The Blackout (professional wrestling)
The Blackout | |
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Alex Colon Chrissy Rivera Larry Legend | |
Debut | 2004 |
Years active | 2004-present |
Blackout[1] (often stylized as BLKOUT, The BLKOUT or BLK-OUT[1]) is a professional wrestling stable appearing in Combat Zone Wrestling, Adrenaline Championship Wrestling, and other independent companies. Though the current members are Ruckus, James Ellsworth, BLK Jeez, Robby Mireno (aka Robby Illuminati), the team also competes in companies with other members, such as Joker and Eddie Kingston.
History
CZW
The Blackout started as a stable in CZW with
Later in 2005, Blackout started feuding with
On August 12, 2006, at Trapped, Eddie Kingston was kicked out of Blackout and his tag team title was given to Ruckus. Around this time, Sabian and Joker left Blackout and CZW. On September 9, 2006,
On April 21, 2007, Ruckus and Sabian captured the Maryland Championship Wrestling Tag Team Championship, defeating champions Phat Blues Inc. (Kelly Bell and Buzz Stryker) and The Best of Both Worlds (Doyle Day and Buck Chyld).
On July 14, 2007, at CZW Best of the Best 7, Ruckus won the CZW World Heavyweight Championship for a third time defeating Justice Pain with help from Robby Mireno, Chrissy Rivera and Sabian. This also marked the BLKOUT's reunion with Joker who returned to CZW to take part in the Best of the Best Tournament, which he won. They congratulated him for his hard work and winning the tournament. At the October 11 CZW event entitled Decision 08, Ruckus and Sabian won the CZW World Tag Team Championship for a third time, before losing it back to 2 Girls, 1 Cup (the team of Beef Wellington and Greg Excellent). On the 11th Anaversery show, the Blackout lost a ladder match to Bruce Maxwell and TJ Cannon. When this happened, all the rights to the blackout name (kayfabe) went to former manager Robby Marino.
On May 14, 2011, at CZW Proving Grounds, Robby Mireno, Ruckus and Chrissy Rivera came out to the ring after a match between Rich Swann and Alex Colon and offered both of them a spot in BLK OUT. Which they both accepted.[2]
Chikara
Eddie Kingston and Sabian competed in Chikara's Tag World Grand Prix 2006, but were eliminated in the quarterfinals by Team F.I.S.T.
Ruckus, Sabian, and Joker competed in
.Ruckus, Eddie Kingston, and Joker then went on to compete in Chikara's 2008
Other
Although they lost rights to represent BLKOUT in CZW Sabian, Ruckus and Joker continued to perform together. Sabian and Joker under the name "Philly's Most Wanted" won CZW World tag team championship in 2011. Sabian and Ruckus had a few tag team matches in RCW, JAPW and ICW even challenging JAPW tag team championship.
In Spring of 2012 Sabian and Ruckus took part in Extreme Reunion/Rising shows, losing to Los Dramaticos (better known as
On July 21, 2012 it was announced that Ruckus and Sabian (as "Jeez") under the name BLKOUT would take part in an 8-team tournament to determine
Championships and accomplishments
- Adrenaline Championship Wrestling
- ACW Heavyweight Championship – Ruckus (1 time)
- ACW Tag Team Championship – Ruckus and James Ellsworth (1 time)
- ACW King of Maryland – Ruckus (1 time)
- ACW King of Maryland – Robbie Illuminati (1 time)
- Atomic Championship Wrestling
- ACW World Championship – Ruckus (1 time)
- Big Japan Pro Wrestling
- BJW World Junior Heavyweight Championship– Ruckus (1 time)
- Combat Zone Wrestling
- CZW World Heavyweight Championship (5 times) – Ruckus (3), Eddie Kingston (1) and BLK Jeez (1)
- CZW World Tag Team Championship (7 times) – Ruckus and Sabian/ BLK Jeez (5), Eddie Kingston and Joker (1), Sabian and Robby Mireno (1)
- CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship (4 times) – Ruckus (2) and Sabian (2)
- Best of the Best 6 – Ruckus
- Best of the Best 7 – Joker
- Best of the Best 8 – Sabian
- Extreme Rising
- Extreme Rising Match of the Year (2012) vs. The Briscoe Brothers vs. Dramáticos[3]
- Extreme Rising Tag Team of the Year (2012)
- Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South
- IWA Mid-South Tag Team Championship – Joker and Ricky Reyes
- Revolution Strong Style Tournament (2006) – Eddie Kingston
- Simply the Best Tournament (2006) – Ruckus
- Jersey All-Pro Wrestling
- JAPW Heavyweight Championship – BLK Jeez (1 time)
- JAPW Cruiserweight Championship – BLK Jeez (1 time)
- Maryland Championship Wrestling
- MCW Tag Team Championship – Ruckus and Sabian (2 times)
- MCW Cruiserweight Champion – Ruckus (2 times)
- Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup (2006) – Ruckus
- Maven Bentley Association
- MBA Tag Team Championship – Eddie Kingston and Sabian (1 time)[4]
- Power Pro Wrestling
- PPW Tag Team Championship – Ruckus & Robby Illuminati (2 times)
- Pro Wrestling Unplugged
- PWU Tag Team Championship – Joker and Ricky Reyes (1 time)
- Rage Pro Wrestling
- RPW Heavyweight Championship – Robby Illuminati (1 time)
- UWA Hardcore Wrestling
- UWA Light Heavyweight Championship – Sabian (1 time)
- UWA Tag Team Championship – Sabian and Joker (1 time)
- World Xtreme Wrestling
- WXW Television Championship – Joker (1 time)
- Other titles
- German World Heavyweight Championship – Ruckus (2 times)
References
- ^ a b c d "CZW Tag-Team Champions". Combat Zone Wrestling. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
- ^ "'Proving Grounds' Results". Combat Zone Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
- ^ "Welcome to Extreme Wrestling site is offline".
- ^ "Independent Wrestling Results - October 2005". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-07-04.