DDT began the GOD BLESS SDT 2023 Tour today with what was billed as the farewell event for the Pheromones as they had to disband after today. Whether or not that’s good is up to you.
Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 436, a super full house/very near sellout.
The main event was changed from an 8-man tag to a handicap match ahead of time because of a Koju Takeda injury.
Match 1: Takeshi Masada & Kazuma Sumo beat Kazuki Hirata & Makoto Oishi, with Masada pinning Hirata to win the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship. Masada becomes the 1580th Champion. This set up a double title match on 10/22.
Match 2: Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku beat Hideki Okatani, Yukio Naya & Rukiya. Okada pinned Rukiya after Sudden Death.
Match 3: Tetsuya Endo & Kazusada Higuchi beat Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul. Higuchi pinned Paul after Brain Claw Slam.
Match 4: Yukio Sakaguchi & Saki Akai beat HARASHIMA & Gota Ihashi. Sakaguchi pinned Ihashi after New Face Award. Afterwards, Akai chose Sanshiro Takagi, Akito & Makoto Oishi to get the next KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship match. That match will happen on 10/15 in Hokkaido.
Match 5: Takao Soma & Shota beat KO-D Tag Team Champions Minoru Fujita & KANON to win the titles. Soma & Shota become the 80th KO-D Tag Team Champions. Shota beat Fujita with Gannosuke Clutch. Next up: Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda. That match will happen on 11/12 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
Main Event: Pheromones Final-In a Handicap Match, Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Yumehito Imanari vs. Akito, Yuki Ueno, MAO & Toi Kojima went to a no contest. GM Imabayashi stoppage. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: Yuki Iino beat GM Imabayashi by submission in 58 seconds. This may not be the end of those deplorable Pheromons as Akito declared a “Pheromone Trial” will begin at midnight tonight (8 AM PT/11 AM ET today). Check the YouTube and the socials…may be the end, may not be…
The next event is Saturday at Sanjo City Welfare Hall in Niigata. There will be no live broadcast.
