KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship

KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship

The KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship belts
Details
Current champion(s) Team Drift (Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao)
Date won April 11, 2015[1]
Date established December 23, 2012[2]
Promotion Dramatic Dream Team

The KO-D (King of DDT) 6-Man Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by the Dramatic Dream Team (DDT) promotion. As the name of the title suggests, it is meant for tag teams of three wrestlers. The title was first announced during DDT's year-end event on December 23, 2012, becoming the promotion's fifth active title.[2] DDT had previously promoted matches for the DDT Jiyugaoka Six-Person Tag Team Championship, the DDT Nihonkai Six-Man Tag Team Championship and the UWA World Trios Championship, but although all three titles were last held by DDT wrestlers, none of them have been seen in the promotion since the end of 2010.[8][9] The inaugural KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions were determined on January 12, 2013, in a four-team single-elimination tournament, which saw Team Drift (Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao) defeat Team Shiro (Akito, Makoto Oishi and Sanshiro Takagi) in the finals to win the title.[3] The title has also been defended in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) as part of a relationship between DDT and AJPW.[10]

Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. There have been nineteen reigns shared among twenty-six wrestlers and twelve teams. Team Drift (Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao) are the current champions in their fifth reign both individually and as a team.[1]

Title history

# Order in reign history
Reign The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Event The event promoted by the respective promotion in which the title was won
Successful defenses The number of successful defenses the champions had during their reign
— Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
+ Indicates the current reign is changing daily
# Team Reign Date Days
held		 Location Event Successful
defenses		 Notes Ref(s)
1 Team Drift
(Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao)		 1 January 12, 2013 15 Osaka DDT Osaka 24 Zone Tour: Nishi-ku 0[11] Team Drift defeated Team Shiro (Akito, Makoto Oishi and Sanshiro Takagi) in the finals of a four-team tournament to become the inaugural champions. [3]
2 Monster Army
(Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki and Yuji Hino)		 1 January 27, 2013 119 Tokyo Sweet Dreams! 2013 2[12] [11]
3 Golden
☆
Rendezvous～
(Gota Ihashi, Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi)		 1 May 26, 2013 28 Hiroshima Road to Ryogoku 2days in Hiroshima: Dramatic Dream Toukasan 0 [12]
4 Monster Army
(Antonio Honda (2), Hoshitango and Yuji Hino (2))		 1 June 23, 2013 28 Tokyo What Are You Doing 2013 0[13] [14]
5 Danshoku Dino, Kensuke Sasaki and Makoto Oishi 1 July 21, 2013 28 Tokyo Road to Ryogoku 2days 2013 0[15] [13]
6 Akebono, Sanshiro Takagi and Toru Owashi 1 August 18, 2013 127 Tokyo Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2013: Puroresu no Keikototaisaku 2[16] [15]
7 Team Homo Sapiens
(Aja Kong, Danshoku Dino (2) and Makoto Oishi (2))		 1 December 23, 2013 62 Tokyo Never Mind 2013 1[17] [16]
8 Team Drift
(Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao)		 2 February 23, 2014 48 Tokyo Into the Fight 2014 1[18] [17]
9 Kenibushi Sasaki
(Daisuke Sasaki (2), Kenny Omega (2) and Kota Ibushi (2))		 1 April 12, 2014 22 Kasukabe Saitama Super Arena e no Michi 2 1[19] [18]
10 Shuten-dōji
(Kudo, Masa Takanashi and Yukio Sakaguchi)		 1 May 4, 2014 70 Sendai Road to Ryogoku in Sendai: Dramatic Dream Tan 1[20] [21]
11 Happy Motel
(Antonio Honda (3), Konosuke Takeshita and Tetsuya Endo)		 1 July 13, 2014 7 Osaka Road to Ryogoku in Osaka: Dramatic Dream Tsutenkaku 0[22] [20]
12 Shuten-dōji
(Kudo, Masa Takanashi and Yukio Sakaguchi)		 2 July 20, 2014 28 Tokyo Road to Ryogoku 2014 0[23] This was a three-way match, also involving Team Drift (Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao). [22]
13 Team Drift
(Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao)		 3 August 17, 2014 42 Tokyo Ryogoku Peter Pan 2014: Jinsei Kae Chau Natsu Kamo Ne! 2[24] [23]
14 T2Hi
(Kazuki Hirata, Sanshiro Takagi and Toru Owashi)		 1 September 28, 2014 63 Tokyo DDT Dramatic Sousenkyo 2014 1[25] [24]
15 Genpatsu Daio
(Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu and Gorgeous Matsuno)		 1 November 30, 2014 77 Tokyo God Bless DDT 2014 2[26] [25]
16 Shuten-dōji
(Kudo, Masa Takanashi and Yukio Sakaguchi)		 3 February 15, 2015 14 Saitama Saitama Super DDT 2015 0[27] [26]
17 Team Drift
(Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao)		 4 March 1, 2015 20 Osaka DDT Osaka 24 Ward Tour: Minato-ku 0[28] [27]
18 Shuten-dōji
(Kudo, Masa Takanashi and Yukio Sakaguchi)		 4 March 21, 2015 21 Kasukabe Saitama Slam Special! 2015 0[1] [28]
19 Team Drift
(Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao)		 5 April 11, 2015 16+ Kitakyushu Road to Ryogoku 2015 in Kokura 0 [1]

