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Like Tokyo Joshi Pro did earlier today, DDT also ran an event in Japan with the roster members who did not travel to the USA for The Collective.

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

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: KANON beat Yuki Ishida.

Match 2: Hideki Okatani & MJ Paul beat Toru Owashi & Tomomitsu Matsynaga. Okatani pinned Matsunaga after a swivel-type Claymore.

A presser for a DDT Extreme Championship match later in the event was held. After which…

Pocotan beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Kazuki Hirata to win the title. Pocotan becomes the 1743rd Champion. Which led to…
Masanori Kishikawa & Mizuki Takashima beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Pocotan to win the titles. Kishikawa & Takashima become the 1744th Champion. Giant life-size mascots.

Match 3: Kazusada Higuchi & Akito beat Yuya Koroku & Keigo Nakamura. Higuchi beat Nakamura with a Canadian backbreaker.

Match 4: Mikoshi Debut Match: Yuki Ueno, To-y & Mikoshi beat Danshboku Dieno, Isami Kodaka (Independent/Freelancer) & Takao Soma. Mikoshi pinned Soma after Myojin Splash. Mikoshi is basically a giant castle-shaped mascot.

Match 5: In a Myojin-Shiki Death Match, where the first to bite something specific 3 times wins, DDT Extreme Champion Super Sasadango Machine beat Kazuki Hirata to retain the title. V1 for Machine. Next up: If Machine has his way, Toru Yano at the New Japan-DDT One Match PPV between them on 6/9 at Korakuen Hall.

Main Event: Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada beat HARASHIMA & Daichi Sato. Brookes beat Sato with a ground octopus stretch.

The next event is a joint event with Tokyo Joshi Pro & Game Changer Wrestling today in Las Vegas, NV. Live streaming on TrillerTV/FITE with a Triller+ subscription will begin at 2 PM PT/5 PM ET.

DDT makes their US return today for their first of 2 events as part of The Collective, the first one being their spotlight event ahead of a joint event with Tokyo Joshi Pro and event host Game Changer Wrestling. The matches mainly will consist of DDT wrestlers facing various GCW and independent wrestlers plus there are 2 title matches: The first one was a late add as a previously announced match between Yukio Naya and 1 Called Manders will now be for the wXw (Germany) Unified World Championship held by Manders, while the second one is what we’re all here for as DDT Universal Champion Minoru Suzuki defends the title against the WRESTLING GOD Yoshihiko. Viva DDT!

Today’s event will be held at The Pearl Theater at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV and can be watched LIVE on TrillerTV/FITE with a Triller+ subscription ($7.99/month or $71.99/year, new subscribers get a 1 week free trial) in English. It will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (probably in 2-3 months). This is the second of 4 events at the venue today so while the matches have no time limits the event will and probably won’t go more than 2 1/2 hours as a result.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Yuni vs. Starboy Charlie
Daisuke Sasaki & Illusion vs. Shota & Mizuki Watase and Dan The Dad & Kody Lane in a 3-way
Nick Wayne, Shunma Katsumata & Kazuma Sumi vs. Gringo Loco, Marcus Mathers & Tyler Bateman
Antonio Honda vs. Santana Jackson
Shinya Aoki vs. Timothy Thatcher
Konosuke Takeshita vs. MAO
wXw Unified World Champion 1 Called Manders vs. Yukio Naya for the title
DDT Universal Champion Minoru Suzuki vs. Yoshihiko for the title

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Updates below will begin at 3 PM PT/6 PM ET.

3 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from The Pearl Theater at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV. Your hosts are Dave Prazak, Nick Knowledge & Jordan Castle.

Since this is how DDT does it now, the paid attendance will not be announced after the event.

The matches start right away after the GCW ring announcer’s welcome.

Match 1: Yuni vs. Starboy Charlie
Result: Starboy Charlie beat Yuni. There was a botched finish where the ref appeared to count 3 near the end and the bell rang but the ref immediately waved it off.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki & Illusion vs. Shota & Mizuki Watase and Dan The Dad & Kody Lane in a 3-way
Result: Daisuke Sasaki & Illusion beat Shota & Mizuki Watase and Dan The Dad & Kody Lane in a 3-way when Sasaki beat Dad.

Match 3: Antonio Honda vs. Santana Jackson (if you’ve never seen him and/or don’t follow GCW closely, Jackson is a wrestling Michael Jackson impersonator)
Result: Santana Jackson beat Antonio Honda. Comedy match where Jackson showed he would be very well-suited for DDT.

