21st Century Fantasy Wrestling Draft

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

I'll give some leeway when it comes to commentary. What Brocklock described is fine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKNf0rLsNWo
I still think this era of Raw might somehow be worse than either show now. Raw in 2009 and 2010 maybe had 5-7 matches go above *** the entire year coupled with pandering to celebrities that are either way past their prime or shilling something that nobody remembers a few weeks later.

My best friend legit finally got into wrestling by hate watching Monday Night RAW with me during our college breaks (and a year or two after we graduated) from 2009 to 2012. Getting into WWE in 2009 is like getting into WCW in '99 (or WWE now). Just like HUH!?

But I tell you what, the feeling my friend got during the WWE Summer of Punk in 2011 is probably like how the fan of a bummy sports franchise feels when they turn things around and make the playoffs.

 

[Baby Shoes]

Ugh, I have four heel tag teams on my board with one goal in mind - one dominant team that is still on the board, one team made up of two good singles guys that I think would be great pickups this late. But these monster pairs don’t fit for the spot on the card.

I need some big guys that I really just want to job to a pairing of my comedy goofs. So that brings a team of two early 2000 trash hosses available but I don’t really like or want them.

So because of the spot, I am going to pass on three better, or at least bigger name value, teams to take some fat guys who can be clownish and not look out of place doing the job for some goofs.

The Bouncers (The Beer City Bruiser and Brian Milonas)

There a still quite a few names on the board I wouldn’t mind picking up but think I have a fairly decent vision with what I have.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

You know what? I kind of like Beer City Bruiser and think he's moderately underutilized. Like he shouldn't be a main eventer, even in current ROH but he could be ROH TV Title level. Especially if he got rid of that stupid, incredibly unover catchphrase.

Milonas I've watched for a long time on the New England indy scene and he is NOT VERY GOOD but 1. It's nice to not see him clogging up New England indy cards. 2. In this current age, sometimes it's nice to see a big man who wrestles like a big man.

 

[Baby Shoes]

Yeah, I think they are a fine undercard tag act. They’ve done more happy-go-lucky babyface stuff in recent times but I want them as big, nasty fats. The three other teams I thought about just didn’t fit what I wanted as much, even though two of them I still feel are more valuable.

I’m kind of interested in discussion of who didn’t get taken. There was a full tag team match I almost took at the start of the supplemental round that is still completely available. Looking at my card, I have a 13-match card set.

 

[Brocklock]

I wasn't going to, but I have a commentary team set now. First guy I had to quadruple check to make sure he wasn't taken. My first guy is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOIR9JpbP_A

Don West

The color analyst I chose is a little trickier. He guest starred on a 2014 episode of Monday Night Raw to promote one of the best films of the 2010s THE NEED FOR SPEED by doing guest commentary on an Alberto Del Rio vs Dolph Ziggler match. I will post a sample of some of the in depth analysis he brings as well. My final pick is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UEu0lwXfcA

Aaron Paul

 

[Master Thrasher]

Bret wouldn't be a good commentator. He'd spend the entire broadcast trying to put himself over and put down HHH, Hogan, Bischoff, and others.

 

[Brocklock]

The other guy I was gonna pick as commentator but got cut for Aaron Paul was

Spoiler

 

[Mickey Massuco]

so is it just cwm, laz and tek left to pick?

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Yeah. Looks like we're down to the final three (or six) picks.

 

[Mickey Massuco]

oh wait I think BZ missed his for some reason

 

[Mickey Massuco]

but i saw him viewing the thread when i made all those bret posts heh

 

[Brooklyn Zoo]

Still thinking

 

[Mickey Massuco]

lmao

take your time bro

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

btw...have your final cards be written up before a week from today.

We'll start the '80s & '90s (and Year 2000) draft on 5/11.

 

[Hawk 34]

Thank you for not allowing trades for this draft, I think that was a thing we did once and it became a convoluted thing I believe.

 

[Hawk 34]

Btw my card is just one WORLD WAR III battle royal.

 

[Mickey Massuco]

yeah trades would be fuckin' terrible, you're stuck with your kiper board

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Thanks. I've barely been able to handle the draft as is, I knew I'd really boff things if I started trying to figure out trades.

I thought this was first draft I've run but I also ran a 1996 NBA Redraft where someone (Flik maybe) picked Steve Nash #1, KOAB picked Derek Fisher 2nd, I picked AI 3rd and an angry perplexed 909 picked Kobe all the way down at #4...so I'm going to pretend this draft was my first one.

Is Derek Fisher on Cameo so we can hire him to motivate KOAB?

 

[Brocklock]

BZ, I was holding off on the Aaron Paul pick as long as I could brother.


Also, I remember that draft kamala. I also remember the time we drafted our own NBA teams out of any players in history and KOAB's first pick was Chris Mullin.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://www.cameo.com/ronnyturiaf
Looks like KOAB's gonna to have to settle for this since I don't think D Fish is on Cameo.

 

[Hawk 34]

Oooh can we do a gimmick match round? Where you get a special gimmick match that no one else can? JUST AN IDEA CUZ I WAS THINKING OF THIS

Or the 21st century version of it

And said ZOINKS! That’d be fun for the draft.

 

[Brocklock]

Since it's supercards, everyone should be able to go buck wild on the gimmick matches I think.

 

[Baby Shoes]

Since it's supercards, everyone should be able to go buck wild on the gimmick matches I think.

I agree with this. I know Kamala has been assembling a Money in the Bank style match. I have a couple multi-man matches and a trios match booked but look forward to seeing Thrasher have retired versions of guys and celebrities in a Lockdown style show from Hammerstein.

 

[Brocklock]

I have like 3 death matches or no holds barred matches planned as well as possibly a multiman spotfest with weapons.

 

[Baby Shoes]

That reminds me I did have one gimmick match booked for my little group of garbage wrestlers.

 

[Hawk 34]

SEE THE TRICK IS YOU JUST NAME YOUR STREET FIGHT AFTER YOUR CITY THEN ITS A DIFFERENT STREET FIGHT DUH.

 

[Hawk 34]

Since it's supercards, everyone should be able to go buck wild on the gimmick matches I think.

I agree with this. I know Kamala has been assembling a Money in the Bank style match. I have a couple multi-man matches and a trios match booked but look forward to seeing Thrasher have retired versions of guys and celebrities in a Lockdown style show from Hammerstein.

HOLLYWOOD SQUARES IN A CELL

 

[Baby Shoes]

Anyone else with their roster picked have drastic changes with anyone on their card from when they drafted someone? I had a couple possibilities for Velveteen Dream when I snagged him late and was going to give him a decent profile match. With all the stuff that came out since, I lost my interest in having him on my roster and now have him scheduled to be hidden in the mix of a multi-man match.

 

[Hawk 34]

Having Kofis partners taken from me changed my interest in Kofi to the point he’s a feature player in my spot fest multi man match.

 

[Hawk 34]

I think a decent idea is that instead of everyone just mass loading their respective cards where things get lost in a shuffle we should use timed release spots so all cards get equal and deserved attention to be mocked or more constructively, be praised.