List of combined reigns

Former four-time KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions, Shuten-dōji, with the title belts in May 2014

As of April 27, 2015

† Indicates the current champions
<1 Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day

By team

Rank Team No. of reigns Combined
defenses		 Combined
days
1 Team Drift
(Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao)†		 5 2 141+
2 Shuten-dōji
(Kudo, Masa Takanashi and Yukio Sakaguchi)		 4 1 133
3 Akebono, Sanshiro Takagi and Toru Owashi 1 2 127
4 Monster Army
(Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki and Yuji Hino)		 1 2 119
5 Genpatsu Daio
(Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu and Gorgeous Matsuno)		 1 2 77
6 T2Hi
(Kazuki Hirata, Sanshiro Takagi and Toru Owashi)		 1 1 63
7 Team Homo Sapiens
(Aja Kong, Danshoku Dino and Makoto Oishi)		 1 1 62
8 Danshoku Dino, Kensuke Sasaki and Makoto Oishi 1 0 28
8 Golden☆Rendezvous～
(Gota Ihashi, Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi)		 1 0 28
8 Monster Army
(Antonio Honda, Hoshitango and Yuji Hino)		 1 0 28
11 Kenibushi Sasaki
(Daisuke Sasaki, Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi)		 1 1 22
12 Happy Motel
(Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita and Tetsuya Endo)		 1 0 7

By wrestler

Rank Wrestler No. of reigns Combined
defenses		 Combined
days
1 Sanshiro Takagi 2 3 190
1 Toru Owashi 2 3 190
3 Antonio Honda 3 2 154
4 Yuji Hino 2 2 147
5 Keisuke Ishii† 5 2 141+
5 Shigehiro Irie† 5 2 141+
5 Soma Takao† 5 2 141+
8 Daisuke Sasaki 2 3 141
9 Kudo 4 1 133
9 Masa Takanashi 4 1 133
9 Yukio Sakaguchi 4 1 133
12 Akebono 1 2 127
13 Danshoku Dino 2 1 90
13 Makoto Oishi 2 1 90
15 Brahman Kei 1 2 77
15 Brahman Shu 1 2 77
15 Gorgeous Matsuno 1 2 77
18 Kazuki Hirata 1 1 63
19 Aja Kong 1 1 62
20 Kenny Omega 2 1 50
20 Kota Ibushi 2 1 50
22 Gota Ihashi 1 0 28
22 Hoshitango 1 0 28
22 Kensuke Sasaki 1 0 28
25 Konosuke Takeshita 1 0 7
25 Tetsuya Endo 1 0 7

