King of Kings Tourney 1983 [Archive]

DownNDirty

07-10-2006, 09:07 PM

Well, not trying to steal the thunder of anyone else doing a tournament type of diary here but mine will be a bit different. No long match results, at least not at first. Here's the idea and I'm working on it as I type this so I'll lay it all out once I get it together. This will be setup kind of like the NCAA Basketball tournament. 64 wrestlers from all around the world with tons of wrestlers having the chance to make "The Big Dance." Each promotion will have a mini tournament with the winner guaranteed to make the 64 man King of Kings tournament. Though, some of them will transfer more than 1 man depending on the size of the promotion. Then, depending on the results of each tournament the "regions" will be seeded and the 64 man tournament will begin. I'll figure out how many wrestlers from each promotions tournament will transfer when I get it all down on paper. Each promotion with enough wrestlers will have a 16 man tournament, others may have to have an 8 man tournament. The promotion tournaments will be seeded by me attempting to seed each promotion 1-16 or 1-8 and doing it just like the NCAA's. Whew, hope that made a lick of sense. Be back later with the first tournament on tap - the All Japan Tournament.

DD

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 12:32 AM

I've attempted to also not let wrestlers enter this tournament in more than one promotion but this may have slipped on a very few - hopefully not.

Here is the breakdown of how many will be taken from each promotion.

Each of these only the winner goes to the big dance:

1. All Star Canada
2. Atlantic Grand Prix
3. Central States
4. Houston
5. Maple Leaf
6. Pacific Northwest
7. Polynesian Pro
8. Southeastern
9. Southwest
10. Universal Pro
11. UWA Mexico
12. WWC
13. IWA Montreal

Top two go:

14. CWA Winner
15. CWA Runner Up
16. Joint Winner
17. Joint Runner Up
18. All Star UK Winner
19. All Star UK Runner Up
20. Calgary Winner
21. Calgary Runner Up
22. EMLL Winner
23. EMLL Runner Up

Top 4 go:

24. New Japan Winner
25. New Japan Runner Up
26. New Japan 3
27. New Japan 4
28. All Japan Winner
29. All Japan Runner Up
30. All Japan 3
31. All Japan 4
32. WCCW Winner
33. WCCW Runner Up
34. WCCW 3
35. WCC2 4
36. GCW Winner
37. GCG Runner Up
38. GCW 3
39. GCW 4
40. Florida Winner
41. Florida Runner Up
42. Florida 3
43. Florida 4
44. Mid South Winner
45. Mid South Runner Up
46. Mid South 3
47. Mid South 4
48. AWA Winner
49. AWA Runner Up
50. AWA 3
51. AWA 4
52. WWF Winner
53. WWF Runner Up
54. WWF 3
55. WWF 4
56. MACW Winner
57. MACW Runner Up
58. MACW 3
59. MACW 4

60-64 will be wild cards determined by the readers. If there is a major upset and say Ric Flair goes in round one of the MACW he can still get in by wildcard.

All Japan Tournament coming tomorrow....

DD

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 01:01 AM

AJPW Tournament:

Tried to be objective and go by the "pushes" the game gives the wrestlers so the Main Eventers will always be seeded at the top. It's just like the NCAAs as I've said before - meaning 1VS16, 8VS9, 6VS11, 4VS13 in one bracket and in the other it's 3VS14, 5VS12, 7VS10, and 2VS15.

Without further ado here's how I've sat up round one of AJPW:

#1 Giant Baba VS #16 Toshiaki Kawada
#8 Mighty Inoue VS #9 Atsushi Onita
#6 Genichiro Tenryu VS #11 Akio Sato
#4 Jumbo Tsuruta VS #13 Goro Tsurumi

#3 Dory Funk Jr VS #14 Masanobu Fuchi
#5 Terry Funk VS #12 Ultraseven
#7 Ashura Hara VS #10 Chavo Guerrero Sr.
#2 Stan Hansen VS #15 Mitsuhara Misawa

D. Boon's Ghost

07-11-2006, 09:23 AM

My Predictions:

#1 Giant Baba VS #16 Toshiaki Kawada
#8 Mighty Inoue VS #9 Atsushi Onita
#6 Genichiro Tenryu VS #11 Akio Sato
#4 Jumbo Tsuruta VS #13 Goro Tsurumi

#3 Dory Funk Jr VS #14 Masanobu Fuchi
#5 Terry Funk VS #12 Ultraseven
#7 Ashura Hara VS #10 Chavo Guerrero Sr.
#2 Stan Hansen VS #15 Mitsuhara Misawa

Good luck!

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 09:38 AM

Round 1

Baba VS Kawada - Baba 15:30 F
Inoue VS Onita - Inoue 7:30 F Dominated
Tenryu VS Sato - Tenryu 17:00 F
Tsuruta VS Tsurumi - Tsuruta 24:20 B-
Funk Jr VS Fuchi - Funk Jr. 16:10 F
Funk VS Ultraseven - Funk 19:20 D
Hara VS Guerrero Sr - Guerrero Sr. 25:00 C+
Hansen VS Misawa - Hansen 18:40 F

Round 2

Baba VS Inoue - 19:30 D Giant Samoan Drop
Tenryu VS Tsuruta - 22:10 F Leg trip step over leg lock.
Funk Jr. VS Funk - 27:00 C Spinning Toe Hold
Guerrero Sr VS Hansen - 32:10 B+ Brazos Valley Breaker

Round 3

Baba VS Tsuruta - 18:50 B Giant Choke Slam
Funk VS Hansen - 23:50 C- Bravos Valley Breaker

Final

Baba VS Hansen - 24:40 A* Bravos Valley Breaker

Transferring to the Big Dance

1. Stan Hansen
2. Giant Baba
3. Terry Funk
4. Jumbo Tsuruta

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 09:43 AM

Houston Championship Wrestling Tournament - Winner Advances

#1 The Masked Superstar VS #8 Brady Boone
#2 Boris Zhukov VS #7 Art Crews
#3 Kendo Nagasaki VS #6 Shawn Michaels
#4 Tiger Conway Jr. VS The Snowman

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 10:22 AM

Round 1

The Masked Superstar VS Brady Boone - 22:30 C Chairshot to head
Tiger Conway Jr VS The Snowman - 10:00 D-
Kendo Nagasaki VS Shawn Michaels - 9:40 C- Running Powerslam
Boris Zhukov VS Art Crews - 6:40 F Commie Sickle

Round 2

The Masked Superstar VS Tiger Conway Jr - 13:40 D Cobra Clutch
Shawn Michaels VS Boris Zhukov - 8:50 E Flag Pole Shot

Final

The Masked Superstar VS Boris Zhukov - 10:20 E Brass Knuckle Punch

Transferring to the Big Dance: Boris Zhukov

Thoughts: It was hard to seed this tourney as they have quite a few great wrestlers that come in every now and then but don't wrestle there regularly. I really thought Eadie would breeze through into the King of Kings Tournament but Zhukov pulled off the upset.

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 10:28 AM

Southwest Championship Wrestling Tournament - Winner only advances

#1 Adrian Adonis VS #8 Scott Casey
#4 Manny Fernandez VS #5 Grappler #1
#3 Gino Hernandez VS #6 Bob Sweetan
#2 Tully Blanchard VS #7 Al Madril

Preliminary thoughts: Even though a small promotion I have a feeling this will be the best tournament so far. Some real good wrestlers from top to bottom. I think Blanchard will walk away the winner in the end.

D. Boon's Ghost

07-11-2006, 10:39 AM

#1 Adrian Adonis VS #8 Scott Casey
#4 Manny Fernandez VS #5 Grappler #1
#3 Gino Hernandez VS #6 Bob Sweetan
#2 Tully Blanchard VS #7 Al Madril

And I totally agree on Zhukov advancing over Eadie. Amazing!

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 11:01 AM

Round 1

#1 Adrian Adonis VS #8 Scott Casey - 14:00 D Piledriver
#4 Manny Fernandez VS #5 Grappler #1 - 9:30 F Piledriver
#3 Gino Hernandez VS #6 Bob Sweetan - 18:50 B- Double Knee Backbreaker
#2 Tully Blanchard VS #7 Al Madril - 18:40 C+ Brass Knuckle Punch

Round 2

#8 Scott Casey VS #4 Manny Fernandez - 23:20 A* Brass Knuckle Punch
#6 Bob Sweetan VS #7 Al Madril - 12:10 F Powerslam

Final

#4 Manny Fernandez VS #6 Bob Sweetan - 22:00 B+ Brass Knuckle Punch

Transferring to the King of Kings: Manny Fernandez

Thoughts: Wow, 3 upsets in the first round. I didn't think Adonis would win but I never thought Casey would beat him. Not completely shocked that the Ragin Bull takes it all but over Sweetan in the final? And the match was actually watchable? Holy cow.

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 11:07 AM

Maple Leaf Wrestling - Winner only advances

Round 1

#1 Ivan Koloff VS #8 Nick Kiniski
#4 Big John Studd VS #5 Don Kernodle
#3 Tiger Jeet Singh VS #6 Iron Mike Sharpe
#2 The Shiek VS #7 Tom Zenk

Thoughts: I seeded the Russian Bear #1 but I'm not sure he'll pull it out. I see a second round loss for him to Big John Studd. Hehehe, The Shiek takes on Zenk - he'll carve him up like a turkey. I see the bloodbath reunion in round two with Shiek and Tiger Jeet Singh. No clue who'll wind up winning this one though.

TCP1

07-11-2006, 11:21 AM

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 11:30 AM

Round 1

#1 Ivan Koloff VS #8 Nick Kiniski - 9:40 F Commie Sickle
#4 Big John Studd VS #5 Don Kernodle - 18:40 C Giant Killer Bodyslam through Table
#3 Tiger Jeet Singh VS #6 Iron Mike Sharpe - 26:50 A* Chokeslam through Table
#2 The Shiek VS #7 Tom Zenk - 23:40 D Flying Elbow Drop

Round 2

#1 Ivan Koloff VS #4 Big John Studd - 13:30 B- Russian Bear Hug
#6 Iron Mike Sharpe VS #7 Tom Zenk - 8:40 F Choke Slam

Final

#1 Ivan Koloff VS #6 Iron Mike Sharpe - 17:50 C Chair Choke Out

Transferring to the King of Kings: The Russian Bear Ivan Koloff

Thoughts: What can you say? Zenk BEAT The Shiek. I guess that's why they fight the matches but that's unbelievable. Then Sharpe pulls off an A* match victory over Singh. Koloff is the first winner to advance from a #1 seed. Still in utter disbelief that Zenk beat The freakin Shiek.

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 11:37 AM

Pacific Northwest - Winner only advances

Round 1

#1 Billy Jack VS #8 Jesse Barr
#4 Buddy Rose VS #5 Ed Wiskowski
#3 Rip Oliver VS #6 Dr. Tom Prichard
#2 Matt Bourne VS #7 Joe Malenko

Thoughts: The PNW has an interesting tournament - some good wrestlers in here as well. You've got a young Tom Prichard at a 6 seed and the future Colonel Debeers Ed Wiskowski at the 5 hole. I say Matt Bourne will pull it out somehow.

D. Boon's Ghost

07-11-2006, 11:38 AM

I call fix! :) No way, no how does Zenk beat the Sheik. Sheik getting DQ'ed, I can see... but a flying elbow drop? Boo-Hiss!

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 11:56 AM

Round 1

#1 Billy Jack VS #8 Jesse Barr - 17:40 C- Giant Killer Bodyslam
#4 Buddy Rose VS #5 Ed Wiskowski - 27:00 C Piledriver
#3 Rip Oliver VS #6 Dr. Tom Prichard - 13:00 F Brass Knuckle Punch
#2 Matt Bourne VS #7 Joe Malenko - 11:30 E Stump Puller

Round 2

#1 Billy Jack VS #4 Buddy Rose - 22:00 C+
#3 Rip Oliver VS #2 Matt Bourne - 23:30 C Brass Knuckle Punch

Final

#1 Billy Jack VS #3 Rip Oliver - 27:10 B Brass Knuckle Punch

Transferring to the King of Kings tournament: Rip Oliver

Thoughts: Maybe I seeded Oliver too low because he dominated Prichard, Bourne, and Billy Jack. It was the first tournament where all the high seeds won in the first round though. Good final match but not a blockbuster between Oliver and Billy Jack.

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 12:06 PM

IWA Montreal - Winner only advances

Round 1

#1 Dino Bravo VS #8 Le Bourreau
#4 Gilles Poisson VS #5 Sailor White
#3 Ray Rougeau VS #6 Bobby Heffernan
#2 Jacques Rougeau VS #7 Busty Brody

Thoughts: Not too familiar with a couple of these guys but I would be shocked if Bravo or one of the Rougeaus don't win this thing.

