As a special promo for this weekend’s major event, DDT has made the full video of the 2/18 Nagoya event available FOR FREE on YouTube. You can watch below but don’t wait-it’s only available until Monday at 5 AM PT/8 AM ET then the only way to watch the replay is to subscribe to WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
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DDT 2/23/23 Results (One Match Event)
DDT held another of their special one-match events today, this one in a most unlikely place-a burlesque club. As a male I’d be all for such, more given I love Japanese girls, although this is yet another “only DDT” wacky idea.
Today’s event was held at Burlesque Tokyo in Tokyo and can be watched on demand as a PPV via PIA STREAM for a limited time for about $20 US.
The announced paid attendance was 102, a legit advance sellout.
Match result: In a Falls Count Anywhere Match, KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & Shunma Katsumata beat Sanshiro Takagi & Fuminori Abe to retain the titles. Katsumata pinned Takagi after Burlesque Sauna Splash. V2 for the champs. The match went 30 minutes Next up: Yukio Sakaguchi & Hikaru Machida. That match will happen Sunday. After all this, Takagi floated an idea of recruiting all the dancers and creating Burlesque Joshi Pro Wrestling. Only in DDT but I’m all for it! Anyway, Moving On…
The next event is Sunday at Korakuen Hall for the monthly major event. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 9:30 PM ET/6:30 PM PT. And they will also stream all but the last two matches FOR FREE on YouTube.
In other news, you may recall that DDT Universal Champion Naruki Doi asked for Tetsuya Endo as his next challenger recently but Endo was absent from the event due to illness, so GM Imabayashi said he would consider the match. It’s now official. That match will happen on 3/21 at Korakuen Hall.
DDT 2/19/23 Results (One Match Event) (Updated 2/24)
DDT held another of their signature one-match-only comedy events today, this one taking place on an actual running train line with fans onboard.
Today’s event was held at Tenryu Hamanoko Railway in Shizuoka, and onboard an actual operating train on the line, and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 47, a legit advance sellout. That was full capacity for the train.
Match Result: A 12-man staggered entry falls count anywhere battle royal, where participating wrestlers boarded the train at stops along the way, was won by Yukio Naya in 47:38, last eliminating Toui Kojima. Order of elimination: Takaya Shibayama by Makoto Oishi & Kazuma Sumi, Keigo Nakamura by Hideki Sekine, Sumi by Sekine, Hamamatsu Kamen L Miccaby (?) by Chika Nagashima & Yu Seyama, Sekine & Danshoku Dieno eliminated themselves, Nagashima & Seyama by Oishi, Akito by HARASHIMA, HARASHIMA by Oishi, Kojima & MAO, Oishi by Naya, Hiroshi Yamato by MAO, MAO by Kojima, Kojima by Naya.
The next event is “Street Pro Wrestling in Burlesque Tokyo” Thursday at Burlesque Tokyo in Tokyo. This is another one-match event and will be a KO-D Tag Team Championship match of KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & Shunma Katsumata vs. Sanshiro Takagi & Fuminori Abe for the titles. This will be a PPV available live & on demand worldwide on PIA STREAM for 2500 yen (about $20 US), but you can also pay an additional $8 or $16 for support for participants. The PPV will be available on demand with purchase with unlimited replays until 3/1 at 6:59 AM PT/9:59 AM ET.
The next “real” event is “Into The Fight 2023” on 2/26 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. Live results are scheduled for this event.
2/24 UPDATE: This event is now available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Tokyo Joshi Pro wrestler Raku, a noted avid train fan, is a guest commentator.
DDT 2/18/23 Results
DDT ran a standalone event in Nagoya today featuring a pair of title matches and the Japan debut of All Elite Wrestling star Kip Sabian, the latest crossover between the promotions.
Today’s event was held at Nagoya International Conference Center Event Hall in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 398.
Match 1: D Generations Cup Block B: Takeshi Masada beat Toui Kojima. As a result, Masada wins Block B and advances to the Finals.
Match 2: D Generations Cup Block A: Yuya Koroku beat Hideki Okatani. As a result, Koroku wins Block A and advances to the Finals.
The Finals will be 2/26 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The winner may be part of the 3/31 US event.
