DDT 1/3/23 Results (Updated)

DDT began their 2023 today with a mid-major event that would begin the path to their 26th Anniversary event in March as well as other major events this year.

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

The announced paid attendance was 759, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi beat Hideki Okatani & Toui Kojima. Oishi pinned Kojima after Cactus Flower.

Match 2: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno vs. Akito & Antonio Honda went to a No Contest. GM Imabayashi stoppage.

The promotion’s biggest events of the year were announced outside of the 26th Anniversary event on 3/21-5/3 will be MEGA MAX BUMP 2023 at Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, and 7/23 will be WRESTLE PETER PAN, the promotion’s biggest annual event, at Ryogoku Kokugikan.

Match 3: Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata beat New Year Pokotan, Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Kazuma Sumi. Hirata pinned Sumi.

Match 4: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Kotaro Suzuki (Pro Wrestling NOAH), Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku beat Kazusada Higuchi, HARASHIMA, Rickey Shane Page, Takao Soma & Yuki Ishida. Endo pinned Ishida after Burning Star Press.

Match 5: Yuki Ueno & Cara Noir beat MJ Pawl & KANON. Noir beat Pawl with Blackout Sleeper.

Match 6: Konosuke Takeshita beat Takeshi Masada. Afterwards, Takeshita requested a match against Sanshiro Takagi. Takagi initially refused, but that match will happen on 3/21.

It was then announced that AEW duo Kip Sabian & Penelope Ford will appear on 2/18 & 2/26, and former WWE wrestler Kalisto/Samurai Del Sol will appear on 3/21.

Match 7: Naruki Doi vs. Daisuke Sasaki went to a 30 minute time limit draw. This was to have determined the next challenger for the DDT Universal Championship. As a result, the title match on 1/13 will be a 3-way survival, meaning it’s very likely an elimination match.

Main Event: MAO & Shunma Katsumata beat Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi to win the vacant KO-D Tag Team Championship. MAO & Katsumata become the 76th KO-D Tag Team Champions. MAO pinned Takanashi after Our Madokasu.

The next event is Thursday at Itabashi Green Hall in Tokyo. The event is a legit advance sellout. There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: The next challengers for the KO-D Tag Team Championship have been announced: Oishi & Asahi. That match will happen on 1/29 at Korakuen Hall.

DDT 12/31/22 Results

DDT wrapped up their 2022 with a New Year’s Eve event today featuring a one day 6-man tag tournament with many independent names as well as DDT participants and also an independent year-end awards ceremony by Japanese sports network Samurai! TV.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast unless it was on Samurai! TV.

The announced paid attendance was 615, a full house/near sellout.

During the Japan Independent Awards Ceremony, DDT earned 2 prizes-Kazusada Higuchi was named MVP while the Best Unit award went to those deplorable Pheromons for a second straight year.

All 6-Man Tag Team Tournament Matches until the Semifinals had a 10 minute time limit.
Match 1: MAO, Yuya Aoki & Yuko Miyamoto beat Yukio Naya, Hideyoshi Kamiya & Kikutaro. MAO pinned Kikutaro.
Match 2: Chris Brookes, Daisuke Sekimoto & Isami Kodaka vs. Kazusada Higuchi, Kota Sekifuda & MUSASHI went to a 10 minute time limit draw. Which led to…
In a 1 Count Fall Overtime with No Time Limit, Kazusada Higuchi, Kota Sekifuda & MUSASHI beat Chris Brookes, Daisuke Sekimoto & Isami Kodaka. Higuchi pinned Brookes.
Match 3: Yuki Ueno, Daichi Hashimoto & Yuma Aoyagi (All-Japan Pro Wrestling) beat Tetsuya Endo, Yasufumi Nakanoue & Brahman Shu. Aoyagi pinned Shu.
Match 4: HARASHIMA, Yuki Ishikawa & Masashi Takeda beat Takeshi Masada, Takuya Nomura (All-Japan Pro Wrestling) & Masato Tanaka (ZERO1). Takeda pinned Masada after a reverse U Crash.

Match 5: Ryuji Ito, Jaki Numazawa, Abdullah Kobayashi & Kankuro Hoshino (Big Japan Pro Wrestling) beat Danshoku Dieno, Antonio Honda, Kazuki Hirata & Shunma Katsumata. Ito pinned Hirata after Bilibili Dragon Splash.

