KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Titles to be vacated due to Saki Akai retiring

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New champions are going to be crowned. 

Among the matches on the bill for DDT Pro-Wrestling’s Ultimate Party on November 12th is Saki Akai’s retirement match. She’ll be teaming with her fellow partners in Eruption, Yukio Sakaguchi and Hideki Okatani to take on Naomichi Marufuji, Kazusada Higuchi and Miyu Yamashita. 

Akai, Okatani and Sakaguchi are the reigning AJPW TV and KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions. DDT noted that Eruption will be vacating the KO-D 6-Man Titles at Ultimate Party. 

A one-day tournament to crown new champions is going to take place November 16th. Eruption have been holding the belts since July. 

DDT Ultimate Party is emanating from Ryōgoku Sumo Hall and here is the updated match card: 

  • Five-Way Tag Team Match: Damnnation T.A (Kanon & M.J. Paul) vs. Naruki Doi & Kazuma Sumi vs. Toy Kojima & Yuki Ishida vs. Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku vs. Takeshi Masada & Rukiya
  • Yuki Arai, Moka Miyamoto & Shino Suzuki vs. Suzume, Arisu Endo & Wakana Uehara
  • Sanshiro Takagi, Akito, Makoto Oishi & Shinichiro Kawamatsu vs. Yoshitatsu, Yoshihiko, Danshoku Dino & Super Sasadango Machine
  • Jun Akiyama, HARASHIMA & Yukio Naya vs. Voodoo-Murders (Jun Saito, Rei Saito & Toshizo)
  • Daisuke Sasaki vs. Tetsuya Endo
  • Hiromu Takahashi vs. Kazuki Hirata
  • KO-D Tag Team Championships: Soma Takao & Shota (c) vs. Masahiro Takanashi & Antonio Honda
  • DDT Universal Championship: Matt Cardona (c) (w/ Steph De Lander) vs. MAO
  • Saki Akai’s Retirement Match: Saki Akai, Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani vs. Naomichi Marufuji, Kazusada Higuchi & Miyu Yamashita
  • Chris Jericho vs. Konosuke Takeshita
  • KO-D Openweight Championship: Chris Brookes (c) vs. Yuki Ueno
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