DDT Goes To Taiwan, DNA Prepares For Cavalry Charge

November 18, 2016

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “BATTLE MISSION 2016 CODE.6”, 20/11/2016
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Konsho-gun 2nd Single Match: Nonoko Vs Maho Kurone
2. Konsho-gun 2nd Single Match: Azusa Takigawa Vs Rika Tatsumi
3. Yuu & Nodoka-oneesan Vs Mil Clown & Hyper Misao
4. TOKYO Princess Of Princess Title Next Challenger Survival 3 Way Match: Miyu Yamashita Vs Shoko Nakajima Vs Akane Miura

The 3 Way Match will be contested under elimination rules.

DDT “NITORI TAIWAN PRESENTS DDT ~ DRAMATIC DREAM TAIWAN”, 20/11/2016
Taiwan ATT SHOW BOX

1. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs JOKER
2. Showtimes Offer Match: KUDO & Yoshihiko Vs Yasu Urano & Lady Beard
3. Mask de Nitori Debut: Mask de Nitori & Rekka Vs Masahiro Takanashi & Senkuma
4. N-Sleep Use Sleep Prevention Death Match: Antonio Honda Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi
5. Yoshihiro Takayama & Kazusada Higuchi Vs Soma Takao & Akito
6. Yui Offer Match: Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Keisuke Ishii Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Kazuki Hirata & Saki Akai (w/ Takuya)
7. DDT Taiwan’s First Foray Anniversary Special Tag Match: HARASHIMA & Konosuke Takeshita Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo

DDT’s first show held outside of Japan takes place in Taiwan this weekend.

BASARA “VAJRA 22 ~HUNDRED DRILLING STEEL~”, 20/11/2016
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Free Consultation In The Ring! Trouble Consultation Room: Madoka Vs X Vs X
2. Daichi Kazato Vs Koji Iwamoto
3. FUMA & Yusuke Kubo Vs Masamune & Hi69
4. Cavalry Vs Bloody Brothers III: Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Takayuki Ueki & Masaya Takahashi
5. Union MAX Title Battlefield?: Isami Kodaka & Takumi Tsukamoto Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & SAGAT

Can Madoka solve wrestlers’ problems like Gouma Ryu can?

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 16”, 26/11/2016
Saitama Kawaguchi City Industrial Technology Center

1. Antonio Honda Vs Guanchulo
2. Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Gota Ihashi Vs Saki Akai, Shunma Katsumata & Rekka
3. Danshoku Dino & Keisuke Ishii Vs Soma Takao & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
4. Shigehiro Irie & Yasu Urano Vs Makoto Oishi Vs MAO
5. KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi Vs Yoshihiro Takayama, Kazusada Higuchi & Kouki Iwasaki
6. Road To DAIICHI Special Tag Match: Tetsuya Endo & Mad Paulie Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Mike Bailey
7. Road To DAIICHI Special Tag Match: Shuji Ishikawa & Daisuke Sasaki Vs HARASHIMA & Akito

DAMNATION are keeping themselves busy by fighting off both Smile Squash and Happy Motels.

DDT “DNA 28”, 17/12/2016
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Kazusada Higuchi & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu

The uneasy tension between Ryota Nakatsu and his old friends in DNA is turning into something bigger. Now Cavalry are invading DNA and its up to the regulars to defend their brand.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “ITSUKA NO MERRY CHRISTMAS 2016”, 22/12/2016
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Ai Shimizu Ganbare☆Wrestling Trial 3rd Match: Ai Shimizu Vs Shota
2. Ganpuro Special Christmas Present ~Chubby Vs Slim Beauty~: Bambi & Manami Kanda Vs Maya Yukihi & Tequila Saya
3. Ganbare☆Wrestling Vs Shin Ganbare☆Wrestling: Shuichiro Katsumura & Yumehito Imanari Vs Kenso Ohka & Osamu Namiguchi
4. Ken Ohka 15th Anniversary Debut Memorial Match: Ken Ohka Vs Atsushi Maruyama

Ken Ohka chose Atsushi Maruyama as his opponent for his 15th Anniversary match. Ohka had been wanting to wrestle Maruyama ever since he saw him wrestle a Mask Contra Mask match as Tigers Mask in 2008. Also they both had their debut matches within months from each other, Maruyama debuted in June 2001 and Ohka debuted in December. Ohka cannot imagine what kind of match they will have.

The beautiful opponents for Bambi & Manami Kanda come from Ice Ribbon. Yumehito Imanari isn’t impressed even though the match was his idea. He likes his women to be bigger than Maya Yukihi & Tequila Saya so he’s rooting for Bambi & Kanda.

