shinjuku FACE for some more previews of what to expect at “ULTIMATE PARTY 2024”. In the main event DAMNATION T.A went ahead of SCHADENFREUDE International in their feud filled with different multi-man tag stipulations. Today’s match was Best 2 Out Of 3 Falls. DAMNATION took the first fall with a surprise attack at the start followed by Daisuke Sasaki grabbing Masahiro Takanashi from the apron so Ilusion could pin him with a Cradle. SCHADENFREUDE used their own tricks to win the second fall with Chris Brookes using tape to stick Sasaki’s hands together and Antonio Honda making MJ Paul submit to an Arm Bar (he pulled off a similar result with that move to Shuji Ishikawa/Koo many years ago). Brookes and Sasaki fought each other for the final fall until KANON interfered with a chair. Brookes tried to fight back but Sasaki caught him in the Crossface Lock and made him give up when he turned it into the Crossover Facelock.
Brookes grabbed the KO-D Openweight Title after the match and bragged about how much the belt wants to go back to him. He told Brookes not to give up in his British accent again. Backstage Sasaki said the punks in Britain taught him that they are not bound by law but that was all a lie. Those lies have ruined Sasaki’s life and it is time Brookes take responsibility for it! Brookes refused to give any comments backstage so Honda spoke for the team. He said that SCHADENFREUDE will be standing at the end of Ryogoku laughing in the middle of the ring.
It looks like To-y just has Yuya Koroku’s number by this point. They had a singles match today and To-y once again came out on top. Koroku’s gameplan was to target his opponent’s arm but that didn’t stop To-y from beating him with the Kojima Impact. To-y then said he will win the KO-D Tag Team Titles and make 2025 the year of himself and MAO! Koroku got scolded by Tetsuya Endo afterwards. Endo explained he keeps losing because he has changed nothing, which means he is not making any progress. He has no independence, shows no capacity to come up with crazy ideas and his heart is weak too. Koroku said he already knows that. No matter what idea he comes up with it doesn’t work. Endo told him to stop talking and try harder in the ring.
Even though Fuminori Abe twisted Keigo Nakamura into a pretzel until their match was stopped, he gives him his support for the Ryogoku tag match with Shinya Aoki against KENOH & Yu Owada. Nakamura promised to carry DDT on his back for the match so he can beat the NOAH team.
Jun Akiyama and Yukio Naya continued to fight each other after their match and it ended pretty badly for one of them. They fought up to the entrance way where Naya put Akiyama through a table with the Choke Slam! Naya later said he is at his peak and ready to surpass Akiyama at Sumo Hall.
Before the 3 Way Match began, Hisaya Imabayashi revealed to everyone he booked the match to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of his acting career. Kazuki Hirata ruined it by immediately losing the match to Danshoku Dieno. Imabayashi restarted the match and stopped Dieno from quickly winning the same way. He was so involved in the match it almost turned into a tag match with the way he was trying to help Hirata win. Imabayashi explained DDT will have no future unless Hirata becomes popular so he needed him to win. Sadly for him Dieno ended up beating Hirata again anyway.
Dieno also sent out a message to Great-O-Khan for the match on 28th December. He promised it will be the most hideous match of O-Khan’s career. O-Khan’s pride for New Japan will mean nothing when they fight in DDT!
KANON invited an unexpected guest to the ring after the opening match. It was Haruto Sakuraba, the muscle actor who recently chose to side with DAMNATION T.A for his upcoming debut! KANON introduced him to Yuki Iino and said he will crush Iino at Sumo Hall. Sakuraba said Iino is smaller than he though which caused a fight to break out between them. Sakuraba won out by knocking down Iino with a Lariat. He made fun of Iino and said he is so weak that it makes Sakuraba’s muscles cry! Sakuraba finished his introduction by calling himself “MONSTER”. Iino warned him he will be 1,000 times more powerful at Sumo Hall.
How is it that Kazuma Sumi is the only one who keeps losing to Demus’s La Valagueza finisher?
1. Special 3 Way Match: Munetatsu Nakamura Vs Takayuki Ueki Vs Chie Koishikawa
2. Special Single Match: Ram Kaichow Vs HARASHIMA
3. Special Tag Match: Mr. Bueno & Yuki Inoueno (MAO) Vs Mr. Malo & Masahiro Takanashi
4. Special Single Match: Chris Brookes Vs Antonio Honda
1. Special 3 Way Match: Munetatsu Nakamura defeated Takayuki Ueki and Chie Koishikawa when Nakamura pinned Ueki after a Chop from Koishikawa (7:55).
2. Special Single Match: HARASHIMA defeated Ram Kaichow when Kaichow gave up (8:50).
3. Special Tag Match: Mr. Bueno & Yuki Inoueno (MAO) defeated Mr. Malo & Masahiro Takanashi when Bueno pinned Malo with the Gorgeous Estrella Elbow (13:33).
4. Special Single Match: Chris Brookes defeated Antonio Honda with the Praying Mantis Bomb (22:03).
The last Baka Gaijin + Friends show of the year ended with a bang. Long time friends Chris Brookes and Antonio Honda fought each other in the main event. For Brookes it was the obvious placement with him as the reigning KO-D Openweight Champion while Honda got to cap off an eventful 12 months of dramatic and unusual fights inside ARENA Shimokitazawa. Honda summoned Gongitsune but Brookes deflected the attack into Daisuke Kiso. Brookes then tried to finish Honda off with the Praying Mantis Bomb while Masahiro Takanashi pleaded with him for taking the match too far. Honda attacked both with Gongitsune, hit a Bionic Elbow and almost pinned Brookes with a Leg Clutch Hold. Brookes then reversed the Tenzan Tombstone Driver and the two tried to put each other in the Octopus Hold. Honda couldn’t last though and Brookes was able to finish him off with the Praying Mantis Bomb.
