DDT held the first day of their traditional spring “Beer Garden Pro Wrestling” event today in Tokyo.
Today’s event was held at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage in Tokyo and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Sunday. There was no live broadcast. Speaking of WRESTLE UNIVERSE, remember the new price increases take effect today.
The announced paid attendance was 311.
There was a last-minute change to the event card because Makoto Oishi was injured in Ganbare Pro yesterday. Neck. Seems to be mild and today’s absence was more of a precaution.
D GENERATIONS Cup:
Match 1: Illusion beat Yuni by submission.
Match 2: To-y beat Tsubasa Suzuki.
Match 3: Munetatsu Nakamura beat Kazuma Sumi.
Match 4: Rukiya beat Yuya Koroku. That can be called a mild upset.
Match 5: Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & MJ Paul beat HARASHIMA, Yukio Naya & Hideki Okatani. KANON beat Okatani with a ground cobra twist.
Match 6: Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino beat Yoshitatsu & Tomomitsu Matsunaga. Iino pinned Mateunaga after a spear. Matsunaga was the replacement for Oishi.
Match 7: Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada beat Danshoku Dieno, Yoshihiko & Pokotan. Brookes pinned Pokotan.
Main Event: Yuki Ueno, MAO & Shunma Katsumata beat Akito, Kazusada Higuchi & Kazuki Hirata. Ueno pinned Hirata after WR.
The D GENERATION Cup is a single-elimination tournament, so as a result of today the Semifinals are Illution vs. To-y and Nakamura vs. Rukiya. The Semifinals are on the next event with the Finals on 4/7 at Korakuen Hall. The winner gets an entry into this year’s KING OF DDT Tournament.
Day 2 of this event is Tuesday. There will be no live broadcast.
