DDT ran a house show today in the hometown of MAO for the first time in 4 1/2 years.
Today’s event was held at Yume Messe Miyagi West Building Hall in Miyagi and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 226.
Match 1: KANON beat Kazuma Sumi.
Match 2; Daisuke Sasaki & Demus beat Yuni & Yuya Koroku. Demus pinned Yuni after Banagueza.
Match 3: HARASHIMA, Danshoku DIeno & Makoto Oishi beat Kazuki Hirata, Aizawa #1 & Illusion. HARASHIMA pinned Illusion after Blue Sword. This was to have been Sanshiro Takagi teaming with Hirata & Aizawa #1 but Takagi was removed earlier this week due to injury. Illusion was the replacement.
Match 4: Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada beat Kazusada Higuchi & Rukiya. Okada pinned Rukiya after Sudden Death.
Match 5: Tetsuya Endo beat MJ Paul.
Main Event: Yuki Ueno, MAO & Toi Kojima beat Chris Brookes, Akito & Yukio Naya. MAO pinned Akito after Cannonball 450. Afterwards, MAO announced he wanted to hold another hometown tournament next year and closed with Heat Wave WER!
The next event is the D KING GRAND PRIX 2023 opener Sunday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 6:15 PM PT/9:15 PM ET. The legendary Kenta Kobashi will be a special guest on commentary.
