King of Dark Championship

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King of Dark Championship
The King of Dark Championship belt
Details
PromotionDDT Pro-Wrestling
Date establishedFebruary 15, 2015
Date retiredDecember 13, 2017[1]
Statistics
First champion(s)Gota Ihashi
Final champion(s)Dai Suzuki
Most reignsGota Ihashi (6 reigns)
Longest reignGota Ihashi (182 days)
Shortest reignSeiya Morohashi (<1 day)

The King of Dark Championship (

dark matches on DDT shows. Contrary to regular professional wrestling championships, the title was not rewarded to the winner of the match, but was given to the loser instead.[2][3][4]

Title history

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
<1 Reign lasted less than a day
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days Defenses
1 Gota Ihashi February 15, 2015 Saitama Super DDT 2015
Saitama, Japan
 1 111 11 Lost a
dark match with DJ Nira against Hiroshi Fukuda and Hoshitango
, with Fukuda pinning Ihashi, therefore "branding" him to be the inaugural champion. 		[2][3]
2 Suguru Miyatake June 6, 2015 King of DDT 2015 Saitama Kasukabe, Japan 1 8 1 [2][3]
3 Gota Ihashi June 14, 2015 King of DDT 2015 Osaka Osaka, Japan 2 105 14 Lost a tag team dark match with Hiroshi Fukuda against champion Suguru Miyatake and Kota Umeda, with Miyatake pinning Ihashi. [2][3]
4 Sanshiro Takagi September 27, 2015 Who's Gonna Top?: DDT Dramatic General Election 2015 Tokyo, Japan 1 37 4 [2][3]
5 Kenso November 3, 2015 Friendship, Effort, Victory in Nagoya 2015 Nagoya, Japan 1 5 0 [2][3]
6 Kouki Iwasaki November 8, 2015 Saitama Slam! Vol. 6 Kasukabe, Japan 1 35 4 This was a three-way dark match, also involving Gota Ihashi. [2][3]
7 Dai Suzuki December 13, 2015 Super Star Lane 2015
Hakata, Japan
 1 10 0 [2][3]
8 Gota Ihashi December 23, 2015 Never Mind 2015 Tokyo, Japan 3 31 2 Lost a tag team dark match with Gorgeous Matsuno against champion Dai Suzuki and Kouki Iwasaki, with Suzuki pinning Ihashi. [2][3]
9 Seiya Morohashi January 23, 2016 Keisuke Ishii Produce: New Year! Momoiro Kneel Kick 2016 Tokorozawa, Japan 1 <1 0 [2][3]
10 Gota Ihashi January 23, 2016 Keisuke Ishii Produce: New Year! Momoiro Kneel Kick 2016 Tokorozawa, Japan 4 8 1 [2][3]
11 Mizuki Watase January 31, 2016 Sweet Dreams! 2016 Tokyo, Japan 1 28 2 Lost a tag team dark match with Hiroshi Fukuda against champion Gota Ihashi and Tomomitsu Matsunaga, with Ihashi pinning Watase. [2][3]
12 Guanchulo February 28, 2016 Into The Fight 2016 Tokyo, Japan 1 6 0 Lost a tag team dark match with Hiroshi Fukuda against champion Mizuki Watase and Kota Umeda, with Watase pinning Guanchulo. [2][3][5]
13 Seiya Morohashi March 5, 2016 Saitama Slam! Vol. 9 Kasukabe, Japan 2 28 1 Lost a tag team dark match with Hoshitango against champion Guanchulo and DJ Nira, with Guanchulo pinning Morohashi. [2][3]
14 Hoshitango April 2, 2016 Saitama Slam! Vol. 10 Kasukabe, Japan 1 22 0 [2][3]
15 Gota Ihashi April 24, 2016 Max Bump 2016 Tokyo, Japan 5 27 1 This was a three-way dark match, also involving Tomomitsu Matsunaga. [2][3]
16 Yumehito Imanari May 21, 2016 Saitama Slam! Vol. 11 Kasukabe, Japan 1 77 2 [2][3]
17 Chikara August 6, 2016 Saitama Slam! Vol. 13 Kasukabe, Japan 1 50 2 [2][3]
18 Nobuhiro Shimatani September 25, 2016 Who's Gonna Top?: DDT Dramatic General Election 2016 - The Last Hope Special Tokyo, Japan 1 147 11 Lost a 6-man tag team dark match with Guanchulo and Rekka against champion Chikara, Kenso and Gota Ihashi, with Chikara pinning Shimatani. [2][3]
19 Gota Ihashi February 19, 2017 Into The Fight 2017 Tokyo, Japan 6 182 2 [2][3][6]
20 Dai Suzuki August 20, 2017 Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2017 Tokyo, Japan 2 115 1 This was a Street Fight. [2][3][7]
— Deactivated December 13, 2017 — — — — — Deactivated upon Suzuki's retirement.

List of combined reigns

In the context of this title rules, a defense means a loss.

Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined
defenses 		Combined days
1 Gota Ihashi 6 31 464
2 Nobuhiro Shimatani 1 11 147
3 Dai Suzuki 2 1 125
4 Yumehito Imanari 1 2 77
5 Chikara 1 2 50
6 Sanshiro Takagi 1 4 37
7 Kouki Iwasaki 1 4 35
8 Seiya Morohashi 2 1 28
Mizuki Watase 1 2 28
10 Hoshitango 1 0 22
11 Suguru Miyatake 1 1 8
12 Guanchulo 1 0 6
13 Kenso 1 0 5

See also

References

  1. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "DDT King Of Dark Championship". cagematch.net (in German). Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "King Of Dark Championship". dramaticddt.wordpress.com.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "Champions and Championships". Wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  4. ^ "DDTタイトル史". Extreme Party. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  5. ^ Dylan, Jimmy (August 25, 2016). "DDT BEER GARDEN FIGHT 2016 REVIEW & RESULTS". voicesofwrestling.com. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  6. ^ Malkavar, Gin (February 22, 2017). "DDT Results: "Into the Fight 2017" (February 19)". solowrestling.mundodeportivo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  7. ^ Justin, Dylan (August 23, 2017). "DDT PETER PAN 2017 (AUGUST 20) RESULTS & REVIEW". voicesofwrestling.com. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
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