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DDT headed to Fukushima for a planned outdoor event today, which was able to go on as planned due to favorable weather (it would have been moved indoors if it rained).

Today’s event was held at Adatara Onsen Hotel Paradise Hills, Sakura Campground Special Venue in Fukushima and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 208.

Match 1: Yukio Naya beat Keigo Nakamura.

Match 2: MJ Paul beat Yuki Ishida.

Match 3: In a match where the first member of a team that falls or gets thrown out of the ring loses, Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata beat To-y & Kazuma Sumi when Hirata threw Sumi out of the ring.

Match 4: Daisuke Sasaki, KANON, Demus & Illusion beat Yuki Iino, Akito, Yuni & Yuya Koroku. Sasaki pinned Akito after a Sasaki-style huracanrana.

Gorgeous Matsuno made an unannounced appearance here, doing a live singing performance and promoting his next produced event on 11/24.

Match 5: Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada beat Tetsuya Endo & Makoto Oishi (Independent/Freelancer). Brookes pinned Oishi after Praying Mantis Bomb.

Main Event: In a Falls Count Anywhere match, Yuki Ueno, MAO & Shunma Katsumata beat Jun Akiyama, HARASHIMA & Antonio Honda. Katsumata pinned Honda after Our Madmax onto a pile of chairs.

The next event is Wednesday at Kirana Garden Toyosu in Tokyo. However, this is another outdoor event so it will be weather permitting and if it rains the event will be cancelled. If it goes on as planned, there will be no live broadcast.

DDT headed to Saitama today for a free outdoor mini-event outside a train station, which was weather permitting but went on as planned.

Today’s event was held at AKOS Event Square in Saitama and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

This was a free event so the attendance was not announced (no paid tickets).

Match 1: Danshoku Dieno, Shunma Katsumata & Kazuki Hirata beat HARASHIMA, Yuki Ishida & Kazuma Sumi. Katsumata pinned Sumi after Totonoe Splash.

Match 2: Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku beat Jun Akiyama, Yukio Naya & Keigo Nakamura. Endo pinned Nakamura.

Match 3: Yuki Ueno, MAO & To-y beat Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada. Ueno pinned Honda after WR.

The next event is tomorrow at Adatara Onsen Hotel Paradise Hills, Sakura Campground Special Venue in Fukushima. It is scheduled to be held outdoors but if weather is bad (rain) it will be moved to an alternate indoor venue. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT runs their monthly tour-ender event today, GOD BLESS DDT 2024, in Tokyo. It’s lean on match quantity but headlined by 2 title matches-First up is a DDT Extreme Championship match as Akito defends against Danshoku Dieno, with as usual weird rules: There are 9 win conditions and prohibited moves, to be chosen pre-match by the referee. Only the referee will know them-nobody else will, to include the wrestlers and fans. In the main event, Shinya Aoki defends the KO-D Openweight Championship against HARASHIMA. And ahead of a DDT debut at the end of 2024, another actor (can’t quite get his name right from translations) will appear at the event to greet the fans. I already expect him to debut against Kaisei Takechi. Also keep an eye out for the usual Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship wackiness, especially in and starting with the second match.

Because Kota Ibushi was scheduled to appear and that will not happen for unspecified reasons, DDT is offering refunds to those who had purchased tickets before the announcement so that may affect today’s attendance and ticket availability.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Actor Takumi Momose will be a guest on commentary. There are only 6 matches today so even with the title main events this probably will be a “regular” Korakuen event with a runtime of around 2 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Yuki Ueno, MAO, Shunma Katsumata & To-y vs. Takao Soma, Yukio Naya, Keigo Nakamura & Yuya Koroku
Super Sasadango Machine & Kazuki Hirata vs. Yuni & Kazuma Sumi
Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul, KANON & Illusion vs. Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda, Masa Takanashi & Takeshi Masada
Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino vs. Jun Akiyama & Yuki Ishida
DDT Extreme Champion Akito vs. Danshoku Dieno in a “Nobody Knows Rules” Match for the title
KO-D Openweight Champion Shinya Aoki vs. HARASHIMA for the title

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Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET.

6:40 PM PT UPDATE: The start of the live stream has been pushed back to 7:10 PM PT/10:10 PM ET.