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Race For The Princess Title, Kenso Ohka Shows Up

November 15, 2016

DDT “DNA 27”, 16/11/2016
Hanayashiki Park Hall

1. Guanchulo Vs Yuki Ueno
2. Average Height 163cm Minimum Load: Daiki Shimomura & Nobuhiro Shimatani Vs Hercules Senga & Tsutomu Oosugi
3. MAO Vs Shiori Asahi
4. Dai Suzuki Comeback: Dai Suzuki Vs Konosuke Takeshita
5. Kazusada Higuchi Vs Shunma Katsumata
6. Kouki Iwasaki & Mizuki Watase Vs Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu

No word yet on when Kazusada Higuchi will be flying out to New York.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “BATTLE MISSION 2016 CODE.6”, 20/11/2016
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Konsho-gun 2nd Single Match: Nonoko Vs Maho Kurone
2. Konsho-gun 2nd Single Match: Azusa Takigawa Vs Rika Tatsumi
3. Yuu & Nodoka-oneesan Vs Mil Clown & Hyper Misao
4. TOKYO Princess Of Princess Title Next Challenger 3 Way Match: Miyu Yamashita Vs Shoko Nakajima Vs Akane Miura

The No. 1 Contendership for the TOKYO Princess Of Princess Title is on the line in the main event. The winner will challenge Yuu for the championship on the 4th January Korakuen Hall show next year.

BASARA “VAJRA 22 ~HUNDRED DRILLING STEEL~”, 20/11/2016
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Daichi Kazato Vs Koji Iwamoto
2. FUMA & Yusuke Kubo Vs Masamune & Hi69
3. Free Consultation In The Ring! Trouble Consultation Room: Madoka Vs X Vs X
4. Cavalry Vs Bloody Brothers III: Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Takayuki Ueki & Masaya Takahashi
5. Union MAX Title Battlefield?: Isami Kodaka & Takumi Tsukamoto Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & SAGAT

Gouma Ryu is unable to wrestle on the show because his real job is keeping him busy. Madoka will instead have a 3 Way match against two mystery opponents.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “ITSUKA NO MERRY CHRISTMAS 2016”, 22/12/2016
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Ai Shimizu Ganbare☆Wrestling Trial 3rd Match: Ai Shimizu Vs Shota
2. Ganbare☆Wrestling Vs Shin Ganbare☆Wrestling: Shuichiro Katsumura & Yumehito Imanari Vs Kenso Ohka & Osamu Namiguchi

This show will celebrate Ken Ohka’s 15th Anniversary in pro wrestling. Unfortunately, KENSO has come over and stolen his identity!

Bambi & Manami Kanda will also be on the show. The plan is to pit them against two beautiful opponents.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TOKYO JOSHI PRO ’17”, 04/01/2017
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Reika Saiki Vs Itoh Maki
2. TOKYO Princess Of Princess Title: Yuu (c) Vs X

Candice LeRae, Laura James, Saki Akai and Ai Shimizu will all wrestle on the show.

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No Alcohol No Life, God Bless DDT And Osaka Octopus Full Cards

November 8, 2016

TAVERN WRESTLING “NO ALCOHOL NO LIFE 2016”, 09/11/2016
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Match: Miyu Yamashita & Shoko Nakajima Vs Rika Tatsumi & Maho Kurone
2. Beauty Boys And Beasts: Gota Ihashi & Mizuki Watase Vs Takumi Tsukamoto & SAGAT
3. 29 Year Old Heavy Metal Wrestler Vs 37 Year Old Idol Wrestler: Yusuke Kubo Vs Makoto Oishi
4. Obi-chan Close Call, 3 Times – 3 Way Match: Gouma Ryu Vs Cherry Vs Sayaka Obihiro
5. Separate Volume! Young Communication: Akito, Ryuichi Sekine & Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi Vs FUMA, Soma Takao & Daichi Kazato
6. Drop Kick Vs Ebisuko Tavern The Entire Conflict ~Shin-Kiba Death Match~: Isami Kodaka & Ryota Nakatsu Vs KUDO & Kouki Iwasaki

Don’t know if anyone in Japan needs an excuse to drown their sorrows tomorrow but hey, wrestling and alcohol is on offer here.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “BEYOND THE NIGHT SKY 2016”, 12/11/2016
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Ganpuro Special Mixed Tag: American Balloon & Sayaka Obihiro Vs Kenta Hattori & Ai Shimizu
2. Real Tiger Mask Vs Rikidozan III: Shuichiro Katsumura Vs Chikara
3. Double Main Event I: Shota & Mitomi Masayuki Vs Yukihiro Abe & Shinichiro Tominaga
4. Double Main Event II – Shin Ganbare☆Wrestling Raising An Army: Ken Ohka & Yumehito Imanari Vs Osamu Namiguchi & X

The main event of this show is also the main event of Osamu Namiguchi’s own Shin Ganbare☆Wrestling brand.

DDT “DRAMATIC MOMOTARO DENSETSU”, 13/11/2016
Okayama Future Hall

1. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Match – Nodoka-oneesan Local Okayama Triumph: Miyu Yamashita Vs Nodoka-oneesan
2. Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata Vs Toru Owashi & Yasu Urano
3. Danshoku Dino & Keisuke Ishii Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata
4. HARASHIMA & Akito Vs Soma Takao & Kouki Iwasaki
5. Okayama Specialty! Please Give Me One Of The Millet Dumplings: Daisuke Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo & Mad Paulie Vs Konosuke Takeshita, Antonio Honda & Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi
6. Crazy Gold Wolves Vs The Emperor Of The Pro Wrestling World: KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi Vs Yoshihiro Takayama, Kazusada Higuchi & Guanchulo

Yoshihiro Takayama now turns his attention to Shuten-dōji.

