The third Grand Slam Tournament of the annual calendar is almost upon us! Tournament 81: 2017 Mid-Year Grand Slam is scheduled to pick up right where Supercard 95: Tower of Power XIX leaves off! The 128-fighter elimination bracket will be fought over a week of non-stop tournament action starting Monday, June 19th!
The 2017 Mid-Year Grand Slam promises to be a tournament quite unlike any we've seen so far this year! With the Grand Slam Launch eliminating Hall of Fame competitors, and the Grand Prix Warm-Up seeing some fighters opt out to save themselves for Ultimate Grand Prix -- the Mid-Year Grand Slam will be the event that brings all eligible fighters to the arena for one massive, randomly drawn 128-fighter competition!
Reigning Undisputed Champion ElJobber and Tower of Power #1 "The Chosen One" Damo will be entered as the top two seeds pending the outcome of Supercard 95! Two additional seeds will be chosen after Tower of Power XIX, with "The Hitman" DECEPTION favoured as the reigning 2017 Grand Prix Warm-Up winner. Other competitors vying for a top 4 seed will be VenoMark, United: Mimik, United: The_Purple_Bunny, "Red Nightmare" LordSkarlet, "The Guardian" CaTigeReptile and "The Predator" TonyTheTiger!
Any one of them could rise to claim the prestigious honor of being Mid-Year Grand Slam! A regular fixture since 2013; former winners include Hall of Fame legends Ratt and Crow, who both had to beat Hall of Fame legends Kron and Violent`J to claim victory! The Grand Slam format clearly favours the legendary, but history shows it can also be contested in truly unexpected conditions! Never was there a more surprising final than in 2014, when Statix and Baraka_MK competed for the crown!
Former Mid-Year Grand Slam Finalists:
1. Crow d. Kron - Tournament 5: War for the Kr0wn (May 15, 2011)
2. Genku d. Mime - Tournament 31: Mid-Year Grand Slam 2013 (June 30, 2013)
3. Statix d. Baraka_MK - Tournament 44: Mid-Year Grand Slam 2014 (June 29, 2014)
4. The_Purple_Bunny d. Kron - Tournament 56: Mid-Year Grand Slam 2015 (June 28, 2015)
5. Ratt d. Violent`J - Tournament 68: Mid-Year Grand Slam (June 26, 2016)
Tournament 81: 2017 Mid-Year Grand Slam begins right after Supercard 95 - June 19th--25th!
Be here for all the action Sunday as the ten greatest contenders in the league assemble for Tower of Power XIX! The Undisputed Championship will be on the line as The Challenger 7 attempt the feat of scaling The Tower, before it turns inward on itself until there is only one champion left standing!
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