Pro Wrestling World Cup '17

Pro Wrestling World Cup logo

**Pro Wrestling World Cup** was a professional wrestling tournament produced by WhatCulture Pro Wrestling (WCPW) participants from various coutries, through four continents including Europe and Asia. 64 wrestlers (ended up being 65 wrestlers) from around the world were took part of a qualifiyng tournament to qualify for the official tournament. The German leg took place on the German Wrestling Federation. The qualifying matches for the tournament where a semi-tournament to decide who was going to represent their respective countries. The tournament took place in eight dates: February 21 for the English leg, February 23 for the Scottish leg, March 30 for the Mexican leg, May 14 for the Canadian leg, July 2 for the German leg, July 7 for the Japanese leg, July 21 for the American leg, July 22 for the rest of the world leg, and August 23, 24, 26, 2017 for the official tournament. The winner was Kushida.

## Participants

1 - This competitor is a replacement for another participant who pulled out of the tournament.

2 - Galloway managed to make it through his country's leg of the tournament, but re-signed with WWE before the final bracket and was replaced.

3 - Williams competed in the tournament making it to the second round before being eliminated by Joe Coffey, however he defeated the other second round competitor in his country's leg, BT Gunn, to replace Drew Galloway, after he pulled out of the tournament.

4 - Elgin managed to make it through his country's leg of the tournament, but had to pull out before the final bracket and was replaced.

### Replaced

These participants were taken out of the tournament for a specific reason or another and therefore were replaced by another competitor.

## Brackets

### Individual Brackets

#### Preliminary Brackets

##### England Leg

These brackets feature wrestlers exclusively from England with the 2 finalists, one from each bracket, moving on to the finals bracket. This part will take place in Nottingham on March 21st.

##### Scotland Leg

These brackets feature wrestlers exclusively from Scotland with the 2 finalists, one from each bracket, moving on to the finals bracket. These brackets will take place in the Scottish promotion, Scottish Wrestling Alliance.

**Note:** Drew Galloway had to drop out of the tournament due to him resigning with WWE, therefore a match between B.T. Gunn and Kenny Williams was made to determine who would take his place.

##### Mexico Leg

These brackets feature wrestlers exclusively from Mexico with the 2 finalists, one from each bracket, moving on to the finals bracket.

##### Canada Leg

These brackets feature wrestlers exclusively from Canada with the 2 finalists, one from each bracket, moving on to the finals bracket. These brackets will take place in the Canadian promotion, Smash Wrestling.

##### Germany Leg

These brackets feature wrestlers exclusively from Germany with the 2 finalists, one from each bracket, moving on to the finals bracket. These brackets will take place in the German promotion, German Wrestling Federation.

##### Japan Leg

These brackets feature wrestlers exclusively from Japan with the 2 finalists, one from each bracket, moving on to the finals bracket.

##### USA Leg

These brackets feature wrestlers exclusively from the United States of America with the 2 finalists, one from each bracket, moving on to the finals bracket.

##### Rest of the World Leg

These brackets feature wrestlers from multiple countries that are not featured in the previous 7 legs with the 2 finalists, one from each bracket, moving on to the finals bracket.

#### Finals Bracket

This bracket features the 16 finalists from the preliminary tournaments who are all competing for the WCPW Pro Wrestling World Cup '17.

### Complete Bracket

\* - Williams replaced Galloway due to Galloway re-signing with WWE between the Scotland leg and the Finals and Williams defeating Gunn to take his spot in the tournament.

\*\* - Joseph Conners was revealed as the surprise replacement for Michael Elgin, who had to pull out of the tournament.

## Gallery

* Winner

Kushida with the Pro Wrestling World Cup trophy