Tag: DDT

DDT runs a straight doubleheader in Yokohama today starting with a D GENERATIONS event. Focusing on the younger, less experienced roster members, the 6th such event will have, perhaps fittingly, 6 single matches. Although they’ll probably save other happening for later, keep in mind there are still 3 “Money In The Bank” title shot rights out there following Kazuki Hriata cashing in last weekend after Yuki Ueno won the KO-D Openweight Championship and shocking everyone by winning the title. So card subject to change, but not likely. (The current rights holders are Yuya Koroku, who intends to cash in for a KO-D Tag Team Championship shot at an upcoming event, Hideki Okatani & Yuki Iino)

Also, for the second event today there has been a last-minute change as Akito is now off. Aggravated an old injury.

Today’s event will be held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will be no commentary. All matches will have a 15 minute time limit so this will be a short event probably running just over 90 minutes but no more than 2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Munetatsu Nakamura vs. Hinata Kasai
Illusion vs. Rukiya
Ryoma Tsukamoto vs. DaichI Sato
Hideki Okatani vs. Kazuma Sumi
To-y vs. Takeshi Masada
Yuya Koroku vs. Yuki Ishida

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Updates below will begin at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 15 minutes before the event.

8:30 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will not be announced after the event. The venue’s full capacity is just under 400 and looks like it probably would be in the 200-250 range. We even see the referees briefly setting up more chairs.

The matches should begin shortly.

The matches begin at 8:40 PM PT/11:40 PM ET. First up, the participants are brought out and introduced, at least most of them (only 8 came out).

Match 1: .Munetatsu Nakamura vs. Hinata Kasai. 15 minute time limit
Result: Munetatsu Nakamura beat Hinata Kasai

Match 2: Illusion vs. Rukiya. 15 minute time limit
Result: Illusion beat Rukiya

Match 3: Ryoma Tsukamoto vs. DaichI Sato. 15 minute time limit
Result: Ryoma Tsukamoto beat Daichi Sato

Match 4: Hideki Okatani vs. Kazuma Sumi. 15 minute time limit
Result: Hideki Okatani beat Kazuma Sumi

Match 5: To-y vs. Takeshi Masada. 15 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw

Quick break for ring repairs/maintenance.

Main Event: Yuya Koroku vs. Yuki Ishida. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Ishida beat Yuya Koroku. As a result, Ishida wins Koroku’s “Money In The Bank” title shot right.

The second event is later today. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

A new and definitely wacky era began for DDT today with their first post-WRESTLE PETER PAN event.

Today’s event was held at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Friday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced

There was a pre-show match which was a tag team match with names I don’t know.

Match 1: Rukiya beat Hinata Kasai.

Match 2: HARASHIMA & Naomi Yoshimura beat Kazuki Hirata & Danshoku Dieno in 7 seconds. HARASHIMA pinned Hirata after a lariat. Which led to…
Match 2 (again): HARASHIMA & Naomi Yoshimura beat Kazuki Hirata & Danshoku Dieno in 21 seconds. HARASHIMA pinned Hirata after a lariat (again). Which led to…
Match 2 (yet again): HARASHIMA & Naomi Yoshimura beat Kazuki Hirata & Danshoku Dieno. HARASHIMA pinned hirata after Blue Sword. Afterwards, HARASHIMA made a KO-D Openweight Championship challenge to Hirata but was rejected.

Match 3: In a Boom Boom In The Bank Ladder Match, where the team who retrieved the puppet toted around recently by Chris Brookes wins, Chris Brookes, Takeshi Masada & Tomomitsu Matsunaga beat Hideki Okatani, Illysion & MJ Paul when Masada retrieved the Boom Boom.

Match 4: Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya & Alito beat Jun Akiyama, Takao Soma & Daichi Sato. Iino pinned Soma after a spear. As a result, Iino wins Soma’s “Money In The Bank” title shot right and attempted to cash in for a shot at Hirata, but Hirata had reserved Iino’s personal gym so it did not happen.

Intermission featured a live comedy performance for the fans in attendance.

Match 5: MAO, KANON & Yoshihiko beat Yuki Ueno, To-y & Kazuma Sumi. Yoshihiko pinned Sumi after Reincarnation.

