UNION “GET THE GLORY” Results

February 22, 2015

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UNION “GET THE GLORY MATINEE”, 22/02/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR
136 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Get The Glory 2015! Round 1: Hiroshi Fukuda defeated Ryu Gouma when Fukuda hit Gouma with a Tambourine (8:04).
2. Get The Glory 2015! Round 1: Isami Kodaka defeated Daicho Kazato with the Diving Double Knee Drop (15:30).
3. Get The Glory 2015! Round 1: Shuji Ishikawa defeated Cherry with the Splash Mountain (7:43).
4. Get The Glory 2015! Round 1: Goro Jr. defeated Seiya Morohashi with the Goro Suplex (12:11).
5. Get The Glory 2015! Round 2: Hiroshi Fukuda defeated SAGAT with a School Boy (5:50).
6. Get The Glory 2015! Round 2: Isami Kodaka defeated Mio Shirai with a Japanese Ocean Cyclone Suplex (4:30).
7. Get The Glory 2015! Round 2: Shuji Ishikawa defeated Ladybeard with the Splash Mountain (9:22).
8. Get The Glory 2015! Round 2: FUMA defeated Goro Jr. with the Diving Headbutt (15:55).

Union held two shows in Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR today dedicated to their Get The Glory tournament. All of Union’s regular talent took part and the prize was a match of the winner’s choice taking place in Korakuen Hall on 29th April. The end result saw some big changes to the promotion’s landscape.

In the afternoon show Goro Jr. surprised everyone with a victory over Seiya Morohashi in the first round and then a hard fought contest against FUMA in the second round. Goro failed to beat the Union MAX Champion but after the match asked for the microphone. He said up until now he was Goro Jr. but from now on he wants to fight as himself. Goro unmasked and was revealed to be Yuuya Kubo, the DDT cameraman who got involved in the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title match at “SAITAMA SUPER DDT 2015”! After the reveal Naomi Susan invited Yumakoto to continue wrestling for Union.

Kazushi Miyamoto appeared at ringside for the second round match between SAGAT and Hiroshi Fukuda. He offered a handshake to Fukuda before the match but it was rejected. When the referee was knocked out during the match Miyamoto attacked Fukuda and told SAGAT to capitalise. Fukuda somehow recovered and pinned SAGAT with a School Boy. Miyamoto revealed after the match that he and SAGAT have been hired to create a new kingdom in Union and the mastermind would be revealed soon.

Elsewhere in the early rounds Hiroshi Fukuda beat Ryu Gouma in the battle between tambourines and statute books, Shuji Ishikawa had no problem giving Cherry the Splash Mountain and Isami Kodaka pulled out the Ocean Cyclone Suplex to beat Mio Shirai.

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UNION “GET THE GLORY SOIREE”, 22/02/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR
136 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Get The Glory 2015! Semi Final: Isami Kodaka defeated Hiroshi Fukuda with a Manjigatame (10:41).
2. Get The Glory 2015! Semi Final: FUMA defeated Shuji Ishikawa with the Jawbreaker (13:52).
3. Madoka & Ryota Nakatsu defeated Tomoya Kawamura & Kenta Hattori when Madoka pinned Kawamura with the Ranhyei (11:20).
4. Time Difference Battle Royal: Seiya Morohashi defeated Yuuya Kubo with the Crippler Crossface (12:36).
Order Of Elimination: Ryu Gouma, SAGAT, Cherry, Ladybeard & Mio Shirai, Daichi Kazato, Kubo Yumakoto.
5. Get The Glory 2015! Final: FUMA defeated Isami Kodaka with the Diving Headbutt (15:45).

The evening show featured the final rounds of the tournament. Isami Kodaka defeated Hiroshi Fukuda in the first semi final. In the second semi final SAGAT & Kazushi Miyamoto returned to help FUMA beat Shuji Ishikawa! FUMA was revealed to be their mastermind! The trio attacked Ishikawa with a chair and FUMA finished him off with the Jawbreaker kick.

So the final was between Kodaka and the newly turned heel FUMA. The Union MAX Champ had SAGAT & Miyamoto in his corner while Kodaka had Ishikawa & Daichi Kazato by his side. The match descended into chaos when FUMA’s henchmen interfered only for Kodaka’s allies to come to the rescue. When they were all taken out of the picture Kodaka tried to beat FUMA with a German Suplex. FUMA then countered a Leg Lariat into the Jawbreaker and then hit the Diving Headbutt to win the match and the tournament.

