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DDT holds their monthly tour-ender today in Tokyo, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 2024, as the final push to WRESTLE PETER PAN, their biggest annual event, gets underway with just 3 weeks to go. It’s a rare big tour-ender without any scheduled title matches this time but it does see Yuki Ueno return from missing last week’s events (fever) in time for one more The37Kamiina tag team faceoff with MAO, who challenges Ueno for the KO-D Openweight Championship on 7/21. In the semifinal, as Sanshiro Takagi’s indefinite hiatus draws closer, he brings in two of his prized Tokyo Joshi Pro cornerstones, Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh, for a special mixed tag match…which does involve Danshoku Dieno teaming with Itoh, so pray for Yamashita that she doesn’t get molested too badly. Because DDT.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Kentaro Kumagai will be a special guest on commentary. With no title matches that means all 30 minute time limits today, and it wouldn’t surprise me if the main event goes the distance so I’ll predict the close-to-usual Korakuen running time of about 2 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup (in order):
Yuni vs. Illusion & Kazuma Sumi in a 3-way
Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON vs. Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda
Jun Akiyama & Makoto Oishi vs. Yukio Naya & Keigo Nakamura
HARASHIMA, Takao Soma & Akito vs. Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi & Takeshi Masada
Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku vs. Go Shiozaki, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69 (Pro Wrestling NOAH)
Sanshiro Takagi & Miyu Yamashita vs. Danshoku Dieno & Maki Itoh
Yuki Ueno & Shunma Katsumata vs. MAO & To-y

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

7:10 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 10-15 minutes. Updates will begin then.

7:22 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Satoshi Dairaku, Kagehiro Osano & Kentaro Kumagai. We should be joined later by Haruo Murata.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. As usual a little too early to make a solid prediction but advance sales seemed slower than usual (the “super seats” didn’t sell out in advance). I’ll probably wind up with my usual prediction of around 700. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 992, a full house/near sellout. Didn’t look even close to that to me)

The matches should begin in about 15 minutes.

The matches begin at 7:35 PM PT/10:35 PM ET.

Match 1: Yuni vs. Illusion & Kazuma Sumi in a 3-way. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kazuma Sumi beat Yuni & Illusion in a 3-way by pinning Yuni.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON vs. Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda. 30 minute time limit
Result: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON beat Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda. KANON pinned Hirata after a Sasaki diving elbow drop.

Match 3: Jun Akiyama & Makoto Oishi vs. Yukio Naya & Keigo Nakamura. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yukio Naya & Keigo Nakamura beat Jun Akiyama & Makoto Oishi. Nakamura pinned Oishi after a diving headbutt.

Quick break for the opening announcements from GM Imabayashi.

Your new host is Haruo Murata.

Match 4: HARASHIMA, Takao Soma & Akito vs. Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi & Takeshi Masada. 30 minute time limit
Result: Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi & Takeshi Masada beat HARASHIMA, Takao Soma & Akito. Masada pinned Soma after Masada’s Power KOBU Muscle. Immediately afterwards, Antonio Honda with microphone. It sounds like he issued a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship challenge for WRESTLE PETER PAN. This brought out both Damnation TA (who apparently stole the belts after losing them recently) and The37Kamiina (just To-y & Shunma Katsumata). And To-y & Katsumata found a third for their challenge…Aja Kong! It’s then made official by GM Imabayashi-a 4-way elimination match for the titles at WRESTLE PETER PAN.

Match 5: Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku vs. Go Shiozaki, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69 (Pro Wrestling NOAH). 30 minute time limit
Result: Go Shiozaki, Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69 beat Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku. Kotoge pinned Koroku after Kill Switch.

Match 6: Sanshiro Takagi & Miyu Yamashita vs. Danshoku Dieno & Maki Itoh. 30 minute time limit
Result: Sanshiro Takagi & Miyu Yamashita beat Danshoku Dieno & Maki Itoh. Takagi pinned Dieno. Afterwards, it was announced that Takagi’s final pre-hiatus match will be vs. Dieno in a Weapon Rumble at WRESTLE PETER PAN.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno & Shunma Katsumata vs. MAO & To-y. 30 minute time limit
Result: MAO & To-y beat Yuki Ueno & Shunma Katsumata. MAO pinned Katsumata after Michinoku Driver 2. Almost went the distance, 25+ minutes.

The next event is Friday at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: MAO has apparently left The37Kamiina post-main event, which has resulted in changes for upcoming events. At least he’s left them until 7/21. It was also announced that former SKE48 member Marika Tani will return as a guest on commentary for 7/21.

DDT took to the rails once again today for a wacky single match event aboard an actual operating train.

Today’s event was held on the Toden Arakawa Line train in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Monday with commentary. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 16, a legit advance sellout.

