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World Martial Arts Tournament

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The World Martial Arts Tournament logo

World Martial Arts Tournament (天下一武道会, Tenkaichi Budōkai; lit. "Best Martial Arts Tournament on Earth") refers to a martial arts event in the Dragon Ball manga, and in the anime series Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT.

Rules and characteristics

The World Martial Arts Tournament originated in a festival held since long ago at the temple which now serves as the tournament grounds.[1] The tournament originally occurred every five years, which is changed to every three years after the 21st World Tournament. It features the Earth's strongest fighters, as well as the regular participation of the Dragon Ball Gang and the Z Fighters. Besides the title of World Martial Arts Champion, the winner of the tournament receives the considerable amount of 500,000 Zeni (later increased to ten million Zeni) as a prize. It is shown that in the 21st and 22nd World Tournament, the prize is given to the winner directly after the tournament, while in the 25th World Tournament, according to Trunks and Mr. Satan, they send it by mail. According to Gohan, there are prizes to the top 5 in the 25th Tournament. 10 million zeni to the first place, 5 million to the second, 3 million for the third, 2 million to the fourth and 1 million to the fifth.[2]

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The World Martial Arts Tournament

In the tournament, anyone who comes into contact outside of the ring, is knocked out and does not stand up until commentator counts to 10, or gives up, automatically loses. If both fighters are knocked out and neither can reach their feet by the count of ten, the match is normally declared a draw. However, the tournament as a whole must have a champion, so if this happens in the final round, a special "sudden death"-esque rule is employed: the first one to stand up on both feet and state the entire sentence "I'm the Champion" is declared the winner. The tournament forbids any use of weapons or protective body gear (although natural weapons, such as bear claws, are allowed, and it is never clarified if cups are included int he ban on protective gear). Poking someone in the eyes or hitting them in the groin is also not allowed, although the latter can be overlooked if it was accidental. The most important rule is that killing the opponent is not allowed. Disobeying any of these rules results in disqualification from the tournament. However, more than one villain in the manga has entered the tournament with more interest in killing someone against whom they have a vendetta than in winning the prize.

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The original arena

The tournament has two parts: the preliminaries and the tournament itself, although this changed significantly in the later tournaments. The preliminaries are held indoors and without an audience. In the preliminaries, all the contestants are divided in several groups, usually eight (after the 21st World Martial Arts Tournament, more contestants than ever have started entering). These eight groups fight in mini-tournaments with a one-minute time limit for each match (matches that last longer than one minute are decided by points). The eight winners, one of each group, move on to the actual tournament.

In the World Tournament Saga, the tournament replaced the preliminaries with a punching contest to reduce injuries. Fighters would punch a machine, which would then calculate the strength of the punches. The fifteen who scored the highest moved on to the actual tournament (with the returning champion automatically being guaranteed one of the sixteen spots).

Normally, the winner of the final bout is automatically named the champion, and the returning champion had to win the tournament just like everyone else. However, at the end of the Kid Buu Saga, the tournament structure was changed so that the winner of the actual tournament was not automatically the champion, but merely won an opportunity to fight the returning champion in a title fight. This was probably done due to Mr. Satan's manipulation, as it gives the champion an unfair advantage, since the challenger must fight four opponents, with only a few minutes rest, before facing the Champion, whereas the Champion would still be fresh.

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The new arena

The participants fight in pairs; the order of the fights is decided by each participant taking a random number from a box. As there are usually eight participants, the tournament has three levels: quarter-finals (4 fights), semi-finals (2 fights), and the final fight. It is later increased to sixteen fighters in the World Tournament Saga. The winner of each fight goes on to fight with the winner of the other fights, with a tree diagram showing the order of the fighters, going up on the aforementioned levels, ultimately leading to the final bout to determine the champion.

World Martial Arts Tournaments are hosted, run and announced by the same World Tournament Announcer. At the end of Dragon Ball GT, he is replaced by his descendant.

