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DDT tan their monthly “DDT FREE” event today with free admission for those lucky enough to win tickets via a lottery.

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

The announced attendance was 440, the free equivalent of a legit sellout. No paid admissions today but regardless that is close to normal full capacity for the venue (470-510).

Match 1: Takao Soma, Yukio Naya & Hideki Okatani beat Yusuke Okada, Takeshi Masada & Kazuma Sumi. Naya pinned Sumi aftet a kneelift.

Match 2: HARASHIMA & Akito beat Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno. Akito pinned Iino.

Match 3: Yuji Hino & Makoto Oishi beat Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata. Oishi pinned Hirata after a Hino Fuckin’ BOMB.

It was announced that Cara Noir, the bizarre wrestler from England with an elaborate Black Swan-themed entrance and gimmick, will return to DDT for the 12/29 and 1/3 events. In his first appearances he unsuccessfully challenged Yuki Ueno for the DDT Universal Championship.

Match 4: Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi beat MAO & Shunma Katsumata. Brookes pinned Katsumata after Hair of the Dog.

Match 5: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON beat Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshinura & Yuki Ishida. Sasaki beat Ishida with a crossface.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno & Toui Kojima beat Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku. Ueno pinned Koroku after WR.

The next event is Sunday at Kimitsu Municipal Shuto Junior High School Gym in Chiba, headlined by a Hiroshi Yamato 15th Anniversary match. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT runs their monthly major event today and it’s both running back from what happened during KING OF DDT earlier this year and also potentially shaking up the landscape of the promotion. First, if you are an early bird you could witness the end of those despicable Pheromons…or perhaps what is going to be the most disastrous day in the history of CyberFight Corporation (in a very hilarious only-DDT way). Then at the end, KO-D Openweight Champion Kazusada Higuchi defends the title against his former Eruption factionmate and leader Yukio Sakaguchi, who win or lose wants Higuchi back in the faction after the match along with new teammates Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida. And today is also Higuchi’s birthday. Will the new flagbearer of DDT abide by his former partner’s demands?

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Voice actor Takayuki Kondo will be a special guest on commentary. There will be a pre-show dark match scheduled for 30 minutes before the event begins. Including this, I anticipate today’s event having a total runtime of about 3 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Pre-show: Danshoku Dieno & Yuki Iino vs. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Makoto Oishi, Akito & Antonio Honda in a handicap match. If Pheromons lose, they must disband. But if they win, Iino becomes CyberFight Corporation President for a day
Main Show:
Kazuma Sumi Debut Match: Kazuma Sumi vs. Kazuki Hirata
Daisuke Sasaki, Minoru Fujita, MJ Pawl & KANON vs. Shuma Katsumata, Toui Kojima, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani
HARASHIMA & Takeshi Masada vs. Takao Soma & Hikaru Machida
Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku vs. Osamu Nishimura, Shinichiro Kawamatsu & Yuki Ishida
Naomi Yoshimura, Yuji Hino & Chris Brookes vs. Tetsuya Endo, MAO & Yukio Naya
DDT Universal Champion Yuki Ueno vs. Koju Takeda for the title
KO-D Openweight Champion Kazusada Higuchi vs. Yukio Sakaguchi for the title

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Updates below will begin at 9:50 PM ET/6:50 PM PT.

9:50 PM ET UPDATE: The stream has just launched. We should be going live in less than 10 minutes.

10 PM ET UPDATE: We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your pre-show hosts are Ken Kato, Haruo Murata & Kagehiro Osano.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Vocal cheering is allowed so 50% max capacity, but based on advance ticket sales it could be a legit sellout. If not, it will be extremely close (at least 90%).

Pre-show dark match: Danshoku Dieno & Yuki Iino vs. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Makoto Oishi, Akito & Antonio Honda in a handicap match. No time limit
Result: Danshoku Dieno & Yuki Iino beat Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Makoto Oishi, Akito & Antonio Honda. Dieno pinned Takagi after GM Imabayashi turned on Takagi and hit him (weakly) with a chair. As a result, Iino will become CyberFight Corporation President for a day. That day will be November 1.

