Marriage Tag In Osaka, Tag Titles Booked, BASARA Matches

January 6, 2016

DDT “DRAMATIC TENJINBASHI! 2016”, 10/01/2016
Osaka Oyodo Community Center

0. Chapter 0 Match: Dai Suzuki Vs Shunma Katsumata
1. Ryota Nakatsu Vs Guanchulo
2. Keisuke Ishii & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Mizuki Watase
3. Yukio Sakaguchi & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Akito & Yasu Urano
4. HARASHIMA Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
5. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Shoichi Uchida
6. Daisuke Sasaki, Suguru Miyatake & Candice LeRae Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo
7. Isami Kodaka & Masa Takanashi Vs Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao

In an unusual booking the KO-D Openweight Champion and the No. 1 Contender are teaming together on the next DDT show.

DDT “DRAMATIC TENMABASHI! 2016”, 11/01/2016
Osaka Oyodo Community Center

0. Chapter 0 Match: Dai Suzuki Vs Guanchulo
1. 4 Way Match: Toru Owashi Vs Kazusada Higuchi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
2. Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata Vs Soma Takao & Kouki Iwasaki
3. Yasu Urano Vs Suguru Miyatake
4. Danshoku Dino & Mizuki Watase Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie
5. HARASHIMA & Akito Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi
6. Daisuke Sasaki & Candice LeRae Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata
7. Isami Kodaka, Ryota Nakatsu & SAGAT Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo

Daisuke Sasaki and Candice LeRae get to team together on both shows this weekend after Sasaki’s proposal.

HARASHIMA has a chance to avenge his loss to Masa Takanashi.

DDT “YOKOHAMA TWILIGHT 2016 ~NEW YEAR~”, 16/01/2016
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Masa Takanashi Vs Yusuke Kubo
2. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs Isami Kodaka & Ryota Nakatsu

Isami Kodaka has single victories over both Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo which is enough to earn a KO-D Tag Team Title match. He and Ryota Nakatsu can bring another title into BASARA before its debut show.

BASARA “RAISING AN ARMY VAJRA 1 ~STAKE EVERYTHING~”, 21/01/2016
Shinjuku FACE

1. Ryota Nakatsu Vs Ikuto Hidaka
2. Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Daisuke Sekimoto
3. Isami Kodaka & Takumi Tsukamoto Vs FUMA & Daichi Kazato

The big mystery I have about BASARA is what FUMA’s role will be. The leader of King Legion had until now been quiet about his participation with the new brand. He told Kodaka at “NEW YEAR LOTTERY SPECIAL! 2016” that he will not stay quiet when the show takes place and he intends to crush him.

Nakatsu is honored to face Ikuto Hidaka in the opener. It is the perfect match for him to wrestle his own way without any limits.

DDT “KEISUKE ISHII PRODUCE ~NEW YEAR! PINK KNEEL KICK 2016~”, 23/01/2016
Saitama Tokorozawa Citizen Gymnasium Sub Arena

1. Yasu Urano Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
2. Soma Takao Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
3. All Asia Tag Team Titles: Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie

Keisuke Ishii wants to regain the All Asia Tag Team Titles he and Shigehiro Irie held back in 2014. If DDT or All Japan can’t give it to them then he’s booking the match on his own show!

DDT “SWEET DREAMS! 2016”, 31/01/2016
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Sanshiro Takagi Vs KENSO
2. KO-D Openweight Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Masa Takanashi

KENSO finally gets to go one on one with Sanshiro Takagi. The match will have special rules yet to be determined.

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DDT “DNA 11” Results

November 11, 2015

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DDT “DNA 11”, 11/11/2015
Kitazawa Town Hall
234 Fans – No Vacancy

1. My Beloved Brother!! This Is The Fist Of The Brother With The Different Aim!!: Tigger Bedscene defeated Dai Suzuki with a Northern Lights Suplex (8:43).
2. Daichi Kazato defeated Kouki Iwasaki with the Sister Abigail (10:18).
3. Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi defeated Kota Umeda & Mizuki Watase when Oishi pinned Watase after the Cactus Flower (11:59).
4. Shunma Katsumata defeated Suguru Miyatake with the Kasadora (12:32).
5. Ryota Nakatsu defeated Mao Inoue with the Cross Armbreaker (13:45).
6. Kazusada Higuchi defeated Daisuke Sasaki with the Goten (21:38).

