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DDT continues their October house show tour today in Tokyo.

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

The paid attendance was not announced.

There were last-second changes to the cars due to Danshoku Dieno being pulled off the event last-minute. The always-vague poor health.

Match 1: MJ Paul beat Antonio Honda.

Match 2: In a handicap match, Akito, Takao Soma, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kazuma Sumi beat Kazuki Horata. Sumi pinned Hirata.

Match 3: Jun Akiyama beat Hinata Kasai.

Match 4: Chris Brookes, Shinya Aoki & Takeshi Masada beat Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & Illusion. Masada pinned Illusion.

Match 5: MAO & KANON beat Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato. MAO pinned Sato after Rock Killer.

Match 6: Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu & Naomi Yoshimura beat Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya & Rukiya. Higuchi pinned Rukiya after Brain Claw Slam.

Main Event: Minoru Suzuki & HARASHIMA beat Yuki Ueno & To-y. Suzuki pinned To-y after a Gotch-style piledriver.

After the event ended, Antonio Honda made a DDT Extreme Championship challenge to To-y. Accepted. The rule is it will be a 5-way also involving Akito, Supersasadango Machine & Hirata. That match will happen on 11/3 at Ryogoku Kokugikan. That’s a change of plans because To-y was originally set to defend that day against Akito.

The next event is Sunday at Rembrandt Hotel Machida Coral Room in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Tuesday night (Wednesday morning ET).

UPDATE: There were DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship changes today during an event at the CyberFight Corporation Offices-a Mahiro Kiryu Portrait Buyer beat Mahiro Kiryu to won the title and become the 1773rd Champion, then Kiryu beat the Portrait Buyer to win the title and become the 1774th Champion.

UPDATE 2: Dieno is now out indefinitely. Appendicitis.

DDT returned to Niigata today for their latest Super Sasadango Machine-centered event.

Today’s event was held at Higashi-ku Plaza in Niigata and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced but it was a legit advance sellout.

There were several last-minute changes to the card due to Daichi Sato and Yuki Ishida being pulled off the event. The always vague poor health.

Match 1: To-y beat Illusion.

Match 2: Yuki Iino beat Kazuki Hirata & Naomi Yoshimura in a 3-way by pinning Hirata.

Match 3: Yukio Naya, Akito & Yuya Koroku beat Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & MJ Paul. Akito beat Paul with a figure 4.

Match 4: Kazusada Higuchi & HARASHIMA beat Jun Akiyama & Tomomitsu Matsunaga. Higuchi pinned Matsunata.

Match 5: Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada beat Yuki Ueno & Kazuma Sumi. Masada pinned Sumi.

Main Event: MAO & KANON beat Super Sasadango Machine & Danshoku Dieno. KANON pinned Machine after a cannonball 450.

The return date will be 4/29/26.

The next event is Wednesday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

Despite missing most of the last month due to injury, DDT wrestler Daisuke Sasaki returned today for his latest independent event, also his 20th Anniversary event, CHARISMANIAxMANIAxMANIA.

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

The paid attendance was not announced.

There were several live music performances during the event in addition to the matches. Tetsu Inada was the guest ring announcer.

Match 1: Minoru Fujita, Hiroshi Yamato & MJ Paul beat Yuko Miyamoto, Masashi Takeda & Chou-un Shiryu. Paul pinned Shiryu after a reverse splash.

Match 2: Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie won a 8 team battle royal, last eliminating Yasutaka Osera (?) & Illusion.

Match 3: In a hardcore match, Jun Kasai beat Hideki Okatani.

Match 4: Yuki Ueno, To-y, HARASHIMA, Kazusada Higuchi & Akito beat Dick Togo (New Japan), Yasu Urano, KUBITO, Diego & Naohiro Katsumi. Ueno pinned Urano after BME.

Main Event: Daisuke Sasaki 20th Anniversary Match: El Deaperado (New Japan) & Daisuke Sasaki beat Shuji Ishikawa & Antonio Honda. Sasaki beat Honda with a crossface.

The next event is Sunday at Higashi Ward Plaza in Niigata. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Wednesday. There also has been a late change to the card because Hinata Kasai (Jun’s son) is now off the event. Flu. Tomomitsu Matsunaga is the replacement.

DDT posted an injury update that’s a difficult one for me to take…Yoshihiko is going to be on the shelf for a while. Numerous injuries due to age-related deterioration and accumulated damage. Out indefinitely. No word on how long we will be without our God.

More as it becomes available.

