HARASHIMA & Guanchulo Injured, Tomorrow’s Cards Updated

September 22, 2013

DDT “YOKOHAMA TWILIGHT 2013 ~AUTUMN~”, 23/09/2013
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Masa Takanashi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
2. Toru Owashi & MIKAMI Vs DJ Nira & Michael Nakazawa
3. Kazuki Hirata Vs Akito
4. Kota Ibushi & Gota Ihashi Vs Soma Takao & Hiroshi Fukuda
5. Yoshiaki Yago, Yukio Sakaguchi & Sanshiro Takagi Vs Yuji Hino, Daisuke Sasaki & Hoshitango
6. KUDO & Makoto Oishi Vs Yasu Urano & FUMA
7. DDT Extreme Title – 3 Way Match: Danshoku Dino (c) Vs Kenny Omega Vs Antonio Honda

Both HARASHIMA and Guanchulo were injured at separate shows this week. HARASHIMA suffered an injury to his left leg at today’s main event in Yokkaichi. Guanchulo hurt himself at a Sportiva Entertainment show in Nagoya on 21/9. Both men have been taken off tomorrow’s show in Yokohama and will be examined to see if they will be fit for next week’s Korakuen Hall event. That show is supposed to be headlined by the KO-D Openweight Title match between HARASHIMA and Yasu Urano. HARASHIMA’s injury could put that match into doubt.

UNION “HARVEST FESTIVAL 2013”, 23/09/2013
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Choun-Shiryu Vs Gabaiji-chan
2. Daichi Kazato Vs SAGAT
3. Idea Pocket Presents: Menso~re Oyaji Vs Mitomi Masayuki
4. Cherry! Road To Young Boy!: Cherry Vs Keizo Matsuda
5. FUMA & Kaori Yoneyama Vs HAYATA & Nazo Fukumen B
6. Hardcore 6-Man Tag Team Elimination Match: Isami Kodaka, Seiya Morohashi & Madoka Vs Nazo Fukumen P, Nazo Fukumen K & Nazo Fukumen KJ

The main event will now be a Hardcore Elimination match between the Union Sekigun and the Nazo Fukumen. Eliminations are determined by pinfall, submission and being thrown over the top rope and out of the ring.


Cherry Cougar, Irie Vs Takeshita

September 19, 2013

UNION “HARVEST FESTIVAL 2013”, 23/09/2013
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Choun-Shiryu Vs Gabaiji-chan
2. Daichi Kazato Vs SAGAT
3. Idea Pocket Presents: Menso~re Oyaji Vs Mitomi Masayuki
4. Cherry! Road To Young Boy!: Cherry Vs Keizo Matsuda
5. FUMA & Kaori Yoneyama Vs HAYATA & Nazo Fukumen B
6. Isami Kodaka, Seiya Morohashi & Madoka Vs Nazo Fukumen P, Nazo Fukumen K & Nazo Fukumen KJ

Keizo Matsuda of IWA Japan “fame” returns to Union for the first time since that period where he was repackaged as New Sanshiro Takagi. He finds himself in the ring against Cherry, who judging by the title of the match is on the prowl for a younger man. For wrestling purposes obviously.

DDT “WHO’S GONNA TOP? 2013 ~DDT48 GENERAL ELECTION LAST POLLING DAY~”, 29/09/2013
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match: Guanchulo Vs Gorgeous Matsuno
1. Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki & Yuji Hino Vs Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Super Sagadang Machine
2. Hikaru Sato & Akito Vs MIKAMI & Tanomusaku Toba
3. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Akihiro (c) Vs KUDO Vs Masa Takanashi Vs DJ Nira Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs Hoshitango Vs Kazuki Hirata Vs Rion Mizuki Vs Cherry Vs Mio Shirai
4. Shigehiro Irie Vs Konosuke Takeshita
5. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Akebono Vs Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Gota Ihashi
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao
7. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Yasu Urano

A tag team could not be found for Shigehiro Irie and Konosuke Takeshita so they will both face each other instead.


Osaka Stuff, Go Go Stuff, Yokohama Stuff, Sapporo Stuff

September 13, 2013

DDT “OSAKA 24 ZONE TOUR ~ TENNOJI DISTRICT”, 15/09/2013
Osaka Tennoji Ward Community Centre

1. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Hikaru Sato & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
2. Tennoji 3 Way Match: Toru Owashi Vs Antonio Honda Vs DJ Nira
3. Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Akito Vs MIKAMI, Masa Takanashi & Michael Nakazawa
4. Daisuke Sasaki Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
5. Road To KO-D OPENWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: HARASHIMA & FUMA Vs Yasu Urano & KUDO
6. Osaka Severe Earthquake! Premium Tag Match: Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega Vs Shigehiro Irie & Konosuke Takeshita

Kota Ibushi has recovered from his kidney infection and will return to action on this show.

