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DDT ran the second half of their Beer Garden Pro Wrestling doubleheader today in Tokyo.

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

The paid attendance was not announced but it was a legit advance sellout.

There was a last-second change made to the main event as the match began-it was changed to a Falls Count Anywhere match.

Match 1: Takao Soma & Yuki Ishida beat Kazuma Sunni & Yuni. Ishida pinned Yuni after Flame Palm.

Match 2: Shunma Katsumata & To-y beat Daisuke Sasaki & Mikiya Sasaki. To-y pinned Mikiya Sasaki.

Match 3: Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante beat Hideki Okatani, Illusion & MJ Paul by ref stoppage (TKO). Levante beat Paul with a body sleeper.

Match 4: Kaisei Takechi vs. GM Imabayashi went to a draw. Some weird comedy match.

Match 5: In a Blondfolded Breast Hiding Match, where all wrestlers were blindfolded and the first to strip another of their bra wins, Masami Inahata beat Kazuki Hirata, Yuki Ueno & Junta Miyawaki in a 4-way by stripping Ueno. As a result, Inahata earns the second “Money In The Back” title shot right. Afterwards, Illusion appeared and teased using his right to challenge for said title shot rights, but didn’t.

Main Event: In a Falls Count Anywhere Match, KO-D 6-Man Tag Tram Champions Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato beat Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA & Anyonio Honda to retain the titles. Sato pinned Honda after a diving body press onto a table. V6 for the champs. That ties the record for most title defenses in a reign. Next up: Levante, Naya & KANON. That match will happen on 8/11 at Ryogoku Kokugikan. Also added to 8/11 is Daisuke Sasaki & DOUKI (New Japan) vs. Antonio Honda & Tetsuya Endo.

The next event is Sunday at Imaike Gas Hall in Navoya. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Wednesday.

DDT kicked off a Beer Garden Pro Wrestling doubleheader in Tokyo today, perhaps their last one in Shinjuku.

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

The paid attendance was not announced but it was a legit advance sellout.

Before the event began during the NwA Jr live…
Shunna Katsumata beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Kazuma Sumi to win the title. Katsumata becomes the 1841st Champion.

Match 1: Jun Akiyama & Takao Soma beat Naomi Yoshimura & Rukiya. Akiyama pinned Rukiya after a knee strike.

Match 2: Invisible Kazuki Hirata won a 8 man/invisible man battle royal, last eliminating Kazuki Hirata.

Match 3: Hidrki Okatani & Illusion beat Yuni & O-MENZ Kumadori. Okatani pinned Yuni.

Match 4: 2 Danshoku Dienos (one the real thing, one not) beat Junta Miyawaki (as Antonio Honda) & Antonio Honda. One of the Dienos pinned Honda.

Match 5: Yuki Ueno, Shinya Aoki, To-y & Kaisei Takechi beat KANON, Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante. Takechi pinned Levante after Break It Down.

Match 6: Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato beat HARASHIMA, Yuki Ishida & Hinata Kasai. Sato pinned Kasai after Fire Thunder.

Main Event: In a King Of Drunk match, Shunma Katsumata beat Daisuke Sasaki, Kazuma Sumi, Chris Brookes & MAO in a 5-way by KO. As a result, Katsumata earns a “Money In The Bank” title shot right for the KO-D Openweight Championship over the next couple months. The post-match celebration was crashed by Illusion, who created his own version and got it approved by GM Imabayashi and can use it starting tomorrow.

The next event is tomorrow. It is also a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

UPDATE: Clarification on Illusion-it appears he created a means to challenge anytime anywhere for the rights to challenge for the title shot anytime anywhere, as long as it’s within the current fiscal year, although the title challenges via the rights must happen by 9/27. (Confused?)

DDT ran another midweek house show today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Asakusa Rox 3G Super Multi Court in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Friday. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Pre-show match: Tawaramachi Kid Jr., Super Meat Grill Machine & Akinori Anji beat Benio, Tamaki Torimomi & TAKUYA. Kid pinned Torimomi after a moonsault press.

A comedy performance by the guest comedians in attendance opened the event

Match 1: Yuya Koroku, Daichi Sato & MBM beat Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Rukiya & Masami Inahata. Sato pinned Matsunaga after Mad Splash

Match 2: Shunma Katsumata & Viento Levante beat Akito & Hinata Kasai. Levante pinned Kasai after a diving headbutt.

Match 3: Sanshiro Takagi & Yukio Naya beat Jun Akiyama & Junta Miyawaki Naya pinned Miyawaki after The World’s Largest Backdrop.

Another live comedy performance was held at this point.