After the match Brookes thanked Honda for the match because it was both the 2nd Anniversary main event for Baka Gaijin as well as the 17th Anniversary of Brookes’s debut. Honda always said 2024 was his year of revival but that makes it sound like he is near the end. Brookes told him everyone wants to see the revival go on for next year and beyond! Honda said this year was so amazing it was as if the gods of wrestling made it worthwhile. 2024 was not the year of his revival, it was his rebirth! Next year he will be coming after Brookes and aiming right for his neck! The show ended with a group get together along with unexpected party streamers popping off over everyone’s heads. That’s the bang I was talking about.
Mr. Bueno was supposed to team up with MAO but he got someone kind of familiar in his place. MAO walked out dressed in Yuki Ueno’s full outfit and was announced to everyone as Yuki Inoueno! That only served as a distraction for Bueno meeting Mr. Malo again for the first time since Malo smashed a bottle over his head at the last Baka Gaijin show. He wanted to get payback the right way though by fighting clean and fair. When he had a chance to break a bottle over Malo’s head, he refused to do it. Inoueno though had no such problem. He grabbed Bueno’s hand and physically made him hit Malo with the bottle. Bueno at least did the gentlemanly thing and helped carry Malo out of the room after the match.
There was a surprise in store for HARASHIMA in Match #2. Ram Kaichow told him she has been a big fan of HERO! ever since she was a child. So much so she pulled out a HERO! mask and asked HARASHIMA to wear it for the match. HARASHIMA agreed and immediately got into character while Kaichow marked out for him. She then slapped HARASHIMA and told him it was only a trap because she isn’t a kid anymore. She wore the mask herself for the rest of the match. HARASHIMA noticed her attacks were now becoming superpowered so he couldn’t hold back against her. After surviving an Ectoplasm attack he gave Kaichow a Buzzsaw Kick and stepped back some distance to set up the Somato. Kaichow knew it was coming and immediately gave up out of fear. She threw the mask at HARASHIMA, yelled at him and stormed out of the room. HARASHIMA was the winner but for once he didn’t feel good about it.
The show began with an unusual sight on a Baka Gaijin show. Takayuki Ueki used to appear at these events as a mad doctor until he wiped out his memory at the September show. Today he was in his regular wrestling gear and behaved like a fresh faced rookie. However when Munetatsu Nakamura and Chie Koishikawa started double teaming him, he pulled out his pistol at them. He held them at gunpoint and ordered Koishikawa to strike Nakamura so he would fall backwards and get pinned with a School Boy from Ueki. The plan backfired as Nakamura fell right on top of Ueki and Koishikawa pressed both of them down for the three count. However Kiso ruled that Nakamura was the winner because he was directly on top of Ueki during the pin.
DDT “DDT YEAR-END FAN APPRECIATION DAY! IN TOKYO”, 01/12/2024 Tokyo Shinagawa Prince Hotel Club eX 333 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House
1. The 37KAMIINA Vs BURNING!: Yuki Ueno, MAO & To-y defeated Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku when To-y pinned Koroku with the Avalanche Kojima In Wonderland ~Kojima Wonderland~ (10:19).
2. Danshoku Dieno & HARASHIMA defeated Kazuki Hirata & Yuki Ishida when Dieno pinned Ishida with the Danshoku Driver (11:12).
3. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Shinya Aoki, Akito & Yukio Naya defeated Jun Akiyama, Keigo Nakamura & Daichi Sato when Aoki pinned Nakamura with the Full Nelson Hold (10:53).
4. SCHADENFREUDE International Vs DAMNATION T.A Single Match Best Of Five Series!: Chris Brookes, Masahiro Takanashi, Antonio Honda, Takeshi Masada and Mr. Bueno (3) defeated Daisuke Sasaki, KANON, MJ Paul, Demus and Ilusion (2).
4a. Chris Brookes (0) Vs Daisuke Sasaki (0) ended in a Time Limit Draw (10:00).
4b. MJ Paul (1) defeated Masahiro Takanashi (0) with a Lou Thesz Press (1:05).
4c. Mr. Bueno (1) defeated Demus (1) with the Bueno Clutch (8:29).
4d. Vice Captain Match: KANON (2) defeated Antonio Honda (1) with the Cobra Twist 2.0 (4:13).
4e. Captain Match: Takeshi Masada (2) defeated Ilusion (2) by Disqualification when Ilusion attacked Masada with a Chair (4:59).
4f. Representative Match: Takeshi Masada (3) defeated Ilusion (2) with the Masada No Chikara KOBU Mukimuki (5:17).
This month there are a couple of big multi-man matches between SCHADENFREUDE International and DAMNATION T.A each with a different stipulation involved. Today’s match was a Best Of 5 series of singles bouts between the two units. Chris Brookes and Daisuke Sasaki privately decided on the order of their teams and handed them over to Yukinori Matsui so the matchups were all a mystery until they took place. In a surprise, Brookes and Sasaki both decided to put themselves in the opening match so they fought each other in a preview for “ULTIMATE PARTY 2024”! However each match only had a 10 minute time limit and they easily fought to a draw.
The second match had MJ Paul walk down to the ring only to be attacked from behind by a member of the audience. The person turned out to be Masahiro Takanashi is disguise! He tried to pin Paul in the ring with several cradles but was quickly pinned himself when Paul gave him a Lou Thesz Press.
