DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2013” Results

August 18, 2013

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DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2013”, 18/08/2013
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
9,000 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

0. Dark Match: Akito & Guanchulo defeated FUMA & Daichi Kazato when Akito pinned Kazato with the Tornado Bomb (6:03).
0. Dark Match – KO-D 6-Man Tag Title Next Challenger Decision – Falls Count Anywhere: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Akebono defeated Antonio Honda, Hoshitango & Jun Kasai when Akebono pinned Honda with a Body Press (19:40).
1. Next KO-D Tag Team Title Challenger Finals: Keisuke Ishii & Takao Soma defeated KUDO & Yasu Urano, Daisuke Sasaki & Yuji Hino and Kenny Omega & Gota Ihashi when Soma pinned Ihashi with the Gin & Tonic (13:31).
2. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – “Research Group” Presents Battle Royal: Akihiro defeated DJ Nira (c) with the Spiritual Coaster (14:29).
Other Competitors: Komyo (c), Yoshihiko, MIKAMI, Michael Nakazawa, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Kazuki Hirata, Gorgeous Matsuno, Rion Mizuki, Yuto Aijima, Mitomi Masayuki, Shuji Ishikawa and Seiya Morohashi.
*Akihiro becomes the 974th champion.
3. Saki Akai Debut Match: Masa Takanashi, Cherry & Saki Akai defeated Hiroshi Fukuda, Yoshiko & Hikaru Shida when Takanashi pinned Fukuda with the Takatonic (11:53).
4. Special Single Match: Katsuhiko Nakajima defeated Konosuke Takeshita with the Vertical Drop Brainbuster (15:31).
5. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Akebono defeated Kensuke Sasaki, Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi (c) when Takagi pinned Oishi with the Sit Down Himawari Bomb (10:34).
*Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Kensuke Sasaki fail in V1. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Akebono become the 6th KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions!
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka defeated Hikaru Sato & Yukio Sakaguchi (c) when Kodaka pinned Sakaguchi with the Zan Isamu Leg (18:12).
*Hikaru Sato & Yukio Sakaguchi fail in V4. Yankii Ni Cho Kenji becomes the 48th KO-D Tag Team Champions!
7. Dramatic Dream Match: Kazuchika Okada defeated Kota Ibushi with the Rainmaker (19:50).
8. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA defeated Shigehiro Irie (c) with the Swan Dive Somato (23:30).
*Shigehiro Irie fails in V9. HARASHIMA becomes the 46th KO-D Openweight Champion!

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HARASHIMA is once again the man to beat in DDT. He defeated Shigehiro Irie in the main event of DDT’s biggest show of the year. He ended the most successful KO-D Openweight Title reign to date and in the process cements his own dominance of the belt by becoming a 5-time (x5) KO-D Champion.

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Kota Ibushi got his own Rainmaker entrance for his match against Kazuchika Okada. But instead of raining dollars, he got raining lottery tickets instead.

The Yankees are taking over the tag team division! Yuko Miyamoto and Isami Kodaka are now the KO-D Tag Team Champions. They immediately set a goal to defend the titles 100 times to prove how strong they are. Keisuke Ishii & Takao Soma earned the first title shot by winning the 4-Way Tag match earlier in the show.

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Yuzuki Aikawa made an appearance as a bouncy reporter for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Title match. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi and Akebono won the Falls Count Anywhere dark match against the Monster Army to get the title shot. Even with the disadvantage of already wrestling outside the arena earlier in the day, Takagi’s team were able to win the titles from Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Kensuke Sasaki. The dark match involved bicycles, Akebono trying to flush Jun Kasai down the toilet, brawling inside a locker room bath and a castle of chairs toppling down.

Konosuke Takeshita requested a rematch with Katsuhiko Nakajima after their bout.

Saki Akai admitted after her debut match that she did not realise how tiring pro wrestling is. However, she can see wrestling becoming a habit for her and she now wants to love it.

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DJ Nira got a measure of revenge on the painting that won the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title from him. Nira got past Komyo’s bodyguards, knocked it over, climbed the top rope, opened up his umbrella and delivered a Diving Stomp onto the painting to win back the title. But his celebration was short lived when Akihiro appeared. Who is Akihiro you ask? She is Yoshihiko’s sister! The doll cleared through everyone that was left in the ring including Nira to win the Battle Royal and become Iron Man Champion.

DDT returns to Sumo Hall on 17th August 2014. They will also announce their business strategy for 2014 and 2015 at the 29/9 Korakuen Hall show.

Applications are currently being accepted for the 2013 DDT48 General Election and with 22nd August as the closing date for wrestlers to declare their candidacy.

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DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2013” Preview

August 17, 2013

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DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2013”, 18/08/2013
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

0. Dark Match: Akito & Guanchulo Vs FUMA & Daichi Kazato
0. Dark Match – KO-D 6-Man Tag Title Next Challenger Decision – Falls Count Anywhere: Antonio Honda, Hoshitango & Jun Kasai Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Akebono
1. Next KO-D Tag Team Title Challenger Finals: KUDO & Yasu Urano Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Yuji Hino Vs Keisuke Ishii & Takao Soma Vs Kenny Omega & Gota Ihashi
2. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – “Research Group” Presents Battle Royal: Komyo (c) Vs Yoshihiko Vs MIKAMI Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs DJ Nira Vs Rion Mizuki Vs Yuto Aijima Vs Mitomi Masayuki Vs Shuji Ishikawa Vs Seiya Morohashi
3. Saki Akai Debut Match: Masa Takanashi, Cherry & Saki Akai Vs Hiroshi Fukuda, Yoshiko & Hikaru Shida
4. Special Single Match: Katsuhiko Nakajima Vs Konosuke Takeshita
5. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Kensuke Sasaki, Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi (c) Vs Winners Of Dark Match
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Hikaru Sato & Yukio Sakaguchi (c) Vs Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka
7. Dramatic Dream Match: Kota Ibushi Vs Kazuchika Okada
8. KO-D Openweight Title: Shigehiro Irie (c) Vs HARASHIMA

After having a go inside Budokan Hall last year for an event that luckily did not end with a satellite filled with dynamite falling from the sky and crashing into the building, DDT brings its annual Peter Pan supershow back to Sumo Hall. This time around Sanshiro Takagi’s crazy idea is to hold two shows inside Sumo Hall in the same weekend. While the first show focuses more on the entertainment side of DDT, this show right here is the culmination of everything DDT has done for the last 12 months. We have two generations of DDT aces fighting over the KO-D Championship, we have a dream match I never thought would happen between the Golden Star and the Rainmaker, we have the company’s most promising young wrestler going against one of modern wrestling’s best prodigies, we have a painting defending a championship against a bunch of people including a blow up doll and we have Akebono in a dark match. What more could you want from DDT?

0. Dark Match: Akito & Guanchulo Vs FUMA & Daichi Kazato

The afternoon begins with a dark match featuring the young lions of DDT and Union. Out of the four Akito has made the most progress this year regularly teaming with Masa Takanashi and Yukio Sakaguchi. The highlight of which was when he and Sakaguchi fought New Japan invaders Jushin Liger and Hiromu Takahashi back in February. Guanchulo arrived from Chile along with Aggressor for a learning excursion throughout the year. Aggressor returned home in June but Guanchulo extended his stay and is a last minute replacement for the injured Tetsuya Endo. FUMA was very active when he adopted his new name and tried to usurp KUDO’s spot in Ura-Shima-Kudo. Daichi Kazato is slowly but surely emerging from the dark match level in Union.

0. Dark Match – KO-D 6-Man Tag Title Next Challenger Decision – Falls Count Anywhere: Antonio Honda, Hoshitango & Jun Kasai Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Akebono

The traditional Falls Count Anywhere Tag Team dark match makes its return. Sure it wouldn’t be a Peter Pan show without it. This time around there is a prize at stake. The winners will move onto the main card where they will receive a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Title shot. The Monster Army gain a violent ally in the form of Jun Kasai. Sanshiro Takagi and Toru Owashi fired back with a big pick, Ribera’s favourite son Akebono!

1. Next KO-D Tag Team Title Challenger Finals: KUDO & Yasu Urano Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Yuji Hino Vs Keisuke Ishii & Takao Soma Vs Kenny Omega & Gota Ihashi

A lot of guys I like are in this match. It’s a shame that many of them have been put here instead of somewhere more important on the card. Still, you can expect a fast paced sprint and maybe a great KO-D Tag Team Title match to look forward to in the future.

2. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – “Research Group” Presents Battle Royal: Komyo (c) Vs Yoshihiko Vs MIKAMI Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs DJ Nira Vs Rion Mizuki Vs Yuto Aijima Vs Mitomi Masayuki Vs Shuji Ishikawa Vs Seiya Morohashi

The illustrious history of the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title added another fascinating entry to its hall of champions back in June. Komyo  (Guangming is another translation but I don’t think it’s the ring one) is a portrait painted by Akihiro Miwa who among other things is an actor, an author, an artist and a drag queen. Komyo was presented to DJ Nira as a bonus prize when he won the Iron Man Title. However the painting was too large and heavy for Nira to carry. The painting fell on top of Nira and ended up pinning him to win the championship. Since then Komyo has been kept under wraps by the “Research Group” and this match will be the first appearance by the champion since it won the belt. Furthermore, the “Research Group” has hired Shuji Ishikawa and Seiya Morohashi to be Komyo’s bodyguards for the match against the usual mix of DDT’s finest and oddest. Contrary to rumours, the ghost of Andre The Giant will not be competing in the Battle Royal. However I cannot rule out the ghost of Naoshi Sano’s career showing up.

