Video – Hot Spring Pro Wrestling For Extreme Title

February 8, 2021

DDT “YUKEMURI NATURAL HOT SPRING PRO WRESTLING”, 07/02/2021
Kumamoto Castle Natural Hot Spring
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1. DDT Extreme Title – 3 Way Iron Man Match: Sanshiro Takagi (c) Vs Shunma Katsumata Vs Batten x Burabura


DDT “YUKEMURI NATURAL HOT SPRING PRO WRESTLING” Results

February 7, 2021

DDT “YUKEMURI NATURAL HOT SPRING PRO WRESTLING”, 07/02/2021
Kumamoto Castle Natural Hot Spring
0 Fans

1. DDT Extreme Title – 3 Way Iron Man Match: Shunma Katsumata (25) defeated Sanshiro Takagi (c) (24) and Batten x Burabura (6) (45:00).
1.1. Sanshiro Takagi (1) defeated Shunma Katsumata (0) with the Yogibo assisted pin (0:55).
1.2. Shunma Katsumata (1) defeated Sanshiro Takagi (1) with a Cradle (1:23).
1.3. Sanshiro Takagi (2) defeated Batten x Burabura (0) after a Double Brainbuster (5:15).
1.4. Shunma Katsumata (2) defeated Batten x Burabura (0) with a Body Press (5:21).
1.5. Sanshiro Takagi (3) defeated Batten x Burabura (0) with a Body Press (5:32).
1.6. Shunma Katsumata (3) defeated Batten x Burabura (0) with a Shamoji Attack (5:40).
1.7. Shunma Katsumata (4) defeated Batten x Burabura (0) with a Body Slam onto the Yogibo (8:45).
1.8. Sanshiro Takagi (4) defeated Batten x Burabura (0) with a Body Press (8:51).
1.9. Shunma Katsumata (5) defeated Batten x Burabura (0) with a Shamoji Choke Attack (10:08).
1.10. Shunma Katsumata (6) defeated Batten x Burabura (0) with a Body Press (12:26).
1.11. Shunma Katsumata (7) defeated Batten x Burabura (0) with a Body Press (12:46).
1.12. Sanshiro Takagi (5) defeated Batten x Burabura (0) with a Body Press (13:00).
1.13. Shunma Katsumata (8) defeated Batten x Burabura (0) with a Water Torture Attack (13:41).
1.14. Sanshiro Takagi (6) defeated Batten x Burabura (0) after a Batten Elbow Self Destruct (14:10).
1.15. Shunma Katsumata (9) defeated Batten x Burabura (0) with a Chair Assisted Pin (14:18).
1.16. Shunma Katsumata (10) defeated Batten x Burabura (0) after an electric shock from the electric bath (14:56).
1.17. Sanshiro Takagi (7) defeated Batten x Burabura (0) after an electric shock from the electric bath (15:08).
1.18. Shunma Katsumata (12) defeated Sanshiro Takagi (7) and Batten x Burabura (0) with a Double Body Press (15:41).
1.19. Sanshiro Takagi (8) defeated Shunma Katsumata (12) with a Double Arm Suplex into an open air bath (16:34).
1.20. Shunma Katsumata (13) defeated Batten x Burabura (0) after a Hot Spring Elbow Self Destruct (17:21).
1.21. Shunma Katsumata (14) defeated Batten x Burabura (0) with a Cobra Twist (17:36).
1.22. Sanshiro Takagi (9) defeated Batten x Burabura (0) with a Brainbuster into an open air bath (18:08).
1.23. Sanshiro Takagi (10) defeated Batten x Burabura (0) after a Taiwan Elbow Self Destruct (19:55).
1.24. Sanshiro Takagi (11) defeated Shunma Katsumata (14) with a Hairwash using body soap (21:14).
1.25. Sanshiro Takagi (12) defeated Shunma Katsumata (14) with a Rinsing Hairwash (21:34).
1.26. Sanshiro Takagi (13) defeated Batten x Burabura (0) with a Chair Bowling Attack (22:45).
1.27. Batten x Burabura (1) defeated Sanshiro Takagi (13) with a Body Press (23:24).
1.28. Sanshiro Takagi (14) defeated Batten x Burabura (1) with a Short Range Lariat (23:41).
1.29. Shunma Katsumata (15) defeated Batten x Burabura (1) after a Batten Elbow Self Destruct (27:08).
1.30. Sanshiro Takagi (15) defeated Batten x Burabura (1) with a Body Press (27:19).
1.31. Shunma Katsumata (16) defeated Batten x Burabura (1) with a press against the hot spring port (27:53).
1.32. Batten x Burabura (2) defeated Shunma Katsumata (16) with the High Speed Batten Elbow (28:25).
1.33. Sanshiro Takagi (16) defeated Shunma Katsumata (16) with a Cold Shower Attack (29:22).
1.34. Sanshiro Takagi (17) defeated Shunma Katsumata (16) with a Cold Shower Attack (29:25).
1.35. Batten x Burabura (3) defeated Shunma Katsumata (16) with the Batten Men’s Aesthetic (30:04).
1.36. Batten x Burabura (4) defeated Shunma Katsumata (16) with the Batten Men’s Aesthetic (30:16).
1.37. Batten x Burabura (5) defeated Shunma Katsumata (16) with the Batten Men’s Aesthetic (30:25).
1.38. Batten x Burabura (6) defeated Shunma Katsumata (16) with the Batten Men’s Aesthetic (31:06).
1.39. Sanshiro Takagi (18) defeated Batten x Burabura (6) with a Body Press (31:47).
1.40. Shunma Katsumata (17) defeated Batten x Burabura (6) with a Knuckle Punch (32:11).
1.41. Shunma Katsumata (18) defeated Batten x Burabura (6) with a Lariat (33:27).
1.42. Sanshiro Takagi (19) defeated Batten x Burabura (6) with a Chair Throw (33:36).
1.43. Shunma Katsumata (19) defeated Batten x Burabura (6) with a Hot Water Shower Attack (34:23).
1.44. Sanshiro Takagi (20) defeated Batten x Burabura (6) with a press against the hot spring port (36:04).
1.45. Sanshiro Takagi (21) defeated Batten x Burabura (6) with the Spicolli Driver into a bath (36:22).
1.46. Sanshiro Takagi (22) defeated Batten x Burabura (6) with a Body Press (36:27).
1.47. Sanshiro Takagi (23) defeated Batten x Burabura (6) with a Body Press (36:30).
1.48. Sanshiro Takagi (24) defeated Batten x Burabura (6) with a Body Press (36:48).
1.49. Shunma Katsumata (20) defeated Sanshiro Takagi (24) with a School Boy (40:10).
1.50. Shunma Katsumata (21) defeated Sanshiro Takagi (24) with a School Boy (42:17).
1.51. Shunma Katsumata (22) defeated Sanshiro Takagi (24) with a School Boy (42:27).
1.52. Shunma Katsumata (23) defeated Sanshiro Takagi (24) with the Shunma Katsumata NepoWER!! (43:07).
1.53. Shunma Katsumata (24) defeated Sanshiro Takagi (24) with a DDT (43:30).
1.54. Shunma Katsumata (25) defeated Sanshiro Takagi (24) with the Totonoe Splash from a Ladder (44:38).
*Sanshiro Takagi fails in V11. Shunma Katsumata becomes the 50th DDT Extreme Champion!

