No Alcohol No Life, God Bless DDT And Osaka Octopus Full Cards

November 8, 2016

TAVERN WRESTLING “NO ALCOHOL NO LIFE 2016”, 09/11/2016
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Match: Miyu Yamashita & Shoko Nakajima Vs Rika Tatsumi & Maho Kurone
2. Beauty Boys And Beasts: Gota Ihashi & Mizuki Watase Vs Takumi Tsukamoto & SAGAT
3. 29 Year Old Heavy Metal Wrestler Vs 37 Year Old Idol Wrestler: Yusuke Kubo Vs Makoto Oishi
4. Obi-chan Close Call, 3 Times – 3 Way Match: Gouma Ryu Vs Cherry Vs Sayaka Obihiro
5. Separate Volume! Young Communication: Akito, Ryuichi Sekine & Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi Vs FUMA, Soma Takao & Daichi Kazato
6. Drop Kick Vs Ebisuko Tavern The Entire Conflict ~Shin-Kiba Death Match~: Isami Kodaka & Ryota Nakatsu Vs KUDO & Kouki Iwasaki

Don’t know if anyone in Japan needs an excuse to drown their sorrows tomorrow but hey, wrestling and alcohol is on offer here.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “BEYOND THE NIGHT SKY 2016”, 12/11/2016
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Ganpuro Special Mixed Tag: American Balloon & Sayaka Obihiro Vs Kenta Hattori & Ai Shimizu
2. Real Tiger Mask Vs Rikidozan III: Shuichiro Katsumura Vs Chikara
3. Double Main Event I: Shota & Mitomi Masayuki Vs Yukihiro Abe & Shinichiro Tominaga
4. Double Main Event II – Shin Ganbare☆Wrestling Raising An Army: Ken Ohka & Yumehito Imanari Vs Osamu Namiguchi & X

The main event of this show is also the main event of Osamu Namiguchi’s own Shin Ganbare☆Wrestling brand.

DDT “DRAMATIC MOMOTARO DENSETSU”, 13/11/2016
Okayama Future Hall

1. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Match – Nodoka-oneesan Local Okayama Triumph: Miyu Yamashita Vs Nodoka-oneesan
2. Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata Vs Toru Owashi & Yasu Urano
3. Danshoku Dino & Keisuke Ishii Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata
4. HARASHIMA & Akito Vs Soma Takao & Kouki Iwasaki
5. Okayama Specialty! Please Give Me One Of The Millet Dumplings: Daisuke Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo & Mad Paulie Vs Konosuke Takeshita, Antonio Honda & Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi
6. Crazy Gold Wolves Vs The Emperor Of The Pro Wrestling World: KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi Vs Yoshihiro Takayama, Kazusada Higuchi & Guanchulo

Yoshihiro Takayama now turns his attention to Shuten-dōji.

BASARA “VAJRA 22 ~HUNDRED DRILLING STEEL~”, 20/11/2016
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Daichi Kazato Vs Koji Iwamoto
2. FUMA & Yusuke Kubo Vs Masamune & Hi69
3. Free Consultation In The Ring! Gouma Ryu Consultation Room: Gouma Ryu Vs Madoka
4. Cavalry Vs Bloody Brothers III: Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Takayuki Ueki & Masaya Takahashi
5. Union MAX Title Battlefield?: Isami Kodaka & Takumi Tsukamoto Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & SAGAT

Isami Kodaka and Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi have the usual preview match before their Union MAX Title bout.

DDT “GOD BLESS DDT 2016”, 23/11/2016
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. King Of Dark Title – 3 Way Match: Nobuhiro Shimatani (c) Vs Mad Paulie Vs Guanchulo
1. Soma Takao & Kazusada Higuchi Vs Keisuke Ishii & Kouki Iwasaki
2. Dick Togo, Shigehiro Irie & Antonio Honda Vs KUDO, Masahiro Takanashi & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
3. Rumours In Regions Dance Vs Song Vs ParaPara Sacred 3 Way Battle!: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata & MAO Vs Akito, Yasu Urano & Rekka
4. Special Single Match: Daisuke Sasaki Vs Mike Bailey
5. Special Single Match: Yoshihiro Takayama Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
6. Special Tag Match: Shuji Ishikawa & Tetsuya Endo Vs HARASHIMA & Konosuke Takeshita
7. DDT Extreme Title: Danshoku Dino (c) Vs Saki Akai

Shigehiro Irie sent a message from his return match by pinning HARASHIMA. Next up he’s teaming with Dick Togo.

DDT “OSAKA OCTOPUS 2016 ~IT’S NANIWABUSHI WRESTLING~”, 04/12/2016
Osaka Edion Arena #1

0. King Of Dark Title: Nobuhiro Shimatani (c), Mizuki Watase & Rekka Vs Kouki Iwasaki, Guanchulo & Daiki Shimomura
1. Time Difference Battle Royal: Toru Owashi Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Mad Paulie Vs Kuishinbo Kamen Vs Kikutaro Vs Daisuke Sasaki
2. Naomi Yoshimura Debut Match: Keisuke Ishii, Akito & Yuki Ueno Vs KUDO, Soma Takao & Naomi Yoshimura
3. Elementary School 3rd Grader – Yuni Debut Match: Shigehiro Irie, Yasu Urano & Yuni Vs Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata & MAO
4. DDT Launch Pre-20th Anniversary Commemoration TLC (Takoyaki, Ladder & Chair) Special 6-Man Tag Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Kota Ibushi & Gota Ihashi Vs Dick Togo, Antonio Honda & Takashi Sasaki
5. Special Single Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Jun Kasai
6. Naniwa Woman Saga: Saki Akai & Lady Beard Vs Aja Kong & LiLiCo
7. Special Tag Match: Masakatsu Funaki & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Yoshihiro Takayama & Kazusada Higuchi
8. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Mike Bailey
9. KO-D Openweight Title: Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs HARASHIMA

