King of Trios
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King of Trios is a three-night tournament promoted by the CHIKARA wrestling promotion. The tournament is a different take on the Tag World Grand Prix event that the company is known for annually promoting; in King of Trios, instead of tag teams, there are trios that will compete in Six-Man Tag Team matches to see which of them will advance. The first King of Trios was held "way back when", where the first crowned champions were Georg Hackenschmidt, Frank Gotch, and the great Sonny Warcloud.
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[edit] 2007
All in all, sixteen trios competed in the tournament, making for a total of forty-eight competitors. The tournament marked the 2007 season premiere of the promotion. The three nights of the 2007 tournament took place on February 16, 2007 in Hellertown, Pennsylvania, February 17 in Barnesville, Pennsylvania, and February 18 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The eventual winners were the trio of "Lightning" Mike Quackenbush, Shane Storm, and Jigsaw, after defeating the trio MIYAWAKI, Yoshiaki Yago, and KUDO.
[edit] Teams
- MIYAWAKI, Yoshiaki Yago & KUDO
- Pantera, Sicodelico Jr. & Lince Dorado
- Team USA (The Patriot, USApe & "Kidd USA" Jay Jaillet)
- Team DDT (Danshoku Dino, American Balloon & Masamune)
- BLK OUT (Ruckus, Sabian & Joker)
- Los Ice Creams (El Hijo del Ice Cream, Ice Cream Jr. & Swiss Chocolate Ice Cream)
- The Colony (Fire Ant, Soldier Ant & Worker Ant)
- Team PWG (Joey Ryan, Scott Lost & Chris Bosh)
- Hallowicked & Up in Smoke (Cheech & Cloudy)
- The Iron Saints (Brandon Thomaselli, Sal Thomaselli & Vito Thomaselli)
- Larry Sweeney, Mitch Ryder & Robbie Ellis
- Mike Quackenbush & ShaneSaw (Shane Storm & Jigsaw)
- The Kings of Wrestling (Icarus, Gran Akuma & Chuck Taylor)
- The Order of the Neo Solar Temple (UltraMantis Black, Hydra & Crossbones)
- Team TNA (Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin & Sonjay Dutt)
- Team IWS (Maxime Boyer, Jagged & Shane Matthews)
[edit] Tournament bracket
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||||
Los Ice Creams | ||||||||||||||||||
Neo Solar Temple | ||||||||||||||||||
Los Ice Creams | ||||||||||||||||||
Kings Of Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||
Kings Of Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||
Team USA | ||||||||||||||||||
Kings Of Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||
MIYAWAKI/Yago/KUDO | ||||||||||||||||||
Sweeney/Ryder/Ellis | ||||||||||||||||||
Iron Saints | ||||||||||||||||||
Iron Saints | ||||||||||||||||||
MIYAWAKI/Yago/Kudo | ||||||||||||||||||
MIYAWAKI/Yago/KUDO | ||||||||||||||||||
Team DDT | ||||||||||||||||||
MIYAWAKI/Yago/KUDO | ||||||||||||||||||
Quack/ShaneSaw | ||||||||||||||||||
Team PWG | ||||||||||||||||||
Pantera/Sicodelico Jr./Dorado | ||||||||||||||||||
Pantera/Sicodelico Jr./Dorado | ||||||||||||||||||
Hallowicked/Cheech/Cloudy | ||||||||||||||||||
The Colony | ||||||||||||||||||
Hallowicked/Cheech/Cloudy | ||||||||||||||||||
Pantera/Sicodelico Jr./Dorado | ||||||||||||||||||
Quack/ShaneSaw | ||||||||||||||||||
Boyer/2.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Quack/ShaneSaw | ||||||||||||||||||
Quack/ShaneSaw | ||||||||||||||||||
Team TNA | ||||||||||||||||||
Team Blackout | ||||||||||||||||||
Team TNA |
[edit] 2008
The 2008 King of Trios Tournament was held February 29, and March 1 and 2, 2008 at the New Alhambra Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The tournament featured 28 teams, up from the 16 of 2007.
