This Weekend’s Cards, Cherry Challenges Miyamoto

DDT “ROAD TO BUDOKAN IN FUJI ~DRAMATIC DREAM TSUKENAPORITAN~”, 19/05/2012
Shizuoka Fuji-san Messe

1. Akito Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. Takao Soma Vs DJ Nira
3. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Gota Ihashi
4. Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Hikaru Sato & Don Michael
5. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Keisuke Ishii
6. Yuji Hino, Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda Vs HARASHIMA, Masa Takanashi & KUDO

DDT “DRAMATIC 2012 MAY SPECIAL”, 20/05/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

0. Amon Contra Amon – Special Dark Match: Hero Amon Vs Gorgeous Matsuno
1. Danshoku Dino Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. 3 Way Match: Makoto Oishi Vs Keita Yano Vs Batten Tamagawa
3. Shigehiro Irie & Hoshitango Vs Hikaru Sato & DJ Nira
4. Kota Ibushi Vs Gota Ihashi
5. Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma Vs Don Michael & Miho Wakizawa
6. KUDO & Akito Vs Masa Takanashi & Keisuke Ishii
7. Yuji Hino, Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda Vs HARASHIMA, Daisuke Sasaki & Tomomitsu Matsunaga

UNION “NIMOMAKEZU RAIN”, 17/06/2012
Kitizawa Town Hall

1. Cherry Vs Yuko Miyamoto
2. BJW Tag Team Title: Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie (c) Vs Abdullah Kobayashi & Ryuji Ito

Of all the people in Union to call out Yuko Miyamoto and defend the promotion, Cherry was the one I least expected. Cherry has challenged the DDT Extreme Champion to a match in the hopes of avenging Ken Ohka for the injuries Miyamoto inflicted on him during their violent death match at “GOLDEN UNION 2012”. Cherry said that the beating Ohka took was mortifying and now that her age is no longer secret, she has nothing to lose. Man or woman, Cherry now fears no wrestler and she will prove it by going after Yuko Miyamoto.

Nasu Nature Change, Amon Contra Amon, Hino Vs HARASHIMA

DDT “NASU NATURE SCHOOL WRESTLING”, 06/05/2012
Nasu Nature School

1. 6 Way Match: Kota Ibushi Vs El Generico Vs HARASHIMA VS Gota Ihashi Vs Batten Tamagawa Vs Takao Soma

Ken Ohka had to pull out of the match due to injuries sustained at “GOLDEN UNION 2012”. In his place is not one, but two wrestlers. Batten Tamagawa and Takao Soma have been added to make the match a 6 Way battle.

DDT “ROAD TO BUDOKAN IN FUJI ~DRAMATIC DREAM TSUKENAPORITAN~”, 19/05/2012
Shizuoka Fuji-san Messe

1. Akito Vs Tetsuya Endo
2. Takao Soma Vs DJ Nira
3. Sanshiro Takagi Vs Gota Ihashi
4. Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Hikaru Sato & Don Michael
5. Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Keisuke Ishii
6. Yuji Hino, Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda Vs HARASHIMA, Masa Takanashi & KUDO

DDT “DRAMATIC 2012 MAY SPECIAL”, 20/05/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

0. Amon Contra Amon – Special Dark Match: Hero Amon Vs Gorgeous Matsuno
1. KUDO & Akito Vs Masa Takanashi & Keisuke Ishii
2. Kota Ibushi Vs Gota Ihashi
3. Yuji Hino, Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda Vs HARASHIMA, Daisuke Sasaki & Tomomitsu Matsunaga

The feud between Tsurumi Amon and New World Japan took a strange turn when Sanshiro Takagi introduced a Luchador by the name of Hero Amon as one of the new members of his group. DDT is immediately not big enough to contain two Amons. Takagi challenged Tsurumi to face Hero Amon in a match. Gorgeous Matsuno has accepted the challenge and will wrestle on behalf of the General Manager.

