Ōdō Tournament

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Ōdō Tournament (王道おうどうトーナメント, Ōdō Tōnamento, "Royal Road Tournament") is a professional wrestling tournament held annually by All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) since 2013. The single-elimination tournament is a spiritual successor to the Open Championship tournament, which was held in 1975.[1] Typically, the winner of the tournament earns a future match for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship.

History[edit]

On July 30, 2013, All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) announced a new single-elimination tournament, set to take place the following September.[1] Masanobu Fuchi, advisor to the AJPW board of directors, announced that the tournament was open to both Japanese and foreign wrestlers regardless of their weight divisions.[1] This sets it apart from AJPW's top tournament, the Champion Carnival, which is generally exclusive to heavyweight wrestlers. Since its inception, the tournament has been subtitled "Open Championship", which was a similar openweight tournament held by AJPW in 1975.[1][2] In the spirit of keeping the new tournament different from the Champion Carnival, the elimination format was set for use (the 1975 tournament was round-robin, as opposed to the Carnival which at the time was by elimination). Fuchi hailed Ōdō Tournament as the start of AJPW's rebirth,[1] coming in the heels of a mass exodus of wrestlers that led to the formation of the Wrestle-1 promotion.[3] The winner of the tournament, if not already the reigning champion, will become the number one contender to the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship.[1]

List of winners[edit]

No tournament was held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Year Winner Total
won
Ref.
2013 Akebono 1 [4]
2014 Go Shiozaki 1 [5]
2015 Jun Akiyama 1 [6]
2016 Suwama 1 [7]
2017 Suwama 2 [8]
2018 Kento Miyahara 1 [9]
2019 Jake Lee 1 [10]
2021 Suwama 3
2022 Kento Miyahara 2
2023 Satoshi Kojima 1

2013[edit]

Akebono, the winner of the 2013 Ōdō Tournament

The 2013 Ōdō Tournament took place between September 11 and 23 and featured sixteen wrestlers. The participants and brackets were revealed on August 11. Included were the reigning Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion Suwama and four outside wrestlers; Mexican AAA representative Dark Cuervo, American freelancers D'Lo Brown and Low Ki and Austrian freelancer Bambi Killer.[11] As part of the openweight nature of the tournament, Atsushi Aoki, Kotaro Suzuki and World Junior Heavyweight Champion Yoshinobu Kanemaru from AJPW's junior heavyweight division also entered the tournament.[11][12] The tournament marked the first tour under an AJPW contract for longtime freelancer Akebono, who signed his contract on September 1.[13] On September 15, Suwama, the reigning Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion, was eliminated from the tournament in the second round by his former Last Revolution tag team partner Joe Doering.[14] After being eliminated from the tournament on September 16 by Akebono, Low Ki was sidelined for the rest of his AJPW tour with an abdominal injury.[15][16] The injury eventually led to Low Ki announcing his retirement from professional wrestling on October 14 due to AJPW supposedly not honoring their contractual obligation of medical care.[17] He, however, returned to the ring the following summer.[18] On September 23, Akebono defeated Go Shiozaki in the finals of the tournament to become the first Ōdō Tournament winner.[4][19] Following the win, Akebono went on to defeat Suwama on October 27 to win the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship for the first time.[20][21]

First round
(September 11, 14)
Second round
(September 15, 16, 17)
Semifinals
(September 19, 21)
Finals
(September 23)
        
Akebono Pin
Jun Akiyama 11:45[22]
Akebono Pin
Low Ki 07:03[24]
Low Ki Pin
Dark Cuervo 08:27[22]
Akebono Pin
Bambi Killer 06:13[27]
Bambi Killer Pin
Kenso 13:24[23]
Bambi Killer Pin
Takao Omori 13:12[25]
Takao Omori Pin
Atsushi Aoki 09:59[23]
Akebono Pin
Go Shiozaki 17:40[4]
Go Shiozaki Pin
Kotaro Suzuki 18:36[22]
Go Shiozaki Pin
Yoshinobu Kanemaru 14:32[26]
Yoshinobu Kanemaru Pin
D'Lo Brown 07:26[23]
Go Shiozaki Pin
Joe Doering 15:03[28]
Joe Doering Pin
Sushi 03:47[22]
Joe Doering Pin
Suwama 12:18[26]
Suwama Pin
Kento Miyahara 19:45[23]

2014[edit]

