{"id":73438,"date":"2020-07-28T22:14:14","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T02:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=73438"},"modified":"2020-07-28T22:14:14","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T02:14:14","slug":"ddt-pro-noah-tokyo-joshi-pro-merge-under-cyberfight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/07\/28\/ddt-pro-noah-tokyo-joshi-pro-merge-under-cyberfight\/","title":{"rendered":"DDT Pro, NOAH &#038; Tokyo Joshi Pro Merge Under CyberFight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, <strong>Sanshiro Takagi<\/strong>, the president of both <strong>DDT Pro<\/strong> and <strong>Pro Wrestling NOAH<\/strong> (following CyberAgent&#8217;s purchase of NOAH this past January), revealed that as of September 1, 2020, NOAH and DDT would merge &#8211; alongside other CyberAgent-owned promotions <strong>Tokyo Joshi Pro<\/strong> and <strong>Ganbare Wrestling<\/strong> &#8211; into one giant wrestling brand known as <strong>CyberFight<\/strong>. But while they&#8217;re united under one brand from a major perspective, Takagi has maintained that &#8220;The group remains the same! Don&#8217;t worry!&#8221; and that the goal is to &#8220;Overtake New Japan Pro Wrestling, the No. 1 in the industry!&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">9\u67081\u65e5\u3088\u308a\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793eDDT\u30d7\u30ed\u30ec\u30b9\u30ea\u30f3\u30b0\u3068\u30ce\u30a2\u30fb\u30b0\u30ed\u30fc\u30d0\u30eb\u30a8\u30f3\u30bf\u30c6\u30a4\u30f3\u30e1\u30f3\u30c8\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\u306f\u7d4c\u55b6\u7d71\u5408\u3057\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793eCyberFight\u3068\u3057\u3066NOAH,DDT,\u6771\u4eac\u5973\u5b50,\u30ac\u30f3\u30d7\u30ed\u3092\u904b\u55b6\u3057\u307e\u3059\u3002\u56e3\u4f53\u306f\u305d\u306e\u307e\u307e\uff01\u3054\u5b89\u5fc3\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\uff01\u696d\u754cNO.1\u306e\u65b0\u65e5\u672c\u30d7\u30ed\u30ec\u30b9\u3092\u8ffd\u3044\u629c\u304f\u305e\uff01\u8a73\u3057\u304f\u306f\u30ea\u30ea\u30fc\u30b9\u3067\uff01<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/noah_ghc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#noah_ghc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ddtpro?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ddtpro<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tjpw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#tjpw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%82%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#\u30ac\u30f3\u30d7\u30ed<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TfdDpqEzz3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/TfdDpqEzz3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u9ad9\u6728\u4e09\u56db\u90ce SanshiroTakagi (@t346fire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/t346fire\/status\/1287602019620909058?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>During a press conference for the new brand, it was revealed that NOAH Executive Vice President <strong>Noamichi Marufuji<\/strong> will move over to become an EVP for CyberFight, while DDT Pro&#8217;s <strong>Akito<\/strong> will also join as an EVP.<\/p>\n<p>DDT Pro was founded in 1997 as Dramatic Dream Team by <strong>Shintaro Muto<\/strong> and under <strong>Shoichi Ichimiya<\/strong> as president, rebranded as DDT Pro in 2004. Sanshiro Takagi replaced Ichimiya in 2005. In 2017, CyberAgent purchased DDT Pro and its affiliates, Tokyo Joshi Pro (founded in 2012 by <strong>Tetsuya Koda<\/strong> and <strong>Nozomi<\/strong>) and Ganbare Wrestling (founded in 2013 by <strong>Ken Ohka<\/strong>). In January of 2020, CyberAgent acquired Pro Wrestling NOAH, which was originally founded in 2000 by puroresu legend <strong>Mitsuharu Misawa<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released on Sunday, DDT&#8217;s English Twitter gave more insight into the merger.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NOAH and DDT will merge on Sep. 1 2020 as CyberFight<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ddtpro?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ddtpro<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/noah_ghc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#noah_ghc<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tjpw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#tjpw<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GanPro?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#GanPro<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DDT\/TJPW English Update (D\/TEU) (@ddtpro_eng) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ddtpro_eng\/status\/1287584482568966145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Takagi made mention that ultimately they would like to run the Tokyo Dome, most likely as a CyberFight SuperShow featuring matches from all four promotions under the banner.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0Last Word on Pro Wrestling\u00a0<\/a>for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.\u00a0 Make sure to subscribe to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ddtpro.com\/universe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wrestle Universe<\/a>\u00a0to see more of DDT and it\u2019s talent as well as the various promotions operating under the Wrestle Universe Umbrella.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, Sanshiro Takagi, the president of both DDT Pro and Pro Wrestling NOAH (following CyberAgent&#8217;s purchase of NOAH this past January), revealed that as of September 1, 2020, NOAH and DDT would merge &#8211; alongside other CyberAgent-owned promotions Tokyo Joshi Pro and Ganbare Wrestling &#8211; into one giant wrestling brand known as CyberFight. 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