Injury Report: Something Bad’s Going Around

DDT and Tokyo Joshi Pro have both announced last-minute changes for tomorrow’s events due to absences: First, DDT-Takeshi Masada is now off their year-opening event. Fever. Symptoms at least so this is precautionary. He was to have teamed with Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi to face Yuki Ueno, Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura. Hikaru Sato is the replacement.
Second, Tokyo Joshi Pro-both Haru Kazashiro and Uta Takami are off their year-opening event. The always-vague poor health. Takami was to have teamed with Shino Suzuki & Toga to face Mifu Ashida, Chika Nanase & HIMAWARI. Kazashiro was to have teamed with Arisu Endo to face Yuka Sakazaki & Moka Miyamoto. Suzuki will replace Kazashiro and and the 6-woman tag will now be Toga & Nanase vs. Ashida & HIMAWARI.

It’s not yet known if any will miss additional time, in particular Masada because DDT also has an event Sunday (Saturday night US time). After tomorrow TJPW will have a week until their next event.

More as it becomes available.

DDT Pro Wrestling “Ultimate Party 2024” LIVE Results (12/28/2024) (Updated x2)

DDT wraps up 2024 with their year-end blowout event today, Ultimate Party 2024. It certainly will be just that as outside of their annual 5 Hour Anniversary Event and WRESTLE PETER PAN it will be their next-biggest event on the schedule in terms of match quantity and quality with 11 matches in all scheduled. The main event will be Chris Brookes defending the KO-D Openweight Championship against Daisuke Sasaki. The Damnation TA leader got the better of Brookes in early tag matches but the champ took the rubber match in the final face-off, but now that all means nothing as we find out who will end 2024 with the top title. Before that, new KO-D Tag Team Champions will be crowned as MAO & To-y face Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku for the titles, culminating a headed rivalry that’s developed between the young To-y & Koroku lately. Elsewhere, Tokyo Joshi Pro participation is set for a crossover match against DDT thanks to Super Sasadango Machine visiting TJPW recently, and two new music entertainment athletes will make their pro wrestling debuts today and so much more, including Pro Wrestling NOAH participation as Kenoh has been Kenoh lately and will be here to take down “fake wrestling” DDT in his words.

There was a late change to the card yesterday as the scheduled DDT Extreme Championship match between Danshoku Dieno & Great-O-Khan in an unofficial match is now off due to Khan injuries suffered in New Japan Sunday. Invisible Man is the replacement and it will now be a NON-TITLE match…although it would have originally been anyway as said original match would not have been recognized by DDT, even if a title change happened.

Today’s event will be held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese and English. Voice actors Tetsu Inada, Kentaro Kumagai and Kyoka Moriya will be guests on Japanese commentary. Additionally, as an experiment of a new feature, fans attending the event can use their smartphones to listen to the live commentary on WRESTLE UNIVERSE while watching the event. The event will also feature musical performances by NwA Jr. (made up of DDT wrestlers) and O-MENZ (before Kumadori debuts as a wrestler). Between the 11 matches and other stuff, plus no intermission, this is going to indeed be one of their longest events of the year and for those in the US will be a likely all-nighter with a total running time of close to 5 hours, maybe not that much but a minimum of 4 hours. I may or may not make it through so anything I miss will be added tomorrow morning,

Today’s lineup:
NwA Jr. debut song performance (they just released a CD in Japan)
Demus & Illusion vs. Yuni & Kazuma Sumi
Shuji Ishikawa, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Shinichiro Kawamatsu vs. Masa Takanashi, Daichi Sato & Yuki Ishida
O-MENZ Kumadori Debut Match: Kazuki Hirata & Kumadori vs. Makoto Oishi & Akito
Rika Tatsumi, Hyper Misao & Pom Harajuku (Tokyo Joshi Pro) vs. Super Sasadango Machine, Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda
Haruto Sakuraba Debut Match: Haruto Sakuraba, MJ Paul & KANON vs. HARASHIMA, Yuki Iino & Takao Soma
Jun Akiyama vs. Yukio Naya
Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura vs. Kenoh & Yu Owada (Pro Wrestling NOAH)
Danshoku DIeno vs. Invisible Man. Kentaro Kumagai & Tetsu Inada will be at ringside
Yuki Ueno vs. Takeshi Masada
MAO & To-y vs. Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku for the KO-D Tag Team Championship
KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes vs. Daisuke Sasaki for the title

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Updates below will begin at 9 PM PT/midnight ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 30 minutes prior to the event.

