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DDT 5/14/23 Results

DDT returned to Chiba for another ONLY WE event today, this one a special Yuji Hino 20th Anniversary event.

Today’s event was held at TKP Garden City Chiba in Chiba and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 241, a super full house/very near sellout.

Before the event, a public signing ceremony for the next DDT Extreme Championship match between Shunma Katsumata & Hideki Okatani was held. It was announced the match would be a Piercing/Stabbing Weapons Death Match and in addition to normal methods, winning can also be by piercing the opponent’s ears with weapons 3 times.

Nick Wayne, a 17-year-old wrestler who was supposed to come to Japan earlier this year but was unable to due to visa issues, will try again to come to DDT in June & July. Wayne has already signed with All Elite Wrestling but can’t join them until he turns 18.

Match 1: Hideki Okatani beat Rukiya.

Match 2: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata. Iino pinned Hirata.

Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON beat Shunma Katsumata, Yusuke Okada & Kazuma Sumi. KANON beat Sumi with a cobra twist.

Match 4: Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada beat Hiroshi Yamato & Yuya Koroku. Brookes beat Koroku with a ground octopus stretch.

Match 5: Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida beat KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Shinya Aoki, Yuki Ueno & Super Sasadango Machine to win the titles. Higuchi, Nakatsu & Ishida become the 51st KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions. Ishida pinned Machine after Flame Palm.

Match 6: Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi beat MAO & Toui Kojima. Oishi pinned Kojima.

Main Event: Yuji Hino 20th Anniversary Match: Yuji Hino, Jun Akiyama & Yukio Sakaguchi beat Tetsuya Endo, HARASHIMA & Yuji Okabayashi. Hino pinned HARASHIMA after Fuckin’ BOMB.

The next event is KING OF DDT 2023 FINAL!! on 5/21 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. The start time may be moved up further due to 2 pre-show matches scheduled.

DDT 5/13/23 Results

DDT held a special event today outside the JR Takashimaya train station in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo, the first time a wrestling event was held there. The event also featured a press conference and a talk show event with Sanshiro Takagi & Saki Akai.

Today’s event was held at JR Takashimaya 1st Floor JR Exit Special Venue in Tokyo and may be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The attendance was not announced because this was a free event.

Match 1: Kazusada Higuchi, Saki Akai & Yuki Ishida beat Sanshiro Takagi, Yuya Koroku & Kazuma Sumi. Higuchi beat Sumi with a torture rack Canadian backbreaker.

The public press conference held after the first match featured the KING OF DDT Semifinalists (Higuchi, Yuki Ueno, Chris Brookes, Jun Akiyama).

Sanshiro Takagi & Saki Akai held a talk show event and talked glowingly about the Takashimaya venue and area.

Match 2: Chiitan* & Akito beat Pocotan & Kazuki Hirata. Chiitan* pinned Hirata after Chii*Poco Trigger. Afterwards, actions by Hirata led Akito to make Chiitan* & Pocotan a team and they will be in a tag match at WRESTLE PETER PAN 2023 on 7/23 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.

Match 3: Tetsuya Endo, Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada beat MAO, Yuki Ueno & Toui Kojima. Brookes pinned Kojima after Praying Mantis Bomb.

The next event is tomorrow at TKP Garden City Chiba in Chiba for an ONLY WE/Yuji Hino 20th Anniversary event. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT Pro Wrestling KING OF DDT Quarterfinals Results (5/7/23)

DDT continues the KING OF DDT 2023 Tournament today with the Quarterfinals. 24 hours after narrowing the field from 16 down to 8, including some major upsets (Hideki Okatani pulled off a shocker against double champion Shunma Katsumata), it will be narrowed down to 4 after today. The Quarterfinals make up the second half of today’s event, with Okatani vs. Kazusada Higuchi as the main event. The Semifinals will be determined by random draw after the event, so it’s not necessarily going to be what the brackets online suggest. There will be 4 non-tournament matches first including a pre-show dark match.

