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event promoted by
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(DDT). The event took place on August 17, 2014, in
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at the
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. The event featured eleven matches, four of which were contested for
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. The event aired on
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Storylines

The Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2014 event featured eleven
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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 June 29,
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earned a title match in the main event against KO-D Openweight Champion
Harashima Harashima (stylised in all capital letters) (born July 6, 1974) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is currently working in DDT Pro-Wrestling (formally Dramatic Dream Team), where he is a ten-time KO-D Openweight Champion and a former eleve ...
.
Kenny Omega Tyson Smith (born October 16, 1983), better known by the ring name , is a Canadian-born professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is the current AEW International Champion in his first reign. He also works as an ...
was later added to the match, making it a
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Event

The first
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was a
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exhibition match featuring Kanna, Erin, Chikage Kiba,
Yuka Sakazaki is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). She is known for her tenure with Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling, where she is a three-time Princess of Princess Champion, and a record-tying four-time Princess Tag Team ...
,
Shoko Nakajima is a Japanese female professional wrestler, who wrestles for Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling (TJPW), where she is a former two-time Princess of Princess Champion both inaugural and current Tokyo Princess Tag Team Champion, first reign with Yuka Sak ...
and
Miyu Yamashita is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is signed to Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling. Yamashita was trained by DDT Pro Wrestling's Kyohei Mikami, and made her debut in August 2013 as one of the first members of DDT's all female Tokyo Joshi Pro sis ...
. The second dark match was a "DDT vs. Union Pro-Wrestling"
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pitting a team of four DDT wrestlers against four Union Pro wrestlers. On the main card, Mikami teamed up with Pro-Wrestling Freedoms' Gentaro to face the team of Yasu Urano and Akito. The next match was the "Souken Group Presents Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship Battle Royale", a Rumble rules match for the
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that saw Akihiro, an inflatable love doll, enter as the champion.
LiLiCo Ann-Sophie Lennerfors (born 16 November 1970) is a Swedish-Japanese TV personality, film critic and part-time professional wrestler who lives and works in Japan, best known under the stage name LiLiCo. Biography Early life LiLiCo was born Ann-S ...
was the special guest
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. Amongst the participants was Kizaemon Saiga, a
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. During the match, DJ Nira pinned Akihiro to eliminate it from the match and become the 1,007th champion. Gorgeous Matsuno then eliminated DJ Nira to win the match and become the 1,008th champion. After the match, LiLiCo pinned Gorgeous Matsuno by surprise to become the 1,009th champion, by virtue of the championship's 24/7 rule. The next match saw the participation of
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from
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. The "Important Something Time Bombing Deathmatch" was a match in which "an important something" was to be blown up after ten minutes had gone by. Just before the match, it was announced that the important something was the anus of Ryota Yamasato, a comedian who acted as an interviewer for DDT. In the next match,
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teamed up with
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from Pro-Wrestling Freedoms to face
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and
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in a Falls Count Anywhere Street Fight that saw the action spill out all around the arena. In the next match,
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fought
Shuji Kondo is a Japanese people, Japanese professional wrestler. Prior to becoming a pro wrestler, he played Rugby union, rugby. After starting his career in Dragon Gate (wrestling), Toryumon, Kondo eventually joined All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where h ...
from
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. In the next match,
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faced
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from
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.


Results


Rumble rules match


Three-way elimination match


Footnotes


References


External links


The official DDT Pro-Wrestling website
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