The Greatest American Bracket Elite Eight

Hail to the kings, baby! We have gone through the Sweet Sixteen round of the Greatest American bracket and we have the winners and losers.

Live Action Television

Stephen Colbert (The Colbert Report) vs Ron Swanson (Parks and Rec)

Ronald McDonald (McDonalds) vs Sam the Eagle (The Muppets Show)

Wrestling/Cartoons

Hulk Hogan (WWF) vs Homer Simpson (The Simpsons)

Dusty Rhodes (WWF) vs General Joe Colton (GI Joe)

Film/Comics

Captain America (Marvel Comics) vs  Rocky Balboa (Rocky)

Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump) vs Superman (DC Comics)

Video Games/Anime

Guile (Street Fighter) vs Bandit Keith Howard (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Jax (Mortal Kombat) vs Duke Nukem (Duke Nukem)

So those are some pretty spectacular results. Two of the four Number 1 seeds have been eliminated. Both Rons from the Live Action Television bracket were eliminated. Both wrestling Americans were eliminated by cartoon Americans. Both film Americans were defeated by comic book Americans. Most surprisingly, Bandit Keith Howard got a ton of support and defeated Guile. Here are the new match ups.

Live Action Television

Stephen Colbert (The Colbert Report) vs Sam the Eagle (The Muppets Show)

Wrestling/Cartoons

Homer Simpson (The Simpsons) vs General Joe Colton (GI Joe)

Film/Comics

Captain America (Marvel Comics) vs  Superman (DC Comics)

Video Games/Anime

Bandit Keith Howard (Yu-Gi-Oh!) vs Duke Nukem (Duke Nukem)

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