2024 DDT Pro-Wrestling event
Sweet Dreams! 2024 was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). It took place on January 28, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Korakuen Hall. The event aired on CyberAgent's AbemaTV online linear television service and CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe.[2]
Eight matches were contested at the event, including one on the pre-show. The main event saw Yuki Ueno defeat Yukio Naya to retain the KO-D Openweight Championship.
The event featured eight 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.[3]
The show started with the ten-man confrontation of Sanshiro Takagi, Toru Owashi, Akito, Shinichiro Kawamatsu and Yuni who took on the team of Harashima, Antonio Honda, Takeshi Masada, Kazuma Sumi and Tomoya in a losing effort.[4]
The first main card bout saw Daisuke Sasaki, Kanon and Bryan Keith picking up a victory over Tetsuya Endo, Yuki Iino and Rukiya in six-man tag team action. Next up, Yukio Sakaguchi defeated Hideki Okatani in singles competition in which was billed as Sakaguchi's last Korakuen Hall performance before his retirement which was scheduled for February 7, 2024.[5] In the fourth bout, Mao and NJPW's Taka Michinoku outmatched Chris Brookes and Masahiro Takanashi in tag team action. Next up, Shunma Katsumata defeated Kazuki Hirata to win the DDT Extreme Championship for the third time in his career, ending Hirata's reign at 217 days and four successful defenses. Next up, Jun Akiyama, Danshoku Dino and Makoto Oishi defeated Hikaru Sato, Kazusada Higuchi and Ryo Kawamura to secure the second consecutive defense of the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship. In the semi main event, All Elite Wrestling's Konosuke Takeshita defeated Naruki Doi in singles competition. During the event, Shuji Ishikawa returned to DDT Pro-Wrestling.
In the main event, Yuki Ueno defeated 2023 D-Oh Grand Prix winner Yukio Naya to secure the first defense of the KO-D Openweight Championship in that respective reign. After the bout concluded, Danshoku Dino laid a title challenge to Ueno which was scheduled for February 14, 2024.[6][7]
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- ^ DDT Pro Wrestling (January 3, 2024). "DDT ProWrestling" 東京・後楽園ホール「Sweet Dreams！2024」. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved January 3, 2024.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
- ^ DDT Pro Wrestling (January 28, 2024). "-YouTube" 【第2試合まで生配信】武知海青プロレスデビュー戦カード発表！1.28後楽園大会「Sweet Dreams！2024」｜1/28(日) 11時20分頃〜. youtube.com (in Japanese). Retrieved January 28, 2024.
- ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling (English) [@ddtproENG] (January 15, 2024). "📢Yukio Sakaguchi announces wrestling retirement" (Tweet). Retrieved January 28, 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ Black, Ethan (January 28, 2024). "DDT Sweet Dreams Night 5 Results – January 28, 2024". PWMania.com. Archived from the original on January 30, 2024. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
- ^ Carlan, Lewis (January 28, 2024). "Yuki Ueno Defeats Yukio Naya To Retain DDT Pro-Wrestling KO-D Openweight Title, Next Challenger Emerges". bodyslam.net. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
- ^ Daly, Wayne (January 30, 2024). "DDT Results: Sweet Dreams! 2024 – Tokyo, Japan (1/28)". wrestling-news.net. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
