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Raw Deal 2006 World Championship
Pastimes, Chicago IL
The 5th Raw Deal World Championship took place April 1st as part of the WrestleMania weekend festivities in Chicago. The following “Raw Dealers” qualified for the championship:
| Wizard Philadelphia | Clark Luskin |
| Origins | Mark Laroche |
| New York Neutral Ground | Steve Resk |
| Gen Con | Elijah Jones |
| S.E. Qualifier | Anthony Ogden |
| S.W. Qualifier | Joe Stempek |
| Gen Con So Cal | Anthony Escobar |
| U.K. | Rob Maslen |
| Canada | James Kandziolka |
| Australia | James Bruckner |
| #1 Ranked Player | Nate Weiss |
| Manager Lottery | Nathan Corwin |
| Lethal Lottery Winner | Kwame Hart |
| Second Chance Lottery | Tom Scott |
| Asian-Pacific Champion | Frankie Ho |
| Last Chance Tournament | John Macek |
For the details of the Last Chance Qualifier, click
here
For the decks from the Last Chance Qualifier, click
here
For the final games between Kandziolka and Ho, click
here
For the winning decks from the World Championship, click
here
The Report from Chicago!
Finally it's here and the 16 participants are ready for the tournament of their lives - 4 rounds of All Axxess Swiss and then 4 rounds of Afterburn Swiss, cutting to a top four (with diversity) and playing best of 3 in the semis and finals. It's going to be a long hard day...and we'll be giving you blow by blow coverage here on comicimages.com.
The Players
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| John Macek Last Chance Qualifier All Axxess: Ric Flair Afterburn : Triple H |
Anthony Ogden Florida Qualifer All Axxess: Triple H Afterburn : BFM |
Elijah Jones GenCon Champion All Axxess: BFM Afterburn:LotEA |
Mark LaRoche Origins Champion All Axxess: Road Dogg Afterburn: Teddy Long |
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| Clark Luskin Wiz World Philly Champ All Axxess: Home Team Afterburn: BFM |
Steve Resk Neutral Ground Champion All Axxess: Eric Bischoff Afterburn: Yr Freakin Hero |
Tom Scott Second Chance Lottery All Axxess: Goldberg Afterburn: LotEA |
Nathan Corwin Manager Lottery All Axxess: Paul Heyman Afterburn: BFM |
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| Anthony Escobar GenCon SoCal Champ All Axxess: Teddy Long Afterburn: Hurrifriends |
Nate Weiss #1 Ranked Player All Axxess: A-Train Afterburn: Bobby Heenan |
James Bruckner Australian Champion All Axxess: BFM Afterburn: Edge |
James Kandziolka Canadian Champion All Axxess: Heatseekers Afterburn: Doink |
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| Joe Stempeck Texas Shootout Champ All Axxess: Bobby Heenan Afterburn: The Phenom |
Rob Maslen UK Champion All Axxess: Teddy Long Afterburn:Steph McMahon |
Kwame Hart Lethal Lottery Winner All Axxess: Ric Flair Afterburn: RVD |
Frankie Ho Singaporean Champion All Axxess: Paul Heyman Afterburn: Home Team |
All Axxess Round One Pairings
Anthony Ogden beats John Macek
Tom Scott beats Nate Corwin
Anthony Escobar beats Clark Luskin
Mark LaRoche beats Nate Weiss
James Kandziolka beats Joe Stempek
Rob Maslen beats Elijah Jones
Frankie Ho beats Kwame Hart
James Bruckner beats Steve Resk
All Axxess Round Two Pairings
Rob Maslen beats Tom Scott
Frankie Ho beats James Bruckner
James Kandziolka beats Anthony Escobar
Anthony Ogden beats Mark LaRoche
Elijah Jones beats John Macek
Clark Luskin beats Kwame Hart
Nate Weiss beats Steve Resk
Joe Stempeck beats Nathan Corwin
All Axxess Round Three Pairings
James Kandziolka beats Anthony Ogden
Rob Maslen beats Frankie Ho
Mark LaRoche beats Clark Luskin
Nate Weiss beats Elijah Jones
Joe Stempeck beats Anthony Escobar
Tom Scott beats James Bruckner
Steve Resk beats Kwame Hart
John Macek beats Nathan Corwin
All Axxess Round Four Pairings
(Note: Barron says that he is enforcing the rule that if possible, players should not play a superstar that they have played in the previous round. Hence these pairings)
Kwame Hart beat James Bruckner
Steve Resk beats Nathan Corwin
John Macek beats Anthony Escobar
Elijah Jones beats Clark Luskin
Mark LaRoche beats Joe Stempeck
Frankie Ho beats Anthony Ogden
James Kandziolka beats Tom Scott
Nate Weiss beats Rob Maslen
Standings
James Kandziolka 4-0
Rob Maslen 3-1
Nate Weiss 3-1
Frankie Ho 3-1
Mark LaRoche 3-1
Joe Stempeck 2-2
Elijah Jones 2-2
John Macek 2-2
Anthony Ogden 2-2
Tom Scott 2-2
Steve Resk 2-2
Kwame Hart 1-3
James Bruckner 1-3
Anthony Escobar 1-3
Clark Luskin 1-3
Nathan Corwin 0-4
Note: The official tournament program was written with the correct Raw Deal version of the 'Swiss' pairing system. This included the stipulation that, when possible, even if it causes pair-ups and -downs, players will not play against any superstar that they have already played. However, it has subsequently been discovered that this rule was omitted from the revised Floor Rules document. It has always been intended that tournaments be played this way and thus the ruling at the World Championships. The Floor Rules will be revised accordingly to rectify this omission.
