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DDT Pro-Wrestling

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DDT Pro-Wrestling
AcronymDDT
Founded1997
Style
HeadquartersShinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Founder(s)Shintaro Mutoh
ParentCyberFight (CyberAgent)
Sister
FormerlyDramatic Dream Team (1997–2004)
WebsiteOfficial website
For the professional wrestling move, see DDT (professional wrestling).

DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDTプロレスリング, DDT Puroresuringu) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Its name stands for Dramatic Dream Team, which was the promotion's official name from 1997 to 2004. Founded in March 1997 by Shintaro Muto, the promotion was eventually bought and managed by Shoichi Ichimiya until December 2005, when Sanshiro Takagi took over as the new president. In 2017, DDT was sold to CyberAgent. Takagi retained his position, while Takahiro Yamauchi took over as the new DDT director.

DDT became one of the top promotions in Japanese independent wrestling by creating a unique sports entertainment style, often parodying WWE, with a Japanese puroresu flair to the matches. DDT has had agreements with various MMA and professional wrestling promotions around the world. DDT's biggest event is Peter Pan, held each year since 2009.

The cards' matches tend to be a mixture of Japanese lucharesu (a mix of lucha libre and traditional puroresu), worked shoot-style, hardcore brawling and comedy matches. DDT is in many ways a parody of American pro wrestling, particularly WWE, using over-the-top gimmicks (most notably Danshoku Dino) as well as unique match types including hardcore matches in a campsite (which featured use of bottle rockets as weapons), an "Office Deathmatch" (where the ring was set up to resemble a section of an office building, complete with cubicle walls and computers), and a "Silence Match" (where wrestlers were forbidden to make loud noises, resulting in slow-motion chops and punches and featuring the commentary team speaking in a faux-whisper).

In January 2020, DDT's parent company CyberAgent purchased Pro Wrestling Noah, with DDT's executives taking over Noah's operations and Noah's content appearing on DDT's streaming service Wrestle Universe.[1]

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Tokyo

Tokyo

Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital and most populous city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 million residents as of 2018; the city proper has a population of 13.99 million people. Located at the head of Tokyo Bay, the prefecture forms part of the Kantō region on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. Tokyo serves as Japan's economic center and is the seat of both the Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan.

Sanshiro Takagi

Sanshiro Takagi

Tadashi Takagi , better known by his ring name Sanshiro Takagi , is a Japanese professional wrestler. Takagi's gimmick is that he is Stone Cold Steve Austin.

CyberAgent

CyberAgent

CyberAgent Inc. is a Japanese digital advertising company, which was founded in 1998 by Susumu Fujita and headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo. It is owned by Susumu Fujita with 20.50% interest; Fujita is representative director, while Yusuke Hidaka is executive vice president.

WWE

WWE

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., doing business as WWE, is an American professional wrestling promotion. A global integrated media and entertainment company, WWE has also branched out into other fields, including film, American football, and various other business ventures. The company is additionally involved in licensing its intellectual property to companies to produce video games and action figures.

Puroresu

Puroresu

Puroresu (プロレス) is the predominant style of professional wrestling that has developed in Japan. The term comes from the Japanese pronunciation of "professional wrestling" (プロフェッショナル・レスリング), which is shortened to puroresu. The term became popular among English-speaking fans due to Hisaharu Tanabe's activities in the online Usenet community. Growing out of origins in the traditional US style of wrestling, it has become an entity in itself. Japanese pro wrestling is distinct in its psychology and presentation of the sport. It is treated as a legitimate fight, with fewer theatrics; the stories told in Japanese matches are about a fighter's spirit and perseverance. In strong style, the style most typically associated with puroresu, full contact martial arts strikes and shoot submission holds are implemented.

DDT Peter Pan

DDT Peter Pan

Peter Pan is an annual Japanese professional wrestling event promoted by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). The event has been held since 2009 and aired domestically on Fighting TV Samurai and later as an internet pay-per-view (iPPV) on DDT's streaming service Wrestle Universe. Since 2019, the event has aired on AbemaTV. The event is usually held in summer and is DDT's biggest event of the year. Though DDT produced an event titled "Go! Go! Neverland! Peter Pan Summer Vacation" on August 15, 2004, it is not considered a part of the Peter Pan event series.

