Ultimate Wrestling Federation (UWF)

[jasonjaconetti]

Very nice. i can't wait to see what is still to come!

[tystates]

I have the first round of the loser's bracket played for day 2, need to do the winner's bracket second round matches. So far it has not favored the vintage wrestlers this was created in mind for.

[tystates]

UWF TAKEDOWN MASTERS
International Amphitheatre
Chicago, IL
Oct. 5, 2118

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LOSER'S BRACKET
FIRST ROUND
ALL MATCHES 2/3 FALLS

GORGEOUS GEORGE def. MIKE QUACKENBUSH, 2-1

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1st fall: George wins with a kneedrop. It was all George en route to winning the first fall.
2nd fall: Quackenbush wins with backbreakers. Quackenbush stayed alive by targeting the back of George.
3rd fall: George wins with turnbuckle pin. Quackenbush went down in the corner and George took the match.

TED DIBIASE def. FRENCH ANGEL, 2-1

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1st fall: F. Angel wins with bear hug. DiBiase took a major pounding (5 coins).
2nd fall: DiBiase wins with Figure 4. DiBiase showed great guts and determination to even the match.
3rd fall: DiBiase wins with Figure 4. DiBiase takes the match.

ANTONINO ROCCA def. DICK HUTTON, 2-0

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1st fall: Rocca wins with Victory Roll. Hutton dominated the match but got caught out of nowhere and pinned.
2nd fall: Rocca wins with Backbreaker. Rocca quickly ended things with his finisher.

IRON SHEIK def. JIM LONDOS, 2-0

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1st fall: Iron Sheik wins with Camel Clutch. Londos was outworked but fought a long first fall (Londos 6 coins).
2nd fall: Iron Sheik wins with Camel Clutch. Londos had little fight left (Londos 8 coins).

DON LEO JONATHAN def. GEORGE HACKENSCHMIDT, 2-1

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1st fall: DLJ wins with Mormon Swing. This one was an all-time classic and the type of match this tournament was created for.
2nd fall: Hackenschmidt wins with waistlock suplex. Jonathan stayed on top but Hack proved his toughness and wore the bigger man down.
3rd fall: DLJ wins with Mormon Swing. Back and forth they went until Jonathan landed his finisher again (DLJ 5 coins, Hackenschmidt 5 coins).

GREG VALENTINE def. BRENT ALBRIGHT, 2-1

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1st fall: Albright wins with the Crowbar. The Hammer never got things going as three times with the Crowbar move ended the first fall.
2nd fall: Valentine wins with the Hammer. Valentine fought hard and battered Albright down for a pin.
3rd fall: Valentine wins with piledrive. Valentine and Albright went right at it before the figure four and a piledriver downed Albright.

BOB ROOP def. FRANK GOTCH, 2-0

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1st fall: Roop wins with shoulderbreaker. Roop never let up on Gotch until winning the first fall.
2nd fall: Roop wins with shoulderbreaker. A long fall but Gotch couldn't keep Roop down and lost in straight falls.

CHRIS HERO def. DANNY HODGE, 2-0

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1st fall: Hero wins with Hero Welcome. Hodge never got started as Hero dominated (Hodge 5 coins).
2nd fall: Hero wins by countout. This time Hodge lost when Hero dove to the floor and got the countout.

SECOND ROUND
WINNER'S BRACKET

ANTONIO INOKI def. ED LEWIS, 2-0

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1st fall: Inoki wins with enzuigiri. It was all Inoki, Lewis could only try to fend him off (Lewis 5 coins).
2nd fall: Inoki wins with enzuigiri. More of the same with Lewis nearly spent Inoki had no trouble finishing him off.

YUKON ERIC def. STEVE WILLIAMS, 2-1

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1st fall: Y. Eric wins with Kodiac Krunch. It was all Dr. Death but he made one mistake, got hit off the ropes and Eric beat him with the Kodiac Krunch.
2nd fall: Williams with with bear hug. Dr. Death stayed on top and wore Eric down.
3rd fall: Y. Eric wins with Kodiac Krunch. An even match at this point and Eric pulls out the big win.

