BACKYARD KINGS WRESTLING CONTEST BEGINS! WINNERS WILL SEE THEIR MATCHES ON WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTED HOME VIDEO! GRAND PRIZE WINS TRIP TO LOS ANGELES TO LOS ANGELES AND MATCH WITH XPW’S SUPREME!
The search for the next big stars of backyard wrestling has begun. California based Rockssteady, Inc. has put together a contest allowing backyard wrestlers to gain some respect for what they do.”Backyard wrestling has proven itself to be a training ground for future wrestling stars,” Rockssteady President, Rick Mandell, said, “From Mic Foley to Jeff Hardy, wrestling fans around the world have seen the footage. Another company, Backyard Wrestling, Inc. gave the backyard movement its first major exposure with its BWF wrestling series, but we are going to pick up where they left off.”
The Backyard Kings contest is open to backyarders worldwide through the website BackyardKings.com. Wrestlers are encouraged to send in their videotapes (VHS will not be returned, digital tapes like mind’s will be returned if the entrant provides a padded self-addressed stamped envelope) of backyard matches from August 2003 through July 2004. The producers will select the best matches and the winners will appear on an internationally distributed home video. Wrestlers whose footage makes it to the home video will win 10 copies of both the VHS and DVD on which they appear.
But, then the contest really begins. When the video is released, voting will begin on the Backyard Kings website. Fans from around the world will be able to vote for their favorite wrestler on the tape. In order to insure the votes are tabulated fairly, only one vote per IP address will be registered. The two wrestlers who receive the most votes will win great prizes, but more importantly, move on to the King of the Backyard Tournament.
Once winners have been chosen from five editions of Backyard Kings, the single-elimination King of the Backyard Tournament will begin. Consisting of both singles and three-way matches, the tournament will take place across the United States. The two tournament finalists will enjoy an all-expense paid trip to Los Angeles where they will meet face-to-face on the ultimate backyard wrestling battleground created specially for the tournament final. The winner of the tournament will receive the first Backyard Kings World Championship Belt (made by the same maker of the WWF, WCW, ECW, and XPW championship belts) and get their first pro match, against XPW’s Supreme, in front of a live audience in Los Angeles!
The contest begins TODAY and wrestlers who want to be considered for the very first Backyard Kings release must have their footage submitted by August 31, 2004. Entries for the remaining four volumes will be accepted until December 31, 2004. All entries MUST be accompanied by forms, which are available at BackyardKings.com. Any submissions not accompanied by the entry form and required paperwork will be automatically disqualified.
Do you have what it takes to prove you are a BACKYARD KING? Log on to www.BackyardKings.com today and find out!<
