DDt in the Saitama Super Arena 2/15/15

[Defrost]

Today DDT announced the results of their general election with Kota Ibushi being the winner. This means Kota Ibushi will face the KO-D Openweight Champion in the main event of the first ever DDT show in the Saitama Super Arena.

[Gibby]

damn that's a big venue, though it is scalable.

[Defrost]

Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi for the KO-D Tag Titles

Michael Nakazawa's Farwell Match: Michael Nakazawa vs Danshoku Dino

[DDT]

Michael Nakazawa's Farwell Match: Michael Nakazawa vs Danshoku Dino


:sadwave:

[Tainted Eclipse]

man i have so little interest in japan's indie scene

[Defrost]

You say indie yet this is like the 3rd biggest promotion in the country

[Kotre]

So, in your estimation what are the top 5 biggest promotions in Japan? Also, ROH was/is an indie and the third biggest fed in North America.

[Defrost]

DDT “SAITAMA SUPER DDT 2015”, 15/02/2015
Saitama Super Arena – Community Arena

1. Love Of Memory: Danshoku Dino Vs Michael Nakazawa (w/ Shigeru Matsuzaki)
2. Special Single Match: Super Sasadango Machine Vs X
3. Akebono Army Vs Yoshihiko Army: Akebono, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Yoshihiko, Antonio Honda & Great Kojika
4. Super TLC Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Jun Kasai Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miytake Vs MIKAMI & Shuji Ishikawa
5. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Aja Kong (c) Vs Yasu Urano Vs Soma Takao Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga Vs Gota Ihashi Vs Hoshitango Vs Shunma Katsumata Vs Saki Akai Vs Bernard Ackah Vs Yuto Aijima Vs DJ Nira Vs Makoto Oishi
6. DDT Extreme Title: Akito (c) Vs X
7. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Gorgeous Matsuno, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei Vs KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi
8. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) Vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi
9. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA (c) Vs Kota Ibushi

[Gibby]

That looks great. I heard that Sakuraba is the 'X' for Sasadango. Going to call semi-final as potential tag team match of the year.

[Defrost]

Kazushi Sakuraba is indeed the x against Super Sasadango Machine

[Defrost]

Last Korakuen before Saitama

DDT “SWEET DREAMS 2015”, 25/01/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,000 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

0. Dark Match: Hoshitango defeated Hiroshi Fukuda with a Hip Drop (3:21).
1. Road To KO-D 6 Man Tag: KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi defeated Gorgeous Matsuno, Gota Ihashi & DJ Nira when KUDO pinned Ihashi with the Diving Double Knee Drop (6:53).
2. Road To Iron Man Battle Royal: Hikaru Sato defeated Shunma Katsumata with a Half Crab (9:06).
Order Of Elimination: Saki Akai, Bernard Ackah, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Yasu Urano, Soma Takao, Shunma Katsumata.
3. Road To Super TLC: MIKAMI & Shuji Ishikawa defeated Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Ire and Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miyatake when Ishikawa pinned Miyatake with the Splash Mountain (10:40).
4. Road To Akebono Army Vs Yoshihiko Army: Antonio Honda & Great Kojika (w/ Yoshihiko) defeated Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata when Kojika pinned Hirata with the Choke Slam (11:13).
5. Road To Kazushi Sakuraba: Super Sasadango Machine defeated Sanshiro Takagi with a School Boy (4:14).
6. DDT Extreme Title – No Rope Escape Match: Akito (c) defeated Makoto Oishi with the rope assisted Triangle Scorpion (15:01).
*V5 for Akito.
7. Just Before Saitama Super Arena – Super Special 6 Man Tag Match: Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi defeated HARASHIMA, Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo when Sekimoto pinned Endo with the Deadlift German Suplex (23:51).

[Defrost]

Last Korakuen before Saitama Super Arena

http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x3mtwm_JAHMAL1111_ddt-1-25-15/1#video=x2ghxig

[Defrost]

JamieOD previews the show

https://dramaticddt.wordpress.com/2015/02/11/ddt-saitama-super-ddt-2015-preview/

[DDT]

:rofl:

Poor Shiori Asahi.

[Gibby]

this should be really good. i'm just repeating myself but there is no way that that tag title match will be anything less than amazing.

[Defrost]

I'm totally looking forward to that main event. Harashima has been great this entire reign and Ibushi is Ibushi.

