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CHIKARA presents the annual King of Trios tournament taking place this weekend at the ECW Arena, from Friday, March 27-Sunday, March 29.Tickets
Tickets for King of Trios 2009 are now on on sale. Front Row seating is already SOLD OUT. General Admission is $15. Kids age 12 and under admitted for just $5.
Tickets are available online at the http://www.chikarapro.com/Store1.shtml"> CHIKARA's US online store, http://www.chikarapro.com/Store2.shtml">CHIKARA CHIKARA online store, or at CHIKARA events.
Match pairings announced as of this mornng are:
Match pairings
CHIKARA King of Trios 2009: Night 1
March 28, 2009 ~ The Arena, Philadelphia, PA
King of Trios 2009 First round match
The F1rst Family: Darin Corbin/Arik Cannon/Ryan Cruz vs. Team EPIC WAR: Tony Kozina, Austin Aries, and Ryan Drago
King of Trios 2009 ~ First round match
Team PWG - El Generico, Nick Jakson, and Matt Jackson vs. The Osirian Portal: Amasis/Escorpion Egipcio/Ophidian
King of Trios 2009 ~ First round match
Team Uppercut: Claudio Castagnoli, Dave Taylor, and "American Dragon" Bryan Danielson vs. Team Roughnecks: Grizzly Redwood, Eddie Kingston, and Brodie Lee
King of Trios 2009 ~ First round match
Da Soul Touchaz with C. Red (Willie Richardson, Trauma and Marshe Rockett) vs. Team CZW: Beef Wellington, Pinkie Sanchez, and Greg Excellent
King of Trios 2009 ~ First round match
Team FIST: Gran Akuma, Icarus, and Chuck Taylor vs. The Death Match Kings - Necrobutcher/Brain Damage/Toby Klein
King of Trios 2009 ~ First round match
Team DDT: Kota Ibushi & KUDO & Michael Nakazawa vs. The Future is Now: Equinox & Lince Dorado & Helios
7. King of Trios 2009 ~ First round match
The Masters of a Thousand Holds: Mike Quackenbush/Jorge 'Skayde' Rivera/Johnny Saint vs. Incoherence: allowicked/Frightmare/Delirious
8. King of Trios 2009 ~ First round match
The Cold Front: Al Snow & Iceberg & Glacier vs. Team Unstable: Vin Gerard, STIGMA, and Colin Delaney
CHIKARA King of Trios 2009: Night 2
March 28, 2009 ~ The Arena, Philadelphia, PA
1. Inter Species Wrestling Offer Match ~ ISW Title Match: Player Uno [c] vs. Twiggy
2. Lethal Wrestling Alliance:The Submission Squad of Pierre Abernathy and Evan Gelistico vs. Davey Vega and Gary the Barn Owl
3. King of Trios 2009 ~ Quarter Final Match
4. King of Trios 2009 ~ Quarter Final Match
5. King of Trios 2009 ~ Quarter Final Match
6. King of Trios 2009 ~ Quarter Final Match
CHIKARA King of Trios 2009: Night 3
March 29, 2009 ~ The Arena, Philadelphia, PA
1. Elimination Style Tag Team Gauntlet
2. King of Trios 2009 ~ Semi Final Match
3. King of Trios 2009 ~ Semi Final Match
4. King of Trios 2009 ~ Tournament Finals
CHIKARA Fan Conclave:
The second annual CHIKARA Fan Conclave will be taking place on Saturday, March 28th from 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM at The Arena in South Philadelphia, PA. Autograph sessions with both the tecnicos and rudos of the King of Trios tournament will be available, as well as an in-ring exhibition starring the fans, a promo station where you can film your very own promo in front of the CHIKARA banner with your favorite CHIKARA wrestler, the deadly game of Rock Band with the stars and much more! Tickets are only $6.
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I also wanted to say something in this column about Vince McMahon again conveniently forgetting the death of one of his former employees, Andrew "Test" Martin. As a result of Martin's death, McMahon left off of RAW the announcement of the Von Erichs being put in the WWE Hall of Fame...with the logic being that we don't want two references to wrestling and drug-related deaths.
Why?
Deaths due to wrestlers using the growth-enhancing chemicals that are par for the course along with the pain-killers that have become pretty much the same are "bad publicity". Thus, anyone associated with it has to be treated like a non-person.
With the tape libraries and publicity machine available to WWE, it's funny how it took "I'm only 19" Barbara Blank (aka Kelly Kelly) to blow a kiss to the sky on the live RAW and remember her former love, for anyone on WWE to remember Andrew Martin.
Hey Vince, karma's a bitch when it comes to the afterlife.
Until next time...
