D-Oh Grand Prix

The D-Oh Grand Prix is an annual professional wrestling tournament hosted by the DDT Pro-Wrestling promotion. Though DDT also runs the annual King of DDT Tournament, the D-Oh Grand Prix is different in that it is round-robin, whereas the King of DDT is a single-elimination tournament. Like the King of DDT however, the winner of the tournament receives a shot at the KO-D Openweight Championship.

History

The tournament was created by DDT producer Danshoku Dino in August 2017 and later confirmed in November.
After the first edition was held in January 2018, the second edition had to be held in December 2018 while retaining the name "D-Oh Grand Prix 2019". This offset between the tournament title and the year it was actually held persisted until 2021 where the tournament was entitled "D-Oh Grand Prix 2021 II".
Shuji Ishikawa is the inaugural winner of the tournament; Konosuke Takeshita is the only two-time winner.

Rules

The matches are fought to one Glossary of [professional wrestling terms#fall|fall] with a 30 minutes time limit. The final has no time limit.
The participants are divided into two blocks, A and B, and fight in a round-robin using a points system; two points for a victory, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss.
The winners from the two blocks go on to fight in the final to decide the D-Oh Grand Prix winner.
The D-Oh Grand Prix winner, assuming they do not already hold the KO-D Openweight Championship, obtain first contendership to the title and receive a title shot.
Tournaments

Results

2018

The 2018 edition of the D-Oh Grand Prix was announced on August 20, 2017, and the participants were later announced on November 23. The tournament ran over eight shows from January 5 to January 28, 2018. It included Jiro "Ikemen" Kuroshio from the Wrestle-1 promotion.

2019

The 2019 edition was announced on October 21, 2018, and the participants were later announced on the same day. The tournament ran over nine shows from November 30 until December 30, 2018. The tournament included Go Shiozaki from Pro Wrestling Noah who made his first appearance in a D-Oh Grand Prix as did Shinya Aoki, Sammy Guevara, Mao and Puma King. Because Konosuke Takeshita entered the tournament as the reigning Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion, multiple matches in block B and the finals of the tournament were contested for the title due to its 24/7 rule.

2020

The 2020 tournament was announced on September 29, 2019, and the participants were later announced on the same day. The tournament was held from November 29 until December 28, 2019. This year's edition included Chihiro Hashimoto from the Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling promotion. Chris Brookes, Yuki Iino, Bull James, Masato Tanaka, Yuki Ueno and Naomi Yoshimura made their first appearance in the tournament.

2021

The 2021 tournament was announced on September 7, 2020, at Get Alive 2020 and the participants were later announced on November 3, at Ultimate Party 2020. The tournament was held from November 22 until December 27, 2020. Making their D-Oh Grand Prix debut were Shunma Katsumata, Makoto Oishi and Jun Akiyama. Daisuke Sasaki was diagnosed with a fractured rib after his first match and had to withdraw from the rest of the tournament.

2021 II

On July 4, 2021, DDT announced the next tournament would be named "D-Oh Grand Prix 2021 II", thus ending the trend of the name not matching the year. This edition ran from November 3 to December 5 and featured only 12 participants. Konosuke Takeshita became the first wrestler to win the D-Oh Grand Prix while holding the KO-D Openweight Championship and the first to win two editions. Kenta Kobashi was the special observer for the tournament.

Block A	Akiyama	Endo (wrestler)\|Endo]	Ueno	Yoshimura	Hino	Bodyguard (wrestler)\|Bodyguard]
Akiyama		Akiyama	Ueno	Akiyama	Hino	Akiyama
Endo	Akiyama		Ueno	Endo	Endo	Endo
Ueno	Ueno	Ueno		Yoshimura	Ueno	Bodyguard
Yoshimura	Akiyama	Endo	Yoshimura		Hino	Bodyguard
Hino	Hino	Endo	Ueno	Hino		Hino
Bodyguard	Akiyama	Endo	Bodyguard	Bodyguard	Hino
Block B	Takeshita	Harashima	Higuchi	Brookes	Mao	Okabayashi
Takeshita		Takeshita	Takeshita	Takeshita	Takeshita	Draw
Harashima	Takeshita		Higuchi	Brookes	Mao	Draw
Higuchi	Takeshita	Higuchi		Higuchi	Mao	Okabayashi
Brookes	Takeshita	Brookes	Higuchi		Brookes	Okabayashi
Mao	Takeshita	Mao	Mao	Brookes		Okabayashi
Okabayashi	Draw	Draw	Okabayashi	Okabayashi	Okabayashi

2022

On August 20, 2022, DDT announced the 2022 edition would have 12 participants. This tournament ran from November 1 to December 4. Like previous year, Kenta Kobashi was the special observer of the tournament.

Block A	Endo	Sasaki	Ueno	Yoshimura	Janela	Page
Endo		Draw	Endo	Yoshimura	Janela	Endo
Sasaki	Draw		Ueno	Sasaki	Sasaki	Page
Ueno	Endo	Ueno		Yoshimura	Ueno	Ueno
Yoshimura	Yoshimura	Sasaki	Yoshimura		Janela	Page
Janela	Janela	Sasaki	Ueno	Janela		Draw
Page	Endo	Page	Ueno	Page	Draw
Block B	Higuchi	Brookes	Mao	Hino	Naya	Kanon
Higuchi		Higuchi	Higuchi	Draw	Naya	Higuchi
Brookes	Higuchi		Mao	Brookes	Naya	Brookes
Mao	Higuchi	Mao		Hino	Naya	Kanon
Hino	Draw	Brookes	Hino		Hino	Hino
Naya	Naya	Naya	Naya	Hino		Naya
Kanon	Higuchi	Brookes	Kanon	Hino	Naya

2023

On September 13, 2023, DDT announced the 2023 edition would feature 12 participants. The tournament ran from November 26, 2023 to January 3, 2024. Chris Brookes had to forfeit his last match of the tournament after it was discovered that he had a non-malignant tumor in his abdomen.

Block A	Ueno	Endo	Higuchi	Sasaki	Harashima	Iino
Ueno		Endo	Ueno	Draw	Ueno	Iino
Endo	Endo		Endo	Sasaki	Harashima	Endo
Higuchi	Ueno	Endo		Higuchi	Higuchi	Higuchi
Sasaki	Draw	Sasaki	Higuchi		Harashima	Sasaki
Harashima	Ueno	Harashima	Higuchi	Harashima		Iino
Iino	Iino	Endo	Higuchi	Sasaki	Iino
Block B	Brookes	Mao	Naya	Kanon	Hirata	Saito
Brookes		Mao	Naya	Brookes	Hirata	Saito
Mao	Mao		Naya	Mao	Mao	Saito
Naya	Naya	Naya		Kanon	Naya	Naya
Kanon	Brookes	Mao	Kanon		Kanon	Saito
Hirata	Hirata	Mao	Naya	Kanon		Saito
Saito	Saito	Saito	Naya	Saito	Saito