Tournament 68: Mid-Year Grand Slam - Round 3

Round 3 proved Tournament 68: 2016 Mid-Year Grand Slam would have a higher than usual level of violence, two more fighters inflicting MAX Damage! Legendary Hall of Famer Ratt wasn't much of a surprise, dispatching jack4813 with extreme prejudice. #2 seed The_Purple_Bunny proved more surprising, unleashing the defeat of defeats upon "The Predator" TonyTheTiger!

Old acquaintances forgot came to the fore in Round 3. Sekktor could not tame the rage of "The Fallen" LordSkarlet, who was unrelenting in the +12 beatdown of the former friend and ally he turned on after returning in May! The strained relationship between ElJobber and Mime played out in a rare battle between the pair, where the apprentice of The Corrupt surpassed the master! A sentiment echoed by Banging's victory over Invasion figurehead and Brexiter ShawnMichaels!

"The Service Krew" Damo & DeathScepter are a unit that seemed to have no problems on Day 4 of competition. Their joint defeat at Supercard 80: Tower of Power XVI is quickly becoming a distant memory as they plough through the individual competition. "Chosen One" Damo negotiated the dangerous SubScorpTile with a dominant victory, setting up a major Round 4 encounter with arch-rival TPB! Damo's record breaking nemesis Violent`J picked up an even bigger win as well, destroying Shoe! It's a result that leaves The United with only DArqueBishop still live, thanks to his elimination of The Invasion's champ-killer Loopster!

The Great Genku and Hokey were workman-like in their continued march through the field, emerging as major favourites. #3 and #4 seeds VenoMark and Statix both earned clean wins, too! Thanks to the Round 3 draw, Benjamin got the only cakewalk of the tournament, heading to R4!

Tournament 68: Mid-Year Grand Slam - Round 3 Results:
1. United: DArqueBishop d. Loopster [+1]
2. "The Dude" Baraka_MK d. proXade [+2]
3. Benjamin progressed to Round 4 via a bye.
4. "The Fallen" LordSkarlet d. Sekktor [+12]
5. The Great Genku d. "American Dream" Scott-Howell [+1]
6. Hokey d. Porygonix [+4]
7. Ratt d. jack4813 [+MAX]
8. VenoMark [#3] d. NovaStarr [+1]
9. Statix (c) [#4] d. Asesino [+3]
10. Mime d. ElJobber [+3]
11. Banging d. ShawnMichaels [+5]
12. Violent`J (c) d. United: Shoe [+27]
13. King Ken d. Dez-Burnett [+1]
14. "The Apprentice" DeathScepter d. J-Spit [+1]
15. "The Chosen One" Damo d. "The Secret Weapon" SubScorpTile [+19]
16. The_Purple_Bunny [#2] d. "The Predator" TonyTheTiger [+MAX]

The Tournament 68 Impact Players:
- Ratt +MAX (R1, R3), Chromatose +MAX (R1), VenoMark +MAX (R1), Mime +MAX (R2), The_Purple_Bunny +MAX (R3), Violent`J +27 (R3), TonyTheTiger +26 (R1), Genku +25 (R1), Damo +23 (R2), Hokey +22 (R2), Statix +20 (R2), ElJobber +13 (R2), Porygonix +12 (R1), LordSkarlet +12 (R3), ShawnMichaels +8 (R2), Banging +7 (R1)

The Tournament 68 Shock Eliminations:

- Nephrite (R1), AlbertBeefcake (R1), DECEPTION (R2), ElJobber (R3), TonyTheTiger (R3)

The Tournament 68 Casualties:

- Menas (R1), Dolce (R2), TheMetinPorta (R2)