Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship

Professional wrestling championship

Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship

The Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship belt

Details
Promotion| CyberFight
Brand| DDT Pro-Wrestling
Date established| June 29, 2000
Current champion(s)| Danshoku Dino
Date won| August 15, 2024
| Statistics

First champion(s)| Poison Sawada Black
Most reigns| Shinobu (216 reigns)
Longest reign| Masa Takanashi (333 days)
Oldest champion| Yoshiaki Fujiwara (63 years, 113 days)
Youngest champion| Shimon Nagao (3 years)

The Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (Japanese: アイアンマンヘビーメタル級王座, Hepburn: Aianman Hebīmetaru-kyū Ōza) is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the Japanese promotion CyberFight in its DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) brand. Open to anyone, regardless of gender or DDT employment status, the championship is defended "24/7", as in any time, anywhere, as long as a referee is there to confirm the win. Because of this rule, not only is the championship winnable regardless of gender or number of individuals (in case of a common pinfall or submission), it is also available to "unconventional" champions such as animals or inanimate objects, with title changes regularly occurring outside of regular shows, often with videos posted on the promotion's social media accounts.[1][2] The current champion is Danshoku Dino, who is in his 41st reign.

The championship was introduced on the June 29, 2000 TV taping, during which Poison Sawada Black created the title and awarded it to himself.[3] It was created as a parody of the now-defunct WWE Hardcore Championship, which also had a "24/7 rule". The title is often defended during a 10-minute battle royal, with the current holder not being allowed to leave the match until the end of the time limit; as per 24/7 rules, the championship can change hands during, and not only as the result, of the match. Despite its name and similarly titled championships, it is not specific to Iron Man matches.[1]

## History

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Inaugural Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion Poison Sawada Black

On November 2, 1998, Mr. McMahon awarded Mankind the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) Hardcore Championship. As Mankind and hardcore wrestling became more popular with audiences, the Hardcore Championship became a more serious title. Its popularity led competitor World Championship Wrestling (WCW) to create its own Hardcore Championship, a move followed by numerous independent promotions. When Crash Holly won the belt on February 22, 2000, he introduced the "24/7 rule" that the belt was to be defended at all times as long as a referee was present.

On June 29, 2000, Poison Julie Sawada introduced the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship in DDT as a parody of the WWF Hardcore title and recognized himself as the first champion. Minutes after the unveiling, Mitsunobu Kikuzawa demanded he had a look at the title belt. He then used it to attack Sawada and pinned him to become the second champion.[3]

The 1,000th Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion was crowned on April 29, 2014, when the title belt itself became the champion by pinning Sanshiro Takagi.[4] At Ultimate Party 2023, the championship belt was won by a different title, the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship which pinned its holder at the time, Hiromu Takahashi, only to lose the Ironman title seconds later to Kazuki Hirata.[5]

### Belt design

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The championship belt design features three glittery silver plates on a black leather strap which has a snake skin pattern on the back. The central plate features brass knuckles surrounded by chains in the center. The word "IRONMAN" is written along the edge of the top half and the word "CHAMPION", though partially erased by years of wear and tear, is written along the bottom edge. The two side plates, on either side of the central plate, are rectangular and identically state "24 HOURS" ("24" in silver bordered with black; "HOURS" in red).

## Reigns

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Main article: List of Ironman Heavymetalweight Champions

As of September 7, 2024, there have been 1,667 officially recognized reigns between 424 different human individuals, 7 teams and 56 inanimate objects and animals. The record for most reigns is held by Shinobu, who won it 216 times, including by trading the title back-and-forth with 215-time champion Yuko Miyamoto a total of 303 times on the same night. Danshoku Dino holds the record for longest combined reign with at least 448 days and counting (the exact date of when he won his tenth title is uncertain). Masa Takanashi's sixth reign is the longest singular reign at 333 days. Only 155 individuals have held the title for longer than a day. The title has occasionally been won by unusual means, such as an auction for the belt, rock–paper–scissors, and even a title change that occurred in a dream.

