12 Man Elimination Match 2025

[8.0] "Strong debut for a new stipulation, mixing Rumble and Gauntlet elements with smartly chosen entrants. Stories overlapped well; Westbrook to Lee to Tankman tied DPW arcs together, while Jacobs/Oku gave a BritWres nod. Trevor Lee thrived as the sneaky pest, racking up eliminations, while Tankman's leg injury became the throughline of the weekend. Adam Priest capitalized on it, chopping him down early and ultimately outlasting him after a Lee distraction, tapping Tankman to win the DPW World Title. The Something injury left the division in flux, but Priest's reign already has plenty of story potential, whether long-term or transitional. ****"

[7.0] "I may be overating this, but man, it feels good to watch a multitudinary match type with an interesting story. It is so refreshing to watch a long terme limb selling performance in this enviroment, it gives the match as a whole so much more focus. The false finish was a delight, taking advantatge of how you are acostumed on people getting eliminated by being thrown over the top rope. I don't know if they will bring back this type of match ever, but it is the kind of unique use of the rules and the viewer expectations that can't really be replied once done. The final stretch is great. I can't emphasise enough how brilliant is for it to be informed by the previous participants targeting Tankman's leg to nullify the big man's ability to be on the offensive, and Priest is the perfect man for the role he gets cast as. I can't rate it higher. The match just has to many valleys in the parts without either Priest or Tankman."

[7.0] "Very good match this. This is basically DPW's own take on a Casino Gauntlet match where people make their entrances at random intervals and the match can end at any time. The twist here though is that people can be eliminated by being thrown over the top rope. The match was pretty engaging all throughout and had its fair share of great moments. Loved Mad Dog's introduction and the subsequent brawl with Matt Tremont. Big fan of Trevor Lee and his performance all throughout this match. Id go as far as to say he was the MVP here. But my favourite part of the match was the final 3 of Trevor, Tankman and Priest. Trevor and Priest form an alliance of sorts and start going to town on Tankman's leg which had been targeted by various different people all throughout the match. Eventually, he's able to eliminate Trevor but is then thrown out by Priest in a great little fakeout finish. Now that it's down to 2, the match can only end by pinfall or submission. Both guys go back and forth for a bit until Trevor gets on the apron and distracts Tankman allowing Priest take out Tankman's leg from behind and lock in a half crab to force the submission. Great finish to what was a very good match overall. This obviously has the same issues that all battle royal style matches have but for the most part the action was very engaging and a few storylines got progressed. ***3/4"

[8.0] "Whole lot of fun. This match reminds you how vibrant the high end of the independent scene is. A lot of cool vignettes as one might imagine. It's cool to see Bryan Keith taken seriously even if he doesn't stay around long. Tremont vs. Connelly was tuff, and so was Oku vs. Jacobs. Trevor Lee has a huge presence in this match and he really delivers as a spazzy pos. Then there's Adam Priest. The fake out actually got me, and the half crab at the end was so perfect. He struggles and even falls of it to show how much of a beast Tankman is. Adam Priest might be the best heel in the world right now."

[7.0] "I guess this was a distinct take on the Royal Rumble concept. Some nice surprises helped move this along to an okay finish that sets up some future matches."

[6.0] "Probably the weakest match in what's been a pretty solid show. This is basically a mini rumble with some extra stips. There was some good moments, some surprises and returns, but also plenty of head scratching stuff. Why were BK & Titus treading on eggshells on the ring apron trying to eliminate eachother when they could have just pinned eachother in the ring? and why was the whole ring cleared for just an entrance for Tremont and subsequent weak outside the ring brawl with Mad Dog Connelly? The match felt too much like a Rumble and didn't always feel like this was for the World's title. Liked that a lot of high quality talent got given a shot, and loved that initial tease of Priest winning (got a great pop), but the 2nd singles match phase didn't add much."

[7.0] "A solid match, but in my opinion probably the weakest on the card. There was a lot going on, but I lacked structure in this match and I really disliked the ending and even the last 5 minutes"

[6.0] "Whilst there were definitely great moments, this match kinda didn't really come together for me until the end. A lot of the match did feel like segments that had to be stitched together and although individually they were great, they just didn't fully mesh as well as they could have. Outside of that, the final two was some great storytelling and a fun mini-match with the right winner in Priest."

[8.0] "Good match, creative stipulation. Everyone came together in this match and made it better, only disappointment being that Bryan Keith didn't get much time in the ring."

[9.0] "A great twist on the Casino Gauntlet gimmick and it was done really well. The only problem was that you know all the competitors are gonna come out because the were advertised and they dont have the option TK does to actually end it at any time. The work in it was good and there were some really fun and innovative spots using the rules they set up. So overall I think it was a really good main event."

[9.0] "Loved this match. The stipulation has obvious limitations but they still created an awesome match with great moments, new rivalries and a a brilliant ending where every participnat somehow takes part in the key punishment."

[8.0] "Not sure how to feel about this stipulation, On one hand its predictable that its gonna go down to the last two, but it did makes the first half of the match a lot more interesting, which is also the portion i loved. The Connelly-Tremont and Luke-Oku faceoff were great moments, the field is a great set that have very good interactions with each other. The spot going into the final two were creative , it just that going from the high octane battle royale down to the singles match at the end, the pace felt off. Good match nevertheless."