King of DDT Tournament

The King of DDT Tournament (KING OF DDTトーナメント, Kingu Obu DDT Tōnamento) is an annual single elimination professional wrestling tournament held in DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT).

Though DDT also runs the annual D-Oh Grand Prix tournament, the King of DDT is different in that it is single-elimination, whereas the D-Oh Grand Prix is a round-robin. Like the D-Oh Grand Prix however, the winner of the tournament usually receives a shot at the KO-D Openweight Championship; this stipulation was added in 2009. The KO-D Openweight Champion at the time of the tournament does not participate and, since 2018, neither do the Right to Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract holders. In 2020, Tetsuya Endo was allowed to participate while holding the openweight championship.

Tournament history

After the first two editions in 2004 and 2005, DDT produced three annual King of DDT events from 2006 to 2008 which featured no tournament. The tournament returned in 2009 as the KO-D Openweight Championship Contendership Tournament. In 2011, the tournament reverted back to its original name.[1]

Tournaments

Year Tournament Aftermath
Winner Times won Participants Challenged for[Note 1] Match Result
2004Poison Sawada Julie116N/A
2005Kudo18N/A
2009Kota Ibushi116KO-D Openweight Championshipvs. Harashima at Ryōgoku Peter Pan[2]Win
2010Harashima1vs. Daisuke Sekimoto at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2010[3]Win
2011Kudo2vs. Shuji Ishikawa at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2011.[4]Win
2012Kenny Omega1vs. Kota Ibushi at Budokan Peter Pan.[5]Loss
2013Harashima2vs. Shigehiro Irie at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2013.[6]Win
2014Isami Kodaka1vs. Harashima (c) and Kenny Omega at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2014.[7]Loss
2015Yukio Sakaguchi1vs. Kudo at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2015.[8]Win
2016Shuji Ishikawa1vs. Konosuke Takeshita at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2016.[9]Win
2017Tetsuya Endo1vs. Konosuke Takeshita at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2017.[10]Loss
2018Daisuke Sasaki132vs. Danshoku Dino at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2018.[11]Win
2019Konosuke Takeshita114vs. Tetsuya Endo at Wrestle Peter Pan 2019.[12]Win
2020Tetsuya Endo228vs. Daisuke Sasaki at Ultimate Party 2020.Win

2004

The 2004 King of DDT Tournament was held from May 29 to May 30.

Round 1
May 29
Round 2
May 30
Semifinals
May 30
Final
May 30
        
Sanshiro Takagi Pin
Mikami 15:21
Sanshiro Takagi Pin
Gentaro 3:18
Daichi Kakimoto Pin
Gentaro 8:50
Sanshiro Takagi Pin
Block A
Hero! 0:38
Futoshi Miwa Pin
Tanomusaku Toba 4:00
Futoshi Miwa Pin
Hero! 2:33
Takashi Sasaki Pin
Hero! 8:09
Hero! Pin
Poison Sawada Julie 10:18
Poison Sawada Julie Pin
Seiya Morohashi 11:59
Poison Sawada Julie Sub
Tomohiko Hashimoto 7:02
Kenshin Sub
Tomohiko Hashimoto 7:38
Poison Sawada Julie Pin
Block B
Danshoku Dino 7:01
Masahiro Takanashi Pin
Shoichi Ichimiya 6:01
Masahiro Takanashi Pin
Danshoku Dino 4:02
Kudo Pin
Danshoku Dino 9:50

2005

The 2005 King of DDT Tournament was held from May 22 to May 29 and featured only eight participants. On the first day of the tournament, Yusuke Inokuma defeated Jun Inomata and Yoshihiko in a qualifying match to earn a spot in the tournament.