Pre-show concludes at 10:18 PM ET. Updates will resume when the main show matches begin in 15-20 minutes.

During the opening announcements, it is announced that DDT will be part of a Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) event on 3/31/23 at Ukrainian Cultural Center in Los Angeles, CA and also likely a standalone DDT event on 3/30/23. Joey Janela promo follows. It will be part of an event called The Collective and will feature DDT vs. GCW. Janela is still DDT Extreme Champion. Also, Takao Soma was announced as the new manager of the pro wrestling & sports bar “Dropkick”.

Main show begins now (10:30 PM ET). Your hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano & special guest Takayuki Kondo.

Match 1; Kazuma Sumi Debut Match: Kazuma Sumi vs. Kazuki Hirata. 30 minute time limit
Result; Kazuki Hirata beat Kazuma Sumi by submission. Unlike Takeshi Masada, Sumi had to make his debut in a comedy match. That being said, it was a solid debut and he showed great potential and agility. He has a bright future ahead.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki, Minoru Fujita, MJ Pawl & KANON vs. Shunma Katsumata, Toui Kojima, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani. 30 minute time limit
Result: Daisuke Sasaki, Minoru Fujita, MJ Pawl & KANON beat Shunma Katsumata, Toui Kojima, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani. KANON pinned Kojima after Sleepy Hollow. Afterwards, Sasaki & KANON with microphone. They teased a potential D-KING Grand Prix final between them.

Quick break for ring cleaning.

Match 3: HARASHIMA & Takeshi Masada vs. Takao Soma & Hikaru Machida. 30 minute time limit
Result: Takao Soma & Hikaru Machida beat HARASHIMA & Takeshi Masada. Machida pinned Masada.

GM Imabayashi brings out two outside women wrestlers whose names I didn’t catch. They will be the opponents for Saki Akai & Yuki Arai at Tokyo Dome City Hall on 12/29. Will try and update tomorrow with names. One is a champion in another promotion though as she was carrying a blue title belt.

Match 4: Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku vs. Osamu Nishimura, Shinichiro Kawamatsu & Yuki Ishida. 30 minute time limit
Result: Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku beat Osamu Nishimura, Shinichiro Kawamatsu & Yuki Ishida. Koroku beat Ishida with a cross armbar.

Match 5: Naomi Yoshimura, Yuji Hino & Chris Brookes vs. Tetsuya Endo, MAO & Yukio Naya. 30 minute time limit
Result: Naomi Yoshimura, Yuji Hino & Chris Brookes beat Tetsuya Endo, MAO & Yukio Naya. Brookes pinned Naya with a leg clutch rollup.

Akito joins commentary here.
Match 6: DDT Universal Champion Yuki Ueno vs. Koju Takeda for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: DDT Universal Champion Yuki Ueno beat Koju Takeda to retain the title. V2 for Ueno.

Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion Kazusada Higuchi vs. Yukio Sakaguchi for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Openweight Champion Kazusada Higuchi beat Yukio Sakaguchi to retain the title. V4 for Higuchi. Higuchi was busted open during the match, my first thought was perhaps a broken nose or close to it. Post-match, as far as Sakaguchi’s demand that Higuchi re-join Eruption win or lose, and bring the rest of Harimao (Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida) with him…it sounds like Higuchi refused. Harimao remains its own faction and Higuchi remains its leader and double champion as he still holds the KO-D Tag Team Championship with Yoshimura.

The next event is Wednesday at Shinjuku Face, which will be this month’s DDT FREE event. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 701, a legit sellout.