Sanshiro Takagi and the DDT Extreme Title went back to the hot springs for his next crazy title defence. This time he was in a hot spring in Kumamoto to fight Shunma Katsumata and Batten x Burabura at the same time. But he had a surprise announcement to make. The match is a 45 minute 3 Way Ironman contest with Keigo Nakamura as the referee! Nakamura kept the score by writing on his arm. At first only Takagi and Katsumata showed up when the match began. They were already tied 1-1 when Burabura finally appeared in the banquet hall to join in with a grand introduction. From this point on he was pretty much a punching bag for the other two and the score quickly rose higher and higher.

Katsumata pushed both Takagi and Burabura down a staircase. When they got back to their feet, Burabura started acting like Takagi and vice versa. Their tumble caused their bodies to swap! Katsumata pushed them both down the stairs again to bring them back to normal. More pinfalls were made as the match made its way to the bathhouse. The hot water was used to torture the wrestlers and a lot of pins happened in the baths. Even moments of peace resulted in pins when Katsumata covered his opponents while they relaxed in the whirlpool bath. Burabura kept trying to use his signature Elbow Drops but missed every time leading to more pinfalls. His clothes got so soaked it led to his backside getting exposed at one point.

Everyone moved over to the washing area. Katsumata submitted when Takagi washed his hair with body soap instead of shampoo. Nakamura updated everyone on the scores. Katsumata was at 14, Takagi was at 12 and Burabura was at 0. Burabura finally got a point when he Cradled Takagi but it was immediately reversed for Takagi to get his win back. Takagi built a castle out of chairs and bowled Burabura into them. Takagi then felt naughty and wanted to go into the women’s bathing area but Nakamura stopped him. Katsumata and Burabura sided with Takagi though and the three of them made their way into the women’s bath. It was here where Burabura finally hit his Elbow Drop by moving at high speed to win a second point.

Cold water and lotion were used as weapons. Burabura started racking up points when Katsumata kept submitting to the lotion being rubbed on him in a provocative manner. It led to everyone slipping around the room. Takagi stuck a shower head into Burabura’s mouth and switch it on. He then used the Spicolli Driver to throw Burabura into a bath for another pin. He kept pinning him for more points until Katsumata broke it up. That was the last of Burabura’s involvement in the match. Katsumata found a towel and was inspired to drag Takagi into the sauna with him.

Katsumata had the homefield advantage from this point on and used the sauna to beat Takagi several more times as the final minutes counted down. He used the towel to blow a heat wave at Takagi then pinned him with a DDT. The score was now tied with one minute left to go. Katsumata took out a ladder and did the Stuka Splash from it, pinning Takagi for the match winning point with seconds to go. The final score was Katsumata 25, Takagi 24 and Burabura 6.

Nakamura handed the Extreme Title to Katsumata and he celebrated. This is the first singles championship he has ever won! Katsumata said there is somebody he always wanted to defend the title against. He picked up a tiny rubber duck and said he wants to fight its dad, MAO! He told the rubber duck to go tell MAO he is the next challenger for the DDT Extreme Title!


GAKE NO FUCHI JOSHI PRO “GAKEPPUCHI INFINITE TRAIN 2021” Results

February 5, 2021

GAKE NO FUCHI JOSHI PRO “GAKEPPUCHI INFINITE TRAIN 2021”, 05/02/2021
Saitama Wrestle Butokan
50 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Gake no Fuchi Joshi Vs Pocchari Joshi Full-Scale Competition – Gake no Fuchi Rules: Yumehito Imanari & Yuna Manase (3,003 pts) defeated Miyako Matsumoto & Chris Brookes (3 pts) when Manase pinned Matsumoto with the Suzuki Dynamic onto a chair (37:15).

The first Gake no Fuchi Joshi event of 2021 had big stakes attached to it. Miyako Matsumoto announced that the losing side in the only match of the show would be forced to disband their promotion. Ippanjin Munenori Sawa had promised the owner Sanshiro Takagi that Gake no Fuchi would continue for 1,000 years so he was here to support Matsumoto today.

Before the match took place, there was the matter of Gold Karen auditioning to join Gake no Fuchi as the promotion’s first trainee. She was nervous when she introduced herself but said her favourite wrestler is Himeka Arita from Stardom and then sang “Imitation Gold” by Momoe Yamaguchi. Afterwards, Matsumoto made her decision and rejected Karen’s audition because there was no heart in her performance. However every pro wrestler starts their career by losing so she’ll get another chance. After intermission Karen gave her audition another go and sang “Blue Coral Reef” by Seiko Matsuda. Matsumoto rejected her again and repeated her earlier reasoning word for word.

With that out of the way, it was time for Gake no Fuchi Joshi Vs Pocchari Joshi. The loser must disband stipulation was music to Chris Brookes’ ears because he would do anything not to team with Matsumoto again. He wanted to replace her with Toui Kojima who was perfoming tasks at ringside but Daisuke Kiso refused to allow it.

The two teams were told to each sing a song before the match began. Yumehito Imanari decided to sing Jushin Liger’s theme song for some reason. Next, Matsumoto sang her new song but didn’t notice Brookes laying down on his back behind her for Imanari to get an easy three count. Matsumoto wouldn’t accept the result and demanded a restart. Yuna Manase grabbed Brookes in a Wristlock and he instantly gave up for another quick finish. Matsumoto demanded another restart and told Brookes she would destroy his residence card if he doesn’t try to win. Brookes did what he was told and they attacked Pocchari Joshi to start the match properly.

