DDT In December

December 1, 2014

DDT “USHIKU BIG BUDDHA 2014”, 07/12/2014
Ibaraki Ushiku Sports Park Gymnasium Sabuarina

1. Soma Takao & Shunma Katsumata Vs Tetsuya Endo & Kota Umeda
2. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs MIKAMI, Gota Ihashi & Mitsuhiro Yoshida
3. Masa Takanashi Vs DJ Nira
4. ●● Lore! Special Single Match: Michael Nakazawa Vs Shun Miyatake
5. Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita Vs KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi
6. Yasu Urano Vs Makoto Oishi
7. 3 Way Match: HARASHIMA & Akito Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Tomomitsu Matsunaga

The KO-D Openweight and DDT Extreme Champions team up in the main event. But both of their next challengers are also involved in the match.

DDT “ROAD TO SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 8”, 13/12/2014
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

1. Golden☆Storm Riders New Member 1st Audition: X Vs X
2. Kazuki Hirata Vs Bernard Ackah
3. DDT Extreme Title: Akito (c) Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga

Kota Ibushi and Daisuke Sasaki are holding auditions to find a new member for the Golden☆Storm Riders. The audition begins in Kasukabe Hall and they are only looking for crazy people to participate.

Kazuki Hirata fell foul of LiLiCo’s new bodyguard. Despite being knocked out unconcious at the time, he challenged Bernard Ackah to a match.

DDT “TENKSANBU NO KEI”, 14/12/2014
Hakata Star Lane

1. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Gorgeous Matsuno, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei (c) Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata

Yuto Aijima, Azul Dragon, Fish Man, Super Sasadango Machine and Saki Akai will all wrestle on the show.

HARD HIT “~MOONRIZE~”, 21/12/2014
Shinjuku FACE

1. Kenta Hattori Vs Hiroshi Kobayashi
2. Ryuki Ueyama Vs Hayato Mashita
3. Atsushi Aoki Vs Chongwen Ito
4. Hiromitsu Kanehara Vs Koji Iwamoto
5. Super Tiger Vs Nobuhiro Tsurumaki
6. Yoshihiro Takayama Vs Shuichiro Katsumura
7. HARASHIMA & Masaharu Tsuchihashi Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Takatoshi Matsumoto
8. Hikaru Sato Vs Ryo Kawamura

Masaharu Tsuchihashi is from Crazy Armament and Takatoshi Matsumoto is from Reversal ALPHA Gym. Nobuhiro Tsurumaki is a freelancer who in the past competed in FMW and W*ING.

DDT “NEVER MIND 2014”, 23/12/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Golden☆Storm Riders New Member Final Audition: X Vs X
2. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi
3. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie

HARASHIMA has a chance to achieve a clean sweep of KO-D Title defences against Team Dream Futures. He already defeated Keisuke Ishii and Soma Takao during this title reign. All that is left is Shigehiro Irie and the big teddy bear is not happy to see his friends lose!

DDT “SAITAMA SUPER DDT 2015”, 15/02/2015
Saitama Super Arena – Community Arena

1. Love Of Memory: Danshoku Dino Vs Michael Nakazawa (w/ Shigeru Matsuzaki)
2. Akebono Army Vs Yoshihiko Army: Akebono, X & X Vs Yoshihiko, X & X
3. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Kota Ibushi

This will be Michael Nakazawa’s final match in DDT before he moves to Singapore.

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DDT “ROAD TO SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 6” Results

August 24, 2014

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DDT “ROAD TO SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 6”, 24/08/2014
Saitama Kasukabe Hall
350 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi defeated Michael Nakazawa, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Gota Ihashi when KUDO pinned Ihashi with the Diving Double Knee Drop (10:12).
2. 3 Way Match: Antonio Honda defeated Daisuke Sasaki and MIKAMI when Honda pinned Sasaki with a German Suplex (7:57).
3. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano defeated Toru Owashi & DJ Nira when HARASHIMA pinned Nira with a Cradle (8:00).
4. Infomercial Match: Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Ito Maki defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Kazuki Hirata & Saki Akai when Maki pinned Hirata with the Idol Clutch (10:24).
5. KO-D Openweight Title Challenger Tournament – Semi Final: Keisuke Ishii defeated Akito with the High Angle Double Arm DDT (13:17).
6. KO-D Openweight Title Challenger Tournament – Semi Final: Tetsuya Endo defeated Konosuke Takeshita with the Sky Twister Press (15:41).
7. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega (c) defeated Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao when Ibushi pinned Takao after the PK Mind (16:53).
*V6 for the Golden Lovers.

With Sumo Hall out of the way and Super Saitama Arena far off in the horizon it is back to business as usual for DDT. Fresh off of winning the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles, today Team Dream Futures went after the KO-D Tag Team Titles. But the Golden Lovers were not going to let go of their belts so easily. Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega secured another successful defence of the title when they pinned Soma Takao with the PK Mind. They now want to have their next defence at Korakuen Hall. In a backstage interview Kenny said the Golden Lovers are an S-Rank tag team. He his happy to be with Ibushi not just for the fans but for their friendship too. He even said if he was gay he would want to marry Ibushi. He asked Kota if he felt the same and Kota answered “Of course!”

