Catching Up On The News

April 11, 2014

DDT “ROAD TO SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 2”, 12/04/2014
Kasukabe Hall

1. HARASHIMA & DJ Nira Vs Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
2. Saki Akai Vs Emi Sakura
3. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Sanshiro Takagi (c) Vs Toru Owashi Vs MIKAMI Vs Yasu Urano Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Gota Ihashi Vs Tetsuya Endo Vs Konosuke Takeshita (Witness: Poison Sawada JULIE)
4. Infomercial Match: Antonio Honda Vs Kazuki Hirata
5. KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Akito & Makoto Oishi
6. DDT Extreme Title: Danshoku Dino (c) Vs Guanchulo
7. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao (c) Vs Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki

A busy day tomorrow with a KO-D 6-Man Tag Titles match, a DDT Extreme Title match and an Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title match all on the card.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN KUMAMOTO ~DRAMATIC DREAM TAIPIEN~”, 18/04/2014
Kumamoto Retail Information Hall

1. Antonio Honda Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. Cherry Vs Michael Nakazawa
3. Sanshiro Takagi, Yuto Aijima & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
4. Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Akito, Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi
5. Independent Jr. Heavyweight Title: TAKA Michinoku (c) Vs MIKAMI
6. KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano

MIKAMI faces TAKA Michinoku for the first time since 2005. TAKA brings with him the Independent Jr. Heavyweight Title which I’m surprised still exists. Oh well, if there is any company that enjoys bringing back obscure titles, it’s DDT.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN KOKURA ~DRAMATIC DREAM CHICKEN KASHIWAMESHI~”, 19/04/2014
Kitakyushu Palace

1. Makoto Oishi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
2. Danshoku Dino Vs Michael Nakazawa
3. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Takao Soma Vs Minoru Fujita, Rion Mizuki & Isamu Taniguchi
4. Sanshiro Takagi, Dynamite Kyushu & TOSSHI Vs MIKAMI, Punch-kun & Tetsuo
5. Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki Vs HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Tetsuya Endo
6. KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Akito & Danshoku Dino

A bunch of names not usually seen in DDT fills up the undercard.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN KASGOSHIMA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TENMONKAN~”, 20/04/2014
Oro City Hall

1. 3 Way Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Antonio Honda Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. MIKAMI Vs Michael Nakazawa
3. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
4. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Yuto Aijima & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
5. KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Akito & Makoto Oishi
6. Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao

The Golden Lovers and Team Dream Futures will main event for the second time in just over a week. Will the KO-D 6-Man Tag Titles be around the waists of the Lovers this time?

HARD HIT “~THE MOON RISES TWICE~”, 26/04/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Chongwen Ito Vs Kenta Hattori
2. Super Tiger Vs Shunpei Ota
3. Ryo Kawamura Vs Hayato Mashita
4. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Mitsuyoshi Nakai
5. HARASHIMA Vs Manabu Hara
6. Shuichiro Katsumura Vs Mitsuhisa Sunabe
7. Hikaru Sato Vs Poai Suganuma

Shunpei Ota is a fighter to keep an eye on. He is a Pancrase fighter who debuted in 2012 and is currently on a five fight winning streak.

DDT “MAX BUMP 2014”, 29/04/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Shunma Katsumata Re-Debut: Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Guanchulo & Shunma Katsumata
2. HARASHIMA & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo
3. All Asia Tag Team Titles: Jun Akiyama & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie
4. KO-D Openweight Title: KUDO (c) Vs Akito

After weeks of stalking Jun Akiyama, Keisuke Ishii finally got what he wanted and that is one more shot at the All Asia Tag Team Titles.

Shunma Katsumata gets a proper debut match after impressing DDT officials with his exhibition bouts the last couple of weeks.