Match 3: Antonio Honda & Saki Akai beat Gota Ihashi & Keigo Nakamura, Danshoku Dieno & Yuki Iino and Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata in a 4-way when Akai pinned Ihashi. (And just to be clear, being “not straight” does not keep those deplorable Pheromons from forcing themselves on Akai). Ihashi was a late replacement for Tetsuya Endo, who was removed from the event due to illness (not coronavirus or flu). He is expected back Tuesday for the Tokyo Dome Keiji Muto Retirement event.
Match 4: Kotaro Suzuki, Yukio Sakaguchi & Yusuke Okada beat Yuji Hino, Makoto Oishi & Kazuma Sumi. Suzuki pinned Sumi.
Match 5: Kip Sabian (All Elite Wrestling), Chris Brookes & Shinnoha beat Kazusada Higuchi, Yuki Ueno & Yuki Ishida. Sabian pinned Ishida after Deathly Hallows.
Match 6: In an Environmental Utilization Match, DDT Extreme Champion Jun Akiyama beat Akito to retain the title. V3 for Akiyama. Next up: Suzuki. That match will happen on 3/21 at Korakuen Hall in a NON-EXTREME Match, aka a completely normal rules match.
Cameras caught Sabian & Ford making comments backstage as Akai walked by. Which led to…
Penelope Ford beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Saki Akai to win the title. Ford becomes the 1557th DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion.
Match 7: MAO, Shunma Katsumata & Yukio Naya beat HARASHIMA, Takao Soma & Shinya Ishida. Naya pinned Soma after a backdrop.
Main Event: DDT Universal Champion Naruki Doi beat KANON to retain the title. V1 for Doi. Next up: TBA. Doi wanted Endo but GM Imabayashi was non-committal because Endo was absent. No official announcement followed the event so we’ll have to wait and see.
The next event is tomorrow at Tenryu Hamanako Railway in Shizuoka for a Hamatsu Train Pro Wrestling event held on a moving train. There will be no live broadcast but it will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date, scheduled to be 3/1.
DDT/TJPW News: Weekend Changes, Wrestler Staying In US
A couple of DDT & Tokyo Joshi Pro news items:
DDT has announced Tetsuya Endo is off this weekend’s events tomorrow in Nagoya and Subday’s Shizuoka train event. Apparent illness. Negative for coronavirus and flu. For tomorrow he was to have teamed with Keigo Nakamura in a 4-way tag match. Gota Ihashi is the replacement. For the train event, HARASHIMA is the replacement. Endo is still on for Tuesday at Tokyo Dome at this time. (For Tuesday, it was also announced that while it is a PPV, you will be able to watch the first 5 matches FOR FREE on YouTube)
TJPW’s Miyu Yamashita held a press conference today where she announced she will stay in the US after their 3/31 debut event. Her excursion will last just under 3 months and she will return to Japan for the 6/25 TJPW event. Yamashita has already been announced for some US independent events after 3/31 and there is always a chance she returns to All Elite Wrestling. Asked by ring announcer/MC Sayuri Namba what happens if she wins the Princess Tag Team Championship at GRAND PRINCESS ’23, Yamashita noted partner Maki Itoh makes semi-regular trips to the US so title defenses on the indies are a possibility. Oh, and for what it’s worth, current champions Heidi Howitzer & Max The Impaler have been added to 3/31.
DDT 2/14/23 Results
DDT ran another of their “Because DDT” themed events today, this one a Valentine’s Day…sort of…themed event produced by The37Kamiina faction, mostly an excuse to gift themselves some fancy spa getaways…you know, because DDT and they’re all about the WER!
Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.
The announced paid attendance was 306, a super full house/very near sellout.
Match 1: MAO & Shunma Katsumata beat Shiori Asahi & Makoto Oishi, Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi and Tsutomu Oosugi & Banana Senga in a 4-way when MAO pinned Oishi.
Match 2: D Generations Cup Block A: Illusion beat Kazuma Sumi. Both were already out of contention and trying to just finish with a win.
Match 3: D Generations Cup Block B: Yuki Ishida beat Keigo Nakamura. Both are now out of contention (Ishida already was, Nakamura would’ve stayed in it with a win).
Match 4: In a handicap match, Yuki Ueno beat Gorgeous Matsuno & Gabai Grandpa, pinning Matsuno after a Grandpa Swanton Bomb.
Match 5: Yasu Urano beat Toui Kojima.
