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DDT tan another of their wacky “only in DDT” events, a single match event billed as a showdown between Sanshiro Takagi, who is preparing to step back from regular conpetition, and Super Sasadango Machine. In particular they tried to sell many types of tickets with benefits at prices up to 1 million yen (only one, and the buyer got an actual wristwatch worn by Takagi if it sold. As of late last night it had not).

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

The announced paid attendance was 346, a super full house/very near sellout. Not all were actually at the venue though.

The event started with introductory speeches and bell ringings by those in designated seats. Then all 51 seat types sold and their respective roles were explained. A few seats that were reserved for pro wrestlers then were revealed and said wrestlers showed up. They includes Toru Yano (New Japan), Cherry (Independent/Freelancer, formerly of now-defunct Union Pro) and more. Much hilarity and DDT wackiness ensued until eventually…

Main Event: Toru Yano beat Super Sasadango Machine. The whole thing went almost 67 minutes. When it was over, Takagi & Machine entrusted Konosuke Takeshita with getting revenge against New Japan.

There are 2 events coming up Saturday: First is another one-match event, this to be held on an actual train departing from Tokyo, between Sanshiro Takagi & Minoru Suzuki. There will be no live broadcast, but it will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE early Monday morning with commentary. The second event is WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 2024 at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. Live results are scheduled.

DDT ran two events today, the first being a special outdoor mini-event in Tokyo, followed by continuing their current tour in Osaka.

The first event was held at Machida GION Stadium in Tokyo and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

This was a free event with no paid attendance.

Match 1: Masa Takanashi & Yasu Urano beat Yuni & Illusion. Takanashi pinned Illusion.

Match 2: Antonio Honda beat Gota Ihashi.

Match 3: Shinya Aoki & Super Sasadango Machine beat Akito & Takao Soma. Aoki pinned Soma after Transformed Osui Suplex.

The second event was held at Minato Community Center in Osaka and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 238, a full house/near sellout.

There were last-minute changes to the card due to the absences of Yuki Ueno (fever) and Kazusada Higuchi (cervial spine hernia). Ueno is currently out only for this weekend. Higuchi is out indefinitely but probably a few months.

Match 1: Yuki Iino beat Makoto Oishi & To-y in a 3-way by pinning Oishi.

Match 2; HARASHIMA beat Tsutenkakku.

Match 3: DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Keigo Nakamura beat Kazuma Sumi to retain the title. Which means there were 2 title changes after Shunma Katsumata won the title yesterday. (The title was first won by an Aufguss Towel then Keigo Nakamura beat the towel)

Match 4; Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & MJ Paul ebat Jun Akiyama, Toru Owashi & Tomomitsu Matsunaga. KANON beat Matsunaga with Cobra Twist 2.0.

Match 5: Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada beat Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku. Brookes pinned Koroku after Cosmic Doom.

Match 6: Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata beat Sanshiro Takagi & CIMA (GLEAT) in 5 seconds. Hirata pinned Takagi. Which led to…
Match 6 (again): In a Captains Fall match, CIMA (C) & Sanshiro Takagi beat Kazuki Hirata (C) & Danshoku Dieno. CIMA pinned Hirata after Meteora. Which led to…
CIMA beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Keigo Nakamura to win the title. CIMA becomes the 1647th Champion.

Main Event: MAO & Shunma Katsumata beat Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida. MAO pinned Ishida after Our Mad Max.

The next event is tomorrow at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast. On demand will be available Thursday.

And another DDT injury breaking now…the promotion just announced Kazusada Higuchi is now out of action in another big blow to the company. Cervical hernia. Out indefinitely but “a while”, which probably means a few months.

More as it becomes available.

Because The37Kamiina are all about saunas and Heat Wave WER!!, DDT held a single-match “Sauna Wrestling” event today to again show off the wackiness that is DDT.

Today’s event was held at Aqua Eucalyptus in Chiba and will be available on demand somewhere at a later date. There was no live broadcast, but it was going to be “filmed and streamed”.

The announced paid attendance was 91.

Match Result: In a Falls Count Anywhere Elimination Match, DDT Extreme Champion Shunma Katsumata beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Kazuma Sumi, Illusion, Yukio Naya & To-y to retain the title and win the Iron Man Title. Katsumata becomes the 1644th Champion. Order of elimination: Naya by everyone, Illusion by To-y by ref stoppage (TKO), To-y by Katsumata & Sumi, Sumi by Katsumata. Katsumata wins. V4 for Katsumata. The match, once it began, went just over 55 minutes.

The next event is a special mini-event tomorrow at Machida GION Stadium in Tokyo followed by an event later that day at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. For Tokyo, this is a free event but is weather permitting due to being outdoors so it may be cancelled if it rains. There will be no live broadcasts. For Osaka, it will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Tuesday.

DDT has announced some last-minute changes for upcoming events following their special “Sauna wrestling” event today…maybe it would have helped Yuki Ueno because the KO-D Openweight Champion is temporarily on the sidelines. Fever. Out tomorrow and Sunday. Precautionary at this time. With at least a week until the next event after these Ueno should be fine going forward, as long as it doesn’t become coronavirus, but at least the next title match is a month away.

More as it becomes available.

DDT paused their current tour today for a standalone event in Tokyo.

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

The announced paid attendance was 286, a legit sellout.

Before the matches, a public signing ceremony for the DDT Universal Championship main event was held.

