Shuten-dōji Farewell, Max Bump Matches, Kaiju Princess, Injuries

April 16, 2019

DDT “SHUTEN-DOJI 5TH ANNIVERSARY ~DRINKING TURNS YOUR LIFE AROUND~”, 17/04/2019
Shinjuku FACE

1. Ebisuko Tavern Presents Tag Gauntlet Match: Poison Sawada JULIE & Hoshihebi Vs Danshoku Dieno & Kappa Kozo (w/ Miyako Haru) Vs Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei Vs Gorgeous Matsuno & X Vs Emi Sakura & Riho Vs Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda Vs Ryuichi Sekine & SAKAI (w/ Sayaka Obihiro)
2. The Final Battle Of The Last Order Of Peace! Group Drama Of Human Beings Born In Showa And Heisei! Which Is Tomorrow! ☆Saki Akai Styling Match☆: Saki Akai & Kazusada Higuchi Vs Rina Yamashita & Naomi Yoshimura
3. KUDO & HARASHIMA Vs MIKAMI & Tanomusaku Toba
4. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Masahiro Takanashi

Saki Akai will be creating costumes for everyone involved in her match. The designs will be based on the Showa era of fashion for her team and the Heisei era of fashion for her opponents.

Kazusada Higuchi was missing from this past weekend’s shows because of an infection. He has been given permission from his doctor to take part in tomorrow’s Shuten-dōji farewell show.

Poison Sawada JULIE and one of his creations Hoshihebi have been added to the tag gauntlet. JULIE warns everyone that he will burn down Shinjuku FACE with glowing lotus flames!

Kazuhiko Ogasawara has a left knee injury and will be unable to wrestle. Gorgeous Matsuno will now have a mystery partner for the tag gauntlet.

BASARA “BASARA 94 ~BANQUET~”, 23/04/2019
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Daiki Shimomura & Tsutomu Oosugi Vs Naoki Tanizaki & Akiyori Takizawa
2. Takumi Tsukamoto, Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Yasu Urano Vs Takato Nakano, Masato Kamino & Jun Masaoka
3. Aiseki Tag Vs Turnabout Pro Wrestling Trial Combination!: Fuminori Abe & Ikuto Hidaka Vs Gouma Ryu & Banana Senga
4. Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Titles – 3 Way Match: Isami Kodaka, Minoru Fujita & Ryuichi Sekine (c) Vs FUMA, Yusuke Kubo & SAGAT Vs Abdullah Kobayashi, Hideki Suzuki & Yoshihisa Uto
5. Union MAX Title: Ryota Nakatsu (c) Vs Best Stretchman V3

For years now Gouma Ryu and Banana Senga have been rivals in the court. They get along when they are away from the criminal justice system so let’s see how they work as a tag team.

Jun Masaoka doesn’t want to get along with anybody but he is pretty much a part of the current BASARA rookie generation. Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino have been teaming together anyway. A third partner for them wouldn’t hurt.

DDT “SOUKEN HOLDINGS PRESENTS MAX BUMP 2019”, 28/04/2019
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Masahiro Takanashi & Pokotan (w/ Danshoku Dieno)
2. Keisuke Okuda Farewell Match: Keisuke Okuda, Yuki Ueno & Naomi Yoshimura Vs Kota Umeda, Mizuki Watase & Yuki Iino
3. Saki Akai & Asuka Vs Mad Paulie & Nobuhiro Shimatani
4. Legendary Wrestler Yoshiaki Yatsu First Match In DDT: Yoshiaki Yatsu, Sanshiro Takagi & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Akito, Kazusada Higuchi & Hiroshi Yamato
5. DDT Extreme Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Antonio Honda
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles – 4 Way Tag Match: Daisuke Sasaki (c) & Soma Takao Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Shunma Katsumata (?) Vs MAO & Mike Bailey Vs Ricky Starks & Mike Rollins
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs Makoto Oishi

For his first KO-D Openweight Title defence, Tetsuya Endo has chosen Makoto Oishi to be his opponent because he is guaranteed to beat him. That was proven over the weekend when Endo submitted Oishi in the main event of Sunday’s show. Oishi thinks he has a chance because he could outsmart Endo with his wrestling knowledge. Endo thinks he has everything in his arsenal to beat Oishi anyway no matter how Oishi uses his head when they wrestle.

There is a lot of craziness surrounding the KO-D Tag Team Titles match. Konosuke Takeshita challenged the new champions DAMNATION because he wants to get revenge for losing the KO-D Title to Daisuke Sasaki in New York. The Moonlight Express want to get their rematch because they are the former champions. Newcomers Ricky Starks & Mike Rollins saw an opportunity to get involved in the title picture and also want to be in the match. So we are getting a 4 Way Match for the belts. Now there is a new bump in the road for ALL OUT because it was announced today that Shunma Katsumata is out of action for an undetermined amount of time with a left ankle injury.

The mascot Pokotan wrestles in a DDT ring for the first time since its debut at “JUDGEMENT 2019”.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “HEISEI 31 YEARS “AH” IT’S BUSY!”, 29/04/2019
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall

1. Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu Vs Haruna Neko & Pom Harajuku
2. Raku Vs Mina Shirakawa
3. Natsumi Maki & Hikari Noa Vs Yuna Manase & Himawari Unagi
4. Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki Vs Yuki Aino & Thunder Rosa
5. Sakisama & Misao Vs Nodoka Tenma & YUMI
6. Miyu Yamashita, Reika Saiki & Marika Kobashi Vs Shoko Nakajima, Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe

With Marika Kobashi taking a break from wrestling soon to focus on her education, this may be the last time the Muscle JK Strikers will team together for a while.