Danshoku Dino

Danshoku Dino

Akiru Miyashita , better known by his ring name Danshoku Dino , also written Danshoku Dieno, is a Japanese professional wrestler. Dino has spent most of his career competing for DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), where he plays an overly exaggerated homosexual character. His ring name comes from the Japanese name for the character Baron Dino from the manga series Sakigake!! Otokojuku.

Hardcore wrestling

Hardcore wrestling

Hardcore wrestling is a form of professional wrestling where disqualifications, count-outs, and all other different rules do not apply. Taking place in usual or unusual environments, hardcore wrestling matches allow the use of numerous items, including ladders, tables, chairs, thumbtacks, barbed wire, light tubes, shovels, baseball bats, golf clubs, hammers, axe handles, chains, crowbars, wrenches, tongs, and other improvised weapons used as foreign objects. Although hardcore wrestling is a staple of most wrestling promotions, where they are often used at the climaxes of feuds, some promotions specialize in hardcore wrestling, with many matches performed in this manner.

Pro Wrestling Noah

Pro Wrestling Noah

Pro Wrestling Noah is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2000 by former All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) ace Mitsuharu Misawa after he had led a mass exodus in which 24 of AJPW's 26 contracted wrestlers left the promotion to form Noah.

Wrestle Universe

Wrestle Universe

Wrestle Universe , formerly known as DDT Universe , is a subscription-based video streaming service owned by CyberAgent's subsidiary CyberFight. On October 24, 2016, DDT Owner Sanshiro Takagi came down to the ring prior to that day's event and announced that DDT would be debuting their own video-on-demand service, called DDT Universe, in January 2017. Some major DDT events air live on the service, which also features matches from the promotion's archives, dating back to 2004, as well as matches from DDT's affiliate and sister promotions DNA, Pro-Wrestling Basara, Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling, Union Pro Wrestling and Ganbare Pro Wrestling. As well as full shows and matches, the promotion also features documentaries showcasing the lives of wrestlers outside the ring. On January 30, 2020, DDT Universe began airing content from sister company Pro Wrestling Noah. On May 12, DDT Universe was rebranded as Wrestle Universe to reflect that the service offers content from different promotions.

History

Dramatic Dream Team (1997–2004)

Former DDT logo (2000–2013)
Former DDT logo (2000–2013)

The promotion was founded by Shintaro Muto, Sanshiro Takagi, Kyohei Mikami and Kazushige Nosawa, after they left Pro Wrestling Crusaders.[2] The promotion was named Dramatic Dream Team, its first event took place on January 31, 1997, in Tokyo. In 1999, DDT started producing pay-per-view digests of its product on DirectTV.

The promotion then established their own governing body in 2000, the King of DDT, shortened as KO-D, creating the KO-D Openweight Championship, Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship and the KO-D Tag Team Championship. DDT also created their own tag team tournament the DDT Tag League. Later in 2003, Shoichi Ichimiya became the new president of DDT.[3]

Independent DDT Pro-Wrestling (2004–2017)

Former DDT logo (2013-2018)
Former DDT logo (2013-2018)

On 2004, DDT rebranded to DDT Pro-Wrestling yūgen gaisha renaming the promotion to DDT Pro-Wrestling. In October, DDT got a timeslot on Fighting TV Samurai, creating their regular broadcast program DDT Dramatic Fantasia.[4] In 2005, indie promotion Union Pro Wrestling was revived by DDT.[5]

On December 28, 2005 Ichimiya retired from professional wrestling and announced his departure from DDT.[6] This led to Sanshiro Takagi taking over the promotion as the new president. Then the company focused on the feud between the face stable Italian Four Horsemen and the heel stable Disaster Box. In November 2006, DDT announced the creation of their fourth active title the DDT Extreme Championship. Later in 2007 DDT announced a working relationship with Dragon Gate. DDT and Dragon Gate held their first co-promoted show, Dramatic Dream Gate on April 18, 2007 in Shinjuku Face in Tokyo, Japan. DDT would later become a member of the Global Professional Wrestling Alliance. The group was established as a means to aid the many competing wrestling promotions in Japan. In 2009, DDT announced that they were going to become a stock company, turning their company from private to public. In March 2010, DDT announced a working relationship with Big Japan Pro Wrestling.[7] Later in March, Takagi announced the DDT48 (later renamed Dramatic Sōsenkyo), which was a fan vote where the winner received a shot at the KO-D Openweight Championship. Later that month, in storyline, Michael Nakazawa stepped down as the CEO of DDT and Amon Tsurumi became the General Manager of the promotion. In 2011, DDT received the Fighting TV Samurai Indie no Oshigoto prize for having the best show the year, winning the Best Show Award for Judgement 2011.

