For the second straight day, DDT ran the second half of a doubleheader in Tokyo with Tokyo Joshi Pro, today being a New Year Fan Appreciation event.
Today’s event was held at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The paid attendance was not announced. (Looks like they’re not going to do it anymore)
Match 1; KANON, MJ Paul & Illusion beat Toru Owashi, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yuni. Illusion beat Yuni with a neck lock.
Match 2: Akito, Takao Soma and Substitute Kazuki Hirata, aka Yukio Naya, beat Danshoku Dieno, Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda in 16 seconds. Naya pinned Honda after a knee lift. Which led to…
Match 2 (again): Akito, Takao Soma and Substitute Kazuki Hirata, aka Yukio Naya, beat Danshoku Dieno, Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda. Naya pinned Honda. Afterwards, the real Hirata appeared, who is temporarily out due to a knee injury (swelling, does not appear to be serious). He announced he will produce a 15th Anniversary event on 3/12 at Shinjuku Face.
Match 3: HARASHIMA beat Kazuma Sumi.
Match 4: Daisuke Sasaki beat Yuki Ishida by submission.
Match 5: MAO beat Keigo Nakamura.
Match 6: Jun Akiyama vs. Yuya Koroku went to a 10 minute time limit draw.
Match 7: Takeshi Masada beat Yuki Iino.
Main Event: Chris Brookes vs. To-y went to a 10 minute time limit draw.
The next event is Sunday at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.
