New Year, New Dreams, New Drama

January 2, 2017

DDT “NEW YEAR LOTTERY SPECIAL! ALL SEATS 2,000 YEN BOX OFFICE!! 2017”, 03/01/2017
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. King Of Dark Title: Nobuhiro Shimatani (c), Hoshitango, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Dai Suzuki Vs Kouki Iwasaki, Mizuki Watase, Rekka & Daiki Shimomura
1. 3 Way Tag Match: Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata & MAO Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Soma Takao, Gorgeous Matsuno & Cherry
2. Danshoku Dino & Keisuke Ishii Vs Shigehiro Irie & Yasu Urano
3. Konosuke Takeshita, Antonio Honda & Kazusada Higuchi Vs Shuji Ishikawa, Tetsuya Endo & Mad Paulie
4. KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi Vs Yoshihiro Takayama, Dick Togo & Guanchulo
5. Happy New Year’s New Year Special!: Joey Ryan & Laura James Vs Saki Akai & Gota Ihashi
6. New Year! More Than Special Special Single Match: Daisuke Sasaki Vs Candice LeRae
7. DDT Extreme Title – IPPON Lighttube Death Match: Jun Kasai (c) Vs Akito
8. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Mike Bailey

Not long to go until the first DDT show of 2017. It has a mixture of everything. Title matches, a single lighttube, broken hearts, a dark match, Gorgeous Matsuno. You know, something for everybody!

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TOKYO JOSHI PRO ’17”, 04/01/2017
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Fantasy Begins ~Pro Wrestling Classroom Master Confrontation~: Nodoka-oneesan Vs Cherry
2. Pink Color Sparkling ~Minami Momochi Graduation Special Match~: Rika Tatsumi & Hyper Misao (w/ Minami Momochi) Vs Akane Miura & Maho Kurone
3. Hospitable With Big Love ~Konsho-gun Vs Married Wife-gun~: Azusa Takigawa & Nonoko Vs Ai Shimizu & Laura James (Special Referee: Joey Ryan)
4. Idol Survival ~Which Is Strong And Cute, Let It Get Clear!~: Reika Saiki Vs Itoh Maki
5. Magical Girl’s Counterattack ~The Enemy Of Yuka Will Be Avenged By Her Sister!~: Mil Clown Vs Candice LeRae
6. Watch Out For The Sweet Trap ~Saki Paris Triumphant Match~: Miyu Yamashita Vs Saki Akai
7. Seriously Hot Itteyon! – TOKYO Princess Of Princess Title: Yuu (c) Vs Shoko Nakajima

Hours before “WRESTLE KINGDOM 11” takes place in the Tokyo Dome, the girls of Tokyo Joshi Pro take the stage in Korakuen Hall.

BASARA “VAJRA 26 ~THOROUGHLY~”, 06/01/2017
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Madoka & Yusuke Kubo Vs Shinya Ishida & Fuminori Abe
2. Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Takumi Tsukamoto & Hi69
3. Japan And The US New Year Battle ~New Year’s Day! Trans-Am~: Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Trans-Am ★ Ryuichi & SAGAT Vs Daichi Kazato, Masamune & Tatsuhiko Yoshino
4. Union MAX Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs FUMA

The first BASARA show of 2017 has Isami Kodaka’s first Union MAX Title defence. FUMA is a former champion and has a 1-1 record against Kodaka in MAX Title matches.

DDT “DNA 29”, 07/01/2017
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

1. Daiki Shimomura Vs Kazuki Hirata
2. Dai Suzuki Vs Antonio Honda
3. Guanchulo & Rekka Vs Akito & Yasu Urano
4. Kazusada Higuchi & Nobuhiro Shimatani Vs Mizuki Watase & Naomi Yoshimura
5. MAO Vs Mike Bailey
6. Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Ueno Vs Kotaro Suzuki & Madoka
7. Kouki Iwasaki Vs Ryota Nakatsu

Whatever Kouki Iwasaki’s New Year Resolutions are they better not be starting all over again from the bottom. A loss to Ryota Nakatsu will send him back down to Trainee status.

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 18”, 07/01/2017
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

1. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi (c) Vs Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata & MAO

Speaking of New Year Resolutions, Shunma Katsumata has one for winning the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles. His first chance of the year happens this weekend.

DDT “ROAD TO SUPER ARENA IN NAGOYA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TENMUSU~”, 08/01/2017
Nagoya Chikusa Sports Center

1. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata & X
2. HARASHIMA, Yoshihiro Takayama & Soma Takao Vs Shigehiro Irie, Konosuke Takeshita & Kengo Takai

MAO will be busy on this day and is unable to be at the show. Sanshiro Takagi is searching for a temporary replacement and also potential new member for NωA.

BASARA “VAJRA 27 ~OSAKA WINTER IN OYODO~”, 08/01/2017
Osaka Oyodo Community Center

1. Daichi Kazato Vs Gunso
2. Yusuke Kubo Vs Masamune
3. Wrestling LOL Encyclopedia: Gouma Ryu Vs Tadasuke
4. Osaka Metal New Year Festival: FUMA & HAYATA Vs HUB & Madoka
5. Hiroshi du Soleil Vs TsubaBilly: Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & SAGAT Vs Tsubasa & Billy Ken Kid
6. NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Titles: Isami Kodaka & Takumi Tsukamoto (c) Vs Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu

The Aldini Brothers successfully defended the NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Titles for the second time in ZERO1 on New Year’s Day. So their next match in BASARA will have the titles on the line.

