EVO 2018: The full results

EVO 2018 has wrapped up, with the biggest fighting game tournament in the world closing its doors for another year. All the champions have been crowned over the course of this weekend. Shacknews has already covered some of the winners, but for those who missed all of the tournaments this weekend, here's a handy recap, along with a few of our own thoughts.

Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition

Check out our recap of the incredible Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition Grand Finals between Problem-X and Tokido. And for anyone who missed the pre-tournament announcement, G and Sagat will come to Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition this Monday.

1st - Problem-X (Benjamin Simon)
2nd - Tokido (Hajime Taniguchi)
3rd - Fuudo (Kenta Ai)
4th - Gachikun (Kanamori Tsunehiro)
5th (tie) - Fujimura (Fujimura Atsushi)
5th (tie) - Luffy (Olivier Hay)
7th (tie) - THE COOL KID93 (Marcus Redmond)
7th (tie) - Caba (Cristhopher Rodriguez Nade)

Dragon Ball FighterZ

Here's our recap of a wild Dragon Ball FighterZ Grand Finals that saw SonicFox and GO1 meet again. For those who missed the post-tournament announcement, Dragon Ball FighterZ is about to get Cooler.

1st - SonicFox (Dominique McLean)
2nd - GO1 (Goichi Kishida)
3rd - Fenritti
4th - moke (Naoki Nakayama)
5th (tie) - Kazunoko (Ryota Inoue)
5th (tie) - KnowKami
7th (tie) - kubo (Tsutomu Kubota)
7th (tie) - Supernoon (Steve Carbajal)

Tekken 7

Here's our recap of the Tekken 7 Grand Finals. And if you missed it, here's today's bombshell announcement regarding a new Season Pass featuring Negan from The Walking Dead.

1st - LowHigh (Sun-woong Yoon)
2nd - Qudans (Byung-moon Son)
3rd - Lil Majin (Terrelle Jackson)
4th - JDCR (HyunJin Kim)
5th (tie) - Book (Nopparut Hempamom)
5th (tie) - Rangchu (Hyunho Jung)
7th (tie) - Noroma (Takumi Hamasaki)
7th (tie) - Chirichiri (Takumi Hamasaki)

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Here's our recap of the Super Smash Bros. Melee Grand Finals. And get ready, because there's going to be a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Nintendo Direct coming this Wednesday.

1st - Leffen (William Hjelte)
2nd - Armada (Adam Lindgren)
3rd - Plup (Justin McGrath)
4th - Hungrybox (Juan DeBiedma)
5th (tie) - Wizzrobe (Justin Hallett)
5th (tie) - Mang0 (Joseph Marquez)
7th (tie) - Swedish Delight (James Liu)
7th (tie) - S2J (Johnny Kim)

Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2

Here's our recap of the Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2 Grand Finals.

1st - Omito (Omito Hashimoto)
2nd - Machabo (Masahiro Tominaga)
3rd - LostSoul (Eli Rabadad)
4th - NAGE
5th (tie) - Rion (Hisatoshi Usui)
5th (tie) - Zadi
7th (tie) - Teresa (Fukuda Norihiro)
7th (tie) - Fumo (Harukuni Suga)

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Now we come to arguably the most controversial tournament of the weekend. The hardcore Smash 4 community has harbored a lot of hatred towards Bayonetta over the past couple of years and it all seemed to come to a head during this year's Top 8. The boos and the crowd antipathy eventually got to Grand Finalists Bharat "Lima" Chintapall and Zack "CaptainZack" Lauth, as they approached the Finals like a friendly, with CaptainZack even tossing himself off a cliff after Lima accidentally fell off. While the Grand Finals were closely contested throughout, the result was almost secondary to the crowd reaction and the apparent war between the Smash 4 pros and their own community.

There's far too much to unpack here, so I'll move on, at the risk of an extended rant. But one thing's for sure, Smash 4 is going out in unforgettable fashion.

1st - Lima (Bharat Chintapall)
2nd - CaptainZack (Zack Lauth)
3rd - Nietono (Yuta Uejima)
4th - Mistake (Tamim Omary)
5th (tie) - MVD (Jestise Negron)
5th (tie) - Mr E (Eric Weber)
7th (tie) - Raito (Tetsuya Ishiguro)
7th (tie) - Choco (Toshimasa Hayakawa)

Injustice 2

By comparison, Injustice 2's final (?) EVO ended on a much quieter note. However, there was quite a bit to get excited about here. With Dominique "SonicFox" McLean focusing mainly on Dragon Ball FighterZ, he isn't the NetherRealm force he used to be, as the double threat from Noble Esports sent him out with a third place finish. Meanwhile, Noble's Curtis "Rewind" McCall defeated teammate Tommy Tweedy to cap off an incredible run.

1st - Rewind (Curtis McCall)
2nd - Tweedy (Tommy Tweedy)
3rd - SonicFox (Dominique McLean)
4th - Big D (Ryan DeDomenico)
5th (tie) - Semiij (Andrew Fontanez)
5th (tie) - Hayatei (Alexandre Dube-Bilodeau)
7th (tie) - Biohazard (Matthews Commandeur)
7th (tie) - SylverRye (Mo Amaechi)