DDT “FIGHTING BEER GARDEN 2026 IN SHINJUKU 【FINAL COUNTDOWN 3】”, 13/08/2026
Shinjuku FACE
??? Fans – Unannounced
0. Special Dark Match: Yoshihiko defeated Ilusion with the Reincarnation (14:40).
-. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Shunma Katsumata defeated MAO (c) by Pinfall (7:00 pm).
*Shunma Katsumata becomes the 1,896th champion.
-. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Yuni defeated Shunma Katsumata (c) with an Inverted Hurricanrana (7:00 pm).
*Yuni becomes the 1,897th champion.
1. Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato defeated Jun Akiyama & Tomomitsu Matsunaga when Sato pinned Matsunaga with a Rolling Elbow Butt (7:16).
2. KANON, Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante (w/ KIMIHIRO & YUZUKI) defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Akito, Soma Takao & Yuki Ishida when Iino pinned Ishida with the Lariat (0:17).
2a. Rematch: KANON, Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante (w/ KIMIHIRO & YUZUKI) defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Akito, Soma Takao & Yuki Ishida when KANON pinned Ishida with the Ground Cobra Twist (7:36).
3. DAMNATION T.A Vs FANTÔMES DRAMATIC!: Hideki Okatani & MJ Paul defeated HARASHIMA & Hinata Kasai when Okatani pinned Kasai with the Vertical Drop Brainbuster (11:29).
4. Rock ‘N’ Roll 4 Way Death Match: Junta Miyawaki defeated A.YAZAWA, Kazuki Hirata and To-y when Miyawaki pinned YAZAWA with a Pedigree (13:37).
5. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Special 6-Man Tag Match: Naomi Yoshimura, Masami Inahata & Kumadori defeated Shunma Katsumata, Yuni (c) & Kazuma Sumi when Kumadori pinned Yuni with the Spiral Senton (12:24).
*Kumadori becomes the 1,898th champion.
-. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Shunma Katsumata defeated Kumadori (c) with an Inside Cradle (8:37 pm).
*Shunma Katsumata becomes the 1,899th champion.
6. Enter Sandman Match: MAO defeated Yuki Ueno, Brahman Sasaki, Takeshi Masada, Danshoku Dieno and Super Sasadango Machine when MAO pinned Sasadango with the Ultra Jam (19:32).
For the next two days DDT are holding their summer beer garden shows inside Shinjuku FACE for the last time before the venue shuts down for good next month. Day 1 ended with the annual Enter Sandman match where The Sandman’s much replicated entrance gets turned into an entire No Holds Barred free for all match. Chris Brookes did his homework and wore a Sandman style outfit. Daisuke Sasaki didn’t show up because of a chronic hangover but in his place was Brahman Sasaki. He unmasked Super Sasadango Machine then shoved him face first into Danshoku Dieno’s Hell Gate. MAO then grabbed a large bag of empty beer cans and jumped off the top rope to land a Guillotine Leg Drop onto Sasadango for the win.
MAO celebrated by calling himself the champion of idiots when Daichi Sato got into the ring. Sato isn’t old enough to drink yet and complained about having nothing fun to do at the show unlike all the adults. This will be his last summer vacation as a student so he wants to make a great memory out of it. MAO suggested they go to a theme park together but Sato instead challenged him for the KO-D Openweight Title so he can become the youngest champion ever! MAO accepted, explaining he’s been waiting for someone like Sato to come fight him. He remembers having a match with Sato four years ago when Sato was only 13 years old. He still remembers Sato kicking him hard and telling him to die. Ever since then MAO has been waiting for Sato to reach puberty so he could finally fight him as a man. Hisaya Imabayashi announced the title match will happen at Korakuen Hall on 30th August, one day after Sato’s 18th birthday.
MAO came into the show holding the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title along with the KO-D Title but lost the Iron Man belt to Shunma Katsumata during the opening segment. Katsumata was then pinned by Yuni while the match order announcement was going on. Another title change happened later when Kumadori beat Yuni to win a 6-Man Tag match. After that Kumadori challenged Katsumata for the DDT Extreme Title after he heard Katsumata say anyone could come challenge him. Kumadori doesn’t want to be a guest wrestler in DDT forever so he wants a title match. It was confirmed for 30th August but Katsumata then kicked Kumadori and pinned him with a Small Package to suddenly take the Iron Man Title off him! He now has a goal to cash in his Right To Challenge Gauntlet so he can win the KO-D title and become a Triple Crown champion!
Lovesickness prevented Antonio Honda from appearing at the show. A.YAZAWA took his place in the Rock ‘N’ Roll Death Match. Everyone in the match danced, drank and caused each other to all spit out their beer. In the end Junta Miyawaki did a Triple H spit with the beer and pinned YAZAWA with the Pedigree.
Yuki Ishida found himself in the Kazuki Hirata spot of immediately losing his match and having everybody angry at him for it. Earlier in the day Soma Takao announced he would be leaving DDT next month so everyone thought it was unfair for one of his last matches in the company would end in just 17 seconds. Everyone agreed to a restart and the match gradually turned from wrestling into everybody feeding each other cans of beer.
The dark match between Ilusion and Yoshihiko turned into a brawl around the venue before making its way back to the ring. Ilusion wanted to use a chair after a ref bump but ended up hitting himself with it when Yoshihiko dodged a swing and the chair bounced off the ropes back into Ilusion. Yoshihiko gave him the Infinity Destroyer before finishing him off with the Reincarnation, getting revenge for Ilusion eliminating him from the Battle Royal in Sumo Hall earlier this week.
Dramatic DDT 