WIW Greatest World War
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| Greatest World War | ||
| Promotional poster featuring various WIW wrestlers | ||
| Information | ||
| Promotion | World Incorporated Wrestling | |
| Brand(s) | Rage ShowDown | |
| Date | April 27, 2018 | |
| Venue | King Teller International Stadium | |
| City | Charming, California | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| SuperBrawl X | Greatest World War | Chaos Theory (2018) |
| World War chronology | ||
| World War (2018) | Greatest World War | World War (2019) |
Greatest World War is an upcoming professional wrestling |pay-per-view (PPV) event promoted by World Incorporated Wrestling for their Rage and ShowDown brands. The event is scheduled to be held on April 27, 2018, at the King Teller International Stadium in Charming, California. The event will feature all men's main roster championships being defended, in addition to the first ever 50-man World War match.
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Production
Background
Since its creation in 1988 by Hall of Famer and current Rage Genral Manager Rex Martin, the World War has been an annual event held by WIW and is typically shown on pay-per-view (PPV). The event is highlighted by the World match, a battle royal whose participants enter at timed intervals. The Greatest World War will feature the largest version of the match, having a total of 50 male participants.
On March 21, 2018, WIW scheduled seven championship matches for the event: the WIW World Championship, Heavyweight Championship, International Championship, United Nations Championship, Rage World Tag Team Championship, ShowDown Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, and Dynamites Championship.
Storylines
The card will comprise ten matches that resulted from scripted storylines and had results predetermined by WIW on the Raw and ShowDown brands. Storylines were produced on WIW's weekly television shows, Wednesday Night Rage, Thursday Night ShowDown, and the cruiserweight-exclusive Dynamites Live.
Results
Tag Team Eliminator bracket
| First Round[1] Rage (4/11) | Semifinals Rage (4/19) | Finals Greatest World War (4/27) | |||||||||||
| The Hawaiian Blondes (Ben Wilson and Kody Baker) | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Dustin Simpson and Jesse Dern Evolved Revolution (Ryan Gleason and Brian Tobol) | Jason Downing and Jacob George | ||||||||||||
| The Hawaiian Blondes | The Sons of Chaos | ||||||||||||
| The Sons of Chaos | Pin | ||||||||||||
| The Sons of Chaos (James Burdick and Ryan Barnhart) | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Schmalzried Worldwide (Mikhail Schmalzried and Aaron Schmalzried) The Varsity Club (Mike Bartlett and Ryan Wilson) | |||||||||||||
- ^ The first round was two triple threat matches, the Semifinals will be a tag team match.
Greatest World War match participants
18 of the 50 entrants have been announced as of January 15, 2025. Devin Sullivan was originally announced as one of the participants, but he was later removed due to him winning the WIW United Nations Championship from Craig Sandvig, resulting in Sandvig invoking his rematch clause for the title at the Greatest World World. Chris LaGreca was also originally announced as one of the participants, but was later removed.
| Name | Date Announced |
|---|---|
| Brandon Martin | April 4, 2018 |
| Mad Hanson | April 4, 2018 |
| Jon Rispens | |
| Rex Martin | April 11, 2018 |
| Mikhail Schmalzried | |
| Joe Smith | |
| Ryan Borske | |
| Daniel Gonzalez | |
| Elijah Eason | April 11, 2018 |
| Marc Beltran | |
| Steve Britz | |
| Brandon | |
| Andy Haegele | |
| Brandon Branscum | |
| Shane Erving | |
| Park McKinnon | |
| Jax Teller | |
| Mark Semmler |