Saori Anou & Rika Kawabata are the opponents for Akai & Arai on 12/29. At this time it is, assuming AA Eye Candy are still the Tokyo Joshi Pro Princess Tag Team Champions at the time, a NON-TITLE match. Also announced for 12/29 is Higuchi defending the KO-D Openweight Championship against the D-KING Grand Prix winner, unless Higuchi wins the tournament. Then it’s TBA. Konosuke Takeshita was also announced for this event, suggesting that if reports of his returning to All Elite Wrestling are true, he’ll be back there for about 2 months.

DDT ran the second half of their Sapporo doubleheader today, the final build to their next major monthly event later this week.

Today’s event was held at Ewan Stadium in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 238, a super full house/very near sellout.

During the opening, Akito was announced as special referee for the second match.

Match 1; Saki Akai beat Manami Kanda.

Match 2: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno vs. Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata and MAO & Toui Kojima in a 3-way went to a no contest. Ring announcer Ken Kato stoppage.

Match 3: HARASHIMA & Makoto Oishi beat Tobuya (?) & Takeshi Masada. Oishi pinned Masada after Luminous Press.

Match 4: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Takashi Yoshida beat Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & Chris Brookes. Yoshida pinned Katsumata after a lightning leg lariat.

Match 5: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Yuji Hino & Yusuke Okada. KANON pinned Okada after Sleepy Hollow.

Main Event: Yukio Sakaguchi, Hideki Okatani & Takaki Iwasaki beat Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida. Okatani pinned Ishida with a double arm suplex.

The next event is 10/23 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. This will be a reduced capacity event with vocal cheering allowed. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT.

DDT continued the GOD BLESS DDT 2022 Tour today, making their first visit to Sapporo in a year for the first of two events there.

Today’s event was held at Ewan Stadium in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 234, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Shunma Katsumata & Manami Kanda beat Kazuki Hirata & Saki Akai. Katsumata pinned Hirata after Totonoe Splash.

Match 2: Toru Owashi & Chris Brookes vs. Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno went to a no contest. Ring announcer Ken Kato stoppage, which led to him getting his from those despicable Pheromons.

Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Yusuke Okada & Takeshi Masada. Sasaki beat Masada with a crossface.

Match 4: HARASHIMA, Yuji Hino & Tobuya (?) beat Yuki Ueno, MAO & Toui Kojima. Hino pinned Kojima after Fuckin’ BOMB.

Match 5: Takaaki Iwasaki beat Hideki Okatani.

Match 6: Tetsuya Endo & Jun Akiyama beat Takashi Yoshida & Yuya Koroku. Endo pinned Koroku after Yurikamome.

Main Event: Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura beat Yukio Sakaguchi & Akito. Higuchi pinned Akito after Brain Claw Slam. After the match, Sakaguchi invited…actually, demanded Higuchi return to Eruption after their upcoming KO-D Openweight Championship match, and that Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida join too.

The next event is tomorrow. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT ran their monthly big show today headlined a KO-D Tag Team Championship match as Kazusada Higuchi tries to remain a double champion while Damnation TA looks to regain gold after losing the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese.

The announced paid attendance was 419.

Match 1: Yukio Naya & Hideki Okatani beat Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku, Minoru Fujita & MJ Pawl and Yuki Iino & Yumehito Imanari in a 4-way, when Naya pinned Koroku.

A big announcement for the year-ending event on 12/29 at TDC Hall-SKE48 member Yuki Arai, half of the Princess Tag Team Champions in Tokyo Joshi Pro, will participate in the event. AA Eye Candy in DDT! Now as long as she & Saki Akai aren’t put against those deplorable Pheromons…

Match 2: In a Hardcore Match, Toru Owashi beat Kazuki Hirata. This went just 12 seconds. Which led to…
Kazuki Hirata beat Toru Owashi. This went just 14 seconds. Which led to…
Toru Owashi beat Kazuki Hirata. This all led to a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship challenge alongside Dragon Gate star Naruki Doi. That will happen on 11/12 in Osaka.

