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
Promotions	CyberFight
Brands	DDT Pro-Wrestling
First event	King of Street Wrestling
Event gimmick	Street 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 would 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

Entrant	Representing	Title
Sanshiro Takagi	Setagaya	KO-D Openweight Championship
Shunma Katsumata	Chiba	DDT Extreme Championship
Chris Brookes	United Kingdom	DDT Universal Championship
Worawutnoi Keatchaiyong	Thailand	Surat Thani Province S Featherweight Championship
Hikaru Machida	Akiruno	WPMF World Super Featherweight Championship
Onryo	"The Spirit World"	666 Disorder Openweight Championship
Suzu Suzuki	Miyazaki	ICE×∞ Championship
Abdullah Kobayashi	Yokohama	BJW 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 Brookes	Casket[a]
					Fumotoppara Campground, Shizuoka
	Onryo	15:43[5]
					Chris Brookes	Sub
	Enoshima Beach, Fujisawa
					Hikaru Machida	22:24[6]
	Hikaru Machida	KO[b]
									Kawanakajima Battleground, Nagano
	Worawutnoi Keatchaiyong	3R 1:20[5]
									Chris Brookes	Pin
	BJW Dojo, Yokohama
									Abdullah Kobayashi	20:55[2]
	Abdullah Kobayashi	Pin
					Ofuronokuni Sauna, Yokohama
	Sanshiro Takagi	13:02[5]
					Abdullah Kobayashi	Pin
	Kitaya Park, Shibuya, Tokyo
					Shunma Katsumata	22:07[6]
	Shunma Katsumata	Pin
	Suzu Suzuki	17:18[5]

See also

• CZW Tournament of Death

Footnotes

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