21st Century Fantasy Wrestling Draft

[Big Papa Paegan]

Talk about guys we're surprised haven't been snagged yet, but given how well-known his disdain with WWE employment has been, and how he was one of hot free agents before the COVID-19 layoffs? I don't expect him to last very much longer.

DASH WILDER

 

[Hawk 34]

Not that it matters but interesting you picked Dash first not Dawson.

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

Alphabetical

 

[Baby Shoes]

Dawson would’ve allowed you to reunite his 2013 NXT tag team with Rusev

 

[Brocklock]

I would've took Dawson first since the option to make a Scott Dawson and CW Anderson Sons Of Arnarchy team is still out there.

 

[Hawk 34]

Completing a tag team here.

Bobby Fish

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

I can't believe people waited so long to take X-Pac, even post-2001 there's some greatness in-ring there. The guy was always a naturally cool guy, he can cut a cool promo if you let X-Pac be Sean Waltman.

If we're judging workrate alone, I think X-Pac would have been worthy of being picked rounds ago. He was still very solid even to the mid '00s.

But given how annoying his character was post '01 and his IRL drama and personal problems, I honestly wouldn't have been surprised to see him go unpicked until the supplemental rounds. Although I'm kind of surprised Scott Hall went rounds before him Hall had way more drama and was way less good than X-Pac post '01.

 

[Mickey Massuco]

i feel like every e-fed here has the world's best medical/rehab staff on-hand to ensure problems like that don't happen.

also, you don't have to be limited by the real-life circumstances. You can make the most of their potential by booking around their strengths. you can also make them look worse, it's not as easy holding the book as you think, bubba

spoiler for a rassler that I can't believe is still on the board

Spoiler

someone with that hair and those amazing worked punches should have been drafted rounds ago fam, multiple time champ shoulda been a multiple-time world champ

 

[909]

X-Pac was pretty good in TNA, and most importantly he still had a big name. I'm trying to fill a gigantic stadium here. Have you guys watched this (pick spoiler included)?

Spoiler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOP0L29rjic

This is an amazing match. He had drug problems that kept him from getting a job, but he was a great worker. He also fits into this era better than the one that he worked in. In this era, guys are regularly having 15 minute TV matches. This guy usually only had five or six minutes. All of his longer matches are really strong efforts though.

 

[Brocklock]

X-Pac had some good stuff during this 20 year period, but there's still guys out there that might of put more people in the seats. There's a luchador out there that was a huge draw and had a brief TNA run and it's a shocker he's still around.

 

[Hawk 34]

I see what you did there

 

[909]

lol

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Spoiler

WHY HASN'T ANYONE PICKED JINDER!?

 

[Hawk 34]

You have a pick coming my man, he can the Tom Brady of this draft!

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Spoiler

I saw Jinder main event a PPV IRL (Clash of the Champions 2017).

It was only two and a half years ago but it feels like two and a half DECADES ago

 

[OG]

My card needs Lucha Libre content and I can have a lot of fun with this guy and his dual personalities.

Psicosis (2008-2009)

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

Solid pick. He's a strong contender for most underutilized cruiser of the 90s/00s, that's for damn sure.

 

[tekcop]

I want my next pick more than this one, but I'm going with him because I think there's a chance he may go before I get another shot at him while the other is probably safe. I need one more beefy boy to fill out a big tag match.

Suwama (2010)

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

you were smart to take him now because I was going to take him. Instead I'll take a guy that I can plug into either a heavy or a junior match easily.

Naomichi Marufuji

 

[Brocklock]

This dude is crazy underrated and was still having some great matches into the 2010's. He might still be really good as far as I know.

Masato Tanaka (Zero One era)

 

[Hawk 34]

God damn it. I was gonna do him and HAKU

 

[cobainwasmurdered]

damn i was just hoping to get tanaka. the Sliding D is one of my favourite finishers

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Tanaka is a guy I was hoping would somehow slide on down to me.

btw I saw him wrestle in Beyond Wrestling at the premiere of Uncharted Territory at WrestleMania Week 2019 and he's still pretty damn great.

 

[tekcop]

I legit was considering Tanaka over Suwama, but I decided to go for the extra poundage.

 

[Master Thrasher]

I'll take

SID

and

Wade Barrett

 

[Brooklyn Zoo]

Like the Wade Barrett pick

 

[Hawk 34]

Sid is not eligible. Re pick. You really think Sid would’ve still been on the board this late IN THIS PLACE OF ALL PLACES?!?

 

[Brooklyn Zoo]

He wrestled in the 00s. Even on RAW, in a classic vs

Spoiler

I cant do this but i want everyone to know i woulda picked the psycho sid who showed up to squash heath slater on that one raw #1 given him the current wwe booking and had him squashing everyone from okada to kobashi to la parka to rey to booker and even batista every few months at the tokyo dome.

 

[tekcop]

In addition to chokeslamming Slater on RAW, Sid's worked at least one indy match this century.

http://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-king-got-kind-of-lost-lost-in-giving.html

 

[Hawk 34]

Koabs only wish on his government bed using a government phone in some godforsaken trailer was that he would have wanted Sid from that Raw reunion and by god, we are going to HONOR koab in this draft!