BOYZ “CHRISTMAS EVE X20 SPECIAL ~WOMAN FESTIVAL 2~” Results

December 5, 2013

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BOYZ “CHRISTMAS EVE X20 SPECIAL ~WOMAN FESTIVAL 2~”, 05/12/2013
Shinjuku FACE
525 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. KUDO & Keisuke Ishii defeated Kenny Omega & Kazuki Hirata when Ishii pinned Hirata with the Kneel Kick (10:50).
2. Masa Takanashi defeated Mitomi Masayuki with a Cradle (10:44).
3. Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Hiroshi Fukuda with a Penalty Kick (9:21).
4. Akito defeated Tetsuya Endo with a Scorpion Deathlock (11:04).
5. HARASHIMA, Makoto Oishi & Daisuke Sasaki defeated Kota Ibushi, Isami Kodaka & Soma Takao when Oishi pinned Takao with the Miracle Ecstasy (11:30).

Even though this was a Christmas show, everybody danced to “Thriller” at the end.


New Union Matches, Is Hirata A Boring Shit?

December 3, 2013

UNION “SHIWASU NO UNION 2013”, 11/12/2013
Shinjuku FACE

1. Richard Burn Vs Daichi Kazato
2. Kyoko Kimura & SAGAT Vs Menso~re Oyaji & Tomoya Kawamura
3. FUMA Vs Kotaro Nasu
4. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & MEN’S Teioh
5. Union MAX Title: Shuji Ishikawa Vs Ivan Markov

Mio Shirai will also be on the show. No sign of any Idea Pocket Divas though.

DDT “NEVER MIND 2013”, 23/12/2013
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Kazuki Hirata 5 Match Trial: Kazuki Hirata Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Gota Ihashi, Guanchulo, X & X
1. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs MIKAMI, Masa Takanashi & Akito
2. KUDO, Yasu Urano & Saki Akai Vs Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki & GAMI
3. Big Single Match Year End Drinking Party: Konosuke Takeshita Vs Tetsuya Endo
4. Big Single Match Year End Drinking Party: Hikaru Sato Vs Michael Nakazawa
5. Big Single Match Year End Drinking Party: Kota Ibushi Vs DJ Nira
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Akebono (c) Vs Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Aja Kong
7. KO-D Openweight Title & Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Yukio Sakaguchi

Kazuki Hirata will be put through 5 consecutive dark matches to prove he is not a “boring shit.”


Yankees Defend In The Street, Kitizawa And Union Cards

November 26, 2013

DDT “MUSASHI KOGANEI STATION WRESTLING”, 28/11/2013
Tokyo Musashi Koganei Station

KO-D Tag Team Titles – 3 Way Street Fight: Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata Vs HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano

Yankii Ni Cho Kenju takes their KO-D Tag Team Title reign out to the streets. This time they have two teams gunning for the championships and aiming to cut short their planned reign of dominance in the tag team division.

DDT “KITIZAWA FIGHTING THEATER 2013”, 01/12/2013
Kitizawa Town Hall

1. Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Gota Ihashi
2. 3 Way Match: Antonio Honda Vs Masa Takanashi Vs DJ Nira
3. Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Hoshitango
4. Danshoku Dino Vs Guanchulo
5. Kenny Omega Vs Makoto Oishi
6. Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo
7. HARASHIMA, KUDO & Yasu Urano Vs Yukio Sakaguchi, MIKAMI & Akito

Kota Ibushi has been pulled from the show due to a dislocated finger. The injury isn’t serious but he has been taken off the card just to be safe.

UNION “SHIWASU NO UNION 2013”, 11/12/2013
Shinjuku FACE

1. Richard Burn Vs Daichi Kazato
2. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & MEN’S Teioh
3. Union MAX Title: Shuji Ishikawa Vs Ivan Markov

It’s Union Vs Russia to determine the first Union MAX Champion.

If Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto are still the KO-D Tag Champions they will defend against Hiroshi Fukuda & MEN’S Teioh, aka Texas Tornado Broncos Tokyo. Fukuda and Teioh will get their title shot no matter who the champions are.