Thunder Rosa makes her Tokyo Joshi Pro debut here.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “YES! WONDERLAND 2019 ~OPPORTUNITY IS THERE~”, 03/05/2019
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Reika Saiki & Marika Kobashi Vs Riho & Raku
2. Sakisama & Misao Vs Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe
3. Special Single Match: Aja Kong Vs Maki Itoh
4. TOKYO Princess Tag Team Titles: Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki (c) Vs Natsumi Maki & Hikari Noa
5. TOKYO Princess Of Princess Title: Miyu Yamashita (c) Vs Shoko Nakajima

With 10 defences under her belt and two championships over her shoulders, Miyu Yamashita has been looking mighty unbeatable lately. Yuka Sakazaki has been the same and both of them have more overseas bookings they’re looking forward too. Sadly for Shoko Nakajima when it comes to the most established power trio of Tokyo Joshi she’s been feeling left out. Well no more! Nakajima has challenged Yamashita for the TOKYO Princess Title at Korakuen Hall. Will Anguirus topple Godzilla?

Misao is constantly telling everyone that Hyper Misao is dead and never coming back. Rika Tatsumi doesn’t believe her and is willing to fight her to prove the superhero is still alive in there somewhere. Miu Watanabe has been constantly fighting and losing to NEO Biishiki-gun ever since Misao joined the unit. With the Up Up Girls now down one member and her other partners currently taking separate paths, she gets another chance to stand up to Sakisama.

DDT “DRAMATIC DREAMS VOL. 6 ~YUKINORI MATSUI REFEREE 25TH ANNIVERSARY MEMORIAL CONCERT RUT~”, 26/05/2019
Osaka Edion Arena #2

1. Gongitsune Vs US Freelance Special Single Match: Antonio Honda Vs Kikutaro
2. Super Space Time Wars Kaientai DX Vs Kishiwada Brigade ~ Special Tag Match: Dick Togo & MEN’S Teioh Vs Magnitude Kishiwada & Buffalo
3. Special Tag Match ~Dramatic Dream~: Konosuke Takeshita & HARASHIMA Vs Shigehiro Irie & Kazusada Higuchi

Kikutaro’s original opponent Kuishinbo Kamen cannot compete because of an injury so the match has been cancelled. Antonio Honda has asked to be Kikutaro’s new opponent because it is what he wants more than anything else in his life.


Sakisama’s New Partner? Sakazaki Aims For The Double Crown, Watase Going To NY

March 4, 2019

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “SPRING TOUR ’19 ~ READY SET, GO!”, 10/03/2019
Nagoya City Robashi Sports Center Kendo Area

1. Rika Tatsumi & Pinano Pipipipi Vs Haruna Neko & Pom Harajuku
2. Nodoka Tenma Vs Mahiro Kiryu
3. Maki Itoh Vs Himawari Unagi
4. Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & YUMI Vs Yuna Manase, Yuki Kamifuku & Mina Shirakawa
5. Sakisama & X Vs Yuki Aino & Raku
6. Miyu Yamashita, Shoko Nakajima & Marika Kobashi Vs Natsumi Maki, Hikari Noa & Miu Watanabe

No prizes for guessing who Sakisama’s partner is, or who she used to be anyway.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “SPRING TOUR ’19 ~ READY SET, GO!”, 23/03/2019
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall

1. TOKYO Princess Tag Team Titles: Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki (c) Vs Yuna Manase & Yuki Kamifuku

One week before Yuka Sakazaki challenges for the TOKYO Princess Title, she defends the TOKYO Princess Tag Titles with Mizuki. If they can get past Yuna Manase & Yuki Kamifuku then Sakazaki can move further towards achieving her goal of becoming a double crown champion.

DDT “DDT IS COMING TO AMERICA”, 04/04/2019
La Boom, Queens, New York

1. Miyu Yamashita Vs Maki Itoh
2. Danshoku Dieno & Antonio Honda Vs Joey Ryan & Royce Isaacs
3. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Saki Akai (c) Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Yoshihiko Vs Kikutaro Vs Colt Cabana Vs Mizuki Watase Vs X
4. Soma Takao & Tetsuya Endo Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi
5. 3 Way Tag Match: HARASHIMA & Kazusada Higuchi Vs Akito & Ethan Page Vs Shigehiro Irie & Jason Kincaid
6. Weapon Rumble In U.S.A.: MAO Vs Sanshiro Takagi
7. Konosuke Takeshita Vs Daisuke Sasaki

Mizuki Watase is spending his own money on travelling to New York in April so he can meet up with Shigehiro Irie again. While he is in the area he might as well wrestle on the DDT show.

DDT “SHUTEN-DOJI 5TH ANNIVERSARY ~DRINKING TURNS YOUR LIFE AROUND~”, 17/04/2019
Shinjuku FACE

1. KUDO & HARASHIMA Vs MIKAMI & Tanomusaku Toba
2. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Masahiro Takanashi

Poison Sawada JULIE, Kazuhiko Ogasawara, Yasu Urano, The Brahman Brothers, Emi Sakura, Riho and Kappa Kozo (w/ Miyako Haru) will all be on the show.

DDT “DRAMATIC DREAMS VOL. 6 ~YUKINORI MATSUI REFEREE 25TH ANNIVERSARY MEMORIAL CONCERT RUT~”, 26/05/2019
Osaka Edion Arena #2

1. Kuishinbo Kamen Vs Kikutaro

Shigehiro Irie, Magnitude Kishiwada, Dick Togo, HUB, Buffalo, Shoichi Uchida and Super Sasadango Machine are all scheduled to appear.