3. Saki Akai Debut Match: Masa Takanashi, Cherry & Saki Akai Vs Hiroshi Fukuda, Yoshiko & Hikaru Shida

With Yuzuki Aikawa’s days of bouncing around the ring now over, it’s now time for another model to become a pro wrestler. Enter Saki Akai, the daughter of actor and retired boxer Hidekazu Akai. Masa Takanashi and Cherry have been busy training her and will be teaming with her on the show. Their opponents Yoshiko and Hikaru Shida offered some advice to Akai at a recent press conference. Yoshiko warned that she could break Akai’s bones while Shida, who knows Akai from their time working together on the TV show Muscle Girl said that friendships do not matter inside the ring. Shida also thinks it sucks that she has to team with Hiroshi Fukuda.

4. Special Single Match: Katsuhiko Nakajima Vs Konosuke Takeshita

What a year it has been for Konosuke Takeshita. The 18 year old rookie debuted at Budokan Hall against the hero to Mexican orphans everywhere El Generico (and by that point he was already a former Iron Man Champion). Since then he has been a ball of energy with some impressive performances for a teenager in his first year of wrestling. He took some crazy bumps from the Golden Lovers in separate matches, stepped in the ring with Tatsumi Fujinami and was also pinned Poison Sawada JULIE in his retirement match. His most impressive achievement yet was defeating Masa Takanashi and Yasu Urano to reach the semi final of the King of DDT tournament. Oh, and he recently had an hour long Ironman dark match. Now exactly one year after his debut Takeshita is pitted against another wrestling prodigy, Katsuhiko Nakajima!

5. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Kensuke Sasaki, Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi (c) Vs Winners Of Dark Match

The KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles were introduced in December and crowned its first champions a month later. In its brief history the title has had few successful defences. In fact, the Monster Army are the only champions to have made at least one successful defence. The current champions are of Kensuke Sasaki, Danshoku Dino and Makoto Oishi. As odd as it is for Sasaki to team with Dino and Oishi, it’s still not as weird as the time he thought he was American.

6. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Hikaru Sato & Yukio Sakaguchi (c) Vs Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka

My dark horse pick for match of the show. Hikaru Sato & Yukio Sakaguchi defend the KO-D Tag Team Titles against Yankii Ni Cho Kenju (or Yankee Two Kenju or Yankee Trillion Pistols, I couldn’t figure out the correct translation). Isami Kodaka stepped up his game this year, taking Shuji Ishikawa’s role as the ace of Union and battling with Kenny Omega over the DDT Extreme Title. He recently brought Yuko Miyamoto into DDT to form their successful Big Japan team and they quickly climbed the ranks to get this title shot. Meanwhile Sakaguchi began to make sense of DDT and even found himself defending the promotion from Jushin Liger at one point. He and fellow shoot fighter Hikaru Sato have held the titles since May and defended against a mixture of veterans and promising rookies.

7. Dramatic Dream Match: Kota Ibushi Vs Kazuchika Okada

The match everyone is looking forward to from the moment it was announced. Unless you have been living under a rock, you would know that Kota Ibushi recently moved up to heavyweight status and competed in the G1 Climax for New Japan. As part of the deal between New Japan and DDT, the IWGP Champion Kazuchika Okada (and hopefully Gedo too) comes over for a dream match against Ibushi. So we are getting the Golden Star against The Rainmaker and I for one am quite excited for it.

8. KO-D Openweight Title: Shigehiro Irie (c) Vs HARASHIMA

The actual main event has been overshadowed by Ibushi Vs Okada but it is a pretty important match for DDT. Shigehiro Irie won the KO-D Openweight Championship in March and since then has created the most dominant title reign in DDT history. This was helped by the creation of four Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contracts that allowed its holders to get a KO-D Title shot at whenever they wanted during DDT’s events. Makoto Oishi, Keisuke Ishii, Daisuke Sasaki and Big Japan’s Yuji Okabayashi all cashed in and left with nothing. Add to that some victories over Yukio Sakaguchi, Kota Ibushi, Hikaru Sato and Sanshiro Takagi and you have yourself a very impressive title reign. But there is someone Irie hasn’t faced yet and that man is one of DDT’s best. HARASHIMA is never far away from the No. 1 Contender position and he earned his main event spot by winning this year’s King of DDT tournament. Irie has never beaten HARASHIMA in a singles match. While he has come close with a time limit draw here and there, it’s been mostly HARASHIMA left standing on top. Will we get the same result or will Irie finally beat the one man he never could?

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DDT “BUDOKAN PETER PAN 2012 ~ DDT 15TH ANNIVERSARY” Results

August 18, 2012

DDT “BUDOKAN PETER PAN 2012 ~ DDT 15TH ANNIVERSARY”, 18/08/2012
Tokyo Nippon Budokan
10,124 Fans – Super No Vacancy

0. Special Dark Match – Muscle Army Vs Style-E Army: Muscle Sakai, Hiroshi Fukuda, Pedro Takaishi, Kazuyoshi Sakai HG, Kazunori Huzioka, Mr. Magic & Seiya Morohashi defeated Kazuhiro Tamura, Masashi Takeda, Masato Shibata, Shota, Shotaro Nasu & Choun “Bones” Shiryu when Sakai pinned Shiryu with the Verdict (11:07).
1. Tag Team Gauntlet: Takao Soma & Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie, Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa, Isami Kodaka & Hiro Tsumaki and Saint Seiya Rion & Poison JULIE Sawada.
1a. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie eliminated Isami Kodaka & Hiro Tsumaki when Irie pinned Tsumaki with the Vertical Drop Back Flip (6:04).
1b. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie eliminated Saint Seiya Rion & Poison JULIE Sawada when Ishii pinned Sawada with the Kneel Kick (2:30).
1c. Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa eliminated Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie when Sato & Nakazawa submitted Ishii with an Ankle Lock & Ultimate Venom Arm Combo (4:15).
1d. Takao Soma & Yukio Sakaguchi eliminated Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa when Soma pinned Nakazawa with the Diving Guillotine Drop (9:01).
2. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Royal Rumble: Yoshiaki Fujiwara defeated E. YOSHIHIKO (c) by Referee Stoppage with an Armbar (19:22).
Order of Entries: DJ Nira, Daichi Kakimoto, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Batten Tamagawa, Mio Shirai, Hiroshi Fukuda, Ken Ohka, NOZOMI, Gorgeous Matsuno, Akito, Yuzuki Aikawa, Yoshiaki Fujiwara and E. YOSHIHIKO.
*Yoshiaki Fujiwara becomes the 961st champion.
3. Konosuke Takeshita Debut Match: El Generico defeated Konosuke Takeshita with the Brainbustaaaaahhhhh!!!!! (10:36).
4. Five-A-Side Soccer Match: Tokatsu FC 2-2 Akira-waku FC
Tokatsu FC: Masa Takanashi, Daisuke Sasaki, Hoshitango, Tetsuya Endo & Tsukasa Fujimoto.
Akira-waku FC: Yasu Urano, Antonio Honda, Yuji Hino, Tanomusaku Toba & Yoshiko.
4a. Tsukasa Fujimoto pinned Antonio Honda with the Tsukadora (1st Half – 2:34) (Tokatsu 1-0 Akira-waku).
4b. Yasu Urano pinned Daisuke Sasaki with a Diving Body Press (1st Half – 3:29) (Tokatsu 1-1 Akira-waku).
4c. Yuji Hino pinned Tetsuya Endo with the F***’N Bomb (2nd Half – 1:31) (Tokatsu 1-2 Akira-waku).
4d. Masa Takanashi pinned Yasu Urano with the Takatonic (2nd Half – 2:39) (Tokatsu 2-2 Akira-waku).
*Tokatsu FC win 2-0 on penalties.
5. KO-D Tag Team Title: MIKAMI & Tatsumi Fujinami defeated KUDO & Makoto Oishi (c) when MIKAMI pinned Oishi with the Volcanic Bomb (9:04).
*KUDO & Makoto Oishi fail in V4. MIKAMI & Tatsumi Fujinami become the 45th KO-D Tag Team Champions!
6. Special Weapons Rumble Handicap Match: Minoru Suzuki defeated Sanshiro Takagi with the Gotch-Style Piledriver (17:33).
7. Special Hardcore Tag Team Match: HARASHIMA & Togi Makabe defeated Shuji Ishikawa & Ryuji Ito when HARASHIMA pinned Ishikawa with the Swan Dive Somato (14:36).
8. Transparency Current Explosion Death Match: Invisible Man defeated Danshoku Dino after an explosion (16:16).
9. KO-D Openweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) defeated Kenny Omega with the Phoenix Splash (37:26).
*V2 for Kota Ibushi.

DDT will return to Sumo Hall on 17th and 18th August 2013. That’s right, DDT will be doing two Ryogoku shows back to back! That’s not all, Sanshiro Takagi said that his goal for DDT’s 20th Anniversary is to run the Tokyo Dome!