UPDATE (Pre-show): Kentaro Kumagai will not appear as scheduled. The always-vague poor health.

8:30 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in about 15-20 minutes.

8:52 PM PT UPDATE; Live updates begin now, we join a couple minutes late…

We are LIVE from Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Haruo Murata (joining later), Satoshi Dairaku, Kagehiro Osano, Kyoka Mariya, and Tetsu Inada was supposed to be on commentary but appears to have been replaced at least for now by Marika Tani. Your English hosts are Baliyan Akki, Christelle Ciari & Ash Mann. Dairaku may be taking over late again if the event runs long as Murata has to be at Korakuen Hall by 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET for a Tokyo Joshi Pro live broadcast on WRESTLE UNIVERSE (same for Akki on the English side).

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s not full capacity setup as they’re using the lower level box seats at 33-50% capacity (2 per box instead of the 4-6 for sumo) and also 1/4 of the venue is blocked off for the setup, so that means full capacity would probably be maybe 6000. What I can see in the lower level appears to be mostly full, most of what was left today was upper level seating. It looks like it’ll be a good number, my initial guess will be a minimum of 4000. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 3579, a full house/near sellout)

GM Imabayashi begins with the opening announcements.

NwA Jr.-Shunma Katsumata, Yuni, Kazuma Sumi-come out to perform a song from their debut CD just released. Fun little number, will be fun to see if they can give Up Up Girls a run for their money. They do the opening shout to lead into the opening movie. DDT has also announced the album, consisting of 2 songs, will be available for download/streaming, at least in Japan, beginning tomorrow at 7 AM PT/10 AM ET.

The matches begin at 9:13 PM PT/12:13 AM ET. Tetsu Inada joins commentary before the first match begins. So Marika Tani presumably is a replacement for Kentaro Kumagai, which I won’t complain about.

Match 1: Demus & Illusion vs. Yuni & Kazuma Sumi (with bonus NwA Jr. performance). 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuni & Kazuma Sumi beat Demus & Illusion. Sumi pinned Demus. UPSET ALERT!!!

Match 2: Shuji Ishikawa, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Shinichiro Kawamatsu vs. Masa Takanashi, Daichi Sato (HEAT UP) & Yuki Ishida. 30 minute time limit
Result: Shuji Ishikawa, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Shinichiro Kawamatsu beat Masa Takanashi, Daichi Sato & Yuki Ishida. Ishikawa pinned Ishida after Fire Thunder.

Match 3: O-MENZ Kumadori Debut Match: Kazuki Hirata & Kumadori (with O-MENZ performance as part of his entrance) vs. Makoto Oishi (Independent/Freelancer) & Akito. 30 minute time limit. O-MENZ can be described as a Japanese take on the iconic Jabbawockeez music/dance group as the performers wear Kabuki-style masks.
Result: Akito & Makoto Oishi beat Kazuki Hirata & Kumadori almost instantly. Akito pinned Hirata. Afterwards, Kumadori with microphone. Promo which sounded slightly muffled due to his headgear. Which led to…
Match 3 (again): O-MENZ Kumadori Debut Match: Kazuki Hirata & Kumadori vs. Makoto Oishi (Independent/Freelancer) & Akito. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kazuki Hirata & Kumadori beat Makoto Oishi & Akito. Both pinned Oishi after a Kumadori twisting legdrop off the top rope. Comedy match with O-MENZ joining in the post-match victory dance to HIrata’s music. Impressive debut nonetheless.

Your new host is Haruo Murata, taking over for Satoshi Dairaku for now.

