DDT “MASA TAKANASHI TRIUMPH ANNIVERSARY RETURN” Results

June 15, 2012

DDT “MASA TAKANASHI TRIUMPH ANNIVERSARY RETURN”, 15/06/2012
Edogawa Eastern Friend Hall
399 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma defeated Hoshitango & Tetsuya Endo when Soma pinned Endo with the Boma Ye (8:55).
2. Emi Sakura defeated DJ Nira with a Mexican Surfboard (4:26).
3. HARASHIMA & Daisuke Sasaki defeated KUDO & Makoto Oishi when Sasaki pinned Oishi with the NOW or NEVER (8:32).
4. Shuji Ishikawa, Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie defeated Kenny Omega, Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa when Ishikawa pinned Nakazawa with the Splash Mountain (11:26).
5. Kota Ibushi & Danshoku Dino defeated Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda when Ibushi pinned Honda with the Sit Down Last Ride (16:36).
6. Masa Takanashi defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga with the Avalanche Takatonic (23:34).

Even though Masa Takanashi is from Ichikawa City in Chiba, this show in Edogawa was treated as his triumphant homecoming in a broad sense. The posters advertising the show also had Masa posing with championship belts, none of which he currently has.

Masa won his big match in the main event, defeating Tomomitsu Matsunaga with the Avalanche version of his Takatonic finisher. Masa once again fell victim to the dreaded Axe Guillotine Driver, a critical move which has been used in the past to counter the Takatonic. Yet he was able to kick out of the pin. He even kicked out of the Tiger Driver and avoided the Tiger Driver ’91.

After the match, Takanashi apologised to the fans for false advertisement. He admitted that the show should have been advertised for another special occasion, the 9th Anniversary of Shuji Ishikawa’s wrestling debut! Shuji had his first match in DDT on 15th June, 2003 against Super Uchu Power. Shuji was invited down to the ring while the fans chanted his name. They also invited Daichi Kakimoto into the ring since he is also approaching the 9th Anniversary of his debut. To mark the special occassion, all three performed a Triple Dropkick on Ken Ohka.

KUDO & Makoto Oishi suffered a minor setback by losing a match just one day before they challenge for the KO-D Tag Team Championship. Luckily for them one of the champions also lost today as Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda fell to Kota Ibushi & Danshoku Dino. Speaking of that match, Dino promised that it was going to be a very serious match between the two teams. Instead, by the end of the match everyone had the back of their tights pulled down and their rear ends exposed. Afterwards, Dino simply told the crowd “That was our serious match. Thank you.”


Shuji Ishikawa Goes After Death Match Title

March 26, 2012

Union ace Shuji Ishikawa now has an important title match to look forward to, but this one is taking place outside of DDT and Union. The giant will be returning to Big Japan in May to face Abdullah Kobayashi for the BJW Death Match Championship in Yokohama. This will be the second time that Shuji challenges for the belt. He previously lost to Ryuji Ito in a Fluorescent Lighttubes, Glass Board & 49,205 Thumbtacks Death Match back in October 2010. However, Shuji defeated Abdullah Kobayashi one month earlier in the less impressive sounding 261 Fluorescent Lighttubes Death Match to earn that title shot. That match was the most recent singles bout between the two.


UNION “MARCH OF THE UNION 2012” Results

March 18, 2012

UNION “MARCH OF THE UNION 2012”, 18/03/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
302 Fans – Super No Vacancy

0. Union League Experiment: Madoka defeated Taichi Kazato with a Boston Crab (8:17).
1. Hiroshi Fukuda (w/ Rumi Kazama) defeated Rion Mizuki with a School Boy (7:30).
2. New Keizo Matsuda & Yoshiya Yamashita defeated New Sanshiro Takagi & Big Rude when Matsuda pinned Takagi with a Lariat (8:38).
3. If Cherry Loses, Her Real Age Becomes Public: Cherry defeated Mio Shirai with the Spring Night Love (7:34).
4. BEST OF THE SUPER Ohka: Kengo Ohka defeated Ken Ohka with the Shinken (17:14).
5. 1,000 Roses Death Match: Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie defeated Isami Kodaka & Ryuichi Sekine when Ishikawa pinned Sekine with the Splash Mountain onto the roses (19:39).

The 1,000 Roses Death Match contained many weapons that were covered in roses. They included a table, a ladder and two boards that were laid against opposite corners. Despite not sounding as dangerous as your typical death match, blood did flow from the wrestlers as they fought. After the match, Shuji Ishikawa and Isami Kodaka shook hands.

