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Post by Cruising00 on Feb 19, 2023 16:15:45 GMT -5
Andre vs Thesz it will be the year of the giant as Andre will win it all.
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Post by bookerbill on Feb 19, 2023 18:37:50 GMT -5
Thanks everyone for the picks!
Andre appears to the heavily favored competitor but @husky77 has taken Inoki over Andre in the next round. Inoki's B & W card beat Andre clean twice in past tournaments... Can his colour card do it again?!?
Quarter Finals get underway tomorrow!
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Post by bookerbill on Feb 20, 2023 9:50:45 GMT -5
Andre The Giant (9) v. Antonio Inoki (16)
James Beard is the official for first quarterfinal. There is a Puroresu ceremony before the bell. Inoki gets too close . . . bear hug. Sitdown splash. Headbutt. Second headbutt, Inoki is wabbling. Cover for 2 (R6/P2). Dropkick and body slam. Inoki goes hard into the corner . . . bounces out with a clothesline! Andre stunned! OCTOPUS HOLD. Andre powers out (R7/P1). Inoki back to the hold. Andre makes the ropes (R3/P2). ROARING! Inoki to the top . . . slammed to the mat. Turnbuckle squash. Inoki to the floor. Andre is out to ringside . . . Whip . . . reversed! Andre to the post! Busted Open! Back in the ring OCTOPUS HOLD. Andre makes the ropes (R6/P3). Inoki with a brief bow and arrow! OMG! Diving knee drop. Cover . . . ONE ONLY (R9/P3). ENZUIGIRI… 1, 2, 3 (R6/P6).
The Giant falls and the top half of the draw is now wide open....
Up next . . . .
Bobo Brazil (29) v Dr. X (44)
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Post by TTX on Feb 20, 2023 9:51:58 GMT -5
Andre clearly respects Inoki.
Bobo.
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Post by Pariah on Feb 20, 2023 12:05:02 GMT -5
Relentless, high impact offense... Inoki is the Giant Killer!
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Post by Cruising00 on Feb 20, 2023 19:44:35 GMT -5
Kudos to Inoki for punching his ticket to the finals let's see if it turns out to be Inoki vs Thesz in the finals?
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Post by bookerbill on Feb 21, 2023 9:49:19 GMT -5
Bobo Brazil (29) v Dr. X (44)
X works the arm. Brazil battles back with slams and punches. X regroups on floor. Inside, COCO BUTT for one (R8/P3). Brazil presses the attack with slams and punches. X counters back. Body slam. Arm wringer. Headlock takeover slows it down. Back drop. Brazil manages a whip to the corner . . . X bounces out with a clothesline. Backdrop blocked. Brazil with a head scissors. Flying dropkick connects. Brazil with a running lariat. Brazil with a whip to the corner and kick. X ducks a dropkick. X sends Brazil into the corner . . . crack skulls. Brazil downs X with a flying dropkick. Whip to the corner and neckbreaking clothesline. COCO BUTT. 1, 2, (R6/P4). Tombstone piledriver. Big hammer punch and another. ROARING. Bobo body slam and another. X bails for a breather. Back inside . . . tombstone piledriver. Running lariat ducked. Full nelson slows it down. X clamps on another full nelson. Brazil makes the ropes (R4/P1). Headlock takeover, countered, Brazil send into the ropes . . . back elbow. Full nelson. Brazil powers out (R9/P2). X grabs a leg . . . FIGURE FOUR LEGLOCK. Brazil cannot escape and Morgan Dollar calls for the bell (R5/P5)
Next up . . .
Lou Thesz (2) v. Pat Patterson (23)
Will the upsets continue?
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Post by Pariah on Feb 21, 2023 9:52:47 GMT -5
Yikes! I'm 0-2 with the semifinals do far... Does this mean Patterson and Valentine are going over?
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Post by TTX on Feb 21, 2023 10:26:44 GMT -5
The bookers decide once again.
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Post by cruefan68 on Feb 21, 2023 20:10:20 GMT -5
I wish I had gotten in to make my picks but somehow missed that post. At any rate, Antonio Inoki over Andre the Giant and Dr. X over Bobo Brazil were both stunners. I would have picked Andre and Bobo in those bouts. Inoki actually beat Andre clean, I believe with a juji-gatame armbar, in Japan in June 1986, so there is a real-life version of that result.
I'm going with Lou Thesz and Johnny Valentine in the next bouts, and I'll go with an Inoki vs. Valentine final with Inoki taking it all.
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