LowBlowPodcast Posted August 9, 2016 Report Posted August 9, 2016 I figured would could go here for any talk on the draft. Love the tiered system and love the tiered draft availability. New Japan has some serious options there at number one... Could Hogan return to New Japan? Could they steal Hansen from All Japan? Could he go after some highly sought after Japanese talent? How about WWF? Who will they look to pick up from the scraps from WCW? Will Savage return to the WWF like he was always rumored to do? Could Steve Austin make that immediate jump before the time is right? How about All Japan? With its rich history of Gaijin workers, how will the cap let them fare? Do they go straight for the Americans or do they try to keep their own? Will Hansen or Williams return? Could they do the unthinkable and bring in Fujinami? Then there is WCW... they let the golden goose go with Hogan but it appears as though they have a different path to greatness. Could it include the Excellence of Execution? If the smart money is right... he will be there for the taking. How about someone like Kevin Nash? Could he jump over at the height of his popularity and even bring the title with him? Could Steve Austin fall to WCW as a chance for them to rebuild what could have been? Boys this is going to be an exciting couple of rounds of action... how will the chips begin to fall? New Japan is on the clock!
elliott Posted August 9, 2016 Report Posted August 9, 2016 Part of me wishes I was able to draft Hogan to UWFi to promote a Hogan vs Takada "shoot style match" where Takada doublecrosses Hogan, tries to really shoot and then gets his ass kicked by the Hulk Just a small part
LowBlowPodcast Posted August 9, 2016 Author Report Posted August 9, 2016 He is such a dynamic character at this point that could of literally went anywhere and been big time and changes the scope of a promotion. Part of me wishes he could drop to tier 2 and see him be the catalyst for someone to just go crazy with Hulk Hogan
topropepodcast Posted August 9, 2016 Report Posted August 9, 2016 I really, really wish this was starting 3 weeks later, so I could save Austin, as he started 9/23 for ECW. As it is, I don't think he'll make it to 5 or 6.
LowBlowPodcast Posted August 10, 2016 Author Report Posted August 10, 2016 He will go to wwf...prolly become stone cold too early... he's hard to pass on.
elliott Posted August 10, 2016 Report Posted August 10, 2016 Making my wishlist (which is awesome, and if I get even a third of these guys, holy shit) and I'm sad Stan Hansen will be Tier 1. Hansen was a darkhorse candidate for UWFi's first pick.
I Broke Bruno's Neck Posted August 10, 2016 Report Posted August 10, 2016 He will go to wwf...prolly become stone cold too early... he's hard to pass on. Why you say this?
I Broke Bruno's Neck Posted August 10, 2016 Report Posted August 10, 2016 When is the draft actually starting?
LowBlowPodcast Posted August 10, 2016 Author Report Posted August 10, 2016 Why wouldn't you? Hogan is the only other logical choice if you didn't want Bret. You could alays go for Nash but why wouldnt you have saved him over Sid? Austin is the most logical choice and fast tracking him to his most popular iteration seems like the thing to do.
gordi Posted August 10, 2016 Report Posted August 10, 2016 It has started. we are waiting on SirEdger.
I Broke Bruno's Neck Posted August 10, 2016 Report Posted August 10, 2016 Why wouldn't you? Hogan is the only other logical choice if you didn't want Bret. You could alays go for Nash but why wouldnt you have saved him over Sid? Austin is the most logical choice and fast tracking him to his most popular iteration seems like the thing to do. Could go Tag Team.
LowBlowPodcast Posted August 10, 2016 Author Report Posted August 10, 2016 Yes you could... sorry for the observation.
LowBlowPodcast Posted August 10, 2016 Author Report Posted August 10, 2016 Hulk Hogan #1! New Japan #1! Axe Bomma #1!
Grimmas Posted August 10, 2016 Report Posted August 10, 2016 So probably only one pick tonight, will be a busier tomorrow. Probably don't want to jump over Bruno's pick if you are next in line, we did start without warning. Anyway, Hogan #1 makes sense, especially to NJPW. Hogan vs Mutoh and Hogan vs Chono are good main events to build upon. I have an issue where I don't know if I have someone worthy of picking first, I have a bunch of people I want like 2-8 rounds. I'm sure a lot of the smaller promotions are in that boat though. My other big issue is... I don't know what everyone is targeting. I have some folks I really want, but I don't think anybody would actually want to pick them, so do I leave them for a WHILE or do I grab them just in case? I guess we'll see.