First round
May 22
Semifinals
May 29
Final
May 29
         
Kudo Pin
Kenshin 7:05
Kudo Pin
Yusuke Inokuma 6:06
Hero! Pin
Yusuke Inokuma 1:36
Kudo Pin
Daichi Kakimoto 10:40
Kota Ibushi Pin
Shuji Ishikawa 10:32
Kota Ibushi Pin
Daichi Kakimoto 7:03
Masa Takanashi Pin
Daichi Kakimoto 7:53

2009

The 2009 KO-D Openweight Championship Contendership Tournament ran from June 7 to July 10. Kota Ibushi, the winner of the tournament, went on to defeat Harashima for the championship on August 23, beginning his first reign with the title.[2]

Round 1
June 7
Round 2
June 7
Semifinals
June 7
Final
July 10
        
Kota Ibushi Pin
Danshoku Dino 10:54
Kota Ibushi Pin
Antonio Honda 11:14
Hikaru Sato Pin
Antonio Honda 9:45
Kota Ibushi Pin
Gentaro 20:09
Yasu Urano Pin
Tomomitsu Matsunaga 8:53
Yasu Urano Pin
Gentaro 6:07
Michael Nakazawa Pin
Gentaro 15:28
Kota Ibushi Pin
Sanshiro Takagi 31:53
Masa Takanashi Pin
Toru Owashi 3:50
Masa Takanashi Pin
Madoka 10:07
Mikami Pin
Madoka 5:10
Masa Takanashi Pin
Sanshiro Takagi 10:21
Hoshitango Pin
Sasaki & Gabbana 4:42
Hoshitango Pin
Sanshiro Takagi 7:54
Poison Sawada Julie Pin
Sanshiro Takagi 6:16

2010

The 2010 KO-D Openweight Championship Contendership Tournament ran from May 23 to May 30. Harashima, the winner of the tournament, went on to defeat Daisuke Sekimoto for the championship on July 25, beginning his fourth reign with the title.[3]

Round 1
May 23
Round 2
May 30
Semifinals
May 30
Final
May 30
        
Harashima Sub
Muscle Sakai 9:02
Harashima Pin
Michael Nakazawa 7:02
Yukihiro Abe Pin
Michael Nakazawa 5:02
Harashima Pin
Keisuke Ishii 9:43
Yago Aznable Sub
Sanshiro Takagi 11:47
Yago Aznable Pin
Keisuke Ishii 3:22
Tanomusaku Toba Sub
Keisuke Ishii 7:52
Harashima Sub
Mikami 11:28
Toru Owashi Pin
Daisuke Sasaki 10:47
Toru Owashi Sub
Kudo 3:47
Hoshitango Pin
Kudo 8:41
Toru Owashi Pin
Mikami 2:35
Hikaru Sato Sub
Yasu Urano 11:37
Hikaru Sato Pin
Mikami 6:15
Antonio Honda Pin
Mikami 14:13

2011

In 2011, the tournament reverted back to the "King of DDT Tournament" name and ran from May 21 to May 29. Kudo, the winner of the tournament, became the first two-time winner and went on to defeat Shuji Ishikawa for the championship on July 24, beginning his first reign with the title.[4]

Round 1
May 21
Round 2
May 21
Semifinals
May 29
Final
May 29
        
Kudo Pin
Yasu Urano 16:48
Kudo Pin
Hikaru Sato 17:12
Tomomitsu Matsunaga Sub
Hikaru Sato 8:57
Kudo Pin
Kenny Omega 13:53
Seiya Morohashi Pin
Antonio Honda 6:50
Seiya Morohashi Pin
Kenny Omega 9:12
Makoto Oishi Pin
Kenny Omega 4:42
Kudo Pin
Harashima 18:07
Shigehiro Irie Pin
Keisuke Ishii 4:05
Shigehiro Irie Pin
Kota Ibushi 8:02
Michael Nakazawa Pin
Kota Ibushi 9:51
Shigehiro Irie Pin
Harashima 9:24
Super Shit Machine Pin
Daisuke Sasaki 7:24
Super Shit Machine Pin
Harashima 4:38
Mikami Pin
Harashima 9:07

