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DDT kicked off a weekend doubleheader in Tokyo with what they called a New Year Fan Appreciation event today.

Today’s event was held at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNVIERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 354, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1; KANON beat Yuni by submission.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki beat Illusion.

Match 3: In a 30 Count Countouts and Sumi Only 2 Count Falls Match, Danshoku Dieno beat Kazuma Sumi.

Match 4: HARASHIMA & Kazusada Higuchi beat Yuki Ueno & Kazuki Hirata, Yoshitatsu & Akito and Toru Owashi & Yuki Iino in a 4-way when HARASHIMA pinned Hirata.

Match 5; Jun Akiyama beat Rukiya.

Match 6: Yukio Naya beat Takshi Masada.

Match 7: Tetsuya Endo vs. Hideki Okatani went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Main Event: Bryan Keith, Takao Soma & Shota beat MAO, Shunma Katsumata & Makoto Oishi. Keith pinned Oishi after an emerald tiger driver.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET.

Stop me anytime because unfortunately the broken record that is the DDT injury body count has repeated itself again today, this time the loss is Yusuke Okada. Lower abdomen tumor. Out indefinitely and will need surgery. Based on Chris Brookes currently dealing with a similar issue it probably will mean he is out a few months.

More as it becomes available.

Toi Kojima competed in a death match in DDT yesterday alongside Atsushi Onita, and while it may be worth it as he now is All-Asia Tag Team Champion, he worked through injury and those exploding bat shots among other bings aggravated and worsened it, so add his name to the ever growing sidelined roster. Rib cartilage fracture. Out a month. Expected to return on 2/14. It’s now known is this will affect the titles, that is partly up to All-Japan.

More as it becomes availablez

DDT held an emergency press conference earlier today, which was for a surprise announcement: Yukio Sakaguchi will retire on 2/7. A translation of a news item on DDT’s website indicates it is for personal reasons. Sakaguchi, 50, is the son of legendary wrestler Seiji Sakaguchi and has been active since 2007. No retirement tour or anything like that and a retirement match is TBA but based on what he requested, it could be a match against HARASHIMA or Hideki Okatani. (Edit: It will be HARASHIMA)

More as it becomes available.

DDT is running their first deathmatch-centered event of 2024 as it is to be headlined by an Atsushi Onita death match.

Today’s event was held at Tsurumi Fruit & Vegetable Market in Kanagawa and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There is no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 220, a full house/near sellout.

There were last-second changes due to Yuni being off the event. Fever.

Match 1: In a Fuun Takagi Castle Match, a 10 minute match where one team had to build a castle by then or they would lose, Kazuki Hirata & Danshoku Dieno (attacking team) beat Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA & Masa Takanashi (castle building team)..

Match 2: Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yusuke Okada beat Yoshitatsu, Kazusada Higuchi & Akito. Iino pinned Akito after a spear.

Match 3; Daisuke Sasaki beat Shota by submission.

Match 4: Takao Soma beat KANON.

Match 5: Demonio Uno beat MAO, Mecha Mummy & Mecha Pandita in a 4-way by pinning Pendita.

Match 6: Yuki Ueno & Shunma Katsumata beat Yukio Naya & Rukiya. Katsumata pinned Rukiya after totonoe Splash.

Intermission.

Main Event: In a Current Explosive Bat & Board Death Match, Atsushi Onita & Toi Kojima beat All-Asia Tag Team Champions Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani to win the titles. Onita & Kojima become the 122nd All-Asia Tag Team Champions. Kojima pinned Okatani. Back to title death matches all the time.

The next event is “DDT New Year Fan Appreciation Day” on 1/20 at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET.

DDT just can’t maintain a full healthy roster right now. The body count relentlessly keeps rising as something bad is going around Japan and the latest addition to the count today is Takeshi Masada. Flu. Out indefinitely and off Sunday’s event in Kanagawa. He was to have teamed with Yoshitatsu & Masa Takanashi to face Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yusuke Okada. That match is now Endo/Iino/Okada vs. Yoshitatsu, Kazusada Higuchi & Akito. As a result, what had been Higuchi, Kazuki Hirata & Danshoku Dieno vs. HARASHIMA, Akito & Kazuma Sumi that same event is now Hirata/Dieno/Yuni vs. HARASHIMA/Sumi/Takanashi.

It’s not known if Masada will miss any additional events, the next ones after this are 1/20 & 1/21.

UPDATE: it never ends, it seems…now Kazuma Sumi is off the event. Flu. Sanshiro Takagi is the replacement.

UPDATE 2 (1/13): Someone keeps passing it around DDT as now Yuni has it and is off 1/14. Fever.

DDT ran the second half of their first Osaka doubleheader of the year today.

