The 10th Annual PW Draft 2017 Discussion Thread

Necro

paulie21 wrote:

Seriously hope not, I went through everyones roster like three times

Liz definitely has Chyna anyways.

paulie21

Yep they are picked, how the hell do I keep on doing that?

beakerjoe

ShagNastii wrote: »

I'm intrigued to see Paulie take Paul Bearer. Eventhough I have Taker and Kane I had no plans to draft him.

He was partnered with Giant Gonzales last year IIRC.

He was one of your potentail bonus round picks....

Bounty Hunter

paulie21 wrote: »

Yep they are picked, how the hell do I keep on doing that?

If they had of still been available your rd15 picks would have been the top drafts of the game tbh

SlickRic

I toyed with drafting Strike Force, but I think I've had them twice before, so decided against it.

Superb value.

A Brad Maddox Guy

Had Strike Force on my list but went with the Andersons in the hope that others think I've booked them well previously which better fits my plans. Kinda surprising that they always go late despite being a highly regarded tag team.

daithi1989

Picks up and PM sent. I dont think my picks were gone yet? Had a quick look before posting. Was worried Sim Snuka might be gone under a different name though??

Necro

Another update:

Mr Nice Guy: Kurt Angle, Chad Gable and Jason Jordan (American Alpha), Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, Shelton Benjamin & Charlie Haas (World's Greatest Tag Team), Rey Mysterio, Will Ospreay, Terry Funk, Todd Pettengill, Minoru Suzuki & Naomichi Marufuji, Muhammad Ali, Dean Malenko, Perry Saturn, Mickie James, Paul London & Billy Kidman, Ultimo Dragon, Dory Funk Jr, Io Shirai & Mayu Iwatani

Lord TSC: Xavier Woods, Big E, Kofi Kingston (The New Day), "Broken" Matt Hardy, Vince McMahon, "Big Poppa Pump" Scott Steiner, The Big Show, The Iron Shiek, Mantaur, Raven & Tommy Dreamer, Charlie Sheen, The Sandman, Doink the Clown, Stevie Richards & The Blue Meanie, Simon Dean, R-Truth & Little Jimmy, Shannon Moore, Crazzy Steve

Bounty Hunter: Hulk Hogan, Batista, Mr Perfect & Scott Hall, 'The Million Dollar Man' Ted DiBiase & Stan Hansen, Kevin Nash, Andre The Giant, Mike 'IRS' Rotunda & Dan 'Waylon Mercy' Spivey, Horace Hogan, Manami Toyota & Aja Kong, 'Rowdy' Ronda Rousey, Bam Bam Bigelow, Chris Candido, Abdullah the Butcher & The Original Sheik, Rick Steiner & Eddie Gilbert, Sabu (Trade), Tatanka, 'Dr Death' Steve Williams & Kevin Sullivan, Shane Douglas (Trade), Devon 'Hannibal' Nicholson

Daithi1989: Sting, Randy Orton, Goldberg, Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase Jnr (Priceless), Luke Harper and Erick Rowan, Booker T, AJ Lee & Kaitlyn (The Chickbusters), Captain Lou Albano, Hornswoggle, Brodus Clay & Tensai/Albert (Tons of Funk), Naomi & Tamina Snuka (Team B.A.D.), Rikishi (Trade), Scotty 2 Hotty & Grandmaster Sexay (Too Cool), Juventud Guerrera (Trade), The Great Khali, 'Hacksaw' Jim Duggan, Nathan Jones, Manu, Sgt Slaughter, Sim Snuka

A Brad Maddox Guy: Brock Lesnar, Mick Foley, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Shane McMahon, "The Road Dogg" Jesse James, and "The Bad Ass" Billy Gunn (The New Age Outlaws), The Ultimate Warrior, Rich Swann & Ricochet, Ludvig Borga, Damien Sandow & Tye Dillinger, Mickey Rourke, Jack Swagger, Caristico, Lance Storm & Justin Credible (The Impact Players), Authors of Pain, Tyler Breeze, Noelle Foley, Gene & Ole Anderson (Minnesota Wrecking Crew)