The other highlights of the day centred around the KO-D Openweight Title No. 1 Contender tournament. Keisuke Ishii defeated Akito and Tetsuya Endo defeated Konosuke Takeshita to advance to the finals. The latter result is a surprise and shows that Endo is not to be overlooked when it comes to discussing about DDT’s future prospects. Ishii bragged about the statistics being in his favour for the final since nobody in this tournament has ever beaten him in a singles match. Endo told him he has the momentum and he will become KO-D Champion.

Retired All Japan whipping boy Nobutaka Araya was in attendance and even got involved in the Smile Squash Vs Toru Owashi & DJ Nira match. Nira gave him the Rocket Punch and HARASHIMA capitalised on the distraction to roll up Nira for the win. I’m not sure if they played Araya’s sad song for him after the match.

Up Up Girls singer Ito Maki wrestled in the Infomercial Match. Makoto Oishi was happy to team with her but their opponent Sanshiro Takagi claimed Saki Akai is the cuter idol. Maki had the last laugh when she spat Poison Mist into Kazuki Hirata’s face and, after Oishi’s Miracle Ecstasy, pinned him with the Idol Clutch.

Antonio Honda and Daisuke Sasaki both wrestled in bras during their 3-Way match with MIKAMI.

Zeus will come in to challenge Danshoku Dino for the DDT Extreme Title in Osaka on 13th September.

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Tournaments, Tournaments Everywhere! Kakimoto Signs With Union

August 20, 2014

HARD HIT “~G-GENERATION~”, 23/08/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

0. THE NEXT CONTENDERS 1 Day Tournament – Round 1: Kenta Hattori Vs Ryouya Akiba
0. THE NEXT CONTENDERS 1 Day Tournament – Round 1: Kenji Takeshima Vs Hiroshi Kobayashi
0. THE NEXT CONTENDERS 1 Day Tournament – Round 1: Kotaro Nasu Vs Ryuichi Sekine
0. THE NEXT CONTENDERS 1 Day Tournament – Round 1: Koji Iwamoto Vs Baisen Tagai
1. Yukio Kubota Vs Ayumu Honda
2. Michael Nakazawa Vs Shingo Suzuki
3. Kaori Yoneyama Vs Emi Tomimatsu
4. Ryo Kawamura & Shibata Vs Shuichiro Katsumura & Toshihisa Shinomiya
5. THE NEXT CONTENDERS 1 Day Tournament – Semi Final: Winner Of Dark Match 1 Vs Winner Of Dark Match 2
6. THE NEXT CONTENDERS 1 Day Tournament – Semi Final: Winner Of Dark Match 3 Vs Winner Of Dark Match 4
7. Atsushi Aoki Vs Takatoshi Matsumoto
8. Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Hideki Suzuki
9. Hikaru Sato & HARASHIMA Vs Kotaro Suzuki & Chongwen Ito
10. THE NEXT CONTENDERS 1 Day Tournament – Final: Winner Of Semi Final 1 Vs Winner Of Semi Final 2

Some of the newcomers are Ryouya Akiba from Guts World, Baisen Tagai from Nishiguchi Pro Wrestling, Honda Ayumu from K-DOJO and Shingo Suzuki from ALLIANCE.

Hiroyo Matsumoto has pulled out of the show due to injury. Kaori Yoneyama takes her place and faces Emi Tomimatsu from Paraestra Matsudo.

DDT “ROAD TO SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 6”, 24/08/2014
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

1. KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Michael Nakazawa, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Gota Ihashi
2. 3 Way Match: Antonio Honda Vs Daisuke Sasaki Vs MIKAMI
3. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Toru Owashi & DJ Nira
4. Infomercial Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Kazuki Hirata & Saki Akai Vs Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Ito Maki
5. KO-D Openweight Title Challenger Tournament – Semi Final: Tetsuya Endo Vs Konosuke Takeshita
6. KO-D Openweight Title Challenger Tournament – Semi Final: Keisuke Ishii Vs Akito
7. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao

With “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2014” in the bag it is time to look ahead for DDT’s future. A mini tournament for DDT’s young wrestlers is going ahead to determine the No. 1 Contender for the KO-D Openweight Title. The semi finals take place in Kasukabe Hall when Tetsuya Endo faces Konosuke Takeshita and Keisuke Ishii faces Akito. The two winners will take part in the final on 31st August in Shinjuku. The KO-D Title match will happen in Osaka on 13th September.

Ishii counts himself as the favourite. He is unbeaten against both Akito and Endo in singles matches. He has never faced Takeshita one on one. Regardless, Ishii is so confident he will win that he wonders why there is even a tournament to determine the next title challenger when it should be him. Takeshita felt he learned a lot from wrestling Hiroshi Tanahashi. He hopes to win the tournament so he can have the title match with HARASHIMA in front of his home town Osaka crowd.

HARASHIMA’s comments coming out of the Sumo Hall main event are about what you’d expect to hear from him. His opponents were strong, he was glad he was able to win and he wants to be the defending champion again at next year’s show.

