DDT ran a special house show in Tokyo today punctuated by the return of Chris Brookes from injury, 2 weeks before he challenges Yuji Hino for the KO-D Openweight Championship.
Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 305, a full house/near sellout.
Before the matches began, a signing ceremony for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship match on 7/23 was held.
Match 1: Toru Owashi & Kazuma Sumi beat Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno. Sumi pinned Dieno. Akito interference helped.
Match 2: HARASHIMA & Kazuki Hirata beat Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada. HARASHIMA pinned Okada after Blue Sword.
Match 3: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani beat Kazusada Higuchi, Yuki Ishida & Illusion. Okatani pinned Ishida after a running elbow butt.
Match 4: KANON 4th Anniversary Match: TAKA Michinoku (New Japan) & KANON beat Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku. KANON beat Koroku with Ultimate Cobra Twist. Afterwards, KANON requested a match against TAKA in the future, maybe this time next year.
Match 5: Yuki Ueno beat Nick Wayne.
Match 6: Daisuke Sasaki beat Toi Kojima by submission. Afterwards, El Desperado (New Japan) made a surprise appearance. He faces Sasaki on 7/23.
Main Event: Yuji Hino & Makoto Oishi beat Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi. Hino beat Brookes with King Kong Sleeper.
The next event is tomorrow at Shiroishi Castle Honmaru Square in Miyagi. This is a free mini-event. If it rains, the event will be held at Shiroishi City General Public Hall instead. There will be no live broadcast.
