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|caption=Promotional poster for the event, featuring various wrestlers
 
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|promotion=[[DDT Pro-Wrestling]]
 
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}}'''Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2013''' was a professional wrestling event promoted by [[DDT Pro-Wrestling]] (DDT). The event took place on August 18, 2013, in Tokyo at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. The event was the fifth event under the [[Peter Pan]] name and the fourth promoted under the Ryōgoku Peter Pan name, which is DDT's biggest annual event and has been called "the largest wrestling show in the Japanese independent circuit".
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'''Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2013''' was a professional wrestling event promoted by [[DDT Pro-Wrestling]] (DDT). The event took place on August 18, 2013, in Tokyo at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. The event was the fifth event under the [[Peter Pan]] name, which is DDT's biggest annual event and has been called "the largest wrestling show in the Japanese independent circuit".
 
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The event was headlined by [[Shigehiro Irie]] defending the [[KO-D Openweight Championship]] against the winner of the [[King of DDT#2013|2013 King of DDT]] [[HARASHIMA]]. Another high-profile match scheduled for the show featured [[Kota Ibushi]] facing [[NJPW]]'s [[Kazuchika Okada]] as part of a working relationship between DDT and NJPW. The event aired live on Fighting TV Samurai as a pay-per-view (PPV).
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The event also featured three other title matches with [[Hikaru Sato]] and [[Yukio Sakaguchi]] defending the [[KO-D Tag Team Championship]] against [[Yankii Nicho Kenju]] ([[Isami Kodaka]] and [[Yuko Miyamoto]]), [[Danshoku Dino]], [[Makoto Oishi]], and [[Kensuke Sasaki]] defending the [[KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship]] against [[Sanshiro Takagi]], [[Toru Owashi]] and [[Akebono]], who won a Falls Count Anywhere six-man tag team match early on the show to earn the title match and Kōmyō defending the [[Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship]] in a Rumble rules match.
   
 
==Production==
 
==Production==
 
===Background===
 
===Background===
Since 2009, DDT began annually producing shows in the ''Ryōgoku Kokugikan'' held in the summer under the name [[Peter Pan]], becoming DDT premier annual event and the biggest event in the independent circuit of Japanese wrestling. Following the success of [[Ryōgoku Peter Pan (2009)|first show]] ended up being a financial success with the promotion selling almost 9,000 tickets, [[Ryōgoku Peter Pan (2010)|second show]] and [[Ryōgoku Peter Pan (2011)|third show]] mainly selling 8,800 and 8,660 and the [[Budokan Peter Pan|fourth show]] that sold 10,124 tickets at the Nippon Budokan.
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Since 2009, DDT began annually producing shows in the ''Ryōgoku Kokugikan'' held in the summer under the name [[Peter Pan]], becoming DDT premier annual event and the biggest event in the independent circuit of Japanese wrestling. Following the financial success of the [[Ryōgoku Peter Pan (2009)|first ]]and following shows, DDT held a show at the Nippon Budokan, which also ended being a success with DDT selling out 10,124 tickets.
   
On August 18, 2012, DDT's President [[Sanshiro Takagi]] announced that the promotion would run back to back shows at ''Ryōgoku Kokugikan'' with the event to its previous venue before the 2012 event with Takagi also expressing his that his goal for DDT’s 20th Anniversary is to run the Tokyo Dome. In 2013 it was announced that [[NJPW]] wrestler [[Kazuchika Okada]] would be participating in the event by facing [[Kota Ibushi]] at the event.
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On August 18, 2012, DDT's President [[Sanshiro Takagi]] announced that the promotion would return to held two shows in the ''Ryōgoku Kokugikan'', with an event before 2013 Peter Pan, returning to its original name before the 2012 event.
   
