Marcel

I like both teams....I think the CWC match pushes DIY over the top for me, though. (I like that they realized that the Ciampa heel turn would have a huge mistake and kept them together. It's there whenever they want it, though.)

Miz is a great, great heel. He's had a very good year on the mic and running with the chance he's been given. But I still don't ever want to see him wrestle an actual match. AJ in a walk.

It's really hard to vote against Negro Casas in anything, but........

This is where I'm at. The Hardys won't win this tournament, but Dunne isn't the guy to beat them.

Miz is such a good heel, I really want to vote against him. So that's what I did. Miz should want to lose ASAP, as a good heel doesn't care about the fans, right? (Plus, I think Sami's had about a good of a year as he possibly could given the booking.) (Also, I'm being contrarian.)

Can't stand the Young Bucks' work, never have been able to. Too many flips, jumps, superkicks, and ridiculously contrived spots.

Keith Lee all day. Really hope he sticks around and has a good career.

Outside of his song and robe, it's still the same old Bobby Roode. Granted, the same argument could be made of Tye - and has been in this thread - but I'd rather watch his matches more.

Puma's got a ton of upside, but UG is still a great rudo. I may feel differently next year, but UG for now.

I'm in the tank for Mascara Dorada - watching him week in and week out when CMLL was on TV here sold me on him.

Cobb - Cody's never really done anything for me.

Indeed. That feud was absolutely the best thing in ROH this year. But for this discussion? O'Reilly doesn't piss me off nearly as much as he used to. But I'm still going with Bayley.

I can't promise anything. -- Seriously, I'm going to try to make this.

This NOVA Pro show is in Annandale...that's not far away at all. Haven't been to an indy show in forever, but I might try to come out for this.

Also...I'm okay with Perkins as the initial champ - he'll be able to work with everyone as they establish a strong heel to eventually beat him - but he really should have caught Metalik on that one dive.

I like the purple - it stands out as the theme color as you said, plus it's a combination of Raw's red and Smackdown's blue which will give it a different look on the cross-brand shows.

I mean...that's par for the course, right? They also had Kazuchika Fucking and turned him into the Green Hornet's sidekick. Also, agree with the sentiment that WWE put on a better Super J Cup than NJPW did and NJPW should be embarrassed about it.

They've also used the Elimination Chamber for the other brand, so that might come back.

Nothing's ever run at the 9:30 Club, but ECW did run at Nation (a sleazy 9:30-ish venue over by where Nats Park is now, back when that was a bad part of town). I remember Masato Tanaka ellbowing the fuck out of Mike Awesome on that show.

I actually liked the Dominator quite a bit and think that Big E could make it look all kinds of painful. Favorite finishers (Some of these have already been mentioned) -- Stan Hansen's Lariat -- Hikari Fukuoka's Moonsault Double Stomp -- Los Gringos Locos' Superplex/Frog Splash combo (Yeah yeah, it was the PowerPlex first, but the version at When Worlds Collide is my favorite application of it) -- Hayabusa's Phoenix Splash (A thing of fucking beauty whenever he nailed it) -- Samoa Joe's Kokina Clutch (Sleeper with hooks in. Simple and effective) -- Ole Anderson's Diving Knee into the shoulder followed by cranking an armbar (Seemed totally believable after working the arm for the entire match) Least Favorite finishers -- Piling on the hate for the Overdrive -- And for the Lethal Injection -- And for the Big Ending. -- Hulk Hogan's Legdrop. I always hated Hulk, but back then you had Paul Orndorff and Randy Savage inflicting doom on their opponents and I'm supposed to buy running into a raised foot and a legdrop as the WWF Death Spot of the 80s? No thanks)

Can't decide if Roman won't be in the three-way, or be in it and eat Dirty Deeds, the Superplex/Falcon Arrow combo, and the Pedigree.

Same here. Dudes I grew up with would fucking lock in the Camel Clutch on me. That said, my Cobra Clutch was no joke either, and I may have nailed a DDT (on grass) or two back then as well.

The Stump Puller also comes to mind. As does the Steiner Recliner - I mean, Scott didn't even look like he was trying to create *fake* pressure...

This is the biggest thing, I think. Spinal stenosis doesn't happen because of one bump. He was likely already headed in that direction before going to TNA, but that was another 10 years or so of bumps on someone that worked a ton in some hard-ass Southern rings.

As much as I like Lee, the Kamaitachi matches are a bit too spot-festy for me to put him above Rush's dickish heeling.