Into The Fight (sometimes stylized as Into the Fight) was a recurring professional wrestling event held annually by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) around February. Originally held by DDT as an independent promotion from 2005 to 2020 (except for 2006), it was then held by CyberFight for three editions held as DDT-branded events in 2021, 2023 and 2024. The name "Into The Fight" was a reference to the 1998 Misia song "Into the Light," which was used as DDT's theme until 2014.
History From 2005 to 2019, Into The Fight was produced by DDT Pro-Wrestling, an independent promotion founded in 1997 by Shintaro Muto and Pro Wrestling Crusaders alumni Kyohei Mikami, Kazushige Nosawa and Sanshiro Takagi. In 2020, DDT and its subsidiaries merged with Pro Wrestling Noah into a new company called CyberFight owned by the digital advertising company CyberAgent, with DDT and Noah persisting as separate brands under the CyberFight umbrella. Into The Fight was then held in 2021, 2023 and 2024 as a DDT-branded event.
Events # Event Date City Venue Main event 1Into The Fight 2005Tokyo, JapanKorakuen HallMikami (c) vs. Dick Togo for the KO-D Openweight Championship2Into The Fight 2007Harashima (c) vs. Danshoku Dino for the KO-D Openweight Championship3Into The Fight 2008Royal Rumble to determine the contender for the KO-D Openweight Championship4Into the Fight 2009Sanshiro Takagi (c) vs. Kota Ibushi for the KO-D Openweight Championship5Into the Fight 2010Shuji Ishikawa (c) vs. Danshoku Dino for the KO-D Openweight Championship6Into the Fight 2011Dick Togo (c) vs. Harashima for the KO-D Openweight Championship7Into the Fight 2012Danshoku Dino (c) vs. Antonio Honda for the KO-D Openweight Championship8Into The Fight 2013Kenny Omega (c) vs. Harashima for the KO-D Openweight Championship9Into The Fight 2014Harashima (c) vs. Masa Takanashi for the KO-D Openweight Championship10Into the Fight 2015Shinjuku FaceGolden☆Storm Riders (Daisuke Sasaki and Kota Ibushi) vs. Happy Motel (Antonio Honda and Konosuke Takeshita)11Into The Fight 2016Harashima vs. Shigehiro Irie to determine the contender for the KO-D Openweight Championship12Into The Fight 2017Harashima and Kudo vs. Konosuke Takeshita and Dick Togo13Into The Fight 2018Daisuke Sekimoto and Shuji Ishikawa vs. Harashima and Konosuke Takeshita14Into the Fight 2019Harashima (c) vs. Muscle Sakai in a two-out-of-three falls hardcore match for the DDT Extreme Championship15Into The Fight 2020Masato Tanaka (c) vs. Mao for the KO-D Openweight Championship16Into The Fight 2021Shunma Katsumata (c) vs. Mao in a Kids Room Deathmatch 37 (Sauna) Count Edition for the DDT Extreme Championship17Into The Fight 2023Harashima vs. Yukio Naya to determine the contender for the KO-D Openweight Championship18Into The Fight 2024The37Kamiina (Shunma Katsumata and Yuki Ueno) and Kaisei Takechi vs. Hideki Okatani, Takeshi Masada and Tetsuya Endo
Results 2005
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2012
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2014
2015
2016 The 2016 edition of Into The Fight was held on February 28 at the Korakuen Hall. In the main event, Harashima defeated Shigehiro Irie to become the contender for the KO-D Openweight Championship.
2017 The 2017 edition of Into The Fight was held on February 19 at the Korakuen Hall. In the main event, Harashima and Kudo defeated Konosuke Takeshita and Dick Togo in a tag team match.
2018 The 2018 edition of Into The Fight was held on February 25 at the Korakuen Hall. In the main event, Shuji Ishikawa and Daisuke Sekimoto defeated Konosuke Takeshita and Harashima in a tag team match.
2019 The 2019 edition of Into The Fight was held on March 21 at the Korakuen Hall. In the main event, Harashima defeated Muscle Sakai in a two-out-of-three falls hardcore match to retain the DDT Extreme Division Championship.
2020 The 2020 edition of Into The Fight was held on February 23 at the Korakuen Hall. In the main event, Masato Tanaka defeated Mao to retain the KO-D Openweight Championship.
2021 The 2021 edition of Into The Fight was held on February 28 at the Korakuen Hall. In the main event, Shunma Katsumata defeated Mao in a Kids Room Deathmatch 37 (Sauna) Count Edition to retain the DDT Extreme Division Championship.
2023 The 2023 edition of Into The Fight was held on February 26 at the Korakuen Hall. In the main event, Yukio Naya defeated Harashima to become the contender for the KO-D Openweight Championship.
2024 The 2024 edition of Into The Fight was held on February 25 at the Korakuen Hall. In the main event, The37Kamiina (Shunma Katsumata and Yuki Ueno) and Kaisei Takechi defeated Hideki Okatani, Takeshi Masada and Tetsuya Endo in a six-man tag team match.
References
External links The official DDT Pro-Wrestling website