Osaka Bay Blues, BOYZ Oh BOYZ, Alcohol And X’s Don’t Mix

September 11, 2015

DDT “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL 2015”, 13/09/2015
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2

1. Suguru Miyatake, Kazusada Higuchi & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Kouki Iwasaki & Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan
2. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata & Shoichi Uchida
3. Strife Love-Hate Drama Wash Blood With Blood Final Settlement: Masa Takanashi Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & Yoshihiko
4. Team Drift Vs #OhkaEmpire Complete Settlement Warfare – 6-Man Tag Team Elimination Match: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs Danshoku Dino, Super Sasadango Machine & Ken Ohka
5. It Is Either Swallowed Or Breathtaking? Special Tag Match: Yukio Sakaguchi & KUDO Vs HARASHIMA & Akito
6. DDT Extreme Title – Four Corners Four Items Death Match: Antonio Honda (c) Vs Yasu Urano
7. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki (c) Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo

Happy Motels are after the KO-D Tag Team Titles, Antonio Honda defends the DDT Extreme Title in a pole match and #OhkaEmpire look to beat Team Drift once and for all.

BOYZ “MOON VIEWING SPECIAL ~WOMAN FESTIVAL 8~”, 23/09/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Keisuke Ishii Vs Mizuki Watase
2. 3 Way Match: Tetsuya Endo Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Kouki Iwasaki
3. Makoto Oishi Vs Shunma Katsumata
4. KUDO & Kota Umeda Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Masa Takanashi
5. Yukio Sakaguchi, HARASHIMA & Isami Kodaka Vs Soma Takao, Akito & Konosuke Takeshita

Yukio Sakaguchi and Isami Kodaka are in the same ring together for the first time since their Independent World Jr. Heavyweight Title match in April. But this time they’re teaming up.

TAVERN WRESTLING “ALCOHOL SLAM”, 30/09/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Tetsuya Endo Vs Ryota Nakatsu
2. Single Fluorescent Lighttube Death Match: Akito Vs Ryuichi Sekine
3. Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Great Kojika
4. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Match: X Vs X
5. Glove Match: Isami Kodaka Vs Tanomusaku Toba
6. Falls Count Anywhere 8-Man Tag Team Match: X, X, X & X Vs Shuji Ishikawa, Isami Kodaka, X & X

Two special guest captains will wrestle in the main event. Shuji Ishikawa is one of them but the other captain has yet to be announced. The rest of both teams will be filled up with the regular wrestlers working for the Dropkick Bar.

Every match on the show will have a special rule.


A God Damn Pole Match, Ishikawa Thanks Morohashi, Takagi’s In The Dark

September 8, 2015

DDT “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL 2015”, 13/09/2015
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2

1. Suguru Miyatake, Kazusada Higuchi & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Kouki Iwasaki & Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan
2. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata & Shoichi Uchida
3. Strife Love-Hate Drama Wash Blood With Blood Final Settlement: Masa Takanashi Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & Yoshihiko
4. Team Drift Vs #OhkaEmpire Complete Settlement Warfae – 6-Man Tag Team Elimination Match: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs Danshoku Dino, Super Sasadango Machine & Ken Ohka
5. It Is Either Swallowed Or Breathtaking? Special Tag Match: Yukio Sakaguchi & KUDO Vs HARASHIMA & Akito
6. DDT Extreme Title – Four Corners Four Items Death Match: Antonio Honda (c) Vs Yasu Urano
7. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki (c) Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo

In a match that will get both late era WCW fans salivating, the DDT Extreme Title is on the line in a four corner pole match. A different item hangs in a bag from each of the poles. It’s been confirmed that two of the bags will contain a bra and a cole miner’s glove.

Hiroshi Fukuda is bringing along Yoshihiko to Osaka. His match with Masa Takanashi is now a 2-on-1 Handicap Match.