Match 3: Yuki Ishida beat Danshoku Dieno. Sanshiro Takagi was special referee and assisted. This set up a big match between Takagi’s army and Pheromons for 10/23-if Pheromons lose, they must disband. But if Takagi’s team loses, Yuki Iino becomes President of CyberFight Corporation (DDT Group owner) for a day. Yikes. It will be a pre-show dark match and a 5 vs. 2 Handicap Match-Takagi, Owashi, Oishi, Akito & Antonio Honda vs. Iino & Dieno (with Yumehito Imanari).

Match 4: Yukio Sakaguchi beat Takeshi Masada by ref stoppage (TKO).

Match 5: Makoto Oishi 20th Anniversary Match: Makoto Oishi, Men’s Teioh (Independent/Freelancer) & Shiori Asahi beat Yuki Ueno, MAO & Shunma Katsumata Oishi pinned Katsumata after Luminous Press.

Match 6: Koju Takeda beat Toui Kojima.

Match 7: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yuji Hino beat HARASHIMA, Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi. Endo pinned Takanashi with a backslide.

Main Event: KO-D Tag Team Champions Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura beat Daisuke Sasaki & KANON to retain the titles. Higuchi pinned KANON after Brain Claw Slam. V2 for the champs.

After the main event, Shinya Aoki came out and cashed in his “Money In The Bank” NFT for a title shot anytime, anywhere for a KO-D Openweight Championship match then and there! Which led to…
KO-D Openweight Champion Kazusada Higuchi beat Shinya Aoki by ref stoppage (TKO-headbutt) to retain the title. V3 for Higuchi.

The next event is Saturday at Ewan Stadium in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT ran an “only DDT could do it” doubleheader today, first running a traditional event then coming back at midnight for a special hot springs wrestling event, part of the wacky, unusual comedy style DDT is known for.

Event 1:
Today’s first event was held at Komikyo Higashinari Civic Center 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 280, a super full house/very near sellout.

Pre-Show Match: Yusuke Okada & Yuki Ishida beat Takao Soma & Takeshi Masada. Okada pinned Masada after Sudden Death.

During the opening greeting & announcements, the opening shout was by DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Keiko Takeshita, Konosuke Takeshita’s mother. Both Kazuki Hirata & referee Matsui (the event’s sponsor) tried to win the belt, which is contested under 24/7 rules anytime, anywhere as long as there is a referee present. Both failed.

Match 1: HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito beat Minoru Fujita, MJ Pawl & KANON. HARASHIMA pinned Pawl after Blue Sword.

Match 2: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno vs. Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata, Sanshiro Takagi & Makoto Oishi and Trans Am Hiroshi & Yoshihiko went to a no contest in just 54 seconds. GM Imabayashi stoppage. Which led to…
In an elimination match, Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno, Trans Am Hiroshi & Yoshihiko beat Kazuki Hirata, Sanshiro Takahi, Makoto Oishi & Toru Owashi. Yoshihiko was the only winner, last eliminating Hirata. For those unfamiliar with DDT, Yoshihiko is a life-size blow-up sex doll. Ridiculous, absolutely, but the stuff the wrestlers can do on their own with it is just incredible.

Match 3: Toui Kojima & Harutoki beat Hideki Okatani & Yuya Koroku. Kojima pinned Koroku after Kojima in Wonderland.

Match 4: Shuji Ishikawa, Yukio Sakaguchi & Chris Brookes beat Magnitude Kishiwada, Yuji Hino & Yukio Naya. Sakaguchi pinned Naya after God’s Right Knee.

Match 5: Jun Akiyama & Antonio Honda beat Kuishinbo Kamen (Osaka Pro Wrestling) & Kikutaro (Independent/Freelancer). Honda pinned Kamen after an Akiyama Exploder.

Match 6; Tetsuya Endo beat Masa Takanashi.

Match 7: Daisuke Sasaki & HUB (Independent/Freelancer) beat Yuki Ueno & Shunma Katsumata. HUB pinned Katsumata after Aruma Chief.

