April 4, 2023
A few things I want to mention before going into the updates. First, I was a guest on Alan4L’s ProWres Paradise over at PWTorch this week. The show is behind their VIP subscription and it is the latest episode in Alan’s “30 4L 30” series that is dedicated to talking about significant wrestling careers over the last 30 years. What if I told you our subject was the life and times of Kota Ibushi? We cover everything from his DDT days right up to his comeback in GCW last weekend with some extra trivia in between. I even try to clear up some misconceptions about his life that people have wondered about the last few years (mainly I really doubt he comes from a rich family). So for any PWTorch subscribers reading this, you can go listen to the episode here.
(Also fun little note, while we were recording this the news of WWE’s business merger with UFC broke online. However we did not find out about it until after we finished recording. Talking about Ibushi for 150 minutes needed the absolute focus he deserves, you know.)
Second, I will be going on holiday to Canada soon and will be away for two weeks. There will be a news post on Thursday before I go. I’m bringing my laptop so if I comfortably have the time to posts results, news and other stuff I will do so. Otherwise things might be kept to the Twitter account while I’m busy going on a loop around all the different Toronto sports teams. I have tickets for the the Impact PPV happening there too so I get to add Canada to the list of countries I’ve seen wrestling in.
And lastly, speaking of travelling. It looks like most of the DDT wrestlers have returned safely to Japan. Daisuke Sasaki took a detour to Texas though where he wrestled and hung out with Sam Adonis & Hernandez. I’ll find out more for the next DDT Around The World article. The Tokyo Joshi Pro roster though had their flight cancelled and their tweets suggest they are waiting a long time at the airport for the next plane ride home.
Now onto the news.
DDT “APRIL FOOL 2023”, 09/04/2023
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. MJ Paul & KANON Vs Antonio Honda & Kazuma Sumi
2. Rukiya Debut Match: Yuya Koroku Vs Rukiya
3. Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Gota Ihashi Vs Akito, Shinichiro Kawamatsu & Toy Kojima
4. Harimao Vs Eruption!: Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida Vs Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani
5. Special Single Match: Yuki Ueno Vs Yuni
6. Special 8-Man Tag Match: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Kotaro Suzuki & Yusuke Okada Vs Naruki Doi, Chris Brookes, Joey Janela & Takeshi Masada
7. WORLD HINO CLASSIC ~Finals~: Yuji Hino, “brother” YASSHI & Makoto Oishi Vs Yuki “Sexy” Iino, Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno & Yumehito “Fantastic” Imanari
8. KO-D Tag Team Titles: MAO & Shunma Katsumata (c) Vs HARASHIMA & Keigo Nakamura
An unusual training practice was held by HARASHIMA for Keigo Nakamura during the week. A pot of boiling water was in the room and HARASHIMA left a shirt to soak inside it. He instructed Nakamura to put the boiling hot shirt on as fast as he can. If he succeeded then he will be prepared to handle ShunMao’s sauna heat. Nakamura understood and was able to put the shirt on despite scalding himself. He then told HARASHIMA it was his turn to do it next but HARASHIMA said he came here to train, not put on a shirt! They went on to complete their practice session as normal.
Gota Ihashi replaces the injured Yukio Naya in Match #3. If I were DISASTER BOX I’d be asking if there’s another replacement available.
The trainee Rukiya Ikeda has decided on his official ring name. He will officially be simply known as Rukiya when he has his debut match.
DDT “MAX BUMP 2023 TOUR IN SHINJUKU”, 15/04/2023
Shinjuku FACE
1. Special Single Match: Kazuki Hirata Vs Yuni
2. Elimination 8-Man Tag Match: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku Vs MAO, Shunma Katsumata, Yuki Ueno & Toy Kojima
3. Falls Count Anywhere Scramble Bunkhouse Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Death Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Joey Janela & Takeshi Masada Vs Yukio Sakaguchi, Antonio Honda & Hideki Okatani
A busy weekend awaits for Joey Janela when he comes back to Japan. His first match back in the country for DDT will be a Scramble Bunkhouse Street Fight. The match is happening to prepare Janela, Sanshiro Takagi & Takeshi Masada for the Current Blast Death Match they are having against Atsushi Onita the following day. Since the first match is going to be a Street Fight, every wrestler has been told to go find an outfit different from their wrestling gear to fight in.
A lot of BURNING versus The 37KAMIINA matches to look forward to this month. It kicks off with a big Elimination Tag Match between the two groups.
Yuni’s wrestling career hasn’t been around for long but in the days before he became El Unicorn he already developed a rivalry with Kazuki Hirata. That rivalry is now being brought back for the next chapter of Yuni’s career.
DDT “MAX BUMP 2023 TOUR IN FUKUOKA”, 22/04/2023
Fukuoka Kasuga General Sports Center
1. BURNING Vs The 37KAMIINA!: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yuya Koroku Vs MAO, Shunma Katsumata & Toy Kojima
More clashes between the two units. These are being done to promote the upcoming DDT Universal and DDT Extreme Title matches. Yuki Ueno will be missing this show due to the stage show he’s a part of.
Azul Dragon and Rayne Leverkusen will both be on the show.
DDT “MAX BUMP 2023 TOUR IN OSAKA”, 29/04/2023
Osaka 176BOX
1. BURNING Vs The 37KAMIINA!: Tetsuya Endo Vs Yuya Koroku Vs MAO & Yuki Ueno
Dragon and Leverkusen will also be on this show along with Naruki Doi and an Osaka masked wrestler called Tsutenkakka. He is named after the local Tsutenkaku Tower and is apparantely authorised by the tower’s management to fight on behalf of the landmark. He was part of the No Fee Rumble DDT held back in February.
DDT “MAX BUMP 2023 TOUR IN HAMAMATSU”, 30/04/2023
Shizuoka Create Hamamatsu Hall
1. Hamamatsu Specialty Special 6-Man Tag Match: HARASHIMA, Yukio Sakaguchi & Hiroshi Yamato Vs Kazusada Higuchi, Chris Brookes & Yuki Ishida
Leverkusen will be on the show along with Mari Manji from Yanagase Pro Wrestling. She was originally from PURE-J.
