The first-round matches for the wXw 16 Carat Gold 2025 have been confirmed.
As previously announced, Masha Slamovich, Leon Slater, Michael Oku, Joseph Fenech Jr., Dragon Kid, Ahura, 1 Called Manders, Adam Priest, and Psycho Clown, among others, will compete in the tournament.
In an update, wXw has announced the first-round matches for the tournament, which will begin on March 7th and conclude on March 9th.
From wXw:
Wrestlers from New Japan, AAA, TNA, Dragongate, TJPW, Big Japan compete in the biggest European Wrestling Festival of the year
From March 7th to 9th for the 19th time wXw will promote the 16 Carat Gold Tournament. Every march wrestling fans from all over the world travel to Oberhausen, Germany to witness the festivities. Starting on March 6th in the wXw Wrestling Academy with the Inner Circle event that is limited to just 100 fans and a surprise card.
- On March 7th, the 16 Carat Gold tournament will start with these first-round matches:
- Masha Slamovich vs. Cara Noir
- Masha Slamovich vs. Cara Noir
- Daisuke Sekimoto vs. 1 Called Manders
- Psycho Clown vs. Joseph Fenech Jr.
- Leon Slater vs. Aigle Blanc
- Michael Oku vs. Ahura
- Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Axel Tischer
- Laurance Roman vs. Adam Priest
- Bobby Gunns vs. Anita Vaughan
- Alternate 4-Way Dance: Ryan Clancy vs. Hektor vs. Stephanie Maze vs. Nick Schreier
On March 8th, the tournament will continue with plenty of non-tournament matches highlighted by two title matches:
- wXw World Tag Team Championship – TLC Match: Young Blood (Oskar & Yuto Nakajima) vs. Planet Gojirah (Robert Dreissker & Marc Empire) vs. High Performers Ltd. (Icarus & Anil Marik) vs. Big Bucks (Norman Harras & Alex Duke)
- wXw European Championship: Mike D. Vecchio vs. Levaniel
On March 9ththe tournament will conclude with the semi-finals and finals. Additionally to the tournament roster Miyu Yamashita from TJPW debuts in Germany after competing in England on Friday and Spain on Saturday.
A special event will happen during the afternoon of March 8th. The annual Ambition shoot-style event will take place right before Night 2. This will include a 8 Men Tournament with these first-round matches:
- Yuto Nakajima vs. Thomas Shire
- Zozaya vs. Dieter Schwarz
- Liam Slater vs. Icarus
- Fast Time Moodo vs. Danny
On top of that will be two superfights including Fuminori Abe vs. Takuya Nomura and Masha Slamovich vs. Stephanie Maze.
This is the biggest production of the year with spectacular in-venue setup and live video production. All events from Friday onwards will be streamed live with English commentary on TrillerTV+ and with German commentary on wXwNOW including daily Fight Forever warm-up shows available for free on Youtube.
Additional information including artwork can be found here.
Past winners of the wXw 16 Carat Gold include Chris Hero, Shingo Takagi, Sami Callihan, El Generico, Malakai Black, Zack Sabre Jr., Ilja Dragunov, Cara Noir, and Jonathan Gresham.
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