DDT “DRAMATIC INFINITY 2025 ~3 HOUR SPECIAL~”, 28/09/2025 Tokyo Korakuen Hall ??? Fans – Unannounced
0. Dark Match: Soma Takao & Rukiya defeated Daichi Sato & Hinata Kasai when Rukiya pinned Kasai with the Proto Bomb (4:47).
1. Special Single Match: Shinya Aoki defeated Yuya Koroku with a Triangle Lancer Counter (8:04).
2. Survival 3 Way Tag Match: Akito & Kazuma Sumi defeated Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya and MAO & KANON (w/ KIMIHIRO) (8:32).
2a. MAO & KANON eliminated Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya when MAO pinned Naya with a Japanese Leg Roll Clutch (6:55). *MAO wins Yukio Naya’s Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Arm Cover.
2b. Akito & Kazuma Sumi eliminated MAO & KANON when Sumi pinned MAO with the School Boy (8:32). *Kazuma Sumi wins MAO’s Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Arm Cover.
3. Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida defeated Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Diego when Ishida pinned Honda with the Flame Palm (11:20).
4. Special Tag Match: Jun Akiyama & HARASHIMA defeated Evil Uno & Danshoku Dieno when HARASHIMA pinned Dieno with a Jackknife Pin (0:08).
4a. Rematch: Jun Akiyama & HARASHIMA defeated Evil Uno & Danshoku Dieno when HARASHIMA pinned Dieno with the Somato (5:43).
5. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Yuki Ueno, To-y & Kaisei Takechi defeated Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Ilusion when Takechi pinned Ilusion with a Swan Dive Forearm (18:47). *Yuki Ueno, To-y & Kaisei Takechi become the 59th KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions!
6. DDT Universal Title: Minoru Suzuki (c) defeated Takeshi Masada with the Sleeper Hold (13:06). *V5 for Minoru Suzuki.
7. KO-D Openweight Title: Kazuki Hirata (c) defeated Yoshihiko with an Avalanche Rolling Power Bomb (15:42). *V2 for Kazuki Hirata.
-. KO-D Openweight Title: Yuki Ueno defeated Kazuki Hirata (c) with the WR (6:47). *Kazuki Hirata fails in V3. Yuki Ueno cashes in his Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Arm Cover. Yuki Ueno becomes the 88th KO-D Openweight Champion!
-. KO-D Openweight Title: Yuki Ueno (c) defeated Kazuma Sumi with the WR (12:02). *V1 for Yuki Ueno. Kazuma Sumi cashes in his Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Arm Cover.
From this point on no matter what happens with DDT, we will always have the September of Kazuki Hirata. He had it all going for him today. He was headlining a packed Korakuen Hall show in a KO-D Openweight Title defence against his most unique rival Yoshihiko. The battle doll used multiple German Suplexes to throw the champion around and also strategically targeted his arm with submissions. But Hirata held on and started using Power Bombs to beat Yoshihiko to a pulp, putting an end to the match with a Somersault Power Bomb from the top rope as some over the top tribute to the Kobe World Liner spot. Things could not have been going better for our good pal Hirata. Yoshihiko even applauded his victory and brought a gift to congratulate Hirata on his victory.
Hirata was handed over a cardboard box and inside it was a special bag made out of Haribo packaging. Hirata grabbed a bag inside a pulled it out, slowly revealing the Blue Right To Challenge Arm Cover was attached to it. As Hirata started to realize what was happening, behind him the black shadow that normally accompanies Yoshihiko placed the doll out of the ring and unmasked himself to reveal it was Yuki Ueno and this was him cashing in his title shot! Ueno grabbed Hirata in a Sleeper Hold and then confirmed he was getting his title match right now. Hirata did his best to survive and was able to kick out of Ueno’s moves. He also pulled out the Miracle One Shot Cradle but this time Ueno kicked out of it. Hirata tried using the move again and again but each repeated use became less effective until he reached the point of exhaustion. Ueno held up Hirata in something of a hug before using the WR to pin him and win back the KO-D Title.
And yet it didn’t end there. While Ueno and Hirata were patching things over, Kazuma Sumi suddenly ran down to the ring and launched a Missile Dropkick towards Ueno. He was armed with the last remaining Right To Challenge sleeve and was cashing it in so everyone in attendance was getting a second bonus KO-D Title match! Sumi came close to winning with a Canadian Destroyer followed by the School Boy. He also used an Imploding 450 Splash but Ueno kicked out of that too. Ueno halted Sumi’s drive with Dropkicks to the face along with the Himawari Bomb. It took the WR for him to put Sumi away and already score his first title defence right after he just won the belt. Ueno said this match made him feel just as happy as any of the other opponents he has defended the KO-D Title against in the past. Sumi explained it’s been three years since he debuted and he always wants to immediately take any opportunity that presents itself. So today his body felt like it moved on its own and he poured everything he had into this chance to become the champion.
So that’s it for this year’s Right To Challenge series. All four arm sleeves have been used and in the end Ueno is the last man standing with the KO-D Title. However a new challenger did make himself known. Minoru Suzuki entered the ring carrying the DDT Universal Title. He doesn’t have any automatic title shots but he still wants to take the KO-D Title for himself! Ueno told him this must be a coincidence going on because he also wants to take back the Universal Title from Suzuki! The two talked about having a match straight away until Hisaya Imabayashi interrupted them. The GM told them the show was running out of time but if they really want to do this match then it should be a double title bout at Sumo Hall on 3rd November! Suzuki gave a warning that he is close to completely dominating DDT. Ueno spoke about his mistake of inviting Suzuki to DDT in the first place and ever since then one of his goals has been to avenge that loss. He’ll make sure Suzuki won’t dominate DDT and will be driven out empty handed.
Suzuki’s path of domination through DDT happened in the semi-main event (which at this point was now three matches ago) when he put Takeshi Masada through misery. Suzuki brushed off the challenger’s early attacks and knocked him dizzy with a steel post attack outside the ring. He also attacked Masada with chairs and even a wrench before Masada made a comeback which included using moves from the other members of SCHADENFREUDE International. However Suzuki grabbed him in a Sleeper Hold to drain the energy out of his opponent until Masada gave up. Suzuki added insult to injury after the match by telling Masada he better put his life on the line if he’s ever going to pick a fight with him. A beaten Masada tried to get back at Suzuki but got another Elbow Strike for his troubles before being taken away. Suzuki explained backstage that he cannot be beaten with just brute force alone. You need to put your soul on the line from the moment you step into the ring, just like he does. Meanwhile Masada said he isn’t giving up and will definitely have another go at Suzuki.