FUMA declared himself the undisputed ace of Union for being the champion, winning the tournament and beating Union’s best wrestlers in the process. He declined his prize of choosing what match to have on 29th April. Instead he challenged Kodaka to a match in Osaka on 1st March. FUMA then named another wrestler who is part of his new unit, MEN’S Teioh! FUMA declares he will change the history of Union Pro and his new group is the centre of the company!

Seiya Morohashi got a measure of payback on Yuuya Kubo when he submitted him to win the losers Battle Royal.

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Mio Shirai Announces Her Plan To Retire

February 17, 2015

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Mio Shirai held a press conference today to announce she will be retiring from pro wrestling in September. Shirai was accompanied by representatives from the four companies she is under contract with. There was Naomi Susan from Union, Mayumi Ozaki from Oz Academy, Tsukasa Fujimoto from Ice Ribbon and Yumi Ohka from Pro Wrestling WAVE. All four gave Mio a lot of praise for her match with her sister Io Shirai from Saturday’s “M.I.O 2” event. There will be three more “M.I.O” shows. “M.I.O 3” takes place in Osaka Ikuno Kumin Center on 9t May, “M.I.O 4” will be in Shunjuku FACE on 19th June and the final “M.I.O” show will be in Korakuen Hall on 20th September. That show will be the destination of Mio Shirai’s retirement match.

Mio made her decision to retire due to neck problems. She has suffered from numbness in her neck for over two years but was still able to wrestle thanks to her training. Her doctor said there is no official name for her condition but explained the bones in her neck sometimes become slippery which causes the numbness. Mio spent a good amount of time thinking about her decision. She and Susan joked about putting her in a singles match with Shuji Ishikawa and taking the Splash Mountain last year. Mio said she will face Ishikawa again without hesitation if she gets the opportunity.

When asked what she is going to do after wrestling, Mio said she’d like to start doing four panel manga strips about what happens in joshi waiting rooms. For her retirement match Mio hasn’t decided who she wants to wrestle or team with. However she squashed any ideas of teaming with Io again. She doesn’t think it will happen, at least right now.

Mio ended the conference with an appeal to the entire women’s wrestling world. Wrestling does not offer long careers for women. Their bodies take a lot of abuse in a short amount of time and the effects can be long lasting for them. Mio wants every joshi to wrestle because it is what they want to do and also to have no regrets when the time comes for them to leave the business. Mio was only able to show a little part of her dream to her fans but she was still able to live her dream.

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Ibushi Vs Yoshihiko II, Union Gets The Glory

February 17, 2015

DDT “INTO THE FIGHT 2015”, 21/02/2015
Shinjuku FACE

0. Kazusada Higuchi & Shunma Katsumata Vs Kota Umeda & Kouki Iwasaki
0. King Of Dark Title: Gota Ihashi (c) Vs Suguru Miyatake
1. Danshoku Dino & Super Sasadango Machine Vs Toru Owashi & DJ Nira
2. Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi Vs Akito & Yasu Urano
3. Kazuki Hirata Tokyo GO Numbers Game – 1st Round: Kazuki Hirata Vs HARASHIMA
4. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie, Soma Takao & MIKAMI Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
5. Tetsuya Endo Vs Yuji Okabayashi
6. Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita

The new DDT Extreme Champion Shiori Asahi has been promoted to existential status and is no longer marked down as X on the match cards.

Not sure what to put down for Gota Ihashi if he loses the King Of Dark Title Match and stays as champion. D1 (defeat) defence, L1 (Loss) defence or should I just stick with V1 (Victory) for the irony?

UNION “GET THE GLORY MATINEE”, 22/02/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Get The Glory 2015! Round 1: Ryu Gouma Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
2. Get The Glory 2015! Round 1: Daicho Kazato Vs Isami Kodaka
3. Get The Glory 2015! Round 1: Shuji Ishikawa Vs Cherry
4. Get The Glory 2015! Round 1: Seiya Morohashi Vs Goro Jr.
5. Get The Glory 2015! Round 2: SAGAT Vs Winner of Match #1
6. Get The Glory 2015! Round 2: Mio Shirai Vs Winner of Match #2
7. Get The Glory 2015! Round 2: Ladybeard Vs Winner of Match #3
8. Get The Glory 2015! Round 2: FUMA Vs Winner of Match #4

Union has two shows in one day for its Get The Glory tournament. The first two rounds take place in the afternoon and the later rounds take place in the evening.