DDT “SAPPORO ONE MATCH SPECIAL ~WIND~”, 11/05/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall

Danshoku Dino Vs Konosuke Takeshita

DDT “SAPPORO ONE MATCH SPECIAL ~FOREST~”, 11/05/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall

Kenny Omega Vs Michael Nakazawa

DDT “SAPPORO ONE MATCH SPECIAL ~FIRE~”, 11/05/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall

Antonio Honda Vs Daisuke Sasaki

DDT “SAPPORO ONE MATCH SPECIAL ~MOUNTAIN~”, 11/05/2014
Sapporo Teisan Hall

HARASHIMA Vs MIKAMI

DDT will be hosting a wrestling match on the hour, every hour in Sapporo on the afternoon of 11th May.

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2014”, 18/05/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Aipoke World Title: Ryu Gouma (c) Vs Super Sasadango Machine
2. Cherry & X Vs Ladybeard & Saki Akai
3. Shuji Ishikawa Vs Ken Ohka
4. Union MAX Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Hikaru Sato

Shuji Ishikawa and Ken Ohka clash in what could be the end to the feud between Union and Ganbare☆Wrestling. Ohka has seen his success improve in leaps and bounds ever since he quit Union and formed Ganpuro. But if he’s not careful Ishikawa can send him crashing back down to Earth.

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DDT “ALL NIGHT ENTERTAINMENT” Results

March 30, 2014

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DDT “ALL NIGHT ENTERTAINMENT – PART 1”, 29/03/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
532 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

0. Dark Match: Shunma Katsumata defeated Shun Miyatake with a Small Package (1:31).
1. Soma Takao defeated Gota Ihashi with a Diving Foot Stomp (5:13).
2. Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo defeated Michael Nakazawa & DJ Nira when Takeshita pinned Nira with the Touchdown (10:27).
3. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano defeated MIKAMI & Hoshitango when Urano pinned Hoshitango with a Backslide Pin (9:36).
4. Kikutaro defeated Guanchulo with the Shining Kikuzard (14:31).
5. Lucha Libre Rules: Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata when Sasaki pinned Hirata after the PK Mind.
*Daisuke Sasaki wins Kazuki Hirata’s Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.
6. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie defeated Antonio Honda & Tomomitsu Matsunaga when Ishii pinned Honda with the High Angle Double Arm DDT (10:40).
7. KUDO, Masa Takanashi & Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Akito when KUDO pinned Oishi with the Buzzsaw Kick (13:55).

After scoring the pin in the main event, KUDO called out for any of the Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract holders to come out and challenge him. When none of them came out he then turned his attention to his next confirmed challenger Akito and talked about their upcoming match KO-D Openweight Title match. Akito told him it was going to be a war and he is the future of DDT.

Keisuke Ishii is utterly focused on getting an All Asia Tag Team Title shot. He yelled out “Akiyama!” before he delivered an Exploder Suplex to Tomomitsu Matsunaga in their tag match. He and Shigehiro Irie also have a new double team move called the Go 2 Irie Sleep. It involves Ishii lifting up his opponent in the Go 2 Sleep position while Irie kneels down beside them. Ishii then throws the victim face first into Irie’s head. After the match Ishii showed a video of himself confronting Jun Akiyama and Yoshinobu Kanemaru demanding a title shot. Both of them rejected the challenge and walked off. The video then showed Ishii approaching Akiyama in a public toilet only for Akiyama to yell at him “I’m pissing, go away!” Back in the building Ishii said he will got to Akiyama’s dojo to ask again and he will record the meeting to show at next week’s show in Kawasaki.

With the Monster Army disbanded both Daisuke Sasaki and Antonio Honda decided it was time for a fresh start. Sasaki asked if he could team with the Golden Lovers (but not with Gota Ihashi). Both Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega said he could but they were then interrupted by Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata. Takagi challenged them to a Lucha Libre 6-Man Tag match. Sasaki worked well with the Golden Lovers, he even pulled off the PK Mind with Omega to win the match. Amon Tsurumi granted the new trio a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Title shot for the 12th April Kasukabe Hall show. Omega said he was reluctant to have Sasaki on his team instead of Ihashi but admitted they were a powerful team regardless.

