DDT held a second Jun Akiyama 30th Anniversary event today, this one taking place in Osaka and sponsored by NEXTBODY. Some well-known Osaka independent stars and veterans of the small Osaka Pro promotion made special appearances today. And as part of a special ticket package that they paid 50,000 yen or so for (around $400 US), 3 lucky fans got to have dinner & a drink with Akiyama himself after the event.
Today’s event was held at Izumi City Plaza Yayoi No Kaze Hall in Osaka and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 320.
Match 1: Hideki Okatani & Yuya Koroku beat Takeshi Masada & Kazuma Sumi. Koroku beat Sumi with a chicken wing.
Match 2: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Akito & Kazuki Hirata. Iino pinned Akito.
Match 3: Yuji Hino, Makoto Oishi & Takao Soma beat Toru Owashi, Chris Brookes & Toui Kojima. Hino pinned Kojima after Fuckin’ BOMB.
Match 4: HARASHIMA & Yukio Naya beat Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida. Naya pinned Ishida after a chokeslam.
Match 5: Tigers Mask (Osaka Pro) beat Yusuke Okada. Tigers Mask is a spinoff of Tiger Mask and has been one of the top stars in Osaka Pro for most of the last 2 decades.
Match 6: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON beat Yuki Ueno, MAO & Shunma Katsumata. Sasaki beat Katsumata with a crossface.
Main Event: Jun Akiyama 30th Anniversary In Osaka Match: Zeus, The Bodyguard & Ryoji Sai beat Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Sanshiro Takagi. Zeus pinned Akiyama after a jackhammer. Afterwards, Akiyama addressed the crowd and it looked like they had some fun at the expense of Tigers Mask.
The next event is Wednesday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo for the final DDT FREE event of the year. This event is also scheduled to feature the potential Debut Match for new trainee Anarco Montagna although it is billed as a tryout match. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.
