16 Carat Gold Tournament | |
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Promotions | Westside Xtreme Wrestling |
First event | 2006 |
Event gimmick | Single-elimination tournament |
The 16 Carat Gold Tournament is an annual single-elimination tournament produced by the Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw) promotion. The sixteen-man tournament was first conceived by wXw in 2006 and has been held every year since then with the exception of the 2021 edition which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Year | Winner | Times won | Dates | Runner-up | Location | Venue | Main event | Ref |
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2006 | Baron von Hagen | 1 | January 27, 2006 | Murat Bosporus | Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia | Turock | Baron von Hagen vs. Iceman in the first round of the 2006 16 Carat Gold Tournament | [1] |
January 28, 2006 | Doug Williams vs. Rocky Romero in the quarter-final round of the 2006 16 Carat Gold Tournament | |||||||
January 29, 2006 | Iceman (c) vs. Ian Rotten in a Deathmatch for the wXw Hardcore Championship | |||||||
2007 | Chris Hero | 1 | May 4, 2007 | Ares | Musikpalette | Chris Hero vs. Claudio Castagnoli in the first round of the 2007 16 Carat Gold Tournament | ||
May 5, 2007 | Go Shiozaki vs. Murat Bosporus in the quarter-final round of the 2007 16 Carat Gold Tournament | |||||||
May 6, 2007 | Ares vs. Chris Hero in the final of the 2007 16 Carat Gold Tournament | |||||||
2008 | Bad Bones | 1 | March 7, 2008 | Bryan Danielson | Doug Williams vs. Naomichi Marufuji in the first round of the 2008 16 Carat Gold Tournament | |||
March 8, 2008 | Alex Pain vs. Steve Douglas in a Relaxed Rules match for the wXw World Heavyweight Championship | |||||||
March 9, 2008 | Bad Bones vs. Bryan Danielson in the final of the 2008 16 Carat Gold Tournament | |||||||
2009 | Shingo Takagi | 1 | March 6, 2009 | Drake Younger | Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia | Saint Oberhausen | Chris Sabin vs. Tyler Black in the first round of the 2009 16 Carat Gold Tournament | |
March 7, 2009 | Turbinenhalle Oberhausen | Bad Bones (c) vs. Bryan Danielson for the wXw World Heavyweight Championship | ||||||
March 8, 2009 | Drake Younger vs. Shingo Takagi in the final of the 2009 16 Carat Gold Tournament | |||||||
2010 | Big Van Walter | 1 | March 5, 2010 | Chris Hero | Bad Bones vs. Chris Hero in the first round of the 2010 16 Carat Gold Tournament | |||
March 6, 2010 | Steve Douglas (c) vs. Absolute Andy in a falls count anywhere match for the wXw World Heavyweight Championship | |||||||
March 7, 2010 | Big Van Walter vs. Chris Hero in the final of the 2010 16 Carat Gold Tournament | |||||||
2011 | Sami Callihan | 1 | March 11, 2011 | Big Van Walter | Daisuke Sekimoto (c) vs. Bad Bones for the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship | |||
March 12, 2011 | Steffy's Nightclub | Daisuke Sekimoto (c) vs. Johnny Moss for the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship | ||||||
March 13, 2011 | Turbinenhalle Oberhausen | Big Van Walter vs. Sami Callihan in the final of the 2011 16 Carat Gold Tournament | ||||||
2012 | El Generico | 1 | March 2, 2012 | Tommy End | Fit Finlay vs. Sami Callihan in the first round of the 2012 16 Carat Gold Tournament | |||
March 3, 2012 | Big Van Walter (c) vs. Daisuke Sekimoto for the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship | |||||||
March 4, 2012 | El Generico vs. Tommy End in the final of the 2012 16 Carat Gold Tournament | |||||||
2013 | Tommy End | 1 | March 1, 2013 | Zack Sabre Jr. | Johnny Moss vs. Zack Sabre Jr. in the first round of the 2013 16 Carat Gold Tournament | |||
March 2, 2013 | Axel Tischer (c) vs. Big Van Walter for the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship | |||||||
March 3, 2013 | Tommy End vs. Zack Sabre Jr. in the final of the 2013 16 Carat Gold Tournament | |||||||
2014 | Chris Hero | 2 | March 14, 2014 | Axel Tischer | Steffy's Nightclub | Chris Hero vs. Freddy Stahl in the first round of the 2014 16 Carat Gold Tournament | [2] | |
March 15, 2014 | Tommy End (c) vs. Jonathan Gresham for the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship | |||||||
March 16, 2014 | Axel Tischer vs. Chris Hero in the final of the 2014 16 Carat Gold Tournament | [3] | ||||||
2015 | Tommy End | 2 | March 6, 2015 | Axel Dieter Jr. | Turbinenhalle Oberhausen | Karsten Beck and Melanie Gray vs. The World's Cutest Tag Team (Candice LeRae and Joey Ryan) | ||
