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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Aug 21, 2012 16:26:19 GMT -5
And that is that. The big man gets waffled by a chair behind the ref's back for the 1-2-3. Edge moves on to round two. Up next, two big names from the early to mid-90's. In this corner... A man who had a stranglehold on the belt in the mid-90's, accumulating 4 reigns worth 438 days, "The Bad Guy" Razor Ramon! vs. A truly dominant force, holding the belt twice, for a grand total of 432 days, The Ultimate Warrior!
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Post by stinger on Aug 21, 2012 16:28:12 GMT -5
Warrior. Won the belt by breaking Honky's longest-ever streak, had a great feud with Rick Rude, and his reign led right up to one of the biggest matches ever.
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Post by Big Bad Brad on Aug 21, 2012 16:28:47 GMT -5
oh this is tough Razor was of course the better wrestler but Warrior had an awesome reign as IC Champion and he was the only person I know of to win the World Title while he was IC Champion.
I think Razor may get more votes just because he was a better Wrestler but I'm going with
THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR!
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Aug 21, 2012 16:30:08 GMT -5
I'm going with Razor here, myself. The guy had a stranglehold on the belt in the 90's, as I mentioned, and his feuds with Jeff Jarrett and Shawn Michaels over the belt made it seem AS important as the World Title at the time.
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Post by stinger on Aug 21, 2012 16:31:52 GMT -5
I'm going with Razor here, myself. The guy had a stranglehold on the belt in the 90's, as I mentioned, and his feuds with Jeff Jarrett and Shawn Michaels over the belt made it seem AS important as the World Title at the time. Yeah, but the belt seemed the strongest at WMVI when the IC champ pinned the World champ! Also, it was yellow!
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Post by MrBRulzOK on Aug 21, 2012 16:51:17 GMT -5
I have to go with Warriah.
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Aug 21, 2012 16:56:23 GMT -5
That is 3-1 in favor of The Ultimate Warrior.
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Aug 21, 2012 17:51:07 GMT -5
I will say, no matter how this turns out, I think it's a shame this match is going on in the first round. It could easily have been a semi-final match.
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Post by Waffel113 on Aug 21, 2012 17:51:46 GMT -5
I'm going with DA BAD GUY! Razor Ramon.
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Post by MrBRulzOK on Aug 21, 2012 17:58:35 GMT -5
I will say, no matter how this turns out, I think it's a shame this match is going on in the first round. It could easily have been a semi-final match. That's the luck of the draw for ya.
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Aug 21, 2012 18:07:18 GMT -5
I will say, no matter how this turns out, I think it's a shame this match is going on in the first round. It could easily have been a semi-final match. That's the luck of the draw for ya. Yeah, pretty much. There's a couple more of these "Sophie's Choice" type matches coming up, as well. It's 3-2 and the next match could be a great technical showcase.Scratch that, I skipped a match in my line-up. The next match is a contest between flamboyance and technical mastery.
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Aug 21, 2012 19:31:11 GMT -5
I really don't wanna have to call this one, but I'm getting close to that point.
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Aug 21, 2012 19:53:36 GMT -5
Well, in the interest of getting to the next matchup before I head to bed for the night, I'm gonna go ahead and call this one. Warrior powers Ramon up into a HUGE press slam, finishing him off with a big splash to get him into round two. Up next, two very disparate competitors square off. In this corner... A flamboyant, charismatic champion who 3 reigns of 168 days to his credit, the bizarre one, Goldust! vs. A no-nonsense competitor who's four reigns with the title come up to 142 days, it's "The Rabid Wolverine" Chris Benoit!
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Post by Waffel113 on Aug 21, 2012 19:53:53 GMT -5
Crispen Wah
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Post by MrBRulzOK on Aug 21, 2012 19:54:52 GMT -5
I'll go with Benoit here.
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Aug 21, 2012 19:55:44 GMT -5
Coin flip decision gives it to Goldust for me.
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Post by Waffel113 on Aug 21, 2012 20:00:33 GMT -5
Well, in the interest of getting to the next matchup before I head to bed for the night, I'm gonna go ahead and call this one. Warrior powers Ramon up into a HUGE press slam, finishing him off with a big splash to get him into round two. Up next, two very disparate competitors square off. In this corner... A flamboyant, charismatic champion who 3 reigns of 168 days to his credit, the bizarre one, Goldust! vs. A no-nonsense competitor who's four reigns with the title come up to 142 days, it's "The Rabid Wolverine" Chris Benoit! Warrior wins?
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Post by MrBRulzOK on Aug 21, 2012 20:03:55 GMT -5
Well, in the interest of getting to the next matchup before I head to bed for the night, I'm gonna go ahead and call this one. Warrior powers Ramon up into a HUGE press slam, finishing him off with a big splash to get him into round two. Up next, two very disparate competitors square off. In this corner... A flamboyant, charismatic champion who 3 reigns of 168 days to his credit, the bizarre one, Goldust! vs. A no-nonsense competitor who's four reigns with the title come up to 142 days, it's "The Rabid Wolverine" Chris Benoit! Warrior wins? It was close, admittedly. But I had to go with Warriah because his reign is more iconic in my eyes. The only thing that comes close with Razor is his ladder match with Shawn at Wrestlemania. And as great a match as that was it just wasn't enough to persuade me.
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Post by stinger on Aug 21, 2012 20:07:56 GMT -5
Goldust
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Post by Big Bad Brad on Aug 21, 2012 20:37:31 GMT -5
Benoit
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