The rise of “The Rampage” continues although he picked up some more noticeable bumps and bruises along the way. Today Kaisei Takechi has won his first pro wrestling championship! He teamed with Ueno & To-y from The 37KAMIINA to fight DAMNATION T.A over the vacant KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles. The belts were vacated by DAMNATION T.A when Daisuke Sasaki got injured but Sasaki was at ringside for the match looking over his team. Hideki Okatani is really trying to establish himself as Takechi’s main enemy by attacking him with the bamboo stick while Sasaki hit Takechi’s leg with a chair next to the corner post. Sasaki also saw fit to attack Takechi in the ring with a chair but things went wrong for the heels when Ilusion missed the Swanton Bomb and was then hit with Okatani’s bamboo stick by accident. Takechi took control while his partners held Okatani & MJ Paul back. Then with one Swan Dive Forearm strike, Takechi pinned Ilusion to become a champion! He called the match the toughest fight he ever had and he’ll bring his title belt back to the LDH HQ so his boss can touch it. His next match in DDT will be at Korakuen on 19th October and DDT are hinting it will be the champion team’s first title defence. Ueno also mentioned to To-y & Takechi that there’s a fun idea he wants to do with them and the titles but he’ll talk to them later about it.
Evil Uno’s DDT debut came and went before he could even get into the ring. As he was making his entrance, his tag partner Danshoku Dieno decided to attack HARASHIMA straight away only to get rolled up in a Jackknife and get pinned. Imabayashi was furious because it’s bad enough when Hirata matches end like this but now it’s spreading to the rest of the locker room! This was an AEW star making his first appearance in DDT so he isn’t going to let anyone ruin it! Imabayashi apologized to Uno and allowed him to complete his entrance before the rematch began. HARASHIMA almost pinned Dieno again but Uno was there to break it up this time. Dieno was later put in the Hell Gate position with his rear end exposed but when Uno was thrown face first into it, his mask protected him from the exposure. So Jun Akiyama grabbed him by the mask, pulled it up past Uno’s mouth and shoved him back into Dieno’s hell gate. This time Uno was in danger and he fled the ring while HARASHIMA pinned Dieno with the Somato. Uno was in disbelief backstage. He came to DDT wanting to fight HARASHIMA & Akiyama but all he got out of it was the taste of rotten cheese stuck in his mouth!
A visiting Diego joined SCHADENFREUDE International’s side for today so there could be three of them to take on Harimao in a 6-Man Tag Match. It was also a warm up for Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida to get ready for their KO-D Tag Team Titles shot on 19th October. Antonio Honda used Gongitsune to stun the Harimao team and then got his own partners to join in the Bionic Elbow. But all of Harimao dodged the move and made the other team flinch with hand claps. Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura hit Honda with a Cross Bomber but Ishida failed to follow up by missing the Dosukoi Splash. Chris Brookes & Diego dealt damage to Ishida and left things up to Honda. But Ishida blocked Honda’s Diving Fist Drop and eventually pinned him with the Flame Palm. Ishida said he isn’t going to let this momentum stop. He is definitely going to win the tag titles with Higuchi!
The Survival 3 Way Match ended up playing a part in how the show ended the way it did. The rules allowed one wrestler from each team to be in the ring at all times and there were No Tag rules applied too for partners to swap in and out. The Apex were the first team eliminated despite being the KO-D Tag Champions. Strange Love Connection took out Yuki Iino with the Lariat-McEnroe combination but Yukio Naya gave KANON the Choke Slam. Sumi rolled up Naya with a School Boy only for KANON to push him away. MAO then pounced in and got Naya in his own roll up to get the three count! Since Naya was a Right To Challenge holder at the time that meant MAO had now won it off him. But the match was still continuing with SLC having to fight Akito & Sumi. MAO tried to vault over the referee to give Sumi a Cutter but Sumi instead turned it into a School Boy slam to pin him out of nowhere and win the Arm Cover!
The decision to have Yuya Koroku face Shinya Aoki one on one made more sense when it was announced the two of them would be teaming up at “ULTIMATE PARTY 2025” to take on a NOAH team led by Tetsuya Endo. This single match was Koroku and Aoki going tit for tat against each other with the two impressing each other along the way. Koroku countered the European Clutch into a German Suplex and then went for the Triangle Lancer. But Aoki used his grappling knowledge to cradle his way out of the hold and pin Koroku for the victory.
In the dark match Rukiya took his first step of progress since coming back from injury by picking up the win for his team. Soma Takao wanted to teach Hinata Kasai how to get the crowd excited for the first match of the show but got more than he bargained for when Daichi Sato stepped in to face him. Rukiya was able to beat Kasai for the win but it took him using the Proto Bomb twice to get the pinfall after Kasai kicked out of it the first time.
GANBARE☆PRO “TOKOROZAWA PARK TOWN BOX OFFICE”, 27/09/2025 Saitama Tokorozawa Park Town Shopping Arcade
1. Gota Ihashi & Sentaro Motoshima Vs Munetatsu Nakamura & Yasu Urano
2. Aja Kong & Yuna Manase Vs Moeka Haruhi & YuuRI
3. Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Titles: Shigehiro Irie & Mizuki Watase (c) Vs Ryota Nakatsu & Takumi Tsukamoto
4. Shiro Koshinaka, Ken Ohka & Shota Kawakami Vs Yumehito Imanari, Keisuke Ishii & Shinichiro Tominaga
The Shiro Koshinaka match headlines tomorrow’s show over the Spirit Of Ganbare World Tag Team Title bout.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW AUTUMN VICTORY IN SHINKIBA”, 27/09/2025 Shin-Kiba 1st RING
1. Mizuki Vs Chika Nanase
2. Hyper Misao Vs Shino Suzuki
3. Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara Vs Raku & Ren Konatsu
4. Miyu Yamashita, Shoko Nakajima & Kaya Toribami Vs Yuki Arai, HIMAWARI & Mifu Ashida
5. Miu Watanabe, Arisu Endo & Uta Takami Vs Yuki Aino, Haru Kazashiro & Kira Summer
6. Haruna Neko Graduation Celebration Special Match: Rika Tatsumi & Pom Harajuku Vs Suzume & Mahiro Kiryu (w/ Haruna Neko)
Tomorrow’s card has been changed around for a few reasons. Toga is sick and unable to wrestle so a bunch of matches are shuffled because of it. Also Match #5 is still being promoted as the main event but a match featuring Haruna Neko at ringside will take place afterwards so her graduation ceremony can close out the show.
