DDT “NEVER MIND 2015” Results

DDT “NEVER MIND 2015”, 23/12/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,015 Fans – Super No Vacancy

0. King Of Dark Title: Dai Suzuki (c) & Kouki Iwasaki defeated Gota Ihashi & Gorgeous Matsuno when Suzuki pinned Ihashi with a School Boy (0:15).
*Dai Suzuki passes D1. Gota Ihashi becomes the 8th King Of Dark Champion.
0. King Of Dark Title: Dai Suzuki & Kouki Iwasaki defeated Gota Ihashi (c) & Gorgeous Matsuno when Iwasaki pinned Ihashi with the Running PK (2:55).
*D1 for Gota Ihashi.
1. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai (c) & Lady Beard defeated Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata & Cherry when Sakaguchi submitted Katsumata with the Cobra Clutch (6:03).
2. Ultra Heroes EXPO Collaboration Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata defeated Antonio Honda, Hiroshi Fukuda & Tomomitsu Matsunaga when Takagi pinned Fukuda with the Sit Down Himawari Bomb (6:31).
3. Yasu Urano defeated Daisuke Sasaki with a School Boy (10:47).
4. 4 Way Tag Team Match: Masa Takanashi & Kota Umeda defeated Isami Kodaka & Ryota Nakatsu, Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao and Kazusada Higuchi & Suguru Miyatake when Takanashi pinned Nakatsu with the Takatonic (8:50).
5. DDT Extreme Title – Special Amares Rules: Kendo Kashin (c) defeated Akito with (6:36).
*V1 for Kendo Kashin.
6. Turn-Based Wrestling ~ Endless Gig: HARASHIMA & Ken Ohka defeated Danshoku Dino & Super Sasadango Machine when Ohka pinned Dino with the Spear Of Flame (12:31).
7. KO-D Tag Team Titles Tournament – Final: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo defeated Yuji Okabayashi & Shigehiro Irie when Takeshita pinned Irie with the German Suplex (19:12).
*New Generation Combination becomes the 53rd KO-D Tag Team Champions!

The KO-D Tag Team Titles have found a home again after almost a month and a half on the shelf. In the tournament final the New Generation Combination went against the joined forces of DDT and Big Japan strong style wrestlers. The Mix Of Danger obviously overpowered their opponents but couldn’t put them away. Konosuke Takeshita kicked out of a Fire Thunder from Shigehiro Irie then took control with a Frankensteiner and the Touchdown. Tetsuya Endo followed up with the Sky Twister Press for a nearfall. Endo held Yuji Okabayashi back while Takeshita hit the Deadlift German Suplex on Irie to win the titles. After the match Takeshita said he was happy to regain the titles after losing them back in February and then thanked Endo for teaming with him. Endo talked about when his injury took him out of action for four months shortly after losing the belts. He said they will be real champions when they begin defending the titles.

Isami Kodaka approached Takeshita afterwards to talk about their KO-D Openweight Title match on 3rd January. He told Takeshita that there was no confidence in his words and he will beat him just like he did Endo. Kodaka also said he is a real champion who cannot lose to the future of DDT.

At first it looked like the match between HARASHIMA & Ken Ohka against Danshoku Dino & Super Sasadango Machine was going to be a friendly one. Sasadango had no Powerpoint presentation, instead he and Dino brought out cans of beer and offered a toast to their opponents. They requested the match to take place under Turn Based rules. Dino & Sasadango were allowed to attack whenever a Tomoyasu Hotei song was played. When the song changes to a B’z track then it is HARASHIMA & Ohka’s turn to attack. It turned out to be a trap when Dino & Sasadango both spat beer in their opponent’s faces and Hotei’s music began to start the match. They both hit their finishers on Ohka but HARASHIMA recovered in time for the save. The beer attacks continued when Dino hit a Moonsault on Ohka while spitting out his drink in mid-air. However the music then changed to B’z and HARASHIMA hit a Swan Dive Elbow followed by the Somato. Ohka then hit the Spear Of Flame on Dino to win the match. Ohka said that #OhkaEmpire has expanded from three members to five with the additions of HARASHIMA and KENSO. So it is now time for him to leave the group and move on to bigger things. #OhkaEmpire is still active and Ohka hopes it will grow larger. He just has other plans and problems over in Ganbare☆Wrestling to take care of. HARASHIMA will also stop teaming with them, his only reason is he’s “busy”.

The DDT Extreme Title match was fought under Amateur Wrestling rules with 3 count pinfalls, submissions, knockouts and countouts allowed. Kendo Kashin fought dirty but Akito was able to out wrestle him. He even added some salt to the wound by applying the Nagata Lock 1 with the salute pose included. Kashin got some unlikely help from Antonio Honda who handed him a steel can. Honda distracted the referee, allowing Kashin to attack Akito with the can. He then applied a Figure 4 Leg Lock and yelled at Honda to throw in the towel on Akito’s behalf but Akito fought out of it before Honda could do so. Kashin loosened his own shoelaces so when Akito applied an Anklelock, Kashin could slip his foot out of his boot and escape the hold. He then Cradled Akito to score his first defence of the title. Honda congratulated Kashin and prematurely thanked him for setting up a title rematch between the two. Kashin ignored Honda and said Yasu Urano is his next challenger. Urano came out and apologised to both Honda and Akito. He never thought he would get an opportunity to get a title match with Kendo Kashin but he wants to beat him for mistreating the Extreme Title.

All members of Shuten-dōji got in the ring for a toast after Masa Takanashi & Kota Umeda won the 4 Way Match.

Yasu Urano used a lot of dirty tactics to beat Daisuke Sasaki. He threw Sasaki into the referee and then kicked him low. When the ref recovered all he saw was Urano rolling over Sasaki with a School Boy so he counted the pin.

DDT GM Amon Tsurumi was kidnapped by aliens during the opening show speeches. They also tried to lure away Sanshiro Takagi but he told them to wait until the second match. The leader known as Alien Magma brainwashed T2Hide’s opponents and ordered them to flog Tsurumi. T2Hide came to the rescue but the brainwashed team was ready for them and the two teams began fighting. Kazuki Hirata found the opportunity to start dancing on his own which prompted Alien Magma to ask if he even cared about rescuing Tsurumi. Hirata ignored him and continued dancing. Ultraman X arrived at ringside to fight Alien Magma and save Tsurumi while Takagi won the match for his team.

Yukio Sakaguchi was made to wear a reindeer headband by his tag team partners for the night. Saki Akai & Lady Beard also wanted him to wear a Santa hat and glasses but he refused. Late in the match when Sakaguchi was down on the mat, his partners placed the hat and glasses on his head. When he got up his opponents started laughing and calling him cute. They were too distracted to see Saki Akai dive onto them. Sakaguchi then finished them off while looking as jolly as he will ever be.

Poor Gota Ihashi. He is now a three time King Of Dark Champion after being instantly pinned by Dai Suzuki. An immediate rematch also ended in defeat. Amon Tsurumi told him afterwards that the belt suits him best out of everyone in DDT.

Sanshiro Takagi gave a small speech at the end of the show about the year DDT just had. A lot of things happened both good and bad but there will be plenty to look forward to in 2016 including the next Sumo Hall show on 21st March.

The Tokyo Joshi Championship belt was publicly displayed for the first time. The title is a white belt with a gold and pink plate with heart designs on it. Miyu Yamashita and Shoko Nakajima will fight to be crowned the first champion on 4th January in Korakuen Hall.

Soma Takao and Ken Ohka are the newest wrestlers to get gender swapped characters for the Ring☆Dream web browser game. One more DDT character will be added and it will be the winner of a Battle Royal taking place at the co-promoted DDT and Ring☆Dream show on 29th December.

