DDT “PROGRESS AND HARMONY OF WRESTLING” Preview

August 15, 2013

DDT “PROGRESS AND HARMONY OF WRESTLING”, 17/08/2013
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

0. Dark Match – Tokyo Women’s Wrestling Offer Match: Miyu Yamashita & Shoko Nakajima Vs Chikage Kiba & KANNA
0. Dark Match: Gota Ihashi & SAGAT Vs Mitomi Masayuki & Tatsuhiko Yoshino
1. All Night Nippon GOLD Personality Battle Royal: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Nori da Funky Shibire-sasu Vs Hikaru Sato Vs Toru Owashi Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs DJ Nira Vs Emi Sakura Vs GAMI Vs Honey Jiro Vs Guanchulo
2. Wrestling Style Vs Van: Hiroshi Fukuda (DPG) Vs Pour Lui (BiS) (w/ Jun Kasai)
3. Ultra Seven x DDT Collaboration Match: Yoshihiro Takayama & MIKAMI Vs Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
4. DRESSCAMP PRESENTS: Kenny Omega Vs Konosuke Takeshita
5. Idol Lumberjack 4 Way Match: Makoto Oishi (Sizukaze & Kizuna ～KIZUNA～) Vs Yuko Miyamoto (LinQ) Vs Isami Kodaka (Up Up Girls) Vs Sanshiro Takagi (Eri Nitta)
6. Monster Army Vs Sakaguchi Home: Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki, Yuji Hino & Hoshitango (w/ Tetsu Watanabe) Vs Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi, Akito & Kazuki Hirata (w/ Kenji Sakaguchi)
7. Special 6-Man Tag Team Match: Shigehiro Irie, Keisuke Ishii & Takao Soma Vs HARASHIMA, KUDO & Yasu Urano
8. The Main Event: Danshoku Dino Vs Kota Ibushi

It’s that time again when DDT takes over Sumo Hall and puts on its biggest show of the year. This time however DDT will be holding two shows on back-to-back days. First up is “PROGRESS AND HARMONY OF WRESTLING”. This event will be more sports entertainment than usual for DDT. Those looking forward to title matches or anything that will contain significant progress for DDT’s storylines are probably better off waiting for the second show. This here is more like a variety show with the amount of celebrity guests showing up to get involved. That’s not to say there will not be any matches to look forward to of course.

0. Dark Match – Tokyo Women’s Wrestling Offer Match: Miyu Yamashita & Shoko Nakajima Vs Chikage Kiba & KANNA

Formed in June 2012, Tokyo Women’s Wrestling was created by DDT to bring in a new generation of girls into joshi wrestling. The project skid off track when its first and only trainee at the time NOZOMI quit the promotion after her brother Takashi Dai was forced into retirement due to spinal injuries suffered in his debut match. It wasn’t until November when the project emerged again with three brand new rookies Miyu Yamashita, KANNA and Chikage Kiba. They were soon joined by Shoko Nakajima and together the four spent all of this year competing in exhibition matches inside a tiny Akihabra concert hall. Now the time has come for the four girls to make their official pro wrestling debut.

0. Dark Match: Gota Ihashi & SAGAT Vs Mitomi Masayuki & Tatsuhiko Yoshino

The unsuccessful Kota Ibushi cloning experiment finally made some improvements this year. Gota Ihashi found some winning form as part of the Golden Rendezvous, winning the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles. SAGAT is an indy wrestler who often competed in Union’s dark matches until Choun-Shiryu force fed him a potion that turned him into a Chinese Vampire. Now he spends his time hopping on the spot and looking like a male Hsien-Ko from Darkstalkers. Mitomi Masayuki is Union’s newest signed wrestler and has a cult following from his student wrestling days. Unfortunately his Union debut was delayed for a long time after he was injured in a car crash and it was only last month when he was finally able to wrestle. Tatsuhiko Yoshino is from Guts World. That’s everything I know about him… Ta da!

1. All Night Nippon GOLD Personality Battle Royal: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Nori da Funky Shibire-sasu Vs Hikaru Sato Vs Toru Owashi Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs DJ Nira Vs Emi Sakura Vs GAMI Vs Honey Jiro Vs Guanchulo

The show starts proper with a Battle Royal sponsored by the All Night Nippon radio show. The usual gang of misfits you would expect in a DDT Battle Royal are here along with former TKG48 member Nori da Funky Shibire-sasu, Gatoh Move founder Emi Sakura, Pro Wrestling WAVE founder GAMI, Chilean Dick Togo student Guanchulo and comedian/part time wrestler/lucky bastard who once dated Sora Aoi, Honey Jiro.

