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Atomicos and Gauntlets and Conclaves, Oh My!

King of Trios, the biggest tournament in all of professional wrestling – bursting with 48 competitors in all – is the also CHIKARA’s biggest event of the year, and 2014 will be no different!

First Round Tournament Bouts Announced!

King of Trios is the biggest tournament in all of professional wrestling is the also CHIKARA’s biggest event of the year, and 2014 is proving to be no different! The tournament boasts a total 16 teams – 48 wrestlers in all – and they are: The Spirit Squad, The Spectral Envoy, Team UK, The Colony, The Devastation Corporation, 3peck0, GEKIDO, The Golden Trio, BDK3, KE4TPG, Team Extravaganza, The Odditorium, The Bloc Party, The Flood, Colony: Xtreme Force, and LAX! Last week, all of the first round matches for Night 1 were revealed!

Team UK (Damian Dunne, Pete Dunne, and Mark Andrews) will wrestle The Bloc Party (Mr. Azerbaijan, Proletariat Boar of Moldova, and Prakash Sabar)! A battle between Western and Eastern Europe is set to explode! But only one team can win the war and make it to the quarterfinals!

GEKIDO (The Shard, 17, and Jigsaw) will meet KE4TPG (Jolly Roger, Lance Steel, and Princess Kimberlee)! Both teams have had an issue with the other in Wrestling is Fun! Can Knight Eye outwit GEKIDO again to advance or will GEKIDO’s rage be the key to their vengeance and success?

The 2012 King of Trios The Spectral Envoy (Frightmare, Hallowicked, and UltraMantis Black) have a challenge in front of them when they take on The Flood (Volgar, Jimmy Jacobs, and Eddie Kingston)! Will The Envoy begin their path to a second KOT win or will The Flood wash them right out of the tournament?

The Devastation Corporation (Max Smashmaster, Blaster McMassive, and Flex Rumblecrunch) will face Team Extravaganza (Jervis Cottonbelly, ThunderKitty, and Marion Fontaine)! The Devastation Corporation are bruisers who don’t care who they have to hurt to win, while Team Extravaganza believes in old fashioned manners and playing by the rules. Can wrestling ability and skill defeat size and strength or will power prevail at King of Trios?

BDK3 (Ares, Dr. Cube, and Nøkken) hopes to conquer everyone’s favorite time-traveling trio in 3peck0 (Shane Matthews, Archibald Peck, and Scott “Jagged” Parker). 3peck0 helped stop The Flood from smothering the burning embers of CHIKARA at National Pro Wrestling Day and BDK3 wants revenge by stopping them from winning King of Trios!

In 2011, The Colony (Fire Ant, Silver Ant, and Worker Ant) won the King of Trios but in 2013, the honor and the medals were stolen from them and handed to the Colony: Xtreme Force (Orbit Adventure Ant, Missile Assault Ant, and Arctic Rescue Ant). The Colony regained the medals at You Only Live Twice and now wants to win back their honor in the tournament, but they will have to go through their nemesis CXF to do it!

The Golden Trio (“Mr. Touchdown” Mark Angelosetti, Icarus, and Dasher Hatfield) already have gold around their waists, but they want the KOT medals around their neck too, but so does LAX (Chavo Guerrero, Jr., Homicide, and Hernandez)! When these two teams meet who will come out on top and move into the King of Trios quarterfinals?

The Odditorium (Sir Oliver Grimsley, Sinn Bodhi, and Qefka the Quiet) are the clown princes of The Flood, but The Spirit Squad (Kenny, Mikey, and Johnny) wants to prove they are no joke! Will The Odditorium have the last laugh or will The Spirit Squad bring it and move to the next round?

CHIKARA’s massive King of Trios tournament arrives at The Palmer Center in Easton, PA the weekend of September 19th, 20th, and 21st! It will not be offered on iPay-Per-View, so if you want to experience The Big One, you’ll have to join us live in Easton! Tickets are still available here!

While the KOT tournament is the centerpiece of the event, King of Trios also features the Rey de Voladores mini-tournament! But that’s not all! There will be bonus matches and special activities, making it a weekend to remember and an experience you won’t want to miss!

On Saturday afternoon, starting at 2 p.m., another CHIKARA tradition will return to The Palmer Center – The Fan Conclave! This year’s Conclave will feature a live wrestling trivia game, a technico “Family Feud”, wrestler photo booth, “No Mercy” video game tournament, and other games and contests! Like in years past, you’ll get to meet and interact with your favorite CHIKARA wrestlers, as they will be part of the fun as well!

During Night 2, Smooth Sailin’ Ashley Remington will wrestle former WWE Superstar Yoshi Tatsu! The charming and charismatic Remington has taken CHIKARA by storm, but can his “Anchors Aweigh” submission ground a focused and determined Tatsu, who’s looking to spread his wings and showcase his skills at King of Trios?

Also on Night 2, Ecuadorian Aristocrat Juan Francisco de Coronado will meet TNA’s Rockstar Spud! Juan Francisco is CHIKARA’s fastest rising star with a haughty attitude to match, but the flamboyant Spud is known to have an inflated ego as well! When these two wrestlers lock up, who will win in this “Battle of the Bowties”?

On Sunday afternoon, be our guest at the second CHIKARA Potluck Cookout Thing! Eat, drink, and hangout at The Palmer Center’s Picnic Grove with CHIKARA wrestlers before Night 3 begins, but don’t forget to bring a dish to share!

Night 3 will feature a huge Tag Team Gauntlet! Ten teams will battle it out for precious points towards a Campeonatos de Parajas title match against The Throwbacks (“Mr. Touchdown” Mark Angelosetti and Dasher Hatfield)! The first team entered into the Gauntlet is The Batiri (Obariyon and Kodama)!

All four members of The Submission Squad (“Pistol Danger” Evan Gelistico, “Barn Owl” Gary Jay, “Brainwave” Davey Vega, and the “Elegant Assassin” Pierre Abernathy) will return to CHIKARA during Night 3 in an atomicos match, but there’s a catch – they don’t know who their opponents are yet! But The Squad, now armed with an AAA membership and a GPS, is ready for any team willing to challenge them!

CHIKARA’s massive King of Trios tournament arrives at The Palmer Center in Easton, PA this weekend (September 19th, 20th, and 21st)! It will not be offered on iPay-Per-View, so if you want to experience everything “The Big One” has to offer, you’ll have to join us live in Easton! Tickets are still available!

CHIKARA: King of Trios 2014
September 19, 20 and 21
Live at The Palmer Center
4100 Green Pond Rd :: Easton, PA 18045