Martial Arts Temple

There are several buildings in the Martial Arts Temple.

  • Dining Hall: It seems that the World Tournament participants can eat here for free.
  • Nurse Room: A room that has a treatment table and basic medical equipment. The wounded Videl received treatment here after being injured in her match in the 25th World Tournament.
  • Preliminaries Grounds: It is located in the back of the martial arts temple's main building. For the 24th World Tournament and onward, the preliminaries grounds are equipped with a Punching Machine.
  • Room for Contestants: The main temple building of the Martial Arts Temple that the World Tournament grounds are located on. Here, the contestants in the main tournament wait their turn.
  • World Tournament Stadium: The martial arts arena where the main fights take place.

Staff members

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Two staff members

List of champions

  • Spike the Devil Man (two unknown World Martial Arts Tournaments)
  • King Chappa (one unknown World Martial Arts Tournament, possibly the 20th)
  • Jackie Chun (21st World Martial Arts Tournament)
  • Tien Shinhan (22nd World Martial Arts Tournament)
  • Goku (23rd World Martial Arts Tournament)
  • Mr. Satan (the longest reigning champion, 24th through the 31st World Martial Arts Tournament, and possibly one or two more after that; however, it is important to note that the 25th Tournament and onwards were rigged in the final match)

Junior division champions

  • Videl (24th World Martial Arts Tournament)
  • Trunks (25th World Martial Arts Tournament)
  • Mugley (31st World Martial Arts Tournament)

Notes

  • King Chappa – Coincidentally, he is Goku's first opponent in both of the preliminary matches of the 22nd and 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament. King Chappa is mentioned to have won a tournament without even being touched. Though it is not specified in the manga if the tournament he competed in was a World Martial Arts Tournament, during the King Piccolo Saga in the anime, Chappa is revealed to be one of the targets on Tambourine's hitlist and is killed by the demon; this indicates that the tournament in which he fought was in fact a World Martial Arts Tournament. Since the records on Tambourine's list only goes back ten years, thus covering only the 20th, 21st, and 22nd World Tournaments, King Chappa would have had to have won the tournament prior to Goku's first entry: the 20th World Martial Arts Tournament.
  • Master Roshi (under unknown alias) – When Master Roshi is fighting Goku as "Jackie Chun", he says he fought Goku's adoptive grandfather Gohan and won.[3] While it is possible Roshi and Gohan fought each other on an occasion outside the tournament, it is unlikely Roshi would have used the Thunder Shock Surprise in a simple sparring match, he might only have used such a devastating attack if he felt he had to win at any cost and the only reason he would feel this way about a pupil he loved might have been if he was trying to help him, as he helped Goku by preventing his victory and keeping his passion alive. It is impossible to estimate how many tournaments Roshi won using this disguise, or in fact if he used different disguises, or even if he disguised himself as Jackie Chun and that it was simply so long ago people forgot about him. Regardless, it can be assumed that Roshi won at least one World Martial Arts Tournament in the days of Gohan and Ox-King's youth.

Pattern

All tournaments in the original Dragon Ball series follow a certain pattern:

  • Yamcha is always far outclassed and always loses in the quarter-finals, often to the main opponent.
  • Goku far outclasses his opponent in the semi-finals.
  • One of the other Z Fighters makes it to the semifinals (usually Krillin, once Tien Shinhan) but loses to a more powerful opponent (usually the one Yamcha fought).
  • Goku makes it to the finals, and takes on the powerful opponent who has defeated at least one of his friends.
  • In the 22nd and 23rd World Tournament, the one who beat the champion from the last tournament in the semi final match became champion: Tien beat Jackie Chun, the winner of the 21st, and Tien became champion that year, and Goku beat Tien at the next tournament and he became champion.

