Tag: Dramatic Dream Team

DDT continued their current tour today with a house show in Tokyo to finish the build to Atsushi Onita’s return tomorrow.

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

The announced paid attendance was 246.

Pre-show match: Kazuma Sumi beat Rukiya by submission.

During the opening announcements, a KANON 4th Anniversary match was announced for 7/7.

Match 1: MJ Paul & KANON beat Chris Brookes & Illusion. KANON beat Illusion with a crucifix cobra twist.

Match 2: Kazuki Hirata beat Yuni.

Match 3: Yuji Hino & Toru Owashi beat Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida. Hino pinned Ishida after a powerbomb.

Match 4: In a Falls Count Anywhere Bunkhouse Street Fight Deathmatch, Sanshiro Takagi, Joey Janela & Takeshi Masada beat Yukio Sakaguchi, Antonio Honda & Hideki Okatani. Janela pinned Honda after a diving footstomp from a ladder onto a plastic case and chair.

Match 5: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat HARASHIMA & Keigo Nakamura. Iino beat Nakamura with a dragon sleeper. Nakamura was injured during this match. More on that below.

Main Event: In an elimination match (over the top rope rule was in effect), MAO, Shunma Katsumata, Toui Kojima & Yuki Ueno beat Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku. MAO was the only winner left, last eliminating Endo.

The next event is DRAMATIC EXPLOSION in NIIGATA tomorrow (late tonight US time) at Bandaijima Multipurpose Large Kama in Niigata. There has been a last-minute change to the card because, as noted above, Keigo Nakamura was legit injured by those deplorable Pheromons and is now off. Concussion. Out indefinitely. He was to have faced KANON. Rukiya is the replacement. There will be no live broadcast.

The full DDT roster is back from their week-plus in the USA for the promotion’s monthly mid-major event today. In addition to debuts, old faces with new names and unmasked and the usual DDT wackiness, the headliner is a KO-D Tag Team Championship match as, after his younger partner talked him into it (perhaps against his will), HARASHIMA & Keigo Nakamura will face champions MAO & Shunma Katsumata for the titles.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube. There will be a pre-show match 20 minutes before the scheduled start time which will air on both feeds. With this match and the title match headliner I expect the event’s total running time to be just short of 3 hours.

Today’s lineup (in order):
Pre-show match: MJ Pawl & KANON vs. Antonio Honda & Kazuma Sumi
Main show:
Rukiya Debut Match: Rukiya vs. Yuya Koroku
Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Gota Ihashi vs. Akito, Shinichiro Kawamatsu & Toui Kojima
Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida vs. Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani
Yuni (former Illusion and now unmasked) vs. Yuki Ueno
Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyaa, Kotaro Suzuki & Yusuke Okada vs. Naruki Doi, Chris Brookes, Joey Janela & Takeshi Masada
Yuji Hino, “brother” YASSHI & Makoto Oishi vs. Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno & Yumehito Imanari
KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & Shunma Katsumata vs. HARASHIMA & Keigo Nakamura for the titles

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Updates below will begin at 7:10 PM PT/10:10 PM ET. The stream launches at 6:45 PM PT/9:45 PM ET.

7 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Haruo Murata, Kagehiro Osano and special guest Marika Tani from SKE48.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Still 30 minutes until start time so the crowd will continue filing in.

The pre-show match will begin in 10 minutes.

Your pre-show match host is Ken Kato in for Haruo Murata, who will return later.
Pre-show match: MJ Pawl & KANON vs. Antonio Honda & Kazuma Sumi. 15 minute time limit
Result: MJ Pawl & KANON beat Antonio Honda & Kazuma Sumi. KANON beat Sumi with a cobra twist.

Updates will resume when the main show matches begin.

The matches begin at 7:35 PM PT.

Match 1: Rukiya Debut Match: Rukiya vs. Yuya Koroku. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuya Koroku beat Rukiya by submission

Match 2: Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Gota Ihashi vs. Akito, Shinichiro Kawamatsu & Toui Kojima. 30 minute time limit
Result: Akito, Shinichiro Kawamatsu & Toui Kojima beat Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Gota Ihashi. Kawamatsu pinned Ihashi after a spear.

