{"id":137120,"date":"2025-06-28T04:35:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T08:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=137120"},"modified":"2025-06-28T04:35:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T08:35:41","slug":"ddt-king-of-kings-storms-june-showdown-preview-6-29-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/06\/28\/ddt-king-of-kings-storms-june-showdown-preview-6-29-25\/","title":{"rendered":"DDT King of Kings Storm\u2019s June Showdown Preview (6\/29\/25)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two title matches, the debut of an international tag team, and so much more exciting in-ring action come our way as DDT Pro-Wrestling presents \u201cDDT King of Kings ~Storm\u2019s June Showdown~\u201d at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The show will stream live on <\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.wrestle-universe.com\/en\/lives\/jSfNXV6m4DzcAYTAQbV2km\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wrestle Universe<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Sunday, June 29, at 11:10 a.m. JST (June 28, 10:10 p.m. ET)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This show is one of the promotion\u2019s highly anticipated cards of 2025, which has the makings of another action-packed, fun day at Korakuen Hall.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_137171\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-137171\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-137171 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/11-59.jpg\" alt=\"A graphic for DDT King of Kings Storm\u2019s 2025.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/11-59.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/11-59-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/11-59-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/11-59-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/11-59-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-137171\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: DDT Pro-Wrestling.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><b>DDT King of Kings Storm\u2019s June Showdown Card<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s a full preview of the card that features intriguing matchups from top to bottom:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KO-D Openweight Championship: Chris Brookes (c) vs. Kazusada Higuchi<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KO-D Tag Team Championship: The Astronauts (c) vs. Yuki Iino &amp; Yukio Naya<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Tag Team Match: Minoru Suzuki &amp; Yuki Ueno vs. Shinya Aoki &amp; Yuya Koroku<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Special Tag Team Match: MxM vs. Danshoku Dieno &amp; Kazuki Hirata<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Tag Team Match: HARASHIMA &amp; Kumadori vs. MJ Paul &amp; Ilusion<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3 Way Tag Team Match: Daisuke Sasaki &amp; Hideki Okatani vs. Strange Love Connection vs. Shunma Katsumata &amp; To-y<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Six Man Tag Team Match: Jun Akiyama &amp; Daichi Sato &amp; Takao Soma vs. Toru Owashi &amp; Antonio Honda &amp; Takeshi Masada<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dark Match: Akito &amp; Kazuma Sumi vs. Naomi Yoshimura &amp; Yuki Ishida<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plus, an appearance by the current Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion, Poison Sawada JULIE, for the unveiling of the title belt&#8217;s new design.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>DDT King of Kings Storm\u2019s June Showdown Preview<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Headlining the show is the KO-D Openweight title match between the reigning champion Chris Brookes and 2025 King of DDT tournament winner Kazusada Higuchi. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Higuchi returned from injury last March at Judgement and quickly made up for lost time, winning King of DDT and earning the right to challenge for DDT\u2019s biggest prize, while Brookes is coming off a successful defense against this year\u2019s D-Generations Cup winner Yuya Koroku last April at Change Age 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both veterans and leaders of their units, Brookes and Higuchi, clash in the main event. Can Higuchi continue his amazing comeback, or will Chris defeat his strongest challenger on his second reign as champion?<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udc51A STACKED June Korakuen show on Jun 29\u203c<\/p>\n<p>\u2714KO-D Openweight Champion vs KING OF DDT, Chris vs Higuchi!<br \/>\n\u2714KO-D Tag title Bout, Astronauts vs Iino &amp; Naya!<br \/>\n\u2714Minoru Suzuki vs Shinya Aoki in tags!<br \/>\n\u2714MxM Collection from AEW!<br \/>\n\u2714Kumadori of O-MENZ!<\/p>\n<p>LIVE on WRESTLE UNIVERSE!<a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ddtpro?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ddtpro<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EOp3foNy6E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/EOp3foNy6E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DDT Pro-Wrestling (English) (@ddtproENG) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ddtproENG\/status\/1937447498987241729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The other title match on hand is for the KO-D Tag Team Championship, as Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura take on two of the strongest men on the roster, Yuki Iino and Yukio Naya. Iino\u2019s return match from injury isn\u2019t going to be easy, as he aims to take the tag titles from The Astronauts, who have been defending the belts on different promotions all over Japan. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, with Naya on his side, the champs will need to be at their best when they face their threat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a show filled with tags, two other special ones should capture the fans&#8217; interest. DDT Universal Champion Minoru Suzuki teams with Yuki Ueno to face his next challenger, Shinya Aoki and Yuya Koroku. Suzuki and Aoki will be on opposite sides once again before their title match on July 13 to test each other&#8217;s mettle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MxM makes their DDT debut as Mansoor and Mason Madden go up against Danshoku Dieno and Kazuki Hirata. This will be compelling, as AEW\u2019s most stylish tag team collide with two of DDT\u2019s most beloved wrestlers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of DDT\u2019s celebrity roster members is also on deck to wrestle, as Kumadori of the male dance group \u201cO-MENZ\u201d competes in his third match ever, teaming up with HARASHIMA. 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