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DDT 12/9/23 Results

DDT continued the D KING GP today with an event in Osaka.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Azalea Taisho in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 245, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi beat Akito & Kazuma Sumi. Oishi pinned Sumi after Death Penalty.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul beat Yuki Iino & Tsutentakku by DQ. Iino DQ’d. Ref assault. Tsutentakku was a last-minute replacement for the absent Rukiya (poor physical condition).

Match 3: Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada beat MAO, Toi Kojima & Illusion. Masada pinned Illusion.

D KING GP Block B:
Match 4: Rei Saito (All-Japan) beat Kazuki Hirata.
Match 5: KANON beat Yukio Naya by ref stoppage (TKO).

Match 6: All-Asia Tag Team Champions Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani beat Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada to retain the titles. Okatani pinned Okada after Quetzalcoatl. V1 for the champs. Next up: Kojima & Atsushi Onita…which, like it or not, means electric blast death match because Onita can’t do straight wrestling anymore. And frankly hasn’t since roughly the 1990s.

D KING GP Block A:
Match 7: Kazusada Higuchi beat HARASHIMA.
Main Event: Tetsuya Endo beat Yuki Ueno.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Endo, 2-1, 4 points
2-Higuchi, 2-1, 4 points
3-Ueno, 1-1-1, 3 points
4-Iino, 1-1, 2 points
5-HARASHIMA, 1-2, 2 points
6-Sasaki, 0-1-1, 1 point

Block B:
1-Naya, 3-1, 6 points
2-KANON, 2-1, 4 points
3-MAO, 2-1, 4 points
4-Saito, 2-1, 4 points
5-Brookes, 1-2, 2 points (OUT)
6-Hirata, 0-4, 0 points (OUT)

The winner of each block advances to the Finals. Everyone still has a chance in Block A. It’s probably going to come down to Endo-Higuchi on 12/24. Note that if Ueno & Sasaki ultimately tie for the top spot, they will have a rematch because they went to a draw. In Block B, it’s Hirata NO! as the DDT Extreme Champion is not surprisingly out of it already, he’s mainly been here for the jobber/comedy role. Naya would have ended it with a win today but is still in control, however he does still need to win his last match (MAO) and now needs a KANON loss or draw in one of his remaining matches (MAO, Saito). Brookes is now out because he loses the tiebreaker to Naya, his only hope would have been to tie with KANON as that is his only tiebreaker (he would also lose to MAO). Saito has the tiebreaker over MAO but loses to Naya. The advantage is now with MAO, who was not in action today, just because his last two are Naya & KANON. If he wins both, he advances on tiebreakers.

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

Injury Report: DDT Super-Last-Minute Change

DDT had announced a very last-minute change for tomorrow’s event in less than 2 hours from this post: Rukiya is now off the event. The ever-vague poor physical condition/poor health. He was to have teamed with Yuki Iino to face Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul. Tsutenkakka (who I have erroneously called His Excellency Tsuten from translations) is the replacement.

(There is no love broadcast on WRESTE UNIVERSE for the event. It should be available on demand Tuesday)

DDT Pro Wrestling 12/3/23 Results

DDT continues the D KING GP 2023 today with the second half of a weekend doubleheader in Tokyo. There are 4 tournament matches scheduled today, two in each of the 2 blocks. Block A has Tetsuya Endo vs. Yuki Iino and Yuki Ueno vs. Daisuke Sasaki. Block B has Yukio Naya vs. Kazuki Hirata and, in the main event, Chris Brookes vs. MAO. Based on the standings so far, if Naya wins and he should, he will be firmly in control of Block B at his halfway point at 3-0. Block A has almost everyone at 1 win after 1 or 2 matches so today could help determine favorites to move on to the eventual finals.

Today’s event will be held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. There will probably be no commentary. With just 6 matches on tap and no intermission it’ll go 3 hours tops, but realistically I’m estimating the running time being closer to 2 1/4 hours. Probably depends on the main event, which I can see going the full 30 minutes.

Today’s lineup (in order):
MIKAMI & Kazuma Sumi vs. Demus & KANON
Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi, Yusuke Okada & Rukiya vs. HARASHIMA, Akito, Toi Kojima & Takeshi Masada
D KING GP:
Block B: Yukio Naya vs. Kazuki Hirata
Block A: Tetsuya Endo vs. Yuki Iino
Block A: Yuki Ueno vs. Daisuke Sasaki
Block B: Chris Brookes vs. MAO

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Updates below will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET.