Sartagis

07-11-2006, 02:39 PM

Predictions

Round 1

#1 Dino Bravo VS #8 Le Bourreau
#4 Gilles Poisson VS #5 Sailor White
#3 Ray Rougeau VS #6 Bobby Heffernan
#2 Jacques Rougeau VS #7 Busty Brody

Round 2

#1 Dino Bravo VS #4 Gilles Poisson
#3 Ray Rougeau VS #2 Jacques Rougeau

Final

#1 Dino Bravo VS #3 Ray Rougeau

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 02:41 PM

Round 1

#1 Dino Bravo VS #8 Le Bourreau - 19:40 B- Knockout Punch
#4 Gilles Poisson VS #5 Sailor White - 19:30 B Piledriver through table
#3 Ray Rougeau VS #6 Bobby Heffernan - 15:20 F Belly to Back Cradle Suplex
#2 Jacques Rougeau VS #7 Busty Brody - 20:00 D Belly to Back Cradle Suplex

Round 2

#1 Dino Bravo VS #5 Sailor White - 14:50 F Boston Crab
#3 Ray Rougeau VS #2 Jacques Rougeau - 21:20 C+ Boston Crab

Final

#1 Dino Bravo VS #2 Jacques Rougeau - 17:00 F Boston Crab

Transferring to the King of Kings tournament: Jacques Rougeau

Thoughts - Started off with two very good matches and then not many good the rest of the tournament. I'm shocked that the Rougeau brother match and the final match were such stinkers though.

Sartagis

07-11-2006, 02:43 PM

God damn you Jacques!!

For those keeping track
1. Stan Hansen
2. Giant Baba
3. Terry Funk
4. Jumbo Tsuruta
5. Boris Zhukov
6. Manny Fernandez
7. The Russian Bear Ivan Koloff
8. Rip Oliver
9. Jacques Rougeau

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 02:48 PM

Polynesian Pro Tournament - Winner only advances

Round 1

#1 Rocky Johnson VS #8 Hacksaw Higgins
#4 Samu VS #5 John Tenta
#3 Fatu VS #6 The Warlord
#2 Lars Anderson VS #7 Larry Anoa'I

Thoughts: Wow, this appears to be an interesting tournament. The samoans have a good chance but I have a hunch Rocky Johnson will use that #1 seed to propel him into the King of Kings tournament.

Sartagis

07-11-2006, 02:50 PM

Predictions
Round 1

#1 Rocky Johnson VS #8 Hacksaw Higgins
#4 Samu VS #5 John Tenta
#3 Fatu VS #6 The Warlord
#2 Lars Anderson VS #7 Larry Anoa'I

Round 2
#1 Rocky Johnson VS #5 John Tenta
#6 The Warlord VS #2 Lars Anderson

Final
#1 Rocky Johnson VS #2 Lars Anderson

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 03:12 PM

Round 1

#1 Rocky Johnson VS #8 Hacksaw Higgins - 5:30 F Full Nelson
#4 Samu VS #5 John Tenta - 2:30 F Earthquake Squash
#3 Fatu VS #6 The Warlord - 5:10 F Piledriver
#2 Lars Anderson VS #7 Larry Anoa'I - 8:30 F Anderson Arm Bar

Round 2

#1 Rocky Johnson VS #5 John Tenta - 23:00 C- Sleeper Hold
#3 Fatu VS #2 Lars Anderson - 11:50 D Low Blow with Cradle

Final

#1 Rocky Johnson VS #2 Lars Anderson - 27:50 B High Cross Body

Advancing to the King of Kings: Rocky Johnson

Thoughts - Quite possibly the crappiest matches in a row ever. The final match between Johnson and Anderson was a good back and forth match but the Soulman was just too much. That final match was about the only thing worth watching of them all.

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 03:18 PM

I'll go ahead and seed everything else and list them before any more matches. Probably will do a couple of more tournaments later tonight but until then the seedings for everything:

All Star Wrestling - Winner only advances

Round 1

#1 Moondog Morreti VS #8 Buck Ramstead
#4 Honky Tonk Man VS #5 Timothy Flowers
#3 Moose Morowski VS #6 Igor Volkoff
#2 Master Sgt. Tomko VS #7 Tom Magee

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 03:33 PM

Universal Pro Wrestling - Winner only advances

Round 1

#1 Gran Hamada VS #8 Shunji Kosugi
#4 Akira Maeda VS #5 Kazuo Yamazaki
#3 Ryuma Go VS #6 Shinichi Nakano
#2 Kantaro Hoshino VS #7 Nobuhiko Takada

Thoughts - I'm not too up on the Japan scene but I think judging by the caliber of wrestlers it should be a pretty good tournament. I say Ryuma Go takes a 3 seed to the dance.

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 03:39 PM

Southeastern - Winner only to advance

Round 1

#1 Bob Armstrong VS #8 Ken Wayne
#4 Ken Lucas VS #5 Randy Rose
#3 Mr. Olympia VS #6 Ricky Gibson
#2 Jimmy Golden VS #7 Steve Armstrong

Thoughts: Ah, Southeastern. I remember watching this territory when I was younger so I'm up on all of these guys. Armstrong, Golden, and Stubbs (as Olympia) all have a good shot of getting in. Should be a good tournament.

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 03:43 PM

WWC Puerto Rico - Only winner will advance

Round 1

#1 Carlos Colon VS #8 Medic #2
#4 Los Infernos #1 VS #5 Herculeus Ayala
#3 Abdullah the Butcher VS #6 Invader #1
#2 Bruiser Brody VS #7 Invader #2

Thoughts: Violence should reign supreme. A second round match with Abby and Brody should be vicious and I say the winner of that match takes it all.

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 03:47 PM

UWA Mexico - Only winner will advance

Round 1

#1 Dos Caras VS #8 Dr. Wagner Jr.
#4 El Solitario VS #5 Enrique Vera
#3 Canek VS #6 Perro Aguayo
#2 Vilano III VS #7 Black Man

Thoughts: I am familiar with a few of the names here but judging from the caliber of wrestlers it should be a blockbuster tournament. Only one will advance - this one should be one of the better smaller tournaments.

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 03:59 PM

Central States - Winner to advance

Round 1

#1 Dick Murdoch VS #8 Porkchop Cash
#4 Moondog Spot VS #5 Jerry Oates
#3 Moondog Rex VS #6 Ted Oates
#2 Ox Baker VS #7 George Wells

Thoughts: If Murdoch or Baker don't walk away the winner here something is wrong.

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 04:03 PM

Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling - Winner only advances to King of Kings

Round 1

#1 The Spoiler VS #8 Big Steven Petipas
#4 Steve Casey VS #5 Bobby Bass
#3 Leo Burke VS #6 Gerry Morrow
#2 Pierre Lefebvre VS #7 Phil Lafon

Thoughts: The Spoiler in a romp.

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 04:10 PM

Joint Promotion UK - Top 2 will advance

Round 1

#1 Big Daddy VS #16 Mark McCoy
#8 The Amazing Kung Fu VS #9 Jon Cortez
#6 Brian Maxine VS #11 Clive Myers
#4 Johnny Saint VS #13 Johnny Kincaid
#3 Otto Wanz VS #14 Bearcat Wright
#5 Jim Breaks VS #12 Peter Roberts
#7 King Kong Kirk VS #10 Bobby Barnes
#2 The Original Kendo Nagasaki VS #15 Dave Bond

Thoughts: Didn't follow UK when I was younger but with a 16 man tournament I see the possibility for some good matches.

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 04:18 PM

EMLL - Top two advance

Round 1

#1 Mil Mascaras VS #16 La Fiera
#8 Rayo de Jalisco Jr VS #9 Gran Apache
#6 Mando Guerrero VS #11 Blue Panther
#4 Fishman VS #13 Kung Fu
#3 El Satanico VS #14 Rocky Santana
#5 El Supremo VS #12 El Hijo del Santo
#7 Ultraman VS #10 Babe Face
#2 Lizmark VS #15 Gran Markus Jr

Thoughts: It won't be Mascaras - that's all I've got.

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 04:26 PM

CWA - Top 2 advance

Round 1

#1 Jerry Lawler VS #16 Koko B. Ware
#8 Robert Gibson VS #9 Dennis Condrey
#6 Randy Savage VS #11 Bill Dundee
#4 Stan Lane VS #13 Lanny Poffo
#3 Steve Keirn VS #14 Rick Rude
#5 Jos Leduc VS #12 Bobby Eaton
#7 Dutch Mantell VS #10 Ricky Morton
#2 Austin Idol VS #15 Phil Hickerson

Thoughts - with only 2 transferring this WILL be one of the most hotly contested qualifying tournaments. No need to guess because with this competition I'd just be wrong anyway. Upsets shouldn't be uncommon though.

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 04:37 PM

Calgary Stampede - Top 2 advance

Round 1

#1 Bret Hart VS #16 Ben Bassarab
#8 Loch Ness Monster VS #9 Jim Neidhart
#6 Dynamite Kid VS #11 Makhan Singh
#4 The Great Gama VS #13 Owen Hart
#3 Mr. Hito VS #14 Steve Disalvo
#5 Bad News Allen VS #12 Hiro Saito
#7 Bruce Hart VS #10 Davey Boy Smith
#2 The Mongolian Stomper VS #15 The Cobra

Thoughts - Another qualifier where the men will have to knuckle up to get it done. Stu Hart has some great wrestlers in his pipeline for this qualifier and I expect at least two or three A matches.

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 04:43 PM

All Star Wrestling UK - Top 2 advance

Round 1

#1 Marc Rocco VS #16 Rocky Moran
#8 Wayne Bridges VS #9 Chic Cullen
#6 Dave Finlay VS #11 Johnny Kidd
#4 Mal Sanders VS #13 David Taylor
#3 John Quinn VS #14 Johnny Smith
#5 Marty Jones VS #12 Steven Regal
#7 Steve Wright VS #10 Mike Bennett
#2 Tony St. Clair VS #15 Frank Manley

Thoughts: Don't know who will win but look at these young guys in it - Finlay, David Taylor, and Steven Regal will all go onto great success in the future.

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 04:50 PM

New Japan - Top 4 transfer to the King of Kings

Round 1

#1 Antonio Inoki VS #16 Osamu Kido
#8 Animal Hamaguchi VS #9 Seiji Sakaguchi
#6 Killer Khan VS #11 Yoshiaki Yatsu
#4 Masa Saito VS #13 Isamu Teranishi
#3 Riki Choshu VS #14 Kuniaki Kobayashi
#5 Tiger Mask VS #12 Rusher Kimura
#7 Yoshiaki Fujiwara VS #10 Black Tiger
#2 Tatsumi Fujinami VS #15 Kengo Kimura

Thoughts: With four transferring some can breathe a little easier. Inoki should at least get to the final four here as should Fujinami.

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 04:58 PM

AWA - Top 4 transfer

Round 1

#1 Nick Bockwinkel VS #16 Steve Regal
#8 Jerry Blackwell VS #9 David Shultz
#6 Baron Von Raschke VS #11 Mr. Saito
#4 Rick Martel VS #13 Jim Brunzell
#3 Ken Patera VS #14 Billy Robinson
#5 Jesse Ventura VS #12 Brad Rheingans
#7 Greg Gagne VS #10 Curt Henning
#2 Hulk Hogan VS #15 Big Scott Hall

Thoughts - The AWA tournament should see Bockwinkel make it to the big show. An interesting first round matchup with Hogan and Scott Hall 13 years before they together created one of the most influential groups in wrestling history.

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 04:59 PM

Still 6 more tournaments to seed - stay tuned for the seedings within the next 24 hours.

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 07:42 PM

WCCW - Top 4 advance

Round 1

#1 David Von Erich VS #16 Frank Dusek
#8 One Man Gang VS #9 The Missing Link
#6 The Greak Kabuki VS #11 Mike Von Erich
#4 Kerry Von Erich VS #13 Magic Dragon
#3 Terry Gordy VS #14 Sweet Brown Sugar
#5 Kevin Von Erich VS #12 Brian Adias
#7 Iceman Parsons VS #10 Buddy Roberts
#2 Michael Hayes VS #15 John Tatum

Thoughts - At least one Von Erich should be in there and I think Hayes has a pretty good shot to the final four as well. I predect one of the top 4 seeds to take this one though.

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 07:48 PM

Georgia - Top 4 advance

Round 1

#1 Tommy Rich VS #16 Bruno Sammartino Jr.
#8 Ronnie Garvin VS #9 Ole Anderson
#6 Jake Roberts VS #11 Arn Anderson
#4 Mr. Wrestling II VS #13 Thunderbolt Patterson
#3 Larry Zbyszko VS #14 Les Thorton
#5 The Spoiler VS #12 Road Warrior Hawk
#7 Paul Orndorff VS #10 Road Warrior Animal
#2 Buzz Sawyer VS #15 Brett Wayne

Thoughts - This should be another good qualifying tournament. Plenty of possibilities for some upsets and great second round matches. I say Mr. Wonderful Orndorff shocks the world from the 7 hole and takes it all.

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 07:55 PM

WWF - Top 4 advance

Round 1

#1 Bob Backlund VS #16 Rene Goulet
#8 The Iron Shiek VS #9 Pedro Morales
#6 Afa VS #11 Tony Atlas
#4 Sgt. Slaughter VS #13 Ivan Putski
#3 Andre the Giant VS #14 SD Jones
#5 Jimmy Snuka VS #12 Nikolai Volkoff
#7 Sika VS #10 Tito Santana
#2 Don Muraco VS #15 Tony Garea

Thoughts - I see some potential great second round matches. Will the Iron Shiek take on Backlund and upset him in round two? Will he even make it by Pedro? A second round match between Andre and Snuka could be very interesting as could a matchup with Muraco and Santana.

