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At a press conference earlier today for their 9/9/23 major event at Ota City General Gum in Tokyo, DDT possibly made an Atsushi Onita exploding deathmatch for the event. Onita & Sanshiro Takagi discussed this at the presser-it took quite a bit to make it happen because the match will be indoors (usually these matches are outdoors or in partially open venues due to smoke and other issues) but Onita had a further demand-that Jun Akiyama be the opponent or Takagi FIRE him. The FIRE part resulted in some DDT comedy because that’s Takagi’s catchphrase/slogan and presumably Onita wanted Akiyama fired if he didn’t accept the match. Takagi said he’ll talk to Akiyama. According to DDT, the last time an indoor deathmatch happened in Tokyo was in 2015. It becomes the second official match for 9/9 along with a KO-D Openweight Championship match. Who defends will depend on the 7/23 result and opponent is TBA.

Also at the presser were MAO & TAKA Michinoku ahead of their match at WRESTLE PETER PAN on 7/23. This is their first meeting since their first in May 2017, which TAKA won. TAKA, now coming up on 50, currently splits his time between his Just Tap Out (JTO) promotion and New Japan.

DDT holds their monthly major event today, “What Are You Doing 2023”, the last big event before next month’s WRESTLE PETER PAN which is DDT’s biggest event of the year. This card may have implications for that event, and the full card will be announced at the end of today’s event. 2 matches for vacant titles headline today’s event: First, Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul face Yuki Ueno & Toi Kojima for the KO-D Tag Team Championship, then in the main event MAO, Kazuki Hirata & Yoshihiko face off in a 3-way for the DDT Extreme Championship. As each title match usually has some kind of stip, this time it will be an elimination match. Shunma Katsumata, who had to vacate both titles in May due to injury, will be a special guest witness for the main event.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. You also can watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube, which will be a pre-show dark match and the first match of the main card. Voice actor Kenta Tanaka will be a special guest on commentary today and Katsumata will join commentary for the main event. There will be a pre-show match scheduled to begin 30 minutes before the event. Including the pre-show I anticipate today’s event running close to 3 hours total.

Today’s lineup (in order):
Pre-show: Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno, Yuni & Toru Owashi vs. Akito, Takao Soma, Kazuma Sumi & Rukiya

Main show:
Naruki Doi vs. Takeshi Masada
Ryota Nakatsu, Yuki Ishida, Yuya Koroku & Yusuke Okada vs. Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai, Hideki Okatani & Sanshiro Takagi
HARASHIMA vs. Minoru Fujita
Tetsuya Endo vs. Nick Wayne
Yuji Hino, Jun Akiyama & Makoto Oishi vs. Kazusada Higuchi, Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda
Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul vs. Yuki Ueno & Toi Kojima for the vacant KO-D Tag Team Championship
MAO vs. Kazuki Hirata & Yoshihiko in a 3-way elimination match for the vacant DDT Extreme Championhip
The entire WRESTLE PETER PAN match card will be announced after the main event

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Updates below will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin at 6:45 PM PT/9:45 PM ET.

6:45 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has just begun. Updates will begin when we go to the venue.

7:05 PM PT UPDATE:Live updates begin now…
We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Ken Kato, Kagehiro Osano & Kenta Tanaka.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Crowd still filing in but the opposite-camera-side bleacher seats are tarped off on either side (only using the middle seats). Not much on the floor outside the bleachers on either side so I’m thinking it’ll be around 650. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 755)

Pre-show match: Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno, Yuni & Toru Owashi vs. Akito, Takao Soma, Kazuma Sumi & Rukiya. 15 minute time limit. Before Pheromones enter, Akito with microphone. Sounds like a comedy promo about Pheromones. Perhaps a request of GM Imabayashi as well. Interrupted by those deplorable Pheromones for their entrance of course.
Result: No Contest. GM Imabayashi Stoppage. Probably to spare Yuni the wrath of those deplorable Pheromones. Naturally this was a comedy match.

Updates will resume when the main show matches begin in about 20-25 minutes (as of 7:20 PM PT). During the opening announcements GM Imabayashi brings out Shota of Ganbare Pro to promote their biggest event of the year, WRESTLE SEKIGAHARA 2, which is on 7/9 at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo. The opening start call is delivered by Chris Brookes, who will return from injury in a couple weeks ahead of his KO-D Openweight Championship match against Yuji Hino at WRESTLE PETER PAN, which he earned by winning the KING OF DDT Tournament.

