BIG “G” BANG Collide At The Beer Garden

July 24, 2012

UNION “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ UNION DAY”, 29/07/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Taichi Kazato Vs Goro Jr.
2. Rock ‘N’ Roll Death Match: A. YAZAWA Vs X
3. Isami Kodaka & Big Rude Vs Ken Ohka & Kengo Ohka
4. DDT Extreme Title – Last Man Standing Match: Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie

Shuji Ishikawa didn’t have to look far for his first DDT Extreme Title challenger. His BIG “G” BANG tag team partner Shigehiro Irie faces him in a Last Man Standing match for the belt to main event Union’s Beer Garden show.


BJW/UNION “WAR WAS INSUFFICIENT AGAINST US” Results

July 18, 2012

BJW/UNION “WAR WAS INSUFFICIENT AGAINST US”, 18/07/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
282 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Who Is Noticeable? Who Is Barking? Who Will Win? I Was Right!: Isami Kodaka, Hiro Tsumaki & Taichi Kazato defeated Shinya Ishikawa, Kazuki Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani when Tsumaki submitted Kamitani with a Texas Cloverleaf (11:25).
2. The Talent Of The Old Brilliant Young Man: Great Kojika & Cherry defeated Masashi Otani & Hiroshi Fukuda when Kojika submitted Fukuda with a Dragon Sleeper (11:13) (Special Guest Ref: Sanshiro Takagi).
3. Bottom Line Is To Whether Or Not To Give Up Life: Jaki Numazawa & Big Rude defeated Yuji Okabayashi & Hoshitango when Rude pinned Hoshitango with a Back Drop (11:09).
4. Lead The Rogue Dragon? – Hardcore Match: Ryuji Ito defeated Ken Ohka with the Dragon Splash (10:18).
5. Takagi To Isami Yes Or No: Daisuke Sekimoto & Kengo Ohka defeated Abdullah Kobayashi & Isami Kodaka when Sekimoto pinned Kodaka with the German Suplex (11:35) (Special Guest Ref: Sanshiro Takagi).
6. Intersection Of The Dump Truck With A Broken Brake: Yoshihito Sasaki defeated Shigehiro Irie with the Lariat (8:38).
7. DDT Extreme Title – Fluorescent Lighttube, Rose & Ecosystem Death Match: Shuji Ishikawa defeated Yuko Miyamoto (c) with the Splash Mountain onto the sea urchins (15:08).
*Yuko Miyamoto fails in V2. Shuji Ishikawa becomes the 19th DDT Extreme Champion!

The partnership between Union and Big Japan continued today in Shin-Kiba 1st RING with another joint show from the two promotions. The show was highlighted with the main event between Shuji Ishikawa and Yuko Miyamoto in a Fluorescent Lighttube, Rose & Ecosystem Death Match for the DDT Extreme Title. Details of the death match were given at the beginning of the show where Naomi Susan said that it was up to Ken Ohka to decide what the Ecosystem part of the match meant. Ohka produced a sea urchin and replied “This is it.” Miyamoto was disappointed and said that was not a good choice. Susan defended Ohka’s choice and said that they have the finest items available to create the best match.

The match itself had the set up of lighttubes attached to the ropes, a rose covered board resting against one neutral corner and a box of sea urchins placed over at the other corner. Ishikawa became the new DDT Extreme Champion in a match that saw the canvas covered in the remains of squashed sea urchins. Afterwards, Ishikawa announced that he was going to reveal his partner for the Special Tag Team match against HARASHIMA at Budokan Hall. Ishikawa asked Ryuji Ito to team with him at the event. Ito agreed.

Yoshihito Sasaki Vs Shigehiro Irie was as hard-hitting as everyone expected. After a stiff headbutt exchance, Sasaki dropped Irie with the Lariat to win.

Isami Kodaka & Hiro Tsumaki were announced to take part in the Tag Team Gauntlet match at the DDT 15th Anniversary show. Meanwhile Kengo Ohka and Daisuke Sekimoto had some words for each other after they beat Kodaka & Tsumaki. Sekimoto said he will not team with Kengo again. Kengo said “Next time I’ll see you in KAIENTAI-DOJO.”

Ken Ohka has slowly but surely been adapting to death match wrestling. His latest flirtation with the more violent side of puroresu was a Hardcore match against Ryuji Ito. Ohka lost after a Superplex followed by a chair assisted Dragon Splash. After the match, Ohka complained about Ito using the chair. He also noticed that they both share the same birthday, 8th April.