DDT “GO! GO! WEST TOUR IN FUKUYAMA 2013”, 16/09/2013
Fukuyama Big Rose

1. Yukio Sakaguchi & Makoto Oishi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Akito
2. Kota Ibushi & DJ Nira Vs Toru Owashi & Michael Nakazawa
3. Danshoku Dino Vs Betcha HOGO
4. 3 Way Match: Kenny Omega Vs Yasu Urano Vs Masa Takanashi
5. HANZO & MIKAMI Vs Antonio Honda & Daisuke Sasaki
6. HARASHIMA, KUDO & FUMA Vs Shigehiro Irie, Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao

No changes here besides me finally getting Soma Takao’s name right. How the hell did we not realise we typed his name backwards for his entire career?

DDT “GO! GO! WEST TOUR IN YOKKAICHI 2013”, 22/09/2013
Yokkaichi Australia Memorial

1. Antonio Honda Vs Michael Nakazawa
2. Toru Owashi & MIKAMI Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Koji Iwamoto
3. Daisuke Sasaki Vs DJ Nira
4. KUDO, Yasu Urano & Kengo Takai Vs Yukio Sakaguchi, Makoto Oishi & Akito
5. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Kota Ibushi & Masa Takanashi
6. Yokkaichi Specialty Falls Count Anywhere 5 Way Match: HARASHIMA Vs Kenny Omega Vs Shigehiro Irie Vs Hikaru Sato Vs Danshoku Dino

Koji Iwamoto comes over from Sportiva Entertainment. He’s only been wrestling since November of last year.

DDT “YOKOHAMA TWILIGHT 2013 ~AUTUMN~”, 23/09/2013
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Masa Takanashi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
2. Toru Owashi & MIKAMI Vs DJ Nira & Michael Nakazawa
3. Kazuki Hirata Vs Akito
4. Kota Ibushi & Gota Ihashi Vs Soma Takao & Guanchulo
5. Yoshiaki Yago, Yukio Sakaguchi & Makoto Oishi Vs Yuji Hino, Daisuke Sasaki & Hoshitango
6. Road To KO-D OPENWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP – Part 2: HARASHIMA & KUDO Vs Yasu Urano & FUMA
7. DDT Extreme Title – 3 Way Match: Danshoku Dino (c) Vs Kenny Omega Vs Antonio Honda

A 3 way grudge has built up between Danshoku Dino, Kenny Omega and Antonio Honda over the DDT Extreme Title. After Dino won the belt from Omega, he had his first defence against Honda. Omega demanded to be added to the match and when he was denied, he interfered in the match attacking both men and ultimately stopped Honda from becoming champion. A Triple Threat match is the solution. Hopefully we get a match stipulation that determines once and for all who should be the champion.

The HARASHIMA Vs Yasu Urano build up continues with UraShimaKudo splitting into two teams for a match.

DDT “SAPPORO WRESTLING FESTA 2013 – YOUNG GENERATION BATTLE”, 14/10/2013
Sapporo Teisen Hall

1. Shinya Ishikawa & Akito Vs Ryuichi Kawakami & Tank Nagai
2. 4 Way Match: Soma Takao Vs Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Atsushi Ohashi Vs Kaji Tomato
3. Yuji Okabayashi Vs Osuma
4. Kazuki Hashimoto, Kazuki Hirata & Ryuichi Sekine Vs Takumi Tsukamoto, Keisuke Ishii & Marines Mask

The annual Sapporo Wrestling Festa is a weekend of wrestling shows from DDT, Big Japan, K-DOJO and sometimes other promotions held in Sapporo Teisen Hall. DDT’s main involvement this year will be a doubleshot. First up is a show dedicated to the Young Generation from all the promotions.

