Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2017

Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2017: Even If Peter Pan Is 20 Years Old He Is Peter Pan (両国ピーターパン2017〜ピーターパン 二十歳になっても ピーターパン〜, Ryōgoku Pītā Pan 2017: Pītā Pan hatachi ni natte mo Pītā Pan) was a professional wrestling event promoted by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). The event took place on August 20, 2017, in Tokyo at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. The event featured seventeen matches, seven of which were contested for championships.[1][2] The event aired on Fighting TV Samurai and on DDT's video on demand service DDT Universe.

Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2017
Promotional poster featuring most of the participants
PromotionDDT Pro-Wrestling
DateAugust 20, 2017[1]
CityTokyo, Japan[1]
VenueRyōgoku Kokugikan[1]
Attendance5,900[1]
Tagline(s)Even If Peter Pan Is 20 Years Old He Is Peter Pan
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Storylines

The Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2017 event featured seventeen 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.[3]

By winning the King of DDT tournament on June 25, Tetsuya Endo earned a title match in the main event against KO-D Openweight Champion Konosuke Takeshita.[4]

Event

Preliminary matches

First was the "Gota Ihashi Ryōgoku 5-Match Series", where Gota Ihashi wrestled five Street Fight dark matches against five different opponents. He entered the first match of the series as the reigning King of Dark Champion and defeated Dai Suzuki in less than a minute to lose the title (per the rules of this championship, the title is awarded to the loser of the match). After that, he defeated Gorgeous Matsuno but lost to Mad Paulie, former mixed martial artist Rocky Kawamura and Lingerie Mutoh in quick succession.

The second match of the undercard was a Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling Rumble rules match for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship. Former NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling president and CEO Tetsuya Koda was the 1,269th champion entering the match first. He was pinned by Nodoka-Oneesan who became the 1,270th champion. Nodoka was eliminated by Mizuki (1,271st champion) who was then eliminated by Yuu who won the match and became the 1,272nd champion.

On the main card, first was a tag team match that saw the DDT debut of Yuki Iino.

Next was a match for the inaugural KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship, a title meant for teams of five wrestlers.

Next was a match pitting Jiro "Ikemen" Kuroshio from Wrestle-1 against Shunma Katsumata. This match was dubbed the "Ikemen vs. Idol! Handsome Battle Without Honor and Humanity" (イケメンvsアイドル!仁義なき男前バトル, ikemen bāsasu aidoru! jingi naki otokomae batoru), a play on the Battles Without Honor and Humanity film series (仁義なき戦い, jingi naki tatakai).

Next was a four-way tag team match that saw the participation of Kaz Hayashi from Wrestle-1. The match was fought under a "no touch" rule meaning that, unlike in a classic tag team four-way match, each team always had a legal man in the ring.

In the next match, Dick Togo, Yasu Urano and Antonio Honda challenged Shuten-dōji (Kudo, Yukio Sakaguchi and Masahiro Takanashi) for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship.

Next, Danshoku Dino and Sanshiro Takagi faced each other in a "Full Authority vs. Marriage Weapon Rumble" match in which various weapons secretly chosen by the participants beforehand were being introduced one after another at regular intervals. Dino won the bout and, as a result, gained full authority over DDT. Had Takagi won, Dino would have been forced to get married. As part of the "weapons" used in the match, Kendo Kashin and Mitsuo Momota (accompanied by his family) fought in an impromptu Weapon match that quickly ended in a no contest.

Next was a DDT Extreme Championship match between challenger Akito and champion Daisuke Sasaki. Per the rules of the title, the champion chooses the stipulation of the matches. Sasaki decided that this match would be a Hair vs. Hair (here dubbed as Cabellera Contra Cabellera) Hardcore Submission match.