A rivalry formed by conflicting sponsorships has eventually turned into an alliance. Big Rude & Jaki Numazawa put their differences aside to defeat the powerful combination of Yuji Okabayashi & Hoshitango. The ending came when Okabayashi accidentaly struck his partner with a Lariat, allowing Big Rude to give Hoshitango a Back Drop for the win. Afterwards, Numazawa told Okabayashi & Hoshitango if they grow out their hair long they will then start to win matches.

Even with the help of special guest referee Sanshiro Takagi, the young team of Hiroshi Fukuda & Masashi Otani fell to the Great Kojika and Cherry. Takagi was clearly playing favourites and aided Fukuda & Otani any way he could. He ignored rope breaks, performed fast counts, refused to acknowledge tags and called Cherry a hag. However, when Kojika applied a Dragon Sleeper to Fukuda it was all over. Takagi lifted Fukuda’s arm three times to check if he was concious and the arm fell down each time. Takagi had no choice but to end the match and give the victory to Cherry and the Great Kojika.


Miyamoto And Ishikawa Battle For The Ecosystem

July 17, 2012

BJW/UNION “WAR WAS INSUFFICIENT AGAINST US”, 18/07/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Who Is Noticeable? Who Is Barking? Who Will Win? I Was Right!: Shinya Ishikawa, Kazuki Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani Vs Isami Kodaka, Hiro Tsumaki & Taichi Kazato
2. The Talent Of The Old Brilliant Young Man: Great Kojika & Cherry Vs Masashi Otani & Hiroshi Fukuda
3. Bottom Line Is To Whether Or Not To Give Up Life: Jaki Numazawa & Big Rude Vs Yuji Okabayashi & Hoshitango
4. Lead The Rogue Dragon? – Hardcore Match: Ryuji Ito Vs Ken Ohka
5. Takagi To Isami Yes Or No: Abdullah Kobayashi & Isami Kodaka Vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Kengo Ohka (Special Guest Ref: Sanshiro Takagi)
6. Intersection Of The Dump Truck With A Broken Brake: Yoshihito Sasaki Vs Shigehiro Irie
7. DDT Extreme Title – Fluorescent Lighttube, Rose & Ecosystem Death Match: Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa

Full details of what the Fluorescent Lighttube, Rose & Ecosystem Death Match is will be revealed on the day of the show. The first two obviously speak for themselves but the Ecosystem part sounds new, unless that is the name used for the previously hinted snakes and scorpions.

Sanshiro Takagi will act as the referee for one of the matches on the card.


BJW/Union, First Budokan Matches Revealed

July 9, 2012

BJW/UNION, 18/07/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. The Talent Of The Old Brilliant Young Man: Great Kojika & Cherry Vs Masashi Otani & Hiroshi Fukuda
2. Bottom Line Is To Whether Or Not To Give Up Life: Jaki Numazawa & Big Rude Vs Yuji Okabayashi & Hoshitango
3. Takagi To Isami Yes Or No: Abdullah Kobayashi & Isami Kodaka Vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Kengo Ohka (Special Guest Ref: Sanshiro Takagi)
4. Intersection Of The Dump Truck With A Broken Brake: Yoshihito Sasaki Vs Shigehiro Irie
5. Lead The Rogue Dragon? – Hardcore Match: Ryuji Ito Vs Ken Ohka
6. Who Is Noticeable? Who Is Barking? Who Will Win? I Was Right!: Shinya Ishikawa, Kazuki Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani Vs Isami Kodaka, Hiro Tsumaki & Taichi Kazato
7. DDT Extreme Title: Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa

A lot of bizarre names are being used as match titles. I’m sure that I mistranslated a bunch of them but the Engrish is quite fitting I think.

The gimmick match for the main event hasn’t been confirmed yet. However, there are rumours it will be a death match involving vipers, scorpions, lighttubes and roses.

DDT “ROAD TO BUDOKAN 2012”, 22/07/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. MIKAMI Return Match: MIKAMI Vs Tatsumi Fujinami
2. Sanshiro Takagi, Takao Soma & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Hikaru Sato, Michael Nakazawa & Tanomusaku Toba
3. KO-D Tag Team Title: KUDO & Makoto Oishi (c) Vs Shigehiro Irie & Keisuke Ishii
4. Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega Vs Danshoku Dino & YOSHIHIKO

YOSHIHIKO has been waken from his slumber and will be dusted off in preparation for a major main event rematch in Korakuen Hall. Over three years since their last epic battle, Hell’s Grave Digger Doll teams up with Danshoku Dino to collide with the Golden Lovers once more.

