Mizuki Watase

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Mizuki Watase
DDT 渡瀬瑞基選手(2020)
Watase in July 2020
Born (1991-02-06) February 6, 1991 (age 33)[1]
Yamanouchi, Japan
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Mizuki Watase
Billed height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Billed weight86 kg (190 lb)
Trained byYasu Urano
Debut2015

Mizuki Watase (渡瀬瑞基, Watase Mizuki) is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro Wrestling where he is a former KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champion.[3]

Professional wrestling career[edit]

Independent circuit (2015-present)[edit]

Watase is known for his sporadic appearances in various promotions. At NOAH Great Voyage In Yokohama Vol. 2, an event promoted by Pro Wrestling Noah on December 16, 2018, he teamed up with Lin Dong Xuan to defeat Kinya Okada and Yoshiki Inamura.[4] At AJPW GROWIN' UP Vol.2, an event promoted by All Japan Pro Wrestling on May 9, 2017, he teamed up with Soma Takao in a losing effort to Evolution (Atsushi Aoki and Hikaru Sato). But Watase is where to United States Wrestling Promotion Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) in make Debut in 2023.

DDT Pro Wrestling (2015-present)[edit]

Watase made his professional wrestling debut at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2015, a signature event promoted by DDT Pro Wrestling which took place on August 23, where he teamed up with Kota Umeda and Mao Inoue, falling short to his trainer Yasu Urano, Akito and Ryota Nakatsu in a six-man tag team match.[5] At DDT/Saki Akai Produce DDT Collection on March 14, 2018, he competed in a 27-man battle royal won by Kazuki Hirata who became general manager for one day, match which also involved other notable opponents such as Gorgeous Matsuno, Super Sasadango Machine, Yukio Sakaguchi, Konosuke Takeshita and Sanshiro Takagi.[6]

As a matter of the DDT Peter Pan event , he also took part in the Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2016 from August 28, where he teamed up with Kouki Iwasaki in a losing effort to Kazusada Higuchi and Daiki Shimomura.[7] Next year at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2017 on August 20, he teamed up with Rekka, Diego and Daiki Shimomura to defeat Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Hoshitango, Nobuhiro Shimatani and Masato Kamino in an eight-man tag team match.[8] At Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2018 on October 21, Watase teamed up with Jason "The Gift" Kincaid as The Renegades and unsuccessfully competed in a six-team gauntlet tag team match also involving the teams of Shuten-dōji (Kudo and Masahiro Takanashi) defeated Mike Bailey and Antonio Honda, Kazusada Higuchi and Kota Umeda, Tanomusaku Toba and Keisuke Okuda, and Tomomitsu Matsunaga and Michael Nakazawa.[9] At Wrestle Peter Pan 2019 on July 15, he teamed up with All Out (Shunma Katsumata and Yuki Iino), picking up a victory against Disaster Box (Yuki Ueno and Naomi Yoshimura) and Nobuhiro Shimatani in a six-man tag team match.[10] On the first night of the Wrestle Peter Pan 2020 event which took place on July 6, Watase teamed up with Jun Akiyama in a losing effort to All Out (Akito and Yuki Iino).[11]

Another signature event promoted by DDT Pro Wrestling in which he participated is DDT Judgement. He marked his first appearance at Judgement 2016: DDT 19th Anniversary where he teamed up with LiLiCo and Kota Umeda to defeat Saki Akai, Makoto Oishi and Ladybeard by submission in a six-man tag team match.[12] At Judgement 2017: DDT 20th Anniversary on March 20, where along with his Team DNA stablemates Kazusada Higuchi and Kouki Iwasaki dropped the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship to NωA (Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata and Mao) in a three-way match also involving Smile Squash (Soma Takao, Akito and Yasu Urano).[13] At Judgement 2019: DDT 22nd Anniversary on February 17, he teamed up with Keisuke Ishii and Kota Umeda to defeat Danshoku Dino, Pokotan and Kudo in a six-man tag team match.[14] At Judgement 2020: DDT 23rd Anniversary on March 20, Watase competed in a Battle royal for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship also involving the winner Kazuki Hirata, Danshoku Dino, Masahiro Takanashi, Hiroshi Yamato, Toru Owashi, Yukio Naya and Antonio Honda.[15]