Match 6: “Konosuke Takeshita” (Sakura Hirota) & Akito beat Tetsuya Endo & Kazuki Hirata. “Takeshita” pinned Hirata after a jumping knee. This was a comedy match with Hirota dressed up as Takeshita.
Main Event: Shunma Katsumata vs. MAO, Toui Kojima & Yuki Ueno in a 3-way went on…and on…which led to…
MAO vs. Shunma Katsumata went on…which led to…
MAO & Yuki Ueno vs. Shunma Katsumata & Toui Kojima went on…which led to…
In a Handicap Match, MAO, Yuki Ueno & Toui Kojima vs. Shunma Katsumata went on…which led to…
In a Hardcore Handicap Match, MAO, Yuki Ueno & Toui Kojima vs. Shunma Katsumata went on…which led to…
In an elimination match with 2 count falls and over the top rope rules, Yuki Ueno beat MAO, Shunma Katsumata beat Ueno, Toui Kojima beat Katsumata. Kojima wins.
As far as the D Generations Cup goes, the final matches are on 2/18. Block A will be won by the Hideki Okatani-Yuya Koroku winner, Block B will be won by Kojima unless he loses to Takeshi Masada, then it’s a tie but if it’s head-to-head results to decide then Masada wins the block.
The next event is Saturday at Nagoya International Conference Center in Nagoya. There are 2 title matches headlining this event-DDT Extreme Champion Jun Akiyama vs. Akito in an Environmental Utilization Battle Match for the title (the ropes will be set up differently than usual for this one and different rules for rope breaks) and DDT Universal Champion Naruki Doi vs. KANON for the title. All Elite Wrestling star Kip Sabian will make his DDT debut as well, so he’ll be heading right to Japan after tomorrow’s AEW Dynamite. And now that we know his whereabouts, there’s a chance Daisuke Sasaki shows up so card subject to change if that happens. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.
DDT 2/11/23 Results
DDT ran a standalone house show on Yokohama today, continuing the D Generations Cup and beginning to set up matches for more upcoming events.
Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 195, a full house/near sellout.
Pre-show: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda. Iino pinned Honda.
Match 1: D Generations Cup Block A: Yuya Koroku beat Illusion.
Match 2: D Generations Cup Block B: Toui Kojima beat Keigo Nakamura.
Match 3: D Generations Cup Block B: Takeshi Masada beat Yuki Ishida.
Match 4: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Takashi Yoshida beat Chris Brookes, Akito, Takao Soma & Kazuma Sumi. Endo pinned Sumi after Yurikamome.
Match 5: Yukio Sakaguchi, Hideki Okatani & Hikaru Machida beat MAO, Yuki Ueno & Kazuki Hirata. Machida pinned Hirata after Iai Punch. Afterwards, Machida made a KO-D Tag TeamChampionship challenge with Sakaguchi. That match will happen on 2/26 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo against the 2/23 winners.
Match 6: In a Burlesque Deathmatch, Sanshiro Takagi beat Shunma Katsumata.
Match 7: Kazusada Higuchi & Ryota Nakatsu beat MJ Pawl & KANON. Higuchi pinned Paw after a lariat. Nakatsu joined the Harimao faction today.
Main Event: HARASHIMA & Yukio Naya beat Yuji Hino & Makoto Oisho. Naya pinned Oishi after a backdrop.
The next event is Tuesday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.
DDT News: The Mystery Has Been Solved!
Over the last month, there has been a mystery playing out in DDT regarding the whereabouts of Daisuke Sasaki, who no-showed some events and nobody knew where he had gone off to. The only person that seemed to have any clues was KANON, the last person to talk to Sasaki. He finally re-emerged today and we now know why he disappeared…eye surgery (muscle surgery). He will be back soon and has been announced for the US return on 3/31, but it’s not known if he will return before then.
DDT 2/5/23 Results
DDT kicked off their February tour today with the opening event of the Into The Fight 2023 Tour.
Today’s event was held at Osaka Azalea Taisho 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 216, a super full house/very near sellout.
Match 1: D GENERATIONS CUP Block A: Yuya Koroku beat Kazuma Sumi.
Match 2: D GENERATIONS CUP Block A: Hideki Okatani beat Illusion.
Match 3: Danshoku Dieno & Yuki Iino vs. Shunma Katsumata & Devil’s Anguish, Yakumon went to a no contest. Based on photos this Yakumon character looked like a bad (and slightly creepy) Ronald McDonald parody.
