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They'll definitely open up some holes for the Dynamite Kid in the run game, but will they hold up in pass protection against athletic pass rushers like Butch Reed or Road Warrior Hawk?

Attention members of PWO: What you are about to read is extremely dorky and insane. Swallow any beverage that might be in your mouth -- I don't want you spitting it onto your naked lady device after reading what I'm doing. Cover your hands with something soft -- I don't want you getting concussed when you smack your head after comprehending what I'm up to. Make sure you have a mirror nearby -- I want each and every one of you who reads this to look into it after you're done and recite the following 20 times: "I will never do anything this dorky. I will never do anything this dorky. I will never do anything this dorky..." Now that I've got the warnings required by law (thanks Obama) out of the way, I can reveal that I have created an institution called the Squared Circle Football League. The NFL has basically morphed into a cockeyed version of professional wrestling these days. Each and every day the offield antics of its players gets more outrageous and the manufactured storylines created by the league PR machine, ESPN and the bloviators on sports talk radio get more tiresome. So, since the NFL is now, basically, a more popular and mainstream version of pro wrestling, why not model a football league after the NFL and fill with with teams made up entirely of pro wrestlers? That's exactly what I've done with the Squared Circle Football League (SCFL). I've put together six teams made up entirely of pro wrestlers. These six teams will play a 10-game season (they'll all play each other twice) with the top three teams making the "World Heavyweight Championship Bowl." The top seed receives a bye straight to the "SCFL World Heavyweight Championship" game and will face the winner of the "Intercontinental Title" round (the No. 2 vs. No. 3 seed). The winner of the "SCFL World Heavyweight Championship" game will take home the SCFL Title Belt. To make all this happen, I will be using a pro football management simulation called Action PC Football. I'll provide weekly recaps of each game and follow the storylines of the SCFL as they develop throughout the season. Below, you will see that I've created rosters for each team. The next step is to input the rosters into the game and rate the players, which will take some time. I'll be posting season previews for each team as I finish inputting them into the game. Meantime, if you, the kind (and slightly warped, like me) readers of PWO could give the rosters a review and let me know if I missed including any obvious wrestlers, I would appreciate it. I focused mainly on pre-2000s American wrestlers to build each team. You'll see I sprinkled in a few foreigners and modern workers throughout, but the heavy focus is on the 80s and 90s era of American wrestling rosters. I tried to place each wrestler on a team that corresponded best with where they wrestled, but it's not always perfect. Some adjustments needed to be made to balance out each 50-man (and woman) roster. Will the WWF Superstars, led by their controversial coach Vince McMahon, use their star power and massive talent to win it all? Can hard-partying QB Ric Flair help the NWA Grapplers overcome a lack of team speed and a roster filled mostly with white dudes? Can the ECW Extremists avoid getting called for roughing penalties on every other play and string together a few wins? We're about to find out. Get ready for season one of the SCFL! 