[Leo]

303. Tommy Rich



For RJmap via private message to me. Cliff up.

304 - Cliff (from Hodgey) -
305 - Matte -
306 - Cliff -

Round 19
307 - Sharky (from Cliff) -
308 - Matte -
309 - Cliff (from Hodgey) -
310 - Rjmap -
311 - Solly -
312 - Sharky -
313 - Wwefan - AUTOSKIP
314 - Eco -
315 - Eric -
316 - SG -
317 - Cletus -
318 - Cole -
319 - Leo -
320 - Mayhem -
321 - BCoop -
322 - Dev -
323 - Dash -

Round 20
324 - Dash -
325 - Dev -
326 - Bcoop -
327 - Mayhem -
328 - Leo -
329 - Cole -
330 - Cletus -
331 - SG -
332 - Eric -
333 - Eco -
334 - Wwefan - AUTOSKIP
335 - Sharky -
336 - Solly -
337 - Rjmap -
338 - Hodgey -
339 - Matte -
340 - Cliff -

[Cliffsnotes]

Bobby Heenan: "Hey Champ. You've got talent. You've got charisma. You've got that thing you do with your thumbs."

RVD: (Raises hands, points thumbs at his shoulders)

Audience: ROB - VAN - DAM

Bobby Heenan: "Right. That. So, I'd like to work with you."

RVD: "Hey Bobby. Are you offering to manage me?"

Bobby Heenan: "No, no no. I am inviting you into my Family. The Family will look out for you."

RVD: "Thanks bro, but I already have someone that... advocates for me."


304. Paul Heyman

[Sportsguy]

Sorry guys.

Floater: 297. Tommy Rogers

[Chris Eco]

Apr 29, 2022 18:03:57 GMT -5 Cliffsnotes said:

RVD: "Thanks bro, but I already have someone that... advocates for me."

My Brock/Roman tag team does not like that! I had him as a possible for next.

[Matte]

305. Roderick Strong

[Cliffsnotes]

Becky Lynch. Becky Two Belts. THE MAN. The greatest female wrestler on the planet. Some would say, the greatest wrestler on the planet.

Becky had this to say immediately¹ after being the first woman selected in the Puns House 2022 Wrestling Draft:





It turns out that somebody has a few words to share with Becky Lynch:

306. Thunder Rosa







^{1  Two weeks after being drafted, and completely unrelated to this draft.}

[Road Warrior Shark]

In between innings at a ball game

307. Scorpio Sky

[Matte]

308. "The Best Kept Secret" Buddy Matthews

[Cliffsnotes]

309. Liv Morgan

[Leo]

310. Sabu

RJmap via DM to me. Solly up. 

[Chris Eco]

What does everybody want? What does everybody need? OVERNIGHT STATS!

Debuts:
1) Following on his brother's debut, Brutus Creed debuts at 250.
2) While he was taken in a special "expansion" round by Sharky in 2008, I have no record of Killer Karl Kox ever being taken in regulation before his 300 spot here.

New highs:
1) Ernie Ladd jumps from 284 in Pun's MiniDraft 2013 to 249 here.
2) The Giant Omos improves almost 100 points from his debut last year at 351, to 262.
3) Col. Rob Parker makes a huge leap to 278 from (to my records) a high of 559 in Pun's 2009.
4) Satoshi Kojima also makes a huge leap to 283 from 457 in OO16.
5) The long-forgotten Dave Crist makes a surprisingly minor jump, up to 294 from a prior high of 309 in the very first ever draft, Pun's 2008, where he was picked with NAMEDROP under the original draft rules.
6) Scorpio Sky doesn't quite reach for the sky at 306, but he does reach higher than his current high last year at 316. (Fun fact: he was picked very early in his career in the first ever draft, at 571, and while he showed up in a couple OO drafts, he was never picked again at Pun's until last year!)

