DDT “NON-FIX 11.17” Results

November 17, 2010

DDT “NON-FIX 11.17”, 17/11/2010
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
194 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Young Drama Cup: Rion Mizuki (2) defeated Kazuki Hirata (2) with a German Suplex (4:46).
2. Young Drama Cup: Takao Soma (8) defeated Keisuke Ishii (7) with the Diving Guillotine Drop (9:12).
3. Young Drama Cup: Yukihiro Abe (5) defeated Shigehiro Irie (6) with the Jienotsu*Clutch (6:30).
4. Special Singles Match: Great Kojika defeated Michael Nakazawa with the Iron Claw (5:22).
5. Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki defeated MIKAMI & Hoshitango when Honda pinned Hoshitango (10:27).
6. Handicap Tag Rumble: Tanomusaku Toba, Kota Ibushi, GENTARO, KUDO, Danshoku Dino & HARASHIMA defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & DJ Nira when HARASHIMA pinned Nira with the Somato (8:57).
7. Dick Togo & Yasu Urano defeated Hikaru Sato & Tomimitsu Matsunaga when Togo pinned Sato with a Cross Kneelock Cutback (18:08).

Young Drama Cup Standings

1. Takao Soma (8)
2. Keisuke Ishii (7)
3. Shigehiro Irie (6)
4. Yukihiro Abe (5)
5. Rion Mizuki (2)
6. Kazuki Hirata (2)

Gedo & Jado both made an appearance to confront Kota Ibushi in the lead up to their inevitable match with the Golden Lovers. Ibushi is still trying to convince New Japan to sanction an IWGP Jr. Tag Title match held in the snow or in a swimming pool.

The 6 Vs 3 Handicap Rumble had the team of Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & DJ Nira begin the match with just Tanomusaku Toba opposing them. Every minute another member of the 6-Man team would enter the match. The lineup for the 6-Man team in the results above was listed by order of entry.

The Young Drama Cup Final will be Takao Soma versus last year’s winner Keisuke Ishii. Oddly enough it’s the rematch to today’s contest which Soma won to top the group. Ishii finished second thanks to Yukihiro Abe, whose victory over Shigehiro Irie cost Irie a place in the final.


DDT Schedule For November

November 16, 2010

A full report on DDT’s Osaka card is now posted.

DDT “NON-FIX 11.17”, 17.11.2010
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Young Drama Cup: Rion Mizuki (0) Vs Kazuki Hirata (2)
2. Young Drama Cup: Shigehiro Irie (6) Vs Yukihiro Abe (3)
3. Young Drama Cup: Takao Soma (6) Vs Keisuke Ishii (7)
4. Michael Nakazawa Vs The Great Kojika
5. Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki Vs MIKAMI & Hoshitango
6. Hikaru Sato & Tomimitsu Matsunaga Vs Dick Togo & Yasu Urano

Young Drama Cup Standings

1. Keisuke Ishii (7)
2. Shigehiro Irie (6)
3. Takao Soma (6)
4. Yukihiro Abe (3)
5. Kazuki Hirata (2)
6. Rion Mizuki (0)

This is the final set of matches in the Young Drama Cup before the grand final. The top two wrestlers in the Young Drama Cup go through to the final. I think DDT is using the “direct confrontation” rule where if there is a tie between two wrestlers, the result from their previous tournament match decides who finishes on top. If that is the case then Shigehiro Irie has already qualified for the final and Takao Soma Vs Keisuke Ishii will be for the other spot. However a draw between Soma and Ishii will mean both wrestlers qualify for the final and their rematch will be for the Cup. To use a rugby term, Rion Mizuki and Kazuki Hirata are fighting over who gets the Wooden Spoon.

DDT “GOD BLESS DDT 2010”, 28.11.2010
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Young Drama Cup – Final: 1st Place Vs 2nd Place
2. Sanshiro Takagi, Yoshiaki Yago & X Vs Genichiro Tenryu, Masao Orihara & X
3. KO-D Tag Team Title: Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki Vs GENTARO & Yasu Urano
4. KO-D Openweight Title: Hikaru Sato (c) Vs Dick Togo

Yoshiaki Yago will take on Akira Shoji at SMASH.10 over in JCB Hall on 22nd November. Ken Ohka will likely be accompanying Yago at the show.


