2018 March Badassness CHAMPION!

This was all too easy. What was really wild is how we got here, though. T'Challa, King of Wakanda, the Black Panther himself defeated uhh....Sonic the Hedgehog. What are you people doing.

Here's the final poll, which Black Panther won with 83% of the votes.

And his path to victory:

Round of 64: Defeated (15) Wing Gundam
Round of 32: Defeated (10) Legolas
Sweet Sixteen: Defeated (14) Commander Peter Quincy Taggart
Elite Eight: Defeated (4) Dutch
Final Four: Defeated (3) Mulan
Championship: Defeated (9) Sonic

Peter Taggart and Mulan were wacky fan favourites, Black Panther's victory here is pretty significant. It also helps that he couldn't be hotter off one of the biggest blockbusters of the year. Also of all time. But let's also look at Sonic's path at a 9 seed:

Round of 64: Defeated (8) Lorraine Broughton
Round of 32: Defeated (1) Goku
Sweet Sixteen: Defeated (12) Roland Deschain
Elite Eight: Defeated (6) Deathstroke
Final Four: Defeated (1) King Kong
Championship: Lost to (2) Black Panther

Sonic beat two #1 seeds! But other than that a lot of his opponents were pretty obscure. That Round Two defeat of Goku is UMBC-esque, though.

So, Black Panther as a champion #2 seed joins the ranks of March Badassness Champions. Eventually we'll do 64 of these and have them all fight each other. That would be in the year 2078. Man I hope I'm still alive doing this crap in 2078. Here's your all-time Winner Rundown:

2015: (1) Han Solo
2016: (9) Buffy Summers
2017: (1) Sam Jackson
2018: (2) Black Panther

I kind of do want to point out that only one straight white male has won in four years. Diversity is badass, baby!

As we do look to the future, I've got to say that we scraped the damn barrel pretty hard this year. I have currently amassed 87 more pop culture icons to duke it out, which I'll whittle down to 64 for next year, but it's going to be ROUGH. I can't imagine anyone coming in who has never seen this site before and thinking, "Why is Atom Ant a #3 seed?" That's how it works. If you've got any ideas of who you'd like to see, please...please send them in.

I also think I might move this to Twitter next year. Maybe even dust off the old twitter handle. I have...I have four followers and have not tweeted in seven years. I see no issue with this.

That's all for this year, folks. Start following @NM_Wood, I'll start tweeting some stupid crap

March Badassness 2018 - SWEET 16!!

As real basketball starts up, we're in the Sweet 16 now, folks and this year's tournament is as enticing as ever!

I don't know why I said real basketball. As if this is fake...basketball.

We've had way too many ties. Vote, even if you don't want to.

Your winners will move on to the Elite Eight, to be published next week!

Skull Island Division - battling it out on the Forsaken Island of Monsters!
Overlook Hotel Division - fighting for dominance within the walls of an Endless Haunted Colorado Hotel!
North Pole Division - combat on the top of the world at the Realm of Candy and Magic!
Wakanda Division - put up your dukes in the Hidden Afrofuturist City of Vibranium!

Best Match-ups this round:

King Kong vs. Neil Degrasse Tyson
Mulan vs. Santa Claus
Castor Troy vs. Dutch
Commander Peter Quincy Taggart vs. Black Panther

See your one true God take home the 2018 Sam Jackson Trophy!

March Badassness 2018 ROUND OF 32!!

That's right - you, the people have decided who moves on and who is left behind, beaten, bloody, and forgotten.

There are some good picks here and some massive upsets. Keep voting and we'll update at the end of next week!

Your winners will move on to the Sweet Sixteen.

Skull Island Division - battling it out on the Forsaken Island of Monsters!
Overlook Hotel Division - fighting for dominance within the walls of an Endless Haunted Colorado Hotel!
North Pole Division - combat on the top of the world at the Realm of Candy and Magic!
Wakanda Division - put up your dukes in the Hidden Afrofuturist City of Vibranium!