DDT “FIGHTING BEER GARDEN 2018 ~SHUTEN-DOJI AND HARASHIMA DAY~” Results

August 1, 2018

DDT “FIGHTING BEER GARDEN 2018 ~SHUTEN-DOJI & HARASHIMA DAY~”, 01/08/2018
Shinjuku FACE
546 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. HARASHIMA, KUDO & Danshoku Dieno (Gorgeous Matsuno) defeated Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei & Gorgeous Matsuno (Danshoku Dieno) when HARASHIMA pinned Matsuno with the Somato (8:13).
2. NEO Biishiki-gun Vs Gatoh Move: Sakisama, Martha & Yoshikosama defeated Emi Sakura, Riho & Mei Suruga when Martha pinned Suruga with a Cradle (16:20).
-. Secret Match: Yukio Sakaguchi defeated DJ Nira by Disqualification when Nira attacked the referee (6:13).
3. Shuten-dōji Vs Hebikai Tensai!: KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi defeated JARASHIMA, Hoshihebi & Kazusada Jaguchi (w/ Poison Sawada JULIE) when KUDO pinned Hoshihebi with the Diving Double Knee Drop (11:39).

Poison Sawada JULIE made his presence felt throughout the show by poisoning several wrestlers with his Snake Magic. After every match some of the wrestlers would raise a toast and drink a beer then they could collapse because the beer was spiked! JULIE would then send his minions Hoshihebi and Kazusada Jaguchi out to grab the unconscious people and carry them backstage so they would be transformed into JULIE’s snake warriors. What was JULIE’s ultimate goal? Why, to perform a big song and dance number in the main event of course! Shuten-dōji came to the rescue and fought against JULIE’s team with a special No Tag Rule added at the last minute. JULIE interfered by using his Snake Magic until a mistaken Clothesline from Jaguchi knocked him off the apron. From there the Shuten-dōji team fought back and grabbed the victory. JULIE accepted defeat and promised to give everyone the antidote to turn them back to normal. KUDO appreciated JULIE’s decision and he thanked him for his role in making DDT bigger by adding a fantasy element to the promotion. Masahiro Takanashi also said it was fun to hear the rattles of the snake magic again. Everyone turned back to normal except for Sayaka Obihiro because there was none left for her. Nobody was bothered by that.

Yukio Sakaguchi was surprised to learn there was a secret match prepared for him against DJ Nira. Some of the antics Nira used included attacking Sakaguchi with an umbrella and sitting down everytime Sakaguchi went for the God’s Right Knee. Nira then used a bizarre submission hold that involved making Sakaguchi fall down on one knee so Nira can put all of his weight on the other knee by standing on it. When Yukinori Matsui moved in to check if Sakaguchi would give up, Sakaguchi lifted Nira off of his knee and onto Matsui’s knee. This put Matsui in so much pain that he ended the match without a winner.

As usual NEO Biishiki-gun thought their opponents were a bunch of garbage, except for Riho. Sakisama sees something special in her that is different from everyone else. Emi Sakura told the rest of the Gatoh Move team how frustrating it is to lose. She put the blame entirely on Mei Suruga and said if she is garbage then she better get cleaned up.

Danshoku Dieno and Gorgeous Matsuno bumped heads and swapped bodies at the start of the show. So for the opener we had Dieno wrestling as Matsuno and Matsuno wrestling as Dieno. This is happening along with the usual Brahman Brothers shenanigans by the way. They hit heads again after the match and returned to normal after HARASHIMA pinned Matsuno (Dieno) with the Somato.


Beer Garden 2018 Updates

July 23, 2018

DDT “FIGHTING BEER GARDEN 2018 ~DAMNATION DAY~”, 30/07/2018
Shinjuku FACE

0. Under Match ~ Crocodile Death Match: Daisuke Sasaki Vs Masahiro Takanashi
1. Soma Takao Produce DAMNATION New Member Assessment Match: Soma Takao & Shota Vs PSYCHO & CHANGO
2. DAMNATION Vs Metal Family!: Tetsuya Endo & Mad Paulie Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & SAGAT
3. Shuji Ishikawa & Kohei Sato Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Iino
4. DAMNATION Vs NOBUNATION!: X Vs X

Who out of Shota, PSYCHO and CHANGO best represents DAMNATION?

DDT “FIGHTING BEER GARDEN 2018 ~ KING OF DDT 2018 1ST ROUND”, 31/07/2018
Shinjuku FACE

1. King Of DDT 2018 – Round 1: KUDO Vs Akito
2. King Of DDT 2018 – Round 1: Gota Ihashi Vs Keisuke Ishii
3. King Of DDT 2018 – Round 1: Mike Bailey Vs Nobuhiro Shimatani
4. King Of DDT 2018 – Round 1: Shunma Katsumata Vs Alex Ace
5. King Of DDT 2018 – Round 1: Hoshitango Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
6. King Of DDT 2018 – Round 1: Yuki Iino Vs Some Takao
7. King Of DDT 2018 – Round 1: Toru Owashi Vs Mizuki Watase
8. King Of DDT 2018 – Round 1: Mad Paulie Vs HARASHIMA
9. King Of DDT 2018 – Round 1: Sanshiro Takagi Vs MAO
10. King Of DDT 2018 – Round 1: Daiki Shimomura Vs Masahiro Takanashi
11. King Of DDT 2018 – Round 1: Tetsuya Endo Vs Gorgeous Matsuno
12. King Of DDT 2018 – Round 1: Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Kazusada Higuchi
13. King Of DDT 2018 – Round 1: Kouki Iwasaki Vs Antonio Honda
14. King Of DDT 2018 – Round 1: Daisuke Sasaki Vs Jason Kincaid
15. King Of DDT 2018 – Round 1: Yuki Ueno Vs Tanomusaku Toba
16. King Of DDT 2018 – Round 1: Naomi Yoshimura Vs Konosuke Takeshita

Ever get the feeling there is perhaps too much wrestling?

All King Of DDT matches have no time limit. There is a bracket up until the quarter finals, a lottery will shuffle the final eight into new match-ups. The winner gets 1,000,000 yen and the KO-D Openweight Title shot at “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2018”.