Union In Shin-Kiba 1st RING Results

November 5, 2010

UNION, 03/11/2010
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
380 Fans

1. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi defeated Hiro Tsumaki with the Fireball Bomb (5:09).
2. Battle Royal: Chou-un defeated 726, Pedro Takaishi, Madoka, 星野明子, Kyosuke Sasaki, デスラー総統 & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (12:52).
3. Union Brawl: Isami Kodaka & Keita Yano defeated Kengo Ohka & Mototsugu Shimizu when Kodaka pinned Shimizu with the Diving Double Knee Drop (12:13).
4. Shuji Ishikawa, Seiya Morohashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi defeated Takashi Sasaki, Shinobu & GENTARO when Ishikawa pinned Shinobu with the Splash Mountain (13:32).
5. JWP Openweight Title: Kaori Yoneyama defeated Cherry (16:41).
*V6 for Yoneyama.

I couldn’t figure out two of the names from the Battle Royal. One of the wrestlers was covered in blue bodypaint and his name is a reference to a character from an animated movie called “Record of Deathler’s War”. That’s all I know.


DDT “SHIN-KIBA 5TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL” Results

November 3, 2010

DDT held a triple bill of shows in Shin-Kiba 1st RING today to celebrate the arena’s 5th anniversary. There was a Monthly Young Communication show, a Union show and the DDT show itself, which is the only show I have results for right now.

DDT “SHIN-KIBA 5TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL”, 03/11/2010
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
447 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Dick Togo, GENTARO & Yasu Urano defeated KUDO, Hoshitango & Takao Soma when GENTARO pinned Soma with the Diving Elbow Drop (12:25).
2. Variety Group Leader 100 Match Series 1st: Toru Owashi defeated DJ Nira with an Inside Cradle (0:03).
2a. Variety Group Leader 100 Match Series 2nd: Toru Owashi defeated DJ Nira by KO (3:10).
3. Young Drama Cup: Yukihiro Abe [3] defeated Rion Mizuki [0] by Pinfall (5:47).
4. Young Drama Cup: Keisuke Ishii [5] defeated Shigehiro Irie [2] with the Kneel Kick (5:13).
5. UWA Trios Title, Jiyugaoka Six Man Tag Team Title & Nihonkai Six Man Tag Team Title: Michael Nakazawa, Hikaru Sato & Tomimitsu Matsunaga defeated Great Kojika, Mr. #6 & Riho (c) when Matsunaga pinned Kojika with the Tommy Bomber (13:33).
*Kojika, #6 & Riho fail in V3 for Nihonkai & V2 for UWA and Jiyugaoka Titles. Shit Heart ♥ Foundation become the 43rd UWA Champions, the 7th Jiyugaoka Champions and the 4th Nihonkai Champions.
6. Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega defeated HARASHIMA & Kazuki Hirata when Omega pinned Hirata with the Croyth’s Wrath (11:09).
7. I Quit Confession: Danshoku Dino, Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Sanshiro Takagi, MIKAMI & Tanomusaku Toba ended in a No Contest when Honda & Sasaki attacked Dino (12:05).

Young Drama Cup Table

1. Keisuke Ishii [5]
2. Takao Soma [4]
3. Yukihiro Abe [3]
4. Shigehiro Irie [2]
5. Kazuki Hirata [0]
-. Rion Mizuki [0]

Both of the KO-D Tag Team Title belts went missing before the show. Danshoku Dino was convinced that MIKAMI & Tanomusaku Toba stole the belts and were keeping them hostage in order to get another title shot. This led to the main event being changed into an I Quit match where Dino could get the Suicide Boyz to confess to their crimes. He took advantage of the rules to interrogate his opponents in the usual Dino fashion. However, when Dino found out MIKAMI & Toba were innocent he was blindsided by his own partners Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki, causing the match to be thrown out. Honda & Sasaki revealed that they were the ones who stole the belts! DDT General Manager, Tsurumi Amon was quick to react and made a KO-D Tag Title match for the Osaka show on the 14th. It will be the Butt Samurai (yes, that is the team name for Dino & Shiro Koshinaka) versus Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki for the belts!

