Japan as a country sometimes undeservedly suffers from this perception in North America of being a weird country. Many things about their culture often surprise North American viewers, unaccustomed to seeing such differences. A big part of this is because Japan has lower sensitivities, in the sense that people dont feel as uncomfortable about the same things as people in North America. This is how, for example, some Japanese anime could get away with less-than subtle racism or homosexuality, two things that would certainly garner a major reaction in the United States. Pro wrestling in Japan is no exception. Despite most wrestling companies being almost entirely about straight-to-the-point wrestling, there are some companies that do live up to this perception of craziness and gimmicky. Dramatic Dream Team (DDT or D2T), for example, is a promotion with ridiculously bizarre characters like Danshoku Dino, Yoshihiko (a blow-up sex doll), the Super S**t Machine, and Mitsuteru the invisible wrestler. They also have taken WWEs Hardcore concept and have turned it into something insane: The Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship, which is also defended under 24/7 rules. As of April 29th, 2014, it has changed hands around 1,000 times, with title holders including a Dachshund, a ladder, a poster and the belt itself. Oh, they also take the term Death Match, an old-school wrestling concept, and turn the crazy meter up to 11, with such concepts as the Scorpion and Cactus Desert Death Match, and tanks full of piranhas. Also, if you want to combine all of these factors into one big, bizarre mess of a storyline, look no further than promotion HUSTLE, which ran an outlandish magical baby storyline involving The Great Muta, a women named Yingling the Erotic Terrorist (seriously), Green Mist, and egg, and a 500-pound baby named Bono.