Last contest I had my own topic for analysis, but if no one minds I'll just post them here this time around.
(1) Mario/Bowser vs. (8) Earthworm Jim/Queen Slug-for-a-Butt
Mario/Bowser, unfortunately, have no interesting matches lined up (barring some theoretical craziness in the final), so there's no immediate reason to care how they do here. Yet, this match will set the standard for contest blowouts. A lot of oracles have them reaching for the mid to high 80s, but I find that unlikely, for a few reasons. The vote-ins will have, as usual, helped to rid the bracket of the worst of the fodder - let's remember here that this pair did get 8% in a 12-way, which requires a certain degree of pull. Lower votals, joke pull, the match being in the night, and increasing apathy to contests should all help the EJ crew avoid complete humiliation.
Mario vs. Bowser with 81.56% of the vote.
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