It is just a draft

[LowBlowPodcast]

Hey everyone,

Now, let me preface this by saying this is not a NEW GAME... this is just a FANTASY DRAFT FOR FUN!

I have been in the mood to do a fantasy draft lately.

I put together a full list of 350 wrestlers, promotions, managers, and announcers.

The caveat is that you don't pick a promotion - you draft one - and you can draft that promotion at any time... doesn't have to be the first pick.

Looking to see if anyone would like to partake and have some fun. Hopefully do it live via Google Sheets.

Let me know if you'd be interested in partaking!

 

AGAIN - THIS IS NOT A NEW GAME - THIS IS NOT TAKING OVER A PREVIOUS GAME - THIS IS NOT OVERLAPPING ANYTHING - IT IS JUST A FANTASTY DRAFT FOR FUN!

 

PROMOTIONS (20)

WWF (Northeast) — Vince McMahon Sr / Vince McMahon Jr

AWA (Midwest) — Verne Gagne

Jim Crockett Promotions / Mid-Atlantic — Jim Crockett Jr

World Class Championship Wrestling (Dallas) — Fritz Von Erich

Mid-South Wrestling — Bill Watts

Memphis Wrestling (CWA) — Jerry Jarrett

Georgia Championship Wrestling — Ole Anderson

Championship Wrestling from Florida — Eddie Graham

WWC Puerto Rico — Carlos Colon

Stampede Wrestling — Stu Hart

Southwest Championship Wrestling — Joe Blanchard

Pacific Northwest Wrestling — Don Owen

Central States Wrestling — Bob Geigel

Southeastern Wrestling (Continental) — Ron Fuller

All-Star Wrestling (Vancouver) — Al Tomko

Grand Prix Wrestling — Emile Dupree

Maple Leaf Wrestling (Toronto) — Frank Tunney

International Wrestling (Montreal) — Gino Brito

ICW (Poffo Territory) — Angelo Poffo

WWA (Indianapolis) — Dick the Bruiser

 

