DDT “KOTATSU FIGHTING 2025” Results

January 11, 2025

DDT “KOTATSU FIGHTING 2025”, 11/01/2025
Yokohama Radiant Hall
??? Fans – Unannounced

1. MJ Paul & Demus defeated Yuki Iino & Yuki Ishida when Demus pinned Ishida with La Valagueza (8:42).
2. Yukio Naya, Keigo Nakamura & Yuya Koroku defeated Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & Ilusion when Nakamura pinned Ilusion with the Modified Crucifix Pin (13:10).
3. Special Single Match: To-y defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga with the Kojima Impact (10:09).
4. KOTATSU FIGHTING! Special 6-Man Tag Match: Danshoku Dieno, Yuki Ueno & Jun Akiyama defeated Makoto Oishi, Soma Takao & Antonio Honda when Ueno pinned Honda with a Kotatsu-Style Samson Clutch (14:09).
5. Special Single Match: MAO defeated Kazuma Sumi with the Iai Kick (13:55).
6. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Shuji Ishikawa, HARASHIMA & Akito defeated Chris Brookes, Masahiro Takanashi & Takeshi Masada when Ishikawa pinned Takanashi with the Splash Mountain (20:00).

The size and power of Shuji Ishikawa is something SCHADENFREUDE International couldn’t beat today. Having HARASHIMA & Akito by Ishikawa’s side helped too but the key moment happened when he blocked the Praying Mantis Bomb and then Back Body Dropped Chris Brookes into his own partners. He then pinned Masahiro Takanashi with the Splash Mountain. Ishikawa told the fans he was advised by one of the referees not to sing today if he won. His desire to sing along with his desire to beat Brookes are what powered him up today. He also decided to call his team Smile Squash 2025. Both HARASHIMA & Akito were just as suprised as everyone else when he said that. Backstage Antonio Honda told Brookes if he can overcome Ishikawa he will become an even better KO-D Openweight Champion. Meanwhile Takeshi Masada promised to win the D GENERATIONS CUP for the second time.

The night before this show MAO asked the Grok AI program to predict how his match with Kazuma Sumi would turn out. He was left confused when the AI said he had a finishing move called the Ultra Big Tone. MAO was able to win the match but didn’t use that move because he doesn’t know what it is. He can kind of picture it though so it is now up to him to figure out what the Ultra Big Tone will be! To-y wonders if it involves a destructive ray of some kind? Sumi said there is still a week to go before the KO-D Tag Team Titles match so if there is even a 1% chance he can beat MAO he will take that chance.

It was a cold day so two kotatsu tables were set up in the ring for Match #4. The wrestlers who would usually stand in their corner waiting to tag in were instead allowed to sit under their kotatsu. Eventually the tables and covers were used as weapons as the match heated up. Yuki Ueno ended up using a Samson Clutch on Honda to pin him beneath one of the tables to win the match. With this match Ueno learned that a kotatsu can calm the mind but it also lowers your fighting ability. He also blamed Jun Akiyama for breaking one of the tables.


Hirata And Yuni Off This Weekend’s Shows

January 10, 2025

DDT “KOTATSU FIGHTING 2025”, 11/01/2025
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. MJ Paul & Demus Vs Yuki Iino & Yuki Ishida
2. Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & Ilusion Vs Yukio Naya, Keigo Nakamura & Yuya Koroku
3. Special Single Match: To-y Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
4. KOTATSU FIGHTING! Special 6-Man Tag Match: Danshoku Dieno, Yuki Ueno & Jun Akiyama Vs Makoto Oishi, Soma Takao & Antonio Honda
5. Special Single Match: MAO Vs Kazuma Sumi
6. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Chris Brookes, Masahiro Takanashi & Takeshi Masada Vs Shuji Ishikawa, HARASHIMA & Akito

Both Kazuki Hirata and Yuni have been taken off of this weekend’s shows. Hirata is recovering from a right knee injury he suffered at the last show. Yuni is showing symptoms of a fever and was taken off as a precaution.

Makoto Oishi is coming in as Hirata’s replacement in the Kotatsu Fighting Match. Tomomitsu Matsunaga will fill in for Yuni in the match against To-y.

DDT “OTOSHI-NAGE 2025”, 12/01/2025
Osaka Yodogawa Community Center

1. Toru Owashi Vs Yuki Ishida
2. KANON Vs Kazuma Sumi
3. Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & Ilusion Vs Akito, Yukio Naya & Yuya Koroku
4. Special Single Match: Demus Vs Antonio Honda
5. Yuki Ueno, MAO & To-y Vs Jun Akiyama, Yuki Iino & Keigo Nakamura
6. Special Tag Match: Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada Vs Danshoku Dieno & HARASHIMA

Sunday’s show has been changed around a little bit. Demus will now face Antonio Honda. Also Keigo Nakamura will now be wrestling on the show.