UNION “UNION HARVEST FESTIVAL 2015”, 15/09/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Mio Shirai & Ladybeard Vs GENTARO & X
2. Union Fly To Everywhere World Title: Aoi Kizuki (c) Vs Cherry
3. Isami Kodaka, Daichi Kazato, Yusuke Kubo & Masato Shibata Vs FUMA, MEN’S Teioh, Kazushi Miyamoto & SAGAT
4. Shuji Ishikawa Vs Seiya Morohashi

Before Shuji Ishikawa faces Isami Kodaka for the Union MAX Title, he takes Seiya Morohashi. Despite being a mainstay of Union, Morohashi was not part of the original group that jumped from DDT when the brand formed back in 2005. Morohashi instead joined a few years later. Ishikawa is proud of Morohashi’s time in Union. He brought up one time when he fell ill and had to pull out of a match. Morohashi took his place at the last minute and gave a physically intense performance. I bet the match he is talking about is Morohashi Vs Shigehiro Irie from July 2012. Ishikawa wants to thank Morohashi for always being there for Union.

Mio Shirai has requested GENTARO’s tag partner to be a female wrestler.

DDT “WHO’S GONNA TOP? ~DDT DRAMATIC GENERAL ELECTION 2015~”, 27/09/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. King Of Dark Title: Gota Ihashi (c) Vs Sanshiro Takagi
1. KO-D Openweight Title: Yukio Sakaguchi (c) Vs X

A confrontation from this past Sunday leads Sanshiro Takagi down a risky path. Gota Ihashi is becoming more and more desperate to get rid of the King Of Dark Title.


Saitama Slam, Osaka Bay Blues, Watase Gets Otani, Final Union Title Matches

September 1, 2015

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 4”, 06/09/2015
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

1. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Kouki Iwasaki & Saki Akai
2. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Suguru Miyatake
3. KUDO & Kota Umeda Vs Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata
4. Antonio Honda Vs Yasu Urano
5. Danshoku Dino Vs Shigehiro Irie
6. 4 Way Tag Team Match: Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs HARASHIMA & Akito

If Danshoku Dino can beat Shigehiro Irie, it will help #OhkaEmpire’s chances of getting a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Title shot.

KAT-TOO have been working well as a team so far. They face tournament bound KUDO & Kota Umeda.

Normally Gota Ihashi would be in the Pigging 2015 team but he’s locked out of the show because of he is the King Of Dark Champion. Saki Akai has to take his place.

DDT “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL 2015”, 13/09/2015
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2

1. Strife Love-Hate Drama Wash Blood With Blood Final Settlement: Masa Takanashi Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
2. It Is Either Swallowed Or Breathtaking? Special Tag Match: Yukio Sakaguchi & KUDO Vs HARASHIMA & Akito
3. DDT Extreme Title: Antonio Honda (c) Vs Yasu Urano
4. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki (c) Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo

I don’t know what the grudge is between Masa Takanashi and Hiroshi Fukuda but it gets settled in Osaka.

UNION “UNION HARVEST FESTIVAL 2015”, 15/09/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Union Fly To Everywhere World Title: Aoi Kizuki (c) Vs Cherry

Cherry has made it her goal to become the Fly To Everywhere Champion when Union closes down next month. This might be her only opportunity.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “YOU GROW UP”, 22/09/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Azusa Debut Match: Azusa Vs Miyu Yamashita
2. Shoko Nakajima Vs Saki Akai

Azusa’s ring name and profile will be revealed at a later date, possibly some time after her debut match.

DDT “DNA 9”, 22/09/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Shunma Katsumata Vs Mao Inoue
2. Dai Suzuki Vs Kouki Iwasaki
3. Ryota Nakatsu Vs Kota Umeda
4. Suguru Miyatake Vs Joey Ryan
5. Mizuki Watase Vs Shinjiro Otani
6. Kazusada Higuchi Vs Katsuhiko Nakajima

Mizuki Watase was surprised to learn his opponent for his second pro wrestling match is Shinjiro Otani! Watase never thought he would get such a high profile match right after losing in his debut.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “BAD COMMUNICATION 2015”, 23/09/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Animal Planet Special 3 Way Match: J-Soul Pandita III IV Vs Neko Nitta Vs Kris Wolf
2. Do Judge!!: Yukihiro Abe Vs Shinichiro Tominaga
3. Go Beyond The Asia ~3rd Generation Grandson Vs 94th All Asia Tag Team Champions~: Chikara & Yumehito Imanari Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie
4. Texas Tornado Special Handicap Match: Ken Ohka, GENTARO, Shota & Bambi Vs Minoru Fujita, Hi69 & Osamu Namiguchi

The main event features a mixture of alliances between Ganbare☆Wrestling and K-DOJO wrestlers. A grudge between Ken Ohka and Minoru Fujita is the focus but there is also the surprise return of Shota. There are also the shocks of Osamu Namiguchi siding with Fujita and Bambi siding with Ohka.

