Tag Team Tournament: Season 1 Results

## Night 1: Quarter-finals

Night 1 introduced us to several alliances on the NMWGP roster, 8 teams had been formed and it was time for them to compete, hoping to reach the semi-finals on night 2.

### Quarter-finals Results:

1. Edge & Christian defeated Y2J & Venis - 10:32
2. D'Lo & Faarooq defeated Chyna & Tazz - 27:14
3. Test & Albert defeated Matt & Jeff Hardy - 10:13
4. Devon & Bubba defeated Snow & Shamrock - 11:26

## Night 1: Trivia

* Night 1 saw the longest match of the entire tournament in the match between D'Lo & Faarooq vs Chyna & Tazz
* The Sponsors for Night 1 was Pringles
* D'Lo, Devon, Shamrock and Bubba were at this point the only wrestlers to enter all three competitions
* D'Lo & Faarooq as well as Shamrock & Snow were teams created from the respect gained from singles matches the team mates had against each other at previous tournaments
* Although Test & Albert vs Matt & Jeff was the shortest match of the night, both Night 2 semi-final matches in this tournament would be shorter
* This was the second tournament Bubba Ray found himself eliminated by count-out
* D'Lo & Faarooq vs Tazz & Chyna was the first time two people were bloodied in one match as Tazz and Faarooq were both busted open by each other

## Night 2: Semi-finals, Final and NMWGP Title Match

The stage was set, 4 teams remained and any of them could be seen as genuine contenders to the title. The NMWGP championship was also on the line at this event as undefeated BULL fought Saturn who was on a 5 match winning streak.

### Semi-finals Results:

1. D'Lo & Faarooq defeated Edge & Christian - 6:39
2. Albert & Test defeated Snow & Shamrock - 7:00

After the semi-finals were completed there was a brief intermission, the world title match and final would then take place.

### World Title Match:

1. Saturn defeated BULL(c) - 4:02 to become the new NMWGP champion

### Final Results:

1. D'Lo & Faarooq defeated Albert & Test - 22:49

## Night 2: Trivia

* Saturn became the second person to hold the NMWGP title and the first to defeat BULL
* Saturn earned the nickname 'Brainbuster' at this event due to his destructive finishing move
* D'Lo became the first wrestler to reach 3 tournament finals and reaching them three in a row
* For the first time D'Lo was successful in a tournament final
* Faarooq was elected to challenge for the title first and would take on Saturn at the Youtube Exclusive Event while D'Lo would challenge the winner of that match at the Team Battle Tournament
* Faarooq made someone bleed in every one of his matches
* Faarooq also got the pinfall in every tag match, so despite winning, D'Lo never actually pinned anyone in this tournament
* Test & Albert made it to the final match in their debut tournament
* This show was also sponsored by Pringles

## Season One Tag Tournament Conclusion

D'Lo had finally won a tournament after coming so close in the first two, D'Lo & Faarooq had won the right to a title match each. The Dominator and The Brainbuster were both quickly being seen as two of the most powerful moves in NMWGP and this became even more relevant as Faarooq and Saturn were the scheduled to face off for the NMWGP title at the first ever Youtube Exclusive Event.

This event was named 'You and Me and The Devil Makes 3'

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## References:

1. ↑ NMWGP: Tag Team Tournament - Night 1
2. ↑ NMWGP: Tag Team Tournament - Night 2