Speaking of belts, a large group of them changed hands during the show. The Shit Heart ♥ Foundation has finally found success and all it took was for them to beat up two kids and an old man defeat one of the most dominating trios in the history of professional wrestling. The Great Kojika, Mr. #6 & Riho were the fan favourites while the SHF, Michael Nakazawa especially were booed throughout the match. Mr. #6 sacrificed himself to protect Riho from a Nakazawa Lotion Backwash Attack but in the end Tomimitsu Matsunaga put the Great Kojika down for the count with the Tommy Bomber Lariat. The SHF now have 9 physical belts added to their trophy cabinet and some space is left for a certain Openweight title that Hikaru Sato has set his sights on for Osaka.


Yoshiaki Yago News

November 1, 2010

It’s been a while since we heard from Yoshiaki Yago, wrestler, guitarist, gym owner and frequent locker victim. Ever since his evil plan to destroy Sumo Hall was thwarted by Michael Nakazawa, Yago stepped away from the ring and spent some quality time with his guitar. He came out of the break with renewed energy and a brand new song called “Join.The.Revolution“. Yago then appeared at a SMASH press conference on October 13th to announce the Yoshiaki Yago Cup with the winner being allowed to use “Join.The.Revolution” as his new theme song. Hajime Ohara won what I guess was the only match in the tournament but he had no interest in the prize and rejected it. So instead, “Join.The.Revolution” was chosen to be the official theme song for the SMASH.10 show at JCB Hall. The first performance of Yago’s new song will take place on the 3rd November inbetween the DDT/UNION double header at Shin-Kiba 1st RING.


DDT “NON-FIX 10.14” Results

October 15, 2010

DDT “NON-FIX 10.14”, 14/10/2010
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
255 Fans – No Vacancy

0. Complete Conclusion! Karate Kid Visit! No Ideology Conflict Shin-Kiba Bloody Battle: Karate Kid/Atsushi Onai/Ultraman Robin defeated Michael Nakazawa with a Diving Cross Body (R3 2:56).
1. Young Drama Cup: Shigehiro Irie [2] defeated Kazuki Hirata [0] with the Diving Teddy Bear (5:11).
2. Young Drama Cup: Takao Soma [2] defeated Rion Mizuki [0] with an Inside Cradle (2:22).
3. MIKAMI & Tanomusaku Toba defeated Sanshiro Takagi & Hoshitango when MIKAMI pinned Hoshitango with a School Boy (4:22).
4. Young Drama Cup: Yukihiro Abe [1] Vs Keisuke Ishii [1] ended in a Time Limit Draw (15:00).
5. Dick Togo, GENTARO & Yasu Urano defeated KUDO, Daisuke Sasaki & Yuki Sato when Urano pinned Sato with an Inside Cradle (11:11).
6. Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega defeated Hikaru Sato & Tomimitsu Matsunaga when Omega pinned Matsunaga with the Croyt’s Wrath (15:31).
7. HARASHIMA & Toru Owashi defeated Danshoku Dino & Antonio Honda when HARASHIMA pinned Honda with the Somato (17:02).

Young Drama Cup Table

1. Shigehiro Irie [2]
-. Takao Soma [2]
3. Yukihiro Abe [1]
-. Keisuke Ishii [1]
5. Kazuki Hirata [0]
-. Rion Mizuki [0]


DDT48 Correction, Young Drama Cup, October Shows, DDT In NEVER

October 10, 2010

I apologise about getting the DDT48 concept wrong. Rather than everyone campaigning for a spot in a tournament, the Election was for the right to be included in the 24th October event itself, with the winner of the election getting ¥1,000,000 and a KO-D Openweight Title shot. So congratulations go to Danshoku Dino for coming out on top (minds out of the gutter, people) and winning the grand prize. Dino will face HARASHIMA for the KO-D Title in the main event of a pretty good looking DDT card at Korakuen Hall.

But before we make it to Korakuen, DDT has a show in Shin-Kiba 1st RING coming up this week. The event will see the return of the Young Drama Cup, a tournament for DDT’s rookies and younger wrestlers. Last year’s winner was Keisuke Ishii and he will be in the tournament to defend his crown.

