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20/8/2022, Saturday 2pm JST/4pm AEDT/6am BST/1am EDT/10pm PDT On Wrestle Universe:https://www.wrestle-universe.com/en Get the show free with a two week trial for any new sign up. The best streaming deal in wrestling. Less than 10 USD a month for 3 high quality promotions and much much more It's time to be eternally youthful! DDT's biggest show of the year is here, featuring a main event between a destined but unfortunately injured past champ and his unexpected replacement, a politician fight, probably the best mixed tag you'll see this year, Joey Janela in an Extreme battle against DDT's hardcore king, a cowardly undercarder with a championship up against one of DDT's blue chippers, and much more including AEW sensation Takeshita's return to the company! Card Previews From The Dramatic DDT Blog quote:Overview MATCH 1 Yusuke Okada, Yuya Koroku & Ilusion Vs Toi Kojima, Yuki Ishida & Takeshi Masada quote:Some of the youngest wrestlers in DDT gather together for the opening match. And also Yusuke Okada who is only 29 years old even though some days he looks about 42. He’s the veteran base of the match while Yuya Koroku and Toi Kojima get to bring their classmate rivalry onto a big stage. Their clashes in all of the BURNING Vs The 37KAMIINA matches over the last year are fun to watch. Yuki Ishida is showing improvement with his performances and developing more fire power to make up for his lack of size. Ilusion has been used sparingly over the summer because the DDTeeeen!! project hasn’t been publicly active. The few opportunities he’s been getting are at least moving him away from his rival El Unicorn so he gets to show they are not attached by the hip. But the spotlight right now is shining brightly on Takeshi Masada. He just had his debut match after only three months of training and dazzled everyone with his performance. If he keeps in good health over the next few years (always remember that rookies break easily) DDT could have a new supernova on their hands. MATCH 2 3 Way 6-Man Tag Match: Yuki “Sexy” Iino, Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno & Koju “Shining Ball” Takeda (w/ Yumehito “Fantastic” Imanari) Vs Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya & Super Sasadango Machine Vs Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda quote:Is 2022 the year of Pheromones? The DDT shows that allow cheering usually has that unit getting the most reactions. Maybe it’s because they still use the canned cheering for their ring announcements or maybe it’s because chanting “Sexy!” out loud while sticking out your pinky fingers is a lot of fun. One thing for sure is Pheromones has become more stronger with the latest and perhaps final addition to the unit. A perverted looking masked man began following the group around and was eventually revealed to be Koju Takeda. He appeared in DDT before and is a former KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champion but now has a bigger presence in the company under the name Koju “Shining Ball” Takeda. He’s never been shy about showing off his physique so he is a perfect fit for Pheromones, perhaps filling in the gaps that Yuki Iino and Danshoku Dieno could not fill. Was that meant to be written as a double entendre? You tell me. MATCH 3 Special 6-Man Tag Match: Naomi Yoshimura, Kota Umeda & Keisuke Okuda Vs HARASHIMA, Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani quote:We are getting treated to a DNA reunion on the show. The developmental brand for DDT became redundant in 2018 but many wrestlers who came from it have become regular parts of several wrestling rosters. Naomi Yoshimura was a key part of DNA’s second half of its existence and he wanted to team with two men who were a constant presence around him during his time there. His rival Kota Umeda and his ally Keisuke Okuda. Umeda is a part time wrestler with some re-appearances in DDT every now and then. But Okuda’s name being brought up is intriguing. He was once under contract to DDT for two years then left the company for DRAGONGATE. Then recently there seems to be an apparent split between the two and suddenly Okuda is back in DDT by Yoshimura’s request. Maybe it’s just a one time reunion for old time’s sake. MATCH 4 Shinichiro Kawamatsu Debut Match ~ Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Member Vs Bunkyo Ward Assembly Member: Shinichiro Kawamatsu, Sanshiro Takagi & Soma Takao Vs Osamu Nishimura, Makoto Oishi & Akito quote:I don’t have a clue about Japanese politics other than Sanshiro Takagi tried it once and it