Judgement 2019: DDT 22nd Anniversary

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]

Judgement 2019: DDT 22nd Anniversary
Promotional poster for the event, featuring various DDT wrestlers
PromotionDDT Pro-Wrestling
DateFebruary 17, 2019
CityTokyo, Japan
VenueRyōgoku Kokugikan
Attendance4,177[1]
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Storylines

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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

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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

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No.Results[1][2][5]StipulationsTimes
1PSento Minzoku (Ryuichi Sekine and Daiki Shimomura) defeated Aijin Tag (Takato Nakano and Masato Kamino) by submissionTag team match06:14
2PBakuretsu Sisters (Nodoka Tenma and Yuki Aino) and Yuna Manase defeated Natsupoi, Hikari Noa and Miu WatanabeSix-woman tag team match11:49
3All Out (Shunma Katsumata and Space Monkey) and Yuki Ueno defeated Antonio Honda, Jason Kincaid and Naomi YoshimuraSix-man tag team match12:55
4Saki Akai won by last eliminating Kazuki HirataRumble rules match for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship20:23
5Go Shiozaki, Kazusada Higuchi and Yukio Naya defeated Daisuke Sekimoto, Toru Owashi and Yuki IinoSix-man tag team match13:09
6T-Hawk defeated AkitoSingles match13:50
7Keisuke Ishii, Kota Umeda and Mizuki Watase defeated Danshoku Dino, Pokotan and KudoSix-man tag team match11:28
8Damnation (Soma Takao and Mad Paulie) and Takumi Iroha defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Chigusa Nagayo and Ryuji ItoHardcore six-person tag team match19:54
9Moonlight Express (Mike Bailey and Mao) (c) defeated Shuten-dōji (Yukio Sakaguchi and Masahiro Takanashi) and #StrongHearts (Cima and Seiki Yoshioka)Three-way tag team match for the KO-D Tag Team Championship13:06
10Harashima defeated Shinya Aoki (c)Singles match for the DDT Extreme Championship12:11
11Naomichi Marufuji defeated Tetsuya EndoSingles match18:08
12Konosuke Takeshita defeated Daisuke Sasaki (c)Singles match for the KO-D Openweight Championship32:08
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
P – the match was broadcast on the pre-show

Rumble rules match

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Order Name Order eliminated By Time[5]
1 Super Sasadango Machine 4 Makoto Oishi 04:25
2 Yuni 1 Makoto Oishi 02:14
3 Hoshitango 5 El Lindaman 05:18
4 Gota Ihashi 2 Hoshitango 03:28
5 Tomomitsu Matsunaga 3 Hoshitango 03:28
6 Kazuki Hirata 17 Saki Akai[a] 20:23
7 Makoto Oishi 8 Maku Donaruto 10:17
8 Scorpio X2 6 Himself[b] 05:25
9 El Lindaman 12 Chinsuke Nakamura 14:51
10 Keisuke Okuda 7 Makoto Oishi 06:40
11 Saki Akai Winner
12 Yasu Urano 13 Asuka 15:39
13 Mina Shirakawa 11 Yuka Sakazaki 12:52
14 Maku Donaruto 9 Yasu Urano 12:00
15 Gorgeous Matsuno 10 Yasu Urano 12:00
16 Yuka Sakazaki 15 Saki Akai 19:03
17 Chinsuke Nakamura 14 Asuka 18:42
18 Asuka (c) 16 Kazuki Hirata[c] 19:30

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Akai becomes the 1,350th champion.
  2. ^ Scorpio went over the top rope by hitting a Sasuke Special on Hoshitango who was outside the ring, thus eliminating himself.
  3. ^ Hirata becomes the 1,349th champion.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "DDT Pro-Wrestling Results: 2019". Purolove.net. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "DDT Judgement 2019 ~ DDT 22nd Anniversary Show". Cagematch. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  3. ^ Fischbeck, Thomas (February 20, 2019). "DDT JUDGEMENT 2019 (FEBRUARY 17) RESULTS & REVIEW". voicesofwrestling.com. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  4. ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  5. ^ 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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