Guanchulo cashed in his Right To Face Your Favourite Wrestler Contract to get a match with Kikutaro before he returns to Chile on 28th May. Kikutaro used his tricks to get Yukinori Matsui involved in the match and they proved to be the deciding factor. Afterwards Kikutaro thanked Guanchulo for choosing him to be his opponent.  Danshoku Dino announced the return of Danshoku Ranch Classic will happen on 20th May and it will be a farewell show for Guanchulo. He will also put his DDT Extreme Title on the line against Guanchulo in Kasukabe Hall on 12th April.

The DDT trainees Shunma Katsumata and Shun Miyatake pleaded with Amon Tsurumi to let them have another exhibition match. They were both unhappy that their bout at “JUDGEMENT 2014” ended in a draw. Miyatake also wants to prove he is ready to debut properly. Tsurumi allowed the match to happen with the stipulation that Miyatake will earn his debut match if he wins. Miyatake wasn’t able to capitalise on his oppotunity and lost to Katsumata in 91 seconds.

HARASHIMA and Yasu Urano will continue to team together under the name UraShima. They are willing to team with other wrestlers but have no plans to recruit a third member.

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DDT “ALL NIGHT ENTERTAINMENT – PART 2”, 29/03/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
532 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. GO-1 CLIMAX 2014 Arm Wrestling Tournament – Round 1: Michael Nakazawa defeated Yukio Sakaguchi.
2. GO-1 CLIMAX 2014 Arm Wrestling Tournament – Round 1: Tomomitsu Matsunaga defeated Akito.
3. GO-1 CLIMAX 2014 Arm Wrestling Tournament – Round 1: Konosuke Takeshita defeated KUDO.
4. GO-1 CLIMAX 2014 Arm Wrestling Tournament – Round 1: Sanshiro Takagi defeated Kenny Omega.
5. GO-1 CLIMAX 2014 Arm Wrestling Tournament – Round 1: HARASHIMA defeated Shigehiro Irie.
6. GO-1 CLIMAX 2014 Arm Wrestling Tournament – Round 1: Kota Ibushi defeated Soma Takao.
7. GO-1 CLIMAX 2014 Arm Wrestling Tournament – Round 1: Hoshitango defeated Tetsuya Endo.
8. GO-1 CLIMAX 2014 Arm Wrestling Tournament – Round 1: Antonio Honda defeated Keisuke Ishii.
9. GO-1 CLIMAX 2014 Arm Wrestling Tournament – Round 2: Tomomitsu Matsunaga defeated Michael Nakazawa.
10. GO-1 CLIMAX 2014 Arm Wrestling Tournament – Round 2: Konosuke Takehsita defeates Sanshiro Takagi.
11. GO-1 CLIMAX 2014 Arm Wrestling Tournament – Round 2: Kota Ibushi defeated HARASHIMA.
12. GO-1 CLIMAX 2014 Arm Wrestling Tournament – Round 2: Hoshitango defeated Antonio Honda.
13. Makoto Oishi, MIKAMI, DJ Nira, Kazuki Hirata & Daisuke Sasaki defeated Toru Owashi, Masa Takanashi, Yasu Urano, Gota Ihashi & Guanchulo when Hirata pinned Takanashi with a School Boy (4:00).
*Kazuki Hirata won Masa Takanashi’s Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.
14. GO-1 CLIMAX 2014 Arm Wrestling Tournament – Semi Final: Konosuke Takeshita defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga.
15. GO-1 CLIMAX 2014 Arm Wrestling Tournament – Semi Final: Kota Ibushi defeated Hoshitango.
16. GO-1 CLIMAX 2014 Arm Wrestling Tournament – Final: Kota Ibushi defeated Konosuke Takeshita.

DDT held two late night shows in Shin-Kiba 1st RING. The second show was dedicated to a one night arm wrestling tournament called the GO-1 CLIMAX. The winner would get a ¥50,000 cash prize. The final turned out to be a preview for the 13th April main event as Kota Ibushi and Konosuke Takeshita took each other on, with Ibushi winning. Takeshita told Ibushi he beat his right arm but his left arm is stronger.