DDT “FIGHTING BEER GARDEN 2018 ~SHUTEN-DOJI & HARASHIMA DAY~”, 01/08/2018
Shinjuku FACE

1. NEO Biishiki-gun Vs Gatoh Move: Sakisama, Martha & Yoshikosama Vs Emi Sakura, Riho & Mei Suruga
2. Shuten-dōji Vs Hebikai Tensai!: KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi Vs JARASHIMA, Hoshihebi & Kazusada Jaguchi (w/ Poison Sawada JULIE)

The emperor of the Snake World is back! Poison Sawada JULIE has returned to the surface and poisoned some DDT wrestlers so he can battle against Shuten-dōji at their Beer Garden show.

DDT “FIGHTING BEER GARDEN 2018 ~DANSHOKU DIENO & SUPER SASADANGO MACHINE DAY~”, 02/08/2018
Shinjuku FACE

1. Something By Sasadango: Super Sasadango Machine Vs X
2. The Usual Sandman Match: X Vs X
3. Our Lariat Pro Wrestling ’18: Keisuke Ishii, Antonio Honda & Rekka Vs Kazusada Higuchi, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yumehito Imanari

I don’t know what to expect from Super Sasadango Machine here. Maybe he cashes in his Right To Challenge Gauntlet? I doubt it to be honest.

DDT “FIGHTING BEER GARDEN 2018 ~ALL OUT DAY~”, 03/08/2018
Shinjuku FACE

0. Under Match ~ Trans-Am ★ Yoga Classroom: Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi Vs X
1. Matsunaga Formula Drunk Match: Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs KUDO Vs Keisuke Ishii Vs X
2. Double Main Event: Shunma Katsumata Vs Violento Jack
3. Double Main Event: Konosuke Takeshita Vs Kuishinbo Kamen

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING, SHUNMA!?

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “FIGHTING BEER GARDEN 2018 ~TOKYO JOSHI PRO DAY~”, 04/08/2018
Shinjuku FACE

1. Yeah! Metcha Tag Tournament 2018 Summer – Round 1: X & X Vs X & X
2. Yeah! Metcha Tag Tournament 2018 Summer – Round 1: X & X Vs X & X
3. Yeah! Metcha Tag Tournament 2018 Summer – Round 1: X & X Vs X & X
4. Yeah! Metcha Tag Tournament 2018 Summer – Round 1: X & X Vs X & X
5. Yeah! Metcha Tag Tournament 2018 Summer – Semi-Final: X & X Vs X & X
6. Yeah! Metcha Tag Tournament 2018 Summer – Semi-Final: X & X Vs X & X
7. Sakisama & Martha Vs Azusa Christie & Yukio Saint Laurent
8. Yeah! Metcha Tag Tournament 2018 Summer – Final: X & X Vs X & X

The names entering the Yeah! Metcha Tag Tournament are Miyu Yamashita, Yuka Sakazaki, Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao, Yuu, Nodoka-oneesan, Yuki Aino, Reika Saiki, Maki Ito, Mizuki, Yuna Manase, Yuki Kamifuku, Raku, Hikari, Hinano and Miu.

Rika Tatsumi suffered a fractured ulnar in her left arm during this weekend’s show. It is currently unknown if she needs surgery but she will definitely miss this show.

There is trouble in NEO Biishiki-gun and it’s led to a revolt! Azusa Christie has had enough of Martha being too close to Sakisama. In response Sakisama thinks Christie’s jealousy should be “treated” by her doctor. However Yukio Saint Laurent has turned on the fair lady and suggests Christie should do the same. The two sides are in conflict and will meet in the ring to solve it.

BASARA “FIGHTING BEER GARDEN 2018 ~BASARA DAY~”, 05/08/2018
Shinjuku FACE

1. Crash! BASARA x DOVE Battle: FUMA, Takumi Tsukamoto, Yusuke Kubo & Takato Nakano Vs “brother” YASSHI, Kenshin Chikano, Yuki Aoki & Kohei Kinoshita
2. Rey Paloma Management “Acapulco” Ownership Acquisition Anomaly Battle Royale: Rey Paloma Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi Vs SAGAT Vs Gouma Ryu Vs Best Stretchman V3
3. Crash! BASARA x DOVE Battle ~ Drunkers Match: Isami Kodaka Vs Shoichi Uchida
4. Crash! BASARA x DOVE Battle ~ Hardcore Tag Match: Ryota Nakatsu & Ryuichi Sekine Vs Gunso & Kabuki Kid
5. DOVE World Title – Crash! BASARA x DOVE Battle: Naoki Tanizaki (c) vs Fuminori Abe

Rey Paloma is putting his Mexican restaurant Acapulco on the line in a special Battle Royal. Paloma will not be in the Battle Royal itself. Instead he will take on the winner immediately afterwards. If Paloma is beaten he will hand over his ownership of Acapulco to the winner.


DDT “NON-FIX ~ 9.13 ~ DDT 20TH ANNIVERSARY MEMORIAL EXTRA EDITION VOL. 2” Results

September 13, 2017

DDT “NON-FIX ~ 9.13 ~ DDT 20TH ANNIVERSARY MEMORIAL EXTRA EDITION VOL. 2”, 13/09/2017
Shibuya Club ATOM
244 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Soma Takao defeated Diego with the Gin And Tonic (3:19).
2. Club House No Touch Tag Team Death Match: Keisuke Ishii & Mike Bailey defeated Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata when Ishii pinned Hirata with the Kneel Kick (4:56).
3. Tetsuya Endo defeated Antonio Honda with the Swiveling Torture Rack Bomb (9:42).
4. 4 Way Match: Ken Ohka defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Danshoku Dino and Muscle Sakai when Ohka pinned Takagi with the Fire Spear (6:28).
5. Konosuke Hebikita, Hebikito & Poison Sawada JULIE defeated Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata & MAO when Hebikeshimo submitted Oishi with the Cattle Mutilation (8:52).
6. Daisuke Sasaki & Mad Paulie defeated Shigehiro Irie & Kazusada Higuchi when Paulie pinned Higuchi with the Paulie Buster (9:09).
7. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi (c) defeated HERO!, MIKAMI & Tanomusaku Toba when KUDO pinned Toba with the Diving Double Knee Drop (13:00).
*V3 for Shuten-dōji.