Richard Burn is an Australian martial artist who is travelling to Japan to fight the best there is available. Unfortunately he has to make do with Daichi Kazato for now.


New Idea Pocket Diva, BOYZ Card, Never Mind

November 21, 2013

UNION “WORK IS BEAUTIFUL”, 23/11/2013
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Daichi Kazato Vs Tomoya Kawamura
2. Seiya Morohashi & Cherry Vs SAGAT & Kyoko Kimura
3. Idea Pocket Presents: Mio Shirai (w/ Tsubasa Amami) Vs Mitomi Masayuki (w/ Rola Mizusaki)
4. Hiroshi Fukuda Vs MEN’S Teioh
5. Isami Kodaka Vs Menso~re Oyaji
6. 1,000 Roses Death Match: Shuji Ishikawa Vs FUMA

Rola Mizusaki is the Idea Pocket DIVA who will be in Mitomi Masayuki’s corner.

BOYZ “CHRISTMAS EVE X20 SPECIAL ~WOMAN FESTIVAL 2~”, 05/12/2013
Shinjuku FACE

1. Masa Takanashi Vs Mitomi Masayuki
2. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
3. Akito Vs Tetsuya Endo
4. Kenny Omega & Kazuki Hirata Vs KUDO & Keisuke Ishii
5. HARASHIMA, Makoto Oishi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Kota Ibushi, Isami Kodaka & Soma Takao

BOYZ is continuing the trend of having a good looking main event.

DDT “NEVER MIND 2013”, 15/12/2013
Hakata Star Lane

1. Antonio Honda Vs Batten Tamagawa
2. Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Maki Ito Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi

Yuto Aijima and Azul Dragon are scheduled to be on the show.


DDT Hotel Invasion, Union Gets A Championship

October 27, 2013

DDT “DDT INVASION! LOISIR HOTEL TOYOHASHI”, 02/11/2013
Aichi Loisir Hotel Toyohashi

1. Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & MIKAMI
2. Keisuke Ishii Vs Tetsuya Endo
3. Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Michael Nakazawa Vs Toru Owashi & Konosuke Takeshita
4. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Masa Takanashi & DJ Nira
5. Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Hikaru Sato & Akito
6. HARASHIMA, KUDO & Yasu Urano Vs Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Gota Ihashi

A new location for DDT, this time a hotel although it will be held in a hall instead of one of the guest rooms. Probably for the best.

UNION “SHIWASU NO UNION 2013”, 23/112013
Shinjuku FACE

1. Union Title: Shuji Ishikawa Vs X

Union is now going to get its very own championship. Shuji Ishikawa will face a wrestler chosen by Naomi Susan for the right to be crowned the first champion.


UNION “8TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW” Results

October 23, 2013

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UNION “8TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW”, 23/10/2013
Shinjuku FACE
328 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Get The Glory! Tournament – Round 1: Shuji Ishikawa defeated SAGAT with a Running Knee Lift (4:45).
2. Get The Glory! Tournament – Round 1: FUMA defeated Daichi Kazato with the Atomic Bomb (9:51).
3. Get The Glory! Tournament – Round 1: Isami Kodaka defeated Cherry with the 419 (5:38).
4. Get The Glory! Tournament – Round 1: Hiroshi Fukuda defeated Seiya Morohashi with a Crippler Crossface Cutback (8:01).
5. Tomoya Kawamura Debut Match: Madoka defeated Tomoya Kawamura with a Butterfly Lock (10:33).
6. Get The Glory! Tournament – Semi Final: Shuji Ishikawa defeated FUMA with the Splash Mountain (3:15).
7. Get The Glory! Tournament – Semi Final: Isami Kodaka defeated Hiroshi Fukuda with the Zan Isamu Leg (10:13).
8. Idea Pocket Presents: Mio Shirai (w/ Rika Seibi) defeated Menso~re Oyaji (w/ Tsubasa Amami) and Mitomi Masayuki (w/ Ryu Mizusaki) when Shirai pinned Masayuki with the Tsuchigomo (7:27).
9. Get The Glory! Tournament – Final: Shuji Ishikawa defeated Isami Kodaka with the Splash Mountain (13:26).