BASARA “VAJRA 22 ~HUNDRED DRILLING STEEL~”, 20/11/2016
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Daichi Kazato Vs Koji Iwamoto
2. FUMA & Yusuke Kubo Vs Masamune & Hi69
3. Free Consultation In The Ring! Gouma Ryu Consultation Room: Gouma Ryu Vs Madoka
4. Cavalry Vs Bloody Brothers III: Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Takayuki Ueki & Masaya Takahashi
5. Union MAX Title Battlefield?: Isami Kodaka & Takumi Tsukamoto Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & SAGAT

Isami Kodaka and Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi have the usual preview match before their Union MAX Title bout.

DDT “GOD BLESS DDT 2016”, 23/11/2016
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. King Of Dark Title – 3 Way Match: Nobuhiro Shimatani (c) Vs Mad Paulie Vs Guanchulo
1. Soma Takao & Kazusada Higuchi Vs Keisuke Ishii & Kouki Iwasaki
2. Dick Togo, Shigehiro Irie & Antonio Honda Vs KUDO, Masahiro Takanashi & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
3. Rumours In Regions Dance Vs Song Vs ParaPara Sacred 3 Way Battle!: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata & MAO Vs Akito, Yasu Urano & Rekka
4. Special Single Match: Daisuke Sasaki Vs Mike Bailey
5. Special Single Match: Yoshihiro Takayama Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
6. Special Tag Match: Shuji Ishikawa & Tetsuya Endo Vs HARASHIMA & Konosuke Takeshita
7. DDT Extreme Title: Danshoku Dino (c) Vs Saki Akai

Shigehiro Irie sent a message from his return match by pinning HARASHIMA. Next up he’s teaming with Dick Togo.

DDT “OSAKA OCTOPUS 2016 ~IT’S NANIWABUSHI WRESTLING~”, 04/12/2016
Osaka Edion Arena #1

0. King Of Dark Title: Nobuhiro Shimatani (c), Mizuki Watase & Rekka Vs Kouki Iwasaki, Guanchulo & Daiki Shimomura
1. Time Difference Battle Royal: Toru Owashi Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Mad Paulie Vs Kuishinbo Kamen Vs Kikutaro Vs Daisuke Sasaki
2. Naomi Yoshimura Debut Match: Keisuke Ishii, Akito & Yuki Ueno Vs KUDO, Soma Takao & Naomi Yoshimura
3. Elementary School 3rd Grader – Yuni Debut Match: Shigehiro Irie, Yasu Urano & Yuni Vs Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata & MAO
4. DDT Launch Pre-20th Anniversary Commemoration TLC (Takoyaki, Ladder & Chair) Special 6-Man Tag Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Kota Ibushi & Gota Ihashi Vs Dick Togo, Antonio Honda & Takashi Sasaki
5. Special Single Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Jun Kasai
6. Naniwa Woman Saga: Saki Akai & Lady Beard Vs Aja Kong & LiLiCo
7. Special Tag Match: Masakatsu Funaki & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Yoshihiro Takayama & Kazusada Higuchi
8. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Mike Bailey
9. KO-D Openweight Title: Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs HARASHIMA

The full card was revealed during “DDT FES 2016”. Among the new matches are a special TLC Match preparing the celebrations for DDT’s 20th anniversary next year. Takashi Sasaki comes back to DDT for this match. Danshoku Dino finds himself in a more extreme situation than normal against Jun Kasai. There are also the debut matches of new DNA rookie Naomi Yoshimura and 3rd Grade student Yuni.

The Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title has vanished from the public eye ever since comedian Ryota Yamasato accidentally won the title at the end of “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2016”. However DDT announced that if the champion and championship both reappear between now and this show it will be put on the line in the Battle Royal.

The dark match may stay the same even if Nobuhiro Shimatani “loses” the King Of Dark Title before the show takes place.

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Maki Itoh Debut, Deadly Alliance To Kill Akai, Union MAX Title Revival

November 1, 2016

DDT “SHINSU CHASHU MINA NO SHU 2016”, 03/11/2016
Nagano Saku Innovation Center

0. King Of Dark Title: Nobuhiro Shimatani (c) Vs Daiki Shimomura
1. Makoto Oishi & MAO Vs Guanchulo & Gota Ihashi
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Masahiro Takanashi & Saki Akai
3. Danshoku Dino & Keisuke Ishii Vs Soma Takao & Kouki Iwasaki
4. After The Large Giant Festival 2016 in SAKU: Shuji Ishikawa Vs Hoshitango
5. Mizuki Watase’s Second Time In Nagano Triumph!: Akito & Yasu Urano Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Mizuki Watase
6. Saku Specialty! Chikuma River Summer Time Special 6-Man Tag Team Match: Toru Owashi, HARASHIMA & Yoshihiro Takayama Vs Konosuke Takeshita, Antonio Honda & Shiro Koshinaka
7. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi

The Mizuki Watase match originally had Keisuke Ishii and Soma Takao involved but their rivalry over the AJPW Jr. Title has moved them over to a separate match.

Nobuhiro Shimatani has been unable to beat Daiki Shimomura so far in their young careers. He has another shot here and he can get rid of the King Of Dark Title in the process.

