But Did You Know, That When It Snows…

March 2, 2012

UNION “MARCH OF THE UNION 2012”, 18/03/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Rion Mizuki
2. If Cherry Loses, Her Real Age Becomes Public: Cherry Vs Mio Shirai
3. New Sanshiro Takagi & Big Rude Vs New Keizo Matsuda & X
4. BEST OF THE SUPER Ohka: Ken Ohka Vs Kengo Ohka
5. 1000 Roses Death Match: Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie Vs Isami Kodaka & Ryuichi Sekine

The main event is exactly what it says. Union will provide a more romantic sounding hardcore match where 1000 roses will be brought to the ring in boxes and other displays. They will even stapled to wooden boards and wrapped around ladders.

I’m surprised to find out that the BEST OF THE SUPER Ohka bout will be the first singles match between Ken Ohka and Kengo (Mashimo) Ohka. Kengo was originally brought into Union as the new and improved version of Ken Ohka. At the press conference for this show, Ken let slip that the BEST OF THE SUPER Ohka concept could involve more than just himself and Kengo. “If there is anyone who identifies himself as Ohka, I will recruit him,” said Ken.

Union are also attempting an experiment for the show. They are asking for anyone with previous amateur wrestling experience to participate in a dark match before the show. I’m not sure if they mean amateur wrestling as in the Olympic sport or if they mean people who took part in the Japanese equivalent of backyard wrestling clubs. Probably the latter since many of the wrestlers DDT and Union have recruited in the past came from college wrestling clubs and tiny indie sleaze feds.

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UNION “UNION PRO WRESTLING IN OSAKA” Results

February 12, 2012

UNION “UNION PRO WRESTLING IN OSAKA”, 12/02/2012
Osaka Minami Move On Arena
260 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Cherry defeated Maki Narumiya with the Cherryton Bomb (9:24).
2. Special Battle Royal: Sanshiro Takagi defeated HARU, Agu Matsunaga, Yuki Tanaka and Hideki Shiota (11:20).
3. Kengo Ohka & Madoka defeated New Sanshiro Takagi & Big Rude when Madoka pinned Rude after Takagi accidentaly gave Rude a Stunner (13:32).
4. Ken Ohka & Mio Shirai defeated Black Buffalo & Tigers Mask when Shirai pinned Mask (16:55).
5. Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie defeated El Generico & Hiroshi Fukuda when Irie pinned Fukuda with the Vertical Drop Back Flip (11:54).
6. DDT Extreme Title – BLT (Buckets, Ladders & Tonkachi) Match: Isami Kodaka (c) defeated Sexxxy Eddy with the Zan Isamu Leg (20:52).
*V1 for Isami Kodaka.

Even though Sexxxy Eddy did not win the DDT Extreme Title, he did win over the fans with his gutsy performance. Buckets (trash cans), Ladders, Tables and the dreaded Tonkachi were all used during the match. Eddy earned the highlight of the night by placing one of the buckets over his body and Moonsaulting onto Isami Kodaka. However, Kodaka was able to handle everything his challenger could throw at him and left Osaka with the DDT Extreme Championship still wrapped around his waist.

Black Buffalo rubbed Mio Shirai the wrong way by calling her and Ken Ohka a married couple. Mio corrected him and said she is Ohka’s master, nothing else. Despite her opinion on the matter, she was heard shouting “Do your best, Ohka!” to her tag team partner during the most dramatic moment of the match. Her encouraging words were helpful enough for the mismatched pair to score the upset win.

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Tomorrow’s Union Card

February 11, 2012

UNION “UNION PRO WRESTLING IN OSAKA”, 12/02/2012
Osaka Minami Move On Arena

1. Cherry Vs Maki Narumiya
2. Special Battle Royal: HARU Vs Agu Matsunaga Vs Yuki Tanaka Vs Hideki Shiota Vs Sanshiro Takagi
3. New Sanshiro Takagi & Big Rude Vs Kengo Ohka & Madoka
4. Ken Ohka & Mio Shirai Vs Black Buffalo & Tigers Mask
5. Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie Vs El Generico & Hiroshi Fukuda
6. DDT Extreme Title – BLT (Buckets, Ladders & Tonkachi) Match: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Sexxxy Eddy

Sanshiro Takagi (original) has been added to the Battle Royal.

