A.W.A.C. Intercommonwealth Cup Finals

The **A.W.A.C. Intercommonwealth Cup Finals** was a special event produced by A.W.A.C. where the winner of the Intercommonwealth Cup (sometimes abbreviated to the ICW Cup) would become the inaugural A.W.A.C. Intercommonwealth Champion. This was the fourth A.W.A.C. special event and the 17th CPV mega event in A.W.A.C. chronology. This is also the last event of both kinds to take place on Season 1 of A.W.A.C.

## ICW Cup Tournament Announcement

The announcement of the belt was made by A.W.A.C. COO Triple H on August 24, 2018. During the announcement, he said that the first-ever champion would be crowned in the Intercommonwealth Cup: a round-robin tournament determined by points featuring 8 wrestlers from 8 different countries: King (Mexico), Ryu Hayabusa (Japan), Malcolm McDermott (Canada), Vin Taylor (USA), Yazeed (Saudi Arabia), Ori Kahn (Israel), TBO (UK), and Zack Bateley (South Africa). The finals would take place at the Intercommonwealth Cup Finals show.

### **Tournament Rules**

The Intercommonwealth Cup Tournament were as follows:

* Every match has a strict 10-minute time-limit (the final match to crown the champion will have a 20-minute time-limit)
* Matches can be won by pinfall, submission, countout or disqualification
* Pinfall win = 2 points
* Submission win = 5 points
* Time-Limit Draw = 1 point for each wrestler
* DQ/Countout win = 1 point
* Loss of any kind = 0 points

## Results

### **NIGHT 1**

* King def. Vin Taylor via pinfall (09:15)
* Malcolm McDermott def. Ryu Hayabusa via submission (07:18)
* Ori Kahn fought Zack Bateley to a time-limit draw (10:00)
* TBO fought Yazeed to a time-limit draw (10:00)

### **NIGHT 2**

* Yazeed def. King via submission (05:41)
* Vin Taylor def. Ryu Hayabusa via pinfall (06:54)
* TBO def. Ori Kahn via pinfall (05:45)
* Malcolm McDermott fought Zack Bateley to a time-limit draw (10:00)

### **NIGHT 3**

* Ori Kahn def. Vin Taylor via pinfall (05:54)
* Ryu Hayabusa def. King via pinfall (04:17)
* TBO fought Zack Bateley to a time-limit draw (10:00)
* Yazeed def. Malcolm McDermott via pinfall (05:24)

### **NIGHT 4**

* Zack Bateley def. Ryu Hayabusa via submission (09:54)
* Ori Kahn def. Malcolm McDermott via pinfall (03:16)
* King fought TBO to a time-limit draw (10:00)
* Yazeed def. Vin Taylor via pinfall (07:17)

### **NIGHT 5**

* Vin Taylor def. Malcolm McDermott via pinfall (07:00)
* Zack Bateley def. King via pinfall (08:14)
* Ryu Hayabusa fought TBO to a time-limit draw (10:00)
* Ori Kahn fought Yazeed to a time-limit draw (10:00)

### **NIGHT 6**

* Zack Bateley def. Vin Taylor via pinfall (08:07)
* Ori Kahn def. King via pinfall (09:46)
* Ryu Hayabusa def. Yazeed via pinfall (05:49)
* TBO def. Malcolm McDermott via pinfall (08:10)

### **NIGHT 7**

* TBO def. Vin Taylor via pinfall (09:24)
* Malcolm McDermott def. King via pinfall (08:49)
* Ori Kahn fought Ryu Hayabusa to a time-limit draw (10:00)
* Yazeed fought Zack Bateley to a time-limit draw (10:00)

**FINAL STANDINGS**

1. Zack Bateley (18)
2. Yazeed (14)
3. Ori Kahn (11)
4. TBO (11)
5. Malcolm McDermott (8)
6. Ryu Hayabusa (6)
7. King (4)
8. Vin Taylor (4)

### **FINAL - INTERCOMMONWEALTH CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH**

* Yazeed def. Zack Bateley via pinfall to become the inaugural A.W.A.C. Intercommonwealth Champion (12:29)

## Results

* 3. Ralph Imabayashi attacked Chris Panzer after the match.
* 4. Kurt Angle made his A.W.A.C. return after the match. Kurt made his way down to the ring and had a staredown with Mike Berkley.