WE ARE BACK! (First 2017 NYT News)

Happy New Year wrestling fans!

The end of the year begins the start of the peak season of professional wrestling.  Wrestle Kingdom, the Royal Rumble, and the AWL New Year’s Tournament!

Once again the Animated Wrestling League is undergoing yet another upgrade so the tournament will be closer to the end of the month then the beginning, but the end result will be worth it.  But today we announce, ordered by career win-loss ratio, 15 of the 16 wrestlers that will compete in this year’s tournament:

1. HAKAISHA!

2. Ganba

3. Hassan

4. Wyvern (2015 New Year’s Tournament Champion)

5. Chiba Akagi (AWL Grand Champion)

6. Jack Butcher

7. Project Tetsu

8. Azteckaizer NEO

9. Sammy Nix

10. Erupticon Solar (AWL World Tag Team Champion)

11. Estralla Dorada (AWL World Tag Team Champion)

12. Lee Masters

13. Ma-Ji-Ku

14. Matt Classic Jr.

15. Tiny

16. ????  As always, the 16^th slot in the tournament is left open for a debuting wrestler.  This slot has also spawned two winners in past years.

The stakes are higher than EVER this year because the AWL Commissioner is reinstating the AWL Best 4 System and the top four finishers in the tournament will fill these coveted spots.

The Tournament Champion will become the #1 Contender and challenge for the AWL Grand Championship at National Pro Wrestling Day in February.  However, if the reigning champion Chiba Akagi wins the tournament, he will gain the rare opportunity to choose his own challenger.

Season 11 will start with a bang at the 2016 AWL New Year’s Tournament!!