Tag: Dramatic Dream Team

DDT ran another special outdoor event today, held outside a Japanese rail station and resuming a traditional annual event for the first time since before the coronavirus pandemic began.

Today’s event was held at JR Omori Station East Exit Square in Tokyo and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The announced attendance was 1127, a super full house. This was a free event.

Match 1: Sanshiro Takagi, Yusuke Okada & Shinichiro Kawamatsu beat Toru Owashi, Toui Kojima & Takeshi Masada. Okada pinned Kojima after Sudden Death.

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

Match 3: Joey Janela, Yuji Hino & Makoto Oishi beat Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yuya Koroku. Janela pinned Koroku after a package driver.

Match 4: Takao Soma beat World Omori Class Champion Chikara to win the title. Soma becomes the 8th World Omori Class Champion.

Match 5: HARASHIMA, Yukio Naya & Hideki Okatani beat Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Pawl & KANON. Naya pinned Pawl after a backdrop.

Main Event: Yuki Ueno, MAO & Shunma Katsumata beat Kazusada Higuchi, Yuki Ishida & Rickey Shane Page. Ueno pinned Ishida after a rolling guillotine ace crusher.

The next event is Saturday at 2AW Square in Chiba for the final ONLY WE event of the year. There will be no live broadcast. That will be followed by the D KING GP 2022 Finals a few hours later at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin Saturday at 9:30 PM ET/6:30 PM PT.

DDT has announced that the KO-D Tag Team Championship is now VACANT. Previous champions Kazusada Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura have been forced to vacate the titles because Yoshimura was injured during his match on 11/18. Herniated disc in his neck. Out indefinitely but at least a few months. No word yet on plans for crowning new champions.

More as it becomes available.

DDT ran the penultimate event of the D KING GP 2022 today, which would set up the Finals but also had the potential to require additional tiebreaker matches pending the outcomes of today’s matches.

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

The announced paid attendance was 450. Vocal cheering was allowed so with further capacity limits this was about 65% full.

Match 1: Pre-show match: Yusuke Okada beat Yuki Ishida.

Match 2: Pre-show match: In a handicap match, Yuki Iino, Yumehito Imanari & Koju Takeda beat Akito, Masa Takanashi, Antonio Honda & Gorgeous Matsuno. Iino beat Honda with Sexy Lockup. This became a handicap match because Danshoku Dieno had to miss the card due to a possible fever.

During the opening announcements, Matsuno announced he would be having kidney transplant surgery but promised to make a comeback (Matsuno is well into his 50s if not his 60s). Announced for upcoming events are a “New Year’s Electric Blast” match at the request of Shunma Katsumata, likely involving Atsushi Onita, on 1/7/23 and, on 12/29, LiLiCo will participate in the opening ritual of anal explosion with her husband’s consent. Only in DDT. If anybody in attendance wants a refund after seeing that, shame on them. Anyway, Moving On…

Match 3: Minoru Fujita, MJ Pawl & KANON beat Yukio Sakaguchi, Hideki Okatani & Yuya Koroku. KANON pinned Koroku after Sleepy Hollow.

Match 4: In a No Touch Rule match, HARASHIMA, Naruki Doi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata beat MAO, Shunma Katsumata, Toui Kojima & Takeshi Masada. Doi pinned Kojima after Bakatare Sliding Kick. Afterwards, Doi participation for 12/21 & 12/29 was announced, with one event possibly having him in a match against HARASHIMA.

Match 5: D KING GP 2022 Block A: Joey Janela vs. Rickey Shane Page went to a double countout. No points.

Match 6: D KING GP 2022 Block A: Naomi Yoshimura beat Tetsuya Endo.

Match 7: D KING GP 2022 Block A: Yuki Ueno beat Daisuke Sasaki. As a result, Ueno wins Block A and advances to the Finals.

Match 8: D KING GP 2022 Block B: Chris Brookes beat Yuji Hino.

Main Event: D KING GP 2022 Block B: Yukio Naya beat Kazusada Higuchi. As a result, Naya wins Block B and advances to the Finals and it will be Ueno-Naya on 12/4 with the winner facing Higuchi on 12/29 for the KO-D Openweight Championship.

The Final is 12/4. The next event is 11/27 at JR Omori Station East Exit Square in Tokyo. This is a free outdoor event. There will be no live broadcast.

DDT continued the D KING GP today with a homecoming event for Yukio Sakaguchi & HARASHIMA and, following the Tokyo Joshi Pro event a couple hours before, a second such event for Saki Akai. The tournament entered the home stretch.

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

The announced paid attendance was 280, a super full house/very near sellout. Vocal cheering was allowed.

Match 1: Rickey Shane Page, Makoto Oishi & Yuya Koroku beat Joey Janela, Makoto Oishi & Kazuma Sumi. Koroku beat Sumi with a chicken wing. Yes, the results say Makoto Oishi was on both teams…

Match 2: Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata beat Danshoku Dieno & Yuki Iino by DQ. Iino DQ’d. Ref assault. Good thing Masayuki (referee) was properly wearing his face mask when Iino “assaulted” him.

