DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2015 ~DDT DAY~” Results

August 1, 2015

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DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2015 ~DDT DAY~”, 01/08/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING
400 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi defeated Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake when Owashi pinned Miyatake with La Magistral Cradle (12:27).
2. Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Shunma Katsumata when Honda pinned Katsumata with the Diving Fist Drop (9:54).
3. KUDO defeated Kota Umeda with the Diving Double Knee Drop (11:29).
4. New Ghost Story Numabukuro Death Match: HARASHIMA & Akito Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Danshoku Dino & Saki Akai ended in a No Contest because of a Traffic Accident (21:22).
5. Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Soma Takao with the Right Knee Of God (12:02).
6. DDT Extreme Title Next Challenger Final: Masa Takanashi defeated Yasu Urano, Makoto Oishi, Kazuki Hirata and Hiroshi Fukuda (28:54).
6a. Over The Top Rope Only Match: Kazuki Hirata eliminated Makoto Oishi by Ring Out (4:34).
6b. Blindfold Match: Hiroshi Fukuda eliminated Kazuki Hirata with a Cradle (17:08).
6c. One Count Match: Yasu Urano eliminated Hiroshi Fukuda with a Jackknife Pin (20:38).
6d. Texas Tiger Cub Rope Match: Masa Takanashi eliminated Yasu Urano with the Takatonic (28:54).

The main event was a 5 Way Elimination match to determine the No. 1 Contender for the DDT Extreme Title. Each fall was fought under a different rule set calling back to a variety of stipulation matches from the past. The match begun while Kazuki Hirata was making his entrance and the first fall was Over The Top Rope only. Hirata and Makoto Oishi fought on the apron and Oishi hit a Stunner. He tried the Miracle Ecstasy but Hirata avoided it and Dropkicked Oishi to the floor to eliminate him. The next fall was a Blindfold Match. The four wrestlers all stumbled around ringside trying to find each other. Hirata sang loudly to try and lure his opponents towards him. At one point everybody was almost counted out of the ring but they all managed to find the apron and roll in at 19. Yukinori Matsui was mistaken for a wrestler several times and Lariated some of the wrestlers out of self defence. Hirata somehow found his HIRATA GO! glasses and put them on over his blindfold. He tripped over Hiroshi Fukuda while dancing and got pinned. The 3rd fall had One Count Pinfall rules and after a frantic minute of pinning attempts, Yasu Urano rolled over Fukuda with a Jackknife Pin for the elimination. The match came down to Urano and Masa Takanashi in the return of the Texas Tiger Cub Rope Match. A tiger rope with a stuffed tiger toy attached to it linked Urano and Takanashi together. Takanashi used Matsui as a human shield to block Urano and then hit the Takatonic to win the Extreme Title shot.

The champion Antonio Honda confronted Takanashi after the match and challenged him to a non-title match on the final day of Beer Garden week.

A chop battle between Konosuke Takeshita and Tomomitsu Matsunaga transformed into a bodybuilding posedown between the two. Later in the match Antonio Honda called out the late Roddy Piper when he applied a Sleeper Hold.

In the opening match Suguru Miyatake got a boost in power from his fitness drink. However Sanshiro Takagi negated it by force feeding Miyatake beer while he was applying a Camel Clutch to Toru Owashi.

Tetusya Endo made an appearance to talk about his return match with Takeshita. Endo aims to beat Takeshita and not just have a good match. Takeshita said the timing of Endo’s return is perfect and he is prepared for Endo to be 120% at Sumo Hall.

Beer Garden was the most fitting event for KUDO to announce their own alcohol product. DRAMATIC DREAM TASTE will be sold in the Dropkick Bar and Ebisuko Tavern from 10th August onwards.

It wouldn’t be Beer Garden week without a scary ghost story from guest Hisaya Imabayashi. When the match began all the wrestlers decided to get drinks and prepare for storytime instead of fighting each other. However after three minutes Imabayashi was nowhere to be seen. Kazusada Higuchi came out and told everyone that Imabayashi was running late because of a traffic accident. Danshoku Dino decided that every wrestler will try to tell their own ghost story. Akito went first but he spoke too fast. Shigehiro Irie went next but he struggled to read the Chinese letters and asked Keisuke Ishii to help him. When it was Ishii’s turn he instead talked about why the Triple Crown is better than the IWGP Title. Dino admitted that was the scariest story so far. Saki Akai skipped her turn so she could drink more beer with the audience. HARASHIMA was the last hope to save this segment and he told his story:

“One summer day a man killed his pregnant wife and buried her corpse under a tree in a park. A few years later the man walked past the tree and saw a kid crying beneath it. He asked the child “What is wrong? Where is your mother?” The boy looked at him and asked “Why?”

Why?

…
…
…

Because I practice!!!”

