DDT “SANSHIRO TAKAGI VS MICHAEL NAKAZAWA ROJO SPECIAL ONE MATCH BOX OFFICE”, 15/03/2022
Tokyo Inoo Book Store
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1. Falls Count Anywhere Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Michael Nakazawa
DDT “SANSHIRO TAKAGI VS MICHAEL NAKAZAWA ROJO SPECIAL ONE MATCH BOX OFFICE”, 15/03/2022
Tokyo Inoo Book Store
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1. Falls Count Anywhere Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Michael Nakazawa
DDT “SANSHIRO TAKAGI VS MICHAEL NAKAZAWA ROJO SPECIAL ONE MATCH BOX OFFICE”, 15/03/2022
Tokyo Inoo Book Store
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1. Falls Count Anywhere Match: Michael Nakazawa defeated Sanshiro Takagi with a Diving Body Press from the vending machine through a table (7:17).
When Sanshiro Takagi challenged Michael Nakazawa to a Falls Count Anywhere match, the location was kept a secret until it took place. Turns out it was at the very spot where DDT began doing Rojo Pro Wrestling matches in 2009, the Inoo Book Store in Tokyo! Takagi was waiting for Nakazawa to appear and when he did he was pretending to be a shop employee.
The match began and the two circled each other around the front desk. Takagi got the upper hand forcing Nakazawa to exit the shop. They fought up a stairway next door into a hall where Takagi hit Nakazawa with a chair. He then threw Nakazawa down the stairs.
Nakazawa kicked out of Takagi’s pins so Takagi summoned a barbed wire baseball bat and chased him down the street! Takagi struck him in the stomach but the shopkeeper told him to stop so no one would get in trouble. Nakazawa crawled into a nearby restaurant where the owner served him a drink for recovery.
When Nakazawa left the restaurant he could not find Takagi anywhere. Suddenly Takagi appeared riding on the Dramatic Dream bike and he ran Nakazawa down with a Lariat. Still, Nakazawa kicked out of his pins. Takagi found a table and set it up in the hopes of finishing off his enemy.
Nakazawa fought back, stripping out of his clothes in the process. He got the upper hand in a strike exchange that ended with a Super Kick. As nearby cars drove by, Nakazawa pulled out his underwear, placed it on his hand and smothered Takagi with the Ultimate Venom AEW Arm until Takagi was laying flat on top of the table. Nakazawa then climbed a nearby vending machine and jumped off, putting Takagi through the table with a Diving Body Press.
Nakazawa pinned Takagi for the three count to win but he is not through with him yet. They still have a match against each other at Sumo Hall this Sunday. The two have humiliated each other so many times that their grudge will never end until somebody apologizes. Therefore Nakazawa wants the match to have No Disqualifications and will only end when one wrestler admits defeat by shouting “I’m sorry” out loud!
DDT “DDT FREE -MARCH-”, 12/03/2022
Osaka Suminoe Maikon Hall
1. Yusuke Okada Vs Yuki Ishida
2. Yukio Sakaguchi & Saki Akai Vs Kazuki Hirata & Yukio Naya
3. Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno & Yuki “Sexy” Iino Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Antonio Honda
4. HARASHIMA, Naomi Yoshimura & Toru Owashi Vs Chris Brookes, Kazusada Higuchi & Hideki Okatani
5. DAMNATION T.A Vs The 37KAMIINA!: Minoru Fujita & MJ Paul Vs MAO & Shunma Katsumata
6. Maikon no Kohara Presents Osaka Specialty Special 6-Man Tag Match: Konosuke Takeshita, Yuki Ueno & Toui Kojima Vs Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yuya Koroku
Daisuke Sasaki told DDT he will not be at this weekend’s shows because he is busy preparing for Jun Kasai by doing “Hardcore” training in the Nerima mountains. His other opponent MAO will be at the show ready to deal with the rest of DAMNATION T.A while Sasaki is gone.
DDT “JUDGEMENT 2022 TOUR IN OSAKA”, 13/03/2022
Osaka Suminoe Maikon Hall
1. MAO Vs Yuki Ishida
2. 3 Way Tag Match: Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno & Yuki “Sexy” Iino Vs HARASHIMA & Toru Owashi Vs Antonio Honda & Saki Akai
3. Minoru Fujita (w/ MJ Paul) Vs Hideki Okatani
4. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Yuji Hino, Bodyguard & Yukio Naya
5. Osaka Specialty Special Single Match: Naomi Yoshimura Vs Chris Brookes
6. Maikon no Kohara Presents Special Survival Tag Match: Konosuke Takeshita, Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & Toui Kojima Vs Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku
We get to see Hideki Okatani pick a fight with Minoru Fujita.