DDT “ROAD TO SUPER ARENA IN OYODO ~DRAMATIC DREAM TENROKU~”, 09/01/2017
Osaka Oyodo Community Center

1. Antonio Honda & Yuni Vs Masahiro Takanashi & Guanchulo
2. 26cm Height Difference! New Year Special Single Match: Yoshihiro Takayama Vs Makoto Oishi
3. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Konosuke Takeshita & Mike Bailey (c) Vs Masakatsu Funaki & Yukio Sakaguchi

A 26cm height difference shouldn’t be a problem for Makoto Oishi. Sure, he can take Yoshihiro Takayama no problem.

DDT’s youngest wrestler Yuni makes his return after a successful debut in Sumo Hall,


This Year’s Love

December 28, 2016

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “GANBARE SLAM 2016”, 31/12/2016
Saitama Super Arena – Community Arena

1. GANBARE FIGHT 1ST MATCH: Yumehito Imanari Vs Mitomi Masayuki
2. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Match: Yuu & Rika Tatsumi Vs Shoko Nakajima & Miyu Yamashita
3. Main Event: Ken Ohka & Shota Vs Shuichiro Katsumura & Yukihiro Abe

Ganbare☆Wrestling has been invited back to the RIZIN Martial Arts EXPO for a second year in a row.

DDT “NEW YEAR LOTTERY SPECIAL! ALL SEATS 2,000 YEN BOX OFFICE!! 2017”, 03/01/2017
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. King Of Dark Title: Nobuhiro Shimatani (c), Hoshitango, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Dai Suzuki Vs Kouki Iwasaki, Mizuki Watase, Rekka & Daiki Shimomura
1. 3 Way Tag Match: Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata & MAO Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Soma Takao, Gorgeous Matsuno & Cherry
2. Happy New Year’s New Year Special!: Joey Ryan & Laura James Vs Saki Akai & Gota Ihashi
3. Danshoku Dino & Keisuke Ishii Vs Shigehiro Irie & Yasu Urano
4. Konosuke Takeshita, Antonio Honda & Kazusada Higuchi Vs Shuji Ishikawa, Tetsuya Endo & Mad Paulie
5. KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi Vs Yoshihiro Takayama, Dick Togo & Guanchulo
6. New Year! More Than Special Special Single Match: Daisuke Sasaki Vs Candice LeRae
7. DDT Extreme Title – IPPON Lighttube Death Match: Jun Kasai (c) Vs Akito
8. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Mike Bailey

The first DDT show of the year is always a crazy one to follow. But this year is more personal for Daisuke Sasaki. He finally gets his match with the love of his life Candice LeRae. The year Sasaki has gone through in 2016 is entirely because of his crush on Candice. Can he finally get over her when the match is done with?

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TOKYO JOSHI PRO ’17”, 04/01/2017
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Mil Clown Vs Candice LeRae
2. Nodoka-oneesan Vs Cherry
3. Rika Tatsumi & Hyper Misao (w/ Minami Momochi) Vs Akane Miura & Maho Kurone
4. Konsho-gun Vs Married Woman Army: Azusa Takigawa & Nonoko Vs Ai Shimizu & Laura James (Special Referee: Joey Ryan)
5. Miyu Yamashita Vs Saki Akai
6. Reika Saiki Vs Itoh Maki
7. TOKYO Princess Of Princess Title: Yuu (c) Vs Shoko Nakajima

Yuu now does MMA training in the Sakaguchi Dojo in Yokohama. She originally only trained in Judo and grappling but has moved onto MMA. The switch is improving her submission skills. She said she has to develop fast because Shoko Nakajima has been quickly getting stronger since their previous match at the Tokyo Princess Cup final.

Minami Momochi has been doing training of her own at the behest of Hyper Misao. It hasn’t been going well. She’s just too weak!

Anime music composer Hidekazu Tanaka will be a special quest ring announcer for the show.

BASARA “VAJRA 26 ~THOROUGHLY~”, 06/01/2017
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

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

With the Union MAX Title back in action, former champion FUMA gets a chance to reclaim the belt he held back in 2015.

DDT “JUDGEMENT 2017 ~ DDT 20TH ANNIVERSARY BOX OFFICE”, 20/03/2017
Saitama Super Arena

1. Super Joshi Pro Wars 2017: Saki Akai, Meiko Satomura & Shoko Nakajima Vs Aja Kong, Cherry & Miyu Yamashita
2. Special Single Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Danshoku Dino’s Chosen Opponent

It is up to Danshoku Dino to find his opponent for the 20th Anniversary Show. As long as the chosen wrestler doesn’t cost more than 500,000 yen to spend on it could be anybody.


Just Hear Those Sleigh Bells Jingling Ring-Ting-Tingling Too

December 24, 2016

BASARA “VAJRA 25 ~SHIPPUJINRAI~”, 25/12/2016
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Hercules Senga & Tsutomu Oosugi Vs Daichi Kazato & Koji Iwamoto
2. Great Reversal Pro Wrestling Trial: Gouma Ryu Vs Atsushi Maruyama Vs Tatsuhiko Yoshino Vs Suspect X
3. Special Single Match: Takumi Tsukamoto Vs Trans-Am ★ Ryuichi
4. What Is METAL? ~What Is A Real Metal Wrestler?~: FUMA, Madoka & Yusuke Kubo Vs Jun Kasai, MIKAMI & Tanomusaku Toba
5. SAGAT’s First Great Match In The First Generation!: SAGAT Vs Jun Akiyama
6. Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Abdullah Kobayashi, Masaya Takahashi & Takayuki Ueki (c) Vs Koji Kanemoto, Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu
7. Union MAX Title: Isami Kodaka Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi

Two big shows are happening at Korakuen Hall on Christmas Day. First up is BASARA with their first ever event in the building. The vacant Union MAX Title is being brought back to life for Isami Kodaka and Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi to fight over.