HARASHIMA posed with a cheesy grin as his music played over the speakers, completely forgetting he was supposed to tell a scary story and not his catchphrase. Dino gave up and began to cry until Imabayashi at last showed up. He apologised for being late, he crashed his car into a telephone pole. Dino asked him to quickly read a ghost story. He did:

“One summer day a man killed his pregnant wife and buried her corpse under a tree in a park. A few years later the man walked past the tree and saw a kid crying beneath it. He asked the child “What is wrong? Where is your mother?” The boy pointed at the tree. The man then asked “Where is your father?” The boy looked at him and said “My dad… is you!”

Dino was satisfied with the scary story. Imabayashi said he was amazaed to hear “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2015” was sold out. Dino asked him who he was looking forward to seeing. Imabayashi yelled “It’s you!” and pointed at Dino, making him faint. He then did the same to the other wrestlers, making them faint one by one. He even did it to Matsui. “Wild Thing” then played over the speakers and Imabayashi threw bottles of holy water over the audience. While this was going on Higuchi came back out and said he had a phone call from Imabayashi’s wife. She said Imabayashi had died in a car crash earlier today…

The End.

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The Glass Is Half Full, Partial Beer Garden Cards

July 28, 2015

The DDT summer tradition is here! Beer Garden Week is a week long series of shows held every year in Shin-kiba 1st Ring. Each show is produced and booked by a different wrestler or stable in DDT. This leads to a variety of crazy matches and ideas. There is also plenty of beer and food served to the fans during the show. So let’s have a look at what’s on offer this year.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2015 ~DDT DAY~”, 01/08/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake
2. Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Shunma Katsumata
3. KUDO Vs Kota Umeda
4. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Soma Takao
5. New Ghost Story Numabukuro Death Match: HARASHIMA & Akito Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Danshoku Dino & Saki Akai
6. DDT Extreme Title Next Challenger Final: Yasu Urano Vs Makoto Oishi vs Masa Takanashi Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Hiroshi Fukuda

One of the highlights of Beer Garden every year is Hisaya Imabayashi visiting the area to tell ghost stories to the wrestlers. Last year had a few duds due to tiredness so here’s hoping this year will bring plenty of scares.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2015 ~DNA DAY~”, 02/08/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Wrestling Koshien 2015 – Round 1: Kazusada Higuchi Vs Shunma Katsumata
2. Wrestling Koshien 2015 – Round 1: X Vs X
3. Wrestling Koshien 2015 – Semi Final: X Vs X
4. Wrestling Koshien 2015 – Semi Final: X Vs X
5. Wrestling Koshien 2015 – Final: X Vs X

A 6-man mini tournament is being held and the winner will be added to the evening DDT show. The entrants are Kazusada Higuchi, Shunma Katsumata, Suguru Miyatake, Ryota Nakatsu, Kota Umeda, Kouki Iwasaki and Dai Suzuki. Two of the wrestlers will receive byes to the semi finals.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2015 ~DDT DAY~”, 02/08/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Wrestling Koshien 2015 Winner Vs X

Drink every time X = Shiori Asahi.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2015 ~TEAM DRIFT DAY~”, 03/08/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Shigehiro Irie Produce Match: X Vs Gota Ihashi
2. Hardcore 4 Way Match: Shigehiro Irie Vs Daisuke Sasaki Vs Yuko Miyamoto Vs Gabaiji-chan

According to the DDT website this show will involve a Round Girl named Chelsea. I assume this is the Stardom wrestler. I also assume she will be involved with whatever gives Gota Ihashi a concussion that day.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2015 ~T2HIDE DAY – WORLD LUCHA EXPO JAPAN~”, 04/08/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Exercise & Stretch DVD Launch – All Out Stretch War: Kazuki Hirata (Yoyogi-Uehara) Vs Seiya Morohashi (Kasiwa)
2. World Triangle Match: Louis Takanashi XIV (France) Vs Hoshitango (Argentina) Vs Hiroshi Fukuda (America)
3. World Dream Match – Full Blown Italian Showdown Final Conclusion: Antonio Honda & Sasaki And Gabbana (Italy) Vs Choun-Shiryu & Cao Zhang (China)
4. Lucha Extremadura Jasu: Sanshiro Takagi (Osaka), Toru Owashi (Nagano) & Kazuki Hirata (Yoyogi-Uehara) Vs X, X & X

T2Hide is bringing a lot of international flavour to this year’s Beer Garden. We got some old “gaijin” returning like Louis Takanashi XIV from France (with his Death Cake no doubt) and Italy’s own Sasaki And Gabbana.

Kazuki Hirata has his own fitness DVD now available on DDT’s online store. But this has created a conflict with another fitness enthusiast, Seiya Morohashi. The go to battle on the day the DVD is launched.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2015 ~SMILE SQUASH DAY~”, 05/08/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Grand Sumo Summer Tournament: X Vs X
2. Danshoku Dino (w/ Makoto Oishi) Vs Kota Umeda (w/ Kazusada Higuchi)
3. HARASHIMA & Akito Vs Yasu Urano & X

Will Tomomitsu Matsunaga be back to defend his DDT Sumo King crown?

