DDT continued their current tour today with a house show in Tokyo to finish the build to Atsushi Onita’s return tomorrow.
Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 246.
Pre-show match: Kazuma Sumi beat Rukiya by submission.
During the opening announcements, a KANON 4th Anniversary match was announced for 7/7.
Match 1: MJ Paul & KANON beat Chris Brookes & Illusion. KANON beat Illusion with a crucifix cobra twist.
Match 2: Kazuki Hirata beat Yuni.
Match 3: Yuji Hino & Toru Owashi beat Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida. Hino pinned Ishida after a powerbomb.
Match 4: In a Falls Count Anywhere Bunkhouse Street Fight Deathmatch, Sanshiro Takagi, Joey Janela & Takeshi Masada beat Yukio Sakaguchi, Antonio Honda & Hideki Okatani. Janela pinned Honda after a diving footstomp from a ladder onto a plastic case and chair.
Match 5: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat HARASHIMA & Keigo Nakamura. Iino beat Nakamura with a dragon sleeper. Nakamura was injured during this match. More on that below.
Main Event: In an elimination match (over the top rope rule was in effect), MAO, Shunma Katsumata, Toui Kojima & Yuki Ueno beat Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku. MAO was the only winner left, last eliminating Endo.
The next event is DRAMATIC EXPLOSION in NIIGATA tomorrow (late tonight US time) at Bandaijima Multipurpose Large Kama in Niigata. There has been a last-minute change to the card because, as noted above, Keigo Nakamura was legit injured by those deplorable Pheromons and is now off. Concussion. Out indefinitely. He was to have faced KANON. Rukiya is the replacement. There will be no live broadcast.
