For the more easily confused among us.
What the fuck?
Please be more specific.
This question is an excuse for you to go over ground rules.
Regular non-spam rules apply. No spamming and no flaming are the most important ones. Look it up if you're confused. You'll find the rules dotted about the site - here and there, hither and fither, to and fro, back and forth.
Right. Sorry. So a tournament, huh?
Yep. There are rounds, regions, finals - all the good things you'd expect to find in a tournament.
Regions?
Uh-huh. Four of them to be exact. ECW, WWE, TNA and Mexico.
In ECW, every match is Extreme Rules unless otherwise specified.
In WWE, well, every match is your standard WWE rules. You watch WWE, right?
In TNA, matches take place in a six-sided ring.
In Mexico, um, the ring is slightly smaller and the wrestlers don't have health insurance? Yeah, that works. Mexico's a new region, y'see. Fuck WCW.
Didn't Shocky do towns as well?
Gone for two reasons. One, I'm a bit lazier than Shocky. Two, Kurt Angle having an advantage because the match is in Pittsburgh lead to some dodgy arguments.
How many teams?
64 in total. That's 44 regular teams from throughout history - who were picked by the staff and five separate battle royals - and 20 Deuce's Wild teams.
Deuce's... Wild?
They're teams with randomly paired wrestlers. There was a lot of arguments about whether to do all regular tag teams or all Deuce's Wild but instead I decided on an awkward compromise. Nobody wins!
Can I have a list of the teams then?
Sure thing:
Uh-huh. How do I decide who to vote for?
Vote based on whatever criteria you like. Personally, I like the "shoot kayfabe" criteria on who would have won during their primes, based on their skill in kayfabe. Others just like the basic idea of picking whoever's better, and so on and so forth. Try to keep arguments relatively rational though.
Any gimmick matches?
In round three, when we're down to sixteen teams. I'll try to keep things interesting.
What's your favourite colour?
They call it "pebbles". It's somewhere between beige and brown, heaven and hell, living and dead, pleasure and pain.
Couldn't be bothered to put up any brackets, huh?
I'll put up some rudimentary brackets as soon as I have the time. I'm a busy man.
What the fuck?
Please be more specific.
This question is an excuse for you to go over ground rules.
Regular non-spam rules apply. No spamming and no flaming are the most important ones. Look it up if you're confused. You'll find the rules dotted about the site - here and there, hither and fither, to and fro, back and forth.
Right. Sorry. So a tournament, huh?
Yep. There are rounds, regions, finals - all the good things you'd expect to find in a tournament.
Regions?
Uh-huh. Four of them to be exact. ECW, WWE, TNA and Mexico.
In ECW, every match is Extreme Rules unless otherwise specified.
In WWE, well, every match is your standard WWE rules. You watch WWE, right?
In TNA, matches take place in a six-sided ring.
In Mexico, um, the ring is slightly smaller and the wrestlers don't have health insurance? Yeah, that works. Mexico's a new region, y'see. Fuck WCW.
Didn't Shocky do towns as well?
Gone for two reasons. One, I'm a bit lazier than Shocky. Two, Kurt Angle having an advantage because the match is in Pittsburgh lead to some dodgy arguments.
How many teams?
64 in total. That's 44 regular teams from throughout history - who were picked by the staff and five separate battle royals - and 20 Deuce's Wild teams.
Deuce's... Wild?
They're teams with randomly paired wrestlers. There was a lot of arguments about whether to do all regular tag teams or all Deuce's Wild but instead I decided on an awkward compromise. Nobody wins!
Can I have a list of the teams then?
