era mentioned above), there had been 9 tournaments to fill the title vacancy (not counting the fictitious "tournament" in early 1975 that enabled Harley Race to be billed as the first champion). All the tournaments were single-elimination. The finals have been as follows: Terry Funk over Paul Jones - The first 16-man tournament ever to determine the champion. Jimmy Snuka over Ricky Steamboat Sgt. Slaughter over Ricky Steamboat Barry Windham over Nikita Koloff Sting over Steve Austin Dustin Rhodes over Rick Steamboat - originally the final a No. 1 contendership tournament, it became a title deciding match when Rick Rude was injured. Sting over Meng - a 16-man tournament, marred by the elimination of both Ric Flair and Randy Savage in their semifinal bracket. Sting vs. Meng, which was the other semifinal bracket, became the final instead. Scott Steiner over Booker T Scott Steiner over Sting Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament The Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament was an invitational tag team tournament. Bunkhouse Stampede A series of tournaments where wrestlers competed for Bunkhouse points which would allow them to qualify for the Bunkhouse stampede finals. Hardcore Junkyard Invitational Tournament (1999) WCW EUROPEAN TITLE Tournament (1994) WCW BATTLEBOWL CHAMPIONS Tournament Pat O'Connor Memorial International Cup Tag Team Tournament WCW KING OF CABLE TOURNAMENT WCW EUROPEAN CUP Other promotions All Pro Wrestling Ohio Valley Wrestling Progress Wrestling ECWA Super 8 Tournament This is an annual tournament held by the East Coast Wrestling Association. The eight man tournament is known for jump-starting the careers of many indy wrestlers, often booking veterans (ex. Billy Kidman) and relatively unknown wrestlers (ex. Eric Matlock) alike. FWA Flyweight Championship On June 30, 2003, Ross Jordan won a tournament to become Frontier Wrestling Alliance's first flyweight champion. Grand Prix Exclusive to the UWA, the Grand Prix tournament starts out with eight wrestlers, the winner gets a UWA Canadian Championship shot at a future event. King of the Deathmatch This is an eight-man tournament with extreme violence. Each match has an extreme variation. Most famous tournaments based on this include the IWA JAPAN 1995 King of the Death, and CZW's Tournament Of Death. Also the IWA Mid South holds an annual KOTDM featuring sixteen men. Ted Petty Invitational The Ted Petty Invitational tournament (the TPI) was an independent wrestling tournament in North America, run and promoted by Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South. Created