DDT ran their last big event before CyberFight Festival, “What Are You Doing ’22”, today which served as most of the final build to the 6/12 blowout event for the CyberFight group’s collection of promotions.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 490.
Pre-show dark match: Yusuke Okada vs. Yuya Koroku went to a 10 minute time limit draw.
Match 1: Danshoku Dieno, Yumehito Imanari & Akito beat Sanshiro Takagi, Shinya Aoki & Yuki Ishida. Akito beat Ishida with a chicken wing. Afterwards, Akito apparently turned on DDT and joined Pheromons after initial refusal to do so and will now be known as Nishikigi “Cochin” Akito. Kendo Ka Shin & Yumiko Hotta also were involved in all this.
Match 2: A DDT Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship Battle Royal went as follows: 1-Champion Shinichiro Kawamatsu beat Pocatan to retain the title. 2-Kazuki Hirata beat Tanomusaku Toba. 3-Kazuki Hirata beat Shinichiro Kawamatsu to win the title. Hirata becomes the 1549th champion. 4-Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda went to a double pinfall. As a result, Toru Owashi wins as the last person standing and becomes the 1550th champion.
It is announced that a cheering event, where fans can cheer audibly again, albeit with masks still required, will be held on 8/14 at Korakuen. Opening round King Of DDT matches are also announced.
Match 3: Asuka (Veny), Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya & Maya Yukihi beat Saki Akai, Yukio Salaguchi, Hideki Okatani & Hiroshi Yamato. Naya pinned Okatani after a backdrop.
Match 4: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON beat Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & Toui Kojima. Sasaki beat Kojima with a crossface.
Match 5: In a Sexy Movie Star Rule Match, DDT Extrene Champion Yuki Iino beat AKIRA to retain the title. V2 for Iino.
Match 6: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Kazusada Higuchi beat HARASHIMA, Takao Soma & Naomi Yoshimura. Higuchi pinned Soma after a brain claw slam.
Main Event: Masa Takanashi beat DDT Universal Champion MAO to win the title. Takanashi becomes the 7th DDT Universal Champion.
The next event is Sunday at 2AW Square in Chiba (Saturday night in the US). There is no live broadcast scheduled. It should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE by the middle of next week. This is the final event before CyberFight Festival.
