Super 8 Results

[Guest OSIcon]

Super 8 First Round

Frankie Kazarian def. Chris Sabin

Brian Kendrick def. Chris Cage

Chance Beckett def. Cedrick Strong

Paul London def. Alex Arion

 

Non Tournament Match

SAT/Stryker def. Ace Darling/Nana/Mega by DQ when Stryker turns on SAT to re-join his fellow tag champion, Ace Darling.

 

Super 8 Semi-Finals

Chance Beckett def. Brian Kendrick

Paul London def. Frankie Kazarian

 

Annual ECWA Summit Battle Royal - Japanese Towel Boy wins the 20 man battle royal to earn title shot against Christopher Daniels.

 

ECWA Champion Christopher Daniels def. Japanese Towel Boy

 

Super 8 Finals

Paul London def. Chance Beckett

 

Thoughts - - Good show. I am terrible with estimating the number of people at any given place, but I would guess there was around 500 people there. The place was pretty filled. THe tournament participants were lined up at a table before the show giving autograpahs. Charlie Hass came out before the show started and said a few words putting over ECWA and the tournament. They then did the usual introductions with London the most over and Spanky second. Video highlights were also showed on the screen which is a fun touch. Simon Diamond was brought out between the first two and last two first round matches to talk about Jeff Peterson who he had trained. They played a video package of Jeff's two biggest Super 8 matches (against Daniels in '99 and Jet Jaguar in 2000). Simon understandably got shaken up. The non-tournmanent stuff was pretty forgetable. The six man and the battle royal had great heat....the ECWA wrestlers are really over with the regulars, but the matches weren't all that great. Daniels actually pulled a watchable match out of the Japanese Pool Boy, doing the storyline of "the underdog with no chance taking it to the champ." The crowd just didn't get into it. Daniels put him over big post match.

 

All the wrestlers in the tournament looked good. Strong was the least impressive, looking a little off on some points, but def. wasn't bad. Arion looked far better then I had ever seen him. He worked stiff and had a fun little match with London. Def. the best match of the first round and one of the best of the tournament. Sabin/Kazarian had a good match to start off the show that was one of the better matches also. Spanky looked good, but did seem to be a little off. He wasn't as crisp as he has been in the past with some of his moves and his matches, while solid, weren't anything great. Beckett got busted open hardway on his chin during the first match. Repeated bandaging attempts didn't help and he blend from the chin all the night. Beckett was booked as the break out start of the tournament. He showed some nice fire and intensity and looked good in the ring. He was real over by the end of the night and the crowd was split 50/50 between him and London in the finals. Beckett kicked out of the shooting star press and ended up passing out to a neck submission that was a first for London. London put Chance over on the mic afterwards claiming that while he has made his reputaiton on the sixe of his heart and his determination, Chande showed him a whole new level of "heart" tonight.

 

Overall, good show. All three London matches were in the "good" range. The Sabin/Kazarian match was good and there wasn't a real bad match in the tournament. Just no MOTYC's or anything.

[Guest snuffbox]

gracias for the report.

[Guest BifEverchad]

Sweet. Sounds like a great show.

[Guest Youth N Asia]

Dammit, people said I was full of it when I said Kendrick wasn't going over. Looks like a solid show. Wish my boy Sabin would have gone over in the first round though.

[Chunk 0]

Damn, a lot happened while I was away. Im glad london won. Sounds like a good show. Kendrick/london would have made a good final.

 

Youth -> what happened to the tech tv babe in your sig. Im gonna miss that lol

 

ChUnK!