Shaolin Temple Man, Easy Itadaki Matches, Drift BOYZ

May 23, 2017

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “NISHI E HIGASHI E 2017”, 31/05/2017
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Karate Chop And Corkscrew Blow, Fusion Of Miracles!: Yukihiro Abe & Yumehito Imanari Vs Tanomusaku Toba & Chikara
2. Shaolin Temple Vs Gatoh Move~ Complete Settlement Match!: Shaolin Temple Man Vs “Kotori”
3. Ganpuro Counting Again: Shinichiro Tominaga Vs GENTARO
4. Ganbare☆Joshi Wrestler I Debut Match: Ganbare☆Joshi Wrestler I Vs Kaori Yoneyama
5. There Is No Choice But To Do! There Is No Choice But To Die! Decisive Battle!: Shuichiro Katsumura Vs Ganbare The Great
6. When It Is A Match! Show Me Ganbare Soul!: Ken Ohka & Gota Ihashi Vs Kenso Ohka & KAZMA SAKAMOTO

Atsushi Maruyama was originally supposed to be on this show in a match against “Kotori” but he had to pull out for unknown reasons. The mysterious Shaolin Temple Man takes his place.

BASARA “VAJRA 37 WU”, 01/06/2017
Saitama Wrestle Fighter Museum

1. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ – A Block: Trans-Am ★ Ryuichi (6) Vs Takato Nakano (0)
2. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ – A Block: Takumi Tsukamoto (2) Vs Best Stretchman V3 (2)
3. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ – A Block: Ryuichi Sekine (4) Vs Yusuke Kubo (4)
4. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ – B Block: FUMA (4) Vs Gouma Ryu (0)
5. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ – B Block: Ryota Nakatsu (2) Vs SAGAT (0)
6. MC.33 & Fuminori Abe Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Trans-Am ★ Shinya

With only two matches left for Trans-Am ★ Ryuichi, he is on an easy route to winning his block. The winner of Ryuichi Sekine and Yusuke Kubo will be the only person with a realistic chance of catching up with him. In B Block, FUMA also has an easy chance to tie with Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi in first place.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2017 ~DRAMATIC DREAM TAN~”, 11/06/2017
Miyagi Yume Messe West Wing Hall

1. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Kazusada Higuchi & Shigehiro Irie (c) Vs HARASHIMA & Soma Takao

The new KO-D Tag Team Champions already have their first defence lined up. Shigehiro Irie’s goal is to keep the titles so he and Kazusada Higuchi can defend them in a YaroZ show. The challengers are Smile Squash but they may be renamed before then. Soma Takao thinks they should not use the name without Yasu Urano who will be out of contract with DDT by then.

BOYZ “DRAMATIC RAIN SPECIAL ~WOMEN FESTIVAL 15~”, 14/06/2017
Shinjuku FACE

1. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Mizuki Watase & Rekka
2. Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo Vs Lady Beard & Shunma Katsumata
3. HARASHIMA Vs Yuki Ueno
4. Yukio Sakaguchi & Hirata Collection A.T. Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Nobuhiro Shimatani
5. Akito & Masahiro Takanashi Vs KUDO & Makoto Oishi

A mini Team Drift reunion is on the cards as Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao team together for the first time in over a year since that unit disbanded last May.


DDT “ROAD TO SUPER ARENA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TAN~” Results

December 23, 2016

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DDT “ROAD TO SUPER ARENA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TAN~”, 23/12/2016
Miyagi Yume Messe West Wing Hall
334 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Fantastic Memories Vs NωA: Danshoku Dino & Keisuke Ishii defeated Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata when Ishii pinned Katsumata with the Tiger Suplex (10:08).
2. 3 Way Match: Akito defeated Guanchulo and Gorgeous Matsuno when Akito submitted Guanchulo with the Scorpion Lock and Matsuno with a Cobra Twist at the same time (9:56).
3. Joey Ryan & Laura James defeated Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata when James pinned Hirata with the Northern Lights Suplex (11:02).
4. Kazusada Higuchi, Toru Owashi & Kouki Iwasaki defeated Konosuke Takeshita, Antonio Honda & Soma Takao when Higuchi pinned Honda with the Doctor Bomb (11:53).
5. Yoshihiro Takayama & Shigehiro Irie defeated HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano when Irie submitted Urano with the Tazzmission (14:35).
6. Wrestling Master Vs 19 Year Old Idol Wrestler From Osaka City! Miyagi Specialty Special Single Match: Dick Togo defeated MAO with the Diving Senton (16:54).
7. Shuten-dōji Vs DAMNATION: KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi defeated Daisuke Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo & Mad Paulie when Takanashi pinned Sasaki with the Takatonic (13:49).

Masa Takanashi pins Daisuke Sasaki for the second time in a row. Yukio Sakaguchi set it up with the Right Knee Of God and Takanashi finished it with the Takatonic. Takanashi himself noticed this new trend is unusual for him. He wanted to act like beating Sasaki twice is no big deal be even he admits it is strange. Eh, whatever. Let’s drink!

A stipulation was added to MAO Vs Dick Togo. If MAO won then Togo would have to join NωA. But if Togo won then he would get to make a wish. He teased that he might wish to join NωA anyway. Before the match began, MAO was given 30kg of rice as a gift of encouragement from a local sponsor. During the match Togo pulled MAO out of the ring, pulled away a ring mat and Body Slammed MAO onto the exposed floor. Togo continued to control the match until MAO hit a No Touch Tope out of the ring. MAO later stopped Togo from doing the Senton Bomb by hitting an Avalanche Frankensteiner followed by the Screw Kick. Togo avoided the 450 Cannonball and took MAO back outside the ring so he could give him a Vertical Drop Brainbuster onto the floor. Togo returned to the ring at the 19 count but was then hit with a Lariat. Togo won the match with the Pedigree and the Diving Senton. After the match Makoto Oishi came out with an exciting announcement for the future of NωA. He wants to introduced the newest member of NωA, the Wrestling Master turned Idol Master Dick Togo! Togo was taken aback but played along and asked Oishi if he was ready to help make his wish come true. Oishi said of course! Togo then gave Oishi the Pedigree. Wish granted.

