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 Sanshiro Takagi. 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,[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]
Company history
Formation (1997)
Championships and accomplishments
DDT Pro Wrestling
Championship | Current champion(s) | Defeated | Date won | Days held | Location |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
KO-D Openweight Championship | Konosuke Takeshita | HARASHIMA | March 20, 2017 | 2587+ | Saitama, Japan |
KO-D Tag Team Championship | HARASHIMA and Naomichi Marufuji | YaroZ (Kazusada Higuchi and Shigehiro Irie) |
August 20, 2017 | 2434+ | Tokyo, 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 | 2490+ | Tokyo, Japan |
KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship | LiLiCo-gun (Ken Ohka, Ladybeard, LiLiCo, Makoto Oishi and Super Sasadango Machine) |
Inaugural champions | August 20, 2017 | 2434+ | Tokyo, Japan |
Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship | Yuu | Mizuki | August 20, 2017 | 2,434+ | Tokyo, Japan |
DDT Extreme Division Championship | Daisuke Sasaki | Jun Kasai | March 20, 2017 | 2587+ | Saitama, Japan |
King of Dark Championship | Dai Suzuki | Gota Ihashi | August 20, 2017 | 2,434+ | 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 | 2584+ | Tokyo, Japan |
Tokyo Joshi Pro
Championship | Current champion(s) | Defeated | Date won | Days held | Location |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tokyo Princess of Princess Championship | Yuka Sakazaki | Yuu | June 4, 2017 | 2511+ | Tokyo, Japan |
Tokyo Princess Tag Team Championship | TBD | TBD | October 14, 2017 | 2379+ | Yokohama, Japan |
- ↑ Union Pro (in Japanese). DDT Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved on 2012-01-24.
- ↑ 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 (in Japanese). DDT Pro-Wrestling (2012-06-04). Retrieved on 2012-06-05.
- ↑ 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~ (in Japanese). DDT Pro-Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2013-10-03. Retrieved on 2012-08-18.
- ↑ 【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) (in Japanese). DDT Pro-Wrestling (2015-08-17). Retrieved on 2015-08-17.
- ↑ 【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 (in Japanese). DDT Pro-Wrestling (2015-10-07). Retrieved on 2015-10-07.
- ↑ DDT独自の動画配信サービス「DDT Universe」開設! 2017年1月スタート! (in Japanese). DDT Pro-Wrestling (2016-10-24). Retrieved on 2016-10-25.
- ↑ 動画配信サービス「DDT Universe」サイトオープンまであと10日! (in Japanese). DDT Pro-Wrestling (2017-01-13). Retrieved on 2017-01-13.
- ↑ United: Canadian Wrestling’s Elite Announces Partnership With DDT . Alliance-Wrestling.com (2017-07-05). Retrieved on 2017-07-13.