DDT “SANSHIRO TAKAGI VS MICHAEL NAKAZAWA ROJO SPECIAL ONE MATCH BOX OFFICE”, 15/03/2022
Tokyo
1. Falls Count Anywhere Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Michael Nakazawa
The ambush Michael Nakazawa pulled on Sanshiro Takagi during the week has left the DDT boss fuming. They are still going to have their match at Sumo Hall but before that they will now have a Falls Count Anywhere match! It is a special one match event taking place somewhere in Tokyo that will be recorded for Youtube.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “GRAND PRINCESS ’22”, 19/03/2022
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
1. Juria Nagano Debut Match: Suzume & Arisu Endo Vs Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano
2. Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling Vs Ganbare☆Pro Wrestling: Nao Kakuta, Mahiro Kiryu, Haruna Neko & Kaya Toribami Vs Yuna Manase, Moeka Haruhi, HARUKAZE & YuuRI
3. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Hyper Misao
4. Yuki Kamifuku Vs Asuka
5. Nodoka Tenma Vs Yuki Aino
6. Sakisama, Mei Saint-Michel, Martha & Yukio Saint Laurent Vs Marika Kobashi, Raku, Pom Harajuku & Ram Kaichow
7. Special Single Match: Hikaru Shida Vs Hikari Noa
8. International Princess Title: Maki Itoh (c) Vs Yuki Arai
9. Princess Tag Team Titles: Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki (c) Vs Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe
10. Princess Of Princess Title: Miyu Yamashita (c) Vs Shoko Nakajima
The pop music duo angela will give a live performance of The Bakuretsu Sisters entrance song “BAKURETSU POWER” at the show. They will also be on commentary for two matches afterwards. Both Nodoka Tenma & Yuki Aino are big fans of the group.
MUSCLE “HIRAGANA MUSCLE 6 -SHIMOKITA ONE PLUS ONE-”, 29/03/2021
Tokyo Kitazawa Town Hall
The next Hiragana Muscle event is a series of five shows taking place across three days starting on 29th March. These shows are celebrating the 18th Anniversary of the original MUSCLE event from 2004. That’s not all. The K-I (Kai) Grand Prix will be brought back for the first time in 17 years with a total of 48 contestants taking part in a one day tournament. Since every Muscle show is a virtually identical performance per episode that means Muscle is running an entire 48-Man tournament five times in three days. But since this is Muscle that also means a lot of nonsense and shenanigans will be going on to derail everything. Nothing ever goes right when this promotion organizes a tournament. They still haven’t finished their New Year Tag Festival from 2009.
DDT “MEGA MAX BUMP 2022 TOUR IN YOKOHAMA”, 01/05/2022
Yokohama Budokan
1. KO-D Openweight Title: Konosuke Takeshita (c) Vs X
Pro wrestler and actor AKIRA will be at the show wrestling in DDT for the first time in his 37 year career (he did MUSCLE before but not DDT proper). He doesn’t do as many standard pro wrestling appearances as he used to but is still active in the ring as part of the MAKAI musicals.
DDT “ROJO PRO WRESTLING IN MIYAJI IRONWORKS”, 29/05/2013
Tokyo Miyaji Ironworks
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2 Vs 2 Vs 3 Handicap Falls Count Anywhere Match: Kazuyoshi Sakai, Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Kota Ibushi Vs Michael Nakazawa & Hiroshi Fukuda
DDT “ROJO PRO WRESTLING IN TOKYO DOME RETURNS ~DDT TOKYO DOME CUP~”, 31/10/2021
Tokyo Dome
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1b. 5,000,000 Yen DDT TOKYO DOME CUP – Gauntlet 8-Man Tag Match: Konosuke Takeshita, Shunma Katsumata, Yuki Ueno & MAO Vs Miyu Yamashita, Hikari Noa, Maki Itoh & Hyper Misao
DDT “ROJO PRO WRESTLING IN FITNESS SHOP NAGOYA PARCO SAKAE”, 17/12/2021
Aichi Fitness Shop Nagoya Parco Sakae Store
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1. Falls Count Anywhere Tag Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Hideki Okatani Vs Yuki Ueno & MAO
DDT “ROJO PRO WRESTLING IN FITNESS SHOP NAGOYA PARCO SAKAE”, 17/12/2021
Aichi Fitness Shop Nagoya Parco Sakae Store
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1. Falls Count Anywhere Tag Match: Yuki Ueno & MAO defeated Sanshiro Takagi & Hideki Okatani when MAO pinned Okatani with the Michinoku Driver II onto the Bench Press Stand (22:28).
