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 The G1 overperformed given it's participants, the N-1 underperformed outside of the great final night. Now it's DDT's turn to have a big tournament full of great wrestlers doing some great wrestling. Most of the big names are here and we also have the addition of BJW's Yuji Okabayashi and The Bodyguard of Colega Pro. Winner will earn a shot at Openweight Champion Konosuke Takeshita, most likely early next year. Here is a nice little primer for each of the competitors to wet your appetite, and no doubt the absolute hero Mr. Haku will be providing live translations and other tidbits from each show.  A Block (L to R): Bodyguard, Yuji Hino, Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Yuki Ueno, Naomi Yoshimura  B Block (L to R): Chris Brookes, Kazusada Higuchi, HARASHIMA, Konosuke Takeshita, MAO, Yuji Okabayashi  Night 1 Dramatic DDT posted:DDT “D-OU GRAND PRIX 2021 II IN OTA-KU”, 03/11/2021 Night 2 Dramatic DDT posted:DDT “D-OU GRAND PRIX 2021 II IN YOKOHAMA”, 06/11/2021 Night 3 Dramatic DDT posted:DDT “D-OU GRAND PRIX 2021 II IN NIIGATA”, 07/11/2021 Night 4 Dramatic DDT posted:DDT “D-OU GRAND PRIX 2021 II IN SHINJUKU”, 10/11/2021 Night 5 Dramatic DDT posted:DDT “D-OU GRAND PRIX 2021 II IN KYOTO”, 13/11/2021 Night 6 Dramatic DDT posted:DDT “D-OU GRAND PRIX 2021 II IN OSAKA”, 14/11/2021 Night 7 Dramatic DDT posted:DDT “D-OU GRAND PRIX 2021 II IN KORAKUEN HALL”, 21/11/2021 Night 8 Dramatic DDT posted:DDT “D-OU GRAND PRIX 2021 II THE FINAL”, 05/12/2021
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God bless Japanese pro-wrestling for understanding that (good!) tournaments loving rule.
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24 hours until night 1 (2pm JST, 1am EDT, 5am GMT) so thought i'd bump this to the front page with my thoughts. I'm considering several factors when trying to predict the winner: - Unless the champion is winning the tournament, the winner should always come from the opposite block so the company isn't running back a matchup so soon, i'm declaring the winner will come from A Block - The final night of block matches will be the most important. This means that even without knowing the block order, we can discount Hino, Yoshimura, MAO, and Chris Brookes as they finish their block matches on the 14th when the other 8 have their final match on the 21st - Bodyguard is a guest star so he'll do well, but I can't imagine them pulling the trigger on him (like they did Akiyama last year) since he's not signed and will most likely not be with the company long term. This means, as far as i'm concerned the three probable winners are Endo, Akiyama, and Ueno. Takeshita won the belt off Akiyama (so I doubt he'll challenge again so soon) and Endo is still going through an identity crisis and won't be in the best state of mind for this tournament, therefore my horse in this tournament in Takeshita's 37KAMIINA stablemate Yuki Ueno. After losing the Universal championship in less than clean circumstances I think this could be his chance to take a step up into the main event scene
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Considering Ueno a favourite, as that would create some excellent stable tension. I had considered that they could use this as an opportunity to strap a rocket on the Super Big Lad and give Hino some solid credibility, but what you say about the ending nights makes sense. Unless the last tournament night is Endo trying to block Ueno from getting the win he needs to take the block. Other random predictions: - Hino vs Endo will be unexpectedly brutal as the former Damnation members work some stuff out. - Chrissy B will continue his three year streak of getting a tournament win over Konosuke Takeshita - There will be an unexpected Ironman Heavymetalweight title match either before, after, or during a match in the tournament.
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Two hour countdown to the main card, and the preshow starting 45 minutes earlier. Happy to see Kojima back, and I really enjoyed Ishida's debut so looking forward to seeing how he does with less experienced opposition https://twitter.com/W_UNIVERSE_eng/status/1455190646331883521
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Idk who most of these people are but based purely on how cool I think they look I'm going for Yuji Hino in A Block and Yuji Okabayashi in B Block. All Yuji final baby.
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Those are some drat good choices my man, I would definiitely be happy with a Yujibowl in the finals. Get those two beefy bastards thorwing each other about without a care in the world e: also looking at the cast photos again it's fun the choices of formalwear among the 37KAMIINA members. Takeshita as the champ is wearing the full three-piece, Ueno is roicking a nice looking suit and tie. MAO decided to wear a shirt and camo pants, because of course he did SG Bamboo fucked around with this message at 04:31 on Nov 3, 2021 |
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Nov 3, 2021 04:28
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First preshow match starting now, the rookie tag match e: Ishida's only had two matches so far but I already like the young sumo lad
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Nov 3, 2021 05:16
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Here for the rookie slug fest.
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Nov 3, 2021 05:19
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with all those empty stands, the crowd can cheer right?
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Nov 3, 2021 05:19
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Kojima is making up for his 5 month layoff by chopping the hell out of Ishida and Okatani
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Nov 3, 2021 05:20
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fez_machine posted:with all those empty stands, the crowd can cheer right? No confirmation yet, but hopefully  . Main card doesn't start until the top of the hour so there might be some announcement after the preshow
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Nov 3, 2021 05:20
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love this sumo gimmick
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That was fun, really enjoy the DDT rookies
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Nov 3, 2021 05:25
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Akki time
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Akki with the bhangra banger.
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Nov 3, 2021 05:26
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ChocoPro mention on commentary!
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Nov 3, 2021 05:26
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Masa coming out to help his Choco bud is a nice touch
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Nov 3, 2021 05:26
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nice Tope! very clean edit: clean drop kick as well
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Nov 3, 2021 05:30
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drat it Kiso, you weren't even in position to see if his shoulders were down
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That was a sweet dark match.
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Nov 3, 2021 05:35
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good showcase for Akki's offence but his gimmick needs to be more than shouting "namaste" if he's going to go anywhere in DDT
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Nov 3, 2021 05:35
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Big lol that YOSHIHIKO still uses the Undertaker theme e: Especially over TOKYOOOOO
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Nov 3, 2021 05:36
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what a team of killers
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Nov 3, 2021 05:38
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never seen a more likely losing champ team than this collection of 4 guys
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Nov 3, 2021 05:39
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Best boys with the best theme.
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Wonder if Akito will lose both his belts in this match
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Nov 3, 2021 05:41
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YOU CAN'T NO SELL YOSHIKO IN DDT!
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Nov 3, 2021 05:41
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SPIKE PILEDRIVER DESTROYER
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Hirata  https://twitter.com/ddtpro_eng/status/1455758163001569286
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Nov 3, 2021 05:46
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Holy poo poo that YOSHIHIKO hot tag had me laughing so hard
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Nov 3, 2021 05:48
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tripping over Yoshihiko is a very good spot
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Nov 3, 2021 05:48
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The true measure of a wrestler in DDT. If you can't work with YOSHIHIKO then you can't work, brother
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Nov 3, 2021 05:51
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YOSHIHIKO sent flying!
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Nov 3, 2021 05:51
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DDT Legend Kenta Kobashi here to oversee proceedings, as is tradition
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Brookes block represent lol "ok boomer"
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let's go team Takagi!
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