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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.

DDT ran a HARASHIMA hometown event today in Tokyo…now because he’s training! Because it’s local!

Today’s event was held at Sumitomo Metal Mining Arena Ome Sports Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Pre-show match: Yuni beat Hinata Kasai.

Match 1: Naomi Yoshimura beat Tomomitsu Matsunaga.

Match 2: Antonio Honda beat Dansoku Dieno & Kazuki HIrata in a 3=way by pinning Hirata.

Match 3: Hideki Okatani & Illusion beat Yuki Ishida & Masami Inahata. Okatani pinned Ishida after a swivel type Claymore.

Match 4: Takao Soma beat Yuya Koroku.

Match 5: Jun Akiyama & Keisuke Ishii beat Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul. Akiyama beat Paul with a neck lock.

Match 6: Aja Kong, Sanshiro Takagi & Yukio Naya beat Minoru Suzuki, AKito & Kazuma Sumi. Naya pinned Sumi after The World’s Largest Backdrop.

Match 7: Shinya Aoki & Junta Miyawaki beat Takeshi Masada & Yuya Koroku. Aoki pinned Masada with Aoki Clutch.

Match 8: Shunma Katsumata, Yuki Ueno & To-y beat MAO, KANON & Viento Levante. To-y pinned Levante after a Frankensteiner.

Main Event: HARASHIMA & Chris Brookes beat Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuko Miyamoto. HARASHIMA pinned Miyamoto after a swan dive type Blue Sword. Afterwards, HARASHIMA announced plans for another event next year…of course, Because He’s Training!

The next event is Sunday at Shinjuku Face for their final event at the venue. The event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

DDT runs their second major Tokyo event of the month today, this one being their regular monthly signature event. It’s a rare Monday morning matinee because this is another week-long holiday in Japan. Today’s event is headlined by 3 title matches, with the main event being MAO defending the KO-D Openweight Championship against Fuminori Abe. However, there are only a few days left for the second “Money In The Bank” title shot rights to be used, and Sanshiro Takagi holds it again so he could cash in at any time while Viento Levante has the right to challenge for the right. So plans could very well change unexpectedly.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Saki Akai will be today’s guest on commentary. There is a pre-show match scheduled before the event so taking that into account this event is going to run at least 3 hours, so keep that in mind if you plan to stay up late into a Monday morning to watch.

Today’s lineup:
Pre-show:
Naomi Yoshimura & Kazuma Sumi vs. Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yuni

Main show:
Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & To-y vs. Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato
Takao Soma vs. Kazuki Hirata
Shinya Aoki & Junta Miyawaki vs. Chris Brookes & Hinata Kasai and Yuki Ishida & Masami Inahata in a 3-way
Jun Akiyama & Yuji Nagata vs. HARASHIMA & Danshoku DIeno
KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions KANON, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante vs. Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & Illusion for the titles
DDT Universal Champion Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Antonio Honda for the title
KO-D Openweight Champion MAO vs. Fuminori Abe for the title

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. The pre-show match is scheduled to begin at 7:05 PM PT/10:05 PM ET. The main show is scheduled to begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

7 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue shortly.

7:05 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano & Saki Akai.

The paid attendance will not be announced after the event.

Pre-show match: Naomi Yoshimura & Kazuma Sumi vs. Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yuni. 15 minute time limit
Result: Naomi Yoshimura & Kazuma Sumi beat Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yuni. Sumi pinned Yuni.

Unless anything breaking happens, updates will resume when the main show begins.

Main show:
The matches begin at 7:36 PM PT/10:36 PM ET.

Match 1: Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & To-y vs. Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato. 15 minute time limit
Result: Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato beat Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & To-y. Masada pinned To-y.

Match 2: Takao Soma vs. Kazuki Hirata. 15 minute time limit (not the usual entrance & music for Hirata)
Result: Takao Soma beat Kazuki Hirata. A Hirata comedy send-off for Soma.