Match 6: Tournament Semifinals (15 minute time limit): MAO, Yuya Aoki & Yuko Miyamoto beat Kazusada Higuchi, Kota Sekifuda & MUSASHI. Aoki pinned ? (DDT’s website didn’t say exactly who won and lost but looked like Aoki beating either Sekifuda or MUSASHI. Definitely not Higuchi taking the loss).

Match 7: Tournament Semifinals (15 minute time limit): Yuki Ueno, Daichi Hashimoto & Yuma Aoyagi beat HARASHIMA, Yuki Ishikawa & Masashi Takeda. Ueno pinned HARASHIMA with a rolling guillotine Ace Crusher.

Match 8: Konosuke Takeshita, Rickey Shane Page, Drew Parker & Cara Noir beat Yuji Okayabashi, Kazumi Kikuta, Takuho Kato & Kazumasa Yoshida. Takeshita pinned Yoshida after Zahi.

Main Event: Tournament Finals (No Time LImit): Yuki Ueno, Daichi Hashimoto & Yuma Aoyagi beat MAO, Yuya Aoki & Yuko Miyamoto to win the tournament. Hashimoto pinned MAO after a rising DDT. Afterwards, Ueno appeared to ask Hashimoto & Aoyagi to come back for potentially a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship challenge.

The promotion’s first event of 2023 is “Hatsuyume 2023” Tuesday at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. Vocal cheering will be allowed and it’s trending towards being a legit sellout (only a few seats left in all but one section). After this event, DDT also announced that SKE48 member Marika Tani will be a guest on commentary Tuesday.

DDT 12/29/22 Results (Updated)

DDT ran their final big event of the year today, NEVER MIND 2022, loaded with numerous major matches and surprises and, unless you shelled out 250,000 yen for the most expensive seats, a money back guarantee if you found it boring courtesy of host LiLiCo. But how could a show starting with a LiLiCo anal explosion be boring?

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

The announced paid attendance was 1207, a super full house/very near sellout. It sounds low for the venue because vocal cheering was allowed, so between the almost-automatic 50% capacity limit and the layout, that lowered the max capacity to maybe 1500 (the venue’s normal capacity is, I believe, in the 3000-3500 range). No word on how many refunds were requested post-show, if any.

The show opened with the promised LiLiCo anal explosion, a DDT blowout event tradition.

Pre-show Match 1: Hideki Okatani & Toui Kojima beat Yuya Koroku & Kazuma Sumi. Okatani pinned Sumi after a diving knee drop.

Pre-show Match 2: Minoru Fujita, MJ Pawl & KANON beat Masa Takanashi, Antonio Honda & Takao Soma. KANON beat Honda with a cobra twist.

Keigo Nakamura, who has been out an extended time due to injury, will return on 1/13.

The LiLiCo anal explosion opened the main show.

Match 1: Sanshiro Takagi beat Takeshi Masada.

Match 2: HARASHIMA & Yukio Sakaguchi beat Yuji Hino & Yuki Ishida. HARASHIMA pinned Ishida after Blue Sword.

Match 3: Danshoku Dieno, Yuki Iino, Yumehito Imanari & Koju Takeda beat Akito, Osamu Nishimura, Shinichiro Kawamatsu & Shunma Katsumata. Iino pinned Katsumata. As a result, Katsumata must join Pheromons for a day.

Match 4: Chihiro Hashimoto (Sendai Girls) beat Shinya Aoki.

Match 5: Yuki Arai (Tokyo Joshi Pro) & Sali Akai beat Saori Anou & Rika Kawabata (Independent/Freelancers). Akai pinned Kawabata after Quetzalcoatl.

Match 6: Tetsuya Endo, Kotaro Suzuki (Pro Wrestling NOAH) & Yusuke Okada beat KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Naruki Doi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata to win the titles. Endo, Suzuki & Okada become the 49th KO-D Tag Team Champions. Endo pinned Hirata after Burning Star Press. Mext up: Those despicable Pheromons (Dieno/Iino/Takeda). That match will happen on 1/29 at Korakuen Hall.

Match 7: In a match with rules determined by Super Sasadango Machine’s weight pre-match, DDT Extreme Champion Jun Akiyama beat Super Sasadango Machine to retain the title. V1 for Akiyama. This went just over 2 minutes. Afterwards, Akiyama issued an open challenge for challengers. Next up: Antonio Honda. That match will happen on 1/21 at Yokohama Radiant Hall.

