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Post by Nicholas Gray on Jul 18, 2013 19:57:21 GMT -6
I'd say the top title of the company(ies) they're most known for working.
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Daisuke Iwakuma
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Post by Daisuke Iwakuma on Jul 18, 2013 20:51:33 GMT -6
My Triple Crown winner? Why that's simple. Chris Jericho.
Now to start my challenge, the person I'm picking is simple. I'm selecting Arn Anderson. Arn Anderson is easily, hands down, one of the best workers of his time. A technical master, an amazing promo guy, and he was someone who could work almost any style that was popular in the 80s when he was in his prime. So what held him back? It's hard to say. Maybe bookers liked him better with Tully. Maybe they didn't want to create a divide in the Horsemen, who were the top heels at the time. The point is that Anderson is one of the best in the business that never won the NWA World Title. So he's my pick.
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Post by Nicholas Gray on Jul 18, 2013 20:53:52 GMT -6
DAMN RIGHT HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2013 21:08:37 GMT -6
Amazing promo guy that never held a top title? Welp, that one's easy...
Jake "The Snake" Roberts. Forget never winning the WWF World Title, Roberts never held ANY WWF title! A supremely intelligent worker, "The Snake" moved from feud to feud, working with past and future World Champions, but never was considered for a run at the top. Could it be because of his substance abuse problems? Possibly, though they likely weren't any worse at the time than others in the WWF who were champions.
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Post by BLAKE JONES on Jul 18, 2013 22:00:33 GMT -6
Roddy Piper?
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Post by Nicholas Gray on Jul 18, 2013 22:01:03 GMT -6
And why do you think he should have been?
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Post by BLAKE JONES on Jul 18, 2013 22:07:16 GMT -6
Oh, I don't know. Good wrestler, great mic worker, had a pretty good fanbase?
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Post by Nicholas Gray on Jul 18, 2013 22:13:50 GMT -6
Eh, good enough for me.
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Post by The Karma Keeper on Jul 19, 2013 0:12:13 GMT -6
Owen Hart. Why? Because he had plenty of chances at the top belt, headlined plenty of Pay Per Views, but before he could capture the top prize, at Over The Edge... We all know what happened. Many people regard him as the best wrestler out there and despite not being in the HOF with Bret because of legal trouble, but he fits this challenge perfectly. Enough is enough, it's time for a change! And yet he never got that change.
Fun fact. I think I heard somewhere The Game gimmick was originally for Owen Hart.
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Post by LAZERADE! on Jul 19, 2013 8:42:20 GMT -6
I make that 8 hours. So I'm choosing Al Snow.
Why? Because everybody loves Head.
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Post by Nicholas Gray on Jul 19, 2013 8:44:25 GMT -6
Whoops. Time to run through things quickly. Cory took Cody Rhodes, citing reasons over the call that I can't even remember now but agreed with at the time. As for me, I want Toru Yano. My reasoning? I rest my case, Jon. So Lasie is up, and I'll post the next round/coin flip in a bit when I've awoken completely.
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Post by Nicholas Gray on Jul 19, 2013 11:10:10 GMT -6
I'm awake now, meaning I'ma post the next round. But first, it's coin flip time! It's Blake's turn and bad news, man, you lost. And you know what? It's just not fair you get Ziggler every game. As such, I'll be taking him and you can have what is described as "the dyslexic brother of Kevin" Evad Sullivan! As for our next round, it's again unfair to people who don't know Japanese wrestling. But they knew this coming in. You know what I like? Tag wrestling. You know what's an extension of that? 6-man tags. They usually dissolve into unbelievable chaos as everyone starts punching each other, it's great. And I'm lucky enough that a promotion I like very much has an emphasis on 6-mans, with their own trios belts. And flips. Lots of flips. You must draft a wrestler who has held Dragon Gate's Open the Triangle Gate championship.Here is a list of said wrestlers, because I am very helpful. Have fun! edit: Oh and the results of the challenge round will be posted when Lasie picks, obvs.
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Post by THE MANLIEST MAN ON THE PLANET on Jul 19, 2013 12:21:23 GMT -6
Everyone has a price... Seems like one title doesn't, for some reason.
My choice is "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase...
Now, I hear you all cry out that he did indeed hold the WWE Title... But he DIDN'T! André the Giant defeated Hogan when referee Earl Hebner, who was bribed by Ted DiBiase, scored the three-count, despite Hogan raising his shoulder past the two-count. Immediately after winning the title from Hogan, André sold the title to DiBiase; President Jack Tunney nullified this decision, and vacated the title. Therefore, DiBiase was never champ.
Maybe one of the greatest injustices in wrestling.
This man won the 1988 King of the Ring, headlined Wrestlemania IV (which he was defeated by Randy Savage for the vacated title), won numerous national and Tag team titles and was eventually, and deservedly inducted into the Hall of Fame. I mean look at all the Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards he won:
Best Gimmick (1987) Best Heel (1987, 1988) Best Technical Wrestler (1981) Feud of the Year (1982) vs. Junkyard Dog Feud of the Year (1985) vs. Jim Duggan Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 1996)
He was one of the greatest wrestlers of his generation, and of all time. Not just in the WWE, but the NWA as well. And THAT gimmick... possibly the greatest of all time, and he MADE it his OWN!
But the sheer fact that guys like Swagger, Khali, Mad Dog Vachon and Vince Fucking Russo can say they are former World Champions and Ted can't... Makes me sick!
Maybe this proves that money can't buy everything... But his in ring talent, mic skills and story telling ability should have been enough.
Rant over...
Also I pick CIMA for the next round... because he's CIMA...
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Post by Nicholas Gray on Jul 19, 2013 12:53:12 GMT -6
Well, this is awkward. I hadn't intended on one person winning more than one challenge, but Lasie's rant passion moved me. As such, Lasie wins the second challenge round.
His prize is, again, the ability to switch anyone on his roster out with anyone not currently picked. But, his displeasure at DiBiase never winning the top title affects even me, and I agree so much that I can't wait to see him in a top title match on Lasie's card. As before, if something should happen to him before you can have him in one, something ungood will surely occur...
As for me, I'll be taking the Darkness Dragon, K-Ness.
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Post by LAZERADE! on Jul 19, 2013 14:13:19 GMT -6
A chance to pick a flippy ninja? Got it.
Shingo Takagi.
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