2012

The 2012 King of DDT Tournament ran from June 30 to July 8. Kenny Omega became the first non-Japanese to win the King of DDT Tournament and went on to fail in his challenge against KO-D Openweight Champion Kota Ibushi on August 18.[5]

Round 1
June 30
Round 2
June 30
Semifinals
July 8
Final
July 8
        
Masa Takanashi Pin
Tomomitsu Matsunaga 4:02
Masa Takanashi Pin
Kenny Omega 7:02
Daisuke Sasaki Pin
Kenny Omega 15:05
Kenny Omega Pin
Harashima 15:37
Hikaru Sato Sub
Michael Nakazawa 4:58
Hikaru Sato Pin
Harashima 19:49
Shigehiro Irie Pin
Harashima 6:37
Kenny Omega Pin
Danshoku Dino 20:18
Keisuke Ishii Pin
Soma Takao 6:24
Keisuke Ishii Pin
Kudo 8:21
Antonio Honda Pin
Kudo 11:43
Kudo Pin
Danshoku Dino 14:35
Yasu Urano Pin
Makoto Oishi 1:04
Yasu Urano Pin
Danshoku Dino 17:53
Akito Sub
Danshoku Dino 11:38

2013

The 2013 King of DDT Tournament ran from June 28 to July 7. Harashima, the winner of the tournament became the second two-time winner and went on to defeat Shigehiro Irie for the championship on August 18, beginning his fifth reign with the title.[6]

Round 1
June 28
Round 2
July 6
Semifinals
July 7
Final
July 7
        
Mikami Pin
Kenny Omega 11:10
Kenny Omega Pin
Block A
Daisuke Sasaki 16:50
Daisuke Sasaki Pin
Soma Takao 3:47
Kenny Omega Pin
Yukio Sakaguchi 9:59
Antonio Honda Sub
Makoto Oishi 10:13
Antonio Honda Sub
Block C
Yukio Sakaguchi 11:08
Danshoku Dino Sub
Yukio Sakaguchi 9:15
Kenny Omega Pin
Harashima 15:20
Konosuke Takeshita Pin
Masa Takanashi 5:43
Konosuke Takeshita Pin
Block B
Yasu Urano 9:52
Kota Ibushi Pin
Yasu Urano 11:26
Konosuke Takeshita Pin
Harashima 10:09
Hikaru Sato Pin
Akito 10:11
Hikaru Sato Pin
Block D
Harashima 15:56
Harashima Pin
Kudo 13:44

2014

The 2014 King of DDT Tournament ran from June 14 to June 29. Isami Kodaka, the winner of the tournament went on to fail in his three-way challenge against Kenny Omega and KO-D Openweight Champion Harashima on August 17.[7]

Round 1
June 14
Round 2
June 15
Semifinals
June 29
Final
June 29
        
Shigehiro Irie Pin
Soma Takao 10:13
Shigehiro Irie Pin
Antonio Honda 14:56
Yasu Urano Pin
Antonio Honda 2:25
Shigehiro Irie Pin
Kudo 12:40
Tomomitsu Matsunaga Pin
Kenny Omega 11:41
Tomomitsu Matsunaga Pin
Kudo 16:11
Mikami Pin
Kudo 2:25
Kudo Pin
Isami Kodaka 16:06
Isami Kodaka Pin
Yukio Sakaguchi 10:07
Isami Kodaka Pin
Konosuke Takeshita 20:05
Daisuke Sasaki Pin
Konosuke Takeshita 17:16
Isami Kodaka Pin
Kota Ibushi 11:03
Masa Takanashi Pin
Danshoku Dino 9:38
Masa Takanashi Pin
Kota Ibushi 12:53
Keisuke Ishii Pin
Kota Ibushi 7:53