March 7, 2015 | Karsten Beck (c) vs. Big Daddy Walter for the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship | [4] | ||||||
March 8, 2015 | Axel Dieter Jr. vs. Tommy End in the final of the 2015 16 Carat Gold Tournament | |||||||
2016 | Zack Sabre Jr. | 1 | March 11, 2016 | Axel Dieter Jr. | Axel Dieter Jr. vs. Marty Scurll in an "I Quit" match in the first round of the 2016 16 Carat Gold Tournament | [5] | ||
March 12, 2016 | Karsten Beck (c) vs. Absolute Andy vs. John Klinger vs. Jurn Simmons in a four-way match for the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship | [6] | ||||||
March 13, 2016 | Axel Dieter Jr. vs. Zack Sabre Jr. in the final of the 2016 16 Carat Gold Tournament | [7] | ||||||
2017 | Ilja Dragunov | 1 | March 10, 2017 | Walter | David Starr vs. Walter in the first round of the 2017 16 Carat Gold Tournament | [8] [9] | ||
March 11, 2017 | Axel Dieter Jr. (c) vs. Jurn Simmons for the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship | [10] | ||||||
March 12, 2017 | Ilja Dragunov vs. Walter in the final of the 2017 16 Carat Gold Tournament | [11] | ||||||
2018 | Absolute Andy | 1 | March 9, 2018 | David Starr | Absolute Andy vs. Marius Al-Ani in the first round of the 2018 16 Carat Gold Tournament | [12] | ||
March 10, 2018 | John Klinger (c) vs. Ilja Dragunov vs. Walter in a three-way match for the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship | [13] [14] | ||||||
March 11, 2018 | Absolute Andy vs. David Starr in the final of the 2018 16 Carat Gold Tournament | [15] | ||||||
2019 | Lucky Kid | 1 | March 8, 2019 | Walter | David Starr vs. Walter in the first round of the 2019 16 Carat Gold Tournament | [16] [17] | ||
March 9, 2019 | Absolute Andy (c) vs. Bobby Gunns for the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship | [18] | ||||||
March 10, 2019 | Lucky Kid vs. Walter in the final of the 2019 16 Carat Gold Tournament | [19] | ||||||
2020 | Cara Noir | 1 | March 6, 2020 | Mike Bailey | The Pretty Bastards (Maggot and Prince Ahura) (c) vs. Jay-AA (Absolute Andy and Jay Skillet) for the wXw World Tag Team Championship | [20] [21] | ||
March 7, 2020 | Bobby Gunns (c) vs. David Starr in a title vs. career match for the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship | [22] | ||||||
March 8, 2020 | Cara Noir vs. Mike Bailey in the final of the 2020 16 Carat Gold Tournament | [23] | ||||||
2022 | Jonathan Gresham | 1 | March 4, 2022 | Robert Dreissker | Bobby Gunns vs. Jonathan Gresham in the first round of 2020 16 Carat Gold Tournament | [24] | ||
March 5, 2022 | Axel Tischer (c) vs. Jurn Simmons vs. Levaniel vs. Tristan Archer in a four-way match for the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship | [25] | ||||||
March 6, 2022 | Jonathan Gresham vs. Robert Dreissker in the final of the 2022 16 Carat Gold Tournament | [26] | ||||||
2023 | Shigehiro Irie | 1 | March 10, 2023 | Axel Tischer | Ahura vs. Maggot in the first round of the 2023 16 Carat Gold Tournament | [27] | ||
March 11, 2023 | Bobby Gunns (career) vs. Norman Harras (role as Sporting Director) in a career vs. role no disqualification match | [28] | ||||||
March 12, 2023 | Axel Tischer vs. Shigehiro Irie in the final of the 2023 16 Carat Gold Tournament for the vacant wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship | [29] |
The inaugural edition of the tournament took place between January 27 and 29, 2006, in Essen, Germany. [30] [31]
Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
Baron Von Hagen | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Iceman | 7:45 [31] | ||||||||||||||
Baron Von Hagen | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Ian Rotten | 12:21 [31] | ||||||||||||||
Ares | 16:46 [31] | ||||||||||||||
Ian Rotten | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Baron Von Hagen | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Doug Williams | 13:23 [31] | ||||||||||||||
Rocky Romero | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Tengkwa | 13:37 [31] | ||||||||||||||
Rocky Romero | 19:10 [31] | ||||||||||||||
Doug Williams | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Bernard Van Damme | 17:05 [31] | ||||||||||||||
Doug Williams | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Baron Von Hagen | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Murat Bosporus | 21:04 [31] | ||||||||||||||
Steve Douglas | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Steve Allison | 14:31 [31] | ||||||||||||||
Steven Douglas | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Tommy End | 11:58 [31] | ||||||||||||||
