Wrestle Peter Pan 2025

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Wrestle Peter Pan 2025
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Left: Promotional poster for day one
Right: Promotional poster for day two
Promotion CyberFight
Brand DDT
DateAugust 30–31, 2025
City Tokyo, Japan
VenueTokyo Higashin Arena (Day 1)
Korakuen Hall (Day 2)
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Wrestle Peter Pan 2025 was a two-night professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). It took place on August 30 and 31, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Korakuen Hall and Tokyo Higashin Arena. The event aired on CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe. [1] [2]

Contents

It was first Peter Pan event to be held on two separate days (not counting the 2020 edition held without an audience during the COVID-19 pandemic) and also featured wrestlers from New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). [3]

Production

Background

Since 2009, DDT began annually producing shows in the Ryōgoku Kokugikan held in the summer, following the promotions financial success of the first event. This led to the event becoming DDT's premier annual event and one of the biggest event on the independent circuit of Japanese wrestling. Since 2019, the event was renamed "Wrestle Peter Pan".

Storylines

The event featured professional wrestling matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where 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]

Results

Night 1

The first night of the event from August 30 started with the tag team confrontation between Soma Takao and Rukiya, and Shinichiro Kawamatsu and Yuki Ishida, solded with the victort of the latters. Next up, Danshoku Dino picked up a victory over Kazuki Hirata and Antonio Honda in three-way competition. The third bout saw Ilusion, MJ Paul and Haruto Sakuraba outmatch Akito, Naomi Yoshimura and Daichi Sato in six-man tag team competition. Next up, Mao, Kanon and Kumadori defeated Yuki Ueno, Shinya Aoki and Kazuma Sumi in another six-man tag team bout. In the sixth match, To-y defeated Yuya Koroku to secure the second consecutive defense of the DDT Extreme Championship in that respective reign. Next up, Minoru Suzuki defeated Muscle Sakai in singles competition. In the eighth bout, Zack Sabre Jr. and Kosei Fujita defeated Chris Brookes and Takeshi Masada in tag team competition. In the semi main event, Yuki Iino and Yukio Naya defeated Daisuke Sasaki and Hideki Okatani to secure the second consecutive defense of the KO-D Tag Team Championship in that respective reign. [5]

In the main event, Kazusada Higuchi defeated Jun Akiyama to secure the second consecutive defense of the KO-D Openweight Championship in that respective reign. [6]

Day 1 (August 30)
No.Results [7] StipulationsTimes [7]
1 Harashima defeated Hinata Kasai by pinfall Singles match [8] 10:24
2Shinichiro Kawamatsu and Yuki Ishida defeated Soma Takao and Rukiya by pinfall Tag team match 6:32
3 Danshoku Dino defeated Kazuki Hirata and Antonio Honda by pinfall Three-way match 9:19
4 Damnation T.A. (Ilusion, MJ Paul and Haruto Sakuraba) defeated Akito, Naomi Yoshimura and Daichi Sato by pinfall Six-man tag team match 12:21
5Strange Love Connection (Mao and Kanon) and Kumadori (with Kimihiro) defeated Yuki Ueno, Shinya Aoki and Kazuma Sumi by pinfall Six-man tag team match 12:11
6 To-y (c) defeated Yuya Koroku Pro-Wrestling Life or Deathmatch for the DDT Extreme Championship 9:20
7 Minoru Suzuki defeated Muscle Sakai by pinfall Singles match [8] 7:42
8 TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. and Kosei Fujita) defeated Schadenfreude International (Chris Brookes and Takeshi Masada) by submission Tag team match [8] [9] 19:49
9The Apex (Yuki Iino and Yukio Naya) (c) defeated Damnation T.A. (Daisuke Sasaki and Hideki Okatani) by pinfall Tag team match for the KO-D Tag Team Championship 16:01
10 Kazusada Higuchi (c) defeated Jun Akiyama by pinfall Singles match for the KO-D Openweight Championship [8] 17:41
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Night 2