Match 3: D KING GP Block B; Yukio Naya beat KANON.

Match 4: D KING GP Block B: Yuji Hino beat MAO.

Match 5; Tetsuya Endo, Naruki Doi & Akito beat Hideki Okatani, Yuki Ishida & Takeshi Masada. Doi pinned Ishida after Bakatare Sliding Kick. Afterwards, Doi announced his intent to continue participating in DDT in the future (he primarily has competed in Dragon Gate for most of his career).

Match 6: D KING GP Block A: Daisuke Sasaki beat Naomi Yoshimura.

Match 7: D KING GP Block B: Kazusada Higuchi beat Chris Brookes.

Main Event: Saki Akai Produced Match: Saki Akai, Yukio Sakaguchi & HARASHIMA beat Aja Kong, Yuki Ueno & DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Shunma Katsumata. Sakaguchi pinned Katsumata after God’s Right Knee to win the title. Sakaguchi becomes the 1555th DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion. Which led to…
Saki Akai beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Yukio Sakaguchi to win the title. Akai becomes the 1556th DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion. Apparently Hideki Okatani then tried to win the title from Akai but it appears he failed.

D KING GP Standings:
Block A:
1-Endo, 2-1-1, 5 pts
2-Sasaki, 2-1-1, 5 pts
3-Ueno, 2-2, 4 pts
4-Janela, 2-2, 4 pts
5-Page, 2-2, 4 pts
6-Yoshimura, 1-3, 2 pts (OUT)

Block B:
1-Higuchi, 3-0-1, 7 pts
2-Hino, 3-0-1, 7 pts
3-Naya, 3-1, 6 pts
4-Brookes, 1-3, 2 pts (OUT)
5-MAO, 1-4, 2 pts (OUT)
6-KANON, 1-4, 2 pts (OUT)
The winner of each block advances to the Finals. Block A comes down to Endo-Yoshimura & Sasaki-Ueno, but if both were to somehow end in a draw or no contest, the Janela-Page winner can steal it. It should be noted if Endo & Sasaki tie at the top, their head-to-head match ended in a time limit draw. Block B probably will come down to Higuchi-Naya. If Naya wins, Hino wins Block B with a win in his last match (Brookes) but Naya wins if Hino loses. If Higuchi wins and Hino loses or draws, Higuchi wins. If both Higuchi and Hino win, it gets very interesting because their head-to-head match was a time limit draw.

The next event is Friday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

DDT continued the D KING GP earlier today as they finished up their stretch of events in Osaka as part of the tournament.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 320, a full house/near sellout. Vocal cheering was allowed.

Pre-show match: Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku beat Shunma Katsumata & Kazuma Sumi. Okada pinned Sumi.

Match 1; MJ Pawl & KANON beat Hideki Okatani & Takeshi Masada. KANON pinned Masada.

Match 2; Danshoku Dieno Produced Match: Danshoku Dieno & Yuki Iino vs. Aja Kong & HARASHIMA went to a no contest. Ring announcer Ken Kato stoppage.

Match 3: D KING GP Block B: Yukio Naya beat Chris Brookes.

Match 4: D KING GP Block A: Daisuke Sasaki beat Joey Janela.

Match 5: D KING GP Block A: Tetsuya Endo beat Rickey Shane Page.

Impromptu Match: Shunma Katsumata beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Keiko Takeshita by handover of the title belt to win the title. Katsumata becomes the 1554th DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion.

Match 6: Naruki Doi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata beat KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Yuji Hino, Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi to win the titles. Doi, Owashi & Hirata become the 58th KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions. Hirata pinned Oishi.

Match 7: D KING GP Block B: Kazusada Higuchi beat MAO.

Main Event: D KING GP Block A: Naomi Yoshimura beat Yuki Ueno.

The next event is tomorrow at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 3:30 AM ET/12:30 AM PT.

DDT has made the video of their 11/6/22 one-match event in Saitama available FOR FREE on YouTube, likely for a limited time. It should also be available on WRESTLE UNIVERSE, but if you are not yet a subscriber check it out below while it’s available (description is in Japanese, there are no spoilers):

DDT held another of their special one-match Street Wresting events today, held outside of a train station and open to anyone who wanted to watch.

Today’s event was held at Tobu Tojo Line Shingashi Station West Exit Ekimae Street Venue in Saitama and should be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at a later date. There was no live broadcast.

The attendance was not allowed because this was a free event and open to the public without tickets needed.

Main Event: Shunma Katsumata beat Makoto Oishi, HARASHIMA & Nabe Yakan (?) in a 4-way Falls Count Anywhere match by pinning Oishi. The match went 36 minutes.

The D KING GP 2022 resumes Saturday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET.