DDT wraps up August with their monthly Tokyo signature event today. Less than 3 weeks after WRESTLE PETER PAN, their biggest event of the year, it’s another major event with 4 title matches currently planned. First up is a planned double title match between DDT Extreme & Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Shunma Katsumata & O-MENZ Kumadori, emphasis on planned because you never know what may happen with the 24/7 Iron Man title. For the Extreme portion, it will be a NO REPEAT Match, meaning if either wrestler uses any move more than once in the match, excluding strikes, they are immediately DQ’d. Over the top rope rules will also be in effect meaning if one wrestler goes over the top rope and both feet touch the floor outside the ring, they lose. The match will happen for the Extreme title even if Katsumata loses the Iron Man title. Second will be a KO-D Tag Team Championship match: Originally planned to be Jun Akiyama & Rukiya challenging new champions Shinya Aoki & Junta Miyawaki, they had to change plans due to a Rukiya illness so Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata now get the title shot. Third seems like a title change waiting to happen as DDT Universal Champion Ryusuke Taguchi returns from New Japan to defend the title against Daisuke Saskai. Finally, in the main event, KO-D Openweight Champion MAO defends the title against Daichi Sato, which on paper seems like a foregone result-to-be but there’s still a “Money In The Bank” title shot waiting to be cashed in anytime, anywhere and must be cashed in within the next month. Currently it’s held by Chris Brookes but he could lose it earlier in the card, same for the right to challenge for the right, currently held by Antonio Honda and in the same situation. So until those are cashed in, card subject to change.
Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in Japanese. O-MENZ Hannya, considered the leader of the group, and Super Sasdango Machine will be today’s guests on commentary. There is a pre-show match planned before the event, so between that and the title matches I expect this to be a longer Korakuen event than normal, with a running time of at least 3 hours, maybe pushing 3 1/2 hours.
Today’s lineup:
Pre-show:
Naomi Yoshimura & Tomomitsu Matsunaga vs. Yuni & Yuki Ishida
Main show:
HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano, Akito & Takao Soma vs. Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku, Kazuma Sumi & Masami Inahata
Yuki Ueno & To-y vs. Jun Akiyama & Fuminori Abe
KANON, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante vs. Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Illusion and Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Hinata Kasai in a 3-way*
DDT Extreme Champion Shunma Katsumata vs. O-MENZ Kumadori in a NO REPEAT match for the title**
KO-D Tag Team Champions Shinya Aoki & Junta Miyawaki vs. Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata for the titles
DDT Universal Champion Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Daisuke Sasaki for the title
KO-D Openweight Champion MAO vs. Daichi Sato for the title
Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.
Updates below will begin at 7:10 PM PT/10:10 PM ET when the pre-show is scheduled to begin. The live stream is scheduled to begin at that time. The main show will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.
*-If Brookes or Honda is beaten to take the loss, whoever beat them takes their respective challenge rights
**-If either is DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion at match time, which currently is Katsumata, this will be a double title match for that title. It’s for the Extreme title regardless
Pre-show Update: The start of the live stream has been moved up to 7 PM PT/10 PM ET.
7:10 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in 10 minutes.
7:08 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Your host is Satoshi Dairaku. It sounds like Kagehiro Osano’s headset isn’t working yet. (It soon got fixed)
The paid attendance will not be announced after the event. Not quite a pre-event sellout.
Pre-show match: Naomi Yoshimura & Tomomitsu Matsunaga vs. Yuni & Yuki Ishida. 15 minute time limit
Result; Naomi Yoshimura & Tomomitsu Matsunaga beat Yuni & Yuki Ishida. Yoshimura pinned Ishida.
Updates will resume when the main show begins.
Main show:
Scheduled to begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.
Super Sasadango Machine joins commentary after the pre-show match.
The matches begin at 7:33 PM PT/10:33 PM ET.
Match 1: HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano, Akito & Takao Soma vs. Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku, Kazuma Sumi & Masami Inahata. 15 minute time limit
Result: HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano, Akito & Takao Soma beat Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku, Kazuma Sumi & Masami Inahata. Soma pinned Inahata.
Match 2: Yuki Ueno & To-y vs. Jun Akiyama & Fuminori Abe. 15 minute time limit
Result: Jun Akiyama & Fuminori Abe beat Yuki Ueno & To-y. Abe beat To-y with an armbar.
Match 3: KANON, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante vs. Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Illusion and Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Hinata Kasai in a 3-way. 30 minute time limit
Result: Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Illusion beat KANON, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante and Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Hinata Kasai in a 3-way when Illusion pinned Honda. As a result, Illusion wins the right to challenge for the challenge rights from Honda.
Quick break for GM Imabayashi with the opening announcements. Sanshiro Takagi is brought out right away. Machine & Akito quickly join. What it was all about later.
Your new host is Haruo Murata. O-MENZ Hannya is your new guest on commentary along with Machine.
Match 4: DDT Extreme Champion & DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Shunma Katsumata vs. O-MENZ Kumadori in a NO REPEAT match for the titles. If a wrestler uses a move more than once except for strikes, that wrestler is DQ’d. Also win by over the top rope. 1 Hour time limit
Result: DDT Extreme & Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Shunma Katsumata beat O-MENZ Kumadori to retain the titles. V1 (Extreme) for Katsumata. Which led to…
O-MENZ Kumadori beat DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Shunma Katsumata to win the title. Kumadori becomes the 1903rd Champion.
Match 5: KO-D Tag Team Champions Shinya Aoki & Junta Miyawaki vs. Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Tag Team Champions Shinya Aoki & Junta Miyawaki beat Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata to retain the titles. Miyawaki pinned Hirata with Sunshine Clutch. V1 for the champs.
Match 6: DDT Universal Champion Ryusuke Taguchi (New Japan) vs. Daisuke Sasaki for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: DDT Universal Champion Ryusuke Taguchi beat Daisuke Sasaki by submission to retain the title. V1 for Taguchi. Well I was totally wrong about this one! Afterwards, Akito with microphone. Announcement of next challenger…Honda? Yep, Akito makes it official. They said Korakuen so it looks like 9/20.
Main Event: KO-D Openweight Champion MAO vs. Daichi Sato for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: KO-D Openweight Champion MAO beat Daichi Sato to retain the title. V1 for MAO. Afterwards, GM Imabayashi with microphone for the next challenger reveal. Next up: Fuminori Abe. That match will happen on 9/20. But remember Chris Brookes still has a title shot rights and time is running out to use it, and Illusion has the rights to challenge for the rights.
The next event is Wednesday at Boatrace Tamagawa in Tokyo, which is a free event taking part alongside boat races. There will be no live broadcast. On demand TBD.
UPDATE: The 2 title matches for the next Korakuen are now official. Wrong date listed above as I misread the schedule-it’s 9/21, not 9/20. (Technically 9/20 in the US as it’s 9/21 Japan time)
Next up for Katsumata for the Extreme title: Ryota Nakatsu. That match will happen on 9/27 at Shinjuku Face at the promotion’s final event there before the venue closes (not counting a Super Japan/Sanshiro Takagi Produced event there on 9/28).