NWS "2011 Chris Candido Memorial J-Cup Tournament"
New Point Comfort Fire Company Hall, Keansburg, NJ
August 6, 2011

Pictures by Mark "Foto-Mark" Engel and Mary Bennett.

000 The famous J-Cup Trophy. 001 "The Love Machine" Nicky Oceans & "Corrupted" Corey Havoc & "Mr. Entertainment" J.D. Smoothie. 002 Former ECW & TNA hardcore icon Tommy Dreamer & a fan. 003 Former ECW hardcore icon New Jack & a fan. 004 "Corrupted" Corey Havoc and a fan. 005 Jersey Shore Jock Mike Dennis & Guardian Angels officer Dennis Torres. 006 007 008 009 010 A packed house for the annual J-Cup. 011 012 Ring announcer Johnny Falco. 013 014 Commissioner Gino Moore. 015 Out comes Chris' younger brother Johnny Candido. 016 Johnny thanks the fans for coming to pay tribute to his brother. 017 The 12 J-Cup entrants are introduced: NWS Tag-Team Champion Jersey Shore Jocks member Mike Dennis... 018 NWS Junior Heavyweight Champion "The Love Machine" Nicky Oceans... 019 020 Johnny Knockout... 021 Nick Talent... 022 NWS Tag-Team Champion Jersey Shore Jocks member Chris D'Andrea... 023 CZW Champion (and 2010 King & Queen Of The Ring Co-Winner) Devon Moore... 024 ACE Wrestling's "Mad" Mike Donovan... 025 "Too Hot" Steve Scott... 026 NWS Jersey Shore Champion The Jersey Kidd... 027 Chris Steeler... 028 2011 J-Cup Tag-Team Tournament winners "The White Urkel" B. Fehrm... 029 030 And "Mr. Entertainment" J.D. Smoothie. 031 The tournament rules are announced. 032 033 MATCH #1 - FIRST ROUND MATCH - TRIPLE-THREAT ELIMINATION: Referee S.P. Anderson. 034 Jersey Shore Jocks member Chris D'Andrea... 035 Vs. Nick Talent... 036 Vs. Devon Moore. 037 038 039 040 Chris and Nick put their issues aside and gang up on Devon. 041 042 043 Now they can go after each other. 044 045 Chris tosses Nick out next to Devon... 046 And leaps out after them both! 047 048 Chris goes up after Nick... 049 And misses! 050 051 Nick goes for a cover... 1... 2... kickout! 052 053 054 055 056 057 058 Nick drives Chrs into the mat with a knee-first splash! 059 060 Nick covers... 1... 2... Devon breaks it up! 061 Nick tosses Devon out again. 062 063 Back kick by Chris! 064 Senton! 065 The cover... 1... 2... 3! Nick Talent is eliminated! 066 "BOO!!!" 067 068 069 Devon misses a splash! 070 Chris goes up... 071 Flying cross-body! 072 But Devon rolls through it and covers Chris... 1... 2... 3! 073 Your winner... advancing to the Semifinal Round... Devon Moore! 074 MATCH #2 - FIRST ROUND MATCH - TRIPLE-THREAT ELIMINATION: Referee Sargeant Jimmy Storm. 075 "Mad" Mike Donovan... 076 077 Vs. "Too Hot" Steve Scott... 078 079 Vs. The Jersey Kidd. 080 081 082 083 084 085 086 087 088 089 090 091 092 093 094 "He's not supposed to be beating us both like this!" 095 Then again, maybe he is... 096 097 098 099 100 Steve stops Kidd's momentum with a lariat on the apron. 101 102 Mike goes for a cover... 1... 2... kickout! 103 "Any slam you can do..." 104 "I can do better..." 105 106 107 108 109 110 Belly-to-back suplex by Steve... 111 The cover... 1... 2... kickout! 112 113 Neckbreaker by Mike on Steve! 114 The cover... 1... 2... kickout! 115 Neckbreaker by Mike on Kidd! 116 The cover... 1... 2... Steve breaks it up! 117 118 119 120 Mike tosses out Steve... 121 Fisherman's Suplex on Kidd! 122 The cover... 1... 2... 123 *DING* *DING* *DING* The ten-minute time-limit has expired! 124 According to tournament rules, the match continues in a one-fall sudden-death. 125 126 127 Mike tosses Kidd out of the corner... 128 Mike readies a standing moonsault... 129 But Kidd rolls him up... 1... 2... 3! 