DDT “REMBRANDT LARIAT SERIES 2024 COMEBACK ~BATTLE OF THE CORAL~” Results

September 23, 2024

DDT “REMBRANDT LARIAT SERIES 2024 COMEBACK ~BATTLE OF THE CORAL~”, 23/09/2024
Rembrandt Hotel Tokyo Machida Coral Room
232 Fans

1. To-y & Kazuma Sumi defeated Yuni & Yuki Ishida when To-y pinned Ishida with the Kojima Impact (7:19).
2. Soma Takao defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga with the Official Endless Waltz (6:58).
3. Special Single Match: Kazuki Hirata defeated Antonio Honda with the Miracle One Shot Cradle (10:31).
4. Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & MJ Paul defeated Chris Brookes, Keigo Nakamura & Ilusion when Sasaki submitted Nakamura with the Crossface Lock (12:11).
5. Jun Akiyama, Akito & Yukio Naya defeated Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku when Akito pinned Koroku with a Cradle (13:38).
6. Special Single Match – Hardcore Rules: Shunma Katsumata defeated Makoto Oishi with the Chain Wrapped Totonou Splash onto Toy Blocks (11:59).
7. Special Tag Match: Yuki Ueno & MAO defeated HARASHIMA & Danshoku Dieno when MAO pinned Dieno with a Gedo Clutch (19:43).
-. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Shunma Katsumata defeated Danshoku Dieno (c) by Pinfall (3:14 pm).
*Shunma Katsumata becomes the 1,672nd champion.
7a. Rematch: Yuki Ueno, MAO & Shunma Katsumata defeated HARASHIMA, Danshoku Dieno & Makoto Oishi when Katsumata pinned Dieno after the Our Mad Max (6:15).
-. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Danshoku Dieno defeated Shunma Katsumata (c) with the Gaydo Clutch (6:04 pm).
*Danshoku Dieno becomes the 1,673rd champion.

For the first time in a long time DDT worked with Rembrandt Hotel to hold a show in one of their ballrooms. The main event had an unexpected title change when midway through the match both teams got into a convoluted spot at ringside and Shunma Katsumata suddenly pinned Danshoku Dieno on the floor to win the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title. Dieno would then lose the match proper when MAO reversed the Gaydo Clutch and pinned him using a regular Gedo Clutch. Makoto Oishi asked for a rematch this time as a 6-Man Tag. The hotel manager was so touched by Oishi’s speech he gave his approval to Hisaya Imabayashi and permitted them to go ahead with it. The 37KAMIINA would win the match again by pinning Dieno once more. Dieno would finally get his own back hours after the show ended when he attacked Katsumata during the post-show fan event. In the attack he gave Katsumata the Lip Lock and then the Gaydo Clutch to win back the Iron Man Title.

Katsumata’s busy day also saw him beat Oishi in a singles match for the first time ever. They agreed to add a Hardcore rule where each would be allowed to choose a weapon that would be placed at the entrance. Only those weapons were allowed. Katsumata chose a box full of block toys while Oishi’s weapon was a steel chain. Katsumata would use the Miracle Ecstasy to slam Oishi onto the blocks. He then wrapped the chain around his own waist and hit the Totonou Splash for the win. The two were joined by Yuni & Kazuma Sumi after the match. All four of them danced together as Shin NωA. Katsumata later promised the next time he fights Oishi he will try to win without using any weapons.

Yuki Iino’s team lost to Yukio Naya’s team today but Iino is still confident he will defend the DDT Universal Title against Naya at Korakuen Hall next Sunday. He is still more BURNING than Naya and will burn even more at the title match. Naya said the audience who will see them at Korakuen will be a mixture of long time fans and first time viewers. He believes everyone won’t be able to take their eyes off of himself and Iino when the two heavyweights clash with each other.

After Match #4 Ilusion challenged DAMNATION T.A to a KO-D Tag Team Titles match. Daisuke Sasaki took a minute to drink a glass of beer before making a decision. He decided he will accept a challenge from SCHADENFREUDE International but he will not accept any challenge from Ilusion because he wears a weird looking mask! Chris Brookes comforted Ilusion because he thinks the challenge was a good idea. It was later decided that Brookes, Antonio Honda & Takeshi Masada will be the SCHADENFREUDE team getting the title shot on 3rd October.

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DDT “ROJO PRO WRESTLING IN NARAHA TOWN ~J VILLAGE~” Results

September 21, 2024

DDT “ROJO PRO WRESTLING IN NARAHA TOWN ~J VILLAGE~”, 21/09/2024
J Village, Naraha Town, Fukushima
??? Fans – Unannounced

1. Falls Count Anywhere 10-Man Tag Match: Yuki Ueno, MAO, Shunma Katsumata, To-y & Yuki Ishida defeated Chris Brookes, Danshoku Dieno, Yukio Naya, Keigo Nakamura & Kazuma Sumi when To-y pinned Nakamura with the Naraha Volley Shot (63:26).
*Naraha Town PC defeated Chinchester United.

