Hello my fellow promoters and welcome to my annual legend’s tournament.
For those who have checked out the action before, thanks for coming back. For anyone new to the event, this is how it works. The event consists of 64 competitors. The matches are contested without any stipulations which means a competitor can be eliminated by pinfall, count-out, draw or disqualification.
The seeding are based loosely on the work completed by
Travis605 with exception of the top eight, which are the competitors who made it to the final eight last year. Last year’s winner Big Van Vader gets the top seed, the runner up Lou Thesz gets the second seed and so on.
Any competitor who loses their first-round match will not be eligible to compete in next year’s event. There are usually some big names on the sidelines as a result of first round upsets from the previous year (Frank Gotch, Kurt Angle, Stan Hansen are among those who are out this year).
Previous final round results are as follows:
2011: Bobo Brazil pinned Killer Kowalski
2012: Nick Bockwinkel submitted Andre The Giant
2013: Road Warrior Hawk defeated Greg Valentine
2014: Antonio Inoki submitted Rikidozan
2015: Antonio Inoki pinned Mil Masacaras to claim back to back victories
2016: In the first non-clean finish tournament final, George Hackenschmidt bested Tommy Rich by DQ
2017: The controversy continued as Randy Savage and Rob Van Dam battled to a double disqualification in the finals and were declared co-winners.
2018: Steve Williams pinned Bruiser Brody
2019: Bobo Brazil pinned Harley Race to claim his second tournament
2020: The Destroyer submitted Stan Hansen
2021: Jack Brisco defeated Adrian Adonis
2022: Big Van Vader defeated Lou Thesz
Dr. Mike Lano will be at ringside for each match to capture the action. The officials in charge will be randomly selected [Dice Roll] from Morgan Dollar, James Beard, Dick Woehrle and Joey Morella.
Predictions are welcome along the way and once we get to the final eight, I will ask everyone to pick their tournament winner.
I hope to have results to post starting next week
Happy New Year!
