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KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship

The KO-D (King of DDT) 10-Man Tag Team Championship (Japanese: KO-D10人タッグ王座, Hepburn: KO-D Jū-nin Taggu Ōza) is a professional wrestling championship owned by the DDT Pro-Wrestling promotion. Meant for teams of five wrestlers, the title is believed to be the first of its kind in professional wrestling.[2] The title was first announced on April 30, 2017,[1] with the inaugural champions crowned on August 20, 2017.[3]

Like most professional wrestling championships, the title is won as a result of a scripted match. The current holders are Schadenfreude International (Masahiro Takanashi, Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda, Takeshi Masada, and Mecha Mummy).

History

Recognizing the difficulty of scheduling matches for the title, DDT announced that as long as the captain of the reigning champions and two other members are present, title matches can be held with two replacement members taking the other two spots in the team. These replacement members would, however, not be recognized as official champions.[4]

On December 21, 2020, the title was vacated and became the KO-D 8-Man Tag Team Championship due to the difficulty of scheduling a proper title defense during the COVID-19 pandemic.[5][6]

On February 14, 2021, at Kawasaki Strong 2021, the team of Shinya Aoki, Super Sasadango Machine, Antonio Honda and Kazuki Hirata won the vacant title.[7] On March 28, at Judgement, they lost the title in their first defense against Team Thoroughbred (Sanshiro Takagi, Yukio Naya, Chikara [ja] and Yakan Nabe [ja]).[8] On December 28, it was announced that the title would revert to its original 10-man tag team form with the team of Sanshiro Takagi, Akito, Soma Takao, Gota Ihashi and Yuki Ishida challenging in a 5-on-4 handicap match on January 3, 2022.[9]

Names

Belt design

A unique aspect of the title is that each belt has a different color strap; one belt has a red strap, one blue, one green, one yellow and one pink (retired for the 8-man version).

Reigns

Current champions (from left to right) Masahiro Takanashi, Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda and Takeshi Masada. Mecha Mummy is not pictured.

As of September 21, 2024, there have been a total of nine reigns shared between nine different teams composed of 36 individual champions and two vacancies. Ken Ohka, Ladybeard, LiLiCo, Makoto Oishi and Super Sasadango Machine were the inaugural champions. Their inaugural reign was also the longest at 770 days while Shinya Aoki, Super Sasadango Machine, Antonio Honda and Kazuki Hirata's reign is the shortest at 42 days. Honda is also a record three-time title holder. Yoshiaki Yatsu is the oldest champion, winning the title at 64, while Asuka is the youngest at 21.

The current champions are Schadenfreude International (Masahiro Takanashi, Chris Brookes, Antonio Honda, Takeshi Masada, and Mecha Mummy), who are in their first reign as a team, with Honda being in his third individual reign. They won the title by defeating Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata, Toy Kojima, Yuni and Yoshihiko at Sweet Dreams! 2024 Tour in Shinjuku on January 5, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan. In the match, Takayuki Ueki subbed in for Brookes who was injured at the time.

Combined reigns

As of September 21, 2024.

By team

By wrestler

Record three-time champion Antonio Honda
Longest reigning champion Super Sasadango Machine

Notes

  1. ^ Brookes was scheduled to be part of the challenging team but had to pull out due to injury. Although he was replaced by Takayuki Ueki, he is still listed as an official champion.[18]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b KO-D10人タッグ王座新設のお知らせ／8月20日両国国技館大会で初代王者決定戦. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). April 30, 2017. Archived from the original on August 20, 2017.
  2. ^ Meltzer, Dave (May 8, 2017). "May 8, 2017 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: WWE Payback review, WWE financials, plus tons of news". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Campbell, California. p. 63. ISSN 1083-9593.
  3. ^ a b ＬｉＬｉＣｏが初代ＫＯ—Ｄ１０人タッグ王座奪取 股間握らせ投げ技発射. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). August 20, 2017. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
  4. ^ 【両国ピーターパン2017一夜明け会見】9・24後楽園大会でKO-D無差別、DDT Extreme、インディージュニアを懸けた3WAYマッチ開催！ 大家がガンプロ9・21新宿でYasshi相手に防衛失敗の場合は全財産66万4911円（多少の変動あり）を懸けることに！／KO-D10人タッグ王者はリーダーを含め3名以上がいれば、防衛戦でメンバーチェンジ可能に／亜門がGM復職を懸けて8・25新宿で開場直後に試合！. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). August 21, 2017. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017.
  5. ^ a b "DDT ProWrestling" KO-D10人タッグ王座が暫定的にKO-D8人タッグ王座に！ 2月14日川崎大会で高木三四郎組と青木真也組が第3代王座を争う！. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). December 21, 2020. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  6. ^ a b 【ＤＤＴ】密回避へ...あのＬｉＬｉＣｏも巻いたＫＯ—Ｄ１０人タッグ王座が暫定８人タッグ王座に. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). December 21, 2020. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  7. ^ a b "KAWASAKI STRONG 2021". DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). February 14, 2021. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
  8. ^ a b Judgement2021～DDT旗揚げ24周年記念大会～. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). March 28, 2021. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  9. ^ KO-D8人タッグ王座が10人タッグ王座に再変更！22年1・3後楽園で高木、彰人、高尾、伊橋、石田が挑戦. Battle-News.com (in Japanese). December 28, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  10. ^ 【試合結果】8･20 DDT両国国技館大会 【KO-D無差別級】竹下幸之介vs遠藤哲哉 【KO-Dタッグ】入江茂弘＆樋口和貞vsHarashima＆丸藤正道. Battle News (in Japanese). August 21, 2017. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
  11. ^ ウチコミ！presents God Bless DDT 2017. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  12. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "KO-D Eight Man Tag Team Championship". Cagematch.net. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
  13. ^ Ultimate Party 2019～DDTグループ大集合！～. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). November 3, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  14. ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling (July 4, 2021). "BLACK OUT presents KING OF DDT 2021 FINAL!!". ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved July 4, 2021.
  15. ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling (November 3, 2021). "DDT ProWrestling" D 王 GRAND PRIX 2021 II in Ota-ku. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  16. ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling (March 20, 2022). "DDT ProWrestling" Judgement2022～DDT旗揚げ25周年記念大会～. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  17. ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling (June 25, 2022). "DRAMATIC DREAM TOUR 2022 in YOKOHAMA". ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved June 25, 2022.
  18. ^ @ddtpro (January 24, 2024). DDT相関図を更新 [DDT relationship chart update] (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved August 25, 2024 – via Twitter.
  19. ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling (January 5, 2024). "Sweet Dreams！2024 TOUR in SHINJUKU". ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved January 5, 2024.

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