The KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship is the top trios championship in DDT Pro-Wrestling. As the name of the title suggests, it is meant for tag teams of three wrestlers. DDT had previously promoted matches for the Jiyugaoka Six-Person Tag Team Championship, the 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. The title has also been defended in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) as part of a relationship between DDT and AJPW.
Overview
Championship Tournament
The title was first announced during DDT's year-end event on December 23, 2012, becoming the promotion's fifth active title, later 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 Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao) defeating Team Castle (Akito, Makoto Oishi and Sanshiro Takagi) in the finals to win the title.
- Tournament bracket
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| Team Castle (Akito, Makoto Oishi and Sanshiro Takagi) | Pin | ||||||||
| Urashimakudo (HARASHIMA, Yasu Urano and Hiro Tsumaki) | 12:08 | ||||||||
| Team Castle (Akito, Makoto Oishi and Sanshiro Takagi) | Pin | ||||||||
| Team Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao | 16:56 | ||||||||
| Team Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao) | Pin | ||||||||
| Union (Isami Kodaka, Ken Ohka and Seiya Morohashi) | 9:56 | ||||||||
Title History
| # | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Location | Length | Defenses | Sucessfull Defenses | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao) |
1 | January 12, 2013 | Osaka | 15 Days | 0 | DDT Osaka 24 Zone Tour: Nishi-ku | Defeated Team Castle (Akito, Makoto Oishi and Sanshiro Takagi) in the finals of a four-team tournament to become the inaugural champions. | |
| 2 | Monster Army (Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki and Yuji Hino) |
1 | January 27, 2013 | Tokyo | 119 Days | 2 | 1. defeated Danshoku Dino, Gabai Ji-chan and Makoto Oishi on March 20, 2013 2. defeated Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi and The Alpha Female on April 14, 2013 |
Sweet Dreams! 2013 | |
| 3 | Golden☆Rendezvous～ (Gota Ihashi, Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi) |
1 | May 26, 2013 | Hiroshima | 28 Days | 0 | Road to Ryogoku 2days in Hiroshima: Dramatic Dream Toukasan | ||
| 4 | Monster Army (Antonio Honda (2), Hoshitango and Yuji Hino (2)) |
1 | June 23, 2013 | Tokyo | 28 Days | 0 | What Are You Doing 2013 | ||
| 5 | Danshoku Dino, Kensuke Sasaki and Makoto Oishi | 1 | July 21, 2013 | Tokyo | 28 Days | 0 | Road to Ryogoku 2days 2013 | ||
| 6 | Akebono, Sanshiro Takagi and Toru Owashi | 1 | August 18, 2013 | Tokyo | 127 Days | 2 | 1. defeated Golden☆Rendezvous～ (Gota Ihashi, Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi) on September 9, 2013 2. defeated Team Dream Futures (Shigehiro Irie, Keisuke Ishii and Soma Takao) on November 4, 2013 |
Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2013: Puroresu no Keikototaisaku | |
| 7 | Team Homo Sapiens (Aja Kong, Danshoku Dino(2) and Makoto Oishi (2)) |
1 | December 23, 2013 | Tokyo | 62 Days | 1 | 1. defeated Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki and Shoichi Uchida on January 13, 2014 | Never Mind 2013 | |
| 8 | Team Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao) |