LES THATCHER def. BRYAN DANIELSON, 2-0

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1st fall: Thatcher wins with Stump Puller. Danielson let one slip away as he domiated Thatcher but never got his finisher applied. Thatcher somehow fought back and took the first fall (Thatcher 5 coins, Danielson 4 coins).
2nd fall: Thatcher wins off the top. Back and forth with chances to win for both men. Thatcher came off the top to score the three count.

ROB VAN DAM def. BUDDY ROGERS, 2-1

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1st fall: Rogers win by disqualification. Rogers really hammered RVD the whole match but was by d.q. after Van Dam used the chair for the Van Daminator.
2nd fall: RVD wins with Frog Splash. Twice RVD landed the big splash.
3rd fall: RVD wins with Frog Splash. Back and forth with Rogers getting the figure four applied. RVD takes the win with the Frog Splash.

DAN SEVERN def. HARLEY RACE, 2-0

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1st fall: Severn wins with heel hook. The Beast dominated Race but the fall went a long time (Race 7 coins).
2nd fall: Severn wins with Wakigatame. Race couldn't hold off Severn any longer and he easily won the match.

JOHN PESEK def. ILIO DIPAOLO, 2-1

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1st fall: Pesek wins with Toehold. Pesek stayed on top with a double wristlock then the toehold submission.
2nd fall: DiPaolo wins with headlock takeover. DiPaolo stayed alive after the airplane spin and turnbuckle takeover.
3rd fall: Pesek wins with waistlock slam. Pesek stayed on top the rest of the way.

CURT HENNIG def. DESTROYER, 2-0

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1st fall: Hennig wins with Hennig Plex. The match was real even but Hennig asserted himself and took the fall.
2nd fall: Hennig wins with Hennig Plex. Destroyer showed some life but Hennig was on a mission and won with his finisher again.

NICK BOCKWINKEL def. TERRIBLE TURK, 2-0

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1st fall: Bockwinkel wins with Sleeper. The Turk proved to be a tough opponent but Bockwinkel was methodical and kept working him over until beating him with the sleeper.
2nd fall: Bockwinkel wins with Sleeper. More of the same as the Turk battled but Bockwinkel went back to his two finishers to take the match.


THIRD ROUND

Antonio Inoki vs. Yukon Eric
Les Thatcher vs. Rob Van Dam
Dan Severn vs. John Pesek
Curt Hennig vs. Nick Bockwinkel

LOSER'S BRACKET SECOND ROUND

Harley Race vs. Gorgeous George
Ilio DiPaolo vs. Ted DiBiase
Destroyer vs. Antonino Rocca
Terrible Turk vs. Iron Sheik
Ed Lewis vs. Don Leo Jonathan
Steve Williams vs. Greg Valentine
Bryan Danielson vs. Bob Roop
Buddy Rogers vs. Chris Hero

Wrestlers Eliminated
Mike Quackenbush
French Angel
Dick Hutton
Jim Londos
George Hackenschmidt
Brent Albright
Frank Gotch
Danny Hodge

[tystates]

UWF TAKEDOWN MASTERS
International Amphitheatre
Chicago, IL
Oct. 6, 2118

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LOSER'S BRACKET
SECOND ROUND
ALL MATCHES 2/3 FALLS

HARLEY RACE def. GORGEOUS GEORGE, 2-0

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1st fall: Race wins with piledriver. A very good match as George had the early advantage. Race took over and battered his way to the piledriver.
2nd fall: Race win with piledriver. George kept fighting but Race was too tough to stop and piledrove him again.

ILIO DIPAOLO def. TED DIBIASE, 2-1

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1st fall: DiBiase wins with Figure 4. DiBiase just outworked DiPaolo to take the first fall.
2nd fall: DiPaolo wins with turnbuckle takeover. DiBiase continued to run this match but DiPaolo showed heart and determination to somehow win the fall (DiPaolo 6 coins).
3rd fall: DiPaolo wins with leg nelson. DiPaolo immediately went for the submission and pulled off the victory.
Rating: 3.5*

ANTONINO ROCCA def. DESTROYER, 2-0

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1st fall: Rocca wins with Argentinian Backbreaker. Rocca got his finishing hold on early.
2nd fall: Rocca wins with Argentinian Backbreaker. Destroyer made things tough for Rocca but went down to submission again.