DDT “BUDOKAN PETER PAN 2012 ~ DDT 15TH ANNIVERSARY”, 18/08/2012
Tokyo Nippon Budokan

0. Special Dark Match: Muscle Sakai Vs X
1. Konosuke Takeshita Debut Match: Konosuke Takeshita Vs El Generico
2. Special Singles Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Minoru Suzuki
3. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Choun-Shiryu (c) Vs X
4. 5 Vs 5 Soccer Match: X, X, X, X & X Vs X, X, X, X & X
5. KO-D Openweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) Vs Kenny Omega

The 5 Vs 5 Soccer match is taking place because of the Captain Tsubasa involvement Sanshiro Takagi set up earlier this month. DDT held a game of football back in April 2009 between the Italian Four Horsemen and Louis Takanashi XIV’s French side. The game was played in the ring with a beach ball and ended in a 5-5 draw after extra time.

Konosuke Takeshita is the newest addition to the DDT roster. He will be making his debut against the world renowned El Generico.

Tatsumi Fujinami and Yuzuki Aikawa are also expected to compete at the show.


Beer Garden 2012 – DDT’s Party For The Summer

July 2, 2012

One of the highlights on the DDT calendar is Beer Garden Week. It is a week long series of shows held in Shin-Kiba 1st RING where everyday a different wrestler or group books the show whatever way they want to do. This leads to creative matches and stipulations set up that would never take place in a more normal setting. Highlights from past Beer Garden shows include Kota Ibushi Vs Kenny Omega in a Falls Count Anywhere Best 2 out of 3 Falls match, a Cosplay Royal Rumble, the DDT debut of Mr. #6, a Rock-Paper-Scissors Death Match, a main event tag team match that consisted almost entirely of Lariats and Tsurumi Amon telling a ghost story featuring WCW wrestlers.

Along with the wrestling, the roster also set up stalls to cook and sell food to the fans all day. And of course there is plenty of beer to go around too. With the list of wrestlers below producing shows this year, who knows what ideas they have up their sleeves?

UNION “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ UNION DAY”, 29/07/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ DDT NIGHT”, 29/07/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ NWJ PRODUCE DAY”, 30/07/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ KENNY OMEGA PRODUCE DAY”, 31/07/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ ANTONIO HONDA PRODUCE DAY”, 01/08/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ HOMOIRO CLOVER Z PRODUCE DAY”, 02/08/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ HARASHIMA PRODUCE DAY”, 03/08/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2012 ~ DDT DAY”, 04/08/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING


New BJW x Union Matches, Omega Sound Test

June 28, 2012

BJW/UNION, 18/07/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Jaki Numazawa & X Vs Big Rude & X
2. Great Kojika & X Vs Cherry & X
3. Special Singles Match: Yoshihito Sasaki Vs Shigehiro Irie
4. Shinya Ishikawa, Kazuki Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani Vs Isami Kodaka, Hiro Tsumaki & Taichi Kazato
5. Loser Raises Glass To The Winner – Hardcore Match: Ryuji Ito Vs Ken Ohka
6. DDT Extreme Title: Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa

Always eager to make a show of himself, Ken Ohka confronted Naomi Susan and Eiji Tosaka during the announcement of the new matches to send a message to Ryuji Ito. Ohka took out a pair of scissors and placed them up to the fringe of his hair. He said he was doing this as a display of determination. Ohka told Tosaka he will bet anything in his Hardcore match with Ito. Susan stepped in and proposed that the loser of the match will have to raise a glass of champagne to the winner.

Are you ready to be taken for a ride? Kenny Omega will soon be getting brand new entrance music to replace his popular remix of the “Dr. Wily” theme from Mega Man 2. But fans of his current theme have nothing to worry about as his new song comes straight from Capcom themselves. The song will be produced by ROCK-MEN, a collaborative effort made up of different members from Capcom’s sound team. Last year they released a full album of songs based on tracks several different Mega Man games called “We Are ROCK-MEN!”. The currently untitled song will be used for the first time at the 30/6 DDT show in Shin-Kiba 1st RING.