Match 4: D GENERATIONS CUP Block B: Toui Kojima beat Yuki Ishida.
Match 5: Naruki Doi & Toru Owashi vs. MJ Pawl & KANON went to a double countout. Which led to…
Naruki Doi & Toru Owashi beat MJ Pawl & KANON. Doi pinned KANON with V9 Clutch. KANON laid out Doi afterwards.
Match 6: Kazusada Higuchi & Chris Brookes beat Yuji Hino & Makoto Oishi. Higuchi pinned Oishi after Brain Claw Slam.
Match 7: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada beat HARASHIMA, Yukio Sakaguchi & Kazuki Hirata. Endo pinned Hirata after a rotating torture rack bomb.
Main Event: MAO & Yuki Ueno beat Yukio Naya & Takeshi Masada. Ueno pinned Masada after WR.
The next event is Saturday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. There will be no live broadcast.
DDT “Sweet Dreams! 2023″Results (1/29/23) (Updated)
DDT wraps up the “Sweet Dreams!” 2023 Tour today with their monthly major event, and it’s a major one indeed. There is an epic hoss fight alert for the main event-a few months ago Kazusada Higuchi & Yuji Hino completely re-wrote the epic chop-fest in a 30 minute time limit draw as part of the D KING GP 2022. Today, the rematch for the KO-D Openweight Championship. DDT is known for its wacky comedy wrestling but it has some serious and incredible matches, and with a 1 Hour time limit there’s certainly early MOTY potential here with a lot of big beefy goodness. There are also 2 more title matches (one of which could frighteningly see those deplorable Pheromones win the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship), the D GENERATIONS CUP Tournament continuing and Where The **** Is Daisuke Sasaki? Will he decide to suddenly re-appear today? Because of that last item, Card Subject To Change.
Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. There will be a pre-show with two matches including, since it’s time for the WWE Royal Rumble, a royal rumble-style comedy match of their own. Both pre-show matches will be part of the stream, which will start 45 minutes before the scheduled event time. Including the pre-show the event’s total running time should be just over 3 hours so if, like me, you have a split-screen/multi-screen setup to watch both events that will be going the entire time. You will also be able to watch the pre-show and the first 2 main show matches FOR FREE on YouTube.
Today’s lineup:
Pre-show:
Comedy “Royal Rumble”. At least 25 entrants listed so far
Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata vs. MJ Pawl & KANON, Antonio Honda & Akito and Yuya Koroku & Yuki Ishida in a 4-way
Main Show:
D GENERATIONS CUP: Hideki Okatani vs. Kazuma Sumi
D GENERATIONS CUP: Keigo Nakamura vs. Takeshi Masada
Shinya Aoki, Yuki Ueno & Toui Kojima vs. Tanomusaku Toba, Yukio Sakaguchi & Hikaru Machida
Naruki Doi, Jun Akiyama & Takao Soma vs. HARASHIMA, Chris Brookes & Yukio Naya
KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Tetsuya Endo, Kotaro Suzuki & Yusuke Okada vs. Danshoku Dieno, Yuki Iino & Koju Takeda for the titles
KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & Shunma Katsumata vs. Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi for the titles
KO-D Openweight Champion Kazusada Higuchi vs. Yuji Hino for the title
If Daisuke Sasaki shows up, things may change
Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.
Updates below will begin at 8:45 PM ET/5:45 PM PT. The pre-show matches are scheduled to begin at 8:50 PM ET/5:50 PM PT.
8:30 PM ET UPDATE: The live stream has launched early and is now running. The matches should begin in 20 minutes.
8:49 PM ET UPDATE: Live updates begin now…
We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Ken Kato, Haruo Murata & Kagehiro Osano.
Pre-show Match 1: Battle Royal. Eliminations by pinfall, submission and over the top rope.
Result: Fuminori Abe won. This was a comedy battle royal with most wrestlers appearing as parody/spoofs of other popular wrestlers from Japan and WWE, except for Abe & Sanshiro Takagi.
Pre-show Match 2: Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata vs. MJ Pawl & KANON, Antonio Honda & Akito and Yuya Koroku & Yuki Ishida in a 4-way. 10 minute time limit
Result: MJ Pawl & KANON beat Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata, Antonio Honda & Akito and Yuya Koroku & Yuki Ishida in a 4-way when KANON beat Honda.
