DDT “HOLY FIGHT NIGHT 2025”, 24/12/2025 Shinjuku FACE ??? Fans – Unannounced
1. Daichi Sato & Yuni defeated Rukiya & Hinata Kasai when Yuni pinne Kasai with the Firebird Splash (8:30).
2. Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Demus defeated Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya, Super Sasadango Machine & Soma Takao when Sasaki submitted Takao with the Crossover Facelock (13:21).
3. Special Single Match: Kumadori defeated Ilusion with the Air Double Helio (11:28).
4. Special Single Match: KANON (w/ KIMIHIRO) defeated Yuya Koroku with the Modified LONELY DEZIRES (11:23).
5. Kiss Endurance Championship Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Jun Akiyama & HARASHIMA defeated Danshoku Dieno, Kazuki Hirata & Akito when HARASHIMA pinned Hirata with the Somato (10:58).
6. Special Single Match: Chris Brookes defeated Takeshi Masada with the Praying Mantis Bomb (22:13).
7. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Yuki Ueno, MAO & Kazusada Higuchi defeated To-y, Kazuma Sumi & Yuki Ishida when MAO pinned Sumi with a School Boy Counter (17:53).
A last minute change to the card created a DNA Vs D GENERATIONS themed main event for DDT’s last visit to Shinjuku FACE for 2025. The veteran side ended up winning the match but offered support to the new blood since the next D GENERATIONS CUP tournament will begin in the new year. They see how hard the D GENERATIONS work together and it makes them want to work even harder just so they won’t get overtaken.
Takeshi Masada has made up his mind to leave SCHADENFREUDE International in the new year but right now he is still part of the group for a couple of more days. He and Chris Brookes were meant to team up today but the decision led to them having a singles match against each other instead. Antonio Honda wasn’t at the show so the ringside attendants like Hinata Kasai participated in the SCHADENFREUDE spots in his absence. Bunbun was there though and in an act that turned out to be more neutral than it looked, he interrupted the rubber band spot by cutting the band in half with a pair of scissors. The band was already stretched by this point so one half each ended up snapping into Brookes and Masada’s faces. Honda’s presence ended up being felt anyway when a voice of his started telling a Gongitsune joke while Brookes and Masada tried replicating the move on each other. Brookes ended up winning the match cleanly with the Praying Mantis Bomb. He told Masada he doesn’t understand why he is leaving SCHADENFREUDE but everyone in the group will always be each other’s family. He encouraged Masada to reach the top of DDT while everyone else cheers him on. Masada said he would like to continue being in the unit because he loves it so much but now is the time for him to go searching for his own style using his own abilities. SCHADENFREUDE will always be family to him and he hopes they will support him now as rivals.
Special rules were created for Match #5 because Akito wanted Danshoku Dieno to restrain himself from giving everyone kisses on Christmas Eve. Akito proposed that the match would ban kisses for the first five minutes then it would be allowed after that. Dieno called the rule unfair so he counter offered that once the ban is lifted, you will need to kiss your opponent before pinning or submitting them in order to win. Akito agreed and almost had his way when Kazuki Hirata nearly lost the match several times in the first five minutes. But he was able to kick out of Jun Akiyama’s pins. He also survived a Boston Crab from HARASHIMA while Akito was too busy tying his own shoelaces to break the hold. The five minutes ran out and with a shout of “Merry Christmas!” from the ring announcer, Dieno was allowed to kiss again. Everyone else now had to kiss their opponent before trying to win the match. Dieno’s counter plan almost backfired because he didn’t want to kiss Sanshiro Takagi even when the opportunity was there for him to win. Takagi ran in to kiss Dieno but missed and got HARASHIMA instead. The same mistake happened to Hinata Kasai but when it looked like it was going to happen to Akiyama, he gave Takagi the Exploder Suplex instead. HARASHIMA forgot about the rule but ended up remembering to kiss Hirata before pinning him with the Somato to win.
Kumadori got a long awaited measure of revenge on Ilusion when their delayed singles match finally took place. Ilusion targeted Kumadori’s legs but when that plan didn’t work he resorted to blatant cheating including a ref bump and a Low Blow. Kumadori blocked Ilusion from using a chair though and gave him a Low Blow of his own before pinning him with a Modified Cancun Tornado for the victory. He considers the feud between them done with and is looking forward to reaching the top next year both as a professional dancer with O-MENZ and as a pro wrestler with DDT. Ilusion said he wanted to beat Kumadori to protect DDT because he is the only person to notice O-MENZ are invading the company. He cannot believe that CyberFight is letting this crisis go unnoticed!
“NωA JR. FIRST SOLO LIVE EVE EVE’S MIRACLE ~TO THE BIG STAGE WE’VE ALWAYS DREAMED OF~”, 23/12/2025 Shinjuku LOFT ??? Fans – Unannounced
1. Falls Count Anywhere 8-Man Tag Match: Makoto Oishi, MAO, Yuni & Kazuma Sumi (w/ Shunma Katsumata) defeated Danshoku Dieno, Yuki Ueno, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda when Sumi pinned Dieno with the Misty Flip onto the Chair (7:49).
All the way back in April, Sanshiro Takagi booked Shinjuku LOFT for a concert and challenged NωA Jr. to sell it out. DDT’s attempt at a wrestling idol unit needed a goal to strive for so Takagi made this the first step with possible room to grow all the way towards the group winning the New Artist Award at the next Japan Record Awards. The latter part isn’t going to happen but today’s concert drew a big enough crowd to be considered a success.
NωA Jr. were the headline act of the show but other performances took place to lead up to their big moment. First the three members took part in “To-y’s Room” which was an interview segment hosted by To-y. After that there was a performance by P-manjiken, the band behind Shunma Katsumata’s entrance music. Then when they were done, the band Daisetz took to the stage for a live performance of their own.
With the warm up acts done, it was time for NωA Jr. to begin their performance. They sang their two singles “ωe are the HERO!!” and “New! Wrestling! Idol!” together before splitting off into solo segments. Yuni brought out Makoto Oishi so they could sing “Chankapana” by NEWS as a duet. Kazuma Sumi brought Daisetz back out so he could sing Antonio Honda’s entrance song with him.
Things then took a turn when Danshoku Dieno and Kazuki Hirata crashed the concert! The two had warned beforehand that they were going to pull off a stunt like this and weren’t lying. They suddenly attacked NωA Jr. and Honda decided to join in! Oishi & MAO, who were at the show to reform the original NωA for one night only, came to the rescue and Yuni came up with an idea to hold a wrestling match right away to solve this dispute. The Anti-NωA side then revealed they had a fourth member among them. A masked man appeared and revealed himself to be Yuki Ueno! He put Katsumata in a choke hold while everyone decided to have a Falls Count Anywhere Match.
The dancefloor opened up so all of the wrestlers could fight each other. Dieno went out of control using chairs so Katsumata jumped in to try and stop him. That didn’t work and Dieno gave him the Lip Lock instead. Sumi came to Katsumata’s aid and the two both Super Kicked Dieno. Sumi then used the guardrail to give Dieno the Misty Flip (Sliced Bread #2) onto a pile of chairs on the ground, getting the three count and saving the concert.
