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DDT began their September schedule today with a house show in Miyagi.

Today’s event was held at Yume Messe Miyagi in Miyagi and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Makoto Oishi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Masami Inahata.

Match 2: Shunma Katsumata, Danshoku Dieno & Yuni beat Kazuki Hirata, Akito & Hinata Kasai. Yuni pinned Kasai with Jorge Clutch.

Match 3: Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya beat Junta Miyawaki & Yuki Ishida. Iino pinned Ishida after a spear. This was the first match in DDT for Iino following the announcement this week that he will jump to Pro Wrestling NOAH full-time in November.

Match 4: Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA & Antonio Honda beat Jun Akiyama, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Kazuma Sumi. Honda pinned Masunaga.

Match 5: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & Illusion beat Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato. Illusion pinned Masada.

Main Event: MAO, KANON & Viento Levante beat Yuki Ueno, To-y & Kaisei Takechi. Levante pinned To-y.

The next event is Wednesday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET but possibly earlier due to a potential pre-show match listed.

DEVELOPING: DDT will be holding a press conference soon with and regarding Yuki Iino. No word on what it’s about but my first thought is possibly relating to perhaps joining the “temporary” exodus of notable talent (Tetsuya Endo & Junta Miyawaki) between DDT and Pro Wrestling NOAH as Iino is now almost full-time in NOAH now.

The presser is scheduled for 6 PM PT/9 PM ET and can be watched LIVE FOR FREE on YouTube:

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: My intuition was right. Iino is leaving DDT to officially join NOAH. His DDT contract and time will end with ULTIMATE PARTY 2026 on 11/3 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, then he will transfer to NOAH. This was Iino’s decision and DDT is/will be supportive of the move.

DDT held a special free event alongside boat races today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Boat Race Tamagawa in Tokyo and may be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

This was a free event for boat race attendees so there would have been no paid attendance (except for the races).

Match 1: Yukio Naya, Viento Levante & Takao Soma beat Junta Miyawaki, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yuki Ishida. Naya pinned Matsunaga after The World’s Largest Backdrop.

Match 2: Takeshi Masada & Yuya Koroku beat Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata in 6 seconds. Masada pinned Hirata after a big boot. Which led to…
Match 2 (again): Takeshi Masada & Yuya Koroku beat Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata. Masada pinned Hirata.

Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Illusion beat Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA, Antonio Honda & Hinata Kasai. Okayani pinned Kasai after a skewered Claymore.

Match 4: MAO & KANON beat Naomi Yoshimura & Kazuma Sumi. MAO pinned Sumi.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & To-y beat Sanshiro Takagi, Jun Akiyama & Masami Inahata. To-y pinned Inahata. Afterwards, the main event participants stuck around to watch the remaining races with fans and see if their bets won. It sounded like, for the most part, they did not. Always next time!

The next event is Sunday at Yume Messe Miyagi in Miyagi. There will be no live broadcast. On demand 9/9.

DDT wraps up August with their monthly Tokyo signature event today. Less than 3 weeks after WRESTLE PETER PAN, their biggest event of the year, it’s another major event with 4 title matches currently planned. First up is a planned double title match between DDT Extreme & Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Shunma Katsumata & O-MENZ Kumadori, emphasis on planned because you never know what may happen with the 24/7 Iron Man title. For the Extreme portion, it will be a NO REPEAT Match, meaning if either wrestler uses any move more than once in the match, excluding strikes, they are immediately DQ’d. Over the top rope rules will also be in effect meaning if one wrestler goes over the top rope and both feet touch the floor outside the ring, they lose. The match will happen for the Extreme title even if Katsumata loses the Iron Man title. Second will be a KO-D Tag Team Championship match: Originally planned to be Jun Akiyama & Rukiya challenging new champions Shinya Aoki & Junta Miyawaki, they had to change plans due to a Rukiya illness so Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata now get the title shot. Third seems like a title change waiting to happen as DDT Universal Champion Ryusuke Taguchi returns from New Japan to defend the title against Daisuke Saskai. Finally, in the main event, KO-D Openweight Champion MAO defends the title against Daichi Sato, which on paper seems like a foregone result-to-be but there’s still a “Money In The Bank” title shot waiting to be cashed in anytime, anywhere and must be cashed in within the next month. Currently it’s held by Chris Brookes but he could lose it earlier in the card, same for the right to challenge for the right, currently held by Antonio Honda and in the same situation. So until those are cashed in, card subject to change.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. O-MENZ Hannya, considered the leader of the group, and Super Sasdango Machine will be today’s guests on commentary. There is a pre-show match planned before the event, so between that and the title matches I expect this to be a longer Korakuen event than normal, with a running time of at least 3 hours, maybe pushing 3 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Pre-show:
Naomi Yoshimura & Tomomitsu Matsunaga vs. Yuni & Yuki Ishida