IRON SHEIK def. TERRIBLE TURK, 2-1

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1st fall: Turk wins with Stranglehold. This match was non-stop all three falls. Back and forth the entire way.
2nd fall: Iron Sheik wins with piledriver. Again they fought toe to toe.
3rd fall: Iron Sheik wins with Camel Clutch. It was anybody's match to win until the Iron Sheik applied his patented finisher.
Rating: 4.25*

DON LEO JONATHAN def. ED LEWIS, 2-0

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1st fall: DLJ wins with Mormon Swing. An amazing display of wrestling ability between these two. A very long fall as they tried to slowly wear the other down.
2nd fall: DLJ wins off the top rope. Jonathan had to pull out all the stops and came off the top rope to win the match.
Rating: 4*

STEVE WILLIAMS def. GREG VALENTINE, 2-0

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1st fall: Williams wins with backdrop driver. Valentine didn't have it in this one as Dr. Death steamrolled over him.
2nd fall: Williams wins with Oklahoma Stampede. Dr. Death powerslammed his way to the win.

BRYAN DANIELSON def. BOB ROOP, 2-1

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1st fall: Roop wins with gutwrench backbreaker. A really good, even match that could have gone either way. Danielson stayed on top most of the first fall but Roop wouldn't go down and came back to win.
2nd fall: Danielson wins with missile dropkick. Roop still wouldn't go down but Danielson evened the match off the top rope.
3rd fall: Danielson wins with Cattle Mutilation. A very evenly fought match and Danielson comes out the winner.
Rating: 3.5*

BUDDY ROGERS def. CHRIS HERO, 2-0

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1st fall: Rogers wins with Figure Four. Hero hung with Rogers for awhile but the Nature Boy took over.
2nd fall: Rogers wins with Figure Four. Hero battled back for a time but Rogers was too much.

THIRD ROUND
WINNER'S BRACKET

ANTONIO INOKI def. YUKON ERIC, 2-0

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1st fall: Inoki wins with enzuigiri. Inoki was on the attack and a pair of finishers took the fall.
2nd fall: Inoki wins with enzuigiri. It went back and forth with Eric almost evening the match.
Rating: 4*

ROB VAN DAM def. LES THATCHER, 2-0

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1st fall: RVD wins with standing moonsault. Thatcher went down fast.
2nd fall: RVD wins after corner miss. Thatcher showed life and a lot of fight but RVD won after he missed in the corner.

JOHN PESEK def. DAN SEVERN, 2-1

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1st fall: Severn wins with choke sleeper. Severn slapped it on and won in the first minute of the match.
2nd fall: Pesek wins with double wristlock. Great mat wrestling, back and forth. Pesek survived to use his finisher.
3rd fall: Pesek wins with toe hold. More of the same, neither man wanted to give it up.
Rating: 4*

NICK BOCKWINKEL def. CURT HENNIG, 2-0

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1st fall: Bockwinkel wins with Sleeper. Hennig, former Heenan Family member, against current member Bockwinkel. An excellent match but Bockwinkel seemed to keep the upperhand throughout.
2nd fall: Bockwinkel wins with Sleeper. Bockwinkel stayed in control for the win.


WINNER'S BRACKET SEMIFINALS

Antonio Inoki vs. Rob Van Dam
John Pesek vs. Nick Bockwinkel

LOSER'S BRACKET THIRD ROUND

Les Thatcher bye
Harley Race vs. Ilio DiPaolo
Yukon Eric bye
Antonino Rocca vs. Iron Sheik
Curt Hennig bye
Don Leo Jonathan vs. Steve Williams
Dan Severn bye
Bryan Danielson vs. Buddy Rogers


Wrestlers Eliminated
Gorgeous George
Ted DiBiase
Destroyer
Terrible Turk
Ed Lewis
Greg Valentine
Bob Roop
Chris Hero

[du5tin]

Nick Bockwinkel all the way!

[tystates]

UWF TAKEDOWN MASTERS
International Amphitheatre
Chicago, IL
Oct. 11, 2118

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LOSER'S BRACKET
THIRD ROUND
ALL MATCHES 2/3 FALLS

HARLEY RACE def. ILIO DIPAOLO, 2-0

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1st fall: Race wins with Piledriver. DiPaolo kicked out of the first one but Race immediately gave him another one.
2nd fall: Race wins with Piledriver. DiPaolo just didn't have anything to fight back.