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Posted by JamieOD
July 30, 2022
GANBARE☆PRO “CHUNGKING EXPRESS 2022”, 30/07/2022
Osaka 176BOX
109 Fans
1. GanJo Special Single Match: Cherry defeated YuuRI with the Cherryton Bomb (9:28).
2. GanPro Specialty! Mixed 6-Man Tag Match: Shuichiro Katsumura, Tsuyoshi Okada & HARUKAZE defeated MAO, Tyson Maeguchi & Yuna Manase when Katsumura submitted Maeguchi with a Cross Armbreaker (11:32).
3. ROMANCE DAWN Vs DDT: Shota & Soma Takao defeated Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Ishida when Shota pinned Ishida with a Marumekomu (16:31).
4. GanPro Sanada Maru! Special Tag Match: Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie defeated Kazuaki Mihara & Kouki Iwasaki when Irie pinned Iwasaki with the Best Bomber (14:54).
5. GanPro Osaka Summer Team! Special Tag Match: Yumehito Imanari & Magnitude Kishiwada defeated Mizuki Watase & Shinichiro Tominaga when Imanari pinned Tominaga with the Lariat (18:17).
A missed Moonsault from Shinichiro Tominaga cost his team the match. He had a great chance to pin the Spirit Of Ganbare Champion but missing that move proved to be a fatal mistake. Yumehito Imanari took control and got a 2 count with a Tiger Driver. He then hit the Lariat to win. After the match Magnitude Kishiwada said he was skeptical of Ganbare☆Pro at first but now understands they have something pretty good going on (Ken Ohka being absent might have a little to do with it given what happened the last time Kishiwada appeared in Ganpro). He’ll take on any Ganpro wrestlers in a singles match whenever they want just as long as he doesn’t have to take responsibility for what he will do to them.
Imanari used those words of encouragement to call out Shigehiro Irie. He told Irie he is under tremendous pressure every day but still wants to fight the strongest like Irie with all of his feelings behind it. Irie said he is surprised Imanari wants this match because he kept avoiding him since their tag match at Korakuen Hall two years ago. He warned that by challenging him Imanari will lose his confidence, his championship and everything else on 13th August!
ROMANCE DAWN teased the DDT team of Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Ishida by doing The 37KAMIINA poses during their match. They continued after the match by making sauna references in their post-match interview backstage. Soma Takao said he will be sad to see Shota go on excursion because he does not know when he will come back. Shota said their singles match against each other on 13th August will be a romance only they can do.
1 Comment | Results | Tagged: Ganbare☆Pro Wrestling, GanPro, Magnitude Kishiwada, Osaka 176BOX, ROMANCE DAWN, Shigehiro Irie, Shinichiro Tominaga, Shota, Shunma Katsumata, Soma Takao, Yuki Ishida, Yumehito Imanari | Permalink
Posted by JamieOD
July 30, 2022
DDT “ROAD TO PETER PAN 2022 IN OSAKA”, 30/07/2022
Osaka 176BOX
235 Fans – No Vacancy
1. Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Kazuki Hirata with the PK (7:12).
2. Yuki “Sexy” Iino & Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno Vs Toru Owashi & Soma Takao ended in a No Contest (14:50).
3. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Bodyguard defeated Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida when Bodyguard pinned Ishida with the Rising Dragon (13:44).
4. Daisuke Sasaki & KANON defeated Akito & Antonio Honda when KANON submitted Honda with the Just Cobra Twist (9:43).
5. Osaka Specialty Special Tag Match: HARASHIMA & Gamma defeated Yuki Ueno & Makoto Oishi when HARASHIMA pinned Oishi with a Crucifix Pin (13:25).
6. Tetsuya Endo defeated Yuya Koroku with the Swivel Torture Rack Bomb (11:28).
7. Harimao Vs The 37KAMIINA!: Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura defeated MAO & Shunma Katsumata when Yoshimura pinned Katsumata with the Throwaway Power Bomb (20:39).
A truck tire was brought into the main event by ShunMao. They and Harimao were almost counted out over brawling around ringside but MAO was able to delay the ref’s count long enough to use Shunma Katsumata for some big tire related attacks until Harimao finally stopped them. After the match ShunMao said they would like to fight forever with Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura. For that reason they would like to be nominated as the next challengers for the KO-D Tag Team Titles.
Tetsuya Endo wants to go into his KO-D Openweight Title match at perfect condition. He is using his valuable ring time working on his different moves so he doesn’t have to rely on the Burning Star Press on Sasuke Special to win. He was impressed with his opponent and BURNING stablemate Yuya Koroku and thinks the current form of DDT is bright.
Gamma’s first match on a regular DDT show was put together because of Yukinori Matsui. The two of them go way back to the days of Michinoku Pro and Osaka Pro. Gamma is retiring from pro wrestling on 14th August but Matsui is unable to attend the event because he will be working on a DDT show that day. Even though Gamma has no connection to DDT, Matsui reached out to the company to book him once before his retirement. Gamma thanked him for that and said if it wasn’t for Matsui’s kindness he never would have returned to pro wrestling when Osaka Pro was launched. He has gone on to survive wrestling for around 25 years and will get to retire in good condition. HARASHIMA said it is said to see a wrestler from his generation retire but told Gamma to keep running as fast as he can to the end.
Getting to wrestle Gamma meant a lot to Yuki Ueno. He didn’t discover Osaka Pro until after he became a pro wrestler but doing so got Ueno to discover how cool, big and strong Gamma is. Today was Ueno’s first match since recovering from covid and he feels energized again from being in the ring with HARASHIMA, Makoto Oishi and Gamma. Oishi told Ueno he will challenge him for the DDT Universal Title when Ueno wins it back.
The masked man in briefs got involved in the Pheromones match by taking Kazuki Hirata hostage up in the venue’s balcony while the tag match happened below. Toru Owashi & Soma Takao didn’t care so continued fighting. So Yuki Iino tried to attack them with the masked man’s underwear. Hisaya Imabayashi wanted to put a stop to it and fought fire with fire by attacking Pheromones with his own underwear covering his hand. The end result was Imabayashi and all of the wrestlers fainting from having underwear shoved into their faces. Nobody was left conscious so Matsui called off the match. Danshoku Dieno later said this is the way DDT should because it is going the wrong direction under Imabayashi’s watch.
Konosuke Takeshita sent in a message promoting his 10th Anniversary show in Nishinari on 10th September by announcing a bunch of Osaka wrestlers booked for the show. He’ll be back in Japan for about two months before returning to his overseas excursion.
