DDT “DNA 6” Videos

June 30, 2015


DDT “DNA 6”, 04/06/2015
Kitazawa Town Hall
139 Fans


1. Devin Sparks & Ric Ellis Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Kouki Iwasaki


2. Papillon Akemi Vs Dai Suzuki


3. Tsutomu Oosugi Vs Shunma Katsumata


4. Yuji Okabayashi Vs Suguru Miyatake


5. Kota Umeda Vs Ryota Nakatsu


Extreme Title Treasure Hunt, HandMade In Japan, Ryogoku Peter Pan Shaping Up

June 29, 2015

DDT “TOTAL THIRD WORLD -DDT HAKATA-”, 05/07/2015
Hakata Star Lane

1. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Kota Umeda
2. 3 Way Match: Danshoku Dino Vs Soma Takao Vs Suguru Miyatake
3. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Yuto Aijima Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga, MIKAMI, Makoto Oishi & Azul Dragon
4. Special Tag Team Match: KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie
5. KO-D Tag Team Titles Next Challenger Match: Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki Vs Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita
6. DDT Extreme Title – Treasure Hunt Bull Rope Match: Akito (c) Vs Masa Takanashi

The main event has Akito and Masa Takanashi connected together with a bull rope. There will be a bag placed in every corner of the ring, one contains the DDT Extreme Title and the other three contain dummy belts. When a wrestler wins a fall he gets to choose a bag. If he picks the bag containing the real Extreme Title belt then the match ends and the winner becomes champion. If it contains a dummy belt then the match restarts until the real belt is found.

The No. 1 Contenders for the KO-D Tag Team Titles will be determined here. The winners will face Strong BJ for the belts at “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2015”.

DDT “DRAMATIC DREAMS! VOL. 2 ~NO SUBTITLE~”, 12/07/2015
Osaka Higashinari Kumin Hall

1. To Look For The Things Left Behind From Those Days – Special Single Match: Super Sasadango Machine Vs Atsushi Maruyama
2. Naniwa Shocked! Special Single Match: Antonio Honda Vs Magnitude Kishiwada
3. Lucha Vs Lucha! Special 6-Man Tag Team Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Tsubasa, Billyken Kid & HAYATA
4. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind – Special 3 Way Match: Kota Ibushi Vs Kuishinbo Kamen Vs Kikutaro
5. Road To RYOGOKU Special Tag Match: KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano
6. Road To DAIICHI Special Tag Match: Akito & Konosuke Takeshita Vs Shigehiro Irie & Kazusada Higuchi

HUB, Shoichi Uchida and Seiya Morohashi will also be on the show.

DDT “HANDMADE IN JAPAN FES 2015”, 25/07/2015
Tokyo Big Sight

Falls Count Anywhere 3 Way 6-Person Tag Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Kazuki Hirata & Saki Akai Vs Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & Hyper Misao Vs Antonio Honda, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Nonoko

After a successful appearance back in 2013, DDT returns to the HandMade In Japan Festival for some more Anywhere Pro Wrestling chaos. This time they are bringing along Nonoko and Hyper Misao from Tokyo Joshi Pro.

DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2015”, 23/08/2015
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

1. DDT Extreme Title – Uchikami! Presents: Akito (c) Vs X
2. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (c) Vs Winners Of 5/7 Next Challenger Match
3. Genichiro Tenryu Retirement Road Round 15: Genichiro Tenryu, Sanshiro Takagi & Saki Akai Vs X, X & X
4. Dramatic Dream Match: HARASHIMA Vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
5. KO-D Openweight Title – Good Com Asset Presents: KUDO (c) Vs Yukio Sakaguchi

With all of the Right To Challenge contracts now used up, the main event of this year’s Sumo Hall show is set in stone. KUDO will defend the KO-D Openweight Title against his Shuten-dōji stable-mate Yukio Sakaguchi. They will be teaming together until then and there has been little to no tension between the two until the match was made. There is also more at stake than just the championship. ¥ 2,000,000 will be rewarded to the winner of the main event courtesy of the match’s sponsor Good Com Asset, a real estate corporation. The Extreme Title Match also has a sponsor, the manga series Uchikami!

Hiroshi Tanahashi apologised to those who were expecting Shinsuke Nakamura to be New Japan’s representative at “RYOGOKU PETER PAN” this year.


