Tag: DDT

DDT ran a special charity event in association with the Japan Para-Wrestling Federation today, raising funds for the association which, oddly, currently has only one member-former Olympic medalist Yoshiaki Yatsu who sometimes still competes despite having one prosthetic leg.

Today’s event was held at Odawara Arena Sub Arena in Kanagawa and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 280.

Match 1: Takeshi Masada beat Rukiya.

Match 2: Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani beat Kazuki Hirata & Toi Kojima. Akai pinned Hirata after Quetzalcoatl.

Match 3: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Takao Soma & Kazuma Sumi in 6 seconds. Iino pinned Sumi after a lariat. Which led to…
Match 3 (Again): Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Takao Soma & Kazuma Sumi. Dieno pinned Sumi after Danshoku Driver.

Match 4: Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul beat Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku. Paul pinned Koroku after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 5: Yuki Ueno beat Akito.

Match 6: Yoshiaki Yatsu, Tetsuya Endo & Jun Akiyama beat Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Makoto Oishi. Yatsu beat Oishi.

Main Event: Yuji Hino, HARASHIMA & Yukio Sakaguchi beat Kazusada Higuchi, MAO & Yuki Ishida. HARASHIMA pinned Ishida after Blue Sword.

The next event is Saturday at Suminoe Maikon Hall in Osaka. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT ran the latest Yokohama Unlimited event today, the third in a new series of seemingly monthly standalone house shows in Yokohama.

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

The announced paid attendance was 189, a full house/near sellout.

There were a few last-minute changes to the card because Masa Takanashi was pulled due to a fever. Also, Chris Brookes appeared before the event began to provide an update on his shoulder injury (dislocated shoulder). He expects to be out another month, saying he will return on 7/7 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo.

Match 1: Yuya Koroku beat Kazuma Sumi. This was to have been Takeshi Masada vs. Sumi but Masada was moved to the main event as a replacement for Takanashi.

Match 2: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Antonio Honda & Rukiya. Iino beat Honda. This was to have been a handicap match but Koroku was moved to the first match to replace Masada.

Match 3: Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani beat Yusuke Okada & Yuki Ishida. Okatani pinned Ishida with a double arm suplex.

Match 4: Sanshiro Takagi & Akito beat Yuki Ueno & Yuni. Takagi beat Yuni with a Texas cloverleaf.

Match 5: MAO & Mei Suruga (Chocolate Pro Wrestling) beat Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata. Suruga pinned Hirata after Comet.

Match 6: Toi Kojima beat Daisuke Sasaki by DQ. Chair use. Afterwards, it was announced Sasaki & MJ Paul would be the team facing Ueno & Kojima for the vacant KO-D Tag Team Championship on 6/25 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

Match 7: Tetsuya Endo & Jun Akiyama beat HARASHIMA & Takao Soma. Endo pinned Soma after Burning Star Press.

Main Event: Yuji Hino & Makoto Oishi beat Kazusada Higuchi & Takeshi Masada. Hino beat Masada with a King Kong sleeper. Brookes apparently watched this match at ringside so message sent by Hino.

The next event is a Japan Para-Wrestling Federation Co-Promoted Charity Event tomorrow at Odawara Sub Arena in Kanagawa, where all disabled (physically or mentally) fans and children under 18 will receive free admission. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT has just announced a last-minute change to tomorrow’s Yokohama Unlimited Vol. 3 event (in a few hours US time): Masa Takanashi is now off. Fever. He was to have teamed with Kazusada Higuchi to face Makoto Oishi & Yuji Hino in the main event. Takeshi Masada is the replacement. Masada was to have faced Kazuma Sumi in the first match. Yuya Koroku is the replacement there. Koroku was to have teamed with Antonio Honda & Rukiya vs. Danshoku Dieno & Yuki Iino in a handicap match. That’s now a tag match.

It’s not known if Takanashi will miss any time past today-he is not scheduled for any other DDT events for at least another week so he probably will not unless it’s determined to be coronavirus (his next DDT appearance is TBA but right now it’s looking to be at least 10-11 days out).

Injuries have been hitting tournament winners and especially DDT hard recently. The latest one to go down is recent KING OF DDT winner Chris Brookes. Dislocated right shoulder suffered this past weekend. Out at least 3 weeks but no return date set. Changes for this weekend’s events have been made.

More as it becomes available.

DDT continued the WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2023 Tour today with a house show in Kumamoto.

Today’s event was held at Kumamoto Castle Hall Civic Hall in Kumamoto and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a alter date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 283, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Yuya Koroku beat Rukiya by submission.

Match 2: In a Handicap Match, Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata. Iino beat Hirata with Pheromon Airport. That’s just one of their VERY NSFW finishes.

Match 3: In a Hardcore Match, Chris Brookes & Sanshiro Takagi beat Hideki Okatani & Kazuma Sumi. Brookes beat Sumi with a ground octopus stretch.