Before the planned match happened, or during it…

A towel beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Sayaka Unagi to win the title. The towel becomes the 1656th Champion. Before this the title saw a handful of changes in GLEAT as Whip beat CIMA to win the title, then Unagi beat Whip to win the title. Which led to…

Sugichan beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion the towel to win the title. Sugichan becomes the 1657th Champion. Which led to…

The towel beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Sugichan to win the title. Towel becomes the 1658th Champion. Which led to…

Funky Kato beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion the towel to win the title. Kato becomes the 1659th Champion.

Main Event: Minoru Suzuki beat Sanshiro Takagi. That natch went over 55 minutes.

The next event is WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 2024 tomorrow at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM with live results scheduled. Kentaro Kumagai has been announced as a guest on commentary.

DDT tan another of their wacky “only in DDT” events, a single match event billed as a showdown between Sanshiro Takagi, who is preparing to step back from regular conpetition, and Super Sasadango Machine. In particular they tried to sell many types of tickets with benefits at prices up to 1 million yen (only one, and the buyer got an actual wristwatch worn by Takagi if it sold. As of late last night it had not).

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

The announced paid attendance was 346, a super full house/very near sellout. Not all were actually at the venue though.

The event started with introductory speeches and bell ringings by those in designated seats. Then all 51 seat types sold and their respective roles were explained. A few seats that were reserved for pro wrestlers then were revealed and said wrestlers showed up. They includes Toru Yano (New Japan), Cherry (Independent/Freelancer, formerly of now-defunct Union Pro) and more. Much hilarity and DDT wackiness ensued until eventually…

Main Event: Toru Yano beat Super Sasadango Machine. The whole thing went almost 67 minutes. When it was over, Takagi & Machine entrusted Konosuke Takeshita with getting revenge against New Japan.

There are 2 events coming up Saturday: First is another one-match event, this to be held on an actual train departing from Tokyo, between Sanshiro Takagi & Minoru Suzuki. There will be no live broadcast, but it will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE early Monday morning with commentary. The second event is WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 2024 at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. Live results are scheduled.

DDT ran two events today, the first being a special outdoor mini-event in Tokyo, followed by continuing their current tour in Osaka.

The first event was held at Machida GION Stadium in Tokyo and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

This was a free event with no paid attendance.

Match 1: Masa Takanashi & Yasu Urano beat Yuni & Illusion. Takanashi pinned Illusion.

Match 2: Antonio Honda beat Gota Ihashi.

Match 3: Shinya Aoki & Super Sasadango Machine beat Akito & Takao Soma. Aoki pinned Soma after Transformed Osui Suplex.

The second event was held at Minato Community Center in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 238, a full house/near sellout.

There were last-minute changes to the card due to the absences of Yuki Ueno (fever) and Kazusada Higuchi (cervial spine hernia). Ueno is currently out only for this weekend. Higuchi is out indefinitely but probably a few months.

Match 1: Yuki Iino beat Makoto Oishi & To-y in a 3-way by pinning Oishi.

Match 2; HARASHIMA beat Tsutenkakku.

Match 3: DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Keigo Nakamura beat Kazuma Sumi to retain the title. Which means there were 2 title changes after Shunma Katsumata won the title yesterday. (The title was first won by an Aufguss Towel then Keigo Nakamura beat the towel)

Match 4; Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & MJ Paul ebat Jun Akiyama, Toru Owashi & Tomomitsu Matsunaga. KANON beat Matsunaga with Cobra Twist 2.0.

Match 5: Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada beat Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku. Brookes pinned Koroku after Cosmic Doom.

Match 6: Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata beat Sanshiro Takagi & CIMA (GLEAT) in 5 seconds. Hirata pinned Takagi. Which led to…
Match 6 (again): In a Captains Fall match, CIMA (C) & Sanshiro Takagi beat Kazuki Hirata (C) & Danshoku Dieno. CIMA pinned Hirata after Meteora. Which led to…
CIMA beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Keigo Nakamura to win the title. CIMA becomes the 1647th Champion.

Main Event: MAO & Shunma Katsumata beat Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida. MAO pinned Ishida after Our Mad Max.

The next event is tomorrow at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast. On demand will be available Thursday.

And another DDT injury breaking now…the promotion just announced Kazusada Higuchi is now out of action in another big blow to the company. Cervical hernia. Out indefinitely but “a while”, which probably means a few months.

More as it becomes available.

Because The37Kamiina are all about saunas and Heat Wave WER!!, DDT held a single-match “Sauna Wrestling” event today to again show off the wackiness that is DDT.

Today’s event was held at Aqua Eucalyptus in Chiba and will be available on demand somewhere at a later date. There was no live broadcast, but it was going to be “filmed and streamed”.

The announced paid attendance was 91.