For now the Golden☆Lovers’ main priority is to keep the KO-D Tag Team Titles around their waists. Kenny Omega said he has no choice but to win at any cost to keep his title with Kota Ibushi. They defend the belts against two thirds of the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions. The Drift duo of Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao challenged the Golden☆Lovers and it was accepted. With Ishii in the tournament and this title match happening soon, Drift are aiming to add the KO-D Openweight and Tag Team Titles to their collection. Kenny says he and Ibushi are an S-Rank team. Irie’s response is he and Takao are an A-Ranked team, then he got confused and corrected himself, calling him and Takao a T-Ranked team instead.

UNION “UNION SUMMER FESTIVAL 2014”, 31/08/2014
Shinjuku FACE

1. UWA World Tag Team Titles: MEN’S Teioh & Hiroshi Fukuda (c) Vs Isami Kodaka & FUMA
2. Union Fly To Everywhere World Title: Ladybeard (c) Vs Mio Shirai
3. Union MAX Title: Hikaru Sato (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa

Former DDT wrestler Daichi Kakimoto is now with Union. Kakimoto wrestled in DDT from 2003 to 2008 when a cervical spine injury forced him into retirement. He returned to wrestling in 2012 and made sporadic appearances since then. He now wants to wrestle on a regular basis and signed with Union. He chose Union for two reasons. The first is Kakimoto being inspired by how much Shuji Ishikawa and Isami Kodaka have grown the last couple of years. The other reason is Union’s schedule is easy enough for his body and non-wrestling career to handle. Kakimoto also wants to re-debut under as a masked wrestler and will use a new ring name to represent how he is starting again from scratch. He hopes fans will not reveal his identity or update his Wikipedia page when he appears under the mask.

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Hard Hit Experiments, Saitama Matches, No Ishimori For Ibushi, M.I.O

August 6, 2014

HARD HIT “~G-GENERATION~”, 23/08/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

0. 1 Day Tournament – Round 1: X Vs X
0. 1 Day Tournament – Round 1: X Vs X
0. 1 Day Tournament – Round 1: X Vs X
0. 1 Day Tournament – Round 1: X Vs X
1. Hiroyo Matsumoto Vs X
2. Atsushi Aoki Vs Takatoshi Matsumoto
3. Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Hideki Suzuki
4. Ryo Kawamura & Shibata Vs Shuichiro Katsumura & Toshihisa Shinomiya
5. 1 Day Tournament – Semi Final: X Vs X
6. 1 Day Tournament – Semi Final: X Vs X
7. 1 Day Tournament – Final: X Vs X
8. Hikaru Sato & HARASHIMA Vs Kotaro Suzuki & Chongwen Ito

Hard Hit is adding a few experimental matches including two tag team bouts. Also joshi wrestler Hiroyo Matsumoto will be competing on the show in a women’s match.

There will be a one day tournament on the show. Every tournament match will only have a 5 minute time limit except for the final, which gets 10 minutes. The opening round bouts take place as dark matches. The competitors announced so far are Kenta Hattori, Kenji Takeshima, Koji Iwamoto, Kotaro Nasu and Hiroshi Kobayashi.

DDT “ROAD TO SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 6”, 24/08/2014
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

1. Infomercial Match: X Vs X
2. KO-D Openweight Title Challenger Tournament – Semi Final: X Vs X
3. KO-D Openweight Title Challenger Tournament – Semi Final: X Vs X
4. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega (c) Vs X & X

Keisuke Ishii, Akito, Tetsuya Endo and Konosuke Takeshita are in the young men tournament to determine the No. 1 Contender for the KO-D Openweight Title.

Ito Maki from the idol group LinQ will be involved with the Infomercial Match. In fact, she is the product the wrestlers will have to promote during the match.

DDT “MEMORIES OF SUMMER VACATION 2014”, 31/08/2014
Shinjuku FACE

1. Kota Ibushi 10th Anniversary Match: Kota Ibushi Vs X
2. KO-D Openweight Title Challenger Tournament – Final: X Vs X

DDT was supposed to have the delayed Kota Ibushi, Taiji Ishimori & Gota Ihashi Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Shuji Ishikawa & Daisuke Sasaki match take place on 31/8. Unfortunately now Ishimori is out of action with a serious knee injury. DDT will come up with a replacement match soon.

UNION, OZ ACADEMY, WAVE, ICE RIBBON “M.I.O”, 11/09/2014
Shinjuku FACE

1. 6-Person Tag Team Death Match: Mio Shirai, Maki Narumiya, Isami Kodaka, Mayumi Ozaki, X, X

Union, Oz Academy, Pro Wrestling WAVE and Ice Ribbon are getting together for a joint event next month. The centrepiece of the show is Mio Shirai who at the beginning of the year signed contracts with each of the four companies. The show is called “M.I.O” which stands for Mission Inn Odate. The main event will be a 6-Person Tag Team Death Match. Shirai will be participating in her first ever Death Match along with Ice Ribbon’s Maki Narumiya. Union’s Isami Kodaka and Oz’s Mayumi Ozaki plus two more wrestlers. The type of Death Match and the teams will be decided on a later date.

When asked why she would compete in a Death Match, Shirai said she’s never done one in the 7 years she’s been wrestling. She’s done unusual matches that involved using weapons and wrestling in costumes but never a Death Match. Suggested matches for the rest of the card are Aja Kong Vs Jaiko Ishikawa, Seiya Morohashi Vs Police, Tsukushi Vs Shuji Ishikawa (!?!?) and Sumire Natsu Vs Tsukushi.

