TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE GIRLS BATTLE 2015 ROUND 8” Results

August 29, 2015

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TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE GIRLS BATTLE 2015 ROUND 8”, 29/08/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MONSTAR
150 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Yuka Sakazaki defeated MIZUHO with an Oklahoma Roll (7:19).
2. Miyu Yamashita defeated Rika Tatsumi with the Attitude Adjustment (5:22).
3. Hyper Misao defeated Nonoko by Countout (9:45).
4. Saki Akai & Ai Shimizu defeated Shoko Nakajima & Akane Miura when Akai pinned Nakajima with the Rookie Award (9:44).

Two matches had to be changed when KANNA injured her left orbital bone during the week. She was unable to wrestle but hopes to be back for the 22nd September Shinjuku FACE show. Ai Shimizu took her place in the main event tag match. Rika Tatsumi was taken out of the 3 Way Match and put in Shimizu’s original spot against Miyu Yamashita.

Saki Akai couldn’t believe it when she pinned Shoko Nakajima in the main event. Akai came to the conclusion that Nakajima winning the Tokyo Princess Cup was just a fluke and is nothing to worry about. Akai will instead go visit a farm with the rest of Biishiki-gun and pick up some prunes and blueberries to eat on the way home. Nakajima said she will accept today’s defeat but her winning the tournament was not a fluke! She is sure things will change in one month’s time when she and Akai will fight alone.

Hyper Misao scored an upset victory over Nonoko by tricking her to come out of the ring. She tried the plan twice, the first time Misao tied Nonoko with a piece of cloth to a pedestal but Nonoko freed herself and made it back to the ring in time. The second time worked when Misao pushed Nonoko into the corner ring post, dazing her long enough to get counted out. Misao was thrilled to get her first victory in Tokyo Joshi Pro and promised she will debut a new superhero costume at Shinjuku FACE next month.

A new girl named Azusa will debut at Shinjuku FACE. She is from Tokyo, is 161cm high, weighs 47kg and trained in kickboxing. Her opponent in her debut match is Miyu Yamashita.


Time To Go Back To Normal, Whatever Normal Is In DDT

August 24, 2015

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE GIRLS BATTLE 2015 ROUND 8”, 29/08/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Yuka Sakazaki Vs MIZUHO
2. Miyu Yamashita Vs Ai Shimizu
3. 3 Way Match: Nonoko Vs Rika Tatsumi Vs Hyper Misao
4. Saki Akai & KANNA Vs Shoko Nakajima & Akane Miura

It must have been a confusing weekend for KANNA. She got a bump in Twitter followers when the other Kana appeared on screen at NXT TakeOver. WWE spelt Kana’s name with two ‘N’s leading some thirsty fans to KANNA’s Twitter account by mistake.

Miyu Yamashita had her debut shoot boxing bout on 21st August at the “GIRLS S-CUP 2015” event in Tokyo. She fought Yurika GSB in the 54kg weight class. Unfortunately Yamashita lost the fight by unanimous decision after three rounds. Yamashita said she felt embarrassed by the defeat because she carried the weight of Tokyo Joshi Pro on her shoulders and let everybody down. However she would like to get another fight and will train more in shoot boxing for the time being.

DDT “MEMORIES OF SUMMER VACATION 2015”, 30/08/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kouki Iwasaki
2. 4 Way Match: Kazuki Hirata Vs Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Gorgeous Matsuno
3. Danshoku Dino & Super Sasadango Machine Vs Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata
4. Kota Ibushi & Suguru Miyatake Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo
5. Yukio Sakaguchi & KUDO Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Kota Umeda
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao (c) Vs HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito

No rest for the wicked. We have new matches and a few title bouts coming up. Team Drift defend their KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles against Smile Squash this weekend. The newly named #OhkaEmpire wanted a rematch with Drift but it was denied. However Shigehiro Irie gave credit to Ken Ohka and said he was a surprisingly strong opponent. He would like to fight that Ken Ohka again someday. But Drift wants to defend their titles against other teams before #OhkaEmpire gets another shot.

