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DDT runs their monthly tour-ending Tokyo big event today, “NEW YEAR, NEW HERO 2025-The Beginning Of A New Story”. 3 title matches are part of today’s card with the main event being a KO-D Openweight Championship match as Chris Brookes defends against Shuji Ishikawa. There also will be a DDT Universal Championship match as Gringo Loco, who shocked fans by winning the title in the US last November just hours after Miyu Yamashita became the first woman to win the title, defends against Yuki Ueno. (On a side note, it appears Loco has made 2 defenses outside DDT as this is being billed as the 3rd defense) There also is a DDT Extreme Championship match as Danshoku Dieno defends the title against Gorgeous Matsuno, with the special rule being 1 count pinfalls but otherwise normal rules.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Marika Tani will be making her semi-regular appearance as a guest on commentary. This is a bigger monthly big event with the title matches so I anticipate it being on the longer end of “normal” Korakuen events with a running time of close to 3 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Takao Soma & Yukio Naya vs. Yuki Iino & Daichi Sato
MAO & Toru Owashi vs. Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda
Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & HANON vs. HARASHIMA, Jun Akiyama & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
DDT Extreme Champion Danshoku Dieno vs. Gorgeous Matsuno for the title. 1 Count pinfalls, otherwise normal rules
Takeshi Masada, Keigo Nakamura, Illusion & Yuki Ishida vs. To-y, Yuya Koroku, Yuni & Kazuma Sumi
DDT Universal Champion Gringo Loco vs. Yuki Ueno for the title
KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes vs. Shuji Ishikawa for the title

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Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. The livestream is scheduled to begin 20 minutes before the event.

6:20 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Satoshi Dairaku, Kagehiro Osano & Marika Tani. We will be joined later by Haruo Murata.

As now seems to be the pattern going forward starting the year, the paid attendance likely will not be announced after the event. So no estimates for DDT anymore.

The matches should begin in 15-20 minutes.

An NwA Jr. performance starts the pre-event festivities.

The matches begin at 6:35 PM PT/9:35 PM ET.

Match 1: Takao Soma & Yukio Naya vs. Yuki Iino & Daichi Sato (Heat Up). 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Iino & Daichi Sato beat Takao Soma & Yukio Naya. Iino pinned Soma after a spear.

Match 2: MAO & Toru Owashi vs. Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda. 30 minute time limit
Result: MAO & Toru Owashi beat Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda. MAO pinned Honda with a bridge.

Quick break for the opening announcements. No GM Imabayashi today. A new announcer along with Akito today, who is the current acting GM. During these announcements, it’s announced that the upcoming D GENERATIONS CUP winner will get a KO-D Openweight Championship match on 4/6 against whoever is the champion on that date. Finally they bring out Kazusada Higuchi. Updates to come but it sounds like he may be coming back soon. He has been out long-term due to injuries and also getting married. (Update: He will return on 3/20 at the annual 5 Hour Anniversary Event)

Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON vs. HARASHIMA, Jun Akiyama & Tomomitsu Matsunaga. 30 minute time limit
Result: HARASHIMA, Jun Akiyama & Tomomitsu Matsunaga beat Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON. Matsunata pinned KANON after an over arm throw. Afterwards, Matsunaga made a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship challenge. That match will happen on 2/5 at Shinjuku Face.

Your new host is Haruo Murata.

Match 4: DDT Extreme Champion Danshoku Dieno vs. Gorgeous Matsuno for the title. 1 Count pinfalls, otherwise normal rules. 1 Hour time limit
Result: DDT Extreme Champion Danshoku Dieno beat Gorgeous Matsuno to retain the title. V2 for Dieno. Next up: Per Akito who made the announcement…Iino. Possibly related to DDT’s top viewed YouTube video causing the channel to lose monetization for now…which featured those deplorable Pheromones aka DIeno & Iino. That match will happen on 3/20.