Gake no Fuchi rules were in effect which means a bunch of minigames took place as the match progressed. It was also further explained that the winner of the match is whoever has the most points at the end, not from who pins who. Manase got a few points in a Ryogoku Style Sumo Match against both Matsumoto & Brookes. Matsumoto and Imanari then had a rap battle. Manase joined in and it somehow led to her and Matsumoto creating profiles for a dating app to see who would get more hits. Meanwhile Brookes beat Imanari in a game of Tetris that was being played on the big screen.

There was a comedy face-off which Imanari won using impersonations. A 4 Way Gake no Fuchi Boxing Challenge saw everyone don the gloves and punch each other out until Matsumoto accidentally punched Kiso in the face to get disqualified. One of the most regular games made a comeback when Brookes won the Gake no Fuchi Kiso Flag round. However he won it by Super Kicking Kiso so there was no referee to count any pins. Shota was forced to take Kiso’s place. He begun to count Matsumoto’s pin on Manase but stopped and Clotheslined her instead! He wants to destroy Gake no Fuchi! Suddenly, Sawa ran into the ring and delivered Dragon Screws to Shota, Imanari and Manase. He made a promise to Takagi that Gake no Fuchi Joshi would last for 1,000 years and he will live up to it!

The match went back on track with Brookes pressing Manase down on the ropes and holding a rubber strap to her mouth. Matsumoto pulled the strap and pulled it towards the back of the room. Manase was able to let go of the strap on her end causing it to snap into Matsumoto. They tried repeating the trick with Sawa taking Matsumoto’s place and this time Manase ducked and it snapped into Brookes instead. Brookes took out two tables and set them up at ringside as a launch pad for a plastic case attack with Matsumoto sitting in it. The plan didn’t work and Matsumoto crashed onto the floor. Imanari then threatened Brookes with a stapler and stapled a flyer for this Sunday’s DDT show onto Brookes’ head.

Shota and Sawa were still at ringside so the match kind of turned into a 6-Man Tag. Sawa blinded Shota with a party popper and placed him on one of the tables outside the ring. Matsumoto then climbed the ropes and, using Kiso to keep balance, put Shota through the table with a Diving Body Press. Sawa went for the Irabu Punch on Imanari but he ducked and Sawa knocked out Brookes instead. Determined to save Gake no Fuchi, Matsumoto continued fighting and hit Imanari over the head with a chair. He wouldn’t go down until he was kicked below the belt. Manase jumped in and hit Matsumoto with a Lariat. She then did the Suzuki Dynamic onto the chair to get the winning pinfall.

The result should have brought and end to Gake no Fuchi Joshi but Imanari & Manase had regrets over the decision. Pocchari Joshi wants to do more crazy matches against Gake no Fuchi because the two sides have a relationship like the moon and the sun. Matsumoto began to cry and said she surprisingly feels much better now despite losing. She will accept the stipulation and close down Gake no Fuchi. She thinks she might find a partner on the dating app she used earlier. Shota began to prepare a retirement ceremony for the promotion when suddenly Sanshiro Takagi appeared!

Takagi thanked Matsumoto for all of the hard work she did and admitted he thought she only had a 5% chance of winning today. However, he also reminded Matsumoto that she has a trainee now. Back in the 90s, Takagi was part of a company called PWC that closed down out of the blue. Out of desperation he created DDT. What if Gake no Fuchi Joshi closes down today and Gold Karen launches her own company to replace it? Then she would have her own DDT! It is Matsumoto’s responsibility to nurture her new student otherwise she is just running away from reality. Matsumoto said she wants to continue Gake no Fuchi and won’t split it up when it has so many new members. Brookes tried to protest being included but Takagi ignored him. Matsumoto promised Gake no Fuchi will be immortalized forever as long as there is still one of her still around! She asked for her theme music to play but instead got the Kamen Rider BLACK RX song instead. Shota sang along to it to close out the show.


Tomorrow’s Card Changed, Hair Vs Nothing, Kyushu Gets Mentioned A Lot

January 22, 2021

DDT “DRAMATIC EVERYONE’S DREAM HAS COME TRUE! 2021”, 23/01/2021
Osaka City Minato Ward Citizens Center

1. Danshoku Dieno & Antonio Honda Vs Kazuki Hirata & Saki Akai
2. Toru Owashi & Akito Vs Mizuki Watase & Hideki Okatani
3. Kazusada Higuchi, Makoto Oishi & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs MAO, Yukio Naya & Keigo Nakamura
4. HARASHIMA, Yukio Sakaguchi & Chris Brookes Vs Soma Takao, Mad Paulie & Yuji Hino
5. Yuki Ueno Vs Yusuke Okada
6. DAMNATION Vs ALL OUT!: Tetsuya Endo & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Shunma Katsumata

Due to the state of emergency in Japan effecting areas like Osaka, tomorrow’s DDT show will only have 6 matches instead of 7 so it will not go past the curfew. The card has been shuffled around to adapt with the change in plans.

GANBARE☆PRO “LAST ACTION HERO 2021”, 24/01/2021
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall

1. Shu Sakurai Trial Tag Match: Keisuke Ishii & Shu Sakurai Vs Kouki Iwasaki & Daisuke Kanehira
2. Ganpro 6 Men & Women Winter Story: Moeka Haruhi, Yuna Manase & Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Ayumi Hayashi, HARUKAZE & Hagane Shinno
3. Special Tag Match ~Ganpro Alumni Association~: Ken Ohka & Yumehito Imanari Vs GENTARO & Chikara
4. Age Is Just A Number! 44 Year Old Vs 48 Year Old Full Scale Battle!: Shuichiro Katsumura Vs Ikuto Hidaka
5. Cabellera Contra No Apesta: Shota Vs Yasu Urano

The Independent World Jr. Heavyweight Title is no longer with Ganbare☆Pro after Shota lost the championship at a JUST TAP OUT show. His match with Yasu Urano will still go ahead but Urano still wants Shota to defend something so the match has some meaning. An agreement was made that Shota will cut off his hair on the spot if he loses. Urano however does not have to put anything on the line so nothing will happen to him if he loses. Going by that wording, a draw should spare Shota’s locks if that happens again.

Asuka is taking time off to recover from an ankle injury. Ayumi Hayashi from Actwres girl’z takes her place in the trios match.

BASARA “BASARA 147 ~GLITTER~”, 26/01/2021
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

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

An all Kyushu main event sees Takumi Tsukamoto (from Nagasaki) defend the Union MAX Title against Yusuke Kubo (from Kagoshima).