Non-wrestlers to have held the title include AV idol Nao Saejima, TV personality LiLiCo, J-pop idols Akari Suda, Kaori Matsumura, Yuki Arai, Rise Shiokawa, Aika Sawaguchi, Misaki Natsumi, Momomi Wagatsuma and Lingling, Tokyo Metropolitan Assemblyman Shinichiro Kawamatsu, a cat named Bunny, a monkey, a three-time champion ladder, Vince McMahon's Hollywood Walk of Fame star, a copy of The Young Bucks' autobiography Killing the Business, and the title belt itself.

### Notable champions

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As of November 2022, there have been over 1,500 title changes for the belt, which has been won by numerous male and female wrestlers and non-wrestlers, including children, animals, entire audiences and inanimate objects.

#### Animals

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* Yatchan — monkey
* Cocolo — miniature Dachshund dog
* Bunny — cat

#### Inanimate objects

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* Ladder — steel ladder[a]
* Kitty-Chan — stuffed Hello Kitty doll
* Mah-Kun — another stuffed doll, who defeated Kitty-Chan for the belt
* Zeestar — Zeekstar Tokyo's mascot
* A baseball bat[b]
* Chiririn — chicken doll
* Mr. Kasai — stuffed Jun Kasai doll. Mr. Kasai
* A Pro Wrestling Wave poster
* Big Japan Pro Wrestling ring truck
* Ice Ribbon ringside mat
* A pint of beer
* Three different sticks of yakitori
* Two different steel chairs
* "Kōmyō" — calligraphy by actor Akihiro Miwa
* The title belt itself
* The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship belt
* Yoshihiko [ja] — ragdoll, considered a full time member of the roster[c]
* Akihiro — inflatable love doll, sibling of Yoshihiko[d]
* Vince McMahon's Hollywood Walk of Fame star
* A bus
* TV Tokyo camera crane
* A pork bun
* A kotatsu table
* A trash bin
* Pair of chopsticks
* RN: Konyamoanokodenuitarou — printed E-mail
* A beer can[e]
* Killing the Business — a copy of the Young Bucks' autobiography
* An apple
* A christmas tree
* Stefan the Dinosaur — Unagi Sayaka's stuffed dinosaur
* Maya Yukihi's whip

#### Non-existent

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* Arnold Skeskejanaker — "invisible wrestler" i.e. non-existent. Opponents sell moves of a wrestler who isn't there, and the title is held by nothing and no-one but the wrestlers and referees act as if they can see and pin the "invisible wrestler". Muscle Sakai "won" the title from this "invisible wrestler" by using a "ray gun" and "infrared visor" to shoot the "invisible wrestler", winning the belt on a KO decision.
* The Invisible Man — another "invisible wrestler"

#### Collective champions

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* Three elementary school girls (Airi Ueda, Shiori Takahashi and Minami Tanabe)
* The Addiction (Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian)
* The entire audience of Beyond Wrestling's Americanrana '16 event
* The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)
* Hiroshi Yamato and Toru Owashi
* Mizuki Watase, Antonio Honda, Danshoku Dino and Yukio Naya
* The 100,000 subscribers to DDT's official YouTube channel

