Post by MGH on Dec 14, 2008 11:15:54 GMT -5
Sorry about not getting to this yesterday, as I was in and out from around noon until 1 in the morning. This will be wrapped up throughout today, and I'll put up the next voting thread either tonight or in the morning. I'll start posting the Top 20 as soon as I get them ready, but for now here are a few list notes and then the ones that just missed the cut.
As a side note, any votes I got for Batista vs. Shawn Michaels I decided in the end to combine with Batista vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho. While the kick off point to the feud was Shawn retiring Ric and Batista being pissed about it, it ultimately became Shawn faking an injury pissing off Dave and Jericho egging on this issue. So if you voted for either, just keep in mind those two were combined. Also, not that I didn't get a laugh out of them, but the few joke answers I got are not included here. Sorry. Finally, the vote I got for Santino vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin was originally included, but then as I was putting this together I realized it happened in 2007 and not 2008. So it was not included.
As I explained in the voting thread, the race for #1 ended up being semi-controversial if anything. One feud totally dominated the field in first place votes. That feud, however, is now sitting in the second place slot as the voting ends. Not everyone loved the same two feuds this year, as two of the 50+ ballots I received did in fact not vote one of those feuds in at all. That opened up what was essentially a 20 point window, and even with all the first place support it wasn't enough to hold on to first, and the margin of victory for our winner ended up being 4 points. We'll get to that later on though once we get to the top. For now, here are your feuds that just missed the cut, and we'll begin with the actual Top 20 at some point this afternoon.
21) CM Punk vs. Chavo Guerrero
22) CM Punk vs. Randy Orton
23) Matt Hardy vs. MVP
24) Rey Mysterio vs. Kane
25) Jeff Hardy vs. MVP
26) Shane McMahon vs. Stephanie McMahon
27) Batista vs. Chris Jericho
28) John Cena vs. Triple H
29) William Regal vs. Raw
30) Ric Flair vs. Vince McMahon
31) Shawn Michaels vs. JBL
32) John Cena vs. Chris Jericho
33) Triple H vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Vladimir Kozlov
34) The Miz & John Morrison vs. DX
35) Beth Phoenix vs. Melina
36) CM Punk & Kofi Kingston vs. Cody Rhodes, Ted Dibiase, & Manu
37) William Regal vs. Jamie Noble
38) Cryme Tyme vs. Cody Rhodes & Ted Dibiase
39) Colin Delaney vs. Armando Estrada
40) Shelton Benjamin vs. R-Truth
41) Kofi Kingston vs. Paul Burchill
42) Chris Jericho vs. JBL
43) Tommy Dreamer vs. Jack Swagger
44) Batista vs. CM Punk
45) The Miz & John Morrison vs. Finlay & Hornswoggle
46) Finlay vs. JBL
47) Jeff Hardy vs. Umaga
48) John Morrison vs. Shawn Michaels
49) Mickie James vs. Katie Lea Burchill
50) Edge vs. Triple H
51) Edge vs. Rey Mysterio
52) William Regal vs. Mr. Kennedy
53) The Miz & John Morrison vs. Jimmy Wang Yang & Shannon Moore
As a side note, any votes I got for Batista vs. Shawn Michaels I decided in the end to combine with Batista vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho. While the kick off point to the feud was Shawn retiring Ric and Batista being pissed about it, it ultimately became Shawn faking an injury pissing off Dave and Jericho egging on this issue. So if you voted for either, just keep in mind those two were combined. Also, not that I didn't get a laugh out of them, but the few joke answers I got are not included here. Sorry. Finally, the vote I got for Santino vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin was originally included, but then as I was putting this together I realized it happened in 2007 and not 2008. So it was not included.
As I explained in the voting thread, the race for #1 ended up being semi-controversial if anything. One feud totally dominated the field in first place votes. That feud, however, is now sitting in the second place slot as the voting ends. Not everyone loved the same two feuds this year, as two of the 50+ ballots I received did in fact not vote one of those feuds in at all. That opened up what was essentially a 20 point window, and even with all the first place support it wasn't enough to hold on to first, and the margin of victory for our winner ended up being 4 points. We'll get to that later on though once we get to the top. For now, here are your feuds that just missed the cut, and we'll begin with the actual Top 20 at some point this afternoon.
21) CM Punk vs. Chavo Guerrero
22) CM Punk vs. Randy Orton
23) Matt Hardy vs. MVP
24) Rey Mysterio vs. Kane
25) Jeff Hardy vs. MVP
26) Shane McMahon vs. Stephanie McMahon
27) Batista vs. Chris Jericho
28) John Cena vs. Triple H
29) William Regal vs. Raw
30) Ric Flair vs. Vince McMahon
31) Shawn Michaels vs. JBL
32) John Cena vs. Chris Jericho
33) Triple H vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Vladimir Kozlov
34) The Miz & John Morrison vs. DX
35) Beth Phoenix vs. Melina
36) CM Punk & Kofi Kingston vs. Cody Rhodes, Ted Dibiase, & Manu
37) William Regal vs. Jamie Noble
38) Cryme Tyme vs. Cody Rhodes & Ted Dibiase
39) Colin Delaney vs. Armando Estrada
40) Shelton Benjamin vs. R-Truth
41) Kofi Kingston vs. Paul Burchill
42) Chris Jericho vs. JBL
43) Tommy Dreamer vs. Jack Swagger
44) Batista vs. CM Punk
45) The Miz & John Morrison vs. Finlay & Hornswoggle
46) Finlay vs. JBL
47) Jeff Hardy vs. Umaga
48) John Morrison vs. Shawn Michaels
49) Mickie James vs. Katie Lea Burchill
50) Edge vs. Triple H
51) Edge vs. Rey Mysterio
52) William Regal vs. Mr. Kennedy
53) The Miz & John Morrison vs. Jimmy Wang Yang & Shannon Moore
