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CHIKARA is holding a three night King of Trios tournament next weekend in Southeastern Pennsylvania. King of Trios replaces the Tag World Grand Prix, a tournament that saw thirty two tag teams from all over the world compete. Now is a good time to take a look back at last year's tournament, which was historic in that it saw the creation of the Campeonato de Parejas, the tag team championship the teams were competing for and the very first belts
produced for CHIKARA.
Night One of the tournament was held in Hellertown, Pennsylvania on February 24, 2006. The first thing that stands out about the latest CHIKARA DVDs is the artwork for the cover. TWGP06, Night One features a cool comic book theme. If I knew anything about comic books, I'd be able to tell you what it is an homage to, but I'm sure aficionados out there will instantly recognize it. The artwork on the individual discs is also very striking. If you are ever at a show with a Smartmark Video table, take a second to browse through the CHIKARA DVDs. You might be tempted to drop twenty dollars just to collect the covers.
The show kicks off with an Opening Ceremony. Leonard F. Chikarason and all the referees come out first. Out next are most of the sixteen teams competing in night one of the tournament. One by one, the teams come to the ring. It's a really cool visual, and shows you the respect that CHIKARA has for tradition and competition. It also gives the event a big time
atmosphere. The teams get in front and pose for a big group picture.
Crossbones & Rorschach vs. The Dark Breed (Hallowicked & ???)
Crossbones gives a promo saying he can beat any question mark. UltraMantis Black was supposed to compete, but he was out with an injury at this point. Before the match, Arik Cannon comes to the ring and takes the mic. Cannon has left the Kings of Wrestling and is without a partner. He calls out Mark Wolf and asks him if he will team up. Wolf says he has no gear. Wolf isn't able to help.
Hallowicked's partner is picked at random by Chikarason. Chikarason selects the Rockin' Rebel to a chorus of boos. Referee Bryce Remsburg informs the crowd Rebel isn't there. So Chikarason says it is Roderick Strong. He also isn't in attendance. Next name is Delirious. Delirious is here! Thus, Incoherence is now born. On commentary for this match are Mr. Zero and Lightning Mike Quackenbush.
Delirious and Rorschach start out with a test of strength. Delirious counters with a wristlock. Rorschach counters himself into one of his own. He turns it into a hammerlock. Delirious gets a side headlock takedown, and spins around on the mat. The two meet with a shoulderblock. Neither man budges. They trade kicks to the gut. Delirious takes over with a reverse elbow and an armdrag. Delirious follows it up by throwing Rorschach into the corner and headbutting him. They go to the opposite corner and Delirious chops Rorschach. They go back to the first corner, where Delirious gives Rorschach thirty one clotheslines in the corner. Hallowicked and Crossbones tag in. Hallowicked starts with a right. They reverse a couple moves. Hallowicked comes off the top with an armdrag. He repeats that move. Crossbones ducks a clothesline and connects with a kick for two. Bones follows it with a snap suplex and chokes on the mat for two. Rorschach tags back in and chokes Hallowicked with his boot in the
corner. Rorschach applies a double arm clutch and tags Crossbones back in. Crossbones gets a snapmare and kick to the back for two. He kicks him in the back again and chokes Hallowicked on the mat. Crossbones and Rorschach then double team Hallowicked for two. Rorschach tags back in and gets a double axe handle off the middle rope. He follows with a side Russian legsweep and ground octopus stretch. Hallowicked fights off his two opponents and dives to the outside onto Crossbones. That is a legal tag and Delirious comes in. He chops away on Rorschach and hits a flying clothesline. Rorschach gets out of a powerbomb attempt and nails Delirious with a DVD. Hallowicked comes in when Delirious goes to the floor. Hallowicked blocks a DVD and teams with Delirious for a Doomsday Device.
Hallowicked rolls through to pin Rorschach with a bridge and they pick up the victory.
Your winners, Delirious & Hallowicked!
Team 'You Can Call Me Al' (Alere Littlefeather & Allison Danger) vs. Team
J'D (Sumie Sakai & Ranmaru)
Danger puts over her team being one of the few holdovers from TWGP2005. Danger & Ranmaru lock up to start. Danger shoulderblocks her down, but Ranmaru is back up with a dropkick. The two trade armdrags and leg sweeps for a showdown. A victory roll by Alere gets two. She follows it up with satellite headscissors. Sakai catches Alere on a bodypress attempt, but Danger pushes Sakai down for another two count. The two double team Sakai.