6:30 PM PT UPDATE: The stream launch, normally 30 minutes before the event begins, has been pushed back to 6:45 PM PT/9:45 PM ET. Unless there’s a last-second change, no pre-show matches planned.

7 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…

We are LIVE from Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Advance sales were good so it looks to be probably around yesterday which did 334. It looks at first like it’ll be 325-350. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 266)

Match 1: MIKAMI & Kazuma Sumi vs. Demus & KANON. 30 minute time limit
Result: Demus & KANON beat MIKAMI & Kazuma Sumi. Demus pinned Sumi after a spinning neckbreaker bomb.

Match 2: Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi, Yusuke Okada & Rukiya vs. HARASHIMA, Akito, Toi Kojima & Takeshi Masada. 30 minute time limit
Result: HARASHIMA, Akito, Toi Kojima & Takeshi Masada beat Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi, Yusuke Okada & Rukiya. Masada pinned Rukiya.

Quick break for the usual opening announcements from GM Imabayashi. The end of this brings out MAO with microphone. Comments in Japanese. He then called out Chris Beookes, his opponent in the main event. Brookes came out. It sounded like MAO wanted to change today’s match to also be for the DDT Universal Championship. Imabayashi makes it official. Main Event now for the title.

Match 3: D KING GP Block B: Yukio Naya vs. Kazuki Hirata. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yukio Naya beat Kazuki Hirata. Comedy match and, as usual with Hirata, a really funny one.

Match 4: D KING GP Block A: Tetsuya Endo vs. Yuki Iino (remember he’s no longer Sexy!). 30 minute time limit
Result: Tetsuya Endo beat Yuki Iino

Match 5: D KING GP Block A: Yuki Ueno vs. Daisuke Sasaki. 30 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw. Largely because of MJ Paul interference and heel tactics by Sasaki including blatantly taking out the ref late.

Main Event: D KING GP Block B: DDT Universal Champion MAO vs. Chris Brookes for the title. 30 minute time limit (not 1 Hour because it’s a tournament match)
Result: DDT Universal Champion MAO beat Chris Brookes by countout to retain the title. V2 for MAO. Apparently they had the match in a way that they were trying to both win by countout.

The next event is 12/9 at Osaka Azalea Taisho in Osaka. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT 12/2/23 Results

DDT continued the D KING GP 2023 today with the first half of a weekend doubleheader in Tokyo.

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

The announced paid attendance was 334, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Jun Akiyama, Yuki Iino, Yusuke Okada & Rukiya beat Yuki Ueno, Toi Kojima, Takeshi Masada & Kazuma Sumi. Okada pinned Masada after Sudden Death.

Match 2: D KING GP Block B: Chris Brookes beat KANON.

Match 3: D KING GP Block B: MAO beat Kazuki Hirata.

Match 4: KO-D Tag Team Champions Takao Soma & Shota beat Toru Sugiura & Akito to retain the titles. Shota pinned Akito with Gannosuke Clutch. V2 for the champs. Next up: TBA but Shota hinted at a defense at the last Korakuen Hall event of the year later this month, ideally a “same generation” battle.

Match 5: D KING GP Block A: Kazusada Higuchi beat Daisuke Sasaki.

Match 6: D KING GP Block B: Yukio Naya beat Rei Saito (All-Japan).

Main Event: D KING GP Block A: HARASHIMA beat Tetsuya Endo. HARARSHIMA concluded the event with his post-match now-signature victory promo: Because I’m Training!

After 2 days of the tournament Block A has 4 tied for the lead at 1-0 or 1-1, 2 points, with Endo & Sasaki at 0-1, 0 points. Block B has Naya leading at 2-0, 4 points with everyone else except Hirata at 1-1, 2 points. Hirata unsurprisingly is 0-2, 0 points and is really there for comedy purposes.

The next event is tomorrow. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin TONIGHT at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET and live results will be posted.