BASARA “KANRA PRO WRESTLING FESTA 2025”, 28/09/2025 Gunma Kanra Junior High School Gymnasium
1. Masato Kamino Vs Lil’ Kraken
2. Takato Nakano & Takeru Inoue Vs Minoru Fujita & MAZADA
3. Isami Kodaka & Daiki Shimomura Vs Takumi Tsukamoto & Yasu Urano
4. Daichi Kazato Vs SAGAT
5. Ryota Nakatsu, Ryota Hama & Kotaro Nasu Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi, Tsutomu Oosugi & Banana Senga
6. FUMA & Ryuichi Sekine Vs Masato Tanaka & Daisuke Sekimoto
This is the match order for BASARA’s upcoming show in Gunma.
DDT “CHARISMANIAxMANIAxMANIA”, 02/10/2025 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Minoru Fujita, Hiroshi Yamato & MJ Paul Vs Yuko Miyamoto, Masashi Takeda & Choun-Shiryu
2. Daisuke Sasaki Memorial Cup Gauntlet Tag Match: Yasutaka Oosera & Ilusion Vs Kazuki Hirata & Soma Takao Vs Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya Vs Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada, Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Toru Owashi & Naomi Yoshimura Vs Danshoku Dieno & Sumicaras Vs Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
3. Hardcore Match: Jun Kasai Vs Hideki Okatani
4. TOGO FAMILY Vs DDT ~ 5 Vs 5: Dick Togo, Yasu Urano, KUBITO, Diego & Naohiro Katsumi Vs Kazusada Higuchi, Yuki Ueno, HARASHIMA, Akito & To-y
5. Daisuke Sasaki 20th Anniversary Match: Daisuke Sasaki & El Desperado Vs Shuji Ishikawa & Antonio Honda
There will be live performances by the bands CHANNEL D, HEAD PHONES PRESIDENT and VANISHING during the show. VANISHING will perform Daisuke Sasaki’s entrance song live for the main event.
DDT “ULTIMATE PARTY 2025”, 03/11/2025 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
1. Sanshiro Takagi Return Match – Special Single Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Hinata Kasai
2. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Jun Akiyama, Shinya Aoki & Yuya Koroku Vs Tetsuya Endo, HAYATA & Junta Miyawaki
3. DDT Extreme Title – 3 Way Match: To-y (c) Vs Akito Vs Super Sasadango Machine
4. Special Tag Match: KONOSUKE TAKESHITA & Kaisei Takechi Vs X & X
5. Dramatic Dream Match: Zack Sabre Jr. Vs Chris Brookes
Just when To-y got the opponent he want for his next DDT Extreme Title defence, another challenger has appeared. Super Sasadango Machine believes he better represents the spirit of the Extreme Title than Akito does and wants to be added to the match. His request has been granted so it will now be a 3 Way Match!
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW LIVE IN BANGKOK”, 13/12/2025 The Circus Studio, G Village, Bangkok, Thailand
Thailand will soon be added to the list of countries Tokyo Joshi Pro has held their own show in. The show is going ahead with some help from SETUP Thailand who will be holding a mini-show of their own on the day, The TJPW will feature 12 wrestlers from the regular roster. They are Miu Watanabe, Yuki Kamifuku, Arisu Endo, Shoko Nakajima, Miyu Yamashita, Raku, Pom Harajuku, Suzume, Yuki Arai, Kaya Toribami, Shino Suzuki and Uta Takami. Also Matcha and Alexis Lee will be on the show too.
1. Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Hinata Kasai when Ishida pinned Kasai with the Dosukoi Splash (7:45).
2. MAO & KANON defeated Soma Takao & Kazuma Sumi when KANON pinned Sumi with the LONELY DEZIRES (9:32).
3. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Yuki Ueno, To-y & Shinya Aoki defeated Hideki Okatani, Ilusion & MJ Paul when Ueno submitted Ilusion with the Blackout Sleeper (13:22).
4. HARASHIMA, Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada defeated Yuki Iino, Jun Akiyama & Daichi Sato when HARASHIMA pinned Sato with the Somato (12:07).
5. Special Single Match: Yukio Naya defeated Yuya Koroku with The World’s Best Back Drop (14:09).
6. Special Tag Team Match: Danshoku Dieno & Akito defeated Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda when Akito submitted Honda with the Ankle Hold (0:15).
6a. Rematch: Danshoku Dieno & Akito defeated Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda when Akito submitted Honda with the Ankle Hold (0:22).
6b. Rematch: Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda defeated Danshoku Dieno & Akito when Hirata pinned Akito with the Miracle One Shot Cradle (13:41).
Fans were treated to a lightning fast main event when Akito immediately submitted Kazuki Hirata with an Ankle Lock. Everyone agreed to a rematch only for the restart to go the exact same way. One more rematch went ahead and Hirata was this time able to survive the opening seconds of the bout. But Akito eventually got him back in the Ankle Lock and Hirata was on the verge of defeat yet again. However different DDT wrestlers climbed onto the apron one by one to give their support to Hirata and motivate him into escaping the hold. It helped that he was able to put on the Hirata GO! glasse to power himself up. With all of the extra support Hirata was able to grab Akito into the Miracle One Shot Cradle to finally win the main event. After the match Hirata told the fans he lost twice today but he is still the KO-D Openweight Champion!
When Yukio Naya beat Yuya Koroku, he told him to think more about how he and To-y can take the KO-D Tag Team Titles from The Apex on Wednesday. Yuki Iino and To-y then had a standoff with each other in the ring. Earlier in the show Naya approached Hirata with the intention of cashing in his Right To Challenge Arm Cover but Hirata came up with enough excuses to make him change his mind.