Sakai recovers with Mongolian Chops. All four women get in the ring for a chain of headscissors on the mat. Team J'D double team Alere for two. Ranmaru kicks Alere in the corner. Alere ducks a second kick and strikes Ranmaru. Alere with a suplex for two. Danger tags in and punches Ranmaru. A neckbreaker gets two. Danger locks in a camel clutch, twisting Ranmaru's head in the hold. Danger connects with a forearm. Another neckbreaker gets two when Ranmaru grabs the rope. Danger hits a Fisherman's Suplex, then rolls through to get another for two with Sakai breaking up the pin. Ranmaru comes back with an enziguri. Danger dodges three kicks, but falls to a sweep. Ranmaru kicks her in the face. Alere comes in when Danger rolls to the floor. Alere hits a Tornado DDT that sends Ranmaru into her
corner. Sakai tags in and gives Alere a Northern Lights Suplex for two. Alere hits a lariat and puts Sakai into a submission. Ranmaru breaks it up with a kick to Alere's back. Danger and Ranmaru brawl on the outside. Sakai gets a back suplex for two. She then hits a moonsault. Sakai picks Alere up and gives her a Fisherman's Buster for the win.
Your winners, Ranmaru & Sumie Sakai!
The Iron Saints (Sal & Vito Thomaselli) vs. Team Kaientai Dojo (MIYAWAKI &
Yoshiaki Yago)
At the time this was held, the Iron Saints were the IWA-MS tag champs. Yago and Vito begin by trading chops. The two then trade reversals on the mat. Yago gets a headlock. Neither man budges when they shoulderblock each other. Yago takes Vito down with a spinning heel kick. Sal and MIYAWAKI tag in. The two lock up. Sal gets his opponent in the corner. The two shove each other. MIYAWAKI no sells Sal's forearms and hits him with a HUGE slap to the face. Stiff! MIYAWAKI hits some rights and a knee to Sal's gut. He hits a big elbow drop for two. MIYAWAKI gets some stiff chops in the corner. Sal ducks a charge in the corner and the Iron Saints double team MIYAWAKI, hitting a Divorce Court on the left arm. Sal works over the arm. Vito tags in and punches MIYAWAKI in the head and continues to work on the arm. Sal comes back in and stomps the arm. He follows that with an arm wrench. Yago breaks up a submission. The Iron Saints again double team MIYAWAKI. Vito and MIYAWAKI exchange forearms. Sal tags back in and hits a double axe handle to the arm. Sal gets a hammerlock with his feet on the mat. A scoop slam is followed by an arm lock on the mat. Yago breaks it up. Vito tags in and they keep working the arm. MIYAWAKI blocks a charge and tags Yago in. Yago explodes with kicks and strikes to both Iron Saints. He gives both men Dragon Screws to damage the legs. Yago hits a jumping
knee in the corner and kicks Sal all over. A knee drop gets two. A swinging fisherman's neckbreaker gets two. Vito breaks up the pin and Yago pounds him for doing so. Vito is placed in the tree of woe but dodges the kick. MIYAWAKI kicks Vito in the head. Sal breaks it up and drives MIYAWAKI into the mat. A double team Lungblower gets two. Yago kicks the crap out of the Iron Saints. A reverse DDT by MIYAWAKI to Sal gets two.
MIYAWAKI plants Sal with a reverse STO and locks in a modified crossface for the victory. Just an awesome match. Worth going out of your way to see.
Your winners, MIYAWAKI & Yoshiaki Yago!
Post match, Team K-Dojo poses with the IWA-MS tag belts to add insult to injury. We also get a replay of the exciting action. That slap was disgustingly stiff. Mike Quackenbush and Mr. Zero were really getting into this, and who can blame them. The crowd was also up for it. A slow motion replay shows how devastating a Yago Heart Punch sounds.