Sure thing:
Locks:
TNA - 1. The Hart Foundation - Bret Hart & Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart - Reigning Champions
WWE - 2. Edge & Christian - First Tournament Winners
Mexico - 3. The British Bulldogs - Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid - Two-Time Runners-Up
ECW -4. The Steiner Brothers - Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner
TNA - 5. Demolition - Ax & Smash - Shocky's Favourites
WWE - 6. The Road Warriors - Hawk & Animal
Mexico - 7. The Dudley Boys - Bubba Ray Dudley & D-Von Dudley
ECW - 8. Harlem Heat - Booker T & Stevie Ray
TNA - 9. The Outsiders - Kevin Nash & Scott Hall
WWE- 10. Money Inc. - Ted DiBiase & Irwin R. Schyster
Mexico - 11. Latin American Xchange - Homicide & Hernandez
Admin Picks:
IC25:
ECW - 12. The Hollywood Blonds - Steve Austin & Brian Pillman
TNA - 13. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Masahiro Chono
Slyfox:
WWE - 14. The Mega Powers - Hulk Hogan & Randy Savage
Mexico - 15. Lex Luger & Sting
Luther:
ECW - 16. Dave Taylor & William Regal
TNA - 17. Paul London & Brian Kendrick
Moderator Picks:
Sam:
WWE - 18. Beer Money Inc. - James Storm & Robert Roode
Becca:
Mexico - 19. The Rockers - Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty
NorCal:
ECW - 20. Chris Benoit & Kurt Angle
C.M.:
TNA - 21. The Hardy Boyz - Jeff Hardy & Matt Hardy
KB:
WWE - 22. The Headshrinkers - Samu & Fatu
48.7:
Mexico - 23. Chris Jericho & The Big Show
Xfear:
ECW - 24. Rob Van Dam & Sabu
Harthan:
TNA - 25. The Briscoe Brothers - Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe
FTS:
WWE - 26. The Brain Busters - Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard
jmt225:
Mexico - 27. Raven & Stevie Richards
Lee:
ECW - 28. Team Priceless/Legacy - Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase Jr.
Shadowmancer:
TNA - 29. Extreme Horsemen - Steve Corino & CW Anderson
Ricky:
WWE - 30. New Age Outlaws - Road Dogg & Billy Gunn
Will:
Mexico - 31. The Impact Players - Justin Credible & Lance Storm
NoFate:
ECW - 32.The Miz & John Morrison
Battle Royal Winners:
TNA - 33. The Rock 'n' Sock Connection - Mick Foley & The Rock
WWE - 34. Cena and Batista
Mexico - 35. The Fabulous Freedbirds - Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts
ECW - 36. AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels
TNA - 37. Motor City Machine Guns - Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin
WWE - 38. Billy Kidman & Rey Mysterio
Mexico - 39. Brothers of Destruction - Undertaker & Kane
ECW - 40. Owen Hart & Yokozuna
TNA - 41. Acolytes (Protection Agency) - Bradshaw & Farooq
WWE - 42. The Holy Demon Army - Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue
Mexico - 43. The Midnight Express - Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey
ECW - 44. The Rock 'n' Roll Express - Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
Deuce's Wild Teams
WWE
Team 1-Eddie Guerrero/Tito Santana
Team 2-Shelton Benjamin/Gangrel
Team 3-Al Snow/Sean Waltman
Team 4-Chavo Guerrero/Triple H
Team 5-Chris Harris/Brock Lesnar
TNA
Team 1-Bam Bam Bigelow/Big Bossman
Team 2-Jesus Aguleira/Ric Flair
Team 3-Test/Jake Roberts
Team 4-CM Punk/Spike Dudley
Team 5-Jack Swagger/Vader
ECW
Team 1-Tyson Tomko/Rhyno
Team 2-Chris Candido/Earthquake
Team 3-A-Train/Awesome Kong
Team 4-Joey Mercury/Stan Hansen
Team 5-Randy Orton/Brian Lee
Mexico
Team 1-Mr. Kennedy/JTG
Team 2-Carlito
Team 3-Jeff Jarrett/Goldust
Team 4-Chyna/Godfather
Team 5-Bart Gunn/Great Khali
TNA - 1. The Hart Foundation - Bret Hart & Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart - Reigning Champions
WWE - 2. Edge & Christian - First Tournament Winners
Mexico - 3. The British Bulldogs - Davey Boy Smith & Dynamite Kid - Two-Time Runners-Up
ECW -4. The Steiner Brothers - Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner
TNA - 5. Demolition - Ax & Smash - Shocky's Favourites
WWE - 6. The Road Warriors - Hawk & Animal
Mexico - 7. The Dudley Boys - Bubba Ray Dudley & D-Von Dudley
ECW - 8. Harlem Heat - Booker T & Stevie Ray
TNA - 9. The Outsiders - Kevin Nash & Scott Hall
WWE- 10. Money Inc. - Ted DiBiase & Irwin R. Schyster
Mexico - 11. Latin American Xchange - Homicide & Hernandez
Admin Picks:
IC25:
ECW - 12. The Hollywood Blonds - Steve Austin & Brian Pillman
TNA - 13. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Masahiro Chono
Slyfox:
WWE - 14. The Mega Powers - Hulk Hogan & Randy Savage
Mexico - 15. Lex Luger & Sting
Luther:
ECW - 16. Dave Taylor & William Regal
TNA - 17. Paul London & Brian Kendrick
Moderator Picks:
Sam:
WWE - 18. Beer Money Inc. - James Storm & Robert Roode
Becca:
Mexico - 19. The Rockers - Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty
NorCal:
ECW - 20. Chris Benoit & Kurt Angle
C.M.:
TNA - 21. The Hardy Boyz - Jeff Hardy & Matt Hardy
KB:
WWE - 22. The Headshrinkers - Samu & Fatu
48.7:
Mexico - 23. Chris Jericho & The Big Show
Xfear:
ECW - 24. Rob Van Dam & Sabu
Harthan:
TNA - 25. The Briscoe Brothers - Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe
FTS:
WWE - 26. The Brain Busters - Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard
jmt225:
Mexico - 27. Raven & Stevie Richards
Lee:
ECW - 28. Team Priceless/Legacy - Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase Jr.
Shadowmancer:
TNA - 29. Extreme Horsemen - Steve Corino & CW Anderson
Ricky:
WWE - 30. New Age Outlaws - Road Dogg & Billy Gunn
Will:
Mexico - 31. The Impact Players - Justin Credible & Lance Storm
NoFate:
ECW - 32.The Miz & John Morrison
Battle Royal Winners:
TNA - 33. The Rock 'n' Sock Connection - Mick Foley & The Rock
WWE - 34. Cena and Batista
Mexico - 35. The Fabulous Freedbirds - Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts
ECW - 36. AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels
TNA - 37. Motor City Machine Guns - Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin
WWE - 38. Billy Kidman & Rey Mysterio
Mexico - 39. Brothers of Destruction - Undertaker & Kane
ECW - 40. Owen Hart & Yokozuna
TNA - 41. Acolytes (Protection Agency) - Bradshaw & Farooq
WWE - 42. The Holy Demon Army - Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue
Mexico - 43. The Midnight Express - Bobby Eaton & Dennis Condrey
ECW - 44. The Rock 'n' Roll Express - Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson
Deuce's Wild Teams
WWE
Team 1-Eddie Guerrero/Tito Santana
Team 2-Shelton Benjamin/Gangrel
Team 3-Al Snow/Sean Waltman
Team 4-Chavo Guerrero/Triple H
Team 5-Chris Harris/Brock Lesnar
TNA
Team 1-Bam Bam Bigelow/Big Bossman
Team 2-Jesus Aguleira/Ric Flair
Team 3-Test/Jake Roberts
Team 4-CM Punk/Spike Dudley
Team 5-Jack Swagger/Vader
ECW
Team 1-Tyson Tomko/Rhyno
Team 2-Chris Candido/Earthquake
Team 3-A-Train/Awesome Kong
Team 4-Joey Mercury/Stan Hansen
Team 5-Randy Orton/Brian Lee
Mexico
Team 1-Mr. Kennedy/JTG
Team 2-Carlito
Team 3-Jeff Jarrett/Goldust
Team 4-Chyna/Godfather
Team 5-Bart Gunn/Great Khali
Uh-huh. How do I decide who to vote for?
Vote based on whatever criteria you like. Personally, I like the "shoot kayfabe" criteria on who would have won during their primes, based on their skill in kayfabe. Others just like the basic idea of picking whoever's better, and so on and so forth. Try to keep arguments relatively rational though.
Any gimmick matches?
In round three, when we're down to sixteen teams. I'll try to keep things interesting.
What's your favourite colour?
They call it "pebbles". It's somewhere between beige and brown, heaven and hell, living and dead, pleasure and pain.
Couldn't be bothered to put up any brackets, huh?
I'll put up some rudimentary brackets as soon as I have the time. I'm a busy man.
