Tournament 73: Summer Grand Slam - Round 3

The relative calm of the first two rounds was blown apart as Round 3 of the 2016 Summer Grand Slam produced some high level contests, high impact finishes, and some of the biggest upsets of the tournament thus far!

The biggest shocker of the round was LordSkarlet experiencing his own "American Nightmare" in a shocking +27 demolition! The KFL Champion capitulated against deadpool having survived tough challenges from The_Hurricane and NovaStarr in the previous rounds. United: Shoe was also a completely unexpected victim, losing to Brexit Duo fighter Liam!

Three hard fought matches electrified the arena with Supercard caliber competitive evenness. "The Predator" TonyTheTiger made his case for favourite status with a great win over Hall of Fame Duo Division champion Violent`J! TTT's co-conspirator against The United wasn't as fortunate - "The Guardian" CaTigeReptile unable to get past #2 seed: Genku! A similar story for Statix, who put forward a powerful challenge, but couldn't beat the harden attack of Steel Cage survivor VenoMark!

Factions had a big role to play on Day 4 of Tournament 73! Genku supplied the only good news for The Invasion in the Third Round. Politics really impressed with his victory over Invasion loudmouth Loopster! Fan-favourite Hall of Famer and 2016 Mid-Year Grand Slam winner Ratt got an introduction to The Invasion's leader DaemonX, claiming a strong win. Ratt's Mid-Year finals opponent and rival Violent`J: the biggest R3 loss for The Invasion!

The United lost team leader Shoe, but kept strength in numbers with Hokey comfortably destroying ShawnMichaels, Mimik ending Jerrod's post-Olympics dream run, and Artanix solid against Div.2 hopeful Murdoink. Fifth member Mime didn't enter the draw after suffering a 2-on-1 beat down at All-Star Summer Showdown, but with three high caliber fighters, they could still dominate the tournament the way they dominated this year's Royal Roulette match!

Reigning Undisputed Champion DECEPTION kept his streak alive, as did Division 2 Champion Benjamin. Both will face dangerous opponents in Round 4! Chromatose has the potential to create an upset against the top champ. TonyTheTiger will have favourite status against the Div.2 pinnacle, fighting above the unofficial 5000gs Div.2 cut-off!

Tournament 73: 2016 Summer Grand Slam - Round 3:
1. "The Hitman" DECEPTION (c) [#1] d. proXade [+1]
2. Chromatose d. Shinnokxz [+1]
3. deadpool d. "American Nightmare" LordSkarlet (c) [+27]
4. United: Mimik d. Jerrod [+2]
5. Porygonix d. "Mad Dog" Onryo [+2]
6. Politics d. Loopster [+1]
7. Corrupt MINION d. Kiara85 [+1]
8. ElJobber d. "Bad Bad" Leroy [+23]
9. Ratt d. DaemonX [+3]
10. United: Artanix d. Murdoink [+2]
11. Benjamin (c) d. CCShadow [+2]
12. "The Predator" TonyTheTiger d. Violent`J (c) [+1]
13. VenoMark d. Statix [+1]
14. United: Hokey d. ShawnMichaels [+24]
15. Liam d. United: Shoe [+2]
16. The Great Genku [#2] d. "The Guardian" CaTigeReptile [+2]

The Tournament 73 Impact Players:
- Ratt +MAX (R2), CaTigeReptile +MAX (R2), Genku +MAX (R2), deadpool +27 (R3), Hokey +24 (R3), ElJobber +23 (R3), Mimik +14 (R1), Chromatose +10 (R1), Violent`J +10 (R2), DECEPTION +8 (R1), VenoMark +8 (R1), Shoe +8 (R2), The_Purple_Bunny +7 (R1), Loopster +7 (R1), ArtemisFlow +5 (R1), LordSkarlet +5 (R2), Scott-Howell +4 (R1), UlcaTron +4 (R1)

The Tournament 73 Shock Eliminations:
- DeathScepter (R1), TripleH (R1), Banging (R1), The_Purple_Bunny (R2), LordSkarlet (R3), Shoe (R3)

The Tournament 73 Casualties:
- xtactics (R1), marianokombat (R2)