UNION “10TH ANNIVERSARY BOX OFFICE”, 04/10/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Union MAX Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa

The final match in Union should obviously be between the two aces fighting over the championship. Isami Kodaka requested Shuji Ishikawa to be his next and possibly last challenger for the Union MAX Title.


Time To Go Back To Normal, Whatever Normal Is In DDT

August 24, 2015

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE GIRLS BATTLE 2015 ROUND 8”, 29/08/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Yuka Sakazaki Vs MIZUHO
2. Miyu Yamashita Vs Ai Shimizu
3. 3 Way Match: Nonoko Vs Rika Tatsumi Vs Hyper Misao
4. Saki Akai & KANNA Vs Shoko Nakajima & Akane Miura

It must have been a confusing weekend for KANNA. She got a bump in Twitter followers when the other Kana appeared on screen at NXT TakeOver. WWE spelt Kana’s name with two ‘N’s leading some thirsty fans to KANNA’s Twitter account by mistake.

Miyu Yamashita had her debut shoot boxing bout on 21st August at the “GIRLS S-CUP 2015” event in Tokyo. She fought Yurika GSB in the 54kg weight class. Unfortunately Yamashita lost the fight by unanimous decision after three rounds. Yamashita said she felt embarrassed by the defeat because she carried the weight of Tokyo Joshi Pro on her shoulders and let everybody down. However she would like to get another fight and will train more in shoot boxing for the time being.

DDT “MEMORIES OF SUMMER VACATION 2015”, 30/08/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kouki Iwasaki
2. 4 Way Match: Kazuki Hirata Vs Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Gorgeous Matsuno
3. Danshoku Dino & Super Sasadango Machine Vs Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata
4. Kota Ibushi & Suguru Miyatake Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo
5. Yukio Sakaguchi & KUDO Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Kota Umeda
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao (c) Vs HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito

No rest for the wicked. We have new matches and a few title bouts coming up. Team Drift defend their KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles against Smile Squash this weekend. The newly named #OhkaEmpire wanted a rematch with Drift but it was denied. However Shigehiro Irie gave credit to Ken Ohka and said he was a surprisingly strong opponent. He would like to fight that Ken Ohka again someday. But Drift wants to defend their titles against other teams before #OhkaEmpire gets another shot.

UNION “SUMMER FESTIVAL UNION 2015”, 30/08/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Mitomi Masayuki & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Kazuhiro Tamura & Daisuke Kanehira
2. Hiroshi Fukuda, Ayumu Honda, Mame Endo & X Vs Kazuhiko Ogasawara, Ryu Gouma, Seiya Morohashi & Macho Michaels
3. Cherry & Masako Takanashi Vs & Aoi Kizuki & Ladybeard
4. Mio Shirai Vs Jun Kasai
5. Shuji Ishikawa & Daichi Kazato Vs Go Shiozaki & Kotaro Suzuki
6. Union MAX Title: FUMA (c) Vs Isami Kodaka

The 8-Man Tag is going to be themed around Judo Vs Karate. Hiroshi Fukuda will be in Judo-gun mode and believes the future of martial arts rests on the result of the match.

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 4”, 06/09/2015
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

1. Antonio Honda Vs Yasu Urano
2. 4 Way Tag Team Match: Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs HARASHIMA & Akito Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo

Antonio Honda and Yasu Urano will meet in a non-title match a week before they go at it for the DDT Extreme Title.

