Bruno advances.
Billy "Red" Lyons
Hometown: Hamilton, Ontario
Height & Weight: 6'2" - 240 lbs
Debut: 1959
Finishing Move: Tomahawk Chop
# NWA (Georgia) International Tag Team titles w/Ray Gunkel defeating
(February ??, 1958);
# NWA Canadian Open Tag Team titles w/Ilio DiPaolo defeating Stan Kowalski & Tiny Mills (January 26, 1961);
# NWA (Toronto) International Tag Team titles w/Billy Watson defeating Chris & John Tolos (March 28, 1962);
# AWA (San Francisco) World Tag Team titles w/The Destroyer defeating Dan Manoukian & Ray Stevens (March 27, 1965);
# JWA All Asia Tag Team titles w/The Destroyer defeating Toyonobori & Giant Baba (June 3, 1965);
# NWA Texas Heavyweight title won a Tournament (November 8, 1967);
# NWA (Texas) American Tag Team titles w/Fritz Von Erich defeating Gary Hart & Spoiler (January 30, 1968);
# NWA (Tri State) United States Tag Team titles w/Bill Watts defeating Buddy Roberts & Jerry Brown (January ??, 1971);
# NWA (Tri State) United States Tag Team titles w/Tom Jones defeating Spoilers (May 31, 1971);
# NWA Mississippi Tag Team titles w/Tom Jones defeating
? (March ??, 1972);
# NWA (Texas) American Heavyweight title defeating The Spoiler (June 24, 1972);
# NWA Texas Tag Team titles w/Red Bastien defeating Mike York & Frank Monte (July 14, 1972);
# (Toronto) International Tag Team titles w/Dewey Robertson defeating Hartford & Reginald Love (June 23, 1974);
# (Toronto) International Tag Team titles w/Dewey Robertson defeating Hartford & Reginald Love (December 29, 1974);
# (Toronto) International Tag Team titles w/Dewey Robertson defeating Mike & Pat Kelly (August 24, 1975);
# 1959: Billy Lyons began wrestling in Toronto, Canada..
# William Snip was "Billy Red" to wrestling fans because of his red hair..
# Billy Lyons formed a memorable tag team with Red Bastein, calling themselves "The Fabulous Redheads" or "The Flying Redheads"..
# Billy Lyons was also a frequent tag partner of "Cowboy" Bill Watts..
# 1960s: Billy Lyons was billed as British Empire champion while wrestling in the AWA..
# 1965: Billy Lyons teamed with The Destroyer (Dick Beyer) and won the San Francisco World Tag Team titles..
# 1965: Billy Lyons & The Destroyer also won the Japanese Tag Team titles..
# Billy Lyons was successful throughout the United States -- particularly in Texas and Oklahoma..
# 1974-78: Billy Lyons wrestled in a tag team with Dewey Robertson (aka Missing Link) as the Crusaders in Toronto.
# November 17, 1956-- Dick Hutton defeated Billy Red Lyons in Buffalo, New York..
# January 18, 1957-- Mr. Moto & Mr. Hito defeated Billy Red Lyons & Dick Beyer in Buffalo, New York..
# February 1, 1957-- Pat Flanagan defeated Billy Red Lyons in Buffalo, New York..
# October 18, 1957-- Georgia Championship Wrestling: Billy Red Lyons defeated Black Monster..
# October 25, 1957-- GCW: Billy Red Lyons & Bill Melby defeated Baron Gattoni & Mike Paidousis..
# November 15, 1957-- GCW: Baron Gattoni defeated Billy Red Lyons..
# November 29, 1957-- GCW: Stan & Reggie Lisowski defeated Billy Red Lyons & Ray Gunkel..
# December 20, 1957-- GCW: Jack Steele, Bibber McCoy & Mike Paidousis defeated Billy Red Lyons, Tarzan White & Bob Nandor..
# January 10, 1958-- GCW: Nicoli & Boris Volkoff defeated Billy Red Lyons & Tarzan White..
# February 14, 1958-- GCW: Billy Red Lyons & Ray Gunkel defeated Mighty Yankee & Al Galento ..
# March 7, 1958-- GCW: Karl Heinkler & Kurt von Brauner defeated Rocky Columbo & Billy Red Lyons..
# March 31, 1958-- GCW: Billy Red Lyons & Ray Gunkel defeated Karl Heinkler & Kurt von Brauner in a Best of 3 Falls Match..
