DDT wrapped up 2023 in Japan with their final event of the year, a 1 day 6-man tag team tournament.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. Surprisingly, given it was at Korakuen, there was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 778.
6-Man NYE Tag Tournament Round 1:
Match 1: HARASHIMA, Koji Sekifuda & Yuji Hino beat Takeshi Masada, Akira & Koji Iwamoto. HARASHIMA pinned Masada after Blue Magic Sword.
Match 2: Kazusada Higuchi, Yasufumi Nakanoue & Kyohei Kinoshita beat Takao Soma, Kazumasa Yoshida & Trans-Am*Hiroshi. Kinoshita pinned Hiroshi with a blockbuster hold.
Match 3: Yukio Naya, Hideyoshi Kamiya & Minoru Suzuki vs. Danshoku Dieno, Daichi Hashimoto & Ikuto Hidaka went to a 10 minute time limit draw. Which led to…
Continuation (no time limit, 1 count fall): Yukio Naya, Hideyoshi Kamiya & Minoru Suzuki beat Danshoku Dieno, Daichi Hashimoto & Ikuto Hidaka. Suzuki beat Dieno with a sleeper hold.
Match 4: Tetsuya Endo, Daisuke Sekimoto & Fuminori Abe beat Hideki Okatani, Yuki Ishikawa & Brahman Shu. Abe pinned Shu.
Match 5: Daimonji Sou (?), Ender Kara (?), Leighton Buzzard & Tempesta beat Kazumi Kikuta, Kazuki Hashimoto, Kazuma Sumi & Rukiya. Buzzard pinned Rukiya after a firebird splash. (Completely guessing the winners names based on translations)
6-Man NYE Tag Tournament Semifinals:
Match 6: HARASHIMA, Koji Sekifuda & Yuji Hino beat Kazusada Higuchi, Yasufumi Nakanoue & Kyohei Kinoshita. Sekifuda pinned Kinoshita after Ironman.
Match 7: Yukio Naya, Hideyoshi Kamiya & Minoru Suzuki vs. Tetsuya Endo, Daisuke Sekimoto & Fuminori Abe went to a 15 minute time limit draw. Which led to…
Continuation (same as above): Tetsuya Endo, Daisuke Sekimoto & Fuminori Abe beat Yukio Naya, Hideyoshi Kamiya & Minoru Suzuki. Sekimoto pinned Kamiya after a lariat.
Match 8: Takuya Nomura, Abdullah Kobayashi & Kankuro Hoshino beat Yuki Ueno, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda. Kobayashi pinned Honda.
Main Event: 6-Man NYE Tag Tournament Finals: Tetsuya Endo, Daisuke Sekimoto & Fuminori Abe beat HARASHIMA, Koji Sekifuda & Yuji Hino to win the tournament. Endo pinned Sekifuda after Burning Star Press.
The promotion’s 2024 schedule begins Wednesday with the D KING GP 2023 Finals. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. D KING GP Chairman Kenta Kobashi and SKE48 member Marika Tani will be guests on commentary. The first 3 matches will also be broadcast FOR FREE on YouTube.
