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DDT wraps up their February schedule today with their monthly Tokyo tour-ending tentpole event, which also features the Finals of this year’s D GENERATIONS CUP Tournament. The winner gets a future KO-D Openweight Championship match, and Takeshi Masada is looking to make it 2 in a row as he faces Yuya Koroku in the main event. The other highlight match is the match before that, a collaboration with anime series “Bang Brave Bang Bravern” (or something like that) which could result in some wackiness as voice actor Tetsu Inada, who also happens to be (at last report) the current DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion, will be in the house…which means potential for the unexpected. And while he isn’t competing today, the ladies’ favorite newcomer, Kaisei Takechi, will also be in attendance today. And early in the card we’ve also got a match with…3/4 of those formerly deplorable Pheromones in the same ring again…yikes…
The promotion also announced that Yuki Ueno, who has been out the last couple weeks due to medical concerns, has been cleared and will return today.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Tetsu Inada & Kaisei Takechi will be special guests on commentary. There are no title matches today and while the main event has no time limit, and considering the schedule for post-event happenings, it will probably be a standard Korakuen event with a running time of around 2 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Toru Owashi & Yuki Ishida vs. Yuni & Kazuma Sumi
Kazuki Hirata vs. Antonio Honda
Danshoku Dieno & Koju Takeda vs. Super Sasadango Machine & Yumehito Imanari
Daisuke Sasaki, KANON, MJ Paul & Illusion vs. To-y, Jun Akiyama, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Daichi Sato
Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi vs. Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura
Bravern, Yuki Ueno & MAO vs. Yukio Naya, Takao Soma & Akito
D GENERATIONS CUP Finals: Takeshi Masada vs. Yuya Koroku

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

UPDATE (Pre-show): At 5:30 PM PT/8:30 PM ET a last-minute change to the event was announced: Masa Takanashi is now off. Fever. Baliyan Akki is the replacement.

6 PM PT UPDATE; The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 15-20 minutes.

6:12 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Satoshi Dairaku, Kagehiro Osano, Kaisei Takechi & Tetsu Inada. Haruo Murata will join as host later on.

The paid attendance will not be announced after the event as DDT stopped doing it at the start of the year, but today may be a legit sellout as advance tickets all but sold out.

The matches should begin in 25-30 minutes. There will be an NwA Jr. live song before the event begins.

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

Match 1: Toru Owashi & Yuki Ishida vs. Yuni & Kazuma Sumi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Toru Owashi & Yuki Ishida beat Yuni & Kazuma Sumi. Ishida pinned Sumi after a palm strike.

Match 2: Kazuki Hirata vs. Antonio Honda. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kazuki Hirata beat Antonio Honda. Ridiculous comedy match that even included Honda singing the “Frozen” song. Post-match, Hirata revealed a TBA he’s either teaming with or facing against in an upcoming match…New Japan’s Hiromu Takahashi.

Match 3: Danshoku Dieno & Koju Takeda vs. Super Sasadango Machine & Yumehito Imanari. 30 minute time limit. And…for one day and one team at least, those deplorable Pheromones are back…
Result: No Contest. Thrown out when GM Imabayashi interfered. Which meant, of course, it didn’t end well for him. Afterwards, Machine promo with a comedy slideshow presentation on one of the staff laptops that operate the video screen in the venue, which he ultimately used to make a DDT Extreme Championship challenge to Dieno for 3/20. After Imabayashi came back to this world following the end of the match, it was made official.

Quick break for ring repairs. When we come back, your new host is Haruo Murata.

Match 4: Daisuke Sasaki, KANON, MJ Paul & Illusion vs. To-y, Jun Akiyama, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Daichi Sato. 30 minute time limit
In progress.

DDT held a standalone event with fan meet-and-greets today at a hotel in Kanagawa.

Today’s event was held at Rembrandt Hotel Ebina in Kanagawa and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced. Being in a hotel meeting/banquet room the venue was set up banquet-style with tables & chairs rather than a traditional event setup.

Match 1: Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul beat Toru Owashi & Takao Soma. Sasaki beat Soma with a crossface.

Match 2: Makoto Oishi beat Tomomitsu Matsunaga.

