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DDT ran a same-day doubleheader today in Aichi, first a D GENERATIONS event then a regular house show.

Both events were held at Imaike Gas Hall in AIchi and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There were no live broadcasts.

The paid attendance was not announced for both events.

Event 1 (D GENERATIONS 5):
Match 1: Daichi Sato & Yuki Ishida beat Takahiro Kaiben & Maanori Watanabe (?). Ishida pinned Watanabe after Flame Palm.

Match 2: To-y beat Grand Pesho Mask 4. As a result, To-y gets a “Money In The Bank” title shot anytime, anywhere he chooses.

Match 3: Illusion beat Mikiya Sasaki.

Match 4: Hideki Okatani beat Ryoma Tsukamoto.

Match 5: Shota beat Yuya Koroku.

Main Event: Takeshi Masada & Kazuma Sumi beat Yu Shimizu & Najima Ali. Sumi pinned Ali.

Event 2:
In opening announcements, the return date for the venue was announced as 10/26.

Match 1: Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Tomomitsu Matsunaga beat Yuki Ueno, To-y & Kazuma Sumi. Honda pinned To-y with a Japanese leg roll clutch hold. As a result, Honda wins To-y’s title shot rights.

Match 2: Danshoku Dieno, Naomi Yoshimura & Takeshi Masada beat Takao Soma, Shota & Kazuki Hirata. Yoshimura pinned Shota.

Match 3: Akito beat Illusion.

Match 4: Hideki Okatani beat Daichi Sato & Yuki Ishida in a 3-way by pinning Sato. As a result, Okatani wins a title shot right.

Match 5: Jun Akiyama & HARASHIMA beat Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul. HARASHIMA pinned Paul after Blue Sword.

Main Event: Kazusada Higuchi, Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya beat MAO, KANON & Yuya Koroku. Higuchi pinned Koroku.

The next event is tomorrow at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

DDT ran an event in Yokohama today with their annual version of “Money In The Bank”.

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

The paid attendance was not announced.

Before the event began, a memorial ceremony was held for former DDT wrestler Tomohiko Hashimoto, who died earlier this week. He would have turned 48 next week. The cause of death is unknown but it may have been liver cancer, which he was diagnosed with last year. He debuted in DDT in 2000 and competed there until 2006 and was a 3-time KO-D Tag Team Champion among other accolades.

Match 1: Shinya Aoki beat Takeshi Masada.

Match 2: Kazuki Hirata beat Danshoku Dieno & Super Sasadango Machine in a 3-way by pinning Dieno. As a result, Hirata earns a “Money In The Bank” title shot for any DDT title, anytime, anywhere, of his choosing.

Match 3: HARASHIMA beat Daichi Sato.

Match 4: In a match that could be won by submission, KO/TKO or cumulative 20 count pinfalls, Chris Brookes & Yuya Koroku beat Yuki Ueno & To-y. Koroku pinned To-y after a deformed Triangle Lancer.

Match 5: Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida beat Jun Akiyama & Tomomitsu Matsunaga. Higuchi pinned Matsunaga.

Match 6: MAO & KANON beat Minoru Suzuki & Akito. MAO pinned Akito with Gedo Clutch.

Main Event: KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & Illusion beat Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya & Kazuma Sumi to retain the titles. Okatani pinned Sumi after a vertical drop brainbuster. V4 for the champs.

Afterwards, Sasaki announced the main event of his next independent produced event on 10/2 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo: Sasaki & El Desperado vs. Shuji Ishikawa & Antonio Honda. This will also be a Sasaki 20th Anniversary Match.

The next event is tomorrow at Yume Messe Miyagi in Sendai. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Tuesday. There also has been a last-minute change announced to the card because Gorgeous Matsuno was on the card but is now off. Fever. He was to have teamed with Kazuki Hirata to face Danshoku Dieno & Akito. That match is now a 3-way.

