16 Carat Gold Tournament

16 Carat Gold Tournament
16 Carat Gold Tournament
	Cara Noir being awarded the tournament trophy in 2020
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. Since 2007, the tournament winner has received a championship opportunity for the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship, the promotion's top title, with a few exceptions due to championship vacancy.

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Year	Winner	Times won	Dates	Runner-up	Location	Venue	Main event	Ref
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]
2024	Laurance Roman	1	March 8, 2024	Peter Tihanyi			Michael Oku vs. Joseph Fenech Jr. in the first round of the 2024 16 Carat Gold Tournament	^[30]
			March 9, 2024				Robert Dreissker (c) vs. Shigehiro Irie for the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship	^[31]
			March 10, 2024				Laurance Roman vs. Peter Tihanyi in the final of the 2024 16 Carat Gold Tournament	^[32]
2025	1 Called Manders	1	March 7, 2025	Ahura			Leon Slater vs. Aigle Blanc in the first round of the 2025 16 Carat Gold Tournament	^[33]
			March 8, 2025				Young Blood (Oskar Leube and Yuto Nakashima) (c) vs. Big Bucks (Alex Duke and Norman Harras), High Performer Ltd. (Anil Marik and Icarus) and Planet Gojirah (Marc Empire and Robert Dreissker) in a four-way Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match	^[34]
			March 9, 2025				1 Called Manders vs. Ahura in the final of the 2025 16 Carat Gold Tournament	^[35]

16 Carat Gold Tournament

Dates, winners and main events

Tournament history

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2022

2023

2024

2025

Notes

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