2019 Weaver Cup Results: Royal Takes Home the Trophy Once Again

Congratulations to Arik Royal who won the 2019 (and 16th annual) Johnny Weaver Cup tournament for CWF Wrestling on August 24 in Gibsonville, NC. Royal, now a three-time winner of the tournament, defeated Roy Wilkins in the finals of a tournament that lasted the entire summer and completed its 16th historic year.

On top of winning the beautiful Weaver Cup trophy, Royal also captured the CWF Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship, vacated earlier this year when Trevor Lee left CWF to join the WWE (and became Cameron Grimes in NXT.) Lee was also a former Weaver Cup winner in 2013.

Royal becomes both a two-time CWF Mid-Atlantic Champion and three-time Weaver Cup champion, having won the tournament back-to-back in 2011 and 2012.

Here are the semi-final and final results of the 2019 Weaver Cup tournament courtesy of pwponderings.com:

Semi-Final #1: PWI International Heavyweight & CWF Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Champion All Star Roy Wilkins w/Coach Gemini & Jarry Carey defeated Corruption’s Ethan Alexander Sharpe by pinfall to advance to the 2019 Johnny Weaver Memorial Tournament Final main event (13:54)

Semi-Final #2: CWF Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Champion All Star “Ace” Arik Royal w/Coach Gemini & Jarry Carey defeated Cain Justice by pinfall to advance to the 2019 Johnny Weaver Memorial Tournament Final main event (26:50)

Tournament Final: CWF Tag Team Champion All Star “Ace” Arik Royal w/Jarry Carey defeated PWI International Heavyweight Champion & CWF Tag Team Champion All Star Roy Wilkins w/Coach Gemini by pinfall to win the 2019 Johnny Weaver Memorial Tournament AND the CWF Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Title (21:35)

Congratulations to all the folks at CWF Mid-Atlantic Wrestling for the success of their annual tournament. You have our great respect for helping keep the memory of the great Johnny Weaver alive for new and future generations of wrestling fans.

For more information visit the following web resources:

CWF Mid-Atlantic Wrestling

Check out our pages dedicated to the memory of Johnny Weaver on the Gateway:
Johnny Weaver on the Gateway  |  Weaver Cup History  

John Skyler wins the 2018 Johnny Weaver Cup

Congratulations to John Skyler who won the 2018 (and 15th Annual) Johnny Weaver Cup tournament for CWF Wrestling on August 25 in Gibsonville, NC. Skyler defeated Cam Carter in the finals of a tournament that lasted the entire summer and completed its 15th historic year.

Here are the Final Four results, courtesy of PWPonderings.com:

• Semi-Final #1: “Southern Savior” John Skyler defeated CWF Rising Generation League Champion “Cowboy” Kool Jay by pinfall to advance to the Weaver Cup Final. (6:24)
• Semi-Final #2: PWI International Ultra-J Crown Champion “Skywalker” Cam Carter defeated CWF Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Champion Corruption’s Cain Justice by pinfall to advance to the Weaver Cup Final. (12:46) 
• Weaver Cup Finals:  “Southern Savior” John Skyler defeated “Skywalker” Cam Carter by pinfall to win the 2018 JOHNNY WEAVER MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT (16:57)

 
Congratulations to all the folks at CWF Mid-Atlantic Wrestling for the success of their annual tournament. You have our great respect for helping keep the memory of the great Johnny Weaver alive for new generations of wrestling fans.

For more information visit the following
web resources:

CWF Mid-Atlantic Wrestling

Check out our pages dedicated to the memory
of Johnny Weaver on the Gateway:
Johnny Weaver Net
Weaver Cup History

Chet Sterling Wins Johnny Weaver Cup

2017 Weaver Cup Winner Chet Sterling
Photo courtesy Randy Hedrick / IndyInsiders.com

Congratulations to Chet Sterling who won the 2017 Johnny Weaver Cup tournament for CWF Wrestling this past Saturday night in Gibsonville, NC. Sterling defeated Logan Easton Laroux in the finals of a tournament that lasted the entire summer and is in its 14th amazing year. 

Congratulations to all the folks at CWF Mid-Atlantic Wrestling for the success of their annual tournament. You have our great respect for helping keep the memory of the great Johnny Weaver alive for new generations of wrestling fans.

For more information visit the following
web resources:

CWF Mid-Atlantic Wrestling

IndyInsiders.com

Check out our pages dedicated to the memory
of Johnny Weaver on the Gateway:
Johnny Weaver Net
Weaver Cup History

Weaver Cup Post from August 2016

An earlier post to the Mid-Atlantic Gateway from August of this year reporting on the result of the 2016 Johnny Weaver Memorial Cup Tournament was removed for editing and then failed to be re-posted. We have posted the results again, backdating the post appropriately for historical and contextual purposes.

Please go to that post now and read about Nick Richards' big win of the 2016 tournament.

 
Nick Richards Wins the 2016 Johnny Weaver Cup Tournament
http://www.midatlanticgateway.com/2016/08/weaver-cup-2016.html 

The Johnny Weaver Cup tournament is an annual event of CWF Mid-Atlantic Wrestling.

Nick Richards wins Johnny Weaver Cup 2016

by Dick Bourne
Mid-Atlantic Gateway

In its 13th amazing year, and in what has become one of the great wrestling traditions on the North Carolina independent wrestling scene, the annual Johnny Weaver Memorial Cup Tournament was won by popular Nick Richards on August 13 at the Mid-Atlantic Sportatorium in Gibsonville, NC.

Richards won the prestigious trophy by defeating former 2-time Weaver Cup champion Erik Royal in the finals.

Nick Richards holds the Weaver Cup Trophy high above his head at the

Richards gave an emotional speech in the ring afterwards, respectfully acknowledging what an honor it was to win a trophy bearing Johnny Weaver's name.

"I honestly don't know if Johnny Weaver would even like a guy like me, or would be honored to share a ring with someone like me. But I just want to tell you that I am honored - - honored - - to have been able to represent him here tonight."

The tournament was established in 2004 when Corey Edsel defeated Ric Converse in Thomasville, NC to win the first championship cup.

Since that time such CWF Mid-Atlantic stars as the Gemini Kid, Ric Converse, Arik Royal, and Trevor Lee have claimed the honor of being Johnny Weaver Cup champion.

Over the years, many legendary stars of wrestling's glory years in the Mid-Atlantic area have appeared as special guests at the tournament including Johnny Weaver himself as well as Sandy Scott, Boris Zhukov (who wrestled here as Pvt. Jim Nelson with Sgt. Slaughter), TV host Rich Landrum, Ric McCord, and Don and Rocky Kernodle. Weaver's daughter, Wendi Weaver, has also been on hand to present the trophy to the winner on occasion.

For full results of the 2016 tournament visit this link:

Nick Richards Wins the 2016 Weaver Cup Tournament


The Mid-Atlantic Gateway's history page for the Weaver Cup can be found on the Mid-Atlantic Gateway Archives. Previous posts about the Weaver Cup on the now-closed Johnny Weaver Blog can be found archived here.

The "CWF World Wide" show that featured the final match is embedded below.

Congratulations to all those at CWF Mid-Atlantic Wrestling for another successful tournament.

Note: This post was back-dated for historical and contextual purposes.

Promotional Poster for the 2016 Johnny Weaver Cup