Thought I'd start a fresh thread for the UK and European wrestling companies out there, if that's OK. Sure we'll see get to see where dsrchris is commentating, where people from here are heading when ICW is around the corner and some wXw stuff from my side.

 

 

So the 16 participants for the 10th wXw 16 Carat Gold Tournament in Oberhausen have been named and the weekend is absolutely jam packed with awesomeness! I'm totally hyped, way more than hyped. Can't wait to see the bracket. Here are the competitors and the program for the 6th - 8th March.

 

Friday 6th March

 

6:00 pm - Roundtable

8:00 pm - 16 Carat Gold Night 1

 

Saturday 7th March

 

11:00 am - Q & A session

2:00 pm - AMBITION 6 (Shoot Style Wrestling)

4:30 pm - Talk with the wXw office

7:00 pm - 16 Carat Gold Night 2

11:00 pm - After Show Party

 

Sunday 8th March

 

12:00 pm - Wrestlers vs. Fans in a football match

2:30 pm - Meet and Greet

5:00 pm - 16 Carat Gold Night 3

 

16 Carat competitors:

 

1. Chris Sabin

2. Uhaa Nation

3. Absolute Andy

4. Marty Scurll

5. Axel Tischer

6. Cedric Alexander

7. Sasa Keel

8. Mr. Sha Samuels

9. Kim Ray

10. Timothy Thatcher

11. Daisuke Harada

12. Tommy End

13. Axel Dieter Jr.

14. Andrew Everett

15. Zack Sabre Jr.

16. Ricochet

 

Special Attraction:

 

The World's Cutest Tag Team (Joey Ryan 6 Candice LeRae)

 

Those last two Carat announcements gave me the biggest shit eating grin ever. ZACK SABRE JR. and RICOCHET man! Shame I can only make the last two days....ahhh but I guess I can catch em all.

Awesome, SPLX are selling merch at Carat! That weekend is gonna raid my wallet.

I want a SPLX track top in the worst way, every time I check their stall they never seem to have it in my size.

 

It's kinda been put on the backburner though, because currently I'm salivating at the prospect of owning a Sumerian Death Squad denim cut with a custom backpatch... *drool*

Discovery Wrestling in Edinburgh promoting that they're gonna have the Young Bucks at the show after the next one, sometime in May I think. Might need to get along for a Superkick Party...

Now, I has a sad. Ricochet is snowed in the US and can't come for the Carat Tournament. :( His spot will be taken by the winner of Da Mack vs. Mike Schwarz vs. Michael Dante vs. Robert Dreissker and then face Andrew Everett. Damn it nearly hit Uhaa Nation and Cedric Alexander too but they'll be there tonight.

 

On a positive note, Kay Lee Ray is confirmed to be there tomorrow! Yay!

 

I'm waking up a 4am in the morning for a 4 hour drive to a wrestling event. Yes! :lol

Now, I has a sad. Ricochet is snowed in the US and can't come for the Carat Tournament. :( His spot will be taken by the winner of Da Mack vs. Mike Schwarz vs. Michael Dante vs. Robert Dreissker and then face Andrew Everett. Damn it nearly hit Uhaa Nation and Cedric Alexander too but they'll be there tonight.

 

On a positive note, Kay Lee Ray is confirmed to be there tomorrow! Yay!

 

I'm waking up a 4am in the morning for a 4 hour drive to a wrestling event. Yes! :lol

 

That'll be one of Uhaa's last few Indy dates before checking in at NXT, won't it?

 

He's due very soon according to the Observer and did his last Dragon gate date (and farewell) earlier this month.

Yeah he announced it at a Dragon Gate show and is finishing off his dates. I'll cry if he's thrown out of the Carat tournament and he isn't there for the rest of the weekend.

Wow, where do I start? The 16 Carat Gold Tournament weekend was a mental f*cking blast. So much awesome on the days I was there.

 

Arrived in Oberhausen on Saturday morning and checked out a few stuff before heading to the Three Sixty Bar for the Q & A Session, which was OK. I couldn't understand half the questions and answers due to sitting near the entrance way and also due to a few sound problems. Still, it was quite cool to see these guys on a personal level. Whatever Tommy End wears, I want his closet. Uhaa Nation is quite small when he has clothes on and Andrew Everett is a spitting image of Jason Mewes. :lol

Everyone was trying to get an answer out of Axel Tischer, to where he is heading in the USA as he's leaving wXw at the end of the month. If anyone has a hint, which promotion hasn't had a German in their roster then this is the place where he's going. NXT has also been thrown in the hat.