1 Comment | Results | Tagged: Danshoku Dieno, DDT Pro Wrestling, Dramatic Dream Team, Gamma, HARASHIMA, Harimao, Kazuki Hirata, Kazusada Higuchi, Konosuke Takeshita, Makoto Oishi, MAO, Naomi Yoshimura, Osaka 176BOX, Pheromones, Shunma Katsumata, ShunMao, Soma Takao, Tetsuya Endo, The 37KAMIINA, Toru Owashi, White Briefs Man, Yuki Iino, Yuki Ueno, Yukinori Matsui, Yuya Koroku | Permalink
Posted by JamieOD
July 29, 2022
DDT “ROAD TO PETER PAN 2022 IN OSAKA”, 30/07/2022
Osaka 176BOX
1. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Kazuki Hirata
2. Yuki “Sexy” Iino & Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno Vs Toru Owashi & Soma Takao
3. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Bodyguard Vs Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida
4. Daisuke Sasaki & KANON Vs Akito & Antonio Honda
5. Osaka Specialty Special Tag Match: HARASHIMA & Gamma Vs Yuki Ueno & Makoto Oishi
6. Tetsuya Endo Vs Yuya Koroku
7. Harimao Vs The 37KAMIINA!: Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura Vs MAO & Shunma Katsumata
Some more last minute changes for tomorrow’s show. Sanshiro Takagi is feeling ill and won’t be at the venue. MJ Paul will also not be there because he suddenly went into a summer hibernation due to the heat. A few undercard matches have been changed around because of the two absences.
GANBARE☆PRO “CHUNGKING EXPRESS 2022”, 30/07/2022
Osaka 176BOX
1. GanJo Special Single Match: Cherry Vs YuuRI
2. GanPro Specialty! Mixed 6-Man Tag Match: Shuichiro Katsumura, Tsuyoshi Okada & HARUKAZE Vs MAO, Tyson Maeguchi & Yuna Manase
3. ROMANCE DAWN Vs DDT: Shota & Soma Takao Vs Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Ishida
4. GanPro Sanada Maru! Special Tag Match: Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Kazuaki Mihara & Kouki Iwasaki
5. GanPro Osaka Summer Team! Special Tag Match: Yumehito Imanari & Magnitude Kishiwada Vs Mizuki Watase & Shinichiro Tominaga
Everything is ready for Ganbare☆Pro to have their show take place later in the evening.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TOKYO PRINCESS CUP”, 31/07/2022
Tokyo Otemachi Mitsui Hall
1. 3 Way Match: Mizuki Vs Yuki Kamifuku Vs Haruna Neko
2. Maki Itoh & Arisu Endo Vs Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano
3. Yuki Arai, Raku & Pom Harajuku Vs Hyper Misao, Mahiro Kiryu & Kaya Toribami
4. Tokyo Princess Cup – Quarter Final: Miu Watanabe Vs Shoko Nakajima
5. Tokyo Princess Cup – Quarter Final: Rika Tatsumi Vs Suzume
6. Tokyo Princess Cup – Quarter Final: Nao Kakuta Vs Miyu Yamashita
7. Tokyo Princess Cup – Quarter Final: Yuka Sakazaki Vs Hikari Noa
Miyu Yamashita is back in Japan after her appearance on AEW Dynamite this week. She lost the rematch to Thunder Rosa, failing to win the AEW Women’s Title in the process.
Yuki Aino will not be on the show due to a leg injury.
BASARA “BASARA 197 ~ZENRYOKU SHISSO~”, 07/08/2022
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall
1. KUBITO & Daichi Kazato Vs Ryota Nakatsu & SAGAT
2. Jacket Match: Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi Vs Jet Bar
3. FUMA Vs Masato Kamino
4. Isami Kodaka, Takato Nakano & Lil’ Kraken Vs Fuminori Abe, Tsutomu Oosugi & Banana Senga
5. Daiki Shimomura Vs Masahiro Takanashi
Lately Masahiro Takanashi has said he wants to look outside of DDT to find wrestlers from the younger generation to fight. He has been in the ring with Daiki Shimomura many times before, even recently in BASARA. But this is the first singles match between the two since 2018.
GANBARE☆PRO “ULTRA SOUL 2022”, 13/08/2022
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. ROMANCE DAWN for the new world: Shota Vs Soma Takao
2. Yoshiko Hasegawa Re-Debut Match: Yuna Manase & Yoshiko Hasegawa Vs Moeka Haruhi & YuuRI
3. HARUKAZE 5th Anniversary Match: HARUKAZE Vs Makoto
4. Tatsuhito Takaiwa 30th Anniversary Match: Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Ken Ohka & Shuichiro Katsumura Vs Keisuke Ishii, Kouki Iwasaki & Shinichiro Tominaga
5. Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Title: Yumehito Imanari (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie
Ganpro have put together the match to celebrate Tatsuhito Takaiwa’s 30th Anniversary and they received approval from the man himself. Takaiwa said even though anniversary matches usually look to the past and bring in old names connected with the person being celebrated, he is glad to see his match is putting Ganpro’s future into the forefront. He thinks Keisuke Ishii, Kouki Iwasaki & Shinichiro Tominaga are three opponents worth crushing and he looks forward to knocking them all down to celebrate his 30th Anniversary. He is so eager Ken Ohka & Shuichiro Katsumura might not even need to do anything!
1 Comment | International, News | Tagged: AEW, All Elite Wrestling, Daiki Shimomura, DDT Pro Wrestling, Dramatic Dream Team, Ganbare☆Pro Wrestling, GanPro, Itabashi Green Hall, Keisuke Ishii, Ken Ohka, Korakuen Hall, Kouki Iwasaki, Masahiro Takanashi, Miyu Yamashita, MJ Paul, Osaka 176BOX, Otemachi Mitsui Hall, Pro Wrestling BASARA, Sanshiro Takagi, Shinichiro Tominaga, Shuichiro Katsumura, Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Thunder Rosa, TJPW, Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling, Tokyo Princess Cup, Yuki Aino | Permalink
Posted by JamieOD
July 27, 2022
GANBARE☆PRO “CHUNGKING EXPRESS 2022”, 30/07/2022
Osaka 176BOX
1. GanJo Special Single Match: Cherry Vs YuuRI
2. GanPro Specialty! Mixed 6-Man Tag Match: Shuichiro Katsumura, Tsuyoshi Okada & HARUKAZE Vs MAO, Tyson Maeguchi & Yuna Manase
3. ROMANCE DAWN Vs DDT: Shota & Soma Takao Vs Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Ishida
4. GanPro Sanada Maru! Special Tag Match: Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Kazuaki Mihara & Kouki Iwasaki
5. GanPro Osaka Summer Team! Special Tag Match: Yumehito Imanari & Magnitude Kishiwada Vs Mizuki Watase & Shinichiro Tominaga
Yuki Ishida replaces Toi Kojima while Kojima is recovering from covid.
