NGW Survival Of The Best

Survival of the Best is NGW's October CPV. 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 Women's Champion and a tournament to crown the first NGW Champion.

Results

 * --NGW Championship Tournament First Round--
 * Eddie Murphy def Carl Brutananadilewski
 * Duke Nukem def Jet Li
 * James Bond def Tommy Vercetti
 * Lara Croft def Tanner
 * Ami Mizuno def Usagi Tsukino, Makoto Kino and Kuroki Mio in a 4-Way match to win the Women's Championship
 * Ami pinned Usagi after the Thunder Twister
 * 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
 * James Bond def Lara Croft
 * John Cena defeated Eminem
 * John Cena was the Mystery Opponent for Eminem
 * John Cena is the first "real" wrestler to appear in NGW.
 * --NGW Championship Finals--
 * James Bond def Duke Nukem in the Hell in a Cell match to win the NGW Championship
 * The NGW Championship was used until after New Year's Bash 2005, when it was renamed the World Heavyweight Championship.
 * --NGW Championship Finals--
 * James Bond def Duke Nukem in the Hell in a Cell match to win the NGW Championship
 * The NGW Championship was used until after New Year's Bash 2005, when it was renamed the World Heavyweight Championship.

Interesting Facts

 * This is the first ever CPV in NGW's first month of the first season.
 * Official Theme Song:
 * "Get Up"
 * by Breaking Point
 * from the album Coming of Age

=Survival of the Best 2006= This event took place 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.

Results

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

--World Heavyweight Championship Tournament Semi-Finals #1--
 * James Bond def Tommy Vercetti
 * Toni Cipriani attacked Tommy while James was laid out
 * Tina Armstrong def Paris Hilton
 * 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
 * Claude Houser def Sean Johnson, Carl Johnson and 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" attacked Claude after the match
 * Lindsay Lohan def Aerith Gainsborugh and Christina Aguilera in a Triple Threat match 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 Minako Aino & Rei Hino to win the Women's Tag Team Championships
 * Yuna pinned Minako after 2 Shatterspheres
 * Britney Spears def Ami Mizuno, Usagi Tsukino and Jessica Simpson in a 4-Way match to win the Women's Championship
 * Britney pinned Jessica.
 * Britney replaced Makoto Kino due to the attack from The O.A.
 * This is the first time Ami & Usagi teamed up in over 3 years (the last time they teamed up was on the very first episode of WarZone).
 * This CPV ended Ami Mizuno's run as Women's Champion. She currently holds the NGW record as the Longest Reigning Women's Champion & Longest Champion Reign in NGW with 22 months.
 * This CPV ended Ami Mizuno's run as Women's Champion. She currently holds the NGW record as the Longest Reigning Women's Champion & Longest Champion Reign in NGW with 22 months.

--World Heavyweight Championship Tournament Finals--
 * Duke Nukem def James Bond in a TLC Match to win the World Heavyweight Championship
 * 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 second tournament in-a-row in which both James Bond and Duke Nukem ended up in the finals.
 * Official Theme Song:
 * "...To Be Loved"
 * by Papa Roach
 * from the album "The Paramour Sessions"