With the show nearing its end, everyone got together to sing “Never Give Up☆I LOVE YOU”. Then Katsumata got his solo segment by singing his entrance song “MONSTER”. NωA Jr. went on to finish off their setlist before Katsumata praised Sumi & Yuni for working so hard on the project while he was recovering from injury. He thought today’s concert would be his last but he confirmed to the audience he will be returning to the ring next year to fight alongside his bandmates. Yuni talked about how much of his time this year was spent studying for his exams and it paid off because he will now get into college. Sumi admitted he thought about quitting the project but felt he had to make it a place for himself while Katsumata was injured and Yuni was studying. They all closed out the show by singing their new song “Mikansei NEXT” along with an encore performance of “Never Give Up☆I LOVE YOU” and “Going My ωay!!!!! ~You Are Not Alone~”.
DDT “RING FINALE 2025 ~EVERYONE IS THE STAR OF THE CURTAIN CALL~”, 21/12/2025 Tokyo Korakuen Hall ??? Fans – Unannounced
0. Dark Match: Soma Takao, Yuni & Kazuma Sumi defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Daichi Sato & Rukiya when Takao pinned Matsunaga with the Official Endless Waltz (5:56).
1. Special Tag Match: Minoru Suzuki & Akito defeated Jun Akiyama & Yuya Koroku when Suzuki pinned Koroku with the Gotch-Style Piledriver (9:33).
2. No Tag Rules: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani, Demus & Ilusion defeated Toru Owashi, Danshoku Dieno, Super Sasadango Machine & Kazuki Hirata when Sasaki submitted Hirata with the Crossface Lock (0:08).
2a. Rematch: Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani, Demus & Ilusion defeated Toru Owashi, Danshoku Dieno, Super Sasadango Machine & Kazuki Hirata when Ilusion pinned Hirata with the Swanton Bomb (6:23).
3. 3 Way 6-Man Tag Match: Shinya Aoki, Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya defeated Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida and Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Hinata Kasai when Iino pinned Kasai with The Apex Elbow Drop (10:19).
4. Special Tag Match: HARASHIMA & Kaisei Takechi defeated Yuji Nagata & Sanshiro Takagi when Takechi pinned Takagi with the Swan Dive Forearm (9:27).
5. DDT Extreme Title – Finish It Now!! If You Don’t Finish It Now, To-y Loses!!: To-y (c) defeated Yasu Urano with the Referee Brainbuster (R5 1:55). *V6 for To-y.
6. KO-D Tag Team Titles: MAO & KANON (c) (w/ KIMIHIRO) defeated Jun Masaoka & Gaia Hox when KANON pinned Hox with the Modified LONELY DEZIRES (12:40). *V2 for STRANGE LOVE CONNECTION.
7. KO-D Openweight Title – AXSEED Presents: Yuki Ueno (c) defeated Takeshi Masada with the WR (21:39). *V4 for Yuki Ueno.
The penultimate DDT title match of 2025 came and went with Yuki Ueno still standing tall as a double singles champion. He put the KO-D Openweight Title on the line against Takeshi Masada who already had an uphill battle going into the show with being a convincing challenger. His big chance came after hitting a combo of Thrust Kick, Flying Knee Strike and a Triangle Kick. With Ueno in trouble, Masada used his finisher the Masada No Chikara KOBU Mukimuki. Ueno kicked out though and made the comeback starting with an Avalanche Frankensteiner. Death by Dropkick came for Masada and Ueno used the WR to finish him off and defend the title.
Ueno gave Masada some encouragement afterwards and told him he has very high hopes that Masada will show a side to him as a pro wrestler that nobody has ever seen before. However even if Masada can one day beat Ueno, Ueno said Masada will never surpass him. Daisuke Sasaki then entered the ring promising not to attack Ueno because he is here on serious business. He wants to challenge Ueno to a title match fair and square. He offered Ueno a handshake only to kick him below the belt. As he went to give Ueno the Pedigree, Chris Brookes ran into the ring to stop him. He then slapped Ueno because he’s also here to demand a title shot. Ueno said he would fight both of them and it doesn’t matter if the KO-D Title or DDT Universal Title will be put on the line. Everyone started arguing with each other until Akito interrupted them. As a CyberFight Director, he had the power to come up with a solution. On 25th January there will be a 3 Way Match between Ueno, Sasaki and Brookes. But the match will last for two falls, the first with the Universal Title on the line and the second will have the KO-D Title on the line! Ueno will need to win both falls if he wants to defend both of his championships. The situation makes Ueno realize how precious both life and pro wrestling are. Sasaki thinks he has good odds of winning both titles because he is a “3 Way Magician”.
Masada also came to a realization after the main event that it is time for him to try something new. He is going to quit SCHADENFREUDE International! He explained to Brookes he’s been stuck repeating the same loop lately and it won’t change unless he steps into a new environment. He needs to free himself in order to enjoy being in DDT. Brookes understood and told Masada he can leave the unit on 3rd January because doing it here right now wouldn’t be a good way to end his membership.
A tricky tag team from outside of DDT was here for Strange Love Connection to try and solve. F-SWAG’s matches have a pace that matches SLC with plenty of fancy teamwork of their own to go along with other antics that can throw the opposition off balance. Jun Masaoka & Gaia Hox almost became the new KO-D Tag Team Champions when they gave MAO the F-DRIVE II but KANON broke the pin. F-SWAG then went to cheat as Gaia Hox hit KANON over the head with a wet floor sign. However KANON turned the tables and got to pin Hox with the LONELY DEZIRES for a successful title defence. SLC enjoyed the match though and told F-SWAG they can come back to DDT again.
SLC are ending the year as tag champs and were talking about what they could look forward to in 2026 when suddenly Yuki Iino walked down to the ring searching around for something. He climbed inside, realized MAO was who he was looking for and then he Speared him! Yukio Naya got into the ring yelling at Iino to stop getting ahead of himself. He explained that ever since The Apex lost the titles to SLC, Iino cannot stop thinking about MAO and keeps saying his name over and over. MAO remembered that Iino previously acted the same way towards Chihiro Hashimoto and realized this means he has now become Iino’s rival. He’s happy to learn that. Both teams agreed that the Survival 3 Way Match at Sumo Hall last month wasn’t enough for them so SLC agreed to face The Apex in a KO-D Tag Titles match on 25th January.
To-y has regained the DDT Extreme Title that he never officially lost. Yasu Urano stole the belt and manipulated his way into behaving like a champion while To-y was tricked into acting like he was now the challenger. The match they had was structured into two minute long rounds where every round the match needed to end with a particular wrestling move randomly picked out of a list of fan suggestions. Round 1 was basic enough because the move was simply to slap the opponent. Round 2 suddenly became difficult when the finisher became the Gorgeous Superstar Elbow. To-y was able to pull off something kind of like the move but it wasn’t similar enough to count. Round 3 gave the advantage to Urano because the move was the Reverse Hold/Backslide Pin. To-y was able to survive into Round 4 where his finisher the Kojima Wonderland was now chosen. He hit the move but couldn’t get the three count with it. Round 5 turned into a challenge because the chosen move was the Referee Brainbuster. Yukinori Matsui needed to Suplex one of the wrestlers but he didn’t have the strength for it. Outside the ring To-y gave Matsui a boost by Kancho poking him into Suplexing Urano. To-y then placed Urano on the top turnbuckle and physically helped Matsui do a Hijack Brainbuster. That counted so To-y pinned Urano for the three count to get his belt back and officially remain champion. He now wants to find an even more extreme kind of wrestling to continue his reign.