DDT “NEVER MIND 2016”, 25/12/2016
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. 3 Way Tag Match: Shunma Katsumata & MAO Vs Soma Takao & Mizuki Watase Vs Antonio Honda & Guanchulo
2. Yoshihiro Takayama, Kazusada Higuchi & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Akito, Yasu Urano & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
3. Joey Ryan & Laura James Vs Makoto Oishi & Saki Akai
4. New Year’s Big Bang Bout: Konosuke Takeshita Vs Mad Paulie
5. Dramatic Christmas Carnival: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Danshoku Dino, Keisuke Ishii & Jiro Kuroshio
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi (c) Vs Daisuke Sasaki, Shuji Ishikawa & Tetsuya Endo
7. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie

DDT then runs their final show of the year. Has Shigehiro Irie’s training in America paid off? He’s been nigh unbeatable ever since he came back. HARASHIMA hasn’t been able to figure him out in their matches together in the build up to this bout.

Meanwhile DAMNATION are in a funk after losing all of their championships. Not only that but Daisuke Sasaki has been pinned by Masahiro Takanashi twice in their last two matches together. Maybe the inclusion of the Big Dog Shuji Ishikawa will be the answer to their problems. Also Mad Paulie has begun acting more violent. Are they starting to lose control of the “cute one” of the group?

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TOKYO JOSHI PRO ’17”, 04/01/2017
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Mil Clown Vs Candice LeRae
2. Nodoka-oneesan Vs Cherry
3. Rika Tatsumi & Hyper Misao (w/ Minami Momochi) Vs Akane Miura & Maho Kurone
4. Konsho-gun Vs Married Woman Army: Azusa Takigawa & Nonoko Vs Ai Shimizu & Laura James (Special Referee: Joey Ryan)
5. Miyu Yamashita Vs Saki Akai
6. Reika Saiki Vs Itoh Maki
7. TOKYO Princess Of Princess Title: Yuu (c) Vs Shoko Nakajima

Both Reika Saiki and Itoh Maki will not be alone when they wrestle each other. Saiki will be accompanied by Cheer1, the cheerleader unit she performs for outside of wrestling will be at the show. Maki will be accompanied by LinQ, her idol unit. The two groups won’t be wrestling each other but there will be some sort of confrontation between the two for the match.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “I’M PROUD 2017”, 21/01/2017
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Ai Shimizu Ganbare☆Wrestling Third Trial – 2nd Round: Ai Shimizu Vs Hiroyo Matsumoto
2. Recovery And Memory Of K: Hi69 & Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi

The relationship between Shinichiro Tominaga and K-DOJO continues to grow. He will be teaming with Shiori Asahi for the company’s tag tournament next year but here in Ganpuro he will stick to teaming with Hi69.


All Jun Wants For Christmas Is His Two Front Teeth

December 21, 2016

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GANBARE☆WRESTLING “ITSUKA NO MERRY CHRISTMAS 2016”, 22/12/2016
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Beat The Opponent! Eat Lightning, Crap Thunder! Become A Scary Guy!: Chikara Vs Rocky Kawamura
2. K-reboot: Yukinori Abe & Mitomi Masayuki Vs Hi69 & Shinichiro Tominaga
3. Ganpuro Special Christmas Present ~Chubby Vs Slim Beauty~: Bambi & Manami Kanda Vs Maya Yukihi & Tequila Saya
4. Ai Shimizu Ganbare☆Wrestling Trial 3rd Match: Ai Shimizu Vs Shota
5. Ganbare☆Wrestling Vs Shin Ganbare☆Wrestling: Shuichiro Katsumura & Yumehito Imanari Vs Kenso Ohka & Osamu Namiguchi
6. Ken Ohka 15th Anniversary Debut Memorial Match: Ken Ohka Vs Atsushi Maruyama

From the Eternal Young Lion to the Tearful Charisma, Ken Ohka has been through a lot in his 15 year of wrestling.

DDT “NEW YEAR LOTTERY SPECIAL! ALL SEATS 2,000 YEN BOX OFFICE!! 2017”, 03/01/2017
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. DDT Extreme Title – IPPON Lighttube Death Match: Jun Kasai (c) Vs Akito
2. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Mike Bailey

The IPPON Death Match has been used a few times in Tavern Wrestling where Akito won a tournament dedicated to the stipulation. There is only one lighttube brought down to the ring, whoever breaks it over their opponent or throws their opponent through it wins.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TOKYO JOSHI PRO ’17”, 04/01/2017
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Rika Tatsumi & Hyper Misao (w/ Minami Momochi) Vs Akane Miura & Maho Kurone
2. Reika Saiki Vs Itoh Maki
3. Nodoka-oneesan Vs Cherry
4. Konsho-gun Vs Married Woman Army: Azusa Takigawa & Nonoko Vs Ai Shimizu & Laura James (Special Referee: Joey Ryan)
5. Mil Clown Vs Candice LeRae
6. Miyu Yamashita Vs Saki Akai
7. TOKYO Princess Of Princess Title: Yuu (c) Vs Shoko Nakajima

The Married Woman Army will be accompanied by their husbands in some form. Laura James’ husband Joey Ryan will be the special guest referee and Ai Shimizu’s husband Inoue Mic will be the special guest ring announcer.

