DDT held 2 separate events yesterday-a mid-major event in Nagoya then a special one-match event held on an actual running bullet train. Yep, only in DDT.
The first event was held at Nagoya International Conference Center Event Hall and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 531, a full house/near sellout.
A public signing ceremony for next week’s KO-D Openweight Championship match between Chris Brookes & Saki Akai was held before the event began.
Match 1: Kazuma Sumi beat Rukiya.
Match 2: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Sanshiro Takagi & Takeshi Masada and Kazuki Hirata & Akito in a 3-way by ref stoppage (TKO) when Iino beat Masada.
Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON beat Hideki Okatani, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku. KANON beat Koroku with a cobra twist.
Match 4: Shigehiro Irie, Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida beat Yuji Hino, Makoto Oishi & Tetsuya Endo. Irie pinned Oishi after Beast Bomber. Afterwards, Hino announced his regular DDT participation will end after this week.
Match 5: In an Exploding Bat & Board Death Match, Jun Akiyama & Kotaro Suzuki beat All-Asia Tag Team Champions Atsushi Onita & Yoshitatsu (All-Japan) to win the titles. Akiyama & Suzuki become the 120th All-Asia Tag Team Champions. Akiyama pinned Yoshitatsu after a sandwich style exploding bat full swing. Next up: TBA but under normal rules-no more death matches.
Match 6: HARASHIMA & Yukio Naya beat Yuki Ueno & Toi Kojima. Naya pinned Kojima after The World’s Largest Backdrop.
Main Event: Minoru Suzuki, Yukio Sakaguchi & Saki Akai beat Chris Brookes, MAO & Antonio Honda. Akai pinned Honda after Quetzalcoatl.
The second event was held on a bullet train from Tokyo to Nagoya and will be available as a PPV via Ticket Pia beginning Saturday. It should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date.
The announced paid attendance was 75, a super full house/very near sellout.
Result: In a Falls Count Anywhere match, Minoru Suzuki beat Sanshiro Takagi in 37:29. Takeshi Masada, Danshoku Dieno, Hikaru Sato, Jun Akiyama & Kazunori Mutakami all somehow got involved. Afterwards, Takagi suddenly retired but it was a false retirement as he attacked Suzuki halfway through the ceremonial 10 count.
The next event is Who’s Gonna TOP? 2023 Sunday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. Live results are scheduled.
