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DDT runs their penultimate event of 2023 today and will finish up the preliminary round of the D KING GP 2023 as well. It’s gotten a little less dramatic because today’s lineup has become decimated by injury and illness and that will affect the tournament, namely Block B-Rei Saito was in a must-win situation today but got gifted a free win because opponent Chris Brookes is out doe to injury/illness (malignant tumor in abdomen). And before a must-win for both that screwed MAO because he now can’t advance to the Final even if he beats Yukio Naya because of tiebreakers (he lost to Saito). So Naya advances if he wins, Saito advances if MAO wins or it’s a draw. Yusuke Okada is also out due to illness and Yuki Ishida, just after coming back from injury, is back on the shelf again long-term. There is plenty of other stuff happening today but the focus is the tournament: In Block A, 4 still have a chance to advance so it almost certainly will come down to tiebreakers after the matches unless the simplest scenario occurs, that’s Kazusada Higuchi winning to advance. But if it’s Yuki Ueno & Daisuke Sasaki tied at the top *should both win and Higuchi lose), things get interesting because their match result was a draw.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Japanese actor Takumi Momose will be a special guest on commentary. There are 2 title matches although one is for the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship, and I think they’ll want to be done in time for viewers to switch over to Tokyo Joshi Pro’s event later today so I anticipate the total running time being 2 1/2 to 3 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Yukio Sakaguchi & Rukiya vs. MJ Paul & KANON
Battle Royal for the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship. Participants announced so far: Toru Owashi, Sanshiro Takagi, Kazuki Hirata, Kazuma Sumi, Akito, TBA (open recruitment slots), presumably Great Koji (current champion-supposedly is really Toi Kojima)
Rei Saito vs. Hideki Okatani
KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Jun Akiyama, Danshoku DIeno & Makoto Oishi vs. Masa Takanashi, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada for the titles
D KING GP:
Block B: MAO vs. Yukio Naya. Naya advances with win. Otherwise Saito advances
Block A: Daisuke Sasaki vs. HARASHIMA. Sasaki must win
Block A: Yuki Ueno vs. Yuki Iino. Ueno must win
Block A: Tetsuya Endo vs. Kazusada Higuchi. Higuchi advances with win

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Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.

6:23 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Yours hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano and special guest Takumi Momose.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The crowd is still filing in but they’re using their usual reduced capacity setup opposite hard-camera and it’s Christmas Eve so that may keep the crowd down (although the Tokyo Joshi Pro event after this is now a legit advance sellout). I’ll estimate it’ll be around 500. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 761, a full house/near sellout)

The matches should begin in about 15 minutes.

The matches begin at 6:33 PM PT.

Match 1: Yukio Sakaguchi & Rukiya vs. MJ Paul & KANON. 30 minute time limit
Result: MJ Paul & KANON beat Yukio Sakaguchi & Rukiya. KANON beat Rukiya with a cobra twist.

Match 2: (At least a 7 man) Battle Royal for the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship. Staggered entry. Over the top rope elimination rules in effect. No time limit. Participants (order of entry): Kazuki Hirata, Toru Owashi, Akito, Kazuma Sumi, Sanshiro Takagi, DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Great Koji (Toi Kojima), Poison Sawada JULIE
Order of elimination: Akito by Takagi, Sumi by Takagi, Hirata by Takagi, Takagi by JULIE, Kojima by JULIE to win the title, JULIE by Owashi to win the title
Result: Toru Owashi wins to win the title, last liminating Poison Sawada JULIE who beat Great Koji to win the title. JULIE became the 1597th Champion. Owashi becomes the 1598th Champion. And inadvertently left without the title belt so GM IMabayashi had to retrieve it and run after him.

Your new host is Ken Kato for now.

Match 3: Rei Saito (All-Japan) vs. Hideki Okatani. 30 minute time limit
Result: Rei Saito beat Hideki Okatani. Glorified squash.