Main show:
The matches begin at 7:35 PM PT. Your host today is Ken Kato. Haruo Murata is in Canada to do Japanese commentary for the All Elite Wrestling/New Japan Pro Wrestling “Forbidden Door” PPV tomorrow for New Japan World (with Miki Motoi).
Match 1: Naruki Doi vs. Takeshi Masada. 30 minute time limit
Result: Naruki Doi beat Takeshi Masada

Match 2: Ryota Nakatsu, Yuki Ishida, Yuya Koroku & Yusuke Okada vs. Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai, Hideki Okatani & Sanshiro Takagi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Ryota Nakatsu, Yuki Ishida, Yuya Koroku & Yusuke Okada beat Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai, Hideki Okatani & Sanshiro Takagi. Ishida pinned Sakaguchi. UPSET ALERT! Sakaguchi beat down Ishida a little more afterwards before storming off.

Big match announcement: DDT BIG BANG 2023 on 9/9 at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo will feature a KO-D Openweight Championship match.

The YouTube broadcast ends here. It did not include the pre-show match.

Match 3: HARASHIMA vs. Minoru Fujita. 30 minute time limit
Result: HARASHIMA beat Minoru Fujita by DQ. Fujita low blow on the referee.

Yukio Naya makes a surprise appearance. He announced what sounded like his potential return from injury, which could be at WRESTLE PETER PAN next month. (Update: It will be at WRESTLE PETER PAN)

Match 4: Tetsuya Endo vs. Nick Wayne. 30 minute time limit (Wayne, who just graduated high school a week or so ago and just turned 18 or is about to, is headed to All Elite Wrestling later this summer. He was signed to a deal a couple years ago that would take effect once he was old enough to legally compete in the US, meaning age 18). Endo’s also sporting some light blue/turquoise hair at the ends now.
Result: Tetsuya Endo beat Nick Wayne

Match 5: Yuji Hino, Jun Akiyama & Makoto Oishi vs. Kazusada Higuchi, Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda. 30 minute time limit. For this match Akiyama came out looking like the “American Badass” version of The Undertaker, wearing Omega gear just for this match. Nice! It looked good on him!
Chris Brookes joins commentary for this match.
Result: Yuji Hino, Jun Akiyama & Makoto Oishi beat Kazusada Higuchi, Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda. Hino beat Honda with a King Kong sleeper. Mostly comedy match but Hino & Higuchi had their BEEF moments. Afterwards, Oishi with microphone. As he apparently taunted the lsoers and Brookes, Hino snatched the microphone from him. Some comedy before further taunting Brookes as a promo for their match at WRESTLE PETER PAN.

Shunma Katsumata greets the crowd from the commentary area. He joins commentary for the rest of the event.

Match 6: Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul vs. Yuki Ueno & Toi Kojima for the vacant KO-D Tag Team Championship. 1 Hour time limit
During the opening moments, Sasaki attacked Katsumata with one of his crutches at commentary.
Result: Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul beat Yuki Ueno & Toi Kojima to win the vacant KO-D Tag Team Championship. Sasaki & Paul become the 77th KO-D Tag Team Champions. Sasaki beat Kojima with a crossface. KANON appeared and interfered to help at the end despite being injured (arm/elbow in a sling).

Main Event: MAO vs. Kazuki Hirata & Yoshihiko in a 3-way elimination match for the vacant DDT Extreme Championship. 1 Hour time limit
In progress.
Result: Yoshihiko eliminated first by both MAO & Kazuki Hirata. Kazuki Hirata then beat MAO to win the title. Hirata becomes the 58th DDT Extreme Champion. Hirata apparently has also chosen his first challenger: HARASHIMA. Accepted. GM Imabayashi made it official. Sounds like it will be at the next Korakuen event, which is Summer Vacation 2023 on 7/29.

Coming up shortly: The full WRESTLE PETER PAN card. And here it is:
Takeshi Masada vs. Kazuma Sumi
Sanshiro Takagi, Shinichiro Kawamatsu & Yuni vs. Masa Takanashi, Toi Kojima & Rukiya
Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Yumehito Imanari vs. Akito, Takao Soma & Yoshitomo Shimohigashi
Naruki Doi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata vs. Minoru Fujita, MJ Paul & KANON and Kotaro Suzuki, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku in a 3-way
Chiitan* & Pokotan vs. Andreza Giant Panda & Super Sasadango Machine
HARASHIMA & Yukio Naya vs. Jun Akiyama & Shigehiro Irie
KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida vs. Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani for the titles
TAKA Michinoku vs. MAO
Konosuke Takeshita vs. Yuki Ueno
Daisuke Sasaki vs. El Desperado
DDT Universal Champion Tetsuya Endo vs. Matt Cardona for the title
KO-D Openweight Champion Yuji Hino vs. Chris Brookes for the title

And that’ll do it for today!