Main Event: Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida beat Satoshi Kojima (New Japan), Antonio Honda & Yuya Koroku. Ishida pinned Honda after Flame Palm.

After the event, it was announced that Hirata’s first scheduled title defense will happen on 9/28 at Korakuen Hall vs. TBA. But with the “subject to change” caveat due to the Money In The Bank title shot rights out there.

The next event is Saturday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama for a D GENERATIONS event. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 8:30 PM PT/11:30 PM ET.

WRESTLE PETER PAN, DDT’s biggest event of the year, continues today with Day 2 of this year’s 2 day version. Following up on yesterday’s Day 1 there are more big matches on tap including another KO-D Openweight Championship match: After a successful defense yesterday against Jun Akiyama, Kazusada Higuchi now defends against former champion Yuki Ueno, and there are 4 “Monty In The Bank” title shot holders out there so anything is possible. There is also another KO-D Tag Team Championship match today-because Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya retained the titles yesterday, their match today against HARASHIMA & Shinya Aoki is now for the titles. Additionally, the Hiroshi Tanahashi Retirement Road makes a final stop here as the icon of New Japan Pro Wrestling faces Danshoku Dieno.

There has been a last-minute change to the card because Daisuke Sasaki is now off due to an apparent side injury suffered yesterday. He was to have teamed with Hideki Okatani to face Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada and Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida in a 3-way. MJ Paul is the replacement.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. The event is a legit advance sellout. Members of a group called Dow 90000, which are active in theater, comedy and drama among other genres, will be special guests on commentary. There are only 7 matches today with no intermission so it probably won’t be as long an event as yesterday was, although there are 3 title matches so it is probably going to run longer than a normal Korakuen event, I’m anticipating a running time of around 3 hours.

Today’s lineup:
To-y, Daichi Sato, Rukiya & Hinata Kasai vs. Illusion, Yuya Koroku, Munetatsu Nakamura & Kazuma Sumi
Jun Akiyama, Super Sasadango Machine & Akito vs. Kazuki Hirata, KANON & Antonio Honda
Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada vs. Hideki Okatani & MJ Paul and Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida in a 3-way
KO-D Tag Team Champions Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya vs. HARASHIMA & Shinya Aoki for the titles
DDT Universal Champion Minoru Suzuki vs. MAO for the title
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Danshoku Dieno
KO-D Openweight Champion Kazusada Higuchi vs. Yuki Ueno for the title

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Updates below will begin at 6:40 PM PT/9:40 PM ET when the live stream is scheduled to begin. The event is scheduled to begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET.

6:40 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue shortly.

6:50 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Satoshi Dairaku, Kagehiro Osano and guests Shota Sonoda & Moeka Nakashima. Haruo Murata will join as host later.

The paid attendance will not be announced after the event because they stopped doing that at the start of the year but it’s a legit advance sellout. That would, based on their setup today, probably mean around 1250 (bleacher seats are not full capacity due to the commentary setup).

The matches should begin in 15-20 minutes.

NwA Jr. performance begins 5 minutes before the event.

The matches begin at 7:06 PM PT/10:06 PM ET.

Match 1: To-y, Daichi Sato, Rukiya & Hinata Kasai vs. Illusion, Yuya Koroku, Munetatsu Nakamura & Kazuma Sumi. 20 minute time limit
Result: Illusion, Yuya Koroku, Munetatsu Nakamura & Kazuma Sumi beat To-y, Daichi Sato, Rukiya & Hinata Kasai. Koroku beat Sato with an armbar. As a result, Koroku wins Sato’s “Money In The Bank” title shot right.

Match 2: Jun Akiyama, Super Sasadango Machine & Akito vs. Kazuki Hirata, KANON & Antonio Honda. 30 minute time limit
Result: Jun Akiyama, Super Sasadango Machine & Akito beat Kazuki Hirata, KANON & Antonio Honda. Akiyama pinned Honda. As a result, per some pre-match money-producing by GM Imabayashi, Akiyama also won some money.

