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He was still alive at this point, so sure, Fritz can draft Dom Deluise.

Captain USA! What are the odds on Captain Chaos being drafted next as his partner?

And his son.

Adonis is gone.

Nailed it, good call.

How dare you, sir!

SERIOUSLY?

I had been hoping we could pick up Sweetan as a late round pick and, if he had been grabbed first, I thought it would have been by Southwest. He's a good match for Puerto Rico, though.

I always felt the brand new tag teams and creative booking was part of the fun of any Fantasy fed. I remember I had a TNM fed loosely based around Mid South and I had the Rock and Roll Express and the Fantastics in at the same time. During a long singles Round Robin tournament, Ricky Morton quit, followed by Bobby Fulton then Robert Gibson. So I paired up Rodgers with Terry Taylor as The Terrifics, and they became one of my favorite fictional tag teams.

Dumb question ... 446 available draftees divided among 19 territories comes to between 23 and 24 draftees per promotion. How is the draft expected to go 32 rounds? Am I missing something?

Same here, mostly Wahoo.

Frick again.

or at least, not the right kind of tickets.

Got it , I seem to recall there was some discussion about shortening the time when it wasn't overnight but it looks like the status quo remained unchanged.

I'm having trouble finding the post where this was set : what is the final word on how long the draft clock is and what is the result if somebody doesn't post their pick in time?

Heartbreaking. (Hartbreaking?)

peachchaos is happy, CFCW is happy, I'm happy. Stampede gets a burgeoning superstar on 5 dates to pop some houses and national exposure for one of their top guys. AWA gets 2 picks and a hometown hero to come back for a couple of big shows. Seems win-win (win) to me.

Doffing the hat with the chicken foot headband in honor of one of the true greats.

He means Central States.

Seriously? Jack "On The Take" Tunney?

I agree that it is a bit morbid to keep using people after the point where they have passed but would be more lenient with retirement. Major injuries like Magnum TA are a different consideration, though.

Barring negotiations that might have taken place on the board that I didn't see, I don't think Southwestern is a part of it.

Can we get a definitive list of who is in the NWA and who isn't?

FRICK!