The full card was revealed during “DDT FES 2016”. Among the new matches are a special TLC Match preparing the celebrations for DDT’s 20th anniversary next year. Takashi Sasaki comes back to DDT for this match. Danshoku Dino finds himself in a more extreme situation than normal against Jun Kasai. There are also the debut matches of new DNA rookie Naomi Yoshimura and 3rd Grade student Yuni.

The Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title has vanished from the public eye ever since comedian Ryota Yamasato accidentally won the title at the end of “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2016”. However DDT announced that if the champion and championship both reappear between now and this show it will be put on the line in the Battle Royal.

The dark match may stay the same even if Nobuhiro Shimatani “loses” the King Of Dark Title before the show takes place.


Defend DNA From Cavalry, Marriage Wins Army, Happy Motels Don’t Like DAMNATION

November 5, 2016

DDT “DDT FES 2016”, 06/11/2016
Shin-Kiba Studio Coast

1. Kamereo-gun Vs Macho 29-gun: Toru Owashi, Saki Akai & Nobuhiro Shimatani Vs Seiya Morohashi, Reika Saiki & Lady Beard
2. BLACK OUT Presents Tag Match: LiLiCo & Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Guanchulo & Cherry
3. DJ Stecase King Presents Symphony Of Hell 6-Man Tag Team Death Match: Yasu Urano, Keisuke Ishii & Kikutaro Vs KUDO, Masahiro Takanashi & Yoshihiko
4. Endless Idol Strife: Yoshihiro Takayama, Kazuki Hirata & Kouki Iwasaki (w/ Up Up Girls) Vs Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata & MAO
5. DISH// Danshoku Trials Pilgrimage: Danshoku Dino & Mizuki Watase Vs Soma Takao & Akito (w/ DISH//)
6. Rock ‘N’ Roll Death Match: Antonio Honda Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi
7. Shin-Kiba STUDIO COAST Whole Surface Street Wrestling: Sanshiro Takagi, Kota Ibushi, Kazusada Higuchi & Gota Ihashi Vs Daisuke Sasaki, Shuji Ishikawa, Tetsuya Endo & Mad Paulie
8. Special Tag Match: HARASHIMA & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Shigehiro Irie

DDT has a long event of wrestling and concerts planned tomorrow. For months they have been signing musical acts to perform at this show. They will perform their sets in between the matches and some of the acts will even get involved in the matches themselves.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “BATTLE MISSION 2016 CODE.5”, 12/11/2016
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Mil Clown Vs Maho Kurone
2. Miyu Yamashita Vs Nodoka-oneesan
3. Konsho-gun Full Scale Start Up! Love Kick Off!: Azusa Takigawa & Nonoko Vs Reika Saiki & Hyper Misao
4. Yuu & Shoko Nakajima Vs Akane Miura & Rika Tatsumi

Azusa Takigawa & Nonoko have formed Konsho-gun, or the Marriage Wins Army. Takigawa is campaigning against Tokyo Joshi Pro’s rule against relationships for the main roster. She wants to find a boyfriend and get married, not for love but because she thinks it will make her a stronger wrestler.

DDT “DNA 27”, 16/11/2016
Hanayashiki Park Hall

1. Guanchulo Vs Yuki Ueno
2. Average Height 163cm Minimum Load: Daiki Shimomura & Nobuhiro Shimatani Vs Hercules Senga & Tsutomu Oosugi
3. MAO Vs Shiori Asahi
4. Dai Suzuki Comeback: Dai Suzuki Vs Konosuke Takeshita
5. Kazusada Higuchi Vs Shunma Katsumata
6. Kouki Iwasaki & Mizuki Watase Vs Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu

There are a few things left over from the DNA Grand Prix to sort out. Ryota Nakatsu’s return had him rub most of the roster the wrong way. Both Kouki Iwasaki & Mizuki Watase want to defend DNA’s honour against him. Nakatsu has Ryuichi Sekine for back up though.

Shunma Katsumata couldn’t compete in the Grand Prix due to injury. He most of all wanted to win his group and face Kazusada Higuchi in the final. The circumstances now are different but can he finally beat his rival or will Higuchi travel to New York as the victor?

DDT “GOD BLESS DDT 2016”, 23/11/2016
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Special Single Match: Daisuke Sasaki Vs Mike Bailey
2. Special Single Match: Yoshihiro Takayama Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
3. Special Tag Match: Shuji Ishikawa & Tetsuya Endo Vs HARASHIMA & Konosuke Takeshita
4. DDT Extreme Title: Danshoku Dino (c) Vs Saki Akai

Three new matches give us some tantalising previews for “OSAKA OCTOPUS 2016”. HARASHIMA & Konosuke Takeshita join forces against DAMNATION, Mike Bailey goes up against the group’s leader and Yukio Sakaguchi attempts to tear down the mountain that is Yoshihiro Takayama.

