2019 DDT Pro-Wrestling event
Judgement 2019: DDT 22nd Anniversary (Judgement2019〜DDT旗揚げ22周年記念大会〜 , Judgement 2019: hataage 22 shūnen kinen taikai ) was a professional wrestling event promoted by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). It took place on February 17, 2019, in Tokyo, Japan , at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan .[ 1] [ 2] It was the twenty-third event under the Judgement name. The event aired domestically on Fighting TV Samurai and globally on DDT's video-on-demand service DDT Universe .[ 3]
Storylines
Judgement 2019 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 D-Oh Grand Prix 2019 tournament on December 30, 2018, Konosuke Takeshita earned a KO-D Openweight Championship match in the main event against Daisuke Sasaki .
Event
On the undercard, the first two matches were presented respectively by Basara and Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling , two DDT sub-brands.
Next, on the main card, was the return match of Shunma Katsumata.
Newt was a Rumble rules match for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship . During the match, Kazuki Hirata pinned Asuka to win the title before being pinned by Saki Akai who won the match and became the 1,350th champion.
Next was a match dubbed "Taihō Kōki’s Grandson Yukio Naya Ryōgoku Kokugikan First Appearance!" that saw the participation of Go Shiozaki from Pro Wrestling Noah and Daisuke Sekimoto from Big Japan Pro Wrestling . As its name implies, this was the first Ryōgoku Kokugikan match for Yukio Naya, grandson of Taihō Kōki , the 48th yokozuna in the Japanese sport of sumo wrestling.
The seventh match was dubbed "Danshoku Dino Produces Yuru-chara “Pokotan” Debut Match" and saw the first appearance of a yuru-chara named Pokotan (played by Makoto Oishi ).
Next was a hardcore match involving Takumi Iroha and Chigusa Nagayo from Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling as well as Ryuji Ito from Big Japan Pro Wrestling.
Next was a KO-D Tag Team Championship match that saw the participation of Seiki Yoshioka from Wrestle-1 who teamed with his #StrongHearts stable partner Cima .
Results
Rumble rules match
^ Akai becomes the 1,350th champion.
^ Scorpio went over the top rope by hitting a Sasuke Special on Hoshitango who was outside the ring, thus eliminating himself.
^ Hirata becomes the 1,349th champion.
References
^ a b c "DDT Pro-Wrestling Results: 2019" . Purolove.net . Retrieved February 25, 2020 .
^ a b "DDT Judgement 2019 ~ DDT 22nd Anniversary Show" . Cagematch . Retrieved February 25, 2020 .
^ Fischbeck, Thomas (February 20, 2019). "DDT JUDGEMENT 2019 (FEBRUARY 17) RESULTS & REVIEW" . voicesofwrestling.com . Retrieved April 18, 2021 .
^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works" . HowStuffWorks, Inc . Discovery Communications . Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2017 .
^ a b "Judgement2019~DDT旗揚げ22周年記念大会~" . DDT Pro-Wrestling . Retrieved February 25, 2020 .
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