 
===Storylines===
 
===Storylines===
 
The Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2013 event featured ten 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.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm | title = How Pro Wrestling Works | last=Grabianowski | first=Ed | accessdate=September 13, 2014 | work=HowStuffWorks, Inc. | publisher=[[Discovery Communications]]}}</ref>
 
The Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2013 event featured ten 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.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm | title = How Pro Wrestling Works | last=Grabianowski | first=Ed | accessdate=September 13, 2014 | work=HowStuffWorks, Inc. | publisher=[[Discovery Communications]]}}</ref>
   
By winning the [[King of DDT#2013|King of DDT]] tournament on July 7, [[HARASHIMA]] earned a title match in the main event against [[KO-D Openweight Championship|KO-D Openweight Champion]] [[Shigehiro Irie]].
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[[File:HARASHIMA.JPG|right|thumb|[[HARASHIMA]], the winner of the [[King of DDT#2012|2012 King of DDT]] and the number one contender to the [[KO-D Openweight Championship]], who faced [[Shigehiro Irie]] as part of the show's double main event|279x279px]]
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The Ryōgoku Peter Pan was main evented by [[Shigehiro Irie]] making his ninth title defense of the [[KO-D Openweight Championship]] against the winner of the [[King of DDT#2013|2013 King of DDT]] [[HARASHIMA]]. On March 20, 2013, Irie defeated Kenny Omega to win the KO-D Openweight Championship. Afterwards, Irie began defending the title against various holders of the [[Right to Challenge Anytime, Anywhere]] contract such as [[Makoto Oishi]], [[Keisuke Ishii]], and [[Daisuke Sasaki]], setting the record for the most successful title defenses, with seven title defenses, breaking [[Kudo]] and [[Sanshiro Takagi]]'s record of five title defenses. Meanwhile, on July 7, HARASHIMA defeated Kenny Omega to win the [[King of DDT#2013|2013 King of DDT]] and earn a shot at Shigehiro Irie's KO-D Openweight Championship. On July 26, Irie defeated [[Big Japan Pro Wrestling]]'s [[Yuji Okabayashi]] to make his eight successful title defense, setting up the double main event for the Peter Pan. Leading to the event, Irie had never defeated HARASHIMA in a singles match, in their three previous matches, with this match marking the fourth match that Irie and HARASHIMA faced each other.
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[[File:Kazuchika Okada at BCW East meets West.jpg|left|thumb|[[Kazuchika Okada]], who faced [[Kota Ibushi]] as part of the show's double main event|277x277px]]
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Also on July 7, as part of a working relationship between DDT and [[NJPW]], it was announced that [[IWGP Heavyweight Championship|IWGP Heavyweight Champion]] [[Kazuchika Okada]] would face [[Kota Ibushi]] at the event, with the match being part of the show's double main event. The match was speculated to be a potential title match but instead, it was announced that the match would be a non-title "special singles match". Leading to the match, Ibushi announced that he was moving to the heavyweight division, taking part in the [[G1 Climax|2013 G1 Climax]]. On July 14, Ibushi taunted Okada, by winning a three-way match between [[DJ Nira]] and [[Michael Nakazawa]], after using Okada's finishing move the ''Rainmaker''. Afterwards, Ibushi performed the ''Rainmaker ''on DJ Nira and referee Daisuke Kiso for practice for their match at Peter Pan.
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[[File:Yankii Nichokenju.jpg|right|thumb|[[Yankii Nicho Kenju]] ([[Isami Kodaka]] and [[Yuko Miyamoto]]), who faced [[Hikaru Sato]] and [[Yukio Sakaguchi]] for the [[KO-D Tag Team Championship]] at the event|249x249px]]
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On June 23, DJ Nira won an eight-man battle royal to win the [[Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship]]. Afterwards, Nira was presented with "Kōmyō", a portrait painted by Akihiro Miwa as a bonus prize for winning the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship. However, the painting was too large and heavy for Nira to carry, falling on top of him, leading Kōmyō to become the new champion. Afterwards, Nira tried to retrieve the painting, but Kōmyō was kept on the Research Institute Group, leading them to hire [[Shuji Ishikawa]] and[[Shuji Ishikawa| ]][[Seiya Morohashi]] as bodyguards, to prevent Nira from stealing it, and to make an appearance at Peter Pan.
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The event also featured a title defense for the [[KO-D Tag Team Championship]] after [[Yankii Nicho Kenju]] ([[Isami Kodaka]] and [[Yuko Miyamoto]]) challenged [[Hikaru Sato]] and [[Yukio Sakaguchi]] to a match for the [[KO-D Tag Team Championship]] at Peter Pan. The [[KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship]] was also defended at the show, with [[Danshoku Dino]], [[Makoto Oishi]], and [[Kensuke Sasaki]] defending the titles against the winners of a Falls Count Anywhere six-man tag team match earlier on the show.
   