The third match was the DDT debut of Mr. Bueno as he took on Demus. Bueno used the Moonsault a couple of times as well as a 619 and a top rope Frankensteiner. Demus tried to counter him but was pinned down with the Bueno Clutch (Delphin Clutch) to tie the score 1-1.
The fourth match was considered a battle between the two vice captains. Antonio Honda immediately tripped over the ropes when he entered the ring and KANON attacked him before he could tell a Gongitsune joke. When Honda fought back and had a chance to speak, he made a dirty joke about Full Metal Alchemist instead. KANON avoided the Diving Fist Drop though and made Honda submit to the Cobra Twist 2.0.
The fifth and final match of the series had the “captains” Takeshi Masada and Ilusion continuing their feud against each other. Ilusion distracted the ref so the rest of DAMNATION T.A could interfere. Ilusion then attacked Masada with a chair but the ref saw him and called for a DQ. Masada demanded a rematch and Ilusion agreed to it, even claiming he will fight fair and square this time. A ref bump caused DAMNATION T.A to interfere again but this time SCHADENFREUDE ran in to fight them off. Ilusion grabbed the chair again but Masada kicked it into his face and pinned him with his finisher to end the series with SCHADENFREUDE as the winners. Masada called Ilusion a loser who cannot win without his stupid teammates. He also thinks SCHADENFREUDE will win the Elimination Tag Match in a landslide on 8th December. Sasaki told Brookes that 10 minutes is not enough for them. Brookes better prepare for 100 minutes next time! Ilusion also criticised Masada for needing to use a chair to beat him.
To-y got the better of Yuya Koroku again, this time pinning him with the Avalanche Kojima Wonderland in the opening match. To-y told Koroku he needs to get crazier otherwise he won’t be able to beat him & MAO at Sumo Hall. To-y is in such high spirits he thinks he can now beat Tetsuya Endo too! MAO approves of To-y’s spirit and promised to use all of his tag team experience to back him up. Endo said the hottest thing in DDT is not the sauna. It is BURNING!
Oh come on, AEW didn’t put Konosuke Takeshita in the Continental Classic?!? Great, just great. So what’s there to write about this month? Well MAO and Yoshihiko had a wild weekend over in France. Takeshita spent the month feuding with Ricochet and defending the AEW International Title in companies outside of AEW. We also see that Takeshita has unfinished business in New Japan which probably explains why he’s not involved in the C2. DDT and Tokyo Joshi Pro had a heck of a time in Seattle. Also it is now official they are both Las Vegas bound for next April. Miyu Yamashita in particular got to do and achieve so many things this month that TJPW would not have done for her back home. Pom Harajuku also got to act out of control in Singapore and Thailand away from the usual supervision. She also… won a championship? And didn’t lose it immediately? What? That can’t be right…
The end of the year will be quiet for international bookings but Takeshita has a lot going on at home in the new year. AEW seems to have written him off their TV for December with Don Callis already cutting promos about 2025 being the year of The Don Callis Family. I’ll do a separate write-up for his New Japan match(es) at the Tokyo Dome when they happen but I wanted to include the build up to them here because AEW is connected to it. January will be business as usual for Maki Itoh too with her plan to tour with GCW again. My mind is going to be stuck on Vegas for a lot of early 2025.
AEW “DYNAMITE”, 13/11/2024 Total Mortgage Arena, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
1. Konosuke Takeshita Vs Adam Cole
AEW “DYNAMITE”, 20/11/2024 Santander Arena, Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
1. All Star 8-Man Tag: Will Ospreay, Powerhouse Hobbs, Ricochet & Mark Davis Vs Konosuke Takeshita, Kyle Fletcher, Lance Archer & Brian Cage
SETUP “YEAR END CLIMAX”, 30/11/2024 The Circus Studio, G Village, Bangkok, Thailand
1. SETUP All Asia Women’s Title – No DQ Match: Matcha (c) Vs Pom Harajuku
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Results
BZW “FRIDAY NIGHT BANGER”, 01/11/2024 Salle Jacques Brel, Faches-Thumesnil, France
1. MAO defeated KURO by Disqualification when Jack Sans-Nom attacked MAO (?:??).
The first night of MAO’s trip to France turned nasty but it was through no fault of his opponent KURO. They wrestled their match as normal and when MAO was on the top rope getting ready to hit the finishing blow, Jack Sans-Nom ran into the ring and attacked MAO with a wet floor sign for the DQ.
BZW “ALCATRAZ”, 02/11/2024 Salle Jacques Brel, Faches-Thumesnil, France
1. BZW Tag Team Titles: MAO & Yoshihiko defeated Jack Sans-Nom & Paul Robinson (c) when Yoshihiko pinned Sans-Nom with a Rainmaker (?:??). *Jack Sans-Nom & Paul Robinson fail in V2. MAO & Yoshihiko become the 6th BZW Tag Team Champions!
The next night MAO brought Yoshihiko with him to try and get revenge on San-Nom by winning the BZW Tag Team Titles from him and Paul Robinson. The challengers almost had the match won by pinning Robinson together but Sans-Nom pulled the referee out of the ring during the pin count. However Yoshihiko got its hands on him with MAO’s help and hit a Rainmaker. A three count later and BZW got new unexpected tag team champions!
AEW “DYNAMITE”, 06/11/2024 SNHU Arena, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
1. Ricochet & Powerhouse Hobbs defeated Konosuke Takeshita & Kyle Fletcher when Ricochet pinned Takeshita with the Spear Gun (14:36).
