DDT runs their monthly tour-ending Tokyo big event today, “NEW YEAR, NEW HERO 2025-The Beginning Of A New Story”. 3 title matches are part of today’s card with the main event being a KO-D Openweight Championship match as Chris Brookes defends against Shuji Ishikawa. There also will be a DDT Universal Championship match as Gringo Loco, who shocked fans by winning the title in the US last November just hours after Miyu Yamashita became the first woman to win the title, defends against Yuki Ueno. (On a side note, it appears Loco has made 2 defenses outside DDT as this is being billed as the 3rd defense) There also is a DDT Extreme Championship match as Danshoku Dieno defends the title against Gorgeous Matsuno, with the special rule being 1 count pinfalls but otherwise normal rules.
Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Marika Tani will be making her semi-regular appearance as a guest on commentary. This is a bigger monthly big event with the title matches so I anticipate it being on the longer end of “normal” Korakuen events with a running time of close to 3 hours.
Today’s lineup:
Takao Soma & Yukio Naya vs. Yuki Iino & Daichi Sato
MAO & Toru Owashi vs. Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda
Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & HANON vs. HARASHIMA, Jun Akiyama & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
DDT Extreme Champion Danshoku Dieno vs. Gorgeous Matsuno for the title. 1 Count pinfalls, otherwise normal rules
Takeshi Masada, Keigo Nakamura, Illusion & Yuki Ishida vs. To-y, Yuya Koroku, Yuni & Kazuma Sumi
DDT Universal Champion Gringo Loco vs. Yuki Ueno for the title
KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes vs. Shuji Ishikawa for the title
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Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. The livestream is scheduled to begin 20 minutes before the event.
6:20 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Satoshi Dairaku, Kagehiro Osano & Marika Tani. We will be joined later by Haruo Murata.
As now seems to be the pattern going forward starting the year, the paid attendance likely will not be announced after the event. So no estimates for DDT anymore.
The matches should begin in 15-20 minutes.
An NwA Jr. performance starts the pre-event festivities.
The matches begin at 6:35 PM PT/9:35 PM ET.
Match 1: Takao Soma & Yukio Naya vs. Yuki Iino & Daichi Sato (Heat Up). 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Iino & Daichi Sato beat Takao Soma & Yukio Naya. Iino pinned Soma after a spear.
Match 2: MAO & Toru Owashi vs. Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda. 30 minute time limit
Result: MAO & Toru Owashi beat Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda. MAO pinned Honda with a bridge.
Quick break for the opening announcements. No GM Imabayashi today. A new announcer along with Akito today, who is the current acting GM. During these announcements, it’s announced that the upcoming D GENERATIONS CUP winner will get a KO-D Openweight Championship match on 4/6 against whoever is the champion on that date. Finally they bring out Kazusada Higuchi. Updates to come but it sounds like he may be coming back soon. He has been out long-term due to injuries and also getting married. (Update: He will return on 3/20 at the annual 5 Hour Anniversary Event)
Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON vs. HARASHIMA, Jun Akiyama & Tomomitsu Matsunaga. 30 minute time limit
Result: HARASHIMA, Jun Akiyama & Tomomitsu Matsunaga beat Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON. Matsunata pinned KANON after an over arm throw. Afterwards, Matsunaga made a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship challenge. That match will happen on 2/5 at Shinjuku Face.
Your new host is Haruo Murata.
Match 4: DDT Extreme Champion Danshoku Dieno vs. Gorgeous Matsuno for the title. 1 Count pinfalls, otherwise normal rules. 1 Hour time limit
Result: DDT Extreme Champion Danshoku Dieno beat Gorgeous Matsuno to retain the title. V2 for Dieno. Next up: Per Akito who made the announcement…Iino. Possibly related to DDT’s top viewed YouTube video causing the channel to lose monetization for now…which featured those deplorable Pheromones aka DIeno & Iino. That match will happen on 3/20.
Match 5: Takeshi Masada, Keigo Nakamura, Illusion & Yuki Ishida vs. To-y, Yuya Koroku, Yuni & Kazuma Sumi. 30 minute time limit
Result: To-y, Yuya Koroku, Yuni & Kazuma Sumi beat Takeshi Masada, Keigo Nakamura, Illusion & Yuki Ishida. Koroku beat Nakamura with an armbar/wrist lock.
Match 6: DDT Universal Champion Gringo Loco vs. Yuki Ueno for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Yuki Ueno beat DDT Universal Champion Gringo Loco to win the title. Ueno becomes the 17th DDT Universal Champion. Next up: Ueno wants Minoru Suzuki. We’ll see. UPDATE: Next up: TBA but not Suzuki (yet). Akito said he will talk to Suzuki about it. Regardless of who TBA is, that match will happen on 3/20.
Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes vs. Shuji Ishikawa for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes beat Shuji Ishikawa by submission to retain the title. V2 for Brookes. UPDATE: Next up: TBA but that match will happen on 3/20.
The next event is a Sanshiro Takagi 30th Anniversary event, which is not planned to feature any DDT wrestlers, on 2/3 at Shinjuku Face. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.