Match 4: Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA & Antonio Honda beat Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & Illusion. HARASHIMA pinned Illusion after Blue Sword.

Match 5: MAO, KANON & Kazuma Sumi beat Danshoku Dieno, DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweoght Champion Kazuki Hirata & Yoshihiko when Sumi pinned Hirata to win the title. Sumi becomes the 1840th Champion.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, Ryota Nakatsu & Naomi Yoshimura beat Takeshi Masada, To-y & Yuki Ishida. Ueno pinned To-y after Jul.2. Afterwards, MAO tried to win the DDT Iton Man Heavymetalweight Championship from Sumi but failed.

The next event is Sunday at Shizuoka Granship Exchange Hall in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast. On demand on 7/15.

DDT held the latest Sanshiro Takagi Produced Super Japan Pro Wrestling event today in Tokyo.

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

The paid attendance was not announced.

Pre-show match: Daisuke Sekimoto won an at least 34 person battle royal, last eliminating Shota.

Match 1: M beat Miles Cal.

Match 2: In a match with 5 3-minute rounds, Tanomusaku Toba beat Mac Matsushita at 1:26 of Round 3 by ref stoppage (TKO).

Match 3: Gym Trainer Kotoka & Matika Kobashi beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Saito. Kobashi pinned Saito.

Match 4: Hayabusa beat Ken Ohka.

Match 5: Sanshiro Takagi, Munenori Sawa & Fuminori Abe beat Brahmans Shu, Kei & Koji (Satoshi Kojima). Takagi pinned Kei after Stone Cold Stunner.

Main Event: Yuji Nagata (New Japan) beat CIMA.

The next Super Japan event will be on 9/28 and will feature Nagata vs. Kojima.

The next event is Wednesday at Asakusa Rox 3G Super Multi Court in Tokyo. 3 popular Japanese comedians will be in attendance. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Friday.

DDT ran a combination hotel show/fan event today in Kanagawa.

Today’s event was held at Rembrandt Hotel Atsugi Grand Banquet Room 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: Naomi Yoshimura beat Hinata Kasai.

Match 2: Danshoku Dieno & To-y beat Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata. To-y pinned Hirata after Kojima Wonderland.

Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Illusion beat Akito, Takao Soma, Yukio Naya & Masami INahata. Okatani pinned Inahata after a Claymore.

Match 4: Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato beat Kazuma Sumi, Yuki Ishida & Rukiya. Koroku beat Rukiya with a chicken wing.

Match 5: Jun AKiyama & Junta Miyawaki beat Yuki Ueno & Shunma Katsumata. Miyawaki pinned Katsumata.

Before the main event…
Chris Brookes beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion KIMIHIRO to win the title. Brookes becomes the 1837th Champion.

Main Event: Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA & Antonio Honda beat MAO, KANON & Viento Levante. Honda pinned Levante. Which led to…
KIMIHIRO beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Chris Brookes to win the title. KIMIHIRO becomes the 1838th Champion.

The next event is a Super Japan Pro Wrestling event tomorrow at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET, but could be moved up due to a pre-show match.

DDT held the latest Daisuke Sasaki Produced event today, which he dubbed CHARISMANIA 4.

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

The paid attendance was not announced.

Tetsu Inada was the guest ring announcer.

Match 1: Yasu Urano & Sangre Azteca Jr. beat Naohiro Katsuni & Yunikaras Jr. (likely Yuni). Both winners beat both losers simultaneously.

Match 2: Ryunosuke Nagai beat MJ Paul.

Match 3: 3 Fake Brahman Yuukis vs. Trans-Am Hiroshi, Takayuki Ueki & Takeshi Masada went to a no contest. Out of control.

Match 4: Ayato Yoshida & Gabai Ji-chan beat Minoru Fujita & Illusion. Gabai pinned Illusion.

Match 5: In a Barbed Wire Board Crash Match, where the first to put the other through a barbed wire board wins, DDT Extreme Champion Hideki Okatani vs. Yuko Miyamoto went to a draw because both went through said board together. As a result, Okatani retains the title. V3 for Okatani. Next up: Yuki Ishida. And he’s got the stip/rules-Belt vs. Hair. If Ishida loses, he loses his hair. That match will happen on 7/26 at Korakuen Hall.

Main Event: DDT O-40 Champion Daisuke Sasaki beat Shuji Ishikawa & Keisuke Ishii in a 3-way by pinning Ishii to retain the title. V2 for Sasaki.

If what Illusion said post-main event holds true, there will be a CHARISMANIA 5, but when isn’t known.

The next event is Sunday at Rembrandt Hotel Atsugi in Kanagawa. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Wednesday.

