King Of DDT Tokyo, Ishii Vs Tominaga, TKG48 Auditions

May 20, 2011

DDT “KING OF DDT TOKYO”, 21/05/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

01. King Of DDT – Round 1: Makoto Oishi Vs Kenny Omega
02. King Of DDT – Round 1: Antonio Honda Vs Seiya Morohashi
03. King Of DDT – Round 1: KUDO Vs Yasu Urano
04. King Of DDT – Round 1: Hikaru Sato Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
05. King Of DDT – Round 1: Daisuke Sasaki Vs Super Shit Machine
06. King Of DDT – Round 1: HARASHIMA Vs MIKAMI
07. King Of DDT – Round 1: Keisuke Ishii Vs Shigehiro Irie
08. King Of DDT – Round 1: Michael Nakazawa Vs Kota Ibushi
09. King Of DDT – Round 2: Oishi/Omega Vs Honda/Morohashi
10. King Of DDT – Round 2: KUDO/Urano Vs Sato/Matsunaga
11. King Of DDT – Round 2: Sasaki/Machine Vs HARASHIMA/MIKAMI
12. King Of DDT – Round 2: Ishii/Irie Vs Nakazawa/Ibushi
13. 5 Way: Takao Soma Vs Danshoku Dino Vs DJ Nira Vs Rion Mizuki Vs Kazuki Hirata

This is going to be a long show. The first two rounds in the KING of DDT tournament take place here and there is also a 5 Way match added, possibly to break apart the two rounds.

DDT “MONTHLY YOUNG COMMUNICATIONS JUNE EDITION”, 04/06/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Hiroya Fukuda Vs Hiro Tonai
2. Rion Mizuki Vs Shota
3. Shigehiro Irie & Akito Vs Hiro Tsumaki & Ryuichi Sekine
4. Keisuke Ishii Vs Shinichiro Tominaga

Keisuke Ishii and Shinichiro Tominaga are two wrestlers with bright futures in DDT and Union. The two prospects face off in the main event at Shin-Kiba 1st RING.

UNION “I’LL GET A LOT OF PEOPLE IN TOYAMA 2011”, 05/06/2011
Tomiyama Takaoka Ekuru

1. Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Hiroya Fukuda
2. Seiya Morohashi & Hiroyo Matsumoto Vs Cherry & Hiro Tsumaki
3. Triple Threat: Isami Kodaka Vs El Generico Vs Cao Zhung (w/ Princess Makoto)
4. SS Susan Vs TKG48: Yoshiaki Yago, Kengo Ohka & Madoka Vs Sanshiro Takagi, X & X
5. Shuji Ishikawa Vs Ken Ohka

The TKG48 will be auditioning for new members on 5th June. They are looking for both male and female applicants aged between 11 to 80. Those who pass the auditions and become members will have their first match for the group on the night, teaming with Sanshiro Takagi to take on the SS Susan in a Six-Man Tag match at the Union show.


Dick Togo Finale, New Union Matches

May 19, 2011

“DICK TOGO RETIREMENT SHOW”, 30/06/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Ryuichi Sekine & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Keisuke Ishii & Kazuki Hirata
2. Takagi Genjin & Tsubo Genjin Vs Jinsei Shinzaki & Kesen Numajiro
3. Tag Team Gauntlet: MEN’s Teioh & HANZO Vs GENTARO & Yasu Urano Vs Danshoku Dino & Kota Ibushi Vs KUDO & Masa Takanashi Vs HARASHIMA & Hoshitango Vs Shuji Ishikawa & Seiya Morohashi Vs X
4. Ikuto Hidaka, Tomohiro Ishii & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Kaz Hayashi, FUNAKI & Yuki Sato
5. Antonio Honda & Jado Vs The Great Sasuke & TAKA Michinoku
6. Dick Togo Retirement Match: Dick Togo Vs Gedo

The latest additions to the card are a Six-Man Tag match featuring Ikuto Hidaka from ZERO1, Tomohiro Ishii from New Japan, Kaz Hayashi from All Japan and former WWE Superstar FUNAKI along with Daisuke Sasaki and Yuki Sato filling up the gaps.

