DDT “THANK YOU TEISEN! GOODBYE TEISEN! ~WITH LOVE AND GRATITUDE FROM DDT~” Results

May 24, 2015

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DDT “THANK YOU TEISEN! GOODBYE TEISEN! ~WITH LOVE AND GRATITUDE FROM DDT~”, 24/05/2015
Sapporo Teisen Hall
849 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. MIKAMI defeated Makoto Oishi with the 450 Splash (5:18).
2. Tomoya & Tomomitsu Matsunaga defeated Suguru Miyatake & Kouki Iwasaki when Tomoya pinned Iwasaki with the SOD (9:10).
3. Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata defeated Yukio Sakaguchi & DJ Nira when Hirata pinned Nira with the One Shot Miracle Cradle (8:55).
4. Teisen Specialty Sea Urchin, Salmon Roe And Scallop Bowl 3 Way Match: Saki Akai defeated Antonio Honda and Masa Takanashi when Akai pinned both Honda and Takanashi after a Double Clothesline from Yukinori Matsui (12:31).
5. Danshoku Dino defeated Daisuke Sasaki with a Kissing Pin (0:09).
*Danshoku Dino wins one of Daisuke Sasaki’s Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contracts.
5a. London Tea Time Match: Danshoku Dino defeated Daisuke Sasaki with a London Tea Time Kiss (1:38).
*Danshoku Dino wins Daisuke Sasaki’s other Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.
6. Yasu Urano & Akito defeated Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao when Urano pinned Takao with a Horizontal Backslide Pin (11:30).
7. Thank You Teisen! Goodbye Teisen! Special Match: HARASHIMA, Kota Ibushi & KUDO defeated Shigehiro Irie, Konosuke Takeshita & Kazusada Higuchi when Ibushi pinned Takeshita with the Sit Down Last Ride (21:17).

This was DDT’s final solo show held inside Sapporo Teisen Hall. The building will be closing down next month but everyone got to say farewell and talk about their favourite memories wrestling in the building. HARASHIMA’s memory was his first KO-D Openweight Title challenge (as HERO!) against Poison Sawada JULIE. Kazusada Higuchi only wrestled in the building for the first time today but he will never forget his KO-D Title match with HARASHIMA. Keisuke Ishii and Shigehiro Irie’s memory is winning the KO-D Tag Team Titles for the first time back in December 2011. Tomoya was thankful for working with DDT whenever they are in Sapporo but singled out the time himself and MIKAMI challenged for the KO-D Tag Titles. KUDO’s memory is himself and Yukio Sakaguchi Vs the Golden Lovers for the KO-D Tag Titles. Sanshiro Takagi fondly remembers throwing a bowling ball at Michael Nakazawa, missing him and making a big hole in the wall behind them.

Today was not a lovely day for Daisuke Sasaki. After losing a Right To Challenge Contract to KUDO on the earlier show, Sasaki now had to face Danshoku Dino one on one. Dino requested a London Tea Time Match. The rules were just an excuse for Dino to kiss Sasaki. It was rejected and the match started normally. Dino immediately kissed Sasaki and pinned him in the process to win one of Sasaki’s two remaining Right To Challenge contracts. Sasaki begged for a rematch and would even accept the London Tea Time Rules. Dino agreed and the match restarted. Sasaki tapped out Dino with the Cross Facelock but the move didn’t count under the new rules. Dino countered the move into a roll up and a kiss to pin Sasaki again! Dino wound up winning both of Sasaki’s contracts, leaving Sasaki empty handed!

Antonio Honda, Masa Takanashi and Saki Akai all had to wrestle blindfolded for their 3 Way Match. They also had to drink liquor whenever music was played (I think the drinks where handed to them by the ref). Due to the blindness there was a lot of missed attacks. Yukinori Matsui got the brunt of the damage due to mistake identity. He got fed up with being attacked and Clotheslined both Honda and Takanashi. Akai unknowingly crawled over both of them at the same time and Matsui counted the pin. She was given more liquor as a prize.


DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN SAPPORO ~DRAMATIC DREAM CLOCK TOWER~” Results

May 24, 2015

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DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN SAPPORO ~DRAMATIC DREAM CLOCK TOWER~”, 24/05/2015
Sapporo Teisen Hall
744 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. 3 Way Match: Kazuki Hirata defeated Antonio Honda and Tomomitsu Matsunaga when Hirata pinned Honda with a Cradle (9:54).
2. Yukio Sakaguchi & Saki Akai defeated Yasu Urano & DJ Nira when Akai submitted Nira with a Camel Clutch (9:14).
3. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao defeated MIKAMI, Tomoya & Makoto Oishi when Ishii pinned Oishi with the High Angle Double Arm DDT (9:57).
4. Akito defeated Kouki Iwasaki with the Scorpion Deathlock (11:19).
5. KUDO & Masa Takanashi defeated Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake when KUDO pinned Sasaki with the Diving Double Knee Drop (13:25).
*KUDO wins one of Daisuke Sasaki’s Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contracts.
6. Falls Count Anywhere Special 4 Way Match: Konosuke Takeshita defeated Kota Ibushi, Sanshiro Takagi and Danshoku Dino when Takeshita pinned Dino with the German Suplex (13:28).
7. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) defeated Kazusada Higuchi with the Somato (20:18).
*V1 for HARASHIMA. Kazusada Higuchi cashes in his Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.

In the short space of six months, Kazusada Higuchi went from his debut pro wrestling match in DNA to challenging for the KO-D Openweight Title in the main event of a DDT show. He’s been undefeated throughout that period and cashed in his Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract in Sapporo to gain a home field advantage. But despite the former sumo’s power advantage, HARASHIMA withstood his attacks and fought back with the John Woo Dropkick and Reverse Frankensteiner. Higuchi ducked the Buzzsaw Kick and hit a desperation German Suplex for a nearfall. HARASHIMA quickly recovered and hit the Buzzsaw Kick twice before finishing him off with the Somato. HARASHIMA called Higuchi really strong for someone who has just been a pro wrestler for six months. He permitted Higuchi to ask for more matches against himself in the future.

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As part of today’s farewell party to Sapporo Teisen Hall, DDT put together a special Falls Count Anywhere 4 Way Match that pulled out all the stops. Sanshiro Takagi brought a bowling ball, Kota Ibushi was armed with fireworks, Danshoku Dino lustfully attacked the audience and Konosuke Takeshita found a dolly tray. Takagi placed a chair flat on Dino’s stomach and dropped the bowling ball onto it. Ibushi dragged everyone outside the building so he could attack them with fireworks and also Moonsault off of a vending machine. Takeshita placed Ibushi and Takagi onto the dolly at separate times and pushed them into a row of chairs. Yoshihiko then suddenly appeared to aid Dino. Takeshita German Suplexed Ibushi while Ibushi was German Suplexing Yoshihiko. Takagi then delivered a stacked Sit Down Himawari bomb to Dino with Yoshihiko sitting on Dino’s shoulders. Yoshihiko was still wrapped around Dino’s neck when Takeshita hit a German Suplex of his own on Dino for the win. Ibushi then ignited his remaining fireworks as he left ringside while Yukinori Matsui yelled at him.

Daisuke Sasaki was introduced as the “Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Triple Crown Holder”. But by the end of the day he would have lost all of it. The first defeat was to KUDO in a tag team match. The rest happened on the second show which I will bring up later. Sasaki tried to flee from the match whenever he could to protect his investments. KUDO got revenge and won back the contract he lost to Sasaki one week ago. KUDO confronted HARASHIMA at the end of the show to tell him their KO-D Title match at Korakuen Hall on 31/5 is back on schedule!

Kouki Iwasaki was the other wrestler celebrating his homecoming today. He is a martial arts graduate of Kenichi Yamamoto’s POWER OF DREAM dojo in Sapporo. He even had new theme music.

Antonio Honda & Tomomitsu Matsunaga began the opening 3 Way Match before Kazuki Hirata could do his dance entrance. He got to do it after he won.


Fukuda Wants Justice On FUMA, Higuchi Cashes In, Sasaki Hoards The Rest

May 20, 2015

UNION “KAZEKAORU UNION 2015”, 23/05/2015
Kitazawa Town Hall

1. Ryu Gouma Vs Kazuhiko Ogasawara
2. Daichi Kazato Vs Mitomi Masayuki
3. Cherry Vs Aoi Ishibashi
4. MEN’S Teioh, Kazushi Miyamoto & SAGAT Vs Shuji Ishikawa, Masato Shibata & Ladybeard
5. Rock ‘N’ Roll Death Match: A.YAZAWA Vs Mio Shirai
6. 1 Vs 3 Handicap Match: FUMA Vs Seiya Morohashi, Hiroshi Fukuda & Yusuke Kubo
7. Independent World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Ikuto Hidaka

Hiroshi Fukuda is looking forward to getting his hands on FUMA. He thinks giving him a 3-on-1 beatdown would strike a big blow to the King Legion. Justice will be served and he compared FUMA to Darth Vader from Star Wars. Was Darth Vader a nice guy? Nope!