LowBlowPodcast Posted August 10, 2016 Author Report Posted August 10, 2016 I know Bruno has been online since the draft started so he "should" be aware but I will wait for him. Lots of scenarios to play off of depending on who he picks and who the Japanese tier B people view as top guys to pick from...
SirEdger Posted August 10, 2016 Report Posted August 10, 2016 So probably only one pick tonight, will be a busier tomorrow. Probably don't want to jump over Bruno's pick if you are next in line, we did start without warning. Anyway, Hogan #1 makes sense, especially to NJPW. Hogan vs Mutoh and Hogan vs Chono are good main events to build upon. I have an issue where I don't know if I have someone worthy of picking first, I have a bunch of people I want like 2-8 rounds. I'm sure a lot of the smaller promotions are in that boat though. My other big issue is... I don't know what everyone is targeting. I have some folks I really want, but I don't think anybody would actually want to pick them, so do I leave them for a WHILE or do I grab them just in case? I guess we'll see. Yeah, we're pretty much all in that same boat. We have a pretty good idea of who to target but sometimes another promotion can just snatch one or two guys away and it changes our plans. Best thing is to just go with the flow.
elliott Posted August 10, 2016 Report Posted August 10, 2016 Hogan is a great pick for New Japan I think. I worry a little about his willingness to do jobs for Mutoh & Chono and whatever other guys are picked up. But that's the issue with grabbing Hogan in 1995. I'm interested to see where this goes though because Hulk always had his working boots on in Japan. I demand at least one Hogan & Liger tag team appearance so they can do dueling posing routines. Grimmas, I'm fascinated by who you pick first because it will likely determine just how angry I am tomorrow on my lunch break. There are 4 guys I'm targeting with my first pick and with 4 Japanese promotion picks in front of me, its very possible I'll miss out on all of them. There are a bunch of different directions you can go in which leads you to be the total wildcard in Japan. I absolutely anticipate spite drafting John Tenta in like the 6th round after you grab a couple of my guys
Grimmas Posted August 10, 2016 Report Posted August 10, 2016 Hogan is a great pick for New Japan I think. I worry a little about his willingness to do jobs for Mutoh & Chono and whatever other guys are picked up. But that's the issue with grabbing Hogan in 1995. I'm interested to see where this goes though because Hulk always had his working boots on in Japan. I demand at least one Hogan & Liger tag team appearance so they can do dueling posing routines. Grimmas, I'm fascinated by who you pick first because it will likely determine just how angry I am tomorrow on my lunch break. There are 4 guys I'm targeting with my first pick and with 4 Japanese promotion picks in front of me, its very possible I'll miss out on all of them. There are a bunch of different directions you can go in which leads you to be the total wildcard in Japan. I absolutely anticipate spite drafting John Tenta in like the 6th round after you grab a couple of my guys Stay away from fat and death match guys and I will stay away from shooters. Deal? FMW is in flux at this point with Onita leaving and Arai wanting to focus more on sports entertainment then death matches.. so yeah, I have a bunch of ideas out there, not sure where I am going.
LowBlowPodcast Posted August 10, 2016 Author Report Posted August 10, 2016 I was hoping to get Yoko and Tenta to bring them in for a Sumo exhibition... Yoko counts as a Japanese guy right? Kayfabe is real in 1995?
elliott Posted August 10, 2016 Report Posted August 10, 2016 Absolutely. edit: to both of those last two posts
elliott Posted August 10, 2016 Report Posted August 10, 2016 I wish HHH was available to all so Grimmas could draft him with the last pick and put him in exploding barbed wire match after exploding barbed wire match.
SirEdger Posted August 10, 2016 Report Posted August 10, 2016 I just hope I'll be able to build the Junior Heavyweight division I want. But I got the feeling that I probably won't be able to have all the guys I want.
elliott Posted August 10, 2016 Report Posted August 10, 2016 The juniors are going to be really interesting because really all of us will be looking at certain guys.
SirEdger Posted August 10, 2016 Report Posted August 10, 2016 Yeop. Them and the "Other" talents. Some of them fit both categories so it's gonna be interesting to see who ends up where.
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