Takeshita found out there was unfinished business between himself and Ricochet stemming from the previous month. A tag team match in AEW put Takeshita with Kyle Fletcher against Ricochet and his returning mystery partner Powerhouse Hobbs. Ricochet was the better man on this night. Takeshita tried to catch a Springboard Hurricanrana and turn it into a Power Bomb but Ricochet countered the counter and pulled off his Hurricanrana after all. He then weakened Takeshita with a Shooting Star Press for another nearfall. It took Ricochet using his new Hidden Blade inspired finisher called the Spear Gun to finally get the win over Takeshita (it’s weird how almost a decade ago I would have told people Will Ospreay tries to wrestle like Ricochet and nowadays it feels completely like the opposite). Fletcher got some revenge after the match by attacking the other team with a chair until his former tag partner Mark Davis ran down causing drama that Takeshita wasn’t involved with so I’m not going to write any more about it.
Harajuku went to Singapore to have a lot of fun with Alexis Lee, or at least have a lot of fun at Lee’s expense. Their match made its way out of the ring but rather than cause a violent brawl, Harajuku instead encouraged Lee to go drink alcohol. They also fought their way up to the balcony to add some danger to the proceedings. I was able to see a brief clip of Lee hitting the Somato from behind to Harajuku but I do not know if that was the finish.
NJPW “FIGHTING SPIRIT UNLEASHED 2024”, 08/11/2024 Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
1. AEW International Title: KONOSUKE TAKESHITA (c) defeated TJP with the Avalanche Raging Fire (14:13). *V2 for KONOSUKE TAKESHITA.
Takeshita had to shake off his loss to Ricochet and get himself focused on his next International Title defence. It happened at New Japan’s latest American show with TJP as the challenger. TJP pulled a lights out trick for his entrance to surprise Takeshita with an ambush from behind. He also had his face and body painted to resemble his Aswang alter ego. At first it looked like he was in his normal form but late in the match he blinded Takeshita with the Poison Mist to try and get the advantage. He used the Hidden Blade and Mamba Splash but Takeshita kicked out of both moves. Takeshita’s power soon took over and he was able to get TJP over to the corner, lifting him up from the top rope to hit an Avalanche Falcon Arrow for the victory. After the match Takeshita told the fans he will next defend the International Title at the Tokyo Dome! He called out for anyone to challenge him and Shingo Takagi answered the call! Takagi will fight him at “WRESTLE KINGDOM”! That wasn’t the end though because Tomohiro Ishii then walked out and signaled to them he wants to fight the winner!
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW BRIGHT EYES”, 09/11/2024 Washington Hall, Seattle, Washington, USA 405 Fans
1. Suzume & Arisu Endo defeated Rika Tatsumi & Amira when Suzume pinned Amira with the Ring A Bell (10:21).
2. Yuki Kamifuku defeated Wakana Uehara with the Famouser (7:19).
3. Rebel Kel defeated Moka Miyamoto with a Falcon Arrow (5:45).
4. Mizuki defeated Liiza Hall with the Diving Foot Stomp (11:07).
5. Yuki Aino & Zara Zakher defeated Miu Watanabe & Shoko Nakajima when Zakher pinned Watanabe with the Control Z (16:43).
6. Princess Tag Team Titles: Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh (c) defeated Vert Vixen & Nicole Matthews when Yamashita pinned Matthews with the Skull Kick (24:05). *V1 for 121000000.
DDT/DEFY “DDT IN UTERO”, 09/11/2024 Washington Hall, Seattle, Washington, USA 447 Fans – No Vacancy
1. Gringo Loco defeated Yuni with the Base Bomb (10:32).
-. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Randy Myers defeated Danshoku Dieno with a School Boy (8:26 pm). *Randy Myers becomes the 1,691st champion.
2. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Danshoku Dieno defeated Randy Myers (c) with the Gaydo Clutch (8:01). *Danshoku Dieno becomes the 1,692nd champion.
-. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Yoshihiko defeated Danshoku Dieno (c) by Referee Stoppage with a Sleeper Hold (8:36 pm). *Yoshihiko becomes the 1,693rd champion.
3. Nick Wayne defeated Jack Cartwheel with the Wayne’s World (11:49).
4. DEFY Tag Team Titles – 3 Way Tag Match: Cody Chhun & Guillermo Rosas (c) defeated Bryan Keith & Shota and Eddie Pearl & Ricky Gibson when Rosas pinned Shota after the Combined Pop-Up Power Bomb (10:19). *V2 for C4.
5. DEFY Women’s Title: Marina Shafir (c) defeated Danika Della Rouge with the Mother’s Milk (7:35). *V3 for Marina Shafir.
6. Special Tag Match: Gurv Shira & Harv Shira defeated Daisuke Sasaki & Artemis Spencer when Gruv pinned Spencer after a Combined Diving Elbow Drop (15:54).
7. Special Single Match: KONOSUKE TAKESHITA defeated Kohei Kinoshita with an Avalanche Falcon Arrow (12:41).
8. DDT Universal Title – 3 Way Match: Miyu Yamashita defeated MAO (c) and Mike Bailey when Yamashita pinned Bailey with the Skull Kick (21:25). *MAO fails in V1. Miyu Yamashita becomes the 15th DDT Universal Champion!
DDT/TOKYO JOSHI PRO/DEFY “TRIANGLER DTD”, 10/11/2024 Washington Hall, Seattle, Washington, USA 389 Fans
1. Vert Vixen, Yuki Kamifuku & Moka Miyamoto defeated Rika Tatsumi, Yuki Aino & Arisu Endo when Vixen pinned Endo with a Sit Down Power Bomb (8:38).
