Kenny Won’t Be At Ultimate Party, Endo Will Pick New Opponent, Brookes Birthday Bash, Ganpro’s Korakuen Return

August 24, 2020

BAKUHA KOSHIEN “STREET FIGHT CLUB”, 25/08/2020
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. The Mystery Of Laos! Amazing Mecha Pandita First Time Out!: Mecha Pandita Vs Shunma Katsumata
2. Gake no Fuchi Joshi Vs Pocchari Joshi Full Face To Face Battle!: Miyako Matsumoto & Chris Brookes Vs Yuna Manase & Yumehito Imanari
3. Hage Torongezu Vs #STRONGHEARTS!: Jiro Kuroshio & Seigo Tachibana Vs T-Hawk & El Lindaman
4. STREET FIGHT CLUB Special Match ~Royal Traditions Match~: Jun Akiyama Vs Yukio Naya
5. Street Fight Scramble Bunkhouse 6-Man Tag Death Match: Atsushi Onita, Yuko Miyamoto & Rocky Kawamura Vs Takashi Sugiura, NOSAWA Rongai & Kaz Hayashi

The robot Mecha Pandita appeared at yesterday’s DDT show to assault Shunma Katsumata, forcefully shoving coffee beans into his mouth.

BASARA “BASARA 131 ~BANQUET~”, 25/08/2020
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Masato Kamino Vs Tetsuo Usui
2. Ryota Nakatsu & Akiyori Takizawa Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Yusuke Kubo (Special Referee: Gouma Ryu)
3. Isami Kodaka Vs Leo Isaka
4. Hardcore Tag Match: Ryuichi Sekine & Minoru Fujita Vs FUMA & SAGAT
5. Tsutomu Oosugi, Banana Senga & Daichi Kazato Vs Takumi Tsukamoto, Takato Nakano & Yasu Urano
6. Union MAX Title: Fuminori Abe (c) Vs Daiki Shimomura

Gouma Ryu is added to Match #2 as the referee.

DDT “DAMNATION ILLEGAL RALLY RETURNS”, 29/08/2020
Shinjuku FACE

1. 3 Way Match: El Lindaman Vs Antonio Honda Vs Intelligence Sensational Grand Passion Mask #4
2. Soma Takao & T-Hawk Vs Mineo Fujita & Leo Isaka
3. Reiwa’s Summer Battle!: Nobuhiro Shimatani Vs Chikara
4. Shuji Ishikawa & Mad Paulie Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Naya
5. Tetsuya Endo Debut 8th Anniversary Match: Tetsuya Endo vs Ryuichi Sekine
6. Special Single Match: Daisuke Sasaki Vs Tsutomu Oosugi

After failing to win the King Of DDT final, T-Hawk has to settle with slumming it in the DAMNHEARTS mid-tier for now.

DDT “TAISHO DRAMATIC ROMANTAN 2020”, 05/09/2020
Osaka Azalea Taisho Hall

1. Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Yukio Naya & Keigo Nakamura
2. 3 Way Match: Soma Takao Vs Akito Vs Antonio Honda
3. Eruption Vs Junretsu!: Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Mizuki Watase & Hideki Okatani
4. DAMNATION Vs DISASTER BOX: Daisuke Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo & Mad Paulie Vs HARASHIMA, Yuki Ueno & Naomi Yoshimura
5. Taisho Ward Specialty! Jun To Ai Special Tag Match: Chris Brookes & Maku Donaruto Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Danshoku Dieno
6. Junretsu Vs ALL OUT!: Jun Akiyama & Makoto Oishi Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Shunma Katsumata

Yuki Iino’s back pains were discovered to be caused by a spinal epidural haematoma. He had a successful surgery to get it removed a few days ago and will leave the hospital this week. There is no timetable on when he can wrestle again yet so he cannot be involved in the DISASTER BOX Vs DAMNATION series of matches taking place throughout September.

DDT “GET ALIVE 2020”, 07/09/2020
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Makoto Oishi & Mizuki Watase Vs Akito & Yukio Naya
2. Super Sasadango Machine & Antonio Honda Vs Kazuki Hirata & Keigo Nakamura
3. DAMNATION Vs DISASTER BOX Full Scale Battle! Elimination 10-Man Tag Match: Daisuke Sasako, Tetsuya Endo, Soma Takao, Mad Paulie & Nobuhiro Shimatani Vs HARASHIMA, Naomichi Marufuji, Yuki Ueno, Naomi Yoshimura & Toru Owashi
4. Team Big Boomers Vs ALL OUT!: Jun Akiyama & Sanshiro Takagi Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Shunma Katsumata
5. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi & Saki Akai Vs Danshoku Dieno, Seigo Tachibana & Yoshiko
6. DDT UNIVERSAL Title – No DQ Match: Chris Brookes (c) Vs Drew Parker

It is Chris Brookes’ 29th birthday today and his best friend Drew Parker got him a Studio Ghibli mug for his present. However Brookes isn’t letting their friendship get in the way of their No DQ Match so he smashed the mug to pieces! They are about to have an important match for the DDT UNIVERSAL Title. It’s more important than their 6 or 7 years of friendship. Parker thinks success in Japan has gone to Brookes’ head.