Match 4: KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Jun Akiyama, Danshoku DIeno & Makoto Oishi vs. Masa Takanashi, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Jun Akiyama, Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi beat Masa Takanashi, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada to retain the titles. Oishi pinned Honda with a rollup after reversing a rollup. V1 for the champs.

Quick break for GM Imabayashi’s opening-at-mid-event announcements.

D KING GP 2023 Block B: Rei Saito beat Chris Brookes by forfeit (withdrawal-injury).

Match 5: D KING GP 2023 Block B; MAO vs. Yukio Naya. If Naya wins, he wins Block B and advances to the Finals. If MAO wins or it’s a draw, Rei Saito advances. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yukio Naya beat MAO. As a result, Naya wins Block B and advances to the Finals. Naya had the tiebreaker over Saito by winning their match. He will face the Block A winner on 1/4/24.

Match 6: D KING GP 2023 Block A: Daisuke Sasaki vs. HARASHIMA. Sasaki must win. 30 minute time limit
Result: HARASHIMA beat Daisuke Sasaki. Sasaki is OUT. That means Yuki Ueno can now win Block A with a win AND Kazusada Higuchi loss.

Match 7: D KING GP 2023 Block A: Yuki Ueno vs. Yuki Iino. Ueno must win. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Iino beat Yuki Ueno. As a result, the main event winner wins Block A.

Main Event: D KING GP 2023 Block A: Kazusada Higuchi vs. Tetsuya Endo. The winner wins Block A (Endo would have tiebreaker with a win). If it’s a draw, Higuchi wins Block A. 30 minute time limit
Result: Tetsuya Endo beat Kazusada Higuchi. As a result, Endo wins Block A and will face Naya in the Finals.

Afterwards, Naya, who had been watching from one of the entrances, came to the ring to join Endo and GM Imabayashi in the ring. Promo time.

The Final is on 1/3.

After all this, “All I Want For Christmas Is You” by Mariah Carey is played as the roster comes out in Santa outfits, hats and more with goody bags filled with candy and goodies to be thrown into the crowd. Referee Dsiauke Kiso even brings out a small tree. Kazuki Hirata with microphone to deliver Christmas greetings & wishes to the fans. And then he attacked Toru Owashi with the tree! Which led to…
The Christmas Tree beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Toru Owashi to win the title. The Tree becomes the 1599th Champion. The entire roster made the pinfall, but the tree was directly on top of Owashi and declared the champion. Takagi with microphone. He said a few year-end words before handing off to Ueno for the KO-D Openweight Champion’s send-off. He had the fans all stand and led the roster in a shout of “Merry Christmas, Thank You!” followed by a 2023 highlight video to end the event with the final sendoff: Thank You To DDT Universe And Have A Happy New Year!

The next event is 12/31 with a year-end 1-day 6-man tag team tournament. There will be no live broadcast (unusual because it’s at Korakuen). Before commentary signed off to end the broadcast, it was announced that SKE48 member Marika Tani will return as a guest on commentary for the 1/3 event.

UPDATE: In post-match backstage comments shared on the socials, Daisuke Sasaki claimed he was going to retire. Maybe in a year. We shall see if anything comes of this.

DDT continued the D KING GP 2023 today with the penultimate event of the prelim round.

Today’s event was held at Sakurajuji Hall Yatsushiro Multipurpose Hall and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 282, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani beat Takao Soma & Kazuma Sumi. Okatani beat Sumi with a dragon sleeper.

Match 2: Chris Brookes, Akito & Takeshi Masada beat Danshoku Dieno, Makoto Oishi & Kazuki Hirata. Masada pinned Oishi after a triangle kick.

Match 3: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada beat HARASHIMA, Yukio Naya & Rukiya. Endo pinned Rukiya after a rotating torture rack bomb. This was Akiyama’s final match as a member of the Burning faction, or at least such match teaming with Endo in the faction.

D KING GP:
Match 4: Block A: Daisuke Sasaki beat Yuki Iino.
Match 5: Block B: MAO beat KANON.