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN SAPPORO ~DRAMATIC DREAM CLOCK TOWER~”, 24/05/2015
Sapporo Teisen Hall

1. 3 Way Match: Antonio Honda Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Kazuki Hirata
2. Yukio Sakaguchi & Saki Akai Vs Yasu Urano & DJ Nira
3. MIKAMI, Tomoya & Makoto Oishi Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
4. Akito Vs Kouki Iwasaki
5. KUDO & Masa Takanashi Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake
6. Falls Count Anywhere Special 4 Way Match: Kota Ibushi Vs Sanshiro Takagi Vs Konosuke Takeshita Vs Danshoku Dino
7. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Kazusada Higuchi

Kazusada Higuchi is going to be the first person to cash in the Right To Challenge Contract and in his home prefecture no less. Daisuke Sasaki and Ken Ohka currently have the others.

DDT “AUDIENCE 2015”, 31/05/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. T2Hide New Members Audition: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs X, X & X
2. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao (c) Vs Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake

The originally planned KO-D Openweight Title match main event has been scrapped because KUDO lost his Right To Challenge Contract to Daisuke Sasaki. KUDO was going to cash in his title shot on this show. Sasaki shows no signs of doing the same, instead he is trying to win every single contract available. I’m not even sure if it’s supposed to be the ultimate insurance policy and not just Sasaki turning into an obsessive hoarder.

DDT “KING OF DDT 2015 OSAKA”, 14/06/2015
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2

1. King Of DDT 2015 – Round 2: X Vs X
2. King Of DDT 2015 – Round 2: X Vs X
3. King Of DDT 2015 – Round 2: X Vs X
4. King Of DDT 2015 – Round 2: X Vs X
5. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (c) Vs MIKAMI & Shuji Ishikawa

Due to MIKAMI getting a KO-D Tag Team Title shot he will not be competing in this year’s King Of DDT tournament. But he has just the guy to help him fight Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi strength for strength. Shuji Ishikawa has a lot of history with Sekimoto in both Big Japan and Union. He has also defeated Okabayashi one on on back in February.


SUPER CINDERELLA 1st Round, Right To Challenge 3 Way, Who Captured Shawn?

May 12, 2015

GANBARE☆JOSHI “RAISING AN ARMY ~ BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA~”, 16/05/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA – Round 1: Hong Kong International Women Police Man Vs Miyako Matsumato
2. BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA – Round 1: Aoi Ishibashi Vs Orirabu
3. BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA – Round 1: Haruka Kato Vs J-Soul Pandita III IV’s Sister
4. BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA – Round 1: Manami Kanda Vs Akemi Papiyon
5. Ganbare☆Wrestling Raising An Army Anniversary Special Tag Match: Ken Ohka & Yumehito Imanari Vs Yukihiro Abe & Shinichiro Tominaga
6. BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA – Semi Final: X Vs X
7. BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA – Semi Final: X Vs X
8. BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA – Final: X Vs X

Hong Kong International Women Police Man is still expected to be Atsushi Maruyama in disguise.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “WOW WAR TONIGHT 2015”, 16/05/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Ganbare☆Single Match: Yukihiro Abe Vs Tiger Bedscene
2. Power Of Dreams Showdown ~ Acceptance Of Rikidozan III Vs Hotel Scam Again: Chikara Vs Yumehito Imanari
3. The Answer Is NO! Special 3 Way Match: Mr. No Vs Kiku Montaro Vs Kuzu Hayashi
4. The True Value Of Leeway Generation X!?: Shinichiro Tominaga Vs GENTARO
5. Reunion Of Fate! Black Jack Of The Lion And The Rubbish Heap: Ken Ohka & Minoru Fujita Vs Shibata & Mitomi Masayuki

Kiku Montaro and Kuzu Hayashi are indie wrestlers. I think we all know who Mr. No is going to be.

