{"id":109289,"date":"2022-01-31T16:00:14","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T21:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=109289"},"modified":"2022-01-31T15:28:31","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T20:28:31","slug":"lufisto-enters-wxw-16-carat-gold-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/01\/31\/lufisto-enters-wxw-16-carat-gold-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"LuFisto Enters wXw 16 Carat Gold Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><strong>LuFisto<\/strong> was announced Monday as the final entrant in the 2022 <strong>wXw<\/strong> <em><strong>16 Carat Gold<\/strong><\/em> tournament in March 2022. The First Lady of Hardcore is also the first-ever female entrant in this prestigious tournament&#8217;s history! Fresh off of her induction into the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/01\/06\/lufisto-indie-wrestling-hall-of-fame\/\" target=\"_self\">Independent Wrestling Hall of Fame<\/a>, the pioneer continues to make history.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Proudly, the first woman ever to enter the prestigious <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wXwGermany?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@wXwGermany<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wXw16Carat?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#wXw16Carat<\/a> tournament!!! And I&#39;m here to win it all!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/25yearsofviolence?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#25yearsofviolence<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/innovatorofintergender?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#innovatorofintergender<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/firstladyofhardcore?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#firstladyofhardcore<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/indieHOFamer?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#indieHOFamer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HfDEQy5TDP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/HfDEQy5TDP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; LuFisto (@LuFisto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LuFisto\/status\/1488196685893406736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 31, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/02\/28\/lufisto-in-the-sky-with-diamonds-pioneer\/\" target=\"_self\">LuFisto<\/a> is also no stranger to wXw, as she has made the trek to Germany a few times, the first in 2018. She competed in the <em><strong>wXw Femmes Fatales<\/strong><\/em> tournament in 2018, making it to the finals and losing to <strong>Meiko Satomura<\/strong>. LuFisto returned for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/10\/05\/lufisto-wins-femmes-fatales-tournament\/\" target=\"_self\">2019 tournament<\/a>, defeating Leyla Hirsch to win it all.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Past winners of the 16 Carat Gold tournament include <strong>Cara Noir<\/strong>, <strong>Lucky Kid<\/strong> (<strong>NXT UK&#8217;<\/strong>s<strong> Teoman<\/strong>), <strong>Absolute Andy<\/strong>, <strong>Ilja Dragunov<\/strong>, <strong>Zack Sabre, Jr.<\/strong>, <strong>Malakai Black<\/strong> (<strong>Tommy End<\/strong>), <strong>Chris Hero<\/strong>, <strong>El Generico<\/strong>, <strong>Sami Callihan<\/strong>, and <strong>WALTER<\/strong> (now known as <strong>Gunther<\/strong>). Over its 15 year history, it has established a reputation as the most prestigious tournament in Europe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"de\" dir=\"ltr\">wXw 16 Carat Gold 2022 Festival-Programm! <\/p>\n<p>Inner Circle! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wXw16Carat?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#wXw16Carat<\/a> Gold! AMBITION! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeLoveWrestling?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WeLoveWrestling<\/a>! Aftershowparty! <\/p>\n<p>04. &#8211; 06. M\u00e4rz 2022 <br \/>Turbinenhalle 1, Oberhausen <br \/>Tickets: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1JWeLOnbFq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/1JWeLOnbFq<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OU2aqghozg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/OU2aqghozg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; wXw Germany (@wXwGermany) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wXwGermany\/status\/1473338842417713154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Innovator of Intergender, LuFisto joins out a field consisting of <strong>Senza Volto, Michael Knight, Aigle Blanc, Maggot, Vincent Heisenberg, Cara Noir, Robert Dreissker, Jonathan Gresham, Fuminori Abe, Shigehiro Irie, Oney Loran, Ace Romero,<\/strong> and <strong>Bobby Gunns<\/strong>. Two additional entrants will be determined through the <em><strong>Road to 16 Carat Gold<\/strong><\/em> tournament. The wXw <em>16 Carat Gold<\/em> tournament will take place across three shows as part of the 16 Carat Gold Festival from March 4th through 6th in Oberhausen, Germany. Tickets are currently available for all events scheduled for the festival <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wxw-wrestling.com\/pages\/events\/naechste-events.php\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/h3>\n<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world. As well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LuFisto was announced Monday as the final entrant in the 2022 wXw 16 Carat Gold tournament in March 2022. The First Lady of Hardcore is also the first-ever female entrant in this prestigious tournament&#8217;s history! Fresh off of her induction into the Independent Wrestling Hall of Fame, the pioneer continues to make history.\u00a0 Proudly, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2695,"featured_media":109294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,12,324,317,22],"tags":[1248,726,448,702,5494],"class_list":["post-109289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","category-news","category-other","category-women","category-wxw","tag-walter","tag-jonathan-gresham","tag-lufisto","tag-oney-lorcan","tag-wxw-16-carat-gold"],"modified_by":"Niklas George","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2695"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}