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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. Later in 2004 DDT rebranded to DDT Pro Wrestling kabushiki gaisha renaming the promotion to DDT Pro Wrestling. In October DDT got a timeslot on Fighting TV Samurai, Japan's premier combat sports channel which shows professional wrestling from both Japan and the United States, creating their regular broadcast program DDT Dramatic Fantasia. |
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. Later in 2004 DDT rebranded to DDT Pro Wrestling kabushiki gaisha renaming the promotion to DDT Pro Wrestling. In October DDT got a timeslot on Fighting TV Samurai, Japan's premier combat sports channel which shows professional wrestling from both Japan and the United States, creating their regular broadcast program DDT Dramatic Fantasia. |
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| − | On December 28, 2005 Ichimiya retired from professional wrestling, in the process he announced his departure from DDT. This led in Janaury, 2006 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]]. Then in November DDT announced the creation of their fourth active title the [[DDT Extreme Division 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 in Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo, Japan. Then DDT became 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 industy private to public. In March, 2010 DDT announced a working relationship with [[Big Japan Pro Wrestling]]. Later in March Takagi announced the [[Dramatic Sousenkyo|DDT48]] (later renamed [[Dramatic Sousenkyo]]), which is a fan votation where the winner recieves a shot for the KO-D Openweight Championship. |
+ | On December 28, 2005 Ichimiya retired from professional wrestling, in the process he announced his departure from DDT. This led in Janaury, 2006 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]]. Then in November DDT announced the creation of their fourth active title the [[DDT Extreme Division 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 in Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo, Japan. Then DDT became 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 industy private to public. In March, 2010 DDT announced a working relationship with [[Big Japan Pro Wrestling]]. Later in March Takagi announced the [[Dramatic Sousenkyo|DDT48]] (later renamed [[Dramatic Sousenkyo]]), which is a fan votation where the winner recieves a shot for the KO-D Openweight Championship. Later that month [[Michael Nakazawa]] stepped down as the CEO of DDT and Amon Tsurumi became the general manager of the promotion.Also in 2010 DDT started a working relationship with [[New Japan Pro Wrestling]] with both DDT and NJPW wrestler appearing in both promotions, when [[Kenny Omega]] an [[Kota Ibushi]] took part of their [[Best of the Super Juniors]] Tournament. In 2011 the program of Fighting TV Samurai Indie's Job elected DDT for having the best show the year, winning the Best Box Office Award. |
==Championships and accomplishments== |
==Championships and accomplishments== |
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 The logo of DDT Pro-Wrestling | |
| Acronym | DDT |
| Trading name | Dramatic Dream Team (1997-2004) DDT Pro Wrestling (2004-Present) |
| Native name | DDTプロレスリング |
| Romanized name | DDT Puroresu |
| Type | Public |
| Industry | Professional wrestling Puroresu |
| Corporate number | 6011101052361 |
| Founded | January 31, 1997 |
| Founder(s) | Shintaro Muto |
| Owner(s) | Sanshiro Takagi |
| Style | Sports entertainment Puroresu Catch wrestling |
| Headquarters | Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan |
| Area served | Japan |
| Key people | Sanshiro Takagi (President) Danshoku Dino (Producer) |
| Products | Television
Publishing Merchandise Streaming network service |
| Services | Licensing |
| Number of employees | approximately 81 |
| Divisions | DDT Universe DDT Shop |
| Website | Official Japanese Website |
DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDTプロレスリング DDT Puroresuringu) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded in 1997 by Shintaro Muto. DDT, also written as D2T, stands for Dramatic Dream Team, which was the promotion's official name from 1997 to 2004. 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, and is the parent of Tokyo Joshi Pro, which was founded in June 2012.
DDT celebrated its 15th anniversary on August 18, 2012, by holding its first ever event in Nippon Budokan.
On August 17, 2015, it was announced that Union Pro would be folding after its 10th anniversary event on October 4, 2015. Three days after its folding, Union 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, Tokyo Joshi Pro and Ganbare☆Puroresu. The service launched on January 23, 2017.
On July 5, 2017, it was announced that DDT had entered into a partnership with Canada's Canadian Wrestling’s Elite promotion.
Company history
The promotion was founded by Shintaro Muto, after Muto, Sanshiro Takagi, Kyohei Mikami and Kazushige Nosawa left Pro Wrestling Crusaders. The 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.
DDT 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.
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).
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. Later in 2004 DDT rebranded to DDT Pro Wrestling kabushiki gaisha renaming the promotion to DDT Pro Wrestling. In October DDT got a timeslot on Fighting TV Samurai, Japan's premier combat sports channel which shows professional wrestling from both Japan and the United States, creating their regular broadcast program DDT Dramatic Fantasia.
