Stone Cold Steve Austin wins March Madness: WWE Champion Edition

Stone Cold Steve Austin in the greatest WWE champion of all time, at least according to our March Madness poll (which is, of course, the definitive statement on the matter).

Austin defeated Seth Rollins, Bret Hart, and The Rock to reach the final, where he KICK WHAM STUNNERED Bruno Sammartino (who had gone through Chris Jericho, Kurt Angle, and Triple H in the tournament).

Here is the final bracket:

Thanks to everyone who voted and stay tuned to @WrestlingShame on Twitter for more fun stuff and dumb nonsense. 

March Madness: WWE Champion Edition - The Final

Well. Here we are. The final round. And here are our competitors:

If you want to see the full results of the last round, check out our Twitter account.

Here's the updated bracket:

Vote via @WrestlingShame on Twitter.

March Madness: WWE Champion Edition - Round 5: Final Four

Bruno Sammartino, CM Punk, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Shawn Michaels. One of these four will be named the Greatest WWE Champion.

If you want to see the full results of the last round, check out our Twitter account.

Here's the updated bracket:

Vote via @WrestlingShame on Twitter.

March Madness: WWE Champion Edition - Round 4: Elite 8

Oh boy, we've got some really big matches this round! Only eight contenders remain. Who will win? If you want to see the full results, check out our Twitter account.

Here's the updated bracket:

Vote via @WrestlingShame on Twitter.

March Madness: WWE Champion Edition - Round 3: Sweet Sixteen

We're down to the final 16! I have to say, these match-ups would be a hell of a wrestling card. 

As for the results from the last round, much of it went as expected, but The Undertaker defeating Randy Savage was a pretty big upset. Recency bias is clearly at work in this tournament, but what can you do. If you want to see the full results, check out our Twitter account. 

On to the next round:

Vote via @WrestlingShame on Twitter.

March Madness: WWE Champion Edition - Round 2

Okay, round one is done! You can check out the full results on our Twitter account.

As a dumb Kevin Nash mark, I am outraged that Rey Mysterio's 2-hour title reign beat Diesel's 358-day reign, but I will learn to live with it.

On to the next round! There are quite a few interesting match-ups in this round as the longest-reigning champions (who had byes in the first round) are now involved: Hogan vs Flair, Bret Hart vs Mankind, Cena vs Guerrero, Lesnar vs Batista, Randy Savage vs Undertaker and much more.

Vote in the polls on the WrestlingShame Twitter Account!

March Madness: WWE Champion Edition

Hey, it's March! So we thought we'd do a "March Madness" tournament featuring every WWE Champion in history. I'm using this list from Wikipedia as a reference and champions are ranked based on their combined days recognized as champion by WWE. We're only using recognized champions, sorry Antonio Inoki. I'm sure I made a mistake somewhere, but please don't "well actually" be about it.

All voting will be done on our Twitter account (@wrestlingshame) and we'll be splitting voting up over a few days. When you vote, try to consider the championship reign in question, not the wrestler's entire career.

Here's the complete bracket:

Check out @WrestlingShame on Twitter to vote!