First Round Matches Announced

It’s time for the annual January Tradition (That one of these years we’ll actually manage to make for the first of January), the Oshougatsu Taikai!  The 16 participants have already been announced, but today I’m happy to reveal the 8 opening round matches:

Sammy Nix vs. Matt Classic Jr.

Ganba vs. Estralla Dorada

Erupticon Solar vs. Chiba Akagi

Project Tetsu vs. Tiny

Wyvern vs. Lee Masters

HAKAISHA vs. Jack Butcher

Azteckaizer NEO vs. Ma-Ji-Ku

Hassan vs. ????

Some VERY interesting matches here.  Sammy Nix will face the young man he helped train.  The AWL World Tag Team Champions will face two of the best of all time including the reigning Grand Champion.  Titans collide when Project Tetsu faces the largest athlete on the roster.  Wyvern tries to become the first wrestler in AWL History to win back to back tournaments.  Former tag team partners collide as HAKAISHA! faces Jack Butcher.  Two generations of innovative high flyers in Ma-Ji-Ku and Azteckaizer NEO will try to outdo each other.  And Hassan draws the unlucky straw and has no chance to prepare for this year’s mystery debuting wrestler.

All 16 men will fight for honor, glory, and the right to travel to the United States and the Main Event of National Pro Wrestling Day!

From now until the tournament begins, please stay tuned to this blog as we bring you thoughts and comments from all your favorite AWL Wrestlers and I hear the AWL Commissioner is working on some block buster announcements as well.

All that and more coming soon for the Animated Wrestling League!