# April 4, 1958-- GCW: Mighty Yankee & Don Lee beat Billy Red Lyons & Ray Gunkel to win the Georgia International Tag Team titles..
# April 25, 1958-- GCW: Don Lee defeated Billy Red Lyons..
# August 27, 1959-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Chief Chewacki in Cleveland, Ohio..
# September 3, 1959-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Frank Fozo in Cleveland, Ohio..
# October 22, 1959-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Ramon Lopez in Cleveland, Ohio..
# November 12, 1959-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Dan Miller in Cleveland, Ohio..
# December 10, 1959-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Chief Chewacki in Cleveland, Ohio..
# January 1, 1960-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Fritz Von Erich in Buffalo, New York..
# January 7, 1960-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Sandor Kovacs in Cleveland, Ohio..
# January 13, 1960-- Fritz Von Erich defeated Billy Red Lyons in Rochester, New York..
# February 4, 1960-- Billy Red Lyons & Don Eagle defeated Waldo & Fritz Von Erich in Cleveland, Ohio..
# March 4, 1960-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Dan Miller in Buffalo, New York..
# March 23, 1960-- Fritz Von Erich defeated Billy Red Lyons in Rochester, New York..
# April 14, 1960-- Mike & Doc Gallagher defeated Billy Red Lyons & Dick Beyer in Cleveland, Ohio..
# April 22, 1960-- Mike & Doc Gallagher defeated Billy Red Lyons & Angelo Poffo in Buffalo, New York..
# April 29, 1960-- Billy Red Lyons & Ilio DiPaolo defeated Angelo Poffo & Bronko Lubich in Dunkirk, New York..
# May 4, 1960-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Waldo Von Erich in Rochester, New York..
# May 27, 1960-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Bronko Lubich in Buffalo, New York..
# June 2, 1960-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Howard Martin in Cleveland, Ohio..
# June 29, 1960-- Chris & John Tolos defeated Billy Red Lyons & Sandor Kovacs in Rochester, New York..
# July 14, 1960-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Herb Gerwig in Cleveland, Ohio..
# August 4, 1960-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Danno O` Shocker in Cleveland, Ohio..
# September 8, 1960-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Waldo Von Erich in Cleveland, Ohio..
# October 13, 1960-- Billy Red Lyons & Hercules Romero defeated Chris & John Tolos in Cleveland, Ohio..
# November 25, 1960-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Cyclone Smith in Buffalo, New York..
# December 9, 1960-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Bob Ellis in Buffalo, New York..
# December 29, 1960-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Frank Valois in Cleveland, Ohio..
# January 20, 1961-- Sato & Duke Keomuka defeated Billy Red Lyons & Ilio DiPaolo in Buffalo, New York..
# February 3, 1961-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Reggie Parks in Buffalo, New York..
# February 15, 1961-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Mike Valentino in Rochester, New York..
# March 3, 1961-- Mike & Doc Gallagher defeated Billy Red Lyons & Miguel Perez in Buffalo, New York..
# March 22, 1961-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Don Juan in Rochester, New York..
# April 14, 1961-- Chris & John Tolos defeated Billy Red Lyons & Bobby Dane in Buffalo, New York..
# May 3, 1961-- Chris & John Tolos defeated Billy Red Lyons & Chet Wallick in Rochester, New York..
# June 30, 1961-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Duke Keomuka in Buffalo, New York..
# September 1, 1961-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Sato Keomuka in Buffalo, New York..
# September 8, 1961-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Taro Keomuka in Buffalo, New York..
# September 29, 1961-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Crusher Verdu in Buffalo, New York..
# October 27, 1961-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Titanic Thompson in Buffalo, New York..
