PW Boards European Championship Tournament

Garseys

I didn't even know they both held it

Gonna go with Bradshaw... Maggle

Blue_Dabadee

Mark Henry for me, he held the belt longer than Bradshaw.

Omackeral

This is a truly horrible match up. Bradshaw held it for a paltry 8 days and Mark Henry didn't even win a match to get it, it was given to him by Jeff Jarrett. I'll go with Henry though as at least it was part of a storyline and he defended it on a PPV.

Angron

Bradshaw, cause I flipped a coin :pac:

Zemuppet

Mark Henry as I can't remember Bradshaw's reign

CSF

Mark Henry because he's Mark Henry, no but really I enjoyed his unification thing v D-Lo

Omackeral

Sexual Chocolate advances past the former Acolyte in a dull enough encounter. This next match up features guys you would associate with an entirely different division. Let's get to it.

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Crash Holly

Elroy goes European








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Al Snow

The Walking Talking Stereotype

Angron

Al Snow. That picture reminded me of his silly stuff with the title, it was an enjoyable enough gimmick while it lasted.

Omackeral

Al Snow for me too. Loved when he came out representing Greece but was dressed as someone from Grease. Classic.

Zemuppet

Al Snow to win the whole tournament. Loved his reign with his comedic elements

brianregan09

Al Snow to win this contest but nowhere near the tournament which has to be DLO Brown

Omackeral

The Snowman ploughs through to the quarter finals with his much loved stereotype parody gimmick. Next up is a pretty interesting bout...

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Jeff Hardy

Team Xtreme's Dare Devil







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Matt Hardy

Matt Hardy Version0.5

Zemuppet

I'm a big Jeff Hardy fan but I have to give to Matt because he had a longer title run.

Omackeral

I agree. Wasn't he the longest reigning American born a European Champion ever actually. So yeah Matt gets my vote here too.

Zemuppet

Omackeral wrote: »

I agree. Wasn't he the longest reigning American born a European Champion ever actually. So yeah Matt gets my vote here too.

You're right, longest single reign by a US wrestler by 125 days, 5 more than HHH's second reign.

CIARAN_BOYLE

Has to be matt just on length of reign.

Angron

Jeff, he made poor William Regal cry :P

ShagNastii

Chalk down another vote for Matt. Wasn't his reign during Mattitude?

Omackeral

Fun fact: The Hardys are the only pair of brothers to hold the European Championship. Only one can advance though and it's Matt's longevity which sees him prevail over his younger brother. Next up is our penultimate bout of Round 1.

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Kurt Angle

Your Euro-Continental Champion...It's True, It's True







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The Hurricane

Le SuperHero

ShagNastii

Kurt. The euro-continental thing was memorable.

Angron

Kurt. Hurricane is another that I have no recollection of holding the title.

Moneymaker

Kurt, because I remember it.

Omackeral

The Olympic Hero and his three I's books his place in the next stage. Due to an odd number of participants, our final contest of the round will be a triple threat match. As usual first to three wins. Some things to consider with these former holders of the European Title. The first guy retired it, the next guy literally found and reactivated it and third guy unified it and promptly gave it away!

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Shane McMahon

The Boy Wonder






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Mideon

Duffel Bag Creeper





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Jeff Jarrett

Don't P1ss Me Off

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Going too go with Double J here he gave it a bit of credibility

ShagNastii

Shane O. His fued with X-pac for the title was one of his best.

Omackeral

MrMac84 wrote: »

Going too go with Double J here he gave it a bit of credibility

He gave it away to Mark Henry the next night on Raw! Made it seem like a piece of unwanted junk if anything. Yeah I'll go Shane myself, enjoyed his feud with X-Punk/X-Chump and it brought us the Mean Street Posse.

Moneymaker

Shane O'Mac. The feud with X-Pac was great.

Angron

Shane takes it for me, mostly for the X-Pac feud.

Omackeral

Now that we are at Round 2 of the tournament, all multiple time European Champions enter the fray. Superstars will require three votes to progress through to the Quarter-final. The line-up is as follows;

British Bulldog
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William Regal
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Triple H
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D'Lo Brown
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Eddie Guerrero
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X-Pac
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Matt Hardy
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Christian
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Test
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Val Venis
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Owen Hart
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Kurt Angle
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Al Snow
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Shane McMahon
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Mark Henry
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Chris Jericho

Omackeral

Our first bout of Round 2 features two guys who know each other extremely well and whose careers have somewhat paralleled each others. Without further ado, it's...

Christian

For Now...You're On Your Own!






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Matt Hardy

The Longest Reigning American-Born European Champion