DDT “NEW YEAR’S☆DOTABA FESTIVAL 2025”, 13/01/2025
Osaka City Oyodo Community Center

1. Yuki Iino & Yuki Ishida Vs Yukio Naya & Yuya Koroku
2. Special Single Match: Danshoku Dieno Vs Carnatux
3. KANON, MJ Paul & Ilusion Vs To-y, Toru Owashi & Kazuma Sumi
4. Special Tag Match: Jun Akiyama & HARASHIMA Vs Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada
5. Special Single Match: Chris Brookes Vs Akito
6. The 37KAMIINA Vs DAMNATION T.A!: Yuki Ueno & MAO Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Demus

Akito is stepping in to be Chris Brookes’s opponent in Hirata’s place. Also Danshoku Dieno is no longer having a 3 Way. He will be facing the returning Carnatux instead.


Kotatsu Fighting, Next Stop Is Aino’s Hometown, D GEN Vs Veterans

January 9, 2025

BASARA “BASARA 266 ~SOUEN~”, 10/01/2025
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. SAGAT Vs Takeru Inoue
2. Turnabout Pro Wrestling Trial: Minoru Fujita Vs Gouma Ryu Vs Banana Senga
3. 3 Way Tag Match: KUBITO & Daichi Kazato Vs Daiki Shimomura & Tsutomu Oosugi Vs Yasu Urano Vs Judomaster
4. Ryuichi Sekine Vs FUMA
5. Isami Kodaka, Takumi Tsukamoto & Ryota Nakatsu Vs Takato Nakano, Masato Kamino & Lil’ Kraken

Three former Union MAX Champions all team up while the current champion is on the other team.

DDT “KOTATSU FIGHTING 2025”, 11/01/2025
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. MJ Paul & Demus Vs Yuki Iino & Yuki Ishida
2. Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & Ilusion Vs Yukio Naya, Keigo Nakamura & Yuya Koroku
3. Special Single Match: To-y Vs Yuni
4. Special Single Match: MAO Vs Kazuma Sumi
5. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Chris Brookes, Masahiro Takanashi & Takeshi Masada Vs Shuji Ishikawa, HARASHIMA & Akito
6. KOTATSU FIGHTING! Special 6-Man Tag Match: Danshoku Dieno, Yuki Ueno & Jun Akiyama Vs Kazuki Hirata, Soma Takao & Antonio Honda

There is a special rule for the KOTATSU FIGHTING match. The four wrestlers who are not in the ring will be placed over at a kotatsu table nearby while they wait to be tagged in.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW NEW YEAR CIRCUIT 2025”, 12/01/2025
Okayama Mirai Hall

1. Mifu Ashida Vs Chika Nanase
2. Rika Tatsumi Vs HIMAWARI
3. Maki Itoh, Mahiro Kiryu & Moka Miyamoto Vs Miu Watanabe, Jada Stone & Uta Takami
4. Suzume & Toga Vs Kaya Toribami & Yoshiko Hasegawa
5. Arisu Endo & Shino Suzuki Vs Ivy Steele & Kira Summer
6. Hyper Misao & Haruna Neko Vs Raku & Pom Harajuku
7. Mizuki, Miyu Yamashita & Wakana Uehara Vs Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro

A trip to Okayama means Tokyo Joshi Pro is heading over to Yuki Aino’s hometown.

DDT “THE FORTUNE BATTLE 2025”, 18/01/2025
Tokyo Shinagawa Prince Hotel Club eX

1. Danshoku Dieno & Yuki Ishida Vs Kazuki Hirata & Soma Takao
2. Daisuke Sasaki, KANON, MJ Paul & Ilusion Vs HARASHIMA, Akito, Yuki Iino & Daichi Sato
3. Special Tag Match: Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura Vs Yukio Naya & Yuya Koroku
4. Special Single Match: Yuki Ueno Vs Antonio Honda
5. Special Tag Match: Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada Vs Shuji Ishikawa & Jun Akiyama
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles: MAO & To-y (c) Vs Yuni & Kazuma Sumi

This will be the last prelim tag match between Chris Brookes and Shuji Ishikawa before their KO-D Openweight Title bout.

