Eddie Graham Memorial Battle of the Belts

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Eddie Graham Memorial Battle of the Belts
Promotion Full Impact Pro
Date2007, 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]

Contents

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 winners

TournamentYearWinnerTotal won
EGM-Cup I 2007 Erick Stevens 1
EGM-Cup II 2009 Davey Richards 1

Show results

Eddie Graham Memorial Battle of the Belts (2007)

March 10, 2007 in Crystal River, Florida (National Guard Armory)

No.Results [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] StipulationsTimes
1 Roderick Strong defeated Jimmy Rave First Round Tournament match09:02
2 Jay Briscoe defeated Larry Sweeney First Round Tournament match10:11
3 Erick Stevens defeated SHINGO First Round Tournament match02:12
4 Delirious defeated Mark Briscoe First Round Tournament match03:51
5Roderick Strong defeated Jay BriscoeSemi Final Tournament match13:25
6Erick Stevens defeated DeliriousSemi Final Tournament match15:12
7The YRR (Chasyn Rance, Kenny King and Sal Rinauro) defeated Jerrelle Clark, Kory Chavis and Seth DelaySix-man tag team match17:11
8Erick Stevens defeated Roderick StrongTournament Finals match21:16

Tournament brackets

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 StrongPin
Jay Briscoe
Jay Briscoe Pin
Larry Sweeney
Roderick Strong
Erick StevensPin
SHINGO Pin
Erick Stevens
Erick Stevens
Delirious Pin
Delirious Sub
Mark Briscoe

Eddie Graham Memorial Battle of the Belts (2009)

February 8, 2009 in Brooksville, Florida (National Guard Armory) [8] [9]

No.Results [4] [10] [11] [12] Stipulations
1 Roderick Strong defeated Necro Butcher First Round Tournament match
2Chris 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
5Roderick Strong defeated Chris JonesSemi Final Tournament match
6Davey Richards defeated El GenericoSemi 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
9Davey Richards defeated Roderick StrongTournament Finals match
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Tournament brackets

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 StrongPin
Chris Jones
Chris JonesPin
Austin Aries
Roderick Strong
Davey RichardsPin
Davey Richards Pin
Erick Stevens
Davey Richards
El Generico Pin
El Generico Pin
Nigel McGuinness

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