 

We then headed down to the afternoon programme called Ambition 6, which is basically shoot-mat style based wrestling. Some stiff bouts with Zack Sabre Jr. facing Big Daddy Walter in the Superfight, who cares about weight classes, yeah? Zack got smashed to the ground with a lariat. :D Dominic "Carnage" Brackner won the 8-Man tournament against Jon Ryan in the end.

 

The 2nd night of Carat was totally action-packed with quarter final matches like End/Everett which was a fun 7-minute match, Axel Dieter Jr./Marty Scurll which was also a fun match. Scurll, I must say is really riding the gimmick of his life. Calling moves like a superkick, then kidding around and then smacking a confused opponent with that said Superkick in the face. We had Absolute Andy vs. Sasa Keel and one of the matches of the weekend Zack Sabre Jr./Daisuke Harada. That match was a forearm war! I certainly want to see Harada again. Also got to see the World's Cutest Tag Team vs. Da Mack and Kay Lee Ray. Kay Lee Ray is such a bubbly personality and Candice LeRae is sooo sweet. :wub

 

...And then the After Show Party happened at the Three-Sixty Bar. xD Just a bunch of fans and wrestlers marking out to each other. The return of "Party" Marty Scurll, Andrew Everett doing a Shooting Star Press on Chris Sabin from the bar, Mike Schwarz and Timothy Thatcher chopping and giving European Uppercuts to each other, Mike Schwarz having to be carried home by Big Daddy Walter for drinking countless beers, Uhaa possibly having a little fling with a waitress, A dance-off with some fat wrestling fan and the wXw crew and to top it off Wrestling fans singing to All Night Long from Lionel Richie and Like a Prayer whilst marking out for Grado's name. Marty Scurll and Zack Sabre Jr. filmed it, so I guess Grado got some message about it. :D

 

The 3rd day was topped off with a Meet and Greet, got a few pics. Sha Samuels just about ripped my hair out, Kay Lee Ray is still cute as ever and Uhaa Nation being the most chilled person ever, we joked about what the WWE name generator will give him. Also got my thumbs down pic with the Sumerian Death Squad!

 

The event itself was great, the fans were a little exhausted after the last two days but still making noise. Axel Dieter Jr. and Zack Sabre Jr. had a fine match, Tommy End survived a F-5 from the second rope and locked a Owari Death Submission Hold in. The final between End and Axel Dieter?! Oh my, it straight out began with a big running knee to Axel's face. Then everything just went crazy outside, with Tommy running Axel through a make-shift table.

[video=youtube;JmjZHfyw8R4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmjZHfyw8R4

 

Tommy won in the end with a stiff kick to Dieter's fighting spirit, as they say and won the whole tournament. It would have been a bit too early for Axel Dieter to win but he's obviously going down the line to win the Heavyweight Championship. End also had a promo, which wasn't your typical SDS type promo but gave props to Dieter. End is so intimidating, it's just unreal.

 

LeRae and Ryan had a Tag Team Title match against French Flavour. LeRae on the receiving end of a double powerbomb slam.

 

Andrew Everett/Cedric Alexander vs. Da Mack/Uhaa Nation was a total spotfest. So many flips, the seating in the first row just about died every time anyone flew out of the ring Uhaa is soooo over with his theme song.

 

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Plus, Axel Tischer had a fantastic and emotional send-off. Nearly had a damn tear in my eye.

 

Overall, incredible weekend with so many memories. I'm taking the whole three days next year, and it looks like the Carat Gold tournament is getting bigger and bigger. wXw itself is growing and selling out since late last year.

Marty Scurll :love:

 

Edited March 17, 20159 yr by dsrchris

Wrestling: The rise of the sport in Britain

 

BBC Sport looks at the rise of professional wrestling in Britain, as a thriving independent scene is growing across the country.

 

Video here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/wrestling/31914519

Icw just announced their largest event of the year will be held at secc. the secc is one of the largest indoor venues around so massive news

Ah yuus, Tommaso Ciampa is flying in for the wXw show in Hamburg in May. :banana:

Double post! Here are the recent Candice & Joey Show episodes chronicling the 16 Carat Gold Weekend. Part 2 features Cedric Alexander finding a surprise at 7:30 min and the infamous shooting star press at the ThreeSixty Bar at 12:20 min. :lol

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCGh0CJqGgM

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzUnYJePvsQ

Grados next opponent this weekend at icw in Liverpool is......Sabu

 

Rip grado from Sabu botch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THn4cc-hsucThe commentary in the last few minutes is amazing and hilarious.

Edited May 10, 20159 yr by DC

This man. And kicks.