So a fan brought one of those grip strength testers to tonight's DDT show and had everyone they could test theirs, documenting each result in a tweet with photos. I'm a big fan of random information like this so here's everyone's results! Each person will include a link back to the original tweet (unless they were grouped in with someone else, in which case you'll see theirs in the last link).
Read the results and extra tid-bits from O.P below!
Kimihiro = 50.7 kg / 111.7 lbs
MAO = 66.0 kg / 145.5 lbs
GM Imabayashi = 39.3 kg / 86.6 lbs
Ref Matsui = 34.9 kg / 76.9 lbs
Ref Kiso = 42.4 kg / 93.4 lbs (Kiso was pleased to hear he beat Matsui)
Koroku = 43.3 kg / 95.4 lbs
Matsunaga = 55.6 kg / 122.5 lbs
Junta = 60.4 kg / 133.1 lbs
Masada = 57.7 kg / 127.2 lbs
Naomi = 57.8 kg / 127.4 lbs (Apparently he's lost 20 kg in grip strength since he cut weight, which is about 44 lbs)
Ishida = 41.1 kg / 90.6 lbs (Ishida, tipsy and in high spirits, was too loud and got told off by Naomi lol)
Akito = 50.1 kg / 110.4 lbs
Sanshiro = 43.6 kg / 96.1 lbs
Dieno = 46.7 kg / 102.9 lbs (Dieno used to be at 50 kg when he played soccer)
Hirata = The machine kept having an error whenever he tried to do it, which I guess means Hirata's grip is so strong you can't measure it in measly human numbers!
Shunma = 43.4 kg / 95.6 lbs
Yuni = 34.0 kg / 74.9 lbs
To-y = 62.7 kg / 138.2 lbs (The third strongest!)
Ueno = 56.6 kg / 124.7 lbs
Chris = 63.9 kg / 140.8 lbs (The second strongest!)
Sumi = 38.2 kg / 84.2 lbs (initially there was much confusion because the machine was set to lbs accidentally, making it look like Sumi had a grip strength stronger than anyone there)
Rukiya = 50.5 kg / 111.3 lbs
Harashima = 54.2 kg / 119.4 lbs
Naya = 51.3 kg / 113.0 lbs
Kanon = 81.9 kg / 180.5 lbs (the strongest of them all!)
Being a fan of DDT you learn something new everyday, and I've just learned that To-y has an actual gambling addiction 💀
I love him so much and everything truly wrong with him and the fact he admitted he's doing 80% gambling and 20% wrestling in DDT right now.
I will say it is very worrying, and I do hope it's a gimmick, but I don't really know? Because he fully admitted he got into it in college because someone taught him about slots, then he got really into it with boat racing because he showed up on live TV for it with some 37kamiina members- but I do hope he's okay now. I will say at the end he did want to get out of the cycle, he has said he would like to get out- he doesn't want to go back to it even if he said he wouldn't stop even with his mom asking.
