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Just some of my favourite interactions from "Daisuke Sasaki's Life is Beautiful" advice stream:

Endo appeared to call Sasaki out and then immediately being followed up by a suspiciously Endo sounding question.

Sasaki and Endo act out a very believable scene of attempting to convince your friends to get into wrestling.

Foreshadowing of Yumehito Imanari's addition to Pheromones.

Whatever the fuck this is

Soma Takao rocks up to provide some sage advice and then gets very excited at the idea of Endo's dad showing up (probably considering kissing him again).

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Judgement 2023.03.21

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NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champions Yumehito Imanari & Shinjiro Otani

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DDT Get Alive 2022 Results

DDT Get Alive 2022 Results continue the road marked by the most classic of the Dramatic Dream Team, entertainment as only a Japanese company can give, all without forgetting the quality of the fights or losing the athletics that characterizes puroresu.

Results DDT Get Alive 2022 October 12 at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo

- 3-Way Tag Team Match: Minoru Fujira and MJ Paul vs. Yuki "Sexy" Iino and Yumehito "Fantastic" Imanari vs. Yukio Naya and Hideki Okatani Naya and Okatani are the winners via pinfall with a Naya Chokeslam over Takashika. - Singles Match: Toru Owashi vs. Kazuki Hirata Definitive victory of Owashi with the Nodawaotshi. Owashi and Hirata announce their intentions to go for the KO-D 6 Man Tag belts, having Naruki Doi as their third partner. The fight will take place on November 12 in Osaka. - Singles Match: Danshoku "Dandy" Dieno vs. Yuki Ishida Ishida is the winner via pinfall with the Himawari Bomb applied by the guest referee Sanshiro Takagi. - Singles Match: Yukio Sakaguchi vs. Takeshi Masada Sakaguchi gets the victory when the referee decides to stop the fight. - Makoto Oishi 20th Anniversary Match – Men's Club vs. The37KAMINA: Makoto Oishi, MEN'S Teioh and Shiori Asahi vs. Yuki Ueno, MAO and Shunma Katsumata Oishi gives victory to his set via pinfall with the Luminous Press over Katsumata. - Singles Match: Koju "Shining Ball" Takeda vs. Toui Kojima Koju is the winner via pinfall with the Shining Driver. Other Results: - 6-Man Tag Team Match: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama and Yuji Hino vs. HARASHIMA, Chris Brookes and Masahiro Takanashi Endo, Akiyama and Hino are victorious via pinfall with an Endo Backslide over Takanashi. - KO-D Tag Championship Match: (Champions) Kazusada Higuchi and Naomi Yoshimura vs. Daisuke Sasaki & KANON The champions retain via pinfall with Higuchi's Brainclaw Slam on KANON, this being his second successful defense. - KO-D Openweight Championship Match: (Champion) Kazusada Higuchi vs. Shinya Aoki The champion manages to retain with a Headbutt, making this the third successful defense.  

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DDT Video Team Box Office: Betamania - Yumehito Imanari vs Deepthroat w/Genome Soldier A & Genome Soldier B

Part 2: The USB Title Match

Yumehito Imanari’s Metal Gear Solid performance art piece did lead to a match (of sorts) at Betamania. After having his memory wiped by Deepthroat, he had to win back his stolen USB drive, which contained his memories because of course it did. During the match, he received messages from a variety of people from his life, including his long-time crush (former Tokyo Joshi wrestler Nonoko), Ganbare friend Shota, and…Takeshita’s mom, who apparently has a thing for him?

But it was DDT President Sanshiro Takagi who proved the most useful, as he delivered a message reminding Imanari to buy snacks for the office, a task Imanari complains about regularly on Twitter. This caused him to remember who he is, and he no longer needed the USB drive. At the end, Imanari sang a song, as he does at the end of most Ganbare shows, because, really, why not.