Cherry defeated Mio Shirai to prevent one of the greatest secrets in puroresu from being unveiled… her age. Cherry was forced to bring her passport to Shin-Kiba to use as proof of her age if she had to reveal it. The passport was kept in a safe backstage while Cherry fought the 24 year old Mio. When the match was over, the safe was given back to Cherry. But when she opened it, the passport was replaced by a hand written note. The note said “I have your passport. If you want it back, fight me. GAMI.” Cherry was upset that her passport was stolen. Not only is her age at risk from being made public, but Cherry now cannot travel overseas. She accepted GAMI’s challenge and thanked the fans for supporting her.

New Sanshiro Takagi and New Keizo Matsuda will face each other in a singles match at Union’s return to Korakuen Hall on 4th May. El Generico will also return on that show.

Hiroshi Fukuda’s promise to win his match with the Perfect Plex did not happen. He had to take a spray can from ringside and strike Rion Mizuki over the head with it and then roll him over with a School Boy to get his hand raised. Fukuda’s mentor Rumi Kazama was not pleased with his performance and she gave him a Buzzsaw Kick as punishment. Kazama stormed off backstage and left Fukuda crying in the ring.

Union’s relationship with New Beijing Pro Wrestling is coming back to life. Choun-Shiryu, Cao Zhang and Princess Makoto will all return on Union’s 8th April event in Shin-Kiba 1st RING.


Tonkachi, Ladders & Chairs (Oh My!), BIG “G” BANG

December 21, 2011

UNION “1…2…3…UNION!”, 03/01/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Loser Must Follow Winner On Twitter: Hiroshi Fukuda (w/ Rumi Kazama) Vs RG
2. Cherry Vs Ayumi Kurihara
3. Americas World Mixed Tag Team Titles: NOSAWA Rongai & Io Shirai (c) Vs Ken Ohka & Mio Shirai
4. Sanshiro Takagi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi Vs KENSO & Yoshiaki Yago
5. 3 Way Tag Team: Vladimir Nagai & Ivan Markov (w/ Bonnie) Vs Kengo Mashimo & Madoka Vs Masao Orihara & Big Morohashi
6. Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie Vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Kazuki Hashimoto
7. DDT Extreme Title – TLC (Tonkachi, Ladders & Chairs): El Generico (c) Vs Isami Kodaka

Union held its latest press conference in Shinjuku’s Dropkick Bar today to announce more news and matches for their big 3rd January show at Korakuen Hall. The conference began with Naomi Susan being joined by Isami Kodaka. Naomi told everyone she received an e-mail from El Generico about how he just defended the DDT Extreme Championship in Hawaii. Generico also said in the e-mail that he wanted his match against Kodaka to be fought under TLC rules. In this case the T in TLC does not stand for tables, but for Tonkachi which is a giant hammer previously used in Union by Chinese wrestler Cao Zhang. Isami said he wanted to win the belt back at any cost and accepted the TLC match.

After Kodaka’s portion was finished, the conference moved onto the new team of Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie, together now known as BIG “G” BANG. The name is taken from a South Korean boy band for some reason.* It was then announced that Shuji & Irie will face Daisuke Sekimoto & Kazuki Hashimoto from Big Japan on 3rd January. Shuji & Daisuke are definitly no strangers to each other. It was Sekimoto who defeated Ishikawa to win the KO-D Openweight Title back in 2010. Irie described Sekimoto as being as strong as a gorilla. He compared his own strength to a dangerous bear that could kill a hippopotamus. Irie then said that hippos kill more people in Africa than any other animal, so that makes him very dangerous.

The Union show will be the second wrestling show taking place in Korakuen Hall on the 3rd. All Japan will have a show taking place earlier in the day with Kenny Omega defending the AJPW Jr. Heavyweight Title against Hiroshi Yamato in the semi-main. The Union show might be the fifth match Daisuke Sekimoto will have in Korakuen Hall in 3 days. He’s wrestling for ZERO-1 on the 1st, Big Japan & All Japan in the 2nd and finally All Japan and Union on the 3rd, all shows taking place in Korakuen. Crazy.

*Anyone else notice DDT’s trend of naming groups after musical acts lately?


