PW Boards European Championship Tournament

gerrybbadd

Bulldog. The inaugural champion. And a true European. I can't even remember Mark with the title

Necro

Yup, bulldog for me too. Mark Henry a truly forgettable champ.

hufpc8w3adnk65

Europe=England=Bulldog.

Omackeral

A whitewash of Mark Henry who, let's face it, was never gonna cause any damage to Davey Boy in this tournament. The upcoming contest could be a little closer however.

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Al Snow

The Walking, Talking Stereotype






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Kurt Angle

Your Euro-Continental Champion... It's True, It's True

Necro

Kurt Angle. Better wrestler, better matches. Like someone already said the Euro-continental run was a highlight of the European titles run in WWE.

ShagNastii

Necrominus wrote: »

Kurt Angle. Better wrestler, better matches. Like someone already said the Euro-continental run was a highlight of the European titles run in WWE.

Can't put it more perfect than that.

+1 for Kurt.

Angron

Al Snow, I appreciated the levity he brought to the title.

hufpc8w3adnk65

Al snow. Used look forward too his outfits etc!

gerrybbadd

Kurt no contest. Awesome matches for the euro title. Triple threat vs Benoit vs Jericho anyone?

Omackeral

That went to a final fall, match of the round so far. It's the gold medalist who comes out on top here. This match is our second last bout of Round 2, who will grab a quarter final berth?

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Val Venis

Bonjour....Ladies!







vs




Chris Jericho

Break Down The (Berlin) Walls

Necro

This is tough, both to me would be ten times more synonymous with the IC title but I have to go with Jericho - purely on the two out of three falls match with Angle & Benoit.

gerrybbadd

Have to mirror Necrominus here, for the same reason

Omackeral

I think it's worth noting that Jericho only held the title for 24 hours before losing it to Eddie Guerrero the next night on Raw whereas as Val was the perfect level for what a Euro Champion should be in my opinion. As someone said earlier, he was a workhorse and deserving of a mid card title and I never saw the IC strap fitting Val, this did him perfectly.

Val Venis.

brianregan09

And to Level it up Val Venis

gerrybbadd

Omackeral wrote: »

I think it's worth noting that Jericho only held the title for 24 hours before losing it to Eddie Guerrero the next night on Raw whereas as Val was the perfect level for what a Euro Champion should be in my opinion. As someone said earlier, he was a workhorse and deserving of a mid card title and I never saw the IC strap fitting Val, this did him perfectly.

Val Venis.

Nice bit of Trivia that, I wasn't aware of this at all!

Blue_Dabadee

I will vote for Val Venis because Jericho only held the title for 1 day.

Omackeral

Jericho's longevity seems to be his Achilles heel in this match as the Big Valbowski claws his way back from 2-0 down to win 3-2. This bout rounds out the last 16 and features a debutant who could have an outside shot of winning this whole thing. He faces his first test here...

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X-Pac

''Well look who's back'' -Jim Ross







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Test

The T in T&A

Blue_Dabadee

X-Pac hands down.

gerrybbadd

Aye - X-Pax

ShagNastii

X pac.

Moneymaker

X-Pac by a gazillion miles.

Necro

I always was a fan of Test, thought he was very under-rated and could have been so much more than he was... but I have to go for X-Pac, I don't think of Test when I think of European Title.

hufpc8w3adnk65

PAC!

Omackeral

We are now at the business end of the PW Boards European Championship Tournament. It's the quarter finals and there are no pretenders, just contenders. With that said, your favourites will now need four votes to make it to the next stage. We still have a decidedly international flavour, in the competition with 2 Englishmen, 2 Canadians and 4 Americans all still in the running. They are;

The British Bulldog
***
William Regal
***
D'Lo Brown
***
Eddie Guerrero
***
X-Pac
***
Christian
***
Val Venis
***
Kurt Angle

Omackeral

To kick us off we have two men who hold the joint record for number of Championship reigns. Something's gotta give.

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D'Lo Brown

Hailing from Oslo, Norway

European Champion 4 times (Joint record)
First man to unify the European title with the Intercontinental title

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William Regal

WWE's Goodwill Ambassador

European Champion 4 times (Joint record)
Held the European title for 179 combined days (2nd longest)

Necro

This is tough. Really tough. So tough I've opted to flip a coin... Regal. Both had excellent reigns but I remember a bit more about regals. Plus, he's actually European? Toughest decision yet.

ricero

Dlo brown iconic with the European belt

Blue_Dabadee

D'Lo Brown for me.

brianregan09

D-Lo Brown for me brought a sense of fun to the title and who can forget that awesome bullet proof vest thing he used to wear

Moneymaker

D'Lo, he's the first guy I remember as European Champion.