Sixteen Men. Three Days. One Winner.
Night One: June 14, 2007 - Mexico City, Mexico
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-[[ The League of Champions promotion will hold their second-ever televised showed out of the United States on Saturday night, but before that happens, a tournament is being held. Over the next three nights, Thursday, Friday, and concluding on Saturday on Glory, LoC presents a sixteen man tournament to determine the BEST OF THE BEST! Eight matches will occur tonight as all sixteen men fight to move on to the second round. Tomorrow night, the quarter and semi-finals matches will be held. On Glory, the opening match will be the finals of this tournament. The winner will get to challenge Bryan Danielson at the end of the night for the LoC World Heavyweight Championship. The winner of this tournament has a chance to definitely shake the World title picture up big time going into The Final Showdown next week in San Antonio, Texas! ]]-
Match One:
Round One Davey Richards starts thing off on the offense side of the match, where he dominates Ron Killings throughout. Richards is stiff in his moves, rattling the clock of The Truth on more than one occasion. The Truth keeps battling back, though, mounting a little bit of offense, even getting a near fall after a scissors kick! Ron Killings spends too much time hyping the fans up as he allows Richards to get back to his feet. Richards nails Killings with a devastating backcracker for a two count! Richards rings the arm several times, knocking Killings to his knees. Three stiff chops on Killings chest is quickly followed by a super stiff left kick to the chest. Davey Richards sets Killings back up, kick to the gut, DR DRIVER! One, two, three! Davey Richards is advancing! Winner: Davey Richards via Pin Fall (14:38) -[[ Davey Richards waits for Ron Killings to get back to his feet after the match, and shakes hands with his opponent. The fans cheer loudly as Richards plays to the fans, continuing his successful start in League of Champions. ]]-
Match Two:
Round One Roderick Strong steamrolled right through Val Venis tonight, having the quickest victory out of any of the eight total winners tonight. Venis was totally overmatched by the former-SGW star. Roderick lights Venis' world up with a series of stiff, loud popping chops in the corner. The chops continue, forcing a little bit of blood to start trickling down Venis' chest, which is now appearing like it's terribly sun-burned. A low blow allows Venis to take a breather and hit a Blue Thunder Bomb for a two count. Strong gets back on offense and drops Venis across his knees for a gutbuster. Venis is then locked in the Stronghold! He fights to get to the ropes, but succumbs to the pain before doing so! Winner: Roderick Strong via Submission (9:20) -[[ Roderick Strong stomps around the ring, going to each turnbuckle, raising his arms in the air, getting a great response from the fans on his impressive victory over Val Venis. His undefeated streak continues in League of Champions. ]]-
Match Three:
Round One This was an awesome match as Colt Cabana is on a roll as of late, looking to get his Pure title back from Lance Storm. Chris Hero is rumored to be making one of his last appearances for LoC, so winning the LoC World Title would be ideal for him. Lots of technical, European style wrestling for the most part of the match, with both men ending up finding unique reversals for the moves and holds. The referee was distracted by Claudio Castagnoli, who slid a chair in the ring for Hero. Colt low-blows Hero, grabs the chair and sees the referee begin to turn around. Before the ref does, Colt smacks the chair against the mat and tosses it to Hero, then hits the ground. The referee sees Hero with the chair and calls for a disqualification! Colt Cabana's snuck out another victory! Winner: Colt Cabana via Disqualification (12:51) -[[ Chris Hero continues to argue with the referee while still holding the steel chair Colt threw at him, trying to convince the referee he had nothing to do with Colt being clocked with a chair shot. Colt pops up from the mat, perfectly fine, dancing in the middle of the ring to a monstrous "COLT!" chant. ]]-
Match Four:
Round One This match was nothing short of a legitimate fight. It was a slugfest for sure. Jerry Lynn wants to get in the winning way in this company, and Super Dragon's new with nothing to lose. Bodies were flying everywhere in the arena as both men displayed their abilities to do some stuff off the top rope. Super Dragon kicks out of a cradle piledriver, leaving Jerry Lynn arguing with the referee. Dragon gets up, spins Lynn around, big lariat! CURB-STOMP! Lynn is bleeding a little bit from his mouth after that vicious move. On the top rope, Lynn has his world ruined, as Super Dragon hits the PSYCHO DRIVER FROM THE TOP ROPE! Jerry Lynn is dead, unconscious on the match. Dragon puts his foot on Lynn's chest, and is able to get the three count! Winner: Super Dragon via Pin Fall (17:49) -[[ The referee checks on Jerry Lynn, who is still unconscious from taking that Psycho Driver off the top rope. Super Dragon flips the fans off after the victory as he goes to the back. ]]-
