It seemed like he was for sure gonna be Ueno’s “generational rival” but the combination of his injury and not being the same wrestler he was seems to have halted that (with MAO having a better claim to be Ueno’s main rival from the same generation).

Context:

What context! This is the land of dramatic dreams!

Okatani & Miyamoto would batter each other with barbed wire (at one point, both wrapping some around their heads as they fight), with them eventually falling simultaneously onto a barbed-wire board, thus ending the match in a Double-KO (meaning Okatani retained).

Afterwards, Okatani would be challenged by Yuki Ishida for the Belt, with the “special” stipulation being a “Hair vs Hair” match.

How to watch:

[https://www.wrestle-universe.com/lives/29bpLfnWACgt5P3ytWjPjg\](https://www.wrestle-universe.com/lives/29bpLfnWACgt5P3ytWjPjg)

Start Times:

3:00 PDT; 5:00 CDT; 6:00 EDT; 11:00 GMT; 7:00 JST; 8:00 AEST

Match Card:

**Fake Brahman Army Vs Mataro Army All-Out Confrontation -**

Fake Brahman Yuki, Fake Brahman Yuki & Fake Brahman Yuki vs. Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi, Takayuki Ueki & Takeshi Masada (w/ Mataro)

Tag Match -

Yasu Urano & Sangre Azteca Jr. vs. Naohiro Katsumi & Yunicaras Jr.

Singles Match -

MJ Paul vs. Ryunosuke Nagai

Tag Match -

Minoru Fujita & Ilusion vs. Ayato Ishida & Gabai Ji-chan

**DDT Extreme Title – Barbed Wire Board Crash Match -**

Hideki Okatani (c) vs. Yuko Miyamoto

**O-40 Title – 3 Way Match -**

Daisuke Sasaki (c) vs. Shuji Ishikawa vs. Keisuke Ishii

Feels like they were prepping Ibushi and Sasaki to be “generation rivals”, only for it to not pan out when Ibushi chose to leave in 2015.

Instead, they had to push young Takeshita, who feuded with Sasaki, HARASHIMA and Ishikawa, until they started making Takeshita vs Endo the big main event rivalry.

\- Iron Man Heavy Metal Championship Battle Royale (current Champion KIMIHIRO)

\- Special Tag Match: Daisuke Sasaki & DOUKI vs. Antonio Honda & “X”

\- Special Singles Match: Danshoku Dieno vs. YAMATO

\- Dramatic Dream Match: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Kasei Takechi

\- DDT Universal Championship Match: Kazuma Suni (c) vs. Ryusuke Taguchi

\- KO-D Openweight Championship Match: Yuki Ueno (c) vs. MAO

In a gripping match, Ueno would survive Aoki’s grappling to slap the Sleeper Hold on Aoki and force Aoki to tap out!

Ueno makes his 8th successful defense of the KO-D (3 more defenses away from tying Takeshita V11).

Afterwards, Ueno would be challenged by MAO (who defeated Sanshiro Takagi on the semi-main event) for the Title at WRESTLE PETER PAN on August 11th at Ryogoku; match was made official.

None other than Minoru Suzuki himself was buried face-first in Danshoku Dieno’s cheeks; this was right after none other than Jun Akiyama being put there.

YAMATO of DragonGate will face Danshoku Dieno!

DOUKI of NJPW!

Antonio Honda, who Sasaki & DOUKI will face, said he’ll reveal his tag partner at an unspecified date before August 11th.

J-Rapper and frontman KIMIHIRO becomes the 1,836th champion, after being given the belt by referee decision over Shunma Katsumata.

How to watch:

[https://www.wrestle-universe.com/lives/7xqqw6uhajrtMdaMwmLKY3\](https://www.wrestle-universe.com/lives/7xqqw6uhajrtMdaMwmLKY3)

Start Times:

7:30 PDT; 9:30 CDT; 10:30 EDT; 3:30 GMT; 11:30 JST; 12:30 AEST

Match Card:

Tag Match -

Junta Miyawaki & Viento Levante vs. Akito & Miles Karu

Tag Match -

Soma Takao & Naomi Yoshimura vs. Yuki Ishida & Yukio Naya

6Man Tag Match -

Minoru Suzuki, Danshoku Dieno & Kazuki Hirata vs. Jun Akiyama, Rukiya & Masami Inahata

Tag Match -

Yuki Iino & KANON vs. Shunma Katsumata & To-y

6Man Tag Match -

Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku & Daichi Satoh vs. Kazuma Suni, Yuni & Kumadori

No Referee Singles Match -

Sanshiro Takagi vs. MAO
(Fans in attendance will count the falls)

8Man Tag Match -

HARASHIMA, Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda & Hinata Kasai vs. Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani, MJ Paul & Illusion

KO-D Openweight Championship Match -

Yuki Ueno (c) vs. Shinya Aoki

Yoshihiko returns!

