I'm mainly agreeing with you here but just wanna point out that while D-Bry was "toiling in bingo halls", he was still getting named best technical wrestler in the world every year by the most respected publication.

Round 1 Pick #13

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mYXWOCgXQQ

Is "best technical wrestler to ever appear in wwe" the new "best big man of all time"?

Decent pick though tbh, I've somewhat come around on Bret.

i took bret hart in two prior drafts and even earlier than where dar0 took him. very underrated draw and obviously an amazing in-ring worker.

As terrible as he is, Bret is obviously fine here.

Bret at least has one big region where he's an absolutely dominant draw. I don't think he's any worse for draw than most of picks 6-12.

Definitely debated Bret and would have been interested in him if he came back.

When it's back on me I'll give gs like 20 minutes to make an offer than ill pick

So underrated in fact, that the one year in the last 106 when there were no USA-based performers in the top ten draws in the world, he just happened to be the top draw in the USA (according to your own link from the last draft).

He's good in the ring, but not the best technical wrestler ever in WWE.

Round 2 Pick #14

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhPFQzxhWeY

great pick

You should have saved your "best ever technical wrestler" line for this pick.

Bruno went 28th and 26th in the last two drafts, so this was a big jump for him. I definitely had designs on nabbing him on the way back at #21.

I think the reason he gets more love than other old-timers in drafts is that it takes very little to translate him into modern wrestling as far as ringwork is concerned. He wrestled up until the 80's, nearly overlapping with the WrestleMania era. Wrestlers who thrived like six decades ago were really competing in a different physical activity and it's harder to mentally transplant them into the modern day.

Bruno would probably be no great shakes in the ring today (from what I've watched, he never really was), but he at least looks like he'd easily fall into the "carryable by good workers" category.

13 is fine for Bret. I'm not a big fan of him as a money maker because companies seemed to falter whenever they tried to push him to the top (not entirely his fault of course), and I'd rate his mic skills as closer to "so bad they are good" than good, but he has a lot of value.

And darO specifically went in and took the top two names on my draft board. Bravo, sir.

(Obviously I knew neither Bret nor Angle would be getting back to me at 21.)

By the way, Angle with the elite entrance theme too. Maybe my second-favorite one of any wrestler taken so far. Honorable mentions to Savage and Flair.

That's The Patriot's music.

Yeah but nobody chanted "you suck" at him. It was already implied.

I wasn't sure how early bruno had been going cause I haven't done research but I wanted to lock him up because he was the last legit #1 guy left

I'll pick in 5-10 if I don't hear from gs. I have to decide between two guys

That's sexist.

Ok ill take cm punk. Write up coming in a. Hour

If anybody wants to trade up let me know soon. I'll pick soon otherwise.

Punk is okay here. Had him as my 5th name remaining.

Let's play name that wrestler.

Had the instrumental version of this theme:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwhLZW8xvTA

And came out to this one also

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3U_WrLLUkU

and this one also:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhxtgjRRtoI

The man of 1004 holds who has beaten 1004 wrestlers, best known under this theme:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKyUHyafMB8

Wow, opinions have sure changed on Bruno, I remember we got him in the 40s the draft before last.