2. Wrestling Style Vs Van: Hiroshi Fukuda (DPG) Vs Pour Lui (BiS) (w/ Jun Kasai)

Hiroshi Fukuda recently took an unexpected career change by forming his own music group with a bunch of friends (and Antonio Honda) where they dress up as super heroes. After the DPG (Dramatic Perfect Group) launched their debut video, Fukuda picked a fight with Pour Lui, the leader of a girl group called BiS (Brand-New Idol Society). So a match was made and Lui was given a wrestler to be in her corner to make things even. That wrestler is Jun Kasai.

3. Ultra Seven x DDT Collaboration Match: Yoshihiro Takayama & MIKAMI Vs Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga

Yoshihiro Takayama & MIKAMI join forces due to their love of Ultraman. Nothing more needs to be said.

4. DRESSCAMP PRESENTS: Kenny Omega Vs Konosuke Takeshita

We’re getting a little fancy with this one. DRESSCAMP is a fashion brand and they are providing some glamour to go along with Kenny Omega versus Konosuke Takeshita. Japanese-Swedish celebrity LiLiCo is the special guest ring announcer while models Saki Akai (who makes her pro wrestling debut the next day) and Ayumi Goto will also appear. The match itself looks promising. Takeshita has had a heck of a rookie year while Omega has been really strong with a KO-D Openweight and DDT Extreme Title run throughout the first half of the year.

5. Idol Lumberjack 4 Way Match: Makoto Oishi (Sizukaze & Kizuna ～KIZUNA～) Vs Yuko Miyamoto (LinQ) Vs Isami Kodaka (Up Up Girls) Vs Sanshiro Takagi (Eri Nitta)

Wrestling match or a Japanese take on the TV show X-Factor? You decide. What we have here is a Lumberjack match. The roles of the lumberjacks have been given to a bunch of different music idols, each one represented by one of the wrestlers competing inside the ring. The idols are allowed to attack any wrestler who leaves the ring. However none of the wrestlers are allowed to touch any of the idols or else they will be immediately disqualified.

6. Monster Army Vs Sakaguchi Home: Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki, Yuji Hino & Hoshitango (w/ Tetsu Watanabe) Vs Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi, Akito & Kazuki Hirata (w/ Kenji Sakaguchi)

The Monster Army never learns. Last year Antonio Honda went on a stealing spree, robbing the DDT locker room of their gear and selling it online. The problem got so bad Sanshiro Takagi had to call in Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima to arrest them. Unfortunately only half a year passed until Honda and Daisuke Sasaki began stealing gear again. The line they crossed this time was when they stole the ring robe of Seiji Sakaguchi, Yukio Sakaguchi’s father. Speaking of fathers, Antonio Honda then revealed that his father Tetsu Watanabe is the Monster Army Marshall who ordered them to steal it! In response Yukio and his famous brother Kenji Sakaguchi planned to bring together a crack team of fighters to go to war with the Monster Army and win back the robe. Unfortunately, Jushin Liger thinks Yukio is a dick and he knows pretty much everybody in the industry so that probably stopped any hope of the plan from happening. So Yukio has to rely on DDT’s local crew Masa Takanashi, Akito and Kazuki Hirata instead.

7. Special 6-Man Tag Team Match: Shigehiro Irie, Keisuke Ishii & Takao Soma Vs HARASHIMA, KUDO & Yasu Urano

Team Dream Futures and Ura-Shima-Kudo have had plenty of 6-Man Tag Team matches together since both units were formed. What makes this one different is Shigehiro Irie will have his entrance song “Tachimukau” performed live by Kenji Ohtsuki. Also Irie will be in the ring with HARASHIMA the night before they main event Sumo Hall in the KO-D Openweight Title match.

8. The Main Event: Danshoku Dino Vs Kota Ibushi

The final match is a fitting main event between DDT’s two most loved wrestlers. Kota Ibushi and Danshoku Dino face each other for the first time since December 2010. They have had eight singles matches together in their careers (more like six, one was a backstage Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title change and the other was a wrestling match disguised as a figure dancing performance). While Ibushi is the favourite to win, Dino has had his number many times. Dino knows the Gedo Gay-do Clutch and that move has been Ibushi’s Achilles heel in the past. Ibushi also has bigger things to worry about the next day. If he can beat Dino and his eternal lust for anything male, then he can clear his head for The Rainmaker.

