This is where to discuss the sub-regional headlined by the Rock.
The First Three Rounds Take Place In: Miami, FL
3. The Rock
62. Justin Credible
30. Evan "Air" Bourne
35. THE Brian Kendrick
14. "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson
51. Tatsumi Fujinami
19. Ron Simmons
46. Bad News Brown
6. "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig
59. "The Russian Nightmare" Nikita Koloff
27. Rick "The Model" Martel
38. Bubba Ray Dudley
11. "The Big Red Machine" Kane
54. Frank Gotch
22. Nick Bockwinkle
43. Shane "Shane O'Mac" McMahon
Hmmm. Well we'll start with the round one matches. The Rock should have no problem in taking out Justin Montoya. The portugese man o war was one of the worst wrestlers in any gimmick in any company. He was jsut awful. Borne vs. Kendrick is an interesting match of high flyers, and regardless of the winner, that person gets destroyed by the Rock. The Rock gets a great draw in the first two rounds as he should probably win his matches comfortably.
Anderson vs. Fujinami and Simmons vs. Bad News Brown could be interesting matchups. Anderson vs. Fujinami could very well be a fist fight, or a mat classic, while Simmons vs. Brown is going to be nothing but a ffist fight. I suspect we'll see Anderson vs. Simmons, and I suspect that Anderson is going to go over Faarooq.
Mr. Perfect gets a tough matchup in round one against the Russian Nightmare. If it were anyone else, Koloff goes over, but Hennig is just too damn good to lose in round 1. He'll in all likely hood face off against Martel, setting up a fantastic match that would be great. In the end, Hennig will get to round 3.
Frank Gotch, interesting case of pioneer era wrestler matched up with an uber popular wrestler of today. I just find it hard that anyone will vote for Gotch, or enoughw ill vote to get him past Kane. Bockwinkle should go over Shane O Mac with no troubles, provided people do their research. Kane vs. Bockwinkle will be an interesting matchup, and there is a strong possibility Bockwinkle moves on.
So Round 3 looks to be the Rock vs. Arn Anderson. I think Arn will get a strong, strong showing in this match, but I'm not sure if it'll be enough to get the Rock out of this tournament. Mr. P erfect should go over Bockwinkle or Kane in round 3 with relative ease, setting up a Rock vs. Perfect match in round 4.