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Flyer from S.I.N.'s tournament
The World Fighting Championship[1] (ワールドバトルトーナメント Wārudo Batoru Tōnamento?, "World Battle Tournament") is the primary tournament all the Street Fighters participate in. It is alternatively known as the World Warrior Tournament or simply the Street Fighter Tournament. Several different organizations have hosted this tournament.
History
The first World Fighting Championship was held by Sagat with Ryu emerging as the champion. The second was held by M. Bison and Shadaloo in which Akuma killed Bison, though there isn't an official winner. The third was held by S.I.N., and the fourth by Gill's organization, the Illuminati, in which Alex won officially after being sought after by the organization itself.
Overview
There's no real restrictions in the tournament, and weapons (including firearms) are allowed. There's no class distinction or grade requirement and any fighting style is welcome. Winner is decided by knockout. In the original Street Fighter, Ryu faces Adon before fighting Sagat. In Street Fighter II series, the contender would face Balrog, Vega and Sagat and then finally Bison. In the first two Street Fighter III games and the Street Fighter IV series, the contender would fight their rival and then fights the final boss (Gill and Seth, respectively).
Known Participants
First Tournament (Inaugural)
Second Tournament (Shadaloo)
- Ryu
- Ken
- Guile
- Chun-Li
- Cammy
- Blanka
- Dee Jay
- Dhalsim
- Fei-Long
- T. Hawk
- E. Honda
- Balrog
- Vega
- Sagat
- M. Bison (host)
- Akuma (uninvited)
- Evil Ryu
- Violent Ken
Third Tournament (S.I.N.)
- Ryu
- Ken
- Guile
- Chun-Li
- Cammy
- Blanka
- Dee Jay
- Dhalsim
- Fei-Long
- T. Hawk
- E. Honda
- Abel
- C. Viper
- El Fuerte
- Rufus
- Hakan
- Juri
- Adon
- Makoto
- Dudley
- Ibuki
- Guy
- Cody
- Sakura
- Dan
- Gen
- Rose
- Yun
- Yang
- Elena
- Rolento
- Hugo
- Poison
- Decapre (uninvited)
- Balrog
- Vega
- Sagat
- M. Bison (champion)
- Seth (host)
- Akuma (uninvited)
- Gouken (uninvited)
- Evil Ryu
- Oni (uninvited)
Fourth Tournament (Illuminati)
- Ryu
- Ken
- Alex (champion)
- Dudley
- Elena
- Sean
- Ibuki
- Yun
- Yang
- Oro
- Necro
- Urien
- Hugo
- Gill (host)
- Akuma (uninvited)
Trivia
- The Street Fighter Alpha series, Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike and Street Fighter V series are the only mainstream games that involve street fights in each saga rather than tournaments.
- Capcom and other animation and filming studios have to date not developed a plot centered on a fighting tournament for the animes, cartoons and films of Street Fighter, unlike most of the comic books and manga. The tournaments did however have major scenes in the Street Fighter cartoon series that was loosely based on Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers and Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation that was loosely based on Street Fighter Alpha 2. In those plots, the world warriors fight in one location and most or some of the world warriors compete in the tournaments while the other fighters from the game are absent.
- The only playable characters in the Street Fighter series that have (so far) never participated in any of the tournaments are: Nash, Sodom, R. Mika, Karin, Maki, Ingrid, Juli, Juni, Remy, Twelve, Q, F.A.N.G, Laura, Rashid, Necalli, Kolin (as a playable character), Ed, Abigail, Menat, Zeku, Falke and G.