Kota Ibushi defeats Kenny Omega in what could be the biggest match of both their careers. In a match that went nearly 40 minutes, both men put everything on the line for the right to be called KO-D Champion. Kenny targeted Ibushi’s right shoulder while Ibushi fought back with his sharp kicks. Pretty soon both men went high risk with Tope Con Hilos, Quebradas and top rope Frankensteiners were brought into play. Given their habits for fighting away from the squared circle, it was no surprise that their match soon spilled towards the entrance stage. It was there that Ibushi levelled up, climbed up a stage structure and Moonsaulted onto Omega below. Back in the ring they were both filled with smiles as they continued to throw everything they could at each other. Ibushi avoided the Avalanche One-Winged Angel and finally put Kenny away with the Phoenix Splash to end their spectacle.

The semi-main event was advertised as a Budokan match that only DDT could get away it. Danshoku Dino Vs The Invisible Man! Dino was given a special pair of glasses to wear so he could see The Invisible Man as they wrestled. He was also accompanied his fellow Homoiro Clover Z members as well as Yusuke Inokuma at ringside. But there was a dangerous new stipulation added on the request of The Invisible Man. The ring ropes were rigged up to an electric current. When the match reached the 5 minute mark, the ropes would get one million volts of electricity flowing through it. Any contact would create a powerful explosion. The Invisible Man, who has apparently been a part of DDT since Day 1 and been ignored for most of it, put all of his anger and frustration into the match. He sent a message to Sanshiro Takagi and the rest of the DDT locker room by giving Dino a Stunner then sent him flying into the ropes. The resulting explosion left Dino unconcious and defeated. The Invisible Man said that this was the beginning of his march to the main event!

One year after their match was set, Sanshiro Takagi and Minoru Suzuki went head to head at the Budokan. With a Weapons Rumble Handicap in his favour, Takagi carefully picked the weapons he thought would help him defeat Suzuki. Those ‘weapons’ turned out to be Mecha Mummy’s fist and drill (didn’t work), New Sanshiro Takagi (didn’t work), Yuzuki Aikawa (actually sort of worked), the entire Muscle Army (didn’t work, Suzuki easily destroyed them) and Yoshiaki Fujiwara (most effective of the lot). Takagi’s downfall came when Suzuki slipped off his shoulders during the Sunflower Bomb. Suzuki trapped Takagi with a Sleeper Hold and then hit the Gotch-Style Piledriver to win.

After the match, Takagi thanked Suzuki for fighting him on the big stage. Takagi felt this was the best wrestling show he was ever a part of and now it was time to retire. The crowd were shocked at the announcement and Takagi was given the ten bell salute. But Takagi then suddenly interrupted the ceremony to admit he was lying.

The Five-A-Side Football Match begun as a 10-Man Tag Team Ironman match fought in two halves. Each half was five minutes long. After the time was up the result was a tie. Tokatsu FC and Akira-waku FC bought scored two falls. A penalty shootout would take place as the tiebreaker. A penalty area with goalposts were set up on the entrance stage. Masa Takanashi and Hoshitango were the only ones to score their penalty shots, resulting in a victory for Tokatsu FC.

Cherry and Gota Ihashi both had to pull out of the Iron Man Royal Rumble due to illness. Cherry is suffering from rubella while Ihashi has acute enteritis. Speaking of the Rumble, Kyohei Wada was the referee. Yoshihiko came out impersonating A. YAZAWA and was the last man along with Yoshiaki Fujiwara in the Rumble. Their battle was described on Twitter by Samurai TV as a “Close Encounter Of The Third Kind.”

Saint Seiya Rion sang the Saint Seiya anime theme song for his entrance.

The Muscle Dark Match began without Muscle Sakai. Something happened that kept him from wrestling until he finally arrived via taxi and cleaned house, defeating the Style-E invaders with his Muscle teammates.

No anal explosion for Michael Nakazawa this year.

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DDT “BUDOKAN PETER PAN 2012 ~ DDT 15TH ANNIVERSARY” Preview

August 16, 2012

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

0. Special Dark Match – Muscle Army Vs Style-E Army: Muscle Sakai, Pedro Takaishi, Kazuyoshi Sakai HG, Kazunori Huzioka, Mr. Magic, Seiya Morohashi & Choun “Daikichi” Shiryu Vs Kazuhiro Tamura, Masashi Takeda,Masato Shibata, Shota, Shotaro Nasu & Choun “Bones” Shiryu
1. Konosuke Takeshita Debut Match: Konosuke Takeshita Vs El Generico
2. Tag Team Gauntlet: Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa Vs Takao Soma & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Isami Kodaka & Hiro Tsumaki Vs Saint Seiya Rion & Poison JULIE Sawada
3. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Royal Rumble: DJ Nira (c) Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Gota Ihashi Vs Akito Vs YOSHIHIKO Vs Cherry Vs NOZOMI Vs Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Daichi Kakimoto Vs Ken Ohka Vs Mio Shirai Vs Batten Tamagawa Vs Choun-Shiryu Vs Yuzuki Aikawa Vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara
4. Five-A-Side Soccer Match: Masa Takanashi, Daisuke Sasaki, Hoshitango, Tetsuya Endo & Tsukasa Fujimoto Vs Yasu Urano, Antonio Honda, Yuji Hino, Tanomusaku Toba & Yoshiko
5. KO-D Tag Team Title: KUDO & Makoto Oishi (c) Vs MIKAMI & Tatsumi Fujinami
6. Special Weapons Rumble Handicap Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Minoru Suzuki
7. Special Single Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Invisible Man
8. Special Hardcore Tag Team Match: HARASHIMA & Togi Makabe Vs Shuji Ishikawa & Ryuji Ito
9. KO-D Openweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) Vs Kenny Omega

The biggest show in DDT history is now just days away. From their first show in Kitizawa Town Hall all the way back in March 1997, DDT has grown to be one of pro wrestling’s more bizarre and unique organisations. It has also been the home to one of indie puroresu’s brightest stars (along with a dozen of indie puroresu’s most perverted stars), the host of many infamous stipulation matches that defied pro wrestling as we know it and pretty much became the place to be if you like things that can only be described with the phrase “Japan is weird.”

Now reaching its 15th year, DDT is marking their anniversary with a very special show held in Budokan Hall, the first time they run the building. While it is not the largest arena DDT has run (I think that honour goes to Fukuoka Dome in 2001 thanks to some deal with New Japan), the special occasion along with their growth makes this their most important show ever. But it could have been a lot different.

Here’s a little fact revealed on the official DDT website a few months ago. Back in 2010 Sanshiro Takagi originally considered booking a show in Saitama Super Arena for the following year. He had to abandon his plans when he found out the arena was already booked out for the entire year. Want another little fact? It was Magnum TOKYO who suggested to Takagi that DDT should run Budokan Hall instead of doing Sumo Hall again for DDT’s 15th Anniversary. I’m not kidding.

DDT has a habit of surprising people with their plans and a lot were caught off guard when they announced this Budokan Hall show, just like when they announced their first Sumo Hall show back in 2009. What they have planned is a mixture of a highly anticipated main event, some special cross-promotional and cross-dimensional matches, a legend’s first championship match in ten years, a multi-person scramble for the hottest potato in pro wrestling, a rookie debut and a battle between two sleazy organisations before the show even properly starts. Oh, and a game of football of course. So let’s have a look at what is in store.

0. Special Dark Match – Muscle Army Vs Style-E Army: Muscle Sakai, Pedro Takaishi, Kazuyoshi Sakai HG, Kazunori Huzioka, Mr. Magic, Seiya Morohashi & Choun “Daikichi” Shiryu Vs Kazuhiro Tamura, Masashi Takeda, Masato Shibata, Shota, Shotaro Nasu & Choun “Bones” Shiryu

Muscle Sakai marks his return to the ring since his retirement back in October 2010 but the special occasion has been disrupted by an outside force. His Muscle sub-brand, which was originally put on hiatus until 2030 when his children would debut has been dragged into a war with Style-E. Not much is known as to why the two groups have declared war on each other but there have been public conflicts since the grudge came to light. To put a quick end to the war, Budokan Hall has been chosen as the battleground and Sakai’s return now has a dangerous edge to it. But this being Sakai’s match, the feud could easily be decided with a table quiz or a cannonball run race instead of a wrestling match. We just have to wait and see what happens.

1. Konosuke Takeshita Debut Match: Konosuke Takeshita Vs El Generico

One of the first wrestlers announced to wrestle for DDT at Budokan Hall was the Generic Luchador himself, El Generico. After wowing everyone in Union and DDT during his trips to Japan in 2011, he came back this year to face the very best both brands had to offer. Now Generico will face a young lion, just like in his first match for Union against the now absent Shinichiro Tominaga. The debuting rookie here is 17 year old Konosuke Takeshita from Osaka, already a former Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion. DDT must see a lot of potential in the kid to pit him with El Generico in his first professional match.

2. Tag Team Gauntlet: Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa Vs Takao Soma & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Isami Kodaka & Hiro Tsumaki Vs Saint Seiya Rion & Poison JULIE Sawada

A Gauntlet match that could very well determine the next challengers for the KO-D Tag Team Championship. We have two established tag teams in Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie and Do Hentai Dan. Takao Soma & Yukio Sakaguchi are paired together to represent New World Japan. Isami Kodaka & Hiro Tsumaki fly the flag for Union and have gelled well together since their recent team formation. The possible dark horse team is Poison JULIE Sawada and the newly named Saint Seiya Rion, formerly Rion Mizuki. JULIE saw an improvement to his win-loss record when he changed into his current gimmick. Maybe the same can happen to Rion.

3. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Royal Rumble: DJ Nira (c) Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs Gota Ihashi Vs Akito Vs YOSHIHIKO Vs Cherry Vs NOZOMI Vs Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Daichi Kakimoto Vs Ken Ohka Vs Mio Shirai Vs Batten Tamagawa Vs Choun-Shiryu Vs Yuzuki Aikawa Vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara

You all know the story by now. This is the championship that has been won by many useless objects such as a Ladder, a curry, a poster, a truck, a doll, a Chair, a piece of Yakitori chicken, a can of Beer and Naoshi Sano. After an unexpected tour of Bolivia where the title briefly rested on Dick Togo’s shoulder, the belt is now currently in possession of the self-proclaimed King Of Time and master of the Rocket Punch, DJ Nira.

It was a sad tale for poor little DJ Nira. After gaining possession of a Money In The Bank style contract that gave him a KO-D Openwight Title match whenever he wanted, he chose to wait until the biggest stage of them all to cash it in. Unfortunately WrestleMania took place later that same day and it was too late to book flights for Miami. So Nira decided to cash in at Budokan Hall. But shocking news struck when Nira eavesdropped on Tsurumi Amon and heard that the 15th Anniverary Show was going to be cancelled! Knowing that it was now and never, Nira cashed in his title shot during Beer Garden week. Unfortunately for himself and humanity, Nira lost the match and left empty handed. Even worse was when Nira found out that Amon never said the Budokan show was cancelled, Nira just misheard him. Nira was crushed now that he wasted his title shot for nothing. Feeling as desperate as a wrestling fan browsing through his favourite SHIMMER woman’s Amazon Wish List, Nira kept the crumpled remains of the contract and cashed it in for a shot at the Iron Man Title. You know, the belt that’s defended to anyone and anything 24/7. Logic aside, this time his plan was a success. DJ Nira finally became a champion! Then he lost the belt. But he won it back, so everything’s ok again.

Except now he has to defend the belt in a Royal Rumble match and as champion he is expected to be entry #1. With an odd mix of male, female and inanimate wrestlers going after the champion, this can still be considered one of the more normal matches happening on the card.

4. Five-A-Side Soccer Match: Masa Takanashi, Daisuke Sasaki, Hoshitango, Tetsuya Endo & Tsukasa Fujimoto Vs Yasu Urano, Antonio Honda, Yuji Hino, Tanomusaku Toba & Yoshiko

Match Of The Day, this is not.

An odd storyline happening in DDT during the summer was the formation of the Monster Army. Yasu Urano, Antonio Honda, Yuji Hino, Masa Takanashi, Daisuke Sasaki and Hoshitango all joined together to form a new stable. However, the group has made such little impact in DDT that they could hardly be called an immediate threat to the rest of the roster. Consisting of three former KO-D Champions, you can see why it is odd to see the group fizzle almost immediately. The trouble has led to the Monster Arm splitting into two groups, the original Crying Wolf members on one side and La Familia on the other. DDT figured out a way for the two sides to compete against each other and it involves an unlikely collaboration they established with a popular manga artist.

Back in June Sanshiro Takagi announced that DDT was working with Yoichi Takahashi, the creator of the famous football manga Captain Tsubasa. The deal involves Takahashi creating a special animated video for DDT’s show at Budokan Hall. To celebrate the deal, Takagi has booked a 5-a-side football match to take place inside the Budokan during the show. Crying Wolf and La Familia were chosen to be the teams and given the task to recruit more players. La Familia chose rookie Tetsuya Endo and Ice Ribbon ace Tsukasa Fujimoto (presumably playing the role of Hope Solo) to be part of their squad. Crying Wolf responded by getting Tanomusaku Toba and Stardom’s resident bitch Yoshiko (presumably playing the role of either Joey Barton or Mario Balotelli) to join their team.

5. KO-D Tag Team Title: KUDO & Makoto Oishi (c) Vs MIKAMI & Tatsumi Fujinami

KUDO & Makoto Oishi have been on top of the world since winning the KO-D Tag Team Title from Yasu Urano and Yuji Hino in June. Since then they have fought off most of the established tag teams in DDT to keep the belts. For the 15th Anniversary show, they are going to take on an unexpected pairing. In July, MIKAMI stepped back into the ring after spending seven months recovering from a torn rotator cuff. His return match was against the legendary Tatsumi Fujinami, who by then already agreed to compete for DDT at the Budokan. After Fujinami won the match, MIKAMI asked if they could team together to face KUDO & Makoto Oishi at the 15th Anniversary Show. Fujinami accepted the offer, the champions accepted the challenge and the KO-D Tag Titles were later put on the line. This match marks the first championship bout Fujinami will have in over 10 years, giving the match a very special feel.

So will this be the return to glory for both The Dragon and The Suicide Boy or will Homoiro Clover Z continue to dance the night away as champions?

6. Special Weapons Rumble Handicap Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Minoru Suzuki

The match one year in the making, Sanshiro Takagi challenged Minoru Suzuki to this match all the way back at “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2011”. Since then both mean have gone through different paths. Takagi brought his TKG48 project to an end and transformed into CM Punk because he was feeling bored, then briefly became the KO-D Champion a reign that lasted the same amount of time it takes to make a cup of coffee. He then got tired of doing a knock-off anti-establshment gimmick and went on to form the very original New World Japan group. Minoru Suzuki meanwhile main evented in New Japan’s biggest show of the year in the Tokyo Dome, formed the Suzuki Army to wreck havoc in that company and continued being the cocky badass he always is.

Takagi knows how difficult a task he has ahead of him. So to make sure he has the advantage, Takagi has made the match a Weapons Rumble Handicap Match, where a new “weapon” gets introduced after a set period of time. Takagi has spent a lot of time thinking of weapons to use against Suzuki. One of them is to put Yuzuki Aikawa in a bikini and have her distract Suzuki with her bounciness, allowing Takagi to whack Suzuki over the head with a broom. I’m half expecting one of Suzuki’s weapons to be Chopper from One Piece. Also have you ever noticed how wherever Minoru Suzuki goes, Yoshihiro Takayama is never that far behind?

7. Special Single Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Invisible Man

Danshoku Dino continues to play an important part in DDT’s annual big bash. In the Sumo Hall years Dino won an 8 championship unification match to create the GAY Crown, then defeated HUSTLE star HG in his retirement match (RG was there too but nobody cares about him) and topped it all off by vanquishing Bob Sapp in a feud that drew more money than a Davey Richards heist main event.

But now Dino faces his toughest challenge yet. His opponent has one advantage that no one else Dino ever faced has. Dino’s next opponent is The Invisible Man. Is this Invisible Man the former Iron Man Champion Arnold Skeskejanaker who appeared in DDT back in 2008? I don’t know. The Invisible Man said is he’s sick and tired of being ignored and challenged Dino to grab everyone’s attention.

So Budokan Hall, the location of famous matches such as Jumbo Tsuruta Vs Mitsuharu Misawa, Antonio Honda Vs Muhammad Ali, Nobuhiko Takada Vs Super Vader and many more will now play host to Danshoku Dino fighting an invisible man.

It could be worse. They could have put Yoshiaki Yago in that match. Do you guys want to see Dino Vs Yago in a headline match Budokan Hall? No, I didn’t think so.

8. Special Hardcore Tag Team Match: HARASHIMA & Togi Makabe Vs Shuji Ishikawa & Ryuji Ito

HARASHIMA and Shuji Ishikawa have fought some hard matches against each other in the past. This trend continued in July when the two met in a Hardcore Match that Ishikawa won. Afterwards Tsurumi Amon booked the two to face each other once more but this time they each get to bring a tag team partner of their choice. Ishikawa chose Ryuji Ito, their alliance created as a result of some co-promoted shows between Union and Big Japan held this year. HARASHIMA went and invited an old friend he knew from from his college days. That friend just happens to be the The Charisma Gorilla from New Japan, Togi Makabe. The two originally met and became friends at their college wrestling club. They eventually faced each other in a professional bout in 2010. Who else but Makabe could be the partner HARASHIMA needs to counter both Ishikawa’s size and Ito’s brutal wrestling style? With the teams set, the match has been turned into a Hardcore match and could provide violent scenes rarely seen in DDT.

This match is what I like to call the Fire Pro Special. Have you ever played a game of Fire Pro Wrestling where you just randomly select wrestlers and come up with unusual tag team matches? This feels like one of those matches. All that’s missing is an Independent World ring canvas and somebody like Kyohei Wada as the referee.

9. KO-D Openweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) Vs Kenny Omega

And so here we are at the hotly anticipated main event. The Golden Lovers collide over who is the best wrestler in DDT. With both wrestlers going through a very eventful 2012, this match here could wind up as the biggest highlight out of them all. After finally going through surgery to heal a niggling shoulder injury that cut short his biggest career achievement, Kota Ibushi came back with a polite vengeance. The Independent Genius won the KO-D Openweight Title from Yuji Hino, then followed that by winning back the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title that he was originally forced to vacate thanks to his injury. Things were looking great for Ibushi.

Now that return to glory stuff is great and all, but while Ibushi was out of action Kenny Omega forged his own path and made sure everyone in Japan knew his name. Omega went to All Japan to win the AJPW Jr. Heavyweight Championship and proceeded to rub it in to both the fans and the roster that he was the coolest champion All Japan had ever seen. While making stops in DDT to receive a hero’s welcome from his fans, the All Japan crowd were just waiting for the day when one of their favourites would take back the belt and shut him up. The AJPW Jr. Title came and went, but Omega was quick to focus on a new goal. He entered the King Of DDT tournament and defeated Daisuke Sasaki, Masa Takanashi, HARASHIMA and finally Danshoku Dino to be crowned the winner. He earned the grand prize of challenging the KO-D Champion at Budokan Hall. Of course, that champion is Omega’s BFF Ibushi. And the two have quite the history together.

