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

[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
                                   
 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    

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