DDT “ROAD TO PETER PAN 2022 IN YOKOHAMA”, 06/08/2022
Yokohama Radiant Hall
1. Hideki Okatani Vs Toi Kojima
2. HARASHIMA & Toru Owashi Vs Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida
3. Akito, Yukio Sakaguchi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Yuki “Sexy” Iino, Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno & Yumehito “Fantastic” Imanari
4. Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON Vs MAO, Shunma Katsumata & El Unicorn
5. Masahiro Takanashi & Chris Brookes Vs Yuki Ueno & Soma Takao
6. Special Tag Match: Jun Akiyama & Yuya Koroku Vs Yuji Hino & Makoto Oishi
7. Harimao Vs BURNING!: Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura Vs Tetsuya Endo & Yusuke Okada
We have a new tag team in Harimao and also the “WRESTLE PETER PAN 2022” main event is set. Kazusada Higuchi and Tetsuya Endo are going to spend the next month facing off in tag matches.
Similar preview matches are going to happen with Masahiro Takanashi and Yuki Ueno for their DDT Universal Title bout.
An unexpected grudge formed recently between Daisuke Sasaki and El Unicorn. The teenage masked wrestler was humiliated at Korakuen Hall last weekend when Sasaki unmasked him. Unicorn wants payback and asked for a match against DAMNATION T.A again. Sasaki is already a the stage where he is considering a Mask Vs Hair match to bring this conflict to a swift and decisive end.
DDT “ROAD TO PETER PAN 2022 IN MIYAGI”, 07/08/2022
Miyagi Tagajo City Cultural Center Small Hall
1. 3 Way Match: Antonio Honda Vs Yukio Naya Vs Hideki Okatani
2. HARASHIMA, Yukio Sakaguchi & Chris Brookes Vs Akito, Yuji Hino & Yuya Koroku
3. Pheromones Vs DISASER BOX!: Yuki “Sexy” Iino & Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno Vs Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
4. DAMNATION T.A Vs The 37KAMIINA!: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON Vs Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & Toi Kojima
5. Miyagi Specialty Special Single Match: MAO Vs Makoto Oishi
6. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida Vs Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada
The match that was supposed to happen last weekend with the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles on the line will happen here. However since the title match was officially cancelled, this DAMNATION T.A versus The 37KAMIINA match is going to be non-title.
DDT/ONLY WE “ROAD TO PETER PAN 2022 IN CHIBA”, 11/08/2022
Chiba 2AW Square
1. Naomi Yoshimura Vs Toi Kojima
2. Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida Vs Tetsuya Endo & Jun Akiyama
3. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON Vs Kaji Tomato, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku
4. ONLY WE x DDT Special 6-Man Tag Match: Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya & Hiroshi Yamato Vs HARASHIMA, Makoto Oishi & Yukio Sakaguchi
5. Summer! Chiba! Swim Shorts! ONLY WE x DDT Special Swim Shorts Rumble: Yuji Hino Vs Kaji Tomato Vs Akito Vs MAO Vs Shunma Katsumata Vs Chris Brookes Vs Antonio Honda Vs Yuki “Sexy” Iino Vs Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno Vs Sanshiro Takagi Vs Hoshitango Vs Yukio Naya Vs Hideki Okatani
Apparently it’s a summer tradition in Chiba for a wrestling show to do a Battle Royal where everyone wrestles in swimming trunks. The ONLY WE wrestlers get to enjoy the summer show without having to worry about PERON GRANDES ruining their fun.
1 Comment | News | Tagged: Chiba 2AW Square, Daisuke Sasaki, DAMNATION T.A, DDT Pro Wrestling, Dramatic Dream Team, El Unicorn, Ganbare☆Pro Wrestling, GanPro, Harimao, Kazusada Higuchi, Masahiro Takanashi, Miyagi Tagajo City Cultural Center Small Hall, ONLY WE, Osaka 176BOX, Tetsuya Endo, The 37KAMIINA, Toy Kojima (Toi Kojima), Yokohama Radiant Hall, Yuki Ishida, Yuki Ueno | Permalink
Posted by JamieOD
July 25, 2022
DDT “ROAD TO PETER PAN 2022 IN OSAKA”, 30/07/2022
Osaka 176BOX
1. Soma Takao Vs Kazuki Hirata
2. Yuki “Sexy” Iino & Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi
3. Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON Vs Akito, Yukio Sakaguchi & Antonio Honda
4. Tetsuya Endo Vs Yuya Koroku
5. Special Tag Match: Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura Vs MAO & Shunma Katsumata
6. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Bodyguard Vs Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida
7. Osaka Specialty Special Tag Match: HARASHIMA & Gamma Vs Yuki Ueno & Makoto Oishi
Next Saturday’s show in Osaka is going through some changes because of covid. Both Hideki Okatani and Toi Kojima are out of action with positive cases so a bunch of matches are getting shuffled around. Both are expected to be back next month as you’ll see in the lineups below.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TOKYO PRINCESS CUP”, 31/07/2022
Tokyo Otemachi Mitsui Hall
1. Tokyo Princess Cup – Quarter Final: Miu Watanabe Vs Shoko Nakajima
2. Tokyo Princess Cup – Quarter Final: Rika Tatsumi Vs Suzume
3. Tokyo Princess Cup – Quarter Final: Nao Kakuta Vs Miyu Yamashita
4. Tokyo Princess Cup – Quarter Final: Yuka Sakazaki Vs Hikari Noa
The Tokyo Princess Cup Semi Final matches will be drawn after the Quarter Final stage is finished.
