ULTIMATE PARTY 2026, DDT’s fall year-end blowout event, is in the books.
Today’s event was held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The paid attendance was not announced.
Pre-show Match: Shivam & Yuni beat Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yuki Ishida. Yuni pinned Ishida.
Match 1: HARASHIMA & Naomi Yoshinura beat Jun Akiyama & Masami Inahata. Yoshimura pinned Inahata.
Match 2: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata beat Super Sasadango Machine, Antonio Honda & Akito. Hirata pinned Honda.
Match 3: Junta Miyawaki & Daichi Sato beat Mansoor & Mason Madden, Mj Paul & Illusion and Takao Soma & Shota in a 4-way when Sato pinned Shota. Right after that…
Mason Madden beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Junta Miyawaki to win the title. Madden becomes the 1931st Champion. Which led to…
Mansoor beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Mason Madden to win the title. Mansoor becomes the 1932nd Champion.
Match 4: Jun Kasai beat Hinata Kasai.
Match 5: In a match where after a pinfall kickout or rope escape that wrestler had to add a 1 kg (2.2 pounds) weight to themselves, up to a 20 kg limit, and also were always connected by the wrists via a rope, DDT Extreme Champion Shunma Katsumata beat Yuki Ueno to retain the title. V3 for Katsumata. Next up: Yoshimura. That match will happen on 12/9 at Korakuen Hall.
Match 6: To-y & Kaisei Takechi beat KANON & O-MENZ Kumadori. To-y pinned KANON after a Franksteiner. Kumadori’s entrance featured a performance by all of O-MENZ.
Match 7: Yukio Naya beat Yuki Iino. This was Iino’s final DDT match before leaving the promotion to join Pro Wrestling NOAH full-time.
Match 8: KO-D Tag Team Champions Takeshi Masada & Yuya Koroku beat Hideki Okatani & Illusion to retain the titles. Masada pinned Illusion. V2 for the champs. Next up: Takagi & TBA, which will be revealed at match time. That match will happen on 11/29 at Korakuen Hall.
Match 9: Konosuke Takeshita beat Danshoku Dieno & Daisuke Sasaki in a 3-way by pinning Sasaki.
Match 10: Zack Sabre Jr. (New Japan) beat Shinya Aoki.
Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion MAO beat Chris Brookes by countout to retain the title. V6 for MAO. They went almost 34 minutes. Next up: Naya. That match will happen on 11/29. But during that commotion backstage…
Yoshihiko beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Mansoor to win the title. Yoshihiko becomes the 1933rd Champion. A fitting end to an Ultimate Party.
The next event is Sunday (Saturday US time) at JR Omori Station East Exit Front Plaza in Tokyo. This is a free event and will feature the annual Omori World Championship match and a battle royal for the next title shot among other things. It’s an outdoor event and is weather permitting (will be cancelled if severe weather). There will be no live broadcast. On demand 11/11.