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Southeastern - Winner only to advance Round 1 #1 Bob Armstrong VS #8 Ken Wayne #4 Ken Lucas VS #5 Randy Rose #3 Mr. Olympia VS #6 Ricky Gibson #2 Jimmy Golden VS #7 Steve Armstrong Thoughts: Ah, Southeastern. I remember watching this territory when I was younger so I'm up on all of these guys. Armstrong, Golden, and Stubbs (as Olympia) all have a good shot of getting in. Should be a good tournament.
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WWC Puerto Rico - Only winner will advance Round 1 #1 Carlos Colon VS #8 Medic #2 #4 Los Infernos #1 VS #5 Herculeus Ayala #3 Abdullah the Butcher VS #6 Invader #1 #2 Bruiser Brody VS #7 Invader #2 Thoughts: Violence should reign supreme. A second round match with Abby and Brody should be vicious and I say the winner of that match takes it all.
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UWA Mexico - Only winner will advance Round 1 #1 Dos Caras VS #8 Dr. Wagner Jr. #4 El Solitario VS #5 Enrique Vera #3 Canek VS #6 Perro Aguayo #2 Vilano III VS #7 Black Man Thoughts: I am familiar with a few of the names here but judging from the caliber of wrestlers it should be a blockbuster tournament. Only one will advance - this one should be one of the better smaller tournaments.
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Central States - Winner to advance Round 1 #1 Dick Murdoch VS #8 Porkchop Cash #4 Moondog Spot VS #5 Jerry Oates #3 Moondog Rex VS #6 Ted Oates #2 Ox Baker VS #7 George Wells Thoughts: If Murdoch or Baker don't walk away the winner here something is wrong.
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Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling - Winner only advances to King of Kings Round 1 #1 The Spoiler VS #8 Big Steven Petipas #4 Steve Casey VS #5 Bobby Bass #3 Leo Burke VS #6 Gerry Morrow #2 Pierre Lefebvre VS #7 Phil Lafon Thoughts: The Spoiler in a romp.
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Joint Promotion UK - Top 2 will advance Round 1 #1 Big Daddy VS #16 Mark McCoy #8 The Amazing Kung Fu VS #9 Jon Cortez #6 Brian Maxine VS #11 Clive Myers #4 Johnny Saint VS #13 Johnny Kincaid #3 Otto Wanz VS #14 Bearcat Wright #5 Jim Breaks VS #12 Peter Roberts #7 King Kong Kirk VS #10 Bobby Barnes #2 The Original Kendo Nagasaki VS #15 Dave Bond Thoughts: Didn't follow UK when I was younger but with a 16 man tournament I see the possibility for some good matches.
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EMLL - Top two advance Round 1 #1 Mil Mascaras VS #16 La Fiera #8 Rayo de Jalisco Jr VS #9 Gran Apache #6 Mando Guerrero VS #11 Blue Panther #4 Fishman VS #13 Kung Fu #3 El Satanico VS #14 Rocky Santana #5 El Supremo VS #12 El Hijo del Santo #7 Ultraman VS #10 Babe Face #2 Lizmark VS #15 Gran Markus Jr Thoughts: It won't be Mascaras - that's all I've got.
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CWA - Top 2 advance Round 1 #1 Jerry Lawler VS #16 Koko B. Ware #8 Robert Gibson VS #9 Dennis Condrey #6 Randy Savage VS #11 Bill Dundee #4 Stan Lane VS #13 Lanny Poffo #3 Steve Keirn VS #14 Rick Rude #5 Jos Leduc VS #12 Bobby Eaton #7 Dutch Mantell VS #10 Ricky Morton #2 Austin Idol VS #15 Phil Hickerson Thoughts - with only 2 transferring this WILL be one of the most hotly contested qualifying tournaments. No need to guess because with this competition I'd just be wrong anyway. Upsets shouldn't be uncommon though.
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Calgary Stampede - Top 2 advance Round 1 #1 Bret Hart VS #16 Ben Bassarab #8 Loch Ness Monster VS #9 Jim Neidhart #6 Dynamite Kid VS #11 Makhan Singh #4 The Great Gama VS #13 Owen Hart #3 Mr. Hito VS #14 Steve Disalvo #5 Bad News Allen VS #12 Hiro Saito #7 Bruce Hart VS #10 Davey Boy Smith #2 The Mongolian Stomper VS #15 The Cobra Thoughts - Another qualifier where the men will have to knuckle up to get it done. Stu Hart has some great wrestlers in his pipeline for this qualifier and I expect at least two or three A matches.
