Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament (2007)
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| Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament (2007) | |||
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| Promotion | Pro Wrestling Guerrilla | ||
| Date | Night One: May 19, 2007[1] Night Two: May 20, 2007[2] | ||
| City | Burbank, California | ||
| Venue | Burbank Armory | ||
| Attendance | Combined: 850 Night One: 450[1] Night Two: 400[2] | ||
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Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament (2007) was the first Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament (DDT4) produced by Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG). It was a two-night event, taking place on May 19 and May 20, 2007 at the Burbank Armory in Burbank, California.[3][4]
It was an eight-team tournament contested for the vacant PWG World Tag Team Championship. PAC and Roderick Strong defeated The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) in the final to win the inaugural DDT4 tournament and the vacant titles.[5]
Production[edit]
Background[edit]
On March 14, 2007, it was announced that an eight-team tournament would take place for the vacant PWG World Tag Team Championship across two nights on May 19 and May 20, 2007 at the Bernard Milken Jewish Community Centre in West Hills, Los Angeles, California.[6] The tournament, later titled Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament (DDT4) after the DDT finishing move,[7][8] was later shifted to Burbank Armory in Burbank, California.[9]
Storylines[edit]
Original line-up[edit]
At Guitarmageddon II: Armorygeddon, Cape Fear (El Generico and Quicksilver) successfully defended the PWG World Tag Team Championship against Davey Richards and Roderick Strong.[10] However, Quicksilver suffered a major concussion during the match, resulting in Excalibur, the newly appointed Commissioner of Food and Beverage, to strip Cape Fear of the titles at Album of the Year. PWG Commissioner Dino Winwood announced that a tournament would occur to determine the new champions.[11] The originally announced participants of DDT4 were:
- Arrogance (Chris Bosh and Scott Lost)
- The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)
- Jack Evans and Roderick Strong
- The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin)
- The Havana Pitbulls (Ricky Reyes and Rocky Romero)
- The Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli)
- Muscle Outlaw'z (Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi)
- Davey Richards and a mystery partner
Replacements[edit]
Due to PWG terminating its working relationship with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in May, TNA-contracted wrestlers Motor City Machine Guns were unable to compete in DDT4.[12] As a result, Dino Winwood replaced Motor City Machine Guns with The Trailer Park Boyz (Josh Abercrombie and Nate Webb). Jack Evans was forced to withdraw from the competition due to commitments in Japan, forcing him to be replaced by PAC as Roderick Strong's partner. Davey Richards' former co-holder of the World Tag Team Championship, Super Dragon was revealed to be his partner in DDT4.[8]
Non-tournament matches[edit]
PAC was originally scheduled to compete against Bryan Danielson's opponent on the night one of DDT4, but after PAC's participation in DDT4, CIMA was announced as his replacement.[8]
Dino Winwood awarded a PWG World Championship title shot to Kevin Steen on the night one of DDT4, against El Generico. A match was scheduled by Steen and Ronin on night two, which would become a title match if Steen was able to beat Generico for the title. Similarly, a match was scheduled between Generico and CIMA on night two, which would become a World Championship match if Generico was able to retain the title against Steen.[8]
After losing to Davey Richards in the opening round of the 2006 Battle of Los Angeles, Ronin began a quest to participate in the 2007 Battle of the Los Angeles and win the tournament. This quest was called Battle of Los Angeles Tour. He embarked on a nine-match winning streak to convince PWG management to include him in the tournament. At 70/30, Ronin competed against Kevin Steen in a #1 contender's match for the PWG World Championship, but the match abruptly ended after Joey Ryan interfered in the match by attacking Steen. At All Star Weekend V, Ronin pinned Ryan's friend Karl Anderson in a six-man tag team match, but Anderson attacked Ronin after the match. As a result, an enraged Ronin challenged Ryan to a match on the night one of DDT4, but Ryan refused to wrestle if there was no benefit to him. Ronin agreed to put his Battle of the Los Angeles spot on the line in the match to convince Ryan to wrestle. However, Excalibur announced that Ryan must put something on the line as well, and Ryan agreed to put his hair on the line.
