was a

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event promoted by

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(DDT). The event took place on August 28, 2016, in

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at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. The event featured twelve matches, six of which were contested for championships. The event aired on

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was originally scheduled to appear at the event but was forced to cancel due to an

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Storylines

The Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2016 event featured twelve

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that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed

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, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. On September 14, 2015, Kudo suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury while taking part in

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's 2015 NTV G+ Cup Junior Heavyweight Tag League. On September 17, he announced that the injury required surgery, which would sideline him for about a year. After eleven months, DDT announced that Kudo would make his return at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2016. By winning the King of DDT tournament on June 26,

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earned a title match in the main event against

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Event

The

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was a

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. Chikara was the reigning champion going into the match. Per its special rules, this title is awarded to the loser of the match. In the case of a tag match, whoever gets pinned by the champion becomes the new champion. The next match was a

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exhibition match featuring six TJPW wrestlers. On the main card, the next match, dubbed "DNA Fights: Battle of Last Summer", was an exhibition match from DDT New Attitude (DNA), DDT's developmental brand. At 2:23 pm, between the third and fourth matches, a

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pinned

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to become the 1,163rd Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion. Next was a Rumble rules match for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship. Amongst the participants was

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from the

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promotion Pro-Wrestling Freedoms. The champion yakitori entered first but was eaten by Cherry (the third entrant) who was then declared the 1,164th champion.

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(the seventh entrant) forced Cherry to submit with a single leg crab to eliminate her from the match and become the 1,165th champion. A few minutes later, Yoshihiko (an inflatable

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which was the last entrant) eliminated Ishii with a

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, forcing him to submit and becoming the 1,166th champion. Seconds later, Toru Owashi pinned Kazuki Hirata and Yoshihiko at the same time with '' La Magistral'' to win the match and become the 1,167th champion. After the match, Joey Ryan pinned Owashi by surprise to become the 1,168th champion. Next was a

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, dubbed "Yellow Dragon Comes Back!!" which saw the return of Kudo after being absent for almost a year due to an injury. The next match, an

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, was dubbed "The NωA's Road To Participating In The 2016 DDT Festival" and featured

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acting as the NωA General Manager and giving a Powerpoint presentation entitled "Sasadango Teaches The Way To Survive In The Show Business Industry". Next,

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challenged

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for the World Junior Heavyweight Championship, All Japan Pro-Wrestling's top junior heavyweight title. Next,

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challenged

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for the

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in a "Watase Contra Watase" match where Mizuki Watase was free to intervene in the match and where the loser would be forbidden to meet with Watase ever again. Then, at 4:56 pm, Joey Ryan lost the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship to a yakitori by choking on it when a referee counted this as a

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and declared the yakitori the 1,169th champion. Next was a six-man tag team match that saw the participation of

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and

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. Next was a tag team match that saw the participation of

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. Next,

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and

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challenged Kai from

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and

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for the

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in a match sponsored by Uchicomi!. In the main event,

challenged

for the

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. Ishikawa won the bout and was granted a 2,000,000

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prize by Good Com Asset, the sponsor of the match. After the match,

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ate the champion yakitori to become the 1,170th Ironman Heavymetalweight champion.

Results

Rumble rules match

Footnotes

References

External links

The official DDT Pro-Wrestling website
{{List of major DDT Pro-Wrestling events DDT Peter Pan 2016 in professional wrestling August 2016 events in Japan Professional wrestling in Tokyo 2016 in Tokyo Events in Tokyo