130 Your winner... advancing to the Semifinal Round... The Jersey Kidd! 131 MATCH #3 - FIRST ROUND MATCH - TRIPLE-THREAT ELIMINATION: Referee Mike "I'm Always Right" Jones. 132 Chris Steeler... 133 Vs. "The White Urkel" B. Fehrm... 134 135 Vs. "Mr. Entertainment" J.D. Smoothie. 136 137 138 139 "Hey... what's this wire hanger doing inside your outfit?" 140 "Uh... er... oh yeah, it's for hanging up my t-shirt... yeah, that's it..." 141 "Now you just stay in the corner and let the big boys do the wrestling!" 142 143 Fehrm wants to get involved, but is pushed aside again. 144 Test of strength. 145 146 And Fehrm doesn't want to be pushed aside again. 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 Fehrm dropkicks them both together... 157 And then flies out after them! 158 159 Fehrm gets tossed back into the ring the hard way! 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 Sit-down piledriver by Smoothie on Fehrm! 167 The cover... 1... 2... 3! B. Fehrm has been eliminated! 168 He smiles in your face... 169 And all the time he wants to take your place... the Backstabber! 170 Chris covers... 1... 2... 3! 171 Your winner... advancing to the Semifinal Round... Chris Steeler! 172 MATCH #4 - FIRST ROUND MATCH - TRIPLE-THREAT ELIMINATION: Referee Big Bill Mills. 173 Jersey Shore Jocks member Mike Dennis... 174 175 Vs. "The Love Machine" Nicky Oceans... 176 177 178 179 Vs. Johnny Knockout. 180 Who brought his own contingent of fans. 181 182 Johnny is the first target. 183 184 "Okay... we get rid of him... now we can wrestle this out." 185 186 "Uh uh... I'm not going away that easily!" 187 188 189 190 Flying elbow drop by Johnny! 191 The cover... 1... 2... Nicky breaks it up! 192 193 Flying dropkick by Mike! 194 The cover... 1... 2... Johnny breaks it up! 195 Johnny takes them both down! 196 197 Johnny goes for a cover on Mike... Nicky breaks it up. 198 They go to work on Johnny's knee. 199 200 201 202 203 They try to pull Johnny out of the ring... 204 205 Johnny turns the tables... double DDT! 206 Nicky flies out after Johnny... 207 Mike takes them both out! 208 Nicky picks up Mike for his Boom-Boom-Pow finisher... 209 Mike escapes... 210 DDT! 211 Mike covers Nicky... Johnny kicks him off! 212 Mike tosses Johnny out. 213 Looks like Nicky is "hulking up"... 214 YOU!!! 215 Three punches to the head... 216 Big boot to the head... blocked... 217 Okay, so now he's attacking a la John Cena... 218 "You can't see me!" 219 No five-knuckle shuffle, but a standing moonsault! 220 Nicky covers... 1... 2... Johnny breaks it up! 221 Johnny has Mike up... 222 Mike reverses it into a chinlock sleeper! 223 224 Nicky breaks it up! 225 Mike gets slammed... 226 Johnny gets slammed... on top of Mike! 227 STOMP!!! 228 Johnny has Nicky up... 229 Goes for a superplex... 230 Mike pulls him off! 231 Nicky superkicks Mike! 232 Nicky covers Mike... 1... 2... Johnny breaks it up! 233 Spinebuster by Johnny! 234 The cover... 1... 2... 235 *DING* *DING* *DING* The time-limit expires! One-fall sudden-death overtime! 236 Mike goes after them both. 237 238 239 Johnny stops Mike's momentum with a chinlock DDT! 240 Running elbow on Nicky! 241 Flying dropkick! 242 Johnny goes up again... Nicky catches him with a dropkick! 243 Nicky has Johnny up... 244 Boom-Boom-Pow! 245 The cover... 1... 2... 3! 246 Your winner... advancing to the Semifinal Round... "The Love Machine" Nicky Oceans! 247 A rare show of sportsmanship by Oceans. 248 249 MATCH #5 - "BAKER'S DOZEN" BATTLE ROYAL - WINNER FACES FORMER ECW/TNA STAR TOMMY DREAMER: Special referee Johnny Candido. 250 Richard Michaels. 