DDT “OSAKA OCTOPUS 2016 ~IT’S NANIWABUSHI WRESTLING~”, 04/12/2016
Osaka Edion Arena #1

1. Yuni Debut Match: Yuni Vs X
2. Special Tag Match: Masakatsu Funaki & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Yoshihiro Takayama & Kazusada Higuchi
3. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Mike Bailey
4. KO-D Openweight Title: Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs HARASHIMA

Takeshita wants revenge on Endo for leaving him and joining DAMNATION. Bailey wants to avenge his defeat to DAMNATION from “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2016”. What I’m trying to say is the Happy Motels wrestlers don’t like DAMNATION.


Sasadango Ill, Kawamura Injured, Shin Ganbare Created

October 26, 2016

My best wishes go out to Super Sasadango Machine for a healthy recovery. He was taken off last Sunday’s Korakuen Hall show with poor health as the reason. A few days later DDT announced that a check up in a hospital found out he is suffering from a mild heart disease. His physician said rest is necessary and he will not be able to wrestle again until further notice. Some of the card changes as the result of this can be seen below.

BASARA “VAJRA 21 ~TEN THOUSAND RIICHI SKY~”, 29/10/2016
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Semi Final: Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & SAGAT Vs FUMA & Yusuke Kubo
2. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Semi Final: Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Isami Kodaka & Takumi Tsukamoto
3. Get Lost In Life – Lawyer Or Priest: Gouma Ryu Vs Masamune Vs Fuminori Abe
4. Madoka & Sean Guinness Vs Tatsuhiko Yoshino & Koji Iwamoto
5. Ikuto Hidaka Vs Daichi Kazato
6. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Final: Winners Of Semi Final 1 vs Winners Of Semi Final 2

Tomoya Kawamura suffered a right dislocated shoulder during last weekend’s Tokyo Joshi Pro shows. There is no time set yet for his return. Tatsuhiko Yoshino takes his place on this Saturday’s Yokohama show.

DDT “ROAD TO DAIICHI 2016 IN OSAKA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TSURUBE~”, 30/10/2016
Osaka Higashinari Kumin Hall

1. Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Shoichi Uchida & Kouki Iwasaki
2. Danshoku Dino & Keisuke Ishii Vs Saki Akai & Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi
3. Tetsuya Endo & Mad Polly Vs KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi
4. Road To DAIICHI Special Two Major Single Match: Akito Vs Makoto Oishi
5. Road To DAIICHI Special Two Major Single Match: Soma Takao Vs Masahiro Takanashi
6. Road To DAIICHI Special 6-Man Tag Team Match: Konosuke Takeshita, Antonio Honda & Kuishinbo Kamen Vs Yoshihiro Takayama, Kazusada Higuchi & Guanchulo
7. Road To DAIICHI Special Tag Match: Daisuke Sasaki & Shuji Ishikawa Vs HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano

Shuji Ishikawa Vs HARASHIMA as the next big programme means the DAMNATION Vs Smile Squash rivalry continues.

DDT “DDT FES 2016”, 06/11/2016
Shin-Kiba Studio Coast

1. Yasu Urano, Keisuke Ishii & Kikutaro Vs KUDO, Masahiro Takanashi & Yoshihiko
2. BLACK OUT Presents Tag Match: LiLiCo & Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Guanchulo & Cherry
3. Yoshihiro Takayama, Kazuki Hirata & Kouki Iwasaki (w/ Up Up Girls) Vs Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata & MAO
4. Rock ‘N’ Roll Death Match: Antonio Honda Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi
5. Kamereo-gun Vs Macho 29-gun: Toru Owashi, Saki Akai & Nobuhiro Shimatani Vs Seiya Morohashi, Reika Saiki & Lady Beard
6. DISH//Danshoku Trials Pilgrimage: Danshoku Dino & Mizuki Watase Vs Soma Takao & Akito (w/ DISH)
7. Shin-Kiba STUDIO COAST Whole Surface Street Wrestling: Sanshiro Takagi, Kota Ibushi, Kazusada Higuchi & Gota Ihashi Vs Daisuke Sasaki, Shuji Ishikawa, Tetsuya Endo & Mad Polly
8. Special Tag Match: HARASHIMA & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Shigehiro Irie

Gorgeous Matsuno replaces Super Sasadango Machine in the BLACK OUT tag match.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “BEYOND THE NIGHT SKY 2016”, 12/11/2016
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Shin Ganbare☆Wrestling Raising An Army: Ken Ohka & Yumehito Imanari Vs Osamu Namiguchi & X

The folks at Ganbare☆Wrestling had some time to relax after their successful Korakuen Hall debut but now a familiar threat has returned in new clothing. Osamu Namiguchi suddenly announced this week he is creating his own pro wrestling group called Shin Ganbare☆Wrestling (シン・ガンバレ☆プロレス)! The use of Shin (シン) in this name does not mean “new”, it means “thin” as in “Thin Godzilla” from the new kaiju movie. Namiguchi thinks Ganpuro is fake like Hollywood’s Godzilla but Shin Ganpuro will be pure just like “Thin Godzilla”. Shin Ganpuro’s debut will take place on 12th November in Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR at the same time as the normal Ganpuro’s scheduled show. It will only consist of one match and Namiguchi challenged Ken Ohka & Yumehito Imanari to a tag team match. Namiguchi has a mystery partner for the occasion. Ohka accepted and the match will also technically be the main event of the normal Ganpuro show.