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DDT Ultimate Tag League 2022 Finals 2/27/2022; DDT Judgement & TJPW Grand Princess ‘22 Full Cards; Dragon Gate, NOAH, AJPW, STARDOM Results; NJPW Strong Episode 80 - 2/26/2022

DDT / Tokyo Joshi

The winners of the Ultimate Tag League 2022, as well as the new KO-D Tag Team Champions, have now been determined. The Final was held today at Tokyo Korakuen Hall, and you can see it now on Wrestle Universe. Antonio Honda was off this show despite a negative test, as he appears to just be ill, however Toi Kojima tested positive, so he was also off this one. Matches were changed accordingly.

DDT Ultimate Tag League 2022 The Final!! - 2/27/2022, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (Wrestle Universe)

Yusuke Okada [Burning] d. Yuki Ishida (Boston Crab, 6:34)

Danshoku Dino [Pheromones] NC Hiroshi Yamato (5:44)

Toru Owashi & Shuji Kondo d. Soma Takao & Kazusada Higuchi (Kondo > Takao, King Kong Lariat, 9:16)

Ultimate Tag League 2022 B Block: Chris Brookes & Masahiro Takanashi d. Shunma Katsumata & MAO [The 37KAMIINA] (Brookes > Katsumata, Praying Mantis Bomb, 7:03)

Ultimate Tag League 2022 B Block: HARASHIMA & Naomi Yoshimura [DISASTER BOX] d. Yuki Iino & Yumehito Imanari [Pheromones] (HARASHIMA > Iino, Forward Rolling Cradle, 12:30)

Ultimate Tag League 2022 A Block: Konosuke Takeshita & Yuki Ueno [The 37KAMIINA] d. Tetsuya Endo & Jun Akiyama [Burning] (Takeshita > Endo, Plus Ultra, 24:09)

Daisuke Sasaki, Minoru Fujita & MJ Paul [DAMNATION TA] d. Yuji Hino, Akito & Yukio Naya (Sasaki > Akito, La Mistica, 13:23)

Sanshiro Takagi & Maya Yukihi d. Yukio Sakaguchi & Saki Akai [Eruption] (Yukihi > Akai, Snowton Bomb, 12:23)

Ultimate Tag League 2022 Final: HARASHIMA & Naomi Yoshimura [DISASTER BOX] d. Konosuke Takeshita & Yuki Ueno [The 37KAMIINA] (Yoshimura > Ueno, Shonenba, 20:14) - HARASHIMA/Yoshimura win the Ultimate Tag League 2022 - HARASHIMA/Yoshimura are the 72nd KO-D Tag Team Champions

The perennial ace of DDT and partner Yoshimura win the League, and the titles they vacated at the start of the tournament. They had to beat Pheromones in order to get there. Konosuke Takeshita got a direct win over his KO-D Openweight challenger for Judgement 2022, Tetsuya Endo, on his team’s way to the Final as well. So maybe Endo should like his chances at Ryogoku now, going by the rules of pro wrestling booking. Yoshimura challenged Brookes/Takanashi, who won the Asia Dream tag belts in ChocoPro yesterday, as the only team that beat DISASTER BOX in the league, so Yoshimura wants to set that right.

Final Ultimate Tag League 2022 Standings:

A Block Takeshita/Ueno – 6pts (3W 0D 1L) ***WINNER*** Akiyama/Endo – 6pts (3W 0D 1L) Hino/Naya – 4pts (2W 0D 2L) Higuchi/Okatani – 2pts (1W 0D 3L) Kondo/Hirata – 0pts (0W 0D 4L)

B Block HARASHIMA/Yoshimura – 6pts (3W 0D 1L) ***WINNER*** Sasaki/Paul – 4pts (2W 0D 2L) Iino/Imanari – 4pts (2W 0D 2L) Brookes/Takanashi – 4pts (2W 0D 2L) MAO/Katsumata – 2pts (1W 0D 3L) At the end of the show, DDT announced the full card for Judgement 2022, DDT’s 25th Anniversary show, on 3/20/2022 from Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan. It’s a show that will not only feaure a bunch of title matches, but also LiLiCo’s retirement, and a special 30th Anniversary match for Jun Akiyama.

