TPWW Greatest Manager of All Time Tournament: Semi-Finals

[#1-norm-fan]

Paul Heyman

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vs

Paul Bearer

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Bobby Heenan

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vs

Jimmy Hart

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[#1-norm-fan]

Last round before the inevitable. I feel like Hart vs Heyman actually would have been a decent matchup but this is how things worked out.

[Destor]

Woulda loved hart v heyman.

Pitty votes for both losers tho

[#1-norm-fan]

Yeah, seeding no longer matters at this point. I urge everyone to pity vote away.

[#1-norm-fan]

I think a case could be made for Bearer over Heyman. I'm not gonna make it... but I feel like someone could.

[Blonde Moment]

Paul is Iconic but Bobby was everything that made wrestling fun for me. In his era there was no one else who could touch him and quite frankly as far as the obvious showdown goes I think Paul Heyman would vote for Bobby as well.

[Fignuts]

Last round before the inevitable. I feel like Hart vs Heyman actually would have been a decent matchup but this is how things worked out.

Whole thing is inevitable. Should have left out Heenan from the start and made it "Best Manager besides The Brain"

[#1-norm-fan]

I pitched that idea. Ultimately though, it seems silly to leave out the obvious winner. The journey would have been the same just with one less predictable matchup. If I'm gonna do one these regularly, we've gotta give Heenan his "best manager" win. Makes everything legit.

[Sepholio]

I voted for THE MOUTH OF THE SOUTH.

Because I can. So what? Wanna fight about it?

[Blue Demon]

Bearer is a classic for me, so I went with him....Heenan is one of the best of all time, without a doubt.

[Emperor Smeat]

Had a tougher time thinking about who'd I pick for a hypothetical 3rd place match than the semi-finals matches themselves.

[Bad News Gertner]

We definitley need a third place match

[#1-norm-fan]

We'll have one. I was planning on having the guy with the most votes overall be considered the bronze winner anyway. Might as well do a matchup for it.

[Destor]

We knew gold and silver when thisnstarted so bronze would be fun for sure

[Destor]

(Though id argue hart was silver)

[Blonde Moment]

So are we thinking Paul is 4th here?

[Bad News Gertner]

I'm not sure who would win between Bearer and Hart. It'll be close.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

I honestly thought Bearer vs Heyman would have been closer.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Hard to vote against the man who made "Lance Russel's nose" but it's Bobby Heenan. I'd vote him over Paul Bearer since Paul only managed a few in the real deal of the WWE.

[Bad News Gertner]

Taker, Kane, Mankind and Vader is a pretty good resume.

[Shisen Kopf]

Some poster here had a most excellent Paul Bearer tribute in their house. Can't remember who the hell thst damn poster was tho

[hb2k]

On the flip side, I'm surprised Bearer and Heyman are so close, maybe I shouldn't be. Thought this would be a cakewalk to the inevitable final...

[#1-norm-fan]

Cornette under-performing is the real surprise of this tournament to me.

[Destor]

I think you just underestimated Hart...

[Destor]

Corny did great until he met the Mouth of the South...

[#1-norm-fan]

I think the general consensus with the IWC has always been that Heyman and Cornette were neck and neck for 2 and 3.

Cornette actually only faced Hart last round because his seeding had dropped thanks to under-performing in the earlier rounds. I think he was like 5th and Hart was 4th.

[#1-norm-fan]

Correction: He was 6th and Hart was 3rd.

[Big Vic]

Fuck Cornette.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Cornette under-performing is the real surprise of this tournament to me.

Yeah, definitely this. I think people are butt-hurt because they don't like the logic he continuously fucks them with. Most sane places you go have Heenan as undisputed #1 with Cornette and Heyman alternating between #2 and #3, depending almost entirely on your subjective opinion. I think this is generally agreed upon by the performers themselves as well. Jimmy Hart is not my cup of tea, and he is a legend, but I honestly think he's "the best of the rest."