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2015 ~HAPPY MOTELS DAY~”, 06/08/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Konosuke Takeshita Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
2. Antonio Honda Vs Transparent Mel Gibson

Match #2 sounds like the greatest thing ever.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2015 ~SHUTEN-DOJI DAY~”, 07/08/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Masako Takanashi & Riho Vs Emi Sakura & “Birds”
2. KUDO & Isami Kodaka Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Hikaru Sato

Yukio Sakaguchi & Hikaru Sato team together in DDT for the first time in over a year and a half.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2015 ~TOKYO JOSHI PRO DAY~”, 08/08/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Tokyo Princess Cup – Semi Final: Miyu Yamashita Vs Akane Miura
2. Tokyo Princess Cup – Semi Final: KANNA Vs Shoko Nakajima
3. Tokyo Princess Cup – Final: X Vs X

The 2nd Tokyo Princess is about to be crowned.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2015 ~DANSHOKU DINO & SUPER SASADANGO MACHINE DAY~”, 08/08/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. The World’s Most Powerful Cultural Heaven Olympics – Round 1: Sambo Oishi Vs Gota Ihashi
2. The World’s Most Powerful Cultural Heaven Olympics – Round 1: Masa Takanashi Vs Yuko Miyamoto
3. The Lamentations Of The 40 Year Old Wrestler – Enter Sandman Falls Count Anywhere Match: Super Sasadango Machine Vs KUDO Vs Seiya Morohashi Vs Antonio Honda
4. Turn Based Wrestling ~Endless Gig~: Danshoku Dino Vs Ken Ohka

Songs by Tomoyasu Hotei and B’z will alternate during the main event. Danshoku Dino can only win during Hoeti songs while Ken Ohka can only win during B’z songs.

Some weird “Mixed Martial Arts” competition takes place here, except each competitor represents a cultural art. Masa Takanashi represents Shogi writing, Yuko Miyamoto competes as a former student council president, Sambo Oishi fights for newspapers and Gota Ihashi has the backing of society’s pottery section.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2015 ~DDT DAY~”, 09/08/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Beer Garden Specialty! 6-Man Lottery Tag Match: KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi, HARASHIMA, Shigehiro Irie, Konosuke Takeshita, Kazusada Higuchi

As always a fan drawn 6-Man Tag draws the series to a close. The two teams will be determined by a lottery with each pick chosen by a random member of the audience. This is also the final show before “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2015”.

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Shuten-dōji Rift, Tokyo Princess Cup Final, Peter Pan Update

July 21, 2015

DDT “SHUTEN-DOJI BOX OFFICE ~WHAT ARE CHERRY BLOOSOMS WITHOUT ALOCOHOL~”, 22/07/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Sanshiro Takagi, Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Yasu Urano, Akito, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kazuki Hirata
2. 3 Way Tag Match: Toru Owashi & Kazusada Higuchi Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Antonio Honda & Hiroshi Fukuda
3. You And I Are Prepared For The Beautifully Scattered Cherry Blossoms: Daichi Kakimoto Vs Masahiro Takanashi
4. Sakura Feast Soon, Greedy Old Hag In Longevity, Gorgeous’ Friendly Premature Death, Gorgeous Brahman No Return: Masa Takanashi, Emi Sakura & Kazuhiko Ogasawara Vs Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei & Gorgeous Matsuno
5. Soon Men And Women Will Quietly Sleep Drunk 5 Way Match: HARASHIMA Vs Daisuke Sasaki Vs Soma Takao Vs Konosuke Takeshita Vs Saki Akai
6. He Can’t Stand Anymore, That’s Enough, Oh God Save Him – Punch Drunk Glove Match: Hoshitango & Kosei Kubota Vs Tanomusaku Toba & Kota Umeda
7. KUDO & Kengo Mashimo Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Isami Kodaka

Due to the recent falling out between KUDO and Yukio Sakaguchi, the teams in the main event have been changed around. The two are no longer teaming together. KUDO is now partnered with Kengo Mashimo and Sakaguchi is with Isami Kodaka.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “ERIN AID”, 23/07/2015
Saitama Wrestle Fighter Museum

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

Money raised from the show will be given to Erin to help her recovery from injury. Erin will be the special ring announcer for the show.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN MAEBASHI ~DRAMATIC DREAM TONTON~”, 26/07/2015
Gunma Maebashi Green Dome Sub-Arena

1. Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Kazusada Higuchi
2. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito
3. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
4. Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
5. Daisuke Sasaki Vs Yuji Okabayashi
6. KUDO & Masa Takanashi Vs Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita

This is the last non-Beer Garden show from DDT before “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2015”.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2015 ~TOKYO JOSHI PRO DAY~”, 08/08/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Tokyo Princess Cup – Semi Final: Miyu Yamashita Vs Akane Miura
2. Tokyo Princess Cup – Semi Final: KANNA Vs Shoko Nakajima
3. Tokyo Princess Cup – Final:

Miyu Yamashita and Shoko Nakajima are the only returning semi-finalists from last year’s tournament.

DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2015”, 23/08/2015
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

0. King Of Dark Title: Gota Ihashi (c) Vs “Hollywood” Stalker Ichikawa
1. DDT Extreme Title – Uchikami! Presents: Antonio Honda (c) Vs X
2. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao (c) Vs X, X & X
3. Tetsuya Endo Comeback Match: Tetsuya Endo Vs Konosuke Takeshita
4. Genichiro Tenryu Retirement Road Round 15: Genichiro Tenryu, Sanshiro Takagi & Saki Akai Vs Shuji Ishikawa, Kazusada Higuchi & Meiko Satomura
5. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (c) Vs Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki
6. Dramatic Dream Match: HARASHIMA Vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
7. KO-D Openweight Title – Good Com Asset Presents: KUDO (c) Vs Yukio Sakaguchi

There are still a few more matches to be announced.

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

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

Champion Vs Champion seems to be all the rage lately. Kodaka is challenging FUMA to a Union Max Title match for a second time. FUMA beat Kodaka in his first defence back in March but did so with the help of his King Legion. No word yet on if Kodaka’s Independent World Jr. Heavyweight Title will also be on the line.

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UNION “TOWARD THE SUMMER UNION 2015” Results

July 18, 2015

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UNION “TOWARD THE SUMMER UNION 2015”, 18/07/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING
200 Fans – No Vacancy

1. 3 Way Tag Match: Hiroshi Fukuda & Ayumu Honda defeated Kazuhiko Ogasawara & Ryu Gouma and Seiya Morohashi & Macho Michaels when Honda submitted Gouma with the Cross Armlock (4:39).
2. Kazuki Hashimoto & Kazumi Kikuta defeated Mitomi Masayuki & Ryota Nakatsu when Hashimoto submitted Masayuki with an Ankle Hold (15:20).
3. Mixed Tag Match: Mio Shirai & HAYATA defeated Cherry & Kaji Tomato when HAYATA pinned Cherry with the Tsuchigumo (10:07).
4. Scramble Bunkhouse Death Match: FUMA, MEN’S Teioh & SAGAT defeated Shuji Ishikawa, Yusuke Kubo & Daichi Kazato when FUMA pinned Kazato with the Diving Headbutt (26:20).
5. Independent World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Isami Kodaka (c) defeated Madoka with the Isamuashi Zan (22:14).
*V3 for Isami Kodaka.

The main event is said to be an exciting match between two wrestlers who have a lot of history together. Madoka even tried the Shooting Star Press which he has not used in years. After Isami Kodaka won the match he talked about himself and Madoka wrestling in K-DOJO together. Madoka was only 17 when he debuted there while Kodaka was 20. The two shook hands but FUMA then showed up to confront Kodaka. FUMA said the Independent World Jr. Heavyweight Title has a great history but he should be main eventing shows because he is the Union MAX Champion. Kodaka challenged FUMA to a match on 30th August, Title Vs Title!

The Scramble Bunkhouse Death Match was as chaotic as expected. A barbed wire baseball bat was placed in the middle of the ring and both teams raced towards it from opposite ends of the room when the match began. Chairs and a steel chain were also brought into play. Daichi Kazato went hardcore by putting SAGAT through a table. But FUMA took him out wit a Brainbuster onto the pile of chairs followed by a PK with the barbed wire bat placed in front of Kazato. FUMA then hit the Diving Headbutt to finish him off.

Mio Shirai thanked HAYATA for teaming with her and said he was like a brother or step-brother to her. She complimented him for using her Tsuchigumo finisher to win the match and permitted him to continue using it. The move is a gift from her.

Almost everyone in the opener was dressed in appropriate clothing for the challenge between Karate, Judo and bodybuilding. Kazuhiko Ogasawara wore his karate gi as usual, Hiroshi Fukuda & Ayumu Honda were both wearing judogi and Seiya Morohashi & Macho Michaels both wrestled in skimpy bodybuilding tights. Only Ryu Gouma showed up wearing his normal suit. Gouma gave a closing argument that it was time for him to defend Japan from the dangerous threats of judo and bodybuilding. Unfortunately for him Judo won the day when Ayumu tapped out Gouma.

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Karate Vs Muscle Vs Judo, Early Morning Pro Wrestling, Kanpai New Beijing

July 17, 2015

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “YOKOHAMA DASH”, 18/07/2015
Yokohama Radiant Hall

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

KANNA and Miyu Yamashita have already advanced to the semi finals.

