Today’s DDT TV Show finale (review coming soon) became the announcing ground for the 2020 edition of the King of DDT tournament. The single-elimination tournament will take place in August across several different nights with a one million yen prize on the line and 28 competitors from all of DDT’s factions.
【KOD2020開催決定】
１回戦の対戦カード決定!!
注目は初参戦の田中稔か??!!#ddtpro pic.twitter.com/h6XgJ3aaT9— DDT ProWrestling (@ddtpro) June 27, 2020
That list is as follows:
ALL OUT
- Konosuke Takeshita
- Akito
- Shunma Katsumata
- Yuki Iino
DAMNATION
- Daisuke Sasaki
- Tetsuya Endo
- Soma Takao
- Mad Paulie
- El Lindaman
- T-Hawk
- Nobuhiro Shimatani
DISASTER BOX
- HARASHIMA
- Yuki Ueno
- Naomi Yoshimura
- Toru Owashi
- Kazuki Hirata
Eruption
- Yukio Sakaguchi
- Kazusada Higuchi
Akiyama-Gun
- Makoto Oishi
- Mizuki Watase
Factionless
Antonio Honda
Danshoku Dieno
Chris Brookes (Neo Itoh Respect Army)
Yukio Naya
Shinya Aoki
Tomomitsu Matsunaga
Seigo Tachibana
Minoru Tanaka
All the matches are displayed in the graphic above, plus one of the competitors will be given a second chance to enter the tournament if they lose their first-round match through the Dramatic Challenge Battle Royal. There are plenty of interesting matchups to follow so come back to SteelChair when the tournament comes around for all the coverage.
BLACKOUT presents KING OF DDT 2020 has been announced!
1 Million Yen prize!The DRAMATIC CHALLENGE will be a Battle Royale on 8.9 consisting of all the losers in Round 1.#ddtpro#wrestleUNIVERSE pic.twitter.com/rSu76pKLRn
— DDT English Update (@ddtpro_eng) June 27, 2020
All images courtesy of DDT English Update, ddtpro.com