In March 2012, the Dramatic Fantasia weekly program was briefly cancelled by Samurai TV. This led to the launch of the program DDT Wrestling Hour on Niconico, starting April 2.[8] On June 4, DDT launched another sub-brand named Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling (TJPW), which was exclusive to women's wrestlers.[9] DDT celebrated its 15th anniversary on August 18, 2012, by holding its first ever event in Nippon Budokan.[10] On December 23, 2012, DDT announced the creation of their fifth active title, the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship.[11] On January 17, 2013, DDT announced that Daisuke Sasaki had signed a contract to officially make DDT his home promotion, ending his days as a freelancer.[12][13] On April 17 DDT formed another sub-brand Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling (GanPro). On May 3, DDT's Max Bump event was broadcast live by Samurai TV. After that DDT launched a weekly program DDT's Pro-Wrestling Banzai ＼(^o^)／, which was also broadcast by Samurai TV.[14] On November 28, DDT announced a new project named DDT New Attitude (DNA) which would be another sub-brand of DDT, functioning as a developmental brand for DDT.

On January 14, 2015, DDT opened a women's wrestling school with Makoto Oishi and Cherry as instructors. Later DDT announced the creation of their sixth active title, the King of Dark Championship, which would be "won" by the loser of a dark match. On June 23, DDT opened the Dropkick Bar which is a professional wrestling, boxing and mixed martial arts-themed sports bar. Professional wrestling personalities regularly make appearances at the bar. On August 17 it was announced that Union Pro would be folding after its 10th anniversary event on October 4.[15] Three days after its folding, Union was replaced by a new promotion named Pro-Wrestling Basara, which launched in January 2016.[16] In October 2016, DDT announced "DDT Universe", a new streaming service for events held by DDT, DNA, Basara, TJPW and GanPro.[17] The service launched on January 23, 2017.[18] On April 30, 2017, announced the creation of their seventh active title, the KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship, meant for teams of five wrestlers, the title is believed to be the first of its kind in professional wrestling.[19][20] with the inaugural champions crowned on August 20, 2017.[21]

On July 5, 2017, it was announced that DDT had entered into a partnership with Canada's Canadian Wrestling's Elite promotion.[22] On August 20 Danshoku Dino defeated Sanshiro Takagi in a match, where if Dino won he would become the Producer of DDT. After Dino won he fired the DDT's General Manager Amon Tsurumi and Turumi returned to a backstage role as assistant producer and reverted to his real name Hisaya Imabayashi. Dino also announced the creation of a new tournament called "D-Oh Grand Prix".

DDT under CyberAgent (2017–present)

On September 1, 2017, 100% of DDT's shares were sold to the CyberAgent company. Sanshiro Takagi remained as the DDT president, while CyberAgent director Takahiro Yamauchi took over as the new DDT director.

On June 11, 2019, DDT announced Basara would be splitting up from DDT and become an independent company starting January 1, 2020.[23][24] In October, the third edition of the annual "Iron Fist Tag Tournament" led to the creation of Basara's first tag team championship, the Iron Fist Tag Team Championship.[25]

On January 28, 2020, DDT's parent company CyberAgent purchased Pro Wrestling Noah. DDT's President Sanshiro Takagi was named the President of Pro Wrestling Noah and Naomichi Marufuji the Vice President. Noah's events began airing on DDT's streaming service DDT Universe starting with Noah's Global Jr. League 2020 on January 30.[26] On July 27, 2020, it was announced Noah and DDT would merge in a new company, CyberFight.[27]

On March 20, 2022, at Judgement, it was announced that All Elite Wrestling (AEW) had formed a working relationship with DDT and TJPW that would see wrestlers from both brands appear on AEW programming.[28][29]

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Kyohei Mikami

Kyohei Mikami

Kyohei Mikami , known by his stage name Mikami, is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is best known for his work for Dramatic Dream Team both as a singles wrestler and with Thanomsak Toba in a tag team called Suicide Boyz.