BLK OUT (Eddie Kingston & Sabian) vs. Team IWA-MS (Ian Rotten & Mickie
Knuckles)
BLK OUT (Eddie Kingston & Sabian) vs. Team IWA-MS (Ian Rotten & Mickie
Knuckles)
Kingston and Rotten lock up. The two trade rest holds. Rotten, King of the Deathmatches, shows the crowd he can wrestle when he stands on his head to kick out of an arm wrench. Rotten gets a side headlock. He floats through to work on the arm some more. The two then armdrag each other and do a double dropkick spot. Not the brawl you'd expect. Mickie and Sabian tag in and lock up. They kick each other in the leg. Mickie monkey flips Sabian
out of the corner and gets a straight jacket on the mat. Sabian uses a jawbreaker to get out. A double crossbody knocks both of them down. Kingston and Rotten enter again. A test of strength occurs, with the two trading headbutts. Rotten headbutts Kingston definitively and tags Mickie in. A double elbow gets one. Mickie goes for a chinlock. Rotten tags back
in and they double team Kingston for two. Rotten hits some forearms to Kingston's head. Rotten stomps Kingston in the chest. Mickie tags in and they team up for a Rocket Launcher for two. Mickie kicks Kingston in the head, but misses a splash in the corner. Kingston nails Mickie with a release belly to belly into the corner. Sabian tags in and gives Mickie a headscissors on the mat. Sabian hits a back suplex for two. Kingston tags back in but he refuses to take a cheap shot on his former partner. Instead, he opts for a chinlock as the announcers play up the tension between Sabian and Kingston. Kingston gets two with a knee to the stomach. Sabian tags in and punches Mickie. He hits a scoop slam and pauses to stare at Kingston. Mickie punches back. Sabian gets a thumb to the eye. A snapmare and kick
to the back by Sabian gets two. Kingston tags back in and again refuses the double team. Kingston locks in a bearhug. Mickie punches out and gets two with a Sunset Flip. Kingston hits her in the back and tags Sabian. A small package by Knuckles gets two. Sabian hits the back, but Knuckles chops and forearms her way back. Sabian again thumbs her in the eye and gets a suplex. Sabian gets some of Mickie with the Black Jesus Stomp. A senton
splash gets two. Kingston tags back in. He and Sabian start to argue, allowing Rotten to tag in. Rotten punches both men and hits a Bionic Elbow to both. Kingston and Sabian are knocked from the ring, and Mickie back body drops Rotten to the outside on top of them. She flies from the ring with a suicide dive. Rotten knocks Sabian down and tosses Kingston back in the ring. A Lariat by Rotten gets two. On the floor, Mickie and Sabian trade forearms. Rotten goes to the top rope, but misses a cannonball. Kingston takes advantage with an Oklahoma Roll for three.
Up In Smoke (Cheech & Cloudy) vs. The Gambino Bros. (Mickey & Marshall)
Arik Cannon is in the ring again. He calls out Adam Flash, the CZW Iron Man Champion at the time. Flash says he isn't drunk, so he can't help Cannon. Bryce Remsburg and UltraMantis Black replace Quackenbush and Zero on commentary at this point.
The Gambinos jump Cheech & Cloudy to start. Cloudy comes back and double teams Mickey with Cheech. Cloudy gets a leg lariat. Cheech tags in and the two double team Mickey for two. Cheech knocks Marshall off the apron and thumbs Mickey in the eyes. Cloudy tags in and kicks Marshall in the gut. A dropkick to the head gets two for Cloudy. UMB and Remsburg take a moment to point out the wisecracking fan. You can detect a hint of disdain in their voices. Cheech chokes Mickey in the corner and then tags in. Cheech gets a
scoop slam. A cocky cover only gets two. Mickey punches back and hits a powerslam on Cheech for two. Cloudy tags back in and gives Mickey a leg drop. Cloudy stomps Marshall in the head and gives him a chinlock. Mickey fights out, but Cheech kicks him in the back. A rolling neckbreaker gets two, with Marshall breaking up the pin. Cheech tags in and hits Mickey in the back. Cheech connects with a snap suplex. Cloudy tags back in. Mickey gives Cloudy a spinebuster and knees Cheech in the face. Marshall tags in and cleans house. Marshall blocks a Cloudy rana attempt and hits a big sitout powerbomb for two. Cheech gets sideslammed for another two count. The Gambinos double team Cloudy for a loooonnnngggg two. Looked like a botch spot. Cheech is slammed onto his partner for two. Cheech breaks it
up and teams with Cloudy to kick Marshall down. Mickey comes back in but also falls to double team attacks. Cloudy hits a 619 on Marshall, and Cheech comes off the top with a Shooting Star Press for the win.