Shuji Battles Mashimo In K-DOJO

September 7, 2011

K-DOJO “CLUB-K SUPER downtown ~ MICHINOKU TOGETHER EAST JAPAN GREAT EARTHQUAKE REVIVAL CHARITY PRO-WRESTLING”, 04/09/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
776 Fans

Champion of STRONGEST-K Title: Kengo Mashimo (c) defeated Shuji Ishikawa with the Vertical Drop Brainbuster (24:04).
*V2 for Mashimo.

Union’s Shuji Ishikawa was in the main event of a special KAIENTAI DOJO charity event in Korakuen Hall during the week. Shuji fought Kengo Mashimo (aka Kengo Ohka in Union) for the Champion of STRONGEST-K Title and was one second away from winning the championship. But Kengo kicked out of Shuji’s Splash Mountain finisher to fight back and defeat the Union leader with a Brainbuster.

With that out of the way, Shuji now has BENTEN and either Isami Kodaka or El Generico to look forward to on Union’s 19th September doubleshot at Shinjuku FACE.


DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2011” Results

July 24, 2011

DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2011”, 24/07/2011
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
8,660 Fans

0. Big China Unified Nakahara Tag Team Titles: Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa defeated The Great Sasuke & Ricky Fuji (c) when Takagi pinned Sasuke with the Sitdown Hirawari Bomb into a bath full of rubber ducks (21:03).
*Great Sasuke & Ricky Fuji fail in V1. Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa become the 21st Champions!
1. Dramatic Next Generation Fight: Keisuke Ishii defeated Shigehiro Irie with two Kneel Kicks (9:25).
2. Battle Royal – Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Antonio Honda defeated Daisuke Sasaki (c) with the Octopus Hold (21:46).
Other Participants: Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Yuzuki Aikawa, Cherry, Riki Sensyu, Emi Sakura, Tanomusaku Toba, Gorgeous Matsuno, DJ Nira, Hoshitango, Daisuke Sasaki, Rion Mizuki, Makoto Oishi, Mr. #6 and YOSHIHIKO.
*Antonio Honda becomes the 870th champion.
2a. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Gorgeous Matsuno defeated Antonio Honda (c) with a School Boy (4:00 pm).
*Gorgeous Matsuno becomes the 871st champion.
3. Special Singles Match: MIKAMI defeated Poison Sawada JULIE with the Volcano Bomb (8:59).
4. 4 Way – KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sekimoto & Masa Takanashi defeated HARASHIMA & HERO! (c), GENTARO & Yasu Urano and Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa (23:31).
4a. Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa eliminated GENTARO & Yasu Urano when Omega pinned Urano with the Croyt’s Wrath (13:15).
4b. Daisuke Sekimoto & Masa Takanashi eliminated Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa when Sekimoto pinned Nakzawa with the German Suplex (16:37).
4c. Daisuke Sekimoto & Masa Takanashi eliminated HARASHIMA & HERO! when Takanashi pinned HERO! with the Avalanche Taka Tonic (23:21).
*HARASHIMA & HERO! fail in V2. Daisuke Sekimoto & Masa Takanashi become the 38th KO-D Tag Team Champions!
5. Summer Night Fever In NAGOYA – 5 Vs 5 Elimination: Sanshiro Takagi, Hikaru Sato, Takao Soma, Kazuki Hirata & Akito defeated Yoshiaki Yago, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Super Shit Machine, Kengo Ohka & Minoru Suzuki (24:20).
5a. Yoshiaki Yago eliminated Akito with the Cobra Twist (4:43).
5b. Kazuki Hirata eliminated Super Shit Machine with a Horizontal Cradle (7:10).
5c. Tomomitsu Matsunaga eliminated Kazuki Hirata with a Back Drop (7:46).
5d. Hikaru Sato eliminated Yoshiaki Yago by Ring Out (12:40).
5e. Minoru Suzuki eliminated Hikaru Sato with the Gotch-Style Piledriver (14:36).
5f. Sanshiro Takagi and Minoru Suzuki were eliminated by a Double Ring Out (18:20).
5g. Takao Soma eliminated Kengo Ohka by Ring Out (20:13).
5h. Takao Soma eliminated Tomomitsu Matsunaga with the Diving Guillotine Drop (24:20).
6. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) defeated Prince Devitt with the Phoneix Splash (13:50).
*V1 for Ibushi.
7. Special Singles Match: Danshoku Dino defeated Bob Sapp with the Gaydo Clutch (3R 2:58).
8. KO-D Openweight Title: KUDO defeated Shuji Ishikawa (c) with three Diving Double Knee Drops (27:24).
*Shuji Ishikawa fails in V3. KUDO becomes the 37th KO-D Openweight Champion!