Match Result: In a Falls Count Anywhere Elimination Match, DDT Extreme Champion Shunma Katsumata beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Kazuma Sumi, Illusion, Yukio Naya & To-y to retain the title and win the Iron Man Title. Katsumata becomes the 1644th Champion. Order of elimination: Naya by everyone, Illusion by To-y by ref stoppage (TKO), To-y by Katsumata & Sumi, Sumi by Katsumata. Katsumata wins. V4 for Katsumata. The match, once it began, went just over 55 minutes.

The next event is a special mini-event tomorrow at Machida GION Stadium in Tokyo followed by an event later that day at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. For Tokyo, this is a free event but is weather permitting due to being outdoors so it may be cancelled if it rains. There will be no live broadcasts. For Osaka, it will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday.

DDT has announced some last-minute changes for upcoming events following their special “Sauna wrestling” event today…maybe it would have helped Yuki Ueno because the KO-D Openweight Champion is temporarily on the sidelines. Fever. Out tomorrow and Sunday. Precautionary at this time. With at least a week until the next event after these Ueno should be fine going forward, as long as it doesn’t become coronavirus, but at least the next title match is a month away.

More as it becomes available.

DDT paused their current tour today for a standalone event in Tokyo.

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

The announced paid attendance was 286, a legit sellout.

Before the matches, a public signing ceremony for the DDT Universal Championship main event was held.

Match 1: DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Kazuma Sumi beat Shunma Katsumata, Yukio Naya, To-y & Illusion by pinning Katsumata to retain the title. Stole the pin after a Naya chokeslam.

Match 2: Akito, Kazusada Higuchi & Toru Owashi beat Chris Brookes, Takeshi Masada & Yuni, AKito beat Yuni with a figure 4.

Match 3; Sanshiro Takagi beat Kazuki Hirata.

Match 4; Danshoku Dieno vs. Makoto Oishi went to a no contest. Takeshi Masada & Illusion interference. Which led to…
Match 4 (again): Takeshi Masada & Illusion beat Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi. Masada pinned Oishi after Masada’s Power KOBU Muscle.

Match 5: Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & MJ Paul beat Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku. KANON beat Koroku with Just Cobra Twist.

Match 6: Yuki Ueno & Fuminori Abe (Independent/Freelancer) beat HARASHIMA & Keigo Nakamura. Ueno beat Nakamura with a blackout sleeper.

Main Event: DDT Universal Champion MAO beat Shiryu to retain the title. V9 for MAO. No challengers hinted at next so the next defense may not be until after his KO-D Openweight Championship match on 7/21.

The next event is “Sauna Street Wrestling”, a special one-match mini-event, Friday at Aqua Eucalyptus in Chiba. Said one match scheduled is DDT Extreme Champion Shunma Katsumata vs. Yukio Naya, To-y, Illusion & Kazuma Sumi in a 5-way Falls Count Anywhere match for the title. There could be Iron Man title changes with Sumi in it as well. Broadcast plans TBA but there will be no live broadcast on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. It will be “filmed and streamed” though so that suggests a possible YouTube broadcast.

DDT continued the WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2024 Tour today in Ehime, featuring Ehime Pro Wrestling participation.

Today’s event was held at Matsuyama City General Community Center Special Exhibition Hall in Ehime and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Thursday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 230.

Match 1: Yukio Naya beat Matsuyama Warrior.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Yuya Koroku & Illusion. KANON pinned Illusion after Sleepy Hollow.

Match 3: Danshoku Diewno beat Bonjin Pulp (?).

At some point between yesterday’s event and today’s event, Kazuki Hirata won the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship from To-y, becoming the 1636th Champion. That’s because…

Match 4: Sanshiro Takagi, Akito & Tsuruhimeka beat Shunma Katsumata, Makoto Oishi & DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Kazuki Hirata. Tsuruhimeka pinned Hirata with a Northern Lights Suplex hold to win the title. Tsuruhimeka becomes the 1637th Champion. Which led to…

Kazuki Hirata beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Tsuruhimeka to win the title. Hirata becomes the 1638th Champion. Which led to…

Cutiely The Ehime beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Kazuki Hirata to win the title. The Ehime becomes the 1639th Champion.

Match 5: HARASHIMA & Takeshi Masada beat Jun Akiyama & Ishizuchi Yamataro. HARASHIMA pinned Yamataro after Blue Sword.

Match 6: Tetsuya Endo & Imabari Towel Mascaras beat Chris Brookes & Kazuma Sumi. Mascaras pinned Sumi after Balitanic.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, MAO & To-y beat Yuki Iino, Kazusada Higuchi & Keigo Nakamura. MAO pinned Nakamura after a cannonball DDT.

After the show was seemingly over…

Chris Brookes beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Cutiely The Ehime to win the title. Brookes becomes the 1640th Champion.

That seemed to be it, so…

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