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DDT ran the second half of their weekend doubleheader in Nagoya today.

Today’s event was held at Imaike Gas Hall in Nagoya and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced. Based on crowd photos it may have been a legit sellout or close.

There was a last-minute change to the card due to Junta Miyawaki being pulled off the event. The always-vague poor health. Tomomitsu Matsunaga was the replacement.

Today is/was Yuni’s 18th birthday so there was a pre-event celebration for him.

Match 1: D GENERATIONS CUP Block B: Rukiya beat Hinata Kasai.

Match 2: Hideki Okatani & Illusion beat HARASHIMA & Yuni. Illusion pinned Yuni after a swanton bomb.

Match 3: Danshoku Dieno & Kazuma Sumi beat Akito & Kazuki HIrata. Sumi pinned Hirata.

Match 4: Jun Akiyama, Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida beat Yukio Naya, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Daichi Sato. Ishida pinned Sato after Buchi-kake.

Match 5: Yuki Ueno & To-y beat MAO & KANON, Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul and Chris Brookes & Antonio Honda in a 4-way when Ueno pinned Honda.

Main Event: D GENERATIONS CUP Block B: Takeshi Masada beat Yuya Koroku. As a result, there was a 3-way tie for the top spot so Assistant GM Akito intervened to set up the tiebreaker-a series of matches, between the three, first to win 2 advances. Which led to…
Tiebreaker match 1: Rukiya beat Yuya Koroku..
Tiebreaker match 2: Takeshi Masada beat Rukiya.
Tiebreaker match 3: Takeshi Masada beat Yuya Koroku. As a result, Masada wins Block B and advances to the Finals to face Sumi. That match will happen on 2/22 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

The next event is a The37Kamiina Produced event Saturday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

UPDATE: Injury Report-Sato was injured in his match. Ribs. Out at least 2 weeks. Status to be updates after the 2/22 Korakuen Hall event which he will also miss as well as all events before that.

DDT ran the first half of a wkkeend house show doublehader in Nagoya today.

Today’s event was held at Imaike Gas Hall in Nagoya and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced.

There was a last-minute change to the event due to Junta Miyawaki being pulled off the card. The always-vague poor health. Also out tomorrow. Tomomitsu Matsunaga is the replacement for both events.

Match 1: Yuya Koroku & Yuni beat Takeshi Masada & Hinata Kasai. Koroku pinned Kasai after Deformed Triangle Lancer.

Match 2: KANON beat Antonio Honda (who recently has, very shockingly, grown facial hair. Quite a lot too).

Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatan & MJ Paul beat Jun Akiyama, Akito & Tomomitsu Matsunaga. Sasaki beat Matsunaga with a crossface.

Match 4: Naomi Yoshimura won a 12 man battle royal, last eliminating Illusion.

D GENERATIONS CUP Block A:
Match 5: To-y beat Daichi Sato.
Main Event: Kazuma Sumi beat Yuki Ishida. As a result, Sumi wins Block A and advances to the Finals.

The next event is tomorrow with the end of Block B of the DGC. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Wednesday.

DDT continued the D GENERATIONS CUP today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The paid attendance was not announced.

There were late changes to the card due to Rukiya being pulled off the event. Illness.

Match 1: D GENERATIONS CUP Block B: Yuya Koroku beat Hinata Kasai.

Match 2: D GENERATIONS CUP Block B: Takeshi Masada beat Yuni.

Match 3: Jun Akiyama & Danshoku Dieno vs. Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata went to a no contest in 20 seconds. GM Imabayashi stoppage. Which led to…
Match 3 (again): In a handicap match, Jun Akiyama & Danshoku Dieno beat Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & GM Imabayashi. Akiyama beat Imabayashi.

Match 4: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & MJ Paul beat Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA & Antonio Honda and Akito, Junta Miyawaki & Yuki Ishida in a 3-way when Okatani pinned Honda.

Match 5: MAO, KANON & Yukio Naya beat Yuki Ueno, Shinya Aoki & Tomomitsu Matsunaga. KANON pinned Matsunaga after a lariat.

Match 6: D GEBERATIONS CUP Block A: Illusion beat To-y.