Judgement 2022 – DDT 25th Anniversary Show - 3/20/2022, Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan (Wrestle Universe)

Yusuke Okada, Yuya Koroku & Ilusion v. Toi Kojima, Yuki Ishida & El Unicorn

Time Admission Tag Battle Royale: Tomohiko Hashimoto & Seiya Morohashi v. Soma Takao & Shota v. Minoru Fujita & MJ Paul [DAMNATION TA] v. Yuji Hino & Yukio Naya v. Gorgeous Matsuno & Gota Ihashi v. Andreza Giant Panda & Super Sasadango Machine

KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship: Toru Owashi, Antonio Honda, Kazuki Hirata & Yoshihiko © v. Poison Sawada JULIE, Takashi Sasaki, GENTARO, MIKAMI & Tanomusaku Toda

LiLiCo Retirement Match: LiLiCo, Ryohei Odai & Akito v. Danshoku Dino, Yuki Iino & Yumehito Imanari [Pheromones]

Yuki Sakaguchi [Eruption] & Isami Kodaka v. Yuki Ueno & Shunma Katsumata [The 37KAMIINA]

Saki Akai [Eruption] v. Maya Yukihi

Jun Akiyama 30th Anniversary Match: Jun Akiyama [Burning] & Takao Omori [AJPW] v. Kazusada Higuchi & Hideki Okatani

DDT 25th Anniversary Match Special Singles Match: Sanshiro Takagi v. Michael Nakazawa [AEW]

KO-D Tag Team Championship: HARASHIMA & Naomi Yoshimura [DISASTER BOX] © v. Chris Brookes & Masahiro Takanashi

DDT Universal Championship Hardcore 3-Way Match: Daisuke Sasaki [DAMNATION TA] © v. Jun Kasai [FREEDOMS] v. MAO [The 37KAMIINA]

KO-D Openweight Championship: Konosuke Takeshita [The 37KAMIINA] © v. Tetsuya Endo [Burning]

DDT’s next show is on Wednesday 3/3/2022, from Tokyo Shinjuku FACE.

Tokyo Joshi was yesterday from Osaka. Maki Itoh and Miyu Yamashita are now free and clear of COVID-19, so they were back on the card for this show.

Tokyo Joshi 2022 Winter - 2/26/2022, Osaka Azalea Taisho Hall (Wrestle Universe)

Suzume d. Kata Toribami (Ring A Bell, 7:15)

Nao Kakuta d. Haruna Neko (Shiden Kai, 7:51)

Maki Itoh & Yuki Kamifuku d. Raku & Pom Harajuku (Itoh > Harajuku, Itoh Punish, 11:09)

Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Moka Miyamoto d. Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao & Mahiro Kiryu (Watanabe > Kiryu, Tear Drop, 12:36)

Miyu Yamashita & Marika Kobashi d. Hikari Noa & Arisu Endo (Yamashita > Endo, Skull Kick, 10:05)

Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki d. Nodoka Tenma & Yuki Aino (Sakazaki > Tenma, Toy Story 4, 15:10)

It’s been noted this is the last time in TJPW that Nodoka Tenma and Marika Kobashi will be in Osaka. Maki Itoh said she burned the pasta that the Japanese government provided as a care package for COVID cases, but she ate it anyway so as not to waste taxpayers’ money.

In other TJPW news, the card for Grand Princess ’22, their own Sumo Hall supercard, has also been announced. More matches may get added to this. Besides the title matches, and the only singles match between the Bakuretsu Sisters before Nodoka Tenma’s retirement, Hikari Noa will face off against AEW’s Hikaru Shida.