Bad weather didn’t stop DDT from paying a visit to Naraha Town for an unusual pro wrestling match. The area they chose to hold the match was a half sized soccer court so the match was treated just like a game of football. That’s right it was a Fighting Soccer Rules match!

To-y led his team called Naraha Town PC (Pro Wrestling Club) to take on the away side known as Chinchester United. The Chin U captain Danshoku Dieno declared that if his team wins then the J Village would be turned into a “G Village”. Both sides walked onto the pitch accompanied by child mascots and stood for the national anthem before kick off.

The match was a game of football where the players were allowed to use wrestling moves on each other. Also after every five minutes a mini-game took place. There was a game of keepy uppy, a goal kick distance challenge and also a sumo match for some reason. Naraha Town beat Chin U but the visiting team begged for the match to be decided by penalty shootout.

Naraha won the shootout 3-2 but Chin U didn’t take to the result kindly. A shoving match broke out between the teams and Keigo Nakamura suddenly headbutted To-y, Zinedine Zidane style! A brawl broke out and Dieno decided since they are all pro wrestlers they are going to have a pro wrestling match right now!

The match was Falls Count Anywhere. It started in the football court and spread out from there. Chris Brookes gathered together umbrellas to attack the other team with, Yuki Ueno & Shunma Katsumata attacked Kazuma Sumi over by a tree, Sumi reversed an Irish Whip and threw Katsumata down a nearby hill, a chain of Headscissors was formed on the ground and Yukio Naya flipped it over into a long Boston Crab hold stretching across the path. MAO then gave Sumi a Tombstone Piledriver onto the concrete. A table was brought over and Yuki Ishida put Nakamura through it with a Fire Thunder Driver.

The match found its way over to another football pitch nearby. This time it was a full sized one but everyone decided to just focus on one end of the field. Another penalty shot challenge took place but this time it was Naraha Town all giving Chin U a collective Penalty Kick at the same time. Chin U set up a reversal but Naya got impatient and went to kick Katsumata before any of his teammates were ready.

A ladder was set up for Dieno to put himself in the Hell Gate position but Katsumata later used it to hit the Totonou Splash on both Dieno & Sumi. To-y sprinted from one end of the pitch to the other and gave Nakamura a Leg Lariat into the goal. The Naraha Volley Shot kept Nakamura down for the count and To-y won the match for his side.

At the end of the day, Naraha Town PC celebrated their hard earned victory. To-y told the fans that his next goal is to get DDT to hold a proper show with a wrestling ring in Fukushima.

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DDT “DRAMATIC DENSHI TICKET IN SHINJUKU” Results

September 20, 2024

DDT “DRAMATIC DENSHI TICKET IN SHINJUKU”, 20/09/2024
Shinjuku FACE
280 Fans

1. Special Single Match: Kazuki Hirata defeated Akito with the Miracle One Shot Cradle (10:28).
*Kazuki Hirata wins Akito’s Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Shield.
2. No Tag Rules: Masahiro Takanashi, Antonio Honda & Ilusion defeated Toru Owashi, Danshoku Dieno & Keigo Nakamura when Takanashi pinned Nakamura with a School Boy (11:28).
3. Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku defeated Jun Akiyama & Yuki Ishida when Koroku submitted Ishida with the Triangle Lancer (10:42).
4. Special Single Match: Tetsuya Endo defeated To-y with the Burning Star Press (14:18).
5. Special 8-Man Tag Match: Daisuke Sasaki, Ryuichi “Fire” Kawakami, KANON & MJ Paul defeated HARASHIMA, Soma Takao, Yukio Naya & Kazuma Sumi when Kawakami pinned Sumi with the Thunder Fire Power Bomb (9:39).
6. Special Single Match: Yuki Ueno defeated Makoto Oishi with the WR (13:05).
7. KO-D Tag Team Titles: MAO & Shunma Katsumata defeated Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada (c) when MAO submitted Masada with the Dick Killer (21:36).
*SCHADENFREUDE International fails in V1. ShunMao becomes the 84th KO-D Tag Team Champions!

ShunMao have won the KO-D Tag Team Titles they had to give up almost a year and a half ago! The match was supposed to be held under regular tag rules but chaos broke out immediately when the two teams tried attacking each other with the title belts. Right after that a brawl broke out with everybody from both SCHADENFREUDE International and The 37KAMIINA. Things calmed down only to get chaotic again after Yukinori Matsui suffered from a ref bump. ShunMao could have gotten the win earlier when they gave Takeshi Masada the Our Mad Max but the replacement ref Daisuke Kiso was then knocked out by Chris Brookes. With no refs around at all, more weapons were brought into the match like staplers and plastic boxes. Matsui got his senses back but the title belts were still kept around to be used as weapons. Masada used one of the belts to shield himself from Shunma Katsumata’s Totonou Splash. He then hit MAO with the belt but MAO countered his finisher into the Michinoku Driver II onto the same belt. MAO then put Masada in the Just Face Lock and morphed it into the Dick Killer variation to make him tap out.