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DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2013 ~ DRIFT PRODUCE” Results

August 2, 2013

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DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2013 ~ DRIFT PRODUCE”, 02/08/2013
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
481 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Shigehiro Irie Produce: Shigehiro Irie defeated Kazuki Hirata & Tetsuya Endo when Irie pinned Endo with the People’s Elbow (11:35).
2. Takao Soma Produce – U-FILE CAMP – A Distorted Relationship Between Teacher And Wrestling Class Graduates: Takao Soma defeated Reo and Kazuhiro Tamura when Soma pinned Reo with the Sorarina (7:41).
3. Keisuke Ishii Produce – Lariat Pro Wrestling: Keisuke Ishii, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kengo Mashimo defeated Danshoku Dino, Antonio Honda & Hoshitango when Mashimo pinned Honda with a Lariat (9:53).
4. ~Summer 2013 Culmination~: Shigehiro Irie, Keisuke Ishii & Takao Soma defeated Akito, Kazuki Hirata & FUMA when Soma pinned Hirata with the New Tricks (32:13).

Even though the show was put together by Team Dream Futures, Takao Soma was given the spotlight and was described as the “hero of the day” by his team mates. Soma debuted his new finisher New Tricks, which is described as an Implant move.

Lariat Pro Wrestling lived up to its name. The teams came out to either Stan Hansen or Riki Choshu’s theme song, Lariats were thrown everywhere, wrestlers who did not use the move were booed and the competitors got so into it they threw Lariats at every referee and wrestler watching at ringside.

Shigehiro Irie’s goal for the opening match was to try out different moves made famous by popular wrestlers like the 619 and the People’s Elbow.

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Irie Vs Okabayashi This Sunday! Tobita Reveals His Phantom, New Beer Garden Matches

July 19, 2013

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2 DAYS IN 2013”, 21/07/2013
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. All Star Battle Royal: Daisuke Sasaki Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs Akito Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs DJ Nira Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
2. Hikaru Sato & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Gota Ihashi
3. 3 Way Tag Team Match: Keisuke Ishii & Takao Soma Vs KUDO & Yasu Urano Vs MIKAMI & MIKAMI?
4. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Yuko Miyamoto, Isami Kodaka & FUMA
5. Top & Future Special Tag Team Match: HARASHIMA & Konosuke Takeshita Vs Kota Ibushi & Tetsuya Endo
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Antonio Honda, Hoshitango & Yuji Hino (c) Vs Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Kensuke Sasaki
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Shigehiro Irie (c) Vs Yuji Okabayashi

It’s time to find out who goes into Sumo Hall as the KO-D Openweight Champion. Shigehiro Irie and Yuji Okabayashi both debuted in 2008 and were looked upon to fill up the strong heavyweight roles that were missing from the independent scene. Okabayashi was quicker than Irie to taste success, winning tag team championships with Daisuke Sekimoto in both All Japan and their home Big Japan. It was only just recently that Irie has become the dominant force DDT wanted him to be, holding the record of most KO-D Title defences in a single reign.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING 3, 21/07/2013
Saitama Wrestle Fighter Museum

1. Gorikiko Vs Tsubasa Fujimoto
2. Shota Vs Crusher Takahashi
3. Tanomusaku Toba Vs Kazuhiko Ogasawara
4. Shinichiro Tominaga & Tomohiro Otani Vs Osochin Aries & Bradshaw Hidaka
5. Ganbare Tamagawa Vs Osamu Namiguchi
6. Ganbare☆Wrestling Vs Saitama Wrestling: Ken Ohka & Yumehito Imanari Vs Survival Tobita & Wild Predator Gaiju Taro II

Wild Predator Gaiju Taro II is the name of Survival Tobita’s mystery partner. The original Taro is too old to fight so Tobita got rid of it and brought in its offspring.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2013 ~ DANSHOKU RANCH CLASSIC”, 29/07/2013
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Take Back Yoshiko’s Smile:
2. It Is Attached To The Man NAKAZAWA:
3. Kota Ibushi Summer Vacation Wrestling Study:

May God have mercy on the poor suckers who have to cheer up Yoshiko from Stardom. She can be quite grumpy.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2013 ~ URASHIMAKUDO PRODUCE”, 30/07/2013
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. FUMA Produce:
2. Yasu Urano Produce – Sambo Vs Judo: Daisuke Kido Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
3. KUDO Produce – Ebisuko Free Meals For One Year Battle Royal:
4. HARASHIMA Produce – ~Gaku Pro Only Yesterday~: HARASHIMA Vs Eririn Takagi

Eririn Takagi is from Hitachi Pro Wrestling based in Hibaraki.

