In three weeks time All Pro Wrestling will be presenting its 3rd Annual Young Lions Cup tournament. Young Lions Cup started on December 5th, 2008 when APW matchmaker and management team member, John LaRocca wanted to have a match to feature the young up and coming talent in All Pro Wrestling. On that night he booked a “Four Way Elimination” match featuring “Out Of Control” Matt Carlos, “The Real Deal” Dan Danielson, “The Latin Dragon” Junior Morales and Corvus. Matt Carlos would go on to win and become the first ever APW Young Lions Cup winner.
After such a positive reaction from the All Pro Wrestling fans for the Young Lions Cup, John LaRocca decided to make 2009 version bigger and better by making the Young Lions Cup an 8 participant single elimination tournament and invited young superstars from not only from All Pro Wrestling, but from Supreme Pro Wrestling and North American Wrestling. The tournament was a success and All Pro Wrestling will once again have a single elimination tournament to crown the 2010 Young Lions Cup winner.
The first participant to enter into the 2010 Young Lions Cup tournament is the 2009 winner, “The Real Deal” Dan Danielson.
“The Real Deal” Dan Danielson burst onto the scene in All Pro Wrestling in late 2008. Danielson was impressive with not just his power and size, but also the speed he had in the squared circle. Though his first few matches he came out on the losing end, APW management and the APW fans could tell this kid would be a major force in APW’s future.
After having his ribs broken by “The Mountain From Stone Mountain” Larry Blackwell in early 2009, Danielson though not 100% came back to enter into the 2009 Young Lions Cup. In pain, Danielson fought hard through Johnny Plinko in the first round, and “Superstar” Elliot Fox in the semifinals. Danielson would meet “Double D” Dave Dutra in the finals in what many APW fans called the best Young Lions Cup match so are in its young history. Both men fought through pain and adversity, but in the end big Dan Danielson proved he was “The Real Deal” and defeated Dutra to win the cup.
After the tournament victory, many people felt Dan Danielson was just a few matches away from winning gold in All Pro Wrestling. Then on a smaller show in Northern California, Dan Danielson injured his shoulder in a match. The injury would take six months to heal, and still the doctors where hesitant in releasing Danielson to return to the ring on March 20th. Though his shoulder is not 100%, Danielson wanted to return to the ring and defend his Young Lions Cup crown in the 2010 tournament. In 2009 he fought through an injury and won the Young Lions Cup, and in 2010 the same tough road is ahead for “The Real Deal”.
Can Dan Danielson be the first ever two time Young Lions Cup winner? Find out on April 10th, 2010 in Hayward, California at the historic APW Garage!
Admission is only 3 cans of food or an unwrapped toy! This is a annual event is a can’t-miss!
21063 Cabot Blvd.; Suite #1
Hayward, CA 94545