DDT “DDT NEW YEAR FAN APPRECIATION DAY! 2025”, 19/01/2025
Tokyo Shinagawa Prince Hotel Club eX

1. Daisuke Sasaki, KANON, MJ Paul & Ilusion Vs Toru Owashi, Akito, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yuni
2. Danshoku Dieno, Masahiro Takanashi & Antonio Honda Vs Kazuki Hirata, Soma Takao & Yukio Naya
3. New Year Six Great Singles Match: HARASHIMA Vs Kazuma Sumi
4. New Year Six Great Singles Match: Yuki Ueno Vs Yuki Ishida
5. New Year Six Great Singles Match: MAO Vs Keigo Nakamura
6. New Year Six Great Singles Match: Yuki Iino Vs Takeshi Masada
7. New Year Six Great Singles Match: Jun Akiyama Vs Yuya Koroku
8. New Year Six Great Singles Match: Chris Brookes Vs To-y

All of the singles matches on this show will have a 10 minute time limit. Each match features a young wrestler who is preparing for the D GENERATIONS CUP by taking on one of the veterans.


New No. 1 Contenders, TJPW On The Bullet Train, 1st 2026 Match Announced

January 6, 2025

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW NEW YEAR CIRCUIT 2025”, 11/01/2025
Kobe Art Center

1. Miu Watanabe Vs Chika Nanase
2. Mahiro Kiryu, Haruna Neko & Ivy Steele Vs Raku, Shino Suzuki & Uta Takami
3. Moka Miyamoto & Haru Kazashiro Vs Wakana Uehara & Mifu Ashida
4. Kaya Toribami Vs Jada Stone
5. Maki Itoh & Kira Summer Vs HIMAWARI & Toga
6. Mizuki & Suzume Vs Miyu Yamashita & Yoshiko Hasegawa
7. Princess Of Princess Title Next Challenger Battle Royal: Shoko Nakajima Vs Rika Tatsumi Vs Hyper Misao Vs Yuki Aino Vs Pom Harajuku Vs Arisu Endo

We have a new Princess Of Princess Champion so it’s time to find out who Mizuki’s first challenger will be. A 6-Woman Battle Royal will determine the No. 1 Contender.

Jada Stone’s debut in Tokyo Joshi Pro will be against Kaya Toribami.

Yuki Kamifuku will miss the show because she will be wrestling in Singapore Pro Wrestling the same weekend.

DDT “KOTATSU FIGHTING 2025”, 11/01/2025
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. MJ Paul & Demus Vs Yuki Iino & Yuki Ishida
2. Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & Ilusion Vs Yukio Naya, Keigo Nakamura & Yuya Koroku
3. KOTATSU FIGHTING! Special 6-Man Tag Match: Danshoku Dieno, Yuki Ueno & Jun Akiyama Vs Kazuki Hirata, Soma Takao & Antonio Honda
4. Special Single Match: To-y Vs Yuni
5. Special Single Match: MAO Vs Kazuma Sumi
6. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Chris Brookes, Masahiro Takanashi & Takeshi Masada Vs Shuji Ishikawa, HARASHIMA & Akito

We also have a No. 1 Contender for the KO-D Openweight Title. With Shuji Ishikawa as his next challenge, Chris Brookes has some preparing to do.

There’s also some singles matches to hype up the next KO-D Tag Team Titles match. MAO faces Kazuma Sumi while To-y takes on Yuni. It’s a path that worked well for the new champions before.

DDT “OTOSHI-NAGE 2025”, 12/01/2025
Osaka Yodogawa Community Center

1. 3 Way Match: Toru Owashi Vs Antonio Honda Vs Yuni
2. KANON Vs Yuki Ishida
3. Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & Ilusion Vs Akito, Yukio Naya & Yuya Koroku
4. Yuki Ueno, MAO & To-y Vs Jun Akiyama, Yuki Iino & Kazuma Sumi
5. Special Single Match: Demus Vs Kazuki Hirata
6. Special Tag Match: Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada Vs Danshoku Dieno & HARASHIMA

Demus likes to dance, right? Kazuki Hirata can teach him some moves before he goes home.

DDT “NEW YEAR’S☆DOTABA FESTIVAL 2025”, 13/01/2025
Osaka City Oyodo Community Center

1. 3 Way Match: Danshoku Dieno Vs Akito Vs Yuki Ishida
2. Yuki Iino & Yuni Vs Yukio Naya & Yuya Koroku
3. KANON, MJ Paul & Ilusion Vs To-y, Toru Owashi & Kazuma Sumi
4. Special Tag Match: Jun Akiyama & HARASHIMA Vs Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada
5. Special Single Match: Chris Brookes Vs Kazuki Hirata
6. The 37KAMIINA Vs DAMNATION T.A!: Yuki Ueno & MAO Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Demus

The powers of Jun Akiyama & HARASHIMA combined is a big challenge for Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada to take on together.