DDT ran an event in Shizuoka today as the second half of a doubleheader with Tokyo Joshi Pro.

Today’s event was held at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Monday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Before the event began, Antonio Honda came out dressed as Hulk Hogan and did an “in memory of” segment acting like Hogan and doing his signature poses & actions.

Match 1: Hideki Okatani beat Kazuma Sumi.

Match 2: In a match where the first wrestler to bodyslam another one wins, Danshoku Dieno beat Akito & Yuya Koroku by bodyslamming Koroku.

Match 3: Yuki Iino & Antonio Honda beat Hideki Sekine & Kazuki Hirata. Honda pinned hirata after an Iino elbow drop.

Match 4: HARASHIMA, Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada beat Daisuke Sasaki, Illusion & MJ Paul. HARASHIMA pinned Paul after Blue Sword.

Match 5; MAO & KANON beat Jun Akiyama & Daichi Sato. KANON pinned Sato after Lovely Dezires.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, To-y & Shinya Aoki beat Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida. To-y pinned Ishida after Kojima Impact.

The next event is 8/9 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

DDT held a special HARASHIMA hometown event today in Tokyo, now because he’s practicing or whatever, but because in his words it’s his hometown!

Today’s event was held at Sumitomo Metal Mining Arena Ome Sports Hall 1 in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNVERSE.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Kazuma Sumi beat Illusion.

Match 2: Naomi Yoshimura & Takao Soma beat Makoto Oishi (Independent/Freelancer) & Shunma Katsumata. Yoshimura pinned Oishi after a lariat.

Match 3: Danshoku Dieno beat Kazuki Hirata.

Match 4: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & MJ Paul beat Antonio Honda, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yuya Koroku. Sasaki beat Matsunaga with a crossface.

Match 5; MAO & KANON beat Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida. MAO pinned Ishida with a Japanese leg roll clutch hold.

Match 6: In a Falls Count Anywhere match, Yuki Ueno & To-y beat Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada. To-y pinned Masada.

Match 7: KO-D Tag Team Champions Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya beat Jun Akiyama & Daichi Sato to retain the titles. Naya pinned Sato after The World’s Largest Backdrop. V1 for the champs. Next up: Damnation T.A. That match will happen on 8/30 at Higashin Arena.

Main Event: HARASHIMA, Yogi Makabe (New Japan) & Yasu Urano beat Shinya Aoki, Shuji Ishikawa & Akito. HARASHIMA pinned Akito after a swan dive Blue Sword.

The next event is Saturday at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast.

Elsewhere, there were some Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship title changes yesterday…Yuni won the title on 7/22 and yesterday went to an idol event also featuring Tokyo Joshi Pro’s Up Up Girls and Yuki Arai. During this, Kazuma Sumi won the title and then Shunma Katsumata won it from Sumi. After this, Reni Takashiro of idol group Momoiro Clover Z beat Katsumata to win the title and one of the most popular J-Pop idols right now became champion. For 6 minutes anyway, as Jun Suzue, a research student, then won the title.

DDT held a special one-match event today in Tokyo as part of the 2025 Handmade In Japan Festival.

Today’s event was held at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo and may be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The attendance was not announced.

Match result: To-y & Takeshi Masada beat KANON & Yuki Ishida and Daichi Sato & Kazuma Sumi in a 3-way when Masada pinned Sumi.

But then some time later after the event…

Kazuma Sumi beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Sanshiro Takagi to win the title. Sumi becomes the 1757th Champion. Running into Takagi with his own comedy-modded bicycle. God Bless DDT.

