The Blackout (professional wrestling)
| The Blackout | |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Members |
Ruckus Robbie Merino BLK Jeez |
| Name(s) | The Blackout BLKOUT |
| Former member(s) |
Human Tornado Maven Bentley Ricky Reyes Jack Evans 2 Cold Scorpio "Slyck" Wagner Brown Eddie Kingston Joker Rich Swann Alex Colon Chrissy Rivera |
| Debut | 2004 |
| Years active | 2004-present |
| Promotions |
CZW MCW JAPW WXW CHIKARA PWU IWA UWA F1PW (Sabian only) |
The Blackout (also written BLKOUT) were a professional wrestling stable appearing in Combat Zone Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Unplugged, and other independent companies. Though the current members in CZW are Ruckus, Alex Colon, Robbie Mireno, and Chrissy Rivera, the team also competes in companies with other members, such as Joker and Eddie Kingston.
The Blackout started as a stable in CZW with Ruckus, Sabian, Joker, and Robbie Mireno. In 2004, they began a feud with Chri$ Ca$h, which saw a number of tag team matches. During this feud, Ruckus and Sabian won the CZW World Tag Team Championship from the H8 Club. In June 2004, Joker left CZW and wrestling entirely to fight in the war in Iraq. Eddie Kingston joined Blackout and continued the feud with Cash. The feud ended in a Cage of Death match at Cage of Death VI on December 11, 2004 when Blackout lost the tag titles to Team Ca$h of Chri$ Ca$h, J.C. Bailey, Nate Webb, and Sexxxy Eddie. In February 2005, Ruckus defeated Messiah for the CZW World Heavyweight Championship.
Later in 2005, Blackout started feuding with The Kings of Wrestling and Super Dragon. One main feud was between Eddie Kingston and Chris Hero, during which Kingston went as far as saying he would attack Hero's girlfriend. Kingston and Hero met in a Last Man Standing match at Night of Infamy 4. Hero won the match with three consecutive low blows. Also that night, Ruckus defended his title against Claudio Castagnoli. This same night, Joker returned and attacked Zandig and the H8 Club. He had a short feud with them, and then rejoined Blackout. At Cage of Death 7, Kingston and Sabian challenged the Kings of Wrestling for the tag titles, but did not win. Later that night, Super Dragon defeated Ruckus for the World title. During the match, Dragon reinjured Robbie Mireno (who was previously injured by Dragon) with a curb stomp on the ramp. Blackout would get some revenge on the next show by defeating the Kings of Wrestling and Super Dragon in a six-man tag team match. They would get further revenge on February 11, 2006 at CZW's 7th anniversary show when Eddie Kingston and Joker won the tag titles and Ruckus regained the World title.
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