DDT took a trip through its past for a special show held inside their old venue Shibuya Club ATOM. It was the first time in 13 years that DDT was at the building. Some old friends and faces stopped by and even some of the current generation of DDT wrestlers gave a few references to past members of the company. The main event was a big reunion as HERO!, MIKAMI & Tanomusaku Toba returned to face Shuten-dōji. The decision was made at the start of the show to turn the match into a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles defence. The champions defeated their retro opponents then were joined by the rest of the roster to celebrate 20 years of DDT to end the show.

The YaroZ Vs DAMNATION 6-Man Tag Match was split into two matches by order of Producer Danshoku Dino. He wanted Antonio Honda to have a singles match so he was put in a match against Tetsuya Endo. The remaining Yaroz and DAMNATION wrestlers would then fight in a normal tag match. DAMNATION came out on top in both matches.

Konosuke Takeshita wanted himself and Akito to team with Poison Sawada JULIE because he was the one who pinned JULIE in his retirement match five years ago. JULIE told both of them that ALL OUT is missing something vital. Entertainment! He gave both of them a bottle labelled “ALL OUT POISON” and encouraged them to drink. They were hesitant to do so until JULIE said is was a state of the art 100% protein drink. Takeshita & Akito went ahead and drank their bottles. JULIE then revealed it is Snake World Protein and they are now under his spell! When it was time for their match, Takeshita & Akito wore JULIE style gear and were now called Konosuke Hebikita & Hebikito! With a hiss and a rattle, JULIE controlled his subjects to defeat NωA. Hebikito gave Shunma Katsumata the Maoi Of Easter then put him in a Figure Four Leg Lock. Hebikita put Makoto Oishi in the Cattle Mutilation to make him submit. The snake potion wore off 10 minutes after the match and JULIE only brought two bottles. Neither Takeshita nor Akito noticed.

When Ken Ohka arrived in the building, so many memories came flooding back. Not all of them good. He flashed back to 2004 when he was wrestling as the musketeer O.K. Revolution and was forced by Sanshiro Takagi to retire. With this fresh in his mind he wanted revenge on Takagi. He tried to convince Danshoku Dino and Muscle Sakai to join him and gang up on Takagi. But when the bell rang to start the match Takagi, Dino and Sakai all attacked Ohka instead. Takagi tried to give Ohka the Sit Down Himawari Bomb but Cherry rolled into the ring and stopped him. Takagi got rid of Cherry and tried his finisher again. This time Sakai stopped him and then to everyone’s surprise Super Sasadango Machine entered the ring. Takagi’s confusion at seeing Sakai and Sasadango standing next to each other distracted him long enough for Ohka to hit him with the Fire Spear for the three count. Ohka told Takagi afterwards that he dreamt of nothing but beating him in Club ATOM. Now that he did it, he forgives him for what happened between them in the past. Ohka cried for his music to play but there was silence. Takagi reminded Ohka who is the real thing around here and screamed for his own song to play. This time it did.

Kazuki Hirata brought down Tetsuya Koda to be a DJ for the Club House Death Match. DJ Koda was instructed to play only one song throughout the match, “TOKYO GO”. Koda kept getting accidentally cut off by Toru Owashi. When he eventually recovered and played the song again, Mike Bailey put on the HIRATA GO! glasses and sang along while Keisuke Ishii pinned Hirata with the Kneel Kick.


Gran MilliMeters, JULIE Enters Dramatic Rumble, Ganbare Tag Tournament

March 8, 2017

This will be the last blog update for a couple of days. I’m travelling to Germany for wXw 16 Carat Gold this weekend and won’t be back until Monday. Other than the BASARA and Tokyo Joshi shows on Sunday I reckon it will be a little quiet for DDT news while I’m gone. If anything crazy does happen I’ll try to tweet about it. When I’m back I’ll be working on my preview for “JUDGEMENT 2017”. Also there’s the Japanese Audio Wrestling podcast episode I was a guest on to look forward to when that comes out. Until then enjoy the weekend!

DNA “FIGHTING GIG DNA EP.31 ~LET’S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER LET’S SPEND THE NIGHT~”, 14/03/2017
Shinjuku FACE

1. Gran MilliMeters Team Leader Decision Battle: Daiki Shimomura Vs Nobuhiro Shimatani
2. Awake Your Eyes, Dai Suzuki! Seven Match Trial 1st Battle: Dai Suzuki Vs Kohei Sato
3. Road To The Best Tag Manager In 2017 ~ One Nominated Bout Without Permission: Atsushi Aoki & Hikaru Sato Vs Guanchulo & Rekka
4. Our DNA ~ Six Men Full Of Grudges: Mizuki Watase, Yuki Ueno & Naomi Yoshimura Vs Akebono, Shogun Okamoto & LEONA
5. PREMIUM GIG TOP OF THE NEXT: Kouki Iwasaki Vs MAO
6. “THE RIVALS” Each Stand By Me: Kazusada Higuchi & Mike Bailey Vs Shunma Katsumata & Kotaro Suzuki

Daiki Shimomura and Nobuhiro Shimatani have been teaming together and fighting each other since their debuts. Now they are officially forming a team called Gran MilliMeters. The name is inspired by Gran Hamada because he was small but strong and that is what they aspire to be in the ring. The only thing left to do now is determine who is the team leader.