DDT was invited to hold a Rojo Pro Wrestling match inside a Nagoya Fitness Shop, one day before “DRAMATIC EXPLOSION 2021”. The match started off normally with Yuki Ueno and Hideki Okatani exchanging holds. But once MAO and Sanshiro Takagi took part things went wacky real quick. Takagi grabbed the arms off the store’s display mannequin to use as weapons. The four then began fighting out of the shop and down the hallway over to nearby stores. MAO threw Takagi down a stairway and then dragged him into an elevator with Okatani. Ueno was left on his own so he talked to the spectators until the elevator returned with MAO being stretched by his opponents. The match returned to the fitness shop straight into the men’s restroom.
After that unintentional bathroom break, the wrestlers all grabbed blank art canvasses and decided to draw pictures of each other. Ueno and Okatani then used the running machines while fighting each other until both slipped off. Takagi grabbed the mannequin arm and charged in for a Lariat. Unfortunately MAO ducked and Okatani got hit instead. Takagi then got trapped under a workout machine. Ueno used the same machine to swing into a Hurricanrana to Okatani. MAO grabbed a kettlebell but Okatani stopped him from dropping it on top of Takagi. The art canvasses were broken over everyone’s heads and this time MAO was able to drop the kettlebell on Takagi. Ueno took out a bench press and MAO slammed Okatani onto it with the Michinoku Driver II for the win.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TOKYO JOSHI 2021 AUTUMN ~KACHO GETSURO~”, 04/12/2021
Shinjuku FACE
1. Yuki Aino & Pom Harajuku Vs Miu Watanabe & Haruna Neko
2. Hikari Noa & Raku Vs Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu
3. Yuka Sakazaki Vs Marika Kobashi
4. Miyu Yamashita & Moka Miyamoto Vs Mizuki & Arisu Endo
5. International Princess Title Next Challenger Decision Time Difference Battle Royal: Suzume Vs Yuki Arai Vs Hyper Misao Vs Nao Kakuta Vs Shoko Nakajima Vs Maki Itoh Vs Rika Tatsumi Vs Nodoka Tenma
The voters have spoken and the eight potential challengers for the International Princess Title have been chosen. The participants are Suzume (210 votes), Yuki Arai (199 votes), Hyper Misao (117 votes), Shoko Nakajima (105 votes), Nao Kakuta (105 votes), Maki Itoh (81 votes), Rika Tatsumi (77 votes) and Nodoka Tenma (65 votes).
Miyu Yamashita and Mizuki face off in a tag match exactly one month before the Ittenyon main event.
BASARA “BASARA 178 ~AOBA NO MORI~”, 05/12/2021
Chiba 2AW Square
1. Takumi Tsukamoto & Yasu Urano Vs Fuminori Abe & Lil Kraken
2. 3 Way Match: Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi Vs Daichi Kazato Vs SAGAT
3. Daiki Shimomura Vs Tsutomu Oosugi
4. Ryota Nakatsu, Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino Vs Banana Senga, FUMA & Yusuke Kubo
5. ~goodbye for now, my friend~: Isami Kodaka Vs Drew Parker
While his tag partner is chasing after extra gold, Tsutomu Oosugi isn’t done with Daiki Shimomura yet. Meanwhile SAGAT finds himself falling down the card after losing yesterday’s main event.
DDT “D-OU GRAND PRIX 2021 II THE FINAL”, 05/12/2021
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
0. Dark Match: Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida Vs Hideki Okatani & Yuya Koroku
0. Dark Match – Mizuki Watase Send-Off Match: Yusuke Okada Vs Mizuki Watase
1. Toru Owashi, Antonio Honda & Kazuki Hirata Vs Akito, Saki Akai & Toui Kojima
2. Special Single Match: Masahiro Takanashi Vs Shunma Katsumata
3. 3 Vs 1 Handicap Match: Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno, Yuki “Sexy” Iino & Yumehito “Fantastic” Imanari Vs Sanshiro Takagi
4. D-Ou Grand Prix 2021 II Special 10-Man Tag Match: Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo, Naomi Yoshimura, Yuji Hino & Bodyguard Vs HARASHIMA, Kazusada Higuchi, Chris Brookes, MAO & Yuji Okabayashi
5. DDT Universal Title: Daisuke Sasaki (c) Vs Soma Takao
6. D-Ou Grand Prix 2021 II – Final: Yuki Ueno Vs Konosuke Takeshita
Since Kenta Kobashi will be in attendance to see the D-Ou Grand Prix final, Tetsuya Endo decided to visit him at his gym during the week to get some feedback on his tournament performance. Endo also brought up his plans to create a new unit. He asked Kobashi for advice, citing Kobashi’s experience leading units such as GET and Burning. Kobashi said a unit needs a strategist so Endo’s position would improve if he finds a councilor. Endo immediately asked Kobashi if he could take that role in the unit. Kobashi declined because he is not interested in returning to the ring. He did however invite Endo back to his gym again after the Grand Prix so they could talk more about potential members for Endo’s new unit.
