Yeah the first tournament is top top top tier.
Love the fact that roshi HAD to get that win to and this stayed with goku TO THIS DAY the message that there is always someone stronger you can never stop improving.
I don't think there even is a bad tournament in the whole of dragon ball
Tiens growth and the crane vs turtle story us great leading into king piccolo
Babas is awesome just for goku and gohan meeting again
And the last one krillen vs piccolo
Goku taking off the weights schooling tien
Piccolo vs hero kami
Chichi
And goku FINALLY WINNING
Aweseome
Roshi was also 100% weaker too. He only won cause his legs were longer, but Goku's stamina was absolutely nuts. In a no holds barred fight, I think Goku takes it.
And we never really see a weaker but more skilled fighter win.
Tien going from Crane to Turtle was nuts. It's maddening such a cool character got dropped in the Saiyan saga lmfao.
Piccolo COMPLIMENTING Krillin is so fucking awesome. "So the earth won't be that easy to conquer" after beating Krillin.
Dude gets mad respect.
Seeing all the Dragonball cast being useful and recurring characters to help Goku solve whatever his newest issue is, is probably the one aspect that Toriyama dropped that I wish he didn't. Korin is introduced at like, chapter 90. Doesn't make a come back until like, 160 in the Piccolo Daimyo arc but plays a major role again.
Just classic.