Bad Bones | 10:09 [31] | ||||||||||||||
Tommy End | DQ | ||||||||||||||
Steve Douglas | 11:08 [31] | ||||||||||||||
Murat Bosporus | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Adam Polak | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Hate | 10:42 [31] | ||||||||||||||
Adam Polak | 10:58 [31] | ||||||||||||||
Murat Bosporus | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Vries Kastelein | 5:17 [31] | ||||||||||||||
Murat Bosporus | Pin |
The 2007 edition of the event took place between May 4 and 6, in Essen, Germany. [30] [32]
Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
Chris Hero | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Claudio Castagnoli | 28:29 [32] | ||||||||||||||
Chris Hero | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Ryo Saito | 16:36 [32] | ||||||||||||||
Matt Sydal | 11:17 [32] | ||||||||||||||
Ryo Saito | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Chris Hero | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Murat Bosporus | 20:55 [32] | ||||||||||||||
Go Shiozaki | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Davey Richards | 10:30 [32] | ||||||||||||||
Go Shiozaki | 22:46 [32] | ||||||||||||||
Murat Bosporus | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Steve Douglas | 18:18 [32] | ||||||||||||||
Murat Bosporus | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Chris Hero | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Ares | 36:49 [32] | ||||||||||||||
El Generico | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Pac | 14:45 [32] | ||||||||||||||
El Generico | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Bad Bones | 11:36 [32] | ||||||||||||||
Emil Sitoci | 7:44 [32] | ||||||||||||||
Bad Bones | Pin | ||||||||||||||
El Generico | 12:31 [32] | ||||||||||||||
Ares | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Nigel McGuinness | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Doug Williams | 18:36 [32] | ||||||||||||||
Nigel McGuinness | 14:55 [32] | ||||||||||||||
Ares | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Tommy End | 3:39 [32] | ||||||||||||||
Ares | Pin |
The 2008 edition of the event took place between March 7 and 9, in Essen, Germany. [30] [33]
Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
Bad Bones | Pin | ||||||||||||||
PCO | 11:37 [33] | ||||||||||||||
Bad Bones | Pin | ||||||||||||||
El Generico | 12:22 [33] | ||||||||||||||
Taiji Ishimori | 14:50 [33] | ||||||||||||||
El Generico | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Bad Bones | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Ares | 20:30 [33] | ||||||||||||||
Tommy End | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Jimmy Jacobs | 10:03 [33] | ||||||||||||||
Tommy End | 10:49 [33] | ||||||||||||||
Ares | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Big Van Walter | 9:40 [33] | ||||||||||||||
Ares | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Bad Bones | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Bryan Danielson | 20:42 | ||||||||||||||
Chris Hero | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Absolute Andy | 23:08 [33] | ||||||||||||||
Chris Hero | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Emil Sitoci | 17:51 [33] | ||||||||||||||
Chuck Taylor | 7:44 [33] | ||||||||||||||
Emil Sitoci | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Chris Hero | 36:47 [33] | ||||||||||||||
Bryan Danielson | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Naomichi Marufuji | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Doug Williams | 19:49 [33] | ||||||||||||||
Naomichi Marufuji | 19:23 [33] | ||||||||||||||
Bryan Danielson | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Mike Quackenbush | 24:01 [33] | ||||||||||||||
Bryan Danielson | Pin |
The 2009 edition of the event took place between March 6 and 8, in Oberhausen, Germany. [30] [34]
Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
Shingo | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Absolute Andy | 14:00 [34] | ||||||||||||||
Shingo | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Tyler Black | 20:20 [34] | ||||||||||||||
Chris Sabin | 18:31 [34] | ||||||||||||||
Tyler Black | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Shingo | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Zack Sabre Jr. | 9:27 [34] | ||||||||||||||
Bryan Danielson | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Doug Williams | 20:55 [34] | ||||||||||||||
Bryan Danielson | 13:15 [34] | ||||||||||||||
Zack Sabre Jr. | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Terry Frazier | 3:59 [34] | ||||||||||||||