KO-D Openweight Championship

KO-D Openweight Championship

The KO-D Openweight Championship is a professional wrestling openweight championship and the top singles accomplishment in the Japanese promotion CyberFight currently defended in the DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) brand division. It is one of CyberFight's top major world titles, alongside the GHC Heavyweight Championship in Pro Wrestling Noah. The title was established in 2000 and the inaugural champion was Masao Orihara.

Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship

Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship

The Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the Japanese promotion CyberFight in its DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) brand. Open to anyone, regardless of gender or DDT employment status, the championship is defended "24/7", as in any time, anywhere, as long as a referee is there to confirm the win. Because of this rule, not only is the championship winnable regardless of gender or number of individuals, it is also available to "unconventional" champions such as animals or inanimate objects, with title changes regularly occurring outside of regular shows, often with videos posted on the promotion's social media accounts. The current champion is Akito who is in his sixth reign.

KO-D Tag Team Championship

KO-D Tag Team Championship

The KO-D Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the Japanese promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). The title was established in 2001. In its early days, DDT occasionally referred to the title as the "CMLL KO-D Tag Team Championship" . It is currently the only tag team championship in DDT.

DDT Extreme Championship

DDT Extreme Championship

The DDT Extreme Championship is a singles title in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling. The title was established in 2006 and it is mostly defended in stipulation matches, with the defending champion being given the right to choose the stipulation. The title has also been defended at events held by Union Pro Wrestling, one of DDT's former sub-brands. As of December 4, 2022, there have been a total of 56 reigns shared between 33 different champions.

Dragon Gate (wrestling)

Dragon Gate (wrestling)

Dragongate Inc. operating as Dragongate Japan Pro-Wrestling and often referred to simply as Dragon Gate, is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion formerly known as Toryumon Japan. Most of the promotion's wrestlers are graduates of its Dojo or Último Dragón's Toryumon Gym, and thus the promotion is based on a junior heavyweight style with varying emphasis on high flying maneuvers, flashy technical grappling, and submission wrestling.

Global Professional Wrestling Alliance

Global Professional Wrestling Alliance

The Global Professional Wrestling Alliance (GPWA) was a cooperative group of professional wrestling promotions and wrestlers from around the world. Formed in 2006, the group was founded by the professional wrestler Mitsuharu Misawa, the founder of Pro Wrestling Noah. It was led by president Yoshiyuki Nakamura, co-owner of Pro Wrestling Zero1. The organization folded in 2009.

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1995. It is most famous for its deathmatch style contests.

Michael Nakazawa

Michael Nakazawa

Masatsugu Nakazawa , better known by the ring name Michael Nakazawa , is a Japanese professional wrestler and judoka signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW).

Glossary of professional wrestling terms

Glossary of professional wrestling terms

Professional wrestling has accrued a considerable amount of jargon throughout its existence. Much of it stems from the industry's origins in the days of carnivals and circuses. In the past, professional wrestlers used such terms in the presence of fans so as not to reveal the worked nature of the business. Into the 21st century, widespread discussion on the Internet has popularized these terms. Many of the terms refer to the financial aspects of professional wrestling in addition to in-ring terms.

Japan Indie Awards

Japan Indie Awards

The Japan Indie Awards are Japanese professional wrestling, or puroresu, awards that have been handed out annually since 2007 by the program Indie no Oshigoto, broadcast on the Fighting TV Samurai TV channel. Unlike the more widely publicized and recognized Tokyo Sports Puroresu Awards that are awarded to all Japanese promotions, the Japan Indie Awards focus on the independent circuit and the smaller promotions.

Judgement 2011

Judgement 2011

Judgement 2011 was a professional wrestling event promoted by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). It took place on March 27, 2011, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Korakuen Hall. It was the fifteenth event under the Judgement name. The event aired domestically on Fighting TV Samurai.