The Tag Team Gauntlet is sure to have some highlights. MEN’s Teioh finds his place on the card teaming with a ninja spirit that goes by the name of HANZO while DDT and Union teams make up the rest of the contestants although there may be one or two more teams added on the night.

UNION “NIMOMAKEZU RAIN”, 02/06/2011
Shinjuku FACE

1. Hiroya Fukuda Vs Shigehiro Irie
2. Ken Ohka & Cherry Vs Mio Shirai & Io Shirai
3. Shuji Ishikawa & Shinichiro Tominaga Vs El Generico & Yano K Data
4. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi Vs Genichiro Tenryu
5. Dick Togo & Yasu Urano Vs Big Morohashi & Hiro Tsumaki
6. DDT Extreme Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs MIKAMI

Seiya Morohashi will officially change his ring name to Big Morohashi on this show.

Shinichiro Tominaga and El Generico will cross paths once again, this time in a tag match. Generico and his partner for the night Yano K Data can make a big splash by grabbing the win over the KO-D Champion, Shuji Ishikawa.

Two thirds of the Triple Tails joshi faction will show up on the show. The Shirai Sisters will take on Cherry and Ken Ohka. The last time Mio Shirai & Io Shirai were in a DDT/Union ring was during last year’s Beer Garden Pro Wrestling shows. It wasn’t a pleasant experience when they fought Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa in a match where the losers had to strip naked. Nakazawa cheated to win but the Shirai Sisters decided to strip him of his dignity instead. Like I said, not pleasant.


Togo’s Final DDT Match, Union To Get A Lot Of People

May 16, 2011

DDT “WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2011”, 19/06/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match: Gorgeous Matsuno Vs DJ Nira
1. Masa Takanashi Comeback – Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Masa Takanashi (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii
2. Dick Togo DDT Last Match: Dick Togo & Antonio Honda Vs Yasu Urano & Daisuke Sasaki
3. KO-D Openweight Title: Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs GENTARO
4. KO-D Openweight Title: Shuji Ishikawa or GENTARO (c) Vs Takao Soma

Dick Togo will make his final appearance for DDT on this show before his retirement. He will team with Antonio Honda to face Yasu Urano & Daisuke Sasaki. Togo has connections with all three wrestlers, teaming with Honda and Sasaki when they were part of the Italian 4 Horsemen. He is also currently sided with Urano as part of the GRANMA stable.

UNION “I’LL GET A LOT OF PEOPLE IN TOYAMA 2011”, 05/06/2011
Tomiyama Takaoka Ekuru

1. Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Hiroya Fukuda
2. Seiya Morohashi & Hiroyo Matsumoto Vs Cherry & Hiro Tsumaki
3. Triple Threat: Isami Kodaka Vs El Generico Vs Cao Zhung (w/ Princess Makoto)
4. SS Susan Vs TKG48: Yoshiaki Yago, Kengo Ohka & Madoka Vs Sanshiro Takagi, X & X
5. Shuji Ishikawa Vs Ken Ohka

On paper this sounds like a one-sided main event, and it probably will be. But you can’t fault Ken Ohka’s enthusiasm when facing against far more established wrestlers. There is a history of Ohka being jealous of Shuji Ishikawa being the ace of Union. Many end of show speeches in the ring have seen Ohka trying to blindside Shuji, only to be swatted away like a bug.

Sanshiro Takagi has promised to team with two “elite” members of the TKG48. Will we see some new additions to the supergroup?

El Generico returns to Union after his impressive victory over Shinichiro Tominaga at “1…2…3…UNION!” back in January. This time he sticks his head into the feud between Isami Kodaka and Cao Zhang for a Triple Threat match.