DDT “NEW YEAR, NEW HERO. 2025 ~A NEW STORY BEGINS~”, 26/01/2025
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. KO-D Openweight Title: Chris Brookes (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa

This will be a first ever singles match between Brookes and Ishikawa. If we get a new champion then DDT will return to the days of Ishikawa singing karaoke again to close out the show!

“SANSHIRO TAKAGI 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMERATION EVENT ~ NEVER SAY NEVER”, 03/02/2025
Shinjuku FACE

1. Special Single Match: Muscle Sakai Vs Hyper Misao
2. Special Tag Match: Yumiko Hotta & Shinya Aoki Vs Fuminori Abe & Ippanjin Munenori Sawa
3. Special Tag Match: Dump Matsumoto & Toru Owashi Vs Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
4. Special Single Match: Yuji Nagata Vs Kuroshio TOKYO Japan

The next match added to Sanshiro Takagi’s anniversary show sees Shinya Aoki reunite with Yumiko Hotta a few years after they tried giving dating a shot. Facing them are the quasi father-son team of Munenori Sawa & Fuminori Abe!

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “AEX32 SANTIAGO 2025”, 09/02/2025
Estación Mapocho Cultural Center, Santiago, Chile

1. Moka Miyamoto Vs Casey
2. Aja Kong Vs Roma
3. Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh Vs Pandora & Sara Phoenix

There are changes to the Chile side of the card because Zatara recently got injured and will be unable to recover in time for the show. Pandora will now be in the main event taking her place. Moka Miyamoto’s new opponent is a local wrestler named Casey.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “SHINKANSEN JOSHI PRO WRESTLING PRODUCED BY SANSHIRO TAKAGI”, 15/02/2025
Nozomi Shinkansen Train (Tokyo To Shin-Osaka)

1. Falls Count Anywhere 8-Woman Tag Match: Miu Watanabe, Mizuki, Raku & Aja Kong Vs Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh, Yuki Arai & Max The Impaler

The bullet train match that DDT did back in 2023 was such a hit that it’s happening again. This time however it is TJPW starring in the sequel, although Takagi will still be involved with producing the event. This time it will be a bigger match on a longer journey. The train ride will go from Tokyo to Shin-Osaka with an estimated travel time of 2 hours and 27 minutes. Its top speed will be 285km so just imagine a Skull Kick, Whirling Candy, Giant Swing or Goodnight Express going at that kind of speed!

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TOKYO JOSHI PRO ’26”, 04/01/2026
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Shoko Nakajima Vs Hyper Misao

The first match of 2026 has been announced! But what about Hiroshi Tanahashi’s retirement match I hear you ask? Well he doesn’t have an opponent yet so Kyoraku Kyomei has him beat. It will be the seventh annual match between Shoko Nakajima and Hyper Misao held at the Ittenyon show.


D GENERATIONS CUP 2025

January 4, 2025

For the third year in a row DDT is holding the D GENERATIONS CUP, a tournament to determine the strongest wrestler among the company’s young generation. This time the tournament will go back to being a round robin like in the first year. There will be two blocks of four and the winners of each block will meet in the final. The winner of this year’s tournament will be given a KO-D Openweight Title shot in the future. Details on the match schedule along with any other tournament rules will be announced as soon as they are decided on.

A Block

Takeshi Masada (2023 Winner)
Keigo Nakamura
Ilusion
Yuki Ishida

B Block

To-y (2024 Winner)
Yuya Koroku
Yuni
Kazuma Sumi

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DDT “DDT MEET & GREET & FIGHT FEBRUARY”, 04/02/2025
Shinjuku FACE

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DDT “NEXT STEP GAME 2025”, 05/02/2025
Shinjuku FACE

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DDT “SETSUBUN MATCH 2025”, 08/02/2025
Yokohama Radiant Hall

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DDT “SENDAI NEW LEGEND 2025 ~ZUNDAMOCHI~”, 09/02/2025
Miyagi Yume Messe Miyagi

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DDT “NEXT GENERATION 2025 ~KISARAGI ROMAN~”, 23/02/2025
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. D GENERATIONS CUP 2025 – Final: Winner Of A Block Vs Winner Of B Block


Is The New Year The Same As The Old Year?

December 27, 2024

DDT “KOTATSU FIGHTING 2025”, 11/01/2025
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. KOTATSU FIGHTING! Special 6-Man Tag Match: Danshoku Dieno, Yuki Ueno & Jun Akiyama Vs Kazuki Hirata, Soma Takao & Antonio Honda

There is a bit of a change with DDT’s early schedule for 2025. They are using a lot of new event names across the board. It might just be a cosmetic change because the locations and venues they are visiting look to be the usual cities they go to every January.