DDT “KING OF DDT 2015 TOKYO” Results

June 28, 2015

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DDT “KING OF DDT 2015 TOKYO”, 28/06/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2,200 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

0. King Of Dark Title – 3 Way Match: Kota Umeda defeated Gota Ihashi (c) and DJ Nira when Ihashi pinned Nira with a Right High Kick (5:26).
*D1 for Gota Ihashi.
1. Shigehiro Irie, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Hoshitango & Shunma Katsumata defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Saki Akai when Irie pinned Hirata with the Beast Bomber (7:31).
2. King Of DDT 2015 – Semi Final: Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Kazusada Higuchi by TKO with the Cobra Clutch (9:43).
3. King Of DDT 2015 – Semi Final: Konosuke Takeshita defeated Daisuke Sasaki with the Roll Through German Suplex (14:16).
4. 4 Way Tag Team Match: Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao defeated Antonio Honda & Hiroshi Fukuda, Kota Ibushi & Suguru Miyatake and Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi when Takao pinned Fukuda with the Gin And Tonic (9:09).
5. HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito defeated KUDO, Masa Takanashi & MIKAMI when Urano pinned Takanashi with a Cradle (11:24).
*Yasu Urano wins Masa Takanashi’s Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.
KO-D Openweight Title – 3 Way Match: Ken Ohka defeated KUDO (c) and Yasu Urano when Ohka pinned Urano with the Spear Of Flame.
*KUDO fails in V1. Yasu Urano and Ken Ohka both cash in their Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contracts. Ken Ohka becomes the 52nd KO-D Openweight Champion!
KO-D Openweight Title: KUDO defeated Ken Ohka (c) with the Diving Double Knee Drop (4:39).
*Ken Ohka fails in V1. KUDO cashes in his Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract. KUDO Becomes the 53rd KO-D Openweight Champion!
6. King Of DDT 2015 – Final: Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Konosuke Takeshita with the Right Knee Of God (18:13).

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Yukio Sakaguchi is the winner of this year’s King Of DDT and is guaranteed a KO-D Openweight Title match at “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2015” this August. Sakaguchi defeated Kazusada Higuchi by referee stoppage in the semi finals while Konosuke Takeshita overcame Daisuke Sasaki. In the final Sakaguchi used his knee strikes to great effect and finished off Takeshita with the newly named Right Knee Of God. Right now the Sumo Hall match-up is Sakaguchi versus KUDO, two wrestlers from the same unit. That almost wasn’t the case…

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All of the Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contracts have now been used up and as a result caused some temporary chaos in the main event scene. Yasu Urano pinned Masa Takanashi in a 6-Man Tag Team match to win his contract. Urano then cashed in the contract for a KO-D Title match against KUDO there and then. The two fought hard and were both laid out when Ken Ohka suddenly appeared. Taking a page from Seth Rollins, Ohka cashed in his own contract in the middle of the match! He went after KUDO but had to settle with pinning Urano to become the new champion! However KUDO stayed in the ring and cashed in his own contract for an immediate title match. Ohka fought with all his heart but was out of his depth. KUDO defeated Ohka to win back the title and will go on to the Sumo Hall main event.

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Hiroshi Tanahashi made a surprise appearance to announce he will be wrestling at “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2015”. He wanted to wrestle against the best wrestler in DDT and that is HARASHIMA! HARASHIMA said he isn’t normally interested in wrestlers from other companies but he is interested in fighting Tanahashi.

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Shigehiro Irie stole Kazuki Hirata’s glasses before the opening match and used them to dance. He and Hirata had a dance battle for the glasses that ended in Irie knocking out Hirata with the Beast Bomber.

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DJ Nira grouped together Gota Ihashi, the referee and ring attendants to shield himself from Kota Umeda during the King Of Dark Title match. Nira then climbed on top of the group to do an assisted Rocket Punch but Umeda High Kicked him in mid-air for the pin. Since Ihashi was not involved in the result he is still the King Of Dark Champion.

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Genichiro Tenryu will team with Sanshiro Takagi & Saki Akai for a 6-Person Tag Team match at the Sumo Hall show. Their opponents will be revealed at a later date. Sanshiro Takagi’s original idea was to do Tenryu Vs Akai but he decided the two teaming together would be more interesting.

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A pop idol and former Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion made her return to DDT for an announcement. LiLiCo will have her debut pro wrestling match at Sumo Hall. She has already been training for three months and she wants a match with Gorgeous Matsuno.