Everything’s just going so great for Kaisei Takechi lately, isn’t it? He’s booked for the Tokyo Dome soon, last week he won the Best Newcomer category in the annual Tokyo Sports Awards and today he got to wrestle Yuji Nagata to continue his climb up the pro wrestling industry. Takechi got to team with HARASHIMA in the match while Nagata had Sanshiro Takagi as his partner. That is decades and decades of experience in all sorts for Takechi to learn off of. Takagi dragged him up the aisles so he could then run him over in the Dramatic Dream bike. Back in the ring Nagata unleashed his Middle Kicks and also an Exploder Suplex as his way to toughen up Takechi. But with HARASHIMA’s help Takechi got the upper hand on Takagi and he hit the Swan Dive Forearm to get the victory. Nagata praised Takechi for having guts and he told him to do his best on 4th January. Takechi said he is still a rookie but his passion and determination are unmatched. He still wants more ring time so he asked Takagi if he could get booked for the 25th January Korakuen Hall show. Takagi told him if he’s that willing to immerse himself into wrestling then it shall be done. Backstage Nagata spoke positively about Takechi and how he showed he is more than just good looks. He thinks what will happen to Takechi at the Tokyo Dome will be a valuable experience for him no matter if it turns out positive or negative.
SCHADENFREUDE International wanted to play the hits early in the 3 Way Trios match but Yuki Ishida stopped Antonio Honda from telling a Gongitsune joke. Things then got weird when Shinya Aoki stopped Iino from doing The Apex Elbow by trying to bite his pec for some reason. Brookes & Honda got everyone to form a human pyramid in the ring then Hinata Kasai pulled the rubber band spot on Ishida & Kazusada Higuchi. Brookes found himself in trouble when Higuchi & Naomi Yoshimura chopped him back and forth. SCHADENFREUDE led a train attack (which included Bunbun) on Aoki but it stopped when Honda tripped and hurt his knee. He told his Gongitsune joke and led his team into doing Bionic Elbows but they all missed. Iino went on to pin Kasai with The Apex Elbow while Naya grabbed Aoki and held him up off the mat so he would stop getting in the way.
Kazuki Hirata knew what his fate was going to be today but he wouldn’t let that ruin his last match at Korakuen Hall for the year. He interrupted Toru Owashi’s entrance with his own so he could dance to the ring, unaware that Owashi was so mad he was going to hit him with a chair if Matsui wasn’t there to stop him. Hirata told the rest of the team they should fight DAMNATION T.A like heels so he tried to attack Daisuke Sasaki with a chair only to immediately fall into the Cross Facelock and give up. Hirata then asked if DAMNATION T.A really wanted that to be their last Korakuen match of the year? The question convinced them to restart the match with the other team back to behaving as faces. They did a train attack on Hideki Okatani only for Hirata to miss his charge. When things were going south for them, Hirata unmasked Super Sasadango Machine to reveal heel face paint underneath! He then pulled down the back of Dieno’s tights to also reveal heel face paint on his rear end. Hirata got a face full of it instead of Demus and Ilusion then pinned him with the Swanton Bomb. Sasaki grabbed the chair and hit Dieno in the backside with it afterwards.
Minoru Suzuki was back in DDT looking to fight Jun Akiyama. Despite the two of them starting off the match, Yuya Koroku was quick to tag in. When Suzuki tagged Akito, Koroku knocked him off the apron which set him off. Akito threw Koroku out of the ring so Suzuki could start a brawl with him around ringside with chairs being knocked about everywhere. Akiyama got involved to settle things down and bring the match back into the ring. Koroku had his arm worked over by both of his opponents but used a Waterwheel Drop on Akito to tag in Akiyama. When Koroku got his breath back he tried fighting Suzuki again, using a Wrist-Clutch STO for a nearfall. Suzuki avoided an attempt at the Triangle Lancer and dropped Koroku down with the Gotch-Style Piledriver to get the win.
The dark match was Yuni’s return to action having been away from the ring since August. He started the match off with Daichi Sato and was almost German Suplexed away after Sato caught his Space Rolling Elbow attempt. Tomomitsu Matsunaga took a moment in between hitting Yuni to tell him how jealous he is that Yuni got into Sophia University. He, Sato & Rukiya then targeted Soma Takao who wasn’t in the best condition because of his knee. Yuni & Kazuma Sumi came to the rescue with some high flying moves, allowing Takao to constantly roll up Matsunaga with the Official Endless Waltz until he got the three count.
After the dark match Yuni told the audience he was accepted into university and is looking forward to enjoying his time both there and in pro wrestling. NωA Jr. then wished Takao the best of luck before performing their new single “Mikansei NEXT”.
BAKA GAIJIN + FRIENDS “VOL. 26: WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER?”, 02/12/2025 Shinjuku FACE ??? Fans – Unannounced
1. Baka Battle Royal: Fuminori Abe Vs HARASHIMA Vs Shota Vs K4PY Vs Kota Sekifuda Vs Takeshi Masada Vs Dr. Cube Vs Erebus & Eagernon II Vs Shin Suzuki
2. Antonio Honda, Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi, Hagane Shinno & Chie Koishikawa Vs Baliyan Akki, Shivam, Jonathan Johnson & Sayaka
3. Dark King Ueki, Munek & Princess Ram Vs Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei & Karate Brahman
4. The Great Baka Mecha Wars Volume 2: Mecha MAO Vs Takagi Sanshirobo Vs Minoemon
5. BK-G Openweight Title – Mascara Contra Mascara: Mr. Malo (c) Vs Mr. Bueno
6. 18th Anniversary Special Single Match ~ A Match Of Hate?: Chris Brookes Vs Zack Sabre Jr.
7. Chris Brookes & Zack Sabre Jr. Vs Mr. Bueno & MAO
BAKA GAIJIN + FRIENDS “VOL. 26: WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER?”, 02/12/2025 Shinjuku FACE 500 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. Baka Battle Royal: Shin Suzuki defeated Dr. Cube’s Posse when Suzuki pinned Erebus with the Takatonic (?:??). Order Of Elimination: Kota Sekifuda, Shota, Fuminori Abe and Takeshi Masada and K4PY, HARASHIMA, Dr. Cube and Erebus and Eargernon II.
2. Antonio Honda, Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi, Hagane Shinno & Chie Koishikawa defeated Baliyan Akki, Shivam, Jonathan Johnson & Sayaka when Shinno & Koishikawa pinned Sayaka with a Double Cradle (?:??).
3. Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei & Karate Brahman defeated Dark King Ueki, Munek & Princess Ram when Shu & Kei pinned Ueki with the Gotai Fumanzoku (?:??).
4. The Great Baka Mecha Wars Volume 2: Minoemon defeated Mecha MAO and Takagi Sanshirobo when Minoemon pinned Sanshirobo with the Gotch-Style Piledriver through the Table (?:??).
5. BK-G Openweight Title – Mascara Contra Mascara: Mr. Bueno defeated Mr. Malo (c) with a Hurricanrana (?:??). *Mr. Malo fails in V9. Mr. Bueno becomes the 3rd BK-G Openweight Champion!