2015

The 2015 King of DDT Tournament ran from June 6 to June 28, covering three shows. Yukio Sakaguchi, the winner of the tournament went on to defeat Kudo for the championship on August 23, beginning his first reign with the title.[8]

Round 1
June 6
Round 2
June 14
Semifinals
June 28
Final
June 28
        
Yukio Sakaguchi Pin
Keisuke Ishii 10:03
Yukio Sakaguchi Pin
Makoto Oishi 7:19
Hiroshi Fukuda Pin
Makoto Oishi 6:54
Yukio Sakaguchi Sub
Kazusada Higuchi 9:43
Shigehiro Irie Pin
Yasu Urano 24:44
Shigehiro Irie Pin
Kazusada Higuchi 18:23
Tomomitsu Matsunaga Pin
Kazusada Higuchi 11:04
Yukio Sakaguchi Pin
Konosuke Takeshita 18:13
Masa Takanashi Pin
Akito 1:13
Masa Takanashi Pin
Konosuke Takeshita 9:47
Antonio Honda Pin
Konosuke Takeshita 15:15
Konosuke Takeshita Pin
Daisuke Sasaki 14:16
Daisuke Sasaki Sub
Kota Umeda 13:00
Daisuke Sasaki Pin
Kota Ibushi 18:48
Kazuki Hirata Pin
Kota Ibushi 7:31

2016

The 2016 King of DDT Tournament ran from June 5 to June 26. Shuji Ishikawa, the winner of the tournament went on to defeat Konosuke Takeshita for the championship on August 28, beginning his fourth reign. [9]

Round 1
June 5
Round 2
June 12
Semifinals
June 26
Final
June 26
        
Harashima Sub
Masa Takanashi 6:58
Harashima Pin
Kenso 16:06
Antonio Honda Pin
Kenso 14:11
Harashima Pin
Tetsuya Endo 7:15
Kazuki Hirata Pin
Shunma Katsumata 5:29
Kazuki Hirata Pin
Tetsuya Endo 10:11
Mad Paulie Pin
Tetsuya Endo 12:01
Tetsuya Endo Pin
Shuji Ishikawa 23:52
Shigehiro Irie Pin
Yukio Sakaguchi 16:34
Shigehiro Irie Sub
Kazusada Higuchi 15:50
Yasu Urano Pin
Kazusada Higuchi 16:23
Shigehiro Irie Pin
Shuji Ishikawa 15:50
Soma Takao Pin
Keisuke Ishii 11:19
Soma Takao Pin
Shuji Ishikawa 16:07
Kota Umeda Pin
Shuji Ishikawa 10:17

2017

The 2017 King of DDT Tournament ran from June 4 to June 25. Kazuki Hirata competed under the ring name of Hirata Collection A.T., a parody of Milano Collection A.T.. Tetsuya Endo, the winner of the tournament went on to fail in his challenge against KO-D Openweight Champion Konosuke Takeshita on August 20.[10]

Round 1
June 2
Round 2
June 4
Semifinals
June 25
Final
June 25
        
Harashima Pin
Kazusada Higuchi 11:24
Harashima Sub
Yukio Sakaguchi 15:50
Shunma Katsumata Pin
Yukio Sakaguchi 7:42
Harashima Sub
Shigehiro Irie 2:47
Keisuke Ishii Pin
Danshoku Dino 10:47
Keisuke Ishii Pin
Shigehiro Irie 14:32
Mad Paulie Pin
Shigehiro Irie 11:45
Harashima Pin
Tetsuya Endo 22:08
Akito Pin
Daisuke Sasaki 6:14
Akito Pin
Masahiro Takanashi 5:04
Hirata Collection A.T. Pin
Masahiro Takanashi 8:02
Akito Pin
Tetsuya Endo 11:30
Kudo Pin
Soma Takao 8:30
Kudo Pin
Tetsuya Endo 14:16
Mike Bailey Pin
Tetsuya Endo 16:00

