Judgement (1997)

Judgement
Judgement
Promotion	DDT Pro-Wrestling
Date	March 25, 1997
City	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Hibiya Radio City
Judgement chronology
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Judgement, also known as DDT Pro Launching Battle Judgement (DDTプレ旗揚げ戦 Judgement, DDT puro hataage-sen jajjimento),^[1] was a professional wrestling event promoted by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). It took place on March 25, 1997, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Hibiya Radio City.^[2]^[3] It was the first event under the Judgement name and also the first ever pay-per-view hosted by DDT.

Storylines

Judgement featured four 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]

Results

No.	Results^[2]	Stipulations	Times
1	Asian Cougar defeated Kyohei Mikami	Singles match	7:00
2	Phantom Funakoshi defeated Chotaro Kamoi	Singles match	12:12
3	Hiroshi Shimada, Judeisuto and Exciting Yoshida defeated Mitsuo Maeda, Kaminari and Miracle Power	Six-man tag team match	20:08
4	Super Uchuu Power and Kamen Shooter Super Rider defeated Sanshiro Takagi and Kazushige Nozawa by submission	Tag team match	17:00

References

^ DDTプレ旗揚げ戦 Judgement. DDT Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "DDT Results 1997". Dramatic DDT. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
^ "DDT @ Tokyo". Wrestlingdata. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2017.

External links

The official DDT Pro-Wrestling website

[1] DDTプレ旗揚げ戦 Judgement. DDT Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved March 4, 2021.

[Judgement-2] "DDT Results 1997". Dramatic DDT. Retrieved February 4, 2020.

[3] "DDT @ Tokyo". Wrestlingdata. Retrieved February 5, 2020.

[4] Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2017.

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