Ultimate Party 2023 was a

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event produced by CyberFight's DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). The event took place on November 12, 2023, in

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at the

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. It was the third event under the Ultimate Party chronology. The event aired live on AbemaTV and on DDT's streaming service Wrestle Universe.

Production

Background

Ultimate Party is a

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that was established by DDT Pro-Wrestling in 2019. The event was held a second time in 2020, but was discontinued. In May 2023, DDT announced the revival of the event, with the third Ultimate Party to take place on November 12, 2023, at the

, in

Storylines

The show featured matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray

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, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. On August 27, it was announced that

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's Hiromu Takahashi would be appearing at Ultimate Party 2023. At DDT Big Bang 2023, Kazuki Hirata defended the

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while capturing the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship by defeating Naruki Doi. After the match, Takahashi appeared and reminded Hirata of their past confrontations in NJPW's NEVER brand and DDT's Wakate Tsūshin series of events. He then challenged him and the match was made official. At Who's Gonna Top? 2023, Chris Brookes achieved his second successful defense of the

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against Saki Akai. He was then challenged by

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and immediately accepted the challenge.

Event

The event started with two matches broadcast live on DDT's

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channel. In the first bout,

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and Shota defeated Masahiro Takanashi and Antonio Honda to successfully defend the KO-D Tag Team Championship for the first time in that respective reign. In the second bout, Yusuke Okada and Yuya Koroku picked up a victory over the teams of Kanon and MJ Paul, Naruki Doi and Kazuma Sumi,

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and Yuki Ishida and

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and Rukiya in a Rumble rules tag team battle royal. In the first main card match,

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, Moka Miyamoto and Shino Suzuki defeated Suzume, Arisu Endo and Wakana Uehara. Next up, Yoshitatsu, Yoshihiko, Danshoku Dino and Super Sasadango Machine defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Akito, Makoto Oishi and Shinichiro Kawamatsu in a special stipulation match in which the winner was the one who made the opponent kneel on the ground and apologize. Next up, a returning Kuroshio Tokyo Japan defeated Takeshi Masada in singles competition. In the sixth bout,

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, Harashima and Yukio Naya defeated

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's Voodoo-Murders ( Jun Saito, Rei Saito and Toshizo). Next, Daisuke Sasaki defeated Tetsuya Endo via knockout. In the eighth bout, Naomichi Marufuji, Kazusada Higuchi and

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defeated Eruption ( Saki Akai,

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and

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) in what was Akai's official retirement match. After the bout concluded, she received a retirement ceremony where various superstars such as Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe and

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reached out via video to pay homage for her career. Upon Akai's retirement, the

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were subsequently vacated by herself,

and

. In the ninth match, Hiromu Takahashi defended the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship against Kazuki Hirata in a special multiple-stipulation match which consisted of multiple settlements decided by a spinning wheel. The comedic bout took place under the stipulation of a musical deatchmatch, a handicap match in which Takahashi teamed up with Yoshihiko, two dancing contests, and a blindfold bra removal. Takahashi picked up the win, but moments after he pinned Hirata, he was laying down to the canvas, moment in which his IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship belt which was laying on his chest pinned him to win the Ironman title. Seconds later, Hirata pinned Takahashi's junior belt to take the Ironman belt. Before both clearing the ring out, Takahashi once again tried to pin Hirata but unsuccessfully. After the chaotic scene ended, Takahashi performed one last dance in the ring, moment in which he was jumped and kissed by Danshoku Dino. In the tenth bout,

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defeated Matt Cardona to win the

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for the second time in his career, ending Cardona's title on his second defense. In the semi main event, All Elite Wrestling's Chris Jericho defeated Konosuke Takeshita by submission after hitting his signature "Walls of Jericho" move. In the main event,

defeated Chris Brookes to win the

Results

References

External links

The official DDT Pro-Wrestling website
{{List of major DDT Pro-Wrestling events DDT Ultimate Party 2023 in professional wrestling November 2023 events in Japan Professional wrestling in Tokyo 2023 in Tokyo Events in Tokyo