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 08:01 PM

Florida - Top 4 advance

Round 1

#1 Dusty Rhodes VS #16 Mike Davis
#8 Bobby Duncam VS #9 Barry Windham
#6 Ron Bass VS #11 Angelo Mosca
#4 Superstar Billy Graham VS #13 Black Bart
#3 The Purple Haze VS #14 B Brian Blair
#5 Kevin Sullivan VS #12 Mike Rotundo
#7 Maya Singh VS #10 Mike Graham
#2 Blackjack Mulligan VS #15 Scott McGhee

Thoughts - Not the best 16 top to bottom but there should be some good stuff mixed in there. The first rounder with Sullivan and Rotundo - two future Varsity Club members - could steal the show.

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 08:04 PM

Mid Atlantic - Top 4 advance

#1 Harley Race VS #16 George South
#8 Wahoo McDaniel VS #9 Nikita Koloff
#6 Jay Youngblood VS #11 Roddy Piper
#4 Ricky Steamboat VS #13 Dick Slater
#3 Greg Valentine VS #14 Bugsy McGraw
#5 Jerry Brisco VS #12 Bob Orton Jr
#7 Jack Brisco VS #10 Jimmy Valient
#2 Ric Flair VS #15 Nelson Royal

Thoughts - This is a big one for sure with alot of talent trying to make the final four. Flair, if he gets Jack Brisco in round 2 better watch out as should race if he gets Wahoo.

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 08:10 PM

To round it out ----

Mid South - Top 4 advance

Round 1

#1 Butch Reed VS #16 Blade Runner Sting
#8 King Kong Bundy VS #9 Terry Taylor
#6 Magnum TA VS #12 Steve Williams
#4 Kamala VS #13 Tim Horner
#3 Ted Dibiase VS #14 Rick Steiner
#5 Jim Duggan VS #12 Crusher Darsow
#7 Jim Garvin VS #10 Chris Adams
#2 Junkyard Dog VS #15 Blade Runner Rock

Thoughts - This has some very young talent that will go on to big things. The bottom two seeds in the tournament will go on to win WCW and WWF World Titles. Terry Taylor may be one of the most underrated wrestlers ever. Dibiase is a technician and Magnum TA could have potentially went on to many World Titles himself. Even Gentleman Chris Adams poses a threat way down at a 10 seed.

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 08:33 PM

All Star Wrestling Results - Winner advances to KOK

Round 1

#1 Moondog Morreti VS #8 Buck Ramstead - 8:50 F Indian Deathlock
#4 Honky Tonk Man VS #5 Timothy Flowers - 19:30 B Brass Knuckles
#3 Moose Morowski VS #6 Igor Volkoff - 11:10 D Double Knee Back Breaker
#2 Master Sgt. Tomko VS #7 Tom Magee - 2:20 F Piledriver

Round 2

#8 Buck Ramstead VS #4 Honky Tonk Man - 8:20 F Flying Elbow Drop
#6 Igor Volkoff VS #2 Master Sgt. Tomko - 12:00 D Running Powerslam

Final

#4 Honky Tonk Man VS #2 Master Sgt. Tomko - 14:40 F Pin after Over the Top Rope Toss

Transferring to the King of Kings tournament - Master Sgt. Tomko

Thoughts - Well, not much of a tournament but I'm surprised that Tomko demolished everyone the way he did. I really figured Honky would take it once he made it to the finals.

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 08:51 PM

Universal Pro Wrestling - Winner only advances

Round 1

#1 Gran Hamada VS #8 Shunji Kosugi - 9:10 D Springboard Body Press
#4 Akira Maeda VS #5 Kazuo Yamazaki - 10:20 F Boston Crab
#3 Ryuma Go VS #6 Shinichi Nakano - 8:00 F Running Knee to Head
#2 Kantaro Hoshino VS #7 Nobuhiko Takada - 8:00 F Leg Trip Step Over Leg Lock

Round 2

#8 Shunji Kosugi VS #5 Kazuo Yamazaki - 6:20 F Elevated Hammerlock
#3 Ryuma Go VS #2 Kantaro Hoshino - 23:00 C+ Jigoku Jime Choke Hold

Final

#5 Kazuo Yamazaki VS #2 Kantaro Hoshino - F 14:00 Japanese Self Stranglehold

Transferring to the King of Kings - Kazuo Yamazaki

Thoughts - Even though I'm not totally up on the Japanese scene I can't believe Yamazaki pulled it out of that 5 seed with the likes of Go, Hamada, and Maeda all in this tournament. Shocked that Hamada and Maeda both were upset in the first round - I was looking foward to that round two matchup.

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 09:06 PM

Southeastern - Winner only to advance

Round 1

#1 Bob Armstrong VS #8 Ken Wayne - 4:10 F Pin after Over the Top Toss
#4 Ken Lucas VS #5 Randy Rose - 10:50 C- Cradle Piledriver
#3 Mr. Olympia VS #6 Ricky Gibson - 22:30 C+ Chair Choke Out
#2 Jimmy Golden VS #7 Steve Armstrong - 10:40 B Brass Knuckles

Round 2

#1 Bob Armstrong VS #5 Randy Rose - 10:50 E Figure Four
#6 Ricky Gibson VS #2 Jimmy Golden - 4:40 F Double Knee Back Breaker

Final

#1 Bob Armstrong VS #2 Jimmy Golden - 15:10 C- Figure Four

Transferring to the King of Kings - Bullet Bob Armstrong.

Thoughts - A couple of good first round matches. Shocked that Armstrong couldn't pull out any good matches. Great match with Steve Armstrong and Jimmy Golden highlighted the tournament. That Ricky Gibson and Mr. Olympia match was better than the rating too.

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 09:45 PM

WWC - Winner to advance

Round 1

#1 Carlos Colon VS #8 Medic #2 - 16:50 E Boston Crab
#4 Los Infernos #1 VS #5 Herculeus Ayala - 44:00 A* Inverted Figure Four
#3 Abdullah the Butcher VS #6 Invader #2 - 18:20 E Sudanese Meat Cleaver
#2 Bruiser Brody VS #7 Super Medic #1 - 16:50 E Running Brody Knee Drop

Round 2

#1 Carlos Colon VS #5 Herculeus Ayala - 21:50 E Belly to Back Cradle Suplex
#3 Abdullah the Butcher VS #2 Bruiser Brody - 24:50 A* Chain Wrapped Punch

Final

#1 Carlos Colon VS #2 Bruiser Brody - 27:00 B Press Slam of Death

Winner and going to the King of Kings Tournament - Bruiser Brody

Thoughts - FINALLY a tournament that gave the fans something worth talking about. Match of the qualifiers so far in the Ayala/Los Infernos brawl. There were at least 20 near falls in that one. Then Brody/Abby put on one of their classic brawls. It ended with a good match between Colon and Brody.

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 10:10 PM

UWA Mexico - Winner only to advance

Round 1

#1 Dos Caras VS #8 Dr. Wagner Jr. - 18:30 C+ La Runguina
#4 El Solitario VS #5 Enrique Vera - 16:20 E La Tapatia
#3 Canek VS #6 Perro Aguayo - 25:10 C+ Canek Press
#2 Vilano III VS #7 Black Man - 21:30 B+ Cerrajera Tangle

Round 2

#1 Dos Caras VS #4 El Solitario - 38:00 A* Grounded Octupus Stretch
#3 Canek VS #2 Vilano III - 20:10 C- Fisherman Buster

Final

#1 Dos Caras VS #3 Canek - 23:50 D Octupus Stretch

Transferring to the King of Kings - Dos Caras.

Thoughts: This was one good tournament here folks. It upped that great WWC tourney just held prior. Solitario hit Canek with everything but the kitchen sink in the semis and had at least 8 or 9 near falls on him and then Caras caught him in the Octupus and that was all she wrote. Was a bit disappointed in the final match since there were so many other good one's.

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 10:26 PM

Central States - Only the winner advances

Round 1

#1 Dick Murdoch VS #8 Porkchop Cash - 5:50 D Slingshot Texas Brainbuster
#4 Moondog Spot VS #5 Jerry Oates - 7:00 F Belly to Back Cradle Suplex
#3 Moondog Rex VS #6 Ted Oates - 7:50 F Piledriver
#2 Ox Baker VS #7 George Wells - 17:30 C+

Round 2

#1 Dick Murdoch VS #5 Jerry Oates - 18:50 C+ Boston Crab
#6 Ted Oates VS #7 George Wells - 12:30 F Piledriver

Final

#5 Jerry Oates VS #6 Ted Oates - 12:10 D Airplane Spin

Advancing to the King of Kings - Jerry Oates

Thoughts: To say I'm shocked is an understatement. Not as much as when Tom Zenk beat The Shiek earlier but this was a wierd tourney. Very dull with only two matches hitting a C+ but an ALL Oates final? Good grief.

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 10:42 PM

Atlantic Grand Prix - Only winner advances

Round 1

#1 The Spoiler VS #8 Big Steven Petipas - 14:00 D Iron Claw
#4 Steve Casey VS #5 Bobby Bass - 15:50 C- British Piledriver
#3 Leo Burke VS #6 Gerry Morrow - 21:10 D - Inside Cradle
#2 Pierre Lefebvre VS #7 Phil Lafon - 8:10 C- Leaping Piledriver

Round 2

#1 The Spoiler VS #4 Steve Casey - 26:00 C+ Double Knee Back Breaker
#6 Gerry Morrow VS #2 Pierre Lefebvre - 16:40 C- Piledriver

Final

#4 Steve Casey VS #2 Pierre Lefabvre - 16:50 F Piledriver

Winner and transferring to the King of Kings - Pierre Lefabvre

Thoughts - Pretty dull tournament. I really thought Jardine was a lock.

DownNDirty

07-11-2006, 10:51 PM

Starting next tournament will be 16 man tourneys from now on and the next few will be transferring two each to the King of Kings. These will take place tomorrow. Until then.....

UPDATED TRANSFERS TO THE KING OF KINGS

1. Stan Hansen - AJPW
2. Giant Baba - AJPW
3. Terry Funk - AJPW
4. Jumbo Tsuruta - AJPW
5. Boris Zhukov - Houston
6. Manny Fernandez - Southwest
7. "The Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff - MLW
8. Rip Oliver - PNW
9. Jacques Rougeau - IWA Montreal
10. Rocky Johnson - Polynesian Pro
11. Master Sgt. Tomko - All Star Canada
12. Kazuo Yamazaki - UPW Japan
13. "Bullet" Bob Armstrong - Southeastern
14. Bruiser Brody - WWC Puerto Rico
15. Dos Caras - UWA Mexico
16. Jerry Oates - Central States
17. Pierre Lefabvre - Atlantic Grand Prix Canada

Each winner will automatically get a top 32 seed promised to them in the 64 man tournament - it's only fair for running the gauntlet in their respective tourney's. But I promise Jerry Oates won't be the #1 seed in any region lol.

DownNDirty

07-12-2006, 10:25 AM

Joint Promotions UK - Top 2 advance to King of Kings

Round 1

#1 Big Daddy VS #16 Mark McCoy - 7:50 F Big Bear Hug
#8 The Amazing Kung Fu VS #9 Jon Cortez - 13:10 E Full Nelson Clutch
#6 Brian Maxine VS #11 Clive Myers - 15:20 E Double Knee Back Breaker
#4 Johnny Saint VS #13 Johnny Kincaid - 24:50 C- German Suplex
#3 Otto Wanz VS #14 Bearcat Wright - 19:10 C Wanz Splash
#5 Jim Breaks VS #12 Peter Roberts - 21:20 C Breaks Special
#7 King Kong Kirk VS #10 Bobby Barnes - 17:50 E British Piledriver
#2 The Original Kendo Nagasaki VS #15 Dave Bond - 24:30 C+

Round 2

#1 Big Daddy VS #9 Jon Cortez - 11:40 F Big Daddy Double Elbow Drop
#6 Brian Maxine VS #4 Johnny Saint - 22:30 C Japanese Self Stranglehold
#3 Otto Wanz VS #5 Jim Breaks - 20:50 F Bear Hug
#10 Bobby Barnes VS #15 Dave Bond - 11:40 D

Round 3

#1 Big Daddy VS #4 Johnny Saint - 23:00 D Big Daddy Elbow
#3 Otto Wanz VS #10 Bobby Barnes - 22:40 B- Leg Trip Step Over Leg Lock

Final

#1 Big Daddy VS #10 Bobby Barnes - 16:00 F Big Daddy Splash

Joint Tournament Champion and promised a top 32 seed - Big Daddy
Also transferring - Bobby Barnes

Thoughts - Big Daddy may win but all of his matches are boring. There was a couple of decent matches in this one and Barnes shocked me by getting all the way to the finals.

D. Boon's Ghost

07-12-2006, 10:34 AM

Just out of curiosity, when you list a match rating without a finisher, does that mean a DQ win/loss?
For example: in the Nagasaki v. Bond match -- did Nagasaki perhaps get DQ'ed?