The DDT team for the next match gets a pep talk from GM Imabayashi until the TJPW squad shows up and Pom Harajuku lays them all out. Taped a few minutes ago. Which led to…
Match 4: Rika Tatsumi, Hyper Misao & Pom Harajuku (Tokyo Joshi Pro) vs. Super Sasadango Machine, Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda. 30 minute time limit. Representative Tetsuya Koda is seconding the TJPW team.
Result: Rika Tatsumi, Hyper Misao & Pom Harajuku beat Super Sasadango Machine, Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda. Tatsumi pinned Honda after a slow-motion assisted Missile Hip. At one point in the match Koda & GM Imabayashi had a comedy face-off/going at it in the ring. DDT comedy at its finest.

Match 5: Haruto Sakuraba Debut Match: Haruto Sakuraba, MJ Paul & KANON vs. HARASHIMA, Yuki Iino & Takao Soma. 30 minute time limit. It appears HARASHIMA is the current DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion so title changes are possible
Result: Haruto Sakuraba, MJ Paul & KANON beat HARASHIMA, Yuki Iino & Takao Soma. KANON pinned Soma after Michinoku Driver.

Match 6: Jun Akiyama vs. Yukio Naya. 30 minute time limit
Result: Jun Akiyama beat Yukio Naya by submission

Match 7: Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura vs. Kenoh & Yu Owada (Pro Wrestling NOAH). 30 minute time limit
Result: Kenoh & Yu Owada beat Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura. Kenoh beat Nakamura with Kenoh Special. Kenoh & Aoki brawled all over the lower level of the Kokugikan throughout this match.

Quick break to clean up all the carnage in the front rows. Japanese commentary has some fun to entertain the fans.

Match 8: Danshoku Dieno (with Tetsu Inada) vs. Invisible Man (Toumei Ningen). 30 minute time limit
Result: Invisible Man beat Danshoku Dieno. This essentially was Dieno having a match by himself with Haruo Murata’s running commentary on the speakers for fans to follow along and more. More DDT comedy at its finest.

Satoshi Dairaku is your host once again, probably the rest of the way.

Match 9: Yuki Ueno (with new entrance music) vs. Takeshi Masada. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Ueno beat Takeshi Masada

Match 10: MAO & To-y vs. Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku for the vacant KO-D Tag Team Championship. 1 Hour time limit
Result: MAO & To-y beat Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku to win the KO-D Tag Team Champinonship. MAO & To-y become the 85th KO-D Tag Team Champions. To-y pinned Koroku after Kojima Impact.

Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes vs. Daisuke Sasaki for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes beat Daisuke Sasaki to retain the title. V1 for Brookes. They went over 35 minutes. Next up: The winner of a 4-way on 1/3, with the title match on 1/26.

The next event, the first of 2025, is Friday at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

UPDATE 2: Backstage after the event was over…

Kazuki Hirata beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion HARASHIMA to win the title. Hirata becomes the 1703rd Champion.

And then…

Sanshiro Takagi beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Kazuki Hirata to win the title. Takagi begomes the 1704th Champion.

Injury Report: Ultimate Party Pooper

DDT and New Japan have announced a late change to Saturday’s Ultimate Party 2024 event…it’s a bit of a bummer because Great-O-Khan is now off. Lower back and hip/side injuries suffered at Sunday’s New Japan event. He was to have faced DDT Extreme Champion Danshoku Dieno in an unofficial title match, where the result and potential title change would not be recognized. Invisible Man is the replacement and it’s now a NON-TITLE match. No word yet on Khan’s status for Tokyo Dome.

More as it becomes available.

DDT Pro Wrestling “Never Mind 2024” LIVE Results (12/22/24) (Updated)

DDT runs their final tour-ending Tokyo signature event of 2024 today, Never Mind 2024, which also is the final event before their blowout year-ender. Unusually there are no title matches scheduled today, but there’s a big potential hoss fight highlighting the card because of New Japan participation, as Tomohiro Ishii comes over for a special match against Yuki Iino…in other words, BEEF! Tough 2 Dollar Steaks all around! It will also be the last time Chris Brookes & Daisuke Sasaki are on opposite sides before their KO-D Openweight Championship match on 12/28, and challenger Sasaki has been getting the better of champion Brookes almost every time so far. Will that continue?