Match 4: Yuki Ueno & MAO beat Tetsuya Endo & Yusuke Okada. Ueno pinned Okada after BME.

Match 5; Jun Akiyama beat Toui Kojima by ref stoppage (TKO).

Match 6: Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida beat Kota Umeda & Takeshi Masada. Ishida pinned Masada after Flame Palm.

Main Event: Yuji Hino, Makoto Oishi & Dark Side HERO! beat Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & Shogun Okamoto. Hino pinned Paul after Fuckin’ BOMB. I can’t confirm this year but pictures I saw and past history leads me to believe HERO! actually was a masked HARASHIMA.

The next event is Yokohama Unlimited Vol. 3 Saturday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

DDT continued the WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2023 Tour today with a visit to Hiroshima.

Today’s event was held at JMS Aster Plaza Multipurpose Studio in Hiroshima and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (probably Tuesday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 190, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Kazuma Sumi & Rukiya. Iino beat Rukiya.

Match 2: Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida beat Sanshiro Takagi & Yusuke Okada. Higuchi pinned Okada after Brain Claw Slam.

Match 3: In a No DQ Match, MAO beat Hideki Okatani.

Match 4: Konno Kenshin (?) beat Kazuki Hirata.

Match 5: In a Lucha Libre Rules match, Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yuya Koroku beat HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Rey Paloma by giving up. Paloma gave up because he was scared of Akiyama’s Exploder.

Match 6: Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul beat Yuki Ueno & Toui Kojima. Paul pinned Kojima after Death Valley Bomb.

Main Event: Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada beat Yuji Hino & Makoto Oishi. Brookes beat Oishi with a ground octopus stretch.

The next event is tomorrow at Kumamoto Castle Hall Civic Hall in Kumamoto. There will be no live broadcast.

As they promised to do a few minutes ago at Noon JST, DDT just announced the determination match for the next DDT Extteme Champion after Shunma Katsumata had to vacate the title due to injury after his successful defense last weekend. Perhaps not surprisingly one of the participants will be MAO, Katsumata’s The37Kamiina factionmate. Surprisingly is the other-Kazuki Hirata. Match type TBA and it will be on 6/25 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. There also will be a KO-D Tag Team Championship match to determine new champions after MAO & Katsumata had to vacate the titles.

More as it becomes available.

Continuing a theme across promotions recently, DDT has announced the DDT Extreme Championship and KO-D Tag Team Championships are now VACANT. Both are because Shunma Katsumata suffered an ankle injury yesterday. This means MAO loses the Tag Team Title. Determination matches to crown new champions will be held on 6/25.

DDT wrapped up the KING OF DDT 2023 Tournament today with the Semifinals and Finals.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. You can also watch the first 4 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 677.

Pre-show:
Match 1: Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Yumehito Imanari beat Akito, Yusuke Okada & Rukiya by ref stoppage (TKO). Iino beat Rukiya.
Match 2: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai, Takao Soma, Yuni & Yuki Ishida beat Toru Owashi, Makoto Oishi, Antonio Honda, Kazuki Hirata & Kazuma Sumi. Akai pinned Hirata after Quetzalcoatl.

Main show:
The promised announcement of a former WWE wrestler/champion appearing at WRESTLE PETER PAN was made to reveal the wrestler’s identity…Matt Cardona (Zack Ryder). He will face DDT Universal Champion Tetsuya Endo for the title on 7/23 with Steph De Lander in Cardon’a corner (not Chelsea Green, Cardona’s real-life wife. She’s back in WWE).

Match 1: KING OF DDT Semifinals: Kazusada Higuchi beat Yuki Ueno.

Match 2: KING OF DDT Semifinals: Chris Brookes beat Jun Akiyama.

Match 3: Tetsuya Endo & Kotaro Suzuki beat Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul. Endo pinned Paul after Burning Star Press. This was to have been a 6-man tag match but was changed to a tag match due to a KANON injury.

Match 4: Yuji Hino, Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA & Naruki Doi beat MAO, Touki Kojima, Yuya Koroku & Takeshi Masada. Hino beat Koroku with King Kong sleeper.

Match 5: In a Piercing Deathmatch where win was by pinfall, submission or piercing your opponent’s ear 3 times, DDT Extreme Champion Shunma Katsumata beat Hideki Okatani to retain the title. V1 for Katsumata. Next up: TBA, but Katsumata hinted at wanting Atsushi Onita.

Main Event: KING OF DDT Finals: Chris Brookes beat Kazusada Higuchi by submission to win the tournament. As a result, Brookes will next face KO-D Openweight Champion Yuji Hino for the title at a date TBA.

Daisuke Sasaki summoned media backstage and tried to wait for El Desperado, who was part of the New Japan event later in the day at the venue. However, Korakuen Hall staff forced him to leave. Sasaki will face Desperado at WRESTLE PETER PAN.

The next event is Saturday at JMS Alter Plaza Multipurpose Studio in Hiroshima. There will be no live broadcast.