Injury Report: Yet Another One DDT’d (Updated)

The injuries in Japan keep piling up, including for DDT, and unfortunately they’ve just lost another wrestler. This time it’s Yuya Koroku. Left tricep and elbow. Happened at Sunday’s Korakuen Hall event. Out indefinitely but going to be long-term. This means he will be out of an upcoming All-Asia Tag Team Title challenge. DDT is consulting with the PWF (All-Japan Pro Wrestling) on what to do.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: For the All-Asia title match where Koroku was teaming with Yusuke Okada, DDT made the announcement today: Jun Akiyama is the replacement. That match is scheduled for 12/9 at Osaka Azalea Taisho in Osaka.

DDT Pro Wrestling 11/26/23 Results (Updated x2)

DDT kicks off the annual D KING GP today, the second of their 2 yearly singles tournaments, but unlike KING OF DDT this is a traditional round-robin format rather than a single-elimination bracket. This year there are 12 wrestlers in 2 blocks, with the winner of each block advancing to the Finals at DDT’s first event of 2024 on January 3. The most notable participant here is All-Japan Pro Wrestling’s Rei Saito, half of the Saito Brothers with brother Jun Saito, who are the current All-Japan World Tag Team Champions and GLEAT G INFINITY Champions. This continues a crossover between the promotions as DDT has Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani competing in All-Japan’s Real World Tag League. All of Block B including Saito and 2/3 of Block A will be in tournament action today. The legendary Kenta Kobashi will once again be executive chairman of the tournament committee and will be in attendance-in predictions of who will win he is putting a lot of pressure on defending tournament winner Yuki Ueno, the NEW KO-D Openweight Champion, to go back-to-back. We’ll see if Ueno can ride the WER! to victory again beginning today.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Kobashi will be a special guest on commentary. There is a pre-show match scheduled for about 15 minutes before event time. All matches except the pre-show have 30 minute time limits so this won’t be a marathon event, I’m predicting it will probably go just under 3 hours total.

Today’s lineup (in order):
Pre-show: Yuni & Yuya Koroku vs. Kazuma Sumi & Rukiya
Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada vs. Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & Demus
Danshoku Dieno, Makoto Oishi & Toi Kojima vs. Masa Takanashi, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada
D KING GP:
Block B: MAO vs. Rei Saito
Block B: KANON vs. Kazuki Hirata
Block A: HARASHIMA vs. Yuki Iino
Block B: Chris Brookes vs. Yukio Naya
Block A: Yuki Ueno vs. Kazusada Higuchi

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Updates below will begin at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET. The pre-show match is scheduled to begin at 6:15 PM PT/9:15 PM ET.

6 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has started. We should be going to the venue in about 15 minutes.

6:15 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Ken Kato & Kagehiro Osano.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s still pre-show and the crowd is still coming in, but as usual they have the smaller opposite-hard-camera bleacher setup. Early ticket availability today suggests maybe it’ll be in the 600s. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 678)

Pre-show Match: Yuni & Yuya Koroku vs. Kazuma Sumi & Rukiya. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yuni & Yuya Koroku beat Kazuma Sumi & Rukiya. Koroku beat Rukiya with an armbar.

The main show will begin in a few minutes (as of 6:27 PM PT).

Main show:
The matches begin at 6:35 PM PT. Your hosts are Haruo Murata & Kagehiro Osano.

Match 1: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada vs. Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & Demus. 30 minute timit
Result: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada beat Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & Demus. Endo pinned Demus after Burning Star Press.

Match 2: Danshoku Dieno, Makoto Oishi & Toi Kojima vs. Masa Takanashi, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada. 30 minute time limit
Result: Masa Takanashi, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada beat Danshoku Dieno, Makoto Oishi & Toi Kojima. Masada pinned Oishi after a sitout powerslam.
Afterwards, Masada with microphone to issue a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship challenge. The next such match was already set for 1/6 but Oishi accepted and now there may be a title match on 12/24. (UPDATE 2: It’s now official)

D KINP GP promo video. When we return the trophy is in the ring and…that means…GRAND SWORD!!! KENTA KOBASHI!!! The Executive Chairman of the tournament committee is in the ring as the entrants are introduced. Kobashi gives the opening start shout to begin the tournament.

Kobashi joins commentary as a special guest along with Ken Kato as your new host for now.

Match 3: D KING GP 2023 Block B: MAO vs. Rei Saito (All-Japan Pro Wrestling). 30 minute time limit
Result: Rei Saito beat MAO

Match 4: D KING GP 2023 Block B: KANON vs. Kazuki Hirata. 30 minute time limit
Result: KANON beat Kazuki Hirata by submission. Mostly comedy match.