The whole reason Omega originally came to DDT four years ago was to challenge Ibushi over who was better at Falls Count Anywhere matches. The two fought each other in a fierce 2/3 Falls Count Anywhere match in Shin-Kiba 1st RING during the chaotic week of Beer Garden shows. Ibushi emerged the victor two falls to one and from that match a friendship was born. The two became a tag team at the beginning of 2009 and quickly won the KO-D Tag Team Title with their combined finisher, the Golden Shower. Weekly Pro-Wrestling originally named them the Golden Twins but Omega corrected them and said they weren’t twins. Omega called himself and Ibushi the Golden Lovers instead. From there they went on to even more success, branching over to New Japan where they won the IWGP Jr. Tag Team Title along with a Match of the Year Award from Tokyo Sports for one of their matches with Apollo 55. Add in a Best Tag Team Award from Weekly Pro-Wrestling and you can see Ibushi and Omega were both becoming hot properties in Japan.

In recent times the two have mostly been seperated in the ring with Ibushi being out of action and Omega being busy annoying everyone in All Japan. But now fate has brought them together again. Fate or maybe destiny. Either fate, destiny or Sanshiro Takagi thinking “You know what would be an awesome main event at Budokan Hall? Kota Ibushi Vs Kenny Omega!”

And what an awesome main event that is going to be.

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DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2011” Results

July 24, 2011

DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2011”, 24/07/2011
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
8,660 Fans

0. Big China Unified Nakahara Tag Team Titles: Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa defeated The Great Sasuke & Ricky Fuji (c) when Takagi pinned Sasuke with the Sitdown Hirawari Bomb into a bath full of rubber ducks (21:03).
*Great Sasuke & Ricky Fuji fail in V1. Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa become the 21st Champions!
1. Dramatic Next Generation Fight: Keisuke Ishii defeated Shigehiro Irie with two Kneel Kicks (9:25).
2. Battle Royal – Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Antonio Honda defeated Daisuke Sasaki (c) with the Octopus Hold (21:46).
Other Participants: Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Yuzuki Aikawa, Cherry, Riki Sensyu, Emi Sakura, Tanomusaku Toba, Gorgeous Matsuno, DJ Nira, Hoshitango, Daisuke Sasaki, Rion Mizuki, Makoto Oishi, Mr. #6 and YOSHIHIKO.
*Antonio Honda becomes the 870th champion.
2a. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Gorgeous Matsuno defeated Antonio Honda (c) with a School Boy (4:00 pm).
*Gorgeous Matsuno becomes the 871st champion.
3. Special Singles Match: MIKAMI defeated Poison Sawada JULIE with the Volcano Bomb (8:59).
4. 4 Way – KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sekimoto & Masa Takanashi defeated HARASHIMA & HERO! (c), GENTARO & Yasu Urano and Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa (23:31).
4a. Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa eliminated GENTARO & Yasu Urano when Omega pinned Urano with the Croyt’s Wrath (13:15).
4b. Daisuke Sekimoto & Masa Takanashi eliminated Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa when Sekimoto pinned Nakzawa with the German Suplex (16:37).
4c. Daisuke Sekimoto & Masa Takanashi eliminated HARASHIMA & HERO! when Takanashi pinned HERO! with the Avalanche Taka Tonic (23:21).
*HARASHIMA & HERO! fail in V2. Daisuke Sekimoto & Masa Takanashi become the 38th KO-D Tag Team Champions!
5. Summer Night Fever In NAGOYA – 5 Vs 5 Elimination: Sanshiro Takagi, Hikaru Sato, Takao Soma, Kazuki Hirata & Akito defeated Yoshiaki Yago, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Super Shit Machine, Kengo Ohka & Minoru Suzuki (24:20).
5a. Yoshiaki Yago eliminated Akito with the Cobra Twist (4:43).
5b. Kazuki Hirata eliminated Super Shit Machine with a Horizontal Cradle (7:10).
5c. Tomomitsu Matsunaga eliminated Kazuki Hirata with a Back Drop (7:46).
5d. Hikaru Sato eliminated Yoshiaki Yago by Ring Out (12:40).
5e. Minoru Suzuki eliminated Hikaru Sato with the Gotch-Style Piledriver (14:36).
5f. Sanshiro Takagi and Minoru Suzuki were eliminated by a Double Ring Out (18:20).
5g. Takao Soma eliminated Kengo Ohka by Ring Out (20:13).
5h. Takao Soma eliminated Tomomitsu Matsunaga with the Diving Guillotine Drop (24:20).
6. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) defeated Prince Devitt with the Phoneix Splash (13:50).
*V1 for Ibushi.
7. Special Singles Match: Danshoku Dino defeated Bob Sapp with the Gaydo Clutch (3R 2:58).
8. KO-D Openweight Title: KUDO defeated Shuji Ishikawa (c) with three Diving Double Knee Drops (27:24).
*Shuji Ishikawa fails in V3. KUDO becomes the 37th KO-D Openweight Champion!

A Super No Vacancy crowd at Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan watched KUDO fight with all of his heart and strength as he defeated Shuji Ishikawa to become the new KO-D Openweight Champion! Both men were left battered and bruised after an intense main event that went on for nearly half an hour. Shuji threw everything he had at KUDO. The Fire Thunder Driver, the Splash Mountain, a Giant Tiger Suplex, even the Kitchen Sink (you lot remember that’s what the Running Knee Strike to the gut is called in some places, right?) but he couldn’t keep KUDO down. KUDO meanwhile sent his strike heavy offence into overdrive, raining down kicks and punches to Shuji late into the match to send him reeling. KUDO had to hit the Diving Double Knee Drop three times in a row to finally beat Ishikawa and become champion. The entire DDT roster came out to congratulate KUDO after the match. KUDO thanked all of his fans and friends for supporting him and he would defend the belt against everybody. He then approached Sanshiro Takagi and told him ” Mr. Takagi, 10 years ago DDT picked me up. Thank you.”

Takagi then had an announcement to make. DDT will be celebrating its 15th Anniversary next year and Takagi wanted to celebrate it in a big way. So he announced that DDT’s 15th Anniversary show will be held in the Nippon Budokan! The show is happening thanks to funding from the Nippon Broadcasting System radio network, who will be sponsoring the event.

Danshoku Dino scored the biggest win of his career when he defeated “The Beast” Bob Sapp in the semi-main event. Things looked bleak for Dino in the first round, fought under “Bob Rules”. He was quickly given a yellow card for grabbing Sapp’s groin and was thrown around ringside like a rag doll. Round 2 was completely different since “Gay Rules” were now in effect. Dino had a lot of fun trying to molest Sapp, who was so distraught by what was going on he tried to hide behind referee Kyohei Wada in order to get away from his opponent. Sapp must have been so thankful when that round ended as the third round returned to his ruleset. Dino was nearly defeated by KO twice in this round but he recovered to pull down Sapp’s shorts. He then kissed him, gave him a Danshoku Driver and kissed him again. Sapp was so overwhelemed he was brought down to his hands and knees. Dino then saw his chance and he rolled over the big man with with the Gaydo Clutch to win the match! It was such a big deal that the Pride FC “Victory” song began playing in the background. Afterwards Dino asked Sapp on the mic if he was gay. Sapp denied he was gay. Tsurumi Amon replied by saying he was gay. Keisuke Ishii then entered the ring to say he was gay. Kyohei Wada then said he was gay. One by one, DDT wrestlers spread around the audience all stood up and said they were gay, leading to the entire audience to hold up their hands and say they were all gay. Feeling emotionally touched by such a wonderful moment, Bob Sapp took the mic and said “I am gay”. All at once, everybody then replied with “Go right ahead!” Sapp realised he was tricked by everyone into saying he was gay and he stormed out of the ring.

The IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship match between Kota Ibushi and Prince Devitt was just as much of a sprint as their previous matches against each other. Ibushi made sure Devitt would not return to New Japan with their title and won an exciting match with the Phoenix Splash.

The DDT General Election will return for a second year with the election period taking place between 21st August and 25th September. 48 wrestlers who are either employed or affiliated with DDT will plead for the fans’ votes. At the end of the election, the top 18 contestants will all participate at a special DDT show held in Korakuen Hall later this year. The actual winner of the election will recieve a KO-D Openweight Title shot at that event as well as a cash prize. Danshoku Dino was last year’s winner.

The 5 Vs 5 Elimination match became a bit too chaotic when it came down to the final two men. Akito was the first one to bite the dust when he submitted to Yoshiaki Yago’s Cobra Twist. Kazuki Hirata stunned everyone when he eliminated Super Shit Machine with a flash pin but he was then immediately dealt with by Tomimitsu Matsunaga and Kengo Ohka. Hikaru Sato got rid of Yago but was demolished by Minoru Suzuki. Sanshiro Takagi sacrificed himself to eliminate Suzuki by causing a Double Ring Out, leaving Takao Soma to battle with Matsunaga & Ohka. Soma was able to eliminate Ohka by Ring Out with a Missile Dropkick, but then the rest of the Susan Shit Heart Superstars interfered. Referee Kiso Daisuke was then knocked out cold. Kyohei Wada came to the rescue wearing a DDT referee shirt and became the man in charge, ordering everyone except Soma and Matsunaga to leave the ring. Matsunaga was mad at Wada and started insulting him, so Wada slapped the taste out of his mouth and tried to throw him over the top rope! Soma stopped him as he wanted to beat his former ally in a convincing manner. It took a couple of Elbow Smashes and Schweins but Soma was finally able to win the match with the Diving Guillotine Drop. Here’s an interesting fact, ever since his debut at the first Ryogoku show Takao Soma has been undefeated at all three DDT Sumo Hall shows.

