[Chris Eco]

Apr 25, 2022 21:12:32 GMT -5 rjmap said:

242. Earthquake

[The Canadian Content]

Solly:

243. Carlito

[Chris Eco]

Before Sharky wakes up on central time, who’s ready for early morning stats?!? (The crowd goes mild)

Updates since Pick 194:

Totally new: At 227, Julius Creed is our only debut (presumably followed soon by NAMEDROP).

New highs:
1) “Switchblade” Jay White makes a tiny 3-step hop to 196 from 199 in Pun’s 2019
2) Jack Brisco goes up to 198 from 242 in Pun’s 2011
3) Chris Masters goes to 201 from 349 in Pun’s 2017 (though if you told me he went higher than 349 in the first two OO drafts I don’t have in full, I wouldn’t be surprised, since 2010 was a decent time for him)
4) Ken Patera makes a small 19-point leap to 211 from 230 in Puns’ 2016.
5) Matt Taven makes a small 6-step hop to 228 from 234 in OO Minidraft 2015
6) Leilani Kai leaps over 200 steps, to 232 from 463 in the very first draft (where we could draft tag teams together and she was drafted with NAMEDROP), unless she went higher in the OOs lost to memory. (She was also taken way higher in the all women’s draft, which is super overdue for a refresh given all the new talent of the last four years.)
7) Adam Pearce makes a small 7-step hop to 241 from 248 in Pun’s 2019.

New lows:
1) Christopher Daniels drops like a rock, to 197 from 126 last year (WarGames had him 152, as a warning). Jericho Syndrome.
2) Austin Aries drops even further, to 203 from 116 last year (125 in WarGames). For reference, Aries had never gone outside double-digits (with two top-10 placements) across 26 drafts until last year. Interestingly, the most comparable drop—for presumably quite different reasons—is Raven, who went Top 30 for the first 9 drafts with three top-10 placement, until he started to oscillate and finally fell into the 100s in 2016.
3) Wellllllll, The Big Show fell to 233 from 221 in Pun’s 2015. Jericho Syndrome.

Guaranteed lows: I see two more guaranteed lows, and I don't think those are the last. Hint: Having a couple drafters committing to a hoss roster might be pushing down these cruiserweights (though one has a behavioral issue too, in the broadest sense).

Here’s a fun fact – as I might have said earlier, we mostly run out of “guaranteed lows” after a while by my own counting method, because I don’t count anyone who wasn’t picked in a draft as having a low, and our shortest draft was 210 picks in regulation. BUT! There are two people who have been picked in every single draft since 2008, and yet both have lows in the 550s. I’ll reveal who when we get there (but I may well pick both before then).

[The Canadian Content]

244 - Sharky -
245 - Wwefan -
246 - Sharky (from Eco) -
247 - Eric -
248 - SG -
249 - Cletus -
250 - Cole -
251 - Leo -
252 - Mayhem -
253 - BCoop -
254 - Dev -
255 - Dash -

Round 16
256 - Dash -
257 - Dev -
258 - Bcoop -
259 - Mayhem -
260 - Leo -
261 - Cole -
262 - Cletus -
263 - SG -
264 - Eric -
265 - Eco -
266 - Wwefan -
267 - Sharky -
268 - Solly -
269 - Rjmap -
270 - Leo (from Hodgey (from Cliff [from Hodgey])) -
271 - Cliff (from Matte) -
272 - Cliff -

[Road Warrior Shark]

A little recency bias from last night? Maybe. But you knew he'd be on my radar at some point.

244. Mustafa Ali

[Chris Eco]

Apr 26, 2022 7:39:03 GMT -5 Road Warrior Shark said:

A little recency bias from last night? Maybe. But you knew he'd be on my radar at some point.

244. Mustafa Ali

Great pick / overdue. I kept thinking about how to get him into my gimmick but I just figured out Daniels.

I'm so curious what WWE is going to do with him now, if anything! He's such a star, but he's rounding the age bend before his demographic moment.

Interested if anyone has opinions: who's more likely to be the second Muslim world champion (after NAMEDROP) - Sami Zayn or Mustafa Ali?

[Road Warrior Shark]

Apr 26, 2022 7:56:34 GMT -5 Chris Eco said:

Interested if anyone has opinions: who's more likely to be the second Muslim world champion (after NAMEDROP) - Sami Zayn or Mustafa Ali?

More likely has to be Sami. He has tenure, they trust him to work angles and matches with celebrities. And I love me some Ali, and think he would be an AMAZING champion. But I don't see either as at all likely.

