CyberFight

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CyberFight, Inc.
CyberFight
Native name
株式会社CyberFight
Kabushiki gaisha CyberFight
Formerly
  • Dramatic Dream Team (2000–2004)
  • DDT Pro-Wrestling (2004–2020)
TypeSubsidiary
Industry
  • Professional wrestling
  • Streaming media
FoundedJune 2000; 21 years ago (2000-06) in Tokyo, Japan
HeadquartersShiratori Building, 1F, 2-1-2 Shinjuku, Shinjuku,
Tokyo
,
Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Decrease ¥−100,000,000 (2020)
  • ¥−85,000,000 (2019)
Total assets
  • Increase ¥169,000,000 (2020)
  • ¥133,000,000 (2019)
Total equity
  • Increase ¥470,000,000 (2020)
  • ¥123,000,000 (2019)
ParentCyberAgent
Divisions
Websitecyber-fight.co.jp
Footnotes / references
[1][2][3]

CyberFight, Inc., known simply as CyberFight (CF), is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Tokyo. It is a subsidiary of the CyberAgent internet advertising company. CyberFight serves as an umbrella brand for two existing promotions: Pro Wrestling Noah and DDT Pro-Wrestling (including DDT sub-brands Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling [ja] and Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling).[4]

History[]

DDT Pro-Wrestling[]

In April 1997, following the success of the first Judgement event held on March 25, Sanshiro Takagi, Mikami and Nosawa Rongai left the Pro Wrestling Crusaders promotion to start their own promotion called Dramatic Dream Team with Takagi and Shoichi Ichimiya as owners. In June 2000, the promotion was incorporated as Dramatic Dream Team, Co., Ltd. (有限会社ドラマチック・ドリーム・チーム, Yūgen gaisha Doramachikku Dorīmu Chīmu) and Koichiro Kimura was appointed director. In 2003, Ichimiya was appointed representative director. In April 2004, the company changed its name to DDT Pro-Wrestling, Co., Ltd. (有限会社DDTプロレスリング, Yūgen gaisha Dī Dī Tī Puroresuringu). On December 28, 2005, Ichimiya announced his retirement from professional wrestling and stepped down from his position in the company, leaving Takagi as the sole owner and new president. In 2009, DDT changed its legal form of incorporation to a kabushiki gaisha.

Pro Wrestling Noah[]

On January 31, 1999, All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) founder Giant Baba died and left the company to his widow Motoko Baba as owner and Mitsuharu Misawa as president. Disagreements over the proposed direction for the company led Misawa to leave AJPW on May 28, 2000 to form a new promotion called Pro Wrestling Noah. He was followed in this venture by almost the entire AJPW roster. The promotion quickly rose in popularity and was even named best promotion in 2004 and 2005, as well as having the best weekly television show in 2003 by the Wrestling Observer.

On June 13, 2009, after taking a belly to back suplex from Akitoshi Saito, Misawa lost consciousness in the ring and was taken to a hospital. He was pronounced dead in the hospital later that day due to spinal damage.[5] Two weeks later, Akira Taue was named as Misawa's successor, taking over as president of Noah.

In March 2012, a scandal revealed that some of the Noah management had had ties to a Yakuza syndicate between 2003 and 2010. As part of the fallout, Noah lost its TV show. In the years that followed, many major stars such as Kenta Kobashi, Kenta and Jun Akiyama left the company.

On October 1, 2016, it was announced that Noah had been purchased by IT company Estbee, Co., Ltd. As a result, former AJPW president Masayuki Uchida replaced Taue as president.[6] On November 7, Estbee changed its legal name to Noah Global Entertainment, Inc. (ノア・グローバルエンタテインメント株式会社, Noa Gurōbaru Entateinmento Kabushiki gaisha). At the end of 2016, relations between Noah and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) reportedly turned "extremely sour" and NJPW pulled all of its wrestlers from Noah. In the months following the end of the relationship, Noah's attendance numbers went down by 29%.[7] On January 29, 2019, Uchida announced that Lidet Entertainment had acquired 75% of Noah's shares.[8]

CyberAgent and the creation of CyberFight[]

