DDT holds their monthly tour-ender today in Tokyo, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 2024, as the final push to WRESTLE PETER PAN, their biggest annual event, gets underway with just 3 weeks to go. It’s a rare big tour-ender without any scheduled title matches this time but it does see Yuki Ueno return from missing last week’s events (fever) in time for one more The37Kamiina tag team faceoff with MAO, who challenges Ueno for the KO-D Openweight Championship on 7/21. In the semifinal, as Sanshiro Takagi’s indefinite hiatus draws closer, he brings in two of his prized Tokyo Joshi Pro cornerstones, Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh, for a special mixed tag match…which does involve Danshoku Dieno teaming with Itoh, so pray for Yamashita that she doesn’t get molested too badly. Because DDT.
Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Kentaro Kumagai will be a special guest on commentary. With no title matches that means all 30 minute time limits today, and it wouldn’t surprise me if the main event goes the distance so I’ll predict the close-to-usual Korakuen running time of about 2 1/2 hours.
Today’s lineup (in order):
Yuni vs. Illusion & Kazuma Sumi in a 3-way
Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON vs. Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda
Jun Akiyama & Makoto Oishi vs. Yukio Naya & Keigo Nakamura
HARASHIMA, Takao Soma & Akito vs. Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi & Takeshi Masada
Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku vs. Go Shiozaki, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69 (Pro Wrestling NOAH)
Sanshiro Takagi & Miyu Yamashita vs. Danshoku Dieno & Maki Itoh
Yuki Ueno & Shunma Katsumata vs. MAO & To-y
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Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin at 7:10 PM PT/10:10 PM ET.
7:10 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 10-15 minutes. Updates will begin then.
7:22 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. We should be joined later by Haruo Murata.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. As usual a little too early to make a solid prediction but advance sales seemed slower than usual (the “super seats” didn’t sell out in advance). I’ll probably wind up with my usual prediction of around 700. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 992, a full house/near sellout. Didn’t look even close to that to me)
The matches should begin in about 15 minutes.
The matches begin at 7:35 PM PT/10:35 PM ET.
Match 1: Yuni vs. Illusion & Kazuma Sumi in a 3-way. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kazuma Sumi beat Yuni & Illusion in a 3-way by pinning Yuni.
Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON vs. Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda. 30 minute time limit
Result: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON beat Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda. KANON pinned Hirata after a Sasaki diving elbow drop.
Match 3: Jun Akiyama & Makoto Oishi vs. Yukio Naya & Keigo Nakamura. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yukio Naya & Keigo Nakamura beat Jun Akiyama & Makoto Oishi. Nakamura pinned Oishi after a diving headbutt.
Quick break for the opening announcements from GM Imabayashi.
Your new host is Haruo Murata.
Match 4: HARASHIMA, Takao Soma & Akito vs. Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi & Takeshi Masada. 30 minute time limit
Result: Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi & Takeshi Masada beat HARASHIMA, Takao Soma & Akito. Masada pinned Soma after Masada’s Power KOBU Muscle. Immediately afterwards, Antonio Honda with microphone. It sounds like he issued a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship challenge for WRESTLE PETER PAN. This brought out both Damnation TA (who apparently stole the belts after losing them recently) and The37Kamiina (just To-y & Shunma Katsumata). And To-y & Katsumata found a third for their challenge…Aja Kong! It’s then made official by GM Imabayashi-a 4-way elimination match for the titles at WRESTLE PETER PAN.
Match 5: Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku vs. Go Shiozaki, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69 (Pro Wrestling NOAH). 30 minute time limit
Result: Go Shiozaki, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69 beat Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku. Kotoge pinned Koroku after Kill Switch.
Match 6: Sanshiro Takagi & Miyu Yamashita vs. Danshoku Dieno & Maki Itoh. 30 minute time limit
Result: Sanshiro Takagi & Miyu Yamashita beat Danshoku Dieno & Maki Itoh. Takagi pinned Dieno. Afterwards, it was announced that Takagi’s final pre-hiatus match will be vs. Dieno in a Weapon Rumble at WRESTLE PETER PAN.
Main Event: Yuki Ueno & Shunma Katsumata vs. MAO & To-y. 30 minute time limit
Result: MAO & To-y beat Yuki Ueno & Shunma Katsumata. MAO pinned Katsumata after Michinoku Driver 2. Almost went the distance, 25+ minutes.
The next event is Friday at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast.
UPDATE: MAO has apparently left The37Kamiina post-main event, which has resulted in changes for upcoming events. At least he’s left them until 7/21. It was also announced that former SKE48 member Marika Tani will return as a guest on commentary for 7/21.
