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 (Japanese: キング・オブ・ダーク王座, Hepburn: Kingu obu Dāku Ōza) was a professional wrestling championship created by Amon Tsurumi. The champion was forced to wrestle exclusively in 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[edit]

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 tag team 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[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  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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