 
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Similarly, the first match of the main card was a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|four-way]] tag team match to determine the next challengers to the [[KO-D Tag Team Championship|KO-D Tag Team title]] who would go on to face the champions at the Who's Gonna Top? 2013 event on September 29. This match saw the participation of [[Yuji Hino]] from [[Kaientai Dojo]] who teamed up with [[Daisuke Sasaki]].
 
Similarly, the first match of the main card was a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|four-way]] tag team match to determine the next challengers to the [[KO-D Tag Team Championship|KO-D Tag Team title]] who would go on to face the champions at the Who's Gonna Top? 2013 event on September 29. This match saw the participation of [[Yuji Hino]] from [[Kaientai Dojo]] who teamed up with [[Daisuke Sasaki]].
   
The next match was the "Souken Group Presents Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship Battle Royale", a Rumble rules match for the [[Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship]]. Kōmyō, a painting by [[Akihiro Miwa]], was the 972nd champion heading into the match. It was accompanied by [[Shuji Ishikawa]] and Seiya Morohashi who served as its bodyguards. During the match, DJ Nira pinned Kōmyō to eliminate it from the match and become the 973rd champion. Last entrant Akihiro, an inflatable love doll, then eliminated DJ Nira thus winning the match and becoming the 974th champion.
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The next match was the "Souken Group Presents Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship Battle Royale", a Rumble rules match for the [[Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship]]. Kōmyō, a painting by Akihiro Miwa, was the 972nd champion heading into the match. It was accompanied by [[Shuji Ishikawa]] and Seiya Morohashi who served as its bodyguards. During the match, DJ Nira pinned Kōmyō to eliminate it from the match and become the 973rd champion. Last entrant Akihiro, an inflatable love doll, then eliminated DJ Nira thus winning the match and becoming the 974th champion.
   
 
The next match saw the debut of Saki Akai teaming with [[Masa Takanashi]] and Cherry against the team of Yoshiko from [[World Wonder Ring Stardom]], [[Hikaru Shida]] from [[Ice Ribbon]] and Hiroshi Fukuda.
 
The next match saw the debut of Saki Akai teaming with [[Masa Takanashi]] and Cherry against the team of Yoshiko from [[World Wonder Ring Stardom]], [[Hikaru Shida]] from [[Ice Ribbon]] and Hiroshi Fukuda.
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|match9 = [[Kazuchika Okada]] (with [[Gedo]]) defeated [[Kota Ibushi]]
 
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Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2013 was a professional wrestling event promoted by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). The event took place on August 18, 2013, in Tokyo at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. The event was the fifth event under the Peter Pan name and the fourth promoted under the Ryōgoku Peter Pan name, which is DDT's biggest annual event and has been called "the largest wrestling show in the Japanese independent circuit".

The event was headlined by Shigehiro Irie defending the KO-D Openweight Championship against the winner of the 2013 King of DDT HARASHIMA. Another high-profile match scheduled for the show featured Kota Ibushi facing NJPW's Kazuchika Okada as part of a working relationship between DDT and NJPW. The event aired live on Fighting TV Samurai as a pay-per-view (PPV).

The event also featured three other title matches with Hikaru Sato and Yukio Sakaguchi defending the KO-D Tag Team Championship against Yankii Nicho Kenju (Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto), Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi, and Kensuke Sasaki defending the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship against Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi and Akebono, who won a Falls Count Anywhere six-man tag team match early on the show to earn the title match and Kōmyō defending the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship in a Rumble rules match.

Production[]

Background[]

Since 2009, DDT began annually producing shows in the Ryōgoku Kokugikan held in the summer under the name Peter Pan, becoming DDT premier annual event and the biggest event in the independent circuit of Japanese wrestling. Following the financial success of the first and following shows, DDT held a show at the Nippon Budokan, which also ended being a success with DDT selling out 10,124 tickets.

On August 18, 2012, DDT's President Sanshiro Takagi announced that the promotion would return to held two shows in the Ryōgoku Kokugikan, with an event before 2013 Peter Pan, returning to its original name before the 2012 event.