Tetsuya Endo will announced his official opponent for “ULTIMATE PARTY 2020” on this show. More on this below but he has several candidates in mind. They’re probably all gravure models. If that doesn’t work he is also open to anybody he hasn’t considered yet to make their case.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “HONJITSU WA SEITEN NARI 2020”, 12/09/2020
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall

1. POWER OF DREAM Vs Shawn Capture: Kouki Iwasaki Vs Ikuto Hidaka
2. GWC 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Ken Ohka, Yumehito Imanari & Miss Mongol (c) Vs Katsuzaki Shunosuke, Moehiko Harumisawa & Washi Sakurai
3. Independent World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Asuka (c) Vs Shinichiro Tominaga

The Independent World Jr. Heavyweight Title has been saved. The hard work begins now for the new champion Asuka because she already has somebody targeting her. Shinichiro Tominaga is the first challenger and his goal is to be the first Amateur pro wrestler (as in college club wrestling, not actual amateur wrestling) to win the Indy Jr. Title. He’s not afraid to attack from behind or cheap shot his way to victory either, as shown by his win over Ken Ohka and what he did to Asuka after challenging her.

The GWC 6-Man Tag Team Titles were last defended in February when THE HALFEE were a newly formed trio challenging for the titles. Ganpocha-gun defeated them and done nothing with the belts since then. A lot has changed since then and Moeka Haruhi wants her team to get another title shot. If THE HALFEE wins this time then they aim to defend the titles at Korakuen Hall in October.

Kouki Iwasaki and Ikuto Hidaka got into a fight after their tag match on the last show. The singles match is the obvious solution to this.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “BAD COMMUNICATION 2020”, 06/10/2020
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Ganpro Young General Vs Mad Dog Who Came Back!: Kouki Iwasaki Vs Kota Umeda
2. The Fate Of The Stars You Can Meet In Ganpro!: Yuna Manase Vs Takumi Iroha
3. A Burning Bond Or A Bond Thicker Than Blood!: Shinjiro Otani & Yumehito Imanari Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie

Ganbare☆Wrestling returns to Korakuen Hall to hold their third show in the building. Yumehito Imanari’s current infatuation with ZERO1 results in Shinjiro Otani returning to Ganpro after his match with Imanari last November. This time they’re teaming up against two thirds of the former Team Dream Futures. It looks like Keisuke Ishii is in a slump after losing the Indy World Jr. Title. Shigehiro Irie’s Ganpro appearances have all been him coming and going at his own leisure.

Months ago Yuna Manase tweeted a picture of Takumi Iroha making an entrance, commenting on how cool she looks. Fast forward to now and she will get to wrestle her! They’ve had one singles match against each other and a tag match teaming together over in Stardom but they were way back in 2014. Things are way different with both of them nowadays.

Kota Umeda emerges from the shadows again. He was last seen wrestling in BASARA back in January. He has a lot of history with Kouki Iwasaki when they were in DNA together so it will be fun to see the sparks fly when they fight each other again.

DDT “ULTIMATE PARTY 2020”, 03/11/2020
Tokyo Ota Ward Gymnasium

1. Special Tag Match: HarahiMarafuji Vs CimaSoma: HARASHIMA & Naomichi Marufuji Vs CIMA & Soma Takao
2. Special Single Match: Jun Akiyama Vs Konosuke Takeshita
3. KO-D Openweight Title: Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs X

Here is the update to Endo picking Kenny Omega as his next KO-D Openweight Title defence. Omega is unable to enter Japan while the Coronavirus pandemic is happening so the match will not take place at “ULTIMATE PARTY 2020”. When Omega is able to travel to Japan again, that is when Endo Vs Omega will happen in DDT. Until then, Endo has to pick another wrestler to defend the KO-D Title against at Ota Ward Gymnasium in November. As already mentioned above, Endo will pick his opponent on 7th September.

Omega sent a video to Endo responding to the challenge. Omega said Endo is not on the same level as him no matter how much Endo models himself after Omega. He sees that Endo is the top superstar in DDT who got everything he wanted. But Omega has conquered wrestling all over the world. When he goes back to DDT he will be Endo’s teacher again and will give Endo a lesson he will never forget. He will spank Endo until he cries to Konosuke Takeshita, HARASHIMA, Sanshiro Takagi and Yukinori Matsui for help. And when Omega wins the KO-D Title, the fans will thank him for saving DDT from Endo.

Endo gave his response after watching the video. He said Omega hasn’t changed since anything since the time they lived in the same dormitory. Omega’s story isn’t interesting. If he can’t got to Japan then maybe Endo will go to America and quarantine himself for two weeks to make the match happen.

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Scramble Bunkhouse During COVID-19, Next 2 BASARA Cards, Team Big Boomers

August 18, 2020

BAKUHA KOSHIEN “STREET FIGHT CLUB”, 25/08/2020
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Gake no Fuchi Joshi Vs Pocchari Joshi Full Face To Face Battle!: Miyako Matsumoto & Chris Brookes Vs Yuna Manase & Yumehito Imanari
2. Hage Torongezu Vs #STRONGHEARTS!: Jiro Kuroshio & Seigo Tachibana Vs T-Hawk & El Lindaman
3. The Mystery Of Laos! Amazing Mecha Pandita First Time Out!: Mecha Pandita Vs Shunma Katsumata
4. STREET FIGHT CLUB Special Match ~Royal Traditions Match~: Jun Akiyama Vs Yukio Naya
5. Street Fight Scramble Bunkhouse 6-Man Tag Death Match: Atsushi Onita, Yuko Miyamoto & Rocky Kawamura Vs Takashi Sugiura, NOSAWA Rongai & Kaz Hayashi

After some messaging back and forth, Atsushi Onita and NOSAWA Rongai agreed to make the main event a Scramble Bunkhouse Death Match. This is going to be odd because at one point they promised no crowd brawling on the show because the Coronavirus limitations wouldn’t let them do it. The entire point of a Scramble Bunkhouse Death Match is wrestlers charging through the crowd down to the ring when the match begins!

