D Generations Cup
| D Generations Cup | |
|---|---|
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| Promotion | CyberFight |
| Brand | DDT |
| First event | D Generations Cup 2023 |
The D Generations Cup (DGC) is an annual professional wrestling tournament organized by CyberFight's DDT Pro-Wrestling brand. This tournament showcases up-and-coming talents from the company, akin to the Young Drama Cup, last held in 2010.
The inaugural edition, held in 2023, employed a round-robin format, with each participant facing all other wrestlers within the same block in singles matches. The winner of each block was determined via a point system, with two points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss. On the final day of the event, the winners of each block faced each other to determine the winner of the tournament. The 2024 edition adopted a single-elimination bracket format, followed by a return to the round-robin system in the subsequent year.
History
[edit | edit source]DDT Pro-Wrestling announced the participants of the inaugural D Generations Cup on January 2, 2023.[1][2] The schedule was then announced on January 10.[3]
Tournament finals
[edit | edit source]| # | Event | Date | Venue | Location | Attendance | Final | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Into The Fight 2023 | February 26, 2023 | Korakuen Hall | Tokyo, Japan | 680 | Yuya Koroku vs. Takeshi Masada | [4] |
| 2 | April Fool 2024 | April 7, 2024 | 1,334 | To-y vs. Rukiya | [5] | ||
| 3 | Next Generation 2025: Kisaragi Roman | February 23, 2025 | N/A | Takeshi Masada vs. Yuya Koroku | [6] |
Tournaments
[edit | edit source]| Year | Winner | Times won | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Takeshi Masada | 1 | 8 |
| 2024 | To-y | 1 | |
| 2025 | Yuya Koroku | 1 |
Results
[edit | edit source]2023
[edit | edit source]The D Generations Cup 2023 was the first edition of the tournament. Held between January 29 and February 26, it featured eight competitors divided in two blocks of four ("A" and "B"). The final was held on February 26, at Into The Fight 2023, and saw Takeshi Masada defeat Yuya Koroku.[7] As a result, Masada earned a spot on the DDT shows in Hollywood on March 30 and 31.[2]
| Block A | Block B | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Yuya Koroku | 6 | Takeshi Masada | 4 |
| Hideki Okatani | 4 | Toy Kojima | 4 |
| Ilusion | 2 | Yuki Ishida | 2 |
| Kazuma Sumi | 0 | Keigo Nakamura | 2 |
| Block A | Okatani | Koroku | Sumi | Ilusion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Okatani | — | Koroku (9:39)[8] |
Okatani (5:22)[9] |
Okatani (6:25)[10] |
| Koroku | Koroku (9:39)[8] |
— | Koroku (6:39)[10] |
Koroku (8:11)[11] |
| Sumi | Okatani (5:22)[9] |
Koroku (6:39)[10] |
— | Illusion (6:19)[12] |
| Ilusion | Okatani (6:25)[10] |
Koroku (6:39)[11] |
Illusion (6:19)[12] |
— |
| Block B | Nakamura | Kojima | Ishida | Masada |
| Nakamura | — | Kojima (7:58)[11] |
Ishida (11:02)[12] |
Nakamura (7:10)[9] |
| Kojima | Kojima (7:58)[11] |
— | Kojima (8:58)[10] |
Masada (8:21)[8] |
| Ishida | Ishida (11:02)[12] |
Kojima (8:58)[10] |
— | Masada (9:34)[11] |
| Masada | Nakamura (7:10)[9] |
Masada (8:21)[8] |
Masada (9:34)[11] |
— |
| Final | ||||
| A1 | Yuya Koroku | 8:26[7] | ||
| B1 | Takeshi Masada | Pin | ||
2024
[edit | edit source]The second D Generations Cup was held between March 21 and April 7, 2024. The eight participants fought in a single-elimination bracket to earn a spot in the 2024 King of DDT Tournament.[13][14] The final was held on April 7, at April Fool 2024, and saw To-y defeat Rukiya.[15]
| First round March 21 | Semifinals March 26 | Final April 7 | ||||||||||||
| Yuni | 8:32[16] | |||||||||||||
| Ilusion | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Ilusion | 8:53[17] | |||||||||||||
| To-y | Pin | |||||||||||||
| To-y | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Tsubasa Suzuki | 5:08[16] | |||||||||||||
| To-y | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Rukiya | 10:22[15] | |||||||||||||
| Munetatsu Nakamura | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Kazuma Sumi | 6:50[16] | |||||||||||||
| Munetatsu Nakamura | 6:54[17] | |||||||||||||
| Rukiya | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Yuya Koroku | 9:12[16] | |||||||||||||
| Rukiya | Pin | |||||||||||||
2025
[edit | edit source]The third edition of the D Generations Cup took place between February 4 and February 23, 2025. Returning to the round-robin system, the tournament featured eight competitors divided into two blocks of four ("A" and "B"), competing for a future KO-D Openweight Championship match. In a rematch of the 2023 final, Yuya Koroku defeated Takeshi Masada to win the cup and a KO-D Openweight Championship opportunity against Chris Brookes on April 6, at Change Age 2025: My Lie in April.[6] He would go on to fail to win the title.[18]
| Block A | Block B | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Takeshi Masada | 6 | Yuya Koroku | 4 |
| Ilusion | 2 | To-y | 4 |
| Keigo Nakamura | 2 | Kazuma Sumi | 3 |
| Yuki Ishida | 2 | Yuni | 1 |
| Block A | Masada | Nakamura | Ilusion | Ishida |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masada | — | Masada (11:49)[19] |
Masada (9:52)[20] |
Masada (8:20)[21] |
| Nakamura | Masada (11:49)[20] |
— | Ilusion (11:12)[21] |
Nakamura (6:45)[22] |
| Ilusion | Masada (9:52)[19] |
Ilusion (11:12)[21] |
— | Ishida (0:35)[20] |
| Ishida | Masada (8:20)[21] |
Nakamura (6:45)[22] |
Ishida (0:35)[20] |
— |
| Block B | To-y | Koroku | Yuni | Sumi |
| To-y | — | Koroku (12:16)[19] |
To-y (6:22)[21] |
To-y (8:30)[22] |
| Koroku | Koroku (12:16)[20] |
— | Koroku (8:25)[20] |
Sumi (11:17)[21] |
| Yuni | To-y (6:22)[21] |
Koroku (8:25)[20] |
— | Draw (15:00)[19] |
| Sumi | To-y (8:30)[22] |
Sumi (11:17)[21] |
Draw (15:00)[19] |
— |
| Final | ||||
| A1 | Takeshi Masada | 16:40[6] | ||
| B1 | Yuya Koroku | Sub | ||
See also
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