## Notes

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1. ^ Would fall on the champion and a pinfall was counted. Ladder successfully defended the title by not being pinned during the time limit battle royal matches. Ladder was a three-time champion and the first inanimate object to win the title. DDT held a formal retirement ceremony for the ladder in September 2003.
2. ^ Lost the belt after being broken in half as a KO decision.
3. ^ Wrestlers treat it as if it actually was an active wrestler, and actually sell moves "done" by them, mostly high flying moves. For some moves, like outside dives, Yoshihiko is helped by one or more assistants, who throw them out of the ring, pull their foot on the ropes, etc. Opposing wrestlers act as if those assistants are not there and are part of Yoshihiko. The original Yoshihiko was an inflatable love doll. They were "killed" by a knee drop from Antonio Honda, which caused their head to burst open, and was replaced by a second Yoshihiko, who was also a love doll, only modified to resemble the Great Muta. The second Yoshihiko was killed by Kenny Omega by a giant swing that sent Yoshihiko out of the ring, thus splitting his head open and revealing cotton stuffing. Later on in that match however, a third Yoshihiko came out resembling The Undertaker's old American Bad Ass gimmick, even using the same theme music. Following that match, the third Yoshihiko was shot to death by Antonio Honda. A fourth Yoshihiko, resembling Hulk Hogan, debuted shortly afterwards.
4. ^ Made its debut on August 18, 2013
5. ^ Champion Yukio Sakaguchi drank from the can and fell backwards with the can on top of him. The referee counted the pin. The can lost the belt after Yuki Ueno drank its remaining contents.

## See also

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* WWE 24/7 Championship - a title with a similar 24/7 rule

## References

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1. ^ a b "Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship". Dramatic DDT. 28 November 2010.
2. ^ "Ironman Heavymetalweight Title (Japan)". Wrestling-Title.
3. ^ a b DDT 6/29 北沢タウンホール大会 [DDT 6/29 Kitazawa Town Hall event]. extremeparty.heteml.net (in Japanese). June 29, 2000. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
4. ^ DDT "Max Bump 2014" 4/29 後楽園ホール大会その３ [DDT "Max Bump 2014" 4/29 Korakuen Hall event Part 3]. extremeparty.heteml.net (in Japanese). April 29, 2014. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
5. ^ Simon, Tyriece (November 12, 2023). "DDT Pro Wrestling Ultimate Party Results & Highlights: Chris Brookes vs. Yuki Ueno, Chris Jericho vs. Konosuke Takeshita. DDT held their live event, Ultimate Party, on November 12. SEScoops has the results and highlights here!". sescoops.com. Retrieved November 12, 2023.

## External links

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* アイアンマンヘビーメタル級選手権 [Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship]. Extreme Party (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-05-16.
* "Ironman Heavymetalweight Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
* DDT Iron Man Heavy Metal Championship

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Ironman Heavymetalweight Champions

