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DDT 8/24/22 Results

DDT began the post-WRESTLE PETER PAN portion of the year with their monthly DDT FREE event today, a free admission event beginning the build to when Konosuke Takeshita challenges Kazusada Higuchi for the KO-D Openweight Championship next month.

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

The announced attendance was 250, a super full house. All tickets were free so no paid admissions. Vocal cheering was allowed for this event.

Match 1: MAO, Shunma Katsumata & Kazuki Hirata beat Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Koju Takeda. Hirata pinned Dieno.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani by DQ. Okatani DQ’d. Ref assault.

Match 3: Tetsuya Endo beat Takeshi Masada.

Match 4: Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya & Chris Brookes beat Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku. Brookes pinned Koroku after Praying Mantis Bomb.

Match 5: Yuki Ueno & Asuka (Veny) beat Joey Janela & Akito. Ueno pinned Akito after WR.

Match 6: HARASHIMA & Toru Owashi beat Naomi Yoshimura & Makoto Oishi. Owashi pinned Oishi after a powerbomb.

Main Event: Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida beat Konosuke Takeshita & Toui Kojima. Ishida pinned Kojima after Flame Palm.

The next event is a special “non-alcoholic beer garden wrestling” event Friday at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast.

In other DDT Group news…
If the Ganbare event Saturday is held as planned (weather permitting due to being outdoors), YuuRI is now off the event. Left hand injury. She was to have teamed with Moeka Haruhi & HARUKAZE to face Yuna Manase, Kakeru Sekiguchi & Yoshiko Hasefawa. Cherry is the replacement.
Eri Suzuki, an actress who is a voice actress on several popular anime series, will provide some of the opening video narration for the upcoming Tokyo Joshi Pro events on 8/28 at Korakuen Hall and 9/4 at Nagoya Congress Center. Suzuki is also part of TJPW’s collaboration with popular anime series “The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls”.
Koriki Choshu, a popular Japanese comedian known for his impersonation of wrestler Riki Choshu, will make a guest appearance at the 9/13 event at Asakusa Flower Theater in Tokyo.

DDT “WRESTLE PETER PAN 2022” Results (8/20/22)

WRESTLE PETER PAN, DDT’s biggest annual event, is now in the books. It was the highlight event so far of DDT’s 25th Anniversary celebration but there is still more to come.

Today’s event was held at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English.

The announced paid attendance was 1250, a full house/near sellout. Because vocal cheering/support was allowed, the venue was only at 50% capacity (the whole top half of the seating was not used). Your Japanese hosts are Haruo Murata & Kagehiro Osano with special guests Marika Tani of SKE48 (a teammate of Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling star Yuki Arai), Megu Taniguchi of AKB48, and the GOD of Japanese Pro Wrestling, the incomparable Kenta Kobashi. Your English hosts are Christelle Ciari, Hiroshi Arai & Bryan Burton-Lewis. (Chris Brookes was in action today and Baliyan Akki is in the US).
The event begins with opening greeting & announcements at the 10 minute mark before Kobashi delivers the opening shout at the 15 minute mark. I STILL TO THIS DAY get chills & goosebumps every time GRAND SWORD hits for his entrance (although it’s hard to see him so limited mobility-wise from age, his long career and his successful triumphs over cancer). The entire replay runs just under 5 hours.

Match 1: Yusuke Okada, Yuya Koroku & Illusion beat Toui Kojima, Yuki IShida & Takeshi Masada. Koroku beat Ishida with a stranglehold.

Match 2: Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Koju Takeda (666, but now the newest member of those despicable Pheromons) beat Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda and Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya & Super Sasadango Machine in a 3-way by ref stoppage (TKO) when Takeda beat Hirata.

Match 3: HARASHIMA, Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani beat Naomi Yoshimura, Kota Umeda & Keisuke Okuda. HARASHIMA pinned Yoshimura after Blue Sword.

