NGW Survival Of The Best

Survival of the Best is NGW's October click-per-view. There have been 2 of these events and both had tournament style matches with the World Heavyweight Championship as its prize.

=Dates & Venues=

=Survival of the Best 2004= New Gen Wrestling's first ever mega event aired on October 30 from the KeyArena. It featured 9 matches including a 4-way match to crown NGW's first ever Women's Champion and a tournament to crown the first ever NGW Champion. This event lasted approx. 3 hours, 18 minutes.

Results

 * --NGW Championship Tournament First Round--
 * Eddie Murphy def. Carl Brutananadilewski via Pinfall
 * Duke Nukem def. Jet Li via Pinfall
 * James Bond def. Tommy Vercetti via Pinfall
 * Lara Croft def. Tanner via Pinfall
 * Ami Mizuno def. Usagi Tsukino, Makoto Kino & Kuroki Mio to be the first Women's Champion
 * Ami appeared in all black clothes
 * Ami attacked Usagi after the match
 * This was Kuroki Mio's only NGW CPV appearance
 * --NGW Championship Tournament Semi-Finals--
 * Duke Nukem def. Eddie Murphy via Pinfall
 * James Bond def. Lara Croft via Pinfall
 * John Cena def. Eminem via Pinfall
 * John Cena was the Mystery Opponent for Eminem
 * --NGW Championship Finals--
 * James Bond def. Duke Nukem in a Hell in a Cell via Pinfall to be the first NGW Champion
 * John Cena was the Mystery Opponent for Eminem
 * --NGW Championship Finals--
 * James Bond def. Duke Nukem in a Hell in a Cell via Pinfall to be the first NGW Champion
 * James Bond def. Duke Nukem in a Hell in a Cell via Pinfall to be the first NGW Champion

Interesting Facts

 * This is the first ever CPV in NGW's first month of the first season.
 * John Cena is the first "real" wrestler to appear in NGW.
 * The NGW Championship was used until after New Year's Bash 2005, when it was renamed World Heavyweight Championship.
 * Official Theme Song:
 * "Get Up"
 * by Breaking Point
 * from the album Coming of Age

=Survival of the Best 2006= The second event took place two years later on October 28 from the Wells Fargo Arena. The 10-match card includes the second-ever tournament, which started 3 weeks before this event, where the Semis and the Finals took place to declare a new World Champion. The event lasted approx. 3 Hours, 20 Minutes.

Results

 * The Prince of Persia def. Eddie Murphy, Terry Tate & Seifer Almasy in a Second Chance 4-Way to become #1 Contender for the World Title
 * All four men lost their First Round matches during the tournament
 * Paine def. Spripperella & Foxxy Love via KO in a Fatal Pink Slip Light's Out Match
 * Paine knocked out Stripperella with a Clothesline
 * This is Stripperella's final match in NGW

--World Heavyweight Championship Tournament Semi-Finals #1--
 * James Bond def. Tommy Vercetti via Submission
 * Toni Cipriani attacked Tommy while James was laid out
 * Tina Armstrong def. Paris Hilton via Submission
 * This is Tina's NGW debut, thanks to the voting from | CAWUnderground.com
 * This is Tina's NGW debut, thanks to the voting from | CAWUnderground.com

--World Heavyweight Championship Tournament Semi-Finals #2--
 * Duke Nukem def. Squall Leonheart via Pinfall
 * Claude Houser def. Sean Johnson, Carl Johnson & Tanner via KO in a Fatal Pink Slip Light's Out Match
 * Claude knocked out Sean with the Liberty City Slam
 * This is Sean's final match in NGW
 * "CJ" & "Sweet" double-teamed on Claude after the match
 * Lindsay Lohan def. Aerith Gainsborugh & Christina Aguilera to win the Internet Vixen's Championship
 * Britney Spears interfered, sending Christina through the table--from the top turnbuckle to ringside--making her unable to finish the match
 * Aerith was about to win the title before Lindsay's sister, Ali Lohan, distracted her and helped Lindsay win
 * The Gullwings (Yuna & Rikku) def. Senshi Members Minako Aino & Rei Hino to win the Women's Tag Team Championship
 * Yuna pinned Minako after 2 Shatterspheres
 * Britney Spears def. Ami Mizuno, Usagi Tsukino & Jessica Simpson via Pinfall to win the Women's Championship
 * Britney Spears replaced Makoto Kino due to the attack from The O.A.
 * Britney Spears replaced Makoto Kino due to the attack from The O.A.

--World Heavyweight Championship Tournament Finals--
 * Duke Nukem def. James Bond in a TLC Match to become the new World Heavyweight Champion
 * Prince of Persia knocked James off the ladder to become the new member of The O.A.

Tournament Bracket

 * The Tommy Vercetti/Terry Tate match ended up in a Double DQ on 10/4/06, thanks to Toni Cipriani. The rematch was held one week later in a Steel Cage Match.

Interesting Facts

 * The World Heavyweight Championship was Vacated at Vixen's Vengeance 2006 before this event--announced by Commissioner Theo Clardy, who won it off of Duke Nukem, one month ago.
 * This is the only NGW CPV to have a Lights Out match.
 * This was mostly a O.A. vs NGW event, due to most of the matches involving O.A. members against NGW superstars.
 * This is the second tournament in-a-row in which both James Bond and Duke Nukem ended up in the finals.
 * This is the first time Ami Mizuno and Usagi Tsukino' teamed up in over 3 years (the last time they teamed up was on October 9, 2004--the very first episode of WarZone).
 * This CPV ended Ami Mizuno's run as Women's Champion. Ami currently holds the NGW record as the Longest Reigning Women's Champion & Longest Champion Reign in NGW with 22 months.
 * Official Theme Song:
 * "...To Be Loved"
 * by Papa Roach
 * from the album "The Paramour Sessions"