On December 28, 2005 Ichimiya retired from professional wrestling, in the process he announced his departure from DDT. This led in Janaury, 2006 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. Then in November DDT announced the creation of their fourth active title the DDT Extreme Division 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 in Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo, Japan. Then DDT became 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 industy private to public. In March, 2010 DDT announced a working relationship with Big Japan Pro Wrestling. Later in March Takagi announced the DDT48 (later renamed Dramatic Sousenkyo), which is a fan votation where the winner recieves a shot for the KO-D Openweight Championship. Later that month Michael Nakazawa stepped down as the CEO of DDT and Amon Tsurumi became the general manager of the promotion.Also in 2010 DDT started a working relationship with New Japan Pro Wrestling with both DDT and NJPW wrestler appearing in both promotions, when Kenny Omega an Kota Ibushi took part of their Best of the Super Juniors Tournament. In 2011 the program of Fighting TV Samurai Indie's Job elected DDT for having the best show the year, winning the Best Box Office Award.
Championships and accomplishments
Current
DDT Pro Wrestling
Pro Wrestling BASARA
| Championship | Current champion(s) | Photo | Defeated | Date won | Days held | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Max Championship | Trans Arm★Ryuichi | 
|
FUMA | March 23, 2017 | 2584+ | Tokyo, Japan |
Tokyo Joshi Pro
| Championship | Current champion(s) | Photo | Defeated | Date won | Days held | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo Princess of Princess Championship | Yuka Sakazaki | File:SakazakiPrinces.jpg | Yuu | June 4, 2017 | 2511+ | Tokyo, Japan |
| Tokyo Princess Tag Team Championship | TBD | TBD | October 14, 2017 | Yokohama, Japan |
Defunct
| Championship | Last champion(s) | Defeated | Date won | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big China Unified Sichuan Championship | Danshoku Dino | Cho-un Shiryu | July 19, 2009 | Tokyo, Japan |
| Big China Unified Nakahara Tag Team Championship | Sanshiro Takagi and Munenori Sawa | The Great Sasuke and Ricky Fuji | July 3, 2011 | Tokyo, Japan |
| Gay World Anal Championship | Danshoku Dino | Masa Takanashi | August 23, 2009 | Tokyo, Japan |
| Ironman Heavymetalweight Tag Team Championship | Shoichi Ichimiya and Survival Tobita | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| IMGP World Heavyweight Championship | Atsushi Maruyama | Unknown | July 12, 2015 | Unknown |
| Jet World Jet Championship | Danshoku Dino | Masa Takanashi | August 23, 2009 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 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 |
| Mid-Breath World Championship | Danshoku Dino | Masa Takanashi | August 23, 2009 | Tokyo, Japan |
| Nihonkai Six Man Tag Team Championship | Shit Heart♥Foundation (Hikaru Sato, Michael Nakazawa and Tomomitsu Matsunaga) |
Great Kojika, Mr. #6 and Riho | November 3, 2010 | Tokyo, Japan |
| Omori Dream Fair Championship | Makoto Oishi | Gurunkun Mask | October 18, 2015 | Tokyo, Japan |
| Umemura Personal Computer Copy and Paste Championship | Danshoku Dino | Konaka = Pehlwan | July 26, 2009 | Nagoya, Japan |
| Union Fly To Everywhere World Championship | Cherry | Aoi Kizuki | September 15, 2015 | 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 |
Other accomplishments
| Accomplishment | Latest winner(s) | Date won | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| King of DDT | Tetsuya Endo | June 25, 2017 | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated HARASHIMA to win the tournament. |
| Dramatic Sousenkyo | HARASHIMA | September 29, 2016 | Tokyo, Japan | Won by Fan votation.
In the past Dramatic Sousenkyo was known by DDT48. |
| Right to Challenge Anytime, Anywhere | Mike Bailey, Yasu Urano, Naomi Yoshimura and Keisuke Ishii | May 4, 2017 (Urano) May 10, 2017 (Yoshimura) June 4, 2017 (Bailey) June 25, 2017 (Ishii) |
Osaka, Japan (Urano) Tokyo, Japan (Yoshimura, Bailey and Ishii) |
Urano defeated Yoshihiro Takayama by TKO for his Right to Challenge Anytime, Anywhere. Yoshimra defeated Nobuhiro Shimatani for his Right to Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Bailey defeated Konosuke Takeshita for his Right to Challenge Anytime, Anywhere. Ishii defeated Mad Paulie for his Right to Challenge Anytime, Anywhere. |
| DDT Tag League | Daichi Kakimoto and Kota Ibushi | September 23, 2005 | Osaka, Japan | Defeated Danshoku Dino and Glenn Spector to win the tournament.
The tournament has been inactive since 2005. |
Brands
Active
| Brand name | Years | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| DDT New Attitude | 2014-Present | |
| Ganbare☆Puroresu | 2013-Present | |
| Pro Wrestling Basara | 2015-Present | Continuation of Union Pro Wrestling. |
| Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling | 2012-Present |
Defunct
| Brand name | Joined | Defunct | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hard Hit | 2012 | 2015 | Hard Hit became independent of DDT in 2015. |
| Muscle | Unknown | Unknown | |
| New Beijing Pro Wrestling | 2009 | 2013 | |
| Union Pro Wrestling | 2014 | 2015 | Replaced by Pro Wrestling Basara. |