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Practice Makes Perfect For HARASHIMA, Genius Vs Rainmaker

July 8, 2013

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DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2013”, 18/08/2013
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – “Research Group” Battle Royal: Komyo (c) Vs
2. Dramatic Dream Match: Kota Ibushi Vs Kazuchika Okada
3. KO-D Openweight Title: Shigehiro Irie or Yuji Okabayashi (c) Vs HARASHIMA

As the 2013 King of DDT winner, HARASHIMA gets a main event KO-D Title shot at Sumo Hall. It is a title shot that has alluded the challenger ever since February when HARASHIMA fought and lost to Kenny Omega. All that is left to figure out now is who the champion will be. Shigehiro Irie defends the championship against Big Japan’s Yuji Okabayashi in Korakuen Hall on 21st July. If Okabayashi wins, it will bring back memories of “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2010” when HARASHIMA challenged Daisuke Sekimoto for that very championship. A victory for Irie however will continue what is now arguably the most successful KO-D Title reign in DDT history.

Meanwhile a co-main event has been signed and I am so excited to see it happen. It will be the Independent Genius taking on the Rainmaker when Kota Ibushi faces the current IWGP Heavyweight Champion, Kazuchika Okada from New Japan. This will continue Ibushi’s move up to heavyweight status along with his recent weight gain (it is currently 88kg). What’s interesting to note is the match will take place one week after the final of the G1 CLIMAX, which both men have entered. Ibushi thinks he will win the G1 and is interested, is highly motivated to wrestle Okada and wants to challenge for the IWGP Title. However, since there has been no mention of the championship during the announcement, I believe that Ibushi Vs Okada will be a non-title bout if Okada is still the champion when “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2013” takes place.

Speaking of Ibushi and the G1 CLIMAX, his group match with Shinsuke Nakamura in Osaka on 4th August will be shown live on Ustream iPPV.

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DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN KANAZAWA” Results

June 30, 2013

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DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN KANAZAWA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TORIYASAI~”, 30/06/2013
Ishikawa Kanazawa
138 Fans

1. Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Kazuki Hirata with a Rear Naked Choke (6:42).
2. Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki defeated Masa Takanashi & Akito when Honda pinned Takanashi with a School Boy (9:36).
3. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi defeated Michael Nakazawa & MIKAMI? (Guanchuro) when Oishi pinned Nakazawa with the Miracle Ecstasy (8:57).
4. Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi defeated Shigehiro Irie & Takao Soma when Takagi pinned Soma with the Sit Down Himawari Bomb (10:03).
5. Keisuke Ishii defeated DJ Nira with the Spiral Fisherman Buster (10:03).
6. HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & KUDO defeated Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Gota Ihashi when HARASHIMA pinned Ihashi with the Somato (13:26).

Sanshiro Takagi has added a new move to his arsenal, an Argentine Backbreaker he calls the Seibi Killer. The move is named after Rika Seibi, who just happens to be Shigehiro Irie’s favourite gravure idol. The Seibi Killer was super effective on Irie and Takagi intends to use it again when they fight for the KO-D Openweight Title next month in Nagoya. Irie is furious that Takagi would tarnish his Seibi’s name.

Masa Takanashi & Akito appeared in the ring before their match complaining about their gear going missing backstage. They accused The Monster Army of stealing their stuff. Tsurumi Amon disagreed and said they couldn’t have stolen anything because they were rehabilitated by the TenKoji Police Force last year. Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki then showed up wearing Masa’s shorts and Akito’s arm bands. The Monster Army then stole the victory when Honda placed his foot on the ropes while pinning Takanashi with a School Boy.

The role of MIKAMI was played today by Guanchuro. Everything about the portrayal was accurate from the clothing to the hand gestures.

 

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DDT “JUDGEMENT 2013” Results

March 20, 2013

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DDT “JUDGEMENT 2013”, 20/03/2013
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,435 Fans – Super No Vacancy

0. Dark Match: Daichi Kazato & Gorgeous Matsuno defeated Gota Ihashi & Tetsuya Endo when Kazato pinned Endo with an Inside Cradle (11:50).
1. Kazuki Hirata Comeback Match: KUDO defeated Kazuki Hirata with the Diving Double Knee Drop (8:24).
2. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki & Yuji Hino (c) defeated Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Gabaiji-chan when Honda pinned Oishi with the Diving Fist Drop (13:10).
*V1 for Monster Army.
3. High School Career Will Challenge The Legend!: Tatsumi Fujinami defeated Konosuke Takeshita with a Figure 4 Leg Lock (5:38).
4. Kizaemon Saiga Wrestling Debut: Kota Ibushi & Kizaemon Saiga defeated Yasu Urano & FUMA when Saiga pinned FUMA with a Doomsday Kneel Kick (11:58).
5. Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract Battle Royal: Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Masa Takanashi with the Choke Sleeper (26:35).
5a. Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere 1: Sanshiro Takagi (6:59).
5b. Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere 2: Keisuke Ishii (12:01).
5c. Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere 3: HARASHIMA (16:40).
5d. Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere 4: DJ Nira (19:34).
6. KO-D Openweight Title: Shigehiro Irie defeated Kenny Omega (c) with the Vertical Drop Back Flip (24:29).
*Kenny Omega fails in V4. Shigehiro Irie becomes the 45th KO-D Openweight Champion!

