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We first start off with the McMahon (Northeast US) territory. In a 16-man singles tournament, here's the first round results (I did random selection with the only qualifier being the wrestler had to be a former WWWF/WWF/WWE Heavyweight Champion at one point).

Bob Backlund pinned Shawn Michaels at 14:13 with a Japanese Leg Clutch roll. Match rating was 86%. Backlund could be difficult to beat with his technical wrestling skills.

Diesel pinned Stone Cold Steve Austin at 10:53 with a jacknife power bomb. Match rating was 68%. Stunning upset as the worst drawing WWF/WWE champion dominated arguably the highest drawing WWF/WWE champion.

Randy Savage pinned Ultimate Warrior at 6:58 with a top role elbow drop. Match rating was 62%. Savage dominated Warrior here and looked fantastic in the process.

Superstar Billy Graham won by CRITICAL! with a Bear Hug over The Rock at 21:17. The Rock was in control of the match, but Graham made a roaring comeback. The Rock got counted out, but the countout didn't stand and when The Rock got back into the ring he got CRITICAL'd by Graham with a bearhug. Part of the rules is that CRITICAL!'s put the wrestler out of action for a while. So you won't be seeing The Rock in action for a while.


Mankind won via submission versus Yokozuna at 48:49 with the Mandible Claw. The match rating was at 100% as yes...they went almost 50 minutes. Actually the match was boring and I'm glad that Mankind won as the creation for Yokozuna was poorly done (no leg drops, no Bonzai drop, etc).


Brock Lesnar won via pinfall with the F5 over John Cena at 15:10. Match rating was at 98%. A much faster pace than the Mankind vs. Yoko match and more realistic as Cena was taken to 'suplex city' by Lesnar. Cena did turn the tables and hit Lesnar with the F5 of his own, but that pissed Lesnar off and he beat Cena shortly afterward.


Bruno Sammartino won via submission over Buddy Rogers at 17:33 via the Bear Hug. Match rating was 89%. Bruno had control of the match early on, but the Original Nature Boy made a comeback and made it competitive before submitting to Bruno's bear hug.


Hulk Hogan won via CRITICAL! over the Undertake at 28:48 with the Hogan Leg drop. Match rating was 100%. Neither guy could put the other away for the longest time until Hogan hit the Undertake with what seemed like the 100th leg drop.


So, the 2nd round is left with:

Hogan vs. Bruno

Brock vs. Mankind

Superstar Billy Graham vs. Randy Macho Man Savage

Bob Backlund vs. Diesel






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In the semifinals...The Macho Man Randy Savage pinned Diesel at 9:25 with the top rope elbow drop. The match got a 82% rating. Savage hit the top rope elbow drop early and controlled the match, but could not get in position to hit the top rope elbow, again. It appeared that Diesel could come away with a victory if he could hit some big moves while Savage was trying to set up for the top rope elbow. But, Savage hit the tights pulled piledriver and then hit the top rope elbow. Even with referee Joey Marella badly out of position, Savage was able to get the victory which show just how devastating the top rope elbow drop is.



In an upset, Mankind pinned Bruno Sammartino at 12:10 with a tights pulling piledriver. The match got a 84% rating. Mankind had the clear advantage in most of the match as Bruno was basically exchanging a figure four for tights pulling piledrivers and double underhook DDT's.


That means the finals is set....

Macho Man Randy Savage vs. Mankind






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First round of the McMahon Territory (US Northeast) Tag Team Tournament

The Rockers beat the Dudley Boyz at 28:43 with Marty Jannetty pinning D-Von Dudley with a hurracanrana and a 94% match rating. The stars of this match were Bubba and Michaels. Bubba hit numerous splashes in a row. Neither team could hit tag moves against each other.

Tony Atlas/Rocky Johnson beat The Rock/Mankind when Atlas used a press powerslam for the pin at 30:43. The match got a 100% rating. Atlas and Johnson looked really good here.

The Wild Samoans beat the Hardy Boyz by CRITICAL! when Sika hit Matt Hardy with his own finisher, the Twist of Fate at 25:01. This match got a 88% rating, but should have had a better rating as it was a fun match to watch. Jeff Hardy juiced, referee Joey Marella juiced. It was a crazy, great brawl.

Demolition beat the New Age Outlawz with a standing shoulder hold by Ax on the Road Dogg at 29:22. The match got a 93% rating as Demolition pretty much dominated the NAO.


That leaves the 2nd round between:

The Rockers vs. The Wild Samoans

Demolition vs. Rocky Johnson/Tony Atlas





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The Rockers win the Tag Team Titles by beating Rocky Johnson/Tony Atlas when Michaels pinned Johnson with a Superkick at 42:18. The match rating was 93%. Both teams struggled to finish the other off, but pulled out all of the moves. Great match.

So, in the McMahon Territory (US Northeast), we will have The Undertaker, Matt Hardy and The Rock out for a little while as they recover from being CRITICAL'd!