Today’s event will be held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will likely be no commentary. It may also be a hard camera-only view due to venue size limitations. I was way over on my running time prediction yesterday as I guessed it would go 2 1/2 hours and it only went about 1 hour 45 minutes. Not counting the pre-show match I anticipate another 2 hour event today, so if you need a Saturday Night Live replacement due to the writers’ strike this should suffice. Note the pre-show match is scheduled to start 22 minutes before event time. Odd, I know, but it’s DDT after all.

Today’s lineup (in order):
Pre-Show Match: Yuni & Yuki Ishida vs. Yuya Koroku & Kazuma Sumi

Main Show:
Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno vs. Akito & Antonio Honda
Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON vs. Shunma Katsumata, Toui Kojima & Takeshi Masada
Yuji Hino, Tetsuya Endo, Yukio Sakaguchi & Yusuke Okada vs. HARASHIMA, Naruki Doi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata
KING OF DDT Quarterfinals:
Kotaro Suzuki vs. Yuki Ueno
Jun Akiyama vs. MAO
Sanshiro Takagi vs. Chris Brookes
Kazusada Higuchi vs. Hideki Okatani

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Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. The Pre-Show Match is scheduled to begin at 7:38 PM PT/10:38 PM ET.

7:20 PM PT UPDATE: Stream start time has been moved up 5 minutes to 7:25 PM PT/10:25 PM PT. Updates will begin shortly.

7:25 PM PT UPDATE: Stream has launched. We should be going to the venue in about 10 minutes.

7:38 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates start now…
We are LIVE from Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary. Hard camera view only again.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The crowd is still filing in as there’s 20 minutes until scheduled start time. Yesterday did roughly 235 so that suggests another crowd in the 225-250 range. (At start time it looks similar to yesterday so probably around 225 again)

The pre-show match starts a couple minutes later than planned at 7:40 PM PT.

Pre-show Match: Yuni & Yuki Ishida vs. Yuya Koroku & Kazuma Sumi. 15 minute time limit
Result :Yuni & Yuki Ishida beat Yuya Koroku & Kazuma Sumi. Ishida pinned Sumi after a palm strike.

Updates will resume at 8 PM PT or when main show matches begin.

The main show matches begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

Match 1: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno vs. Akito & Antonio Honda. 30 minute time limit A ton of pre-match comedy stuff with Iino trying to be “Sexy” again but apparently he still has to be “NOT SEXY!”
Reslut: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Akito & Antonio Honda. Iino beat Honda with a sleeper hold. Nonstop ridiculous Pheromones comedy match. Kept everyone laughing the whole way through.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON vs. Shunma Katsumata, Toui Kojima & Takeshi Masada. 30 minute time limit
Result: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON beat Shunma Katsumata, Toui Kojima & Takeshi Masada. KANON pinned Kojima after Sleepy Hollow.

Match 3: Yuji Hino, Tetsuya Endo, Yukio Sakaguchi & Yusuke Okada vs. HARASHIMA, Naruki Doi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuji Hino, Tetsuya Endo, Yukio Sakaguchi & Yusuke Okada beat HARASHIMA, Naruki Doi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata. Sakaguchi pinned Hirata after PK following an Endo Torture Rack Bomb during Hirata’s comedy dancing with HARASHIMA. Hilarious ending.

Match 4: KING OF DDT Quarterfinals: Kotaro Suzuki vs. Yuki Ueno. No time limit
Result: Yuki Ueno beat Kotaro Suzuki. As a result, Ueno advances to the Semifinals.

Match 5: KING OF DDT Quarterfinals: Jun Akiyama vs. MAO. No time limit
Result: Jun Akiyama beat MAO. As a result, Akiyama advances to the Semifinals.

Match 6: KING OF DDT Quarterfinals: Sanshiro Takagi vs. Chris Brookes. No time limit
Result: Chris Brookes beat Sanshiro Takagi. As a result, Brookes advances to the Semifinals. Largely hardcore comedy outside the ring.

Quick break for ring cleaning.

Main Event: KING OF DDT Quarterfinals: Kazusada Higuchi vs. Hideki Okatani. No time limit
Result: Kazusada Higuchi beat Hideki Okatani. As a result, Higuchi advances to the Semifinals.