6. 18th Anniversary Special Single Match ~ A Match Of Hate?: Chris Brookes Vs Zack Sabre Jr. ended in a Time Limit Draw (20:00).
7. Mr. Bueno & MAO defeated Chris Brookes & Zack Sabre Jr. when Bueno pinned Brookes with a Diving Body Press from the human pyramid (?:??).
Let’s give it up for Chris Brookes making it to 18 years in the wrestling business! Let’s give it up to Baka Gaijin + Friends for making it to three years too. The third anniversary for this island of misfit toys was held away from the usual home of ARENA Shimokitazawa. They went for a bigger room this time by going to Shinjuku FACE but still held the show without a ring to keep it as the genuine article.
The main event was Brookes taking on someone who was kept a mystery to the fans until it was time for his entrance. It was Zack Sabre Jr.! The name of the bout was “A Match Of Hate?” and the two showed no mercy to each other by fighting amongst the crowd. Sabre’s close friend Antonio Honda had no choice but to do the rubber band spot to him while Brookes also dropped a child onto Sabre’s prone body afterwards. Sabre got some of his own licks in by Back Body Dropping Brookes onto the venue’s counter before bringing him back to the centre of the room to further pick Brookes apart. The two continued to go back and forth until Brookes gave Sabre the Praying Mantis Bomb and the bell rang to signal a time limit draw.
The action didn’t stop there because after the match MAO interrupted Brookes on the microphone and started arguing with him. Mr. Bueno ran down to bring peace but was left insulted when Sabre told him to fuck off. Everyone then started telling each other to fuck off until MAO & Bueno agreed to fight Brookes & Sabre, starting an impromptu bonus tag match! More chaotic brawling followed and screeched to a halt when Sabre tripped over the mat and hurt his knee. Honda got on the microphone to tell a Gongitsune joke only for MAO to stop him. MAO then summoned all of the other wrestlers on the show to lead a train attack at Sabre seated in the remains of the front row. That ended when Minoemon stopped himself in front of Sabre to tell him he was Minoru Suzuki in disguise! The two hugged and launched a counter attack on everyone, Brookes included. Their rampage was stopped with a fire extinguisher attack from Takagi Sanshirobo, which then resulted in Takayuki Ueki & Munetatsu Nakamura entering the room as cops. They suddenly held everyone at gunpoint threatening to shut the show down. MAO disarmed Nakamura but tragedy struck during the scramble to get the other gun from Ueki. Brookes succeeded in grabbing the gun but accidentally shot Sabre in the process! Brookes cradled the wounded Sabure in his arms until Sabre fainted. Out of desperation, Brookes charged the other team only to get knocked out by MAO’s Hurricane Kick. Bueno then threw Takeshi Masada on top of Brookes and ordered all of the other wrestlers to form a pyramid for him to climb. From the top of the pyramid, Bueno thanked the fans and jumped off to hit a Diving Body Press onto Masada and Brookes. He then pinned Brookes for the victory. After the match Brookes revived Sabre by pouring a can of beer into his mouth.
The stakes were high for the fated singles battle between Mr. Malo and Mr. Bueno. First, the BK-G Openweight Title held by Malo was on the line. Not only that but the loser of the match would have to unmask! Bueno had Malo’s cheating scouted yet respectfully kept allowing Malo to get back to his feet so they could fight on even terms. His good sportsmanship almost blew the match for him when Malo used the ref Daisuke Kiso to shield himself and then Low Blow his opponent after Kiso was thrown aside. But Bueno kicked out of a DDT and the Unprettier. He then got his momnentum back through a series of cradles that ended with him pinning Malo with a Hurricanrana to win the championship! Still, Bueno was too much of a good person to unmask his opponent afterwards, instead allowing Malo to take off the mask himself. Malo placed his poncho over his head and pulled the mask off. He then removed the poncho to reveal he is now wearing a white mask instead of his black on. Bueno couldn’t believe what he saw until he found the words to tell everyone what he was looking at… “My brother? I thought you died. I’m so happy!” The two brothers, now united, hugged to the applause of everyone in the room.
The Great Baka Mecha Wars couldn’t wait for all of the participants to be involved before it began. Mecha MAO and Takagi Sanshirobo immediately went to fight each other but soon the third fighter appeared. It was Minoemon, who as mentioned above was Minoru Suzuki disguised as the anime character Doraemon. He sat around with a bag of groceries, drinking beer and eating dorayaki until the other two robots attacked him. Minoemon and Sanshirobo brawled in the crowd while Mecha MAO stacked up some plastic cases and set out a table on top of them in the middle of the room. Mecha MAO and Sanshirobo then formed their own Megazord combination but it was all ruined when Minoemon poured water over the both of them. Mecha MAO short circuited around the room while Minoemon gave Sanshirobo the Gotch-Style Piledriver through the table and plastic cases to win the Mecha War.
The Brahman Brothers made a mess of their own with their match against Ueki’s Magic Kingdom. Things were made even worse when Karate Brahman decided to wipe natto all over his head. Dark King Ueki, Munek & Princess Ram all getting blinded with powder after that counts as a mercy killing in my book. I guess the damsel in distress who was kidnapped by the kingdom before the match was rescued as a result but it was anything but happy ever after.
Three members of the Daisetz band teamed up with one of their adoring fans in an 8-Man Tag Match. Chie Koishikawa was running around waving lightsticks for Antonio Honda, Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Hagane Shinno during their entrance. Facing them were the international foursome of Baliyan Akki from India, Shivam & Jonathan Johnson from Thailand and Sayaka from Japan. The two sides ended up getting into a Bionic Elbow duel. Everything then broke down until the Egg Tart team of Shinno & Koishikawa double cradled Sayaka for the pinfall.
The show opened with Shunma Katsumata announcing a Baka Battle Royal full of surprise entrants. Fuminori Abe and HARASHIMA started things off then were quickly joined by Shota and K4PY. Then Kota Sekifuda appeared carrying a large snake! He chased the wrestlers into the crowd where Abe picked up a child to hold up near the snake. HARASHIMA forced Abe to apologise while Sekifuda continued scaring everyone with his pet, even making Yukinori Matsui tap out even though he wasn’t part of the match. HARASHIMA finally put a stop to things by putting Sekifuda in a Cobra Twist while the snake was twisting itself around Sekifuda. He gave up and was the first elimination from the match. Shota was the next one gone when he and Takeshi Masada fought over a Backslide Pin. Abe kicked Masada in the stomach, unintentionally helping him roll Shota over for the pinfall. Suddenly danger happened when Dr. Cube entered the Battel along with two Kaiju from his posse: Erebus & Eargernon II. Together they ran wild on the other wrestlers and eliminated Abe, Masada and K4PY all at once. HARASHIMA showed shades of HERO! in trying to fight Dr Cube’s Posse off but he too also fell to them. It was all up to Shin Suzuki to save the day as the final entrant. He grabbed Dr. Cube’s helmet and twisted it off, removing his grisly face beneath and knocking him out with a neck snap in the process. He then pinned Erebus with the Takatonic to fully eliminate the Posse, making him the last man standing.
DDT “BE AMBITIOUS ~AUTUMN BATTLE~”, 30/11/2025 Tokyo Korakuen Hall ??? Fans – Unannounced
0. Dark Match: Akito, Daichi Sato & Yuya Koroku defeated Soma Takao, Rukiya & Hinata Kasai when Sato pinned Kasai with a PK (10:19).
