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Maybe this is a stretch pick that I will get shit for... but I don't know if there was a better US worker on a weekly basis in 1995 than this guy... Giant Baba is proud to announce the signing of Eddie Guerrero aka Black Tiger

He's coming in a few... just spoke to him.

I know I poked out getting Owen to go with Bret, but Luger makes a lot of sense. This WCW roster is becoming something to behold if it continues at this pace. I am interested to see what happens with the 2nd round and how some of those A/Bs will be picked and possibly go to smaller promotions than they were. I envision the WWF and WCW getting raided but creating some new stars out of all of it.

For sure... they are pillars to build off of and I think there is one more piece to the puzzle that will really put things into full effect..

Is there any chance in the world that WCW doesn't pick up Bret Hart and do him justice? I am 2 for 2 on the picks so far... would have never picked my own so 2/3 is good but I am thinking Bret goes to WCW... but does Owen follow?!?!

I wrote the pic 3 times before deciding... FUCCCCKKK! Jun Akiyama is legit though...

I wrote this pick three different times... but I have to go with this one... Jun Akiyama to ALL JAPAN!

後輩は何であるか。

I was hoping to get Yoko and Tenta to bring them in for a Sumo exhibition... Yoko counts as a Japanese guy right? Kayfabe is real in 1995?

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I know Bruno has been online since the draft started so he "should" be aware but I will wait for him. Lots of scenarios to play off of depending on who he picks and who the Japanese tier B people view as top guys to pick from...

Sweet. Thanks!

Grimmas, when you get back, can you make a page with the list of promotions... saying what tier they are along with who they saved? I'd do it, but this is your project so I don't want to step over and be in control of that stuff.

WWF (Bruno) is up

Hulk Hogan #1! New Japan #1! Axe Bomma #1!

Yes you could... sorry for the observation.

Why wouldn't you? Hogan is the only other logical choice if you didn't want Bret. You could alays go for Nash but why wouldnt you have saved him over Sid? Austin is the most logical choice and fast tracking him to his most popular iteration seems like the thing to do.

He will go to wwf...prolly become stone cold too early... he's hard to pass on.

He is such a dynamic character at this point that could of literally went anywhere and been big time and changes the scope of a promotion. Part of me wishes he could drop to tier 2 and see him be the catalyst for someone to just go crazy with Hulk Hogan

I figured would could go here for any talk on the draft. Love the tiered system and love the tiered draft availability. New Japan has some serious options there at number one... Could Hogan return to New Japan? Could they steal Hansen from All Japan? Could he go after some highly sought after Japanese talent? How about WWF? Who will they look to pick up from the scraps from WCW? Will Savage return to the WWF like he was always rumored to do? Could Steve Austin make that immediate jump before the time is right? How about All Japan? With its rich history of Gaijin workers, how will the cap let them fare? Do they go straight for the Americans or do they try to keep their own? Will Hansen or Williams return? Could they do the unthinkable and bring in Fujinami? Then there is WCW... they let the golden goose go with Hogan but it appears as though they have a different path to greatness. Could it include the Excellence of Execution? If the smart money is right... he will be there for the taking. How about someone like Kevin Nash? Could he jump over at the height of his popularity and even bring the title with him? Could Steve Austin fall to WCW as a chance for them to rebuild what could have been? Boys this is going to be an exciting couple of rounds of action... how will the chips begin to fall? New Japan is on the clock!

Sounds like MACW is ruling the NWA roost itself.

Yeah, but we could look at some of the Japanese and Mexican guys who came to the US and use them...

Which is why they could remain as "freelancers" We could maybe add others to the freelance list but just unsure of who they would be unless we opened up some japanese or mexican guys for the list.

I am sure he could finish his career with AJPW especially with the Tag Team League in November.

And that is fine. Just need your input on the future of this facet of the game. If the amendment with Andre and the Women works, let us know. If you think it should stay the same way it is now we can go that route.