DDT returns to the USA today as part of The Collective, a series of independent events around WrestleMania weekend put on by independent promotion Game Changer Wrestling. The event promises to be more of the incredible wrestling and ridiculous comedy that DDT is known worldwide for. 7 matches are currently scheduled for the event with one title match, as MAO defends the DDT Universal Championship against Billie Starkz in a No Rules match. Konosuke Takeshita, now in All Elite Wrestling, makes an appearance as well along with TNA & independent sensation Mike Bailey, who faces KO-D Openweight Champion Yuki Ueno in a NON-TITLE match. And the comedy will be plentiful and entertaining as Kazuki Hirata takes on the GOD of professional wrestling, the one & only Yoshihiko, in a can’t-miss epic. Get your popcorn ready!
Today’s event will be held at Penn’s Landing Caterers in Philadelphia, PA and can be watched LIVE on TrillerTV/FITE in English only via the Triller+ subscription service, which costs $7.99/month or $79.99/year. You also get unlimited on demand viewing. The event may also be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. The event is a legit advance sellout. I don’t know if there will be the usual time limits for the matches but I anticipate this being similar to a normal Korakuen Hall event and will probably run 2 1/2-3 hours.
Today’s lineup:
Daisuke Sasaki & KANON vs. Nick Wayne & Takeshi Masada
Chris Brookes & Kid Lycos vs. Bryan Keith & Shota
Kazuki Hirata vs. Yoshihiko
Tetsuya Endo vs. Andrew Everett
Konosuke Takeshita vs. Shunma Katsumata
Yuki Ueno vs. Mike Bailey
DDT Universal Champion MAO vs. Billie Starkz in a No Rules match for the title
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Updates below will begin at 5 PM PT/8 PM ET.
5 PM PT UPDATE: Waiting for live stream to begin. Currently no signal, just an “end show” screen.
5:10 PM PT UPDATE: Live stream has just begun, but we missed the first 10 minutes of the event and the most of the opening match…
We are LIVE from Penn’s Landing Caterers in Philadelphia, PA. Your hosts are two names we don’t yet know.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s a legit advance sellout, looks like it’s a setup for around 500. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 750. That’s an idea of what to expect for tomorrow morning’s TJPW event that is also sold out)
Match 1: Chris Brookes & Kid Lycos vs. Bryan Keith & Shota
Result: Chris Brookes & Kid Lycos beat Bryan Keith & Shota. Lycos pinned Shota after a brainbuster.
We only saw the last 2-3 minutes due to stream joining 10 minutes late.
Match 2: Tetsuya Endo vs. Andrew Everett
Result: Tetsuya Endo beat Andrew Everett
Match 3: Dan The Dad vs. Chiitan
Result: Chiitan beat Dan The Dad. Chris Brookes came put for a beatdown on Chiitan until Yoshihiko came out to make the save. Which led to…
Match 4: Yoshihiko vs. Kazuki Hirata
Result: Yoshihiko beat Kazuki Hirata
Match 5: DDT Universal Champion MAO vs. Billie Starkz in a No Rules match for the title
Result: Double Pinfall. Which led to…
TIebreaker: Rock Paper Scissors!
Result: DDT Universal Champion MAO beat Billie Starkz to retain the title. V7 for MAO.
Match 6: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON vs. Nick Wayne & Takeshi Masada
Result: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Nick Wayne & Takeshi Masada. KANON pinned Masada after a Sasaki diving elbow drop.
Match 7: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Shunma Katsumata
Result: Konosuke Takeshita beat Shunma Katsumata by submission
Main Event: Yuki Ueno vs. Mike Bailey
Result: Yuki Ueno beat Mike Bailey
I can’t really grade the whole event fairly due to the stream starting 10+ minutes late and thus cutting out just about all the first match. The rest was good but several matches were too short and the whole event was a little short again too, checking in at about 2 hours but that’s how it is during this event with the same one or two venues hosting numerous events every day. It was fun, generally what you’d expect from DDT, but maybe wait until they hopefully fix the replay to watch for the beginning.
End Show.
The next event is APRIL FOOL 2024 Sunday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. Live results are scheduled for that event.
