DDT wrapped up the MAX BUMP 2022 Tour with the final event before their blowout event next weekend in Yokohama.
Today’s event was held at Kobe Art Center in Kobe and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 139.
Match 1: Chris Brookes beat Yuya Takashika by submission.
Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Pawl beat Akito & Toui Kojima. Pawl pinned Kojima after Death Valley Bomb.
Match 3: Yuji Hino & Yukio Naya beat Yukio Sakaguchi & Yuki Ishida. Naya pinned Ishida after a big boot.
Match 4: Danshoku Dieno, Yuki Iino & Antonio Honda beat Genki Horiguchi (Dragon Gate), Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata. Iino pinned Hirata after a lariat. This went just 22 seconds. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: Genki Horiguchi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata beat Danshoku Dieno, Yuki Iino & Antonio Honda. Horiguchi beat Honda with Backslide From NSFW.
Match 5: HARASHIMA & Naomi Yoshimura beat Kazusada Higuchi & Hideki Okatani. Yoshimura pinned Okatani with a throwaway powerbomb.
Main Event: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada beat Yuku Ueno, MAO & Shunma Katsumata. Endo pinned Katsumata after Burning Star Press.
The next event is MEGA MAX BUMP 2022 on 5/1 at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama. This is believed to be the first time DDT has run the venue. They plan to have full capacity. The full card:
Dark Matches:
KANON vs. Yuya Takashika
Toru Owashi & Naomi Yoshimura vs. Antonio Honda & Yuki Ishida
Main Show:
Shinya Aoki vs. Toui Kojima
Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani vs. Maya Yukihi & Shunma Katsumata
Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & TBA vs. Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya & Takao Soma
Danshoku Dieno, Yuki Iino & Yumehito Imanari vs. Hisaya Imabayashi (General Manager of DDT), AKIRA & Muscle Sakai
HARASHIMA & Hikaru Sato vs. Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Sakaguchi
KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Champions Poison Sawada JULIE, Takashi Sasaki, GENTARO, MIKAMI & Tanomusaku Toba vs. Sanshiro Takagi, Yoshiaki Yatsu, Akito, Kazuki Hirata & Gorgeous Matsuno for the titles
KO-D Tag Team Champions Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi vs. Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada for the titles
DDT Universal Champion MAO vs. Asuka (Veny) for the title
KO-D Openweight Champion Tetsuya Endo vs. Yuki Ueno for the title
Kenta Kobashi will be a special guest on Japanese commentary and observer for the main event
Megu Taniguchi, a current member of J-Pop all-girl megagroup AKB48, will be a special guest on Japanese commentary
Live broadcast on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Sunday at 12:30 AM ET/Saturday at 9:30 PM PT and will be available in Japanese and English. English commentary lineup should be announced later this week.