Main Event: Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida beat Yuki Ueno & Toi Kojima. Higuchi pinned Kojima after Brain Claw Slam.

Standings Update for tournament: In Block A, Sasaki stays in it with the win and 4 still have a chance on the final day. Scenarios to win are as follows:
Higuchi (6 points): Advances with win (Endo). Also advances with draw and Sasaki win.
Ueno (5 points): Advances with win (Sasaki) and Higuchi loss or draw.
Sasaki (5 points): Advances with win (Ueno) and Higuchi loss.
Endo (4 points): Advances with win (Higuchi) and Ueno/Sasaki must end in a no points scenario (double DQ or no contest).
In Block B, KANON is now OUT thanks to the loss today so it’s 3 tied for the lead. Their scenarios to win:
MAO (6 points): Advances with win (Naya) and Rei Saito loss or draw.
Naya (6 points): Advances with win (MAO).
Rei Saito (6 points): Advances with win (Brookes) and MAO win.

The next event is 12/24 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The card is subject to change last-minute due to a DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship battle royal being scheduled (the title has legit 24/7 rules and can be won anytime, anywhere by anything as long as a referee is present). Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. Live results will be provided here.

DDT continued the D KING GP 2023 today with an event in Fukuoka.

Today’s event was held at Nishitetsu Hall in Fukuoka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 355, a full house/near sellout.

A pre-show match was provided by Kyushu Sangyo University Pro Wrestling Research Department with a bunch of masked wrestlers.

Match 1: Yukio Sakaguchi & Takao Soma beat Yukio Naya & Yusuke Okada. Soma pinned Okada.

Match 2: MAO, Toi Kojima & Vanvert Jacques beat Azure Dragon, Akito & Kazuma Sumi. Kojima pinned Sumi after Kojima Wonderland.

Match 3: D KING GP Block B: Kazuki Hirata beat Chris Brookes.

Match 4: D KING GP Block B: Rei Saito beat KANON.

Match 5: Jun Akiyama, Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi beat Hideki Okatani, Yuki Ishida & Takeshi Masada. Oishi pinned Ishida with a tornado clutch.

Match 6: D KING GP Block A: Kazusada Higuchi beat Yuki Iino.

Match 7: D KING GP Block A: Yuki Ueno beat HARASHIMA.

Main Event: D KING GP Block A: Daisuke Sasaki beat Tetsuya Endo by submission.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Higuchi, 3-1, 6 points
2-Ueno, 2-1-1, 5 points
3-Endo, 2-2, 4 points
4-Sasaki, 1-1-1, 3 points
5-HARASHIMA, 1-3, 2 points (OUT)
6-Iino, 1-2, 2 points (OUT)

Block B:
1-Naya, 3-1, 6 points
2-Saito, 3-1, 6 points
3-MAO, 2-1, 4 points
4-KANON, 2-2, 4 points (OUT)
5-Brookes, 1-3, 2 points (OUT)
6-Hirata, 1-4, 2 points (OUT). Finished.

The winner of each block advances to the Finals. Block A will come down to Endo-Higuchi on 12/24. If Higuchi wins, he advances. If Endo wins, he needs a Ueno loss or tie on 12/24 (Iino) to advance on tiebreakers. If Ueno wins, he needs Endo to beat Higuchi to advance. If Endo wins and Ueno draws, that makes it a 3-way tie but the tiebreakers would go to Endo. Sasaki still has a chance if he wins both his remaining matches, then he would also need an Endo win and Ueno loss or draw. In Block B, it’s still up in the air. Naya still advances with a win in his last match (MAO) while Saito must win (Brookes) and Naya must lose to advance (Naya has tiebreaker). MAO can advance by winning both his remaining matches (Naya, KANON) and Saito must lose or draw. Saito has tiebreaker over MAO. KANON is technically out because while he beat Naya, he lost to Saito.