MAO told everyone after the match that he still has a lot of ideas that he’s been saving up for this new title run and he wants to do them all even if it means he’ll get scolded a lot. He gave credit to Masada and admitted he underestimated him. He has become a great SCHADENFREUDE-like wrestler and deserves to be considered one of ShunMao’s rivals along with CDK. He also suggested the next time these four wrestlers face each other it should be a match with all of the ring ropes taken down! Hisaya Imabayashi then informed ShunMao they will have a title defence on 3rd October and asked if they have any suggestions for challengers. They remembered Makoto Oishi’s final day of his DDT contract is on that date so they want to defend the titles against him. Oishi walked out with Danshoku Dieno and said he wants ShunMao to be his final opponents as a DDT wrestler. He also wants to win the tag titles with Dieno because they never held those belts together before. MAO called Oishi his master and said it is an apprentice’s job to make things easier for their master. Without Oishi, ShunMao would have never become champions so they agreed to face Oishi & Dieno on 3rd October. Backstage MAO warned that it is also an apprentice’s job to deliver the final blow on their master.

Oishi’s last DDT singles match with Yuki Ueno took place before the main event. Dieno was in his corner cheering him on particularly when Ueno tried to beat Oishi with ground work. Oishi got a hold of Ueno by the legs and put him in the Fujiyama Knee Lock but Ueno countered it into a Sleeper Hold. Ueno used the hold for another counter and switched it into the WR to get the three count. Oishi praised Ueno backstage and called him the face of DDT. The match reminded Oishi he’s been in an amazing place like DDT for the last 13 years. Dieno then told Oishi there is something they haven’t done together yet, which led to the challenge at the end of the show.

Ryuichi “Fire” Kawakami announced the time has come for him to change his focus to a certain company with the letter “G” in its name so FIRE DAMNATION are ceasing activities as of today. But Kawakami promises it will come back whenever he returns to DDT.

At the recent No Spoiler Beer Garden show Kazuki Hirata reverted by to his rookie form. He forgot to revert back because he appeared for his match in his old gear using his old entrance music. Akito was confused but went along with it for five minutes. He then got on the microphone and said it was a nice reminder of their earlier days of wrestling each other but he would like to fight the current day Hirata now. Hirata felt unsure a pair of Hirata GO! glasses were brought into the ring. Hirata and Akito put them on, danced while wrestling and then Hirata shockingly pinned Akito with the Miracle One Shot Cradle to win the match and take the Right To Challenge Shield! Hirata wasn’t happy though and he held the Shield with digust. He is still thinking like a rookie and is more concerned about doing his behind the scenes chores rather than worry about winning a championship.

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Video – HARASHIMA Vs Hiroshi Tanahashi From 2015

September 20, 2024


DDT “RYOGOKU PETER PAN 2015 ~FROM DDT WITH LOVE~”, 23/08/2015
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
6,670 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

8. Dramatic Dream Match: HARASHIMA Vs Hiroshi Tanahashi

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Dramatic Denshi, BASARA In Kanra Town, New Names Added To DDT In Seattle Weekend

September 19, 2024

DDT “DRAMATIC DENSHI TICKET IN SHINJUKU”, 20/09/2024
Shinjuku FACE

1. Special Single Match: Akito Vs Kazuki Hirata
2. Masahiro Takanashi, Antonio Honda & Ilusion Vs Toru Owashi, Danshoku Dieno & Keigo Nakamura
3. Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku Vs Jun Akiyama & Yuki Ishida
4. Special Single Match: Tetsuya Endo Vs To-y
5. Special 8-Man Tag Match: Daisuke Sasaki, Ryuichi “Fire” Kawakami, KANON & MJ Paul Vs HARASHIMA, Soma Takao, Yukio Naya & Kazuma Sumi
6. Special Single Match: Yuki Ueno Vs Makoto Oishi
7. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada (c) Vs MAO & Shunma Katsumata

Two contract signings will take place before the show for the upcoming DDT Universal Title and DDT Extreme Title matches.

There are two remaining Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Shields left in play. The Blue one is held by Masahiro Takanashi and the White one is held by Akito.