DownNDirty

07-12-2006, 11:19 AM

EMLL - Top 2 advance

Round 1

#1 Mil Mascaras VS #16 La Fiera - 19:30 B La Ringuina
#8 Rayo de Jalisco Jr VS #9 Gran Apache - 18:50 B- Lucha Indian Deathlock
#6 Mando Guerrero VS #11 Blue Panther - 11:20 F Piledriver
#4 Fishman VS #13 Kung Fu - 15:30 F Tirabuzon
#3 El Satanico VS #14 Rocky Santana - 14:00 D Fisherman Buster
#5 El Supremo VS #12 El Hijo del Santo - 11:50 F High Cross Body
#7 Ultraman VS #10 Babe Face - 19:50 C- Campana
#2 Lizmark VS #15 Gran Markus Jr - 14:30 E Big Splash

Round 2

#1 Mil Mascaras VS #9 Gran Apache - 20:40 D Estacas Indias
#6 Mando Guerrero VS #4 Fishman - 22:10 A Double Underhook Piledriver
#3 El Satanico VS #5 El Supremo - 18:40 C- El Nudo
#7 Ultraman VS #15 Gran Markus Jr. - 21:30 C+ Big Splash

Round 3

#9 Gran Apache VS #6 Mando Guerrero - 11:30 C- Bow and Arrow
#3 El Satanico VS #15 Gran Markus Jr - 17:50 C El Nudo

Final

#6 Mando Guerrero VS #3 El Satanico - 25:20 B- El Nudo

Winner and guaranteed a top 32 seed - El Satanico
Also getting into the King of Kings - Mando Guerrero

Thoughts - MASCARAS out in the second round? No way! I thought he might get tripped up in round 3 but not to Gran Apache. Some very good matches by the Lucha's with the final match even being pretty good between Mando and Satanico. Look out, once Satanico locks on that El Nudo it's all over baby.

DownNDirty

07-12-2006, 11:20 AM

Just out of curiosity, when you list a match rating without a finisher, does that mean a DQ win/loss?
For example: in the Nagasaki v. Bond match -- did Nagasaki perhaps get DQ'ed?

Nope, it means I simply missed the finish. All of these matches in the tournaments are Hardcore rules so no DQ's. I didn't want fluke DQ's eliminating some of the best wrestlers.

DownNDirty

07-12-2006, 11:25 AM

Next up today will be the CWA Tournament and here's the seedings again:

Round 1

#1 Jerry Lawler VS #16 Koko B. Ware
#8 Robert Gibson VS #9 Dennis Condrey
#6 Randy Savage VS #11 Bill Dundee
#4 Stan Lane VS #13 Lanny Poffo
#3 Steve Keirn VS #14 Rick Rude
#5 Jos Leduc VS #12 Bobby Eaton
#7 Dutch Mantell VS #10 Ricky Morton
#2 Austin Idol VS #15 Phil Hickerson

Thoughts - with only 2 transferring this WILL be one of the most hotly contested qualifying tournaments. No need to guess because with this competition I'd just be wrong anyway. Upsets shouldn't be uncommon though.

Jaded

07-12-2006, 11:53 AM

Very cool idea, well done! BTW, if you miss the finish, you should be able to see the last move the winner performed by clicking on his picture at the end of the match.

DownNDirty

07-12-2006, 03:42 PM

CWA Memphis - Top two advance

Round 1

#1 Jerry Lawler VS #16 Koko B. Ware - 14:20 C Chain Punch
#8 Robert Gibson VS #9 Dennis Condrey - 13:10 F German Suplex
#6 Randy Savage VS #11 Bill Dundee - 17:30 F Brass Knuckle Punch
#4 Stan Lane VS #13 Lanny Poffo - 11:40 F Late Inning Small Package
#3 Steve Keirn VS #14 Rick Rude - 13:40 C Rude Awakening
#5 Jos Leduc VS #12 Bobby Eaton - 28:10 A* Piledriver
#7 Dutch Mantell VS #10 Ricky Morton - 9:30 F Double Knee Back Breaker
#2 Austin Idol VS #15 Phil Hickerson - 13:00 F Piledriver

Round 2

#1 Jerry Lawler VS #8 Robert Gibson - 29:30 A* Piledriver
#11 Bill Dundee VS #4 Stan Lane - 18:50 F Piledriver
#14 Rick Rude VS #5 Jos Leduc - 16:20 F Big Bear Hug
#7 Dutch Mantell VS #2 Austin Idol - 11:20 F Piledriver

Round 3

#1 Jerry Lawler VS #4 Stan Lane - 47:20 A* Chain Wrapped Punch
#5 Jos Leduc VS #2 Austin Idol - 22:50 B- Fireball

Final

#1 Jerry Lawler VS #2 Austin Idol - 20:40 B- Big Bear Hug

Locked into a top 32 spot in the King of Kings - Austin Idol
Also guaranteed a spot - Jerry "The King" Lawler

Thoughts: I knew this promised to be a good tournament and while it did have a few bad matches it more than made up for it with 3 A* matches in the tournament. In the Leduc/Eaton matchup they used every possible weapon except an artificial limb. The Lane/Lawler match may be THE match of the qualifiers - it will be hard to top that. Sweet Stan hit the King with everything and Lawler kept kicking out at the last second. He finally nailed Lane with the chain shot and put him away. Leduc was dominating Idol until he got hit by a fireball quickly ending what would have more than likely been an A match if it had went much further. This tournament will be hard to surpass in quality but I'm sure the WWF, MACW, GCW, WCCW, and Mid South boys will all have something to say about that.

DownNDirty

07-12-2006, 03:44 PM

Calgary up next and here's the seedings again:

Round 1

#1 Bret Hart VS #16 Ben Bassarab
#8 Loch Ness Monster VS #9 Jim Neidhart
#6 Dynamite Kid VS #11 Makhan Singh
#4 The Great Gama VS #13 Owen Hart
#3 Mr. Hito VS #14 Steve Disalvo
#5 Bad News Allen VS #12 Hiro Saito
#7 Bruce Hart VS #10 Davey Boy Smith
#2 The Mongolian Stomper VS #15 The Cobra

Thoughts - Another qualifier where the men will have to knuckle up to get it done. Stu Hart has some great wrestlers in his pipeline for this qualifier and I expect at least two or three A matches.

dudeamis

07-12-2006, 04:15 PM

#1 Bret Hart VS #16 Ben Bassarab
#8 Loch Ness Monster VS #9 Jim Neidhart
#6 Dynamite Kid VS #11 Makhan Singh
#4 The Great Gama VS #13 Owen Hart
#3 Mr. Hito VS #14 Steve Disalvo
#5 Bad News Allen VS #12 Hiro Saito
#7 Bruce Hart VS #10 Davey Boy Smith
#2 The Mongolian Stomper VS #15 The Cobra

The only upset I have here is Davey Boy, but I think The Anvil could beat the big man. I really wanted to pick Owen, but he's still kinda green.

I think Bret or Allen will win it all, with Dynamite being a possible spoiler for the Hitman.

DownNDirty

07-12-2006, 04:20 PM

Calgary - Top 2 transfer

Round 1

#1 Bret Hart VS #16 Ben Bassarab - 12:30 C+ Sharpshooter
#8 Loch Ness Monster VS #9 Jim Neidhart - 13:30 E Giant Elbow
#6 Dynamite Kid VS #11 Makhan Singh - 10:20 F Piledriver
#4 The Great Gama VS #13 Owen Hart - 13:20 F Pin after Over the Top Rope Toss
#3 Mr. Hito VS #14 Steve Disalvo - 17:30 C- Salt Toss in Eyes
#5 Bad News Allen VS #12 Hiro Saito - 15:40 C+ Leg Trip Step Over Leg Lock
#7 Bruce Hart VS #10 Davey Boy Smith - 17:20 E British Piledriver
#2 The Mongolian Stomper VS #15 The Cobra - 15:10 D Coal Miners Glove

Round 2

#1 Bret Hart VS #8 Loch Ness Monster - 14:30 C- Giant Splash
#6 Dynamite Kid VS #4 The Great Gama - 17:10 B- Pin after missed Dynamite Flying Headbutt
#3 Mr. Hito VS #12 Hiro Saito - 12:20 D Powder Toss to Eyes
#10 Davey Boy Smith VS #2 The Mongolian Stomper - 20:00 C- Exposed Turnbuckle Smash

Round 3

#8 Loch Ness Monster VS #4 The Great Gama - 10:40 C Mountain Avalanche
#3 Mr. Hito VS #2 The Mongolian Stomper - 19:40 A* Powder Toss to Eyes

Final

#8 Loch Ness Monster VS #3 Mr. Hito - 17:10 C Asiatic Spike

The Champion of Calgary and guaranteed a top 32 slot - Mr. Hito
Also transferring - Loch Ness Monster

Thoughts: Well, I didn't see it shaking out like this. I figured that Bad News Allen would be one of the two. The Loch Ness Monster just absolutely squashed Hart and everyone else right up to the final match. Mr. Hito means business - his match with the Stomper was great and he quietly won the dang thing from the 3 spot.

DownNDirty

07-12-2006, 04:22 PM

Jaded

07-12-2006, 05:04 PM

Edited because I missed a post or two... good to see more Brits, would love to see Regal pull it off against Marty Jones but doubt it. Going for Rocco to take the top half of the draw and Jones the bottom, Rollerball getting the win in the final.

DownNDirty

07-12-2006, 06:01 PM

All Star UK - Top 2 transfer

Round 1

#1 Marc Rocco VS #16 Rocky Moran - 20:30 B- Guillotine Whip
#8 Wayne Bridges VS #9 Chic Cullen - 20:50 F Airplane Spin
#6 Dave Finlay VS #11 Johnny Kidd - 9:10 F British Piledriver
#4 Mal Sanders VS #13 David Taylor - 14:50 D Airplane Spin
#3 John Quinn VS #14 Johnny Smith - 20:40 C Springboard Body Press
#5 Marty Jones VS #12 Steven Regal - 3:20 F Double Knee Back Breaker
#7 Steve Wright VS #10 Mike Bennett - 13:40 E British Piledriver
#2 Tony St. Clair VS #15 Frank Manley - 16:20 C Boston Crab

Round 2

#1 Marc Rocco VS #9 Chic Cullen - 27:50 B- Leg Trip Step Over Leg Lock
#6 Dave Finlay VS #4 Mal Sanders - 8:20 F Double Knee Back Breaker
#14 Johnny Smith VS #5 Marty Jones - 17:00 B British Piledriver
#7 Steve Wright VS #15 Frank Manley - 14:30 C Full Nelson

Round 3

#9 Chic Cullen VS #4 Mal Sanders - 16:20 E Double Knee Back Breaker
#5 Marty Jones VS #15 Frank Manley - 10:50 F Abdominal Stretch

Final

#4 Mal Sanders VS #5 Marty Jones - 17:40 E British Piledriver

The All Star UK Champion - Marty Jones
Also going to the King of Kings is Mal Sanders

Thoughts: I'm sure the British enthusiasts will know more than I but I have to believe Frank Manley winning two matches is unheard of. Also, Rollerball going out in round two to Cullen has to be a bit of a shocker too.

DownNDirty

07-12-2006, 06:03 PM

The King of Kings will continue on Sunday afternoon or Monday - I'm on vacation and headed to the beach. Hope everyone has enjoyed reading so far.

DD

dudeamis

07-12-2006, 08:06 PM

I really like this so far, my reader votes go too Dynamite and Randy Savage, maybe Rude, Hitman or Davey Boy if there arn't too many big upsets.

Sartagis

07-15-2006, 06:22 AM

I really like this so far, my reader votes go too Dynamite and Randy Savage, maybe Rude, Hitman or Davey Boy if there arn't too many big upsets.
Huh? All those guys are gone.

DownNDirty

07-17-2006, 03:19 PM

Yep, been a tough tourney so far as all of those guys have already bit the dust in the prelims. The NJPW is going on right now in the 3rd round. I'll have full results of that tournament within the next 3 hours with the AWA tournament to follow later tonight time permitting.

DD

DownNDirty

07-17-2006, 05:38 PM

NJPW - Top 4 transfer to King of Kings

Round 1

#1 Antonio Inoki VS #16 Osamu Kido - 19:30 F Ground Crucifix Arm Bar
#8 Animal Hamaguchi VS #9 Seiji Sakaguchi - 36:50 A Rolling Short Arm Scissors
#6 Killer Khan VS #11 Yoshiaki Yatsu - 19:30 F Powder to Eyes
#4 Masa Saito VS #13 Isamu Teranishi - 25:50 F Powder to Eyes
#3 Riki Chosyu VS #14 Kuniaki Kobayashi - 23:30 E Step Over Leg Lock
#5 Tiger Mask VS #12 Rusher Kimura - 23:30 E Japanese Backdrop Suplex
#7 Yoshiaki Fujiwara VS #10 The Cobra - 14:00 F Face Lock
#2 Tatsumi Fujinami VS #15 Kengo Kimura - 20:30 F Cobra Twist

Round 2

#1 Antonio Inoki VS #9 Seiji Sakaguchi - 24:50 C- Inoki Crucifix Arm Bar
#6 Killer Khan VS #4 Masa Saito - 25:40 F Salt Toss to Eyes
#3 Riki Choshu VS #12 Rusher Kimura - 30:10 C+ Riki Scorpion Deathlock
#7 Yoshiaki Fujiwara VS #2 Tatsumi Fujinami - 27:40 C Rolling Short Arm Scissors

Round 3

#1 Antonio Inoki VS #4 Masa Saito - 25:30 C- Manji-Gatame
#3 Riki Chosyu VS #2 Tatsumi Fujinami - 29:20 C Powerbomb

Final

#1 Antonio Inoki VS #3 Riki Chosyu - 27:50 C- Manji-Gatame

Winner and transferring to the King of Kings with an automatic top 32 seed Antonio Inoki. Also transferring are Riki Chosyu, Masa Saito, and Tatsumi Fujinami.

