June 16, 201510 yr comment_5677491 Les Thornton worked Georgia a lot over the years and was always booked credibly well
June 16, 201510 yr comment_5677492 I wasn't shitting on him, just didn't have him on the radar for a Southwest fit. Without Embry or Bobby Fulton I scrapped the idea of a Light Heavyweight division.
June 16, 201510 yr comment_5677493 That promo about shooting Bob Armstrong I am so glad me and Boon are sharing Jody Hamilton. I want to see Boon book him as The Flame and I get to book him as The Assassin. I think people have under valued the idea of a joint share agreement anyway. Some guys, even really good ones, are only going to have value for 3-6 months and then you need to move them on. There are agreements of that ilk that others are working on.
June 16, 201510 yr comment_5677495 Obviously Duggan is the perfect fit for Portland, I can't see any problems with it. You should do a 50/50 with me on Duggan & Embry.
June 16, 201510 yr comment_5677497 Oh and now that they are both gone I will say that Matt D floated a Buddy Roberts/Rip Rogers fake nephew thing that almost fucked up my draft board.
June 17, 201510 yr comment_5677587 I had an idea for Brooks but wasn't going to push for him to be an upcoming pick.
June 17, 201510 yr comment_5677594 I made out my list from RD10-RD32 thinking surely after RD15 nobody would pick anybody on my list. I was wrong.
June 17, 201510 yr comment_5677596 In terms of star power, the Baron is a good pick for this late in the draft.
June 17, 201510 yr comment_5677598 Oddly enough, I just found a pick of El Gran Apollo & Ken Lucas together if anyone was wondering who Lucas was also
June 17, 201510 yr comment_5677603 Probably a lot of "Who?" on the El Gran Apollo pick but Mr. Joe Blanchard has giant plans to make this young man the next big Spanish speaking star of the wrestling world! I probably fucked up NO ONE'S list with my last 2 picks except possibly take some names off the very bottom but I couldn't be happier at getting both these guys who factor heavily into my plans. He reminds me of somebody. Tony Danza?
June 17, 201510 yr comment_5677604 At this point im worrying much less. My sleeper and backup are still on the board, plus my other 4 "wants." It's feasible I could end up with half of them.
June 17, 201510 yr comment_5677605 Having watched some matches I legitimately do not think it's crazy to push him as the 3rd or 4th babyface act in a promotion as small as Southwest was. I was trying to be somewhat realistic before just taking him because "well he's young and speaks Spanish"
June 17, 201510 yr comment_5677607 I still have a huge list of acceptable undercard talent, even though I am sitting out of round 9-10. My top of the card is set, my money is made. No big deal for the rest if it isn't great. Plus remember my Maple Leaf Gardens shows has two WWF matches on them and my Halifax Forum show is half Montreal talent. No need for a super deep talent pool in Toronto.
June 17, 201510 yr comment_5677608 I have four guys I *really* want, but I don't think they have as much value to anyone else, then two guys I'd like to get but don't 'need'.
June 17, 201510 yr comment_5677616 One of my favorite things in TEW is to take a brand new guy who looks like they might be able to make some money eventually and slowly build them up from scratch. El Gran Apollo gives me the chance to do that like some people may envision doing with Tom Pritchard or Tim Horner but Southwest had slightly different needs than the standard white meat babyface. He was probably, and this is from limited viewing, further along than Horner was in July, 1983 also. Not sure on Tom Pritchard.
June 17, 201510 yr comment_5677619 I wouldn't argue for Apollo there really. Tom had been wrestling a lot at that point even if he wasn't very high on the card. I probably could have found a better comparison to make Apollo look better like Rotunda. Question for Boricua or Dylan: Is Apollo too big to use as a Light Heavyweight? Some pictures he looks thicker than others.
June 17, 201510 yr comment_5677629 Looking like I will get to pick no one today and tomorrow is a TERRIBLE day for me to be on the clock twice which is very possible. Get ready for some LONG delays fellas
June 17, 201510 yr comment_5677631 At this point I've gotten almost all my "man I really want him!" picks so I'm less anxious about getting to my next pick. I still would like to get a really good Assassin #2. I may have to work out a trade deal instead for him as my first Assassin #2 is probably only a 3 month guy anyway.
June 17, 201510 yr comment_5677635 He's not opening the vault even though I am positive I know one of them. That's likely for much later tho.
June 17, 201510 yr comment_5677636 I will gladly post your picks for you, Dylan. I will gladly post your picks for you, Dylan. May do this, I'll let you know in the AM
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