Match 4: wXw Unified World Champion 1 Called Manders vs. Yukio Naya for the title
Result: wXw Unified World Champion 1 Called Manders beat Yukio Naya to retain the title.

Match 5: Nick Wayne, Shunma Katsumata & Kazuma Sumi vs. Gringo Loco, Marcus Mathers & Tyler Bateman
Result: Nick Wayne, Shunma Katsumata & Kazuma SUmi beat Gringo Loco, Marcus Mathers & Tyler Bateman. Wayne pinned Bateman after Wayne’s World.

Match 6: Shinya Aoki vs. Timothy Thatcher
Result: Shinya Aoki beat Timothy Thatcher

Match 7: DDT Universal Champion Minoru Suzuki vs. Yoshihiko for the title
Result: DDT Universal Champion Minoru Suzuki beat Yoshihiko to retain the title. V1 for Suzuki. This match of course RULED. Awesomeness from start to finish.

Main Event: Konosuke Takeshita vs. MAO
Result: Konosuke Takeshita beat MAO

Overall this was another fun event that again nicely showcased both DDT’s signature product and the indies quite well. My one complaint was that the audio on the feed was notably ahead of the video and it was evident when pinfalls were being counted. May have just been my Bluetooth headphones but it was notable. Also, at the end the feed cut out immediately so no post-match promo from Takeshita, just for the live crowds.

End Show.

The next event is a joint event with Tokyo Joshi Pro & Game Changer Wrestling tomorrow. Live streaming on TrillerTV/FITE with a Triller+ subscription will begin at 2 PM PT/5 PM ET.

DDT headed to Fukuoka today to start the weekend’s events before they head to the US next week for The Collective.

Today’s event was held at Nishitetsu Hall in Fukuoka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Illusion beat Kazuma Sumi. Afterwards, Illusion made a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship challenge to NwA Jr. on behalf of Damnation T.A.

Match 2: Toru Owashi, Akito & Yuki Ishida beat HARASHIMA, Azure Dragon & Kazuki Hirata in 11 seconds. Akito beat Hirata with a figure 4. Which led to…
Match 2 (again): HARASHIMA, Azure Dragon & Kazuki Hirata beat Toru Owashi, Akito & Yuki Ishida. HARASHIMA pinned Ishida after Raging Fire.

Match 3: Hideki Okatani beat Keigo Nakamura.

Match 4: Jun Akiyama, Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato beat Kazusada Higuchi, Takao Soma & Yukio Naya. Akiyama pinned Soma.

Match 5: MAO & KANON beat Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul. MAO pinned Paul after Iai Kick.

Main Event: Chris Brookes, Danshoku Dieno & Takeshi Masada beat Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & To-y. Dieno pinned To-y.

Immediately after the main event…

Kazuki Hirata beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Shunma Katsumata to win the title. Hirata becomes the 1742nd Champion.

The next event is tomorrow at Shibushi City “Unagi no Station” special venue in Kagoshima. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Wednesday. After this event they head to the US for The Collective in Las Vegas, NV and will run an event Friday then a joint event with Tokyo Joshi Pro and Game Changer Wrestling Saturday. Both events will be available live & on demand on TrillerTV/FITE with a TrillerTV+ subscription (if you’re not a current subscriber it’s $7.99/month or $71.99/year but there is a 1 week free trial for new subscribers so sign up right before The Collective and you can watch all the events FOR FREE!). Friday’s event will begin at 3 PM PT/6 PM ET. Saturday’s event will begin at 2 PM PT/5 PM ET.

DDT ran a Sanshiro Takagi Produced 30th Anniversary Project event today, the latest in his new series of events with no actual DDT participation.

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, although one match was streamed live on Twitter.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Before the event began, Sanshiro Takagi announced another event in the series will be on 8/19. Announced for the next event on 6/25 was Yuji Nagata vs. Ken Ohka along with Suwama vs. Muscle Sakai.

Match 1: Shota beat Mikiya Sasaki.

Match 2: Yumiko Hotta & Miku Kano beat Mio Shirai & Sakiran. Hotta pinned Sakiran after a lariat.

Match 3: In a 3 minute time limit match, Shigehiro Irie beat Ryoma Tsukamoto.

Match 4: Andreza Giant Panda beat Poison Sawada JULIE.

Match 5: KO-D Tag Team Champions Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura beat Hikaru Sato & Munenori Sawa to retain the titles. Abe pinned Sawa. V2 for the champs.

Match 6: Jun Kasai beat Maki Itoh.

Main Event: Yuji Nagata (New Japan& & Kuroshio TOKYO Japan beat Brahmans Shu & Kei. Nagata pinned Kei.