On September 1, 2017, 100% of DDT's shares were sold to the CyberAgent company. Sanshiro Takagi remained as the DDT president. On January 28, 2020, it was announced that CyberAgent had purchased Pro Wrestling Noah from Lidet Entertainment.[9] On July 27, 2020, it was announced that Noah, DDT Pro-Wrestling and the DDT Foods company would merge in a new company that would eventually be called CyberFight.[10][3] The decision came after financial troubles faced by Noah and DDT due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sanshiro Takagi was named as president of the promotion and he established a plan of running events at the Tokyo Dome and overtaking NJPW in popularity.[11] It was also revealed that the Noah and DDT brands would not be retired and would maintain their unique and current brand names, logos, color scheme, etc. and would act as two separate brands within CyberFight.[12]

On June 6, 2021, CyberFight held its first event promoted under the CyberFight name, CyberFight Festival 2021, at the Saitama Super Arena.[13]

Personnel[]

Main article: List of DDT Pro-Wrestling personnel
Main article: List of Pro Wrestling Noah personnel

Current championships[]

Main article: List of current champions in CyberFight

DDT Pro-Wrestling[]

Main article: DDT Pro-Wrestling
Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held 		Successful
defenses 		Location Notes Ref.
KO-D Openweight Championship 竹下幸之介 20191003.jpg Konosuke Takeshita 5 August 21, 2021 171 2 Kawasaki, Japan Defeated Jun Akiyama at Wrestle Peter Pan 2021. [14]
DDT Universal Championship DDT 佐々木大輔選手(2020).jpg Daisuke Sasaki 2 August 21, 2021 171 4 Kawasaki, Japan Defeated Yuki Ueno at Wrestle Peter Pan 2021. [15]
DDT Extreme Championship Shinya Aoki at Evolve MMA in Singapore (cropped).jpg Shinya Aoki 3 July 15, 2021 208 4 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Chris Brookes in a Winner-takes-all No Disqualification and No Submission match at Summer Vacation Tour In Shinjuku 2021. [16]
KO-D Tag Team Championship — Vacant — January 3, 2022 — — — Disaster Box (Harashima and Naomi Yoshimura) vacated the title ahead of the 2022 Ultimate Tag League. [17]
KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship 男色ディーノ2100411
飯野雄貴
今成夢人2016 		Pheromones
(Danshoku "Dandy" Dino, Yuki "Sexy" Iino and Yumehito "Fantastic" Imanari) 		1
(5, 3, 1) 		November 3, 2021 97 2 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Sanshiro Takagi, Shinya Aoki and Yusuke Okada at D-Oh Grand Prix 2021 II in Ota-ku to win the vacant titles. [18]
KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship Toru Owashi
アントーニオ本多
平田一喜2016
ヨシヒコ 		Toru Owashi, Antonio Honda, Kazuki Hirata and Yoshihiko 1
(1, 2, 2, 1) 		November 3, 2021 97 1 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Team Olympian (Yoshiaki Yatsu, Akito, Hiroshi Yamato and Keigo Nakamura) at D-Oh Grand Prix 2021 II in Ota-ku to win the KO-D 8-Man Tag Team Championship. On January 3, 2022, the title reverted back to its 10-man form. Owashi, Honda, Hirata and Yoshihiko continued to defend it as a four-man team. [19]
O-40 Championship Toru Owashi.JPG Toru Owashi 1 November 8, 2020 457 0 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Gorgeous Matsuno at DDT TV Show! #11. [20]
Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship Toru Owashi.JPG Toru Owashi 27 February 6, 2022 2 N/A Numazu, Japan Pinned the tablet showing the milestone of 100,000 subscribers to DDT's official YouTube channel at Ultimate Tag League 2022 in Numazu!!. [21]

Pro Wrestling Noah[]

Main article: Pro Wrestling Noah
Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held 		Successful
defenses 		Location Notes Ref.
GHC Heavyweight Championship Katsuhiko Nakajima 2020.01.30.jpg Katsuhiko Nakajima 2 October 10, 2021 121 4 Osaka, Japan Defeated Naomichi Marufuji at Grand Square 2021 in Osaka. [22]
GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship Daisuke Harada.jpg Daisuke Harada 5 January 10, 2022 29 0 Yokohama, Japan Defeated Hayata at N Innovation U-Cup-Night 3. [22]
GHC National Championship Masakatsu Funaki.jpg Masakatsu Funaki 1 January 22, 2022 17 0 Osaka, Japan Defeated Kenoh at Higher Ground 2022. [22]
GHC Tag Team Championship — Vacant — February 8, 2022 — — — Vacated due to Keiji Mutoh suffering a hip injury. [22]
GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship No Image Available.jpg Stinger
(Seiki Yoshioka and Yuya Susumu) 		2
(2, 2) 		January 22, 2022 17 0 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Atsushi Kotoge and Hajime Ohara at Higher Ground 2022 to win the vacant titles. [22]

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling[]

Main article: Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling
Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held 		Successful
defenses 		Location Notes Ref.
Princess of Princess Championship 山下実優2016大阪.JPG Miyu Yamashita 3 May 4, 2021 280 3 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Rika Tatsumi at Yes! Wonderland 2021: We Are Still In The Middle Of Our Dreams. [23]
Princess Tag Team Championship MIZUKI 2015.jpg
YukaSakazaki211009.jpg 		Magical Sugar Rabbits
(Mizuki and Yuka Sakazaki) 		2
(2, 3) 		October 9, 2021 122 1 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Neo Biishiki-gun (Mei Saint-Michel and Sakisama) at Wrestle Princess 2. [24]
International Princess Championship 伊藤麻希2020.jpg Maki Itoh 2 January 4, 2022 35 0 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Hikari Noa at Tokyo Joshi Pro '22. [25]

Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling[]

Main article: Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling
Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days
held 		Successful
defenses 		Location Notes Ref.
Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship 高岩竜一2020.jpg Tatsuhito Takaiwa 1 November 23, 2021 77 1 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Yumehito Imanari in the final of a 14-man tournament to become the inaugural champion. [26]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ 会社概要 [Company Overview] (in Japanese). CyberFight. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  2. ^ 株式会社ＣｙｂｅｒＦｉｇｈｔの情報 [CyberFight, Inc. Information]. catr.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  3. ^ a b プロレス事業会社　株式会社CyberFightの始動について [Pro-Wrestling Business: About CyberFight, Inc. launch] (in Japanese). CyberAgent. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  4. ^ Thomas, Jeremy (July 27, 2020). "Pro Wrestling NOAH and DDT to Merge Into New Company CyberFight". 411Mania. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  5. ^ Mainichi Japan (2009-06-15). "Pro wrestler Mitsuharu Misawa dies in ring after blow to head". Mainichi Japan. Mainichi Daily News. Archived from the original on June 18, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  6. ^ ノア正式発表 ＩＴ企業「エストビー」に事業譲渡. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). 2016-11-01. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
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  8. ^ "【ノア】新体制移行を発表 新オーナー・リデット社「ビッグマッチ増やしたい」（東スポWeb）". Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-04-17.[dead link]
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  11. ^ Gunier, Robert (July 27, 2020). "DDT And Pro Wrestling NOAH To Merge Into "CyberFight" To Compete With NJPW". Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  12. ^ Yeates, Walter (July 28, 2020). "Breaking: CyberFight Will Place DDT, NOAH, TJPW Under Same Corporate Banner". theovertimer. theovertimer. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  13. ^ CIMO (February 26, 2021). CyberFightが6.6さいたまスーパーアリーナでDDT、ノア、東京女子、ガンプロ4団体による合同興行『CyberFight Festival 2021』を開催！3大タイトル戦、交流戦も (in Japanese). Proresu Today. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
  14. ^ KO-D無差別級選手権. Extreme Party (in Japanese). Retrieved November 17, 2021.
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  16. ^ DDT EXTREME選手権. Extreme Party (in Japanese). Retrieved November 17, 2021.
  17. ^ KO-Dタッグ選手権. Extreme Party (in Japanese). Retrieved November 17, 2021.
  18. ^ KO-D6人タッグ選手権. Extreme Party (in Japanese). Retrieved November 17, 2021.
  19. ^ KO-D10人タッグ選手権（第3代から8人タッグ選手権）. Extreme Party (in Japanese). Retrieved November 17, 2021.
  20. ^ O-40選手権. Extreme Party (in Japanese). Retrieved November 17, 2021.
  21. ^ アイアンマンヘビーメタル級選手権. Extreme Party (in Japanese). Retrieved November 17, 2021.
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  24. ^ プリンセスタッグ王座. Extreme Party (in Japanese). Retrieved November 17, 2021.
  25. ^ インターナショナル・プリンセス王座. Extreme Party (in Japanese). Retrieved November 17, 2021.
  26. ^ スピリット・オブ・ガンバレ世界無差別級王座. Extreme Party (in Japanese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.

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