DDT “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL 2015”, 13/09/2015
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2

1. DDT Extreme Title: Antonio Honda (c) Vs Yasu Urano
2. Yukio Sakaguchi & KUDO Vs HARASHIMA & Akito
3. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki (c) Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo

Happy Motels are the first team to challenge the Golden☆Storm Riders for the KO-D Tag Team Titles. Kota Ibushi said his entire body feels sore after yesterday’s match. Tetsuya Endo said he and Konosuke Takeshita wanted to go after the tag titles as soon as he came back from injury. He has been waiting for the chance to reclaim the belts ever since they lost them in Saitama back in February. Daisuke Sasaki does not want to defend the titles, possibly ever. But he has to.

Shoichi Uchida and Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan are booked for the show.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “BAD COMMUNICATION 2015”, 23/09/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Animal Planet Special 3 Way Match: J-Soul Pandita III IV Vs Neko Nitta Vs Kris Wolf
2. Go Beyond The Asia ~3rd Generation Grandson Vs 94th All Asia Tag Team Champions~: Chikara & Yumehito Imanari Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie

Stardom wrestler Kris Wolf makes her Ganpuro debut in one of the weirdest looking 3 Way matches ever.

DDT “WHO’S GONNA TOP? ~DDT DRAMATIC GENERAL ELECTION 2015~”, 27/09/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. KO-D Openweight Title: Yukio Sakaguchi (c) Vs X

Yukio Sakaguchi announced his first KO-D Openweight Title defence will take place on 27th September against an opponent to be determined. Sakaguchi said it was a strange feeling when he woke up this morning after the night he had. He was surprised by the amount of messages he received congratulating him on his title victory. The most special of which came from his estranged father Seiji Sakaguchi. In regards to Shuten-dōji, Yukio said yesterday’s match resulted in their bonds becoming even stronger. He also thought the liquor they all drank together after the match was delicious.


DDT “KING OF DDT 2015 OSAKA” Results

June 15, 2015

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DDT “KING OF DDT 2015 OSAKA”, 14/06/2015
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2
1,042 Fans – Super No Vacancy

0. King Of Dark Title: Suguru Miyatake (c) & Kota Umeda defeated Gota Ihashi & Hiroshi Fukuda when Miyatake pinned Ihashi with the Heart Attack (6:45).
*Suguru Miyatake passes D2. Gota Ihashi becomes the 3rd King Of Dark Champion.
1. HARASHIMA, Akiro, Yasu Urano, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Saki Akai defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata, Devin Sparks & Ric Ellis when HARASHIMA pinned Hirata with the Somato (10:28).
2. 4 Way Match: KUDO defeated Danshoku Dino, Keisuke Ishii and Antonio Honda when KUDO pinned Honda with the Diving Double Knee Drop (8:49).
3. King Of DDT 2015 – Round 2: Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Makoto Oishi with the Right Knee Of God (7:19).
4. King Of DDT 2015 – Round 2: Konosuke Takeshita defeated Masa Takanashi with the German Suplex (9:47).
5. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (c) defeated MIKAMI & Shuji Ishikawa when Okabayashi pinned MIKAMI with the Golem Splash (19:29).
*V4 for Strong BJ.
6. King Of DDT 2015 – Round 2: Daisuke Sasaki defeated Kota Ibushi with the Sasaki Huracanrana (18:48).
7. King Of DDT 2015 – Round 2: Kazusada Higuchi defeated Shigehiro Irie with the Goten (18:23).

The King Of DDT semi-finals are set. Kazusada Higuchi Vs Yukio Sakaguchi and Konosuke Takeshita Vs Daisuke Sasaki will take place on 28th June along with the grand final. Sakaguchi dispatched Makoto Oishi with the Right Knee Of God. Takeshita narrowly avoided being wrongly disqualified when Masa Takanashi faked getting hit with the DDT Extreme Title belt he stole from Akito again after Match #1. Sasaki got the upset win over his stablemate Kota Ibushi. Sasaki seated Ibushi on a chair outside the ring and did a Super Diving Elbow Drop from the top rope onto him. Sasaki avoided the Sit Down Last Ride and pulled in the ref to distract Ibushi and flash pin him with the Sasaki Huracanrana. Ibushi was disappointed to lose and blamed Suguru Miyatake. Finally in the battle of the heavyweights Higuchi scored a great victory over Shigehiro Irie. Higuchi offered a handshake after the match but Irie rejected it.