DDT “FRIENDSHIP, EFFORT, VICTORY IN NAGOYA”, 17/05/2015
Nagoya Nakamura Sports Center

1. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Shunma Katsumata
2. Amon Tsurumi Cup Battle Royal: MIKAMI Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Suguru Miyatake Vs Saki Akai Vs DJ Nira
3. Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
4. Anytime, Anywhere Holder 3 Way Match: KUDO Vs Kazusada Higuchi Vs Daisuke Sasaki
5. Different Life ~Sound Of Impermanence~: Danshoku Dino Vs Jinsei Shinzaki
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (c) Vs HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano
7. DDT Extreme Title – Last Man Standing Match: Akito (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie

A high stakes 3 Way Match guarantees one Right To Challenge Contract will change hands. Daisuke Sasaki wants to have every contract for himself so he can have a Plan B, C, D and E if his eventual cash in fails. He currently has two in his possession but he risks losing one if KUDO or Kazusada Higuchi beat him. Speaking of those two, they are both just weeks away from cashing in their contracts. To lose it now would be catastrophic for that person.

Amon Tsurumi will be the judge for his own Battle Royal. He will pick the winner based on whoever best meets his standards, whatever they are.

UNION “KAZEKAORU UNION 2015”, 23/05/2015
Kitazawa Town Hall

1. Isami Kodaka Vs Ikuto Hidaka

Isami Kodaka has said he uses the Shawn Capture Hold because he is a fan of Zero1 wrestler Ikuto Hidaka. He has invited Hidaka over to Union for a match to find out who uses the move better. Also because it will be a good match and Kodaka hopes everyone will enjoy as much as he will.

DDT “THANK YOU TEISEN! GOODBYE TEISEN! ~WITH LOVE AND GRATITUDE FROM DDT~”, 24/05/2015
Sapporo Teisen Hall

1. MIKAMI Vs Makoto Oishi
2. Tomoya & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Suguru Miyatake & Kouki Iwasaki
3. Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & DJ Nira
4. Yasu Urano & Akito Vs Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao
5. Teisen Specialty Sea Urchin, Salmon Roe And Scallop Bowl 3 Way Match: Antonio Honda Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Saki Akai
6. Danshoku Dino Vs Daisuke Sasaki
7. Thank You Teisen! Goodbye Teisen! Special Match: HARASHIMA, Kota Ibushi & KUDO Vs Shigehiro Irie, Konosuke Takeshita & Kazusada Higuchi

Although this is the final DDT solo show in Sapporo Teisen Hall, DDT will be working with NOAH, Big Japan, K-Dojo, FREEDOMS and Tenryu Project for the very last wrestling show in the building on 30th June.


Matches For M.I.O 3, Saitama Slam 2, Ganbare Stuff & Teisen Farewell

May 8, 2015

UNION, OZ ACADEMY, WAVE, ICE RIBBON “M.I.O 3”, 09/05/2015
Osaka Ikuno Kumen Center

1. 3 Way Match: Sonoko Kato Vs Ryo Minami Vs Mitsuhisa Sunabe
2. Psuedo Close Match: HAYATA, Misaki Ohata & Tsukasa Fujimoto Vs Yumi Ohka, Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto
3. Irregular Rules Match: Shuji Ishikawa Vs Fairy Nihonbashi
4. Aja Kong, Hamuko Hoshi & Daichi Kazato Vs Hiroshi Fukuda, Mika Iida & Miyako Matsumoto
5. Special Retirement Exhibition Match: KAGUYA Vs Ayako Hamada
6. Thanks For Teaching And Training During The Rookie Era: Mio Shirai Vs Takashi Sasaki

The rules for the Shuji Ishikawa Vs Fairy Nihonbashi match are being kept secret until the match takes place.

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 2”, 10/05/2015
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

0. King Of Dark Title: Gota Ihashi (c) & DJ Nira Vs Mitomi Masayuki & Ryu Gouma
1. Soma Takao Vs Suguru Miyatake
2. Akito & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Shunma Katsumata
3. Antonio Honda & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie
4. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Saki Akai Vs Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi, MIKAMI & X
5. Daisuke Sasaki Vs Konosuke Takeshita
6. 3 Way Match: HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs KUDO & Masa Takanashi Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Ryota Nakatsu

DNA rookies Kazusada Higuchi & Ryota Nakatsu are thrusted into the main event with big implications depending on the result. Higuchi and KUDO both have Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contracts and both have made their intentions clear to cash in later this month. Getting pinned would devastate either man’s plan.

The King Of Dark Title only changes hands if Gota Ihashi pins or submits one of his opponents. No title change if DJ Nira gets the win.