Union celebrated its 8th Anniversary plus its recent change to an independent promotion by holding a one night tournament featuring its home wrestlers. Shuji Ishikawa won the Get The Glory Tournament, defeating Isami Kodaka in the final. Naomi Susan said the final was worthy of being a title match and she now wants Union to create its own championship in time for their Shunjuku FACE show on 11th December. Ishikawa thanked the fans for supporting Union and promises they will be around for the 9th Anniversary, 10th Anniversary, 15th Anniversary, 20th Anniversary, 25th Anniversary, 30th Anniversary, 40th Anniversary and the 100th Anniversary.

At the beginning of the show, Isami Kodaka mentioned he will be travelling to Russia tomorrow. He and Masa Takanashi will be wrestling in the IWF this weekend. It is the same promotion that Union visitors Ivan Markov and Ronnie Crimson came from. Kodaka will be facing Markov for the IWF Championship and he hopes he will become a Triple Crown Champion by holding the IWF, KO-D Tag Team and BJW Tag Team Titles all at the same time.

Mio Shirai’s harem of Idea Pocket idols is growing. Shirai, Menso~re Oyaji and Mitomi Masayuki each had an idol in their corner and battled each other to win all three. Mio won the match and the idols expressed relief that they were now with her instead of any of the men. Mio was delighted and said she wants to attract more and more flirty Divas over to Union.

Tomoya Kawamura said he wanted to do the Sling Blade like Hiroshi Tanahashi during his debut match but realised he couldn’t do it because he is still immature as a wrestler. He also revealed he originally had a tryout with DDT and during that tryout he showed off his Yoda impersonation from Star Wars Episode II. His impersonation is from a scene where Yoda warns Obi-Wan about Anakin turning to the Dark Side, if you must know.


Triple Title Match At Osaka, Annual Omori Title Match, Union, Hard Hit & Ganpuro Updates

October 22, 2013

UNION “8TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW”, 23/10/2013
Shinjuku FACE

1. Tomoya Kawamura Debut Match: Tomoya Kawamura Vs Madoka
2. Get The Glory! Tournament – Round 1: Shuji Ishikawa Vs SAGAT
3. Get The Glory! Tournament – Round 1: FUMA Vs Daichi Kazato
4. Get The Glory! Tournament – Round 1: Isami Kodaka Vs Cherry
5. Get The Glory! Tournament – Round 1: Seiya Morohashi Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
6. Get The Glory! Tournament – Semi Final: Winner of Match 1 Vs Winner of Match 2
7. Get The Glory! Tournament – Semi Final: Winner of Match 3 Vs Winner of Match 4
8. Idea Pocket Presents: Menso~re Oyaji (w/ Tsubasa Amami) Vs Mio Shirai (w/ Rika Seibi) Vs Mitomi Masayuki (w/ Ryu Mizusaki)
9. Get The Glory! Tournament – Final: Winner of Semi Final 1 Vs Winner of Semi Final 2

Idea Pocket have chosen AV idol Ryu Mizusaki to be in Mitomi Masayuki’s corner for their sponsored match. Reverse the name when searching to get the NSFW stuff.

HARD HIT “ROAD TO KORAKUEN”, 27/10/2013
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Tiger Shark Vs Kenji Takeshima
2. Kamen Shooter Super Rider Vs Takaku Fuke
3. Poai Suganuma Vs Kotaro Nasu
4. Super Tiger Vs Koji Iwamoto
5. Shuichiro Katsumura Vs Hayato Mashita
6. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Masaaki Mochizuki
7. HARASHIMA Vs Yasu Kubota
8. Hikaru Sato Vs Ryo Kawamura

One more match added to the card. Tiger Shark comes from Real Japan while Kenji Takeshima comes from Sportiva Entertainment.