Match Five:
Round One Joey Ryan is having a career resurgence as of late, picking up some steam on Mayhem lately. Rob Conway is new to the LoC roster, and is wanting to finally get a win here in the company. Joey Ryan displays his technical abilities during the match, leaving Conway unable to do much of anything. Conway never really was able to get a good series of offense going, as he was taken off guard by Joey Ryan's antics and ability. The finish of this short match comes as Rob Conway's planted with the Duff Drop. One, two, three, Joey Ryan advances with the easy victory! Winner: Joey Ryan via Pin Fall (10:36) -[[ Joey Ryan rolls Shark Boy out of the ring with his foot as the fans boo. Joey Ryan pulls out a cigarette from his Hawaiian shirt at ringside, and lights it up. He goes to the top rope, rubbing his hairy chest, smoking his cigarette to a huge amount of boos. ]]-
Match Six:
Round One Liger receives a large amount of streamers and applause as he's introduced to the LoC fans for the first time. Liger's making his first-appearance in America since appearing for TNA Wrestling against Petey Williams. Petey and Liger shake hands to start the match, and from there on, it was an awesome match with the action never stopping for a minute. Both men were throwing everything they had in their arsenal at one another. Petey goes for the Canadian Destroyer, but it's blocked. A brainbuster from Liger gets a two count, almost a three. Liger controls the match from here on, as Petey is still stunned from the brainbuster. Petey battles back, hitting an enziguri. He goes for the Canadian Destroyer again, it's blocked again, LIGER BOMB! One, two, three! Jushin Liger goes on to the second round! Winner: Jushin THUNDER Liger via Pin Fall (12:19) -[[ Liger celebrates in the ring as Petey gets to his feet. The fans applaud both men's contributions to the match as they shake hands, showing respect for one another. ]]-
Match Seven:
Round One A focused Ace Steel starts things off by hitting Claudio hard with a series of forearms and ending it with a vicious clothesline. Ace has a lot of momentum going, making Claudio exit the ring on numerous occasions in frustration. A low blow changes the tide back in the favor of the Most Money Making Man in League of Champions. Ace has Claudio in the corner, giving him the ten punches, but Claudio pushes him off, sending Steel on his back. Claudio goes down, grabs Ace's feet for the pin.. One, two, Claudio puts his feet on the ropes, three! Claudio stole the victory from Ace Steel! Winner: Claudio Castagnoli via Pin Fall (10:42) -[[ Claudio raises his right hand in the air, waving to the fans, saying "HEY!" at each side of the ring he does it. The fans returns a mixture of boos and "HEY!" replies back to him. Claudio's pumped up about getting a big victory and moving on to tomorrow night. ]]-
Match Eight:
Round One Adam Pearce is making his singles debut here in LoC, looking to advance in this tournament and get himself a World title shot. Jay Lethal is looking to get himself on a consistent winning streak to prove that he is a legitimate threat. SoCal Val is ringside along with Vince Russo. Adam Pearce hit Lethal hard throughout the match, getting a near fall after a big piledriver. Lethal ducks a clothesline, changing the tide of the match by hitting an axe handle. Lethal climbs to the top, points to the ceiling, double axe handle off the top! Adam Pearce is reeling as Lethal is gaining momentum! A Dragon Suplex with a bridge by Lethal, one, two, NO! Almost got the three count. Pearce hoists Lethal up in a Torture Rack, then drops him in a Shock Treatment! One, two, no! Lethal barely kicked out! Russo on the apron distracts Pearce, allowing Lethal to hit another Dragon Suplex. He goes up top, FLYING ELBOW DROP! One, two, three! Jay Lethal has defeated Adam Pearce! Winner: Jay Lethal via Pin Fall (21:04) -[[ A version of "Pomp and Circumstance" plays as Jay Lethal spins around the ring with his right finger pointing to the skies. SoCal Val enters the ring and claps for Lethal, who looks mad she's out there. He yells at her to go to the back and cover her revealing top up so that everyone else doesn't see SoCal Val's assets. Vince Russo raises Lethal's hand in victory as the fans pop for him, surprisingly. Tonight was an explosive night of action here in Mexico, but tomorrow night's when the real competition begins. The elite eight that's left want their hands on that LoC World Heavyweight Championship! ]]- Fade out. |