Zack Sabre Jr. | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Shingo | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Drake Younger | 16:32 [34] | ||||||||||||||
Steve Douglas | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Tatsuhito Takaiwa | 11:15 [34] | ||||||||||||||
Steve Douglas | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Daisuke Sekimoto | 17:03 [34] | ||||||||||||||
Martin Stone | 10:05 [34] | ||||||||||||||
Daisuke Sekimoto | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Steve Douglas | 10:54 [34] | ||||||||||||||
Drake Younger | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Big Van Walter | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Erick Stevens | 7:15 [34] | ||||||||||||||
Big Van Walter | 12:15 [34] | ||||||||||||||
Drake Younger | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Adam Polak | 11:27 [34] | ||||||||||||||
Drake Younger | Pin |
The 2010 edition of the event took place between March 5 and 7, in Oberhausen, Germany. [30] [35]
Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
Big Van Walter | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Daisuke Sekimoto | 15:25 [35] | ||||||||||||||
Big Van Walter | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Munenori Sawa | 10:31 [35] | ||||||||||||||
Paul Tracey | 6:54 [35] | ||||||||||||||
Munenori Sawa | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Big Van Walter | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Erick Stevens | 15:49 [35] | ||||||||||||||
Kagetora | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Nick Jackson Tommy End | 9:34 [35] | ||||||||||||||
Kagetora | 8:38 [35] | ||||||||||||||
Erick Stevens | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Adam Polak | 10:48 [35] | ||||||||||||||
Erick Stevens | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Big Van Walter | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Chris Hero | 20:56 [35] | ||||||||||||||
Ares | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Matt Jackson | 8:17 [35] | ||||||||||||||
Ares | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Claudio Castagnoli | 15:29 [35] | ||||||||||||||
Johnny Kidd | 12:53 [35] | ||||||||||||||
Claudio Castagnoli | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Ares | 22:34 [35] | ||||||||||||||
Chris Hero | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Martin Stone | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Yuji Okabayashi | 9:30 [35] | ||||||||||||||
Martin Stone | 15:24 [35] | ||||||||||||||
Chris Hero | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Bad Bones | 20:59 [35] | ||||||||||||||
Chris Hero | Pin |
The 2011 edition of the event took place between March 11 and 13, in Oberhausen, Germany. [30] [36]
Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
Sami Callihan | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Tommy End | 7:56 [36] | ||||||||||||||
Sami Callihan | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Yoshihito Sasaki | 7:55 [36] | ||||||||||||||
Carnage | 8:56 [36] | ||||||||||||||
Yoshihito Sasaki | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Sami Callihan | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Davey Richards | 8:37 [36] | ||||||||||||||
Zack Sabre Jr. | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Colt Cabana | 8:23 [36] | ||||||||||||||
Zack Sabre Jr. | 13:35 [36] | ||||||||||||||
Davey Richards | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Jon Ryan | 8:16 [36] | ||||||||||||||
Davey Richards | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Sami Callihan | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Big Van Walter | 13:14 [36] | ||||||||||||||
Go Shiozaki | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Johnny Moss | 12:45 [36] | ||||||||||||||
Go Shiozaki | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Kotaro Suzuki | 17:07 [36] | ||||||||||||||
El Generico | 14:55 [36] | ||||||||||||||
Kotaro Suzuki | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Go Shiozaki | 18:50 [36] | ||||||||||||||
Big Van Walter | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Mark Haskins | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Adam Cole | 6:33 [36] | ||||||||||||||
Mark Haskins | 8:46 [36] | ||||||||||||||
Big Van Walter | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Rico Bushido | |||||||||||||||
Big Van Walter | Pin |
The 2012 edition of the event took place between March 2 and 5, in Oberhausen, Germany. [30] [37]
Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
