MLW's Sammartino Invitational

[stephenvegas]

The Sammartino Invitational, a tag team tournament sponsored by my Legends fed Major League Wrestling (MLW), is being held over the course of this four day holiday weekend. 40 tag teams (25 from MLW and 15 tag teams champions) from different territories and around the globe are set to compete for a $1 million prize. In the poll section above, I listed the top three tag teams from each of the four brackets. Who do you think will win?

Here is a complete list identifying the teams competing in the Sammartino Invitational:

25 MLW teams:

World Tag Team Champions Midnight Express
Road Warriors
United States Tag Team Champions Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff
World Champions Nick Bockwinkel and Harley Race
Antonino Rocca and Frank Gotch
United States Champion Buddy Rogers and Gorgeous George
Bobo Brazil and Mil Mascaras
Flying Redheads
Heart Thrashers (Bagwell and Beefcake)
Valiants
Killer Bees
Regulators (Orton Jr and Hutton)
Valentines
Ox Baker and King Kong Bundy
Giant Baba and Dan Severn
Yukon Eric and Splatter
Killer Kowalski and the Missing Link
Jimmy Snuka and S.D. Jones
Danny Hodge and Playboy Buddy Rose
Sandman and "Precious" Paul Ellering
War Chief Omega and Karah the Jungle Lord
Virgil and Tom "The Natural" Mann
The Country Rangers (Dirty Black Bart and Austin Turk)
Scimitar and Dark Knight
Major Ursa and Johnny Rocket

15 outside teams:

Japan Tag Team Champions Antonino Inoki and Rikidozan
Mongolia Tag Team Champions Eastern Dynasty
Australian Tag Team Champions The Demons (Demons of Hydra)
Mexico Tag Team Champions Konnan and Steve Corino
Florida Tag Team Champions The Vachons
Georgia Tag Team Champions The Jacobins (Executioner and Marcel De Sade)
Northeast Tag Team Champions Masked Marauders (Destroyer and Masked Superstar)
Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Champions The Gladiators (Brute and Massacre)
Great Lakes Tag Team Champions Stars and Stripes (managed by Commander Sam)
Central States Tag Team Champions The Heavy Hitters (K.O. Keller and Billy Jo Boxer)
Memphis Tag Team Champions Danny Doring and Chris Candido
St. Louis Tag Team Champions Awesome Studs
Pacific Northwest Tag Team Champions Generation X
Stampede Tag Team Champions Durango Sundown (COTG's Durado Sundown)
European Tag Team Champions Greek Gods

I have already played the Preliminary Round. Here are the First Round matchups set for Saturday May 27:

After today's Preliminary Round that saw the elimination of 8 tag teams, here are tomorrow's first round matchups in which 16 of the remaining 32 teams will be eliminated:

Bracket A

United States Tag Team Champions Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff vs Regulators (Hutton and Orton Jr)

European Tag Team Champions Greek Gods vs Pacific Northwest Tag Team Champions Generation X

Florida Tag Team Champions the Vachons vs United States Champion Buddy Rogers and Gorgeous George

Road Warriors vs Danny Hodge and Playboy Buddy Rose

Bracket B

Antonino Rocca and Frank Gotch vs Georgia Tag Team Champions the Jacobins

Mid Atlantic Tag Team Champions the Gladiators vs Country Rangers

Bobo Brazil and Mil Mascaras vs King Kong Bundy and Ox Baker

Northeast Tag Team Champions Masked Marauders (Masked Superstar and Destroyer) vs Heart Thrashers (Bagwell and Beefcake)

Bracket C

Australia Tag Team Champions the Demons (Demons of Hydra) vs Flying Redheads

World Champion Nick Bockwinkel and Harley Race vs Killer Kowalski and the Missing Link

World Tag Team Champions Midnight Express vs Mongolia Tag Team Champions Eastern Dynasty

Japan Tag team Champions Antonio Inoki and Rikidozan vs Mexico Tag Team Champions Konnan and Steve Corino

Bracket D

Killer Bees vs Dan Severn and Giant Baba

Valiants vs Valentines

Great Lakes Tag Team Champions Stars and Stripes vs Central States Tag Team Champions Heavy Hitters

Stampede Tag Team Champions Durango Sundown vs the Sandman and "Precious" Paul Ellering

[canadianpittbull]

I have two picks The Roadies and Inoki and Rikidozan. So for this poll I voted for Inoki and Rikidozan who I think have a darn good chance at taking this tourney!

[daytondave]

I'm sticking with Bobo and Mascaras, just like my man Travis!

[Chewey]

I've got to go with Bockwinkel and Race. But here are my picks for the next round.