Sanshiro Takagi comes out. With microphone. Announcement about the upcoming 11/3 event at Ryogoku Kokugikan. Takagi calls out Hinata Kasai who is working “ringside boy” duties. Sounds like Takagi wants to face the just-debuted rookie in a match! Fist bump seemingly seals it. Updates to come. (It’s now official for 11/3)

Match 3: Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada vs. Hideki Okatani & MJ Paul and Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida in a 3-way. 30 minute time limit
Reslut: Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada beat Hideki Okatani & MJ Paul and Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida in a 3-way when Masada pinned Ishida.

Promo video for upcoming Kaisei Takechi matches. Scheduled for all remaining Korakuen Hall events this year plus 1/3/2026 (first 2026 event) and 11/3 where he will team with Konosuke Takeshita to face TBA & TBA.

Match 4: KO-D Tag Team Champions Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya vs. HARASHIMA & Shinya Aoki for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Tag Team Champions Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya beat HARASHIMA & Shinya Aoki to retain the titles. Naya pinned HARASHIMA after The World’s Largest Backdrop. V3 for the champs. Next up: To-y tried a sneak attack on Iino with an assist from Koroku but it didn’t work. So they just asked for it. Koroku teased cashing in his ‘Money In The Bank” title shot rights. Finally GM Imabayashi interrupted. It’s now official. That match will happen on, based on mentioning Osaka and the upcoming schedule, possibly 10/25.

Haruo Murata is your new host on commentary.

Match 5: DDT Universal Champion Minoru Suzuki vs. MAO for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: DDT Universal Champion Minoru Suzuki beat MAO to retain the title. V4 for Suzuki. Next up: Masada. Suzuki kept tossing him out of the ring and beating him down but GM Imabayashi made it official. That match will happen on either 9/25 or, more likely, 10/18.

Match 6: Hiroshi Tanahashi (New Japan) vs. Danshoku Dieno. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Danshoku Dieno by submission

Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion Kazusada Higuchi vs. Yuki Ueno for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Yuki Ueno beat KO-D Openweight Champion Kazusada Higuchi to win the title. Ueno becomes the 86th KO-D Openweight Champion. After some sponsor award stuff, Kazuki Hirata appeared and seemingly teased cashing in his “Money In The Bank” title shot right. AND HE DOES! Which led to…
Impromptu Match: KO-D Openweight Champion Yuki Ueno vs. Kazuki Hirata for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Kazuki Hirata beat KO-D Openweight Champion Yuki Ueno to win the title. Hirata becomes the 87th KO-D Openweight Champion. UPSET ALERT TO THE MAX!!! Then he acted like he didn’t even want it! The wackiest and perhaps most hilarious title reign is about to begin…oh wait, it already has! GOD BLESS DDT PRO WRESTLING. The cameras follow Hirata backstage as everyone congratulates him with some comedy spots including when Toru Owashi is waiting behind a corner. He leads Hirata back out to the ring area while the original DDT theme song plays. The entire roster, or most of it, is in the ring (Tanahashi too). Owashi takes the belt before putting it on Hirata. Everyone else tries to fir into the ring for a group photo. Hirata still looked suspicious the whole time like it was going to be a setup…then HARASHIMA produced the one thing missing: THE SHADES! HIRATA GO! The usual Hirata was back now to really send the crowd home happy.

The next event is Tuesday at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Friday (just hours before the next live broadcast!).

UPDATE: More on the Daisuke Sasaki injury-left rib fracture. Out indefinitely.

WRESTLE PETER PAN, DDT’s annual biggest event, began today with the first day of a 2-day version this year.

Today’s event was held at Higashin Arena in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Former DDT wrestler Saki Akai was among the special guests on commentary. (She has also remained with the promotion in a backstage/front office position since her retirement last year while also keeping very active with her beauty salon/spa business and also work as an actress in stage/theater performances)

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Hinata Kasai Debut Match: HARASHIMA beat Hinata Kasai. Kasai is the son of deathmatch icon Jun Kasai.

Match 2: Shinichiro Kawamatsu (the real-life Japanese politician) & Yuki Ishida beat Takao Soma & Rukiya. Ishida pinned Rukiya after Flame Palm.

Match 3: Danshoku Dieno beat Kazuki Hirata & ANtonio Honda in a 3-way by pinning Honda.