DDT “WRESTLING BEER GARDEN IN SAPPORO”, 14/10/2013
Sapporo Teisen Hall

1. Beer Garden Specialty – Opening Tag Match: Kaji Tomato & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Atsushi Ohashi & Makoto Oishi
2. Beer Garden Specialty – Blindfold Match: Antonio Honda Vs Shiori Asahi Vs Jaki Numazawa
3. Beer Garden Specialty – Drinking Match: Masa Takanashi & Ryuichi Sekine Vs Ryuji Ito & DJ Nira
4. Beer Garden Specialty – Gay Muscle Fight: Yuji Okabayashi Vs Shinobu (Special Referee: Danshoku Dino)
5. Beer Garden Specialty – Now Leaders Vs New Leaders Full Cross-Border Match: Daisuke Sekimoto, HARASHIMA & Kengo Mashimo Vs Kazuki Hashimoto, Soma Takao & Tank Nagai

Then in the evening DDT brings along its summer tradition and invites the others to join along. Beer Garden is back for one night only!


He Does Deathmatches And That’s The Only Injury He’s Got?

September 11, 2013

UNION “HARVEST FESTIVAL 2013”, 23/09/2013
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Choun-Shiryu Vs Gabaiji-chan
2. Daichi Kazato Vs SAGAT
3. FUMA & Kaori Yoneyama Vs HAYATA & Nazo Fukumen B
4. Isami Kodaka, Seiya Morohashi & Madoka Vs Nazo Fukumen P, Nazo Fukumen K & Nazo Fukumen KJ

Shuji Ishikawa will not be at the show. He is recovering from a fractured wrist. Madoka takes his place in the main event.

HAYATA requested to team with Nazo Fukumen B.

Menso~re Oyaji will also be on the show.


HARD HIT “YOKOHAMA GLORY DAYS” Results

May 19, 2013

HARD HIT “YOKOHAMA GLORY DAYS”, 19/05/2013
Yokohama Radiant Hall
240 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Ryuichi Sekine (1D/0E/0P) defeated FUMA (0D/0E/0P) by Knockout with a Palm Strike (2:45).
2. Hayato Mashita (2D/0E/0P) defeated Hiroshi Kobayashi (3D/0E/0P) by TKO (2:45).
3. Hard Hit Grappling Tournament – Semi Final: Yukio Kubota (1D/0E/0P) defeated Kotaro Nasu (0D/1E/0P) with a Heel Hold (4:39).
4. Hard Hit Grappling Tournament – Semi Final: HARASHIMA (0D/1E/0P) defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga (0D/0E/0P) with a Cross Armbreaker (2:58).
5. Mitsuhisa Sunabe (0D/1E/0P) defeated Tetsuya Endo (1D/1E/0P) by Knockout with a Palm Strike (3:00).
6. Yukio Sakaguchi (0D/1E/0P) Vs Isami Kodaka (1D/0E/0P) ended in a 1-1 Time Limit Draw (10:00).
7. ISAO (0D/1E/0P) defeated Takaku Fuke (0D/2E/0P) with an Arm Grab Sleeper Hold (7:37).
8. Hard Hit Grappling Tournament – Final: HARASHIMA (0D/1E/0P) defeated Yukio Kubota (0D/2E/0P) by Points Decision (10:00).
9. Hikaru Sato (2D/2E/0P) Vs Super Tiger (1D/3E/0P) ended in a 4-4 Time Limit Draw (15:00).


DDT “YOKOHAMA TWILIGHT 2013 ~SPRING~” Results

May 19, 2013

DDT “YOKOHAMA TWILIGHT 2013 ~SPRING~”, 19/05/2013
Yokohama Radiant Hall
349 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. MIKAMI, Michael Nakazawa & Akito defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata when Nakazawa pinned Hirata with the Venom Maker (7:59).
2. Antonio Honda defeated Hiroshi Fukuda with a Cradle (9:52).
3. Tomomitsu Matsunaga defeated Tetsuya Endo with the Obihiro Magic Clutch (8:24).
4. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi defeated Kenny Omega & DJ Nira wen Oishi pinned Nira after Omega accidentally gave Nira the Croyt’s Wrath (10:48).
5. Daisuke Sasaki Vs KUDO ended in a Double Countout (13:05).
6. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano defeated Kota Ibushi & Gota Ihashi when Urano submitted Ihashi with a Sharpshooter (14:46).
7. Shigehiro Irie, Keisuke Ishii & Takao Soma defeated Hikaru Sato, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi when Ishii pinned Takanashi with the High Angle Double Arm DDT (16:11).

Daisuke Sasaki was given a request by the rest of the Monster Army to cash in his Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere contract on 2nd June in Shin-Kiba 1st RING. Meanwhile Sayaka Obihiro showed up with the intention of cashing in her contract. However, Emi Sakura advised her not to do it and instead challenge DDT wrestlers to win or buy back the contract at their next Gatoh Move show.