GM Imabayashi returns tot he ring to announce the Semifinal pairings, which are by a random draw once all 4 participants return to the ring. Colored balls will determine the matches. Higuchi draws first…red. Akiyama second…blue. Brookes third…blue. That means Ueno, who was last, got red. So the Semifinals are Higuchi vs. Ueno and Akiyama vs. Brookes. The Semifinals and Finals will be on 5/21 at Korakuen Hall.

The next event is 5/14 at TKP Garden City Chiba in Chiba for an ONLY WE/Yuji Hino 20th Anniversary Event. There will be no live broadcast.

Post-show note: The announced paid attendance was 206.

DDT Pro Wrestling KING OF DDT 2023 Round 1 Results (5/6/23)

DDT kicks off the annual KONG OF DDT 2023 Tournament today, a single-elimination bracket-style singles tournament to determine the strongest wrestler in DDT. This year’s tournament has 16 participants (not everyone who wanted in got in, at least according to Saki Akai on her Twitter-she wanted in but got left out) and all will be in action today as the entire Round 1 makes up today’s event. Yuki Ueno vs. Naruki Doi will be the main event but on paper the highlight match seems to be Match 5, which is Jun Akiyama vs. Tetsuya Endo in an all-Burning affair, and all winners move on to tomorrow’s Quarterfinals. Kazusada Higuchi is the defensing tournament winner.

Today’s event will be held at Shinjuku Face on Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. It’s not known if there will be any commentary. All the matches have no time limit so it’s hard to predict how long the event will run, my guess will be about 2 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup (in order, all matches are KING OF DDT Round 1 matches):
Yusuke Okada vs. Kazusada Higuchi
Shunma Katsumata vs. Hideki Okatani
Sanshiro Takagi vs. Yukio Sakaguchi
HARASHIMA vs. Chris Brookes
Jun Akiyama vs. Tetsuya Endo
MAO vs. Takeshi Masada
Kotaro Suzuki vs. KANON
Yuki Ueno vs. Naruki Doi

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Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

7:55 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Not a sellout although the super seats and counter seats sold out, I’m guessing based on opening shots and crowd noise it’ll be in the 250-300 range.

The matches will begin shortly.

The matches begin at 8 PM PT. All matches are KING OF DDT Round 1 matches. No time limit. Looks like hard camera views only today.

Match 1: Yusuke Okada vs. Kazusada Higuchi
Result: Kazusada Higuchi beat Yusuke Okada by ref stoppage (KO-headbutt). As a result, Higuchi advances to the Quarterfinals and will face the Shunma Katsumata-Hideki Okatani winner.

Match 2: Shunma Katsumata vs. Hideki Okatani
Result: Hideki Okatani beat Shunma Katsumata. As a result, Okatani advances to the Quarterfinals and will face Kazusada HIguchi. This was mostly an outside the ring brawl scattering the crowd all over the place.

Match 3: Sanshiro Takagi vs. Yukio Sakaguchi
Result: Sanshiro Takagi beat Yukio Sakaguchi. Very short match (under 4 minutes). As a result, Takagi advances to the Quarterfinals and will face the HARASHIMA-Chris Brookes winner.

Match 4: HARASHIMA vs. Chris Brookes
Result: Chris Brookes beat HARASHIMA. As a result, Brookes advances to the Quarterfinals and will face Sanshiro Takagi.

Match 5: Jun Akiyama vs. Tetsuya Endo
Result: Jun Akiyama beat Tetsuya Endo. As a result, Akiyama advances to the Quarterfinals and will face the MAO-Takeshi Masada winner.

Match 6: MAO vs. Takeshi Masada
Result: MAO beat Takeshi Masada. As a result, MAO advances to the Quarterfinals and will face Jun Akiyama.

Match 7: Kotaro Suzuki vs. KANON
Result: Kotaro Suzuki beat KANON. As a result, Suzuki advances to the Quarterfinals and will face the Yuki Ueno-Naruki Doi winner.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno vs. Naruki Doi
Result: Yuki Ueno beat Naruki Doi. As a result, Ueno advances to teh Quarterfinals and will face Kotaro Suzuki.

Much faster event than I expected, the matches went just 1 hour 45 minutes total.

The Quarterfinals are tomorrow. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNVIERSE will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET with live results posted here.