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Dillon WCW Big Boys QB Sting RB Chris Benoit WR Eddie Guerrero WR Jushin Thunder Liger WR Norman Smiley TE Antonio Inoki LT Sid Vicious LG Cactus Jack C Steve Mongo McMichael RG Jim Ross RT The Giant QB Lord Steven Regal QB Stacy Kiebler RB Ultimo Dragon RB El Dandy FB Fit Finlay WR Johnny B. Badd WR Alex Wright TE Scott Steiner TE Bobby Duncam Jr. G Hugh Morris G/C Tex Slazenger G/T PN News T The Shockmaster DE Ron Simmons NT Vader DE Bill Goldbert OLB Kevin Nash ILB Booker T ILB Rick Steiner OLB Dustin Rhodes CB Juventud Guerrera CB Norman Smiley SS Diamond Dallas Page FS Flyin' Brian Pillman DE Scott Norton DE Meng DL Stevie Ray NT Mr. Hughes ILB Buff Bagwell ILB Brian Knobbs OLB Chris Kanyon CB Earnest The Cat Miller CB Chavo Guerrero CB Billy Kidman S Konan S Dean Malenko K Disco Inferno P The Yetti KR/PR Rey Misterio Jr. Head coach: Eric Bishoff AWA Traditoinalists QB Nick Bockwinkel RB Rick Martell FB Dino Bravo WR Greg Gagne WR Jumpin' Jim Brunzell TE Baron von Raschke LT Sgt. Slaugher LG Superstar Billy Graham C Adrian Adonis RG Otto Wanz RT Larry The Ax Hennig QB Playboy Buddy Rose QB Mean Gene Okerlund RB Tom Zenk RB Bobo Brazil RB/FB Jerry Saggs WR Paul Diamond WR Doug Sommers TE Billy Robinson TE Boris Zukov T Col. DeBeers G/T Masa Saito G/C Wild Bill Irwin G Sheik Adnan Al Kaise DE Stan The Lariat Hansen DT Jerry Blackwell DT Jumbo Tsuruta DE Ken Patera OLB Chief Wahoo McDaniel MLB Da Crusher OLB Jesse the Body Ventura CB Curt Hennig CB Larry Zbyszko SS Mad Dog Vachon FS Brad Rheingans DT The Raging Bull Manny Fernandez DE Nord the Barbarian DE Mike Enos LB/DE Scott LeDoux LB Ray the Crippler Stevens LB Wayne The Train Bloom LB Pat O'Connor CB Pat Tanaka CB Steve Regal CB/S Red Bastein S Brad Armstron S DJ Peterson K Kenny The Sodbuster Jay P Buck "Rock 'n Roll" Zumhofe KR/PR Jerry Lynn Head coach: Vern Gagne ECW Extremists QB The Franchise Shane Douglas RB Super Crazy WR Rob Van Dam WR Stevie Richards WR 2 Cold Scorpio TE Al Snow LT Mike Awesome LG The Sandman C Tommy Dreamer RG The Blue Meanie RT Jack Victory QB Chris Chetti QB Francine RB/WR Super Nova RB Lance Storm FB Perry Saturn WR Wolfie D WR J.C. Ice TE Steve Corino TE John Kronus G/C Axl Rotten G Sal E. Graziano T Balls Mahoney OL Roadkill DE 911 NT Bam Bam Bigelow DE Raven OLB Justin Credible ILB Buh Buh Ray Dudley ILB Rhino OLB Mustafa Saed CB Chris Candido CB Little Guido SS New Jack FS Sabu DE Big Dick Dudley NT Pitbull No. 1 DL Pitbull No. 2 DL Rocco Rock ILB D-Von Dudley ILB Taz OLB Tommy Cairo OLB Tracy Smothers S Massato Tanaka S Yoshihiro Tajiri CB Mikey Whipwreck CB The Great Sauske K Joel Gertner P Tod Gordon KR/PR Spike Dudley Head coach: Paul E. Dangerously Territorial Outlaws QB Jerry the King Lawler RB Koko B. Ware FB Iceman King Parsons WR Steve Kerin WR Michael PS Hayes TE The Snowman LT One Man Gang LG Kamala C Dick Murdoch RG Plowboy Frazier RT Killer Khan QB Billy Joe Travis RB Mil Mascaras RB Rip Rogers WR Superstar Bill Dundee WR Gino Hernandez WR Mr. Olympia TE Pork Chop Cash TE Austin Idol T Lord Humongous G/C Eric Embry G Moondog Rex G Moondog Spot DE Dr. Death Steve Williams DT Junkyard Dog DT Terry Gordy DE Bruiser Brody OLB Kerry Von Erich ILB Hacksaw Jim Duggan OLB Butch Reed CB David Von Erich CB Kevin Von Erich SS Adrian Street FS Eddie Gilbert DE Atsushi Onita DE Hercules Hernandez DL Carlos Colon DT Giant Haystacks LB Dutch Mantell LB Buzz Sawyer LB Billy Jack Haynes OLB Ted Dibiase CB Jeff Jarrett CB Chris Adams CB/S Danny Hohdge S Dick Slater S Kabuki K Andy Kauffman P Jimmy Hart KR/PR Chris Adams Head coach: Bill Watts