Reception[edit]
TJ Hawke of 411Mania gave mixed reviews to night one of the tournament, rating it 6.5. He considered the event, "a mixed bag", stating "that the non-tournament matches delivered more consistently than the tournament ones." He felt that "The Havana Pitbulls and Trailer Park Boys were subtractions by addition", and enjoyed "the Briscoes/Kings match more than I expected."[13]
He felt that the night two was "an incredibly underwhelming show given the level of talent involved." According to him, "Bryan Danielson and Kevin Steen were completely wasted." He stated that "The tournament matches continued to disappoint (up until the finals)."[14]
Aftermath[edit]
The feud between Scorpio Sky and Joey Ryan continued as Sky cost Ryan, a match against Tyler Black at Roger Dorn Night. After the match, Ryan demanded that Commissioner Dino Winwood prevent Sky from appearing in PWG. Winwood then scheduled an unsanctioned street fight between Sky and Ryan at Giant-Size Annual #4, due to Sky unable to compete in PWG after losing a Loser Leaves PWG match to Frankie Kazarian at Based On A True Story earlier in the year. The match stipulated that Sky would be no longer allowed to appear in any PWG event if he lost but if he won, he would be reinstated.[15]
Results[edit]
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[2] | ||
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| 1 | Top Gun Talwar defeated Stalker Ichikawa | Singles match | 6:39 | ||
| 2 | The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) defeated The Havana Pitbulls (Ricky Reyes and Rocky Romero) | Tag team match in the semi-final round of the Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament | 17:12 | ||
| 3 | Kevin Steen defeated Ronin | Singles match | 9:29 | ||
| 4 | PAC and Roderick Strong defeated Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi | Tag team match in the semi-final round of the Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament | 16:50 | ||
| 5 | El Generico (c) defeated CIMA | Singles match for the PWG World Championship | 16:10 | ||
| 6 | Human Tornado defeated Bino Gambino, Don Fujii and TJ Perkins | Four Corners match | 10:35 | ||
| 7 | Bryan Danielson defeated Joey Ryan | Singles match | 18:12 | ||
| 8 | Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli) and The Trailer Park Boyz (Josh Abercrombie and Nate Webb) defeated Arrogance (Chris Bosh and Scott Lost), Davey Richards and Super Dragon | Eight-man tag team match | 22:08 | ||
| 9 | PAC and Roderick Strong defeated The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) | Tag team match in the Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament final for the vacant PWG World Tag Team Championship | 19:21 | ||
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Tournament brackets[edit]
| First round | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| The Briscoe Brothers | Pin | |||||||||||||
| The Kings of Wrestling | 17:54 | |||||||||||||
| The Briscoe Brothers | Pin | |||||||||||||
| The Havana Pitbulls | 17:12 | |||||||||||||
| The Havana Pitbulls | Pin | |||||||||||||
| The Trailer Park Boyz | 14:56 | |||||||||||||
| The Briscoe Brothers | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Pac and Strong | 19:21 | |||||||||||||
| The Muscle Outlaw'z | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Arrogance | 18:22 | |||||||||||||
| The Muscle Outlaw'z | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Pac and Strong | 16:50 | |||||||||||||
| Pac and Strong | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Richards and Super Dragon | 30:47 | |||||||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "PWG Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament - Tag 1". Cagematch. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ a b c "PWG Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament - Tag 2". Cagematch. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ "Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament - Night One". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
- ^ "Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament - Night Two". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
- ^ Samuel Berman (May 26, 2007). "411's Buy or Sell 05.26.07: New PWG Tag Team Champions, West Coast Touring, and More!". 411Mania. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ Silverback (March 14, 2007). "PWG Presents "70 30" on March 24, 2007!". SoCal Uncensored. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ Silverback (April 5, 2007). "PWG's ASW V & DDT4 (Tag Tournament) Updates". SoCal Uncensored. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- ^ a b c d Silverback (May 4, 2007). "PWG's DDT4 Tag Tournament Updates (05/04)". SoCal Uncensored. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ Silverback (May 14, 2007). "Important Information About PWG's DDT4 This Weekend". SoCal Uncensored. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ Stuart Carapola (April 15, 2011). "PWG GUITARMAGEDDON II - ARMORYGEDDON DVD REVIEW: HUMAN TORNADO MAKES HIS FIRST DEFENSE OF THE PWG TITLE AGAINST KEVIN STEEN, STRONG & RICHARDS CHALLENGE GENERICO & QUICKSILVER FOR TAG GOLD, CLAUDIO CASTAGNOLI BATTLES CHRIS BOSH, AND MORE". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- ^ "RB Report: PWG Album of the Year". 411Mania. March 15, 2008. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- ^ Silverback (May 3, 2007). "Pro Wrestling Guerrilla ends agreement with TNA Wrestling". SoCal Uncensored. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- ^ TJ Hawke (December 20, 2014). "Views from the Hawke's Nest: Pro Wrestling Guerrilla DDT4 2007 – Night 1". 411Mania. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ TJ Hawke (December 21, 2014). "Views from the Hawke's Nest: Pro Wrestling Guerrilla DDT4 2007 – Night 2". 411Mania. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ Jim (July 18, 2011). "PWG Roger Dorn Night 6/10/2007". Wrestling Recaps. Retrieved 20 March 2023.