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DDT has announced a card change for an event this weekend (after Thursday’s event), and it’s noteworthy because it affects a title match-Takayuki Ueki, one member of the KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Champions, is now off. The event. Dislocated right shoulder. Reportedly happened in a match recently. Out indefinitely. Munetatsu Nakamura is the replacement and the title match will go on as planned. It will be interesting to see who is recognized as titleholder should the champs retain, but there is a chance the match will be cancelled last-minute: The event is to be held outdoors so if the weather is bad (rain), it’s possibly off (admission is free).

DDT continued their current tour today with a Yuki Ishida hometown event.

Today’s event was held at El Caimo Yatsushiro in Kumamoto and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Thursday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 273, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: To-y beat Tomomitsu Matsunaga.

Match 2: Shunma Katsumata & Keigo Nakamura beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Danshoku Dieno & Takao Soma, with Katsumata pinning Dieno to win the title. Katsumata becomes the 1676th Champion. Katsumata also wins Dieno’s “Money In The Bank” title shot. Nakamura then immediately tried and failed to win the title.

Match 3: Yuki Iino beat Kazuki Hirata by ref stoppage (TKO).

Match 4: Jun Akiyama & HARASHIMA beat Chris Brookes & Kazuma Sumi. HARASHIMA pinned Sumi after Blue Sword.

Intermission.

Match 5: Yuki Ueno & MAO beat Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku. Ueno pinned Koroku after July 2.

Main Event: KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON beat Akito, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida to retain the titles. Sasaki beat Ishida with a crossface. V3 for the champs. Despite the loss, Ishida delivered a hometown promo to end the show. Which led to…

Impromptu Match: Kazuki Hirata beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Shunma Katsumata to win the title. Hirata becomes the 1677th Champion. Nakamura tried yet again to win the title from Katsumata but was thwarted by Hirata interfering and stealing the win & title.

The next event is Thursday at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage in Tokyo for the last Beer Garden Pro Wrestling event of the year. The promotion has offered refunds for tickets already purchased because Kota Ibushi will not be at the next 2 events as originally announced (this event and Sunday). There will be no live broadcast.

DDT continued their current tour today in Fukuoka.

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

The announced paid attendance was 394.

Match 1: Chris Brookes & Yuki Ishida beat Takao Soma & Kazuki Hirata. Ishida pinned Hirata after Dosukoi Gatame.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON beat Akito, Yukio Naya & Kazuma Sumi. KANON beat Sumi with a crucifix cobra twist.

Match 3: Toru Owashi beat O-40 Champion Azure Dragon & Danshoku Dieno in a 3-way by pinning Dragon to win the title. Owashi becomes the 6th O-40 Champion.

Match 4: Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku beat Jun AKiyama & Keigo Nakamura. Endo pinned Nakamura after Burning Star Press.

Match 5: Shinya Aoki & Yuki Ueno beat HARASHIMA & Takeshi Masada. Aoki beat Masada with a modified neck lock.

Match 6: KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & Shunma Katsumata beat Kota Umeda & Tomomitsu Matsunaga to retain the titles. Katsumata pinned Matsunaga after Sauna Trance Splash through a table. V2 for the champs.

Main Event: DDT Universal Champion Yuki Iino beat To-y to retain the title. V2 for Iino.

The next event is tomorrow at El Ceimo Yatsushiro in Kumamoto. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Thursday.

DDT continued their current tour today with a house show in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Asakusa Flower Theater in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 240, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Yukio Naya beat Antonio Honda.

Match 2: Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling Provided Match: Moka Miyamoto beat Haru Kazashiro by submission.

Match 3: Jun Akiyama, Danshoku Dieno & Yoshihiko beat Shunma Katsumata, Takao Soma & Kazuki Hirata. Dieno pinned Soma after Masochistic Driver. As a result, Dieno wins Soma’s “Money In The Bank” title shot.