The next event is tomorrow at Sakurajuji Hall Yatsushiro Multipurpose Hall in Kumamoto. Tomorrow’s tournament matches are Sasaki-Iino and MAO-KANON. There will be no live broadcast. When the on demand replay is available there will be an intermission after the 4th of 6 scheduled matches.

DDT continued the D KING GP today with an event in Osaka.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Azalea Taisho in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 245, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi beat Akito & Kazuma Sumi. Oishi pinned Sumi after Death Penalty.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul beat Yuki Iino & Tsutentakku by DQ. Iino DQ’d. Ref assault. Tsutentakku was a last-minute replacement for the absent Rukiya (poor physical condition).

Match 3: Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada beat MAO, Toi Kojima & Illusion. Masada pinned Illusion.

D KING GP Block B:
Match 4: Rei Saito (All-Japan) beat Kazuki Hirata.
Match 5: KANON beat Yukio Naya by ref stoppage (TKO).

Match 6: All-Asia Tag Team Champions Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani beat Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada to retain the titles. Okatani pinned Okada after Quetzalcoatl. V1 for the champs. Next up: Kojima & Atsushi Onita…which, like it or not, means electric blast death match because Onita can’t do straight wrestling anymore. And frankly hasn’t since roughly the 1990s.

D KING GP Block A:
Match 7: Kazusada Higuchi beat HARASHIMA.
Main Event: Tetsuya Endo beat Yuki Ueno.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Endo, 2-1, 4 points
2-Higuchi, 2-1, 4 points
3-Ueno, 1-1-1, 3 points
4-Iino, 1-1, 2 points
5-HARASHIMA, 1-2, 2 points
6-Sasaki, 0-1-1, 1 point

Block B:
1-Naya, 3-1, 6 points
2-KANON, 2-1, 4 points
3-MAO, 2-1, 4 points
4-Saito, 2-1, 4 points
5-Brookes, 1-2, 2 points (OUT)
6-Hirata, 0-4, 0 points (OUT)

The winner of each block advances to the Finals. Everyone still has a chance in Block A. It’s probably going to come down to Endo-Higuchi on 12/24. Note that if Ueno & Sasaki ultimately tie for the top spot, they will have a rematch because they went to a draw. In Block B, it’s Hirata NO! as the DDT Extreme Champion is not surprisingly out of it already, he’s mainly been here for the jobber/comedy role. Naya would have ended it with a win today but is still in control, however he does still need to win his last match (MAO) and now needs a KANON loss or draw in one of his remaining matches (MAO, Saito). Brookes is now out because he loses the tiebreaker to Naya, his only hope would have been to tie with KANON as that is his only tiebreaker (he would also lose to MAO). Saito has the tiebreaker over MAO but loses to Naya. The advantage is now with MAO, who was not in action today, just because his last two are Naya & KANON. If he wins both, he advances on tiebreakers.

The next event is at Nishitetsu Hall in Fukuoka. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT continues the D KING GP 2023 today with the second half of a weekend doubleheader in Tokyo. There are 4 tournament matches scheduled today, two in each of the 2 blocks. Block A has Tetsuya Endo vs. Yuki Iino and Yuki Ueno vs. Daisuke Sasaki. Block B has Yukio Naya vs. Kazuki Hirata and, in the main event, Chris Brookes vs. MAO. Based on the standings so far, if Naya wins and he should, he will be firmly in control of Block B at his halfway point at 3-0. Block A has almost everyone at 1 win after 1 or 2 matches so today could help determine favorites to move on to the eventual finals.

Today’s event will be held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will probably be no commentary. With just 6 matches on tap and no intermission it’ll go 3 hours tops, but realistically I’m estimating the running time being closer to 2 1/4 hours. Probably depends on the main event, which I can see going the full 30 minutes.