DDT “OTOSHI-NAGE 2025”, 12/01/2025
Osaka Yodogawa Community Center

1. Yuki Ueno, MAO & To-y Vs Jun Akiyama, Yuki Iino & Kazuma Sumi
2. Special Single Match: Demus Vs Kazuki Hirata
3. Special Tag Match: Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada Vs Danshoku Dieno & HARASHIMA

The tag match announcement might foreshadow the first KO-D Openweight Title defence of the year if Chris Brookes is still the champion after this weekend. Both Danshoku Dieno and HARASHIMA are part of the No. 1 Contender 4 Way Match being held on 3rd January.

DDT “NEW YEAR’S☆DOTABA FESTIVAL 2025”, 13/01/2025
Osaka City Oyodo Community Center

1. 3 Way Match: Danshoku Dieno Vs Akito Vs Yuki Ishida
2. Special Single Match: Chris Brookes Vs Kazuki Hirata
3. The 37KAMIINA Vs DAMNATION T.A!: Yuki Ueno & MAO Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Demus

This will be the last match of Demus’s current tour of Japan.


TOKYO JOSHI PRO “WINTER STORY” Results

December 14, 2024

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “WINTER STORY”, 14/12/2024
Yokohama Radiant Hall
223 Fans

1. Suzume defeated Uta Takami with the Ring A Bell (6:28).
2. Yuki Kamifuku & Haruna Neko defeated Raku & Chika Nanase when Neko pinned Nanase with the Nekodebreaker (8:17).
3. Rika Tatsumi & Moka Miyamoto defeated Arisu Endo & Ivy Steele when Miyamoto submitted Steele with the Rashomon (10:42).
4. Hyper Misao defeated Yoshiko Hasegawa with the Hypami Returns (9:47).
5. Pom Harajuku defeated HIMAWARI with the Pom de Justice (7:32).
6. Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Mahiro Kiryu defeated Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Aino & Kaya Toribami when Yamashita pinned Toribami with the Attitude Adjustment (12:45).
7. Miu Watanabe, Haru Kazashiro & Toga defeated Mizuki, Wakana Uehara & Shino Suzuki when Watanabe pinned Suzuki with the Tear Drop (13:24).

Miu Watanabe is winning the battle against Mizuki but is there something she can’t stop thinking about that will lose her the war? She showed her monstrous strength in the main event by giving Mizuki the Giant Swing on the ring apron. She later gave both Mizuki & Shino Suzuki a stacked Tear Drop over her shoulder. Toga & Haru Kazashiro were also able to show off how well they are becoming as a team. The three of them were the winners but Watanabe couldn’t help but ask them to assure everyone in Yokohama that she is a super cute princess. Backstage Watanabe said she wants today’s Giant Swing to go viral so many more people will watch the Princess Of Princess Title match on 4th January. Mizuki was suprised by the Giant Swing through the ropes. It was something she couldn’t predict. She called Watanabe a one woman Beauty & The Beast because she looks like a princess but has the shadow of a monster!

The clumsiness of Mahiro Kiryu actually helped her team win. She was knocked prone late in the match and Kaya Toribami tripped over her while she dodged Miyu Yamashita’s High Kick. Toribami bounced off the ropes and stumbled over Kiryu again right into Yamashita’s arms for the Attitude Adjustment that ended the match.

The all conquering Pom Harajuku returned to Tokyo Joshi Pro with the SETUP All Asia Women’s Title (that she dropped by accident during her ring entrance). She also wore homemade headwear to look like a sunflower because HIMAWARI was her opponent today. HIMAWARI didn’t get the joke. Harajuku won the match and knows Matcha is on her way to try and take the title back from her. Harajuku said the belt belongs to her and she won’t lose!

While Hyper Misao was away with an injury, she missed her chance to welcome Yoshiko Hasegawa to TJPW. So today she got to tell her how happy she is that out of all of the joshi wrestling promotions out there, Hasegawa chose to join TJPW. She gave her the microphone to speak but then attacked Hasegawa from behind and choked her with the microphone cord. Hasegawa tried her best to fight back but Misao kept finding tricks to counter her until she won the match. She was being genuine about welcoming Hasegawa to TJPW though. She encouraged her to enjoy a fun wrestling life as a member of the company.

Misao then talked about the current state of TJPW, believing the group’s power level is reaching MAX status with the recent additions to the roster. TJPW will be facing DDT in a 6-Man Tag Match at “ULTIMATE PARTY 2024” on 28th December and she thinks her team will definitely win. Suddenly Super Sasadango Machine made and appearance and entered the ring carrying a bag. He told Misao that DDT is filled with bad behavior but when you remove the hard shell there is a fluffiness to be found beneath it. He came here today to negotiate a peaceful settlement between DDT and TJPW. He brought with him a bag of luxury chocolate from Niigata for Misao. She can have it if the TJPW team cancels the match at Sumo Hall so no one will have to watch DDT tear them apart. While Misao was considering the offer, Rika Tatsumi got into the ring and choked Sasadango! Misao joined in the attack and the two of them told Sasadango that public bribery is a violation of the rules! They decline his offer and TJPW will beat DDT at Sumo Hall! They then walked off with the bag of chocolate.

