Tag: Dramatic Dream Team

DDT has announced pending changes for this weekend’s events because Toui Kojima is now off the scheduled events. Fever. He will miss a The37KAMIINA talk show event tomorrow and the Saitama outdoor event Sunday. He was scheduled to be part of a Yuki Iino Produced Pheromone Rumble match. No specific replacement named. Yuki Ueno also will miss the event, which is a scheduled absence due to other performing arts activities.

Ahead of their big 5 hour 26th Anniversary Event on 3/21, DDT has made the full vide of their 3/4 Yokohama event available FOR FREE on YouTube for a limited time. Check it out below: (running time is 2 hours)

DDT continued their current tour today with a house show in Nagano.

Today’s event was held at Nagano City Arts Center Art Space in Nagano and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 179.

There was an apparent last-second change to the card due to Toui Kojima missing the event. Unspecified. Gota Ihashi was the replacement.

Match 1: KANON beat Yuki Ishida by submission.

Match 2: In a handicap match, Danshoku Dieno & Yuki Iino beat Akito, Keigo Nakamura & Kazuma Sumi. Iino beat Sumi with TRUE LOVE.

Match 3: Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani beat Takao Soma & Yuya Koroku. Sakaguchi pinned Koroku after God’s Right Knee.

Match 4: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada beat HARASHIMA, Kazusada Higuchi & Takeshi Masada. Endo pinned Masada after a deformation Yurikamome.

Match 5: Yasushi Kanda, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata beat MAO, Shunma Katsumata & Gota Ihashi. Hirata pinned Ihashi with La Magistral.

Main Event: Yukio Naya & Chris Brookes beat Yuji Hino & Makoto Oishi. Naya pinned Oishi after a backdrop.

The next event is 3/12 at Tokorozawa Aviation Memorial Park Outdoor Stage in Saitama. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT ran their second “Yokohama Unlimited” event today as they continue to build to their 26th Anniversary event later this month.

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 173.

Match 1: MJ Pawl & KANON beat Takao Soma & Kazuma Sumi. Pawl pinned Sumi after a running body press.

Match 2: Akito won an Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship Battle Royal, last eliminating Kazuki Hirata, to win the title. Hirata first beat Yoshihiko to win the title and become the 1562nd Champion. Akito then beat Hirata to win the title. Akito becomes the 1563rd Champion

Match 3: HARASHIMA & Toru Owashi beat Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida. HARASHIMA pinned Ishida after Blue Sword.

Match 4: Keigo Nakamura & Hideki Okatani beat Toui Kojima & Yuya Koroku. Okatani pinned Kojima with a double arm suplex.

Daisuke Sasaki made an unannounced appearance and announced he will return on 3/21. He had been “missing” for several months but was out due to eye muscle surgery. As a result, what had been MJ Pawl & KANON vs. Chris Brookes & Drew Parker on 3/21 is now Pawl/KANON/Sasaki vs. Brookes/Parker/Hagane Shinno.

Match 5: Tetsuya Endo & Kotaro Suzuki beat Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada. Suzuki pinned Okada after a tiger driver.

Match 6: Ryota Nakatsu beat MAO.

Main Event: Yuji Hino & Yukio Sakaguchi beat Yukio Naya & Takeshi Masada. Hino pinned Masada after Fuckin’ BOMB.

The next event is tomorrow at Nagano City Arts Center Art Space in Nagano. There will be no live broadcast.

As a special promo for this weekend’s major event, DDT has made the full video of the 2/18 Nagoya event available FOR FREE on YouTube. You can watch below but don’t wait-it’s only available until Monday at 5 AM PT/8 AM ET then the only way to watch the replay is to subscribe to WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

DDT held another of their special one-match events today, this one in a most unlikely place-a burlesque club. As a male I’d be all for such, more given I love Japanese girls, although this is yet another “only DDT” wacky idea.

Today’s event was held at Burlesque Tokyo in Tokyo and can be watched on demand as a PPV via PIA STREAM for a limited time for about $20 US.

The announced paid attendance was 102, a legit advance sellout.

