DDT ran another fan meeting-centric house show event yesterday in Kanagawa.
Yesterday’s event was held at Rembrandt Hotel Atsugi Grand Banquet Sagami in Kanagawa and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.
The paid attendance was not announced.
There were last-minute changes to the card due to Hinata Kasai being pulled off the event. The always-vague poor health. He was to have teamed with Yuki Ishida & Kazuma Sumi to face To-y, Takeshi Masada & Yuya Koroku. MJ Paul was the replacement and as a result the first match was changed from Hideki Okatani & Illusion vs. Naomi Yoshimura & Yuni to Okatani/Paul/Illusion vs. Yoshimura/Yuni/Ishida the the aforementioned 6-man tag became a tag match.
Before the event, the hotel staff presented a birthday cake to Akito & Rukiya to celebrate their birthdays this month.
Match 1: Match 1: Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Illusion beat Naomi Yoshimura, Yuni & Yuki Ishida. Okatani pinned Yuni after a Kushi-swicel-type Claymore.
Match 2: Rukiya beat Kazuki Hirata.
Match 3: To-y & Kazuma Sumi beat Takeshi Masada & Yuya Koroku. Sumi pinned Koroku.
Match 4: DDT O-40 Champion Daisuke Sasaki beat HARASHIMA. Danshoku Dieno & Tomomitsu Matsunaga in a 4-way by beating Matsunaga to retain the title. V1 for Sasaki. Afterwards, another potential defense against Dieno may have been hinted at.
Intermission. During this time, Shinichiro Kawamatsu, the real-life politician/part-time wrestler, appeared and announced his election to the lower house of the Japanese Diet (their version of Congress) in last week’s snap elections.
Match 5: MAO, KANON & Yukio Naya beat Sanshiro Takagi, Akito & Junta Miyawaki. KANON pinned Akito after a lariat.
Main Event: Yuki Ueno & Jun Akiyama beat Chris Brookes & Antonio Honda. Ueno pinned Honda after WR. Afterwards was a surprise announcement-the return date is 7/5.
The next event is a Kaisei Takechi 2nd Anniversary Event Sunday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.