DDT headed to Miyagi today, far away from everyone else in western Japan, for the first MAO hometown event in 6 years.
Today’s event was held at Matsuyama B&G Marine Center in Miyagi and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 523, a super full house/very near sellout.
During opening announcements, MAO was appointed Global Ambassador for Osaki City, his hometown.
Match 1; Makoto Oishi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Kazuma Sumi by submission.
Match 2; Danshoku DIeno & Kazuki Hirata beat Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda. Hirata pinned Honda.
Match 3: MJ Paul & Demus beat Yukio Naya & Diego. Paul pinned Diego after Death Valley Bomb.
Match 4: Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & Illusion beat Takeshi Masada, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yuni. Sasaki beat Matsunaga with a crossface. Matsunaga was a late replacement for Shunma Katsumata, who was off this event due to a left knee injury suffered a few days ago.
Match 5; Jun Akiyama & HARASHIMA beat Keigo Nakamura & Yuki Ishida. HARASHIMA pinned Ishida after Blue Sword.
Match 6: Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku beat Akito & To-y. Koroku pinned To-y after a transformed Triangle Lancer.
Main Event: MAO & Yuki Ueno vs. Minoru Suzuki & Chris Brookes went to a 30 minute time limit draw.
The next event is “Get Alive 2024” Saturday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET with live results scheduled.