Thoughts - The first tournament where the top 4 seeds all made it to the final 4. Nothing eventful and probably no surprise that Inoki walked away the winner.

DownNDirty

07-17-2006, 05:40 PM

Sartagis

07-17-2006, 08:18 PM

Predictions
Round 1

#1 Nick Bockwinkel VS #16 Steve Regal
#8 Jerry Blackwell VS #9 David Shultz
#6 Baron Von Raschke VS #11 Mr. Saito
#4 Rick Martel VS #13 Jim Brunzell
#3 Ken Patera VS #14 Billy Robinson
#5 Jesse Ventura VS #12 Brad Rheingans
#7 Greg Gagne VS #10 Curt Henning
#2 Hulk Hogan VS #15 Big Scott Hall

Round 2

#1 Nick Bockwinkel VS #9 David Shultz
#6 Baron Von Raschke VS #4 Rick Martel
#14 Billy Robinson VS #5 Jesse Ventura
#10 Curt Henning VS #2 Hulk Hogan

Round 3

#1 Nick Bockwinkel VS #4 Rick Martel
#14 Billy Robinson VS #2 Hulk Hogan

FINAL

#1 Nick Bockwinkel VS #2 Hulk Hogan

LETS GO BILLY!!!

DownNDirty

07-18-2006, 08:47 PM

AWA - Top 4 transfer to King of Kings

Round 1

#1 Nick Bockwinkel VS #16 Steve Regal - 7:40 F Oriental Sleeper Hold
#8 Jerry Blackwell VS #9 David Shultz - 12:20 E Big Splash
#6 Baron Von Raschke VS #11 Buck Zumhofe - 8:30 F Grounded Iron Claw
#4 Rick Martel VS #13 Jim Brunzell - 19:30 C+ Crucifix Cradle
#3 Ken Patera VS #14 Billy Robinson - 16:20 C- Step Over Leg Lock
#5 Jesse Ventura VS #12 Brad Rheingans - 21:40 C- Chair Shot to Head
#7 Greg Gagne VS #10 Curt Henning - 16:50 C Thesz Press
#2 Hulk Hogan VS #15 Big Scott Hall - 9:00 D Piledriver

Round 2

#1 Nick Bockwinkel VS #8 Jerry Blackwell - 13:30 F Roll of Quarters
#6 Baron Von Raschke VS #4 Rick Martel - 18:20 F High Cross Body
#14 Billy Robinson VS #5 Jesse Ventura - 17:10 C- Step Over Leg Lock
#7 Greg Gagne VS #2 Hulk Hogan - 21:00 A* Gagne Sleeper

Round 3

#1 Nick Bockwinkel VS #4 Rick Martel - 16:40 F Oriental Sleeper Hold
#14 Billy Robinson VS #7 Greg Gagne - 15:00 C Step Over Leg Lock

Final

#1 Nick Bockwinkel VS #14 Billy Robinson - 20:50 A Step Over Leg Lock

Winner and guaranteed a top 32 spot in the King of Kings - Billy Robinson. Also transferring are Nick Bockwinkel, Greg Gagne, and Rick Martel.

Thoughts - Holy crap Hogan lost to Gagne. Not only that but Gagne kicked out of the Big Legdrop. Billy Robinson had some cheering him on right to victory over the technician Bockwinkel. Hogan and Gagne pulling out an A* match and Gagne pinning the Hulk may be the biggest surprise by far of the qualifiers. Well, that or Tom Zenk pinning The Shiek in an earlier tournament.

DownNDirty

07-18-2006, 08:49 PM

Next up WCCW and here's the seedings:

WCCW - Top 4 advance

Round 1

#1 David Von Erich VS #16 Frank Dusek
#8 One Man Gang VS #9 The Missing Link
#6 The Greak Kabuki VS #11 Mike Von Erich
#4 Kerry Von Erich VS #13 Magic Dragon
#3 Terry Gordy VS #14 Sweet Brown Sugar
#5 Kevin Von Erich VS #12 Brian Adias
#7 Iceman Parsons VS #10 Buddy Roberts
#2 Michael Hayes VS #15 John Tatum

Thoughts - At least one Von Erich should be in there and I think Hayes has a pretty good shot to the final four as well. I predect one of the top 4 seeds to take this one though.

DownNDirty

07-18-2006, 08:57 PM

DownNDirty

07-20-2006, 03:41 PM

WCCW and GCW tournaments should both be completed within the next 6 hours - stay tuned.

DownNDirty

07-21-2006, 08:07 PM

WCCW Tournament - Top 4 transfer

Round 1

#1 David Von Erich VS #16 Frank Dusek - 5:20 C- Brainbuster
#8 One Man Gang VS #9 The Missing Link - 25:30 B- The Claw
#6 The Greak Kabuki VS #11 Mike Von Erich - 14:50 C Mandible Claw
#4 Kerry Von Erich VS #13 Magic Dragon - 14:30 D Ground Inverted Sleeper
#3 Terry Gordy VS #14 Sweet Brown Sugar - 21:00 B- Japanese Self Stranglehold
#5 Kevin Von Erich VS #12 Brian Adias - 12:00 C - Von Erich Scissor Lock
#7 Iceman Parsons VS #10 Buddy Roberts - 15:10 B- Running Powerslam
#2 Michael Hayes VS #15 John Tatum - Double Arm DDT Through Table

Round 2

#1 David Von Erich VS #9 The Missing Link - 12:10 F Iron Claw
#6 The Greak Kabuki VS #13 Magic Dragon - 10:30 F Japanese Self Stranglehold
#3 Terry Gordy VS #5 Kevin Von Erich - 23:20 D Double Arm DDT
#7 Iceman Parsons VS #2 Michael Hayes - 14:00 F Figure Four

Round 3

#1 David Von Erich VS #6 The Greak Kabuki - 16:40 D Von Erich Claw
#3 Terry Gordy VS #2 Michael Hayes - 19:50 C- Elevated Hammerlock

Final

#1 David Von Erich VS #3 Terry Gordy - Piledriver through Table

WCCW Champion and guaranteed a top 32 spot - David Von Erich.
Also transferring are Terry Gordy, The Great Kabuki, and Michael Hayes.

Thoughts: The first round didn't have any bad matches at all. Then the second round stunk. Couldn't believe Magic Dragon upset Kerry in the opening round - I figured he'd be in the top 4. The final match between David Von Erich and Gordy was pretty good but David dominated the entire contest.

D. Boon's Ghost

07-22-2006, 06:01 PM

Love how the Von Erich fury came out in David's win vs. Gordy. :) A Piledriver through the table sounds about right.

And I enjoyed the AWA section of the tourny. Unless Verne was entered, who else of the qualifiers could have met in the finals? Bockwinkel vs. Robinson is a super match-up, as evidenced by the A rating it received.
If it was not going to be Bockwinkel, I'm glad that Robinson won it. Now is time for Bock to turn it up. He is still me favorite for the entire ball of wax.

Go Greg, Go!
I really don't care if Greg gets squashed into the pavement in the next round. In my opinion, his beating Hogan is the highlight of the entire tournament so far.

Poor Rocco, though. He put on the most entertaining matches of the tournament and he is booted out for his troubles. Curse you Chic Cullen! :)

Great job on this. It has been very entertaining reading so far.

DownNDirty

07-23-2006, 01:53 PM

Georgia Championship Wrestling - Top 4 transfer to King of Kings

Round 1

#1 Tommy Rich VS #16 Bruno Sammartino Jr. - 10:30 C+ Figure Four
#8 Ronnie Garvin VS #9 Ole Anderson - 26:30 B+ Low Blow with Cradle
#6 Jake Roberts VS #11 Arn Anderson - 16:40 F Piledriver
#4 Mr. Wrestling II VS #13 Thunderbolt Patterson - 23:20 C+ Cradle Suplex
#3 Larry Zbyszko VS #14 Les Thorton - 18:40 C Double Knee Backbreaker
#5 The Spoiler VS #12 Road Warrior Hawk - 28:00 B Abdominal Claw
#7 Paul Orndorff VS #10 Road Warrior Animal - 19:00 D Over Shoulder Backbreaker
#2 Buzz Sawyer VS #15 Brett Wayne - 11:00 F Brass Knuckle Punch

Round 2

#1 Tommy Rich VS #9 Ole Anderson - 22:50 D Figure Four
#6 Jake Roberts VS #4 Mr. Wrestling II - 26:40 C+ Brass Knuckle Punch
#14 Les Thorton VS #5 The Spoiler - 22:40 B Step Over Leg Lock
#10 Road Warrior Animal VS #2 Buzz Sawyer - 23:20 C Piledriver

Round 3

#1 Tommy Rich VS #6 Jake Roberts - 23:50 C+ Figure Four
#14 Les Thorton VS #10 Road Warrior Animal - 18:00 C- Double Knee Backbreaker

Final

#1 Tommy Rich VS #14 Les Thorton - 23:40 C+ Piledriver

Winner and guaranteed a top 32 spot - "Wildfire" Tommy Rich. Also transferring are Les Thorton, Jake Roberts, and Road Warrior Animal

Thoughts - A great tournament on paper and turned out to be decent. A surprising twist with Thorton being a giant killer and taking out some great competitors. Garvin and Ole Anderson put on an old school classic in the first round beating the crap out of one another.

DownNDirty

07-23-2006, 01:54 PM

Next up:

WWF - Top 4 advance

Round 1

#1 Bob Backlund VS #16 Rene Goulet
#8 The Iron Shiek VS #9 Pedro Morales
#6 Afa VS #11 Tony Atlas
#4 Sgt. Slaughter VS #13 Ivan Putski
#3 Andre the Giant VS #14 SD Jones
#5 Jimmy Snuka VS #12 Nikolai Volkoff
#7 Sika VS #10 Tito Santana
#2 Don Muraco VS #15 Tony Garea

Thoughts - I see some potential great second round matches. Will the Iron Shiek take on Backlund and upset him in round two? Will he even make it by Pedro? A second round match between Andre and Snuka could be very interesting as could a matchup with Muraco and Santana.

Jaded

07-23-2006, 02:10 PM

Gonna go for a big shock here with Afa taking it, joining Backlund, Andre and Sika in getting through.

Great job you're doing, btw. :)

DownNDirty

07-23-2006, 02:45 PM

WWF - Top 4 advance

Round 1

#1 Bob Backlund VS #16 Rene Goulet - 8:50 C- Crossface Chicken Wing
#8 The Iron Shiek VS #9 Pedro Morales - 17:10 E Camel Clutch
#6 Afa VS #11 Tony Atlas - 20:50 F Atlas Bear Hug
#4 Sgt. Slaughter VS #13 Ivan Putski - 14:40 D Chair Choke Out
#3 Andre the Giant VS #14 SD Jones - 14:40 D Big Butt Drop
#5 Jimmy Snuka VS #12 Nikolai Volkoff - 22:40 B+ Under Chin Nerve Lock
#7 Sika VS #10 Tito Santana - 18:50 B Samoan Running Headbutt
#2 Don Muraco VS #15 Tony Garea - 21:20 B Piledriver through Table

Round 2

#1 Bob Backlund VS #8 The Iron Shiek - 21:20 D Belly to Back Cradle Suplex
#11 Tony Atlas VS #4 Sgt. Slaughter - 20:00 C- Press Gut Buster
#3 Andre the Giant VS #5 Jimmy Snuka - 21:30 C- Giant Inverted Piledriver
#7 Sika VS #2 Don Muraco - 18:50 E Piledriver through Table

Round 3

#1 Bob Backlund VS #11 Tony Atlas - 19:00 C- Full Nelson
#3 Andre the Giant VS #2 Don Muraco - 17:00 B- Giant Bear Hug

Final

#11 Tony Atlas VS #3 Andre the Giant - 18:50 B- Giant Bear Hug

Winner and guaranteed a top 32 spot - Andre the Giant. Also transferring are Tony Atlas, Don Muraco, and Bob Backlund.

Thoughts - An interesting tournament but no surprise that Andre walks away the winner. Some decent matches - nothing earth shattering. Atlas had Andre on the ropes in the final and got two near falls to nearly steal the entire thing.

DownNDirty

07-23-2006, 02:47 PM

Up next....

Florida - Top 4 advance

Round 1

#1 Dusty Rhodes VS #16 Mike Davis
#8 Bobby Duncam VS #9 Barry Windham
#6 Ron Bass VS #11 Angelo Mosca
#4 Superstar Billy Graham VS #13 Black Bart
#3 The Purple Haze VS #14 B Brian Blair
#5 Kevin Sullivan VS #12 Mike Rotundo
#7 Maya Singh VS #10 Mike Graham
#2 Blackjack Mulligan VS #15 Scott McGhee

Thoughts - Not the best 16 top to bottom but there should be some good stuff mixed in there. The first rounder with Sullivan and Rotundo - two future Varsity Club members - could steal the show.