Intermission featured a special comedy performance for the crowd.

Match 4: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON beat Akito, Chris Brookes & Kazuma Sumi. Paul pinned Sumi after a reverse splash.

Match 5: Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida beat HARASHIMA & Keigo Nakamura. Nakatsu pinned Nakamura after V Slider.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, MAO & To-y beat Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku. To-y pinned Koroku after Kojima Impact.

The next event is Sunday (Saturday night US time) at Actos Fukuoka in Fukuoka with 3 title matches including To-y finally getting his DDT Universal Championship shot. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT kicked off their October tour today with the final event for Makoto Oishi before he retires from full-time wrestling to relocate and spend more time with his family (he may still compete part-time including when DDT is in his area) and also the third match for Kaisei Takechi, just days after “The Rampage” had his second career match.

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

The announced paid attendance was 500, a legit advance sellout. 100% legit full capacity sellout. (500 is the venue’s max capacity for wrestling)

Match 1: Yukio Naya beat Yuki Ishida.

Match 2: Jun Akiyama, Takao Soma & Kazumi Suni beat Toru Owashi, Masa Takanashi & Illusion. Soma pinned Takanashi after Authorized Endless Waltz. As a result, Soma wins Takanashi’s “Money In The Bank” title shot.

Match 3: Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino beat Keigo Nakamura & To-y. Endo pinned Nakamura after a rotating torture rack bomb.

Match 4: Makoto Oishi & Kaisei Takechi beat Akito & Kazuki Hirata. Oishi pinned Hirata with a tornado clutch. No word on if all the female fans left after this because it wasn’t the main event.

Match 5: KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON beat Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada to retain the titles. Sasaki pinned Masada after Freedom Call. V2 for the champs.

Main Event: Makoto Oishi Final DDT Match: KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & Shunma Katsumata beat Makoto Oishi & Danshoku Dieno to retain the titles. MAO pinned Oishi after Iai Kick. V1 for the champs.

The next event is Wednesday at Asakusa Flower Theater in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT runs their monthly signature Tokyo event today, and it’s another huge one today because it features the return of Kaisei Takechi. “The Rampage”, a member of a popular sports athlete/entertainment group in Japan (legit sports entertainment!), he made his pro wrestling debut in DDT in February which garnered almost unprecedented mainstream attention for the promotion and brought in many new (younger female) fans, quickly selling out Korakuen Hall to watch the popular Takechi compete. He’s gonna do it again today, teaming again with The37Kamiina in the main event. Before that, there’s a unique DDT Extreme Championship match as it will be defended in a tag team match so Shunma Katsumata can lose the title without being beaten and Akito can win it under similar circumstances. There’s also a potential hoss fight for the DDT Universal Championship as Yuki Iino defends against Yukio Naya. And the always-subject-to-change plans include a DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship match where you never know what will happen with the true 24/7 title of pro wrestling.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. It will also be streamed live for free on ABEMA in Japan. The event is a legit advance sellout. Riki Matsui, a member of dance/music group BALLISTIK BOYZ, will be a special guest on commentary for the second time, the first being when Takechi debuted here in February. This is being billed as a 3 hour special event, and is starting earlier than usual for a Korakuen Sunday morning event, so that’s what to plan on time-wise.
There is also a PPV available for pre-order on WRESTLE UNIVERSE which is a support package for Takechi. It can be purchased for 3500 Japanese yen (around $25 US) and will feature a special movie, a digitally signed smartphone wallpaper and a chance to win a signed photo. The PPV is scheduled to premiere on Wednesday at 4 AM PT/7 AM ET and can be watched until 10/21 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. It can be purchased until 10/14. (The first one they did is available on another streaming service but requires a paid membership, which costs about $8/month US and is available worldwide).