UNION “GET THE GLORY SOIREE”, 22/02/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Get The Glory 2015! Semi Final:
2. Get The Glory 2015! Semi Final:
3. Get The Glory 2015! Final:

Madoka will be in non-tournament action for the evening show.

DDT “SAITAMA SLAM SPECIAL! 2015 ~TELETAMA BROADCASTING 1ST ANNIVERSARY~”, 21/03/2015
Saitama Kasukabe Hall

1. KO-D Openweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) Vs Yoshihiko

Kota Ibushi has picked Yoshihiko to be the No. 1 Contender for the KO-D Openweight Title. It’s been five and a half years since their classic battle. Ibushi thinks its time they tangled again. During the times they fought since then, Ibushi noticed Yoshihiko has become heavier. He thinks that is a little scary.

DDT “JUDGEMENT 2015”, 29/03/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (c) Vs Danshoku Dino & Super Sasadango Machine

The new KO-D Tag Team Champions knew they now have a bunch of DDT tag teams chasing after them. They just didn’t expect Danshoku Dino & Super Sasadango Machine to be leading the pack.

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UNION, OZ ACADEMY, WAVE, ICE RIBBON “M.I.O 2” Results

February 14, 2015

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UNION, OZ ACADEMY, WAVE, ICE RIBBON “M.I.O 2”, 14/02/2015
Shinjuku FACE
509 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Sonoko Kato & Ryo Mizunami defeated Tsukasa Fujimoto & Miyako Matsumoto when Kato pinned Matsumoto with the Diving Guillotine Drop (10:47).
2. Irregular Fall Count Match: Isami Kodaka & Mika Iida Vs Yumi Ohka & Daichi Kazato ended in a Time Limit Draw (20:00).
3. Seiya Morohashi, Mochi Miyagi & Aja Kong defeated Fairy Nihonbashi, Dynamite Kansai & Shuji Ishikawa when Morohashi pinned Nihonbashi with a School Boy (11:12).
4. Four Organisations 4 Way Match: Mayumi Ozaki defeated Tsukushi, Shu Shibutani and Cherry when Ozaki pinned Shibutani after a Missile Dropkick from Tsukushi (10:46).
5. Io Shirai defeated Mio Shirai with the Moonsault (18:54).

The second four promotion collaboration spearheaded by Mio Shirai took place on a special day, her 27th birthday. The main event saw Mio take on her sister Io Shirai. It was the first time in 3 years the two wrestled in the same ring together. Io was cornered by Stardom wrestlers Yoshiko and Mayu Iwatani while Mio had Tsukasa Fujimoto, Misaki Ohata, Mayumi Ozaki and Cherry. The sisters didn’t hold back and in the end Io got the better of Mio with the Moonsault. Io took the microphone and said there was a lot of fans and media paying attention to the match. She said two sisters were able to sort out their problems in front of a large audience and it gave them an amazing match. She asked if the invisible wall that seperated them has now been broken. Io said today wasn’t about her saying farewell to her sister. Instead it may be a new beginning for both of them.

The Irregular Rule in Match #2 was Isami Kodaka and Daichi Kazato only had to be pinned for a two count for their team to lose the match. Despite the disadvantage for the men on both teams, nobody was able to capitalise and the match went to a 20 minute draw. Kodaka and Yumi Ohka both teased challenging each other to a singles match in the future.

Fairy Nihonbashi got Shuji Ishikawa and Dynamite Kansai to wear her replica masks and do elegant handshakes with their opponents. Seiya Morohashi and Aja Kong had an embarrassing moment when a double team move went wrong and the two ended up kissing each other. Kong also hit Morohashi with her steel can. She then hit Nihonbashi with it and Morohashi crawled over for the pin.

“M.I.O 3” will take place in Osaka on 9th May. “M.I.O 4” is planned for Shinjuku on 19th June.