Match 4: Illusion, MJ Paul & Haruto Sakuraba beat Akito, Naomi Yoshimura & Daichi Sato. Illusion pinned Akito after a swanton bomb.

Match 5: MAO, KANON & O-MENZ Kumadori beat Yuki Ueno, Shinya Aoki & Kazuma Sumi. MAO pinned Sumi after Ultra Big Tone. During his entrance, Kumadori was joined by the other members of O-MENZ for a full performance. This was his return after missing his last scheduled appearance about a month ago due to injury.

Match 6: In a “Last Minute Of Professional Life” Deathmatch, where the wrestlers had a set amount of life points based on social media activity leading into the match and the first to reduce the opponent’s life to zero by 1 count pinfalls, submissions, rope escapes and ring outs wins, DDT Extreme Champion To-y beat Yuya Koroku to retain the title. V2 for To-y. Next up: Illusion. That match will happen on 9/14 at Sapporo Sun Plaza in Hokkaido.

Muscle Sakai appeared post-intermission as Super Sasadango Machine for his comedy Powerpoint presentation ahead of his match as Sakai. Which led to…
Match 7: Minoru Suzuki beat Muscle Sakai.

Match 8: Zack Sabre Jr. & Kosei Fujita (New Japan) beat Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada. Sabre beat Masada with I’ve Mistakenly Run To Windsor. Afterwards, Brookes requested a match against fellow countryman Sabre. That match will happen on 11/3 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.

Match 9: KO-D Tag Team Champions Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya beat Daisuke Sasaki & Hideki Okatani to retain the titles. Naya pinned Sasaki. V2 for the champs. Next up: Because the champs retained the titles, HARASHIMA & Aoki. That match will happen tomorrow. (There was going to be a title match tomorrow either way, it just depended on who the champions would be)

Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion Kazusada Higuchi beat Jun Akiyama to retain the title. V2 for Higuchi. Next up: Ueno, which was previously announced. That match will happen tomorrow.

Day 2 is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall. The event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin TONIGHT at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET.

Injury Report: Just before this was posted, there was a last-minute change announced to tomorrow-Daisuke Sasaki is now off. Side injury suffered today. He was to have teamed with Okatani to face Brookes & Masada and Yoshimura & Ishida in a 3-way, which would have been for the KO-D Tag Team Championship had they won. MJ Paul is the replacement.

DDT ran the latest Sanshiro Takagi Produced 30th Anniversary Project event today, the debut of his new Super Japan Pro Wrestling project.

Today’s event was held at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Thursday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Before the matches began, Takagi announced his next event will be held on 10/14 at Shinjuku Face.

Match 1: Yasu Urano beat Mikiya Sasaki.

Match 2: Aeroboy beat Ryoma Tsukamoto.

Match 3: Shota & Mio Shirai beat Rinno Mitsuki & Riara. Shirai pinned Riara after Purple Flash. (Before they went their separate ways, Shirai was, at least in storyline/kayfabe, the sister of Io Shirai aka Iyo Sky in WWE. I don’t think they are actually related though)

Match 4: Kuroshio TOKYO Japan vs. Poison Sawada JULIE went to a Double KO.

Match 5: Naruki Doi beat Mac Matsushita (?).

Match 6: TAKA Michinoku beat MIKAMI.

Main Event: Hikaru Sato, Fuminori Abe & Munenori Sawa beat Brahmans Shu, Kei & Yuji (Yuji Nagata) by countout. Yuji counted out. Which led to…
Main Event (again): Brahmans Shu, Kei & Yuji beat Hikaru Sato, Fuminori Abe & Munenori Sawa. Yuji pinned Sawa. Afterwards, Shinya Aoki appeared and Takagi announced a Aoki-Nagata match for 10/14 and also Takagi vs. Sawa in an exhibition match.

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

DDT ran the second half of another same-day doubleheader with Tokyo Joshi Pro today, the second “East-West Pro Wrestling Battle” event with wrestlers from each half of Japan on opposite sides.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Rukiya Return Match: Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato beat Yuki Ishida & Rukiya. Koroku pinned Rukiya.