BASARA “BASARA 131 ~BANQUET~”, 25/08/2020
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Masato Kamino Vs Tetsuo Usui
2. Ryota Nakatsu & Akiyori Takizawa Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Yusuke Kubo
3. Isami Kodaka Vs Leo Isaka
4. Hardcore Tag Match: Ryuichi Sekine & Minoru Fujita Vs FUMA & SAGAT
5. Tsutomu Oosugi, Banana Senga & Daichi Kazato Vs Takumi Tsukamoto, Takato Nakano & Yasu Urano
6. Union MAX Title: Fuminori Abe (c) Vs Daiki Shimomura

Good to see Leo Isaka is sticking around in BASARA.

DDT “DDT LIVE! ~SAYONARA TOSHIMAEN~ ATSUSHI ONITA IMMEDIATELY RETIRE IF YOU LOSE SP CURRENT BLAST ON THE STREET”, 27/08/2020
Tokyo Toshimaen

1. Street Current Blast Death Match: Atsushi Onita, Sanshiro Takagi & Chris Brookes Vs Shinya Aoki, Caol Uno & Konosuke Takeshita

A public explosion test will be held this Friday on ABEMA with Sanshiro Takagi, Shinya Aoki, Caol Uno and Kurochan all present. Onita will be appearing on a live video feed too.

DDT “DAMNATION ILLEGAL RALLY RETURNS”, 29/08/2020
Shinjuku FACE

1. Reiwa’s Summer Battle!: Nobuhiro Shimatani Vs Chikara
2. Shuji Ishikawa & Mad Paulie Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Naya
3. Tetsuya Endo Debut 8th Anniversary Match: Tetsuya Endo vs Ryuichi Sekine
4. Special Single Match: Daisuke Sasaki Vs Tsutomu Oosugi

With Nobuhiro Shimatani added to the show we’re just waiting to see what Soma Takao is going to do on this DAMNATION show.

BASARA “HAMAMATSU SLUDGE BASARA”, 05/09/2020
Shizuoka Hamamatsu City General Industrial Exhibition Hall (3rd Floor)

1. SAGAT Vs Tetsuo Usui
2. Yusuke Kubo Vs Takato Nakano
3. 3 Way Match: Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi Vs Minoru Fujita Vs Michio Kageyama
4. FUMA Vs Masato Kamino
5. Ryota Nakatsu & Naoki Tanizaki Vs Takumi Tsukamoto & Daichi Kazato
6. Isami Kodaka, Ryuichi Sekine & Daiki Shimomura Vs Fuminori Abe, Tsutomu Oosugi & Banana Senga

The BASARA champions Fuminori Abe & Speed Of Sounds team up to fight Sento Minzoku. Or maybe not if Abe loses the Union MAX Title to Daiki Shimomura before then.

DDT “GET ALIVE 2020”, 07/09/2020
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Team Big Boomers Vs ALL OUT!: Jun Akiyama & Sanshiro Takagi Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Shunma Katsumata
2. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi & Saki Akai Vs Danshoku Dieno, Seigo Tachibana & Yoshiko
3. DDT UNIVERSAL Title – No DQ Match: Chris Brookes (c) Vs Drew Parker

The rivalry between Jun Akiyama and Konosuke Takeshita grows another branch. The Big Boomers have now arrived! Sanshiro Takagi has a new lease of life teaming with Akiyama. Meanwhile Shunma Katsumata is gaining more scars from doing death matches in Big Japan.

Naomichi Marufuji will be on the show.

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Princess Cup Quarter Finals, King Of DDT Final 4, Sugiura-gun Enters STREET FIGHT CLUB

August 11, 2020

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TOKYO PRINCESS CUP”, 15/08/2020
Tokyo Kanda Myojin Hall

1. Tokyo Princess Cup – Quarter Final 1: Mizuki Vs Yuki Aino
2. Tokyo Princess Cup – Quarter Final 2: Miu Watanabe Vs Maki Itoh
3. Tokyo Princess Cup – Quarter Final 3: Natsumi Maki Vs Shoko Nakajima
4. Tokyo Princess Cup – Quarter Final 4: Miyu Yamashita Vs Hyper Misao

That was a long stretch of tournament shows we just had. There is a couple of days rest for Tokyo Joshi Pro before they hold the Tokyo Princess Cup quarter finals. Last year’s winner Mizuki faces the most recent Princess Title challenger Yuki Aino. The last remaining Up Up Girls member in the competition Miu Watanabe takes on Maki Itoh. Over on the other side of the bracket, Natsumi Maki and Shoko Nakajima promises to be frantic. Finally Miyu Yamashita’s meets the biggest reminder of her Princess Cup curse. Hyper Misao’s upset over Yamashita back in 2016 is what cemented this jinx in the first place. But did Misao use up all her luck knocking out Yuka Sakazaki?