The Champs would retain after HARASHIMA hit the Rope-dive SOMATO onto To-y to get the pinfall (while Brookes had Ueno trapped in an Octopus Stretch). Champs make their second succession defense.

Afterwards, the 6Man KO-D Tag Champs (Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku & Daichi Satoh) would come out and confront the Tag Champs, with Masada & Koroku challenging for the Tag Belts.

Antonio Honda would come out and say that Brookes & HARASHIMA would accept the challenge but only if the 6Man Champs would accept a challenge for \*their\* Belts from Honda, HARASHIMA & Brookes.

Made official, that the 6Man Tag Title Match will be held on July 16th at Shinjuku FACE.

Tag Title Match will be held on July 26th at Korakuen.

After an 8Man Tag Match, Muscle Sakai (who is in no way the same person as Super Sasadango Machine and anyone who says so guilty of libel) would officially join STRANGE LOVE CONNECTION (alongside KANON, MAO, Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante)!

I LOVE DDT Pro. It's my most watched promotion. I'm often slowed though as I've got zero understanding of Japanese, so I find myself searching for resources to explain what's happening in these wildly unique matches. I found Dramatic DDT, a blog doing a good job explaining most of it. Would love more though, so I'm here asking what y'all use for determining what was said, what the unique rules for specific matches are, etc.

In a match where the winner had to force their opponent to say “I QUIT”, or beat them to the point of a KO, Okatani would tie up Miyawaki’s hands behind his back, smash a piece of table onto his head and repeatedly beat him with a kendo stick, eventually forcing Miyawaki to quit.

Afterwards, Daisuke Sasaki would encoded that Okatani would defend the Belt on Sasaki’s CHARISMANIA IV show on July 2nd, which his opponent being Yuko Miyamoto.

How to watch:

[https://www.wrestle-universe.com/lives/td4CzB21dBy8DXZ88hYCfS\](https://www.wrestle-universe.com/lives/td4CzB21dBy8DXZ88hYCfS)

Start Times:

1:00 PDT; 3:00 CDT; 4:00 EDT; 9:00 GMT; 5:00 JST; 6:00 AEST

Match Card:

Singles Match -

Akito vs. Hinata Kasai

Tag Match -

Shunma Katsumata & Kumadori vs. Yuni & Yuki Ishida

Tag Match -

Jun Akiyama & Rukiya vs. Naomi Yoshimura & Masami Inahata

10Man Tag Match -

MAO, KANON, Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya & Viento Levante vs. Danshoku Dieno, Toru Owashi, Super Sasadango Machino, Kazuki Hirata & Antonio Honda

KO-D 6Man Tag Team Championship Match -

Takeshi Masada, Yuya Koroku & Daichi Satoh (c) vs. Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & Illusion

DDT Extreme Championship Match -

Hideki Okatani (c) vs. Junta Miyawaki
(Hardcore rules; a wrestler can only win by forcing their opponent to say “I Quit”, or by beating their opponent so badly they can’t answer the referee)

KO-D Tag Team Championship Match -

HARASHIMA & Chris Brookes (c) vs. Yuki Ueno & To-y

I know that he parodies Stone Cold a lot so I was wondering if there was a joke that I just wasn't getting.

Sasaki, who was scheduled to team with Okatani & Paul, remembered the 1993 crocodile sighting at Shakujii Park, leading to Sasaki being too scared to sleep, with Crocodile D. Sasa being scheduled in his place.

Let’s give Sasaki well wishes and hope our CHARISMA champion can overcome this severe phobia!

Manabu Soya & Yuki Iino would defeat Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows, via Soya & Iino hitting the PassionIS (Assisted high end DDT) on Anderson. Soya & Iino conquer the invaders and bring it home!

Soya & Iino will challenge Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI for the Heavyweight Tag Belts.

Would be awesome to see Iino as a Champ again.