I can't understand why they just didn't do like they do at state where the Region 1 winner would wrestle the Region 2 4th place finisher, Region 2 2nd would wrestle Region 1 3rd, Region 1 2nd wrest Region 2 3rd, and Region 2 winner wrestle Region 1 4th place finisher. That way your almost ensured to advance the two best wrestlers out of the combined regions in each class. Pretty simple really! I think maybe some of you guys have been over-thinking this all along. No matter what happens, you are sure to leave wrestlers home who would have likely placed at state from most regions in almost all weight classes so the best bet is to have your 2 best go and my way ensures that barring an upset(which would still have the same result)(A deserving wrestler being left at home. The fog of worrying about your true #2 seed has clouded the judgements of these decision makers imo. Trying to rank wrestlers in this format is nonsensical when you can get the best results possible by having each regions placers wrestler the corresponding regions opposite placers. One region winner is placed in the top of the bracket, the other winner at the bottom, same goes for the 2nd placers where it wouldn't be impossible for Region 1 winner to wrestle Region 1 2nd until the finals and so forth.