Match 3: Takeshi Masada & Daichi Sato beat Yuya Koroku & Keigo Nakamura. Masada pinned Nakamura.

Match 4: Danshoku Dieno & Antonio Honda beat Yuni & Kazuma Sumi. Dieno beat Sumi.

Match 5: Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi beat KANON & Illusion. Takanashi pinned Illusion after a Brookes Praying Mantis Bomb.

Main Event: MAO, To-y & Yukio Naya beat Jun Akiyama, HARASHIMA & AKito. MAO pinned Akito after Twister.

After the matches ended, the wrestlers stayed to interact with the fans around the venue.

The next event is 2/23 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with the D GENERATIONS CUP Finals. The winner (Takeshi Masada or Yuya Koroku) will get a future KO-D Openweight Championship shot. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese will begin Saturday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. Current DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Tetsu Inada will be a guest on commentary.

UPDATE; Regarding Yuki Ueno’s medical concerns, all tests came back clear and he has been cleared by doctors to return, therefore he will return on 2/23. Also, Kaisei Takechi has been added to 2/23 as a special guest on commentary.

DDT ran a special The37Kamiina Produced Valentine’s Day event in Tokyo today, because of course you can’t have Valentine’s without some Heat Wave WER!!

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. (DDT is no longer doing it)

The event began with a Yuki Ueno appearance. Ueno is currently out of action due to medical concerns.

Match 1: Shinya Aoki beat Keigo Nakamura by submission.

Match 2: Sauna Master (Danshoku Dieno) & Sauna Henchman (Fuminori Abe) beat Yuklo Naya & Kazuma Sumi. Henchman beat Sumi with a Manji hold.

Match 3: Shin Konosuke Takeshita (almost certainly Sakura Hirota) beat Shin Shunma Katsumata (Yuni) & Akito in a 3-way by pinning Katsumata.

Match 4: Takeshi Masada beat Kuishinbo Kamen (Osaka Pro) & Kikutaro (Independent/Freelancer) in a 3-way by pinning both.

Match 5: BZW Tag Team Champions MAO & Yoshihiko beat Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi to retain the titles. Yoshihiko pinned Takanashi. V2 for the champs.

Main Event: Shuji Kondo beat To-y. Afterwards, Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura came out and issued a KO-D Tag Team Championship challenge. That match will happen on 3/20 at Korakuen Hall.

The next event is tomorrow at Rembrandt Hotel Ebina in Kanagawa. There will be no live broadcast. On demand will be available Wednesday.

Pun intended because the hits keep coming for DDT. Unfortunately the injury/illness issues keep piling up and now they have announced Yuki Ueno is the latest casualty. Potential hematuria, which is blood in urine. It can be serious. However medical scans (kidneys) revealed no abnormalities but for now he can’t do any “serious exercise” until further test results come back. Out indefinitely because of that. However, he will be appearing at the next 2 events (Friday at Shinjuku Face & Sunday at Rembrandt Hotel Ebina in Kanagawa) and will speak in the ring Friday. Right now the biggest concern after his health may be 3/20 when he is to defend the DDT Universal Championship against Minoru Suzuki.

More as it becomes available

DDT has just announced another injury as the list grows long again-Yuki Iino was injured today. Fractured right orbital bone (eye). Out indefinitely but it sounds like at least 2 months because he was scheduled to challenge Danshoku Dieno for the DDT Extreme Championship on 3/20, but that match is now off. No replacement at this time as the match has been cancelled.

Whatever is going around Japan recently keeps going around-DDT announced short time ago that Akito is now out of action. Illness. Out tomorrow & Sunday. He was to have been in a tag match tomorrow and an 8-man tag Sunday. Tomomitsu Matsunaga is the replacement both days. Akito should be back in time for the next events in about a week.

DDT continued the D GENERATIONS CUP today in Tokyo after beginning it yesterday with a mini event.

Both events were held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The paid attendance was not announced for either event.

Yesterday:

All matches were D GENERATIONS CUP matches.

Match 1: Block B: To-y beat Yuni.

Match 2: Block A: Illusion beat Keigo Nakamura.

