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World Cup of Wrestling 3

King_of_MenPosted on 04/21/03 at 23:18:40

Spent quite a bit of time this morning running this again.
I made a couple of further changes, some worked and some didn't.  This time I did each qualifying group by certain eras or promotions, at least for the most part.  I also had one group I called the "Legends" group--that group consisted of wrestlers who have passed away--Owen Hart, Bruiser Brody, Kerry Von Erich, and Eddie Gilbert.  There are four to a group and each group has a round robin to determine the top two finishers, who then go to the round of 16.  Groups are listed in order of finish, therefore the first two are the ones who qualified for the final tournament of 16.


A: Eddy Guerrero, Cactus Jack, Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho. [late 90s star group]
B: Ric Flair, Sting, Ted DiBiase, Terry Taylor. [80s star group]
C: Sabu, Tommy Dreamer, Taz, The Sandman. [ECW group--probably a mistake since only Sabu did well in the final tournament.]
D: Kurt Angle, Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart, Hulk Hogan. [Sort of a catch-all WWF group.]
E: Bruiser Brody, Owen Hart, Eddie Gilbert, Kerry Von Erich [Legends group, probably should have replaced either Gilbert or Von Erich with Curt Hennig, though he was included in another group.
F: Bill Goldberg, Booker T, Curt Hennig, Goldust. [no real theme for this group]
The last two groups I guess could go under "Recent Stars" as a theme.

G: Brock Lesnar, Mike Awesome, Rob Van Dam, Shane Helms--Awesome won a tiebreaker triangle match to qualify as he, RVD, and Helms were tied with 1-2 records.  RVD's failure to make it was a shock--he was the last Cup winner.
H: Rey Mysterio Jr., Triple H, Steve Austin, Vader same situation as group G, Triple H won a tiebreaker to get in.]

Final 16 results to follow.

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King_of_MenPosted on 04/21/03 at 23:24:53

Round of 16 results:

[Round 1]: No-Time-Limit-No-Countout-No-DQ-Two-out-of-three-Falls Match
Cactus Jack beat Owen Hart 2 falls to 0:
        x Cactus Jack beat O. Hart via the Double Arm DDT in 0:14:55
        x Cactus Jack beat O. Hart via the Double Arm DDT in 0:17:09
Rating: ** 3/4

[Round 1]: No-Time-Limit-No-Countout-No-DQ-Two-out-of-three-Falls Match
Triple H beat Kurt Angle 2 falls to 0:
        x Helmsley beat Angle via the Pedigree in 0:17:12
        x Helmsley beat Angle via the Pedigree in 0:20:35
Rating: ** 1/4

[Round 1]: No-Time-Limit-No-Countout-No-DQ-Two-out-of-three-Falls Match
Ric Flair beat Booker T 2 falls to 1:
        x Booker T beat Flair via the Missle Dropkick in 0:14:31
        x Flair beat Booker T via the Figure-Four Leglock in 0:18:14
        x Flair beat Booker T via pinfall in 0:21:23
Rating: ** 1/4

[Round 1]: No-Time-Limit-No-Countout-No-DQ-Two-out-of-three-Falls Match:
Sabu beat Mike Awesome 2 falls to 1:
        x Sabu beat Awesome via a rana in 0:13:07
        x Awesome beat Sabu via a flying bodypress in 0:13:39
        x Sabu beat Awesome via the Triple Jump Moonsault in 0:19:44
Rating: **

[Round 1]: No-Time-Limit-No-Countout-No-DQ-Two-out-of-three-Falls Match:
Bruiser Brody beat Eddy Guerrero 2 falls to 1:
        x Brody beat E. Guerrero via a piledriver in 0:13:09
        x E. Guerrero beat Brody via the Frog Splash in 0:22:36
        x Brody beat E. Guerrero via the Bombs Away in 0:28:59
Rating: ** 3/4

[Round 1]: No-Time-Limit-No-Countout-No-DQ-Two-out-of-three-Falls Match:
Shawn Michaels beat Rey Misterio Jr. 2 falls to 0:
        x Michaels beat Misterio Jr. via the Superkick in 0:12:16
        x Michaels beat Misterio Jr. via the Superkick in 0:21:37
Rating: *** 3/4

