Dramatic Dream Team

Dramatic Dream Team
Industry Professional wrestling
Founded 1997
Founder Sanshiro Takagi
Headquarters Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Area served
 Japan
Owner Sanshiro Takagi
Website www.ddtpro.com

DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDTプロレスリング, DDT Puroresuringu) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded in 1997 by Sanshiro Takagi. DDT, also written as D2T, stands for Dramatic Dream Team, which was the promotion's official name from 1997 to 2009. It became one of the top names in Japanese indie wrestling by creating a unique Sports Entertainment style with a Japanese puroresu flair to the matches.

DDT started producing pay-per-view digests of its product on DirectTV during late 1999 to 2003 when they finally got a timeslot on Fighting TV Samurai, Japan's premier combat sports channel which shows professional wrestling from both Japan and the United States.

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 a hardcore match 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).

DDT was the parent promotion of Union Pro Wrestling, which held events approximately twice a month,[1] and is the parent of Tokyo Joshi Pro, which was founded in June 2012.[2]

DDT celebrated its 15th anniversary on August 18, 2012, by holding its first ever event in Nippon Budokan.[3]

On August 17, 2015, it was announced that Union Pro would be folding after its 10th anniversary event on October 4, 2015.[4] Three days after its folding, Union was replaced by a new promotion named Pro Wrestling Basara, which launched in January 2016.[5]

In October 2016, DDT announced "DDT Universe", a new streaming service for events held by DDT, DNA, Basara, Tokyo Joshi Pro and Ganbare☆Puroresu.[6] The service launched on January 23, 2017.[7]

On July 5, 2017, it was announced that DDT had entered into a partnership with Canada's Canadian Wrestling’s Elite promotion.[8]

Championships

DDT Pro-Wrestling

Active

DDT currently has 6 recognized championships,[9] the top titles being the KO-D (King of DDT) championships.

Championship Current champion(s) Defeated Date won Days held Location
KO-D Openweight Championship Konosuke Takeshita Harashima March 20, 2017 143+ Saitama, Japan
KO-D Tag Team Championship YaroZ
(Kazusada Higuchi and Shigehiro Irie) 		Akito and Konosuke Takeshita May 21, 2017 81+ Sapporo, Japan
KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship Shuten-dōji
(Kudo, Masahiro Takanashi and Yukio Sakaguchi) 		NωA
(Makoto Oishi, Mao and Shunma Katsumata)		 June 25, 2017 46+ Tokyo, Japan
KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship TBD N/A August 20, 2017 N/A Tokyo, Japan
Ironman Heavymetalweight ChampionshipTetsuya KodaCherry August 5, 2017 5+ Tokyo, Japan
DDT Extreme Division Championship Daisuke Sasaki Jun Kasai March 20, 2017 143+ Saitama, Japan
King of Dark Championship Gota Ihashi Nobuhiro Shimatani February 19, 2017 172+Tokyo, Japan
King of Dark Championship

The King of Dark Championship is a title created by Tsurumi Amon. The champion is forced to wrestle exclusively in dark matches on DDT shows. The championship is not rewarded to the winner of the dark matches, it is given to the loser instead.

