Originally published at https://www.postwrestling.com/2023/02/18/aews-penelope-ford-becomes-ddt-ironman-heavymetalweight-champion/
Ford scoops and scores with the title.
A new Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion was crowned at the 2/18 DDT Pro-Wrestling show in Nagoya, Japan.
The now former champion Saki Akai walked past AEW’s Penelope Ford and Kip Sabian as they were recording their backstage comments. Sabian then whispered in Ford’s ear before calling out to Akai.
While Sabian held conversation with Akai to distract her, Ford came up from behind, rolled her up and got the three count.
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速報📢
＼ペネロペが王者・赤井を急襲しアイアンマン王座を奪取！ DDTの至宝がAEWに流出！
👑アイアンマンヘビーメタル級選手権試合
＜王者＞●赤井沙希 vs ペネロペ・フォード○＜挑戦者＞
19時38分 横入り式エビ固め
※赤井が防衛に失敗、ペネロペが第1557代王者となる。#ddtpro #AEW pic.twitter.com/wvr6sRLYSy— DDT ProWrestling (@ddtpro) February 18, 2023
The most recent AEW talent that held the championship was Britt Baker in November 2020.
Below are the results from today’s DDT show:
- D Generations Cup B Block Match: Takeshi Masada def. Toi Kojima
- D Generations Cup A Block Match: Yuya Koroku def. Hideki Okatani
- 4-Way Tag Team Match: Saki Akai & Antonio Honda def. Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dieno and Toru Owashi & Kazuki Hirata and Gota Ihashi & Keigo Nakamura
- Yuko Sakaguchi, Yusuke Okada & Kotaro Suzuki def. Kazuma Sumi, Makoto Oishi & Yuji Hino
- Kip Sabian, Hagane Shinno & Chris Brookes (w/ Penelope Ford) vs. Yuki Ueno, Yuki Ishida & Kazusada Higuchi
- DDT Extreme Championship: Jun Akiyama (c) def. Akito
- MAO, Yukio Naya & Shunma Katsumata def. Soma Takao, Shinya Ishida & HARASHIMA
- DDT Universal Championship: Naruki Doi (c) def. KANON