[Mr. Dashbee]

[glow=LimeGreen,2,300]Week 19[/glow]
Welcome to the 12-Pack voting thread. If you want/need the full run down, check out any of the old voting threads, drop me a PM or ask your question in here and any of us will be glad to answer.

Eligibility Info
Ranking Period: August 4 – August 10
WWE: RAW, ECW, Smackdown!
TNA: Impact, Hard Justice PPV
Plus any indy or international shows and new online content

What To Do?
-Rate your Top 6 performers of the past week (Monday through Sunday)
-Indicate your #1 brand for the past week
-Please provide comments for your rankings, they are in fashion!

Basic Rules
-Tag teams can be together, even if they are short term/one time deal
-Opponents, although working together in reality, cannot be considered together
-2-way ties are okay at any ranking, just eliminate the next spot (ex: 2 way tie for first place means no second place person)
-3 way ties for 5th place are also kosher, as is a 2-way tie for 6th play (this is the only way to actually rank 7 talents instead of 6)
-Please limit “statement votes” to one per week (ex: WWE creative, the RickRoll caller, etc.)
-Voting is open until 12 midnight EST Wednesday, with results posted during that night.

Last week's top rated...


Edge


WWE Smackdown!

[Mr. Dashbee]

6. TIE - Beer Money and LAX - While I hate that it will lead to the breakup of LAX, but the match was awesome. Hernandez border tossing Homicide onto Roode & Storm on the floor? Damn.

5. Frank Trigg - I was impressed with Frank this week, and I think he just have what it takes to be a successful wrestler.

4. Kurt Angle - A singe blood donation can save three lives.

3. Matt Striker - I liked Striker on commentary, and I think he could do very well if it becomes a long term role.

2. AJ Styles - AJ gets the huge win over Kurt Angle, and does it clean. No Frank, no Karen. I'd love for Sting to come back to give AJ the rub, then have AJ feud with Joe. But that's just hopeful me.

1. Samoa Joe - Joe wins the guantlet of plunder and follows it up with a plunder cage win over Booker T. Did Joe outsmart everyone by pulling the Jarrett card? We'll soon find out, I presume. Joe & AJ were close, but Joe accomplished more storyline wise to me.

Brand - I'm going with TNA this week.

[Eric O'Mac]

Dishonorable mention: the WWE for putting the tag straps on Batista and Cena.

Honorable mention: Matt Striker - for being great on commentary.

6. Mike Adamle - Picking him here is an Adamle original!

5. Jay Lethal and Consequences Creed - A good tag team match with the Motor City Machine Guns on Impact. While Lethal got a win at Hard Justice and Creed did not, both of them deserve this ranking for picking up a win on Impact against a great team - and is that tension between the Machineguns and Creed I sense?

4. Edge - Quite simply one of the best heels in the business - although, can he really be a heel when he's taking out the Major Bros. and Chavo? Looking forward to his Hell in a Cell match with Undertaker in the highest possible way.

3. The Beautiful People - a shirt that says "OMG! WTF?" in addition to their normal goodness, gets them a place in this weeks ranking. A staple in the 12 pack voting.

2. CM Punk - Yes, I realize he lost, but he was booked STRONG in that handicap match. Plus, JBL won in a fluky manner - something I hope Punk mentions tonight if JBL says anything about Punk being champ only be sheer luck.

1. AJ Styles - He was pretty dag on good on Impact, and by all acounts, his "Last Man Standing" (which they seemed to have gotten confused with Texas Death Match rules) match with Angle was awesome, and it looks like it is he that will be put in a program with Sting - or maybe a multiway match for Joe's belt at the September PPV? Either way, it looks great for AJ Styles in the future.

Brand: TNA. Raw's ending ruined that for me, ECW wasn't solid enough, and I didn't get to see all of Smackdown.

[Tommy]

1) Edge - Is playing "Psychotic Edge" so well, people think he's a face.

2) AJ Styles - Probably the Match of the Month with Angle

3) Mike Adamle - Fuck the haters. Adamle rules, and I care about the GM for the first time in like, forever

4) Brian Kendrick - The more mic practice he gets, the better he gets.

5) Chris Jericho - Again, I have no idea what they're planning, but Y2Corporate is pretty awesome.

6) MVP - Because I promised

Brand of the Week: Smackdown! - Man, I'm a pretty poor TNA Wank.

[Fire-Babe]

1. John Gargano from Pro Wrestling Ohio. Probably the best promo I've seen in a while.

2. Matt Justice also from PWO for a hell of a ladder match (would have been #1 had he not fucked up the tornado DDT.

3. Evan Bourne

4. CM Punk

5. Matt Striker: Surprisingly good on commentary

6. Chris Jericho.

Brand: don't have one this week. I missed both TNA and Smackdown.