# Order in reign history
Reign The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Event The event in which the title was won
Losses The number of losses the champion had during his reign
— Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/A The information is not available or is unknown
+ Indicates the current reign is changing daily
# Wrestler Reign Date Days held Location Losses Event Notes
1 Gota Ihashi 1 February 15, 2015 111 Saitama, Japan 11 Saitama Super DDT 2015 Lost a tag team match with DJ Nira against Hiroshi Fukuda & Hoshitango, with Fukuda pinning Ihashi, therefore "branding" him the inaugural champion.
2 Suguru Miyatake 1 June 6, 2015 8 Saitama, Japan 1 King of DDT 2015 Saitama
3 Gota Ihashi 2 June 14, 2015 105 Osaka, Japan 13 King of DDT 2015 Osaka Lost a tag team match with Hiroshi Fukuda against champion Suguru Miyatake and Kota Umeda, with Miyatake pinning Ihashi.
4 Sanshiro Takagi 1 September 27, 2015 37 Tokyo, Japan 3 Who's Gonna Top?: DDT Dramatic Sousenkyo 2015
5 Kenso 1 November 3, 2015 5 Nagoya, Japan 0 Yūjō, Doryoku, Shōri in Nagoya 2015: Aki no Matome
6 Kouki Iwasaki 1 November 8, 2015 35 Saitama, Japan 5 Saitama Slam! Vol. 6 This was a three-way match, also involving Gota Ihashi.
7 Dai Suzuki 1 December 13, 2015 10 Fukuoka, Japan 0 DDT Super Star Lane 2015
8 Gota Ihashi 3 December 23, 2015 31 Tokyo, Japan 2 Never Mind 2015 Lost a tag team match with Gorgeous Matsuno against champion Dai Suzuki and Kouki Iwasaki, with Suzuki pinning Ihashi.
9 Seiya Morohashi 1 January 23, 2016 0 Saitama, Japan 0 Keisuke Ishii Produce: Shinshun! Momoiro Kneel Kick 2016
10 Gota Ihashi 4 January 23, 2016 8 Saitama, Japan 1 Keisuke Ishii Produce: Shinshun! Momoiro Kneel Kick 2016
11 Mizuki Watase 1 January 31, 2016 28 Tokyo, Japan 2 Sweet Dreams! 2016 Lost a tag team match with Hiroshi Fukuda against champion Gota Ihashi and Tomomitsu Matsunaga, with Ihashi pinning Watase.
12 Guanchulo 1 February 28, 2016 6 Tokyo, Japan 0 Into the Fight 2016 Lost a tag team match with Hiroshi Fukuda against champion Gota Ihashi and Tomomitsu Matsunaga, with Watase pinning Guanchulo.
13 Seiya Morohashi 2 March 5, 2016 28 Saitama, Japan 1 Saitama Slam! Vol. 9 Lost a tag team match with Hoshitango against champion Guanchulo and DJ Nira, with Guanchulo pinning Morohashi.
14 Hoshitango 1 April 2, 2016 22 Saitama, Japan 0 Saitama Slam! Vol. 10
15 Gota Ihashi 5 April 24, 2016 27 Tokyo, Japan 1 Max Bump 2016 This was a three-way match, also involving Tomomitsu Matsunaga.
16 Yumehito Imanari 1 May 21, 2016 77 Saitama, Japan 2 Saitama Slam! Vol. 11
17 Chikara 1 August 6, 2016 50 Saitama, Japan 2 Saitama Slam! Vol. 13
18 Nobuhiro Shimatani 1 September 25, 2016 147 Tokyo, Japan 11 Who's Gonna Top?: DDT Dramatic Sousenkyo 2016: Saigo no Onegai Special Lost a six-man tag team match with Guanchulo and Rekka against champion Chikara, Kenso and Gota Ihashi, with Chikara pinning Shimatani.
19 Gota Ihashi 6 February 19, 2017 172+ Tokyo, Japan 1 Into the Fight 2017

Inactive

Championship Last champion(s) Defeated Date won Location
DDT Jiyugaoka Six-Person Tag Team Championship Shit Heart♥Foundation
(Hikaru Sato, Michael Nakazawa and Tomomitsu Matsunaga) 		Great Kojika, Mr. #6 and Riho November 3, 2010 Tokyo, Japan
Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship
(also recognized by Big Japan and El Dorado among others) 		Hiroki Daigoro Kashiwa November 6, 2011 Tokyo, Japan
UWA World Trios Championship Disaster-Box
(Harashima, Toru Owashi and Yukihiro Abe)		Shit Heart♥Foundation
(Hikaru Sato, Michael Nakazawa and Tomomitsu Matsunaga) 		December 26, 2010 Tokyo, Japan

