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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.

Whether it’s masked as part of Strange Love Connection or unmasked as Keigo Nakamura, Viente Maligno/Viento Levante/Nakamura just can’t catch a break in DDT. He planned to participate in Thursday’s Korakuen Hall event but after visiting a doctor for injury concerns that is now off and much more. Right knee (osteoarthritis and ruptured ACL). Out indefinitely. Levante/Nakamura commented and noted he will have surgery per the doctor’s recommendations so he’s likely out until sometime in 2027. He said he could have continued to compete but made the decision with his career in mind and wanting to be in perfect condition. He doesn’t know when he’ll be back but, in his words, he will be back.

DDT is going through a bit if a talent exodus right now, not a major one but one more name is departing, just not a major one. Gota Ihasbi, a mainly comedy wrestler who only appears once in a while, is leaving DDT now. He won’t wrestle for them again but will appear at Sunday’s Shinjuku Face event. In brief comments, Ihashi announced this was a personal decision for his future but also indicated he is not retiring. He had been with DDT since 2009.