After losing his Right To Challenge Contract earlier in the night, Kazuki Hirata quickly replaced it with Masa Takanashi’s contract after he pinned him in a 10-Man Tag match. Hirata spent the night wearing a Magnum TOKYO mask in between his matches.

The night ended with a performance of Hulk Hogan Gymnastics by Antonio Honda.

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All Night Long, Raise Ganbare Again, Matsui Matches

March 24, 2014

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DDT “ALL NIGHT ENTERTAINMENT”, 29/03/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Guanchulo Vs Kikutaro

DDT takes over Shin-Kiba 1st RING in the early hours of the morning. The show will begin at 1am and will consist of two parts. Part 1 will consist of around six or seven matches including Guanchulo Vs Kikutaro. Part 2 will be a one night arm wrestling tournament called the GO-1 CLIMAX.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “RAISING AN ARMY CHAPTER 2”, 06/04/2014
Kitizawa Town Hall

1. Judo Jacket Match: Gorikiko Vs Cherry
2. Road To Rikidozan!: Yumehito Imanari & Fumihito Kihara Vs Crusher Takahashi & Osochin Aries

Yumehito Imanari has gotten an opportunity to train with Mitsuo Momota, the son of Rikidozan. Because of this he is eager to show off his newly inherited skill of Royal Road wrestling. When Ken Ohka told him that one of his opponents is Osochin Aries, Yumehito asked if he meant Austin Aries from TNA.

Gorikiko approached Ohka and Imanari asking to join the war between Ganbare☆Wrestling and Union. Naturally she will be pitted against Cherry. She admits Cherry would beat her in a normal wrestling match so she instead challenges her to a Judo Jacket Match. Gorikiko has trained in Judo so she will have the advantage in this situation.

Somebody named Dr. Kiriko will also be on the card.

DDT “DRAMATIC DREAMS! ~YUKINORI MATSUI 20TH ANNIVERSARY~”, 13/04/2014
Osaka Bodymaker Colosseum #2

1. Infinity Anniversary: Tsubasa & Black Buffalo Vs Soma Takao & Kazuki Hirata
2. Sasadango Osaka First Landing!: Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Yoshihiko Vs Toru Owashi, DJ Nira & Super Sasadango Machine
3. Tohoku And Osaka And Shinjuku Recollection: Sanshiro Takagi, Magnitude Kishiwada & Jinsei Shinzaki Vs HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & HUB
4. Original View Of Happiness: Kushinbo Kamen Vs Kikutaro
5. Rose Of Passion: Masa Takanashi Vs Antonio Honda
6. Bloom Crazy Proof Of Friendship: Keisuke Ishii Vs Shigehiro Irie
7. Current And To The Future: Kota Ibushi Vs Konosuke Takeshita

DDT, Michinoku Pro and Osaka Pro Wrestling all come together to celebrate referee Yukinori Matsui’s 20th Anniversary in the business. Four special singles matches are booked for the show. Kushinbo Kamen Vs Kikutaro is a no brainer given their history with Matsui. Masa Takanashi Vs Antonio Honda was picked because of the passion for wrestling both men have. Keisuke Ishii Vs Shigehiro Irie will be a battle between two best friends who have grown up in wrestling together. The main event of Kota Ibushi Vs Konosuke Takeshita is the present star against the future star.

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Judgement Card, Matsui 20th Anniversary Additions, Sato Vs Suganama

March 18, 2014

DDT “JUDGEMENT 2014”, 21/03/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Exhibition Match: Shunma Katsumata Vs Shun Miyatake
1. Monster Army Final Match: Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki, Hoshitango & Yuji Hino Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Gota Ihashi & Gorgeous Matsuno
2. KO-D Tag Team Titles Match – Michael & Matsunaga Trial Series – Final Leg: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega (c) Vs Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
3. Settlement Against Something: Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Shigehiro Irie & Aja Kong
4. Origin Of DDT! Judgement Special Tag Match: MIKAMI & NOSAWA Rongai Vs Takashi Sasaki & Kengo Takai
5. Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract Battle Royal: Yasu Urano Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Keisuke Ishii Vs Soma Takao Vs Akito Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Tetsuya Endo Vs Konosuke Takeshita Vs Guanchulo Vs Yukio Sakaguchi Vs DJ Nira Vs Super Sasadango Machine
6. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs KUDO

The Golden Lovers Vs Nuru Nuru Brothers is now a KO-D Tag Team Title match by request of both teams.