Personnel

Main article: List of DDT Pro-Wrestling personnel

Championships

Current championships

Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held 		Successful
defenses 		Location Notes Ref.
KO-D Openweight Championship
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 Yuji Hino 2 January 29, 2023 22 0 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Kazusada Higuchi at Sweet Dreams! 2023. [30]
DDT Universal Championship
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 Naruki Doi 1 January 13, 2023 38 0 Tokyo, Japan Defeated defending champion Yuki Ueno and Daisuke Sasaki in a three-way elimination match at Sweet Dreams! 2023 Tour in Shinjuku: Fire!. [31]
DDT Extreme Championship
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 Jun Akiyama 1 December 4, 2022 78 1 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Joey Janela in a Tables, ladders, and chairs match at the D-Oh Grand Prix 2022 final. [32]
KO-D Tag Team Championship
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 ShunMao
(Mao and Shunma Katsumata) 		1
(3, 2) 		January 3, 2023 48 1 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Calamari Drunken Kings (Chris Brookes and Masahiro Takanashi) to win the vacant title at Hatsuyume 2023. [33]
KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship
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 Burning
(Tetsuya Endo, Kotaro Suzuki and Yusuke Okada) 		1
(6, 1, 1) 		December 29, 2022 53 1 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Naruki Doi, Toru Owashi and Kazuki Hirata at Never Mind 2022. [34]
KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship
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 The37Kamiina
(Mao, Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata, Toui Kojima) and Shinya Aoki 		1
(1, 1, 1, 1, 2 		June 25, 2022 240 0 Yokohama, Japan Defeated DDT Legend Army (Poison Sawada Julie, Takashi Sasaki, Gentaro, Mikami and Thanomsak Toba) at Dramatic Dream Tour 2022 in Yokohama. [35]
O-40 Championship — Vacant — September 1, 2022 — — — Toru Owashi vacated the title in order to focus on his upcoming KO-D Tag Team Championship match. [36]
World Ōmori Championship
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 Soma Takao 1 November 27, 2022 85 0 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Chikara at UTAN Festa 2022. [37]
Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship
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 Saki Akai 23 November 22, 2022 90 N/A Kyoto, Japan Pinned Ram Kaicho at Masahiro Takanashi Produce Bokutachi Yon Juku de Yon Aishimasu! 2022. [38]

Former, inactive and defunct championships

DDT has had a lot of different championships, some of which were very short-lived.[39]

