Into The Fight 2020

Into The Fight 2020 was a professional wrestling event promoted by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). It took place on February 23, 2020, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Korakuen Hall.[2][1] The event aired domestically on Fighting TV Samurai and AbemaTV, and globally on DDT Universe, DDT's video-on-demand service.

Into The Fight 2020
PromotionDDT Pro-Wrestling
DateFebruary 23, 2020
CityTokyo, Japan
VenueKorakuen Hall
Attendance1,194[1]
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Storylines

Into The Fight 2020 featured seven 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.[3]

Event

The third match on the card was dubbed "We Are A Family Six-Man Tag Team Match" and featured Danshoku Dino, Super Sasadango Machine, Yasu Urano, Shinya Aoki, Hiroshi Yamato, Kazuki Hirata and referee Yukinori Matsui all wearing Sasadango masks in order to prevent Dino from kissing his opponents amidst the recent coronavirus pandemic. During the matches, the identical masks quickly caused confusion as some participants started tagging in their opponents instead of their partners. After a brawl took all six participants in the hallway surrounding the hall, they re-entered the ring only to realize they were now seven. Everyone started to unmask to confirm their identities. A few seconds after the seventh man, "Someone", unmasked, the lights went out, the wrestlers disappeared and the match was declared invalid.

During the eight-person elimination tag team match, Akito eliminated Daisuke Sasaki with a Schoolboy. Sasaki was the holder of the Right to Challenge at Saitama Super Arena Sword which he had won at Sweet Dreams! 2020, on January 26. The sword granted its holder the right to challenge the KO-D Openweight Champion at Wrestle Peter Pan 2020, at the Saitama Super Arena, on June 7, but it could change hands anytime its holder was defeated in an official match. As a result of that elimination, Akito was declared the new holder of the sword. However, seconds after, Tetsuya Endo submitted Akito to eliminate him, winning both the match and the sword.

Next, British wrestler Chris Brookes won the inaugural DDT Universal Championship by defeating Konosuke Takeshita. This title was created as part of DDT's plans to expand internationally and reach a larger audience. After the match, as Brookes was addressing the fans, Daisuke Sasaki attacked him from behind with a chair and stole the belt.

In the main event, Masato Tanaka successfully defended the KO-D Openweight Championship against Mao before challenging Konosuke Takeshita at a future event.

Results
No. Results[2][1] Stipulations Times
1 Mad Paulie defeated Yukio Naya and Keigo Nakamura Three-way match 02:35
2 Eruption (Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi and Saki Akai) defeated Disaster Box (Toru Owashi and Naomi Yoshimura) and Mizuki Watase Six-person tag team match 08:20
3 Danshoku Dino, Super Sasadango Machine and Yasu Urano vs. Shinya Aoki, Hiroshi Yamato and Kazuki Hirata ended in a no contest Six-man tag team match 08:58
4 Cima and Soma Takao (with Mad Paulie) defeated Masahiro Takanashi and Makoto Oishi and Disaster Box (Harashima and Yuki Ueno Three-way tag team match 09:22
5 Damnation (Daisuke Sasaki and Tetsuya Endo) and #StrongHearts (T-Hawk and El Lindaman) (with Mad Paulie and Soma Takao) defeated All Out (Akito, Shunma Katsumata and Yuki Iino) and Chihiro Hashimoto Eight-person elimination tag team match 15:30
6 Chris Brookes defeated Konosuke Takeshita Singles match for the inaugural DDT Universal Championship 19:26
7 Masato Tanaka (c) defeated Mao Singles match for the KO-D Openweight Championship 21:49
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

Eight-person elimination tag team match
Eliminated Wrestler Eliminated by Method Time
1 Shunma Katsumata El Lindaman Pinfall 04:41
2 Chihiro Hashimoto El Lindaman Over the top rope 12:09
3 El Lindaman Chihiro Hashimoto Over the top rope 12:09
4 Yuki Iino Daisuke Sasaki Pinfall 14:04
5 Daisuke Sasaki Akito[lower-alpha 1] Pinfall 14:10
6 Akito Tetsuya Endo[lower-alpha 2] Submission 15:30
Survivors Tetsuya Endo and T-Hawk

Footnotes
  1. Akito won the Right to Challenge at Saitama Super Arena Sword.
  2. Endo won the Right to Challenge at Saitama Super Arena Sword.

References
  1. "DDT Into The Fight 2020". Cagematch.net. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  2. "Into The Fight 2020". DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  3. Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 18, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
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