Watase also took part in various editions of the DDT Ultimate Party event. At Ultimate Party 2020 on November 3, he teamed up with Yukio Naya in a losing effort to Hiroshi Yamato and Hoshitango by submission.[16]

At King of DDT Tournament 2020, Watase fell short to Toru Owashi in a first-round match of the competition from August 8.[17]

Championships and accomplishments[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Saalbach, Axel. "Mizuki Watase • General Information". wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  2. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Mizuki Watase/Career Data". cagematch.de (in German). Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  3. ^ Internet Wrestling Database (IWD). "Mizuki Watase Profile & Match Listing". profightdb.com. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
  4. ^ Daly, Wayne (December 17, 2018). "NOAH Results: Great Voyage 2018 In Yokohama Vol. 2 – Yokohama, Japan (12/16)". wrestling-news.net. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  5. ^ DDT “両国ピーターパン2015～DDTより愛をこめて～” 8/23 両国国技館大会その３. Extreme Party (in Japanese). Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  6. ^ DDT Pro Wrestling (March 14, 2018). "DDT ProWrestling" 赤井沙希プロデュース興行「DDT collection」. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  7. ^ Dark angel (August 31, 2016). "DDT: Results «Ryogoku Peter Pan 2016 - World's Hottest Summer» - 28/08/2016 - The giant Shuji Ishikawa is champion again". superluchas.com. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  8. ^ Justin, Dylan (August 23, 2017). "DDT PETER PAN 2017 (AUGUST 20) RESULTS & REVIEW". voicesofwrestling.com. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
  9. ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling (October 21, 2018). "DDT ProWrestling" 両国ピーターパン2018～秋のプロレス文化祭～. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  10. ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling (July 15, 2019). "Wrestle Peter Pan 2019". ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved February 4, 2020.
  11. ^ DDT Pro Wrestling (July 6, 2020). "DDT ProWrestling" WRESTLE PETER PAN 2020【DAY1】. ddtpro.com. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  12. ^ "DDT "Judgement2016～DDT旗揚げ19周年記念大会～" 3/21 両国国技館大会". Extreme Party (in Japanese). Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  13. ^ Justin, Dylan (March 26, 2017). "DDT JUDGEMENT 20TH ANNIVERSARY (MARCH 20) REVIEW". voicesofwrestling.com. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  14. ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling (February 17, 2019). "Judgement2019～DDT旗揚げ22周年記念大会～". ddtpro.com. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  15. ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling (March 20, 2020). "Judgement2020～DDT旗揚げ23周年記念大会～". ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  16. ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling (November 3, 2020). "Ultimate Party 2020". ddtpro.com. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
  17. ^ "DDT ProWrestling" 夏を制するものはDDTを制する！ DDTのKINGの座を争う真夏のトーナメント「KING OF DDT 2020」は神田明神ホール3連戦＆後楽園ホールで開催！ 総勢28選手参加！ 組み合わせ決定！ KO-D無差別級王者・遠藤が出場！ 田中稔、青木真也、T-Hawk、エル・リンダマン参戦！ (in Japanese). DDT Pro-Wrestling. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  18. ^ Wrestling Titles (June 24, 2020). "Champions and Championships". Wrestlingdata.com. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  19. ^ Wrestling Titles (March 14, 2021). "Ironman Heavymetalweight Title". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  20. ^ Wrestling Titles (March 14, 2021). "KO-D (King Of DDT) 6-man Tag Team Title (Japan)". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  21. ^ "The 33rd Annual PWI 500". Pro Wrestling Illustrated. 2023. ISSN 1043-7576.

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