Ryuji Yamakawa Journeys Over To DDT, Union & Big Japan Collide

June 22, 2012

DDT “KING OF DDT TOKYO”, 30/06/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Tsukasa Fujimoto (c) Vs DJ Nira Vs Hoshitango Vs Keita Yano Vs Tetsuya Endo Vs Hirshi Fukuda
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Ryuji Yamakawa Vs Kota Ibushi & Gota Ihashi

Ryuji Yamakawa, one of the cornerstones of Big Japan Wrestling will soon be hanging up his boots when he retires in July. To commemorate the occasion, Sanshiro Takagi has invited him over to DDT so they could team together for the first and only time in their careers. The two have previously only had one match together and that was back in 1995. That was during Takagi’s first year in the business. Yamkawa was also fresh in the business at that time.

The 1st and 2nd Rounds of the KING OF DDT tournament will also be taking place at this show.

DDT “KING OF DDT OSAKA”, 08/07/2012
Osaka Yodogawa Ward Center

1. King Of DDT 2012 – Semi Final:
2. King Of DDT 2012 – Semi Final:
3. King Of DDT 2012 – Final:

Also competing on the show will be the rest of the tournament competitors along with Shoichi Uchida, Hideki Shiota and Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan.

BJW/UNION, 18/07/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Special Singles Match: Yoshihito Sasaki Vs Shigehiro Irie
2. Hardcore Match: Ryuji Ito Vs Ken Ohka
3. DDT Extreme Title: Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa

There will be plenty of wrestlers from both Union and Big Japan appearing on the show.

Union: Isami Kodaka, Big Rude, Cherry, Hiroshi Fukuda, Hiro Tsumaki, Taichi Kazato, Kengo Ohka and Sanshiro Takagi.

Big Japan: Abdullah Kobayashi, Daisuke Sekimoto, Jaki Numazawa, Shinya Ishikawa, Yuji Okabayashi, Kazuki Hashimoto, Masashi Otani and Hideyoshi Kamitani.


Full “WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2012” Card, Miyamoto Vs Ishikawa

June 18, 2012

DDT “WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2012”, 24/06/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Yasu Urano, Antonio Honda & Keita Yano Vs Hikaru Sato, Keisuke Ishii & Tetsuya Endo
2. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Tsukasa Fujimoto (c) Vs Danshoku Dino Vs DJ Nira Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Hoshitango Vs Akito Vs Gota Ihashi Vs Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Choun-Shiryu Vs Tanomusaku Toba
3. GM Army Vs Dissidents: Michael Nakazawa, Kenny Omega, Batten Tamagawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Takao Soma, Hero Amon & X (w/ Katsuji Nagashima)
4. Special Single Match: HARASHIMA Vs Shigehiro Irie
5. KO-D Tag Team Title: KUDO & Makoto Oishi (c) Vs Masa Takanashi & Daisuke Sasaki
6. KO-D Openweight Title: Yuji Hino (c) Vs Kota Ibushi

A change to the card sees KUDO & Makoto Oishi already getting their first challengers for the KO-D Tag Team Championship. Masa Takanashi & Daisuke Sasaki get their title shot thanks to Sasaki pinning Oishi a day before the title change.

A lottery to determine the brackets for the KING OF DDT tournament will take place after the show.

UNION “TANABATA, WISHES CAN COME TRUE EVEN AFTER 11 DAYS!”, 18/07/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. DDT Extreme Title: Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa


UNION “NIMOMAKEZU RAIN” Results

June 17, 2012

UNION “NIMOMAKEZU RAIN”, 17/06/2012
Kitizawa Town Hall
343 Fans – Super No Vacancy

0. Dark Match: Shota defeated 14K with a Frog Splash (5:57).
1. Big Rude defeated Taichi Kazato with a Back Drop (7:25).
2. Choun-Shiryu & Cao Zhang (w/ Princess Makoto) defeated Ken Ohka & Mio Shirai when Shiryu pinned Ohka (8:03).
3. Sanshiro Takagi & Keizo Matsuda Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & Rion Mizuki (w/ Rumi Kazama) when Matsuda submitted Fukuda with a Bear Hug (9:43).
4. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Match: Kagetsu defeated NOZOMI with a Boston Crab (5:57).
5. Triple Threat Tag Team Match: Isami Kodaka & Hiro Tsumaki defeated El Hijo del Goro & Goro Jr. and Johnny Goodtime & Johnny Yuma when Tsumaki pinned El Hijo del Goro with a German Suplex (10:46).
6. Yuko Miyamoto defeated Cherry with the Fire Thunder (10:24).
7. BJW Tag Team Title: Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie (c) defeated Abdullah Kobayashi & Ryuji Ito when Ishikawa pinned Ito with the Cross-Arm Splash Mountain (19:03).
*V1 for BIG “G” BANG.

