DDT ran their monthly DDT FREE event today, a free admission event where lucky lottery winners get to attend at no charge. This was a significant event because the ban on vocal cheering by fans was lifted for the first time in over 2 years.
Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced attendance was 160, a legit sellout. Because of the ban on vocal cheering being lifted, the tradeoff is capacity was limited to 50%.
Match 1: KANON beat Yuya Koroku.
Match 2: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Akito & Kazuki Hirata by ref stoppage (TKO). Iino beat Akito. Afterwards, Sanshiro Takagi made himself special referee for the DDT Extreme Title match on 7/16.
Match 3: Masa Takanashi & Shunma Katsumata beat Asuka (Veny) & Yusuke Okada. Takanashi pinned Okada after Uwabami.
Match 4: HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi, Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani beat Jun Akiyama, Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida. HARASHIMA pinned Ishida after Blue Sword. Afterwards, Saki Akai requested a tag match with Akiyama as her partner for 8/2 at WRESTLE PETER PAN.
Match 5: Chris Brookes & Antonio Honda beat Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Pawl. Brookes pinned Pawl.
Match 6: MAO beat Andrew Everett.
Main Event: Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura beat Yuki Ueno & Toui Kojima. Higuchi pinned Kojima after Brain Claw Slam. Afterwards, it was decided the winners would graduate from (leave) their respective factions-Eruption & Disaster Box, respectively-and become a tag team and they made a challenge for the KO-D Tag Team Championship on 7/24, when they will now face MAO & Asuka for the titles.
The next event is 7/16 at Nippongashi Sports Plaza Stadium 3 in Nagoya with a DDT Extreme and KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship match on tap. Unfortunately for those looking forward to them, there will be no live broadcast (likely due to the major NOAH event at the same time).
