The 22nd Tenkaichi Budoukai takes place in 753 A.D., 3 years after the previous Budoukai. There are a total of 182 contestants in this years Budoukai and after the blocks are picked we see that all of the Z fighters are in seperate blocks besides Goku and Yamcha, but they will still not fight each other until late in the Budoukai. The first preliminary match for Yamcha is against Mohichan and Yamcha easily wins. In the next match Kuririn fights against Oootako, who is the same guy that Goku had faced three years ago in the preliminary rounds. Just as Goku did, Kuririn easily wins the match. The next match has Tenshinhan fighting Sumou Tori and Tenshinhan brags about how strong he is. Tenshinhan steps in the ring and quickly desposes of his opponent, everyone, but Goku is surprised at Tenshinhan's strength. Goku in his next preliminary match fights against Chapa-ou and Chapa is a very strong opponent and this is expected to be a good match. Well, it isn't, Goku is still too strong and he ends up blowing Chapa out of the ring, everyone is surprised with Goku's strength. In the final preliminary match we see that involves the Z fighters, Jackie Chun fights Bear Man and ends up winning after knocking him unconscious. So, now that we are out of the preliminary rounds we are left with an 8 block competition to decide who will be the world champion.
The 22nd Tenkaichi Budoukai 8-block finals
With the help of Chouzo, the pairings are set up and the first match will face Tenshinhan up against Yamcha.
Tenshinhan vs. Yamcha
Besides the fact that Tenshinhan and Yamcha are now rivals, there masters are also rivals. Kamesennin is an enemy of Tenshinhan's trainer tsurusennin. So, now we start the match, though. As the match begins the crowd sees that both of the fighters are fast and Tenshinhan is happy to be fighting someone of Yamcha's strength. Yamcha uses his Wolf Fang Attack, but it does not work. After some more fighting, Yamcha attemtps to do a Kame Hame Ha and it works, it is weak though and Tenshinhan just reflects it back at the boy. Yamcha jumps up in the air, but he does not see that Tenshinhan is now above him and Tenshinhan knocks out Yamcha. Tenshinhan continues to fight, though, and he breaks Yamcha's leg. Finally, Tenshinhan is declared the winner.
Jackie Chun vs. Man-Wolf
Right off the bat we find out why Man-Wolf hates Jackie Chun. Well, whenever there is a full moon, Man-Wolf turns from a wolf into a man. Well, he had meet a girl, but during the previous Budoukai, Jackie Chun had destroyed the moon. Now, this Man-Wolf was not able to turn into a man and be with this girl. Man-Wolf wanted to fight Jackie Chun so he could get revenge. The match begins and Jackie Chun immediately knocks down his opponent. Man-wolf pulls out a knife and even though this is illegal, the match continues. He is not able to hurt Jackie though and now Jackie convinces the his opponent that he is a dog and gets him to chase a bone out of the ring, causing him to lose the match. After a minute, the wolf runs back into the ring, but Jackie has him look at the "moon", which is actually Kuririn's bald head. The Wolf is turned back into a man and runs off happily.
Kuririn vs. Chouzo
Chouzo starts off the match by knocking Kuririn around and then Chouzo flies out of the ring to saftey. From there he gets ready to use his special attack which is the Dodon Pa. At the same time, Kuririn powers up to use the Kame Hame Ha, but it is a fact that the Dodon Pa is stronger than the Kame Hame Ha. Kuririn jumps in the air and fires off his attack, hitting Chouzo and it looks as though he will win. Chouzo uses his paralyze technique, though to paralyze Kuririn's heart. Kuririn, though, says a match problem to break Chouzo's concentration and gets in a hit. After doing the same thing for a second time, Kuririn is able to defeat Chouzo.
Goku vs. Panputto
Well, Panputto has won many world championships, so it is expected to be a good match. However, Goku easily knocks out his opponent after getting in some hits with his elbow
The Final 4
Jackie Chun vs. Tenshinhan
At the beginning of the match there is some talking exchanged and then the match starts. The two fighters are very evenly matched and Tenshinhan wants to know who Jackie Chun really is. Tsurusennin then through telepathy tells Tenshinhan that Jackie Chun is actually Kamesennin. After seeing some more moves from Tenshinhan, Jackie Chun jumps out of the ring to be disqualified.
Kuririn vs. Goku
Well, on and off all throughout the match the two take breaks to say how much fun they are having. After fighting for a while Kuririn realizes that he will not beat Goku with his Muscle or speed, so he plans on tricking Goku. Kuririn fires a Kame Hame Ha, but only to distract Goku so that he can grab his tail. Goku then tells Kuririn that, that is no longer a weakness of his, though. Goku begins to fight seriously though and begins to hop around the match so quickly that he becomes invisable. All of a sudden he reappears in front of Kuririn and surprised Kuririn so much that Kuririn jumps out of the ring and Goku wins the match
The Championship Match
Tenshinhan vs. Goku
The match begins and the two fighters appear to be evenly matched, but then Tenshinhan goes in for the death blow by using his Volley Ball technique, but Goku is fine after the move. In the middle of the match, though, all of a sudden Goku can not move and this happens many times. What is happening is that Chouzo is paralyzing Goku so that Tenshinhan can get in hits and win the match. Finally, though, Tenshinhan yells out to stop and Chouzo does. Tsurusennin goes to kill Chouzo, but Kamesennin comes to a rescue with a Kame Hame Ha and the match continues. Tenshinhan uses a technique where he grows an extra set of arms, but in return, Goku uses the eight arms technique and knocks Tenshinhan around. Tenshinhan is now upset and plans on using Kikoho. Tenshinhan fires off the blast and even though Goku jumps in the air and avoids the blast, the rind is now gone. Since Tenshinhan can float, once Goku lands he will lose the match. However, Goku uses a Kame Hame Ha to propel himself into Tenshinhan, so now both the fighters are falling to the ground. Since Goku will be the first one to hit he uses the last of his power to form a Kame Hame Ha which will slow his fall. At the last moment however, Goku hits a van which causes him to touch the ground first and Tenshinhan is declared the winner.
After The Match
Well, everyone is now friends and Tenshinhan offers to split the money with Goku, but Goku declines. So, instead, Tenshinhan says that he will take them all out to eat. To bad it is all interupted by Kuririn's death, though.
Date: May 7, 753 A.D.
Episodes: 84-101
Manga Volumes: 10-12
Total Entrants: 182
Final Competitors: 8
Pre-Semi-Finals
1st Fight - Tenshinhan vs. Yamcha
2nd Fight - Wolf Man vs. Jackie Chun
3rd Fight - Chaotzu vs. Krillin
4th Fight - Panpishito vs. Son Goku
Semi-Finals
1st Fight - Jackie Chun vs. Tenshinhan
2nd Fight - Son Goku vs. Krillin
Finals Final
Fight - Son Goku vs. Tenshinhan
Winner: Tenshinhan
Runner-up: Goku Prize
Money: 1st Place - 500,000 zeni
