Saitama Slam, Sapporo New Legend, Ganpuro In RIZIN

December 10, 2015

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 7”, 12/12/2015
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

0. King Of Dark Title – 3 Way Match: Kouki Iwasaki (c) & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Hoshitango & Guanchulo
1. Kazuki Hirata Vs Kazusada Higuchi
2. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake
3. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs
4. Japan, United States & Taiwan Tripartite Pact Concluded!: Konosuke Takeshita, Hiroshi Fukuda & Rekka Vs Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Kota Umeda
5. Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi Vs KENSO & Seiya Morohashi
6. 3 Way Match: Isami Kodaka & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Antonio Honda & Tetsuya Endo Vs Akito & Yasu Urano
7. KO-D Tag Team Titles Tournament – Round 1: Yuji Okabayashi & Shigehiro Irie Vs HARASHIMA & Ken Ohka

Guanchulo is added to the King Of Dark Title match, turning it from a 3 Way into a Tag Team bout.

DDT “SUPER STAR LANES 2015”, 13/12/2015
Hakata Star Lane

0. King Of Dark Title: Kouki Iwasaki (c) Vs Dai Suzuki
1. Masa Takanashi & Kota Umeda Vs Yusuke Kubo & Ryota Nakatsu
2. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao vs Kazusada Higuchi & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
3. Yuto Aijima & Azul Dragon Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake
4. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Saki Akai (c) Vs Maki Ito Vs Van Vert Negro Vs Van Vert Jack Vs Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Yasu Urano Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Cherry
5. Hakata Specialty Mixed Unit Special Tag: HARASHIMA & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Shigehiro Irie & Konosuke Takeshita
6. DDT Extreme Title Next Challenger Final: Antonio Honda Vs Akito
7. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata (c) Vs Danshoku Dino, Super Sasadango Machine & Batten X Burabura
8. KO-D Openweight Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Tetsuya Endo

Maki Ito is from the pop group LinQ.

DDT “SAPPORO NEW LEGEND 2015”, 20/12/2015
Sapporo Sun Plaza

1. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi
2. Antonio Honda Vs Kazuki Hirata
3. Ganpuro Of Charisma, Stand To The North Of Earth!!: Ken Ohka Vs Masa Takanashi
4. Sapporo Specialty North Country Special 4 Way Match: HARASHIMA Vs Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Shigehiro Irie Vs Konosuke Takeshita

Ken Ohka gets added as a special attraction. Never thought I’d type that seriously.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “WHITE BREATH 2015”, 23/12/2015
Saitama Wrestle Fighter Museum

1. Disciple Of Tiger Mask Vs Rikidozan III: Hayato Mashita Vs Chikara
2. Beauties Of Nature Vs Enjo-gun: Shuichiro Katsumura & Kenta Hattori Vs Shibata & Mitomi Masayuki
3. Ganbare☆Wrestling Vs Tomodachi-gun: Shinichiro Tominaga & Manami Kanda Vs Hi69 & Bambi
4. Ganbare☆Wrestling Vs Tomodachi-gun: Ken Ohka & Shota Vs Minoru Fujita & Yukihiro Abe

Ganbare☆Wrestling is still reeling from the betrayal of Yukihiro Abe joining Tomodachi-gun. Abe was randomly picked to be kicked out of Ganpuro when they were defeated in a Loser Leaves Town match. Abe unreasonably blames Ken Ohka and the rest of Ganpuro for dumping him and has joined their enemies to get revenge.

An announcement will be made at the show about the Ganbare☆Wrestling Grand Prix 2015.

From out of nowhere Ganpuro revealed it will be presenting a few matches for the RIZIN Martial Arts EXPO in Saitama Super Arena’s Community Hub. The expo takes place from 29th to 31st December in the build up to the RIZIN FIGHTING WORLD GRAND-PRIX 2015 on New Year’s Eve.


Tokyo Joshi Turns A Corner, Sapporo New Legend, Ganpuro Disciples

December 7, 2015

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TURN THE NEXT CORNER”, 12/12/2015
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

1. Shoko Nakajima Vs Rika Tatsumi
2. Ai Shimizu Vs MIZUHO
3. Saki Akamiya & Hyper Misao Vs Erin & Akane Miura
4. 3 Way Match: Nonoko Vs Yuka Sakazaki Vs Azusa Takigawa
5. Right To 1/4 Tokyo Joshi Title Appearance: Miyu Yamashita (c) Vs KANNA

The longest rivalry in Tokyo Joshi Pro continues with a title shot on the line. Will KANNA’s growth from her time in Biishiki-gun finally be enough to beat Miyu Yamashita?