The 2014 Ōdō Tournament took place between September 15 and 28 and featured sixteen wrestlers. The participants and brackets were revealed on August 17. Included were the reigning Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion Joe Doering, the defending Ōdō Tournament winner Akebono and one qualifying match, set for August 30 between Sushi and Yohei Nakajima.[2] Joe Doering, the reigning Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion, was eliminated from the tournament in his first round match on September 15 by Go Shiozaki, while veteran wrestler and AJPW's new president Jun Akiyama, for the second year in a row, was also eliminated in his first round match by Kento Miyahara.[29][30][31][32] Akebono, the defending Ōdō Tournament winner, was eliminated from the tournament in the semifinals on September 22 by Suwama.[33][34] On September 28, Shiozaki defeated Suwama in the finals to win the second Ōdō Tournament.[5][35][36] Shiozaki received his shot at the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship on October 29, but was defeated by Doering.[37][38]

First round
(September 15, 18)
Second round
(September 20, 21)
Semifinals
(September 22)
Finals
(September 28)
        
Jun Akiyama Pin
Kento Miyahara 15:39[29]
Kento Miyahara Pin
Yoshinobu Kanemaru 12:20[40]
Yoshinobu Kanemaru Pin
Hikaru Sato 14:00[39]
Kento Miyahara Pin
Go Shiozaki 17:08[33]
Sushi Pin
Zeus 10:06[39]
Zeus Pin
Go Shiozaki 19:23[40]
Go Shiozaki Pin
Joe Doering 19:48[29]
Go Shiozaki Pin
Suwama 29:55[5]
Suwama Sub
Atsushi Aoki 15:57[29]
Suwama Pin
Takao Omori 20:26[41]
The Bodyguard Pin
Takao Omori 14:01[39]
Suwama Sub
Akebono 08:24[33]
Kotaro Suzuki Pin
Kenso 09:24[29]
Kotaro Suzuki Pin
Akebono 10:49[41]
Yutaka Yoshie Pin
Akebono 07:26[39]

2015[edit]

Jun Akiyama, the winner of the 2015 Ōdō Tournament

The 2015 Ōdō Tournament took place between September 10 and 26 and featured sixteen wrestlers. The participants were revealed on August 24. Included were the reigning Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion and 2013 Ōdō Tournament winner Akebono, reigning World Tag Team Champion and 2014 Ōdō Tournament winner Go Shiozaki, his championship partner Kento Miyahara and debuting outsiders Shuji Ishikawa and Yuji Hino.[42][43] Tournament brackets were revealed on August 29.[44][45] Jun Akiyama, the president of AJPW, won the tournament, defeating Akebono in the finals on September 26.[6][46]

First round
(September 10, 12, 13, 14)
Second round
(September 16, 19, 20, 24)
Semifinals
(September 26)
Finals
(September 26)
        
Akebono Pin
Bodyguard 09:33[47]
Akebono DQ
Suwama 16:39[51]
Hikaru Sato Pin
Suwama 14:29[48]
Akebono Pin
Shuji Ishikawa 06:42[6]
Kento Miyahara Pin
Yutaka Yoshie 15:00[49]
Kento Miyahara Pin
Shuji Ishikawa 15:03[52]
Takao Omori Pin
Shuji Ishikawa 13:31[50]
Akebono Pin
Jun Akiyama 08:46[6]
Yuji Hino Pin
Zeus 11:26[50]
Yuji Hino Pin
Yoshinobu Kanemaru 11:39[53]
Yoshinobu Kanemaru Pin
Kenso 14:19[48]
Yuji Hino Pin
Jun Akiyama 12:42[6]
Atsushi Aoki Pin
Kotaro Suzuki 16:08[47]
Atsushi Aoki Pin
Jun Akiyama 17:20[54]
Jun Akiyama Pin
Go Shiozaki 08:20[50]

2016[edit]

Suwama, the winner of the 2016 Ōdō Tournament

The 2016 Ōdō Tournament took place between September 4 and 19.[55] The participants were revealed on August 6. Included were the reigning Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion Kento Miyahara, the 2015 Ōdō Tournament winner Jun Akiyama, reigning World Junior Heavyweight and All Asia Tag Team Champion Hikaru Sato and four debuting outsiders; Kendo Kashin, Mitsuya Nagai, Ryoji Sai and Taishi Takizawa.[56][57] On September 19, Suwama defeated Zeus in the finals to win the tournament.[58][59][60]

First round
(September 4)
Second round
(September 17)
Semifinals
(September 19)
Finals
(September 19)
        
