The Wrestle-1 Cruiser Festival is a professional wrestling single-elimination tournament held by Wrestle-1. The purpose of the tournament is to determine the promotion's top cruiserweight wrestler. The tournament is much like New Japan Pro Wrestling's Best of the Super Juniors tournament and Pro Wrestling Zero1's Tenkaichi Jr. tournament. Being a professional wrestling tournament the outcome of the matches and the tournament itself are not determined through pure athletic competition but through pre-determined outcomes to matches.
History and format
The tournament was announced by Wrestle-1 on June 14, 2017 and it was going to be in the winter.[1] Its much like New Japan Pro Wrestling's Best of the Super Juniors tournament and Pro Wrestling Zero1's Tenkaichi Jr. tournament. The tournament will be held on February 14 until March 14. On January 9, 2018 Wrestle-1 announced that the tournament would be held under a single-elimination format and it would contain eight participants.
List of Winners
Year | Winners | Total Won |
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2018 | Alejandro | 1 |
Results
2018
The inaugural tournament was announced on June 14 and it was going to be in the winter.[2] On January 9, 2018 Wrestle-1 announced that the tournament would be held under a single-elimination format and it would contain eight participants.
First round (February 14) |
Semifinals (February 18) |
Finals (March 14) | |||||||||||
Alejandro | Pin | ||||||||||||
Yusuke Kodama | 8:08 | ||||||||||||
Alejandro | Pin | ||||||||||||
Ryuji Hijikata | 10:40 | ||||||||||||
Kaz Hayashi | Pin | ||||||||||||
Ryuji Hijikata | 11:54 | ||||||||||||
Alejandro | Pin | ||||||||||||
Andy Wu | 10:54 | ||||||||||||
Mazada | Pin | ||||||||||||
Kenshin Chikano | 10:11 | ||||||||||||
Mazada | Pin | ||||||||||||
Andy Wu | 14:10 | ||||||||||||
Andy Wu | Pin | ||||||||||||
Drunk Andy | 9:17 |
Gallery
References
- ↑ ja:【会見】カズ社長の新機軸!『W-1 GP』に続き、秋にタッグリーグ、冬にクルーザーフェスの開催決定!「歴史あるものをドンドン作っていきたい!」 (in Japanese). Battle News (2017-06-14). Retrieved on 2017-06-14.
- ↑ ja:【会見】カズ社長の新機軸!『W-1 GP』に続き、秋にタッグリーグ、冬にクルーザーフェスの開催決定!「歴史あるものをドンドン作っていきたい!」 (in Japanese). Battle News (2017-06-14). Retrieved on 2017-06-14.