GANBARE☆JOSHI “RAISING AN ARMY ~ BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA~”, 16/05/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA – Round 1: Hong Kong International Police Woman Vs Miyako Matsumato
2. BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA – Round 1: X Vs X
3. BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA – Round 1: X Vs X
4. BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA – Round 1: X Vs X
5. BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA – Semi Final: X Vs X
6. BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA – Semi Final: X Vs X
7. Ganbare☆Wrestling Raising An Army Anniversary Special Tag Match: Ken Ohka & Yumehito Imanari Vs Yukihiro Abe & Shinichiro Tominaga
8. BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA – Final: X Vs X

Ganbare☆Joshi was able to find enough competitors to fill out the field for BEST OF THE SUPER CINDERELLA. Joining the tournament are Aoi Ishibashi and Manami Kanda (both representing World Wrestling Association), Orirabu (COWPER amateur wrestler), Haruka Kato (fresh off of joining Enjo-gun), Akemi Papiyon (Dera Beppin Pro Wrestling) and J-Soul Pandita III IV’s Sister (*shrugs*). The remaining opening round pairings will be determined on the day of the show.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “WOW WAR TONIGHT 2015”, 16/05/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. The True Value Of Leeway Generation X!?: Shinichiro Tominaga Vs GENTARO
2. Reunion Of Fate! Black Jack Of The Lion And The Rubbish Heap: Ken Ohka & Minoru Fujita Vs Shibata & Mitomi Masayuki

Shinichiro Tominaga Vs GENTARO was put together because GENTARO gave a rave review of Tominaga’s first wrestling match four years ago. Ganpuro and GENTARO want to see how far Tominaga has advanced since then.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN SAPPORO ~DRAMATIC DREAM CLOCK TOWER~”, 24/05/2015
Sapporo Teisen Hall

1. KUDO & Masa Takanashi Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake
2. Falls Count Anywhere Special 4 Way Match: Kota Ibushi Vs Sanshiro Takagi Vs Konosuke Takeshita Vs Danshoku Dino
3. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Kazusada Higuchi

Kota Ibushi is currently out of action with a neck injury. He is aiming to return on these final DDT shows at Sapporo Teisen Hall.

DDT “THANK YOU TEISEN! GOODBYE TEISEN! ~WITH LOVE AND GRATITUDE FROM DDT~”, 24/05/2015
Sapporo Teisen Hall

1. Teisen Specialty Sea Urchin, Salmon Roe And Scallop Bowl 3 Way Match: Antonio Honda Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Saki Akai
2. Danshoku Dino Vs Daisuke Sasaki
3. Thank You Teisen! Goodbye Teisen! Special Match: HARASHIMA, Kota Ibushi & KUDO Vs Shigehiro Irie, Konosuke Takeshita & Kazusada Higuchi

I hope none of the wrestlers in Match #1 are allergic to seafood.


Max Bump & Golden Union Cards, Upcoming Title Matches, Goodbye Teisen

April 22, 2015

DDT “MAX BUMP 2015”, 29/04/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match: Kazusada Higuchi & Kota Umeda Vs Ryota Nakatsu & Kouki Iwasaki
1. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Shunma Katsumata
2. BOYZ Vs YaroZ Final Match: Makoto Oishi, Akito, Soma Takao & Kazuki Hirata Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & X
3. Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita Vs KUDO & Masa Takanashi
4. Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contention Battle Royal: Danshoku Dino Vs MIKAMI Vs Yasu Urano Vs Daisuke Sasaki Vs Hoshitango Vs Suguru Miyatake Vs Saki Akai Vs Hiroshi Fukuda Vs DJ Nira
5. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie
6. KO-D Openweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) Vs HARASHIMA

So two of the wrestlers fighting over the last Right To Challenge Contract already have contracts. That’s a little unfair. I assume Hiroshi Fukuda’s and Yasu Urano’s contracts will be safe if they are just eliminated by ring out.

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2015”, 29/04/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Yusuke Kubo Vs Ryota Nakatsu
2. Madoka (w/ Harumi Tachibana) Vs Ladybeard (w/ Ryu Gouma)
3. 2nd Generation Muscle Sakai Final: Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Super Sasadango Machine
4. Union Fly To Everywhere World Title – 3 Way Match: Cherry (c) Vs Aoi Ishibashi Vs Hibiscus Mii
5. Ken Ohka & Mio Shirai Vs Kengo Ohka & Seiya Morohashi
6. MEN’S Teioh, Kazushi Miyamoto & SAGAT Vs Daichi Kazato, Mitomi Masayuki & Masato Shibata
7. Independent World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
8. Union MAX Title – 1,000 Rose Death Match: FUMA (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa

The King Legion will be represented in full.