The YouTube broadcast ends here. Haruo Murata is back at host the rest of the way.

Match 3: Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida vs. Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani beat kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida. Okatani pinned Ishida after a double arm suplex.

Match 4: Yuni vs. Yuki Ueno. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuki Ueno beat Yuni

Match 5: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Kotaro Suzuki & Yusuke Okada vs. Naruki Doi, Chris Brookes, Joey Janela & Takeshi Masada. 30 minute time limit
Result: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Kotaro Suzuki & Yusuke Okada beat Naruki Doi, Chris Brookes, Joey Kanela & Takeshi Masada. Endo pinned Masada.

Match 6: Yuji Hino, “brother” YASSHI & Makoto Oishi vs. Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno & Yumehito Imanari. 30 minute time limit
Rseult: Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Yumehito Imanari beat Yuji Hino, Makoto Oishi & “brother” YASSHI. Iino beat YASSHI. Post-match the nightmare came true…on 5/3 at Yokohama Budokan Hino will defend the KO-D Openweight Championship against Yuki…NOT SEXY! Iino. NOT SEXY! HAHAHA!

Main Event: KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & Shunma Katsumata vs. HARASHIMA & Keigo Nakamura for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & Shunma Katsumata beat HARASHIMA & Keigo Nakamura to retain the titles. Katsumata pinned Nakamura. V5 for the champs. Katsumata calls out Akiyama immediately afterwards ahead of their upcoming DDT Extreme Championship match on 5/3. Katsumata might have a match type in mind…a TNT match perhaps? More on that later. The37Kamiina gather in the ring then to close the show.

Before we go though, the rundown of the 5/3 Yokohama Budokan card:
Dark Match: Danshoku, Yumehito Imanari & Koju Takeda vs. Yuki Ishida, Illusion & Rukiya
Keigo Nakamura & Munetatsu Nakamura vs. Toui Kojima & Kazuma Sumi
Daisuke Sasaki, Minoru Fujita & MJ Paul vs. Takao Soma, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku
Chiitan* Debut Match: Chiitan*, Toru Owashi & Akito vs. Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi & Antonio Honda
MMA Match: Kazuki Hirata vs. Hikaru Machida. 15 2-minute rounds
Saki Akai vs. Rayne Leverkusen
Yuki Ueno & Yuni vs. Nick Wayne & Takeshi Masada
Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA, Kotaro Suzuki & Hideki Okatani vs. Kzusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi, Naruki Doi & KANON
DDT Extreme Champion Jun Akiyama vs. Shunma Katsumata in a TLC (Toys, Ladders, Chairs) Match for the title
DDT Universal Champion Tetsuya Endo vs. MAO for the title
KO-D Openweight Champion Yuji Hino vs. Yuki “NOT SEXY” Iino for the title. If Iino can’t be “NOT SEXY”, it will be a no contest

The next event is 4/15 at Shinjuku Face. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 531. Probably was reduced capacity (50%), which would’ve capped it at around 700 had it been a sellout.

5/3 card has been clarified/corrected to reflect Hirata-Machida is an MMA rules match, Extreme Title match is TLC-Toys, Ladders, Chairs, and for the main event Iino can’t be “Sexy”. If he is, it’s an invalid match aka No Contest and Hino would retain the title.

DDT ran a house show back in Japan today with those who did not travel to the US for events over the last few days. The show’s title took a clever swipe at those who did, because DDT.

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 198, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yusuke Okada beat Toru Owashi & Kazuma Sumi. Okada pinned Sumi.

Match 2: 0-40 Champion Makoto Oishi beat Antonio Honda to retain the title. V1 for Oishi.

Match 3: Kotaro Suzuki & Takao Soma beat Keigo Nakamura & Yuki Ishida. Soma pinned Ishida after Authorized Endless Waltz.

