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i do agree, but wrane and dan are in the tough spot here. they dont get to pick until the very end of round 4, so there i no guarantee anyone is gonna be there.

for that reason, i would have tried to get a wrestler their.

I debated that. Looking at the talent available and NOT available, I don't think it's possble for us to build the best all-around roster at this point. I'm reasonably confident we can build a very solid roster though (we have a plan for that), but we're going to need some help getting it to another level. I think Ross can push it to another level with his skills.

I happen to think most wrestling fans completely underestimate the impact great announcing can have on a company. But I don't expect everyone to agree or like the pick.

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11-18-2009 , 02:53 AM

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Russ said they aren't picking until tomorrow.

****ty.

i only have to wait up for antidan to rank everyone.

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11-18-2009 , 02:53 AM

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Actually, a bunch of the guys taken have announcing history now that I think about it. Macho did it for a while, Foley was pretty good when he was on SD for a year or so, and Dusty...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwOIavellt4

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11-18-2009 , 02:54 AM

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I always liked this intro:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6tKgER5X_g

The music is meh, but those surprise intros where you know who it is within 0.5 seconds are cool.

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11-18-2009 , 02:54 AM

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I'm not planning on picking an announcer, commissioner/president, referee, producer, camera man, or janitor.

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I happen to think most wrestling fans completely underestimate the impact great announcing can have on a company. But I don't expect everyone to agree or like the pick.

I'm pretty sure I agree more with antidan than with Dynasty here.

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11-18-2009 , 02:54 AM

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I happen to think most wrestling fans completely underestimate the IMPACT great announcing can have on a company. But I don't expect everyone to agree or like the pick.

agree 100% and fyp

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11-18-2009 , 02:54 AM

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Everyone forgetting the original RAW play-by-play announcer? We got him, imo.

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11-18-2009 , 02:54 AM

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Russ said they aren't picking until tomorrow.

I expect we're done with picks for the night. So, everybody might as well make a 1-21 ranking of the first two rounds.

My view was that your first two picks is essentially your best main event.

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11-18-2009 , 02:56 AM

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I thought Ross was a 3rd or 4th round pick. I also had him #2 in the non-male wrestler category after Vince. Hopefully the Jim Ross gimmick will show up in this thread, he was hilarious.

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11-18-2009 , 02:57 AM

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You know what, I'm off tomorrow, I'll do my rankings tomorrow because I plan on doing kinda an elaborate thing and I need sleep.

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11-18-2009 , 02:57 AM

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I expect we're done with picks for the night. So, everybody might as well make a 1-21 ranking of the first two rounds.

My view was that your first two picks is essentially your best main event.

ill make a rough draft, but very quick because im sofa king tired.

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11-18-2009 , 02:58 AM

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ok, it looks like we are done for tonight

ill check this thread in 8 hours

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11-18-2009 , 02:59 AM

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5 duos I like so far, in no particular order:

Owen + the Rock - Real chance to reform the Nation
Punk + Steamboat - Feud over who does less drugs
Sting + Lawler - Sting/Flair redux
Jericho + Piper - All interview segments, all the time
Hitman + Edge - #1 in Canada

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11-18-2009 , 02:59 AM

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Everyone forgetting the original RAW play-by-play announcer? We got him, imo.

"1,2, NEW CHAMPI... no, he didn't get him!"

After each snapmare that got a little old.

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11-18-2009 , 03:02 AM

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lol forgot about Corporate Rock. The Rock was so awesome.

Corporate Rock > Spaztacular Hollywood Rock imo.

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11-18-2009 , 03:03 AM

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5 duos I like so far, in no particular order:

Owen + the Rock - Real chance to reform the Nation
Punk + Steamboat - Feud over who does less drugs
Sting + Lawler - Sting/Flair redux
Jericho + Piper - All interview segments, all the time
Hitman + Edge - #1 in Canada

lol, awesome

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11-18-2009 , 03:05 AM

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Hey now I get to rank the pairings. I won't rank the McMahon one for obvious reasons.

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11-18-2009 , 03:06 AM

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I thought JR was fine here. He really is the voice of WWE and one of the greatest wrestling annoucers out there. I mean, buiness is about to pick up! I'm cooking some food right now but I'd love to hear why some people don't like it. We actually have a pretty good sleeper lineup/idea going and our first 4 picks will completely contridict that. That being said, we felt that the Orton/Benoit/JR brings to the table, the others can't. However, the others can bring stuff that we like although the mic skills isn't there.

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11-18-2009 , 03:09 AM

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We're lacking on mic skills and drawing power. Mic skills I think we can fix. Drawing power ... not so much but that wasn't going to change at this point anyway. I know we'll have a fun organization to watch when we're done though.

BTW I am starting on my duo rankings ... a little taste of what I'll drop tomorrow:

Austin/Lesnar
DRAWING POWER: Austin 10, Lesnar 8
IN-RING WORK: Austin 7, Lesnar 8
MIC SKILLS: Austin 8, Lesnar 4
CHARISMA: Austin 10, Lesnar 7
LONGEVITY: Austin 7, Lesnar 2
TOTAL POINTS: 70

Yep, doing it for everyone (Except for McMahon because I can't judge that the same way).

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11-18-2009 , 03:10 AM

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Drawing power = #4 anti. #4 baby!

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11-18-2009 , 03:11 AM

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I just tried ranking them and it was too hard. I'm really glad antidan found this thread.

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11-18-2009 , 03:11 AM

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Did you seriously just rank Lesnar as a better worker than Austin?

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11-18-2009 , 03:12 AM

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Did you seriously just rank Lesnar as a better worker than Austin?

Yes. Barely. Once Austin lost his knees he wasn't great. Then again all I've watched of Lesnar were his best matches, I had stopped watching regularly at that point, so the bad ones I didn't see I suppose.