Your winners, Cheech & Cloudy!
The Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli) vs. Equinox & ???
In a promo before the match, Castagnoli puts over how he is undefeated in previous TWGPs. He and Hero make fun of Cannon and Quackenbush, the former partners of each, are on their own.
Angel del Fuego is supposed to be Equinox's partner, but he is not there. Chikarason comes back out with the names in a hat. The first name is Jack Evans (Remsburg: "That flippy, smelly guy?"), but he is not there. Next name is Dirty Don Montoya. He is also not there. Next name is Hydra, and Hydra the Sea Monster comes out!
Hydra and Double C start out. Castagnoli completely overpowers Hydra, whose gimmick is that he thinks he's very strong. Castagnoli poses. Hydra calls for a test of strength. Castagnoli obliges. He tosses Hydra up, but Hydra rolls through for a sunset flip. Hydra tries to chokeslam Castagnoli to no avail. He takes Claudio down with an armdrag. He goes for a suplex, but is put on the top turnbuckle. Hydra connects with a double axe handle off the
top and puts Castagnoli in the Camel Clutch. Claudio stands up and tosses Hydra off. Hydra hits a jawbreaker and knocks Castagnoli out of the ring. He teases jumping out of the ring and mocks Castagnoli. Equinox tags in. The Kings of Wrestling talk strategy on the floor. Hero comes in and the two lock up. Hero goes right to an arm wrench. Equinox flips out. Hero rolls out of Equinox's wrist lock and the two do some more reversals. Equinox charges Hero in the midsection and the two trade lucha rolls and the like. Equinox gets two with a cool Victory Roll. Equinox gets a rana out of the corner. Hero blocks another rana attempt and the Kings botch a double team. Hydra and Castagnoli tag in. Claudio gives Hydra a press slam into the corner. Hero tags back in and charges Hydra in the corner. He follows up with a forearm to the back. The Kings double team Hydra for two. Claudio lifts Hydra up and tosses him eight feet in the air for two. Hero tags back in and they get more double teams. A gutwrench suplex by Double C gets two, Hero gives Hydra a European Uppercut and measures him for some
right hands. Hydra goes for a double suplex on the Kings, but they reverse into one of their own. A cocky pin by Claudio gets two. A butterfly suplex by Castagnoli is good for two. Hero tags back in and more double teams follow for two. Hero punches Hydra and the Kings team up for a double Rudo kick. However, Hydra falls out of the ring and Equinox comes in. There's a cool spot where he walks across the bottom rope, walks across the middle rope, and then the top before giving Castagnoli a huracanrana. Equinox counters a slam attempt by rolling through and hitting a reverse DDT for two. Equinox hits some forearms, but Claudio trips him and yanks him from the ring. Hero back flips out of the ring, but is met by Hydra, who puts him in a Cravate. Equinox dives off the top to the outside onto Hero. Hydra comes off the top and hits Claudio. Various pin attempts by Hydra get two. Hydra stomps Castagnoli in the foot and hits a reverse STO for two. The Hydra Lariat fails, and Castagnoli kills him with a European Uppercut. Equinox and Claudio do some cool flippy stuff. Equinox wraps up Claudio, but Hero breaks it up with a Yakuza kick. Castagnoli and Hero give Hydra the Hero's Welcome (KoW edition) to end the match,
Your winners, Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli!