Yoshihiro Takayama & Shigehiro Irie had a dominating victory over Smile Squash. They hit a Back Drop/Neckbreaker Drop combo to HARASHIMA to take him out of the match then Irie latched on the Tazzmission to Yasu Urano for the victory. Irie said after the match that he will become the KO-D Openweight Champion in two days time.

The show featured the DDT debut of Laura James, wife of Joey Ryan. Joey and Sanshiro Takagi wanted her debut to be a serious match so they both stopped Kazuki Hirata from dancing. Ryan then repeatedly shouted “This is serious!” while he traded holds with Takagi. Hirata got the message and tried not to do anything wacky when he was in the ring with Laura. That all went out the window when Joey started doing his crotch spots and Hirata convinced Laura to dance with him. Joey stopped the dancing by shoving a lollipop into Hirata’s mouth and then Super Kicking him. Laura then hit a Northern Lights Suplex to win her first DDT match.


Isami Brings In Mashimo, Rocky Kawamura Jogs To Ganbare, DDT At Christmas, Yamashita Vs Akai

December 13, 2016

BASARA “VAJRA 24 ~SPIRIT SHOTEN~”, 15/12/2016
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Takumi Tsukamoto, Daichi Kazato & Koji Iwamoto Vs Hi69, Madoka & Masamune
2. Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Abdullah Kobayashi & Masaya Takahashi
3. FUMA & Yusuke Kubo Vs MIKAMI & Tanomusaku Toba
4. SAGAT, I Will Sell A Fight To All Japan Pro Wrestling!: SAGAT Vs Yuma Aoyagi
5. Prepare For Major Reversal Pro Wrestling Trial – Lecture From A Lawyer: Gouma Ryu Vs Tatsuhiko Yoshino
6. Union MAX Title Preview 3rd Match!: Isami Kodaka & Kengo Mashimo Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Shota

One more skirmish before the big BASARA show. This time Isami Kodaka is bringing in the big guns. However Kengo Mashimo doesn’t always get along with him. So the main event may look one sided on paper but when the match takes place one wrong move can thrash Kodaka’s plans to pieces.

DDT “YOKOHAMA TWILIGHT 2016 ~WINTER~”, 17/12/2016
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. KUDO Vs Guanchulo
2. 4 Way Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Tetsuya Endo Vs Soma Takao Vs Kazusada Higuchi
3. Yoshihiro Takayama & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shunma Katsumata
4. Yukio Sakaguchi, Masahiro Takanashi & Saki Akai Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Kazuki Hirata & Cherry
5. Happy Motel Vs DAMNATION: Konosuke Takeshita & Antonio Honda Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Mad Paulie
6. DDT Extreme Title: Jun Kasai (c) Vs Makoto Oishi
7. Special 6-Man Tag Match: HARASHIMA, Akito & Yasu Urano Vs Shigehiro Irie, Toru Owashi & Tomomitsu Matsunaga

I think this will be the second last Happy Motel Vs DAMNATION match in 2016.

DDT “ROAD TO SUPER ARENA ~DRAMATIC DREAM CLOCK TOWER~”, 18/12/2016
Sapporo Sun Plaza

1. Keisuke Ishii & Tomoya Vs Yasu Urano & Koji Yoshida
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Masahiro Takanashi & Soma Takao
3. How About A Big Hokkaido! Two Big Single Match: Mad Paulie Vs Akito
4. How About A Big Hokkaido! Two Big Single Match: Yoshihiro Takayama Vs Antonio Honda
5. DAMNATION Vs NωA!: Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo Vs Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata
6. Shuten-dōji Vs DNA Combination: KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Kouki Iwasaki
7. Sapporo Specialty! Sea Urchin, Scallop, Cuttlefish, Crab Bowl Special 4 Way Match: HARASHIMA Vs Shigehiro Irie Vs Konosuke Takeshita Vs Danshoku Dino

Konosuke Takeshita and Danshoku Dino get in the main event mix.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “ITSUKA NO MERRY CHRISTMAS 2016”, 22/12/2016
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Ai Shimizu Ganbare☆Wrestling Trial 3rd Match: Ai Shimizu Vs Shota
2. Ganpuro Special Christmas Present ~Chubby Vs Slim Beauty~: Bambi & Manami Kanda Vs Maya Yukihi & Tequila Saya
3. Beat The Opponent! Eat Lightning, Crap Thunder! Become A Scary Guy!: Chikara Vs Rocky Kawamura
4. K-reboot: Yukinori Abe & Mitomi Masayuki Vs Hi69 & Shinichiro Tominaga
5. Ganbare☆Wrestling Vs Shin Ganbare☆Wrestling: Shuichiro Katsumura & Yumehito Imanari Vs Kenso Ohka & Osamu Namiguchi
6. Ken Ohka 15th Anniversary Debut Memorial Match: Ken Ohka Vs Atsushi Maruyama

Earlier this year Ryo Kawamura did what every fighter does at least once in their lives: reenact scenes from the Rocky movies. But even Rocky Balboa couldn’t be able to get a good match out of Chikara.

