Very few tournaments are seeded "perfectly". A few examples:
1. Tulsa Nationals - based on how you have placed in Roller event carries alot of weight.
2. NCAA basketball...the tournament is not based on the best 64-65teams but on who won their conference (similar to our 4 districts going against each district - 1 district may have the 4 best kids)
3. NFL - The Cardinals could never seem to make the playoffs because they could not win the division over Dallas, PHI, NY.

As much as my competitive nature likes the challenge, I'm just not sold that it really gives you a better outcome than our current structure. Bottom line, the only way to really find out is to wrestle a 16 man round robin, which is not possible & still may not give you a clear cut ranking. The only question is this: Does a challenge make the outcome better?

What about the kid that took 3rd, beaten by 2nd, but not by 1st..should he be able to challenge the 1st place kid? Maybe I'm wrong, but at some point, this just doesnt make sense.

One thought that hasnt been mentioned.....under the same thought process, if 5th get to challenge 4th, you could have a kid that thought he was going to districts or state then looses and is out?

This sport is a tough sport with tough lessons, but wow...?????