DDT “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL 2014”, 13/09/2014
Osaka Bodymaker Colosseum #2

1. Kota Ibushi 10th Anniversary Match: Kota Ibushi Vs X
2. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Winner Of Challenger Tournament

Another match celebrating Ibushi’s anniversary is planned to make up for his injury absence.

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DDT “ROAD TO SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 3” Results

May 17, 2014

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DDT “ROAD TO SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 3”, 17/05/2014
Saitama Kasukabe Hall
350 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Konosuke Takeshita defeated Shunma Katsumata with the Wall Of Takeshita (6:26).
2. Antonio Honda defeated Guanchulo with a Cradle (10:21).
3. King Of DDT Qualifying Match: Tomomitsu Matsunaga defeated Tetsuya Endo with the Tiger Driver (14:30).
4. Infomercial Match – Oscar Promotion Saki Akai Latest DVD “Beautiful Day”: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Saki Akai defeated Makoto Oishi, Michael Nakazawa & DJ Nira when Akai pinned Nakazawa with a School Boy (12:13).
5. Kesiuke Ishii, Soma Takao, MIKAMI & Kazuki Hirata defeated Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega, Daisuke Sasaki & Gota Ihashi when Takao pinned Ihashi with a Diving Foot Stomp (10:44).
6. 3 Way Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Shigehiro Irie Vs Aja Kong ended in a No Contest (6:07).
7. HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito defeated KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi when Akito submitted Takanashi with the Triangle Scorpion (14:39).

Akito’s first match teaming with HARASHIMA and Yasu Urano was a big success with a victory over Shuten-dōji. The new unit name for the trio is Smile Squash. After the match HARASHIMA told KUDO he will absolutely win the KO-D Openweight Title from him on 25th May. Urano and Akito then challenged Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie to an All Asia Tag Team Titles match. Amon Tsurumi stepped in and said he will negotiate with All Japan to make the match but warned he would not get an immediate answer. Ishii accepted the challenge and said the title match will happen.

Before the Love Triangle 3 Way match began, Danshoku Dino was seen leaving Aja Kong’s locker room, possibly attacking and eliminating her from the match. Shigehiro Irie was distraught when he found out but whatever Dino did to Kong did not work because she made it to the ring eventually. Dino demanded Irie to choose between him or Kong. Irie then elbowed him in the face. The match fell apart when Dino’s Lip Lock took out not one but two referees. Kazuki Hirata made his Magnum TOKYO entrance and took up the role of replacement referee. He was then knocked out by a Double Lip Lock from both Dino and Kong. The match was called off and Irie was left alone in the ring. He began to weep as he realised he he might have lost something important.

The Golden Rendezvous is no more. Gota Ihashi took the pinfall loss in the 8-Man Tag match and Kenny Omega blamed him afterwards. Ihashi was on the top turnbuckle ready to do a high risk move when his own partner Daisuke Sasaki shook the top rope, causing Ihashi to lose balance and fall to the mat. Omega told the both of them “You are all bad!” Kota Ibushi agreed. Ihashi quit the stable and immediately decided to team with Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga. Nakazawa asked Ihashi what he wants to do and Ihashi said he wants to stand out. They then sang “Let It Go” from the movie Frozen. After that they challenged Ibushi, Omega & Sasaki (who are now called the Golden Storm Riders) to a 6-Man Tag match on 29th May.

The Infomercial Match was all about promoting Saki Akai’s gravure DVD “Beautiful Day” which comes out on 30th May. Images from the DVD was shown on the big screen as the match went on. However Michael Nakazawa was jealous of Saki and her DVD so he made his own amateur gravure DVD two days ago. Whenever he took control of the match clips of his movie appeared on the screen instead of Akai.

DDT announced a new Theme Music Project. They are working with Sizuk Entertainment to produce new entrance songs for the roster. Konosuke Takeshita is the first person to get a new song and it debuted on today’s show.

Ibushi and Omega will not be at the next Saitama show on 8th June because they will be wrestling in New Japan. DDT are considering bringing in special guests to make up for their absence.

On yesterday’s All Japan show, Keisuke Ishii and Shigehiro Irie successfully defended their All Asia Tag Team Titles against Kento Miyahara & Kotaro Suzuki. On today’s All Japan show Masao Inoue pinned Jun Akiyama during a Battle Royal to win the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title. Akiyama pinned Inoue after the match to win it back. Looks like he wants to be the champion after all. DDT has invited whoever the champion will be to defend the belt in Shinjuku on 29th June.

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Tomorrow’s Line Up, Guanchulo Finale, Chikara (No Not That One) In Ganbare, Honda Box Office

May 16, 2014

DDT “ROAD TO SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 3”, 17/05/2014
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

1. King Of DDT Qualifying Match: Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. Konosuke Takeshita Vs Shunma Katsumata
3. Antonio Honda Vs Guanchulo
4. Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega, Daisuke Sasaki & Gota Ihashi Vs Kesiuke Ishii, Soma Takao, MIKAMI & Kazuki Hirata
5. Infomercial Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Saki Akai Vs Makoto Oishi, Michael Nakazawa & DJ Nira
6. 3 Way Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Shigehiro Irie Vs Aja Kong
7. KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito

The Road to Saitama continues.