DDT will move up from Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2 to the bigger Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #1 on 28th November. The event is called “OSAKA OCTOPUS 2015” and the main event will be the KO-D Openweight Champion defending the title against the winner of this year’s DDT Dramatic General Election. Sanshiro Takagi spoke about the building hosting matches like Nobuhiko Takada Vs Bob Backlund as well as cards from UWF and SWS.

Despite being thrown off by MIKAMI’s speed and use of ladders, Strong BJ succeeded in another KO-D Tag Team Titles defence. Yuji Okabayashi is confident he and Daisuke Sekimoto can beat anyone in DDT. Right now there are no immediate challengers in line.

Ken Ohka appeared in the balcony after the 4 Way Match to give another warning to KUDO about cashing in his Right To Challenge contract. Amon Tsurumi apologised to KUDO for allowing Ohka to sneak into the show again. KUDO didn’t care because he knows Ohka is not going to cash in anytime soon.

Hello darkness my old friend. Gota Ihashi is now a two time King Of Dark Champion. He never got a chance to enjoy wrestling outside of the preshow. Amon Tsurumi happily handed Ihashi the belt after the match.


DDT “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL 2012” Results

September 16, 2012

DDT “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL 2012”, 16/09/2012
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2
1,007 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Mio Shirai, Hideki Shiota & Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan defeated Makoto Oishi, Hiroshi Fukuda & DJ Nira when Shirai pinned Fukuda with the Purple Flash (4:06).
2. Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Michael Nakazawa with the Venom Choke (7:12).
3. Hikaru Sato & Shoichi Uchida defeated Akito & Tetsuya Endo when Uchida pinned Endo with the Diving Headbutt (10:20).
4. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Yoshiaki Fujiwara (c) defeated Danshoku Dino with a Side Armbar (7:30).
*V1 for Yoshiaki Fujiwara?
5. HUB defeated Daisuke Sasaki with the Deadly Poison Airstrike (13:31).
6. Sanshiro Takagi & Yuji Hino defeated Kota Ibushi & Konosuke Takeshita when Takagi pinned Takeshita with the Sit Down Himawari Bomb (18:16).
7. KO-D Tag Team Title: MIKAMI & Tatsumi Fujinami (c) defeated Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda when Fujinami submitted Honda with a Rear Naked Choke (11:08).
*V1 for MIKAMI & Tatsumi Fujinami.
8. DDT Vs Drift Series: Keisuke Ishii, Takao Soma & Shigehiro Irie defeated HARASHIMA, KUDO & Masa Takanashi.
8a. HARASHIMA Vs Shigehiro Irie ended in a Time Limit Draw (10:00).
8b. Takao Soma defeated Masa Takanashi with the Boma Ye (1:24).
8c. KUDO defeated Takao Soma with the Buzzsaw Kick (3:40).
8d. KUDO Vs Keisuke Ishii ended in a Time Limit Draw (10:00).
8e. Sudden Death: Keisuke Ishii defeated KUDO with the Kneel Kick (3:29).

The DDT Vs Drift series was a Gauntlet match with each bout lasting ten minutes. For time limit draws both wrestlers were eliminated from the match, as shown with HARASHIMA and Shigehiro Irie. The final match between KUDO and Keisuke Ishii ended the same way but since the series ended 1-1 they decided to have sudden death. Ishii was able to get the best of KUDO and win the series for Team Dream Futures.

MIKAMI & Tatsumi Fujinami will next defend the KO-D Tag Team Titles in Sapporo on 8th October. Their opponents might be Sanshiro Takagi and a mystery masked man from Okinawa. Another idea is for them to be accompanied by Shogun KY Wakamatsu. There’s a blast from the past for you.

HUB was very aggressive in his match against Daisuke Sasaki. While attacking Sasaki, HUB could be overheard telling Sasaki “I wanted to go to Bolivia too!”