[edit] Teams
- The BLKOUT (Eddie Kingston, Joker & Ruckus)
- Team Dr. Keith (Brodie Lee, Jimmy Olsen, and Retail Dragon) 1
- The Colony (Fire Ant, Soldier Ant & Worker Ant)
- The Fabulous Three (Shayne Hawke, Mitch Ryder & Larry Sweeney)
- The F1RST Family (Arik Cannon & The North Star Express (Darin Corbin & Ryan Cruz))
- F.I.S.T. (Gran Akuma, Icarus & Chuck Taylor)
- The Golden Trio (Delirious, Hallowicked & Helios)
- Kaiju's Sea Amigos (Call-Me-Kevin, D.W. Cycloptopuss III & Unibouzu)
- Las Chivas Rayadas (Chiva II, Chiva III & Chiva IV)
- Los Ice Creams (El Hijo del Ice Cream & Ice Cream, Jr.) & Glacier
- Los Luchadores de Mexico (Lince Dorado, Incognito & El Pantera)
- Mike Quackenbush, Skayde and Shane Storm
- The Naptown Dragons (Dustin Lee, Scotty Vortekz & Drake Younger)
- The Order of the Neo Solar Temple (UltraMantis Black , Crossbones & Hydra)
- The Southern Saints (Reno Diamond, Marcus O'Neil & Shawn Reed)
- Da Soul Touchaz (Acid Jaz, Willie Richardson & Marshe Rockett)
- Sweet 'n' Sour, Inc. (Sara Del Rey, Tank Toland & Bobby Dempsey)
- Team AZW (AkuA and The Immortals of Waipahu)
- Team BSE (Kobra Kai, La Sombra Canadiense & Super Xtremo)
- Team DDT (KUDO, MIYAWAKI & SUSUMU)
- Team Egypt (MECHA Mummy & The Osirian Portal (Amasis & Ophidian))
- Team El Dorado (Go, Michael Nakazawa & Mototsugu Shimizu)
- Team IPW:UK (Martin Stone, Terry Frazier & Sha Samuels)
- Team IWS (El Generico, Player Uno & Stupefied)
- Team ROH (Shane Hagadorn, Alex Payne & Rhett Titus)
- Team Stranglehold (Tim Donst, Drew Gulak & Andy Sumner)
- Team WTF (Cheech, Cloudy & m.c. KZ)
- Team WWF (One Man Gang, Ax & Smash)
1 Retail Dragon took the place of Colin Olsen, who signed with World Wrestling Entertainment prior to the tournament.
[edit] Tournament bracket
First round February 29 and March 1 |
Second round February 29 and March 1 |
Quarterfinals March 2 |
Semifinals March 2 |
Finals March 2 |
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Los Ice Creams/Glacier | |||||||||||||||||
Los Luchadores de Mexico | Los Luchadores de Mexico | ||||||||||||||||
The F1RST Family | Team IWS | ||||||||||||||||
Team IWS | Los Luchadores de Mexico | ||||||||||||||||
Team Egypt | Quack/Skayde/Storm | ||||||||||||||||
Quack/Skayde/Storm | Quack/Skayde/Storm | ||||||||||||||||
Dragon/Lee/Olsen | Team WTF | ||||||||||||||||
Team WTF | Los Luchadores de Mexico | ||||||||||||||||
The Colony | The Colony | ||||||||||||||||
Team El Dorado | The Colony | ||||||||||||||||
Las Chivas Rayadas | Las Chivas Rayadas | ||||||||||||||||
Team ROH | The Colony | ||||||||||||||||
F.I.S.T. | F.I.S.T. | ||||||||||||||||
Sweet 'n' Sour, Inc. | F.I.S.T. | ||||||||||||||||
Da Soul Touchaz | Da Soul Touchaz | ||||||||||||||||
Team BSE | Los Luchadores de Mexico | ||||||||||||||||
The BLKOUT | The BLKOUT | ||||||||||||||||
BYE | The BLKOUT | ||||||||||||||||
Kaiju's Sea Amigos | Neo Solar Temple | ||||||||||||||||
Neo Solar Temple | The BLKOUT | ||||||||||||||||
The Southern Saints | Team DDT | ||||||||||||||||
Team DDT | Team DDT | ||||||||||||||||
Team AZW | Team AZW | ||||||||||||||||
BYE | The BLKOUT | ||||||||||||||||
The Golden Trio | The Golden Trio | ||||||||||||||||
BYE | The Golden Trio | ||||||||||||||||
Team IPW:UK | Team IPW:UK | ||||||||||||||||
The Naptown Dragons | The Golden Trio | ||||||||||||||||
The Fabulous Three | The Fabulous Three | ||||||||||||||||
Team Stranglehold | The Fabulous Three | ||||||||||||||||
Team WWF | Team WWF | ||||||||||||||||
BYE |