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DDT Universal Championship

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DDT Universal Championship
DDT Universal Championship.jpg
The DDT Universal Championship belt
Details
PromotionCyberFight
BrandDDT Pro-Wrestling
Date establishedDecember 28, 2019
Current champion(s)Tetsuya Endo
Date wonMarch 21, 2023
Other name(s)
DDT Universal Openweight Championship

The DDT Universal Championship (Japanese: DDT UNIVERSAL王座, Hepburn: DDT Yunibāsaru Ōza) 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.

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Japanese language

Japanese language

Japanese is spoken as a native language by about 128 million people, primarily Japanese people and primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language. Japanese belongs to the Japonic or Japanese-Ryukyuan language family. There have been many attempts to group the Japonic languages with other families such as the Ainu, Austroasiatic, Koreanic, and the now-discredited Altaic, but none of these proposals has gained widespread acceptance.

Hepburn romanization

Hepburn romanization

Hepburn romanization is the most widely used system of romanization for the Japanese language. Originally published in 1867 by American missionary James Curtis Hepburn as the standard in the first edition of his Japanese–English dictionary, the system is distinct from other romanization methods in its use of English orthography to phonetically transcribe sounds: for example, the syllable [ɕi] is written as shi and [tɕa] is written as cha, reflecting their spellings in English.

Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around mock combat matches that are usually performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing. The dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring or—as in televised wrestling shows—in backstage areas of the venue, in similar form to reality television.

Japan

Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans an archipelago of 14,125 islands, with the five main islands being Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Tokyo is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto.

Professional wrestling promotion

Professional wrestling promotion

A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling that has little relationship to the rules of the amateur olympic form. "Promotion" also describes a role which entails management, advertising and logistics of running a wrestling event. Within the convention of the show, the company is a sports governing body which sanctions wrestling matches and gives authority to the championships and is responsible for maintaining the divisions and their rankings. In truth, the company serves as a touring theatre troupe, as well as event promotion body for its own events.

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling 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.

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.

Tetsuya Endo (wrestler)

Tetsuya Endo (wrestler)

Tetsuya Endo is a Japanese professional wrestler, who has worked for DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) since his debut in April 2012. He is a three time KO-D Openweight Champion and a former four time KO-D Tag Team Champion.

Title history

On January 7, it was announced that the inaugural match would pit Konosuke Takeshita against Chris Brookes.[1] Brookes won the title at Into The Fight 2020, on February 23, 2020. As he was making his victory speech, Brookes was ambushed by Daisuke Sasaki who challenged him for the title before stealing the belt.[2][3] Sasaki went on to defeat Brookes for the title at Judgement 2020: DDT 23rd Anniversary, on March 20.[4] Brookes captured the title back in the main event of DDT TV Show! #8, on June 27. He successfully defended it against his fellow Englishman Drew Parker on September 7, at Get Alive 2020 and then against Naomi Yoshimura on October 10, at DDT TV Show! #9.[5] Yuki Ueno captured the title on November 3 at Ultimate Party 2020.[6] He then successfully defended it against Mao on November 8, at DDT TV Show! #11.[7]

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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.

Chris Brookes

Chris Brookes

Chris Brookes is an English professional wrestler. He is currently signed to DDT Pro-Wrestling, where he is a two-time DDT Universal Champion.

Into The Fight 2020

Into The Fight 2020

Into The Fight 2020 was a professional wrestling event promoted by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). It took place on February 23, 2020, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Korakuen Hall. The event aired domestically on Fighting TV Samurai and AbemaTV, and globally on DDT Universe, DDT's video-on-demand service.

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.

Judgement 2020: DDT 23rd Anniversary

Judgement 2020: DDT 23rd Anniversary

Judgement 2020: DDT 23rd Anniversary was a professional wrestling event promoted by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). It took place on March 20, 2020, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Korakuen Hall, with a record low attendance of 916 people due in part to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic at the time. It was the twenty-fourth event under the Judgement name. The event aired domestically on Fighting TV Samurai and globally on DDT's video-on-demand service DDT Universe.

Drew Parker

Drew Parker

Drew Jacob Parker is a Welsh professional wrestler, currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his tenure with the Japanese promotions Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), and for his time in the British independent circuit.

Naomi Yoshimura

Naomi Yoshimura

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

Yuki Ueno

Yuki Ueno

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

Ultimate Party 2020

Ultimate Party 2020

Ultimate Party 2020 was a professional wrestling event produced by CyberFight's DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). The event took place on November 3, 2020, in Tokyo at the Ota City General Gymnasium. It was the second event under the Ultimate Party chronology. The event aired live on AbemaTV and on DDT's streaming service Wrestle Universe.

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).