When Sasadango recovered from the attack he got on the microphone and complained to Tetsuya Koda about the behavior of his wrestlers. Sasadango was humiliated and he will make Koda take responsibility for it. He suddenly attacked Koda and promised to humiliate TJPW at Sumo Hall! Tatsumi & Misao ran back down to chase Sasadango away and literally slap Koda back to life. They still kept the chocolate because it would have been rude not to accept it. Sasadango told reporters this is now a company-to-company issue between DDT and TJPW.

The first three teams entering the 2025 Max Heart Tournament were announced. They are Kyoraku Kyomei (Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao), Daisy Monkey (Suzume & Arisu Endo) and Pompaler (Pom Harajuku & Max The Impaler). Nine other teams will enter the tournament in January for a total of twelve teams taking part.

The show began with the draw for all of the singles matches taking place on 21st December. The ten matches will each have a 7 minute time limit. They are Moka Miyamoto Vs Ivy Steele, Shino Suzuki Vs Raku, Miyu Yamashita Vs Mizuki, Rika Tatsumi Vs Shoko Nakajima, Chika Nanase Vs Uta Takami, Maki Itoh Vs Toga, Mahiro Kiryu Vs Yoshiko Hasegawa, Yuki Kamifuku Vs Yuki Aino, Haruna Neko Vs Wakana Uehara and Hyper Misao Vs Haru Kazashiro.


Princess Rumble Lineup Revealed

December 7, 2024

DDT “ROAD TO ULTIMATE PARTY 2024 IN NAGOYA”, 08/12/2024
Aichi Nagoya Imaike Gas Hall

1. Yukio Naya & Takumi Saito Vs Keigo Nakamura & Yuki Ishida
2. Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata Vs Tetsuya Endo & Toru Owashi
3. Special Tag Match: Jun Akiyama & MAO Vs HARASHIMA & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
4. Special Single Match: Akito Vs Soma Takao
5. The 37KAMIINA Vs BURNING!: Yuki Ueno & To-y Vs Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku
6. 10-Man Elimination Tag Match: Chris Brookes, Masahiro Takanashi, Antonio Honda, Takeshi Masada & Munetatsu Nakamura Vs Daisuke Sasaki, KANON, MJ Paul, Demus and Ilusion

This past week has felt a little quiet but the next seven days are going to be busy with loads of shows happening all over the place.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “WINTER STORY”, 14/12/2024
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Suzume Vs Uta Takami
2. Yuki Kamifuku & Haruna Neko Vs Raku & Chika Nanase
3. Rika Tatsumi & Moka Miyamoto Vs Arisu Endo & Ivy Steele
4. Hyper Misao Vs Yoshiko Hasegawa
5. Pom Harajuku Vs HIMAWARI
6. Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh & Mahiro Kiryu Vs Shoko Nakajima, Yuki Aino & Kaya Toribami
7. Miu Watanabe, Haru Kazashiro & Toga Vs Mizuki, Wakana Uehara & Shino Suzuki

Next week has Pom Harajuku’s first match back in Tokyo Joshi Pro since winning the SETUP All Asia Women’s Title and also Ivy Steele’s first match for the promotion.

Kira Summer will be missing the next two TJPW shows because her father unexpectedly passed away and she is travelling home to Australia to be with her family.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW YEAR-END PARTY 2024”, 29/12/2024
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Ivy Steele Vs Chika Nanase
2. TJPW RUSH! Year End Special Red And White Team 5 Vs 5 Knockout Match: Shoko Nakajima, X, X, X & X Vs Mizuki, X, X, X & X
Other Participants: Suzume, Arisu Endo, Moka Miyamoto, Yoshiko Hasegawa, Haru Kazashiro, Toga, Shino Suzuki and Uta Takami
3. SETUP All Asia Women’s Title: Pom Harajuku (c) Vs Matcha
4. Queen Of Asia Title & VPW Women’s Title: Yuki Kamifuku (c/c) Vs Lei Ying Lee
5. I Hope There Will Be Lots Of Fun And Exciting Things Next Year! New Year’s Japanese Pro Wrestling! 20 Wrestler PRINCESS RUMBLE 2024: Miu Watanabe Vs Miyu Yamashita Vs Maki Itoh Vs Yuki Arai Vs Rika Tatsumi Vs Hyper Misao Vs Yuki Aino Vs Raku Vs Mahiro Kiryu Vs Haruna Neko Vs Kaya Toribami Vs Wakana Uehara Vs HIMAWARI Vs Kira Summer Vs X Vs XX Vs XXX Vs XXXX Vs XXXXX Vs XXXXXX

Six mystery wrestlers are among the 20 entrants taking part in the Princess Rumble.