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2014”, 18/05/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Mio Shirai, Daichi Kazato & Tomoya Kawamura Vs SAGAT, Madoka & Kaori Yoneyama
2. UWA World Tag Team Titles: Hiroshi Fukuda & MEN’S Teioh (c) Vs Seiya Morohashi & FUMA
3. Mitomi Masayuki Vs Shinichiro Tominaga
4. 1,000 Rose + α Death Match: Shuji Ishikawa Vs Ken Ohka
5. Aipoke World Title: Ryu Gouma (c) Vs Super Sasadango Machine
6. Cherry & Danshoku Dino Vs Ladybeard & Saki Akai
7. Union MAX Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Hikaru Sato

Union are asking fans to bring roses for the Shuji Ishikawa Vs Ken Ohka death match. The breed of rose does not matter.

The Idea Pocket Diva for this show is Airi Kijima.

DDT “DANSHOKU RANCH CLASSIC – GOODBYE GUANCHULO”, 20/05/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

0. Dark Match: Daisuke Kiso Vs DJ Nira
1. Daisuke Sasaki Vs Shun Miyatake
2. Antonio Honda & Sayaka Obihiro Vs Tetsuya Endo & Shunma Katsumata
3. Guanchulo Vs Yasu Urano

This will be Guanchulo’s final show in Japan before he returns to Chile.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “~CHAPTER 2 2ND SEASON~ VOL. 3”, 01/06/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Special Single Match: Shota Vs Tiger Bed Scene
2. No Offline Broadcast Special Streaming Double Hell Match: Shibata Vs Tanomusaku Toba
3. Love Hotel Acceptance II Vs Rikidozan III Again!!: Yumehito Imanari & Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Osamu Namiguchi & Chikara
4. Special Match: Ken Ohka Vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa

Chikara, the grandson of Rikidozan is on the way to Ganbare☆Wrestling as part of Yumehito Imanari’s fascination with Royal Road style of wrestling.

DDT “ANTONIO HONDA BOX OFFICE ~DEKI-GOKORO~”, 01/06/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Daisuke Sasaki Vs Masa Takanashi
2. HARASHIMA, Riho & DJ Nira Vs Yuji Hino, Emi Sakura & Great Kojika
3. Bra And Submission Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Norikazu Fujioka
4. Cole Miner’s Glove Match: Yasu Urano Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
5. SUPPON Grand Prix 2014: Sayaka Obihiro Vs Kikutaro Vs Daisuke Kiso Vs Super Sasadango Machine Vs Soma Takao Vs Amon Tsurumi
6. Memphis Last Man Standing Match: Antonio Honda Vs Konosuke Takeshita

The Memphis Last Man Standing Match ends when a wrestler gets knocked down and cannot answer an 11 count.

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Schedule For The Rest Of May

May 10, 2014

DDT “ROAD TO SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 3”, 17/05/2014
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

1. King Of DDT Qualifying Match: Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. Konosuke Takeshita Vs Shunma Katsumata
3. Antonio Honda Vs Guanchulo
4. Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega, Daisuke Sasaki & Gota Ihashi Vs Kesiuke Ishii, Soma Takao, MIKAMI & Kazuki Hirata
5. Infomercial Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Saki Akai Vs Makoto Oishi, Michael Nakazawa & DJ Nira
6. 3 Way Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Shigehiro Irie Vs Aja Kong
7. KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito

Shigehiro Irie and Aja Kong get to be back together! But Danshoku Dino will be in the way and he’ll no doubt have jealous eyes.

The entire Golden Lovers/Rendezvous/Orchid/Whatever team up together for the first time. When Daisuke Sasaki joined the group he outright said he did not want to team with Gota Ihashi. So we’ll see how they will work together.

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2014”, 18/05/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Aipoke World Title: Ryu Gouma (c) Vs Super Sasadango Machine
2. Cherry & Danshoku Dino Vs Ladybeard & Saki Akai
3. Mitomi Masayuki Vs Shinichiro Tominaga
4. Shuji Ishikawa Vs Ken Ohka
5. Union MAX Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Hikaru Sato

Cherry found her tag team partner to go against Ladybeard & Saki Akai. Danshoku Dino is on her side but who knows how he will react to Ladybeard.

DDT “FRIENDSHIP, EFFORT, VICTORY!”, 25/05/2014
Nagoya Congress Centre

0. Dark Match: Shunma Katsumata Vs Shun Miyatake
1. King Of DDT Qualifying Match: Daisuke Sasaki Vs Kazuki Hirata
2. 3 Way Tag Team Match: MIKAMI & Antonio Honda Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Yasushi Sato Vs Soma Takao & Kengo Takai
3. Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & DJ Nira Vs Michael Nakazawa, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Guanchulo
4. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Ultraman Robin Vs Tetsuya Endo, Konosuke Takeshita & Konaka Pale One
5. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Yasu Urano & Akito
6. Danshoku Dino Vs Akitoshi Saito
7. DDT Extreme Title – Idol Lumerjack Match: Masa Takanashi (c) (w/ Emi Sakura) Vs Makoto Oishi (w/ Sizukaze & Kizuna)
8. KO-D Openweight Title: KUDO (c) Vs HARASHIMA
*HARASHIMA cashes in his Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.