TAVERN WRESTLING “NO ALCOHOL NO LIFE 2016”, 09/11/2016
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Match: Miyu Yamashita & Shoko Nakajima Vs Rika Tatsumi & Maho Kurone
2. Beauty Boys And Beast: Gota Ihashi & Mizuki Watase Vs Takumi Tsukamoto & SAGAT
3. 29 Year Old Heavy Metal Wrestler Vs 37 Year Old Idol Wrestler: Yusuke Kubo Vs Makoto Oishi
4. Obi-chan Close Call, 3 Times – 3 Way Match: Gouma Ryu Vs Cherry Vs Sayaka Obihiro
5. Separate! Young Communication: Akito, Ryuichi Sekine & Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi Vs FUMA, Soma Takao & Daichi Kazato
6. Drop Kick Vs Ebisuko Tavern The Entire Conflict ~Shin-Kiba Death Match~: Isami Kodaka & Ryota Nakatsu Vs KUDO & Kouki Iwasaki

Now that the Drop Kick Bar and Ebisuko Tavern are being brought together under the DDT Foods label this could be the end of their Tavern Wrestling rivalry.

DDT “DRAMATIC MOMOTARO DENSETSU”, 13/11/2016
Okayama Future Hall

1. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Match – Nodoka-oneesan Local Okayama Triumph: Miyu Yamashita Vs Nodoka-oneesan

Nodoka-oneesan gets to wrestle in her hometown for the first time.

DDT “OSAKA OCTOPUS 2016 ~IT’S NANIWABUSHI WRESTLING~”, 04/12/2016
Osaka Edion Arena #1

1. Yuni Debut Match: Yuni Vs X
2. Naniwa Woman Saga: Saki Akai & Lady Beard Vs Aja Kong & LiLiCo
3. Special Tag Match: Masakatsu Funaki & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Yoshihiro Takayama & Kazusada Higuchi
4. KO-D Openweight Title: Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs HARASHIMA

LiLiCo has chosen her target for her new alliance with Aja Kong (almost official team name: LiLiCo & Erica) to go after. Both of them still bare a grudge with Saki Akai going back to their rivalry over the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title. LiLiCo point blank told Akai that she and Kong will kill her in Osaka. Akai is hoping to enter that match as the DDT Extreme Champion.

DDT “ROAD TO SUPER ARENA ~DRAMATIC DREAM PORK~”, 11/12/2016
Hakata Star Lane

1. Maki Itoh Pro Wrestling Debut: Miyu Yamashita Vs Maki Itoh

LinQ idol Maki Itoh gets her debut pro wrestling match in DDT en route to joining Tokyo Joshi Pro next year.

BASARA “VAJRA 25 ~SHIPPUJINRAI~”, 25/12/2016
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Union MAX Title: Isami Kodaka Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi

The Union MAX Championship will be reactivated 14 months after it was sealed at the end of Union Pro’s final show. Although Isami Kodaka was the fifth and final champion at the time, the belt’s return match will determine the sixth champion. Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi is involved because he won Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ and has not been pinned in BASARA since then.

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BASARA “VAJRA 21 ~TEN THOUSAND RIICHI SKY~” Results

October 30, 2016

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BASARA “VAJRA 21 ~TEN THOUSAND RIICHI SKY~”, 29/10/2016
Yokohama Radiant Hall
198 Fans

1. Madoka & Sean Guinness defeated Tatsuhiko Yoshino & Koji Iwamoto when Guinness pinned Yoshino with a Rolling Cradle (10:09).
2. Get Lost In Life – Lawyer Or Priest: Fuminori Abe defeated Gouma Ryu and Masamune when Abe pinned Gouma with the Sujata (11:15).
3. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Semi Final: FUMA & Yusuke Kubo defeated Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & SAGAT when Kubo pinned SAGAT with the Goro Suplex (11:23).
4. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Semi Final: defeated Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu when Tsukamoto pinned Sekine with the Tiger Suplex (12:21).
5. Ikuto Hidaka defeated Daichi Kazato with the Stray High Kick (12:41).
6. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Final: Isami Kodaka & Takumi Tsukamoto defeated FUMA & Yusuke Kubo when Kodaka pinned FUMA with the Isamuashi Zan (23:07).

The final rounds of the IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT were the focus for today. IRON PRIEST defeated Hiroshi du Soleil in the first semi-final. Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & SAGAT apologised for losing the match. Hiroshi said SAGAT would take time off to rest and will return at next month’s Tavern Wrestling show. This was news to SAGAT. In the other semi-final Isami Kodaka & Takumi Tsukamoto defeated Cavalry. In the final Kodaka & Tsukamoto won to become the first winners of the IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT! They were given a giant golden fist trophy as their prize. Kodaka looked at the trophy and admitted it was probably a stupid decision to have this thing made. He then brought up the upcoming BASARA show in Korakuen Hall on 25th December. Every day he is anxious over that show but he is putting forth all his effort to get a sell out crowd. One idea he has is to be a champion. So he and Tsukamoto are challenging Ikuto Hidaka & Hayato Jr. Fujita to an NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Titles match!

Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi interrupted the victory celebrations so he could confront Kodaka. Hiroshi brought up him beating Kodaka to win Heaven Summit ~Itadaki~ back in June. Since then Hiroshi has been undefeated in BASARA singles matches and is currently on a 12 match streak without being pinned or submitted. He thinks that makes him deserving of being a champion. He demanded a championship match. Kodaka didn’t understand until Hiroshi jogged his memory. Kodaka then remembered he still has the Union MAX Championship kept in storage next to the front door of his house! The belt was originally retired on the same night as Union Pro’s final show. They both agreed to revive the championship and have a match to determine the new champion on Christmas Day!

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Sasadango Ill, Kawamura Injured, Shin Ganbare Created

October 26, 2016

My best wishes go out to Super Sasadango Machine for a healthy recovery. He was taken off last Sunday’s Korakuen Hall show with poor health as the reason. A few days later DDT announced that a check up in a hospital found out he is suffering from a mild heart disease. His physician said rest is necessary and he will not be able to wrestle again until further notice. Some of the card changes as the result of this can be seen below.

BASARA “VAJRA 21 ~TEN THOUSAND RIICHI SKY~”, 29/10/2016
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Semi Final: Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & SAGAT Vs FUMA & Yusuke Kubo
2. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Semi Final: Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Isami Kodaka & Takumi Tsukamoto
3. Get Lost In Life – Lawyer Or Priest: Gouma Ryu Vs Masamune Vs Fuminori Abe
4. Madoka & Sean Guinness Vs Tatsuhiko Yoshino & Koji Iwamoto
5. Ikuto Hidaka Vs Daichi Kazato
6. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Final: Winners Of Semi Final 1 vs Winners Of Semi Final 2

Tomoya Kawamura suffered a right dislocated shoulder during last weekend’s Tokyo Joshi Pro shows. There is no time set yet for his return. Tatsuhiko Yoshino takes his place on this Saturday’s Yokohama show.

DDT “ROAD TO DAIICHI 2016 IN OSAKA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TSURUBE~”, 30/10/2016
Osaka Higashinari Kumin Hall

1. Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Shoichi Uchida & Kouki Iwasaki
2. Danshoku Dino & Keisuke Ishii Vs Saki Akai & Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi
3. Tetsuya Endo & Mad Polly Vs KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi
4. Road To DAIICHI Special Two Major Single Match: Akito Vs Makoto Oishi
5. Road To DAIICHI Special Two Major Single Match: Soma Takao Vs Masahiro Takanashi
6. Road To DAIICHI Special 6-Man Tag Team Match: Konosuke Takeshita, Antonio Honda & Kuishinbo Kamen Vs Yoshihiro Takayama, Kazusada Higuchi & Guanchulo
7. Road To DAIICHI Special Tag Match: Daisuke Sasaki & Shuji Ishikawa Vs HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano

Shuji Ishikawa Vs HARASHIMA as the next big programme means the DAMNATION Vs Smile Squash rivalry continues.

DDT “DDT FES 2016”, 06/11/2016
Shin-Kiba Studio Coast

1. Yasu Urano, Keisuke Ishii & Kikutaro Vs KUDO, Masahiro Takanashi & Yoshihiko
2. BLACK OUT Presents Tag Match: LiLiCo & Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Guanchulo & Cherry
3. Yoshihiro Takayama, Kazuki Hirata & Kouki Iwasaki (w/ Up Up Girls) Vs Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata & MAO
4. Rock ‘N’ Roll Death Match: Antonio Honda Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi
5. Kamereo-gun Vs Macho 29-gun: Toru Owashi, Saki Akai & Nobuhiro Shimatani Vs Seiya Morohashi, Reika Saiki & Lady Beard
6. DISH//Danshoku Trials Pilgrimage: Danshoku Dino & Mizuki Watase Vs Soma Takao & Akito (w/ DISH)
7. Shin-Kiba STUDIO COAST Whole Surface Street Wrestling: Sanshiro Takagi, Kota Ibushi, Kazusada Higuchi & Gota Ihashi Vs Daisuke Sasaki, Shuji Ishikawa, Tetsuya Endo & Mad Polly
8. Special Tag Match: HARASHIMA & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Shigehiro Irie

Gorgeous Matsuno replaces Super Sasadango Machine in the BLACK OUT tag match.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “BEYOND THE NIGHT SKY 2016”, 12/11/2016
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Shin Ganbare☆Wrestling Raising An Army: Ken Ohka & Yumehito Imanari Vs Osamu Namiguchi & X

The folks at Ganbare☆Wrestling had some time to relax after their successful Korakuen Hall debut but now a familiar threat has returned in new clothing. Osamu Namiguchi suddenly announced this week he is creating his own pro wrestling group called Shin Ganbare☆Wrestling (シン・ガンバレ☆プロレス)! The use of Shin (シン) in this name does not mean “new”, it means “thin” as in “Thin Godzilla” from the new kaiju movie. Namiguchi thinks Ganpuro is fake like Hollywood’s Godzilla but Shin Ganpuro will be pure just like “Thin Godzilla”. Shin Ganpuro’s debut will take place on 12th November in Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR at the same time as the normal Ganpuro’s scheduled show. It will only consist of one match and Namiguchi challenged Ken Ohka & Yumehito Imanari to a tag team match. Namiguchi has a mystery partner for the occasion. Ohka accepted and the match will also technically be the main event of the normal Ganpuro show.

