With the corona virus upon us and nowhere to go, I have been holing myself up at night watching old WWE matches just for the nostalgia of it. Then, I got an idea. What if I picked 16 random WWF/E /WCW /ECW matches and put them in a single elimination tournament to see which random one is the best? Well, I did just that. The rules for the random matches were that they could come from any WWF/E /WCW/ ECW show or PPV and had to be about 7-12 minutes long (long enough for it to not be a squash, short enough for you guys not to waste too much time on it). I expect most matches to not be good, so just bear with me here. If you would like to post your opinion, question or suggestion for me, you can post it on this thread. You have until 5/14/20, 11:00 AM to vote.
Anyway, the first matchup of the first round is
- Goldust vs. Bam Bam Bigelow: Survivor Series '95
- Sasha Banks vs Emma: 9/17/17
Correction: the Banks vs Emma match was on September 11th , 2017, not September 17th.
Thanks for the votes in the last match up, everyone who did. Banks vs Emma won by a vote of 8-3, so they will be moving on to the Quarterfinals.
The second match up of the first round is:
- Brothers of Destruction vs KroniK for the WCW Tag Titles: Unforgiven '01
- AJ Styles vs Humberto Carrillo: 10/28/19 RAW
You have until noon tomorrow!
Styles vs. Carrillo move on to the quarterfinals by a score of 5-2.
The third match up of the first round is:
- The Nasty Boys vs Terry Funk and Bunkhouse Buck: Halloween Havoc '94
- Chris Benoit & Chris Jericho vs Christian & Tyson Tomko: 1/10/05 RAW
You have until noon tomorrow.
For the first time in the tournament, we have a tie! You know what this means… Triple Threat Quarterfinals!
Anyway, the fourth match up of the first round is a battle of WCW pay-per-views between :
- Perry Saturn vs Disco Inferno for the WCW Television Title: World War 3 '97
- Ice Train, Charlie Norris and the Shock master vs Harlem Heat and the Equalizer: Halloween Havoc '93
Saturn vs Inferno will move on in the tournament by a score of 4-2.
The fifth matchup of the first round is between two matches from RAW, about 11 years apart. They are:
- Shelton Benjamin vs Carlito: 7/24/06 RAW
- Karl Anderson vs Cesaro: 1/2/17 RAW
Benjamin vs Carlito will move on to the quarterfinals by a score of 6-1
The sixth first round match up is a match between old stablemates and a tag match that predicted the Nakamura/Cesaro/Zayn stable. They are…
- Triple H vs Randy Orton: 3/3/08 RAW
- Sami Zayn & Cesaro vs Kevin Owens & Chris Jericho: 7/18/16 RAW
You have until noon tomorrow.
Zayn & Cesaro vs Owens and Jericho will move on to the quarterfinals by a score of 8-1
The seventh first round match up is between a 2003 tag team match and a WCW April Fool’s Day episode. They are…
- The Basham Brothers vs The APA: No Mercy '03
- Diamond Dallas Page vs Horace Hogan: WCW Thunder 4/1/99
You have until noon tomorrow
Page vs Hogan will move on to the quarterfinals by a score of 4-1.
The last match up in the first round is a 2010s Raw vs Smackdown battle between…
- Sheamus vs Kofi Kingston: 3/18/11 Smackdown
- Chris Jericho vs Apollo Crews: 5/23/16 RAW
You have until noon tomorrow.
Jericho and Crews will move on to the quarterfinals by a score of 4-2.
Speaking of the quarterfinals, they begin now! Our first quarterfinal match is…
- Sasha Banks vs Emma: 9/11/17 RAW
- AJ Styles vs Humberto Carrillo: 10/28/19 RAW
You have until noon tomorrow.
Styles vs Carrillo will move on to the semifinals by a score of 5-3.
The next match is the Triple Threat match between…
- The Nasty Boys vs Terry Funk and Bunkhouse Buck: Halloween Havoc '94
- Chris Benoit & Chris Jericho vs Christian & Tyson Tomko: 1/10/05 RAW
- Perry Saturn vs Disco Inferno for the WCW Television Title: World War 3 '97
You have until noon tomorrow.
Benoit & Jericho will move on to the semifinals by a score of 4-1-0.
The third quarterfinal match is…
- Shelton Benjamin vs Carlito: 7/24/06 RAW
- Sami Zayn & Cesaro vs Kevin Owens & Chris Jericho: 7/18/16 RAW
You have until noon tomorrow.