As things stand right now, HARASHIMA is on track to cash in his Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract on 25th May. Whoever does not leave Nagoya as the KO-D Openweight Champion will be entered into the King Of DDT tournament.

Makoto Oishi challenged Masa Takanashi to put his newly won DDT Extreme Title on the line in an Idol Lumberjack Match. Oishi has invited back the pop group Sizukaze & Kizuna to be in his corner just like they were at Sumo Hall last year. Masa Takanashi will bring in his close friend Emi Sakura to be his lumberjack.

Yasushi Sato is from Sportiva Entertainment. He is the father of Mr. #6.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN TANSU ~DRAMATIC DREAM CLOSET~”, 29/05/2014
Shinjuku Tansu Kumin Hall

1. King Of DDT Qualifying Match: Akito Vs Soma Takao

The final King of DDT qualifier takes place here.

UNION “CHERRY 10TH ANNIVERSARY”, 01/06/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Cherry Vs Aja Kong

A rematch from 2011 main events Cherry’s 10th Anniversary show. Cherry wrestled Aja Kong with a broken jaw in the first match. Now she wants to see how well she will do at full health.

DDT “ANTONIO HONDA BOX OFFICE ~DEKI-GOKORO~”, 01/06/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Bra And Submission Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Norikazu Fujioka
2. Cole Miner’s Glove Match: Yasu Urano Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
3. HARASHIMA, Riho & DJ Nira Vs Yuji Hino, Emi Sakura & Great Kojika

Well that trios match is random as heck.

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DDT “ROAD TO SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 2” Results

April 12, 2014

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DDT “ROAD TO SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 2”, 12/04/2014
Saitama Kasukabe Hall
350 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga defeated HARASHIMA & DJ Nira when Nakazawa submitted Nira with a Headscissors (1:14).
1a. HARASHIMA & DJ Nira defeated Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga when HARASHIMA pinned Nakazawa with the Somato (4:28).
2. Emi Sakura defeated Saki Akai with La Magistral Cradle (7:47).
3. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Sanshiro Takagi (c) defeated Gota Ihashi by Ring Out (6:21).
Order Of Elimination: Masa Takanashi, MIKAMI, Yasu Urano, Tetsuya Endo, Konosuke Takeshita, Toru Owashi, Gota Ihashi. (Witness: Poison Sawada JULIE)
*V1 for Sanshiro Takagi.
4. Saitama Music Infomercial Match: Antonio Honda defeated Kazuki Hirata with a Japanese Leg Lock Clutch (11:03).
*Antonio Honda wins Kazuki Hirata’s Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.
5. DDT Extreme Title – Terrestrial Death Match: Danshoku Dino (c) defeated Guanchulo with the Danshoku Driver (7:30)
*V1 for Danshoku Dino.
6. Akito & Makoto Oishi defeated KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi when Akito submitted KUDO with the Triangle Scorpion (10:35).
7. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki defeated Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao (c) when Sasaki pinned Takao after the PK Heart (14:32).
*Team Dream Futures fail in V2. The Golden Orchid become the 9th KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions!

A busy day in Saitama saw Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki quickly cement their place as the strongest three-man team in DDT as they are now the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions. Even though he only began teaming with the Golden Lovers a few weeks ago, Sasaki has blended in perfectly with him even being able to perform the Lovers’ PK Heart finisher with Omega. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi approached the new champions after the match to express a title challenge for 29th April in Korakuen Hall. Their third partner for the match? Yoshihiko! Meanwhile the new champs are busy trying to come up with a new team name. Suggestions include the Golden Orchid, the Golden Bombers and the Golden Cabaret Club.

The result of the semi-main event could be a sign that a new KO-D Openweight Champion will be crowned at the end of the month. Akito tapped out the champion KUDO with a Scorpion Triangle submission. The challener’s confidence is now sky high and he said he has a dream to become champion. KUDO accepted the mistakes he made to lose the tag match and he has nothing to fear from Akito.

Danshoku Dino successfully defended the DDT Extreme Title in a Territorial Death Match. There was an extra cameraman inside the ring while Dino and Guanchulo wrestled. While applying a pin or submission, the wrestler in control had to look at the extra camera and say “Saitama Sumaru” for the pin or submission to count. Dino’s Lip Lock knocked out both the referee and the cameraman allowing Guanchulo to take advantage. But Dino turned the tables and delivered the Danshoku Driver to win. Dino placed the belt on Guanchulo after the match as a farewell gesture.

The Infomercial Match between Antonio Honda & Kazuki Hirata involved both men having to dance to songs and advertising jingles inbetween moments of wrestling. Honda won the match and by doing so won Hirata’s Right To Challenge contract. Honda now has possession of two of those contracts which allows him two KO-D Title shots whenever he wants. Amon Tsurumi stepped in to clarify that Honda will only defend one contract at a time. So if he gets pinned while holding both contracts he will lose only one of them.

