DDT & Tokyo Joshi Pro are running a doubleheader in Nagoya this Sunday, September 4 with mid-major shows for both. Here is a rundown of the steady stream of news coming out for each event:
First, TJPW…for the second time in the past year, all-girl J-Pop megagroup SKE48, which Yuki Arai is a member of, will have a live mini-concert during Sunday’s event. Arai will perform along with “teammates” (group members) Natsuki Kamata, Haruka Kumazaki, Nao Fukushi & Yoshiko Matsumoto. And while she is not performing, fellow teammate Marika Tani will be a guest on commentary for both the TJPW and DDT events. The performance will be part of the live broadcast on WRESTLE UNIVERSE, and you can watch on demand too but only for one month, so don’t miss it! Then after the performance Arai and Saki Akai defend the Princess Tag Team Championship against Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu. Arai has taken tough losses to both Kamifuku & Kiryu recently so here’s hoping her teammates can provide enough of a boost to lift AA Eye Candy to a win over the so-called Allies Of The Orient aka Special KK. (They come up with weird names for teams-take Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta, who are known as Free WiFi)
Here is the full card for Sunday:
Yuki Aino vs. Nao Kakuta & Neko Haruna in a 3-way
Hikari Noa vs. Moka Miyamoto
Maki Itoh vs. Arisu Endo
Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao vs. Miyu Yamashita & Raku
Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Pom Harajuku vs. Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Suzume
Princess Tag Team Champions Yuki Arai & Saki Akai vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu for the titles
The event will stream LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE beginning Saturday at 11:30 PM ET/8:30 PM PT. LIVE RESULTS will be posted here.
DDT runs shortly after TJPW. As noted above, Marika Tani will be a guest on commentary for this event as well.
Because it’s DDT, the previously announced Electric Current Explosion Death Match will now have weapons including an electrified barbed wire bat, block toy bat (a favorite of The37KAMINA), mine board and, now of all things, the first ever electrified explosive current bazooka. Yes, explosive current bazooka. Drop the $6.56 US for a month of WRESTLE UNIVERSE or get the new subscriber 2-week free trial for this level of ridiculousness…and Atsushi Onita too, although you never know with “Mr. Liar”. And also to hear Marika Tani likely squealing like crazy on commentary.
The full card for Sunday:
Yusuke Okada vs. Takeshi Masada
Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno vs. Antonio Honda & Kazuki Hirata
Akito & Shinya Ishida vs. MAO & Yuki Ishida
Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yuya Koroku vs. Yuki Ueno & Makoto Oishi
Chris Brookes vs. Asuka (Veny)
KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON vs. Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani for the titles
KO-D Tag Team Champions Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura vs. HARASHIMA & Toru Owashi for the titles
Atsushi Onita, Shinya Aoki & Yukio Naya vs. Konosuke Takeshita, Shunma Katsumata & Youi Kojima in a Bunkhouse Scramble Current Blast Death Match
The event will stream live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Sunday at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. So if you’re pulling an all-nighter to watch both events live there will be about a 2 hour break between the events.