DDT “NITORI TAIWAN PRESENTS DDT ~ DRAMATIC DREAM TAIWAN”, 20/11/2016
Taiwan ATT SHOW BOX

1. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs JOKER
2. Yoshihiro Takayama & Kazusada Higuchi Vs Soma Takao & Akito
3. Mask de Nitori Debut: Mask de Nitori & Rekka Vs Masahiro Takanashi & Senkuma
4. Showtimes Offer Match: KUDO & Yoshihiko Vs Yasu Urano & Lady Beard
5. N-Sleep Use Sleep Prevention Death Match: Antonio Honda Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi
6. Yui Offer Match: Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Keisuke Ishii Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Kazuki Hirata & Saki Akai (w/ Takuya)
7. DDT Taiwan’s First Foray Anniversary Special Tag Match: HARASHIMA & Konosuke Takeshita Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo

Sasadango’s absence has changed a few matches on the Taiwan show. Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi takes his place in the Sleep Prevention Death Match. That has the knock on effect of reshuffling other parts of the undercard.

DDT “GOD BLESS DDT 2016”, 23/11/2016
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. DDT Extreme Title: Danshoku Dino (c) Vs Saki Akai

Saki Akai won the annual Rock Paper Scissors tournament to earn her title shot.

DDT “OSAKA OCTOPUS 2016 ~IT’S NANIWABUSHI WRESTLING~”, 04/12/2016
Osaka Edion Arena #1

1. Yuni Debut Match: Yuni Vs X
2. Special Tag Match: Masakatsu Funaki & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Yoshihiro Takayama & Kazusada Higuchi
3. KO-D Openweight Title: Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs HARASHIMA

Other names signed to appear are Kota Ibushi, Aja Kong, LiLiCo, Kuishinbo Kamen and Kikutaro. Also Sanshiro Takagi is trying to get performer Hyota Echizenya to show up.


GANBARE☆WRESTLING “UNTIL THE WORLD ENDS… 2016” Results

August 1, 2016

ohka-beats-fujita

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “UNTIL THE WORLD ENDS… 2016”, 30/07/2016
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR
165 Fans – Super No Vacancy Fulle House

1. USA! USA! USA!: Shota defeated American Balloon with a Sunset Flip (6:40).
2. Stop It A Veteran Of The Mystery!: Mars Spector defeated Mitomi Masayuki & Rainbow Kawamura when Spector submitted Masayuki with an Achiiles Tendon Hold and Kawamura with a Guillotine Choke at the same time (6:28).
3. Transformation And Goddesses, Encounter Gatomubu!: Yukihiro Abe & Sayaka Obihiro defeated Shinichiro Tominaga & Ai Shimizu when Abe pinned Tominaga with the Abe☆Jienotsu☆Clutch (12:17).
4. Wrestling & Martial Arts DX: Takafumi Ito & Shuichiro Katsumura defeated Chikara & Yumehito Imanari when Katsumura submitted Imanari with the Ninja Choke (15:59).
5. Is He A True Friend?: Ken Ohka defeated Minoru Fujita with the Spear Of Flame (21:34).

The grudge between Ken Ohka and Minoru Fujita in Ganbare☆Wrestling has been surrounding them for over a year. Alliances, betrayals and a lot of spilt blood had come between the two. When Tomodachi-gun collapses Fujita claimed he turned over a new leaf. Again. He and Ohka faced off one more time to settle their issues and neither of them held back. Fujita was busted open early on when Ohka hit him with a chair during a ringside brawl. Fujita retaliated by targeting Ohka’s foot and bashing it against the ring post. He countered the Spear Of Flame into a Cradle for a nearfall but Ohka hit the move on his second attempt. Fujita locked in a Triangle Choke but Ohka reached the ropes and then hit a Dragon Suplex. Ohka hit the Spear Of Flame again and that got him the three count.

Despite all the bad blood between the two, Ohka just wanted Fujita to be his friend again. Fujita said his plan to take over Ganpuro took the over a year to execute and all came down to this match. And it ended in failure. Fujita admitted defeat and admitted he lost to the pro wrestler, Ken Ohka. Fujita was about to leave until he remembered something. Both Hi69 and Madoka left him high and dry last month. He knows they are still enemies of Ganpuro. Ohka offered Fujita to continue wrestling in Ganpuro and this time he can do it as his friend. Ohka also wants Fujita to wrestle at Ganpuro’s Korakuen Hall debut in October. Fujita gave a wry smile and walked away. He then stopped himself and accepted the offer. He was going to go there as the “ace” anyway.

Takafumi Ito & Shuichiro Katsumura didn’t get along during their tag match with Power Of Dreams. When one was in the ring wrestling the other would yell instructions and criticisms at the wrestling holds. Katsumura got the submission win but when he tried to shake Ito’s hand after the match, Ito grabbed his arm and put him in an Armlock.

Yukihiro Abe is back in Ganpuro’s good graces after he left Tomodachi-gun. Although he lost to Fujita last week he was back to winning ways here with Sayaka Obihiro. Ohka watched them team together and afterwards told Obihiro she passed the test to prove she is a suitable replacement in Ganpuro for Emi Sakura. In Ohka’s eyes Obihiro and Sakura are equals. Obihiro then told Ohka that Sakura will indeed come to Ganpuro soon. If this place is good enough for Obihiro then it’s good enough for Sakura too.


