King of Trios

[1][2][3] Nobutaka Moribe was originally scheduled to be a part of Team DDT, but had to be replaced by Masamune, after getting stuck in traffic.

[1] The 2008 King of Trios Tournament was held February 29, and March 1 and 2, 2008 at the New Alhambra Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

He announced on a blog on Chikara's official website that he had hand-picked his replacement as opposed to letting it be decided by a random draw.

[15] Their replacement trio, who ended up being the team of The Osirian Portal (Amasis and Ophidian) and Sara Del Rey, was decided at the event by a random draw.

The tournament was dedicated to the memory of Chikara Wrestle Factory graduate Alex Whybrow, better known as Larry Sweeney, who died on April 11, 2011.

[20][21] 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".

[26][27] MK McKinnan was originally announced for the tournament as part of Team Fight Club: Pro, but was on August 25 replaced by Daniel Moloney.

[29] Madison Eagles was originally announced as part of Team Shimmer, but had to drop out due to an injury.

Originally announced in February 2017 as taking place in Birmingham, the tournament was moved to the larger venue in June.