Best Match-ups this round:

Don Vito Corelone vs. Abraham Lincoln
Goku vs. Sonic
Daredevil vs. Sherlock Holmes
Popeye vs. Mulan
Castor Troy vs. Mega Man
Legolas vs. Black Panther

See your favourites take home the 2018 Han Solo Trophy!

March Badassness 2018 is Upon Us!

Welcome folks, to the Fourth Annual Installment of March Badassness - the Definitive Pop Culture Battle Poll of our age! This should definitely be the last year we do this. It's getting slim.

But still, plenty of action and great match-ups to vote on! We'll go through a round a week - so right now you've got 64 combatants in 32 stellar battles to decide! Pick the winner each week and see who comes out alive!

Past Winners:

2015: Han Solo
2016: Buffy Summers
2017: Sam Jackson

We'll start in our Four Divisional Pods:

Skull Island Division
Overlook Hotel Division
North Pole Division
Wakanda Division

Get some!

At Long Last...A Champion Crowned Again!

It took a lot of votes and a lot of ties and re-votes, but finally, you the people, have spoken: Joining the 2015 winner Han Solo and the 2016 winner, Buffy Summers, I present to you the 2017 March Badassness Champion:

Damn Straight.

It was ultimately a 7 to 6 vote against Rey, which is crazy close. Kudos to an amazing campaign with only one film under her belt. Depending on how she kicks ass in The Last Jedi (2017), she could have swept this thing in years to come.

This has been a lot of fun, and believe it or not, I've scraped below the bottom of the barrel to come up with about 90 or so combatants for 2018 that will spill into 2019. I think I'll keep doing this until I totally run out, which is of course absolutely insane. That's what we're here for. 800 times over.

Lastly, here's a shot of how the whole bracket turned out:

Stay tuned next year for more wackiness wha-hey!!

2017 Final Four! We're Still Doing This!

It just never stops, huh?

You, the people, voted and here we go:

Sam Jackson or Peter Venkman?

Rey or Jet Li?

These are some wild match-ups - who will earn the right to move on to the 2017 March Badassness Championships?! Get yer votes in herrrr!!

March Badassness 2017: SWEET SWEETBACK'S SWEET SIXTEEN!!

Inconceivably, we're already at the Sweet 16 portion of this unending tournament. As you get your NCAA brackets in today, also vote for this crap! Three-quarters of the eligible badasses have been kicked out in shame and disgrace by you, the people (I can't believe you would do that to poor BraveStarr), and we have just eight match-ups of the cream of the crop here, now!

These include such delectable fights as:

Punisher vs. Prince
Quint vs. Snake Eyes
Patton vs. Shaq

and the best, underdog Cinderella of the year - McBain vs. Aragorn! What the hell

These are loafers.

You got a week. Get some votes in.

Sherwood Division - taking place in Sherwood Forest, England.
LV-426 Division - live from the failed mining colony!
Z-City Division - straight out of the city of monsters!
Green Place Division - battling it out in the fake desert oasis!

March Badassness 2017: ROUND OF 32!

It's been an amazing first round, but we're on to Round 2, folks!

Vote for your favourite bastions of pop culture in such enticing match-ups as:

Robin Hood vs. Prince
Quint vs. Ditka
The Rock vs. The Mountain
Simba vs. General Patton
Ronda Rousey vs. Furiosa!

It's a wild time! Get votes in as much as you can from now until St. Patrick's Day!

Sherwood Division - taking place in Sherwood Forest, England.
LV-426 Division - live from the failed mining colony!
Z-City Division - straight out of the city of monsters!
Green Place Division - battling it out in the fake desert oasis!

2017 March Badassness is Upon Us!

Well folks, it's time once again to have a big stupid tournament to decide who the most badass character in pop culture is. Now, since this is the third year in a row of doing this, we're obviously scraping the barrel here. We've burned through the first 128 obvious choices and are therefore left with mostly pulp heroes and pro wrestlers. IRREGARDLESS - vote as much as you can over the next week to see who moves on to the Round of 32!

