Blackout (often stylized as BLKOUT , The BLKOUT or BLK-OUT ) is a professional wrestling stable appearing in Combat Zone Wrestling , Adrenaline Championship Wrestling, and other independent companies. Though the current members are Ruckus , James Ellsworth , BLK Jeez , Robby Mireno (aka Robby Illuminati), the team also competes in companies with other members, such as Joker and Eddie Kingston .
29-642: The Blackout started as a stable in CZW with Ruckus , Sabian, Joker , and Robby 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
58-581: A feud with The Blackout, claiming that The Blackout has been ruining their name. On November 11, 2006, Robbie Mireno and Sabian teamed to defeat Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli, bringing the Tag Team Championships back to the Blackout a fourth time. They held the titles for one month and lost them to Onyx and Rainman at Cage of Death 8 . Eddie Kingston lost the world title on the same show to Justice Pain . Sabian and Ruckus would regain
87-754: A match between Rich Swann and Alex Colon and offered both of them a spot in BLK OUT. Which they both accepted. Eddie Kingston and Sabian competed in Chikara 's Tag World Grand Prix 2006 , but were eliminated in the quarterfinals by Team F.I.S.T. Ruckus, Sabian, and Joker competed in King of Trios 2007, losing in the first round to Team TNA , the team of Alex Shelley , Chris Sabin , and Sonjay Dutt . Ruckus, Eddie Kingston, and Joker then went on to compete in Chikara's 2008 King of Trios Tournament. They made it all
116-427: A match which McGuinness ultimately won to retain his title. Since his debut, Ruckus has also spread his talents to numerous countries including England, Mexico, Japan, Canada, Italy and Germany, as well as making appearances in a variety of feds along the east coast and inland. In 2006, Ruckus made his debut for other northeast feds, such as Chikara and Jersey All Pro Wrestling . He is still very much involved with
145-517: 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
174-811: A team, but Ruckus became jealous of Sonjay and turned on him at Night of Infamy 2 . This led to a match at Cage of Death V which Sonjay won to become the new Junior Heavyweight Champion. In the early 2000s, as a member of the stable CZW Warriors (CZW Army), Ruckus toured all over Japan, including Kanagawa , Tokyo , Hokkaido , Ibaraki , Miyagi , Yamagata , Shizuoka , with the promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling , facing several wrestlers including Trent Acid , The Winger, Fantastic, Ryuji Ito , John Zandig , Shadow WX , Daikokubo Benkei, Abdullah Kobayashi , Van Hammer , Hideki Hosaka , Kamikaze, Shunma Matsuzaki, Naoki Numazawa , Nick Gage , teaming on several occasions with Wifebeater , Madman Pondo , Jun Kasai , Justice Pain , BADBOY Hido, Fantastic, Ryuji Ito , and won
203-636: A third time defeating Justice Pain with help from Robby Mireno, Chrissy Rivera and Sabian. This also marked the BLKOUT's reunion with Joker who returned to CZW to take part in the Best of the Best Tournament, which he won. They congratulated him for his hard work and winning the tournament. At the October 11 CZW event entitled Decision 08 , Ruckus and Sabian won the CZW World Tag Team Championship for
232-412: A third time, before losing it back to 2 Girls, 1 Cup (the team of Beef Wellington and Greg Excellent). On the 11th Anaversery show, the Blackout lost a ladder match to Bruce Maxwell and TJ Cannon. When this happened, all the rights to the blackout name (kayfabe) went to former manager Robby Marino. On May 14, 2011, at CZW Proving Grounds, Robby Mireno, Ruckus and Chrissy Rivera came out to the ring after
261-823: Is an American professional wrestler , better known by his ring name , Ruckus . He performs in Combat Zone Wrestling , Ring of Honor , Maryland Championship Wrestling , Chikara and Jersey All Pro Wrestling . While often appearing at a number of other independent promotions, Ruckus is a member of the Blackout/BLKOUT stable with Eddie Kingston , Sabian , Joker , James Ellsworth , and Robbie Mireno. Ruckus began training in September 1998 at Brainbusters. A former backyard wrestler with Hardcore Championship Wrestling, Ruckus made his professional wrestling debut against Chad Austin on April 18, 1999 for