[Carlitos Coconut]

6. Consequences Creed- really good match with Petey that proved what he had on PPV

5. LAX- Some really cool spots in their match with Beer Money, didnt like the ending, but......

4. Beer Money- Its awesome that they're getting a run with the straps, too bad LAX has to break up over it

3. Matt Striker- I loved his commentary and pray that he gets the job permanently

2. Kurt Angle- Awesome match with AJ, hes insane for some of the bumps he took, the storytelling at the end was exceptional as well.

1. AJ Styles- See above, This is a huge win for AJ and following a hopefully short program with Sting, in which he will get the rub should be elevated into a Title feud.

Brand of the Week: TNA obviously

[Lucky]

Ok, I'm holding up my ballot until a few more WWE fans vote because I really don't even remember what happened on WWE TV last week and right now my live viewing of Hard Justice is definitely slanting my ballot.

[National Champion Chris Cole]

I don't know if you need to bother. The only guy on my list right now not from TNA is Edge.

[Lucky]

Yeah, I'm realizing that people HAVE voted for WWE players. But Striker, Jericho, Kendrick, Adamle... they're just doing very little for me. So if they're the best of the WWE week then maybe Edge being the only 1 on my ballot is accurate.

[Lucky]

Screw it. I'll edit if something comes up.





6) Beer Money Inc - I was going to intentionally not rank them because they refused to come out to Storm's theme when I saw them live... but then I saw that they have a new logo.

Fine. You hilarious jerks.

5) Edge - I loved the psychotic rant he gave to Vickie and the real terror Vickie had is probably the only time I've ever enjoyed her presence in wrestling. Edge has been so much more entertaining the last 2 weeks than he's been in the last 6 months or so.

4) LAX - I refuse to believe they're breaking up but I'm giving them a rank just incase. Plus I marked out for them, that Border Toss spot was awesome, and they're LAX. 5150 ain't nothing to mess with.

3) The Beautiful People - God they're awesome. I had them penciled in at #1 going into the PPV but seeing Talia's Ass! in person just made it all the better. She also has this tendency to hop up and down on the ropes which... well, thank you, Talia.

T1) Kurt Angle and AJ Styles - AJ won, Angle pulled out some stuff I never saw before and put AJ over clean. I can't call a better one of the two so I'm doing a tie. I love that match so much and it might as well have been the main event for me.

Brand: TNA. I think it would have won the week anyway but seeing the PPV live clinches it.

[bdbdbd]

6. Consequences Creed - Good iMPACT! win (with Lethal vs the Guns) plus a strong PPV match that he should have won. I wish they weren't about to do what they're about to do, though.
5. The Brian Kendrick with Ezequiel - Something fun, though not fresh, on the WWE midcard that doesn't involve a "top star" in some way or other.
3 (Tie). AJ Styles and Kurt Angle - I almost felt bad that JOE and Booker had to follow these two.
1 (Tie). LAX (Hernandez and Homicide) and Beer Money, Inc (Robert Roode and James Storm) - Show. Stolen. Yes, Styles/Angle was good, but it was supposed to be. These teams went insane.

Brand: TNA

Honorable mentions:
The Beautiful People
Victoria
Edge
Simply Priceless
Matt Striker

[karmic]

Yeah...why not...

1. John Gargano -PWO The single most entertaining promo I've seen in professional wrestling within the last 10 years unfolded on a little indy with local TV.

2. AJ Styles/Kurt Angle - TNA (tie) They stole the Hard Justice PPV. You get used to it from Kurt, but forget what happens when AJ brings his A Game

4. Mike Adamle - WWE Because I like being baffled by a character's actions.

5. Matt Striker - WWE Not keeping this man doing commentary could be the worst thing that happens to the Mighty E's announcing crew.

Brand - TNA

[Lucky]

Just some recent additions that may be needed this week.

John Gargano


Matt Justice


Beer Money Inc

[Mr. Dashbee]

Is there an online version of this John Gargano promo and Matt Justice ladder match/highlights???

[karmic]

I searched for about the first half of RAW, and there's nothing yet. Of course it just aired last night, so it might be a while.

But really...it drug me out of the OOWF and into gen pop - it was THAT entertaining.

[Batman]

1) AJ & 2) Angle - M. O. T. F. Y.

3) LAX - Using the Border Toss as a rocket launcher may have beeen the most beautiful thing I have ever seen in my life. That alone would have gotten them #1 easily if they weren't up against AJ vs. Angle.

