jaedmc Posted February 28, 2014 Posted February 28, 2014 DVDVR MARCH MADNESS 5: GLOBAL WARFARE March Madness started in 2009. I think. It was a bit messy with more emphasis on madness. In the second year it became the sort of Wrestler of the Year competition that it is now. In all previous years, wrestlers came from only US/Canada promotions. This year, we’re trying something different, we’re including people from all over the globe. I asked people in the Purotopia and Lucha sections who they thought should be in. I looked at wrestlers who showed up in DEAN’s Internet Wrestling matches thread, and I even ventured over to Wrestling KO, to see who were the guys being pimped over there. I tried to get include people that were interesting and diverse. For me, March Madness isn’t about the bickering but celebrating some quality pro-wrestling, and hopefully you all will get exposed to people you haven’t seen before. If you don’t know jack about Lucha, check some out. These wrestlers are the guys Lucha fans believe best exemplified the form in 2013. Not sure about them Japanese dudes? We have wrestlers from just about every major company there, ranging from badass heavyweights to some of the best flippy dudes in the world. I didn’t forget that this board leans towards the WWE, so they got a lion’s share of the spots. However this year you won’t see the jabronies that would crop up in year’s past. No Miz. No Kofi Kingston. No Sin Cara. Those spots have been given to guys like Shinsuke Nakamura, Negro Casas, and LA Park. A clear upgrade if you ask me. I know that a lot of you haven’t seen shit from a big chunk of these folks. I ask that you at least give each unknown a shot before voting. A match or two isn’t asking much and who knows maybe you’ll find something you can watch when your company of choice starts putting Batista on TV. RULES Generally speaking one votes based on a wrestler's performances over the last year. People are allowed to argue in favor or against any wrestler, as well as post any video evidence needed to back up said arguments. However don't take shit personally - this is all in good fun, and any trolling should be recognized as such. IMPORTANT: You may have noticed that Rippa and the Powers That Be have given me an upgrade in abilities. If you take things too far, or become too much of a nuisance - you'll be getting a time out. So if you're trolling and having a laugh- don't go over the line. If you're being trolled, wake the fuck up. Above all: Don't be an idiot. HALL OF CHAMPIONS 2010: Rey Mysterio 2011: Daniel Bryan 2012: Daniel Bryan 2013: Daniel Bryan *It should be noted that CM Punk was runner-up every single time. POLLS OPEN MONDAY MORNING 3
jaedmc Posted February 28, 2014 Author Posted February 28, 2014 Truth Commission Austin Aries vs. Prince Devitt Sheamus vs. Sami Zayn Big E. Langston vs. Titan Go Shiozaki vs. Luke Harper Suwama vs. Rockstar Spud Virus vs. Rush Goldust vs. Dean Allmark Kota Ibushi vs. Dolph Ziggler Los Boricuas Chris Hero vs. Christopher Daniels Daniel Bryan vs. Bo Dallas Brock Lesnar vs. CM Punk Michael Elgin vs. William Regal Tomohiro Ishii vs. Magnus Ryback vs. Harry Smith Jun Akiyama vs. Dean Ambrose Kazuchika Okada vs. Yuji Okabayashi Nation of Domination Mark Henry vs. Bully Ray Kana vs. Seth Rollins Katsuyori Shibata vs. Daisuke Sekimoto Alberto Del Rio vs. Dr. Wagner Jr. Antonio Cesaro vs. Adam Cole Robbie Dynamite vs. Cody Rhodes AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura Adrian Neville vs. Terrible Disciples of Apocalypse LA Park vs. Blue Panther Randy Orton vs. KENTA Bray Wyatt vs. Masaaki Mochizuki John Cena vs. Volador Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Chris Masters J. Uso vs. Christian Roman Reigns vs. La Sombra Big Show vs. Negro Casas PICK 'EM LINK: http://www.bracketmaker.com/tlist.cfm?tid=451904 Picks are due by Monday Morning, 6 am Pacific time.
The Natural Posted February 28, 2014 Posted February 28, 2014 I think this year might end Daniel Bryan's three year reign. Cesaro and Goldust I see as favourites to do so. S.H.I.E.L.D. should do well with their great run.
JRGoldman Posted February 28, 2014 Posted February 28, 2014 Now that Gonzalez is gone, I kind of hope Punk wins. No, wait. No I don't.
The Man Known as Dan Posted February 28, 2014 Posted February 28, 2014 I think this year might end Daniel Bryan's three year reign. Cesaro and Goldust I see as favourites to do so. S.H.I.E.L.D. should do well with their great run. I don't think Goldust has any chance against Bryan: Bryan just had too many good matches over the entire year. Cesaro though... He's completely on fire right now, and whats fresh in peoples mind matters. But the funny thing is, with the Network, you can rewatch any televised match from the last year at will from the E guys, and a reminder of Bryan being amazing in his stretch post mania could remind people of the order of things. Unless given an EXTREMELY favorable draw (No Bryan/Cesaro/Rollins/Goldust/Reigns/Harper/Wyatt), Punk's run of runner up finishes is about to end. I'm not sure I'd even have him in my top 16 in the last year from E.
jaedmc Posted February 28, 2014 Author Posted February 28, 2014 Brackets are up in the second post as well as the link to pick 'em, if you are so inclined. If something doesn't work tell me.