The next event is 7/27 at Sumitomo Metal Mining Arena Ome Sports Hall in Tokyo for a HARASHIMA hometown event. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

DDT runs their monthly Tokyo signature event today, and it’s a major one because of the return-and full-time wrestler debut-of Kaisei Takechi. “The Rampage” is competing in just his 3rd career match but it’s going to be the first of many more under his new contract signed earlier this year and of course it’s going to be a packed house for that today for the “Beginning Of The Hybrid Performer”. There’s a lot more big stuff happening today-New Japan Pro Wrestling participation in the form of Kosei Fujita making his DDT debut, a DDT Universal Championship match and in the main event Kazusada Higuchi makes his first defense of the KO-D Openweight Championship against the longtime face of DDT, HARASHIMA.
There also will be a special “support package” PPV with bonus content following Takechi and giveaways available. It can be pre-ordered now on WRESTLE UNIVERSE for 3600 Japanese yen (around ($26 US) and is scheduled to premiere Friday at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET then be available on demand until the end of the month. There will be a lottery after the viewing window ends on 7/31 where 3 signed photos of Takechi will be given away, but you may have to reside in Japan to enter and win.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. It can also be watched LIVE in Japan only on ABEMA. The event is a legit advance sellout. Actor Takumi Momose will be a special guest on commentary. There is a pre-show match scheduled today so with that and the 2 title matches & more this is going to be a longer Korakuen event than usual, I’d say going a minimum of 3 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Pre-show match: Takao Soma & Yuni vs. Naomi Yoshimura & Antonio Honda
Danshoku Dieno vs. Super Sasadango Machine & Kazuki Hirata in a 3-way
Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida vs. Chris Brookes, Jun Akiyama & Daichi Sato
Kosei Fujita (New Japan) & Takeshi Masada vs. To-y & Yuya Koroku
Masashi Takeda, Illusion & Haruto Sakuraba vs. MAO, KANON & Kazuma Sumi
Yuki Ueno, Akito & Kaisei Takechi vs. Daisuke Sasaki, Illusion & MJ Paul
DDT Universal Champion Minoru Suzuki vs. Shinya Aoki for the title
KO-D Openweight Champion Kazusada Higuchi vs. HARASHIMA for the title

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Updates below will begin at 6:50 PM PT/9:50 PM ET. The pre-show match is scheduled to start at 7:05 PM PT/10:05 PM ET. The main show begins at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

6:50 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue shortly.

7 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Satoshi Dairaku, Haruo Murata joining later, Kagehiro Osano & Takumi Momose.

The paid attendance will not be announced after the event but it’s a legit advance sellout so it should be around 1500.

The pre-show match begins at 7:05 PM PT/10:05 PM ET.

Pre-show match: Pre-show match: Takao Soma & Yuni vs. Naomi Yoshimura & Antonio Honda. 15 minute time limit
Result: Naomi Yoshimura & Antonio Honda beat Takao Soma & Yuni. Honda pinned Yuni.

Opening announcements from GM Imabayashi. During these a new wrestler, Hinata Kasai, is introduced to the crowd. He will debut soon. Interesting side note: Japanese hardcore/death match god Jun Kasai is his father. Rukiya then comes out, he will return soon after an extended absence.

Updates will resume when the main show matches begin in about 20 minutes (pre-show match ended at 7:15 PM PT/10:15 PM ET).

The matches begin at 7:33 PM PT/10:33 PM ET. There have been last-second changes to the match order, the DDT Universal Championship originally was the semifinal match but it has been swapped with the Kaisei Takechi 6-man tag and will be match 5, the Takechi 6-man tag will be match 6. The first 2 matches also swapped positions so the 6-man tag is now first and the 3-way is second.. And matches 3 & 4 swapped too.

Match 1: Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida vs. Chris Brookes, Jun Akiyama & Daichi Sato. 30 minute time limit
Reslut: Chris Brookes, Jun Akiyama & Daichi Sato beat Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida. Sato pinned Ishida after Muscle Splash.