Larry Sweeney & Mana vs. Team DDT (Kudo & MIKAMI)
Mana is Umaga before Umaga "debuted" Sweeney has half his face painted like Mana's. Sweeney and Kudo begin. Sweeney, the Golden Palomino, preens before they lock up. Sweeney gets a waistlock takedown, and he and Kudo reverse some moves. Kudo gets a facelock on the mat. Sweeney counters into the leg scissors for a showdown. Sweeney gets two with a rollup. Kudo gets an armdrag and hiptoss. Mana and MIKAMI tag in. MIKAMI steps on Mana's bare feet and takes him down with a dropkick to the legs. MIKAMI hits a
619, and then comes off the top with a dropkick. He goes off the top again, but Mana catches him with a Samoan Drop. Mana does the Whipsplash in the corner that Umaga later did in WWE. Sweeney tags in and gets a suplex, then a fist drop. A gordbuster gets two. Mana comes back in and they both headbutt MIKAMI. Mana twists MIKAMI's head. MIKAMI fights back but gets slammed to the mat. Mana knocks Kudo off the apron. MIKAMI floats over through a suplex attempt, but gets a headbutt. Sweeney accidentally hits Mana. MIKAMI hits Mana with an enziguri. Kudo kicks Mana right in the face and Sweeney is sent to the floor. MIKAMI hits a Swanton Bomb for three.
Your winners, MIKAMI & Kudo!
Arik Cannon again comes to the ring and asks Jigsaw to come to the ring. Jigsaw says he needs a partner, but he remembers when Cannon, Hero, & Castagnoli had their reign of terror in 2005. Jigsaw punks Cannon and turns him down. Remsburg refers to Cannon as a man without a country.
Team WWF (World Wildlife Fund) vs. Anthony Franco & Matt Turner
Team WWF is CP Munk, a giant chipmunk, and Colt CaBunny, a giant bunny rabbit. I shouldn't have to clarify who they are parodying. It's the Second City Saints...kind of.
Turner and Franco jump the WWF.CP Munk catches a kick and bites Turner on the forehead. CP Munk and CaBunny toss the ROH students from the ring. CaBunny and Turner square off. Turner gets a wristlock into a side headlock. Turner accidentally takes the hat off, and Joker from CZW is underneath!. Joker gives Turner a belly to belly suplex. He takes the paws off and gives Turner some stiff chops. Munk and Franco tag in. Franco charges Munk. He goes for a bulldog, but the mask comes off, and it is Necro Butcher! Necro unloads with punches to Franco. Turner comes in and they double team Necro. On the outside, Necro nails Franco with some stiff chops and headbutts. Necro kicks Franco in the face. Franco comes back with a back suplex to Necro on the floor. Franco and Turner team up to give
Joker a flapjack and basement dropkick for two. Joker gives Franco an exploder suplex into the turnbuckles. Turner hits Joker with an RKO. Necro blocks the armbar, but gets hit with a Lungblower. Turner goes for the armbar again, but Necro Butcher decapitates him with a Lariat.
Your winners, Necro Butcher & Joker!
A must see match. Tons of fun, and the crowd is legitimately shocked to see Necro and Joker in the animal costumes.
It is now time for the second round of the night to begin. Mr. Zero and Quackenbush are back on commentary.
Up in Smoke vs. Incoherence
Cloudy and Hallowicked begin the match. Cloudy knees Hallowicked and gets a side headlock. Hallowicked gets a leg submission on the mat. Hallowicked counters the armdrag and pins Cloudy for two. Cloudy hits an armdrag and headscissors takedown for two. Cheech and Delirious tag in. Delirious jumps around for a little bit and scares off Cheech. Delirious gets a wrist lock. Cheech does an imitation of Delirious. Delirious gets two with an
Oklahoma Roll. Delirious and Cheech run around before Delirious connects with a Flying Lariat. Cheech pokes Delirious in the eye. Delirious recovers by kicking Cheech in the stomach. He puts Cheech in the Fireman's Carry position, tags in Hallowicked, drops down Cheech and locks in a Camel Clutch. Hallowicked dropkicks Cheech in the face for two. Cheech recovers with an STO and tags in Cloudy. Delirious tags in and scares Cloudy down.
Cloudy yanks him into the ropes and Cheech interferes. Cloudy gets two with a rolling neckbreaker. Up in Smoke double team Delirious for two. Cheech stomps Delirious. Delirious bites Cheech to get out of a chinlock. Cloudy tags in and kicks Delirious. Cloudy gets some stomps to the back. Cloudy hits a jawbreaker and another modified neckbreaker. Cheech tags in and gives Delirious a scoop slam. Cheech stomps Delirious and gets another
scoop slam. Cloudy tags in, but Delirious blocks the double team attempt. Delirious powerbombs Cloudy into Cheech in the corner. Hallowicked tags in and knocks Cloudy down. He gives Cheech a step up frankensteiner. Incoherence hit a modified Death Sentence on Cloudy. Hallowicked plants Cheech with a reverse frankensteiner. Cloudy hits an enziguri and goes to the top with Hallowicked. Cloudy gets an Arabian Victory Roll of the top, but Delirious breaks the pin up. Cheech knocks over Delirious and all four men are down. Incoherence hit near stereo Chemical Imbalance #2's for the victory to advance to Night 3.