Today’s lineup:
Shinya Aoki & HARASHIMA vs. Jun Akiyama & Keigo Nakamura
Tetsuya Endo, Takao Soma & Yuya Koroku vs. Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Yuki Ishida
Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON vs. Antonio Honda, To-y & Illusion
DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Danshoku Dieno vs. Makoto Oishi for the title (tentative due to the nature of the title)
DDT Extreme Champion Shunma Katsumata & Kazuma Sumi vs. Akito & Yuni in a Florescent Lighttube IPPON Death match for the title. One lighttube is placed in the ring, whoever breaks it by taking a shot from it loses. If either Katsumata or Sumi wins, Katsumata retains the title. If either Akito or Yuni wins, Akito wins the title
DDT Universal Champion Yuki Iino vs. Yukio Naya for the title
Kaisei Takechi, Yuki Ueno & MAO vs. Chris Brookes, Takeshi Masada & Masa Takanashi

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET and go to the venue 5-10 minutes before start time.

6:30 PM PT UPDATE: The live streaming has begun. We should go to the venue in 15-20 minutes.

6:54 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano & Riki Matsui.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s a legit advance sellout so the final number will depend on the setup, not quite the full capacity for New Japan & All-Japan due to the commentary setup here so it should be around 1300, maybe higher. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1650. I think that’s overinflated because of the smaller Korakuen setup DDT uses because of where commentary and the timekeeper/announcer are positioned on the north side of the venue)

The matches should begin in 10-15 minutes.

The matches begin at 7:11 PM PT/10:11 PM ET. New footage for the opening video.

Match 1: Shinya Aoki & HARASHIMA vs. Jun Akiyama & Keigo Nakamura. 30 minute time limit
Result: Shinya Aoki & HARASHIMA beat Jun Akiyama & Keigo Nakamura. HARASHIMA pinned Nakamura after Blue Sword. Afterwards, HARASHIMA with microphone. KO-D Openweight Championship challenge issued. Aoki’s voice sounded really bad like it’s almost gone when responding. Accepted and made official by GM Imabayashi. Sounds like it will be at the next Korakuen event, which will be on 10/20.

Your new host is Satoshi Dairaku.

Match 2: Tetsuya Endo, Takao Soma & Yuya Koroku vs. Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Yuki Ishida. 30 minute time limit
Result: Tetsuya Endo, Takao Soma & Yuya Koroku beat Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Yuki Ishida. Soma pinned Hirata with a rollup. As a result, Soma wins Hirata’s “Money In The Bank” title shot. And he grabbed it & bolted like it meant something.

GM Imabayashi with the opening announcements and upcoming event/match announcements. It’s now official-Aoki-HARASHIMA on 10/20.

Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON vs. Antonio Honda, To-y & Illusion. 30 minute time limit
Result: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON beat Antonio Honda, To-y & Illusion. KANON pinned Illusion after Sleepy Hollow.

Your host is Haruo Murata once again.

Match 4: DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Danshoku Dieno vs. Makoto Oishi for the title. 30 minute time limit
Result: Makoto Oishi beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Danshoku Dieno to win the title. Oishi becomes the 1674th Champion. Classic “Only In DDT” comedy match including a hilarious Goldberg-style entrance with the music for Referee Matsui and Dieno’s real-life dog. Which led to…
Danshoku Dieno beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Makoto Oishi to win the title. Dieno becomes the 1675th Champion. Won it back immediately.

Yuki Ishida & Yuya Koroku do a comedy demo of the rules for the next match.

Match 5: DDT Extreme Champion Shunma Katsumata & Kazuma Sumi vs. Akito & Yuni in a Florescent Lighttube IPPON Death match for the title. One lighttube is placed in the ring, whoever breaks it by taking a shot from it loses. If either Katsumata or Sumi wins, Katsumata retains the title. If either Akito or Yuni wins, Akito wins the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Akito & Yuni beat DDT Extreme Champion Shunma Katsumata & Kazuma Sumi when Yuni caused Katsumata to break the lighttube. As a result, Akito wins the title. Akito becomes the 60th DDT Extreme Champion. Next up: Akito asked for Dieno, who came out with his dog. Although I heard the one thing during Akito’s comments I thought we’d never hear again…the deplorable Pheromones. Seems like Akito might want Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno. Regardless, GM Imabayashi makes it official for 10/20.