UNION “TOWARD THE SUMMER UNION 2015”, 18/07/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. 3 Way Tag Match: Kazuhiko Ogasawara & Ryu Gouma Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & Ayumu Honda Vs Seiya Morohashi & Macho Michaels
2. Mitomi Masayuki & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Kazuki Hashimoto & Kazumi Kikuta
3. Mixed Tag Match: Mio Shirai & HAYATA Vs Cherry & Kaji Tomato
4. Scramble Bunkhouse Death Match: FUMA, MEN’S Teioh & SAGAT Vs Shuji Ishikawa, Yusuke Kubo & Daichi Kazato
5. Independent World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Madoka

Ayumu Honda is from K-DOJO. Macho Michaels is from the indie sleaze scene and forms the Bodybuilding Army with Seiya Morohashi. They sent a message to Kazuhiko Ogasawara proclaiming that muscles are more exciting than karate. Honda & Hiroshi Fukuda also sent a message warning Ogasawara of their Judo abilities. This lead to Ogasawara challenging both teams to a 3 Way Tag Match which might be too much for his new protégé Ryu Gouma to handle.

DDT “DRAMA NOVEL FIGHT IN THE MORNING”, 19/07/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Rumble Match: Makoto Oishi Vs Keisuke Ishii Vs Soma Takao Vs Toru Owashi Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Kazusada Higuchi Vs Shunma Katsumata Vs Yoshihiko Vs Sanshiro Takagi
2. Danshoku Dino Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
3. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Match: Ai Shimizu & KANNA Vs Miyu Yamashita & Yuka Sakazaki
4. Super Sasadango Machine & Suguru Miyatake Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Kota Umeda
5. KUDO & Masa Takanshi Vs HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano

This weekend Niconico will be hosting a live stream for 23 and a half hours. DDT will be involved from 5am JST on Sunday morning (8pm GMT/4pm EST/1pm PST on Saturday) for a special early morning pro wrestling show inside Korakuen Hall. The link to watch the show live is http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv225962212

TAVERN WRESTLING “ALCOHOL HEAVEN”, 28/08/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Choun-Shiryu & Cao Zhang Vs Somato & Yasuura No
2. Isami Kodaka Vs Atsushi Maruyama

New Beijing continues to find a Japanese home in Tavern Wrestling. Somato & Yasuura No return to Japan for the first time in years. No last wrestled in the country two years ago while Somato’s previous visit was in 2011.

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TAVERN WRESTLING “~DON’T FEAR THE HANGOVER~” Results

July 15, 2015

beer-mist

TAVERN WRESTLING “~DON’T FEAR THE HANGOVER~”, 15/07/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING
363 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. MIKAMI & Tanomusaku Toba defeated Choun-Shiryu & Cao Zhang when MIKAMI pinned Shiryu with the Jackknife School Boy (12:30).
2. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Match: Akane Miura defeated Yuka Sakazaki and Hyper Misao when Miura submitted Misao with the Canadian Backbreaker (7:28).
3. Ryuichi Kawakami defeated Hiroshi Fukuda with the Hurricane Driver (14:29).
4. KUDO defeated Ryuichi Sekine with the Diving Double Knee Drop (9:56).
5. Falls Count Anywhere Match: Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei defeated Isami Kodaka & Ryota Nakatsu when Shu & Kei pinned Nakatsu with the Gotai Fumanzoku (Talks About The Universe) (17:04).

The main event was a mess like all Brahman Brothers matches tend to be. Everyone was soaked in beer and water. The pig head, carrying case and bowling ball all came into play. Hiroshi Fukuda interfered and Clotheslined both Brahmans while the fans chanted “USA!”. The Brahmans later brought in buckets of noodles to turn the tables. They blinded their opponents with black ink to get the win.

Hiroshi Fukuda and Ryuichi Kawakami both sang “Subaru” by Shinji Tanimura together during their match.

The next Tavern Wrestling show will have Isami Kodaka Vs Atsushi Maruyama as well as Zhao Yun & Cao Zhang Vs HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano.

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DDT Vs Osaka, MIKAMI’s Final Road, Ganbare Knockin’ On Your Door

July 8, 2015

DDT “DRAMATIC DREAMS! VOL. 2 ~WITHOUT SUBTITLE~”, 12/07/2015
Osaka Higashinari Kumin Hall

1. Lucha Vs Lucha! Special 6-Man Tag Team Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Tsubasa, Billyken Kid & HAYATA
2. To Look For The Things Left Behind From Those Days – Special Single Match: Super Sasadango Machine Vs Atsushi Maruyama
3. Naniwa Shocked! Special Single Match: Antonio Honda Vs Magnitude Kishiwada
4. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind – Special 3 Way Match: Kota Ibushi Vs Kuishinbo Kamen Vs Kikutaro
5. Road To RYOGOKU Special Tag Match: KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano
6. Road To DAIICHI Special Tag Match: Akito & Konosuke Takeshita Vs Shigehiro Irie & Kazusada Higuchi
7. To Verify The Balance Of A Healthy Body And A Healthy Soul: Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Shoichi Uchida Vs Seiya Morohashi, Suguru Miyatake & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
8. MIKAMI DDT Final Road: MIKAMI Vs Masa Takanashi
9. Team Drift Vs Wrestling Masters: Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs HUB & Daisuke Sasaki

Fairly certain that is not going to be the match order on the day.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “YOKOHAMA DASH”, 18/07/2015
Yokohama Radiant Hall

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

The semi final draw for the Tokyo Princess Cup will take place at the end of the show.