The next event is “Yokohama Unlimited SPECIAL” on 7/1 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

DDT wrapped up the What Are You Doing 2023 Tour today with the second half of a Hokkaido house show doubleheader.

Today’s event was held at Sapporo E-One Arena in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 304.

Match 1: Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul beat Hideki Okatani & Kazuma Sumi. Paul pinned Sumi after a running body press.

Match 2: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno vs. Sanshiro Takagi & Yukio Sakaguchi went to a no contest. Iino tried to get naked.

Match 3: Akito & Sanae Takabayashi beat Kazuki Hirata & Saki Akai. Akito beat Hirata with an ankle hold.

Match 4: Andreza Giant Panda beat Pokotan.

Match 5: Yuji Hino & ? beat beat Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida. Hino beat Ishida with King Kong sleeper.

Match 6: Jun Akiyama & Takashi Yoshida (Dragon Gate) beat HARASHIMA & Takeshi Masada. Akiyama pinned Masada after Exploder.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, MAO & Toi Kojima beat Tetsuya Endo, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku. Ueno pinned Koroku after WR.

The next event is WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2023 on 6/25 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The event has 2 title matches scheduled to crown new DDT Extreme and KO-D Tag Team Champions, which could very well see The37Kamiina reclaim both after they had to give them up due to a Shunma Katsumata injury. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese will begin Saturday at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

DDT continued the What Are You Doing 2023 Tour today with the start of a doubleheader in Hokkaido.

Today’s event was held at Sapporo E-One Stadium in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 210.

Match 1: Hideki Okatani beat Yuki Ishida.

Match 2: In a handicap match, Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Yusuke Okada, Kazuma Sumi & Rukiya. Iino beat ? (appeared to be both Sumi & Rukiya simultaneously based on photos).

Match 3: Andreza Giant Panda & Saki Akai beat Akito & Kazuki Hirata in 19 seconds by ref stoppage (TKO). Akito inadvertent elbow to Hirata. Which led to…
Match 3 (again): Andreza Giant Panda & Saki Akai beat Akiro & Kazuki Hirata. Akai pinned Hirata after Quetzalcoatl.

Match 4: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Yuya Koroku & Takashi Yoshida (Dragon Gate) beat Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA, Makoto Oishi & ?. Endo pinned Oishi after Burning Star Press. This originally was to have been a 6-man tag match but apparently changed last-minute to an 8-man tag.

Match 5: MAO & Toi Kojima beat Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul. Kojima pinned Paul.

Main Event: Yuji Hino & Yukio Sakaguchi beat Kazusada Higuchi & Takeshi Masada. Hino pinned Masada after Fuckin’ BOMB.

The next event is tomorrow (tonight US time). There will be no live broadcast.

DDT continued the What Are You Doing 223 Tour today with an event in Hokkaido that got off to a rough and unusual start-apparently the truck transporting parts of the ring and other equipment was late due to travel issues so they had to use a partially built ring for some of the event among other things. Seemingly transcends “only in DDT”. Because of this, the original match order was changed.

Today’s event was held at Hakodate City Geberal Wholesale Center in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Monday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 212.

Match 1; Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Akito & Kazuma Sumi. Iino beat Sumi.

Match 2: In a “SILVER QUEEN” infomercial match, MAO & Yoshihiko beat Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata. Yoshihiko pinned Hirata after Reincarnation. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: Sanshiro Takagi beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Yoshihiko to win the title. Takagi becomes the 1572nd DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion.

Match 3: HARASHIMA & Hideki Okatani beat Kazusada Higuchi & Yuya Koroku. HARASHIMA pinned Koroku after Blue Sword.

Match 4: Yuki Ishida beat Akinori Aniji.

Match 5: Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul beat Toi Kojima & Rukiya. Sasaki beat Rukiya with a crossface.

Main Event: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada beat Yuji Hino, Makoto Oishi & Yukio Sakaguchi. Okada pinned Oishi after Sudden Death.