Zeus Pin
Bodyguard 09:49[61]
Zeus Pin
Ryoji Sai 18:51[62]
Jake Lee Pin
Ryoji Sai 08:22[61]
Zeus Pin
Jun Akiyama 10:33[7]
Hikaru Sato Sub
Mitsuya Nagai 11:57[61]
Mitsuya Nagai Pin
Jun Akiyama 13:07[62]
Jun Akiyama Pin
Takao Omori 13:45[61]
Zeus Pin
Suwama 25:36[7]
Yuma Aoyagi Sub
Kendo Kashin 06:38[61]
Kendo Kashin Pin
Atsushi Aoki 09:59[62]
Atsushi Aoki Pin
Yutaka Yoshie 08:51[61]
Kendo Kashin Sub
Suwama 08:10[7]
Naoya Nomura Pin
Taishi Takizawa 10:50[61]
Taishi Takizawa Pin
Suwama 14:06[62]
Kento Miyahara Pin
Suwama 18:56[61]

2017[edit]

The 2017 Ōdō Tournament took place between September 12 and 23.[63] Jake Lee was scheduled to take part in the tournament, but was forced to pull out after suffering a knee injury.[64] He was replaced by Kotaro Suzuki.[65]

First round
(September 12, 16)
Second round
(September 18, 19)
Semifinals
(September 23)
Finals
(September 23)
        
Ryoji Sai Pin
Zeus 19:24[66]
Zeus Pin
Shuji Ishikawa 20:13[68]
Shuji Ishikawa Pin
Bodyguard 06:51[66]
Shuji Ishikawa Pin
Kento Miyahara 13:41[8]
Kento Miyahara Pin
Kai 19:22[66]
Kento Miyahara Pin
Yoshitatsu 19:13[68]
Tajiri Pin
Yoshitatsu 09:28[66]
Shuji Ishikawa Pin
Suwama 16:54[8]
Suwama Pin
Naoya Nomura 13:33[67]
Suwama Pin
Koji Iwamoto 13:05[69]
Koji Iwamoto Pin
Yuma Aoyagi 10:52[67]
Suwama Sub
Joe Doering 07:43[8]
Kotaro Suzuki Pin
Atsushi Aoki 20:48[67]
Atsushi Aoki Pin
Joe Doering 13:51[69]
Hikaru Sato Pin
Joe Doering 04:14[67]

2018[edit]

The 2018 Ōdō Tournament took place between September 15 and 24.

First round
(September 15, 16, 17)
Second round
(September 21, 22)
Semifinals
(September 24)
Finals
(September 24)
        
Ryoji Sai Pin
Yuma Aoyagi 11:38
Ryoji Sai Pin
Yuji Hino 12:15
Bodyguard Pin
Yuji Hino 07:28
Yuji Hino Pin
Kento Miyahara 10:53
Kento Miyahara Pin
Yoshitatsu 18:54
Kento Miyahara Pin
Jake Lee 19:31
Jake Lee Pin
Jun Akiyama 10:06
Kento Miyahara Pin
Kengo Mashimo 23:47
Zeus Pin
Naoya Nomura 15:59
Suwama Pin
Zeus 15:56
Gianni Valletta Pin
Suwama 10:43
Zeus Stop
Kengo Mashimo 12:38
Shuji Ishikawa Stop
Kengo Mashimo 11:23
Kengo Mashimo Pin
Joe Doering 9:48
Joe Doering Pin
Dylan James 11:49

2019[edit]

The 2019 Ōdō Tournament took place between September 14 and 23.

First round
(September 14, 15, 16)
Second round
(September 18, 22)
Semifinals
(September 23)
Finals
(September 23)
        
Kento Miyahara Pin
Joe Doering 11:34
Kento Miyahara Pin
Jiro Kuroshio 16:55
Jiro Kuroshio Pin
Yoshitatsu 12:00
Kento Miyahara Pin
Zeus 11:05
Naoya Nomura Pin
Sam Adonis 15:41
Naoya Nomura Pin
Zeus 22:45
Dylan James Pin
Zeus 14:59
Kento Miyahara Pin
Jake Lee 23:59
Suwama Pin
Jake Lee 22:42
Jake Lee Pin
Kai 17:27
Yuma Aoyagi Pin
Kai 09:42
Jake Lee Stop
Shuji Ishikawa 09:16
Gianni Valletta Pin
Taishi Takizawa 09:19
Taishi Takizawa Pin
Shuji Ishikawa 13:57
Ryoji Sai Pin
Shuji Ishikawa 22:16

