DDT held a standalone event with fan meet-and-greets today at a hotel in Kanagawa.
Today’s event was held at Rembrandt Hotel Ebina in Kanagawa and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.
The paid attendance was not announced. Being in a hotel meeting/banquet room the venue was set up banquet-style with tables & chairs rather than a traditional event setup.
Match 1: Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul beat Toru Owashi & Takao Soma. Sasaki beat Soma with a crossface.
Match 2: Makoto Oishi beat Tomomitsu Matsunaga.
Match 3: Takeshi Masada & Daichi Sato beat Yuya Koroku & Keigo Nakamura. Masada pinned Nakamura.
Match 4: Danshoku Dieno & Antonio Honda beat Yuni & Kazuma Sumi. Dieno beat Sumi.
Match 5: Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi beat KANON & Illusion. Takanashi pinned Illusion after a Brookes Praying Mantis Bomb.
Main Event: MAO, To-y & Yukio Naya beat Jun Akiyama, HARASHIMA & AKito. MAO pinned Akito after Twister.
After the matches ended, the wrestlers stayed to interact with the fans around the venue.
The next event is 2/23 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with the D GENERATIONS CUP Finals. The winner (Takeshi Masada or Yuya Koroku) will get a future KO-D Openweight Championship shot. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese will begin Saturday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. Current DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Tetsu Inada will be a guest on commentary.
UPDATE; Regarding Yuki Ueno’s medical concerns, all tests came back clear and he has been cleared by doctors to return, therefore he will return on 2/23. Also, Kaisei Takechi has been added to 2/23 as a special guest on commentary.