Grand Princess ‘22 - 3/19/2022, Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan (Wrestle Universe)

Juria Nagano Debut Match: Juria Nagano v. TBA

Hyper Misao v. Sanshiro Takagi

Nodoka Tenma v. Yuki Aino

Hikari Nao v. Hikaru Shida [AEW]

International Princess Championship: Maki Itoh © v. Yuki Arai

Princess Tag Team Championship: Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki © v. Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe

Princess of Princess Championship: Miyu Yamashita © v. Shoko Nakajima

TJPW return to Ryogoku KFC Hall on Saturday.

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate wrapped up the Truth Gate 2022 tour this weekend.

Truth Gate 2022 – Final Burst Out! K-Ness Forever Night 10 - 2/26/2022, Aichi Tsushima Bunka Gynmnasium

Naruki Doi, Kota Minoura & Kaito Ishida d. Kzy, Genki Horiguchi & U-T [Natural Vibes] (Minoura > Horiguchi, Gang, 11:28)

Jason Lee & Ho Ho Lun d. Eita & Yosuke Santa Maria (Lee > Yosuka, Eita threw in towel, 0:05)

Jason Lee & Ho Ho Lun d. Eita & Yosuke Santa Maria (Lee > Yosuke, Pinfall after Eita low blow, 5:29)

Takashi Yoshida d. Ryu Fuda (Stretch Muffler 6:25)

Dragon Dia & Yuki Yoshioka d. Yasushi Kanda & Takuma Fujiwara (Dia > Kanda, 10:26)

Big Boss Shimizu & Susumu Yokosuka [Natural Vibes] d. KAI & SB KENTo [Z-Brats] (Shimizu > KAI, DQ, 11:48)

YAMATO, Dragon Kid, Ben-K & Keisuke Okuda [HIGH-END] d. BxB Hulk, HYO, Diamante & Shun Skywalker [Z-Brats] (YAMATO > HYO, Galleria, 14:45)

The main and semi-main from this show are on YouTube.

Truth Gate 2022 – Final Burst Out! K-Ness Forever Night 11 - 2/27/2022, Hyogo Kobe Art Center (Dragon Gate Network)

Naruki Doi, Kota Minoura & Kaito Ishida d. Kzy, Genki Horiguchi & U-T [Natural Vibes] (Minoura > Horiguchi, Gang, 11:40)

Jacky “Funky” Kamei [Natural Vibes] TLD Takuma Fujiwara (15:00)

Diamante & Shun Skywalker [Z-Brats] d. Takashi Yoshida & Jason Lee (Skywalker > Lee, 9:36)

Battle Royale: Susumu Yokosuka [Natural Vibes] d. Kagetora [HIGH-END], Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii, Super Shisa, Yasushi Kanda, Konomama Ichikawa, Strong Machine J, La Estrella, BxB Hulk [Z-Brats], Ho Ho Lun, Riki Iihashi & Ryu Fuda (Yokosuka > Kanda, 15:21)

YAMATO, Dragon Kid, Ben-K & Keisuke Okuda [HIGH-END] d. Eita, Yosuke Santa Maria, Mondai Ryu & Punch Tominaga (Ben-K > Yosuke, Pinfall after low blow from Eita, 14:08)

Big Boss Shimizu [Natural Vibes], Dragon Dia & Yuki Yoshioka d. KAI, HYO & SB KENTo [Z-Brats] (Shimizu > KAI, Shotput Slam, 17:54)

Shimizu gets another direct win on KAI, in the Champions v. Challengers match, as HYO & SB KENTo challenged DiaYoshi for the Twin Gate titles on Wednesday. Takuma Fujiwara gets a TLD rub from an established roster guy, on his way to challenging for the Brave Gate belt on 3/5/2022. Apparently there were issues with the stream during the second match, so the on-demand is delayed a bit whilst they repair the video.