The second night of the event from August 31 started with the eight-man tag team confrontation in which Ilusion, Yuya Koroku, Munetatsu Nakamura and Kazuma Sumi defeated To-y, Daichi Sato, Rukiya and Hinata Kasai. Next up, Jun Akiyama, Super Sasadango Machine and Akito defeated Kanon, Kazuki Hirata and Antonio Honda in six-man tag team competition. The third bout saw Chris Brookes and Takeshi Masada outmatch Hideki Okatani and MJ Paul, and Naomi Yoshimura and Yuki Ishida in three-way tag team competition. Next up, Yuki Iino and Yukio Naya defeated Harashima and Shinya Aoki to secure the third consecutive defense of the KO-D Tag Team Championship in that respective reign. In the fifth match, Minoru Suzuki defeated Mao to secure the fourth consecutive defense of the DDT Universal Championship in that respective reign. Next up, Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Danshoku Dino in singles competition, in Tanahashi's last performance in DDT Pro-Wrestling before his retirement.

The evening has had a double main event. The originally scheduled bout between Kazusada Higuchi and Yuki Ueno solded with Ueno defeating Higuchi to win the KO-D Openweight Championship, ending the latter's reign at 63 days and two defenses. Kazuki Hirata then cashed in his "Right to Challenge Anytime Anywhere contract" and successfully challenged Ueno to win the Openweight title. [10]

Day 2 (August 31)
No.Results [11] StipulationsTimes [11]
1 Ilusion, Yuya Koroku, Munetatsu Nakamura and Kazuma Sumi defeated To-y, Daichi Sato, Rukiya and Hinata Kasai by submission Eight-man tag team match
Koroku also won Sato's Right to Challenge Anytime Anywhere contract
6:36
2 Jun Akiyama, Super Sasadango Machine and Akito defeated Kanon, Kazuki Hirata and Antonio Honda (with Kimihiro) by pinfall Six-man tag team match 9:17
3Schadenfreude International (Chris Brookes and Takeshi Masada) defeated Damnation T.A. (Hideki Okatani and MJ Paul) and Harimau (Naomi Yoshimura and Yuki Ishida) by pinfall Three-way tag team match 6:15
4The Apex (Yuki Iino and Yukio Naya) (c) defeated Harashima and Shinya Aoki by pinfall Tag team match for the KO-D Tag Team Championship 11:37
5 Minoru Suzuki (c) defeated Mao by pinfall Singles match for the DDT Universal Championship [8] 17:50
6 Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Danshoku Dino by pinfall Singles match [8] 16:29
7 Yuki Ueno defeated Kazusada Higuchi (c) by pinfall Singles match for the KO-D Openweight Championship [8] 20:42
8 Kazuki Hirata defeated Yuki Ueno (c) by pinfall Singles match for the KO-D Openweight Championship
This was Hirata's Right to Challenge Anytime Anywhere cash-in match
2:51
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

References

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  2. WRESTLE PETER PAN 2025【DAY1】. wrestle-universe.com. Wrestle Universe . Retrieved July 16, 2025.
  3. Thompson, Andrew (March 20, 2025). "DDT Pro-Wrestling announces Wrestle Peter Pan 2025 will be two-day event". POSTWrestling . Retrieved March 20, 2025.
  4. Grabianowski, Ed (13 January 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  5. Caro, Pep S. (August 31, 2025). "Champions Survive In The Day 1 Of DDT Wrestle Peter Pan 2025". monthlypuroresu.com. Retrieved August 31, 2025.
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  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Carlan, Lewis (July 15, 2025). "First Matches Revealed For DDT Pro-Wrestling's WRESTLE PETER PAN 2025". monthlypuroresu.com. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
  9. Lumba, Frederick-Marvin (July 14, 2025). "Zack Sabre Jr. & Hiroshi Tanahashi Announced for DDT Wrestle Peter Pan". lastwordonsports.com. Retrieved July 14, 2025.
  10. Lumba, Frederick Marvin (August 31, 2025). "DDT Wrestle Peter Pan Results (8/31/25) – Day 2". lastwordonsports.com. Retrieved August 31, 2025.
  11. 1 2 "WRESTLE PETER PAN 2025【DAY2】". DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). August 31, 2025. Archived from the original on August 31, 2025.