Match 4: Shinichiro Kawamatsu Debut Match: Osamu Nishimura, Makoto Oishi & Akito beat Shinichiro Kawamatsu, Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma. Nishimura pinned Kawamatsu.

Match 5: Jun Akiyama & Saki Akai beat Chris Brookes & Asuka (Veny). Akai beat Asuka with an extreme arm triangle.

Match 6: In a Hardcore Match, DDT Extreme Champion Joey Janela beat Shunma Katsumata to retain the title. V1 for Janela.

Match 7: Yuki Ueno beat DDT Universal Champion Masa Takanashi to win the title. Ueno becomes the 8th DDT Universal Champion.

Match 8: DDT 25th Anniversary Match: Konosuke Takeshita, MAO & Yasu Urano beat Dick Togo (New Japan Pro Wrestling), Daisuke Sasaki & KANON. Takeshita pinned KANON after a jumping knee.

Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion Kazusada Higuchi beat Tetsuya Endo to retain the title. V1 for Higuchi. Next up: Takeshita. That will happen on 9/25 at Korakuen Hall. Higuchi wants the best and he got the best, he certainly is proving himself to be a fighting champion and taking pride in his new position as the flag-bearer of DDT in more ways than one. This should be another excellent match.

LiLiCo, who retired earlier this year, made a special appearance today and is returning as a special ambassador for the final event of the year at Tokyo Dome City Hall. And she has come up with a true DDT idea for those attending-if you attend and feel the event was boring, you will get a full refund of your ticket price. That event will be on 12/29.

One more tournament this year is coming up-D KING GRAND PRIX 2022, a singles tournament. Kenta Kobashi has been named chairman of the tournament executive committee. It will run during November and end on December 4. Entrants will be revealed on September 25-the plan is 24 total in 2 blocks of 12 and entrants must be younger than 40 (so no Jun Akiyama, HARASHIMA, Sanshiro Takagi and a few others).

The next event is Tuesday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo for the monthly DDT FREE event, where all tickets are free for those lucky enough to be chosen in the lottery to get them. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

One last thing from just finishing watching the replay: Stay tuned after the main event and Higuchi’s exit as the ending is done movie-style with a credit roll of wrestlers & staff and outtakes/unseen pre-show backstage footage. Plus some pre-event footage from outside the venue with fans entering and taking everything in, all set to one of the old DDT theme songs. Very nice touch! After it ends we see Higuchi run into Endo backstage, leading to one final show of respect between them to end the show.

DDT 8/14/22 Results

DDT ran their final event before WRESTLE PETER PAN 2022, holding a special event where vocal cheering/support was allowed at the cost of reduced capacity because of coronavirus prevention measures in Japan.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. The first match can also be watched FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 556.

Match 1: Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Koju Takeda beat Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Takao Soma. Takeda pinned Takagi after Shining Driver. Apparently Takeda is the newest member of those despicable Pheromons.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON beat Yukio Sakaguchi, MAO & Yuki Ishida. KANON pinned Ishida after Sleepy Hollow.

Match 3: Takeshi Masada Debut Match: HARASHIMA beat Takeshi Masada.

Match 4: Shinya Aoki won a 10 man “Money In The Bank” Battle Royal. As a result, Aoki now holds the right to challenge for any DDT Title anytime, anywhere.

Match 5: Asuka (Veny) beat Saki Akai.

Match 6: Yuki Ueno & Toui Kojima beat Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda. Ueno pinned Honda after BME,

Match 7: In a Flourescent Light Tube Ippon Deathmatch, where the person responsible for the breaking of the ONE light tube in the ring loses, Joey Janela beat DDT Extreme Champion Akito to win the title. Janela becomes the 54th DDT Extreme Champion.

MaiN Event: Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura beat Tetsuya endo & Jun Akiyama. Yoshimura pinned Akiyama after Payment. That’s a career-defining victory for Yoshimura.