UNION “SUMMER FESTIVAL UNION 2015”, 30/08/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Mitomi Masayuki & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Kazuhiro Tamura & Daisuke Kanehira
2. Hiroshi Fukuda, Ayumu Honda, Mame Endo & X Vs Kazuhiko Ogasawara, Ryu Gouma, Seiya Morohashi & Macho Michaels
3. Cherry & Masako Takanashi Vs & Aoi Kizuki & Ladybeard
4. Mio Shirai Vs Jun Kasai
5. Shuji Ishikawa & Daichi Kazato Vs Go Shiozaki & Kotaro Suzuki
6. Union MAX Title: FUMA (c) Vs Isami Kodaka

The 8-Man Tag is going to be themed around Judo Vs Karate. Hiroshi Fukuda will be in Judo-gun mode and believes the future of martial arts rests on the result of the match.

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM! VOL. 4”, 06/09/2015
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

1. Antonio Honda Vs Yasu Urano
2. 4 Way Tag Team Match: Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi Vs Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs HARASHIMA & Akito Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo

Antonio Honda and Yasu Urano will meet in a non-title match a week before they go at it for the DDT Extreme Title.

DDT “OSAKA BAY BLUES SPECIAL 2015”, 13/09/2015
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #2

1. DDT Extreme Title: Antonio Honda (c) Vs Yasu Urano
2. Yukio Sakaguchi & KUDO Vs HARASHIMA & Akito
3. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki (c) Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo

Happy Motels are the first team to challenge the Golden☆Storm Riders for the KO-D Tag Team Titles. Kota Ibushi said his entire body feels sore after yesterday’s match. Tetsuya Endo said he and Konosuke Takeshita wanted to go after the tag titles as soon as he came back from injury. He has been waiting for the chance to reclaim the belts ever since they lost them in Saitama back in February. Daisuke Sasaki does not want to defend the titles, possibly ever. But he has to.

Shoichi Uchida and Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan are booked for the show.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “BAD COMMUNICATION 2015”, 23/09/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Animal Planet Special 3 Way Match: J-Soul Pandita III IV Vs Neko Nitta Vs Kris Wolf
2. Go Beyond The Asia ~3rd Generation Grandson Vs 94th All Asia Tag Team Champions~: Chikara & Yumehito Imanari Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie

Stardom wrestler Kris Wolf makes her Ganpuro debut in one of the weirdest looking 3 Way matches ever.

DDT “WHO’S GONNA TOP? ~DDT DRAMATIC GENERAL ELECTION 2015~”, 27/09/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. KO-D Openweight Title: Yukio Sakaguchi (c) Vs X

Yukio Sakaguchi announced his first KO-D Openweight Title defence will take place on 27th September against an opponent to be determined. Sakaguchi said it was a strange feeling when he woke up this morning after the night he had. He was surprised by the amount of messages he received congratulating him on his title victory. The most special of which came from his estranged father Seiji Sakaguchi. In regards to Shuten-dōji, Yukio said yesterday’s match resulted in their bonds becoming even stronger. He also thought the liquor they all drank together after the match was delicious.


DDT Dramatic General Election 2015

August 15, 2015

The DDT Dramatic General Election is back for another year. Fans who buy merchandise at shows can vote for their favorites out of a pool of 56 wrestlers and those who finish in the top 22 will be booked for the 25th October card in Korakuen Hall (Those ranked 23-26 will be in the dark match). The winner of the election gets a KO-D Openweight Title shot on the 28th November show at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium #1. The runner-up gets a title shot on 25th October. If the KO-D Champion finishes first or second then he will get to choose his challenger for that date’s title bout. Voting begins on the 28th August Tavern Wrestling show at Shin-kiba 1st RING and ends at Union’s 4th October Korakuan show. Every show from DDT, Union, Tokyo Joshi Pro and Ganbare☆Wrestling during that period are eligible for votes to be cast. The results will be announced on 7th October.

The full list of candidates are as follows:

Kota Ibushi, Isami Kodaka, HARASHIMA, Keisuke Ishii, Danshoku Dino, Saki Akai, Cherry, Soma Takao, Akito, KUDO, Kazuki Hirata, Yasu Urano, Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita, Masa Takanashi, Makoto Oishi, Yukio Sakaguchi, Super Sasadango Machine, Tetsuya Endo, Daisuke Sasaki, Shigehiro Irie, Shunma Katsumata, Toru Owashi, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Hoshitango, Georgeous Matsuno, Suguru Miyatake, Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu, Kota Umeda, Kouki Iwasaki, Dai Suzuki, Gota Ihashi, Yoshihiko, Seiya Morohashi, FUMA, Daichi Kazato, Hiroshi Fukuda, Mitomi Masayuki, SAGAT, Yusuke Kubo, Ladybeard, Daichi, Miyu Yamashita, Shoko Nakajima, Nonoko, Yuka Sakazaki, Rika Tatsumi, Erin, Akane Miura, Hyper Misao, MIZUHO, Ai Shimizu, KANNA, Yukihiro Abe and Ken Ohka.