UNION “MARCH OF THE UNION 2012”, 18/03/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Rion Mizuki
2. If Cherry Loses, Her Real Age Becomes Public: Cherry Vs Mio Shirai

It’s been often joked that Cherry’s real age is one of the best kept secrets in wrestling. If Mio Shirai defeats her, will the Union fans be prepared for the truth?

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UNION “FORTUNE DEMONS 2012” Results

February 10, 2012

UNION “FORTUNE DEMONS 2012”, 10/02/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
306 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Rion Mizuki defeated Hiroshi Fukuda (w/ Rumi Kazama) with a Fisherman’s Suplex (6:57).
2. New Sanshiro Takagi & Big Rude defeated Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Cherry when Takagi pinned Cherry with the Stone Cold Stunner (11:51).
3. Sexxxy Eddy defeated Mio Shirai with the SEX On The Beach (7:15).
4. Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie defeated Kengo Ohka & Madoka when Irie pinned Madoka with the Vertical Drop Back Flip (15:58).
5. BJW Tag Team Title: Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto (c) defeated Kazuki Hashimoto & Takumi Tsukamoto when Kodaka pinned Tsukamoto with the Zan Isamu Leg (15:34).
*V4 for Yankii Ni Cho Kenju.
6. Special Singles Match: El Generico defeated Ken Ohka with the Vertical Drop Brainbuster (15:59).

Cherry’s major announcement is she will move her blog from Livedoor to Ameba. Mio Shirai came out and told Cherry that everyone in attendance thought she was finally going to reveal her real age. Nothing else about Cherry matters, according to Mio. She challenged Cherry to a match for the 18/3 Union show. If Cherry loses the match she will have to admit her real age, one of the best kept secrets in wrestling today.

Sexxxy Eddy tried his moves on Mio Shirai with little success during their match. He asked her for a kiss because it was almost Valentine’s Day. Mio asked Eddy to close his eyes. When he did, Mio grabbed the referee and forced him to kiss Eddy. Mio used the distraction to give Eddy a School Boy for a near fall. Mio gave Eddy a Low Blow and tried to do the Figure Four Neck Lock but Eddy escaped, gave Mio a Power Bomb and won the match with the SEX On The Beach.

Tsuyoshi Kikuchi betrayed Cherry in their tag match and asked New Sanshiro Takagi if he could join Union full-time. He has been asking to join since January but the decision was always put on hold. New Sanshiro said Kikuchi could join, but he has no actual power to do anything. Naomi Susan butted in and said she will think about it. New Sanshiro ignored her and said he was looking forward to having Kikuchi pump up Union with himself and Big Rude.

Kikuchi returned with New Sanshiro Takagi at the end of the show to again ask Naomi Susan if he can join Union. Naomi said it was too early to decide and she would speak to him later. They were then interrupted by (Old) Sanshiro Takagi, who offered to shake hands with his doppleganger. During the handshake, he gave New Sanshiro a Stone Cold Stunner. He then said on 18th March he will become New Keizo Matsuda!

Rion Mizuki was infatuated by Rumi Kazama during the opener. After defeating Hiroshi Fukuda, Mizuki asked Kazama for her phone number. She didn’t know how to react.

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New Beijing Sold, Cherry’s Announcement, KUDO Ill, BLT Match

February 9, 2012

NEW BEIJING “NEW YEAR JAPAN TOUR 2012”, 26/02/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

Breaking news coming straight in from China. New Beijing Pro Wrestling, a federation with links to DDT that has been running for thousands and thousands of years is now under new ownership. The company was bought out by an up-and-coming bootleg playing card company with grand aspirations to make New Beijing the number one wrestling promotion on the planet. Their planned return to Japan this month will still go ahead with the “NEW YEAR JAPAN TOUR 2012” beginning and ending in Shin-Kiba 1st RING on the 26th.

With new ownership comes a new structure for the company. New Beijing will now encourage their vast roster of fighters to follow three simple values: Friendship, Effort and Victory. The new owners and staff are now looking forward to visiting Japan for the upcoming tour.

UNION “FORTUNE DEMONS 2012”, 10/02/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Hiroshi Fukuda (w/ Rumi Kazama) Vs Rion Mizuki
2. New Sanshiro Takagi & Big Rude Vs Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Cherry
3. Mio Shirai Vs Sexxxy Eddy
4. Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie Vs Kengo Ohka & Madoka
5. BJW Tag Team Title: Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Kazuki Hashimoto & Takumi Tsukamoto
6. Special Singles Match: Ken Ohka Vs El Generico

In an odd choice, Ken Ohka Vs El Generico is the announced main event. Ohka convinced Naomi Susan to put him in the main event because the new Union T-shirt for him and Mio Shirai are selling like hot cakes.

