On April 9th, the stars of DDT Pro-Wrestling returned to Korakuen Hall in Tokyo after a successful two day tour in the USA to present April Fool 2023.
The show was headlined with a KO-D Tag Team Championship match as the champions MAO & Shunma Katsumata were able to overcome a very tough challenge from HARASHIMA & Keigo Nakamura to retain their titles.
Joey Janela made his return to DDT Pro as he was on the losing end of an eight man tag team match as he, Naruki Doi, Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada were defeated by Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Kotaro Suzuki & Yusuke Okada.
Yuki Ueno, who recently made his AEW debut, defeated Yuni in an excellent match up.
Here are the full results and highlights for DDT Pro’s April Fool 2023 event on April 9th:
- KO-D Tag Team Titles: MAO & Shunma Katsumata (c) defeated HARASHIMA & Keigo Nakamura via pinfall to retain the titles. MAO and Katsumata were confronted after the match by Jun Akiyama and Tetsuya Endo.
- WORLD HINO CLASSIC ~Finals~: Yuki “Sexy” Iino, Danshoku “Dandy” Dieno & Yumehito “Fantastic” Imanari defeated Yuji Hino, “brother” YASSHI & Makoto Oishi
- Special 8-Man Tag Match: Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama, Kotaro Suzuki & Yusuke Okada defeated Naruki Doi, Chris Brookes, Joey Janela & Takeshi Masada via pinfall. Endo pinned Masada after a Torture Rack Bomb.
- Special Single Match: Yuki Ueno defeated Yuni via pinfall after landing a Top Rope Moonsault.
- Harimao Vs Eruption!: Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani defeated Kazusada Higuchi, Ryota Nakatsu & Yuki Ishida via pinfall. Okatani pinned Ishida after an underhook suplex.
- Akito, Shinichiro Kawamatsu & Toy Kojima defeated Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata & Gota Ihashi via pinfall. Kawamatsu pinned Ihashi after hitting a spear.
- Rukiya Ikeda Debut Match: Yuya Koroku defeated Rukiya Ikeda via submission.
- MJ Paul & KANON defeated Antonio Honda & Kazuma Sumi. KANON forced Sumi to submit.
?WRESTLE UNIVERSEで生配信中!
得意のダイビング・ヘッドバットで勝負に出た中村だが、スタナーで切り返した勝俣! するとMAOがキャノンボール450°で降ってくる! HARASHIMAを場外に出すと、勝俣がトペコンを発射!
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— DDT ProWrestling (@ddtpro) April 9, 2023
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デビューした団体こそ全然違うが、フリーとして上がる団体が意外と被っている土井と鼓太郎! しかも二人ともフリーながらKING OF DDT 2023出場が決まっているだけに、互いに負けられない!
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— DDT ProWrestling (@ddtpro) April 9, 2023
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○第四試合 スペシャルシングルマッチ 30分一本勝負
上野勇希 vs 夢虹?今すぐ視聴!https://t.co/OJyfzyZQao#ddtpro pic.twitter.com/IBVbmQJOGZ
— DDT ProWrestling (@ddtpro) April 9, 2023
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KING OF DDT 2023を控えている坂口だが、「どすこい」アピールしまくりの石田の口を文字通り塞ぐ裏技! チキンウイング・フェースロックの体勢から石田の口を手で覆っていく!
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— DDT ProWrestling (@ddtpro) April 9, 2023