DDT ran their monthly tour-ending major event, Summer Memories 2024, today in Tokyo.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 1369, a super full house/very near sellout.
Match 1: Antonio Honda beat Kazuki Hirata & Toru Owashi in a 3-way in 10 seconds by pinning Hirata. Which led to…
Match 1 (again): Toru Owashi beat Antonio Honda & Kazuki Hirata in a 3-way by pinning Honda. (For those unaware of who missed it, Honda already cashed in his ‘Money In The Bank” title shot so for him at least it’s over)
Match 2; Chris Brookes, Takeshi Masada & Masa Takanashi beat Makoto Oishi, Yuni & Illusion. Takanashi pinned Illusion after Ukabami.
Match 3: MAO, Shunma Katsumata & To-y beat Jun Akiyama, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Keigo Nakamura. Katsumata pinned Matsunaga with a German suplex hold.
Match 4: Takao Soma 15th Anniversary Match: Keisuke Ishii beat Takao Soma.
Match 5; Daisuke Sasaki, Ryuichi Kawakami & KANON beat HARASHIMA, Yukio Naya & Kazuma Sumi. Kawakami pinned Naya after a lariat.
Match 6: Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku beat Kota Ibushi (Independent/Freelancer), Danshoku Dieno & Akito. Endo pinned Akito after Burning Star Press. This was Ibushi’s first match in DDT in several years-a decade, I believe (since he left the promotion to eventually go to New Japan and, as of earlier this year, part-time to All Elite Wrestling although he hasn’t appeared since officially signing with them due to injuries).
Main Event: Shinya Aoki beat KO-D Openweight Champion Yuki Ueno to win the title. Aoki becomes the 83rd KO-D Openweight Champion. Wow. Next up: Endo. That match will happen on 9/8 at Nagoya Congress Center Event Hall in Nagoya.
The next event is Friday at Shinjuku Face. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.
