DDT Pro-Wrestling is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Shinjuku, Tokyo.
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20 Facts About DDT Pro-Wrestling
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DDT Pro-Wrestling became one of the top promotions in Japanese independent wrestling by creating a unique sports entertainment style, often parodying WWE, with a Japanese puroresu flair to the matches.
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DDT Pro-Wrestling has had agreements with various MMA and professional wrestling promotions around the world.
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DDT Pro-Wrestling is in many ways a parody of American pro wrestling, particularly WWE, using over-the-top gimmicks as well as unique match types including hardcore matches in a campsite, an "Office Deathmatch", and a "Silence Match" .
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In 1999, DDT Pro-Wrestling started producing pay-per-view digests of its product on DirectTV.
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Promotion then established their own governing body in 2000, the King of DDT Pro-Wrestling, shortened as KO-D, creating the KO-D Openweight Championship, Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship and the KO-D Tag Team Championship.
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DDT Pro-Wrestling created their own tag team tournament the DDT Pro-Wrestling Tag League.
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In November 2006, DDT Pro-Wrestling announced the creation of their fourth active title the DDT Pro-Wrestling Extreme Championship.
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In 2009, DDT Pro-Wrestling announced that they were going to become a stock company, turning their company from private to public.
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In March 2010, DDT Pro-Wrestling announced a working relationship with Big Japan Pro Wrestling.
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In 2011, DDT Pro-Wrestling received the Fighting TV Samurai Indie no Oshigoto prize for having the best show the year, winning the Best Show Award for Judgement 2011.
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DDT Pro-Wrestling celebrated its 15th anniversary on August 18,2012, by holding its first ever event in Nippon Budokan.
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On December 23,2012, DDT Pro-Wrestling announced the creation of their fifth active title, the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship.
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On January 17,2013, DDT Pro-Wrestling announced that Daisuke Sasaki had signed a contract to officially make DDT Pro-Wrestling his home promotion, ending his days as a freelancer.
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On January 14,2015, DDT Pro-Wrestling opened a women's wrestling school with Makoto Oishi and Cherry as instructors.
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Later DDT Pro-Wrestling announced the creation of their sixth active title, the King of Dark Championship, which would be "won" by the loser of a dark match.
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On July 5,2017, it was announced that DDT Pro-Wrestling had entered into a partnership with Canada's Canadian Wrestling's Elite promotion.
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On June 11,2019, DDT Pro-Wrestling announced Basara would be splitting up from DDT Pro-Wrestling and become an independent company starting January 1,2020.
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Noah's events began airing on DDT Pro-Wrestling's streaming service DDT Pro-Wrestling Universe starting with Noah's Global Jr.
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DDT Pro-Wrestling has had a lot of different championships, some of which were very short-lived.
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