2 | February 23, 2014 | Tokyo | 48 Days | 1 | 1. defeated Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi and Yukio Sakaguchi on March 2, 2014 | Into the Fight 2014 | |
| 9 | Kenibushi Sasaki (Daisuke Sasaki (2), Kenny Omega (2) and Kota Ibushi (2)) |
1 | April 12, 2014 | Kasukabe | 22 Days | 1 | 1. defeated Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi and Yoshihiko on April 29, 2014 | Saitama Super Arena e no Michi 2 | |
| 10 | Shuten-dōji (Kudo, Masa Takanashi and Yukio Sakaguchi) |
1 | May 4, 2014 | Sendai | 70 Days | 1 | 1. defeated Smile Squash (Akito, HARASHIMA and Yasu Urano) on June 6, 2014 | Road to Ryogoku in Sendai: Dramatic Dream Tan | |
| 11 | Happy Motel (Antonio Honda (3), Konosuke Takeshita and Tetsuya Endo) |
1 | July 13, 2014 | Osaka | 7
Days |
0 | Road to Ryogoku in Osaka: Dramatic Dream Tsutenkaku | ||
| 12 | Shuten-dōji (Kudo, Masa Takanashi and Yukio Sakaguchi) |
2 | July 20, 2014 | Tokyo | 28 Days | 0 | Road to Ryogoku 2014 | This was a three-way match, also involving Team Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao). | |
| 13 | Team Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao) |
3 | August 17, 2014 | Tokyo | 42 Days | 2 | 1. defeated Dark Kingdom (Kengo Mashimo, KENSO and Mitsuya Nagai) on August 30, 2014 Smile Squash (Akito, HARASHIMA and Yasu Urano) on September 14, 2014 |
Ryogoku Peter Pan 2014: Jinsei Kae Chau Natsu Kamo Ne! | |
| 14 | T2Hii (Kazuki Hirata, Sanshiro Takagi (2) and Toru Owashi (2)) |
1 | September 28, 2014 | Tokyo | 63 Days | 1 | 1. defeated Happy Motel (Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita and Tetsuya Endo) on November 9, 2014 | DDT Dramatic Sousenkyo 2014 | |
| 15 | Genpatsu Daio (Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu and Gorgeous Matsuno) |
1 | November 30, 2014 | Tokyo | 77
Days |
2 | 1. defeated T2Hii (Kazuki Hirata, Sanshiro Takagi and Toru Owashi) on December 14, 2014 2. defeated Golden ☆ Rendezvous～ (Daisuke Sasaki, Kota Ibushi and Suguru Miyatake) on January 3, 2015 |
God Bless DDT 2014 | |
| 16 | Shuten-dōji (Kudo, Masa Takanashi and Yukio Sakaguchi) |
3 | February 15, 2015 | Saitama | 14 Days | 0 | Saitama Super DDT 2015 | ||
| 17 | Team Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao) |
4 | March 1, 2015 | Osaka | 20 Days | 0 | DDT Osaka 24 Ward Tour: Minato-ku | ||
| 18 | Shuten-dōji (Kudo, Masa Takanashi and Yukio Sakaguchi) |
4 | March 21, 2015 | Kasukabe | 21 Days | 0 | Saitama Slam Special! 2015 | ||
| 19 | Team Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao) |
5 | April 11, 2015 | Kitakyushu | 169 Days | 5 | 1. defeated Smile Squash (Akito, HARASHIMA and Yasu Urano) on May 4, 2015 2. defeated Golden ☆ Rendezvous～ (Daisuke Sasaki, Kota Ibushi and Suguru Miyatake) on May 31, 2015 3. defeated Shuten-dōji (Kudo, Masa Takanashi and Yukio Sakaguchi) on July 11, 2015 4. defeated Danshoku Dino, Ken Ohka and Super Sasadango Machine on August 23, 2015 5. defeated Smile Squash (Akito, HARASHIMA and Yasu Urano) on August 30, 2015 |
Road to Ryogoku 2015 in Kokura | |
| 20 | #OhkaTeikoku (Danshoku Dino (3), Ken Ohka and Super Sasadango Machine) |
1 | September 27, 2015 | Tokyo | 56 Days | 1 | 1. defeated Happy Motel (Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita and Tetsuya Endo) on November 3, 2015 | Who's Gonna Top? | |
| 21 | T2Hii (Kazuki Hirata (2), Sanshiro Takagi (3) and Toru Owashi (3)) |
