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professional wrestling
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championship
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owned by the
DDT Pro-Wrestling
is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Its name stands for Dramatic Dream Team, which was the promotion's official name from 1997 to 2004. Founded in March 1997 by Shintaro Muto, the promotion was eventually bo ...
(DDT)
promotion
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.
The title was first announced during DDT's year-end event on December 23, 2012, becoming the promotion's fifth active title.
The first champions were crowned on January 12, 2013. The title has also been defended in
All Japan Pro Wrestling
(AJPW/AJP) or simply All Japan is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established on October 21, 1972 when Giant Baba split away from the Japanese Wrestling Association and created his own promotion. Many wrestlers had left with Baba ...
(AJPW) as part of a relationship between DDT and AJPW.
The championship is contested for by teams of three wrestlers.
Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. , there have been 48 reigns shared among 55 wrestlers and 35 teams. The title is currently held by
Naruki Doi
is a Japanese wrestler for Dragon Gate. He also wrestled for Ring of Honor (ROH) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA); in the former promotion, he was a one-time World Tag Team Champion with Shingo Takagi.
Career
Toryumon
Doi debuted in ...
,
Toru Owashi
is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name . He is best known for his work in DDT Pro-Wrestling, where he is a former KO-D Openweight Champion and two time KO-D Tag Team Champion.
Professional wrestling career
Initial ...
and
Kazuki Hirata
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT).
Professional wrestling career DDT Pro-Wrestling (2010-present)
Hirata's first known match as a professional wrestle ...
who are in their first reign as a team.
History
DDT Pro-Wrestling
is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Its name stands for Dramatic Dream Team, which was the promotion's official name from 1997 to 2004. Founded in March 1997 by Shintaro Muto, the promotion was eventually bo ...
(DDT) had previously promoted matches for the
Jiyugaoka 6-Person Tag Team Championship, the
Sea Of Japan 6-Person Tag Team Championship and the
UWA World Trios Championship
The UWA World Trios Championship is a tag team professional wrestling championship created by the Mexican Universal Wrestling Association and defended there until the UWA closed in 1995. Since then, the championship has been defended in various pr ...
, 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 inaugural KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions were determined on January 12, 2013, in a four-team
single-elimination tournament
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, which saw Team Dream Futures (
Keisuke Ishii
is a Japanese professional wrestler trained by and signed to DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). Ishii also competes for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where he is a former World Junior Heavyweight Champion.
Professional wrestling career
DDT (2008–p ...
,
Shigehiro Irie
is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist best known for his work in DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). Irie has also competed for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), and a number of North American inde ...
and
Soma Takao
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). Takao has taken part in every edition of DDT's flagship annual event, Peter Pan, where he had a series of 13 stra ...
) defeat Team Shiro (
Akito,
Makoto Oishi
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for Dramatic Dream Team (DDT). Oishi started his career in Kaientai Dojo, where he became a Strongest-K Tag Team, Independent World Junior Heavyweight and UWA World Middleweight Champion ...
and
Sanshiro Takagi
, better known by his ring name , is a Japanese professional wrestler. Takagi's gimmick is that he is Stone Cold Steve Austin.
He is known in Dramatic Dream Team (DDT) and around the micro-indy scene for his hilarious promos and natural charism ...
) in the finals to win the title.
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Reigns
Combined reigns
As of , .
By team
By wrestler
See also
*DDT Jiyugaoka Six-Person Tag Team Championship
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, commonly known as DDT, is a colorless, tasteless, and almost odorless Crystallinity, crystalline chemical compound, an organochloride. Originally developed as an insecticide, it became infamous for its Environme ...
* Sea of Japan 6-Person Tag Team Championship
*UWA World Trios Championship
The UWA World Trios Championship is a tag team professional wrestling championship created by the Mexican Universal Wrestling Association and defended there until the UWA closed in 1995. Since then, the championship has been defended in various pr ...
References
External links
DDT Pro-Wrestling's official website
at Wrestling-Titles.com
KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Title history
at Cagematch.net
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