United States Tag Team Champions Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff vs Regulators (Hutton and Orton Jr)

Sheik and Volkoff

European Tag Team Champions Greek Gods vs Pacific Northwest Tag Team Champions Generation X

Generation X

Florida Tag Team Champions the Vachons vs United States Champion Buddy Rogers and Gorgeous George

Buddy Rogers and George

Road Warriors vs Danny Hodge and Playboy Buddy Rose

Road Warriors

Antonino Rocca and Frank Gotch vs Georgia Tag Team Champions the Jacobins

Jacobins in an upset.

Mid Atlantic Tag Team Champions the Gladiators vs Country Rangers

How could I not pick the Gladiators in this one?

Bobo Brazil and Mil Mascaras vs King Kong Bundy and Ox Baker

Bobo and Mascaras in the match of the round. Could go either way.

Northeast Tag Team Champions Masked Marauders (Masked Superstar and Destroyer) vs Heart Thrashers (Bagwell and Beefcake)

Heart Thrashers

Australia Tag Team Champions the Demons (Demons of Hydra) vs Flying Redheads

Don't know who the Flying Redheads are, but I'll go with the Demons anyway.

World Champion Nick Bockwinkel and Harley Race vs Killer Kowalski and the Missing Link

which version of Kowalski is this? Bockwinkel and Race, since I picked them to go all of the way.

World Tag Team Champions Midnight Express vs Mongolia Tag Team Champions Eastern Dynasty

Midnight Express

Japan Tag team Champions Antonio Inoki and Rikidozan vs Mexico Tag Team Champions Konnan and Steve Corino

Inoki and Rikidozan

Killer Bees vs Dan Severn and Giant Baba

Killer Bees

Valiants vs Valentines

Valiants, because Greg Valentine no-shows for a "family emergency." Wait, his dad is family too? D'oh.

Great Lakes Tag Team Champions Stars and Stripes vs Central States Tag Team Champions Heavy Hitters

Stars and Stripes. Which version of Keller is this?

Stampede Tag Team Champions Durango Sundown vs the Sandman and "Precious" Paul Ellering

Haha. Durango Sundown.

[stephenvegas]

Aaron168,

The Flying Redheads are the real life former tag team of Red Bastien and Billy "Red" Lyons who in Texas were actually called the Flying Redheads.

I am using the LE card of Killer Kowalski- that is one of my favorite cards to play because I make Kowalski really sadistic in my fed. As posted in my Major League Wrestling results, Kowalski recently bit off Yukon Eric's ear and has been wearing it around his neck. Kowalski also has done things such as taunting Yukon Eric by showing him his severed piece of ear and also tying the ear around the ring post when he wrestles. Kowalski now gets to keep the ear because last week he defeated Yukon Eric in a ladder match in which the bitten off piece of ear was the object dangling above the ring.

I am using the 2084 version of Keller. I thought about using Keller's 2074 card but elected to use the 2084 version because I have the Heavy Hitters at a low seed.

Thanks to you and everyone who has voted so far. I actually have to work today (I can not remember the last time I showed up to work on a Saturday) for 2-4 hours. But I will have the First Round results posted in my Major League Wrestling (MLW) thread later tonight.

[Chewey]

Cool. I like your angle with Killer Kowalski and Yukon Eric... I think it's great!

One other question though, are those the 2087 Gladiators or the 2090 Gladiators? If they're the 2090 post-cleansing version, I may have to amend my vote and go with them. Nobody topped that team, ever.

[stephenvegas]

I am indeed using the 2090 versions of Brute and Massacre.

[nelson]

i chose road warriors just played stars and stripes vs master race in my a.c.e and they stunk.

[stephenvegas]

The results for the First Round for the Sammartino Invitational are now posted on my main Major League Wrestling thread.

Also, the lineup for tomorrow's Second Round and Quarter Finals matchups in which the winer of each bracket will be determined are also now posted on my main Major League Wrestling thread.

[stephenvegas]

I just posted the results for both today's Second Round and Quarter Finals matches for the Sammartino Invitational on my main Major League Wrestling thread. Find out which tag team won each bracket and will meet in tomorrow's Semifinals and Final Rounds! One of the remaining four teams is a surprise who was not even included in the poll for this thread.

[stephenvegas]

The Sammartino Invitational is now over! The complete results are now posted on my main Major League Wrestling (MLW) thread in the LOW fed forum!

[billy]

I chose the Killer Bees because they are sneaky and i think they will uset afew teams and will win.

[GalactiKing]

I voted Brazil and Mascaras who can totally work down opponents and pin them. The Roadies are too inconsistent for me to vote for them.

[Vanilla Gorilla]

Road Warriors will walk through

[gatekeeper]

I picked Hawk and Animal too.

It's always hard to bet against these guys.

[canadianpittbull]

Unfortunately they got owned in the final round.

[stephenvegas]

The Road Warriors made it to the final day but actually lost in the Semi Finals by dq to Bobo Brazil and Mil Mascaras who went on to win the tournament.