Quick break for ring cleaning.

Match 6: DDT Universal Champion Yuki Iino vs. Yukio Naya for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: DDT Universal Champion Yuki Iino beat Yukio Naya to retain the title. V1 for Iino. Afterwards, To-y with microphone. For I believe the 4th time he tried to cash in his “Money In The Bank” title shot and once again Iino speared it out of him. Iino told GM Imabayashi to make the match and it was. For 10/12 at Acros Fukuoka.

Main Event: Kaisei Takechi, Yuki Ueno & MAO vs. Chris Brookes, Takeshi Masada & Masa Takanashi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kaisei Takechi, Yuki Ueno & MAO beat Chris Brookes, Takeshi Masada & Masa Takanashi. Ueno pinned Masada after WR. Of course the atmosphere was absolutely electric, with the many female fans in the crowd reacting loudly to Takechi’s every action. Almost sounded like a US wrestling crowd. Different music for Ueno too than what we’re used to hearing. Afterwards, Ueno briefly put Takechi over then handed over the microphone to let the star attraction address the fans. I think now we have to wait and see when we’ll get the answer to the obvious question…third match sometime in the future? But Takechi was interrupted by Oishi, who along with Dieno will face MAO & Shunma Katsumata Thursday in his last DDT match before retiring for the KO-D Tag Team Championship. Takechi then got to finish his comments and thank the crowd for coming to end the show. With Oishi crowding in for the photo ops.

The next event is Thursday at Shinjuku Face with 2 title matches, including Makoto Oishi’s final DDT match which is a KO-D Tag Team Championship match. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

UPDATE: Said third Kaisei Takechi match will happen. Thursday. Post-event urgent addition. Will be Takechi & Oishi vs. Akito & Hirata. That means 2 matches for Oishi that day.

DDT ran the second half of a Hokkaido doubleheader today.

Today’s event was held at Sapporo Sun Plaza in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Thursday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 313, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Yuki Ishida & Illusion. KANON beat Ishida with Just Cobra Twist.

Match 2: Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Makoto Oishi beat Tomoya, Akito & Kazuki Hirata. Oishi pinned Hirata. Once again To-y tried to cash in his ‘Money In The Bank” title shot for a DDT Universal Championship match and once again Iino prevented this with a spear beforehand.

Match 3: Jun Akiyama & Takashi Yoshida (Dragon Gate) beat Yuki Ueno & Keigo Nakamura. Yoshida pinned Nakamura.

Match 4: Shinya Aoki beat Yuya Koroku by submission.

Match 6: Danshoku Dieno beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Chris Brookes to win the title. Dieno becomes the 1671st Champion. There was a special rule here that a fall only counted after a kiss while wearing thongs. Only in DDT.

Main Event: HARASHIMA, Yukio Naya & Kazuma Sumi beat MAO, Shunma Katsumata & To-y. Sumi pinned To-y with a schoolboy. As a result, Sumi wins To-y’s title shot. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: In a Falls Count Anywhere Schoolboy Only 1 Count Match, DDT Extreme Champion Shunma Katsumata beat Kazuma Sumi to retain the title. V6 for Katsumata. Sumi cashed in the title shot right away. Special rule for the match was you could only win with a schoolboy and 1 count only.

The next event is Friday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

Not to be left out of the fun when it comes to hometowns and Endos yesterday, DDT ran a Tetsuya Endo hometown event. That was followed today by the first half of a Hokkaido doubleheader.

Yesterday’s event was held at Shiroishi White Cube in Miyagi and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 358, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Yukio Naya, Akito & To-y beat Chris Brookes, Takeshi Masada & Illusion. Naya pinned Illusion after a chokeslam.