Kazusada Higuchi’s impressive year continues with a singles victory over Daisuke Sasaki. Higuchi left his mark early when he caught Sasaki’s Tope and then Power Bombed him onto the ring apron. Higuchi also kicked out of the Sasaki Hurricanrana and avoided the move Sasaki previously beat him with, La Mistica Cross Face Lock. He locked in an Iron Claw and from there gave Sasaki the Goten to win the match. Sasaki told Higuchi he is pretty strong and powerful for someone who has just been in pro wrestling for one year. He told Higuchi not to quit because he is talented. After Sasaki left Higuchi thanked the fans for coming. He established that DNA will not lose to the senior wrestlers and he will continue to prove how much of a strong man he is.

Ryota Nakatsu called out Isami Kodaka after Match #5 with a request to join Pro Wrestling BASARA. Nakatsu said Isami is the senior wrestler who has treated him with the most respect and lately he had fun teaming with him in Union and Tavern Wrestling. After spending a year in DNA Nakatsu now wants to step up and BASARA is the perfect place to do that. Isami accepted but also offered a singles match between the two next month. The match will be Nakatsu’s final appearance as a DNA wrestler.

The match between Shunma Katsumata and Suguru Miyatake was a bit more heated than expected. Katsumata thinks Miyatake is jealous of him. Miyatake admitted in a backstage interview that he hates Katsumata from the bottom of his heart because he reminds him of someone from college who was better than him at everything. Miyatake then had somewhat of an emotional breakdown as bad memories came flooding back.

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Isami Kodaka Launches Pro Wrestling BASARA

October 18, 2015

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Last week during the DDT Dramatic General Election results show there was a few news items about the aftermath of Union’s closure. The big news is the formation of a new wrestling organisation called Pro Wrestling BASARA. Led by Isami Kodaka, BASARA aims to rebel against the industry’s current regime with flashy wrestling. Kodaka was joined by former Union wrestlers Hiroshi Fukuda, Daichi Kazato, Ryu Gouma and SAGAT as the first wrestlers signed to the new brand. FUMA has also joined the group according to Kodaka. Kazato said he wants to dye his own colours into BASARA, SAGAT said he will work hard for the new brand, Gouma said he is here because BASARA was missing intelligence and compliance without him, and Fukuda said he wants to continue pursuing the wrestling he believes in and that involves the power of singing.

The first four BASARA shows will take place next year on 21st January in Shinjuku, 5th February in Saitama, 21st February in Osaka and 26th February in Yokohama. Kodaka said he wants to book shows in more rural areas in Japan and might do two shows a month if BASARA becomes successful. He will continue to promote the Tavern Wrestling shows alongside BASARA aswell as take outside bookings but the new brand is his priority.

Not everyone from Union is jumping over to BASARA, instead they have gone down different roads. Seiya Morohashi, Cherry and Lady Beard have all been signed by DDT. Morohashi said a lot has changed in DDT during the six years he has been gone. Cherry is happy to return to the company she debuted for and she is now a coach in a wrestling school DDT is associated with. Lady Beard is excited to work for DDT. Shuji Ishikawa and Mitomi Masayuki have both become freelancers. Masayuki wants to work for a variety of groups and prefers to take bookings on his own from now on. He thanked the entire DDT company for everything he learned during his time here. Yusuke Kubo and Daichi are both leaving wrestling. Kubo has gone back to working for DDT’s video production team while Daichi wasn’t booked much even as a part-timer.

