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DDT kicked off KING OF GATE 2024, one of the promotion’s 2 annual single tournaments, today with Round 1. This is a single-elimination format tournament with 16 participants.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1025, a full house/near sellout.

Pre-show:
Match 1: Takao Soma, Keigo Nakamura & Yuya Koroku beat Yuni, Illusion & Kazuma Sumi. Nakamura pinned Sumia fter a diving headbutt.
Match 2: Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi & Tomomitsu Matsunaga beat Shunma Katsumata, Akito & Kazuki Hirata in 8 seconds. Oishi pinned Hirata with a tornado clutch. Which led to…
Match 2 (again): Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi & Tomomitsu Matsunaga beat Shunma Katsumata, Akito & Kazuki Hirata. Oishi pinned Hirata with a tornado clutch.

Main show:
All matches were KING OF DDT Round 1 matches, no time limit.
Match 1: MAO beat Poison Sawada JULIE.
Match 2: To-y beat KANON.
Match 3: Sanshiro Takagi beat Yuki Ueno.
Match 4; Daisuke Sasaki beat Yuki Iino.
Match 5: Kazusada Higuchi beat Yukio Naya.
Match 6: Shuji Ishikawa beat HARASHIMA.
Match 7: Tetsuya Endo beat Danshoku Dieno.
Main Event: Chris Brookes beat Takeshi Masada.

The Quarterfinals are Saturday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and will be MAO vs. To-y, Takagi vs. Sasaki, Higuchi vs. Ishikawa and Endo vs. Brookes. After all matches, a random draw to determine the Semifinal matches will be held.

The next event is ALL TOGETHER, a special charity fundraiser event for Noto Peninsula earthquake recovery efforts featuring DDT, New Japan and Pro Wrestling NOAH, tomorrow at Nippon Budokan. Live streaming as a PPV only on ABEMA worldwide will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET. The earliest it may be available without paywalls on New Japan World and/or WRESTLE UNIVERSE will be May 19 (when the PPV window ends).

DDT ran the first event of a special collaboration today with Zeekstar, a Tokyo-based pro handball team.

Today’s event was held at Sumida General Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 687.

Pre-show match: Kazuma Sumi beat Yuni & Illusion in a 3-way by pinning Yuni.

Match 1: Keigo Nakamura Return Match: DDT Universal Champion MAO beat Keigo Nakamura to retain the title. V8 for MAO.

Match 2: Kazusada Higuchi & Yuya Koroku beat Yukio Naya & Rukiya. Higuchi beat Rukiya with a Canadian backbreaker.

Match 3: KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Champions Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi, Antonio Honda, Takeshi Masada & Mecha Mummy beat Toru Owashi, Hiroshi Yamato, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Takao Soma & Shuichiro Kawamatsu to retain the titles. Masada pinned Matsunaga. V2 for the champs.

Match 4: Sanshiro Unagi (Sanshiro Takagi) beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Sayaka Unagi to win the title. Sanshiro becomes the 1626th Champion. Which led to…

Sayaka Unagi beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Sanshiro Unagi to win the title. Unagi becomes the 1627th Champion. Which led to…

Sanshiro Unagi beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Sayaka Unagi to win the title. Sanshiro becomes the 1628th Champion.

Match 5: Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino beat Shunma Katsumata & To-y. Endo pinned To-y after Burning Star Press.

Intermission. During which…

Jister (a member of Zeekstar Tokyo) beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Sanshiro Unagi to win the title. Jister becomes the 1629th Champion.

Match 6: HARASHIMA beat Kazuki Hirata.

Match 7: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON beat DDT 6-Man Tag Team Champions Jun Akiyama, Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi to win the titles. Sasaki, Paul & KANON become the 54th KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions. Sasaki beat Oishi with a crossface.

Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion Yuki Ueno beat Akito to retain the title. V4 for Ueno.

The next event is Sunday at Sapporo Sunplaza Kanaeda Room in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT held what was billed as the first “Spoiler-Free Wrestling” event today, as fans were not allowed to post any results, photos/videos, etc. to social media and the promotion would not post any results from the event until the end of the day, which was a short time ago (about an hour before this was posted).

Today’s event was held at Tsurumi Fruit & Vegetable Market in Kanagawa and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 312, a super full house/very near sellout.

