2021 Boards PW Draft - The Slammies

Necro

Here we go folks, it's time for the annual results thread for the PW Draft.

We will get to see the very best of this year's draft on offer with the various awards, and of course crown the winners for best roster, write-ups and overall draft winner, in this the 14th year of the draft...

PW Draft Winners Honour Roll:

2008 - RebelRockChick
2009 - flahavaj
2010 - Gerard.C
2011 - flahavaj
2012 - Mr.Nice Guy
2013 - Mr.Nice Guy
2014 - Mr.Nice Guy
2015 - Bounty Hunter
2016 - beakerjoe
2017 - beakerjoe
2018 - Mr.Nice Guy
2019 - Mr.Nice Guy
2020 - Bounty Hunter

So Bounty Hunter is our defending champion, will he be able to retain his crown and become a three time PW Draft Champ? Or will we see a new name on the trophy perhaps?




A quick look at the awards on offer today....

The Best There Is, Was, Or Ever Will Be (Superstar of the Year)

The Mae Young Classic Award (Best Female Star of the Year)

The Cenation Award (Face of the Year)

The Bad Guy (Heel of the Year)

The Isaac Yankem, DDS Award (Best Repackaged Superstar of the Year)

The Wrestling Observer Feud of the Year (Feud of the Year)

The Meltzer Seven Star Award (Match of the Year)

The What A Rush Award (Tag Team of the Year)

The Authority Award (Faction of the Year)

The Professional Talent Spotter (Draft Pick of the Year)

The Indie Talent Spotter (Under-Rated Draft Pick of the Year)

The Santina Marella Moment (LOL Moment of the Year)

The Performance Centre Up and Comer (Best Draft Newcomer of the Year)

The Kevin Federline Award (Celebrity Pick of the Year)

The Barbershop Window Moment (OMG Moment of the Year)

BEST ROSTER

BEST WRITE-UPS

BEST OVERALL


Kicking off in the next couple of hours (around 11am) with our first award - The Performance Centre Up and Comer (Best Draft Newcomer of the Year)

See you soon!

Necro

Ok let's kick things off folks!!

Starting with...

The Performance Centre Up and Comer (Best Draft Newcomer of the Year)



Just the three new players this year, all received votes….

Necro

In Third Place….


bennyl10





In Second Place




Wrestlemaniac






And in FIRST Place



The White Wolf!!!





Congratulations to our newcomers, it was close between White Wolf and wrestlemaniac, only 7 points seperating them..

Necro

Next up we move to

The What A Rush Award (Tag Team of the Year)



Hotly contested award this year which is evident in the votes....

Necro

In Joint 3rd Place with 5 points EACH


Briscoes (Necro)/Can-Am Express (Mr. Guappa)/New Samoans(wrestlemaniac)/Fabulous Freebirds(Mr. Guappa)/

Two teams for Mr G here, my own Briscoes and a newly formed team of wrestlemaniacs all garnered top spot by various voters.



In 2nd Place with 7 Points



Road Warriors (Mr.Nice Guy)





Somewhat fittingly The Road Warriors who coined the catchphrase of this award get some love as well, well done MNG!



AND IN JOINT 1ST place with 11 points EACH


New Age Outlaws (Bounty Hunter)







AND



The World’s Greatest Tag Team (Mr.Nice Guy)





Two of our draft veterans share top spot with two brilliant teams. Billy Gunn retains his top spot after winning it with Chuck last year. Great use of both teams, well done to BH and MNG on their first slammy of the year.

Necro

Let's move onto one of our new awards this year, shall we?

The Isaac Yankem, DDS Award (Best Repackaged Superstar of the Year)




Some notable mentions that also garnered votes…


Heath Slater (beakerjoe)
Hollywood John Cena (beakerjoe)
Cabinet Corbin (Necro)



beaker with some nice repackaging of Heath Slater and John Cena garnering him some love. I also gain a few votes for Baron Corbin's reimagining as a member of the new Cabinet. Cheers for the votes

beakerjoe

Glad I havent missed this, wasnt expecting it so early.

Well done White Wolf. Great work.

Happy to see WGTT get the win. They got my vote and had an excellent story arc with Von Erichs and played a part in the finale. Well done MNG

Necro

In 3rd place with 5 points

‘Big Greggy’ Valentine (Necro)


R-Truth's tag team partner gave me a few votes to earn a podium spot, thanks again


In 2nd place with 7 points

Ricky Steamboat (Mr.Nice Guy)

Ricky Steamboat's heel turn counts as a repackage in my eyes anyways, wasn't he a face most of his career? Anyways others agreed and earns MNG another podium position here.


And in 1st place, our overwhelming winner of this inaugural award…

With 17 points in total

Fake News Barrett (wrestlemaniac)





A simply brilliant concept by one of our newcomers, very well deserved slammy if I do say so myself. Congrats wrestlemaniac.

Necro

Moving on to honour some of our draft pick wizards next....

It can only be

The Professional Talent Spotter (Draft Pick of the Year)




A LOT of votes in this category, here's some of those that didn't make the podium but had a little love...

Keith Lee & Matt Riddle (Bounty Hunter)
Lashley (brianregan09)
WALTER (beakerjoe)
Darby Allin (Mr. Guappa)
Becky Lynch (Necro)
Dana White (Bounty Hunter)
Mike Tyson (Mr.Nice Guy)

Necro

In JOINT 4th place with 5 points


Hangman Page (The White Wolf)





AND



The New Day (Necro)








AND




Bobby Heenan & Nick Bockwinkel (beakerjoe)






Very tough to decide here evidently, some great picks already mentioned and these guys just miss out on the podium this year.

