And that is that! The Hammer set a grueling pace, and Marc Mero just couldn't keep up with him, falling prey to a nasty Figure Four leglock to give the submission win and round three berth to Greg Valentine! Up next, an interesting conflict between two modern talents! In this corner....
This big brawler toss Ron Bass out of the tournament last round, and now finds himself across the ring from a 2nd generation superstar! He is the "All American American" Jack Swagger!
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This dashing competitor flew past Jeff Jarrett last round, and is now looking to take down bigger game this round out, he is Cody Rhodes!
Moving on to round 3:
1. Don Muraco over Typhoon
2. Brock Lesnar over The Godfather
3. Ken Shamrock over Steve Blackman
4. Kurt Angle over Vader
5. Bad News Barrett and Randy Orton goes to Double DQ
6. Roddy Piper over Mantaur
7. Terry Funk over Faarooq
8. Ahmed Johnson over Great Khali
9. Eddie Guerrero over Drew McIntyre
10. The Barbarian over Junkyard Dog
11. Steve Austin over Albert
12. Daniel Bryan over Wiliam Regal
13. Kane over Hunter Hearst Helmsley
14. Haku over Scorpio
15. Dean Malenko over Ultimate Warrior
16. Matt Hardy over Jim Neidhart
17. Pedro Morales over Crush
18. Tatanka over R-Truth
19. Finlay over D'Lo Brown
20. One Man Gang over Tyson Kidd
21. Ricky Steamboat over 1-2-3 Kid
22. Neville over Marty Jannetty
23. Chris Jericho over Perry Saturn
24. King Kong Bundy over Warlord
25. Shawn Michaels over Billy Jack Haynes
26. Lex Luger over Henry Godwinn
27. Yokozuna over Shane McMahon
28. Ted Dibiase over Chyna
29. Harley Race draws a bye.
30. Bam Bam Bigelow over Kamala
31. Greg Valentine over Marc Mero