Big Japan wrestler Takumi Tsukamoto announced he is the latest signing for Pro Wrestling BASARA. Tsukamoto joined BASARA because he wants to learn more and more skills. Kodaka explained that his good relationship with Big Japan allowed this deal to happen.

Joey Ryan and LiLiCo were announced to appear on the 21st March Sumo Hall show.

DDT “PROGRESS AND HARMONY OF WRESTLING” Preview

DDT “PROGRESS AND HARMONY OF WRESTLING”, 17/08/2013
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

0. Dark Match – Tokyo Women’s Wrestling Offer Match: Miyu Yamashita & Shoko Nakajima Vs Chikage Kiba & KANNA
0. Dark Match: Gota Ihashi & SAGAT Vs Mitomi Masayuki & Tatsuhiko Yoshino
1. All Night Nippon GOLD Personality Battle Royal: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Nori da Funky Shibire-sasu Vs Hikaru Sato Vs Toru Owashi Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs DJ Nira Vs Emi Sakura Vs GAMI Vs Honey Jiro Vs Guanchulo
2. Wrestling Style Vs Van: Hiroshi Fukuda (DPG) Vs Pour Lui (BiS) (w/ Jun Kasai)
3. Ultra Seven x DDT Collaboration Match: Yoshihiro Takayama & MIKAMI Vs Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
4. DRESSCAMP PRESENTS: Kenny Omega Vs Konosuke Takeshita
5. Idol Lumberjack 4 Way Match: Makoto Oishi (Sizukaze & Kizuna ～KIZUNA～) Vs Yuko Miyamoto (LinQ) Vs Isami Kodaka (Up Up Girls) Vs Sanshiro Takagi (Eri Nitta)
6. Monster Army Vs Sakaguchi Home: Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki, Yuji Hino & Hoshitango (w/ Tetsu Watanabe) Vs Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi, Akito & Kazuki Hirata (w/ Kenji Sakaguchi)
7. Special 6-Man Tag Team Match: Shigehiro Irie, Keisuke Ishii & Takao Soma Vs HARASHIMA, KUDO & Yasu Urano
8. The Main Event: Danshoku Dino Vs Kota Ibushi

It’s that time again when DDT takes over Sumo Hall and puts on its biggest show of the year. This time however DDT will be holding two shows on back-to-back days. First up is “PROGRESS AND HARMONY OF WRESTLING”. This event will be more sports entertainment than usual for DDT. Those looking forward to title matches or anything that will contain significant progress for DDT’s storylines are probably better off waiting for the second show. This here is more like a variety show with the amount of celebrity guests showing up to get involved. That’s not to say there will not be any matches to look forward to of course.

0. Dark Match – Tokyo Women’s Wrestling Offer Match: Miyu Yamashita & Shoko Nakajima Vs Chikage Kiba & KANNA

Formed in June 2012, Tokyo Women’s Wrestling was created by DDT to bring in a new generation of girls into joshi wrestling. The project skid off track when its first and only trainee at the time NOZOMI quit the promotion after her brother Takashi Dai was forced into retirement due to spinal injuries suffered in his debut match. It wasn’t until November when the project emerged again with three brand new rookies Miyu Yamashita, KANNA and Chikage Kiba. They were soon joined by Shoko Nakajima and together the four spent all of this year competing in exhibition matches inside a tiny Akihabra concert hall. Now the time has come for the four girls to make their official pro wrestling debut.

0. Dark Match: Gota Ihashi & SAGAT Vs Mitomi Masayuki & Tatsuhiko Yoshino

The unsuccessful Kota Ibushi cloning experiment finally made some improvements this year. Gota Ihashi found some winning form as part of the Golden Rendezvous, winning the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles. SAGAT is an indy wrestler who often competed in Union’s dark matches until Choun-Shiryu force fed him a potion that turned him into a Chinese Vampire. Now he spends his time hopping on the spot and looking like a male Hsien-Ko from Darkstalkers. Mitomi Masayuki is Union’s newest signed wrestler and has a cult following from his student wrestling days. Unfortunately his Union debut was delayed for a long time after he was injured in a car crash and it was only last month when he was finally able to wrestle. Tatsuhiko Yoshino is from Guts World. That’s everything I know about him… Ta da!

