DDT runs their monthly signature tour-ender event in Tokyo today, Get Alive 2024. There have been big shakeups to the card since yesterday because of the announcement that the KO-D Tag Team Championship, which was to have been defended today, is now VACANT due to a Shunma Katsumata injury that will keep him out for months. No word on plans to crown new champions yet. Instead of Katsumata & MAO defending the titles against Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku, it’s now MAO, Yuki Ueno & To-y vs. Endo, Koroku & Yuki Iino. And earlier today came word that Yusuke Okada is retiring immediately due to the effects of treatment for cancer-he is in remission and doing well but physically is not in a good enough condition to continue wrestling. He will appear today to address fans. As for the event itself, the headliner is a DDT Extreme Championship match where Danshoku Dieno defends against Yuni, originally planned to feature the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship in a double title match but, as is often the case with that 24/7 Iron Man title, plans change. And they changed many times. And they could change yet again. As always the Extreme Championship rules are wacky-there will be a ‘Cinderella Time” period or periods during the match. During those times, if Dieno does any of his usual shenanigans (NSFW stuff), he is DQ’d. When Cinderella Time is not in effect, it’s a No DQ match. Also, Kazuki Hirata is celebrating his birthday with a wacky 1 vs. 6 Handicap Match that will be all about DDT comedy…all you need to know is Yoshihiko is involved so it’s must-see.
Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Raira (?) Ikeda, who appears to be a member of a comedy group, will be a special guest on commentary. There are 2 title matches scheduled out of 7 total but in spite of those I anticipate this being a “normal” Korakuen event with a total running time of around 2 1/2 hours.
Today’s lineup:
Demus & Illusion vs. Munetatsu Nakamura & Kazuma Sumi
Kazuki Hirata vs. Toru Owashi, Takao Soma, Diego, Antonio Honda, Yuki Ishida & Yoshihiko in a handicap match
Jun AKiyama, Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura vs. HARASHIMA, Yukio Naya & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
Akito 15th Anniversary Match: Akito vs. Isami Kodaka
Yuki Ueno, MAO & To-y vs. Yuki Iino, Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku
DDT Extreme Champion Danshoku Dieno vs. Yuni in a “You’re still a Cinderella even climbing the path to Adulthood Deathmatch” for the title. No DQ except during “Cinderella Time”, in that time Dieno is DQ’d if he does any of his usual shenanigans
KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON vs. Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi & Takeshi Masada for the titles
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