DDT ran their monthly big show today headlined a KO-D Tag Team Championship match as Kazusada Higuchi tries to remain a double champion while Damnation TA looks to regain gold after losing the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese.
The announced paid attendance was 419.
Match 1: Yukio Naya & Hideki Okatani beat Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku, Minoru Fujita & MJ Pawl and Yuki Iino & Yumehito Imanari in a 4-way, when Naya pinned Koroku.
A big announcement for the year-ending event on 12/29 at TDC Hall-SKE48 member Yuki Arai, half of the Princess Tag Team Champions in Tokyo Joshi Pro, will participate in the event. AA Eye Candy in DDT! Now as long as she & Saki Akai aren’t put against those deplorable Pheromons…
Match 2: In a Hardcore Match, Toru Owashi beat Kazuki Hirata. This went just 12 seconds. Which led to…
Kazuki Hirata beat Toru Owashi. This went just 14 seconds. Which led to…
Toru Owashi beat Kazuki Hirata. This all led to a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship challenge alongside Dragon Gate star Naruki Doi. That will happen on 11/12 in Osaka.
Match 3: Yuki Ishida beat Danshoku Dieno. Sanshiro Takagi was special referee and assisted. This set up a big match between Takagi’s army and Pheromons for 10/23-if Pheromons lose, they must disband. But if Takagi’s team loses, Yuki Iino becomes President of CyberFight Corporation (DDT Group owner) for a day. Yikes. It will be a pre-show dark match and a 5 vs. 2 Handicap Match-Takagi, Owashi, Oishi, Akito & Antonio Honda vs. Iino & Dieno (with Yumehito Imanari).
Match 4: Yukio Sakaguchi beat Takeshi Masada by ref stoppage (TKO).
Match 5: Makoto Oishi 20th Anniversary Match: Makoto Oishi, Men’s Teioh (Independent/Freelancer) & Shiori Asahi beat Yuki Ueno, MAO & Shunma Katsumata Oishi pinned Katsumata after Luminous Press.
Match 6: Koju Takeda beat Toui Kojima.
Match 7: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yuji Hino beat HARASHIMA, Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi. Endo pinned Takanashi with a backslide.
Main Event: KO-D Tag Team Champions Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura beat Daisuke Sasaki & KANON to retain the titles. Higuchi pinned KANON after Brain Claw Slam. V2 for the champs.
After the main event, Shinya Aoki came out and cashed in his “Money In The Bank” NFT for a title shot anytime, anywhere for a KO-D Openweight Championship match then and there! Which led to…
KO-D Openweight Champion Kazusada Higuchi beat Shinya Aoki by ref stoppage (TKO-headbutt) to retain the title. V3 for Higuchi.
The next event is Saturday at Ewan Stadium in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast.