Match 2: Danshoku Dieno vs. Super Sasadango Machine (who unmasked himself when he got into the ring, he’s really Muscle Sakai for those who don’t know) & Kazuki Hirata in a 3-way. 30 minute time limit
Result: Super Sasadango Machine beat Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata in a 3-way by pinning Hirata. Dieno didn’t really do anything, just stayed perched on the corner turnbuckle for the standard GM Imabayashi comedy spots, which of course didn’t end well for Imabayashi. After the match, Machine with microphone for one of his slideshow presentations on the venue big screen, this one a followup to the DDT/New Japan 6/9 PPV that was built around a match of Machine vs. Toru Yano. But this all led to a big announcement for WRESTLE PETER PAN 2025 on 8/31: Dieno vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi! The Tanahashi retirement road stops in DDT! Then Dieno turns the tables-he announces that on Day 1 of WRESTLE PETER PAN on 8/30 Sakai will face MInoru Suzuki in what will be a Muscle Sakai Retirement 15th Anniversary Match.

Match 3: Masashi Takeda, Illusion & Haruto Sakuraba vs. MAO, KANON & Kazuma Sumi. 30 minute time limit
Result: MAO, KANON & Kazuma Sumi beat Masashi Takeda, Illusion & Haruto Sakuraba. MAO pinned Illusion with a Japanese leg roll clutch hold.

Match 4: Kosei Fujita (New Japan) & Takeshi Masada vs. To-y & Yuya Koroku. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kosei Fujita & Takeshi Masada beat To-y & Yuya Koroku. Masada pinned Koroku. Afterwards, Chris Brookes came out with a puppet and just brushed off Fujita. This brought out Fujita’s New Japan factionmate Zack Sabre Jr. Masada tried to play peacemaker between the two Englishmen but all it did was seemingly set up a tag match for WRESTLE PETER PAN. Thus they looked to GM Imabayashi. He briefly went backstage and when he came back…it’s now official. 8/30. They finished with some comedy involving Brookes’ puppet.

Match 5: DDT Universal Champion Minoru Suzuki vs. Shinya Aoki for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: DDT Universal Champion Minoru Suzuki beat Shinya Aoki by ref stoppage (TKO-strikes) to retain the title. V3 for Suzuki. Next up: Suzuki maybe briefly hinted at Dieno but instead…MAO. GM Imabayashi announcement during staredown…it’s now official. 8/31.

Match 6: Yuki Ueno, Akito & Kaisei Takechi vs. Daisuke Sasaki, Illusion & MJ Paul. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Ueno, AKito & Kaisei Takechi beat Daisuke Sasaki, Illusion & MJ Paul. Ueno pinned Paul after BME.

Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion Kazusada Higuchi vs. HARASHIMA for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Openweight Champion Kazusada Higuchi beat HARASHIMA to retain the title. V1 for Higuchi. Afterwards, following compliments & congratulating each other, GM Imabayashi in the ring with microphone. Time to seemingly announce the next challenger…and out promptly comes Jun Akiyama. And just like that, it’s now official. 8/30 at WRESTLE PETER PAN Day 1. And if Higuchi wins…ANOTHER title defense on Day 2 on 8/31. Sounds like that challenger will be determined by a battle royal. (That’s the case. The 8/30 winner defends against said battle royal winner. That match will happen on Tuesday)

A video package with the matches announced so far today for WRESTLE PETER PAN on 8/30 (Higashin Arena, Tokyo) and 8/31 (Korakuen) is shown to wrap up the show.

The next event is Tuesday at Shinjuku Face for the first half of a 2-day Beer Garden Pro Wrestling doubleheader. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

UPDATE: While he may appear before then, after his match Takechi announced he’ll participate in the ULTIMATE PARTY 2025 event on 11/3 and teased a potential open challenge.

DDT has been forced to make an injury change to an upcoming event, and it could be a very costly one because it involves the popular O-MENZ Kumadori. Left knee injury. Out indefinitely and off the 7/16 event at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo as a result. He was to have faced Illusion. Yuni is the replacement, meaning he is now out of his scheduled match where he was to have teamed with Daichi Sato & Kazuma Sumi to face Kazusada Higuchi, Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya. Shinya Aoki is the replacement there.

