[DevSop]

Mike's comment confuses me the most I think. I don't understand why you'd rather watch a show, in general, with some really talentless people taking up good portions of a show when I have a show with women who can put on a much better quality show.

I understand the stigma attached, but taken in a vacuum, wouldn't the actual quality of the show be a better deciding factor than the fact that one has men and one doesn't?

[Lucky]

Doesn't that question only really apply if you're playing against Gator or something? I can understand Mike's POV. Truth is that women like Velvet Sky, Michelle McCool, and Tori aren't up to snuff with "mediocre" male wrestlers and the best women's wrestlers can't hold a candle to the best men in the world. For the most part, at least. There's probably a few exception but the reality is that just like most basketball fans can't really get behind women's basketball when its entirely different game lacking many of the basic popular elements men's basketball has and while fundamentally sound lacks much truly spectacular ability... well, the same can be said for most women's wrestling. I like women's wrestling and all and I think Mickie James is a damn good women's wrestler. A damn good women's wrestler. Which is why I hesitate to plop my money down to see her wrestle 60 minutes when I really have ZERO confidence she'd be capable of entertaining me more for 60 minutes straight when really only a small portion of the businesses greatest male wrestlers could probably do it.

[Fire-Babe]

I realize no one has heard of most of my card, and I'm okay with that. I haven't heard of most of y'alls cards either

And thanks for helping me find 'talentless' (is that a euphamism for 'young?') names to fill my roster, Dev. I guess I should have said they had to be hot and talented. Of course, there's no shortage of talentless hacks among the folks that were in the first 4 rounds, if you're looking at just wrestling ability, or just mic skills, or just charisma. Some folks only have one of those (Hulk Hogan anyone?) I've got a young card with lots of guys that are new to the business and still developing, instead of washed up (and dead) performers, some whose only talent may have been being in the right place at the right time.

Here endith the rant.

Having said that, I voted for Eco and Dev. Eco, because as much as he is and always will be Dead To Me (until next year's draft at least) for taking Jericho, I have to vote for any show with Jericho on it. I voted for Dev because as a girl growing up and not encouraged to do anything that approached 'athletic' or 'sports' (save for a disastrous season of softball) I have a little bit of a different appreciation for and different perspective on women athletes (even the ones I call "out-of-work pole dancers") than most of you.

That and I'll be gone and won't be around to put together a second card

[DevSop]

The outline for my 2nd card has been posted.

Results and backstories if I advance.