The next event is WRESTLE PETER PAN 2022, their biggest event of the year, Saturday at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. The full card:
Yusukke Okada, Yuya Koroku & El Illusion vs. Youi Kojima, Yuki Ishida & Takeshi Masada
Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Koju Takeda vs. Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya & Super Sasadango Machine and Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda in a 3-way
Naomi Yoshimura, Kota Umeda & Keisuke Okuda vs. HARASHIMA, Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani
Shinichiro Kawamatsu Debut Match: Shinichiro Kawamatsu, Sanshiro Takagi & Takao Soma vs. Osamu Nishimura, Makoto Oishi & Akito. Kawamatsu is a member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly (aka a politician…then again, so is Nishimura)
Jun Akiyama & Saki Akai vs. Chris Brookes & Asuka (Veny)
DDT Extreme Champion Joey Janela vs. Shunma Katsumata in a hardcore match for the title
DDT Universal Champion Masa Takanashi vs. Yuki Ueno for the title
DDT 25th Anniversary Match-Dick Togo (New Japan Pro Wrestling), Daisuke Sasaki & KANON vs. Konosuke Takeshita, MAO & Yasu Urano
KO-D Openweight Champion Kazusada Higuchi vs Yasu Urano for the title
Kenta Kobashi will be a special observer for the main event and also will be a guest on commentary

Announced for 9/4 (Nagoya Congress Center) are a 6-man tag Current Blast Deathmatch featuring Atsushi Onita, KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON vs. Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani for the titles and KO-D Tag Team Champions Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura vs. HARASHIMA & Toru Owashi for the titles.

The Konosuke Takeshita 10th Anniversary Event on 9/10 (Nishinari Kumin Center, Osaka), headlined by Takeshita vs. Daisuke Sasaki, will be a live broadcast ONLY ON ABEMA. No WRESTLE UNVIERSE live stream.

Finally, the Jun Akiyama 30th Anniversary Match, the main event for 9/18 at Korakuen (Akiyama 30th Anniversary Event), has been announced: Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (New Japan) vs. Yuji Nagata (New Japan), Konosuke Takeshita & Shunma Katsumata.

DDT 8/11/22 Results

DDT ran another of their “ONLY WE” Chiba-based house shows as part of the Road to PETER PAN tour with their biggest event of the year now just 9 days away.

Today’s event was held at 2AW Square in Chiba and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 135, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Yusuke Okada beat Toui Kojima.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON beat Kaji Tomato, Yuya Koroku & El Unicorn. KANON pinned Koroku after Sleepy Hollow.

Match 3: Yukio Sakaguchi, Hideki Okatani & Hiroshi Yamato beat Takao Soma, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida. Okatani pinned Ishida with a double arm suplex.

Match 4: Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura beat Yuji Hino & Makoto Oishi. Yoshimura pinned Oishi after Payment.

Main Event: Kaji Tomato won a 12-man special battle royal, last eliminating Yuji Hino.

The next event is Sunday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, the final event before WRESTLE PETER PAN 2022. Fans will be allowed to vocally cheer/support at this event so venue capacity will be limited. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

DDT 8/7/22 Results

DDT continued the Road to PETER PAN tour today with a house show in Miyagi Prefecture, visiting Tagajo City for the first time in the promotion’s history.

Today’s event was held at Tagajo City Culture Center Small Hall in Tagajo City (Miyagi Prefecture) and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 169.

Match 1: Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Hideki Okatani beat Antonio Honda & Yukio Naya. Okatani pinned Honda with a double arm suplex.

Match 2; Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Takao Soma & Kazuki Hirata. Iino pinned Hirata after Sexy Sailboat.

Match 3: Akito & Yuji Hino beat Yukio Sakaguchi & Yuya Koroku. Akito beat Koroku with an ankle lock.

Match 4: Minoru Fujita & KANON beat Chris Brookes & Yusuke Okada. Fujita beat Okada with a deformed Samson Clutch.