The torch has been passed, Shigehiro Irie is the first in his generation of DDT wrestlers to win the KO-D Openweight Title! Over the last two years, Irie has taken big steps towards the top beating such DDT and Union alumni like Kota Ibushi and Shuji Ishikawa. One person he could never get the best of was the champion Kenny Omega. Almost a year ago Irie went through rigorous weight loss training in order to wrestle Kenny for the AJPW Jr. Heavyweight Title. Today there was no weight limit handicapping the Teddy Bear. It wasn’t easy, Omega fought tooth and nail to keep his title but Irie’s heart was just that little bit bigger. A Vertical Drop Back Flip attempt was rearranged into a Thunder Fire Driver, knocking Omega silly and leaving him vulnerable to another Vertical Drop Back Flip. That one connected and three seconds later Irie was swamped by his Team Dream Future stablemates and handed the KO-D Title belt.

Irie couldn’t believe he won. He couldn’t believe he beat Kenny Omega. He thanked the audience for chanting his name and he thanked his friends for supporting him. Tsurumi Amon dampened the celebrations by telling Irie that there are now four wrestlers with Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere contracts and Keisuke Ishii is one of them. Ishii stepped in and said he won’t be cashing in his contract until the time was right for him and Irie. Sanshiro Takagi awkwardly congratulated Irie, clearly resisting temptation to cash in his contract there and then. Irie’s first challenger Yukio Sakaguchi appeared on the ring apron and simply stuck out his fist. Irie placed his elbow against the fist in response as if to say “Challenge accepted,”

The Royal Rumble Ladder match had 5 prizes in total on the line. Literally. Four envelopes hung from a cable above the ring. Two of the envelopes had a smiley face on them. The other two had the skull and bones symbol. It was up to the competitors to climb up ladders and fight amongst each other to reach them. When somebody pulled down an envelope they played no further part in the match. Meanwhile, Battle Royal rules were also in effect with the overall winner getting a KO-D Title shot on 13th April. Yukio Sakaguchi won the Battle Royal portion. With the title shot in his grasp, Sakaguchi now feels like he is part of the DDT family.

Sanshiro Takagi, Keisuke Ishii, HARASHIMA & DJ Nira were the four wrestlers who grabbed the envelopes. They were called into the ring after the match to open the envelopes and reveal their prizes. It turns out all four envelopes contained Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere contracts that allowed the holder to challenge the KO-D Champion to a title match at any DDT show from now until 3rd August. However, to even the playing field a new rule was added. The contracts can now change hands if the contract holder is pinned, submitted or knocked out at any wrestling show in Japan! Hiroshi Fukuda suddenly ambushed Takagi and pinned him with a School Boy but as he celebrated with Takagi’s contract, Tsurumi Amon told him the rule was not 24/7 and only comes into play during actual wrestling matches.

K-1 fighter Kizaemon Saiga had a successful debut in DDT teaming with his friend Kota Ibushi to defeat Yasu Urano & FUMA. They won by using a Doomsday Spinning Heel Kick with Saiga performing the kick. During the backstage interview afterwards Saiga said he had fun but was in a huge amount of pain. He hopes to do both MMA and wrestling. Ibushi was nervous for his friend but Saiga’s performance proved how compatible he is with pro wrestling. In regards to the Doomsday Kick, Saiga said it was the first time he ever did a Jumping Kick from that height. He called Ibushi his teacher and wants to fly and bounce around the ring like he does.

The 2013 King Of DDT tournament will begin at Shinjuku on 28th June. Round 2 will be held in Nagoya on 17th July. The semi-finals and final will take place in Umeda later that month. The winner will earn a KO-D Title shot at the 18/8 Sumo Hall show.

Danshoku Dino is getting his own show on DDT’s Nico Douga Channel. The show is called Danshoku Matchmaking. If this does not turn out to be DDT’s version of Blind Date with Dino playing the role of Cilla Black, I will be disappointed.