The entire Sento Minzoku quartet teams up for the final time before Ryuichi Sekine goes on a break from wrestling. Fuminori Abe has the right to rename himself Ryuichi Sekine II but respects Sekine too much to do it. Speed Of Sounds are both looking for singles championships to chase after.

Gouma Ryu is now just Gouma after he failed to win the Dragon Contra Dragon match this past week. There’s been no sign of the other participant Trans-Am ★ Ryuji, I mean Trans-Am ★ Ji since the match happened.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW PPV SHOW 2 ~STARTING POINT~”, 30/01/2021
Twin Box AKIHABARA

1. The HERO Has Come To Protect The Peace Of Akihabara!: Shin Ultra Shoko & Hyper Misao Vs Sena Shiori & Arisu Endo
2. Yamato Nadeshiko Challenges The Charisma Of A New Era!: Maki Itoh Vs Moka Miyamoto
3. Majirabi Warning For Live Music Venues!: Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki Vs Pom Harajuku & Mahiro Kiryu
4. Paripi Vs Gal Single Match: Yuki Kamifuku Vs Marika Kobashi
5. Bakuretsu Neko-chan Vs Up Up Girls (Pro Wrestling): Nodoka Tenma, Yuki Aino & Haruna Neko Vs Miu Watanabe, Hikari Noa & Raku
6. The Past, Present & Future Of Tokyo Joshi Pro Cross On The Mat!: Rika Tatsumi & Suzume Vs Miyu Yamashita & Mirai Maiumi

The very first Tokyo Joshi Pro test shows took place in Twin Box AKIHABARA with matches held on mats instead of a wrestling ring. The newer generation of TJPW wrestlers will get to experience this along with the women who were originally there.

DDT “YUKEMURI NATURAL HOT SPRING PRO WRESTLING”, 07/02/2021
Kumamoto Castle Natural Hot Spring

1. DDT Extreme Title – 3 Way Match: Sanshiro Takagi (c) Vs Shunma Katsumata Vs Batten x Burabura

DDT has reserved the entire Kumamoto Castle Natural Hot Spring building to make it the location for Sanshiro Takagi’s next DDT Extreme Title defence. It was revealed to him on a ZOOM call that both Shunma Katsumata and Batten x Burabura will challenge him in a 3 Way Match with the exact rules revealed before the match begins. Katsumata just visited the Kumamoto Hot Spring the other day and already bought the T-shirt. Burabura wants to win the title and use it to make Kyushu a better place. He thinks he can win because local talent are strong in local areas which means he has the hometown advantage.


DDT “WRESTLING TONKOTSU 2021 ~MIZUTAKI~” Results

January 17, 2021

DDT “WRESTLING TONKOTSU 2021 ~MIZUTAKI~”, 17/01/2021
Fukuoka Nishitetsu Hall
159 Fans

1. Akito & Shunma Katsumata defeated Sanshiro Takagi & Keigo Nakamura when Akito submitted Nakamura with the Sasori-Gatame (9:52).
2. Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi & Saki Akai defeated Chris Brookes, MAO & Yukio Naya when Higuchi pinned Naya with a Brain Claw Slam (8:23).
3. Yuji Hino defeated Hideki Okatani with a Diving Body Press (8:45).
4. HARASHIMA & Yuto Aijima defeated Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata when HARASHIMA pinned Hirata with the Somato (10:50).
5. Tetsuya Endo, Daisuke Sasaki & Soma Takao defeated Makoto Oishi, Mizuki Watase & Yusuke Okada when Endo pinned Watase with the Shooting Star Press (14:00).
6. Only Because It Is! Hakata Specialty Special Tag Match: Konosuke Takeshita & Yuki Ueno defeated Danshoku Dieno & Antonio Honda when Takeshita pinned Honda with the German Suplex (22:53).

The Gongitsune set up was well scouted by Yuki Ueno. When Antonio Honda stumbled and hurt his knee after a leapfrog, Ueno Dropkicked him in the knees and told everyone they really are sore from sleeping in the tour bus all night long. Danshoku Dieno kept his team in the match when he stopped the WR by grabbing Ueno’s crotch. Honda misdirected Konosuke Takeshita into hitting Ueno with a Lariat and Dieno then gave Ueno a long Lip Lock. He only broke it up to stop Takeshita’s Figure 4 Leg Lock on Honda. Honda hit the Diving Fist Drop but hurt his knee, delaying the pin and only getting him a two count. Honda successfully lured in his opponents with a retirement speech to ambush them with the Hell Gate charged Gongitsune. Ueno recovered to Dropkick Dieno out of the ring and then hit a Plancha on him. Takeshita traded knuckle punches with Honda that ended with a Super Kick and a Lariat double down. Takeshita recovered first and pinned Honda with the German Suplex.

After the match Takeshita told Ueno about the time Dieno gave him his first kiss when he was just a fan in the audience at a DDT show. A few years later, Ueno went to a DDT show and decided to become a wrestler when he saw Takeshita and Honda wrestle as Happy Motel. They are classmates from the same high school fighting against a team of former roommates. How does that make Ueno feel? He said it was rather creepy. Honda took back his retirement speech and said he will wrestle for another 50 years. Dieno said it’s been a long time since he was in a main event and he secretly wanted to change the atmosphere in DDT with Honda by winning. Instead they lost but he is still very proud to see fans come out to watch them today.

Again Tetsuya Endo is calling out Jun Akiyama and asking where he is. He doesn’t have time to waste fighting the rest of Junretsu while Akiyama is on vacation. Daisuke Sasaki corrected him and said he is recovering inside a hospital in Osaka. Endo wants a message send to Akiyama saying Endo will beat him on 14th February. Endo also thinks Yusuke Okada should stop fighting for Akiyama and start fighting for himself. He will still lose to Endo but Endo thinks they can have a slightly better match that way. The four of them all agreed they want to share pro wrestling with everyone.

Yuto Aijima did a lot to throw Kazuki Hirata off his game. He politely shook hands when Hirata expected aggression and he seemed to be weak against Toru Owashi only to regain his strength when Hirata tagged in. The big trick he had was using Keigo Nakamura and Tessho as his doppelgangers to guard him from Hirata’s Tegatana strikes. Even HARASHIMA was confused but he reckons he was only seeing things because the match left him tired.

Akito teased Sanshiro Takagi by using the Stunner on Nakamura before submitting him. When Akito applied the Sharpshooter he did Takagi’s “Fire” pose to wind him up even more.