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DDT “DDT DRAMATIC GENERAL ELECTION 2015 RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT” Results

October 17, 2015

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DDT “DDT DRAMATIC GENERAL ELECTION 2015 RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT”, 07/10/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
958 Fans

1. Kazusada Higuchi & Mao Inoue Vs Ryota Nakatsu & Kota Umeda ended in a Time Limit Draw (10:00).
2. 3 Way Tag Team Match: Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi defeated Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata and Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata when Sakaguchi pinned Hirata with a Running PK (6:35).
3. Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo defeated Danshoku Dino, Super Sasadango Machine & Ken Ohka when Takeshita pinned Machine with the German Suplex (10:47).
4. 4 Way 6-Man Tag Team Match: HARASHIMA, Akito & Yasu Urano defeated Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake and Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs Gota Ihashi and Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kouki Iwasaki when HARASHIMA pinned Iwasaki with the Somato (12:23).

DDT Dramatic Election 2015 Final Standings

1. Isami Kodaka (1,244 Votes)
2. Kota Ibushi (862 Votes)
3. HARASHIMA (642 Votes)
4. Ken Ohka (442 Votes)
5. Danshoku Dino (395 Votes)
6. Cherry (368 Votes)
7. Masa Takanashi (356 Votes)
8. Keisuke Ishii (343 Votes)
9. Daisuke Sasaki (333 Votes)
10. Makoto Oishi (285 Votes)
11. Saki Akai (269 Votes)
12. Soma Takao (267 Votes)
13. Akito (264 Votes)
14. Super Sasadango Machine (263 Votes)
– Ai Shimizu (263 Votes)
16. Antonio Honda (235 Votes)
17. Yukio Sakaguchi (233 Votes)
18. Kazuki Hirata (215 Votes)
19. Yasu Urano (212 Votes)
20. Yuka Sakazaki (211 Votes)
21. Shunma Katsumata (182 Votes)
22. Tetsuya Endo (178 Votes)

23. Shoko Nakajima (176 Votes)
24. Konosuke Takeshita (165 Votes)
25. Shigehiro Irie (161 Votes)
26. Hiroshi Fukuda (153 Votes)

Total Number Of Valid Votes: 10,388 Votes

Unit Election Final Standings

1. #OhkaEmpire (2,543 Votes)
2. Shuten-dōji (1,643 Votes)
3. Smile Squash (1,238 Votes)
4. Golden☆Storm Riders (1,165 Votes)
5. Team Drift (1,088 Votes)
6. Happy Motels (1,030 Votes)
7. T2Hide (575 Votes)
8. KAT-TOO (554 Votes)
9. Booing 2015 (192 Votes)

Isami Kodaka is the winner of the 2015 Dramatic General Election! His prize is one million yen and a KO-D Openweight Title shot in Osaka on 28th November. He called the result a great comeback after Union’s closure. He and several other Union wrestlers announced the formation of Pro Wrestling BASARA during the show.

Kota Ibushi finished in 2nd place and was given 300,000 yen and a KO-D Title shot on 25th October for his troubles. Ibushi thought it was a shame because he won last year’s election but he was still happy to get a lot of votes.

#OhkaEmpire will get to book the 17th November Korakuen Hall show for winning the Unit Election. Super Sasadango Machine put together a Powerpoint presentation thanking the fans for voting for them. He also announced the production of DDT’s next documentary film that will follow DDT’s story over the course of a year. Sasadango then wondered if the show could be promoted under the Muscle brand. This poses a problem because a Muscle show needs Muscle Sakai and the brand’s next show is supposed to take place in 2030 per Sakai’s request. Ken Ohka also had a plan that involved HARASHIMA. Ohka wants to book Hiroshi Tanahashi! He told HARASHIMA that he was mortified by Tanahashi’s attitude during “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2015” and he wants to team with HARASHIMA to fight Tanahashi! HARASHIMA was moved to tears as he thanked Ohka for the offer.

Everyone ranked from #1 to #22 will wrestle on the main card for the 25th October Korakuen show. Those ranked #23 to #26 will be competing in the dark match.

Booing 2015 is forced to disband because they finished in last place.

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