DDT “ROAD TO BUDOKAN IN SAPPORO ~DRAMATIC DREAM CLOCK TOWER~”, 27/05/2012
Sapporo Teisan Hall

1. KO-D Openweight Title: Yuji Hino (c) Vs HARASHIMA

HARASHIMA pinned Yuji Hino’s stablemate Yasu Urano in a 3 Way match to earn the KO-D Title shot here. With Hino having a firm grip on both KO-D Titles, everyone in DDT will have to put in a lot of effort if they want to be the champion leading the company into its 15th Anniversary.

UNION “NIMOMAKEZU RAIN”, 17/06/2012
Kitizawa Town Hall

1. BJW Tag Team Title: Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie (c) Vs Abdullah Kobayashi & Ryuji Ito

Abdullah Kobayashi defeated Shuji Ishikawa in a 306 Fluorescent Lighttubes & Free Weapons Death Match earlier today in Big Japan for the BJW Death Match Title. Now Kobayashi will be the challenger when he and Ryuji Ito team up to go against BIG “G” BANG.

Keizo Matsuda (original) will compete on the show aswell as the RockNES Monsters of Johnny Yuma & Johnny Goodtime.

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2012” Results

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2012”, 04/05/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,236 Fans – No Vacancy

0. Union League Experiment: Masked Mystery & SAGAT defeated Madoka & Taichi Kazato when SAGAT pinned Kazato with the Dream Of Fetus (9:42).
1. Handicap Match Of Love: Rion Mizuki & Rumi Kazama submitted Hiroshi Fukuda when Kazama pinned Fukuda with the Dragon Panther (8:21).
2. Age Contra Makeup: Emi Samura (w/ Mio Shirai) defeated Cherry with the Spring Love Night (5:03).
3. Big Rude, Black Spider Clutch & GENTARO defeated Goro Tsurumi, El Hijo del Goro & Goro Jr when Rude submitted Hijo del Goro with the Crippler Crossface (9:18).
4. 90′s Indie Wrestler Weapon Rumble: New Sanshiro Takagi Vs New Keizo Matsuda ended in a No Contest when Tarzan Goto pinned both of them (18:13).
5. Hiro Tsumaki Return Match: Isami Kodaka & El Generico defeated Hiro Tsumaki & Kengo Ohka when Kodaka pinned Tsumaki with the Zan Isamu Leg (16:12).
6. BJW Tag Team Title: Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie defeated Yoshihito Sasaki & Shinobu (c) when Ishikawa pinned Shinobu with the Splash Mountain (16:07).
*Yoshihito Sasaki & Shinobu fail in V1. BIG “G” BANG become the 36th BJW Tag Team Champions!
7. DDT Extreme Title – Fluorescent Shop Death Match: Yuko Miyamoto (c) defeated Ken Ohka with the Manji Cobra (19:58).
*V1 for Yuko Miyamoto.

The day some people thought they would never see has finally come. Cherry, the resident female wrestler on the Union roster who has always claimed to be very young has revealed her true age. Cherry lost the Age Contra Makeup match to Emi Sakura, who was wrestling on behalf of an injured Mio Shirai. Cherry was defeated with one of her own signature moves as well as from some interference from Mio. Defeated, Cherry said she was born on 14th May, 1974 which makes her 37 years old going on 38. Cherry told the audience she debuted at 30 years old and did so because it was her dream to become a wrestler, no matter how old she was. Cherry’s passport was flashed onto the giant screen behind her to serve as confirmation while a ten bell salute took place in the background.

While at first Shirai thankful for Sakura winning the match, she wasn’t so thrilled with her when she asked if it was necessary for Cherry to reveal her age. Mio told Sakura and Kaori Yoneyama afterwards to “go back to Thailand” and then threatened them with deportation. She did give Cherry a sincere round of applause though.

That wasn’t all of the big news that took place. BIG “G” BANG have grabbed some gold and became the new BJW Tag Team Champions! The large pairing of Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie were too much for Yoshihito Sasaki & Shinobu and they defeated the champions to bring a new prize into Union. Big Japan has already determined Abdullah Kobayashi & Ryuji Ito as the No. 1 Contenders for the Tag Title and they will travel to Union on 17th June to challenge for the belts. Speaking of Ishikawa and Kobayashi, they will be fighting each other tomorrow for the BJW Death Match Championship.