Match 2: Takao Soma beat Akito, Naomi Yoshimura & Shota in a 4-way by pinning Shota. As a result, Soma earns a “Money In The Bank” title shot.

Match 3: Danshoku Dieno, Shigehiro Irie (GLEAT) & Mikiya Sasaki vs. Kuroshio TOKYO Japan (Independent/Freelancer), To-y & Kazuki Hirata went to a Double KO. Dieno & To-y KO’d.

Match 4: Jun Akiyama beat Miyu Yamashita (Tokyo Joshi Pro).

Match 5: In a Kansai Style 3 Can Falls Count Anywhere match, where the first wrestler to find 3 cans scattered around the arena, place them in the ring and pin them for a 3 count wins, Yuki Ueno beat MAO & Super Sasadango Machine in a 3-way.

Match 6: Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada beat Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya and Illusion & MJ Paul in a 3-way when Masada pinned Illusion.

Main Event: In an elimination match, Yuki Ueno, Hideki Okatani, KANON & Kazuma Sumi beat Kazusada Higuchi, Daisuke Sasaki, HARASHIMA & Antonio Honda. Order of elimination: HARASHIMA by Sasaki, KANON by Sasaki, Okatani by Higuchi, Sasaki by Higuchi, Ueno by Higuchi, Higuchi by Sumi, Honda by Sumi. Sumi is the only winner. As a result, Sumi wins Honda’s “Money In The Bank” title shot.

The next event is a Sanshiro Takagi Produced Super Japan Pro Wrestling Debut event Tuesday at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Thursday.

DDT ran a same-day doubleheader today in Aichi, first a D GENERATIONS event then a regular house show.

Both events were held at Imaike Gas Hall in AIchi and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There were no live broadcasts.

The paid attendance was not announced for both events.

Event 1 (D GENERATIONS 5):
Match 1: Daichi Sato & Yuki Ishida beat Takahiro Kaiben & Maanori Watanabe (?). Ishida pinned Watanabe after Flame Palm.

Match 2: To-y beat Grand Pesho Mask 4. As a result, To-y gets a “Money In The Bank” title shot anytime, anywhere he chooses.

Match 3: Illusion beat Mikiya Sasaki.

Match 4: Hideki Okatani beat Ryoma Tsukamoto.

Match 5: Shota beat Yuya Koroku.

Main Event: Takeshi Masada & Kazuma Sumi beat Yu Shimizu & Najima Ali. Sumi pinned Ali.

Event 2:
In opening announcements, the return date for the venue was announced as 10/26.

Match 1: Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Tomomitsu Matsunaga beat Yuki Ueno, To-y & Kazuma Sumi. Honda pinned To-y with a Japanese leg roll clutch hold. As a result, Honda wins To-y’s title shot rights.

Match 2: Danshoku Dieno, Naomi Yoshimura & Takeshi Masada beat Takao Soma, Shota & Kazuki Hirata. Yoshimura pinned Shota.

Match 3: Akito beat Illusion.

Match 4: Hideki Okatani beat Daichi Sato & Yuki Ishida in a 3-way by pinning Sato. As a result, Okatani wins a title shot right.

Match 5: Jun Akiyama & HARASHIMA beat Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul. HARASHIMA pinned Paul after Blue Sword.

Main Event: Kazusada Higuchi, Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya beat MAO, KANON & Yuya Koroku. Higuchi pinned Koroku.

The next event is tomorrow at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

DDT ran an event in Yokohama today with their annual version of “Money In The Bank”.

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

The paid attendance was not announced.

Before the event began, a memorial ceremony was held for former DDT wrestler Tomohiko Hashimoto, who died earlier this week. He would have turned 48 next week. The cause of death is unknown but it may have been liver cancer, which he was diagnosed with last year. He debuted in DDT in 2000 and competed there until 2006 and was a 3-time KO-D Tag Team Champion among other accolades.

Match 1: Shinya Aoki beat Takeshi Masada.

Match 2: Kazuki Hirata beat Danshoku Dieno & Super Sasadango Machine in a 3-way by pinning Dieno. As a result, Hirata earns a “Money In The Bank” title shot for any DDT title, anytime, anywhere, of his choosing.

Match 3: HARASHIMA beat Daichi Sato.

