10 Inanimate Objects In Wrestling That Somehow Got Over

As if we needed another reason to consider Japan's wrestling promotions the weirdest form of entertainment in the world, DDT Pro-Wrestling comes along and gives one of its championship belts to a sex doll.

The company's Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship makes WWE's Hardcore Championship look downright stately by comparison. Among the "wrestlers" to hold the title are a monkey, a Hello Kitty doll, a pint of beer, a baseball bat, and a miniature Dachshund. But by far the most over titleholder is Yoshikiko, an inflatable love doll that has gone through four different incarnations in its 10-year career.

Yoshikiko wrestles against real opponents, all of whom act as though its a genuine person. The matches are truly a thing of beauty, and it's kind of magical to watch grown men throw themselves around the ring all while manipulating the doll so that it looks like like it's actually performing the moves.

Crowds go wild for Yoshikiko. And why wouldn't they? None of the other inanimate objects on this list have every performed a spinning hurricanrana this effectively:

That doll's better than Sin Cara and X-Pac.