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All Star Wrestling UK - Top 2 advance Round 1 #1 Marc Rocco VS #16 Rocky Moran #8 Wayne Bridges VS #9 Chic Cullen #6 Dave Finlay VS #11 Johnny Kidd #4 Mal Sanders VS #13 David Taylor #3 John Quinn VS #14 Johnny Smith #5 Marty Jones VS #12 Steven Regal #7 Steve Wright VS #10 Mike Bennett #2 Tony St. Clair VS #15 Frank Manley Thoughts: Don't know who will win but look at these young guys in it - Finlay, David Taylor, and Steven Regal will all go onto great success in the future.
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New Japan - Top 4 transfer to the King of Kings Round 1 #1 Antonio Inoki VS #16 Osamu Kido #8 Animal Hamaguchi VS #9 Seiji Sakaguchi #6 Killer Khan VS #11 Yoshiaki Yatsu #4 Masa Saito VS #13 Isamu Teranishi #3 Riki Choshu VS #14 Kuniaki Kobayashi #5 Tiger Mask VS #12 Rusher Kimura #7 Yoshiaki Fujiwara VS #10 Black Tiger #2 Tatsumi Fujinami VS #15 Kengo Kimura Thoughts: With four transferring some can breathe a little easier. Inoki should at least get to the final four here as should Fujinami.
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AWA - Top 4 transfer Round 1 #1 Nick Bockwinkel VS #16 Steve Regal #8 Jerry Blackwell VS #9 David Shultz #6 Baron Von Raschke VS #11 Mr. Saito #4 Rick Martel VS #13 Jim Brunzell #3 Ken Patera VS #14 Billy Robinson #5 Jesse Ventura VS #12 Brad Rheingans #7 Greg Gagne VS #10 Curt Henning #2 Hulk Hogan VS #15 Big Scott Hall Thoughts - The AWA tournament should see Bockwinkel make it to the big show. An interesting first round matchup with Hogan and Scott Hall 13 years before they together created one of the most influential groups in wrestling history.
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WCCW - Top 4 advance Round 1 #1 David Von Erich VS #16 Frank Dusek #8 One Man Gang VS #9 The Missing Link #6 The Greak Kabuki VS #11 Mike Von Erich #4 Kerry Von Erich VS #13 Magic Dragon #3 Terry Gordy VS #14 Sweet Brown Sugar #5 Kevin Von Erich VS #12 Brian Adias #7 Iceman Parsons VS #10 Buddy Roberts #2 Michael Hayes VS #15 John Tatum Thoughts - At least one Von Erich should be in there and I think Hayes has a pretty good shot to the final four as well. I predect one of the top 4 seeds to take this one though.
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Georgia - Top 4 advance Round 1 #1 Tommy Rich VS #16 Bruno Sammartino Jr. #8 Ronnie Garvin VS #9 Ole Anderson #6 Jake Roberts VS #11 Arn Anderson #4 Mr. Wrestling II VS #13 Thunderbolt Patterson #3 Larry Zbyszko VS #14 Les Thorton #5 The Spoiler VS #12 Road Warrior Hawk #7 Paul Orndorff VS #10 Road Warrior Animal #2 Buzz Sawyer VS #15 Brett Wayne Thoughts - This should be another good qualifying tournament. Plenty of possibilities for some upsets and great second round matches. I say Mr. Wonderful Orndorff shocks the world from the 7 hole and takes it all.
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WWF - Top 4 advance Round 1 #1 Bob Backlund VS #16 Rene Goulet #8 The Iron Shiek VS #9 Pedro Morales #6 Afa VS #11 Tony Atlas #4 Sgt. Slaughter VS #13 Ivan Putski #3 Andre the Giant VS #14 SD Jones #5 Jimmy Snuka VS #12 Nikolai Volkoff #7 Sika VS #10 Tito Santana #2 Don Muraco VS #15 Tony Garea Thoughts - I see some potential great second round matches. Will the Iron Shiek take on Backlund and upset him in round two? Will he even make it by Pedro? A second round match between Andre and Snuka could be very interesting as could a matchup with Muraco and Santana.
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Florida - Top 4 advance Round 1 #1 Dusty Rhodes VS #16 Mike Davis #8 Bobby Duncam VS #9 Barry Windham #6 Ron Bass VS #11 Angelo Mosca #4 Superstar Billy Graham VS #13 Black Bart #3 The Purple Haze VS #14 B Brian Blair #5 Kevin Sullivan VS #12 Mike Rotundo #7 Maya Singh VS #10 Mike Graham #2 Blackjack Mulligan VS #15 Scott McGhee Thoughts - Not the best 16 top to bottom but there should be some good stuff mixed in there. The first rounder with Sullivan and Rotundo - two future Varsity Club members - could steal the show.