Match 8: Konosuke Takeshita & Yukio Naya beat Daisuke Sekimoto (Big Japan) & Rickey Shane Page. Naya pinned Page after a backdrop.

Match 9: MAO beat Chris Brookes, Daisuke Sasaki & Cara Noir in a 4-way by pinning Brookes.

Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion Kazusada Higuchi beat Yuki Ueno to retain the title. V5 for Higuchi. Ueno’s DDT Universal Championship was not on the line. Next up: Hino. That match will happen pn 1/29.

Their final event of the year is Saturday at Korakuen Hall with a one-day 6-man tag team tournament. There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: With regards to Katsumata having to join Pheromons for a day, that day will be 1/13 at Shinjuku Face.

DDT 12/21/22 Results

DDT held a special Danshoku Dieno 20th Anniversary event today, also commemorating the pending release of his new autobiography book. Although best known as the leader of those deplorable Pheromons, Dieno is also a groundbreaking wrestler in that he is believed to be the first pro wrestler to come out as openly gay, The promotion immediately threw its full support behind Dieno and that has not changed despite GM Imabayashi’s “war” with Pheromons.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (expected to be Saturday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 537. Vocal cheering was allowed.

Dieno also brought his pet dog, Haku, an 11-month-old rescued dog, to the event. All fans attending received a copy of Dieno’s book.

Match 1: In a Loser Purchase Handicap Death Match, Akito, Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata, Antonio Honda & Hiroshi Yamato beat Sanshiro Takagi. As a result, Takagi had to pay for 47 copies of his own book.

Match 2: Anarco Montagna & Hideki Okatani beat Takeshi Masada & Kazuma Sumi. Montagna pinned Sumi after Shooting Punk Press.

Match 3: Saki Akai won an 8-person King Of Pantyhose Battle Royal, last eliminating Makoto Oishi & Yusuke Okada. All participants wore pantyhose over their heads. As a result, Akai was crowned “King Of Pantyhose”. Or perhaps it should be Queen in her case.

Match 4: Chris Brookes, Masa Takanashi & Ken Ohka beat Yuki Ueno, MAO & Toui Konima. Takanashi pinned MAO after HOD.

Match 5: Naruki Doi beat Shunma Katsumata.

Match 6: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & DJ Nira beat Kazusada Higuchi, Yuki Ishida & Tanomusaku Toba. Endo pinned Ishida after a rotating torture rack bomb.

Match 7: Yuki Iino beat Yumehito Imanari.

Main Event: Danshoku Dieno 20th Anniversary Match: Haku beat Danshoku Dieno & Muscle Sakai. This was supposed to be Dieno vs. Sakai, but it’s DDT after all. A shocking announcement afterwards-GM Imabayashi was going to leave DDT at the end of the year but apparently will stay on for one more year as a business consignment.

The next event is NEVER MIND 2022 on 12/29 at Tokyo Dome City Hall. If fans find the event boring, refunds will be provided unless they paid for the most expensive seats (which cost nearly $4000 US). And with a LiLiCo anal explosion opening, how can it be boring? Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2:30 AM ET/11:30 PM PT. Japanese commentary guests will be SKE48 member Marika Tani, singer Maon Kurosaki and Kenta Kobashi. English commentary will also be available.

DDT 12/18/22 Results

DDT wrapped up the ROAD to NEVER MIND 2022 Tour today with a house show in Fukuoka, the final regular event before their last major event of the year.

Today’s event was held at Pivole Fukuoka in Fujuoja and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (likely Wednesday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 226, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata beat Saki Akai & Toui Kojima. Hirata pinned Kojima.

Match 2: Akito & MAO beat Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno. Akito beat Dieno with a stepover toehold.

Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Yuya Koroku & Kazuma Sumi. KANON beat Sumi with a cobra twist.

Match 4: Yuji Hino, Makoto Oisho & Shiori Asahi beat Toru Owashi, Azure Dragon & Hideki Okatani. Hino pinned Okatani after Fuckin’ BOMB.

Match 5: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada beat HARASHIMA, Chris Brookes & Taleshi Masada. Endo pinned Masada after a rotating torture rack bomb.