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DDT “YOKOHAMA TWILIGHT 2013” Results

March 10, 2013

DDT “YOKOHAMA TWILIGHT 2013”, 10/03/2013
Yokohama Radiant Hall
255 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki & Hoshitango defeated MIKAMI, Makoto Oishi & Kijimuna when Hoshitango pinned Oishi with the Imachi Drop (12:26).
2. Hikaru Sato & Tomomitsu Matsunaga defeated Akito & Daichi Kazato when Sato submitted Kazato with a Reverse Armbreaker (9:57).
3. Yuji Hino defeated Tetsuya Endo with the Sergeant Firing (9:11).
4. Michael Nakazawa Soaring Stock Market Research: Toru Owashi & DJ Nira defeated Danshoku Dino & Michael Nakazawa when Owashi pinned Nakazawa with the Nodowa Otoshi (10:06).
5. Teach Me What I Am Missing: Sanshiro Takagi defeated Keisuke Ishii with the Sit Down Himawari Bomb (9:31).
6. Masa Takanashi defeated Konosuke Takeshita with the Doburoku (15:38).
7. 3 Way Tag Team Match: Shigehiro Irie & Takao Soma defeated Yasu Urano & KUDO and Kota Ibushi & Gota Ihashi when Irie pinned Ihashi with the Flying Sausage (14:32).

Despite winning the main event and riding a wave of momentum, Shigehiro Irie admitted he is afraid he might lose his KO-D Openweight Title match against Kenny Omega on 20th March. A reinvigorated Keisuke Ishii (as explained below) slapped Irie and told him he is one step away from being the champion of DDT, he is strong and he will have Ishii & Takao Soma cheering for him at full force. Motivated, Irie vowed to become champion.

Masa Takanashi has a new flash pin to beware of. The Doburoku is a modified Kido Clutch named after an alcoholic beverage that Masa no doubt enjoys.

Kizaemon Saiga attended the show and provided a brief demonstration of his abilities inside the ring to promote his DDT debut on 20th March. Saiga said that when he was fighting in K-1, he thought it was cool to watch Kota Ibushi wrestling and wanted to try it himself.

Keisuke Ishii and Sanshiro Takagi had a brawl that stretched outside to the Yokohama street. Takagi attempted to drag Ishii in a Headlock over to a nearby radio station but the fight returned to the ring instead. Ishii was on the verge of victory when Takagi told him the important piece of advice he so desperately wanted was on the wall behind him. Takagi used the distraction to take control and win the match. Conceding defeat, Ishii begged Takagi to tell him what he was missing to become the perfect wrestler. Takagi told him that no wrestler is perfect. He told Ishii that before he was obsessed with becoming perfect, he was holding the DDT Extreme and KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles at the same time. He then lost the titles when he lost faith in himself. His advice to Ishii was to always hang in there ahead of the competition. However, Tsurumi Amon stepped in and told Ishii there actually was something important he and also Takagi should learn. But just when he was about to say it, Takagi was suddenly shot in the neck with a poisoned dart. Then Tsurumi was shot with a dart. Then the referee, then the ring announcer, then the video crew and so on until Keisuke Ishii was the only concious person left inside the ring. Ishii finally gave up and said he will believe in the best of his abilities from now on.

Danshoku Dino warned Toru Owashi & DJ Nira that Michael Nakazawa had become stronger thanks to his Last Man Standing match with Kenny Omega during the week. Dino was so confident in Nakazawa that he made him wrestle most of the match despite the fact that Michael had not fully recovered. Michael was not motivated to wrestle until Okinawa Pro wrestler Kijimuna appeared and said how much he admired him. Nakazawa fired himself up and cleared house but Owashi no sold his Ultimate Venom Arm and wiped him out with a Choke Slam.

Yukio Sakaguchi had to miss the show due to a suspected rubella illness. Daichi Kazato took his place in Match #2

Antonio Honda talked about Michael Jackson’s autobiography before the opening match for some reason. Why not?

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DDT “DDT48 GENERAL ELECTION 2012 ~ASK FIRST SPECIAL~” Results

August 26, 2012

DDT “DDT48 GENERAL ELECTION 2012 ~ASK FIRST SPECIAL~”, 26/08/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,237 Fans – No Vacancy

