PW Boards Unified LightHeavy/Crusierweight Championship Tournament

Griever931

Chavo.

Angron

Chavo. I'd prefer Chris, but once again the limited about of time he had with the CW title edges him out for me.

Necro

Chavo for me too. Quarters will be much tougher to choose as the favorites thin out the herd in this round.

gerrybbadd

Chavito

Omackeral

The former ECW alum loses out to the former ECW Champion in a straight flush. We have an interesting and more competitive tussle up next however.

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Jamie Noble

The Redneck Messiah








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Gregory Helms

aka The Hurricane/'Sugar' Shane Helms

CSF

Jamie Noble, good wrestler, good character at the time, good professional, as illustrated by him keeping a job with the WWE

gerrybbadd

Ooh, a toughie. Noble though for me. Feel he was a slightly better wrestler, and had better matches

gerrybbadd

Ooh, a toughie. Noble though for me. Feel he was a slightly better wrestler, and had better matches

Necro

Yeah, Noble wins out over Helms here but its a close one.

Griever931

Not much between them but I'll go with Gregory Helms, I liked his Hurricane character.

Omackeral

Funnily enough, he never held the Cruiser Title as the Hurricane but did capture the Euro and Hardcore belts. I enjoyed his run in 2006 as the heel serious guy on Smackdown, held that title for ages and had a few champion vs champion matches too IIRC against US Champ Chris Benoit and World Champion Rey Mysterio.

Helms for me.

Moneymaker

I'd say Noble. He had a string of solid matches from 2002-2004 or so and I liked the whole trailer park schtick.

Omackeral

A very good encounter between two great cruiserweights. Jamie Nobles personality and good ring work see him through. Who's gonna join him in the next round?

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Syxx/X-Pac

The Title Unifier









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Rey Misterio, Jr

Mr. 619

Griever931

Rey Mysterio without a doubt.

Necro

Rey Rey. Has to be favorite to win the tournament imo.

Moneymaker

Rey. Greatest cruiserweight of all time.

chopperbyrne

X-Pac

Never a fan of Rey. He's just too small to believe that he can beat anyone.

gerrybbadd

Ron Ron Mysterious all the way. Booyaka Booyaka, ow my knee!

Omackeral

Ron Mysterious/Rey Misterio is the penultimate man to book his spot in the quarter final stage of the contest. But it's not over yet. This one's gonna be Radical...

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Eddie Guerrero

Fear The Mullet








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Dean Malenko

The Man of 1000 Holds

Necro

Malenko. Guerrero had the better career undoubtedly, but if Mysterio was the finest cruiserweight of all time Malenko is arguably the greatest light heavyweight.

Blue_Dabadee

Malenko for me aswell. Remeber his match with Scotty 2 Hotty at Backlash 2000.

Griever931

I'll go with Guerrero.

Machismo Fan

I've always been a Malenko guy. One of my favourite wrestlers.

gerrybbadd

I've got Eddie here. Loved watching Dean in WCW, loved Eddie more. A fantastic heel with some amazing cruiserweight / light heavyweight matches. Dem Brainbusters!

Moneymaker

Malenko. The most under-rated in-ring wrestler of all time. The man was an artist in the ring.

Eddie I remember for things other then the CW division, but he had countless great matches too. It's pretty close but Malenko is one of the first guys I think of when I think of the CW/LHW divisions.

Omackeral

In a nod to the 1997 Light Heavyweight Tournament, I have decided to bracket the last 8 of the competition. Most of our stars are on an even keel here so it should provide some good contests. Also, it switches up the format a bit and some times change is good! We'll stick with 4 votes for win as that worked rather nicely in the last round. Here are the brackets of the quarter final.

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Ultimo Dragon
Billy Kidman

Semi Finalist 1
Semi Finalist 2

Rey Misterio, Jr
Chavo Guerrero

Finalist 1
Finalist 2

Taka Michinoku
Dean Malenko

Semi Finalist 3
Semi Finalist 4

Matt Hardy
Jamie Noble

Omackeral

Ultimo Dragon

The Cruiserweight Title is in there somewhere...








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Billy Kidman

WCW's Shooting Star

Necro

Think Ultimo might get the win here but I'm gonna go for Kidman. Had more of an impact in both WCW and WWE imo.

Moneymaker

Hm, I think I have to go Kidman.

Ultimo was a case of what might have been. WWE very much dropped the ball with him. Kidman had a pretty good career and a finisher that was spectacular and very memorable to this day. Lot of good matches in WcW and WWE.

Shooting Star Press is instantly associated with him.(And Brock Lesnar for other reasons :pac: )

Griever931

I'll go with Billy Kidman. Although I would prefer Ultimo Dragon overall I don't think he was Cruiserweight champion for long in WCW?