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 & Takumi Momose. We will be joined by Haruo Murata a little later.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Advance sales heading into today were better than usual but it’s hard to say how much the Ibushi refunds will affect the paid total. Too early to get a prediction right now but advance tickets suggest it could be 1000+. (Late prediction based on what I saw before Match 5-looks like near 1000 so I’ll say that) (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1124, a full house/near sellout)

The matches should begin in about 20 minutes.

The matches begin at 7:35 PM PT/10:35 PM ET.

Match 1: Yuki Ueno, MAO, Shunma Katsumata & To-y vs. Takao Soma, Yukio Naya, Keigo Nakamura & Yuya Koroku. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Ueno, MAO, Shunma Katsumata & To-y beat Takao Soma, Yukio Naya, Keigo Nakamura &Yuya Koroku. MAO pinned Soma after Our Madmax. As a result, MAO wins Soma’s “Money In The Bank” title shot. The37Kamiina now holds both remaining contracts (Katsumata has the other).

Match 2: Super Sasadango Machine & Kazuki Hirata vs. Yuni & Kazuma Sumi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuni & Kazuma Sumi beat Super Sasadango Machine & DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Kazuki Hirata, with Yuni pinning Hirata to win the title. Yuni becomes the 1682nd Champion. Everyone tried but failed to win it then.

Time for GM Imabayashi’s opening announcements.

Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul, KANON & Illusion vs. Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda, Masa Takanashi & Takeshi Masada. 30 minute time limit
Result: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul, KANON & Illusion beat Chris Brookes, ANtonio Honda, Masa Takanashi & Takeshi Masada. Illusion pinned Takanashi after a swanton bomb.

More GM Imabayashi announcements. Haruto Sakuraba, an actor debuting at the end of the year, is introduced. Interrupted by Sasaki & KANON. It would appear Sakuraba has already been convinced to join DAMNATION T.A. Announcement ruined, I guess.

Your new host is Haruo Murata.

Match 4: Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino vs. Jun Akiyama & Yuki Ishida. 30 minute time limit
Result: Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino beat Jun Akiyama & Yuki Ishida. Iino pinned IShida after a spear. MAO immediately came out and avoided spears. Which led to…CASHING IN!
Impromptu Match: DDT Universal Champion Yuki Iino vs. MAO for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: MAO beat DDT Universal Champion Yuki Iino to win the title. MAO becomes the 14th DDT Universal Champion. And first 3-time champion. The match went just over 6 minutes.

Match 5: DDT Extreme Champion Akito vs. Danshoku Dieno (with his real-life dog) in a “Nobody Knows Rules” Match for the title. There are 9 win conditions and prohibited moves, to be chosen pre-match by the referee. Only the referee will know them-nobody else will, to include the wrestlers and fans. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Danshoku Dieno beat DDT Extreme Champion Akito to win the title. Dieno becomes the 61st DDT Extreme Champion. The winning move? Apparently a pinky swear. This is Dieno’s 9th reign but first in nearly 8 years. Next up: Yuni. And it will also be for the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship. That match will happen at the next Korakuen event on 11/23. Which led to…
Danshoku Dieno beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Yuni to win the title. Dieno becomes the 1683rd Champion.

Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion Shinya Aoki vs. HARASHIMA for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Openweight Champion Shinya Aoki beat HARASHIMA to retain the title. V2 for Aoki. Shunma Katsumata came out immediately afterwards…CASHING IN! Which led to…
Impromptu Match: KO-D Openweight Champion Shinya Aoki vs. Shunma Katsumata for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Openweight Champion Shinya Aoki beat Shunma Katsumata to retain the title. V3 for Aoki. That’s it for all the title shot contracts. Next up: Brookes. Baka Gaijin wants Baka Survivor. And GM Imabayashi makes it official.

We wrap up with the announcement of matches for 11/4 at Sumida City Gym. Makoto Oishi will compete at that event as will Shinichiro Karamatsu the wrestling politician. That’s also when Aoki-Brookes will happen.

The next event is Saturday at AKOS Event Square in Saitama. This will be a free mini-event but is weather permitting as it’s outdoors. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT held a special free outdoor event today in Tokyo, the weather cooperated to it went on as planned.

Today’s event was held at Global Ring Theater at Ikebukuro West Exit Park in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

This was a free event with no paid admissions but they announced attendance of 2000, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino beat Takao Soma & DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Kazuki Hirata, with Iino pinning Hirata to win the title. Iino becomes the 1680th Champion. Which led to…

Kazuki Hirata beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Yuki Iino to win the title. Hirata becomes the 1681st Champion.