There will be one more match taking place on the show featuring DDT wrestlers. The participants will be announced soon.


Two KO-D Title Matches, Official Masa Comeback

May 6, 2011

DDT “WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2011”, 19/06/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Masa Takanashi Comeback – Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Masa Takanashi (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii
2. KO-D Openweight Title: Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs GENTARO
3. KO-D Openweight Title: Shuji Ishikawa or GENTARO (c) Vs Takao Soma

Shuji Ishikawa has a tough challenge ahead for his title reign. He will defend the KO-D Openweight Title against GENTARO on 19th July when GENTARO cashes in his “Anytime And Anywhere” contract. But that is not all for the championship on that night. There will be not one but two KO-D Title matches taking place in Korakuen Hall with the winner of Shuji Ishikawa Vs GENTARO taking on Takao Soma afterwards. Takao Soma has seen his profile in DDT rise ever since he won the Young Drama Cup. Since then, he has taken over the Shit Heart ♥ Foundation and revamped it to be a threat instead of a joke. Now he will have the advantage of being the fresh man in his title match.

We had the surprising return of Masa Takanashi at “MAX BUMP 2011” to announce his comeback match at the 19th June Korakuen Hall show. He will take on Keisuke Ishii in his first match since injuring his right knee last May and it will be for the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship. When Masa and Keisuke had a faceoff at “MAX BUMP 2011”, Ishii used the 24/7 rule to his advantage by rolling over Masa with a Small Package to win the title when Masa least expected it. However, Masa quickly did the same to Ishii to win the belt back. Now they will meet in a proper match with the title on the line.

UNION “NIMOMAKEZU RAIN”, 02/06/2011
Shinjuku FACE

1. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi Vs Genichiro Tenryu
2. Dick Togo & Yasu Urano Vs Seiya Morohashi & Hiro Tsumaki
3. DDT Extreme Title: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs MIKAMI

MIKAMI earned a shot at the DDT Extreme Title when he and Jun Kasai defeated Isami Kodaka & Yano K Data at “GOLDEN UNION 2011”.


UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2011” Results

May 4, 2011

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2011”, 04/05/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1270 Fans

0. Danshoku Dino defeated Batten Tamagawa with the Danshoku Driver (3:31).
1. Hiroya Fukuda Debut Match: Choun-Shiryu & Cao Zhang defeated Gaylon Summers & Hiroya Fukuda when Zhang pinned Fukuda (12:24).
2. Cherry defeated Bambi with the Spring Night Love (9:26).
3. Genichiro Tenryu, Munenori Sawa & Shigehiro Irie defeated Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Hiro Tsumaki & Shinichiro Tominaga when Irie pinned Tominaga with the Vertical Drop Back Flip (13:27).
4. Jun Kasai & MIKAMI defeated Isami Kodaka & Yano K Data when MIKAMI pinned Data with the Volcanic Bomb (14:20).
5. Koji Kanemoto defeated Ken Ohka with an Ankle Hold (9:28).
6. Kazunari Murakami & Seiya Morohashi defeated Yoshiaki Yago & Kengo Ohka when Morohashi pinned Yago with the Coral Bomber (14:47).
7. Shuji Ishikawa defeated Sanshiro Takagi with the Splash Mountain (21:17).

Shuji Ishikawa capped off a great day by defeating Sanshiro Takagi and giving Union a big victory over the TKG48. After the match Sanshiro Takagi said that he will retire at the DDT Sumo Hall show on 24th July. Shuji was shocked at the announcement until Sanshiro cracked up and gave Shuji a Stone Cold Stunner. He then grabbed the mic and said “Gotta lie, motherfucker!”

After a successful match together as a tag team, Kazunari Murakami gave a gift to Seiya Morohashi. He offered Seiya to take his nickname and become BIG Morohashi. Seiya has not decided if he will take it yet.

Cherry Vs Bambi was given high praise and was said to be a very competitive match.

