Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2018

Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2018: Fall Pro-Wrestling Cultural Festival (両国ピーターパン2018〜秋のプロレス文化祭〜, Ryōgoku Pītā Pan 2018: aki no puroresu bunkasai) 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.^[1][2] The event aired on Fighting TV Samurai and was the first Peter Pan event to be held in the fall.^[3]

Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2018
Promotional poster for the event featuring various wrestlers
Promotion	DDT Pro-Wrestling
Date	October 21, 2018[1]
City	Tokyo, Japan[1]
Venue	Ryōgoku Kokugikan[1]
Attendance	6,259[1]
Tagline(s)	Fall Pro-Wrestling Cultural Festival
Pay-per-view chronology
← Previous Judgment 2018 Next → Judgment 2019
Peter Pan chronology
← Previous 2017 Next → 2019

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.^[4]

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 fake Tiger Mask V.

The second match of the undercard was Mina Shirakawa's first DDT match and featured six Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling talents.

On the main card, Disaster Box (Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata and Yuki Ueno) challenged Damnation (Soma Takao, Tetsuya Endo and Mad Paulie) for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship.

Next was a six-team Gauntlet match in which two tag teams 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 Meiko Satomura from Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling against the team of Maki Itoh and Saki Akai.

Next was a six-man tag team match between All Out (Akito, Shunma Katsumata 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 Makoto Oishi and Misaki Ohata from Pro Wrestling Wave. 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 Super Sasadango Machine and Andreza Giant Panda, a gigantic panda mascot.

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 Shigehiro Irie send-off match. He teamed up with his Team Dream Futures partner Keisuke Ishii to take on the team of Harashima and Yukio Sakaguchi.

Next, Konosuke Takeshita faced off against Cima.

In the main event, Daisuke Sasaki challenged Danshoku Dino for the KO-D Openweight Championship. Sasaki won the bout and was granted a 2,000,000 yen prize by Good Com Asset, the sponsor of the match.

Results

No.	Results[1][2][5]	Stipulations	Times
1P	Nobuhiro Shimatani won by last eliminating Gorgeous Matsuno	Rumble rules match	13:26
2P	Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki and Shoko Nakajima defeated Miyu Yamashita, Yuki Kamifuku and Mina Shirakawa	Six-woman tag team match	9:08
3	Damnation (Soma Takao, Tetsuya Endo and Mad Paulie) (c) defeated Disaster Box (Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata and Yuki Ueno)	Six-man tag team match for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship	11:21
4	Shuten-dōji (Kudo and Masahiro Takanashi) defeated Mike Bailey and Antonio Honda, Renegades (Mizuki Watase and Jason "The Gift" Kincaid), Kazusada Higuchi and Kota Umeda, Thanomsak Toba and Keisuke Okuda, and Tomomitsu Matsunaga and Michael Nakazawa	Gauntlet tag team match	18:52
5	Meiko Satomura and Cassandra Miyagi defeated Saki Akai and Maki Itoh by submission	Tag team match	11:07
6	#StrongHearts (T-Hawk, El Lindaman and Duan Yingnan) defeated All Out (Akito, Shunma Katsumata and Yuki Iino)	Six-man tag team match	11:20
7	Makoto Oishi and Misaki Ohata defeated Joey Ryan and Laura James	Tag team match	6:45
8	Andreza Giant Panda defeated Super Sasadango Machine	Singles match	10:25
9	Mao defeated Sanshiro Takagi	Weapon Rumble	24:05
10	Team Dream Futures (Shigehiro Irie and Keisuke Ishii) defeated Harashima and Yukio Sakaguchi	Tag team match	14:50
11	Cima defeated Konosuke Takeshita	Singles match	24:21
12	Daisuke Sasaki defeated Danshoku Dino (c) by submission	Singles match for the KO-D Openweight Championship	32:10
(c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match P  – the match was broadcast on the pre-show

Rumble rules match

Order[6]	Wrestler	Order eliminated	By	Time
1	Nobuhiro Shimatani	—	—	Winner
2	Yumehito Imanari	6	Gorgeous Matsuno	10:59
3	Shota	7	Gorgeous Matsuno	10:59
4	Tiger Mask V (self-proclaimed)	1	Everyone	6:43
5	Michael Wolf	3	Hoshitango	8:34
6	Gundan Hitori	2	Hoshitango	8:01
7	Monster Halloween	4	Gorgeous Matsuno	9:24
8	Gota Ihashi	8	Nobuhiro Shimatani	11:06
9	Hoshitango	5	Gota Ihashi, Yumehito Imanari and Shota	10:04
10	Gorgeous Matsuno	9	Nobuhiro Shimatani	13:26

Gauntlet tag team match

Elimination	Wrestler	Team	Eliminated by	Elimination move	Time	Ref.
1	Mizuki Watase	Renegades	Mike Bailey	Pinned after an Ultima Weapon	5:09	[2]
2	Antonio Honda	Mike Bailey and Antonio Honda	Keisuke Okuda	Cross armbreaker	8:28	[2]
3	Thanomsak Toba	Thanomsak Toba and Keisuke Okuda	Michael Nakazawa	Pinned with a Japanese leg roll clutch	10:49	[2]
4	Michael Nakazawa	Tomomitsu Matsunaga and Michael Nakazawa	Kudo	Pinned after a Diving double knee drop	12:46	[2]
5	Kota Umeda	Kazusada Higuchi and Kota Umeda	Masahiro Takanashi	Pinned after a Taka Tonic	18:52	[2]
Winners:	Shuten-dōji (Kudo and Masahiro Takanashi)

References

1. "DDT Ryogoku Peter Pan 2018 ~ Fall Wrestling Culture Festival ~". Cagematch.net. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
2. "DDT Pro-Wrestling Results: 2018". Purolove.net (in German). Retrieved February 3, 2020.
3. Dark Angel (October 29, 2018). "DDT: "Ryogoku Peter Pan 2018" The consecration of Daisuke Sasaki". superluchas.com. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
4. Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
5. 両国ピーターパン2018～秋のプロレス文化祭～. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). October 21, 2018. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
6. "DDT Results 2018". Dramatic DDT. Retrieved February 3, 2020.

External links

• The official DDT Pro-Wrestling website
• Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2018 at ProWrestlingHistory.com