Iron Man Update, MC.33 Coming To BASARA, Ganbare Prepares For Korakuen

July 13, 2016

Time for an update on the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title’s tour of America. When we last left the belt it was being held by Ricochet, you know the guy from that gif? No, not the English fella the other one. Yeah him. Since then the title lineage went like this: Brian Metz, Matt Striker, Cheerleader Melissa (by massage), Matt Cross (via too much food), Brian Cage, Joey Ryan, Laura James (as burlesque luchadora Alacrana Plata #2), Buggy Nova (in a proper wrestling match!), Ryan again (not in a proper wrestling match), Scarlett Bordeaux, Rhyno (traded an autograph for the title) and now Robbie E (his win counts as a Ladder Match). Last one is interesting because it’s a TNA guy beating someone who just appeared on an NXT broadcast. So yeah, this championship of all things is now providing the inter-promotional competition some fans have craved for years.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2016 IN KORIYAMA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TAKASHIBADEKOYASHIKI~”, 18/07/2016
Koriyama City Southern Tohoku General Wholesale Center

1. Yasu Urano & Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Kota Umeda & Mizuki Watase
2. Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata
3. Danshoku Dino & Keisuke Ishii Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Kouki Iwasaki
4. Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Mad Paulie
5. Soma Takao Vs MAO
6. Konosuke Takeshita, Tetsuya Endo & Antonio Honda Vs HARASHIMA, Akito & Guanchulo

One day after the KO-D Openweight Title match, Konosuke Takeshita and Tetsuya Endo will have to team together no matter how they feel over the result of their match.

BASARA “VAJRA 15 WU”, 20/07/2016
Saitama Wrestle Fighter Museum

1. FUMA Vs SAGAT
2. Takumi Tsukamoto Vs Yusuke Kubo
3. Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Tsutomu Oosugi Vs Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu
4. Hi69 & Daichi Kazato Vs Koji Iwamoto & Ryu Gouma
5. MC.33 Comeback ~ Ultra Special Premium Deluxe Single Match: MC.33 Vs Atsushi Maruyama

Isami Kodaka is absent from the show. Masked wrestler MC.33 takes his place. As far as I know MC.33 hasn’t wrestled since Cruiser’s Game in 2006.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “YOKOHAMA LOVE RIN”, 23/07/2016
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Reika Saiki Vs Nodoka Onee-san
2. Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 2: Akane Miura Vs Rika Tatsumi
3. Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 2: Yuka Sakazaki Vs Shoko Nakajima
4. Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 2: Yuu Vs Azusa Takigawa
5. Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 2: Hyper Misao Vs KANNA
6. 3 Way Match: Miyu Yamashita Vs Nonoko Vs Marika Kobashi

Can Hyper Misao get on a roll after beating the TOKYO Princess Of Princess Champion in the first round?

DDT “HANDMADE IN JAPAN FES 2016”, 24/07/2016
Tokyo Big Sight

Falls Count Anywhere 3 Way Tag Match: Konosuke Takashita & Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi Vs Sanshiro Takagi & MAO Vs Soma Takao & Kota Umeda

DDT returns to the HandMade In Japan Festival for arts and crafts with their annual Falls Count Anywhere match. MAO and Kota Umeda will experience DDT’s Anywhere Pro Wrestling for the first time.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “OSAKA BEER GARDEN WRESTLING 2016”, 24/07/2016
Osaka Okinawa Hall

1. Ganbare☆Wrestling Vs OSAKA Joshi Wrestling: Mitomi Masayuki & Chikara Vs Sawako Shimono & Rina Yamashita
2. Hybrid☆Ganbare: Takaku Fuke Vs Takafumi Ito
3. Ganpuro In OSAKA Special Tag Match: Shota & TORU Vs YO-HEY & Shinichiro Tominaga
4. Yukihiro Abe Tomodachi-gun Graduation Test: Minoru Fujita Vs Yukihiro Abe
5. Ganpuro Hardcore Tag Match: Ken Ohka & Ai Shimizu Vs Yumehito Imanari & Bambi

Ken Ohka is continuing his hard work to make Ganbare☆Wrestling’s Korakuen Hall debut a success. Ideas include different seating layouts including a reserved seat placed inside the ring for the entire show. Ohka was told this was done recently by Kuishinbo Kamen at Shin-Kiba 1st RING but he is not deterred by that. Ohka has hundreds of ideas like having chairs placed in the arena balconies. He thinks they can fill thousands more people that way.

It seems that Yumehito Imanari and Bambi have sorted out their problems and are willing to team together. Imanari is thrilled by this news. This Hardcore match is put together to show Osaka what Ganpuro is all about. Each wrestler will have a weapon with them for the match. Bambi has her whip and Imanari is bringing a lot of candy.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “UNTIL THE WORLD ENDS… 2016”, 30/07/2016
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. USA! USA! USA!: Shota Vs American Balloon
2. Transformation And Goddesses, Encounter Gatomubu!: Shinichiro Tominaga & Ai Shimizu Vs Sayaka Obihiro & X
3. Stop It A Veteran Of The Mystery!: Mars Spector Vs Mitomi Masayuki & Rainbow Kawamura
4. Wrestling & Martial Arts DX: Chikara & Yumehito Imanari Vs Takafumi Ito & Shuichiro Katsumura
5. Is He A True Friend?: Ken Ohka Vs Minoru Fujita

Ohka stormed a Gatoh Move show in Ichigaya earlier this week requesting Emi Sakura to wrestle for Ganpuro in August. Sakura was offended by Ohka’s attitude and turned down the offer. However Sayaka Obihiro took up the offer instead. Ohka wants to make sure Obihiro will be a good enough replacement by putting her in a tryout match at the end of the month.

Mitomi Masayuki is becoming obsessed over Mars Spector. He wants to avenge Shibata’s loss to Spector and is determined to fight him again and again and again until he wins. His stablemate Rainbow Kawamura offered to help. An enemy of Enjo-gun is his enemy too.


GANBARE☆WRESTLING “AUTOMATIC 2016” Results

May 15, 2016

ohka-kai

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “AUTOMATIC 2016”, 14/05/2016
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR
150 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. ’16 Fighting Satellite☆Battle Prince: Shibata & Eddie French defeated Shuichiro Katsumura & Yumehito Imanari when Shibata submitted Imanari with the Front Sleeper (12:16).
2. Men’s Street!: American Balloon defeated Chikara and Rainbow Kawamura when Balloon pinned Kawamura with the Balloon Sault (6:47).
3. Mars Spector Invasion!: Mars Spector defeated Mitomi Masayuki with a Cross Armbreaker (5:41).
4. Revenge Of The “K”: Hi69 defeated Shinichiro Tominaga with the Michinoku Driver II (16:13).
5. WRESTLE-1 Champion Appears In Ganpuro! ~Circle Of Friends Grows~: Ken Ohka, KAI & Shota defeated Minoru Fujita, Madoka & Yukihiro Abe when Ohka pinned Abe with the Spear Of Flame (17:50).

Thanks to Shota’s connections with WRESTLE-1, Ganbare☆Wrestling welcomed KAI into their home. KAI and Ken Ohka had met before but never been in the same match together. KAI got into it and even changed his entrance music to “BAD COMMUNICATION”. During the main event Ohka still tried to snap Yukihiro Abe out of Minoru Fujita’s brainwashing. KAI emulated Ohka’s Spear Of Flame but missed Abe and hit Ohka by mistake! He made up for it by stopping the pin count and taking out Fujita & Madoka with a Double Lariat. Ohka hit his own Spear Of Flame on Abe for the win.

Ohka thanked KAI for helping him win but Fujita interrupted their celebrations. Fujita made an Elimination Match between Ganpuro and Rubbish Heap☆Wrestling for 16th June. Fujita picked Madoka, Abe, Hi69 and Bambi as his partners. Ohka said he would face all five of them alone but his friends convinced him to let them join his team. Yumehito Imanari and Shinichiro Tominaga are his first picks. Shota also decided to affiliate himself with Ganpuro and joined the team. Ohka thought over his final pick and then it hit him. KAI! He can get KAI to join him! KAI agreed but was then interrupted by Ai Shimizu. She came to the ring cosplaying as Ohka, wearing a Ganpuro shirt and a headband with Ganpuro☆Love written on it. She appealed to join the team. Ohka was touched by her desire and decided to add Shimizu instead of KAI. KAI had no hard feelings over the decision. He admitted WRESTLE-1 wouldn’t have allowed him to compete in the match anyway.

Shinichiro Tominaga and Hi69 argued about K-DOJO during their match. Tominaga insulted Hi69 by saying he is beneath Ryuichi Sekine. When Hi69 won the match he said Tominaga is beneath him. But he also said Tominaga is becoming a good wrestler. Not a strong wrestler, but a good one.

The debuting Mars Spector had a dominant debut against Mitomi Masayuki. Wearing a mask and costume that reminded some people of Super Uchu Power, Spector attacked Masayuki with kicks and didn’t seem badly effected by Masayuki’s moves. A Soccer Ball Kick and Cross Armbreaker won the match for Spector. A worried Shibata yelled for ice while he checked on Masayuki afterwards.


TOKYO JOSHI PRO “BATTLE MISSION 2016 CODE.4” Results

May 14, 2016

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TOKYO JOSHI PRO “BATTLE MISSION 2016 CODE.4”, 14/05/2016
Tokyo BASEMENT MONSTAR
120 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Yuu defeated Azusa Takigawa with the Cross Armbreaker (6:27).
2. 3 Way Match: Shoko Nakajima defeated KANNA and Marika Kobashi when Nakajima pinned Kobashi with a Leg Roll Clutch (5:32).
3. Hyper Misao defeated Nonoko with a Rope Assisted School Boy (4:08).
4. Yuka Sakazaki & Akane Miure defeated Miyu Yamashita & Nodoka-oneesan when Sakazaki pinned Nodoka with the Magical Girl Splash (10:58).

Rika Tatsumi fractured a fibula in her left foot and was unable to wrestle. Akane Miura took her place in the main event. Miura was able to hold Miyu Yamashita away from the ring while Yuka Sakazaki pinned Nodoka-oneesan with the Magical Girl Splash. Sakazaki is very happy with her recent winning streak. She said she had fun during this match but will have even more fun when she wins the TOKYO Princess Of Princess Title from Yamashita on 28th May.

Hyper Misao is now entering a new chapter of her life. With Snake World taken care of and her team with Saki Akamiya having ended, Misao is back to protecting Tokyo Joshi Pro, Japan, the world and even the universe on her own. Her first job was to fight Nonoko or as she called her, Tits Monster. Nonoko overpowered Misao and was on her way to an easy victory until she missed a Corner Splash Attack. Misao agve her a School Boy and even placed her feet on the middle rope for leverage to get the upset victory.