DDT “SAPPORO NEW LEGEND 2015”, 20/12/2015
Sapporo Sun Plaza

1. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi
2. Antonio Honda Vs Kazuki Hirata
3. Sapporo Specialty North Country Special 4 Way Match: HARASHIMA Vs Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Shigehiro Irie Vs Konosuke Takeshita

Tomoya will be wrestling on the show.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “WHITE BREATH 2015”, 23/12/2015
Saitama Wrestle Fighter Museum

1. Disciple Of Tiger Mask Vs Rikidozan III: Hayato Mashita Vs Chikara

This is the first singles meeting between Chikara and Hayato Mashita.


Tag Title Tournament, Akito & Honda Fight Over Title Shot

November 30, 2015

DDT “SECOND TIME IN NUMZAU 2015”, 06/12/2015
Shizuoka Kiramesse Numzazu

1. Masa Takanashi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
2. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Gota Ihashi
3. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata
4. Antonio Honda & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Akito & Yasu Urano
5. HARASHIMA & Ken Ohka Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles Tournament – Round 1: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Kota Umeda

Four teams have been entered into the KO-D Tag Team Titles tournament. First up it’s Happy Motels and Shuten-dōji in the regular teams block.

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 7”, 12/12/2015
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

0. King Of Dark Title – 3 Way Match: Kouki Iwasaki (c) Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Hoshitango
1. Kazuki Hirata Vs Kazusada Higuchi
2. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake
3. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs
4. Japan, United States & Taiwan Tripartite Pact Concluded!: Konosuke Takeshita, Hiroshi Fukuda & Rekka Vs Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Kota Umeda
5. Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi Vs KENSO & Seiya Morohashi
6. 3 Way Match: Isami Kodaka & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Antonio Honda & Tetsuya Endo Vs Akito & Yasu Urano
7. KO-D Tag Team Titles Tournament – Round 1: Yuji Okabayashi & Shigehiro Irie Vs HARASHIMA & Ken Ohka

Then we get two special pairings. HARASHIMA & Ken Ohka are looking to continue their momentum from beating Hiroshi Tanahashi. Standing in their way are the big lads, Yuji Okabayashi & Shigehiro Irie. One half of the previous champions Daisuke Sasaki has been excluded from the tournament because his current partner Suguru Miyatake has not been good enough to earn a spot.

Rekka is from New Taiwan Entertainment Wrestling Federation. He joins a special team made up of a Japanese, an American and a Taiwanese. Konosuke Takeshita is the Japanese wrestler and Hiroshi Fukuda is the American.

DDT “SUPER STAR LANES 2015”, 13/12/2015
Hakata Star Lane

1. Hakata Specialty Mixed Unit Special Tag: HARASHIMA & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Shigehiro Irie & Konosuke Takeshita
2. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata (c) Vs Danshoku Dino, Super Sasadango Machine & Batten X Burabura
3. DDT Extreme Title Next Challenger Final: Antonio Honda Vs Akito
4. KO-D Openweight Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Tetsuya Endo

Tetusya Endo feels that his non-title victory over Isami Kodaka on yesterday’s BOYZ show is proof that he deserves his title shot and did not just get it because of a fluke Rock-Paper-Scissors tournament.

Both Antonio Honda and Akito are claiming the No. 1 Contendership for the DDT Extreme Title. The championship is very important to Akito and hates how Kendo Kashin treated the belt when he won it. Honda wants another shot at Kashin and his unusual match stipulations.

Yusuke Kubo has been added to the show.

DDT “NEVER MIND 2015”, 23/12/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Yasu Urano Vs Daisuke Sasaki
2. Ultra Heroes EXPO Collaboration Match: X Vs X
3. DDT Extreme Title: Kendo Kashin (c) Vs Winner Of 13/12 Challenger Match
4. KO-D Tag Team Titles Tournament – Final: Winners Of 6/12 Qualifier Vs Winners of 12/12 Qualifier

The Ultra Heroes EXPO match is Ultraman related. Maybe this is Ultraman Robin’s return to DDT?


DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 6” Results

November 8, 2015

kodaka-sakaguchi-standoff

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 6”, 08/11/2015
Saitama Kasukabe Hall
350 Fans – Super No Vacancy

0. King Of Dark Title: KENSO (c) defeated Gota Ihashi and Kouki Iwasaki when KENSO pinned Iwasaki with a Lariat (4:57).
*KENSO passes D1. Kouki Iwasaki becomes the 6th King Of Dark Champion.
1. Shigehiro Irie defeated Makoto Oishi with the Flying Sausage (6:21).
2. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Cherry (c) defeated Saki Akai, Toru Owashi, Lady Beard and Tomomitsu Matsunaga (10:00).
2a. Tomomitsu Matsunaga defeated Cherry (c) with a Cradle (1:32).
*Tomomitsu Matsunaga becomes the 1,025th champion.
2b. Cherry defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga (c) with a School Boy (2:47).
*Cherry becomes the 1,026th champion.
2c. Toru Owashi defeated Cherry (c) with a School Boy (2:55).
*Toru Owashi becomes the 1,027th champion.
2d. Lady Beard defeated Toru Owashi (c) with a Horizontal Cradle (8:01).
*Lady Beard becomes the 1,028th champion.
2e. Tomomitsu Matsunaga defeated Lady Beard (c) with a School Boy (8:15).
*Tomomitsu Matsunaga becomes the 1,029th champion.
2f. Cherry defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga (c) with a School Boy (8:28).
*Cherry becomes the 1,030th champion.
2g. Toru Owashi defeated Cherry (c) with a School Boy (8:34).
*Toru Owashi becomes the 1,031st champion.
2h. Lady Beard defeated Toru Owashi (c) with a School Boy (8:40).
*Lady Beard becomes the 1,032nd champion.
2i. Tomomitsu Matsunaga defeated Lady Beard (c) with a School Boy (8:46).
*Tomomitsu Matsunaga becomes the 1,033rd champion.
2j. Cherry defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga (c) with a School Boy (8:52).
*Cherry becomes the 1,034th champion.
2k. Tomomitsu Matsunaga defeated Cherry (c) with a Figure Four Neck Lock (9:16).
*Tomomitsu Matsunaga becomes the 1,035th champion.
2l. Toru Owashi defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga (c) with a Figure Four Neck Lock (9:35).
*Toru Owashi becomes the 1,036th champion.
2m. Lady Beard defeated Toru Owashi with a Figure Four Neck Lock (9:41).
*Lady Beard becomes the 1,037th champion.
2n. Cherry defeated Lady Beard (c) with a Figure Four Neck Lock (9:49).
*Cherry becomes the 1,038th champion.
3. Kazusada Higuchi & Ryota Nakatsu defeated Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake when Higuchi pinned Miyatake with the Goten (13:57).
4. Danshoku Dino & Seiya Morohashi defeated Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata by Knockout when Dino used the Lip Lock on Hirata (11:58).
5. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao defeated Tetsuya Endo & Kota Umeda when Ishii pinned Endo with the Kneel Kick (11:47).
Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Makoto Oishi defeated Cherry (c) with a School Boy (6:53 pm).
*Makoto Oishi becomes the 1,039th champion.
Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Suguru Miyatake defeated Makoto Oishi (c) with a Lariat (6:54 pm).
*Suguru Miyatake becomes the 1,040th champion.
6. HARASHIMA, Akito & Yasu Urano defeated Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Hiroshi Fukuda when Akito submitted Fukuda with the Scorpion Lock (19:02).
7. Isami Kodaka & SAGAT defeated Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi when Kodaka pinned Takanashi with the Isamuashi Zan (13:55).
Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Kazuki Hirata defeated Suguru Miyatake (c) with the One Shot Miracle Cradle (7:42 pm).
*Kazuki Hirata becomes the 1,041st champion.
Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Makoto Oishi defeated Kazuki Hirata (c) with the Jikiden Tornado Clutch (7:43 pm).
*Makoto Oishi becomes the 1,042nd champion.
Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Cherry defeated Makoto Oishi (c) with the Spring Night Love (7:44 pm).
*Cherry becomes the 1,043rd champion.

Isami Kodaka and SAGAT rubbed in their victory by having a toast while Yukio Sakaguchi was leaving ringside. Sakaguchi flipped out and charged the ring, forcing the BASARA wrestlers to flee the ring. SAGAT tried to ambush Sakaguchi but Sakaguchi fought him off. Isami told SAGAT that was a strategic mistake.

Future KO-D Openweight Title challenger Tetsuya Endo was pinned by Keisuke Ishii in Match #5. In the post-match interview Endo considered challening Ishii to a single match. He feels he should not be entitled to the title shot if he is losing matches. Ishii admitted he was bitter over Endo getting the title shot when he finished higher in the Dramatic General Election. He didn’t deserve to lose in the 1st Round of the Rock-Paper-Scissors tournament while Endo won the entire thing.

