was a

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event promoted by

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(DDT). The event took place on October 21, 2018, in

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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

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and was the first Peter Pan event to be held in the fall.

Storylines

The Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2018 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. By winning the King of DDT tournament on August 26,

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earned a title match in the main event against

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Event

First on the undercard was a ten-man Rumble rules match. Amongst the participants was a fake Tiger Mask V. The second match of the undercard was

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's first DDT match and featured six

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talents. On the main card, Disaster Box (

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and

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) challenged Damnation (

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, Tetsuya Endo and

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) for the

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. Next was a six-team

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in which two

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begin the match and are replaced whenever one is eliminated (by pinfall or submission) until there is only one team left. Next was a tag team match dubbed "Super Joshi Pro Wars 2018" pitting Cassandra Miyagi and

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from

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against the team of

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and

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. Next was a

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between All Out ( Akito,

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and Yuki Iino) and #StrongHearts ( T-Hawk, El Lindaman and Duan Yingnan). Next was an intergender tag team match between real life husband and wife Joey Ryan and Laura James, and real life fiancés

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and

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from

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. The match was dubbed "The World's Crazy Couple Battle". Next was a match sponsored by Souken Holdings dubbed "Eat Or Be Eaten!? Giant Special Single Match" between

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and Andreza Giant Panda, a gigantic panda

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. Next was a Weapon Rumble match dubbed "The Difference In 27 Years Of Age! Bloodbath Between President (48) and Roster Member (21) — Final and Conclusive Weapon Rumble" in which various weapons secretly chosen by the participants beforehand were being introduced one after another at regular intervals. Next was

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send-off match. He teamed up with his Team Dream Futures partner

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to take on the team of

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and

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. Next,

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faced off against Cima. In the main event,

challenged

for the

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

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

Results

Rumble rules match

Gauntlet tag team match

References

External links

The official DDT Pro-Wrestling website
{{List of major DDT Pro-Wrestling events DDT Peter Pan 2018 in professional wrestling October 2018 events in Japan Professional wrestling in Tokyo 2018 in Tokyo Events in Tokyo