2008 professional wrestling tournament by PWG
Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament (2008) was the second Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament (DDT4) produced by Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG). It was a two-night event, taking place on May 17 and 18, 2008 at the Burbank Armory in Burbank, California.
The 2008 edition of DDT4 marked the first time that the PWG World Tag Team Championship was defended throughout the tournament. Jack Evans and Roderick Strong won the tournament and the titles by defeating the reigning and defending champions Kevin Steen and El Generico in the final.
Production.
Background.
On January 17, 2008, it was announced that PWG would make Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament, an annual event after the inaugural tournament took place the previous year. The 2008 edition of DDT4 was scheduled to take place at the Burbank Armory in Burbank, California on May 17 and May 18, 2008.
Storylines.
Original line-up.
On January 17, it was announced that a round robin tournament would take place between four teams with the winning team qualifying for DDT4. The four teams announced for the series were: Los Luchas (Phoenix Star and Zokre), The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson), Ronin and Scorpio Sky, and Hook Bomberry and TJ Perkins. The tournament concluded with a four corners survival match between the four teams at "1.21 Gigawatts". Los Luchas won to become the first team to qualify for DDT4. Ronin and Sky objected to Bomberry and Perkins' dirty tactics which caused their elimination, so they protested over it, leading to Dino Winwood scheduling the two teams to compete in a match at "It's A Gift... And A Curse", for a spot in DDT4. Ronin and Sky defeated Bomberry and Perkins to qualify for the tournament.
At "1.21 Gigawatts", El Generico and Kevin Steen defeated The Dynasty (Joey Ryan and Scott Lost) to win the PWG World Tag Team Championship. As a result of winning the titles, Generico and Steen qualified for DDT4. Similarly, Dynasty was also added into the DDT4.
The next four teams added into the tournament were:
Replacement.
Mark Briscoe suffered a wrist injury at Ring of Honor's "Injustice" event on April 12 and required a surgery that would keep him out of action. As a result, Briscoe Brothers were unable to compete in DDT4 and Jay Briscoe refused to team with a replacement partner. As a result, Dino Winwood added 2.0 (Jagged and Shane Matthews) as replacements of Briscoe Brothers.
Kota Ibushi suffered a broken ankle while competing in Japan and was forced to back out of the tournament. He was replaced by fellow Dramatic Dream Team wrestler El Blazer as KAGETORA's partner in DDT4.
Non-tournament matches.
Following Mark Briscoe's injury, Jay Briscoe was scheduled to compete in singles competition against TJ Perkins on night one of DDT4. Similarly, Human Tornado was scheduled to defend the PWG World Championship against Austin Aries on night one. A match was scheduled between Aries and Briscoe on night two, which would become a World Championship match if Austin defeated Tornado on night one. A no disqualification match between Tornado and Necro Butcher was scheduled on night two. However, Tornado suffered an injury before the event and was unable to compete, which resulted in altering the card.
Reception.
TJ Hawke of "411Mania" rated the night one 6.5, considering it "spotty" and criticizing most of the matches. The only praise was towards KAGETORA and El Blazer's performance.
He gave a score of 7 to the night two, considering it "a solid conclusion to the weekend". He felt that "Most of the matches delivered well enough, but there was definitely nothing memorable about this show (or the weekend in general)." However, he considered the 2008 DDT4 as "an improvement over the 2007 version."
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