DDT “NON-FIX 10.14”, 14/10/2010
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Complete Conclusion! Karate Kid Visit! No Ideology Conflict Shin-Kiba Bloody Battle: Karate Kid Vs Michael Nakazawa
2. Young Drama Cup: Takao Soma Vs Rion Mizuki
3. Young Drama Cup: Shigehiro Irie Vs Kazuki Hirata
4. Young Drama Cup: Yukihiro Abe Vs Keisuke Ishii
5. MIKAMI & Tanomusaku Toba Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Hoshitango
6. Dick Togo, GENTARO & Yasu Urano Vs KUDO, Daisuke Sasaki & Yuki Sato
7. Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega Vs Hikaru Sato & Tomimitsu Matsunaga
8. HARASHIMA & Toru Owashi Vs Danshoku Dino & Antonio Honda

Karate Kid is either Ultraman Robin or a wrestler that Robin discovered during a trip to Europe.

DDT “DDT SPECIAL 2010”, 24/10/2010
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. MIKAMI & KUDO Vs Shuji Ishikawa & Isami Kodaka
2. Kenny Omega & Antonio Honda Vs Keisuke Ishii & YOSHIHIKO
3. Michael Nakazawa Vs Dick Togo
4. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Toru Owashi
5. Yasu Urano Vs Cherry
6. Kota Ibushi Vs Hikaru Sato
7. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Danshoku Dino

As I said earlier, this looks like a pretty good card that should be a lot of fun. Danshoku Dino could leave Korakuen Hall as the KO-D Openweight Champion, DDT Extreme Champion and KO-D Tag Team Champion all at once, which is unprecedented in DDT. Kota Ibushi versus Hikaru Sato will be stiff and with Sato upping his game over the last year while Ibushi is getting over his ring rust this could be the best match on the night. Yasu Urano Vs Cherry is a mismatch, but Cherry will definitly do all that she can to win. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Toru Owashi will be the first singles match between the two in DDT since 2006. Michael Nakazawa and his “Shit Heart” will try to take down Dick Togo. Kenny Omega & Antonio Honda versus Keisuke Ishii & YOSHIHIKO will be your typical DDT fun and games. The show opener has potential to be really good with MIKAMI & KUDO representing DDT to face the UNION side of Shuji Ishikawa & Isami Kodaka.

DDT had two wrestlers compete at the New Japan NEVER show in Shin-Kiba. Keisuke Ishii defeated Hiromu Takahashi in the opener while Daisuke Sasaki lost to Tama Tonga in the third match.

NJPW “NEVER.3″, 10/8/10
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
250 Fans

1. Keisuke Ishii defeated Hiromu Takahashi with the Kneel Kick (6:43).
3. Tama Tonga defeated Daisuke Sasaki with the Jackhammer (11:12).


DDT48 Election – Decision Time

October 7, 2010

DDT “DDT48 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT”, 07/10/2010
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
400 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. HARASHIMA & Kazuki Hirata defeated Seiya Morohashi & Hiroo Tsumaki when Hirata pinned Tsumaki with the Sliding Kick (16:24).
2. Shigehiro Irie defeated Takao Soma with the Diving Teddy Bear (7:00).

DDT 48 General Election Final Results:

01. Danshoku Dino (512 Votes)
02. Hikaru Sato  (498 Votes)
03. Cherry  (309 Votes)
04. HARASHIMA  (258 Votes)
05. Kota Ibushi  (254 Votes)
06. Sanshiro Takagi (233 Votes)
07. Michael Nakazawa (231 Votes)
08. Antonio Honda (230 Votes)
09. Shuji Ishikawa (225 Votes)
10. MIKAMI  (213 Votes)
11. YOSHIHIKO  (209 Votes)
12. Toru Owashi  (206 Votes)
13. Yasu Urano  (183 Votes)
14. Isami Kodaka (182 Votes)
15. Kenny Omega  (171 Votes)
16. Dick Togo   (164 Votes)
17. KUDO  (159 Votes)
18. Keisuke Ishii (146 Votes)

19. Yukihiro Abe (132 Votes)
19. Shigehiro Irie (132 Votes)

Total Votes Cast: 5,973 Votes.

So there is your eighteen contestants for the DDT48 Tournament on the 24th of October. ¥1,000,000 and a KO-D Openweight Title shot is the prize everyone will now be fighting for. If HARASHIMA ends up winning the tournament then he will be allowed to choose his next challenger instead. Danshoku Dino continues to be DDT’s most popular wrestler while Hikaru Sato and Cherry surprisingly finish in the top three. Joining Cherry on the UNION side are Shuji Ishikawa and Isami Kodaka, whose deathmatch antics have given him a fan following in Big Japan. There was only 16 votes seperating Keisuke Ishii and the pair of Yukihiro Abe and Shigehiro Irie. Overall the lineup is what you would expect with the usual DDT cast involved.