1. All Night Nippon GOLD Personality Battle Royal: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Nori da Funky Shibire-sasu Vs Hikaru Sato Vs Toru Owashi Vs Gorgeous Matsuno Vs DJ Nira Vs Emi Sakura Vs GAMI Vs Honey Jiro Vs Guanchulo

The show starts proper with a Battle Royal sponsored by the All Night Nippon radio show. The usual gang of misfits you would expect in a DDT Battle Royal are here along with former TKG48 member Nori da Funky Shibire-sasu, Gatoh Move founder Emi Sakura, Pro Wrestling WAVE founder GAMI, Chilean Dick Togo student Guanchulo and comedian/part time wrestler/lucky bastard who once dated Sora Aoi, Honey Jiro.

2. Wrestling Style Vs Van: Hiroshi Fukuda (DPG) Vs Pour Lui (BiS) (w/ Jun Kasai)

Hiroshi Fukuda recently took an unexpected career change by forming his own music group with a bunch of friends (and Antonio Honda) where they dress up as super heroes. After the DPG (Dramatic Perfect Group) launched their debut video, Fukuda picked a fight with Pour Lui, the leader of a girl group called BiS (Brand-New Idol Society). So a match was made and Lui was given a wrestler to be in her corner to make things even. That wrestler is Jun Kasai.

3. Ultra Seven x DDT Collaboration Match: Yoshihiro Takayama & MIKAMI Vs Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga

Yoshihiro Takayama & MIKAMI join forces due to their love of Ultraman. Nothing more needs to be said.

4. DRESSCAMP PRESENTS: Kenny Omega Vs Konosuke Takeshita

We’re getting a little fancy with this one. DRESSCAMP is a fashion brand and they are providing some glamour to go along with Kenny Omega versus Konosuke Takeshita. Japanese-Swedish celebrity LiLiCo is the special guest ring announcer while models Saki Akai (who makes her pro wrestling debut the next day) and Ayumi Goto will also appear. The match itself looks promising. Takeshita has had a heck of a rookie year while Omega has been really strong with a KO-D Openweight and DDT Extreme Title run throughout the first half of the year.

5. Idol Lumberjack 4 Way Match: Makoto Oishi (Sizukaze & Kizuna ～KIZUNA～) Vs Yuko Miyamoto (LinQ) Vs Isami Kodaka (Up Up Girls) Vs Sanshiro Takagi (Eri Nitta)

Wrestling match or a Japanese take on the TV show X-Factor? You decide. What we have here is a Lumberjack match. The roles of the lumberjacks have been given to a bunch of different music idols, each one represented by one of the wrestlers competing inside the ring. The idols are allowed to attack any wrestler who leaves the ring. However none of the wrestlers are allowed to touch any of the idols or else they will be immediately disqualified.

6. Monster Army Vs Sakaguchi Home: Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki, Yuji Hino & Hoshitango (w/ Tetsu Watanabe) Vs Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi, Akito & Kazuki Hirata (w/ Kenji Sakaguchi)

The Monster Army never learns. Last year Antonio Honda went on a stealing spree, robbing the DDT locker room of their gear and selling it online. The problem got so bad Sanshiro Takagi had to call in Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima to arrest them. Unfortunately only half a year passed until Honda and Daisuke Sasaki began stealing gear again. The line they crossed this time was when they stole the ring robe of Seiji Sakaguchi, Yukio Sakaguchi’s father. Speaking of fathers, Antonio Honda then revealed that his father Tetsu Watanabe is the Monster Army Marshall who ordered them to steal it! In response Yukio and his famous brother Kenji Sakaguchi planned to bring together a crack team of fighters to go to war with the Monster Army and win back the robe. Unfortunately, Jushin Liger thinks Yukio is a dick and he knows pretty much everybody in the industry so that probably stopped any hope of the plan from happening. So Yukio has to rely on DDT’s local crew Masa Takanashi, Akito and Kazuki Hirata instead.