Storylines[]

The Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2013 event featured ten 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.[2]

HARASHIMA

HARASHIMA, the winner of the 2012 King of DDT and the number one contender to the KO-D Openweight Championship, who faced Shigehiro Irie as part of the show's double main event

The Ryōgoku Peter Pan was main evented by Shigehiro Irie making his ninth title defense of the KO-D Openweight Championship against the winner of the 2013 King of DDT HARASHIMA. On March 20, 2013, Irie defeated Kenny Omega to win the KO-D Openweight Championship. Afterwards, Irie began defending the title against various holders of the Right to Challenge Anytime, Anywhere contract such as Makoto Oishi, Keisuke Ishii, and Daisuke Sasaki, setting the record for the most successful title defenses, with seven title defenses, breaking Kudo and Sanshiro Takagi's record of five title defenses. Meanwhile, on July 7, HARASHIMA defeated Kenny Omega to win the 2013 King of DDT and earn a shot at Shigehiro Irie's KO-D Openweight Championship. On July 26, Irie defeated Big Japan Pro Wrestling's Yuji Okabayashi to make his eight successful title defense, setting up the double main event for the Peter Pan. Leading to the event, Irie had never defeated HARASHIMA in a singles match, in their three previous matches, with this match marking the fourth match that Irie and HARASHIMA faced each other.

Kazuchika Okada at BCW East meets West

Kazuchika Okada, who faced Kota Ibushi as part of the show's double main event

Also on July 7, as part of a working relationship between DDT and NJPW, it was announced that IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada would face Kota Ibushi at the event, with the match being part of the show's double main event. The match was speculated to be a potential title match but instead, it was announced that the match would be a non-title "special singles match". Leading to the match, Ibushi announced that he was moving to the heavyweight division, taking part in the 2013 G1 Climax. On July 14, Ibushi taunted Okada, by winning a three-way match between DJ Nira and Michael Nakazawa, after using Okada's finishing move the Rainmaker. Afterwards, Ibushi performed the Rainmaker on DJ Nira and referee Daisuke Kiso for practice for their match at Peter Pan.

Yankii Nichokenju

Yankii Nicho Kenju (Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto), who faced Hikaru Sato and Yukio Sakaguchi for the KO-D Tag Team Championship at the event

On June 23, DJ Nira won an eight-man battle royal to win the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship. Afterwards, Nira was presented with "Kōmyō", a portrait painted by Akihiro Miwa as a bonus prize for winning the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship. However, the painting was too large and heavy for Nira to carry, falling on top of him, leading Kōmyō to become the new champion. Afterwards, Nira tried to retrieve the painting, but Kōmyō was kept on the Research Institute Group, leading them to hire Shuji Ishikawa and Seiya Morohashi as bodyguards, to prevent Nira from stealing it, and to make an appearance at Peter Pan.

The event also featured a title defense for the KO-D Tag Team Championship after Yankii Nicho Kenju (Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto) challenged Hikaru Sato and Yukio Sakaguchi to a match for the KO-D Tag Team Championship at Peter Pan. The KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship was also defended at the show, with Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi, and Kensuke Sasaki defending the titles against the winners of a Falls Count Anywhere six-man tag team match earlier on the show.

Event[]

The second dark match saw the team of Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi and Akebono take on the team of Jun Kasai from Pro-Wrestling Freedoms, Antonio Honda and Hoshitango for a spot in the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship match taking place later on the main card.

Similarly, the first match of the main card was a four-way tag team match to determine the next challengers to the KO-D Tag Team title who would go on to face the champions at the Who's Gonna Top? 2013 event on September 29. This match saw the participation of Yuji Hino from Kaientai Dojo who teamed up with Daisuke Sasaki.

The next match was the "Souken Group Presents Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship Battle Royale", a Rumble rules match for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship. Kōmyō, a painting by Akihiro Miwa, was the 972nd champion heading into the match. It was accompanied by Shuji Ishikawa and Seiya Morohashi who served as its bodyguards. During the match, DJ Nira pinned Kōmyō to eliminate it from the match and become the 973rd champion. Last entrant Akihiro, an inflatable love doll, then eliminated DJ Nira thus winning the match and becoming the 974th champion.