Wrestlers

Abdullah the Butcher
Adrian Adonis
Afa
Al Madril
Al Perez
Al Costello
Alex Gerrard
Ali Bey
Andre the Giant
Angelo Mosca
Angelo Mosca Jr.
Angelo Rivera
Animal
Archie Gouldie
Armand Rougeau
Arn Anderson
Art Crews
Austin Idol
Bad News Allen
Baron Von Raschke
Barrabas
Barry Windham
Ben Bassarab
Big John Studd
Bill Ash
Bill Dundee
Bill Rathke
Billy Jack
Billy Red Lyons
Billy Robinson
Black Bart
Black Gordman
Blackjack Lanza
Blackjack Mulligan
Bob Armstrong
Bob Backlund
Bob Brown
Bob Marcus
Bob Orton Jr.
Bob Sweetan
Bobby Bass
Bobby Colt
Bobby Duncum
Bobby Eaton
Bobby Fulton
Bobby Jaggers
Bobo Brazil
Boris Zhukov
Brad Armstrong
Brad Rheingans
Bret Hart
Brett Wayne Sawyer
Brian Adias
Brian Blair
Bruce Hart
Bruiser Brody
Bruno Sammartino
Buck Robley
Buddy Landell
Buddy Roberts
Buddy Rose
Bugsy McGraw
Butch Reed
Butcher Vachon
Buzz Sawyer
Buzz Tyler
Chavo Guerrero
Chick Donovan
Chicky Starr
Chief Jay Strongbow
Chris Adams
Chris Colt
Chris Markoff
Chris Youngblood
Cocoa Samoa
Crusher Blackwell
Curt Hennig
Dan Johnson
Davey Boy Smith
David Schultz
David Von Erich
Dennis Condrey
Dewey Robertson
Dick Murdoch
Dick Slater
Dino Bravo
Dirty Rhodes
Dominic DeNucci
Don Bass
Don Fargo
Don Kernodle
Don Muraco
Dory Funk Jr.
Doug Somers
Doug Vines
Dusty Rhodes
Dutch Mantell
Dutch Savage
Dynamite Kid
Ed Wiskowski
Eddie Gilbert
El Bracero
El Gran Apollo
El Santo Negro
Eric Embry
Ernie Ladd
Fidel Sierra
Frank Dusek
Fred Marzino
Frenchy Martin
Gama Singh
Gary Hart
Gary Royal
Gene Anderson
Gene Kiniski
George Steele
George Weingroff
George Wells
Gerry Morrow
Gino Brito
Gino Hernandez
Goldie Rogers
Goliath
Goro Tsurumi
Gran Markus
Great Malumba
Greg Valentine
Gypsy Joe
Hacksaw Duggan
Haku
Harley Race
Hawk
Hector Guerrero
Hercules Ayala
Hubert Gallant
Hulk Hogan
Iceman Parsons
Iron Mike Sharpe
Ivan Koloff
Ivan Putski
Jack Brisco
Jake Roberts
Jacques Rougeau
Jeff Jarrett
Jeff Sword
Jeff Van Camp
Jerry Brisco
Jerry Lawler
Jerry Oates
Jerry Oske
Jerry Stubbs
Jesse Barr
Jesse Ventura
Jim Neidhart
Jimmy Doo
Jimmy Garvin
Jimmy Golden
Jimmy Hart
Jimmy Jack Funk
Jimmy Snuka
Jimmy Valiant
JJ Dillon
Jody Hamilton
Joe Marcus
Joe Savoldi
Johnny Mantell
Johnny Powers
Johnny Rich
Johnny Rodz
Johnny Valentine
Johnny Weaver
Johnny Wilhoit
Jonathan Boyd
Jose Estrada
José González
Jose Lothario
Jos LeDuc
JR Hogg
Juan Reynosa
Jules Strongbow
Junkyard Dog
Kamala
Keith Hart
Ken Lucas
Ken Mantell
Ken Patera
Ken Raper
Ken Timbs
Ken Wayne
Kendo Nagasaki
Kerry Brown
Kerry Von Erich
Kevin Sullivan
Kevin Von Erich
Killer Brooks
Killer Khan
King Cobra
King Kong Bundy
King Tonga
Koko Ware
Lanny Poffo
Larry Hamilton
Larry Hennig
Larry Zbyszko
Leo Burke
Leroy Brown
Louis Laurence
Luke Williams
Mac Rivera
Mad Dog Vachon
Magnum TA
Mando Guerrero
Manny Fernandez
Manny Soto
Mark Batten
Mark Fleming
Mark Lewin
Mark Romero
Mark Youngblood
Masa Fuchi
Masked Superstar
Matt Borne
Michael Hayes
Mike Boyette
Mike Graham
Mike Jackson
Mike Reed
Mike Rotundo
Mike Shaw
Mike Vachon
Mil Mascaras
Moondog King
Moondog Rex
Moondog Spot
Moose Cholak
Mr. Ebony
Mr. Fuji
Mr. Hito
Mr. Saito
Mr. Wrestling II
Nick Bockwinkel
Nikolai Volkoff
Norman Frederick Charles III
Norvell Austin
One Man Gang
Owen Hart
Ox Baker
Pancho Villa
Pat Patterson
Pat Rose
Pat Tanaka
Paul Christy
Paul Diamond
Paul Ellering
Paul Jones
Paul Orndorff
Pedro Morales
Pete Sanchez
Pez Whatley
Phil LaFon
Pierre LeFebvre
Randy Rose
Randy Savage
Randy Scott
Raul Castro
Ray Apollon
Ray Candy
Ray Stevens
Raymond Rougeau
Ric Flair
Rick Martel
Rick McCord
Rick McGraw
Rick Rude
Rick Valentine
Ricky Gibson
Ricky Morton
Ricky Santana
Ricky Steamboat
Rip Oliver
Rip Rogers
Robert Fuller
Robert Gibson
Roberto Soto
Rock Hunter
Rock Riddle
Rocky Johnson
Rocky King
Rocky Jones
Roddy Piper
Ron Bass
Ron Ritchie
Ron Sexton
Ron Starr
Ronnie Garvin
Rooster Griffin
Roy Lee Welch
Rufus R. Jones
Salvatore Bellomo
Sam Fatu
Scott Casey
Scott Irwin
Scott McGhee
SD Jones
Sgt. Jacques Goulet
Sgt. Slaughter
Sheik Abdullah
Sika
Siva Afi
Skandor Akbar
Smith Hart
Spike Huber
Stan Hansen
Stan Stasiak
Steve Keirn
Steve King
Steve O
Steve Regal
Steve Travis
Steve Williams
Steven Pettipas
Super Medic
Superstar Billy Graham
Swede Hanson
Sweet Brown Sugar
Sweet Daddy O
Sweet Daddy Siki
Ted DiBiase
Ted Oates
Terry Funk
Terry Gibbs
Terry Gordy
Terry Taylor
The Angel
The Barbarian
The Cobra
The Crusher
The Cuban Assassin
The Destroyer
The Grappler
The Great Kabuki
The Iron Sheik
The Missing Link
The Mongol
The Sheik
The Spoiler
Tiger Conway Jr.
Tiger Williams
Tim Gerrard
Tito Santana
Tojo Yamamoto
Tom Lintz
Tom Prichard
Tom Renesto
Tom Stanton
Tom Zenk
Tommy Gilbert
Tommy Lane
Tommy Rich
Tommy Rogers
Tommy Wright
Tony Atlas
Tony Colon
Tony Falk
Tony Garea
Tony Parisi
Tony Russo
Tony Zane
Toru Tanaka
Tully Blanchard
Vic Rossitani
Victor Jovica
Victor Rivera
Wahoo McDaniel
Wayne Farris
Wild Bill Irwin

 

MANAGERS (NON-WRESTLER POOL)

Bobby Heenan
Fred Blassie
The Grand Wizard
Lou Albano
Sir Oliver Humperdink
Percy Pringle
Sunshine
Jim Cornette
Buddy Rogers
Arnold Skaaland
Saul Weingeroff
Don Carson
Johnny Valiant
Abdullah Farouk

ANNOUNCERS

Gordon Solie
Lance Russell
Bob Caudle
David Crockett
Tony Schiavone
Gene Okerlund
Ken Resnick
Rod Trongard
Larry Nelson
Marty O’Neill
Lee Marshall
Mark Lorenz
Jay Randolph
Jim Ross
Reeser Bowden
Bill Mercer
Marc Lowrance
Paul Boesch
Mick Karch
Buddy Wayne
Frank Bonnema
Norm Kimble
Kal Rudman
Dave Brown
Steve Day
Jack Reynolds
Sam Menacker
Harry Carey Jr.
Mike Shields

 

[KingBoggs33]

I love drafts. I am always game to do a draft. 

