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The King of Cali 2022 – Armwrestling Tournament

When Sat, Jan 29, 2022 at 9:00 AM
Where Grinder Gym

Grinder Armwrestling Club

The King of Cali

2022 Armwrestling Tournament

ABOUT THE EVENT

The King of Cali 2022 is a WAF-format, double-elimination armwrestling tournament at Grinder Gym, with right and left arm classes for open, amateur, masters, and youth competitors.

LOCATION

Grinder Gym

1013 Morena Blvd, San Diego, CA 92110

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DATE & TIME

Saturday, January 29, 2022

Starts at 11:00 AM

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SPONSORS

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AWARDS

Awards for the top three finishers in each class. The overall winner of each arm in the Men’s Open division wins $250.

1
1st Place
2
2nd Place
3
3rd Place

SUPERMATCHES

  • Derek Smith vs. Tim Bresnan (SHW, Right)
  • Ryan Carter vs. Cory Bresnan (SHW, Right)
  • Thomas Stubblebine vs. Scott Partington (SHW, Left)
  • Mika Dadiani Sakvarelidze vs. Cody Hadley (HW, Right)
  • Kyle DePew vs. Michael Bedwell (HW, Left)
  • Austin Jennings vs. Christian Zepeda (5 rounds, coin flip for the final round)

WEIGHT CLASSES

Men’s Open & Amateur (Right & Left arm)

0-150, 151-165, 166-185, 186-205, 206-235, 236-275, 276+ lbs

Ladies Open & Amateur (Right & Left arm)

0-154, 155+ lbs

Master Men’s, 40 and over (Right & Left arm)

0-165, 166-205, 206+ lbs

Youth (Right & Left arm)

Boys & Girls 12 and Under, Boys 13-15, Boys 16-18, Girls 13-18

RULES

Matches follow World Armwrestling Federation (WAF) setup and rules.

The tournament is run as a double elimination.

TOURNAMENT FORMAT

We run two tables until the top 4 for the finals. The finals run on a single table.

SCHEDULE

Weigh-ins

Friday, January 28: 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Saturday, January 29: 8:00 AM to 10:30 AM

ENTRY FEES

$50 per arm/class on the day of the event.

One free T-shirt per athlete with online registration by January 19, 2022 ($20 the day of).

COMPETITION SHIRTS

Event Shirt

Event T-shirts are available for $20 at GrinderGym.com/Apparel.

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EVENT STAFF

Referees

Leonard Harkless, Vazgen Soghoyan, Alex De La Torre, Veronica Knight, Jonathan Vazquez

Announcer

Jason Latona

Score Table & Brackets

Denise Wattles

LIVE STREAM

Brandon Allen / Filthy Power, with the main event on Derek M. Smith’s pay-per-view channel.

ORGANIZER

Dave DePew

Dave DePew

Event Director

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Co-organized with Kyle DePew.