DDT finishes up their September tour today with their monthly tentpole Tokyo event, and it’s a big one because of the main event. What could be the greatest KO-D Openweight Championship match ever is on tap as Kazuki Hirata, who has managed to hold on to the title and outwit the “Money In The Bank” title shot cash-ins to this point, often with his signature comedy, faces the ultimate test today…the GOD OF PRO WRESTLING, Yoshihiko. I could go on and on about my excitement level for this match and how epic it’s hopefully going to be. But keep in mind there are still 2 title shot rights out there so either Yukio Naya or Yuki Ueno could crash the party and cash in, assuming they still hold the rights at match time. And Ueno is in a match challenging for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship right before the main event so if he takes a loss, whoever pins or submits him gets the rights. Same for Naya in a 3-way earlier on. The 6-Man title match also features the return of Kaisei Takechi for his first title shot in the promotion. And, as long as those title shot rights out there, “Card Subject To Change” must be emphasized.
Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. The show is being billed as a 3 hour event but there is a pre-show match scheduled prior, so factoring that in the event will probably run closer to 3 1/2 hours total (no intermission).
Today’s lineup:
Pre-show match: Takao Soma & Rukiya vs. Daichi Sato & Hinata Kasai
Shinya Aoki vs. Yuya Koroku
Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya vs. MAO & KANON and Akito & Kazuma Sumi in a 3-way
Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida vs. Chris Brooks, Antonio Honda & Diego
Jun Akiyama & HARASHIMA vs. Evil Uno & Danshoku Dieno
Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Illusion vs. Yuki Ueno, To-y & Kaisei Takechi for the vacant KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship
DDT Universal Champion Minoru Suzuki vs. Takeshi Masada for the title
KO-D Openweight Champion Kazuki Hirata vs. Yoshihiko for the title
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Updates below will begin at 6:40 PM PT/9:40 PM ET. The main show begins at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 10 minutes before the pre-show match.
6:30 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 10 minutes.
6:40 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Satoshi Dairaku & Kagehiro Isano with special guest Miyuki Susuki.
The paid attendance will not be announced after the event, given Kaiser Takeuchi is featured a non-sellout soul shock me although there is sumo too.
The pre-show match should begin shortly.
The pre-show match begins 5 minutes later than planned.
Pre-show match: Takao Soma & Rukiya vs. Daichi Sato & Hinata Kasai. 15 minute time limit
Result: Takao Soma & Rukiya beat Dauchi Sato & Hinata Kasai. Rukiya pinned Kasai.
Updates will resume when the main show matches begin.
The matches begin at 7:05 PM PT/10:05 PM ET.
Match 1: Shinya Aoki vs. Yuya Koroku. 30 minute time limit
Result: Shinya Aoki beat Yuya Koroku
Match 2: Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya vs. MAO & KANON and Akito & Kazuma Sumi in a 3-way elimination match. 30 minute time limit
Result: Akito & Kazuma Sumi beat Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya and MAO & KANON in a 3-way. Iino & Naya eliminated by MAO & KANON (MAO pinned Naya). As a result, MAO wins Naya’s “Money In The Bank” title shot rights. MAO & KANON then eliminated by Akito & Sumi (Sumi pinned MAO). As a result, Sumi wins MAO’s title shot rights.
Match 3: Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida vs. Chris Brooks, Antonio Honda & Diego. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida beat Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Diego. Ishida pinned Honda after Flame Palm.
Your new host is Haruo Murata.
Match 4: Jun Akiyama & HARASHIMA vs. Evil Uno (All Elite Wrestling) & Danshoku Dieno. 30 minute time limit
Result: Jun Akiyama & HARASHIMA beat Evil Uno & Danshoku Dieno in about 5 seconds before Uno even came out. HARASHIMA pinned Dieno. GM Imabayashi with microphone immediately in the ring afterwards. We know where this is going. Which led to…
Match 4 (again): Jun Akiyama & HARASHIMA vs. Evil Uno (All Elite Wrestling) & Danshoku Dieno. 30 minute time limit
Result: Jun Akiyama & HARASHIMA beat Evil Uno & Danshoku Dieno. HARASHIMA pinned Dieno after Blue Sword.
Match 5: Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Illusion (with Daisuke Sasaki) vs. Yuki Ueno, To-y & Kaisei Takechi for the vacant KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Yuki Ueno, To-y & Kaisei Takechi beat Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Illusion to win the vacant KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship. Ueno, To-y & Takechi become the 59th KO-D Tag Team Champions. Takechi pinned Illusion. Much to all the ladies’ delight, Takechi with microphone afterwards. Just brief comments.
Match 6: DDT Universal Champion Minoru Suzuki vs. Takeshi Masada for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: DDT Universal Champion Minoru Suzuki beat Takeshi Masada by submission to retain the title. V5 for Suzuki. Afterwards, Masada seemingly wanted more so Suzuki laid him out with a forearm shot.
Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion Kazuki Hirata vs. Yoshihiko for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Openweight Champion Kazuki Hirata beat Yoshihiko to retain the title. V2 for Hirata. Afterwards, Yoshihiko’s “handler” presented Hirata a gift…but it turned out to be Yuki Ueno who choked out Hirata. And cashed in! Which led to…
Impromptu Match: KO-D Openweight Champion Kazuki Hirata vs. Yuki Ueno for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Yuki Ueno beat KO-D Openweight Champion Kazuki Hirata to win the title. Ueno becomes the 88th KO-D Openweight Champion. Well…it was fun while it lasted. But wait…Kazuma Sumi ambush! And he cashes in the last shot! Which led to…
Impromptu Match 2: KO-D Openweight Champion Yuki Ueno vs. Kazuma Sumi for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Openweight Champion Yuki Ueno beat Kazuma Sumi to retain the title. V1 for Ueno. And that’ll do it for DDT’s version of “Money In The Bank” 2025. But after Sumi left to well-deserved applause…next up…Minoru Suzuki?!? And perhaps DOUBLE TITLE? But GM Imabayashi interrupts. Just long enough to say…it’s now official. 11/3 at Ryogoku Kokugikan for BOTH titles! So Ueno could well leave with THREE championships!
The next event is CHARISMANIAxMANIAxMANIA, a Daisuke Sasaki Produced event, Thursday. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
Correction: The original post above listed 10/13 as the date for the double title match. The correct date is 11/3.