The next event is tomorrow at Sapporo E-One Stadium in Hokkaido. There will be bo live broadcast.

DDT continued the What Are You Doing 2023 Tour today with a house show in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Asakusa Flower Theater in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 233, a legit sellout.

Before the event, a comedy duo performed live in the ring for the crowd.

Match 1: Daisuke Sasaki beat Kazuma Sumi by submission.

Match 2: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda. Iino pinned Honda.

Match 3: Yoshihiko & Kazuki Hirata beat Yuki Ueno & MAO. Yoshihiko pinned MAO after Reincarnation. Afterwards, Yoshihiko was added to the DDT Extreme Championship match between MAO & Hirata on 6/25, making it a 3-way elimination match, and it will be the main event.

Match 4: Sanshiro Takagi & Akito beat Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku. Takagi pinned Koroku after Stone Cold Stunner. Afterwards, Endo may have kicked Koroku out of BURNING.

A performance by comedy duo Impossible provided intermission entertainment for the crowd.

Match 5: Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu & Yuji Ishida beat Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Rukiya. Ishida pinned Rukiya after Flame Palm.

Match 6: MJ Paul beat Toi Kojima by DQ. Chair use.

Main Event: Yuji Hino, HARASHIMA & Makoto Oishi beat Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Hideki Okatani. Hino beat Takanashi with King Kong sleeper.

The next event is Friday at Hakodate City General Wholesale Center in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast. The promotion also announced that Kenta Tanaka, a Japanese voice actor, will be a special guest on commentary on 6/25.

DDT continued the What Are You Doing 2023 Tour today with a house show in Ehime.

Today’s event was held at Matsuyama City Comprehensive Community Center Exhibition Hall in Ehime and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 216, a full house/near sellout. It should be noted that DDT is running a summer-long campaign offering free admission for children and fans under 18, so that may not be the actual paid attendance.

Match 1: In a handicap match, Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Rukiya in 14 seconds. Iino pinned Hirata. Which led to…
Match 1 (again): In a handicap match, Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Rukiya. Iino pinned Rukiya.

Match 2: Akito & Shaa (?) beat Yusuke Okada & Hana Tsuruhime. Akito pinned Okada after a Shaa missile kick.

Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul beat Kazusada Higuchi & Takeshi Masada. Sasaki beat Masada with a figure 4.

Match 4: Sanshiro Takagi, Imabari Towel Mascaras & His Excellency Tsutenkaku beat HARASHIMA, Saki Akai & Kazuma Sumi. Takagi pinned Sumi after a lift-up Spiccoli Driver.

Match 5: Yuji Hino & Makoto Oishi beat Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani. Hino beat Okatani with a King Kong sleeper.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, MAO & Toi Kojima beat Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yuya Koroku. Kojima pinned Koroku after Kojima In Wonderland.

The next event is Tuesday at Asakusa Flower Theater in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT continued the What Are You Doing 2023 Tour today with a house show in Osaka.

Today’s event was held at Suminoe Maikon Hall in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 190.

Match 1: In a handicap match, Akito beat Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno.

Match 2: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani beat Sanshiro Takagi, Makoto Oishi & Rukiya. Okatani pinned Rukiya with a Northern Lights suplex hold.

Match 3: Yuki Ueno beat Kazuma Sumi.

Match 4: Tetsuya Endo & Jun Akiyama beat Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku. Endo pinned Koroku after a rotating torture rack bomb.

During a break in the action here, the President of Maikon presented Saki Akai with a special Fighting Spirit Award and sponsor prize, a year’s supply of NMN products.

Match 5: Toru Owashi & “brother” YASSHI (Independent/Freelancer) beat Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) & Kazuki Hirata. YASSHI pinned Hirata after Flying Big Head.

Match 6: Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul beat MAO & Toi Kojima. Paul pinned Kojima after Death Valley Bomb.

Main Event: Yuji Hino & HARASHIMA beat Kazusada Higuchi & Takeshi Masada. Hino pinned MASADA after Fuckin’ BOMB. The winners also received sponsor prizes, apparently consisting of food gifts.

The next event is tomorrow (tonight US time) at Matsuyama City Comprehensive Community Center Exhibition Hall in Ehime. There will be no live broadcast.

On top of Tokyo Joshi Pro losing Yuka Sakazaki for a while, DDT announced today that Yuki Ishida is also now out of action. Fever & gastroenteritis. Ugh. Out indefinitely but will miss both events this weekend. Changes to the lineups have been made.

More as it becomes available.