For the last couple years DDT has been doing a variant of the WWE “Money In The Bank” gimmick that gives the holder a title shot anytime, anywhere they want. It’s back for this year but with some changes from last year’s memorable series, which culminated in Kazuki Hirata becoming KO-D Openweight Champion (and making one successful defense). Here’s the plan for this year:
Last year there were 3 such title shot rights awarded. This year there will be just 2.
This year they can be cashed in only for a KO-D Openweight Championship match. Last year it was for any DDT title.
They will again be defended and lost like last year, meaning if a rights holder is beaten in a single match, or is pinned/submitted/DQ’d/etc in a tag match, whoever beat them gets the rights.
They will be awarded on 7/15 and 7/16. On 7/15 there will be a 5-way for the first one involving Daisuke Sasaki, Chris Brookes, Kazuma Sumi, MAO & Shunma Katsumata. On 7/16 there will be a 4-way Blondfolded Breast-Hide Deathmatch for the second one involving Yuki Ueno, Kazuki Hirata, Junta Miyawaki & Masami Inahata.

Keep in mind that Ueno is already scheduled to defend the title against MAO on 8/11 so, especially with both in matches for the rights, card subject to change.

DDT finishes up their June schedule today with the monthly signature Tokyo event. The main event will be a KO-D Openweight Championship match as Yuki Ueno looks to keep his reign going towards his upcoming 10th Anniversary event, today defending against former champion Shinya Aoki. The rest of the card is highlighted by what may be the first-ever No Referee Match between Sanshiro Takagi & MAO. So how will a winner be decided, you ask? By the fans. The fans will act as referees and a majority will be required to count a pinfall to win. No DQ’s no countouts, no submissions, but if the majority can’t decide? Well…Pro Wrestling, Everybody!

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Comedian Yui Yoshida will be a special guest on commentary. There is a pre-show match planned before the event begins, so taking that and time limits into account this will be on the slightly longer end of a normal Korakuen event with a running time or probably just under 3 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Pre-show:
Junta Miyawaki & Viente Maligno vs. Akito & Miles Karu

Main show:
Takao Soma & Naomi Yoshimura vs. Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida
Minoru Suzuki, Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata vs. Jun Akiyama, Rukiya & Masami Inahata
KANON & Yuki Iino vs. Shunma Katsumata & To-y
Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato vs. Kazuma Sumi, Yuni & O-MENZ Kumadori
MAO vs. Sanshiro Takagi in a No Referee Match. No DQs, no countouts, win by pinfall with a majority of the fans making the 3 count
Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA, Antonio Honda & Hinata Kasai vs. Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul, Hideki Okatani & Illusion
KO-D Openweight Champion Yuki Ueno vs. Shinya Aoki for the title

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET. The pre-show match is scheduled to begin at 7:10 PM PT/10:10 PM ET. The main show is scheduled to begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

*Assuming nothing changes beforehand, Katsumata will be coming into this match as the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion. If that is the case, if Katsumata is the one beaten whoever beats him, or anyone else who may manage to do so, will win the title. Which could even be KIMIHIRO or YUZUKI. Or anyone else.

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

7:09 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

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

The paid attendance will not be announced after the event. Not close to a sellout, there were plenty of same-day tickets available.

Pre-show match: Junta Miyawaki & Viente Maligno (Correction-he is now Viento Levante. Just heard/saw that for the first time now) vs. Akito & Miles Karu (Malaysia Pro Wrestling). 15 minute time limit
Result: Junta Miyawaki & Viento Levante beat Akito & Miles Karu. Miyawaki pinned Karu after Sunshine Driver.

Updates will resume at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

The matches begin at 7:35 PM PT/10:35 PM ET. Yui Yoshida joins now as the guest on commentary.

Match 1: Takao Soma & Naomi Yoshimura vs. Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida. 15 minute time limit
Result: Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida beat Takao Soma & Naomi Yoshimura. Naya pinned Soma after The World’s Largest Backdrop.

Your new host (for now) is Satoshi Dairaku.

Match 2: Minoru Suzuki, Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata vs. Jun Akiyama, Rukiya & Masami Inahata. 15 minute time limit
Result: Jun Akiyama, Rukiya & Masami Inahata beat Kazuki Hirata in 8 seconds. Hirata didn’t even wait for the others. Akiyama pinned Hirata after a lariat. GM Imabayashi immediately with microphone EN FUEGO. We know where this is going. Imabayashi somehow restraining Hirata from going after the others again. Lots of comedy between them. Which lewd to…
Match 2 (again): Minoru Suzuki, Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata vs. Jun Akiyama, Rukiya & Masami Inahata. 15 minute time limit
Result: Jun Akiyama, Rukiya & Masami Inahata beat Kazuki Hirata in a few seconds (again). Akiyama pinned Hirata (again). While Dieno came out…
Result: Jun Akiyama, Rukiya & Masami Inahata beat Kazuki Hirata (again). Inahata beat Hirata with a Boston Crab. Which led to…
Match 2 (yet again): Minoru Suzuki, Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata vs. Jun Akiyama, Rukiya & Masami Inahata. 15 minute time limit
Result: Jun Akiyama, Rukiya & Masami Inahata beat Minoru Suzuki, Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata. Rukiya beat Hirata with a camel clutch.