Main show:
HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano, Akito & Takao Soma vs. Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku, Kazuma Sumi & Masami Inahata
Yuki Ueno & To-y vs. Jun Akiyama & Fuminori Abe
KANON, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante vs. Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Illusion and Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Hinata Kasai in a 3-way*
DDT Extreme Champion Shunma Katsumata vs. O-MENZ Kumadori in a NO REPEAT match for the title**
KO-D Tag Team Champions Shinya Aoki & Junta Miyawaki vs. Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata for the titles
DDT Universal Champion Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Daisuke Sasaki for the title
KO-D Openweight Champion MAO vs. Daichi Sato for the title

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 7:10 PM PT/10:10 PM ET when the pre-show is scheduled to begin. The live stream is scheduled to begin at that time. The main show will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

*-If Brookes or Honda is beaten to take the loss, whoever beat them takes their respective challenge rights
**-If either is DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion at match time, which currently is Katsumata, this will be a double title match for that title. It’s for the Extreme title regardless

Pre-show Update: The start of the live stream has been moved up to 7 PM PT/10 PM ET.

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

7:08 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your host is Satoshi Dairaku. It sounds like Kagehiro Osano’s headset isn’t working yet. (It soon got fixed)

The paid attendance will not be announced after the event. Not quite a pre-event sellout.

Pre-show match: Naomi Yoshimura & Tomomitsu Matsunaga vs. Yuni & Yuki Ishida. 15 minute time limit
Result; Naomi Yoshimura & Tomomitsu Matsunaga beat Yuni & Yuki Ishida. Yoshimura pinned Ishida.

Updates will resume when the main show begins.

Main show:
Scheduled to begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.
Super Sasadango Machine joins commentary after the pre-show match.

The matches begin at 7:33 PM PT/10:33 PM ET.

Match 1: HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano, Akito & Takao Soma vs. Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku, Kazuma Sumi & Masami Inahata. 15 minute time limit
Result: HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano, Akito & Takao Soma beat Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku, Kazuma Sumi & Masami Inahata. Soma pinned Inahata.

Match 2: Yuki Ueno & To-y vs. Jun Akiyama & Fuminori Abe. 15 minute time limit
Result: Jun Akiyama & Fuminori Abe beat Yuki Ueno & To-y. Abe beat To-y with an armbar.

Match 3: KANON, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante vs. Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Illusion and Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Hinata Kasai in a 3-way. 30 minute time limit
Result: Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Illusion beat KANON, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante and Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Hinata Kasai in a 3-way when Illusion pinned Honda. As a result, Illusion wins the right to challenge for the challenge rights from Honda.

Quick break for GM Imabayashi with the opening announcements. Sanshiro Takagi is brought out right away. Machine & Akito quickly join. What it was all about later.

Your new host is Haruo Murata. O-MENZ Hannya is your new guest on commentary along with Machine.

Match 4: DDT Extreme Champion & DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Shunma Katsumata vs. O-MENZ Kumadori in a NO REPEAT match for the titles. If a wrestler uses a move more than once except for strikes, that wrestler is DQ’d. Also win by over the top rope. 1 Hour time limit
Result: DDT Extreme & Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Shunma Katsumata beat O-MENZ Kumadori to retain the titles. V1 (Extreme) for Katsumata. Which led to…
O-MENZ Kumadori beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Shunma Katsumata to win the title. Kumadori becomes the 1903rd Champion.

Match 5: KO-D Tag Team Champions Shinya Aoki & Junta Miyawaki vs. Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Tag Team Champions Shinya Aoki & Junta Miyawaki beat Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata to retain the titles. Miyawaki pinned Hirata with Sunshine Clutch. V1 for the champs.

Match 6: DDT Universal Champion Ryusuke Taguchi (New Japan) vs. Daisuke Sasaki for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: DDT Universal Champion Ryusuke Taguchi beat Daisuke Sasaki by submission to retain the title. V1 for Taguchi. Well I was totally wrong about this one! Afterwards, Akito with microphone. Announcement of next challenger…Honda? Yep, Akito makes it official. They said Korakuen so it looks like 9/20.

Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion MAO vs. Daichi Sato for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Openweight Champion MAO beat Daichi Sato to retain the title. V1 for MAO. Afterwards, GM Imabayashi with microphone for the next challenger reveal. Next up: Fuminori Abe. That match will happen on 9/20. But remember Chris Brookes still has a title shot rights and time is running out to use it, and Illusion has the rights to challenge for the rights.

The next event is Wednesday at Boatrace Tamagawa in Tokyo, which is a free event taking part alongside boat races. There will be no live broadcast. On demand TBD.