Today’s lineup (in order):
MIKAMI & Kazuma Sumi vs. Demus & KANON
Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi, Yusuke Okada & Rukiya vs. HARASHIMA, Akito, Toi Kojima & Takeshi Masada
D KING GP:
Block B: Yukio Naya vs. Kazuki Hirata
Block A: Tetsuya Endo vs. Yuki Iino
Block A: Yuki Ueno vs. Daisuke Sasaki
Block B: Chris Brookes vs. MAO

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Updates below will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET.

6:30 PM PT UPDATE: The stream launch, normally 30 minutes before the event begins, has been pushed back to 6:45 PM PT/9:45 PM ET. Unless there’s a last-second change, no pre-show matches planned.

7 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…

We are LIVE from Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Advance sales were good so it looks to be probably around yesterday which did 334. It looks at first like it’ll be 325-350. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 266)

Match 1: MIKAMI & Kazuma Sumi vs. Demus & KANON. 30 minute time limit
Result: Demus & KANON beat MIKAMI & Kazuma Sumi. Demus pinned Sumi after a spinning neckbreaker bomb.

Match 2: Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi, Yusuke Okada & Rukiya vs. HARASHIMA, Akito, Toi Kojima & Takeshi Masada. 30 minute time limit
Result: HARASHIMA, Akito, Toi Kojima & Takeshi Masada beat Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi, Yusuke Okada & Rukiya. Masada pinned Rukiya.

Quick break for the usual opening announcements from GM Imabayashi. The end of this brings out MAO with microphone. Comments in Japanese. He then called out Chris Beookes, his opponent in the main event. Brookes came out. It sounded like MAO wanted to change today’s match to also be for the DDT Universal Championship. Imabayashi makes it official. Main Event now for the title.

Match 3: D KING GP Block B: Yukio Naya vs. Kazuki Hirata. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yukio Naya beat Kazuki Hirata. Comedy match and, as usual with Hirata, a really funny one.

Match 4: D KING GP Block A: Tetsuya Endo vs. Yuki Iino (remember he’s no longer Sexy!). 30 minute time limit
Result: Tetsuya Endo beat Yuki Iino

Match 5: D KING GP Block A: Yuki Ueno vs. Daisuke Sasaki. 30 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw. Largely because of MJ Paul interference and heel tactics by Sasaki including blatantly taking out the ref late.

Main Event: D KING GP Block B: DDT Universal Champion MAO vs. Chris Brookes for the title. 30 minute time limit (not 1 Hour because it’s a tournament match)
Result: DDT Universal Champion MAO beat Chris Brookes by countout to retain the title. V2 for MAO. Apparently they had the match in a way that they were trying to both win by countout.

The next event is 12/9 at Osaka Azalea Taisho in Osaka. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT kicks off the annual D KING GP today, the second of their 2 yearly singles tournaments, but unlike KING OF DDT this is a traditional round-robin format rather than a single-elimination bracket. This year there are 12 wrestlers in 2 blocks, with the winner of each block advancing to the Finals at DDT’s first event of 2024 on January 3. The most notable participant here is All-Japan Pro Wrestling’s Rei Saito, half of the Saito Brothers with brother Jun Saito, who are the current All-Japan World Tag Team Champions and GLEAT G INFINITY Champions. This continues a crossover between the promotions as DDT has Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani competing in All-Japan’s Real World Tag League. All of Block B including Saito and 2/3 of Block A will be in tournament action today. The legendary Kenta Kobashi will once again be executive chairman of the tournament committee and will be in attendance-in predictions of who will win he is putting a lot of pressure on defending tournament winner Yuki Ueno, the NEW KO-D Openweight Champion, to go back-to-back. We’ll see if Ueno can ride the WER! to victory again beginning today.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Kobashi will be a special guest on commentary. There is a pre-show match scheduled for about 15 minutes before event time. All matches except the pre-show have 30 minute time limits so this won’t be a marathon event, I’m predicting it will probably go just under 3 hours total.

