Tournament 77: Grand Slam Launch - Day 1

With no time to waste for announcements, the 2017 Grand Slam Launch is under way!

This year's event features the customary opening round of a randomly drawn 128-fighter bracket. Day 1 of competition reveals a four seed selection with 2016 Grand Slam Launch and 2016 Master's Series winner ElJobber positioned in the number one spot. He proved exactly why he's in that place, beginning the year with a devastating MAX Damage domination of vaiisekk! Day 2 will introduce #2 seed "The Guardian" CaTigeReptile and #3 "American Nightmare" LordSkarlet!

At the bottom of the Day 1 half, "Invasion Contender Elect" Genku is seeded #4, having suffered key losses at both Supercard 87 and The Master's Series Heats. The random draw was unforgiving, pitting him against VenoMark in one of the matches of Round 1! Genku was able to rise to the challenge, beating out VenoMark in an impressive win!

Division 2 Champion Murdoink had a tough time beating G0LD in one of the stand-out clashes of Day 1. His arch-rival Poasty impressed, overcoming recent trials with an upset victory against one-half of the Duo Division Champions and Master's Series Runner-Up: Artanix! It was a hard day at the office for Baraka_MK, as well. He met Jammer2Omega in a clash of Duo Division stars, earning a hard fought victory! Statix picked up a solid win in his First Round fight with Alliance teammate The_Hurricane. A hard hitting, but fair contest filled with respect.

Despite some prominent exits, there'll be plenty of names to watch in Round 2: Benjamin, Porygonix, Jason_Voorhees, SubScorpTile, Zentile, Scott-Howell, Chromatose and Shen_DuHBK all advancing. Along with big names already mentioned, Banging, Sekktor, UlcaTron, DemoniaX, and Politics suffered early elimination.

Tournament 77: Round 1 - Day 1 Results:
1. ElJobber (#1) d. vaiisekk [+MAX]
2. United: Murdoink (c) d. G0LD [+1]
3. Dez-Burnett d. EasterBunny [+1]
4. __-Standards-__ d. Nemesis316 [+1]
5. Benjamin d. UlcaTron [+1]
6. redman d. Reptile1112 [+4]
7. Porygonix d. Cukier [+2]
8. Jauger d. Sekktor [+1]
9. Jason_Voorhees d. "Big Johnny" Bofh [+1]
10. Statix d. The_Hurricane [+3]
11. SubScorpTile d. Jeeves [+1]
12. "Portuguese Pegasus" Zentile d. Liam [+1]
13. Baraka_MK d. Jammer2Omega [+1]
14. "The Apprentice" DeathScepter d. The_Rock [+2]
15. Scott-Howell d. Politics [+2]
16. Kiara85 d. Miller [+1]
17. Shinnokxz d. Banging [+1]
18. "The Rocket" MKR d. DemoniaX [+1]
19. Ghrimm d. "The Prodigy" nface [+1]
20. legoslayer10 d. Torchia [+2]
21. MKMaster d. mwgrant0 [+1]
22. Rhyno d. Mark [+1]
23. Poasty d. United: Artanix (c) [+2]
24. "Bad Bad" Leroy d. Red_Spaniard [+1]
25. ]{0MBAT d. TripleH [+1]
26. Shen_DuHBK d. Bee_07 [+2]
27. BilboFett d. giandavil [+1]
28. edge d. Lays [+1]
29. Methuselah6463 d. Mojo6 [+1]
30. Chromatose d. chaos_Drone [+5]
31. GohanSon d. BIGkev [+2]
32. "Invasion Contender Elect" Genku (#4) d. VenoMark [+4]

Tournament 77 Impact Players:
- ElJobber +MAX (R1), Chromatose +5 (R1), redman +4 (R1), Genku +4 (R1), Statix +3 (R1), Porygonix +2 (R1), DeathScepter +2 (R1), Scott-Howell +2 (R1), legoslayer10 +2 (R1), Poasty +2 (R1), Shen_DuHBK +2 (R1), GohanSon +2 (R1)

Tournament 77 Shock Eliminations:
- Sekktor (R1), Banging (R1), Artanix (R1)