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UNION “YUMI NIMO MAKEZU 2015” Results

January 24, 2015

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UNION “YUMI NIMO MAKEZU 2015”, 24/01/2015
Yokohama Radiant Hall
246 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Goro Jr. & Ryota Nakatsu defeated SAGAT & Tomoya Kawamura when Goro pinned SAGAT with the Goro Suplex (10:51).
2. Ladybeard & Riho defeated Cherry & Emi Sakura when Ladybeard pinned Cherry with a Crosscut Spring Night Love (7:01).
3. Modoka (w/ Harumi Tachibana) defeated Daichi Kazato with the Ranhyei (10:53).
4. “Mr. Perfect” Hiroshi Fukuda Comeback & Kazushi‘s GYM Bodybuilding Circle Reunion Memorial Match: Hiroshi Fukuda & MEN’S Teioh Vs Kazushi Miyamoto & Seiya Morohashi ended in a No Contest (12:04).
5. Union Fly To Everywhere World Title: Mio Shirai (c) defeated Aoi Ishibashi with the Egukeri (10:12).
*V2 for Mio Shirai.
6. UWA World Tag Team Titles: Isami Kodaka & FUMA (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa & Masato Shibata ended in a No Contest when MEN’S Teioh & Kazushi Miyamoto interfered (18:15).
*V3 for Isami Kodaka & FUMA.
6a. UWA World Tag Team Titles: Shuji Ishikawa & Masato Shibata defeated Isami Kodaka & FUMA (c) when Ishikawa pinned FUMA with the Splash Mountain (5:54).
*Isami Kodaka & FUMA fail in V4. Shuji Ishikawa & Masato Shibata become the 20th UWA World Tag Team Champions!

All the attention in Union is now on MEN’S Teioh and Kazushi Miyamoto. The two men both betrayed their tag team partners and joined forces. Teioh was teaming with Hiroshi Fukuda in what was Fukuda’s return to Union after injury. Miyamoto was teaming with Seiya Morohashi, a partnership formed by their love of gym workouts. However they weren’t on the same page in the match and at one point collided with a double Clothesline that missed its intended target. Fukuda was about to give Morohashi the Perfect Plex when all of a sudden Teioh whacked him with a chair! The rest of the Union roster came to the rescue and chased Teioh away.

But Teioh made his presence felt again in the main event, this time with Miyamoto with him. The UWA World Tag Team Titles were on the line, Isami Kodaka & FUMA versus Shuji Ishikawa & Masato Shibata. In the dying moments of the match Teioh & Miyamoto ran in with steel chairs and attacked everyone. The match was called a No Contest (but is still officially a successful title defence) and Teioh gave some parting words before leaving.

The UWA Tag Title match was restarted and everyone went full throttle. Ishikawa caught FUMA’s kicks and hit him with Headbutt after Headbutt. One Splash Mountain later and we have new champions! Ishikawa said he was going to eat more and wants everybody to become even stronger.

Madoka’s infatuation with AV idol Harumi Tachibana went up to another level today. He proposed to her! Harumi immediately turned him down. Madoka was in denial and said he would give her time to think about it while he wrestled Daichi Kazato. Afterwards Harumi told him he was being unreasonable but Madoka said he will not give up!

Ryu Gouma is suffering from a vomiting bug and was pulled from the show. Emi Sakura took his place in Match #2.

Union will bring back the Get The Glory! tournament next month. The first tournament was held in October 2013 and was won by Shuji Ishikawa. This year the tournament will be take place in two shows on 22nd February. This time twelve wrestlers will enter.

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Sasadango Vs Sakuraba: Once In A Lunchtime! King Of Dark Title

January 20, 2015

UNION “YUMI NIMO MAKEZU 2015”, 24/01/2015
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. SAGAT & Tomoya Kawamura Vs Goro Jr. & Ryota Nakatsu
2. Ladybeard & Riho Vs Cherry & Ryu Gouma
3. Modoka (w/ Harumi Tachibana) Vs Daichi Kazato
4. Union Fly To Everywhere World Title: Mio Shirai (c) Vs Aoi Ishibashi
5. “Mr. Perfect” Hiroshi Fukuda Comeback & Kazushi ‘s GYM Bodybuilding Circle Reunion Memorial Match: Hiroshi Fukuda & MEN’S Teioh Vs Kazushi Miyamoto & Seiya Morohashi
6. UWA World Tag Team Titles: Isami Kodaka & FUMA (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa & Masato Shibata

Shuji Ishikawa has chosen U-File Camp fighter Masato Shibata as his partner for the UWA World Tag Team Title match. Ishikawa said there are now less big guys in wrestling than there used to be and what’s better in pro wrestling than big guys colliding into each other? So he has picked someone similar in size to himself to be his teammate.

