DDT ran the last event before their annual biggest event of the year today in Tokyo.
Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The paid attendance was not announced
Pre-show match: Tomomitsu Matsunaga & MBM beat Takao Soma & Hinata Kasai. Matsunaga beat Kasai with a spinning toe hold.
Match 1: Jun Akiyama & Rukiya beat Kazuma Sumi & Yuki Ishida. Akiyama pinned Ishida after a knee strike.
Match 2: MJ Paul, Illusion & Tetsuya Koda (Representative Director of Tokyo Joshi Pro) beat Sanshiro Takagi, Naomi Yoshimura & GM Imabayashi. Koda beat Imabayashi with a sleeper hold.
But right after the last match…
GM Imabayashi beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Tetduya Koda to win the title. Imabayashi becomes the 1877th Champion. Which led to a planned showdown on 8/14 with a potential retirement as fate. Until…
Illusion beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion GM Imabayashi to win the title. Illusion becomes the 1878th Champion.
Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki & Hideki Okatani beat Shunma Katsumata & Masami Inahata. Okatani pinned Katsumata after a skewered Claymore. As a result, Okatani wins the “Money In The Bank” challenge right held by Katsumata.
Match 4: Danshoku Dieno beat Kazumi Hirata by submission in 12 seconds. Which led to…
Match 4 (again): In a match where Dieno would win if he executed a man-lustful move within 5 minutes and Hirata would win if he dodged said move within 5 minutes, Danshoku Dieno beat Hirata in what took over 5 minutes.
Match 5: Shinya Aoki, Junta Miyawaki & Alito beat Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA & Antonio Honda. Miyawaki pinned Honda with Sunshine Clutch.
Main Event: Yuki Ueno, Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku, Daichi Sato & To-y beat MAO, KANON, Yujio Naya, Yuki Iino & Viento Levante. To-y pinned Viento. As a result, To-y wins the “Money In The Bank” challenge right held by Viento.
The next event is WRESTLE PETER PAN, the promotion’s biggest event of the year, Tuesday at Ryogoku Kokugikan. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Monday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.