DDT Max Bump

Max Bump was a recurring professional wrestling event held annually by DDT Pro-Wrestling from 2001 to 2023. It was originally held from 2001 to 2019 by DDT as an independent promotion, and then by CyberFight from 2021 to 2023 as a DDT branded event. It was usually held around the holidays of the Golden Week, between April and May. The 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, the event moved from Tokyo to Yokohama and was renamed Mega Max Bump.

History

From 2001 to 2019, Max Bump was produced by DDT Pro-Wrestling, an independent promotion founded in 1997 by Shintaro Muto and Pro Wrestling Crusaders alumni Kyohei Mikami, Kazushige Nosawa and Sanshiro Takagi. In 2020, DDT and its subsidiaries merged with Pro Wrestling Noah into a new company called CyberFight owned by the digital advertising company CyberAgent, with DDT and Noah persisting as separate brands under the CyberFight umbrella. Max Bump was then held in 2021 as a DDT branded event, then in 2022 and 2023, it was renamed Mega Max Bump and held at the Yokohama Budokan.

The 2023 edition of Max Bump was held on May 3 at the Yokohama Budokan. In the main event, Yuji Hino defeated Yuki "not Sexy" Iino to retain the KO-D Openweight Championship.