Your winners, Hallowicked & Delirious!
The Kings of Wrestling vs. Team J'D
Needless to say, this is a bit of a mismatch. Sakai and Castagnoli begin. Sakai and Hero have fought in CHIKARA before. Castagnoli poses to mock Team J'D. Sakai gets a headlock, but Double C tosses her out. Sumie stomps Claudio and Hero on the mat. Sakai gets a wrist lock, but has no leverage. Claudio rolls out, but gets covered for one. Sakai bites Claudio. Ranmaru
kicks Claudio in the back and teams with Sakai to double team Claudio. Sakai gets a submission in the mat, but Claudio stands up out of it. Sakai is able to get out of it and teams with Ranmaru for a double leg drop. Some theatrics follow. Sakai gets a camel clutch by grabbing Claudio's hair. Hero runs in and kicks her from the ring. Ranmaru and Hero do some mat work. Hero gains control with a wristlock. Ranmaru gets to her feet and goes for some dropkicks. Hero asks if that is all she's got, so she gives him a stiff kick. She gets two with a victory roll. Ranmaru kicks Hero in the temple for two. Sakai tags in and gives Hero some forearms. Hero catches Sakai and double teams her with Castagnoli for two. Claudio kicks
her in the stomach. Hero tags back in. He knocks Ranmaru off the apron. Hero chops Sakai in the corner and hits a stiff forearm to the back. Claudio comes in and gets two with a low dropkick. Claudio gives Sakai a gutbuster. Hero comes in and drops the knees across Sakai's chest. Hero toys with Sakai. He then headbutts Sakai. Castagnoli comes in and he also toys with Sakai. Hero is back in and he gives Sakai a forearm to the face. Sakai is able to give Hero a Tornado DDT. Hero blocks Sakai from tagging Ranmaru, and Castagnoli enters with a slingshot elbow drop for two. Double C gets some more gutbusters for two. Sakai takes down Claudio, but Hero enters. Sakai sneaks to her corner and tags Ranmaru in. She kicks Hero many times and gets two with a kick to the face. Claudio tags in and he gives Ranmaru a spinning facebuster. Sumie comes off the top with a dropkick for two with Ranmaru rolls from the ring. Sakai gets two with a Frog Splash. Hero puts Sakai on his shoulders and swings Ranmaru around. Castagnoli dropkicks Ranmaru as she is spinning around and Hero drops Sakai on her. That only gets two. Ranmaru gives Hero a couple enziguris for two. Sakai misses a moonsault and Castagnoli comes in. He nails Ranmaru with a European Uppercut. The Kings of Wrestling double team Sakai with a Royal Bomb for the win and a spot on Night 3.
Your winners, Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli!
The crowd show their appreciation for Sakai and Ranmaru. Fun match in parts, but it was five or six minutes too long.