4) Joe - How the hell did he do that? You know, that ghetto blaster kick when he was standing on the top rope. How is that even possible? For anyone, much less a big fat dude.

5) Noble & 6) Regal - These are two guys who both make punches a work of art and a thing of beauty. It may seem like a step down for Regal, but I can't think of a feud I'd like to see more.


HM)

HBK & Foley - Way to sell those injuries, guys.

Evan Bourne & The Brian Kendrick - Bringing the awesome every week.

Sting & Jarrett - I was just annoyed by this storyline, but now I'm intrigued.

Striker - Toldja he'd be good on color. He didn't say "mean streak" once!


Brand - TNA

[National Champion Chris Cole]

No honorable Mentions this week. Only six made my list for the week.

1. AJ Styles - I said this feud with Angle would make him a star or nothing ever would. Hopefully a little feud with Sting and a longer one perhaps with Samoa Joe will cement him as one of the best in the business today which is where he belongs.

2. Kurt Angle - He isn't the Champ anymore but he is still the backbone of TNA. And what a crimson mask on Impact. That was disgusting.

3. Beer Money - This i what TNA does better then WWE. They take two singles wrestlers who are not getting over enough on their own and they make a great tag team that is very over.

4. Samoa Joe - He won the Gauntlet match and then got his win over Booker T. But I'm still waiting for Jow to prove that he is the best in the business and right now Angle & AJ are outshining the Champ. I'd like to see him wrestle a few more times on Impact.

5. Edge - Don't fear the Undertaker. Fear Edge. Give Edge ALL the credit in the world. Taker hasn't even shown up and everybody is jacked for this Hell in a Cell. Just like Angle for TNA Edge proves that even without the title he is the main story of the brand.

6. LAX - I gave Christian a vote for going through the glass table a while back and here is the vote for Homocide. Before the carnage there was a great match with a good build. I hope this isn't the end of the road for LAX.

Brand : TNA - This is a landslide week for TNA. Impact was the best of the four shows already and then they added a PPV on top of that. WWE needs to step it up with Summerslam approaching.

[DevSop]

Better get this done before I forget.

1) AJ Styles
2) Kurt Angle
3) Beautiful People
4) Edge
5) Samoa Joe
6) Beer Money

Brand-TNA

[Ultimatejobber]

5. Matt Striker: Good for Striker, he doesn't suck.

4. Consequences Creed: The kid has a great upside, I just hope he doesn't become an afterthought.

3. Beer Money: I love LAX and I am sad to see them lose the belts, but there was really no way Beer Money was gonna lose that match, and rightly so.

2. Edge: Edge, Edge, Edge, Edge. He is the best heel on television.

1 (Tie). Kurt Angle and AJ Styles: To read the results of this match and to know that Kurt has been working hurt (the guy needs a break) makes the match all the more impressive. I can't wait to see the match.

Brand of the Week: TNA, no contest this week, the E as a whole was in a holding pattern.

[wld]

1.)A.J. Styles – The future of TNA, and actually being booked like it.
2.)Kurt Angle – He’s insane, but he’s awesome.
3.)Edge – I like this Edge much better
4.)The Beautiful People – Talented heels who are consistently great performers.
5.)Beer Money – A random pairing that turned into a great team – They earned their title run.
6.)LAX – partially for their performance this week, and partially because we might not be able to vote for them much longer.

[Demko]

1) Edge
2) Beer Money
3) AJ Styles
4) Kurt Angle
5) CM Punk
6) Santino Marella

[Byrntrigan]

6. The Beautiful People: They are just buttering my bread every time I lay my eyes on them. I enjoy seeing them everytime, and not even because I want to screw both of them at the same time.

5. Somoa Joe: You know this is a SOLID week when a match that was THAT good only nets Joe a fifth place vote. Joe shows TNA what ROH has known and seen before, that Joe is acrobatic and fearless.

3. Beer Money & LAX: Beer! Money! Blat! Blat! Blat! This was an awesome match that entertained me in wrestling & entertainment. All men busted ass. I just hope Homicide gets Salinas in the divorce.

and this week's Number 1 (tied) with a bullet...

[glow=green,2,300]AJ Styles & Kurt Angle[/glow]

Match. Of. The. Fucking. Year.

What more can I say. oh yeah, bad ass..... ;D

Brand: TNA! TNA! TNA!

[Batman]

Demko, you're at least the second person to rank Beer Money and not LAX. Help me out here.

Hernandez launched Homicide out of the ring onto Beer Money with the Border Toss.

Beer Money...uh... well, they caught him.

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad they caught him, but... WTF?

[Mr. Dashbee]

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