DDT “BON DEMONE, ATASHA KAMISAMADA YO 2020”, 15/08/2020
Tokyo Kanda Myojin Hall

1. HARASHIMA, Konosuke Takeshita & Yukio Naya Vs Chris Brookes, Makoto Oishi & Mizuki Watase
2. It’s Summer! DDT Variety Group Meeting! Fight And Protect Justice!!: Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata Vs Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda
3. #DAMNHEARTS Vs ALL OUT!: Daisuke Sasaki, T-Hawk & Soma Takao Vs Akito, Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Iino
4. DAMNATION Vs Eruption!: Tetsuya Endo & Mad Paulie Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Sakaguchi
5. Team Big Old-Timers Vs Young Dramatics: Jun Akiyama & Sanshiro Takagi Vs Keigo Nakamura & Hideki Okatani
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Yuki Ueno & Naomi Yoshimura (c) Vs MIKAMI & Tanomusaku Toba

Over in DDT they have a non-tournament show to get through on the same day. Nautilus have to shake off their eliminations and focus on defending the KO-D Tag Team Titles. The undercard has a few previews of next week’s big matches too.

DDT “BLACK OUT PRESENTS KING OF DDT 2020 FINAL!!”, 23/08/2020
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Under Match – 3 Way Tag Match: Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Antonio Honda & Keigo Nakamura Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yukio Naya
1. King Of DDT 2020 – Semi-Final: Tetsuya Endo Vs Kazusada Higuchi
2. King Of DDT 2020 – Semi-Final: Akito Vs T-Hawk
3. Yukio Sakaguchi & Saki Akai Vs Danshoku Dieno & Seigo Tachibana
4. Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi, Mizuki Watase & Hideki Okatani Vs Konosuke Takeshita, Shunma Katsumata, Yuki Iino & Shinya Aoki
5. KING OF DDT 2020 Special 10-Man Tag Match: HARASHIMA, Yuki Ueno, Naomi Yoshimura, Minoru Tanaka & Chris Brookes Vs Daisuke Sasaki, Soma Takao, Mad Paulie, El Lindaman & Nobuhiro Shimatani
6. King Of DDT 2020 – Final: X Vs X

The King Of DDT is down to Tetsuya Endo, Kazusada Higuchi, Akito and T-Hawk. The winner headlines “ULTIMATE PARTY 2020” at Ota Ward Gymnasium in November. Endo has different connections with the rest of the final four. He feuded with Higuchi throughout the DDT TV SHOW series earlier this year. He was beaten in the 1st Round by Akito but was rescued from elimination by winning the Dramatic Chance Battle Royal. And his partnership with T-Hawk is the origin of the DAMNHEARTS business alliance. Akito wants revenge on T-Hawk after he lost to him at “JUDGEMENT 2019” in Sumo Hall last February.

BAKUHA KOSHIEN “STREET FIGHT CLUB”, 25/08/2020
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Gake no Fuchi Joshi Vs Pocchari Joshi Full Face To Face Battle!: Miyako Matsumoto & Chris Brookes Vs Yuna Manase & Yumehito Imanari
2. Hage Torongezu Vs #STRONGHEARTS!: Jiro Kuroshio & Seigo Tachibana Vs T-Hawk & El Lindaman
3. STREET FIGHT CLUB Special Match ~Royal Traditions Match~: Jun Akiyama Vs Yukio Naya
4. Street Fight 6-Man Tag Match: Atsushi Onita, Yuko Miyamoto & Rocky Kawamura Vs Takashi Sugiura, NOSAWA Rongai & Kaz Hayashi

Atsushi Onita got the toughest competition to fight his crew in the main event. Sugiura-gun from NOAH are entering the STREET FIGHT CLUB! Onita and Takashi Sugiura had a little death match feud half a decade ago that never really went anywhere. Might as well rekindle it because 2020 is weird enough to make it happen. There is also the two unusual joshi offshoots Gake no Fuchi Joshi and Pocchari Joshi getting paired against each other.

BASARA “BASARA 131 ~BANQUET~”, 25/08/2020
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Union MAX Title: Fuminori Abe (c) Vs Daiki Shimomura

In the main event of the last BASARA show, Daiki Shimomura pinned Fuminori Abe to win the 8-Man Tag Team Elimination Match. That grants him a shot at the Union MAX Title. Abe quickly bounced back from that result two days later by winning the BJW Tag Team Titles with Takuya Nomura so he is now a double champion.

DDT “DAMNATION ILLEGAL RALLY RETURNS”, 29/08/2020
Shinjuku FACE

1. Shuji Ishikawa & Mad Paulie Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Naya
2. Tetsuya Endo Debut 8th Anniversary Match: Tetsuya Endo vs Ryuichi Sekine
3. Special Single Match: Daisuke Sasaki Vs Tsutomu Oosugi

The DAMNATION produce show that was meant to happen back in June is now happening at the end of August. Shuji Ishikawa comes back for the occasion.

DDT “TAISHO DRAMATIC ROMANTAN 2020”, 05/09/2020
Osaka Azalea Taisho Hall

1. Taisho Ward Specialty! Jun To Ai Special Tag Match: Chris Brookes & Maku Donaruto Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Danshoku Dieno
2. Junretsu Vs ALL OUT!: Jun Akiyama & Makoto Oishi Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Shunma Katsumata

Junretsu and ALL OUT are back to fighting each other. Jun Akiyama is only scheduled to wrestle on four DDT shows in September. This is the first date. He will also be on the two Korakuen Hall shows as well as an event in Nagoya.

Chris Brookes & Maku Donaruto now get the chance to be more friendly towards each other.