2021[edit]

The 8th Ōdō Tournament took place between August 15 and 29.[70][71]

First round
August 15
Second round
August 18
Quarterfinals
August 24
Semifinals
August 29
Finals
August 29
          
Jake Lee Pin
Sugi 12:36
Jake Lee Pin
Koji Iwamoto 13:21
Koji Doi 11:53
Koji Iwamoto Sub
Jake Lee Pin
Ayato Yoshida 14:32
Ryuki Honda 13:21
Hokuto Omori Pin
Hokuto Omori 7:34
Ayato Yoshida Pin
Black Menso-re 7:20
Ayato Yoshida Pin
Jake Lee 9:34
Shotaro Ashino Pin
Takao Omori 9:29
Atsuki Aoyagi Pin
Atsuki Aoyagi Pin
Tajiri 7:58
Devil Murasaki II [ja] 2:54
Tajiri Pin
Atsuki Aoyagi 9:52
Shotaro Ashino Pin
Zeus Sub
Seigo Tachibana 6:41
Zeus 9:43
Shotaro Ashino Sub
Shotaro Ashino Pin
Yuma Aoyagi 16:46
Shotaro Ashino 21:57
Suwama Pin
Abdullah Kobayashi Sub
Dan Tamura 9:14
Abdullah Kobayashi 10:23
Suwama Sub
Rei Saito [ja] 3:03
Suwama Pin
Suwama TKO
Shigehiro Irie 13:05
Shigehiro Irie Pin
Kuma Arashi 11:13
Shigehiro Irie Pin
Yoshitatsu 5:32
Hikaru Sato 8:24
Yoshitatsu Sub
Suwama Sub
Kento Miyahara 12:39
Kento Miyahara Pin
Yusuke Kodama 12:31
Kento Miyahara Pin
T-Hawk 14:15
Rising Hayato 10:37
T-Hawk Pin
Kento Miyahara Pin
Shuji Ishikawa 22:06
Shuji Ishikawa Pin
Jun Saito [ja] 4:21
Shuji Ishikawa Pin
Francesco Akira 5:05
Izanagi 8:45
Francesco Akira Pin

2022[edit]

The 9th Ōdō Tournament took place between August 7 and 20.[72]

First round
(August 7, 11)
Second round
(August 14, 16)
Semifinals
(August 20)
Finals
(August 20)
        
Kento Miyahara Pin
Taru 15:05
Kento Miyahara Pin
Cyrus 7:02
Shuji Ishikawa Pin
Cyrus 11:30
Kento Miyahara Pin
Yuji Nagata 10:48
Shotaro Ashino Sub
Dan Tamura 10:05
Shotaro Ashino Pin
Yuji Nagata 14:21
Yoshitatsu Pin
Yuji Nagata 14:22
Kento Miyahara Pin
Jake Lee 22:04
Takao Omori Pin
Ryuki Honda 6:48
Takao Omori Sub
Naoya Nomura 10:47
Yuma Aoyagi Pin
Naoya Nomura 16:55
Takao Omori* Pin
Jake Lee 05:46
Takuya Nomura Pin
Atsuki Aoyagi 11:52
Takuya Nomura Pin
Jake Lee 15:14
Ren Ayabe Pin
Jake Lee 11:54

* Naoya Nomura tested positive for COVID and was replaced by Takao Omori in the semi-finals.[73]

2023[edit]

The 10th Ōdō Tournament took place between August 19 and 27.

First round
(August 19, 21)
Second round
(August 22)
Semifinals
(August 27)
Finals
(August 27)
        
Shuji Ishikawa Pin
Ren Ayabe 14:47
Shuji Ishikawa Pin
Dan Tamura 14:21
Kotaro Suzuki Pin
Dan Tamura 6:59
Shuji Ishikawa 10:44
Satoshi Kojima Pin
Takuya Nomura Pin
Hokuto Omori 10:35
Takuya Nomura Pin
Satoshi Kojima 9:17
Satoshi Kojima Pin
Rei Saito 9:41
Satoshi Kojima Pin
Ryuki Honda 17:00
Hayato Tamura Pin
Jun Saito 9:16
Hayato Tamura Sub
Suwama 11:17
Suwama Pin
Fuminori Abe 0:24
Suwama Pin
Ryuki Honda 7:28
Kento Miyahara Pin
Atsuki Aoyagi 12:21
Kento Miyahara Pin
Ryuki Honda 16:57
Yuma Aoyagi Pin
Ryuki Honda 14:38

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