Match 5: Takeshi Masada, Keigo Nakamura, Illusion & Yuki Ishida vs. To-y, Yuya Koroku, Yuni & Kazuma Sumi. 30 minute time limit
Result: To-y, Yuya Koroku, Yuni & Kazuma Sumi beat Takeshi Masada, Keigo Nakamura, Illusion & Yuki Ishida. Koroku beat Nakamura with an armbar/wrist lock.

Match 6: DDT Universal Champion Gringo Loco vs. Yuki Ueno for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Yuki Ueno beat DDT Universal Champion Gringo Loco to win the title. Ueno becomes the 17th DDT Universal Champion. Next up: Ueno wants Minoru Suzuki. We’ll see. UPDATE: Next up: TBA but not Suzuki (yet). Akito said he will talk to Suzuki about it. Regardless of who TBA is, that match will happen on 3/20.

Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes vs. Shuji Ishikawa for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes beat Shuji Ishikawa by submission to retain the title. V2 for Brookes. UPDATE: Next up: TBA but that match will happen on 3/20.

The next event is a Sanshiro Takagi 30th Anniversary event, which is not planned to feature any DDT wrestlers, on 2/3 at Shinjuku Face. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

For the second straight day, DDT ran the second half of a doubleheader in Tokyo with Tokyo Joshi Pro, today being a New Year Fan Appreciation event.

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. (Looks like they’re not going to do it anymore)

Match 1; KANON, MJ Paul & Illusion beat Toru Owashi, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yuni. Illusion beat Yuni with a neck lock.

Match 2: Akito, Takao Soma and Substitute Kazuki Hirata, aka Yukio Naya, beat Danshoku Dieno, Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda in 16 seconds. Naya pinned Honda after a knee lift. Which led to…
Match 2 (again): Akito, Takao Soma and Substitute Kazuki Hirata, aka Yukio Naya, beat Danshoku Dieno, Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda. Naya pinned Honda. Afterwards, the real Hirata appeared, who is temporarily out due to a knee injury (swelling, does not appear to be serious). He announced he will produce a 15th Anniversary event on 3/12 at Shinjuku Face.

Match 3: HARASHIMA beat Kazuma Sumi.

Match 4: Daisuke Sasaki beat Yuki Ishida by submission.

Match 5: MAO beat Keigo Nakamura.

Match 6: Jun Akiyama vs. Yuya Koroku went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 7: Takeshi Masada beat Yuki Iino.

Main Event: Chris Brookes vs. To-y went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

The next event is Sunday at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.

DDT ran the second half of a doubleheader today with Tokyo Joshi Pro, an event called THE FORTUNE BATTLE 2025.

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.

There was a last-minute change due to Antonio Honda being taken off the event. Lovesickness. Really. He was to have faced Yuki Ueno. A. YAZAWA was thw replacement.

Match 1: HARASHIMA, Akito, Yuki Iino & Daichi Sato beat Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul, KANON & Illusion. HARASHIMA pinned Paul after Blue Sword.

Match 2: In a Scramble Bunkhouse Glasses Rules Match, where the only way to win was to use a move on your opponent to break a pair of Kazuki Hirata’s signature sunglasses, Toru Owashi & Takao Soma beat Danshoku Dieno & Yuki Ishida when Soma hit a Perfect Driver on Ishida onto the glasses.

Match 3: Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura beat Yukio Naya & Yuya Koroku. Nakamura pinned Koroku with a modified crucifix hold.

Match 4: In a Rock & Roll deathmatch, Yuki Ueno beat A. YAZAWA.

Match 5: KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & To-y beat Yuni & Kazuma Sumi to retain the titles. MAO pinned Sumi after Ultra Big Time. V1 for the champs.

Main Event; Shuji Ishikawa & Jun Akiyama beat Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada. Ishikawa pinned Masada after Splash Mountain.

After the show-ending promo…

Tetsu Inada beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Poison Sawada JULIE to win the title. Inada becomes the 1708th Champion.