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BASARA “BASARA 130 ~TOKUMARU GAHARA~” Results

August 8, 2020

BASARA “BASARA 130 ~TOKUMARU GAHARA~”, 08/08/2020
Tokyo Takashimadaira Ward Hall
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1. Tatsuya Hanami defeated Tetsuo Usui with a Modified Cobra Clutch (8:19).
2. Daichi Kazato & Tsutomu Oosugi Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Yasu Urano ended in a Draw when Kazato and Hiroshi pinned each other (12:56).
3. Ryota Nakatsu defeated Yusuke Kubo with the V Slider (15:58).
4. Takumi Tsukamoto & Jaki Numazawa defeated FUMA & SAGAT when Tsukamoto pinned SAGAT with the Zudon (13:56).
5. 8-Man Tag Team Elimination Match: Isami Kodaka, Ryuichi Sekine, Daiki Shimomura & Minoru Fujita defeated Fuminori Abe, Takuya Nomura, Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino (21:20).
5a. Minoru Fujita eliminated Takato Nakano with the Modifiec Samson Clutch (15:20).
5b. Minoru Fujita and Masato Kamino eliminated each other by Double Ring Out (17:30).
5c. Takuya Nomura eliminated Ryuichi Sekine with a Cross Armbreaker (18:50).
5d. Isami Kodaka eliminated Takuya Nomura by Ring Out (19:05).
5e. Fuminori Abe eliminated Takuya Nomura by Ring Out (19:40).
5f. Daiki Shimomura eliminated Fuminori Abe with the Modified Orange Sunset (21:20).

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Beer Garden-Like Shows, Indy Jr. Title Might Get Sealed, Manase Joins Ganpro

July 29, 2020

DDT “BEER GARDEN-LIKE PRO WRESTLING 2020 DAY 1”, 30/07/2020
Shinjuku FACE

1. 3 Way Tag Match: Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo Vs Makoto Oishi & Mizuki Watase Vs Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya
2. HARASHIMA & Chris Brookes Vs Soma Takao & Mad Paulie
3. Super Sasadango Machine Produce Match – Hell In A Blue Sheet Timed Blast! Kaidan Shin Numabukuro Death Match: Muscle Sakai, Danshoku Dieno & Antonio Honda Vs Akito, Yumehito Imanari & Shota
4. Jun Akiyama & Hideki Okatani Vs Naomi Yoshimura & Keigo Nakamura
5. Saki Akai Produce Match – NEO Biishiki-gun New Member Open Audition: Margaret☆Owashi Vs Francoise☆Ihashi Vs Pirako Vs Generic Martha Vs Kazuko Higuchi Vs X (Judges: Sakisama & Yukio Saint Laurent)
6. Konosuke Takeshita Produce Match – DDT Sauna Club Vs DDT Legend Army!: Konosuke Takeshita, Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Ueno Vs Sanshiro Takagi, MIKAMI & Tanomusaku Toba

Sanshiro Takagi found out that neither MIKAMI or Tanomusaku Toba follow him on Twitter, after all of these years of working for him! No matter, he still thinks the three of them are such important figures to DDT that they can beat the DDT Sauna Club.

DDT “BEER GARDEN-LIKE PRO WRESTLING 2020 DAY 2”, 31/07/2020
Shinjuku FACE

1. Soma Takao Vs Hideki Okatani
2. Chris Brookes & Akito Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Mad Paulie
3. Jun Akiyama & Mizuki Watase Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
4. Danshoku Dieno Produce Match – Elimination Tornado Pantyhose Generation Fight!: Danshoku Dieno, Super Sasadango Machine, Makoto Oishi & Antonio Honda Vs Seigo Tachibana, Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya & Keigo Nakamura
5. HARASHIMA Produce Loser Punishment 5 Way Match – Over The Top Rope Losing Rule: HARASHIMA Vs Toru Owashi Vs Yuki Ueno Vs Naomi Yoshimura Vs Kazuki Hirata
6. Tetsuya Endo Produce Hardcore Tag Match – DAMNATION Vs ALL OUT!: Tetsuya Endo & Nobuhiro Shimatani Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Shunma Katsumata

The main event will be a Hardcore Match. That was Tetsuya Endo’s idea of course. That’s probably weak stuff for Shunma Katsumata after the Big Japan deathmatch he was in last week.

DDT “BEER GARDEN-LIKE PRO WRESTLING 2020 DAY 3”, 01/08/2020
Shinjuku FACE

0. Special Under Match “Can You Lose?”: Tetsuya Koda Vs Hisaya Imabayashi
1. Mizuki Watase Vs Yukio Naya
2. Danshoku Dieno & Akito Vs Soma Takao & Mad Paulie
3. Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi & Hideki Okatani Vs HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Keigo Nakamura
4. Drunk 3 Way Match: Daisuke Sasaki Vs Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Yuki Iino
5. Rock And Roll 4 Way Death Match: Saki Akai Vs Antonio Honda Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Shunma Katsumata
6. Customer Lottery 6-Man Tag Match That Looks Like A Beer Garden Specialty: Tetsuya Endo, Chris Brookes, Yuki Ueno, Naomi Yoshimura, Konosuke Takeshita, Kazusada Higuchi

The Beer Garden series will be short and sweet this year.

BASARA “BASARA 130 ~TOKUMARU GAHARA~”, 08/08/2020
Tokyo Takashimadaira Ward Hall

1. Tetsuo Usui Vs Tatsuya Hanami
2. Daichi Kazato & Tsutomu Oosugi Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Yasu Urano
3. Ryota Nakatsu Vs Yusuke Kubo
4. FUMA & SAGAT Vs Takumi Tsukamoto & Jaki Numazawa
5. 8-Man Tag Team Elimination Match: Isami Kodaka, Ryuichi Sekine, Daiki Shimomura & Minoru Fujita Vs Fuminori Abe, Takuya Nomura, Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino

The main event sees the entire Sento Minzoku unit take on a mixture of Astronauts and the main BASARA roster.

