Dramatic DDT

DDT “ECHIGO BACK DROP”, 19/09/2026
Niigata City Higashi Ward Plaza
??? Fans – Unannounced

1. Hideki Okatani & Ilusion defeated To-y & Yuni when Ilusion pinned Yuni with the Chinga Tu Madre! (8:03).
2. Junta Miyawaki, Viento Levante & Daichi Sato defeated Jun Akiyama, Akito & Masami Inahata when Sato pinned Inahata with the Mad Splash (10:08).
3. Special 3 Way Tag Match: Takeshi Masada & Yuya Koroku defeated Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul and Chris Brookes & Hinata Kasai when Koroku submitted Kasai with the Modified Triangle Lancer (8:23).
4. Yuki Ueno & Shunma Katsumata defeated Yuki Ishida & Kazuma Sumi when Katsumata pinned Ishida with the ¡Hasta la vista! (12:51).
5. No Tag Captain’s Fall 4 Vs 3 Handicap Elimination Match: MAO, KANON, Yukio Naya & KIMIHIRO (C) defeated Danshoku Dieno, Kazuki Hirata (C) & Antonio Honda (16:32).
5a. Kazuki Hirata eliminated MAO by Ring Out (6:48).
5b. Antonio Honda eliminated Yukio Naya by Ring Out (9:52).
5c. KANON eliminated Kazuki Hirata (c) with the LONELY DEZIRES (16:32).
6. Super Sasadango Machine 24th Anniversary Match – Special Single Match: HARASHIMA defeated Super Sasadango Machine with the Somato (13:27).
-. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Danshoku Dieno defeated Ilusion (c) with the Lip Lock (3:13 pm).
*Danshoku Dieno becomes the 1,907th champion.

The Hero of Niigata suffered a crushing defeat for his homecoming but he doesn’t mind that. Super Sasadango Machine has a lot of history with HARASHIMA going back to Sasadango’s very first match in June 2002 when a trainee named Yoshihiro Sakai fought HARASHIMA’s masked alter ego HERO! in the dark match. Sakai didn’t properly debut until 2004 and he wrestled for years as Muscle Sakai before retiring and then returning under the hood as Super Sasadango Machine. Because of this history, Sasadango made a request for today’s match against HARASHIMA to commemorate the 24th Anniversary of his very first match because he wonders how his career would have turned out if he had kicked out of the HERO! Splash at the 2.9 count. During the match HARASHIMA purposely used HERO!’s moves on Sasadango including the HERO! Splash. Sasadango soon decided to wrestle the rest of the match unmasked so he could catch his breath and he combated HARASHIMA’s Middle Kicks with Dropkicks. He also hit the Vertical Drop Lehman Shock but HARASHIMA kicked out of it and soon hit the Somato for the victory.

After the match HARASHIMA thanked Sasadango for bringing back some fun memories they made together. Sasadango was still lying on the mat when he asked HARASHIMA how he could move around so easily when their careers are just one year apart? Sasadango was never able to close that gap but it is because of these gaps that people like Sasadango are able to keep wrestling. This might be the last singles match they’re ever going to have (HARASHIMA disagreed) but Sasadango wants everyone from his generation to stick around and work hard for DDT a little while longer.

There were rumblings going about that a new wrestling unit wanted to form to fight against Strange Love Connection. Before Match #5 began Danshoku Dieno, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda wanted to create a new faction called DAH. They came up with the name because the wrestlers would turn into Dieno The Dangerous, Anton The Amazing and Hirata The Heel. SLC decided to turn the match into a Captain’s Fall Handicap Match. If SLC lost then they would split up so DAH could take their place as a DDT unit! SLC actually almost lost the match with most of their members getting eliminated and the team captain KIMIHIRO getting knocked out with a chair shot. But KANON saved the day by pinning captain Hirata directly to win the match and prevent DAH from ever becoming a thing.

Sasadango did not wrestle the match wearing his Sasadango Championship belt because Ilusion still holds claim to that title. At the end of the show Ilusion brought the belt out to brag about it. While doing that he became unaware of Danshoku Dieno sneaking into the ring behind him. Dieno turned Ilusion around and gave him the Lip Lock before pinning him to win the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title.