Word has come out that two of the trainees who were introduced at the January Korakuen Hall show have since quit the promotion. Yuki quit to focus on her education and Alice was not in a good enough physical state to continue training. The remaining trainees are Hinako and Maho. Hinako was seen working out with Shoko Nakajima before the show. I don’t know what Maho’s status is.

Tokyo Joshi will be part of the Beer Garden series of shows in Shinjuku FACE this August.


Sakaguchi And Tatsumi Injured, Takeshita Gets KO-D Title Shot

May 10, 2016

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

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

Yukio Sakaguchi is suffering from osteoarthritis in his right elbow and needs to have an operation. He will not be wrestling for the rest of this month but hopes to come back at the 1st June BOYZ show.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “BATTLE MISSION 2016 CODE.4”, 14/05/2016
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Yuu Vs Azusa Takigawa
2. Nonoko Vs Hyper Misao
3. 3 Way Match: Shoko Nakajima Vs KANNA Vs Marika Kobashi
4. Miyu Yamashita & Nodoka-oneesan Vs Yuka Sakazaki & Akane Miure

Rika Tatsumi was originally supposed to be in the main event but fractured a fibula in her left foot. She will be out of action for four weeks. Akane Miura takes her place in the main event.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “AUTOMATIC 2016”, 14/05/2016
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Mars Spector Invasion!: Mitomi Masayuki Vs Mars Spector
2. Men’s Street!: Chikara Vs Rainbow Kawamura Vs American Balloon
3. ’16 Fighting Satellite☆Battle Prince: Shuichiro Katsumura & Yumehito Imanari Vs Shibata & Eddie French
4. Revenge Of The “K”: Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Hi69
5. WRESTLE-1 Champion Appears In Ganpuro! ~Circle Of Friends Grows~: Ken Ohka, KAI & Shota Vs Minoru Fujita, Madoka & Yukihiro Abe

The visual of Chikara chopping American Balloon’s chest alone will be worth the ticket price.

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 11”, 21/05/2016
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

1. Daisuke Sasaki & Mad Polly Vs Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita

Joey Ryan will be on the show.

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 Konosuke Takeshita

Konosuke Takeshita is now the No. 1 Contender. He already fought Daisuke Sasaki twice for the KO-D Tag Team Titles and was on the losing side both times. However in the last week he pinned Sasaki and a few days later beat Shuji Ishikawa in under 5 minutes, earning him this title shot.


Sasaki Vs Sakaguchi Tomorrow, Umeda Biting To Return, KAI Enters Ganpuro

May 7, 2016

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

1. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owasho & Kazuki Hirata Vs Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Tomoya
2. Kazusada Higuchi & Guanchulo Vs Kouki Iwasaki & Shunma Katsumata
3. Tetsuya Endo & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Ryuichi Sekine & Kotaro Yoshida
4. Team Drift Goodbye Series: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs HARASHIMA, Akito & Yasu Urano
5. Hokkaido Big Way! Sapporo Specialty Single Match: Shuji Ishikawa Vs Konosuke Takeshita
6. SPW South East Asia Title: Masa Takanashi (c) Vs Antonio Honda
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Daisuke Sasaki (c) Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
*Yukio Sakaguchi will cash in his Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.

Tomorrow the third of six Right To Challenge Contracts will be cashed in. When Yukio Sakaguchi gets his title shot that leaves Danshoku Dino and Toru Owashi with the remaining contracts. Dino currently has two, Owashi has one.

Mao Inoue fractured a metatarsal bone in his left foot during the recent tour. He is expected to be out of action for four weeks.

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

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

Kota Umeda will is ready to return to the ring. He has spent time with his loved ones in Kumamoto after the recent earthquake hit the area. Umeta describes the situation as something he has never experienced before. The locals are trying to return to their everyday life despite aftershocks and everybody is anxious because of food shortages. He now fights as a guard dog for his family and he will become a mad dog on a rampage when he returns to the ring.

BASARA “VAJRA 10 WU”, 13/05/2016
Saitama Wrestle Fighter Museum

1. Dance! Ueki Police 24 Hours ~Hiroshi 100 Moments Of Barrage~: Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Takayuki Ueki
2. Ryuichi Sekine, Ryota Nakatsu & Koji Iwamoto Vs Tsutomu Oosugi, Hercules Chinga & Yusuke Kubo
3. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ A Block: Isami Kodaka (2) Vs SAGAT (0)
4. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ B Block: FUMA (2) Vs Daichi Kazato (4)
5. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ B Block: Takumi Tsukamoto (2 Vs Ryu Gouma (0)

FUMA Vs Daichi Kazato is now the key match in B Block. If Kazato wins his third match in a row he will be the clear best bet to qualify for the final.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2016 IN KYOTO ~DRAMATIC DREAM TOGETSUKYO~”, 14/05/2016
Kyoto KBS Hall

1. Ryota Nakatsu Vs Shunma Katsumata
2. HARASHIMA Vs Kota Umeda
3. Toru Owashi & Mizuki Watase Vs Tetsuya Endo & Hiroshi Fukuda
4. Kyoto Specialty Heian-kyō Tag Death Match: Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata
5. Local Triumph Of Saki Akai! Special 6-Man Tag Team Match: Saki Akai, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Cherry
6. Team Drift Goodbye Series: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs Kazusada Higuchi, Kouki Iwasaki & Guanchulo
7. Daisuke Sasaki & Mad Polly Vs Akito & Yasu Urano

