The Young Generation Battle was BattlARTS' annual singles tournament, designed to decipher who the strongest wrestler was. Over the years there were different ways of running the tournament, but the round-robin system was most common.
1998 (7/25/98 to 9/6/98) (Full results)
Block A:
1. Yuki Ishikawa [8]
2. Carl Greco [7]
3. Alexander Otsuka [6]
4. Katsumi Usuda [6]
5. Ryuji Yamakawa [3]
6. Katsushi Takemura [0]
Block B:
1. Victor Krueger [7]
2. Minoru Tanaka [6]
3. Daisuke Ikeda [5]
4. Masao Orihara [5]
5. Takeshi Ono [4]
6. Mohammed Yone [3]
Semi Final: Victor Krueger beat Carl Greco (0:48) with an achilles tendon hold.
Semi Final: Yuki Ishikawa beat Minoru Tanaka (14:06) with an ankle hold.
3rd Place Match: Minoru Tanaka beat Carl Greco by forfeit.
Final: Yuki Ishikawa beat Victor Krueger (12:29) with a cross armbreaker.
1999 (7/20/99 to 8/29/99) (Full results)
1. Yuki Ishikawa [10]
2. Daisuke Ikeda [9]
3. Mohammed Yone [9]
4. Alexander Otsuka [8]
5. Minoru Tanaka [8]
6. Carl Malenko [5]
7. Katsumi Usuda [4]
8. Takeshi Ono [3]
Semi Final: Daisuke Ikeda beat Mohammed Yone (15:14) with a figure-four leglock.
Final: Daisuke Ikeda beat Yuki Ishikawa (19:59) with a cross armbreaker.
2000 (7/20/00 to 9/7/00) (Full results)
Block A:
1. Alexander Otsuka [8]
2. Katsumi Usuda [6]
3. Mick Tierney [6]
4. Carl Malenko [5]
5. Ikuto Hidaka [5]
6. Ryuji Hijikata [0]
Block B:
1. Mitsuya Nagai [9]
2. Mohammed Yone [7]
3. Rastaman [6]
4. Minoru Tanaka [4]
5. Takeshi Ono [2]
6. junji.com [0]
Block A Semi Finalist Decision Match: Katsumi Usuda beat Mick Tierney (5:26) with a cross kneelock.
Semi Final: Mitsuya Nagai beat Katsumi Usuda (13:39) with a chickenwing facelock.
Semi Final: Alexander Otsuka beat Mohammed Yone (12:06) by KO.
Final: Alexander Otsuka beat Mitsuya Nagai (10:50) with a cross kneelock.
2001 (8/18/01 to 8/25/01)
Round 1:
1. Katsumi Usuda beat Takeshi Ono (8:43) with an armlock.
2. Ikuto Hidaka beat Carl Malenko (12:22) with the Shawn Capture.
3. Mohammed Yone beat Masked Shooter Super Rider (8:39) with an Argentine backbreaker.
4. Yuki Ishikawa beat Alexander Otsuka (9:14) with a heel hold.
Semi Final:
1. Katsumi Usuda beat Ikuto Hidaka (21:55) by KO.
2. Yuki Ishikawa beat Mohammed Yone (9:25) by TKO.
Final:
1. Katsumi Usuda beat Yuki Ishikawa (13:38) with a heel hold.
