[Mr. Dashbee]

Week 3's voting is closed, and we have the consensus #2 reigning supreme as #1!

Pun's House 12-Pack for Week 3
1. Petey Williams (14 votes, 0 first place votes, 59.5 pts)
"Petey was smarter because he got his title. Sure Edge did it first... and second. But a smart move is a smart move and a smart man learns from others." ~Lucky
"Winning the X division title in devastating fashion. I love the angry Maple Leaf Muscle." ~ultimatejobber

2. William Regal (11 votes, 6 fpv, 52 pts)
"For entertaining me in the ring for the first time in a loooong time. Been too long, Sir William, too long." ~creepy
"Inside the ring and out, he made the most of his homecoming." ~wld

3. AJ Styles & Tomko (12 votes, 3 fpv, 46 pts)
"Intelligent angles, entertaining promos, exiting matches... the future of wrestling is now." ~iamdoug
"They are probably the bigger reason that the Eric Young/Super Eric stuff turned around for me. Seeing Stylers bitch and moan while Tomko seemed embarrassed was awesome." M-kid

4. Mickie James (13 votes, 1 fpv, 41 pts)
"I've been wanting her to get back into the spotlight of the women's division, and I hope this leads to something bigger for her..." ~G-B
"She beat the unbeatable Phoenix to become Women's champ. Afterwards, she reminded everybody that she's still a psycho." ~Sergei

5. Chris Jericho (11 votes, 4 fpv, 39 pts)
"When the two guys involved in the hottest feud going finally run out of interesting things to say to each other after four straight shows in two weeks, here he comes to save the day!" ~Sergei
"He's going to be serving as the special guest ref in the match between Batista and HBK, and it makes me wonder if the WWE actually took my suggestion to heart." ~TheDemko

6. Kazarian & Super Eric/Eric Young (7 votes, 26.5 pts)
"Kaz begging Super Eric to give up his secret identity so they could keep their new belts, Super Eric not giving anything away, and naming his lineage. Goofy, but funny." ~dxb

7. Jim Cornette (5 votes, 2 fpv, 20 pts)
"His character added to EVERY segment he was in and made them better..." ~dxb
"Screwing up his line about sticking something through his carotid artery only made me love him more." ~bd

8. James Storm (5 votes, 12 pts)
"Sorry 'bout your damn Cowboy Gimmick, Kip." ~DiamondDallasTommy
"The man is just funny. Period." ~TheDead

9. Roxxi Laveaux (6 votes, 11.5 pts)
"Is it me, or did she look insanely good in that match vs. Kong? Ok, it's prolly just me, but she looked insanely good against Kong." ~Diamond Dallas Tommy
"Made Awesome Kong look, uh, awesome-er, but pulled herself up by her bootstraps to be a continued contender, I believe." ~TheDemko

10. The Murder City Machine Guns (2 votes, 9 pts)
"Yeah, I didn't see the matches, but they are supposed to be damn good and I can't help but vote for these guys." ~TheDead

11. TIE - Jimmy Jacobs and Christian Cage & Rhyno and The Undertaker

Others receiving votes: Shawn Michaels, Randy Orton, Morrison & The Miz, Team 3D, Austin Aries & Lacey, Kurt Angle, Umaga, Jay & Mark Briscoe, Batista, Scott Steiner, LAX, Santino & Carlito, The Age of the Fall, Booker T, Mike Adamle.

Very interesting to read the results this week. Petey Williams the closest race yet without even getting a #1 vote. That's like winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup but never actually winning a race (which has also been done.). Very close at the bottom, with the "established stars" on the outside looking in, even if by only one point.

Thanks to all 18 of you who voted this week. I assume you'll all be back to vote for William Regal in Week 4!

[Attitude Adjuster]

I think we may be seeing the TNA favoritism here. I, for example, didn't vote for Regal because I didn't see his match vs. Orton. Heard about it, thought about watching the TiVo, but just didn't care enough. Yet it seems everyone saw Petey. It also helped Petey that the TNA tag team angle split the vote between Super Eric and Kaz, AJ and Tomko, and Cornette. Again, I know I had a hard time determining who made that angle and how to give them credit for it.