DDT “NITORI TAIWAN PRESENTS DDT ~ DRAMATIC DREAM TAIWAN”, 20/11/2016
Taiwan ATT SHOW BOX

1. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs JOKER
2. Yoshihiro Takayama & Kazusada Higuchi Vs Soma Takao & Akito
3. Mask de Nitori Debut: Mask de Nitori & Rekka Vs Masahiro Takanashi & Senkuma
4. Showtimes Offer Match: KUDO & Yoshihiko Vs Yasu Urano & Lady Beard
5. N-Sleep Use Sleep Prevention Death Match: Antonio Honda Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi
6. Yui Offer Match: Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Keisuke Ishii Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Kazuki Hirata & Saki Akai (w/ Takuya)
7. DDT Taiwan’s First Foray Anniversary Special Tag Match: HARASHIMA & Konosuke Takeshita Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo

Sasadango’s absence has changed a few matches on the Taiwan show. Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi takes his place in the Sleep Prevention Death Match. That has the knock on effect of reshuffling other parts of the undercard.

DDT “GOD BLESS DDT 2016”, 23/11/2016
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. DDT Extreme Title: Danshoku Dino (c) Vs Saki Akai

Saki Akai won the annual Rock Paper Scissors tournament to earn her title shot.

DDT “OSAKA OCTOPUS 2016 ~IT’S NANIWABUSHI WRESTLING~”, 04/12/2016
Osaka Edion Arena #1

1. Yuni Debut Match: Yuni Vs X
2. Special Tag Match: Masakatsu Funaki & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Yoshihiro Takayama & Kazusada Higuchi
3. KO-D Openweight Title: Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs HARASHIMA

Other names signed to appear are Kota Ibushi, Aja Kong, LiLiCo, Kuishinbo Kamen and Kikutaro. Also Sanshiro Takagi is trying to get performer Hyota Echizenya to show up.

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DDT Universe Coming Soon!

October 24, 2016

ddtuniverse

http://ddtuniverse.com/

DDT is the latest wrestling company to set up a video on-demand service. DDT Universe will be available on computers, phones and tablets from January 2017. The service gives subscribers unlimited access to shows from DDT, DNA, BASARA, Tokyo Joshi Pro, Ganbare☆Wrestling and other spin-offs such as Street Wrestling matches. The intention is to have all the shows from Korakuen Hall and Sumo Hall throughout the year be aired live on the service. Monthly subscriptions cost 900 yen which at the time of writing is about €7.95/$8.65/£7.05 per month.

So far so good but there’s a few things we don’t know about yet. DDT has been around for almost 20 years so they have a lot of matches and shows in their archives. The website trailer did show clips of old DDT gimmicks like Super Uchu Power and HERO! as well as early footage of Sanshiro Takagi. Music is already dubbed over with in-house songs on the official DVDs so I assume that is also how the website will handle entrances. Region locking shouldn’t be a problem. The price is in line with the other services out there and when you combine all the brands together the DDT family there should be a lot of new videos added every month. And if wrestling isn’t enough there are plans to do reality style shows for some of the DDT roster. No mention of compatibility with devices such as Chromecast which would be a bit of a downer. Still given how little of the spin offs make tape it’s great to see this service get set up.

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BASARA “VAJRA 19 ~OSAKA WINTER OF JIN TAISHO~” Results

October 17, 2016

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BASARA “VAJRA 19 ~OSAKA WINTER OF JIN TAISHO~”, 16/10/2016
Osaka Azalea Taisho Hall
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1. Hi69 defeated Tomoya Kawamura with the Just Facelock (10:35).
2. Wrestling Laughs Festival: Daichi Kazato defeated Gouma Ryu with an Argentine Backbreaker (13:36).
3. Hardcore Match: Isami Kodaka Vs GUNSO ended in a Double Knock Out (17:35).
4. Osaka Metal Festival: FUMA & HAYATA defeated Yusuke Kubo & Madoka when FUMA pinned Kubo with the Heavy Metal Anthem (15:23).
5. Special 6-Man Tag Team Match: Koji Kanemoto, Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu defeated Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi, Takumi Tsukamoto & SAGAT when Sekine submitted SAGAT with the Let’s Combine (16:38).

Koji Kanemoto got into the spirit of things by joining in with Cavalry’s “horse riding” entrance. He was even introduced as the Supreme Commander of Cavalry. When the main event was over Ryuichi Sekine told Kanemoto that BASARA will return to Osaka on 8th January next year and asked that he make that date a priority. Kanemoto replied that today was just a practice for the Januray show.

The battle of IRON PRIEST finished with no bad blood between anyone. The four of them all gave each other heavy metal hand signs instead of handshakes.

An Avalanche Brainbuster from a ladder led to both Isami Kodaka and GUNSO failing to get back to their feet before the ten count, resulting in a Double KO Draw. Kodaka said it was impossible for them to go into overtime. He and GUNSO were then able to bond over Shonen Jump talk.

