16 Carat Gold Tournament (2025)

16 Carat Gold Tournament (2025)
Promotional poster of the event
PromotionWestside Xtreme Wrestling
DateNight One:
March 7, 2025
Night Two:
March 8, 2025
Night Three:
March 9, 2025
CityOberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
VenueTurbinenhalle Oberhausen
AttendanceNight 1: 873[1]
Night 2: 1023[2]
Night 3: 901[3]
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The 2025 16 Carat Gold Tournament was a professional wrestling tournament produced by Westside Xtreme Wrestling (wXw). It was a three-night event held on March 7–9, 2025 at the Turbinenhalle Oberhausen in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was the nineteenth edition of the 16 Carat Gold Tournament. The event was streamed live on TrillerTV.

1 Called Manders won the 2025 tournament by defeating Ahura in the final.[4] Apart from the tournament, various championship matches were contested throughout the three-night event. Mike D Vecchio retained the wXw European Championship against Levaniel on night two and Leon Slater on night three. The wXw World Tag Team Championship changed hands as Big Bucks (Alex Duke and Norman Harras) defeated the defending champions Young Blood (Oskar Leube and Yuto Nakashima), High Performer Ltd. (Anil Marik and Icarus) and Planet Gojirah (Marc Empire and Robert Dreissker) in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match on night two.[5][6][7]

Production

Background

16 Carat Gold Tournament is an annual knockout tournament produced by wXw, first held in 2006. The tournament features a total of sixteen wrestlers (an exception being the 2010 edition where seventeen competitors participated) and a winner receives a title shot at the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship at any place and time of their choosing.

Storylines

The event included matches that resulted from scripted storylines. Results were predetermined by wXw's writers, while storylines were produced on wXw's streaming television show We Love Wrestling.[8]

Tournament matches

wXw began announcing participants for the 2025 16 Carat Gold Tournament in late 2024. Some of the participants originally announced were: Masha Slamovich,[9] Michael Oku, Joseph Fenech Jr., Dragon Kid, Ahura, 1 Called Manders, Adam Priest, Psycho Clown, Leon Slater,[10][11] and Daisuke Sekimoto.[12] However, Dragon Kid suffered an injury and was replaced by Masaaki Mochizuki in the tournament.[13]

On the February 8 episode of We Love Wrestling, Bobby Gunns won a Road to 16 Carat Gold Tournament to qualify for the tournament as the final participant.[14]

On March 1, wXw announced that a Four Way Dance would determine an alternate participant to fill in for injured competitors in the 16 Carat Gold Tournament. Competitors announced for the match were Hektor Invictus, Nick Schreier, Ryan Clancy, and Stephanie Maze.[15]

Other matches

Miyu Yamashita from Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling was announced for a match on the night three of 16 Carat Gold Tournament.[16] Anita Vaughan was confirmed as Yamashita's opponent on the March 9 episode of We Love Wrestling.[17]

At Dead End, Levaniel attacked Mike D Vecchio after the latter won a match against Ahura.[18] This led to a match between Vecchio and Levaniel for the former's wXw European Championship on the night two of 16 Carat Gold Tournament.[19]

After months of feuding between the four teams, including a backstage brawl at the Dead End pre-show, it was announced that Young Blood (Oskar Leube and Yuto Nakashima) would defend the wXw World Tag Team Championship against Big Bucks (Alex Duke and Norman Harras), High Performer Ltd. (Anil Marik and Icarus), and Planet Gojirah (Marc Empire and Robert Dreissker) in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match on the night two of 16 Carat Gold Tournament.[20]

Cancelled match

Peter Tihanyi and Elijah Blum feuded with each other over the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship since late 2024 after Tihanyi won the title. Blum failed to win the title on several occasions, but defeated Tihanyi in a non-title Cage Fighting match at Back to the Roots.[21] As a result of the win, Tihanyi was scheduled to defend the title against Blum in the main event of night two of the 16 Carat Gold Tournament.[22] However, Tihanyi suffered a shoulder injury in February, forcing him to vacate the title.[23]

