Old School

And without further adieu... I present to you... the first round brackets. Pick your early winners, if you wish. But an official preview for the opening NY show will soon be up.

Here you have it in (bad) image format. Click.

Scorpio Sky

Justice Pain

Bobby Quance

Austin Aries

"The King Of Kings" Steve Corino

Dan Maff

Jerry Lynn

Pheonix Star

Kevin Steen

Matt Sydal

Matt Martel

"The Anarchist" Arik Cannon

Caprice "Ice" Coleman

"The Notorious 187" Homicide

Delirious

BJ Whitmer

Super Dragon

John Walters

"American Dragon" Bryan Danielson

Nigel McGuiness

El Generico

M-Dogg 20

Doug Williams

Jonny Storm

Samoa Joe

Rising Son

Ricky Reyes

Sonjay Dutt

Chris Hero

Jay Briscoe

"Sweet 'n' Sour" Larry Sweeney

Jimmy Jacobs

Christopher Daniels

Frankie Kazarian

Mark Briscoe

Puma

Jack Evans

Kaos

Joey Ryan

Low Ki

BBoy

CM Punk

Adam Pearce

Trent Acid

Colt Cabana

Danny Daniels

Mike Quackenbush

Johnny Kashmere

Alex Shelley

Ace Steel

Roderick Strong

The Messiah

Sexxy Eddy

AJ Styles

Matt Stryker

Jimmy Rave

Rainman

"Spyder" Nate Webb

Chris Sabin

Jay Lethal

Chad Collyer

Excalibur

Petey Williams

Rocky Romero

As said, New York kickoff show preview to be posted soon. Tonight/tomorrow. Show up Sunday.

I will forever mark out for disgruntled sofas. Until the day I die, I tell you.

Good stuff here. I'll check back in 8-10 weeks.

Independent Wrestling Tournament Announced

In what can only be called a shocking announcement, several independent groups announced plans to hold a major tournament all across the US. More details as they become available on competitors, organizations, and venues.

-PWInsider