The main show will begin at 9:30 PM ET/6:30 PM PT (about 8 minutes after the pre-show matches ended).
The paid attendance will be announced after the event but it’s still reduced capacity and vocal cheering is allowed. There still were tickets available earlier today so I’m guessing it’ll wind up around 550.
Updates will resume when the main show matches begin.
Apparently it’s MAO’s birthday as Shunma Katsumata sang Happy Birthday to him during GM Imabayashi’s opening announcements.
When the main broadcast begins at 9:30 PM ET/6:30 PM PT Takumi Yamagata replaces Haruo Murata on commentary. Your other hosts are (still) Ken Kato & Kagehiro Osano.
Main Show:
The matches begin at 9:36 PM ET/6:36 PM PT.
Match 1: D GENERATIONS CUP: Hideki Okatani vs. Kazuma Sumi. 15 minute time limit
Result: Hideki Okatani beat Kazuma Sumi
Match 2: D GENERATIONS CUP: Keigo Nakamura vs. Takeshi Masada. 15 minute time limit
Result: Keigo Nakamura beat Takeshi Masada
The YouTube broadcast ends here. Quick break for a few moments. During the break, Samuray Del Sol (the former Kalisto in WWE) vs. Yuki Ueno is announced for 3/21.
Your new host is Haruo Murata with Kagehiro Osano.
Match 3: Shinya Aoki, Yuki Ueno & Toui Kojima vs. Tanomusaku Toba, Yukio Sakaguchi & Hikaru Machida. 30 minute time limit
Result: Shinya Aoki, Yuki Ueno & Toui Kojima beat Tanomusaku Toba, Yukio Sakaguchi & Hikaru Machida. Aoki pinned Machida.
Match 4: Naruki Doi, Jun Akiyama & Takao Soma vs. HARASHIMA, Chris Brookes & Yukio Naya. 30 minute time limit
Result: HARASHIMA, Chris Brookes & Yukio Naya beat Naruki Doi, Jun Akiyama & Takao Soma. HARASHIMA pinned Soma after Blue Sword.
Match 5: KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Tetsuya Endo, Kotaro Suzuki & Yusuke Okada vs. Danshoku Dieno, Yuki Iino & Koju Takeda for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Tetsuya Endo, Kotaro Suzuki & Yusuke Okada beat Danshoku Dieno, Yuki Iino & Koju Takeda to retain the titles. Endo pinned Dieno after Burning Star Press. V1 for the champs. Next up: Super Sasadango Machine, Yuki Ueno & Shinya Aoki. Machine appeared via taped promo. That match will happen on 2/26 at Korakuen.
Match 6: KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & Shunma Katsumata vs. Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Resule: KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & Shunma Katsumata beat Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi to retain the titles. Katsumata pinned Oishi. V1 for the champs. Next up: Sanshiro Takagi & ? (Not sure if it was Fuminori Abe or someone else). Probably on 2/26 but they teased something involving Burlesqe Tokyo. Yeah, misspelled that way.
Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion Kazusada Higuchi vs. Yuji Hino for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Yuji Hino beat KO-D Openweight Champion Kazusada Higuchi to win the title. Hino becomes the 80th KO-D Openweight Champion. Beyond epic hoss fight and then some, barely 5 minutes in and they both looked like huge slabs of rare Wagyu Beef. Drop the $7.50 or whatever a month for WRESTLE UNIVERSE because you NEED to see this match. And infinite credit to Higuchi for one of the best reigns ever and really taking his role as the new generation flagbearer for DDT seriously and with great pride. Next up: Hino nominated Yukio Naya…but hold on, because out came the eternal pride of DDT since Day 1, HARASHIMA. GM Imabayashi decided there will be a determination match between Naya & HARASHIMA for the next title shot on 2/26. So that means Hino’s first defense will probably come at the 5 Hour anniversary event on 3/21 at Korakuen.
The next event is 2/5 at Osaka Azalea Taisho in Osaka. There will be no live broadcast.
UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 777, a legit sellout.
The KO-D Tag Team Championship match of MAO & Shunma Katsumata vs. Sanshiro Takagi & Fuminori Abe will happen on 2/24 at Burlesque Tokyo club in Tokyo. Tickets just went on sale for the event and will be limited to 98.