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Road to Ryogoku 2015 in Kokura～ドラマティック・ドリーム・鶏かしわ飯～". Dramatic Dream Team (in Japanese). Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "【12・23リポート①】天コジ警察MA軍逮捕。6人タッグ王座新設". Dramatic Dream Team (in Japanese). December 23, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "DDT 大阪24区めぐり～西区". Dramatic Dream Team (in Japanese). Retrieved January 12, 2013.
  4. ↑ ゴージャス松野. Dramatic Dream Team (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 30, 2014. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
  5. ↑ 竹下幸之介. Dramatic Dream Team (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 15, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  6. ↑ 曙. All Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 18, 2013. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
  7. ↑ マサ高梨. Dramatic Dream Team (in Japanese). Archived from the original on May 4, 2014. Retrieved May 4, 2014.
  8. ↑ "DDTより愛を込めて　新木場5周年SP". Dramatic Dream Team (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 11, 2010. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Never Mind 2010". Dramatic Dream Team (in Japanese). Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
  10. ↑ ＫＯ―Ｄ６人タッグ王座戦は真霜の裏切りで混乱. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). August 31, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Sweet Dreams! 2013". Dramatic Dream Team (in Japanese). Retrieved January 27, 2013.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Road to Ryogoku 2days in Hiroshima～ドラマティック・ドリーム・とうかさん～". Dramatic Dream Team (in Japanese). Retrieved May 26, 2013.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Road to Ryogoku 2days 2013". Dramatic Dream Team (in Japanese). Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  14. ↑ "What are you doing 2013". Dramatic Dream Team (in Japanese). Retrieved June 23, 2013.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 両国ピーターパン2013～プロレスの傾向と対策～. Dramatic Dream Team (in Japanese). Retrieved August 18, 2013.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Never Mind 2013". Dramatic Dream Team (in Japanese). Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "【後楽園リポート】Harashimaが高梨を下してKO-D無差別級V6。Kudoが3・21後楽園で挑戦、ウラシマクドウも脱退／G☆Lが墨汁まみれでバラモン兄弟を撃破、KO-DタッグV２／アジャ様ご乱心…チームドリフがKO-D6人タッグ王者に返り咲き／DDTラストマッチの柿本「100倍強くなって戻ってくる」". Dramatic Dream Team (in Japanese). February 23, 2014. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "DDTプロレスさいたまスーパーアリーナへの道2". Dramatic Dream Team (in Japanese). Retrieved April 12, 2014.
  19. ↑ "Max Bump2014". Dramatic Dream Team (in Japanese). Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Road to Ryogoku in Osaka〜ドラマティック・ドリーム・通天閣〜". Dramatic Dream Team (in Japanese). Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  21. ↑ "Road to Ryogoku in Sendai〜ドラマティック・ドリーム・タン〜". Dramatic Dream Team (in Japanese). Retrieved May 4, 2014.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 "Road to Ryogoku 2014". Dramatic Dream Team (in Japanese). Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 両国ピーターパン2014～人生変えちゃう夏かもね！～. Dramatic Dream Team (in Japanese). Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 "DDTドラマティック総選挙2014最終投票日〜最後のお願いスペシャル〜". Dramatic Dream Team (in Japanese). Retrieved September 28, 2014.
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 "God Bless DDT 2014". Dramatic Dream Team (in Japanese). Retrieved November 30, 2014.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 "さいたまスーパーDDT2015". Dramatic Dream Team (in Japanese). Retrieved February 15, 2015.
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 "DDT大阪24区めぐり〜港区". Dramatic Dream Team (in Japanese). Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 "さいたまースラムスペシャル！2015〜テレ玉放送1周年記念大会〜". Dramatic Dream Team (in Japanese). Retrieved March 1, 2015.

External links