And of course there was the main event. Poor Ken Ohka. The man fights his heart out each and every time he enters the ring but rarely does he succeed. The odds of him winning the DDT Extreme Title from Yuko Miyamoto were stacked high from the beginning. They were to fight each other in a match that allowed flourescent lighttubes and Union merchandise to be used as weapons. Despite Miyamoto having an injured foot and Ohka’s attempts to attack it with DVDs, the challenger just could not win and was eventually submitted with a Manji Cobra. Ohka was in tears after the match, as he usually is, but he passionately thanked everyone for their support.

The 1990’s indie wrestlers involved in the battle between New Sanshiro Takagi and New Keizo Matsuda were Takashi Okano (IWA Japan), Death Min Ho (one of Poison Sawada’s first gimmicks), Kyoko Ichiki (IWA Japan & GAEA), Chiharu (AJW), Tsunehito Naito (UWF), Survival Tobita (plus Va-Gon the ape-man terrorising the audience) and finally Tarzan Goto (FMW). At first Goto sided with with New Matsuda until he decided to beat up both of them with chairs and win the match for himself. When he left, Takagi and Matsuda began to fight again. HARASHIMA arrived and got Takagi and Matsuda to shake hands and reconcile. But as they shook hands, they accidentaly bumped heads and knocked each other dizzy, possibly bringing an end to New Sanshiro Takagi & New Keizo Matsuda.

Despite being on the winning team, GENTARO was attacked and abducted by the Goro family after the match. Goro Tsurumi took off his shoes and put one of them over his hand before knocking out GENTARO with a Spinning Backfist.

Hiroshi Fukuda continues to learn that love can hurt people. He lost to Rion Mizuki and Rumi Kazama in a Handicap Of Love match. For most of it Fukuda refused to lay a hand on Kazama while she kept trying to knock some sense into him. He finally began to fight and even delivered the Perfect Plex, only for Kazama to kick out at one. Kazama was then able to lock on her version of a Dragon Sleeper to submit her lovesick protege. After the match, Fukuda accepted the fact that Mizuki and Kazama are a couple but asked Rumi to kick him in the head one more time. She did so and then she kissed him on the cheek before all three left the ring together.

The relationship between Union and Big Japan will continue with another joint show set to take place on 18th July in Shin-Kiba 1st RING.

Updates For Golden Union

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2012”, 04/05/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Union League Experiment: Madoka & Taichi Kazato Vs Masked Mystery & SAGAT
1. Handicap Match Of Love: Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Rion Mizuki & Rumi Kazama
2. Goro Tsurumi, El Hijo del Goro & Goro Jr Vs Big Rude, Black Spider Clutch & GENTARO
3. Age Contra Makeup: Cherry Vs Mio Shirai
4. 90’s Indie Wrestler Weapon Rumble: New Sanshiro Takagi Vs New Keizo Matsuda
5. Hiro Tsumaki Triumph: Hiro Tsumaki & Kengo Ohka Vs Isami Kodaka & El Generico
6. BJW Tag Team Title: Yoshihito Sasaki & Shinobu (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie
7. DDT Extreme Title – Fluorescent Shop Death Match: Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Ken Ohka

Yuko Miyamoto and Ken Ohka for the DDT Extreme Title now has its stipulation match chosen by the champion. Miyamoto originally said he wanted to have a Fluorescent Lighttube Death Match but Ohka said it was unfair because he has only ever been in two of those kind of matches. Both men made a compromise and decided to make it a Fluorescent Shop Death Match. That means that both fluorescent lighttubes and what I guess will be either items from the merchandise table or items associated with cooking (when not wrestling, Ohka works for DDT’s bar restaurant) are allowed to be used in the match. Miyamoto will not be 100% going into the match. He fractured the big toe on his left foot earlier this month after Moonsaulting from the top of a ladder during a match. Ohka said that he is jealous of Miyamoto because he is married and has a family. However, Ohka also said that Union is his family and he will win back the title for them.

The battle between New Sanshiro Takagi & New Keizo Matsuda will turn into a blast from the past for fans of indie sleaze wrestling. Both wrestlers have been told to invite notable indie wrestlers from the 1990s to help them in a Weapons Rumble style match. The idea is that as the match goes on, a different wrestler will enter the ring after a set period of time and interfere on behalf of the wrestler who chose them. Regular Sanshiro Takagi appeared at the press conference for this event and said he will be paying a lot of money to certain wrestlers to join his side for the match. He thinks his financial strength will be the key to defeating his doppelganger.