Quick break for announcements. Toru Owashi joins GM Imabayashi in the ring, then during this The Great Koji suddenly appears. He sprayed red mist in Imabayashi’s face as Owashi watched with a funny look on his face before running away.

Match 5: D KING GP 2023 Block A: HARASHIMA vs. Yuki Iino. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Iino beat HARASHIMA

Your host is Haruo Murata again the rest of the way.

Match 6: D KING GP 2023 Block B: Chris Brookes vs. Yukio Naya. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yukio Naya beat Chris Brookes

Main Event: D KING GP 2023 Block A: Yuki Ueno vs. Kazusada Higuchi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Ueno beat Kazusada Higuchi

This was a shorter event than I expected, including pre-show it only went 2 1/2 hours.

The next event is 12/2 at Shinjuku Face. This will be a doubleheader on US time as the events are 12/2 & 12/3 in Japan but the 12/3 event is a matinee. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:15 AM PT/4:15 AM ET for the first event and 6:45 PM PT/9:45 PM ET for the second event. Live results are scheduled for the second event.

UPDATE: After the event, it was announced that Shunma Katsumata will return on 1/3. He has been out since late spring due to injury.

Also, the promotion will return to the US on 4/4/24 with an event in Philadelphia, PA as part of The Collective 2024, a series of independent events held during and around WWE WrestleMania weekend.

DDT 11/23/23 Results

DDT ran a house show today in the hometown of MAO for the first time in 4 1/2 years.

Today’s event was held at Yume Messe Miyagi West Building Hall in Miyagi and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 226.

Match 1: KANON beat Kazuma Sumi.

Match 2; Daisuke Sasaki & Demus beat Yuni & Yuya Koroku. Demus pinned Yuni after Banagueza.

Match 3: HARASHIMA, Danshoku DIeno & Makoto Oishi beat Kazuki Hirata, Aizawa #1 & Illusion. HARASHIMA pinned Illusion after Blue Sword. This was to have been Sanshiro Takagi teaming with Hirata & Aizawa #1 but Takagi was removed earlier this week due to injury. Illusion was the replacement.

Match 4: Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada beat Kazusada Higuchi & Rukiya. Okada pinned Rukiya after Sudden Death.

Match 5: Tetsuya Endo beat MJ Paul.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, MAO & Toi Kojima beat Chris Brookes, Akito & Yukio Naya. MAO pinned Akito after Cannonball 450. Afterwards, MAO announced he wanted to hold another hometown tournament next year and closed with Heat Wave WER!

The next event is the D KING GRAND PRIX 2023 opener Sunday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 6:15 PM PT/9:15 PM ET. The legendary Kenta Kobashi will be a special guest on commentary.

Injury Report: Trio of Injuries & Effects (Updated x2)

It’s another pileup of injuries across the Japanese scene today, some with major effecrs:

DDT-Sanshiro Takagi suffered an undisclosed injury yesterday and is now off Thursday. He was to have been in a 6-man tag. Illusion is the replacement.

Dragon Gate-KAI reaggravated an arm injury over the weekend. Out indefinitely but at least the rest of the November tour.

Stardom-Both Tam Nakano & Natsupoi, who are already out indefinitely, will be out a long time. Because of this, both the World Of Stardom Championship held by Nakano and the Goddesses Of Stardom Championship they held are now VACANT.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: For the Goddesses Of Stardom Championship, determination match between Meghan Bahn & Maika and TBA is set for 12/2/2023 to crown new champions.

UPDATE 2 (11/21): For the World Of Stardom Championship, determination tournament to crown a new champion is set for 11/28. First will be Maika vs. Ami Seira then Mina Shirakawa vs. Momo Watanabe with the winners meeting for the title. The winner will first defend against either Suzu Suzuki (who holds a challenge contract) or Hazuki (if she beats Suzuki on 11/28 for the contract). Utami Hayashishita and Saya Kamitani will also return from injuries on 11/28.

DDT 11/19/23 Results (Updated)

DDT ran an event in Osaka today as part of a doubleheader with Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 354, a full house/near sellout. They used a much smaller layout than TJPW, who wasn’t anywhere near capacity but still drew in the low 400s. (Back in the day the venue had a full capacity of 1500-1800, but since the pandemic they have downsized considerably. Osaka has always been stricter about capacity limits since the pandemic than most of Japan, but it’s their choice)

During the opening introductions and start call, MAO tried unsuccessfully to win the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship from Kazuki Hirata.