Cherry will have an important announcement on this show about her future in pro wrestling. She says it is something very serious that she has been considering for a while and even tried to go through with several times in the past.

DDT “TRULY ULTRA SUPER BAZOOKA!”, 11/02/2012
Nagoya Arsenal Hall

1. Michael Nakazawa Vs DJ Nira
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma Vs Kengo Takai & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
3. HARASHIMA & Mr. #6 Vs Masa Takanashi & Shota
4. Kenny Omega, El Generico & Sexxxy Eddy Vs Makoto Oishi, Akito & Hiroshi Fukuda
5. Danshoku Dino Vs Antonio Honda
6. KO-D Tag Team Title: Yasu Urano & Yuji Hino (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie

KUDO is currently suffering from tonsillitis and will not be able to appear at the show. Hiroshi Fukuda will take his place in the 6-Man Tag Team match. KUDO is still scheduled to compete at Korakuen Hall later this month.

UNION “UNION PRO WRESTLING IN OSAKA”, 12/02/2012
Osaka Minami Move On Arena

1. Special Battle Royal: HARU Vs Agu Matsunaga Vs Yuki Tanaka Vs Hideki Shiota
2. Cherry Vs Maki Narumiya
3. New Sanshiro Takagi & Big Rude Vs Kengo Ohka & Madoka
4. Ken Ohka & Mio Shirai Vs Black Buffalo & Tigers Mask
5. Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie Vs El Generico & Hiroshi Fukuda
6. DDT Extreme Title – BLT (Buckets, Ladders & Tonkachi) Match: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Sexxxy Eddy

Isami Kodaka has decided to make his DDT Extreme Title bout against Sexxxy Eddy a BLT Match. The “B” stands for Buckets (trash cans), the “L” for Ladders and the “T” for Tonkachi, the giant hammer.

DDT “INTO THE FIGHT 2012”, 19/02/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Aim! Best Tag Team Wrestling Grand Prix: Michael Nakazawa & Hikaru Sato Vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi
2. School System Vs Dissidents: Sanshiro Takagi, Takao Soma, Shiro Koshinaka & Masashi Aoyagi Vs Hiro Saito, Tomo Matsunaga, X & X
3. Special Tag Match: Kenny Omega & KUDO Vs El Generico & HARASHIMA
4. KO-D Tag Team Title: Yasu Urano & Yuji Hino (c) Vs Makoto Oishi & Masao Inoue
5. KO-D Openweight Title: Danshoku Dino (c) Vs Antonio Honda

Akito, Hiroshi Fukuda and Sexxxy Eddy will compete on the card, as will Ice Ribbon wrestlers Tsukasa Fujimoto and Hikaru Minami.

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Union With BJW, DDT With BJW Too

February 2, 2012

DDT “INTO THE FIGHT 2012”, 19/02/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. School System Vs Dissidents: Sanshiro Takagi, Takao Soma, Shiro Koshinaka & Masashi Aoyagi Vs X, X, X & X
2. Special Tag Match: Kenny Omega & KUDO Vs El Generico & HARASHIMA
3. KO-D Tag Team Title: Yasu Urano & Yuji Hino (c) Vs Makoto Oishi & Masao Inoue
4. KO-D Openweight Title: Danshoku Dino (c) Vs Antonio Honda

Several names have been added to this event. They are Daisuke Sasaki (not sure if this effects his trip to Mexico), Hikaru Sato, Hiroshi Fukuda, Akito, Hikari Minami, Tsukasa Fujimoto and Sexxxy Eddy.

DDT/BJW “TBA”, 20/03/2012
Hakata Star Lane

Union isn’t the only brand holding a joint show with Big Japan during March. DDT will be joining in the fun too with a show in Hakata Star Lane produced by both Antonio Honda & Jaki Numazawa.

BJW/UNION “TBA”, 29/03/2012
Shinjuku FACE

1. Fluorescent Lighttubes Death Match: Isami Kodaka Vs Yuko Miyamoto

The first match of the BJW/Union show has been announced. The current co-holders of the BJW Tag Team Championship will battle each other in a Fluorescent Lighttubes Death Match. This will be the first time a death match will be held in Shinjuku FACE. Union had to got through a lot of negotiations with the building’s owners to allow the match to happen. They came to a compromise that only lighttubes will be used in the match and not the more extreme items Big Japan is associated with.

