Chris Brookes | |
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Born | Tipton, England | 24 August 1991
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Chris Brookes Chris Drago [1] |
Billed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) [2] |
Billed weight | 207 lb (94 kg) [2] |
Trained by | Jim Hunter and Lee Hunter |
Debut | 2007 |
Chris Brookes [a] (born 24 August 1991) is an English professional wrestler. He is currently signed to DDT Pro-Wrestling, where he is the former KO-D Openweight Champion, and has been a two-time DDT Universal Champion.
On 24 August 2019, at Progress x APC, an event organised in collaboration between Progress Wrestling and the French Association les Professionels du Catch (APC), Brookes lost to Tristan Archer in a three way match also including Aigle Blanc and failed to capture the APC Championship. [3]
Alongside Travis Banks as CCK (Commonwealth Catch Kings), Brookes won the Revolution Pro Wrestling tag team titles from Charlie Sterling and Joel Redman in his first match for the company. [4] CCK successfully defended those titles against a number of teams including Ryan Smile and Shane Strickland, [5] Sami Callihan and Martin Stone, [6] and Los Ingobernables de Japón ( Bushi and Hiromu Takahashi) [7] before losing the belts to Moustache Mountain ( Trent Seven and Tyler Bate).
CCK had a successful Global Wars 2017, defeating Chaos ( Rocky Romero and Yoshi-Hashi) on the first night of the event [8] and successfully teaming with Kid Lykos on the second night against the team of Gedo, Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi. [9] CCK then attempted to regain the tag team titles from new champions Suzuki-gun ( Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.) but lost to the champions at Epic Encounter 2018. [10]
Brookes started wrestling for DDT Pro-Wrestling in June 2019. He notably began teaming with Masahiro Takanashi before naming themselves CDK (Calamari Drunken Kings). At Wrestle Peter Pan, Brookes and Takanashi defeated Moonlight Express ( Mao and Mike Bailey). At Summer Vacation, Brookes lost to Konosuke Takeshita and did not win the KO-D Openweight Championship. [11] From 29 November to 28 December 2019, Brookes was an entrant in the 2020 edition of the D-Oh Grand Prix where he tied Tetsuya Endo for first place in block A. A decision match was held between the two men which he lost. In January, Brookes announced that he would be moving to Japan for a whole year, as he wants DDT to be his number one commitment.
On 23 February 2020, at Into The Fight, he defeated Takeshita and became the inaugural DDT Universal Champion. [12] On 20 March, at Judgement 2020: DDT 23rd Anniversary, he lost the title to Daisuke Sasaki. [13]
On 14 March 2021, at Day Dream Believer 2021 he won his first DDT Extreme Championship title by defeating Shunma Katsumata in a Barbed Wire Coffin Deathmatch. [14]
On 20 March 2022, at Judgement 2022: DDT 25th Anniversary, CDK defeated Disaster Box ( Harashima and Naomi Yoshimura) to win their first KO-D Tag Team Championship. [15] On 23 April Brookes won the King of Street Wrestling tournament by defeating Abdullah Kobayashi in the final. [16]
On 21 May 2023, Brookes won the King of DDT Tournament, after having defeated Jun Akiyama in the semifinals and Kazusada Higuchi in the finals, granting him a title shot for the KO-D Openweight Championship. [17] On 23 July 2023, Brookes defeated Yuji Hino at Wrestle Peter Pan 2023 to become the 81st KO-D Openweight Champion. [18]
On December 13, 2022, Brookes and fellow Brit Drew Parker produced an event celebrating Brookes' 15th anniversary in wrestling. The event, titled "Baka Gaijin + Friends", was held at Arena Shimokitazawa, a curry restaurant located in Setagawa, without a ring and in front of 50 customers. In the main event, Calamari Drunken Kings (Brookes and Takanashi) defeated Parker and Mao. [19] Since then, Baka Gaijin + Friends has become a brand which holds a monthly show at Arena Shimokitazawa. [20]
Chris Brookes | |
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Born | Tipton, England | 24 August 1991
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Chris Brookes Chris Drago [1] |
Billed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) [2] |
Billed weight | 207 lb (94 kg) [2] |
Trained by | Jim Hunter and Lee Hunter |
Debut | 2007 |
Chris Brookes [a] (born 24 August 1991) is an English professional wrestler. He is currently signed to DDT Pro-Wrestling, where he is the former KO-D Openweight Champion, and has been a two-time DDT Universal Champion.