LeeJM: AJ Styles, Sheamus, "The Villain" Marty Scurll, 'The Bruiserweight' Pete Dunne & Trent Seven (British Strong Style), Chris Hero, Tazz, David Finlay (Trade), Tyler Bate, Norman Smiley, Damien Corvin & Bonesaw (Kings of The North), X-Pac & Jerry Lynn, Barry Windham(Trade), Luther Ward, Takeshi Morishima (Trade), Finlay (Trade), War Machine, Jimmy Havoc, Duncan Disorderly, Jim Smallman

Beakerjoe: Randy Savage, The Miz, Kevin Owens (Trade), Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard (The Brainbusters), Gargano and Ciampa (DIY), Brian Pillman, Asuka, Clarence Mason, Adrian Neville & Corey Graves (Trade), ACH & Matt Sydal, Alberto Del Rio(Trade), Gorilla Monsoon (Trade), Madusa, Paige, Matt Riddle, Cedric Alexander, Maryse, Miss Elizabeth

Thebostoncrab: Shinsuke Nakamura, Jerry 'The King' Lawler (Trade), The Young Bucks, Legion of Doom, Akira Tozawa and Sami Zayn, Adam Cole BAY-BAY!, Katsuyori Shibata, Nicole Bass, THE Brian Kendrick & Low Ki, El Hijo del Santo, Kerry Von Erich, La Parka, Dalton Castle, Kensuke Sasaki & Hiroshi Haze, Taka Michinoku, Hangman Page, Kyle O'Reilly & Bobby Fish (ReDRagon)

Campo: Roddy Piper, Bray Wyatt, Braun Strowman, Bobby Lashley, D'Lo Brown and The Godfather, Mark Henry, The Godwinns, Tama Tonga & Tanga Roe (Guerillas of Destiny), Jay Lethal, Sycho Sid, 'Cowboy' Bob Orton, Bad Luck Fale, Jim Cornette (Trade), Stan Lane & Bobby Eaton(The Midnight Express), Bo Dallas, Nikita Koloff

Paulie21: Chris Jericho, The Rock, Dolph Ziggler, The Briscoes, Ken Anderson (Trade), Karl 'Doc' Anderson and Luke Gallows (The Club), Sasha Banks, Bertha Faye, Heath Slater & Rhyno, Stacey Keibler & Torrie Wilson, Baron Corbin, Roderick Strong, Brie Bella & Nikki Bella (The Bella Twins), Gangrel, Viscera & Val Venis, Vicki Guerrero, Paul Bearer, Doug & Danny Basham, Giant Gonzalez

BrianRegan09: Owen Hart, Roman Reigns, Okada, Enzo Amore & Big Cass, Jushin Thunder Liger, Paul Heyman, Tetsuaya Naito & Yujiro Takahashi, Bruce Hart (Trade), Leo Kruger, Tito Ortiz, Lex Luger, Psicosis & Super Crazy (The Mexicools), Carmella, Gran Metallic, Homicide & Hernandez, The Goon, Konnan

JP Liz V1: Stone Cold Steve Austin, Antonio Cesaro, Tyson Kidd, Austin Aries, Nigel McGuinness, Chyna, Beth Phoenix, Carlito & Primo, Nidia, Ryback & Curtis Axel (Rybaxel), Snoop Dogg, Kharma & Hamada, Michael Elgin, Jesse 'The Body' Ventura, Steve Blackman (Trade), Colt Cabana, David Hart Smith, Matt Morgan & Crimson