TJPW Rush! Princess Vs Monster But Which Is Which? Arai Commits To Pro Wrestling

December 3, 2024

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “WINTER STORY”, 14/12/2024
Yokohama Radiant Hall

1. Ivy Steele Vs X

The British exchange student Ivy Steele makes her Tokyo Joshi Pro debut later this month. She is studying in Japan and training in the TJPW dojo while she is over there. She’s been wrestling in the UK since 2018 and it’s always been her dream to wrestle in Japan. So much so that she took part in TJPW’s trainee audition during the Autumn which is how she got to be part of the company now.

Yeah so Pom Harajuku has a championship now and I still don’t know what to make of it. She won the SETUP All Asia Women’s Title in Thailand a few days ago. I think she is going to be on this show so that means it will be her first TJPW appearance since winning the title.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW YEAR-END PARTY 2024”, 29/12/2024
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. TJPW RUSH! Year End Special Red And White Team 5 Vs 5 Knockout Match: Shoko Nakajima, X, X, X & X Vs Mizuki, X, X, X & X
Other Participants: Suzume, Arisu Endo, Moka Miyamoto, Yoshiko Hasegawa, Haru Kazashiro, Toga, Shino Suzuki and Uta Takami
2. Queen Of Asia Title & VPW Women’s Title: Yuki Kamifuku (c/c) Vs Lei Ying Lee
3. I Hope There Will Be Lots Of Fun And Exciting Things Next Year! New Year’s Japanese Pro Wrestling! 20 Wrestler PRINCESS RUMBLE 2024: X Vs X Vs X Vs X Vs X Vs X Vs X Vs X Vs X Vs X Vs X Vs X Vs X Vs X Vs X Vs X Vs X Vs X Vs X Vs X

The Princess Rumble is the main event and will be the final TJPW match of 2024. Surely there is going to be a lot of double booking on this show because I cannot see Tetsuya Koda wanting to book over 30 people for this event for only a few minutes of work in the ring, even at this time of year.

A familiar TJPW match stipulation is getting a makeover for the holidays. A 5 Vs 5 Gauntlet Match will be held with Shoko Nakajima captaining the Red Team and Mizuki in charge of the White Team. Every match in the Gauntlet has a 5 minute time limit and can be won with a 2 Count Pinfall. If a match ends in a time limit draw then it will restart with 1 Count Sudden Death Rules with no time limit. The two captains will choose their teams through a lottery soon.

Yuki Arai will be on the show. Speaking of which…

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TOKYO JOSHI PRO ’25”, 04/01/2025
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Shoko Nakajima Vs Hyper Misao
2. International Princess Title: Yuki Arai (c) Vs Suzume
3. Princess Of Princess Title: Miu Watanabe (c) Vs Mizuki

Actually first let’s talk about the 4th January main event. Miu Watanabe’s first run as the Princess Of Princess Champion has gone great. The best way to book a champion’s first reign is to feed them a bunch of previous champions to further establish them as a main eventer and that’s what was done here. There were also a few international challengers on the side which is a good way to build up a champion domestically as well. Watanabe has the second most title defences in a single reign and Mizuki is the only former champion still with the company who now stands in her way. Mizuki says by beating so many monsters, Watanabe has now become the monster everyone else needs to be. Watanabe doesn’t accept that logic. She is still the princess who defeats the monster, not the other way around.

Okay let’s get to the Yuki Arai news. Last week she announced her decision to graduate from SKE48. She will be leaving the idol group on 31st March next year. Today she put out another announcement, this time about her pro wrestling career. She ain’t leaving! While her SKE48 days are coming to an end, she has decided to fully commit as a pro wrestler and continue working with TJPW! She will continue to be managed by Zest, which just so happens to be SKE48’s talent agency. By the sounds of it, pro wrestling is going to be Arai’s full time career going forward next year.

It’s the sixth annual Ittenyon match between Kyoraku Kyomei! Ever since 2020 Shoko Nakajima and Hyper Misao have had a singles match against each other at Korakuen Hall on 4th January. Usually there is a wacky match stipulation involved and in the early years the loser would change their name and gimmick for a month. However ever since the Max Heart Tournament was created, Kyoraku Kyomei instead use the match to prepare themselves for the tournament. They have yet to win the tournament but everybody likes the tradition. Nakajima currently has a 4-2 record against Misao in the series. If you noticed the numbers don’t add up properly that’s because one year the both of them were declared winners instead of their match being called a draw.