Before the matches began, there was a brawl involving Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno, Rukiya & Takeshi Masada until HARASHIMA intervened. There were also changes to upcoming events: On 4/28, Keigo Nakamura’s return match against MAO is now for the DDT Universal Championship, and on next up for the DDT Extreme Champion Shunma Katsumata is, by his choice, Antonio Honda. That match will happen on 5/17.

Match 1; In a No DQ Match, Daisuke Sasaki & KANON vs. Bad Buddy Yuni & Pitochico Sumi (Kazuma Sumi) was suddenly changed mid-match. Which led to…
Match 1 (again): Bad Buddy Yuni beat Pitochico Sumi by submission.

Match 2: In a No Ropes elimination match, where a wrestler was eliminated by falling out of the ring, Kazusada Higuchi beat Gota Ihashi, Yukio Naya & MJ Paul. Order of elimination: Paul by Naya, Naya by Higuchi, Ihashi by Higuchi.

Match 3: Yuki Iino & Yuki “Sexy” Iino (Rukiya I believe, based on photos) vs. Danshoku Dieno & Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno (Takeshi Masada) went to a no contest. Out of control. Apparently a one-day-only return for those deplorable Pheromons. Sort of.

Match 4: In a Special Rules Mixed Tag Match with 3 Minute Rounds (no limit), Akito Nishigaki (Akito) & Hayabucha (HARASHIMA) beat Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku at 2:59 of Round 3. Hayabucha pinned Koroku after Firebird Splash.

Match 5; Tyrannosaurus Inoue (MAO), Super Hardcore Katsumata (Shunma Katsumata) & To-y vs. Sanshi Takagi Robo (Sanshiro Takagi), Ripoff Musou (?) & Super Hardcore Chris (Chris Brookes) went to a double countout.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno & 3 other Yuki Uenos (MAO, Shunma Katsumata, Yo-y) beat Kazuki Hirata, Antonio Honda, another Kazuki Hirata (can’t tell who it really was yet) & another Antonio Honda (Kazusada Higuchi). The real Ueno pinned the real Hirata & Honda.

The next event is DDZT, a special 3-day collaboration event with Zeekstar Tokyo, a professional handball team in Tokyo, beginning Friday at Sumida City Gym in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET but may begin earlier as there is a pre-show match scheduled 15 minutes before the event.

DDT ran a standalone comedy event today featuring a seemingly heated battle between, of all things, fish & chicken. PROTEIN!!!

Today’s event was held at Shibushi City “Eel Station” Special Venue in Kagoshima and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 400, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Kazuki Hirata & Yukio Naya. Sasaki beat Hirata with a facelock.

Match 2: Danshoku Dieno beat Kazuma Sumi.

Match 3: Jun Akiyama & Sanshiro Takagi beat Takeshi Masada & Rukiya. Takagi pinned Rukiya after a slingblade style neckbreaker.

Match 4: Yuki Ueno, MAO & To-y beat Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku. Ueno pinned Koroku after MADMAX.

Main Event: Shishamo Power, Eel Mask & Super Eel Mask beat MR. CHICKEN (Makoto Oishi), THE FALCON (Chris Brookes) & EL TURKEY (Shunma Katsumata). Power beat CHICKEN with Shishamo Of Birdeater. Afterwards, in the show-ending promo, both sides “reconciled” and vowed to work together to give the world’s children the best protein to build their bodies strong. PROTEIN!!!

The next event is “Spoiler Prohibited Show Vol. 1” on 4/21 at Tsurumi Fruit & Vegetable Marker in Kanagawa. The promotion will prohibit fans from posting spoilers and match results on SNS/social media until the end of the day after the event, thus results almost certainly will not be available until the end of the day in Japan, which is 8 AM PT/11 AM ET in the US. There will (unsurprisingly) be no live broadcast.

DDT kicked off the DRAMATIC DREAM TOUR 2024 today with an event in Fukuoka.

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

The announced paid attendance was 251.

Match 1; Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi beat Danshoku Dieno & Kazuma Sumi in 4 seconds. Owashi pinned Sumi with La Magistral. Which led to…
Match 1 (again): Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi beat Danshoku DIeno & Kazuma Sumi. Takagi pinned Sumi after a sling blade style neckbreaker.