Yuki Arai and Juria Nagano will both be on the show.
DDT “ROAD TO PETER PAN 2022 IN KORAKUEN ~LET’S SHOUT!~”, 14/08/2022
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. Takeshi Masada Debut Match: HARASHIMA Vs Takeshi Masada
2. Yuki “Sexy” Iino, Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno & X (w/ Yumehito “Fantastic” Imanari) Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Soma Takao
3. Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON Vs Yukio Sakaguchi, MAO & Yuki Ishida
4. Masahiro Takanashi & Antonio Honda Vs Yuki Ueno & Toi Kojima
5. Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Battle Royal: Yuji Hino Vs Chris Brookes Vs Shinya Aoki Vs Shunma Katsumata Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Yusuke Okada Vs Yukio Naya Vs Hideki Okatani Vs Yuya Koroku
6. Special Single Match: Asuka Vs Saki Akai
7. DDT Extreme Title – Fluorescent Lighttube IPPON Death Match: Akito (c) Vs Joey Janela
8. Road To WRESTLE PETER PAN 2022! Special Tag Match: Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura Vs Tetsuya Endo & Jun Akiyama
The Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Gauntlet is back after a two and a half year absence. The match combines the Battle Royal with a Ladder match with the prize hanging above the ring. Usually there are several prizes on offer but for now DDT is saying there will be only one Gauntlet and the winner of the match is whoever retrieves it.
A new masked member of Pheromones showed up on yesterday’s show. There are guesses going around it is Michael Nakazawa because the mystery man pulled down his pants and used them to do the Ultimate Venom Arm. Pheromones are sort of denying it by saying it can’t be him because he should be doing his job in America. So either Nakazawa is getting a Pheromones style gimmick makeover or he is purposely being used as a red herring.
The new debut Takeshi Masada is having his first pro match after only three months of training. It will be the quickest amount of time any trainee has ever made their debut in DDT. The 21 year old from Osaka stands 180cm high and weighs in at 84kg. His athletic background is in both basketball and Shorinji Kempo.
DDT “WRESTLE PETER PAN 2022”, 20/08/2022
Tokyo Ota Ward Gymnasium
1. Yusuke Okada, Yuya Koroku & Ilusion Vs Toi Kojima, Yuki Ishida & Takeshi Masada
2. 3 Way 6-Man Tag Match: Yuki “Sexy” Iino, Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno & X (w/ Yumehito “Fantastic” Imanari) Vs Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya & Super Sasadango Machine Vs Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda
3. Shinichiro Kawamatsu Debut Match ~ Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Member Vs Bunkyo Ward Assembly Member: Shinichiro Kawamatsu, Sanshiro Takagi & Soma Takao Vs Osamu Nishimura, Makoto Oishi & Akito
4. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Naomi Yoshimura, Kota Umeda & Keisuke Okuda Vs HARASHIMA, Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani
5. Special Mixed Tag Match: Jun Akiyama & Saki Akai Vs Chris Brookes & Asuka
6. International Special Hardcore Match: Joey Janela Vs Shunma Katsumata
7. DDT 25th Anniversary Special 6-Man Tag Match: Dick Togo, Daisuke Sasaki & KANON (w/ MJ Paul) Vs Konosuke Takeshita, MAO & Yasu Urano
8. DDT Universal Title: Masahiro Takanashi (c) Vs Yuki Ueno
9. KO-D Openweight Title: Kazusada Higuchi (c) Vs Tetsuya Endo
Now that Tetsuya Endo has recovered 100%, he is ready to give back to the fans for their support by reclaiming the KO-D Openweight Title. It is a match Kazusada Higuchi wanted more than anything else too.
No matter who came out of the DDT Universal Title match yesterday, Yuki Ueno is getting the next shot anyway. Yusuke Okada originally brought him up as the next challenger if he became champion. Masahiro Takanashi kept the belt instead but liked the idea enough to do the same. Takanashi’s reason though is because he is looking for challengers from the younger generation and Ueno may very well be the absolute best out of all of them. If Takanashi beats him then he will start looking outside of DDT for more young challengers.
1 Comment | News | Tagged: DDT Pro Wrestling, DDT Universal Championship, Dramatic Dream Team, Hideki Okatani, Juria Nagano, Kazusada Higuchi, KO-D Openweight Championship, Korakuen Hall, Masahiro Takanashi, Michael Nakazawa, Osaka 176BOX, Ota Ward Gymnasium, Otemachi Mitsui Hall, Pheromones, Right To Challenge Anytime Anywhere, Takeshi Masada, Tetsuya Endo, TJPW, Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling, Tokyo Princess Cup, Toy Kojima (Toi Kojima), White Briefs Man, Yuki Arai, Yuki Ueno | Permalink
Posted by JamieOD
July 19, 2022
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TOKYO PRINCESS CUP”, 23/07/2022
Shinjuku FACE
1. 3 Way Match: Yuka Sakazaki Vs Mahiro Kiryu Vs Haruna Neko
2. Maki Itoh & Yuki Kamifuku Vs Yuki Aino & Raku
3. Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta Vs Hyper Misao & Kaya Toribami
4. Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe Vs Moka Miyamoto & Arisu Endo
5. Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 2D: Pom Harajuku Vs Suzume
6. Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 2A: Shoko Nakajima Vs Mizuki
The remaining Tokyo Princess Cup 2nd Round matches take place here. Shoko Nakajima and Mizuki are the two names that have become most attached to success in the tournament so we are going to see a rare early elimination in the main event. Suzume versus Pom Harajuku is a first time singles match up between the two.
Miyu Yamashita will be in America during the same weekend as this show.
GANBARE☆PRO “CHUNGKING EXPRESS 2022”, 30/07/2022
Osaka 176BOX
1. GanPro Sanada Maru! Special Tag Match: Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Kazuaki Mihara & Kouki Iwasaki
2. ROMANCE DAWN Vs The 37KAMIINA: Shota & Soma Takao Vs Shunma Katsumata & Toi Kojima
3. GanPro Osaka Summer Team! Special Tag Match: Yumehito Imanari & Magnitude Kishiwada Vs Ken Ohka & Shinichiro Tominaga
Ganbare☆Pro visits Osaka so Yumehito Imanari can team with the region’s strongest pro wrestler Magnitude Kishiwada! He has a little bit of history with Ken Ohka. The last time he was in Ganpro was in 2018 where he faced Ohka one on one. Kishiwada won the match but Ohka convinced him to do an immediate rematch. Kishiwada won that too but Ohka again demanded another rematch to prove he could still fight over and over until he wins. Maybe that kind of fire will reappear here.