Match 4: Invisible Man beat Kazuki Hirata. It really was an invisible man aka Hirata having a match with himself. Wrestling and comedy at its finest.

Match 5: In a hardcore match, Masashi Takeda beat MJ Pawl. Takeda was a replacement for Yukio Naya (injured).

Match 6: Yuji Hino beat Akito by submission.

Match 7: HARASHIMA & Hikaru Sato beat Yukio Sakaguchi & Masa Takanashi. HARASHIMA pinned Takanashi after Blue Sword.

Main Event: KING OF DDT Qualifying Battle:
Part 1: Hideki Okatani beat Toui Kojima.
Part 2: Hideki Okatani beat Yuya Koroku.
Hideki Okatani wins. As a result, Okatani gets into the KING OF DDT Tournamentand will face Shunma Katsumata in Round 1.

The next event is “April Fool 2023” on 4/9 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. A KO-D Tag Team Championship match likely will be the headliner. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin on 4/8 at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

Ahead of the April events and the big KING OF DDT Tournament as well as US events this week, DDT has announced Yukio Naya, eho just recently faced Yuji Hino for the KO-D Openweight Championship, has gone down with an injury. Fractured right ankle. Out indefinitely but it sounds like it will be a few months because he is now out of the tournament in May. Yusuke Okada is the replacement in the tournament. The full field has been announced, more on that later. For their event Saturday in Yokohama with those not in the US, the card was changed with Masashi Takeda being the replacement and he will face MJ Pawl in a hardcore match.

More as it becomes available.

DDT continued their current tour today with a small house show in Tokyo, with plenty of the usual DDT wackiness.

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

The announced paid attendance was 191.

Match 1: HARASHIMA & Keigo Nakamura beat Kazusada Higuchi & Yuji Ishida. Nakamura pinned Ishida.

Match 2: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Makoto Oishi & Bambi (Independent/Freelancer) by ref stoppage (TKO). Iino beat Oishi.

Match 3: Yusuke Okada beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Akito to win the title. Okada becomes the 1564th Champion. Which led to…
Akito beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Yusuke Okada to win the title. Akito becomes the 1565th Champion. Which led to…
Yoshihiko beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Akito to win the title. Yoshihiko becomes the 1566th Champion.

Match 4: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON beat Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Kazuma Sumi. Pawl pinned Kazumi after multiple German suplexes.

Entrants for the KING OF DDT 2023 Tournament were announced: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Sanshiro Takagi, Naruki Doi, Kotaro Suzuki & Takeshi Masada.

Match 5: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yuya Koroku beat MAO, Shunma Ktsumata & Toui Kojima. Koroku pinned Kojima with a deformed triangle lancer.

Match 6: Yuji Hino & Yukio Naya beat Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani. Hino beat Okatani with King Kong Sleeper.

Main Event: Konosuke Takeshita & Samurai Del Sol beat Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada. Sol pinned Masada after Salida Del Sol.

The next event is “DDT GOES HOLLYWOOD” Thursday at Ukrainian Cultural Center in Los Angeles, CA. Live streaming ONLY ON FITE+ will begin at 11 PM ET/8 PM PT. FITE+ is an optional premium subscription service from FITE which costs $7.99/month or $69.99/year if you were not a subscriber prior to February 2023 (if you were, like I was, you only pay $4.99/month or $49.99/year as long as you don’t cancel). There will be NO LIVE BROADCAST ON WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

DDT celebrated their 26th Anniversary today with what was billed as “The Longest 5 Hour Special In Korakuen History”. Because DDT of course.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube. Guests on commentary were Kenta Kobashi and SKE48 member Marika Tani.

The announced paid attendance was 1138, a full house/near sellout. Despite recent lifting of capacity limits and pandemic restrictions by the Japanese government, it seems Korakuen will have a self-imposed cap of about 2/3 capacity for the immediate future (it’s up to the venues and event organizers). That would mean roughly 1350-1400 (the venue’s normal full capacity is 2100 but can be as high as 2350).

