DDT “MAO TRIUMPHANT RETURN! DRAMATIC DREAM TAISEIKAN ~THE VILLAGE IS WHERE THE SCHOOL IS~ 2024”, 17/11/2024
Miyagi Osaki City Matsuyama B&G Marine Center
523 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. Makoto Oishi defeated Kazuma Sumi with the Fujiyama Knee Lock (4:20).
2. Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata defeated Toru Owashi & Antonio Honda when Hirata pinned Honda with the Miracle One Shot Cradle (9:06).
3. Special Tag Match: MJ Paul & Demus defeated Yukio Naya & Diego when Paul pinned Diego with the Death Valley Bomb (8:34).
4. Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & Ilusion defeated Takeshi Masada, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Yuni when Sasaki submitted Matsunaga with the Crossface Lock (9:24).
5. Jun Akiyama & HARASHIMA defeated Keigo Nakamura & Yuki Ishida when HARASHIMA pinned Ishida with the Somato (10:22).
6. The 37KAMIINA Vs BURNING!: Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku defeated Akito & To-y when Koroku submitted To-y with the Modified Triangle Lancer (11:45).
7. Special Tag Match: MAO & Yuki Ueno Vs Minoru Suzuki & Chris Brookes ended in a Time Limit Draw (30:00).
For MAO’s homecoming show he went to DDT management and requested a match against Minoru Suzuki. His reason was he wanted to show his hometown how much his style of pro wrestling has changed over the years. So DDT decided to put together MAO & Yuki Ueno against Suzuki & Chris Brookes. The match went ahead today and was made even more special when the mayor of Osaki City appointed MAO as a tourist ambassador for the area. MAO got to show his pro wrestling by attacking Suzuki with plastic boxes while Suzuki got into the swing of things by beating up Ueno and doing the tower pose spot with Brookes and Antonio Honda. The match lasted the full 30 minute time limit and in the final minute MAO escaped from the Gotch-Style Piledriver then hit Suzuki with the Iai Kick. The bell rang before MAO could pin him so the match ended in a draw. In a rare show of public respect, Suzuki hugged MAO after the match. He also called MAO & Ueno the best wrestlers in DDT and made it known he would like to wrestle them again. MAO said if today’s match took place in Tokyo he would have lost but because it was his hometown he had to do his absolute best. Nowadays MAO gets to wrestle around the world but he is glad he still has a home to come back to with friends he can trust. He also wants DDT to hold a show in Osaki City once every two years from now on.
Shunma Katsumata suffered a minor left knee injury during yesterday’s show and was pulled from today’s event. Akito took his place in Match #6 and Tomomitsu Matsunaga took Akito’s original spot in Match #4. Katsumata is expected to recover in time for next week’s KO-D Tag Team Titles match.

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