2. Bryan Keith defeated Shota with the Diamond Dust (7:59).
3. Maki Itoh & Zara Zakher defeated Amira & Danika Della Rouge when Itoh pinned Rouge with the I.S.D (8:41).
4. Daisuke Sasaki & Kohei Kinoshita Vs Danshoku Dieno & Randy Myers ended in a No Contest (9:32).
5. Miu Watanabe & Suzume defeated Mizuki & Wakana Uehara when Watanabe pinned Uehara with the Tear Drop (10:33).
6. DEFY Women’s Title: Marina Shafir (c) defeated Shoko Nakajima with the Mother’s Milk (14:08). *V4 for Marina Shafir.
7. Special Single Match: KONOSUKE TAKESHITA defeated Yuni with the Wagamama (12:14).
8. DDT Universal Title – 3 Way Match: Gringo Loco defeated Miyu Yamashita (c) and Nick Wayne when Loco pinned Yamashita with the Base Bomb (17:08). *Miyu Yamashita fails in V1. Gringo Loco becomes the 16th DDT Universal Champion.
9. Special Tag Match: Judas Icarus & Travis Williams defeated MAO & Mike Bailey when Icarus pinned Bailey after the Sudden Silence (22:06).
AEW “DYNAMITE”, 13/11/2024 Total Mortgage Arena, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
1. Konosuke Takeshita defeated Adam Cole with a Dynamite Diamond Ring Assisted Punch (9:38).
Takeshita’s next AEW appearance was to act as a road block for Adam Cole. There was a storyline going on this month where Cole had to win three matches in order to get a PPV match against MJF. He was two wins in going into this night and needed to beat Takeshita to reach his goal. Cole countered the Takeshita Line with a well placed Super Kick and followed up with the Panama Sunrise. But when he went for the Boom knee strike, Takeshita rolled out of the ring to make some distance between them. He then reached under the ring and pulled out the Dynamite Diamond Ring, which belongs to MJF but was recently handed over to Don Callis. Takeshita placed the ring on his finger and punched Cole in the face without the referee seeing the ring, knocking Cole out for the pin. Roderick Strong ran down to get revenge but Takeshita gave him a Low Blow. Then Kyle O’Reilly entered the ring to chase Takeshita away. But once Takeshita was at the entrance and his guard was down, Ricochet appeared and he knocked him over with a Pump Kick.
GCW “CHAOS IN KENTUCKY”, 14/11/2024 Headliners Music Hall, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
1. Miyu Yamashita defeated Brooke Havok with the Skull Kick (17:13).
The TJPW shows at Seattle were done but Yamashita stayed behind in America for a weekend of GCW action. On the first show she put Brooke Havok through the meat grinder with kicks and stomps. Havok had some moments of hope and did well to last as long as she did. The Skull Kick put an end to any hope of an upset win though.
GCW “GATEWAY TO THE DEATH”, 15/11/2024 Pop’s Nightclub, Sauget, Illinois, USA
1. Miyu Yamashita defeated Mike Bailey with the Crash Rabbit Heat (17:14).
A much tougher challenge awaited Yamashita on the second GCW show. A few days after she pinned Mike Bailey to win the DDT Universal Title, the two met again one on one with nobody else going to get in their way. Bailey hit a Shooting Star Press for a nearfall. Bailey tried to follow up with the Corkscrew Kick into the corner but Yamashita countered it with the Skull Kick. She was too slow to make the pin though so Bailey was able to kick out of it. Bailey took back control but made a fatal mistake when he missed the Ultima Weapon. Yamashita hit him with a Knee Strike from behind after that and scored the pinfall after finding her target once more with the Crash Rabbit Heat. The two traded a fist bump through the ropes after the match.
GCW “NICK GAGE INVITATIONAL 9”, 16/11/2024 Level 13 Event Center, Orlando, Florida, USA
1. Hardcore Match: Miyu Yamashita defeated Broski Jimmy with the Skull Kick (7:44).
The final night of Yamashita’s GCW tour was completely unlike the other two. Yamashita has crossed paths with Broski Jimmy in a few of her other GCW appearances this year. She knocked him out in a match on GCW’s tour of Japan. Then a few shows later in America he interfered in one of her matches so she hit him over the head with a chair. Since this show was being held in the middle of a deathmatch tournament, Yamashita and Jimmy’s grudge match promised to used Hardcore rules. The end result was the closest thing to a death match Yamashita has ever done! She may as well have called herself Rina Yamashita for the night. Chairs, doors, trash cans and even glass were used as weapons. Jimmy even gave Yamashita the Package Piledriver on top of a row of chairs but Yamashita kicked out at one! Yamashita got revenge by giving Jimmy the Attitude Adjustment through a panel of glass in the corner of the ring. She then smashed some lighttubes over Jimmy’s head before breaking the remains of one over her own. All that was left for her to do was hit the Skull Kick for the win.
AEW “DYNAMITE”, 20/11/2024 Santander Arena, Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
1. All Star 8-Man Tag: Konosuke Takeshita, Kyle Fletcher, Lance Archer & Brian Cage defeated Will Ospreay, Powerhouse Hobbs, Ricochet & Mark Davis when Takeshita pinned Davis with the Wagamama (14:33).
The current version of The Don Callis Family were brought together for a match against Ospreay, Hobbs, Ricochet & Davis in a preview for the PPV. Hobbs was taken out of action midway through the match after his knee was attacked with the ring steps but he eventually returned to the match like a house on fire. Things went crazy with everyone hitting their big moves one after another. The end came when Ospreay went for the Hidden Blade and Fletcher pulled Davis into harm’s way. Davis took the full blow and he took another one when Takeshita pulled down his knee pad and hit the Wagamama knee strike for the win.