DDT “ROAD TO SUPER ARENA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TAN~”, 23/12/2016
Miyagi Yume Messe West Wing Hall

1. 3 Way Match: Akito Vs Guanchulo Vs Gorgeous Matsuno
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Joey Ryan & Laura James
3. Konosuke Takeshita, Antonio Honda & Soma Takao Vs Kazusada Higuchi, Toru Owashi & Kouki Iwasaki
4. Fantastic Memories Vs NωA: Danshoku Dino & Keisuke Ishii Vs Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata
5. Wrestling Master Vs 19 Year Old Idol Wrestler From Osaka City! Miyagi Specialty Special Single Match: Dick Togo Vs MAO
6. Shuten-dōji Vs DAMNATION: KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi Vs Daisuke Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo & Mad Paulie
7. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Yoshihiro Takayama & Shigehiro Irie

Shuten-dōji and DAMNATION have their rematch from last weekend but this time the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles are not on the line. That’s being saved for Christmas Day.

DDT “NEVER MIND 2016”, 25/12/2016
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. 3 Way Tag Match: Shunma Katsumata & MAO Vs Soma Takao & Mizuki Watase Vs Antonio Honda & Guanchulo
2. Yoshihiro Takayama, Kazusada Higuchi & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Akito, Yasu Urano & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
3. Joey Ryan & Laura James Vs Makoto Oishi & Saki Akai
4. New Year’s Big Bang Bout: Konosuke Takeshita Vs Mad Paulie
5. Dramatic Christmas Carnival: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Danshoku Dino, Keisuke Ishii & Jiro Kuroshio
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi (c) Vs Daisuke Sasaki, Shuji Ishikawa & Tetsuya Endo
7. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie

Jiro Kuroshio and his fancy jacket are back in DDT for the special occasion.

DDT “NEW YEAR LOTTERY SPECIAL! ALL SEATS 2,000 YEN BOX OFFICE!! 2017”, 03/01/2017
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Mike Bailey

Mike Bailey has built a lot of momentum in the last few months, winning the week long DNA Grand Prix tournament and now holding the KO-D Tag Team Titles with Konosuke Takeshita. His success has been rewarded even more with a KO-D Openweight Title shot at DDT’s first Korakuen Hall show in 2017.

Joey Ryan, Laura James and Candice LeRae will be on this show.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TOKYO JOSHI PRO ’17”, 04/01/2017
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Rika Tatsumi & Hyper Misao (w/ Minami Momochi) Vs Akane Miura & Maho Kurone
2. Reika Saiki Vs Itoh Maki
3. Nodoka-oneesan Vs Cherry
4. Konsho-gun Vs Married Woman Army: Azusa Takigawa & Nonoko Vs Ai Shimizu & Laura James
5. Mil Clown Vs Candice LeRae
6. Miyu Yamashita Vs Saki Akai
7. TOKYO Princess Of Princess Title: Yuu (c) Vs Shoko Nakajima

One of the big rivalries in Tokyo Joshi Pro’s history will come back for a special match. Miyu Yamashita has never been able to beat Saki Akai one on one. Akai has shown no interest in having any future plans with Tokyo Joshi so this may be Yamashita’s last chance for now to get that win.

Hyper Misao has enlisted Rika Tatsumi and Minami Momochi to help her latest attempt to protect Tokyo Joshi from evil. It wasn’t long ago when Akane Miura was practising snake magic although she has shown no evil behaviour since returning to normal. Maho Kurone however is pretty much a zombie now. She’s always been acting weird since her debut match but yeah, carrying a severed arm to the ring while her mouth is covered in blood isn’t exactly being subtle. Momochi will be finishing up her role as Tokyo Joshi’s ring announcer at this show so what a way to go, getting involved in this creepy situation.

DDT “ROAD TO SUPER ARENA IN OYODO ~DRAMATIC DREAM TENROKU~”, 09/01/2017
Osaka Oyodo Community Center

1. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Konosuke Takeshita & Mike Bailey (c) Vs Masakatsu Funaki & Yukio Sakaguchi

The pairing of Masakatsu Funaki & Yukio Sakaguchi at “OSAKA OCTOPUS 2016” worked so well that they will get a KO-D Tag Title shot next month.


DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2016 IN SENDAI ~DRAMATIC DREAM TAN~” Results

May 3, 2016

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DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2016 IN SENDAI ~DRAMATIC DREAM TAN~”, 03/05/2016
Miyagi Yume Messe West Wing Hall
427 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Akito, Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata when Oishi pinned Hirata with a School Boy (9:24).
2. 4 Way Match: Danshoku Dino defeated Kazusada Higuchi, Masa Takanashi and Eddie French when Dino pinned Takanashi with the Danshoku Driver (6:32).
3. Team Drift Goodbye Series: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao defeated Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Gorgeous Matsuno when Irie pinned Matsuno with a Piledriver (13:18).
4. Daisuke Sasaki defeated Guanchulo with the Vietnam Driver II (11:38).
5. Special Single Match: Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Mad Polly by Disqualification when Daisuke Sasaki attacked the referee (9:22).
6. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano defeated Tetsuya Endo & Mao Inoue when HARASHIMA pinned Inoue with the Somato (23:06).

Tetsuya Endo & Mao Inoue are both from Miyagi so they teamed together for their homecoming. Although they weren’t able to win their match, HARASHIMA said their strengths are reliable. He also revealed his grandmother’s house was in Ishinomaki so he himself can be a Miyagi local.

Yukio Sakaguchi had Daisuke Sasaki’s new pet beaten until Sasaki got involved. Sakaguchi hit Mad Polly with the Right Knee Of God and went for the pin but Sasaki Dropkicked Daisuke Kiso to cause a disqualification. Sasaki then tried to give Kiso the Vietnam Driver II but Sakaguchi kicked him into the corner. Sasaki was saved from the Right Knee Of God when Polly pulled him out of the ring.