The next event is Saturday at Nishitetsu Hall in Fukuoka. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Tuesday.

DDT held a special D GENERATIONS 1 event today, the first event of a new series that will focus on the roster’s younger & less experienced wrestlers.

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.

Match 1; Oji Shiiba (Tenryu Project) beat Yuni.

Match 2: Daichi Kazado (BASARA) beat Keigo Nakamura. Before this match and the event, Nakamura announced he was going on an indefinite overseas training excursion after the 4/23 event.

Match 3: Takeshi Masada & Yuki Ishida beat Munetatsu Nakamura (Ganbare Pro) & Ari Najima. Masada pinned Nakamura.

Match 4: Takao Soma & Shota beat Yuya Koroku & Kazuma Sumi. Soma pinned Sumi after Gin & Tonic.

Match 5: Shigehiro Irie (GLEAT) beat Daichi Sato.

Main Event: Keisuke Ishii (Ganbare Pro) beat To-y.

The next event is a Sanshiro Takagi 30th Anniversary Project event tomorrow. No DDT participation is scheduled for this event although a KO-D Tag Team Championship match is scheduled. There will be no live broadcast. On demand should be available Friday.

Earlier today DDT announced an emergency press conference would be held with Keigo Nakamura in attendance, and at that presser Nakamura announced he was leaving the promotion for an indefinite overseas training excursion. It’s not known where he’ll go or for how long but his last match before that will be 4/23 vs. Yuki Ueno. Nakamura is coming off a failed attempt to win the KO-D Tag Team Championship this past weekend.

DDT runs their monthly signature Tokyo event today, “CHANGE AGE 2025-Your Lie In April”, headlined by a KO-D Openweight Championship match. For winning the D GENERATIONS CUP earlier this year, Yuya Koroku earned a title shot and he gets it today against Chris Brookes, which he earned by spoiling Brookes factionmate Takeshi Masada’s repeat Cup bid. Having been so far mostly outdone in his young career by Masada and rival To-y, Koroku will look to leapfrog them both and to the top of DDT. Also on the card is a KO-D Tag Team Championship match as Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura try to stop Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura from bringing the belts back into DDT’s control. The event also features the return of Naomi Yoshimura after over 2 1/2 years out due to major injuries, the return of Hideki Okatani from major injury as a heel and part of Damnation T.A. and an appearance by O-MENZ Kumadori.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Voice actor Kentaro Kumagai will be today’s special guest on commentary. There will also be a pre-show match 20 minutes before the event starts-with that factored in this should be a slightly longer Korakuen event than usual so I’m anticipating the running time being just short of 3 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Pre-show: Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda vs. MJ Paul & Illusion
Main show:
Naomi Yoshimura Return Match: Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura, Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida vs. Yukio Naya, Takeshi Masada, To-y & JJ Furno
MAO, Kazuki Hirata & O-MENZ Kumadori vs. Shunma Katsumata, Yuni & Kazuma Sumi
Jun Akiyama vs. Daichi Sato
Hideki Okatani Return Match: Daisuke Sasaki & Hideki Okatani vs. KANON in a handicap match
Minoru Suzuki & Yuki Ueno vs. HARASHIMA & Danshoku Dieno
KO-D Tag Team Champions Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura vs. Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura for the titles
KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes vs. Yuya Koroku for the title

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Updates below will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. The pre-show match is scheduled to begin at 7:10 PT/10:10 PM ET and the main show begins at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

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

7:10 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.

The paid attendance will not be announced as they no longer do that.

Pre-show match: Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda vs. MJ Paul & Illusion. 15 minute time limit
Result: MJ Paul & Illusion beat Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda. Illusion pinned Honda.

Updates will resume when the main show matches begin.

The matches begin at 7:36 PM PT/10:36 PM ET.

Match 1: Naomi Yoshimura Return Match: Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura, Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida vs. Yukio Naya, Takeshi Masada, To-y & JJ Furno. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura, Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida beat Yuko Naya, Takeshi Masada, To-y & JJ Furno. Higuchi pinned FUrno after a chokeslam.

Quick break for the GM Imabayashi opening announcements.

Match 2: MAO, Kazuki Hirata & O-MENZ Kumadori vs. Shunma Katsumata, Yuni & Kazuma Sumi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Shunma Katsumata, Yuni & Kazuma Sumi beat MAO, Kazuki Hirata & O-MENZ Kumadori. Katsumata pinned Hirata. Comedy match with lots of music & dancing. Afterwards, the second NwA Jr. single release was announced for 5/6. As they finished the promo though, Snashiro Takagi came out. He announces an event of some sorts for 12/23 (long way off) at Loft Shibuya.

