Brackets for the NWA Australian National Tournament Announced

As you should already know, November 23rd will see the very first NWA Australian champion crowned in Perth, Australia. The names for this 8 man tournament have now been finalised and with time fast running out, NWA officials sat down over the weekend to determine the brackets for the tournament.

In order to create the best possible tournament, we have seeded one Australian wrestler and one international wrestler to attempt to keep them on opposite sides of the draw.

After much debate, NWA Pro officials have decided that Claudio Castagnoli would be the seed for the international contingent. Claudio has had a fantastic summer in the United States, especially in Ring of Honour where he won the Race to the Top Tourney in July.

The decision to determine the #1 seed for Australia proved no easier. Jimmy Payne has been dominating Australian wrestling as he held onto the EPW championship for over 15 months. Spike Steele has been dominating wrestling on both sides of the continent but has failed to win any gold in 2007.

In the end, the panel decided to award the #1 Australian seed to Mikey Nicholls. Since his relocation from Perth to California, Mikey Nicholls has done exceptionally well for himself in Southern California. He even claimed the Empire Wrestling Federation American Championship in early September.

It had already been decided that after their drawn qualification match, that Davis Storm & Bobby Marshall would face off in the first round of the tournament. So after separating the two seeds onto opposing sides of the draw, names were then drawn out of a hat to determine the first round matches for this historic tournament.

The draw has certainly provided us with what should be an extremely entertaining and exciting tournament. The only thing for sure, is that with this quality line up, whoever takes home the gold will have earned it.