[Defrost]

I can't wait for this show to surface

DDT “SAITAMA SUPER DDT 2015”, 15/02/2015
Saitama Super Arena – Community Arena
6,500 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

0. King Of Dark Title – First Champion Final: Hiroshi Fukuda & Hoshitango defeated Gota Ihashi & DJ Nira when Fukuda pinned Ihashi with a Cradle (6:12)
*Gota Ihashi becomes the first King Of Dark Champion.
0. Dark Match – DNA 6-Man Tag Team Match: Kazusada Higuchi, Tomoya Kawamura & Kouki Iwasaki defeated Ryota Nakatsu, Dai Suzuki & Kota Umeda when Higuchi submitted Umeda with the Canadian Backbreaker (6:40).
1. Akebono Army Vs Yoshihiko Army: Akebono, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata defeated Yoshihiko, Antonio Honda & Great Kojika when Akebono pinned Honda with the Running Body Press (12:15).
– Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Kubo Yumakoto defeated Aja Kong (c) (2:31 pm).
*Kubo Yumakoto becomes the 1013th champion.
2. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Battle Royal: Aja Kong defeated Kubo Yumakoto (c), Yasu Urano, Makoto Oishi, Yasu Urano, Soma Takao, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Shunma Katsumata, Saki Akai, Bernard Ackah, Yuto Aijima, Hikaru Sato and Zeus (13:44).
2a. Shunma Katsumata eliminated Kubo Yumakoto (c) with the Casadora (2:01).
*Shunma Katsumata becomes the 1014th champion.
2b. Hikaru Sato eliminated Shunma Katsumata (c) with a Half Crab (5:57).
*Hikaru Sato becomes the 1015th champion.
2c. Soma Takao eliminated Hikaru Sato (c) with a Jackknife Pin (7:43).
*Soma Takao becomes the 1016th champion.
2d. Zeus eliminated Bernard Ackah by Ring Out (8:35).
2e. Zeus eliminated Yuto Aijima by Ring Out (8:40).
2f. Zeus eliminated Yasu Urano by Ring Out (8:51).
2g. Zeus eliminated Soma Takao (c) with the Choke Slam (10:09).
*Zeus becomes the 1017th champion.
2h. Tomomitsu Matsunaga eliminated Zeus (c) with a School Boy (10:18).
*Tomomitsu Matsunaga becomes the 1018th champion.
2i. Makoto Oishi eliminated Tomomitsu Matsunaga (c) after a Lariat from Zeus (11:26).
*Makoto Oishi becomes the 1019th champion.
2j. Aja Kong eliminated Makoto Oishi (c) with a Back Drop (12:40).
*Aja Kong becomes the 1,020th champion.
2k. Aja Kong (c) defeated Saki Akai with the Vertical Drop Brainbuster (13:44).
*V1 for Aja Kong.
3. DDT Extreme Title – Teletama Presents Rules Rumble Match: X = Shiori Asahi defeated Akito (c) with a Rope Assisted Neck Lock (10:01)
*Akito fails in V6. Shiori Asahi becomes the 31st DDT Extreme Champion!
4. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi defeated Gorgeous Matsuno, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei (c) when Sakaguchi submitted Matsuno with the Cobra Clutch (10:16).
*Gorgeous Matsuno, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei (c) fail in V3. Shuten-dōji become the 16th KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions!
5. Super TLC Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Jun Kasai defeated Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie, Daisuke Sasaki & Suguru Miytake and MIKAMI & Shuji Ishikawa when Takagi pulled down the bag (12:20).
6. Love Of Memory: Danshoku Dino defeated Michael Nakazawa (w/ Shigeru Matsuzaki) with the Danshoku Destroyer (12:40).
7. Special Single Match: Kazushi Sakuraba defeated Super Sasadango Machine with a Kimura Lock (7:13).
8. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi defeated Konosuke Takeshita & Tetsuya Endo (c) when Okabayashi pinned Endo with the Golem Splash (19:51).
*Happy Motels fail in V5. Strong BJ becomes the 51st KO-D Tag Team Champions!
9. KO-D Openweight Title: Kota Ibushi defeated HARASHIMA (c) with the Phoenix Plex (22:44).
*HARASHIMA fails in V8. Kota Ibushi becomes the 49th KO-D Openweight Champion!

[Defrost]

So far I'm up to the TLC match. Super fun show so far.

[Defrost]

I loved the TLC Match

[Defrost]

I've never gotten all the love Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi get. And watching this tag title match I still don't get it.

[Gibby]

I've never gotten all the love Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi get. And watching this tag title match I still don't get it.

That says to me they did what they usually do, which I love, so I am still looking forward to this.

[Ringo]

Well this is weird. They appear to be outside the main Arena?

[Gibby]

yes, it's the Community Hub. The curved side is part of the main arena and that can be moved forward or back to ensure the house looks packed. I don't know whether this was the intention all along or whether tickets didn't sell as hoped, but a moveable space with multiple halls sounds like a great idea.

[Defrost]

This show was so good.

[Tainted Eclipse]

never watched a DDT show, maybe i'll try to watch the whole thing

[DDT]

You've been missing out, bro.

BTW, HARASHIMA is so fucking great.