wXw Announce First Round Matches for 16 Carat Gold

Germany’s biggest independent promotion wXw has announced the first round matches for their upcoming 16 Carat Gold tournament. The confirmed bouts for March 9th in Oberhausen are as follows:

• Jonah Rock vs Timothy Thatcher
• Chris Brookes vs Alexander James
• Travis Banks vs Mark Haskins
• Matt Sydal vs Lucky Kid
• Avalanche vs Keith Lee
• Da Mack vs Matt Riddle
• Absolute Andy vs Marius Al-Ani
• Jurn Simmons vs David Starr

#wXw16Carat Opening Round, March 9th: @Jonah_Rock vs. Timothy Thatcher pic.twitter.com/VkFkQiGgUI

— wXw Germany (@wXwGermany) March 1, 2018

#wXw16Carat Opening Round, March 9th: @JurnSimmons vs. @TheProductDS in a last man standing match. pic.twitter.com/MBR1WLuqZw

— wXw Germany (@wXwGermany) March 1, 2018

The 2017 iteration of the tournament is widely regarded as one of the greatest in European wrestling history, you can check it out now on wXw’s on demand service, it certainly matches up to the annual New Japan G1 and PROGRESS Super Strong 16 tournaments on quality.

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