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NOMINATING: Brock Lesnar vs. AJ Styles - WWE 11/19 This was fucking awesome. Opens up with one of the best Lesnar heat segments in a long, long time with AJ Styles bumping around like an absolute idiot to make Brock look even more dominant than he already does. It's been a really long time since I saw Brock use the belly-to-belly and AJ made it look absolutely insanely devastating. The first half of the match was really an absolute masterclass in bumping and selling from AJ Styles. He really kept the energy of the match up even when just selling down on the mat. The crowd was hot enough and AJ credible enough that he became an actually believable babyface to pit against Brock Lesnar. For the first time in a long while we had a babyface who could sell and was over going up against Brock and that might have been one of the missing components to his recent matches. Every time AJ tried to find an opening, I could feel myself firing up and the need to see him succeed only grew as the match went on longer. When he finally created an opening by going after Brock's leg, I was losing it. The simple structure of it and the effectiveness of the transition made all of AJ's offense after that incredibly believable. It also helps that AJ was smart enough to stay on that knee, driving Lesnar into the steel steps to add more money in the bank. The One-F5-Killer looms over the match such that whenever Brock has AJ up on the shoulders, there's actual tension and an expectation for the match to end which only makes it even more satisfying for AJ to counter it. It's been talked about a lot but, yes, the Calf Crusher escape was fucking brilliant. But it can not be understated how well Brock sold the move itself, creating an intensity and even a bit of doubt to it. Hell, Brock's leg selling was pretty much on point for the whole match. The nearfalls were simple, exciting, and not overdone. And the match ended at a really good time. My rating for now is a tentative one, I see it might have the potential to grow as my original rating for the Lesnar-Cena Extreme Rules match might. ****1/2

I can see why someone might prefer the Goldberg match as it was tighter and more impactful. But I don't see how the Strowman match could top this or even the Joe match. Care to expound?

This was fucking awesome. Opens up with one of the best Lesnar heat segments in a long, long time with AJ Styles bumping around like an absolute idiot to make Brock look even more dominant than he already does. It's been a really long time since I saw Brock use the belly-to-belly and AJ made it look absolutely insanely devastating. The first half of the match was really an absolute masterclass in bumping and selling from AJ Styles. He really kept the energy of the match up even when just selling down on the mat. The crowd was hot enough and AJ credible enough that he became an actually believable babyface to pit against Brock Lesnar. For the first time in a long while we had a babyface who could sell and was over going up against Brock and that might have been one of the missing components to his recent matches. Every time AJ tried to find an opening, I could feel myself firing up and the need to see him succeed only grew as the match went on longer. When he finally created an opening by going after Brock's leg, I was losing it. The simple structure of it and the effectiveness of the transition made all of AJ's offense after that incredibly believable. It also helps that AJ was smart enough to stay on that knee, driving Lesnar into the steel steps to add more money in the bank. The One-F5-Killer looms over the match such that whenever Brock has AJ up on the shoulders, there's actual tension and an expectation for the match to end which only makes it even more satisfying for AJ to counter it. It's been talked about a lot but, yes, the Calf Crusher escape was fucking brilliant. But it can not be understated how well Brock sold the move itself, creating an intensity and even a bit of doubt to it. Hell, Brock's leg selling was pretty much on point for the whole match. The nearfalls were simple, exciting, and not overdone. And the match ended at a really good time. My rating for now is a tentative one, I see it might have the potential to grow as my original rating for the Lesnar-Cena Extreme Rules match might. ****1/2

Velveteen Dream was an absolute revelation. What a charismatic performer.

Jim Ross 1992 Jesse Ventura 1988 And with that, I shall bow out.

Wahoo McDaniel 1988

Junkyard Dog 1988

Jim Cornette 1990

Larry Zybyszko 1988 SirEdgar up

Diamond Dallas Page 1992

Koko B Ware 1988

My apologies, friends. Had no idea this would go by so fast. I've made my pick in the draft thread.

Holy cow, I didn't know this would go by so fast. Art Bar 1992

Had a complete heart attack when I realized I was running out of good babyface teams to go up against Midnight.

As someone who only follows the CWF product casually via Trevor Lee title matches, this might have been one of the most fun experiences I've had watching wrestling all year even going in cold and not knowing a lot about these guys. That's gotta be a testament to the amazing broadcast team as well as the strong layouting of the Rumble match itself. Absolutely huge mark out moments in this match like Wilkins being tossed immediately and the crazy intense finishing stretch between Lee and Justice. If I have one complaint (really just a gripe), it's that you can tell a lot of these guys aren't really in the best shape. But it's a small independent in the Carolinas and the fact that they put together a match like this is a really great feather in their cap. ****1/2

The Southern Boys 1990

Dustin Rhodes 1992 Grimmas gets two picks!

Let's get some love in here for good old Johnny Cena of Vince McMahon's Sweaty Sanitorium for Swole Wranglers. 2005: vs. JBL (5/22) 2006: vs. Rob Van Dam (6/11) 2007: vs. Umaga (1/28) 2008: fuzzy 2009: vs. Edge (4/26) 2010: w/ Bret Hart, Chris Jericho, Daniel Bryan, Edge, John Morrison, & R-Truth vs. Team Nexus (8/15) 2011: vs. CM Punk (7/17) 2012: vs. Brock Lesnar (4/29) 2013: vs. Daniel Bryan (8/18) 2014: vs. Brock Lesnar (8/17) 2015: vs. Brock Lesnar vs. Seth Rollins (1/25) 2016: fuzzy 2017: vs. AJ Styles (1/29)

Gordi is up

Austin Idol 1988

Did I misread the order? The list still has Sir Edgar next so I'm a bit confused.

Let's get Dynamic up in here. Taue 1991. Sir Edgar gets two picks!

Lee's back up!

Roddy Piper 92 Warlord 90