A Super No Vacancy crowd at Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan watched KUDO fight with all of his heart and strength as he defeated Shuji Ishikawa to become the new KO-D Openweight Champion! Both men were left battered and bruised after an intense main event that went on for nearly half an hour. Shuji threw everything he had at KUDO. The Fire Thunder Driver, the Splash Mountain, a Giant Tiger Suplex, even the Kitchen Sink (you lot remember that’s what the Running Knee Strike to the gut is called in some places, right?) but he couldn’t keep KUDO down. KUDO meanwhile sent his strike heavy offence into overdrive, raining down kicks and punches to Shuji late into the match to send him reeling. KUDO had to hit the Diving Double Knee Drop three times in a row to finally beat Ishikawa and become champion. The entire DDT roster came out to congratulate KUDO after the match. KUDO thanked all of his fans and friends for supporting him and he would defend the belt against everybody. He then approached Sanshiro Takagi and told him ” Mr. Takagi, 10 years ago DDT picked me up. Thank you.”

Takagi then had an announcement to make. DDT will be celebrating its 15th Anniversary next year and Takagi wanted to celebrate it in a big way. So he announced that DDT’s 15th Anniversary show will be held in the Nippon Budokan! The show is happening thanks to funding from the Nippon Broadcasting System radio network, who will be sponsoring the event.

Danshoku Dino scored the biggest win of his career when he defeated “The Beast” Bob Sapp in the semi-main event. Things looked bleak for Dino in the first round, fought under “Bob Rules”. He was quickly given a yellow card for grabbing Sapp’s groin and was thrown around ringside like a rag doll. Round 2 was completely different since “Gay Rules” were now in effect. Dino had a lot of fun trying to molest Sapp, who was so distraught by what was going on he tried to hide behind referee Kyohei Wada in order to get away from his opponent. Sapp must have been so thankful when that round ended as the third round returned to his ruleset. Dino was nearly defeated by KO twice in this round but he recovered to pull down Sapp’s shorts. He then kissed him, gave him a Danshoku Driver and kissed him again. Sapp was so overwhelemed he was brought down to his hands and knees. Dino then saw his chance and he rolled over the big man with with the Gaydo Clutch to win the match! It was such a big deal that the Pride FC “Victory” song began playing in the background. Afterwards Dino asked Sapp on the mic if he was gay. Sapp denied he was gay. Tsurumi Amon replied by saying he was gay. Keisuke Ishii then entered the ring to say he was gay. Kyohei Wada then said he was gay. One by one, DDT wrestlers spread around the audience all stood up and said they were gay, leading to the entire audience to hold up their hands and say they were all gay. Feeling emotionally touched by such a wonderful moment, Bob Sapp took the mic and said “I am gay”. All at once, everybody then replied with “Go right ahead!” Sapp realised he was tricked by everyone into saying he was gay and he stormed out of the ring.

The IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship match between Kota Ibushi and Prince Devitt was just as much of a sprint as their previous matches against each other. Ibushi made sure Devitt would not return to New Japan with their title and won an exciting match with the Phoenix Splash.

The DDT General Election will return for a second year with the election period taking place between 21st August and 25th September. 48 wrestlers who are either employed or affiliated with DDT will plead for the fans’ votes. At the end of the election, the top 18 contestants will all participate at a special DDT show held in Korakuen Hall later this year. The actual winner of the election will recieve a KO-D Openweight Title shot at that event as well as a cash prize. Danshoku Dino was last year’s winner.

The 5 Vs 5 Elimination match became a bit too chaotic when it came down to the final two men. Akito was the first one to bite the dust when he submitted to Yoshiaki Yago’s Cobra Twist. Kazuki Hirata stunned everyone when he eliminated Super Shit Machine with a flash pin but he was then immediately dealt with by Tomimitsu Matsunaga and Kengo Ohka. Hikaru Sato got rid of Yago but was demolished by Minoru Suzuki. Sanshiro Takagi sacrificed himself to eliminate Suzuki by causing a Double Ring Out, leaving Takao Soma to battle with Matsunaga & Ohka. Soma was able to eliminate Ohka by Ring Out with a Missile Dropkick, but then the rest of the Susan Shit Heart Superstars interfered. Referee Kiso Daisuke was then knocked out cold. Kyohei Wada came to the rescue wearing a DDT referee shirt and became the man in charge, ordering everyone except Soma and Matsunaga to leave the ring. Matsunaga was mad at Wada and started insulting him, so Wada slapped the taste out of his mouth and tried to throw him over the top rope! Soma stopped him as he wanted to beat his former ally in a convincing manner. It took a couple of Elbow Smashes and Schweins but Soma was finally able to win the match with the Diving Guillotine Drop. Here’s an interesting fact, ever since his debut at the first Ryogoku show Takao Soma has been undefeated at all three DDT Sumo Hall shows.