The Heian-kyō Death Match returns. If a wrestler does something illegal during the match he will be punished by getting hit in the ass with a baseball bat.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “AUTOMATIC 2016”, 14/05/2016
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Mars Spector Invasion!: Mitomi Masayuki Vs Mars Spector
2. WRESTLE-1 Champion Appears In Ganpuro! ~Circle Of Friends Grows~: Ken Ohka, KAI & Shota Vs Minoru Fujita, Madoka & Yukihiro Abe

Shota has used his connections with WRESTLE-1 to bring in KAI for a show. The new W-1 Champion joins Ganbare☆Wrestling’s fight against Tomodachi-gun and its Rubbish Heap★Wrestling philosophy.

A mysterious being known as Mars Spector sent a message to Ganpuro that it wants to fight against strong wrestlers to see if Ganpuro is a worthy place. Whoever Spector is, he or she will face Mitomi Masayuki.

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

1. 3 Way Tag Match: Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Antonio Honda & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Masa Takanashi & Guanchulo
2. Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Kota Umeda
3. HARASHIMA & Mizuki Watase Vs Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi
4. KENSO KING OF DDT 2016 Assessment Match: KENSO Vs Cherry
5. Nagoya Specialty! Miso Stew Special Tag Match: Super Sasadango Machine & Saki Akai Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Mammoth Handa
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Kazusada Higuchi, Shunma Katsumata & Kouki Iwasaki (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
7. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sasaki & Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs Akito & Yasu Urano

KENSO has to prove his mettle if he wants to be in this year’s King Of DDT tournament. DDT has chosen Cherry as his opponent. He’s pretty pleased with the choice.

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. Naniwa Shook! Man Vs Han Special Single Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Magnitude Kishiwada
4. Reunion Special Single Match: Yasu Urano Vs Antonio Honda (Special Referee: Dick Togo)
5. Twelve New Year’s Eve Dream: Konosuke Takeshita Vs ZERO

Joey Ryan, Emi Sakura and Hideki Shiota have been added to the show.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “YOKOHAMA 1:00 SET”, 28/05/2016
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. TOKYO Princess Of Princess Title: Miyu Yamashita (c) Vs Yuka Sakazaki

Miyu Yamashita’s second defence is against the girl who pinned her at the last show. Yuka Sakazaki has been on a winning streak ever since she began using the Osaekomi Backslide.


GANBARE☆WRESTLING “EVEN THOUGH LOVE IS SELFISH, YOU’RE THE ONLY ONE I WON’T HURT” Results

April 24, 2016

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GANBARE☆WRESTLING “EVEN THOUGH LOVE IS SELFISH, YOU’RE THE ONLY ONE I WON’T HURT”, 23/04/2016
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR
134 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. 2 Vs 3 Handicap Match: Osamu Namiguchi & J-Soul Pandita III IV defeated Shibata, Mitomi Masayuki & Rainbow Kawamura when Pandita pinned Kawamura with the Running Panda Impact (7:17).
2. Mystery Of The Black Ships, Attack In Ganpuro!: Blonde Busty Foreigner “X” = American Balloon defeated Yumehito Imanari with the Balloon Sault (7:42).
3. Special Tag Match: Shinichiro Tominaga & Manami Kanda defeated Chikara & Ai Shimizu when Tominaga pinned Chikara with a Modified Face Lock (11:46).
4. Special Single Match: Shota defeated Yukihiro Abe with the Frog Splash (13:20).
5. Ganbare☆Wrestling Vs Tomodachi-gun: Minoru Fujita & Takafumi Ito defeated Ken Ohka & Shuichiro Katsumura when Fujita pinned Ohka with an Inside Cradle (23:52).

The main event had a lot on the line. Ken Ohka’s entrance music versus Minoru Fujita’s Best Microphone Award from the Dramatic Awards. Fujita played mind games by coming out to “BAD COMMUNICATION” by B’z anyway. His tag partner Takafumi Ito was introduced as a friend of a friend of Fujita which is good enough to gain membership into Tomodachi-gun. Fujita used the referee as a shield to prevent Ohka from doing the Spear Of Flame. The distraction allowed Yukihiro Abe to interfere and attack Ohka with a foreign object. Fujita gave Ohka the Tombstone but he kicked out at two. Another referee distraction had Fujita low blow Ohka and then roll him over with an Inside Cradle. That was enough for the three count. Ohka was left to mourn over losing his beloved entrance song. Fujita added extra salt to the wound by reminding him that he was never authorized to use it.

Shota offered a handshake to Abe after their match but was silently rejected.

Yumehito Imanari was really excited to find out who his opponent was going to be. After wrestling Viper last month he wanted to wrestle an even bigger, bustier woman. Instead he got American Balloon, a former DDT gaijin heavyweight who originally retired from Japanese wrestling back in 2010. Balloon did fit the bill of what Imanari wanted. He is bigger and bustier than Viper. He even used his big man boobs to block a lot of Imanari’s offence. Just like in his match with Viper, Imanari’s defeat came when he tried a German Suplex and ended up getting squashed by his opponent.

Shinichiro Tominaga challenged Hi69 to a match on 14th May.