DownNDirty

07-23-2006, 04:01 PM

Florida - Top 4 advance

Round 1

#1 Dusty Rhodes VS #16 Mike Davis - 16:00 D Thesz Press
#8 Bobby Duncam VS #9 Barry Windham - 19:30 C Over Top Rope Toss and Pin
#6 Ron Bass VS #11 Angelo Mosca - 21:10 A Chokeslam through Table
#4 Superstar Billy Graham VS #13 Black Bart - 15:50 D Piledriver through Table
#3 The Purple Haze VS #14 B Brian Blair - 19:50 C+ Over Top Rope Toss and Pin
#5 Kevin Sullivan VS #12 Mike Rotundo - 20:50 C+ Cradle Suplex
#7 Maya Singh VS #10 Mike Graham - 20:20 C+ Inverted Shoulder Breaker
#2 Blackjack Mulligan VS #15 Scott McGhee - 19:50 C Cradle Suplex

Round 2

#1 Dusty Rhodes VS #8 Bobby Duncam - 17:10 E Figure Four
#11 Angelo Mosca VS #4 Superstar Billy Graham - 23:30 B+ King Kong Bear Hug
#3 The Purple Haze VS #12 Mike Rotundo - 26:10 B- Thumb Spike
#7 Maya Singh VS #15 Scott McGhee - 7:30 F German Suplex

Round 3

#1 Dusty Rhodes VS #11 Angelo Mosca - 23:30 A* Double Arm DDT Through Table
#3 The Purple Haze VS #7 Maya Singh - 19:40 D Chair Choke Out

Final

#1 Dusty Rhodes VS #3 The Purple Haze - 20:20 B- Chair Choke Out

Winner and guaranteed a top 32 spot - The Purple Haze Mark Lewin. Also transferring are Dusty Rhodes, Maya Singh, and Angelo Mosca.

Thoughts - Was hoping Barry Windham would show signs of the future greatness but he was taken down by Duncam in the opening round. All 3 of Angelo Mosca's matches were very entertaining and he and Rhodes brought the house down with an A* classic in round 3. The final match had Lewin dominate Rhodes and finally take him out just a little over 20 minutes in.

DownNDirty

07-23-2006, 04:02 PM

Up next....

Mid Atlantic - Top 4 advance

#1 Harley Race VS #16 George South
#8 Wahoo McDaniel VS #9 Nikita Koloff
#6 Jay Youngblood VS #11 Roddy Piper
#4 Ricky Steamboat VS #13 Dick Slater
#3 Greg Valentine VS #14 Bugsy McGraw
#5 Jerry Brisco VS #12 Bob Orton Jr
#7 Jack Brisco VS #10 Jimmy Valient
#2 Ric Flair VS #15 Nelson Royal

Thoughts - This is a big one for sure with alot of talent trying to make the final four. Flair, if he gets Jack Brisco in round 2 better watch out as should race if he gets Wahoo.

DownNDirty

07-23-2006, 04:42 PM

MACW - Top 4 advance

ROUND 1

#1 Harley Race VS #16 George South - 12:30 C Inverted Piledriver
#8 Wahoo McDaniel VS #9 Nikita Koloff - 12:10 E Piledriver
#6 Jay Youngblood VS #11 Roddy Piper - 20:20 C+ Figure Four
#4 Ricky Steamboat VS #13 Dick Slater - 33:10 A* Dragon Body Press
#3 Greg Valentine VS #14 Bugsy McGraw - 21:50 C+ Chair Choke Out
#5 Jerry Brisco VS #12 Bob Orton Jr - 21:30 C Piledriver
#7 Jack Brisco VS #10 Jimmy Valient - 24:00 B Brisco Figure Four
#2 Ric Flair VS #15 Nelson Royal - 21:40 B+ Cradle Suplex

Round 2

#1 Harley Race VS #8 Wahoo McDaniel - 25:00 A* Chocktaw Deathlock
#11 Roddy Piper VS #4 Ricky Steamboat - 31:10 A* Main Event Sleeper
#14 Bugsy McGraw VS #12 Bob Orton Jr - 20:00 B+ Piledriver through Table
#7 Jack Brisco VS #15 Nelson Royal - 14:10 D Belly to Back Cradle Suplex

Round 3

#8 Wahoo McDaniel VS #11 Roddy Piper - 18:40 F Chocktaw Deathlock
#12 Bob Orton Jr VS #7 Jack Brisco - 22:20 B Figure Four

Final

#8 Wahoo McDaniel VS #7 Jack Brisco - 22:20 C Cradle Suplex

Winner and guaranteed a top 32 slot - Jack Brisco. Also transferring are Wahoo McDaniel, Bob Orton Jr, and Roddy Piper.

Thoughts - Well, MACW shows exactly why it was the hotbed of wrestling at the time with so many great matches and upsets. Top to bottom it was stacked but nobody thought Nelson Royal would beat The Nature Boy in the opening round. Also, Brisco taking the entire thing was a bit of a shock. Actually, the 4 that transfer were all a bit of a shock to me. Steamboat shows he is the man by giving us 2 A* matches before he departed. His match with Slater was one of the best matches of the entire preliminaries. Wow again at the four that transfer from MACW.

Last tournament coming up - the Mid South clash.

DownNDirty

07-23-2006, 05:34 PM

Mid South - Top 4 transfer to the King of Kings

Round 1

#1 Butch Reed VS #16 Blade Runner Sting - 10:10 E Swinging Full Nelson
#8 King Kong Bundy VS #9 Terry Taylor - 10:00 F Bundy Splash
#6 Magnum TA VS #12 Steve Williams - 11:20 F Figure Four
#4 Kamala VS #13 Tim Horner - 9:00 F Kamala Splash
#3 Ted Dibiase VS #14 Rick Steiner - 5:40 F Million Dollar Dream
#5 Jim Duggan VS #12 Crusher Darsow - 25:20 A Knockout Punch
#7 Jim Garvin VS #10 Chris Adams - 17:10 C- Double Arm DDT
#2 Junkyard Dog VS #15 Blade Runner Rock - 7:10 F Piledriver

Round 2

#1 Butch Reed VS #8 King Kong Bundy - 23:50 D Piledriver
#6 Magnum TA VS #4 Kamala - 33:00 A* Belly to Belly Suplex
#3 Ted Dibiase VS #5 Jim Duggan - 27:40 B Million Dollar Dream
#7 Jim Garvin VS #2 Junkyard Dog - 18:00 E Big Thump

Round 3

#1 Butch Reed VS #6 Magnum TA - 20:30 C+ Gutwrench Powerbomb
#3 Ted Dibiase VS #2 Junkyard Dog - 24:00 C+ Chain Wrapped Punch

Final

#1 Butch Reed VS #2 Junkyard Dog - 28:20 D Big Thump

Winner and guaranteed a top 32 spot - Junkyard Dog. Also transferring are Butch Reed, Ted Dibiase, and Magnum TA.

Thoughts - Only two upsets in the entire tournament. Magnum beating Kamala and JYD over Reed in the final. Pretty entertaining stuff throughout with some interesting matchups. Magnum and Kamala stole the Mid South prelim with an A* match in round two. JYD barely squeaked by Dibiase but didn't have a big problem with Reed in the final.

DownNDirty

07-23-2006, 05:45 PM

UPDATED ROSTER OF WRESTLERS IN THE KING OF KINGS TOURNAMENT:

1. Stan Hansen - AJPW
2. Giant Baba - AJPW
3. Terry Funk - AJPW
4. Jumbo Tsuruta - AJPW
5. Boris Zhukov - Houston
6. Manny Fernandez - Southwest
7. "The Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff - MLW
8. Rip Oliver - PNW
9. Jacques Rougeau - IWA Montreal
10. Rocky Johnson - Polynesian Pro
11. Master Sgt. Tomko - All Star Canada
12. Kazuo Yamazaki - UPW Japan
13. "Bullet" Bob Armstrong - Southeastern
14. Bruiser Brody - WWC Puerto Rico
15. Dos Caras - UWA Mexico
16. Jerry Oates - Central States
17. Pierre Lefabvre - Atlantic Grand Prix Canada
18. Big Daddy - Joint Promotions
19. Bobby Barnes - Joint Promotions
20. El Satanico - EMLL
21. Mando Guerrero - EMLL
22. Austin Idol - CWA
23. Jerry Lawler - CWA
24. Mr. Hito - Calgary
25. Loch Ness Monster - Calgary
26. Marty Jones - All Star UK
27. Mal Sanders - All Star UK
28. Antonio Inoki - NJPW
29. Riki Chosyu - NJPW
30. Masa Saito - NJPW
31. Tatsumi Fujinami - NJPW
32. Billy Robinson - AWA
33. Nick Bockwinkel - AWA
34. Greg Gagne - AWA
35. Rick Martel - AWA
36. David Von Erich - WCCW
37. Terry Gordy - WCCW
38. The Great Kabuki - WCCW
39. Michael Hayes - WCCW
40. Tommy Rich - GCW
41. Les Thorton - GCW
42. Jake Roberts - GCW
43. Road Warrior Animal - GCW
44. Andre the Giant - WWF
45. Tony Atlas - WWF
46. Don Muraco - WWF
47. Bob Backlund - WWF
48. The Purple Haze - Florida
49. Dusty Rhodes - Florida
50. Maya Singh - Florida
51. Angelo Mosca - Florida
52. Jack Brisco - MACW
53. Wahoo McDaniel - MACW
54. Bob Orton Jr - MACW
55. Roddy Piper - MACW
56. Junkyard Dog - Mid South
57. Butch Reed - Mid South
58. Ted Dibiase - Mid South
59. Magnum TA - Mid South

These are the guys that have earned their way into the tournament through winning the right to be there. I'm giving TWO more guys the chance to win their right to make it to the tournament with two "dream" tournaments of the guys that were upset or didn't make it for one reason or another. These will be two 16 men tournaments with the winner of each earning two precious slots but neither will be guaranteed a top 32 spot. Then, the readers of this diary over the next two days have the chance to cast their votes for 3 men and the top 3 all will also make it into the King of Kings. So, after I have the two "dream" tournaments seeded I'll post them. I'm randomly letting my computer scramble the wrestlers I pick out so no particular seedings - that way I won't have to try to play favorites. They are lucky to even get another chance at this point so I don't feel sorry for anyone.

DownNDirty

07-23-2006, 06:26 PM

Tourney 1 Round 1

Kevin Sullivan VS Ricky Steamboat -
Marc Rocco VS Hulk Hogan -
Adrian Adonis VS Canek -
Kamala VS Bret Hart -
Mil Mascaras VS Sgt. Slaughter -
Randy Savage VS Jimmy Snuka -
Dick Murdoch VS Harley Race -
Abdullah the Butcher VS Ken Patera -

Tourney 2 Round 1

Larry Zbyszko VS Buzz Sawyer -
Terry Funk VS The Sheik -
Lizmark VS Dynamite Kid -
Tiger Mask VS Dino Bravo -
Kerry Von Erich VS Tully Blanchard -
Gran Hamada VS Ric Flair -
Ray Rougeau VS Billy Jack -
Carlos Colon VS Blackjack Mulligan -

DownNDirty

07-23-2006, 07:31 PM

Tourney 1 - Winner only advances. Randomly generated matchups set this tournament.

Round 1

Kevin Sullivan VS Ricky Steamboat - 26:10 C High Cross Body
Marc Rocco VS Hulk Hogan - 27:20 B - Piledriver
Adrian Adonis VS Canek - 23:20 D Goodnight Irene Sleeper
Kamala VS Bret Hart - 16:40 E Kamala Splash
Mil Mascaras VS Sgt. Slaughter - 23:40 C- La Ringuina
Randy Savage VS Jimmy Snuka - 14:30 C- Tongan Death Grip
Dick Murdoch VS Harley Race - 22:30 C+ Giant Bodyslam
Abdullah the Butcher VS Ken Patera - 24:20 C+ Sudanese Meat Cleaver

Round 2

Ricky Steamboat VS Hulk Hogan - 26:30 A* Big Bear Hug
Adrian Adonis VS Kamala - 29:40 A* Brass Knuckle Punch
Mil Mascaras VS Jimmy Snuka - 22:00 E Ground Crucifix Cradle
Harley Race VS Abdullah the Butcher - 36:50 A* Sudanese Meat Cleaver

Round 3

Hulk Hogan VS Adrian Adonis - 22:30 B+ Goodnight Irene
Mil Mascaras VS Abdullah the Butcher - 18:50 C Flying Double Chest Chop

Final

Adrian Adonis VS Mil Mascaras - 22:40 F High Cross Body

Winner and guaranteed a wildcard slot in the King of Kings - Mil Mascaras.