Hikaru Sato Vs Minoru Suzuki was announced for DDT’s 28/8 Korakuen Hall show. Sanshiro Takagi also challenged Suzuki to a match but wants it to take place at DDT’s 15th Anniversary show next year.

Masa Takanashi & Daisuke Sekimoto are your new KO-D Tag Team Champions! The 4-Way over the belts was action packed as four very different teams battled it out to become the best team in DDT. Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa eliminated GENTARO & Yasu Urano 13 minutes into the match when they both pinned Urano after the Croyt’s Wrath. Sekimoto then got rid of them with a devastating German Suplex on Nakazawa. HERO! used all of his uncharacteristic dirty tactics on Sekimoto to steal the victory but Yukinori Matsui eventually caught him in the act when HERO! grabbed the ropes for leverage when pinning Takanashi. Soon HERO! and Takanashi were both on the top turnbuckle trying to Superplex each other. Sekimoto tried to interrupt but HARASHIMA stopped him with a Reverse Frankensteiner. Sekimoto rolled back onto his feet and immediately German Suplexed HARASHIMA before collapsing. This left Takanashi and HERO! as the only active wrestlers left in the match. Takanashi won the exchange up top and hit an Avalanche Taka Tonic to pin HERO! and win the belts! Fifteen months ago Daisuke Sekimoto and Masa Takanashi fought in what was called a “Miracle Match” by fans. Now they rule the DDT Tag Team division as KO-D Tag Team Champions!

Match #3 saw two of DDT’s all time greats go toe-to-toe. MIKAMI did not waste anytime and dived onto Poison Sawada JULIE during his entrance into the ring. Sawada used his Snake Magic to good effect until MIKAMI channelled his own magic to give his opponent a taste of his own medicine. MIKAMI almost won with a 450 Splash but as he had Sawada pinned, he was suddenly blinded with Posion Mist. Sawada rolled him over in a cradle but only got a nearfall. MIKAMI brought his ladder into play and both men fought on top of it. That ended badly for Sawada as he was knocked to the canvas, allowing MIKAMI to hit the Volcano Bomb from the top of the ladder to win. Both wrestlers shook hands after the match.

The Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title Battle Royal was as loony as you would expect it to be. The most recent title change before this match took place a three days before the show during a press conference. Champion Antonio Honda tried to demonstrate his affections for busty joshi idol Yuzuki Aikawa only to get knocked out by the feisty lass with a kick to the chest. Daisuke Sasaki stepped in to calm her down only to get kicked into the chest as well. Sasaki fell on top of Honda and Yukinori Matsui counted the pinfall, meaning Sasaki was now the champion heading into the match. The Battle Royal saw plenty of crazy moments but Mr. #6 was the star of the match. His highlights included hitting an entire line of opponents with a Shining Wizard, out Sumo-ing Hoshitango out of the ring and revealing his inner Warsman by submitting DJ Nira with the Palo Special. Antonio Honda won the match and won back his title by submitting Sasaki with the Octopus Hold. But the 24/7 rule struck again as it always does when Gorgeous Matsuno snuck up to Honda on the ramp and gave him a School Boy to leave Sumo Hall as champion!

The young rivalry between Keisuke Ishii and Shigehiro Irie properly opened the show. Irie used his size and weight advantage as best as he could but Irie held on and even had the strength to give his rival a German Suplex. It took him two Kneel Kicks to knock the big man down and out but Ishii proved he was the better man on the night.

The Anal Blast opening ceremony took place with Michael Nakazawa assuming the position. Dick Togo was the special guest detonator and he came out dressed in Cuban military clothing and a Che Guevara shirt. He tried to set off the dynamite with his gun but kept on missing his target. So he suddenly brought out a bazooka and yelled “Adiós, Michael!” His shot was right on target, the show officialy began and Nakazawa is now unable to sit down for a month.

The pre-show match for the Big China Unified Nakahara Tag Team Titles began outside the arena. Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa came out armed with paddles and an inflatable raft while Ricky Fuji brought along a guitar and The Great Sasuke appeared with wings attached to his arms. The match travelled into building and over to the merch table manned by former Union wrestler DT-YUTA. They were about to bring the fight over to an area marked “AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY” but Kyohei Wada stopped them from going any further. Goro Tsurumi then made his annual cameo appearance dressed as a chef. The match then went to ringside where Sawa and Sasuke both got on bicycles and crashed into each other while Takagi splashed Fuji through a table. The tour of destruction then went into the dressing room where the wrestlers bumped into the Great Sasuke’s rock band, The Crazy Crew. After a performance of “You Give Love A Bad Name” by everyone in attendence, the wrestlers brawled into the bath area. Takagi finally ended the match by Power Bomb Sasuke into a bath filled with floating rubber ducks and pinning him. Takagi & Sawa are now your new Big China Tag Team Champions!


UNION “TANABATA WISHES COME TRUE IN FOUR DAYS! 2011” Results

July 3, 2011

UNION “TANABATA WISHES COME TRUE IN FOUR DAYS! 2011”, 03/07/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
374 Fans

0. Mitsuhiro Yoshida & Chii Tomiya defeated Batten Tamagawa & Veronica when Tomiya pinned Tamagawa with the This Is Ketchup (5:04).
1. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Shigehiro Irie defeated Tomoya & Hiroya Fukuda when Irie pinned Fukuda with the Teddy Bear (8:14).
2. Mio Shirai & Io Shirai defeated Cherry & Sawako Shimono when Mio Shirai submitted Shimono with a Figure 4 Neck Lock (12:50).
3. Isami Kodaka & Keita Yano defeated Big Morohashi & Gaylon Summers when Kodaka pinned Summers with a Face Kick (13:25).
4. Big China Unified Nakahara Tag Team Title: Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa (c) Vs The Great Sasuke & Ricky Fuji ended in a Double Countout (8:20).
4a. Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa (c) Vs The Great Sasuke & Ricky Fuji ended in a Double Countout (3:09).
4b. The Great Sasuke & Ricky Fuji defeated Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa (c) when Sasuke pinned Takagi with the Sasuke Special Segway 10.2 (3:29).
*Takagi & Sawa fail in V1. The Great Sasuke & Ricky Fuji become the 20th Champions.
5. European Rules – SGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Ken Ohka defeated Ultraman Robin (c) with a Necklock (3rd Round – 0:18).
*Ultraman fails in V2. Ken Ohka becomes the 4th Champion.
6. Shuji Ishikawa & Hiro Tsumaki defeated KUDO & Keisuke Ishii when Ishikawa pinned KUDO with the Splash Mountain (18:55).

Shuji Ishikawa dealt a big blow to KUDO by pinning him in the main event. Ishikawa has not been threatened at all by his Ryogoku opponent and has cut down the challenger’s momentum with this win.

Ken Ohka got the upset win over Ultraman Robin to become the new SGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion. He will defend the title in one week’s time against Mio Shirai. There is no love lost between the two since that time Ohka tried to spy on Mio only to get caught and choked out by a Figure 4 Neck Lock.

Kyohei Wada was the referee for the Big China Tag Title match. The Great Sasuke celebrated the title win by saying “As long as everyone is alive, this belt with the long-winded name and panda will be forever immortal!” A rematch has been promised with Sanshiro Takagi asking Kyohei Wada to be the ref again.

It was announced that Union will be producing the first “BEER FIGHT 2011” show on 7th August. Sexxxy Eddy will appear on the show.


