Tekken Tag Tournament

Tekken Tag Tournament, like almost every other event at Evolution 2004, had a lot of exciting Matches that featured some of the best players locking horns during the final Matches. Joshua "JinKid" Molinaro and Thomas "TomHilfiger" Kymn, two players who placed in the top three for Tekken 4, found themselves knocked out of the running by the likes of Nick Shin and Fabrizio "Bode" Tavassi. Shaun "Unconkable" Rivera was not going to go down easily with his Armor King/Devil team and proved it by snagging a Grand Finale spot from Brad "Slips" Vitale's Eddy/Julia offensive. Best of all, however, was Ryan Hart finally walking away with this year's Tekken Tag Tournament championship. He's been through a lot of close calls in other games, both in Evolution 2003 and 2004, but it was great to see him finally go the distance.

Finals Video

Game 4 Match 2: Fabrizio "Bode" Tavassi (Michelle/Julia) vs. Joshua "JinKid" Molinaro

Footage from Evo2K4 finals

The loser of Game 4 was looking at elimination from the tournament, and the way things were looking after a perfect victory by JinKid in Round 2 of this Match, Bode was on the verge of being that loser. In typical high-level fighting-game style, however, nothing is over until the last pixel of health is depleted, and Bode poked, prodded, and hit his way out of elimination.

1st: Ryan Hart
2nd: Shaun "Unconkable" Rivera
3rd: Brad "Slips" Vitale
4th: Nick Shin
5th: Fabrizio "Bode" Tavassi
5th: Thomas "TomHilfiger" Kymn
7th: Chetan "ChetChetty" Chetty
7th: Joshua "JinKid" Molinaro

Finals Breakdown

All games were the best two out of three Matches, except for the grand finale, which was three out of five. Each Match was set for the best two out of three rounds.

Game 1

Match 1: Shaun "Unconkable" Rivera (Devil/Armor King) vs. Brad "Slips" Vitale (Julia/Eddy) Winner" Shaun "Unconkable" Rivera

Match 2: Shaun "Unconkable" Rivera (Devil/Armor King) vs. Brad "Slips" Vitale (Julia/Eddy) Winner: Brad "Slips" Vitale

Match 3: Shaun "Unconkable" Rivera (Devil/Armor King) vs. Brad "Slips" Vitale (Julia/Eddy) Winner: Shaun "Unconkable" Rivera

Game 2

Match 1: Nick Shin (Julia/Michelle) vs. Ryan Hart (Jin/Kazuya) Winner: Ryan Hart

Match 2: Nick Shin (Julia/Michelle) vs. Ryan Hart (Jin/Kazuya) Winner: Ryan Hart

Game 3

Match 1: Thomas "TomHilfiger" Kymn (Devil/Jin) vs. Chetan "ChetChetty" Chetty (Jin/Devil) Winner: Thomas "TomHilfiger" Kymn

Match 2: Thomas "TomHilfiger" Kymn (Devil/Jin) vs. Chetan "ChetChetty" Chetty (Armor King/Anna) Winner: Thomas "TomHilfiger" Kymn

Game 4

Match 1: Fabrizio "Bode" Tavassi (Michelle/Julia) vs. Joshua "JinKid" Molinaro (Devil/King) Winner: Joshua "JinKid" Molinaro

Match 2: Fabrizio "Bode" Tavassi (Michelle/Julia) vs. Joshua "JinKid" Molinaro (Devil/King) Winner: Fabrizio "Bode" Tavassi

Match 3: Fabrizio "Bode" Tavassi (Michelle/Julia) vs. Joshua "JinKid" Molinaro (Devil/King) Winner: Fabrizio "Bode" Tavassi

Game 5

Match 1: Shaun "Unconkable" Rivera (Devil/Armor King) vs. Ryan Hart (Jin/Kazuya) Winner: Ryan Hart

Match 2: Shaun "Unconkable" Rivera (Devil/Armor King) vs. Ryan Hart (Jin/Kazuya) Winner: Ryan Hart

Game 6

Match 1: Thomas "TomHilfiger" Kymn (Devil/Jin) vs. Nick Shin (Michelle/Julia) Winner: Nick Shin

Match 2: Thomas "TomHilfiger" Kymn (Bruce/Julia) vs. Nick Shin (Michelle/Julia) Winner: Thomas "TomHilfiger" Kymn

Match 3: Thomas "TomHilfiger" Kymn (Bruce/Julia) vs. Nick Shin (Michelle/Julia) Winner: Nick Shin

Game 7

Match 1: Brad "Slips" Vitale (Eddy/Julia) vs. Fabrizio "Bode" Tavassi (Michelle/Julia) Winner: Fabrizio "Bode" Tavassi

Match 2: Brad "Slips" Vitale (Eddy/Julia) vs. Fabrizio "Bode" Tavassi (Michelle/Julia) Winner: Brad "Slips" Vitale

Match 3: Brad "Slips" Vitale (Eddy/Julia) vs. Fabrizio "Bode" Tavassi (Michelle/Julia) Winner: Brad "Slips" Vitale

Game 8

Match 1: Nick Shin (Julia/Michelle) vs. Brad "Slips" Vitale (Eddy/Julia) Winner: Brad "Slips" Vitale

Match 2: Nick Shin (Julia/Michelle) vs. Brad "Slips" Vitale (Eddy/Julia) Winner: Brad "Slips" Vitale

Game 9

Match 1: Brad "Slips" Vitale (Eddy/Julia) vs. Shaun "Unconkable" Rivera (Devil/Armor King) Winner: Shaun "Unconkable" Rivera

Match 2: Brad "Slips" Vitale (Eddy/Julia) vs. Shaun "Unconkable" Rivera (Devil/Armor King) Winner: Shaun "Unconkable" Rivera

Grand Finale

Match 1: Ryan Hart (Jin/Kazuya) vs. Shaun "Unconkable" Rivera (Armor King/Anna) Winner: Ryan Hart

Match 2: Ryan Hart (Jin/Kazuya) vs. Shaun "Unconkable" Rivera (Devil/Armor King) Winner: Ryan Hart

Match 3: Ryan Hart (Jin/Kazuya) vs. Shaun "Unconkable" Rivera (Devil/Armor King) Winner: Ryan Hart