Reigns

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days Defenses
1 Chris Brookes February 23, 2020 Into The Fight 2020 Tokyo, Japan 1 26 0 Defeated Konosuke Takeshita to win the inaugural title. [8]
2 Daisuke Sasaki March 20, 2020 Judgement 2020: DDT 23rd Anniversary Tokyo, Japan 1 99 3 [9]
3 Chris Brookes June 27, 2020 DDT TV Show! #8 Tokyo, Japan 2 129 2 [10]
4 Yuki Ueno November 3, 2020 Ultimate Party 2020 Tokyo, Japan 1 291 6 [6][11]
5 Daisuke Sasaki August 21, 2021 Wrestle Peter Pan 2021 Kawasaki, Japan 2 211 4 [12]
6 Mao March 20, 2022 Judgement 2022: DDT 25th Anniversary Tokyo, Japan 1 73 2 This was a hardcore three-way match also involving Jun Kasai. [13]
7 Masahiro Takanashi June 1, 2022 What Are You Doing 2022 Tokyo, Japan 1 80 1 [14]
8 Yuki Ueno August 20, 2022 Wrestle Peter Pan 2022 Tokyo, Japan 2 146 2 [15]
9 Naruki Doi January 13, 2023 Sweet Dreams! 2023 Tour in Shinjuku: Fire! Tokyo, Japan 1 67 1 This was a three-way elimination match also involving Daisuke Sasaki. [16]
10 Tetsuya Endo March 21, 2023 Judgement 2023 Tokyo, Japan 1 0+ 0 [17]

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Chris Brookes

Chris Brookes

Chris Brookes is an English professional wrestler. He is currently signed to DDT Pro-Wrestling, where he is a two-time DDT Universal Champion.

Into The Fight 2020

Into The Fight 2020

Into The Fight 2020 was a professional wrestling event promoted by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). It took place on February 23, 2020, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Korakuen Hall. The event aired domestically on Fighting TV Samurai and AbemaTV, and globally on DDT Universe, DDT's video-on-demand service.

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.

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.

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.

Judgement 2020: DDT 23rd Anniversary

Judgement 2020: DDT 23rd Anniversary

Judgement 2020: DDT 23rd Anniversary was a professional wrestling event promoted by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). It took place on March 20, 2020, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Korakuen Hall, with a record low attendance of 916 people due in part to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic at the time. It was the twenty-fourth event under the Judgement name. The event aired domestically on Fighting TV Samurai and globally on DDT's video-on-demand service DDT Universe.

Ultimate Party 2020

Ultimate Party 2020

Ultimate Party 2020 was a professional wrestling event produced by CyberFight's DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). The event took place on November 3, 2020, in Tokyo at the Ota City General Gymnasium. It was the second event under the Ultimate Party chronology. The event aired live on AbemaTV and on DDT's streaming service Wrestle Universe.

Wrestle Peter Pan 2021

Wrestle Peter Pan 2021

Wrestle Peter Pan 2021 was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). It took place on August 21, 2021, in Kawasaki, Japan, at the Fujitsu Stadium Kawasaki. The event aired live on CyberAgent's AbemaTV online linear television service and CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe. This was the thirteenth event in the Peter Pan series and the third promoted under the "Wrestle Peter Pan" name. This edition was also the first to take place outside of Tokyo.

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).

Judgement 2022: DDT 25th Anniversary

Judgement 2022: DDT 25th Anniversary

Judgement 2022: DDT 25th Anniversary was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). It took place on March 20, 2022, in Tokyo, Japan, at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. It was the twenty-sixth event under the Judgement name and the fourth to take place at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. The event aired domestically on Fighting TV Samurai and globally on CyberFight's video-on-demand service Wrestle Universe. It was the culmination of a two-day event, which began with the Grand Princess '22 event held by Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling (TJPW) on March 19 at the same venue.

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.

Jun Kasai

Jun Kasai

Jun Kasai is a Japanese professional wrestler, primarily competing for Pro Wrestling Freedoms. Dubbed the Crazy Monkey for his violent and often self-harmful style of hardcore wrestling, Kasai is considered a breakthrough talent in Japanese wrestling, able to work both hardcore and technical styles. Outside Freedoms, Kasai has worked for the original Pro Wrestling Zero-One, Hustle, Ice Ribbon, Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) and Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW).

Combined reigns

As of March 21, 2023.

Inaugural and two-time champion Chris Brookes
Inaugural and two-time champion Chris Brookes
† Indicates the current champions
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined
defenses 		Combined days
1 Yuki Ueno 2 8 437
2 Daisuke Sasaki 2 7 310
3 Chris Brookes 2 2 155
4 Masahiro Takanashi 1 1 80
5 Mao 1 2 73
6 Naruki Doi 1 1 67
7 Tetsuya Endo † 1 0 0+

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Chris Brookes

Chris Brookes

Chris Brookes is an English professional wrestler. He is currently signed to DDT Pro-Wrestling, where he is a two-time DDT Universal Champion.

Yuki Ueno

Yuki Ueno

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

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.

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).

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.

Tetsuya Endo (wrestler)

Tetsuya Endo (wrestler)

Tetsuya Endo is a Japanese professional wrestler, who has worked for DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) since his debut in April 2012. He is a three time KO-D Openweight Champion and a former four time KO-D Tag Team Champion.

Source: "DDT Universal Championship", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, March 21st), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDT_Universal_Championship.

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BJW Tag Team Championship

KO-D Tag Team Championship

Harashima

Union Max Championship

Konosuke Takeshita

Tetsuya Endo (wrestler)

O-40 Championship

Chris Brookes

International Princess Championship

Yukio Naya

Guanchulo

Drew Parker

DJ Nira

Hideki Okatani

Into The Fight 2023
See also
References
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