After spending most of the year in one woman’s possession, the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title was back with a vengeance going through 19 title changes throughout the show. Poor Saki Akai was the only wrestler in the actual match who could not win the title. Everytime she prepared to hit a big move on the champion somebody else would sneak up to the champion and pin them to win the belt.

KENSO successfully got rid of the King Of Dark Title, passing it on to Kouki Iwasaki by pinning him in the 3 Way Dark Match. Afterwards KENSO said he had a gift for everyone, a singles match with Sanshiro Takagi to take place right here in Saitama! Amon Tsurumi came out and said he didn’t like that idea so it won’t happen. He then summoned the young DDT wrestlers to come out and drag KENSO away from ringside. They threw KENSO into a restroom and locked the door. KENSO eventually escaped and returned to the ring after Match #4. He succesfully convinced Tsurumi to add him into the Hardcore 5 Way match on the 28/11 Osaka show, turning it into a 6 Way.


Fuuuuuuuck, November’s Busy

November 7, 2015

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 6”, 08/11/2015
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

0. King Of Dark Title: KENSO (c) Vs Gota Ihashi Vs Kouki Iwasaki
1. Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Danshoku Dino & Seiya Morohashi
2. Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Ryota Nakatsu
3. Shigehiro Irie Vs Makoto Oishi
4. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Tetsuya Endo & Kota Umeda
5. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Cherry (c) Vs Saki Akai Vs Toru Owashi Vs Lady Beard Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
6. HARASHIMA, Akito & Yasu Urano Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Hiroshi Fukuda
7. Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Isami Kodaka & SAGAT

DDT returns to Saitama to continue the build up for Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Isami Kodaka.

KENSO is given the perfect test for his first King Of Dark Title match. If he can’t get past Gota Ihashi, he is doomed.

DDT “DNA 11”, 11/11/2015
Kitazawa Town Hall

1. My Beloved Brother!! This Is The Fist Of The Brother With The Different Aim!!: Dai Suzuki Vs Tigger Bedscene
2. Kouki Iwasaki Vs Daichi Kazato
3. Kota Umeda & Mizuki Watase Vs Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi
4. Shunma Katsumata Vs Suguru Miyatake
5. Ryota Nakatsu Vs Mao Inoue
6. Kazusada Higuchi Vs Daisuke Sasaki

After Daisuke Sasaki submitted Kazusada Higuchi in the main event of Tuesday’s DDT show, a singles match between the two was quickly made for this month’s DNA event. This will continue a trend of matches for the two that will go on until “OSAKA OCTOPUS 2015”.

DDT “AOBA CASTLE LOVE SONG! IN SENDAI 2015”, 14/11/2015
Miyagi Yume Messe West Wing Hall

1. 3 Way Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Shigehiro Irie Vs Gorgeous Matsuno
2. Daisuke Sasaki Vs Mao Inoue
3. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Hiroshi Fukuda
4. Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Kota Umeda Vs Isami Kodaka, SAGAT & Ryota Nakatsu

Sakaguchi Vs Kodaka build up continues. Sakaguchi hasn’t been on the winning team so far in this series.

DDT “BIG HOUSE ARROW HOMETOWN 2015”, 21/11/2015
Toyama Takaoka Ecoeur

1. Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake Vs Joey Ryan & Yoshiaki Yago
2. Akito & Yasu Urano Vs Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita
3. Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Kota Umeda Vs HARASHIMA, Ken Ohka & Danshoku Dino

This is the annual show in Yoshiaki Yago’s hometown. That means for better or worse Yoshiyaki Yago has to be booked. Yago and Joey Ryan teaming together will mark the first time both are on the same show together since the 2007 Chikara King Of Trios tournament.

DDT “THREE OF A DREAM 2015”, 22/11/2015
Hiroshima Industrial Hall East Exhibition Hall

1. Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Isami Kodaka & Ryota Nakatsu
2. Hardcore Special Single Match: Daisuke Sasaki Vs Yuko Miyamoto
3. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Ken Ohka, Danshoku Dino & Super Sasadango Machine (c) Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
4. Hiroshima Specialty! Deadly Special Tag Match: HARASHIMA & Akito Vs Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kazusada Higuchi

Katsuhiko Nakajima & Higuchi take their tag team out of DNA and into DDT proper.

Sasaki has jumped at the opportunity to fill in the void left by Kota Ibushi and KUDO. One of his big challenges this month is a Hardcore Match against Yuko Miyamoto. This will be a preview of what will happen in Osaka at the end of the month.