MIKAMI will challenge Isami Kodaka for the DDT Extreme Championship at Shinjuku FACE on 2nd June.

El Generico will return to Union for the same show. Dick Togo & Yasu Urano Vs Seiya/BIG Morohashi & Hiro Tsumaki will also happen. Another big match to take place on the card is Tsuyoshi Kikuchi Vs Genichiro Tenryu!


Shuji’s Big Day

May 2, 2011

DDT “MAX BUMP 2011”, 04/05/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Royal Rumble: DJ Nira Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs Keisuke Ishii Vs Rion Mizuki Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Tanomusaku Toba Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Takao Soma Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Super Shit Machine Vs Emi Sakura Vs Brahman Shu Vs Brahman Kei Vs Choun-Shiryu
2. Kota Ibushi & KUDO Vs Hikaru Sato & Daisuke Sasaki
3. Gorgeous Matsuno Comeback Match: Gorgeous Matsuno & MIKAMI Vs Antonio Honda & Hoshitango
4. Bob Sapp Games – 3rd Stage: Danshoku Dino Vs Bob Sapp’s 3rd Assassin
5. KO-D Tag Team Titles: GENTARO & Yasu Urano (c) Vs HARASHIMA & HERO!
6. KO-D Openweight Title: Dick Togo (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa

The winner of the Royal Rumble will win a great prize from General Manager Tsurumi Amon.

Shuji Ishikawa will be headlining both the DDT and the Union shows held at Korakuen Hall on Thursday. First up is the DDT show where he takes on Dick Togo for the KO-D Openweight Championship.

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2011”, 04/05/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match: New Axe Bomber Vs X
1. Hiroya Fukuda Debut: Choun-Shiryu & Cao Zhang (w/ Princess Makoto) Vs Gaylon Summers & Hiroya Fukuda
2. Cherry Vs Bambi
3. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Hiro Tsumaki & Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Genichiro Tenryu, Munenori Sawa & Shigehiro Irie
4. Isami Kodaka & Yano K Data Vs MIKAMI & Jun Kasai
5. Ken Ohka Vs Koji Kanemoto
6. Seiya Morohashi & Kazunari Murakami Vs Yoshiaki Yago & Kengo Ohka
7. Shuji Ishikawa Vs Sanshiro Takagi

After that, Shuji might be going into his Union main event match against Sanshiro Takagi as the KO-D Champion. At the moment there is no mention for the possibility of Shuji defending the belt against Takagi if he does become champion.

DDT “MONTHLY YOUNG COMMUNICATIONS MAY EDITION”, 11/05/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Hiroshi Hukuda Vs Akito
2. Rion Mizuki Vs Shota
3. Shigehiro Irie Vs Kotaru Naso
4. Hiro Tsumaki & Kazuki Hirata Vs Hiromu Takahashi & Kyosuke Mikami
5. Keisuke Ishii Vs Hiro Tonai


New Gold For New Beijing Duo

April 29, 2011

Another day, another obscure championship. After a successful tour of Japan, New Beijing Pro Wrestling held an event in North China to celebrate the brand’s homecoming. Reports are coming in that Choun-Shiryu & Cao Zhang won a very prestigious championship during that show. Choun & Cao are now recognised as the Big China Unified Nakahara Tag Team Champions. Since ancient times, “those who controlled the belts would control the world,” which is why the title is held with high regard in New Beijing. Choun & Cao, along with the always lovely Princess Makoto, will show up at “GOLDEN UNION 2011” for their first match since becoming champions. They will take on Gaylon Summers, the American who debuted for Union back in March, and Union’s newest trainee, Hiroshi Fukuda.