DDT “ISN’T IT DRAMATIC! 2021” Results

January 11, 2021

DDT “ISN’T IT DRAMATIC! 2021”, 11/01/2021
Nagoya City Biwajima Sports Center
109 Fans

1. Hiroaki Ura defeated Toi Kojima with the Fisherman Suplex (6:11).
2. Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata defeated Mizuki Watase & Hideki Okatani when Hirata pinned Okatani with the Miracle One Shot Cradle (8:40).
3. Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Yuki Ueno & Keigo Nakamura when Sakaguchi submitted Nakamura with the Sleeper Hold (12:09).
4. Young Communication Generation Vs DDT Legend Army! – Storage Cavity Sealing Rule: Akito & Shota Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Danshoku Dieno ended in a No Contest (8:16).
5. Makoto Oishi & Yusuke Okada defeated Chris Brookes & Antonio Honda when Okada pinned Honda with the Fisherman Buster (12:04).
6. Nagoya Specialty! Doerya Tag Match: Mad Paulie & Yuji Hino defeated HARASHIMA & Yukio Naya when Hino pinned Naya with the Fucking BOMB (14:11).
7. DAMNATION Vs DDT Sauna Club!: Tetsuya Endo, Daisuke Sasaki & Soma Takao defeated Konosuke Takeshita, Shunma Katsumata & MAO when Endo pinned Katsumata with the Torture Rack Bomb (17:13).

The absence of Jun Akiyama disappoints Tetsuya Endo. He asked where he was and thinks Akiyama will be back at the shows in Hakata next week. He will wait for him there so they can settle their differences before “KAWASAKI STRONG 2021” even takes place. Daisuke Sasaki said he knows the location of the hospital Akiyama is in.

HARASHIMA believes the good parts of Yukio Naya are starting to come out more and more. He found out Naya is one of his opponents at “KAWASAKI STRONG 2021” so he is looking forward to fighting a stronger version of him. Naya promised to do his best against HARASHIMA & Yuji Okabayashi. He will be teaming with Kazusada Higuchi in that match.

Yusuke Okada says he wants to absorb DDT’s style of pro wrestling. He is quickly proving it by studying Antonio Honda and knowing how to fight against Gongitsune. Whenever Honda tried to tell his joke, Okada ignored him and forced a confused Honda to continue wrestling instead. Honda got his trick to work though when he talked to Okada about their favorite Kamen Riders. He made an innuendo out of Takeshi Hongo’s name then poked everyone in the eyes with Gongitsune. Okada still had Honda scouted and blocked the Diving Fist Drop before winning his first DDT match with the Fisherman Buster. Chris Brookes wasn’t pleased with Honda’s antics. Makoto Oishi confirmed to Okada that he is beginning to understand DDT’s wrestling.

Strap yourselves in folks, Match #4 was weird. Shota hadn’t recovered from the Street Fight he wrestled in yesterday and was worried he wouldn’t last in the ring today. Akito assured him their match against Sanshiro Takagi & Danshoku Dieno would only be a test of mental strength and patience. He came up with a match where everyone wore “Super Mouth Cannons” over their faces that made loud honk noises if they breathe too hard. Both teams started with 10 points and would lose a point if the mouth cannon made a noise. This was meant to teach the wrestlers not to over exert themselves. But Yukinori Matsui got knocked down and everyone started a brawling, filling the room with honks. When Matsui got back up he called off the match for being too noisy. The two sides argued over their upcoming KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles match afterwards but they still wore the mouth cannons so it was just more honking. Shota enjoyed being in a crazy DDT match but Dieno promised the fun and games are done. When the title match happens on 23rd February it will be simple professional wrestling!

Yukio Sakaguchi warned Yuki Ueno he is going to strangle everyone Ueno teams with until their DDT UNIVERSAL Title match in February. Ueno made fun of Sakaguchi by asking if he wanted to take a picture with the belt again because he won today. Sakaguchi told Ueno to be careful because he can attack him from behind again like he did at Korakuen Hall.

Today in Japan is the Coming Of Age Day, a holiday that celebrates the young people who reach adulthood at the age of 20 years old. For Hideki Okatani that means he is no longer has to be treated like a young boy at ringside by the other wrestlers. Eager to show off his new responsibilities, Okatani begged for Mizuki Watase to tag him in show no fear against Toru Owashi. This made Kazuki Hirata call on Owashi to tag him in too but he was ignored. When Hirata was finally tagged in he kicked out of the Northern Lights Suplex and pinned Okatani with the Miracle One Shot Cradle.


Video – Extreme Title Reclaim Strategy Part II

January 10, 2021

DDT “DDT EXTREME TITLE MATCH”, 10/01/2021
Saitama Sabaccha
0 Fans

1. DDT Extreme Title – Best Two Out Of Three Games: Sanshiro Takagi (c) & Rambo Kawamura Vs Nabe Yakan & Makoto Oishi


DDT “DDT EXTREME TITLE MATCH” Results

January 10, 2021

DDT “DDT EXTREME TITLE MATCH”, 10/01/2021
Saitama Sabaccha
0 Fans

1. DDT Extreme Title – Best Two Out Of Three Games: Sanshiro Takagi (c) & Rambo Kawamura (2) defeated Nabe Yakan & Makoto Oishi (1).
1a. Survival Game Match: Nabe Yakan & Makoto Oishi (2) defeated Sanshiro Takagi & Rambo Kawamura (1) (7:32).
1aa. Nabe Yakan (1) shot Rambo Kawamura (0) (5:22).
1ab. Sanshiro Takagi (1) shot Makoto Oishi (1) (5:55).
1ac. Nabe Yakan (2) shot Sanshiro Takagi (1) (7:32).
1b. Human Flag Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Rambo Kawamura defeated Nabe Yakan & Makoto Oishi when Takagi grabbed the flag (10:36).
1c. Survival Captain’s Fall Tag Match: Sanshiro Takagi (C) & Rambo Kawamura defeated Nabe Yakan (C) & Makoto Oishi when Takagi pinned Yakan with the Spicolli Driver onto the chairs (14:15).
*V10 for Sanshiro Takagi.

The sequel to “EXTREME RECAPTURE STRATEGY” begun with Sanshiro Takagi entering Saitama Sabaccha in search of his stolen DDT Extreme Title belt. The first person he found inside was his former enemy turned ally Rambo Kawamura. The two agreed to work together and find the belt. Delving further into the room, they found their target Nabe Yakan standing on a balcony. With him was Makoto Oishi with the Extreme Title in his hands. Oishi told them he was the mercenary hired by Yakan to steal the title from Takagi in the first place. He swears his alliance to Yakan to pay for his child’s milk. Yakan complained that when he became the champion in Best Body Pro Wrestling he didn’t get any media attention for it so he stole the Extreme Title to make the news!