UNION “TOWARD THE SUMMER UNION 2015”, 18/07/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Kazuhiko Ogasawara & Ryu Gouma Vs X & X
2. Mixed Tag Match: Mio Shirai & HAYATA Vs Cherry & Kaji Tomato
3. FUMA, MEN’S Teioh & SAGAT Vs Shuji Ishikawa, Yusuke Kubo & Daichi Kazato
4. Independent World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Madoka

A stipulation yet to be decided will be added to the Union Sekigun Vs King Legion 6-Man Tag.

Kazuhiko Ogasawara sent a letter to Union explaining he has taken Ryu Gouma under his wing. He calls Gouma an idiot who people laugh at but if he learns Karate he could beat people that are 7 and even 8 feet tall! The letter ends with Ogasawara saying the time has come for Karate-gun’s revival! Karate-gun was Union’s first enemy faction when the brand was re-established in 2005. The infamous feud featured Ogasawara fighting Poison Sawada in a Scorpion Death Match and later a Toxic Barbed Wired Board Death Match. I don’t think the same will happen here with Gouma.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2015”, 19/07/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Dramatic Pioneer Final Suicide! MIKAMI DDT Affiliation Final Match: MIKAMI, Isami Kodaka & Gorgeous Matsuno Vs KUDO, HARASHIMA & Sanshiro Takagi
2. Daisuke Sekimoto, Yuji Okabayashi & Hideyoshi Kamitani Vs Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake
3. DDT Extreme Title: Akito (c) Vs X

With the KO-D Openweight and KO-D Tag Team Titles all tied up until “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2015”, this month’s Korakuen Hall show will focus on the DDT Extreme Title and also MIKAMI’s final match as a DDT contracted wrestler.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN MAEBASHI ~DRAMATIC DREAM TONTON~”, 26/07/2015
Gunma Maebashi Green Dome Sub-Arena

1. Daisuke Sasaki Vs Yuji Okabayashi

So far we’re getting two previews of the KO-D Tag Title match at Sumo Hall. There’s the 6-Man Tag at Korakuen then after that Daisuke Sasaki steps up to the plate against Yuji Okabayashi in singles action.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “BEER GARDEN ~DON’T SAY ANYTHING…SUMMER 2015~”, 04/07/2015
Ichigaya Nankai Memorial Clinic

1. Unprecedented Rematch: Shinichiro Tominaga Vs GENTARO
2. Ganpuro Constituency Final: Yukihiro Abe Vs Mac Imanari
3. Special Single Match: Ken Ohka Vs Mitomi Masayuki

The winner of Match #2 qualifies for the DDT Dramatic General Election 2015.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “KNOCKIN’ ON YOUR DOOR 2015”, 29/08/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Rikidozan Sansei Vs Blackjack Of Rubbish Heap: Chikara Vs Minoru Fujita
2. Ganbare☆Wrestling Vs Enjo-gun General Warfare: Ken Ohka Vs Shibata

The Ganpuro Vs Enjo-gun war might come to an end here.

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Kiba Leaves Wrestling, Ohka’s KO-D Hangover, Saitama Slam, Tavern Wrestling

July 3, 2015

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE GIRLS BATTLE 2015 ROUND 7”, 04/07/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Akane Miura Vs MIZUHO
2. Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 1: KANNA Vs Hyper Misao
3. Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 1: Miyu Yamashita Vs Yuka Sakazaki
4. Saki Akai & Ai Shimizu Vs Nonoko & Shoko Nakajima

Chikage Kiba has announced she will be leaving pro wrestling for the time being to focus on her education. Kiba said it has been difficult for her to find a balance between the two and apologises for the sudden reveal.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “HIGH PRESSURE 2015”, 04/07/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Special Tag Match: Yukihiro Abe & Chikara Vs Hayato Mashita & Kotaro Nasu
2. Special Tag Match: Shinichiro Tominaga & Tiger Bedscene Vs GENTARO & Osamu Namiguchi
3. SURVIVAL IS BACK!: Mr. No Vs Survival Tobita
4. Student Of The Rainbow Vs Blackjack Of The Rubbish Heap: Yumehito Imanari Vs Minoru Fujita
5. Enjo-gun Presents Special Handicap Match: Ken Ohka Vs Shibata & Mitomi Masayuki

Even though he only held the KO-D Openweight Title for a few minutes, Ken Ohka is not going to let that deflate him. He is determined to win the championship again by any means possible. However no one but himself knows what his state of mind is going into a 2-on-1 Handicap match.

BOYZ “TANABATA SPECIAL ~WOMAN FESTIVAL 7~”, 07/07/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Soma Takao Vs Shunma Katsumata
2. Isami Kodaka Vs Kazuki Hirata
3. Kota Ibushi, Keisuke Ishii & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Daisuke Sasaki, Masa Takanashi & Konosuke Takeshita
4. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Kota Umeda
5. KUDO & Akito Vs HARASHIMA & Makoto Oishi

The show is standing room only.

