Lots of DDT Group news today:
First up, Tokyo Joshi Pro has announced the next challengers for Princess Tag Team Champions Yuki Arai & Saki Akai-Leah O’Reilly & Nightshade, both from Pro Wrestling EVE in England and both are heavyweights by women’s wrestling standards, so another literally huge test for AA Eye Candy. That match will happen at WRESTLE PRINCESS 3 on 10/9. Nightshade previously appeared in TJPW in 2019, challenging Maki Itoh for the International Princess Championship. O’Reilly spent time just before that in the Sendai Girls promotion.
A match to determine the next challenger for International Princess Champion Alex Windsor will happen on 9/16 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. It will be Miu Watanabe vs. Suzume. The question then is will the winner go to England for the match like Hikari Noa did, or will Windsor return to Japan? Also, Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh will miss the 9/16 event. Both are headed overseas again.
Now for DDT: On 9/3 in Game Changer Wrestling in the US, Joey Janela successfully defended the DDT Extreme Championship in an 8-man Two Ring Ladder Scramble F**kfest match. V2 for Janela. The event is available as a PPV on FITE but the match likely will be on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at some point in the future.
All-Japan Pro Wresting announced Yukio Naya has been added to their 50th Anniversary event on 9/18 at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. Naya is replacing Ren Ayabe, who is now off due to injury.
Ganbare Pro wrestler Takaki Iwasaki has been added to 10/15 & 10/16 in Hokkaido.
And finally, the details of LiLiCo’s insane “Full refund if boring” plan for the year-ending event at Tokyo Dome City Hall have been announced: The refund window will be up to one hour after the 12/29 event ends, with refunds provided at a special booth by DDT Vice President/wrestler Akito. Fans will have to present their ticket stub from that day and ID and fill out a questionnaire and will only get the ticket price back. If they bought seats that cane with any benefits/goods, those have to get returned too. Same for any giveaway items for WRESTLE UNIVERSE members. No refunds for 25th Anniversary Last Commemorative Seats, which will be a whopping 250,000 yen each (around $1900 US). Other seats will cost 5000-35,000 yen ($40-275 US). So if everyone that could request a refund does, they could lose maybe in the 6 digits US. Tickets go on sale September 18.
