Into The Fight 2018
{{short description|2018 DDT Pro-Wrestling event}}
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|name = Into The Fight 2018
|image = Into_The_Fight_2018_poster.jpg
|caption = Promotional poster for the event, featuring various DDT wrestlers
|alt =
|promotion = DDT Pro-Wrestling
|date = February 25, 2018
|venue = Korakuen Hall
|buyrate =
|tagline =
|theme =
|liveevent = y
|lastevent = Never Mind 2017
|nextevent = Judgment 2018
|event = Into The Fight
|lastevent2 = 2017
|nextevent2 = 2019
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Into The Fight 2018 was a professional wrestling event promoted by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). It took place on February 25, 2018, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Korakuen Hall.{{cite web | url = https://www.ddtpro.com/results/418 | title = Into The Fight 2018 | language = ja | access-date = March 5, 2020 | work = DDT Pro-Wrestling}}{{cite web | url = https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=194196 | title = DDT Into The Fight 2018 | access-date = March 5, 2020 | work = Cagematch.net}} The event aired domestically on Fighting TV Samurai and AbemaTV, and globally on DDT Universe, DDT's video-on-demand service.
Storylines
Into The Fight 2018 featured eight professional wrestling matches involving 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.{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm |title=How Pro Wrestling Works |last=Grabianowski |first=Ed |access-date=August 21, 2017 |work=HowStuffWorks, Inc. |publisher=Discovery Communications |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131129050844/http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm |archive-date=November 29, 2013 }}
Event
During the event, Shuten-dōji (Kudo, Yukio Sakaguchi and Masahiro Takanashi) retained the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship by defeating the team of Ryuichi Sekine, Ryota Nakatsu and Fuminori Abe from Pro-Wrestling Basara, a sub-brand of DDT.
In the next match, Yuko Miyamoto defended the DDT Extreme Division Championship against Shunma Katsumata in a hardcore match dubbed "Hardcore + α". In this match, various weapons were placed around the ring and each competitor could choose an extra weapon to bring. Miyamoto chose a baseball bat coated in barbed wire, while Katsumata chose a box of thumbtacks.
The next match saw the participation of Naomichi Marufuji from Pro Wrestling Noah.
Results
{{Professional wrestling results table
|match1 = Mad Paulie defeated Tomomitsu Matsunaga
|stip1 = Singles match
|time1 = 06:32
|note1 = pre
|match2 = Soma Takao and Mao won by last eliminating Sanshiro Takagi and Super Sasadango Machine
|stip2 = Tag team rumble rules match
|time2 = 06:14
|match3 = Danshoku Dino defeated Akito, Antonio Honda, Kouki Iwasaki, Mizuki Watase and Saki Akai
|stip3 = Six-way match
|time3 = 06:58
|match4 = Damnation (Daisuke Sasaki and Tetsuya Endo) defeated Keisuke Ishii and Ken Ohka
|stip4 = Tag team match
|time4 = 08:01
|match5 = Shuten-dōji (Kudo, Yukio Sakaguchi and Masahiro Takanashi) (c) defeated Ryuichi Sekine, Ryota Nakatsu and Fuminori Abe by submission
|stip5 = Six-man tag team match for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship
|time5 = 08:50
|match6 = Yuko Miyamoto (c) defeated Shunma Katsumata
|stip6 = Hardcore + α match for the DDT Extreme Division Championship
|time6 = 11:45
|match7 = Naomichi Marufuji defeated Kazusada Higuchi
|stip7 = Singles match
|time7 = 13:02
|match8 = Shuji Ishikawa and Daisuke Sekimoto defeated Konosuke Takeshita and Harashima
|stip8 = Tag team match
|time8 = 18:34
}}
=Tag team rumble rules match=
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||
| Order
! Team ! Order eliminated ! By | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{sort|01|1}} | Yuki Ueno and Koju Takeda | {{sort|01|1}} | Makoto Oishi | 02:06 |
| {{sort|02|2}} | Makoto Oishi and Kota Umeda | {{sort|03|3}} | Super Sasadango Machine | 05:32 |
| style="background:gold"
| {{sort|03|3}} | Soma Takao and Mao | {{sort|18|—}} | — | Winners |
| {{sort|04|4}} | T2Hii (Toru Owashi and Kazuki Hirata) | {{sort|02|2}} | Super Sasadango Machine | 05:00 |
| {{sort|05|5}} | Sanshiro Takagi and Super Sasadango Machine | {{sort|04|4}} | Mao | 06:14 |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.ddtpro.com/ The official DDT Pro-Wrestling website]
{{DDT Pro-Wrestling}}
{{List of major DDT Pro-Wrestling events}}
Category:2018 in professional wrestling