DDT “DRAMATIC OR NOT? YEAH 2015”, 23/11/2015
Aichi Toyohashi Gymnasium 2nd Arena

1. 4 Way Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Daisuke Sasaki Vs Kazusada Higuchi Vs Ken Ohka
2. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Joey Ryan & Hiroshi Fukuda
3. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Antonio Honda & Tetsuya Endo

Sasaki and Higuchi’s new feud will feature another 4 Way Match with Sanshiro Takagi and Ken Ohka dragged in. The match will happen again at Osaka but with one more extra ingredient.

DDT “OSAKA OCTOPUS 2015”, 28/11/2015
Osaka Edion Arena #1

1. Akito, Yasu Urano, Ryota Nakatsu & Kota Umeda Vs Keisuke Ishii, Soma Takao, Mao Inoue & Mizuki Watase
2. Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Shoichi Uchida & Dai Suzuki
3. Danshoku Dino, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei Vs Joey Ryan, Hiroshi Fukuda & Tetsuya Endo
4. Shochiku Vs Yoshimoto All Out War: Super Sasadango Machine Vs RG & Ryota Yamazato
5. Hardcore Special 5 Way Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Daisuke Sasaki Vs Yuko Miyamoto Vs Kazusada Higuchi Vs Ken Ohka
6. Special Single Match: Shigehiro Irie Vs Yuji Okabayashi
7. Special Single Match: HARASHIMA Vs Konosuke Takeshita
8. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Cherry (c) Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Suguru Miyatake Vs Toru Owashi Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Yoshihiko Vs Shunma Katsumata Vs Saki Akai Vs Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan Vs Gota Ihashi Vs Kikutaro
9. DDT Extreme Title: Antonio Honda (c) Vs Kendo Kashin
10. KO-D Openweight Title: Yukio Sakaguchi (c) Vs Isami Kodaka

DDT has put together a loaded card for the last big non-Korakuen show of the year. Not only is there the KO-D Openweight Title match that’s been built up for the last month, there is also Antonio Honda facing his weirdest challenger yet Kendo Kashin, the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title’s return to glory with a large Battle Royal, two big singles matches that have seemingly come out of nowhere and a crazy 5 Way Hardcore match.


DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 5” Results

October 17, 2015

sakaguchi-ibushi-fight

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 5”, 11/10/2015
Saitama Kasukabe Hall
350 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. 3 Way Match: Saki Akai defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga and Hiroshi Fukuda when Akai pinned both Matsunaga and Fukuda with the Rookie Award (9:11).
2. Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata defeated Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata when Hirata pinned Katsumata with the One Shot Miracle Cradle (10:01).
3. HARASHIMA, Akito & Yasu Urano defeated Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu & Kouki Iwasaki when HARASHIMA submitted Iwasaki with a Camel Clutch (16:24)
4. Loser Leaves Town 3 Way Match: Gota Ihashi defeated Antonio Honda and Danshoku Dino when Ihashi pinned Honda after a belt shot (7:49).
5. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao defeated Konosuke Takeshita, Tetsuya Endo & Kota Umeda when Ishii pinned Umeda with the Tiger Suplex (21:42).
6. Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi defeated Kota Ibushi & Suguru Miyatake by Referee Stoppage when Sakaguchi choked out Miyatake with a Sleeper Hold (10:11).

Yukio Sakaguchi and Kota Ibushi had their first scramble since their KO-D Openweight Title match was confirmed. Sakaguchi came out on top when he took out Ibushi with the Right Knee Of God. He then choked out Suguru Miyatake with a Sleeper Hold. When Ibushi came to he didn’t realise the match was over and he attacked Sakaguchi. The two had to be pulled apart. Sakaguchi provoked Ibushi causing another pull apart between the two. Problems continued after the show when the two got into another fight backstage.

A Loser Leaves Town match was booked between Antonio Honda, Danshoku Dino and Gota Ihashi. Whoever was pinned would be immediately kicked out of the building so all three wrestlers had to bring their suitcases and personal belongings out to the ring. Yukinori Matsui was knocked out during the match. Ihashi brought in the DDT Extreme Title belt and struck Honda over the head with it. Dino then gave Ihashi the Danshoku Pedigree onto the belt. He then placed Ihashi on top of Honda when Matsui woke up. Honda took the pin and he was forced to leave Kasukabe Hall immediately. Dino was happy to embarrass Honda by having the Extreme Champion get pinned by the former King Of Dark Champion.


DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 4” Results

September 6, 2015

vietnam-driver-ii

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 4”, 06/09/2015
Saitama Kasukabe Hall
320 Fans – Super No Vacancy

0. King Of Dark Title: Hiroshi Fukuda defeated Gota Ihashi (c) with a Reverse Cross Armbreaker (0:30).
*D10 for Gota Ihashi.
0. King Of Dark Title: Dai Suzuki defeated Gota Ihashi (c) by Pinfall when Ihashi missed a Moonsault (1:07).
*D11 for Gota Ihashi.
1. KUDO & Kota Umeda defeated Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata when KUDO pinned Katsumata with the Diving Double Knee Drop (7:31).
2. Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Kouki Iwasaki & Saki Akai defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata when Akai pinned Hirata with the Rookie Award (9:23).
3. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao defeated Kazusada Higuchi & Suguru Miyatake when Ishii pinned Miyatake with the Kneel Kick (11:15).
4. Yasu Urano defeated Antonio Honda with a Backslide Pin (13:38).
5. Shigehiro Irie defeated Danshoku Dino with a Spear (8:50).
6. 4 Way Tag Team Survival Match: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo defeated Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi, Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki and HARASHIMA & Akito (17:41).
6a. Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki eliminated HARASHIMA & Akito when Sasaki pinned Akito with the Sasaki Hurricanrana (10:35).
6b. Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki eliminated Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi when Sasaki pinned Sakaguchi with the Vietnam Driver II (14:49).
6c. Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo eliminated Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki when Endo pinned Sasaki with the Sky Twister Press (17:41).

Quite a bit happened in the main event. Daisuke Sasaki wrestled in Vietnam for Dick Togo’s New Vietnam Pro Wrestling earlier this week and came back with a new finishing move. The first victim of the Vietnam Driver II was none other than the KO-D Openweight Champion, Yukio Sakaguchi! The Golden☆Storm Riders eliminated two teams but lost the match to their next challengers, Happy Motels.

Danshoku Dino was worried about having to face Shigehiro Irie without any backup. Super Sasadango Machine was not in attendance. Ken Ohka made a surprise appearance and stood in Dino’s corner. He tried to interfere in the match but Speared Dino by accident! Irie hit a Spear of his own and pinned Dino. Team Drift and #OhkaEmpire will have a 6-Man Tag Team Elimination match on 13th September to settle their feud.

Yasu Urano pinned Antonio Honda, earning a DDT Extreme Title shot in the process. Honda decided they will fight in a Four Corners Four Items Death Match. A pole with an item attached will be in every corner of the ring. Honda revealed two of the items: a coal miner’s glove and a bra.

Gota Ihashi kept trying to interfere to help his Pigging 2015 team mates in Match #2. Sanshiro Takagi cut him off with Rider Kicks over and over. However, Ihashi took off his tights, handed them to Saki Akai and told her to smother Kazuki Hirata with them. She did so and it worked! After the match Takagi and Ihashi had to be held apart. A King Of Dark Title match between the two was booked for 27th September.


Saitama Slam Card, Matches In A Forthnight, Azusa Info For Tokyo Joshi

September 4, 2015

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 4”, 06/09/2015
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

1. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Kouki Iwasaki & Saki Akai
2. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Suguru Miyatake
3. KUDO & Kota Umeda Vs Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata
4. Antonio Honda Vs Yasu Urano
5. Danshoku Dino Vs Shigehiro Irie
6. 4 Way Tag Team Match: Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs HARASHIMA & Akito

There is still no No. 1 Contender for the KO-D Openweight Title going into this show. It’s safe to say if anyone can pin a Shuten-dōji wrestler in the main event, they will have a good claim to getting the title shot.

DDT “WRESTLING ROSE FESTIVAL 2015”, 19/09/2015
Fukuyama Big Rose

1. Danshoku Dino Vs Makoto Oishi
2. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake
3. Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs HARASHIMA & Akito

Former tag partners collide! Danshoku Dino and Makoto Oishi have teamed together often for the last couple of years. But now they’ve gone their seperate ways. Dino is part of #OhkaEmpire while Oishi formed the KAT-TOO tag team with Shunma Katsumata.

DDT “CAREER DAIMYO DRAMATIC-KUN 2015”, 20/09/2015
Shizuoka Hamamatsu Create

1. Masa Takanashi Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. Kota Ibushi & Kota Umeda Vs Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
3. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs HARASHIMA, Akito & Yasu Urano

Kota and Kota are teaming up!