DDT “CHARISMANIAxMANIAxMANIA”, 02/10/2025 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Minoru Fujita, Hiroshi Yamato & MJ Paul Vs Yuko Miyamoto, Masashi Takeda & Choun-Shiryu
2. Daisuke Sasaki Memorial Cup Gauntlet Tag Match: Yasutaka Oosera & Ilusion Vs Kazuki Hirata & Soma Takao Vs Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya Vs Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada, Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie Vs Toru Owashi & Naomi Yoshimura Vs Danshoku Dieno & Sumicaras Vs Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
3. TOGO FAMILY Vs DDT ~ 5 Vs 5: Dick Togo, Yasu Urano, KUBITO, Diego & Naohiro Katsumi Vs Kazusada Higuchi, Yuki Ueno, HARASHIMA, Akito & To-y
4. Hardcore Match: Jun Kasai Vs Hideki Okatani
5. Daisuke Sasaki 20th Anniversary Match: Daisuke Sasaki & El Desperado Vs Shuji Ishikawa & Antonio Honda
An extra team has been added to the Gauntlet Tag Match. The Apex were feeling left out and want a piece of the action.
Daisuke Sasaki did an interview with Tokyo Sports to promote the show and said he wants the show to sell out. So if El Desperado ends up losing the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title to YOH later this month, Sasaki is going to kick Despy off the card and bring in YOH as his replacement. He also originally wanted to book Los Tranquilos de Japon but didn’t know where to contact Tetsuya Naito or BUSHI. He even asked Tokyo Sports if they had Naito’s contact details.
DDT “ECHIGO CHIN CRUSHER”, 05/10/2025 Niigata Higashi Ward Plaza
1. Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada Vs Yuki Ueno & Kazuma Sumi
2. Special Tag Match: Jun Akiyama & Daichi Sato Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida
3. Special Tag Match: Super Sasadango Machine & Danshoku Dieno Vs MAO & KANON (w/ KIMIHIRO)
A hometown return for Super Sasadango Machine grants him the main event spot of the card. He and Danshoku Dieno have to fight Strange Love Connection to send Sasadango’s neighbors home happy.
DDT “RINGU NO AKIBASHO 2025”, 08/10/2025 Shinjuku FACE
1. MAO & KANON (w/ KIMIHIRO) Vs Yuya Koroku & Daichi Sato
2. Special Single Match: MJ Paul Vs Antonio Honda
3. Playful Series Chapter 5: Danshoku Dieno Vs Hinata Kasai
It was going to happen sooner or later so might as well do it now. Hinata Kasai has to fight Dieno one on one.
Minoru Suzuki will be at the show.
DDT “REMBRANDT HIGHWAY SERIES 2025 ~HIDDEN GEM IN MACHIDA~ BORDERLINE TREASURES”, 12/10/2025 Tokyo Machida Rembrandt Hotel Sango Hall
1. Ilusion Vs Hinata Kasai
2. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada Vs MAO, KANON & Kazuma Sumi (w/ KIMIHIRO)
3. Special Tag Match: Yuki Ueno & To-y Vs HARASHIMA & Yuya Koroku
Will Yuki Ueno still have his Right To Challenge Arm Cover by the time this show happens?
DDT “AKOS X DDT PRO WRESTLING”, 13/10/2025 Saitama Akos Event Plaza
1. Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya, Daichi Sato & Rukiya Vs Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura, Yuya Koroku & Yuki Ishida
2. Kazuki Hirata, HARASHIMA & Danshoku Dieno Vs Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada
3. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Yuki Ueno, To-y & Shinya Aoki Vs MAO, KANON & Kazuma Sumi (w/ KIMIHIRO)
A short, free show is happening at the Akos shopping mall in Saitama. DDT does these events usually once every year or two and this one will be Shinya Aoki’s first time taking part.
DDT “ULTIMATE PARTY 2025”, 03/11/2025 Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
1. Sanshiro Takagi Return Match – Special Single Match: Sanshiro Takagi Vs Hinata Kasai
2. DDT Extreme Title: To-y (c) Vs Akito
3. Special Tag Match: KONOSUKE TAKESHITA & Kaisei Takechi Vs X & X
4. Dramatic Dream Match: Zack Sabre Jr. Vs Chris Brookes
When it comes to having a big Sumo Hall title defence, To-y wants to fight against the wrestler who he associates most with the DDT Extreme Title. That guy is Akito and he just as much wants to hold that championship again.
DDT “SUMIRE MELTY LOVE 2025”, 15/09/2025 Hokkaido Sapporo Sun Plaza ??? Fans – Unannounced
1. Hideki Okatani, Ilusion & MJ Paul defeated Danshoku Dieno, Ryuto & Kazuma Sumi when Ilusion pinned Sumi with the Swanton Bomb (10:36).
2. Special 6-Man Tag Match: To-y, Tomoya & Noriyuki Yoshida defeated Yukio Naya, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Hinata Kasai when To-y pinned Kasai with the Kojima In Wonderland ~Kojima Wonderland~ (12:30).
3. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Jun Akiyama, Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada defeated Yuki Iino, Yuki Ueno & Yuki Ishida when Masada pinned Ishida with the Masada No Chikara KOBU Mukimuki (11:24).
4. Sapporo Specialty Trial Of Two Single Matches Again – Round 2!: Akito (14) defeated Kazuki Hirata (1) (10:00).
4a. Akito (8) submitted Kazuki Hirata (0) with the Ankle Hold (0:20).
4b. Akito (9) pinned Kazuki Hirata (0) with a Modified Cradle (1:47).
4c. Akito (10) wore the Hirata GO! Glasses (4:02).
4d. Akito (11) wore the Hirata GO! Glasses (4:03).
4e. Akito (12) wore the Hirata GO! Glasses (4:05).
4f. Akito (13) wore the Hirata GO! Glasses (4:07).
4h. Akito (14) wore the Hirata GO! Glasses (4:09).
4i. KO-D Openweight Title: Kazuki Hirata (c) (1) defeated Akito (14) with the Miracle One Shot Cradle (5:51). *V1 for Kazuki Hirata. Akito cashes in his Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Arm Cover.
5. Special Single Match: Kazusada Higuchi defeated Daichi Sato with a Lariat (12:10).
6. Special Tag Match: MAO & KANON defeated HARASHIMA & Yuya Koroku when MAO submitted Koroku with the Modified Just Face Lock (19:54).
