Young Drama Cup

The Young Drama Cup was a round-robin tournament established in 2009 promoted by DDT-Pro Wrestling (DDT), in the same style as DDT's former tag team tournament KO-D Tag League, as a means of showcasing the younger talent on their roster. The tournament was only held for two consecutive years 2009 and 2010 before becoming inactive.

In the Young Drama Cup wrestlers traditionally earn 2 points for a victory, 1 point for any sort of draw and 0 points for a loss. The two wrestlers with the most points at the end of the round-robin tournament will then face off in a singles match.

2009
The 2009 Young Dama Cup was the first edition of this tournament held by DDT and ran from to September 13 to October 25, 2009. The tournament featured six participants. Due to the match between Keisuke Ishii and Yukihiro Abe ended in a time limit draw. This led to a rematch were Ishii was victorious. The finals went down to be Ishii against Sasaki and Gabbana, were Ishii was victorious. Despite Sasaki losing at the finals, he became years later a KO-D Openweight Champion and the longest reigning DDT Extreme Division Champion. As for Ishii he also became a DDT Extreme Division Champion and challenged numerous occasions for the KO-D Openweight Championship.