DDT Universal Championship | |
Currentholder: | Mao |
Won: | November 12, 2023 |
Created: | December 28, 2019 |
Promotion: | CyberFight |
Brand: | DDT Pro-Wrestling |
Firstchamp: | Chris Brookes |
Mostreigns: | Chris Brookes, Yuki Ueno, Daisuke Sasaki and Mao (2 reigns) |
Longestreign: | Yuki Ueno (291 days) |
Shortestreign: | Chris Brookes (26 days) |
Oldest: | Naruki Doi |
Youngest: | Mao |
Heaviest: | Matt Cardona (224lb) |
Lightest: | Masahiro Takanashi (154lb) |
The is a professional wrestling championship in the Japanese promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling. 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.
The current champion is Mao who is in his second reign.
On January 7, 2020, it was announced that the inaugural match would pit Konosuke Takeshita against Chris Brookes.[1] Brookes won the title at Into The Fight 2020, on February 23, 2020. As he was making his victory speech, Brookes was ambushed by Daisuke Sasaki who challenged him for the title before stealing the belt.[2] [3] Sasaki went on to defeat Brookes for the title at, on March 20.[4] 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 Drew Parker on September 7, at Get Alive 2020 and then against Naomi Yoshimura on October 10, at DDT TV Show! #9.[5] Yuki Ueno captured the title on November 3 at Ultimate Party 2020.[6] He then successfully defended it against Mao on November 8, at DDT TV Show! #11.[7]
As of,, there have been a total of 12 reigns shared between eight different wrestlers. Mao is the current champion in his second reign. He defeated Matt Cardona for the title in a No Disqualification match at DDT's Ultimate Party 2023 on November 12, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan.
As of, .
† | Indicates the current champions |
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Rank | Wrestler | No. of reigns | Combined defenses | Combined days | |
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1 | 2 | 8 | 437 | ||
2 | Mao † | 2 | 12 | + | |
3 | 2 | 7 | |||
4 | 2 | 2 | |||
5 | 1 | 1 | 124 | ||
6 | 1 | 1 | 112 | ||
7 | 1 | 1 | 80 | ||
8 | 1 | 1 | 67 |