The existence of the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title continues to be under threat while Sanshiro Takagi is the champion. The 999th champion successfully defended the belt in a Battle Royal and afterward tried to retire the belt again. The belt’s creator Posion Sawada appeared and said the belt will be sealed inside an ancient Inca Empire treasure map. Intrigued by the ancient treasure, Takagi asked Sawada for more information. Sawada will only give him more info if he keeps the belt active and defend it again on 29th April.

Emi Sakura was a little frustrated over how popular her opponent Saki Akai was. She fought a little dirty in their match and was able to win with La Magistral Cradle.

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Catching Up On The News

April 11, 2014

DDT “ROAD TO SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 2”, 12/04/2014
Kasukabe Hall

1. HARASHIMA & DJ Nira Vs Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
2. Saki Akai Vs Emi Sakura
3. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Sanshiro Takagi (c) Vs Toru Owashi Vs MIKAMI Vs Yasu Urano Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Gota Ihashi Vs Tetsuya Endo Vs Konosuke Takeshita (Witness: Poison Sawada JULIE)
4. Infomercial Match: Antonio Honda Vs Kazuki Hirata
5. KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Akito & Makoto Oishi
6. DDT Extreme Title: Danshoku Dino (c) Vs Guanchulo
7. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao (c) Vs Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki

A busy day tomorrow with a KO-D 6-Man Tag Titles match, a DDT Extreme Title match and an Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title match all on the card.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN KUMAMOTO ~DRAMATIC DREAM TAIPIEN~”, 18/04/2014
Kumamoto Retail Information Hall

1. Antonio Honda Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. Cherry Vs Michael Nakazawa
3. Sanshiro Takagi, Yuto Aijima & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
4. Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Akito, Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi
5. Independent Jr. Heavyweight Title: TAKA Michinoku (c) Vs MIKAMI
6. KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano

MIKAMI faces TAKA Michinoku for the first time since 2005. TAKA brings with him the Independent Jr. Heavyweight Title which I’m surprised still exists. Oh well, if there is any company that enjoys bringing back obscure titles, it’s DDT.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN KOKURA ~DRAMATIC DREAM CHICKEN KASHIWAMESHI~”, 19/04/2014
Kitakyushu Palace

1. Makoto Oishi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
2. Danshoku Dino Vs Michael Nakazawa
3. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Takao Soma Vs Minoru Fujita, Rion Mizuki & Isamu Taniguchi
4. Sanshiro Takagi, Dynamite Kyushu & TOSSHI Vs MIKAMI, Punch-kun & Tetsuo
5. Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki Vs HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Tetsuya Endo
6. KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Akito & Danshoku Dino

A bunch of names not usually seen in DDT fills up the undercard.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN KASGOSHIMA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TENMONKAN~”, 20/04/2014
Oro City Hall

1. 3 Way Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Antonio Honda Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. MIKAMI Vs Michael Nakazawa
3. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
4. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Yuto Aijima & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
5. KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Akito & Makoto Oishi
6. Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao

The Golden Lovers and Team Dream Futures will main event for the second time in just over a week. Will the KO-D 6-Man Tag Titles be around the waists of the Lovers this time?

HARD HIT “~THE MOON RISES TWICE~”, 26/04/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Chongwen Ito Vs Kenta Hattori
2. Super Tiger Vs Shunpei Ota
3. Ryo Kawamura Vs Hayato Mashita
4. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Mitsuyoshi Nakai
5. HARASHIMA Vs Manabu Hara
6. Shuichiro Katsumura Vs Mitsuhisa Sunabe
7. Hikaru Sato Vs Poai Suganuma

Shunpei Ota is a fighter to keep an eye on. He is a Pancrase fighter who debuted in 2012 and is currently on a five fight winning streak.

DDT “MAX BUMP 2014”, 29/04/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Shunma Katsumata Re-Debut: Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Guanchulo & Shunma Katsumata
2. HARASHIMA & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo
3. All Asia Tag Team Titles: Jun Akiyama & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie
4. KO-D Openweight Title: KUDO (c) Vs Akito

After weeks of stalking Jun Akiyama, Keisuke Ishii finally got what he wanted and that is one more shot at the All Asia Tag Team Titles.

Shunma Katsumata gets a proper debut match after impressing DDT officials with his exhibition bouts the last couple of weeks.

DDT “SAPPORO ONE MATCH SPECIAL ~WIND~”, 11/05/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall

Danshoku Dino Vs Konosuke Takeshita

DDT “SAPPORO ONE MATCH SPECIAL ~FOREST~”, 11/05/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall

Kenny Omega Vs Michael Nakazawa

DDT “SAPPORO ONE MATCH SPECIAL ~FIRE~”, 11/05/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall

Antonio Honda Vs Daisuke Sasaki

DDT “SAPPORO ONE MATCH SPECIAL ~MOUNTAIN~”, 11/05/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall

HARASHIMA Vs MIKAMI

DDT will be hosting a wrestling match on the hour, every hour in Sapporo on the afternoon of 11th May.

