March Madness Tournament

The March Madness Tournament is a professional wrestling single-elimination tournament held annually by Global Wrestling Association at the  March Madness pay-per-view event. The tournament features sixteen wrestlers from the GWA roster, with the objective being to progress through every round until being named the winner. The winner of the tournament is declared the number one contender of the GWA Championship and is given a guaranteed title shot at the following pay-per-view event, Collision Course.

2013
General Manager Benjamin Jameson introduced the idea of holding a tournament to determine the latest number one contender of the GWA Championship during the live broadcasting of the Chaos in a Cage pay-per-view event. Jameson, who initially flirted with the premise of having eight wrestlers contest in a single-elimination tournament, expanded the field of wrestlers to sixteen. The matches to determine the two finalists were pitted on the episodes of Shockwave leading into the March Madness. Only excluding Ace Montgomery, the reigning GWA Champion, Chase McDonald, the latest number one contender to lose against Montgomery, and Slash, the recently named top challenger, Jameson stated that any and every individual on the company's male roster was eligible to be placed in the tournament.