Match 5: MAO beat Makoto Oishi.

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

The next event is Thursday (Wednesday night US time) at 2AW Square in Chiba. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT 8/6/22 Results

DDT continued their tour of house shows building up to WRESTLE PETER PAN 2022 in 2 weeks today, visiting Yokohama with a suddenly depleted roster as coronavirus cases are piling up again.

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 149, a full house/near-sellout.

Match 1: Yukio Naya beat Toui Kojima.

Match 2: Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Yumehito Imanari beat Akito, Antonio Honda & Kazuki Hirata. Imanari pinned Hirata after a diamond cutter. This went just 22 seconds. Which led to…
Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Yumehito Imanari beat Akito, Antonio Honda & Kazuki Hirata. Iino pinned Honda with La Magistral. Afterwards, Sanshiro Takagi unmasked the new mystery member of Pheromons, it turned out to be Michael Nakazawa.

Match 3: Yukio Sakaguchi & MAO beat Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku. Sakaguchi beat Koroku with an arm triangle.

Match 4: Minoru Fujita & KANON beat Shunma Katsumata & El Unicorn. KANON beat Unicorm with a ground cobra twist. Afterwards, Damnation TA unmasked Unicorn as Eruption made the save. This led to a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Title match being made for 9/4.

Match 5: Yuji Hino beat Makoto Oishi.

Match 6: Masa Takanashi & Chris Brookes beat Yuki Ueno & Takao Soma. Takanashi pinned Sona after Everclear.

Main Event: Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura beat Hideki Okatani & Yuki Ishida by KO. Higuchi beat Ishida.

The next event is tomorrow at Tagajo Cultural Center Small Hall in Miyagi. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT Injury/Illness News (Updated 8/5)

DDT has become the latest promotion to take another big hit from the coronavirus as they have lost 3 big names for now-HARASHIMA, Jun Akiyama and Tetsuya Endo. HARASHIMA & Endo both tested positive after being evaluated for the ever-vague “poor physical condition”. Akiyama is pending test results after a fever. All 3 are off this weekend’s events and out until at least after 8/11’s event (Akiyama is tentative for that event). Hopefully they will be back in time for WRESTLE PETER PAN on 8/20, when Endo faces KO-D Openweight Champion Kazusada Higuchi for the title at DDT’s biggest event of the year.

In other injury news, Tokyo Joshi Pro announced that Yuki Aino is off this weekend’s event due to a leg injury, which caused her to miss this past weekend’s events. Aino is scheduled to return for the Korakuen Hall doubleheader on 8/13 & 8/14. Maki Itoh will miss those events due to returning to the US for appearances in Game Changer Wrestling.

UPDATE: TJPW will be shorthanded again in September as overseas independent Prestige Wrestling has announced Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh participation for 9/3, including Yamashita vs. Trish Adora. That means both would miss TJPW events on 9/2 and 9/3 but should not miss the Women-only 8/27 event (free but only women can attend).

8/5 UPDATE: Akiyama tested positive for the coronavirus, as has Toru Owashi and now Daisuke Sasaki has a fever. All out indefinitely.

DDT & Ganbare Pro 7/30/22 Results

DDT & Ganbare Pro ran a split doubleheader in Osaka today, both at the same venue with DDT running first then Ganbare had their event a couple hours later.

Today’s events were held at 176BOX in Osaka and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast for either event.
DDT:
The announced paid attendance was 235, a full house/near sellout.

During the opening announcements, Konosuke Takeshita announced, via recorded message, a 10th Anniversary event on 9/10.

Match 1: Yukio Sakaguchi beat Kazuki Hirata.

Match 2: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno vs. Toru Owashi & Takao Soma went to a no contest. GM Imabayashi interference.

Match 3: Jun Akiyama, Yuuske Okada & The Bodyguard beat Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida. Bodyguard beat Ishida with Rising Dragon.

Match 4: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Akito & Antonio Honda. KANON beat Honda with Just Cobra Twist.

