November 13, 20177 yr comment_5820090 It's REALLY interesting watching everyone's rosters coming together. Some guys have had a pretty clear and obvious plan from the get-go. A couple of guys (Elliott and El Boricua) had me wondering at the start but as Matt D points out they were working with a plan all along and it's obviously coming together as we head into the 6-hour rounds. I am getting a real sense of how 12 of the 14 promotions are shaping up now. I mean no offense to either dkookypunk or smartmark but those are the two promotions where, at this point, it seems like there is a ton of talent up and down the roster but I can't quite get a sense of how the pieces fit together just yet. I'm wondering if you guys are taking more of a "best available wrestler" approach to the draft and will figure out booking and style issues later... or if I am just too dumb to figure out where you are headed. I'm very much looking forward to reading how people are going to book their shows. It's possible that my ideas of everyone's "clear and obvious plans" are totally mistaken. Maybe superkix is * actually * planning to book a comedy-style promotion!
November 13, 20177 yr Author comment_5820093 I agree with a lot of the observations made. I think Beast and myself have pretty similar thinking when it comes to booking so I always keep an eye out for who he's picking because they are usually on my list. I think on top I have a Macho King vs Ricky Steamboat main event with a One Man Gang semi main and a pretty good tag team encounter with Demolition and the Nasties or an early Hollywood Blonds team. I am pumped to have picked up Razor who could be set for a big match with Tito who I think was a steal when I picked him up as he had a pretty good 1989 in the feud with Martel.
November 13, 20177 yr comment_5820094 Is anyone opposed to me taking PN News/Van Hammer/JT Southern as a Rock and Rap trio, since my fed is quite obviously based on Chikara......
November 13, 20177 yr comment_5820097 Is anyone opposed to me taking PN News/Van Hammer/JT Southern as a Rock and Rap trio, since my fed is quite obviously based on Chikara...... Throw in Man Mountain Rock aswell and you'll be good
November 13, 20177 yr comment_5820098 Obviously going for the bigtime New York type of promotion, with big physiques, charisma & starpower. Main Event scene is Sting & Warrior vs. Luger & Sid, but both Luger & Sid lend themselves to be heels or faces based on the years drafted so there can be some angles there. Undercard right now is Bossman, Jarrett, & the Rockers versus the Barbarian, Yokozuna, & SST as a Polynesian unit. Yokozuna may just be Great Kokina as that's what he was in NJPW the majority of the year. Depends on my final booking.
November 13, 20177 yr comment_5820101 Doc/Takada main event title match That is a great main event. I am all but certain they never had a singles match. Looked on cage match. They faced off twice in tags. Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada vs Rick Steiner & Steve Williams in NJPW in 87 looks like something I'd fantasy book. The Doc/Owen Hart vs Takada & Inoki tag from '87 is a lot of fun. I can't prove it, but I have a longstanding theory that shoot style would have been vastly better and would still be around today if it had retained pinfalls, so think of my promotion as UWFi + pins, or maybe just a shooty-er New Japan/70s NWA. Hence Williams/Takada, hence Steiners/Russians. I didn't realize how much competition I'd have for the shooters. Speaking of... As of now, Vader/Maeda will headline and Liger/Fuchi is likely, as well as Hase/Fujiwara. That sounds amazing. Is there a Hase/Fujiwara match out there? It seems like there should be but I don't remember ever seeing one.
November 13, 20177 yr comment_5820102 I have some massive and not obvious plans. It's not going to be a weekly tv show with cards or anything. It will roll out with chapters and be a more huge over arching story. Think of it more Harry Potter with the occasional quidditch match (wrestling match) leading to a big Voldemort fight at the end (the one and only super super show). Some things to look forward to is Bobby Heenan making deals, Moon Quake helping The Islanders regain their powers, how will the Emperor react to this chaos and much more.
November 13, 20177 yr comment_5820103 Obviously going for the bigtime New York type of promotion, with big physiques, charisma & starpower. Main Event scene is Sting & Warrior vs. Luger & Sid, but both Luger & Sid lend themselves to be heels or faces based on the years drafted so there can be some angles there. Undercard right now is Bossman, Jarrett, & the Rockers versus the Barbarian, Yokozuna, & SST as a Polynesian unit. Yokozuna may just be Great Kokina as that's what he was in NJPW the majority of the year. Depends on my final booking. Barb, Yoko, and SST as the Island Mafia? Fuck yes.
November 13, 20177 yr comment_5820108 As of now, Vader/Maeda will headline and Liger/Fuchi is likely, as well as Hase/Fujiwara. That sounds amazing. Is there a Hase/Fujiwara match out there? It seems like there should be but I don't remember ever seeing one. They had a couple of matches in 1993 in NJPW. I remember one of them being particularly fun...don't remember watching the other.
November 13, 20177 yr comment_5820110 My Top 4 is looking like this Traded Dibiase for One Man Gang with Low Blow Muta/Kawada vs The Road Warriors Sabu vs One Man gang Nikita vs Tommy Rich The Russians vs Rock N Roll Express
November 13, 20177 yr comment_5820113 Shit. Brad Armstrong going scratches my hopes for snagging the Lightning Express off the board in a late round. Babyface tag teams are hard to come by.
November 13, 20177 yr Author comment_5820114 Dibiase coming to Houston changes things... He'll be the 1988 version I lied 1989 Dibiase is my favorite
November 13, 20177 yr comment_5820125 So I'm running 3 Super shows in the USSR in the spring/summer of 1989. First show is going to be headlined by NWA champ Ric Flair vs Triple Crown Champion Tenryu for a match that will truly be deserving of 7 stars with the semi main being a tag featuring Inoki, Fujinami, and Choshu against some Russian shooters Second Show is a dual Main Event IWGP Champ Fujinami vs a Russian Semi Main is a mixed styles match between Inoki and some Russian shooter Third Show Main Event is Flair vs Fujinami semi main is Russian Shooters challenging for IWGP tag titles other semi main will be another Mixed styles fight with Inoki and some shooter
November 13, 20177 yr comment_5820133 Shit. Brad Armstrong going scratches my hopes for snagging the Lightning Express off the board in a late round. Babyface tag teams are hard to come by. Yeah, sorry about that but the opportunity was too good to pass lol
November 13, 20177 yr comment_5820135 I absolutely don't blame you. I just have a late round heel tag team I am planning to take (that I am almost certain no one else will be considering) and I need opponents for them!
November 13, 20177 yr comment_5820136 (that I am almost certain no one else will be considering) That's a dangerous sentiment.
November 13, 20177 yr comment_5820137 Sabu vs One Man gang That should've been an early ECW ppv main event.
November 13, 20177 yr comment_5820144 I love my crazy roster. I'm not at the point yet where I can put together the full card for my big show. But who wouldn't want to watch Casas & El Dandy vs Dusty Rhodes & Dick Murdoch just as one example?
November 13, 20177 yr comment_5820146 (that I am almost certain no one else will be considering) That's a dangerous sentiment. I know it is, but if they go, at least before I plan to take them, I would be shocked.
November 14, 20177 yr Author comment_5820157 DiBiase seriously change some plans for me I've got three guys to pick for the next one and not sure which one I'm going to pull the trigger on. Still some unsung Talent out there mostly mid-level but still special in their own way AKA Johnny b Badd
November 14, 20177 yr comment_5820163 We mentioned keepers for the next round of draft.. but how many? I think 3-5 would be ideal. Gives some consistency, without limiting the next draft too much. Too low and I'll just be trying to redraft the same people from before.
November 14, 20177 yr comment_5820165 I think 5 is a good number considering the 35 we are currently drafting.
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