The two sides agreed to an airsoft gun fight. Yakan calls it a gentleman’s sport so when somebody gets hit with a shot they have to call it out. Kawamura said there are no rules on the battlefield but Yakan then explained if they treat the airsoft fans with respect they may return their appreciation and start following pro wrestling. Takagi agreed to the rules and accepted a challenge consisting of three games.

The first game had three guns hidden in the play area but one of them was empty. The first team to shoot their opponents twice would be the winners. Takagi and Yakan started fighting with a lock up. Oishi and Kawamura both found guns and stalked their prey. Kawamura tried to act as a decoy but Oishi found Takagi and shot him in the shoulder. Takagi was in pain but denied being hit. Yakan then grabbed Oishi’s gun and shot Kawamura with it. Kawamura was honest and admitted he was hit so Yakan got the first point. Takagi shot Oishi to even the odds but ran out of bullets after a fierce battle with Yakan. He was shot over and over until he finally admitted he was hit to end the first game.

The second game was a Human Flag Battle. Keigo Nakamura had a flag stuck to his head and it was up to the teams to find him and grab it. However the room was now filling with smoke to hamper everyone’s sight. Nakamura was also armed with a powerful airgun to defend himself with. Kawamura was shot a lot by Yakan but he found a knife to pull the bullets out of his wounds. Takagi & Kawamura found Nakamura but couldn’t get close to him. That was until Takagi used a chair as a shield and took Nakamura’s fire while Kawamura snuck up behind him. Kawamura shot an arrow at Nakamura’s head to cause great damage and Takagi grabbed the flag to win the second game.

The third and final game was a Survival Captain’s Fall match. Either Takagi or Yakan had to be pinned to end the match and guns were still permitted. Oishi used a rope to kidnap Kawamura so he could torture him into revealing Takagi’s location. Takagi had to watch from a distance as Yakan & Oishi poked Kawamura with a toy knife and pinch his eyelids with clothespins. However Kawamura would not give up the information. Instead he pulled out a grenade and sacrificed himself in an explosion that also took out Oishi! Takagi used the distraction to ambush Yakan for their final battle. He threw Yakan into a castle of chairs and then threw him on top of the chairs with the Spicolli Driver to win the match.

The war is over and Takagi has his belt back. He declared himself the Savage Game champion and also made sure Yakan will publish an article about how strong the DDT champion is. Takagi then found Kawamura and checked to see if he was still alive. Kawamura looked to be okay so Takagi walked off celebrating his victory. But as soon as he turned his back on Kawamura, Kawamura stood up, pulled back his bow and aimed for Takagi’s head. The screen cut to black and the credits rolled. The End.


DDT “GO TO DDT! VOL. 1” Results

January 9, 2021

DDT “GO TO DDT! VOL. 1”, 09/01/2021
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
484 Fans

0. Under Match: Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Hideki Okatani defeated Keigo Nakamura & Toui Kojima when Okatani pinned Kojima with the Northern Lights Suplex (6:50).
1. Written By Hajime Takahashi & Masaki Inoue “Does Momotaro’s Kibidango Recognize As An Expense?” Infomercial Match: Akito, Kazuki Hirata, Antonio Honda & Super Sasadango Machine (3D Avatar) defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Danshoku Dieno, Toru Owashi & Saki Akai when Hirata pinned Takagi with a School Boy (?:??).
2. Mad Paulie & Yuji Hino defeated Chris Brookes & Shunma Katsumura when Hino pinned Katsumura with the Fucking BOMB (8:18).
3. Konosuke Takeshita & MAO defeated HARASHIMA & Yukio Naya when MAO pinned Naya with the Cannonball 450° (10:02).
4. DAMNATION Vs Junretsu!: Makoto Oishi, Mizuki Watase & Yusuke Okada defeated Tetsuya Endo, Daisuke Sasaki & Nobuhiro Shimatani when Oishi submitted Shimatani with the Fujiyama Knee Lock (12:14).
5. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Sakaguchi (c) defeated CIMA & Soma Takao by TKO when Sakaguchi choked out Takao with the Sleeper Hold (16:26).
*V1 for Eruption.
6. DDT UNIVERSAL Title: Yuki Ueno (c) defeated Shota with the WR (16:53).
*V2 for Yuki Ueno.

DDT’s second visit to Korakuen Hall this year was headlined with a DDT UNIVERSAL Title defence. Yuki Ueno got a measure of revenge when he pinned Shota in a 6-Man Tag last week and firmly got the rest of it by beating him again today. Shota was over reliant on the Gannosuke Clutch and when that couldn’t get him a win he tried cheating instead. He used ropes for leverage on pins and gave Ueno a Low Blow when the referee was knocked away. But Shota went back to the Gannosuke Clutch which Ueno had figured out by then. Ueno avoided the move, stunned Shota with a Dropkick and pinned him with the WR for the successful title defence.

Ueno wanted to give Shota microphone time after the match but he declined and left the ring. Ueno joked that he would have to talk by himself for five minutes, then said he learned so much from Shota over the 5 years he’s known him. He was happy to face Shota in his first match of 2021 and he is both the most annoying and most entertaining opponent. Hisaya Imabayashi asked Ueno who he would like to defend the UNIVERSAL Title against next. Ueno said Yukio Sakaguchi! He learned a lot from Sakaguchi last year such as what it’s like to get choked out and why you always see worried faces above you when you regain consciousness. Sakaguchi accepted the match and asked to look at the title belt. When he held it he posed with it and told Ueno that is where the title should be. He handed it back to Ueno but warned nominating him was the biggest mistake he could make. Imabayashi decided the title match will happen at “KAWASAKI STRONG 2021” on 14th February.

In the backstage interviews, Sakaguchi said there are no grand slam champions in DDT since the creation of the UNIVERSAL Title. He is aiming to be the first new grand slam champion in DDT and to do that he has to go after both the UNIVERSAL Title and the DDT Extreme Title. When Ueno did his interview, Sakaguchi snuck up behind him and choked him out with the Sleeper Hold.

Sakaguchi still holds the KO-D Tag Team Titles with Kazusada Higuchi. The Eruption pair held on against a CimaSoma team with a lot of momentum behind them. CIMA & Soma Takao wore the same matching outfits from “ULTIMATE PARTY 2020” and had the same effort of teamwork from back then. There was also high risk like CIMA using the Meteora to break up Sakaguchi’s Sleeper Hold on Takao. However Sakaguchi clasped the Sleeper Hold back onto Takao and CIMA couldn’t rescue him again. Takao went motionless and the match was stopped, making Eruption the winners.