DDT “REMBRANDT LARIAT SERIES 2024 COMEBACK ~BATTLE OF THE CORAL~”, 23/09/2024
Rembrandt Hotel Tokyo Machida Coral Room

1. To-y & Kazuma Sumi Vs Yuni & Yuki Ishida
2. Soma Takao Vs Tomomitsu Matsunaga
3. Special Single Match: Antonio Honda Vs Kazuki Hirata
4. Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & MJ Paul Vs Chris Brookes, Keigo Nakamura & Ilusion
5. Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku Vs Jun Akiyama, Akito & Yukio Naya
6. Special Single Match: Shunma Katsumata Vs Makoto Oishi
7. Special Tag Match: Yuki Ueno & MAO Vs HARASHIMA & Danshoku Dieno

Let’s add a Soma Takao versus Tomomitsu Matsunaga match to the undercard because why not?

BASARA “KANRA TOWN 65TH ANNIVERSARY – KANRA PRO WRESTLING FESTIVAL”, 29/09/2024
Gunma Kanra Junior High School Gymnasium

1. Isami Kodaka, Minoru Fujita & MAZADA Vs Ryuichi Sekine, Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino
2. Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Daichi Kazato Vs Banana Senga & Ryota Hama
3. Takumi Tsukamoto & SAGAT Vs Ryota Nakatsu & Shuichiro Katsumura
4. Takeru Inoue Vs Yujiro Yamamoto
5. KUBITO Vs Yasu Urano
6. FUMA Vs Hideki “Shrek” Sekine

For the second year in a row FUMA is bringing a BASARA show to his current home of Kanra Town in Gunma. The line-up is a little different than what BASARA usually serves up in Tokyo. Outsiders like Hideki Sekine, Yujiro Yamamoto, Shuichiro Katsumura, Ryota Hama and MAZADA are all booked up and down the card. FUMA likes to hunt so he’s going after one of the biggest beasts around in the form of Sekine.

DDT/DEFY “DDT IN UTERO”, 09/11/2024
Washington Hall, Seattle, Washington, USA

New wrestlers have been announced for the Seattle shows. Joining Konosuke Takeshita for the weekend are Daisuke Sasaki, Danshoku Dieno, MAO, Gringo Loco, Shota, Yuni and Yoshihiko.

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DDT “DRAMATIC INFINITY 2024 TOUR IN SAPPORO – DAY 2” Results

September 16, 2024

DDT “DRAMATIC INFINITY 2024 TOUR IN SAPPORO – DAY 2”, 16/09/2024
Hokkaido Sapporo Sun Plaza
313 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Daisuke Sasaki & KANON defeated Yuki Ishida & Ilusion when KANON submitted Ishida with the Just Cobra Twist (9:09).
2. Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Makoto Oishi defeated Tomoya, Akito & Kazuki Hirata when Oishi pinned Hirata with a Cradle (10:17).
3. Special Tag Match: Jun Akiyama & Noriyuki Yoshida defeated Yuki Ueno & Keigo Nakamura when Yoshida pinned Nakamura with the mo:tatterarehen (9:58).
4. Special Single Match: Shinya Aoki defeated Yuya Koroku with a Full Nelson Clutch (8:09).
5. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title – Birmingham Style Match: Danshoku Dieno defeated Chris Brookes (c) with the Gaydo Clutch (13:02).
*Danshoku Dieno becomes the 1,671st champion.
6. Special 6-Man Tag Match: HARASHIMA, Yukio Naya & Kazuma Sumi defeated MAO, Shunma Katsumata & To-y when Sumi pinned To-y with a School Boy (16:52).
*Kazuma Sumi wins To-y’s Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Shield.
-. DDT Extreme Title – School Boy Only 1 Count Rules: Shunma Katsumata (c) defeated Kazuma Sumi with a School Boy (5:12).
*V6 for Shunma Katsumata. Kazuma Sumi cashes in his Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Shield.

Poor To-y. Poor, poor To-y. For the third day in a row he approached Yuki Iino in the ring threatening to cash in his Right To Challenge Shield for a DDT Universal Title match. And for the third day in a row Iino went to stop him mid-speech with a Spear. This time however To-y had the move scouted and countered Iino with a Dropkick. He then tried to find Hisaya Imabayashi to hand him the Shield and cash in his shot but couldn’t see him anywhere (Imabayashi was not at the show). By this point Iino recovered, hit To-y with the Spear after all and left ringside.

To-y’s day got even worse when he reappeared for his scheduled main event match and lost by pinfall to Kazuma Sumi! The School Boy that Sumi’s been using thanks to MIKAMI’s influence resulted in To-y’s story coming to a bad end. Sumi’s story however was just about to approach its climax because he immediately used the Shield to challenge Shunma Katsumata for the DDT Extreme Title! Sumi also suggested the special rules for the match should be you can only win with a School Boy and also just need a 1 Count to get a victory. Katsumata agreed to the terms and Yukinori Matsui confirmed the decision in Imabayashi’s place so the match went ahead.

