DDT “IMAIKE SAMBA 2026” Results

DDT “IMAIKE SAMBA 2026”, 07/02/2026
Aichi Imaike Gas Hall
??? Fans – Unannounced

1. Yuya Koroku & Yuni defeated Takeshi Masada & Hinata Kasai when Koroku submitted Kasai with the Modified Triangle Lancer (10:30).
2. Special Single Match: KANON (w/ KIMIHIRO) defeated Antonio Honda with a Lariat (11:18).
3. Daisuke Sasaki, Hideki Okatani & MJ Paul defeated Jun Akiyama, Akito & Tomomitsu Matsunaga when Sasaki submitted Matsunaga with the Crossface Lock (10:16).
4. Imaike Rumble 2026: Naomi Yoshimura defeated Ilusion with the Harai-goshi (18:32).
*Order Of Elimination: Yukio Naya, Yuki Ueno, HARASHIMA, MAO, Danshoku Dieno, Pokotan, Chris Brookes, Kazuki Hirata, Yoshihiko and Ilusion.
5. D GENERATIONS CUP 2026 – A Block: To-y (5) defeated Daichi Sato (4) with a Frankensteiner (10:31).
6. D GENERATIONS CUP 2026 – A Block: Kazuma Sumi (6) defeated Yuki Ishida (3) with the School Boy (10:22).

A Block

1. Kazuma Sumi (6)
2. To-y (5)
3. Daichi Sato (4)
4. Yuki Ishida (3)
5. Ilusion (2)

B Block

1. Yuya Koroku (6)
2. Rukiya (4)
-. Takeshi Masada (4)
4. Yuni (2)
5. Hinata Kasai (0)

Kazuma Sumi has booked his spot in the D GENERATIONS CUP final! The A Block wound up sorting itself out rather nicely at the end too. When it was time for the main event, Sumi only needed to beat Yuki Ishida to top the group. Ishida wouldn’t go down without a fight and even lunged forward to throw the Flame Palm after taking a Thrust Kick to the jaw. Sumi however countered that into the School Boy and pinned him down with as hard as he could to get the three count. He said he can now see the top of the mountain that everyone has been aiming for and will win the DGC no matter who he faces in the final.

The person who was most angry over the main event result was To-y. He still had a path to the final open when he beat Daichi Sato and needed Ishida to beat Sumi to set up a sudden death tiebreaker. He even sat at ringside to watch the main event but when Ishida lost, To-y stormed backstage and confronted him over the result. To-y blamed Ishida for knocking him out of the tournament and then brought up the time they went drinking together. Ishida got so drunk he convinced To-y to pay for the bill which turned out to cost him 40,000 yen! To-y is willing to settle this debt by offering Ishida a shot at the DDT Extreme Title. Ishida can get a title match on the condition that if he loses he must pay back To-y his 40,000 yen!

Pokotan made a bigger mark on the Imaike Rumble than expected. He ended up being involved with eliminating wrestlers like Yuki Ueno, HARASHIMA, Danshoku Dieno and Chris Brookes. Late in the match, Pokotan uncharacteristically gave Kazuki Hirata a Low Blow. He was then revealed to be Ilusion is disguise! Ilusion was already in the match so there must have been a point when he disappeared along with Pokotan, took over the mascot’s costume and then snuck back in. Despite his trick working, Ilusion wound up losing the match to Naomi Yoshimura. The prize Yoshimura received for winning the Rumble was some local uiro treats.

An illness has taken Junta Miyawaki out of this weekend’s shows. Tomomitsu Matsunaga is his substitute for both today and tomorrow.