DDT ran a special standalone outdoor event today as part of the annual cherry blossom viewing season in Japan (and other parts of the world, one of the best and most scenic times to visit the country.
Today’s event was held at Tokorozawa Aviation Memorial Park Outdoor Stage in Saitama and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 312.
There was a late change to the event due to the absence of Toui Kojima. Fever. He was to have been in the 3rd match.
Match 1: Student Pro Wrestling Support Match: HARASHIMA, Great-GO-Khan & Mazacon Kid beat Antonio Honda, Macho Gallows & Dopyu(Heart) McIntyre. Khan pinned McIntyre after Divine Punishment. They looked nothing like who they were spoofing in terms of appearance.
Match 2: MJ Pawl & KANON beat Hideki Okatani & Yuya Koroku. Pawl pinned Koroku after Death Valley Bomb.
Match 3: Yuki Iino Produced Match: Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Yumehito Imanari won a Pheromone Rumble, last eliminating Shunma Katsumata.
Match 4: Kazuki Hirata Produced Match: In a Falls Count Anywhere Item Bring-In Handicap Match, Toru Owashi & Yukio Sakaguchi beat Kazuki Hirata, Takao Soma, Gota Ihashi & Keigo Nakamura. Sakaguchi pinned Hirata after PK.
Match 5: Tetsuya Endo Produced Match: Tetsuya Endo & Keisuke Ishii beat Akito & Trans-Am Hiroshi. Endo pinned Hiroshi after Burning Star Press.
Match 6: Jun Akiyama beat Takashi Masada.
Main Event: Yuji Hino, MAO & Makoto Oishi beat Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida. Hino beat Ishida with King Kong Sleeper. Afterwards, Higuchi requested a change to the KO-D Tag Team Championship match on 3/21 at Korakuen Hall, which was granted. As a result, it’s now a Falls Count Anywhere match.
The next event is “Dramatic Dream Onita-DDO Launch Battle” on 3/19 at Tsurumi Fruit & Vegetable Market in Kanagawa. There will be no live broadcast.
In other news, it was announced that new trainee Rukiya Ikeda will have his Debut Match on 4/9 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo against Yuya Koroku. That event will also have a KO-D Tag Team Championship Match with the 3/21 winners vs. TBA for the titles.
