ACW Elite Tournament

The ACW Elite Tournament, formerly King of Anime Tournament, is a tournament that takes place during the hiatus (or "off season") of Anime Championship Wrestling. This is a sixteen man tournament that spans over two rounds untill it is down to four men in the semi-finals. Obviously, the winners of the semi-finals match will meet each other in the finals. The victor of the finals match will be declared the King of Elite for ACW throughout the next active season/year for ACW when it comes back.



An incentive or award can be granted depending whether it's warranted or not. This title is not a title to defend and the previous King of Elite cannot compete in the following Elite Tournament to defend his title. The World champion, depending if the tournament is held for Excel or Impulse stars, cannot compete in the tournament either as he is the World champion anyways.

The tournament switches brands every offseason/hiatus.

Round 2 (Semi-Finals)

 * 5 - WWE Superstar and, at the time, WWE Champion John Cena interferred against Monkey D. Luffy and cost him the match. Cena and Luffy would meet at the ACW Draft in 2008, in which Luffy won.

Finals

 * 7 - The finals was held at the ACW Draft in 2008.

Facts

 * This tournament, although not named the Elite Tournament, was the first ever tournament for the series.
 * The tournament was held for ACW Impulse.
 * The award for the winner was to represent ACW in a cross promotion mega event called Exodus 2 in which ACW would be joined along with RCWF (now RKDA), NGW, PAWL, Pride AC, and DCW. The plans, however, never finalized and was dropped overall.

Round 1

 * 3 - A strange "One Piece" clip was played that distracted Luffy and gave Choji the win.

Semi-Finals

 * 13 - After the match, Kankuro (along with Choji Akimichi) attacked Ryu and would be a big factor in the finals match for him against Sagat

Facts

 * First official Elite Tournament
 * The format for the tournament was switched from an 8-Man tournnament to a 16-Man Tournament
 * ACW Impulse, once again, hosted this tournament
 * This tournament was the first ever event for ACW programming ever since the hiatus that lasted two and a half years in 2009. However, the official return for ACW was with ACW Genesis 2011.
 * No award was given other than the claim as the King of Elite.

Round 1

 * 2 - The ring collapse as Donkey Kong suplexes Miroku from the top rope.

Facts

 * The tournament was the first ACW event to be done in WWE '13.
 * Excel hosted the tournament for the first time ever.

Quarterfinals

 * 11 - Dark Magician was found backstage injured. Mugen received a bye into the semi-finals.

Facts

 * Impulse hosted the tournament for the second time since 2011.