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Mid Atlantic - Top 4 advance #1 Harley Race VS #16 George South #8 Wahoo McDaniel VS #9 Nikita Koloff #6 Jay Youngblood VS #11 Roddy Piper #4 Ricky Steamboat VS #13 Dick Slater #3 Greg Valentine VS #14 Bugsy McGraw #5 Jerry Brisco VS #12 Bob Orton Jr #7 Jack Brisco VS #10 Jimmy Valient #2 Ric Flair VS #15 Nelson Royal Thoughts - This is a big one for sure with alot of talent trying to make the final four. Flair, if he gets Jack Brisco in round 2 better watch out as should race if he gets Wahoo.
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To round it out ---- Mid South - Top 4 advance Round 1 #1 Butch Reed VS #16 Blade Runner Sting #8 King Kong Bundy VS #9 Terry Taylor #6 Magnum TA VS #12 Steve Williams #4 Kamala VS #13 Tim Horner #3 Ted Dibiase VS #14 Rick Steiner #5 Jim Duggan VS #12 Crusher Darsow #7 Jim Garvin VS #10 Chris Adams #2 Junkyard Dog VS #15 Blade Runner Rock Thoughts - This has some very young talent that will go on to big things. The bottom two seeds in the tournament will go on to win WCW and WWF World Titles. Terry Taylor may be one of the most underrated wrestlers ever. Dibiase is a technician and Magnum TA could have potentially went on to many World Titles himself. Even Gentleman Chris Adams poses a threat way down at a 10 seed.
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All Star Wrestling Results - Winner advances to KOK Round 1 #1 Moondog Morreti VS [B]#8 Buck Ramstead[/B] - 8:50 F Indian Deathlock [B]#4 Honky Tonk Man[/B] VS #5 Timothy Flowers - 19:30 B Brass Knuckles #3 Moose Morowski VS [B]#6 Igor Volkoff[/B] - 11:10 D Double Knee Back Breaker [B]#2 Master Sgt. Tomko[/B] VS #7 Tom Magee - 2:20 F Piledriver Round 2 #8 Buck Ramstead VS [B]#4 Honky Tonk Man[/B] - 8:20 F Flying Elbow Drop #6 Igor Volkoff VS [B]#2 Master Sgt. Tomko[/B] - 12:00 D Running Powerslam Final #4 Honky Tonk Man VS [B]#2 Master Sgt. Tomko[/B] - 14:40 F Pin after Over the Top Rope Toss Transferring to the King of Kings tournament - Master Sgt. Tomko Thoughts - Well, not much of a tournament but I'm surprised that Tomko demolished everyone the way he did. I really figured Honky would take it once he made it to the finals.
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Universal Pro Wrestling - Winner only advances Round 1 #1 Gran Hamada VS [B]#8 Shunji Kosugi[/B] - 9:10 D Springboard Body Press #4 Akira Maeda VS [B]#5 Kazuo Yamazaki[/B] - 10:20 F Boston Crab [B]#3 Ryuma Go[/B] VS #6 Shinichi Nakano - 8:00 F Running Knee to Head [B]#2 Kantaro Hoshino[/B] VS #7 Nobuhiko Takada - 8:00 F Leg Trip Step Over Leg Lock Round 2 #8 Shunji Kosugi VS [B]#5 Kazuo Yamazaki[/B] - 6:20 F Elevated Hammerlock #3 Ryuma Go VS [B]#2 Kantaro Hoshino[/B] - 23:00 C+ Jigoku Jime Choke Hold Final [B]#5 Kazuo Yamazaki[/B] VS #2 Kantaro Hoshino - F 14:00 Japanese Self Stranglehold Transferring to the King of Kings - Kazuo Yamazaki Thoughts - Even though I'm not totally up on the Japanese scene I can't believe Yamazaki pulled it out of that 5 seed with the likes of Go, Hamada, and Maeda all in this tournament. Shocked that Hamada and Maeda both were upset in the first round - I was looking foward to that round two matchup.