List of known World Martial Arts Tournaments

Pre-Dragon Ball

20th

Date: Age 745, May 7
It is never officially mentioned who won this tournament, but when Goku faces King Chappa in the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament, it is said King Chappa won his last tournament without a single opponent landing a hit. Later, in the King Piccolo Saga, King Piccolo's underling Tambourine gathers a list of all the finalists in the last 10 years, which would cover the last 3 World Martial Arts Tournaments and, since Tien Shinhan won the 22nd and Master Roshi as Jackie Chun won the 21st, that would mean that King Chappa won the 20th.

Winner: King Chappa

Dragon Ball

21st

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Goku vs. Jackie Chun in the final round of the 21st Tournament

Date: Age 750, May 7
Total entrants: 137
Notable Contestants that did not pass the elimination rounds:

Contestants:

Winner: Jackie Chun
Runner-up: Goku

22nd

Date: Age 753, May 7
Total entrants: 182
Notable Contestants that did not pass the elimination rounds:

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Chiaotzu and Krillin during the 22nd Tournament

Contestants:

Winner: Tien Shinhan
Runner-up: Goku

23rd

Date: Age 756, May 7
Total entrants: 72
Notable Contestants that did not pass the elimination rounds:

Contestants:

Winner: Goku
Runner-up: Piccolo

  • It is interesting to note that this is the only World Martial Arts Tournament Goku ever won, despite his participation in several before and after. This is the first tournament where the outcome determines the fate of the Earth. Incidentally, after this tournament, everything had to be built from scratch because the entire area was vaporized during the fight (hence the new, larger stadium).

Dragon Ball Z

24th

Date: Age 767, May 7

This tournament is not seen in the series, it is only alluded to and it is present in the Daizenshuu 7 timeline. Before the Cell Games, the Z Fighters (both in the manga and the anime) comment that there has not been a World Martial Arts Tournament since the 23rd,[citation needed] though newcomer Mr. Satan is called the world's wrestling champion (world's martial arts champion in the anime). Therefore, in the anime, the 24th tournament takes place before the Cell Games. It is also known that this was the first tournament to feature a Junior Division.

Known Junior Division Contestants:

Winner: Videl

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Spopovich vs. Mr. Satan

Known Adult Division Contestants:

Winner: Mr. Satan
Runner-up: Jewel

25th

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The ring was re-designed to be much bigger in Dragon Ball Z

Date: Age 774, May 7
Total Junior Division entrants: 35
Total Adult Division entrants: 194
Known Junior Division Contestants:

Winner: Trunks
Runner-up: Goten

Contestants:

  • Goku
  • Vegeta
  • Pintar
  • Krillin
  • Piccolo – Using the alias of Ma Jr.
  • Shin
  • Spopovich
  • Yamu
  • Videl
  • Kibito
  • Great Saiyaman – Gohan's alter-ego.
  • Mr. Satan
  • Android 18
  • Jewel
  • Killa
  • Mighty Mask – Impersonated by Goten and Trunks

Winner: Mr. Satan
Runner-up: Android 18 (who loses to Mr. Satan on purpose in a deal to make money)

26th

Date: Age 778, May 7

Winner: Mr. Satan
Runner-up: Mr. Buu (who loses to Mr. Satan on purpose)

27th

Date: Age 781, May 7

Contestants

Winner: Mr. Satan
Runner-up: Mr. Buu (who loses to Mr. Satan on purpose)

28th

Date: Age 784, May 7
Total entrants: 114

Contestants:

The tournament was cancelled due to Goku and Uub leaving.

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29th

Date: Age 787, May 7

Winner: Mr. Satan
Runner-up: Mr. Buu (who loses to Mr. Satan on purpose)

30th

Date: Age 790, May 7

Winner: Mr. Satan
Runner-up: Mr. Buu (who loses to Mr. Satan on purpose)

Dragon Ball GT

31st

Date: Age 790, May 7

Junior Division Contestants:

Winner: Mugley
Runner-up: Goku

  • This is this first tournament where "Kid" Goku fights in the Junior Division. As a child, Goku had fought in the regular division because there was no Junior Division.