Quick break for the opening announcements. A surprise development during these as GM Imabayashi brings out Dragon Gate wrestler YAMATO. It’s related to WRESTLE PETER PAN, DDT’s annual biggest event of the year, in August at Ryogoku Kokugikan. And we might have a clue what the deal is when Dieno comes out. And just like that, it’s now official. Danshoku Dieno vs. YAMATO.

Match 3: KANON & Yuki Iino vs. Shunma Katsumata & To-y. 30 minute time limit
Result: KANON & Yuki Iino beat Shunma Katsumata & To-y. Iino pinned To-y after a lariat. Iino wore a watch cap to conceal his odd mostly bald hairstyle for appearances in Pro Wrestling NOAH (which is starting to grow back). Which led to…
KIMIHIRO beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Shunma Katsumata to win the title. KIMIHIRO becomes the 1836th champion. In an apparent rap-off or somethign not involving wrestling. Surprisingly none of SLC tried to take it away.

Match 4: Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato vs. Kazuma Sumi, Yuni & O-MENZ Kumadori. 30 minute time limit
Result: Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato beat Kazuma Sumi, Yuni & O-MENZ Kumadori. Sato pinned Yuni after a rolling elbow strike. Afterawrds, Sumi with microphone. He talked about apparently defending the DDT Universal Championship elsewhere when the lights went out…when they came back on, New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Eyusuke Taguchi was in the ring as was Akito. As the assistant GM, Akito makes it official. Title match at WRESTLE PETER PAN. The Funky Weapon Formerly Known As Dropkick Master is actually a perfect fit for DDT.

Your host once again is Haruo Murata.

Match 5: MAO vs. Sanshiro Takagi in a No Referee Match. No DQs, no countouts, win by pinfall with a majority of the fans making the 3 count. 30 minute time limit. Before the match, GM Imabayashi has Yuki Ishida & Hinata Kasai do a demonstration so the crowd can practice
Result: MAO beat Sanshiro Takagi

Match 6: Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA, Antonio Honda & Hinata Kasai vs. Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul, Hideki Okatani & Illusion. 30 minute time limit
Result: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul, Hideki Okatani & Illusion beat Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA, Antonio Honda & Hinata Kasai. Sasaki beat Kasai with a crossface. Afterwards, Sasaki reveals his mystery partner for a tag match against Honda and TBA at WRESTLE PETER PAN…he too went to New Japan to get his partner. DOUKI.

Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion Yuki Ueno vs. Shinya Aoki for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Openweight Champion Yuki Ueno beat Shinya Aoki by submission to retain the title. V8 for Ueno. Afterwards, GM Imabayashi with microphone. Next up: TBA. It’ll be at WRESTLE PETER PAN. But Ueno called out MAO. Sounds like we’re about to have our main event for that event. After the promos, back to Imabayashi…and it’s now official. Which means, regardless, it’s going to end with The37Kamiina still on top and thus a Heave Wave WER!!

The next event is CHARISMANIA 4, the next Daisuke Sasaki Produced event, Thursday at Shinjuku Face. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

Despite the effects of severe weather (typhoons/hurricanes moving through Japan), DDT went ahead with a special mini-event today in Tokyo, but it was moved indoors instead of being outdoors as planned.

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

The paid attendance was not announced.

Match 1: Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato beat Yukio Naya, Yuki Ishida & Masami Inahata. Masada pinned Inahata.

Match 2: In a Falls Count Anywhere Match, Shunma Katsumata & Yuni beat Danshoku Dieno & DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Kazuki Hirata when Katsumata pinned Hriata to win the title. Katsumata becomes the 1835th Champion.

Main Event: In a Falls Count Anywhere Match, Yuki Ueno, Minoru Suzuki & To-y beat Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA & Antonio Honda and MAO, KANON & Viente Maligno in a 3-way when Ueno pinned Honda. Afterwards, the wretslers stuck around for champagne with the fans until HARASHIMA said it was over, of course, Because He’s Training!

The next event is tomorrow at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin TONIGHT at 7 PM PT/10 PM ET.