DDT ran a special “All Seats 3000 yen” house show today, a morning matinee spotlighting the promotion’s younger talent. All the seats were a discounted 3000 yen, a monthly special that was replaced in 2022 by the DDT FREE events with free admission and tickets distributed via lottery.
Today’s event was held at Itabashi Green Hall in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (expected to be Saturday). There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 234, a legit advance sellout.
Match 1: HARASHIMA & Antonio Honda beat Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno. Honda pinned Dieno after a diving fist drop.
Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata and Yukio Naya & Yusuke Okada in a 3-way when Sasaki beat Hirata.
Match 3: Yuki Ueno & Yuya Koroku beat Makoto Oishi & Illusion. Ueno pinned Illusion after a dropkick.
Match 4: Tetsuya Endo beat Hideki Okatani.
Match 5: MAO & Shunma Katsumata beat Toui Kojima & Kazuma Sumi. Katsumata pinned Kojima after Super Double Miracle Ecstasy.
Match 6: Chris Brookes beat Takeshi Masada.
Main Event: Kazusada Higuchi beat Yuki Ishida.
Konosuke Takeshita appeared at the end and announced he is returning to the US tomorrow (he is headed back to All Elite Wrestling starting tomorrow) but wanted one more match before he left. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Yuki Ueno went to a 10 minute time limit draw.
The next event is Saturday at Tsurumi Fruit & Vegetable Market in Kanagawa, headlined by a New Year’s Air Time Bomb & Electric Current Blast Bat Deathmatch featuring Atsushi Onita (a 6-man tag match). A time bomb will be placed above the ring and explode after 10 minutes. If Onita’s team loses, he loses the trademark rights to “exploding current” and they are transferred to DDT. But if Onita’s team wins, the winning member (Onita, Shunma Katsumata or Toui Kojima) will assume the corporate role within DDT of the loser (President if Sanshiro Takagi takes the loss, Vice President if it’s Akito, Store Manager if it’s Takao Soma). It is trending towards a legit sellout. Unfortunately for the rest of us, there will be no live broadcast.
