Full Card for Shin-Kiba, Sawada Calls Upon Takatoge, Yokohama Wrestling Fiesta

October 24, 2012

DDT “DRAMATIC 2012 OCTOBER SPECIAL”, 28/10/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Keisuke Ishii Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. Yuji Hino, Hoshitango & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Makoto Oishi, Akito & Yuki Sato
3. Kota Ibushi & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs DJ Nira & Michael Nakazawa
4. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Takao Soma
5. Danshoku Dino Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
6. Poison Sawada Retirement Road – Second Leg: Poison Sawada JULIE, Mitsuya Jagai & High Viper Masa (w/ Hebio Yoneyama) Vs Kazuhiko Matsuzaki, NOSAWA Rongai & Seiya Morohashi
7. KO-D Title Challenger Decision – 7 Way Match: HARASHIMA Vs MIKAMI Vs Hikaru Sato Vs Shigehiro Irie Vs Isami Kodaka Vs Antonio Honda Vs Gota Ihashi

Winner of the 7 Way gets his title shot on 25/11.

DDT “GOD BLESS DDT 2012”, 25/11/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Poison Sawada JULIE Retirement Match: Poison Sawada JULIE, Takatoge & X Vs Hiro Tsumaki, Tetsuya Endo & Konosuke Takeshita
2. KO-D Openweight Title: El Generico (c) Vs Winner Of 28/10 7 Way Match

Poison Sawada JULIE is using his retirement match to help shine the spotlight on DDT’s rookies. However, he will also be bringing back some old pals to help him out one last time. One of them is Takatoge, the supernatural alter ego of Takashi Sasaki that existed around a decade ago. Sasaki dusts off the gimmick to bid farewell to Sawada.

DDT, Big Japan, FREEDOMS, K-DOJO and Ice Ribbon will be hosting the “NEW YEAR YOKOHAMA WRESTLING FIESTA” in the Red Brick Warehouse on 5th and 6th January. Big Japan last held the Yokohama Wrestling Fiesta in April 2007. This time around there are several promotions teaming together using the same concept as the annual Sapporo Wrestling Festival in October.

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Poison Sawada Announces Plans To Retire

September 18, 2012

DDT “WHO’S GONNA TOP? 2012 ~ DDT48 GENERAL ELECTION LAST DAY”, 30/09/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Poison Sawada Retirement Road – First Leg: Sanshiro Takagi & MIKAMI Vs Poison Sawada JULIE & Client Snake
2. KO-D Openweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) Vs El Generico

Atsuo Sawada, aka Poison JULIE Sawada, aka Poison Sawada JULIE, aka Poison Sawada today held a press conference to announce his impending retirement. Sawada explained that a combination of nerve root damage in his neck plus cervical disc disease has led to this decision. He said that ever since his match with Masahiro Chono in 2009, his neck felt more and more funny as time went on. The symptoms never healed and he has finally reached the point where he cannot continue to wrestle even on a part time basis as he had been doing.

Sawada was accompanied by Sanshiro Takagi & MIKAMI for the conference. Takagi said it is important for DDT to support the next generation of wrestlers and the time has come for Sawada to step aside. He also said Sawada created a great impact in DDT. MIKAMI spoke of his rivalry with Sawada during the early days of the promotion and called Sawada his companion both inside and outside the ring.

Tsurumi Amon was also there to announced Sawada’s remaining matches before he calls it a day. Amon originally wanted Sawada to compete as much as he could but to limit the risk of injury, Sawada will only wrestle three more times. His matches will take place in Korakuen Hall on 30/9, Shin-Kiba 1st RING on 28/10 and his retirement match will ba back in Korakuen on 25/11. For the first leg of his retirement tour, Sawada will use his Poison Sawada JULIE gimmick to team with one of his loyal minions Client Snake (Shuji Ishikawa) and face Sanshiro Takagi & MIKAMI.

Poison Sawada has had a long and storied relationship with wrestling going back to 1981. Sawada joined New Japan and served as a ring attendant until he resigned in 1983. He reappeared on the indie scene a few years later and went through several different gimmicks and promotions including the original Union Pro Wrestling which was where he became Poison Sawada. He eventually found his way into DDT where he among other things created the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship, founded a snake themed religion that resulted in him becoming Poison Sawada JULIE, been beheaded, turned into stone, time travelled, came back as Poison Sawada, re-established Union, feuded with a Karate Dojo that led to death matches involving real live scorpions, somehow turn into a thing that had troll hair and a giant hand, fought Masahiro Chono in Sumo Hall and forced hundreds of people to raise their hands against their will to the sound of rattling.