Sanshiro Takagi and Shuji Ishikawa both declined to participate. DJ Nira was also invited but DDT received no response from him. Ryu Gouma also declined his entry but he has been appointed into the election’s management commitee instead.

There is also an election for the units, the winners of which will get to book their own event later this year. The units are:

1. Smile Squash: HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito
2. Shuten-dōji: KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi
3. Team Drift: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
4. Golden☆Storm Riders: Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake
5. Happy Motels: Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita, Tetsuya Endo & Hiroshi Fukuda
6. T2Hide: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
7. KAT-TOO: Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata


The Annual Beer Garden Hangover

August 12, 2015

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DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2015 ~FROM DDT WITH LOVE~”, 23/08/2015
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

0. King Of Dark Title: Gota Ihashi (c) Vs “Hollywood” Stalker Ichikawa
1. Mao Inoue & Mizuki Watase Debut Match: Yasu Urano, Akito & Ryota Nakatsu defeated Kota Umeda, Mao Inoue & Mizuki Watase
2. Time Difference Tag Battle Royal: Aja Kong & Makoto Oishi Vs LiLiCo & Suguru Miyatake Vs Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs MIKAMI & Shunma Katsumata Vs Gorgeous Matsuno & Great Kojika Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & Yoshihiko Vs Hoshitango & Mio Shirai
3. DDT Extreme Title – Uchikami! Presents: Antonio Honda (c) Vs Masa Takanashi
4. Tetsuya Endo Comeback Match: Konosuke Takeshita Vs Tetsuya Endo
5. Genichiro Tenryu Retirement Road Round 15: Genichiro Tenryu, Sanshiro Takagi & Saki Akai Vs Shuji Ishikawa, Kazusada Higuchi & Meiko Satomura
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao (c) Vs Danshoku Dino, Super Sasadango Machine & Ken Ohka
7. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (c) Vs Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki
8. Dramatic Dream Match: HARASHIMA Vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
9. KO-D Openweight Title – Good Com Asset Presents: KUDO (c) Vs Yukio Sakaguchi

A full preview will be up around the week of the show. Next Thursday sounds like a good target for me.

The winner of the main event also gets a ¥2,000,000 cash prize from the match sponsor.

Some details have emerged for the two rookies making their debut in the opener. Mao Inoue is from Osaki City in Miyagi and was born 28th January, 1997. He is 177cm high and weighs 80kg. He trained in Judo but also filmed his own pro wrestling matches while in junior high school and posted them to Youtube. The videos caught the attention of Sanshiro Takagi which eventually brought him here. Inoue’s immediate goal is to take advantage of his jumping ability. Mizuki Watase is from Yamanouchi, Nagano and was born on 6th February, 1991. His athletic history includes baseball, swimming and basketball. He is part of the comedy group Tenori Tiger. It has been his dream since a child to be a pro wrestler and his goal is to become a champion.

UNION “SEA WRESTLING”, 16/08/2015
Kanagawa Hayama Isshiki Kaigan Keio Camp Store

1. Falls Count Anywhere Match: Ryu Gouma & Cherry Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & Misaki Ohata
2. 4 Way Falls Count Anywhere Match: Shuji Ishikawa Vs Isami Kodaka Vs Daichi Kazato Vs Mitomi Masayuki

Union heads to the beach for their second annual “SEA WRESTLING” event. Misaki Ohata joins the fun.