Pre-show match: DDTeeen!! Graduation Match: Illusion & Sotatsu Nakamura beat El Unicorn & Reimu Imai. Illusion pinned Unicorn after REVISION1. Both Illusion & Unicorn have moved up and will now be regular DDT roster members going forward. Unicorn also has voluntarily unmasked while Illusion will remain a masked wrestler until he “produces results”.

Match 1: Yuya Koroku & Yuki Ishida beat Toui Kojima & Kazuma Sumi. Koroku pinned Sumi after a deformed triangle lancer.

Match 2: Kazuki Hirata 13th Anniversary Match: Keisuke Ishii & Takao Soma beat Kazuki Hirata & Yoshihiko. Ishii pinned Hirata after a running double arm driver.

A special announcement video played: Rayne Leverkusen, the niece of Iron Maiden member Clive Barr, is headed to Japan and will face Saki Akai on 5/3 at Yokohama Budokan.

Match 3: Makoto Oishi beat Goegeous Matsuno & Shinichiro Kawamatsu in a 3-way by pinning Matsuno to win the 0-40 Championship. Oishi becomes the 4th Champion.

Match 4: in a match where Pheromones would lose immediately if they left the ring area, Danshoku Dieno, Yuki Iino, Yunehito Imanari & Koju Takeda vs. Akito, Toru Owashi, Hiroshi Yanato & Yusuke Okada went to a no contest. They couldn’t sort it out. That actually happened. And yes, once again GM Imabayashi found himself on the wrong end of those deplorable Pheromons when it was all over.

Match 5: Max The Impaler & Heidi Howitzer beat Super Sasadango Machine & Antonio Honda. Howitzer pinned Machine after Master Blaster.

Match 6: Saki Akai 10th Anniversary Match: Saki Akai beat Masa Takanashi.

Match 7: HARASHIMA & Keigo Nakamura beat Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani. HARASHIMA pinned Okatani after Blue Sword. Afterwards, Nakamura may have made a KO-D Tag Team Championship challenge, which surprisingly didn’t seem to go over well with HARASHIMA.

Match 8: Takeshi Masada beat Hikaru Machida.

Match 9: Daisuke Sasaki Return Match: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paw & KANON beat Chris Brookes, Drew Parker & Shinnoha. Sasaki heat Shinnoha with a mystic crossface. Then another shocking announcement was made: On 7/23 at Ryogoku Kokugikan, which will be WRESTLE PETER PAN 2023, DDT’s biggest event of the year, Sasaki will face New Japan Pro Wrestling star El Desperado!

Match 10: In a normal match, DDT Extreme Champion Jun Akiyama beat Kotaro Suzuki to retain the title. V4 for Akiyama. Next up: Shunma Katsumata. That match will happen on 5/3.

Match 11: DDT 26th Anniversary Match: Konosuke Takeshita beat Sanshiro Takagi by KO.

Chittan(star), an otter fairy that has 5 million-plus followers, will debut on 5/3. If what then happened is any indication, it may be against Chris Brookes, who sneak attacked it.

Match 12: Yuki Ueno beat Samurai Del Sol.

Match 13: Tetsuya Endo beat DDT Universal Champion Naruki Doi to win the title. Endo becomes the 10th DDT Universal Champion. Next up: MAO. That match will happen on 5/3.

Match 14: In a Falls Count Anywhere Match, Ko-D Tag Team Champions MAO & Shunma Katsumata beat Kazusada Higuchi & Ryota Nakatsu to retain the titles. MAO pinned Nakatsu after Our Madokasu. V4 for the champs. Next up: Despite the earlier admonishment about it, HARASHIMA & Nakamura. That match will happen on 4/9 at Korakuen.

Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion Yuji Hino beat Yukio Naya to retain the title. V1 for Hino. Next up: Possibly…oh no…Iino. Those deplorable Pheromons want next. TBD.

The next event is Friday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

UPDATE: Unicorn will now be known as “Yuni” going forward.