AEW “FULL GEAR”, 23/11/2024 Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey, USA
1. AEW International Title: Konosuke Takeshita (c) (w/ Don Callis) defeated Ricochet with the Avalanche Raging Fire (19:12). *V3 for Konosuke Takeshita.
After this it’s safe to say Takeshita doesn’t have to worry about Ricochet anymore. Ricochet threw pretty much everything he could do at this stage at him and couldn’t win. Takeshita dodged the Spear Gun this time but couldn’t hit the Wagamama. Ricochet landed a version of the Benadryller instead but Takeshita kicked out of the pin. Then when Ricochet climbed the top rope, Takeshita got up and tripped him by the legs. He hit him with a Knee Strike, climbed up to him and dropped him to the canvas with the Avalanche Falcon Arrow, pinning him clean for a successful title defence.
SETUP “YEAR END CLIMAX”, 30/11/2024 The Circus Studio, G Village, Bangkok, Thailand
1. SETUP All Asia Women’s Title – No DQ Match: Pom Harajuku defeated Matcha (c) with two Pom de Justices onto a Chair (?:??). *Matcha fails in V4. Pom Harajuku becomes the 2nd SETUP All Asia Women’s Champion!
This does not feel real. So let me get this straight. Pom Harajuku went to Thailand, fought in a No DQ Match against Matcha because they hold a grudge from the previous time Harajuku was there and Harajuku won the championship by driving Matcha’s face into a chair with the Pom de Justice. Twice. Unbelievable! This is Harajuku’s first championship win in her career. TJPW is now collecting women’s title belts from around Southeast Asia with the SETUP All Asia Women’s Title now being added to the pile. What a crazy turn of events.
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Upcoming Appearances
NJPW “STRONG STYLE EVOLVED”, 15/12/2024 Walter Pyramid, Long Beach, California, USA
1. Special Tag Team Grudge Match: Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji Vs KONOSUKE TAKESHITA & Jack Perry
So is this path why we didn’t get Takeshita in the Continental Classic this year? Looks like it. The only stuff announced for him for the next few weeks are for New Japan events including the next one happening in America. There is still some AEW involvement though because Jack Perry is teaming with Takeshita here. Also Takeshita gets back in the ring with Yota Tsuji for the first time since the G1 Climax playoff stage. Shingo will be his main target but getting a little bit of revenge on Tsuji will please him too.
NJPW “WRESTLE KINGDOM 19 IN TOKYO DOME”, 04/01/2025 Tokyo Dome, Japan
1. NEVER Openweight Title: Shingo Takagi (c) Vs KONOSUKE TAKESHITA
Well if I’m writing about stuff happening around the world I guess I can include stuff happening in Japan outside of the DDT bubble. As mentioned earlier, Takeshita wants to defend the International Title at the Tokyo Dome and Takagi answered his challenge. Takagi is also the NEVER Openweight Champion so we are on course for a title versus title match on 4th January! There is the risk that Takeshita could lose his championship before this match happens but Takagi’s NEVER Title is guaranteed to be on the line.
“WRESTLE DYNASTY”, 05/01/2025 Tokyo Dome, Japan
1. NEVER Openweight Title: Shingo Takagi or KONOSUKE TAKESHITA (c) Vs Tomohiro Ishii
The winner of the Wrestle Kingdom match will face Ishii the next day at the other big Tokyo Dome show. This event is bringing New Japan, AEW, CMLL, Ring Of Honor and Stardom all together but DDT could secretly sneak in there thanks to Takeshita. If the International Title is indeed involved on 4th January then it will be on the line here too.
GCW “THE PEOPLE VS GCW”, 19/01/2025 Hammerstein Ballroom, New York City, New York, USA
1. Maki Itoh Vs X
January sees Itoh working with GCW again for a few important shows. GCW are returning to the scene of the crime, the Hammerstein Ballroom in an attempt to redeem themselves for blowing their big shot at the infamous venue three years earlier. At the time of writing their chances of achieving that redemption are not looking good. Maybe Itoh can do her part to help things out even just a little bit.
GCW “LIVE IN LONDON”, 26/01/2025 Electric Ballroom, London, England
1. Maki Itoh Vs X
Then a week later Itoh will be wrestling for GCW in London at the Electric Ballroom. That venue has been the home of PROGRESS for most of its existence and they’re helping GCW put this show together.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “AEX32 SANTIAGO 2025”, 09/02/2025 Mapocho Station Cultural Center, Santiago, Chile
No updates yet on who will be joining Yamashita and Itoh at the anime convention or if anyone in Chile wants to challenge them.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW LIVE IN LAS VEGAS”, 18/04/2025 Pearl Theater At Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
And we’re off! Next year’s WrestleMania Week in Las Vegas is now confirmed to have DDT and TJPW coming over. Both promotions will be holding shows on the same day at The Collective. TJPW is up first with an 11am start on the Friday morning. They are promising it will be TJPW’s biggest show in America to date!
DDT “DDT GOES LAS VEGAS!”, 18/04/2025 Pearl Theater At Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Then at 3pm that afternoon DDT will have their show. Friday is going to be a warzone of wrestling shows clashing with each other. DDT & TJPW are among the first companies to get their announcements out there. I’ll be there for both but now I have to worry about what’s going to be happening at the same time!
DDT/TOKYO JOSHI PRO/GCW “DDT VS TJPW VS GCW”, 19/04/2025 Pearl Theater At Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Now here’s something a little bit interesting. DDT and TJPW have just held a triple partner show with DEFY so it makes sense to do one with GCW as well. But this show is happening on Saturday, the same day as Night 1 of “WRESTLEMANIA”. So right now there is no start time announced for the event. Remember, this is happening on the West Coast where WrestleMania will be opening its doors in the afternoon. Is this show going to take place in the morning before everyone rushes over to the stadium? Or will they take a risk and hold this show at night, slap bang in the middle between the two WM shows?