This could lead to some feuds between their attackers with UT vs. Hogan, The Rock vs. Superstar Billy Graham and the Hardyz vs. The Wild Samoans.

I project that the Macho Man's first title defense will be against Yokozuna who lost in the 1st round to the finalist, Mankind. I will have to alter some of Yoko's movesets as they are pretty much silly and not representative of how he wrestled.

The first defense for the Rockers is scheduled to be against Demolition.

Up next! FPWA - Canada.






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First round of FPWA - Canada at the Saddledome in Calgary:

Bret 'The Hitman' Hart beat Dino Bravo via submission from the Sharpshooter at 25:58. The match rating was 92%. Bret tried to take Bravo out with the Sharpshooter on several occasions and Bravo had some close calls with submissions on Bret, but he was too close to the ropes. In the end, Bret was fortunate to come away with the victory.


The Mongolian Stomper defeated El Generico at 18:34 with a Cobra Clutch with a grapevine. Stomper controlled the match, but wouldn't make any pins and Generico started to make a comeback before he was put to bed by the Stomper's submission.


'Flyin' Brian Pillman beat Pat Patterson with a sleeper hold at 21:58. Patterson made it very competitive while Pillman hit all of his moves including Air Pillman. But in the end, it was the sleeper that put Patterson away.


Davey Boy Smith, Jr. beat Rick Martel at 23:58 with a Bulldog Bomb. Martel could never get the Boston Crab on Smith and Smith hit him with everything before finally getting him with the Bulldog Bomb despite referee Joey Marella being out of position.


'The Crippler' Chris Benoit beat Carl Pierre Ouellet using the Crippler Crossface at 26:36. The match earned a 88% rating.


In an upset, Rene Dupree defeated Y2J Chris Jericho with a Ground Headlock at 30:13 with a 99% match rating. Jericho could never put away Dupree and eventually Dupree got Jericho into a ground headlock hole for the victory.


'The Hands of Stone' Ronnie Garvin defeated Greg 'The Hammer' Valentine with a CRITICAL! from a KO Punch at 19:44. The match got a 87% rating. This was pretty back and forth between the two, although the moveset and CPU Logic on whomever created Valentine was poor. I will have to change Benoit's, Jericho's and Garvin's when this is over with.

Valentine will be out of action for awhile due to being CRITICAL'd!


Jos Leduc beat 'The Rocket' Owen Hart with a CRITICAL using the Bear Hug at 13:42.  Owen juiced and so did the referee.  Owen had the advantage until he juiced and too many Bear Hugs led to Owen getting CRITICAL'd.  The match got a 77% rating.


The 2nd round will feature:

Bret 'The Hitman' Hart vs. The Mongolian Stomper

'Flyin' Brian Pillman vs. Davey Boy Smith, Jr.

'The Crippler' Chris Benoit vs. Rene Dupree

'The Hands of Stone' Ronnie Garvin vs. Jos Leduc



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Davey Boy Smith, Jr. over The Mongolian Stomper with a Bulldog Bomb at 19:05. Match got a 91% rating. Smith hit The Stomper with what seemed like a dozen or so delayed vertical suplexes, but Stomper made it a competitive match.


In a bit of an upset, Jos Leduc beat 'The Crippler' Chris Benoit at 7:34 with the Bear Hug. The match only received a 68% rating.


And in the finals to decide the Canadian Heavyweight Champion...


Davey Boy Smith, Jr. defeated Jos Leduc with the Bulldog Bomb at 8:06 to win the Title. Smith juiced in this match, but started to hit big move after big move to put Leduc away before he was spent from losing all that blood. The match got an 84% match rating.






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First round of the Tag Team Tourney for FPWA - Canada:

Edge & Christian beat Elgin & Earthquake when Christian applied a Cobra Twist on Earthquake at 30:49. I thought this match may go for 50+ minutes. Edge hit Quake with multiple spears and Quake hit his sitdown finisher, but to no avail. Match received an 89% match rating.


Furnas & LaFon defeated Johnny Smith & 'Flyin' Brian Pillman at 19:41 when LaFon pinned Pillman with a Tiger Driver. Pillman juiced. The match was very submission oriented until Furnas and LaFon started to pick things up. Match received only a 71% rating.


The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers defeated the Thrillseekers (Jericho and Storm) after Jacques CRITICAL'd Lance Storm with a piledriver at 48:30. This match went on forever and Storm wasn't tagging out and Jacques hit what seemed like the millionth piledriver on Storm before CRITICAL'ing! him. The matche received a 95% rating.



The Hart Foundation defeated Kevin Owens/El Generico at 15:46 when Owens tapped out to Bret's Sharpshooter. The match received a 74% rating.



The second round of the tag tourney will feature the following matches:

Edge & Christian vs. Doug Furnas & Phil LaFon

The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers vs. The Hart Foundation





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