Light Heavyweight World Cup is an annual professional wrestling single elimination tournament produced by German Wrestling Federation (GWF). The tournament features light heavyweight wrestlers from all over the world, who represent their respective nations in the tournament. The tournament format is similar to Revolution Pro Wrestling's British J-Cup, consisting of singles matches which wrestlers win to qualify to the final, a four-way elimination match.[1]
| Light Heavyweight World Cup | |
|---|---|
| Promotions | German Wrestling Federation |
| First event | 2018 |
| Event gimmick | Single elimination tournament for light heavyweight wrestlers |
The first tournament was held in 2018 and has been held each year since then, with the exception of 2021, when traveling was restricted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, preventing international participation in the tournament.[2]
Winners, dates, venues and main events
edit| Year | Tournament winner | Times won | Date | Runners-up | City | Venue | Main Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Angélico | 1 | April 7, 2018 | Kenny Williams, Senza Volto and Tarkan Aslan | Berlin, Germany | Huxley's Neue Welt | Angélico vs. Kenny Williams vs. Senza Volto vs. Tarkan Aslan in the 2018 Light Heavyweight World Cup tournament final | [3] |
| 2019 | El Phantasmo | March 2, 2019 | A-Kid, Angélico and Cem Kaplan | Festsaal Kreuzberg | A-Kid vs. Angélico vs. Cem Kaplan vs. El Phantasmo in the 2019 Light Heavyweight World Cup tournament final | [4] | ||
| 2020 | Tarkan Aslan | March 7, 2020 | Bence Toth BT, El Phantasmo and Senza Volto | Bence Toth BT vs. El Phantasmo vs. Senza Volto vs. Tarkan Aslan in the 2020 Light Heavyweight World Cup tournament final | [5] | |||
| 2022 | Crowchester | March 27, 2022 | Aytac Bahar, Maverick and Michael Oku | Aytac Bahar vs. Crowchester vs. Maverick vs. Michael Oku in the 2022 Light Heavyweight World Cup tournament final | [6] | |||
| 2023 | Aytac Bahar | March 5, 2023 | Ahura, Peter Tihanyi and Tim Stübing | Ahura vs. Aytac Bahar vs. Peter Tihanyi vs. Tim Stübing in the 2023 Light Heavyweight World Cup tournament final for the vacant GWF Berlin Championship | [7] | |||
| 2024 | Ahura | May 18, 2024 | Aigle Blanc, Tim Stübing and Peter Tihanyi | Astra Kulturhaus | Ahura vs. Aigle Blanc vs. Tim Stübing vs. Peter Tihanyi in the 2024 Light Heavyweight World Cup final | [8] |
Tournament history
edit2018
editThe first edition of the Light Heavyweight World Cup was held at the Huxley's Neue Welt in Berlin, Germany on April 7, 2018.
| First Round | Final | |||||||
| Angélico | Pin | |||||||
| Oliver Carter | 9:36 | |||||||
| Jody Fleisch | Pin | Angélico | Win | |||||
| Tarkan Aslan | 10:32 | Tarkan Aslan | – | |||||
| Kenny Williams | Pin | Kenny Williams | – | |||||
| Kris Jokić | 6:58 | Senza Volto | 16:55 | |||||
| Senza Volto | Pin | |||||||
| Tucker | 6:08 | |||||||
2019
editThe second edition of the Light Heavyweight World Cup was held at Festsaal Kreuzberg in Berlin, Germany on March 2, 2019.
| First Round | Final | |||||||
| El Phantasmo | Win | |||||||
| Jonny Storm | 8:08 | |||||||
| A-Kid | Win | El Phantasmo | Win | |||||
| Justin Wylde | 7:12 | A-Kid | 16:29 | |||||
| Cem Kaplan | Win | Cem Kaplan | – | |||||
| Lucky Kid | 13:23 | Angélico | – | |||||
| Angélico | Win | |||||||
| Matt Cross | 9:02 | |||||||
2020
editThe third edition of the Light Heavyweight World Cup was held at Festsaal Kreuzberg in Berlin, Germany on March 7, 2020.
| First Round | Final | |||||||
| Aytac Bahar | ||||||||
| Tarkan Aslan | ||||||||
| Ender Kara | Tarkan Aslan | Win | ||||||
| Senza Volto | Senza Volto | 21:54 | ||||||
| Bence Toth BT | Bence Toth BT | – | ||||||
| Corey McRae | El Phantasmo | – | ||||||
| El Phantasmo | Win | |||||||
| Erik Strange | 12:37 | |||||||
2022
editThe fourth edition of the Light Heavyweight World Cup was held at Festsaal Kreuzberg in Berlin, Germany on March 27, 2022.
| First Round | Final | |||||||
| Anarko Montana | Win | |||||||
| Crowchester | 10:03 | |||||||
| Aytac Bahar | Win | Crowchester | Win | |||||
| Corey McRae | 12:02 | Aytac Bahar | 28:13 | |||||
| Fast Time Mondo | Win | Michael Oku | – | |||||
| Michael Oku | 13:58 | Maverick | – | |||||
| Maverick | Countout | |||||||
| Senza Volto | 7:12 | |||||||
2023
editThe fifth edition of the Light Heavyweight World Cup was held at Festsaal Kreuzberg in Berlin, Germany on March 5, 2023. The winner of the tournament became the new GWF Berlin Champion.[9]
| First Round | Final | |||||||
| Crowchester | Pin | |||||||
| Tim Stübing | 12:08 | |||||||
| Ahura | Pin | Tim Stübing | Pin | |||||
| Callum Newman | 9:57 | Ahura | 14:20 | |||||
| LJ Cleary | Pin | Peter Tihanyi | – | |||||
| Peter Tihanyi | 10:36 | Aytac Bahar | – | |||||
| Aytac Bahar | Pin | |||||||
| Marius Al-Ani | 13:40 | |||||||
2024
editThe sixth edition of the Light Heavyweight World Cup was held at the Astra Kulturhaus in Berlin, Germany on May 18, 2024.
| First Round | Final | |||||||
| Peter Tihanyi | Pin | |||||||
| Taishi Ozawa | 10:58 | |||||||
| Aigle Blanc | Pin | Peter Tihanyi | – | |||||
| Fast Time Moodo | 16:31 | Aigle Blanc | Pin | |||||
| Tim Stübing | Pin | Tim Stübing | – | |||||
| LJ Cleary | 12:33 | Ahura | 14:01 | |||||
| Ahura | Pin | |||||||
| Joe Lando | 10:45 | |||||||
References
edit- ^ "Light Heavyweight World Cup Archive". German Wrestling Federation (in German). Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ "German Wrestling Federation to hold Light Heavyweight World Cup tournament this weekend". WrestleMap. March 25, 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ "GWF Light Heavyweight World Cup: Review". EuroGraps. April 12, 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ "GWF Light Heavyweight World Cup 2019". Cagematch. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ "GWF Light Heavyweight World Cup 2020". Cagematch. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ "GWF Light Heavyweight World Cup '22 (March 27, 2022)". BackBodyDrop.com. March 27, 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ "GWF Light Heavyweight World Cup '23". Cagematch. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ Daly, Wayne (May 19, 2024). "GWF Results: Light Heavyweight World Cup 2024 – Berlin, Germany (5/18)". Wrestlingnews.net.
- ^ Daly, Wayne (March 5, 2023). "GWF Results: Light Heavyweight World Cup 2023 – Berlin, Germany (3/5)". wrestling-news.net. Retrieved October 17, 2024.