The Piledriver Report 3.21.07: 2nd Annual March Madness Tournament Sweet Sixteen Results
Posted by Ronny Sarnecky on 03.21.2007
March Madness hits “The Piledriver Report.” Check out the results of the tournaments Sweet Sixteen round, and vote on each Elite Eight round match of TPR’s second Annual March Madness Tournament. Help crown the Ultimate World Champion wrestler of All-Time.
The field is now narrowed down to the final Elite Eight wrestlers in the tournament. Before the results are given, I would like to thank everyone who has voted thus far. I have received over 510 e-mails voting on the tournament. Thank you again.
Along with the results, I will be including how many votes each wrestler received in parenthesis. Next, will come the Elite Eight match-ups, which I will need you to vote on. Followed by a quick analysis of the Sweet Sixteen. I will end the column with the wrestler I had picked to advance to the Elite Eight.
PLEASE E-MAIL ME WHO YOU THINK WILL WIN EACH THIRD ROUND MATCH BY SUNDAY, MARCH 25th, 2007.
SWEET SIXTEEN RESULTS
MCMAHON REGION
#8 Bret Hart (73) over #4 Steve Austin (63)
#6 The Rock (79) over #10 Kurt Angle (56)
HEYMAN REGION
#4 Taz (84) over #1 Shane Douglas (49)
#3 Raven (102) over #7 Sabu (31)
CROCKETT-TURNER REGION
#1 Lou Thesz (88) over #12 Terry Funk (46)
#2 Ric Flair (113) over #3 Harley Race (14)
BLACKBURN REGION
#1 Verne Gagne (101) over #4 Larry Zbyszko (25)
#6 Curt Hennig (74) over #2 Nick Bockwinkel (58)
ELITE EIGHT MATCH-UPS
MCMAHON REGION
#8 Bret Hart (5 time WWF Champion for a grand total of 654 days)
vs.
#6 The Rock (Record 7 time WWF Champion for a grand total of 297 days.)
HEYMAN REGION
#4 Taz (2 time ECW Champion for a grand total of 261 days.)
vs.
#3 Raven (2 time ECW Champion for a grand total of 379 days.)
CROCKETT-TURNER REGION
#1 Lou Thesz (3 time NWA Champion for a grand total of 3,709 days.)
vs.
#2 Ric Flair (17 (debatable) time Champion (10 time NWA Champion, 7 time WCW Champion) for a grand total of 3,597 days.)
BLACKBURN REGION
#1 Verne Gagne (10 time AWA Champion for a grand total of 4,690 days. His first title reign lasted for a total of 2,625 days.)
vs.
#6 Curt Hennig (1 time AWA Champion for a total of 373 days.)
Sweet Sixteen Notes:
The CROCKETT-TURNER REGION is the only Region that will feature a #1 vs. a #2 seed (Lou Thesz vs. Ric Flair) in the Regional Finals.
Bret Hart was the lowest number seed (#8) in the tournament that advanced to the Elite Eight. Bret Hart is in the MCMAHON REGION.
Besides Lou Thesz, only Verne Gagne in the BLACKBURN REGION advanced as a number one seed to the Regional Finals.
Once again, Ric Flair received the highest amount of votes in this round of the tournament with 113 votes.
The wrestler who advanced to the next round by the slimmest margin was Bret Hart when he beat Steve Austin by a total of 10 votes.
Only Harley Race in the CROCKETT-TURNER REGION received fewer than fifteen (14) votes each in their respective Sweet Sixteen match-up.
Three of the 16 wrestlers received 100 or more votes each in their respective match-up.
These wrestlers are Raven (102) in the HEYMAN REGION , Ric Flair (113) in the CROCKETT-TURNER REGION, and Verne Gagne (101) in the BLACKBURN REGION.
The biggest upset in the round, in terms of where each wrestler was seeded compared to his opponent, Bret Hart at the #8 seed when he beat #4 Steve Austin in the MCMAHON REGION, and Curt Hennig at the #6 seed beating #2 Nick Bockwinkel in the BLACKBURN REGION to both pull off the biggest upset by beating someone that was ranked four seeds higher then they were.
My Sweet Sixteen Round Picks
MCMAHON REGION
#8 Bret Hart over #4 Steve Austin
#6 The Rock over #10 Kurt Angle
HEYMAN REGION
#4 Taz over #1 Shane Douglas
#3 Raven over #7 Sabu
CROCKETT-TURNER REGION
#1 Lou Thesz over #12 Terry Funk
#2 Ric Flair over #3 Harley Race
BLACKBURN REGION
#1 Verne Gagne over #4 Larry Zbyszko
#6 Curt Hennig over #2 Nick Bockwinkel
Thanks again for voting, and I look forward to seeing everyone's Elite Eight picks as we narrow the field next week to the Final Four.