Takumi Tsukamoto was originally supposed to team with Masashi Takeda but Takeda is now unable to participate. He got injured in yesterday’s FREEDOMS main event. Jaki Numazawa from Big Japan takes his place as Tsukamoto’s tag partner.

Tatsuya Hanami is from 2AW.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “HEAVEN’S DOOR 2020”, 22/08/2020
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall

1. Ganpro Vs FREEDOMS All Out Battle!: Washi Sakurai Vs Tomoya Hirata
2. First Single! Toyama’s Strongest Decisive Match!: Ken Ohka Vs Shinichiro Tominaga
3. 6 Men And Women Summer Story! Special Mixed 3 Way Tag Match: Shuichiro Katsumura & Moeka Haruhi Vs Yumehito Imanari & Yuna Manase Vs Shota & HARUKAZE
4. Teacher & Student Tag Vs Aikata Tag: Keisuke Ishii & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita
5. Independent World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Hagane Shinno (c) Vs Asuka

These might be the final Independent World Jr. Heavyweight Title defence if Hagane Shinno gets his way. The new champion is in the twilight of his wrestling career and believes the title no longer serves its use. His peak was beating Kota Ibushi for the belt which means it should only be defended against a wrestler on the same level. Asuka is getting the title match because it was already promised to her when Keisuke Ishii was the champion. If Asuka can beat Shinno and achieve her goal of becoming the youngest ever Indy Jr. Champion, then Shinno will be convinced she can become as big of a superstar as Ibushi.

Yuna Manase is now a full time member of Ganbare☆Wrestling! Two weeks ago she received an invite from Yumehito Imanari to wrestle for them on a regular basis. She couldn’t give an answer then because she had not finished her commitment to Tokyo Joshi Pro. But when she appeared at last Sunday’s show she announced she wants to do more with the group and be part of the Ganpro family.

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DOVE PRO “CLASH! DOVE X BASARA” Results

July 26, 2020

DOVE PRO “CLASH! DOVE X BASARA”, 26/07/2020
Osaka Azalea Taisho Hall
130 Fans

1. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki/Choten~ – Semi Final: Naoki Tanizaki defeated Takumi Tsukamoto with the Surf Clutch 2020 (8:42).
2. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki/Choten~ – Semi Final: Ryota Nakatsu defeated Kenshin Chikano with the V Slider (7:12).
3. FUMA, SAGAT & Ryuichi Sekine defeated Shoichi Uchida, Rey Paloma & Kabuki Kid when FUMA pinned Paloma with after a Thrust Kick (11:39).
4. Gunso, “brother” YASSHI & Kohei Kinoshita defeated Fuminori Abe, Isami Kodaka & Daiki Shimomura when Kinoshita pinned Shimomura with a German Suplex (12:55).
5. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki/Choten~ – Final: Ryota Nakatsu defeated Naoki Tanizaki with the V Slider (16:36).

Both BASARA and Dove Pro have decided to stop opposing each other and instead coexist from now on. We’ll see if that sticks until next summer.

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FITE Commentary Opinion, Junretsu Meets Junretsu, Street Fight Club, Itadaki Finals

July 21, 2020

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “BRAND NEW WRESTLING 4 ~TAKE NOT, BUT GIVE~”, 23/07/2020
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Moka Miyamoto Debut Match: Moka Miyamaoto & Suzume Vs Mirai Maiumi & Sena Shiori
2. Himawari Unagi Return Match: Himawari Unagi & Haruna Neko Vs Pom Harajuku & Mahiro Kiryu
3. Hikari Noa Vs Raku
4. Yuki Kamifuku Vs Mina Shirakawa
5. Yuna Manase Regular Participation Last Match: Yuna Manase, Nodoka Tenma & Maki Itoh Vs Miyu Yamashita, Mizuki & Natsumi Maki
6. Princess Tag Team Titles: Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe (c) Vs Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao
7. Princess Of Princess Title: Yuka Sakazaki (c) Vs Yuki Aino

English commentary of the show on FITE TV will be provided by Sonny Onoo and Dan Madigan. Yeah the former WCW guy who tried to carny GCW out of Disney World passes earlier this year and your one who pitched the frozen Nazi Heidenreich gimmick in WWE (also wrote the WWE movie See No Evil and a PWTorch podcast he did years ago was where I heard the Vince McMahon burrito story for the first time). I mean, if you’re looking for an eccentric pair of people to do English commentary for a company like DDT then these two fit the bill I guess. Don’t have a problem with Madigan being there, Onoo is the one who makes me worried over the whole thing.

DDT “SUMMER VACATION 2020”, 23/07/2020
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Soma Takao & Mad Paulie Vs Yukio Naya & Keigo Nakamura
2. Toru Owashi, Naomi Yoshimura & Kazuki Hirata Vs Danshoku Dieno, Super Sasadango Machine & Seigo Tachibana
3. DDT Extreme Title: Shinya Aoki (c) Vs Maku Donaruto
4. Chris Brookes & Drew Parker Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Nobuhiro Shimatani
5. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi & Saki Akai (c) Vs HARASHIMA, Antonio Honda & Riho
6. Junretsu Vs ALL OUT All Out Battle!: Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi, Mizuki Watase & Hideki Okatani Vs Konosuke Takeshita, Akito, Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Iino
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs Yuki Ueno

English commentary of the show on FITE TV will be provided by Sonny Onoo and Rob Hochman. Hochman’s another one with a dodgy reputation in wrestling from what I could find about him. Found a couple stories about him cancelling indy shows he promoted and ghosting everyone afterwards. He also holds a grudge with Wrestlecon for some reason. FITE sure knows how to pick ’em. Maybe I’m being harsh and the commentaries will be of acceptable quality but I can’t help but think somebody will be getting an undeserved payday out of this. The announcement reminds me of the early FMW DVDs Tokyopop produced where the commentators just made shit up. I’d be happy to get proven wrong over this.