Main Event: Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura beat Shigehiro Irie (GLEAT) & MAO. Yoshimura pinned MAO after Osaka Pride.

Event 2:
Today’s second event was held at Naniwa health land hot water – Topia in Osaka and likely will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. Based on original plans that could be later today if it hasn’t already happened (it was an 11 AM ET/8 AM PT start).

The announced paid attendance was 30, a legit sellout. Fans attending had to wear swimsuits.

This was a one-match event: In a Falls Count Anywhere match, Shunma Katsumata & Toui Kojima beat Yukio Naya & Yuya Koroku. Katsumata pinned Koroku after Tortoise Splash onto a water back. This match went just a few seconds short of 1 hour.

The next event is Wednesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo headlined by a KO-D Tag Team Championship match. Vocal cheering will be allowed so capacity will be reduced. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

DDT returned to Chiba today for another of their “ONLY WE” events held in conjunction with the ONLY WE promotion based there who often competes in the promotion.

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 238, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Kaji Tomato & Takao Soma beat Saki Akai & Shunma Katsumata. Soma pinned Katsumata.

Match 2: HARASHIMA & Toru Owashi beat Chris Brooke & Takeshi Masada. HARASHIMA pinned Masada after Blue Sword.

Match 3: Shinya Aoki beat Hiroshi Yamato.

Match 4: Quiet Storm & Yukio Naya beat Akira Raijin & Hoshitango. Storm pinned Hoshitango after a 50cm arm lariat. This was to have been Raijin & Shogun Okamoto vs. Storm & Naya but Okamoto was removed a couple days ago due to being a potential coronavirus close contact. Hoshitango was the replacement.

Match 5: Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Koju Takeda beat Yuki Ueno, MAO & Toui Kojima. Iino pinned Kojima after Big Sexy Mountain.

There was a special comedy performance here by duo “Double Name” Kaoru.

Match 6: Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura, Akito & Yuki Ishida beat Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku. Higuchi pinned Koroku after Brain Claw Slam.

Main Event: Yuji Hino, Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi beat KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON to win the titles. Hino, Oishi & Asahi become the 47th KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions. Hino pinned Pawl after Fuckin’ BOMB.

The next event is a doubleheader on Monday-the first event is at Komikyo Higashinari Civic Center in Osaka. There will be no live broadcast. The second event is a “Wrestling On The Street” special mini-event at Naniwa Health Land Hot Spring-Topia in Osaka. This event may be streamed on YouTube or available on demand shortly after. If it is live on YouTube, it is scheduled to begin at 8 AM PT/11 AM ET (it’s a midnight start in Japan).

DDT ran a Tetsuya Endo Return Home event today featuring the star’s 10th Anniversary match and it also became a charity event with a portion of proceeds donated to Fukushima Prefecture earthquake recovery efforts.

Today’s event was held at Shiroishi White Cube in Miyagi and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 271, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Makoto Oishi beat Takeshi Masada by submission.

Match 2: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Akito & Kazuki Hirata. Iino beat Hirata with Shiraishi Castle.

Match 3: Saki Akai beat Antonio Honda.

Match 4: Toru Owashi & Shunma Katsumata beat Yuji Hino & Hideki Okatani. Katsumata pinned Okatani after Totonoe Splash.

Match 5: Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Yukio Naya beat Yuki Ueno, MAO & Toui Kojima. Naya pinned Kojima after a chokeslam.

Match 6: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON beat Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida. KANON beat Ishida with a cobra twist.

Main Event: Tetsuya Endo 10th Anniversary Match: HARASHIMA & Yukio Sakaguchi beat Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku. Sakaguchi pinned Koroku after God’s RIght Knee. After the match, Endo addressed the crowd and said he would be back next year for an 11th Anniversary match.

The next event is an ONLY WE crossover event Saturday at TKP Garden City Chiba in Chiba, headlined by a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship match. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT held a special outdoor event today as part of the Ikebukuro Full Moon Festival in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Ikebukuro Nishiguchi Park Outdoor Theater Global Ring Theater in Tokyo and should 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: Yukio Naya beat Yuya Koroku by submission.

