25 Strangest Places In Which Pro-Wrestling Has Taken Place: Part 2 (15-1)

Mark Andrews performs a shooting star press at an NXT event during the UK's Download Festival
Mark Andrews performs a shooting star press at an NXT event during the UK's Download Festival. Triple H has likened NXT to underground metal music, in contrast with the WWE main roster's Top 40 sensibilities

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Dramatic Dream Team (DDT), a Japan-based indy fed perhaps best known for featuring Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi's comedy-style wrestling, has a habit of booking matches in the strangest of places.

Tagged as "Street Wrestling" on the company's DDT Universe streaming service, the comedic anywhere matches have taken place in the wackiest of environments, perhaps most famously at a campsite where several of the company's stars, including Omega, Ibushi and Sami Zayn (as El Generico) staged an epic multi-man match at a campsite.

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Who would have thought that several guys who'd go on to be huge stars in the much bigger (and largely serious) New Japan Pro Wrestling and WWE promotions would start off with goofy gimmick matches that included throwing turtles at each other, fighting on kayaks down a river stream, and ramming a piece of lumber into their opponents crotch.

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