We're back...for now

Hello fans and welcome back to our EODRF Newsletter.  EODRF stands for Either Old, Dead or Retired Federation.  It's been 3 years since we last posted here but now, we have good reason. 

First bit of news is that the name of our group has changed.  It is now known as Old, Dead Or Retired (ODOR) federation.  Special thanks go out to our reader "Steven" for coming up with that name.

In the last 3 years, ODOR has grown leaps and bounds.  As of our last count, we are now at 707 participants ranging from Antonio Inoki to Zeus.  Wrestlers included here span over 50 years in the business with older greats such as Bruno Sammartino, Waldo Von Erich and the Original Nature Boy Buddy Landell to "fodder" talent such as the Mulkeys.  Yes, Bill and Randy are here.

When the HWF and CSWA was restarted back in January, we decided to hold a tournament - with all 700+ performers particpating.  Well, as you can imagine, that would take months to complete and finally, I am happy to announce that we have our finalists.  The finalists are based on the Alphabet spelling of their first name.  For example, Antonio Inoki is in the A's but then it also inlcudes wrestlers whose cards had "" around their nickname.  A few examples of this would be "Mean Bean" Butterbean and "Not so Perfect" Todd Bridges.  Even "Rodzilla" Dennis Rodman particpated.

After months of hard work, here are the finalists to crown the first ever ODOR champion,  Once we have a winner, this champion will meet up with the last EODRF Champion Chris Benoit to crown a New Undisputed ODOR Champion.  Also, there will be a top ranking for challengers to this belt.  There will not be regular matches; just those with the best rankings vying for a shot at the coveted title. 

Here is the list of those finalists:

A - Antonio Inoki
B - Bruno Sammartino
C - Chris Champion
D - David Shultz
E to H - Harley Race
I to J - Jimmy Snuka
K to L - Kamala
M - Mil Mascaras
N to P - Nick Bockwinkle
R - Rick Martel
S - Stone Cold Steve Austin
T - Terry Gordy
U to V - Ultimate Warrior
W to Z - Warlord

Because there are 14 finalists, we decided to go back to the record books and pick 16 wrestlers (2 groups of 8) from those eliminated to round up the tournament to 16 so that no one would get byes.  Those 16 men chosen include:

Andre the Giant
Big John Studd
Bobby Lashley
Cowboy Bill Watts
Fit Finley
Iron Shiek (Dlx)
Iron Shiek (Promoters Dream)
Jerry King Lawler
John Morrison
King Kong Mosca
Louie Spicolli
Mean Mark
Pitbull #2
Scott Norton
Steve Simpson
Superstar Graham

Yes, Iron Shiek has to pull double duty since both of his cards were among the 16 best records.  This was set up so that alphabetically, Andre would go up against Superstar Graham.

Andre the Giant
Superstar Graham
Big John Studd
Steve Simpson
Bobby Lashley
Scott Norton
Cowboy Bill Watts
Pitbull #2

This one was won by the one and only Andre The Giant.  I expect Andre to be a major force in the tournament.

Fit Finley
Mean Mark
Iron Shiek (Dlx)
Louie Spicolli
Iron Shiek (promotors dream)
King Kong Mosca
Jerry King Lawler
John Morrison

The next one was won by Jerry King Lawler.  It was really shocking as we thought Mean Mark was going to go all the way.

Stay tuned as the tournament is coming next.