DDT paused their current tour today for a standalone event in Tokyo.
Today’s event was held at Tokyo FM Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 286, a legit sellout.
Before the matches, a public signing ceremony for the DDT Universal Championship main event was held.
Match 1: DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Kazuma Sumi beat Shunma Katsumata, Yukio Naya, To-y & Illusion by pinning Katsumata to retain the title. Stole the pin after a Naya chokeslam.
Match 2: Akito, Kazusada Higuchi & Toru Owashi beat Chris Brookes, Takeshi Masada & Yuni, AKito beat Yuni with a figure 4.
Match 3; Sanshiro Takagi beat Kazuki Hirata.
Match 4; Danshoku Dieno vs. Makoto Oishi went to a no contest. Takeshi Masada & Illusion interference. Which led to…
Match 4 (again): Takeshi Masada & Illusion beat Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi. Masada pinned Oishi after Masada’s Power KOBU Muscle.
Match 5: Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & MJ Paul beat Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku. KANON beat Koroku with Just Cobra Twist.
Match 6: Yuki Ueno & Fuminori Abe (Independent/Freelancer) beat HARASHIMA & Keigo Nakamura. Ueno beat Nakamura with a blackout sleeper.
Main Event: DDT Universal Champion MAO beat Shiryu to retain the title. V9 for MAO. No challengers hinted at next so the next defense may not be until after his KO-D Openweight Championship match on 7/21.
The next event is “Sauna Street Wrestling”, a special one-match mini-event, Friday at Aqua Eucalyptus in Chiba. Said one match scheduled is DDT Extreme Champion Shunma Katsumata vs. Yukio Naya, To-y, Illusion & Kazuma Sumi in a 5-way Falls Count Anywhere match for the title. There could be Iron Man title changes with Sumi in it as well. Broadcast plans TBA but there will be no live broadcast on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. It will be “filmed and streamed” though so that suggests a possible YouTube broadcast.