DNA “DNA 10TH ANNIVERSARY”, 28/11/2024 Shinjuku FACE 312 Fans – No Vacancy
1. MAO & Mizuki Watase Vs Yuki Iino & Masato Kamino ended in a Time Limit Draw (15:00).
2. Akira Jo & Yuki Ishida defeated Choun-Shiryu & Rekka when Jo pinned Shiryu with the Spinebuster (8:21).
3. Munetatsu Nakamura defeated Yuni with the German Suplex (10:55).
4. Banana Senga & Tsutomu Oosugi defeated Daiki Shimomura & Check Shimatani when Oosugi pinned Shimomura with the Pictures At An Exhibition (13:42).
5. Kota Umeda, Ryota Nakatsu & Kouki Iwasaki defeated Keigo Nakamura, To-y & Yuya Koroku when Umeda pinned Nakamura with a Right High Kick (15:00).
6. Yuki Ueno defeated Diego with the WR (16:22).
During the Autumn of 2024 DDT surprised everyone by unveiling an entire class of pro wrestling students ready to make their debuts. They were all part of a sub-brand called DNA (DDT New Attitude) and its first show was held on 24th November of that year. Some of the wrestlers came and went but many were around for DNA’s run until 2018 when the generation was ready to graduate into full time pro wrestlers for DDT or its other brands. The generation reunited here today to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of DNA’s first show. Those who are still active in wrestling wanted to show how much they have grown since then while a few of those who moved on from the ring showed up to see old friends again.
The main event was planned to be Yuki Ueno against Shunma Katsumata but an injury forced Katsumata to pull out of the match. Diego, the wrestler from Chile who wrestled on DNA shows as Guanchulo offered to step in as Katsumata’s replacement as a favor for his Los Amigos tag partner. Diego tried to win by using the Crossface Lock but Ueno fought back with Dropkicks and pinned him with the WR. Ueno said when he started his wrestling career in DNA he didn’t know what to do but Diego was there to make his life in the dorm better. He told Diego that they should have another match either in Japan or Chile. He also wants the match with Katsumata to happen in a DNA ring eventually. Ueno wonders maybe he and Diego can team together and beat up Katsumata instead! Diego will be heading back home soon and everyone here will be in his heart.
Wrestlers from the current D GENERATIONS era of DDT were also part of the show to show how DDT continues to look towards the future. The semi-main event was a 6-Man Tag pitting DNA against D GENERATIONS. Kota Umeda, Ryota Nakatsu & Kouki Iwasaki had all wrestled on the first DNA show and were a united trio against Keigo Nakamura, To-y & Yuya Koroku. The match paired off Nakatsu against To-y, Iwasaki against Koroku and came down to Umeda pinning Nakamura with a Right High Kick. Both teams showed interest in having more matches against each other. The younger fighters want to surpass their seniors while Umeda in particular still wants to prove his vision of DNA was always the right one.
One of the regular tag teams put together in DNA was Gran MilliMeters so it was an emotional reunion for Daiki Shimomura & Check Shimatani. They lost to Speed Of Sounds in a competitive match but they didn’t let that result ruin their night. Shimatani is currently busy wrestling in Mexico these days but he did not want to miss this anniversary and felt many emotions when he got the invitation to take part. SOS felt like they deserved some attention too because this year is their 20th Anniversary in wrestling.
Yuni from DDT and Munetatsu Nakamura from Ganbare☆Pro battled each other in another segment of the show dedicated to the new generation, the DDTeeeen!! project in particular. Nakamura got the upper hand by doing the Michinoku Driver II and won when he pinned Yuni with a German Suplex. Nakamura is happy to win but said he has never fought the coach who taught them. He wants to meet and beat that guy to finally get closure from DDTeeeen!! Yuni thought there was no way he could lose to Nakamura but was proven wrong. He wants to wrestle him again as well as Ilusion.
DNA was only around for a few years but it was long enough for a heel unit to pop up and cause trouble. The Naomi Kingdom was led by Naomi Yoshimura back when he was a young punk with a chip on his shoulder. He couldn’t wrestle today because he is still rehabilitating from his neck injury but he still came here to watch one of his stablemates Akira Jo wrestle. Jo’s tag partner Yuki Ishida is connected to Yoshimura through Harimao. Ishida believes if he was around for DNA he would have been a Naomi Kingdom member too. The opposing team were frustrated after losing the match. Rekka wants to fight Yoshimura anytime he is able to wrestle again. The veteran Choun-Shiryu didn’t like how he was treated because of his age and promised to fight again at the 15th Anniversary when he will be 51 years old.
A time limit draw was the result of the opening tag match featuring four of the most established wrestlers from DNA who are currently still active. MAO & Mizuki Watase were the tenacious pairing while Yuki Iino & Masato Kamino fought them as the team of muscleheads. When time was running out the wrestlers yelled that they weren’t going to lose to each other. Both teams were reaching their limit when the 15 minute time limit ran out and the match was ruled a draw. Watase said they can have a rematch anywhere if the others want to.
There was an entrance ceremony before the first match for all of the wrestlers taking part. Also Katsumata was joined by Kazusada Higuchi and Suguru Miyatake to greet the audience at the start of the show.