Results

Night 1
No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1PHektor Invictus defeated Nick Schreier, Ryan Clancy, and Stephanie MazeFour Way Dance to determine an alternate participant in 16 Carat Gold Tournament6:28
2Ahura defeated Michael OkuSingles match in the first round of 16 Carat Gold Tournament13:30
3Bobby Gunns defeated Anita VaughanSingles match in the first round of 16 Carat Gold Tournament11:39
4Axel Tischer defeated Masaaki MochizukiSingles match in the first round of 16 Carat Gold Tournament9:14
5Laurance Roman defeated Adam PriestSingles match in the first round of 16 Carat Gold Tournament13:27
6Masha Slamovich defeated Cara NoirSingles match in the first round of 16 Carat Gold Tournament11:10
7Psycho Clown defeated Joseph Fenech Jr. (with Robin Christopher Fohrwerk)Singles match in the first round of 16 Carat Gold Tournament12:45
81 Called Manders defeated Daisuke SekimotoSingles match in the first round of 16 Carat Gold Tournament9:33
9Leon Slater defeated Aigle BlancSingles match in the first round of 16 Carat Gold Tournament22:04
P – the match was broadcast on the pre-show
Night 2
No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1PMasaaki Mochizuki defeated Adam PriestSingles match9:11
2Elijah Blum defeated Cara NoirSingles match12:46
3Laurance Roman defeated Axel TischerSingles match in the quarter-final round of the 16 Carat Gold Tournament17:58
4Masha Slamovich defeated Bobby GunnsSingles match in the quarter-final round of the 16 Carat Gold Tournament10:19
5Aigle Blanc, Daisuke Sekimoto and Michael Oku defeated Hektor Invictus, Nick Schreier and Thomas ShireSix-man tag team match16:36
6Ahura defeated Psycho ClownSingles match in the quarter-final round of the 16 Carat Gold Tournament20:13
71 Called Manders defeated Leon SlaterSingles match in the quarter-final round of the 16 Carat Gold Tournament14:58
8Mike D Vecchio (c) defeated LevanielSingles match for the wXw European Championship1:12
9Big Bucks (Alex Duke and Norman Harras) defeated Young Blood (Oskar Leube and Yuto Nakashima) (c), High Performer Ltd. (Anil Marik and Icarus) (with Robin Christopher Fohrwerk) and Planet Gojirah (Marc Empire and Robert Dreissker)Four-way Tables, Ladders and Chairs match for the wXw World Tag Team Championship25:41
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
P – the match was broadcast on the pre-show
Night 3
No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
11 Called Manders defeated Masha SlamovichSingles match in the semi-final round of the 16 Carat Gold Tournament8:46
2Ahura defeated Laurance RomanSingles match in the semi-final round of the 16 Carat Gold Tournament11:36
3Miyu Yamashita defeated Anita VaughanSingles match13:32
4Aigle Blanc, Michael Oku and Psycho Clown defeated Masaaki Mochizuki, Psycho Mike and ZozayaLucha Rules six-man tag team match18:57
5Mike D Vecchio (c) defeated Leon SlaterSingles match for the wXw European Championship15:07
6Elijah Blum and Planet Gojirah (Marc Empire and Robert Dreissker) defeated Astronauts (Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura) and Daisuke SekimotoSix-man tag team match17:09
71 Called Manders defeated Ahura16 Carat Gold Tournament final13:42
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Tournament brackets

Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
        
Axel Tischer Pin
Masaaki Mochizuki 9:15[1]
Axel Tischer 10:00[2]
Laurance Roman Pin
Laurance Roman Pin
Adam Priest 13:27[1]
Laurance Roman 11:36[3]
Ahura Pin
Ahura Pin
Michael Oku 13:31[1]
Ahura Pin
Psycho Clown 20:15[2]
Psycho Clown Pin
Joseph Fenech Jr. 12:46[1]
Ahura 13:42[3]
1 Called Manders Pin
Bobby Gunns Pin
Anita Vaughan 11:40[1]
Bobby Gunns Pin
Masha Slamovich 10:00[2]
Masha Slamovich Pin
Cara Noir 11:14[1]
Masha Slamovich 8:48[3]
1 Called Manders Pin
1 Called Manders Pin
Daisuke Sekimoto 9:33[1]
1 Called Manders Pin
Leon Slater 14:58[2]
Leon Slater Pin
Aigle Blanc 22:05[1]

References

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