Main Event: D GENERATIONS CUP Block A: Kazuma Sumi beat Daichi Sato.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Sumi, 2-1, 4 pts
2-Satoh, 2-1, 4 pts
3-To-y, 1-1-1, 3 pts
4-Ishida, 1-1-1, 3 pts
5-Illusion, 1-3, 2 pts (OUT)

Block B:
1-Koroku, 3-0, 6 pts
2-Rukiya, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Masada, 2-1, 4 pts
4-Yuni, 1-3, 2 pts (OUT)
5-Kasai, 0-3, 0 pts (OUT)

The winners of each block advance to the Finals. In Block A the remaining matches are Sato-To-y and Ishida-Sumi. Sumi advances with a win. Sato advances with a win AND Sumi loss or draw (Sumi beat Sato for tiebreaker). To-y advances with a win AND Sumi-Ishida draw or no points finish. Ishida advances with a win AND To-y-Sato no points finish. If both To-y and Ishida win, there will be a tiebreaker rematch because their match went to a draw.
In Block B the remaining matches are Koroku-Masada and Rukiya-Kasai. The Koroku-Masada winner, if there is one, advances. If it’s a draw, Koroku advances. Rukiya can’t advance with a win because he lost to Koroku. His only hope is a win AND Masada win to force a 3-way tiebreaker match. That of course assumes Rukiya can return at the next event. If mot, the Koroku-Masada winner advances.

The next event is Saturday at Imaike Gas Hall in Nagoya. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Tuesday.

DDT has announced a pending wrestler absence in the future-Daisuke Sasaki will be gone for the entire month of April and miss all events that month as well as maybe events at the end of March. This is not unexpected or injury-related and is due to an upcoming international excursion-he has been announced for 2 events in Canada for Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling in April and there’s a decent chance he’ll show up at The Collective 2026 in Las Vegas, NV (once it’s officially announced). Sasaki is expected back in Japan after the 4/29 DDT event.

DDT runs their monthly signature Tokyo event today, “Mission In Battle-New Year”. A very unique main event headlines today as it’s a double title match involving KO-D Openweight & DDT Universal Champion Yuki Ueno defending the titles against Daisuke Sasaki & Chris Brookes in a 3-way…actually it’s matches because it’s a double 3-way match of sorts. The first wrestler to get a win will become the DDT Universal Champion, then the match continues with the second wrestler to get a win becoming the KO-D Openweight Champion so Ueno could retain both titles or could easily lose both. A KO-D Tag Team Championship match precedes that as MAO & KANON defend against Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya, who lost the titles to the champs in a 4-way without getting pinned or submitted. And further down…what’s this? The return of our GOD…Yoshihiko!!!

There have been last-minute changes to the event because, unfortunately for the ladies, Kaisei Takechi is now off the event. Infectious conjunctivitis. Refunds are being offered to anyone who bought tickets after 12/21, which is when Takechi was announced for the event.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Japanese comedy duo Elf will be the special guests on commentary. There are the usual 7 matches but the first 4 matches will have shorter time limits than usual, but this still should wind up being a “standard” Korakuen event running 2 1/2-3 hours, but not more than about 3 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Shinya Aoki vs. Junta Miyawaki
Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku, Yuni, Rukiya & Hinata Kasai vs. Ryoma Tsukamoto*, Daichi Sato, Yuki Ishida, Illusion & Kazuma Sumi
Hideki Okatani & MJ Paul vs.Naomi Yoshimura & O-MENZ Kumadori
Minoru Suzuki, Danshoku Dieno & Yoshihiko vs. Super Sasadango Machine, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda
Konosuke Takeshita & Jun Akiyama vs. HARASHIMA & To-y**
KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & KANON vs. Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya for the titles
KO-D Openweight & DDT Universal Champion Yuki Ueno vs. Daisuke Sasaki & Chris Brookes in a 2 Falls 3-way for the titles. The first fall will be for the DDT Universal Championship. The second fall will be for the KO-D Openweight Championship.

*-This was to have been To-y but he was pulled to replace Takechi. Tsukamoto is the replacement.
**-This was to have been Takechi pre-removal. To-y is the replacement.

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 20 minutes before the event.

6:10 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 10-15 minutes.

6:20 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano & special guests Arakawa & Haru, aka Japanese comedy duo Elf. Arakawa has quite the press-on nails and ponytails that make her look like she could pass for Harley Quinn. Looks the part too.