Match 2: Danshoku DIeno & Yoshihiko beat Akito & Pocotan. DIeno pinned Pocotan after Masculine Driver.

Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON beat HARASHIMA, MIKAMI & Gota Ihashi. Sasaki beat Ihashi with a crossface.

Match 4: Yuki Ueno, MAO & Shunma Katsumata beat Jun Akiyama, Yukio Naya & Tomomitsu Matsunaga. Ueno pinned Matsunaga after Our Madmax.

Main Event: Keigo Nakamura, To-y, Yuya Koroku, Yuki Ishida & Kazuma Sumi beat KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Champions Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi, Munetatsu Nakamura, Takeshi Masada & Mecha Mummy to win the titles. Nakamura, To-y, Koroku, Ishida & Sumi become the 10th KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Champions. Nakamura pinned Mummy. Nakamura was an interim champion fill-in due to a Takayuki Ueki injury.

The next event is GOD BLESS DDT 2024 tomorrow at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin TONIGHT at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. Live results are scheduled partially contingent on my ability to run 2 simultaneous UNIVERSE streams due to a live Pro Wrestling NOAH event beginning shortly after.

DDT ran their last Beer Garden Pro Wrestling event of the year yesterday in Tokyo.

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

The announced paid attendance was 536.

Match 1: Shunma Katsumata & To-y beat Yukio Naya & Kazuma Sumi. Katsumata pinned Sumi after Totonoe Splash.

Match 2: In a Loser Retirement Death Match, Toru Owashi, Yuki Ishida & Yuya Koroku beat KANON, MJ Paul & Motaro Suzuki. Ishida pinned Suzuki after People’s Elbow Suicide. As a result, Suzuki must retire.

Match 3: In a Street Kickboxing Match, HARASHIMA, Yukimitsu Takahashi & Keigo Nakamura beat Tanomusaku Toba, Takeshi Masada & Gota Ihashi by ref stoppage (TKO). HARASHIMA beat Ihashi.

Match 4: In a Treasured Rope Death Match, Jun Akiyama beat Antonio Honda.

Match 5: Danshoku Dieno beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Kazuki Hirata in 18 seconds to win the title. Dieno becomes the 1678th Champion. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: In a handicap match, Kazuki Hirata, HARASHIMA, To-y, Yuki Ishida, Yuya Koroku & Kazuma Sumi beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Danshoku Dieno, Akito, Shunma Katsumata, Toru Owashi, Tanomusaku Toba, Yukio Naya & Gota Ihashi when Hirata pinned Dieno to win the title. Hirata becomes the 1679th Champion. And then escaped after several attempts by the other winners to win the title.

Main Event: Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi beat Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino and Yuki Ueno & MAO in a 3-way when Takanashi pinned Endo. Apparently a lot of tequila was consumed in this match…

The next event is tomorrow at Global Ring Theater at Ikebukuro West Exit Park in Tokyo. This is a free event but is weather permitting and subject to cancellation if weather is bad. There will be no live broadcast. If the event is held as scheduled, on demand will be available Wednesday.

DDT has announced a card change for an event this weekend (after Thursday’s event), and it’s noteworthy because it affects a title match-Takayuki Ueki, one member of the KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Champions, is now off. The event. Dislocated right shoulder. Reportedly happened in a match recently. Out indefinitely. Munetatsu Nakamura is the replacement and the title match will go on as planned. It will be interesting to see who is recognized as titleholder should the champs retain, but there is a chance the match will be cancelled last-minute: The event is to be held outdoors so if the weather is bad (rain), it’s possibly off (admission is free).

DDT continued their current tour today with a Yuki Ishida hometown event.

Today’s event was held at El Caimo Yatsushiro in Kumamoto and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Thursday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 273, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: To-y beat Tomomitsu Matsunaga.

Match 2: Shunma Katsumata & Keigo Nakamura beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Danshoku Dieno & Takao Soma, with Katsumata pinning Dieno to win the title. Katsumata becomes the 1676th Champion. Katsumata also wins Dieno’s “Money In The Bank” title shot. Nakamura then immediately tried and failed to win the title.

Match 3: Yuki Iino beat Kazuki Hirata by ref stoppage (TKO).

Match 4: Jun Akiyama & HARASHIMA beat Chris Brookes & Kazuma Sumi. HARASHIMA pinned Sumi after Blue Sword.

Intermission.