DDT “DRAMATIC DREAMS! ~YUKINORI MATSUI 20TH ANNIVERSARY~”, 13/04/2014
Osaka Bodymaker Colosseum #2

1. Special 6-Man Tag Team Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Jinsei Shinzaki Vs X, X & X
2. Special Single Match: Kushinbo Kamen Vs Kikutaro

The legendary Jinsei Shinzaki takes part in Yukinori Matsui’s 20th Anniversary celebration. Billy Ken Kid has also been added to the show.

HARD HIT “~THE MOON RISES TWICE~”, 26/04/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Hikaru Sato Vs Poai Suganuma

Poai Suganuma challenged Hikaru Sato to a Hard Hit bout at the last show. They fought once before in Pancrase which Suganuma won.

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HARD HIT “~BATTLE FRIDAY~” Results

February 28, 2014

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HARD HIT “~BATTLE FRIDAY~”, 28/02/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
240 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Hikaru Sato (0D/0E/0P) defeated Hayato Mashita (1D/2E/0P) by TKO with Low Kicks (7:20).
2. Mitsuyoshi Nakai (0D/2E/0P) Vs Kotaru Naso (1D/1E/0P) ended in a Time Limit Draw (10:00).
3. 2nd Grappling Tournament – First Round: Shuichiro Katsumura (0D/0E/0P) defeated Kenta Hattori (0D/0E/0P) with a Triangle Choke (0:44).
4. 2nd Grappling Tournament – First Round: Atsushi Aoki (0D/1E/0P) defeated Koji Iwamoto (0D/0E/0P) with a Cross Armlock (3:23).
5. Masaaki Mochizuki (0D/2E/0P) defeated Hiroshi Kobayashi (0D/2E/0P) by TKO with Palm Strikes (5:18).
6. Poai Suganuma (0D/0E/0P) defeated Ryuichi Sekine (0D/2E/0P) by Referee Stoppage with a Uranage Suplex (1:51).
7. Yukio Sakaguchi (0D/1E/0P) defeated SUSHI (3D/0E/0P) by TKO with a High Kick (4:54).
8. 2nd Grappling Tournament – Final: Atsushi Aoki (0D/1E/0P) defeated Shuichiro Katsumura (0D/2E/0P) by Points Decision (10:00).
9. HARASHIMA (1D/2E/0P) defeated Takafumi Ito (1D/1E/0P) by Referee Stoppage with a Cross Armlock (11:39).

Poai Suganuma has taken a liking to fighting in Hard Hit and challenged Hikaru Sato to a bout on 26th April. They last fought each other almost nine years ago in Pancrase and it was Suganama’s first fight in Japan. Suganama won that fight by decision.

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Kakimoto Into The Fight, SUSHI Does Hard Hit, HARASHIMA Vs Dino New York Rules

February 17, 2014

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DDT “INTO THE FIGHT 2014”, 23/02/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Yasu Urano (c) Vs Akito Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Gota Ihashi Vs Guanchulo Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs DJ Nira Vs Saki Akai Vs Emi Sakura Vs Daichi Kakimoto
2. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & MIKAMI Vs Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki & Hoshitango
3. Konosuke Takeshita 3-Match Trial Series – 1st Leg: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
4. Do Or Die!? Negligence Match: KUDO Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
5. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles Match: Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Aja Kong (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Toma Sakao
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles Match: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega (c) Vs Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
7. KO-D Openweight Title Match: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Masa Takanashi

Daichi Kakimoto has been added to the Battle Royal for his first wrestling appearance since the “BUDOKAN PETER PAN” show back in 2012. Kakimoto will be leaving his job as the Drop Kick bar manager this month.

