The Pairing Rule
Here is the rule that is used to figure out who wrestles whom:
You wrestle the first person below you in the bracket whom you haven't met yet.
That's all there is to it with some interesting twists that you'll see later.
In a more complete form, here's how pairing gets done:
- Start with the first name on the list.
- Pair that person with the first person below him whom he hasn't wrestled against yet.
- Move down to the next unpaired person.
- Repeat steps 2 and 3 until everyone is paired
Let's see this in action...