RIPPA Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Keith Lee over Trent Seven: 32-23 Young Bucks over New Day: 39-33 Sasha Banks over Becky Lynch: 43-40 Rush over Trevor Lee: 28-23 Gran Metalik over Black Terry: 32-17 Braun Strowman over Dean Ambrose: 57-25 Bobby Roode over Tye Dillinger: 40-34 Johnny Mundo over Zack Gibson: 35-16 Rusev over Joe Coffey: 64-2 KUSHIDA over Kenta Miyahara: 32-11 Ultimo Guerrero over Puma: 28-15 Jeff Cobb over Cody Rhodes: 51-11 Drew Galloway over Tommy End: 38-20 Bayley over Kyle O'Reilly: 52-19 Timothy Thatcher over Mike Bailey: 22-16 Hechicero over Shingo Takagi: 30-9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 2, 2017 Author Share Posted March 2, 2017 If folks wanna just get a sense of why I am done... look at the total number of votes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyLaw Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Well we can't start pulling out the ol' socko accounts this early, can we? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 3 hours ago, RIPPA said: If folks wanna just get a sense of why I am done... look at the total number of votes Honest question, are there too few or too many votes? I've been lurking since high school, and a member for 3 years, but I refrain from voting every year because I know I'm nowhere near as knowledgeable as a lot of folks here. There are legitimately people on this list that I have never even heard of, and I don't want to taint the results just because I've seen Gran Metallik's WWE stuff and I'm pretty sure Black Terry is the guy who used to sell my ex-girlfriend weed in college 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 I think it's the low turnout for anyone who isn't in WWE, LU, or NJPW. The vote tally for Thatcher/Bailey in particular is shameful. The whole point of Rippa posting videos (and one could argue, the whole tournament) is so people can familiarize themselves with guys they haven't seen much of. But at least in the play-in round, it appears everybody just elected to skip the guys they didn't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Feels like theres always a higher turnout for wwe matches and or later round from the silent majority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Thanks for clarifying guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Just my two cents, but maybe the format change had an unintended negative affect on turnout. By discussing the matchups first before voting opened we got our initial points across, and unless somebody had something else to discuss the topic was largely forgotten about. Especially for a topic like Thatcher/Bailey. I don't recall in past years there being a low turnout when voting and discussion happened the same day. EDIT: Wait, looking at the topics now does this mean the tournament's over? I really hope not as I think it would be cool to see it through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 3, 2017 Author Share Posted March 3, 2017 I guess you missed the post in the other thread where I said 1st round will go up today and run till Tuesday Also - the format change had nothing to do with turnout. Look back at previous years and it is the same thing. Wait till I post the 1st Round. People will literally vote within 2 minutes of the poll opening Rough estimates Two WWE people: 70-80 votes (used to be in 100s but that is a different issue) Known New Japan worker or Top Indy Guy: 50ish votes One WWE guy vs. "unknown" guy: 50+ but heavily skewed Two "unknowns": 40 votes max People wanna complain that they hate the WWE but they sure don't wanna do the work to watch anything else I am not running an all-WWE tournament 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 3, 2017 Author Share Posted March 3, 2017 Because now I am cranking. I posted this list year around the start of the 2nd Round. My exact quote was "Everything over 100 votes had something in common" Spoiler Match Votes Dolph/Sami 137 Rollins/Emma 131 Omega/Corbin 123 Jericho/PJr 115 Cena/Sombra 109 Neville/Becky 109 Breeze/Nak 108 Jun/Cesaro 108 Gargano/Breeze 105 Star/Reigns 104 Fenix/KO 104 Asuka/Casas 100 Hech/Brock 98 Miz/Ishii 98 Rey Jr/Drago 98 Strong/Hech 97 Ibushi/Revival 97 Bailey/AJ 96 Asuka/Kush 96 Sheamus/Lee 94 Castle/Shibata 93 SamiC/Okada 93 Rave/Fenix 91 Kodaka/Miz 91 Kong/Biff 90 AA/Sekimoto 88 Ciampa/Ec3 88 Biff/Honma 87 Swagger/Ki 87 Wyatt/Cuerno 86 Cimapa/Puma 85 Damo/Star 84 Oka/AA 84 Virus/Sabre 83 Hojo/Hero 83 Elgin/Tana 80 Rush/sydal 79 Rush/Ospreay 78 Maximo/Minoru 78 Hama/Naito 75 Okada/Lee 73 Bailey/Ishi 73 Cave/Shibata 72 Virus/Oreilly 71 Tana/Kama 70 UG/Hideki 70 Hojo/Lee 70 Lowest vote total was 70. People have moved on Prove me wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 In general, it's kind of amazing we have as vibrant and varied and active a message board as we do in 2017. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 My apologies, the tone of your earlier post (plus the way the subforum looked) sounded like you said "Fuck it" and aborted the tournament. But good to see it's still going. I think part of it also is there's people on here who actually gave up on wrestling. They might be on the board in other topics (comics, movies, etc.) but I've seen enough in the past couple years that said they stopped watching wrestling or as much as before. What they're putting out today isn't quite gelling with them and it rather than find other companies they said fuck it. I still think the tournament is worth doing, as is adding people we don't regularly see. I didn't know about Io Shirai or Hojo before last year's tournament, but am damn sure glad I know about them now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 So, in an effort to try to at least offer a counter to that narrative, I can guarantee you I've watched a lot more people due to these tournaments All the NJ guys in the 2014 tournament got me back into that company. I'm not big into Lucha, but I've definitely watched more of it to see who this Caveman guy is, and since then, it's spiked interest in the UK/Irish indy scene. I know Stardom exists because of this tournament. Yeah, not everyone's gonna put the work in, but at least some people are. Not saying this means Phil should or shouldn't do it, it's his time to spend as he sees fit, and I appreciate the work he puts into it while understanding that by no means are we entitled to it. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Sandwich Carl Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 I've lurked here for decades it seems but rarely post. This tourney makes me happy because in the past I've learned so much from it over the years. It's such an easy place to watch matches of people I didn't know and I point lots of people here when I want them to know about Io Shirai or Black Terry. Anyway, I guess, I get why you'd want to stop. Thanks for being a catalyst in making me a better fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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