Part two of the Sapporo challenge between Kazuki Hirata and Akito took place today. At the start of the show Hirata cooled down any attempt by Akito to cash in his Right To Challenge Arm Cover by telling him the snack bar was busy and needed his help. Also neither of them were dressed to wrestle by this point so the setting wasn’t right to suddenly have a KO-D Openweight Title cash in. When it was time for their match to begin Akito already had a commanding lead and increased it even further. With no risk of losing in the time remaining, Akito brought out a roll of masking tape and trapped Hirata to the ropes. With no escape and nobody coming to rescue Hirata, Akito was finally able to cash in his Arm Cover and get his KO-D Title shot right now!
Hirata was freed and the match was changed into a title bout. Hirata pulled off the upset by countering a Figure 4 Leg Lock into the Miracle One Shot Cradle for the pinfall out of nowhere. Due to the unusual circumstances, Akito had won the series fourteen points to one but because of the timing of the cash in only the final fall counted towards the KO-D Title. That means even though Akito won the series, he lost the title match and Hirata remains the champion! Hirata also now officially has a proper title defence under his belt for this reign. Akito accepted the result because he learned that although Hirata has not gotten any stronger since becoming the champ, he now has something he wants to protect to the best of his abilities. Akito can respect that.
KIMIHIRO wasn’t present for the Sapporo doubleshot which put Strange Love Connection in trouble on the second day. MAO & KANON won in the main event and had to give the show closing speech. Without KIMIHIRO there to do the talking for them, they struggled. However there were able to convince some fans to enter the ring and celebrate the win while MAO announced DDT would come back to Sapporo next year for Golden Week.
DDT “WRESTLE PETER PAN 2021”, 21/08/2021 Fujitsu Stadium Kawasaki 1,336 Fans – No Vacancy
0. Electric Current Explosion 8-Man Tag Death Match: Atsushi Onita, Sanshiro Takagi, Akito & Maki Itoh Vs Kuro-chan, Super Sasadango Machine, Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Hikari Noa
DDT “SUMIRE SEPTEMBER LOVE 2025”, 14/09/2025 Hokkaido Sapporo Sun Plaza ??? Fans – Unannounced
1. MJ Paul defeated Kazuma Sumi with the Reverse Splash (5:34).
2. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Yuki Iino, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Ryuto defeated Tomoya, Yuya Koroku & Hinata Kasai when Iino pinned Kasai with a Lariat (8:38).
3. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Jun Akiyama, Noriyuki Yoshida & Daichi Sato defeated Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida when Sato pinned Ishida with the Mad Splash (12:21).
4. Sapporo Specialty Trial Of Two Single Matches Again – Round 1!: Akito (7) defeated Kazuki Hirata (0) (10:00).
4a. Akito (1) submitted Kazuki Hirata (0) with the Ankle Hold (0:13).
4b. Akito (2) pinned Kazuki Hirata (0) with a School Boy (1:28).
4c. Kazuki Hirata (1) wore the Hirata GO! Glasses (3:35).
4d. Kazuki Hirata (-1) was Disqualified for being suspected of attacking Akito with the KO-D Openweight Title belt (5:49).
4e. Akito (0) was Disqualified for choking Kazuki Hirata (-1) with the KO-D Openweight Title belt (5:52).
4f. Akito (-2) was Disqualified for choking Kazuki Hirata (-1) with the KO-D Openweight Title belt (6:08).
4g. Akito (-1) pinned Kazuki Hirata (-1) with a School Boy (7:22).
4h. Kazuki Hirata (0) wore the Hirata GO! Glasses (8:45).
4i. Akito (0) wore the Hirata GO! Glasses (9:23).
4j. Akito (1) submitted Kazuki Hirata (0) with the Ankle Hold (9:27).
4k. Akito (2) submitted Kazuki Hirata (0) wi5. Special 3 Way Tag Match: MAO & KANON defeated HARASHIMA & Danshoku Dieno and Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada when MAO pinned Dieno with a School Boy (12:09).
6. Special Single Match: Yuki Ueno defeated Hideki Okatani by Referee Stoppage with the Blackout Sleeper (14:14). *Yuki Ueno wins Hideki Okatani’s Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Arm Cover.
7. DDT Extreme Title – Stop The Annoying Streamers!! Unicast Death Match!: To-y (c) defeated Ilusion with the Kojima Impact (16:32). *V3 for To-y.
Since Ilusion has become such an annoying streamer lately, To-y decided to use the concept for their DDT Extreme Title Match. Both wrestlers decided to film themselves live by using Wrestle Universe’s Universe Cast feature and the goal was to either beat the opponent on-stream or find a way to switch the opponent’s stream off! Yukinori Matsui had to inspect the phones constantly to make sure the streams were still live but he ended up getting flattened by To-y’s Diving Cross Body after Ilusion pulled him into the way. Ilusion and MJ Paul then attacked To-y so the rest of the D GENERATIONS wrestlers ran down to the ring with phones in their hands to harass Ilusion by filming him up close. Ilusion lost his cool from the distraction and became so flustered he missed the Swanton Bomb. He then smashed a chair over To-y’s head but that only psyched To-y up into giving him the Kojima Impact for the victory. To-y thanked the others after the match and told fans his goal now is to be the DDT Extreme Champion going into Sumo Hall on 3rd November. This is because he wants to defend the title against the person who most symbolises the championship. Meanwhile Ilusion swore to never use Wrestle Universe again and will film his matches for Youtube from now on.
Are we now in a place where Yuki Ueno can give Kazuki Hirata a taste of his own medicine? Ueno defeated Hideki Okatani to win his Right To Challenge Arm Cover. He used the Blackout Sleeper to win although Okatani passed out rather than gave up. Okatani backstage blamed Hirata for this because Hirata keeps running away from the wrestlers trying to cash in their title shots. It delayed Okatani from cashing in his prize long enough for him not to have it anymore!
Akito is one of the wrestlers who really wants to cash in his shot but Hirata keeps convincing him not to. Today’s excuse is the two of them have singles matches against each other today and tomorrow so it would make more sense for Akito to use his title shot tomorrow. The rules for the two matches are the points from all the pinfalls will be added together and whoever has the higher total score after tomorrow will be the winner. Akito won it easily scoring seven points to zero despite Hirata’s attempts to make it look like Akito strangled him unconscious using the KO-D Openweight Title to reduce his opponent’s score. When the 10 minute time limit expired, Akito tried to cash in again but Hirata suddenly announced he is holding a photograph session which means the merch table will be understaffed if Akito continued to wrestle. Akito didn’t want that to happen so he decided to hold off on the title shot until tomorrow.