HARD HIT “~BATTLE FRIDAY~”, 28/02/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. 2nd Grappling Tournament – First Round: Shuichiro Katsumura Vs Kenta Hattori
2. 2nd Grappling Tournament – First Round: Atsushi Aoki Vs Koji Iwamoto
3. 2nd Grappling Tournament – Final: Winner of Match #1 Vs Winner of Match #2
4. Mitsuyoshi Nakai Vs Kotaru Naso
5. Poai Suganuma Vs Ryuichi Sekine
6. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs SUSHI
7. Hikaru Sato Vs Hayato Mashita
8. HARASHIMA Vs Takafumi Ito
9. Masaaki Mochizuki Vs Hiroshi Kobayashi

Well this is unexpected. SUSHI from All Japan will make his Hard Hit debut against Yukio Sakaguchi.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN HIROSHIMA ~ DRAMATIC DREAM TOUKASAN”, 01/03/2014
Hiroshima Industrial Hall West Exhibition Hall

1. DDT Extreme Title – New York Rules: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Danshoku Dino

Much like the KO-D Openweight Division, there has not been a strong contender for the DDT Extreme Title lately. Danshoku Dino stepped up and challenged HARASHIMA for a title shot in his home prefecture of Hiroshima. Dino wants the match to be under New York Rules, an idea he got when he wrestled MEN’S Teioh back in 2007. Under New York Rules you must kiss your opponent while pinning him to win. HARASHIMA accepted the rules and said he will go through special training for the match. He will go into the woods to search for a hibernating bear to kiss. He will then build a snowman and use that for more intense kissing training. When he watched Dino wrestle MEN’S Teioh all those years ago, he felt a chill down his spine. But he knows he cannot back down now and will train hard to beat Dino.

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During the announcement of the match, a courier approached Amon Tsurumi claiming to have a package he needed to sign for. But just when Tsurumi was about to sign it, HARASHIMA noticed something was wrong and took the piece of paper from him. The paper turned out to be a contract for the HARASHIMA Vs Masa Takanashi KO-D Openweight Title match on 23rd February. According to the contract, the match would be fought under handicap rules with HARASHIMA needing to pin Takanashi for five seconds to win while Takanashi would only need to pin HARASHIMA for one second. Tsurumi caught the courier and she was revealed to be Sayaka Obihiro!

Takanashi entered the room to rescue his friend while Tsurumi yelled at him for trying to trick him into signing another contract. But Takanashi had a backup plan, he had the key for DDT’s ring truck! Tsurumi began to panic and asked if Takanashi was going to sell off the truck, the ring, the sound system or even the chairs. Takanashi said he was found something more important than any of those things, the championship belts! He was going to steal the belts and become champion without having to fight anybody. Takanashi began taunting Tsurumi until HARASHIMA simply grabbed the keys and gave them back to Daisuke Kiso, who explained they were stolen from him while he was stuck in Yokohama yesterday. Their plan foiled, Takanashi and Obihiro needed a distraction so Obihiro bit her tongue and Takanashi yelled for an ambulance as they fled.

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Up Up Assassin, Mochizuki Hits Hard, Union Title Matches (One In May)

February 13, 2014

DDT “UP UP DDT ~ UP UP GIRLS VS HOMOIRO CLOVER Z VOL. 1”, 19/02/2014
Shinjuku FACE

1. Up Up Machine Vs Kota Ibushi

Homoiro Clover Z reforms for a special co-promoted show with the J-Pop group Up Up Girls. The idols previously appeared on last year’s “PROGRESS AND HARMONY OF WRESTLING” show in Sumo Hall. First match announced is Kota Ibushi versus Up Up Machine, an assassin hired by the Up Up Girls to eliminate the Golden Star!

DDT “INTO THE FIGHT 2014”, 23/02/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Yasu Urano (c) Vs Akito Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Gota Ihashi Vs Guanchulo Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs DJ Nira Vs Saki Akai Vs Emi Sakura
2. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & MIKAMI Vs Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki & Hoshitango
3. Konosuke Takeshita 3-Match Trial Series – 1st Leg: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
4. Do Or Die!? Negligence Match: KUDO Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
5. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles Match: Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Aja Kong (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Toma Sakao
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles Match: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega (c) Vs Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
7. KO-D Openweight Title Match: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Masa Takanashi

DDT’s website says the Battle Royal will happen with or without the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title, just in case Yasu Urano loses it to somebody not involved in the match before the show takes place.

