The "real" greatest players all were marked from the beginning to be taken out by the pretenders - and they were. And they weren't taken out by Tony - if he had at least coordinated that, he's have something to stand on.
Tony went into a cage match and ducked and hit in a "spy hideout" in the corner and waited until the toughest competitors were gone and everyone else was beat up, and then jumped in to claim the win.