DDT Begins 25th Anniversary Plans For 2022

December 27, 2021

TOKYO JOSHI PRO “THE FINAL ROUND OF 2021 ~I HOPE THERE ARE LOTS OF HAPPY AND FUN THINGS TO DO NEXT YEAR~”, 27/12/2021
Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall

1. Maki Itoh Vs Arisu Endo
2. 3 Way Match: Hyper Misao Vs Nodoka Tenma Vs Mahiro Kiryu
3. Shoko Nakajima & Haruna Neko Vs Marika Kobashi & Suzume
4. Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Hikari Noa Vs Yuki Aino, Raku & Pom Harajuku
5. Miyu Yamashita, Yuki Kamifuku & Nao Kakuta Vs Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Moka Miyamoto

The show has already happened as I write this so I’ll be getting to the results ASAP. Just wanted to include the lineup as part of catching up for the sake of it.

DDT “DDT 25TH ANNIVERSARY OPENING SPECIAL! ALL SEATS 3000 YEN BOX OFFICE!!”, 03/01/2022
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno, Yuki “Sexy” Iino & Yumehito “Fantastic” Imanari Vs Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya & Toui Kojima
2. Yusuke Okada Vs Yuya Koroku
3. Kazusada Higuchi Vs Hideki Okatani
4. Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul Vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Yuki Ueno
5. HARASHIMA & MAO Vs Tetsuya Endo & Naomi Yoshimura
6. KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Titles: Toru Owashi, Antonio Honda, Kazuki Hirata & Yoshihiko (c) Vs Sanshiro Takagi, Akito, Soma Takao, Gota Ihashi & Yuki Ishida
7. Special Mixed Tag Match: Shunma Katsumata & Saki Akai Vs Masahiro Takanashi & Maya Yukihi
8. Special Single Match: Chris Brookes Vs Pokotan
9. DDT 25th Anniversary Opening Memorial Special Single Match: Konosuke Takeshita Vs Shinya Aoki

Every match on this show will have a 15 minute time limit. Jun Akiyama will also be on commentary instead of wrestling.

One day after defeating Yuji Okabayashi on DDT’s final show of the year, Konosuke Takeshita is looking for new challenges in 2022. When Takeshita returned home after yesterday’s show, he already saw pictures on social media of Okabayashi already in the gym doing leg exercises. That inspired him to start training again too. Nobody came out after the match to challenge Takeshita for the KO-D Openweight Title which is why he is going out there to seek opponents. First up is Shinya Aoki for a special singles match celebrating DDT’s 25th Anniversary. It’s been two and a half years since their last singles match together and a lot has changed for both of them since then.

Newly freelanced Maya Yukihi will be appearing in DDT for several dates in January. She is also booked for the 7th January and 22nd January events.

Hideki Okatani has unexpectedly volunteered to join Eruption! He approached Kazusada Higuchi after yesterday’s show with the request. He wants to join because there are wrestlers from his class and below that are joining units while he had nothing after Junretsu disbanded. Both Yukio Sakaguchi & Saki Akai approve of the idea but Higuchi wants to find out if Okatani is ready to join them. They will have a singles match so Higuchi can judge him firsthand.

A decision was made by DDT to turn the KO-D 8-Man Tag Team Titles back into the KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Titles. DDT made the decision in reaction to the lifting of restrictions allowing bigger crowds to gather in one place. However the current champions are not allowed to add a 5th member and must defend the titles in a 4 Vs 5 Handicap Match. The DDT Variety Team are the current champions but have not yet been told about the change in rules. If there is any chance the champions have of retaining the belts it is because Sanshiro Takagi has for some reason put together a team of challengers that do not want to work with each other.

GAKE NO FUCHI JOSHI PRO “CLOCKWORK GAKE NO FUCHI 2022 ~GAKE NO FUCHI VS PROMINENCE~”, 04/01/2021
Shinjuku FACE

1. Hardcore Match: Chris Brookes Vs Suzu Suzuki
2. Special Tag Match: Sanshiro Takagi & SenoSister Mao Inoue Vs Mochi Miyagi & Akane Miura
3. Special Single Match ~ Gake no Fuchi Rules: Miyako Matsumoto Vs Risa Sera
4. Gake no Fuchi Vs Prominence Full Scale Battle! No DQ 8-Man Tag Match: Miyako Matsumoto, Sanshiro Takagi, Chris Brookes & (w/ Ippanjin Munenori Sawa) Vs Risa Sera, Mochi Miyagi, Akane Fujita & Suzu Suzuki (w/ Hiragi Kurumi)

The full Gake no Fuchi Joshi Vs Prominence card has been revealed. Old friends and allies are coming to Miyako Matsumoto’s aid against the brand new deathmatch group. SenoSister Mao Inoue is MAO pretending to be Mao from SenoSister. Matsumoto will be providing her unpredictable match rules against Risa Sera and when all is said and done there will be one last match pitting both sides at their fullest against each other.

