DDT runs their monthly Tokyo major event today, this month titled “WRESTLING HARVEST-The Sky Dyed In Madder”. It’s mostly about tag teams today including 2 title matches, for both the KO-D Tag Team and KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championships with the latter again featuring Yuki Ueno & Minoru Suzuki on opposite sides of a title clash. That also means another Kaisei Takeshi appearance so the ladies will be in the stands in full force in support of The Rampage. O-MENZ Kumadori also returns for his latest appearance which promises more excitement and definitely a ladies’ day atmosphere.
Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Koshihikari (?) Mochida will be a guest on commentary. It’s a regular Korakuen card with 7 matches plus the 2 title matches so it may run a little longer than usual, I’ll guess the running time will be closer to 3 hours (although I said that last night for Tokyo Joshi Pro and they kept it close to 2 1/2 hours).
Today’s lineup (updated):
Naomi Yoshimura, Kazuma Sumi & Takao Soma vs. Munetatsu Nakamura, Keisuke Ishii & Hinata Kasai
Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada vs. Super Sasadango Machine, Akito & Fuminori Abe
Jun Akiyama & Tomomitsu Matsunaga vs. Daichi Sato & Rukiya
MAO, KANON, Kazuma Sumi & O-MENZ Kumadori vs. Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul, Hideki Okatani & Illusion (See below update)
Shinya Aoki vs. Kazuki Hirata
KO-D Tag Team Champions Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya vs. Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida for the titles
KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Yuki Ueno, Kaisei Takechi & Minoru Suzuki vs. Minoru Suzuki, HARASHIMA & Yuya Koroku for the titles
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Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 20 minutes before the event.
(On a side note, while you’re waiting for this event tonight you can pass time by watching the Pro Wrestling NOAH WRESTLE ODYSSEY event from last weekend, which will be removed from the ABEMA paywall and available on WRESTLE UNIVERSE tonight beginning at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET)
PRE-SHOW UPDATE (6:20 PM PT/9:20 PM ET): There have been last-second changes to the card as Illusion is now off. The always vague poor health. Kazuma Sumi has been removed from that match as well so the 8-man tag is now a 6-man tag. Keisuke Ishii has been added to the card and the first match will now be Yoshimura, Soma & Sumi vs. Nakamura, Kasai & Ishii.
7:10 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 10-15 minutes.
7:20 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Satoshi Dairaku, Kagehiro Osano and guest Koshihikari Mochida.
The paid attendance will not be announced after the event but as of earlier today it surprisingly was not a sellout even with Kaisei Takechi.
The matches should begin in 15-20 minutes.
NwA Jr. live (with Shunma Katsumata & Kazuma Sumi) starts 5 minutes before the event.
The matches begin at 7:35 PM PT/10:35 PM ET.
Match 1: Naomi Yoshimura, Kazuma Sumi & Takao Soma vs. Munetatsu Nakamura (Ganbare Pro), Keisuke Ishii (Ganbare Pro) & Hinata Kasai. 30 minute time limit
Result: Naomi Yoshimura, Kazuma Sumi & Takao Soma beat Munetatsu Nakamura, Keisuke Ishii & Hinata Kasai. Sumi pinned Kasai.
Match 2: Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada vs. Super Sasadango Machine, Akito & Fuminori Abe. 30 minute time limit
Result: Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada beat Super Sasadango Machine, Akito & Fuminori Abe. Honda pinned Machine after a diving punch.
Danshoku Dieno comes out. He is currently out of action due to appendicitis. Very brief promo but it sounds like he may be back at next month’s event at Ryogoku Kokugikan. (Update: He had surgery last week and is good to go. He will return on 11/3 at Ryogoku)
Match 3: Jun Akiyama & Tomomitsu Matsunaga vs. Daichi Sato & Rukiya. 30 minute time limit
Result: Daichi Sato & Rukiya beat Jun AKiyama & Tomomitsu Matsunaga. Sato pinned Matsunaga after Mad Splash.
Your new host is Haruo Murata, taking over for Satoshi Dairaku as KIMIHIRO does the intros for his boys for the next match.
Match 4: MAO, KANON, & O-MENZ Kumadori vs. Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & Hideki Okatani. 30 minute time limit
Result: MAO, KANON & O-MENZ Kumadori beat Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & Hideki Okatani. MAO pinned Paul after a cannonball 450.
Match 5: Shinya Aoki vs. Kazuki Hirata. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kazuki Hirata beat Shinya Aoki. With help from GM Imabayashi, who interfered as revenge from moments before when Aoki went on a outsid-ering rampage and laid out everyone-ring boys, wrestlers and the referee then choked out Imabayashi. Glorified comedy match.
Match 6: KO-D Tag Team Champions Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya vs. Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Tag Team Champions Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya beat Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida to retain the titles. Naya pinned Ishida after The World’s Largest Backdrop. V5 for the champs. Afterwards, GM Imabayashi with microphone. He introduces the next challengers…Chihiro Hashimoto & Yuu!?! That match will happen on 11/3 at Ryogoku Kokugikan. Iino apparently was en fuego over this. I’d be worried about those deplorable Pheromones trying to come back for this one…oh, and actually that was a comedy rampage Iino was on. As this was wrapping up, KIMIHIRO came out with MAO & KANON. Seems they want in on the title match too. And it’s now official-the 11/3 match is now a 3-way. That got Iino to stop his comedy rampage in the crowd.
Main Event: KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Yuki Ueno, Kaisei Takechi & To-y vs. Minoru Suzuki, HARASHIMA & Yuya Koroku for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Yuki Ueno, Kaisei Takechi &To-y beat Minoru Suzuki, HARASHIMA & Yuya Koroku to retain the titles. Ueno pinned Koroku after WR. V1 for the champs. In the post-match promo, they potentially set the table for a future Takechi-Takeshi Masada match as the challenge was made by Takechi.
The full 11/3 card is announced to wrap up the event. Among the new matches: Takechi gets Masada in a tag match, teaming with Konosuke Takeshita to face Masada & Kazusada Higuchi. Dieno returns against Daisuke Sasaki.
The next event is Thursday at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage for the last Beer Garden Pro Wrestling of the year. There will be no live broadcast. On demand scheduled for Friday night.