2018

The 2018 King of DDT Tournament ran from July 31 to August 28. Instead of the usual 16 participants, this edition featured 32 participants. On July 23, it was announced a lottery would shuffle the final eight into new matches. Three days later, it was announced that Daiki Shimomura would be pulled out of the tournament after injuring his left MCL; he was replaced by Saki Akai. Six days later, Konosuke Takeshita pulled out of the tournament after suffering a shoulder injury and was replaced by Kazuki Hirata. Daisuke Sasaki, the winner of the tournament went on to deafeat Danshoku Dino for the championship on October 21.[11]

Round 1
July 31
Round 2
August 4
Quarterfinals
August 25
Semifinals
August 26
Final
August 26
               
Kudo Pin
Akito 7:24
Akito Pin
Keisuke Ishii 9:41
Gota Ihashi Pin
Keisuke Ishii 4:05
MaoPin
Mike Bailey † 11:33
Mike Bailey Pin
Nobuhiro Shimatani 5:54
Mike Bailey Pin
Shunma Katsumata 9:01
Shunma Katsumata Pin
Alex Ace 7:21
Mao Sub
Tetsuya Endo 9:45
Hoshitango Sub
Yukio Sakaguchi 3:10
Yukio Sakaguchi Sub
Soma Takao 9:46
Soma Takao Pin
Yuki Iino 4:36
Tetsuya EndoPin
Kazuki Hirata † 12:22
Toru Owashi Pin
Mizuki Watase 6:52
Toru Owashi Pin
Harashima 10:57
Mad Paulie Pin
Harashima 11:20
Tetsuya Endo Sub
Daisuke Sasaki 21:36
Sanshiro Takagi Pin
Mao 14:53
Mao Pin
Masahiro Takanashi 7:35
Saki Akai Pin
Masahiro Takanashi 7:30
HarashimaPin
Yukio Sakaguchi † 14:59
Tetsuya Endo Sub
Gorgeous Matsuno 8:20
Tetsuya Endo Pin
Kazusada Higuchi 12:41
Tomomitsu Matsunaga Pin
Kazusada Higuchi 9:11
Harashima Pin
Daisuke Sasaki 10:20
Kouki Iwasaki Pin
Antonio Honda 6:23
Antonio Honda Sub
Daisuke Sasaki 18:53
Daisuke Sasaki Sub
Jason Kincaid 10:47
Daisuke SasakiSub
Keisuke Ishii † 22:49
Yuki Ueno TKO
Tanomusaku Toba 6:30
Tanomusaku Toba Pin
Kazuki Hirata 8:20
Naomi Yoshimura Pin
Kazuki Hirata 8:59
  • † The final eight participants were randomly shuffled into new matches.

2019

The 2019 King of DDT Tournament ran from April 29 to May 19. This edition featured 14 participants and a battle royale between six of the seven first round losers was held on the second day with the winner getting a bye to the second round. Konosuke Takeshita, the winner of the tournament went on to defeat Tetsuya Endo for the championship on July 15, beginning his fourth reign with the title.[12]

 
Round 1
April 29
Round 2
May 6
Semifinals
May 19
Final
May 19
 
              
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Harashima †Pin
 
 
 
Daisuke Sasaki12:59
 
Daisuke SasakiPin
 
 
 
Yukio Sakaguchi11:37
 
Kazusada Higuchi ‡8:41
 
 
 
Konosuke TakeshitaPin
 
Kazuki Hirata9:42
 
 
 
Naomi YoshimuraPin
 
Naomi Yoshimura14:46
 
 
 
Konosuke TakeshitaPin
 
Konosuke TakeshitaPin
 
 
 
Yuki Ueno20:45
 
Konosuke TakeshitaPin
 
 
 
Soma Takao21:11
 
AkitoPin
 
 
 
Harashima14:26
 
Akito7:10
 
 
 
Soma TakaoPin
 
Mike Bailey10:08
 
 
 