Mio Shirai admitted she doesn’t know a lot about her next challenger Aoi Ishibashi. However, overcoming the odds is what a champion does so Shirai is willing to take the risk of not studying Ishibashi before their match.

DDT “SWEET DREAMS 2015”, 25/01/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Road To Iron Man Battle Royal: Yasu Urano Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Soma Takao Vs Shunma Katsumata Vs Saki Akai Vs Bernard Ackah
2. Road To Kazushi Sakuraba: Super Sasadango Machine Vs Sanshiro Takagi
3. Road To KO-D 6 Man Tag: Gorgeous Matsuno, Gota Ihashi & DJ Nira Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi
4. Road To Super TLC: Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Ire Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake Vs MIKAMI & Shuji Ishikawa
5. Road To Akebono Army Vs Yoshihiko Army: Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Antonio Honda & Great Kojika (w/ Yoshihiko)
6. Just Before Saitama Super Arena – Super Special 6 Man Tag Match: HARASHIMA, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi
7. DDT Extreme Title – No Rope Escape Match: Akito (c) Vs Makoto Oishi

Akito’s reign of technical wrestling over the DDT Extreme Title now brings him into a match where rope escapes are not in effect. He and Makoto Oishi will have to rely on other means to avoid submission holds. Or maybe they both have a few moves up their sleeve that would benefit from rope usage.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “~CHAPTER 2 2ND SEASON~ VOL. 10”, 08/02/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. URRC Vs Erokawa Principle ~No Calories Recording Diet Super Fight~: Angela Ami Vs Kana
2. Let’s Go!! Bedscene!!: Osamu Namiguchi & Tiger Bedscene Vs Yoshihiro Horaguchi & Shinichiro Tominaga
3. Confrontation Of A Dream! Gundan Vs Gundan ~TOP OF THE SUPER ARMY~: Gundan Hitori Vs Ishihara Gundan Man
4. Karate Vs Karate Chop Part 2: Chikara & Yumehito Imanari Vs Kazuhiko Ogasawara & Karate Zebra
5. The Participation Story EPISODE 3 – Moment, Heart, Repeatedly ~ Both Of You, Dance Like You Want To Win!: Ken Ohka & Yukihiro Abe Vs Shota & Tomoya Kawamura

Ganpuro’s ranks have been boosted with the addition of Yukihiro Abe to the roster. Ken Ohka will be relying on him to get some revenge on the turncoat Shota.

UNION, OZ ACADEMY, WAVE, ICE RIBBON “M.I.O 2”, 14/02/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Sonoko Kato & Ryo Mizunami Vs Tsukasa Fujimoto & Miyako Matsumoto
2. Isami Kodaka & Mika Iida Vs Yumi Ohka & Daichi Kazato
3. Four Organisations 4 Way Match: Tsukushi Vs Shu Shibutani Vs Cherry Vs Mayumi Ozaki
4. Fairy Nihonbashi, Dynamite Kansai & Shuji Ishikawa Vs Seiya Morohashi, Mochi Miyagi & Aja Kong
5. Mio Shirai Vs Io Shirai

Naomi Susan noted that the relationship Union now has with Oz Academy, Pro Wrestling WAVE and Ice Ribbon thanks to Shirai’s multi-contract has created some fresh women’s matches in Union.

DDT “SAITAMA SUPER DDT 2015”, 15/02/2015
Saitama Super Arena – Community Arena

0. King Of Dark Title – First Champion Final: Gota Ihashi Vs DJ Nira
0. Dark Match – DNA 6-Man Tag Team Match: Tomoya Kawamura, Dai Suzuki, Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu, Kota Umeda, Kouki Iwasaki
1. Love Of Memory: Danshoku Dino Vs Michael Nakazawa (w/ Shigeru Matsuzaki)
2. Special Single Match: Super Sasadango Machine Vs Kazushi Sakuraba
3. Akebono Army Vs Yoshihiko Army: Akebono, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Yoshihiko, Antonio Honda & Great Kojika
4. Super TLC Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Jun Kasai Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miytake Vs MIKAMI & Shuji Ishikawa
5. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Aja Kong (c) Vs Yasu Urano Vs Soma Takao Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Hoshitango Vs Shunma Katsumata Vs Saki Akai Vs Bernard Ackah Vs Yuto Aijima Vs Makoto Oishi
6. DDT Extreme Title: Akito (c) Vs X
*X is Shiori Asahi.
7. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Gorgeous Matsuno, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi
8. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi
9. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Kota Ibushi

Super Sasadango Machine’s opponent for Saitama Super Arena (the Community Arena, not the giant stadium) is none other than Kazushi Sakuraba! Sasadango’s only knew beforehand that he was getting a “super-heavyweight” opponent. Both men are said to be enthusiastic about the match.