(In other DDT news, it was also announced that O-MENZ Kumadori will be part of the 10/19 Korakuen Hall and 11/3 Ryogoku Kokugikan events. On 11/3, the full O-MENZ group will perform live as well)

(Disclaimer: This is not as bad as it sounds. Those like me who follow DDT closely know that Yoshihiko is really a life-size blow-up doll so when wrestlers face it they essentially are having a match with themselves which actually is a thing of beauty and the epitome of sports entertainment. So apparently it’s time to find a suitable replacement for the current incarnation so it will come back even stronger and more durable)

DDT finishes up their September tour today with their monthly tentpole Tokyo event, and it’s a big one because of the main event. What could be the greatest KO-D Openweight Championship match ever is on tap as Kazuki Hirata, who has managed to hold on to the title and outwit the “Money In The Bank” title shot cash-ins to this point, often with his signature comedy, faces the ultimate test today…the GOD OF PRO WRESTLING, Yoshihiko. I could go on and on about my excitement level for this match and how epic it’s hopefully going to be. But keep in mind there are still 2 title shot rights out there so either Yukio Naya or Yuki Ueno could crash the party and cash in, assuming they still hold the rights at match time. And Ueno is in a match challenging for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship right before the main event so if he takes a loss, whoever pins or submits him gets the rights. Same for Naya in a 3-way earlier on. The 6-Man title match also features the return of Kaisei Takechi for his first title shot in the promotion. And, as long as those title shot rights out there, “Card Subject To Change” must be emphasized.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. The show is being billed as a 3 hour event but there is a pre-show match scheduled prior, so factoring that in the event will probably run closer to 3 1/2 hours total (no intermission).

Today’s lineup:
Pre-show match: Takao Soma & Rukiya vs. Daichi Sato & Hinata Kasai
Shinya Aoki vs. Yuya Koroku
Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya vs. MAO & KANON and Akito & Kazuma Sumi in a 3-way
Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida vs. Chris Brooks, Antonio Honda & Diego
Jun Akiyama & HARASHIMA vs. Evil Uno & Danshoku Dieno
Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Illusion vs. Yuki Ueno, To-y & Kaisei Takechi for the vacant KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship
DDT Universal Champion Minoru Suzuki vs. Takeshi Masada for the title
KO-D Openweight Champion Kazuki Hirata vs. Yoshihiko for the title

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 6:40 PM PT/9:40 PM ET. The main show begins at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 10 minutes before the pre-show match.

6:30 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 10 minutes.

6:40 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Satoshi Dairaku & Kagehiro Isano with special guest Miyuki Susuki.

The paid attendance will not be announced after the event, given Kaiser Takeuchi is featured a non-sellout soul shock me although there is sumo too.

The pre-show match should begin shortly.

The pre-show match begins 5 minutes later than planned.

Pre-show match: Takao Soma & Rukiya vs. Daichi Sato & Hinata Kasai. 15 minute time limit
Result: Takao Soma & Rukiya beat Dauchi Sato & Hinata Kasai. Rukiya pinned Kasai.

Updates will resume when the main show matches begin.

The matches begin at 7:05 PM PT/10:05 PM ET.

Match 1: Shinya Aoki vs. Yuya Koroku. 30 minute time limit
Result: Shinya Aoki beat Yuya Koroku

Match 2: Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya vs. MAO & KANON and Akito & Kazuma Sumi in a 3-way elimination match. 30 minute time limit
Result: Akito & Kazuma Sumi beat Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya and MAO & KANON in a 3-way. Iino & Naya eliminated by MAO & KANON (MAO pinned Naya). As a result, MAO wins Naya’s “Money In The Bank” title shot rights. MAO & KANON then eliminated by Akito & Sumi (Sumi pinned MAO). As a result, Sumi wins MAO’s title shot rights.

Match 3: Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida vs. Chris Brooks, Antonio Honda & Diego. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida beat Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Diego. Ishida pinned Honda after Flame Palm.

Your new host is Haruo Murata.

Match 4: Jun Akiyama & HARASHIMA vs. Evil Uno (All Elite Wrestling) & Danshoku Dieno. 30 minute time limit
Result: Jun Akiyama & HARASHIMA beat Evil Uno & Danshoku Dieno in about 5 seconds before Uno even came out. HARASHIMA pinned Dieno. GM Imabayashi with microphone immediately in the ring afterwards. We know where this is going. Which led to…
Match 4 (again): Jun Akiyama & HARASHIMA vs. Evil Uno (All Elite Wrestling) & Danshoku Dieno. 30 minute time limit
Result: Jun Akiyama & HARASHIMA beat Evil Uno & Danshoku Dieno. HARASHIMA pinned Dieno after Blue Sword.

Match 5: Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Illusion (with Daisuke Sasaki) vs. Yuki Ueno, To-y & Kaisei Takechi for the vacant KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Yuki Ueno, To-y & Kaisei Takechi beat Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Illusion to win the vacant KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship. Ueno, To-y & Takechi become the 59th KO-D Tag Team Champions. Takechi pinned Illusion. Much to all the ladies’ delight, Takechi with microphone afterwards. Just brief comments.