UPDATE: The 2 title matches for the next Korakuen are now official. Wrong date listed above as I misread the schedule-it’s 9/21, not 9/20. (Technically 9/20 in the US as it’s 9/21 Japan time)

Next up for Katsumata for the Extreme title: Ryota Nakatsu. That match will happen on 9/27 at Shinjuku Face at the promotion’s final event there before the venue closes (not counting a Super Japan/Sanshiro Takagi Produced event there on 9/28).

DDT ran yet another Beer Garden Pro Wrestling 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 Friday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced.

There were last-minute changes to the card due to Daisuke Sasaki being pulled off the event. Continuing a comedy storyline involving alligators and Sasaki showing up in such a costume.

Match 1: In a Ueno-style Rock & Roll Deathmatch, Shunma Katsumata & Kazuma Suni beat To-y & Yuya Koroku. Sumi pinned To-y.

Immediately afterwards…

Shunma Katsumata beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Kazuma Sumi to win the title. Katsumata becomes the 1092nd Champion.

Match 2: Antonio Honda beat KANON. As a result, Honda wins the right to challenge for the remaining “Money In The Bank” title shot right anytime, anywhere from KANON. (The remaining one is currently held by Katsumata)

Match 3: Sanshiro Takagi, Akito, Junta Miyawaki & Masami Inahata beat Jun Akiyama, HARASHIMA, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yuki Ishida. Miyawaki pinned Ishida with Sunshine Clutch.

Match 4: MAO, Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante beat Crocodile D. Sasa (Daisuke Sasaki), Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Illusion. MAO pinned Illusion after Michinoku Driver 2 into a trash can.

Match 5: Yuki Ueno & Chris Brookes beat Kazuki Hirata & Hinata Kasai. Ueno pinned Hirata after Sunny Lariat.

Main Event: Danshoku Dieno vs. Takeshi Masada, Yuni & Daichi Sato in a 4-way went to a no contest. Outside interference. Which led to…
Main Event (again): Yuki Ueno, Chris Brookes, Kazuki Hirata & Hinata Kasai beat Danshoku Dieno, Takeshi Masada, Yuni & Daichi Sato. Brookes pinned Honda after a piledriver into a pool. As a result, Brookes wins the “Money In The Bank” title shot rights from Dieno.

The next event is Sunday at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 7:30 PM PT/10;30 PM ET.

DDT has provided an injury update on Rukiya. Who missed last week’s events due to fever and was expected back around now. Unfortunately following further medical exams that will not happen because it’s worse. Acute pharyngitis (?) and acute tonsillitis. Out at least another 2 weeks as the promotion says through early September. As a result, the planned KO-D Tag Team Championship match on 8/30, where Rukiya was to have teamed with Jun Akiyama to face Shinya Aoki & Junta Miyawaki for the titles, is now off.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata will now face Aoki & Miyawaki for the titles on 8/30.

DDT ran a post-WRESTLE PETER PAN event today in Tokyo.

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: Yuki Ishida vs. Kazuma Sumi, Masami Inahata & Hinaya Kasai in a 4-way went to a no contest. Which led to…
Match 1 (again): In a handicap match, Yuki Ishida, Kazuma Sumi, Masami Inahata & Hinata Kasai beat Kazuki Hirata, Danshoku Dieno & Antonio Honda in 6 seconds. Rukiya pinned Hinata. However, the real winner was the absent Rukiya.

In the aftermath of this…

Kazuma Suni beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Danshoku Dieno to win the title. Sumi becomes the 1901st Champion.

Match 3: Illusion beat Super Sasadamgo Machine’s Title Belt. Illusion actually wins that belt (King Of Sasadango).

Main Event: KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions KANON, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante beat Taleshi Masada, Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato to retain the titles. Levante pinned Masada after a Naya knee lift. V1 for the champs. Next up: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & Illusion. That match will happen on 9/21 at Korakuen Hall.

The next event is 8/30 at Korakuen Hall with 4 title matches scheduled. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 8/29 at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

DDT ran another Beer Garden Pro Wrestling event today in Tokyo, their final one at Shinjuju Face before the venue closes at the end of September.

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

The paid attendance was not announced.

Pre-Show match: GM Imabayashi beat Tetsuya Koda (Tokyo joshi Pro Representative Director). As a result, Koda must retire. Presumably from wrestling although he only has previously competed as Pocotan and only recently.

Match 1: Takao Soma, Naomi Yoshimira & Yuki Ishida beat Jun Akiyama, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Masami Inahata. Soma pinned Matsunaga after a DDT.

Match 2: Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato beat Antonio Honda & Hinata Kasai. Koroku beat Kasai with a jumping armbar.

Match 3: Yukio Naya & Viento Levante beat Hideki Okatani & Illusion and Kazuma Sumi & Yuni in a 3-way when Levante pinned Yuni.