Details have emerged for DDT’s newest… championship? Accomplishment? Reward? Whatever it is, the King Of Dark Title is only defended in dark matches and the first champion will either be Gota Ihashi or DJ Nira. However, the first champion will be whoever loses the match. For you see, the King of Dark is forced to wrestle only in dark matches until they win. Victories by the champion is what causes title changes so I assume defeats count as title defences. It is the championship nobody wants unless you want to wrestle early!

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Fukuda Ready To Return

January 15, 2015

UNION “YUMI NIMO MAKEZU 2015”, 24/01/2015
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Modoka (w/ Harumi Tachibana) Vs Daichi Kazato
2. “Mr. Perfect” Hiroshi Fukuda Comeback & Kazushi ‘s GYM Bodybuilding Circle Reunion Memorial Match: Hiroshi Fukuda & MEN’S Teioh Vs Kazushi Miyamoto & Seiya Morohashi
3. UWA World Tag Team Titles: Isami Kodaka & FUMA (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa & X

Hiroshi Fukuda is healthy and ready get back to action. While recovering Fukuda has eaten nothing but the best food he could buy for 1,500 yen. He believes his shoulder is now in tip top shape and he wants to show off his “dynamite body” again.

Shuji Ishikawa is on the search for a partner to go after the UWA World Tag Team Titles. Who will he choose to go against Isami Kodaka & FUMA?

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UNION “NEW YEAR UNION 2015” Results

January 11, 2015

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UNION “NEW YEAR UNION 2015”, 10/01/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR
120 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Goro Jr. defeated Ryu Gouma with a Crossface Lock (0:16).
1a. Goro Jr. defeated Ryu Gouma with a Triangle Lancer (8:08).
2. Madoka defeated Ryota Nakatsu with the Ranhyei (9:37).
3. Tomoya Kawamura defeated Awamori Man with a Sling Blade (11:22).
4. Come Out Tag Match: Isami Kodaka, Shuji Ishikawa, Seiya Morohashi & Cherry defeated FUMA, Daichi Kazato, SAGAT & Mio Shirai (39:40).
4a. FUMA eliminated Seiya Morohashi with the Jawbreaker (10:38).
4b. Shuji Ishikawa eliminated Mio Shirai By Ring Out (14:19).
4c. SAGAT eliminated Cherry with the Crushed Spring Night Love (16:58).
4d. Shuji Ishikawa eliminated SAGAT with the Running Knee Lift (25:04).
4e. Daichi Kazato and Shuji Ishikawa were both eliminated by Double Ring Out (37:06).
4f. Isami Kodaka eliminated FUMA with the Isamuashi Zan (39:40).

The main event was an Old Generation Vs New Generation elimination match with a twist. The match started off as FUMA & Mio Shirai Vs Shuji Ishikawa & Seiya Morohashi in a tag team match. When a wrestler gets eliminated one of the remaining two wrestlers on the team would take their place. The match would continue to be two versus two until the numbers whittled down. There were already problems on the New Gen team when Shirai said she didn’t like FUMA’s battle plan and would use her own strategy instead. Despite being on a different page, they scored first blood when FUMA pinned Morohashi. Cherry came in for the Old Gen team. Shirai’s strategy of wearing down Ishikawa backfired when he escaped her Hanging Headscissors over the rope and knocked her out of the ring for the Ring Out. SAGAT came in and proved to be a good pick when he eliminated Cherry. Isami Kodaka entered the match and Ishikawa evened the odds by eliminating SAGAT. Daichi Kazato arrived and the match was down to the final four wrestlers. Ishikawa attempted to eliminated Kazato in more ways than one with the Fire Thunder onto the apron. But Kazato fought out of the move and did a Huracanrana that eliminated both of them from the match. The match came down to FUMA and Kodaka as the two UWA World Tag Team Champions fought each other. FUMA kicked out of a German Suplex at 1 and went for the Jawbreaker but Kodaka dodged and hit the Isamuashi Zan kick for the win. After the match Kodaka said he wasn’t going to lose to the New Generation.