The 37KAMIINA are showing up in Ganpro and ROMANCE DAWN are waiting to meet them in the ring.
A challenge was thrown out by Kouki Iwasaki towards Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie. He wants a tag match against them and is bringing in his local buddy Kazuaki Mihara to be his partner.
Tsuyoshi Okada and Tyson Maeguchi will be on the show.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TOKYO PRINCESS CUP”, 31/07/2022
Tokyo Otemachi Mitsui Hall
1. Tokyo Princess Cup – Quarter Final: Miu Watanabe Vs Winner Of Match 2A
2. Tokyo Princess Cup – Quarter Final: Nao Kakuta Vs Miyu Yamashita
3. Tokyo Princess Cup – Quarter Final: Yuka Sakazaki Vs Hikari Noa
4. Tokyo Princess Cup – Quarter Final: Rika Tatsumi Vs Winner Of Match 2D
The field of eight is almost completed. The bracket gets mixed up after this point and the semi-final pairings will be decided via lottery at the end of the show.
GANBARE☆PRO “ULTRA SOUL 2022”, 13/08/2022
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. ROMANCE DAWN for the new world: Shota Vs Soma Takao
2. Yoshiko Hasegawa Re-Debut Match: Yuna Manase & Yoshiko Hasegawa Vs Moeka Haruhi & YuuRI
3. HARUKAZE 5th Anniversary Match: HARUKAZE Vs Makoto
4. Tatsuhito Takaiwa 30th Anniversary Match: Tatsuhito Takaiwa Vs X
5. Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Title: Yumehito Imanari (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie
A comment made in the past is motivating Imanari to prove his doubter wrong. When he was part of a main event in Korakuen Hall back in October 2020, Shigehiro Irie singled him out as the only person in the match underserving of that spot. Now that Imanari has the Spirit Of Ganbare Title, he wants to defend it against Irie in Korakuen to prove him wrong. Irie was surprised to hear the challenge because they haven’t crossed paths that often since that show almost two years ago. He is impressed with Imanari’s new found confidence but warns when you fight Irie, you will lose both your confidence and your championship!
Tatsuhito Takaiwa is celebrating his 30th year as a pro wrestler. His anniversary match has not been decided yet.
There is another wrestling anniversary being celebrated on the show, although it is a lot shorter than Takaiwa’s. Haruka Kato has been wrestling for over a decade but it is her alter ego HARUKAZE who recently reached the 5 year milestone. She asked Makoto to be her opponent for the special occasion. The reason is because after Kato left Stardom, Makoto was the first person to get her a booking despite having never known her previously. Ever since then Kato credits Makoto for keeping her in pro wrestling.
The re-debuting Yoshiko Hasegawa was born in Saitama on 28th February, 1987. She is 150cm tall and weighs 47kg. She originally wrestled for Actwres girl’Z from 2019 to 2020 until a neck injury took her out of action for almost the entirety of 2021. She officially left Actwres right at the end of last year and made her wrestling reappearance at “WRESTLE SEKIGAHARA” earlier this month, signing with Ganbare☆Pro.
Shota will be going on an American excursion this September with not concrete plan on when to return. He decided to take a massive gamble and see if he can make it from scratch as a pro wrestler in America until he is all out of options. He has connections over there but right now has nothing guaranteed for him once he makes the trip. Ganpro is giving him a send off match against his own ROMANCE DAWN partner Soma Takao.
DDT “WRESTLE PETER PAN 2022”, 20/08/2022
Tokyo Ota Ward Gymnasium
1. Shinichiro Kawamatsu Debut Match ~ Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Member Vs Bunkyo Ward Assembly Member: Shinichiro Kawamatsu, Sanshiro Takagi & Soma Takao Vs Osamu Nishimura, Makoto Oishi & Akito
2. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Naomi Yoshimura, Kota Umeda & Keisuke Okuda Vs HARASHIMA, Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani
3. Special Mixed Tag Match: Jun Akiyama & Saki Akai Vs Chris Brookes & Asuka
4. International Special Hardcore Match: Joey Janela Vs Shunma Katsumata
5. DDT 25th Anniversary Special 6-Man Tag Match: Dick Togo, Daisuke Sasaki & KANON (w/ MJ Paul) Vs Konosuke Takeshita, MAO & Yasu Urano
6. DDT Universal Title: Masahiro Takanashi (c) Vs X
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Kazusada Higuchi (c) Vs X
For one night only Naomi Yoshimura is bringing together a DNA reunion! He asked DDT to give him a match teaming with Kota Umeda and Keisuke Okuda, saying long time fans will understand why. In DNA Yoshimura led a faction called the Naomi Kingdom. Okuda was a member of the unit and Umeda was their biggest rival. DDT agreed to Yoshimura’s request and gathered together a suitable trio of opponents. It’s Yoshimura’s old tag partner HARASHIMA as well as Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani from Eruption!
1 Comment | News | Tagged: DDT Pro Wrestling, Dramatic Dream Team, Eruption, Ganbare☆Pro Wrestling, GanPro, HARASHIMA, Haruka Kato, HARUKAZE, Hideki Okatani, Kazauki Mihara, Keisuke Ishii, Keisuke Okuda, Ken Ohka, Korakuen Hall, Kota Umeda, Kouki Iwasaki, Magnitude Kishiwada, Makoto, Miyu Yamashita, Mizuki, Naomi Kingdom, Naomi Yoshimura, Osaka 176BOX, Ota Ward Gymnasium, Otemachi Mitsui Hall, Pom Harajuku, ROMANCE DAWN, Shigehiro Irie, Shinjuku FACE, Shoko Nakajima, Shota, Soma Takao, Spirit Of Ganbare World Openweight Championship, Suzume, Tatsuhito Takaiwa, The 37KAMIINA, TJPW, Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling, Tokyo Princess Cup, Tsuyoshi Okada, Tyson Maeguchi, Yoshiko Hasegawa, Yukio Sakaguchi, Yumehito Imanari | Permalink
Posted by JamieOD
July 13, 2022
“SUPER HARDCORE GIRLS BOX OFFICE ~ SUPER HARDCORE GIRLS VS PROMINENCE”, 14/07/2022
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
1. Super Hardcore Girls Vs Prominence ~ Falls Count Anywhere Match: SenoSister Mao Inoue Vs Mochi Natsumi
2. DDT Offer? Match: Yuki Ueno & Sakura Hirota Vs Akito & Kazuki Hirata
3. Special TLC Match: DASH Chisako Vs Hideki Okatani
4. Super Hardcore Girls Vs Prominence ~ Bring In 1 Item Hardcore Match: Elizabeth❤️Toy & Sylvania❤️Catherine Vs Risa Sera & Akane Fujite
5. Super Hardcore Girls Vs Prominence ~ Special Hardcore Match: Carousel❤️Shun Vs Suzu Suzuki
Shunma Katsumata has been tweeting messages to Suzu Suzuki on behalf of Carousel❤️Shun, warning Suzuki she won’t win no matter how hard she studies for the “exam”.