[National Champion Chris Cole]

Two weeks in a row for TNA to take the top spot. I'm surprised Jericho didn't finish higher.

This next week will be intersting. Regal won King of the Ring and WWE has a PPV but TNA is also running Samoa Joe vs. Kurt Angle. It can be a week full of choices.

[Mr. Dashbee]

Week 3 overall was TNA heavy, but 3 of the top 5 were from RAW. I fully expect Regal to get some #1 love this week with his KotR win. I see a more balanced 12-Pack in Week 4.

[Lucky]

Yeah, that was a TNA heavy group but RAW had a strong showing. I think what I've been noticing is that TNA seems to get a lot of candidates from its under and mid card while WWE really doesn't. The big players of the week for WWE get votes but not many of the lesser ones do. So after the top 6 or so TNA seems to fill out the back end of these lists because more people seem into their supporting players like Lethal, Petey/Steiner, Storm, Morgan, LAX, Roxxi, Saeed, etc. Plus TNA likes doing 6 man tags and 3 way tag team matches and generally has its roster and stories very interwoven. So as AA said something you enjoy can end up involving half a dozen guys. While in WWE everything's usually a bit more compartmentalized.

I do think Regal and Punk will come out of RAW as favorites and maybe Jericho as well. And while nothing on the PPV excites me the basic length of matches with good performers can easily give them an edge. On paper this PPV doesn't look like the sort of "PPV Week" where WWE will dominate like WM and Lockdown, but any show can be great and who knows if TNA will do anything of note tonight?

[National Champion Chris Cole]

Well they are doing Joe/Angle which might get both on the list (at least mine) with a good showing.

I agree 100% with Lucky's idea that the TNA midcard get more love then WWE. There is less the Fast Forward in the 2 hour Impact then there is in the 5 hours of WWE Programing. That is because they tend to not do things that I really hate on the card. Having great performers like Booker T, Christian Cage, Lethal, AJ, Tomko, and many more in midcard roles really helps with TNA's depth.

[Batman]

Better late than never, here are the tables.

The 12-Pack Rankings for Week 3:

Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	11	11
Week3 12-Pack	Petey Williams	William Regal	Styles / Tomko	Mickie James	Chris Jericho	Eric & Kaz	Jim Cornette	James Storm	Roxxi LaVeaux	Murder City Machine Guns	The Undertaker	Jimmy Jacobs	Christian & Rhino
Brand	TNA	Raw	TNA	Raw	Raw	TNA	TNA	TNA	TNA	ROH	SD!	ROH	TNA
Points	59.5	52	46	41	39	26.5	20	12	11.5	9	6	6	6
Votes	14	11	12	13	11	7	5	5	6	2	2	1	1
FPVs		6	3	1	4		2					1	1
G-B	5	1	3.5	6		3.5
Lucky	4.5	6	4.5		1	2
bd	4	6		3			1		2		5
firewoman
TheDead	5		6				2	3	1	4
snelson66
metallikid	5		3	2	6	4
ultimatejobber	5	6		4	1
Attitude Adjuster	3		6	4		5		2
Tommy D420	2			5		4	6	1	3
needsmorecowbell
jetskid48		5		3	6
paddler
Sergei		6		2	5						1
wld		6	3	1	2		5		4
psmitty	3	6	1	5	2	4
dxb	5		3			4	6	2
iamdoug	5		4	1	3								6
DevilSoprano				1					1	5		6
blackdragon
TheDemko	3	5	2	4	6				0.5
Creepy	5	3	6		1			4
Produce	5	2	4		6

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[Batman]

Cumulative 12-Pack for weeks 0-3:

Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Change	-	-	-	3	-1	-1	37	-2	-1	-1	*	-2
Week3 12-Pack Cumulative	Shawn Michaels	Ric Flair	Samoa Joe	Styles / Tomko	Kurt Angle	James Storm	Steiner / Williams	Christian Cage	Batista	C. M. Punk	William Regal	Kong / Saeed
Brand	Raw		TNA	TNA	TNA	TNA	TNA	TNA	SD!	ECW	Raw	TNA
Points	164.5	126.5	124	103	98	88.5	62.5	62	57.5	54.5	52	50
Votes	39	25	21	34	23	23	16	20	14	19	11	15
FPVs	8	17	19	3	2	5		2	4	1	6
G-B	7.5	6	6	3.5	7	5	5		6.5	1	1	2
Lucky	11.5	6	6	4.5	5	11	4.5	3	4.5	2	6	4
bd	1	7	6	8	5	5.5	4			10.5	6
firewoman	9	5	5	0.5	6			0.5		3		4
TheDead	2	6	6	16	5	3	5	7		7		4
snelson66	5	6	6	5.5	2	6		10.5				5
metallikid	13	6	6	3	5		5		10	4
ultimatejobber	13	6	6		5	2	5		8	3	6	1
Attitude Adjuster	5.5	12	6	8	4	7	3		6.5	3
Tommy D420	5.5	5.5	6	3.5	5	1	2	8.5				4
needsmorecowbell	5	6	6	4	5			3		3		2
jetskid48	14	6.5	6	0.5	4	2	2	0.5	6		5
paddler	5	6								3
Sergei	15	10	6		7		1		7		6
wld	8.5	6	6	6	5	8		2	3.5		6	3
psmitty	5.5	5	6	1	4		3		5.5	3	6	3
dxb	5	6	6	3	6	10	5			7		4
iamdoug	6	4	6	9	5	11	5	12
DevilSoprano	11	5	6	3.5	4	4		8.5		3		8
blackdragon	5	6		3		4						2
TheDemko	0.5	0.5	5	2.5	6	5	3	0.5		2	5	4
Creepy	11		6	10		4	5	1			3
Produce			6	8	3		5	5			2

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Two newcomers to the Cumulative 12-Pack, Petey (& Scott) and Regal knock out Matt and LAX.

[Batman]

Brand Rankings

Current Week:

Rank	1	2	3	4	5
Week3 Brand	TNA	Raw	ROH	SD!	ECW
Points	194.5	146.5	23	8.5	5.5
Votes	57	41	6	3	3
FPVs	6	11	1
G-B	14	7
Lucky	11	10
bd	7	9		5
firewoman
TheDead	17		4
snelson66
metallikid	12	9
ultimatejobber	5	13.5		2.5
Attitude Adjuster	16	4			1
Tommy D420	16	5
needsmorecowbell
jetskid48	2	15			4
paddler
Sergei		20		1
wld	12	9
psmitty	8	13
dxb	21
iamdoug	17	4
DevilSoprano	1	1	19
blackdragon
TheDemko	5.5	15			0.5
Creepy	17	4
Produce	13	8

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ROH beat SD!

and Cumulative:

Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Week3 Brand Ranks Cumulative	TNA	Raw	SD!	ECW	WWE	ROH	JAPW
Points	817.5	343	283.5	96.5	38	34.5	1.5
Votes	240	95	67	40	17	16	1
FPVs	35	19	22	1	2	1
G-B	41.5	18.5	21.5	1.5	0.5	0.5
Lucky	45.5	18.5	10.5	6.5	1	0.5	1.5
bd	44.5	10	17	11.5	1
firewoman	18	10	7	7
TheDead	65	2	6	7		4
snelson66	51	5	6		1
metallikid	23	33	24	4
ultimatejobber	27	31	22	3	1
Attitude Adjuster	47	9.5	12.5	4	6	5
TommyD420	51	10.5	17	5.5
needsmorecowbell	21	5	12	4
jetskid48	15	34	23	7	4.5
paddler		6	10	3	2
Sergei	20.5	35	21		7	0.5
wld	46	18	18.5	1	0.5
psmitty	27	21.5	19.5	5	9
dxb	65	5	6	8
iamdoug	62	10	5	3	4
DevilSoprano	36	12	9	3		24
blackdragon	9	5	6	1
TheDemko	31.5	15.5	9	6.5	0.5
Creepy	38	20		5
Produce	33	8	1

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Interesting. Last week, the cumulative proportions showed Lucky favoring TNA, GB and I more balanced, and the kids favoring WWE.

