[Chris Eco]

Apr 27, 2022 18:39:53 GMT -5 The Jewish Cunthead said:

268. Molly Holly

I went back and forth between her and Kairi, and then her and Mickie. Great pick.

ETA: Jacqueline not a bad get there either!

[Leo]

270. Steve Blackman

[The Canadian Content]

Cliff:

271. Gorilla Monsoon


272. Jesse Ventura


273. George the Animal Steele

[Chris Eco]

Oooooooh, Monsoon hurts. Would have probably taken him in the next pick or two as a wrestler (which maybe Cliff is too).

[Cliffsnotes]

Apr 27, 2022 20:59:24 GMT -5 Chris Eco said:

Oooooooh, Monsoon hurts. Would have probably taken him in the next pick or two as a wrestler (which maybe Cliff is too).

Yes. The plan was to use Monsoon as a wrestler. However…an offer was made.

TRADE!

Hodgey gets:

Gorilla Monsoon
Jesse Ventura
#442

Cliff gets:

285, 304, 309

[Matte]

I'll go the opposite direction of Cliff and Eco with my next picks.


274. Paul London



275. Jack Evans (specifically the ROH-era durag Jack Evans)

[The Canadian Content]

Apr 27, 2022 21:10:55 GMT -5 Cliffsnotes said:

Apr 27, 2022 20:59:24 GMT -5 Chris Eco said:

Oooooooh, Monsoon hurts. Would have probably taken him in the next pick or two as a wrestler (which maybe Cliff is too).

Yes. The plan was to use Monsoon as a wrestler. However…an offer was made.

TRADE!

Hodgey gets:

Gorilla Monsoon
Jesse Ventura
#442

Cliff gets:

285, 304, 309

Yup.

[rjmap]

I will choose 276. Wahoo McDaniels

[Matte]

Have we ever done a ranking/salary-based draft of this sort?

Compile the entire field of eligible wrestlers (could be any number, let's say 300) and separate them into different tiers/ranks. Someone like The Rock or Stone Cold would be in the top tier, while someone like Chad Gable or Xavier Woods would be a few tiers lower. Assign points/values to each tier and have everybody create their roster using a set allotment. Nobody gets drafted off the board, meaning you and I can both draft The Rock. Basically a salary cap draft, but not the auction style one that we did at OO back in the day (although that was very fun; I'd love to revisit that idea, but it seemed like a hell of a lot of work for the guy running it). Just had the thought that it might be a fun and quick idea for a future draft.

[The Canadian Content]

277 - Solly -
278 - Sharky -
279 - Wwefan -
280 - Eco -
281 - Eric -
282 - SG -
283 - Cletus -
284 - Cole -
285 - Cliff (from Hodgey (from Leo)) -
286 - Mayhem -
287 - BCoop -
288 - Dev -
289 - Dash -

Round 18
290 - Dash -
291 - Dev -
292 - Bcoop -
293 - Mayhem -
294 - Leo -
295 - Cole -
296 - Cletus -
297 - SG -
298 - Eric -
299 - Eco -
300 - Wwefan -
301 - Sharky -
302 - Solly -
303 - Rjmap -
304 - Cliff (from Hodgey) -
305 - Matte -
306 - Cliff -

[Cliffsnotes]

Apr 27, 2022 23:57:45 GMT -5 Matte said:

Have we ever done a ranking/salary-based draft of this sort?

Compile the entire field of eligible wrestlers (could be any number, let's say 300) and separate them into different tiers/ranks. Someone like The Rock or Stone Cold would be in the top tier, while someone like Chad Gable or Xavier Woods would be a few tiers lower. Assign points/values to each tier and have everybody create their roster using a set allotment. Nobody gets drafted off the board, meaning you and I can both draft The Rock. Basically a salary cap draft, but not the auction style one that we did at OO back in the day (although that was very fun; I'd love to revisit that idea, but it seemed like a hell of a lot of work for the guy running it). Just had the thought that it might be a fun and quick idea for a future draft.

Eco has all of the stats. He could easily sort everyone based on average draft pick over the last three years. And assign values based on that.