Thoughts - Well, this produced some very interesting matchups. Good matches as well - the first round saw a doozy with Rollerball nearly getting the best of Hogan. Round two saw some classics as there were three A* matches in that round alone. The matchup between Hogan and Adonis in round 3 was fun to watch as Adrian finally put Hogan to sleep after getting several near falls and he kicked out of the Big Legdrop. Mascaras sawed through the competition in the tournament and had no memorable matches. He won - but the fans hated his work. The final match was horrific as he killed Adonis dead and was at high energy when he did pin him.

DownNDirty

07-23-2006, 08:01 PM

Tourney 2 - Winner only advances. This tournament was randomly seeded.

Round 1

Larry Zbyszko VS Buzz Sawyer - 27:40 E Piledriver
Terry Funk VS The Sheik - 22:20 D Cradle Piledriver
Lizmark VS Dynamite Kid - 23:40 C- Missed Diving Headbutt
Tiger Mask VS Dino Bravo - 19:00 F Crossface Chickenwing
Kerry Von Erich VS Tully Blanchard - 25:20 B- Iron Claw
Gran Hamada VS Ric Flair - 14:00 D Figure Four
Ray Rougeau VS Billy Jack - 22:30 B Swinging Full Nelson
Carlos Colon VS Blackjack Mulligan - 27:00 B- Figure Four Leglock

Round 2

Buzz Sawyer VS Terry Funk - 24:30 B- Funk Spinning Toe Hold
Lizmark VS Tiger Mask - 20:30 C- Powerbomb
Kerry Von Erich VS Ric Flair - 12:10 F Piledriver
Billy Jack VS Carlos Colon - 23:40 C+ Figure Four Leglock

Round 3

Terry Funk VS Lizmark - 21:10 E Fisherman's Suplex
Ric Flair VS Carlos Colon - 31:10 A Cradle Suplex

Final

Lizmark VS Carlos Colon - 26:50 D Cavernaria Clutch

Winner of tournament two and guaranteed a wildcard slot - Lizmark.

Thoughts - Holy crap, two randomly generated tournaments and both of them had the winner coming from the EMLL. That is one tough bunch of hombres I take it. Lizmark pulls off a big upset here by taking down some great wrestlers on his way to the King of Kings. He beat Dynamite Kid, Tiger Mask, Terry Funk, and Carlos Colon. Talk about running a hard guantlet. Flair looked to be on a mission destroying his first two opponents before having the match of the tournament with Colon and losing. Will Flair get one of the three reader votes or will he be sitting at home watching the King of Kings tournament like so many others?

DownNDirty

07-23-2006, 08:16 PM

THE KING OF KINGS TOURNAMENT

I'll lay out the plan here. The voting can take place until Wednesday, noon Eastern Standard Time. After that I will tally the votes and place three more men into the King of Kings. I have already decided I will not allow any of the three men to be one of the top 32 seeds so I can try to seed the top 32 and post it tomorrow.

Here's how the tournament will work - just like the NCAA Basketball tournaments in the USA. There will be 4 "regions" that I will seed them by. I will try my best to be impartial and figure out the best way to do this. The four regions will be as follows:

North America North
North America South
Europe
Far East

This doesn't mean that everyone in the Far East tournaments will be guys from Japan. It just means there's more of a likelihood there will be a few Japanese guys in there. North America North should see a couple of Canadians in the thing - stuff like that.

sphanlon

07-23-2006, 09:13 PM

3 names really jump out for wildcards to me. Flair, Race, and Hogan. I know Hulk wouldn't be huge until starting the next year, but I still give him the knod ahead of the likes of Von Erich, Steamboat, etc. So...
Harley Race
Ric Flair
Hulk Hogan

D. Boon's Ghost

07-23-2006, 10:35 PM

I feel like I should take Race over Hogan with one of my picks, but Harley didn't make it into the third round. I'm going with Flair, Funk, and Hogan.

Jaded

07-24-2006, 02:35 AM

I'll go for Rocco, Steamboat, Flair - and am surprised at D Boon for not showing the love for Rollerball, dammit! :(

Looking forward to the main tourney now :)

captainlou

07-24-2006, 11:00 AM

I'll choose Race, Funk and Flair. These were three of the most respected wrestlers at the time, with Bockwinkle and McDaniel being two of the others.

DownNDirty

07-24-2006, 11:21 AM

Keep the votes coming guys.

Below is the released list for the King of Kings tournament with the top 32 seedings already in place:

King of Kings Bracket

Europe
#1 Stan Hansen
#8 Boris Zhukov
#6 Manny Fernandez
#4 Big Daddy
#3 Marty Jones
#5 Lizmark
#7 Dusty Rhodes
#2 Tommy Rich

North America South

#1 David Von Erich
#8 Jerry Oates
#6 Dos Caras
#4 Austin Idol
#3 El Satanico
#5 Mil Mascaras
#7 Bob Armstrong
#2 Jack Brisco

North America North

#1 Andre the Giant
#8 Master Sgt. Tomko
#6 Jacques Rougeau
#4 Mr. Hito
#3 The Purple Haze
#5 Rocky Johnson
#7 Ivan Koloff
#2 Billy Robinson

Far East

#1 Antonio Inoki
#8 Pierre Lefabvre
#6 Rip Oliver
#4 Nick Bockwinkel
#3 Junkyard Dog
#5 Giant Baba
#7 Kazuo Yamazaki
#2 Bruiser Brody

DownNDirty

07-25-2006, 08:33 PM

15 hours before the voting is finalized. Right now here's how it looks:

Flair virtually a lock with 4 votes

Hogan, Race, and Funk all have two votes each.

Steamboat and Rollerball have one vote and are grasping for their last breath.

Tie needs to be broken because we've got three guys going for the last two spots - who gets in?

In case the tie is not broken then I'll have to figure out some fair strategy to pick who gets in.

DownNDirty

07-26-2006, 10:38 AM

Ok with the voting ending I had to be forced into a decision I did not want to make. Since there was a deadlock with 3 guys trying to get the last 2 spots I had to make a judgment call. I am trying to look at this objectively.

Race - A veteran of the sport and many time world champion. The tournament wouldn't be complete without Race involved so I give one of the two nods to him.

Now, the other. Hogan is coming along and WILL be the biggest superstar the sport has ever seen in a couple of years. Right now he's still chasing the AWA World Title though and hasn't done much in the wrestling world besides do the crossover Rocky III. If this were Dream Tournament 1985 scenario it would be a no brainer. Funk is a former NWA World Champion at this point and a legend in Japan. I HAVE to give the nod to Funk in this situation because it's 1983 and not 1984 or 1985.

So, rounding out the field for the King of Kings - the three wild cards are:

Ric Flair
Harley Race
Terry Funk

TCP1

07-26-2006, 11:30 AM

We want Hogan, cha cha cha cha cha!!!

I predict Lizmark to win the whole thing.

DownNDirty

07-26-2006, 12:12 PM

And HOGAN you have. An error on my part as Terry Funk was already locked in due to qualifying in his AJPW preliminary. DUH! Well, now Hogan is the other one in without any controversey. Seedings to be released later today.....

sphanlon

07-26-2006, 01:39 PM

That's cool. But did someone end up getting unjustly left out of the second-chance tourney? Funk took up a spot in there. I'm going to have to call the legitimacy of the whole competition into question now! Alright, just kidding. Seriously,how did we miss that? You typed his name out a bunch of times on the qualified list near the top and even seeded him in the main tournament!

DownNDirty

07-26-2006, 02:02 PM

THE KING OF KINGS TOURNAMENT FINAL SEEDINGS

Europe

#1 Stan Hansen VS #16 Bobby Barnes
#8 Boris Zhukov VS #9 Riki Chosyu
#6 Manny Fernandez VS #11 Bob Orton Jr
#4 Big Daddy VS #13 Mal Sanders
#3 Marty Jones VS #14 Tony Atlas
#5 Lizmark VS #12 Ted Dibiase
#7 Dusty Rhodes VS #10 Butch Reed
#2 Tommy Rich VS #15 Loch Ness Monster

North America South

#1 David Von Erich VS #16 Jake Roberts
#8 Jerry Oates VS #9 Ric Flair
#6 Dos Caras VS #11 Les Thorton
#4 Austin Idol VS #13 The Great Kabuki
#3 El Satanico VS #14 Magnum TA
#5 Mil Mascaras VS #12 Jerry Lawler
#7 Bob Armstrong VS #10 Wahoo McDaniel
#2 Jack Brisco VS #15 Michael Hayes

North America North

#1 Andre the Giant VS #16 Greg Gagne
#8 Master Sgt. Tomko VS #9 Bob Backlund
#6 Jacques Rougeau VS #11 Don Muraco
#4 Mr. Hito VS #13 Roddy Piper
#3 The Purple Haze VS #14 Rick Martel
#5 Rocky Johnson VS #12 Mando Guerrero
#7 Ivan Koloff VS #10 Hulk Hogan
#2 Billy Robinson VS #15 Angelo Mosca

Far East

#1 Antonio Inoki VS #16 Road Warrior Animal
#8 Pierre Lefabvre VS #9 Harley Race
#6 Rip Oliver VS #11 Terry Funk
#4 Nick Bockwinkel VS #13 Maya Singh
#3 Junkyard Dog VS #14 Tatsumi Fujinami
#5 Giant Baba VS #12 Masa Saito
#7 Kazuo Yamazaki VS #10 Terry Gordy
#2 Bruiser Brody VS #15 Jumbo Tsuruta

DownNDirty

07-26-2006, 02:15 PM

I'll start some first round matchups tonight if possible. First, let me explain my seedings and how I done them. I "tried" to put wrestlers in regions they'd be more likely to wrestle in. How I picked the seeds though is I looked over the roster and picked out the 4 #1 seeds, then the 4 #2 seeds, the 4 #3 seeds, all the way down the line. THEN I saw who I had seeded the 1's for example and looked at the regions. So, I throw Inoki into the Far East region as it was a tossup between he and Hansen. I figured Inoki was more popular over the big pond so I made him the rep for the Far East. I then looked at the remaining three and put Andre in the North since that's the WWF's territory and Von Erich in the South since that's close to the WCCW territory. Hansen got what was left - Europe. I done that all the way down the line sometimes picking the Europe rep first to try to strengthen the region a bit. I can look over the regions and see that, to me, the Far East and North America South are the two strongest but I did attempt to make this as realistic as possible. Should be some great matchups and I hope the tournament comes out well.

DownNDirty

07-26-2006, 06:15 PM

King of Kings Round 1 Results

Europe

#1 Stan Hansen VS #16 Bobby Barnes - 14:40 C Slingshot Brainbuster
#8 Boris Zhukov VS #9 Riki Chosyu - 12:10 D Powerbomb
#6 Manny Fernandez VS #11 Bob Orton Jr - 24:50 B+ Late Inning Rolling Reverse
#4 Big Daddy VS #13 Mal Sanders - 20:50 C+ Step Over Leg Lock
#3 Marty Jones VS #14 Tony Atlas - 24:10 C- Late Inning Small Package
#5 Lizmark VS #12 Ted Dibiase - 23:10 C Million $ Dream
#7 Dusty Rhodes VS #10 Butch Reed - 28:10 B+ Weaver Lock
#2 Tommy Rich VS #15 Loch Ness Monster - 22:30 A Giant Samoan Drop

North America South

#1 David Von Erich VS #16 Jake Roberts - 20:10 C- Chest Claw
#8 Jerry Oates VS #9 Ric Flair - 23:00 B- Figure Four
#6 Dos Caras VS #11 Les Thorton - 17:10 E Grounded Octupus Stretch
#4 Austin Idol VS #13 The Great Kabuki - 26:30 A* Brass Knuckles
#3 El Satanico VS #14 Magnum TA - 23:50 C Fisherman's Buster
#5 Mil Mascaras VS #12 Jerry Lawler - 30:00 A* Lawler Piledriver
#7 Bob Armstrong VS #10 Wahoo McDaniel - 22:20 B+ Chocktaw Deathlock
#2 Jack Brisco VS #15 Michael Hayes - 15:10 E Brisco Figure Four

North America North

#1 Andre the Giant VS #16 Greg Gagne - 28:30 B Big Butt Drop
#8 Master Sgt. Tomko VS #9 Bob Backlund - 21:10 C- Backlund Leaping Piledriver
#6 Jacques Rougeau VS #11 Don Muraco - 23:50 C Boston Crab
#4 Mr. Hito VS #13 Roddy Piper - 12:00 F Figure Four
#3 The Purple Haze VS #14 Rick Martel - 21:00 F Sunset Flip
#5 Rocky Johnson VS #12 Mando Guerrero - 18:40 C+ Piledriver
#7 Ivan Koloff VS #10 Hulk Hogan - 19:10 C Big Bear Hug
#2 Billy Robinson VS #15 Angelo Mosca - 21:40 C Double Knee Back Breaker

Far East

#1 Antonio Inoki VS #16 Road Warrior Animal - 18:30 D Ground Crucifix Arm Bar
#8 Pierre Lefabvre VS #9 Harley Race - 11:20 F Spinning Toe Submission
#6 Rip Oliver VS #11 Terry Funk - 32:40 A* Rolling Hammerlock
#4 Nick Bockwinkel VS #13 Maya Singh - 17:40 D Roll of Quarters Punch
#3 Junkyard Dog VS #14 Tatsumi Fujinami - 18:00 F Kataha Jimi
#5 Giant Baba VS #12 Masa Saito - 13:00 C Giant Double Underhook Suplex
#7 Kazuo Yamazaki VS #10 Terry Gordy - 18:00 C+ Triangle Choke
#2 Bruiser Brody VS #15 Jumbo Tsuruta - 38:40 A* Rolling Short Arm Scissors

D. Boon's Ghost

07-26-2006, 07:32 PM

The Far East division looks to have been the most fun, despite having a couple of low rated matches. Bockwinkel advancing as he did forced a smile. Who is 'the dirtiest player', again? Heh.