Shunma Katsumata, Konosuke Takeshita & MAO from the DDT Sauna Club approached Eruption after the match. Katsumata challenged them to put the KO-D Tag Titles on the line against all three of them. Sakaguchi called him stupid and Imabayashi told them it can’t happen that way. Takeshita & MAO tried to leave but Katsumata then said those two could face Eruption instead. Sakaguchi knocked out Katsumata with an Elbow Strike and accepted the challenge. Kazusada Higuchi & Sakaguchi Vs Takeshita & MAO for the titles will happen at the 23rd February Nagoya show and it will be the main event!

The #DAMNHEARTS group received major news when CimaSoma got back to the locker room. Daisuke Sasaki had apparently talked to #STRONGHEARTS before the match and agreed if CimaSoma didn’t win the tag titles then the business alliance will be dissolved. #DAMNHEARTS is splitting up! Takao said he heard nothing about this and CIMA doesn’t remember making this decision although he agreed it has been a while since DAMNATION and #STRONGHEARTS worked together. Sasaki promised both sides will do something together again when the pandemic is over.

With Jun Akiyama out of action for the rest of this month, the newcomer Yusuke Okada took his place and wasted no time in getting to wrestle Tetsuya Endo. There was still Junretsu representation in the match with Makoto Oishi & Mizuki Watase involved. Oishi overcame danger when he kicked out of a Standing Moonsault from Endo followed by a Standing Shooting Star Press from Nobuhiro Shimatani. Oishi pulled Shimatani to the mat and made him tap to the Fujiyama Knee Lock. Endo grabbed the microphone out of Oishi’s hands and said he is going to crush Akiyama on 14th February. As he was leaving, Oishi responded that he might crush Endo before Endo gets to face Akiyama! Backstage Sasaki revealed what he learned during his time off with injury. Pro wrestling is about love and romance, just like the movie Titanic. What’s missing in the ring right now is romance. He found it and will show it to everyone soon.

MAO dusted off the Cannonball 450° to win DDT Sauna Club’s tag match. First he got rid of HARASHIMA with a Plancha, then Takeshita took care of Yukio Naya with a Vertical Drop Brainbuster to set up the 450° finish.

 

Katsumata is an eager fellow but it got him into a lot of painful situations today. He tried jumping Yuji Hino & Mad Paulie at the start of their tag match but did so without Chris Brookes joining him. Brookes instead stayed in the corner and did “NeppoWER!!” chants with no other intention of fighting the heavyweight opponents. Hino caught Katsumata in mid-air and Brookes did a Missile Dropkick to them to get his partner a nearfall. There were blocks for both the ¡Hasta la vista! and Fucking BOMB but Hino ended up winning out in the end.

 

Heavy snow in Niigata prevented Super Sasadango Machine from travelling to Tokyo for today’s show. He was replaced by a “3D Avatar” of himself. In other words it was Keigo Nakamura in a Sasadango mask. Sasadango also provided a PowerPoint presentation on Zoom before the opening match explaining the importance of filing tax returns. His example was getting the wrestlers in his match to all wrestle in their own expensive clothing because they can treat it as tax deductible ring gear. This made a few people like Saki Akai uncomfortable because they did not want their personal belongings used in the match. She was proven right when Kazuki Hirata tried to steal her handbag and it got knocked out of the ring. Toru Owashi revealed he was wearing the O-40 Title underneath his hoodie. Danshoku Dieno pulled off Akito’s rare sneakers and shoved one of them into Akito’s mouth. He then threw them away causing Akito to chase after them. Sanshiro Takagi wore a watch that costs 1.1 million yen and used it to stop Antonio Honda’s Gongitsune joke. Hirata took the watch, grabbed a chair and tried to smash it. Takagi took the chair swung it at Hirata but missed and smashed the watch instead! He was in so much shock that Hirata easily pinned Takagi with a School Boy.

Nakamura was also in the pre-show match. He and Toi Kojima lost to Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Hideki Okatani. The match came down to Kojima and Okatani. A Running Neckbreaker was used to set up the Northern Lights Suplex for Okatani to win.


(Yusuke) Okada In DDT

January 5, 2021

DDT “GO TO DDT! VOL. 1”, 09/01/2021
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Keigo Nakamura & Hideki Okatani Vs Yusuke Okada & Toi Kojima
2. Chris Brookes & Shunma Katsumura Vs Mad Paulie & Yuji Hino
3. HARASHIMA & Yukio Naya Vs Konosuke Takeshita & MAO
4. Written By Hajime Takahashi & Masaki Inoue “Does Momotaro’s Kibidango Recognize As An Expense?” Infomercial Match: Akito, Kazuki Hirata, Super Sasadango Machine & Antonio Honda Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Danshoku Dieno, Toru Owashi & Saki Akai
5. DAMNATION Vs Junretsu!: Tetsuya Endo, Daisuke Sasaki & Nobuhiro Shimatani Vs Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi & Mizuki Watase
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Sakaguchi (c) Vs CIMA & Soma Takao
7. DDT UNIVERSAL Title: Yuki Ueno (c) Vs Shota

Yusuke Okada has come to DDT looking to experience new pro wrestling worlds. He has spent all of his career in All Japan up until now so he has so much to discover Most of the new match announcements for this month involves him.

DDT “DDT EXTREME TITLE MATCH”, 10/01/2021
Saitama Savage Field

1. DDT Extreme Title – Savage Death Match: Sanshiro Takagi (c) Vs Nabe Yakan

The DDT Extreme Title has been stolen again! This time a comedian named Nabe Yakan led a squad of soldiers into the Korakuen Hall locker room to take the belt from Sanshiro Takagi. The champion must now go to another airgun battlefield, this time in Saitama to reclaim what belongs to him. Yakan has pro wrestling experience from appearances in Best Body Japan Pro Wrestling. He is currently the BBW Openweight Champion in that promotion. The match will be uploaded to DDT’s Youtube channel.

DDT “ISN’T IT DRAMATIC! 2021”, 11/01/2021
Nagoya City Biwajima Sports Center

1. Yusuke Okada Vs Hideki Okatani
2. Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Shunma Katsumata & Toi Kojima
3. Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Yuki Ueno & Keigo Nakamura
4. Konosuke Takeshita & MAO Vs Chris Brookes & Antonio Honda
5. Young Communication Generation Vs DDT Legend Army!: Akito & Shota Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Danshoku Dieno
6. Nagoya Specialty! Doerya Tag Match: HARASHIMA & Yukio Naya Vs Mad Paulie & Yuji Hino
7. DAMNATION Vs Junretsu!: Tetsuya Endo, Daisuke Sasaki & Soma Takao Vs Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi & Mizuki Watase

Some of Okada’s matches will be against the rookies.