The paid attendance will not be announced after the event but it’s hard to say how accurate it may have been due to refunds. (Based on what I saw later in the event, either not a lot of refunds or they were re-sold as the venue looked at least 95% full)

The matches should begin in 15-20 minutes. NwA Jr. live begins 5 minutes before the scheduled start time, catching the guests on commentary off guard as it was maybe a few seconds early.

The matches begin at 6:35 PM PT/9:35 PM ET.

Match 1: Shinya Aoki vs. Junta Miyawaki. 15 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw

Your new host for now is Satoshi Dairaku.

Match 2: Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku, Yuni, Rukiya & Hinata Kasai vs. Ryoma Tsukamoto, Daichi Sato, Yuki Ishida, Illusion & Kazuma Sumi. 15 minute time limit
Result: Ryoma Tsukamoto, Daichi Sato, Yuki Ishida, Illusion & Kazuma Sumi beat Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku, Yuni, Rukiya & Hinata Kasai. Sato pinned Masada.

Match 3: Hideki Okatani & MJ Paul vs.Naomi Yoshimura & O-MENZ Kumadori. 15 minute time limit
Result: Naomi Yoshimura & O-MENZ Kumadori beat Hideki Okatani & MJ Paul. Yoshimura pinned Paul after an over shoulder slam.

Haruo Murata returns as host now.

Match 4: Minoru Suzuki, Danshoku Dieno & Yoshihiko vs. Super Sasadango Machine, Kazuki Hirata & (a surprisingly gray-bearded!) Antonio Honda. 30 minute time limit
Result: Minoru Suzuki, Danshoku Dieno & Yoshihiko beat Super Sasadango Machine, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda before Suzuki even got to the ring. Dieno pinned Hirata. GM Imabayashi immediately rushed to the rung EN FUEGO. Suzuki didn’t even get to KAZE NI NARE!!! Which led to…
Match 4 (again): Minoru Suzuki, Danshoku Dieno & Yoshihiko vs. Super Sasadango Machine, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda. 30 minute time limit
Result: Minoru Suzuki, Danshoku Dieno & Yoshihiko beat Super Sasadango Machine, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda almost immediately. Suzuki beat Machine with an armbar. Yoshihiko never made it out. GM Imabayashi EN FUEGO AGAIN. Which led to…
Match 4 (again): Minoru Suzuki, Danshoku Dieno & Yoshihiko vs. Super Sasadango Machine, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda. 30 minute time limit
Result: Minoru Suzuki, Danshoku Dieno & Yoshihiko beat Super Sasadango Machine, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda. Yoshihiko pinned Hirata after a huracanrana.

Afterwards, GM Imabayashi called Hirata back to the ring. He announced that on 3/22 at Korakuen Hirata would face Konosuke Takeshita.

The comedy girls take a break from commentary for the next match.

Match 5: Konosuke Takeshita & Jun Akiyama vs. HARASHIMA & To-y. 30 minute time limit
Result: Konosuke Takeshita & Jun Akiyama beat HARASHIMA & To-y. Takeshita pinned To-y.

Satoshi Dairaku takes over as host once again. Sanshiro Takagi is now a guest on commentary so apparently the comedy duo is either done or will be back for the main event.

Match 6: KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & KANON vs. Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & KANON beat Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya to retain the titles. KANON pinned Iino. V3 for the champs. Afterwqards, it appears Iino & Naya aligned themselves with Strange Love Connection. The winners wqere also seconded by Yuzuki Hoshimoto, who provided eye candy and a whip she thankfully didn’t have to use.

Haruo Murata returns as host for the main event. Akito is now a guest on commentary, replacing Takagi. The comedy girls are done for the day.

Main Event: KO-D Openweight & DDT Universal Champion Yuki Ueno vs. Daisuke Sasaki & Chris Brookes in a 2 match 3-way for the titles. The first match will be for the DDT Universal Championship. The second match will be for the KO-D Openweight Championship. 1 Hour time limit
Part 1 (DDT Universal Championship): Daisuke Sasaki beat DDT Universal Champion Yuki Ueno & Chris Brookes by beating Brookes to win the title. Sasaki becomes the 20th DDT Universal Champion.
Part 2 (KO-D Openweight Championship): KO-D Openweight Champion Yuki Ueno beat Daisuke Sasaki & Chris Brookes by pinning Sasaki to retain the title. V5 for Ueno. Keeps one title but loses the other. Sasaki still is Universal Champion. GM Imabayashi to the ring to set up the next challenger announcement before KIMIHIRO takes over. Next up: KANON. That match will happen on 3/21 at the annual anniversary event (it can’t be the next Korakuen on 2/21 because Ueno vs. Kaisei Takechi has already been announced).