251 "The Masked Odd-It-Tee" Goal-Duh (with Cartman). 252 Mister Nick Gregory. 253 "Tough" Tony Scorace. 254 Michael Reigns. 255 Bobby Youngblood. 256 Chill Will. 257 "The Gipper" Steve Gipke. 258 B.F. Saluka. 259 Shock. 260 "The Bounty Hunter" Johnny Ringo. 261 And, with their manager "The Don" Don Caruso... 262 The 2 Rude Dudes, NWS Hardcore Champion "Corrupted" Corey Havoc... 263 And NWS Heavyweight Champion "Rampage" Rogers. 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 Scorace and Gipke are eliminated by Goal-Duh... 279 280 281 282 283 284 Youngblood is eliminated. 285 Goal-Duh is eliminated. 286 287 288 Johnny Ringo is eliminated. 289 Shock recognizes strength in numbers, and asks to join The Don's army... 290 And shows his determination by eliminating rival Michael Reigns. 291 Saluka eliminates Mister Nick Gregory. 292 Saluka is standing tough... 293 But he's got The Don's army to deal with. 294 295 296 297 Chill Will comes to Saluka's aid... 298 But he's easily out-powered... 299 And eliminated! 300 Saluka battles on alone. 301 302 303 304 They can't overpower Saluka... so Havoc uses a "Wet Floor" sign. 305 306 A semi-conscious Saluka is eliminated! 307 Havoc and Rampage throw powder in the face of their supposed allies... 308 Shock is eliminated! 309 Michaels is eliminated! 310 It's now down to Havoc... 311 And Rampage... 312 Will the 2 Rude Dudes fight each other? 313 Nope. 314 "Let's be co-winners and we'll take on Dreamer two-on-one!" 315 Referee Johnny Candido says they have to fight... 316 They do... they take out Candido! 317 318 It's not looking good for Johnny... 319 But here comes Tommy Dreamer to the rescue! 320 321 Havoc and Rampage beat a hasty retreat! 322 "I'm an ECW original..." 323 "Along with this guy's older brother..." 324 "And I'll take you both on myself!" 325 Havoc and Rampage say that's fine with them. 326 "I may be dressed as a referee..." 327 "But I'm a WRESTLER..." 328 "And I'd be proud to team with Tommy and take out both you losers!" 329 "And since you guys have a manager... I've got one for us..." 330 Keansburg Firefighter Captain Steve Rogan! 331 INTERMISSION: Former ECW hardcore icon New Jack greets the fans. 332 333 The wrestlers and fans pose for pictures. 334 335 336 337 338 339 NWS celebrates birthdays. 340 Johnny Falco pays tribute to long-time Keansburg resident and NWS friend Ray Oliva. 341 Mrs. Oliva joins in the tribute. 342 343 NWS honors Ray with a ten-bell salute. 344 MATCH #6 - SEMIFINAL ROUND MATCH: Referee S.P. Anderson. 345 Devon Moore... 346 Vs. The Jersey Kidd. 347 348 Devon goes right to work. 349 350 351 352 353 354 Devon stops Kidd's momentum by tripping him into the ring post. 355 356 357 358 359 360 Kidd pulls out a facebuster! 361 The cover... 1... 2... kickout! 362 363 364 Jawbreaker! 365 366 367 368 369 Overhead suplex by The Kidd! 370 The cover... 1... 2... kickout! 371 372 373 374 375 Devon misses a splash! 376 Kidd roars back! 377 378 Kidd goes for a flying dropkick to the corner... Devon ducks out! 379 Devon goes for a cheap cover... 1... 2... referee sees his feet on the ropes! 380 Devon denies it. 381 The Kidd tries to take advantage of Devon not paying attention... 382 But Devon was paying attention... and The Kidd's "kids" are now paying the price! 383 Devon rolls up The Kidd... 1... 2... 3! 384 Your winner... advancing to the Final Round... Devon Moore! 385 MATCH #7 - SEMIFINAL ROUND MATCH: Referee Mike "I'm Always Right" Jones. 386 "The Love Machine" Nicky Oceans... 387 Vs. Chris Steeler. 388 389 390 "AGAIN with the hanger?" 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 Steeler goes for a cover... 