Match 1: Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku beat Kazuma Sumi & Yuni. Okada pinned Sumi after Sudden Death.

Match 2: In a No Submissions Match, Sanshiro Takagi & His Excellency Tsuten (a local) beat Danshoku Dieno & Illusion. Tsuten pinned Illusion after a Takagi Stunner.

Match 3: MJ Paul & KANON beat Akito & Rukiya. KANON pinned Rukiya after Vietnam Driver 2.

Match 4: Daisuke Sasaki beat Takeshi Masada by submission.

Match 5: In a Hardcore match, Great Nita, Great Koji & HARASHIMA beat Jun Akiyama, The Bodyguard & Makoto Oishi. Nita beat Oishi by chain hanging chokeout.

Match 6: DDT Universal Champion MAO beat Demus to retain the title. V1 for MAO.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, Chris Brookes & Kazusada Higuchi beat Tetsuya Endo, Yukio Naya & DDT Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion Kazuki Hirata, with Ueno pinning Hirata after WR to win the title. Ueno becomes the 1594th Champion. The 37Kamiina stick around for the show-ending victory promo. Which led to…
MAO beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Yuki Ueno to win the title. MAO becomes the 1595th Champion. Which led to…
Great Koji beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion MAO to win the title. Koji becomes the 1596th Champion. Guess it’s staying in Osaka for a while now.

The next event is Thursday at Yume Messe Miyagi West Building Hall in Miyagi. There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: There are now reports Great Koji is/was actually Toi Kojima. He denies that. It has been since determined that title changes can happen only if Great Koji is pinned or submitted.

DDT 11/16/23 Results

The post-Saki Akai era began in DDT today with an event featuring a mini-tournament to crown new KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions, the title she gave up upon her retirement Sunday. But Akai thankfully isn’t gone, she is now in a behind-the-scenes position with the promotion so this was her first real event in her new job.

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

The announced paid attendance was 181.

The event opened with a public signing ceremony for a DDT Universal Championship match Sunday between MAO & Demus (Mexico).

The opening was then by SCHADENFREUDE, a new faction formed by Chris Brookes of himself, Masa Takanashi, Antonio Honda and maybe someone else. They promised to begin taking over DDT by winning the KO-ad 6-Man Tag Team Championship today. Sounds more like just renaming CDK.

Match 1: Demus beat Kazuma Sumi. Borderline squash.

Match 2: KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship Tournament: Jun Akiyama, Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi beat Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda. Doeno pinned Honda after Danshoku Driver. Yeah, nice backing up that promise Brookes. HAHA.

Match 3: KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship Tournament: Yuki Ueno, MAO & Toi Kojima beat Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON. Ueno pinned Paul after BME.

Match 4: Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku beat Takashi Yoshida (Dragon Gate) & Rukiya. Okada pinned Rukiya after Sudden Death.

Match 5: In a DDT Trivia King Death Match, where a trivia question had to be answered correctly after a pinfall/submission to win, DDT Extreme Champion Kazuki Hirata beat MIKAMI to retain the title. V5 for Hirata. They also traded the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship during this with MIKAMI becoming the 1592nd Champion then Hirata becoming the 1593rd Champion.

Match 6: Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA, Kazusada Higuchi & Akito beat Takao Soma, Shota, Tetsuya Endo & Yukio Naya. Akito beat Soma with a Figure 4. Afterwards, Akito issued a KO-D Tag Team Championship challenge on behalf of himself & Toru Sugiura. That match will happen on 12/2.

Main Event: KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship Tournament Finals: Jun Akiyama, Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi beat Yuki Ueno, MAO & Toi Kojima to win the tournament and the vacant titles. Akiyama, Dieno & Oishi become the 53rd KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions. Dieno pinned Kojima after Danshoku Driver. Afterwards in backstage comments Akiyama announced he will leave the Burning faction by the end of the year. That would leave Endo, Okada & Koroku in the faction.

The next event is a Street Wrestling event Saturday at Tenjin Misaki Sports Park in Fukushima. This is a free one-match event. There will be no live broadcast. Fans that attend are encouraged to take pictures and upload them to the organizer’s official social media accounts for a chance to win prizes.