TAVERN WRESTLING “ALCOHOL HEAVEN”, 28/08/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Tetsuya Endo & Ryuichi Sekine Vs Ryota Nakatsu & Kota Umeda
2. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Match: Yuka Sakazaki Vs MIZUHO
3. Hiroshi Fukuda & Seiya Morohashi Vs X & X
4. Choun-Shiryu & Cao Zhang Vs Somato & Yasuura No
5. Isami Kodaka Vs Tigers Mask

What, you thought last week was the end of DDT’s beer and wrestling combination? Tavern Wrestling is still open for business.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “KNOCKIN’ ON YOUR DOOR 2015”, 29/08/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Rikidozan Sansei Vs Blackjack Of Rubbish Heap: Chikara Vs Minoru Fujita
2. The Outer Drop ~Beyond The Time Of Love And Hate~: Yumehito Imanari Vs Mitomi Masayuki
3. Special Tag Match: Hayato Mashita & Yukihiro Abe Vs GENTARO & Shinichiro Tominaga
4. Finally Duel! Hold On And Go Beyond The Soul!: Osamu Namiguchi Vs Tigger Bedscene
5. Ganbare☆Wrestling Vs Enjo-gun General Warfare: Ken Ohka Vs Shibata

The uneasy alliance between Osamu Namiguchi and Tigger Bedscene will get tested when the two face each other. Will this just be a shot for Bedscene to earn Namiguchi’s respect or could the partnership turn ugly?

UNION “SUMMER FESTIVAL UNION 2015”, 30/08/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Mio Shirai Vs Jun Kasai
2. Shuji Ishikawa & Daichi Kazato Vs Go Shiozaki & Kotaro Suzuki
3. Union MAX Title: FUMA (c) Vs Isami Kodaka

Union gets a visit from All Japan for an inter-promotional tag team match. Shuji Ishikawa has made a few appearances in AJPW this year and even threw out a challenge to Akebono for a Triple Crown Title match. He could send a loud message if he and Daichi Kazato can beat the visiting team of Go Shiozaki & Kotaro Suzuki.

Look, it’s neat and all for somebody to go all out while they still can before retirement but will somebody tell Mio Shirai to stop getting into matches with psychopaths?

Masako Takanashi will also be on the show.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “YOU GROW UP”, 22/09/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Shoko Nakajima Vs Saki Akai

The Tokyo Princess Cup winner challenges the leader of Biishiki-gun to go one on one with her.

DDT “DNA 9”, 22/09/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Kazusada Higuchi Vs Katsuhiko Nakajima

Kazusada Higuchi won the Wrestling Koshien 2015 tournament during Beer Garden week. His prize is a match against Katsuhiko Nakajima.


TOKYO JOSHI PRO “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2015 ~TOKYO JOSHI PRO DAY~” Results

August 8, 2015

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TOKYO JOSHI PRO “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2015 ~TOKYO JOSHI PRO DAY~”, 08/08/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING
460 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Tokyo Princess Cup – Semi Final: Shoko Nakajima defeated KANNA with the Northern Lights Suplex (8:34).
2. Tokyo Princess Cup – Semi Final: Akane Miura defeated Miyu Yamashita with a Lariat (6:52).
3. Summer Vacation Is Special! Exciting Tokyo Joshi Festival 3 Way Match: MIZUHO and Rika Tatsumi defeated Yuka Sakazaki when MIZUHO and Tatsumi both pinned Sakazaki in a children’s pool (11:57).
4. Animation Specialty Channel AT-X Uchi Summer Festival Up A Notch 2015! Geki Atsu ☆ Challenge: Saki Akai & Ai Shimizu defeated Nonoko & Hyper Misao when Akai pinned Misao with the Rookie Award (13:41).
5. Tokyo Princess Cup – Final: Shoko Nakajima defeated Akane Miura with the Northern Lights Suplex (13:36).

Shoko Nakajima is the winner of this year’s Tokyo Princess Cup! Nakajima beat KANNA in the semi-final while Akane Miura beat Miyu Yamashita. In the final Miura refused to shake Nakajima’s hand before the match started. Nakajima kicked out of the Lariat Miura used to beat Yamashita. She then sent Miura into the ropes with a Hurricanrana and followed up with the Rider Kick 619. It was all over when Nakajima did the Northern Lights Suplex. Her prize for winning the tournament is booking rights for the next show on 29th August. Nakajima also challenged Saki Akai to a match in Shinjuku FACE on 22nd September. Akai came out and asked if Nakajima was Cinderella because she looks pretty dirty. Akai accepted the challenge and pointed out there is plenty of time between now and then. Akai bragged that she becomes more beautiful after every day so Nakajima better be ready for her.

Ai Shimizu is currently the poster girl for AT-X’s “Our Summer Festival 2015!” campaign. She was presented with a bouquet of flowers from last year’s poster girl Yukari Fukui before her match.