Makoto Oishi wanted a referee who would keep a strict control over the opening match and not fall for Kazuki Hirata’s dancing antics. He brought out Kyohei Wada to officiate the match. At first it looked like the plan worked. Wada resisted any urge to dance whenever Hirata summoned his music. But at some point the Hirata GO! glasses were knocked onto Wada’s face and he was soon dancing! Hirata joined in but Oishi rolled him over with a School Boy and Wada quick counted the pin.


BASARA “VAJRA 10 ~OSHU HITTO~” Results

May 3, 2016

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BASARA “VAJRA 10 ~OSHU HITTO~”, 03/05/2016
Miyagi Yume Messe West Wing Hall
237 Fans

1. Madoka & Yusuke Kubo defeated Shinobu & SAGAT when Madoka pinned SAGAT with the Ranhyei (11:14).
2. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ B Block: FUMA (2) defeated Ryu Gouma (0) by Countout (7:04).
3. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ B Block: Daichi Kazato (4) defeated Takumi Tsukamoto (2) with a Cradle (10:24).
4. LET’S PARTY ~Hiroshi Of Hardcore~: Abdullah Kobayashi defeated Hiroshi Fukuda with the Diving Bakachinga Elbow Drop (12:34).
5. Special Tag Match: Isami Kodaka & Masamune defeated Koji Iwamoto & Masashi Takeda when Kodaka pinned Iwamoto with the Tenha Zeyyari (14:04).
6. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ A Block: Ryota Nakatsu (2) defeated Ryuichi Sekine (2) with the Jumping Cross Armbreaker (17:20).

Block A Standings

1. Isami Kodaka (2)
-. Ryuichi Sekine (2)
-. Ryota Nakatsu (2)
4. Yusuke Kubo (0)
-. SAGAT (0)

Block B Standings

1. Daichi Kazato (4)
2. FUMA (2)
-. Takumi Tsukamoto (2)
4. Hiroshi Fukuda (0)
-. Ryu Gouma (0)

It was an all Cavalry main event in Day 2 of the Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ tournament. Ryuichi Sekine and Ryota Nakatsu had a little friendly argument at the beginning of the show but when the time came it was all serious between them. Nakatsu avoided Sekine’s High Kicks and locked in a Cross Armbreaker to make his stablemate tap out. Nakatsu said fighting Sekine was a painful but interesting experience.

Miyagi wrestler Masamune was the local attraction for this show teaming with Isami Kodaka. Also making his BASARA debut was Masashi Takeda, a former tag partner of Kodaka. After the Masamune said he wasn’t done wrestling in BASARA. Kodaka shook his hand and told the fans to stay tuned for more tag team bouts and even a singles match with Masamune.

There was no messing around for Hiroshi Fukuda when he fought Abdullah Kobayashi in a Hardcore match. He brought out a Singapore cane while Kobayashi carried a paper bag to the ring and took out an Iron Claw. SAGAT helped out Fukuda when he grabbed Kobayashi by the ropes but the plan backfired when Kobayashi ducked a Superman Punch, causing SAGAT to take the hit. Fukuda tried to win with the Perfect Plex onto a chair but it didn’t work. Kobayashi instead gave both Fukuda and SAGAT the Bakachinga Elbow Drop to win. Fukuda laid the blame on SAGAT for the defeat. Kobayashi agreed with him.

In the remaining Heaven Summit matches Daichi Kazato and FUMA both earned points. Kazato is now in the lead of Block B after beating Takumi Tsukamoto. Kazato is now focused on beating FUMA on 13th May. Ever since Union closed he sees their relationship as two brothers fighting with each other. FUMA was happy with his win over Ryu Gouma even though it was by countout. His goal for the league is not just to win but to take over BASARA by force. Gouma’s strategy to win points by countout has not changed even though it isn’t working for him so far.


Daisuke Sasaki’s New Pet, Team Drift Goodbye Series, Heaven Summit Begins

April 26, 2016

DDT “YOKOHAMA TWILIGHT 2016 ~SPRING~”, 29/04/2016
Yokohama Radiant Hall

0. King Of Dark Title: Gota Ihashi (c) Vs Rekka
1. Sanshiro Takagi, Kazuki Hirata & Guanchulo Vs KENSO, Hiroshi Fukuda & Eddie French
2. 3 Way Match: Toru Owashi Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
3. Team Drift Goodbye Series: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs Ken Ohka, Danshoku Dino & Super Sasadango Machine
4. Kazusada Higuchi & Mao Inoue Vs Shunma Katsumata & Kouki Iwasaki
5. HARASHIMA, Akito & Yasu Urano Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo
6. Daisuke Sasaki & Daisuke Sasaki’s New Pet Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi

The new KO-D Openweight Champion has a busy schedule ahead of him. Daisuke Sasaki now has two championships to defend and his “pet” Shuji Ishikawa won’t be there to protect him all the time. To remedy this Sasaki got himself a second “pet” to guard him from the other Right To Challenge Contract holders. All Sasaki has said about his new pet is it’s cute and he thinks it’s male. He’s unsure if he will obtain any more pets after this one because he’s running out of space in his home.

After three years and nine months as a unit, Team Drift have decided to split after their latest failed attempt to chase after a championship. Keisuke Ishii feels that Drift have stagnated as a team. Shigehiro Irie said he now feels lonely after the decision but he has to face reality. Soma Takao thinks he needs to take this chance to grow after he failed to win anything in the Right To Challenge Rumble at “JUDGEMENT 2016”. Their final match as a unit will take place on 29th May but until then they will have a farewell series of matches on DDT shows. Ken Ohka demanded to be inserted into one of Drift’s final matches when he found out about their dissolution. He’s even willing to reform #OhkaEmpire for the occasion.