DDT “DNA 5”, 01/05/2015
Kitazawa Town Hall

1. Kouki Iwasaki Vs Dai Suzuki
2. Kota Umeda Vs Masaya Takahashi
3. Ryota Nakatsu Vs Atsushi Aoki
4. Suguru Miyatake Vs Yuji Hino
5. Kazusada Higuchi Vs Shunma Katsumata

Tomoya Kawamura will miss the show due to injury. Kota Umeda takes his place.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN SENDAI ~DRAMATIC DREAM TAN~”, 04/05/2015
Miyagi Yume Messe West Wing Hall

1. Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi
2. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao (c) Vs HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito

New challengers at last!

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN AOMORI ~DRAMATIC DREAM TSUGARU SHAMISEN~”, 05/05/2015
Aomori Hamanasu Hall

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

After spending months and months legitimising the DDT Extreme Title, Akito now faces his toughest test, Gorgeous Matsuno’s karaoke.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN YAMAGATA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TAMAKON’NYAKU~”, 06/05/2015
Yamagata Big Wing

1. Kota Ibushi & Suguru Miyatake Vs Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita
2. HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi

I’m assuming the KO-D Openweight Champion, if it’s either Kota Ibushi or HARASHIMA will be on all three shows on the week beginning 4th May. Maybe a Right To Challenge cash in can take place here?

DDT “FRIENDSHIP, EFFORT, VICTORY IN NAGOYA”, 17/05/2015
Nagoya Nakamura Sports Center

1. DDT Extreme Title: Akito (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie

Akito has picked Shigehiro Irie to be the next challenger for the DDT Extreme Title. It means a lot for Irie to get the title shot in Nagoya where he wrestled for several years before joining DDT.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN SAPPORO ~DRAMATIC DREAM CLOCK TOWER~”, 24/05/2015
Sapporo Teisen Hall

1. KO-D Openweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) Vs Kazusada Higuchi

The DNA stand out Kazusada Higuchi has made it public that he will cash in his Right To Challenge Contract in his home prefecture of Hokkaido. All he has to do is not lose it until then. He’s on the right track because he has yet to drop a fall in his young pro wrestling career.

Saki Akai and Tomoya will wrestle on the show.

DDT “THANK YOU TEISEN! GOODBYE TEISEN! ~WITH LOVE AND GRATITUDE FROM DDT~”, 24/05/2015
Sapporo Teisen Hall

1. Thank You Teisen! Goodbye Teisen! Special Match: X Vs X

Sapporo Teisen Hall will be closing down in June. The venue has been a popular destination for indie wrestling with DDT and Big Japan among others hosting shows whenever they were in Sapporo. Apparently Big Japan will hold the final wrestling show in the building but before that DDT will say goodbye with a double show in May.


HARD HIT “HOLY LAND PILGRIMAGE” Results

October 13, 2014

HARD HIT “HOLY LAND PILGRIMAGE – PART 1”, 13/10/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall
314 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Keitaro Kawamura (3) Vs Akihiro Yamamoto (3) ended in a Time Limit Draw (5:00).
2. Masaki Miyabo (3) defeated Takashimi Ono (2) by Points Decision (5:00).
3. Masaki Nishi (3) defeated Akira Yamamoto (2) by Points Decision (5:00).
4. Red Dragon defeated Toshiaki Kindaichi with a Modified Leg Splitter (3:19).
5. Grappling Rules: Kazuyasu Takahashi defeated Yoshito Takeuchi with a Grounded Cobra Stretch (1:01).
6. Masahiro Nina (3) defeated Satoshi Wakahara (2) by Points Decision (5:00).
7. Hokuto Omori (3) Vs Gen Sasaki (3) ended in a Time Limit Draw (5:00).
8. Liger Kanzaki (3) Vs Tetsuo Onuma (3) ended in a Time Limit Draw (5:00).

