World Heavyweight Champions

World Heavyweight Champions is the twenty-first Heir to the Throne tournament, and it was held on the Psycho Andy Message Boards between August and September of 2012, to determine the best WWE/WCW World Heavyweight Champion to date.

Rules

 * M-W-F updates, with four matches per day.
 * Matches posted on Monday and Wednesday will be open for 48 hours before auto-locking, while matches posted on Friday will be open for 72 hours.
 * Vote retraction will be allowed, in case you make a mistake, or want to break a tie at the last minute.
 * In the event of a tie, both competitors are eliminated and replaced with a randomly-chosen Alternate (see below).
 * In the semifinal and final rounds, overall votes will be added up to determine a winner.
 * If there is STILL a tie, a re-match will be held.


 * The Alternates list, as selected by the voters:
 * Triple H
 * Macho Man Randy Savage
 * Dolph Ziggler
 * Chris Benoit
 * Hiroshi Hase

Round 1

 * John Cena def Daniel Bryan
 * Ric Flair def Sting
 * Batista def Khali
 * Booker T def DDP


 * CM Punk def Jeff Hardy
 * Goldberg def Rey Mysterio
 * Lex Luger tied Shawn Michaels -- Both eliminated, replaced by Macho Man Randy Savage
 * Kevin Nash tied Sheamus -- Both eliminated, replaced by Triple H


 * Edge def Sycho Sid
 * Christian Cage def Hulk Hogan
 * Kurt Angle def Jeff Jarrett
 * Big Show def Jack Swagger


 * Bret Hart v Mark Henry
 * Kane v Chris Jericho
 * Undertaker v Randy Orton
 * The Rock v Rick Rude

Round 2

 * Ric Flair d John Cena
 * Booker T d Batista
 * Goldberg d CM Punk
 * Edge d Christian Cage
 * Kurt Angle d Big Show
 * The Rock d Bret Hart
 * The Undertaker d Triple H -- Triple H replaced the tying Kevin Nash and Sheamus
 * Macho Man Randy Savage d Kane -- Savage replaced the tying Shawn Michaels and Lex Luger

Round 3

 * Booker T d Ric Flair
 * Kurt Angle d The Rock
 * Macho Man Randy Savage d The Undertaker
 * Goldberg tied Edge -- Edge advances for having more overall votes in the tournament

Round 4

 * Booker T d Edge
 * Macho Man Randy Savage d Kurt Angle

Final Round

 * Booker T tied Macho Man Randy Savage
 * Booker T defeated Macho Man Randy Savage in a rematch

Bonus Round
This round saw the winner of this tournament go up against the winner of the WWE Champions tournament
 * Booker T defeated Shawn Michaels