WREST ELITE

🚨 DEVON LARRATT vs IVAN MATYUSHENKO 🚨

A new division. A new challenge.

After years of dominating on the right, Devon Larratt steps into the 115 kg Left Arm Heavyweight division to face the current #2 ranked heavyweight, Ivan Matyushenko.

Can Devon make an immediate impact in a new weight class, or will Matyushenko defend his place among the division’s elite?

EVW 26
📍 China 🇨🇳
📅 September 12, 2026

Levan Saginashvili is number one in armwrestling once again — congratulations, HULK! 💪🏻

TODD HUTCHINGS, AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL ARM WRESTLER, FIRST CROSSED PATHS WITH ARM WRESTLING IN 2000 WHEN HE WAS SEARCHING FOR ARCHERY TOURNAMENTS ONLINE IN MICHIGAN, ONLY TO STUMBLE UPON A LOCAL ARM WRESTLING EVENT. AT THE TIME, SUCH EVENTS DIDN’T HAVE THE WIDE ONLINE PRESENCE THEY DO TODAY. THIS CHANCE ENCOUNTER LED HIM TO A SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN ARM WRESTLING.

HUTCHINGS LEARNED EARLY ON THAT COMBINING STRENGTH WITH SKILL WAS ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS. WHILE STRENGTH IS NECESSARY, IT’S THE SKILLS THAT MAKE A WINNER, AS SMALLER GUYS CAN OFTEN BEAT LARGER ONES WITH BETTER TECHNIQUE. IT TOOK HIM THREE YEARS TO PERFECT HIS SKILLS, TRAINING HIS ENDURANCE TO COMPETE IN MULTIPLE MATCHES DURING TOURNAMENTS. THE PRIZE MONEY, OFFERED BY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE WAL, HAS KEPT HIM IN THE GAME.

HUTCHINGS, WHO DIDN’T START ARM WRESTLING UNTIL HE WAS 35, CONTINUES TO BE A TOP 3 OR 4 COMPETITOR IN THE WORLD FOR OVER 13 YEARS. HE BELIEVES THAT ARM WRESTLING IS A SPORT WHERE AGE DOESN’T LIMIT SUCCESS, CONTRARY TO OTHER STRENGTH SPORTS WHERE ATHLETES TYPICALLY WASH OUT BY AGE 35. ON FEBRUARY 15, 2025, AT THE EAST VS WEST 16 TOURNAMENT HELD IN GEORGIA, TODD DEFEATED IRAKLI ZIRAKASHVILI, ONCE AGAIN PROVING HIS STRENGTH AND SKILLS.

GENADI KVIKVINIA IS A GEORGIAN PROFESSIONAL ARM WRESTLER WHO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENTS AND REPRESENTS GEORGIA AT THE ELITE LEVEL OF ARM WRESTLING. HIS CAREER STANDS OUT WITH VICTORIES AT WORLD AND EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, AS WELL AS EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCES ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE.

PARTICULAR ATTENTION IN HIS CAREER IS GIVEN TO THE EAST VS WEST TOURNAMENTS. KVIKVINIA REGULARLY PARTICIPATES IN THIS PRESTIGIOUS COMPETITION AND FACES THE BEST ARM WRESTLERS IN THE WORLD AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. ON FEBRUARY 15, 2025, AT THE EAST VS WEST 16 TOURNAMENT HELD IN TBILISI, HE FACED DEVON LARRATT. DESPITE THE LOSS, KVIKVINIA ONCE AGAIN PROVED THAT HE IS ONE OF THE STRONGEST ATHLETES IN THE HEAVYWEIGHT CATEGORY.

PREVIOUSLY, IN 2024, GENADI KVIKVINIA ALSO PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL EAST VS WEST TOURNAMENTS, WHERE HE FACED WORLD-CLASS ARM WRESTLERS. HIS STYLE, WHICH COMBINES BOTH POWERFUL HOOKS AND DEVASTATING TOP ROLLS, MAKES HIM ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS OPPONENTS.

KVIKVINIA CONTINUES TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN THE EAST VS WEST TOURNAMENTS AND CONSISTENTLY FIGHTS FOR NEW TITLES AND VICTORIES. HIS GOAL IS TO RETURN TO THE CHAMPION’S RANKS AND WIN THE EAST VS WEST CHAMPION’S BELT IN THE HEAVYWEIGHT CATEGORY.

VALIKO ICHKITI IS THE DIRECT REPRESENTATIVE OF EAST VS WEST IN GEORGIA, AND IT WAS THROUGH HIS INITIATIVE AND ORGANIZATION THAT EAST VS WEST 16 WAS HELD IN GEORGIA.

HE IS AN EXPERIENCED AND SUCCESSFUL PROFESSIONAL ARM WRESTLER, A MULTIPLE-TIME WORLD AND EUROPEAN CHAMPION. HIS CAREER IS MARKED BY NUMEROUS VICTORIES AND HIGH-LEVEL PERFORMANCES. VALIKO IS KNOWN FOR HIS TECHNIQUE, STRENGTH, AND STRATEGIC APPROACH, WHICH MAKE HIM ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING ATHLETES IN THE SPORT OF ARM WRESTLING.

FOR HIM, ARM WRESTLING IS NOT JUST A SPORT – IT IS A WAY OF LIFE. CONSTANT TRAINING AND SELF-IMPROVEMENT ALLOW HIM TO STAY IN PEAK CONDITION AT ALL TIMES. BESIDES ACHIEVING GREAT SUCCESS HIMSELF, HE ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPORT IN GEORGIA AND SHARES HIS EXPERIENCE WITH THE YOUNGER GENERATION.