Match of the Day - The Kings of Wrestling's King of Europe Cup opening round causalty

Chris Hero vs. Claudio Castagnoli - Opening Round match - King of Europe Cup (2007)

Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli AKA The Kings of Wrestling battle one another in this opening round match for the 2007 King of Europe Cup. At the time, Hero was representing Combat Zone Wrestling while Castagnoli was representing Chikara Pro.

The match itself goes nice and smooth until Chris Hero slams Claudio Castagnoli with enough force to leave a big dip in the ring. For the rest of the match, Hero and Castagnoli must fight around this indentation in the middle of the squared circle. From there, like the mat itself, the match pretty much goes down hill and is all about how the hell are these two guys going to end the match without using the middle of the ring.

Theme results

Ring Destruction: The ring collapses in the middle.

Match of the Day - Chris Hero/Eddie Kingston loser leaves CZW match

Chris Hero vs. Eddie Kingston - Loser Leaves CZW match - CZW Out With the Old, In With the New (2007)

In honor of Chris Hero's return to the Combat Zone tonight, I present the heated blood feud of Hero vs. Eddie Kingston - loser leaves CZW for good. You can tell that these two really didn't like each other, in the ring or out. That being said, this is less like a wrestling match and more like a straight up, back and forth stiff fest; slow brewed to the very final strike. 

PS: The loser did happen to make a one match return to CZW in 2010. 

Match of the Debut - The debut of Kassius Ohno

Kassius Ohno vs. Xavier Woods - FCW TV (2012)

Kassius Ohno, better known by some as indy sensation, Chris Hero, was released from his WWE development contract last Friday. I would say this marks the end of KO, but I have a feeling he'll be back and eventually getting his time to shine in WWE, whatever that may mean nowadays. To reflect on his release, here is the debut, rolling elbow and all, of Chris Hero's transformation into "Kassius Ohno" against Xavier Woods in FCW (now NXT).