Match 3: Block A: Takeshi Masada beat Yuki Ishida.

Main Event: Block B: Kazuma Sumi beat Yuya Koroku.

Today:

Match 1: Takeshi Masada & Yuya Koroku beat Illusion & Yuni. Masada pinned Yuni after Masada’s Power Kobu Muscle.

Match 2: Danshoku Dieno beat Takao Soma.

Match 3: Yukio Naya & Daichi Sato beat Akito & Yuki Iino. Naya pinned Akito after The World’s Largest Backdrop.

D GENERATIONS CUP:
Match 4: Block A: Keigo Nakamura beat Yuki Ishida.
Match 5: Block B: To-y beat Kazuma Sumi.

Match 6: KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON beat HARASHIMA, Jun Akiyama & Tomomitsu Matsunaga to retain the titles. KANON beat Matsunaga with Cobra Twist 2.0. V5 for the champs.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, MAO & Shinya Aoki beat Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda. Ueno pinned Honda after WR. Afterwards, it was revealed that Minoru Suzuki had accepted Ueno’s request to defend the DDT Universal Championship against him on 3/20. As a result, it’s now official.

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

DDT held a Sanshiro Takagi 30th Anniversary Event today, which was unique in that it did not feature any DDT wrestlers-at least none who are signed to the promotion (some regulars who are technically freelancers were featured).

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, as is now the case for DDT, but they claimed it was a legit sellout.

At the start of the event, Sanshiro Takagi appeared and announced the start of a new project, M&A Pro Wrestling (Matchmake & Agent), with the first event on 4/9 at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage then the second event on 6/25 at Shinjuku Face. No DDT wrestlers will be a part of either event.

Match 1: Fumito Kihara beat Shota.

Match 2: Hyper Misao (Tokyo Joshi Pro) beat Muscle Sakai. Misao actually unmasked herself during the match.

Match 3: Fuminori Abe & Munenori Sawa beat Yumiko Hotta & Shinya Aoki by DQ. Hotta DQ’d. Out of control.

Match 4: Dump Matsumoto & Toru Owashi beat Brahmans Shu & Kei by DQ in 44 seconds. Shu DQ’d. Ref assault. Which led to…
Match 4 (again): In a No DQ Match, Dump Matsumoto & Toru Owashi beat Brahmans Shu & Kei. Matsumoto pinned Kei after a body press. Sanshiro Takagi was special referee.

Match 5: Meiko Satomura beat Shin Sanshiro Takagi, an unknown wrestler dressed up as Takagi. Based on a promo for the match, I’m led to believe “Takagi”, who was seconded by the real Takagi, was actually Sakura Hirota.

Main Event: Yuji Nagata (New Japan) beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan. Which led to…
Main Event (again): Yuji Nagata (New Japan) beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan in 30 seconds. Which led to…
Main Event (yet again): Yuji Nagata (New Japan) beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan. Afterwards, Takagi made Nagata & Kuroshio vs. Brahmans Shu & Kei for 4/9, and promised the fans he will compete again. He has taken a step back from wrestling and is no longer competing full time, in part to focus on front office duties and his role in a new alliance of many major and independent promotions in Japan (about the only notable promotion not part of this alliance right now is All-Japan).

The next event is Thursday, a mini-event with only 4 matches which will all be part of the D GENERATIONS CUP 2025 Tournament. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

DDT runs their monthly tour-ending Tokyo big event today, “NEW YEAR, NEW HERO 2025-The Beginning Of A New Story”. 3 title matches are part of today’s card with the main event being a KO-D Openweight Championship match as Chris Brookes defends against Shuji Ishikawa. There also will be a DDT Universal Championship match as Gringo Loco, who shocked fans by winning the title in the US last November just hours after Miyu Yamashita became the first woman to win the title, defends against Yuki Ueno. (On a side note, it appears Loco has made 2 defenses outside DDT as this is being billed as the 3rd defense) There also is a DDT Extreme Championship match as Danshoku Dieno defends the title against Gorgeous Matsuno, with the special rule being 1 count pinfalls but otherwise normal rules.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Marika Tani will be making her semi-regular appearance as a guest on commentary. This is a bigger monthly big event with the title matches so I anticipate it being on the longer end of “normal” Korakuen events with a running time of close to 3 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Takao Soma & Yukio Naya vs. Yuki Iino & Daichi Sato
MAO & Toru Owashi vs. Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda
Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & HANON vs. HARASHIMA, Jun Akiyama & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
DDT Extreme Champion Danshoku Dieno vs. Gorgeous Matsuno for the title. 1 Count pinfalls, otherwise normal rules
Takeshi Masada, Keigo Nakamura, Illusion & Yuki Ishida vs. To-y, Yuya Koroku, Yuni & Kazuma Sumi
DDT Universal Champion Gringo Loco vs. Yuki Ueno for the title
KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes vs. Shuji Ishikawa for the title