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 special guest on commentary. There are 7 matches and no 30+ minute matches so the longest the event could go is about 3 1/2 hours but I expect it to be close to a”normal” Korakuen event running about 2 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
MJ Paul, Demus & Illusion vs. Takeshi Masada, Yuni & Kazuma Sumi
Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata vs. Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda
Jun Akiyama, Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura vs. HARASHIMA, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida
MAO, To-y & Takao Soma vs. Tetsuya Endo, Yuya Koroku & Akito
Yuki Ueno vs. Super Sasadango Machine
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Yuki Iino
Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi vs. Daisuke Sasaki & KANON

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Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 20 minutes before the event (based on social media posts the broadcast at the venue should start about 10 minutes before the event).

6:10 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in about 10 minutes.

6:22 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.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The crowd is still filing in and it’s their usual smaller-capacity setup, with a few other events happening in Tokyo soon I’ll predict a little on the low side and go around 800. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 966, a full house/near sellout)

The matches should begin in about 15 minutes.

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

Match 1: MJ Paul, Demus & Illusion vs. Takeshi Masada, Yuni & Kazuma Sumi. 30 minute time limit
Result: MJ Paul, Demus & Illution beat Takeshi Masada, Yuni & Kazuma Sumi. Demus pinned Sumi.

Quick break for the GM Imabayashi opening announcements. Announced for 1/3 is Danshoku Dieno vs. Shuji ishikawa, HARASHIMA & KANON in a 4-way for the next KO-D Openweight Championship shot. That title match will happen on 1/26. Yuji Nagata (New Japan) participation is also announced for the Sanshiro Takagi 30th Anniversary event on 2/3, and MInoru Suzuki participation is announced for the annual 5 Hour Anniversary event on 3/20.

Match 2: Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata vs. Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda. 30 minute time limit
Result: Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata beat Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda. Dieno pinned Honda after Danshoku Driver. Afterwards, Dieno with microphone. He calls out-and gets-New Japan wrestler Great-O-Khan. They talk a possible match on 12/28. Soon they are joined by Kentaro Kumagai. Khan apparently has convinced Kumagai to join United Empire. Then someone I don’t recognize comes out of the crowd to side with Dieno. So perhaps a tag match. Either way, sounds like Dieno now wants to put the DDT Extreme Championship on the line. We’ll see. Updates to come.

Match 3: Jun Akiyama, Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura vs. HARASHIMA, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida. 30 minute time limit
Result: Jun Akiyama, Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakmaura beat HARASHIMA, Yuko Naya & Yuki Ishida. Nakamura pinned Ishida after 3 right head kicks.

The D GENERATIONS CUP Tournament will return in 2025, which is for the younger/less experienced wrestlers. Participants announced: Yuni, Kazuma Sumi, Illusion, Yuki Ishida, Yuya Koroku, Keigo Nakamura, Takeshi Masada, To-y. It will be held on 2/4 at Shinjuku Face & 2/23 at Korakuen. The winner gets a future KO-D Openweight Championship match. Masada won the first tournament in 2023, To-y won last year.

Your new host is Haruo Murata.

Match 4: MAO, To-y & Takao Soma vs. Tetsuya Endo, Yuya Koroku & Akito. 30 minute time limit
Result: Tetsuya Endo, Yuya Koroku & Akito beat MAO, To-y & Takao Soma. Koroku beat To-y with an armbar.

Match 5: Yuki Ueno vs. Super Sasadango Machine. 30 minute time limit
Result: Super Sasadango Machine beat Yuki Ueno

Match 6: Tomohiro Ishii (New Japan) vs. Yuki Iino. 30 minute time limit
Result: Tomohiro Ishii beat Yuki Iino

Main Event: Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi vs. Daisuke Sasaki & KANON. 30 minute time limit
Result: Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi beat Daisuke Sasaki & KANON. Brookes pinned Sasaki after Praying Mantis Bomb.

Updated 12/28 card to finish the show. DDT Extreme Champion Danshoku Dieno vs. Great-O-Khan for the title is now official, and it’s an Unauthorized Match. Tetsu Inada will be in Dieno’s corner, Kentaro Kumagai in Khan’s corner.