The next event is 2/4 at Shinjuku Face. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

DDT has announced another absence for upcoming events, and this one is very unfortunate, especially for the ladies, because Kaisei Takechi is now sidelined. Infectious conjunctivitis. Out Sunday. Refunds will be offered for purchased tickets as a result if they were bought after 12/21 when he was announced for the event. Takechi was to have teamed with HARASHIMA to face Konosuke Takeshita & Jun Akiyama. To-y is the replacement, but he was to have been in a 10-man tag match. Ryoma Tsukamoto is the replacement there. It’s not yet known how long Takechi will be out.

DDT has announced another injury absence, this one more concerning and likely long-term for Kazusada Higuchi. Neck. Out indefinitely. No further details provided but hopefully it’s not serious-you never know with neck injuries. At worst they can be life-threatening (as Hiromu Takahashi will tell you). At best maybe out a few weeks but often they can be months or years (like with Will Ospreay).

More as it becomes available.

DDT headed to the boat races today for a special event around racing day in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Boat Race Tama River in Tokyo and may be a ailable on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced but this may have been a free event.

Match 1: Sanshiro Takagi & Junta Miyawaki beat Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Hinata Kasai. Miyawaki pinned Kasai.

Match 2: Danshoku Dieno, Akito & Pocotan beat Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA & Kazuki Horata. Pocotan pinned Hirata after a divong headbutt.

Match 3: Tokyo Joshi Pro Match: Aja Kong & Yuki Kamifuku beat Shoko Nakajima & Chika Nanase. Kamifuku pinned Nanase after Fameasser.

Match 4: MAO, KANON & Kazuma Sumi beat Naomi Yoshimura, Takeshi Masada & Yuki Ishida. MAO pinned Ishida.

Main Event: Jun Akiyama, To-y & Yuya Koroku beat Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya & Rukiya. To-y pinned Rukiya after Kojima Impact.

After the matches ended, there were several other events held with fans and MAO & KANON presenting congratulatory flowers to a race winner.

The next event is Saturday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET.

An interesting announcement from DDT today-as part of the 3/24 event at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo there will be a survey among fans in attendance at the end of the event-Continue Super Japan Pro Wrestling or End It Immediately?

For background. Super Japan is the latest Sanshiro Takagi produced independent project separate from DDT, which he started a couple years ago after taking a step back from wrestling full-time and launching M&A Pro Wrestling, promoted by DDT but featuring no DDT wrestlers aside from Takagi on these events (essentially independent). After a few events Takagi ended the project and started Super Japan to replace it, following mostly the same premise. He usually does these events every 3-4 months or so.

The vote will be majority so we’ll see what happens after the 3/24 event. (That will be a Super Japan event)

For further background from DDT’s website (machine translated from Japanese): “On March 25, 1997, DDT held a pre-flag-raising match titled “Judgment” at Hibiya Radio City. At this box office, he declared that “if the support of the majority of the audience is not obtained, the flag raising will be canceled,” and after all the games, the spectators were asked whether or not to raise the flag. As a result, the majority of support was obtained, and DDT was officially launched.”

Yuki Ueno has been pushing, and pushed, more than perhaps any other DDT wrestler this year. Unfortunately it’s caught up with him and he was injured yesterday and is headed to the sidelines. Right calf. Out at least the next 2 events, or probably at least a week. Ueno plans to be in attendance at both events and hold an autograph session so hopefully that’s a sign it isn’t serious. For tomorrow (the second event, it’s a same-day doubleheader with a D GENERATIONS event first, which comes up tonight. No live broadcast) he was to have been in an 8-man tag match. Ryoma Tsukamoto is the replacement. He should be part of a public signing ceremony for he next KO-D Openweight/Universal Title match which is in 2 weeks so we’ll have to monitor his condition.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: Ueno will be out a little longer than anticipated. Now off Saturday as well but will be in attendance for an autograph session with fans.