I'm pretty sure I know who you're talking about and he should be fine.

He is just as famous if not more famous than liger and hansen

Assani,

Just draft him and then everyone will let you know whether he should be drafted or not....I have a feeling people will be leniant on this as it is the 5th round, not first round....for me, as long he was in one of the major US Feds for at least some amount of time he should be allowed

lol. Let me guess. you think vanna white was irreplacable on wheel of fortune. nobody gives a **** about her wrestling skill. she looks good in a bikini, so do 10000 other chicks.

Ok, heres my pick: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-uEWU5zs2E

Her ability on the mic is just as important as her looks. There have been tons of hot girls in wrestling....very few were as over as she was and very few(if any) sold as much merchandise as she did.

And you're wrong that her in the ring ability is completely unimportant. Sure its the most important thing, but the fact that you can actually put her in storylines that culminate in matches(that don't look horrible) is definitely a plus.

He was who I thought he was!

No reason he shouldn't be allowed.

Great Muta = pretty awesome, should do great things in your blood federation

quarter hour ratings really don't mean all too much tbh. They can show some positive momentum for a promotion, but where the big money is for a promotion is PPVs. Look at what happened to WCW when they started caring a lot about teh quarter hour ratings

I'd also say that arguing about TNA's women's division vs how the WWE has had its womens division is comparing apples to oranges. WWE has basically treated the women as non-wrestlers for the most part who do some wrestling, whereas TNA treats the majority of the women involved in the Knockouts division as actual wrestlers. Trish wouldn't really be able to compete in the ring with a decent amount of the Women wrestlers.

Lets also be honest, she was good looking when talking on the mic, she wasn't a top level talker. She didn't flow that well on the mic, and there have certainly been better women on the mic in post-1995 wrestling then Trish, several of who she competed against



is this going to get them to buy a PPV? is it going to actually keep them watching the product and care about it? I think the answer to both is not really. If this draft allowed for more picks, then I can easily see the rationale behind creating a women's division, drafting non-in ring performers etc., but we only have 15 picks to try to get something going with these feds. Basically Iggy just drafted a valet, and if that's what he wanted, then there is at least one much better option

LOL @ u thinking vanna white's job and trish stratus' job are somehow comparable! You're proving my point!

Roster so far:

Mick Foley
Vader
Bruiser Brody
Bam Bam Bigelow
The Great Muta

Good pick, was who I was thinking of last night when I asked about foreign wrestlers in the US

I love the roster assani.

the only problem I have with the Trish pick is that, depending upon how others draft, you may be able to get someone only a little bit worse much later in the draft.

^quality. Mutoh and Shinya Hashimoto are the only ones to have won the IWGP, Triple Crown, and NWA World HW title.

On the basis of his work in america, he definitely works here too as he did hold the NWA title for two-ish month and held WCW titles, along with getting a solid push in a chaotic WCW from 89-92

I am not a fan of the non-male wrestler picks only because your roster is going to be soo small you wont have enough wrestlers as it is

As far as I understand it, we are assuming that we can fill out our roster with replacement level talent. So you can indeed have a woman's division even if you only pick one or two women.

FWIW, I'm treating women wrestlers basically how I treat kickers when drafting in fantasy football

the problem with the trish pick, is that Iggy now basically has to draft three other female wrestlers to really justify the pick so that she can have someone to feud against, and that in of itself is a problem when there are 1) few women worth picking and 2) to make the trish pick worthwhile, he needs to commit a 1/5 of his roster to help her out. She's not gonna be wrestling against men, so who is she gonna be wrestling against, unless he wants to use her as a valet/manager, to which, there are better women for that role, and there are much better men as far as talking goes that could fill a manager's role

I'm treating women wrestlers like I treat retired players in fantasy football

there's nothing in the OP that says anything like this

oh yeah... this is outstanding.

i figured he'd be eligible, but that people would be apprehensive in picking him.

afaik he's still active in japan under his real name (Keiji Mutoh), and his wiki will blow you away.

alternate theme (one of many, but the best one): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gA21WUBw_w

I love the Heyman pick, was wondering why he was still available. Since business is really a non-factor here I don't think he's that much worse than Vince. Certainly not 5 rounds worse.

My favorite ever.

Theres nothing that doesn't say it, and thats how we've run every draft so far. But if people didn't know that ahead of time, then I can understand why it may be unfair to say that now. Personally I've been assuming the entire time that we would be able to fill out our rosters with replacement level talent because it'd be dumb to have an entire federation with only 15 wrestlers. But I really don't mind either way....