Chikara Young Lions Cup

Young Lions Cup

The Young Lions Cup awarded to the winner of the Young Lions Cup VI tournament
Details
Current champion(s) The Estonian ThunderFrog
Date won February 6, 2016[1]
Promotion Chikara
WiF!

The Young Lions Cup is a professional wrestling championship contested for in the American professional wrestling promotion Chikara.

History

A tournament is held every year to determine the champion. Originally, experience level was the primary basis for eligibility in the tournament, as the first tournament was only open to those who have wrestled under 50 professional matches. The primary basis for eligibility was later changed to age, making the tournament open only to wrestlers who are 25 years old or younger. The winner of the Young Lions Cup can defend the cup as an actual title until the following tournament, and Young Lions Cup tournament winners are not allowed to compete in the tournament again once they win it.

The original rules also once stated that previous holders of the cup are not allowed to compete for the title once they are no longer champion, but this rule was 'changed' in 2008. Fire Ant was granted a rematch after losing the cup to Vin Gerard, and Director of Fun Leonard F. Chikarason claimed that the rules were now amended, stating that previous holders of the cup could challenge for the cup again any time they wanted until the next Young Lions Cup tournament. However, on February 1, 2010, new Director of Fun Dieter VonSteigerwalt reverted the rule change and announced that former champions could no longer challenge for the cup or enter the annual tournaments.[2]

Though Chikara's one-year hiatus ended in May 2014, the title was never mentioned for a prolonged period. On September 18, it was announced that an eleventh tournament would be done and hosted by Chikara's sister promotion, Wrestling is Fun! (WiF!), from October 11 to November 1.[3] The finals of the tournament took place on December 6 at Tomorrow Never Dies and saw Heidi Lovelace become the first female holder of the title.[4]

Title history

Wrestler: Cup: Date: Days held: Location: Successful defenses Notes:
Hallowicked I November 16, 2002 602 Allentown, Pennsylvania 4 Defeated Mister Zero in the finals of the Young Lions Cup tournament.[5]
Larry Sweeney II July 31, 2004 111 Emmaus, Pennsylvania 0 Defeated Jigsaw in the finals of the Young Lions Cup II tournament.[5]
Jigsaw II November 19, 2004 245 Reading, Pennsylvania 4 Defeated Larry Sweeney at Fear of Music.[5]
Shane Storm III July 24, 2005 334 Pittston, Pennsylvania 2 Defeated Icarus in the finals of the Young Lions Cup III tournament.[5]
Arik Cannon IV June 25, 2006 125 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 3 Defeated Cheech in the finals of the Young Lions Cup IV tournament.[5]
Maxime Boyer IV October 28, 2006 237 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 5 Defeated Arik Cannon at Cibernetico Forever.[5]
Chuck Taylor V June 24, 2007 125 Hellertown, Pennsylvania 2 Defeated Ricochet in the finals of the Young Lions Cup V tournament.[5]
Helios V October 27, 2007 230 Barnesville, Pennsylvania 3 Defeated Chuck Taylor at New Star Navigation.[5]
Fire Ant VI June 15, 2008 28 Hellertown, Pennsylvania 0 Defeated Vin Gerard in the finals of the Young Lions Cup VI tournament.[5]
Vin Gerard VI July 13, 2008 154 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 3 Defeated Fire Ant at Tragedy and Triumph.[5]
Vacated VI December 14, 2008 — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania N/A Gerard was stripped of the cup and it was declared vacant following a double disqualification between Gerard and Jimmy Olsen at Duel and Duality.[5]
Jimmy Olsen / Equinox (II) VI January 25, 2009 201 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2 Defeated Vin Gerard in a ladder match for the vacant cup at Revelation X.[5]
Player Dos VII August 16, 2009 168 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 3 Defeated Colin Delaney in the finals of the Young Lions Cup VII tournament.[5]
Tim Donst VII January 31, 2010 208 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 4 Defeated Player Dos at A Touch of Class.[5]
Frightmare VIII August 29, 2010 363 Reading, Pennsylvania 7 Defeated Lince Dorado in the finals of the Young Lions Cup VIII tournament.[5]
Tadasuke IX August 27, 2011 357 Easton, Pennsylvania 2 Defeated Green Ant in the finals of the Young Lions Cup IX tournament.[5]
Mark Angelosetti X August 18, 2012 288 Indianapolis, Indiana 5 Defeated ACH in the finals of the Young Lions Cup X tournament.[5]
Heidi Lovelace XI December 6, 2014 429 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2 Defeated Missile Assault Ant in the finals of the Young Lions Cup XI tournament.[4]
The Estonian ThunderFrog XII February 6, 2016 92 Reading, Pennsylvania 2 Defeated Wani in the finals of the Young Lions Cup XII tournament.[1]

See also

Action from the first qualifying match of the 2012 Young Lions Cup tournament

References

  1. 1 2 "National Pro Wrestling Day 2016". Cagematch. Retrieved 2015-02-07.
  2. ↑ "Blog #88 - Dieter VonSteigerwalt". Chikara. 2010-02-01. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  3. ↑ "Our pals @Wrestling_isFun! deliver the 11th annual Young Lions Cup tournament!". Chikara. Twitter. 2014-09-18. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
  4. 1 2 Higham, Joshua (2014-12-07). "12/6 Chikara 'Tomorrow Never Dies' iPPV live report from Philadelphia: Chikara announces UK tour & Royal Rumble Sunday matinee in Philly and more". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Chikara: Young Lions Cup". Chikara. Retrieved 2011-03-13.

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