El Generico | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Marty Scurll | 19:01 [37] | ||||||||||||||
El Generico | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Karsten Beck | 12:41 [37] | ||||||||||||||
Drake Younger | 8:03 [37] | ||||||||||||||
Karsten Beck | Pin | ||||||||||||||
El Generico | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Johnny Moss | 11:00 [37] | ||||||||||||||
Fit Finlay | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Sami Callihan | 22:43 [37] | ||||||||||||||
Fit Finlay | 17:29 [37] | ||||||||||||||
Johnny Moss | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Doug Williams | 12:28 [37] | ||||||||||||||
Johnny Moss | Pin | ||||||||||||||
El Generico | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Tommy End | 18:16 [37] | ||||||||||||||
Zack Sabre Jr. | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Jon Ryan | 18:37 [37] | ||||||||||||||
Zack Sabre Jr. | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Yoshihito Sasaki | 7:54 [37] | ||||||||||||||
Bad Bones | 5:49 [37] | ||||||||||||||
Yoshihito Sasaki | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Zack Sabre Jr. | 13:49 [37] | ||||||||||||||
Tommy End | RD | ||||||||||||||
Ricky Marvin | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Axeman | 16:06 [37] | ||||||||||||||
Ricky Marvin | 13:22 [37] | ||||||||||||||
Tommy End | RD | ||||||||||||||
Emil Sitoci | 8:50 [37] | ||||||||||||||
Tommy End | Pin |
The 2013 edition of the event took place between March 1 and 3, in Oberhausen, Germany. [30] [38]
Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
Tommy End | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Ricochet | 11:18 [38] | ||||||||||||||
Tommy End | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Jonathan Gresham | 11:25 [38] | ||||||||||||||
Ricky Marvin | 11:32 [38] | ||||||||||||||
Jonathan Gresham | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Tommy End | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Shinobu | 6:08 [38] | ||||||||||||||
Eddie Kingston | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Chuck Taylor | 8:04 [38] | ||||||||||||||
Eddie Kingston | 7:48 [38] | ||||||||||||||
Shinobu | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Bad Bones | 8:01 [38] | ||||||||||||||
Shinobu | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Tommy End | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Zack Sabre Jr. | 13:02 [38] | ||||||||||||||
Karsten Beck | CountOut | ||||||||||||||
Paul Tracey | 12:14 [38] | ||||||||||||||
Karsten Beck | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Super Crazy | 10:09 [38] | ||||||||||||||
Masada | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Super Crazy | 13:27 [38] | ||||||||||||||
Karsten Beck | 16:49 [38] | ||||||||||||||
Zack Sabre Jr. | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Robert Dreissker | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Yuji Okabayashi | 10:03 [38] | ||||||||||||||
Robert Dreissker | 7:28 [38] | ||||||||||||||
Zack Sabre Jr. | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Johnny Moss | 23:03 [38] | ||||||||||||||
Zack Sabre Jr. | Pin |
The 2014 edition of the event took place between March 14 and 16, in Oberhausen, Germany. [30] [39]
Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
Axel Tischer | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Kushida | 14:03 [39] | ||||||||||||||
Axel Tischer | Pin | ||||||||||||||
John Klinger | 22:14 [39] | ||||||||||||||
Tommaso Ciampa | 9:30 [39] | ||||||||||||||
John Klinger | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Axel Tischer | DQ | ||||||||||||||
Big Daddy Walter | 15:48 [39] | ||||||||||||||
Johnny Gargano | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Toby Blunt | 11:23 [39] | ||||||||||||||
Johnny Gargano | 13:33 [39] | ||||||||||||||
Big Daddy Walter | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Sasa Keel | 10:35 [39] | ||||||||||||||
Big Daddy Walter | DQ | ||||||||||||||
Axel Tischer | 16:05 [39] | ||||||||||||||
Chris Hero | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Adam Cole | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Trent | 12:45 [39] | ||||||||||||||
Adam Cole | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Robert Dreissker | 8:53 [39] | ||||||||||||||
Ryuichi Kawakami | 7:51 [39] | ||||||||||||||
Robert Dreissker | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Adam Cole | 14:55 [39] | ||||||||||||||