Match 3: Jun Akiyama vs. Daichi Sato. 30 minute time limit
Result: Jun AKiyama beat Daichi Sato

Your new host is Haruo Murata.

Match 4: Hideki Okatani Return Match: Daisuke Sasaki & Hideki Okatani vs. KANON in a handicap match. 30 minute time limit
Result: Daisuke Sasaki & Hideki Okatani beat KANON. Okatani pinned KANON. Afterwards, Damnataion T.A. beat down KANON and also Kazuma Sumi who tried to break it up until a masked man made the save, who then revealed himself to be MAO.

Match 5: Minoru Suzuki & Yuki Ueno vs. HARASHIMA & Danshoku Dieno. 30 minute time limit
Result: Double Countout. Suzuki & Dieno counted out. Afterwards, a promo between them led to Suzuki vs. Dieno being made for the May Korakuen event. As Suzuki left, Yoshihiko appeared from the upper level of the venue. Suzuki just brushed it off.

Match 6: KO-D Tag Team Champions Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura vs. Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Tag Team Champions Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura beat Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura to retain the titles. Abe pinned Nakamura. V1 for the champs.

Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes vs. Yuya Koroku for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes beat Yuya Koroku to retain the title. V4 for Brookes. Next up: Sounds like it will be the KING OF DDT Tournament winner meaning it’s going to be at least a couple months.

The KING OF DDT schedule is announced in a video with commentary talking over it:
Round 1 on 5/6: Antonio Honda vs. Yuki Ueno, Daisuke Sasaki vs. Akito, KANON vs. Shunma Katsumata, Yukio Naya vs. Daichi Sato, Hideki Okatani vs. To-y, Chris Brookes vs. HARASHIMA, Takeshi Masada vs. Yuya Koroku, Shinya Aoki vs. Kazusada Higuchi
Round 2 on 5/10 at Shinjuku Face.
Finals on 5/25 at Korakuen. So unless Brookes wins, the next challenger should get the title shot in June or July.

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

DDT ran their now-monthly “Meet & Greet & Fight” event today in Tokyo.

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

The paid attendance was not announced.

The show started with the now-usual NwA Jr. perofrmance as they are now DDT’s version of Up Up Girls. During which…

Kazuma Sumi beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Yuni to win the title. Sumi becomes the 1739th Champion.
And then…
Yuni beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Kazuma Sumi to win the title. Yuni becomes the 1740th Champion.
And right after that…
Shunma Katsumata beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Yuno to win the title. Katsumata becomes the 1741st Champion.

Match 1: Illusion beat Yuni.

Match 2: Kazuki Hirata beat Mecha To-y.

Match 3: HARASHIMA & Yukio Naya beat Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida. Naya pinned Ishida after a chokeslam.

Main Event: Keigo Nakamura & Yuya Koroku beat Takeshi Masada & Kazuma Sumi. Nakamura pinned Sumi.

The next event is Sunday at Korakuen Hall with Chris Brookes vs. Koroku for the KO-D Openweight Championship, a KO-D Tag Team Championship match and the return of Naomi Yoshimura after 2 1/2 years out due to injuries. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese will begin Saturday at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET and likely will include a pre-show match scheduled for 7:10 PM PT/10:10 PM ET. The official event starts at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

DDT ran their third Spoiler Free Wrestling event today, where fans and basically everyone was prohibited from posting online or on social media about the event-anything related to it-until midnight after the event ended.

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

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1; Shunma Katsumata, MAO & Makoto Oishi beat DDT Iron Man Heaymetalweoght Champion Shunma Katsumata, Yuni & Kazuma Suni, with Yuni pinning Katsumata to win the title. Yuni becomes the 1738th Champion.

Matxh 2: The results of a Secret Accomplice Match were not announced.

Match 3: Kazuki Hirata beat Yuya Koroku.

Match 4: In a Baseball Knuckle Match, where the loser of rock-paper-scissors games at specific intervals had to remove a piece of clothing and the first to remove a specified number of clothes loses, Danshoku Dieno beat To-y.

Match 5: Stone Cold Steve Ochinochin Jr. wen a 12 man battle royal, last eliminating Stone Cold Steve Ochinochin. All participants were parodies of former wrestling legends, mostly from WWF/E.

Main Event: Results were not announced.

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

In other news, a second Daisuke Sasaki Produced event, CHARISMANIA 2, was announced for 6/18 at Shinjuku Face. Damnation T.A. participation has been announced for the event.