The next event is ULTIMATE PARTY 2024, the year-ending blowout event, Saturday at Ryogoku Kokugikan. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

UPDATE: The DDT Extreme Championship match on 12/28 will be an “unofficial” match, meaning the outcome, whether successful defense or title change, will not be recognized as official. Interesting.

DDT 12/15/24 Results (2 Events)

DDT ran a doubleheader in Osaka today, with the first event being a regular one and the second was a mini-event.

Both events were held at Konohama Community Hall in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There were no liev broadcasts.

Event 1:
The announced paid attendance was 294, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Demus beat Yuni.

Match 2: Akito & Keigo Nakamura beat Carnalax & Yuki Ishida. Nakamura pinned Ishida.

Match 3: Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino beat Yukio Naya & Kazuma Sumi. Endo pinned Sumi after Burning Star Press.

Match 4: HARASHIMA, MAO & Takao Soma beat Danshoku Dieno, Jun Akiyama & Tomomitsu Matsunaga. MAO beat Matsunaga with a body lock.

Match 5: Yuki Ueno beat Kazuki Hirata.

Match 6: Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & Illusion beat Chris Brookes, ANtonio Honda & Takeshi Masada. Sasaki beat Honda with a crossface.

Main Event: To-y beat Yuya Koroku.

Event 2:
The announced paid attendance was 203.

Match 1: Yukio Naya, Keigo Nakamura & To-y beat Danshoku Dieno, HARASHIMA & Yuni. Nakamura beat Yuni with a neck lock.

Match 2; KANON & Illusion beat Yuya Koroku & Yuki Ishida. KANON beat Ishida with Just Cobra Twist.

Main Event: Takeshi Masada beat Kazuma Sumi.

The next event is NEVER MIND 2024 on 11/22 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. LIve streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. Former SKE48 member Marika Tani will be a special guest on commentary.

DDT 12/11/24 Results

DDT continued the Road To Ultimate Party 2024 tour today 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 319, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: KANON & Demus beat Yuki Iino & Kazuma Sumi. Domus pinned Sumi after Balaguese.

Match 2: Danshoku Dieno beat Kazuki Hirata & Toru Owashi in a 3-way by pinning Hirata in 17 seconds. Which led to…
Match 2 (again): Danshoku Dieno beat Kazuki Hirata.

Match 3: Jun Akiyama, HARASHIMA & Tetsuya Endo beat Yukio Naya, Daichi Sato & Yuki Ishida. HARASHIMA pinned Ishida after a right high kick. Afterwards, Naya chokeslammed Akiyama through a table.

Match 4: Ikuto Hidaka, Minoru Fujita & Fuminori Abe beat Yuki Ueno, MAO & Keigo Nakamura by ref stoppage (TKO). Abe beat Nakamura.

Match 5: To-y beat Yuya Koroku.

Main Event: In a 2/3 Falls match, Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & Illusion beat Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda 2-1. Fall 1: Illusion pinned Takanashi. Fall 2: Honda beat Paul. Fall 3: Sasaki bear Brookes.

The next event is Sunday at Konohana Community Hall in Osaka. There will be no live broadcast.

News: Tokyo Sports Awards Announced

The top Japanese newspaper/website Tokyo Sports, which tends to take a more gossip-like approach to wrestling compared to other established sources like Weekly Pro, Nikkan Sports, Daily Sports and others, has announced its annual Year-End Awards. Here are the winners:
MVP (Best Wrestler)-Zack Sabre Jr. (New Japan)
Match Of The Year-Hirooki Goto vs. Yota Tsuji, New Japan Cup Finals
Newcomer (Rookie Of The Year)-Boltin Oleg, New Japan
Skill Award-Shinya Aoki (DDT)
Fighting Spirit Award-Kaito Kiyomiya (NOAH)
Special Achievement-Award-Yuma Anzai (All-Japan)
Women’s Grand Prize-Sareee (Marigold)
Best Tag Team-Jun & Rei Saito (All-Japan)
Hot Topic Award-Dump Matsunoto (popularity & career revival thanks to new Netflix series about her life & early career), Bull Nakano (first Japanese woman inducted into WWE Hall Of Fame), Mayu Iwatani (approaching 2 years as IWGP Women’s Champion)
Special Award-Each of the 8 Japanese wrestlers who won gold medals at the 2024 Olympics
Also of note: The Saitos were a runner-up in the MVP category.