[Round 1]: No-Time-Limit-No-Countout-No-DQ-Two-out-of-three-Falls Ma
Bill Goldberg beat Sting 2 falls to 1:
        x Sting beat Goldberg via a hiptoss in 0:11:53
        x Goldberg beat Sting via the Jackhammer in 0:21:36
        x Goldberg beat Sting via a spinebuster slam in 0:23:25
Rating: **

[Round 1]: No-Time-Limit-No-Countout-No-DQ-Two-out-of-three-Falls Ma
Brock Lesnar beat Tommy Dreamer 2 falls to 0:
        x Lesnar beat Dreamer via the F5 in 0:11:32
        x Lesnar beat Dreamer via the F5 in 0:22:12
Rating: 1/2*

King_of_MenPosted on 04/21/03 at 23:29:53

[Round 2]: No-Time-Limit-No-Countout-No-DQ-Two-out-of-three-Falls Match:
Triple H beat Cactus Jack 2 falls to 1:
     
  x Cactus Jack beat Helmsley via the Double Arm DDT in 0:06:
        x Helmsley beat Cactus Jack via the Pedigree in 0:12:21
        x Helmsley beat Cactus Jack via the Pedigree in 0:16:41
Rating: **

[Round 2]: No-Time-Limit-No-Countout-No-DQ-Two-out-of-three-Falls Match:
Ric Flair beat Sabu 2 falls to 1:
        x Sabu beat Flair via a flying cross body press in 0:18:00
        x Flair beat Sabu via a sleeperhold in 0:32:47
        x Flair beat Sabu via the Figure-Four Leglock in 0:36:16
Rating: ** 1/4

[Round 2]: No-Time-Limit-No-Countout-No-DQ-Two-out-of-three-Falls Match:
Shawn Michaels beat Bruiser Brody 2 falls to 1:
        x Brody beat Michaels via the Bombs Away in 0:11:45
        x Michaels beat Brody via the Superkick in 0:25:51
        x Michaels beat Brody via a small package in 0:42:00
Rating: **** 1/4

[btw, Michaels and Brody have had some real wars in another circuit I run.]  

[Round 2]: No-Time-Limit-No-Countout-No-DQ-Two-out-of-three-Falls Match:
Bill Goldberg beat Brock Lesnar 2 falls to 1:
        x Goldberg beat Lesnar via a belly-to-belly suplex in 0:14:17
        x Lesnar beat Goldberg via the F5 in 0:18:55
        x Goldberg beat Lesnar via the Jackhammer in 0:20:41

Rating: ** 1/2

[Semi-Finals]: No-Time-Limit-No-Countout-No-DQ-Two-out-of-three-Falls Match:
Triple H beat Ric Flair 2 falls to 0:
        x Helmsley beat Flair via the Pedigree in 0:09:26
        x Helmsley beat Flair via a powerslam in 0:29:03
Rating: ** 1/4

[Semi-Finals]: No-Time-Limit-No-Countout-No-DQ-Two-out-of-three-Falls Match:
Shawn Michaels beat Bill Goldberg 2 falls to 0:
        x Michaels beat Goldberg via the Superkick in 0:18:55
        x Michaels beat Goldberg via the Superkick in 0:25:24
Rating: ** 3/4

[Finals]: No-Time-Limit-No-Countout-No-DQ-Two-out-of-three-Falls Match:
Shawn Michaels beat Triple H 2 falls to 1:
        x Helmsley beat Michaels via the Pedigree in 0:12:47
        x Michaels beat Helmsley via the Superkick in 0:15:38
        x Michaels beat Helmsley via the Superkick in 0:18:40
Rating:  ** 3/4.

I would have liked to have seen better match ratings, but I think it was pretty decent. overall.  I suppose if I booked it the ratings could be better, but I like the surprise factor.  

Yes, I do have a lot of time on my hands.  Next time I'll do the tag team cup, which is usually more fun.