Konsho-gun’s antics are getting some attention overseas. A Mexican website called Periodismo reported on Azusa Takigawa using Zexy magazine as a weapon. (Thanks to Luchablog for finding this)

DDT “DNA 29”, 07/01/2017
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

1. Kouki Iwasaki Vs Ryota Nakatsu

If Kouki Iwasaki loses he must reset his DNA career and start from the bottom as a trainee all over again.


Isami Brings In Mashimo, Rocky Kawamura Jogs To Ganbare, DDT At Christmas, Yamashita Vs Akai

December 13, 2016

BASARA “VAJRA 24 ~SPIRIT SHOTEN~”, 15/12/2016
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Takumi Tsukamoto, Daichi Kazato & Koji Iwamoto Vs Hi69, Madoka & Masamune
2. Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Abdullah Kobayashi & Masaya Takahashi
3. FUMA & Yusuke Kubo Vs MIKAMI & Tanomusaku Toba
4. SAGAT, I Will Sell A Fight To All Japan Pro Wrestling!: SAGAT Vs Yuma Aoyagi
5. Prepare For Major Reversal Pro Wrestling Trial – Lecture From A Lawyer: Gouma Ryu Vs Tatsuhiko Yoshino
6. Union MAX Title Preview 3rd Match!: Isami Kodaka & Kengo Mashimo Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Shota

One more skirmish before the big BASARA show. This time Isami Kodaka is bringing in the big guns. However Kengo Mashimo doesn’t always get along with him. So the main event may look one sided on paper but when the match takes place one wrong move can thrash Kodaka’s plans to pieces.

DDT “YOKOHAMA TWILIGHT 2016 ~WINTER~”, 17/12/2016
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. KUDO Vs Guanchulo
2. 4 Way Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Tetsuya Endo Vs Soma Takao Vs Kazusada Higuchi
3. Yoshihiro Takayama & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shunma Katsumata
4. Yukio Sakaguchi, Masahiro Takanashi & Saki Akai Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Kazuki Hirata & Cherry
5. Happy Motel Vs DAMNATION: Konosuke Takeshita & Antonio Honda Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Mad Paulie
6. DDT Extreme Title: Jun Kasai (c) Vs Makoto Oishi
7. Special 6-Man Tag Match: HARASHIMA, Akito & Yasu Urano Vs Shigehiro Irie, Toru Owashi & Tomomitsu Matsunaga

I think this will be the second last Happy Motel Vs DAMNATION match in 2016.

DDT “ROAD TO SUPER ARENA ~DRAMATIC DREAM CLOCK TOWER~”, 18/12/2016
Sapporo Sun Plaza

1. Keisuke Ishii & Tomoya Vs Yasu Urano & Koji Yoshida
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Masahiro Takanashi & Soma Takao
3. How About A Big Hokkaido! Two Big Single Match: Mad Paulie Vs Akito
4. How About A Big Hokkaido! Two Big Single Match: Yoshihiro Takayama Vs Antonio Honda
5. DAMNATION Vs NωA!: Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo Vs Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata
6. Shuten-dōji Vs DNA Combination: KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Kouki Iwasaki
7. Sapporo Specialty! Sea Urchin, Scallop, Cuttlefish, Crab Bowl Special 4 Way Match: HARASHIMA Vs Shigehiro Irie Vs Konosuke Takeshita Vs Danshoku Dino

Konosuke Takeshita and Danshoku Dino get in the main event mix.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “ITSUKA NO MERRY CHRISTMAS 2016”, 22/12/2016
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Ai Shimizu Ganbare☆Wrestling Trial 3rd Match: Ai Shimizu Vs Shota
2. Ganpuro Special Christmas Present ~Chubby Vs Slim Beauty~: Bambi & Manami Kanda Vs Maya Yukihi & Tequila Saya
3. Beat The Opponent! Eat Lightning, Crap Thunder! Become A Scary Guy!: Chikara Vs Rocky Kawamura
4. K-reboot: Yukinori Abe & Mitomi Masayuki Vs Hi69 & Shinichiro Tominaga
5. Ganbare☆Wrestling Vs Shin Ganbare☆Wrestling: Shuichiro Katsumura & Yumehito Imanari Vs Kenso Ohka & Osamu Namiguchi
6. Ken Ohka 15th Anniversary Debut Memorial Match: Ken Ohka Vs Atsushi Maruyama

Earlier this year Ryo Kawamura did what every fighter does at least once in their lives: reenact scenes from the Rocky movies. But even Rocky Balboa couldn’t be able to get a good match out of Chikara.

DDT “ROAD TO SUPER ARENA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TAN~”, 23/12/2016
Miyagi Yume Messe West Wing Hall

1. 3 Way Match: Akito Vs Guanchulo Vs Gorgeous Matsuno
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Joey Ryan & Laura James
3. Konosuke Takeshita, Antonio Honda & Soma Takao Vs Kazusada Higuchi, Toru Owashi & Kouki Iwasaki
4. Fantastic Memories Vs NωA: Danshoku Dino & Keisuke Ishii Vs Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata
5. Wrestling Master Vs 19 Year Old Idol Wrestler From Osaka City! Miyagi Specialty Special Single Match: Dick Togo Vs MAO
6. Shuten-dōji Vs DAMNATION: KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi Vs Daisuke Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo & Mad Paulie
7. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Yoshihiro Takayama & Shigehiro Irie

Shuten-dōji and DAMNATION have their rematch from last weekend but this time the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles are not on the line. That’s being saved for Christmas Day.

