May 21st Korakuen Pre-Show Details! Who will be KING OF DDT in 2023? Is it Higuchi, Ueno, Akiyama or Chris? EXTREME Champion faces Okatani in a Piercing Deathmatch! Who is the Ex-WWE Superstar who wants the UNIVERSAL title…! Card Change due to KANON injury.

◆The Full Match card is as follows:

○Dark Match 1 15-minute time limit
Yuki “Sexy” Iino & Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno & Yumehito “Fantastic” Imanari vs Akito & Yusuke Okada & Rukiya

○Dark Match 2 15-minute time limit
Toru Owashi & Makoto Oishi & Antonio Honda & Kazuki Hirata & Kazuma Sumi vs Yukio Sakaguchi & Saki Akai & Soma Takao & Yuni & Yuki Ishida

※Dark match begins at 11:00 JST


○Opening match KING OF DDT 2023 Semi-Finals No time limit
Kazusada Higuchi vs Yuki Ueno

○Second match KING OF DDT 2023 Semi-Finals No time limit
Jun Akiyama vs Chris Brookes

○Third match BURNING vs DAMNATION T.A! 30-minute time limit
Tetsuya Endo & Kotaro Suzuki vs Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul

○Fourth match Special 8-man Tag match 30-minute time limit
Yuji Hino & Sanshiro Takagi & HARASHIMA & Naruki Doi vs MAO & Toy Kojima & Yuya Koroku & Takeshi Masada

○Semi-Main Event DDT EXTREME Championship match “Piercing Deathmatch” 60-minute time limit
<Champion> Shunma Katsumata vs Hideki Okatani <Challenger>
※This is the 57th Champion’s first title defence
※Including regular Hardcore rules, any “piercing” weapons are allowed in this match
※No rope breaks or countouts. In order to win the match inclusive of the regular 3-count pinfall, Give Up, KO, TKO you can pierce your opponent’s ear 3 times to score a win.

○Main Event match KING OF DDT 2023 Grand Finals No time limit
Winner of Match 2 vs Winner of Opening Match

◆There will be no intermission in the show.

◆Voice Actor Tetsu Inada will join the show as special guest commentary in the Japanese booth

◆ The show will be airing LIVE and EXCLUSIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE
https://www.wrestle-universe.com/ja/lives/sbHfkKbpkE54zhc34DUAZE

◆Watch the Dark Matches and both Semi-Finals FREE on DDT YouTube on the day of the show!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3iiSoCcIvw

◆Sign Event Details:
Pre-Show 1^st Half (10:30-10:55): Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA, Yuya Koroku, Takeshi Masada
Pre-Show 2^nd Half (11:00-11:20): Shunma Katsumata
Post-Show: Tetsuya Endo, MAO, Shunma Katsumata, Toy Kojima, Akito, Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai, Hideki Okatani, Kazuki Hirata, Yuni, Yuki Ishida, Rukiya


◆Photo Event Details
Pre-Show 1^st Half (10:30-10:55): MAO, Toy Kojima
Pre-Show 2^nd Half (11:00-11:20): Hideki Okatani
Post-Show: Soma Takao, Yuki “Sexy” Iino, Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno



【Show Name】KING OF DDT 2023 FINAL!!
【Date】May 21^st 2023 Doors Open 10:30 Starts 11:30
【Location】Tokyo Korakuen Hall
【Tickets】LivePocket ticket sales until May 20^th. Purchase your tickets below:
https://t.livepocket.jp/e/1omoz