Hiroshi Fukuda gave some comments on his Handicap Match of Love against Rion Mizuki & Rumi Kazama. After defeating Mizuki at “MARCH OF THE UNION 2012” last month, he was shocked to find him and Kazama kissing each other afterwards. Now he is determined to defeat Mizuki with the Perfect Plex and rescue Kazama from his clutches. Fukuda also said that in this day and age the best way to indicate the value of a person is by looking at how many Twitter followers they have. Fukuda now has around 850 followers and he thinks he reached that milestone thanks to Kazama and her influences on his training.

Speaking of Twitter, remember to follow @DramaticDDT. What? I might as well shill it when the opportunity pops up.

BIG “G” BANG Title Shot, Olé Yankee, GENTARO’s Family Grudge

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2012”, 04/05/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. Union League Experiment: Madoka, SAGAT
1. Handicap Match Of Love: Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Rion Mizuki & Rumi Kazama
2. Goro Tsurumi, El Hijo del Goro & Goro Jr Vs Big Rude, Black Spider Clutch & GENTARO
3. Age Contra Makeup: Cherry Vs Mio Shirai
4. New Sanshiro Takagi Vs New Keizo Matsuda
5. Hiro Tsumaki Triumph: Hiro Tsumaki & Kengo Ohka Vs Isami Kodaka & El Generico
6. BJW Tag Team Title: Yoshihito Sasaki & Shinobu (c) Vs Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie
7. DDT Extreme Title – ??? Match: Yuko Miyamoto (c) Vs Ken Ohka

As DDT Extreme Champion, Yuko Miyamoto gets to decide what match he and Ken Ohka will have for the belt. He will announce it sometime before the show takes place.

Back at the Big Japan/Union joint show, BIG “G” BANG defeated Yoshihito Sasaki & Shinobu in a hotly contested match-up. Since then, Sasaki & Shinobu have become the BJW Tag Team Champions. Due to their victory over the new champions, Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie have now been given a title shot that will take place in Union. This match takes place a day before Ishikawa faces Abdullah Kobayashi for the BJW Death Match Title at Big Japan’s biggest show of the year. So Shuji could wind up with two Big Japan titles in two days.

Isami Kodaka is looking forward to teaming with El Generico for the first time. After their battles over the Extreme Title, he now thinks they will have a lot of fun tagging together. However, Isami does not have the same views on Kengo Ohka. He doesn’t exactly hate Kengo, it’s more of a strong dislike of the man. The wild card of the match is Hiro Tsumaki, who has been absent from Union for several months. Turns out he spent his time away from Union by wrestling for Okinawa Pro. Kodaka does not know what Tsumaki has learned during his time in Okinawa or what to expect from his return. Even though the match is titled “Hiro Tsumaki Triumph” Isami also wants the match to be called “Union Next Stage.”

Big Rude abducted GENTARO in an attempt to have him wrestle against the Tsurumi family. During the press conference for the event, Big Rude brought in a blindfolded GENTARO into the room and over to the table before revealing what he wanted from him. GENTARO has a bad history with Goro Tsurumi and his two sons. Their grudge began over an incident involving vegetable oil that took place in Mexico many years ago. GENTARO agreed to help Rude fight the Tsumaki clan and Black Spider Clutch has also been added to their team. GENTARO said he heard a rumour that Clutch once ate a baby. That’s probably not the most reassuring thing to tell someone who will be tagging with the guy.

The Union League Experiment continues with at least Madoka and SAGAT involved in the latest offering. It has not been decided yet if anymore wrestlers will be involved on the night.