Perverted DDT Event Results

October 3, 2010

DDT “HENTAI, THE WHOLE ASSEMBLY”, 30/09/2010
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
457 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

0. Pancrase Rules: Jushin Thunder Butter defeated Nasu Akira with a Rear Naked Choke (R2 – 2:11).
1. Mask Vs Bra Vs Panties Vs Condom 4 Way Match: Antonio Honda defeated Seiya Morohashi, Marines Mask II & sawako when Honda grabbed the condom (11:24).
2. Blindfolded Audience Match: Kana defeated Takaku Fuke by DQ when Fuke refused to break the Body Scissors Hold (6:21).
3. Costume Play Rumble: YOSHIHIKO defeated Yukihiro Abe with a Huracanrana (11:26). Other contestants: Daisuke Sasaki, Keisuke Ishii, Muscle Sakai, Kazuki Hirata & Cherry.
4. Sudou Sponsored Match: Kota Ibushi & Takao Soma Vs Danshoku Dino & Shigehiro Irie ended in a No Contest (10:12).
5. Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei defeated Michael Nakazawa & Hikaru Sato when Shu pinned Sato with the Zombie King (17:07).

This DDT show was based around a one night revival of Michael Nakazawa & Hikaru Sato’s Hentai team gimmick. That’s hentai as in acting perverted, not interests in animated porn. Their matches often included such debaucherous acts like handcuffs, blindfolds, gagged mouthpieces, dripping candle wax and leather whips. And this was stuff Michael and Hikaru would use on each other! Many of their matches would end in no contests as both their opponents and the officials would get sick of watching their S&M sessions in the ring.

And some of you thought Danshoku Dino was bad…

The show was only open to fans over 15 because of the perverted nature of the evening. And boy, was it perverted. The audience was treated to an opening video package which included footage of Nakazawa and Sato wrestling each other naked. The main event saw the Hentai team facing the Brahman Brothers in a match that featured Nakazawa tying and gagging himself to the ring post and Sato getting his backside smeared in miso. With that said, they did put up a tough fight against Shu & Kei but in the end it was the Brahmans that left victorious.

The semi-main was sponsored by a lotion company, so buckets of lotion were placed in each corner of the ring. Everybody involved were soaked in lotion during the match, which got so out of control it had to be called off. It didn’t stop an oily Dino from terrorising the fans afterwords though.

For the Cosplay Rumble, Yukihiro Abe wore a schoolgirl top, striped underwear, cat ears and a cat tail. Daisuke Sasaki was just a plain school girl. Keisuke Ishii was wearing the school girl uniform from Evangelion. Muscle Sakai wore factory clothing, but some translated reports say he was a character from a homoerotic manga. Kazuki Hirata was Super Strong Machine and recieved calls of “Hirata!” from the fans (get it?). I couldn’t tell what Cherry was supposed to be. Looks like her normal gear but she may have been wearing a mask to go with it. Abe thought he won when he was the last wrestler in the ring. However YOSHIHIKO came out as the final entrant wearing a maid costume and pinned Abe with a Huracanrana. By winning the match, YOSHIHIKO was rewarded with the title of “King Of Pro Wrestling Cosplay”. He is the second person to win this title. The previous winner was Kota Ibushi in a wedding dress.

Takaku Fuke and Kana fought in a mixed-gender match that had plenty of worked shoot elements. However, a lot of the audience were told to use their face masks as blindfolds for the match. Why? I don’t know. This match was made when Kana defeated Fuke with Mounted Punches at an Osaka Pro event last month. Here, Fuke originally won by submission by trapping Kana in a Triangle Choke. However, he was disqualified for refusing to let go of the hold after the match. For some reason, maybe as a forfeit, Fuke decided to strip down to his g-string. Kana begged him to stop. Fuke might have challenged Kana to a deathmatch in the future to settle the score.

The goal for match #1 was for the winning wrestler to remove a certain item of clothing worn by one of his opponents. Marines Mask had his mask, sawako (Munenori Sawa) wore panties, Antonio Honda wore a bra and Seiya Morohashi wore a condom under his regular wrestling gear. Late in the match, Seiya took off the condom and used it to give everyone Mandible Claws, even giving one to the ref. However, Honda was able to grab the condom off of Seiya while the ref was distracted with sawako’s panties over his head.