The 3 Way Match left everyone soaking wet. A small children’s pool was placed in the ring along with super soakers and water balloons for the girls to use. There was also a blindfold, baseball bat and watermelon for the girls to play split the watermelon. Yuka Sakazaki put both MIZUHO and Rika Tatsumi into the pool and attempted a Swan Dive Splash. Both girls moved out of the way and Sakazaki landed into the pool. She was then pinned by both of her opponents at the same time.


The Glass Is Half Full, Partial Beer Garden Cards

July 28, 2015

The DDT summer tradition is here! Beer Garden Week is a week long series of shows held every year in Shin-kiba 1st Ring. Each show is produced and booked by a different wrestler or stable in DDT. This leads to a variety of crazy matches and ideas. There is also plenty of beer and food served to the fans during the show. So let’s have a look at what’s on offer this year.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2015 ~DDT DAY~”, 01/08/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake
2. Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Shunma Katsumata
3. KUDO Vs Kota Umeda
4. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Soma Takao
5. New Ghost Story Numabukuro Death Match: HARASHIMA & Akito Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Danshoku Dino & Saki Akai
6. DDT Extreme Title Next Challenger Final: Yasu Urano Vs Makoto Oishi vs Masa Takanashi Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Hiroshi Fukuda

One of the highlights of Beer Garden every year is Hisaya Imabayashi visiting the area to tell ghost stories to the wrestlers. Last year had a few duds due to tiredness so here’s hoping this year will bring plenty of scares.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2015 ~DNA DAY~”, 02/08/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Wrestling Koshien 2015 – Round 1: Kazusada Higuchi Vs Shunma Katsumata
2. Wrestling Koshien 2015 – Round 1: X Vs X
3. Wrestling Koshien 2015 – Semi Final: X Vs X
4. Wrestling Koshien 2015 – Semi Final: X Vs X
5. Wrestling Koshien 2015 – Final: X Vs X

A 6-man mini tournament is being held and the winner will be added to the evening DDT show. The entrants are Kazusada Higuchi, Shunma Katsumata, Suguru Miyatake, Ryota Nakatsu, Kota Umeda, Kouki Iwasaki and Dai Suzuki. Two of the wrestlers will receive byes to the semi finals.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2015 ~DDT DAY~”, 02/08/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Wrestling Koshien 2015 Winner Vs X

Drink every time X = Shiori Asahi.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2015 ~TEAM DRIFT DAY~”, 03/08/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Shigehiro Irie Produce Match: X Vs Gota Ihashi
2. Hardcore 4 Way Match: Shigehiro Irie Vs Daisuke Sasaki Vs Yuko Miyamoto Vs Gabaiji-chan

According to the DDT website this show will involve a Round Girl named Chelsea. I assume this is the Stardom wrestler. I also assume she will be involved with whatever gives Gota Ihashi a concussion that day.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2015 ~T2HIDE DAY – WORLD LUCHA EXPO JAPAN~”, 04/08/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Exercise & Stretch DVD Launch – All Out Stretch War: Kazuki Hirata (Yoyogi-Uehara) Vs Seiya Morohashi (Kasiwa)
2. World Triangle Match: Louis Takanashi XIV (France) Vs Hoshitango (Argentina) Vs Hiroshi Fukuda (America)
3. World Dream Match – Full Blown Italian Showdown Final Conclusion: Antonio Honda & Sasaki And Gabbana (Italy) Vs Choun-Shiryu & Cao Zhang (China)
4. Lucha Extremadura Jasu: Sanshiro Takagi (Osaka), Toru Owashi (Nagano) & Kazuki Hirata (Yoyogi-Uehara) Vs X, X & X

T2Hide is bringing a lot of international flavour to this year’s Beer Garden. We got some old “gaijin” returning like Louis Takanashi XIV from France (with his Death Cake no doubt) and Italy’s own Sasaki And Gabbana.

Kazuki Hirata has his own fitness DVD now available on DDT’s online store. But this has created a conflict with another fitness enthusiast, Seiya Morohashi. The go to battle on the day the DVD is launched.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2015 ~SMILE SQUASH DAY~”, 05/08/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Grand Sumo Summer Tournament: X Vs X
2. Danshoku Dino (w/ Makoto Oishi) Vs Kota Umeda (w/ Kazusada Higuchi)
3. HARASHIMA & Akito Vs Yasu Urano & X

Will Tomomitsu Matsunaga be back to defend his DDT Sumo King crown?

