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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 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.

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.

DDT runs their monthly signature tour-ender event in Tokyo today, Get Alive 2024. There have been big shakeups to the card since yesterday because of the announcement that the KO-D Tag Team Championship, which was to have been defended today, is now VACANT due to a Shunma Katsumata injury that will keep him out for months. No word on plans to crown new champions yet. Instead of Katsumata & MAO defending the titles against Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku, it’s now MAO, Yuki Ueno & To-y vs. Endo, Koroku & Yuki Iino. And earlier today came word that Yusuke Okada is retiring immediately due to the effects of treatment for cancer-he is in remission and doing well but physically is not in a good enough condition to continue wrestling. He will appear today to address fans. As for the event itself, the headliner is a DDT Extreme Championship match where Danshoku Dieno defends against Yuni, originally planned to feature the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship in a double title match but, as is often the case with that 24/7 Iron Man title, plans change. And they changed many times. And they could change yet again. As always the Extreme Championship rules are wacky-there will be a ‘Cinderella Time” period or periods during the match. During those times, if Dieno does any of his usual shenanigans (NSFW stuff), he is DQ’d. When Cinderella Time is not in effect, it’s a No DQ match. Also, Kazuki Hirata is celebrating his birthday with a wacky 1 vs. 6 Handicap Match that will be all about DDT comedy…all you need to know is Yoshihiko is involved so it’s must-see.
Also, after the event is over the full card for ULTIMATE PARTY 2024 on 12/28 at Ryogoku Kokugikan will be announced.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Raira (?) Ikeda, who appears to be a member of a comedy group, will be a special guest on commentary. There are 2 title matches scheduled out of 7 total but in spite of those I anticipate this being a “normal” Korakuen event with a total running time of around 2 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Demus & Illusion vs. Munetatsu Nakamura & Kazuma Sumi
Kazuki Hirata vs. Toru Owashi, Takao Soma, Diego, Antonio Honda, Yuki Ishida & Yoshihiko in a handicap match
Jun Akiyama, Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura vs. HARASHIMA, Yukio Naya & Tomomitsu Matsunaga
Akito 15th Anniversary Match: Akito vs. Isami Kodaka
Yuki Ueno, MAO & To-y vs. Yuki Iino, Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku
DDT Extreme Champion Danshoku Dieno vs. Yuni in a “You’re still a Cinderella even climbing the path to Adulthood Deathmatch” for the title. No DQ except during “Cinderella Time”, in that time Dieno is DQ’d if he does any of his usual shenanigans
KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON vs. Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi & Takeshi Masada for the titles
12/28 Full Card Announcement

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Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET.

6 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should go to the venue in 20-25 minutes.

6:18 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano & special guest Layla Ikeda. We will likely be joined later for a time by Satoshi Dairaku.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The crowd will still be filing in over the next 15-20 minutes but it’s pretty light so far with the usual smaller Korakuen setup. I’m gonna guess on the low side for now with a prediction of 700-750. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 984, a full house/near sellout. Sure didn’t look like it or sound like it until the very end. I think this is inaccurate and over-reported)

The matches should begin in about 20 minutes.

The matches begin at 6:33 PM PT/9:33 PM ET. Your host to start is Satoshi Dairaku. Haruo Murata will return later.

Match 1: Demus & Illusion vs. Munetatsu Nakamura & Kazuma Sumi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Demus & Illusion beat Munetatsu Nakamura & Kazuma Sumi. Demus pinned Sumi.

Match 2: Kazuki Hirata vs. Toru Owashi, Takao Soma, Diego, Antonio Honda, Yuki Ishida & Yoshihiko in a handicap match. 30 minute time limit. At least that was the plan but Hirata laid out Ishida backstage…and apparently won the Iron Man Title back from Yuki Ueno after that recent fishing expedition where he lost it…
Result: Toru Owashi, Takao Soma, Diego, Antonio Honda, Yuki Ishida & Yoshihiko beat Kazuki Hirata, with Yoshihiko pinning Hirata to win the DDT Iron man Heavymetalweight Championship. Yoshihiko becomes (I think) the 1670th Champion. With a little help from Yuki Ueno interfering. Afterwards, Hirata with microphone hilariously still in post-pinfall position. He apparently tried to turn heel for this, his birthday celebration match, but hilariously failed. As Hirata finished his music didn’t play and instead someone wearing a Kabuki mask came out. Things soon back to normal but the mystery man interrupted Hirata’s dancing with quite the impressive breakdancing moves. Not sure who it was but it could be the new guy who will debut on 12/28, apparently against Hirata. I think he’s a musician/entertainer much like Kaisei Takechi.

