GWF Light Heavyweight World Cup

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

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

2018

The 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

The 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

The 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

The 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

The 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

The 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

1. "Light Heavyweight World Cup Archive". German Wrestling Federation (in German). Retrieved 16 August 2023.
2. "German Wrestling Federation to hold Light Heavyweight World Cup tournament this weekend". WrestleMap. March 25, 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
3. "GWF Light Heavyweight World Cup: Review". EuroGraps. April 12, 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
4. "GWF Light Heavyweight World Cup 2019". Cagematch. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
5. "GWF Light Heavyweight World Cup 2020". Cagematch. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
6. "GWF Light Heavyweight World Cup '22 (March 27, 2022)". BackBodyDrop.com. March 27, 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
7. "GWF Light Heavyweight World Cup '23". Cagematch. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
8. Daly, Wayne (May 19, 2024). "GWF Results: Light Heavyweight World Cup 2024 – Berlin, Germany (5/18)". Wrestlingnews.net.
9. Daly, Wayne (March 5, 2023). "GWF Results: Light Heavyweight World Cup 2023 – Berlin, Germany (3/5)". wrestling-news.net. Retrieved October 17, 2024.

External links

• German Wrestling Federation official website