1. Danshoku Dieno Return Match: Kazusada Higuchi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata defeated Danshoku Dieno, Antonio Honda & Kazuma Sumi when Higuchi submitted Dieno with the Claw (0:06).
1a. Rematch: Kazusada Higuchi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata defeated Danshoku Dieno, Antonio Honda & Kazuma Sumi when Hirata pinned Honda with the Miracle One Shot Cradle (6:35).
2. Special 3 Way Tag Match: Jun Masaoka & Gaia Hox defeated Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya and Demus & Ilusion when Masaoka pinned Ilusion with the F-DRIVE II (5:54).
3. Special 8-Man Tag Match: Chris Brookes, Naomi Yoshimura, Takeshi Masada & Yuki Ishida defeated Jun Akiyama, HARASHIMA, MBM & Ultima Sombra when Masada pinned MBM with the Masada No Chikara KOBU Mukimuki (5:54).
4. DDT Extreme Title – Weapon Gamble Match: To-y (c) defeated Sanshiro Takagi with the Kojima In Wonderland ~Kojima Wonderland~ onto the Plastic Case (10:57). *V5 for To-y.
5. KO-D Tag Team Titles: MAO & KANON (c) (w/ KIMIHIRO) defeated Daisuke Sasaki & Hideki Okatani when KANON pinned Okatani with the Modified LONELY DEZIRES (14:12). *V1 for STRANGE LOVE CONNECTION.
6. Special Single Match: KONOSUKE TAKESHITA defeated Shinya Aoki with a Modified Jackknife Pin (10:07).
7. KO-D Openweight Title & DDT Universal Title: Yuki Ueno (c/c) defeated Super Sasadango Machine with a Dropkick (27:16). *V3 for the KO-D Openweight Title. V1 for the DDT Universal Title.
High hopes and grand ambitions for the future spurred on Super Sasadango Machine as he found himself fighting Yuki Ueno for DDT’s top two championships in Korakuen Hall today. He spent the time leading up to the match working out with a personal trainer, had revealed the Reverse Shrimp Hold as his deadly secret weapon he had kept hidden for around two decades and he was watched over by Konosuke Takeshita in his corner for the match. The big problem though was Ueno banned Sasadango from giving any PowerPoint Presentations until this match took place, sapping away Sasadango’s creativity. Or did it? As he held Ueno in the Reverse Shrimp Hold, fighting to stop the champion from reaching the ropes “Etupirka” began to play and a spiritual PowerPoint Presentation was broadcast directly into the minds of everyone watching the match! In it Sasadango revealed then if he wins the KO-D Openweight Title and DDT Universal Title today, he will nominate Ueno to be his first challenger and hold the rematch at the 3rd January Korakuen show next year. Then the next day Sasadango will invade the Tokyo Dome to take over New Japan’s big show! Unfortunately for Sasadango the bonus motivation didn’t work and Ueno made it to the ropes to break his secret hold. Ueno also kicked out of the Vertical Drop Lehman Shock even though Sasadango hit the move three times throughout the match. Sasadango’s last plan was to simply use a Dropkick on Ueno but the champion got back up and did several Dropkicks of his own. Sasadango kicked out of the BME and the two wrestlers began Dropkicking each other back and forth. They both kept kicking out of the pins until Sasadango got Dropkicked in the face one time too many and couldn’t kick out anymore.
After the match Ueno thanked Sasadango for doing his best and asked him if they really can make the dream of bringing DDT to the Tokyo Dome come true? Sasadango said it is not a dream at all and it is their responsibility to take all of the DDT fans to that destination. If everybody puts their minds to it, they can definitely make it to the Tokyo Dome and fill it up for an amazing view! Ueno admitted he will never become an icon like Hiroshi Tanahashi but that’s okay. Sasadango advised him to just be himself and then left. Later during his backstage comments, Sasadango talked about the opportunities that will open up when Tanahashi retires for other wrestlers to become the next icon for the entire industry, not just in New Japan. There are so many things that need to be done for DDT to get to the Tokyo Dome but Sasadango promised he will work hard to help make it happen, especially since we are not that far off from DDT celebrating its 30th Anniversary.
But that’s still way off in the future. Ueno is also thinking about what he’s going to do next. Hisaya Imabayashi told him his next singles title match will happen on the 21st December Korakuen show and Ueno was allowed to choose his opponent. Ueno decided he will defend the KO-D Title against one of the D GENERATIONS wrestlers and the challenger would be determined right away with a Rock Paper Scissors tournament! He explained it would be the fairest way to quickly determine the No. 1 Contender and it is also an idea that has been passed down through DDT since ancient times. In the end, Takeshi Masada beat Yuki Ishida in the final to earn the title shot. Ueno asked him what does he want to do if he becomes champion? Masada said he will prove that he is the future of DDT. Ueno told him he has plenty of time to do that so he should say something that will make Ueno want to beat him. Masada said he will make Ueno feel despair when he beats him on the 21st!
Fresh off of losing winning his first match in the Continental Classic at AEW last week, Takeshita made it all the way back to DDT for a special rematch against Shinya Aoki. He brought the IWGP World Heavyweight Title with him but the match was a non-title bout. Aoki brought the challenge, finding unique ways to use his moves on Takeshita. He avoided being pinned with the Blue Thunder Bomb by applying a Cross Armbreaker and also used the setup for the Aoki Clutch as a feint to roll Takeshita into the European Clutch instead. Takeshita got the better of him though by escaping his different cradle pins and using a Backslide to roll himself on top of Aoki and pin him with a bridging Jackknife. Takeshita said backstage that he cannot afford to lose anywhere right now because the Tokyo Dome is waiting for him. He isn’t just talking about 4th January because as long as he is with DDT, he wants to go to the Tokyo Dome with DDT! He also sees how much the D GENERATIONS have improved and thinks DDT is in good hands with them around. Aoki is coming off of a recent MMA defeat in ONE FC and said how strange it is that today he feels he is back where he belongs. To him, martial arts and MMA are all part of the same rules as pro wrestling and he has come to love modern pro wrestling.
A grudge match over the KO-D Tag Team Titles pushed Strange Love Connection to bring in an extra ringside second alongside KIMIHIRO to even up the numbers against DAMNATION T.A. During the entrance KIMIHIRO introduced everyone to the stage actress Yuzuki Hoshimoto who was armed with a whip and also an illuminated blade shaped bat. However she didn’t turn out to do much when DAMNATION T.A attacked the champions during their entrance. She whipped MJ Paul a bit but he just shoved her against the ring apron in response. Things went worse for SLC when MAO’s attempted stage dive missed the target and he landed on KANON instead. Daisuke Sasaki continued to attack them with chairs, even Body Slamming KIMIHIRO onto a pile of them. Paul & Demus added more damage with interference spots but MAO got his own back by wiping them out at ringside with a Quebrada. Sasaki held MAO in La Mistica Crossface Lock while Hideki Okatani went to finish the job but KANON made a comeback on the two of them. As much as Okatani tried to harm KANON’s hand, he couldn’t stop him from doing the LONELY DEZIRES, giving SLC a hard earned victory and KANON his revenge.