BJW/UNION “BIG JAPAN X UNION MAY OR MAY NOT BE AT WAR” Results

BJW/UNION “BIG JAPAN X UNION MAY OR MAY NOT BE AT WAR”, 29/03/2012
Shinjuku FACE
329 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Cherry & Great Kojika defeated Mio Shirai & Takumi Tsukamoto when Cherry pinned Shirai with the Cherryton Bomb (8:11).
2. Give Courage To Men Suffering From Battle: Jaki Numazawa defeated Big Rude by making him say “Propia” (5:55).
3. Sanshiro Takagi Battle Royal: Big Buddy Sanshiro Takagi (Yuji Okabayashi) defeated Sanshiro Takagi X (Batten Tamagawa) with the Golem Splash (9:16)
Other Participants: Sanshiro Takagi, New Sanshiro Takagi, Secret Sanshiro Takagi (Mototsugu Shimizu) and Love Sanshiro Takagi (Abdullah Kobayashi).
4. Daisuke Sekimoto defeated Hiroshi Fukuda with a Crab Hold (6:57).
5. Hardcore Tag Team Match: Ken Ohka & Kengo Ohka defeated Ryuji Ito & Kankuro Hoshino when Ken Ohka pinned Hoshino with the Spear Of The Flame onto a Ladder (12:22).
6. Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie defeated Yoshihito Sasaki & Shinobu when Ishikawa pinned Shinobu with the Splash Mountain (12:17).
7. DDT Extreme Title – Fluorescent Lighttubes Death Match: Yuko Miyamoto defeated Isami Kodaka (c) with the Swivel Fire Thunder (15:12).
*Isami Kodaka fails in V2. Yuko Miyamoto becomes the 18th DDT Extreme Champion!

Union and Big Japan Wrestling may or may not be at war with each other but their relationship has gotten to the point where a DDT championship is now in the hands of Big Japan. Yuko Miyamoto defeated his long time friend Isami Kodaka to win the DDT Extreme Championship in the main event of Union and BJW’s cross-promoted show in Shinjuku FACE. Both men fought in a Fluorescent Lighttubes Death Match, the first time such a match took place in the building. There were no hard feelings after the match, after all Miyamoto & Kodaka currently hold the BJW Tag Team Championship together. In fact, after the match Miyamoto kept on saying how much fun he had at the show and he asked Naomi Susan if Union and Big Japan could hold more joint shows in the future. Susan spoke to Big Japan rep Eiji Tosaka after the show and admitted she was frustrated to see Union lose a championship to Big Japan. However, she also thought the joint show was an interesting experiment.

BIG “G” BANG built some momentum going into their seperate championship bouts next month by defeating a tag team that featured the winner of Big Japan’s recent Ikkitousen tournament. Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie continued their winning ways with a victory over Yoshihito Sasaki & Shinobu, a team that lives by the tagline “Good Friends, Better Enemies.” The action did not stop at the end when the bell rang and a brawl broke out between the two sides.

Look at the result for Match #5. Yes, you read that right. Ken Ohka won a Hardcore match against Big Japan death match wrestlers! It all happened when Kankuro Hoshino placed Ohka on top of a ladder and climbed up top for the Diving Senton. Ohka rolled out of the way and after Hoshino landed on top of the ladder, Ohka hit his patented Spear Of The Flame to get the three count. Ken now thinks that he and Kengo Ohka make for a natural tag team together.

If you think that Sanshiro Takagi does not appear in Union enough then the Sanshiro Takagi Battle Royal is just the match for you! There were not enough Sanshiro Takagi taking part in the Sanshiro Takagi Battle Royal, so one more Sanshiro Takagi was added to the line up. Big Buddy Sanshiro Takagi (Yuji Okabayashi) was the last Takagi standing, defeating the original Sanshiro Takagi and four other dopplegangers. The Secret Sanshiro Takagi was Mototsugu Shimizu. The Secret in that name stood for Secret Base, Shimizu’s home promotion.

Big Rude and Jaki Numazawa fought each other in an I Quit Match with a difference. Rather than forcing the opponent to say “I quit”, the aim of the match was for each wrestler to force his opponent to say their own sponsor’s name. Both Big Rude and Numazawa are spokesmen for seperate products and have sponsorships from the companies when they wrestle. Big Rude is sponsored by Svenson, a company that specialises in hair restoration products. Numazawa meanwhile is sponsored by Propia, who make shampoo, make up and, I’m not making this up, fake facial hair. Numazawa won the match when he placed Rude in a Camel Clutch and forced him to shout “Propia!”

