The first Japanese promotion to stage their own show during Wrestlemania week was DDT, who ran their Coming to America show from La Boom in Queens on April 4th. DDT sold out their venue well in advance of the show, and didn’t disappoint their audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Soma Takao &\nTetsuya Endo vs. Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi –<\/strong> This was a fun tag match to start off the\nshow, pitting the heelish DAMNATION team of Takao and Endo against the face\nteam from Shuten-doji. The crowd got\nreally behind Sakaguchi, and Takanashi played a good face in peril, while Endo\nbroke out some of his impressive highspots, and Takao bullied Takanishi when he\ncould get away with it. Endo got the win\nfor his team with a submission to kick off the start of a good night for DAMNATION.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Winners: Soma Takao &\nTetsuya Endo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Iron Man Battle Royale<\/strong> \u2013 Before the show even started Makoto Oishi pinned Saki Akai, so she no longer entered this match as champion. Kazuki Hirata entered this match first, and the crowd absolutely loved his Tokyo dance. Saki Akai entered second, and clearly was annoyed that she had been caught out by Oishi, which she took out on Hirata once the bell rang. The third entrant was Kikutaro, but he was stopped on the way to the ring by a doctor who took his blood pressure, then announced that according to the NY State Athletic Commission Kikutaro was unable to compete due to high blood pressure. Colt Cabana entered fourth, and initially offered to give Akai a free shot because he didn’t think she was a threat as a woman, which he immediately learnt was a mistake. Mizuki Watase came in next, wearing his full suit, and proceeded to hit a coast-to-coast dropkick in a waistcoat. Oishi was the next entrant, as the current Iron Man champion, followed by Yuu making her surprise return to DDT for this match. The final competitor was the legendary doll Yoshihiko, who went viral a few years ago after matches with Kota Ibushi. Yoshihiko was definitely the highlight of this match \u2013 especially in her segments with Yuu \u2013 and even won the title by pinning Oishi. Hirata had managed to lay low outside the ring, and pinned Yoshihiko immediately to win the battle royale. However, Saki Akai, who had been eliminated earlier, came back in to the ring to hit her finisher on Hirata and walk out as the Iron Man champion again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Winner: Saki Akai<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n