HARD HIT “~BATTLE FRIDAY~”, 28/02/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. 2nd Grappling Tournament – First Round: Shuichiro Katsumura Vs Kenta Hattori
2. 2nd Grappling Tournament – First Round: Atsushi Aoki Vs Koji Iwamoto
3. 2nd Grappling Tournament – Final: Winner of Match #1 Vs Winner of Match #2
4. Mitsuyoshi Nakai Vs Kotaru Naso
5. Poai Suganuma Vs Ryuichi Sekine
6. Hikaru Sato Vs Hayato Mashita
7. HARASHIMA Vs Takafumi Ito
8. Masaaki Mochizuki Vs Hiroshi Kobayashi

Super Tiger was originally supposed to face U-FILE fighter Hiroshi Kobayashi but had to pull out after breaking his left forearm during training. Masaaki Mochizuki from Dragon Gate is his replacement.

UNION “MARCH OF THE UNION 2014”, 23/03/2014
Kawasaki Plaza Sol

1. Union Fly To Everywhere World Title: Cherry (c) Vs Mio Shirai
2. Union MAX Title: Ivan Markov (c) Vs Isami Kodaka

Isami Kodaka is Union’s strongest chance to win their premier championship from Ivan Markov. Meanwhile, Mio Shirai aims to finally topple Cherry from her throne and win the Fly To Everywhere Title.

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2014”, 18/05/2014
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Aipoke World Title: Ryu Gouma (c) Vs Sasadango Machine

Ryu Gouma’s intelligence won him a championship and now he has to defend it against Sasadango Machine (who seems to have dropped Super from his name). Well, not now but in May. Sasadango doesn’t want to do the match until then.

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DDT “YAROZ PART 1” Results

February 9, 2014

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DDT “YAROZ PART 1”, 09/02/2014
Shin-kiba 1st RING
183 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Solidly Single Match: Ryuichi Sekine defeated Daichi Kazato with the Combine (8:16).
2. White Doe & Aoki Wolves – 3 Way Embarrassment Match: Misaki Ohata defeated Antonio Honda and Seiya Morohashi when Ohata made Morohashi say “I’m embarrassed!” (8:05).
3. YaroZ Hardcore Match: Shuji Ishikawa defeated Kankuro Hoshino with the Splash Mountain onto a chair (12:01).
4. Talk To The Fist – Boxing Match: Gota Ihashi Vs Kengo Mashimo ended in a No Contest (4R).
5. Clash At Last! Sudden Realisation Of The Forbiddon: Keizo Matsuda defeated Danshoku Dino with a Tombstone Piledriver (9:36).
6. Value Of Man Is Not A Plane! BOYZ Vs YaroZ: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Shigehiro Irie defeated HARASHIMA, Makoto Oishi & Tetsuya Endo when Irie pinned Oishi with the Flying Sausage (17:29).

Turns out I was using a non-vulgar translation of the show name and this show was indeed vulgar. AssholeZ it is, then.

Tomomitsu Matsunaga and Amon Tsurumi were originally supposed to host the show but they were mysteriously absent. Taking their place were guest MCs Brother Tommy and Brother Mon. They explained this was a show for bastards, by bastards. They wanted to encourage everyone wrestling to unleash their inner bastard just for today.

The main event saw Team YaroZ facing Team BOYZ with the latter being uncomfortable with the surroundings. Makoto Oishi complained about a stinking smell coming from the audience. He also called his opponents ugly, fat and old. Shigehiro Irie was very upset at being called old. He got his revenge by pinning Oishi with the Flying Sausage.