Hiroshi Fukuda appeared at the end to announce his injury has healed and he will return to action on 28th January. I’m not sure if his planned stay in All Japan is still going to happen.

The first Union match of 2015 only lasted 16 seconds. Ryu Gouma was so embarrassed from tapping out so quickly to Goro Jr. that he demanded an immediate rematch. He used his powers as a lawyer to make it happen. He also made sure the rematch could only end by Pinfall. Goro put Gouma in an Armbar, a Sharpshooter and MMA style pound and ground. Gouma submitted to each move and pleaded for the match to end but it continued. When Gouma had a chance to get away he apologised for changing the rules and asked for submissions to count again. He tried to sneak attack Goro but was fought off and put in a Triangle Lancer. Gouma gave up again and even announced Goro as the winner as the bell rang for the match to end.

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Union Cam And Out, Saitama Previews

January 8, 2015

DDT “DNA 2”, 09/01/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Dai Suzuki Vs Shota
2. Kouta Umeda Vs Ryuichi Sekine
3. Tomoya Kawamura Vs Jiro Kuroshio
4. Ryota Nakatsu & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Hideki Suzuki & Koji Iwamoto
5. Kazusada Higuchi & Shunma Katsumata Vs Katsuhiko Nakajima & Mitsuhiro Kitamiya
6. Suguru Miyatake Vs Jun Kasai

Suguru Miyatake says he will do his best to go home alive.

UNION “NEW YEAR UNION 2015”, 10/01/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Ryu Gouma Vs Goro Jr.
2. Madoka Vs Ryota Nakatsu
3. Tomoya Kawamura Vs Awamori Man
4. Cam & Out Tag Match: FUMA, Daichi Kazato, SAGAT & Mio Shirai Vs Isami Kodaka, Shuji Ishikawa, Seiya Morohashi & Cherry

The main event will be an elimination tag match with a difference. Wrestlers who get pinned, submitted or counted out are still in the match but must join the other team. The match continues until one team loses all of its members.

Awamori Man is from Ryukyu Dragon Pro Wrestling, an Okinawa based indie.

DDT “DRAMATIC TENPOZAN! 2015”, 11/01/2015
Osaka Port Kumin Center

1. Makoto Oishi Vs Ryota Nakatsu
2. Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kiai Ryuuken Ecchan
3. Keisuke Ishii Vs MIKAMI
4. Konosuke Takeshita Vs Tetsuya Endo Vs Shunma Katsumata & Suguru Miyatake
5. New Year’s Annual Rock ‘N’ Roll Death Match: A. YAZAWA Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs DJ Nira Vs Shoichi Uchida
6. HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi

The Rock ‘N’ Roll Death Match returns. There will be beer and music aplenty.

DDT “DRAMATIC KAIYUKAN! 2015”, 12/01/2015
Osaka Port Kumin Center

0. Dark Match: Kazusada Higuchi Vs Ryota Nakatsu
1. Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi Vs Suguru Miyatake & DJ Nira
2. Antonio Honda & Tetsuya Endo Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & HAYATA
3. Akito & MIKAMI Vs Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata
4. Konosuke Takeshita Vs Kushinbo Kamen
5. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi
6. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki

Konosuke Takeshita takes on his toughest challenge yet… A wrestling clown!

DDT “ROAD TO SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 9”, 18/01/2015
Saitama Industrial Technology Centre

1. Saki Akai Iron Man Recapture Send Off: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Saki Akai, MIKAMI & Gota Ihashi
2. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Shunma Katsumata
3. Shigehiro Irie Vs DJ Nira
4. Konosuke Takeshita Vs Kazuki Hirata
5. Infomercial Match: Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi Vs Antonio Honda & Tetsuya Endo
6. KUDO & Masa Takanashi Vs Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao
7. HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito Vs Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake

Saki Akai is preparing to win back the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title from Aja Kong. A few of the others are going to help out with a tune up match.

DDT “SWEET DREAMS 2015”, 25/01/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Road To KO-D 6 Man Tag: Gorgeous Matsuno, Gota Ihashi & DJ Nira Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi
2. Road To Super TLC: Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Ire Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake Vs MIKAMI & Shuji Ishikawa
3. Road To Akebono Army Vs Yoshihiko Army: Antonio Honda & Great Kojika (w/ Yoshihiko) Vs Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
4. Just Before Saitama Super Arena – Super Special 6 Man Tag Match: HARASHIMA, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo Vs Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi
5. DDT Extreme Title: Akito (c) Vs Makoto Oishi

A few previews of “SAITAMA SUPER DDT 2015” fill up the next Korakuen Hall show.