Today’s lineup (in order):
Pre-show: Yuni & Yuya Koroku vs. Kazuma Sumi & Rukiya
Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada vs. Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & Demus
Danshoku Dieno, Makoto Oishi & Toi Kojima vs. Masa Takanashi, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada
D KING GP:
Block B: MAO vs. Rei Saito
Block B: KANON vs. Kazuki Hirata
Block A: HARASHIMA vs. Yuki Iino
Block B: Chris Brookes vs. Yukio Naya
Block A: Yuki Ueno vs. Kazusada Higuchi

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Updates below will begin at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET. The pre-show match is scheduled to begin at 6:15 PM PT/9:15 PM ET.

6 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has started. We should be going to the venue in about 15 minutes.

6:15 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Ken Kato & Kagehiro Osano.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s still pre-show and the crowd is still coming in, but as usual they have the smaller opposite-hard-camera bleacher setup. Early ticket availability today suggests maybe it’ll be in the 600s. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 678)

Pre-show Match: Yuni & Yuya Koroku vs. Kazuma Sumi & Rukiya. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yuni & Yuya Koroku beat Kazuma Sumi & Rukiya. Koroku beat Rukiya with an armbar.

The main show will begin in a few minutes (as of 6:27 PM PT).

Main show:
The matches begin at 6:35 PM PT. Your hosts are Haruo Murata & Kagehiro Osano.

Match 1: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada vs. Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & Demus. 30 minute timit
Result: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada beat Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & Demus. Endo pinned Demus after Burning Star Press.

Match 2: Danshoku Dieno, Makoto Oishi & Toi Kojima vs. Masa Takanashi, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada. 30 minute time limit
Result: Masa Takanashi, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada beat Danshoku Dieno, Makoto Oishi & Toi Kojima. Masada pinned Oishi after a sitout powerslam.
Afterwards, Masada with microphone to issue a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship challenge. The next such match was already set for 1/6 but Oishi accepted and now there may be a title match on 12/24. (UPDATE 2: It’s now official)

D KINP GP promo video. When we return the trophy is in the ring and…that means…GRAND SWORD!!! KENTA KOBASHI!!! The Executive Chairman of the tournament committee is in the ring as the entrants are introduced. Kobashi gives the opening start shout to begin the tournament.

Kobashi joins commentary as a special guest along with Ken Kato as your new host for now.

Match 3: D KING GP 2023 Block B: MAO vs. Rei Saito (All-Japan Pro Wrestling). 30 minute time limit
Result: Rei Saito beat MAO

Match 4: D KING GP 2023 Block B: KANON vs. Kazuki Hirata. 30 minute time limit
Result: KANON beat Kazuki Hirata by submission. Mostly comedy match.

Quick break for announcements. Toru Owashi joins GM Imabayashi in the ring, then during this The Great Koji suddenly appears. He sprayed red mist in Imabayashi’s face as Owashi watched with a funny look on his face before running away.

Match 5: D KING GP 2023 Block A: HARASHIMA vs. Yuki Iino. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Iino beat HARASHIMA

Your host is Haruo Murata again the rest of the way.

Match 6: D KING GP 2023 Block B: Chris Brookes vs. Yukio Naya. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yukio Naya beat Chris Brookes

Main Event: D KING GP 2023 Block A: Yuki Ueno vs. Kazusada Higuchi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Ueno beat Kazusada Higuchi

This was a shorter event than I expected, including pre-show it only went 2 1/2 hours.

The next event is 12/2 at Shinjuku Face. This will be a doubleheader on US time as the events are 12/2 & 12/3 in Japan but the 12/3 event is a matinee. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:15 AM PT/4:15 AM ET for the first event and 6:45 PM PT/9:45 PM ET for the second event. Live results are scheduled for the second event.

UPDATE: After the event, it was announced that Shunma Katsumata will return on 1/3. He has been out since late spring due to injury.

Also, the promotion will return to the US on 4/4/24 with an event in Philadelphia, PA as part of The Collective 2024, a series of independent events held during and around WWE WrestleMania weekend.