Individual champions|

| Wrestlers|

* A. C. H.
* Aja Kong
* Akito
* Antonio Honda
* Asian Cooger/Cougar
* Asuka
* Ayumi Kurihara
* Bandido
* Bear/Mango Fukuda
* Black Buffalo/Rojo del Sol
* Brandi Rhodes
* Brian Cage
* Brian Kendrick
* Britt Baker
* Buggy Nova
* Candice LeRae
* Cheerleader Melissa
* Cherry
* Chii Tomiya
* Cima
* Chocoball Mukai
* Choun Shiryu
* Chris Hero
* Chris Masters
* Chuck Taylor
* Chris Brookes
* Christopher Daniels
* Cole Radrick
* Colt Cabana
* Daga
* Dai Suzuki
* Daichi Kakimoto
* Daikokubo Benkei
* Daisuke Sasaki
* Danshoku Dino (current)
* Dean Malenko
* Dick Togo
* D. J. Nira
* Drew Gulak
* Eddie Kingston
* Effy
* El Texano Jr.
* Eli Drake
* Emi Sakura
* Etsuko Mita
* Excalibur
* Exciting Yoshida
* Frankie Kazarian
* Gabai Jichan
* Gentaro
* Gorgeous Matsuno
* Gota Ihashi
* Grado
* Great Koji
* Guanchulo/Diego
* Guts Ishijima
* Hana Kimura
* Harashima
* Haruka Umesaki
* Hideki Okatani
* Hikari
* Hikaru Sato
* Hikari Shimizu
* Hiromu Takahashi
* Hiroshi Fukuda
* Hiroshi Yamato
* Hoshitango
* Hyan
* J. C. Bailey
* Jado
* Jervis Cottonbelly
* Jigoku Soldier
* Jimmy Lloyd
* Joe Hendry
* Joey Janela
* Joey Ryan
* Johnny Mundo
* Johnny Gargano
* Jun Akiyama
* Jungle Boy
* Judas Draven
* Kana
* Kaori Yoneyama
* Kaoru
* Kazuhiko Ogasawara
* Kazuki Hirata
* Keigo Nakamura
* Keisuke Ishii
* Ken Ohka
* Kikutaro
* Kintaro Kanemura
* Kip Sabian
* Koichiro Kimura
* Kota Ibushi
* Kudo
* Kuroshio Tokyo Japan
* Kyoko Inoue
* La Hiedra
* La Parka
* Ladybeard
* Laura James
* LiLiCo
* Lio Rush
* Mad Paulie
* Madman Pondo
* Maho Kurone
* Maki Itoh
* Makoto
* Makoto Oishi
* Mao
* Marika Kobashi
* Marko Stunt
* Marty Scurll
* Masahiro Takanashi
* Masao Inoue
* Mascarita Dorada
* Matt Cross
* Matt Jackson
* Matt Striker
* Maya Yukihi
* Maxwell Jacob Friedman
* Mia Yim
* Michael Nakazawa
* Mikami
* Mike Bailey
* Mio Shirai
* Minoru Fujita
* Misae-chan/Misae Genki
* Mitsunobu Kikuzawa
* Miyu Yamashita
* Miyuki Matsuyama
* Mizuki
* Mizuki Watase
* Momoka Hanazono
* Konosuke Takeshita
* Hiroyo Matsumoto
* Kanjyuro Matsuyama
* Keita Yano
* Kuishinbo Kamen
* Moeka Haruhi
* Mori Bernard
* MVP
* Munenori Sawa
* Naoki Tanizaki
* Naruki Doi
* Natsuki☆Head
* Nick Jackson
* Nixon Newell
* Nobuhiro Shimatani
* Nodoka-Oneesan
* Orange Cassidy
* Pat Buck
* Penelope Ford
* Peter Avalon
* Poison Julie Sawada
* Puma King
* President Ramu
* Rey Mysterio
* Rhyno
* Ricochet
* Rika Tatsumi
* Rina Yamashita
* Rocky Romero
* Robbie E
* Royce Isaacs
* Ryan Nemeth
* Ryuichi Sekine
* Sagat
* Saki
* Saki Akai
* Sanshiro Takagi
* Santino Marella
* Saori Anou
* Seiya Morohashi
* Sexxxy Eddy
* Scarlett Bordeaux
* Scott Hall
* Shark Tsuchiya
* Shayna Baszler
* Shigehiro Irie
* Shinobu
* Shinya Aoki
* Shoichi Ichimiya
* Shoko Nakajima
* Shota
* Shunma Katsumata
* Soma Takao
* Su Yung
* Sumie Sakai
* Super Sasadango Machine
* Swoggle
* Tae Honma
* Taiji Ishimori
* Takako Inoue
* Takashi Sasaki
* Takeshi Masada
* Takoyakida
* Tanny Mouse
* Tarzan Goto
* Taya Valkyrie
* Tetsuya Endo
* Thanomsak Toba
* The Sandman
* Tigers Mask
* Timothy Thatcher
* Tommy Dreamer
* Tomomitsu Matsunaga
* Tony Deppen
* Toru Owashi
* Toshie Uematsu
* Tsubasa
* Tsukasa Fujimoto
* Tsukushi
* Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
* Unagi Sayaka
* Veda Scott
* X-Pac
* Yasu Urano
* Yuki Arai
* Yuki Kamifuku
* Yuki Miyazaki
* Yuki Sato
* Yuki Ueno
* Yukio Naya
* Yukio Sakaguchi
* Yuko Miyamoto
* Yumi Ohka
* Yuna Manase
* Yuna Mizumori
* Yuni
* Yusuke Kubo
* Yusuke Okada
* Yuu
* Zack Sabre Jr.
* Zeus