Pro Wrestling BASARA

Championship Current champion(s) Defeated Date won Days held Location
Union MAX Championship Trans-Am ★ Ryuichi FUMA March 23, 2017 140+ Tokyo, Japan

Union MAX Championship

# Order in reign history
Reign The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Event The event in which the title was won
Successful defenses The number of successful defenses the champion had during his reign
— Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/A The information is not available or is unknown
Indicates that the championship was contested under DDT's then subsidiary promotion Union Pro Wrestling at the time
Indicates that the championship was contested by then independent promotion Union Pro Wrestling at the time
Indicates that the championship was contested under DDT's then subsidiary promotion Pro Wrestling BASARA at the time
+ Indicates the current reign is changing daily
# Wrestler Reign Date Days held Location Successful defenses Event Notes
1 Ivan Markov 1 December 11, 2013 102 Tokyo, Japan 4 UPW Shiwasu No Union (2013) Defeated Shuji Ishikawa in a decisive match to become inaugural champion.
2 Isami Kodaka 1 March 23, 2014 56 Kawasaki, Japan 0 UPW March Of The Union (2014)
3 Hikaru Sato 1 May 18, 2014 213 Tokyo, Japan 3 UPW Golden Union (2014)
4 FUMA 1 December 17, 2014 256 Tokyo, Japan 3 UPW Shiwasu No Union (2014)
5 Isami Kodaka 2 August 30, 2015 35 Tokyo, Japan 1 UPW Natsu-matsuri UNION (2015)
— Vacated — October 4, 2015 — Tokyo, Japan — UPW 10th Anniversary Box Office ~ Wish Upon a Star Title retired when Union Pro Wrestling closed down.
6 Isami Kodaka 3 December 25, 2016 12 Tokyo, Japan 0 BASARA Vajra 25 ~ Shippujinrai ~ Defeated Trans-Am ★ Hiroshi to resurrect the title.
7 FUMA 2 January 6, 2017 76 Tokyo, Japan 1 BASARA Vajra 26 ~ Tettotetsubi ~
8 Trans-Am ★ Ryuichi 1 March 23, 2017 140+ Tokyo, Japan 2 Tavern Pro Wrestling ~ Alcohol Mania 2017 ~

Tokyo Joshi Pro

Championship Current champion(s) Defeated Date won Days held Location
TOKYO Princess Of Princess Championship Yuka Sakazaki Yuu June 4, 2017 67+ Tokyo, Japan

TOKYO Princess Of Princess Championship

# Order in reign history
Reign The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Event The event in which the title was won
Successful defenses The number of successful defenses the champion had during his reign
— Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/A The information is not available or is unknown
+ Indicates the current reign is changing daily
# Wrestler Reign Date Days held Location Successful defenses Event Notes
1 Miyu Yamashita 1 January 4, 2016 262 Tokyo, Japan 2 Tokyo Joshi Pro 16 Defeated Shoko Nakajima in a decisive match to become inaugural champion.
2 Yuu 1 September 22, 2016 255 Tokyo, Japan 4 Shinjuku LOVE Rin
3 Yuka Sakazaki 1 June 4, 2017 67+ Tokyo, Japan 0 At this Time, Get Excited In Shinjuku!

Annual tournaments

Tournament Last winner(s) Last held Location
Dramatic Sousenkyo HARASHIMA September 29, 2016 Tokyo, Japan
King of DDT Tetsuya Endo June 25, 2017 Tokyo, Japan