Championship Last champion(s) Reign Date won Location Notes
Tōno Openweight Championship 726 1 August 20, 2005 Tōno, Japan Defeated Cherry and Tomohiko Hashimoto at Tōno Jingisukan 2005 to become the inaugural champion. Inactive since.
Greater China Unified Sichuan Openweight Championship Danshoku Dino 1 July 19, 2009 Tokyo, Japan Unified with the DDT Extreme Championship at Ryōgoku Peter Pan.
Umemura PC Juku Copy & Paste Championship Danshoku Dino 1 July 26, 2009 Nagoya, Japan Unified with the DDT Extreme Championship at Ryōgoku Peter Pan.
GAY World Anal Championship Danshoku Dino 2 August 23, 2009 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Masa Takanashi at Ryōgoku Peter Pan to unify the title with the DDT Extreme Championship.
JET World Jet Championship Danshoku Dino 1 August 23, 2009 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Masa Takanashi at Ryōgoku Peter Pan to unify the title with the DDT Extreme Championship.
World Midbreath Championship Danshoku Dino 1 August 23, 2009 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Masa Takanashi at Ryōgoku Peter Pan to unify the title with the DDT Extreme Championship.
Jiyūgaoka 6-Person Tag Team Championship Shit Heart♥Foundation
(Hikaru Sato, Michael Nakazawa and Tomomitsu Matsunaga) 		1 November 3, 2010 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Great Kojika, Riho and Mr. #6 at Shin-Kiba 5th Anniversary Special. Deactivated.
Sea Of Japan 6-Person Tag Team Championship Shit Heart♥Foundation
(Hikaru Sato, Michael Nakazawa and Tomomitsu Matsunaga) 		1 November 3, 2010 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Great Kojika, Riho and Mr. #6 at Shin-Kiba 5th Anniversary Special.
Greater China Unified Zhongyuan Tag Team Championship TKG48
(Munenori Sawa and Sanshiro Takagi) 		2 July 24, 2011 Tokyo, Japan Defeated The Great Sasuke and Ricky Fuji at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2011.
World Aipoke Championship Super Sasadango Machine 1 May 18, 2014 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Ryu Gouma in a No Disqualification Only "Say Yes" Deathmatch at Golden Union 2014. Inactive following Union Pro folding on October 4, 2015.
IMGP World Heavyweight Championship Atsushi Maruyama 2 July 12, 2015 Osaka, Japan Defeated Super Sasadango Machine at Dramatic Dreams! Vol. 2: No Subtitle to win the vacant title.
Fly To Everywhere World Championship Cherry 3 September 15, 2015 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Aoi Kizuki at Union Harvest Festival 2015. Inactive following Union Pro folding on October 4, 2015.
King of Dark Championship Dai Suzuki 2 December 13, 2017 Tokyo, Japan Lost to Gota Ihashi at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2017 to win the title. Inactive following Suzuki's retirement.
Uchicomi! Openweight Ultimate Championship Ken Ohka 1 July 22, 2018 Tokyo, Japan Won a Scramble Tag Team Rumble Match by last eliminating Gota Ihashi at Summer Vacation 2018 to become the inaugural champion.
Kōkū-kōen Park Town Championship Keisuke Ishii 1 August 24, 2019 Tokorozawa, Japan Was awarded the title after pinning Shuhei Washida in a tag team match at Ganbare☆Kōkū-kōen.
UWA World Trios Championship Sparky
(Ryota Nakatsu, Naoki Tanizaki and Akiyori Takizawa) 		1 December 29, 2019 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Takato Nakano, Takumi Tsukamoto and Yasu Urano at Basara 115. Title moved to Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW).
Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship Shota 1 December 26, 2020 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Asuka at The World 2020. Title moved to Professional Wrestling Just Tap Out (JTO).
GWC 6-Man Tag Team Championship The Halfee
(Katsuzaki Shunosuke, Moehiko Harumisawa and Shu Sakurai) 		2 May 29, 2021 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Asuka, Hagane Shinno and Shinichiro Tominaga at True Romance 2021. Title moved to Total Triumph Team Pro-Wrestling (TTT).

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KO-D Openweight Championship

KO-D Openweight Championship

The KO-D Openweight Championship is a professional wrestling openweight championship and the top singles accomplishment in the Japanese promotion CyberFight currently defended in the DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) brand division. It is one of CyberFight's top major world titles, alongside the GHC Heavyweight Championship in Pro Wrestling Noah. The title was established in 2000 and the inaugural champion was Masao Orihara.

Kazusada Higuchi

Kazusada Higuchi

Kazusada Higuchi is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), where he is current KO-D Openweight Champion in his first reign.

DDT Universal Championship

DDT Universal Championship

The DDT Universal Championship is a professional wrestling championship in the Japanese promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling. Announced on December 28, 2019, at the D-Oh Grand Prix 2020 final event, the DDT Universal Championship was created as part of DDT's plans to expand internationally and reach a larger audience. As of January 13, 2023, there have been ten reigns shared between seven different wrestlers. Tetsuya Endo is the current champion in his second reign.

Naruki Doi

Naruki Doi

Naruki Doi is a Japanese wrestler for Dragon Gate. He also wrestled for Ring of Honor (ROH) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA); in the former promotion, he was a one-time World Tag Team Champion with Shingo Takagi.

Daisuke Sasaki

Daisuke Sasaki

Daisuke Sasaki is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), where is a former two-time DDT Universal Champion. In addition to that, in DDT, he is also a former three-time KO-D Openweight Champion, one-time DDT Extreme Champion, four-time KO-D Tag Team Champion, three-time KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champion and a three-time Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion. Sasaki has also made several appearances for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), working in the promotion's junior heavyweight division.

DDT Extreme Championship

DDT Extreme Championship

The DDT Extreme Championship is a singles title in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling. The title was established in 2006 and it is mostly defended in stipulation matches, with the defending champion being given the right to choose the stipulation. The title has also been defended at events held by Union Pro Wrestling, one of DDT's former sub-brands. As of December 4, 2022, there have been a total of 56 reigns shared between 33 different champions.

