Eddie Kingston Pulls Out Of HOG High Intensity Event

Eddie Kingston was scheduled for the HOG Crown Jewel Championship Match tonight at HOG’s High Intensity. In front of the packed crowd in the NYC Arena in Queens, NY, HOG Crown Jewel Champion Charles Mason addressed the crowd before his match and cut a promo on the crowd.

He said, “Now I came here for the self-proclaimed King. I came for Eddie Kingston. But your Eddie Kingston is too much of a coward to show up in my city. Ever since he got a little contract, making a little money for once in his life, he changed on all of you!” Mason says Kingston never comes back, and he’s been holding down this company for 500 days. The crowd chants “Eddie Kingston,” but to no prevail; Kingston was not there.

He tells the ref to ring the bell to start the match. The ref begins to count when Masha Slamovich comes down to answer the call and challenges Mason. They proceed to have a match in which Mason successfully defended his title in a hard-fought battle.

HOG did post on their Instagram earlier today before the event that “Due to circumstances beyond our control, Eddie Kingston will not be appearing tonight.” Even with this post, a large part of the crowd seemed genuinely surprised that Eddie Kingston was not there. There is no word on why Kingston pulled off of the event.