2 | November 22, 2015 | Hiroshima | 42 Days | 1 | 1. defeated Batten X Burabura, Danshoku Dino and Super Sasadango Machine on December 13, 2015 | Sanbon no Yume 2015 | |
| 22 | #OhkaTeikoku (Danshoku Dino (4), KENSO and Super Sasadango Machine (2)) |
1 | January 3, 2016 | Tokyo | 35 Days | 0 | Shinshun Otoshidama Special! | ||
| 23 | T2Hii (Kazuki Hirata, Sanshiro Takagi (4) and Toru Owashi (4)) |
3 | February 7, 2016 | Kawaguchi | 21
Days |
0 | Saitama Slam! Vol. 8 | This was an elimination match. | |
| 24 | Higuchi-gumi (Kazusada Higuchi, Kouki Iwasaki and Shunma Katsumata) |
1 | February 28, 2016 | Tokyo | 77
Days |
2 | 1. defeated Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa Takanashi and Kota Umeda on March 26, 2016 2. defeated Smile Squash (Akito, HARASHIMA and Yasu Urano) on April 17, 2016 |
Into the Fight 2016 | |
| 25 | Team Dream Futures (Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao) |
6 | May 15, 2016 | Nagoya | 14 Days | 1 | 1. defeated Smile Squash (Akito, HARASHIMA and Yasu Urano) on May 29, 2016 | Yūjō, Doryoku, Shōri in Nagoya 2016 | |
| — | Vacated | — | May 29, 2016 | Tokyo | — | — | — | Audience 2016 | Team Dream Futures vacated the titles due to splitting up as a team. |
| 26 | Damnation (Daisuke Sasaki (3), Mad Paulie and Tetsuya Endo (2)) |
1 | August 6, 2016 | Kasukabe | 127 Days | 1 | 1. defeated Happy Motel (Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita) and Mike Bailey on October 10, 2016 | Saitama Slam! Vol. 13 | Damnation defeated Shuten-dōji (Kota Umeda, Masahiro Takanashi and Yukio Sakaguchi) in the finals of a tournament to win the vacant titles. |
| 27 | Shuten-dōji (Kudo, Masahiro Takanashi and Yukio Sakaguchi) |
5 | December 11, 2016 | Fukuoka | 42
Days |
2 | 1. defeated DAMNATION (Daisuke Sasaki, Shuji Ishikawa and Tetsuya Endo) on December 25, 2016 2. defeated NωA (Makoto Oishi, MAO and Shunma Katsumata) on January 7, 2017 |
Road to Super Arena | |
| 28 | Kazusada Higuchi (2), Kouki Iwasaki (2) and Mizuki Watase | 1 | January 22, 2017 | Tokyo | 57 Days | 1 | 1. defeated Shuten Doji (KUDO, Masahiro Takanashi and Yukio Sakaguchi) on February 4, 2017 | Best Western Lariat Series 2017 | This was a three-way match, also involving Happy Motel (Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita and Trans-Arm★Hiroshi). |
| 29 | NωA (Makoto Oishi (3), MAO and Shunma Katsumata (2)) |
1 | March 20, 2017 | Saitama | 97 Days | 3 | 1. defeated Joey Ryan, Mike Bailey and Shigehiro Irie on March 25, 2017 2. defeated T2ii (Kazuki Hirata, Sanshiro Takagi and Toru Owashi) on April 29, 2017 3. defeated Danshoku Dino, Keisuke Ishii and Royce Isaacs on May 28, 2017 |
Judgement 2017 | |
| 30 | Shuten-dōji (Kudo, Masahiro Takanashi and Yukio Sakaguchi) |
6 | June 25, 2017 | Tokyo | 107 Days | 3 | 1. defeated Antonio Honda, Dick Togo and Yasu Urano on August 20, 2017 2. defeated NωA (Makoto Oishi, MAO and Shunma Katsumata) 3. defeated HERO!, MIKAMI and Tanomusaku Toba on September 13, 2017 |
King of DDT 2017 Final Round | |
| — | Vacated | — | October 10, 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | Vacated due to Kudo suffering an concusion. |
| 31 | All Out (Konosuke Takeshita (2), Akito and Diego) |
1 | November 2, 2017 | Tokyo | 38 Days | 1 | 1. defeated Smile Squash (HARASHIMA, Soma Takao and Yasu Urano) on November 19, 2017 | Shinkiba Yo! Watashi wa Kaettekita | All Out defeated Damnation (Daisuke Sasaki, Mad Paulie and Shuji Ishikawa) in a decision match to win the vacant title. |