ANTONINO ROCCA def. IRON SHEIK, 2-1

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1st fall: Iron Sheik wins with Camel Clutch. An excellent back and forth match between the two WWC wrestlers. The Iron Sheik fought out of the backbreaker to win the first fall.
2nd fall: Rocca wins with Argentinian Backbreaker. Both again had chances for the fall but Rocca stays alive.
3rd fall: Rocca wins with Argentinian Backbreaker. It could have gone either way but Rocca wouldn't let the Iron Sheik out of his submission move.
Rating: 3.5*

DON LEO JONATHAN def. STEVE WILLIAMS, 2-0

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1st fall: Jonathan wins with swinging fullnelson. The two powerhouses were evenly matched but Jonathan slowly started to take over.
2nd fall: Jonathan wins with Mormon Swing. Dr. Death didn't have much offense but was hard to put away as the Mormon Swing twice finally got the job done.

BUDDY ROGERS def. BRYAN DANIELSON, 2-0

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1st fall: Rogers wins with Figure Four. The American Dragon came back over and over but Rogers stayed in charge. Danielson missed from the top and Rogers went to his finisher.
2nd fall: Rogers wins with Figure Four. Danielson put up the good fight but Rogers was too much for him (Danielson 5 coins).
Rating: 3*

SEMIFINALS
WINNER'S BRACKET

ROB VAN DAM def. ANTONIO INOKI, 2-1

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1st fall: Inoki wins by D.Q. RVD immediately hit Inoki twice with the Van Daminator and the use of the chair got him disqualified for the third time in the first fall of a match this tournament.
2nd fall: RVD wins with Van Terminator. RVD threw caution to the wind and right away went up top with a devastating move to the corner smashing Inoki with the chair.
3rd fall: RVD wins with Frog Splash. Inoki finally found some offense and the two went all out. RVD wouldn't go down after the Octopus Hold and Enzuigiri while Inoki kept from going down as well (RVD 5 coins).
Rating: 3*

NICK BOCKWINKEL def. JOHN PESEK, 2-0

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1st fall: Bockwinkel wins with knee to back. Pesek took a lot of punishment before Bockwinkel set him up for the pin after the Sleeper.
2nd fall: Bockwinkel wins with Figure Four. Pesek is tough to put away as Bockwinkel controlled most of the match. Pesek kept the wristlock submission move on for a very long time but Bockwinkel wouldn't give it up (both had 5 coins).


WINNER'S BRACKET FINAL

Rob Van Dam vs. Nick Bockwinkel

LOSER'S BRACKET FOURTH ROUND

Les Thatcher vs. Harley Race
Yukon Eric vs. Antonino Rocca
Curt Hennig vs. Don Leo Jonathan
Dan Severn vs. Buddy Rogers


Wrestlers Eliminated
Ilio DiPaolo
Iron Sheik
Steve Williams
Bryan Danielson

[du5tin]

RVD vs. Bockwinkel will be awesome!

[tystates]

UWF TAKEDOWN MASTERS
International Amphitheatre
Chicago, IL
Oct. 12, 2118

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LOSER'S BRACKET
FOURTH ROUND
ALL MATCHES 2/3 FALLS

HARLEY RACE def. LES THATCHER, 2-0

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1st fall: Race wins with Piledriver. Race was methodical in his pace and downed Thatcher for the first fall.
2nd fall: Race wins with Piledriver. Thatcher fought back and used his Stump Puller finisher, but Race redoubled his effort and took the match.

ANTONINO ROCCA def. YUKON ERIC, 2-0

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1st fall: Rocca wins with Argentinian Backbreaker. Rocca rolled using his finisher twice.
2nd fall: Rocca wins with Argentinian Backbreaker. Yukon Eric battled back but not enough.

DON LEO JONATHAN def. CURT HENNIG, 2-0

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1st fall: DLJ wins with Mormon Swing. Jonathan took charge and impressively put away the former U.S. champion.
2nd fall: DLJ wins with giant swing. Hennig didn't have much left and Jonathan moves on.