Sumi went for the School Boy three times but Katsumata kicked out before the 1 Count on every attempt. They fought outside and back in the ring Katsumata missed the Totonou Splash. Sumi tried to pin him but Katsumata still kicked out before one. Katsumata dodged a High Kick and gave Sumi a School Boy over and over and over until he finally got a 1 Count to win the match and retain the title. Katsumata gave Sumi credit for coming up with a good time to cash in the shield and now acknowledges he is an “Extreme Man”. They are still going to be linked together as part of the Shin NωA and will be teaming up again soon for the IPPON Lighttube Tag Team Death Match. An upset To-y told the rest of The 37KAMIINA he will win one of the remaining Right To Challenge Shields so he can finally challenge Iino for the Universal Title.

The rules of the Birmingham Style Match is you are only allowed to pin your opponent or give them the Lip Lock if they are wearing a thong. Danshoku Dieno obviously was happy to strip down to his thong straight away but Chris Brookes wrestled the match in his normal outfit. He refused to wear a thong even when Ilusion told him everyone in the audience wanted to see him in one. A ref bump led to Ilusion and Makoto Oishi both getting their tights pulled down to so they were wearing thongs. When the ref recovered he refused to count the pin after Brookes gave Dieno the Praying Mantis Bomb. Brookes stripped down to his boxers but that still didn’t count so he finally put on a thong over them. Dieno then gave Brookes the Lip Lock and pinned him with the Gedo Clutch to become the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion once more. Dieno wants everyone in DDT and the company itself to properly recognize that he beat Brookes in a singles match. Brookes told reporters he drank a Strong Zero immediately after the match in order to quickly forget what happened to him.

Akito stood around ringside after Shinya Aoki’s match but assured him he wasn’t going to cash in his Right To Challenge Shield for a KO-D Openweight Title shot today. If Akito did that and got beaten badly by Aoki then nobody would be manning the concession stand after the show. He instead asked Aoki to hold an autograph sessions over at the stand. Aoki liked the idea and agreed to do it.

Three major singles matches in a row for Yuya Koroku ended with him not winning any of them. He is coming out of the mini-series with a positive attitude though because he learned a lot from fighting three very strong opponents. He’s been looking for a way to catch up with the rest of his generation after coming back from injury and this series has left him fulfilled. Aoki praised him for being strong but thinks he could have reached even higher today. He thinks it will be a waste if Koroku can’t go any further.

Noriyuki Yoshida’s Modified Rock Bottom finisher is really called the mo:tatterarehen? Okay then. What does that even mean? I tried looking it up and couldn’t find anything.

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DDT “DRAMATIC INFINITY 2024 TOUR IN SAPPORO – DAY 1” Results

September 15, 2024

DDT “DRAMATIC INFINITY 2024 TOUR IN SAPPORO – DAY 1”, 15/09/2024
Hokkaido Sapporo Sun Plaza
319 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Special Single Match: Takeshi Masada defeated Makoto Oishi with the Masada No Chikara KOBU Mukimuki (11:29).
2. Kazuki Hirata defeated Kazuma Sumi with the Miracle One Shot Cradle (8:04).
3. Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino defeated Noriyuki Yoshida & Yuki Ishida when Iino pinned Ishida with the Spear (10:44).
4. Yukio Naya defeated Yuya Koroku with the Choke Slam (10:07).
5. Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title: Chris Brookes, Akito & Ilusion defeated Jun Akiyama, Tomoya & Danshoku Dieno (c) when Brookes pinned Dieno with the Praying Mantis Bomb (14:58).
*Chris Brookes becomes the 1,670th champion.
6. Special Tag Match: Shinya Aoki & HARASHIMA defeated MAO & Keigo Nakamura when Aoki pinned Nakamura (11:53).
7. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & MJ Paul (c) defeated Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & To-y when Sasaki submitted Katsumata with the Crossface Lock (21:20).
*V1 for DAMNATION T.A.

At last DAMNATION T.A have secured a successful first KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles defence. It took them four title reigns to finally get it done. Maybe it is because they took on a team from The 37KAMIINA that aren’t performing at their absolute best at the moment. To-y went into the title match already hurting because he again tried to cash in his Right To Challenge Shield on Yuki Iino and took a Spear from the DDT Universal Champion. Or perhaps we should just give credit where it’s due and accept DAMNATION T.A succeeded through hard work… and good old fashioned cheating. During the match Daisuke Sasaki knocked Shunma Katsumata off the top rope onto some chairs set up at ringside. Katsumata later tried to attack Sasaki with a chair but the referee grabbed it off him. That allowed Sasaki to get him in the Crossface Lock and win by submission. KANON said they have now escaped the curse of zero defence title reigns. Sasaki wants to go celebrate by drinking around Susukino all night long.

