The first annual EuroGraps.com Awards looks to recognise the very best in European Wrestling. We put our survey out to a carefully selected panel of journalists and fans from all across Europe to select their top three in a number of categories. 2018’s panel was @MikeKilby, @NordieByNature, @Spoilex16, @GaryOnGraps, @ArnoldFurious, @SarahFlann, @JPJipeee, @marv2punkt0, @ManuRomeroGraps, @TheKingofBoom, @RealPhillipDohm and @theianhamilton. Points were awarded with a first choice receiving 5 points, a second choice receiving  3 points and a third choice receiving 1 point. Not every person surveyed voted on every category.

Event of the Year:

1. wXw 16 Carat Gold: Night 2 – 32pts.

2.  EVE Wrestle Queendom – 16pts.

3. OTT 4th Anniversary – 9pts.

=4. Revolution Pro: Uprising & OTT Homecoming – 6pts.

=6. wXw 16 Carat Gold: Night 3 & PROGRESS Ch.76: Hello Wembley! – 5pts.

8. wXw Fan Appreciation Night 1: Hamburg – 4pts.

=9. OTT Wrestlerama 2 & Revolution Pro: High Stakes – 3pts.

=11. GWF Mystery Mayhem, OTT Defiant & PROGRESS Ch.63: Take Me Underground – 1pt.

 

It was always going to be, right? The traditional highlight of the wXw schedule is the second night of 16 Carat Gold and 2018 delivered once again. By far this was the strongest night of the tournament – capped off by the emotional return of Ilja Dragunov in the “Three Way Dance” main event. Elsewhere, Bobby Gunns and Speedball’s Shotgun title bout was a hard-fought, uncomfortable watch whilst the tournament delivered belters in the form of Keith Lee vs. Chris Brookes and Lucky Kid vs. Timothy Thatcher – with the latter being credited for Lucky’s explosion in 2018. wXw weekenders are all about the moments, and Night Two delivered them by the bucketload.

Subverting the narrative that wrestling media “talk almost entirely about the men’s scene as if the women’s scene hasn’t happened” – Pro Wrestling EVE’s Wrestle Queendom took a strong second place in voting. The largest women’s wrestling show to ever be held in the UK, around a thousand people packed themselves into the York Hall for a bumper card featuring stars of past and present. Highlights included Meiko Satomura and Kay Lee Ray tearing the house down, an eight-person War Games match, a ladder match and the crowning of Charlie Morgan as the ‘Ace of EVE’ after a daredevil dive from the balcony.  This is a definite must-watch from 2018.

 

✏️ @MikeKilby