DDT held another free outdoor mini-event that, despite some light rain, still went on as planned.
Today’s event was held at Takashina Elementary School in Saitama and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.
This was a free event so the attendance was not announced, but a few hundred attended based on pictures.
Match 1: Shunma Katsumata, To-y & Kazuma Sumi beat Yukio Naya, Yuya Koroku & Yuki Ishida. Katsumata pinned Ishida after Totonoe Splash.
Match 2: Makoto Oishi (Independent/Freelancer) & Yoshiko Hasegawa (Tokyo Joshi Pro) beat Akito & Kaya Toribami (Tokyo Joshi Pro). Hasegawa beat Toribami with a muffler hold.
Match 3: Danshoku Dieno, HARASHIMA & Tetsuya Endo beat Chris Brookes, Takeshi Masada & Keigo Nakamura. HARASHIMA pinned Nakamura after Blue Sword. In the post-match promo HARASHIMA noted how Nakamura was very popular among the younger children in attendance but the older fans only cheered for the winners. He finished with his usual shout of “Because we’re practicing/training hard!”
The next event is Monday at Sumida City Gym aka Higashin Arena in Tokyo for yet another free event, this one featuring Shinya Aoki vs. Chris Brookes for the KO-D Openweight Championship. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Sunday at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET with live results scheduled.
In other news, the promotion announced that Kazudada Hoguchi is engaged and will be marrying Nico Naraoka, who is currently an actress. No further details were released.