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2015 ~HAPPY MOTELS DAY~”, 06/08/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Konosuke Takeshita Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
2. Antonio Honda Vs Transparent Mel Gibson

Match #2 sounds like the greatest thing ever.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2015 ~SHUTEN-DOJI DAY~”, 07/08/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Masako Takanashi & Riho Vs Emi Sakura & “Birds”
2. KUDO & Isami Kodaka Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Hikaru Sato

Yukio Sakaguchi & Hikaru Sato team together in DDT for the first time in over a year and a half.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2015 ~TOKYO JOSHI PRO DAY~”, 08/08/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Tokyo Princess Cup – Semi Final: Miyu Yamashita Vs Akane Miura
2. Tokyo Princess Cup – Semi Final: KANNA Vs Shoko Nakajima
3. Tokyo Princess Cup – Final: X Vs X

The 2nd Tokyo Princess is about to be crowned.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2015 ~DANSHOKU DINO & SUPER SASADANGO MACHINE DAY~”, 08/08/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. The World’s Most Powerful Cultural Heaven Olympics – Round 1: Sambo Oishi Vs Gota Ihashi
2. The World’s Most Powerful Cultural Heaven Olympics – Round 1: Masa Takanashi Vs Yuko Miyamoto
3. The Lamentations Of The 40 Year Old Wrestler – Enter Sandman Falls Count Anywhere Match: Super Sasadango Machine Vs KUDO Vs Seiya Morohashi Vs Antonio Honda
4. Turn Based Wrestling ~Endless Gig~: Danshoku Dino Vs Ken Ohka

Songs by Tomoyasu Hotei and B’z will alternate during the main event. Danshoku Dino can only win during Hoeti songs while Ken Ohka can only win during B’z songs.

Some weird “Mixed Martial Arts” competition takes place here, except each competitor represents a cultural art. Masa Takanashi represents Shogi writing, Yuko Miyamoto competes as a former student council president, Sambo Oishi fights for newspapers and Gota Ihashi has the backing of society’s pottery section.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2015 ~DDT DAY~”, 09/08/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Beer Garden Specialty! 6-Man Lottery Tag Match: KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi, HARASHIMA, Shigehiro Irie, Konosuke Takeshita, Kazusada Higuchi

As always a fan drawn 6-Man Tag draws the series to a close. The two teams will be determined by a lottery with each pick chosen by a random member of the audience. This is also the final show before “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2015”.


TOKYO JOSHI PRO “ERIN AID” Results

July 23, 2015

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TOKYO JOSHI PRO “ERIN AID”, 23/07/2015
Saitama Wrestle Fighter Museum
65 Fans

1. Nonoko defeated Rika Tatsumi with the Pie Fly Flow (6:45).
2. Miyu Yamashita defeated Hyper Misao with the Attitude Adjustment (8:48).
3. Saki Akai, Ai Shimizu & KANNA defeated Shoko Nakajima, Yuka Sakazaki & Akane Miura when Akai pinned Sakazaki with the Rookie Award (9:44).

Saki Akai insulted Erin after the main event, saying Erin’s rest has done nothing to make her more beautiful. She also had a gift for Erin. She ordered Ai Shimizu to hand over a bag containing cheese, milk and anchovies. Akai told Erin to eat more and gain strength so she can get to her level.

MIZUHO was pulled from the show due to suffering from a high fever. Her planned 3 Way match became just a singles between Nonoko and Rika Tatsumi.


Shuten-dōji Rift, Tokyo Princess Cup Final, Peter Pan Update

July 21, 2015

DDT “SHUTEN-DOJI BOX OFFICE ~WHAT ARE CHERRY BLOOSOMS WITHOUT ALOCOHOL~”, 22/07/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Sanshiro Takagi, Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Yasu Urano, Akito, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kazuki Hirata
2. 3 Way Tag Match: Toru Owashi & Kazusada Higuchi Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Antonio Honda & Hiroshi Fukuda
3. You And I Are Prepared For The Beautifully Scattered Cherry Blossoms: Daichi Kakimoto Vs Masahiro Takanashi
4. Sakura Feast Soon, Greedy Old Hag In Longevity, Gorgeous’ Friendly Premature Death, Gorgeous Brahman No Return: Masa Takanashi, Emi Sakura & Kazuhiko Ogasawara Vs Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei & Gorgeous Matsuno
5. Soon Men And Women Will Quietly Sleep Drunk 5 Way Match: HARASHIMA Vs Daisuke Sasaki Vs Soma Takao Vs Konosuke Takeshita Vs Saki Akai
6. He Can’t Stand Anymore, That’s Enough, Oh God Save Him – Punch Drunk Glove Match: Hoshitango & Kosei Kubota Vs Tanomusaku Toba & Kota Umeda
7. KUDO & Kengo Mashimo Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Isami Kodaka