It turns out MAO has high expectations for Keigo Nakamura and wanted to see how he would fare against a team like Shinya Aoki & HARASHIMA. They even came close to winning a few times. Nakamura was able to trap Aoki in an Ankle Lock and it was only broken up because HARASHIMA Body Slammed MAO on top of him. Aoki was then able to out-wrestle Nakamura on the canvas and pin his arms to the mat for the three count to win the match. MAO said nobody realizes just how much of an amazing wrestler Nakamura is. He thinks one of these days he might send him off on excursion somewhere.

Chris Brookes pinned Danshoku Dieno in their 6-Man Tag Match to win the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title from him. He now holds three different championships (Iron Man, KO-D Tag Team Titles and KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Titles) so he should be recognized as a Triple Crown champ! However he has a singles match with Dieno scheduled for tomorrow and he suggested it should be a Birmingham Style Match. Dieno accepted the challenge because he will do anything to win back the Iron Man Title. Oh, and Brookes is happy that Ilusion was on the winning team today. Ilusion’s reward is he gets to carry the three championship belts for Brookes.

Takeshi Masada said he would never had joined DDT if it wasn’t for Makoto Oishi. Even after Masada made his debut Oishi has been there to give him advice and do other kind things for him. It was even Oishi’s recommendation that Masada changed his gear from long pants to short tights. Masada definitely wants to have another singles match with Oishi in DDT some day so he can win perfectly next time.

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Video – ShunMao Vs Harimao For The KO-D Tag Titles From 2023

September 14, 2024


DDT “JUDGEMENT 2023 ~LONGEST 5 HOUR SPECIAL IN KORAKUEN HISTORY~”, 21/03/2023
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,138 Fans – No Vacancy

14. KO-D Tag Team Titles – Falls Count Anywhere Match: MAO & Shunma Katsumata (c) Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Ryota Nakatsu

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DDT “TETSUYA ENDO LOCAL TRIUMPH! DRAMATIC INFINITY 2024 TOUR IN SHIROISHI” Results

September 14, 2024

DDT “TETSUYA ENDO LOCAL TRIUMPH! DRAMATIC INFINITY 2024 TOUR IN SHIROISHI”, 14/09/2024
Miyagi Shiroishi White Cube
358 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Yukio Naya, Akito & To-y defeated Chris Brookes, Takeshi Masada & Ilusion when Naya pinned Ilusion with the Choke Slam (11:45).
2. Yuki Iino defeated Yuki Ishida with the Spear (7:54).
3. Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & MJ Paul defeated Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & Kazuma Sumi when Paul pinned Sumi with the Reverse Splash (10:39).
4. Jun Akiyama defeated Yuya Koroku with the Exploder Suplex (13:56).
5. Special 6-Man Tag Match: HARASHIMA, Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata defeated MAO, Gorgeous Matsuno & Keigo Nakamura when Hirata pinned Matsuno with a Lariat (0:26).
5a. Rematch: MAO, Gorgeous Matsuno & Keigo Nakamura defeated HARASHIMA, Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata when MAO pinned Hirata with the Iai Kick (11:43).
6. Shiroishi Specialty Special Single Match: Tetsuya Endo defeated Makoto Oishi with the Burning Star Press (24:14).

Today was supposed to be Tetsuya Endo being the centre of attention because DDT was in his home area. But the main event was just as much about Makoto Oishi as he moves ever closer towards his farewell from DDT. Endo was able to beat him but he told everyone afterwards just how much Oishi means to him. Oishi has looked out for Endo ever since Endo was a trainee and it is no exaggeration to say a part of Endo was created by Oishi. He definitely wants DDT to hold a show like this again next year so Oishi can wrestle on it. Oishi likes the idea because he has only ever beaten Endo in a singles match once and wants to have more wins than losses against him.

One of Yuya Koroku’s ultimate goals as a wrestler is to surpass Jun Akiyama. The veteran played such an important part in Koroku’s training and Koroku thinks the best way to repay him is to beat him. He couldn’t beat him today but Akiyama encouraged him to keep trying. He suggests what Koroku needs to do is think really hard about how he can beat him and erase his presence.

A chair was used by DAMNATION T.A several times on their way to victory today. However Shunma Katsumata is also fired up thanks to the chairshots they used against him. Even though DAMNATION T.A have held the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles four times, they have never scored a successful defence as champions. They are still confident about tomorrow’s title defence against The 37KAMIINA especially since all of their opponents look to be too preoccupied with other things to be motivated for this match.

Look at To-y for example. He threatened to cash in his Right To Challenge Shield on Yuki Iino to get an immediate DDT Universal Title shot after Match #2. However Iino cut To-y off with the Spear during the middle of his speech. Iino was furious backstage at To-y trying to cash in on him. As the Universal Champion he will break To-y if he ever does that again! To-y however thinks the Spear helped snap himself back to his senses so he will be ready for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Titles match tomorrow.