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2011”, 04/05/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Cherry Vs Bambi
2. Isami Kodaka & Yano K Data Vs MIKAMI & Jun Kasai
3. Hiroshi Fukuda Debut: Choun-Shiryu & Cao Zhang Vs Gaylon Summers & Hiroshi Fukuda
4. Ken Ohka Vs Koji Kanemoto
5. Seiya Morohashi & Kazunari Murakami Vs Yoshiaki Yago & Kengo Ohka
6. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Hiro Tsumaki & Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Genichiro Tenryu, Munenori Sawa & Shigehiro Irie
7. Shuji Ishikawa Vs Sanshiro Takagi


Daisuke BOSJ Bound, Union Gets More Tenryu

April 9, 2011

NEVER.6 “ROAD TO THE SUPER JR. 2DAYS TOURNAMENT”
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
300 Fans

1. Road to the Super Jr. 2 Day Tournament – Block A – Semi Final: Daisuke Sasaki defeated Ryuichi Sekine with the NOW or NEVER (5:52).
3. Road to the Super Jr. 2 Day Tournament – Block B – Semi Final: Taichi defeated Keisuke Ishii with a High-Angle Crab Hold (4:15).
5. Kyosuke Mikami & Hiromu Takahashi defeated Kazuki Hirata & Shinichiro Tominaga when Takahashi pinned Hirata with the Fisherman Suplex (10:11).
6. Yujiro Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito, Jado & Gedo defeated Ken Ohka, Osamu Namiguchi, Marines Mask II & Kaji Tomato when Takahashi pinned Ohka after the Tokyo Pimps (15:50).
7. Road to the Super Jr. 2 Day Tournament – Block A – Final: Daisuke Sasaki defeated Tsuyoshi Kikuchi with the NOW or NEVER (14:26).

Daisuke Sasaki has earned a spot in this year’s Best Of The Super Junior tournament by winning his block in the Road to the Super Jr. tournament hosted by New Japan Pro Wrestling’s NEVER brand. Yesterday he defeated Kazuki Hirata and today he went past Ryuichi Sekine from K-DOJO in the second round of Block A. In the block’s final he met Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, the longtime veteran who has spent all year campaigning for a spot in the BOSJ. Sasaki shattered his dreams with his NOW or NEVER finisher and will now take his place among the elite Jr. Heavyweights in the world today…and Taichi.

Other DDT and Union wrestlers did not have a good day at the tournament, all losing their matches. Ken Ohka continued his chance meetings with high level wrestlers, losing to Yujiro Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito, Jado & Gedo in an 8-Man Tag. Kazuki Hirata & Shinichiro Tominaga teamed together in a losing effort to Kyosuke Mikami & Hiromu Takahashi.

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2011”, 04/05/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Cherry Vs Bambi
2. Isami Kodaka & Yano K Data Vs MIKAMI & Jun Kasai
3. Ken Ohka Vs Koji Kanemoto
4. Seiya Morohashi & Kazunari Murakami Vs Yoshiaki Yago & Kengo Ohka
5. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Hiro Tsumaki & Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Genichiro Tenryu, Munenori Sawa & Shigehiro Irie
6. Shuji Ishikawa Vs Sanshiro Takagi

Looks like Genichiro Tenryu showing up for Union wasn’t just a one time thing. Mr. Puroresu will join fellow TKG48 members Munenori Sawa & Shigehiro Irie for a Six-Man Tag at “GOLDEN UNION 2011” in Korakuen Hall.


NEVER Saw That Coming, Kenny Faces The Thunder, Kiku-Sato

April 7, 2011

NEVER.6 “ROAD TO THE SUPER JR. 2DAYS TOURNAMENT”, 07/04/2011
Shin-Kiba 1st RING
250 Fans

1. Road to the Super Jr. 2 Day Tournament – Block B – Round 1: Keisuke Ishii defeated Hiromu Takahashi with a Double Arm DDT (8:18).
4. Road to the Super Jr. 2 Day Tournament – Block B – Round 1: Madoka defeated Kazuki Hirata with the Ranhei (8:53)
6. Road to the Super Jr. 2 Day Tournament – Block A – Round 1: Daisuke Sasaki defeated Shinichiro Tominaga with the NOW or NEVER (10:08).
7. Road to the Super Jr. 2 Day Tournament – Block A – Round 1: Tsuyoshi Kikuchi defeated Ken Ohka with the Fireball Bomb (8:18).