HARD HIT “HOLY LAND PILGRIMAGE – PART 2”, 13/10/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall
314 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Hiroshi Kozakai (1D/0E/0P) defeated Shibata (1D/2E/0P) by TKO (3:49).
2. Yukio Sakaguchi (0D/0E/0P) defeated Hayato Mashita (2D/0E/0P) by KO with a High Kick (2:26).
3. Tomoya Miyashita Memorial Tag Match: Manabu Hara & Yukio Kubota (0D/3E/0P) defeated Mitsuhisa Sunabe & Shuichiro Katsumura (2D/0E/0P) when Hara submitted Katsumura with a Chickenwing (7:18).
4. Ryo Kawamura (1D/0E/0P) Vs Super Tiger (1D/0E/0P) ended in a Time Limit Draw (10:00).
5. HARASHIMA (1D/1E/0P) defeated Hikaru Sato (0D/1E/0P) with a Cross Armlock (7:56).
6. Kenichi Yamamoto 20th Anniversary & Retirement Match: Kenichi Yamamoto (1D/3E/0P) defeated Ryuki Ueyama (1D/1E/0P) with an Achilles Tendon Lock (11:53).

During his retirement speech Kenichi Yamamoto said he moved to Hokkaido three years ago. He called Hokkaido the sacred home of UWF. He thinks now is the time to pass the baton to the new era of fighters.

Hikaru Sato says he wants to have a big match for Hard Hit’s next show in December.


DDT, BJW, K-DOJO “SAPPORO BEER GARDEN WRESTLING 2014” Results

October 12, 2014

DDT, BJW, K-DOJO “SAPPORO BEER GARDEN WRESTLING 2014”, 12/10/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall
279 Fans

1. Beer Garden Specialty Opening Match: Kazuki Hashimoto & Soma Takao defeated Tiran Shisa & Kota Sekifuda when Takao submitted Sekifuda with a Boston Crab (9:30).
2. Beer Garden Specialty Drinking Match: Jaki Numazawa & Saburo Inematsu defeated Masa Takanashi & Takayuki Ueki when Numazawa pinned Ueki with help from Nikkan Lee (12:06).
3. Beer Garden Specialty Blindfold Match: Yuji Hino defeated Antonio Honda and Abdullah Kobayashi when Hino pinned Honda with the FUCKIN’ BOMB (15:21).
4. Beer Garden Specialty Revival! MEN’S CLUB Presents: MEN’S Teioh & Makoto Oishi defeated Shiori Asahi & Hiro Tonai when Oishi pinned Asahi with a 3 Count Kiss (16:56). (Special Referee: Danshoku Dino)
5. Beer Garden Specialty Now Leaders Vs New Leaders: Ryuji Ito, HARASHIMA & Kengo Mashimo defeated Ryuichi Kawakami, Akito & Ryuichi Sekine when Ito pinned Sekine with the Dragon Splash (16:22).

Report to come soon.


DDT “SAPPORO WRESTLING FESTA 2014” Results

October 12, 2014

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DDT “SAPPORO WRESTLING FESTA 2014”, 12/10/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall
463 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. MIKAMI defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga with the Sliding School Boy (7:08).
2. Tokyo From GO! – 4 Way Match: Antonio Honda defeated Danshoku Dino, Yukio Sakaguchi and Kazuki Hirata when Honda pinned Hirata with a Japanese Leg Lock Clutch (8:32).
3. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie defeated Tomoya & Makoto Oishi when Irie pinned Oishi with the Beast Bomber (11:02).
4. Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki & DJ Nira defeated HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Michael Nakazawa when Ibushi pinned Nakazawa with a Swan Dive German Suplex (15:59).
5. DDT Extreme Title: Akito (c) defeated Soma Takao with the Kinniku Bomber (16:36).
*V1 for Akito.
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) defeated KUDO & Masa Takanashi when Takeshita pinned Takanashi with the German Suplex (23:17).
*V1 for Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo.

With a successful first defence, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo are now confident they can live up to their promise to Kenny Omega that they are the future of DDT. They also lived up to their promise of drinking protein shakes to toast their victory.

Akito can finally put his defeat to Soma Takao behind him. He beat Takao in a normal match to keep the DDT Extreme Title around his waist. Antonio Honda challenged Akito to put the title on the line when they face each other on 26th October.