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Tripleshot Weekend, DDT FES 2016, Shunma Injured

October 14, 2016

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “OSAKA LOVE RIN”, 16/10/2016
Osaka Azalea Taisho Hall

1. 3 Way Match: Shoko Nakajima Vs Azusa Takigawa Vs Maho Kurone
2. Akane Miura Vs Marika Kobashi
3. Hyper Misao Vs Mil Clown
4. Nonoko Vs Reika Saiki
5. Yuu & Nodoka Onee-san Vs Rika Tatsumi & Miyu Yamshita

Mil Clown has her debut match here.

DDT “UTAN FESTA 2016”, 16/10/2016
Tokyo JR Omori Station

1. Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Gota Ihashi
2. Danshoku Dino & Keisuke Ishii Vs Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
3. Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo Vs Soma Takao & Kouki Iwasaki
4. UTAN Festa 2016 Special 6-Man Tag Team Match: HARASHIMA, Yoshihiro Takayama & Akito Vs Konosuke Takeshita, Antonio Honda & Mike Bailey
5. World Omori Title Next Challenger Battle Royal: Mad Polly Vs Yasu Urano Vs Sanshiro Takagi Vs Chikara Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Guanchulo Vs Cherry
6. World Omori Title: Makoto Oishi (c) Vs Seiya Morohashi

It’s the return of that local championship DDT only pays attention to once a year. Seiya Morohashi was the winner of last year’s annual Omori Battle Royal and that makes him the No. 1 Contender. The winner of this year’s Battle Royal gets the title shot next year.

BASARA “VAJRA 19 ~OSAKA WINTER OF JIN TAISHO~”, 16/10/2016
Osaka Azalea Taisho Hall

1. Wrestling Laughs Festival: Gouma Ryu Vs Daichi Kazato
2. Hardcore Match: Isami Kodaka Vs GUNSO
3. Osaka Metal Festival: FUMA & HAYATA Vs Yusuke Kubo & Madoka
4. Tomoya Kawamura Vs Hi69
5. Special 6-Man Tag Team Match: Koji Kanemoto, Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi, Takumi Tsukamoto & SAGAT

Koji Kanemoto is the latest guest to visit BASARA.

DDT “SHINSU CHASHU MINA NO SHU 2016”, 03/11/2016
Nagano Saku Innovation Center

1. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi

Shiro Koshinkaka, Yoshihiro Takayama and Super Sasadango Machine will be on the show.

DDT “DDT FES 2016”, 06/11/2016
Shin-Kiba Studio Coast

1. Yasu Urano, Keisuke Ishii & Kikutaro Vs KUDO, Masahiro Takanashi & Yoshihiko
2. BLACK OUT Presents Tag Match: LiLiCo & Super Sasadango Machine Vs Guanchulo & Cherry
3. Yoshihiro Takayama, Kazuki Hirata & Kouki Iwasaki (w/ Up Up Girls) Vs Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata & MAO
4. Rock ‘N’ Roll Death Match: Antonio Honda Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi
5. Kamereo-gun Vs Macho 29-gun: Toru Owashi, Saki Akai & Nobuhiro Shimatani Vs Seiya Morohashi, Reika Saiki & Lady Beard
6. DISH//Danshoku Trials Pilgrimage: Danshoku Dino & Mizuki Watase Vs Soma Takao & Akito (w/ DISH)
7. Shin-Kiba STUDIO COAST Whole Surface Street Wrestling: Sanshiro Takagi, Kota Ibushi, Kazusada Higuchi & Gota Ihashi Vs Daisuke Sasaki, Shuji Ishikawa, Tetsuya Endo & Mad Polly
8. Special Tag Match: HARASHIMA & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Shigehiro Irie

NωA are only booked on this show to wrestle. They are not authorized to perform at any of the concerts.

DDT “DDT SPECIAL 2016”, 23/10/2016
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
DDT Dramatic General Election Ranking In Parentheses

0. Dark Match: Kazusada Higuchi (#23) & Mizuki Watase (#26) Vs Yuko Miyamoto (#24) & Mad Polly (#25)
1. Soma Takao (#8) & Akito (#11) Vs Keisuke Ishii (#13) & Yasu Urano (#19)
2. Kazuki Hirata (#14) & Toru Owashi (#21) Vs Makoto Oishi (#17) & MAO (#21)
3. Konosuke Takeshita (#6) & Antonio Honda (#12) Vs KUDO (#8) & Yukio Sakaguchi (#15)
4. DDT Special Great Single Match: Ken Ohka (#16) Vs Super Sasadango Machine (#18)
5. DDT Special Great Single Match: Saki Akai (#9) Vs Cherry (#20)
6. DDT Special Great Single Match: Daisuke Sasaki (#3) Vs Masahiro Takanashi (#4)
7. DDT Special Great Single Match: HARASHIMA (#1) Vs Tetsuya Endo (#5)
8. KO-D Openweight Title: Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs Danshoku Dino (#2)

Shunma Katsumata has to pull out of the show due to a fractured right elbow. With Katsumata out he is replaced with Toru Owashi & MAO who both tied at 21st place in the Dramatic General Election. Since Owashi & MAO are now out of the dark match, their spots were taken by Mad Polly and Mizuki Watase. They originally both just missed out on making the cut.