DDT 12/8/24 Results

DDT began their year-ending Road To Ultimate Party 2024 Tour today in Nagoya.

Today’s event was held at Imaike Gas Hall in Nagoya and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 324, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Yukio Naya & Takumi Saito beat Keigo Nakamura & Yuki Ishida. Naya pinned Ishida after a chokeslam.

Match 2: Tetsuay Endo & Toru Owashi beat Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata. Owashi pinned Hirata.

Match 3: Jun Akiyama & MAO beat HARASHIMA & Tomomitsu Matsunaga. Akiyama pinned Matsunaga after Exploder.

Match 4: Akito beat Takao Soma.

Match 5: Yuki Ueno & To-y beat Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku. To-y pinned Koroku after a Frankensteiner.

Main Event: In an elimination match, Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul, KANON, Demus & Illusion beat Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi, Antonio Honda, Takeshi Masada & Munetatsu Nakamura. Order of elimination: Honda by Sasaki, Demus by Brookes, Illusion by Nakamura, Nakamura by Paul, Masada by Sasaki, Paul by Brookes, Brookes & Sasaki together, Takanashi by KANON. KANON is the only winner left.

The next event is Wednesday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

DDT 12/1/24 Results

DDT ran their annual Fan Appreciation Day event today in Tokyo as part of a doubleheader with Tokyo Joshi Pro.

Today’s event was held at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 333, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Yuki Ueno, MAO & To-y beat Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku. To-y pinned Koroku after Kojima in Avalanche Wonderland.

Match 2: Danshoku Dieno & HARASHIMA beat Kazuki Hirata & Yuki Ishida. Dieno pinned Ishida after Danshoku Driver.

Match 3: Shinya Aoki, Akito & Yukio Naya beat Jun Akiyama, Keigo Nakamura & Daichi Sato. Aoki beat Nakamura with a Full Nelson.

Main Event: Schadenfreude International vs. Damnation TA Best of 5 Single Match Series:
1-Chris Brookes vs. Daisuke Sasaki went to a 10 minute time limit draw.
2-MJ Paul beat Masa Takanashi.
3-Mr. BUENO beat Demus.
4-KANON beat Antonio Honda by submission.
5-Takeshi Masada beat Illusion by DQ. Chair use.
Draw. 2-2-1. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: Takeshi Masada beat Illusion.
Schadenfreude wins.

The next event is 12/8 at Imaike Gas Hall in Nagoya. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT 11/28/24 Results

DNA, an experimental group under DDT’s banner that consisted of newer wrestlers with great potential at the time, held a special 10th Anniversary event today on the day of its formation (11/28/2014) featuring former members of the group. Most went on to compete elsewhere but a couple stayed in DDT, the most notable success story form the group being Yuki Ueno, but all returned for this event. DNA, by the way, in this case was short for DDT New Attitude. Also part of this group are Shunma Katsumata & Kazusada Higuchi, who are both out long term due to injuries but appeared today.

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

The announced paid attendance was 312, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: MAO & Mizuki Watase vs. Yuki Iino & Masato Kamino went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Akira Sada (?) & Yuki Ishida beat Chou-un Shiryu & Rekka. Sada pinned Shiryu after a spinebuster.

Match 3: Munetatsu Nakamura beat Yuni.

Match 4: Match 4: Banana Senga & Tsutomu Oosugi beat Daiki Shimomura & Check Shimatani. Senga pinned Shimomura.

Match 5: Kota Umeda, Ryota Nakatsu & Koki Iwasaki beat Keigo Nakamura, To-y & Yuya Koroku. Umeda pinned Nakamura after a right high kick.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno beat Diego.

The next event is “Year-End Fan Appreciation Day! 2024” Sunday at Club eX in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET.

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