Idea for a tourney I want to do...

[Spankymac is sick of the swiss]

I'm giving serious consideration to doing a 32 team Lethal Lottery tournament here, but I need the help of you guys. I need 64 wrestlers, past or present, any organization, big time or indy, any time period, anyone and everyone who's ever stepped in a ring is up for consideration(Women included, I suppose). If I have a clue who they are, and you get them in under that 64 person cut-off, they'll be in the tourney. After I have all the names, I'll write them all down, put the names in a hat, and pair 'em off in teams and in matches. So, if there's any interest for this at all, start giving me names, people. This'll be the first tourney I've ever started, so bear with me as I try to get it right.

[strykerdarksilence]

Roddy Piper
Andre the Giant
Claudio Castagnoli
Nigel McGuinness
Dynamite Kid
Arn Anderson
Lanny Poffo
El Generico
Pac

[chaossilver]

Bryan Danielson.

[Spankymac is sick of the swiss]

1.Roddy Piper
2.Andre
3.Claudio Castagnoli
4.Nigel McGuinness
5.Dynamite Kid
6.Arn Anderson
7.Lanny Poffo
8.El Generico
9.PAC
10.Bryan Danielson.
11.Delirious
12.The Mountie
13.New Jack
14.Brian Majors(Curt Hawkins)
15.Raven
16.Steve Blackman
17.Lance Storm
18.Ted DiBiase
19.Norman Smiley
20.Undertaker
21.Rick Martel
22.IRS
23.Owen Hart
24.Yokozuna
25.David Von Erich
26.Eddie Gilbert
27.Tom Zenk
28.Barry Windham
29.Mr. Hughes
30.Giant Gonzalez
31.Abe "Knuckleball" Schwartz
32.Mantaur
33.Masato Tanaka
34.Abdullah The Butcher
35.Atushi Onita
36.Frank Gotch.
37.Sgt. Craig Pittman
38.Lodi
39.Arachnaman
40.D-Ray 3000
41.Santino Marella
42.Rob Conway
43.Kenta Kobashi
44.Taka Michinoku
45.Amazing Red
46.Terry Gordy.
47.Mitsuharu Misawa

For future reference, let's limit it to about 5 wrestlers per poster from now on.

[Mister Pigwell]

Delirious
The Mountie
New Jack
Brian Majors (what ever the hell is goin by now)
Raven

[bubbles]

Steve Blackman
Lance Storm
Ted Dibiase
Norman Smiley
Undertaker

[J is Justice]

Rick Martel
IRS
Owen Hart
Yokozuna

[littlenaitch]

David Von Erich
Eddie Gilbert
Tom Zenk
Barry Windham

[h]

Mr. Hughes
Giant Gonzalez
Abe "Knuckleball" Schwartz
Mantaur

[Deleted]

Masato Tanaka
Abdullah The Butcher
Atushi Onita
Frank Gotch

[Spankymac is sick of the swiss]

A little over halfway to the 64 mark that I need to do this right, and I gotta say, I'm ecstatic with the roster so far. Teams I'm hoping come to fruition from the roster so far: Nigel McGuinness and Dynamite Kid, Undertaker and Delirious, Norman Smiley and El Generico.

[Jared Has Been Enlightened :)]

I think it'd be better if you limited it to true stars, and got rid of the Ring of Honor people. Firstly, there's too much ROH bias here. I could easily see a Nigel McGuinness/Bryan Danielson team going over, say a Bret Hart/Dusty Rhodes team. Secondly, not enough people have access to ROH to know who these relative unknowns are. And thirdly, and most importantly, do they really deserve to be in any type of tournament with the true superstars of wrestling past and present?

[Spankymac is sick of the swiss]

mvp said:

I think it'd be better if you limited it to true stars, and got rid of the Ring of Honor people. Firstly, there's too much ROH bias here. I could easily see a Nigel McGuinness/Bryan Danielson team going over, say a Bret Hart/Dusty Rhodes team. Secondly, not enough people have access to ROH to know who these relative unknowns are. And thirdly, and most importantly, do they really deserve to be in any type of tournament with the true superstars of wrestling past and present?

Frankly, I don't think limiting it to "everyone except these guys ove here" is smart policy. Frankly, the ROH and modern indy guys are relevant to today's wrestling scene, regardless of your opinion of them as "unknowns". This tourney is open to anyone. Legends, jobbers, and everyone inbetween. WWE, WCW, ECW, WCCW, ECCW, ECWA, ROH, Chikara, PWE, PWG. As far as I'm concerned, wrestling's wrestling, "no name indy guy" or not.

[Gullo]

sgt. craig pittman
Lodi
Arachnaman
D-Ray 3000
Santino Marella

[Deleted]

Rob Conway
Kenta Kobashi
Taka Michinoku
Amazing Red
Terry Gordy

[h]

I only used four of my five picks before, and I've noticed a definite lack of Japanese wrestlers in this tournament. For my final pick, I'd like to enter Mitsuharu Misawa.

[Spankymac is sick of the swiss]

Moving the full list here for convenience sake. It's a good lineup so far.

1.Roddy Piper
2.Andre
3.Claudio Castagnoli
4.Nigel McGuinness
5.Dynamite Kid
6.Arn Anderson
7.Lanny Poffo
8.El Generico
9.PAC
10.Bryan Danielson.
11.Delirious
12.The Mountie
13.New Jack
14.Brian Majors(Curt Hawkins)
15.Raven
16.Steve Blackman
17.Lance Storm
18.Ted DiBiase
19.Norman Smiley
20.Undertaker
21.Rick Martel
22.IRS
23.Owen Hart
24.Yokozuna
25.David Von Erich
26.Eddie Gilbert
27.Tom Zenk
28.Barry Windham
29.Mr. Hughes
30.Giant Gonzalez
31.Abe "Knuckleball" Schwartz
32.Mantaur
33.Masato Tanaka
34.Abdullah The Butcher
35.Atushi Onita
36.Frank Gotch.
37.Sgt. Craig Pittman
38.Lodi
39.Arachnaman
40.D-Ray 3000
41.Santino Marella
42.Rob Conway
43.Kenta Kobashi
44.Taka Michinoku
45.Amazing Red
46.Terry Gordy.
47.Mitsuharu Misawa
48.Tully Blanchard
49.Jerry Lynn
50.Ricky Steamboat
51.The Midnight Rider/Dusty Rhodes
52.Brian Pillman.
53.Jushin Liger
54.Perro Aguayo.

For reference, with certain wrestlers, such as IRS and Arachnaman, I will use the picture for that gimmick, but will inform people of the alter ego behind it. For instance, IRS will be billed as IRS/Mike Rotundo and Arachnaman will be Arachnaman/Brad Armstrong.

[bonedaddycool]

Tully Blanchard
Jerry Lynn
Ricky Steamboat
The Midnight Rider
Brian Pillman

[J is Justice]

Jushin Liger

[h]

Since it's been over a day since the last nomination, can I add Perro Aguayo?