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2012 Contract Renewels

February 1, 2012

Every year, the end of January brings along the annual contract renewals for DDT and Union. This year had nothing earth-shattering taking place, like the 2009 period where Michael Nakazawa’s attempt to re-sign his contract involved Danshoku Dino assaulting him and his wife in their home, then Nakazawa escaping in a car that exploded when it was switched on.

The following is the list of wrestlers who renewed their contract for the year.

Dramatic Dream Team

Sanshiro Takagi, Poison JULIE Sawada, MIKAMI, HARASHIMA, KUDO, Danshoku Dino, Masa Takanashi, Kota Ibushi, Michael Nakazawa, Yasu Urano, Makoto Oishi, Hoshitango, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Keisuke Ishii, Rion Mizuki, Gota Ihashi, Takao Soma, Kazuki Hirata and Gorgeous Matsuno.

Union

Shuji Ishikawa, Seiya Morohashi (aka Big Rude), Isami Kodaka, Cherry, Ken Ohka, Hiro Tsumaki and Hiroshi Fukuda.

Only one person turned down his contract renewal, Union’s Shinichiro Tominaga. Unfortunately the promising rookie was never able to return to the ring after fracturing his right forearm last June. He thanked the fans for cheering him on during his brief time in Union.

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Union February Cards

January 31, 2012

UNION “FORTUNE DEMONS 2012”, 10/02/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Hiroshi Fukuda (w/ Rumi Kazama) Vs Rion Mizuki
2. New Sanshiro Takagi & Big Rude Vs Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Cherry
3. Mio Shirai Vs Sexxxy Eddy
4. Ken Ohka Vs El Generico
5. Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie Vs Kengo Ohka & Madoka
6. BJW Tag Team Title: Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Kazuki Hashimoto & Takumi Tsukamoto

New Sanshiro Takagi seems to be a big admirer of his own muscles, so he and Big Rude should get along just fine.

UNION “UNION PRO WRESTLING IN OSAKA”, 12/02/2012
Osaka Minami Move On Arena

1. Special Battle Royal: HARU Vs Agu Matsunaga Vs Yuki Tanaka Vs Hideki Shiota
2. Cherry Vs Maki Narumiya
3. New Sanshiro Takagi & Big Rude Vs Kengo Ohka & Madoka
4. Ken Ohka & Mio Shirai Vs Black Buffalo & Tigers Mask
5. Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie Vs El Generico & Hiroshi Fukuda
6. DDT Extreme Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Sexxxy Eddy

Maki Narumiya is from Ice Ribbon and will almost have a full year of experience under her belt by the time her match with Cherry takes place. Meanwhile I predict Cherry will use the match as an opportunity to claim she is younger than everyone from Ice Ribbon, including the teens.

The Special Battle Royal so far features wrestlers from around the Osaka indie wrestling scene. Union is hoping to discover some fresh talent to add to their shows and this match could create some opportunities for the wrestlers involved.

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Night, Night. Don’t Let The Dino Bite

January 23, 2012

NJPW/CMLL “NJPW PRESENTS CMLL FANTASTICA MANIA 2012”, 21/01/12
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,950 Fans – Super No Vacancy

TAKA Michinoku & Taichi defeated Danshoku Dino & Maximo when Taichi pinned Taichi with a Horizontal Cradle (8:04).

One year after teaming together, Danshoku Dino returned to New Japan to team up with the pink mohawked Luchador Maximo once again for the New Japan & CMLL co-production of “FANTASTICA MANIA”. Before their match with TAKA Michinoku & Taichi even began, Dino tried to kiss Milano Collection AT at the commentator’s table. Milano avoided Dino by dragging another commentator in his place for the kiss. Even though Dino and Maximo got along fabulously and recieved chants of “Maxi-Dino” from the fans, their efforts could not defeat TAKA & Taichi. Dino & Maximo let bygones be bygones and both kissed the referee at the same time after the match. Dino then chased Taichi into the locker room.

