King of Street Wrestling

The King of Street Wrestling (Japanese: 路上プロレス世界一決定戦～King of Street Wrestling～, Hepburn: Rojō Puroresu Sekaiichi Ketteisen: King of Street Wrestling) was a professional wrestling tournament organised by DDT Pro-Wrestling in its sub-brand Street Pro-Wrestling (路上プロレス, Rojō Puroresu), during which eight wrestlers from different promotions competed in street fights to determine who is the "best street wrestler in the world".[1] Chris Brookes won the tournament on April 23, 2022, by defeating Abdullah Kobayashi in the final.[2]

King of Street Wrestling
Promotion(s)CyberFight
Brand(s)DDT Pro-Wrestling
First eventKing of Street Wrestling
Event gimmickStreet fight tournament

Background

On March 20, 2022, at Judgement, it was announced that an eight-person street fight tournament would be held in April and broadcast on CyberFight's video on demand service Wrestle Universe.[3] Every participant will represent their hometown and a championship title they have held. On March 25, the bracket, the dates and locations of the first round matches were revealed during a press conference.[4]

Participants
EntrantRepresentingTitle
Sanshiro TakagiSetagayaKO-D Openweight Championship
Shunma KatsumataChibaDDT Extreme Championship
Chris BrookesUnited KingdomDDT Universal Championship
Worawutnoi KeatchaiyongThailandSurat Thani Province S Featherweight Championship
Hikaru MachidaAkirunoWPMF World Super Featherweight Championship
Onryo"The Spirit World"666 Chaos Openweight Championship
Suzu SuzukiMiyazakiICE×∞ Championship
Abdullah KobayashiYokohamaBJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship

Tournament

The tournament was held between April 10 and 23.

 
First round
(April 10)		Semifinals
(April 16)		Final
(April 23)
 
          
 
Studio Flamme, Shin-Kiba, Tokyo
 
 
 Chris BrookesCasket[lower-alpha 1]
 
Fumotoppara Campground, Shizuoka
 
 Onryo15:43[5]
 
 Chris BrookesSub
 
Enoshima Beach, Fujisawa
 
 Hikaru Machida22:24[6]
 
 Hikaru MachidaKO[lower-alpha 2]
 
Kawanakajima Battleground, Nagano
 
 Worawutnoi Keatchaiyong3R 1:20[5]
 
 Chris BrookesPin
 
BJW Dojo, Yokohama
 
 Abdullah Kobayashi20:55[2]
 
 Abdullah KobayashiPin
 
Ofuronokuni Sauna, Yokohama
 
 Sanshiro Takagi13:02[5]
 
 Abdullah KobayashiPin
 
Kitaya Park, Shibuya, Tokyo
 
 Shunma Katsumata22:07[6]
 
 Shunma KatsumataPin
 
 
 Suzu Suzuki17:18[5]
 

See also

Footnotes
  1. This was a Casket Match.
  2. This match was fought in rounds of 3 minutes.

References
  1. 路上プロレス世界一決定戦～King of Street Wrestling～開催決定！　世界中の王者が集結、路上プロレスの頂点を目指す！　2022年4月、WRESTLE UNIVERSEで世界独占配信！. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). March 20, 2022. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  2. 路上プロレス世界一決定戦～King of Street Wrestling～. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). April 23, 2022. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
  3. DDT Pro-Wrestling [@ddtproENG] (March 21, 2022). "King of Street Wrestling was announced yesterday‼️ It will be an 8-person tournament" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. DDT Pro-Wrestling [@ddtproENG] (March 25, 2022). "King of Street Wrestling Here's your tournament bracket!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. 路上プロレス世界一決定戦～King of Street Wrestling～. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). April 10, 2022. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  6. 路上プロレス世界一決定戦～King of Street Wrestling～. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). April 16, 2022. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
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