Hard Hit Results

June 27, 2015

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HARD HIT, 27/06/2015
Kanagawa Bayside Yokohama
??? Fans

1. Ryuichi Sekine (1D/0E/0P) defeated Jun Ando (1D/0E/0P) with a Rear Naked Choke (3:36).
2. Manabu Hara & Ryota Nakatsu (1D/0E/0P) defeated Hiroshi Kobayashi & Kenta Hattori (1D/1E/0P) by KO when Hara knocked out Hattori with a German Suplex (12:47).
3. Shigehiro Irie (3D/0E/0P) defeated Nobuhiro Tsurumaki (1D/1E/0P) by TKO with a Package Piledriver (4:56).
4. Super Tiger (0D/0E/0P) defeated Hoshitango (0D/0E/0P) by KO with a Low Kick (2:47).
5. Takafumi Ito (0D/1E/0P) Vs KEI Yamamiya (0D/1E/0P) ended in a Time Limit Draw (10:00).
6. Atsushi Aoki (1D/1E/0P) defeated Takuya Wada (1D/0E/0P) by Points Decision (10:00).
7. Grappling Tag Match: Shuichiro Katsumura & Mitsuhisa Sunabe defeated Shunichi Shimizu & Shunpei Ota when Katsumura submitted Ota with a Ninje Choke (12:28).
8. Koji Iwamoto (2D/1E/0P) defeated Ryo Kawamura (0D/0E/0P) with a Shoulder Lock (8:03).
9. Hiromitsu Kanehara (0D/2E/0P) defeated Hikaru Sato (2D/1E/0P) by Referee Stoppage (10:18).

Hard Hit held its first show since going independent from DDT in Bayside Yokohama today. While several DDT wrestlers took part in the show this is now very much Hikaru Sato’s promotion. While the attendence figure was not given, the show was sold out. Sato hopes today’s show will open up many possibilites for Hard Hit in the future.

Unfortunately for Hikaru Sato, his first fight under Hard Hit’s reboot ended unexpectedly when Sato dislocated his left ring finger. The injury happened when his opponent Hiromitsu Kanehara tried to fight out of a Cross Heel Hold. Kanehara tried to cheer Sato up by saying they had a good fight. Sato said it did not matter if an injury caused it but the right guy won.

From what I understand Koji Iwamoto beating Ryo Kawamura was quite the upset. Iwamoto blocked a Flying Knee Strike, took Kawamura down and tapped him out with a Shoulder Lock. Iwamoto had Shigehiro Irie and Ryuichi Sekine in his corner and they raised him onto their shoulders to celebrate the victory.


King Of DDT Tomorrow

June 27, 2015

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DDT “KING OF DDT 2015 TOKYO”, 28/06/2015
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

0. King Of Dark Title – 3 Way Match: Gota Ihashi (c) Vs DJ Nira Vs Kota Umeda
1. King Of DDT 2015 – Semi Final: Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Kazusada Higuchi
2. King Of DDT 2015 – Semi Final: Daisuke Sasaki Vs Konosuke Takeshita
3. Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Saki Akai Vs Shigehiro Irie, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Hoshitango & Shunma Katsumata
4. 4 Way Tag Team Match: Antonio Honda & Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao Vs Kota Ibushi & Suguru Miyatake Vs Danshoku Dino & Makoto Oishi
5. KUDO, Masa Takanashi & MIKAMI Vs HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano & Akito
6. King Of DDT 2015 – Final: X Vs X

This will be a big show and by the end of it expect some idea of what this year’s Sumo Hall card is going to be. The King Of DDT winner gets a KO-D Openweight Title shot in Sumo Hall but I bet there will be a few other announcements as well.

DDT “SHUTEN-DOJI BOX OFFICE ~WHAT ARE CHERRY BLOOSOMS WITHOUT ALOCOHOL~”, 22/07/2015
Shinjuku FACE

1. He Can’t Stand Anymore, That’s Enough, Oh God Save Him – Punch Drunk Glove Match: Hoshitango & Kosei Kubota Vs Tanomusaku Toba & Kota Umeda
2. KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi Vs Kengo Mashimo & Isami Kodaka

Shuten-dōji is not going to take things easy for their self produced show next month. Tensions between KUDO and Isami Kodaka grew during the “TAVERN WRESTLING” show this week. They clash again but this time with Yukio Sakaguchi and Kengo Mashimo also involved.

The Punch Drunk Glove match sounds like an excuse for everyone involved to punch each other in the face as much as humanly possible.


