DDT continues their year-opening tour with a house show in Sendai, complete with an “Only In DDT” plot twist from yesterday that forced a late change to the card.
Today’s event was held at Miyagino Ward Cultural Center in Sendai and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 198, a full house/near sellout.
There was an unknown last-minute change to the card because Daisuke Sasaki missed the event. No-show after “disappearing” following a post-event phone and text chat with KANON. DDT’s English Twitter posted screenshots of what transpired.
Match 1: MJ Pawl & KANON beat Yusuke Okada & Keigo Nakamura. KANON pinned Nakamura after Sleepy Hollow.
Match 2: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Kazuki Hirata & Kazuma Sumi. Iino pinned Sumi with Sexy Roll 2023.
Match 3: Jun Akiyama & Toru Owashi beat Yukio Naya & Takeshi Masada. Akiyama pinned Masada after Exploder.
Match 4: Makoto Oishi beat Shunma Katsumata by countout.
Match 5: Yuji Hino & Akito beat Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida. Akito beat Ishida with a stepover toe hold.
Match 6: Tetsuya Endo beat Yuya Koroku.
Main Event: Yuki Ueno, MAO & Toui Kojima beat HARASHIMA, Chris Brookes & Hideki Okatani. MAO pinned Okayani after Cannonball 450.
The next event is Friday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama with DDT Extreme Champion Jun Akiyama vs. Antonio Honda on a comedy deathmatch for the title. There will be no live broadcast.