Chris Brookes

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Chris Brookes
Brookes in July 2020
Born (1991-08-24) 24 August 1991 (age 32)
Tipton, England
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Chris Brookes
Chris Drago[1]
Billed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[2]
Billed weight207 lb (94 kg)[2]
Trained byJim Hunter and Lee Hunter
Debut2007

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.

Career[edit]

Progress Wrestling (2017–2019, 2023)[edit]

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]

Revolution Pro Wrestling (2017–2018)[edit]

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]

DDT Pro-Wrestling (2019–present)[edit]

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]

Baka Gaijin + Friends (2022–present)[edit]

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]

Championships and accomplishments[edit]

  • Attack! 24:7 Championship (1 time)
  • Attack! Tag Team Championship (5 times) – with Kid Lykos (4) and Kid Lykos II (1)
  • Fight Club: Pro
  • FCP Championship (1 time)
  • FCP Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Kid Lykos (1) and Kyle Fletcher (1)
  • Setup Thailand Pro Wrestling
  • SWE Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Kid Lykos

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ When wrestling in Japan, his ring name is written in katakana as クリス・ブルックス (Kurisu Burukkusu).

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Card « Michinoku Pro Michinoku 2022 Tokyo Conference Vol. 2 ~ Kotsuniku Aihamu « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Cagematch. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Profil de Chris Brookes". Cagematch. Retrieved 23 February 2020..
  3. ^ "Résultats - PROGRESS X APC - 24 août 2019". forum.fnnation.com (in French). 24 August 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  4. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "RevPro Live At The Cockpit 14 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  5. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "RevPro Live At The London Cockpit 15 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  6. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "RevPro Epic Encounter 2017 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  7. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "RevPro British J Cup « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  8. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "RevPro/NJPW Global Wars 2017 - Tag 1 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  9. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "RevPro/NJPW Global Wars 2017 - Tag 2 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  10. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "RevPro Epic Encounter 2018 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  11. ^ "DDT "SUMMER VACATION 2019" Results". dramaticddt.wordpress.com. 21 July 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  12. ^ "193cmのイケメン"BAKA GAIJIN"クリス・ブルックスが初代DDT UNIVERSAL王者へ！". headlines.yahoo.co.jp. 23 February 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  13. ^ a b サイバーエージェントグループのプロレス団体が興行再開！新型コロナウイルス対策で全来場者の検温とアルコール消毒を実施. Battle News (in Japanese). 20 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  14. ^ a b "Day dream Believer 2021". DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). 14 March 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  15. ^ DDT Pro-Wrestling (20 March 2022). 最強＆最高チームの証明、新王者誕生の瞬間！ついにタッグの頂点に輝いたクリス･ブルックス＆高梨将弘 [Testament to the strongest and best team, the birth of a new champion! Chris Brookes & Masahiro Takanashi finally reach the pinnacle of the tag team competition.] (Television production) (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  16. ^ a b 路上プロレス世界一決定戦～King of Street Wrestling～. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). 23 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  17. ^ "DDT ProWrestling". DDT ProWrestling. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  18. ^ "@ddtproENG". Twitter. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  19. ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "Chris Brookes & Drew Parker Produce Chris Brookes 15th Anniversary Show ~ Baka Gaijin + Friends". cagematch.net. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  20. ^ Brown, Jeff (21 March 2023). "Q&A with Chris Brookes, on life in Japan and wrestling inspiration". Monthly Puroresu. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  21. ^ "MAX BUMP 2021 TOUR in NAGANO". DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  22. ^ DDT Pro Wrestling (20 March 2022). Judgement2022～DDT旗揚げ25周年記念大会～. ddtpro.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  23. ^ "The 33rd Annual PWI 500". Pro Wrestling Illustrated. 2023. ISSN 1043-7576.

External links[edit]

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