The next show is on Wednesday 3/3/2022 from Tokyo Korakuen Hall. Naruki Doi’s unit will reveal their name and colors here, and we get the second K-Ness tribute match as Jimmys reunites. In the meantime, on 3/4/2022, YAMATO will be at Ryukyu Dragon’s show from Tokyo Shinjuku FACE which will be on Twitcast. He and Gurukun Mask will be in a tag match against two deathmatch icons, Jun Kasai & Takashi Sasaki. Also, Natural Vibes’ Kzy & U-T challenge for Ryukyu Dragon’s tag belts held by Minoru Fujita & Churaumi Sabre. 

Pro Wrestling NOAH

NOAH held their last Step Forward 2022 show on Friday from Yokohama.

Step Forward 2022 - 2/25/2022, Yokohama Radiant Hall (Wrestle Universe)

Junta Miyawaki d. Yasutaka Yano (Falcon Arrow, 6:44)

Muhammad Yone [Funky Express] d. Kinya Okada (Kinniku Buster, 7:31)

Tadasuke & ALEJA [Kongo] d. Hao & Kai Fujimura (Tadasuke > Fujimura, Fuyuki Special, 10:35)

HAYATA, Yoshinari Ogawa & Yuya Susumu [STINGER] d. Kotaro Suzuki, Ikuto Hidaka & Super Crazy [Perros del Mal de Japon] (HAYATA > Hidaka, 11:18)

Go Shiozaki & King Tany [Funky Express] d. Manabu Soya & Nio [Kongo] (Shiozaki > Nio, Short Range Lariat, 10:19)

NOSAWA Rongai & Eita [Perros del Mal de Japon] d. Daisuke Harada & YO-HEY (Eita > Harada, Trauma, 12:30)

Naomichi Marufuji [M’s Alliance], Masaaki Mochizuki [M’s Alliance] & Daiki Inaba d. Takashi Sugiura [Sugiura-gun], Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura (Inaba > Inamura, Extreme Warp, 19:59)

Kenoh & Hajime Ohara [Kongo] d. Kaito Kiyomiya & Atsushi Kotoge (Ohara > Kotoge, Finnish Forearm, 20:12)

Ohara beats his former partner Kotoge. In other Kongo news, judging by the lineups I posted yesterday, it looks like ALEJA is now going by Alejandro, and is out of Kongo. You really do need a scorecard to keep up with this faction.

NOAH have a rest until Saturday 3/5/2022. I posted that schedule yesterday.

All Japan Pro Wrestling

AJPW finished the Excite Series for 2022 with a show in Chiba.

Excite Series 2022 Night 6 - 2/27/2022, Chiba 2AW Square (AJPW.tv)

Daiju Wakamatsu [2AW] d. Ryo Inoue (Boston Crab, 7:57)

Yoshitatsu & Izanagi d. Takao Omori & Black Menso-re (Yoshitatsu > Menso-re, Yoshitatsu Rhapsody, 8:59)

Yusuke Kodama [TOTAL ECLIPSE] d. Dan Tamura [Evolution] (Mad Splash, 8:06)

Shigehiro Irie & Ayato Yoshida [2AW] d. Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi [NEXTREAM] (Irie > Atsuki, Flying Headbutt, 12:08)

Shuji Ishikawa & Fuminori Abe d. Kento Miyahara & Rising HAYATO [NEXTREAM] (Abe > HAYATO, Ghost Clutch, 12:52)

Suwama, Shotaro Ashino & Kohei Sato [Evolution] d. Ryuki Honda, Hokuto Omori & Koji Doi [TOTAL ECLIPSE] (Suwama > Doi, Backdrop Hold, 16:46)

As predicted, Shuji Ishikawa will be Kento’s next challenger for the Triple Crown.

The next tour begins Monday 3/7/2022.

New Japan Pro Wrestling

Last night’s NJPW Strong was, in fact, the last from the New Beginning USA tapings, not last week’s like I erroneously thought. The main event was a title match.