Next, Harashima and Naomichi Marufuji challenged Shigehiro Irie and Kazusada Higuchi for the KO-D Tag Team Championship in a match sponsored by Uchicomi!.[5]

Main event

In the main event, Tetsuya Endo challenged Konosuke Takeshita for the KO-D Openweight Championship. Takeshita won the bout and was granted a 2,000,000 yen prize by Good Com Asset, the sponsor of the match.[6]

Results

No.Results[1][2]StipulationsTimes
1DGota Ihashi (c) defeated Dai SuzukiCasual Street Pro-Wrestling Extra Edition! match for the King of Dark Championship
First in the best of five series. Ihashi leads 1-0.
0:36
2DGota Ihashi defeated Gorgeous MatsunoCasual Street Pro-Wrestling Extra Edition! match
Second in the best of five series. Ihashi leads 2-0.
3:31
3DMad Paulie defeated Gota IhashiCasual Street Pro-Wrestling Extra Edition! match
Third in the best of five series. Ihashi leads 2-1.
4:35
4DRocky Kawamura defeated Gota IhashiCasual Street Pro-Wrestling Extra Edition! match
Fourth in the best of five series. Series tied 2-2.
1:23
5DLingerie Mutoh defeated Gota IhashiCasual Street Pro-Wrestling Extra Edition! match
Last in the best of five series. Ihashi loses 2-3.
1:36
6PMizuki Watase, Rekka, Diego and Daiki Shimomura defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Hoshitango, Nobuhiro Shimatani and Masato KaminoEight-man tag team match6:23
7PYuu won by last eliminating MizukiRumble rules match for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship16:46
8Naomi Yoshimura and Yuki Ueno defeated Kouki Iwasaki and Yuki IinoTag team match10:49
9Makoto Oishi, LiLiCo, Ladybeard, Super Sasadango Machine and Ken Ohka defeated Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata, Joey Ryan, Saki Akai and YoshihikoTen-man tag team match for the inaugural KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship10:23
10Jiro "Ikemen" Kuroshio defeated Shunma Katsumata (with Makoto Oishi)Singles match12:00
11Kotaro Suzuki and Soma Takao defeated Kaz Hayashi and Keisuke Ishii, Mike Bailey and Mao and Yankī Nichōkenjū (Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto)Four-way tag team "No Touch" rule match10:30
12Shuten-dōji (Kudo, Yukio Sakaguchi and Masahiro Takanashi) (c) defeated Dick Togo, Yasu Urano and Antonio HondaSix-man tag team match for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship13:52
13Danshoku Dino defeated Sanshiro TakagiFull Authority vs. Marriage Weapon Rumble
As a result, Dino gained full authority over DDT. Had he lost, he would have had to get married.
17:16
14Kendo Kashin vs. Mitsuo Momota (with Momota's family) ended in a no contestWeapon match[a]2:36
15Daisuke Sasaki (c) defeated Akito by submissionCabellera Contra Cabellera Hardcore Submission match for the DDT Extreme Championship21:14
16HarashiMarufuji (Harashima and Naomichi Marufuji) defeated YaroZ (Shigehiro Irie and Kazusada Higuchi) (c)Tag team match for the KO-D Tag Team Championship16:14
17Konosuke Takeshita (c) defeated Tetsuya EndoSingles match for the KO-D Openweight Championship29:02
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
D – this was a dark match
P – the match was broadcast on the pre-show

Rumble rules match

Order[7]WrestlerOrder eliminatedByTime
1Tetsuya Koda (c)2Nodoka-Oneesan[b]4:52
2Cherry1Nodoka-Oneesan and Nonoko3:17
3Nodoka-Oneesan5Mizuki[c]6:47
4Nonoko3Yuka Sakazaki5:01
5Yuna Manase4Yuka Sakazaki5:01
6Yuka Sakazaki10Mizuki13:28
7 Mizuki13Yuu16:46
8Maho Kurone7Rika Tatsumi10:43
9Marika Kobashi6Maho Kurone10:04
10Rika Tatsumi8Yuka Sakazaki and Shoko Nakajima11:40
11Shoko Nakajima11Mizuki13:28
12Miyu Yamashita9Yuu13:04
13YuuWinner
14Azusa Takigawa12Yuu14:53

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