Today’s event was held at 176BOX in Osaka and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 208.

There were last-minute changes because of the latest of countless injury absences in the promotion, this time it was Toi Kojima. Right side injury suffered yesterday. Status uncertain. Mizuki Watase was the replacement.

Match 1: Makoto Oishi beat Yuni.

Match 2: Kazuki Hirata beat Danshoku Dieno.

Match 3: Yoshitatsu beat Takeshi Masada

Match 4: Jun Akiyama, Toru Owashi & Yukio Sakaguchi beat Mizuki Watase, Yusuke Okada & Illusion. Sakaguchi pinned Illusion after God’s Right Knee.

Match 5: Hideki Okatani beat Akito.

Match 6: Sanshiro Takagi & Rukiya beat HARASHIMA & Kazuma Sumi. Rukiya pinned Sumi after Proto Bomb.

Match 7: Danshoku Dieno & Yuki Iino beat Daisuke Sadaki & KANON. Iino pinned KANON after a spear.

Main Event: Yukio Naya & Kazusada Higuchi beat Yuki Ueno & Shunma Katsumata. Naya pinned Katsumata after The World’s Largest Backdrop.

The next event is 1/14 at Tsurumi Fruit & Vegetable Market in Kanagawa with an All-Asia Tag Team Championship Exploding Blast Death Match scheduled, but it may depend on Kojima’s condition as he is scheduled to be a challenger with Atsushi Onita. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT continued the SWEET DREAMS! 2024 Tour today with their first Osaka event and first doubleheader there of the year.

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 236, a full house/near sellout.

Before the event, referee Matsui announced he will hold a 30th Anniversary Event on 5/19 at Sumiyoshi Civic Center in Osaka.

Match 1; Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata beat Toru Owashi & Illusion. Hirata pinned Illusion.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Yuki Iino & Yuni. Sasaki beat Yuni with a crossface.

Match 3: Yoshitatsu & Yusuke Okada beat HARASHIMA & Kazuma Sumi. Yoshitatsu pinned Sumi.

Match 4: Kazusada Higuchi beat Rukiya.

Match 5: KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Jun Akiyama, Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi beat Naruki Doi, The Bodyguard & Tsutentakka to retain the titles. Oishi pinned Tsutentakka. V2 for the champs. Next up: Higuchi, Hikaru Sato & Ryo Kawamura. That match will happen on 1/28 at Korakuen Hall. If the champs lose, they can’t call themselves D.O.A. (Dead Or Alive) anymore.

Match 7: Tetsuya Endo beat Takeshi Masada

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & Toi Kojima beat Yukio Naya, Yukio Sakacguchi & Hideki Okatani. Ueno pinned Okatani after Jul 2.

The next event is tomorrow (tonight US time). There will be no live broadcast.

DDT began their January 2024 tour, SWEET DREAMS! 2024, today with a house show in Tokyo.

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

The announced paid attendance was 255.

Match 1: Takao Soma & Kazuma Sumi beat Kazusada Higuchi & Illusion. Soma pinned Illusion after Perfect Driver.

Match 2: Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani beat Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi. Okatani beat Oishi with a transformed dragon sleeper.

Match 3: Jun Akiyama, Yoshitatsu & Yukio Naya beat Akito. Yuki Iino & Rukiya. Naya pinned Rukiya.

Match 4: HARASHIMA beat Kazuki Hirata & Toru Owashi in a 3-way by pinning Hirata. Afterwards, Disaster Box officially disbanded.

Match 5: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Tetsuya Endo & Yusuke Okada. Sasaki beat Okada with a crossface. Afterwards, Sasaki continues his efforts in recruiting Endo to join DAMNATION TA, but Endo refused. That led to a heel beatdown until Yuki Iino made the save and then joined Burning.

Main Event: Masa Takanashi, Antonio Honda, Takayuki Ueki, Mecha Mummy & Takeshi Masada beat KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Champions Yoshihiko, Shunma Katsumata, Toi Kojima, Yuni & Yuki Ueno to win the titles. Takanashi, Honda, Ueki, Mummy & Masada become the 9th KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Champions. Honda pinned Katsumata. Yuni was a late replacement as interim champion for the absent MAO (flu).

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

Following up on MAO being absent from DDT’s 1/3 event with a possible fever, it has now been revealed he will be out through the rest of this week’s events. Flu. That means MAO is also off a scheduled KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship defense tomorrow. The match will go on, however, with Yuni as an interim replacement for the champs. He will also miss events on 1/6 & 1/7. That means the earliest he could return is 1/14 at Tsurumi Fruit & Vegetable Market in Kanagawa, but he should be good to go for a DDT Universal Championship defense on 1/21.

More as it becomes available.