DDT “NEVER MIND 2016”, 25/12/2016
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. 3 Way Tag Match: Shunma Katsumata & MAO Vs Soma Takao & Mizuki Watase Vs Antonio Honda & Guanchulo
2. Yoshihiro Takayama, Kazusada Higuchi & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Akito, Yasu Urano & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
3. Joey Ryan & Laura James Vs Makoto Oishi & Saki Akai
4. New Year’s Big Bang Bout: Konosuke Takeshita Vs Mad Paulie
5. Dramatic Christmas Carnival: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Danshoku Dino, Keisuke Ishii & Jiro Kuroshio
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi (c) Vs Daisuke Sasaki, Shuji Ishikawa & Tetsuya Endo
7. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie

Jiro Kuroshio and his fancy jacket are back in DDT for the special occasion.

DDT “NEW YEAR LOTTERY SPECIAL! ALL SEATS 2,000 YEN BOX OFFICE!! 2017”, 03/01/2017
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Mike Bailey

Mike Bailey has built a lot of momentum in the last few months, winning the week long DNA Grand Prix tournament and now holding the KO-D Tag Team Titles with Konosuke Takeshita. His success has been rewarded even more with a KO-D Openweight Title shot at DDT’s first Korakuen Hall show in 2017.

Joey Ryan, Laura James and Candice LeRae will be on this show.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TOKYO JOSHI PRO ’17”, 04/01/2017
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Rika Tatsumi & Hyper Misao (w/ Minami Momochi) Vs Akane Miura & Maho Kurone
2. Reika Saiki Vs Itoh Maki
3. Nodoka-oneesan Vs Cherry
4. Konsho-gun Vs Married Woman Army: Azusa Takigawa & Nonoko Vs Ai Shimizu & Laura James
5. Mil Clown Vs Candice LeRae
6. Miyu Yamashita Vs Saki Akai
7. TOKYO Princess Of Princess Title: Yuu (c) Vs Shoko Nakajima

One of the big rivalries in Tokyo Joshi Pro’s history will come back for a special match. Miyu Yamashita has never been able to beat Saki Akai one on one. Akai has shown no interest in having any future plans with Tokyo Joshi so this may be Yamashita’s last chance for now to get that win.

Hyper Misao has enlisted Rika Tatsumi and Minami Momochi to help her latest attempt to protect Tokyo Joshi from evil. It wasn’t long ago when Akane Miura was practising snake magic although she has shown no evil behaviour since returning to normal. Maho Kurone however is pretty much a zombie now. She’s always been acting weird since her debut match but yeah, carrying a severed arm to the ring while her mouth is covered in blood isn’t exactly being subtle. Momochi will be finishing up her role as Tokyo Joshi’s ring announcer at this show so what a way to go, getting involved in this creepy situation.

DDT “ROAD TO SUPER ARENA IN OYODO ~DRAMATIC DREAM TENROKU~”, 09/01/2017
Osaka Oyodo Community Center

1. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Konosuke Takeshita & Mike Bailey (c) Vs Masakatsu Funaki & Yukio Sakaguchi

The pairing of Masakatsu Funaki & Yukio Sakaguchi at “OSAKA OCTOPUS 2016” worked so well that they will get a KO-D Tag Title shot next month.


TOKYO JOSHI PRO “IN A CORNER OF A CITY CALLED KASUKABE” Results

December 10, 2016

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TOKYO JOSHI PRO “IN A CORNER OF A CITY CALLED KASUKABE”, 10/12/2016
Saitama Kasukabe Hall
187 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Akane Miura defeated Nodoka-oneesan with the Lariat (5:24).
2. I Also Want To Be In Love! This Year’s Christmas Will Also Be Special!: Rika Tatsumi & Hyper Misao defeated Azusa Takigawa & Nonoko when Tatsumi submitted Takigawa with the Zexy Dragon Sleeper (11:48).
3. Reika Saiki defeated Maho Kurone with the Tower Bridge (6:06).
4. ROAD TO “Ittenon” Special Tag Match: Yuu & Miyu Yamashita vs Shoko Nakajima & Mil Clown ended in a Time Limit Draw (20:00).

In a first for Tokyo Joshi Pro, the main event ended in a time limit draw. In the final seconds Yuu tried to put Shoko Nakajima in the Cross Armbreaker but could not sync it in when the time expired. Nakajima noted that she must be doing something wrong since she couldn’t win the match. Yuu told her she is looking forward to their match at Korakuen Hall on 4th January.

Saki Akai appeared after the main event to confront Miyu Yamashita. She told “Ms. Pelican” that they will have a match together at Korakuen. Akai wants to know how much Yamashita has changed since their last singles match. She also asked her to wash her face before the match. Yamashita said she will slash Akai down.

Maho Kurone is becoming more zombie like in her appearances. This time she entered the ring carrying a severed arm to chew on. Maki Itoh watched her future opponent Reika Saiki beat Kurone by submission.

Azusa Takigawa is building more and more of her matches around copies of Zexy magazine. She put a stack of issues together to use as a foreign object but that backfired when she hit Nonoko by mistake. She still held the magazine neatly in her arms when she tapped out to Rika Tatsumi’s Dragon Sleeper. Hyper Misao asked Tatsumi after the match to help her fight Akane Miura & Maho Kurone at Korakuen Hall. Misao called her opponents scary because one of them eats human meat and the other practised devil worship for a while. She also asked ring announcer Minami Momochi to help her preserve the peace in Tokyo Joshi as a special assistant. Konkatsu-gun’s plan for 4th January is to face Ai Shimizu & Laura James. It’s a battle between married women against women who want to get married!