The official show report on DDT’s website says the Great Kojika and Cherry “graced the opening match in the wisdom of age”. I bet Cherry will be offended when she reads that line.

Shuji Ishikawa Goes After Death Match Title

Union ace Shuji Ishikawa now has an important title match to look forward to, but this one is taking place outside of DDT and Union. The giant will be returning to Big Japan in May to face Abdullah Kobayashi for the BJW Death Match Championship in Yokohama. This will be the second time that Shuji challenges for the belt. He previously lost to Ryuji Ito in a Fluorescent Lighttubes, Glass Board & 49,205 Thumbtacks Death Match back in October 2010. However, Shuji defeated Abdullah Kobayashi one month earlier in the less impressive sounding 261 Fluorescent Lighttubes Death Match to earn that title shot. That match was the most recent singles bout between the two.

Team Ohka Forms, Cherry’s Passport Problem

BJW/UNION “BIG JAPAN X UNION MAY OR MAY NOT BE AT WAR”, 29/03/2012
Shinjuku FACE

1. Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie Vs Yoshihito Sasaki & Shinobu
2. Sanshiro Takagi Battle Royal: New Sanshiro Takagi Vs Sanshiro Takagi X Vs Secret Sanshiro Takagi Vs Sanshiro Takagi Vs Love Sanshiro Takagi
3. Cherry & Great Kojika Vs Mio Shirai & Takumi Tsukamoto
4. Give Courage To Men Suffering From Battle: Big Rude Vs Jaki Numazawa
5. Daisuke Sekimoto Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
6. Hardcore Tag Team Match: Ken Ohka & Kengo Ohka Vs Ryuji Ito & Kankuro Hoshino
7. DDT Extreme Title – Fluorescent Lighttubes Death Match: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Yuko Miyamoto

After earning each other’s repsect in a hard fought match at “MARCH OF THE UNION 2012”, the two Ohkas will now team together to represent Union against two of Big Japan’s toughest death match fighters.

UNION “SCHOOL ENTRANCE CEREMONY 2012”, 08/04/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. If Cherry Loses, Her Age Becomes Public – Continued: Cherry Vs GAMI

Just when she thought her secret was safe, Cherry finds her private information at risk once from being revealed once again. Pro Wrestling WAVE founder GAMI has stolen Cherry’s passport and will only give it back if Cherry defeats her in a match.

UNION “GOLDEN UNION 2012”, 04/05/2012
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. New Sanshiro Takagi Vs New Keizo Matsuda

El Generico will compete at this show, as will Kurokumo Clutch from Northern Outlaw Wrestling and Kyushu Pro Wrestling.

GM Ibushi, Hard Hit Workout, Union X BJW Card

DDT “NON-FIX 3.18 SPECIAL”, 18/03/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Takao Soma Vs Gota Ihashi
2. Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa Vs DJ Nira & Hoshitango
3. Try To Guess The Meaning Of This Card?: HARASHIMA & Guts Ishijima Vs GENTARO & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
4. Danshoku Dino, KUDO, Makoto Oishi & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Yasu Urano, Yuji Hino, Antonio Honda & Keita Yano
5. Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Shigehiro Irie & Keisuke Ishii
6. Next KO-D Title Challenger: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Masa Takanashi

As part of his role as interim General Manager for the night, Kota Ibushi will appear wearing an afro and glasses so he will look like Tsurumi Amon. A lottery will take place for fans with the winner getting a chance to take photos of Ibushi wearing the costume. Other than that, fans in attendance will not be allowed take photos of Ibushi while he is in “GM” mode.

UNION “MARCH OF THE UNION 2012”, 18/03/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

0. Union League Experiment: Madoka Vs Taichi Kazato
1. Hiroshi Fukuda (w/ Rumi Kazama) Vs Rion Mizuki
2. New Sanshiro Takagi & Big Rude Vs New Keizo Matsuda & Yoshiya Yamashita
3. If Cherry Loses, Her Real Age Becomes Public: Cherry Vs Mio Shirai
4. BEST OF THE SUPER Ohka: Ken Ohka Vs Kengo Ohka
5. 1,000 Roses Death Match: Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie Vs Isami Kodaka & Ryuichi Sekine

Fans have been encouraged to bring their own roses to add to the 1,000 that will be used in the match. Also due to so many roses being placed into the ring, fans will not be allowed throw streamers into the ring during the introductions.

