The draw for the first round of the inaugural World Crown Tournament was held at the IJPW Headquarters in Tokyo this afternoon. The draw was nationally televised and covered live on the radio.
There will be a draw in the ring after each round. Every match will have a thirty minute time limit. Neither competitor will advance if the match reaches its time limit. If there's an odd number of competitors in the draw, then the last one drawn will receive a bye to the next round.
This is the schedule for World Crown 2016 as of now, in order from the first match on the cards to the last:
FIRST ROUND
SATURDAY, MAY 21 – NIGHT ONE
Korakuen Hall
Tokyo, Japan
Michinori Osaragi vs. Fujimaro Odaka
Roberto Lopez vs. Lolly Lea
Nicki Scherer vs. Nobuo Shimizu
Big Ugly vs. Astro Honami
HATOYAMA vs. "The King of Korakuen Hall" Suda Tsukasa
"The Eternal Flame" Miyazaki Bokkai vs. Riddick
Dave Manton vs. Sandra Paisley
"The Queen" Mercy Monroe vs. "The General" Ricky Holt
SUNDAY, MAY 22 – NIGHT TWO
Korakuen Hall
Tokyo, Japan
Danjuro Komatsuzaki vs. Selena Martinez
Jackie Walters vs. Lorie Koenig
Christy Hayden vs. AKIO
IJPW World Tag Team Champion Ricky Doyle vs. "The Hardcore Lumberjack" Paul Cannon
Florenza Peretz vs. Sun Demon
Jocelin Masterson vs. Freddy Deeds
Muffin Vanderburg vs. Markie Bristow
Ashley Thorne vs. "The Centerfold" Mallory Northway
MONDAY, MAY 23 – NIGHT THREE
Korakuen Hall
Tokyo, Japan
J Murda vs. Kayoko Komon
Satomi Asano vs. "The King of the Dark World" KANNON
Albert Dixon vs. "The Boston Bitch" Lainey Boyle
Teiji "The Terror" Shintaro vs. Ryuichi Hojo
Takamuku Arai vs. IJPW World Tag Team Champion Ronnie Doyle
El Loco vs. Fabulous Adrian Bagglio
Ginger Mattingly vs. Vera Yordanka
Nate Narwin vs. Trista Capra
TUESDAY, MAY 24 – NIGHT FOUR
Korakuen Hall
Tokyo, Japan
Miss Lizzy vs. Tae Muraguchi
Raul El Aguila vs. Morio Kamisaka
Nori Imoo vs. Jun Hageshii
Konosuke Usami vs. Sakura Shizuka
Killer Komukai vs. Jona Ziesemer
John Scroggs vs. Stan Ward
Isamu Shinagami vs. Curt Fleischer
IJPW World Wrestling Champion Nobuyoki Katsushika vs. "White Tiger" Kuni Hishida
SECOND
ROUND
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25 – NIGHT FIVE
Korakuen Hall
Tokyo, Japan
THURSDAY, MAY 26 – NIGHT SIX
Korakuen Hall
Tokyo, Japan
THIRD
ROUND
FRIDAY, MAY 27 – NIGHT SEVEN
Korakuen Hall
Tokyo, Japan
QUARTER-FINALS
SATURDAY, MAY 28 – NIGHT EIGHT
Nippon Budokan
Tokyo, Japan
SEMI-FINALS
SUNDAY, MAY 29 – NIGHT NINE
Nippon Budokan
Tokyo, Japan
FINAL
MONDAY, MAY 30 – NIGHT TEN
Tokyo Dome
Tokyo, Japan
