Irie Vs Okabayashi This Sunday! Tobita Reveals His Phantom, New Beer Garden Matches

July 19, 2013

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2 DAYS IN 2013”, 21/07/2013
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. All Star Battle Royal: Daisuke Sasaki Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs Akito Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs DJ Nira Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
2. Hikaru Sato & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Gota Ihashi
3. 3 Way Tag Team Match: Keisuke Ishii & Takao Soma Vs KUDO & Yasu Urano Vs MIKAMI & MIKAMI?
4. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Yuko Miyamoto, Isami Kodaka & FUMA
5. Top & Future Special Tag Team Match: HARASHIMA & Konosuke Takeshita Vs Kota Ibushi & Tetsuya Endo
6. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Antonio Honda, Hoshitango & Yuji Hino (c) Vs Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Kensuke Sasaki
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Shigehiro Irie (c) Vs Yuji Okabayashi

It’s time to find out who goes into Sumo Hall as the KO-D Openweight Champion. Shigehiro Irie and Yuji Okabayashi both debuted in 2008 and were looked upon to fill up the strong heavyweight roles that were missing from the independent scene. Okabayashi was quicker than Irie to taste success, winning tag team championships with Daisuke Sekimoto in both All Japan and their home Big Japan. It was only just recently that Irie has become the dominant force DDT wanted him to be, holding the record of most KO-D Title defences in a single reign.

GANBARE☆WRESTLING 3, 21/07/2013
Saitama Wrestle Fighter Museum

1. Gorikiko Vs Tsubasa Fujimoto
2. Shota Vs Crusher Takahashi
3. Tanomusaku Toba Vs Kazuhiko Ogasawara
4. Shinichiro Tominaga & Tomohiro Otani Vs Osochin Aries & Bradshaw Hidaka
5. Ganbare Tamagawa Vs Osamu Namiguchi
6. Ganbare☆Wrestling Vs Saitama Wrestling: Ken Ohka & Yumehito Imanari Vs Survival Tobita & Wild Predator Gaiju Taro II

Wild Predator Gaiju Taro II is the name of Survival Tobita’s mystery partner. The original Taro is too old to fight so Tobita got rid of it and brought in its offspring.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2013 ~ DANSHOKU RANCH CLASSIC”, 29/07/2013
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Take Back Yoshiko’s Smile:
2. It Is Attached To The Man NAKAZAWA:
3. Kota Ibushi Summer Vacation Wrestling Study:

May God have mercy on the poor suckers who have to cheer up Yoshiko from Stardom. She can be quite grumpy.

DDT “BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2013 ~ URASHIMAKUDO PRODUCE”, 30/07/2013
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. FUMA Produce:
2. Yasu Urano Produce – Sambo Vs Judo: Daisuke Kido Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
3. KUDO Produce – Ebisuko Free Meals For One Year Battle Royal:
4. HARASHIMA Produce – ~Gaku Pro Only Yesterday~: HARASHIMA Vs Eririn Takagi

Eririn Takagi is from Hitachi Pro Wrestling based in Hibaraki.

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Practice Makes Perfect For HARASHIMA, Genius Vs Rainmaker

July 8, 2013

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

1. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – “Research Group” Battle Royal: Komyo (c) Vs
2. Dramatic Dream Match: Kota Ibushi Vs Kazuchika Okada
3. KO-D Openweight Title: Shigehiro Irie or Yuji Okabayashi (c) Vs HARASHIMA

As the 2013 King of DDT winner, HARASHIMA gets a main event KO-D Title shot at Sumo Hall. It is a title shot that has alluded the challenger ever since February when HARASHIMA fought and lost to Kenny Omega. All that is left to figure out now is who the champion will be. Shigehiro Irie defends the championship against Big Japan’s Yuji Okabayashi in Korakuen Hall on 21st July. If Okabayashi wins, it will bring back memories of “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2010” when HARASHIMA challenged Daisuke Sekimoto for that very championship. A victory for Irie however will continue what is now arguably the most successful KO-D Title reign in DDT history.

Meanwhile a co-main event has been signed and I am so excited to see it happen. It will be the Independent Genius taking on the Rainmaker when Kota Ibushi faces the current IWGP Heavyweight Champion, Kazuchika Okada from New Japan. This will continue Ibushi’s move up to heavyweight status along with his recent weight gain (it is currently 88kg). What’s interesting to note is the match will take place one week after the final of the G1 CLIMAX, which both men have entered. Ibushi thinks he will win the G1 and is interested, is highly motivated to wrestle Okada and wants to challenge for the IWGP Title. However, since there has been no mention of the championship during the announcement, I believe that Ibushi Vs Okada will be a non-title bout if Okada is still the champion when “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2013” takes place.

Speaking of Ibushi and the G1 CLIMAX, his group match with Shinsuke Nakamura in Osaka on 4th August will be shown live on Ustream iPPV.

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Yuji Okabayashi Wins Right To Challenge Contract

June 15, 2013

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BJW “NIGIWAI THEATRE ~ends of the rainy season~”, 15/06/2013
Yokohama Nigiwaiza

Yuji Okabayashi defeated Kazuki Hirata with the Argentine Backbreaker (8:33).
*Yuji Okabayashi wins Kazuki Hirata’s Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.

One of the Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contracts has been taken away from DDT again. This time it’s in the hands of its strongest wrestler yet, Yuji Okabayashi from Big Japan. Okabayashi defeated DDT’s contract holder Kazuki Hirata at a Big Japan show held today in Yokohama. Kazuki was overwhelmed by the power of his opponent and the results was no surprise. Yuji wasn’t quite sure what the rules of the contract was, but when it was explained to him he said he would like to challenge Shigehiro Irie for the KO-D Openweight Title someday.

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