DDT “ROAD TO 2020 TOKYO OMORI ~ UTAN FESTA 2013”, 27/10/2013
Tokyo JR Omori Station

1. Tokyo Women’s Wrestling Offer Match: Miyu Yamashita & Shoko Nakajima Vs Chikage Kiba & KANNA
2. Shigehiro Irie, Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Gota Ihashi & Akito
3. Next Omori Title Challenger Battle Royal: MIKAMI Vs KUDO Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Gurukun Mask
4. Omori World Title: Danshoku Dino (c) Vs Hoshitango
5. Tetsuya Endo Comeback Match: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega Vs Kazuki Hirata & Tetsuya Endo
6. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki

Bloody Hell, they remembered Hoshitango became the No. 1 contender for the Omori World Title over a year ago!

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “GANPURO HOUSE SHOW 5”, 30/10/2013
Shibuya Entertainment Stage

1. Shota Vs Osochin Aries
2. 2 Vs 1 Handicap Match: Yumehito Imanari & Gorikikio Vs Osamu Namiguchi
3. Survival Tobita Vs J-Soul Pandita III
4. Ken Ohka Vs Bad Tension TAMAGAWA

Bad Tension TAMAGAWA wants to prove he has grown stronger and promises to fight fair and square. Osamu Namiguchi on the other hand is so strong that Yumehito Imanari has to team with Gorikiko in a Handicap Match just to have a chance of beating him at full strength.

After winning the G3 Climax back in August, Shota now aims to become the ace of Ganbare☆Wrestling. Osochin Aries is his hand picked opponent to kick start his journey.

DDT “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL 2013”, 04/11/2013
Osaka Bodymaker Colosseum

1. Masa Takanashi, Michael Nakazawa & DJ Nira Vs MIKAMI, Makoto Oishi & Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan
2. Daisuke Sasaki & Shoichi Uchida Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kazuki Hirata
3. Gakuensai Grand Final: Danshoku Dino Vs Tigers Mask
4. KO-D Tag Team Title Next Challenger 3 Way Match: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega Vs KUDO & Yasu Urano Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo
5. Saki Akai Wrestling Second Leg: Yukio Sakaguchi & Saki Akai Vs Akito & Mio Shirai
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Akebono (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie, Keisuke Ishii & Takao Soma
7. KO-D Openweight Title, DDT Extreme Title & Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: HARASHIMA (c/c) Vs Antonio Honda (c)

The Champion Vs Champion matches continue. For the second time in 2013 the KO-D Openweight Title and DDT Extreme Title will both be put on the line and for the moment the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title will be involved too. HARASHIMA won the Iron Man Title from Danshoku Dino, defending the KO-D Title in the process. Antonio Honda won a Rock, Paper, Scissors tournament (which I now consider a bigger achievement than winning the Bound For Glory Series) to become the number one contender.


DDT/HIP HOP SQUADRON B-BOYAGER “FRIENDSHIP, EFFORT, VICTORY” Results

October 13, 2013

DDT/HIP HOP SQUADRON B-BOYAGER “FRIENDSHIP, EFFORT, VICTORY”, 12/10/2013
Shinjuku FACE
428 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Yasu Urano defeated Kazuki Hirata with the Tombstone Piledriver (10:04).
2. Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki defeated Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi when Sasaki pinned Ohashi with the Now Or Never (16:00).
3. HARASHIMA & KUDO defeated Yukio Sakaguchi & Akito when HARASHIMA pinned Akito with the Somato (11:50).
4. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao defeated Kota Ibushi, MIKAMI & Masa Takanashi when Ishii pinned Takanashi with the High Angle Double Arm DDT (12:53).


DDT48 General Election 2013 Results

October 2, 2013

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DDT “DDT48 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT”, 02/10/2013
Shinjuku FACE
520 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Isami Kodaka & Hiroshi Fukuda defeated Cherry & FUMA when Kodaka submitted FUMA with an Arm Lock (7:03).
2. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao defeated Masa Takanashi, Akito & Konosuke Takeshita when Irie pinned Akito with the Flying Sausage (9:11).