DDT “FIGHTING BEER GARDEN 2025 IN SHINJUKU ~EXTRA TIME~”, 12/09/2025 Shinjuku FACE ??? Fans – Unannounced
1. Special Single Match: Shinya Aoki defeated Takeshi Masada with an Inside Cradle (8:52).
2. Akito, Soma Takao & Rukiya defeated Daichi Sato, Yuki Ishida & Hinata Kasai when Akito pinned Ishida with a Modified Single Leg Cradle (8:40). *Akito wins Yuki Ishida’s Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Arm Cover.
3. To-y, Yuya Koroku & Kazuma Sumi defeated Hideki Okatani, Ilusion & MJ Paul by Disqualification when Ilusion attacked the referee (9:09).
4. Our LariPro ’25: HARASHIMA, Keisuke Ishii & MAO defeated Yuki Ueno, Toru Owashi & Tomomitsu Matsunaga when Ishii pinned Matsunaga with a School Boy (9:48).
5. Yukio Naya 8th Anniversary ~ Special Tag Match: Yukio Naya & Kazusada Higuchi defeated Yuki Iino & Jun Akiyama when Naya pinned Iino with La Magistral Cradle (11:59). *Yukio Naya wins Yuki Iino’s Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Arm Cover.
6. Enter Sandman Match: Antonio Honda defeated Kazuki Hirata, Danshoku Dieno, Chris Brookes and KANON (w/ KIMIHIRO) when Honda pinned Hirata (19:09).
Today was the day Kazuki Hirata needed to choose his first challenger for the KO-D Openweight Title. There is a scheduled title defence at Korakuen Hall set for 28th September and Hirata’s request to fight a weak opponent like Hisaya Imabayashi kept getting denied by the GM. Hirata also had the problem of three Right To Challenge Arm Covers being active, two of which were being held by wrestlers who want to cash them in as soon as possible. To deal with that Hirata today brought along a masked, muscular bodyguard to protect him. Fans watching assumed it was Ryoma Tsukamoto under the mask but he went to Twitter to deny it, although he agrees they could pass for twins given their identical body shape (he then went on to retweet a lot of photos of the bodyguard).
As the show progressed there were two Right To Challenge movements. Akito pinned Yuki Ishida in the second match to win his RTC Arm Cover. Then in the fifth match Yukio Naya pinned Yuki Iino to take that Arm Cover. So when Hirata took part in the main event, Akito entered the ring midway through wanting to cash in his title shot. However the bodyguard was there to physically stop him. Then Naya entered the ring and successfully fought off the bodyguard. But when he tried to cash in his shot, Danshoku Dieno interrupted him by giving him the Lip Lock and Hirata then shoved Naya’s face into Dieno’s rear end. Just when Hirata thought he was safe and sound, the lights went out and the music stopped. The lights then came back on to show Yoshihiko was suddenly in the ring and it attacked Hirata using the Reincarnation. Antonio Honda tried to rescue Hirata but Yoshihiko send him head first into Dieno’s Hell Gate, knocking him out. Honda then collapsed onto Hirata with Yoshihiko on top of both of them while the ref counted to three.
Honda was officially the winner but Hirata knew Yoshihiko was the enemy. He came to the conclusion that the most worthy opponent to fight him for the KO-D Title is not a human being. It is Yoshihiko! Imabayashi accepted the nomination and announced the title match for 28th September. Backstage Hirata told reporters he is now at six successful title defences and everyone quickly figured out he is counting every avoidance of a cash in as a successful defence. Hirata also told the bodyguard he will continue to pay him well so he is counting on his continued protection in the future.
Naya showed everyone that even after eight years of being a wrestler he is still learning new things. He used La Magistral Cradle for the first time and it worked in pinning Iino for the three count in their tag match. Naya got on the microphone afterwards and told fans he will become a strong wrestler who can compete on the level of Iino, Kazusada Higuchi and Jun Akiyama in the future. Backstage The Apex switched to talking about their next KO-D Tag Team Titles defence. Iino warned Naya not to let his guard down because they can lose to To-y & Yuya Koroku if their challengers do indeed show their true strength.
The whole point of “LariPro” matches is to throw Lariats so Yuki Ueno kept getting booed for using other moves. When Toru Owashi complained to him about it, Ueno got on the microphone and said he wasn’t going to do a boring match where everyone does the same move over and over. He stormed out of the ring while Owashi admitted he didn’t want to use Lariats either. So Owashi decided to wrestle like Mil Mascaras instead! The match turned into lucha libre and HARASHIMA even dragged Yukinori Matsui into the action. That was when Ueno returned dressed just like Riki Choshu! He threw Choshu-style Lariats at the other team until MAO stopped him using the Takeshita Line followed by the Buckshot Lariat. However despite all of the Lariats being thrown by everyone, the match instead ended when Keisuke Ishii pinned Tomomitsu Matsunaga with a School Boy.
A contact signing for Sunday’s DDT Extreme Title match took place and To-y revealed the match rules to Ilusion. It is called a “Stop The Annoying Streamers!! Unicast Death Match!” Both wrestlers will stream themselves on Wrestle Universe while the match goes on. In order to win you must either pin or submit your opponent on-camera or switch off their stream! The usual rules still apply for fouls and there will also be no countout. During the signing Ilusion read out a prepared statement apologising for his recent streamer behaviour while also asking To-y to admit that both sides are to blame. To-y got mad over Ilusion’s insincere apology and said he came up with these rules to punish him. However he also showed his lack of knowledge about live streaming, telling reports he just needs to press a button on his phone so even an idiot like him can do it. Then later in the show their match ended in a DQ when Ilusion attacked To-y and the referee with his streamer equipment. He also stole the Extreme Title belt to add insult to injury.
On paper the result of the opening match doesn’t look good for Takeshi Masada but he and also his opponent think differently. He lost to Shinya Aoki in what was supposed to be a warm up match for his DDT Universal Title shot later this month. However Aoki was able to counter Masada’s finishing move into an Inside Cradle to get the win out of nowhere. Aoki still praised Masada for having a strong desire to do his best. He is rooting for him because he doesn’t want to see Minoru Suzuki going around doing as he pleases. Masada also told reporters he gained something amazing from this match so Suzuki better watch out!