Main Event: Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida beat Yuki Ueno & Shunma Katsumata. Higuchi pinned Katsumata after Brain Claw Slam.

The next event is a Danshoku Dieno 20th Anniversary & Book Release Commemoration Event Wednesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Vocal cheering will be allowed and all attendees will receive a copy of Dieno’s autobiography book ahead of it being published in Japan. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT 12/17/22 Results

DDT continued their year-ending tour today with a house show in Kumamoto. This was a hometown event for Yuki Ishida.

Today’s event was held at Kumamoto City Distribution Information Center in Kumamoto and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date (likely Tuesday). There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 250, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Shunma Katsumata beat Saki Akai & Kazuki Hirata in a 3-way by pinning Hirata.

Match 2: Akito & Kazuma Sumi (with Yoshihiko) beat Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno. Akito beat Dieno with a stepover toehold.

Match 3: Sanshiro Takagi & Yusuke Okada beat Toru Owashi & Takeshi Masada. Okada pinned Masada after a Takagi Stunner.

Match 4: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat HARASHIMA & Hideki Okatani. Sasaki beat Okatani with Numero Dos Punto Seis Seis Seis. For those who no habla espanol, that’s Number 2.666.

Match 5 Yuki Ueno, MAO & Toui Kojima beat Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yuya Koroku. Ueno pinned Koroku after WR.

Main Event: Yuji Hino, Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi beat Kazusada Higuchi, Chris Brookes & Yuki Ishida. Oishi pinned Ishida after Cactus Flower. Afterwards, Hino announced they would return to Kumamoto for a 20th Anniversary event in July (presumably for Hino).

The next event is tomorrow at Pivole Fukuoka in Fukuoka. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT 12/14/22 Results

DDT ran their final DDT FREE event today, wrapping up the year-long series of monthly free admission events for fans lucky enough to win tickets.

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

The announced attendance was 437, a legit sellout. All tickets were free.

Before the matches began, two matches were announced for 1/3: Chris Brookes & Masa Takanashi vs. MAO & Shunma Katsumata for the vacant KO-D Tag Team Championship and Naruki Doi vs. Daisuke Sasaki for the next DDT Universal Championship challenger.

Match 1: In a handicap match, Danshoku Dieno & Yuki Iino beat Akito, MAO & Kazuma Sumi. Iino pinned Akito. As a result, if Pheromons win their match against the anti-Pheromons group on 12/29, the losing member responsible for it )whoever gets pinned or submitted) must join Pheromons for a day.

Match 2: Tryout Match: Shunma Katsumata beat Anarco Montagna.

Match 3: Saori Anou & Rika Kawabata beat Saki Akai & Yoshiko Hasegawa. Anou pinned Hasegawa.

Match 4: Sanahiro Takagi, Yuji Hino & Makoto Oisho beat Takao Soma, Yuya Koroku & Takeshi Masada. Oishi pinned Masada after a Hino reverse horizontal chop.

Match 5: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Kotaro Suzuki (Pro Wrestling NOAH) & Yusuke Okada beat HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Yukio Naya. Endo pinned Hirata. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: Kotaro Suzuki beat Yusuke Okada.

Match 6: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Chris Brookes & Hideki Okatani. Sasaki pinned Okatani after El Es Claro.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno & Toui Kojima beat Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida. Kojima pinned Ishida after Kojima In Wonderland.

The next event is Saturday at Kumamoto City Distribution Information Center in Kumamoto. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT News: Upcoming Title Match Schedule Announced

In an interesting news item, DDT announced the schedule for upcoming title matches for the first quarter of 2023. Of course this all comes with the mandatory “subject to change” caveat, but here is what they announced:

1/3, Korakuen Hall: KO-D Tag Team Championship, DDT Universal Championship (participants TBA on 12/14. For the Universal Championship it will be a match to determine the next challenger).
1/13, Shinjuku Face: DDT Universal Champion Yuki Ueno vs. 1/3 winner for the title.
1/21, Yokohama Radiant Hall: DDT Extreme Champion (12/29 Jun Akiyama-Super Sasadango Machine winner) vs. TBA for the title.
1/29, Korakuen Hall: KO-D Openweight Champion (12/29 Kazusada Higuchi-Ueno winner) vs. TBA for the title, KO-D Tag Team Championship (1/3 winners vs. TBA for the titles), KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship. (12/29 winners of Naruki Doi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata vs. Tetsuya Endo, Koraro Suzuki & Yusuke Okada vs. TBA for the titles).
2/18, Nagoya Conference Center: DDT Universal Championship (TBA), DDT Extreme Championship (TBA).
2/26, Korakuen Hall: KO-D Tag Team Championship, KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship.
3/21, Korakuen Hall: Multiple including KO-D Openweight Championship (this will be the DDT 26th Anniversary Event and they plan to make it at least a 5-hour event)

