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DDT held a Daisuke Sasaki Produced event today called CHARISMANIA 2, the second such event he has put on this past year

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The paid attendance was not announced

Voice actor and DDT semi-regular guest Tetsu Inada was the special ring announcer.

Match 1: Yasu Urano beat Naohiro Katsumi by ref stoppage (TKO).

Match 2: Illusion & Sangre Azteca Jr. beat El Pantera Jr. & Sumicaras (almost certainly Kazuma Sumi under a mask). Illusion pinned Sumicaras.

Match 3: Brahmans Shi, Kei & Ueno (last one being Yuki Ueno) beat Takayuki Ueki, Alito & Mataro. All 3 Brahmans pinned Mataro.

Match 4: MJ Paul & Minoru Fujita beat So Daimonji & Ryoma Tsukamoto. Paul pinned Tsukamoto after a reverse splash.

Match 5: In a hardcore match, Isami Kodaka beat Hideki Okatani.

Main Event: In what was bulled as the GREATEST WRESTLING MATCH EVER, Dick Togo (New Japan) beat Daisuke Sasaki. Togo was Sasaki’s trainer/mentor.

After the main event, Sasaki announced a 2th Anniversary event for 10/2 at Korakuen Hall. Japanese rock band HEAD PHONES PRESIDENT will be a sponsor/supporter of the event and will perform live there.

The next event is tomorrow at Tokyo Boat Race Tama River in Tokyo. This is a free event with admission to the race venue (which is 100 yen or around 70 cents US). There will be no live broadcast.

DDT ran a standalone event yesterday in Niigata with another DDT Extreme Championship match.

Yesterday’s event was held at Niigata City 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 last-second changes to the card due to Takao Soma being pulled off last-minute. The always-vague poor health.

Match 1: Yuni & Daichi Sato beat Takeshi Masada & Kazuma Sumi. Yuni pinned Sumi after Messiah DDT.

Match 2: HARASHIMA beat Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata in a 3-way by pinning Hirata.

Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Illusion beat Jun Akiyama, Akito, Shunma Katsumata & Yukio Naya. Sasaki beat Katsumata with a mystical crossface.

Match 4: Yuki Ueno beat Yuya Koroku.

Match 5: Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida beat Chris Brookes & Antonio Honda and MAO & KANON in a 3-way when Higuchi pinned Honda.

Main Event: In a 3 Falls Deathmatch with different rules for each fall, To-y beat DDT Extreme Champion Super Sasadango Machine to win the title. To-y becomes the 63rd DDT Extreme Champion. Fall 1: In a match where the first to spit milk out of their mouth loses, Machine won. Fall 2: In a match where the first to put their opponent into a trash can wins, To-y won. Fall 3: In a match where the total number of chops into the opponent’s back is counted and whoever delivers the 100th total chop wins, To-y won. To-y wins 2-1.

The next event is CHARISMANIA 2, the second Daisuke Sasaki Produced event, under that label, Wednesday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

DDT ran their third D GENERATIONS event today, part of the new series focused on the promotion’s younger wrestlers.

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

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Ryoma Tsukamoto beat Yuki Ishida.

Match 2: To-y beat Mikiya Sasaki.

Match 3: Mubetatsu Nakamura (Ganbare Pro) beat Yuni.

Match 4: Daichi Sato vs. Takao Soma went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 5: Keisuke Ishii beat Yuya Koroku.

Main Event: Takeshi Masada & Kazuma Sumi beat Shigehiro Irie (GLEAT) & Shota (Independent/Freelancer). Masada pinned Shota.

The next event is Sunday at Niigata City Higashi-ku Plaza in Niigata with DDT Extreme Champion Super Sasadango Machine vs. To-y for the title. The event is a legit advance sellout. There will be no love broadcast. On demand Tuesday night/Wednesday morning.

DDT ran their latest now-regular Beer Garden Pro Wrestling event today.

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

The paid attendance was not announced

Match 1: HARASHIMA & Yuya Koroku beat Hideki Okatano & MJ Paul. HARASHIMA pinned Paul after Magic Knife.

Match 2: In a Rainy Season Death Match, where the only allowed weapons were umbrellas, Daisuke Sasaki & Illusion beat Yuni & Kazuma Sumi. Illusion pinned Yuni after a swanton bomb on an umbrella. (June through early July is considered rainy season in Japan where it constantly rains, sometimes heavy/a lot. That doesn’t mean it does not rain at other times of course)

Match 3: In a match where the first wrestler to be placed into the ring loses, Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida beat Chris Brookes, Takeshi Masada & Kotaro Suzuki (GLEAT) when Masada was placed into the ring.

Match 4: In a handicap match with special rules, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda beat KANON in 43 seconds. The rule was if KANON laughed at any point he lost, but if not he won. He laughed and lost. Which led to…
Match 4 (again): In a handicap match with special rules, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda beat KANON by TKO. KANON started with 5 points and lost 1 point each time he laughed. If KANON survived with a point for 10 minutes or scored a pinfall or submission he won. He cane up 8 seconds short on points.

Match 5: Jun Akiyama & Shinya Aoki beat MAO & Danshoku Dieno. Akiyama pinned Dieno.

