DDT ran 2 separate events today-first was the KING OF DDT Quarterfinals, second was a mini-event co-sponsored by DDT owner CyberFight Group.
First up, the KING OF DDT event, which was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 430.
Pre-show: Danshoku Dieno & Yumehito Imanari beat Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata. Dieno pinned Hirata.
Match 1: MJ Pawl & KANON vs. Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani went to a double countout.
Match 2: In a THE KICKBOXING MATCH 2022 match with 3 5-minute rounds, Hikaru Machida & Gota Ihashi beat Shinya Aoki & Toui Kojima at 1:42 of round 3. Ihashi pinned Kojima after a moonsault press.
Match 3: MAO, Shunma Katsumata, Yusuke Okada & Tuya Koroku beat Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya, Chris Brookes & Yuki Ishida. Katsumata pinned Ishida after Our Straight Line.
KING OF DDT Quarterfinals:
Match 4: Kazusada Higuchi beat Masa Takanashi.
Match 5: Jun Akiyama beat Yuki Iino.
Match 6: Yuki Ueno beat Daisuke Sasaki.
Main Event: Naomi Yoshimura beat HARASHIMA. Definite upset.
A lottery was held afterwards to determine the Semifinals matches, they will be Ueno vs. Yoshimura and Higuchi vs. Akiyama. The tournament winner becomes the new KO-D Openweight Champion and also wins a 1 million yen bonus sponsor prize (about $8,000 US). The Semifinals and Finals will be on 7/3 (7/2 start in the US).
The second event was held at a specially installed Zelby Land in Machida GION Stadium in Tokyo. There was no live broadcast.
The attendance was not announced.
Match 1: Shuichiro Katsumura & Shinichiro Tominaga beat Mizuki Watase & Zhao Yun Dragon. Katsumura beat Dragon with a “combined joint technique for which names are being recruited”.
Match 2: Saki Akai & Akito beat Cherry & Antonio Honda. Akai pinned Honda after New Face Award.
Main Event: Shiro Koshinaka & Keisuke Ishii beat Ken Ohka & Shota. Koshinaka pinned Shota after a powerbomb.
The next event is Saturday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. The only match announced so far is a KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship match. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 11:30 PM ET/8:30 PM PT.
In other post-event news, the following was annonunced for WRESTLE PETER PAN on 8/20, DDT’s biggest event of the year:
Joey Janela (All Elite Wrestling) vs. Shunma Katsumata in a Hardcore Match
Shinichiro Kawamatsu Debut Match
DDT Universal Champion vs. TBA for the title
KO-D Openweight Champion vs. TBA for the title
Dick Togo participation (formerly of DDT, now with New Japan Pro Wrestling)
