Today is former DDT owner & current president Sanshiro Takagi’s 53rd birthday, and it’s Friday The 13th…which of course means DDT! They ran a special birthday event for Takagi today.
Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 241.
During the opening announcements, the rules for the next DDT Extreme Championship match on 1/21 were announced: It’s a Monovoke Deathmatch at challenger Antonio Honda’s request. After a pinfall kickout or rope escape, Honda gets to do a comedy promo. If he makes champion Jun Akiyama laugh 3 times, Honda wins the title. Akiyama must get 3 pinfalls or submissions to retain the title.
Atsushi Onita will launch his Dramatic Dream Onita on 3/19 when DDT returns to Tsurumi Fruit & Vegetable Market in Kanagawa.
Match 1: Keigo Nakamura Return Match: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada beat HARASHIMA, Hideki Okatani & Keigo Nakamura. Endo pinned Nakamura after a modified Yurikamome.
Match 2: MJ Pawl & KANON beat Antonio Honda & Kazuma Sumi. KANON pinned Sumi after Sleepy Hollow.
Match 3: Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Shunma Katsumata beat Akito, Kazuki Hirata & Yuya Koroku. Latsumata pinned Hirata after Segodon. This was the fallout from a recent match where, because Katsumata took the loss against them, he had to join Pheromons for a day. So he became their human dog, complete with ears and painted whiskers & nose. Only In DDT.
Match 4: Kotaro Suzuki (Pro Wrestling NOAH) beat Takao Soma.
Match 5: Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi beat MAO & Toui Kojima. Oishi pinned MAO with a tornado clutch.
Match 6: Sanahiro Takagi & Fuminori Abe beat Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada. Abe pinned Masada.
Match 7: Yuji Hino & Yukio Maya beat Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida. Hino beat Ishida with a King Kong Sleeper.
Main Event: Naruki Doi beat DDT Universal Champion Ueki Ueno & Daisuke Sasaki in a 3-way elimination match, beating Ueno after Ueno eliminated Sasaki, to win the title. Doi becomes the 9th DDT Universal Champion. Next up: KANON. That match will happen on 2/18 at Nagoya International Conference Center Event Hall.
The next event is tomorrow at Miyagino Ward Cultural Center in Sendai. There will be no live broadcast.
