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The 8 Teams Remaining In King of Trios 2011

The Colony (Fire Ant, Soldier Ant & Green Ant)
F.I.S.T. (Icarus, Chuck Taylor & Johnny Gargano)
The Osirian Portal (Amasis, Ophidian & Hieracon)
Team Dragon Gate (Akira Tozawa, KAGETORA & Super Shisa)
Joshi & The Luchadors (Manami Toyota, Mike Quackenbush & Jigsaw)
Team Osaka Pro (Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada & Ultimate Spider, Jr.)
Team Michinoku Pro (The Great Sasuke, Dick Togo & Jinsei Shinzaki)
The Bruderschaft (Tim Donst, Delirious & Jakob Hammermeier)

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King of Trios 2011 (Night 2)

Saturday, April 16th – Philadelphia, PA

Full Results ~ 7:30 Bell Time

Fan Conclave: At the Conclave, tons of fans lined up attempting to take the Bodyslam Tursas Challenge. None succeeded and Jakob Hammermeier was about to call it a day when Green Ant, dressed as ’93-era Lex Luger, emerged. He actual got Tursas off his feet when Hammermeier hit a chop-block to the knee and Tursas splashed onto him! The rest of The Colony came to his aid afterwards. All the Japanese fly-ins were there, Stan Bush played live and a great time was had by all.

1. Open Challenge: Archibald Peck w/ Veronica d. Colt Cabana (9:13). Peck’s entrance music is supposedly a marching band version of Journey’s “Any Way You Want It”, which makes him a winner. Archie gets an actual win in a fun match after a baton shot to Colt’s cranium and a top rope diving headbutt. It’s his first win in Chikara, too.

2. KOT Quarterfinal Match #1: F.I.S.T. d. Team Osaka Pro (19:15). This is a rematch of sorts from last year’s tourney: Gargano replaces Gran Akuma and Spider replaces Tadasuke. Somehow, Gargano scuffed his hand pretty bad and is left with bloody knuckles. F.I.S.T. still manages to get it’s win back from last year in a fantastic match, advancing to Night 3 after Chuck Taylor rolls up Spider with a handful of tights, which is the way Tadasuke pinned Taylor in last year’s tourney!

3. RDV Eliminator #1: El Generico d. Pinkie Sanchez, Zack Sabre Jr. and Marshe Rockett (20:47). Sabato is out as the referee. Grrrr. He assists Pinkie Sanchez, allowing him to eliminate Rockett first with a flying DDT and then Sabre with a springboard seated splash. It comes down to Sanchez versus El Generico, and more shenanigans are afoot. However, Wink Vavasseur comes out and makes Sabato trade his BDK referee shirt for a Chikara one! The cheating neutralized, Generico pins Pinkie and goes to the finals after hitting his signature top rope brainbustaaahhh!!!

4. KOT Quarterfinal Match #2: The Osirian Portal d. Team Dragon Gate (21:08). Amasis, Ophidian & Hieracon move past Team DG to Night 3, staying undefeated as a trio! “The Funky Pharaoh” pinned Super Shisa with a 450 Splash for the victory.

~ A video plays for the Asylum Arena fans during intermission: The 12-man tournament for the Chikara Pro singles championship begins May 21 in Easton! AAAHHH!!!

5. Special Challenge Match: Eddie Kingston d. Arik Cannon (7:12). “The War King” came out to “The Highwayman” by Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings, and Willie Nelson, apparently a favorite song of Larry Sweeney’s. The match was super stiff. Like Portal/3.0LE involving dancing, this fact should NOT surprise you. Cannon hit Total Anarchy from the guardrail to the concrete floor! OUCH! King comes back and wins after hitting the Backfist and a Sliding D. Afterwards, a very emotional Kingston takes a Sweeney shirt and drapes it across the ropes in respect for his fallen friend.

6. KOT Quarterfinal Match #3: The Colony d. The Bruderschaft (13:05). After dressing up as C.Red last night, Jakob Hammermeier is “BDK Ant” tonight! Does his deviousness know no end! The match is grudge-riffic. Tursas tries to interfere, but Green Ant slams him! WHAT?!?! He then puts Jakob in the Torture Rack! JAKOB TAPS! The Colony advances to Night 3 for the second-consecutive year!

7. RDV Eliminator #2: 1-2-3 Kid d. Frightmare, Obariyon and Amazing Red (16:29). 1-2-3 Kid went to do a crotch chop early but the referee stopped him. We’re family-friendly here, Kid! Obariyon takes out Amazing Red first with Deep Impact. Frightmare dispatches of Obariyon after a Kneecolepsy but falls to The Kid via a Top Rope X-Factor! Generico vs. 1-2-3 Kid in the RDV Finals tomorrow! Afterwards, Kid took to the mic and said he forgot about the PG thing for a second, thanking the fans for their support. The crowd really has been behind him the whole weekend and he’s seemed genuinely touched by it.

8. KOT Quarterfinal Match #4: Team Michinoku Pro d. Joshi & The Luchadors (21:28). Quack came out to “Just a Hero,” both his and Great Sasuke’s old theme. Apparently, he is also wearing a sweet robe to the ring. Everyone’s in red, too. Appropriately, The M-Pro comedy spot rears it’s head during the match! Michinoku Pro wins what I’m told was a “surefire MOTYC”, joining The Colony, F.I.S.T. and The Osirian Portal in tomorrow’s semifinals! Sasuke pinned Quack after a crucifix powerbomb.

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Overall Thoughts

Another incredible-sounding show! Four matches went over nineteen minutes and the shortest match, King/Cannon, sounds like an all-out war. Chikara has mastered the art of creating memorable moments on every show and this one is no exception: I wanna see the brainbustah, King’s small tribute to Sweeney, Jakob as “BDK Ant”, Green Ant slamming Tursas, Waltman as a fan-favorite and pretty much everything involving the main event. We haven’t even touched on quality of the contests, all of which are supposed to be great. Both Osaka/F.I.S.T. and MPro/J&TL garnered MOTYC-level praise. I wish I had more details, but alas I was not there. Luckily, we have three reporters in Philly, so you can expect even more detailed comments from Jerome Cusson, Kevin Ford & JP Nichols very soon!

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