2023 DDT Pro-Wrestling event
Sweet Dreams! 2023 was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight 's sub-brand DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). It took place on January 29, 2023, in Tokyo , Japan, at the Korakuen Hall . The event aired on CyberAgent 's AbemaTV online linear television service and CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe .[ 2]
Nine matches were contested at the event, including two on the pre-show, and three of DDT's nine championships were on the line. The main event saw Yuji Hino defeat Kazusada Higuchi to win the KO-D Openweight Championship for the second time. In other prominent matches, ShunMao (Mao and Shunma Katsumata ) successfully defended the KO-D Tag Team Championship against Omega (Makoto Oishi and Shiori Asahi ), and Burning (Tetsuya Endo , Kotaro Suzuki and Yusuke Okada ) defeated Pheromones (Yuki "Sexy" Iino , Danshoku "Dandy" Dino and Koju "Shiningball" Takeda ) to retain the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship .[ 3]
The event featured nine professional wrestling matches that resulted from scripted storylines , where 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]
The preshow portraited a comedic No fee rumble match featuring cosplayers of various popular wrestlers from other consecrated promotions such as Drew McIntyre , Luke Gallows , Great-O-Khan , Asuka or Tiger Mask . It was won by Fuminori Abe who last eliminated Sanshiro Takagi . The first match of the main card saw Kanon and MJ Paul picking up a victory over the teams of Disasterbox (Kazuki Hirata and Toru Owashi ), Akito and Antonio Honda , and Yuki Ishida and Yuya Koroku in four-way tag team action. Next, Hideki Okatani defeated Kazuma Sumi and Keigo Nakamura defeated Takeshi Masada in the first ever edition of the D Generations Cup , the successor of the former and folded Young Drama Cup . Next, The37Kamiina (Toui Kojima and Yuki Ueno ) and Shinya Aoki defeated Hikaru Machida, Thanomsak Toba and Yukio Sakaguchi in six-man tag team action. Another six-action saw Chris Brookes , Harashima and Yukio Naya defeating Jun Akiyama , DDT Universal Champion Naruki Doi and Soma Takao . On the seventh bout of the event, Tetsuya Endo , Kotaro Suzuki and Yusuke Okada marked their first successful defense of the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship against Pheromones (Danshoku Dino , Koju Takeda and Yuki Iino ). In the semi main event, Mao and Shunma Katsumata secured their first defense of the KO-D Tag Team Championship against Makoto Oishi and Shiori Asahi .[ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
In the main event, Yuji Hino defeated Kazusada Higuchi to win the KO-D Openweight Championship for the second time in his career, ending the latter's reign at 210 days.[ 8] [ 9]
^ Japanese : 30分ドロー 182発 その先の完全決着戦 , Hepburn : Sanjuppun Dorō; Hyakuhachijūni-hatsu; Sono Saki no Kanzen Ketchakusen ^ The other participants were Ariji Akinori, Ashuka, Big Bear, BRA-VO, Crusher Inoba, Dick Zlater, Dopyu McIntyre, Fat Kobashi, Fuck Takeda, Great-CO-Khan, Great-GO-Khan, Gundan Hitori, Hen China, Honagi Takemoto, Kaijin Mukuro 696, Kim Yocchan, Macho Gallows, Mazakon Kid, Mori Haruomi, Self-Proclaimed Tiger Mask V, Shinya, Shosaku Inoue, Tadaki Toronomi, Takuma Joshiba, Tezuka Awesome Ichiro, Thick And Hard Kankuro Hoshino and Tsutenkakuka.
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