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Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2018
was a professional wrestling event promoted by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). The event took place on October 21, 2018, in Tokyo at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. The event, named after the traditional Japanese cultural festivals, featured twelve matches, two of which were contested for championships. The event aired on Fighting TV Samurai and was the first Peter Pan event to be held in the fall. Storylines The Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2018 event featured twelve professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. By winning the King of DDT tournament on August 26, Daisuke Sasaki earned a title match in the main event against KO-D Openweight Champion Danshoku Dino. Event First on the undercard was a ten-man Rumble rules match. Amongst the participants was a fak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DDT Pro-Wrestling
is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Its name stands for Dramatic Dream Team, which was the promotion's official name from 1997 to 2004. Founded in March 1997 by Shintaro Muto, the promotion was eventually bought and managed by Shoichi Ichimiya until December 2005, when Sanshiro Takagi took over as the new president. In 2017, DDT was sold to CyberAgent. Takagi retained his position, while Takahiro Yamauchi took over as the new DDT director. DDT became one of the top promotions in Japanese independent wrestling by creating a unique sports entertainment style, often parodying WWE, with a Japanese puroresu flair to the matches. DDT has had agreements with various MMA and professional wrestling promotions around the world. DDT's biggest event is Peter Pan, held each year since 2009. The cards' matches tend to be a mixture of Japanese lucharesu (a mix of lucha libre and traditional puroresu), worked shoot-style, hardcore brawling and comedy matche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glossary Of Professional Wrestling Terms
Professional wrestling has accrued a considerable amount of jargon throughout its existence. Much of it stems from the industry's origins in the days of carnivals and circuses. In the past, professional wrestlers used such terms in the presence of fans so as not to reveal the nature of the business. Into the 21st century, widespread discussion on the Internet has popularized these terms. Many of the terms refer to the financial aspects of professional wrestling in addition to in-ring terms. A B C D E F G H I J K L M mic work, mic skills, microphone work The ability to generate reaction from the audience using words, and generally by speak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetsuya Endo (wrestler)
is a Japanese professional wrestler, who has worked for DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) since his debut in April 2012. He is a three time KO-D Openweight Champion and a former four time KO-D Tag Team Champion. Professional wrestling career DDT Pro-Wrestling (2012–present) Debut and early career (2012) After training under Keita Yano, Endo made his professional debut on April 1, 2012, teaming with Keisuke Ishii in a loss to Hiroshi Fukuda and Akito. 29 days after his debut, Endo gained his first win, defeating Daishi at a Kaientai Dojo show. Endo lost the majority of matches he competed in throughout 2012 and 2013, a common thing for young wrestlers in Japan as a method of earning one's place in the company and gaining experience. Teaming with Konosuke Takeshita (2013–2016) In 2013, Endo began teaming with fellow rookie Konosuke Takeshita, teaming with him in a KO-D Tag Team Championship number one contenders match also featuring Kudo and Yasu Urano, losing to the Golden Love ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soma Takao
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). Takao has taken part in every edition of DDT's flagship annual event, Peter Pan, where he had a series of 13 straight victories. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2009–present) Takao made his professional wrestling debut for DDT Pro-Wrestling at Ryōgoku Peter Pan on August 23, 2009, where he teamed up with Keisuke Ishii and Yukihiro Abe to defeat Gota Ihashi, Shigehiro Irie, and Tomokazu Taniguchi in a six-man tag team match. He participated in one of the longest matches in professional wrestling history, a 108-man battle royal at Tenka Sanbun no Kei: New Year's Eve Special, a cross-over event held between Big Japan Pro Wrestling, DDT and Kaientai Dojo from December 31, 2009, competing against other infamous wrestlers such as Great Kojika, Taka Michinoku, Kenny Omega, Abdullah Kobayashi, and the winner of the match, Jun Kasai. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuki Ueno
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2016–present) Ueno made his professional wrestling debut at the 2016 edition of "Who's Gonna Top?" in a time-limit draw dark match against Akito. Throughout his career so far, he has worked mostly for DDT, but had several matches for other promotions such as Dradition where he worked alongside famous wrestlers such as Masato Tanaka, Yukio Sakaguchi and Super Tiger II. In May 2017, he was a participant in Kaientai Dojo's K-Metal League Tournament of which he reached but ultimately lost the final against Go Asakawa. He won the first title of his career at DDT's 21st Anniversary show, the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship with Koju Takeda and Kota Umeda after defeating Shuten-Dōji ( Kudo, Masahiro Takanashi and Yukio Sakaguchi) in a six-man tag team match. He also won the KO-D Tag Team Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuki Hirata
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). Professional wrestling career DDT Pro-Wrestling (2010-present) Hirata's first known match as a professional wrestler was a loss against Keisuke Ishii for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship at Judgement 2010 on March 14, 2010, however, he is known to have previously defeated Michael Nakazawa at a promotion's house show on February 28, 2010 to win the title. He is known for his affiliation with various stables such as T2Hii in which he paired with Sanshiro Takagi and Toru Owashi to win the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship at Dramatic General Election 2014 Final Voting Day - Last Hope Special on September 28, 2014 from Team Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao). The other stable he took part in is Disaster Box, and he teamed up with fellow stablemates Toru Owashi and Yuki Ueno to unsuccessfully challenge Damnation (Mad Paulie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toru Owashi
