Dramatic DDT

DDT “KING OF DDT 2022 FINAL!!”, 03/07/2022
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. King Of DDT 2022 – Semi Final: X Vs X
2. King Of DDT 2022 – Semi Final: X Vs X
3. KO-D Openweight Title – King Of DDT 2022 – Final: X Vs X

It was announced today that Tetsuya Endo is vacating the KO-D Openweight Title and the championship will be rewarded to the winner of this year’s King Of DDT! Endo is out of action with a concussion for the foreseeable future. He will consult with both his doctor and DDT to determine when he will return. Until then, he does not feel right carrying the KO-D Title while he is absent from the tournament and made the decision to relinquish the belt. When Endo does return he wants to start at zero and climb back up to the top again.

DDT “KING OF DDT 2022 1ST ROUND”, 16/06/2022
Shinjuku FACE

-. King Of DDT 2022 – Round 1: Masahiro Takanashi defeated Tetsuya Endo by Forfeit.
0. Dark Match: Masahiro Takanashi & Toi Kojima Vs Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku
1. King Of DDT 2022 – Round 1A: Hideki Okatani Vs HARASHIMA
2. King Of DDT 2022 – Round 1B: Chris Brookes Vs Naomi Yoshimura
3. King Of DDT 2022 – Round 1C: Yuki Ueno Vs KANON
4. King Of DDT 2022 – Round 1D: Yuji Hino Vs Daisuke Sasaki
5. King Of DDT 2022 – Round 1E: Yuki “Sexy” Iino Vs MAO
6. King Of DDT 2022 – Round 1F: Jun Akiyama Vs Yukio Sakaguchi
7. King Of DDT 2022 – Round 1G: Yukio Naya Vs Kazusada Higuchi

The King Of DDT winner will be recognised as the 79th KO-D Champion. The remaining 15 competitors all gave comments on the tournament today after hearing today’s news. Until yesterday, Jun Akiyama only wanted to have a good match with Yukio Sakaguchi win or lose. But after Endo vacated the title, that means Akiyama now has to win and go on to become champion for him. Sakaguchi has seen other wrestlers defeat and even surpass Akiyama. He thinks it is now his time to do the same. If Akiyama attempts to do Jumbo Tsuruta’s Jumping Knee then Sakaguchi will use his father Seiji Sakaguchi’s version of the move against it. The fact that Sakaguchi brings up his estranged dad shows how serious he is taking this.

After seeing what happened to Endo in the ring, Kazusada Higuchi feels stronger about being the person to lead DDT in Endo’s place. He will make sure he will rise to the top and carry Endo’s feeling on his back while also wearing the KO-D Title. Yukio Naya thinks he is strong enough to take him on and is eager to put his current self against him in the main event.

Akiyama badly wants MAO to win his 1st Round match because he does not want any chance of facing Yuki Iino in the second round happening. MAO also wanted to avoid Iino and thinks his tournament is already over. Iino simply says he is the King Of Sexy Star!

On the one hand, Daisuke Sasaki is confident he will win the tournament. On the other, he admits he will need a miraculous victory in order to beat his “best friend” Yuji Hino. If that does happen he is certain he will then meet KANON in the next round and that should be treated as the de facto final. He believes he is the only person in DDT who deserves the KO-D Title. Hino wonders if they are still friends because Sasaki formed DAMNATION T.A without telling him. If Hino really is holding a grudge over it then he is going to give Sasaki a bumpy ride in Round 1.

KANON is undefeated and already a champion in the two months he’s been in DDT. He is looking forward to showing his growth on his own in this tournament. If he wins he is having fun, if he loses then he is not. Yuki Ueno had a lot to think about coming out of this weekend and it makes him want to win King Of DDT and become the strongest wrestler in the company.

Both Naomi Yoshimura and Chris Brookes have bad histories with King Of DDT. Yoshimura has entered five times and never reached past the 2nd Round. Brookes has entered twice and been eliminated in the 1st Round both times. Simply advancing out of the opening stage will be his focus this year. Yoshimura wants to become the top person in DDT but realistically thinks HARASHIMA is going to win the whole thing. He’s not going to let his guard down though.

HARASHIMA has not won the KO-D Title or King Of DDT in a while so he would like to do both at the same time. He’ll be happy to meet Yoshimura in the 2nd Round. Hideki Okatani knows that he is not expected by anybody to beat HARASHIMA but he is determined not to lose. He is sure that if he wins he will be able to fight either Sakaguchi or Higuchi later on. Winning those two matches will springboard him to the championship.

DDT “KING OF DDT 2022 2ND ROUND”, 19/06/2022
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. THE KICKBOXING MATCH 2022: Shinya Aoki & Toi Kojima Vs Hikaru Machida & Gota Ihashi
2. King Of DDT 2022 – Round 2: Winner Of Match 1A Vs Winner Of Match 1B
3. King Of DDT 2022 – Round 2: Winner Of Match 1C Vs Winner Of Match 1D
4. King Of DDT 2022 – Round 2: Winner Of Match 1E Vs Winner Of Match 1F
5. King Of DDT 2022 – Round 2: Winner Of Match 1G Vs Masahiro Takanashi

Endo pulling out of the tournament means Masahiro Takanashi gets an automatic buy into Round 2. He has not been in King Of DDT in three years and does not feel like a regular member of the roster compared to the rest of the field. But he has the chance to become a double champion and also be in the main event of “WRESTLE PETER PAN 2022”. You couldn’t ask for more motivation than that.

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