7. Special 6-Man Tag Team Match: Shigehiro Irie, Keisuke Ishii & Takao Soma Vs HARASHIMA, KUDO & Yasu Urano

Team Dream Futures and Ura-Shima-Kudo have had plenty of 6-Man Tag Team matches together since both units were formed. What makes this one different is Shigehiro Irie will have his entrance song “Tachimukau” performed live by Kenji Ohtsuki. Also Irie will be in the ring with HARASHIMA the night before they main event Sumo Hall in the KO-D Openweight Title match.

8. The Main Event: Danshoku Dino Vs Kota Ibushi

The final match is a fitting main event between DDT’s two most loved wrestlers. Kota Ibushi and Danshoku Dino face each other for the first time since December 2010. They have had eight singles matches together in their careers (more like six, one was a backstage Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title change and the other was a wrestling match disguised as a figure dancing performance). While Ibushi is the favourite to win, Dino has had his number many times. Dino knows the Gedo Gay-do Clutch and that move has been Ibushi’s Achilles heel in the past. Ibushi also has bigger things to worry about the next day. If he can beat Dino and his eternal lust for anything male, then he can clear his head for The Rainmaker.

Guanchuro Added To Tomorrow’s Show, King Of DDT Nagoya, Fifth Women’s Meeting, Ultraman Mania

DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU IN KANAZAWA ~DRAMATIC DREAM TORIYASAI~”, 30/06/2013
Ishikawa Kanazawa

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

MIKAMI is out of action with a concussion. Guanchuro is his replacement for Match #3.

DDT “KING OF DDT NAGOYA 2013”, 06/07/2013
Nagoya Telepia Hall

1. Battle Royal: Kota Ibushi Vs Danshoku Dino Vs MIKAMI Vs KUDO Vs Masa Takanashi Vs Michael Nakazawa Vs DJ Nira
2. Keisuke Ishii, Takao Soma & Tetsuya Endo Vs Kengo Takai, Makoto Oishi & Akito
3. King Of DDT Round 2 – Block A: Kenny Omega Vs Daisuke Sasaki
4. King Of DDT Round 2 – Block B: Konosuke Takeshita Vs Yasu Urano
5. King Of DDT Round 2 – Block C: Antonio Honda Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
6. King Of DDT Round 2 – Block D: Hikaru Sato Vs HARASHIMA
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Shigehiro Irie (c) Vs Sanshiro Takagi

A draw will be held to determine the King of DDT semi-finals.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE FIFTH MEETING”, 11/07/2013
Shibuya Deseo

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

Both matches will have a ten minute time limit.

DDT “PROGRESS AND HARMONY OF WRESTLING”, 17/08/2013
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. Wrestling Style Vs Van: BiS Vs DPG
2. All Night Nippon GOLD Personality Battle Royal: Sanshiro Takagi Vs X
3. Idol Lumberjack 3 Way Match: Makoto Oishi (Sizukaze & Kizuna ～KIZUNA～) Vs Yuko Miyamoto (LinQ) Vs Winner of 6/7 Up Up Girls Match (Up Up Girls)
4. Ultra Seven x DDT Collaboration Match: Yoshihiro Takayama & MIKAMI Vs Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
5. Danshoku Dino Vs Kota Ibushi

Yoshihiro Takayama is the latest big name added to DDT’s Sumo Hall festivities. He will team with MIKAMI to face Michael Nakazawa & Tomomitsu Matsunaga in a match dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Tsuburaya Productions, the company behind Ultraman and Ultra Seven. Both MIKAMI and Takayama are big Ultraman fans and are put together to form the ultimate tag team to represent Ultraman Mania.