And if that isn’t worthy of an induction into the Wrestling Observer Hall Of Fame, I don’t know what is…

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Osaka, Korakuen And Union Cards, Sawada Name Change

August 15, 2011

DDT “DOTONBORI STORY 10”, 21/08/2011
Osaka Minami Move On Arena

1. 2 Vs 5 Handicap: Shoichi Uchida & Antonio Honda Vs MIYAWAKI, Hideki Shiota, Kabuki Kid, Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan & Great Kaiser
2. Makoto Oishi Vs Michael Nakazawa
3. Shigehiro Irie & Takao Soma Vs Hikaru Sato & Kazuki Hirata
4. MIKAMI Vs Yasu Urano
5. HARASHIMA Vs Kushinbo Kamen
6. KUDO, Masa Takanashi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Kota Ibushi, Danshoku Dino & Keisuke Ishii

Well look at that, Kabuki Kid is still around.

DDT “MEMORIES OF SUMMER VACATION 2011”, 28/08/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Poison Sawada JULIE & Antonio Honda Vs MIKAMI & Daisuke Sasaki
2. Ironman Heavymetalweight Title – 4 Way: Gorgeous Matsuno (c) Vs DJ Nira Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs Yasu Urano
3. Takao Soma Vs Akito
4. HARASHIMA, HERO! & Darkside HERO! Vs Makoto Oishi, Hoshitango & Kazuki Hirata
5. Minoru Suzuki Vs Hikaru Sato
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Masa Takanashi & Daisuke Sekimoto (c) Vs Kota Ibushi & Danshoku Dino
7. KO-D Openweight Title: KUDO (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii

Poison Sawada JULIE has been having nothing but bad luck since his return to the ring. After losing to MIKAMI at Sumo Hall and then getting dismantled by Daisuke Sasaki during Beer Fight week, Sawada visited a fortune teller to search for a solution to his problems. The fortune teller told him that the name ‘Poison Sawada JULIE’ is filled with bad vibes. If he was to change his name, it could lead to a new golden age for Sawada. So now Sawada is currently searching through his scrolls and studying his ancient scripts in the hopes of discovering a name that will lead to a new chapter of his life. He will debut his new moniker at Korakuen Hall.

UNION “ILLUSION ~DREAM~”, 19/09/2011
Shinjuku FACE

1. Ken Ohka Vs Masao Orihara
2. Shuji Ishikawa Vs BENTEN

BENTEN is GENTARO under a kabuki style gimmick.

Masao Orihara has suddenly shown up requesting to join Union. He will take on Ken Ohka and from there it will be decided if Union will accept him.

El Generico, Nanae Takahashi and Akito will also appear on this show.

UNION “ILLUSION ~VISION~”, 19/09/2011
Shinjuku FACE

1. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi Vs Yoshiaki Yago

El Generico, Mio Shirai and Masako Takanashi (Masa Takanashi’s cross-dressing gimmick) will also appear on this show.

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MIKAMI Vs Posion Sawada JULIE Set For Sumo Hall

June 8, 2011

DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2011”, 24/07/2011
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. MIKAMI Vs Poison Sawada JULIE
2. Danshoku Dino Vs Bob Sapp
3. KO-D Openweight Title: Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs KUDO

A new match was announced for “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2011” and it is one that celebrates two of DDT’s longest serving stars. In one corner we have MIKAMI, a man who has accomplished it all in DDT and has been with the company since day one. In the other corner, making his return to the ring after a lengthy injury is Poison Sawada JULIE, the serpant who has terrorised DDT since 1999.

DDT “WRESTLING TONKOTSU 2011”, 12/06/2011
Hakata Star Lane

1. Rion Mizuki Vs Kazuki Hirata
2. Triple Threat: MIKAMI Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Batten Tamagawa
3. KO-D Tag Team Title Challenger Match: Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa
4. Winner Gets “Anytime And Anywhere” Contract: Takao Soma Vs Keisuke Ishii
5. Bob Sapp Games – 5th Stage: Danshoku Dino Vs Gaylon Summers
6. Danshoku Dino, KUDO & Shiori Asahi Vs HARASHIMA, Kota Ibushi & Hikaru Sato
7. Sanshiro Takagi & Shigehiro Irie Vs Dick Togo & Yasu Urano

The winner of Match #4 gets the “Anytime And Anywhere” contract, which is already cashed in for 19th June. Takao Soma is supposed to get the KO-D Openweight Title shot on that day but if Keisuke Ishii beats him here, he will replace him in the 19/6 title match.

Danshoku Dino needs to defeat Gaylon Summers in order to face Bob Sapp’s final Assassin. If Summers wins, he will face the Assassin instead and could even replace Dino in the match against Sapp himself at Sumo Hall.

The feud between Antonio Honda and Michael Nakazawa over who gets a title shot will be settled here. Nakazawa convinced Kenny Omega to choose him as his partner for the match to determine the next challengers for the KO-D Tag Team Titles.

