DDT finishes up their June schedule today with the monthly signature Tokyo event. The main event will be a KO-D Openweight Championship match as Yuki Ueno looks to keep his reign going towards his upcoming 10th Anniversary event, today defending against former champion Shinya Aoki. The rest of the card is highlighted by what may be the first-ever No Referee Match between Sanshiro Takagi & MAO. So how will a winner be decided, you ask? By the fans. The fans will act as referees and a majority will be required to count a pinfall to win. No DQ’s no countouts, no submissions, but if the majority can’t decide? Well…Pro Wrestling, Everybody!
Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Comedian Yui Yoshida will be a special guest on commentary. There is a pre-show match planned before the event begins, so taking that and time limits into account this will be on the slightly longer end of a normal Korakuen event with a running time or probably just under 3 hours.
Today’s lineup:
Pre-show:
Junta Miyawaki & Viente Maligno vs. Akito & Miles Karu
Main show:
Takao Soma & Naomi Yoshimura vs. Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida
Minoru Suzuki, Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata vs. Jun Akiyama, Rukiya & Masami Inahata
KANON & Yuki Iino vs. Shunma Katsumata & To-y
Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato vs. Kazuma Sumi, Yuni & O-MENZ Kumadori
MAO vs. Sanshiro Takagi in a No Referee Match. No DQs, no countouts, win by pinfall with a majority of the fans making the 3 count
Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA, Antonio Honda & Hinata Kasai vs. Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul, Hideki Okatani & Illusion
KO-D Openweight Champion Yuki Ueno vs. Shinya Aoki for the title
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Updates below will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. The pre-show match is scheduled to begin at 7:10 PM PT/10:10 PM ET. The main show is scheduled to begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.
*Assuming nothing changes beforehand, Katsumata will be coming into this match as the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion. If that is the case, if Katsumata is the one beaten whoever beats him, or anyone else who may manage to do so, will win the title. Which could even be KIMIHIRO or YUZUKI. Or anyone else.
7 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 10 minutes.
7:09 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Haruo Murata & Kagehiro Osano.
The paid attendance will not be announced after the event. Not close to a sellout, there were plenty of same-day tickets available.
Pre-show match: Junta Miyawaki & Viente Maligno (Correction-he is now Viento Levante. Just heard/saw that for the first time now) vs. Akito & Miles Karu (Malaysia Pro Wrestling). 15 minute time limit
Result: Junta Miyawaki & Viento Levante beat Akito & Miles Karu. Miyawaki pinned Karu after Sunshine Driver.
Updates will resume at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.
The matches begin at 7:35 PM PT/10:35 PM ET. Yui Yoshida joins now as the guest on commentary.
Match 1: Takao Soma & Naomi Yoshimura vs. Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida beat Takao Soma & Naomi Yoshimura. Naya pinned Soma after The World’s Largest Backdrop.
Your new host (for now) is Satoshi Dairaku.
Match 2: Minoru Suzuki, Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata vs. Jun Akiyama, Rukiya & Masami Inahata. 15 minute time limit
Result: Jun Akiyama, Rukiya & Masami Inahata beat Kazuki Hirata in 8 seconds. Hirata didn’t even wait for the others. Akiyama pinned Hirata after a lariat. GM Imabayashi immediately with microphone EN FUEGO. We know where this is going. Imabayashi somehow restraining Hirata from going after the others again. Lots of comedy between them. Which lewd to…
Match 2 (again): Minoru Suzuki, Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata vs. Jun Akiyama, Rukiya & Masami Inahata. 15 minute time limit
Result: Jun Akiyama, Rukiya & Masami Inahata beat Kazuki Hirata in a few seconds (again). Akiyama pinned Hirata (again). While Dieno came out…
Result: Jun Akiyama, Rukiya & Masami Inahata beat Kazuki Hirata (again). Inahata beat Hirata with a Boston Crab. Which led to…
Match 2 (yet again): Minoru Suzuki, Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata vs. Jun Akiyama, Rukiya & Masami Inahata. 15 minute time limit
Result: Jun Akiyama, Rukiya & Masami Inahata beat Minoru Suzuki, Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata. Rukiya beat Hirata with a camel clutch.
Quick break for the opening announcements. A surprise development during these as GM Imabayashi brings out Dragon Gate wrestler YAMATO. It’s related to WRESTLE PETER PAN, DDT’s annual biggest event of the year, in August at Ryogoku Kokugikan. And we might have a clue what the deal is when Dieno comes out. And just like that, it’s now official. Danshoku Dieno vs. YAMATO.
Match 3: KANON & Yuki Iino vs. Shunma Katsumata & To-y. 30 minute time limit
Result: KANON & Yuki Iino beat Shunma Katsumata & To-y. Iino pinned To-y after a lariat. Iino wore a watch cap to conceal his odd mostly bald hairstyle for appearances in Pro Wrestling NOAH (which is starting to grow back). Which led to…
KIMIHIRO beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Shunma Katsumata to win the title. KIMIHIRO becomes the 1836th champion. In an apparent rap-off or somethign not involving wrestling. Surprisingly none of SLC tried to take it away.
Match 4: Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato vs. Kazuma Sumi, Yuni & O-MENZ Kumadori. 30 minute time limit
Result: Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato beat Kazuma Sumi, Yuni & O-MENZ Kumadori. Sato pinned Yuni after a rolling elbow strike. Afterawrds, Sumi with microphone. He talked about apparently defending the DDT Universal Championship elsewhere when the lights went out…when they came back on, New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Eyusuke Taguchi was in the ring as was Akito. As the assistant GM, Akito makes it official. Title match at WRESTLE PETER PAN. The Funky Weapon Formerly Known As Dropkick Master is actually a perfect fit for DDT.
Your host once again is Haruo Murata.
Match 5: MAO vs. Sanshiro Takagi in a No Referee Match. No DQs, no countouts, win by pinfall with a majority of the fans making the 3 count. 30 minute time limit. Before the match, GM Imabayashi has Yuki Ishida & Hinata Kasai do a demonstration so the crowd can practice
Result: MAO beat Sanshiro Takagi
Match 6: Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA, Antonio Honda & Hinata Kasai vs. Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul, Hideki Okatani & Illusion. 30 minute time limit
Result: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul, Hideki Okatani & Illusion beat Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA, Antonio Honda & Hinata Kasai. Sasaki beat Kasai with a crossface. Afterwards, Sasaki reveals his mystery partner for a tag match against Honda and TBA at WRESTLE PETER PAN…he too went to New Japan to get his partner. DOUKI.
Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion Yuki Ueno vs. Shinya Aoki for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Openweight Champion Yuki Ueno beat Shinya Aoki by submission to retain the title. V8 for Ueno. Afterwards, GM Imabayashi with microphone. Next up: TBA. It’ll be at WRESTLE PETER PAN. But Ueno called out MAO. Sounds like we’re about to have our main event for that event. After the promos, back to Imabayashi…and it’s now official. Which means, regardless, it’s going to end with The37Kamiina still on top and thus a Heave Wave WER!!
The next event is CHARISMANIA 4, the next Daisuke Sasaki Produced event, Thursday at Shinjuku Face. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.