The wrestling unit Junretsu (準烈) this week received the approval of the pop group Junretsu (純烈) over use of the name. The two groups met in public to discuss the situation. The wrestling Junretsu leader Makoto Oishi (yes it’s him, not Jun Akiyama) explained the thought process behind their version of the name. Mainly it was the most popular choice in a Twitter poll. The pop group Junretsu gave their blessing on the condition that the wrestling unit will cherish their fans, aunts and mothers the same way the pop group cherishes their own. Oishi said his mother is a big fan of the pop group. He asked if they could perform a song right there and then so he could send a video of it to his parents. They agreed and sang their most recent single “Ai Wo Kudasai ~Don’t You Cry~” with Oishi filming it on his phone. In return, Akiyama agreed to chop one of the members in his bare chest.

DOVE PRO “CLASH! DOVE X BASARA”, 26/07/2020
Osaka Azalea Taisho Hall

1. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki/Choten~ – Semi Final: Takumi Tsukamoto Vs Naoki Tanizaki
2. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki/Choten~ – Semi Final: Ryota Nakatsu Vs Kenshin Chikano
3. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki/Choten~ – Final: X Vs X

BASARA held the first two rounds of the Itadaki/Choten tournament. Dove Pro gets the rest of it. The final four consists of Takumi Tsukamoto and Ryota Nakatsu on the BASARA side while Dove is represented by Naoki Tanizaki and Kenshin Chikano.

GAKE NO FUCHI JOSHI PRO “GAKE ONNA FESTIVAL! 2020 SUMMER ~STAR☆IT’S SUMMER~”, 01/08/2020
Shinjuku FACE

1. Special Single Match: Nobuhiro Shimatani (w/ Mao) Vs Keigo Nakamura (w/ ARISA)
2. Falls Count Anywhere Tornado Gake no Fuchi Hardcore Special Tag Match: Miyako Matsumoto & Chris Brookes Vs Drew Parker & Rina Yamashita

Punk rock idol band BURST GIRL will be part of the show. They will be joined by idol Hikari Shiina.

BAKUHA KOSHIEN “STREET FIGHT CLUB”, 25/08/2020
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

Stop me if you heard this before. Atsushi Onita is starting a new wrestling project! “STREET FIGHT CLUB” is the latest of Onita’s creations, this one being produced under the Bakuha Koshien banner. Many things have changed but Onita believes pro wrestling is forever. He is going to Korakuen Hall to bring back the hardcore Street Fights FMW was associated with. There was supposed to be a Bakuha Koshien show back in March but it was cancelled because of the Coronavirus. Explosions aren’t allowed in Korakuen so the next best thing is to create this spin off and put together a Street Fight that is just as intense as a hot explosion.

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BASARA “BASARA X DOVE” Results

July 19, 2020

BASARA “BASARA X DOVE – DAY”, 19/07/2020
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
135 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki/Choten~ – Round 1: Fuminori Abe defeated “brother” YASSHI with a Hurricanrana (4:34).
2. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki/Choten~ – Round 1: Ryota Nakatsu defeated Rey Paloma with the V Slider (8:05).
3. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki/Choten~ – Round 1: Takumi Tsukamoto defeated Gunso with the Zudon (10:11).
4. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki/Choten~ – Round 1: Kohei Kinoshita defeated SAGAT with a Crucifix Pin (7:33).
5. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki/Choten~ – Round 1: Daiki Shimomura defeated Shoichi Uchida with the Swanton Bomb (10:16).
6. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki/Choten~ – Round 1: FUMA defeated Kabuki Kid with a Crab Hold (7:14).
7. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki/Choten~ – Round 1: Naoki Tanizaki defeated Ryuichi Sekine by Submission (15:28).
8. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki/Choten~ – Round 1: Kenshin Chikano defeated Isami Kodaka with a Cradle (13:22).

The first two rounds of this year’s Heaven Summit ~Itadaki/Choten~ tournament took place today on a BASARA doubleheader.

BASARA “BASARA X DOVE – NIGHT”, 19/07/2020
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
135 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki/Choten~ – Round 2: Takumi Tsukamoto defeated Fuminori Abe with a Backslide Pin (11:14).
2. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki/Choten~ – Round 2: Ryota Nakatsu defeated Kohei Kinoshita with the V Slider (9:40).
3. 6-Man Tag Team Match: Best Stretchman V3, Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino defeated Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi, Rey Paloma & Shoichi Uchida when Stretchman pinned Paloma with a Cradle (14:07).
4. 6-Man Tag Team Match: Gunso, “brother” YASSHI & Kabuki Kid defeated Ryuichi Sekine, Yusuke Kubo & Tetsuo Usui when Guno pinned Usui with a Vertical Drop Brainbuster (12:06).
5. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki/Choten~ – Round 2: Naoki Tanizaki defeated Daiki Shimomura with the Implant (14:18).
6. Heaven Summit ~Itadaki/Choten~ – Round 2: Kenshin Chikano defeated FUMA with the Buzzsaw Kick (12:57).

The semi-finals will be Takumi Tsukamoto Vs Naoki Tanizaki and Ryota Nakatsu Vs Kenshin Chikano. Both the semi-finals and the final will be held on the 26th July Dove Pro show.

