Tournament 82: Summer Grand Slam - Day 1

There was no quit in the best competitors in the league as the 2017 Summer Grand Slam got under way just twenty-four hours after a massive All-Star Summer Showdown! The random bracket for Day 1 was a star-studded affair, with "The Chosen One" Damo (#1) and Poasty (#4) advancing from seeded placements at the top and bottom of the half-bracket!

Damo's win sets up another intriguing Second Round face-off, this time with ICWW All-Star Statix, who executed a staggering MAX Damage win against Politics. It was bad news for Politics' partner Menas, as well! He took the other MAX Damage loss at the hands of Genku, who eliminated Statix at All-Star Summer Showdown during the team clash between The Invasion and Mick's All-Stars!

There were strong, All-Star wins all across the First Round bracket! Four Hall of Fame competitors advanced with Ratt, United: Mimik, Violent`J, and Mid-Year Grand Slam winner Oozaru picking up good wins. "Red Nightmare" LordSkarlet, United: Artanix, United: Shoe, DaemonX, Banging, and DArqueBishop also advanced with strong results.

The biggest upset of the day was "The Guardian" CaTigeReptile, who lost an absolute shocker to BilboFett just twenty-four hours after her All Star-making victory against Kron! One-half of the Duo Division Champions, CCShadow, also had a surprising loss to Sgtf.

Jerrod advanced to the Second Round despite drawing the defending 2016 Summer Grand Slam champ, and reigning 2016 & 2017 Grand Slam Launch winner: ElJobber. ElJobber hoped to defend his crown, but was forced to make a last minute withdrawal after suffering a punishing Steel Cage Fight defeat at All-Star Summer Showdown! Cage winner VenoMark is expected to compete in the bottom half of the Summer Grand Slam bracket as #2 seed, on Day 2!

Tournament 82: Summer Grand Slam - Round 1, Day 1:
1. "The Chosen One" Damo (c) (#1) d. Jericho [+8]
2. Statix d. Politics [+MAX]
3. giandavil d. CRX7 [+1]
4. Torchia d. kibble [+1]
5. BilboFett d. "The Guardian" CaTigeReptile [+13]
6. ErmackDaddy d. kingjolly [+1]
7. United: Artanix d. Cherri [+21]
8. Shaggy2Dope d. WilliamRegal [+1]
9. Sgtf d. CCShadow (c) [+1]
10. Kiara85 d. redman [+1]
11. Baraka_MK d. Cukier [+7]
12. Genku d. Menas [+MAX]
13. Coltess d. __-Standards-__ [+1]
14. DaemonX d. J1sy [+3]
15. Ratt d. Mark [+10]
16. "The Sword of Europe" Chromatose d. PaganFreak [+1]
17. legoslayer10 d. rxvt [+3]
18. McDaniel d. Nemesis316 [+1]
19. United: Shoe d. MattHardy [+19]
20. United: Mimik d. KombatKid [+2]
21. J-Spit d. Quan Jeeves [+2]
22. Violent`J d. "The Jackal" Maridany [+1]
23. Jerrod progressed to Round 2 via a bye.
24. jack4813 d. Dez-Burnett [+1]
25. foahchon d. Kairyu [+2]
26. DArqueBishop d. ]{0MBAT [+1]
27. "Red Nightmare" LordSkarlet d. fraysol [+9]
28. Jauger d. Mojo6 [+2]
29. Banging d. United: zelse [+11]
30. Oozaru d. Dolce [+3]
31. SubScorpTile d. LadyRaiden [+5]
32. "Champion of Champions" Poasty (#4) d. avenger45 [+2]

Tournament 82 Impact Players:
- Statix +MAX (R1), Genku +MAX (R1), Artanix +21 (R1), Shoe +19 (R1), BilboFett +13 (R1), Ratt +10 (R1), LordSkarlet +9 (R1), Damo +8 (R1), Baraka_MK +7 (R1), SubScorpTile +5 (R1), DaemonX +3 (R1), legoslayer10 +3 (R1), Oozaru +3 (R1)

Tournament 82 Shock Eliminations:
- CaTigeReptile (R1), CCShadow (R1), ElJobber (DNC)