DDT returned to Osaka today for a Referee Matsui Produced event, just a few weeks short of what will be his 29th Anniversary in wrestling.
Today’s event was held at Komikyo Higashinari Civic Center in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 438, a super full house/very near sellout.
Pre-Show Match: Yusuke Okada & Yuki Ishida beat Kazuma Sumi & Illusion. Ishida pinned Illusion.
Match 1: Danshoku Dieno & Yuki Iino beat Toru Owashi & Trans-Am Hiroshi and Takao Soma & Shota in a 3-way when Iino pinned Hiroshi.
Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul beat Tsubasa & Makoto Oishi. Sasaki beat Oishi with a crossface.
Match 3: Tetsuya Endo & Kuishinbo Kanem beat Kikutaro & Antonio Honda. Endo pinned Honda after Burning Star Press. There appeared to be a comedy segment after the match where Kikutaro claimed he found Referee Matsui’s missing wallet the other day…albeit without 50,000 yen inside (about $375 US). Never trust a clown. Especially one that’s a comedy wrestler.
Match 4: Nick Wayne, Kohei Kinoshita & Yuya Koroku beat MAO, Toi Kojima & Yuni. Wayne pinned Yuni after Waynes World.
Match 5: Yukio Sakaguchi & Saki Akai beat No Name & Kazuki Hirata. Sakaguchi pinned Hirata after PK.
Match 6: Magnitude Kishiwada 30th Anniversary Match: Dick Togo (New Japan), Magnitude Kishiwada (Independent/Freelancer) & Black Buffalo (Osaka Pro) beat Shigehiro Irie (GLEAT), Yuto Kikuchi & Takeshi Masada. Kishiwada pinned Masada after Last Ride. Afterwards,Kishiwada announced that after 30 years he has no intent of retiring anytime soon, and may never retire.
Match 7: Yuji Hino, Jun Akiyama & Hideki Okatani beat HARASHIMA, Kazusada Higuchi & Akito. Hino beat Akito with King Kong sleeper.
Main Event: Yuki Ueno beat HUB (Independent/Freelancer). Afterwards, HUB unmasked but had a towel underneath his mask and did not reveal his actual identity, and gave his mask to Ueno.
The next event is Friday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.