Daisuke Sasaki made an appearance to give everyone some updates over his health as well as the “CHARISMANIAxMANIAxMANIA” happening on 2nd October. First he said if his injury forced him to miss the show then the show would have been cancelled. Lucikly his ribs are currently at 90% health thanks to taking vitamins, doing muscle training and praying to God. That means his return to the ring will be at that show. He then told Hideki Okatani he has a very early birthday present for him. Okatani is going to face Jun Kasai in a Hardcore Match at the show!
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “I WANT TO SAVE EVERYONE WITH A SMILE ~ ARISU’S AIZUWAKAMATSU GRAND MARCH”, 13/09/2025 Fukushima Aizuwakamatsu City Tsurugajo Gymnasium
1. 3 Way Match: Miu Watanabe Vs Mahiro Kiryu Vs Toga
2. Raku & Pom Harajuku (w/ Akabe) Vs HIMAWARI & Ren Konatsu (w/ Kappa Green)
3. Kaya Toribami Vs Uta Takami
4. Hyper Misao Vs Chika Nanase
5. Mizuki Vs Mifu Ashida
6. Aja Kong, Suzume & Shino Suzuki Vs Rika Tatsumi, Yuki Aino & Kira Summer
7. Arisu Endo & Yuki Arai Vs Miyu Yamashita & Haru Kazashiro
On Sunday’s second show Wakana Uehara had three of her teeth broken after taking the Kingslayer knee strike from Hyper Misao. She will be unable to wrestle on this Saturday’s show so while she is gone to get her teeth fixed, Misao will now face Chika Nanase instead. The match Nanase was originally booked for has been changed to a 3 Way Match without her.
DDT “KIRANAH BBQ ROJO PRO WRESTLING 2025 ~ MEAT! BEER! HARVEST FESTIVAL!~”, 17/09/2025 Tokyo Kiranah Garden Toyosu
1. Falls Count Anywhere 5 Way Tag Match: Yukio Naya & Yuya Koroku Vs MAO & KANON (w/ KIMIHIRO) Vs Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada Vs Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata Vs Yuki Ueno & Kazuma Sumi Vs Chihiro Hashimoto & Yuu
An extra team has been added to the BBQ Pro Wrestling match. Yuu will be retiring at the end of the year but before she does she wants to take part in one of DDT’s Falls Count Anywhere matches. A deal was made and Sendai Girls are sending over Team 200kg for the match, so Yuu will have Chihiro Hashimoto by her side!
DDT “OCHANOKO FESTIVAL”, 21/09/2025 Shizuoka Grandship Exchange Hall
1. Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Hinata Kasai
2. MAO & KANON Vs Soma Takao & Kazuma Sumi
3. Yuki Iino, Jun Akiyama & Daichi Sato Vs HARASHIMA, Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada
4. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Hideki Okatani, Ilusion & MJ Paul Vs Yuki Ueno, To-y & Shinya Aoki
5. Special Single Match: Yukio Naya Vs Yuya Koroku
6. Special Tag Team Match: Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda Vs Danshoku Dieno & Akito
The match placement for the card has not been decided yet other than the main event. Kazuki Hirata now has some backup in the form of Danshoku Dieno and Antonio Honda. Will Akito defend him from wrestlers cashing in their title shots too?
The current Right To Challenge Arm Cover holders are Yuki Ishida (Green), Hideki Okatani (Blue) and Yuki Iino (Red). So far Hirata has been finding different ways to avoid having to defend his KO-D Openweight Title against wrestlers cashing in their title shots. However by the time this show happens his challenger for Korakuen Hall at the end of the month will have been decided.
DDT “DRAMATIC EXPO 2025”, 23/09/2025 Osaka Namba SkyO Convention Hall
1. Hideki Okatani Vs Hinata Kasai
2. Ilusion & MJ Paul Vs Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida
3. Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda Vs Soma Takao & Kazuma Sumi
4. Special Single Match: Akito Vs Takeshi Masada
5. KANON’s Birthday Commemoration Match ~ Special Tag Match: MAO & KANON (w/ KIMIHIRO) Vs Chris Brookes & Danshoku Dieno
6. Jun Akiyama 33rd Anniversary Commemoration Match ~ Special 6-Man Tag Match: Jun Akiyama, HARASHIMA & Yuki Ueno Vs Kazusada Higuchi, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Daichi Sato
7. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya (c) Vs To-y & Yuya Koroku
The different ways to celebrate on this show because Jun Akiyama celebrates the 33rd Anniversary of his debut match this month. The show is also happening on KANON’s birthday!
BASARA “KANRA PRO WRESTLING FESTA 2025”, 28/09/2025 Gunma Kanra Junior High School Gymnasium
1. Masato Kamino Vs Lil’ Kraken
2. Daichi Kazato Vs SAGAT
3. Ryota Nakatsu, Ryota Hama & Kotaro Nasu Vs Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi, Tsutomu Oosugi & Banana Senga
4. Takato Nakano & Takeru Inoue Vs Minoru Fujita & MAZADA
5. Isami Kodaka & Daiki Shimomura Vs Takumi Tsukamoto & Yasu Urano
6. FUMA & Ryuichi Sekine Vs Masato Tanaka & Daisuke Sekimoto
It’s that time of the year when BASARA goes over to FUMA’s neck of the woods. The annual Gunma show includes Ryuichi Sekine this time as Hyakusho Ikki face the strong duo of Masato Tanaka & Daisuke Sekimoto! A few other guests will be there like MAZADA. Ryota Hama and Kotaro Nasu.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “ADDITIONAL ATTACK ’25”, 18/10/2025 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1. Princess Tag Team Titles: Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao (c) Vs Yuna Manase & Toga
The first team up of Yuna Manase & Toga has gone so well that they both want to challenge for the Princess Tag Team Titles! They will be the next in line to challenge for the belts after the Kyoraku Kyomei Vs Ober Eats title match happens at “WRESTLE PRINCESS VI”. Manase will be making other appearances on Tokyo Joshi Pro during the month of October to build up to this match.
TOKYO JOSHI PRO “TJPW INSPIRATION”, 19/11/2025 Shin-Kiba 1st RING
As mentioned above, Yuu will be retiring from pro wrestling at the end of the year. She started her career with TJPW in 2016 but left the company to go freelance in 2018. She never returned to TJPW but decided she should make one more appearance in the promotion before she calls it quits. Her one night only return puts her in a match with three wrestlers who all mean a lot to her for one reason or another: Shoko Nakajima, Miyu Yamashita and Yuki Kamifuku.
