Tournament 81: Mid-Year Grand Slam - Day 1

The heavy-hitters led the way on the first day of the 2017 Mid-Year Grand Slam!

Seven of the competitors from last night's Supercard 95: Tower of Power XIX were in action -- all securing confident victories in the First Round! Chief among them was newly crowned Undisputed Champion Damo, who utterly destroyed an unlucky Stealth-Ninja in the opening match!

It was a high impact start to the tournament all around! Returning Hall of Fame legend Kron got his tournament off to a brutal start with a MAX Damage destruction of The New Generation's "Mad Dog" Onryo! #4 seed DECEPTION was the next deadliest winner, progressing to the next round with a +17 demolition against IAmAce!

The random draw created a competitive contest between Duo Division aces Jammer2Omega and Jason_Voorhees. The pair of Js were remarkably well matched, resulting in one of the narrowest wins of the round for The Invasion's Jason! As if to one better: Nemesis316 and xort fought to a definitive standstill in the match immediately following!

Other winners to watch included "The Predator" TonyTheTiger, Oozaru, United: Mimik, "The Guardian" CaTigeReptile and King Ken. It was also a positive showing for reigning Division 2 Champion Poasty, whose victory sets up a clash of champions in Round 2 against the Undisputed Champion: Damo!

Tournament 81: Mid-Year Grand Slam - Round 1, Day 1:
1. "The Chosen One" Damo (c) (#1) d. Stealth-Ninja [+10]
2. Poasty (c) d. mwgrant0 [+3]
3. TripleH d. Politics [+1]
4. Dolce d. Celeste [+1]
5. Shinnokxz d. GohanSon [+1]
6. WilliamRegal d. CRX7 [+1]
7. Jauger d. bfk [+1]
8. United: Murdoink d. ArtemisFlow [+1]
9. foahchon d. Mojo6 [+1]
10. "The Predator" TonyTheTiger d. maxilos [+4]
11. ]{0MBAT d. DemoniaX [+1]
12. NovaStarr d. deadly [+2]
13. avenger45 d. G0LD [+1]
14. Oozaru d. Shizuma [+3]
15. nightbreed_16 d. Jericho [+2]
16. jack4813 d. jess [+3]
17. NightHawk d. little-mac [+7]
18. King Ken d. Coltess [+1]
19. United: Mimik d. SubScorpTile [+12]
20. "Portuguese Pegasus" Zentile d. Methuselah6463 [+2]
21. Sekktor d. United: zelse [+4]
22. Kron d. "Mad Dog" Onryo [+MAX]
23. Loopster d. redman [+1]
24. Nephrite d. abcdeath [+1]
25. J-Spit d. Quan Jeeves [+1]
26. Jason_Voorhees d. Jammer2Omega [+1]
27. Nemesis316 and xort fought to a complete standstill!
28. "The Guardian" CaTigeReptile d. MattHardy [+1]
29. NOOB d. "The Rocket" MKR [+1]
30. Angelia d. kingjolly [+1]
31. Liam d. BIGkev [+1]
32. "The Hitman" DECEPTION (#4) d. IAmAce [+17]

Tournament 81 Impact Players:
- Kron +MAX (R1), DECEPTION +17 (R1), Mimik +12 (R1), Damo +10 (R1), NightHawk +7 (R1), TonyTheTiger +4 (R1), Sekktor +4 (R1), Poasty +3 (R1), Oozaru +3 (R1), jack4813 +3 (R1)

Tournament 81 Shock Eliminations:
- Politics (R1), G0LD (R1)