DDT referee Yukinori Matsui held a 30th Anniversary event yesterday in Osaka, and it was, well, DDT.
Yesterday’s event was held at Sumiyoshi Civic Center in Osaka and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 968, a legit sellout.
Pre-show match: Kazuma Sumi beat Yuni & Illusion in a 3-way by pinning Yuni.
Match 1; Yuuyo Kikuchi, Haruto Nozomi & Kyohei Kinoshita beat Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer), Shunma Katsumata & Keigo Nakamura. Kikuchi pinned Nakamura after a diving foot stomp.
Match 2: Danshoku Dieno & Super Sasadango Machine beat Kazuki Hirata & Trans*Am Hiroshi in 9 seconds. Dieno pinned Hirata with Gay Way Clutch. Which led to…
Match 2 (again): Danshoku Dieno & Super Sasadango Machine beat Kazuki Hirata & Trans*Am Hiroshi in 7 seconds. Dieno pinned Hiroshi. Which led to…
Match 2 (once again): Danshoku DIeno & Trans*Am Hiroshi beat Kazuhi Hirata & Super Sasadango Machine in 8 seconds. Dieno pinned Machine. Which led to…
Match 2 (yet again): In a handicap match, Danshoku Dieno beat Super Sasadango Machine, Kazuki Hirata & Trans*Am Hiroshi in 21 seconds by pinning Machine. Which led to…
Match 2 (one more time): Danshoku Dieno vs. Super Sasadango Machine, Kazuhi Kirata & Trans*AM Hiroshi in a 4-way ended in a draw. 4-way simultaneous fall.
Match 3: In an irregular rules match with 2 3-minute rounds, Tadashi Bushi vs. Tanomusaku Toba went to a draw. Round 1 was an MMA rules fight. Round 2 was a Tire Boxing rules fight, where both fighters apparently had to keep one foot inside of a full-size vehicle tire. Never heard of it before.
Match 4: Yuko Miyamoto & Isami Kodaka won an 8-team battle royal, last eliminating Takao Soma & Shota.
Match 5: Magnitude Kishiwada, HUB & Kengo Takai beat Tsubasa, Billy Ken Kid & Shoichi Uchida. Kishiwada pinned Uchida after Last Ride. All the wrestlers are well-known and iconic Osaka-based wrestlers over the last 30 years. Kishiwada also spent several years in Dragon Gate.
Match 6; Jun Akiyama, Jinsei Shinzaki & Sanshiro Takagi beat Takeshi Masada, To-y & Yuya Koroku. Shinzaki pinned Koroku after Nenbutsu Powerbomb.
Match 7: HARASHIMA, Chris Brookes & Yuji Hino beat Shuji Ishikawa, Shigehiro Irie & Yukio Naya. HARASHIMA pinned Irie after a swan dive style Blue Sword.
Match 8: Dick Togo (New Japan Pro Wrestling) & Daisuke Sasaki beat Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda. Togo pinned Honda after a diving senton.
Match 9: Kuishinbo Kamen beat Kikutaro.
Match 10: Konosuke Takeshita beat Minoru Suzuki.
Main Event: Yuki Ueno & Kazusada Higuchi beat MAO & Tetsuya Endo. Ueno pinned Endo after WR.
The next event is the KING OF DDT 2024 Finals Sunday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET with live results scheduled.
