DDT ran 2 events yesterday and today, continuing the GOD BLESS DDT 2023 Tour yesterday and following up with a free mini-event today.
Yesterday’s event was held at Sanjo City Welfare Hall in Niigata and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 253, a full house/near sellout.
Match 1: Yusuke Okada beat Rukiya.
Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Takeshi Masada & Kazuma Sumi. KANON pinned Sumi after Sleepy Hollow.
Match 3: Super Sasadango Machine beat Danshoku DIeno & Kazuki Hirata in a 3-way by pinning Dieno. Sanjo City Mayor Ryo Takizawa, in attendance for the event, interfered to help Machine win. Machine headbutted the Mayor then and demanded a match, which did not happen.
Match 4: Yukio Naya beat MJ Paul.
Match 5: Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani beat Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku. Okatani pinned Koroku with a double arm suplex.
Match 6: All-Asia Tag Team Champions Jun Akiyama & Kotaro Suzuki beat Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu (All-Japan) to retain the titles. Akiyama pinned Omori after a wrist-clutch Exploder. V1 for the champs. Next up: Sakaguchi & Okatani. That match will happen on 11/3 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and will be held under PWF (All-Japan) Rules.
Main Event: Yuki Ueno, MAO & Toi Kojima beat HARASHIMA, Kazusada Higuchi & Akito. Ueno pinned Akito after WR.
Today’s event was held at Akos Event Square in Saitama and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.
The attendance was not announced because this was a free event. It was also an outdoor event.
Match 1: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani beat Kazuki Hirata, Danshoku Dieno & Kazuma Sumi. Okatani pinned Sumi with a double arm suplex.
Match 2: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku beat Akito, Yukio Naya, Takeshi Masada & Rukiya. Endo pinned Rukiya after a swiveling torture rack bomb.
Match 3: HARASHIMA, Kazusada Higuchi & Antonio Honda beat Yuki Ueno, MAO & Toi Kojima. HARASHIMA pinned Kojima after Blue Sword. HARASHIMA was presented with a special sponsor prize afterwards for being the winner.
The next event is Saturday at Sapporo E-One Arena in Hokkaido for a weekend doubleheader. There will be no live broadcasts.