Match 1: DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Kazuma Sumi beat Shunma Katsumata, Yukio Naya, To-y & Illusion by pinning Katsumata to retain the title. Stole the pin after a Naya chokeslam.

Match 2: Akito, Kazusada Higuchi & Toru Owashi beat Chris Brookes, Takeshi Masada & Yuni, AKito beat Yuni with a figure 4.

Match 3; Sanshiro Takagi beat Kazuki Hirata.

Match 4; Danshoku Dieno vs. Makoto Oishi went to a no contest. Takeshi Masada & Illusion interference. Which led to…
Match 4 (again): Takeshi Masada & Illusion beat Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi. Masada pinned Oishi after Masada’s Power KOBU Muscle.

Match 5: Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & MJ Paul beat Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku. KANON beat Koroku with Just Cobra Twist.

Match 6: Yuki Ueno & Fuminori Abe (Independent/Freelancer) beat HARASHIMA & Keigo Nakamura. Ueno beat Nakamura with a blackout sleeper.

Main Event: DDT Universal Champion MAO beat Shiryu to retain the title. V9 for MAO. No challengers hinted at next so the next defense may not be until after his KO-D Openweight Championship match on 7/21.

The next event is “Sauna Street Wrestling”, a special one-match mini-event, Friday at Aqua Eucalyptus in Chiba. Said one match scheduled is DDT Extreme Champion Shunma Katsumata vs. Yukio Naya, To-y, Illusion & Kazuma Sumi in a 5-way Falls Count Anywhere match for the title. There could be Iron Man title changes with Sumi in it as well. Broadcast plans TBA but there will be no live broadcast on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. It will be “filmed and streamed” though so that suggests a possible YouTube broadcast.

DDT continued the WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2024 Tour today in Ehime, featuring Ehime Pro Wrestling participation.

Today’s event was held at Matsuyama City General Community Center Special Exhibition Hall in Ehime and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Thursday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 230.

Match 1: Yukio Naya beat Matsuyama Warrior.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Yuya Koroku & Illusion. KANON pinned Illusion after Sleepy Hollow.

Match 3: Danshoku Diewno beat Bonjin Pulp (?).

At some point between yesterday’s event and today’s event, Kazuki Hirata won the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship from To-y, becoming the 1636th Champion. That’s because…

Match 4: Sanshiro Takagi, Akito & Tsuruhimeka beat Shunma Katsumata, Makoto Oishi & DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Kazuki Hirata. Tsuruhimeka pinned Hirata with a Northern Lights Suplex hold to win the title. Tsuruhimeka becomes the 1637th Champion. Which led to…

Kazuki Hirata beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Tsuruhimeka to win the title. Hirata becomes the 1638th Champion. Which led to…

Cutiely The Ehime beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Kazuki Hirata to win the title. The Ehime becomes the 1639th Champion.

Match 5: HARASHIMA & Takeshi Masada beat Jun Akiyama & Ishizuchi Yamataro. HARASHIMA pinned Yamataro after Blue Sword.

Match 6: Tetsuya Endo & Imabari Towel Mascaras beat Chris Brookes & Kazuma Sumi. Mascaras pinned Sumi after Balitanic.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, MAO & To-y beat Yuki Iino, Kazusada Higuchi & Keigo Nakamura. MAO pinned Nakamura after a cannonball DDT.

After the show was seemingly over…

Chris Brookes beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Cutiely The Ehime to win the title. Brookes becomes the 1640th Champion.

That seemed to be it, so…

The next event is Tuesday at Asakusa Flower Theater in Tokyo. The event is a legit advance sellout. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT continued the WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2024 Tour today in Kyoto.

Today’s event was held at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto and is scheduled to be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 236.

In the opening announcements there was a last-minute change to the card: The main event was changed to a 2/3 Falls match.

Match 1: Yukio Naya beat Hirakaka-nii-san.

Match 2: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Toru Owashi & Illusion. Sasaki pinned Illusion.

Match 3: Chris Brookes beat Kazuki Hirata in 10 seconds. Which led to…
Match 3 (again): In a 1 Count Falls match, Kazuki Hirata beat Chris Brookes.

Match 4: MAO beat Yuya Koroku.

Match 5: Sanshiro Takagi, Akito & Shinichiro Kawamatsu beat HARASHIMA, Kazusada Higuchi & Kazuma Sumi. Kawamatsu pinned Sumi after Ax Bomber. Afterwards, the wrestling politician (he is a legit Japanese politician) claimed he went to the US and learned the move from Hulk Hogan. Highly unlikely.

Match 6: Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino beat Takeshi Masada & Keigo Nakamura. Iino pinned Nakamura after a spear.

Just Before Main Event: Jun Akiyama beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion To-y to win the title. Akiyama becomes the 1633rd Champion. Which led to…
Danshoku Dieno beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Jun Akiyama to win the title. Dieno becomes the 1634th Champion.

Main Event: In a 2/3 Falls Match, Shunma Katsumata, Yuki Ueno & To-y beat Jun Akiyama, Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi 2-0. In Fall 2, To-y beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Danshoku Dieno to win the title. To-y becomes the 1635th Champion. During the post-match victory promo to end the show, Katsumata, Ueno & MAO all tried to win the title from To-y but were unsuccessful so that’s 3 successful defenses.

The next event is tomorrow at Matsuyama City General Community Center Special Exhibition Hall in Ehime. There will be no live broadcast. On demand scheduled for Thursday.