290-646: The BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship in December 2001 in Yokohama . In 2004, Ruckus and Robbie Mireno formed a stable called The Blackout (The BLKOUT). The stable also featured Sabian and Joker and they feuded with Chri$ Ca$ h . Eddie Kingston would later join them. On June 12, 2004, Ruckus and Sabian won the CZW World Tag Team Championship from Nick Gage and Nate Hatred at Trifecta Elimination 2 . Ruckus competed in
319-507: The Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation (MEWF). Ruckus and The Hurricane Kidd were hired by Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) when owner John Zandig saw them working for Power House Wrestling and was impressed by their ability. When Ruckus started in CZW he weighed nearly 300 lbs. but has since dropped over 75 pounds. He began wrestling in CZW around 2001 and became known for doing high flying moves, such as
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#1732790740350348-506: The 450 Splash, that are not normally done by people of his size. He won his first title, the CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship , on December 2, 2001, but only held it briefly, dropping the title at Cage of Death III to Trent Acid . He regained this title on January 18, 2003 at Live Again . During his second reign, Ruckus began teaming with Sonjay Dutt . They wrestled many matches as
377-536: The BLK OUT in CZW, where they recently engaged in a war over the CZW Tag Team Title with NWA-Anarchy's Kory "Rainman" Chavis and Onyx, who claimed they were the original Blackout. In 2006, Ruckus taped episodes of MTV 's Wrestling Society X , forming a team with Babi Slymm known as "Keepin' It Gangsta". On September 6, 2008 Ruckus would make his debut for Insanity Pro Wrestling at the 8th Annual Super Junior Heavyweight Tournament . Ruckus would win
406-555: The BLKOUT and his half of the title was given to Ruckus, making Ruckus and Joker the new champions. Once Joker left CZW, however, the BLKOUT was stripped of the title. The same night they were stripped, Ruckus and the debuting Ricky Reyes helped Eddie Kingston win the World Championship and welcomed him back into the fold. At the Best of the Best tournament on July 14, 2007, Ruckus beat reigning CZW champion Justice Pain for
435-481: The CZW World Heavyweight Title in a surprise non-tournament match. Later that night, the now three-time CZW Heavyweight Champion, Ruckus, joined his tag partner Sabian in ring to award their BLKOUT enforcer, Joker , the Best of the Best trophy he won by defeating B-Boy in the evening's final match. On December 8, 2007, at CZW Cage of Death IX , Ruckus lost the CZW World Heavyweight Title to
464-572: The Cage of Death match at Cage of Death VI against Team Ca$ h. Not only was Ruckus eliminated, but his team also lost the CZW Tag Team Title. On February 5, 2005, at Only The Strong , Ruckus defeated Messiah for the CZW World Heavyweight Championship . He held the title for quite some time, defending it against wrestlers such as Sonjay Dutt, B-Boy , SeXXXy Eddy , and Beef Wellington . Later in 2005, Ruckus and
493-684: The German Wrestling Promotion's World Heavyweight Championship belt in Germany. On Saturday February 21, 2009, he won the Maryland Championship Heavyweight title from Christian York in a cage match. He lost the title on April 25, 2014. He appeared in the video game Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes the Neighborhood . Joker (wrestler) Too Many Requests If you report this error to
522-498: 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. On August 12, 2006, at Trapped , Eddie Kingston was kicked out of Blackout and his tag team title was given to Ruckus. Around this time, Sabian and Joker left Blackout and CZW. On September 9, 2006, Ricky Reyes joined Blackout and helped Eddie Kingston win