BASARA Chases After NWA Lightweight Tag Titles, December Cards

November 29, 2016

BASARA “VAJRA 23 ~COMMON DESTINY~”, 30/11/2016
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Ryuichi Sekine & Koji Iwamoto Vs Takayuki Ueki & Toshiyuki Sakuda
2. Ryota Nakatsu Vs Abdullah Kobayashi
3. Reversal Pro Wrestling Trial: Gouma Ryu Vs Atsushi Maruyama Vs Tanomusaku Toba
4. IRON PRIEST Vs SOS: FUMA & Yusuke Kubo Vs Hercules Senga & Tsutomu Oosugi
5. SAGAT, Selling Quarrels To All Japan Pro Wrestling!: Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi, Trans-Am ★ Ryuichi & SAGAT Vs Yuma Aoyagi, Kazuhiro Tamura & Daichi Kazato
6. NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Titles: Ikuto Hidaka & Hayato Jr. Fujita (c) Vs Isami Kodaka & Takumi Tsukamoto

Isami Kodaka & Takumi Tsukamoto are hunting for a tag team title. They’re bringing in Ikuto Hidaka & Hayato Jr. Fujita to put their championship on the line.

DDT “OSAKA OCTOPUS 2016 ~IT’S NANIWABUSHI WRESTLING~”, 04/12/2016
Osaka Edion Arena #1

0. King Of Dark Title: Nobuhiro Shimatani (c), Mizuki Watase & Rekka Vs Kouki Iwasaki, Guanchulo & Daiki Shimomura
1. Naomi Yoshimura Debut Match: Keisuke Ishii, Akito & Yuki Ueno Vs KUDO, Soma Takao & Naomi Yoshimura
2. Naniwa Woman Saga: Saki Akai & Lady Beard Vs Aja Kong & LiLiCo
3. Elementary School 3rd Grader – Yuni Debut Match: Shigehiro Irie, Yasu Urano & Yuni Vs Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata & MAO
4. DDT Launch Pre-20th Anniversary Commemoration TLC (Takoyaki, Ladder & Chair) Special 6-Man Tag Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Kota Ibushi & Gota Ihashi Vs Dick Togo, Antonio Honda & Takashi Sasaki
5. Special Tag Match: Masakatsu Funaki & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Yoshihiro Takayama & Kazusada Higuchi
6. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Toru Owashi (c) Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Masahiro Takanashi Vs Mad Paulie Vs Kuishinbo Kamen Vs Kikutaro Vs Dai Suzuki Vs Shoichi Uchida Vs Kenshin Chikano Vs Yoshihiko
7. DDT Extreme Title: Danshoku Dino (c) Vs Jun Kasai
8. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Mike Bailey
9. KO-D Openweight Title: Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs HARASHIMA

The Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title is back in DDT so the Battle Royal is now for that championship. Toru Owashi is the current champion at the time of writing.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “IN A CORNER OF A CITY CALLED KASUKABE”, 10/12/2016
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

1. Akane Miura Vs Nodoka-oneesan
2. Reika Saiki Vs Maho Kurone
3. I Also Want To Be In Love! This Year’s Christmas Will Also Be Special!: Azusa Takigawa & Nonoko Vs Rika Tatsumi & Hyper Misao
4. ROAD TO “Ittenon” Special Tag Match: Yuu & Miyu Yamashita vs Shoko Nakajima & Mil Clown

Yuu and Shoko Nakajima continue facing off in tags before 4th January.

DDT “ROAD TO SUPER ARENA ~DRAMATIC DREAM PORK~”, 11/12/2016
Hakata Star Lane

1. Itoh Maki Pro Wrestling Debut: Miyu Yamashita Vs Itoh Maki
2. Show Me, The Battle Of Those Born In 1975! Classmate Confrontation!: Shuji Ishikawa Vs Yasu Urano
3. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs Danshoku Dino & Keisuke Ishii

Keisuke Ishii won the AJPW Jr. Title this past weekend from Soma Takao. Now he has a chance to be a double champion. Danshoku Dino could be one too if he survives his match with Jun Kasai for the DDT Extreme Title.

DDT “STREET WRESTLING IN GOLD’S GYM”, 12/12/2016
Fukuoka Gold’s Gym Hakata

Falls Count Anywhere 3 Way Tag Match: Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Antonio Honda Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata

Wrestlers love Gold’s Gym so it’s about time one of them hosts a Falls Count Anywhere match.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “ITSUKA NO MERRY CHRISTMAS 2016”, 22/12/2016
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Ai Shimizu Ganbare☆Wrestling Trial 3rd Match: Ai Shimizu Vs Shota
2. Ganpuro Special Christmas Present ~Chubby Vs Slim Beauty~: Bambi & Manami Kanda Vs Maya Yukihi & Tequila Saya
3. K-reboot: Yukinori Abe & Mitomi Masayuki Vs Hi69 & Shinichiro Tominaga
4. Ganbare☆Wrestling Vs Shin Ganbare☆Wrestling: Shuichiro Katsumura & Yumehito Imanari Vs Kenso Ohka & Osamu Namiguchi
5. Ken Ohka 15th Anniversary Debut Memorial Match: Ken Ohka Vs Atsushi Maruyama

Shinichiro Tominaga is slowly getting along with the K-DOJO wrestlers.