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM VOL. 3”, 11/07/2015
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

1. Antonio Honda & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Saki Akai & Makoto Oishi
2. Danshoku Dino Vs Kota Umeda
3. HARASHIMA & Hiroshi Fukuda
4. Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Tori Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
5. MIKAMI DDT Final Road: Akito & Yasu Urano Vs MIKAMI & Shunma Katsumata
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao (c) Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi

The Sumo Hall main eventers could add more gold to smooth things over before they clash.

TAVERN WRESTLING “~DON’T FEAR THE HANGOVER~”, 15/07/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. MIKAMI & Tanomusaku Toba Vs Choun-Shiryu & Cao Zhang
2. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Match: Yuka Sakazaki Vs Akane Miura Vs Hyper Misao
3. Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Ryuichi Kawakami
4. KUDO Vs Ryuichi Sekine
5. Isami Kodaka & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei

The Suicide Boyz reunite in the opener to take on New Beijing’s No. 1 tag team.

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M.I.O 4, Tavern Wrestling, King Of DDT Finals, Grand Osaka Plans

June 18, 2015

UNION, OZ ACADEMY, WAVE, ICE RIBBON “M.I.O 4”, 19/06/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Women’s Single Match: Chikayo Nagashima Vs Risa Sera
2. 6-Person Tag Match: Misaki Ohata, Tsukasa Fujimoto & MAyumi Ozaki Vs Hiroshi Fukuda, Hamuko Hoshi & Mochi Miyagi
3. Mixed Tag Match: Aja Kong & SAGAT Vs Shuji Ishikawa & Neko Nitta
4. 4 Organization 4 Way Match: Dynamite Kansai Vs Aoi Kizuki Vs Cherry Vs Kaho Kobayashi
5. Hard Mixed Singles Match: Isami Kodaka Vs Yumi Ohka
6. Main Event Singles Match: Mio Shirai Vs Arisa Nakajima

Mio Shirai and Arisa Nakajima have only had one previous singles match together and it was in 2013. Shirai won that bout in just over three minutes. Nakajima says she is more careful now and promises she will fight to her heart’s content without making any mistakes so she can avenge that loss.

DDT “WRESTLE FESTIVAL IN MATSUYAMA 2015”, 21/06/2015
Matsuyama Comprehensive Community Center Exhibition Hall

1. Yasu Urano & Akito Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Suguru Miyatake
2. Kazusada Higuchi Vs Makoto Oishi
3. Danshoku Dino Vs Masa Takanashi
4. Kazuki Hirata Dancing Stars First Landing: Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie
5. Matsuyama Castle Wrestling Elegence Battle: HARASHIMA Vs MIKAMI
6. 3 Way Tag That In Reckless Of Hereditary Are Only Loss From Childhood: KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita

KUDO, Danshoku Dino and Ken Ohka are the remaining Right To Challenge contract holders.

DDT “TAVERN WRESTLING VOL. 0”, 23/06/2015
Saitama Wrestle Fighter Museum

1. Akito & Ryuichi Sekine Vs MIKAMI & Daichi
2. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Match: Miyu Yamashita & Erin Vs Shoko Nakajima & Yuka Sakazaki
3. Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Takayuki Ueki
4. Isami Kodaka & Ryota Nakatsu Vs KUDO & Kouki Iwasaki

Most of the wrestlers involved work for either the Dropkick Bar or Ebisuko Tavern, DDT’s two eating establishments.

DDT “KING OF DDT 2015 TOKYO”, 28/06/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. King Of Dark Title – 3 Way Match: Gota Ihashi (c) Vs DJ Nira Vs Kota Umeda
1. King Of DDT 2015 – Semi Final: Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Kazusada Higuchi
2. King Of DDT 2015 – Semi Final: Daisuke Sasaki Vs Konosuke Takeshita
3. KUDO, Masa Takanashi & MIKAMI Vs HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito
4. 4 Way Tag Team Match: Antonio Honda & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Kota Ibushi & Suguru Miyatake Vs Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi
5. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Saki Akai Vs Shigehiro Irie, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Hoshitango & Shunma Katsumata
6. King Of DDT 2015 – Final: X Vs X

Yukio Sakaguchi and Konosuke Takeshita have both reached the semi-final before back in 2013. Daisuke Sasaki has regained his momentum after his scheme to horde all of the Right To Challenge contracts failed. Kazusada Higuchi has also bounced back from his revent KO-D Openweight Title challenge. One of those four will headline “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2015”.

DDT “DRAMATIC DREAMS! VOL. 2 ~NO SUBTITLE~”, 12/07/2015
Osaka Higashinari Kumin Hall

1. Special 3 Way Match: Kushinbo Kamen Vs Kikutaro Vs X
2. Naniwa Shocked! Special Single Match: Antonio Honda Vs Magnitude Kishiwada
3. Super Sasadango Machine Vs Atsushi Maruyama

A bunch of Osaka based wrestlers will be on the show. The guests who do not have a match yet are Tsubasa, Billiken Kid, HUB, Shoichi Uchida and HAYATA.

