Just like that: everything we thought we knew gets turned on its head! This year's Spring Classic was a transformative carnival for many, with no bigger change coming than "The Chosen One" Damo becoming the new Undisputed Champion!
Six months ago I honestly thought Damo's time as a major singles challenger was finished. That All-Star Summer Showdown cage match was hard to watch, and when he limped into Survivor Sequence to get destroyed by Kron, it seemed like there was no way back! I really thought he'd be better off moving back to the Duo Division. Given their history, I still didn't rate him as a threat to VenoMark even after his Pre-Show 92 #1 Contender's win! It just goes to show that anything can happen in The Great Arena and it's only over when you stop fighting!
So many great results throughout the Spring Classic card. CCShadow & Scott-Howell are another overdue success story, winning the Duo Division Championship for just the second time! Joining The Invasion may be controversial, but it seems to have really refreshed them! It doesn't get much better than beating Ratt & NightHawk the same month they dethroned Team Xtreme! If I was a betting man, I'd predict The Pacific Connection make a run for the gold some time soon, but a rematch still has potential.
It was almost a foregone conclusion that Poasty would reclaim his Division 2 Championship from the upstart MKMaster. Take nothing away from MKM. He's made a mark on The Great Arena in ways I never expected. Hopefully this third reign will be Poasty's longest. I'd like to see him secure a strong run as champ before moving on to bigger and better things. G0LD, "Mad Dog" Onryo and SubScorpTile seem to be circling the Div.2 title. May means we'll also have a European Contender in the coming weeks thanks to the annual Fighter For Europe tournament!
Sadly we have to acknowledge the sidelining of hydraslash. I knew the conflicts of the last couple of years had taken their toll, but I didn't think he was as badly banged up as he clearly was. hydraslash was a shock casualty last Monday during the second edition of VS United. He left The Fallen a man short for their Survival Sequence, resulting in a Steel Cage Fight and Trios bout on Sunday.
The Great Arena League Top Ten:
#1 (--) AlbertBeefcake
#2 (--) United: Mime [KFL Champion]
#3 (+1) Oozaru
#4 (-1) "American Nightmare" LordSkarlet
#5 (--) "The Guardian" CaTigeReptile
#6 (--) United: Artanix
#7 (--) Benjamin
#8 (--) MKMaster
#9 (RE) Scott-Howell [Duo Division Champion]
#10 (RE) Banging
The Great Arena Duo Division Top Ten:
#1 (--) AlbertBeefcake & Shen_DuHBK
#2 (--) "The Invasion" Jason_Voorhees & edge
#3 (--) DaemonX & Banging
#4 (+1) "The Invasion" CCShadow & Scott-Howell [Duo Division Champions]
#5 (-1) "The Fallen" LordSkarlet & legoslayer10
#6 (+1) Oozaru & PaganFreak
#7 (+1) Benjamin & Mo2
#8 (-2) "The Fallen" Sekktor & hydraslash
#9 (RE) Politics & Menas
#10 (-1) "The New Generation" Baraka_MK & Onryo
The Division 2 Under 5k Top Ten:
#1 (--) AlbertBeefcake
#2 (--) Oozaru
#3 (--) Benjamin
#4 (--) MKMaster
#5 (+2) Scott-Howell [Duo Division Champion]
#6 (RE) Banging
#7 (-2) Shen_DuHBK
#8 (-2) PaganFreak
#9 (RE) SubScorpTile
#10 (-2) DaemonX
VS United Leader Board:
#1 (+1) Artanix
#2 (-1) Shoe
#3 (--) Murdoink
#4 (--) zelse
#5 (new) Mime [KFL Champion]
#6 (-1) The_Purple_Bunny
The Incapacitated List:
- hydraslash [vs Artanix - April 24, 2017]
- m0s [vs ElJobber - April 2, 2017]
- EasterBunny [vs Damo - March 16, 2017]
- UlcaTron [vs CaTigeReptile - March 15, 2017]
- KittyKat [vs Genku - March 13, 2017]
- proXade [vs Sekktor & hydraslash - March 5, 2017]
- MercWithMouth [vs CCShadow & Scott-Howell - February 5, 2017]
- Unknown265 [vs TonyTheTiger - January 4, 2017]
- MINION [vs Mime - January 3, 2017]
- ShawnMichaels [vs Genku - December 16, 2016]
- AcidicWonder [vs LordSkarlet - December 5, 2016]
- Ironize [vs Genku - November 25, 2016]
- rxvt [vs AlbertBeefcake & The_Hurricane - October 16, 2016]
- marianokombat [vs CaTigeReptile - August 24, 2016]
- xtactics [vs Leroy - August 22, 2016]
- jaytea [vs Artanix, Ken & Baraka_MK - August 13, 2016]
- TheMetinPorta [vs Violent`J - June 22, 2016]
- Knickxasawrrrr [vs Mime - May 22, 2016]
- Crow [vs Ratt - April 3, 2016]
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