The next event is “DDT New Year’s Fan Appreciation Day!” tomorrow. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 12:30 PM PT/3:30 AM ET. Late changes have been announced for the event because Yuki Ueno is now off. The always-vague poor health. MJ Paul is the replacement.

DDT held a pair of house shows yesterday & today in Osaka.

Yesterday’s event was held at Yadogawa Community Center in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced. This may be a new thing for DDT in 2025, they haven’t done it for an event so far this year. Very small venue though so likely in the 125-150 range.

Match 1: Toru Owashi beat Yuki Ishida.

Match 2; KANON beat Kazuma Sumi.

Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & Illusion beat Akito, Kohei Kinoshita & Yuya Koroku. Sasaki beat Koroku with a crossface.

Match 4: Demus beat Antonio Honda.

Match 5: Yuki Ueno, MAO & To-y beat Jun Akiyama, Yuki Iino & Keigo Nakamura. To-y pinned Nakamura after Kojima Impact.

Main Event: Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada beat Danshoku Dieno & Yukio Naya. Brookes pinned Dieno after Praying Mantis Bomb.

Today’s event was held at Oyodo Community Center in Osaka and will be available on demand Thursday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced.

There was a late change to the card, namely match 1, due to HARASHIMA being off. Fever. Yasutaka Oosera was the replacement.

Match 1: Yasutaka Oosera & Yuya Koroku beat Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida. Koroku beat Ishida with a chicken wing.

Match 2: In a No Sex Rules match, Danshoku Dieno beat Carnalax. Those rules meant no Danshoku Dieno being Danshoku Dieno.

Match 3: KANON, MJ Paul & Illusion beat To-y, Toru Owashi & Kazuma Sumi. Illusion pinned Sumi after a swanton bonb.

Match 4: Jun Akiyama & Yuki Iino beat Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada. Iino pinned Honda after Burning Elbow Drop.

Match 5: In a Admiral Lord Malevolence Rules match, which was 3 5-minute rounds and committing 3 fouls results in a DQ, Chris Brookes beat Akito at 2:30 of round 3 by DQ. This was a last-second rule change requested by both at the start of the event.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno & MAO beat Daisuke Sasaki & Demus. Ueno pinned Demus after July 2. This was the final appearance for Demus in DDT, at least for now.

The next event is Saturday at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo with a KO-D Tag Team Championship match, the second half of a same-day doubleheader with Tokyo Joshi Pro. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET.

DDT ran a semi-wacky KOTATSU FIGHTING 2025 event today in Yokohama.

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

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: MJ Paul & Demus beat Yuki Iino & Yuki Ishida. Demus pinned Ishida after Balaguesa.

Match 2: Yukio Naya, Keigo Nakamura & Yuya Koroku beat Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & Illusion. Nakamura pinned Illusion with a modified crucifix hold.

Match 3: To-y beat Tomomitsu Matsunaga.

Match 4: In a KOTATSU FIGHTING Match, where the not-legal participants had to wait in a special area before being tagged in, or that was the plan anyway, Danshoku Dieno, Yuki Ueno & Jun Akiyama beat Makoto Oishi, Antonio Honda & Takao Soma. Ueno beat Honda with Cold Clutch.

Match 5; MAO beat Kazuma Sumi.

Main Event: Shuji Ishikawa, HARASHIMA & Akito beat Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi & Takeshi Masada. Ishikawa pinned Takanashi after Splash Mountain.

The next event is tomorrow at Yodogawa Community Center in Osaka. There will be no live broadcast. On demand scheduled for Wednesday.

UPDATE: HARASHIMA is now off tomorrow & Monday. Fever. For tomorrow Kohei Kinoshita is the replacement. For Monday Yasutaka Oosera is the replacement.