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BASARA “BASARA 129 ~BANQUET~” Results

July 14, 2020

BASARA “BASARA 129 ~BANQUET~”, 14/07/2020
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
135 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & SAGAT defeated Masato Kamino & Tetsuo Usui when SAGAT pinned Usui after the Space SAGAT Torpedo II (10:37).
2. FUMA & Yusuke Kubo defeated Daichi Kazato & Leo Isaka when FUMA submitted Kazato with a Stretch Muffler (9:30).
3. 3 Way Tag Match: Takumi Tsukamoto & Yasu Urano defeated Ryuichi Sekine & Minoru Fujita and Ryota Nakatsu & Akiyori Takizawa when Tsukamoto pinned Takizawa with the Zudon (10:14).
4. Daiki Shimomura defeated Takato Nakano with the Swanton Bomb (10:40).
5. IRON FIST Tag Titles – Turnabout Pro Wrestling Trial: Tsutomu Oosugi & Banana Senga (c) defeated Gouma Ryu & Ryuji Ito when Oosugi pinned Ryu with a Jackknife Pin (16:23). (Defendent: Ryuichi Sekine)
*V4 for Speed Of Sounds.
6. Union MAX Title: Fuminori Abe (c) Vs Isami Kodaka ended in a Time Limit Draw (30:00).
*V1 for Fuminori Abe.

Daiki Shimomura challenged Fuminori Abe for the Union MAX Title backstage after the show.

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Junretsu, BASARA Is Back, Pink Ready Goes Sour, Two Indy World Jr. Title Matches

July 13, 2020

The unit Jun Akiyama has put together now has an official name. Akiyama-gun will now be called Junretsu. The four members are Akiyama, Makoto Oishi (he’s the leader believe it or not), Mizuki Watase and Hideki Okatani.

BASARA “BASARA 129 ~BANQUET~”, 14/07/2020
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & SAGAT Vs Masato Kamino & Tetsuo Usui
2. FUMA & Yusuke Kubo Vs Daichi Kazato & Leo Isaka
3. 3 Way Tag Match: Ryuichi Sekine & Minoru Fujita Vs Ryota Nakatsu & Akiyori Takizawa Vs Takumi Tsukamoto & Yasu Urano
4. Daiki Shimomura Vs Takato Nakano
5. IRON FIST Tag Titles – Turnabout Pro Wrestling Trial: Tsutomu Oosugi & Banana Senga (c) Vs Gouma Ryu & Ryuji Ito (Defendent: Ryuichi Sekine)
6. Union MAX Title: Fuminori Abe (c) Vs Isami Kodaka

BASARA’s first show since 28th March takes place tomorrow.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “BRAND NEW WRESTLING 4 ~TAKE NOT, BUT GIVE~”, 23/07/2020
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Moka Miyamoto Debut Match: Moka Miyamaoto & Suzume Vs Mirai Maiumi & Sena Shiori
2. Himawari Unagi Return Match: Himawari Unagi & Haruna Neko Vs Pom Harajuku & Mahiro Kiryu
3. Hikari Noa Vs Raku
4. Yuki Kamifuku Vs Mina Shirakawa
5. Yuna Manase Regular Participation Last Match: Yuna Manase, Nodoka Tenma & Maki Itoh Vs Miyu Yamashita, Mizuki & Natsumi Maki
6. Princess Tag Team Titles: Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe (c) Vs Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao
7. Princess Of Princess Title: Yuka Sakazaki (c) Vs Yuki Aino

The Pink Ready pair haven’t been seeing each other eye to eye after Yuki Kamifuku lost her No. 1 Contender’s match. Mina Shirakawa is taking this chance to surpass her friend.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “KILLER QUEEN 2020”, 26/07/2020
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall

1. Summer Cosplay Match Return: HARUKAZE Vs Cherry
2. 25 Years Of Confrontation? Special Tag Match: Ken Ohka & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Yasu Urano & Tetsuo Usui
3. Competitive Showdown! SWS Gakusei Wrestling 24th Vs 28th Total Battle: Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Shin Suzuki
4. Ganpro Specialty Special Mixed Tag Match: Moeka Haruhi & Washi Sakurai Vs Shota & Yuna Manase
5. Independent World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Keisuke Ishii (c) Vs Hagane Shinno

Two Independent World Jr. Heavyweight Title matches have been made for the rest of the summer. First up Keisuke Ishii defends against Hagane Shinno, a former champion who pinned him in yesterday’s main event. Shinno’s history with the title was brief but important. As Madoka, he fought Kota Ibushi for the title when it was revived back in 2007. He lost to Ibushi then but won the title from him a year later. Sadly, Madoka was beaten by Makoto Oishi in his first defence and he never won it back. He’s had two attempts since then. This will be his third.

Yuna Manase was offered to regularly wrestle in Ganbare☆Wrestling. She isn’t able to decide yet because she is still working for Tokyo Joshi Pro for another two weeks. But she at least wants to make another appearance. We may find out her future by the time this show takes place.

The 24th and 28th SWS Triple Crown Champions collide when Shinchiro Tominaga faces Shin Suzuki in a battle of Student Wrestling prodigies.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “HEAVEN’S DOOR 2020”, 22/08/2020
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall

1. Independent World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Keisuke Ishii or Hagane Shinno (c) Vs Asuka

Asuka faces the winner of Ishii Vs Shinno. Her goal is to become the youngest Indy World Jr. Champion at the age of 21.

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