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Ganbare, New Year, DNA, Shirai Vs Shirai

December 26, 2014

GANBARE☆WRESTLING “CHAPTER 2 2ND SEASON~ VOL. 9”, 28/12/2014
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. URRC Round 3 ~THE BEST OF ANGELA AMI~: Angela Ami Vs Miyako Matsumoto
2. Special Gilgamesh Timeslip Match ~Ganbare☆Wrestling Bubble To GO!!~: Madoka Vs Tiger Bed Scene (w/ Mai Chusonji & Kaori Masukoji)
3. Forbidden Encounter – Karate Vs Karate Chop: Kazuhiko Ogasawara & Shinichiro Tominaga Vs Osamu Namiguchi & Chikara
4. EPISODE 2 Man Of War INTROJECTION: Yukihiro Abe Vs GENTARO
5. Special Tag Match: Ken Ohka & Yumehito Imanari Vs Shota & Tomoya Kawamura

Manami Koda has her first match under her new idol name Angela Ami.

DDT “NEW YEAR LOTTERY SPECIAL! ALL SEATS ¥2000 BOX OFFICE!! 2015”, 03/01/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Gorgeous Matsuno, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei (c) Vs Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake

As is tradition DDT kicks off the new year with a packed show in Korakuen Hall built around a team challenge. This year’s edition will be Team Nakazawa Vs Team Dino. However Danshoku Dino is still recovering from a herniated disc and will not participate in any wrestling match on the day. The two held a draft over Christmas and the team rosters have been finalised.

Michael Nakazawa Army

HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano, Akito, Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki, Suguru Miyatake, KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Bernard Ackah, Super Sasadango Machine, Saki Akai, DJ Nira, Shunma Katsumata and Gota Ihashi

Danshoku Dino Army

Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita, Tetsuya Endo, Gorgeous Matsuno, Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei, Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie, Soma Takao, Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata, MIKAMI, Yoshihiko, Hoshitango, Makoto Oishi and Kouta Umeda

DDT “DNA 2”, 09/01/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Dai Suzuki Vs Shota
2. Kouta Umeda Vs Ryuichi Sekine
3. Tomoya Kawamura Vs Jiro Kuroshio
4. Ryota Nakatsu & Kouki Iwasaki Vs Hideki Suzuki & Koji Iwamoto
5. Kazusada Higuchi & Shunma Katsumata Vs Katsuhiko Nakajima & Mitsuhiro Kitamiya
6. Suguru Miyatake Vs Jun Kasai

The second DNA show features some guests like Katsuhiko Nakajima & Mitsuhiro Kitamiya from Diamond Ring, Jiro Kuroshio from WRESTLE-1 and Hideki Suzuki from IGF.

UNION “NEW YEAR UNION 2015”, 10/01/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. FUMA, Daichi Kazato, SAGAT & Mio Shirai Vs Isami Kodaka, Shuji Ishikawa, Seiya Morohashi & Cherry

Special rules will be put in place for the 8-Person Tag Team match.

UNION, OZ ACADEMY, WAVE, ICE RIBBON “M.I.O 2”, 14/02/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. Mio Shirai Vs Io Shirai

After a successful show first time around, Mio Shirai brings back the collaboration between Union, OZ Academy, Pro Wrestling WAVE and Ice Ribbon. The big news about this show is Mio challenging her sister Io Shirai to a match. The two have rarely been in the ring together since their tag team split apart in 2012.

Other wrestlers scheduled to appear are Mayumi Ozaki, Isami Kodaka, Tsukasa Fujimoto and Yumi Ohka.

DDT “SAITAMA SUPER DDT 2015”, 15/02/2015
Saitama Super Arena – Community Arena

1. Love Of Memory: Danshoku Dino Vs Michael Nakazawa (w/ Shigeru Matsuzaki)
2. Akebono Army Vs Yoshihiko Army: Akebono, X & X Vs Yoshihiko, X & X
3. Super TLC Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Jun Kasai Vs X & X
4. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi
5. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Kota Ibushi

The Super TLC Match involves 10 Tables, 3 Ladders and 100 Chairs.

Michael Nakazawa’s final DDT match will also be Danshoku Dino’s return match from injury.

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