DDT48 General Election 2013 Final Standings

1. Danshoku Dino (428 votes)
2. Isami Kodaka (419 votes)
3. Kota Ibushi (417 votes)
4. HARASHIMA (344 votes)
5. Hikaru Sato (330 votes)
6. Makoto Oishi (225 votes)
7. Soma Takao (221 votes)
8. Kenny Omega (200 votes)
9. Super Sasadango Machine (185 votes)
10. Cherry (182 votes)
11. Yasu Urano (174 votes)
12. Masa Takanashi (171 votes)
13. Konosuke Takeshita (170 votes)
14. KUDO (158 votes)
15. MIKAMI (156 votes)
16. Hiroshi Fukuda (150 votes)
17. Akito (149 votes)
18. Keisuke Ishii (147 votes)
19. Antonio Honda (146 votes)
20. Shigehiro Irie (144 votes)
– Daisuke Sasaki (144 votes)

22. Mio Shirai (143 votes)
23. Yukio Sakaguchi (131 votes)
24. Michael Nakazawa (92 votes)
25. DJ Nira (90 votes)

26. Yoshihiko (89 votes)
27. Toru Owashi (51 votes)
– Mitomi Masayuki (51 votes)
29. Shuji Ishikawa (45 votes)

Total Votes Cast: 5,728 votes

Danshoku Dino wins the DDT48 General Election and becomes the first two time winner of the competition, his previous victory being the very first election in 2010. This was the closest result yet with Dino winning by just 9 votes. As the winner, Dino receives a KO-D Openweight Title shot against HARASHIMA in Korakuen Hall and also a ¥1,000,000 cash prize, which funnily enough is exactly what he won four years ago.

The top 20 fills up the main card at the 20/10 Korakuen show while spots 21-24 will compete in a dark match. Shigehiro Irie and Daisuke Sasaki tied together in 20th place so they both qualify for the main card. This opened up a dark match spot for the person who finished 25th. That person is DJ Nira, who just beat out Yoshihiko by a single vote! On the other end of the single vote spectrum, Mio Shirai must be feeling a little salty by missing out of the main card by one vote.

Isami Kodaka was this year’s dark horse by finishing in second place and coming so close to Dino. He may wind up like Hikaru Sato and receive good fortune for his performance. Sato benefited from strong showings in the first two elections, winning the second one and eventually winning the KO-D Title because of it. Kodaka is in a similar spot as a long time member of the Union roster who recently became the face of the promotion.

Maybe the biggest surprise is Super Sasadango Machine finishing 9th. The Niigata wrestler has only wrestled twice in DDT this year. Maybe the fans really like sasa dango food. Or maybe he reminds them of Muscle Sakai. Who knows?


Ganbare in Shibuya, DDT Goes Hip Hop For Some Reason

October 1, 2013

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “GANPURO HOUSE SHOW 5”, 30/10/2013
Shibuya Entertainment Stage

1. Survival Tobita Vs J-Soul Pandita III
2. Ken Ohka Vs Bad Tension TAMAGAWA

Ken Ohka gets his shot at revenge on Bad Tension TAMAGAWA for betraying him back in July. However, Ohka wants to forgive TAMAGAWA for his actions and bring him back to the good side. He hopes this match will knock some sense back into his friend.

DDT/HIP HOP SQUADRON B-BOYAGER “FRIENDSHIP, EFFORT, VICTORY”, 12/10/2013
Shinjuku FACE

1. Yasu Urano Vs Kazuki Hirata
2. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki
3. HARASHIMA & KUDO Vs Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Akito
4. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs Kota Ibushi, MIKAMI & Masa Takanashi

Hiroshi Fukuda, Michael Nakazawa, Tomomitsu Matsunaga and Sanshiro Takagi are also scheduled to appear.