is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name . He is best known for his work in DDT Pro-Wrestling, where he is a former KO-D Openweight Championship, KO-D Openweight Champion and two time KO-D Tag Team Championship, KO-D Tag Team Champion. Professional wrestling career Initially aspiring to become a sumo wrestler like his father, Ito joined the Wakamatsu stable and adopted the shikona of Asa Ito, which he later changed to Asawashi, meaning "Morning Eagle" in Japanese. However, he ended up leaving the sport due to a recurrent knee injury in January 1999. He worked as a chef until joining the Toryumon (Último Dragón), Ultimo Dragon Gym in order to become a professional wrestler. Toryumon (2000–2004) He made his debut under his real name on September 2, 2000 in Mexico. He soon adopted the name of Toru Owashi and the character of a strong, Heel (professional wrestling), villainous loner. After being moved along with his entire class to Toryumon 2000 Project ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling
, often abbreviated to TJPW, is a Japanese joshi puroresu or women's professional wrestling promotion founded in 2012 as a sister promotion of DDT Pro Wrestling. Initially running alongside other shows such as live music and other idol performances, it became its own standalone promotion starting on February 28, 2015. TJPW's biggest show of the year is the annual January 4th "Ittenyon" show held at Korakuen Hall. As of 2020, TJPW is promoted under the CyberFight banner as a sister promotion to both DDT Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Noah. History Formation (2012–2013) On June 4, 2012, Tokyo Joshi Pro was announced by DDT Pro Wrestling. Set to be run by former Ice Ribbon and NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling promoter and booker Tetsuya Kodo and wrestler Nozomi, the promotion was established in late 2012 and thus a recruitment process began for wrestlers. Four of the first wrestlers recruited were Miyu Yamashita, Shoko Nakajima, Kanna and Chikage Kiba. The training of the wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mina Shirakawa
is a Japanese professional wrestler and idol, currently signed to the Japanese professional wrestling promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she is the leader of Club Venus. She is a former Artist of Stardom and Future of Stardom Champion. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2018–2020) Shirakawa made her professional wrestling debut at ''BBJ Muscle Ring'' on August 5, 2018, the first-ever event of the Best Body Japan Pro-Wrestling promotion, where she teamed up with Shoko Nakajima in a losing effort against Reika Saiki and Hoshimi Muramatsu. She wrestled at several other events of the promotion such as the ''BBJ Muscle Ring 2'' from October 18, 2018, where she lost against Cherry, and ''BBJ Muscle Ring 3'' from December 26, 2018 where she lost to Misaki Ohata. She worked a match for DDT Pro-Wrestling, at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2018 from October 21, where she teamed up with Miyu Yamashita and Yuki Kamifuku and lost to Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki and Shoko Nakajima in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ikuhisa Minowa
is a Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler currently competing in IGF as . A professional MMA competitor since 1996, he was a longtime veteran of PRIDE and Pancrase and has also competed in other mixed martial arts promotions such as K-1 Hero's, Cage Rage, the SFL, Vale Tudo Japan, UFC, DREAM, and DEEP. He is the former DREAM Openweight Grand Prix Champion (Super Hulk). Often undersized and a huge fan favorite in Japan, Minowa earned his nickname "The Giant Killer" by participating in many openweight contests, often submitting much larger opponents. Also renowned for his durability, he is a veteran of 115 fights, and is known for his trademark red speedo and mullet. Mixed martial arts career Early career Minowa made his professional debut in the Lumax Cup in 1996, but would spend most of his early career in the Pancrase promotion. Minowa had a poor start to his MMA career, going 1–8–1 in his first ten fights, taking on MMA pioneers such as Yuki Kondo and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danshoku Dino
, better known by his ring name , also written Danshoku Dieno, is a Japanese professional wrestler. Dino has spent most of his career competing for DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), where he plays an overly exaggerated homosexual character. His ring name comes from the Japanese name for the character Baron Dino from the manga series ''Sakigake!! Otokojuku''. Early life In elementary, junior and high school, Dino played soccer alongside Keita Kanemoto who was his team captain. Professional wrestling career Dino was trained in shoot fighting prior to training to be a wrestler and he incorporated this training into his wrestling style. In addition to wrestling in DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), he has also competed in several independent wrestling promotions around Japan, including Dragon Gate, Ice Ribbon, Kaientai Dojo, Osaka Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Zero1-Max. In February 2007, Dino made his first excursion overseas, as he debuted for a few American independent promotions such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KO-D Openweight Championship
The is a professional wrestling world openweight championship and the top singles accomplishment in the Japanese promotion CyberFight currently defended in the DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) brand division. It is one of CyberFight's top major world titles, alongside the GHC Heavyweight Championship in Pro Wrestling Noah. The title was established in 2000 and the inaugural champion was Masao Orihara. , there have been a total of seventy-nine recognized reigns and three vacancies shared between thirty-six recognized champions and one interim champion. The current title holder is Kazusada Higuchi who is in his first reign. History Dramatic Dream Team (now DDT Pro-Wrestling) was founded in 1997. In 2000, DDT commissioner Exciting Yoshida created the promotion's first championship, briefly called DDT Openweight Championship, before the King of DDT (KO-D) was established as DDT's governing body and the title was officially named KO-D Openweight Championship. The inaugural championship matc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