After the match KANON spoke about having confidence now and proving he is not unwanted because he has friends who support him. SLC beat DAMNATION T.A but they don’t want their title run to end here. They heard that earlier today F-SWAG were telling everyone they want a title shot. MAO thinks it’s great that teams from outside DDT now want to fight for the KO-D Tag Titles because he needs new opponents to help himself and KANON grow stronger together. Meanwhile DAMNATION T.A were coming up with excuses for losing. Sasaki blamed it on bad calls while Okatani had regrets over not using his bamboo stick because he thought he could win without it.
Gambling was the name of the game when it came to today’s DDT Extreme Title match. Well actually the name of the match was Weapon Gamble but you know what I mean. To-y and Sanshiro Takagi spent over a week gambling their money in the hopes of raising funds for weapons to use in this match. Neither of them won anything substantial so they were reduced to finding weapons they didn’t have to pay for. The extra catch was every time a new weapon was introduced, they would have to play a card game where the person who drew the higher number would be allowed use the weapon on his opponent. One instance of this backfiring was when Takagi brought in a group of unpaid amateur indie wrestlers. To-y won the card game so all of the wrestlers attacked Takagi instead. The next item was a briefcase that To-y won the right to use but Takagi grabbed it and ran off. When the indie wrestlers chased after him, Takagi pulled out a spray can from the briefcase and blinded everyone with it. The Dramatic Dream was next and Takagi got to crash it into everyone up in the aisleway. Another bicycle was brought out but this one belonged to To-y’s parents! He and Takagi then crashed their bikes into each other. Then came the most dangerous weapon of the match: A parent-teacher meeting with To-y’s mother Miwa Kojima! Takagi won the card game so he got to tell Miwa about To-y’s gambling problem, claiming To-y has taken it so far that he has stolen Takagi’s money to fund it! Miwa also revealed her credit card is constantly in debt because of her son so she asked Takagi to help her. Takagi smashed a plastic case over To-y’s head as punishment which shocked Miwa. She had a sudden change of heart and slapped Takagi across the face, stunning him long enough for To-y to give him the Kojima In Wonderland onto the plastic cases for the victory. Mother and son hugged each other afterwards but To-y admitted he cannot quit gambling. He promised to make enough money to pay it all back though and then make even more money so he can gamble even more without it going to waste. He admits when you hold the Extreme Title you lose track of what is right and what is wrong. However he will always be authentic.
The first DDT tour for the Belgian tag team Rivality came to an end today with them getting to team up with Jun Akiyama & HARASHIMA. The four of them all joined forces to face the temporary alliance of SCHADENFREUDE International and Harimao. Early on MBM & Ultima Sombra got to experience the SCHADENFREUDE Tower spot from both sides. Sombra was the one getting punished while MBM got to pose on top of him with everyone else. Sombra also took the full brunt of the rubber band spot from Chris Brookes. Akiyama fought Naomi Yoshimura for the more serious part of the match but the finish came down to Masada & Ishida hitting their finishers on both members of MBM at the same time, leading to Masada pinning MBM.
As mentioned earlier, F-SWAG has come to DDT and they are looking for gold. Jun Masaoka & Gaia Hox made the most of the chaos that went on to win the 3 Way Tag Match against The Apex and DAMNATION T.A. They formed an alliance with Demus & Ilusion at first but betrayed them as soon as the opportunity arose. Hox wiped out Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya with a dive then made it back into the ring to help Masaoka finish off Ilusion for the victory. After the match F-SWAG got on the microphone and said they wanted to face the winners of the KO-D Tag Titles match on 21st December because that is the only date they have open that month. DDT better watch out!
After a month long delay in recovery, Danshoku Dieno finally got to make his triumphant return to the ring. Too bad the match began while he was making his entrance through the audience and Antonio Honda submitted to Kazusada Higuchi’s Claw Hold six seconds in. Imabayashi got mad at Dieno’s moment being ruined and ordered a restart. The match went on without a hitch with all of the Lip Locks and partial nudity you’d want in a Dieno match. Toru Owashi didn’t get a Lip Lock though despite anticipating he would. Dieno had extra pent up energy built up from his time away and it was used to charge up the Hirata Go! glasses and also Gongitsune (as well as a portable battery belonging to a fan at ringside). Kazuki Hirata turned the charged up Gongitsune against Honda in order to pin him with the Miracle One Shot Cradle.
In the dark match Akito, Daichi Sato & Yuya Koroku all teamed up to defeat Soma Takao, Rukiya & Hinata Kasai. Takao & Rukiya tried to break down Sato with a Sandwich Elbow attack so Kasai could hit him with a Missile Dropkick. Sato got back at Kasai with a Fisherman Suplex and pinned him with a Penalty Kick.
Two big matches featuring Kaisei Takechi were announced for December and January to help him prepare for his “WRESTLE KINGDOM” appearance. On 21st December he will team with HARASHIMA to face Yuji Nagata & Sanshiro Takagi. Then on 3rd January Takechi will defend the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles with The 37KAMIINA against SLC & Kazuma Sumi.
DDT “GORGEOUS NIGHT”, 23/11/2025 Fukushima Toyota Crown Arena (Fukushima National Sports Festival Memorial Gymnasium) Sub-Arena in Fukushima ??? Fans – Unannounced
1. Special Tag Match: To-y & Takeshi Masada defeated MBM & Ultima Sombra when To-y pinned MBM with the Kojima Impact (8:15).
2. Demus & Ilusion defeated Soma Takao & Yuya Koroku when Ilusion pinned Koroku with the Swanton Bomb (9:32).
3. Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & MJ Paul defeated HARASHIMA, Naomi Yoshimura & Hinata Kasai when Okatani pinned Kasai with the Skewer Claymore (12:11).
4. Special Tag Match: Chris Brookes & Arisu Endo defeated Kazuki Hirata & Moeka Haruhi when Endo pinned Hirata with the Ju no Okite (14:27).
5. KANON (w/ KIMIHIRO), Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida defeated Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya & Daichi Sato when Higuchi pinned Sato with the Claw Slam (14:45).
6. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Yuki Ueno, Jun Akiyama & Antonio Honda defeated Gorgeous Matsuno, MAO & Toru Owashi when Akiyama submitted Matsuno with a Wrist Lock (0:29).
6a. Rematch: Gorgeous Matsuno, MAO & Toru Owashi defeated Yuki Ueno, Jun Akiyama & Antonio Honda when Matsuno pinned Honda with the Gorgeous Superstar Elbow (19:42).
The main event all of a sudden became even more important when Gorgeous Matsuno decided he would retire if he was to lose today because his body is pretty much at its limit. He challenged the “youngster” Jun Akiyama to give him everything he’s got in the match. Akiyama then applied a Wrist Lock and Matsuno quickly gave up to it. Everything then quickly moved on to Matsuno’s sudden retirement ceremony but the 10 bell salute continued into an 11th bell and would have continued when Matsuno’s partner Junko Tashiro got on the microphone to interrupt it. She told Matsuno he cannot give up under these circumstances and encouraged him to restart the main event with everyone agreeing to do so.
The rematch turned out much better for Matsuno as he got to win by giving Antonio Honda the 619 followed by the Gorgeous Superstar Elbow. Matsuno told everyone on the mic afterwards that he has thought about retirement almost every day for the last two or three years but as long as everyone will support him he will stay active for the rest of his life! The show ended with Matsuno and Tashiro performing a duet together although it was slightly delayed because Tashiro forgot to give her CD to the sound engineer.
