DDT ran a house show back in Japan today with those who did not travel to the US for events over the last few days. The show’s title took a clever swipe at those who did, because DDT.
Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 198, a full house/near sellout.
Match 1: Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yusuke Okada beat Toru Owashi & Kazuma Sumi. Okada pinned Sumi.
Match 2: 0-40 Champion Makoto Oishi beat Antonio Honda to retain the title. V1 for Oishi.
Match 3: Kotaro Suzuki & Takao Soma beat Keigo Nakamura & Yuki Ishida. Soma pinned Ishida after Authorized Endless Waltz.
Match 4: Invisible Man beat Kazuki Hirata. It really was an invisible man aka Hirata having a match with himself. Wrestling and comedy at its finest.
Match 5: In a hardcore match, Masashi Takeda beat MJ Pawl. Takeda was a replacement for Yukio Naya (injured).
Match 6: Yuji Hino beat Akito by submission.
Match 7: HARASHIMA & Hikaru Sato beat Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi. HARASHIMA pinned Takanashi after Blue Sword.
Main Event: KING OF DDT Qualifying Battle:
Part 1: Hideki Okatani beat Toui Kojima.
Part 2: Hideki Okatani beat Yuya Koroku.
Hideki Okatani wins. As a result, Okatani gets into the KING OF DDT Tournamentand will face Shunma Katsumata in Round 1.
The next event is “April Fool 2023” on 4/9 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. A KO-D Tag Team Championship match likely will be the headliner. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 4/8 at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.
