Yamada Katsumi's Pipe Slider Disqualification

Yamada Katsumi's Pipe Slider Disqualification is a disqualification that occurred during SASUKE 6's Third Stage, where Yamada Katsumi was disqualified for falling off the side of the landing platform of Pipe Slider.

Yamada was favourite to win this tournament. In his most prime state, Yamada was among one of five competitors that cleared SASUKE 6's First Stage and Second Stage. Prior to the tournament, Yamada himself already trained on the then-leaked new Final Stage, which consisted of 12.5-metre Spider Climb and 10-metre Tsuna Nobori.

Disqualification
Yamada was the last hope in Third Stage, after four competitors before him failed, in which three of them failed at Body Prop. Yamada, however, flew through this obstacle like it was nothing. He also manage to avenge his defeat on Cliffhanger he suffered in SASUKE 4, in which now it was already in form of Cliffhanger Dansa. He went very convincingly on Pipe Slider and it seems he will become the first competitor to attempt the new version of Final Stage. However, he jumped poorly and fell off the landing mat to the right side of it. After some silence, it was said that Yamada was deemed went off the course, thus he was disqualified. This was the third and last time that someone was disqualified on Pipe Slider, however, the first time, such as in this case, that someone was disqualified for falling off the side of the landing platform. The other two, Ebihara Masakazu (in SASUKE 2) and Travis Allen Schraeder (in SASUKE 4), were disqualified after they pushed the pipe hard enough to have it came off the track.

An emotional Yamada was given time to collect his emotions by Furutachi Ichiro. He then asked Yamada if he was hurt, which Yamada responds with uncertainty. Furutachi then remind Yamada that he can't keep compete forever, as his body is getting old and an injury might occurred from the fall just moments ago. He then ask Yamada if that he still want to continue his SASUKE career. Yamada, in tears, responded to Furutachi that he would love to compete again, even if that means a great sacrifice needed. Hearing that, Furutachi then asked Yamada to fully heal himself first in order to help him achieve his dream. The distraught Yamada then thank Furutachi and walk sluggishly to the front of Final Stage's new tower, thinking what just went wrong moments ago.

In Future Tournaments
As this is the first time of such case, modification was installed to Pipe Slider. Starting from the following tournament, the water pits were extended to the sides to prevent such disqualification from happening again. As for Yamada himself, he never was able to get his revenge on the obstacle. He once again make it to Pipe Slider in SASUKE 10, but just like two years ago, his jump is not enough to grant him his second Final Stage attempt. Even, this failure set up a very emotional and perhaps the most iconic line in SASUKE's history, as Yamada mentioned that for him, there's nothing else mattered except SASUKE.