wXw 16 Carat Gold tournament 2013

[nWoHulkster]

wXw 16 Carat Gold = най-престижният европейски кеч турнир и обикновено едни от най-добрите indy шоута за годината. Тазгодишното издание на турнира:

Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw)

"16 Carat Gold tournament 2013"

1-3 March 2013

Oberhausen, Germany

Participants

Eddie Kingston (USA)

MASADA (USA)

Chuck Taylor (USA)

Ricochet (USA)

Jonathan Gresham (USA)

Super Crazy (Mexico)

Ricky Marvin (Mexico)

Zack Sabre Jr. (England)

Johnny Moss (England)

Bad Bones (Germany)

Karsten Beck (Germany)

Robert Dreissker (Germany)

Tommy End (The Netherlands)

Yuji Okabayashi (Japan)

Shinobu (Japan)

Paul Tracey (Ireland)

Предишните 16 Carat победители:

2006 - Baron von Hagen (beat Murat Bosporus)

2007 - Chris Hero (beat Ares)

2008 - Bad Bones (beat Bryan Danielson)

2009 - Shingo Takagi (beat Drake Younger)

2010 - Big Van Walter (beat Chris Hero)

2011 - Sami Callihan (beat Big Van Walter)

2012 - El Generico (beat Tommy End)

[ShwN]

All in на Масада. Всичко друго ще е изненада.

[degenerat 2]

Очертава се стабилно турнирче и тази година, и ако имам възможност със сигурност ще изгледам поне едно от трите шоута. BJW присъствието е доволно, Shinobu явно ще е само за бройка, но евентуален негов сблъсък с Ricochet ще е мини dream мач за мен. Също така се надявам и на MASADA vs Kingston, доста здрав мач ще е. Жалко че Michael Dante няма да участва тази година.

Фаворитът ми за победител е Tommy End.

[nWoHulkster]

From 3/1 to 3/3, Europe's biggest pro-wrestling tournament, the wXw 16 Carat Gold Tournament will go down. These three shows are among the best in wrestling this side of the Atlantic, and at least in parts can hang with the best offerings in the world, from WrestleMania to the major New Japan Tokyo Dome shows. Last year's shows have been voted the best European shows in two different fan votings of two of the biggest wrestling websites in Germany.

The Carat is a 16-man, single-elimination tournament, this year featuring wrestlers from the US, Japan, Mexico, the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria and the Netherlands. It is one of the most in-depth fields of all time and will certainly feature some awesome matches and lots of great drama. The winner earns a future title shot at the wXw Unified World Wrestling Champion.

Here are the first round matches, along with a brief analysis:

1. Karsten Beck (GER) vs. Paul Tracey (IRL)

Beck is a great chicken-shit heel who has nuclear heat and really came into hiw own both as a worker and a promo during the last two years. He cheats and low-blows his way to victory, and almost finished El Generico, last year's winner via low-blow Dusty finish last year in the semi-finals. Paul Tracey, a former heel was hired by Beck as his hechman last August, but is none too happy with being treated like trash by his employer. He cost Beck more than one match, and his contract with Beck ends 3/1, so he hopes to get revenge on Beck here.

2. MASADA (USA) vs. Super Crazy (MEX)

MASADA, of CZW fame, meets Super Crazy who basically wrestled all over, from ECW to NOAH. This will probably be a hard-hitting and insane match. MASADA, the current CZW champion won the CZW/wXw Tournament of Death - Europe last November and is pretty over in Germany. Super Crazy is, well, just super crazy.

3. Bad Bones (GER) vs. Shinobu (JAP)

Bad Bones is one of the best workers in Europe and earned his spot by beating Michael Elgin in a great match. He's brutal, stiff and his moniker is that of the "German Psycho". He also hopes to enter TNA via the Gut Check Challenge online contest. Shinobu, of 666 and BJW fame is a great high-flyer who makes his Germany/wXw debut here and will awe the fans.

