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ULTIMATE PARTY 2026, DDT’s fall year-end blowout event, is in the books.

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

The paid attendance was not announced.

Pre-show Match: Shivam & Yuni beat Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yuki Ishida. Yuni pinned Ishida.

Match 1: HARASHIMA & Naomi Yoshinura beat Jun Akiyama & Masami Inahata. Yoshimura pinned Inahata.

Match 2: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata beat Super Sasadango Machine, Antonio Honda & Akito. Hirata pinned Honda.

Match 3: Junta Miyawaki & Daichi Sato beat Mansoor & Mason Madden, Mj Paul & Illusion and Takao Soma & Shota in a 4-way when Sato pinned Shota. Right after that…
Mason Madden beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Junta Miyawaki to win the title. Madden becomes the 1931st Champion. Which led to…
Mansoor beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Mason Madden to win the title. Mansoor becomes the 1932nd Champion.

Match 4: Jun Kasai beat Hinata Kasai.

Match 5: In a match where after a pinfall kickout or rope escape that wrestler had to add a 1 kg (2.2 pounds) weight to themselves, up to a 20 kg limit, and also were always connected by the wrists via a rope, DDT Extreme Champion Shunma Katsumata beat Yuki Ueno to retain the title. V3 for Katsumata. Next up: Yoshimura. That match will happen on 12/9 at Korakuen Hall.

Match 6: To-y & Kaisei Takechi beat KANON & O-MENZ Kumadori. To-y pinned KANON after a Franksteiner. Kumadori’s entrance featured a performance by all of O-MENZ.

Match 7: Yukio Naya beat Yuki Iino. This was Iino’s final DDT match before leaving the promotion to join Pro Wrestling NOAH full-time.

Match 8: KO-D Tag Team Champions Takeshi Masada & Yuya Koroku beat Hideki Okatani & Illusion to retain the titles. Masada pinned Illusion. V2 for the champs. Next up: Takagi & TBA, which will be revealed at match time. That match will happen on 11/29 at Korakuen Hall.

Match 9: Konosuke Takeshita beat Danshoku Dieno & Daisuke Sasaki in a 3-way by pinning Sasaki.

Match 10: Zack Sabre Jr. (New Japan) beat Shinya Aoki.

Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion MAO beat Chris Brookes by countout to retain the title. V6 for MAO. They went almost 34 minutes. Next up: Naya. That match will happen on 11/29. But during that commotion backstage…
Yoshihiko beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Mansoor to win the title. Yoshihiko becomes the 1933rd Champion. A fitting end to an Ultimate Party.

The next event is Sunday (Saturday US time) at JR Omori Station East Exit Front Plaza in Tokyo. This is a free event and will feature the annual Omori World Championship match and a battle royal for the next title shot among other things. It’s an outdoor event and is weather permitting (will be cancelled if severe weather). There will be no live broadcast. On demand 11/11.

Ahead of ULTIMATE PARTY 2026, their annual fall blowout event Tuesday, DDT will hold the final pre-event press conference today in Tokyo. Click below or come back here to watch the event FOR FREE on YouTube beginning at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET:

UPDATE: Yuki Ishida & Hinata Kasai, who were to be there, are now off. The always vague poor health.

DDT is running their monthly Tokyo signature event right now and is wrapping it up. I normally would have done live results since it’s a weekend matinee (and was a 7:30 PM PT start time) but was unable to this time due to a schedule conflict and results aren’t available yet, but here is some breaking news/fallout from today:
Shinya Aoki is joining the promotion effective 11/3. Apparently he’s been a freelancer prior despite semi-regular appearances the last few years.
Yuki Iino’s final DDT match on 11/3 is official-his final opponent will be Yukio Naya. Iino will be moving to Pro Wrestling NOAH full-time after that event.
A new ring announcer and 3 new trainees were introduced during the event. The new wrestlers are scheduled to debut in December.

More news and full results when they become available.

UPDATE: Here are the full results:
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Naomi Yoshimura & Masami Inahata beat Sanshiro Takagi & Yuki Ishida. Yoshimura pinned Ishida after Paybacks.

