Dramatic DDT

DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2010 SUMMER VACATION”
25/7/10
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

0. KO-D Tag Team Title: Sanshiro Takagi & Munenori Sawa (c) defeated Jun Kasai & Kamui (16:30) when Sawa submitted Kamui in the bathroom with the Octopus Hold (16:30).
*V8 for Takagi & Sawa.
1. Daisuke Sasaki, Takao Soma & Kazuki Hirata defeated Shigehiro Irie, Tatsuhiko Yoshino & Akito when Soma pinned Akito with the Diving Guillotine Drop (11:21).
2. UWA Trios Title, Jiyugaoka Six Man Tag Team Title & Nihonkai Six Man Tag Team Title, 3 Way Match: Great Kojika, Mr. #6 & Riho (c) defeated Hikaru Sato, Keisuke Ishii & YOSHIHIKO (c) and KUDO, Yasu Urano & Antonio Honda (c) when Riho pinned Honda with the Kurukuru Ribbon (11:05).
*V1 for Kojika, Riho & Mr. #6. They become the 42nd UWA Trios Champions and the 6th Jiyugaoka Six Man Tag Team Champions. Belt Hunter X Hunter fail in V1. KUDO, Urano & Honda fail in V1.
3. KO-D Tag Team Title Contendership Gauntlet: Suicide Boyz (MIKAMI & Tanomusaku Toba) defeated Josai International Combo (Goro Tsurumi & Tomimitsu Matsunaga), Massive Brothers (Muscle Sakai & Honey Jiro), Disaster-BOX (Toru Owashi & Yukihiro Abe) and Wild Snake (Manabu Nakanishi & Poison Sawada JULIE).
3a. Massive Brothers eliminated Josai International Combo when Honey submitted Matsunaga eith an Anklelock (5:31).
3b. Disaster-BOX eliminated Massive Brothers when Abe pinned Sakai with a School Boy (2:05).
3c. Suicide Boyz eliminated Disaster-BOX when Toba pinned Abe with a La Magistral (5:14).
3d. Suicide Boyz eliminated Wild Snake when MIKAMI pinned JULIE with the Volcanic Bomb (10:39).
4. TAJIRI defeated Dick Togo with an Inside Cradle (6:22).
5. One-Year Contract War – Captain’s Fall No DQ Match: Sanshiro Takagi, Michael Nakazawa (c) & Munenori Sawa defeated Yago Aznable (c), MA Hoshitango & Anavel Taro when Nakazawa pinned Yago with the Firebird Splash (14:05).
6. Naomichi Marufuji defeated Kenny Omega with a Modified Brainbuster (20:06).
7. Handicap Match: Danshoku Dino defeated HG & RG when Dino submitted HG with the Cross Kneelock (16:13).
8. KO-D Openweight Title: HARASHIMA defeated Daisuke Sekimoto (c) with the Swan Dive Somato (26:21).
*Sekimoto fails in V5. HARASHIMA becomes the 32nd KO-D Openweight Champion.

Some early notes from the show:

The attendence for this show is said to be 8,800 fans, which is another great success for DDT. So much so that the annual Sumo Hall show is here to stay with the next one planned for 24th July, 2011. The arena was said to be 60% full by the time the dark match began. The show opened with an appearance by the former ring announcer for New Japan, Kero Tanaka who joined Michael Nakazawa as they watched footage from last year’s event of Nakazawa’s backside exploding. The Wild Snake team were at odds during the Tag Gauntlet and the pairing of Posion Sawada JULIE and Manabu Nakanishi eventually fell apart with JULIE casting his snake magic on his own partner! Kota Ibushi made an appearance at intermission and wished his B.F.F. Kenny Omega the best of luck for his match against Naomichi Marufuji. Despite being victorious, Marufuji suffered an arm injury during the bout and had it taped up as soon as the match ended. After Danshoku Dino’s victory over HG & RG, Dino asked HG if he really was ready to retire. They were interruped by a video message by Genichiro Tenryu, who urged HG to continue wrestling. HG decided not to retire and made out with Dino to celebrate. With the KO-D Openweight title back round his waist, HARASHIMA is now a 4-time holder of the title.