DDT Pro Wrestling “D KING GP 2022 THE FINAL” Results (12/4/22)

DDT wraps up the D KING GP 2022 today with the Finals, which will determine who gets the next shot at KO-D Openweight Champion Kazusada Higuchi. Based on the field and how things looked earlier in the tournament, the result will definitely be an upset as much like the KING OF DDT Tournament earlier this year, it’s a very unexpected final as this time Yuki Ueno & Yukio Naya are the finalists. There also is an unusual semifinal as DDT Extreme Champion Joey Janela defends against Jun Akiyama in a TLC (Tables, Ladders, Chairs) match. Last I checked, Akiyama is not exactly a Hardy Boys or Edge/Christian type…and he’s 51 with 30 years of wear & tear on his body…this along with all the other unpredictability and comedy that DDT is known for. Pro Wrestling NOAH mainstay Kotaro Suzuki will also make an appearance.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. Guest commentators scheduled are Kenta Kobashi, voice actor Mayu Iizuka and singer Maon Kurasaki. Vocal cheering by fans will be allowed. Based on the lineup I anticipate tonight’s event having a total running time of close to 3 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno vs. Akito & Antonio Honda
Takao Soma, Hideki Okatani & Hikaru Machida vs. Yuya Koroku, Yuki Ishida & Takeshi Masada
Tetsuya Endo, Kotaro Suzuki (Pro Wrestling NOAH) & Yusuke Okada vs. MAO, Shunma Katsumata & Toui Kojima
Naruki Doi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata vs. HARASHIMA, Yukio Sakaguchi & Kazuma Sumi
Kazusada Higuchi, Yuji Hino, Chris Brookes & Rickey Shane Page vs. Daisuke Sasaki, Minoru Fujita, MJ Pawl & KANON
DDT Extreme Champion Joey Janela vs. Jun Akiyama in a TLC Match for the title
D KING GP 2022 Finals: Yuki Ueno vs. Yukio Naya

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

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Vocal cheering allowed means a cap of roughly 700 and most sections were sold out earlier today or close to it. Based on that, it’s probably going to be in the 625-650 range but same-day could get it to a sellout.

No pre-show matches as they just confirmed the lineup so the matches should begin in about 30 minutes (around 9:40 PM ET/6:40 PM PT).

At 9:15 PM ET GM Imabayashi enters the ring to begin the opening announcements/housekeeping. The first matches for the Danshoku Dieno 20th Anniversary Event on 12/21 at Korakuen are announced: Yuki Iino vs. Yumehito Imanari (those deplorable Pheromons facing each other!) and, in his 20th Anniversary Match, Danshoku Dieno vs. Muscle Sakai. Dieno is then brought out although he makes Imabayashi call him a few times. Then they announce Natuki Doi vs Shunma Katsumata for 12/21 and then Tanomusaku Toba, Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida vs. Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & DJ Nira.

We then turn to tonight’s main event and thus…GRAND SWORD! D KING GP 2022 Chairman Kenta Kobashi comes out to audible cheers from the still-filing-in crowd. He leads the opening shout to start the event, leading into the opening video at scheduled start time.

The matches begin at 9:35 PM ET. Your new host is Ken Kato replacing Haruo Murata.

Match 1: Takao Soma, Hideki Okatani & Hikaru Machida vs. Yuya Koroku, Yuki Ishida & Takeshi Masada. 30 minute time limit
Result: Takao Soma, Hideki Okatani & Hikaru Machida beat Yuya Koroku, Yuki Ishida & Takeshi Masada. Soma pinned Ishida.

Match 2: Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno vs. Akito & Antonio Honda. 30 minute time limit
Result: This became a World Cup-themed comedy match with 1-count pinfalls counting as “goals”. Yumehito Inanari even substituted in for Dieno. Draw. 2-2. They did a soccer shootout as a tiebreaker, Pheromons won 3-2 to win.