Kenny Omega and DJ Nira worked well together as a team but their moment of inspirational teamwork backfired spectacularly. Omega held up Nira into the Croyt’s Wrath and Nira would then launch a Rocket Punch from that position. However, Makoto Oishi snuck up behind them on his hands and knees. Omega tripped over Oishi and in the process hit Nira with the Croyt’s Wrath. Oishi then pinned Nira to win the match.

Guanchulo and Agressor appeared at ringside during the second match and sang the Chilean national anthem to the audience.

El Samurai, Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata have formed the Samurai Sentai Samurai Rangers. El Samurai is the leader, Takagi is XL Samurai, Owashi is XXL Samurai and Hirata is M Samurai. Hirata wore a plastic bag with Samurai’s mask drawn on it over his head for today’s match.

A joint birthday party was held for Danshoku Dino and Kota Ibushi after the show. Dino turned 36 on 18th May while Ibushi turns 31 on 21st May.

The BOYZ brand will return on 4th July in Shinjuku FACE. Tickets will only be available to women as is tradition for BOYZ shows.

The first round matches for the Top of the Dramatic Cruiser tournament have been announced. The matches are Masa Takanashi Vs Marines Mask, El Samurai Vs Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Katsumi Usuda Vs Kikutaro and MIKAMI Vs Onryo.


Full Yokohama and Hiroshima Cards, New Tokyo Joshi Pro Trainee

May 15, 2013

DDT “YOKOHAMA TWILIGHT 2013 ~SPRING~”, 19/05/2013
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. Antonio Honda Va Hiroshi Fukuda
3. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs MIKAMI, Michael Nakazawa & Akito
4. Daisuke Sasaki Vs KUDO
5. Kenny Omega & DJ Nira Vs Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi
6. Kota Ibushi & Gota Ihashi Vs HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano
7. Shigehiro Irie, Keisuke Ishii & Takao Soma Vs Hikaru Sato, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi

Shigehiro Irie and Hikaru Sato have their only pre-title match battle in Yokohama. Then it’s on to Hiroshima for the big KO-D Openweight Title bout.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN HIROSHIMA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TOKASAN~”, 26/05/2013
Hiroshima Industrial Hall

1. MIKAMI Vs Michael Nakazawa
2. Toru Owashi Vs DJ Nira
3. Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Yuto Aijima & KENICHI
4. Yukio Sakaguchi & Akito Vs KUDO & FUMA
5. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Masa Takanashi & Rey Paroma
6. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Keisuke Ishii & Takao Soma
7. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki & Yuji Hino (c) Vs Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Gota Ihashi
8. KO-D Openweight Title: Shigehiro Irie (c) Vs Hikaru Sato

Here is a reminder of the current Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract holders as of 15th May: Daisuke Sasaki, Yasu Urano and Emi Sakura.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE FOURTH MEETING”, 06/06/2013
Shibuya Deseo

1. KANNA Vs Shoko Nakajima
2. Miyu Yamashita Vs Chikage Kiba

After defeating KANNA at the last event, Chikage Kiba wants to become the ace of Tokyo Joshi Pro by beating Miyu Yamashita. Miyu is currently undefeated with a record of two wins and one draw.

Shoko Nakajima is the newest trainee for Tokyo Joshi Pro. Nakajima is from Niigata and was born on 19th July, 1991. She is 147cm high, has blood type A, likes theatre and comedy and is nicknamed Nakaji. Nakajima only began watching live wrestling a while ago and was inspired to become one because she enjoys to perform in front of an audience. Although she is new to wrestling, her father is a fan so she aims to be like her father’s favourite wrestler Chaparrita ASARI. Her debut match against KANNA will only be a three minute exhibition bout and she may change her name and ring gear when she has her first official match.


Hard Hit Card, Monster Army Vs Golden Rendezvous

May 8, 2013

HARD HIT “YOKOHAMA GLORY DAYS”, 19/05/2013
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Ryuichi Sekine Vs FUMA
2. Hayato Mashita Vs Hiroshi Kobayashi
3. Hard Hit Grappling Tournament – Semi Final: Yukio Kubota Vs Kotaro Nasu
4. Hard Hit Grappling Tournament – Semi Final: HARASHIMA Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
5. Mitsuhisa Sunabe Vs Tetsuya Endo
6. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Isami Kodaka
7. ISAO Vs Takaku Fuke
8. Hard Hit Grappling Tournament – Final: X Vs X
9. Hikaru Sato Vs Super Tiger

Yukio Sakaguchi versus Isami Kodaka is the last match added to the card.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN HIROSHIMA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TOKASAN~”, 26/05/2013
Hiroshima Industrial Hall

1. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki & Yuji Hino (c) Vs Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Gota Ihashi
2. KO-D Openweight Title: Shigehiro Irie (c) Vs Winner of 12/5 Main Event

Gota Ihashi believes his recent momentum along with the combined abilities of Kota Ibushi and Kenny Omega is enough to dethrone the Monster Army and win their KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championships.