Due to the recent falling out between KUDO and Yukio Sakaguchi, the teams in the main event have been changed around. The two are no longer teaming together. KUDO is now partnered with Kengo Mashimo and Sakaguchi is with Isami Kodaka.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “ERIN AID”, 23/07/2015
Saitama Wrestle Fighter Museum

1. Miyu Yamashita Vs Hyper Misao
2. 3 Way Match: Nonoko Vs Rika Tatsumi Vs MIZUHO
3. Saki Akai, Ai Shimizu & KANNA Vs Shoko Nakajima, Yuka Sakazaki & Akane Miura

Money raised from the show will be given to Erin to help her recovery from injury. Erin will be the special ring announcer for the show.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN MAEBASHI ~DRAMATIC DREAM TONTON~”, 26/07/2015
Gunma Maebashi Green Dome Sub-Arena

1. Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Kazusada Higuchi
2. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito
3. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
4. Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata Vs Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao
5. Daisuke Sasaki Vs Yuji Okabayashi
6. KUDO & Masa Takanashi Vs Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita

This is the last non-Beer Garden show from DDT before “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2015”.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2015 ~TOKYO JOSHI PRO DAY~”, 08/08/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Tokyo Princess Cup – Semi Final: Miyu Yamashita Vs Akane Miura
2. Tokyo Princess Cup – Semi Final: KANNA Vs Shoko Nakajima
3. Tokyo Princess Cup – Final:

Miyu Yamashita and Shoko Nakajima are the only returning semi-finalists from last year’s tournament.

DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2015”, 23/08/2015
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

0. King Of Dark Title: Gota Ihashi (c) Vs “Hollywood” Stalker Ichikawa
1. DDT Extreme Title – Uchikami! Presents: Antonio Honda (c) Vs X
2. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao (c) Vs X, X & X
3. Tetsuya Endo Comeback Match: Tetsuya Endo Vs Konosuke Takeshita
4. Genichiro Tenryu Retirement Road Round 15: Genichiro Tenryu, Sanshiro Takagi & Saki Akai Vs Shuji Ishikawa, Kazusada Higuchi & Meiko Satomura
5. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (c) Vs Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki
6. Dramatic Dream Match: HARASHIMA Vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
7. KO-D Openweight Title – Good Com Asset Presents: KUDO (c) Vs Yukio Sakaguchi

There are still a few more matches to be announced.

UNION “SUMMER FESTIVAL UNION 2015”, 30/08/2015
Shinjuku FACE

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

Champion Vs Champion seems to be all the rage lately. Kodaka is challenging FUMA to a Union Max Title match for a second time. FUMA beat Kodaka in his first defence back in March but did so with the help of his King Legion. No word yet on if Kodaka’s Independent World Jr. Heavyweight Title will also be on the line.


TOKYO JOSHI PRO “YOKOHAMA DASH” Results

July 18, 2015

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TOKYO JOSHI PRO “YOKOHAMA DASH”, 18/07/2015
Yokohama Radiant Hall
202 Fans – No Vacancy

1. 1 Vs 2 Handicap Match: Miyu Yamashita defeated Hyper Misao & MIZUHO when Yamashita pinned Misao with the Crash Rabbit Heat (9:10).
2. Saki Akai & KANNA defeated Yuka Sakazaki & Rika Tatsumi when KANNA pinned Tatsumi with the Spear Of Versailles (11:28).
3. Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 1: Akane Miura defeated Ai Shimizu with a LAriat (7:24).
4. Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 1: Shoko Nakajima defeated Nonoko with the Northern Lights Suplex (8:43).