A YouTube broadcast of the first 2 matches ends here. Your host is Haruo Murata once again.

Match 3: Tetsuya Endo, Kotaro Suzuki (Pro Wrestling NOAH) & Yusuke Okada vs. MAO, Shunma Katsumata & Toui Kojima. 30 minute time limit
Result: Tetsuya Endo, Kotaro Suzuki & Yusuke Okada beat MAO, Shunma Katsumata & Toui Kojima. Endo pinned Kojima after Burning Star Press.

Match 4: Naruki Doi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata vs. HARASHIMA, Yukio Sakaguchi & Kazuma Sumi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Naruki Doi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata beat HARASHIMA, Yukio Sakaguhi & Kazuma Sumi. Hirata pinned Sumi with a rollup after reversing a Sumi rollup. Afterwards, Endo, Suzuki & Yusuke Okada came out to make a challenge for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship. After come comedic bantering between Doi & GM Imabayashi, it’s made official. That match will happen on 12/29 at Tokyo Dome City Hall.

Match 5: DDT Extreme Champion Joey Janela vs. Jun Akiyama in a TLC Match for the title. No Countouts. Only win by pinfall, submission or KO. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Jun Akiyama beat DDT Extreme Champion Joey Janela to win the title. Akiyama becomes the 56th DDT Extreme Champion. Daaaaaaaamn! Next up: Super Sasadango Machine is back…although Akiyama immediately left but stopped just before exiting to the backstage area and returned to the ring. This quickly became a comedy segment with the masked comedy wrestler. As Akiyama walks off again, GM Imabayashi makes it official for 12/29.

Match 6: Kazusada Higuchi, Yuji Hino, Chris Brookes & Rickey Shane Page vs. Daisuke Sasaki, Minoru Fujita, MJ Pawl & KANON. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kazusada Higuchi, Yuji Hino, Chris Brookes & Rickey Shane Page beat Daosuke Sasaki, Minoru Fujita, MJ Pawl& KANON. Higuchi pinned Pawl.

Main Event: D KING GP 2022 Finals: Yuki Ueno vs. Yukio Naya. No time limit
Result: Yuki Ueno beat Yukio Naya to win the tournament. As a result, Ueno will face KO-D Openweight Champion Kazusada Higuchi for the title on 12/29, and as the current DDT Universal Champion could become a double titleholder.

The next event is NEXTBODY presents STERNNESS 30th Anniversary Vol. 2, the second Jun Akiyama 30th Anniversary event, Saturday at Izumi City Plaza Yayoi No Kaze Hall in Osaka, after which 3 lucky fans who shelled out 50,000 yen get to go out for dinner and a drink with Akiyama himself. There will be no live broadcast. At the end of the broadcast the guest lineup for commentary on 12/29 was revealed, to include Kobashi, Kurasaki and SKE48 member Marika Tani.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 711, a legit sellout.

DDT 12/3/22 Results

DDT ran the final ONLY WE event of the year in Chiba today, wrapping up the 2022 series of co-promoted events with the Chiba-based independent promotion.

Today’s event was held at 2AW Square in Chiba and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 110, a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Hideki Okatani & Toui Kojima beat Yusuke Okada & Kazuma Sumi. Okatani pinned Sumi with a double arm suplex.

Match 2; Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno beat Akito & Hiroshi Yamato. Iino beat Akito with 2AW Deathlock.

Match 3: Daisuke Sasaki & KANON beat Lightning Jinmei (?) & Tomomitsu Matsunaga. Sasaki beat Matsunaga with a crossface.

Match 4: Kazusada Higuchi, Yuki Ishida & Quiet Storm beat Chris Brookes, Rickey Shane Page & Takeshi Masada. Higuchi pinned Masada after Doctor Bomb.

Match 5; Yuki Ueno, MAO & Shunma Katsumata beat Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yuya Koroku. Ueno pinned Koroku after BME.

Main Event: HARASHIMA & Yukio Naya beat Yuji Hino & Makoto Oishi. HARASHIMA pinned Oishi after Blue Sword.

The next event is the D KING GP 2022 Finals tomorrow at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin TONIGHT at 9:30 PM ET/6:30 PM PT.

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