While I’ve been writing up this blog post, all of a sudden DDT sends out a tweet in English hyping up a big mystery name. “That BIG NAME that everyone’s talking about recently will be at DDT 12.26 NEVER MIND 2021 in YOYOGI! The name will be announced at DDT 12.5 Korakuen Hall! Stay tuned LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE!” I’m out of the loop on this one.
DDT “NEVER MIND 2021 TOUR IN MAEBASHI”, 11/12/2021
Gunma YAMADA Green Dome Maebashi Sub-Event Area
1. Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno & Yuki “Sexy” Iino Vs Antonio Honda & Kazuki Hirata
2. Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul Vs MAO & Yuya Koroku
3. Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada Vs Shunma Katsumata & Hideki Okatani
4. DDT Megatonweight Single Match: Naomi Yoshimura Vs Yukio Naya
5. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Yoshiaki Yatsu, Tetsuya Endo & Akito Vs Toru Owashi, Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida
6. Maebashi Specialty Special 6-Man Tag Match: Konosuke Takeshita, Yuki Ueno & Toui Kojima Vs HARASHIMA, Yuji Hino & Chris Brookes
A heavyweight match gives Naomi Yoshimura a chance to get past his poor D-Ou performances. Yukio Naya is still trying to get his act together but picked up some recent wins here and there.
BASARA “BASARA 179 ~GLITTER~”, 14/12/2021
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
1. Union MAX Title: Ryota Nakatsu (c) Vs Banana Senga
Banana Senga scored a big win on the last show when he pinned Isami Kodaka in their tag match. He later stepped up to challenge Ryota Nakatsu next for the Union MAX Title. Around five years ago Nakatsu broke Senga’s jaw in a match and while he accepts the blame over the injury, he doesn’t think he is responsible now to pay for any compensation towards Senga. Instead he is willing to defend the MAX Title against him.
DDT “ROJO PRO WRESTLING IN FITNESS SHOP NAGOYA PARCO SAKAE”, 17/12/2021
Aichi Fitness Shop Nagoya Parco Sakae Store
1. Falls Count Anywhere Tag Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Hideki Okatani Vs Yuki Ueno & MAO
DDT is fitting in one last Rojo Pro Wrestling match before the holidays.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “DASH! GLIDE! NAGOYA CASTLE!”, 18/12/2021
Nagoya Congress Center Event Hall
1. Special Single Match: Miyu Yamashita Vs Yuki Arai
Somebody close to Yuki Arai will be in attendance for her big match to do guest commentary. It is Shiori Aoki from SKE48. Arai & Aoki worked together as a TikTok duo called Oshiyuki.
DDT “NEVER MIND 2021 IN YOYOGI”, 26/12/2021
Yoyogi National Stadium 2nd Gymnasium
0. Dark Match – DDTeeeen!! Special Single Match: Ilusion Vs Vent Vert Jack
1. Special Single Match: Shuji Kondo Vs Kazuki Hirata
2. DDT Universal Title: Daisuke Sasaki (c) Vs X
3. KO-D Openweight Title: Konosuke Takeshita (c) Vs X
The “big name” is going to be the Egg isn’t it? The Egg shows up and wins the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title because of that’s what should happen. Pay DDT the money to do this, Netflix!
BASARA “BASARA 180 ~WHITE WAGTAIL~”, 26/12/2021
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall
1. IRON FIST Tag Titles: Tsutomu Oosugi & Banana Senga (c) Vs Ryota Nakatsu & SAGAT
Nakatsu accepting Senga’s challenge for the MAX Title on two weeks notice came as part of a deal. That match happens first then Sparky gets an IRON FIST Tag Titles shot against Speed Of Sounds two weeks after that.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “LET’S TAKE BRAVELY”, 30/10/2021
Tokyo Ryogoku KFC Hall
1. Nao Kakuta Vs Moka Miyamoto
2. Hyper Misao & Mahiro Kiryu Vs Suzume & Arisu Endo
3. Shoko Nakajima & Nodoka Tenma Vs Yuki Kamifuku & Pom Harajuku
4. Rika Tatsumi, Raku & Yuki Arai Vs Yuki Aino, Marika Kobashi & Haruna Neko
5. Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Miu Watanabe Vs Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Hikari Noa
The show taking place a day before Halloween might mean some costume related shenanigans will happen at Tokyo Joshi Pro.