Yamashita Begins Shoot Boxing, Ibushi Enters Legendary Owarai Feud

June 24, 2015

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE GIRLS BATTLE 2015 ROUND 7”, 04/07/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Akane Miura Vs MIZUHO
2. Saki Akai & Ai Shimizu Vs Nonoko & Shoko Nakajima
3. Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 1: KANNA Vs Hyper Misao
4. Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 1: Miyu Yamashita Vs Yuka Sakazaki

Hyper Misao takes the injured Erin’s place in the Tokyo Princess Cup. Misao will once again be against KANNA. She believes KANNA has it in her heart to be a hero and her alliance with Saki Akai is only a temporary act of rebellion.

Miyu Yamashita visited the Caesar Gym in Shibuya today to take part in a public shoot boxing practice session held by former UWF competitor Makoto Oe. Yamashita recently took up shoot boxing to become stronger after her defeat to Saki Akai in May. Oe thinks shoot boxing is an interesting direction for a pro wrestler to take and points to another joshi wrestler Syuri as someone who has been a champion in both sports at the same time. He invited Yamashita to take part in the “SHOOT BOXING GIRLS S-CUP 2015 ~FIGHTING WOMAN ASPIRATIONS~” show taking place in Ota Ward Gymnasium this August.

DDT “DRAMATIC DREAMS! VOL. 2 ~NO SUBTITLE~”, 12/07/2015
Osaka Higashinari Kumin Hall

1. To Look For The Things Left Behind From Those Days – Special Single Match: Super Sasadango Machine Vs Atsushi Maruyama
2. Naniwa Shocked! Special Single Match: Antonio Honda Vs Magnitude Kishiwada
3. Lucha Vs Lucha! Special 6-Man Tag Team Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Tsubasa, Billyken Kid & HAYATA
4. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind – Special 3 Way Match: Kota Ibushi Vs Kuishinbo Kamen Vs Kikutaro

Kota Ibushi gets thrown into the famous Kuishinbo Kamen Vs Kikutaro rivalry. May God have mercy on Yukinori Matsui if he’s the ref for this match. Handling two of those three wrestlers is bad enough.


DDT “TAVERN WRESTLING VOL. 0” Results

June 23, 2015

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DDT “TAVERN WRESTLING VOL. 0”, 23/06/2015
Saitama Wrestle Fighter Museum
118 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Akito & Ryuichi Sekine defeated MIKAMI & Daichi when Akito submitted Daichi with an Arm Trap Scorpion Deathlock (13:37).
2. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Match: Miyu Yamashita & Akane Miura defeated Shoko Nakajima & Yuka Sakazaki when Miura submitted Nakajima with a Modified Sickle Lock (7:56).
3. Takayuki Ueki defeated Hiroshi Fukuda with the Spear Tackle (12:28).
4. Isami Kodaka & Ryota Nakatsu defeated KUDO & Kouki Iwasaki when Nakatsu pinned Iwasaki with a German Suplex (15:28).

There were plenty of drinks to be had by both the wrestlers and the audience throughout the show. MIKAMI sang some karaoke after his match. Takayuki Ueki made Hiroshi Fukuda take a sobriety test before their match and pulled a gun on him when Fukuda started misbehaving. Ueki calmed down when Fukuda gave him some beer. Isami Kodaka challenged KUDO for a singles match for his Right To Challenge contract after the main event.

The next “TAVERN WRESTLING” show on 4th July will feature Kodaka & Ryota Nakatsu Vs The Brahman Brothers in the main event.


Catching Up On The News I Missed

June 22, 2015

Missed out on a few stories that happened earlier this month. So let’s catch up.

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MIKAMI announced he will become a freelancer with his last match as a DDT affiliated wrestler taking place on 19th July. MIKAMI has been with DDT since the very beginning, wrestling on the first DDT show all the way back in 1997. He hopes his new status will help him nurture new young wrestlers in his hometown of Shimane as well as try new things. He pointed out his recent tag team match with Shuji Ishikawa, Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi as something he would like to do again. MIKAMI will still be wrestling in DDT from time to time and will be at “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2015” in August.

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The management rights of the Hard Hit sub-brand has been transferred from DDT to Hikaru Sato. Previously Sato has been part of Hard Hit as a producer but the box office was managed by DDT itself. Now Sato is pretty much in full control of everything. DDT is still fully cooperating with Hard Hit and there is no change to the staff and talent they will provide for future shows. Sato describes the change as him finally being able to buy the home he has been renting for years. Hard Hit’s first show as an independent brand will be in Yokohama on 27th June.