DDT “GET ALIVE 2024 TOUR IN YOKOHAMA” Results

November 16, 2024

DDT “GET ALIVE 2024 TOUR IN YOKOHAMA”, 16/11/2024
Yokohama Radiant Hall
287 Fans – Super No Vacancy

-. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Kazuma Sumi defeated Yoshihiko (c) with a Standing Moonsault Press (5:04 pm).
*Kazuma Sumi becomes the 1,694th champion.
1. Yuki Ueno, To-y & Diego defeated HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Yuki Ishida when Diego pinned Ishida with the V.H.S (9:38).
2. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata defeated Soma Takao & Kazuma Sumi (c) when Hirata pinned Sumi with the Miracle One Shot Cradle (10:50).
*Kazuki Hirata becomes the 1,695th champion.
-. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Yuki Ueno defeated Kazuki Hirata (c) with a Sleeper Hold (5:38 pm).
*Yuki Ueno becomes the 1,696th champion.
3. Special Tag Match: Jun Akiyama & Shinya Aoki defeated Yukio Naya & Keigo Nakamura when Aoki pinned Nakamura with the Full Nelson Hold (10:00).
4. Special Single Match: Tetsuya Endo defeated Shunma Katsumata with the Burning Star Press (11:16).
5. Special Single Match: MAO defeated Yuya Koroku with the Iai Kick (16:34).
6. SCHADENFREUDE International Vs DAMNATION T.A!: Chris Brookes, Masahiro Takanashi, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada defeated Daisuke Sasaki, KANON, Demus & Ilusion when Takanashi pinned KANON with the Uwabami (20:05).

The feud between SCHADENFREUDE International Vs DAMNATION T.A is only going to raise more stakes from here on out. Today’s main event had its focus on Chris Brookes against Daisuke Sasaki and Takeshi Masada against Ilusion but it was Masahiro Takanashi who won the match for SCHADENFREUDE by pinning KANON out of nowhere. Afterwards Takanashi reminded everyone that he, Brookes & Masada will be facing Sasaki, KANON & MJ Paul at Korakuen Hall on 23rd November. Since that trio are also the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions, Takanashi challenged them to put the belts on the line in that match! Sasaki blamed today’s loss on the jetlag he got after travelling back from Seattle. He accepted the challenged and promised to tear SCHADENFREUDE apart.

The ShunMAO Vs BURNING singles matches ended in a 1-1 draw. MAO defeated Yuya Koroku while Tetsuya Endo beat Shunma Katsumata. Even though the results were mixed, ShunMao are still confident they will retain the KO-D Tag Team Titles against Endo & Koroku on 23rd November because there is no other team in DDT that can match them. Endo is motivating Koroku by calling him second to none. He is getting stronger and just needs that one chance to prove it. That chance will be at the KO-D Tag Title match.

The amount of time Jun Akiyama and Yukio Naya have had in the ring together lately now has a destination in sight. Naya challenged Akiyama to a singles match at “ULTIMATE PARTY 2024” on 28th December! He made the challenge now because he now has the belief he can beat Akiyama and rise to the top of DDT. Akiyama turned 55 years old last month and joked that this match will be Naya’s present for him.

There were several Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title changes throughout the day. Kazuma Sumi brought Yoshihiko into the ring at the start of the show and pinned the doll with a Standing Moonsault to win the title. Then is Sumi’s actual match on the show he lost the belt to Kazuki Hirata. When that match ended Yuki Ueno attacked Hirata near the entrance and won the belt from him. Hirata tried to ambush him backstage but Ueno fought him off. Then hours after the show ended Hirata held To-y hostage with a hammer and used him to sneak into Ueno’s dressing room with Yukinori Matsui nearby. Hirata knocked out both To-y and Ueno with the hammer and then pinned Ueno to be the champion again.

Two contract signings took place before the show. One was for the ShunMao Vs BURNING KO-D Tag Titles match where Koroku kept trying to pump himself up in front of the champions. The other signing was for the DDT Extreme Title match between Danshoku Dieno and Yuni. Dieno was in attendance but Yuni was absent due to a school event. Dieno agreed with DDT to have a normal pro wrestling match that will also use “Cinderella Time”. Whenever “Cinderella Time” is active during the match Dieno is prohibited from using his Danshoku moveset on Yuni and will be instantly disqualified if he breaks the rule. But when “Cinderella Time” ends Dieno is allowed to use those moves like he normally does.