DDT “SWEET DREAMS! 2022 TOUR IN OSAKA DAY 1”, 09/01/2022
Osaka 176BOX

1. Akito Vs Yuki Ishida
2. Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul Vs Yuji Hino & Yuya Koroku
3. 3 Way Tag Match: Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno & Yuki “Sexy” Iino Vs Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata Vs Antonio Honda & MAO
4. Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & Toui Kojima Vs Chris Brookes, Kazusada Higuchi & Hideki Okatani
5. Special 6-Man Tag Match: HARASHIMA, Naomi Yoshimura & Yukio Naya Vs Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Bodyguard
6. Osaka Specialty Special Single Match: Konosuke Takeshita Vs Yusuke Okada

Two Osaka wrestlers have their first singles match against each other when Takeshita faces Yusuke Okada.

BURNING gets a little bit of assistance from Bodyguard.

DDT “SWEET DREAMS! 2022 TOUR IN OSAKA DAY 2”, 10/01/2022
Osaka 176BOX

1. Shunma Katsumata & Toui Kojima Vs Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku
2. Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul Vs Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ishida
3. HARASHIMA & Toru Owashi Vs Antonio Honda & Hideki Okatani
4. Tetsuya Endo & Jun Akiyama Vs Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Naya
5. Special Tag Match: Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno & Yuki “Sexy” Iino Vs Bodyguard & Kazuki Hirata
6. Osaka Specialty Special 6-Man Tag Match: Konosuke Takeshita, Yuki Ueno & MAO Vs Yuji Hino, Chris Brookes & Akito

The next day Bodyguard gets to deal with Pheromones for the first time. Good luck with that, buddy!

DDT “SWEET DREAMS! 2022 ~ULTIMATE TAG LEAGUE 2022 OPENING ROUND~”, 30/01/2022
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. DDT Universal Title: Daisuke Sasaki (c) Vs Minoru Fujita

The original plan was for Daisuke Sasaki Vs Minoru Fujita to happen in October. Fujita fell ill with covid and spent weeks in the ICU in no condition to wrestle so Sasaki defended the DDT Universal Title against Isami Kodaka instead. After Sasaki beat Masahiro Takanashi yesterday he demanded that Fujita be his next challenger no matter what condition he is in. Fujita accepted, knowing that he is nowhere near his physical best but still confident he can beat Sasaki. Just like Takanashi, he is fighting for the pride of ChocoPro!

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DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2016 IN SENDAI ~DRAMATIC DREAM TAN~” Results

May 3, 2016

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DDT “ROAD TO RYOGOKU 2016 IN SENDAI ~DRAMATIC DREAM TAN~”, 03/05/2016
Miyagi Yume Messe West Wing Hall
427 Fans – Super No Vacancy

1. Akito, Makoto Oishi & Shunma Katsumata defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata when Oishi pinned Hirata with a School Boy (9:24).
2. 4 Way Match: Danshoku Dino defeated Kazusada Higuchi, Masa Takanashi and Eddie French when Dino pinned Takanashi with the Danshoku Driver (6:32).
3. Team Drift Goodbye Series: Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie & Soma Takao defeated Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita & Gorgeous Matsuno when Irie pinned Matsuno with a Piledriver (13:18).
4. Daisuke Sasaki defeated Guanchulo with the Vietnam Driver II (11:38).
5. Special Single Match: Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Mad Polly by Disqualification when Daisuke Sasaki attacked the referee (9:22).
6. HARASHIMA & Yasu Urano defeated Tetsuya Endo & Mao Inoue when HARASHIMA pinned Inoue with the Somato (23:06).

Tetsuya Endo & Mao Inoue are both from Miyagi so they teamed together for their homecoming. Although they weren’t able to win their match, HARASHIMA said their strengths are reliable. He also revealed his grandmother’s house was in Ishinomaki so he himself can be a Miyagi local.

Yukio Sakaguchi had Daisuke Sasaki’s new pet beaten until Sasaki got involved. Sakaguchi hit Mad Polly with the Right Knee Of God and went for the pin but Sasaki Dropkicked Daisuke Kiso to cause a disqualification. Sasaki then tried to give Kiso the Vietnam Driver II but Sakaguchi kicked him into the corner. Sasaki was saved from the Right Knee Of God when Polly pulled him out of the ring.

Makoto Oishi wanted a referee who would keep a strict control over the opening match and not fall for Kazuki Hirata’s dancing antics. He brought out Kyohei Wada to officiate the match. At first it looked like the plan worked. Wada resisted any urge to dance whenever Hirata summoned his music. But at some point the Hirata GO! glasses were knocked onto Wada’s face and he was soon dancing! Hirata joined in but Oishi rolled him over with a School Boy and Wada quick counted the pin.