Union’s hopes of getting involved in the Best Of The Super Juniors tour is not looking good. Both of their homegrown talent crashed out in the first round, Ken Ohka losing to TKG48 member Tsuyoshi Kikuchi and Shinichiro Tominaga losing to Daisuke Sasaki. DDT faired a little better with Sasaki and Keisuke Ishii both going through to the next round. Kazuki Hirata was the only DDT rep who failed to get through, losing to Madoka. The tournament will finish on NEVER.7, taking place tomorrow.

NJPW, 15/05/11
Philadelphia Asylum Arena, USA

JAPW Light Heavyweight Title: Jushin Thunder Liger (c) Vs Kenny Omega

Kenny Omega has a big role to play when New Japan tours the United States. Back in America, Kenny spent a good part of his career in Jersey All Pro Wrestling. One of his most recent matches in the promotion was a 6-way Elimination match for the JAPW Light Heavyweight Title. He was knocked out of the match by the eventual winner, one Jushin Lyger. Now that Lyger is back in America for New Japan’s series of shows in the country, Kenny will challenge Lyger for the title one-on-one.

Hikaru Sato is getting ready to enter another tournament. This time he is going back to All Japan as a last minute entry for the AJPW Jr. Tag League. His partner? Kikutaro! Is this pairing strong enough to defeat the likes of Kaz Hayashi & KAI, Shuji Kondo & Hiroshi Yamato or Koji Kanemoto & Minoru? Did this year’s Wrestlemania have an exciting main event?


Golden Lovers Defeated, Next Up For Union

April 3, 2011

It was not a successful appearance for the Golden Lovers in New Japan today. They teamed up with Manabu Nakanishi but were defeated by Shinsuke Nakamura, Jado & Gedo.

NJPW “NEW DIMENSION ~PRAY, HOPE, POWER~”, 4/3/11
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,025 Fans

4. CMLL World Welterweight Title: Ryusuke Taguchi (c) defeated Madoka with the Dodon (12:17).
*V1 for Taguchi.
5. Shinsuke Nakamura, Jado & Gedo defeated Manabu Nakanishi, Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega when Nakamura pinned Nakanishi with the Boma Ye (16:31).

Some new matches have been revealed for Union’s second show in Korakuen Hall this year. The main event of “GOLDEN UNION 2011” will be the clash between the face of Union and the former face of DDT. Shuji Ishikawa battles Sanshiro Takagi with plenty of pride on the line. Takagi’s TKG48 has been getting the better of Union during their feud, with Takagi pinning Shuji in a 6-Man Tag at today’s Union show. Now they finally face each other one-on-one.

Meanwhile, Seiya Morohashi has been tasked with dealing with the Susan Guard. After losing to Yoshiaki Yago today, he called in the big guns to help him fight Yago & Kengo Ohka at Korakuen Hall. Seiya will team with “Big” Kazunari Murakami, a man who permanently looks at you as if you just stepped on his dog and for that he will kill you.

Ken Ohka will face New Japan Jr. Heavyweight star Koji Kanemoto in what looks to be a regular series of Best Of The Super Junior themed challenges for Ohka.

Isami Kodaka and Yano K Data are being sent to Monkey School. Their opponents are MIKAMI and the “Crazy Monkey” Jun Kasai. Either one of these wrestlers could be Kodaka’s next challenger for the DDT Extreme Championship.

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2011”, 04/05/2011
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Cherry Vs Bambi
2. Isami Kodaka & Yano K Data Vs MIKAMI & Jun Kasai
3. Ken Ohka Vs Koji Kanemoto
4. Seiya Morohashi & Kazunari Murakami Vs Yoshiaki Yago & Kengo Ohka
5. Shuji Ishikawa Vs Sanshiro Takagi