Match 3: Shinya Aoki & Junta Miyawaki vs. Chris Brookes & Hinata Kasai and Yuki Ishida & Masami Inahata in a 3-way. 30 minute time limit
Result: Shinya Aoki & Junta Miyawaki beat Chris Brookes & Hinata Kasai and Yuki Ishida & Masami Inahata in a 3-way when Miyawaki pinned Kasai. Afterwards, Masada & Koroku came out. KO-D Tag Team Championship challenge issued. Accepted. GM Imabayashi makes it official. Sounds like next week at one of the final Shinjuku Face events.

Match 4: Jun Akiyama & Yuji Nagata (New Japan) vs. HARASHIMA & Danshoku Dieno. 30 minute time limit
Result: Jun Akiyama & Yuji Nagata beat HARASHIMA & DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Chanpion Danshoku Dieno when Akiyama beat Dieno to win the title. Akiyama becomes the 1908th Champion. Which led to…
Yuji Nagata beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Jun Alitama go win the title. Nagata becomes the 1909th Champion.

Match 5: KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions KANON, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante vs. Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & Illusion for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & Illusion beat KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions KANON, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante to win the titles. Sasaki, Okatani & Illusion become the 62nd KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions. Illusion pinned Levante. Next up: NwA Jr. Sumi, Yuni & Katsumata make the challenge. And it’s official. I believe it’ll be 10/18.

Match 6: DDT Universal Champion Ryusuke Taguchi (New Japan) vs. Antonio Honda for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: DDT Universal Champion Ryusuke Taguchi beat Antonio Honda by submission to retain the title. V2 for Taguchi. Typical Honda bad comedy match. Assistant GM Akito then made the next title match…sounds like…Dick Togo? (That’s the match, with Akito challenging the winner)

Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion MAO vs. Fuminori Abe for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Openweight Champion MAO beat Fuminori Abe to retain the title. V2 for MAO. But wait…here comes Sanshiro Takagi! But…here comes Illusion! Having won the right to challenge for the right from Levante earlier…CASH IN!

Impromptu Match: Illusion vs. Sansbiro Takagi
Result: Illusion beat Sansbiro Takagi to win the challenge right. He low blows MAO and…CASH IN!

Impromptu Match: KO-D Openweight Champion MAO vs. Illusion for the title
Result: KO-D Openweight Champion MAO beat Illusion to retain the title. V3 for MAO. That does it for the Money In The Bank for this year. Next up: Brookes. That match will happen on 11/3 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.

The next event is Wednesday at Sumitomo Metal Mining Arena Ome – First Sports Hall for a HARASHIMA hometown event. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Tuesday at 10 PM Pt/1 AM ET.

UPDATE: Taguchi-Togo for the Universal Championship will happen in New Japan on 10/17. Akito then gets the title shot on 10/18. Also set for 10/18 is the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship match. The hinted-at KO-D Tag Team Championship match is also offciial for 9/27 at the Shinjuku Face finale. Finally, a change to the 9/28 Super Japan event-a Nagata-Satoshi Kojima match for the event is now for the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship assuming Nagata is still champion.

Since it’s about that time, DDT has provided another update on Rukiya, who was planned to come back from pharyngitis & tonsilitis this coming week. That will not happen. A final exam resulted in the doctors ordering further treatment. Now out at least another 2 weeks until at least after the 10/1 Korakuen Hall event but still considered indefinitely. There’s still no word on how much longer he may be out beyond 10/1.

More as it becomes available.

DDT ran their latest Beer Garden Pro Wrestling event today in Tokyo.

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

The paid attendance was not announced.

There was a last-minute change to the card due to Daisuke Sasaki being pulled off the event. Continuation of a comedy storyline involving a fear of crocodiles dating back to 1993. He appeared as Crocodile D. Sasa instead.