Match result: In a Falls Count Anywhere Match, KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & Shunma Katsumata beat Sanshiro Takagi & Fuminori Abe to retain the titles. Katsumata pinned Takagi after Burlesque Sauna Splash. V2 for the champs. The match went 30 minutes Next up: Yukio Sakaguchi & Hikaru Machida. That match will happen Sunday. After all this, Takagi floated an idea of recruiting all the dancers and creating Burlesque Joshi Pro Wrestling. Only in DDT but I’m all for it! Anyway, Moving On…

The next event is Sunday at Korakuen Hall for the monthly major event. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 9:30 PM ET/6:30 PM PT. And they will also stream all but the last two matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

In other news, you may recall that DDT Universal Champion Naruki Doi asked for Tetsuya Endo as his next challenger recently but Endo was absent from the event due to illness, so GM Imabayashi said he would consider the match. It’s now official. That match will happen on 3/21 at Korakuen Hall.

DDT held another of their signature one-match-only comedy events today, this one taking place on an actual running train line with fans onboard.

Today’s event was held at Tenryu Hamanoko Railway in Shizuoka, and onboard an actual operating train on the line, and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 47, a legit advance sellout. That was full capacity for the train.

Match Result: A 12-man staggered entry falls count anywhere battle royal, where participating wrestlers boarded the train at stops along the way, was won by Yukio Naya in 47:38, last eliminating Toui Kojima. Order of elimination: Takaya Shibayama by Makoto Oishi & Kazuma Sumi, Keigo Nakamura by Hideki Sekine, Sumi by Sekine, Hamamatsu Kamen L Miccaby (?) by Chika Nagashima & Yu Seyama, Sekine & Danshoku Dieno eliminated themselves, Nagashima & Seyama by Oishi, Akito by HARASHIMA, HARASHIMA by Oishi, Kojima & MAO, Oishi by Naya, Hiroshi Yamato by MAO, MAO by Kojima, Kojima by Naya.

The next event is “Street Pro Wrestling in Burlesque Tokyo” Thursday at Burlesque Tokyo in Tokyo. This is another one-match event and will be a KO-D Tag Team Championship match of KO-D Tag Team Champions MAO & Shunma Katsumata vs. Sanshiro Takagi & Fuminori Abe for the titles. This will be a PPV available live & on demand worldwide on PIA STREAM for 2500 yen (about $20 US), but you can also pay an additional $8 or $16 for support for participants. The PPV will be available on demand with purchase with unlimited replays until 3/1 at 6:59 AM PT/9:59 AM ET.

The next “real” event is “Into The Fight 2023” on 2/26 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. Live results are scheduled for this event.

2/24 UPDATE: This event is now available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Tokyo Joshi Pro wrestler Raku, a noted avid train fan, is a guest commentator.

DDT ran a standalone event in Nagoya today featuring a pair of title matches and the Japan debut of All Elite Wrestling star Kip Sabian, the latest crossover between the promotions.

Today’s event was held at Nagoya International Conference Center Event Hall in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 398.

Match 1: D Generations Cup Block B: Takeshi Masada beat Toui Kojima. As a result, Masada wins Block B and advances to the Finals.

Match 2: D Generations Cup Block A: Yuya Koroku beat Hideki Okatani. As a result, Koroku wins Block A and advances to the Finals.
The Finals will be 2/26 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The winner may be part of the 3/31 US event.

Match 3: Antonio Honda & Saki Akai beat Gota Ihashi & Keigo Nakamura, Danshoku Dieno & Yuki Iino and Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata in a 4-way when Akai pinned Ihashi. (And just to be clear, being “not straight” does not keep those deplorable Pheromons from forcing themselves on Akai). Ihashi was a late replacement for Tetsuya Endo, who was removed from the event due to illness (not coronavirus or flu). He is expected back Tuesday for the Tokyo Dome Keiji Muto Retirement event.

Match 4: Kotaro Suzuki, Yukio Sakaguchi & Yusuke Okada beat Yuji Hino, Makoto Oishi & Kazuma Sumi. Suzuki pinned Sumi.