DDT “DRAMATIC SCAN NIIGATA! 2015”, 21/09/2015
Niigata Toriyano Gymnasium

1. KUDO Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
2. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo
3. Danshoku Dino & Super Sasadango Machine Vs HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano

Team Drift faces Happy Motels while #OhkaEmpire faces Smile Squash as the DDT Dramatic General Election rolls on.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “YOU GROW UP”, 22/09/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Azusa Debut Match: Miyu Yamashita Vs Azusa
2. Hyper Misao Vs MIZUHO
3. Erin Comeback Match: Yuka Sakazaki & Rika Tatsumi Vs Erin & Akane Miura
4. Shoko Nakajima Vs Saki Akai

Azusa is from Tokyo and was born on 18th July (no year given) She is 161cm high, weighs 47kg and trained in kickboxing. She is a graduate from Shirayuri College and wants to become an announcer. She was introduced to Tokyo Joshi Pro to help achieve her goal.

Erin has recovered from a fractured wrist.


Saitama Slam, Osaka Bay Blues, Watase Gets Otani, Final Union Title Matches

September 1, 2015

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 4”, 06/09/2015
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

1. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Kouki Iwasaki & Saki Akai
2. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Suguru Miyatake
3. KUDO & Kota Umeda Vs Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata
4. Antonio Honda Vs Yasu Urano
5. Danshoku Dino Vs Shigehiro Irie
6. 4 Way Tag Team Match: Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs HARASHIMA & Akito

If Danshoku Dino can beat Shigehiro Irie, it will help #OhkaEmpire’s chances of getting a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Title shot.

KAT-TOO have been working well as a team so far. They face tournament bound KUDO & Kota Umeda.

Normally Gota Ihashi would be in the Pigging 2015 team but he’s locked out of the show because of he is the King Of Dark Champion. Saki Akai has to take his place.

DDT “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL 2015”, 13/09/2015
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2

1. Strife Love-Hate Drama Wash Blood With Blood Final Settlement: Masa Takanashi Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
2. It Is Either Swallowed Or Breathtaking? Special Tag Match: Yukio Sakaguchi & KUDO Vs HARASHIMA & Akito
3. DDT Extreme Title: Antonio Honda (c) Vs Yasu Urano
4. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki (c) Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo

I don’t know what the grudge is between Masa Takanashi and Hiroshi Fukuda but it gets settled in Osaka.

UNION “UNION HARVEST FESTIVAL 2015”, 15/09/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Union Fly To Everywhere World Title: Aoi Kizuki (c) Vs Cherry

Cherry has made it her goal to become the Fly To Everywhere Champion when Union closes down next month. This might be her only opportunity.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “YOU GROW UP”, 22/09/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Azusa Debut Match: Azusa Vs Miyu Yamashita
2. Shoko Nakajima Vs Saki Akai

Azusa’s ring name and profile will be revealed at a later date, possibly some time after her debut match.

DDT “DNA 9”, 22/09/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Shunma Katsumata Vs Mao Inoue
2. Dai Suzuki Vs Kouki Iwasaki
3. Ryota Nakatsu Vs Kota Umeda
4. Suguru Miyatake Vs Joey Ryan
5. Mizuki Watase Vs Shinjiro Otani
6. Kazusada Higuchi Vs Katsuhiko Nakajima

Mizuki Watase was surprised to learn his opponent for his second pro wrestling match is Shinjiro Otani! Watase never thought he would get such a high profile match right after losing in his debut.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “BAD COMMUNICATION 2015”, 23/09/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Animal Planet Special 3 Way Match: J-Soul Pandita III IV Vs Neko Nitta Vs Kris Wolf
2. Do Judge!!: Yukihiro Abe Vs Shinichiro Tominaga
3. Go Beyond The Asia ~3rd Generation Grandson Vs 94th All Asia Tag Team Champions~: Chikara & Yumehito Imanari Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie
4. Texas Tornado Special Handicap Match: Ken Ohka, GENTARO, Shota & Bambi Vs Minoru Fujita, Hi69 & Osamu Namiguchi

The main event features a mixture of alliances between Ganbare☆Wrestling and K-DOJO wrestlers. A grudge between Ken Ohka and Minoru Fujita is the focus but there is also the surprise return of Shota. There are also the shocks of Osamu Namiguchi siding with Fujita and Bambi siding with Ohka.

UNION “10TH ANNIVERSARY BOX OFFICE”, 04/10/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Union MAX Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa

The final match in Union should obviously be between the two aces fighting over the championship. Isami Kodaka requested Shuji Ishikawa to be his next and possibly last challenger for the Union MAX Title.


Time To Go Back To Normal, Whatever Normal Is In DDT

August 24, 2015

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE GIRLS BATTLE 2015 ROUND 8”, 29/08/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Yuka Sakazaki Vs MIZUHO
2. Miyu Yamashita Vs Ai Shimizu
3. 3 Way Match: Nonoko Vs Rika Tatsumi Vs Hyper Misao
4. Saki Akai & KANNA Vs Shoko Nakajima & Akane Miura

It must have been a confusing weekend for KANNA. She got a bump in Twitter followers when the other Kana appeared on screen at NXT TakeOver. WWE spelt Kana’s name with two ‘N’s leading some thirsty fans to KANNA’s Twitter account by mistake.

