HARD HIT “YOKOHAMA GLORY DAYS” Results

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

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.

TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER

CRUISER’S GAME 11, 02/06/2013
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Round 1:
2. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Round 1:
3. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Round 1:
4. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Round 1:
5. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Semi Final:
6. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Semi Final:
7. TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER – Final:

Competitors: Tatsuhito Takaiwa, El Samurai, Katsumi Usuda, Onryo, Kikutaro, Marines Mask, Masa Takanashi & MIKAMI

Cruiser’s Game presents the TOP OF THE DRAMATIC CRUISER one night tournament to celebrate the history of Jr. Heavyweight wrestling. A grand prize of ¥500,000 will be rewarded to the winner. The eight participants were announced today. They are:

Tatsuhito Takaiwa
(2000 Best of the Super Jr. winner, 38th IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion, 4th IWGP Jr. Tag Team Champion, 2nd & 12th GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion)

Tatsuhito Takaiwa has wrestled at three previous Cruiser’s Game shows and is a good friend of MIKAMI away from the ring.

El Samurai
(1997 Best of the Super Jr. winner, 19th & 30th IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion, 3rd, 16th & 25th IWGP Jr. Tag Team Champion, 4th J-Crown Champion)

El Samurai is a stalwart of Jr. Heavyweight wrestling. MIKAMI thinks he is a perfect fit for the tournament in both talent and name value.

Katsumi Usuda
(Super J Cup 3rd STAGE participant, 2000 Best of the Super Jr. participant, 3rd & 5th Independent World Jr. Heavyweight Champion)

Katsumi Usuda probably has the most unique style of wrestling in the tournament. MIKAMI added him to spice things up.

Onryo
(Super J Cup 3rd STAGE participant, 39th UWA World Middleweight Champion)

MIKAMI has a long relationship with Onryo and considers him one of his main rivals.

Kikutaro
(Super J Cup 4th STAGE Special Attraction, 2003 Best of the Super Jr. participant)

Kikutaro is a longtime friend of MIKAMI’s, going back to when they were both young wrestlers unknown to the fans.

Marines Mask
(11th Independent World Jr. Heavyweight Champion)

MIKAMI wanted someone with Marines Mask’s charm to be in the tournament, so here he is.

Masa Takanashi
(40th KO-D Openweight Champion, 36th UWA World 6-Man Tag Champion)

MIKAMI has kept an eye on Masa Takanashi ever since his debut. He thinks Masa’s wrestling style is perfect for Cruiser’s Game and expects him to deliver some great performances in the tournament.

MIKAMI
(Super J Cup 4th STAGE Special Attraction, 8th & 14th KO-D Openweight Champion)

Naturally, MIKAMI thinks he is going to win the tournament.

Full Yokohama and Hiroshima Cards, New Tokyo Women’s Trainee

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 WOMEN’S WRESTLING “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 Women’s Wrestling 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 Women’s Wrestling. 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.

DDT “OSAKA 24 ZONE TOUR ~ KITA WARD” Results

DDT “OSAKA 24 ZONE TOUR ~ KITA WARD”, 12/05/2013
Osaka Umeda Nasci Hall
350 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & “El Samurai” (Kazuki Hirata) defeated Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Michael Nakazawa when Samurai pinned Nakazawa with the Devil Windmill Suplex (7:06).
2. Takao Soma defeated DJ Nira after Yukinori Matsui did the Boma Ye on Nira (6:42).
3. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi defeated Antonio Honda & Shoichi Uchida when Oishi pinned Honda with the Jikiden Tornado Clutch (12:55).
4. Shigehiro Irie & Keisuke Ishii defeated Tetsuya Endo & Konosuke Takeshita when Irie pinned Endo with the Flying Sausage (11:37).
5. MIKAMI defeated Daisuke Sasaki by Disqualification after a Referee Assault (13:04).
*The Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract does not changes hands.
6. Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Kizaemon Saiga defeated KUDO, Yasu Urano & FUMA when Omga pinned FUMA after the Golden Impact (14:29).
7. Next KO-D Openweight Title Challenger Decision Match: Hikaru Sato defeated HARASHIMA with a Leg Trap Reverse Armbreaker (20:43).

Hikaru Sato will face Shigehiro Irie for the KO-D Openweight Title in Hiroshima on 26th May.

The Golden Impact is a Double Stacked Doomsday Spinning Heel Kick. Kenny Omega had Kota Ibushi sitting on his shoulders while Ibushi had the victim FUMA sitting on top of him. Then Kizaemon Saiga leapt high off the top rope and struck FUMA with the Spinning Heel Kick.

Daisuke Sasaki has discovered a loophole for the Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract. Much like championships, the contract cannot change hands via disqualification. Sasaki was about to be defeated by MIKAMI when Shoichi Uchida grabbed Daisuke Kiso and pulled him out of the ring. Sasaki was DQ’ed but he did not lose his contract to MIKAMI.

“El Samurai” was really Kazuki Hirata wearing the former’s mask. Michael Nakazawa didn’t fall for the disguise and was able to unmask him but at the cost of being pinned by Hirata immediately afterward.

Emi Sakura Wins Right To Challenge Contract (Less Shocking News: She Beats DJ Nira)

GATOH MOVE, 11/05/2013
Nanhai Ichigaya Memorial Clinic

Emi Sakura defeated DJ Nira with a La Magistral Cradle (12:06).
*Emi Sakura wins DJ Nira’s Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.

One of the active Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contracts changed hands outside of DDT for the first time. Emi Sakura defeated DJ Nira in the main event of yesterday’s Gatoh Move show in Ichigaya, the same building where Ganbare☆Wrestling held their event the day before. Masa Takanashi was there as the referee for the no time limit main event while Tetsuya Endo and Tokyo Women’s Wrestling manager Tetsuya Koda was also in attendence (Koda was the person who broke the news on DDT’s website). Nira fought his hardest, targeting Sakura’s finger and hitting the DJ Time, but in the end Sakura rolled him up with La Magistral Cradle to win the match and take possession of his contract.

Tomorrow’s Osaka Card

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