Dramatic Dream Team
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| Industry | Professional wrestling |
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| Founded | 1997 |
| Founder | Sanshiro Takagi |
| Headquarters | Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan |
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Area served
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| Owner | Sanshiro Takagi |
| Website | www.ddtpro.com |
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 2009. It became one of the top names in Japanese indy 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 an hour's timeslot on Samurai TV, Japan's premier sports channel which shows a lot of professional wrestling from both Japan and the United States.
The cards' matches tend to be a mix of Japanese lucharesu, semi-worked shoot-style, hardcore brawling and comedy matches. DDT is in many ways a parody of American pro wrestling, particularly World Wrestling Entertainment, 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 is the parent promotion of Union Pro, which holds events approximately twice a month,[1] and 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 is set to launch in January 2016.[5]
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Championships
Active
DDT currently has 6 recognized championships,[6] the top titles being the KO-D (King of DDT) championships.
| Championship | Current champion(s) | Defeated | Date won | Location |
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| KO-D Openweight Championship | Isami Kodaka | Yukio Sakaguchi | November 28, 2015 | Osaka, Japan |
| KO-D Tag Team Championship | Shin Sedai Konbi (Konosuke Takeshita and Tetsuya Endo |
Mazerunakiken (Shigehiro Irie and Yuji Okabayashi) |
December 23, 2015 | Tokyo, Japan |
| KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship | #OhkaTeikoku (Danshoku Dino, Kenso and Super Sasadango Machine) |
T2Hii (Kazuki Hirata, Sanshiro Takagi and Toru Owashi) |
January 3, 2016 | Tokyo, Japan |
| Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship | LiLiCo | Saki Akai | January 3, 2016 | Tokyo, Japan |
| DDT Extreme Division Championship | Kendo Kashin | Antonio Honda | November 28, 2015 | Osaka, Japan |
| King of Dark Championship | Gota Ihashi | Dai Suzuki | December 23, 2015 | Tokyo, Japan |
Inactive
| Championship | Last champion(s) | Defeated | Date won | Location |
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| DDT 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 |
| Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship (also recognized by Big Japan and El Dorado among others) |
Hiroki | Daigoro Kashiwa | November 6, 2011 | 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 |
- Union Pro
| Championship | Last champion(s) | Defeated | Date won | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Max Championship | Isami Kodaka | Fuma | August 30, 2015 | Tokyo, Japan |
| Union Fly to Everywhere World Championship | Cherry | Aoi Kizuki | September 15, 2015 | Tokyo, Japan |
| UWA World Tag Team Championship | Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu | Masato Shibata and Shuji Ishikawa | June 17, 2015 | Tokyo, Japan |
| World Aipoke Championship | Super Sasadango Machine | Ryu Gouma | May 18, 2014 | Tokyo, Japan |
Annual tournaments
| Tournament | Last winner(s) | Last held | Location |
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| Dramatic Sousenkyo | Isami Kodaka | October 7, 2015 | Tokyo, Japan |
| King of DDT | Yukio Sakaguchi | June 28, 2015 | Tokyo, Japan |
Roster
Dramatic Dream Team
| Ring name | Notes |
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| Akito | |
| Antonio Honda | Freelancer |
| Cherry | |
| Daisuke Sasaki | |
| Danshoku Dino | KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champion |
| DJ Nira | Freelancer |
| Gorgeous Matsuno | |
| Gota Ihashi | King of Dark Champion |
| Harashima | |
| Hoshitango | |
| Kazuki Hirata | |
| Keisuke Ishii | |
| Ken Ohka | Ganbare☆Puroresu |
| Konosuke Takeshita | KO-D Tag Team Champion |
| Kota Ibushi | Inactive; cervical disc herniation Signed to a joint contract with New Japan Pro Wrestling |
| Kudo | Inactive; knee injury |
| Lady Beard | |
| Makoto Oishi | |
| Masa Takanashi | |
| Saki Akai | Oscar Promotion |
| Sanshiro Takagi | |
| Seiya Morohashi | |
| Shigehiro Irie | |
| Soma Takao | |
| Super Sasadango Machine | KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champion World Aipoke Champion Freelancer |
| Tetsuya Endo | KO-D Tag Team Champion |
| Tomomitsu Matsunaga | |
| Toru Owashi | Freelancer |
| Yasu Urano | |
| Yoshihiko | |
| Yukio Sakaguchi |
DDT New Attitude
| Ring name | Notes |
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| Dai Suzuki | |
| Guanchulo | |
| Kazusada Higuchi | |
| Kota Umeda | |
| Kouki Iwasaki | |
| Mao Inoue | |
| Mizuki Watase | |
| Ryota Nakatsu | |
| Suguru Miyatake | |
| Syunma Katsumata | |
| Tomoya Kawamura |
Pro Wrestling Basara
| Ring name | Notes |
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| Daichi Kazato | |
| Fuma | |
| Hiroshi Fukuda | |
| Isami Kodaka | KO-D Openweight Champion |
| Ryu Gouma | |
| Ryuichi Sekine | |
| Sagat | |
| Takumi Tsukamoto |
Tokyo Joshi Pro
| Ring name | Notes |
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| Ai Shimizu | Freelancer |
| Akane Miura | |
| Chikage Kiba | |
| Erin | |
| Hyper Misao | |
| Kanna | |
| Miyuu Yamashita | |
| Mizuho | |
| Nonoko | |
| Rika Tatsumi | |
| Syoko Nakajima | |
| Yuka Sakazaki |
Staff
- Amon Tsurumi – DDT General Manager
- Daisuke Kiso – Referee
- Hosomi no Shy Boy – Union Pro ring announcer
- Mic Inoue – Time keeper
- Minami Momochi – Tokyo Joshi Pro ring announcer
- Naomi Susan – Union Pro representative
- Rikiya Shindo – Ring announcer
- Rumi Kazama – Union Fly to Everywhere World Championship Commissioner
- Tetsuya Koda – Tokyo Joshi Pro representative
- Yukinori Matsui – Referee
Dropkick Bar
Dropkick Bar is a professional wrestling, boxing and mixed martial arts-themed sports bar owned and operated by DDT. Professional wrestling personalities make appearances at the bar.[7][8]
See also
References
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- Dramatic Dream Team on Facebook
- http://www.wrestling-titles.com/japan/ddt/ - Title history of all DDT championships
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