| 32 | Shuten-dōji (Kudo, Masahiro Takanashi and Yukio Sakaguchi) |
7 | December 10, 2017 | Fukuoka | 105 Days | 2 | 1. defeated Paulies (Mad Paulie, Mad Paulie and Mad Paulie) on December 30, 2017 2. defeated Ryuichi Sekine, Ryota Nakatsu and Fuminori Abe on February 25, 2018 |
Wrestling Tonkotsu 2017 | |
| 32 | Kota Umeda, Yuki Ueno and Koju Takeda | 1 | March 25, 2018 | Tokyo | 91 Days | 1 | 1. defeated Kouki Iwasaki, Mike Bailey and MAO on April 15, 2018 | Judgement (2018) | |
| 33 | All Out (Konosuke Takeshita (2), Akito (2) and Shunma Katsumata (3)) |
1 | June 24, 2018 | Tokyo | 39 Days | 1 | 1. defeated Meiko Satomura, DASH Chisako and Cassandra Miyagi on July 25, 2018 | What are you doing (2018) | |
| — | Vacated | — | August 1, 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | ALL OUT voluntarily vacated the titles due to Takeshita being sidelined with a shoulder injury. |
| 34 | Damnation (Soma Takao (7), Tetsuya Endo (3) and Mad Paulie (2)) |
1 | September 4, 2018 | Tokyo | 2054+ | 1 | 1. defeated Disaster Box (Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata and Yuki Ueno on October 21, 2018 | DDT LIVE! MAJI MANJI 16 | Damnation defeated Shuten-doji (Kudo, Masahiro Takanashi and Yukio Sakaguchi) in a decision match to win the vacant title. |
| 35 | Strong Hearts (CIMA, Duan Yingnan and T-Hawk) |
1 | October 28, 2018 | Tokyo | 67 Days | 1 | DDT LIVE! MAJI MANJI KORAKUEN HALL SPECIAL!! | ||
| 35 | All Out (Konosuke Takeshita (3), Akito (2) and Yuki Iino) |
1 | January 3, 2019 | Tokyo | 78 Days | 2 | 1. defeated Damnation (Daisuke Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo and Mad Paulie on February 2, 2019 2. defeated Disaster Box (HARASHIMA, Naomi Yoshimura and Yuki Ueno on March 2, 2019 |
DDT LIVE! MAJI MANJI CHO ~ NEW YEAR LOTTERY SPECAIL! ALL SEATS 2000 YEN BOX OFFICE!! 2019 | |
| 36 | Meiko Satomura, Chihiro Hashimoto and DASH Chisako | 1 | March 21, 2019 | Tokyo | 95 Days | 0 | Into the Fight (2019) | ||
| 35 | All Out (Konosuke Takeshita (5), Shunma Katsumata (4) and Yuki Iino (2)) |
1 | June 24, 2019 | Tokyo | 1761+ | 1 | 1. defeated HARASHIMA, Yuki Ueno and Naomi Yoshimura on October 6, 2019 | DDT & Sendai Girls “ALL OUT X SENDAI GIRL’S Pro-Wrestling” |
Gallery
Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Soma Takao
Antonio Honda, Daisuke Sasaki and Yuji Hino
Gota Ihashi, Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi
Antonio Honda, Yuji Hino and Hoshitango
Danshoku Dino, Kensuke Sasaki and Makoto Oishi
Akebono, Sanshiro Takagi and Toru Owashi
Aja Kong, Danshoku Dino and Makoto Oishi
Kota Ibushi, Daisuke Sasaki and Kenny Omega
Yukio Sakaguchi, Masa/Masahiro Takanashi and Kudo
Antonio Honda, Konosuke Takeshita and Tetsuya Endo
Kazuki Hirata, Sanshiro Takagi and Toru Owashi
Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu and Gorgeous Matsuno
Danshoku Dino, Ken Ohka and Super Sasadango Machine
KENSO, Danshoku Dino and Super Sasadango Machine
Kazusada Higuchi, Kouki Iwasaki and Shunma Katsumata
Daisuke Sasaki, Mad Paulie and Tetsuya Endo
Kazusada Higuchi, Kouki Iwasaki and Mizuki Watase
Makoto Oishi, MAO and Shunma Katsumata
Akito, Diego and Konosuke Takeshita
Koju Takeda, Kota Umeda and Yuki Ueno
Konosuke Takeshita, Shunma Katsumata and Akito
CIMA, Duan Yingnan and T-Hawk
Konosuke Takeshita, Yuki Iino and Akito