Miyu Yamashita had her debut shoot boxing bout on 21st August at the “GIRLS S-CUP 2015” event in Tokyo. She fought Yurika GSB in the 54kg weight class. Unfortunately Yamashita lost the fight by unanimous decision after three rounds. Yamashita said she felt embarrassed by the defeat because she carried the weight of Tokyo Joshi Pro on her shoulders and let everybody down. However she would like to get another fight and will train more in shoot boxing for the time being.

DDT “MEMORIES OF SUMMER VACATION 2015”, 30/08/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kouki Iwasaki
2. 4 Way Match: Kazuki Hirata Vs Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Gorgeous Matsuno
3. Danshoku Dino & Super Sasadango Machine Vs Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata
4. Kota Ibushi & Suguru Miyatake Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo
5. Yukio Sakaguchi & KUDO Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Kota Umeda
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao (c) Vs HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito

No rest for the wicked. We have new matches and a few title bouts coming up. Team Drift defend their KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles against Smile Squash this weekend. The newly named #OhkaEmpire wanted a rematch with Drift but it was denied. However Shigehiro Irie gave credit to Ken Ohka and said he was a surprisingly strong opponent. He would like to fight that Ken Ohka again someday. But Drift wants to defend their titles against other teams before #OhkaEmpire gets another shot.

UNION “SUMMER FESTIVAL UNION 2015”, 30/08/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Mitomi Masayuki & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Kazuhiro Tamura & Daisuke Kanehira
2. Hiroshi Fukuda, Ayumu Honda, Mame Endo & X Vs Kazuhiko Ogasawara, Ryu Gouma, Seiya Morohashi & Macho Michaels
3. Cherry & Masako Takanashi Vs & Aoi Kizuki & Ladybeard
4. Mio Shirai Vs Jun Kasai
5. Shuji Ishikawa & Daichi Kazato Vs Go Shiozaki & Kotaro Suzuki
6. Union MAX Title: FUMA (c) Vs Isami Kodaka

The 8-Man Tag is going to be themed around Judo Vs Karate. Hiroshi Fukuda will be in Judo-gun mode and believes the future of martial arts rests on the result of the match.

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 4”, 06/09/2015
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

1. Antonio Honda Vs Yasu Urano
2. 4 Way Tag Team Match: Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs HARASHIMA & Akito Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo

Antonio Honda and Yasu Urano will meet in a non-title match a week before they go at it for the DDT Extreme Title.

DDT “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL 2015”, 13/09/2015
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2

1. DDT Extreme Title: Antonio Honda (c) Vs Yasu Urano
2. Yukio Sakaguchi & KUDO Vs HARASHIMA & Akito
3. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki (c) Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo

Happy Motels are the first team to challenge the Golden☆Storm Riders for the KO-D Tag Team Titles. Kota Ibushi said his entire body feels sore after yesterday’s match. Tetsuya Endo said he and Konosuke Takeshita wanted to go after the tag titles as soon as he came back from injury. He has been waiting for the chance to reclaim the belts ever since they lost them in Saitama back in February. Daisuke Sasaki does not want to defend the titles, possibly ever. But he has to.

Shoichi Uchida and Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan are booked for the show.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “BAD COMMUNICATION 2015”, 23/09/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Animal Planet Special 3 Way Match: J-Soul Pandita III IV Vs Neko Nitta Vs Kris Wolf
2. Go Beyond The Asia ~3rd Generation Grandson Vs 94th All Asia Tag Team Champions~: Chikara & Yumehito Imanari Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie

Stardom wrestler Kris Wolf makes her Ganpuro debut in one of the weirdest looking 3 Way matches ever.

DDT “WHO’S GONNA TOP? ~DDT DRAMATIC GENERAL ELECTION 2015~”, 27/09/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. KO-D Openweight Title: Yukio Sakaguchi (c) Vs X

Yukio Sakaguchi announced his first KO-D Openweight Title defence will take place on 27th September against an opponent to be determined. Sakaguchi said it was a strange feeling when he woke up this morning after the night he had. He was surprised by the amount of messages he received congratulating him on his title victory. The most special of which came from his estranged father Seiji Sakaguchi. In regards to Shuten-dōji, Yukio said yesterday’s match resulted in their bonds becoming even stronger. He also thought the liquor they all drank together after the match was delicious.