Match 2; DDTeeeeen! Special Match: El Unicorn beat Illusion.

Match 3: Danshoku Dieno & Yuki Iino vs. Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata went to a no contest. GM Imabayashi stoppage.

Match 4: Toru Owashi & Makoto Oishi beat Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani. Oishi beat Okatani.

Match 5: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada beat HARASHIMA, MAO & Antonio Honda. Endo pinned Honda after Burning Star Press.

Match 6: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Yuji Hino & Takeshi Masada. Sasaki beat Masada with a crossface.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & Toui Kojima beat Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida. Ueno pinned Ishida after BME.

The next event is a Tetsuya Endo Homecoming Event featuring his 10th Anniversary Match tomorrow at Shiroishi White Cube in Miyagi. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT runs their monthly major event today, this month finishing up the “WHO’S GONNA TOP? 2022” tour with an event headlined by a pair of big title matches. First up, DDT Universal Champion Yuki Ueno defends against the oddly artistic Cara Noir in perhaps an offbeat battle of the best entrances in the promotion (Noir’s Black Swan-esque entrance may be longer than the actual match!). Then, in the main event, KO-D Openweight Champion Kazusada Higuchi continues his flag-bearing path of wanting the best and getting the best as he defends the title against former champion Konosuke Takeshita.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. Japanese anime voice actress Mayu Iizuka returns as a guest on Japanese commentary for the second consecutive live broadcast after being a guest at last week’s Jun Akiyama 30th Anniversary event. The English commentary team will be Baliyan Akki & Christelle Ciari. There is a pre-show dark match scheduled 20 minutes before the event that likely will be part of the live broadcast so if you want to possibly catch that match, tune in when the live stream launches.

Today’s lineup:
Pre-show Match: Hideki Okatani & Toui Kojima vs. Yuya Koroku & Yuki Ishida
Main Show:
MAO, Asuka (Veny) & Saki Akai vs. Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda
Shinya Aoki vs. Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Iino for Aoki’s “Money In The Bank” NFT that allows the holder to challenge for any DDT title anytime, anywhere
Osamu Nishimura & Shinichiro Kawamatsu vs. Akito & Yukio Naya
Daisuke Sasaki, Minoru Fujita & KANON vs. Naomi Yoshimura, Yuji Hino & Makoto Oishi
Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Takeshi Masada vs. Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA, Yukio Sakaguchi & Takao Soma
DDT Universal Champion Yuki Ueno vs. Cara Noir for the title
KO-D Openweight Champion Kazusada Higuchi vs. Konosuke Takeshita for the title

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Updates below will begin at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT. The pre-show match is scheduled to begin at 10:10 PM ET/7:10 PM PT.

10 PM ET UPDATE: Live updates begin below.

The stream has launched. The pre-show match should begin in 10 minutes.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Because vocal cheering/support is allowed, capacity will be limited to 50% so if it sells out it will only be in the 600-700 range.

10:10 PM ET UPDATE: We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your Japanese hosts are Ken Kato, Kagehiro Osano & Mayu Iizuka. Your English hosts are Baliyan Akki & Christelle Ciari.

Pre-show Match: Hideki Okatani & Toui Kojima vs. Yuya Koroku & Yuki Ishida. 10 minute time limit
Result: Hideki Okatani & Toui Kojima beat Yuya Koroku & Yuki Ishida. Okatani pinned Ishida after a double arm suplex.

Updates will resume when the main show’s first match begins, which should be in 15-20 minutes (as of 10:20 PM ET). Your new Japanese host is Haruo Murata, replacing Ken Kato, alongside Kagehiro Osano & Mayu Iizuka.