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Koroku’s Mini Trial Series, Masada’s Getting No Respect, Arai Approaching IP Title Record

September 13, 2024

DDT “TETSUYA ENDO LOCAL TRIUMPH! DRAMATIC INFINITY 2024 TOUR IN SHIROISHI”, 14/09/2024
Miyagi Shiroishi White Cube

1. Chris Brookes, Takeshi Masada & Ilusion Vs Yukio Naya, Akito & To-y
2. Yuki Iino Vs Yuki Ishida
3. Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & MJ Paul Vs Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & Kazuma Sumi
4. Jun Akiyama Vs Yuya Koroku
5. Special 6-Man Tag Match: MAO, Gorgeous Matsuno & Keigo Nakamura Vs HARASHIMA, Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata
6. Shiroishi Specialty Special Single Match: Tetsuya Endo Vs Makoto Oishi

This weekend Yuya Koroku is going through a mini trial series of singles matches on back to back to back days. First up he takes on Jun Akiyama.

The current Right To Challenge Shield holders are Masahiro Takanashi (Blue), To-y (Light Blue) and Akito (White).

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “ARISU ENDO LOCAL TRIUMPH 2024”, 14/09/2024
Fukushima Aizuwakamatsu City Tsurugajo Gymnasium

1. Pom Harajuku Vs Chika Nanase
2. Toga Vs Uta Takami
3. Yuki Aino & Shino Suzuki Vs Yoshiko Hasegawa & Runa Okubo
4. Moka Miyamoto Vs Wakana Uehara
5. Miu Watanabe & HIMAWARI Vs Mizuki & Haru Kazashiro
6. Aja Kong & Raku Vs Rika Tatsumi & Mahiro Kiryu
7. Arisu Endo & Suzume Vs Miyu Yamashita & Kaya Toribami

Kira Summer has fallen ill and won’t be able to wrestle tomorrow. Shino Suzuki moves out of the 3 Way match to take Summer’s place in Match #3.

DDT “DRAMATIC INFINITY 2024 TOUR IN SAPPORO – DAY 1”, 15/09/2024
Hokkaido Sapporo Sun Plaza

1. Special Single Match: Takeshi Masada Vs Makoro Oishi
2. Kazuki Hirata Vs Kazuma Sumi
3. Tetsuya Endo & Yuki Iino Vs Noriyuki Yoshida & Yuki Ishida
4. Yukio Naya Vs Yuya Koroku
5. Jun Akiyama, Tomoya & Danshoku Dieno Vs Chris Brookes, Akito & Ilusion
6. Special Tag Match: Shinya Aoki & HARASHIMA Vs MAO & Keigo Nakamura
7. KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles: Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & MJ Paul (c) Vs Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & To-y

Koroku’s second singles match of the weekend is against Yukio Naya.

DDT “DRAMATIC INFINITY 2024 TOUR IN SAPPORO – DAY 2”, 16/09/2024
Hokkaido Sapporo Sun Plaza

1. Daisuke Sasaki & KANON Vs Yuki Ishida & Ilusion
2. Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino & Makoto Oishi Vs Tomoya, Akito & Kazuki Hirata
3. Special Tag Match: Jun Akiyama & Noriyuki Yoshida Vs Yuki Ueno & Keigo Nakamura
4. Special Single Match: Shinya Aoki Vs Yuya Koroku
5. Special Single Match: Chris Brookes Vs Danshoku Dieno
6. Special 6-Man Tag Match: MAO, Shunma Katsumata & To-y Vs HARASHIMA, Yukio Naya & Kazuma Sumi

Then on Monday Koroku ends the series by taking on the champ Shinya Aoki himself.

DDT “DRAMATIC INFINITY 2024 TOUR IN SHINJUKU”, 20/09/2024
Shinjuku FACE

1. Masahiro Takanashi, Antonio Honda & Ilusion Vs Toru Owashi, Danshoku Dieno & Keigo Nakamura
2. Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku Vs Jun Akiyama & Yuki Ishida
3. Special 8-Man Tag Match: Daisuke Sasaki, Ryuichi “Fire” Kawakami, KANON & MJ Paul Vs HARASHIMA, Soma Takao, Yukio Naya & Kazuma Sumi
4. Special Single Match: Akito Vs Kazuki Hirata
5. Special Single Match: Tetsuya Endo Vs To-y
6. Special Single Match: Yuki Iino Vs Makoto Oishi
7. KO-D Tag Team Titles: Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada (c) Vs MAO & Shunma Katsumata

Poor Takeshi Masada still isn’t getting much respect despite being one half of the KO-D Tag Team Champions. At the contract signing for this title match ShunMao called CDK their rivals instead of SCHADENFREUDE International and Chris Brookes even agreed with that notion. On the bright side Brookes is advising Masada to wrestle the match in their own unique way. That matters to his development just as much as winning or losing.

Makoto Oishi’s farewell tour brings him over to Yuki Ueno for what could be their last singles match together.