Matt D Posted February 28, 2014 Posted February 28, 2014 Los Boricuas Chris Hero vs. Christopher Daniels Daniel Bryan vs. Bo Dallas Brock Lesnar vs. CM Punk Michael Elgin vs. William Regal Holy crap.
RIPPA Posted February 28, 2014 Posted February 28, 2014 J. Uso vs. Christian I get the bit you are going for here but for sake of clarity is that 1) Jey? 2) Jimmy? 3) Voters choice?
LooseCannon Posted February 28, 2014 Posted February 28, 2014 You're going to remember to make the voting public, right?
The Man Known as Dan Posted February 28, 2014 Posted February 28, 2014 No Emma. No Paige. I'm sad I really want to learn everyone in this tournament I'm not familiar with, but with me working both days this weekend, I doubt I have time, so I'm probably gonna have to sit out the first couple rounds.
Dolfan in NYC Posted February 28, 2014 Posted February 28, 2014 J. Uso vs. Christian I get the bit you are going for here but for sake of clarity is that 1) Jey? 2) Jimmy? The correct answer is "Yes". 'An Uso' and 'Another Uso' indeed.
EdA Posted February 28, 2014 Posted February 28, 2014 LA Park vs. Blue Panther Oh fucking hell.... Poor poor Blue Panther. Sigh.
S.K.o.S. Posted February 28, 2014 Posted February 28, 2014 I know you know this, and I'm being Johnny Nitpick here, but it's Masaaki Mochizuki. Looks like we'll be seeing the extent of the pro-WWE bias pretty quickly.
Matt D Posted February 28, 2014 Posted February 28, 2014 I'm still hooked on that bracket. I think Regal has an argument between his amazing performance both in the Cesaro angle and their match, his announcing, his podcast appearance, his twitter feed, to be the best all around person employed by a wrestling company in the period. Brock is nitroglycerin. The raptor yell. The Miz destruction. The crazy death sprint with Big Show. Punk is underrated on the year, I think. I really liked the Heyman feud even if a lot of people didn't and I think the match vs Brock was really strong. I also like his babyface tag work late in the year a lot because he seemed to be having a lot of fun hamming it up as a hot tag and it showed. Bryan is Bryan, but Bo Dallas is a guy who might have made it to the third round if the brackets had been made a bit differently. He's just that entertaining an act. 1
RIPPA Posted February 28, 2014 Posted February 28, 2014 HE IS SHAWN MICHAELS!!! KEVIN NASH SAID SO!!!!
The Natural Posted February 28, 2014 Posted February 28, 2014 I think this year might end Daniel Bryan's three year reign. Cesaro and Goldust I see as favourites to do so. S.H.I.E.L.D. should do well with their great run. I don't think Goldust has any chance against Bryan: Bryan just had too many good matches over the entire year. Cesaro though... He's completely on fire right now, and whats fresh in peoples mind matters. But the funny thing is, with the Network, you can rewatch any televised match from the last year at will from the E guys, and a reminder of Bryan being amazing in his stretch post mania could remind people of the order of things. Unless given an EXTREMELY favorable draw (No Bryan/Cesaro/Rollins/Goldust/Reigns/Harper/Wyatt), Punk's run of runner up finishes is about to end. I'm not sure I'd even have him in my top 16 in the last year from E. Goldust is one of the board favourites so that's why I thought he might have a chance against Bryan. Both had quality matches, Bryan had more and a full year in the WWE unlike Goldust. I can see it as quality vs. quantity. Chcukled we get a SummerSlam 2013 rematch in the first round. That's quality vs. quantity. Punk had both while Lesnar had four matches and delivered in three of them. I liked most of Punk's 2013.
S.K.o.S. Posted February 28, 2014 Posted February 28, 2014 Feeling like I need to personally work on putting together a case for Adam Cole, just to get people to realize that he had a very good year even though he'll be getting roughly 0% of the votes. But it's gonna be tough since recent US indy stuff is (understandably) scarce on the intertubes.
Matt D Posted February 28, 2014 Posted February 28, 2014 Frankly, I think Goldust might have brought more to the table this year than Bryan. Lately, especially, Bryan's dropping of his selling when he goes back on offense has been troublesome to me. I don't think there are too many people on the board that wouldn't say that Goldust's FIP selling and general timing isn't better than Bryan's. Again, it might be whether you look at things on the basis of "great matches" (of which Goldust still had a good number) or general trends over matches. Or if you go with some criteria totally outside those. 1
Fat Spanish Waiter Posted February 28, 2014 Posted February 28, 2014 Can't believe Brock is going out in the first round 1
The Damn Yeti Posted February 28, 2014 Posted February 28, 2014 The Pick 'Em link is busted for me. Anybody get it to work? Some potential later round matchups that are chubbing me out: Sami Zayn vs. Luke Harper Goldust vs. Luke Harper Daniel Bryan vs. Brock Lesner (if only) Cesaro vs. SWAGsuke!!! Yes, please. Roman Reigns vs. KENTA??? Probably not, but I want it anyway. Final Four: Goldust (narrowly defeating Harper), Bryan, Cesaro, Reigns. #WWEBIAS
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