Post by President Mac on Apr 29, 2008 8:58:21 GMT -6
=====RUMBLE 2008=====
The Rumble in the Bronx is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event, produced every April by the Extreme Wrestling Corporation.
For the first 4 years of the event, the ppv was hosted by New York hence the name "Bronx". However, over the last few years the Rumble in the Bronx has been hosted by several other cities and is normally called "THE RUMBLE"
The event's main featured match is a battle royal-type match, titled the Rumble Match. It is usually called one of the "Big Four", as along with StrangleMania, Night of Champions and King of the Cage, it is one of the original four annual EWC pay-per-views.
The Rumble is comprised of no more then 30 men; beginning with two men in the ring, and at regular timed intervals (usually, but not always, every 90 seconds), one of the remaining 28 wrestlers enters the ring. Participants must eliminate all other opponents and the winner of the event is the last wrestler remaining after all others have been eliminated. Referees are situated at each side of the ring to validate eliminations.
A wrestler is eliminated when leaving the ring over the top rope, and then having both feet touch the floor. Going out between the second and third rope or under the bottom rope is not a valid elimination. A referee must witness an elimination in order for it to be valid.
An elimination can also occur when a wrestler is thrown off the top rope by a non-competing opponent, or by one who had already been eliminated, or when the participant deliberately jumps over the top rope, outside the ring. In other words, if a wrestler goes over the top rope, regardless how it happened, that wrestler is out. Other wrestlers can be de facto eliminated due to interference preventing the wrestler from entering the ring.
Since the 1998 event, the winner has officially been given the chance to challenge the EWC Champion at Night of Champions.
With the introduction of the brand extension and separate brand championships, the possibility of a World Heavyweight Championship shot instead of the EWC Championship was added to the reward in 2006's match.
This championship match is often the last event on the Night of Champions card according to principles in the EWC that states that "the Rumble winner gets a first-class ticket to NOC", which means that the Rumble winner gets to be in the 'first class' top spot in the main event at Night of Champions.
In some cases, this can be part of a stipulation for a match between the Rumble and Night of Champions, where the winner may lose his NOC spot by losing another match.
If for some reason both the champion and the Rumble winner decide they wish to have a Title match sooner then Night of Champions, then this match can be cashed in on UNCENSORED or ONE NIGHT ENCOUNTER only
As an ADDED Stipulation in the 2007 EWC Rumble, the WINNER was able to select which World Title he/she would like to fight for. In the case of a World Champion winning the Rumble, he or she may opt to fight the champion of the other brand OR fight the runner up of the Rumble for the Title, or set up his or her own stipulation/match. That SAME stipulation will be carried over to the 2008 Rumble in the Bronx
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TAG TEAM TITLE LADDER MATCH
El Chupacabra & Shadow Man
VS
Angel (c) & Havens Outlaw (c)
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EWC UNDISPUTED CHAMPIONSHIP
IRON MAN MATCH
Stray
VS
James Chambers (c)
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The 30 Participants are as follows and are in no particular order:
::MNB:: (9)
John Green (3rd Spot)
Noah Rodgers (4th Spot)
The Rev (12th Spot)
Stung (5th Spot)
Jay Cee (24th Spot)
Nathin Doe (17th Spot)
Jowee Bliss (20th Spot)
Black Death (22nd Spot)
Tommy Victor (13th Spot)
::HCW:: (7)
Pence (23rd Spot)
Havens Outlaw (6th Spot)
Christopher Wright (7th Spot)
Marcus Moore (10th Spot)
Cameron Hayden (11th Spot)
Nathaniel Broadway (14th Spot)
Alex Black (18th Spot)
::FNR:: (11)
Amy Rosen (30th Spot)
Beth Harte (25th Spot)
Shadow Man (2nd Spot)
Level One (1st Spot)
Victor Hades (24th Spot)
Crazyman (8th Spot)
Jesse Nunez (9th Spot)
Matt Matlock (15th Spot)
Steel Morrigan (19th Spot)
Dominik King (21st Spot)
Jason Carpenter (16th Spot)
::FREE AGENTS:: (3)
Hirsh Valentine (29th Spot)
Gladiator (28th Spot)
Jason Walker (27th Spot)
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