Match 1: Mecha To-y & Dr. Ueno (Yuki Ueno) beat KANON & Water Masami (Masami Inahata). To-y pinned Inahata after Electric Shock.

Match 2: In a match that required the winner to grab a panda installed in a lighting tower outside the venue and shout “I Love Ueno!” to win once 3 minutes have passed, Junta Miyawaki beat Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata in a 3-way by doing that.

Match 3: Shunna Katsumata beat Yuya Koroku. Both were their rookie versions appearance-wise.

Match 4: Takeshi Masada & Daichi Sato (DDT’s results incorrectly say Yuya Koroku) beat Hinata Kasai & Takama Seki (?). Masada pinned Kasai.

Match 5: Crocodile D. Sasa, Hideki Okatani & MJ Paul beat MAO, Viento Levante & Kazuma Sumi and Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA & Antonio Honda in a 3-way when Sasa pinned Honda.

Main Event: Takao Soma beat Naomi Yoshimura, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida in a 4-way by pinning Ishida. This was one of Soma’s last DDT matches, if not his last.

After the event, the next Daisuke Sasaki Produced event “CHARISMANIA 5” was announced for 12/3 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring.

The next event is Saturday at Higashi Ward Plaza in Niigata. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Monday.

DDT runs the first of two Tokyo signature monthly events today, this one being a Yuki Ueno 10th Anniversary event. One of the former prospects of the short-lived DNA sub-label project from the mid-2010s along with Naomi Yoshimura, Ueno has become, especially over the last 2-3 years, easily the top star in the promotion as part of The37Kamiina and more recently a dominant 2-time KO-D Openweight Champion. And, perhaps appropriately, his match today will be against factionmate Shunma Katsumata which is a NON-TITLE match.

While there are no title matches scheduled, time is running out for the second “Money In The Bank” KO-D Openweight Championship title shot right to be used, which is currently held by Chris Brookes while Viento Levante has the right to challenge for the right. Levante is not currently on the card but Brookes is so he could lose his rights if beaten.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Shota Sonoda & Moeko Nakajima of comedy group Dow 90000 and Minamikawa, a comedian who co-starred with Ueno in a TV/movie role, will be the special guests on commentary, with Minamikawa likely only being on for the main event. There is a pre-show match scheduled to start unusually early so with that taken into consideration this probably will be a longer Korakuen event than usual with a running time of around 3 1/4 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Pre-show:
Minoru Suzuki vs. Sanshiro Takagi, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan, Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada in a Falls Count Anywhere 5-way*

Main show:
Naomi Yoshimura vs. Yuki Ishida
6 team staggered entry battle royal (participants: Jun Akiyama & Danshoku Dieno, KANON & Antonio Honda, Yukio Naya & Yuya Koroku, Toru Owashi & Yasu Urano, Super Sasadango Machine & S・S・M, TBA & TBA)
HUB, Yasu Urano & Daisuke Sasaki vs. Illusion, Yuni & Daichi Sato
Shinya Aoki vs. HARASHIMA & Akito in a 3-way
MAO & Yoshihiko vs. Kazuki Hirata & Kaisei Takechi
Konosuke Takeshita & To-y vs. Chihiro Hashimoto & Kazuma Sumi
Yuki Ueno vs. Shunma Katsumata

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 6:45 PM PT/9:45 PM ET. The pre-show match is scheduled to begin at 6:50 PM PT/9:50 PM ET. Main show will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

*-If Brookes is the one beaten to end the match, whoever beats him wins the challenge rights from him. Remember Viento Levante also has the right to challenge for the rights.

6:45 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue shortly.

6:49 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now. With hot mics!

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Hot mics off now and commentary will join shortly.

The paid attendance will not be announced after the event.

Pre-show:
Your hosts are Haruo Murata & Kagehiro Osano, to be joined later by Satoshi Dairaku. Also joined by guests Shota Sonoda & Moeko Nakajima.