This week, after I submitted a Raw-dominated ballot, my proportion looks like the kids', and Lucky's and GB's look similar to each other.

Fascinating to watch the allegiances shift and flow....

[Lucky]

Yeah, I'm actually a bit surprised I've been as balanced as I am. But since WM I've been routinely saying that RAW has become more engaging as there's some uncertainty to it and some new faces are getting involved. So I guess its sticking with me a week later.

I'm guessing I'm gonna remain balanced this week since Impact didn't give me a pile of guys to rank. MCMG and Christian/Rhino was a match I really liked but Angle/Joe wasn't awesome and either could easily fall off the rankings. Only way Storm, Booker, or Sting make my list is if WWE really fails to impress at Backlash. But as uninterested as I am in the RAW and SD Title matches if I actually bring myself to watch them they include performers who tend to impress me. Batista, HBK, and Jericho have momentum going for them and Regal and Punk are probably all ready in the 6 Pack mix after RAW.

[Demko]

Ok, charting visualization now available:

First of all... week 3 brand breakdown:



Followed by... week 3 brand cumulative votes:

[Demko]

And, taking some advice from last week, here are this week's breakdowns by person:



And finally, week 3's cumulative totals by person:

[National Champion Chris Cole]

Much better then all blue.

[Demko]

Yeah, after I put it together that way, I realized what an improvement it was practically, if not aesthetically...

[Batman]

Yup. The blue was pretty, but not as clear.

The charts this week are impressively useful and illustrative. An exalt to you!

Unfortunately, I see that you posted this five minutes before I e-mailed out a corrected spreadsheet, so the data needs to be corrected. But that's my bad, sorry.

[Byrntrigan]

Exalt indeed! Much easier to read, I really liked the stacked graph. Makes it easy to compare us all to each other and our viewing habits

[Batman]

I just watched TNA and SD! and wow, this is going to be a tough week to narrow things down to six guys. So many great matches, and a PPV still to come.

With four great matches in one week, I think Punk is poised to be #1 on my ballot thus far, though HBK (or anyone, really) could still steal it away from him on Sunday. It's a shame Punk and Regal have had such great weeks on free TV, but aren't booked on the PPV. Maybe they'll work them in at the last minute.

KOR rematch, anyone?

[Mr. Dashbee]

Apr 25, 2008 13:56:01 GMT -5 Batman said:

It's a shame Punk and Regal have had such great weeks on free TV, but aren't booked on the PPV. Maybe they'll work them in at the last minute.

KOR rematch, anyone?

Only if Regal wins. As much as I like Punk, Regal needs to win the rematch to keep his KotR win legit. I know some others will disagree, but since Regal may have had some pull in the set-up of the bracket, him losing would somewhat stall his push. And I think this could be his biggest shot at the main event.

[Batman]

I disagree. The same could be said (and has been) that Regal beating Punk hurt his push. Personally, I like how they've shown Regal and Punk and Jericho as being on the same level, where any of them might beat the other on any given day.

[Mr. Dashbee]

I see where you're coming from, I just think there is a certain amount of momentum that should accompany a King of the Ring win, and I'd think that momentum would carry through Backlash with a win. I think Regal needs to get a string of wins going, get even cockier, then get knocked off his pedestal.

[jetskid48]

The momentum discussion is exactly why they wouldn't (hopefully) book both of them against each other if they do anything at the PPV. Punk's loss on Monday didn't hurt him, but having a clean match on a ppv would do damage to one of them. I'd most likely expect either a Punk fake title challenge, an actual one, or some sort of interview or backstage segment with one or both of them. Card still seems like its missing a match, but I'd say there's other parts of the roster that are most likely to have a short match added than something quick with these two, especially after they've added Regal's coronation to Raw tomorrow. I would think they'd leave anything with Regal until then.