Sherwood Division - taking place in Sherwood Forest, England.
LV-426 Division - live from the failed mining colony!
Z-City Division - straight out of the city of monsters!
Green Place Division - battling it out in the fake desert oasis!

Vote all month long!

2015 Winner: Han Solo
2016 Winner: Buffy Summers

YOU HAVE SPOKEN! 2016 March Badassness Sweet 16 is Here!

After many long nights and sweaty tears the combatants in the second-greatest Tournament of Champions ever have mad it to the Sweet Sixteen - Eight Matches to vote on now to see who moves on. There's only one #1 seed left and two #2 seeds, which is amazing.

Who has the cultural power to win it all? Who will go down like a little bitch? Who will move on to the Elite Eight and secure themselves glory forever? Only you can decide!

Get your votes in right here and come back as often as you want!

Previous Results:

Detroit Region
Lavender Town Region
S-Mart Region
Mega-City One Region

Initial Seeding

March Badassness Round 2!

We've just wrapped up a mind-melting Round of 64 where favourites like Kurt Russell, Robocop, Russell Crowe, Rama, and Rowdy Roddy Piper have tumbled down from impressive season performances. Apparently you people hate badasses whose name starts with the letter 'R'.

Let's dip back into our regions though, and once again, vote to see the greatest fighters out there!

Detroit Region
Lavender Town Region
S-Mart Region
Mega-City One Region

You have until next Wednesday, March 23rd to get your votes in! Sic Semper Tyrannosaurus!

Welcome to 2016 March Badassness!

Greetings folks - for the second year we present March Badassness - our cheeky exploitation of Tournament Obsession to find out once and for all who is the baddest motherfucker in all of history, pop culture, and real life. We have 64 Combatants battling for supremacy again this year, with #1 Overall Seed, Clint Eastwood leading the pack in the Detroit Division. Here is the total breakdown:

Detroit Region
Lavender Town Region
S-Mart Region
Mega-City One Region

Here are the total seedings for the Round of 64:

Detroit Region	Lavender Town Region
(1) Clint Eastwood	(1) Hulk
(2) Rowdy Roddy Piper	(2) Russell Crowe
(3) Robocop	(3) Mr. T
(4) Powerpuff Girls	(4) Kurt Russell
(5) Rama	(5) Dr. Manhattan
(6) Django Freeman	(6) Pikachu
(7) Finn the Human	(7) Hulk Hogan
(8) Deadpool	(8) Hellboy
(9) Buffy	(9) Tommy the Green Ranger
(10) Voltron	(10) Link
(11) Highlander	(11) Jack Sparrow
(12) Genghis Khan	(12) Braveheart
(13) Chev Chelios	(13) Sarah Connor
(14) Bigfoot	(14) Captain Planet
(15) Samurai Jack	(15) Kick-Ass
(16) Quailman	(16) Bucky O'Hare

S-Mart Region	Mega-City One Region
(1) Tony Jaa	(1) Mohammad Ali
(2) Wonder Woman	(2) Judge Dredd
(3) Van Damme	(3) Charles Bronson
(4) Mad Max	(4) Wolverine
(5) Boba Fett	(5) Beatrix Kiddo
(6) Iron Giant	(6) Patrick Swayze
(7) Jackie Chan	(7) The Tick
(8) Darth Maul	(8) Nic Cage
(9) Ash Williams	(9) Randy Savage
(10) Shaft	(10) Ethan Hunt
(11) Walter White	(11) Leatherface
(12) King Leonidas	(12) Riddick
(13) Lee Marvin	(13) Hannibal Lector
(14) Alexander the Great	(14) Bane
(15) Bullitt	(15) Scott Pilgrim
(16) Ralph Macchio	(16) Buckaroo Banzai

Come back and vote as often as you'd like!

Rounds will be updated each week until we hit the Final Four and a champion is crowned!

Check out last year's results right here.