Match 6: DDT Universal Champion Minoru Suzuki vs. Takeshi Masada for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: DDT Universal Champion Minoru Suzuki beat Takeshi Masada by submission to retain the title. V5 for Suzuki. Afterwards, Masada seemingly wanted more so Suzuki laid him out with a forearm shot.

Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion Kazuki Hirata vs. Yoshihiko for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Openweight Champion Kazuki Hirata beat Yoshihiko to retain the title. V2 for Hirata. Afterwards, Yoshihiko’s “handler” presented Hirata a gift…but it turned out to be Yuki Ueno who choked out Hirata. And cashed in! Which led to…
Impromptu Match: KO-D Openweight Champion Kazuki Hirata vs. Yuki Ueno for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Yuki Ueno beat KO-D Openweight Champion Kazuki Hirata to win the title. Ueno becomes the 88th KO-D Openweight Champion. Well…it was fun while it lasted. But wait…Kazuma Sumi ambush! And he cashes in the last shot! Which led to…
Impromptu Match 2: KO-D Openweight Champion Yuki Ueno vs. Kazuma Sumi for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Openweight Champion Yuki Ueno beat Kazuma Sumi to retain the title. V1 for Ueno. And that’ll do it for DDT’s version of “Money In The Bank” 2025. But after Sumi left to well-deserved applause…next up…Minoru Suzuki?!? And perhaps DOUBLE TITLE? But GM Imabayashi interrupts. Just long enough to say…it’s now official. 11/3 at Ryogoku Kokugikan for BOTH titles! So Ueno could well leave with THREE championships!

The next event is CHARISMANIAxMANIAxMANIA, a Daisuke Sasaki Produced event, Thursday. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Correction: The original post above listed 10/13 as the date for the double title match. The correct date is 11/3.

DDT ran events yesterday & today in Hokkaido, didn’t get a chance to post results yesterday.

Both events were held at Sapporo Sun Plaza in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday & Thursday, respectively. There were no live broadcasts.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Yesterday:
Match 1: MJ Paul beat Kazuma Sumi.

Match 2: Yuki Iino, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Ryuju (?) beat Yuya Kotoku, Hinata Kasai & ?. Iino pinned Kasai after a lariat.

Match 3: Jun Akiyama, Koji Yoshida (?) & Daichi Sato beat Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida. Sato pinned Ishida after Mad Splash.

Match 4: In a 10 minute Sapporo Marathon Style Deathmatch, where points were scored for pinfalls, submissions, countouts and for dancing while wearing Kazuki Hirata’s sunglasses and points were lost for DQs, Akito beat Kazuki Hirata 7-0. Afterwards, Akito tried to cash in his “Money In The Bank” title shot right but, as he has already done several times before, Hirata found a comedy way out.

Match 5: MAO & KANON beat HARASHIMA & Danshoku Dieno and Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada in a 3-way when MAO pinned Dieno.

Match 6: Yuki Ueno beat Hideki Okatani by ref stoppage (techncail submission). As a result, Ueno wins Okatani’s title shot rights.

Main Event: In a Stop Spoilers! Unicast Deathmatch, where the first to get a pinfall or submission while streaming live on the WRESTLE UNIVERSE Unicast feature on a mobile phone or by stopping the opponent’s broadcast wins, DDT Extreme Champion To-y beat Illusion to retain the title. V3 for To-y.

Today:
Match 1: Hideki Okiatani, Illusion & MJ Paul beat Danshoku Dieno, Kazuma Sumi & Ryuju (?). Illusion pinned Sumi after a swanton bomb.

Match 2: To-y, Koji Yoshida & ? beat Yukio Naya, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Hinata Kasai. To-y pinned Kasai after Kojima Wonderland.

Match 2: Chris Brookes, Jun Akiyama & Takeshi Masada beat Yuki Iino, Yuki Ueno & Yuki Ishida. Masada pinned Ishida.

Match 5: In a 10 minute Sapporo Marathon Style Deathmatch, same rules as yesterday (above), Kazuki Hirata vs. Akito apparently never ended. During the match, Akito successfully cashed in his title shot rights. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: KO-D Openweight Champion Kazuki Hirata beat Akito to retain the title. V1 for Hirata. Akito did win the non-title deathmatch. 2 “Money In The Bank” title shot rights left, currently held by Ueno & Naya.

Match 5: Kazusada HIguchi beat Daichi Sato.

Main Event: MAO & KANON beat HARASHIMA & Yuya Koroku. MAO beat Koroku with a deformed face lock.

The next event is Wednesday at Kirana Garden Toyasu in Tokyo for a one-match BBQ Street Pro Wrestling event. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Sunday.