DDT “GORGEOUS NIGHT”, 24/11/2024 Fukushima Toyota Crown Arena (Fukushima National Athletic Meet Memorial Gymnasium) Sub-Arena 743 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. Keigo Nakamura defeated Yuki Ishida with the Diving Headbutt (7:27).
2. Special Tag Match: Akito & Moeka Haruhi defeated Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata when Akito submitted Hirata with an Ankle Lock (0:06).
2a. Rematch: Akito & Moeka Haruhi defeated Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata when Haruhi pinned Hirata with the Chaka Chaka (8:32).
3. Special Single Match: Danshoku Dieno defeated Antonio Honda with the Danshoku Driver (9:10).
4. Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya & Yuya Koroku defeated KANON, MJ Paul & Ilusion when Naya pinned Paul with the The World’s Best Back Drop (10:41).
5. Takeshi Masada & To-y defeated Tetsuya Endo & Makoto Oishi when To-y pinned Oishi with the Kojima Impact (8:07).
6. SCHADENFREUDE International Vs DAMNATION T.A!: Chris Brookes & Masahiro Takanashi defeated Daisuke Sasaki & Demus when Brookes pinned Demus with the Praying Mantis Bomb (11:44).
7. Fukushima Specialty 6-Man Tag Match: Gorgeous Matsuno, Jun Akiyama & HARASHIMA defeated Yuki Ueno, MAO & Kazuma Sumi when Matsuno pinned Sumi with the Gorgeous Superstar Elbow (23:49).
The big match for this year’s “GORGEOUS NIGHT” show was Gorgeous Matsuno getting to team with Jun Akiyama for the first time ever. HARASHIMA was also on their team and he encouraged Matsuno to keep wrestling for another 30 or 40 years. Even MAO wants him to keep going so he can fight him for Matsuno’s 70th birthday.
Fukushima is where Demus’s wife is from so Daisuke Sasaki was furious at Chris Brookes for beating Demus and embarrassing his wife in her hometown! Sasaki swears he will get revenge by embarrassing Brookes in Sumo Hall. The SCHADENFREUDE International wrestlers say they are ready to beat DAMNATION T.A in the 5 Vs 5 match series next weekend.
As always on these shows, Matsuno got to sing with his partner Junko Tashiro to end the evening.
DDT “ULTIMATE PARTY 2024”, 28/12/2024 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
1. Demus & Ilusion Vs Yuni & Kazuma Sumi
2. Shuji Ishikawa, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Shinichiro Kawamatsu Vs Masahiro Takanashi, Daichi Sato & Yuki Ishida
3. DDT Vs TJPW Full-Scale 6-Man Tag Match: Toru Owashi, Super Sasadango Machine & Antonio Honda Vs Rika Tatsumi, Hyper Misao & Pom Harajuku
4. Special Tag Match ~ O-MENZ Kumadori Debut Match: Kazuki Hirata & Kumadori Vs Makoto Oishi & Akito
5. Special 6-Man Tag Match ~ Haruto Sakuraba Debut Match: KANON, MJ Paul & Haruto Sakuraba Vs HARASHIMA, Yuki Iino & Soma Takao.
6. Special Tag Match: Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura Vs Kenoh & Yu Owada
7. Special Single Match: Yuki Ueno Vs Takeshi Masada
8. Special Single Match: Jun Akiyama Vs Yukio Naya
9. Special Single Match: Great-O-Khan Vs Danshoku Dieno
10. KO-D Tag Team Titles: MAO & To-y Vs Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku
11. KO-D Openweight Title: Chris Brookes Vs Daisuke Sasaki
Here is the full lineup for DDT’s final show of the year. New KO-D Tag Team Champions will be crowned with the replacement match keeping The 37KAMIINA Vs BURNING as its theme. You’d think To-y will want to win the belts for Shunma Katsumata but instead he is fighting for himself. That is a lesson for Yuya Koroku to learn, you still need an ego to make it as a pro wrestler.
Great-O-Khan Vs Danshoku Dieno is for the sickos but probably not the sickos you want to associate with. It’s the holder of New Japan’s notorious King Of Pro Wrestling Title taking on the DDT Extreme Champion, which is pretty much what the KOPW is trying to be. At the moment neither title seems to be on the line.
The original “ULTIMATE PARTY” shows were to bring all of the DDT (and later CyberFight) brands together so NOAH and Tokyo Joshi Pro will both have some presence on the card. Shinya Aoki has a bad habit of constantly calling out opponents for matches that no company wants to book for one reason or another. When he’s not trying to challenge Katsuhiko Nakajima to a fight he is instead trying to goad Kenoh into wrestling him. It is well known by now how much Kenoh looks down on DDT. He will bitterly accept them for what they are but he would rather be caught dead than stand in a DDT ring again. However Aoki & Keigo Nakamura have stuck a nerve with him enough to make him swallow his pride and fight in DDT again. He will be joined by NOAH rookie Yu Owada for the tag match. Aoki started this whole thing by saying he is going to beat Kenoh at Budokan Hall on New Year’s Day but I’m not sure if NOAH will actually book that match as a follow up for the DDT bout.
The two celebrities are both being put in tag matches. Haruto Sakuraba is living up to his deal with DAMNATION T.A to team with them in order to become a heel. Kumadori is naturally teaming up with DDT’s resident dancer Kazuki Hirata, mainly because Hirata admits he cannot beat him in dancing or wrestling.
TJPW are sending over the colorful trio of Rika Tatsumi, Hyper Misao & Pom Harajuku to take on the misfit squad of Toru Owashi, Super Sasadango Machine & Antonio Honda. It is a big reunion for Misao and Sasadango. They famously put together Misao’s “retirement” match in 2020 that was actually a surprise announcement of her marriage.
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