page_title: King of Trios
section_title: 2012
hierarchical_section_title: King of Trios / 2012
caption_attribution_description: English: Professional wrestlers UltraMantis Black, Hallowicked and Frightmare at Chikara King of Trios 2011.
context_page_description: King of Trios was a three-night tournament promoted by the Chikara wrestling promotion. The tournament was a different take on the Tag World Grand Prix event that the promotion was known for annually promoting; in King of Trios, instead of tag teams, there were trios that competed in six-man tag team matches to see who would advance. The tournament served as the promotion's premier event, similar to what WrestleMania is for the WWE.
context_section_description: The 2012 King of Trios tournament took place September 14, 15 and 16 in Easton, Pennsylvania. The tournament featured the first ever all-female trios, representing the Japanese JWP Joshi Puroresu and Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling promotions. Submission Squad (Davey Vega, Evan Gelistico, Gary Jay and Pierre Abernathy) was originally scheduled to become the first quartet in the history of King of Trios, but were unable to make the event due to "travel issues". They were replaced by the team of Mihara, The Mysterious and Handsome Stranger and Tito Santana, a team decided supposedly by a random draw. Submission Squad did however show up later that night and attempted to force their way into the arena. They were subsequently turned away and thrown out.
  Teams
  The Batiri (Kobald, Kodama and Obariyon)
  The Colony (AassailANT, Fire Ant and Green Ant [I])
  The Extreme Trio (Jerry Lynn, Tommy Dreamer and Too Cold Scorpio)
  The Faces of Pain (The Barbarian, Meng and The Warlord)
  F.I.S.T. (Chuck Taylor, Icarus and Johnny Gargano)
  Gran Akuma and 3.0 (Scott Parker and Shane Matthews)
  Jigsaw, Manami Toyota and Mike Quackenbush
  Mihara, The Mysterious and Handsome Stranger and Tito Santana
  The Spectral Envoy (Frightmare, Hallowicked and UltraMantis Black)
  The Swarm (CombatANT, DeviANT and Soldier Ant)
  Team JWP (Command Bolshoi, Kaori Yoneyama and Tsubasa Kuragaki)
  Team Osaka Pro (Ebessan, Kikutaro and Takoyakida)
  Team Ring of Honor (Matt Jackson, Mike Bennett and Nick Jackson)
  Team Sendai Girls (Dash Chisako, Meiko Satomura and Sendai Sachiko)
  Team WWF (1–2–3 Kid, Aldo Montoya and Tatanka)
  The Throwbacks (Dasher Hatfield, Mark Angelosetti and Matt Classic)
  Tournament bracket
caption: Frightmare (back left), Hallowicked (front left) and UltraMantis Black (right) of the Spectral Envoy, the 2012 King of Trios
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