Match 5: Yuki Ueno & MAO beat Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku. Ueno pinned Koroku after July 2.

Main Event: KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON beat Akito, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida to retain the titles. Sasaki beat Ishida with a crossface. V3 for the champs. Despite the loss, Ishida delivered a hometown promo to end the show. Which led to…

Impromptu Match: Kazuki Hirata beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Shunma Katsumata to win the title. Hirata becomes the 1677th Champion. Nakamura tried yet again to win the title from Katsumata but was thwarted by Hirata interfering and stealing the win & title.

The next event is Thursday at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage in Tokyo for the last Beer Garden Pro Wrestling event of the year. The promotion has offered refunds for tickets already purchased because Kota Ibushi will not be at the next 2 events as originally announced (this event and Sunday). There will be no live broadcast.

DDT continued their current tour today in Fukuoka.

Today’s event was held at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 394.

Match 1: Chris Brookes & Yuki Ishida beat Takao Soma & Kazuki Hirata. Ishida pinned Hirata after Dosukoi Gatame.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON beat Akito, Yukio Naya & Kazuma Sumi. KANON beat Sumi with a crucifix cobra twist.

Match 3: Toru Owashi beat O-40 Champion Azure Dragon & Danshoku Dieno in a 3-way by pinning Dragon to win the title. Owashi becomes the 6th O-40 Champion.

Match 4: Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku beat Jun AKiyama & Keigo Nakamura. Endo pinned Nakamura after Burning Star Press.

Match 5: Shinya Aoki & Yuki Ueno beat HARASHIMA & Takeshi Masada. Aoki beat Masada with a modified neck lock.

Match 6: KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & Shunma Katsumata beat Kota Umeda & Tomomitsu Matsunaga to retain the titles. Katsumata pinned Matsunaga after Sauna Trance Splash through a table. V2 for the champs.

Main Event: DDT Universal Champion Yuki Iino beat To-y to retain the title. V2 for Iino.

The next event is tomorrow at El Ceimo Yatsushiro in Kumamoto. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Thursday.

DDT continued their current 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 WRESTE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 240, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Yukio Naya beat Antonio Honda.

Match 2: Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling Provided Match: Moka Miyamoto beat Haru Kazashiro by submission.

Match 3: Jun Akiyama, Danshoku Dieno & Yoshihiko beat Shunma Katsumata, Takao Soma & Kazuki Hirata. Dieno pinned Soma after Masochistic Driver. As a result, Dieno wins Soma’s “Money In The Bank” title shot.

Intermission featured a special comedy performance for the crowd.

Match 4: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON beat Akito, Chris Brookes & Kazuma Sumi. Paul pinned Sumi after a reverse splash.

Match 5: Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida beat HARASHIMA & Keigo Nakamura. Nakatsu pinned Nakamura after V Slider.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, MAO & To-y beat Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku. To-y pinned Koroku after Kojima Impact.

The next event is Sunday (Saturday night US time) at Actos Fukuoka in Fukuoka with 3 title matches including To-y finally getting his DDT Universal Championship shot. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT kicked off their October tour today with the final event for Makoto Oishi before he retires from full-time wrestling to relocate and spend more time with his family (he may still compete part-time including when DDT is in his area) and also the third match for Kaisei Takechi, just days after “The Rampage” had his second career match.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 500, a legit advance sellout. 100% legit full capacity sellout. (500 is the venue’s max capacity for wrestling)

Match 1: Yukio Naya beat Yuki Ishida.

Match 2: Jun Akiyama, Takao Soma & Kazumi Suni beat Toru Owashi, Masa Takanashi & Illusion. Soma pinned Takanashi after Authorized Endless Waltz. As a result, Soma wins Takanashi’s “Money In The Bank” title shot.

Match 3: Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino beat Keigo Nakamura & To-y. Endo pinned Nakamura after a rotating torture rack bomb.

Match 4: Makoto Oishi & Kaisei Takechi beat Akito & Kazuki Hirata. Oishi pinned Hirata with a tornado clutch. No word on if all the female fans left after this because it wasn’t the main event.

Match 5: KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON beat Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada to retain the titles. Sasaki pinned Masada after Freedom Call. V2 for the champs.

Main Event: Makoto Oishi Final DDT Match: KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & Shunma Katsumata beat Makoto Oishi & Danshoku Dieno to retain the titles. MAO pinned Oishi after Iai Kick. V1 for the champs.

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