Match 4: In a match that could be won by submission, KO/TKO or cumulative 20 count pinfalls, Chris Brookes & Yuya Koroku beat Yuki Ueno & To-y. Koroku pinned To-y after a deformed Triangle Lancer.

Match 5: Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida beat Jun Akiyama & Tomomitsu Matsunaga. Higuchi pinned Matsunaga.

Match 6: MAO & KANON beat Minoru Suzuki & Akito. MAO pinned Akito with Gedo Clutch.

Main Event: KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & Illusion beat Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya & Kazuma Sumi to retain the titles. Okatani pinned Sumi after a vertical drop brainbuster. V4 for the champs.

Afterwards, Sasaki announced the main event of his next independent produced event on 10/2 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo: Sasaki & El Desperado vs. Shuji Ishikawa & Antonio Honda. This will also be a Sasaki 20th Anniversary Match.

The next event is tomorrow at Yume Messe Miyagi in Sendai. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Tuesday. There also has been a last-minute change announced to the card because Gorgeous Matsuno was on the card but is now off. Fever. He was to have teamed with Kazuki Hirata to face Danshoku Dieno & Akito. That match is now a 3-way.

DDT ran an event in Shizuoka today as the second half of a doubleheader with Tokyo Joshi Pro.

Today’s event was held at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Monday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Before the event began, Antonio Honda came out dressed as Hulk Hogan and did an “in memory of” segment acting like Hogan and doing his signature poses & actions.

Match 1: Hideki Okatani beat Kazuma Sumi.

Match 2: In a match where the first wrestler to bodyslam another one wins, Danshoku Dieno beat Akito & Yuya Koroku by bodyslamming Koroku.

Match 3: Yuki Iino & Antonio Honda beat Hideki Sekine & Kazuki Hirata. Honda pinned hirata after an Iino elbow drop.

Match 4: HARASHIMA, Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada beat Daisuke Sasaki, Illusion & MJ Paul. HARASHIMA pinned Paul after Blue Sword.

Match 5; MAO & KANON beat Jun Akiyama & Daichi Sato. KANON pinned Sato after Lovely Dezires.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, To-y & Shinya Aoki beat Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida. To-y pinned Ishida after Kojima Impact.

The next event is 8/9 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

DDT held a special HARASHIMA hometown event today in Tokyo, now because he’s practicing or whatever, but because in his words it’s his hometown!

Today’s event was held at Sumitomo Metal Mining Arena Ome Sports Hall 1 in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNVERSE.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Kazuma Sumi beat Illusion.

Match 2: Naomi Yoshimura & Takao Soma beat Makoto Oishi (Independent/Freelancer) & Shunma Katsumata. Yoshimura pinned Oishi after a lariat.

Match 3: Danshoku Dieno beat Kazuki Hirata.

Match 4: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & MJ Paul beat Antonio Honda, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yuya Koroku. Sasaki beat Matsunaga with a crossface.

Match 5; MAO & KANON beat Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida. MAO pinned Ishida with a Japanese leg roll clutch hold.

Match 6: In a Falls Count Anywhere match, Yuki Ueno & To-y beat Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada. To-y pinned Masada.

Match 7: KO-D Tag Team Champions Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya beat Jun Akiyama & Daichi Sato to retain the titles. Naya pinned Sato after The World’s Largest Backdrop. V1 for the champs. Next up: Damnation T.A. That match will happen on 8/30 at Higashin Arena.

Main Event: HARASHIMA, Yogi Makabe (New Japan) & Yasu Urano beat Shinya Aoki, Shuji Ishikawa & Akito. HARASHIMA pinned Akito after a swan dive Blue Sword.

The next event is Saturday at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast.

Elsewhere, there were some Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship title changes yesterday…Yuni won the title on 7/22 and yesterday went to an idol event also featuring Tokyo Joshi Pro’s Up Up Girls and Yuki Arai. During this, Kazuma Sumi won the title and then Shunma Katsumata won it from Sumi. After this, Reni Takashiro of idol group Momoiro Clover Z beat Katsumata to win the title and one of the most popular J-Pop idols right now became champion. For 6 minutes anyway, as Jun Suzue, a research student, then won the title.