Team DDT vs Team K-Dojo
Kudo and Yago start us off. The two trade low kicks immediately. You won't be shocked when I say they are stiff. Yago is finally able to knock Kudo down. MIYAWAKI and MIKAMI enter. MIYAWAKI gets a side headlock takedown. MIKAMI gets one of his own, but is put in the headscissors on the mat. MIKAMI pops out of the hold. MIYAWAKI works on MIKAMI's arm. MIKAMI reverses and goes for the arm that was worked on earlier. His wristlock is countered. MIYAWAKI shoulderblocks MIKAMI to the mat. MIKAMI gets a rana and a headscissors takedown. MIKAMI slingshots over the top to MIYAWAKI on the outside. Kudo comes in for MIKAMI. Kudo gets a snapmare and kick to the back. He repeats this move, but MIYAWAKI hulks up. Kudo gets some knee strikes and another kick to the shoulder blades. MIKAMI tags in and slingshots over the top onto MIYAWAKI for two. MIKAMI hits an elbow drop and standing senton for two. MIKAMI and Kudo try to double team MIYAWAKI, but he catches them both. He sends MIKAMI into the corner and picks up Kudo in the Fireman's Carry position. MIYAWAKI dropkicks MIKAMI in the corner while simultaneously coming down on Kudo when he falls to the mat. Kudo recovers with several kicks to the chest. MIYAWAKI counters with a dropkick to the knee. Yago tags in and kicks Kudo in the leg several times. Yago works the achilles tendon on the mat. MIYAWAKI comes in, but Kudo is still kicking. Kudo hits a dropkick to the back, and ties MIYAWAKI up in the ropes. MIKAMI assists with a 619 for a two count. Yago makes the save. MIYAWAKI goes back to the leg with stomps and a shinbuster. They are relentless, as Quack points out. Yago tags in and kicks the legs some more. He kicks Kudo in the back. Kudo catches a kick, but Yago counters into an anklelock. Quackenbush: "I wish I'd seen that transition. I'd steal it."
Kudo makes the ropes, but Yago gets an STF. MIYAWAKI kicks Kudo in the face, and Yago maintains the hold. Yago lets go off the leg and goes to a crossface, then armbar. MIKAMI finally makes the save. MIYAWAKI tags in and they continue working the leg. MIYAWAKI gets a Dragon Screw. He follows up with another and tags Yago back in. Yago punches Kudo in the corner. Kudo blocks a charge and kicks Yago off the apron. MIYAWAKI comes and and gets a shinbuster. Kudo hits an enziguri and MIKAMI hits the hot tag. MIKAMI hits a beautiful drop kick off the top to MIYAWAKI. MIKAMI snapmares Yago and comes off the top with a senton splash for two. MIKAMI hits another 619 and hits a 450 Splash off the top, but MIYAWAKI breaks the pin up. MIYAWAKI hits MIKAMI with a HUGE LARIATO. Kudo has recovered and kicks MIYAWAKI in the head. Yago recovers with a Dragon Suplex, but somehow Kudo gets the knees to the face and all men are down. Standing ovation from the crowd. MIYAWAKI is first to get up. He picks Kudo up and they trade chops to the chest. STIFFSPOLSION! Side suplex to Kudo gets two. MIYAWAKI goes right to the half crab and looks like he is about to snap Kudo's leg off. MIKAMI is unable to punch him off, and Yago takes out MIKAMI with a spinning heel kick. Kudo makes the ropes to break the hold. Kudo gets a roll up, but Yago breaks the pin up. Kudo hits three vicious kicks to MIYAWAKI's head for two when Yago breaks up the pin. Yago beats the hell out of Kudo with punches and kicks, but Kudo kicks him down. MIYAWAKI is knocked down with a Lungblower by MIKAMI. MIKAMI hits a Swanton off the top rope. Kudo comes off the opposite side with a knee drop for the victory and
a spot in the quarterfinals.
Your winners, MIKAMI & Kudo!
Standing ovation for this epic CHIKARA match. This is another must see match. Simply amazing, and it is nice to hear commentators legitimately being impressed in a day where so much enthusiasm is manufactured. MIYAWAKI and Yago show respect for their opponents with a handshake. Quackenbush bows out of respect. The replays show how stiff those kicks were.