Pre-show match: Minoru Suzuki vs. Sanshiro Takagi, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan, Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada in a Falls Count Anywhere 5-way. No time limit
Result: Sanshiro Takagi beat MInoru Suzuki, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan, Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada in a 5-way by pinning Brookes. As a result, Takagi wins the “Money In The Bank” challenge right from Brookes. 30+ minutes of comedy all over the venue.

Main show:
The matches begin at 7:35 PM PT/10:35 PM ET. Your host is Satoshi Dairaku.

Match 1: Naomi Yoshimura vs. Yuki Ishida. 15 minute time limit
Result: Naomi Yoshimura beat Yuki Ishida

Match 2: 6 team staggered entry battle royal (participants: Jun Akiyama & Danshoku Dieno, KANON & Antonio Honda, Yukio Naya & Yuya Koroku, Toru Owashi & Yasu Urano, Super Sasadango Machine & S・S・M, TBA & TBA). No time limit. Over the top rope rules in effect, if one is eliminated the other is also out
Order of entry: Jun Akiyama & Danshoku Dieno, Yukio Naya & Yuya Koroku, Toru Owashi & Yasu Urano, KANON & Antonio Honda,Super Sasadango Machine & S・S・M (Super Sistema Machine), TBA & TBA, revealed to be…Takeshita Masada aka Takeshi Masada & Shin Yuki Ueno who almost has to be Sakura Hirota
Order of elimination: Naya by Koroku (Koroku out), Honda by himself (KANON out), Urano by Ueno (Owashi out), Ueno by Akiyama (Masada out), Sistema by Akiyama (Machine out)
Result: Jun Akiyama & Danshoku Dieno win

Your host once again is Haruo Murata.

Match 3: HUB, Yuki Ueno (not Yasu Urano as I thought?) & Daisuke Sasaki vs. Illusion, Yuni & Daichi Sato. 30 minute time limit. Ueno came out to his prior (and much better to me) entrance theme
Result: HUB, Yuki Ueno & Daisuke Sasaki beat Illusion, Yuni & Daichi Sato. HUB pinned Yuni.

Match 4: Shinya Aoki vs. HARASHIMA & Akito in a 3-way. 30 minute time limit
Result: Shinya Aoki beat HARASHIMA & Akito in a 3-way by pinning both

Match 5: MAO & Yoshihiko vs. Kazuki Hirata & Kaisei Takechi. 30 minute time limit
Result: MAO & Yoshihiko beat Kazuki Hirata & Kaisei Takechi. MAO pinned Hirata after a brainbuster.

Match 6: Konosuke Takeshita & To-y vs. Chihiro Hashimoto (Sendai Girls) & Kazuma Sumi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Konosuke Takeshita & To-y beat Chihiro Hashimoto & Kazuma Sumi. Takeshita pinned Sumi with a German suplex hold.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno vs. Shunma Katsumata. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Ueno beat Shunma Katsumata

The next event is Wednesday at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Friday.

DDT began their September schedule today with a house show in Miyagi.

Today’s event was held at Yume Messe Miyagi in Miyagi and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Makoto Oishi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Masami Inahata.

Match 2: Shunma Katsumata, Danshoku Dieno & Yuni beat Kazuki Hirata, Akito & Hinata Kasai. Yuni pinned Kasai with Jorge Clutch.

Match 3: Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya beat Junta Miyawaki & Yuki Ishida. Iino pinned Ishida after a spear. This was the first match in DDT for Iino following the announcement this week that he will jump to Pro Wrestling NOAH full-time in November.

Match 4: Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA & Antonio Honda beat Jun Akiyama, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kazuma Sumi. Honda pinned Masunaga.

Match 5: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & Illusion beat Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato. Illusion pinned Masada.

Main Event: MAO, KANON & Viento Levante beat Yuki Ueno, To-y & Kaisei Takechi. Levante pinned To-y.

The next event is Wednesday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET but possibly earlier due to a potential pre-show match listed.