Match 2: Yuki Iino beat Yuki Ishida. Afterwards, To-y tried to cash in his “Money In The Bank” title shot for the DDT Universal Championship, but Iino prevented this.

Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON beat Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & Kazuma Sumi. Paul pinned Sumi after a reverse splash.

Match 4: Jun Akiyama beat Yuya Koroku.

Match 5: HARASHIMA, Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata beat MAO, Gorgeous Matsuno & Keigo Nakamura in 26 seconds. Hirata pinned Matsuno after a lariat. Which led to…
Match 5 (again): MAO, Gorgeous Matsuno & Keigo Nakamura beat HARASHIMA, Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata. MAO pinned Hirata after Iai Kick.

Main Event: Tetsuya Endo beat Makoto Oishi.

Today’s event was held at Sapporo Sun Plaze in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced.

Match 1: Takeshi Masada beat Makoto Oishi.

Match 2: Kazuki Hirata beat Kazuma Sumi.

Match 3: Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino beat Takashi Yoshida (Dragon Gate) & Yuki Ishida. Iino pinned Ishida after a spear.

Match 4: Yukio Naya beat Yuya Koroku.

Match 5: Chris Brookes, Akito & Illusion beat Jun Akiyama, Yomoya & DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Danshoku DIeno, with Brookes pinning Dieno to win the title. Brookes becomes the 1670th Champion.

Match 6: Shinya Aoki & HARASHIMA beat MAO & Keigo Nakamura. Aoki beat Nakamura.

Main Event: KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON Beat Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & To-y to retain the titles.Sasaki beat Katsumata with a crossface. V1 for the champs.

The next event is tomorrow (tonight US time). There will be no live broadcast. On demand available Thursday.

DDT held their second NO SPOILERS event today as part of a Beer Garden Pro Wresting event, asking that nobody post anything related to match results, photos, etc. until midnight (8 AM PT/11 AM ET). Now the time has passed, so…

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 announced paid attendance was 532.

Before the matches began, a signing ceremony was held for the next KO-D Tag Team Championship match, which will be Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada defending against Shunma Katsumata & MAO. That match will happen on 9/20 at Shinjuku Face.

Match 1: Makoto Oishi, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida beat Masa Takanashi, Akito & Illusion. Oishi beat Illusion with a Texas Cloverleaf.

Match 2: In a handicap match, Tetsuya Endo beat Poison Sawada JULIE, Anaconda Yuki (Yuki Iino), Viper Yuni (Yuni), Takashikajaya Erotic (Yuya Koroku) & Viper Kazuma (Kazuma Sumi) by pinning JULIE.

Match 3: In a Dragon Gate Rules match, Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & MJ Paul vs. Master Lick, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata went to a no contest. Master Lick out of control.

Match 4: Mikan Cassidy (MAO) beat K5000 (Keigo Nakamura), Sergeant Chris (Chris Brookes) & OBAKESHIMA (HARASHIMA) in a 4-way by pinning K5000.

Match 5: Yoshihiko beat Takeshi Masada by ref stoppage (TKO).

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & To-y beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Sauna Master (Danshoku Dieno), Keizo Matsuda & Takayuki Ueki, with To-y pinning Dieno to win the title. To-y becomes the 1668th Champion. He also wins Dieno’s “Money In The Bank” title shot. There was a special rile where those who misbehaved were sent to a sauna room elsewhere in the arena. Which led to…

Danshoku Dieno beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion To-y to win the title. Dieno becomes the 1669th Champion. Which led to…

Impromptu Match: Danshoku Dieno vs. Makoto Oishi went to a 4:07 time limit draw. Oishi demanded one more single match with Dieno before retiring. Immediately agreed to by GM Imabayashi. That match will happen on 9/29 at Korakuen Hall.

The next event is Saturday at Shiroishi White Cube in Miyagi. There will be no live broadcast.