BLK OUT vs. Joker & Necro Butcher
When this match was held, Kingston and Joker were tag team champions in CZW, but find themselves on opposite sides here. No animal costumes for the former Team WWF here. Sadly. Joker and Kingston hug before the match begins. Joker and Kingston lock up. Kingston gets an early waistlock, but the hold is reversed. Kingston works out of it with a side headlock takedown. Joker knees out of the hold. Kingston takes Joker back down to the mat and gets a chinlock applied. Joker gets a rana. Kingston hits a drop toe hold and another Oklahoma Roll gets two. Sabian tags in. Sabian chops Joker, but a chop from Joker knocks Sabian down. Joker hits a big flapjack. He follows with a snap suplex, and Necro tags in. Necro with a boot, or bare foot to Sabian's face. He hits another one to the back of Sabian's head. That is followed by kicks to the midsection. A Tiger Driver from Necro gets two. Vicious chops follow to Sabian's chest. Necro applies the Iron Claw and slams Sabian to the mat, getting a two count. Kingston runs in, but gets the Iron Claw applied to him as well. Necro clotheslines both men down and Joker tags in. Joker with a snapmare, kick to the back, and chop for two. Sabian with a step up enziguri, and a big dropkick, knocking Joker into the corner. Sabian can't connect with a corkscrew, and Joker hits him with a flying elbow. Kingston gets a blind tag and a two count on Joker. Kingston hits a Yakuza Kick on Joker in the corner, and suplexes him out for two, but Necro comes in and breaks the pin up. Necro
tags in and the two start to slug it out. It's all Kingston early on, but Necro punches him down. I pop huge for Quack's Mike Tyson's Punch-Out reference. Quack: "Hold down select during the break..." Necro continues the assault with a flurry of stiff punches. Kingston punches back, but Necro nails him with a knockout punch. He follows with some forearms and a Lariat. Sabian breaks the pin up and becomes the legal man when Kingston slides out. Sabian flies onto Necro with a tope con hilo. Joker is in the ring and gets a twisting tope con hilo to knock everyone down.
When the dust settles, Joker trades forearms on the floor with Kingston. Necro knocks Joker, Sabian, and Kingston down with a cannonball off the top rope to the floor, and all four men are again down. Sabian is the first to move and punches Necro in the head. Necro tosses Kingston into the ringpost. Joker gives Sabian a powerbomb onto his knee. Necro puts a chair in the ring and tries to suplex Kingston into the ring. Sabian sneaks onto the top and splashes onto Necro, sending Necro and Kingston on the floor. Sabian punches Joker in the ring. Kingston kicks Joker to block the Joker Driver, and then hits a Back Drop Driver. Sabian connects with the Black Jesus Stomp for two as Necro breaks the pin up. Sabian comes off the top with a tornado DDT to Joker for two. Joker suplexes Sabian, but Sabian
recovers with a tornado clutch to pin Joker. Kingston blocks Necro from breaking the pin up, securing a spot in the quarterfinals.
Your winners, Eddie Kingston & Sabian!
BLK OUT hug afterwards and they ask Necro to come into the ring. Kingston puts over Necro to the crowd. Necro is hesitant since the BLK OUT are partners. Necro says he can't solve the Sabian puzzle. The annoying mark in the crowd gets a Tag World Grand Prix chant going briefly. Kingston thanks the crowd for supporting CHIKARA.
Overall, this show on its own is worthy of a buy. It is only one of three nights, though. The two K-Dojo matches are must see, as I said before, especially the first match. And how can you turn down the chance to Necro Butcher as CP Munk? If you've never seen CHIKARA before, this is as good a primer as any. The commentary is especially top notch. Quackenbush is excellent on the play by play. The replays are a nice touch as well. Hats off the K-Dojo, the MVPs of Night One (BTW, they will be appearing with Kudo as a trio in the upcoming tournament). They made an average card with good action into a top flight card that doesn't come around very often in the United States. Night One of TWGP06 is a winner. This, and other CHIKARA DVDs are available at http://www.smartmarkvideo.com/ For more information on the promotion, visit http://www.chikarapro.com/
Other thoughts: Mike Quackenbush on commentary makes a recapper's job so much easier since he actually calls all the moves. He also gives a ton of interesting info on the background of competitors. Great analysis during the matches...Throughout the show, you can hear the same voice in the crowd spitting out "one liners". You can hear him on a lot of CHIKARA DVDs, actually. It gets annoying after awhile and by the end of the DVD you'll be dying for him to shut up. No disrespect to Quack, but if Mantis were on commentary at the end, he might have put the fan in his place...The Iron Saints v. K-Dojo match was amazing. The Thomasellis really stepped up and hung with the Japanese stars...Quack & Mr. Zero did a tremendous job in the BLK OUT v. IWA-MS match, putting over constantly how Kingston was hesitant to really hurt Mickie...Standing ovations are somewhat rare in CHIKARA, as
the crowd is respectful and like a Japanese crowd, one that intently watches the match. That should tell you how thrilling the DDT vs. K-Dojo match was.
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