Hiroshi Fukuda is determined to beat Rion Mizuki with the Perfect Plex so he can impress Rumi Kazama.

Yoshiya Yamashita is from K-DOJO. Taichi Mazato is from nkw and was a part of the New Axe Bombers group that was involved in last year’s dark matches for Union.

HARD HIT “ATLANTIS”, 22/03/2012
Shinjuku FACE

1. KEI Yamamiya Vs Ryuichi Sekine
2. Hayato Mashita Vs Kenji Takeshima
3. Isami Kodaka Vs Tanomusaku Toba
4. Kosei Kubota Vs Shotaro Nasu
5. Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Michael Nakazawa
6. HARASHIMA Vs Daisuke Nakamura
7. Hikaru Sato Vs Ryo Kawamura

A public workout session featuring several of the Hard Hit fighters took place yesterday in Yokohama. Hikaru Sato, HARASHIMA, Yukio Sakaguchi from Sakaguchi Dojo, Michael Nakazawa and Ryuichi Sekine all took part in the session held in P’s LAB Gym to get ready for their fights.

BJW/UNION “BIG JAPAN X UNION MAY OR MAY NOT BE AT WAR”, 29/03/2012
Shinjuku FACE

1. Shuji Ishikawa & Shigehiro Irie Vs Yoshihito Sasaki & Shinobu
2. Sanshiro Takagi Battle Royal: New Sanshiro Takagi Vs Sanshiro Takagi X Vs Secret Sanshiro Takagi Vs Sanshiro Takagi Vs Love Sanshiro Takagi
3. Cherry & Great Kojika Vs Mio Shirai & Takumi Tsukamoto
4. Give Courage To Men Suffering From Battle: Big Rude Vs Jaki Numazawa
5. Daisuke Sekimoto Vs Hiroshi Fukuda
6. Hardcore Tag Team Match: Ken Ohka & X Vs Ryuji Ito & Kankuro Hoshino
7. DDT Extreme Title – Fluorescent Lighttubes Death Match: Isami Kodaka (c) Vs Yuko Miyamoto

Ken Ohka mentioned Atsushi Ohashi a lot during the press conference for this show but he has not been confirmed as Ohka’s partner for the Hardcore Tag Team match.

Two of the three extra Sanshiro Takagi competing in the Battle Royal have been revealed. Sanshiro Takagi X is Batten Tamagawa, the X stands for Batten’s cross arm pose. Sanshiro Takagi Love is the current BJW Death Match Champion, Abdullah Kobayashi.

Next Week’s Lineups

DDT “NON-FIX 3.18 SPECIAL”, 18/03/2012
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. Takao Soma Vs Gota Ihashi
2. Hikaru Sato & Michael Nakazawa Vs DJ Nira & Hoshitango
3. Try To Guess The Meaning Of This Card?: HARASHIMA & Guts Ishijima Vs GENTARO & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
4. Danshoku Dino, KUDO, Makoto Oishi & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Yasu Urano, Yuji Hino, Antonio Honda & Keita Yano
5. Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Shigehiro Irie & Keisuke Ishii
6. Next KO-D Title Challenger: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Masa Takanashi

Interim GM Kota Ibushi has set up a meeting with the DDT roster to take place at the start of the show.

BJW/DDT “JAKI & ANTON ~ HAKATA NIGHTS”, 20/03/2012
Hakata Star Lanes

A triple shot is set for Hakata Star Lanes on 20th March. Big Japan Wrestling and DDT will both be holding shows throughout the day ending with a joint show put together by Antonio Honda & Jaki Numazawa. So far the list of wrestlers taking part include Numazawa, Honda, Abdullah Kobayashi, Danshoku Dino and Makoto Oishi.

One last thing, I set up a Dramatic DDT Twitter account earlier today but it is currently in limbo due to me now having two active accounts. As soon as the problem is sorted I will post the Twitter link on this site.