Cheese Wagstaff: Bret Hart, Seth Rollins, Jeff Hardy, Christian, John Morrison, Umaga & Rosey, Meng & The Barbarian, Matt Cappotelli, Eric Bischoff, Sean O'Haire & Mark Jindrak, Hardcore Holly, Joey Mercury, Jamie Noble, Pedro Morales & Carlos Colon, Buddy Rogers, Hakushi, Tito Santana & Rick Martel (Strike Force)

Shagnastii: The Undertaker, Kane, Keiji Mutoh, William Regal & Tajiri, Ron Simmons/Faarooq, Antonio Inoki, 'PS' Michael Hayes & Terry 'Bam Bam' Gordy (The Fabulous Freebirds), Rodney Mack, Goldust, 'Iron' Mike Tyson, Zack Sabre Jnr (Trade), Jim Ross, Michelle McCool, Vampiro, Dan 'The Beast' Severn, Chael Sonnen, Skinner, Buddy 'Jake' Roberts

Spongey1975: Ric Flair, CM Punk, Dean Ambrose, Christopher Daniels & Kazarian (The Addiction), Rob Van Dam, Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin (The Motor City Machine Guns) Ax & Smash (Demolition), Midajah, Bruno Sammartino, The Big Boss Man & One Man Gang, The Hurricane aka Gregory Helms, Jimmy Yang, Ethan Carter III & Fandango, Renee Young, Kelly Kelly & Eve Torres, Summer Rae, Test

Imnotthehulk: Daniel Bryan, "The British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kidd (The British Bulldogs), "Glorious" Bobby Roode, "Mr Wonderful" Paul Orndorff & "Ravishing" Rick Rude, James Storm & Abyss, Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka & Bruiser Brody, Jeff Jarrett, Lord Alfred Hayes (Trade), MVP, Ken Shamrock (Trade), Diamond Dallas Page (DDP), The Wild Samoan/Samu & The Great Kokina/Yokozuna (Samoan Swat Team), Jacqueline, TJ Perkins, Eric Young, 'The Wildcat' Chris Harris, Mistico II, Seiya Sanada, ODB

DM_7: Finn Bálor, John Cena, Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega, Charlotte & Becky Lynch, Rusev, Trish Stratus, Jimmy & Jey (The Usos) (Trade), 'The Giggalo' Jimmy Del Ray & 'The Doctor' Tom Pritchard, 'The Chosen One' Drew Galloway/McIntyre, Pentagon Jr, Tommy End, Lana, Apollo Crews, La Sombra & Rush, Matanza Cueto, Ryusuke Taguchi, Eva Marie

Necrominus: Samoa Joe (Trade), Edge, Vader, Stephanie McMahon, Bubba Dudley/Bully Ray and D-Von Dudley (The Dudley Boyz), Muhammad Hassan, Bayley & Emma, Ranjin Singh, The Fabulous Moolah, President Donald Trump, 'Superstar' Billy Graham & Pat Patterson, Bob Backlund, Earthquake & Typhoon (The Natural Disasters), Santino Marella & Zack Ryder (Team CoBro), 'The Alpha Male' Monty Brown, Mike Adamle, Michael Tarver

Furious Red: Eddie Guerrero, Triple H (HHH), John Bradshaw Layfield (JBL), Dash & Dawson (The Revival), Wade Barrett, Eddie Edwards & Davey Richards (American Wolves), Lita, Aaron 'Jesus' Aguilera, Doug Williams & Magnus (The British Invasion), Gail Kim, Kalisto & Sin Cara (The Lucha Dragons), Chavo Guerrero, Alexa Bliss, Noam Dar, No Way José, Brooklyn Brawler, Mark Andrews


SlickRic: Jake 'The Snake' Roberts, (HBK) Shawn Michaels, Mitsuhara Misawa, Kenta Kobashi, Dusty Rhodes, Hideo Itami, Chris Benoit (Trade), Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson (The Rock'N'Roll Express), Timothy Well & Steven Dunn (Well Dunn), Nick Bockwinkel & Ray 'The Crippler Stevens, Floyd 'Money' Mayweather Jr, Harley Race, Marty Jannetty, Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan (Trade), Bob Sapp, The Nasty Boys, Hercules, Magnum TA

Mr.Nice Guy

I've a question regarding a storyline I'm working on. One of the background characters in my Ricky Steamboat storyline is going to be Ricky Steamboat's infant son. I'm wondering am I allowed use the kid's actual name since in real life the kid went on to become a wrestler himself?