Kid Goku lost in the tournament because the Crying Child (Mugley) was tickling Goku while Vegeta walked into the stadium and distracted Goku, making him fall out of the ring.

Notable Contestants that did not pass the elimination rounds:

Known Contestants:

Winner: Mr. Satan

Runner-up: Majuub/Papayaman

64th

Date: Age 889, May 7

Junior Division:

None of the fighters participating in the Adult Division were even mentioned. Although the child's division may have been removed making that the final round of the tournament.

Other tournaments

Chiaotzu's Tournament

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Tao vs. Bora at Chiaotzu's Tournament

The tournament held by the Mifan Emperor Chiaotzu in Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure. It is an elimination match where the winner faces the next opponent.

Known Contestants:

Contestants that did not fight:

King Wonton's Royal Match

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King Wonton's Royal Match

The tournament held by King Wonton during the events of "Goku vs. Sky Dragon". Each year, the chosen representatives of two schools fight for the title of Master of Martial Arts.

Contestants:

Winner: Goku

Cell Games

Main article: Cell Games Contestants:

Official Winner: Mr. Satan
Actual Winner: Gohan
Runner-up: Cell

Note: The Cell Games were not technically a World Martial Arts Tournament. However, Cell himself stated that he would "revive the World Martial Arts Tournament". This is the first tournament in the series where contestants actually die (there are also deaths in the movie-only Intergalactic World Tournament, see below). Android 16, Future Trunks, and even Goku die at the hands of Cell. Cell and the 7 Cell Juniors died at the hands of Gohan. This is also the second tournament where the outcome determines the fate of the Earth.

Intergalactic World Tournament

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The Intergalactic World Tournament fighting arena

The Intergalactic World Tournament (Tenkaichi Dai Budokai) is a tournament that was featured in the movie Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound. It was sponsored by the millionaire X.S. Cash as a birthday present for his only son Monty. The tournament was supposed to feature fighters representing the four corners of the galaxy; in reality, the four fighters were actually pupils of Mr. Satan, made-up to look like aliens. The winner of said tournament would win a prize of 100,000,000 Zeni and gone on to fight Mr. Satan (due to him being the "official" winner of the Cell Games).

However, this tournament was ruined by the intrusion of Bojack and his henchmen, who killed Mr. Satan's pupils (the fake galaxy warriors) and then fought the contestants in their place. Bojack and his minions were eventually defeated by Gohan (with a little help from Goku).

This is the second tournament where Mr. Satan takes the credit for Gohan's victory. Technically, this is the third tournament in which the outcome determines the fate of the Earth (and possibly all the four parts of the galaxy). This is also the only other tournament, besides the Cell Games, where fighters are actually killed (though, unlike the Cell Games, killing was against the rules).

Known contestants:

Final contestants:

  • Gohan
  • Future Trunks
  • Piccolo
  • Krillin
  • Tien
  • Doskoi
  • Udo
  • Sky Dragon

Quarter-finalists:

  • Gohan (defeats Udo)
  • Krillin (Piccolo forfeits)
  • Future Trunks (defeats Tien)
  • Doskoi (defeats Sky Dragon)

"Official" Winner: Mr. Satan
Actual Winner: Gohan
Runner-up: Bojack

The whole tournament was somewhat flopped, since Bido killed Doskoi. Later, Mr. Satan, who was supposed to fight the winner of the quarter-finals, was introduced in the battle arena as a safety measure against Bojack and crew. Finally, he convinced everyone that he defeated Bojack due to the unavailability of video proof.

Other World Tournament

Main article: Other World Tournament The Other World Tournament is where fighters in the Other World compete. Goku and Pikkon both fought in it. This tournament was technically won by Goku (the second time Goku actually won a tournament). This tournament has occurred only twice in the series, once during the anime and later in the 12th DBZ Movie.

