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DDT continued the What Are You Doing 2023 Tour today with the start of a doubleheader in Hokkaido.

Today’s event was held at Sapporo E-One 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 210.

Match 1: Hideki Okatani beat Yuki Ishida.

Match 2: In a handicap match, Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Yusuke Okada, Kazuma Sumi & Rukiya. Iino beat ? (appeared to be both Sumi & Rukiya simultaneously based on photos).

Match 3: Andreza Giant Panda & Saki Akai beat Akito & Kazuki Hirata in 19 seconds by ref stoppage (TKO). Akito inadvertent elbow to Hirata. Which led to…
Match 3 (again): Andreza Giant Panda & Saki Akai beat Akiro & Kazuki Hirata. Akai pinned Hirata after Quetzalcoatl.

Match 4: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Yuya Koroku & Takashi Yoshida (Dragon Gate) beat Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA, Makoto Oishi & ?. Endo pinned Oishi after Burning Star Press. This originally was to have been a 6-man tag match but apparently changed last-minute to an 8-man tag.

Match 5: MAO & Toi Kojima beat Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul. Kojima pinned Paul.

Main Event: Yuji Hino & Yukio Sakaguchi beat Kazusada Higuchi & Takeshi Masada. Hino pinned Masada after Fuckin’ BOMB.

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

DDT continued the What Are You Doing 223 Tour today with an event in Hokkaido that got off to a rough and unusual start-apparently the truck transporting parts of the ring and other equipment was late due to travel issues so they had to use a partially built ring for some of the event among other things. Seemingly transcends “only in DDT”. Because of this, the original match order was changed.

Today’s event was held at Hakodate City Geberal Wholesale Center in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Monday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 212.

Match 1; Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Akito & Kazuma Sumi. Iino beat Sumi.

Match 2: In a “SILVER QUEEN” infomercial match, MAO & Yoshihiko beat Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata. Yoshihiko pinned Hirata after Reincarnation. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: Sanshiro Takagi beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Yoshihiko to win the title. Takagi becomes the 1572nd DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion.

Match 3: HARASHIMA & Hideki Okatani beat Kazusada Higuchi & Yuya Koroku. HARASHIMA pinned Koroku after Blue Sword.

Match 4: Yuki Ishida beat Akinori Aniji.

Match 5: Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul beat Toi Kojima & Rukiya. Sasaki beat Rukiya with a crossface.

Main Event: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada beat Yuji Hino, Makoto Oishi & Yukio Sakaguchi. Okada pinned Oishi after Sudden Death.

The next event is tomorrow at Sapporo E-One Stadium in Hokkaido. There will be bo live broadcast.

DDT continued the What Are You Doing 2023 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 WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 233, a legit sellout.

Before the event, a comedy duo performed live in the ring for the crowd.

Match 1: Daisuke Sasaki beat Kazuma Sumi by submission.

Match 2: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda. Iino pinned Honda.

Match 3: Yoshihiko & Kazuki Hirata beat Yuki Ueno & MAO. Yoshihiko pinned MAO after Reincarnation. Afterwards, Yoshihiko was added to the DDT Extreme Championship match between MAO & Hirata on 6/25, making it a 3-way elimination match, and it will be the main event.

Match 4: Sanshiro Takagi & Akito beat Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku. Takagi pinned Koroku after Stone Cold Stunner. Afterwards, Endo may have kicked Koroku out of BURNING.

A performance by comedy duo Impossible provided intermission entertainment for the crowd.

Match 5: Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu & Yuji Ishida beat Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Rukiya. Ishida pinned Rukiya after Flame Palm.

Match 6: MJ Paul beat Toi Kojima by DQ. Chair use.

Main Event: Yuji Hino, HARASHIMA & Makoto Oishi beat Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi & Hideki Okatani. Hino beat Takanashi with King Kong sleeper.

The next event is Friday at Hakodate City General Wholesale Center in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast. The promotion also announced that Kenta Tanaka, a Japanese voice actor, will be a special guest on commentary on 6/25.

DDT continued the What Are You Doing 2023 Tour today with a house show in Ehime.

Today’s event was held at Matsuyama City Comprehensive Community Center Exhibition Hall in Ehime 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 full house/near sellout. It should be noted that DDT is running a summer-long campaign offering free admission for children and fans under 18, so that may not be the actual paid attendance.

Match 1: In a handicap match, Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Rukiya in 14 seconds. Iino pinned Hirata. Which led to…
Match 1 (again): In a handicap match, Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Rukiya. Iino pinned Rukiya.

Match 2: Akito & Shaa (?) beat Yusuke Okada & Hana Tsuruhime. Akito pinned Okada after a Shaa missile kick.

Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul beat Kazusada Higuchi & Takeshi Masada. Sasaki beat Masada with a figure 4.

Match 4: Sanshiro Takagi, Imabari Towel Mascaras & His Excellency Tsutenkaku beat HARASHIMA, Saki Akai & Kazuma Sumi. Takagi pinned Sumi after a lift-up Spiccoli Driver.

Match 5: Yuji Hino & Makoto Oishi beat Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani. Hino beat Okatani with a King Kong sleeper.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, MAO & Toi Kojima beat Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yuya Koroku. Kojima pinned Koroku after Kojima In Wonderland.

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

DDT continued the What Are You Doing 2023 Tour today with a house show in Osaka.

Today’s event was held at Suminoe Maikon Hall 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 190.

Match 1: In a handicap match, Akito beat Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno.

