Ultimate Party 2020

Ultimate Party 2020 was a professional wrestling event produced by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). The event took place on November 3, 2020, in Tokyo at the Ota City General Gymnasium. It was the second event under the Ultimate Party chronology. The event aired live on AbemaTV and on DDT's streaming service Wrestle Universe.[1]

Ultimate Party 2020
Promotional poster featuring most of the participants
PromotionDDT Pro-Wrestling
DateNovember 3, 2020[1]
CityTokyo, Japan[1]
VenueOta City General Gymnasium[1]
Tagline(s)Let's Watch DDT Pro-Wrestling Together!
Ultimate Party chronology
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Storylines

The show featured ten matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.[2]

On August 23, 2020, Tetsuya Endo won the annual King of DDT tournament by defeating T-Hawk in the finals. Usually, the winner of the tournament would receive a shot at the KO-D Openweight Championship, but since Endo was already holding the title, he was allowed to choose his challenger. Endo initially named Kenny Omega, a former DDT full-time member, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, travel restrictions prevented the match from happening. At Get Alive 2020, Endo chose his Damnation stablemate Daisuke Sasaki to be his challenger instead.[3] On September 27, at Who's Gonna Top? 2020, Sasaki hit Endo with a low blow and ordered the rest of Damnation and #StrongHearts to beat Endo up. They refused and attacked Sasaki instead before announcing he was being kicked out of the unit. In a following interview, Sasaki refused to acknowledge his eviction and promised that he would leave DDT if he failed to defeat Endo.[4] On October 3, at This Will Be Our Third Narimasu Event! 2020, a handicap match pitting Sasaki against the team of Endo and T-Hawk ended in a disqualification when Damnation interfered in order to attack Sasaki. Hiroshi Yamato came to Sasaki's rescue and the match was restarted as a regular tag team match that Yamato and Sasaki were unable to win.[5]

In February, Chris Brookes became the inaugural DDT Universal Champion, a title created to attract an international viewership to DDT's programming. By June, he was already a two-time champion, and after defending his title against Naomi Yoshimura on October 10, at DDT TV Show! #9, he called his opponent weak. Unhappy about the insult, Yoshimura's tag team partner Yuki Ueno came out to challenge Brookes to a title match.[6] Days later, at a press conference, Brookes presented Ueno with flowers as if he was mourning Ueno's KO-D Tag Team Championship title loss and the end of his tag team as Yoshimura was scheduled to take a medical leave of absence following the Ultimate Party event.

Results
No. Results Stipulations Times[7]
1P Hideki Okatani defeated Keigo Nakamura Singles match 04:24
2P Hiroshi Yamato and Hoshitango defeated Mizuki Watase and Yukio Naya by submission Tag team match 09:00
3 Mao defeated Shunma Katsumata Singles match 07:51
4 Akito defeated Danshoku Dino by submission Singles match 09:51
5 Eruption (Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi and Saki Akai) defeated Disaster Box (Toru Owashi, Naomi Yoshimura and Kazuki Hirata), #DamnHearts (Mad Paulie, El Lindaman and Nobuhiro Shimatani) and Super Sasadango Machine, Makoto Oishi and Antonio Honda Four-way elimination match 11:03
6 Sanshiro Takagi defeated Shinya Aoki (c) Weapon Rumble match for the DDT Extreme Division Championship 10:55
7 CimaSoma (Cima and Soma Takao) defeated HarashiMarufuji (Harashima and Naomichi Marufuji) Tag team match 12:47
8 Yuki Ueno defeated Chris Brookes (c) Singles match for the DDT Universal Championship 14:05
9 Jun Akiyama defeated Konosuke Takeshita by submission Singles match 25:38
10 Tetsuya Endo (c) defeated Daisuke Sasaki (with Hiroshi Yamato) Singles match for the KO-D Openweight Championship 27:48
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • P – indicates the match took place on the pre-show

Four-way elimination match
Elimination Wrestler Team Eliminated by Method Time
1 Nobuhiro Shimatani #DamnHearts Kazuki Hirata Pinfall 07:12
2 Antonio Honda Super Sasadango Machine, Makoto Oishi and Antonio Honda Kazuki Hirata Pinfall 09:50
3 Kazuki Hirata Disaster Box Yukio Sakaguchi Pinfall 11:03
Winners: Eruption (Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi and Saki Akai)

References
  1. "東京・大田区総合体育館「Ultimate Party 2020」". DDT Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  2. Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
  3. "DDT: «Get Alive 2020» Daisuke Sasaki challenges Tetsuya Endo". Superluchas.com. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  4. "DDT "WHO'S GONNA TOP? 2020" Results". Dramatic DDT. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  5. "DDT "THIS WILL BE OUR THIRD NARIMASU EVENT! 2020" Results". Dramatic DDT. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  6. "DDT "DDT TV SHOW! #9" Results". Dramatic DDT. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  7. "Ultimate Party 2020". DDT Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
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