A mixed tag match on the undercard included Arisu Endo and Moeka Haruhi taking part. Endo is from Aizuwakamatsu City in Fukushima while Haruhi’s sister lives in the region too. That is the same sister Haruhi donated her kidney to two years ago. She and her daughter presented Haruhi with a bouquet of flowers in the ring before the match. Endo got to take part in the SCHADENFREUDE International spots as well as do a Missile Dropkick jumping off of Chris Brookes’s shoulders (Brookes had to crouch down during it because Endo was up way too high for the move while he was standing). After everyone joined in for Kazuki Hirata’s dance, Endo lifted him up and landed the Ju no Okite on him for the victory.
DDT “SHOUT YOUR LOVE IN HAMA’S RING!”, 22/11/2025 Kanagawa Radiant Hall ??? Fans – Unannounced
1. Kazusada Higuchi, Yuki Iino & Yukio Naya defeated MJ Paul, Demus & Ilusion when Iino pinned Paul with the Spear (11:07).
2. Special Tag Match: MBM & Ultima Sombra defeated MAO (w/ KIMIHIRO) & Kazuma Sumi when MBM pinned Sumi with the Package Piledriver (9:15).
3. Akito 16th Anniversary Match: Rukiya & Hinata Kasai defeated Kazuki Hirata & Soma Takao when Rukiya submitted Hirata with a Crab Hold (7:42). *Special Referee: Akito
4. Yuki Ishida & Daichi Sato defeated Takeshi Masada & Yuya Koroku when Ishida pinned Koroku with the Dosukoi Clutch (12:14).
5. O-40 Title: Daisuke Sasaki defeated Antonio Honda (c) with a Japanese Leg Roll Clutch Counter (12:36). *Antonio Honda fails in V1. Daisuke Sasaki becomes the 8th O-40 Champion!
6. Special Single Match: Hideki Okatani defeated KANON (w/ KIMIHIRO) with a Gyaku-uchi (13:41).
7. Special Tag Match: Yuki Ueno, To-y & Chris Brookes defeated Super Sasadango Machine, Sanshiro Takagi & HARASHIMA when Ueno pinned Sasadango with a School Boy (17:37).
In the final warm up match before the next Korakuen Hall show, Yuki Ueno got one over on Super Sasadango Machine for the finish. Sasadango tried to put his own mask over Ueno’s face to blind him but Ueno blocked it. Instead, Ueno put the mask back on Sasadango backwards, Dropkicked him in the head and then pinned him with a School Boy. While Sanshiro Takagi and To-y argued after the match over gambling, Ueno spoke to Sasadango and asked why he decided to challenge him for the KO-D Openweight Title? Sasadango’s answer was he wants to beat Ueno, carry his beaten body to the merchandise venue like a knight carrying a rescued princess and then make a ton of money from taking photos with the fans. Ueno cut him off and asked what does Sasadango want to do if he becomes champion? Sasadango pointed out that a huge hole in the wrestling world will open up when Hiroshi Tanahashi retires on 24th January. Sasadango sees this as his opportunity to become the next ace of the entire pro wrestling industry!
Hideki Okatani is playing mind games on KANON ahead of their KO-D Tag Team Titles Match. At the contract signing during the show, Okatani told KANON that no matter where he goes he will always be an unwanted child. Even if MAO picked KANON up after he was kicked out of DAMNATION T.A, he is only going to be abandoned again. Daisuke Sasaki doesn’t want to bring him back into the group and is going to ruin his life even more when DAMNATION T.A take the KO-D Tag Titles away from Strange Love Connection. KANON told them he is having the most fun of his career right now because he now has friends he can rely on. MAO thinks the best way KANON can get revenge on DAMNATION T.A is to show off how much more lively he is without them. Later in the show, Okatani beat KANON in a grudge match thanks to Sasaki hitting KANON in the back with a chair. A brawl then broke out where DAMNATION T.A overwhelmed SLC and left all of them laying, KIMIHIRO included. Despite that, KANON is trying to play some mind games back by saying Sasaki actually does want him back even though Sasaki says otherwise.
Today is Sasaki’s 40th birthday and he got to celebrate it even more by winning the O-40 Title from Antonio Honda! The former champion decided to be gracious after the match by singing Happy Birthday but Sasaki didn’t want to hear it and walked off with the belt. Backstage Sasaki sent a message out to all of the best wrestlers over the age of 40 to come fight him for the belt. He wants the likes of Roman Reigns, Cody Rhodes, CM Punk and Brock Lesnar to all answer his challenge.
Akito decided to be a referee for a match celebrating the 16th Anniversary of his debut because it is something he has never done before. Both Kazuki Hirata & Soma Takao wanted Akito to call things in their favor because yesterday was Hirata’s birthday and Takao is celebrating three years of managing the Dropkick Bar. When Akito declined to help, they then tried to bribe him 3,000 yen. Akito accepted the deal and purposely counted fast for them while counting slow for Rukiya & Hinata Kasai. However he had a change of heart after Rukiya confronted him over his officiating and was convinced to change sides because Rukiya is worth more to him than 3,000 yen. Akito then instructed Rukiya how to correctly apply a Crab Hold and Rukiya used the move to successfully submit Hirata.
DDT “UTAN FESTA 2025”, 16/11/2025 Tokyo JR Omori Station East Exit Square 1,116 Fans – Super No Vacancy
1. Takeshi Masada defeated Hinata Kasai with the Masada No Chikara KOBU Mukimuki (9:37)
2. Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & MJ Paul defeated Naomi Yoshimura, Yukio Naya & Rukiya when Paul pinned Rukiya with the Reverse Splash (9:27).
3. Omori World Title Next Challenger Battle Royal: Ilusion defeated Soma Takao by Ring Out (13:14). Order Of Elimination: Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Toru Owashi, Yuki Iino, Demus and Soma Takao.
4. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Jun Akiyama, HARSHIMA & Chikara defeated Kazusada Higuchi, Akito & Yuki Ishida when HARASHIMA pinned Ishida with the Somato (9:55).
5. Interim World Omori Title: Kazuki Hirata defeated Antonio Honda with the Miracle One Shot Cradle (10:59). *Kazuki Hirata becomes the Interim World Omori Champion.
6. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Yuki Ueno, To-y & Yuya Koroku defeated MAO, KANON & Kazuma Sumi (w/ KIMIHIRO) when Ueno pinned Sumi with the Frog Splash (19:46).
Normally when DDT holds their annual outdoor “UTAN FESTA” shows there is a World Omori Title match to go with it. The current champion right now is Masahiro Takanashi but he is still out of action with his cervical injury. Rather than strip him of the title, DDT instead opted to crown an Interim World Omori Champion on this year’s show. Both Kazuki Hirata and Antonio Honda were joint No. 1 Contenders coming out of last year’s Battle Royal so they were now fighting each other over the Interim Title. Hirata came out on top and promised to spend an entire year as the undefeated Interim Champion. However the new No. 1 Contender Ilusion threated to take the belt next year and replace it with the World Akabane Title which he will be the champion of forever! Hirata promised that next year he will take off Ilusion’s mask and force him to become a resident of Omori!