DDT has announced a pair of injury/illness changes for this weekend’s events-both Kazuki Hirata and Yuni are now off all 3 events. Hirata-right knee. Yuni-fever. This means the fourth match for tomorrow has to be changed as Hirata was announced as part of a 6-man Kotatsu Fighting match. (It actually has but not in an English-language post on DDT’s website. Makoto Oishi is the replacement).. it’s not known how long Hirata may be out, Yuni’s absence is precautionary.

More as it becomes available.

1/15/35 UPDATE: Hirata remains out indefinitely. Not serious but some swelling in the knee so it will continue to be monitored.

DDT ran a special “All seats 3000 yen” (around $20 US) New Year Festival 2025 event today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Itabashi Green Hall in Tokyo 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. For the venue that means 200-250.

Before the matches began, new ring announcer Task Ono, who debuted today, greeted the crowd.

NwA Jr. (Shunma Katsumata, Yuni, Kazuma Sumi) performed their debut song.

Match 1: Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada vs. Yuki Ueno & MAO went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Jun Akiyama beat Gota Ihashi.

Match 3: Tetsuya Endo beat Yuki Iino. This is/was Endo’s final DDT match for now before he heads to Pro Wrestling NOAH indefinitely.

Main Event: KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Champions Keigo Nakamura, To-y, Yuya Koroku, Kazuma Sumi & Yuki Ishida beat Danshoku Dieno, Toru Owashi, Akito, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda and HARASHIMA, Takao Soma, Tomomiotsu Matsnaga, Yukio Naya & Yuni and Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul, KANON, Demus & Illusion in a 4-way elimination match to retain the titles. Order of elimination (one man means entire team out): Yuni by Hirata, Honda by Demus, Illusion by Nakamura. V1 for the champs.

The next event is KOTATSU FIGHTING 2025 Saturday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

DDT kicked off their 2025 campaign today with their first monthly signature event of the year, New Year Dramatic Parade 2025.

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

The paid attendance has not been announced.

There was a last-minute change to match 4 due to Takeshi Masada being off the event (possible fever). Hikaru Sato was the replacement.

Match 1: To-y, Akito & Takao Soma beat Toru Owashi, Super Sasadango Machine & Tomomitsu Matsunaga. To-y pinned Matsunaga after Kojima Impact. Afterwards, Sanshiro Takagi appeared to present To-y with a New Year’s gift, but it was only 10,000 Japanese yen (around $65 US). Owashi then tried but failed to win the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship from Takagi.

NwA Jr. (Shuma Katsumata, Yuni, Kazuma Sumi) performed live in the ring.

Match 2; Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul, Demus & Illusion beat Yuni, Kazuma Sumi, Daichi Sato & Yuki Ishida. Illusion pinned Ishida after a swanton bomb.

Match 3: BZW Tag Team Champions MAO & Yoshihiko beat Antonio Honda & Kazuki Hirata to retain the titles. Yoshihiko pinned Hirata with Arc de Triomphe Hold. V1 for the champs.

Match 4: Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi & Hikaru Sato (All-Japan) beat Shinya Aoki, Yuki Ueno & Keigo Nakamura. Brookes beat Nakamura with a ground octopus stretch.

Match 5: Tetsuya Endo beat Yuya Koroku. This may be Endo’s final DDT match for now as he is headed to Pro Wrestling NOAH indefinitely.

Match 6; Konosuke Takeshita & Jun Akiyama beat Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya. Takeshita pinned Iino after Raging Fire.

Main Event: Shuji Ishikawa beat Danshoku Dieno, HARASHIMA & KANON in a 4-way by pinning KANON. As a result, Ishikawa gets the next KO-D Openweight Championship shot. That match will happen on 1/26.

The next event is Sunday at Itabashi Green Hall in Tokyo. The card will not be announced in advance. There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: A late unexpected development after the event…

Chris Harrington (All Elite Wrestling) beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Sanshiro Takagi to win the title. Harrington becomes the 1705th Champion.