DDT “JUDGEMENT 2017 ~ DDT 20TH ANNIVERSARY BOX OFFICE”, 20/03/2017
Saitama Super Arena

0. Iron Man Heavymetalweight & King Of Dark Titles – DDT Pro Wrestling 20th Anniversary Memorial Celebration Dramatic Rumble: Kotatsu (I/c) Vs Gota Ihashi (D/c) Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Mad Paulie Vs Guanchulo Vs Hoshitango Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi Vs Ken Ohka Vs MIKAMI Vs Poison Sawada JULIE Vs GENTARO Vs Tomohiko Hashimoto Vs Rion Mizuki Vs Bambi Vs Yoshihiko
0. DNA Offer Match: Rekka, Daiki Shimomura & Yuki Ueno Vs Nobuhiro Shimatani, Naomi Yoshimura & Dai Suzuki
0. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Match: Yuu, Mil Clown & Itoh Maki Vs Reika Saiki, Rika Tatsumi & Azusa Takigawa
1. Super Joshi Pro Wars 2017: Saki Akai, Meiko Satomura & Shoko Nakajima Vs Aja Kong, Cherry & Miyu Yamashita
2. Kou Shibusawa 35th Anniversary “Nobunaga’s Ambition ~Our Warring States~” Sengoku Warlords Match: Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Sanshiro Takagi), Shingen Takeda (Keiji Muto) & Yukimura Sanada (Isami Kodaka) (w/ Matsu-hime (Kimika Tokuta)) Vs Katsuie Shibata (Daisuke Sekimoto), Kenshin Uesugi (Jun Akiyama) & Nobunaga Oda (Kota Ibushi) (w/ Oichi (Mai Iriya))
3. Special 8-Man Tag Match: Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata, Antonio Honda & Lady Beard Vs Jaguar Yokota, Keisuke Ishii, Masahiro Takanashi & Yuni
4. Shungo Oyama Pro Wrestling Challenge Match: Yoshihiro Takayama & Dick Togo Vs KUDO & Shungo Oyama
5. Shigehiro Irie Triennial Special Single Match: Shigehiro Irie Vs Mike Bailey
6. “DDT Is DDT” 20 Years Entertainment Culmination! The Best In The World Bad Guy Decisive Battle: Danshoku Dino Vs Joey Ryan
7. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles – 3 Way Match: Kazusada Higuchi, Kouki Iwasaki & Mizuki Watase (c) Vs Soma Takao, Akito & Yasu Urano Vs Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata & MAO
8. DDT Extreme Title – Sekichu Presents Hardcore Match: Jun Kasai (c) Vs Daisuke Sasaki
9. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Masakatsu Funaki & Yukio Sakaguchi (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa & Tetsuya Endo
10. KO-D Openweight Title – Good Com Asset Presents: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Konosuke Takeshita

Actresses Mai Iriya and Kimika Tokuta will be a part of the Nobunaga’s Ambition match. Iriya is playing the role of Oichi the wife of Daisuke Sekimoto’s character. Tokuta will be playing Matsu-hime the daughter of Keiji Muto’s character.

You can’t celebrate 20 years of DDT without including Poison Sawada JULIE somewhere in there. The snake magician is coming out of retirement for one day only to take part in the Dramatic Rumble.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “I TELL A LIE WITH MY EYES 2017”, 02/04/2017
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. World’s Strongest Ganbare☆Tag Tournament – Round 1: X & X Vs X & X
2. World’s Strongest Ganbare☆Tag Tournament – Round 1: X & X Vs X & X
3. World’s Strongest Ganbare☆Tag Tournament – Round 1: X & X Vs X & X
4. World’s Strongest Ganbare☆Tag Tournament – Round 1: X & X Vs X & X

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “THIS IS MY WAY TO LIVE 2017”, 02/04/2017
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. World’s Strongest Ganbare☆Tag Tournament – Semi Final: X & X Vs X & X
2. World’s Strongest Ganbare☆Tag Tournament – Semi Final: X & X Vs X & X
3. World’s Strongest Ganbare☆Tag Tournament – Final: X & X Vs X & X

A one day tag team tournament is the current focus for Ganbare☆Wrestling. The 8 teams competing are:

– Yumehito Imanari & Bambi
– Yukihiro Abe & Keisuke Ishii
– Hi69 & Shinichiro Tominaga
– Nobuhiro Tsurumaki & Chikara
– Shuichiro Katsumura & Takafumi Ito
– Shibata & Mitomi Masayuki
– Kenso Ohka & KAZMA SAKAMOTO
– Ken Ohka & X


DDT “DRAMATIC 2017 MARCH SPECIAL ~ROAD TO SUPER ARENA~” Results

March 5, 2017

DDT “DRAMATIC 2017 MARCH SPECIAL ~ROAD TO SUPER ARENA~”, 05/03/2017
Tokyo Asakusabashi Hulic Hall
405 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata defeated Kouki Iwasaki & Guanchulo when Oishi pinned Guanchulo with the Miracle Ecstasy (7:30).
2. Akito & Yasu Urano defeated Kazusada Higuchi & Mizuki Watase when Akito pined Watase with the Hanamasa (9:55).
3. KUDO defeated MAO with the Diving Double Knee Drop (8:33).
4. Yoshihiro Takayama, Danshoku Dino & Keisuke Ishii defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata when Takayama pinned Hirata with the Running Knee Lift (7:48).
5. DAMNATION Vs FREEDOMS!: Jun Kasai & GENTARO defeated Daisuke Sasaki & Mad Paulie when GENTARO pinned Paulie with a School Boy (13:55).
6. Shuten-dōji Vs DAMNATION!: Shuji Ishikawa & Tetsuya Endo defeated Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi when Ishikawa pinned Sakaguchi with the Splash Mountain (10:08).
7. ROAD TO SSA MAIN EVENT Special Tag Match: HARASHIMA & Soma Takao Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Antonio Honda ended in a Time Limit Draw (30:00).

DDT’s go home show for “JUDGEMENT 2017” ended with a 30 minute draw in the main event. HARASHIMA and Konosuke Takeshita fought hard in the final minutes and the bell rang as Takeshita attempted to do the German Suplex. When the two calmed down Takeshita pleaded with HARASHIMA to be the strongest he has ever been when they wrestle in the Saitama Super Arena. Takeshita wants nothing more than to win the KO-D Openweight Title by beating HARASHIMA at his absolute best. HARASHIMA questioned Takeshita’s implication that he was the stronger wrestler today. He assured his challenger that he trains to become stronger everyday and he will be at his strongest in Saitama. Amon Tsurumi ended the show by hyping up the title match as the two wrestlers stared each other down as they shook hands.

