15 Weeks of Fighting
June 14th to Sept. 20th

"They're back to the ring
For the answer they've long been seeking.
The hour of destiny is now at hand.
The Fourth phase is about to begin
to determine the King of Fighters
in 1997."

[64 teams with 4 fights per week]
[You can thank Scott for all of the wrestlers present.]

The winners of the below brackets will all fight on the final day, held in Izumo, for the prize of 3 million dollars.

2 Guys, a Girl and Beating (*Winner 1996) Vs. Pay the Piper
(Alexi, Kagero, Roy) vs (Milia Rage, The Piper, Blood Rose)
Da Money Vs. Mettle of Honor
(Rob Van Dam, Yoshihiro Tajiri, Dean Malinko) vs (Heidern, Maimin' Maxwell, Cammy)
Brothers of Destruction vs. Beauty and the Beast
(Kane and Mark Calloway) vs (Bass and Tina Armstrong)
Team Shoto vs. Team Korea
(Ryu and Ken) vs (Kim Kaphwan and his 2 jerks)

Winner of bracket: ?

Risque Business vs. Team Gorgeous (Mai, King, Yuri)
Masked Heroes vs Ikari Team (*Winner 1995)
(El Toro Fuerte, Rey Misterio Jr., The Hurricane) vs (Ralf, Clark, Leona)
Japan Hero (*Winner 1994) vs Cold Day in Hell
(Kyo Kusanagi, Benimaru Nikaido, Goro Daimon) vs ("Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Sub-Zero, Frostbite)
Boot Camp vs Big Stick
(Guile, Dorothy Kingsfield, Kickin' Carole Cannon) vs (Billy Kane, Rolento, Hitomi Howard)

Winner of bracket: ?

Head Games vs. The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
(Dennis Knight, Psychadelic, Brick)
Team J'hana vs. The Brothers of Evil (Indeed)
Wendy Webster, Lita Webster, Tara Webster)
Union Underground vs. The Amish
(Kayin Amouh, Sofia, Johnny B. Badd) vs (Amish Pete, Ezekial, Jebediah)
Team Recca vs. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Winner of bracket: Team J'hana

The Three Faces of Foley vs. Children of the Damned day at the Dojo
(Cactus Jack, Mankind, Dude Love)
Art of Fighting vs. Mispellers of the world... Unite!
(Takuma, Ryo, Robert)
Psycho Soldiers vs. You know what I Hate... Gatorade!
(Athena, Kensou, Chin)
Severe Tire Damage vs. Death By Monkeys
(Yamazaki, Al Snow w/Head, Alice)

Winner of bracket: prob. Severe Tire Damage

Rock Steady vs. Brute Force
(Yashiro, Shermie, Chris) vs (Brock Lesnar w/Paul Heyman, The Prototype, Potemkin)
Anchors Away vs. Fog over Fuji
(May The Jolly Pirate, Bonne Jenet, Cap. Kidd) vs (Ibuki, Hokuto, Kasumi Todo)
Dudley Boyz vs. Not in the Face!
(D'Von Dudley, Bubba Ray Dudley, Little Spike Dudley)
The Crush vs. Trailer Park Trash
(Edge, Mary, Hugo)

Winner of bracket: ?

Hunter's Reckoning vs. The Accursed Parent Teacher Association
(Hunter Hearst-Helmsley w/ Ric Flair, Val Cassidy w/Lisa McQueen, Max Mayhem)
Happenstance vs. The Banana Splits
(Chris Jericho, Kirk Ardent, T.J. Combo)
Team Sumo vs. Sacred Judo Punch [victor: Barahime, by herself]
(E. Honda, Big Bulk, Hinako) vs (Barahime, Sarah Kingsley-Martin, Chizuru Kagura)
Subject to Change w/o reason vs. The Three Stooges
(Justin Credible, Darren Drozdov, Vlad the Impaler)

Winner of bracket: Sacred Judo Punch

Pantheon vs. Falling Objects
(Apollo, Artemis) vs (Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy, Shannon Moore)
Fatal Fury (*Winner 1993) vs. Nailing Jello to a tree               
(Terry, Andy, Joe)
Samurai Guys vs. With Musical Accompaniment from garroted cats
Chinatown vs. The Spastic Colon Crew
(Chun Li, Li Xiangfei)

Winner of bracket: ?           Transcript of Pantheon vs. Fatal Fury fight available.

Feminine Wiles vs. Riley Factor
(Riot, Victoria the Psycho-Bitch w/ Stevie Richards, Cleopatra) vs (Riley Randal, Mary Terrel, Steve Polykranopolis)
Beavis and Butthead vs. Team Party (DeeJay) [victor: Cornholio]
Iori vs. Tanis's Contenders
(him) vs ("Vicious" Victor Lourdes, Kira Loos, Cmdr. Pavil Tolstoy)
NWO vs. Shingo

Winner of bracket: Most likely Feminine Wiles because the NWO will get disqualified for cheating to injure Iori.