DDT runs their monthly signature Tokyo event today, “CHANGE AGE 2025-Your Lie In April”, headlined by a KO-D Openweight Championship match. For winning the D GENERATIONS CUP earlier this year, Yuya Koroku earned a title shot and he gets it today against Chris Brookes, which he earned by spoiling Brookes factionmate Takeshi Masada’s repeat Cup bid. Having been so far mostly outdone in his young career by Masada and rival To-y, Koroku will look to leapfrog them both and to the top of DDT. Also on the card is a KO-D Tag Team Championship match as Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura try to stop Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura from bringing the belts back into DDT’s control. The event also features the return of Naomi Yoshimura after over 2 1/2 years out due to major injuries, the return of Hideki Okatani from major injury as a heel and part of Damnation T.A. and an appearance by O-MENZ Kumadori.
Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Voice actor Kentaro Kumagai will be today’s special guest on commentary. There will also be a pre-show match 20 minutes before the event starts-with that factored in this should be a slightly longer Korakuen event than usual so I’m anticipating the running time being just short of 3 hours.
Today’s lineup:
Pre-show: Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda vs. MJ Paul & Illusion
Main show:
Naomi Yoshimura Return Match: Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura, Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida vs. Yukio Naya, Takeshi Masada, To-y & JJ Furno
MAO, Kazuki Hirata & O-MENZ Kumadori vs. Shunma Katsumata, Yuni & Kazuma Sumi
Jun Akiyama vs. Daichi Sato
Hideki Okatani Return Match: Daisuke Sasaki & Hideki Okatani vs. KANON in a handicap match
Minoru Suzuki & Yuki Ueno vs. HARASHIMA & Danshoku Dieno
KO-D Tag Team Champions Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura vs. Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura for the titles
KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes vs. Yuya Koroku for the title
Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.
Updates below will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. The pre-show match is scheduled to begin at 7:10 PT/10:10 PM ET and the main show begins at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.
7 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 10 minutes.
7:10 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Satoshi Dairaku, Kagehiro Osano & Kentaro Kumagai.
The paid attendance will not be announced as they no longer do that.
Pre-show match: Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda vs. MJ Paul & Illusion. 15 minute time limit
Result: MJ Paul & Illusion beat Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda. Illusion pinned Honda.
Updates will resume when the main show matches begin.
The matches begin at 7:36 PM PT/10:36 PM ET.
Match 1: Naomi Yoshimura Return Match: Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura, Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida vs. Yukio Naya, Takeshi Masada, To-y & JJ Furno. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura, Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida beat Yuko Naya, Takeshi Masada, To-y & JJ Furno. Higuchi pinned FUrno after a chokeslam.
Quick break for the GM Imabayashi opening announcements.
Match 2: MAO, Kazuki Hirata & O-MENZ Kumadori vs. Shunma Katsumata, Yuni & Kazuma Sumi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Shunma Katsumata, Yuni & Kazuma Sumi beat MAO, Kazuki Hirata & O-MENZ Kumadori. Katsumata pinned Hirata. Comedy match with lots of music & dancing. Afterwards, the second NwA Jr. single release was announced for 5/6. As they finished the promo though, Snashiro Takagi came out. He announces an event of some sorts for 12/23 (long way off) at Loft Shibuya.
Match 3: Jun Akiyama vs. Daichi Sato. 30 minute time limit
Result: Jun AKiyama beat Daichi Sato
Your new host is Haruo Murata.
Match 4: Hideki Okatani Return Match: Daisuke Sasaki & Hideki Okatani vs. KANON in a handicap match. 30 minute time limit
Result: Daisuke Sasaki & Hideki Okatani beat KANON. Okatani pinned KANON. Afterwards, Damnataion T.A. beat down KANON and also Kazuma Sumi who tried to break it up until a masked man made the save, who then revealed himself to be MAO.
Match 5: Minoru Suzuki & Yuki Ueno vs. HARASHIMA & Danshoku Dieno. 30 minute time limit
Result: Double Countout. Suzuki & Dieno counted out. Afterwards, a promo between them led to Suzuki vs. Dieno being made for the May Korakuen event. As Suzuki left, Yoshihiko appeared from the upper level of the venue. Suzuki just brushed it off.
Match 6: KO-D Tag Team Champions Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura vs. Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Tag Team Champions Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura beat Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura to retain the titles. Abe pinned Nakamura. V1 for the champs.
Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes vs. Yuya Koroku for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes beat Yuya Koroku to retain the title. V4 for Brookes. Next up: Sounds like it will be the KING OF DDT Tournament winner meaning it’s going to be at least a couple months.
The KING OF DDT schedule is announced in a video with commentary talking over it:
Round 1 on 5/6: Antonio Honda vs. Yuki Ueno, Daisuke Sasaki vs. Akito, KANON vs. Shunma Katsumata, Yukio Naya vs. Daichi Sato, Hideki Okatani vs. To-y, Chris Brookes vs. HARASHIMA, Takeshi Masada vs. Yuya Koroku, Shinya Aoki vs. Kazusada Higuchi
Round 2 on 5/10 at Shinjuku Face.
Finals on 5/25 at Korakuen. So unless Brookes wins, the next challenger should get the title shot in June or July.
The next event is Tuesday at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage. There will be no live broadcast.