# November 17, 1961-- Karol & Ivan Kalmikoff defeated Billy Red Lyons & Vince Bryant in Buffalo, New York..
# December 1, 1961-- Billy Red Lyons beat Hans Hermann in Buffalo, New York..
# January 16, 1963-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Doc Gallagher in Utica, New York..
# February 9, 1963-- Hans Schmidt & The Beast defeated Billy Red Lyons & Ilio DiPaolo in Utica, New York..
# March 2, 1963-- Billy Red Lyons & Ilio DiPaolo defeated Dick the Bruiser & Hans Schmidt in Utica, New York..
# April 6, 1963-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Dick the Bruiser in Utica, New York..
# April 20, 1963-- Bulldog Brower & Johnny Valentine defeated Billy Red Lyons & Tony Marino in Utica, New York..
# September 21, 1963-- Hans Schmidt defeated Billy Red Lyons in Utica, New York..
# September 27, 1963-- Art Thomas & Billy Red Lyons defeated The Beast & Hans Schmidt in Buffalo, New York..
# October 5, 1963-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Donn Lewin in Utica, New York..
# October 11, 1963-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Great Mephisto in Buffalo, New York..
# October 26, 1963-- Mike & Doc Gallagher defeated Billy Red Lyons & Tony Marino in Utica, New York..
# November 2, 1963-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Great Mephisto in Utica, New York..
# November 8, 1963-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Joe Christie in Buffalo, New York..
# November 29, 1963-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Angelo Savoldi in Buffalo, New York..
# December 27, 1963-- Mike & Doc Gallagher defeated Billy Red Lyons & Johnny Barend in Buffalo, New York..
# January 3, 1964-- Billy Red Lyons & Johnny Barend defeated Great Mephisto & Hans Schmidt in Buffalo, New York..
# February 7, 1964-- Billy Red Lyons & Ilio DiPaolo defeated Moose Cholak & The Beast in Buffalo, New York..
# May 25, 1965-- JWA: Billy Red Lyons defeated Michiaki Yoshimura..
# June 5, 1965-- JWA: Billy Red Lyons defeated Umanosuke Ueda..
# June 19, 1965-- JWA: Billy Red Lyons defeated Kokichi Endo..
# July 2, 1965-- JWA: Giant Baba defeated Billy Red Lyons..
# July 7, 1965-- JWA: Billy Red Lyons defeated Umanosuke Ueda..
# July 15, 1965-- JWA: Toyonobori defeated Billy Red Lyons..
# October 13, 1965-- Billy Red Lyons & Antonio Inoki defeated Don Duffy & Louie Tillet in San Antonio, Texas..
# May 11, 1966-- Gene Kiniski defeated Billy Red Lyons to retain the NWA World Heavyweight title in San Antonio, Texas..
# May 16, 1970-- NWA Tri State: Billy Red Lyons defeated Eduardo Perez..
# October 11, 1971-- NWA Tri State: Billy Red Lyons defeated Bob Demon..
# December 3, 1971-- NWA Tri State: Billy Red Lyons & Tom Jones defeated Rosario & Don Duffy..
# January 7, 1973-- JWA: Billy Red Lyons defeated Seiji Sakaguchi..
# January 17, 1973-- JWA: Billy Red Lyons & The Spoiler defeated Seiji Sakaguchi & Masa Saito..
# August 16, 1973-- Billy Red Lyons beat Magnificent Zulu in Cleveland, Ohio..
# September 19, 1973-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Mike Loren in Buffalo, New York..
# October 6, 1973-- Billy Red Lyons & Tex McKenzie defeated Frankie Laine & Eric the Animal by D.Q in Cleveland, Ohio..
# October 27, 1973-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Gypsy Joe in Detroit, Michigan..
# December 1, 1973-- The Mongols defeated Billy Red Lyons & Sonny King in Cleveland, Ohio..
# January 5, 1974-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Bobby Bass in Hamilton, Ontario..
# January 19, 1974-- Billy Red Lyons & Sweet Daddy Siki defeated Duke Alexander & Hartford Love in Hamilton, Ontario..
# February 23, 1974-- Billy Red Lyons & Steve Bolus defeated Jim Lancaster & Chris Tolos in Hamilton, Ontario..
# March 2, 1974-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Emmanuel Beech in Hamilton, Ontario..
# March 31, 1974-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Johnny Fargo in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania..
