The Invitational Tournament has always been synonymous with success here in Explosive Pro Wrestling. Since day one, the Tournament has acted as a springboard to the top for all who have won it. It is the longest running tournament in Australian wrestling history and has seen the best from all over the country, come to Perth to try and take home the trophy.

This year, Explosive Pro Wrestling officials put together what they called, ‘the toughest Invitational Tournament of all time.’ The list of participants included three former EPW champions, five former EPW tag team champions and three winners of the Invitational Tournament.

After Hell or Highwater, we are now down to six finalists. These six men will face each other in three singles matches at BREAKING POINT with the three winners going on to RE-AWAKENING to clash in the final.

Today, we’ll take a look at two of the semi finalists and their chances of going all the way in the Invitational Tournament in 2009.

DAN MOORE
2009 has seen Dan Moore and his tag team partner, Chase Griffin, take great strides in their development as wrestlers. Despite losing all four matches in their series with the Blitz Team, their performances in those matches showed that they were more than ready to stand toe to toe with the best in EPW.

Favoured Opponent in the Next Round: Dan Moore is definitely the biggest underdog remaining in the tournament. His forte has been tag team wrestling and he hasn’t been involved in a major singles match in almost two years. However, that match saw him pin Jamie Jurah in a loser leaves EPW match. Moore has the ability to cause a major upset if he can frustrate an opponent in the way he did Jurah. With that thought in mind, it is more likely that a less experienced opponent would be prone to making that mistake. Dan’s best chance of making the finals would be to come up against either Jay Taylor or Sebastian Sander.

DAMIAN SLATER
The self proclaimed ‘Golden Boy’ has been extremely impressive over the past 12 months. He has enjoyed some big wins over some big names including two former EPW champions in Davis Storm and Shane Haste. He also suffered a major setback when he lost the Invitational Final at RE-AWAKENING 7 after being on the verge of a career defining victory. That loss is still firmly in the front of Slater’s mind and it will take a top wrestler at the top of his game to stop this young man from taking home the trophy this year.

Favoured Opponent in the Next Round: Slater is still the odds on favourite to take out the Invitational Tournament this year. However, overconfidence may still be his undoing. To deal with this, Slater is best suited to facing someone who he may feel he has a point to prove to. His loss to Jay Taylor last November still ranks as his biggest career disappointment and he would be focused and fired up if the two were to face off at BREAKING POINT.

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