BASARA “VAJRA 9 ~TONIGHT IS HUNGRY FOR BLOOD~”, 01/05/2016
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall

1. Ryota Nakatsu & Koji Iwamoto Vs Hi69 & Eddie French
2. FUMA & Madoka Vs Takayuki Ueki & Toshiyuki Sakuda
3. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ B Block: Daichi Kazato Vs Ryu Gouma
4. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ B Block: Takumi Tsukamoto Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
5. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ A Block: Ryuichi Sekine Vs SAGAT
6. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ A Block: Isami Kodaka Vs Yusuke Kubo

Eddie French makes his BASARA debut.

BASARA “VAJRA 10 ~OSHU HITTO~”, 03/05/2016
Miyagi Yume Messe West Wing Hall

1. Madoka & Yusuke Kubo Vs Shinobu & SAGAT
2. LET’S PARTY ~Hiroshi Of Hardcore~: Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Abdullah Kobayashi
3. Special Tag Match: Isami Kodaka & Masamune Vs Koji Iwamoto & Hi69
4. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ B Block: FUMA Vs Ryu Gouma
5. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ B Block: Takumi Tsukamoto Vs Daichi Kazato
6. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ A Block: Ryuichi Sekine Vs Ryota Nakatsu

Seems that Hiroshi Fukuda has been bitten by the violence bug after his bloody match with MEN’S Teioh. Now he can get bitten by Abdullah Kobayashi!

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2016 IN SENDAI ~DRAMATIC DREAM TAN~”, 03/05/2016
Miyagi Yume Messe West Wing Hall

1. 4 Way Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Kazusada Higuchi Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Eddie French
2. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Akito, Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata
3. Team Drift Goodbye Series: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Gorgeous Matsuno
4. Special Single Match: Daisuke Sasaki’s New Pet Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
5. Daisuke Sasaki Vs Guanchulo
6. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Tetsuya Endo & Mao Inoue

Sasaki has a chance to remove Sakaguchi from the KO-D Title race. He’s sending his new pet to go after Yukio Sakaguchi and his Right To Challenge Contract.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2016 IN AOMORI ~DRAMATIC DREAMTSUGARU SHAMISEN ~”, 04/05/2016
Aomori Hamanasu Hall

1. Wrestling Technique Olympics A Block Qualifier: Yasu Urano Vs Eddie French
2. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Tetsuya Endo, Mao Inoue & Gorgeous Matsuno
3. Team Drift Goodbye Series: Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Shunma Katsumata
4. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Keisuke Ishii & Guanchulo
5. HARASHIMA & Akito Vs Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita
6. Daisuke Sasaki & Daisuke Sasaki’s New Pet Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi

Yasu Urano is representing Japan and Eddie French is representing France in the opener.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2016 IN SAPPORO ~DRAMATIC DREAM CLOCK TOWER~”, 08/05/2016
AXES Sapporo

1. Team Drift Goodbye Series: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs HARASHIMA, Akito & Yasu Urano
2. SPW South East Asia Title: Masa Takanashi (c) Vs Antonio Honda
3. KO-D Openweight Title: Daisuke Sasaki (c) Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
*Yukio Sakaguchi will cash in his Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.

If Sakaguchi stays unbeaten until May he will cash in his Right To Challenge Contract for a KO-D Title shot. Unlike Sasaki he wants to win the title fair and square against a healthy opponent.

Tomoya and Koji Yoshida will also be on the show.

DDT “DNA 16”, 11/05/2016
Kitazawa Town Hall

1. Rekka Vs Nobuhiro Shimatani
2. Rainbow Kawamura Vs Makoto Oishi
3. Team Drift Goodbye Series: Kazusada Higuchi, Mao Inoue & Guanchulo Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
4. Mizuki Watase Vs Jiro Kuroshio
5. KENSO Vs Kouki Iwasaki
6. Kota Umeda Vs Shunma Katsumata

Jiro Kuroshio has impressed Sanshiro Takagi after wrestling with him in both DDT and WRESTLE-1 recently. He returns to DNA after appearing on Shows #2 and #3 last year.

DDT “FRIENSDHIP, EFFORT, VICTORY IN NAGOYA 2016”, 15/05/2016
Nagoya International Conference Hall

1. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Kazusada Higuchi, Shunma Katsumata & Kouki Iwasaki (c) Vs X, X & X
2. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sasaki & Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs Akito & Yasu Urano

Smile Squash wants to avenge HARASHIMA by winning the KO-D Tag Team Titles from Sasaki & Ishikawa. They are on a roll and take credit for Team Drift disbanding. They also believe to know the champions’ weakness. Although Sasaki & Ishikawa are both strong as individuals, their stamina does not match. Smile Squash thinks that Ishikawa’s large size is actually his weakness because he sweats a lot! If they can tire out Ishikawa and leave him in a dehydrated state they can then beat Sasaki and win the titles.

DDT “DRAMATIC DREAMS VOL. 3 ~FLOWERS ARE FLOWERS PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE~”, 22/05/2016
Osaka Yodogawa Ward Community Center

1. Crash The Super Heavy Special 6-Man Tag Team Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Jinsei Shinzaki & Toru Owashi Vs Shigehiro Irie, Kazusada Higuchi & Super Sasadango Machine
2. Special Tag Match: Kazuki Hirata & Kuishinbo Kamen Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & Kikutaro
3. Reunion Special Single Match: Yasu Urano Vs Antonio Honda (Special Referee: Dick Togo)
4. Twelve New Year’s Eve Dream: Konosuke Takeshita Vs ZERO

HUB knows how special his upcoming match with Konosuke Takeshita means to his opponent. When he found out Takeshita wants him to fight as his former gimmick ZERO he was happy to accept the idea.