Roster

Konosuke Takeshita
Daisuke Sasaki

DDT Pro-Wrestling

Ring name Notes
Akito, Akito
Antonio Honda Freelancer
Cherry
Daisuke Sasaki DDT Extreme Division Champion
Danshoku Dino
Gorgeous Matsuno
Gota Ihashi King of Dark Champion
Harashima
Hoshitango
Kazuki Hirata
Kazusada Higuchi
Keisuke Ishii
Ken Ohka Ganbare☆Puroresu
Konosuke Takeshita KO-D Openweight Champion
Kudo KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champion
Ladybeard
Mad Paulie
Makoto Oishi
Masahiro Takanashi KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champion
Michael Nakazawa Inactive
Mike Bailey
Saki Akai
Sanshiro Takagi
Shigehiro Irie
Shuji Ishikawa Freelancer
Soma Takao
Super Sasadango Machine World Aipoke Champion
Freelancer
Tetsuya Endo
Tomomitsu Matsunaga
Toru Owashi Freelancer
Yasu Urano
Yoshihiko
Yoshihiro Takayama Inactive; neck injury
Freelancer
Yukio Sakaguchi KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champion
Yuni

DDT New Attitude

Ring name Notes
Dai Suzuki
Daiki Shimomura
Diego
Kota Umeda
Kouki Iwasaki
Mao
Mizuki Watase
Naomi Yoshimura
Nobuhiro Shimatani
Rekka
Suguru Miyatake
Shunma Katsumata
Yuki Ueno

Pro Wrestling Basara

Ring name Notes
Best Stretch Man V3
Fuma
Isami Kodaka
Ryota Nakatsu
Ryu Gouma
Ryuichi Sekine
Sagat
Takato Nakano
Takumi Tsukamoto
Tomoya Kawamura
Trans-Am★Hiroshi
Yusuke Kubo

Tokyo Joshi Pro

Yuka Sakazaki
Ring name Notes
Ai Shimizu Freelancer
Azusa Takigawa
Chikage Kiba
Hyper Misao
Maho Kurone
Maki Itoh
Marika Kobashi
Mill Clown
Miyu Yamashita
Mizuki
Nodoka Onesan
Nonoko
Reika Saiki
Rika Tatsumi
Syoko Nakajima
Yuka Sakazaki Tokyo Princess of Princess Champion
Yuna Manase
Yuu

Staff

Dropkick Bar

Dropkick Bar is a professional wrestling, boxing and mixed martial arts-themed sports bar owned and operated by DDT. Professional wrestling personalities make appearances at the bar.[10][11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Union Pro". DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved January 24, 2012.
  2. ↑ "2012年06月04日（月）　DDT新規事業として『東京女子プロレス』を設立、代表は甲田哲也氏". DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). June 4, 2012. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  3. ↑ "武道館ピーターパン～DDTの15周年、ドーンと見せます超豪華4時間SP～". DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 3, 2013. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
  4. ↑ "【記者会見】10・4後楽園の10周年記念興行で解散、石川はフリーに。「最後にどデカい花火を打ち上げましょう」（イサミ）「『ユニオンプロレス、ここにあり』という記憶に残る大会にしたい」（石川）「完全燃焼したい」（スーザン）". DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). August 17, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
  5. ↑ "【記者会見】イサミが新団体旗揚げ！　団体名は「プロレスリングBasara」、旗揚げ戦は1・21新宿！　所属選手も発表／諸橋、イサミ、ビアードはDDT所属、石川＆三富はフリー、久保はTEC所属に". DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). October 7, 2015. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
  6. ↑ "DDT独自の動画配信サービス「DDT Universe」開設！　2017年1月スタート！". DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). October 24, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  7. ↑ "動画配信サービス「DDT Universe」サイトオープンまであと10日！". DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). January 13, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  8. ↑ "United: Canadian Wrestling’s Elite Announces Partnership With DDT". Alliance-Wrestling.com. July 5, 2017. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
  9. ↑ Pro-Wrestling Title Histories: Dramatic Dream Team
  10. ↑ "10 of the best bars in Tokyo for karaoke and other weird stuff". The Guardian. February 1, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  11. ↑ "ドロップキック". Gurunavi (in Japanese). Retrieved June 10, 2015.
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