Match 5: HARASHIMA & Gamma beat Yuki Ueno & Makoto Oishi. HARASHIMA pinned Oishi with a crucifix.

Match 6: Tetsuya Endo beat Yuya Koroku.

Main Event: Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura beat MAO & Shunma Katsumata. Yoshimura pinned Katsumata after a throwaway powerbomb.

The next event is 8/6 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. There will be no live broadcast.

Ganbare:
The announced paid attendance was 109.

Match 1: Cherry beat YuuRI.

Match 2: Shuichiro Katsumura, Tsuyoshi Okada & HARUKAZE beat MAO, Tyson Maeguchi & Yuna Manase. Katsumura pinned Maeguchi.

Match 3: Shota & Takao Soma beat Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Ishida. Shota pinned Ishida.

Match 4: Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie beat Kazuaki Mihara & Koki Iwasaki. Irie pinned Iwasaki after Beast Bomber.

Main Event: Yumehito Imanari & Magnitude Kishiwada beat Mizuki Watase & Shinichiro Tominaga. Imanari pinned Tominaga after a lariat.

The next event is 8/13 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

In Tokyo Joshi Pro news ahead of tomorrow’s (tonight US time) event, they will return to Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 on 10/29 and while it will not affect tomorrow’s card, since it was announced at the time this news came out, Yuki Aino is off tomorrow’s event. Leg injury. It’s not known if she will miss any additional time.

DDT “Summer Vacation 2022” Results (7/24/22)

DDT runs their next mid-major event today, headlined by two title matches and the return of Tetsuya Endo. Endo, the former KO-D Openweight Champion, has been out since suffering a concussion at CyberFight Festival ’22 in mid-June that forced him to vacate the title ahead of the KING OF DDT Tournament. But if new champion Kazusada Higuchi has his way, Endo could get a rematch after tonight. But Higuchi needs to focus on now as his newly formed team with Naomi Yoshimura (who Higuchi beat to win the tournament and the title) challenges KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & Asuka (Veny) for the titles today.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Japanese voice actor Takayuki Kondo, best known for his work in the anime series “The Prince Of Tennis”, will be a special guest on commentary. Also, the first 2 matches will be streamed FOR FREE on YouTube.
The card has undergone several changes due to coronavirus issues as currently 3 wrestlers-Toui Kojima, Yuya Koroku & Hideki Okatani-are off. So there could be more last-second changes.

Today’s current lineup:
Makoto Oishi Return Match: Makoto Oishi & Kazuki Hirata vs. Akito & Yuki Ishida
Yuji Hino & Yukio Naya vs. Saki Akai, Antonio Honda & Ilsion in a handicap match
Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Yumehito Imanari vs. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Gota Ihashi
Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON vs. Shinya Aoki, Shunma Katsumata & El Unicorn
Tetsuya Endo Return Match: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Chris Brookes vs. HARASHIMA, Yukio Sakaguchi & Takao Soma
DDT Universal Champion Masa Takanashi vs. Yusuke Okada for the title
KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & Asuka (Veny) vs. Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura for the titles

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

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

7:17 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin NOW.
We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano & special guest Takayuki Kondo.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Based on how empty one section of bleachers looked, I’d estimate around 500.
The matches should begin in about 15 minutes.

In the opening card rundown, Match 1 has been changed as Yuki Ishida is now off. Unknown why but probably coronavirus related. TBA is now teaming with Akito.

Match 1: Makoto Oishi Return Match: Makoto Oishi & Kazuki Hirata vs. Akito & TBA. TBA is Yasu Urano. 30 minute time limit
Result: Akito & Yasu Urano beat Makoto Oishi & Kazuki Hirata. Urano pinned Hirata with a rollup. It was over in about 10 seconds, before Oishi even got into the ring. But as everyone left, GM Hisaya Imabayashi called everyone back. Which led to…
Match 1, Take 2: Makoto Oishi Return Match: Makoto Oishi & Kazuki Hirata vs. Akito & TBA. TBA is Yasu Urano. 30 minute time limit
Result: Akito & Yasu Urano beat Makoto Oishi & Kazuki Hirata. Akito beat Hirata with an ankle lock. Hirata did a comedy tap out. Afterwards, Oishi with microphone. He gets emotional thanking the crowd and talking about his return after over a year away due to injury.