No real surprises in North America North. That next round there might be the most entertaining of the bunch considering the names involved.

The Lawler vs. Mascaras must have been a great one. Not only the rating, but just the fact that Lawler advanced!

And poor Lismark. Looks like TCP1 will have to go with the only logical choice to win it all: Nick Bockwinkel! :)

DownNDirty

07-28-2006, 01:26 PM

Second round coming tonight but here's first round thoughts from me:

Europe Region:

Hansen dispatched of Barnes very easily beating him pillar to post.

The fans weren't much into Chosyu/Zhukov and who could really blame them.

Fernandez and Cowboy Bob Orton put on a good old fashioned brawl with Fernandez getting the duke after the fluke roll up pin. It was building into being an A match and a win for Orton.

The Europe fans were overjoyed to see Sanders and Big Daddy meeting in the King of Kings. Sanders pulled off the big upset and advanced onward.

Marty Jones and Atlas was lackluster and Jones just outsmarted and outworked the big man.

Lizmark set himself up with winning a wildcard tournament outright and was rewarded with a 5 seed. He then goes on to stub his toe and lose to the talented Ted Dibiase. It was better than the C rating.

Rhodes/Reed was a very good contest and it looked like for about 10 minutes that Reed was going to take Dusty out. Dusty just kept kicking out of pinfall attempts and finally locked in a Weaver Lock to end it.

Rich was upset by the Loch Ness Monster in one of the two biggest upsets of round #1. Wildfire put up a good fight but the big man just took him out when he finally caught him with the Samoan Drop.

Europe is shaping up to be, in my opinion, the Stan Hansen show. If he don't make it to the final four I'll be very surprised. If he beats Chosyu then he has the winner of Sanders/Fernandez and he should easily dispose of either of them.

The bottom half should see Dibiase or Rhodes emerge to give Hansen a good fight in the great 8.

DownNDirty

07-28-2006, 01:48 PM

North America South highlights:

The best matchups in round one came out of this region with two A*, a B+, and B- match. Lawler getting the win over Mascaras in one of those classics was a shock. Flair just isn't all with it I'm telling you all. Oates nearly beat the Nature Boy and pulled off a heck of an upset. Flair may make a second round exit via the Von Erich claw. Idol/Kabuki surpassed all expectations for sure pulling out a classic brawl. Bob Armstrong and Wahoo also had a good back and forth match. Every one of the 2nd round matchups here could be great one's with Von Erich/Flair, Caras/Idol, Satanico/Lawler, and McDaniel/Brisco. Should be interesting and I'm not even guessing who comes out of this region the victor.

North America North highlights:

Gagne nearly pulled off an impossible upset of Andre but just came up a bit short. Really mostly stinkers in this region as for round one. Hopefully round two will be better when we see Andre/Backlund, Muraco/Piper, Martel/Johnson, and Hogan/Robinson clash.

Far East:

Another hotly competitive region that saw some great matches, especially the nearly 40 minute dual between Brody and Tsuruta. Brody got upset and is now out with Jumbo moving on to take on Yamazaki who was being dominated by Gordy until he caught him with a Triangle Choke surprisingly ending the match. Wow, look at these second round matchups: Inoki/Race, Funk/Bockwinkel, Fujinami/Baba, and Yamazaki/Tsuruta. You could have easily had Inoki, Race, Funk, and Bockwinkel all in the final four of the King of Kings itself - and two of those guys won't even make it past the second round.

captainlou

07-28-2006, 05:39 PM

Marty Jones and Atlas was lackluster and Jones just outsmarted and outworked the big man.

Tony Atlas was, and still is, certainly not the "brightest bulb on an X-mas tree".

I think that the 2x4 that Jim Duggan (another not so bright worker) brought to the ring was smarter than Atlas.

DownNDirty

07-29-2006, 11:30 AM

Round Two

Europe

#1 Stan Hansen VS #9 Riki Chosyu - 21:40 C- Arm Scissors Arm Bar
#6 Manny Fernandez VS #13 Mal Sanders - 28:40 B Piledriver through Table
#3 Marty Jones VS #12 Ted Dibiase - 24:10 C- Brass Knuckle Punch
#7 Dusty Rhodes VS #15 Loch Ness Monster - 23:20 B- Giant Grab Suplex

North America South

#1 David Von Erich VS #9 Ric Flair - 22:00 D Flair Figure Four
#6 Dos Caras VS #4 Austin Idol - 26:20 A* Fireball
#3 El Satanico VS #12 Jerry Lawler - 21:30 D Knock Out Punch
#10 Wahoo McDaniel VS #2 Jack Brisco - 17:30 D Brisco Figure Four

North America North

#1 Andre the Giant VS #9 Bob Backlund - 30:00 A Big Butt Drop
#11 Don Muraco VS #13 Roddy Piper - 23:20 C Inverted Piledriver
#14 Rick Martel VS #5 Rocky Johnson - 24:40 C+ High Cross Body
#10 Hulk Hogan VS #2 Billy Robinson - 26:50 C- Big Leg Drop

Far East

#1 Antonio Inoki VS #9 Harley Race - 20:00 E Ground Crucifix Arm Bar
#11 Terry Funk VS #4 Nick Bockwinkel - 22:20 C Oriental Sleeper Hold
#14 Tatsumi Fujinami VS #5 Giant Baba - 21:50 C Russian Legsweep into Armbar
#7 Kazuo Yamazaki VS #15 Jumbo Tsuruta - 8:40 E Jumbo Back Suplex

DownNDirty

07-31-2006, 10:52 AM

Sweet 16 coming up tonight but first some thoughts on the second round.

Europe - Chosyu shocks the world by being beaten nearly to death and dominated the entire match only to catch Hansen with that Short Arm Bar and the bad man from Borger tapped - crazy. Fernandez and Sanders put on a good show but the European fans were none to pleased to see Fernandez get the duke in that matchup. I thought Dibiase/Jones would put on a better match but not surprised that one of the most technically gifted wrestlers in the world in Dibiase advanced. The battle of the belly fat resulted in Stardust exiting the tourney early. I had really thought it may have been him and Hansen to settle the score in Europe but both are now out and Europe is wide open.

In the NA South bracket Flair downright killed Von Erich in that match dominating the entire contest. It was never in doubt as the Nature Boy hit some sort of form going into the sweet 16. Austin Idol pulled out another A* match as he's now 2 for 2 in the King of Kings for A*matches. When he pulled out that fireball the fans went nuts for that finish. Lawler and Satanico didn't have the most awesome of matches as their styles didn't gel well and it turned out pretty sloppy with not alot going on in that match. Brisco has Wahoo's number as he has now beat him in the MACW final and now knocked him out in the King of Kings tournament itself.

NA North saw Andre and Backlund put on a whale of a show with Opie nearly getting the win. Andre was just too much though as he butt dropped Bob into oblivion. Soulman Rocky Johnson showed the fans something by at least getting this far. Some may argue that Martel is just not ready for prime time and shouldn't be in the second round but the fact is that he was and Johnson won so he's going to the sweet 16. Hogan just overpowered Robinson and even though Billy fought him to the end he never had anything for Hulk. Both men were wore down but Robinson just couldn't finish the deal and Hogan hit that leg drop and it was all she wrote.

I was very upset with how Inoki/Race turned out in the Far East. I thought it stood a chance to be the best match of the entire tournament and Inoki just dominated him from bell to bell. Bockwinkel and Funk was back and forth but not many pinfall or submission attempts led to the lackluster rating. Baba dominated Fujinami and Tsuruta had the biggest lopsided win of the entire tournament when he decimated Yamazaki.

DownNDirty

08-02-2006, 09:26 PM

Europe

#9 Riki Chosyu VS #6 Manny Fernandez - 19:50 F Rolling Short Arm Scissors
#12 Ted Dibiase VS #15 Loch Ness Monster - 22:50 B+ Loaded Glove Shot

North America South

#9 Ric Flair VS #4 Austin Idol - 22:30 D Brass Knuckle Punch
#12 Jerry Lawler VS #2 Jack Brisco - 25:00 D Lawler Piledriver

North America North

#1 Andre the Giant VS #11 Don Muraco - 21:10 E Giant Bear Hug
#5 Rocky Johnson VS #10 Hulk Hogan - 23:50 C Big Leg Drop

Far East

#1 Antonio Inoki VS #4 Nick Bockwinkel - 18:50 F Inoki Crucfix Arm Bar
#5 Giant Baba VS #15 Jumbo Tsuruta - 20:50 B Giant Choke Slam

codey

08-03-2006, 02:03 PM

Alright, we get to see Hogan/Andre! I got my money on Andre.

TCP1

08-04-2006, 10:26 AM

I actually predicted Hogan vs andre in the other 1983 tourney on the boards.

Lizmark sucks ass. Still my boy Hogan is still in with a chance.

Plus Baba vs Inoki. That's no joke!

sphanlon

08-12-2006, 10:17 AM

This was the one dynasty/tourney I was really following and getting into. Are you gonna finish it?

D. Boon's Ghost

08-12-2006, 11:32 PM

While I can see Idol getting past Flair, Lawler beating Brisco is darned surprising. It is pretty cool that the Memphis guys advanced together, though.

And Bockwinkel lost! Crud. There goes my pick out of the tourny. Out of respect to the man who beat him, I'm now picking Inoki to go all the way.

sportsfanmas

08-15-2006, 08:57 PM

I definitely like this dynasty, and I was wondering if I could do something like it, maybe using a different mod, or maybe a variation of this mod. Would you have any objections?

DownNDirty

09-10-2006, 01:45 PM

DownNDirty

09-10-2006, 01:49 PM

Europe

#9 Riki Chosyu VS #12 Ted Dibiase - 21:40 D Chosyu Face Lock

North America South

#4 Austin Idol VS #12 Jerry Lawler - 23:30 A Fireball

North America North

#1 Andre the Giant VS #10 Hulk Hogan - 25:00 C Big Leg Drop

Far East

#1 Antonio Inoki VS #5 Giant Baba - 31:10 A Inoki Yinziguri Kick

Thoughts: Well, the "regions" were finished up here and we had 4 pretty solid matches in this round. I expected Dibiase to give Chosyu more of a matchup. Idol and Lawler had another CLASSIC southern brawl that ended with fire. Andre and Hogan had the typical big man matchup and it looked like Andre would pull it off but it wasn't to be. Inoki took a brutal, brutal beatdown from Baba. Baba had 9, yes 9 near falls in this contest. Inoki just kept bouncing back and finally caught Baba with the Yinziguri Kick to put him away.

Semis and finals coming tomorrow, I promise :)

captainlou

09-15-2006, 01:17 AM

I am extremely sorry guys. I just got to finishing up this dynasty without even logging on and telling you all it was on hiatus. I had a computer meltdown, went through a divorce, and had two close deaths in the family to deal with since the first of August. I have finished it up and will post the remaining results over the next couple of days..........again, I apologize for my tardiness. Oh, and for the one that wanted to put a new spin on this or use this in some way - go for it I have no problem with that at all.

After looking at what you went through, there really is no reason why you had to apologize. Outside life should always take a back seat to here.

I'm sorry to hear about the passings and your divorce. I hope everything gets better for you and your luck turns around.

DownNDirty

09-15-2006, 06:30 AM

Thanks for the well wishes - everything has been going much better now.

Semifinals

#9 Riki Chosyu VS #12 Jerry Lawler - 29:00 A* Step Over Leg Lock

#10 Hulk Hogan VS #1 Antonio Inoki - 30:10 C Inverted Indian Deathlock

DownNDirty

09-22-2006, 09:01 AM

THE KING OF KINGS FINAL

Ladies and Gentleman the MAIN EVENT OF THE EVENING - scheduled for one fall to a finish and the winner will be crowned the inagural King of Kings.

Introducing first - A #9 seed in the tournament, already going through Boris Zhukov, Stan "The Lariet" Hansen, Manny Fernandez, Ted Dibiase, and Jerry "The King" Lawler - Riki Chosyu.............

and his opponent.......from the Far East bracket, a #1 seed in the tournament, with victories over Road Warrior Animal, Harley Race, Nick Bockwinkel, Giant Baba, and Hulk Hogan - Antonio Inoki.

Mat wrestling to start with neither man gaining an advantage. 10 minutes into the match and Inoki starts taking charge and wearing Chosyu down. 15 minutes into the contest and Inoki gets the Grounded Crucifix Arm Bar but Chosyu gets out of it. Inoki went right back to the Crucifix Arm Bar and Chosyu submits at the 18:50 mark. Antonio Inoki has done it - he has beaten all comers and went undefeated throughout the entire tournament from qualifiers to the King of Kings.

The winner and inagural King of Kings tournament champion - ANTONIO INOKI.......