If To-y is still holding his Right To Challenge Shield by the time this show happens then Tetsuya Endo has a big chance to win it and set up another shot at Aoki for the KO-D Title. Akito could also possibly risk his Shield in a match against Kazuki Hirata. Meanwhile Masahiro Takanashi is laying low and hiding away in multi-man tag matches where the risk of directly losing a fall is much much lower.

Ryuichi “Fire” Kawakami is not running away from DDT after losing to Naya. He lost clean to Naya when they finally faced each other in a singles match but they will meet again in an 8-Man Tag Match here.

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “WRESTLE PRINCESS V”, 22/09/2024
Chiba Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall

1. Runa Okubo Vs Haru Kazashiro
2. Yoshiko Hasegawa, Kaya Toribami & HIMAWARI Vs Kira Summer, Chika Nanase & Uta Takami
3. Kakeru Sekiguchi & Mahiro Kiryu Vs Wakana Uehara & Toga
4. Ram Kaichow Vs Raku
5. Aja Kong, Max The Impaler & Pom Harajuku Vs Rika Tatsumi, Yuki Aino & Shino Suzuki
*Special Referee: Shiori Aoki.
6. Xia Zhao & Mizuki Vs Yuki Kamifuku & VENY
7. Emi Sakura Vs Shoko Nakajima
8. International Princess Title: Yuki Arai (c) Vs Moka Miyamoto
9. Princess Tag Team Titles: Suzume & Arisu Endo (c) Vs Miyu Yamashita & Maki Itoh
10. Princess Of Princess Title: Miu Watanabe (c) Vs Ryo Mizunami

There was a contract signing held today for Yuki Arai and Moka Miyamoto to promote the International Princess Title match. Miyamoto spoke about always valuing the spirit of harmony and how she incorporates Japanese elements into her wrestling. That is how she created the Korokan move during her first attempt to win the IP Title in 2022. So her goal if she becomes the champion is to spread those feelings across the world. Arai would like to see Miyamoto win the title if the champion was somebody else but she will defend it to the death against her. She also wants to start defending the title overseas, especially if it helps SKE48 with their efforts to grow internationally. If Arai beats Miyamoto then she will hold the record for most IP Title defences with 5 wins. She wants to be proud of her title reign and hopes this match will be memorable for reasons more than just her breaking the record.

BASARA “BASARA 257 ~HIEN~”, 24/09/2024
Shin-Kiba 1st RING

1. KUBITO Vs Takeru Inoue
2. Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi & Tsutomu Oosugi Vs Banana Senga & Yuki Kanzaki
3. Ryota Nakatsu & Lil’ Kraken Vs Yumehito Imanari & Mizuki Watase
4. Takumi Tsukamoto, SAGAT & Minoru Fujita Vs Guts Ishijima, Hideyoshi Kamitani & Kuma Arashi
5. UWA World Tag Team Titles: Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino (c) Vs Isami Kodaka & Ryuichi Sekine

The UWA World Tag Team Titles have been used mainly in Big Japan for the past few years and belonged to Michinoku Pro before that. Thanks to Aijin Tag winning the belts this week the championship is now being defended over to BASARA. It didn’t take long for them to find challengers because Isami Kodaka & Ryuichi Sekine quickly decided they wanted a title shot after they saw Takato Nakano & Masato Kamino’s victory.

The “HIEN” branding is bringing in more fresh faces to BASARA. Ganbare☆Pro are sending over Yumehito Imanari & Mizuki Watase as a tag team. There is also a mixture of outside talent being put together as Guts Ishijima, Hideyoshi Kamitani & Kuma Arashi take on the BASARA home team. There’s even a tag match with Speed Of Sounds on opposite sides to freshen up the undercard.

DDT “DRAMATIC INFINITY 2024 ~ 3 HOUR SPECIAL~”, 29/09/2024
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Tetsuya Endo, Soma Takao & Yuya Koroku Vs Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & To-y
2. Daisuke Sasaki, KANON & MJ Paul Vs Antonio Honda, Yuki Ishida & Ilusion
3. Special Tag Match: Shinya Aoki & HARASHIMA Vs Jun Akiyama & Keigo Nakamura
4. Special Single Match: Danshoku Dieno Vs Makoto Oishi
5. Special 6-Man Tag Match: Yuki Ueno, MAO & Kaisei Takeshi Vs Chris Brookes, Takeshi Masada & Masahiro Takanashi
6. DDT Extreme Title – IPPON Lighttube Tag Team Death Match: Shunma Katsumata (c) & Kazuma Sumi Vs Akito & Yuni
7. DDT Universal Title: Yuki Iino (c) Vs Yukio Naya

DDT got Kaisei Takeshi to sell out a show so a full Korakuen Hall has to watch Danshoku Dieno Vs Makoto Oishi. I kind of have to respect the carniness of it all.

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