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33-583: DDT Pro-Wrestling , formerly known as Dramatic Dream Team, was established in 1997. In 2000, the DDT commissioner, Exciting Yoshida , created the promotion's first championship, which was briefly called the DDT Openweight Championship. Later, the King of DDT (KO-D) was established as DDT's governing body and the title was officially named KO-D Openweight Championship . The inaugural championship match took place at

66-472: A Japanese puroresu flair to the matches. 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

99-609: 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 . The promotion

132-454: 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

165-436: A legitimate concussion after being struck by Katsuhiko Nakajima . Two days later, DDT held a press conference to discuss the upcoming King of DDT tournament , which was scheduled to begin on June 16. It was announced that the tournament would crown a new champion as Endo relinquished the title and forfeited his first-round match due to the injury. The vacant title was won by Kazusada Higuchi after defeating Naomi Yoshimura in

198-647: A lot of different championships, some of which were very short-lived. 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. Domestic: Worldwide : [REDACTED] DDT Into The Fight [REDACTED] DDT Judgement [REDACTED] DDT Ultimate Party Vacant (professional wrestling) Mid 20th Century 1970s and 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s and 2020s Professional wrestling has accrued

231-430: A weekly program DDT's Pro-Wrestling Banzai \(^o^)/ , which was also broadcast by Samurai TV. 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,

264-793: A working relationship with Big Japan Pro Wrestling . 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

297-723: 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

330-482: A working relationship with DDT and TJPW that would see wrestlers from both brands appear on AEW programming. On December 15, 2023, DDT was announced as one of the founding members of the United Japan Pro-Wrestling alliance, a joint effort to further develop professional wrestling in Japan through promotion and organization, with Seiji Sakaguchi being named as the chairman of the project. DDT has had

363-530: Is Chris Brookes who is in his second reign. He defeated Shinya Aoki at Sumida Dramatic Dream! on November 4, 2024 in Tokyo, Japan . As of November 29, 2024. DDT Pro-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 is an initialism of Dramatic Dream Team , which was the promotion's original name from 1997 to 2004. Founded in March 1997 by Shintaro Muto,

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396-721: 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. 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 . In 2005, indie promotion Union Pro Wrestling

429-532: 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. Three days after its folding, Union

462-461: The Kitazawa Town Hall , on April 19, where Masao Orihara defeated DDT founder Sanshiro Takagi in the final bout to become the first-ever champion. On November 22, 2001, Nosawa was stripped of the championship by Exciting Yoshida for "not being appropriate as a champion", which led to the first vacancy of the title. In December 2005, DDT announced the unveiling of a new belt to replace

495-402: The DDT logo. Each plate is adorned with red gems in its corners, while the central plate also features white gems along its vertical edges. As of November 29, 2024, there have been a total of 84 recognized reigns and three vacancies shared between 39 recognized champions and one interim champion . Masao Orihara was the first champion. Harashima holds the record for the most reigns with 10,

528-470: 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 ". 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

561-707: 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. On June 4, DDT launched another sub-brand named Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling (TJPW), which was exclusive to women's wrestlers. DDT celebrated its 15th anniversary on August 18, 2012, by holding its first ever event in Nippon Budokan . On December 23, 2012, DDT announced

594-451: The creation of their fifth active title, the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship . 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. 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

627-461: The final on July 3. The original KO-D Openweight Championship belt had five plates on a black leather strap. The center plate was rounded and featured a globe centered on the Greenwich meridian . Three banners above the globe read, from top to bottom, 'Professional Wrestling', 'D²T' and 'Dramatic Dream Team'. The lower banner at the bottom of the globe read 'Wrestling Champion'. Each side plate featured

660-634: The financial aspects of professional wrestling in addition to in-ring terms. Also road agent , producer and coach . Also juicing , gigging , getting color , and running the razor . Also booker and booking . Also going broadway . Also bury and buried . Also championship advantage . Also forbidden door . Also getting the heat . Also lackey or heavy Also babyface , blue-eye (England), or técnico (Mexico). Also playing Ricky Morton . Also hope spot . Also cross-promotion . Also persona . Also jobber to

693-413: The globe read 'Professional Wrestling', and two wrestlers were depicted grappling above the banner. The two banners below the globe read 'Dramatic Dream Team' and 'KOD Open-Weight Champion'. The belt had four side plates, similar to the previous version, but with Canada and Mexico having swapped places. On March 27, 2022, at Day Dream Believer, this belt was retired and a third belt was unveiled. The new belt

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726-435: The most combined defenses with 27, and the most combined days as champion at 1,314. Konosuke Takeshita 's second reign is the longest at 405 days, while the reigns of Daisuke Sasaki , Ken Ohka and Sanshiro Takagi are the shortest at less than a day. Jun Akiyama , who won the championship at 51 years old, is the oldest champion, while Konosuke Takeshita, who won it at 21 years old, is the youngest. The current title holder

759-620: The name and flag of a country with a rich tradition in professional wrestling. From left to right, the countries were Mexico , the United States , Japan and Canada . This belt was of low quality and deteriorated quickly, leading to the introduction of a new belt in December 2005. The second belt featured a central plate with a globe centered on the International Date Line and the second 'D²T' logo on top in red enamel. The banner above

792-521: 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. 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 . On January 28, 2020, DDT's parent company CyberAgent purchased Pro Wrestling Noah . DDT's President Sanshiro Takagi

825-476: 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

858-552: The reigning champion Dick Togo . Antonio Honda was originally scheduled to face Togo for the championship at Never Mind on December 26. Instead, Honda faced Gentaro to determine an interim champion . Honda emerged victorious and held the interim championship until the January 30 event, Sweet Dreams!, where he faced Togo in a unification match. Togo ultimately won the match and became the unified champion. At CyberFight Festival 2022 , on June 12, reigning champion Tetsuya Endo suffered

891-461: The title is believed to be the first of its kind in professional wrestling. with the inaugural champions crowned on August 20, 2017. On July 5, 2017, it was announced that DDT had entered into a partnership with Canada's Canadian Wrestling's Elite promotion. 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

924-399: The worn-out original design. The new belt was put up for grabs on December 28, at Never Mind, in a five-way ladder match . Danshoku Dino successfully defended his title against Sanshiro Takagi, Super Uchuu Power , Francesco Togo and Toru Owashi , ultimately winning the match and the new belt. On December 22, 2010, the title was vacated for the second time due to an injury sustained by

957-428: Was founded by Shintaro Muto, Sanshiro Takagi , Kyohei Mikami and Kazushige Nosawa , after they left Pro Wrestling Crusaders. 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

990-414: Was given to the then champion, Tetsuya Endo . The current belt has a central plate that features the current DDT logo. A banner above the logo reads 'Dramatic-Dream Team'. The central plate displays the words 'KO-D Open-Weight Champion' along its bottom edge. The two inner side plates depict globes, with the left plate centered on America and the right plate centered on Japan. The two outer side plates bear

1023-514: 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. On July 27, 2020, it was announced Noah and DDT would merge in a new company, CyberFight . On March 20, 2022, at Judgement , it was announced that All Elite Wrestling (AEW) had formed

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1056-414: Was replaced by a new promotion named Pro-Wrestling Basara , which launched in January 2016. In October 2016, DDT announced " DDT Universe ", a new streaming service for events held by DDT, DNA, Basara, TJPW and GanPro. The service launched on January 23, 2017. 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,

1089-520: Was revived by DDT. On December 28, 2005 Ichimiya retired from professional wrestling and announced his departure from DDT. 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

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