0. Dark Match – Furious Battle Royal: Makoto Oishi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Saint Rion Vs Choun-Shiryu Vs Shoichi Uchida Vs Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan Vs Goro Jr ended in a No Contest when it was time for the show to begin (9:07).
1. Tetsuya Endo & Konosuke Takeshita defeated Hiroshi Fukuda & Taichi Kazato when Endo pinned Fukuda with a Moonsault Press (6:09).
2. Cherry defeated NOZOMI with the Cherryton Bomb (3:50).
3. 5 Vs 2 Handicap Match: Kengo Ohka & Mio Shirai defeated Gorgeous Matsuno, Hideki Shiota, Michael Nakazawa, Batten Tamagawa & Gota Ihashi when Ohka pinned Tamagawa with the Spear Of Fire (6:30).
4. Yukio Sakaguchi & Isami Kodaka defeated KUDO & Akito when Kodaka submitted Akito with a Scorpion Deathlock (7:12).
5. E. YOSHIHIKO defeated MIKAMI with the Metempsychosis School Boy (7:26).
6. No. 1 Contendership For KO-D Tag Team Title – 3 Way Match: Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda defeated Hoshitango & Masa Takanashi and Seiya Morohashi & Ken Ohka when Honda pinned Morohashi with the Diving Fist Drop (6:36).
7. Falls Count Anywhere Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Yuji Hino ended in a Time Limit Draw (10:00).
8. DJ Nira defeated Danshoku Dino with a La Magistral Cradle (5:17).
9. Keisuke Ishii defeated Takao Soma with the Kneel Kick (7:42).
10. Special Tag Match: HARASHIMA & Hikaru Sato defeated Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki when HARASHIMA pinned Sasaki with the Somato (12:47).
11. DDT Extreme Title: Shuji Ishikawa (c) defeated Shigehiro Irie with the Splash Mountain (13:56).
*V1 for Shuji Ishikawa.

The polls were open for the DDT48 General Election 2012 with the fans in attendance already giving their votes for who they want to win the annual event.

Tsurumi Amon invited the DDT roster to the ring at the start of the show. He congratulated all of them on a job well done for the 15th Anniversary Show in Budokan Hall. He then said that DDT must continue to change and announced that all stables must disband and be replaced with new ones. The groups have until 19th September to split up and the new units must be created by 30th September. The response from all the wrestlers was negative. Makoto Oishi said that Homoiro Clover Z was approaching its one year anniverary while Masa Takanashi said he only just formed La Familia. Sanshiro Takagi went too far and called Amon a motherfucker. As punishment, Amon turned Takagi’s match with Yuji Hino later that night into a Falls Count Anywhere match. Takagi swore that the nWJ will not disband.

Amon then got the new group process rolling by creating a new stable of his own called the Tehajimeni Shinitai Tsurumi, or TST for short. He asked if anyone wanted to join but got no response. Amon thought the many wrestlers who want to join his awesome new group were feeling shy. So he decided to turn around and close his eyes. If anyone wanted to join him, they would stay inside the ring when he turned back around and opened his eyes. He did just that and when he looked back he found himself alone in the ring.

The first real formation of a new stable did take place at the end of the show when Shuji Ishikawa defeated Shigehiro Irie in a DDT Extreme Title match. Right after Shuji told Irie that he will never lose to him, Keisuke Ishii ran into the ring and struck Ishikawa with the Kneel Kick. Ishii asked Irie how long has he been under Ishikawa’s wing. He also asked Takao Soma how long he has been Sanshiro Takagi’s sidekick. It was now time for them to rise and take over. Ishii called out DDT’s established wrestlers and said he was going to pick a fight with all of them plus Union too. Irie cemented his decision to join Ishii by headbutting Ishikawa. He then said “My friends have increased a lot. I’m glad.” Soma told Takagi the nWJ was disbanding as of today. While this new unit does not have a name yet, it is clear that Ishii, Soma and Irie have declared war on the DDT veterans!

The DDT Extreme Title was defended in a normal match with no extra rules added. However, Shuji Ishikawa brought a chair into the ring and dared Shigehiro Irie into a game of Rock-Paper-Scissors to decide who gets to use a free chair shot. Shuji won.

If my translation is correct, DJ Nira performed a Rainmaker version of the Rocket Punch. That alone is enough of a reason why Nira deserved to beat Danshoku Dino.

HARASHIMA and last year’s DDT48 winner Hikaru Sato are certain to win some new votes with a victory over Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki.

In the Falls Count Anywhere match, Takagi kept shouting “Tokyo Dome!” whenever he chopped Yuji Hino. Whenever Hino chopped Takagi back, Hino shouted out “Korakuen Hall!” The match turned out to be mayhem with the two brawling all over the hall. Takagi would not shut up screaming “Tokyo Dome” and eventually told Yuji “Do not give up your dreams!” The match reached its time limit right when Hino was about to give Takagi the F****’N Bomb onto a table. Takagi got on Hino’s good side when he said Hino could meet Mariko Shinoda from AKB48 at the Tokyo Dome. Hino thought about it, sat down with Takagi next to the table he was about to break and shook hands with him.

The Let’s Go 30’s! team of Antonio Honda & Yasu Urano became the No. 1 Contender’s for the KO-D Tag Team Titles by winning the 3 Way Tag match. After the match, Honda spoke about having a sense of respect for wrestling, that he has the spirit to win and how he will protect wrestling because he loves it dearly. Yasu Urano said him versus MIKAMI is not interesting but Honda versus Tatsumi Fujinami has him excited. Honda said he has been studying Fujinami ever since Fujinami fought Antonio Inoki in Yokohama many years ago. Honda learned how Inoki targeted Fujinami’s medulla oblongata and he will do the same.

