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TNM Tag League Season 3 preview

A_Man_Called_MikeyPosted on 02/15/05 at 11:57:08

Yes, the TNM Tag League is into its third season and the first that will be covered in details.

Tag League?   What's that?

The TNM Tag League is the premier Wrestling League for tag teams from all over the world.   Initially 2 divisions of 10 tag teams, a third division was added in season 2 to give a more competitive edge.

How does it work?
Every team faces each other once in a round robin.   Each match has a 20 minute time limit.   The winners get 5 points and, in event of a draw, each team gets two points.   At the end of the season, we under go a series of promotions and relegations.   Any ties that need to be broken are broken by a match or round robin.

So, what is the promotion and relegation thing all about?
The idea of the tag league is that you can join in the bottom division and win your way to the very top.   It works as follows:
  • The bottom 2 in the Division 1 are relegated an the top 2 in Division 2 replace them.
  • The teams placed 7th and 8th in Division 1 face off against the teams 3rd and 4th in Division 2 in a one-night round robin.   The top 2 teams in the round robin go into the following season's Division 1, the bottom 2 go into Division 2.
  • The bottom three in Division 2 are relegated to Division 3
  • The bottom-placed team in Division 3 will be replaced by the no.1 ranked non-league team, which is determined by seedings from that season's TNM Cup.


TNM Cup?
This season, we will also have the TNM Tag Cup.   This is a knockout cup.   14 guest teams join those in the TNM Tag League.   The first round features the guest teams and the 10 from Division 3.   In the second round, we get the 20 from the top two divisions.   The better the non-ranked team performs, the higher their seed becomes.   The best performers get the place of the team relegated from Div 3.

So what happened last season?
League Champions: Misawa & Ogawa
Runners Up: The Eliminators
Relegated from Div 1: Harlem Heat, Rock N Roll Express and the Road Warriors

Div 2 Winners: Taue & Kawada
Promoted: The Outsiders and The Movement
Relegated: Demolition, The Steiner Brothers, the Ultimate Maniacs and, Public Enemy

Div 3 Winners: The Hardy Boyz
Promoted: The Miracle Power Combination, Superpowers and Blanchard & Anderson.

When do we expect the first show?
Later today!
rey619Posted on 02/15/05 at 12:34:11

I've actually almost done this myself with single wrestlers.. it's an intriguing idea for sure, modelling wrestling upon European soccer system. The only problem is that you can't put much into it besides results and such. Still, it will be interesting to see if the US readers like it, they may not be too familiar with the concept.

Steiners down in Divison 3? What a bummer..  :(
Is AMW or Triple X in there? Or is it mostly old-school teams?
A_Man_Called_MikeyPosted on 02/15/05 at 17:43:20

It's based on whoever is in my TNM!   The teams are generally ones in the database but I'll add some current teams if the guys are in there.

But no America's Most Vanilla.

The shows will be like a roundup show ala Match of the Day.   We'll cover the big match that week and some smaller matches and have snippets of the rest few.