Matches For May

May 6, 2013

DDT “OSAKA 24 ZONE TOUR ~ KITA WARD”, 12/05/2013
Osaka Umeda Nasci Hall

1. Takao Soma Vs DJ Nira
2. MIKAMI Vs Daisuke Sasaki
3. Antonio Honda & Shoichi Uchida Vs Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi
4. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Michael Nakazawa
5. Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Kizaemon Saiga Vs KUDO, Yasu Urano & FUMA
6. Shigehiro Irie & Keisuke Ishii Vs Tetsuya Endo & Konosuke Takeshita
7. Next KO-D Openweight Title Challenger Decision Match: HARASHIMA Vs Hikaru Sato

HARASHIMA and Hikaru Sato are the two wrestlers Tsurumi Amon thinks are closest to earning a KO-D Openweight Title match. This main event will determine who gets that shot.

DDT “YOKOHAMA TWILIGHT 2013 ~SPRING~”, 19/05/2013
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Antonio Honda Va Hiroshi Fukuda
2. Kenny Omega & DJ Nira Vs Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi

A good opportunity for Hiroshi Fukuda here. He finally breaks out of the dark match spot in DDT.

HARD HIT “YOKOHAMA GLORY DAYS”, 19/05/2013
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Hard Hit Grappling Tournament – Semi Final: X Vs X
2. Hard Hit Grappling Tournament – Semi Final: X Vs X
3. Mitsuhisa Sunabe Vs Tetsuya Endo
4. Ryuichi Sekine Vs FUMA
5. Hayato Mashita Vs Hiroshi Kobayashi
6. ISAO Vs Takaku Fuke
7. Hard Hit Grappling Tournament – Final: X Vs X
8. Hikaru Sato Vs Super Tiger

A grappling tournament will be held on the show. HARASHIMA, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Kotaro Nasu and Kosei Kubota are the contestants. Each match will have a ten minute time limit.

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN HIROSHIMA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TOKASAN~”, 26/05/2013
Hiroshima Industrial Hall

1. KO-D Openweight Title: Shigehiro Irie (c) Vs Winner of 12/5 Main Event

Yuto Aijima, KENICHI and Rey Paroma will wrestle on the show.


Union Title Matches Clarification, New Hard Hit Fight

May 1, 2013

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2013”, 03/05/2013
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Dark Match: Seiya Morohashi & Saint Seiya Rion Vs El Hijo del Goro & Gabaiji-chan
1. Ryu Gouma & SAGAT Vs Choun-Shiryu & Cao Zhang
2. Nazo Fukumen A, Nazo Fukumen M & Nazo Fukumen K (w/ Nazo Fukumen P) Vs Kengo Ohka, Madoka & Menso~re Oyaji
3. Aipoke World Title Decision – Idea Pocket Special 3 Way Match: FUMA Vs Sanshiro Takagi Vs Jun Kasai Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
4. Union Fly To Everywhere World Title – Triple Threat Match: Kaori Yoneyama (c) Vs Cherry Vs Nako Fukumen B
5. Special 6-Man Tag Team Match: Shuji Ishikawa, Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Daichi Kazato Vs Daisuke Sekimoto, Great Kojika & Hideyoshi Kamitani
6. DDT Extreme Title – TLC Falls Count Anywhere Street Fighter 2 Match: Kenny Omega (c) Vs Isami Kodaka

The TLC in the main event means any items beginning with the letters T, L and C are legal to use as weapons. The Fly To Everywhere Title match will be elimination rules. The Aipoke World Title match is first fall to a finish.

HARD HIT “YOKOHAMA GLORY DAYS”, 19/05/2013
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Ryuichi Sekine Vs FUMA
2. Hayato Mashita Vs Hiroshi Kobayashi
3. ISAO Vs Takaku Fuke
4. Hikaru Sato Vs Super Tiger

Hayato Mashita is from Real Japan. Hiroshi Kobayashi is from U-FILE CAMP.