DDT 5/3/23 Results

DDT held MEGA MAX BUMP 2023, their annual Golden Week blowout event, today in Yokohama and it was, well, DDT.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. You can also watch up to the second main show match FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 1160. Although it only has a capacity of 3000, and was probably smaller with the setup, same-day ticket sales ads made it sound like the gate/attendance was not that good.

Pre-Show:
Match 1: Yumehito Imanari beat Rukiya.
Match 2: Illusion beat Danshoku Dieno.
Match 3: Koju Takeda beat Yuki Ishida.

Main Show:

Match 1: Yuya Koroku & Sotatsu Nakamura beat Toui Kojima & Kazuma Sumi. Koroku pinned Sumi after a deformed Triangle Lancer.

Match 2: Saki Akai beat Rayne Leverkusen.

Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & Minoru Fujita beat Takao Soma, Yusuke Okada & Diego. Sasaki beat Diego with a crossface. Diego was a late replacement for Keigo Nakamura, who is out due to injury.

Match 4: In a Dance vs. Kickboxing Match scheduled for 15 2-minute rounds, Hikaru Machida beat Kazuki Hirata by TKO in 7 seconds. Which led to…
Match 4 (again): In a Dance vs. Kickboxing Match scheduled for 15 2-minute rounds, Kazuki Hirata beat Hikaru Machida. Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling ring announcer Sayuri Namba was the special ring card girl (which she also is part-time for MMA and boxing events in Japan).

Match 5: Chiitan⭐️ Debut Match: Chiitan⭐️, Toru Owashi & Akito beat Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda. Chiitan⭐️ pinned Honda after Shining Wizard. Post-match happenings involving Pocotan led to Akito making a giant costume mascot match for 5/13.

Match 6: Yuki Ueno & Yuni beat Van Vert Jacques & Takeshi Masada. Ueno pinned Masada after a rolling guillotine Ace Crusher. Jacques was a replacement for Nick Wayne, who missed the event due to visa issues (announced well in advance).

Match 7: In a TLC (Toys, Ladders, Chairs) Match, Shunma Katsumata beat DDT Extreme Champion Jun Akiyama to win the title. Katsumata becomes the 57th DDT Extreme Champion. Toui Kojima interference helped set it up. Apparently Akiyama had been referring to Kojima as “Toy”, intentionally misspelling his first name. This all led to Akiyama-Kojima being made for 5/28 at Yokohama Budokan.

Match 8: Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi, Naruki Doi & KANON beat Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA, Kotaro Suzuki & Hideki Okatani. Sakaguchi pinned Okatani after God’s Right Knee.

Match 9: DDT Universal Champion Tetsuya Endo beat MAO to retain the title. V1 for Endo.

Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion Yuji Hino beat Yuki Iino to retain the title. V2 for Hino.

Big announcements made for the future included an unnamed former WWE superstar appearing at WRESTLE PETER PAN on 7/23, to be revealed at Korakuen Hall later this month, and a Ryogoku Kokugikan return date for a big event on 11/12.

The next event is the KING OF DDT 2023 Tournament Round 1 Saturday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 11 PM ET/8 PM PT. Live results here are scheduled for the event.

DDT 4/30/23 Results

DDT wrapped up the Road To MAX BUMP Tour today with their last event in April to kick off Golden Week.

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

The announced paid attendance was 172, a full house/near sellout. It’s a very small venue.

Match 1: Yusuke Okada beat Kazuma Sumi.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Hideki Okatani & Rukiya. KANON beat Rukiya with a cobra twist.

Match 3: Antonio Honda, Takeshi Masada & Rayne Leverkusen beat Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Mari Manji (?). Leverkusen pinned Hirata after Scara Special.

Match 4: HARASHIMA, Yukio Sakaguchi & Hiroshi Yamato beat Kazusada Higuchi, Chris Brookes & Yuki Ishida. Sakaguchi pinned Ishida after God’s Right Knee.

Match 5: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Yuji Hino & Makoto Oishi. Iino pinned Oishi.

Main Event: MAO, Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Ueno beat Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yuya Koroku. Katsumata pinned Koroku after Totonoe Splash.