Quick break for the opening announcements with GM Imabayashi. Shunma Katsumata joins him in the ring. He briefly greets the fans before the announcements, then Sanshiro Takagi is brought out to address the fans. He will have a 30th Anniversary match on 2/3 at Shinjuku Face. He also announces the first match for the event-Toru Owashi & Dump Matsumoto vs. Brahmans Shu & Kei. And then the dates for their next US evnets in Las Vegas, NV-DDT on 4/18 and a DDT/Tokyo Joshi Pro/Game Changer Wrestling joint event on 4/19. This is just before WWE WrestleMania 41 in Vegas. Although it’s only an hour flight away for me I have a trip to Japan coming up around that time. After this Yusuke Okada comes out to greet the fans following his announcing his retirement earlier today as he continues treatment for cancer. He was very emotional and his voice was cracking badly at times because of it. They gave him the customary final announcement send-off and playing of his entrance theme one more time. Reportedly his cancer is in remission so let’s hope that continues and he successfully beats it like others before him managed to. Most of the roster came out to offer well-wishes and give him a nice sendoff, including Saki Akai, who retired last year but remains in DDT in a corporate/backstage role. After this, Katsumata returned to the ring with Kazuma Sumi & Yuni to announce a new music CD from the promotion coming out on 12/28.

And now back to your regularly scheduled DDT with…

Match 3: Jun Akiyama, Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura vs. HARASHIMA, Yukio Naya & Tomomitsu Matsunaga. 30 minute time limit
Result; Jun Akiyama, Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura beat HARASHIMA, Yukio Naya & Tomomitsu Matsunaga. Aoki pinned Matsunaga. Afterwards, everyone had to try and keep Naya & Akiyama separated. When they left, Aoki with microphone. His voice is so shot it’s hard to understand but I thought he said KO…hold up…Kenoh in the house! He grabbed a chair from the seating and tried to throw it into the ring. Kenoh with microphone. Sounds like he wants a match and from what I could understand from Aoki I heard him say Ryogoku…12/28 match perhaps? Baka Survivor vs. The Fist King?!? Kenoh then brings over fellow NOAH wrestler Yu Owada, who came over with him. And we’ve got an impromptu match! Which led to..
Impromptu Match: Shinya Aoki beat Yu Owada in 11 seconds. Kenoh then hit the ring again but Keigo Nakamura got between them with microphone. He attacked Kenoh which triggered a brawl between all 4. Aoki apparently extended the challenge to make it a tag match of himself & Nakamura vs. Kenoh & Owada. We’ll see what happens!

Your host is Haruo Murata once again.

Match 4: Akito 15th Anniversary Match: Akito vs. Isami Kodaka (BASARA). 30 minute time limit
Result: Isami Kodaka beat Akito

Match 5: Yuki Ueno, MAO & To-y vs. Yuki Iino, Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Ueno, MAO & To-y beat Yuki Iino, Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku. To-y pinned Koroku after Kojima Impact. Afterwards, To-y & Koroku with microphone. Possibly teasing a match at the next Korakuen. GM Imabayashi makes it official…for 12/28 and it’s To-y & MAO vs. Koroku & Endo for the vacant KO-D Tag Team Championship!

Match 6: DDT Extreme Champion Danshoku Dieno vs. Yuni in a “You’re still a Cinderella even climbing the path to Adulthood Deathmatch” for the title. No DQ except during “Cinderella Time”, in that time Dieno is DQ’d if he does any of his usual shenanigans. 1 Hour time limit
Result: DDT Extreme Champion Danshoku Dieno beat Yuni by submission to retain the title. V1 for Dieno.

Main Event: KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON vs. Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi & Takeshi Masada for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D 6-man Tag Team Champions Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON beat Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi & Takeshi Masada to retain the titles. Sasaki beat Takanashi with a modified crossface. V3 for the champs.

The show ends with the full 12/28 card announcement which is as follows:
Dermus & Illusion vs. Yuni & Kazuma Sumi
Shuji Ishikawa, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Shinichiro Kawamatsu vs. Masa Takanashi, Daichi Sato & Yuki Ishida
Toru Owashi, Super Sasadango Machine & Antonio Honda vs. Rika Tatsumi, Hyper Misao & Pom Harajuku (Tokyo Joshi Pro)
O-Menz Kumadori (the masked man earlier) Debut Match: Kumadori & Kazuki Hirata vs. Makoto Oishi & Akito
Haruto Sakuraba Debut Match: Haruto Sakuraba, KANON & MJ Paul vs. HARASHIMA, Yuki Iino & Takao Soma
Shinya Aoki & Keigo Nakamura vs. Kenoh & Yu Owada (Pro Wrestling NOAH)
Yuki Ueno vs. Takeshi Masada
Jun Akiyama vs. Yukio Naya
Great-O-Khan (New Japan) vs. Danshoku Dieno
MAO & To-y vs. Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku for the KO-D Tag Team Championship
KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes vs. Daisuke Saaki for the title
Ultimate Party 2024 will be at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.