Afterburn Round One Pairings
Mark LaRoche beats Nate Weiss
Frankie Ho beats Nathan Corwin
James Kandziolka beats James Bruckner
Steve Resk beats Joe Stempeck
Anthony Escobar beats John Macek
Rob Maslen beats Kwame Hart
Elijah Jones beats Clark Luskin
Tom Scott beats Anthony Ogden
Afterburn Round Two Pairings
Rob Maslen beats Tom Scott
Mark LaRoche beats Anthony Escobar
Frankie Ho beats Steve Resk
Elijah Jones beats James Kandziolka
Nate Weiss beats Kwame Hart
Joe Stempeck beats Clark Luskin
Anthony Ogden beats James Bruckner
John Macek beats Nathan Corwin
Afterburn Round Three Pairings
Rob Maslen beats Mark LaRoche
Elijah Jones beats Frankie Ho
James Kandzoilka beats Anthony Escobar
Joe Stempeck beats John Macek
Anthony Ogden beats Nate Weiss
Tom Scott beats James Bruckner
Steven Resk beats Nathan Corwin
Clark Luskin beats Kwame Hart
Afterburn Round Four Pairings
Rob Maslen beats Anthony Ogden
Joe Stempek beats Elijah Jones
Mark LaRoche beats Tom Scott
Frankie Ho beats James Kandziolka
Nate Weiss beats Steve Resk
Anthony Escobar beats Clark Luskin
John Macek beats Kwame Hart
James Bruckner beats Nathan Corwin
Standings
Rob Maslen 4-0
Frankie Ho 3-1
Mark LaRoche 3-1
James Kandziolka 2-2
Elijah Jones 3-1
Joe Stempeck 3-1
Tom Scott 2-2
Anthony Ogden 2-2
Anthony Escobar 2-2
John Macek 2-2
Nate Weiss 2-2
Steven Resk 2-2
James Bruckner 1-3
Clark Luskin 1-3
Nathan Corwin 0-4
Kwame Hart 0-4
Final Composite Standings
AA |
AB |
AAW |
AAL |
ABW |
ABL |
WINS |
LOSSES |
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| Maslen | Teddy | Steph | 3 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
| LaRoche | Rdogg | Teddy | 3 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
| Ho | Heyman | Home | 3 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
| Kandziolka | Heat | Doink | 4 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
2 |
| Jones | BFM | LOTEA | 2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
| Stempek | Heenan | Phenom | 2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
| Weiss | A-Train | Heenan | 3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
| Ogden | HHH | BFM | 2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
| Scott | Goldberg | LOTEA | 2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
| Resk | Bischoff | YFH | 2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
| Macek | Flair | HHH | 2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
| Escobar | Teddy | Hurrif | 1 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
| Luskin | Home | BFM | 1 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
| Bruckner | BFM | Edge | 1 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
| Hart | Flair | RVD | 1 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
7 |
| Corwin | Teddy | BFM | 0 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
8 |
Semi Finals
Rob Maslen vs Frankie Ho
All Axxess: Ho's Paul Heyman beats Maslen's Teddy Long
Afterburn: Ho's Home Team beats Maslen's Steph (in one of the all time
epic RD confrontations! 3 hour semi)
James Kandziolka vs Mark LaRoche
All Axxess: Kandziolka's Heatseekers beats LaRoche's Road Dogg
Afterburn: Kandziolka's Doink beats LaRoche's Teddy Long
Finals
All Axxess: Kandziolka's Heatseekers beats Ho's Heyman
Afterburn: Kandziolka's Doink beats Ho's Home Team
THE NEW 2006 RAW DEAL WORLD CHAMPION IS DARK TOWER'S OWN JAMES 'KANDYMAN' KANDZIOLKA!
Play-by-plays and decklists coming in the days to follow....but now, the Judges party is about to begin. On a personal note folks, I've covered three World Championships now and this is my last one. It's been a wild ride over the last two days so I'd just like to thank everyone who attended and made the days so special. And now adeiu!
Neil
