Star of the Jar 2018 (for new/upcoming editmakers and edits)

Illium Levantarse def. Princesa Torbellina (10:28)

Illium Levantarse and Princesa Torbellina kicked off the 2018 Star of the Jar in a match which told the a story of two wrestlers each wanting to dictate their own pace. The Princess opened up with a more tactical and more mat-based physical approach, compared to the contrasting speedy and more explosive Illium. Levantarse's suplexes and overall speed seemed to overwhelm Torbellina once he got into the rhythm halfway through. A butterfly suplex, Destino and jackknife pin would seal Torbellina's fate in what could be considered a lucha-style lightning match.









La Brujaja def. Bart Weston (20:17)

The oldest competitor in this year's competition, Bart Weston had his work cut out for him in the opening round with the wicked La Brujaja. Weston opened with some textbook wrestling against Brujaja, who responded with fireballs. Weston mustered enough strength to nail a couple press powerslams, enough to scare Brujaja with 2.9s. It took La Brujaja four attempts to submit a valiant Weston with the Just Face Lock. La Brujaja cackles her way to the Elite Eight.







El Mentón def. Nana Yoon (13:11)

Nana Yoon didn't let her size disadvantage deter her from taking the fight early against the largest competitor in the tourney in the master of the chin lock. El Menton took Nana's best, even kicking out of a picture-perfect bridging German suplex, before getting back into the match by imposing his will with some brawling against the smaller Yoon. Yoon even nailed a reverse tornado DDT, before Menton woke up to crush the upset-minded Yoon's dreams with a chin lock to advance and face La Brujaja.







Bulen Peterson def. Julio Pantera (14:57)

Bulen Peterson's brawling and Julio Pantera's lucha acumen went toe-to-toe in this First Round match. Bulen choked, elbowed and King Kong Knee Dropped his way to victory against a Julio Pantera who couldn't seem to match up with Bulen's roughhouse style. Bulen put down Pantera for good after his fourth King Kong Knee Drop just under 15 minutes.







Luke Casey def. DokoMask (12:17)

Donning the colors of the CRITICAL! Club, DokoMask looked for the crowd's support in his First Round match with the powerful Luke Casey. The two fought a wild match both in and outside the ring, and Doko's Misawa-inspired elbows landed flush against Casey's head throughout the bout. Luke Casey would compose himself with some impactful suplexes and power moves, before sending home the spirited DokoMask on his back with his third Spine Bomb at 12:17.







Keith Classic def. Amber Wright (17:06)

Amber Wright came in to her First Round 2018 Star of the Jar against British technician Keith Classic with a hot start, nailing some impressive moves, and even a powerful straight right that crumpled and rattled Classic. In spite of Amber's impressive offense, Keith withstood the daughter of a legend's tenaciousness with a couple jumping piledrivers and a Death Valley Driver to advance.







Clem def. Sprawl Ganger (15:39)

Sprawl Ganger, the 15th seed, succumbed early to 2nd seed Clem's headbutt-based offense early and often. Clem would be rocked a few times, including Ganger nailing a stunner on Clem, one of Clem's own signature moves. It still wasn't enough to withstand Clem and his seemingly hard head and spears. A diving headbutt would eliminate Sprawl at 15:39.

WHAT THE CLUCK?!?!