Yoshiaki Fujiwara defeated Danshoku Dino by giving him an unexpected kiss, which surprised and distracted Dino long enough to get him pinned.


Drift Prepare Themselves, A Wild HUB Appears

September 15, 2012

DDT “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL 2012”, 16/09/2012
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2

1. Makoto Oishi, Hiroshi Fukuda & DJ Nira Vs Mio Shirai, Hideki Shiota & Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan
2. Hikaru Sato & Shoichi Uchida Vs Akito & Tetsuya Endo
3. Kota Ibushi & Konosuke Takeshita Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Yuji Hino
4. Daisuke Sasaki Vs HUB
5. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Yoshiaki Fujiwara (c) Vs Danshoku Dino
6. Michael Nakazawa Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
7. KO-D Tag Team Title: MIKAMI & Tatsumi Fujinami (c) Vs Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda
8. DDT Vs Drift Series: HARASHIMA, KUDO & Masa Takanashi Vs Keisuke Ishii, Takao Soma & Shigehiro Irie

The DDT Vs Drift match-ups will be decided by a fan vote on the day of the show. Each match has a ten minute time limit. The Drift side have been preparing themselves by drinking a lot of milk.

A correction for Match #4. Daisuke Sasaki was always supposed to face Kaijin Habu Otoko, not The Invisible Man as I had previously typed. Since Otoko has now renamed himself HUB over in Dragon Gate, he will compete under the name here aswell.

I wasn’t able to find any reports of Yoshiaki Fujiwara losing the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title, so it is safe to say his match with Danshoku Dino is scheduled to have the belt on the line.


Campsite Match, Team Dream Futures Attack The Main Event!

September 6, 2012

DDT “CAMPSITE PRO WRESTLING”, 09/09/2012
Yamanashi Natureland Om

Homoiro Clover Z Vs Kickboxers: Kota Ibushi, Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Tanomusaku Toba, KUDO & Gota Ihashi

The annual campsite match is set. Fans have been warned that Sanshiro Takagi, Michael Nakazawa and Batten Tamagawa will appear randomly throughout the match as Player Killers. Their role is pretty much to interfere and attack whoever is in their way. However, Nakazawa in particular has a grudge with Kota Ibushi over their previous campsite matches.

DDT “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL 2012”, 16/09/2012
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2

1. Makoto Oishi, Hiroshi Fukuda & DJ Nira Vs Mio Shirai, Hideki Shiota & Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan
2. Hikaru Sato & Shoichi Uchida Vs Akito & Tetsuya Endo
3. Kota Ibushi & Konosuke Takeshita Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Yuji Hino
4. Daisuke Sasaki Vs The Invisible Man
5. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Yoshiaki Fujiwara (c) Vs Danshoku Dino
6. Michael Nakazawa Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
7. KO-D Tag Team Title: MIKAMI & Tatsumi Fujinami (c) Vs Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda
8. DDT Vs Drift Series: HARASHIMA, KUDO & Masa Takanashi Vs Keisuke Ishii, Takao Soma & Shigehiro Irie

The DDT Vs Drift (aka Team Dream Futures) Series consists of three singles matches to be decided before the show.

Daisuke Sasaki has been taken out of Match #2 to be given a bigger challenge, The Invisible Man! Akito takes his place as Tetsuya Endo’s tag partner.

UNION “I WILL MEET YOU AT THE KITASENJU”, 22/09/2012
Kitasenju Theatre 1010

1. Hiro Tsumaki Vs Toru Sugiura
2. Tokyo Women’s Wrestling Offer Match: NOZOMI Vs Maki Narumiya
3. Handicap Match: Hiroshi Fukuda (w/ Mame Endo) Vs Cherry & Mio Shirai (w/ Rumi Kazama)
4. Daichi Kazato Vs Menso~re Oyaji
5. Isami Kodaka Vs Goro Jr.
6. Shuji Ishikawa, Seiya Morohashi & Ken Ohka Vs Keisuke Ishii, Takao Soma & Shigehiro Irie

Drift’s attack on the main event scene stretches over to Union with the power hungry youngsters facing Shuji Ishikawa, Seiya Morohashi & Ken Ohka.