DDT “AUDIENCE 2016”, 29/05/2016
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Team Drift Goodbye Series Final – Team Drift Disbands Match: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs X, X & X
2. DDT Extreme Title: Super Sasadango Machine (c) Vs LiLiCo
3. KO-D Openweight Title: Daisuke Sasaki (c) Vs X

Sasaki ultimately wants to defend the KO-D Title against Candice LeRae at Sumo Hall this August. However he was told this can only happen if LeRae enters the King Of DDT tournament and wins it. It is unknown if LeRae is going to be in the tournament.


DDT “AOBA CASTLE LOVE SONG! IN SENDAI 2015” Results

November 14, 2015

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DDT “AOBA CASTLE LOVE SONG! IN SENDAI 2015”, 14/11/2015
Miyagi Yume Messe West Wing Hall
520 Fans – Super No Vacancy

0. King Of Dark Title: Kouki Iwasaki (c) Vs Gota Ihashi ended in a Double Countout (4:35).
*D1 for Kouki Iwasaki.
1. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata defeated Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata & Akito when Hirata pinned Katsumata with the One Shot Miracle Cradle (9:27).
2. Danshoku Dino defeated Gorgeous Matsuno with the Danshoku Driver (6:05).
*Sendai is now a Gay Town.
3. Yuji Okabayashi & Kazusada Higuchi defeated Shigehiro Irie & Suguru Miyatake when Okabayashi submitted Miyatake with the Argentine Backbreaker (14:58).
4. Konosuke Takeshita & Hiroshi Fukuda defeated HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano when Takeshita submitted Urano with the Walls Of Takeshita (15:43).
5. Daisuke Sasaki defeated Mao Inoue with the Crossface Lock (12:48).
6. Antonio Honda & Tetsuya Endo defeated Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao when Honda submitted Takao with a Manjigatame (13:09).
7. Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Kota Umeda defeated Isami Kodaka, SAGAT & Ryota Nakatsu when Sakaguchi pinned SAGAT with the Right Knee Of God (17:28).

In the main event Shuten-dōji were victorious over the BASARA trio with Yukio Sakaguchi getting to show just why he is the KO-D Openweight Champion. He hit Isami Kodaka with a Flying Knee Strike to the back and then hit SAGAT with the Right Knee Of God to end the match. Masa Takanashi grabbed the mic and asked Kodaka how the defeat tasted. Kota Umeda asked Sakaguchi and Takanashi if he could continue teaming with them. Takanashi told him he was waiting for him to ask. He talked with KUDO earlier about bringing Umeda into the group. Sakaguchi had the last word on the matter and he handed Umeda a cup of alcohol. “Welcome to the world of Shuten-dōji!”

Tetsuya Endo credited everyone’s support for today’s victory and now has his sights directly on Keisuke Ishii. Endo used a Turnbuckle Power Bomb on Soma Takao in the lead up to the match finish. Endo said it is becoming one of his favourite moves because it allows someone of his size to deliver a lot of damage in one go.

Some of the other matches at “OSAKA OCTOPUS 2015” got some focus on this show. Konosuke Takeshita gained some momentum against his upcoming opponent HARASHIMA in Match #4. Takeshita took out HARASHIMA with the Deadlift German Suplex before tapping out Yasu Urano. HARASHIMA was reminded of how dangerous the German Suplex can be and also how fast Takeshita is progressing. Takeshita is confident he can beat HARASHIMA with the German Suplex but also proved he has other weapons in his arsenal.

Yuji Okabayashi says he is looking forward to settling the score with Shigehiro Irie in Osaka later this month. He noted they both have a win over each other and he wants to welcome the new year in good form. Irie said he needs to practice if he wants to take down the monster.

Kouki Iwasaki came close to beating Gota Ihashi by countout in the King Of Dark Title match. The two fought outside the ring and Iwasaki was left standing. But before he could climb the apron, Ihashi grabbed his leg and held him back until both were counted out. Since it was a draw that means Iwasaki is still the champion.


Osaka Octopus’s Garden In The Shade

November 10, 2015

DDT “DNA 11”, 11/11/2015
Kitazawa Town Hall

1. My Beloved Brother!! This Is The Fist Of The Brother With The Different Aim!!: Dai Suzuki Vs Tigger Bedscene
2. Kouki Iwasaki Vs Daichi Kazato
3. Kota Umeda & Mizuki Watase Vs Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi
4. Shunma Katsumata Vs Suguru Miyatake
5. Ryota Nakatsu Vs Mao Inoue
6. Kazusada Higuchi Vs Daisuke Sasaki

I cannot wait for the main event to show up on Youtube.

DDT “AOBA CASTLE LOVE SONG! IN SENDAI 2015”, 14/11/2015
Miyagi Yume Messe West Wing Hall

0. King Of Dark Title: Kouki Iwasaki (c) Vs Gota Ihashi
1. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata & Akito
2. Danshoku Dino Vs Gorgeous Matsuno
3. Daisuke Sasaki Vs Mao Inoue
4. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Antonio Honda & Tetsuya Endo
5. Shigehiro Irie & Suguru Miyatake Vs Yuji Okabayashi & Kazusada Higuchi
6. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Hiroshi Fukuda
7. Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Kota Umeda Vs Isami Kodaka, SAGAT & Ryota Nakatsu

The 3 Way Match between Danshoku Dino, Shigehiro Irie and Gorgeous Matsuno has been cancelled. Irie is now put into a tag team match against his Osaka opponent Yuji Okabayashi. Dino and Matsuno will face each other one on one.