DDT “RYOGOKU AFTER ~IT’S A WONDERFUL BATTLE~”, 06/11/2025 Shinjuku FACE ??? fans – Unannounced
1. Demus & Ilusion defeated Kazuki Hirata & Takeshi Masada when Demus pinned Hirata with La Valagueza (11:30).
2. Special Tag Match: Naomi Yoshimura & Kumadori defeated Soma Takao & Hinata Kasai when Yoshimura submitted Kasai with a Side Headlock (9:35).
3. Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & MJ Paul defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Yuya Koroku & Rukiya when Oktani pinned Rukiya with the Skewer-Style Claymore (10:56).
4. Chris Brookes defeated Yuki Ishida with a PK (12:08).
5. Special Tag Match: Minoru Suzuki & HARASHIMA defeated Kazusada Higuchi & Daichi Sato when Suzuki pinned Sato with the Gotch-Style Piledriver (13:22).
6. Special Single Match: KONOSUKE TAKESHITA defeated Antonio Honda with the Raging Fire (18:06).
7. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Super Sasadango Machine, Sanshiro Takagi & Jun Akiyama defeated Yuki Ueno, To-y & Kazuma Sumi when Sasadango submitted Sumi with a Reverse Shrimp Hold (18:41).
Life moves quickly and DDT is already setting up stakes for their next Korakuen Hall show while “ULTIMATE PARTY 2025” shrinks away in the rear view window. Yuki Ueno will now be defending his two championships against Super Sasadango Machine but a condition was put down for the challenger to follow during the contract signing at the start of today’s show. Ueno thinks it is important for the fans to understand why he and Sasadango want to win this match so much so a pre-match hype video will be necessary. So to avoid any time constraints, Ueno told Sasadango he cannot be allowed to hold a PowerPoint Presentation before the match! Sasadango was speechless until he found the words to ask if PowerPoint was always banned for KO-D Openweight Title matches (Sasadango did have a presentation for his only previous KO-D Title match back in 2014 but it was also a surprise Right To Challenge cash in) and if the fans were okay with this? Ueno admitted he is looking out for himself because of how big the stakes are but if Sasadango cannot be confident without PowerPoint then he shouldn’t be in the match. Sasadango reluctantly agreed and signed the contract. There will be no PowerPoint presentation when the KO-D Title and DDT Universal Title are both on the line on 30th November.
So now Sasadango needed to think of a new plan for the double title match. Ueno admitted during the segment that Muscle Sakai’s mind as well as his hard work inspires him and he wants to use that motivation to achieve his dream of bringing DDT to the Tokyo Dome. Sasadango warned that he can think of 100 different moves to make at any given time and he quickly focused on one to prove he deserves to have the double title match. In the main event he unmasked himself and pulled the mask over Ueno’s face to distract him. He then put Kazuma Sumi in a Crab Hold and applied enough pressure to make Sumi give up! That is the new plan Sasadango has come up with to beat Ueno, the Crab H… no wait, the Reverse Shrimp Hold! It is his favorite move because shrimp is his favorite food but he has kept it hidden throughout his entire wrestling career. With his plump body and Ueno’s toned waist, Sasadango warns that the Reverse Shrimp Hold will snap Ueno in half!
Also after the main event, To-y and Sanshiro Takagi argued over their DDT Extreme Title match happening on 30th November. Takagi reminded To-y that the champion is meant to choose the stipulation match. To-y snapped back and said he knows that because he has defended the title five times already. He loves to gamble now so they are going to have a Weapon Gamble match. Takagi likes the idea because it sounds like his favorite gimmick match, the Weapon Rumble. To-y later explained the rules on Twitter. During the match weapons will be brought down to the ring one after the other. Every time a new weapon appears, To-y and Takagi will play a gambling game and only the winner gets to use the weapon. If the loser takes the weapon and uses it instead, they will be disqualified. The usual victory conditions for a wrestling match still apply. With these rules, To-y promises to extinguish Takagi’s fire!
The match between Konosuke Takeshita and Antonio Honda turned into a partial Happy Motel reunion because was at ringside Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi to watch it up close (the missing member Tetsuya Endo is currently ill and I’m unsure if he could have shown up for this). He also got involved by joining in the Gongitsune spot and later slamming Takeshita so Honda would have a better chance at winning. Takeshita ended up using his own Bionic Elbow to defeat Honda’s version before pinning him with the Raging Fire. After the match Takeshita told fans about the existence of Happy Motel and how it turned out to be one of DDT’s least popular units in history. He spent the most important parts of his early twenties being in the group but it was worth it to him because he learned so much from Honda and Hiroshi. The lessons they taught him he still uses today in America and New Japan. Honda was happy to hear that because Happy Motel’s failure still springboarded Takeshita out into the world. Honda also feels like the happiest wrestler in the world because somebody like him got to wrestle against the world famous Takeshita in front of a wonderful audience that all came to see him.
Takeshita promise to use today’s match as motivation for his next IWGP World Heavyweight Title defence at the Tokyo Dome on 4th January. He later said not one moment in his pro wrestling career has been wasted. The reason he has this championship is because he loves pro wrestling. And while he is in DDT revisiting everyone who has helped make him stronger, he next wants to have another singles match with Shinya Aoki! The two last fought each other in Las Vegas back in April but after last week’s Sumo Hall show Aoki also made a comment about wanting to face Takeshita again. DDT have booked the match for 30th November at Korakuen and it will be their first singles bout together since January, 2022.
A flu bug seems to have hit the roster coming out of Sumo Hall. MAO and Yuki Iino had already pulled out of today’s show due to illness but KANON, Akito and Yukio Naya all ended up missing the show too (Endo is also being taken off this weekend’s NOAH show for having the flu). The main members of Strange Love Connection being absent meant KIMIHIRO was at the show by himself with nothing to do. He was given a spot in the middle of the show to perform a rap in the ring but DAMNATION T.A suddenly ran out and attacked him! Hideki Okatani in particular roughed him up with a bamboo stick while Daisuke Sasaki complained that SLC should give up the KO-D Tag Team Titles if they’re not going to show up and get in the ring! Later backstage Okatani brought up how Sasaki broke a rib the last time they fought for the KO-D Tag Titles and he came back to fight again so being sick should be no excuse for MAO & KANON to miss matches. Their challenge was granted and they will face SLC for the KO-D Tag Titles on 30th November.
Another wrestler from DAMNATION T.A caused trouble earlier in the show. Ilusion ran out after the second match and attacked Kumadori at ringside. They went back into the ring where Kumadori tried to spark a comeback but Ilusion cut him off with a Low Blow and then attacked him with a chair. Ilusion explained to Kumadori that he’s just teaching him how painful pro wrestling is and he will drive him into a pro wrestling depression! Kumadori promised to get revenge and he will beat up Ilusion when the time comes.
In the opening match Takeshi Masada stopped Kazuki Hirata from putting on the Hirata GO! glasses because he wanted to see Hirata be cool instead. Demus got his hands on the glasses but refused to put them on because he had his own pair designed in the colours of the Mexican flag. Ilusion gave them to him and when Demus put them on “Escándalo” by Le Sonora Dinamita started playing while everyone in the ring danced with each other for about twenty seconds before Demus attacked Hirata and pinned him with La Valagueza.
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