[JHawk]

I won't draft just because I'm not on the forums enough to pay attention, but I wanted to point out you have both The Grand Wizard and Abdullah Farouk listed as managers but they were both portrayed by Ernie Roth, so I'm not sure you meant for that

[LowBlowPodcast]

11 minutes ago, JHawk said:

I won't draft just because I'm not on the forums enough to pay attention, but I wanted to point out you have both The Grand Wizard and Abdullah Farouk listed as managers but they were both portrayed by Ernie Roth, so I'm not sure you meant for that

Amateur hour on my end. Thanks for the heads up. The draft is just a one time event so no need to keep up with the forum 

[ErictheDragon]

I can make time for this.

[LowBlowPodcast]

Probably looking at 2-3 more people - if we can get 2 or 3 more people we could do this this weekend or next week. 

[LowBlowPodcast]

 

So i did a fantasy draft - ranked everyone and did it completely random - its January 1983 - which of these promotions would you want to run?

[ErictheDragon]

I'll take group 2.

[KingBoggs33]

Group 3 

[LowBlowPodcast]

I'd go with 4 - lots of potential there. Outside of Mil Mascaras who I loathe - I could find something for everyone. 7 is also sneaky. 

 

I can run some more simulations if anyone's interested with more promotions. Out to 10 would be interesting. 

[ErictheDragon]

5 hours ago, LowBlowPodcast said:

 I can run some more simulations if anyone's interested with more promotions. Out to 10 would be interesting. 

I'd be down.

[LowBlowPodcast]

 

Here's 10.... definitely more spread out. Still some fun groups here... especially if you open the trades up right away. 

 

Group 6 would be my preference with this one... although 8 also has some fun pieces. 

[ErictheDragon]

Group 3.

[Blehschmidt]

I know I'm not particularly welcome in these parts, but since this is just a one off thing for fun, I'll chime in!

Group 8 would be my choice. 

David Von Erich would 100% be your top babyface, but after that you'd need to do some trading cause you have pretty much no one else worth a damn on the babyface side. Potentially Don Kernodle and Jesse Barr, but there is a huge disparity in star power between David and those guys. Maybe Bret Hart gets an early push as a technical babyface, but it would be lower card at best.

But oh man, David having a villains gallery consisting of Roddy Piper,  a Heenan Family consisting of Patera, Saito, and maybe Rose & Somers put together a few years early. Not to mention a Russian team of Ivan Koloff and Nikolai Volkoff, Austin Idol and Killer Khan floating around, and maybe we lean into Scott Irwin's biker gimmick a little more and give him Ellering as a manger. 

As you mentioned @LowBlowPodcast, a lot of fun pieces in that group.

[LowBlowPodcast]

56 minutes ago, Blehschmidt said:

I know I'm not particularly welcome in these parts, but since this is just a one off thing for fun, I'll chime in!

Group 8 would be my choice. 

David Von Erich would 100% be your top babyface, but after that you'd need to do some trading cause you have pretty much no one else worth a damn on the babyface side. Potentially Don Kernodle and Jesse Barr, but there is a huge disparity in star power between David and those guys. Maybe Bret Hart gets an early push as a technical babyface, but it would be lower card at best.

But oh man, David having a villains gallery consisting of Roddy Piper,  a Heenan Family consisting of Patera, Saito, and maybe Rose & Somers put together a few years early. Not to mention a Russian team of Ivan Koloff and Nikolai Volkoff, Austin Idol and Killer Khan floating around, and maybe we lean into Scott Irwin's biker gimmick a little more and give him Ellering as a manger. 

As you mentioned @LowBlowPodcast, a lot of fun pieces in that group.

You're always welcome in my discussions! 

[Blehschmidt]

Thanks! 

The time period in discussion here is definitely my wheel house. When DoW first started and we were working near this era, I had an absolute blast writing it. I often wish life hadn't gotten in the way and I could have continued the version of World Class that I was writing. Von Erichs, Bockwinkel, John Studd, Butch Reed. The roster I had was fantastic and I had some good stuff planned.

[LowBlowPodcast]

5 hours ago, Blehschmidt said:

Thanks! 

The time period in discussion here is definitely my wheel house. When DoW first started and we were working near this era, I had an absolute blast writing it. I often wish life hadn't gotten in the way and I could have continued the version of World Class that I was writing. Von Erichs, Bockwinkel, John Studd, Butch Reed. The roster I had was fantastic and I had some good stuff planned.

I had an idea of running g Georgia with the Von Erich’s and slowly turning them heel and making them preppy Texas studs to against Georgias own Tommy Rich and others