From DSE: Eight participants are now official for the sixteen man heavyweight tournament TOTAL ELIMINATION 2004 which will take place on April 25th, 2004 from the Saitama Super Arena in Japan. The event is scheduled to debut on North American pay per view on same day delay.
Official Participants: Fedor Emelianenko Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic “The Texas Crazy Horse” Heath Herring “Ice Cold” Igor Vovchanchyn Stefan “Blitz” Leko Sylvester “The Predator” Terkay Sentoryu
The remaining eight participants as well as the match-ups for the opening round will be announced at a press conference on March 31st. The schedule for the tournament will be as follows:
PRIDE FC 16-Man Heavyweight Tournament
TOTAL ELIMINATION 2004 April 25, 2004, Saitama Super Arena, (Opening Round)
CRITICAL COUNTDOWN 2004 June 20, 2004, Saitama Super Arena, (Second Round)
FINAL CONFLICT 2004 August 15, 2004, Saitama Super Arena, (Semi-Finals and Finals)
PRIDE FC: TOTAL ELIMINATION 2004 will premiere on North American pay per view through iNDEMAND, DIRECTV, DISH NETWORK, UrbanXtra, TVN1, Bell Express Vu, and Viewer’s Choice Canada on Sunday, April 25th, 2004. The premiere time is 9:00pm EST, 6:00pm PST and the count down show is at 8:30pm EST, 5:30pm PST. For additional replay times, please contact your pay per view provider.