The King of Dark Championship was one of the secundary titles of the DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) promotion. The title was created by the former DDT General Manager Amon Tsurumi. 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. The only way to loose the title and return to the main card is to win a championship match.
Title History[]
| # | Wrestler | Reign | Date | Location | Length | Defenses | Losses | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gota Ihashi | 1 | February 15, 2015 | Saitama | 111 Days | 11 | 1. lost to Suguru Miyatake on February 21, 2015 2. lost to Hideki Shiota on March 1, 2015 3. lost to Gorgeous Matsuno on March 29, 2015 4. lost to Hiroshi Fukuda on April 4, 2015 5. lost to Yasu Urano on April 19, 2015 6. lost to DJ Nira on April 25, 2015 7. lost to DJ Nira on April 25, 2015 8. lost to Suguru Miyatake on April 26, 2015 9. lost to Kazusada Higuchi on April 29, 2015 10. with DJ Nira lost to Masayuki Mitomi and Goma Ryu on May 10, 2015 11. lost to Kota Umeda on May 31, 2015 |
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 | Saitama | 8
Days |
1 | 1. lost to Gota Ihashi on June 6, 2015 | King of DDT 2015 Saitama | |
| 3 | Gota Ihashi | 2 | June 14, 2015 | Osaka | 105 Days | 13 | 1. with DJ Nira lost to Suguru Miyatake and Kota Umeda on June 14, 2015 2. lost to Kouki Iwasaki on July 11, 2015 3. lost to Yasu Urano on July 19, 2015 4. lost to Ryota Nakatsu on July 26, 2015 5. lost to Kouki Iwasaki on July 26, 2015 6. lost to Suguru Miyatake on July 26, 2015 7. lost to Yukio Sakaguchi on August 9, 2015 8. lost to "Hollywood" Stalker Ichikawa on August 23, 2015 9. lost to Kouki Iwasaki on August 30, 2015 10. lost to Hiroshi Fukuda on September 6, 2015 11. lost to Dai Suzuki on September 6, 2015 12. lost to Kota Umeda September 13, 2015 13. lost to Dai Suzuki on September 13, 2015 |
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 | Tokyo | 37 Days | 3 | 1. with Chikara lost to Konosuke Takeshita and Hiroshi Fukuda on October 18, 2015 2. lost to Kazuki Hirata on October 31, 2015 3. lost to Tomomitsu Matsunaga on November 1, 2015 |
Who's Gonna Top?: DDT Dramatic Sousenkyo 2015 | |
| 5 | KENSO | 1 | November 3, 2015 | Nagoya | 5 Days | 0 | Yūjō, Doryoku, Shōri in Nagoya 2015: Aki no Matome | ||
| 6 | Kouki Iwasaki | 1 | November 8, 2015 | Saitama | 35 Days | 5 | x. vs Gota Ihashi ended in a Double Countout on November 14, 2015 2. lost to Ryota Nakatsu on November 21, 2015 3. lost to Hiroshi Fukuda and Suguru Miyatake in a three way match on November 22, 2015 4. with Tomomitsu Matsunaga defeated Shoichi Uchida and Dai Suzuki on November 28, 2015[Note 1] 5. with Tomomitsu Matsunaga lost to Hoshitango and Guanchulo on December 12, 2015 |
Saitama Slam! Vol. 6 | This was a three-way match, also involving Gota Ihashi. |
| 7 | Dai Suzuki | 1 | December 13, 2015 | Fukuoka | 10 Days | 0 | DDT Super Star Lane 2015 | ||
| 8 | Gota Ihashi | 3 | December 23, 2015 | Tokyo | 31 Days | 2 | 1. with Gorgeous Matsuno lost to Dai Suzuki and Kouki Iwasaki on December 23, 2015 2. with Hoshitango defeated Dai Suzuki and Guanchulo on January 3, 2016[Note 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 | Saitama | 0 Days | 0 | Keisuke Ishii Produce: Shinshun! Momoiro Kneel Kick 2016 | ||
| 10 | Gota Ihashi | 4 | January 23, 2016 | Saitama | 8 Days | 1 | x. vs Seiya Morohashi ended in a Time Limit Draw on January 23, 2016 | Keisuke Ishii Produce: Shinshun! Momoiro Kneel Kick 2016 | |
| 11 | Mizuki Watase | 1 | January 31, 2016 | Tokyo | 28 Days | 2 | 1. lost to Yasu Urano on February 7, 2016 2. lost to Masa Takanashi on February 11, 2016 |
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 | Tokyo | 6 Days | 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 | Saitama | 28 Days | 1 | 1. with Hoshitango lost to DJ Nira and Dai Suzuki on March 21, 2016 | Saitama Slam! Vol. 9 | |
| 14 | Hoshitango | 1 | April 2, 2016 | Saitama | 22 Days | 0 | Saitama Slam! Vol. 10 | ||
| 15 | Gota Ihashi | 5 | April 24, 2016 | Tokyo | 27
Days |
1 | 1. lost to Rekka on April 29, 2016 | Max Bump 2016 | This was a three-way match, also involving Tomomitsu Matsunaga. |
| 16 | Yumehito Imanari | 1 | May 21, 2016 | Saitama | 77 Days | 2 | 1. lost to Tanomusaku Toba on June 5, 2016 2. lost to Shuji Ishikawa on July 9, 2016 |
Saitama Slam! Vol. 11 | |
| 17 | Chikara | 1 | August 6, 2016 | Saitama | 50 Days | 2 | 1. lost to Sanshiro Takagi on August 8, 2016 2. with Mitsuo Momota and Nobuhiro Shimatani lost to Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Hoshitango and Rekka on August 28, 2016 |
Saitama Slam! Vol. 13 | |
| 18 | Nobuhiro Shimatani | 1 | September 25, 2016 | Tokyo | 147 Days | 11 | 1. with Saki Akai lost to Tomomitsu Matsunaga and Cherry on October 8, 2016 2. lost to Mizuki Watase on October 9, 2016 3. lost to Daiki Shimomura on November 3, 2016 4. lost to Mad Paulie and Guanchulo in a three way match on November 23, 2016 5. with Mizuki Watase and Rekka lost to Kouki Iwasaki, Guanchulo and Daiki Shimomura on December 4, 2016 6. with Cherry lost to Tomomitsu Matsunaga and Saki Akai on December 10, 2016 7. with Hoshitango, Tomomitsu Matsunaga and Dai Suzuki lost to Kouki Iwasaki, Mizuki Watase, Rekka and Daiki Shimomura on January 3, 2017 8. lost to Daiki Shimomura on January 7, 2017 9. lost to Rekka on January 22, 2017 10. lost to Gota Ihashi on January 29, 2017 11. lost to Gota Ihashi on February 12, 2017 |
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 | Tokyo | 182 Days | 2 | 1. lost to Mad Paulie on August 5, 2017[Note 3] 2. lost to Tomomitsu Matsunaga on August 5, 2017 |
Into the Fight 2017 | |
| 20 | Dai Suzuki | 2 | August 20, 2017 | Tokyo | 115 Days | 1 | 1. lost to Kouki Iwasaki on August 27, 2017 | Judgement (2017) | |
| — | Abandoned | — | December 13, 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | The title was abadoned after Dai Suzuki's retirement |
Gallery[]
Gota Ihashi
Suguru Miyatake
Sanshiro Takagi
Kouki Iwasaki
Guanchalo
Mizuki Watase
Yumehito Imanari
Chikara
Nobuhiro Shimatani