Jun Akiyama

Jun Akiyama

Jun Akiyama is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to DDT Pro-Wrestling, where he is a former KO-D Openweight Champion. He is best known for his time working for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where he was the president, representative director, co-head booker, and an in-ring performer. In AJPW, he is a former two-time Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion, while also being a six-time overall professional wrestling world champion.

Joey Janela

Joey Janela

Joseph Janela is an American professional wrestler. Janela is most known for his work with promotions such as All Elite Wrestling (AEW), Game Changer Wrestling (GCW), Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), and Major League Wrestling (MLW).

Tables, ladders, and chairs match

Tables, ladders, and chairs match

A tables, ladders, and chairs match, often abbreviated as TLC, is a type of professional wrestling match that originated within the World Wrestling Federation.

KO-D Tag Team Championship

KO-D Tag Team Championship

The KO-D Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the Japanese promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). The title was established in 2001. In its early days, DDT occasionally referred to the title as the "CMLL KO-D Tag Team Championship" . It is currently the only tag team championship in DDT.

Mao (wrestler)

Mao (wrestler)

Mao Inoue , better known by his ring name Mao, is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT).

Shunma Katsumata

Shunma Katsumata

Shunma Katsumata is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT).

Events

Main article: List of major DDT Pro-Wrestling events

Marquee events

Tournaments

Active

Accomplishment Last winner(s) Date won Location Notes
King of DDT Kazusada Higuchi July 3, 2022 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Naomi Yoshimura in the tournament final.
D-Oh Grand Prix Yuki Ueno December 4, 2022 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Yukio Naya in the tournament final.
Ultimate Tag League Disaster Box
(Harashima and Naomi Yoshimura) 		February 27, 2022 Tokyo, Japan Defeated The37Kamiina (Konosuke Takeshita and Yuki Ueno) in the tournament final.

Inactive

Accomplishment Last winner(s) Last held Notes
Young Drama Cup Soma Takao 2010 A round-robin tournament for the younger talent of DDT, held in 2009 and 2010.

Accomplishments

Accomplishment Last winner(s) Date won Location Notes
DDT Dramatic General Election Masahiro Takanashi (singles) October 30, 2018 Tokyo, Japan DDT Doramatikku Sōsenkyo (DDTドラマティック総選挙). Won by fan votation. Formerly known as DDT48.
Shuten-dōji (units)
Right to Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Shinya Aoki August 14, 2022 Tokyo, Japan Contracts for a championship match, which can be "cashed in" by the holder at any point in the year following their victory. The holders have to defend their contracts in every official match in which they participate.

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List of major DDT Pro-Wrestling events

List of major DDT Pro-Wrestling events

DDT Pro-Wrestling is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Shinjuku, Tokyo and founded in 1997. During the years, the promotion has held various notable pay-per-view events which feature professional wrestling matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

DDT Peter Pan

DDT Peter Pan

Peter Pan is an annual Japanese professional wrestling event promoted by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). The event has been held since 2009 and aired domestically on Fighting TV Samurai and later as an internet pay-per-view (iPPV) on DDT's streaming service Wrestle Universe. Since 2019, the event has aired on AbemaTV. The event is usually held in summer and is DDT's biggest event of the year. Though DDT produced an event titled "Go! Go! Neverland! Peter Pan Summer Vacation" on August 15, 2004, it is not considered a part of the Peter Pan event series.

DDT Judgement

DDT Judgement

Judgement is an annual professional wrestling event promoted by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). The event has been held since 1997 as a live event, aired domestically on Fighting TV Samurai since 2002 and later as an internet pay-per-view (iPPV) on CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe. The event is usually held around March and serves as DDT's anniversary event.

DDT Ultimate Party

DDT Ultimate Party

Ultimate Party is an annual Japanese professional wrestling event promoted by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). The event has been held since 2019 and aired as an internet pay-per-view (iPPV) on DDT's streaming service Wrestle Universe and on AbemaTV. The event is usually held on November 3.

DDT Into The Fight

DDT Into The Fight

Into The Fight is a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight for their DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) brand. The event has been held annually since 2005, airing domestically on Fighting TV Samurai and later as an internet pay-per-view (iPPV) on CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe. The event is usually held around February.