Because of Kumadori’s absence, refunds for tickets will be offered until Friday. It’s not yet known how long he may be out.

More as it becomes available.

DDT promoted and participated in a special Japan Wrestling Federation for People With Disabilities charity event today for the organization, which helps raise funds to support the organization’s efforts.

Today’s event was held at Odawara Arena Sub Arena in Kanagawa and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Illusion beat Kazuma Sumi.

Match 2: Daichi Sato & Munetatsu Nakamura beat Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yuki Ishida. Sato pinned Matsunaga after Mad Splash.

Match 3: Danshoku Dieno & Pocotan beat Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda. Pocotan pinned Honda.

Match 4: HARASHIMA, Takao Soma & Yukio Naya beat Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & MJ Paul. HARASHIMA pinned Paul after Blue Sword.

Intermission here was followed by a special traditional Japanese music performance and a second performance by a blues band.

Match 5: KANON beat Yuya Koroku.

Match 6: Tatsumi Fujinami (Dradition), Yoshiaki Yatsu & Jun Akiyama beat Yukio Ueno, To-y & Akito. Fujinami beat To-y with a dragon sleeper.

Main Event: Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Iino beat Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada. Higuchi pinned Masada after Brain Claw Slam.

The next event is Tuesday at Ueno Park Outdoor Stage in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast.

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

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. DDT’s website incorrectly stated there would be no live broadcast and on demand would not be available until Wednesday. It did stream live and is thus available on demand already.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Before the event began there was a public signing ceremony for the KO-D Openweight Championship match between Kazusada Higuchi & HARASHIMA on 7/13. After that, Hikaru Sato appeared and issued a DDT Extreme Championship challenge to To-y.

Match 1: KANON beat MJ Paul by submission.

Match 2: Danshoku Dieno vs. Akito, Kazuki Hirata, Naomi Yoshimura & Yuya Koroku in a 5-way went to (somehow) a 30 minute time limit draw.

Match 3: Yuki Ueno & Kazuma Sumi beat Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida. Ueno pinned Ishida after a frog splash.

Match 4: Jun Akiyama, Hikaru Sato & Daichi Sato beat Yuki Iino, To-y & Tomomitsu Matsunaga. Akiyama pinned Matsunaga after Exploder.

Match 5; Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Naya beat HARASHIMA & Takao Soma. Naya pinned Soma after The World’s Largest Backdrop.

Main Event: KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & Illusion beat Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada to retain the titles. Illusion pinned Honda. V3 for the champs.

The next event is a Japan Wrestling Federation Presents Charity Pro Wrestling Festival event tomorrow at Odawara Arena Sub Arena in Kanagawa. There will be no live broadcast.

DDR ran their monthly Meet&Greet&Fight event today, which also was their latest D GENERATIONS event.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Friday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced.

There were last-minute changes to the card due to Shunma Katsumata being off the event. Left knee injury suffered in practice recently. Out indefinitely.

Match 1: Takao Soma beat Munetatsu Nakamura.

Match 2: Hideki Okatani beat Lil Kraken.

Match 3: Takeshi Masada beat Ryoma Tsukamoto.

Match 4: Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie beat To-y & Yuya Koroku. Irie pinned Koroku after Beast Bomber.

Match 5: Yuki Ishida & Kazuma Sumi beat Shota & Kazuki Hirata in 16 seconds. Sumi pinned Hirata. Which led to…
Match 5 (again): Yuki Ishida & Kazuma Sumi beat Shota & Kazuki Hirata. Sumi pinned Hirata (again).

Main Event: Kazuma Sumi won a 7 man battle royal, last eliminating Takeshi Masada & To-y. As a result, Sumi’s chosen color-yellow-will be the background color for a new D GENERATIONS logo under development.

The next event is Saturday at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.