NON-FIX 9.8 Results, Rotten New Faction Appears

September 9, 2010

DDT “NON-FIX 9.8”
08/09/2010
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. KUDO & Yasu Urano defeated Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki when Urano pinned Honda with a Tornado Clutch (11:47).
2. Unit Reorganization Battle Royal: MIKAMI Vs Tanomusaku Toba Vs Hoshitango Vs Tomimitsu Matsunaga Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs Yukihiro Abe Vs Keisuke Ishii Vs Shigehiro Irie Vs Rion Mizuki Vs Takao Soma.
2a. Keisuke Ishii pinned Michael Nakazawa with a Backslide Pin (2:02).
2b. MIKAMI pinned Michael Nakazawa with the 450 Splash (4:52).
2c. Shigehiro Irie pinned Michael Nakazawa with the Diving Teddy Bear (6:24).
2d. Michael Nakazawa pinned Takao Soma with a Small Package (8:04).
2e. Takao Soma pinned Michael Nakazawa with an Enzuigiri (10:04).
3. Dick Togo defeated Kazuki Hirata with the Crippler Crossface (8:04).
4. Sanshiro Takagi defeated Yuki Miyazaki with the Sit Down Sunflower Bomb (14:42).
5. Muscle Sakai Shin-Kiba Last Match: HARASHIMA & Toru Owashi defeated Danshoku Dino & Muscle Sakai when HARASHIMA pinned Sakai with the Somato Stomp (16:24).

With Yuki Miyazaki’s retirement set for New Year’s Eve, she requested to have a match against Sanshiro Takagi before it takes place. Takagi overpowered the joshi veteran for a lot of the match, but Miyazaki fought back and almost won with a Moonsault. But in the end Takagi was too much for her and he pinned her with a devastating Sunflower Bomb. Afterwards, Takagi thanked Miyazaki for her time as a wrestler, but pointed out that he himself won’t retire until he is 90 years old. He then lifted Miyazaki up onto his shoulders and they celebrated as they went to the back.

After match #3, Dick Togo introduced GENTARO as his new tag team partner.

The point of the Unit Reorganization Battle Royal was to reshuffle and create new tag teams. The rules were that when a wrestler wins a fall, he gets to choose someone in the match to team with in the future. Those two wrestlers then leave the ring and the match starts again. It continues until there are only two wrestlers left, and then those two would be forced to be a team. Keisuke Ishii picked Yukihiro Abe as his partner. MIKAMI decided to stick with Tanomusaku Toba and continue to be one of the Suicide Boyz. Shigehiro Irie chose Hoshitango to form a pretty heavy duo. When Michael Nakazawa pinned Takao Soma, he then chose the rookie as his partner. Takao told Michael he does not like him and would not team with him, so the match restarted. When Takao pinned Michael, it looked like he would choose Tomimitsu Matsunaga. Instead, Takao said he doesn’t like him either and in the end went with Rion Mizuki so they can go out and drink champagne. This left Nakazawa and a reluctant Matsunaga being forced to team up together and once again become the Nuru Nuru Brothers.

But wait, there’s more. After the show ended, Hikaru Sato showed up and approached Michael Nakazawa and Tomimitsu Matsungaga at the exit. After a few words and a slap across Michael’s face, the three decided to form a new faction, the Shittohato♥Foundation! I’m trying to find out the proper translation. Shittohato might mean “Rotten Heart”. So maybe it is the “Rotten Heart Foundation” or “Rotten ♥ Foundation“, which sounds right to me. They already have a faction symbol, which is using their hands to form hearts over their chests (Awww, how cute!). Despite this bombshell, everyone in attendance ignored them as they left and the rest of the staff got headaches from their shouting.

Edit: Thanks goes to Ryan over at CZWFans for his explanation.

シットハート♥ファウンデーション = “shitto hāto ♥ faundēshon” or Shit Hart ♥ Foundation. Yeah.

Rotten heart is kind of what they mean by the name. 腐った心 or kusatta kokoro or rotten/decomposing/depressed heart/mind/spirit. Something like that.

It is obviously just a pun, but the name may have more layers of meaning to it than that.

Shit Heart ♥ Foundation it is then.

One more word of note, I will be travelling over to England this weekend to see the two Dragon Gate UK shows, so there will not be any more updates on this site until I return next week.