Karl Fredericks d. Ethan HD (MD, 11:51)

El Phantasmo [Bullet Club] d. Matthew Rehwoldt (Quebradora, 9:45)

NJPW Strong Openweight Championship: “Filthy” Tom Lawlor [Team Filthy] © d. Taylor Rust (Rear Naked Choke, 19:11) - Lawlor succeeds his 7th defense

Did anyone think this reign was going to go this long? Because I didn’t. It’s a good thing, honestly. I know Ethan HD on Twitter, hi Ethan.

Next week’s episode will start the Rivals series of tapings from last week in LA.

STARDOM

STARDOM ran twice this weekend. Cinderella Journey in Nagaoka is now on STARDOM World, incidentally.

- 2/26/2022, Hyogo Acrier Himeji

Mina Shirakawa [Cosmic Angels] d. Rina [Oedo Tai] (Implant DDT, 8:10)

Natsupoi & MIRAI [Donna del Mondo] d. Hanan & Koguma [STARS] (Natsupoi > Hanan, Backlash, 7:26)

Syuri, Maika & Himeka [Donna del Mondo] d. Tam Nakano, Unagi Sayaka & Waka Tsukiyama [Cosmic Angels] (Maika > Tsukiyama, Yamachaka, 15:04)

Mayu Iwatani, Hazuki & Momo Kohgo [STARS] d. Giulia, Thekla & Mai Sakurai [Donna del Mondo] (Hazuki > Sakurai, Michinoku Driver II, 11:12)

Saki Kashima, Ruaka, Starlight Kid & Momo Watanabe [Oedo Tai] d. Utami Hayashishita, AZM, Saya Kamitani & Lady C [Queen’s Quest] (Ruaka > C, Freezer Bomb, 17:38)

-  2/27/2022, Mie Messe Wing Tsu

Saki Kashima & Ruaka [Oedo Tai] d. Tam Nakano & Waka Tsukiyama (Kashima > Tsukiyama, My Emblem, 10:21)

Mina Shirakawa & Unagi Sayaka [Cosmic Angels] TLD Thekla & MIRAI [Donna del Mondo] (15:00)

Giulia & Mai Sakurai [Donna del Mondo] d. Mayu Iwatani & Momo Kohgo [STARS] (Giulia > Kohgo, Flacon Arrow, 10:01)

Rina, Starlight Kid & Momo Watanabe [Oedo Tai] d. Hanan, Koguma & Hzuki [STARS] (Rina > Hanan, Gory Bomb, 11:41)

Syuri, Maika, Himeka & Natsupoi [Donna del Mondo] d. Utami Hayashishita, AZM, Saya Kamitani & Lady C [Queen’s Quest] (Himeka > C, Powerbomb, 17:15)

STARDOM are in Tokyo Korakuen Hall on Tuesday.

Other News

Sendai Girls has a new Junior champion, as Tomoko Inada beat Yurika Oka today in Nagaoka. Team 200kg (Chihiro Hashimoto & Yuu) defeated DASH Chisako & Hiroyo Matsumoto to retain the tag team titles in the main event as well.

Big Japan and Pro Wrestling ZERO1 ran a joint card from Shinkiba on Friday.

2AW, Dotonbori Pro, FREEDOMS, HEAT UP, Ice Ribbon, Michinoku Pro, ChocoPro, Ganbare Pro and PURE-J all ran this weekend too.

Back Tuesday, for the NJPW 50th Anniversary event.

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From the DDT archives: In 2015, Kota Ibushi is joined in his kart by Yumehito Imanari and spent most of the drive not sitting in the seat properly and scaring Imanari with his driving.

In 2023, Ibushi named Imanari in his team for the 10-man tag match in GLEAT on August 4th and Imanari films Ibushi for his YouTube channel.

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King of DDT 2023.05.20

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Kazusada Higuchi as Deep Throat at Betamania. Truly peak Higuchi. (x)