The next event is MEGA MAX BUMP 2023 in YOKOHAMA, the annual Golden Week blowout event, Wednesday at Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Tuesday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. Kenta Kobashi will be a guest on commentary.

DDT 4/29/23 Results

DDT continued their current tour today with a house show in Osaka.

Today’s event was held at 176BOX 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 286, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Hideki Okatani beat Rukiya. On a side note, DDT mentioned in the opening notes that Rukiya apparently grew up just steps away from the venue (where his family home is, in walking distance).

Match 2: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Makoto Oishi & Kazuma Sumi. Iino pinned Sumi after Argentine Backbreaker.

Match 3: Chris Brookes, Saki & His Excellency Tsuten (?) beat Toru Owashi, Rayne Leverkusen & Kazuki Hirata. Brookes pinned Hirata after Praying Mantis Bomb.

Match 4: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON beat Naruki Doi, Yuni & Takeshi Masada. Sasaki beat Yuni with a crossface.

Match 5: Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada beat Shunma Katsumata & Kazusada Higuchi. Akiyama pinned Katsumata after Exploder.

Match 6: Yuji Hino & Yukio Sakaguchi beat HARASHIMA & Yuki Ishida. Hino beat Ishida with King Kong sleeper.

Main Event: MAO & Yuki Ueno beat Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku. MAO pinned Koroku after an avalanche Michinoku Driver 2.

The next event is tomorrow at Create Hamamatsu Hall in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT News: Wrestler Injury Update

An injury update from DDT: Keigo Nakamura, who has been out recently with a concussion but was to have returned this Saturday, will not return to action as planned. Right knee ligament and meniscus damage from an old injury that flared up recently. Out indefinitely but will be gone “for a while”. No new return date set but this sounds like weeks if not months.

More as it becomes available.

DDT 4/23/23 Results

DDT held a special outdoor event today with the theme of Fish vs. Meat. Mmmm…tasty. The vendor/market where the event was held was today’s sponsor.

Today’s event was held at Shibushi City “Eel station” special venue in Kagoshima and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 400, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Yusuke Okada beat Takeshi Masada.

Match 2: Makoto Oishi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani beat Shunma Katsumata, Rayne Leverkusen & Kazuki Hirata. Akai pinned Hirata after Quetzalcoatl.

Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat MAO & Toui Kojima. KANON pinned Kojima after Sleepy Hollow.

Match 4: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Yuji Hino & Kazuma Sumi. Iino beat Sumi with a dragon sleeper.

Match 5: Shiro Koshinaka, Toru Owashi & Yukio Sakaguchi beat Tetsuya Endo, Sanshiro Takagi & Yuya Koroku. Koshinaga pinned Koroku after a diving hip attack.

Main Event: Shishamo Power, Eel Mask & Super Eel Mask beat Jun AKiyama, Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida. Super Eel Mask pinned Ishida after Super Eel Splash. Fish beats Meat today.

The next event is Saturday at 176BOX in Osaka. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT 4/22/23 Results

DDT continued the Road to MAX BUMP 2023 Tour today with a house show in Fukuoka.

Today’s event was held at Kasuga General Sports Center in Fukuoka 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 196.

Match 1: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Azure Dragon (Independent/Freelancer) & Rukiya. Sasaki pinned Rukiya.

Match 2: Akito & Takeshi Masada beat Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata. Akito beat Hirata with Gedo Clutch. In just 11 seconds. Which led to…
Match 2 (again): Akito & Takeshi Masada beat Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata. Masada pinned Hirata after Samurai Driver ’01.

Match 3: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani beat Yusuke Okada, Rayne Leverkusen & Kazuma Sumi. Okatani pinned Sumi after a double arm suplex. Leverkusen is the niece (I believe) of one of the members of legendary heavy metal band Iron Maiden.

Match 4: Yuki (NOT SEXY!) Iino & Dansoku Dieno vs. HARASHIMA & Toru Owashi went to a no contest. Out of control.

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

Main Event: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yuya Koroku beat MAO, Shunma Katsumata & Toui Kojima. Endo pinned Kojima after Burning Star Press.

The next event is “Shibushi fish meat decisive battle @ eel station” tomorrow at Shibushi City “Eel Station” special venue in Kagoshima. There will be no live broadcast.

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