4. Ricochet (USA) vs. Tommy End (NED)

Ricochet is among the best high-flyers in the world and a Dragon Gate/DGUSA mainstay. Tommy End went all the way to the finals last year and is one hell of a worker who can basically do it all from brawling to scientific wrestling to flying and mat wrestling. He improves constantly and went to the finals last year, losing to El Generico. He broke his nose last year during the tournament and just went on. Also, a former long-time wXw tag team champion with his partner Michale Dante as th Sumerian Death Squad

5. Jonathan Gresham (USA) vs. Ricky Marvin (MEX)

Gresham, while a small guy is a great flyer and one tough dude who can hold his own in a brawl or grappling test. Ricky Marvin is a long-time NOAH stay and one of the best workers out there. He was great in the tournament last year and was over like crazy. This should be a great match.

6. Chuck Taylor (USA) vs. Eddie Kingston (USA)

EVOLVE/DGUSA meets CHIKARA/ROH here, as two of today's top Indy stars collide. Both had bigger and bigger success on the U.S. scene these last few years and are looking to tear the house down in Europe as well.

7. Robert Dreissker (AUT) vs. Yuji Okabayashi (JAP)

This is basically the tournament's version of unstoppable force vs. immovable object. Dreissker won the 8-man, round-robin 16 Carat League, not losing a single match. He's a very agile big man, after the fashion of a Vader or Bam Bam Bigelow, just like his mentor Big Van Walter. He destoryed everybody in his path since the summer. Okabayashi, a BJW regular and AJPW regular is one of the most popular Japanese wrestlers who tours Germany, along with his "Strong BJ" tag team partner Daisuke Sekimoto. This will be a war.

8. Johnny Moss (UK) vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (UK)

Moss is a guy with a physique that would make Vince McMahon drool while being a great worker and really good European mat-wrestling stylist. He had great matches with Jon Ryan and Fit Finlay during the last year and is playing a monster in the ring since his heel turn in late 2011. ZSJ, the tag-team partner of Marty Scurll of British Bootcamp fame, is awe-inspiing in the ring. He splits his time between NOAH and wrestling in the UK and is the master of the arm-bar, like a male Ronda Rousey. He is most enjoyable in the ring as a flyer, brawler and mat/submission expert. He won the shoot-style AMBITION tournament in January and is looking to win the big one here.

Alternate Four Way (winner goes to the second round, if somebody from round 1 gets injured or there's a double-count out, etc.)

Jay Skillet (GER) vs. Kim Ray (GER) vs. Michael Dante (NED) vs. Sebastian Sage (GER)

Skillt is a product of wXw's wrestling school, the Westside Dojo and currently tag team champion with Jonathan Gresham as RockSkillet. Michael Dante is one half of the former champs with Tommy End as the Sumerian Death Squad. Kim Ray is another Dojo student and a tae kwon do black belt. Sebastian Sage is a pretty good worker trained by Alex Wright in Nuremberg, Germany and also does German commentary on WWE shows for EuroSport (Vintage Collection & This Week in WWE)

Then, on Saturday, the second tournament day and traditionally the one best visited will feature a big world title match:

Axel "Axeman" Tischer © vs. Big van Walter

Tischer is a very good worker, who incorporates lots of strong-style, MMA and submission techniques into his style. He won the title in August in a four way with then-champ El Generico, Bad Bones and Karsten Beck. He qualified against Davey Richards and since defended against El Generico and Eddie Edwards. He actually challenged Walter for the match during the company's 12th Anniversary show. Walter is a former two-time Champion and very pissed that Axeman is wearing "his" belt and is trying to make "a name off him". He wants to take back was is rightfully his. Walter is the best big-man style wrestler in Europe, bar none and had a match that I would easily rate north of 4 3/4 stars with Daisuke Sekimoto in the "Saturday Title Match" at last year's tournament. Walter and Axeman faced off in three tags/six-men-tags during the last few months with each team taking turns in winning, but neither Axeman nor Walter ever pinning/submitting the other one. This will be one hell of a great match.

wXw is very fan-friendly and this weekend is virtually their version of WrestleMania. There will be a press conference before the first show, a Westside Dojo public workout and Q&A sessions with the various wrestlers on the cards in the afternoon on Day 2 and the taping of a podcast and the traditional fans vs. wrestlers soccer game (that saw everything from camel clutches, dropkicks, drop toe-holds during penalty shootouts and fans getting speared through the barricades last year) on Sunday.

