Wrestlemania Tournament- Elite Eight

[humanoid92 0]

Sorry about the delay between rounds.

 

For the final eight, I want to try something different. In keeping with the theme of voting strongly for and against certain biases you may have, I want to give everyone the opportunity to really help the matches you love, and really hurt the ones you may hate.

 

There are eight matches remaining. I want everyone who votes to rank their favorite remaining matches from 1 through 8. So your favorite match is #1, your second favorite is #2, etc. After adding up everyone's votes, the match with the lowest point total (remember one point is a good thing, eight points is a bad thing) will be declared the winner, the second lowest score will be second, etc. So this is really the last round and it's to determine the champion. (Note to Bluestang: Please vote on all 8 matches this time around.)

 

What's the point of this, you ask? Well, in a one-on-one scenario, your one vote counts exactly as much as someone else's. If you vote for choice A and the next guy votes for choice B, your vote has pretty much become worthless. But this adds an element of strategy to it. If you don't think a match that you love will get enough respect from the masses, instead of voting it #3 or #4 like you normally would, you can bump it up to #1 and help it out more than you would have been able to otherwise. Same thing if you think there's a certain match left that's ridiculously overrated and you hate it. Vote it as your #8 and maybe you can knock it down a notch.

 

Just to use a hypothetical example, with Summerslam matches as to not influence the WM voting, say the final 8 matches are:

 

Bret vs. Bulldog, Bret vs. Owen, Razor vs. Shawn, Bret vs. Perfect, Harts vs. Demolition, Austin vs. Angle, Austin vs. Taker, and Hogan vs. Michaels.

 

Now maybe if I was going to be honest with myself I'd rank Austin vs. Angle #6 on that list. But since that match has always kind of irked me because I feel it's overrated, maybe I vote it #8 just out of spite. Similarly, maybe I like Bret vs. Bulldog a shade more than Bret vs. Owen, but I feel Bret vs. Owen is more likely to be slighted. I'd vote Bret vs. Owen #1 to give it the extra help I think it needs, and I'd settle with Bret vs. Bulldog at #2.

 

Or you can just straight up vote for your favorites, 1 through 8, without considering any of this. Either way is fine.

 

It wouldn't be fair for everyone to see each other's votes because after a few people have voted, others could sit back and rank their choices accordingly based on how things are shaping up. For that reason, I ask that everyone PM me their votes, so that it's a secret ballot. At the end of the voting, I'll post what everyone voted so you can all rest assured that everything's on the level and we can justify, debate, discuss, complain, etc.

 

All that said, the elite eight matches in the WrestleMania tournament, in chronological order, are:

 

- Ultimate Warrior vs. Randy Savage

- Bret Hart vs. Roddy Piper

- Randy Savage vs. Ric Flair

- Owen Hart vs. Bret Hart

- Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin

- Edge & Christian vs. Hardy Boyz vs. Dudley Boyz (X-7)

- Steve Austin vs. The Rock (X-7)

- Christian vs. Chris Jericho

 

Bret/Piper and Christian/Jericho each won by a single vote. In my opinion, this would have been a lot more interesting had Savage/Steamboat and Bret/Michaels made it, but this is the way it turned out. Let the voting begin. And as usual, I'll be back at some point with some analysis from the previous round. Thanks for voting.

[humanoid92 0]

Just bumping this because I've only gotten two responses so far (thanks guys). Maybe in order to keep this thread going, everyone can just make a token post in this thread after they send me their votes. Or maybe just post your thoughts on some of the matches you're suprised didn't make the final eight, since I think it's safe to say there are some major matches missing.

[CanadianChris 0]

I'd like to say I'm surprised by Savage/Steamboat not making it, but I guess I probably shouldn't be, since most people here would have only seen it well after the fact, and not live (and in context) as I did. I probably have a lot more of an attachment to the match than most.

[humanoid92 0]

Absolutely. That's the downside to a tournament format. If we were all just doing straight up top 10 or top 20 lists of our favorite WM matches I'd like to think Savage/Steamboat would crack the overall top eight. The final eight remaining are clearly not the top eight. As much as I love both guys, I think we can all agree Christian/Jericho still being around is pretty surprising.

 

Most glaring omissions from the finalists, in my opinion:

 

Savage/Steamboat

Michaels/Ramon

Hart/Michaels

[J.T. 0]

1. Owen Hart vs. Bret Hart

2. Randy Savage vs. Ric Flair

3. Bret Hart vs. Roddy Piper

4. Edge & Christian vs. Hardy Boyz vs. Dudley Boyz (X-7)

5. Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin

6. Christian vs. Chris Jericho

7. Ultimate Warrior vs. Randy Savage

8. Steve Austin vs. The Rock (X-7)

[J.T. 0]

Sorry, I posted my picks. My edit button is not working, so someone delete these posts

[humanoid92 0]

Well, thanks to the seven of you that voted thus far. The other rounds got a solid 25 votes, so I want to hold out. So if you voted in the other rounds and maybe didn't see this thread, here it is. I know the PM thing is annoying but it's the only way I know of to do a secret ballot, so I hope that doesn't discourage you from voting.

[humanoid92 0]

Just an update. 10 votes thus far, so I'd really like to get at least 10 more before it's over.