- Kane & Undertaker (59%) take out Beer Money (41%) in the closest match of this bracket, but Beer Money were never in serious contention.  Undertaker no-sells the beer bottle and chokeslams Roode to finish.

- The Hollywood Blondes (79%) destroy Money Inc. (21%) in something of a surprise, as Austin finishes Dibiase with the Million Dollar Dream to advance.

- Owen & Bulldog (65%) finish off the Andersons (35%) as Anderson hits the spinebuster on Davey, but Owen comes off the top with a Slammy Award to finish and advance.

- The Hart Foundation (83%) finish off the Hardy Boyz (17%) in a landslide.  Really?  No love for the Hardy Boyz, or are the Harts just that much of a force?  They’re not actually my pick to win the tournament, but I can see it happening.  Jeff misses the Swanton and the Harts finish him with a Hart Attack. 

So for the semis, we’ve got:

- Kane & Undertaker v. The Hollywood Blondes

- The Hart Foundation v. Owen & Bulldog

Whoa nellie, I wanna buy that PPV!

- Edge & Christian (92%) steamroll the Quebecers (8%) in the Battle of Canada, where the promos were probably awesome. 

- The Outsiders (68%) beat the New Age Outlaws (32%) in the battle to win HHH’s love, as Kevin Nash no-sells the belt shot and powerbombs Billy Gunn to win it. 

- The Megapowers (83%) beat the Koloffs (17%) in an 80s dream match that ended up being little more than a squash.  Big boot and legdrop for Uncle Ivan finish this one off, although you have to wonder how much longer Hogan & Savage can work together.

- The Midnight Express (54%) beat Miz & Morrison (46%) in a wonky result because someone was power-voting for M&M, which completely skewed the numbers to the point where I had to turn off the honor system and restrict voting.  More realistically the numbers would have been about 80%-20% in favor of the Midnights, but either way they advance. 

So for our semi-finals (which I think everyone already predicted) we have:

- Edge & Christian v. The Outsiders

- The Megapowers v. The Midnight Express

That’s gonna be some interesting voting right there.

Anyway, point being, I finally got a chance to sit down and watch an ROH TV show on Monday, and it wasn’t terribly impressive.  I know it’s probably at the end of a taping cycle and the crowd is burned out, but it just didn’t feel like anything special, and what’s with booking a no contest in the Briscoes-Bucks match?  This is supposed to be the land of clean finishes!  Nice to see Nigel putting over Colt Cabana clean on the way out, but it was only like a ** match.  I’ve got another three weeks of shows to catch, though, and it’s something different, so what the heck. 

I also watched a good chunk of TNA Impact this week because I was laid up on the couch with a 100 degree fever tonight and little desire to change the channel before Deadliest Warrior came on, and man, this show is every bit as Russo-riffic as advertised.  They hype up a big Homicide-Red title match at the PPV, then have Bobby Lashley squash Homicide like a bug, and then Red gets his revenge already.  What?  And what’s with giving away a Styles-Daniels match for free, putting Styles over clean, and then expecting us to pay $40 to watch a rematch with Samoa Joe involved as well?  AJ just beat his challenger clean in the middle of the ring, where’s the suspense?  A four year old could book this show better.  Bring on Hulk and his friends, I say, it can’t be any worse.

Hey Scott,
Long time reader or your rants, books (I own everyone but "Buzz") and your blog. Loving the Tag tourney btw.
Wanted to get your view of comics so I figured to get some questions off my chest. Break up all this 'rasslin talk.
1. Better team: Legion of Super Heroes or Teen Titans?
2. What do you think of the New Justice League line-up?
3. Do you think Green Lantern will ever be an iconic character in the same vein as the Trinity?
4. Do you Blackest Night will be a let down?
5. Do you read any Marvel books? Indies?
6. Do you attend Cons? If not, would you?
7. (If you read Green Lantern) Where do you think Geoff Johns will go with GL Corps after Blackest Night?
8. Best book on the market right now?
9. Last Trade Paperback/Harcover you read.
10. Have you been reading Superman: Secret Origin? If not, stop what you are doing (Excluding the tag tourney) and read the story (#2 just came out) Honestly, the best DC story since Sinestro War. ALREADY.

1.  An LSH digest from the 70s was what got me into comics, so that’s my vote. 

2.  The only real Justice League has Booster Gold and Blue Beetle.

3.  Depends on how the movie does, if it happens.  I really don’t consider Wonder Woman an iconic character, though, just because they keep saying she is. 

4.  It’s been pretty great thus far.

5.  I’m reading Dark Avengers, Ultimate Avengers, and trying to get into Deadpool, but other than that not much outside of DC.

6.  I would but there’s never anything in my area.

7.  I haven’t really read Green Lantern much lately. 

8.  Booster Gold.  I’ve always had a soft spot for Dan Jurgans and time travel shenanigans, and it’s just a blast to read.  Adventure Comics is also really fun thus far. 

9.  Identity Crisis and Infinite Crisis. 

10.  I read the first one, haven’t gotten to the second issue yet.  Quite enjoyed it, although I don’t really see why they need to reboot Superman yet again when the Byrne stuff had been perfectly definitive for the past 20 years or so. 

- The Steiner Brothers (93%) squash the US Express (7%), as Rotundo attempts an airplane spin on Scott, but is left dizzy and gets flattened and pinned after a Steinerline by Rick.  I think that’s about the best Windham & Rotundo could have expected in this thing.

- Doom (79%) knocks off the Smoking Gunns (21%), proving themselves to have more legs than I expected. 

- The Rockers (66%) stun the Rock N Sock Connection (34%) when Mankind takes too long going for Mr. Socko and a frustrated Rock lays him out and leaves him for dead. 

And finally…

- The Road Warriors (50%) beat Demolition (50%) by FOUR VOTES, 888-884.  Wow.  Voting was incredibly close from the moment polls opened, but Demolition never led at any point, so I finally closed it and declared the Warriors the winners. 

So our semi-finals look like this:

- The Steiner Brothers v. Doom in a match that actually did happen several times in 1989-90 and was pretty good each time.  The series was pretty even as well.

- The Road Warriors v. The Rockers in the classic power v. speed matchup.

El Tyrano Magnifico, the world’s foremost luchador lawyer, answers reader mail!  Yes indeed.

For the second round, I’ve eliminated the “Draw” option, so now you must pick a winner. 

Good luck to all the teams!