left him traumatized. It seems that the wrestling bug has bitten Shinichiro Kawamatsu from the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly after the publicity stunt where he won and defended the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title. To show his gratitude to DDT and their fans, he decided to try and have a go as a pro wrestler for real. Finding time to train in between his political duties, Kawamatsu is having his official debut match against another politician. One who knows the wrestling ring very well. MATCH 5 Special Mixed Tag Match: Jun Akiyama & Saki Akai Vs Chris Brookes & Asuka quote:Jun Akiyama’s time as a coach in DDT has been invaluable to those who are learning from him. It’s worked out so well that Saki Akai asked him to team with her on this show so she can become a stronger wrestler. Akiyama accepted her request as long as she knew he will treat her no differently to any other wrestler in DDT. When it was decided they were going to get a Mixed Tag Match, Chris Brookes & Asuka was chosen to be their opponents. It will be the first time Akiyama takes part in a Mixed Tag Match. Asuka teased him at a press conference saying she has a good reputation as an opponent for first timers and she’ll be one woman he will never forget! MATCH 6 DDT Extreme Title – Special Hardcore Match: Joey Janela (c) Vs Shunma Katsumata quote:It’s “The Bad Boy” against “The Happy Boy”! Joey Janela’s tour of DDT has been two years in the making after his constant viral wrestling matches caught Takagi’s attention. Little appetizers were put together in the meantime with Yoshihiko and the Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title being sent over to America for Janela to interact with. When the time came for Janela to finally visit Japan, he wasted no time in making an impact by winning the DDT Extreme Title in the infamous IPPON Lighttube Death Match. A Hardcore Match against Shunma Katsumata was already scheduled before his title win so it is now even more important with the championship stakes being added. Katsumata has developed his own hardcore style in DDT but how different is it to anything that Janela has experienced before? The American has experienced death matches in many forms from violent to wacky. Janela’s goal is to become the greatest foreign wrestler ever in DDT. That’s a tall task given those who previously called the company their Japanese home promotion. But hey, if Janela didn’t have the guts to aim high he wouldn’t have achieved so much in his crazy career. I mean he has a match against Ernest “The Cat” Miller coming up in GCW soon. What if that ends up becoming a DDT Extreme Title match? MATCH 7 DDT Universal Title: Masahiro Takanashi (c) Vs Yuki Ueno quote:The DDT Universal Title is on the line in a battle between old and new generations of DDT. When Masahiro Takanashi won the title he wanted to do two things. Travel the world with the championship because that is the original point of the title and defend it against all of the younger wrestlers who have stepped up over the last two years while he was out injured. He’s barely gotten started and already he has a high wall in the form of Yuki Ueno standing in his way. The former Universal Champion wants the belt back so he can make DDT more exciting in his own way. The build up consisted of Ueno standing tall in the warmup matches and Takanashi being in physical positions where he has no choice but to look up at his challenger. Even though Takanashi is the champion, he is coming into the match looking like the underdog. But that’s always been the story with him. He wouldn’t be Masahiro Takanashi if he didn’t have to climb up from the bottom each and every time. MATCH 8 DDT 25th Anniversary Special 6-Man Tag Match: Dick Togo, Daisuke Sasaki & KANON (w/ MJ Paul) Vs Konosuke Takeshita, MAO & Yasu Urano quote:Did you ever hear the saying it takes an artist ten years to become an overnight success? It kind of feels like that here. This summer the entire wrestling world fell in love with Konosuke Takeshita. In return he fell in love with America and also Cinnabon. Mostly Cinnabon. Almost entirely Cinnabon. He won’t stop eating their food. Anyway, his excursion to America for both AEW and the independent scene led to rave reviews across the board and even sparked a lot of gossip about his future. Should AEW try to sign him full time and throw him further into their murderer’s row of main eventers? Will a reinvigorated WWE poach him in their search for a new Japanese superstar to add to their roster? How never ending can the line