BIG “G” BANG defeated two of the mainstays of Big Japan to achieve V1 for the BJW Tag Team Championship. Even without the death match setting, Abdullah Kobayashi & Ryuji Ito were a dangerous duo to be reckoned with. Yukinori Matsui was taken out of action during the match, allowing the Big Japan team to bring is chairs and use them without any consequences. However, the champions retained when Shuji Ishikawa rolled away from Kobayashi’s Bakachinga Elbow. Ishikawa gave him the Splash Mountain but Kobayashi kicked out at two. Ishikawa then gave him the Cross-Arm Splash Mountain and that was enough to win the match.

After the match, Ishikawa told the fans that he wants to bring the DDT Extreme Title back to Union. Yuko Miyamoto, fresh off of his victory over Cherry earlier in the show, accepted the challenge and set the match for Shin-Kiba 1st RING on 18th July.

Tokyo Joshi Pro held an offer match with NOZOMI making her re-debut for her first bout in around 2 or 3 years. She was pitted against former JWP Junior Champion Kagetsu and had a chance to shake off her ring rust and learn the basics once again. NOZOMI lost to the classic rookie killer move, the Boston Crab. Afterwards she gave a bow to all four sides of the arena.

Before Match #2 began, Mio Shirai and Princess Makoto got into another argument over who is more sexy. They asked the other wrestlers plus Yukinori Matsui to judge who had the better looking chest. Makoto won the vote. In the match itself, Makoto used her charms to distract Ken Ohka and allow Shiryu to roll him over for the pin.


Takanashi Triumph, Fujimoto Added, Cherry’s Goal

June 14, 2012

DDT “MASA TAKANASHI TRIUMPH ANNIVERSARY RETURN”, 15/06/2012
Edogawa Eastern Friend Hall

1. Emi Sakura Vs DJ Nira
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma Vs Hoshitango & Tetsuya Endo
3. HARASHIMA & Daisuke Sasaki Vs KUDO & Makoto Oishi
4. Kenny Omega, Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa Vs Shuji Ishikawa, Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie
5. Kota Ibushi & Danshoku Dino Vs Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda
6. Masa Takanashi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga

This is Masa Takanashi’s night. There will even be a special limited edition portrait of Masa available for fans to purchase on the night. Don’t worry, it didn’t come from Mexico.

DDT “ANGRY PE GOOD PE IN IBARAKI”, 16/06/2012
Ushiku Athletic Park Gymnasium

1. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Mitsuhiro Yoshida
2. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Tsukasa Fujimoto (c) DJ Nira Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
3. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Hikaru Sato & Tetsuya Endo
4. Why Does Michael Nakazawa Mess With Insanely Funny Game? – Verification Match: Danshoku Dino & Akito Vs Antonio Honda & Michael Nakazawa
5. HARASHIMA Vs Takao Soma
6. KO-D Tag Team Title: Yasu Urano & Yuji Hino (c) Vs KUDO & Makoto Oishi

Tsukasa Fujimoto has been added to the show at the last minute to defend her Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title in a Battle Royal against DJ Nira, Tomomitsu Matsunaga and Masa Takanashi. However, if Fujimoto happens to lose the title before then the match will simply be a regular Fatal 4 Way.

UNION “NIMOMAKEZU RAIN”, 17/06/2012
Kitizawa Town Hall

0. Dark Match: 14K Vs Shota
1. Big Rude Vs Taichi Kazato
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Keizo Matsuda Vs Hiroshi Fukuda & Rion Mizuki (w/ Rumi Kazama)
3. Ken Ohka & Mio Shirai Vs Choun-Shiryu & Cao Zhang (w/ Princess Makoto)
4. Triple Threat Tag Team Match: Isami Kodaka & Hiro Tsumaki Vs El Hijo del Goro & Goro Jr. Vs Johnny Goodtime & Johnny Yuma
5. Cherry Vs Yuko Miyamoto
6. BJW Tag Team Title: Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie (c) Vs Abdullah Kobayashi & Ryuji Ito

Cherry has come out and said that her goal for 2012 is to win the Joshi Puroresu Grand Prix award from Tokyo Sports at their annual awards ceremony. At 38 years old, that would make her the oldest winner of the award. Given the recent revelation, Cherry is now proud of that idea and hopes it will encourage other people from her generation to achieve their dreams.

14K comes from the Mobius promotion and has been added to the card thanks to a recommendation by Masao Orihara.