Eddie Graham Memorial Battle of the Belts | |
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Promotion | Full Impact Pro |
Date | 2007, 2009 |
The Eddie Graham Memorial Battle of the Belts was an annual professional wrestling memorial show produced by the Full Impact Pro (FIP) promotion, typically held between February or March. The event was held in memory of Eddie Graham, longtime promoter of the Florida wrestling territory, the first held for Graham since the original Eddie Graham Memorial Shows in 1987-88. The event's title, in particular, was used as a homage to the popular "Battle of the Belts" supercards promoted by Graham during the 1980s. Mike Graham, Eddie's son and organizer of the original "Eddie Graham Memorial Show", opened for the show to speak about his father's legacy and introduced the FIP Florida Heritage Championship. [1]
This version, unlike the previous memorial supercard, was held as a one-night 8-man single-elimination tournament. The first edition was held on March 10, 2007, at the National Guard Armory in Crystal River, Florida and which saw the winner, Erick Stevens being crowned the first-ever FIP Florida Heritage Champion. Dave Prazak and Lenny Leonard were commentators for the first show while Leonard was involved in booking for the second and final "Battle of the Belts". [2] The inaugural show received generally positive reviews. [1] Brad Garoon of 411mania.com rated the event an 8.5, calling it "Stevens' coming out party", and earned the website's "Elite Award". [3]
Tournament | Year | Winner | Total won |
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EGM-Cup I | 2007 | Erick Stevens | 1 |
EGM-Cup II | 2009 | Davey Richards | 1 |
March 10, 2007 in Crystal River, Florida (National Guard Armory)
No. | Results [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] | Stipulations | Times |
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1 | Roderick Strong defeated Jimmy Rave | First Round Tournament match | 09:02 |
2 | Jay Briscoe defeated Larry Sweeney | First Round Tournament match | 10:11 |
3 | Erick Stevens defeated SHINGO | First Round Tournament match | 02:12 |
4 | Delirious defeated Mark Briscoe | First Round Tournament match | 03:51 |
5 | Roderick Strong defeated Jay Briscoe | Semi Final Tournament match | 13:25 |
6 | Erick Stevens defeated Delirious | Semi Final Tournament match | 15:12 |
7 | The YRR (Chasyn Rance, Kenny King and Sal Rinauro) defeated Jerrelle Clark, Kory Chavis and Seth Delay | Six-man tag team match | 17:11 |
8 | Erick Stevens defeated Roderick Strong | Tournament Finals match | 21:16 |
This was a one-night tournament which took place on March 10, 2007. The tournament brackets were:
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Roderick Strong | Pin | |||||||||||||
Jimmy Rave | ||||||||||||||
Roderick Strong | Pin | |||||||||||||
Jay Briscoe | ||||||||||||||
Jay Briscoe | Pin | |||||||||||||
Larry Sweeney | ||||||||||||||
Roderick Strong | ||||||||||||||
Erick Stevens | Pin | |||||||||||||
SHINGO | Pin | |||||||||||||
Erick Stevens | ||||||||||||||
Erick Stevens | ||||||||||||||
Delirious | Pin | |||||||||||||
Delirious | Sub | |||||||||||||
Mark Briscoe |
February 8, 2009 in Brooksville, Florida (National Guard Armory) [8] [9]
No. | Results [4] [10] [11] [12] | Stipulations | ||
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1 | Roderick Strong defeated Necro Butcher | First Round Tournament match | ||
2 | Chris Jones defeated Austin Aries | First Round Tournament match | ||
3 | Davey Richards defeated Erick Stevens | First Round Tournament match | ||
4 | El Generico defeated Nigel McGuinness | First Round Tournament match | ||
5 | Roderick Strong defeated Chris Jones | Semi Final Tournament match | ||
6 | Davey Richards defeated El Generico | Semi Final Tournament match | ||
7 | MsChif (c) defeated Mercedes Martinez | Singles match for the SHIMMER Championship | ||
8 | Tyler Black (c) defeated Delirious | Single match for the FIP Heavyweight Championship | ||
9 | Davey Richards defeated Roderick Strong | Tournament Finals match | ||
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This was a one-night tournament which took place on February 8, 2009. The tournament brackets were:
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Roderick Strong | Pin | |||||||||||||
Necro Butcher | ||||||||||||||
Roderick Strong | Pin | |||||||||||||
Chris Jones | ||||||||||||||
Chris Jones | Pin | |||||||||||||
Austin Aries | ||||||||||||||
Roderick Strong | ||||||||||||||
Davey Richards | Pin | |||||||||||||
Davey Richards | Pin | |||||||||||||
Erick Stevens | ||||||||||||||
Davey Richards | ||||||||||||||
El Generico | Pin | |||||||||||||
El Generico | Pin | |||||||||||||
Nigel McGuinness |
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