Hikaru Sato Vs Minoru Suzuki was announced for DDT’s 28/8 Korakuen Hall show. Sanshiro Takagi also challenged Suzuki to a match but wants it to take place at DDT’s 15th Anniversary show next year.

Masa Takanashi & Daisuke Sekimoto are your new KO-D Tag Team Champions! The 4-Way over the belts was action packed as four very different teams battled it out to become the best team in DDT. Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa eliminated GENTARO & Yasu Urano 13 minutes into the match when they both pinned Urano after the Croyt’s Wrath. Sekimoto then got rid of them with a devastating German Suplex on Nakazawa. HERO! used all of his uncharacteristic dirty tactics on Sekimoto to steal the victory but Yukinori Matsui eventually caught him in the act when HERO! grabbed the ropes for leverage when pinning Takanashi. Soon HERO! and Takanashi were both on the top turnbuckle trying to Superplex each other. Sekimoto tried to interrupt but HARASHIMA stopped him with a Reverse Frankensteiner. Sekimoto rolled back onto his feet and immediately German Suplexed HARASHIMA before collapsing. This left Takanashi and HERO! as the only active wrestlers left in the match. Takanashi won the exchange up top and hit an Avalanche Taka Tonic to pin HERO! and win the belts! Fifteen months ago Daisuke Sekimoto and Masa Takanashi fought in what was called a “Miracle Match” by fans. Now they rule the DDT Tag Team division as KO-D Tag Team Champions!

Match #3 saw two of DDT’s all time greats go toe-to-toe. MIKAMI did not waste anytime and dived onto Poison Sawada JULIE during his entrance into the ring. Sawada used his Snake Magic to good effect until MIKAMI channelled his own magic to give his opponent a taste of his own medicine. MIKAMI almost won with a 450 Splash but as he had Sawada pinned, he was suddenly blinded with Posion Mist. Sawada rolled him over in a cradle but only got a nearfall. MIKAMI brought his ladder into play and both men fought on top of it. That ended badly for Sawada as he was knocked to the canvas, allowing MIKAMI to hit the Volcano Bomb from the top of the ladder to win. Both wrestlers shook hands after the match.

The Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title Battle Royal was as loony as you would expect it to be. The most recent title change before this match took place a three days before the show during a press conference. Champion Antonio Honda tried to demonstrate his affections for busty joshi idol Yuzuki Aikawa only to get knocked out by the feisty lass with a kick to the chest. Daisuke Sasaki stepped in to calm her down only to get kicked into the chest as well. Sasaki fell on top of Honda and Yukinori Matsui counted the pinfall, meaning Sasaki was now the champion heading into the match. The Battle Royal saw plenty of crazy moments but Mr. #6 was the star of the match. His highlights included hitting an entire line of opponents with a Shining Wizard, out Sumo-ing Hoshitango out of the ring and revealing his inner Warsman by submitting DJ Nira with the Palo Special. Antonio Honda won the match and won back his title by submitting Sasaki with the Octopus Hold. But the 24/7 rule struck again as it always does when Gorgeous Matsuno snuck up to Honda on the ramp and gave him a School Boy to leave Sumo Hall as champion!

The young rivalry between Keisuke Ishii and Shigehiro Irie properly opened the show. Irie used his size and weight advantage as best as he could but Irie held on and even had the strength to give his rival a German Suplex. It took him two Kneel Kicks to knock the big man down and out but Ishii proved he was the better man on the night.

The Anal Blast opening ceremony took place with Michael Nakazawa assuming the position. Dick Togo was the special guest detonator and he came out dressed in Cuban military clothing and a Che Guevara shirt. He tried to set off the dynamite with his gun but kept on missing his target. So he suddenly brought out a bazooka and yelled “Adiós, Michael!” His shot was right on target, the show officialy began and Nakazawa is now unable to sit down for a month.

The pre-show match for the Big China Unified Nakahara Tag Team Titles began outside the arena. Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa came out armed with paddles and an inflatable raft while Ricky Fuji brought along a guitar and The Great Sasuke appeared with wings attached to his arms. The match travelled into building and over to the merch table manned by former Union wrestler DT-YUTA. They were about to bring the fight over to an area marked “AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY” but Kyohei Wada stopped them from going any further. Goro Tsurumi then made his annual cameo appearance dressed as a chef. The match then went to ringside where Sawa and Sasuke both got on bicycles and crashed into each other while Takagi splashed Fuji through a table. The tour of destruction then went into the dressing room where the wrestlers bumped into the Great Sasuke’s rock band, The Crazy Crew. After a performance of “You Give Love A Bad Name” by everyone in attendence, the wrestlers brawled into the bath area. Takagi finally ended the match by Power Bomb Sasuke into a bath filled with floating rubber ducks and pinning him. Takagi & Sawa are now your new Big China Tag Team Champions!

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DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2011” Preview

July 23, 2011

DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2011”, 24/07/2011
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

0. Big China Unified Nakahara Tag Team Titles: The Great Sasuke & Ricky Fuji (c) Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa (Referee: Kyohei Wada)
1. Dramatic Next Generation Fight: Keisuke Ishii Vs Shigehiro Irie
2. Battle Royal – Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Antonio Honda (c) Vs Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs Yuzuki Aikawa Vs Cherry Vs Riki Sensyu Vs Emi Sakura Vs Tanomusaku Toba Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs DJ Nira Vs Hoshitango Vs Daisuke Sasaki Vs Rion Mizuki Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Mr. #6 Vs YOSHIHIKO
3. Special Singles Match: MIKAMI Vs Poison Sawada JULIE
4. 4 Way – KO-D Tag Team Titles: HARASHIMA & HERO! (c) Vs GENTARO & Yasu Urano Vs Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa Vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Masa Takanashi
5. Summer Night Fever – 5 Vs 5 Elimination: Sanshiro Takagi, Hikaru Sato, Takao Soma, Kazuki Hirata & Akito Vs Yoshiaki Yago, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Super Shit Machine, Kengo Ohka & Minoru Suzuki
6. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) Vs Prince Devitt
7. Special Singles Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Bob Sapp
8. KO-D Openweight Title: Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs KUDO

For the third year in a row, DDT embarks on a big adventure with the Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan, aka Sumo Hall as its final destination. The original show from 2009 was a big risk for the company but became a big success due to Japanese fans being intrigued that a small wrestling promotion was holding a show in such a large and well known building. The return show one year later was just as much as a success and cemented itself as DDT’s premier event for the year. The Sumo Hall show is now one of the more feel good shows on the puroresu calendar, mixing the usual DDT brand of sports entertainment with a major title match main event and appearances by wrestlers from all over the puroresu scene, from big name stars to indy sleaze veterens.

0. Big China Unified Nakahara Tag Team Titles: The Great Sasuke & Ricky Fuji (c) Vs Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa (Referee: Kyohei Wada)

The show will unofficially begin with a Hardcore Tag Team match for the Big China Unified Nakahara Tag Team Titles. The Championship was recently introduced to Union when New Beijing wrestlers Chou-un Shiryu & Cao Zhang won the belts during a tour in China. However, calamity struck when they lost their first defence of the title in Japan against Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa of the TKG48. Takagi & Sawa were hoping to have a long and eventful title reign similar to their “Greatest Title Reign Ever (c)” from 2009 but it was not to be. The new champs would quickly lose the belts to The Great Sasuke & Ricky Fuji in a match filled with stoppages and restarts from guest referee Kyohei Wada. The rematch is booked for Sumo Hall with Mr. Wada brought back to officiate the bout. Takagi and Sasuke have fought each other before in Sumo Hall, having a crazy match during the 2009 DDT show which led to a giant brawl/party involving the DDT and Michinoku Pro rosters.

After this, the show will officially begin with the Anal Blast opening ceremony. Michael Nakazawa has won an election to take part in the ceremony, his role will be to lie down face first onto the canvas, shove dynamite up his backside and light the fuse. As opening ceremonies go, it’s not exactly Olympic Games quality but it sets the stage up nicely and tells fans that this isn’t your ordinary pro wrestling supershow.

1. Dramatic Next Generation Fight: Keisuke Ishii Vs Shigehiro Irie

The official show opener will feature a fresh rivalry between two of the fastest rising talents under the DDT umbrella. Keisuke Ishii has been heads above the rest of the pack when it comes to DDT’s younger wrestlers. When the Belt Hunter X Hunter group went on hiatus, Ishii wrestled on his own and became the main focus of DDT’s Monthly Young Communication shows. Ishii was even able to produce his own event at Shin-Kiba 1st RING back in March. However, he has been quietly building up a rivalry with the other hot prospect, this one coming from Union. Shigehiro Irie has seen his profile rise since joining Sanshiro Takagi’s TKG48 unit. Over in Union, Irie scored a shocking pinfall victory over Shuji Ishikawa during a tag match in December. He picked up good review after good review for his performances in both DDT and Union, teaming with more experienced TKG48 stablemates like Takagi, Munenori Sawa and Genichiro Tenryu. His biggest win to date took place in May when he defeated Kota Ibushi in the KING of DDT tournament. Irie also briefly held the KO-D Tag Team Titles with Sawa. Recently, Irie has been in matches with Ishii. When their Monthly Young main event from July ended in a time limit draw, the rematch was booked for Sumo Hall. This match will pit two wrestlers with bright futures ahead of them. Which one will get to be the breakout star?