DDT “DRAMATIC DREAM TOUR 2021 IN CHIBA”, 30/10/2021
Chiba 2AW Square
1. Chris Brookes & Keigo Nakamura Vs Akito & Yuya Koroku
2. Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno, Yuki “Sexy” Iino & Yumehito “Fantastic” Imanari Vs Toru Owashi, Antonio Honda & Saki Akai
3. Yuki Ueno Vs Gota Ihashi
4. HARASHIMA, Naomi Yoshimura & Kazuki Hirata Vs Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Yukio Naya
5. Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul Vs Soma Takao & Hideki Okatani
6. Special Single Match: Tetsuya Endo Vs DJ Nira
7. Chiba Specialty Special 6-Man Tag Match: Konosuke Takeshita, Shunma Katsumata & MAO Vs Yuji Hino, Kazusada Higuchi & Hiroshi Yamato
The above could apply to the DDT show too.
DDT “ROJO PRO WRESTLING IN TOKYO DOME ~DDT TOKYO DOME CUP~”, 31/10/2021
Tokyo Dome
1. DDT TOKYO DOME CUP: Konosuke Takeshita, Shunma Katsumata, Yuki Ueno & MAO Vs Chris Brookes, Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei & Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno, Yuki “Sexy” Iino, Yumehito “Fantastic” Imanari & Tetsuya “Heracles” Endo Vs Miyu Yamashita, Hikari Noa, Maki Itoh & Hyper Misao Vs Shinya Aoki, Kazusada Higuchi, Kazuki Hirata & X
This Sunday the Tokyo Dome won’t know what hit it.
DDT “D-OU GRAND PRIX 2021 II IN OTA-KU”, 03/11/2021
Tokyo Ota Ward Gymnasium
0. Dark Match – Toui Kojima Return Match: Hideki Okatani & Yuki Ishida Vs Toui Kojima & Yuya Koroku
0. Dark Match: Soma Takao Vs Baliyan Akki
0. Dark Match – KO-D 8-Man Tag Team Titles: Yoshiaki Yatsu, Akito, Hiroshi Yamato & Keigo Nakamura (c) Vs Toru Owashi, Antonio Honda, Kazuki Hirata & Yoshihiko
1. Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul Vs Bodyguard & Naomi Yoshimura
2. Special Tag Match: Saki Akai & Masahiro Takanashi Vs Chihiro Hashimoto & Yukio Naya
3. Special Hardcore Tag Match: Shunma Katsumata & MAO Vs Chris Brookes & Drew Parker
4. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles – Decision Match: Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno, Yuki “Sexy” Iino & Yumehito “Fantastic” Imanari Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Shinya Aoki & Yusuke Okada
5. D-Ou Grand Prix 2021 II – B Block: HARASHIMA Vs Kazusada Higuchi
6. D-Ou Grand Prix 2021 II – B Block: Konosuke Takeshita Vs Yuji Okabayashi
7. D-Ou Grand Prix 2021 II – A Block: Tetsuya Endo Vs Yuji Hino
8. D-Ou Grand Prix 2021 II – A Block: Jun Akiyama Vs Yuki Ueno
Some of the D-Ou Grand Prix invited press to view their training sessions in the lead up to the tournament. Kazusada Higuchi was taken through special training in Yokohama under Yukio Sakaguchi’s supervision and with Yuki Ishida helping out. First they worked out in a park then they held drills over at the Sakaguchi Dojo to work on Higuchi’s lower body strength. Higuchi said it was a long time since he participated in sumo training, not since before his knee injury. Sakaguchi told Higuchi that the D-Ou is more of a mental game than a physical one. Higuchi agrees it is a good lesson to learn.
Meanwhile MAO visited self-proclaimed Koppojutsu expert Takumi Yano to learn from him. After being shown around the place for an hour, MAO learned new stand up and ground techniques from Yano that focus on body joints. MAO learned a lot but admitted that one day’s training does not mean he can do use the new moves just like that. It will require more training but if he can get ready then he thinks Koppojutsu will be useful against HARASHIMA. Yano encouraged MAO to continue because when he was MAO’s age he was only a year into his Koppojutsu training.