Antonio Honda

[Grimmas]

SegundaCuerda:

My favourite comedy wrestler ever but also a really amazing worker when had to work serious matches. It's fascinating to me that his comedy is very laughable even if I don't understand one single word in Japanese, and that humorus style makes his serious matches to feel epic and special.

Matches:
vs Dick Togo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRml6LaLut0
vs Danshoku Dino https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLo-SzR5_y0
vs Shuji Ishikawa https://youtu.be/EUUAmTCQHrE?t=3833

[MidasGloves]

Top-tier comedy guy who has a really strong match catalog if you dig for it. I think Honda is emblematic of what DDT as a promotion is more than anybody else and he's been around for a huge portion of its lifespan to boot (and that's before you look at his work in adjacent promotions like Gatoh Move/ChocoPro, TJPW & BAKA GAIJIN). I love his actual in-ring style when he's not just doing his shtick, full of great body language and simple impactful offense; you can tell he studies his Dusty tapes beyond just copying some moves. The Togo match is definitely his best, but I've always loved his DDT Extreme Title match against Akito (another of my DDT-lifer favorites who I wish I thought to nominate) from July 2015 in a "Fall to The Hell" match which is basically a No-Ropes 2-Man Battle Royale.