Okinawa Pro Wrestling is represented on the show by one of their most colorful characters, Menso~re Oyaji. He will face Hiro Tsumaki, who up until recently was wrestling in Okinawa as part of a learning excursion.


Ultra-Generation Army, Let’s Go 30’s!

August 27, 2012

DDT “HURRICANE SKY LOVE”, 02/09/2012
Nagoya Telepia Hall

1. Akito Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda Vs Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa
3. MIKAMI Vs Makoto Oishi
4. Sanshiro Takagi & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs KUDO & Gota Ihashi
5. Kota Ibushi & Mr. #6 Vs Danshoku Dino & DJ Nira
6. Ultra-Generation Army Uprising: HARASHIMA, Masa Takanashi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Keisuke Ishii, Takao Soma & Shigehiro Irie

The temporarily named Ultra-Generation Army of Keisuke Ishii, Takao Soma & Shigehiro Irie have sent a clear message to DDT that they are taking over the main event scene. Tired of seeing his seniors hogging the top spot, Ishii has rounded up his fellow generation wrestlers to make their move to the top spot. Their first targets are HARASHIMA, Masa Takanashi & Daisuke Sasaki. But make no mistake, wrestlers like Sanshiro Takagi, MIKAMI, KUDO, Kota Ibushi and Danshoku Dino are in their sights aswell.

DDT “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL 2012”, 16/09/2012
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2

1. Hikaru Sato & Shoichi Uchida Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo
2. Kota Ibushi & Konosuke Takeshita Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Yuji Hino
3. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Yoshiaki Fujiwara (c) Vs Danshoku Dino
4. Michael Nakazawa Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
5. KO-D Tag Team Title: MIKAMI & Tatsumi Fujinami (c) Vs Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda

Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda get their KO-D Tag Team Title shot here.


DDT48 Card, Hurricane Sky Love, Osaka Bay Blues

August 24, 2012

DDT “DDT48 GENERAL ELECTION 2012 ~ASK FIRST SPECIAL~”, 26/08/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match – Furious Battle Royal: Makoto Oishi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Saint Rion Vs Choun-Shiryu Vs Shoichi Uchida Vs Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan Vs Goro Jr.
1. Tetsuya Endo & Konosuke Takeshita Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & Taichi Kozato
2. 5 Vs 2 Handicap Match: Kengo Ohka & Mio Shirai Vs Gorgeous Matsuno, Hideki Shiota, Michael Nakazawa, Batten Tamagawa & Gota Ihashi
3. KUDO & Akito Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Isami Kodaka
4. No. 1 Contendership For KO-D Tag Team Title – 3 Way Match: Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda Vs Hshitango & Masa Takanashi Vs Seiya Morohashi & Ken Ohka
5. Cherry Vs NOZOMI
6. Keisuke Ishii Vs Takao Soma
7. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Yuji Hino
8. MIKAMI Vs Yoshihiko
9. Danshoku Dino Vs DJ Nira
10. Special Tag Match: Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs HARASHIMA & Hikaru Sato
11. DDT Extreme Title: Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie

Both Cherry and Gota Ihashi have recovered from their illnesses and are now healthy enough to wrestle on the card. Cherry’s match with NOZOMI goes ahead as planned while Ihashi joins the team with the numbers advantage in the Handicap Match.

DDT “HURRICANE SKY LOVE”, 02/09/2012
Nagoya Telepia Hall

1. MIKAMI Vs Makoto Oishi
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs KUDO & Gota Ihashi
3. Kota Ibushi & Mr. #6 Vs Danshoku Dino & DJ Nira

Mr. #6 returns to team with the KO-D Champion!

DDT “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL 2012”, 16/09/2012
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2

1. Kota Ibushi & Konosuke Takeshita Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Yuji Hino
2. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Yoshiaki Fujiwara (c) Vs Danshoku Dino
3. Michael Nakazawa Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
4. KO-D Tag Team Title: MIKAMI & Tatsumi Fujinami Vs Winners Of 26/08 3 Way Tag Match

Yoshiaki Fujiwara Vs Danshoku Dino will still take place with or without the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title on the line. If Fujiwara is still the champion, the match will be for the title.