of indie wrestlers wanting to challenge him become? All of a sudden DDT better be careful not to lose the supernova they’ve spent the last decade building their company around because he is very quickly becoming an attraction overseas. He’s back in Japan for two months before continuing his excursion so DDT are putting together some attraction matches for him while he is home. MATCH 9 KO-D Openweight Title: Kazusada Higuchi (c) Vs Tetsuya Endo quote:One slap earlier this year created a butterfly effect resulting in a new turbulent wind blowing across DDT. The main event of this year’s “WRESTLE PETER PAN” was probably always supposed to be Kazusada Higuchi Vs Tetsuya Endo but the roles they are in and how we got there is very different. In March Endo walked out of Sumo Hall as the new KO-D Openweight Champion and the man to carry DDT forward. That only lasted until June thanks to the slap heard around the world. A DDT Vs NOAH inter-promotional match at “CYBERFIGHT FESTIVAL 2022” prematurely ended when Katsuhiko Nakajima knocked out Endo with a slap across the face after an awkward exchange where neither looked to be on the same page with the other. The aftermath was disastrous for DDT. Intentional or not, their champion was easily defeated on the big stage for the entire world to see. Even worse, Endo was now out of action with a concussion and a decision was made for him to vacate his championship while he recovered. DDT needed a new flag bearer and quickly went to work setting that person up. As usual it'll be a great time with a mix of wacky comedy, character antics and innovation with high workrate banger matches in the patented DDT style. fez_machine fucked around with this message at 05:16 on Aug 20, 2022 |
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Where has Takeshita been, after the tag match with Ueno I have heard neither hide nor hair from the soup boy.
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# ? Aug 19, 2022 00:51 |
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Hell yes Peter Pan is always a great time. The main event will be great but I am most looking forward to Janela vs. Shunma. The politicians fight also looks like a blast, as does the mixed tag. Pheromones will also be on the show.
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# ? Aug 19, 2022 03:24 |
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Not great news about the ticket sales, but if the Ota shows GanPro and TJPW put on last month are any indication then the crowd will still be loud. Wish it was Dieno out instead of Imanari, but maybe the new guy will be amazing
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# ? Aug 19, 2022 04:21 |
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should be a good one, do wish there was a weapons rumble though, shunma janela will be a very ridiculous event though so that'll probably make up for it it's been a weird year or two for ddt where there's new people i love like okada, okatani and hino but there's been a lot of focus on my least favourite people like dieno and yoshimura and the comedy side has been a bit muted by the crowd noise stuff so I really hope this event is a good start for a good post pandemic era
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# ? Aug 19, 2022 08:57 |
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really looking forward to this (aside from the Pheremones match) stacked card with plenty of variety, should be a hoot and a half
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# ? Aug 19, 2022 11:37 |
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Great card, plus a slot where I can go make breakfast or watch Rampage or something
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# ? Aug 19, 2022 11:43 |
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Here's something https://twitter.com/ddtproENG/status/1560576255795544064
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# ? Aug 19, 2022 12:08 |
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c'mon Danhausen
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# ? Aug 19, 2022 12:15 |
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Eddie Kingston incoming
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# ? Aug 19, 2022 12:22 |
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SG Bamboo posted:Eddie Kingston incoming Been to Japan before, sorry.
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# ? Aug 19, 2022 12:28 |
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Considering the event, it'd be hilarious if it was Hook.