DDT “BIG HOUSE ARROW HOMETOWN 2015”, 21/11/2015
Toyama Takaoka Ecoeur

1. 3 Way Match: Toru Owashi Vs Kazusada Higuchi Vs Makoto Oishi
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Soma Takao & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
3. Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake Vs Joey Ryan & Yoshiaki Yago
4. Akito & Yasu Urano Vs Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita
5. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Tetsuya Endo & Hiroshi Fukuda
6. Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Kota Umeda Vs HARASHIMA, Ken Ohka & Danshoku Dino

Keisuke Ishii and Tetsuya Endo are getting more matches with each other this month.

DDT “THREE OF A DREAM 2015”, 22/11/2015
Hiroshima Industrial Hall East Exhibition Hall

0. King Of Dark Title – 3 Way Match: Kouki Iwasaki (c) Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Suguru Miyatake
1. Yasu Urano, Makoto Oishi & Yuto Aijima Vs Antonio Honda, Joey Ryan & Hiroshi Fukuda
2. Konosuke Takeshita & Kota Umeda Vs Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
3. Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Isami Kodaka & Ryota Nakatsu
4. Hardcore Special Single Match: Daisuke Sasaki Vs Yuko Miyamoto
5. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Ken Ohka, Danshoku Dino & Super Sasadango Machine (c) Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
6. Keisuke Ishii Vs Tetsuya Endo
7. Hiroshima Specialty! Deadly Special Tag Match: HARASHIMA & Akito Vs Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kazusada Higuchi

Tetsuya Endo feels he must beat Keisuke Ishii before his KO-D Title Match in December.

DDT “DRAMATIC OR NOT? YEAH 2015”, 23/11/2015
Aichi Toyohashi Gymnasium 2nd Arena

1. Suguru Miyatake Vs Kota Umeda
2. Keisuke Ishii Vs Ryota Nakatsu
3. Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Akito & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
4. 4 Way Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Daisuke Sasaki Vs Kazusada Higuchi Vs Ken Ohka
5. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Joey Ryan & Hiroshi Fukuda
6. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Antonio Honda & Tetsuya Endo
7. Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao

Toyohashi’s never going to be the same againt once Danshoku Dino and Joey Ryan are in the ring together.

DDT “OSAKA OCTOPUS 2015”, 28/11/2015
Osaka Edion Arena #1

1. Akito, Yasu Urano, Ryota Nakatsu & Kota Umeda Vs Keisuke Ishii, Soma Takao, Mao Inoue & Mizuki Watase
2. Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Shoichi Uchida & Dai Suzuki
3. Danshoku Dino, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei Vs Joey Ryan, Hiroshi Fukuda & Tetsuya Endo
4. Shochiku Vs Yoshimoto All Out War: Super Sasadango Machine Vs RG & Ryota Yamazato
5. Hardcore Special 6 Way Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs KENSO Vs Daisuke Sasaki Vs Yuko Miyamoto Vs Kazusada Higuchi Vs Ken Ohka
6. Special Single Match: Shigehiro Irie Vs Yuji Okabayashi
7. Special Single Match: HARASHIMA Vs Konosuke Takeshita
8. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Cherry (c) Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Suguru Miyatake Vs Toru Owashi Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Yoshihiko Vs Shunma Katsumata Vs Saki Akai Vs Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan Vs Gota Ihashi Vs Kikutaro
9. DDT Extreme Title: Antonio Honda (c) Vs Kendo Kashin
10. KO-D Openweight Title: Yukio Sakaguchi (c) Vs Isami Kodaka

KENSO has escaped from the realm of dark matches and is still trying to rekindle his feud with Sanshiro Takagi. An inclusion to the 6 Way Hardcore match will have to do for now.


Fuuuuuuuck, November’s Busy

November 7, 2015

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 6”, 08/11/2015
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

0. King Of Dark Title: KENSO (c) Vs Gota Ihashi Vs Kouki Iwasaki
1. Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Danshoku Dino & Seiya Morohashi
2. Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Ryota Nakatsu
3. Shigehiro Irie Vs Makoto Oishi
4. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Tetsuya Endo & Kota Umeda
5. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Cherry (c) Vs Saki Akai Vs Toru Owashi Vs Lady Beard Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
6. HARASHIMA, Akito & Yasu Urano Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Hiroshi Fukuda
7. Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Isami Kodaka & SAGAT

DDT returns to Saitama to continue the build up for Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Isami Kodaka.

KENSO is given the perfect test for his first King Of Dark Title match. If he can’t get past Gota Ihashi, he is doomed.

DDT “DNA 11”, 11/11/2015
Kitazawa Town Hall

1. My Beloved Brother!! This Is The Fist Of The Brother With The Different Aim!!: Dai Suzuki Vs Tigger Bedscene
2. Kouki Iwasaki Vs Daichi Kazato
3. Kota Umeda & Mizuki Watase Vs Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi
4. Shunma Katsumata Vs Suguru Miyatake
5. Ryota Nakatsu Vs Mao Inoue
6. Kazusada Higuchi Vs Daisuke Sasaki

After Daisuke Sasaki submitted Kazusada Higuchi in the main event of Tuesday’s DDT show, a singles match between the two was quickly made for this month’s DNA event. This will continue a trend of matches for the two that will go on until “OSAKA OCTOPUS 2015”.

DDT “AOBA CASTLE LOVE SONG! IN SENDAI 2015”, 14/11/2015
Miyagi Yume Messe West Wing Hall

1. 3 Way Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Shigehiro Irie Vs Gorgeous Matsuno
2. Daisuke Sasaki Vs Mao Inoue
3. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Hiroshi Fukuda
4. Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Kota Umeda Vs Isami Kodaka, SAGAT & Ryota Nakatsu

Sakaguchi Vs Kodaka build up continues. Sakaguchi hasn’t been on the winning team so far in this series.