BASARA “VAJRA 25 ~SHIPPUJINRAI~”, 25/12/2016
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Special Single Match: Takumi Tsukamoto Vs Trans-Am ★ Ryuichi
2. Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Abdullah Kobayashi, Masaya Takahashi & Takayuki Ueki (c) Vs Koji Kanemoto, Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu
3. What Is METAL? ~What Is A Real Metal Wrestler?~: FUMA, Madoka & Yusuke Kubo Vs Jun Kasai, MIKAMI & Tanomusaku Toba
4. SAGAT’s First Great Match In The First Half!: SAGAT Vs Jun Akiyama
5. Union MAX Title: Isami Kodaka Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi

IRON PRIEST have a tough challenge ahead of them. Jun Kasai is bad enough but now they also have the Suicide Boyz in their way.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TOKYO JOSHI PRO ’17”, 04/01/2017
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Reika Saiki Vs Itoh Maki
2. Nodoka-oneesan Vs Cherry
3. Mil Clown Vs Candice LeRae
4. TOKYO Princess Of Princess Title: Yuu (c) Vs Shoko Nakajima

Nodoka-oneesan challenges her mentor Cherry. Mil Clown challenges Candice LeRae on behalf of her twin sister Yuka Sakizaki.


TOKYO JOSHI PRO “BATTLE MISSION 2016 CODE.6” Results

November 22, 2016

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TOKYO JOSHI PRO “BATTLE MISSION 2016 CODE.6”, 20/11/2016
Tokyo BASEMENT MONSTAR
142 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Konsho-gun 2nd Single Match: Nonoko defeated Maho Kurone with the Boinmaker (7:06).
2. Mil Clown & Hyper Misao defeated Yuu & Nodoka-oneesan when Clown pinned Nodoka with the Mil Clutch α (10:38).
3. Konsho-gun 2nd Single Match: Rika Tatsumi defeated Azusa Takigawa with the Dragon Sleeper (8:14).
4. TOKYO Princess Of Princess Title Next Challenger Survival 3 Way Match: Shoko Nakajima defeated Miyu Yamashita and Akane Miura (12:06).
4a. Shoko Nakajima eliminated Akane Miura with the Coax (7:48).
4b. Shoko Nakajima eliminated Miyu Yamashita with the Northern Lights Suplex (12:06).

Shoko Nakajima pinned both Akane Miura and Miyu Yamashita, absolutely earning her No. 1 Contendership for the TOKYO Princess Of Princess Title. Miura’s power was on display when she gave both her opponents a double Brainbuster but Nakajima recovered and cradled her for the three count. Yamashita kicked out of Nakajima’s Northern Light Suplex the first time but couldn’t hit the Attitude Adjustment. Nakajima then gave Yamashita a Double Arm DDT and a second Northern Lights to win the match. Nakajima said she’s been waiting for this opportunity for a year and this time she will not let go until she wins the championship. Yuu is encouraged by Nakajima’s determination. The champion wants a strong rival and it looks like she is going to get one!

Azusa Takigawa is really going in on the marriage thing. She entered her match wearing a wedding veil to a song called “Love Will Win”. Nonoko interfered with a copy of Zexy magazine to use as a weapon on Rika Tatsumi but it backfired. Nonoko accidentally hit Takigawa instead and that gave Tatsumi an opening to lock in the Dragon Sleeper. Takigawa’s plan for her next match is to buy the next issue of Zexy. Maybe she will stack the magazines together to make them thicker.

After losing again today, Nodoka-oneesan is feeling discouraged. She comes from the same class as Yuu but their levels of success could not be more opposite. She needs advice that can take her out of her slump so she challenged Cherry to a match at Korakuen Hall on 4th January. Cherry once told Nodoka that if she had any trouble or needed consulting about anything she would be there for her.

Mil Clown will take on Candice LeRae on 4th January. Mil’s sister Yuka Sakazaki fought and lost to LeRae at the last 4/1 show. Because of this, Clown sees LeRae as a family enemy.


DDT Goes To Taiwan, DNA Prepares For Cavalry Charge

November 18, 2016

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “BATTLE MISSION 2016 CODE.6”, 20/11/2016
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Konsho-gun 2nd Single Match: Nonoko Vs Maho Kurone
2. Konsho-gun 2nd Single Match: Azusa Takigawa Vs Rika Tatsumi
3. Yuu & Nodoka-oneesan Vs Mil Clown & Hyper Misao
4. TOKYO Princess Of Princess Title Next Challenger Survival 3 Way Match: Miyu Yamashita Vs Shoko Nakajima Vs Akane Miura

The 3 Way Match will be contested under elimination rules.

DDT “NITORI TAIWAN PRESENTS DDT ~ DRAMATIC DREAM TAIWAN”, 20/11/2016
Taiwan ATT SHOW BOX

1. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs JOKER
2. Showtimes Offer Match: KUDO & Yoshihiko Vs Yasu Urano & Lady Beard
3. Mask de Nitori Debut: Mask de Nitori & Rekka Vs Masahiro Takanashi & Senkuma
4. N-Sleep Use Sleep Prevention Death Match: Antonio Honda Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi
5. Yoshihiro Takayama & Kazusada Higuchi Vs Soma Takao & Akito
6. Yui Offer Match: Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Keisuke Ishii Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Kazuki Hirata & Saki Akai (w/ Takuya)
7. DDT Taiwan’s First Foray Anniversary Special Tag Match: HARASHIMA & Konosuke Takeshita Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo

DDT’s first show held outside of Japan takes place in Taiwan this weekend.

BASARA “VAJRA 22 ~HUNDRED DRILLING STEEL~”, 20/11/2016
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Free Consultation In The Ring! Trouble Consultation Room: Madoka Vs X Vs X
2. Daichi Kazato Vs Koji Iwamoto
3. FUMA & Yusuke Kubo Vs Masamune & Hi69
4. Cavalry Vs Bloody Brothers III: Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Takayuki Ueki & Masaya Takahashi
5. Union MAX Title Battlefield?: Isami Kodaka & Takumi Tsukamoto Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & SAGAT

Can Madoka solve wrestlers’ problems like Gouma Ryu can?