Match 4: Keisuke Ishii, Dansboku Dieno & Junta Miyawaki beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Shunma Katsumata, Yuki Iino & Kazuki Hirata when Dieno pinned Katsumata to win the title. Dieno becomes the 1900th Champion. As a result, Dieno also wins the “Money In The Bank” title shot challenge right from Katsumata. Oh dear…MAO best watch his back now. But remember there is also a challenge right for the challenge right still out there, currently held by KANON.

Match 5: Daisuke Sasaki beat 2 fake Daisuke Sasakis in a 3-way by beating both.

Main Event: MAO, Yuki Ueno & HARASHIMA beat Chris Brookes, KANON & To-y. Ueno pinned To-y after Jul.2.

The next event is Monday at Kanda Myojin Hall in Tokyo for a mini-event with just 3 matches, although one is a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship match. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

In other news, the main event for the final event at Shinjuku Face on 9/30, being promoted by DDT & CyberFight Corporation, has been announced: Aja Kong & Chihiro Hashimoto vs. Mayumi Ozaki & Sareee.

UPDATE: In backstage comments, GM Imabayashi also retired as a wrestler. I have a feeling Danshiku Dieno will make that not last.

In addition to their post-WRESTLE PETER PAN presser earlier today, DDT also ran the first half of a Beer Garden Pro Wrestling doubleheader after that.

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

The paid attendance was not announced.

There were last-minute changes to the card due to Rukiya being pulled off the event. Fever. Out 1 week for now.

Pre-show match: Yoshihiko beat Illusion.

At the end of the NwA Jr. opening…
Shunma Katsumata beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion MAO to win the title. Katsumata becomes the 1896th Champion. Which led to…
Yuni beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Shunma Katsumata to win the title. Yuni becomes the 1897th Champion.

Match 1: Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato beat Jun Akiyama & Tomomiitsu Matsunaga. Sato pinned Matsunaga after a rolling elbow strike.

Match 2: KANON, Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante beat Sanshiro Tagaki, Akito, Takao Soma & Yuki Ishida in 17 seconds. Iino pinned Ishida after a lariat. Which led to…
Match 2 (again): KANON, Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante beat Sanshiro Tagaki, Akito, Takao Soma & Yuki Ishida . KANON beat Ishida with a ground cobra twist.

Match 3: Hideki Okatani & MJ Paul beat HARASHIMA & Hinata Kasai. Okatani pinned Kasai after a vertical drop brainbuster.

Match 4: In a Rock & Roll Deathmatch, Junta Miyawaki beat A. YAZAWA, To-y & Kazuki Hirata in a 4-way by pinning YAZAWA.

Match 5: Naomi Yoshimura, Masami Inahata & O-MENZ Kumadori beat Shunna Katsumata, DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Yuni & Kazuma Sumi when Kumadori pinned Yuni to win the title. Kumadori becomes the 1898th Champion. He then issued a DDT Extreme Championship challenge to Katsumata. That match will happen on 8/30 at Korakuen Hall. Which led to…
Shunma Katsumata beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion O-MENZ Kumadori to win the title. Katsumata becomes thee 1899th Champion. Should Katsumata be Iron Man champion on 8/30 the title match will be for both titles. If not, it’s just for the Extreme title.

Main Event: In an Enter Sandman match, MAO beat Yuki Ueno, Brahman Sasaki (Daisuke Sasaki), Chris Brookes, Danshoku Dieno, Takeshi Masada & Super Sasadango Machine in a 7-way by pinning Machine. Afterwards, Sato came out to issue a KO-D Openweight Championship challenge to MAO. That match will happen on 8/30. However, keep in mind Katsumata still has a “Money In The Bank” title shot challenge right he can use anytime, anywhere. And also keep in mind that KANON has a right to challenge for the title shot right to use in the same way. So very much Card Subject To Change.

The next event is tomorrow, which will be the final Beer Garden event at the venue. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

DDT held a post-WRESTLE PETER PAN presser today in Tokyo, which you can watch FOR FREE on YouTube. There was one noteworthy item coming from it-Takao Soma is leaving the promotion at the end of September, which was his decision in part to try things outside of wrestling. He will continue his career as a freelancer and will also step down as manager of the Dropkick sports bar.

Soma debuted in DDT in August 2009 and is a 3-time KO-D Tag Team Champion and 8-time KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champion. His last DDT event will be 9/27 at Shinjuku Face. He didn’t say much about his outside wrestling plans except “I have some thoughts on it, but it’s something I want to say after it happens.”

UPDATE: While DDT Extreme Champion Shunma Katsumata was also at the presser, they didn’t talk about his next challenger. But based on social media posts afterwards, it looks like next up will be O-MENZ Kumadori.