DDT “WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2011” Results

June 19, 2011

DDT “WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2011”, 19/06/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match: Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Super Shit Machine defeated Rion Mizuki & Hoshitango when Machine pinned Mizuki with the Shit Down Power Bomb (6:13).
0. Special Dark Match: Gorgeous Matsuno Vs DJ Nira ended in a No Contest (12:00).
1. Masa Takanashi Comeback – Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Keisuke Ishii defeated Masa Takanashi (c) with the Kneel Kick (9:03).
*Keisuke Ishii becomes the 853rd Champion.
1a. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Masa Takanashi pinned Keisuke Ishii (c) with a School Boy.
*Masa Takanashi becomes the 854th Champion.
2. Bob Sapp Games – Final Stage: Danshoku Dino defeated Sexxxy Eddie with the Gay Ecstasy (8:37).
3. Kota Ibushi, KUDO, Hikaru Sato & Shiori Asahi defeated HARASHIMA, HERO!, MIKAMI & Kazuki Hirata when KUDO pinned Hirata with the Diving Double Knee Drop (9:28).
Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Sexxxy Eddy defeated Masa Takanashi (c) with the Sexy Fist (13:03).
*Sexxxy Eddy becomes the 855th Champion.
4. Dick Togo DDT Last Match: Dick Togo & Antonio Honda defeated Yasu Urano & Daisuke Sasaki when Togo pinned Sasaki with the Diving Senton (14:42).
Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Keisuke Ishii defeated SeXXXy Eddy (c) with a School Boy (13:24).
*Keisuke Ishii becomes the 856th Champion.
5. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa defeated Munenori Sawa & Shigehiro Irie (c) when Omega pinned Irie with the Croyt’s Wrath (10:29).
*Munenori Sawa & Shigehiro Irie fail in V1. Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa become the 36th KO-D Tag Team Champions!
6. KO-D Openweight Title: Shuji Ishikawa (c) defeated GENTARO with the Splash Mountain (10:56).
*V1 for Shuji Ishikawa.
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Shuji Ishikawa (c) defeated Takao Soma with the Splash Mountain (13:59).
*V2 for Shuji Ishikawa.

DDT now has their main event set for their biggest show of the year. Shuji Ishikawa successfully defended the KO-D Openweight Title not once, but twice on one of the final stops on the road to Sumo Hall. Ishikawa defeated both GENTARO and Takao Soma back-to-back to earn his first two title defences. Now he will face KUDO, who has been on a roll since winning the “King Of DDT”. At the end of the show, the DDT locker room joined KUDO in the ring and put him through a trial by fire to get him ready for Sumo Hall. One by one, the DDT wrestlers each gave KUDO one of their trademark moves in the hopes that they transfer their strength to him. However when Danshoku Dino was about to give KUDO the Danshoku Driver, Shuji Ishikawa booted him in the head and gave KUDO the Splash Mountain instead. Shuji yelled at KUDO and said that he will beat him at Sumo Hall.

The Shit Heart ♥ Foundation is going through some changes. Due to Takao Soma’s failure to capitalize his golden opportunity of beating a weakened Shuji Ishikawa and become KO-D Champion, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Super Shit Machine took matters into their own hands and kicked Soma out of the group. Matsunaga then announced that the SHF has joined forces with the Susan Guard from Union. The new unit is now called the Susan Shit Heart Superstars!

The unlikely team of Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa surprised everyone by winning the KO-D Tag Team Championships! The TKG48 duo of Munenori Sawa & Shigehiro Irie only had the belts for 15 days until they lost it in their first defence. HARASHIMA & HERO! came out to challenge the new champs. Omega accepted and planned out a special show at Shin-Kiba 1st RING on the 24th June. At this event will be just one match, and that match will be Omega & Nakazawa Vs HARASHIMA & HERO! for the KO-D Tag Titles! Omega then told everyone that he sees Nakazawa’s true potential and he just wants to help his friend.

Only a few more days until Dick Togo calls an end to his illustrious career in Japan. He had his final match for DDT today, teaming with Antonio Honda to defeat Yasu Urano & Daisuke Sasaki. The day before, Togo showed up at the K-DOJO show at Korakuen Hall for one last Kaientai*DX reunion where he again won the match for his team with the deadly Diving Senton.

It was announced that Kota Ibushi will have his first defence of the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title against Prince Devitt on 27th August at Sumo Hall.

The final Assassin sent from Bob Sapp to fight Danshoku Dino was Canadian indy wrestler Sexxxy Eddy. Before the match began, Eddy told the crowd that he always has the most beautiful woman in the arena strip him of his clothes. So he brought out Emi Sakura and performed a striptease for her. Dino was able to overcome this last obstacle and is now qualified to fight Bob Sapp at Sumo Hall. That was not the end of the night for Sexxxy Eddy, however. He briefly won the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title from Masa Takanashi and then lost it to Keisuke Ishii.

The Special Dark Match between Gorgeous Matsuno and DJ Nira was interrupted by the announcement of DDT’s next “Anywhere Pro Wrestling” event taking place on 2nd July. The show is titled “Luggage Material Wrestling”. The match still went on while Tsurumi Amon was making the announcement and continued when he was finished. However, the match ran out of time just when DJ Nira hit the Rocket Punch on Matsuno.