Chris Hero | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Karsten Beck | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Matt Striker | 11:58 [39] | ||||||||||||||
Karsten Beck | 13:25 [39] | ||||||||||||||
Chris Hero | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Freddy Stahl | 18:41 [39] | ||||||||||||||
Chris Hero | Pin |
The 2015 edition of the event took place between March 7 and 9, in Oberhausen, Germany. [30] [40]
Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
Tommy End | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Chris Sabin | 13:53 [40] | ||||||||||||||
Tommy End | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Andrew Everett | 6:59 [40] | ||||||||||||||
Robert Dreissker | 7:32 [40] | ||||||||||||||
Andrew Everett | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Tommy End | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Absolute Andy | 9:48 [40] | ||||||||||||||
Sasa Keel | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Uhaa Nation | 8:30 [40] | ||||||||||||||
Sasa Keel | 13:03 [40] | ||||||||||||||
Absolute Andy | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Sha Samuels | 9:45 [40] | ||||||||||||||
Absolute Andy | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Tommy End | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Axel Dieter Jr. | 12:07 [40] | ||||||||||||||
Zack Sabre Jr. | RD | ||||||||||||||
Axel Tischer | 19:43 [40] | ||||||||||||||
Zack Sabre Jr. | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Daisuke Harada | 13:54 [40] | ||||||||||||||
Kim Ray | 9:21 [40] | ||||||||||||||
Daisuke Harada | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Zack Sabre Jr. | 16:29 [40] | ||||||||||||||
Axel Dieter Jr. | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Marty Scurll | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Cedric Alexander | 9:53 [40] | ||||||||||||||
Marty Scurll | 10:25 [40] | ||||||||||||||
Axel Dieter Jr. | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Timothy Thatcher | 11:49 [40] | ||||||||||||||
Axel Dieter Jr. | Pin |
The 2017 edition of the event took place between March 10 and 12, in Oberhausen, Germany. [30] [41]
Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
Ilja Dragunov | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Avalanche | 8:08 [41] | ||||||||||||||
Ilja Dragunov | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Timothy Thatcher | 10:43 [41] | ||||||||||||||
Koji Kanemoto | 8:11 [41] | ||||||||||||||
Timothy Thatcher | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Ilja Dragunov | Pin | ||||||||||||||
John Klinger | 10:20 [41] | ||||||||||||||
Cody Rhodes | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Da Mack | 10:48 [41] | ||||||||||||||
Cody Rhodes | 12:03 [41] | ||||||||||||||
John Klinger | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Paul London | 7:39 [41] | ||||||||||||||
John Klinger | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Ilja Dragunov | 16:09 [41] | ||||||||||||||
Walter | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Matt Riddle | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Donovan Dijak | 8:50 [41] | ||||||||||||||
Matt Riddle | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Mike Bailey | 7:46 [41] | ||||||||||||||
ACH | 14:25 [41] | ||||||||||||||
Mike Bailey | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Matt Riddle | 9:39 [41] | ||||||||||||||
Walter | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Marius Al-Ani | Pin | ||||||||||||||
J. T. Dunn | 7:16 [41] | ||||||||||||||
Marius Al-Ani | 12:44 [41] | ||||||||||||||
Walter | RD | ||||||||||||||
David Starr | 16:24 [41] | ||||||||||||||
Walter | RD |
The 2018 edition of the event took place between March 9 and 11, in Oberhausen, Germany. [30] [42]
Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
David Starr | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Emil Sitoci | 7:53 [42] | ||||||||||||||
David Starr | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Travis Banks | 6:19 [42] | ||||||||||||||
Mark Haskins | 9:02 [42] | ||||||||||||||
Travis Banks | Pin | ||||||||||||||
David Starr | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Keith Lee | 13:19 [42] | ||||||||||||||
Chris Brookes | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Alexander James | 10:22 [42] | ||||||||||||||
Chris Brookes | 8:39 [42] | ||||||||||||||
Keith Lee | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Avalanche | 9:01 [42] | ||||||||||||||
Keith Lee | Pin | ||||||||||||||
David Starr | 22:00 [42] | ||||||||||||||
