jaedmc Posted December 19, 2013 Author Share Posted December 19, 2013 I've included Sara Del Rey once. If we expand the scope then that means I've gotta look at the Joshi wrestlers too. And some of them are legit better than a lot of the US guys. People vote on their own criteria though. It took a year or two to tie things down to the 12 month period which is why Foley got so high one year. I could see that someone might enjoy Emma's antics in interview with Renee Young more than epic matches from some Joshi wrestler, even if they watched the footage. I'm just saying, go check out some of these Joshi broads. Some of them are fucking boss. Some of that "Gameplan" wrestling that I'm always going on about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzalez Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 I don't care if you don't put a whole mess of Japanese wrestlers in the tourney. But it would be a damn mistake if Tanahashi, Okada, Nakamura, and Shibata didn't make it in this year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 You put one in March Madness and I will watch the matches you link me to! Also, Emma can beat Tanahashi in round two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man Known as Dan Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 You put one in March Madness and I will watch the matches you link me to! Also, Emma can beat Tanahashi in round two. I'd just point to Emma/Santino vs. Fandango/Summer Rae an not stop until the voting was over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Can we save time and just do the final four with punk, claudio, henry and dustin, where the fight goes against danielson in the + 1 match? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzalez Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Also, Emma can beat Tanahashi in round two. Emma? That shit got old faster than you can say "Gangnam Style". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man Known as Dan Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Also, Emma can beat Tanahashi in round two. Emma? That shit got old faster than you can say "Gangnam Style". This might be the most incorrect thing you've ever posted here, which is bordering on impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzalez Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Dude, nobody cares about Emma anymore. It's all about Sasha Banks, and her Jeff Jarrett inspired fashion now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SturmCRF Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 I definitely think this should have an open field and include any Japanese or Mexican wrestlers who people are willing to make a case for. Of course they won't win it, of course they'll probably lose to WWE midcarders and aggravate their fans, but in the meantime at least some people will make an effort to watch wrestling they wouldn't usually. If someone posts a great Rush match, there's a good chance I'll end up getting to watch a great Rush match, which is worthwhile in and of itself. I might still vote for Roman Reigns over him because I've seen literally fifty times more of his matches, but at least I'll have broadened my horizons a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 I like the idea of doing a tournament for US guys only, but also doing a World Cup-ish tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 I like the idea of doing a tournament for US guys only, but also doing a World Cup-ish tournament. TNA guys go in Europa League. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Maybe we should do a Premier League. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbarrie Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Are there really people who would vote if they were only familiar with one of the options in a poll? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMark Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Before I vote: where's this Senegalese wrestling? I feel like I've missed out on something quite spectacular there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 I like the idea of doing a tournament for US guys only, but also doing a World Cup-ish tournament. TNA guys go in Europa League. TNA isnt even CONCACAF champions league. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Chikara guys go into the ABA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzalez Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Look at all those votes for just US wrestlers only. Maybe if I went xenophobe you guys would have voted the other way around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted December 19, 2013 Author Share Posted December 19, 2013 Before I vote: where's this Senegalese wrestling? I feel like I've missed out on something quite spectacular there. It's more a joke off the chit chat thread. Someone posted a Senegalese wrestling match and their entrances got me fucking hyped as hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 I think every effort should be made to encourage people to go beyond WWE/TNA/ROH and experience the great big world of professional wrestling. Watch lucha, watch puro, watch old World of Sport tapes with Johnny Saint, watch 70's-era Giant Rousimoff in Japan, watch joshi. It's a big wide world out there, and there is so much better shit out there than the latest Miz-Kofi match. That said, a large segment of the voting population doesn't want to, or just doesn't have the time to. Hell, a lot of the voters don't even watch TNA, and while I can't exactly blame them for that, it does mean that this poll is always going to come down to who had the best year in WWE, especially now that WWE has finally gotten better about finding those Punk/Bryan types and bringing them into the fold. I think there's room for a Best in Lucha/Best in Japan/Best Women's wrestler poll out there, but March Madness is about mass appeal. US only. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted December 19, 2013 Author Share Posted December 19, 2013 I think every effort should be made to encourage people to go beyond WWE/TNA/ROH and experience the great big world of professional wrestling. Watch lucha, watch puro, watch old World of Sport tapes with Johnny Saint, watch 70's-era Giant Rousimoff in Japan, watch joshi. It's a big wide world out there, and there is so much better shit out there than the latest Miz-Kofi match. I think the more we talk up the positives the more people will catch on, which is why I lean towards including everything. It's gonna be rough the first year, but maybe it builds next year because a handful caught on. And they told two friends. And they told two friends. If we can make Chris Masters important, we can make watching Lucha important too. But we gotta start somewhere. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Spanish Waiter Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 If one of your shitty no mark Japanese wrestlers ousts Mark Henry, I'll send him the fucking link. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzalez Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Will anybody actually vote for Henry considering how shitty he was in the ring this year? Really he doesn't deserve to be in this tournament unless he turns it around before Wrestlemania. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazlo Woodbine Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 I went for the whole globe option, wouldn't have a clue how to structure it though. Mexico and Japan should be well represented I think, maybe some play-in votes to get people looking at and talking about these guys in advance. Same for the (rest of the) rest of the world, fighting it out for a handful of spots or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted December 19, 2013 Author Share Posted December 19, 2013 I went for the whole globe option, wouldn't have a clue how to structure it though. Mexico and Japan should be well represented I think, maybe some play-in votes to get people looking at and talking about these guys in advance. Same for the (rest of the) rest of the world, fighting it out for a handful of spots or something. I think it'll probably just be structured the same as before. Psuedo-random. I don't think separating them into their own brackets will help anything. People will just ignore those threads. But if I put Okada in with Dean Ambrose, then people who don't know his work might actually be tempted to check it out before they vote Ambrose anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazlo Woodbine Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Yeah I wouldn't be too fussed about who gets beat by who, just posing the question and watching people react is the fun, and we might get to see/appreciate someone we haven't before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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