The Piledriver Report 3.12.08: 3rd Annual March Madness Tournament Round Three Results
Posted by Ronny Sarnecky on 03.12.2008
March Madness hits “The Piledriver Report.” Check out the results of the tournaments third round, and vote on each fourth round match of TPR’s third Annual March Madness Tournament. Help crown the Greatest Tag Team 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 160 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 fourth round match-ups, which I will need you to vote on. Followed by a quick analysis of Round Three. I will end the column with the wrestler I had picked to win in the third round.
PLEASE E-MAIL ME WHO YOU THINK WILL WIN EACH THIRD ROUND MATCH BY SUNDAY, MARCH 16th, 2008 @ ronnysarnecky@hotmail.com.
ROUND THREE RESULTS
ALBANO REGION
#1 Road Warriors (36) over #5 Demolition (11)
#2 Harlem Heat (33) over #11 Stan Hansen/Bruiser Brody (14)
CROCKETT REGION
#1 Hart Foundation (37) over #5 Edge/Christain (9)
#3 Freebirds (25) over #2 Stan Lane/Bobby Eaton (21)
EATON REGION
#1 Dudley Boys (34) over #12 Charlie Haas/Shelton Benjamin (12)
#2 Rock n Roll Express (30) over #3 Gene/Ole Anderson: MN Wrecking Crew (16)
GUNN REGION
#1 Rick/Scott Steiner (32) over #4 Matt/Jeff Hardy (14)
#3 Tully Blanchard/Arn Anderson (27) over #2 Davey Boy Smith/Dynamite Kid (19)
ROUND FOUR MATCH-UPS
ALBANO REGION
#1 Animal and Hawk: Road Warriors
vs.
#2 Booker T and Stevie Ray: Harlem Heat
CROCKETT REGION
#1 Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart: Hart Foundation
vs.
#3 Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy, and Buddy Roberts: The Fabulous Freebirds
EATON REGION
#1 D-Von and Bubba Ray: Dudley Boys
vs.
#2 Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson: Rock n' Roll Express
GUNN REGION
#1 Rick and Scott: Steiner Brothers
vs.
#3 Tully Blanchard/Arn Anderson
Round Three Notes:
Two regions featured NO upsets (ALBANO and EATON REGIONS). Whereas, two regions (CROCKETT and GUNN REGIONS) featured one upset a piece.
Each #1 seed in the tournament advanced to their REGIONAL FINALS.
In the CROCKETT REGION and the GUNN REGION, the only highest upset had the #3 seed in each region advanced. Those match-ups featured the Fabulous Freebirds upsetting the Eaton/Lane version of the Midnight Express, as well as Tully Blanchard/Arn Anderson beating the British Bulldogs.
The Hart Foundation lead the tournament with 145 total votes.
The Hart Foundation received the highest amount of votes during the second round of the tournament with 37 votes. The Steiners received the fewest amount of votes for a #1 seed during the third round of the tournament with 32 votes
The tag team who advanced to the next round by the slimmest margin was the Freebirds of the CROCKETT REGION by a total of 4 votes.
Road Warriors (Animal and Hawk): 1 time AWA World Tag, 1 time NWA World Tag, Winner of Inaugural Crockett Cup tournament, Winner of Starrcade 1989 Iron Man Round Robin Tournament, 2 time WWF World Tag, PWI Tag Team of the Year in 1982, 84, 85, and 88. Wrestling Observer Newsletter's Rookie of the Year 1983 and Tag Team of the Year 1984. Inducted into the WON Hall of Fame in 1996.
Rock n Roll Express (Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton): 3 time Mid-South Tag, 6 time NWA World Tag, 10 time Smoky Mountain Tag. NWA Hall of Fame 2006, PWI Tag Team of the Year 1986.
Tully Blanchard/Arn Anderson: 2 time NWA World Tag, 1 time WWF World Tag. PWI Tag Team of the Year 1989.
Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart): 2 time WWF World Tag.
Bubba Ray/Devon Dudley: 8 time ECW World Tag, 8 time WWF/WWE World Tag, 1 time WWE Tag, 1 time WCW World Tag, 2 time NWA/TNA World Tag, 1 time HUSTLE Super Tag. Winner of the 2005 All-Japan Wrestling World's Strongest Tam Team round robin tournament. 2005 TNA Tag Team of the Year. PWI Tag Team of the Year in 2001. The only tag team in professional wrestling history to have held the WWF/WWE World Tag Team Championship, WWE Tag Team Championship, WCW Tag Team Championship, ECW Tag Team Championship, NWA World Tag Team Championship, and TNA Tag Team Championship. They have won a grand total of 21 tag team championships.
Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray): 3 time Global World Tag, 10 time WCW World Tag. PWI Tag Team of the Year in 1995 and 1996.
Rick/Scott Steiner: 6 time WCW World Tag, 2 time WWF World Tag, 1 time NWA World Tag, 1 time NWA US Tag, 1 time WCW US Tag, 2 time IWGP World Tag. Winners of the Pat O'Connor Memorial International Cup Tag Team Tournament at Starrcade 1990. PWI Tag Team of the Year in 1990 and 1993.
Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy, Buddy Roberts, and Jimmy Garvin): 3 time NWA National Tag, NWA Georgia Tag, 2 time Mid-South Tag, 2 time WCW US Tag, 2 time WCW World Tag, 1 time NWA American Tag. Wrestling Observer Newsletter Tag Team of the Year 1980. Inducted into the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame in 2005.
My Third Round Picks
ALBANO REGION
#1 Road Warriors over #5 Demolition
#11 Stan Hansen/Bruiser Brody over #2 Harlem Heat
CROCKETT REGION
#1 Hart Foundation over #5 Edge/Christain
#2 Stan Lane/Bobby Eaton over #3 Freebirds
EATON REGION
#1 Dudley Boys over #12 Charlie Haas/Shelton Benjamin
#2 Rock n Roll Express over #3 Gene/Ole Anderson: MN Wrecking Crew
GUNN REGION
#1 Rick/Scott Steiner over #4 Matt/Jeff Hardy
#2 Davey Boy Smith/Dynamite Kid over #3 Tully Blanchard/Arn Anderson
Thanks again for voting, and I look forward to seeing everyone's fourth round picks as we narrow the field next week to the Final Four.