The Tokyo Princess Cup continued with the remaining first round matches. Akane Miura defeated Ai Shimizu, eliminating one of the two Biishiki-gun wrestlers from the tournament. Shoko Nakajima scored a big upset by eliminating last year’s winner Nonoko in the main event. The semi-final draw took place at the end of the show. The matches taking place on 8th August are Miyu Yamashita Vs Akane Miura and KANNA Vs Shoko Nakajima.

Rika Tatsumi (formerly Ririko Kendo) returned from injury and had her first match in over 14 months. However her teamwork with Yuka Sakazaki did not work out as planned. She gave Sakazaki a Facebuster from the top rope with the intention of slamming her into KANNA but KANNA rolled out of the way. Saki Akai took out Sakazaki at ringside with a Running PK from the apron while KANNA picked up the win with the Spear Of Versailles on Tatsumi. In the post-match interview Tatsumi said the match was fun and she was happy her return ended safely. She admitted her fear of getting injured again may have effected her performance.

Five months into their wrestling careers, Hyper Misao & MIZUHO teamed up again for the first time since their débuts. The newly named Hero & Sexy team wanted to defeat Miyu Yamashita in a handicap match. Doing so would make them the double aces of Tokyo Joshi according to Misao. At one point they put Yamashita in a lewd position with Misao applying a Wheelbarrow Stretch and forcing Yamashita into a Stinkface from MIZUHO. However a backfired Lariat allowed Yamashita to turn the tables and pin Misao.


Karate Vs Muscle Vs Judo, Early Morning Pro Wrestling, Kanpai New Beijing

July 17, 2015

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “YOKOHAMA DASH”, 18/07/2015
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. 1 Vs 2 Handicap Match: Miyu Yamashita Vs Hyper Misao & MIZUHO
2. Saki Akai & KANNA Vs Yuka Sakazaki & Rika Tatsumi
3. Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 1: Ai Shimizu Vs Akane Miura
4. Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 1: Shoko Nakajima Vs Nonoko

KANNA and Miyu Yamashita have already advanced to the semi finals.

UNION “TOWARD THE SUMMER UNION 2015”, 18/07/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. 3 Way Tag Match: Kazuhiko Ogasawara & Ryu Gouma Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & Ayumu Honda Vs Seiya Morohashi & Macho Michaels
2. Mitomi Masayuki & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Kazuki Hashimoto & Kazumi Kikuta
3. Mixed Tag Match: Mio Shirai & HAYATA Vs Cherry & Kaji Tomato
4. Scramble Bunkhouse Death Match: FUMA, MEN’S Teioh & SAGAT Vs Shuji Ishikawa, Yusuke Kubo & Daichi Kazato
5. Independent World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Madoka

Ayumu Honda is from K-DOJO. Macho Michaels is from the indie sleaze scene and forms the Bodybuilding Army with Seiya Morohashi. They sent a message to Kazuhiko Ogasawara proclaiming that muscles are more exciting than karate. Honda & Hiroshi Fukuda also sent a message warning Ogasawara of their Judo abilities. This lead to Ogasawara challenging both teams to a 3 Way Tag Match which might be too much for his new protégé Ryu Gouma to handle.

DDT “DRAMA NOVEL FIGHT IN THE MORNING”, 19/07/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Rumble Match: Makoto Oishi Vs Keisuke Ishii Vs Soma Takao Vs Toru Owashi Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Kazusada Higuchi Vs Shunma Katsumata Vs Yoshihiko Vs Sanshiro Takagi
2. Danshoku Dino Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
3. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Match: Ai Shimizu & KANNA Vs Miyu Yamashita & Yuka Sakazaki
4. Super Sasadango Machine & Suguru Miyatake Vs Konosuke Takeshita & Kota Umeda
5. KUDO & Masa Takanshi Vs HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano

This weekend Niconico will be hosting a live stream for 23 and a half hours. DDT will be involved from 5am JST on Sunday morning (8pm GMT/4pm EST/1pm PST on Saturday) for a special early morning pro wrestling show inside Korakuen Hall. The link to watch the show live is http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv225962212

TAVERN WRESTLING “ALCOHOL HEAVEN”, 28/08/2015
Shin-kiba 1st RING

1. Choun-Shiryu & Cao Zhang Vs Somato & Yasuura No
2. Isami Kodaka Vs Atsushi Maruyama

New Beijing continues to find a Japanese home in Tavern Wrestling. Somato & Yasuura No return to Japan for the first time in years. No last wrestled in the country two years ago while Somato’s previous visit was in 2011.