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in the

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. Announced on December 28, 2019, at the D-Oh Grand Prix 2020 final event, the DDT Universal Championship was created as part of DDT's plans to expand internationally and reach a larger audience. , there have been eight reigns shared between five different wrestlers.

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is the current champion in his second reign.

Title history

On January 7, it was announced that the inaugural match would pit

Konosuke Takeshita is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to both All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in the United States and DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) in Japan. Takeshita was named the Rookie of the Year by '' Tokyo Sports'' in 2013 and is the youngest KO-D ...

against

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. Brookes won the title at

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, on February 23, 2020. As he was making his victory speech, Brookes was ambushed by

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who challenged him for the title before stealing the belt. Sasaki went on to defeat Brookes for the title at Judgement 2020: DDT 23rd Anniversary, on March 20. Brookes captured the title back in the main event of DDT TV Show! #8, on June 27. He successfully defended it against his fellow Englishman

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on September 7, at Get Alive 2020 and then against

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on October 10, at DDT TV Show! #9.

captured the title on November 3 at Ultimate Party 2020. He then successfully defended it against Mao on November 8, at DDT TV Show! #11.

Reigns

Combined reigns

References

External links

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Title history

Reigns

Combined reigns

See also

References

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