Keizo Matsuda discovered his Danshoku side during his victory over Danshoku Dino. While at first overpowered by his opponent, Matsuda pulled down his tights to reveal he was wearing Danshoku tights underneath. He then used his newly found Danshoku ability to Lip Lock Dino and then pin him with the Tombstone. After the match Matsuda got his hands on some fans in the front row. He and Dino then did a Danshoku version of the Steiner Brothers pose on the stage. Brother Mon called it the birth of the Japanese Steiner Brothers.

The boxing match between Gota Ihashi and Kengo Mashimo was set for 45 one minute rounds with Yuzuki Aikawa providing some bouncy eye candy as the round girl. Aikawa however appeared in her regular everyday clothing because she had other things to do today. Ihashi and Mashimo had a slugfest but everybody noticed that everytime a round ended, Aikawa would remove a piece of clothing before holding the next round card. So Yukinori Matsui did everything he could to make sure the match continued even though Ihashi and Mashimo were beating the tar out of each other. At the end of the third round Aikawa promised to reveal her swimsuit if the fight made it to Round 5. Mashimo knocked out Ihashi in the 4th Round but Matsui counted as slowly as he could. Mashimo got sick of the stalling and said he was going home. With Mashimo leaving and Ihashi still unconcious, Brother Mon had no other choice but to call off the match. The arena broke out into chaos until Aikawa decided to strip down to her Stars & Stripes swimsuit much to the excitement of every man in the building.

Both Shuji Ishikawa and Kankuro Hoshino wrestled their hardcore match wearing fundoshi instead of their usual gear.

The Embarrassment Match involved Antonio Honda, Seiya Morohashi and Misaki Ohata trying to humiliate each other to win. The first person to make another wrestler yell “I’m embarrassed!” would be crowned the winner. At first they all tried to strip each other but soon Honda brought in a whip. Ohata got rid of Honda and whipped Morohashi’s bare backside enough to make him say he was embarrassed. Brother Tommy said afterwards that it was a terrible match.

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YaroZ Night Out

February 7, 2014

DDT “YAROZ PART 1”, 09/02/2014
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Solidly Single Match: Ryuichi Sekine Vs Daichi Kazato
2. White Doe & Aoki Wolves: Antonio Honda Vs Seiya Morohashi Vs Misaki Ohata
3. YaroZ Hardcore Match: Shuji Ishikawa Vs Kankuro Hoshino
4. Talk To The Fist – Boxing Match: Gota Ihashi Vs Kengo Mashimo
5. Clash At Last! Sudden Realisation Of The Forbiddon: Keizo Matsuda Vs Danshoku Dino
6. Value Of Man Is Not A Plane! BOYZ Vs YaroZ: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Shigehiro Irie Vs HARASHIMA, Makoto Oishi & Tetsuya Endo

A main event of burly men versus pretty boys, two tough assholes in a hardcore match and an opener mocking the relationship status of both participants. As far as I can tell this is an anti-BOYZ show.

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Tokyo Joshi Pro And Hard Hit Cards

February 5, 2014

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TOKYO CIRCUIT 2014 ROUND 2”, 18/01/2014
Tokyo BASEMENT MONSTAR

1. Miyu Yamashita Vs Ririko Kendo
2. Nonoko & KANNA Vs Shoko Nakajima & Yuka Sakazaki
3. Chikage Kiba Vs Ayumi Takeda

Ririko Kendo revealed her ring name was inspired Kendo Kashin.

HARD HIT “~BATTLE FRIDAY~”, 28/02/2014
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. 2nd Grappling Tournament – First Round: Shuichiro Katsumura Vs Kenta Hattori
2. 2nd Grappling Tournament – First Round: Atsushi Aoki Vs Koji Iwamoto
3. Mitsuyoshi Nakai Vs Kotaru Naso
4. Poai Suganuma Vs Ryuichi Sekine
5. Hikaru Sato Vs Hayato Mashita

Hikaru Sato holds his first Hard Hit show after leaving DDT. He fights Hayato Mashita from Real Japan.

HARASHIMA, Yukio Sakaguchi and Super Tiger are all scheduled to fight on the show.

Shuichiro Katsumura comes from the Ground Slam Reversal Gym in Yokohama. Kenta Hattori is from Beauties Of Nature.

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