[nWoHulkster]

wXw 16 Carat Gold Tournament

March 1st, 2013

Oberhausen, Germany

Attendance: 432

1. Alternate Four Way: Michael Dante beat Sebastian Sage, Jay Skillet & Kim Ray via Gore an Sage

2. 16 Carat Gold Tournament 2013 - Round 1: Shinobu beat Bad Bones via Small Package Hold

3. 16 Carat Gold Tournament 2013 - Round 1: Karsten Beck beat Paul Tracey via Count-Out

4. 16 Carat Gold Tournament 2013 - Round 1: Robert Dreissker beat Yuji Okabayashi via Vader Splash

5. 16 Carat Gold Tournament 2013 - Round 1: Tommy End beat Ricochet via Owari Death Clutch

6. 16 Carat Gold Tournament 2013 - Round 1: Eddie Kingston beat Chuck Taylor via Sliding D

7. 16 Carat Gold Tournament 2013 - Round 1: Hardcore Match: Super Crazy beat MASADA via Prawn Hold

8. 16 Carat Gold Tournament 2013 - Round 1: Jonathan Gresham beat Ricky Marvin via 450° Splash

9. 16 Carat Gold Tournament 2013 - Round 1: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Johnny Moss via Brookside Closing Hold

wXw 16 Carat Gold Tournament

March 2nd, 2013

Oberhausen, Germany

Attendance: 473

1. 16 Carat Gold Tournament 2013 - Round 2: Shinobu beat Eddie Kingston via S.E.X.

2. Six Men Tag Team Match: Paul Tracey, Toby Blunt & Sebastian Sage beat Keel Holding (Sasa Keel, Michael Isotov & Aaron Insane) via Swanton Bomb by Blunt on Insane

3. Singles Match: Ricky Marvin beat Jay Skillet via Mexican Piledriver

4. 16 Carat Gold Tournament 2013 - Round 2: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Robert Dreissker via Penalty Kick

5. 16 Carat Gold Tournament 2013 - Round 2: Karsten Beck beat Super Crazy via Pinfall

6. Four Way Elimination Match: Bad Bones beat Yuji Okabayashi, MASADA & Michael Dante

- Michael Dante beat MASADA via Horizontal Cradle

- Yuji Okabayashi beat Michael Dante via Spear

- Bad Bones beat Yuji Okabayashi via Shadow Driver

7. 16 Carat Gold Tournament 2013 - Round 2: Tommy End beat Jonathan Gresham via Owari Death Footstomp

8. Tag Team Match: The Kentucky Education System (Ricochet & Chuck Taylor) beat Hot & Spicy (Axel Dieter Jr. & Da Mack) via 630° Splash by Ricochet on Dieter

9. wXw Unified World Wrestling Title Match: "Axeman" Axel Tischer © beat Big Van Walter via Rear Naked Choke

wXw 16 Carat Gold Tournament

March 3rd, 2013

Oberhausen, Germany

1. 16 Carat Gold Tournament 2013 semi-final: Zack Sabre Jr. beat Karsten Beck via Submission

2. Jason Hendrix beat Aaron Insane via Pinfall

3. 16 Carat Gold Tournament 2013 semi-final: Tommy End beat Shinobu via Submission

4. Hot & Spicy (Axel Dieter Jr. & Da Mack) beat Kim Ray & Eddie Kingston via Double Enzugiri

5. Toby Blunt, Paul Tracey & Axel Tischer beat Sasa Keel, Michael Isotov & Michael Dante via via Swanton by Blunt

6. MASADA beat Robert Schild

7. Yuji Okabayashi beat Bad Bones via Powerbomb

8. wXw World Tag Team Title Match: Big Van Walter & Robert Dreissker beat Jonathan Gresham & Jay Skillet © to win the Titles

9. Los Mexitosos (Ricky Marvin & Super Crazy) beat The Kentucky Education System (Ricochet & Chuck Taylor)

10. 16 Carat Gold Tournament 2013 final: Tommy End beat Zack Sabre Jr. via Submission.

[degenerat 2]

Фаворитът ми за победител е Tommy End.

От резултатите изглеждат много стабилно и трите шоута, приятно изненадан съм от участието на Shinobu.