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Over in Vietnam Dick Togo is launching New Vietnam Pro Wrestling, the country’s first pro wrestling organisation. Togo along with Mitsuhiro Yoshida set up a wrestling school in the country last year. Togo wants the school to train people from all over the world. The first set of shows will take place at the end of August. Michael Nakazawa, Daisuke Sasaki, Hoshitango and Yusuke Kubo are the wrestlers announced so far.


Erin Injured, DNA 7 Card

June 22, 2015

DDT “TAVERN WRESTLING VOL. 0”, 23/06/2015
Saitama Wrestle Fighter Museum

1. Akito & Ryuichi Sekine Vs MIKAMI & Daichi
2. Tokyo Joshi Pro Offer Match: Miyu Yamashita & Akane Miura Vs Shoko Nakajima & Yuka Sakazaki
3. Hiroshi Fukuda Vs Takayuki Ueki
4. Isami Kodaka & Ryota Nakatsu Vs KUDO & Kouki Iwasaki

Erin is out of action with a fractured left wrist. Akane Miura takes her place.

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Kitazawa Town Hall

1. Kouki Iwasaki Vs Yoshihiro Horaguchi
2. Suguru Miyatake Vs Gabaiji-chan
3. Dai Suzuki Vs GENTARO
4. Shunma Katsumata Vs Mineo Fujita
5. Ryota Nakatsu Vs Kengo Mashimo
6. Kazusada Higuchi Vs Kota Umeda

It’s Kota Umeda’s turn to get fed to Kazusada Higuchi.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE GIRLS BATTLE 2015 ROUND 7”, 04/07/2015
Tokyo BASEMENT MON☆STAR

1. Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 1: X Vs KANNA
2. Tokyo Princess Cup – Round 1: Miyu Yamashita Vs Yuka Sakazaki

Erin’s injury means she is out of the Tokyo Princess Cup. Her replacement will be announced soon.


DDT “WRESTLE FESTIVAL IN MATSUYAMA 2015” Results

June 21, 2015

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DDT “WRESTLE FESTIVAL IN MATSUYAMA 2015”, 21/06/2015
Matsuyama Comprehensive Community Center Exhibition Hall
438 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Yasu Urano & Akito defeated Ojoka Kid & Suguru Miyatake when Akito submitted Miyatake with the Scorpion Deathlock (9:24).
2. Kazusada Higuchi defeated Makoto Oishi with the Goten (7:27).
3. Kazuki Hirata Dancing Star First Landing: Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie defeated Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata when Ishii pinned Hirata with a Cradle (0:03).
3a. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie defeated Sanshiro Takagi & Kazuki Hirata when Ishii pinned Hirata with the Kneel Kick (8:43).
4. Masa Takanashi defeated Danshoku Dino with the Takatonic (11:27).
*Masa Takanashi wins Danshoku Dino’s Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract.
5. Matsuyama Castle Wrestling Elegence Battle: HARASHIMA defeated MIKAMI with the Somato (14:48).
6. Reckless From Childhood Is Hereditary 3 Way Tag: Antonio Honda & Konosuke Takeshita defeated KUDO & Yukio Sakaguchi and Kota Ibushi & Daisuke Sasaki when Takeshita pinned Sakaguchi with the German Suplex (16:43).

The main event featured three of the final four King Of DDT contestants and ended with one of them pinning another. Konosuke Takeshita with the help of Antonio Honda put away Yukio Sakaguchi in the 3 Way Tag match. Takeshita noted that he had to beat Honda in the first round and asked him to continue supervising him for the tournament’s finale.

Masa Takanashi beat Danshoku Dino to win his Right To Challenge contract. Takanashi swears he will not cash in on the Shuten-dōji leader and his big brother figure KUDO. With two of the contracts in Shuten-dōji’s posession and Yukio Sakaguchi in the running for King Of DDT, the KO-D Openweight Title picture looks like it will be dominated by Shuten-dōji in the near future. The only wild card is Ken Ohka who still has the third contract.

Kazusada Higuchi believes he is in his best condition for the upcoming King Of DDT semi final and final. He’s ready to lift and slam Sakaguchi to his heart’s content.

Tomomitsu Matsunaga was absent from the event but luckily there was a mysterious masked wrestler named Ojoka Kid there to take his place in the opener. This situation was identical to what happened when DDT ran a show in the same building exactly one year ago.