GANBARE☆PRO “BAKURETSU TOSHI BURST CITY 2022”, 17/07/2022
Tokyo Oji BASEMENT MON☆STAR
1. GanPro Summer Festival! MakoHaruka Vs YuriMoeka Full-Scale Battle: Makoto & HARUKAZE Vs Moeka Haruhi & YuuRI
2. GanPro Summer Festival! Lari Pro Army Vs Knee Pro Army Full-Scale Battle: Shuichiro Katsumura & Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shota
3. GanPro Summer Festival! GanPro Survival 8-Man Tag Match ~Ohka Army Vs Imanari Army Full-Scale Battle~: Ken Ohka, Kouki Iwasaki, Mizuki Watase & Sayaka Obihiro Vs Yumehito Imanari, Soma Takao, Tyson Maguchi & Yuna Manase
The GanPro Survival Tag Match is fought as a regular 2 Vs 2 tag match. Whenever a wrestler is eliminated, they are replaced with the next wrestler on their team. This continues until a team is reduced to one wrestler left and cannot field a complete tag team. An extra rule is being added to the upcoming version of this match. Over the top rope eliminations will count but the match cannot be won that way. The final elimination needs to be done through normal means (pinfall, submission, DQ, etc).
Lariat Pro Wrestling returns but there is resistance coming from Knee Pro Wrestling. It’s time to decide which is better, Lariats or Knee Strikes!
DDT “ROJO PRO WRESTLING IN HANDMADE IN JAPAN FES 2022”, 23/07/2022
Tokyo Big Sight West Hall 1 & 2
1. Falls Count Anywhere 3 Way Tag Match: MAO & Toi Kojima Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Yuki Ishida Vs Yukio Naya & Yuya Koroku
A good time is always had when DDT holds a Falls Count Anywhere Match at the HandMade In Japan Festival.
DDT “ROAD TO PETER PAN 2022 IN OSAKA”, 30/07/2022
Osaka 176BOX
1. Yuki “Sexy” Iino & Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno Vs Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda
2. Shunma Katsumata Vs Kazuki Hirata
3. Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON Vs Yukio Sakaguchi, Akito & Yuya Koroku
4. Tetsuya Endo Vs Hideki Okatani
5. Special Tag Match: Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura Vs MAO & Toi Kojima
6. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Bodyguard Vs Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida
7. Osaka Specialty Special Tag Match: HARASHIMA & Gamma Vs Yuki Ueno & Makoto Oishi
Gamma is the special guest for this show. The former DRAGONGATE star will be retiring from pro wrestling on 14th August.
Tetsuya Endo’s first singles match during his comeback is against Hideki Okatani.
DDT “ROAD TO PETER PAN 2022 IN KORAKUEN ~LET’S SHOUT!~”, 14/08/2022
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. Special Single Match: Asuka Vs Saki Akai
One week before they join Jun Akiyama and Chris Brookes for the Mixed Tag Match, Saki Akai and Asuka face off one on one.
DDT “WRESTLE PETER PAN 2022”, 20/08/2022
Tokyo Ota Ward Gymnasium
1. Shinichiro Kawamatsu Debut Match ~ Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Member Vs Bunkyo Ward Assembly Member: Shinichiro Kawamatsu, Sanshiro Takagi & Soma Takao Vs Osamu Nishimura, Makoto Oishi & Akito
2. Special Mixed Tag Match: Jun Akiyama & Saki Akai Vs Chris Brookes & Asuka
3. International Special Hardcore Match: Joey Janela Vs Shunma Katsumata
4. DDT 25th Anniversary Special 6-Man Tag Match: Dick Togo, Daisuke Sasaki & KANON (w/ MJ Paul) Vs Konosuke Takeshita, MAO & Yasu Urano
5. DDT Universal Title: Masahiro Takanashi (c) Vs X
6. KO-D Openweight Title: Kazusada Higuchi (c) Vs X
Daisuke Sasaki is calling in the big guns to combat Konosuke Takeshita on his return. He’s bringing his master Dick Togo back to DDT! Sasaki’s history with his maestro is usually hostile so there haven’t been many times when they teamed together. But “WRESTLE PETER PAN 2022” is a big show and Sasaki is offering the olive branch to Togo. It will also be KANON’s first time in the ring with him too. We’ll see if wrestling with DAMNATION T.A is any different from wrestling with House Of Torture. In response to this, Takeshita chose MAO & Yasu Urano as his partners. Urano was picked because he knows both Sasaki & Togo inside out!
1 Comment | News | Tagged: Asuka (VENY), Carousel Shun, Daisuke Sasaki, DAMNATION T.A, DDT Pro Wrestling, Dick Togo, Dramatic Dream Team, Gamma, Ganbare☆Pro Wrestling, GanPro, Hideki Okatani, KANON, Konosuke Takeshita, Korakuen Hall, MAO, Oji BASEMENT MONSTAR, Osaka 176BOX, Ota Ward Gymnasium, Prominence, Rojo Pro Wrestling, Saki Akai, Shin-Kiba 1st RING, Shunma Katsumata, Street Pro Wrestling, Super Hardcore Girls, Suzu Suzuki, Tetsuya Endo, Tokyo Big Sight, Yasu Urano | Permalink
Posted by JamieOD
January 10, 2022
DDT “SWEET DREAMS! 2022 TOUR IN OSAKA DAY 2”, 10/01/2022
Osaka 176BOX
159 Fans
1. Shunma Katsumata defeated Yuya Koroku with the Totonou Splash (7:49).
2. HARASHIMA & Toru Owashi defeated Antonio Honda & Toui Kojima when HARASHIMA pinned Honda with the Somato (9:44).
3. Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul defeated Naomi Yoshimura & Hideki Okatani when Paul pinned Okatani with the Death Valley Bomb (11:46).