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DDT “DNA 15” Videos

April 28, 2016

DDT “DNA 15”, 01/04/2016
Kitasenju Theatre 1010
123 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House


1. Daichi Kazato Vs Nobuhiro Shimatani


2. Guanchulo Vs Rekka


3. Rainbow Kawamura Vs Antonio Honda


4. Shunma Katsumata Vs Kouki Iwasaki


5. Kota Umeda & Mizuki Watase Vs Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao


6. Kazusada Higuchi Vs Mao Inoue

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DDT “DNA 15” Results

April 13, 2016

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DDT “DNA 15”, 01/04/2016
Kitasenju Theatre 1010
123 Fans – Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Daichi Kazato defeated Nobuhiro Shimatani with the Sister Abigail (7:59).
2. Rekka defeated Guanchulo with a Cross Armbreaker (6:57).
3. Antonio Honda defeated Rainbow Kawamura with the Diving Fist Drop (11:55).
4. Shunma Katsumata defeated Kouki Iwasaki with the Nebula Storm (8:28).
5. Keisuke Ishii & Soma Takao defeated Kota Umeda & Mizuki Watase when Ishii pinned Watase with the Kneel Kick (15:24).
6. Kazusada Higuchi defeated Mao Inoue with the Goten (11:59).

A daunting challenge lay ahead for Mao Inoue. A few weeks back in the ring and he is already going head to head with the top guy in DNA. He hit big moves to take the big man down including the Alien Plancha and a 450 Splash. But Kazusada Higuchi spent the match targeting Inoue’s abdomen making Inoue’s high impact moves damage himself more than usual. Higuchi blocked Inoue’s Screw Kick and put him away with a Lariat followed by the Goten. Higuchi congratulated Inoue on his return and he was looking forward to teaming with him in Saitama the next day.

Kota Umeda kicked Shunma Katsumata aside while he was checking on Mizuki Watase after Match #5. Umeda and Katsumata started brawling and had to be separated.

Two-thirds of the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions went at it in Match #4. Katsumata got the win over Kouki Iwasaki but there were no hard feelings over the result. Katsumata told Iwasaki he can depend on him and along with Higuchi they can rampage over DDT and liven up DNA together.

Taiwanese wrestler Rekka introduced himself as the newest member of DNA at the beginning of the show. His DNA debut ended in victory over Guanchulo. When asked backstage who he would like to face he said Higuchi. Rekka wants to fight the most powerful wrestlers he can.

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DDT “DNA 11” Videos

December 9, 2015


DDT “DNA 11”, 11/11/2015
Kitazawa Town Hall
234 Fans – No Vacancy


1. My Beloved Brother!! This Is The Fist Of The Brother With The Different Aim!!: Tigger Bedscene Vs Dai Suzuki


2. Daichi Kazato Vs Kouki Iwasaki


3. Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi Vs Kota Umeda & Mizuki Watase


4. Suguru Miyatake Vs Shunma Katsumata


5. Mao Inoue Vs Ryota Nakatsu


6. Daisuke Sasaki Vs Kazusada Higuchi

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DDT “DNA 9” Results

September 22, 2015

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DDT “DNA 9”, 22/09/2015
Shinjuku FACE
388 Fans – No Vacancy

1. Kouki Iwasaki defeated Dai Suzuki with a Capture Suplex (7:58).
2. Joey Ryan defeated Suguru Miyatake with the Super Kick (6:57).
3. Mao Inoue defeated Shunma Katsumata with the 450 Splash (9:48).
4. Shinjiro Otani defeated Mizuki Watase with a Half Crab (15:03).
5. Ryota Nakatsu defeated Kota Umeda with a German Suplex (14:28).
6. Katsuhiko Nakajima defeated Kazusada Higuchi with a Vertical Drop Brainbuster (16:00).

Katsuhiko Nakajima offered to team up with Kazusada Higuchi for a match sometime in the future. Higuchi was flattered by the offer and said it’s an interesting idea. The team up might happen on the 12th October DNA show in Kitazawa. Yukio Sakaguchi is also scheduled to compete.

There was mixed fortunes for the two new rookies. Mao Inoue got an upset victory over Shunma Katsumata. Despite being smaller, Katsumata should have had the benefit of experience on his side. Instead Inoue had the Swan Dive X Factor scouted and blocked the move with a Dropkick. He then hit the 450 Splash to end it.

Mizuki Watase on the other hand was taken to school by the visiting Shinjiro Otani. Almost literally in fact. Otani submitted Watase with a Half Crab and told him to look up the move on page 279 in his wrestling textbook.

Another new rookie was introduced on the show. Daiki Shimomura is a high school student who wrestles for the nkw micro indie. His debut is set for 12th October.

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