551-611: The S.A.T. ) and to The Gangstas . They won their match on November 17 in Monaca, PA against the FBI . On July 21, 2012 it was announced that Ruckus and Sabian (as "Jeez") under the name BLKOUT would take part in an 8-team tournament to determine Ring Of Honor World tag team champions . This would be Sabian's debut in ROH and Ruckus's return to ROH after 4 years of absence. Ruckus (wrestler) Claude Marrow Jr. (born August 15, 1978)
580-596: The Tag Titles from Onyx and Rainman at New Year, New Opportunities on January 13. On April 21, 2007, Ruckus and Sabian captured the Maryland Championship Wrestling Tag Team Championship , defeating champions Phat Blues Inc. (Kelly Bell and Buzz Stryker) and The Best of Both Worlds (Doyle Day and Buck Chyld). On July 14, 2007, at CZW Best of the Best 7 , Ruckus won the CZW World Heavyweight Championship for
609-457: The World Championship, with his allies Joker and Eddie Kingston bringing home the tag team title. On May 13, 2006, Ruckus won the Best of the Best tournament by defeating Sabian, Claudio Castagnoli, and Austin Aries in the final match. After Ruckus won the tournament, Chris Hero came out demanded a title shot and defeated Ruckus for the championship. In August 2006, Kingston was kicked out of
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#1732790740350638-417: The World Championship. Kingston then rejoined Blackout. Also on this day, Blackout was stripped of the tag team titles due to Joker's departure from CZW when he and Sabian joined Pro Wrestling Unplugged (PWU). On October 14 at Last Team Standing , two teams representing Blackout were entered in an 8-man tournament to crown new champions. However, Ricky Reyes couldn't be at the show, and Kingston refused to be in
667-404: 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
696-448: The first round defeating Jayson Quick but would lose in the second round in a triple threat match also involving Shiima Xion and Aaron Williams. The Maryland Championship Wrestling Tag Team Title was awarded to both Ruckus and Sabian on April 21, 2007 when they defeated MCW champions Phat Blues Inc. (Kelly Bell and Buzz Stryker) and The Best of Both Worlds (Doyle Day and Buck Chyld). On May 19, 2007, Ruckus beat Christopher Daniels for
725-491: The rest of the BLKOUT began a feud with The Kings of Wrestling and Super Dragon . At Night of Infamy 4 , Ruckus successfully defended the title against Claudio Castagnoli . At the next show, Cage of Death 7 , Ruckus lost the title to Super Dragon. Ruckus, Sabian, and Kingston won a six-man tag match against the Kings and Super Dragon at An Afternoon of Main Events on January 14, 2006. At CZW's next show, Ruckus regained
754-477: The returning Nick Gage in a Triple Threat match also featuring the returning Messiah. At Manhattan Mayhem II on August 25, 2007, Ruckus made his Ring of Honor debut, coming in as the first member of Jack Evans 's faction "The Vulture Squad", and defeated Eddie Edwards . On July 26, 2008, Ruckus won the first ever 15 man Honor Rumble to earn a title shot vs Nigel McGuinness in Manassas, VA on August 1,
783-517: The tournament. Instead, Ruckus teamed with the debuting Human Tornado and Kingston brought in the Dead Presidents. The Dead Presidents lost in the first round, and Ruckus and Tornado lost in the second round to the Kings of Wrestling. After the match, Ruckus and Robbie Mireno attacked Human Tornado. Then, Sabian returned and helped with the attack. Also on this show, the original Blackout of Onyx and Rainman made their CZW debuts and started
812-805: The way to the Finals before they were defeated by Los Luchadores de Mexico ( Lince Dorado , El Pantera , and Incognito ). Although they lost rights to represent BLKOUT in CZW Sabian, Ruckus and Joker continued to perform together. Sabian and Joker under the name "Philly's Most Wanted" won CZW World tag team championship in 2011. Sabian and Ruckus had a few tag team matches in RCW, JAPW and ICW even challenging JAPW tag team championship. In Spring of 2012 Sabian and Ruckus took part in Extreme Reunion/Rising shows, losing to Los Dramaticos (better known as
841-404: 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
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