BASARA “VAJRA 21 ~TEN THOUSAND RIICHI SKY~”, 29/10/2016
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Semi Final: Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & SAGAT Vs FUMA & Yusuke Kubo
2. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Semi Final: Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Isami Kodaka & Takumi Tsukamoto
3. Get Lost In Life – Lawyer Or Priest: Gouma Ryu Vs Masamune Vs Fuminori Abe
4. Madoka & Sean Guinness Vs Koji Iwamoto & Tomoya Kawamura
5. Ikuto Hidaka Vs Daichi Kazato
6. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Final: Winners Of Semi Final 1 vs Winners Of Semi Final 2

Fuminori Abe is a temple priest when he is not wrestling.

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Speedball Delayed, Koji Kanemoto Coming To BASARA

October 7, 2016

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 15”, 08/10/2016
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

0. King Of Dark Title: Nobuhiro Shimatani (c) & Saki Akai Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Cherry
1. Soma Takao & Mizuki Watase Vs Keisuke Ishii & Kouki Iwasaki
2. Konosuke Takeshita & Antonio Honda Vs Yukio Sakagichi & Masahiro Takanashi
3. Yoshihiro Takayama & Kazusada Higuchi Vs Toru Owashi & Yasu Urano
4. Sound And TV Match Facing A Prelude: Shuji Ishikawa & Mad Polly Vs Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi
5. Smile Squash Vs DAMNATION!: HARASHIMA & Akito Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo
6. LiLiCo’s New Boyfriend Decision 4 Way Match: Kazuki Hirata (w/ Sanshiro Takagi) Vs X (w/ Amon Tsurumi) Vs X (/w Yukinori Matsui) Vs X (/w Danshoku Dino)

Mike Bailey is unable to be at tomorrow’s show because his flight to Japan has been delayed. He is expected to arrive in time to appear at the rest of this weekend’s shows in Sapporo.

DDT “SAPPORO WRESTLING FESTA 2016 ~DDT SEA URCHIN~”, 09/10/2016
Sapporo Susukino Mars Gym

0. King Of Dark Title: Nobuhiro Shimatani (c) Vs Mizuki Watase
1. Soma Takao Vs Guanchulo
2. Mars Specialty Sea Urchin, Scallops, Salmon And Roe Rice Bowl 3 Way Match: Kazusada Higuchi Vs Akito Vs Masahiro Takanashi
3. Konosuke Takeshita, Antonio Honda & Mike Bailey Vs Makoto Oishi, Tomoya & Koji Yoshida
4. Wrestling Master Descends To The North Of The Earth!: Dick Togo & Yasu Urano Vs Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
5. Yoshihiro Takayama & Kouki Iwasaki Vs KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi
6. Sapporo Specialty! Yellow Tag Match Of Happiness: Shuji Ishikawa & Mad Polly Vs Danshoku Dino & Keisuke Ishii
7. KO-D Tag Team Titles: HARASHIMA & Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Daisuke Sakai & Tetsuya Endo

DAMNATION get their rematch for the KO-D Tag Team Titles.

DDT “SAPPORO WRESTLING FESTA 2016 ~DDT CRAB~”, 10/10/2016
Sapporo Susukino Mars Gym

1. Mars Specialty Soup Curry, Genghis Khan, Miso Soup 3 Way Match: Soma Takao Vs Yasu Urano Vs Makoto Oishi
2. Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Guanchulo Vs Keisuke Ishii, Akito & Koji Yoshida
3. KO-D Openweight Champion! Born In Nemuro Final Match Of Kouki Iwasaki’s 25 Year Trial: Shuji Ishikawa Vs Kouki Iwasaki
4. HARASHIMA, Tomoya & Daiki Shimomura Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi
5. Hokkaido Big Way! Super Legend Army Vs DNA Army: Yoshihiro Takayama & Dico Togo Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Mizuki Watase
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo & Mad Polly (c) Vs Konosuke Takeshita, Antonio Honda & Mike Bailey
7. DDT Extreme Title – Dai Ichin Pa-Lien Seiha Match: Danshoku Dino (c) Vs Sanshiro Takagi

The rules for the main event won’t be revealed until the match takes place.

BASARA “VAJRA 19 ~OSAKA WINTER OF JIN TAISHO~”, 16/10/2016
Osaka Azalea Taisho Hall

1. Wrestling Laughs Festival: Gouma Ryu Vs Daichi Kazato
2. Tomoya Kawamura Vs Hi69
3. Hardcore Match: Isami Kodaka Vs GUNSO
4. Osaka Metal Festival: FUMA & HAYATA Vs Yusuke Kubo & Madoka
5. Koji Kanemoto, Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi, Takumi Tsukamoto & SAGAT

BASARA takes a break from the IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT and invites Koji Kanemoto over for a match.

BASARA “VAJRA 21 ~TEN THOUSAND RIICHI SKY~”, 29/10/2016
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Semi Final: Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & SAGAT Vs FUMA & Yusuke Kubo
2. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Semi Final: Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Isami Kodaka & Takumi Tsukamoto
3. IRON FIST TAG TOURNAMENT – Final: Winners Of Semi Final 1 vs Winners Of Semi Final 2

Then after that break it’s back to the tournament.

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