New lows:
1) Chris Sabin drops 20, from 239 in OO10 to 259 here. Not sure if it's more Jericho Effect from his late-stage Impact work, out of sight out of mind for people not even watching Impact, multiple drafters limiting their cruiserweights, or all of the above.
2) Paul London drops 13 from 261 in Pun's 17 to 274 here.
3) Jay Lethal drops 34, from 252 last year to 286 here - I assume the big recent drop is due to the assault allegations against him, since he's now back in a major league.

Other guaranteed lows? Yes, at least four more! A hint: three of the four are prominent cruiserweights, though only one still on a Big Two show, which is why a couple of us have stayed away from them. One does have an "issue" that might be causing him to drop, though very different from Aries or Lethal.

Edited to add: The brackets are now set in NAMEDROP Wrestling Academy!
natecorbitt.proboards.com/thread/12951/namedrop-wrestling-academy?page=1&scrollTo=282812.
First results on 5/2!

[The Jewish Cunthead]

311. Rocky Johnson

[Road Warrior Shark]

Capping off one of the best days of my life, I'll take...

312. Crusher Darsow / Krusher Kruschev / Smash / Repo Man / Blacktop Bully / Stewart Pain/ Mr. Hole in One Barry Darsow

[wwefan]

My next pick is 313. Bobo Brazil

[Chris Eco]

Apr 29, 2022 23:36:15 GMT -5 Road Warrior Shark said:

Capping off one of the best days of my life, I'll take...

312. Crusher Darsow / Krusher Kruschev / Smash / Repo Man / Blacktop Bully / Stewart Pain/ Mr. Hole in One Barry Darsow

I was probably taking Repo Man with my pick. Was debating just giving him an insane push as the anchor on my card. Like, Roman Reigns can't even get a word out in front of the audience because of how loudly they're chanting 'RE-PO MAN' He's Hogan and Poochie all in one. Whenever he's not on screen, the other characters are asking, where's Repo Man. Repo Man faces Roman Reigns for the world championship on card one. Beats him clean. Repo Man beats Brock Lesnar clean on card two. Etc.

Anyway, not sure where to go here, but this guy feels like crazy value, so I'm just going to take him and figure out how he fits my world later.

314. Kyle O'Reilly

[Leo]

315. Swerve Strickland



For Eric via Eco via FB.

SG up.

[Sportsguy]

316. Sean "Lightning Kid/The Kid/1-2-3 Kid/Syxx/X-Pac" Waltman

[cletusegw]

I'm pretty sure I could grab this one in a later round, but he's part of my master plan and I don't want to lose him.....

317. Georgeous George

[cole1982]

318. Medusa / Alundra Blayze

[cole1982]

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.

This was days ago but Sami is right answer between him and Ali. Sami has proven to be one of the most reliable hands in all WWE. I love him right now as a heel but eventually he will turn face again and he has a very Daniel Bryan-esque quality about him. I can see him getting that huge babyface push to a title like Bryan & Kofi had. Don't think it is anytime too soon but he has all the tools for it.

Ali's best shot is in AEW and even then I see him as an elite mid carder before I see him as a main event talent. 

[Leo]

319. Stevie Richards



Mayhem up.

[MayhemNX]

320 The Brian Kendrick

[Mr. Dashbee]

Apr 30, 2022 15:44:04 GMT -5 cole1982 said:

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.

This was days ago but Sami is right answer between him and Ali. Sami has proven to be one of the most reliable hands in all WWE. I love him right now as a heel but eventually he will turn face again and he has a very Daniel Bryan-esque quality about him. I can see him getting that huge babyface push to a title like Bryan & Kofi had. Don't think it is anytime too soon but he has all the tools for it.

Ali's best shot is in AEW and even then I see him as an elite mid carder before I see him as a main event talent. 

The big difference is Sami is down for anything, which is the key to success in WWE. Ali has a vision and WWE doesn't see it. It might be the perfect vision, but it's not their vision--but it is their company.

Sami would have made Retribution work, at least better than Ali did.

[bcoop]

Tim is a little scared of this pick...

321. Rosemary

[DevSop]

I have no idea who I’m most in danger of losing anymore so let’s grab,

322. Ortiz