Absolute Andy | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Timothy Thatcher | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Jonah Rock | 10:08 [42] | ||||||||||||||
Timothy Thatcher | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Lucky Kid | 12:23 [42] | ||||||||||||||
Matt Sydal | 12:30 [42] | ||||||||||||||
Lucky Kid | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Timothy Thatcher | 13:02 [42] | ||||||||||||||
Absolute Andy | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Matt Riddle | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Da Mack | 0:12 [42] | ||||||||||||||
Matt Riddle | 12:29 [42] | ||||||||||||||
Absolute Andy | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Marius Al-Ani | 14:24 [42] | ||||||||||||||
Absolute Andy | Pin |
The 2019 edition of the event took place between March 8 and 10, in Oberhausen, Germany. [30] [43]
Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
Lucky Kid | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Timothy Thatcher | 13:17 [43] | ||||||||||||||
Lucky Kid | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Axel Dieter Jr. | 14:40 [43] | ||||||||||||||
Marius Al-Ani | 16:42 [43] | ||||||||||||||
Axel Dieter Jr. | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Lucky Kid | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Ilja Dragunov | 14:11 [43] | ||||||||||||||
Pentagón Jr. | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Mark Davis | 7:52 [43] | ||||||||||||||
Pentagón Jr. | 10:38 [43] | ||||||||||||||
Ilja Dragunov | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Daisuke Sekimoto | 16:36 [43] | ||||||||||||||
Ilja Dragunov | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Lucky Kid | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Walter | 19:28 [43] | ||||||||||||||
Avalanche | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Jurn Simmons | 13:55 [43] | ||||||||||||||
Avalanche | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Shigehiro Irie | 7:50 [43] | ||||||||||||||
Chris Brookes | 7:54 [43] | ||||||||||||||
Shigehiro Irie | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Avalanche | 11:16 [43] | ||||||||||||||
Walter | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Fenix | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Rey Horus | 7:55 [43] | ||||||||||||||
Fenix | 11:39 [43] | ||||||||||||||
Walter | Pin | ||||||||||||||
David Starr | 16:38 [43] | ||||||||||||||
Walter | Pin |
The 2020 edition of the event took place between March 6 and 8, in Oberhausen, Germany. [44] [45] [46]
Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
Cara Noir | RD | ||||||||||||||
Marius Al-Ani | 11:32 [46] | ||||||||||||||
Cara Noir | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Jeff Cobb | 11:40 [46] | ||||||||||||||
Alexander James | 12:44 [46] | ||||||||||||||
Jeff Cobb | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Cara Noir | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Eddie Kingston | 8:15 [46] | ||||||||||||||
The Rotation | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Puma King | 8:57 [46] | ||||||||||||||
The Rotation | 9:26 [46] | ||||||||||||||
Eddie Kingston | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Daniel Makabe | 9:33 [46] | ||||||||||||||
Eddie Kingston | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Cara Noir | RD | ||||||||||||||
Mike Bailey | 28:27 [46] | ||||||||||||||
Jurn Simmons | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Lucky Kid | 4:32 [46] | ||||||||||||||
Jurn Simmons | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Shigehiro Irie | 9:01 [46] | ||||||||||||||
Shigehiro Irie | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Black Taurus | 10:30 [46] | ||||||||||||||
Jurn Simmons | 10:40 [46] | ||||||||||||||
Mike Bailey | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Julian Pace | 9:39 [46] | ||||||||||||||
Bandido | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Bandido | 17:36 [46] | ||||||||||||||
Mike Bailey | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Chris Ridgeway | 12:55 [46] | ||||||||||||||
Mike Bailey | Pin |
The 2022 edition of the event took place between March 4 and 6, in Oberhausen, Germany. [47] [48]
Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
Jonathan Gresham | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Bobby Gunns | 21:22 [47] | ||||||||||||||
Jonathan Gresham | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Peter Tihanyi | 7:01 [47] | ||||||||||||||
Aigle Blanc | 13:06 [47] | ||||||||||||||