DDT “SWEET DREAMS! 2012”, 29/01/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match: Gorgeous Matsuno & Rion Mizuki Vs DJ Nira & Shota
1. Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Hoshitango
2. 3 Way Tag Match: Masa Takanashi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa Vs Shigehiro Irie & Poison JULIE Sawada
3. Yasu Urano, Antonio Honda & Keita Yano Vs Makoto Oishi, Akito & Hiroshi Fukuda (w/ Hikari Minami)
4. Keisuke Ishii Vs Yuji Hino
5. Kenny Omega Vs HARASHIMA
6. KO-D Openweight Title: KUDO (c) Vs Danshoku Dino

Danshoku Dino last held the KO-D Openweight Title in 2005. It was his only KO-D Title reign and since then he has had around six shots at the belt. KUDO will break the record for most KO-D Title defences if he defeats Dino.

DDT “TRULY ULTRA SUPER BAZOOKA!”, 11/02/2012
Nagoya Arsenal Hall

1. KO-D Tag Team Title: Yasu Urano & Yuji Hino (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie

The former champs get their rematch with Crying Wolf. Unsurprisingly, no one has been able to match the strength of Yuji Hino so far. Will Keisuke Ishii have discovered a fatal flaw to exploit after his Korakuen Hall match with Hino?

UNION “UNION PRO WRESTLING IN OSAKA”, 12/02/2012
Osaka Minami Move On Arena

1. Ken Ohka & Mio Shirai Vs Black Buffalo & Tigers Mask
2. Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie Vs El Generico & Hiroshi Fukuda
3. DDT Extreme Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Sexxxy Eddy

Mio Shirai & Ken Ohka sent out a challenge to face any team for this show. Black Buffalo & Tigers Mask from Osaka Pro answered the call.

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Union Vs Big Japan, Kazuki Hirata Injured

January 18, 2012

DDT “IN CHIBA 2012”, 22/01/2012
Chiba Port Arena

1. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa
2. HARASHIMA & Ryuichi Sekine Vs Antonio Honda & Keita Yano
3. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Takao Soma
4. Lottery Bonus Match! Angel Vs Devil Showdown!: DJ Nira Vs Jaki Numawzawa
5. Danshoku Dino, KUDO & Makoto Oishi Vs Kenny Omega, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Shota
6. KO-D Tag Team Title: Yasu Urano & Yuji Hino (c) Vs Masa Takanashi & Daisuke Sasaki

Add another name to the injured list. Kazuki Hirata has suffered damage to his ACL and will miss the Chiba Port Arena show and it is not known how long he will be out of action for. Shota will replace him in the semi-main event.

UNION “FORTUNE DEMONS 2012”, 10/02/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Mio Shirai Vs Sexxxy Eddy
2. Ken Ohka Vs El Generico
3. Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie Vs Kengo Ohka & Madoka
4. BJW Tag Team Title: Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Kazuki Hashimoto & Takumi Tsukamoto

The main event for the Union 10/2 show in Shin-Kiba will be something for fans of Big Japan Wrestling to look forward to. Isami Kodaka has invited his tag team partner Yuko Miyamoto over to Union to defend their BJW Tag Team Championship against Kazuki Hashimoto & Takumi Tsukamoto. Isami is currently a double champion. He recently won the DDT Extreme Title and has held the BJW Tag Title with Miyamoto since May 2011.

The Union and Big Japan crossover does not stop there. Union announced that they will be hosting a joint show with Big Japan at Shinjuku FACE on 29th March. At the press conference where the news was announced, Ken Ohka said the Union Vs Big Japan rivalry will be a lot like the New Japan Pro Wrestling Vs UWF International feud from 1995. Meanwhile, Yuko Miyamoto said he wanted to have a DDT Extreme Title match with his friend Isami sometime in the future. There was also a mention of Cherry taking on a female Death Match Champion named Toka Kobayashi. Hmmm, that name sounds familiar…

The show will also have the debut match of New Sanshiro Takagi. The original Sanshiro Takagi has seen his workload for both DDT and Union in 2012 become too much to handle, so he has brought along Keizo Matsuda of IWA Japan to literally take his place in Union for the time being. This is not the first time Matsuda has portrayed a duplicate. He was formerly Fake HG in HUSTLE.

UNION “UNION PRO WRESTLING IN OSAKA”, 12/02/2012
Osaka Minami Move On Arena

1. Ken Ohka & Mio Shirai Vs X & X
2. Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie Vs El Generico & Hiroshi Fukuda
3. DDT Extreme Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Sexxxy Eddy

Union will hold its next show two days later and will feature Isami Kodaka defending the DDT Extreme Championship in the main event. His opponent is Canada’s answer for Glenn Quagmire, Sexxxy Eddy in a rematch from their Sexy Diva bout from August 2011.

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