The next event is a Gorgeous Matsuno Produced event Sunday at Fukushima Toyota Crown Arena Sub-Arena in Fukushima. There will be no live broadcast. On demand will be available Wednesday.

DDT has announced that Yusuke Okada, who is currently inactive due to treatment for cancer, has retired effective immediately. He has been undergoing treatment since February and is currently in remission, but due to physical problems has decided to retire. He will appear at tomorrow’s (tonight US time) event at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo to address the fans.

DDT has announced some breaking injury updates and it has title implications-after missing the last event with a knee injury, more is now known about Shunma Katsumata’s status, and for The37Kamiina fans it’s bad. Ruptured left ACL and damaged LCL. Out indefinitely but it’s going to be “a while”, meaning months. Because of this, the KO-D Tag Team Championship held by Katsumata & MAO is now VACANT. Several changes were made to tomorrow’s event as a result-they were to have defended the titles against Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku That match is now MAO, Yuki Ueno & To-y vs. Endo, Koroku & Yuki Iino. For Sunday, Katsumata was to have faced Keigo Nakamura. Yuki Ishida is the replacement and also added to Sunday is Akito & Moeka Haruhi vs. Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata. No word yet on plans to crown new champions.

More as it becomes available.

DDT earlier today posted a video on the socials showing what appeared to be Kazuki Hirata fishing on a cold, rainy night in Japan. Then Yuki Ueno showed up. I can’t embed the video below but stuff happened.

https://twitter.com/ddtproENG/status/1859235037163778254

Ueno choked out Hirata and a passerby walked by…who just happened to be referee Daisuke Kiso, and he had his referee shirt on! Which led to…

Yuki Ueno beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Kazuki Hirata to win the title. Ueno becomes the 1695th Champion.

God Bless DDT.

DDT headed to Miyagi today, far away from everyone else in western Japan, for the first MAO hometown event in 6 years.

Today’s event was held at Matsuyama B&G Marine Center in Miyagi and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 523, a super full house/very near sellout.

During opening announcements, MAO was appointed Global Ambassador for Osaki City, his hometown.

Match 1; Makoto Oishi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Kazuma Sumi by submission.

Match 2; Danshoku DIeno & Kazuki Hirata beat Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda. Hirata pinned Honda.

Match 3: MJ Paul & Demus beat Yukio Naya & Diego. Paul pinned Diego after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 4: Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & Illusion beat Takeshi Masada, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yuni. Sasaki beat Matsunaga with a crossface. Matsunaga was a late replacement for Shunma Katsumata, who was off this event due to a left knee injury suffered a few days ago.

Match 5; Jun Akiyama & HARASHIMA beat Keigo Nakamura & Yuki Ishida. HARASHIMA pinned Ishida after Blue Sword.

Match 6: Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku beat Akito & To-y. Koroku pinned To-y after a transformed Triangle Lancer.

Main Event: MAO & Yuki Ueno vs. Minoru Suzuki & Chris Brookes went to a 30 minute time limit draw.

The next event is “Get Alive 2024” Saturday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Friday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET with live results scheduled.

DDT continued their current tour back in Japan today in Yokohama.

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

The announced paid attendance was 287, a super full house/very near sellout.

Before the event began, a KO-D Tag Team Championship signing ceremony was held. After that…

Kazuma Sumi beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Yoshihiko to win the title. Sumi becomes the 1694th Champion.

Match 1: Yuki Ueno, To-y & Diego beat HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Yuki Ishida. Diego pinned Ishida after VHS.

Match 2: Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata beat Takao Soma & DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Kazuma Sumi, with Hirata pinning Sumi to win the title. Hirata becomes the 1695th Champion. Which led to…
Yuki Ueno beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Kazuki Hirata by submission to win the title. Ueno becomes the 1696th Champion.

Match 3: Jun Akiyama & Shinya Aoki beat Yukio Naya & Keigo Nakamura. Aoki beat Nakamura with a full nelson hold. Afterwards, Naya challenged AKiyama to a match. Accepted. That match will happen on 12/28 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.

Match 4: Tetsuya Endo beat Shunma Katsumata.

Match 5: MAO beat Yuya Koroku.

Main Event: Chris Brooks, Masa Takanashi, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada beat Daisuke Sasaki, KANON, Illusion & Demus. Takanashi pinned KANON after Uwabami.

The next event is tomorrow at Matsuyama B&G Marine Center in Miyagi. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Wednesday.

Injury Report: Katsumata is now off tomorrow’s event. Left knee injury suffered today. It’s not yet known how long he’ll be out.He was to have teamed with Takeshi Masada & Yuni to face Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & Illusion. Tomomitsy Matsunaga is the replacement.