# April 20, 1974-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Al Bell in Erie, Pennsylvania..
# June 15, 1974-- The Love Brothers defeated Billy Red Lyons & Danny Robinson in Hamilton, Ontario..
# June 28, 1974-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Cowboy Parker in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania..
# September 22, 1974-- Billy Red Lyons & Tony Parisi defeated Jim Grabmire & The Executioner in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania..
# October 9, 1974-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Larry Sharpe in Buffalo, New York..
# October 22, 1974-- Billy Red Lyons defeated Mr. Fuji in Syracuse, New York..
# June 5, 1977-- Billy Red Lyons & Dewey Robertson defeated Don Kent & Reginald Love in Toronto, Ontario..
# July 10, 1977-- Billy Red Lyons & Dewey Robertson defeated Chris Tolos & Reginald Love to retain the International Tag titles..
# August 7, 1977-- Billy Red Lyons & Dewey Robertson defeated Don Kent & Reginald Love in Toronto..
# 1984: Billy Lyons retired from the ring, and joined the offices of Frank and Jack Tunney, Toronto's long-time promoters..
# Billy Lyons hosted WWF's Maple Leaf Wrestling (in Canada), with his famous catch phrase was "Don'tcha dare miss it!"
# Billy Lyons was the real life brother-in-law of The Destroyer (Dick Beyer).
Round 1: Beat Scott McGhee
Round 2: Beat Halloween
VS
Eddie Guerrero
Hometown: Born in Mexico, Grew up in El Paso, Texas, Lived in Tampa, Florida, Moved to Phoenix, Arizona
Height: 5'9 - 223 lbs
Trained by: Gory Guerrero
Debut: 1987
Previous Gimmicks: Mascara Magica, Black Tiger (New Japan), El Caliente (WCW), Latino Heat (WWF)
Finishing Move: The Frog Splash, Lasso from El Paso
# WWA (Mexico) World Trios titles w/Mando & Hector Guerrero defeating
? (
?, 1989);
# WWA (Mexico) World Welterweight title defeating
?? (
?, 1992);
# AAA (Mexico) World Tag Team titles w/Love Machine (Art Barr) defeating Octagon & El Hijo del Santo (July 23, 1994);
# ECW Television title defeating 2 Cold Scorpio (April 8, 1995);
# ECW Television title defeating Dean Malenko (July 28, 1995);
# WCW United States Heavyweight title defeating Diamond Dallas Page in a tournament (December 29, 1996);
# WCW World Cruiserweight title defeating Chris Jericho (September 14, 1997);
# WCW World Cruiserweight title defeating Rey Mysterio Jr. (November 10, 1997);
# PWF (Carolinas) Tag Team titles w/Hector Guerrero defeating Super Ninja & Black Angel (May 22, 1998);
# WWF European title defeating Chris Jericho (April 3, 2000);
# WWF Intercontinental title defeating Kurt Angle and Chyna (c) in a 3-WAY (September 4, 2000);
# WWF European title defeating Test (April 1, 2001);
# WWA International Cruiserweight title defeating Psicosis and Juventud Guerrera (Febuary 24, 2002);
# IWA Mid-South Heavyweight title defeating C.M. Punk and Rey Mysterio in a 3-WAY (March 1, 2002);
# WWE Intercontinental title defeating Rob Van Dam (April 21, 2002 - Bashlash);
# WWE Tag Team titles w/Chavo Guerrero defeating Edge/Rey and Benoit/Angle (November 17, 2002 - Survivor Series);
# WWE Tag Team titles w/Yoshihiro Tajiri defeating Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin (May 18, 2003 - Judgement Day);
# WWE Tag Team titles w/Chavo Guerrero defeating Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin (September 18, 2003 - SmackDown!);
# WWE United States title defeating Chris Benoit in a Tournament Final (July 27, 2003 - Vengeance);
# WWE Heavyweight title defeating "The Next Big Thing" Brock Lesnar (February 15, 2004 - No Way Out);
# WWE Tag Team titles w/Rey Mysterio defeating The Basham Brothers (February 20, 2005 - No Way Out);
Round 1: Beat Arashi
Round 2: Beat Jose Luis Rivera
LET'S GET IT ON ;D
helped $lim jinx NXT. Woops
