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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 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 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 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 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.

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.

DDT ran a house show today as part of the SUMMER VACATION 2022 Tour, which also represented the likely final build to their next mid-major event this coming weekend.

Today’s event was held at Nagano City Museum Of Art Act Space in Nagano and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 162, a full house/near-sellout.

Match 1: Akito beat Saki Akai & Antonio Honda in a 3-way by beating Honda.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON beat Yuji Hino, Takao Soma & Yuya Koroku. KANON pinned Koroku after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 3: Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada beat Chris Brookes & Yuki Ishida. Okada pinned Ishida after Sudden Death.

Match 4: In a Dragon Gate Rules match, Yasushi Kanda (Dragon Gate), Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata. Iino pinned Hirata.

Match 5: Yuki Ueno & Toui Kojima beat Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani. Ueno pinned Okatani after WR.

Main Event: Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura beat MAO & Shunma Katsumata. Higuchi pinned Katsumata after Brain Claw Slam.

The next event is a special street wrestling one-match event Saturday as part of Hand Made In Japan Festival 2022 in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast.

The next “official” event is Sunday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with 3 title matches and the return of Tetsuya Endo, who has been out since suffering a concussion at CyberFight Festival in June. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT.

DDT headed to Nagoya today as part of their SUMMER VACATION 2022 Tour, although it was a house show there were two title matches headlined by a may-or-may-not-see-video DDT Extreme Title match with those deplorable Pheromons.

Today’s event was held at Nippongashi Sports Plaza Stadiumm 3 in Nagoya 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 full house/near-sellout.

Match 1: Yuji Hino beat Yuki IShida.

Match 2: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani beat HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata. Okatani pinned Hirata with a double arm suplex.

Match 3: Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & Toui Kojima beat Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku. Kojima pinned Koroku after Kojima In Wonderland.

Match 4: Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura beat MAO & Takao Soma. Yoshimura pinned Soma after Harai Goshi.

Match 5: In a 3-on-1 Handicap Match where any of the 3 could be pinned and the team loses, with Sanshiro Takagi as special referee but anyone wearing the referee shirt could become ref if Takagi somehow became incapacitated, Akito beat DDT Extreme Champion Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Yumehito Imanari by pinning Dieno to win the title. Akito becomes the 54th DDT Extreme Champion.

Main Event: KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON beat Masa Takanashi, Chris Brookes & Antonio Honda to retain the titles. KANON beat Honda with Just Cobra Twist. V1 for the champs. Next up: Ueno/Katsumata/Kojima. That will happen on 7/24 at Korakuen Hall.

The next event is Monday at Nagano City Museum Of Art Act Space in Nagano. There will be no live broadcast.