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 16”, 26/11/2016
Saitama Kawaguchi City Industrial Technology Center

1. Antonio Honda Vs Guanchulo
2. Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Gota Ihashi Vs Saki Akai, Shunma Katsumata & Rekka
3. Danshoku Dino & Keisuke Ishii Vs Soma Takao & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
4. Shigehiro Irie & Yasu Urano Vs Makoto Oishi Vs MAO
5. KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi Vs Yoshihiro Takayama, Kazusada Higuchi & Kouki Iwasaki
6. Road To DAIICHI Special Tag Match: Tetsuya Endo & Mad Paulie Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Mike Bailey
7. Road To DAIICHI Special Tag Match: Shuji Ishikawa & Daisuke Sasaki Vs HARASHIMA & Akito

DAMNATION are keeping themselves busy by fighting off both Smile Squash and Happy Motels.

DDT “DNA 28”, 17/12/2016
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Kazusada Higuchi & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu

The uneasy tension between Ryota Nakatsu and his old friends in DNA is turning into something bigger. Now Cavalry are invading DNA and its up to the regulars to defend their brand.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “ITSUKA NO MERRY CHRISTMAS 2016”, 22/12/2016
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Ai Shimizu Ganbare☆Wrestling Trial 3rd Match: Ai Shimizu Vs Shota
2. Ganpuro Special Christmas Present ~Chubby Vs Slim Beauty~: Bambi & Manami Kanda Vs Maya Yukihi & Tequila Saya
3. Ganbare☆Wrestling Vs Shin Ganbare☆Wrestling: Shuichiro Katsumura & Yumehito Imanari Vs Kenso Ohka & Osamu Namiguchi
4. Ken Ohka 15th Anniversary Debut Memorial Match: Ken Ohka Vs Atsushi Maruyama

Ken Ohka chose Atsushi Maruyama as his opponent for his 15th Anniversary match. Ohka had been wanting to wrestle Maruyama ever since he saw him wrestle a Mask Contra Mask match as Tigers Mask in 2008. Also they both had their debut matches within months from each other, Maruyama debuted in June 2001 and Ohka debuted in December. Ohka cannot imagine what kind of match they will have.

The beautiful opponents for Bambi & Manami Kanda come from Ice Ribbon. Yumehito Imanari isn’t impressed even though the match was his idea. He likes his women to be bigger than Maya Yukihi & Tequila Saya so he’s rooting for Bambi & Kanda.


Race For The Princess Title, Kenso Ohka Shows Up

November 15, 2016

DDT “DNA 27”, 16/11/2016
Hanayashiki Park Hall

1. Guanchulo Vs Yuki Ueno
2. Average Height 163cm Minimum Load: Daiki Shimomura & Nobuhiro Shimatani Vs Hercules Senga & Tsutomu Oosugi
3. MAO Vs Shiori Asahi
4. Dai Suzuki Comeback: Dai Suzuki Vs Konosuke Takeshita
5. Kazusada Higuchi Vs Shunma Katsumata
6. Kouki Iwasaki & Mizuki Watase Vs Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu

No word yet on when Kazusada Higuchi will be flying out to New York.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “BATTLE MISSION 2016 CODE.6”, 20/11/2016
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Konsho-gun 2nd Single Match: Nonoko Vs Maho Kurone
2. Konsho-gun 2nd Single Match: Azusa Takigawa Vs Rika Tatsumi
3. Yuu & Nodoka-oneesan Vs Mil Clown & Hyper Misao
4. TOKYO Princess Of Princess Title Next Challenger 3 Way Match: Miyu Yamashita Vs Shoko Nakajima Vs Akane Miura

The No. 1 Contendership for the TOKYO Princess Of Princess Title is on the line in the main event. The winner will challenge Yuu for the championship on the 4th January Korakuen Hall show next year.

BASARA “VAJRA 22 ~HUNDRED DRILLING STEEL~”, 20/11/2016
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Daichi Kazato Vs Koji Iwamoto
2. FUMA & Yusuke Kubo Vs Masamune & Hi69
3. Free Consultation In The Ring! Trouble Consultation Room: Madoka Vs X Vs X
4. Cavalry Vs Bloody Brothers III: Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Takayuki Ueki & Masaya Takahashi
5. Union MAX Title Battlefield?: Isami Kodaka & Takumi Tsukamoto Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & SAGAT

Gouma Ryu is unable to wrestle on the show because his real job is keeping him busy. Madoka will instead have a 3 Way match against two mystery opponents.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “ITSUKA NO MERRY CHRISTMAS 2016”, 22/12/2016
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Ai Shimizu Ganbare☆Wrestling Trial 3rd Match: Ai Shimizu Vs Shota
2. Ganbare☆Wrestling Vs Shin Ganbare☆Wrestling: Shuichiro Katsumura & Yumehito Imanari Vs Kenso Ohka & Osamu Namiguchi

This show will celebrate Ken Ohka’s 15th Anniversary in pro wrestling. Unfortunately, KENSO has come over and stolen his identity!

Bambi & Manami Kanda will also be on the show. The plan is to pit them against two beautiful opponents.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TOKYO JOSHI PRO ’17”, 04/01/2017
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Reika Saiki Vs Itoh Maki
2. TOKYO Princess Of Princess Title: Yuu (c) Vs X

Candice LeRae, Laura James, Saki Akai and Ai Shimizu will all wrestle on the show.