DDT “WRESTLING TONKOTSU 2021 ~MOTSUNABE~”, 17/01/2021
Fukuoka Nishitetsu Hall

1. Yusuke Okada Vs Toi Kojima
2. Yuki Ueno Vs Mizuki Watase
3. Sanshiro Takagi, Danshoku Dieno & Keigo Nakamura Vs Kazuki Hirata, Antonio Honda & Saki Akai
4. Akito & Makoto Oishi Vs Soma Takao & Azul Dragon
5. Tetsuya Endo, Daisuke Sasaki & Yuji Hino Vs Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi & Yukio Naya
6. Hakata Specialty! Seimonbarai Special 6-Man Tag Match: HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Chris Brookes Vs Konosuke Takeshita, Shunma Katsumata & MAO

Now that Keigo Nakamura has his first win, maybe he can impress Takagi enough to get a spot on his team for “KAWASAKI STRONG 2021”.

DDT “WRESTLING TONKOTSU 2021 ~MIZUTAKI~”, 17/01/2021
Fukuoka Nishitetsu Hall

1. Akito & Shunma Katsumata Vs Chris Brookes & Keigo Nakamura
2. HARASHIMA & Yuto Aijima Vs Yusuke Okada & Yukio Naya
3. Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi & Saki Akai Vs Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & MAO
4. Yuji Hino Vs Hideki Okatani
5. DAMNATION Vs Junretsu!: Tetsuya Endo, Daisuke Sasaki & Soma Takao Vs Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi & Mizuki Watase
6. Only Because It Is! Hakata Specialty Special Tag Match: Konosuke Takeshita & Yuki Ueno Vs Danshoku Dieno & Antonio Honda

Okada also gets to share the ring with the DDT mainstays like HARASHIMA.

BASARA “BASARA 146 ~5TH ANNIVERSARY~”, 20/01/2021
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Ryuichi Sekine Vs Ryota Nakatsu
2. Dragon Contra Dragon: Gouma Ryu Vs Trans-Am ★ Ryuji
3. Yusuke Kubo, Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Daichi Kazato Vs Naoki Tanizaki, SAGAT & Akiyori Takizawa
4. Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino Vs Minoru Fujita & Ikuto Hidaka
5. Fuminori Abe Vs Yasu Urano
6. IRON FIST Tag Titles: Tsutomu Oosugi & Banana Senga (c) Vs Isami Kodaka & Daiki Shimomura
7. Union MAX Title: Takumi Tsukamoto (c) Vs FUMA

Trans-Am ★ Ryuji doesn’t get to visit BASARA often anymore. He already had his name changed once (he was previously Trans-Am ★ Ryuichi). One big upset will result in him losing “Ryu” from his name. That will make him Trans-Am ★ Ji.

DDT “DRAMATIC EVERYONE’S DREAM HAS COME TRUE! 2021”, 23/01/2021
Osaka City Minato Ward Citizens Center

1. Yukio Naya Vs Hideki Okatani
2. Kazuki Hirata & Saki Akai Vs Antonio Honda & Keigo Nakamura
3. Toru Owashi & Akito Vs MAO & Mizuki Watase
4. Yuki Ueno Vs Yusuke Okada
5. Konosuke Takeshita & Shunma Katsumata Vs Chris Brookes & Danshoku Dieno
6. HARASHIMA, Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Soma Takao, Mad Paulie & Yuji Hino
7. DAMNATION Vs Junretsu!: Tetsuya Endo & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Jun Akiyama & Makoto Oishi

Does me typing Okada a lot in this post mess with Google’s algorithm?

DDT “DRAMATIC 2021 JANUARY SPECIAL”, 28/01/2021
Shinjuku FACE

1. HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda Vs Shunma Katsumata, MAO & Keigo Nakamura
2. DDT Megatonweight Single Match: Yuji Hino Vs Yukio Naya
3. Special Single Match: Jun Akiyama Vs Yusuke Okada

Okada ends his month in DDT with a big singles match against Jun Akiyama, who has been something of a mentor figure for him.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “POSITIVE CHAIN”, 11/02/2021
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Princess Of Princess Title: Rika Tatsumi (c) Vs Miu Watanabe

The new Princess Of Princess Champion already got a challenge from somebody close to her. Miu Watanabe asked Rika Tatsumi for a title match because she is aiming to surpass her this year. Tatsumi wouldn’t want it any other way so Daydream fighting each other for the title is on.

DDT “KAWASAKI STRONG 2021”, 14/02/2021
Culttz Kawasaki

1. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Super Delfin, Chris Brookes & Maki Itoh Vs MAO, Keigo Nakamura & Mirai Maiumi
2. KO-D 8-Man Tag Team Titles: Sanshiro Takagi, Danshoku Dieno, X & X Vs Shinya Aoki, Super Sasadango Machine, X & X
3. Special Tag Match: HARASHIMA & Yuji Okabayashi Vs X & X
4. Super Joshi War ~Blooming Flowers~: Saki Akai & Maya Yukihi Vs Saori Anou & Miyako Matsumoto
5. Yuki Iino Return Match ~ DAMNATION Vs ALL OUT!: Daisuke Sasaki, Soma Takao, Mad Paulie & Yuji Hino Vs Konosuke Takeshita, Akito, Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Iino
6. KO-D Openweight Title: Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs Jun Akiyama

Yuki Iino returns from injury, reuniting the complete ALL OUT unit. Iino has immediately picked Yuji Hino as his target.

Four corners of the joshi scene are brought together for a special tag match. Saki Akai & Maya Yukihi are being paired together to be a strong and beautiful tag team. Saori Anou & Miyako Matsumoto are meant to be the same but it seems like nobody wants to say a nice word about Miyamoto.

DDT “FRIENDSHIP, EFFORT, VICTORY IN NAGOYA 2021”, 23/02/2021
Nagoya Congress Center Event Hall

1. DDT Megatonweight Single Match: Yuji Hino Vs Yuki Iino
2. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Akito, Kazuki Hirata & Shota (c) Vs Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA & Danshoku Dieno

The Iino versus Hino rivalry will continue past Culttz Kawasaki. Just under two weeks later they will have a singles match together in Nagoya.