Extremely Normal Title Match, Protein Vs Liquor Title Match, Annual Omori Title Match

October 10, 2014

UNION “UNION SCHOOL FESTIVAL 2014”, 11/10/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Mitomi Masayuki Vs Tomoya Kawamura
2. Seiya Morohashi Vs Shibata
3. Shuji Ishikawa, SAGAT & Ryu Gouma Vs Mio Shirai, Cherry & Ladybeard
4. Hiroshi Fukuda Send Off Battle Royal: MEN’S Teioh Vs Jun Kasai Vs Mame Endo Vs Goro Jr. X
5. Isami Kodaka & FUMA Vs Daichi Kazato & Madoka

Hiroshi Fukuda suffered a dislocated shoulder blade and will be unable to wrestle in his Union farewell match. There is no date set yet for his return to the ring for any promotion.

DDT “SAPPORO WRESTLING FESTA 2014”, 12/10/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall

1. MIKAMI Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
2. Tokyo From GO! – 4 Way Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Antonio Honda Vs Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Kazuki Hirata
3. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Tomoya & Makoto Oishi
4. HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Michael Nakazawa Vs Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki & DJ Nira
5. DDT Extreme Title: Akito (c) Vs Soma Takao
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs KUDO & Masa Takanashi

The main event is protein shakes vs liquor. Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo plan to drink protein shakes as a toast for their victory on Sunday. Masa Takanashi is pretty insulted that they would drink protein shakes instead of alcohol.

Akito has decided his DDT Extreme Title match against Soma Takao will just be a normal singles match. Akito still remembers when he lost to Takao in a King of DDT qualifying match back in May. He is still bitter over the defeat and wants to prove he can beat Takao without any crazy stipulation aiding him. He’ll start defending the Extreme Title the way it is supposed to be defended once he beats Takao. Also since DDT is currently being passed over to a new generation of wrestlers, Akito wants to make the Extreme Title as prestigious as the KO-D Openweight Title.

HARD HIT “HOLY LAND PILGRIMAGE – PART 1”, 13/10/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall

1. B Rules: Keitaro Kawamura Vs Akihiro Yamamoto
2. B Rules: Masaki Miyabo Vs Takashimi Ono
3. B Rules: Akira Yamamoto Vs Masaki Nishi
4. B Rules: Toshiaki Kindaichi Vs Red Dragon
5. G Rules: Yoshito Takeuchi Vs Kazuyasu Takahashi
6. B Rules: Masahiro Nina Vs Satoshi Wakahara
7. B Rules: Hokuto Omori Vs Gen Sasaki
8. B Rules: Liger Kanzaki Vs Tetsuo Onuma

This weekend’s Hard Hit event will be split into two shows. The first show will be dedicated to amateur fights featuring competitors from the POWER OF DREAM promotion.

HARD HIT “HOLY LAND PILGRIMAGE – PART 2”, 13/10/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall

1. Hiroshi Kozakai Vs Shibata
2. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Hayato Mashita
3. Tomoya Miyashita Memorial Tag Match: Mitsuhisa Sunabe & Shuichiro Katsumura Vs Manabu Hara & Yukio Kubota
4. Ryo Kawamura Vs Super Tiger
5. Hikaru Sato Vs HARASHIMA
6. Kenichi Yamamoto 20th Anniversary & Retirement Match: Kenichi Yamamoto Vs Ryuki Ueyama

The second show features the retirement of Kenichi Yamamoto as well as Hikaru Sato Vs HARASHIMA in the semi-main event.

The tag team match is dedicated to Tomoya Miyashita, a POWER OF DREAM fighter who passed away from leukaemia in 2011.

DDT “UTAN FESTA 2014”, 19/10/2014
Tokyo JR Omori Station

1. Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie
2. Tokyo Joshi Pro Presents: Miyu Yamashita, KANNA & Erin Vs Nonoko, Shoko Nakajim & Yuka Sakazaki
3. Next Omori Title Challenger Battle Royal: Sanshiro Takagi Vs MIKAMI Vs KUDO Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Soma Takao
4. UTAN FESTA Exhibition Match: Asaki Honda Vs Shibata
5. Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Chikara & Yumehito Imanari
6. HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito Vs Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo
7. Omori World Title: Danshoku Dino (c) Vs Gurukun Mask

A World Title match one year in the making! Every October DDT holds a show outside the Tokyo JR Omori Station. The event features the Omori World Title, a championship that is usually only defended at this event. Danshoku Dino has held the title since 2009 and it was a vital part of his infamous GAY Crown title run that year. Former Okinawa Pro wrestler Gurukun Mask won a Battle Royal at last year’s event to become this year’s No. 1 contender.