Dramatic DDT

DDT “SWEET DREAMS! 2023 TOUR IN YOKOHAMA”, 21/01/2023
Yokohama Radiant Hall
175 Fans – No Vacancy

1. KANON & MJ Paul defeated Yuya Koroku & Kazuma Sumi when KANON pinned Sumi with the Sleepy Hollow (7:33).
2. Yokohama Two Major Singles Match I: Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno defeated Yusuke Okada with a School Boy (3:31).
3. Sanshiro Takagi, Akito & Makoto Oishi defeated Yuki Ueno, Toi Kojima & Shinichiro Kawamatsu when Akito pinned Kojima with a Stepover Toe Hold (9:30).
4. Yokohama Two Major Singles Match II: Yuki “Sexy” Iino defeated Tetsuya Endo by Disqualification when Endo stripped off Iino’s costume (9:23).
5. HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata defeated Soma Takao, Keigo Nakamura & Takeshi Masada when HARASHIMA pinned Nakamura with the Somato (10:17).
6. DDT Extreme Title – Monoboke Death Match: Jun Akiyama (c) (3) defeated Antonio Honda (1) (13:22).
6a. Jun Akiyama (1) pinned Antonio Honda (0) with a Cradle (0:17).
6b. Jun Akiyama (2) pinned Antonio Honda (0) with the Exploder Suplex (7:56).
6c. Antonio Honda (1) made Jun Akiyama (2) laugh (12:12).
6d. Jun Akiyama (3) submitted Antonio Honda (1) with the Front Neck Lock (13:22).
*V2 for Jun Akiyama.
7. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Kazusada Higuchi, Yuki Ishida & Chris Brookes defeated Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya & Hideki Okatani when Higuchi pinned Okatani with the Brain Claw Slam (18:10).

The final preliminary tag match between Kazusada Higuchi and Yuji Hino ended with Higuchi getting his hand raised as the winner. Earlier in the show both wrestlers participated in a contract signing ceremony and gave their comments for the KO-D Openweight Title match on 29th January. Hino said he wants the match to show off the greatness of DDT’s heavyweight division. Higuchi said it will be a match only the two of them will do and it there will be a clear winner coming out of it. After the main event Higuchi told Hino he is protecting the KO-D Title with his entire body and soul.

When Jun Akiyama holds the DDT Extreme Title, the championship is no laughing matter. The belt was on the line in a first to three falls Monoboke Death Match. Every time Antonio Honda kicked out of a pin or caused a rope break he was given a chance to make Akiyama laugh. Do it three times and he will win the match. Akiyama had to beat Honda by regular means three times in order to win, which was easy because he immediately pinned Honda with a Small Package when the match began. Honda brought along a box filled with costumes to do impressions with. He was pinned again with an Exploder Suplex but finally made Akiyama laugh after telling a joke about nipples. That was the only joy he got because Akiyama put him straight into a Front Neck Lock and made Honda submit for the last fall to give Akiyama the win.

After the match Akito challenged Akiyama to a title match. He pointed out that Akiyama has been defending the title against previous champions so Akito wants to be next in line. He even offered to come up with the match stipulation himself. Akito also wants to return the belt back to the purple strap if he can win it. Akiyama accepted and the match will go ahead in Nagoya on 18th February.

BURNING and Pheromones had a couple of matches against each other today in the build up to their KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles match at the end of the month. The matches became heated when Yuki Iino discovered at the start of the show that Tetsuya Endo had stolen his O-back! It had an effect on their matches because Yusuke Okada and Danshoku Dieno fought each other with no care over their fight being called off by the referee. Dieno ended up winning when Iino flashed Okada for a distraction, allowing Dieno to give Okada a Low Blow and then a School Boy. Endo got revenge after the match by stripping Iino completely naked!

Iino later returned in his usual wrestling gear for the revenge match against Endo. Dieno had warned everyone that because Endo still had possession of the O-back, Iino was going commando! This time Okada interfered in the match causing a ref bump to Yukinori Matsui. Iino was stripped naked again but Dieno grabbed the O-back and gave it back to him. Endo knocked Iino face down onto the canvas and climbed the turnbuckle to set up the Burning Star Press. Dieno then handed the O-back to Endo and Matsui regained consciousness. He saw Iino was completely naked with Endo holding his costume and disqualified Endo thinking he stripped his opponent! Dieno then got Endo in a Lip Lock and Stunner for good measure. A Pheromones made their exit, Dieno told everyone “This is the way of Kotaro Suzuki!” They spent the backstage interview blaming everything that happened today on Suzuki and he will pay for it on 29th January.