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2014”, 18/05/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Aipoke World Title: Ryu Gouma (c) Vs Super Sasadango Machine
2. Cherry & X Vs Ladybeard & Saki Akai
3. Shuji Ishikawa Vs Ken Ohka
4. Union MAX Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Hikaru Sato

Shuji Ishikawa and Ken Ohka clash in what could be the end to the feud between Union and Ganbare☆Wrestling. Ohka has seen his success improve in leaps and bounds ever since he quit Union and formed Ganpuro. But if he’s not careful Ishikawa can send him crashing back down to Earth.

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Sasaki’s Golden Partnerships, Ganbare Got Mail, Matsui Complete Card

April 1, 2014

I’m travelling to New Orleans for Wrestlemania this week and will not be back until 9th April. So this is the last update until then.

DDT “KAWASAKI LOVE 2014”, 05/04/2014
Kawasaki Plaza Sol

1. 3 Way Match: MIKAMI Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Soma Takao
2. Antonio Honda Vs Tetsuya Endo
3. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs DJ Nira & Guanchulo
4. HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Michael Nakazawa Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
5. Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie
6. KUDO, Masa Takanashi & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Akito, Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi

Just a reminder, the wrestlers who currently possess a Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract are Kazuki Hirata, Daisuke Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo and Super Sasadango Machine.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “RAISING AN ARMY CHAPTER 2”, 06/04/2014
Kitizawa Town Hall

1. Ganbare☆Wrestling Vs Union Pro – Judo Jacket Match: Gorikiko Vs Cherry
2. Survival! Take On The Enemy Of J-Soul Pandita III!: Survival Tobita Vs Dr. Kiriko
3. You’ve Got Mail!: Tigers Mask Vs Miyako Matsumoto
4. Ganbare☆Wrestling Vs Union Pro – 6-Man Elimination Tag Match: Shuji Ishikawa, Seiya Morohashi & Mitomi Masayuki Vs Ken Ohka, Shota & X
5. Ganbare☆Wrestling Vs Union Pro: Tomohiro Otani (w/ Shinichiro Tominaga) Vs Daichi Kazato
6. Road To Rikidozan! Regardless Inherit The Virtuosity Of The Royal Road!: Yumehito Imanari & Fumihito Kihara Vs Crusher Takahashi & Osochin Aries

Ken Ohka has a plan to strengthen Ganbare☆Wrestling in their war with Union. That plan is to bring in his enemy Osamu Namiguchi! Problem is he doesn’t know where to find him. Ohka has gone as far as to publicly post Namiguchi’s phone and mobile numbers. He demanded his fans to contact Namiguchi and tell him to join Ganpuro’s side. He also requested anyone who knows his whereabouts to email Yumehito Imanari.

Immediately after revealing his email address, Imanari got a message from Tigers Mask asking for a booking. Joshi wrestler Miyako Matsumoto then suddenly appeared next to Imanari also asking to be booked. Believing this to be fate, Ohka made Tigers Mask Vs Miyamo Matsumoto for the show.

Dr. Kiriko is the mysterious person who put J-Soul Pandita III to sleep at “ARMAGEDDON FINAL BATTLE!!!” in December. Survival Tobita has sworn revenge because he’s sure as Hell not going to start wrestling normal opponents.

DDT “ROAD TO SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 2”, 12/04/2014
Kasukabe Hall

1. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Sanshiro Takagi (c) Vs X (Witness: Poison Sawada JULIE)
2. Infomercial Match: X Vs X
3. DDT Extreme Title: Danshoku Dino (c) Vs Guanchulo
4. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao (c) Vs Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki

Daisuke Sasaki has currently sided with the Golden Lovers and will be teaming with them in a variety of matches this month. They already have a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Title shot against Team Dream Futures coming up in two weeks time.

The soon to be leaving Guanchulo gets a DDT Extreme Title shot as a farewell gift from Danshoku Dino.

Sanshiro Takagi is being forced to defend the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title that he tried to retire. The creator of the championship Poison Sawada JULIE will be at the show to make sure nothing fishy happens.

DDT “DRAMATIC DREAMS! ~YUKINORI MATSUI 20TH ANNIVERSARY~”, 13/04/2014
Osaka Bodymaker Colosseum #2

0. Dark Match: Guanchulo Vs Gota Ihashi
1. Infinity Anniversary: Tsubasa & Black Buffalo Vs Soma Takao & Kazuki Hirata
2. Sasadango Osaka First Landing!: Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Yoshihiko Vs Toru Owashi, DJ Nira & Super Sasadango Machine
3. DDT And Pleasant Friends: Akito, MIKAMI, Tetsuya Endo, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Michael Nakazawa Vs Billy Ken Kid, Gurukun Mask, Masamitsu Takatomo, Kengo Takai & Shoichi Uchida
4. Tohoku And Osaka And Shinjuku Recollection: Sanshiro Takagi, Magnitude Kishiwada & Jinsei Shinzaki Vs HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & HUB
5. Original View Of Happiness: Kushinbo Kamen Vs Kikutaro
6. Shuten-dōji Vs Wrestling Questers: KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki
7. Rose Of Passion: Masa Takanashi Vs Antonio Honda
8. Bloom Crazy Proof Of Friendship: Keisuke Ishii Vs Shigehiro Irie
9. Current And To The Future: Kota Ibushi Vs Konosuke Takeshita

Two tags and a dark match round up Yukinori Matsui’s celebration.

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