DDT ran their final event before WRESTLE PETER PAN 2022, holding a special event where vocal cheering/support was allowed at the cost of reduced capacity because of coronavirus prevention measures in Japan.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. The first match can also be watched FOR FREE on YouTube.
The announced paid attendance was 556.
Match 1: Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Koju Takeda beat Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Takao Soma. Takeda pinned Takagi after Shining Driver. Apparently Takeda is the newest member of those despicable Pheromons.
Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON beat Yukio Sakaguchi, MAO & Yuki Ishida. KANON pinned Ishida after Sleepy Hollow.
Match 3: Takeshi Masada Debut Match: HARASHIMA beat Takeshi Masada.
Match 4: Shinya Aoki won a 10 man “Money In The Bank” Battle Royal. As a result, Aoki now holds the right to challenge for any DDT Title anytime, anywhere.
Match 5: Asuka (Veny) beat Saki Akai.
Match 6: Yuki Ueno & Toui Kojima beat Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda. Ueno pinned Honda after BME,
Match 7: In a Flourescent Light Tube Ippon Deathmatch, where the person responsible for the breaking of the ONE light tube in the ring loses, Joey Janela beat DDT Extreme Champion Akito to win the title. Janela becomes the 54th DDT Extreme Champion.
MaiN Event: Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura beat Tetsuya endo & Jun Akiyama. Yoshimura pinned Akiyama after Payment. That’s a career-defining victory for Yoshimura.
The next event is WRESTLE PETER PAN 2022, their biggest event of the year, Saturday at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. The full card:
Yusukke Okada, Yuya Koroku & El Illusion vs. Youi Kojima, Yuki Ishida & Takeshi Masada
Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Koju Takeda vs. Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya & Super Sasadango Machine and Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda in a 3-way
Naomi Yoshimura, Kota Umeda & Keisuke Okuda vs. HARASHIMA, Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani
Shinichiro Kawamatsu Debut Match: Shinichiro Kawamatsu, Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma vs. Osamu Nishimura, Makoto Oishi & Akito. Kawamatsu is a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly (aka a politician…then again, so is Nishimura)
Jun Akiyama & Saki Akai vs. Chris Brookes & Asuka (Veny)
DDT Extreme Champion Joey Janela vs. Shunma Katsumata in a hardcore match for the title
DDT Universal Champion Masa Takanashi vs. Yuki Ueno for the title
DDT 25th Anniversary Match-Dick Togo (New Japan Pro Wrestling), Daisuke Sasaki & KANON vs. Konosuke Takeshita, MAO & Yasu Urano
KO-D Openweight Champion Kazusada Higuchi vs Yasu Urano for the title
Kenta Kobashi will be a special observer for the main event and also will be a guest on commentary
Announced for 9/4 (Nagoya Congress Center) are a 6-man tag Current Blast Deathmatch featuring Atsushi Onita, KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON vs. Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani for the titles and KO-D Tag Team Champions Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura vs. HARASHIMA & Toru Owashi for the titles.
The Konosuke Takeshita 10th Anniversary Event on 9/10 (Nishinari Kumin Center, Osaka), headlined by Takeshita vs. Daisuke Sasaki, will be a live broadcast ONLY ON ABEMA. No WRESTLE UNVIERSE live stream.
Finally, the Jun Akiyama 30th Anniversary Match, the main event for 9/18 at Korakuen (Akiyama 30th Anniversary Event), has been announced: Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (New Japan) vs. Yuji Nagata (New Japan), Konosuke Takeshita & Shunma Katsumata.
