College Students Grip It & Rip It in the College Arm Wrestling League Championship
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Jim Bryan – referee CAWL to ARMS, ESPN │ Photo Credit: Rob Santeramo Photography
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ESPNU Debuts New College Arm Wrestling Championship May 13
College Guys and Girls Grip It and Rip It for Arm Wrestling Championship
NEW YORK CITY, April 17, 2014 – Action-packed, new coed sports championship, College Arm Wrestling debuts on ESPNU Tuesday, May 13 at 7:00 PM ET. Teams composed of male and female competitors from rival schools face one another in exciting and grueling matches to compete for the College Arm Wrestling Championship. The Championship competition takes place at the famed Stone Pony in Asbury Park, N.J.
Match-ups for week one include students from Penn State versus students from Rutgers. In week two of the competition, airing on May 20 at 7:00 PM ET, students from University of Connecticut meet students from Syracuse University. The winning teams from those match-ups will face each other in a final hour-long special on May 27 at 7:00 PM ET to determine the 2014 College Arm Wrestling Grand Champions. The winning team members will share a $10,000 cash prize.
“IMPACT WRESTLING” superstar and five-time CBS “Big Brother” star, Jessie Godderz, known to his fans as Mr. PEC-Tacular, has been tapped to co-host the competition. ESPN announcers Noah Coslov and Tara Petrolino will host the inaugural season of NYC Brand Production’s new coed College Arm Wrestling Championship. Referee for the College Arm Wrestling Championship is four-time World Arm Wrestling Champion, Jim Bryan who has wrestled on five continents for Team U.S.A.
About NYC BRAND PRODUCTIONS: NYC BRAND PRODUCTIONS is a New York-based full-service company dedicated to producing high quality, original television, Internet, video and live theatrical shows. NYC BRAND PRODUCTIONS is in post-production on its first scripted dramedy “Tainted Dreams.” For more information on “Tainted Dreams” visit www.tainteddreamstheseries.com For more information on NYC BRAND PRODUCTIONS, visit http://nycbrandproductions.com, and for more information on “CAWL to Arms” College Arm Wrestling Championship visit http://cawltoarms.com
Contact: mblackston@nycbrandproductions.com
Tara Petrolino and Noah Coslov – hosts for CAWL to Arms, ESPN │ Photo Credit: Rob Santeramo PhotographyCoed Team from Penn State – CAWL to ARMS, ESPN │ Photo Credit: Rob Santeramo PhotographyCoed Team From Rutgers – CAWL to ARMS, ESPN │ Photo Credit: Rob Santeramo PhotographyJessie Godderz Interviewing Contestant – CAWL to ARMS, ESPN │ Photo Credit: Rob Santeramo Photography
Guys & Girls Grip It & Rip it for College Arm Wrestling Championship
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CAWL TO ARMS is a brand new, unique, action-packed, adrenaline-inducing Co-Ed sport in which teams of students from rival schools around the country face one another in exciting and grueling matches to find the most powerful male and female collegiate arm wrestlers in America! The winning team will be named the inaugural 2014 CAWL TO ARMS GRAND CHAMPIONS…and split $10,000 in cash!
Throughout the competition, team members’ classmates will be on the sidelines screaming for their favorite students as they pump up intensity levels to extreme proportions. Long-held rivalries will reignite and school spirit will be abundant…getting each student’s competitive juices flowing to the max during all of the explosive action!
This one-of-a-kind, hard-hitting College Arm Wrestling show will feature four teams with four members on each team (2 males and 2 females) as they go head-to-head (and arm-to-arm) with team members from rival schools.
Each of the teams will be a part of the new College Arm Wrestling League (also known as the new CAWL). The CAWL will crown a new winning team on an annual basis.
The series will air three 30-minute episodes. The first two episodes will be the openings rounds…and the FINALS will be in Episode 3.
Four teams will be divided into two brackets to form the CAWL. For the 2014 season, those match-ups will be between students from:
CAWL To ARMS 2013 – 2014 Bracket │ Image Source:cawltoarms.com
Each time an arm wrestling match is won, the winning competitor will be awarded five points for his/her team while the losing competitor will get no points.
Once those 16 matches conclude, there will be a SUDDEN DEATH Round in which each team will get to pick who they think is their best female and male arm wrestlers. The female competitors will go head-to-head with one another first in a SUDDEN DEATH match worth TRIPLE POINTS (15 points). The referee will flip a coin to determine which arm the students will have to use in that contest.
Once that match concludes, there will be a second SUDDEN DEATH match between the chosen male arm wrestlers on each team in another TRIPLE POINT bout worth 15 points. The referee will again flip a coin to determine which arm the students will have to use in that contest.
The team with the most points at the end of all 16 regular matches and The SUDDEN DEATH Round will be declared the winners.
If, however, the two opposing teams are tied in points at the end of all 16 regular matches and The SUDDEN DEATH Round, then the team who’s member scored the FASTEST win in The SUDDEN DEATH Round will be declared the winner…and move on in the tournament.
Once a team is officially declared that episode’s winner, it will move on to the finals (i.e. Episode 3) in the hopes of being declared the 2014 CAWL TO ARMS GRAND CHAMPIONS… and winning $10,000 in cash to split among the members of the team!!
The losing team in each bracket will take home consolation prizes.
The show will not just be a “wake-up call” to all sports fans, it’ll be a national…
The Stone Pony, located in Asbury Park, New Jersey, is one of the world’s best known music venues. It is known as a starting point for many musicians, including New Jersey natives Bruce Springsteen, Patti Scialfa, Jon Bon Jovi, and Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes.
We’re very pleased to announce that the exciting inaugural season of CAWL To Arms is scheduled to be airing EXCLUSIVELY on the ESPN Family of Networks at these dates & times:
