First of all, SOD is one of my all time favorites, "Stormtroopers of Death"! Great old thrash band.

Now that I have lost most of you, The Tournament of champions, (before the airplane guys used the name), was a golf tournament sponsored by none other than Howard Hughes during his stint in Vegas. I saw this in a documentary about him. I would think the Las Vegas connection has a lot to do with why the event was called that.
If you did not think it was called the Tournament of champions, I would be interested to know what you thought it meant?