RIPPA Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 A few months back - Ed and I started talking and for some reason we were like "Is the Miracle Violence Connection the best dead tag team of our lifetime?" I am sure someone died to spark that but fuck if I can remember. So that is what spawned this. RULES AND EXPLANATION Wrestler could only be used once Teams are from OUR LIFETIME (Basically since the early 70s... and we really only had to stretch that for Bruiser and Crusher but it was fucking tough to get to 32 teams) We tried to do teams that teamed regularly... basically if had tag title it was good enough for us. Just work with us people. This will run World Cup style - Top Two Advance from each group. (You will see that as I go along) These are the following Groups DEAD MONSTER SOMETHING (Group A) Andre The Giant/Giant Baba Scott Irwin/Big John Studd Brian Adams/Yokozuna Zambaui Express DEAD AND NATIVE LAND (Group B.) Owen Hart/Davey Boy Smith Gary Albright/Mike Shaw Chris Benoit/Beef Wellington John Tenta/Dino Bravo THE GODDELL ALL-STARS (Group C) Miracle Violence Connection (Terry Gordy/Steve Williams) DJ Peterson/Wahoo McDaniel Brusier Brody/Ernie Ladd Dick the Bruiser/The Crusher DEAD IN THE HEART OF TEXAS (Group D) Matt Borne/Buzz Sawyer Kerry/David Von Erich Chris Adams/Gino Hernandez Tom Burton/Mike Davis DEAN'S DEAD DREAMS (Group E) Adrian Adonis/Dick Murdoch Kintaro Oki/Tor Kamata Rusher Kimura/Ryuma Go Kanyon/Mark Starr MUERTE (Group F) Gringos Locos Hector Garza/La Fiera MS-1/Masakre Emilio Charles/Bestia Salvaje TENRYU BOOKED SOMETHING DEAD (Group G) JumboTsuruta/Mitsuharu Misawa Public Enemy (Rocco Rock/Johnny Grunge) Buddy Roberts/Angel of Death JYD/Buck Robley JOBBED TO DEATH (Group H) Chris Candido/Louie Spicoli Missing Link/Hercules Hernandez Curt Hennig/Eddie Gilbert Lance Cade/Steve Bradley EDIT - OH! And Group Voting is Open between basically when you are reading this through the end of Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I predict this will be our most depressing tourney ever. EDIT: Pretty sure Jerry Brown is still alive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 I predict this will be our most depressing tourney ever. EDIT: Pretty sure Jerry Brown is still alive... One source had him being as dead... but another has him as having been missing and then found. Easy enough fix since we originally had Buddy with the Angel of Death so that is what that team will be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdA Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I predict this will be our most depressing tourney ever. EDIT: Pretty sure Jerry Brown is still alive... One source had him being as dead... but another has him as having been missing and then found. Easy enough fix since we originally had Buddy with the Angel of Death so that is what that team will be Actually, I am a fool and didn't look. I assumed and Dave's Buddy Roberts obit was vague. I suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 So we know the final four will be the following, right? Murdoch/Adonis Gringos Locos MVC The Dynamic Duo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 So which one do you guys have as the Group of Death? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamp, broken circa 1988 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I love everything about this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdA Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Yeah, Phil and I are sad-sad people. But here y'all are voting in this so...what can ya do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 BTW - I meant to turn on "show votes" for all the polls. Of course - I forgot after the first one. But it will definitely be on for the knockout rounds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.K.o.S. Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 This will run World Cup style - Top Two Advance from each group. (You will see that as I go along) What's the tiebreaker in case you get a tie within a group? Like if three teams go 2-1 and one team goes 0-3. Would it be total margin of victory by votes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 My first choice is the head to head result But if I need to add a second level - most likely it will be total vote Basically I am in a "Cross that bridge when I come to it" mood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdA Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 My first choice is the head to head result But if I need to add a second level - most likely it will be total vote Basically I am in a "Cross that bridge when I come to it" mood This is wrestling, Phil. THERE ARE NO TIES!!!! DOUBLE DQ!!! And by default anyone named Murdoch wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Would it be awkward to note that two Memphis Moondog pairings are dead? (Spot/Larry Latham and Spike/Bill Smithson, along with Spike and Cujo/Lanny Kean) Randy Colley being alive and the lack of information on Moondog Splat does mean that there's not 3 Moondog teams in this tournament Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 We debated the Moondogs for awhile It was easier to ignore them thanks to all the various forms of the dead. Plus 95% of the pairings were decided long before the most recent Moondog died Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 We debated the Moondogs for awhile It was easier to ignore them thanks to all the various forms of the dead. Plus 95% of the pairings were decided long before the most recent Moondog died Please excuse my ignorance, but was Hennig/Gilbert a big tag team back in the day? Would have loved a Rude/Hennig team(heenan family, even if they never were a team) Great tourny by the way. . . you rock RIPPA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdA Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Yeah, Phil and I had a long discussion about dead Moondogs. Then we got all confused when figuring out the Moondogs was like figuring out the Samoan family tree. And somewhere in there I mentioned the dead Hillbillies and Phil swore at me. So yeah...we suck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Imagine if Manny had passed away. RUDE AND RAGIN in this tournament might have brought back Naylorml. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdA Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 We debated the Moondogs for awhile It was easier to ignore them thanks to all the various forms of the dead. Plus 95% of the pairings were decided long before the most recent Moondog died Please excuse my ignorance, but was Hennig/Gilbert a big tag team back in the day? Would have loved a Rude/Hennig team(heenan family, even if they never were a team) Great tourny by the way. . . you rock RIPPA! Our only rules were that - both had to be dead and they had to be something of a tag team. Trust me, I would have preferred a Rude/Hennig team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 Yeah - I think Rude and Savage were the two biggest guys I was disappointed in not be able to get into this And you at one point we had like Uncle Luke and Cousin Elmer as a team in this and I HATED that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdA Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Yeah - I think Rude and Savage were the two biggest guys I was disappointed in not be able to get into this And you at one point we had like Uncle Luke and Cousin Elmer as a team in this and I HATED that Yeah. The Hillbilly discussion was me mentioning that and you telling me to fuck myself. There was someone else I tried to pass off twice. I mean, fuck, I am disappointed I couldn't have Gordy in twice with Williams AND Buddy Roberts. Of course, when Jerry Browne dies in like a week, that death will hang over my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Yeah - I think Rude and Savage were the two biggest guys I was disappointed in not be able to get into this And you at one point we had like Uncle Luke and Cousin Elmer as a team in this and I HATED that Pretty sure that Uncle Luke was a better worker than Cousin Luke. Also, Cousin Junior had a Memphis tag title run with Giant Hillbilly (Plowboy, duh). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Lord Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I really want to somehow end up seeing Andre/Baba vs. Crusher/Bruiser. It would be an entire match of headlocks and punches and it would be awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooseCannon Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Was there any internal debate over Kanyon and Bam Bam as 2/3 of the Jersey Triad vs Men at Work or was the whole point of this tourney to get Dean to react to Men at Work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Not that i want to wish ill on Porkchop Cash, but i wish there was a place for Dream Machine. (Goesto Wiki) I see he was tag champs in WWA with Rick McGraw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I really want to somehow end up seeing Andre/Baba vs. Crusher/Bruiser. It would be an entire match of headlocks and punches and it would be awesome. God, I wanna see half these matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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