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Non-wrestlers|

* Ryota Yamasato
* Akari Suda
* Kaori Matsumura
* The Crazy SKB
* Cutie Ellie The Ehime
* Ling Ling
* Erika Yamakawa
* Funky Kato
* Keiko Takeshita
* Masayuki Okano
* Nao Saejima
* Punch Tahara [ja]
* Pokotan [ja]
* Rick Knox
* Ron Funches
* Sayoko Mita
* Sayuri Namba
* Sugi-chan
* Tsuyoshi Okada
* Tokihiro Nakamura

Collective champions
(teams, groups)|

* Hiroshi Yamato and Toru Owashi
* Mizuki Watase, Antonio Honda, Danshoku Dino and Yukio Naya
* The Addiction (Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian)
* The Young Bucks

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Championships|

| DDT Pro-Wrestling|

* KO-D Openweight (reigns)
* DDT Universal (reigns)
* DDT Extreme (reigns)
* Ironman Heavymetalweight (reigns)
* O-40 (reigns)
* KO-D Tag Team (reigns)
* KO-D 6-Man Tag Team (reigns)
* KO-D 10-Man Tag Team (reigns)

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Pro Wrestling Noah|

* GHC Heavyweight (reigns)
* GHC National (reigns)
* GHC Junior Heavyweight (reigns)
* GHC Tag Team (reigns)
* GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team (reigns)
* GHC Hardcore (reigns)

Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling|

* Princess of Princess (reigns)
* International Princess (reigns)
* Princess Tag Team (reigns)

Other accomplishments|

* D-Oh Grand Prix
* D Generations Cup
* Global Junior Heavyweight League
* Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League
* Global Tag League
* King of DDT
* N-1 Victory
* Ultimate Tag League

Personnel|

* DDT roster
* Noah roster
* TJPW roster

Miscellaneous|

* CyberFight Festival
* Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling
* Wrestle Sekigahara
* Wrestle Universe

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Championships|

| Active|

* KO-D Openweight (reigns)
* DDT Universal (reigns)
* DDT Extreme  (reigns)
* Ironman Heavymetalweight (reigns)
* O-40 (reigns)
* World Ōmori (reigns)
* KO-D Tag Team (reigns)
* KO-D 6-Man Tag Team (reigns)
* KO-D 10-Man Tag Team (reigns)

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Former|

* Independent World Junior Heavyweight
* GWC 6-Man Tag Team
* Fly To Everywhere World
* GAY World Anal
* Greater China Unified Sichuan Openweight
* Greater China Unified Zhongyuan Tag Team Championship
* IMGP World Heavyweight
* JET World Jet
* Jiyugaoka 6-Person Tag Team
* King of Dark
* Sea Of Japan 6-Person Tag Team
* Tōno Openweight
* Umemura PC Juku Copy & Paste
* World Midbreath
* Kōkū-kōen Park Town

Tournaments|

| Active|

* King of DDT
* D-Oh Grand Prix
* Ultimate Tag League
* D Generations Cup
* King of Street Wrestling

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Inactive|

* Young Drama Cup

Events|

* Peter Pan
* Judgement
* Never Mind
* Max Bump
* Into The Fight
* Sweet Dreams!
* Ultimate Party
* CyberFight Festival
* DDT Is Coming to America
* Kawasaki Strong 2021

Personnel|

* Sanshiro Takagi
* Roster

Parent company|

* CyberFight
* CyberAgent

Miscellaneous|

* Wrestle Universe

Partnerships|

| Sister promotions|

* Pro Wrestling Noah
* Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling

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Current|

* All Elite Wrestling
* Game Changer Wrestling
* United Japan Pro-Wrestling promotions

Former|

* New Japan Pro-Wrestling
* Big Japan Pro Wrestling
* Pro-Wrestling Basara
* Union Pro Wrestling
* Dragon Gate
* All Japan Pro Wrestling
* Kaientai Dojo
* Pro Wrestling Zero1
* Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling
* Global Professional Wrestling Alliance
* Oriental Wrestling Entertainment

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