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

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

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Satoshi Dairaku, Kagehiro Osano & Marika Tani. We will be joined later by Haruo Murata.

As now seems to be the pattern going forward starting the year, the paid attendance likely will not be announced after the event. So no estimates for DDT anymore.

The matches should begin in 15-20 minutes.

An NwA Jr. performance starts the pre-event festivities.

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

Match 1: Takao Soma & Yukio Naya vs. Yuki Iino & Daichi Sato (Heat Up). 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Iino & Daichi Sato beat Takao Soma & Yukio Naya. Iino pinned Soma after a spear.

Match 2: MAO & Toru Owashi vs. Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda. 30 minute time limit
Result: MAO & Toru Owashi beat Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda. MAO pinned Honda with a bridge.

Quick break for the opening announcements. No GM Imabayashi today. A new announcer along with Akito today, who is the current acting GM. During these announcements, it’s announced that the upcoming D GENERATIONS CUP winner will get a KO-D Openweight Championship match on 4/6 against whoever is the champion on that date. Finally they bring out Kazusada Higuchi. Updates to come but it sounds like he may be coming back soon. He has been out long-term due to injuries and also getting married. (Update: He will return on 3/20 at the annual 5 Hour Anniversary Event)

Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON vs. HARASHIMA, Jun Akiyama & Tomomitsu Matsunaga. 30 minute time limit
Result: HARASHIMA, Jun Akiyama & Tomomitsu Matsunaga beat Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON. Matsunata pinned KANON after an over arm throw. Afterwards, Matsunaga made a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship challenge. That match will happen on 2/5 at Shinjuku Face.

Your new host is Haruo Murata.

Match 4: DDT Extreme Champion Danshoku Dieno vs. Gorgeous Matsuno for the title. 1 Count pinfalls, otherwise normal rules. 1 Hour time limit
Result: DDT Extreme Champion Danshoku Dieno beat Gorgeous Matsuno to retain the title. V2 for Dieno. Next up: Per Akito who made the announcement…Iino. Possibly related to DDT’s top viewed YouTube video causing the channel to lose monetization for now…which featured those deplorable Pheromones aka DIeno & Iino. That match will happen on 3/20.

Match 5: Takeshi Masada, Keigo Nakamura, Illusion & Yuki Ishida vs. To-y, Yuya Koroku, Yuni & Kazuma Sumi. 30 minute time limit
Result: To-y, Yuya Koroku, Yuni & Kazuma Sumi beat Takeshi Masada, Keigo Nakamura, Illusion & Yuki Ishida. Koroku beat Nakamura with an armbar/wrist lock.

Match 6: DDT Universal Champion Gringo Loco vs. Yuki Ueno for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Yuki Ueno beat DDT Universal Champion Gringo Loco to win the title. Ueno becomes the 17th DDT Universal Champion. Next up: Ueno wants Minoru Suzuki. We’ll see. UPDATE: Next up: TBA but not Suzuki (yet). Akito said he will talk to Suzuki about it. Regardless of who TBA is, that match will happen on 3/20.

Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes vs. Shuji Ishikawa for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes beat Shuji Ishikawa by submission to retain the title. V2 for Brookes. UPDATE: Next up: TBA but that match will happen on 3/20.

The next event is a Sanshiro Takagi 30th Anniversary event, which is not planned to feature any DDT wrestlers, on 2/3 at Shinjuku Face. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.