4. Special Tag Match: Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno & Yuki “Sexy” Iino defeated Bodyguard & Kazuki Hirata when Dieno & Iino submitted Hirata with the Rainbow Bridge (12:06).
5. Tetsuya Endo & Jun Akiyama defeated Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida when Endo submitted Ishida with the Yurikamome (10:52).
6. Osaka Specialty Special 6-Man Tag Match: Konosuke Takeshita, Yuki Ueno & MAO defeated Yuji Hino, Chris Brookes & Akito when Takeshita submitted Akito with the Plus Ultra (21:23).
The main event briefly turned into a literal tug of war when MAO and Chris Brookes found a rope near ringside and each grabbed an end of it. Next thing you know the rest of The 37KAMIINA as well as Yuji Hino and Akito got involved. Naturally, Hino’s raw strength meant his side easily won the tug of war. The 37KAMIINA won the actual wrestling match though. Shunma Katsumata & Toui Kojima also tried and failed to pin MAO for the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title afterwards. Teamwork was the topic of the day among The 37KAMIINA. They have two teams entering the Ultimate Tag League with last year’s winners split apart. Konosuke Takeshita hopes he & Yuki Ueno will meet Katsumata & MAO in the final. Katsumata & MAO said they are counting on their history together entering the NOAH Global Jr. Tag League as well as being a team since their NωA days to take them far.
Kazuki Hirata was terrified of facing Pheromones again after his experience with them yesterday. He felt reassured when Bodyguard told him to follow his lead and leave the match to him. Things went well until Bodyguard decided to give everyone a live performance of his entrance song. He even signed autographs for Hisaya Imabayashi and Ken Kato while he sang on the microphone. While this was all going on, Bodyguard was oblivious to Pheromones torturing Hirata into submission in the ring behind him.
Antonio Honda almost tricked HARASHIMA & Toru Owashi into kissing each other.
Katsumata brought out boxing gloves for his match against Yuya Koroku. When they fought outside the ring, Katsumata taped Koroku’s hands to the ring post then repeatedly punched him in the ribs while wearing the gloves.
Comments Off on DDT “SWEET DREAMS! 2022 TOUR IN OSAKA DAY 2” Results | Results | Tagged: Akito, Antonio Honda, Bodyguard, Chris Brookes, DDT Pro Wrestling, Dramatic Dream Team, HARASHIMA, Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship, Kazuki Hirata, Konosuke Takeshita, MAO, Osaka 176BOX, Pheromones, Shunma Katsumata, ShunMao, The 37KAMIINA, Toru Owashi, Toy Kojima (Toi Kojima), Yuji Hino, Yuki Ueno, Yuya Koroku | Permalink
Posted by JamieOD
January 9, 2022
DDT “SWEET DREAMS! 2022 TOUR IN OSAKA DAY 1”, 09/01/2022
Osaka 176BOX
180 Fans – No Vacancy
1. Akito defeated Yuki Ishida with the Figure 4 Leg Lock (7:36).
2. 3 Way Tag Match: Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata defeated Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno & Yuki “Sexy” Iino and Antonio Honda & MAO when Hirata pinned MAO with the Anal Tegatana (12:32).
3. Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul defeated Yuji Hino & Yuya Koroku when Sasaki submitted Koroku with the Crossface Lock (9:45).
4. HARASHIMA & Chris Brookes defeated Yuki Ueno & Shunma Katsumata when Brookes pinned Katsumata with the Oath Of The Peach Garden (13:58).
5. Konosuke Takeshita defeated Toui Kojima with the Walls Of Takeshita (13:45).
6. Osaka Specialty Special 6-Man Tag Match: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Bodyguard defeated Naomi Yoshimura, Kazusada Higuchi & Hideki Okatani when Endo pinned Okatani with the Swivel Torture Rack Bomb (22:54).
A few days ago Tetsuya Endo was the oldest person wrestling in the DDTeeeen!! show at 30 years old. Fast forward to today and he is the youngest person on his team next to two wrestlers in their fifties. Jun Akiyama joked there should be a DDT spin-off for his age group called DDTFifteeeen!! because he is still going strong. Bodyguard joined in the fun and said he thought Endo was meant to be getting people like Akiyama on his side, not against him.
The opposing team are licking their wounds and turning their attention to the Ultimate Tag League starting at the end of the month. Kazusada Higuchi gave Hideki Okatani his stamp of approval and said he doesn’t care how he acts because he believes in him. Okatani swore to beat BURNING at the Tag League. Naomi Yoshimura said his team will definitely reach the final so it is up to Eruption whether or not they will join him there.
Toui Kojima got the jump on Konosuke Takeshita during his ring entrance. Despite his best efforts, his momentum ran out and Takeshita took control with submission hold after submission hold until Kojima finally gave up. Takeshita understands why Kojima acted this way because he felt the same when he wrestled his seniors at the same age. He knows a match like this can be the turning point for a young wrestler. Kojima promised to become stronger and stronger because if he doesn’t, he won’t be able to beat anybody in DDT.
Kazuki Hirata charged up his Tegatana arm by sticking his hand into Danshoku Dieno’s backside. He then deflected the Gongitsune to strike Antonio Honda with his charged up arm and win the match.
Comments Off on DDT “SWEET DREAMS! 2022 TOUR IN OSAKA DAY 1” Results | Results | Tagged: Antonio Honda, Bodyguard, BURNING, Danshoku Dieno, DDT Pro Wrestling, DDTeeeen!!, Dramatic Dream Team, Eruption, Hideki Okatani, Jun Akiyama, Kazuki Hirata, Kazusada Higuchi, Konosuke Takeshita, Naomi Yoshimura, Osaka 176BOX, Tetsuya Endo, Toy Kojima (Toi Kojima) | Permalink
Posted by JamieOD
Dramatic DDT 