Judgement 2016: DDT 19th Anniversary

Judgement 2016: DDT 19th Anniversary
Promotion		DDT Pro-Wrestling
Date	March 21, 2016
City	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Ryōgoku Kokugikan
Attendance	6,938[1]
Event chronology
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Judgement 2016: DDT 19th Anniversary (Judgement2016〜DDT旗揚げ19周年記念大会〜, Judgement 2016: hataage 19 shūnen kinen taikai) was a professional wrestling event promoted by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). It took place on March 21, 2016, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan.^[1][2] It was the twentieth event under the Judgement name. The event aired domestically on Fighting TV Samurai.^[3]

Storylines

Judgement 2016 featured fourteen 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]

Event

The

pinned anyone during the match, they would have become the new champion.

The first match of the

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling

.

Next were two tag matches presented respectively by DDT New Attitude and Basara, two sub-brands of DDT.

On the main card, the first match the "Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract Battle Royal", a Rumble rules match for a KO-D Openweight Championship match at Max Bump 2016, on April 24. Four envelopes were suspended above the ring, three of which contained a "Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere" contract, giving the right to their holder to challenge any champion at any time in the following year. The last envelope contained a "Right To Date Aja Kong" contract. Grabbing a contract resulted in being eliminated from the match.

Next was a

, a real life couple wrestling as the "World's Cutest Tag Team".

Next was a tag match involving LiLiCo, a TV personality who was the reigning Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion going into the match. Since this title is defended under a 24/7 rule, LiLiCo was effectively defending her title during the match.

Next was a match involving the veteran Tatsumi Fujinami.

Next was the "Ultimate Royale Barbed Wire PowerPoint No Power Blast PWF Rules match", in which

were 10-counts instead of the more traditional 20-counts used in Japan.

The next match was the "East & West Toward The Front Over The Entire Surface Falls Count Anywhere Weapon Treasure Hunt three-way tag team match", a

.

In the next match, Yukio Sakaguchi faced Minoru Suzuki from Pro Wrestling Noah.

Next,

.

Results

No.	Results dark match
P	– the match was broadcast on the pre-show

KO-D Openweight Title #1 Contendership & Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract Battle Royal

Order	Name	Order eliminated	By	Time[7]
1	Kazuki Hirata	9	Grabbing a contract[a]	13:19
2	Kazusada Higuchi	—	—	Winner
3	Masa Takanashi	7	Yoshihiko	12:25
4	Ryuichi Sekine	6	Yoshihiko	12:17
5	Cherry	2	Kazuki Hirata	05:23
6	Gorgeous Matsuno	1	Kazusada Higuchi	04:56
7	Ken Ohka	3	Grabbing a contract	06:26
8	Tomomitsu Matsunaga	4	Grabbing a contract	08:27
9	Ryota Nakatsu	10	Kazusada Higuchi	13:46
10	Toru Owashi	5	Grabbing a contract	10:43
11	Soma Takao	11	Kazusada Higuchi	16:53
12	Yoshihiko	8	Kazuki Hirata	12:28

Footnotes

References

External links

• The official DDT Pro-Wrestling website