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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

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

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.

DDT ran their first-ever Wedding Pro Wrestling event today in Gifu, having been previously postponed after being scheduled for last summer due to weather (impending hurricane) but today they had perfect conditions. And yes, there was an actual wedding.

Today’s event was held at Centil Le Saison in Gifu and the first part of the event will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1; Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & Illusion beat JJ Fano, Yuni & Keigo Nakamura. Sasaki pinned Yuni after Vietnam Driver 2.

Match 2: Yuya Koroku beat Keigo Nakamura.

Match 3: MAO, Jun Akiyama & Yukio Naya beat Kazusada Higuchi, Toru Owashi & Kazume Sumi. MAO pinned Sumi after Iai Kick.

Main Event: Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada vs. Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & To-y went to a double countout. Which led to…
Main Event (again): In a Falls Count Anywhere match, Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & To-y beat Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada. Ueno pinned Honda after a diving body press onto a table.

They moved inside afterwards for the wedding and, at the reception, a special match.
Result: In a Falls Count Anywhere match, HARASHIMA & Akito beat Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata. HARASHIMA pinned Hirata after Blue Sword.

The next event is Tuesday at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage in Tokyo for a SPOILER-FREE event, meaning no posts about the match, including results, are allowed until after midnight that day anywhere. There will, of course because of this, be no live broadcast.

DDT ran an event in Nagoya today in between Tokyo Joshi Pro’s events there this weekend.

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: Yukio Naya beat Yuki Ishida & JJ Fano in a 3-way by pinning Ishida.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & Illusion beat Toru Owashi, Yasu Urano & Yuni. Illusion pinned Yuni after a swanton bomb.

Match 3: Jun Akiyama beat Antonio Honda.

Match 4: Yuya Koroku & Kazusada Higuchi beat Chris Brookes & Kazuma Sumi. Koroku pinned Yuni after a transformed sky twister press.

Match 5: Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura beat Minoru Suzuki & Akito. Nakamura pinned Akito.

Main Event: Yuki ueno, MAO, Shunma Katsumata & To-y beat HARASHIMA, Danshoku Dieno, Kazuki Hirata & Takeshi Masada. MAO pinned Hirata after Our Madmax. Afterwards, as he had previously announced he would do after this match, MAO left The37Kamiina to be on his own.

The next event is tomorrow at Sentil La Saison in Gifu. It will be cancelled if weather is bad due to being outdoors. There will be no live broadcast. If it happens, on demand will be available Wednesday.

DDT ran the second half of their latest Tokyo doubleheader today.

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: In a Scramble Pie Bunkhouse Street Fight, where the first wrestler to throw a pie at an opponent won, MJ Paul & Illusion beat Kazuma Sumi & Tomomitsu Matsunaga and Makoto Oishi & Akito in a 3-way when Illusion threw a pie at Sumi.

Match 2: Kazusada Higuchi, Yuki Ueno & Shunma Katsumata beat Takao Soma, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida. Katsumata pinned Ishida after an airplane spin Death Valley Bomb.

Match 3: In a 5000 Yen Pocketbook Deathmatch, where apparently you had to hit a move onto a pocketbook to win, Takeshi Masada & Keigo Nakamura beat Yuni & Munetatsu Nakamura.

Match 4: Yuya Koroku beat JJ Fano.

Match 5: MAO beat Daisuke Sasaki to become King Of Drunk.

Main Event: Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda beat Chris Brookes & Danshoku Dieno. Honda pinned Dieno after a diving fist drop.

The next event is Saturday at Chunichi Hall in Nagoya. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

/DDT ran the first half of a midweek doubleheader in Tokyo 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.

There were several changes to the card due to the last-second removal of Kazuma Sumi. The always-vague poor health.

Match 1: Shishamo Power beat Yuni.

Match 2: MJ Paul & Illusion beat Takeshi Masada & JJ Fano. Paul pinned Fano after a reverse splash.

Match 3: Kazuki Hirata won a Falls Count Anywhere Blindfold Bunkhouse Scramble Elimination Match, last eliminating Antonio Honda. Order of elimination: HARASHIMA DQ’d, Chris Brookes DQ’d, Danshoku Dieno DQ’d, Honda by Hirata.

Match 4: Jun Akiyama & Yuya Koroku beat Takuya Nomura & Tomomitsu Matsubaga. Koroku pinned Matsunaga after Transformed Triangle Lancer.

Match 5: In a Cherry Blossom Viewing King Of Drunk Qualifying Battle Royal, the “winners” as the last 2 left were Daisuke Sasaki & MAO. Order of elimination: Kazusada Hoguchi DQ’d, Takao Soma DQ’d, Yukio Naya DQ’d, Shunma Katsumata by Sasaki, Yuki Ueno by Sasaki, Yuki Ishida by Sasaki.

Main Event: Fuminori Abe beat Keigo Nakamura.

The next event is tomorrow. There will be no live broadcast. On demand scheduled for Sunday.

Injuries are piling up again for DDT despite some pending returns (Kazusada Higuchi is back after an extended absence and Naomi Yoshimura returns in April after being out over 2 1/2 years), an update came out today not for the serious injury to Masa Takanashi (a big focus among the roster at yesterday’s event as many post-match promos/comments focused on him) but to the also-injured To-y. Unspecified injury which kept him out last week, still don’t know what it is but he is now out at least another week, That means he is now off Wednesday & Thursday. Several changes have been made to both events.