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Southeastern - Winner only to advance Round 1 [B]#1 Bob Armstrong[/B] VS #8 Ken Wayne - 4:10 F Pin after Over the Top Toss #4 Ken Lucas VS [B]#5 Randy Rose[/B] - 10:50 C- Cradle Piledriver #3 Mr. Olympia VS [B]#6 Ricky Gibson[/B] - 22:30 C+ Chair Choke Out [B]#2 Jimmy Golden[/B] VS #7 Steve Armstrong - 10:40 B Brass Knuckles Round 2 [B]#1 Bob Armstrong[/B] VS #5 Randy Rose - 10:50 E Figure Four #6 Ricky Gibson VS [B]#2 Jimmy Golden[/B] - 4:40 F Double Knee Back Breaker Final [B]#1 Bob Armstrong[/B] VS #2 Jimmy Golden - 15:10 C- Figure Four Transferring to the King of Kings - Bullet Bob Armstrong. Thoughts - A couple of good first round matches. Shocked that Armstrong couldn't pull out any good matches. Great match with Steve Armstrong and Jimmy Golden highlighted the tournament. That Ricky Gibson and Mr. Olympia match was better than the rating too.
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WWC - Winner to advance Round 1 [B]#1 Carlos Colon[/B] VS #8 Medic #2 - 16:50 E Boston Crab #4 Los Infernos #1 VS [B]#5 Herculeus Ayala[/B] - 44:00 A* Inverted Figure Four [B]#3 Abdullah the Butcher[/B] VS #6 Invader #2 - 18:20 E Sudanese Meat Cleaver [B]#2 Bruiser Brody[/B] VS #7 Super Medic #1 - 16:50 E Running Brody Knee Drop Round 2 [B]#1 Carlos Colon[/B] VS #5 Herculeus Ayala - 21:50 E Belly to Back Cradle Suplex #3 Abdullah the Butcher VS [B]#2 Bruiser Brody[/B] - 24:50 A* Chain Wrapped Punch Final #1 Carlos Colon VS [B]#2 Bruiser Brody[/B] - 27:00 B Press Slam of Death Winner and going to the King of Kings Tournament - Bruiser Brody Thoughts - FINALLY a tournament that gave the fans something worth talking about. Match of the qualifiers so far in the Ayala/Los Infernos brawl. There were at least 20 near falls in that one. Then Brody/Abby put on one of their classic brawls. It ended with a good match between Colon and Brody.
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UWA Mexico - Winner only to advance Round 1 [B]#1 Dos Caras[/B] VS #8 Dr. Wagner Jr. - 18:30 C+ La Runguina [B]#4 El Solitario[/B] VS #5 Enrique Vera - 16:20 E La Tapatia [B]#3 Canek[/B] VS #6 Perro Aguayo - 25:10 C+ Canek Press [B]#2 Vilano III[/B] VS #7 Black Man - 21:30 B+ Cerrajera Tangle Round 2 [B]#1 Dos Caras[/B] VS #4 El Solitario - 38:00 A* Grounded Octupus Stretch [B]#3 Canek[/B] VS #2 Vilano III - 20:10 C- Fisherman Buster Final [B]#1 Dos Caras[/B] VS #3 Canek - 23:50 D Octupus Stretch Transferring to the King of Kings - Dos Caras. Thoughts: This was one good tournament here folks. It upped that great WWC tourney just held prior. Solitario hit Canek with everything but the kitchen sink in the semis and had at least 8 or 9 near falls on him and then Caras caught him in the Octupus and that was all she wrote. Was a bit disappointed in the final match since there were so many other good one's.
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Central States - Only the winner advances Round 1 [B]#1 Dick Murdoch[/B] VS #8 Porkchop Cash - 5:50 D Slingshot Texas Brainbuster #4 Moondog Spot VS [B]#5 Jerry Oates[/B] - 7:00 F Belly to Back Cradle Suplex #3 Moondog Rex VS [B]#6 Ted Oates[/B] - 7:50 F Piledriver #2 Ox Baker VS [B]#7 George Wells[/B] - 17:30 C+ Round 2 #1 Dick Murdoch VS [B]#5 Jerry Oates[/B] - 18:50 C+ Boston Crab [B]#6 Ted Oates[/B] VS #7 George Wells - 12:30 F Piledriver Final [B]#5 Jerry Oates[/B] VS #6 Ted Oates - 12:10 D Airplane Spin Advancing to the King of Kings - Jerry Oates Thoughts: To say I'm shocked is an understatement. Not as much as when Tom Zenk beat The Shiek earlier but this was a wierd tourney. Very dull with only two matches hitting a C+ but an ALL Oates final? Good grief.
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