After that…
Super Sasadango Machine beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Yuki Ueno to win the title. Machine becomes the 1918th Champion. Which led to…
Yuki Ueno beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Super Sasadango Machine to win the title. Ueno becomes the 1919th Champion. Which led to…
Danshoku Dieno beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Yuki Ueno to win the title. Dieno becomes the 1920th Champion. Which led to…
To-y beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Danshoku Dieno to win the title. To-y becomes the 1921st Champion. Which led to…
Super Sasadango Machine beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion To-y to win the title. Machine becomes the 1922nd Champion. Which led to…
Yui Yoshida beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Super Sasadango Machine to win the title. Yoshida becomes the 1923rd Champion. Yoshida is a comedian who was a special guest on commentary for today’s event. Which led to…
Danshoku Dieno beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Yui Yoshida to win the title. Dieno becomes the 1924th Champion. Which led to…
Yuki Ueno beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Danshoku Dieno to win the title. Ueno becomes the 1925th Champion. All that in the span of about 10 minutes. Pro Wrestling, Everybody!

We now return to your regularly scheduled results…

Match 2: Yuki Ueno, To-y & Kaisei Takechi beat Danshoku DIeno, Kazuki Hirata & Super Sasadango Machine in ONE SECOND. Takechi pinned Hirata. Which led to…oh, wait, the wackiness above is not done yet!
Kazuki Hirata beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Yuki Ueno to win the title. Hirata becomes the 1926th Champion.

Match 3: Shinya Aoki & Junta Miyawaki beat Jun Akiyama & Daichi Sato. Aoki pinned Sato with Aoki Clutch.

Match 4: KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & Illusion beat Shunma Katsumata, Yuni & Kazuma Sumi to retain the titles. Sasaki pinned Sumi. V1 for the champs.

Match 5: KO-D Tag Team Champions Takeshi Masada & Yuya Koroku beat Takao Soma & Shota to retain the titles. Koroku pinned Soma. V1 for the champs. Although still competing in DDT, this was Soma’s first appearance (I believe) as a freelancer as he left the promotion at the end of September.

Match 6: DDT Universal Champion Ryusuke Taguchi beat Akito to retain the title. V4 for Taguchi.

Main Event: In an elimination match with over the top rope rules, MAO, KANON, Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya beat Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA, Antoino Honda & Hinata Kasai. Order of elimination: Kasai by Iino, Iino by Naya, Naya & Honda together, KANON by Brookes, HARASHIMA by MAO, Brookes by MAO. MAO wins as only one left on his team. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: Yuki Iino beat Danshoku Dieno. The Danshoku DIeno that was part of those deplorable Pheromones. After all, Iino defecting to NOAH means one thing that already seems permanent given he transformed himself into a slightly balder & darker-skinned Manabu Soya…NOT SEXY!!!

The next event is Saturday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

UPDATE 2: Next up for Taguchi: To-y. That match will happen on 11/29.

DDT ran what likely was their final Beer Garden Pro Wrestling event of the year today.

Today’s event was held at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE tomorrow/Saturday early morning. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Yuki Ishida vs. Danshoku Dieno went to a no contest.

Match 2: Antonio Honda beat Toru Owasho & Kazuki Hirata in a 3-way in 40 seconds by pinning Hirata. Which led to…
Match 2 (again): Toru Owashi beat Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda in a 3-way by pinning Honda.

Match 3: Naomi Yoshinura, Yuya Koroku & Masami Inabata beat Jun Akiyama, Chris Brookes & Hinata Kasai. Inahata pinned Kasai after a double arm suplex.

Match 4: Kazuma Sumi & Yuni beat Takeshi Masada & Daichi Sato. Sumi ponned Sato.

Match 5: In a match where a team captain must have a drink after an unsuccessful pinfall attempt or successful rope break, MAO, KANON, Yukio Naya & O-MENZ Kumadori beat Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Illusion. Naya pinned Paul.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, Shinma Katsumata, To-y & Kaisei Takechi beat Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA, Akito & Junta Miyawaki. Katsumata pinned Takagi after Totonoe Splash from a balcony onto a table.

During the match…
Shunma Katsumata beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Yuki Ueno to win the title. Katdumata becomes the 1916th Champion.

But after the event…
Yuki Ueno beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Shunma Katsumata to win the title. Ueno becomes the 1917th Champion.

The next event is Sunday at Sapporo Sun Plaza in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Tuesday.