Peter Tihanyi | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Jonathan Gresham | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Shigehiro Irie | 12:23 [47] | ||||||||||||||
Marius Al-Ani | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Michael Knight | 8:09 [47] | ||||||||||||||
Hektor Invictus [lower-alpha 1] | 7:14 [47] | ||||||||||||||
Shigehiro Irie | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Senza Volto | 12:49 [47] | ||||||||||||||
Shigehiro Irie | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Jonathan Gresham | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Robert Dreissker | 12:45 [47] | ||||||||||||||
LuFisto | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Dennis Dullnig | 7:45 [47] | ||||||||||||||
LuFisto | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Maggot | 11:49 [47] | ||||||||||||||
Ace Romero | 12:48 [47] | ||||||||||||||
Maggot | Pin | ||||||||||||||
LuFisto | 5:56 | ||||||||||||||
Robert Dreissker | Pin [47] | ||||||||||||||
Cara Noir | KO | ||||||||||||||
Vincent Heisenberg | 6:26 [47] | ||||||||||||||
Cara Noir | 9:08 [47] | ||||||||||||||
Robert Dreissker | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Fuminori Abe | 8:45 [47] | ||||||||||||||
Robert Dreissker | Pin |
The 2023 edition of the event took place between March 10 and 12, in Oberhausen, Germany. [49] [50]
Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
Shigehiro Irie | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Metehan | 16:28 [49] | ||||||||||||||
Shigehiro Irie | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Tristan Archer | 11:45 [49] | ||||||||||||||
Mike D Vecchio | 10:53 [49] | ||||||||||||||
Tristan Archer | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Shigehiro Irie | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Ahura | 9:13 [49] | ||||||||||||||
Ahura | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Maggot | 22:14 [49] | ||||||||||||||
Ahura | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Komander | 11:42 [49] | ||||||||||||||
Arez | 14:10 [49] | ||||||||||||||
Komander | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Shigehiro Irie | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Axel Tischer | 17:23 [49] [lower-alpha 2] | ||||||||||||||
Francesco Akira | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Laurance Roman | 11:45 [49] | ||||||||||||||
Francesco Akira | 14:48 [49] | ||||||||||||||
Peter Tihanyi | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Trey Miguel | 13:19 [49] | ||||||||||||||
Peter Tihanyi | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Peter Tihanyi | 12:38 [49] | ||||||||||||||
Axel Tischer | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Masha Slamovich | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Fuminori Abe | 8:50 [49] | ||||||||||||||
Masha Slamovich | 10:16 [49] | ||||||||||||||
Axel Tischer | Decision | ||||||||||||||
Davey Richards | 16:46 [49] | ||||||||||||||
Axel Tischer | Pin |
The 2024 edition of the event will take place between March 8 and 10, in Oberhausen, Germany. [51] [52]
Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
Laurance Roman | Pin | ||||||||||||||
OSKAR | 8:37 | ||||||||||||||
Laurance Roman | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Masato Tanaka | 11:17 | ||||||||||||||
Elijah Blum | 11:03 | ||||||||||||||
Masato Tanaka | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Laurance Roman | Pin | ||||||||||||||
1 Called Manders | 9:43 | ||||||||||||||
Stephanie Maze | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Icarus | 9:33 | ||||||||||||||
Stephanie Maze | 9:28 | ||||||||||||||
1 Called Manders | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Luke Jacobs | 10:13 | ||||||||||||||
1 Called Manders | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Laurance Roman | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Peter Tihanyi | 15:52 | ||||||||||||||
Aigle Blanc | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Lio Rush | 10:30 | ||||||||||||||
Aigle Blanc | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Mike D. Vecchio | 13:46 | ||||||||||||||
Gringo Loco | 17:03 | ||||||||||||||
Mike D Vecchio | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Aigle Blanc | 12:30 | ||||||||||||||
Peter Tihanyi | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Michael Oku | Sub | ||||||||||||||
Joseph Fenech Jr. | 22:32 | ||||||||||||||
Michael Oku | 17:01 | ||||||||||||||
Peter Tihanyi | Pin | ||||||||||||||
Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr | 16:39 | ||||||||||||||
Peter Tihanyi | Count-Out |
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