Match 2: Yuji Hino & Yukio Naya vs. Saki Akai, Antonio Honda & Ilusion in a handicap match. 30 minute time limit. This was to have been a 3-way tag match but participants scheduled are off due to coronavirus issues.
Result: Yuji Hino & Yukio Naya beat Saki Akai, Antonio Honda & Ilusion in a handicap match. Naya beat Honda with a cobra twist.

The YouTube broadcast ends here. The next match will follow in a few minutes.

A new wrestler, Takeshi Masada, will debut on 8/14. And what a debut opponent he gets-HARASHIMA.

Match 3: Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Yumehito Imanari vs. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Gota Ihashi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Yumehito Imanari beat Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Gota Ihashi. Iino beat Ihashi with a very NSFW technique. A masked man interfered just before the finish to help Pheromons win. Apparently the “Ultimate Pheromon”. Identity not revealed.

Match 4: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON vs. Shinya Aoki, Shunma Katsumata & El Unicorn. 30 minute time limit.
Result: Shinya Aoki, Shunma Katsumata & E Unicorn beat Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON by DQ. Sasaki DQ’d. Unmasking Unicorn.

Match 5: Tetsuya Endo Return Match: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Chris Brookes vs. HARASHIMA, Yukio Sakaguchi & Takao Soma. 30 minute time limit
Result: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Chris Brookes beat HARASHIMA, Yukio Sakaguchi & Takao Soma. Endo pinned Soma after Burning Star Press.

Match 6: DDT Universal Champion Masa Takanashi vs. Yusuke Okada for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: DDT Universal Champion Masa Takanashi beat Yusuke Okada to retain the title. V1 for Takanashi. Okada may have hurt his legs/feet in the opening seconds when it appears he botched a suicide dive through the ropes. Next up: Yuki Ueno per GM Imabayashi post-match. Ueno is not here today. Takanashi with microphone to respond/comment. That match will happen on 8/20.

Main Event: KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & Asuka (Veny) vs. Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura beat KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & Asuka to win the titles. Higuchi & Yoshimura become the 75th KO-D Tag Team Champions. Higuchi pinned MAO after Brain Claw Slam. Higuchi is now a double champion. Afterwards, he called out Endo, who Higuchi wants to be his first challenger for the KO-D Openweight Championship, ideally on 8/20. It now appears not if it will happen, but when. (UPDATE: It will happen on 8/20 at WRESTLE PETER PAN, DDT’s biggest event of the year)

The on demand replay of this event will run just over 2 1/2 hours if you missed it.

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

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 624.

DDT 7/23/22 Results (Special 1 Match Event)

As part of the HandMade in Japan Festival going on in Tokyo this weekend, DDT ran a special one-match event today.

Today’s event was held at the Music & Play Area at the festival in Tokyo. There was no live broadcast.

The attendance was not announced.

Result: MAO beat Yuya Koroku, Sanshiro Takagi & Yukio Naya in a 4-way Falls Count Anywhere match by pinning Koroku. The match went just under 23 minutes. Afterwards, Kotaro Marubayashi, President & CEO of event organizer/sponsor Creamer LTD., challenged Takagi to a match at next year’s event.

The next event is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall. The card is undergoing many last-minute changes because Koroku, Toui Kojima and Hideki Okatani are all now off the event. Coronavirus. Kojima tested positive and is out at least a week including 7/30. Koroku & Okatani are potential close contacts and are out as a precaution.
Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin TONIGHT at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT.

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