DDT “WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2011”, 19/06/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Special Dark Match: Gorgeous Matsuno Vs DJ Nira
1. Masa Takanashi Comeback – Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Masa Takanashi (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii
2. Dick Togo DDT Last Match: Dick Togo & Antonio Honda Vs Yasu Urano & Daisuke Sasaki
3. Bob Sapp Games – Final Stage: Danshoku Dino or Gaylon Summers Vs Bob Sapp’s Final Assassin
4. KO-D Openweight Title: Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs GENTARO
5. KO-D Openweight Title: Shuji Ishikawa or GENTARO (c) Vs Takao Soma or Keisuke Ishii

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New Matches For 14th Anniversary Show

March 22, 2011

DDT “JUDGEMENT 2011 ~DDT 14TH ANNIVERSARY~”, 27/03/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Hikaru Sato, Tanomusaku Toba & Rion Mizuki Vs Tsuneto Naito, Kazuki Hirata & Akito
2. 14th Anniversary Memorial Match: MIKAMI & Rojo Del Sol Vs Snake Corps (w/ Poison Sawada JULIE & Naomi Susan)
3. Special Singles Match: HARASHIMA Vs Antonio Honda
4. Danshoku Dino Vs Bob Sapp’s Assassin
5. KO-D Openweight Title Challenge Right Fight +α Anytime and Anywhere Battle Royal: KUDO Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Daisuke Sasaki Vs Keisuke Ishii Vs Shigehiro Irie Vs Takao Soma Vs Super Shit Machine Vs Tomimitsu Matsunaga Vs Kenny Omega Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs GENTARO Vs Yasu Urano Vs Hoshitango Vs Minoru Fujita Vs Shuji Ishikawa Vs Seiya Morohashi Vs Ken Ohka
6. KO-D Openweight Title: Dick Togo (c) Vs Kota Ibushi

Poison Sawada JULIE returns and he is bringing back the Snake Corps for DDT’s 14th Anniversary. Over the years wrestlers such as Shuji Ishikawa, Takashi Sasaki, HARASHIMA, Yusuke Inokuma, Jun Inomata and Kaori Yoneyama have drunk Sawada’s poison and joined his side. Who knows what team Sawada and Naomi Susan will bring with them to Korakuen Hall to take on MIKAMI & Rojo Del Sol.

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“WHO’S GONNA TOP?” Matches Added, DDT48 Standings, Sawada Injured, Ibushi Returning

August 31, 2010

Two matches have been announced for “Who’s Gonna Top? 2010” set to take place in Korakuen Hall on the 26th September. Our new KO-D Tag Team Champions already have their first defence lined up and it couldn’t be against a tougher team. Disaster BOX are the challengers with HARASHIMA looking to add another title to go along with the KO-D Openweight Title currently around his waist while another Tag Title reign would be just peaches for Toru Owashi. Probably the kind he can wear on his head. However, the odd couple of Shiro Koshinaka & Danshoku Dino were able to defeat two highly regarded teams in the DDT roster to become the champs. A successful first defence here will clear the highest profile challengers off the table for the time being.

The second match will be Muscle Sakai’s final appearance on the main DDT brand, and could there be any better choice than Sanshiro Takagi to be his opponent? With his retirement coming just over a week later, I look forward to seeing Sakai provide a lot of entertainment here before he’s gone for good.

DDT “WHO’S GONNA TOP? 2010”
26/09/2010
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. Muscle Sakai Last DDT Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Muscle Sakai
2. KO-D Tag Team Championship: Shiro Koshinaka & Danshoku Dino (c) Vs HARASHIMA & Toru Owashi

As of 29th August 2010, the DDT48 Election standings are as follows:

01. HARASHIMA　(117 votes)
02. Danshoku Dino　(111 votes)
03. Kota Ibushi　(92 votes)
04. MIKAMI　(84 votes)
05. Sanshiro Takagi　(81 votes)
06. YOSHIHIKO　(78 votes)
07. Hikaru Sato　(77 votes)
08. Dick Togo　(74 votes)
09. Shigehiro Irie    (66 votes)
10. Kenny Omega　(60 votes)
11. Yasu Urano　(53 votes)
12. Michael Nakazawa    (51 votes)
13. KUDO & Antonio Honda　(48 votes)
15. Toru Owashi & Daisuke Sasaki　(39 votes)
17. Yukihiro Abe, Shuji Ishikawa & Cherry　(33 votes)
20. Takao Soma　(32 votes)
21. Keisuke Ishii　(30 votes)

The top three have received a huge boost in votes and it’s expected that DDT’s three most known names would be on top. Shigehiro Irie is the most notable drop and languishes in the middle of the pack. It’s becoming clear that the fight for the 18th spot will be the most frantic. A tie for the final spot at the end is starting to look likely.

Turns out Poison Sawada JULIE is injured. He’s gone into hibernation after receiving elbow surgery. No more rattling snake magic for a while then.

Kota Ibushi will make his return for the Campsite Pro Wrestling show on 12th September. So far only he and Sanshiro Takagi have been announced to compete.

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