The next match saw the debut of Saki Akai teaming with Masa Takanashi and Cherry against the team of Yoshiko from World Wonder Ring Stardom, Hikaru Shida from Ice Ribbon and Hiroshi Fukuda.

The next match was a special singles match between Katsuhiko Nakajima from Diamond Ring and Konosuke Takeshita.

In the next match, Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi and Akebono, having won first contendership earlier, challenged the team of Kensuke Sasaki, the founder and owner of Diamond Ring, Danshoku Dino and Makoto Oishi for their KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship title.

The next match was a KO-D Tag Team Championship match between challengers Yuko Miyamoto and Isami Kodaka together known as Yankii Nichokenju (ヤンキー二丁拳銃, "Yankee Pistols Akimbo"), and champions Hikaru Sato and Yukio Sakaguchi.

The first match of the double main event saw the then IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada from New Japan Pro-Wrestling take on Kota Ibushi in a singles match.

Results[]

# Results[1][3] Stipulations Times
1D Akito and Guanchulo defeated FUMA and Daichi Kazato Tag team match 6:03
2D Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi and Akebono defeated Antonio Honda, Hoshitango and Jun Kasai Falls Count Anywhere six-man tag team match
Winners got a KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship match later on the evening.
19:42
3 Team Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii and Soma Takao) defeated Yasu Urano and Kudo, Daisuke Sasaki and Yuji Hino, and Kenny Omega and Gota Ihashi Four-way tag team match
Winners got a KO-D Tag Team Championship match on September 29, at Who's Gonna Top? 2013.
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4 Akihiro won by last eliminating DJ Nira Rumble rules match for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship 11:52
5 Masa Takanashi, Cherry and Saki Akai defeated Hiroshi Fukuda, Yoshiko and Hikaru Shida Six-man tag team match 11:53
6 Katsuhiko Nakajima defeated Konosuke Takeshita Singles match 15:39
7 Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi and Akebono defeated Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi and Kensuke Sasaki (c) Six-man tag team match for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship 10:34
8 Yankii Nichokenju (Yuko Miyamoto and Isami Kodaka) defeated Hikaru Sato and Yukio Sakaguchi (c) Tag team match for the KO-D Tag Team Championship 18:12
9 Kazuchika Okada (with Gedo) defeated Kota Ibushi Singles match 19:51
10 HARASHIMA defeated Shigehiro Irie (c) Singles match for the KO-D Openweight Championship 23:07
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • Videoicon – refers to the video of that match
  • D – indicates the match was a dark match

Rumble rules match[]

Order[4] Name Order eliminated By Time
1[lower-alpha 1] Kōmyō (c) 10 DJ Nira[lower-alpha 2] 9:28
1[lower-alpha 1] Ishikawa, ShujiShuji Ishikawa 9 Kazuki Hirata and DJ Nira 9:05
1[lower-alpha 1] Seiya Morohashi 8 Tomomitsu Matsunaga 9:04
2 Gorgeous Matsuno 3 Yuto Aijima 4:31
3 MIKAMI 2 Yuto Aijima 4:31
4 Masayuki Mitomi 1 Yuto Aijima 3:57
5 Rion Mizuki 4 Michael Nakazawa 5:26
6 Yuto Aijima 5 Michael Nakazawa and Tomomitsu Matsunaga 6:13
7 DJ Nira 13 Akihiro 11:52
8 Nakazawa, MichaelMichael Nakazawa 6 Sumo Yoshihiko 7:58
9 Tomomitsu Matsunaga 11 Akihiro 11:31
10 Kazuki Hirata 12 Akihiro 11:52
11 Sumo Yoshihiko 7 Kazuki Hirata and Tomomitsu Matsunaga 8:15
12 Akihiro Winner

Footnotes[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kōmyō entered accompanied by its bodyguards Ishikawa and Morohashi.
  2. DJ Nira becomes the 973rd Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion.

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named PeterPan2013CM
  2. Grabianowski, Ed. How Pro Wrestling Works . HowStuffWorks, Inc.. Discovery Communications. Retrieved on 2014-09-13.
  3. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named DDT2013PL
  4. ja:DDT “両国ピーターパン2013~プロレスの傾向と対策~” 8/18 両国国技館大会その5 (in Japanese). Extreme Party. Retrieved on 2020-01-27.