DDT ran one more of its Beer Garden Pro Wrestling events today in Tokyo, this one dubbed “Overtime”.

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

The paid attendance was not announced.

Before the event a signing ceremony was held for this Sunday’z upcoming DDT Extreme Championship match between To-y & Illusion. It will involve streaming WRESTLE UNIVERSE during the match.

KO-D Openweight Champion Kazuki Hirata appeared with a bodyguard to protect against “Money On The Bank” title shot right cash-ins. He nominated (again) GM Imabayashi for the 9/28 title match but he refused.

Now then…

Match 1: Shinya Aoki beat Takeshi Masada.

Match 2: Akito, Takao Soma & Rukiya beat Daichi Sato, Yuki Ishida & Hinata Kasai. Akito pinned Ishida. As a result, Akito wins Ishida’s title shot right.

Daisuke Sasaki appeared, currently out due to a broken rib. He announces he will be back for his next produced event on 10/2 which also will now feature Jun Kasai vs. Hideki Okatani in a hardcore match.

Match 3: To-y, Yuya Koroku & Kazuma Suni beat Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Illusion by DQ. Illusion DQ’d. Ref assault.

Match 4: HARASHIMA, Keisuke Ishii & MAO beat Yuki Ueno, Toru Owashi & Tomomitsu Matsunaga. Ishii pinned Matsunaga.

Match 5: Yukio Naya & Kazusada Higuchi beat Yuki iino & Jun Akiyama. Naya pinned Iino with La Magistral. As a result, Naya wins Iino’s title shot right.

Main Event: In a Enter Sandman Match, Antonio Honda beat Kazuki Hirata, Danshoku Dieno, Chris Brookes & KANON in a 5-way by pinning Hirata.

Afterwards, an attack on Hirata led to the naming of his 9/28 challenger…the attacker itself…Yoshihiko! Let the indescribable epic awesomeness of that sink in because I can’t describe my level of excitedness for it. GOD BLESS DDT.

The next event is Sunday at Sapporo Sun Plaza in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast. On demand scheduled for Thursday.

Developing from DDT-the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship is now VACANT. Previous champions Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & Illusion have vacated the title due to the current Sasaki injury that has him out indefinitely (fractured ribs). It was Sasaki’s decision after consultations. No word on plans yet for new champions.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: Determination match between Okatani, Illusion & MJ Paul and Yuki Ueno, To-y & Kaisei Takechi to crown new champions is set for 9/28 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

As noted earlier today, DDT ran a doubleheader in Yokohama today, below are results from the second event.

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

The paid attendance was not announced.

Before the event began, a press conference was held to announce Yuki Iino had signed a contract with Nojima Sagamihara Rise, a (American) football team in Japan, where he will be a trainee and attempt to make the team for the next season. He will continue with DDT and be dual-contracted.

During the NwA Jr. live performance, Shunma Katsumata announced he will be having ACL reconstruction surgery. That will keep him out a while but he promised to make an early comeback.

There was also a last-minute change to the card due to Akito being off. Aggravation of a prior unspecified injury.

Match 1: Naomi Yoshimura & Tomomitsu Matsunaga beat Rukiya & Hinata Kasai. Yoshimura pinned Kasai.

A signing ceremony for the DDT Universal Championship match on 9/28 between Minoru Suzuki & Takeshi Masada was held. Suzuki then beat down Masada.

Match 2: HARASHIMA, Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida beat Shigehiro Irie (GLEAT), Takao Soma & Kazuma Sumi. Ishida pinned Sumi after Flame Palm.

After the last match, Ishida tried to cash in his “Money In The Bank” title shot right for a KO-D Openweight Championship match. But there was no Kazuki Hirata at the venue. Yet.

Match 3: Hideki Okatani, Illusion & MJ Paul beat MAO, KANON & Daichi Sato. Paul pinned Sato after a reverse splash.

Match 4: Yuki Ueno, To-y & Yuya Koroku beat Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya & Jun Akiyama. Koroku pinned Naya after countering The World’s Largest Backdrop.

Match 5: Minoru Suzuki & Shinya Aoki beat Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada. Suzuki beat Masada with a heel hook.

Main Event: Kazuki Hirata beat Danshoku Dieno & Antonio Honda in a 3-way by pinning Honda. Ishida tried again to cash in his title shot, but Dieno & Honda helped Hirata escape. Then, at the post-event autograph session, Ishida tried yet again, but…because it was after the event had ended, invalid. Defeats the point of anytime, anywhere, doesn’t it?

The next event is Friday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

DDT has made a very interesting news announcement within the hour-Yuki Iino has signed a contract with Japan-based American Football team Nojima Sagamihara Rise, his hometown team, as a trainee and will attempt to make the team for next season’s Japan Premier League season. He is now double-contracted and will continue his pro wrestling career with DDT going forward.