Size was the difference maker between Shuji Ishikawa and Yukio Sakaguchi and Sakaguchi found that out the hard way. He had to piggyback onto Ishikawa to apply a Sleeper Hold but that was countered into the Fire Thunder Driver. One Splash Mountain later and that was it. Ishikawa told Sakaguchi that he would kill him here but he’s tired. So Sakaguchi and Masakatsu Funaki better be prepared for DAMNATION in Saitama.

Daisuke Sasaki stole Jun Kasai’s goggles during their tag match and wore them to mimic the Pearl Harbour Splash. In return Kasai stole Sasaki’s leather jacket, leading to a duel of chairs between the two. The two were separated to prevent more fighting and Kasai left with the jacket still in his possession. Another brawl took place and both wrestlers got their items back when they were pulled apart.

Things have been rough for Team DNA lately. The KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions have been losing their preparation matches against their upcoming opponents and today was no different. Over in the Smile Squash camp Yasu Urano isn’t certain over his team’s chances despite being victorious today. Their teamwork has been good since Soma Takao joined but Urano thinks their recent wins come more from their individual strength rather than teamwork. Elsewhere Makoto Oishi thinks NωA have the best chances of winning the belts in Saitama. He says they are all in perfect condition and are the most familiar with their own weaknesses.

Poison Sawada JULIE has been added to the Dramatic Rumble. He is coming out of retirement for the special occasion.


TOKYO JOSHI PRO “HOP! STEP! KASUKABE, JUMP!” Results

April 13, 2016

aishimizu-graduation

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “HOP! STEP! KASUKABE, JUMP!”, 02/04/2016
Saitama Kasukabe Hall
350 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Yuu defeated Hyper Misao with the Kesa-Gatame Arm Lock (0:39).
1a. Rematch: Yuu defeated Hyper Misao with the Kesa-Gatame Arm Lock (2:38).
2. Nonoko defeated Nodoka-oneesan with the Pai Fly Flow (10:27).
3. KANNA & Yuka Sakizaki defeated Azusa Takigawa & Marika Kobashi when Sakizaki pinned Takigawa with the Osaekomi Backslide (8:01).
4. Iron Mask Girl Legend ~ Farewell Saki Akamiya: Saki Akamiya defeated Poison Miura (w/ Poison Sawada JULIE) with the Two Stage Face Kick (12:31).
5. Ai Shimizu Tokyo Joshi Pro Graduation Match: Ai Shimizu & Shoko Nakajima defeated Miyu Yamashita & Rika Tatsumi when Nakajima pinned Tatsumi with the Northern Lights Suplex (11:28).
6. Special Match: Saki Akai, Ai Shimizu & KANNA defeated Miyu Yamashita, Shoko Nakajima & Yuka Sakazaki when Shimizu pinned Nakajima with a Diving Body Attack (5:51).

This show had Ai Shimizu’s final match for Tokyo Joshi Pro since she was graduating from the brand. She and Shoko Nakajima won the main event but she wished she could have reunited her Biishiki-gun team one more time. Suddenly Saki Akai and KANNA appeared in their Biishiki-gun gear. Akai said she rushed in from France and arrived just in time to see Shimizu’s last match in Tokyo Joshi. They challenged Miyu Yamashita, Shoko Nakajima & Yuka Sakazaki to an impromptu match for Shimizu’s farewell. They hit Nakajima with the Spear Of Versailles, the Big Boot and finally a Diving Body Attack for the win. Shimizu’s graduation ceremony began and she talked about being a voice actor who became a pro wrestler at 32 years old. She feels indebted to Tokyo Joshi for the friends she has made. She thinks she will feel lonely now that her regular day-to-day activities with the other joshi is now a thing of the past. But there are new challenges she wants to face. She thanked everyone for her time here and the show ended with a commemorative group photo.

Saki Akamiya had her final battle with Snake World. If she could beat Poison Miura then Miura would drink an antidote and return to normal. But if Miura won then Poison Sawada JULIE would brainwash Akamiya into joining his ranks. Daisuke Kiso was knocked out during the match so JULIE interfered and tried to force feed Akamiya a Snake Potion. But Tetsuya Koda came to the rescue and drank the potion himself. He gained snake powers and used them to drive JULIE out of the ring allowing Akamiya to beat Miura. JULIE admitted defeat and allowed Miura to drink the antidote. He also used his magic to return Koda back to normal. JULIE said he will leave Tokyo Joshi Pro but as long as there is darkness in the world he can descend at any time. Akamiya said it was now time for her to leave as well and go back to being a normal high school girl. She gave Hyper Misao the task of protecting Tokyo Joshi and said her goodbyes.


TOKYO JOSHI PRO “HOP! STEP! KITAZAWA, JUMP!!” Results

March 13, 2016

yamashita-german

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “HOP! STEP! KITAZAWA, JUMP!!”, 13/03/2016
Kitazawa Town Hall
294 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Yuu defeated Marika Kobashi with the Cross Armbreaker (3:27).
2. Yuka Sakazaki & Nodoka-onesan defeated Rika Tatsumi & Azusa Takigawa when Sakazaki pinned Takigawa with the Magical Girl Splash (9:36).
3. Shoko Nakajima defeated Ai Shimizu with a Rolling Leg Clutch (8:25).
4. Sukeban-gun Vs Snake World: Saki Akamiya & Hyper Misao (w/ Tetsuya Koda) defeated Poison KANNA & Poison Miura (w/ Poison Sawada JULIE) when Akiyama pinned KANNA with the Two Stage Face Kick (11:28).
5. TOKYO Princess Of Princess Title: Miyu Yamashita (c) defeated Nonoko with the Crash Rabbit Heat (12:05).
*V1 for Miyu Yamashita.

