WWC 2012 The Aftermath

The WWC drew to a close on friday for another year as the V2 forum crowned its 2012 winner...CM Punk who takes the title for a second consecutive year! The tournament spanned 3 months, 16 first round groups, 8 second round groups and 16 knockout stage match ups. the Tournament drew 1309 votes and 748 replies so a massive thank you to everyone that got involved.

The story of the tournament looked like this:

Round 1

Group 1
Dolph Ziggler 30
Seth Rollins 7
Mr Anderson 3
Kid Kash 3
King Kenny 0
Low-Ki 0

Group 2
Bobby Roode 18
Antonio Cesaro 12
Kevin Steen 11
Tensai 2
El Generico 1
Doug Williams 0

Group 3
James Storm 20
Jeff Hardy 13
Pac 4
Adam Cole 2
Colt Cabana 2
Alex Shelly 1

Group 4
Daniel Bryan 35
Cody Rhodes 8
Finlay 8
Dean Ambrose 6
Jay Lethal 1
Mark Briscoe 0

Group 5
Kane 22
John Cena 15
Magnus 7
Brodus Clay 2
Tyson Kidd 2
Rhino 2

Group 6
Heath Slater 27
Austin Aries 19
Titus O’Neil 2
Eddie Edwards 1
Matt Morgan 1
Leo Kruger 0

Group 7
The Miz 24
Zack Ryder 6
Devon 5
Kyle O’Reilly 5
Davey Richards 3
Richie Steamboat 0

Group 8
Samoa Joe 20
Sheamus 14
Mason Ryan 9
Chris Jericho 7
Robbie E 2
Justin Gabriel 6

Group 9
Kofi Kingston 14
Kurt Angle 13
Kassius Ohno 4
Charlie Hass 2
Sin Cara 1
Epico 0

Group 10
Ryback 21
AJ Styles 6
Santino Marella 4
Michael Elgin 4
Crimson 2
Jun Akiyama 1

Group 11
CM Punk 25
Bully Ray 13
Chris Daniels 1
Jay Briscoe 1
Evan Bourne 0
D’Angelo Dinero 0

Group 12
Mark Henry 10
Roderick Strong 7
Primo 7
Shelton Benjamin 5
The Great Khali 3
Voldor Jr 0

Group 13
Wade Barrett 14
Randy Orton 8
Sting 6
MVP 3
Abyss 2
Hernandez 1

Group 14
Alberto Del Rio 16
David Otunga 8
Gunner 2
Jack Swagger 1
Jerry Lynn 1
Bo Dallas 0

Group 15
Damien Sandow 30
Christian 4
Eric Young 2
Darren Young 2
R-Truth 1
Jonny Gargano 1

Group 16
The Big Show 16
Kazarian 7
Zema Ion 5
Rob Van Dam 3
Ultimo Dragon 1
Bray Wyatt 1

Round 2

Group 1
Samoa Joe 7
Kane 24
Mark Henry 0
Antonio Cesaro 5

Group 2
Cody Rhodes 6
Finlay 2
Wade Barrett 10
Kofi Kingston 11
AJ Styles 6

Group 3
Damien Sandow 10
Alberto Del Rio 1
Ryback 20
Heath Slater 10

Group 4
Kurt Angle 6
The Miz 9
Christian 2
Sheamus 21

Group 5
Kazarian 1
Austin Aries 20
John Cena 16
Seth Rollins 1

Group 6
CM Punk 30
James Storm 6
Zack Ryder 6
Randy Orton 1

Group 7
David Otunga 0
Bully Ray 14
Dolph Ziggler 14
The Big Show 2

Group 8
Roderick Strong 0
Primo 1
Jeff Hardy 3
Daniel Bryan 23
Bobby Roode 5

The Knockout Stages Last 16

1. Bully Ray 20 vs. Heath Slater 9 vs. Damien Sandow 7

2. The Miz 7 vs. Kane 26

3. Daniel Bryan 33 vs. James Storm 4 vs. Zach Ryder 1

4. CM Punk 30 vs. Sheamus 5

5. Dolph Ziggler 24 vs. Ryback 19

6. John Cena 29 vs. Samoa Joe 10

7. Austin Aries 25 vs. Kofi Kingston 7

8. Wade Barrett 10 vs. Bobby Roode 21

The Knockout Stages Last 8

1. John Cena 16 vs. Bully Ray 19

2. CM Punk 32 vs. Austin Aries 9

3. Bobby Roode 21 vs.Dolph Ziggler 25

4. Daniel Bryan 34 vs. Kane 4

The Semi Finals

1. CM Punk 34 Vs. Bully Ray 10

2. Dolph Ziggler 9 Vs. Daniel Bryan 27


3rd/4th Place Play Off

Bully Ray 20 Vs. Dolph Ziggler 20

The Final

CM Punk 29 Vs. Daniel Bryan 18

So did the tournament go the way you expected? who over or under performed? Do WWE guys hold an advantage over TNA and ROH guys?

Any ideas on how to make next years better?

Thanks all

CM Punk - D Bry in the final wasnt really a surprise. Im glad Ray went as far as he did, shows how far hes come.

All in all, great work again MtotheC

Awesome work once again MtotheC, unbelievable commitment, there is a few things I'd like to see changed next year, not big things, you're format is excellent. I'd maybe look at leaving the Final for a few days, maybe do it on a Monday and build up anticipation for 3/4 days from the 3/4th place Play-Off tie, try and get the information out to as many posters as possible that the final will be played on that specific day/date.

Maybe in the days leading up to the Final have a member create a post telling us why we should vote for each individual, like yesterday we could have had CM Punk, today we could have had Daniel Bryan then tomorrow you could have written a re-cap of both their years

Hopefully that might encourage more people to vote and explain their reasons for their specific vote

WWE guys will always have an advantage, WWE present themselves and their talent like stars, even jobbers like Ryder, he's presented like an A-lister, for that reason alone they'll always have an advantage, it's our job to look past all the glitz and glamour, some can, some won't, some don't want too, its's individual preference

I'm liking that idea gaffer, will bring it in for 2013 hopefully make the final the main event that it should be rather than just another vote

Fantastic again MtotheC very well don good commitment from you

Now i can revel the Who's better tournament that you may remember will be back in April 2013

Excellent work again MtotheC thank you. I agree about more of a build up to the final. Maybe also leave the voting open for 2 days as well to maximise votes? Just for the final.

I'm pleased with how it went. My favourite 3 wrestlers finished top 3.

One idea I had a thought on that could be a good runner if anyone wishes to pick it up is that each day a wrestler is discussed and that everyone has to give them ratings based on ten categories (to be decided but stuff like mic skills, finishing move, move set, selling, etc) and each persons scores for that wrestler are then toted up, averaged out and they end up with a score out of 100 which goes on a leaderboard.