1. Naomi Yoshimura & Tomomitsu Matsunaga defeated Rukiya & Hinata Kasai when Yoshimura submitted Kasai with a Side Headlock (9:37).
2. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Kazusada Higuchi, HARASHIMA & Yuki Ishida defeated Shigehiro Irie, Soma Takao & Kazuma Sumi when Ishida pinned Sumi with the Flame Palm (9:01).
3. Hideki Okatani, Ilusion & MJ Paul defeated KANON, KANON & Daichi Sato when Paul pinned Sato with the Reverse Splash (12:01).
4. Yuki Ueno, To-y & Yuya Koroku defeated Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya & Jun Akiyama when Koroku pinned Naya with a Body Press (13:37).
5. Special Tag Match: Minoru Suzuki & Shinya Aoki defeated Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada when Suzuki submitted Masada with a Heel Hold (7:25).
6. Special 3 Way Match: Kazuki Hirata defeated Danshoku Dieno and Antonio Honda when Hirata pinned Honda with the Anal Egoist Driver (13:45).
With three Right To Challenge Arm Covers still in play and at least two of its holders wanting to cash them in as soon as possible, Kazuki Hirata intentionally delayed himself and arrived late at the venue. That meant when Yuki Ishida wanted to cash in his Arm Cover for a KO-D Openweight Title shot after Match #2, Akito had to tell him he couldn’t because Hirata hadn’t made it to the building yet. When Hirata finally arrived it was right when the entrances for the main event took place so he went straight to the ring bringing his luggage with him.
As for the actual main event, Hirata wanted to go all out in the ring against Danshoku Dieno and Antonio Honda. He went as far as to decide against putting on the Hirata GO! glasses while also encouraging Dieno not to go into the Hell Gate position. Honda even avoided tripping over the ropes to keep the match serious. But when the match was about to reach its conclusion where Hirata would beat Honda using the Egoist Driver, the voice of a fairy from the GO! glasses spoke out to Hirata asking if he was really okay with doing things this way? Then the voice of a fairy from Dieno’s pants started to speak, asking Dieno a similar question. Finally, a third fairy’s voice spoke to Honda but it was from Gongitsune itself. Honda snapped everyone back to their senses and the three agreed to use their gimmicks. Hirata put on the glasses, Dieno went into the Hell Gate position with his pants pulled down and Honda used the Hell Gate to charge up Gongitsune. Hirata blocked Honda’s attack, turned it against him and then used the Egoist Driver to win the match.
Hirata quickly got changed after the match wanting to leave the venue as quickly as he could. However both Yuki Iino and Yuki Ishida climbed into the ring wanting to cash in their RTC Arm Covers. They were both suddenly attacked by Honda who heroicly shoved each of their heads into Dieno’s Hell Gate to knock them out. Dieno then told Hirata that the three of them will always be the “2nd Match Mates” even when they are in the main event. He and Honda are proud of what Hirata has accomplished and they encourage him to carry their feelings as his title reign survives for another day. He then told Hirata to go home so the show would end which means no one will be allowed to cash in on him today. Hirata ran off but bumped into the third RTC Arm Cover holder Hideki Okatani along the way. Luckily for him, Okatani didn’t know what was going on and he allowed Hirata to escape.
Ishida then recovered and tried to cash in his title shot but Akito explained to him that the show was now over and Hirata went home. Akito admitted this rule is a blindspot DDT did not expect to be exploited and he asked Ishida to wait until the next show to cash in. Then sometime later in the day Hirata actually returned to the venue to take part in an autograph session. Ishida approached him demanding the title match but Hirata told him the show is already over and he has to wait. All he can do is offer him some chocolate, which Ishida accepted. Hirata was also asked who he wants his scheduled challenger to be on 28th September and he once again said Hisaya Imabayashi. First it was because Imabayashi is a weak opponent but now Hirata believes it will also be the most unpredictable KO-D Title match DDT could ever put on!
Takeshi Masada is now learning the consequences of angering Minoru Suzuki. There was a contract signing for their upcoming DDT Universal Title match during the show. Masada spoke about how he is still haunted by how the first time he challenged for the title went and winning the belt this time will erase those painful memories. Suzuki laughed at those comments and told Masada not to use him and the championship as something to create a happy memory with while he is still young. The contacts were signed and the two posed for pictures when Masada hit Suzuki with an Elbow Strike. That made Suzuki so mad he attacked Masada with a chair and hit him in the left leg with it multiple times. Their tag match later in the show still went ahead despite Masada clearly favoring his injury and Suzuki continued to target the limb until Masada gave up to a Heel Hold. Backstage Suzuki gave a message that Masada does not realise who he is challenging. The Universal Champion is Minoru Suzuki and he is going to break Takeshi Masada!
The next challengers for the KO-D Tag Team Titles got a shock win over the champions. Yukio Naya was going to give Yuya Koroku The World’s Best Back Drop when To-y cut him off with a Dropkick. Koroku then repositioned himself to land on top of Naya as they both fell and he got the pinfall out of nowhere. To-y then bragged about being louder than Iino was during the match. He did it to show that he and Koroku have their own strengths that can be used to beat The Apex’s power. Those strengths are Koroku’s grit and To-y’s cockiness.
There was also an emergency press conference involving Yuki Iino that took place at the show. He announced he has become a trainee for his local American Football team, the Nojima Sagamihara Rise and will now become a duel athlete while he continues his pro wrestling career with DDT. Iino thought about doing this when he was recovering from his eye injury, feeling at 30 years old he wanted to play a field sport again and would regret it if he didn’t. When Iino approached Sanshiro Takagi with the idea of playing American football, he received an immediate approval. Takagi at the announcement said wrestling has a history of American football players switching to pro wrestling but the other way around is quite rare (like Brock Lesnar and that whole thing is among the biggest wrestling butterfly effects to happen in the 21st century). The Rise GM Mitsunobu Ishii brought up examples of other dual sport athletes and said he has high expectations for Iino. The plan is for Iino to play on the defensive line and become a registered player in time for next year’s season of the X League. Should he make it to the first team then his gridiron career will take priority. He will then wrestle in DDT whenever his schedule allows it.
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