I want to stress I have no intention of ever using the son as an adult.

If it's an issue, I can not name him in the storyline; or else I'll just invent a fictitious kid.

A Brad Maddox Guy

Hmmm bit of a tough one, normally my instinct would be to be pretty lax about these things, particularly if it's just a child. But assuming it's the son I'm thinking of then he's fairly well known & may have even been drafted before. My personal opinion/recommendation would be to wait and see if anyone drafts him and if nobody does then work away with the real son, it's not as if you're going to have him wrestling or anything. If somebody does (which would be a bit surprising but we've seen stranger) then just use a fictitious name as I assume the name isn't going to influence things in the slightest.

campo

A Brad Maddox Guy wrote: »

Hmmm bit of a tough one, normally my instinct would be to be pretty lax about these things, particularly if it's just a child. But assuming it's the son I'm thinking of then he's fairly well known & may have even been drafted before. My personal opinion/recommendation would be to wait and see if anyone drafts him and if nobody does then work away with the real son, it's not as if you're going to have him wrestling or anything. If somebody does (which would be a bit surprising but we've seen stranger) then just use a fictitious name as I assume the name isn't going to influence things in the slightest.

King Maxwell Mark 2

DM_7

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

I've a question regarding a storyline I'm working on. One of the background characters in my Ricky Steamboat storyline is going to be Ricky Steamboat's infant son. I'm wondering am I allowed use the kid's actual name since in real life the kid went on to become a wrestler himself?

I want to stress I have no intention of ever using the son as an adult.

If it's an issue, I can not name him in the storyline; or else I'll just invent a fictitious kid.

If he didn't become a wrestler would you write about him? If not then you should draft him. Otherwise, as Brad says, use him if he is not drafted in the way we can use commentators not drafted.

JP Liz V1

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

I've a question regarding a storyline I'm working on. One of the background characters in my Ricky Steamboat storyline is going to be Ricky Steamboat's infant son. I'm wondering am I allowed use the kid's actual name since in real life the kid went on to become a wrestler himself?

I want to stress I have no intention of ever using the son as an adult.

If it's an issue, I can not name him in the storyline; or else I'll just invent a fictitious kid.

I don't think it is a problem but better ask Joe

Mr.Nice Guy

DM_7 wrote: »

If he didn't become a wrestler would you write about him? If not then you should draft him. Otherwise, as Brad says, use him if he is not drafted in the way we can use commentators not drafted.

Yeah I find myself wishing he didn't become a wrestler because then it would be grand. He's not even an important figure in my story, though he is around for an important moment.

Maybe I should just have the characters say 'hey kiddo', 'hey little man' etc.

DM_7

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Yeah I find myself wishing he didn't become a wrestler because then it would be grand. He's not even an important figure in my story, though he is around for an important moment.

Maybe I should just have the characters say 'hey kiddo', 'hey little man' etc.

If he is not drafted you are in the clear anyway but if its for a moment (as an infant) it should be sound regardless.

Necro

It brings up a good point though. For example I have Stephanie McMahon. If I mentioned her family in a promo is that fair game even though I haven't drafted them? Obviously I wouldn't use the other family members in the storyline (unless I drafted them of course)

beakerjoe

I wouldnt be concerned too much MNG, Id be ok with you using him even if you have no plans drafting him in that capacity. Id even go as far to say whom ever drafts his son (Though I imagine only you may draft him, if anyone) would be ok with you using Steamboats son.

If he remains undrafted Id say your ok to use him, if he is drafted by someone else then you may just wanna run it by that person.

