King of DDT '14

King of DDT 2014

(2014/6/29)


1. Akito, Konosuke Takeshita, Tetsuya Endo vs. Keisuke Ishii, Soma Takao, Kazuki Hirata

Fun, short sprint. Hirata’s pre-match dance routine is something else. Oh, and Takeshita throws insanely dangerous Germans, btw.

**3/4


2. King of DDT 2014 – Semi-Finals: Shigehiro Irie vs. KUDO

Damn shame everyone’s busy with their irrelevant pro-wrestling trivia, because they’re missing Irie’s smashing ’14 run. IRIE.

***3/4


3. King of DDT 2014 – Semi-Finals: Kota Ibushi vs. Isami Kodaka

Not good, not bad, the match just… happened. Cool moment with both on top of the entrance gate, though, that was nice.

**1/2


*** Takeshita/Tanahashi announced for August in Sumo Hall, Tanahashi shows up and looks like the coolest fucker alive… GOOSEBUMPS! ***


4. ELIMINATION MATCH: Michael Nakazawa, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi vs. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, MIKAMI, Antonio Honda

Impeccable elimination strategies, rigged ref Minoru Suzuki, and the god of Korakuen – Jun Kasai. Oh, yeah!

GOLD


5. Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi vs. Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki vs. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano

Match of the night, one thing DDT does fucking great is 3-way tags, they come up with something unique and charming each and every time. Needless to say, Masa Takanashi was the best.

***3/4


6. KO-D Openweight Championship: Super Sasadango Machine vs. HARASHIMA ©

Okay, the match itself was mediocre really, but that was not the point. Sasadango is the ultimate underdog here, he cashed in his title shot contract and then cut a five minute long promo about his researching what it takes to be the man, and showed a PowerPoint presentation of his research. TLDR, he came up with Vertical Drop Riemann Shock (DDT), and hitting it three times will bring him the title? Can he make it?

**


7. King of DDT 2014 – FINALS: KUDO vs. Isami Kodaka

Good strikefest, my favorite moment of the match was Kodaka making a callback on his rivalry with Generico by teasing the Brainbustah! Goosebumps. It’s incredible to see Kodaka pushed in non-deathmatch environment, he can go and deserves it. He still needs to work on some things, though, things that prevent his matches from being great. But, he’s getting there.

***1/4