With Atsushi Onita now entrenched within the management structure of DDT (namely it’s Dropkick Bar & Restaurant), he launched his own Dramatic Dream Onita aka DDO sub-label today with an event featuring his signature death match as the main event.

Today’s event was held at Tsurumi Fruit & Vegetable Market in Kanagawa and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 282, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Yusuke Okada beat Keigo Nakamura.

Match 2: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Akito & Kazuma Sumi. Iino pinned Sumi.

Match 3: MJ Pawl & KANON beat Makoto Oishi & Shinichiro Kawamatsu. Pawl pinned Kawamatsu after a running body press.

Match 4: Yukio Sakaguchi, Hideki Okatani & Saki Akai beat Toru Owashi, Yukio Naya & Chie Koishikawa (Chocolate Pro Wrestling). Akai beat Koishikawa with an extreme arm triangle choke.

Match 5: Konosuke Takeshita, MAO & Hikaru Machida beat Chris Brookes, Sanshiro Takagi & Takeshi Masada. Takeshita pinned Masada.

Match 6: Kazusada Higuchi & Ryota Nakatsu beat Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku. Nakatsu pinned Koroku.

Main Event: In a Current Blast Evil Missile Death match, Atsushi Onita, Shunma Katsumata & Toui Kojima beat HARASHIMA, Kazuki Hirata & Takao Soma. Katsumata pinned Hirata after an exploding bat full swing. Afterwards, Takagi demanded a 6-man exploding death match with Joey Janela & Masada as his teammates against Onita. That match will happen on 4/16 in Niigata.

The next event is the DDT 26th Anniversary Event Tuesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM ET/Monday at 11 PM PT. The promotion has also announced the first 3 matches will be streamed FOR FREE on YouTube. The event is being advertised as running 5 hours.

DDT ran a special standalone outdoor event today as part of the annual cherry blossom viewing season in Japan (and other parts of the world, one of the best and most scenic times to visit the country.

Today’s event was held at Tokorozawa Aviation Memorial Park Outdoor Stage in Saitama and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 312.

There was a late change to the event due to the absence of Toui Kojima. Fever. He was to have been in the 3rd match.

Match 1: Student Pro Wrestling Support Match: HARASHIMA, Great-GO-Khan & Mazacon Kid beat Antonio Honda, Macho Gallows & Dopyu(Heart) McIntyre. Khan pinned McIntyre after Divine Punishment. They looked nothing like who they were spoofing in terms of appearance.

Match 2: MJ Pawl & KANON beat Hideki Okatani & Yuya Koroku. Pawl pinned Koroku after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 3: Yuki Iino Produced Match: Yuki Iino, Danshoku Dieno & Yumehito Imanari won a Pheromone Rumble, last eliminating Shunma Katsumata.

Match 4: Kazuki Hirata Produced Match: In a Falls Count Anywhere Item Bring-In Handicap Match, Toru Owashi & Yukio Sakaguchi beat Kazuki Hirata, Takao Soma, Gota Ihashi & Keigo Nakamura. Sakaguchi pinned Hirata after PK.

Match 5: Tetsuya Endo Produced Match: Tetsuya Endo & Keisuke Ishii beat Akito & Trans-Am Hiroshi. Endo pinned Hiroshi after Burning Star Press.

Match 6: Jun Akiyama beat Takashi Masada.

Main Event: Yuji Hino, MAO & Makoto Oishi beat Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida. Hino beat Ishida with King Kong Sleeper. Afterwards, Higuchi requested a change to the KO-D Tag Team Championship match on 3/21 at Korakuen Hall, which was granted. As a result, it’s now a Falls Count Anywhere match.

The next event is “Dramatic Dream Onita-DDO Launch Battle” on 3/19 at Tsurumi Fruit & Vegetable Market in Kanagawa. There will be no live broadcast.

In other news, it was announced that new trainee Rukiya Ikeda will have his Debut Match on 4/9 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo against Yuya Koroku. That event will also have a KO-D Tag Team Championship Match with the 3/21 winners vs. TBA for the titles.