Note: Interestingly, this is the only tournament where killing an opponent is not a problem as all the fighters are already dead. However, as stated in the Buu Saga, if an already dead warrior "dies" again, he is erased from existence.

First Tournament

This is the tournament that took place in the Great Saiyaman Saga.

Known Contestants:

  • Technical Winner: Goku
  • "Official" Winner: No Winner
  • Runner-up: Pikkon and Goku
  • Result: Draw

Second Tournament

This is the tournament that took place during Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn. The final match between Goku and Pikkon was interrupted by Janemba causing trouble at King Yemma's office. It is possible that this tournament also had no winner due to the interruption.

Known Contestants:

New World Tournament

A special tournament that takes place during the Special Age in the video game Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z. In the tournament, a team of four must defeat as many of the ruffians who fill the arena as possible.

Known Contestants:

Yamcha Game

Main article: Yamcha Game A special tournament held by Yamcha, in the video game Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3. Yamcha chooses the characters, customizations, and colors of all the contestants, and the final fight is against Yamcha himself.

Who's The Strongest In The World?

The Who's The Strongest In The World? tournament is a tournament that was held by Tori-Bot in Walrus Field on Gengoro Island during Dr. Slump. The first prize was 400,000 Zeni with the second prize being 100,000.

Contestants:

  • Tsukutsun Tsun (semi-finalist)
  • Kill R. Snyper (quarter-finalist)
  • Pahpunch (quarter-finalist)
  • Allizdog (semi-finalist)
  • Zou-No-Shirizeki (quarter-finalist)
  • Dr. Mashirito - registered as Caramel Man 008 (later changes it to Caramel Man 009 (finalist)
  • Senbei Norimaki (quarter-finalist)
  • Renault Citroen (semi-finalist)
  • Arale Norimaki (winner)
  • Heyheyho (quarter-finalist)

"Official" Winner: Arale Norimaki
Actual Winner: Obotchaman
Runner-up: Dr. Mashirito

Trivia

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ Saikyō Jump #6, 2014
  2. ↑ Dragon Ball chapter 426, Strongest in the Heavens!
  3. ↑ Dragon Ball episode 27, "Number One Under the Moon?"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Dragon Ball chapter 114, "The Qualifying Rounds"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Dragon Ball chapter 115, "King Chappa"
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Staff
World Tournament Chairman • World Tournament Announcer (Future)
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Contestants
Pre-21st Tournament Debut
King Chappa • Spike the Devil Man
21st Tournament Debut
Bacterian • Fighter 40 • Fighter 69 • Fighter 83 • Fighter 97 • Great Lee • Bullies of the Orin Temple • Giran • Goku (Future • Cell) • Jackie Chun (Master Roshi) (Future) • Krillin (Future • Cell) • Nam • Ranfan • Yamcha (Future)
22nd Tournament Debut
Antoine the Great • Archdemon • Chiaotzu (Future) • Cyclops • Man-Wolf • Mohawked Fighter • Orc • Pamput • Saber tiger • Shaman • Sumo Wrestler • Tien Shinhan (Future • Cell)
23rd Tournament Debut
Anonymous (Chi-Chi) (Future) • Hero (Kami) (Future) • Cyborg Tao • Demon Jr. (Piccolo) (Future • Cell) • Yajirobe (Future)
24th Tournament Debut
Jewel • Killa • Mighty Mask • Mr. Satan • Pintar • Spopovich • Videl
25th Tournament Debut
Android 18 • Goten • Great Saiyaman (Gohan) • Idasa • Ikose • Kadopi • Kibito • Koryuu • Pyonatt • Shin (Supreme Kai) • Trunks • Vegeta • Yamu
26th Tournament Debut
Mr. Buu
28th Tournament Debut
Captain Chicken • Nareg • Nok • Otokosuki • Pan • Uub • Wild Tiger
31st Tournament Debut
Charlie • Matt Cat • Mugley • Papayaman (Majuub) • Super One
64th Tournament Debut
Goku Jr. • Vegeta Jr.
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