Guest JHawk Report post Posted March 29, 2003 Yeah, it's blatantly stolen from the Miss Smartmarks Idea and the NCAA tournament, but I'm surprised no one else has thought about it. It's time for the selection process in what I'll call "the first ever TSM Mat Madness tournament". The rules: You may select any 10 wrestlers for considerations (repeat selections are encouraged). They must have had at least one match between WrestleManias X8 and XIX. No deceased wrestlers please (sorry Curt Hennig marks). The top 65 will be selected and seeded based on frequency of being selected. Ties will be determined by me. The 64 vs. 65 match will be announced on Thursday, April 3. The number one seeds will also be announced at this time. Voting for this round will conclude on Sunday, April 6. The full brackets will be announced on April 6, with voting for this and all remaining rounds lasting one full week, meaning the finals would be in mid-May. No special requirements for the selection process. Base it on workrate, mic skills, crowd reaction, ability to piss people off, whatever you want. I'll be taking your suggestions for the top 65 until late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning. EDIT: The following champions (as of the end of WrestleMania XIX) receive automatic bids (but you still need to vote for them to raise their seed): WWE SmackDown (currently Kurt Angle but likely to be Brock Lesnar) WWE Raw (Triple H or Booker T) Ring of Honor (Samoa Joe) NWA World (Jeff Jarrett) FWA (Doug Williams) IWGP (Yuji Nagata) Triple Crown (Shin'ya Hashimoto) CMLL World Heavyweight (Universo 2000) NOAH GHC (Mitsuharu Misawa) OVW Heavyweight (Nick Dinsmore) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest WrestlingDeacon Report post Posted March 29, 2003 Kurt Angle Chris Benoit Eddy Guerrero Chavo Geurrero Rico (because I like Rico) Ron Killings AJ Styles Sonny Siaki Matt Hardy Honky Tonk Man (just for shits) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheOriginalOrangeGoblin 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2003 Booker T Eddie Guerrero Chris Jericho Hulk Hogan Kurt Angle Chris Benoit The Rock AJ Styles Jeff Jarrett Rey Mysterio Jr. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest razazteca Report post Posted March 29, 2003 I no sell the CMLL Heavyweight Champ, I request Campeon de Semicompleto get recognized instead of that bum Universio 2000. Ultimo Guerrero Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest KanadianKrusty Report post Posted March 29, 2003 Yuji Nagata Chris Benoit Kenta Kobashi Eddie Guerrero Rey Misterio Jr. Kurt Angle Tatsumi Fujimani Genichiro Tenryu Booker T Masahiro Chono Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mecha Mummy 0 Report post Posted March 30, 2003 Matt Hardy Christian Chris Nowinski Raven Funaki Spanky/Brian Kendrick Chris Benoit Tajiri Shark Boy La Parka Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest CoreyLazarus416 Report post Posted March 30, 2003 AJ Styles Raven Jerry Lynn Ron "The Truth" Killings Kurt Angle Eddie Guerrero Chris Benoit Glen Gilberti Chavo Guerrero Jr. Rey Mysterio Jr. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Nevermortal Report post Posted March 30, 2003 AJ Styles Low Ki Red Chris Benoit Kurt Angle Christopher Daniels Messiah Doug Williams CM Punk Jay Briscoe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Lord of The Curry Report post Posted March 30, 2003 Kenta Kobashi is GHC Champ, not Misawa. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Lord of The Curry Report post Posted March 30, 2003 Chris Benoit Eddy Guerrero Chris Jericho American Dragon Christopher Daniels Paul London Rey Mysterio Jr. Samoa Joe AJ Styles The Amazing Red Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest JHawk Report post Posted March 30, 2003 Kenta Kobashi is GHC Champ, not Misawa. Then Kobashi gets the automatic bid, but Great Hisa's title history site had Misawa listed, so that's what I went by. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Nighthawk Report post Posted March 30, 2003 Top Ten Chris Benoit Chris Jericho Jeff Jerrett AJ Styles Chris Daniels RVD Paul London Low Ki Red Jerry Lawler Share this post Link to post Share on other sites