2. Battle Royal – Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Antonio Honda (c) Vs Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs Yuzuki Aikawa Vs Cherry Vs Riki Sensyu Vs Emi Sakura Vs Tanomusaku Toba Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs DJ Nira Vs Hoshitango Vs Daisuke Sasaki Vs Rion Mizuki Vs Makoto Oishi Vs Mr. #6 Vs YOSHIHIKO

DDT’s most infamous creation, one which has gained the company a lot of publicity over the years, is the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title. A belt inspired by the WWF Hardcore Title back when it was defended 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, DDT took the same concept and ran with it further than it has any right to do so. You know the deal by now. Ladders, tables, puppies, baseball bats, curry, trucks, posters, inflatable dolls are among the large list of previous champions. The title became inactive for almost a year when the champ at the time, Masa Takanashi was out of action with a serious injury. It wasn’t until Takanashi announced his return to the ring in May when the Title began switching from person to person like a hot potato again. A 15 person Battle Royal is set with a wide range of contenders going after current champ Antonio Honda. Among the challengers are the Queen of Boing-Boing Yuzuki Aikawa, possibly brain damaged Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Riki Choshu parody Riki Sensyu, 9 year old masked Luchador Mr. #6, totally the youngest women in the match Cherry, yaoi flavored criminal catcher Rion Mizuki, rubbishly talented Gorgeous Matsuno, Ice Ribbon founder Emi Sakura, kickboxer Tanomusaku Toba, little annoying snot DJ Nira, Argentine sumo wrestler Hoshitango, former Italian 4 Horseman Daisuke Sasaki and last but certainly not least,  blow-up doll wrestling superstar YOSHIHIKO.

3. Special Singles Match: MIKAMI Vs Poison Sawada JULIE

A match celebrating two of DDT’s longest serving and most successful wrestlers. MIKAMI has been with DDT since the very first show in 1997 and still doesn’t show much signs of slowing down. Poison Sawada JULIE has been with DDT since 1999. However, has been out of action for almost a year due to an injured elbow. Will his vile snake magic be affected by his lack of ringtime or will he have recovered to full strength in time for his return?

4. 4 Way – KO-D Tag Team Titles: HARASHIMA & HERO! (c) Vs GENTARO & Yasu Urano Vs Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa Vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Masa Takanashi

A big clash between four wildly varying teams for the KO-D Tag Team Titles. Current champs HARASHIMA & HERO! have a tough time ahead as they have three pairs of wrestlers to take care of. HARASHIMA has quite a history with his alter ego. He originally debuted as HERO! in 2001 and dropped the gimmick in 2006. HERO! would sporadically appear on certain occassions but it was always HARASHIMA under the mask. That all changed in April when a 4 Way match featuring 5 wrestlers took place. HARASHIMA was left to fight off Antonio Honda, Michael Nakazawa & DJ Nira while Minoru Fujita was being kicked out of the arena for constantly showing up uninvited. When Fujita was finally gone, the match was abruptly cut short when HERO! suddenly appeared to rescue HARASHIMA from a 3-on-1 beatdown. HARASHIMA was confused to see his own alter ego in the flesh. DDT General Manager Tsurumi Amon stepped in to sort out the situation, only to mark out because HERO! is one of his favourite wrestlers. Amon’s solution was to have the two team up and go after the KO-D Tag Titles. The new team got along well but this version of HERO! was not quite right. Instead of fighting fair, HERO! began cheating to win matches.

Their first shot at the titles was against GENTARO & Yasu Urano. The GRANMA duo were the top team in DDT and were able to overcome their latest challenge but only when HARASHIMA caught his partner cheating and got him to stop right before Yasu rolled him over for a flash pin. During the next few months the belts changed hands from GENTARO & Urano to Munenori Sawa & Shigehiro Irie and then surprisingly to Kenny Omega & Michael Nakazawa. Omega and Nakazawa had become good friends during the year and the title win was a big achievement for both of them as a new team. However, the joy was short lived as HARASHIMA & HERO! won the Titles off them at a one match show a few days later.

Meanwhile as all of this was going on, Masa Takanashi made his return to wrestling after missing a year due to an injury to his right knee. Tsurumi Amon created a challenge for Takanashi and Nakazawa with the prize being a spot in the KO-D Tag Title Triple Threat match at Sumo Hall. When the match between the two ended in a draw, Amon decided to give both wrestlers the reward of choosing their own tag partners to compete in the title match. Nakazawa chose Kenny Omega while Takanashi surprised everyone by bringing in Big Japan powerhouse and former KO-D Openweight Champion, Daisuke Sekimoto! This match features the main event of last year’s show as HARASHIMA and Sekimoto will get the chance to face each other once again.

5. Summer Night Fever – 5 Vs 5 Elimination: Sanshiro Takagi, Hikaru Sato, Takao Soma, Kazuki Hirata & Akito Vs Yoshiaki Yago, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Super Shit Machine, Kengo Ohka & Minoru Suzuki

The formation of a dark alliance leads to this 5 Vs 5 Elimination match. It all began with the creation of the Shit Heart ♥ Foundation in 2010. Hikaru Sato, Tomimitsu Matsunaga & Michael Nakazawa joined forces aiming to become the top heel group in DDT. That didn’t happen the way they expected it to. They were able to win the Sleazy Indy Trios Triple Crown and Sato did become the KO-D Champion during that time, but they weren’t that much of a dominating force. Fresh blood joined the group when Takao Soma turned heel shortly after winning the Young Drama Cup in November. Soma quickly took over the SHF and steered them towards more a heelish attitude. Sato wasn’t too happy with the SHF’s new direction and finally quit the group in disgust. Sato and Soma would then have a feud that lasted until February. The final match between them was a No DQ Hair Vs Hair match, which Soma won thanks to the appearance of the SHF’s newest member, the Super Shit Machine. Nakazawa would then be kicked out of the group, leaving Soma, Matsunaga & Machine as the only members. Soma would go on to more success by winning one of the “Anytime & Anywhere” contracts during the KO-D Title Challenge at DDT’s 14th Anniversary. However, his plan to have his title shot immediatly after Shuji Ishikawa’s win over GENTARO was not enough to steal the title. Matsunaga & Machine were pissed off at Soma failing when he had a golden opportunity to become champion, so they held a mutiny and got rid of their leader. With the Shit Heart ♥ Foundation down to just two members, they began looking elsewhere for allies.

Meanwhile over in Union, Sanshiro Takagi decided to switch brands and join DDT’s sub-promotion. His goal was to help Union in providing a more active schedule and also to use Union as the testing ground for his latest project. Taking inspiration from the AKB48 pop group, Takagi formed a super unit that combied stars from around the puro scene with his proteges and other underrated talent. The group was called the TKG48 and its 48 members included Genichiro Tenryu, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Atsushi Aoki, Munenori Sawa, Shigehiro Irie, TAKA Michinoku, Ryuji Ito and Yuzuki Aikawa. Things were looking good for Takagi as the TKG48 were winning its matches against the Union Sekigun. Then Yoshiaki Yago showed up to spoil the fun. Yago and Takagi have never really seen eye to eye with each other and Yago saw the TKG48 as a new reason to feud with Takagi again. Yago drafted in Madoka and Kengo Mashimo (known as Kengo Ohka in Union because he looks like Ken Ohka, if Ken was fit and talented) and the trio went to battle against both the TKG48 and the Union Sekigun. As this was going on Yago became smitten with Union boss Naomi Susan. He claimed that the unit were also Naomi’s bodyguards and would now be called the Susan Guard.

The SHF and the Susan Guard announced in June that they joined forces and would now be called the Susan Shit Heart Superstars. They would make their presence felt in by attacking their enemies Sanshiro Takagi, Hikaru Sato and Takao Soma throughout the 3rd July show in Shin-Kiba. Sato and Soma would finally put there differences aside when Sato was willing to forgive Soma for his actions while leading the SHF. The attack by The Superstars just gave them more reason to team up and go after a common enemy. Takagi would join them but would be without his TKG48 comrades. Instead Sato brought in two of DDT’s rookies, Kazuki Hirata and Akito to team with them. Sato’s self-imposed trial of wrestling at the bottom of the card after losing the KO-D Title led to him regularly teaming with and facing against Hirata and Akito. He would become impressed by their performances to the point where he would give them the chance of joining his squad for Sumo Hall.

So everything was ready for the Elimination match. That was until The Superstars had one last trick up their sleeve. Madoka would not be wrestling at the show, so they had to go looking for a replacement. They found just the guy, someone who doesn’t take crap from anyone and someone who Hikaru Sato knows real well… Minoru Suzuki!

6. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kota Ibushi (c) Vs Prince Devitt

The “Golden Star” and “Independent Genius” is living through his best year to date as a pro wrestler. But the last 12 months have been a rollercoaster for Kota Ibushi. He had to miss the dream match against Naomichi Marufuji on last year’s show after dislocating his shoulder in the Best Of The Super Jr. final over at New Japan Pro Wrestling. The wrestler he lost the final to was none other than Irish Jr. Heavyweight sensation Prince Devitt. The two would cross paths several more times with the Golden Lovers of Ibushi & Kenny Omega feuding with the Apollo 55 duo of Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi over the IWGP Jr. Tag Team Titles. The Golden Lovers won the belts and were even able to defend them twice in DDT before losing them back to Apollo 55. Ibushi would also challenge Devitt to an IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title match at the annual Tokyo Dome in January but suffered defeat after an Avalanche Bloody Sunday. When Apollo 55 won back the IWGP Jr. Tag belts, that seemed to be the end of the rivalry for the time being. The rivaly returned several months later with the 2011 Best Of The Super Jr. tournament. Taguchi would beat Ibushi and Devitt would defeat Omega in their group matches. But in the grand final, Ibushi would finally win the tournament by defeating Taguchi in a highly emotional match. Feeling on top of the world, Ibushi wasted no time and got his IWGP Jr. Title match against Devitt just one week later. This time Ibushi would get the better of Devitt and claim his and arguably DDT’s biggest achievement to date.

Prince Devitt will get his rematch at Sumo Hall as Ibushi’s first challenger. Their previous bouts have been more like sprints than drawn-out ‘epic’ battles. Devitt knows that great matches don’t always have to be over 15 minutes long, but this is the match most fans are looking forward to on this show. Ibushi doesn’t have any horrible injuries to worry about and he would definitly want to make up for missing last year’s show. Plus he wouldn’t want to lose the title just after winning it. This match should be one to remember.

7. Special Singles Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Bob Sapp

The big match for the big show…for better or worse. The first major announcement for this year’s Sumo Hall show was the appearance of “The Beast” Bob Sapp. Hard times have fallen on the poor Sapp. His stardom in Japan has dwindled away and his pro fighting career has become such a dud that he regularly had to beg in the street of Tokyo, pleading that he would “fight for money”. While one person was there to help him, he soon became too busy slapping masked men disguised as charity events for Sapp to rely on. Luckily, he found a poster for this show and realised he could get another chance in the ring. So Sapp travelled over to DDT HQ to plead his case to Sanshiro Takagi & Ken Ohka. They were bewildered by Sapp’s sudden appearance but happy to offer him the chance to redeem himself. Then Ohka accidentaly dumped Sapp’s begging bucket over his head. Sapp became so angry that he threatened that he would destroy DDT on 24th July.

It would take quite a man to stand up to “The Beast”. In fact, it would take a man so manly beyond your wildest expectations to stand up and defend DDT against “The Beast”. Cue Danshoku Dino. After winning the opportunity to choose an opponent for Sumo Hall, Dino nominated to take on Sapp and defend DDT’s honour. Sapp wasn’t so convinced and set forth wave upon wave of Assassins for Dino to fight. If Dino could defeat them all, Sapp would treat him as worthy enough to fight. Onward came the Assassins: Jonathan Gresham, Ryan Genesis, Choun-Shiryu, Dragon Chan, Ryoma Lee, Gaylon Summers and Sexxxy Eddy. All eventually fell to Dino. But everytime Dino was about to learn some valuable information about Sapp from an Assassin, the Assassin would be shot in the neck with a poison dart by an unknown sniper. Dino and Sapp would finally meet when Dino wiped out the Assassins. Sapp still wouldn’t take Dino seriously, thinking that the gay man was only a weakling. It was only when Sapp got to see first hand what Dino’s strengths are that he began to show fear. So Sapp’s camp demanded that they decide what the rules of the match should be. A compromise was made, the match would become a 30 round match with the rules switching between “Bob Rules” and “Gay Rules” every round. “Bob Rules” would be similar to MMA with Dino’s more perverted moves being made illegal. “Gay Rules” would be just like normal pro wrestling just with said perverted moves being legal and even encouraged.

Everything is now set. The long awaited battle between Danshoku Dino and Bob Sapp will now begin… Unless Sapp pulls out because he is unhappy about how much he will be paid for showing up. But that’s not going to happen, right?

Right?

8. KO-D Openweight Title: Shuji Ishikawa (c) Vs KUDO

The main event for the coveted KO-D Openweight Title sees Shuji Ishikawa of Union taking on KUDO from DDT. Ishikawa has been the ace of the Union brand since 2007 and has been a 3 time KO-D Champion, the first of which was when he wrestled as the masked Hawaiian God Of War, Koo. Ishikawa and KUDO were the last two wrestlers in the KO-D Openweight Title Challenge Right Fight +alpha Anytime and Anywhere Battle Royal that took place in March. Ishikawa got the better of KUDO on that occassion and he went on the win the KO-D Title from Dick Togo two months later. He has so far been able to defeat GENTARO and Takao Soma in back-to-back title defences.

KUDO has wrestling in DDT since 2001 but he has never held the KO-D Title. He earned this valuable title shot by winning the KING Of DDT tournament that took place in May, defeating Yasu Urano, Hikaru Sato, Kenny Omega along the way and then beating HARASHIMA in the final. After that, the DDT roster gave him an initiation they gave HARASHIMA the year before. They all lined up and hit KUDO with one of their trademark moves, the idea being that they were all transferring their energy into him and he will represent the entire DDT promotion in the match. This time however, Ishikawa interfered and stopped the initiation, delivering a crushing Splash Mounatin to the challenger before telling everyone KUDO has no hope of winning the title back. Will KUDO be able to prove Ishikawa wrong and finally become the top star in DDT or will Ishikawa keep the title and continue Union’s dominance over DDT?

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DDT Sumo Hall Results

July 25, 2010

DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2010 SUMMER VACATION”
25/7/10
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

0. KO-D Tag Team Title: Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa (c) defeated Jun Kasai & Kamui (16:30) when Sawa submitted Kamui in the bathroom with the Octopus Hold (16:30).
*V8 for Takagi & Sawa.
1. Daisuke Sasaki, Takao Soma & Kazuki Hirata defeated Shigehiro Irie, Tatsuhiko Yoshino & Akito when Soma pinned Akito with the Diving Guillotine Drop (11:21).
2. UWA Trios Title, Jiyugaoka Six Man Tag Team Title & Nihonkai Six Man Tag Team Title, 3 Way Match: Great Kojika, Mr. #6 & Riho (c) defeated Hikaru Sato, Keisuke Ishii & YOSHIHIKO (c) and KUDO, Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda (c) when Riho pinned Honda with the Kurukuru Ribbon (11:05).
*V1 for Kojika, Riho & Mr. #6. They become the 42nd UWA Trios Champions and the 6th Jiyugaoka Six Man Tag Team Champions. Belt Hunter X Hunter fail in V1. KUDO, Urano & Honda fail in V1.
3. KO-D Tag Team Title Contendership Gauntlet: Suicide Boyz (MIKAMI & Tanomusaku Toba) defeated Josai International Combo (Goro Tsurumi & Tomimitsu Matsunaga), Massive Brothers (Muscle Sakai & Honey Jiro), Disaster-BOX (Toru Owashi & Yukihiro Abe) and Wild Snake (Manabu Nakanishi & Poison Sawada JULIE).
3a. Massive Brothers eliminated Josai International Combo when Honey submitted Matsunaga eith an Anklelock (5:31).
3b. Disaster-BOX eliminated Massive Brothers when Abe pinned Sakai with a School Boy (2:05).
3c. Suicide Boyz eliminated Disaster-BOX when Toba pinned Abe with a La Magistral (5:14).
3d. Suicide Boyz eliminated Wild Snake when MIKAMI pinned JULIE with the Volcanic Bomb (10:39).
4. TAJIRI defeated Dick Togo with an Inside Cradle (6:22).
5. One-Year Contract War – Captain’s Fall No DQ Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Michael Nakazawa (c) & Munenori Sawa defeated Yago Aznable (c), MA Hoshitango & Anavel Taro when Nakazawa pinned Yago with the Firebird Splash (14:05).
6. Naomichi Marufuji defeated Kenny Omega with a Modified Brainbuster (20:06).
7. Handicap Match: Danshoku Dino defeated HG & RG when Dino submitted HG with the Cross Kneelock (16:13).
8. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA defeated Daisuke Sekimoto (c) with the Swan Dive Somato (26:21).
*Sekimoto fails in V5. HARASHIMA becomes the 32nd KO-D Openweight Champion.

Some early notes from the show:

The attendence for this show is said to be 8,800 fans, which is another great success for DDT. So much so that the annual Sumo Hall show is here to stay with the next one planned for 24th July, 2011. The arena was said to be 60% full by the time the dark match began. The show opened with an appearance by the former ring announcer for New Japan, Kero Tanaka who joined Michael Nakazawa as they watched footage from last year’s event of Nakazawa’s backside exploding. The Wild Snake team were at odds during the Tag Gauntlet and the pairing of Posion Sawada JULIE and Manabu Nakanishi eventually fell apart with JULIE casting his snake magic on his own partner! Kota Ibushi made an appearance at intermission and wished his B.F.F. Kenny Omega the best of luck for his match against Naomichi Marufuji. Despite being victorious, Marufuji suffered an arm injury during the bout and had it taped up as soon as the match ended. After Danshoku Dino’s victory over HG & RG, Dino asked HG if he really was ready to retire. They were interruped by a video message by Genichiro Tenryu, who urged HG to continue wrestling. HG decided not to retire and made out with Dino to celebrate. With the KO-D Openweight title back round his waist, HARASHIMA is now a 4-time holder of the title.

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