Here is the card for Sumo Hall so far:

DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2011”, 24/07/2011
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. MIKAMI Vs Poison Sawada JULIE
2. Danshoku Dino Vs Bob Sapp
3. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) Vs Prince Devitt
4. KO-D Openweight Title: Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs KUDO

Also Announced To Participate: Yuzuki Aikawa, Emi Sakura & Riki Sensyu


Two KO-D Title Matches, Official Masa Comeback

May 6, 2011

DDT “WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2011”, 19/06/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Masa Takanashi Comeback – Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Masa Takanashi (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii
2. KO-D Openweight Title: Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs GENTARO
3. KO-D Openweight Title: Shuji Ishikawa or GENTARO (c) Vs Takao Soma

Shuji Ishikawa has a tough challenge ahead for his title reign. He will defend the KO-D Openweight Title against GENTARO on 19th July when GENTARO cashes in his “Anytime And Anywhere” contract. But that is not all for the championship on that night. There will be not one but two KO-D Title matches taking place in Korakuen Hall with the winner of Shuji Ishikawa Vs GENTARO taking on Takao Soma afterwards. Takao Soma has seen his profile in DDT rise ever since he won the Young Drama Cup. Since then, he has taken over the Shit Heart ♥ Foundation and revamped it to be a threat instead of a joke. Now he will have the advantage of being the fresh man in his title match.

We had the surprising return of Masa Takanashi at “MAX BUMP 2011” to announce his comeback match at the 19th June Korakuen Hall show. He will take on Keisuke Ishii in his first match since injuring his right knee last May and it will be for the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship. When Masa and Keisuke had a faceoff at “MAX BUMP 2011”, Ishii used the 24/7 rule to his advantage by rolling over Masa with a Small Package to win the title when Masa least expected it. However, Masa quickly did the same to Ishii to win the belt back. Now they will meet in a proper match with the title on the line.

UNION “NIMOMAKEZU RAIN”, 02/06/2011
Shinjuku FACE

1. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi Vs Genichiro Tenryu
2. Dick Togo & Yasu Urano Vs Seiya Morohashi & Hiro Tsumaki
3. DDT Extreme Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs MIKAMI

MIKAMI earned a shot at the DDT Extreme Title when he and Jun Kasai defeated Isami Kodaka & Yano K Data at “GOLDEN UNION 2011”.


UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2011” Results

May 4, 2011

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2011”, 04/05/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1270 Fans

0. Danshoku Dino defeated Batten Tamagawa with the Danshoku Driver (3:31).
1. Hiroya Fukuda Debut Match: Choun-Shiryu & Cao Zhang defeated Gaylon Summers & Hiroya Fukuda when Zhang pinned Fukuda (12:24).
2. Cherry defeated Bambi with the Spring Night Love (9:26).
3. Genichiro Tenryu, Munenori Sawa & Shigehiro Irie defeated Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Hiro Tsumaki & Shinichiro Tominaga when Irie pinned Tominaga with the Vertical Drop Back Flip (13:27).
4. Jun Kasai & MIKAMI defeated Isami Kodaka & Yano K Data when MIKAMI pinned Data with the Volcanic Bomb (14:20).
5. Koji Kanemoto defeated Ken Ohka with an Ankle Hold (9:28).
6. Kazunari Murakami & Seiya Morohashi defeated Yoshiaki Yago & Kengo Ohka when Morohashi pinned Yago with the Coral Bomber (14:47).
7. Shuji Ishikawa defeated Sanshiro Takagi with the Splash Mountain (21:17).

Shuji Ishikawa capped off a great day by defeating Sanshiro Takagi and giving Union a big victory over the TKG48. After the match Sanshiro Takagi said that he will retire at the DDT Sumo Hall show on 24th July. Shuji was shocked at the announcement until Sanshiro cracked up and gave Shuji a Stone Cold Stunner. He then grabbed the mic and said “Gotta lie, motherfucker!”

After a successful match together as a tag team, Kazunari Murakami gave a gift to Seiya Morohashi. He offered Seiya to take his nickname and become BIG Morohashi. Seiya has not decided if he will take it yet.

Cherry Vs Bambi was given high praise and was said to be a very competitive match.

MIKAMI will challenge Isami Kodaka for the DDT Extreme Championship at Shinjuku FACE on 2nd June.

El Generico will return to Union for the same show. Dick Togo & Yasu Urano Vs Seiya/BIG Morohashi & Hiro Tsumaki will also happen. Another big match to take place on the card is Tsuyoshi Kikuchi Vs Genichiro Tenryu!