Necro

In 3rd place with 8 points



Ricky ‘The Dragon’ Steamboat (Mr.Nice Guy)







And in JOINT 1st place with 15 points EACH

Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts (beakerjoe)






AND

DIY (Bounty Hunter)







Another shared podium for BH, with beaker picking up his first award. Two brilliant picks here and used to fantastic effect. Well done lads.

Necro

Next up we go for some fun and frolics with

The Santina Marella Moment (LOL Moment of the Year)



Some hilarious entries get a mention here...

O Connell Street Fight (Abraham Colossal Groin)
Jesse Ventura in his bunker (Mr.Nice Guy)
Vickie Guerrero hits on Matthew McConaughey (JP Liz V1)

Necro

In 3rd place with 7 points


Bayley as John Laurinitis(beakerjoe)






In 2nd Place with 8 points



‘Big Greggy’ Valentine debuts on NCW (Necro)







And in 1st place with a huge 21 points



Elias in concert/Heath Slater shenanigans (beakerjoe)





beaker showing he can do comic moments excellently, picking up a podium place for Bayley and then collecting his second slammy with the hilarious Heath Slater/Elias segments. Great job beaker.

beakerjoe

Delighted that not only Jake got some love, but my top vote of DIY got to share it. Well done

Necro

Moving onto some shocking moments in the write-ups next....


The Barbershop Window Moment (OMG Moment of the Year)




Some honourable mentions…. again a huge amount of variation in the votes here


Ciampa wins the BWA title (Bounty Hunter)
Matthew McConaughey heel turn (JP Liz V1)
Ricky Steamboat heel turn (Mr.Nice Guy)
JBL joins the NWO (Necro)
Colby Covington taps out Taz (Uncle Walt)
Brian Pillman VS Nick Aldis (The White Wolf)
Damien Sandow becomes World Champion at pauliemania (paulie21)

Necro

In Third Place with 7 points


Mike Tyson bites Brock Lesnar’s ear (Mr.Nice Guy)


The draft mimics real life here and gains MNG a podium position.


In Second Place with 15 points


Stu & Bret Hart turn heel and cost Darby Allin the GWA Title (Mr. Guappa)


Another shocking end to a PPV here with Darby Allin being screwed out of the World Title in a shocking twist


And in FIRST Place with 19 points



Jon Moxley costs WALTER the BCW Title (beakerjoe)


A third slammy in a row for beaker with the shocking twist at the end of his PPV grabbing the most votes.

beakerjoe

Just me and you here Necro by the looks of it.

Necro

Next up for our Slammies we move to our famous people in wrestling...

The Kevin Federline Award (Celebrity Pick of the Year)

Necro

beakerjoe wrote: »

Just me and you here Necro by the looks of it.

I'll do one or two more and see if anyone else shows up, can hold off on the big ones till a bit later. Tis a gorgeous day outside in fairness

Bounty Hunter

beakerjoe wrote: »

Delighted that not only Jake got some love, but my top vote of DIY got to share it. Well done

DIY really can be great value, both won my world title on my PPV afterall, but yeah glad Jake got some love too.

Necro

In Third Place with 13 points

David Arquette (Mr Guappa)






In Second Place with 19 points

‘Iron’ Mike Tyson (Mr.Nice Guy)







And in FIRST Place with a monstrous 24 points


Dana White (Bounty Hunter)





A solo slammy for BH after two shared awards, and a richly deserved one imo.

beakerjoe

Well done BH, Dana v Vince was the spine of your show and you did a good job of making Dana sympathetic.

Necro

Next Up we honour those picks who we might not value at the time of drafting but it all begins to make sense once the write-ups are posted....


The Indie Talent Spotter (Under-Rated Draft Pick of the Year)

JP Liz V1

I couldn't think of the new draft players

JP Liz V1

beakerjoe wrote: »

Well done BH, Dana v Vince was the spine of your show and you did a good job of making Dana sympathetic.

+ 1

Necro

In Third Place with 6 points


Sherri Martel (The White Wolf)







In Second Place with 8 points

The Ultimate Warrior (Uncle Walt)






Probably not so much for how he was used these votes but in picking up Warrior in *checks notes* ROUND 7 of the Draft, a fabulous pick at that late stage by Walt




And in FIRST Place with 10 points



Stu Hart (Mr. Guappa)





A first slammy for Mr Guappa and a very well earned one with his Hart Family being a key component for GWA this year. Congrats!

Bounty Hunter

If I didn’t get Dana or Dan white as he was called in the list of picks in the OP I wouldn’t have gone in even nearly the same direction with my roster.

Stu was a well deserved winner, played a pivotal role despite being someone that isn’t always drafted.

beakerjoe

Well done Mr G. Stu Hart was so well presented and it was hard not to see the ruthless bastard I read about in Brets book. Great job and such a late pick too.

Necro

Moving on to the factions throughout the write-ups, some great efforts indeed...

The Authority Award (Faction of the Year)




Some notable mentions


The New Day (Necro)
The Government (wrestlemaniac)
Rectify (The White Wolf)
Goldrush (Mr.Nice Guy)

The White Wolf

Appreciating the mentions lads.

Necro

In 3rd place with 10 points

New World Order (Necro)

In 2nd place with 13 points



John Cena’s Entourage (beakerjoe)









And in 1st Place, with a dominating performance and amassing 22 points in total

The Hollywood Connection (Mr. Guappa)







A second slammy in a row for Mr G, definitely the most notable faction of the writeups. Deserving winner again imo.