Right after they announced the full 10/18 card today, DDT had to announce changes to the event because O-MENZ Kumadori had to be pulled after being announced as participating. Scheduling coordination mishap between DDT and O-MENZ making it impossible for Kumadori to participate in the DDT event. He was to have teamed with Sanshiro Takagi to face Nakmi Yoshimura & Masami Inahata. Yuki Ishida is the replacement. This is just a one-time-only mistake and will not affect any other upcoming participation in DDT or elsewhere.

DDT began their October schedule with a hybrid theater/wrestling comedy event in Tokyo called “MUSCLE&”.

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

The paid attendance was not announced.

There were last minute changes to the event due to Kaisei Takechi being pulled off the event. The always vague poor health. Kazuki Hirata was the replacement.

This started as what was supposed to be a 2.5 hour training course, under the “tutelage” of former wrestler Meiko Satomura, now President of Sendai Girls (she also is a co-founder of the promotion). The “students” were KANON, Takeshi Masada, Hirata (as Kaisei Takechi) & Illusion.

For the first course, Yuki Ueno was the instructor. This was about being a villain/heel.

The next course featured Viento Levante, To-y and Yuni with the instructor being a big surprise-El Desperado (New Japan). Everyone then beat down Desperado and tried to unmask him but Satomura made the save. Which led to…

Match 1: Yuni beat Yuki Ishida.

Match 2: To-y & Illusion beat Yuya Koroku & Masami Inahata. To-y pinned Inahata.

Match 3: El Desperado & Viento Levante beat Yuki Ueno & Kazuma Sumi. Levante pinned Sumi.

Match 4: KANON vs. Daichi Sato went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Main Event: Hideki Okatani & “Kaisei Takechi” (Kazuki Hirata) beat Takeshi Masada & Hinata Kasai. Okatani pinned Kasai after a vertical drop brainbuster.

Afterwards the class concluded with a surprise reward for the top 3 students…a KO-D Openweight Championship shot RIGHT NOW!!! Which led to…

Impromptu Match: KO-D Openweight Champion MAO beat Takeshi Masada, Viento Levante & Hinata Kasai in a 4-way elimination match, last eliminating Levante by KO, to retain the title. V5 for MAO. Order of elimination: Kasai by Masada, Masada by MAO, Levante by MAO. And that was the event.

The next event is Sunday at Higashiyodogawa Ward Civic Hall in Osaka, which will also feature a match of Uuki Ueno vs. Masami Inahata to crown a new DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion following it being vacated by prior champion Shinjuku Face after it’s closing today. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Tuesday.

This is DDT as DDT of course but there is an injury/illness update here as Kaisei Takechi, much to the dismay of the female fanbase, is briefly out of action. The always vague poor health. Out tomorrow. He was to have appeared as an alternate version of himself. Kazuki Hirata is the replacement. Hopefully Takechi won’t miss any more events as the next event is Sunday and he does work a part-time DDT schedule.

The penultimate event of the Shinjuku Face Countdown Series was a Super Japan Pro Wrestling event held today.

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 but it was a legit advance sellout, so assume 500.

The event opened with performances by DDT wrestler former DDT wrestler MIKAMI, comedians Marilyn Joy & Kombu-chan and a surprise appearance by comedian Koriki Choshu (a Riki Choshu impersonator).

Match 1: GAJI Debut Match: Shota & Ryoma Tsukamito beat GAJI & Makoto Oishi. Shota pinned Oishi with Gannosuke Clutch.

Match 2: Marika Kobashi & Azusa Inaba beat Mio Shirai & Yuki Minami. Kobashi pinned Shirai.

Match 3: O-MENZ Kumadori & Saira beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Yuki Kamifuku. Kumadori pinned Japan after a Kumadori-style senton.

Match 4: Brahmans Shu & Kei beat Funinori Abe & Mac Matsushita, Tanomusaku Toba & Gym Trainer Kotoka and Sanshiro Takagi & Munemori Sawa in a 4-way when Shu pinned Takagi.

Match 5: CIMA beat Ken Ohka.

Main Event: Yuji Nagata beat Satoshi Kojima. Nagata retains the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship.

But after the show ended…

Sanshiro Takagi beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Yuji Nagata to win the title. Takagi becomes the 1912th Champion.

No word yet on when the next event will be.

UPDATE: In social media comments (translated), Takagi said Super Japan will be going on hiatus due to Shinjuku Face closing. Once a suitable replacement venue is found, the events will resume.