[bcoop]

Agreed on Zayn. He's been a good trooper, much more so than Ali. Plus Ali has been treated more like a cruiserweight than Sammi. We know how WWE treats cruisers with a few exceptions.Sammi's size has never been called into question. So Sammi might one day get a Big E type throw you a bone short title reign.

[DevSop]

Where we at clock wise?

[The Canadian Content]

Apr 26, 2022 14:08:37 GMT -5 DevSop said:

Where we at clock wise?

Wwefan has until 4:39ET to pick. If he misses this clock, he's on 4-hour clocks going forward.

[Road Warrior Shark]

Apr 26, 2022 9:03:34 GMT -5 bcoop said:

Agreed on Zayn. He's been a good trooper, much more so than Ali. Plus Ali has been treated more like a cruiserweight than Sammi. We know how WWE treats cruisers with a few exceptions.Sammi's size has never been called into question. So Sammi might one day get a Big E type throw you a bone short title reign.

Disagree on the first point. I don't mean to say Zayn isn't a good trooper, but Ali was dealt much worse hands during his time on the main roster. He made Chicken Salad out of a whole lot of Chicken Shit. His work with Retribution was well done, even if the angle itself was crap from the get go. He did his best to make Mansoor for the Saudi show, but you can only do so much at times.

He was treated like a cruiserweight because that's how he was brought in - the alternate 17th guy for the 16 man CWC field. Sami was brought in as 'regular' roster talent through NXT.

Not shitting on Sami, he's been great lately even if I personally didn't care for the program with the jackass guy. Ali has played his hands about as well as they could be played. 7-2 off suit only wins on occasion, and less often than any other hand.

The only knock on Ali is that he asked for his release. after turning down a creative idea. With the interviews he's done in the past, and the track record of WWE creative, I'd bet money I don't have that it was some sort of Terrorist/Foreign Menace type thing that he has said numerous times he would not do. If that's the case, he made the right call.

Unfortunately, I don't see Sami ever getting that "Thank You" title run. I don't ever see Ali on top either. Though for once, I'd love to be wrong.

[bcoop]

I don't blame Ali for anything he did. I agree he's had a harder hill to climb. My point was how WWE would view it, and you know they feel like they've never wronged him

[Road Warrior Shark]

Doubt wwefan had this guy in mind, as he has mostly been taking older talent, but if he did, I'm afraid I have some Bad News...

246. Bad News Barrett

[MayhemNX]

All I can say is thank goodness he took his time there, because my hot water heater burst today. I figured everyone was going to be waiting on me when I logged on to check.

[Matte]

Apr 26, 2022 15:53:53 GMT -5 MayhemNX said:

All I can say is thank goodness he took his time there, because my hot water heater burst today. I figured everyone was going to be waiting on me when I logged on to check.

Mine sprung a leak the other week. The house I just bought and moved into in November came with a one-year warranty, so it only cost me a couple hundred to get a new one put in. It did take an entire week for them to order it and come install it, so it's a good thing the leak was as small and slow as it was. The old water heater was from 1988, so it was due time.

[MayhemNX]

Sadly, 10 years in this abode. No such warranties. Got a guy coming tomorrow who OTP quoted me about 1400. Which, is pretty reasonable all things considered I suppose.

[Chris Eco]

Barrett is great value there - lowest since his 2010 US TV debut.

[rjmap]

Apr 26, 2022 15:39:47 GMT -5 Road Warrior Shark said:

Doubt wwefan had this guy in mind, as he has mostly been taking older talent, but if he did, I'm afraid I have some Bad News...

246. Bad News Barrett



he was next on my list 

[wwefan]

My next pick is 245. Mr. Wrestling 2

[Eric O'Mac]

247. Zack Sabre Jr.

[Sportsguy]

248. Satoru Sayama

[cletusegw]

249. "Big Cat" Ernie Ladd

[The Canadian Content]

Cole:

250. Brutus Creed




To Leo.

[Road Warrior Shark]

Apr 26, 2022 17:45:50 GMT -5 cletusegw said:

249. "Big Cat" Ernie Ladd

Was on my list for sure for a few rounds from here.

[Chris Eco]

Apr 26, 2022 17:45:50 GMT -5 cletusegw said:

249. "Big Cat" Ernie Ladd

AW MAN!! I thought I could wait until Pick 400 or so. Was a serious contender for my first World Title match. Big, big fan. Book him well and you have my vote.

Edit: Sharky also has good taste!