Into The Fight 2023

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Into The Fight 2023
Tokyo, Japan
VenueKorakuen Hall
Attendance680[1]
Tagline(s)Prove myself that I'm the heart of DDT / I will become the strongest in DDT[2]
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Into The Fight 2023 was a

Tokyo, Japan, at Korakuen Hall.[3] The event aired live on Fighting TV Samurai and on DDT's streaming service Wrestle Universe
.

Nine matches were contested at the event, including two on the pre-show, and two of DDT's nine

Super Sasadango Machine defeat Burning (Tetsuya Endo, Kotaro Suzuki and Yusuke Okada) to win the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship, and Takeshi Masada defeated Yuya Koroku to win the inaugural D Generations Cup
.

Background

Into The Fight is an event held each year since 2005 (except in 2006 and 2022) at Korakuen Hall (except the 2015 edition which was held at Shinjuku Face). The 2023 edition was the seventeenth event under that name.

Storylines

The show 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]

Event

The first seven matches of the show were broadcast on DDT's

Super Sasadango Machine defeating Burning (Tetsuya Endo, Kotaro Suzuki and Yusuke Okada) to win the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship.[5] After the match, Kip Sabian dropped the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship to Yoshihiko. In the semi main event, ShunMao (Mao and Shunma Katsumata) defeated Yukio Sakaguchi and Hikaru Machida to secure their third consecutive defense over the KO-D Tag Team Championship
.

In the main event, Yukio Naya defeated Harashima to become the number one contender to the KO-D Openweight Championship.[6]

Results

No.Results
Singles match to determine the #1 contender to the KO-D Openweight Championship[3]
17:55
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
P – the match was broadcast on the pre-show

References

  1. ^ a b Kreikenbohm, Philip (February 26, 2023). "DDT Into The Fight 2023". cagematch.net. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  2. ^ Japanese: 自分がDDTの中心であることを証明する DDTの最強になります, Hepburn: Jibun ga DDT no chūshin dearu koto o shōmeisuru / DDT no saikyō ni narimasu
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i 東京・後楽園ホール「Into The Fight 2023」. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). December 5, 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  4. Discovery Communications. Archived
    from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  5. ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling (February 26, 2023). 【第5試合まで生配信】何かが起こる2.26 後楽園ホール大会「Into The Fight 2023」<2月26日(日)11時00分頃〜 February 26 (Sun) 11:00〜>. youtube.com (in Japanese). Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  6. ^ Carlan, Lewis (February 26, 2023). "DDT Pro-Wrestling Into The Fight 2023 Full Results (2/26/2023); Major Title Change". PWMania.com. Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Into The Fight 2023". ddtpro.com (in Japanese). February 26, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  8. ^ Daly, Wayne (February 27, 2023). "DDT Results: Into The Fight 2023 – Tokyo, Japan (2/26)". wrestling-news.net. Archived from the original on March 20, 2023. Retrieved February 28, 2023.

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