Match 5: Kip Sabian (All Elite Wrestling), Chris Brookes & Shinnoha beat Kazusada Higuchi, Yuki Ueno & Yuki Ishida. Sabian pinned Ishida after Deathly Hallows.

Match 6: In an Environmental Utilization Match, DDT Extreme Champion Jun Akiyama beat Akito to retain the title. V3 for Akiyama. Next up: Suzuki. That match will happen on 3/21 at Korakuen Hall in a NON-EXTREME Match, aka a completely normal rules match.

Cameras caught Sabian & Ford making comments backstage as Akai walked by. Which led to…
Penelope Ford beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Saki Akai to win the title. Ford becomes the 1557th DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion.

Match 7: MAO, Shunma Katsumata & Yukio Naya beat HARASHIMA, Takao Soma & Shinya Ishida. Naya pinned Soma after a backdrop.

Main Event: DDT Universal Champion Naruki Doi beat KANON to retain the title. V1 for Doi. Next up: TBA. Doi wanted Endo but GM Imabayashi was non-committal because Endo was absent. No official announcement followed the event so we’ll have to wait and see.

The next event is tomorrow at Tenryu Hamanako Railway in Shizuoka for a Hamatsu Train Pro Wrestling event held on a moving train. There will be no live broadcast but it will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date, scheduled to be 3/1.

DDT ran another of their “Because DDT” themed events today, this one a Valentine’s Day…sort of…themed event produced by The37Kamiina faction, mostly an excuse to gift themselves some fancy spa getaways…you know, because DDT and they’re all about the WER!

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

The announced paid attendance was 306, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: MAO & Shunma Katsumata beat Shiori Asahi & Makoto Oishi, Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi and Tsutomu Oosugi & Banana Senga in a 4-way when MAO pinned Oishi.

Match 2: D Generations Cup Block A: Illusion beat Kazuma Sumi. Both were already out of contention and trying to just finish with a win.

Match 3: D Generations Cup Block B: Yuki Ishida beat Keigo Nakamura. Both are now out of contention (Ishida already was, Nakamura would’ve stayed in it with a win).

Match 4: In a handicap match, Yuki Ueno beat Gorgeous Matsuno & Gabai Grandpa, pinning Matsuno after a Grandpa Swanton Bomb.

Match 5: Yasu Urano beat Toui Kojima.

Match 6: “Konosuke Takeshita” (Sakura Hirota) & Akito beat Tetsuya Endo & Kazuki Hirata. “Takeshita” pinned Hirata after a jumping knee. This was a comedy match with Hirota dressed up as Takeshita.

Main Event: Shunma Katsumata vs. MAO, Toui Kojima & Yuki Ueno in a 3-way went on…and on…which led to…
MAO vs. Shunma Katsumata went on…which led to…
MAO & Yuki Ueno vs. Shunma Katsumata & Toui Kojima went on…which led to…
In a Handicap Match, MAO, Yuki Ueno & Toui Kojima vs. Shunma Katsumata went on…which led to…
In a Hardcore Handicap Match, MAO, Yuki Ueno & Toui Kojima vs. Shunma Katsumata went on…which led to…
In an elimination match with 2 count falls and over the top rope rules, Yuki Ueno beat MAO, Shunma Katsumata beat Ueno, Toui Kojima beat Katsumata. Kojima wins.

As far as the D Generations Cup goes, the final matches are on 2/18. Block A will be won by the Hideki Okatani-Yuya Koroku winner, Block B will be won by Kojima unless he loses to Takeshi Masada, then it’s a tie but if it’s head-to-head results to decide then Masada wins the block.

The next event is Saturday at Nagoya International Conference Center in Nagoya. There are 2 title matches headlining this event-DDT Extreme Champion Jun Akiyama vs. Akito in an Environmental Utilization Battle Match for the title (the ropes will be set up differently than usual for this one and different rules for rope breaks) and DDT Universal Champion Naruki Doi vs. KANON for the title. All Elite Wrestling star Kip Sabian will make his DDT debut as well, so he’ll be heading right to Japan after tomorrow’s AEW Dynamite. And now that we know his whereabouts, there’s a chance Daisuke Sasaki shows up so card subject to change if that happens. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.