Soma TakaoPin
 
Soma TakaoPin
 
 
 
Harashima ‡12:49
 
Mao2:17
 
 
 
Masahiro TakanashiPin
 
Masahiro Takanashi7:12
 
 
 
Kazusada HiguchiPin
 
Kazusada HiguchiPin
 
 
Kota Umeda13:03
 
  • † On the May 6 event, Harashima defeated Kota Umeda, Mao, Kazuki Hirata, Yuki Ueno and Mike Bailey in a battle royale to earn a spot in the second round of the tournament.
  • ‡ Harashima and Kazusada Higuchi agreed to switch opponents.

2020

The 2020 King of DDT Tournament ran from August 8 to 23. This edition featured 28 participants and a "Dramatic Chance" battle royale between the losers of the first round was held on the second day, granting the winner a bye into the quarterfinals. The semifinalists were shuffled into new matches. For the first time since the introduction of the championship match reward, the reigning KO-D Openweight Champion Tetsuya Endo was allowed to participate in the tournament.[13] Endo became the third two-time winner and received a 1 million yen prize from Blackout, the tournament sponsor. He went on to name Daisuke Sasaki as his challenger and then defeated him to retain the title on November 3, at Ultimate Party 2020.[14]

 
Round 1
August 8
Round 2
August 9
Quarterfinals
August 10
Semifinals
August 23
Final
August 23
 
                  
 
 
 
 
Yuki UenoPin
 
 
 
Nobuhiro Shimatani10:11
 
Yuki UenoPin
 
 
 
Danshoku Dino10:18
 
Antonio Honda2:57
 
 
 
Danshoku DinoPin
 
Yuki Ueno13:23
 
 
 
T-HawkPin
 
T-Hawk9:42
 
 
 
Kazuki Hirata7:45
 
T-HawkPin
 
 
 
Makoto Oishi11:00
 
Makoto OishiSub
 
 
 
Chris Brookes8:41
 
T-HawkPin
 
 
 
Akito11:19
 
Tomomitsu Matsunaga6:51
 
 
 
Daisuke SasakiSub
 
Daisuke Sasaki7:40
 
 
 
Shinya AokiSub
 
Shinya AokiSub
 
 
 
Yuki Iino0:36
 
Shinya Aoki8:24
 
 
 
AkitoPin
 
Toru OwashiPin
 
 
 
Seigo Tachibana4:31
 
Toru Owashi5:33
 
 
 
AkitoSub
 
AkitoSub
 
 
 
Tetsuya Endo17:21
 
T-Hawk20:24
 
 
Tetsuya EndoPin
 
 
 
 
 
Tetsuya Endo †Bye
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tetsuya EndoPin
 
 
 
Minoru Tanaka17:20
 
Yukio Sakaguchi3:41
 
 
 
Shunma KatsumataPin
 
Shunma Katsumata11:52
 
 
 
Minoru TanakaSub
 
Soma Takao8:30
 
 
 
Minoru TanakaSub
 
Tetsuya EndoSub
 
 
 
Kazusada Higuchi10:19
 
HarashimaPin
 
 
 
Mad Paulie11:19
 
Harashima13:47
 
 
 
Kazusada HiguchiPin
 
Mizuki Watase3:37
 
 
 
Kazusada HiguchiPin
 
Kazusada HiguchiPin
 
 
 
Konosuke Takeshita16:13
 
Yukio Naya10:17
 
 
 
El LindamanPin
 
El Lindaman13:54
 
 
 
Konosuke TakeshitaPin
 
Naomi Yoshimura8:07
 
 
Konosuke TakeshitaPin
 
  • Tetsuya Endo won the Dramatic Chance battle royale to re-enter the tournament.

See also

Notes

  1. From 2009 onwards, the winner would always earn a match for the KO-D Openweight Championship. In 2020, because Tetsuya Endo won the tournament while already being the champion, he was allowed to choose his challenger.

References

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