Yoshihiko (currently wrestling as E. YOSHIHIKO, I don’t know what the E stands for yet) must have had a secret training camp with a certain NOAH wrestler because he pulled out the Shiranui Kai on route to beating MIKAMI.

During the handicap match, Michael Nakazawa referred to Mio Shirai as “Tits Bastard!” Mio responded by calling Michael a “flat chested bastard!”

Cherry is really starting to embrace being 38 years old. She has now named a bunch of moves after her age such as the Thirty Eight Punch, the Thirty Eight Kick and the Thirty Eight Crusher.

Tetsuya Endo & Konosuke Takeshita got a surprising win over the more experienced Hiroshi Fukuda and Taichi Kazato. Fukuda brought in a tambourine to use as a weapon but accidentaly hit his partner with it instead, leading to their defeat.

The Furious Battle Royal was constantly interrupted with song and dance numbers by Saint Rion and the Homoiro Clover Z wrestlers. Tomomitsu Matsnaga looked like he was about to win when the bell rang and the match was declared a no contest.

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BIG “G” BANG Collide At The Beer Garden

July 24, 2012

UNION “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ UNION DAY”, 29/07/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Taichi Kazato Vs Goro Jr.
2. Rock ‘N’ Roll Death Match: A. YAZAWA Vs X
3. Isami Kodaka & Big Rude Vs Ken Ohka & Kengo Ohka
4. DDT Extreme Title – Last Man Standing Match: Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie

Shuji Ishikawa didn’t have to look far for his first DDT Extreme Title challenger. His BIG “G” BANG tag team partner Shigehiro Irie faces him in a Last Man Standing match for the belt to main event Union’s Beer Garden show.

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HARASHIMA Vs Irie Goes Hardcore, Ibushi Vs Kotoge In NOAH, Budokan Card Almost Complete

July 12, 2012

DDT “ROAD TO BUDOKAN 2012”, 22/07/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. MIKAMI Return Match: MIKAMI Vs Tatsumi Fujinami
2. Sanshiro Takagi, Takao Soma & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Hikaru Sato, Michael Nakazawa & Tanomusaku Toba
3. Hardcore Match: HARASHIMA Vs Shigehiro Irie
4. KO-D Tag Team Title: KUDO & Makoto Oishi (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie & Keisuke Ishii
5. Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega Vs Danshoku Dino & YOSHIHIKO

The rivalry between HARASHIMA and Shigehiro Irie has been bubbling up the last couple of months. The two had to be seperated after HARASHIMA’s victory over Irie at the April Korakuen Hall show. Then a rematch in the King Of DDT tournament saw HARASHIMA win again, this time by knockout. Now the grudge will go a step higher when the two meet in a Hardcore match later this month. That won’t even be the last time these two will face each other. As you will see below.

NOAH “GREAT VOYAGE 2012 IN RYOGOKU”, 22/07/2012
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. Starting Point Revolution ~ Classmates Confrontation: Taiji Ishimori Vs Masa Takanashi
5. Special Singles Match – NOAH Vs DDT: Atsushi Kotoge Vs Kota Ibushi

Kota Ibushi’s opponent for his return to Pro Wrestling NOAH has been confirmed to be Atsushi Kotoge. The former Osaka Pro wrestler now calls NOAH his home promotion and this match will be one of his biggest challenges since making the switch.

DDT “BUDOKAN PETER PAN 2012 ~ DDT 15TH ANNIVERSARY”, 18/08/2012
Tokyo Nippon Budokan

0. Special Dark Match: Muscle Sakai Vs X
1. Konosuke Takeshita Debut Match: Konosuke Takeshita Vs El Generico
2. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Royal Rumble: Choun-Shiryu (c) Vs Toru Owashi Vs Mio Shirai Vs Batten Tamagawa Vs X
3. Tag Team Gauntlet:
4. 5 Vs 5 Soccer Match: X, X, X, X & X Vs X, X, X, X & X
5. Special Singles Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Minoru Suzuki
6. Special Tag Team Match: HARASHIMA & X Vs Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie
7. KO-D Tag Team Title: KUDO & Makoto Oishi (c) Vs X
8. KO-D Openweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) Vs Kenny Omega

HARASHIMA will have to face Irie again when the 15th Anniversary Show rolls around. This time Irie will have Shuji Ishikawa by his side for a big tag team match. HARASHIMA will have to spend a long time thinking who will be the best wrestler to fight BIG “G” BANG with him.

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