1... 2... kickout! 398 399 400 Steeler goes for a kick in the corner... blocked! 401 Enziguri! 402 403 Oceans goes for a flying splash... misses! 404 405 Oceans picks up Steeler for a Boom-Boom-Pow... 406 Steeler fights out of it... 407 Backstabber! 408 Steeler covers... 1... 2... Oceans gets his foot on the ropes! 409 Steeler warms up for a superkick... 410 Oceans blocks it! 411 Boom-Boom-Pow! 412 The cover... 1... 2... 3! 413 Your winner... advancing to the Final Round... "The Love Machine" Nicky Oceans! 414 MATCH #8 - TAG-TEAM GRUDGE MATCH - HARDCORE RULES: NWS Senior Referee Kenny Edwards. 415 Team #1: Manager "The Don" Don Caruso... 416 2 Rude Dudes, NWS Hardcore Champion "Corrupted" Corey Havoc... 417 And NWS Heavyweight Champion "Rampage" Rogers. 418 419 Team #2: Managed by Keansburg Firefighter Captain Steve Rogan... 420 Former ECW & TNA hardcore icon Tommy Dreamer... 421 And Johnny Candido. 422 423 The trademark "Candido Strut". 424 425 426 Johnny and Rampage start off. 427 428 429 430 Havoc tags in, and he wants Tommy. 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 Rampage gets in a shot from outside. (Hardcore Rules, it's legal) 441 Havoc gets in a shot to Tommy's "dreamers". (also legal, unfortunately for Tommy) 442 443 444 445 446 Tommy goes for a Sunset Flip... 447 Tommy goes for a cover... 1... 2... kickout! 448 449 Double clothesline by Tommy! 450 Johnny tags in, armed with a "Wet Floor" sign! (Hardcore Rules work both ways) 451 452 453 454 Johnny takes out the trash! 455 456 Johnny goes for a metal tool case but Havoc stops him. 457 458 Tommy has the ring bell hammer! 459 460 And the ring bell is... where? 461 *DING* (I'll bet Rampage wishes the match was over!) 462 463 464 And what would a match with an ECW hardcore icon be without a chair shot? 465 Havoc and Rampage are suspended in the corners with a chair and a metal sign... 466 467 Van-Daminators! 468 469 Don Caruso comes in to try and save his men... 470 But Captain Steve Rogan disarms him! 471 472 Havoc and Rampage try to take advantage of the distraction... 473 But Tommy and Johnny reverse things... double DDT's! 474 475 The double covers... 1... 2... 3! 476 Your winners... Johnny Candido & Tommy Dreamer! 477 MAIN EVENT - J-CUP TOURNAMENT FINAL MATCH. 478 Devon Moore vs "The Love Machine" Nicky Oceans... but they don't even wait for the introductions! 479 480 481 Devon stops Nicky's momentum with a rake of the eyes... 482 Camel Clutch! 483 484 Devon misses an elbow drop! 485 486 Nicky goes for a moonsault... but Devon rolls out of the way! 487 Devon hits his moonsault! 488 The cover... 1... 2... kickout! 489 490 Bulldog by Nicky! 491 The cover... 1... 2... kickout! 492 493 Codebreaker by Devon! 494 Flying splash! 495 The cover... 1... 2... kickout! 496 Devon tries to taunt Nicky by wearing his tie... 497 Big mistake! 498 499 500 501 Nicky goes for a cover... 1... 2... kickout! 502 503 504 505 Nicky goes for a splash... blocked! 506 507 508 Uh oh... looks like he's "hulking up" again! 509 510 511 YOU!!! 512 Three punches to the head... 513 A boot to the head... 514 Legdrop of Doom! 515 The cover... 1... 2... kickout! 516 Nicky goes for an enziguri in the corner... Devon ducks 517 Devon tries to take out Nicky with his crown... Nicky catches him in an Atomic Drop! 518 Nicky has Devon up... 519 Boom-Boom-Pow! 520 The cover... 1... 2... 3!!! 521 Your winner... and 2011 Chris Candido Memorial J-Cup Champion... "The Love Machine" Nicky Oceans! 522 The entire Class Of 2011 comes out to congratulate Nicky! 523 524