During GM Imabayashi’s opening announcements, Sumi Kazuma, a new rookie wrestler, is introduced. His Debut Match will be 10/23 against Kazuki Hirata.
On 12/21 at Korakuen Hall there will be a Danshoku Dieno 20th Anniversary event. And a book release is coming.

Main show:
Match 1: MAO, Asuka (Veny) & Saki Akai vs. Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda. 30 minute time limit
Result: MAO, Asuka & Saki Akai beat Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda. Akai pinned Honda after New Face Award at the end of a hilarious comedy sequence.

Match 2: Shinya Aoki vs. Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Iino in a 3-way for Aoki’s “Money In The Bank” NFT that allows the holder to challenge for any DDT title anytime, anywhere. 30 minute time limit
Result: Shinya Aoki beat Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Iino by pinning Katsumata to retain the NFT. Aoki won after turning himself into one of the Pheromones to cap what of course was a ridiculous comedy match. But that’s what makes DDT what it is.

The D KING GRAND PRIX Participants are announced: Yuki Ueno, Naomi Yoshimura, Joey Janela, Tetsuya Endo, Daisuke Sasaki and RSP (Rickey Shane Page) in Block A, Kazusada HIguchi, Chris Brookes, MAO, Yuji Hino, KANON and Yukio Naya in Block B. The tournament takes place over 7 events starting 11/1 and ending on 12/4, both those events are at Korakuen. Kenta Kobashi will be the D KING GRAND PRIX chairman.

Match 3: Osamu Nishimura & Shinichiro Kawamatsu (the wrestling politicians!) vs. Akito & Yukio Naya. 30 minute time limit
Result: Akito & Yukio Naya beat Osamu Nishimura & Shinichiro Kawamatsu. Naya beat Kawamatsu with a standing cobra twist.

Match 4: Daisuke Sasaki, Minoru Fujita & KANON vs. Naomi Yoshimura, Yuji Hino & Makoto Oishi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Daisuke Sasaki, Minoru Fujita & KANON beat Naomi Yoshimura, Yuji Hino & Makoto Oishi. Sasaki beat Oishi with a crossface. Afterwards, Sasaki & KANON beat down Oishi until Shiori Asahi returned with a skateboard to make the save.

Match 5: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Takeshi Masada vs. Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA, Yukio Sakaguchi & Takao Soma. 30 minute time limit
Result: Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA, Yukio Sakaguchi & Takao Soma beat Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Takeshi Masada. Sakaguchi pinned Okada after a jumping knee strike.

Match 6: DDT Universal Champion Yuki Ueno vs. Cara Noir for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: DDT Universal Champion Yuki Ueno beat Cara Noir to retain the title. V1 for Ueno. Next up: One of those despicable Pheromones, namely Koju Takeda, who was not there but delivered a challenge via an iPhone transported in Yuki Iino’s butt. Seriously. GM Imabayashi made it official.

Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion Kazusada Higuchi vs. Konosuke Takeshita for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Openweight Champion Kazusada Higuchi beat Konosuke Takeshita to retain the title. V2 for Higuchi. (This would seem to give weight to rumors I read on US news sites earlier in the day that Takeshita may be returning to All Elite Wrestling in October, plus his not being in the D KING GRAND PRIX) Next up: Possibly Shinya Aoki. He came out to give Higuchi a fist bump before leaving. Could be cashing in the NFT soon for a title shot. Or not. Because next up will be…Yukio Sakaguchi. That will happen at an upcoming Korakuen event, , which could be 10/12 or 10/23…the latter is Higuchi’s birthday. Updates will follow but remember Higuchi left Sakaguchi’s Eruption faction when he won the title earlier this year by winning the KING OF DDT Tournament. Now Sakaguchi wants his.

The next event is a Tetsuya Endo Homecoming & 10th Anniversary Event on 10/2 at Shiroishi White Cube in Miyagi. There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 701, a legit sellout.
Both title matches coming out of this-Ueno-Iino for the Universal Championship and Higuchi-Sakaguchi for the KO-D Openweight Championship-will happen on 10/23 at Korakuen.