King of DDT Tournament

King of DDT Tournament

The King of DDT Tournament is an annual single elimination professional wrestling tournament held in DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT).

Kazusada Higuchi

Kazusada Higuchi

Kazusada Higuchi is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), where he is current KO-D Openweight Champion in his first reign.

Naomi Yoshimura

Naomi Yoshimura

Naomi Yoshimura is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Dramatic Dream Team (DDT).

D-Oh Grand Prix

D-Oh Grand Prix

The D-Oh Grand Prix is an annual professional wrestling tournament hosted by the DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) promotion. It was created by DDT producer Danshoku Dino in August 2017 and later confirmed in November.

Harashima

Harashima

Harashima is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is best known for his work in DDT Pro-Wrestling, where he is a ten-time KO-D Openweight Champion and a current eleven-time KO-D Tag Team Champion.

The37Kamiina

The37Kamiina

The37Kamiina, often stylized as The37KAMIINA or The 37KAMIINA, is a professional wrestling stable currently evolving in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) and on the Japanese independent scene. The stable currently consists of Konosuke Takeshita, Mao, Shunma Katsumata, Yuki Ueno and Toui Kojima. In Japanese, "37" can be read as "san-na" which sounds like "sauna"; the meaning of "Kamiina" in the members' philosophy lets anyone personally decide about it, with them stating that "It's basically what you want it to be". The stable was formed in late 2020 as the DDT Sauna Club , before it officially debuted on March 14, 2021, when the name The37Kamiina was revealed.

Konosuke Takeshita

Konosuke Takeshita

Konosuke Takeshita is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to both All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in the United States and DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) in Japan. Takeshita was named the Rookie of the Year by Tokyo Sports in 2013 and is the youngest KO-D Openweight Champion in history, having won the title on his 21st birthday. In DDT, he has also held the KO-D Tag Team Championship, the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship and the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship. Takeshita signed with AEW in November 2022, after a successful tour of the United States earlier that year.

Dropkick Bar

Dropkick Bar is a professional wrestling, boxing and mixed martial arts-themed sports bar owned and operated by DDT in Shinjuku. Professional wrestling personalities make appearances at the bar.[40][41]

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Boxing

Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time in a boxing ring.

Mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. The first documented use of the term mixed martial arts was in a review of UFC 1 by television critic Howard Rosenberg in 1993.

Shinjuku

Shinjuku

Shinjuku is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative centre, housing the northern half of the busiest railway station in the world and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the administration centre for the government of Tokyo. As of 2018, the ward has an estimated population of 346,235, and a population density of 18,232 people per km2. The total area is 18.23 km2. Since the end of the Second World War, Shinjuku has been a major secondary center of Tokyo (fukutoshin), rivaling to the original city center in Marunouchi and Ginza. It literally means "New Inn Ward".

Broadcasters

Domestic:

  • Fighting TV Samurai (2004–present, currently broadcasting live specials, retrospective shows and magazine show DDT Pro Wrestling Banzai)
  • AbemaTV (2017–present, online linear television service, live-streaming episodes of DDT Pro Wrestling Banzai)
  • Nico Nico Douga (2012–present, currently broadcasting live specials, DDT Wrestling Hour streaming untelevised spot-shows and interviews)

Worldwide:

  • Wrestle Universe (streaming service, broadcasting most DDT shows live, as well as on-demand classic, as well as content from other promotions, beginning with DDT sister promotions Pro Wrestling Noah, Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestlng and Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling)
  • FITE TV (2020–present, streaming service, broadcasting most DDT big shows live, as well as on-demand classic)

Source: "DDT Pro-Wrestling", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, February 17th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDT_Pro-Wrestling.

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Further Reading

Sanshiro Takagi

KO-D Tag Team Championship

Harashima

Masa Takanashi

Daisuke Sasaki

Kudo (wrestler)

Isami Kodaka

Pro-Wrestling Basara

CyberFight

Kawasaki Strong 2021

Shunma Katsumata

Mao (wrestler)

CyberFight Festival 2021

Thanomsak Toba

Judgement 2022: DDT 25th Anniversary

CyberFight Festival 2022
See also
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