Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament

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Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament
Promotions Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
First event 2007
Last event 2015
Event gimmick Annual tag team single elimination tournament

The Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament (DDT4) was an annual professional wrestling tag team tournament produced by Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) between 2007 and 2015. The inaugural tournament was contested for the vacant PWG World Tag Team Championship. Reigning champions entered the tournament and defended the title in each round of the tournament for five editions (2008, 2009, 2010, 2013 and 2015) while three editions (2011, 2012 and 2014) of the tournament were used to determine the number one contenders to the champions.

Contents

Winners, dates, venues and main events

YearTournament winnerTimes wonDateRunner-upCityVenueMain Event
2007 Pac and Roderick Strong 1May 19, 2007 The Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark) Burbank, California Burbank Armory El Generico (c) vs. Kevin Steen for the PWG World Championship
May 20, 2007 Pac and Roderick Strong vs. The Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark) in the 2007 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament final for the vacant PWG World Tag Team Championship
2008 Jack Evans and Roderick Strong (2)1May 17, 2008 El Generico and Kevin Steen El Generico and Kevin Steen (c) vs. Davey Richards and Super Dragon in the quarter-final round of the 2008 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament final for the PWG World Tag Team Championship
May 18, 2008 El Generico and Kevin Steen (c) vs. Jack Evans and Roderick Strong in the 2008 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament final for the PWG World Tag Team Championship
2009 The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)1May 22, 2009 Bryan Danielson and Roderick Strong Reseda, California American Legion Post #308 The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) (c) vs. Bryan Danielson and Roderick Strong in the 2009 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament final for the PWG World Tag Team Championship
2010 ¡Peligro Abejas! (El Generico and Paul London)1May 9, 2010 The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) (c) vs. ¡Peligro Abejas! (El Generico and Paul London) in the 2010 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament final for the PWG World Tag Team Championship
2011 The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)2April 3, 2011The Nightmare Violence Connection (Akira Tozawa and Kevin Steen)The Nightmare Violence Connection (Akira Tozawa and Kevin Steen) vs. The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) in the 2011 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament final
2012 The Super Smash Brothers (Player Uno and Stupefied)1April 21, 20122 Husky Black Guys (El Generico and Willie Mack)2 Husky Black Guys (El Generico and Willie Mack) vs. The Super Smash Brothers (Player Uno and Stupefied) in the 2012 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament final
2013 The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)3January 12, 2013 El Generico and Kevin Steen The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) (c) vs. El Generico and Kevin Steen in the 2013 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament final for the PWG World Tag Team Championship
2014 Best Friends (Chuck Taylor and Trent)1January 31, 2014The Inner City Machine Guns (Rich Swann and Ricochet) Best Friends (Chuck Taylor and Trent) vs. The Inner City Machine Guns (Rich Swann and Ricochet) in the 2014 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament final
2015 Andrew Everett and Trevor Lee 1May 22, 2015 The Beaver Boys (Alex Reynolds and John Silver) The Beaver Boys (Alex Reynolds and John Silver) (c) vs. Andrew Everett and Trevor Lee in the 2015 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament final for the PWG World Tag Team Championship

Championship match for winner

  – Championship victory
  – Championship match loss
#WinnerEventYearChampionship match
1 The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) Card Subject To Change III2011Bucks defeated El Generico and Ricochet (substitute for Paul London) to win the PWG World Tag Team Championship.
2 The Super Smash Brothers (Player Uno and Stupefied)Death To All But Metal2012Super Smash Brothers defeated The Young Bucks in a no disqualification match to win the vacant PWG World Tag Team Championship after previous champions Appetite for Destruction (Kevin Steen and Super Dragon) vacated the titles to Dragon fracturing his heel.
3 Best Friends (Chuck Taylor and Trent) Mystery Vortex II 2014Best Friends unsuccessfully challenged The Young Bucks for the PWG World Tag Team Championship.

The inaugural DDT4 tournament in 2007 was contested for the vacant PWG World Tag Team Championship while the titles were defended in the 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013 and 2015 editions of the tournament.

Results

DDT4 (2007)

DDT4 (2008)

DDT4 (2009)

DDT4 (2010)

DDT4 (2011)

DDT4 (2012)

DDT4 (2013)

The seventh DDT4 was announced on the official PWG Twitter account on December 2, 2012. It took place on January 12, 2013, [1] with the previous year's winners the Super Smash Bros. (Player Uno and Stupefied) entering the tournament as the reigning and defending World Tag Team Champions. [2] Originally, El Generico and Kevin Steen were scheduled to team up, but after Generico received an injury, he was forced to pull out of the tournament. [3] Willie Mack was named his replacement, [4] but this once again changed on January 9, when PWG announced that El Generico, in the midst of reports that he had signed with WWE, would be teaming with his previously announced partner, Kevin Steen. [5]

  • The Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)
  • DojoBros (Eddie Edwards and Roderick Strong)
  • El Generico and Kevin Steen
  • Future Shock (Adam Cole and Kyle O'Reilly)
  • The Inner City Machine Guns (Rich Swann and Ricochet)
  • The Super Smash Bros. (Player Uno and Stupefied)
  • Unbreakable F'n Machines (Brian Cage and Michael Elgin)
  • The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)
First round Semifinals Final
         
Briscoe Brothers Pin
Generico/Steen [6]
Generico/SteenPin
Future Shock [6]
DojoBros Pin
Future Shock [6]
Generico/Steen Pin
Young Bucks [6]
ICMG Pin
Young Bucks [6]
Young BucksPin
UFM [6]
UFMPin
SSB [6]

DDT4 (2014)

The eighth DDT4 was announced on the official PWG Twitter account on December 23, 2013. [7] It took place on January 31, 2014, in Reseda, California. [8] The reigning PWG World Tag Team Champions, The Young Bucks, did not enter the tournament.

First round Semifinals Final
         
Best FriendsPin
RockNES Monsters [8]
Best FriendsPin
Cole Steen Cole [8]
Cole Steen ColePin
WCTT [8]
Best FriendsPin
ICMG [8]
UFMPin
PPRAy [8]
UFM Pin
ICMG [8] [8]
ICMGPin
African-American Wolves [8]

DDT4 (2015)

The ninth DDT4 was announced on the official PWG Twitter account on April 5, 2015. It took place on May 22, 2015. World's Cutest Tag Team entered the tournament as the reigning PWG World Tag Team Champions and the title was defended throughout the tournament. [9] Chris Sabin was scheduled to enter the tournament as Matt Sydal's partner, but was on May 21 pulled from the tournament with a back injury and replaced by Mike Bailey. [10] For the first time, the PWG World Tag Team Championship changed hands in each round of the tournament. [11]

First round Semifinals Final
         
Beaver BoysPin
Team Tremendous [11]
Beaver BoysPin
Monster Mafia [11]
Monster MafiaPin
WCTT [11]
Beaver Boys Pin
Everett/Lee [11]
Busick/Gulak Pin
ICMG [11]
ICMG Pin
Everett/Lee [11]
Everett/LeePin
Sydal/Bailey [11]

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References

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  3. ↑ "Some unfortunate news for DDT4. El Generico informed me two days ago that he is injured and will not be able to make the tournament". Pro Wrestling Guerrilla . Twitter. 2012-12-23. Retrieved 2012-12-25.
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