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The Final 4 Teams Left 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 Michinoku Pro (The Great Sasuke, Dick Togo & Jinsei Shinzaki)

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King of Trios 2011 (Night 3)

Sunday, April 17th – Philadelphia, PA

Full Results ~ 4:00 Bell Time

1. KOT Semifinal Match #1: The Colony d. The Osirian Portal (16:01). The Colony becomes the first team to defeat The Osirian Portal after Soldier Ant plants Hieracon with a tope rope inverted TKO! Said to be an incredible match. The ants are Finals-bound for the second-consecutive year.

2. KOT Semifinal Match #2: F.I.S.T. d. Team Michinoku Pro (16:13). Derek Sabato is the referee. This obviously favored the Friends, who got the win after Taylor threw powder into Sasuke’s eyes and Icarus rolled him up. The rivalry between F.I.S.T. & The Colony renews in the Finals of King of Trios!

3. Special Singles Match #1: Jigsaw d. Ultimate Spider Jr. (7:51). One half of the Campeones de Parejas gets the win after a brainbuster and a top rope double stomp.

4. 10-Team Tag Gauntlet: Atsushi Kotoge & Daisuke Harada win, earning a future tag title shot (39:53). Willie Richardson & Acid Jaz of Da Soul Touchaz faced Arik Cannon & Darin Corbin of Team Minnesota to start it off. Corbin tries more slo-mo, but Willie just Pounces the hell out of him! However, Cannon manages to get a cradle on “Da Bomb”, eliminating Da Soul Touchaz and bringing out Obariyon & Kodama. Obariyon plants Corbin with Deep Impact for three and The Throwbacks come out next! The Batiri is disqualified after a low blow, giving Dasher Hatfield & Sugar Dunkerton three points. Sara Del Rey & Daizee Haze are out next and they best The ‘Backs after Del Rey pins Hatfield, putting Sugar & Dasher back down to zero. Next team out: Matt Classic & Darkness Crabtree! They couldn’t get on the same page though, and they were eliminated fairly quickly. The Roughnecks dispatch the ladies of the BDK after Grizzly Redwood pins Haze with his feet on the ropes and Atsushi Kotoge & Daisuke Harada of Osaka Pro enter the fray! They eliminate The ‘Necks after a Kotoge Spanish Fly on Grizzly and 3.0 are out as the next-to-last team. Osaka eliminates them, too! They’ve got two points and KAGETORA & Super Shisa come out as the final team! Kotoge & Harada win, with Kotoge pinning Super Shisa! They have 3 points and are owed a future tag title shot! WOW!

5. Special Singles Match #2: Manami Toyota d. Madison Eagles (11:37). Toyota drops Eagles on her head with a side suplex and pins her for the victory.

6. Open Challenge: Eddie Kingston d. Akira Tozawa (11:47). Kingston goes 2 for 2 on the weekend, putting down Tozawa with Backfist to the Future followed by a Backdrop Driver! Kingston has never lost a singles match at Trios. Impressive, but I think he’s missing the point.

7. Rey de Voladores Finals: El Generico d. 1-2-3 Kid (17:47). It’s the finals of a flyers tournament, so dives were aplenty! In a non-stop, action-packed contest, El Generico puts down 1-2-3 Kid with The Brainbustaaahhh! He is the King of the High-Flyers! Said to be the best match of the weekend. Waltman may have earned himself another booking or two after the superb weekend he had. He took the microphone afterwards and teased retiring, saying this was probably his last year in wrestling. You could hear the ENTIRE locker room applaud him as he went to back. Said to be an incredible scene.

~ As if that wasn’t enough, the rumors are true: all three nights will be available for preorder in 24 hours! 24 HOURS! AAAHHH!!!

8. King of Trios 2011 Finals: The Colony d. F.I.S.T. (20:51). A year after they were absolutely robbed of the crown by the Bruderschaft, Fire Ant, Soldier Ant & Green Ant become the 2011 King of Trios after Green Ant pinned Icarus following the Super Mega Antapult Splash, now known as Splashapalooza I guess! Soldier Ant is wearing war paint! F.I.S.T. targeted the surgically-repaired arm of Green Ant early on with a chair shot. Icarus got “Please Retire” chants. Fire Ant kicked out of an Omega Driver! Green Ant got a stem ripped off! Said to be very, very good. Many have called this the greatest King of Trios ever. Can’t WAIT to buy these shows!

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Overall Thoughts

This is being called the greatest King of Trios ever, and with good reason. With the passing of Larry Sweeney just a week ago, it was clear that every single person on the roster came to work their butts off. The emotion was doubled and doubled again due to this, Sean Waltman’s incredible three-day run, The Colony finally achieving their goal and Michinoku Pro debuting in a company partially-conceived in it’s own image. Their were literally TONS of must-see, first-time matches littering these cards, especially Night 3. There is but one company on this planet who would put this strange and beautiful collection of talent on display.  Sean Waltman in particular deserves special mention, as he seemed to fit like a glove into Chikara Pro. The fans were insanely appreciative of the effort he gave, as were the men and women in the back. Truly a memorable weekend. We had 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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