My favorite Tweet from the Super Bowl so far. https://twitter.com/jasonromano/status/562060052497186817

It doesn't get much stupider than what WWE puts on the air every Monday night these days, but let's try and get even stupider in this thread. Your task is to book the stupidest 3-hour Monday Night Raw ever. Here are the guidelines. Book the show in 15-minute segments (it's ok for matches or angles to occupy more than one segment) A wrestler can only wrestle once. He/she can appear in multiple interviews or angles if it makes sense Everybody and everything from the entire history of wrestling is free for use. Don't limit yourself only to past Raw segments. For example, go ahead and open the show w/ the scaffold match from GAB '91, then follow it up with Ric Flair getting buried in the dessert if you want. But try and make the show flow and at least somewhat make sense. Don't just list a bunch of stupid things. I know since I started this thread, I should be the first one to reveal my stupidest Raw ever booking sheet, but my wrestling brain and recollection isn't half as good as most of the people on this board. So I'm more curious to see what the great wrestling minds around here come up with instead of me straining to remember dates and marquess stupid matches/angles/interviews/promos.

There always seems to be at least one injury at every Raw in Minneapolis.

I was going to watch that Hardy Boyz vs Young Bucks match from August that's on youtube tonight while putting the Toddler down, but I'm totally going to watch that montage instead. How does one watch wrestling while putting a kid to sleep? With my 1 year old, it's impossible to do both.

Rodger Kent was a bit before my time, but a lot of older guys who watched the AWA remember him well. http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/tv/284459501.html

Finally got around to listening to this today. My analysis: If either Punk or WWE had an ounce of business sense and creativity left in them, this would all be a work, Punk would show up on RAW tonight with Cabana at his side, and new life would be breathed into professional wrestling.

I read through the first three pages of that thread, and so far the posters seem like massive dicks, not Foley.

Back in the late 90s, Nick Bockwinkel threw out the first pitch at a semi-pro baseball game I was at. I could tell not many people recognized him, so he seemed to appreciate it when I approached him to shake his hand and talk wrestling for a few minutes.

Reading this story about Kamala got me thinking: Who seems like the nicest person in wrestling, past or present? Obviously, as the recent Bill Cosby stories and all the crap going on in the NFL demonstrate, we don't truly know any celebrity or athlete, but we can at least take our best guess. Kamala has always seemed like a super nice dude. Since a lot of talk about wrestlers away from the ring seems to center on the scumbags, I'm wondering if anyone gets a "nice guy" vibe from other wrestlers that I get from the Ugandan Giant.

I haven't had time to really look over this project or participate, but if I do, Kamala would be the personal favorite I'd throw out there and try my best to build a case for with others.

The mods should not hesitate to use the ban button liberally. This is one of the few places on the web where wrestling can be discussed without all the usual nonsense that comes with the typical wrestling message board. If the mods feel that atmosphere is threatened by an individual poster, that poster should be banned. I've been hanging around this board for almost 6 years. Loss and goodhelmet are credible mods. They wouldn't waste their time creating this little slice of an online wrestling universe just to throw their weight around and ban people for no logical reason.

Not necessarily. I've been to a lot of shows where the crowd is amped up (and/or half drunk) as it gets closer to the opening bell. They're really into the first match or segment because they came to see some wrestling, and hey! there's finally some wrestling to yell/boo/cheer about. The wrestlers working the opener are in the right place at the right time. They're not necessarily connecting with the audience because they're being great workers.

Triple-H is probably the main reason I quit watching WWE and most of my friends who used to watch cite HHH as their reason for moving on as well. Nobody, as Johnny tried to argue, booed or hated HHH. They were indifferent toward him and could care less.

RIP. Geigel was great. No BS in his calls, yet it seemed like he didn't take himself or the product too seriously (in a good way).

A million people aren't going to pay $10 per month for the Network when they get 3+ hours of wrestling for free every week on Raw. A million people definitely aren't going to pay $10 per month for the Network to watch PPVs where John Cena and Randy Orton wrestle each other for the 853rd time. If WWE can heat up the current product somehow, they'll hit that million mark. Until then, it's going to be tough sledding.

Randy Orton.

Instead of trying to get back into it, take your head and stick it into a boiling hot tub of acid. It'd be more rewarding than what WWE is putting out these days.

Kamala is a personal favorite and I would love it if one of the PWOers with more time and knowledge than myself dug into his career in-depth. Right now, even though I think he's amazing, I don't see Kamala as a hall of famer. Yes, he was crazy over for a period and the sheer uniqueness, craziness and goofiness of his gimmick makes him one of the most memorable wrestlers of all time, but is that hall of fame worthy? Eh, probably not.

I don't give two shits about Meltzer's hall of fame, but I love all the discussion that surrounds it. I enjoy hearing the various perspectives on wrestlers I am both familiar and unfamiliar with.

iTunes needs to stop their silly partnership with U2 and bring on Hayes to write a ballad about Obamacare's death panels.

Lock this thread and don't change a thing about the board. If people don't like it here, hell with 'em.

I really want this to happen. It's perfect for fans like me who drop back in on the product for a while around Mania time. I agree it does nothing to build up the future but the WWE would just fuck up anything that had potential future build, anyway.