2 years ago I used Jake Roberts son without drafting him, though its different as he is not an in ring performer like Rickies kid. But wouldnt object you to using him as youve laid out.

The mentioning on people is fine, once they arent used as an actual character.

beakerjoe

Im almost ready to begin my defence.....

A Brad Maddox Guy

That's a damn cool image beaker

Necro

beakerjoe wrote:

Im almost ready to begin my defence.....

Looking forward to it.

Necro

By the way Lee I haven't let your preview show gone unnoticed. Will have a review of it up tomorrow at some stage. Been slightly busy and on the go since 3am this morning with the birth of my second child!

paulie21

Congrats Necro

LeeJM

Necrominus wrote: »

By the way Lee I haven't let your preview show gone unnoticed. Will have a review of it up tomorrow at some stage. Been slightly busy and on the go since 3am this morning with the birth of my second child!

Congrats Necro! I think its only fair that the child is named after the winner of this years Draft :pac:

Mr.Nice Guy

Had a read of Bounty Hunter's preview show.

BWA Preview show -

I liked the beginning and the acknowledgement of the Draft's history. I'm planning on doing something similar. I think you and I might be the only ones who can since I think we're the only two who did them all.

I enjoyed the strong introduction of Dibiase and I can tell you're going to have a lot of fun using him.

I liked that in your roster summary you left things open ended which keeps us curious going into the first show. There's lots of ways you can go and I'm keen to see which direction you eventually decided on.

I'll look to offer more feedback soon.

Bounty Hunter

Have my first show pretty much done but don't think I will post it until I add my rd16 person as we are so close now. Actually took a shot at Campo's CWA in much the same way as I used to with MNG / Walt's WECWF so I hope he doesn't mind too much, cosidering the trades I did with him and that Andre left his promotion with one of his belts they will no doubt get mentioned again and tbh I always like any BWA mention on another show (assuming they aren't beating the crap outta one of your wrestlers) as simply the acknowledgement that your show is worth mentioning even if it is in that MNG / WECWF type of taking shots at each other way is a positive imo.


It is good when people have continuity on their shows and usually I would roster wise normally but this year I don't (don't think I had any of my roster last year) so I might have to hold off some of my guys till show 2 so they can get a proper introduction instead of all being introduced at the same time in show 1.

Necro

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

Have my first show pretty much done but don't think I will post it until I add my rd16 person as we are so close now. Actually took a shot at Campo's CWA in much the same way as I used to with MNG / Walt's WECWF so I hope he doesn't mind too much, cosidering the trades I did with him and that Andre left his promotion with one of his belts they will no doubt get mentioned again and tbh I always like any BWA mention on another show (assuming they aren't beating the crap outta one of your wrestlers) as simply the acknowledgement that your show is worth mentioning even if it is in that MNG / WECWF type of taking shots at each other way is a positive imo.


It is good when people have continuity on their shows and usually I would roster wise normally but this year I don't (don't think I had any of my roster last year) so I might have to hold off some of my guys till show 2 so they can get a proper introduction instead of all being introduced at the same time in show 1.

I actually have my first two shows written. Wanted to get ahead of the writing for at least a week or two for obvious reasons. Holding off until I make my picks this round and then I'll probably post the first show. I'll then hold off on the second until after round 16.

I have definitely done the same as you BH. I held off two or three characters at least until show 2 to make their debuts. Some may not make an appearance till show 3 or 4 for storyline reasons.

brianregan09

Can someone pm the next Guy I forgot this morning

DM_7

brianregan09 wrote: »

Can someone pm the next Guy I forgot this morning

Done

Lord TSC

Doink, Crazzy Steve, Rosemary and Kizarny

Some sort of Insane...Clown....uh....group. :pac:

SlickRic

I'd a specific role in mind for Ahmed Johnson, but I don't know if i can resist the mega match of...

Bob Sapp v Ahmed Johnson.