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# ? Aug 19, 2022 13:28 |
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I like the two auxiliary members of 37KAMIINA teaming up https://twitter.com/ddtproENG/status/1560646520453472259
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# ? Aug 19, 2022 18:23 |
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I won't be awake to see live but go Chris and ASUKA
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# ? Aug 19, 2022 19:15 |
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fez_machine posted:20/8/2022, Saturday Hey is there a source for the earlier start time? Because the banner you posted as well as the WU page both say 2pm start. There's still two hours left, that's way too long dammit
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# ? Aug 20, 2022 03:50 |
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forkboy84 posted:Been to Japan before, sorry. I went and looked this up since I assumed it was from Chikara's Big Japan partnership, but nope, Osaka Pro. This match looks like it could been very cool, Tadasuke wasn't fully formed yet but 2011 Kingston was rad Team on the left is Orange Cassidy, Tracy Williams and Izanagi from All Japan
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# ? Aug 20, 2022 03:59 |
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i think this is the rare big cyberfight show that won't have a preshow an hour before bell time, or maybe they've fixed the thing where they'd always put the "real show" bell time on wrestle universe instead of the actual stream start time. it says "14:00 ON AIR" which makes think this is starting in 90 minutes and not 30, sadly this is the rare ddt show where there's nothing i want to see on the first half of the card so I think I might sleep and catch this tomorrow
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# ? Aug 20, 2022 04:24 |
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SG Bamboo posted:Hey is there a source for the earlier start time? Because the banner you posted as well as the WU page both say 2pm start. lol I took it from Forkboy in the Puro thread and I think Forkboy's source might be off. This isn't the first time this has happened fez_machine fucked around with this message at 05:06 on Aug 20, 2022 |
# ? Aug 20, 2022 05:03 |
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Unless he stealth edited it without the notification at the bottom, I think you might have accidentally copied the Stardom start time above it
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# ? Aug 20, 2022 05:12 |
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SG Bamboo posted:Unless he stealth edited it without the notification at the bottom, I think you might have accidentally copied the Stardom start time above it that's it!
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# ? Aug 20, 2022 05:16 |
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fez_machine posted:that's it! Anyway, Peter Pan starting soon! Can't wait to watch the first match and then close the stream for 15-20 minutes to hopefully avoid the Pheromones match!
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# ? Aug 20, 2022 05:34 |
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Jerusalem posted:
I'm just hoping that with 8 other dudes in the match Dieno doesn't have much time to do his bullshit. Don't forget last year when his match was fantastic because there was so much going on around him with Matsui vs Kiso
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# ? Aug 20, 2022 05:36 |
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stream's live english commentary team is cursed
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# ? Aug 20, 2022 05:41 |
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Stream is live! Christelle on comms with Arai and some guy i've never heard of
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# ? Aug 20, 2022 05:41 |
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Here we go!SG Bamboo posted:I'm just hoping that with 8 other dudes in the match Dieno doesn't have much time to do his bullshit. Don't forget last year when his match was fantastic because there was so much going on around him with Matsui vs Kiso I hope that once it is done, somebody gets the opportunity to tell me the match I'll never watch was not as terrible as it could have been!
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# ? Aug 20, 2022 05:42 |
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English commentary happily explaining that Pheromones are awful and you have to be very careful about who watches their matches
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# ? Aug 20, 2022 05:46 |
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So this is the third guy on comms apparently https://twitter.com/tokyobryan
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# ? Aug 20, 2022 05:46 |
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HI NOT NAMBA
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# ? Aug 20, 2022 05:49 |
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oh no not this guy on commentary already swearing worse than Akki
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# ? Aug 20, 2022 05:51 |
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fez_machine posted:oh no not this guy on commentary "No bad words please!"
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# ? Aug 20, 2022 05:51 |
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I switched to Japanese as soon as I heard Mr. Arai, it's not worth it
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# ? Aug 20, 2022 05:53 |
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Penguin Patrol posted:I switched to Japanese as soon as I heard Mr. Arai, it's not worth it Good idea
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# ? Aug 20, 2022 05:54 |
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Kobashi, as is tradition
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# ? Aug 20, 2022 05:55 |
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Hell loving yes Kobashi!
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# ? Aug 20, 2022 05:56 |
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KOBASHI
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# ? Aug 20, 2022 05:56 |
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An icon of DDT
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# ? Aug 20, 2022 05:56 |
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he seems a lot more mobile than the last few times i saw him!
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# ? Aug 20, 2022 05:57 |
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Penguin Patrol posted:he seems a lot more mobile than the last few times i saw him! He was letting the relentless march of time get in the heat on him, but now it's time for the comeback!
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Penguin Patrol posted:I switched to Japanese as soon as I heard Mr. Arai, it's not worth it https://twitter.com/ddtproENG/status/1560852205842071553
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# ? Aug 20, 2022 05:58 |
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Hold on a second are these fuckers starting with Pheromones!?! Edit: Oh nevermind, it's just a promo for the full show
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# ? Aug 20, 2022 06:00 |