SPYRO KINGDOM (2021)

SPYRO KINGDOM (2021) is a speedrunning event promoted by the International Spyro Grand Prix (co-chaired by CrystalFissure and Nintendogen64). The event begins after the Road to SPYRO KINGDOM (2020) and features title matches as well as a variety of other speedruns.

Background
SPYRO KINGDOM (2021) serves as a capstone to the 2020 season of ISGP competition and sets the stage for the events and tournaments to come in 2021. Current ISGP Champion, TOTOzigemm, makes his second defense of the title as he goes up against challenger, MuddyMaestro. TOTOzigemm and MuddyMaestro met back in August 2020 in the Grand Final of ISGP 2 in which TOTOzigemm was successful in capturing the championship and winning the tournament. In the months between ISGP2 and SPYRO KINGDOM, TOTOzigemm would go on to successfully defend the ISGP Championship against the runner-up of ISGP2. Meanwhile, MuddyMaestro would enter the Super Gex League and have a very successful campaign ultimately finishing the tournament in third place. Muddy's impressive performance throughout 2020 earned him the title match in the main event of SPYRO KINGDOM.

At Orb Struggle, the tag team of YesLesbos (Noel McDavid and Yeswally1) successfully defended their ISGP Tag Team Championship. That match marked their first, and to date, only title defense of the championship since winning the title back at the 2018 World Tag League tournament. The challenger team was decided back at Road to SPYRO KINGDOM (2020) when Punching Squirrels (Amelia Kuchel and Yogamoanyo) narrowly defeated the British Meanies (Alice Clarke and Lucas Bolton) in a #1 Contendership match for the ISGP Tag Team Championship.

The Crassic Speedrunning Championship scene was dominated by one competitor in 2020; g4video5 was able to defeat LukeRF44 in ISGP2 to win the title for the second time. Over the next several months, he would successfully defend the championship against both MuddyMaestro and DantaFanta. Heading into 2021, a new challenger would approach in the form of Marcus Terry-Bedford (MTB). MTB would make his intentions clear in a video uploaded to the ISGP YouTube Channel during the Super Gex League. MTB had a very successful campaign in ISGP2 and had other impressive performances in non-ISGP tournaments. However, SPYRO KINGDOM was set to feature not one, but two Crassic Speedrunning Championship matches; it had also been announced a Mystery Challenger would face the winner of the g4video5 vs. MTB match later on.

The final championship match scheduled for SPYRO KINGDOM will feature the team of Triple D - now comprised of Daniel Davidson, DantaFanta and DessertMonkeyJK - against the team of the Crosstown Boys: Brandon Black, Lucas Bolton and MrGamesendy. A different iteration of Triple D originally captured the Crassic Trios Championship back at Orb Struggle, however, the change in the line-up has facilitated the need for a title defense. The defense, currently scheduled for SPYRO KINGDOM, will determine the second Crassic Trios Champions as the reign of the original Triple D will continue to be recognised until the completion of this next title defense.

A high profile non-title trios match is also set to take place at SPYRO KINGDOM when the team of Death Triangle (CrystalFissure, Fromond and Nintendogen64) take on the team of Pythagoras' Angles (Alice Clarke, Amelia Kuchel and CharmedSky). After their loss to Triple D at Orb Struggle, frustrations within Death Triangle seemed to be compounding. These frustrations were settled at Road to SPYRO KINGDOM, where the Golden Lovers (CrystalFissure and Nintendogen64) defeated Team Randall (Fromond and James Jones) to bring the members of Death Triangle on the same page. The united Death Triangle then set out to rid themselves of their greatest rivals from 2020. CrystalFissure called out CharmedSky, Fromond called out Alice Clarke and Nintendogen64 called out Amelia Kuchel. The three women then decided they would form an alliance to defeat Death Triangle and named themselves Pythagoras' Angles. They released a video on the ISGP YouTube channel officially agreeing to the match.

In addition to the trios match, honorary Death Triangle member, James Jones, found himself on the receiving end of a call out video by Meteora Girl. Meteora Girl vented her annoyance with not being selected as the partner for Fromond during Death Triangle's internal conflict. She was displeased that her boyfriend, Nintendogen64, had overlooked her as an honorary member of the trio and sought out James Jones to prove that she would have made a worthy member of Death Triangle.

Two further matches have also been signed for SPYRO KINGDOM; in tag team action the team of Luminater (luminize and Skater6453) will go head to head with King Rover's Royall Court (Charity Royall and Gentle Tauradonna Oathsworn) and finally, Keyford, Morgan and Mowmowclub2 will all face off in a Triple Threat match.