Match 2: Yukio Naya & To-y beat Kazuki Hirata & Takao Soma in 12 seconds. Naya pinned Hirata after an elbow drop. Which led to…
Match 2 (again): Yukio Naya & To-y beat Kazuki Hirata & Takao Soma. Naya pinned Hirata after a running knee strike.

Match 3: Azure Dragon beat DDT O-40 Champion Makoto Oishi to win the title. Dragon becomes the 5th DDT O-40 Champion.

Match 4: Chris Brookes, Takeshi Masada & Tomomitsu Matsunaga beat Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku. Brookes pinned Koroku after Double Impact.

Match 5: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Jun Akiyama & Rukiya. KANON beat Rukiya with a cobra twist.

Akito, HARASHIMA & Kota Umeda beat Yuki Ueno, MAO & Shunma Katsumata. Akito beat Katsumata with Goliath Birdeater.

The next event is Yamada Suisan Co., Ltd. presents “4.14 Shibushi Fish and Meat Battle @Eel Station” tomorrow at Shibushi City “Eel Station” Special Venue in Kagoshima. There will be no live broadcast. On demand release on WRESTLE UNIVERSE is scheduled for Wednesday.

After once again being part of “The Collective” in the US ahead of WWE WrestleMania, DDT is back in Japan for a short-turnaround event, their monthly tentpole tour beginner/ender in Tokyo-APRIL FOOL 2024. It sounds like everyone made it back safely ahead of today’s event, which has 2 title matches scheduled: First up is DDT Extreme Champion Shunma Katsumata vs. Hi69, coming over from Pro Wrestling NOAH, for the title in a “Lucky Draw! Calling for Pain Survival Kuji Great Battle!” (or something like that), which is no rope escapes or countouts, win only by pinfall or submission and various weapons will be available. In the second title match, KO-D Tag Team Champions Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino defend the titles against Jun Akiyama & Tomomitsu Matsunaga. The main event will feature a couple of Englanders teaming up as Zack Sabre Jr. comes over from New Japan Pro Wrestling to team with Chris Brookes against Yuki Ueno & MAO, just back from the US. Additionally, this will be the last time Hideki Okatani will be seen for a while as after today, he will be having ACL/knee surgery and will be out at least several months.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Actor Takumi Momose will be a special guest on commentary. There is now a pre-show match scheduled for 30 minutes before the event’s planned start time, so adding that in I anticipate this will be a “normal” Korakuen event with a total running time of about 3 hours. It will be going up against the last hour or two of WrestleMania Night 1 so I might be a little behind early on with updates.

Today’s lineup:
Pre-show:
Unpaid RUMBLE FINAL! aka Battle Royal

Main show:
Yuni & Yuya Koroku vs. Illusion & Munetatsu Nakamura
Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON vs. HARASHIMA, Yoshitatsu & Takeshi Masada and Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Naya & Hideki Okatani and Danshoku Dieno, Kazuki Hirata & Kazuma Sumi in a 4-way
D GENERATIONS CUP Final: To-y vs. Rukiya
Shinya Aoki vs. Chihiro Hashimoto
DDT Extreme Champion Shunma Katsumata vs. Hi69 for the title
KO-D Tag Team Champions Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino vs. Jun Akiyama & Tomomitsu Matsunaga for the titles
Chris Brookes & Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Yuki Ueno & MAO

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 6:45 PM PT/9:45 PM ET. The pre-show match is scheduled to begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET.

6:45 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 15 minutes for the pre-show match.

6:57 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano and special guest Takumi Momose.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The crowd will still be filing in over the next 30+ minutes but it looks like it’s set up for their usual 1000-1100. Based on advance ticket sales they’re probably trending for in the 700s. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1334, a super full house/very bear sellout. Unusually late arriving crowd, maybe due to WrestleMania? Night 1 ran against the first half of today’s event)

Pre-show match: Unpaid Fighter Battle Royal. Entrants are Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Akito and a ridiculous(ly long) list of comedy characters
Result: Sayaka Unagi won. She was the last entrant and eliminated Takagi. All the other participants were comedy impersonations of wrestlers or people who probably were extras, interns, etc. Even a teenage boy was in it. Afterwards, A Takagi-Unagi match for the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship currently held by Unagi was made for the future. Takagi then had all the participants come back in and crowd into and around the ring for the group photo op.

Main show:
Coming up momentarily as the pre-show went just over 30 minutes.

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

Match 1: Yuni & Yuya Koroku vs. Illusion & Munetatsu Nakamura. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuni & Yuya Koroku beat Illusion & Munetatsu Nakamura. Koroku beat Illusion with a cross armbar/wrist lock.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON vs. HARASHIMA, Yoshitatsu & Takeshi Masada and Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Naya & Hideki Okatani and Danshoku Dieno, Kazuki Hirata & Kazuma Sumi in a 4-way. 30 minute time limit. At the start, all 4 teams each were placed in a different corner of the venue and when the bell rang, they all rushed to the ring to begin the match.
Result: Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Naya & Hideki Okatani beat Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON,. HARASHIMA, Yoshitatsu & Takeshi Masada and Danshoku Dieno, Kazuki Hirata & Kazuma Sumi in a 4-way when Okatani pinned Sumi.

Match 3: D GENERATIONS CUP Final: To-y vs. Rukiya. No time limit
Result: To-y beat Rukiya to win the tournament. As a result, Yo-y gets into KING OF DDT 2024. They then announce the Round 1 matches for the tournament, so To-y’s “reward” is KANON. Round 1 is 5/5 at Korakuen.

Quick break for the opening announcements. During them, it was announced that Unagi-Takagi will be on 4/26 at Sumida City Gym in Tokyo along with a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship match and KO-D Openweight Champion Yuki Ueno vs. Akito for the title. UPDATE: Yuki Ishida also came out here and announced he will return on 5/16.

Match 4: Shinya Aoki vs. Chihiro Hashimoto (Sendai Girls). 15 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw

Match 5: DDT Extreme Champion Shunma Katsumata vs. Hi69 (Pro Wrestling NOAH) in a Great Kuji Survival Match for the title. No rope escapes, no countouts, lucky weapons are in each corner that can be used. 1 Hour time limit
Result: DDT Extreme Champion Shunma Katsumata beat Hi69 to retain the title. V2 for Katsumata.

Quick break for ring cleaning.

Match 6: KO-D Tag Team Champions Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino vs. Jun Akiyama & Tomomitsu Matsunaga for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Tag Team Champions Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino beat Jun Akiyama & Tomomitsu Matsunaga to retain the titles. Iino pinned Matsunaga after a lariat. V2 for the champs.

Main Event: Chris Brookes & Zack Sabre Jr. (New Japan) vs. Yuki Ueno & MAO. 30 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw

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

DDT held the first day of their traditional spring “Beer Garden Pro Wrestling” event today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage in Tokyo and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Sunday. There was no live broadcast. Speaking of WRESTLE UNIVERSE, remember the new price increases take effect today.

The announced paid attendance was 311.

There was a last-minute change to the event card because Makoto Oishi was injured in Ganbare Pro yesterday. Neck. Seems to be mild and today’s absence was more of a precaution.

D GENERATIONS Cup:
Match 1: Illusion beat Yuni by submission.
Match 2: To-y beat Tsubasa Suzuki.
Match 3: Munetatsu Nakamura beat Kazuma Sumi.
Match 4: Rukiya beat Yuya Koroku. That can be called a mild upset.

Match 5: Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & MJ Paul beat HARASHIMA, Yukio Naya & Hideki Okatani. KANON beat Okatani with a ground cobra twist.

Match 6: Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino beat Yoshitatsu & Tomomitsu Matsunaga. Iino pinned Mateunaga after a spear. Matsunaga was the replacement for Oishi.

Match 7: Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada beat Danshoku Dieno, Yoshihiko & Pokotan. Brookes pinned Pokotan.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, MAO & Shunma Katsumata beat Akito, Kazusada Higuchi & Kazuki Hirata. Ueno pinned Hirata after WR.

The D GENERATION Cup is a single-elimination tournament, so as a result of today the Semifinals are Illution vs. To-y and Nakamura vs. Rukiya. The Semifinals are on the next event with the Finals on 4/7 at Korakuen Hall. The winner gets an entry into this year’s KING OF DDT Tournament.

Day 2 of this event is Tuesday. There will be no live broadcast.