King of DDT Tournament

King of DDT 2017
King of DDT 2017
Promotion	DDT
Date	June 2–25, 2017
City	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Various; Final: Korakuen Hall;
Tagline(s)	Who on earth is going to headline Ryōgoku this summer?
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King of DDT 2016
King of DDT 2016
Promotion	DDT
Date	June 5–26, 2016
City	Various; Final: Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Various; Final: Korakuen Hall
Tagline(s)	Who will stand in the main event at Ryōgoku Kokugikan?
King of DDT Tournament chronology
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King of DDT Tournament
King of DDT Tournament
	King of DDT trophy
Promotions	CyberFight
Brands	DDT
First event	King of DDT (2004)
Event gimmick	Single-elimination tournament for a championship match

The King of DDT Tournament (Japanese: KING OF DDTトーナメント, Hepburn: Kingu Obu Dī Dī Tī Tōnamento) is an annual single elimination professional wrestling tournament held by CyberFight's DDT Pro-Wrestling brand.

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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 receives a shot at the KO-D Openweight Championship; this stipulation was added in 2009.

The number of participants in the King of DDT has varied over the years, from a lowest of 8 in 2005 to a highest of 32 in 2018. Poison Sawada Julie is the inaugural winner of the tournament; Kudo, Harashima, Tetsuya Endo and Konosuke Takeshita are the only two-time winners.

On April 29, 2001, Mikami won the Take The Royal tournament that ran over the two DDT Golden Jack events held on that same day. For his victory, he was awarded a crown by Commissioner Yamamo, symbolically crowning him "King of DDT".^[1] This precursor tournament was acknowledged in the build-up to the inaugural King of DDT Tournament in 2004.^[2]

After the first two editions in 2004 and 2005, DDT produced four annual King of DDT events from 2006 to 2009 which featured no tournament. The tournament returned in 2009 as the KO-D Openweight Championship Contendership Tournament, held over two Dramatic Next Door events on June 7 and one final event on July 10. In 2010, the tournament was held over two King of DDT 2010 events held on May 23 and May 30, in Osaka and Tokyo respectively. In 2011, the tournament reverted to its original name.

Until 2020, the KO-D Openweight Champion at the time of the tournament did not participate and, since 2018, neither do the Right to Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Contract holders. In 2022, champion Tetsuya Endo had to vacate the title two days before the start of the tournament after he suffered an injury. It was then announced that, instead of receiving a shot at the title, the winner of this edition would be directly crowned champion.

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#	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance	Final	Ref.
1	King of DDT 2004 2nd Day	May 30, 2004	Kitazawa Town Hall	Tokyo, Japan	297	Hero! vs. Poison Sawada Julie	^[3]
2	King of DDT 2005	May 29, 2005	Shin-Kiba 1st Ring		462	Kudo vs. Daichi Kakimoto	^[4]
3	Sanshiro Takagi vs. Kota Ibushi One Match Show	July 10, 2009			394	Sanshiro Takagi vs. Kota Ibushi	^[5]
4	King of DDT 2010 in Tokyo	May 30, 2010			354	Mikami vs. Harashima	^[6]
5	King of DDT Kyoto	May 29, 2011	KBS Hall	Kyoto, Japan	512	Kudo vs. Harashima	^[7]
6	King of DDT Osaka	July 8, 2012	Osaka City Yodogawa Citizens Center	Osaka, Japan	377	Kenny Omega vs. Danshoku Dino	^[8]
7	King of DDT Osaka 2013	July 7, 2013	Nasci Hall Umeda	Osaka, Japan	350	Kenny Omega vs. Harashima	^[9]
8	King of DDT 2014	June 29, 2014	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan	2,000	Kudo vs. Isami Kodaka	^[10]
9	King of DDT 2015 Tokyo	June 28, 2015			2,200	Yukio Sakaguchi vs. Konosuke Takeshita	^[11]
10	King of DDT 2016 Tokyo	June 26, 2016			1,691	Shuji Ishikawa vs. Tetsuya Endo	^[12]
11	King of DDT 2017 Final Round	June 25, 2017			1,333	Tetsuya Endo vs. Harashima	^[13]
12	King of DDT 2018 Final Round	August 26, 2018			1,033	Daisuke Sasaki vs. Tetsuya Endo	^[14]
13	King of DDT 2019 the Final!!	May 19, 2019			979	Soma Takao vs. Konosuke Takeshita	^[15]
14	King of DDT 2020 Final!!	August 23, 2020			—	T-Hawk vs. Tetsuya Endo	^[16]
15	King of DDT 2021 Final!!	July 4, 2021			621	Yuji Hino vs. Konosuke Takeshita	^[17]
16	King of DDT 2022 Final!!	July 3, 2022			703	Kazusada Higuchi vs. Naomi Yoshimura	^[18]
17	King of DDT 2023 Final!!	May 21, 2023			677	Kazusada Higuchi vs. Chris Brookes	^[19]
18	King of DDT: 20th Anniversary Final!!	May 26, 2024			1,005	Mao vs. Daisuke Sasaki	^[20]

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Tournament					Aftermath
Name	Year	Winner	Times won	Participants	KO-D Openweight Championship match	Result
King of DDT	2004	Poison Sawada Julie	1	16	—^[a]
King of DDT	2005	Kudo	1	8	—^[a]
KO-D Openweight Championship Contendership Tournament	2009	Kota Ibushi	1	16	vs. Harashima on August 23, 2009, at Ryōgoku Peter Pan^[21]	Won
KO-D Openweight Championship Contendership Tournament	2010	Harashima	1		vs. Daisuke Sekimoto on July 25, 2010, at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2010^[22]	Won
King of DDT	2011	Kudo	2		vs. Shuji Ishikawa on July 24, 2011, at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2011^[23]	Won
	2012	Kenny Omega	1		vs. Kota Ibushi on August 18, 2012, at Budokan Peter Pan^[24]	Lost
	2013	Harashima	2		vs. Shigehiro Irie on August 18, 2013, at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2013^[25]	Won
	2014	Isami Kodaka	1		vs. Harashima (c) and Kenny Omega on August 17, 2014, at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2014^[26]	Lost
	2015	Yukio Sakaguchi	1		vs. Kudo on August 23, 2015, at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2015^[27]	Won
	2016	Shuji Ishikawa	1		vs. Konosuke Takeshita on August 28, 2016, at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2016^[28]	Won
	2017	Tetsuya Endo	1		vs. Konosuke Takeshita on August 20, 2017, at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2017^[29]	Lost
	2018	Daisuke Sasaki	1	32	vs. Danshoku Dino on October 21, 2018, at Ryōgoku Peter Pan 2018^[30]	Won
	2019	Konosuke Takeshita	1	14	vs. Tetsuya Endo on July 15, 2019, at Wrestle Peter Pan 2019^[31]	Won
	2020	Tetsuya Endo	2	28	vs. Daisuke Sasaki^[b] on June 7, 2020, at Ultimate Party 2020^[32]	Won
	2021	Konosuke Takeshita	2	16	vs. Jun Akiyama on August 21, 2021, at Wrestle Peter Pan 2021^[33]	Won
	2022	Kazusada Higuchi	1		—^[c]
	2023	Chris Brookes	1		vs. Yuji Hino on July 23, 2023, at Wrestle Peter Pan 2023	Won
	2024	Mao	1		vs. Yuki Ueno on July 21, 2024, at Wrestle Peter Pan 2024	Lost

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2004

The 2004 King of DDT Tournament was held from May 29 to May 30.^[34]

Round 1
May 29

Round 2
May 30

Semifinals
May 30

Final
May 30

Sanshiro Takagi

Mikami