BUDDY ROGERS def. DAN SEVERN, 2-1

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1st fall: Rogers wins with Figure Four. A real good match that went back and forth with plenty of near falls before Rogers won.
2nd fall: Severn wins with Wakigatame. The Beast stormed back to even the match with a quick submission.
3rd fall: Rogers wins with Figure Four. Rogers used the piledriver again before the Figure Four.
Rating: 3.5*

FINALS
WINNER'S BRACKET

ROB VAN DAM def. NICK BOCKWINKEL, 2-1

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1st fall: Bockwinkel wins with Sleeper. Bockwinkel took the first fall by force with the Boston Crab, abdominal stretch, figure four and then the sleeper.
2nd fall: RVD wins with Frog Splash. RVD fell to the floor and that turned the match around for him and went up top for the win.
3rd fall: RVD wins with rolling thunder. A great battle to stay undefeated that RVD came out on top this time (Bockwinkel 7 coins).
Rating: 3.5*


LOSER'S BRACKET FIFTH ROUND

John Pesek bye
Harley Race vs. Antonino Rocca
Antonio Inoki bye
Don Leo Jonathan vs. Buddy Rogers


Wrestlers Eliminated
Les Thatcher
Yukon Eric
Curt Hennig
Dan Severn

The remaining seven matches of the tournament will now take place on ICW Impact and USWA Glory. The tournament championship match is now scheduled to be held at ICW Halloween Havoc.

Schedule
ICW Impact 10/15/2118
USWA Glory 10/16/2118
ICW Impact 10/22/2118
USWA Glory 10/23/2118
ICW Halloween Havoc 10/30/2118

[tystates]

ICW Impact #94
Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada
Oct 15, 2118

UWF TAKEDOWN MASTERS TOURNAMENT
BEST TWO OF THREE FALLS
LOSER'S BRACKET FIFTH ROUND

HARLEY RACE def. ANTONINO ROCCA, 2-1

1st fall: Race wins with Indian Deathlock. This match was an all-time classic. A very long fall with both men so close to a win but Race takes it with the Indian Deathlock.
2nd fall: Rocca wins with dropkick. Just an incredible battle between two of the best in the business. They went toe to toe non-stop before Rocca was able to even the match.
3rd fall: Race wins with piledriver. The last fall could easily have been mistaken for a world title match. It was obvious whoever could get their finisher first would win and it was Race with the Piledriver.

UWF TAKEDOWN MASTERS TOURNAMENT
BEST TWO OF THREE FALLS
LOSER'S BRACKET FIFTH ROUND

DON LEO JONATHAN def. BUDDY ROGERS, 2-0

1st fall: DLJ wins with the Mormon Swing. The fans welcomed their own DLJ back but Rogers almost put him away in quick fashion. Rogers should have taken the fall with the figure four but Jonathan showed his intestinal fortitude and came back to win with his Mormon Swing.
2nd fall: DLJ wins with atomic drop. Both men were in bad shape after a great first fall and Jonathan redoubled his effort to win this one in straight falls.

Tomorrow on USWA Glory:

LOSER'S BRACKET SIXTH ROUND

John Pesek vs. Harley Race
Antonio Inoki vs. Don Leo Jonathan

[tystates]

USWA Glory #93
Detroit, MI
Oct. 16, 2118

UWF TAKEDOWN MASTERS
LOSER'S BRACKET SIXTH ROUND
BEST TWO OF THREE FALLS

JOHN PESEK def. HARLEY RACE, 2-0

1st fall: Pesek wins with keylock. An amazing matchup with both men digging deep and doing everything they could for the win. Pesek went to work and repeatedly had Race in many submissions before getting it (Race 5 coins).
2nd fall: Pesek wins with double wristlock. Race never got his piledriver applied and finally Pesek put him down for the win (Race 7 coins).

UWF TAKEDOWN MASTERS
LOSER'S BRACKET SIXTH ROUND
BEST TWO OF THREE FALLS

DON LEO JONATHAN def. ANTONIO INOKI, 2-1

1st fall: Inoki wins with Enzuigiri. Inoki had the offense going early with a top rope knee drop and then the kick to the back of the head.
2nd fall: DLJ wins with atomic drop. The action was back and forth before Jonathan evened the match.
3rd fall: DLJ wins with atomic drop. Jonathan somehow comes back and pulls out the win to stay alive.

Loser's Bracket Semifinals
Nick Bockwinkel bye
John Pesek vs. Don Leo Jonathan