Main Event: Akito Nishigaki (Akito), Yukio Naya & De Katsumata Daichi (Daichi Sato) beat Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & Yo-y. Akito pinned Katsumata.

The next event is D-GENERATIONS 3 tomorrow. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Sunday.

DDT ran the second half of today’s doubleheader with Tokyo Joshi Pro in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Illusion beat Shunma Katsumata, Yukio Naya & Kazuma Sumi. Okatani pinned Sumi after a vertical drop brainbuster.

Match 2: HARASHIMA & Shinya Aoki beat Takao Soma & Daichi Sato. Aoki pinned Sato with a European clutch.

Match 3: Toru Owashi beat Kazuki Hirata in 38 seconds. Which led to…
Match 3 (again): Toru Owashi beat Hiratimo Dragon (Kazuki Hirata) in 33 seconds. Which led to…
Match 3 (yet again): Kazuki Hirata beat Toru Owashi in 72 seconds. But of course!

Match 4: Yuki Ueno & To-y beat Jun Akiyama & Danshoku Dieno and MAO & KANON in a 3-way when To-y pinned Dieno.

Match 5: Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida beat Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada. Higuchi pinned Brookes after Brain Claw Slam.

Match 6: Antonio Honda 20th Anniversary Match: Daisuke Sasaki beat Antonio Honda by submission.

Main Event: KO-D Tag Team Champions Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura beat Akito & Yuya Koroku to retain the titles. Abe pinned Koroku after countering a chicken wing. V5 for the champs.

The next event is “DDT x New Japan One-Sided Competition – Super Sasadango Machine vs. Toru Yano” Monday at Korakuen Hall, which currently has just one match, the aforementioned Machine vs. Yano. Live streaming as a PPV on WRESTLE UNIVERSE and New Japan World will begin 3 AM PT/6 AM ET. The PPV will be 2500 Japanese yen (about $17.25 US) on WRESTLE UNIVERSE worldwide and on New Japan World in Japan and $18.99 on New Japan World outside Japan. The PPV will be available on WRESTLE UNIVERSE until 6/30.

DDT has provided a new update on the status of Masa Takanashi, who was severely injured at an event earlier this year: He had successful regenerative medicine surgery to restore/repair a damaged cervical spine cord and he will soon be transferred to another hospital to focus on rehabilitation. DDT is also launching a special online store in cooperation with Chocolate Pro Wrestling (ChocoPro, an independent promotion started/owned by current All Elite Wrestling wrestler Emi Sakura where Takanashi frequently appeared) but operated by DDT owner CyberFIght Corporation that will sell Takanashi-themed goods. Products offered will change monthly and orders will be accepted from the first Friday to the second Friday of each month. I don’t know if they ship outside Japan and the site is still a work-in-progress but you can check it out at takanashi-online.shop.

UPDATE: For those outside Japan, ProWrestlingTees, an online store used by independent wrestlers and All Elite Wrestling to sell officially licensed apparel, has opened a store to sell Takanashi t-shirts. This from DDT wrestler and factionmate Chris Brookes. There are two shirts currently available for $24.99 each and they ship domestically (US) and worldwide with a few exceptions. They also have a physical store in Chicago, IL that is open during special events. Proceeds will go to help Takanashi. The link is below (in English):

https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/wrestler-t-shirts/masatakanashi.html

In what definitely os a “Best For Business” move, “The Rampage” Kaisei Takechi announced a short time ago he has signed an agency contract and will join DDT as a full-time wrestler. He has made 2 appearances over the past year and both packed Korakuen Hall with female fans eager to see him wrestle. He will remain a member of LDH JAPAN, where he performs as a stage athlete/musician.

His first “official” match as a roster member will be on 7/13 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, teaming with Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Ueno to face Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & Hideki Okatani. The event will be streamed live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE worldwide and also on ABEMA in Japan. But if hints dropped were any indication of things to come, a match against Ueno tops Takechi’s wishlist.

The replay of the presser can be watched FOR FREE on YouTube.

DDT ran their latest event in Nagoya today as part of a doubleheader with Tokyo Joshi Pro.

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

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano beat Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida. HARASHIMA pinned Ishida after Blue Sword.

Match 2: Antonio Honda beat Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Danshoku Dieno in a 4-way by beating Hirata.

Match 3: Akito beat Yuya Koroku.

Match 4: Jun Akiyama & Yuni beat Daichi Sato & Kazuma Sumi. Yuni pinned Sumi after Messiah DDT.

Match 5: KANON beat Takeshi Masada by submission.

Match 6: Chris Brookes & Minoru Suzuki beat Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Naya. Brookes pinned Higuchi after Praying Mantis Bomb.

Main Event: KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & Illusion beat Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & To-y to retain the titles. Okatani pinned Katsumata after a vertical drop brainbuster. V2 for the champs. Next up: Brookes, Masada & Honda. That match will happen on 7/5 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama.

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

UPDATE: On the heels of DDT announcing the third career match for O-MENZ Kumadori after the event, now comes word that a press conference regarding upcoming wrestling activities for “The Rampage” Kaisei Takechi, who has packed Korakuen Hall with female fans for his first two matches, will be held Thursday. This will be streamed LIVE FOR FEEE on DDT’s official YouTube channel beginning Wednesday at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET