Chikara Young Lions Cup
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The Young Lions Cup awarded to the winner of the Young Lions Cup VI tournament
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| Current champion(s) | Heidi Lovelace | ||||||||||||||||
| Date won | December 6, 2014[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Promotion | Chikara WiF! |
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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.[1]
Title history
| Wrestler: | Cup: | Date: | Days held: | Location: | Successful defenses | Notes: |
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| Hallowicked | I | November 16, 2002 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Allentown, Pennsylvania | 4 | Defeated Mister Zero in the finals of the Young Lions Cup tournament.[4] |
| Larry Sweeney | II | July 31, 2004 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Emmaus, Pennsylvania | 0 | Defeated Jigsaw in the finals of the Young Lions Cup II tournament.[4] |
| Jigsaw | II | November 19, 2004 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Reading, Pennsylvania | 4 | Defeated Larry Sweeney at Fear of Music.[4] |
| Shane Storm | III | July 24, 2005 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Pittston, Pennsylvania | 2 | Defeated Icarus in the finals of the Young Lions Cup III tournament.[4] |
| Arik Cannon | IV | June 25, 2006 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 3 | Defeated Cheech in the finals of the Young Lions Cup IV tournament.[4] |
| Maxime Boyer | IV | October 28, 2006 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 5 | Defeated Arik Cannon at Cibernetico Forever.[4] |
| Chuck Taylor | V | June 24, 2007 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Hellertown, Pennsylvania | 2 | Defeated Ricochet in the finals of the Young Lions Cup V tournament.[4] |
| Helios | V | October 27, 2007 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Barnesville, Pennsylvania | 3 | Defeated Chuck Taylor at New Star Navigation.[4] |
| Fire Ant | VI | June 15, 2008 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Hellertown, Pennsylvania | 0 | Defeated Vin Gerard in the finals of the Young Lions Cup VI tournament.[4] |
| Vin Gerard | VI | July 13, 2008 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 3 | Defeated Fire Ant at Tragedy and Triumph.[4] |
| 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.[4] |
| Jimmy Olsen / Equinox (II) | VI | January 25, 2009 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 2 | Defeated Vin Gerard in a ladder match for the vacant cup at Revelation X.[4] |
| Player Dos | VII | August 16, 2009 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 3 | Defeated Colin Delaney in the finals of the Young Lions Cup VII tournament.[4] |
| Tim Donst | VII | January 31, 2010 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 4 | Defeated Player Dos at A Touch of Class.[4] |
| Frightmare | VIII | August 29, 2010 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Reading, Pennsylvania | 7 | Defeated Lince Dorado in the finals of the Young Lions Cup VIII tournament.[4] |
| Tadasuke | IX | August 27, 2011 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Easton, Pennsylvania | 2 | Defeated Green Ant in the finals of the Young Lions Cup IX tournament.[4] |
| Mark Angelosetti | X | August 18, 2012 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Indianapolis, Indiana | 5 | Defeated ACH in the finals of the Young Lions Cup X tournament.[4] |
| Heidi Lovelace | XI | December 6, 2014 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.+ | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 2 | Defeated Missile Assault Ant in the finals of the Young Lions Cup XI tournament.[1] |
See also
References
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