UNION “TOWARD THE SUMMER UNION 2015”, 18/07/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Independent World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Madoka

Madoka has put his AV idol problems behind him and is now gunning after Isami Kodaka and the Independent World Jr. Heavyweight Title.

DDT “OSAKA OCTOPUS 2015”, 28/11/2015
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #1

1. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Winner Of DDT Dramatic General Election 2015

DDT’s big Osaka show this winter will be in the main arena in the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium. DDT usually runs the second smaller room but this will be their first in the main one. The main event will be a KO-D Title match with the winner of this year’s upcoming DDT Dramatic General Election being the challenger.

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UNION “AMANIMOMAKEZU UNION 2015” Results

June 17, 2015

empty-can-deathmatch

UNION “AMANIMOMAKEZU UNION 2015”, 17/06/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING
264 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Western Type Gentleman And Lady First Tag Death Match: Daichi & Cherry defeated Hiroshi Fukuda & Aoi Ishibashi when Cherry pinned Fukuda with the Spring Night Love (7:30).
2. Road To The Best Of Independent Junior – 4 Way Match: Madoka defeated Isami Kodaka, Ryota Nakatsu and Daichi Kazato when Madoka pinned Kazato with the Ranhyei (10:41).
3. MEN’S Teioh, Kazushi Miyamoto & SAGAT defeated Ladybeard, Mitomi Masayuki & Seiya Morohashi when Teioh pinned Masayuki with a Rope Assisted Pin (11:48).
4. UWA World Tag Team Titles – Empty Can Death Match: Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei defeated Shuji Ishikawa & Masato Shibata (c) when Shu pinned Shibata with the Gotai Fumanzoku (Talks About The Universe) (15:50).
*Shuji Ishikawa & Masato Shibata fail in V1. The Brahman Brothers become the 21st UWA World Tag Team Champions!
5. Union Fly To Everywhere World Title: Mio Shirai defeated Hibiscus Mii (c) with the Tsuchigumo (7:48).
*Hibiscus Mii fails in V1. Mio Shirai becomes the 7th Union Fly To Everywhere World Champion!
6. Union MAX Title: FUMA (c) defeated Yusuke Kubo with the Diving Headbutt (23:18).
*V3 for FUMA.

The former Goro Jr. became an unlikely hero for Union by attempting to win the Union MAX Title from FUMA. Kubo entered to a remixed version of his mentor Dick Togo’s song (I assume it’s “Insane in the Membrane”). He came close to winning with the Goro Suplex and Blowback but FUMA fired back with a combination consisting of the Sole Butt, Argentine Piledriver, Tombstone and finally the Diving Headbutt. That was nough to put Kubo away. After the match FUMA said that the King Legion will show their full power next month and challenged anyone to try and stop them.

With retirement looming on the horizon Mio Shirai made it her goal to win a championship one more time in all four companies she is under contract to. She already holds the tag team titles for both Ice Ribbon and Pro Wrestling WAVE. She also recently won the main championship in OZ Academy but was forced to vacate it after losing a stipulation match but that’s another story for another blog. All that remained was winning back the Union Fly To Everywhere Title. She had to go through Hibiscus Mii to do that and it wasn’t an easy task. The match featured plenty of Headbutts but Shirai prevailed and is now a Triple Crown champion. Shirai apologised for having a swollen red head because of all the Headbutts she gave and took.

In what was probably the weirdest recycling campaign ever, the UWA World Tag Team Titles were put on the line in an Empty Can Death Match. There were no countouts or rope breaks and every five minutes the fans in attendence were encouraged to throw their empty beer cans into the ring. The wrestlers were then allowed to use the cans as weapons. The Brahman Brothers still used their usual array of weapons like the suitcase, bowling ball and pig head. The dreaded black ink also came into play and blinded Masato Shibata long enough to be pinned, resulting in the title switch.

Madoka was nominated by Isami Kodaka to be the next No. 1 Contender for his Independent World Jr. Heavyweight Title. The title match will be in Yokohama on 18th July.

The male wrestlers in Match #1 were penalised whenever they did not act like gentlemen towards the women. Daichi immediately lost 3 points at the start of the match when he entered the ring without Cherry. Hiroshi Fukuda smartly escorted Aoi Ishibashi to her corner to avoid the same penalty. Daichi lost another point for locking up with Ishibashi and messing her hair in the process. Meanwhile Fukuda punched Cherry but that was okay because it was ruled as an act performed on an opponent in a competitive wrestling match. Fukuda then used Ishibashi as a human shield for a top rope attack from Daichi. That wasn’t ok and he was penalised 100,000 points before getting pinned by Cherry.

Ryu Gouma participated in a special public training exercise at the beginning of the show. Kazuhiko Ogasawara came out with a baseball bat and challenged Gouma to break it in half. He struck Gouma in the shin everytime Gouma failed. Gouma gave up and Ogasawara dragged him to the back stating he will train him even harder.

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