DDT “BIG HOUSE ARROW HOMETOWN 2015”, 21/11/2015
Toyama Takaoka Ecoeur

1. Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake Vs Joey Ryan & Yoshiaki Yago
2. Akito & Yasu Urano Vs Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita
3. Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Kota Umeda Vs HARASHIMA, Ken Ohka & Danshoku Dino

This is the annual show in Yoshiaki Yago’s hometown. That means for better or worse Yoshiyaki Yago has to be booked. Yago and Joey Ryan teaming together will mark the first time both are on the same show together since the 2007 Chikara King Of Trios tournament.

DDT “THREE OF A DREAM 2015”, 22/11/2015
Hiroshima Industrial Hall East Exhibition Hall

1. Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Isami Kodaka & Ryota Nakatsu
2. Hardcore Special Single Match: Daisuke Sasaki Vs Yuko Miyamoto
3. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Ken Ohka, Danshoku Dino & Super Sasadango Machine (c) Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
4. Hiroshima Specialty! Deadly Special Tag Match: HARASHIMA & Akito Vs Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kazusada Higuchi

Katsuhiko Nakajima & Higuchi take their tag team out of DNA and into DDT proper.

Sasaki has jumped at the opportunity to fill in the void left by Kota Ibushi and KUDO. One of his big challenges this month is a Hardcore Match against Yuko Miyamoto. This will be a preview of what will happen in Osaka at the end of the month.

DDT “DRAMATIC OR NOT? YEAH 2015”, 23/11/2015
Aichi Toyohashi Gymnasium 2nd Arena

1. 4 Way Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Daisuke Sasaki Vs Kazusada Higuchi Vs Ken Ohka
2. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Joey Ryan & Hiroshi Fukuda
3. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Antonio Honda & Tetsuya Endo

Sasaki and Higuchi’s new feud will feature another 4 Way Match with Sanshiro Takagi and Ken Ohka dragged in. The match will happen again at Osaka but with one more extra ingredient.

DDT “OSAKA OCTOPUS 2015”, 28/11/2015
Osaka Edion Arena #1

1. Akito, Yasu Urano, Ryota Nakatsu & Kota Umeda Vs Keisuke Ishii, Soma Takao, Mao Inoue & Mizuki Watase
2. Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Shoichi Uchida & Dai Suzuki
3. Danshoku Dino, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei Vs Joey Ryan, Hiroshi Fukuda & Tetsuya Endo
4. Shochiku Vs Yoshimoto All Out War: Super Sasadango Machine Vs RG & Ryota Yamazato
5. Hardcore Special 5 Way Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Daisuke Sasaki Vs Yuko Miyamoto Vs Kazusada Higuchi Vs Ken Ohka
6. Special Single Match: Shigehiro Irie Vs Yuji Okabayashi
7. Special Single Match: HARASHIMA Vs Konosuke Takeshita
8. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Cherry (c) Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Suguru Miyatake Vs Toru Owashi Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Yoshihiko Vs Shunma Katsumata Vs Saki Akai Vs Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan Vs Gota Ihashi Vs Kikutaro
9. DDT Extreme Title: Antonio Honda (c) Vs Kendo Kashin
10. KO-D Openweight Title: Yukio Sakaguchi (c) Vs Isami Kodaka

DDT has put together a loaded card for the last big non-Korakuen show of the year. Not only is there the KO-D Openweight Title match that’s been built up for the last month, there is also Antonio Honda facing his weirdest challenger yet Kendo Kashin, the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title’s return to glory with a large Battle Royal, two big singles matches that have seemingly come out of nowhere and a crazy 5 Way Hardcore match.


DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN SENDAI ~DRAMATIC DREAM TAN~” Results

May 4, 2015

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN SENDAI ~DRAMATIC DREAM TAN~”, 04/05/2015
Miyagi Yume Messe West Wing Hall
468 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. MIKAMI defeated Suguru Miyatake with the Rolling School Boy (7:20).
2. Masa Takanashi defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga with the Takatonic (14:09).
3. KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Hoshitango & Ryota Nakatsu when KUDO pinned Nakatsu with the Backspin Kick (11:37).
4. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi “Yakiniku Small Iron” Infomercial Match: Antonio Honda & Hiroshi Fukuda (w/ Great Kojika) defeated Sanshiro Takagi & Gorgeous Matsuno (w/ Tsuyoshi Kikuchi) when Honda submitted Matsuno with a Manjigatame (11:27).
5. Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki defeated Danshoku Jinsei & Makoto Oishi when Ibushi pinned Oishi with the Sit Down Last Ride (15:04).
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao (c) defeated HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito when Irie pinned Akito with the Beast Bomber (18:47).
*V1 for Team Dream Futures.

The main event not only saw a successful KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Title defence but also the DDT Extreme Champion being pinned by his next challenger. Shigehiro Irie swore that he will win the title from Akito.

There was a clash of interest with the Infomercial Match. It was originally supposed to advertise Tsuyoshi Kikuchi’s business but The Great Kojika unexpectedly appeared to promote a Big Japan show being held in Sendai on 9th June. The two teams battled over what should be advertised. Antonio Honda & Hiroshi Fukuda promoted Kikuchi’s business whenever they applied a submission hold while Sanshiro Takagi & Gorgeous Matsuno hyped the Big Japan show when they were in control of the match. When the match was over Kikuchi was upset because he wasn’t finished handing out flyers to everyone in the audience.

Masa Takanashi and Tomomitsu Matsunaga were both fined for arriving at the company bus late before it took off to Miyagi. They both overslept.