Tournament 5: Greatest US Champion Brackets Thread

[The New F'n Show]

Round 1

Quadrant 1
1.Dolph Ziggler vs 64 Dick Slater
2.Kofi Kingston vs 63 Wahoo McDaniel
3.Sheamus vs 62 Tully Blanchard
4.Daniel Bryan vs 61 Magnum T.A.
5.Miz vs 60 Nikita Koloff
6.R-Truth vs 59 Dusty Rhodes
7.Bret Hart vs 58 Barry Windham
8.MVP vs 57 Michael Hayes

Quadrant 2
9.Shelton Benjamin vs 56 Stan Hansen
10.Matt Hardy vs 55 Rick Rude
11.Chris Benoit vs 54 Dustin Rhodes
12.Mr. Kennedy vs 53 Ricky Steamboat
13.Finlay vs 52 Steve Austin
14.Bobby Lashley vs 51 Jim Duggan
15.JBL vs 50 Vader
16.Booker T vs 49 Sting

Quadrant 3
17.Orlando Jordan vs 48 Kensuke Sasaki
18.John Cena vs 47 One Man Gang
19.Carlito vs 46 Konnan
20.Big Show vs 45 Ric Flair
21.Eddie Guerrero vs 44 Dean Malenko
22.Edge vs 43 Steve McMichael
23.Kurt Angle vs 42 Curt Hennig
24.Rhyno vs 41 Raven

Quadrant 4
25.Tajiri vs 40 Lex Luger
26.Kanyon vs 39 DDP
27.Rick Steiner vs 38 Roddy Piper
28.Shane Douglas vs 37 David Flair
29.General Rection vs 36 Sid Vicious
30.Lance Storm vs 35 Goldberg
31.Terry Funk vs 34 Scott Hall
32.Scott Steiner vs 33 Jeff Jarrett


Round 2

Quadrant 1
1. Dolph Ziggler vs MVP
2. Wahoo McDaniel vs Barry Windham
3. Tully Blanchard vs Dusty Rhodes
4. Daniel Bryan vs Miz

Quadrant 2
9. Stan Hansen vs Booker T
10. Rick Rude vs Vader
11. Chris Benoit vs Bobby Lashley
12. Ricky Steamboat vs Steve Austin

Quadrant 3
17. Orlando Jordan vs Rhyno
18. John Cena vs Kurt Angle
19. Carlito vs Edge
20. Ric Flair vs Eddie Guerrero

Quadrant 4
25. Lex Luger vs Scott Steiner vs Jeff Jarrett
26. DDP vs Scott Hall
27. Roddy Piper vs Lance Storm
28. Shane Douglas vs Sid Vicious

Round 3
Quadrant 1
1. MVP vs Daniel Bryan
2. Wahoo McDaniel vs Barry Windham vs Dusty Rhodes

Quadrant 2
9.Booker T vs Ricky Steamboat
10. Rick Rude vs Chris Benoit

Quadrant 3
17. Rhyno vs Ric Flair
18. John Cena vs Carlito

Quadrant 4
25. Lex Luger vs Shane Douglas
26. DDP vs Lance Storm

Round 4
Quadrant 1
1.MVP vs Wahoo McDaniel

Quadrant 2
9. Ricky Steamboat vs Rick Rude vs Chris Benoit

Quadrant 3
17.Ric Flair vs John Cena

Quadrant 4
25. Lex Luger vs DDP

Round 5
1.MVP vs Lex Luger
9.Chris Benoit vs Ric Flair

Final
1. MVP vs Chris Benoit


Polls will last for three days.

 

[Keith]

Rick Rude should win this IMO. Would love to see him in the final with Benoit.

 

[The New F'n Show]

Rude and Benoit are in the same quadrant so that can't be the final. I think Luger is a darkhorse here. He wasn't a great worker, far from it, but was a great US champ. Should be interesting not as clear cut as the IC title.

 

[Keith]

Didn't see that sorry! Luger did have some good reigns to be fair, and at the time nicely fitted the mold of what a U.S. Champion should be at least as a babyface. Problem is maybe he held it too many times in quick suscession.

 

[Keith]

Just thinking that the next tournament Scott should be for the NWA Title, really that title has more history than any other, and even though it dates back a long time, there are still plenty of names who have held it who people here would know well.

The best way to do it is to have some of the older champions, then many of the greats from the 70's/80's a few from the 90's like Muta and Rude for example and then some from the period where the belt was defended in conection with TNA, as well as maybe a couple of the indie champions like Carino for example.

 

[The New F'n Show]

Yeah NWA title would be a bit tougher because It wouldn't be everyone that held it or the last 64 champs but I could probably get at least 32 really good champs in there. I will consider that. Was thinking of doing the last 64 World Tag Champs in WWE now that the belt is technically retired. That would have started with the Headbangers and ended with the Hart Dynasty so people would know the teams better.

 

[Keith]

Tag Team would be good too, although it would nice for it to take in the glory years of the 80's and early 90's, just don't think there have been enough good teams since 97, but it should be good still, and I would pick Edge and Christian to win, and that is who should win.

 

[The New F'n Show]

Edge and Christian would be the favorites for sure. I just like that idea because we have a lot of newer fans on here. I could do one with that winner going backwards after as well to include the 80's and 90's. There are a lot of options and I plan on doing these tourney's for as while as long as I continue to have Troy's approval.

 

[Troy]

I would really like to see a Tag Team Tournament next as well. Would be good seeing who makes it out of all the great tag teams that have held the belts in WWE before.

 

[sachin tendulkar]

horrible that Magnum, Sasaki and Sting are out, really horrible

 

[The New F'n Show]

Agree on Magnum and Sting. Well a great wrestler Sasaki did nothing as US Champ.