That being said, these things tend to have some glaring favorites at each tier, so it’s a fine line trying to avoid everyone having HBK vs Eddie Guerrero on their card, or Kurt Angle vs Bret Hart.

I think an Auction would be fun. It might take awhile though, but I would be interested in helping set that up if an auction hasn’t happened before around these parts.

[The Canadian Content]

Solly:

277. Superstar Billy Graham

[Road Warrior Shark]

Apr 27, 2022 23:19:19 GMT -5 rjmap said:

I will choose 276. Wahoo McDaniels

Apr 28, 2022 8:33:16 GMT -5 The Canadian Content said:

Solly:

277. Superstar Billy Graham

Both Superstar Graham and Wahoo McDaniel (no s) were on my list for the next 7-8 rounds. Wahoo especially. Thought about teaming him with Mulligan for a Cowboys & Indians gimmick. Ah, well. we move on.

---

I could probably wait on this one a while, but he is also the final "Must Have" for my main program. So instead of filling out the undercard and taking a chance, let's grab him now.

The Leader of the Studd Stable - Big John Studd & The Diamond Studd - whose sole purpose is to get rid of his former charge Andre The Giant

278. Colonel Robert Parker

[Chris Eco]

Apr 28, 2022 7:38:31 GMT -5 Cliffsnotes said:

Apr 27, 2022 23:57:45 GMT -5 Matte said:

Have we ever done a ranking/salary-based draft of this sort?

Compile the entire field of eligible wrestlers (could be any number, let's say 300) and separate them into different tiers/ranks. Someone like The Rock or Stone Cold would be in the top tier, while someone like Chad Gable or Xavier Woods would be a few tiers lower. Assign points/values to each tier and have everybody create their roster using a set allotment. Nobody gets drafted off the board, meaning you and I can both draft The Rock. Basically a salary cap draft, but not the auction style one that we did at OO back in the day (although that was very fun; I'd love to revisit that idea, but it seemed like a hell of a lot of work for the guy running it). Just had the thought that it might be a fun and quick idea for a future draft.

Eco has all of the stats. He could easily sort everyone based on average draft pick over the last three years. And assign values based on that.

That being said, these things tend to have some glaring favorites at each tier, so it’s a fine line trying to avoid everyone having HBK vs Eddie Guerrero on their card, or Kurt Angle vs Bret Hart.

I think an Auction would be fun. It might take awhile though, but I would be interested in helping set that up if an auction hasn’t happened before around these parts.

I'd be up to help with either salary cap or auction (though I'm going to be slammed on time after July 11), and am happy to send my spreadsheet to everyone (I know Matte has one too). Honestly, the only reason I don't automatically share it is that I think it encourages people to follow past patterns, though access to the past lists probably does that alone.

I'd somewhat prefer the traditional picked-and-gone model for a salary cap draft, but I also can't think of a recent "nobody gets drafted off the board" draft, so I'd be up to experiment. (I guess "each gimmick is its own person, draft Dude Love and Cactus Jack separately" is a version of that too that was proposed earlier.) Auction is my favorite since it has so many fun reveals.

[The Canadian Content]

wwefan clocked out again. He's on autoskip for the remainder of the draft and currently has one floater to pick.

Eco is on the clock as of 1:46ET.

[Chris Eco]

With pick 280 I'm taking:

HULK HOGAN's nephew's cousin.

280. Mike Awesome

[Eric O'Mac]

281. Jason Jordan

[wwefan]

My floater pick is 282. Gene Kiniski

[The Jewish Cunthead]

202 - Hodgey - The Bog Boss Man

What?

[Road Warrior Shark]

Apr 28, 2022 15:35:23 GMT -5 The Jewish Cunthead said:

202 - Hodgey - The Bog Boss Man

What?

What?

[Sportsguy]

282. Toshiaki Kawada

[cletusegw]

Maybe a little early, but he fits perfectly into my format....

283. Satoshi Kojima

[The Canadian Content]

Cole:

284. Brutus Beefcake

[Cliffsnotes]

285. Honky Tonk Man

[MayhemNX]

286 Jay Lethal