Match 2: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani beat Sanshiro Takagi, Makoto Oishi & Rukiya. Okatani pinned Rukiya with a Northern Lights suplex hold.

Match 3: Yuki Ueno beat Kazuma Sumi.

Match 4: Tetsuya Endo & Jun Akiyama beat Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku. Endo pinned Koroku after a rotating torture rack bomb.

During a break in the action here, the President of Maikon presented Saki Akai with a special Fighting Spirit Award and sponsor prize, a year’s supply of NMN products.

Match 5: Toru Owashi & “brother” YASSHI (Independent/Freelancer) beat Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) & Kazuki Hirata. YASSHI pinned Hirata after Flying Big Head.

Match 6: Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul beat MAO & Toi Kojima. Paul pinned Kojima after Death Valley Bomb.

Main Event: Yuji Hino & HARASHIMA beat Kazusada Higuchi & Takeshi Masada. Hino pinned MASADA after Fuckin’ BOMB. The winners also received sponsor prizes, apparently consisting of food gifts.

The next event is tomorrow (tonight US time) at Matsuyama City Comprehensive Community Center Exhibition Hall in Ehime. There will be no live broadcast.

On top of Tokyo Joshi Pro losing Yuka Sakazaki for a while, DDT announced today that Yuki Ishida is also now out of action. Fever & gastroenteritis. Ugh. Out indefinitely but will miss both events this weekend. Changes to the lineups have been made.

More as it becomes available.

DDT ran a special charity event in association with the Japan Para-Wrestling Federation today, raising funds for the association which, oddly, currently has only one member-former Olympic medalist Yoshiaki Yatsu who sometimes still competes despite having one prosthetic leg.

Today’s event was held at Odawara Arena Sub Arena in Kanagawa and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 280.

Match 1: Takeshi Masada beat Rukiya.

Match 2: Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani beat Kazuki Hirata & Toi Kojima. Akai pinned Hirata after Quetzalcoatl.

Match 3: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Takao Soma & Kazuma Sumi in 6 seconds. Iino pinned Sumi after a lariat. Which led to…
Match 3 (Again): Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Takao Soma & Kazuma Sumi. Dieno pinned Sumi after Danshoku Driver.

Match 4: Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul beat Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku. Paul pinned Koroku after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 5: Yuki Ueno beat Akito.

Match 6: Yoshiaki Yatsu, Tetsuya Endo & Jun Akiyama beat Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Makoto Oishi. Yatsu beat Oishi.

Main Event: Yuji Hino, HARASHIMA & Yukio Sakaguchi beat Kazusada Higuchi, MAO & Yuki Ishida. HARASHIMA pinned Ishida after Blue Sword.

The next event is Saturday at Suminoe Maikon Hall in Osaka. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT ran the latest Yokohama Unlimited event today, the third in a new series of seemingly monthly standalone house shows in Yokohama.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 189, a full house/near sellout.

There were a few last-minute changes to the card because Masa Takanashi was pulled due to a fever. Also, Chris Brookes appeared before the event began to provide an update on his shoulder injury (dislocated shoulder). He expects to be out another month, saying he will return on 7/7 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo.

Match 1: Yuya Koroku beat Kazuma Sumi. This was to have been Takeshi Masada vs. Sumi but Masada was moved to the main event as a replacement for Takanashi.

Match 2: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Antonio Honda & Rukiya. Iino beat Honda. This was to have been a handicap match but Koroku was moved to the first match to replace Masada.

Match 3: Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani beat Yusuke Okada & Yuki Ishida. Okatani pinned Ishida with a double arm suplex.

Match 4: Sanshiro Takagi & Akito beat Yuki Ueno & Yuni. Takagi beat Yuni with a Texas cloverleaf.

Match 5: MAO & Mei Suruga (Chocolate Pro Wrestling) beat Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata. Suruga pinned Hirata after Comet.

Match 6: Toi Kojima beat Daisuke Sasaki by DQ. Chair use. Afterwards, it was announced Sasaki & MJ Paul would be the team facing Ueno & Kojima for the vacant KO-D Tag Team Championship on 6/25 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

Match 7: Tetsuya Endo & Jun Akiyama beat HARASHIMA & Takao Soma. Endo pinned Soma after Burning Star Press.

Main Event: Yuji Hino & Makoto Oishi beat Kazusada Higuchi & Takeshi Masada. Hino beat Masada with a King Kong sleeper. Brookes apparently watched this match at ringside so message sent by Hino.

The next event is a Japan Para-Wrestling Federation Co-Promoted Charity Event tomorrow at Odawara Sub Arena in Kanagawa, where all disabled (physically or mentally) fans and children under 18 will receive free admission. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT has just announced a last-minute change to tomorrow’s Yokohama Unlimited Vol. 3 event (in a few hours US time): Masa Takanashi is now off. Fever. He was to have teamed with Kazusada Higuchi to face Makoto Oishi & Yuji Hino in the main event. Takeshi Masada is the replacement. Masada was to have faced Kazuma Sumi in the first match. Yuya Koroku is the replacement there. Koroku was to have teamed with Antonio Honda & Rukiya vs. Danshoku Dieno & Yuki Iino in a handicap match. That’s now a tag match.

It’s not known if Takanashi will miss any time past today-he is not scheduled for any other DDT events for at least another week so he probably will not unless it’s determined to be coronavirus (his next DDT appearance is TBA but right now it’s looking to be at least 10-11 days out).