On 24 August 2019, at Progress x APC, an event organised in collaboration between Progress Wrestling and the French Association les Professionels du Catch (APC), Brookes lost to Tristan Archer in a three way match also including Aigle Blanc and failed to capture the APC Championship. [3]
Alongside Travis Banks as CCK (Commonwealth Catch Kings), Brookes won the Revolution Pro Wrestling tag team titles from Charlie Sterling and Joel Redman in his first match for the company. [4] CCK successfully defended those titles against a number of teams including Ryan Smile and Shane Strickland, [5] Sami Callihan and Martin Stone, [6] and Los Ingobernables de Japón ( Bushi and Hiromu Takahashi) [7] before losing the belts to Moustache Mountain ( Trent Seven and Tyler Bate).
CCK had a successful Global Wars 2017, defeating Chaos ( Rocky Romero and Yoshi-Hashi) on the first night of the event [8] and successfully teaming with Kid Lykos on the second night against the team of Gedo, Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi. [9] CCK then attempted to regain the tag team titles from new champions Suzuki-gun ( Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.) but lost to the champions at Epic Encounter 2018. [10]
Brookes started wrestling for DDT Pro-Wrestling in June 2019. He notably began teaming with Masahiro Takanashi before naming themselves CDK (Calamari Drunken Kings). At Wrestle Peter Pan, Brookes and Takanashi defeated Moonlight Express ( Mao and Mike Bailey). At Summer Vacation, Brookes lost to Konosuke Takeshita and did not win the KO-D Openweight Championship. [11] From 29 November to 28 December 2019, Brookes was an entrant in the 2020 edition of the D-Oh Grand Prix where he tied Tetsuya Endo for first place in block A. A decision match was held between the two men which he lost. In January, Brookes announced that he would be moving to Japan for a whole year, as he wants DDT to be his number one commitment.
On 23 February 2020, at Into The Fight, he defeated Takeshita and became the inaugural DDT Universal Champion. [12] On 20 March, at Judgement 2020: DDT 23rd Anniversary, he lost the title to Daisuke Sasaki. [13]
On 14 March 2021, at Day Dream Believer 2021 he won his first DDT Extreme Championship title by defeating Shunma Katsumata in a Barbed Wire Coffin Deathmatch. [14]
On 20 March 2022, at Judgement 2022: DDT 25th Anniversary, CDK defeated Disaster Box ( Harashima and Naomi Yoshimura) to win their first KO-D Tag Team Championship. [15] On 23 April Brookes won the King of Street Wrestling tournament by defeating Abdullah Kobayashi in the final. [16]
On 21 May 2023, Brookes won the King of DDT Tournament, after having defeated Jun Akiyama in the semifinals and Kazusada Higuchi in the finals, granting him a title shot for the KO-D Openweight Championship. [17] On 23 July 2023, Brookes defeated Yuji Hino at Wrestle Peter Pan 2023 to become the 81st KO-D Openweight Champion. [18]
On December 13, 2022, Brookes and fellow Brit Drew Parker produced an event celebrating Brookes' 15th anniversary in wrestling. The event, titled "Baka Gaijin + Friends", was held at Arena Shimokitazawa, a curry restaurant located in Setagawa, without a ring and in front of 50 customers. In the main event, Calamari Drunken Kings (Brookes and Takanashi) defeated Parker and Mao. [19] Since then, Baka Gaijin + Friends has become a brand which holds a monthly show at Arena Shimokitazawa. [20]