It was a difficult challenge to climb but Miyu Yamashita was able to beat Nonoko for the second time in their rivalry. To record it as her first TOKYO Princess Of Princess Title defence was even sweeter. The key moment in the match was Yamashita finally giving Nonoko a German Suplex, something she wasn’t able to do successfully until now. At one point Nonoko used her cleavage to catch Yamashita’s foot when she attempted the Crash Rabbit Heat penalty kick. But Yamashita countered the Boinemaker into the aforementioned German Suplex to turn the tide in her favour. She then hit the Crash Rabbit Heat twice, once to the back of the head and the second to the face and that was enough to keep Nonoko down. Afterwards Yamashita said the power she has is kind of spooky. Nonoko is both a good and bad presence for her. Bad because her first pro loss was to her and good because she brings out the best in her. Yamashita hasn’t decided who her next challenger will be but invited anyone who can be her match to step up.

The stakes were high for Sukeban-gun Vs Snake World. If Saki Akamiya & Hyper Misao lost they would be forced to join Snake World and be remodelled into whatever Poison Sawada JULIE desires. But if they win then Poison Miura & Poison KANNA would have to accept defeat and take an antidote to return back to normal. Snake World ambushed their opponents to start the match. The referee at one point was knocked out so JULIE and Mitsuya Hebigai stormed the ring and interfered. Tetsuya Koda came to the rescue but was immediately beaten down. KANNA attempted to feed Akiyama a snake potion but Koda sacrificed himself and drank it. He became KODA and was now under JULIE’s command. Misao tried to remind KODA who he really is and he became conflicted. JULIE ordered KODA to use his new snake magic to attack Sukeban-gun but he refused. KODA instead turned on his new master and attacked both him and Hebigai with the spell instead! Misao then held down Miura while Akamiya hit KANNA with the Two Stage Face Kick to win the match.

KANNA admitted she hated being under JULIE’s control and wanted to be human again so she took an antidote first. Misao was about to hand Miura the remaining antidote when she noticed KODA was now dying from the spell because he is not as strong as the wrestlers. Misao asked what should she do and someone in the audience yelled “It cannot be helped!” Akamiya grabbed the antidote and fed it to KODA, turning him back to normal. JULIE laughed maniacly. Both antidote bottles were used yet Poison Miura is still under his spell. They never broke any promises so Miura gets to stay the way she is. He told Akamiya her sweetness will be fatal and he left with Miura and Hebigai. Misao suggested that Akamiya should face Miura one on one next month to win her freedom from JULIE once and for all. Meanwhile KANNA regained her bearings and asked why she was wearing an ugly snake pattern costume.


TOKYO JOSHI PRO “BATTLE MISSION 2016 CODE.3” Results

February 21, 2016

yamashita-nonoko-block

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “BATTLE MISSION 2016 CODE.3”, 21/02/2016
Tokyo BASEMENT MONSTAR
150 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. 3 Way Match: Yuu defeated Azusa Takigawa and Nodoka Onesan when Yuu submitted Takigawa with a Heel Hold and Nodoka with a Modified Armlock at the same time (4:12).
2. Poison Miura (w/ Poison Sawada JULIE) defeated Hyper Misao with a Rock Bottom (6:25).
3. Poison KANNA (w/ Poison Sawada JULIE) defeated Saki Akamiya with the Poison Serpent (8:14).
4. Nonoko, Ai Shimizu & Rika Tatsumi defeated Miyu Yamashita, Shoko Nakajima & Yuka Sakazaki when Nonoko pinned Yamashita with the Pai Fly Flow (14:29).

Miyu Yamashita’s title reign is in peril when she was pinned by her upcoming challenger Nonoko in the main event. The size difference was too much for Yamashita to handle and she was literally bouncing off of Nonoko at one point. Nonoko countered the Crash Rabbit Heat with a Body Block called the K Cup Oppai Launch. Nonoko hit the Boinemaker and then the Pai Fly Flow to pick up the victory. Nonoko said 13th March will be a historic day for Tokyo Joshi Pro because that is when she will beat Yamashita for the Tokyo Princess Of Princess Title. From that day forth the legend of big breasted Nonoko the permanent champion will begin!

Poison Sawada JULIE went into the show swearing he will brainwash two people into joining Snake World Joshi. Saki Akamiya and Hyper Misao (now known as Sukeban-gun) were joined by Mitsuya Nagai for their matches. Nagai had been training both of them in preparation of the war with JULIE’s army. First up was Misao Vs Poison Miura. Misao tried her best but Miura overpowered her quite easily. Akamiya Vs Poison KANNA took place afterwards and this time the match was more in Sukeban-gun’s favour. Akamiya had KANNA beaten with the Two Stage Face Kick until the rattling sound of JULIE’s snake magic could be heard. Suddenly Nagai’s arm raised high and shook to the sound of the rattle. He was brainwashed! Nagai put Akamiya in a Choke Hold until KANNA recovered and hit the Poison Serpent for the three count. JULIE introduced everyone to Snake World’s newest member Mitsuya Hebigai! Now it was Akamiya’s turn to join. Sanshiro Takagi ran out for the rescue and used snake repel spray to run off JULIE and his cronies. JULIE threw out a challenge for 13th March for a final battle between Sukeban-gun and Snake Magic Joshi. It will be Akamiya & Misao with Takagi in their corner against Miura & KANNA with JULIE in their corner. However Takagi said he will be busy that day working at the annual Gorgeous Matsuno produced DDT event in Fukushima. Luckily he knows someone who can take his place, Tokyo Joshi’s GM Tetsuya Koda! Koda wasn’t sure of the decision and fretted that he was not a wrestler. Akamiya had to slap him across the face to calm him down.