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Post by bog on Oct 8, 2021 20:29:31 GMT -5
Diamante pulls an upset and wins the whole tournament, plz
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Post by markymark on Oct 8, 2021 20:38:05 GMT -5
Diamante pulls an upset and wins the whole tournament, plz Speaking of upsets, its going to be interesting who will end Jades streak because I dont see her winning the TBS title tbh
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Post by Mozenrath on Oct 8, 2021 20:41:21 GMT -5
Kind of like how a notable IC reign back in the day was seen as a requirement before entering the main event Was it? During the 15 years after the belt was introduced the only WWE Champions to have held it were Savage, Warrior, Bret, and Diesel. There were more frequent ones after Michaels, but I'm not really sure how much you can count Austin's two single-month-long Intercontinental title reigns or Triple H's brief flirtations with it as notable and you still had people like Foley and Kane in there. I guess it depends on the definition of notable. Like, Rock, Austin, and Triple H were definitely high profile and their IC title matches were big deals, but it isn't like they held it with any length of time, sure. Of course, length alone wouldn't be a good measure of a champion, as some big borefests would attest to. I think maybe a closer example would be the NWA title, where the US title did more regularly go to people being groomed for the position, like the Sting, Luger, Windham, or Magnum TA types.
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Post by chaosschoolproject on Oct 9, 2021 8:47:47 GMT -5
Assuming the champion follows the same open call rules for challengers, an experienced workhorse like Deeb will be the best shout. Her defences of the NWA belt were always a highlight of the pandemic era.
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Post by "Magic" Mark Hurr on Oct 9, 2021 9:19:00 GMT -5
Dammit. Now I want a title for all of the major stations so I recreate the HHH belt collector pic as a holiday card to send to friends and family.
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Post by asuka007 on Oct 9, 2021 10:03:41 GMT -5
The World Title had Jericho.
The TNT Belt had Cody doing his open challenge.
Having the first champion be someone who can work just makes sense.
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Post by HMARK Center on Oct 9, 2021 10:47:26 GMT -5
Was it? During the 15 years after the belt was introduced the only WWE Champions to have held it were Savage, Warrior, Bret, and Diesel. There were more frequent ones after Michaels, but I'm not really sure how much you can count Austin's two single-month-long Intercontinental title reigns or Triple H's brief flirtations with it as notable and you still had people like Foley and Kane in there. I guess it depends on the definition of notable. Like, Rock, Austin, and Triple H were definitely high profile and their IC title matches were big deals, but it isn't like they held it with any length of time, sure. Of course, length alone wouldn't be a good measure of a champion, as some big borefests would attest to. I think maybe a closer example would be the NWA title, where the US title did more regularly go to people being groomed for the position, like the Sting, Luger, Windham, or Magnum TA types. The IC belt had two purposes in the old days: groom future main eventers (again, not a massive number of them, but a notable enough amount, plus Perfect holding it as long as he did while often being main event-adjacent), and/or have someone holding it who could main event B-tour house show cards. Given that the latter factor has been dead for ages, it's really lost a reason for its existence. Thus far AEW's done a good job with the TNT title by treating it like what it basically is: a TV title, which usually means shorter time limits compared with World title matches, more frequent title defenses against a wider array of opponents from up and down the card (or even wrestlers from outside AEW), and, of course, more frequent *free TV* title defenses. It keeps the belt distinct from the World title while serving the double purpose of making the World title look that much more prestigious. If that's the goal with the TBS title, it should be similarly successful. Anyway, given that Britt is the current world champion I'd figure it makes sense to start the TBS belt out with a face champion, assuming Britt still has her title in January, plus someone reliable enough in-ring to work against a lot of different opponents and get the belt over via frequent defenses. Beyond that, my inclination would be to start it off on someone a bit younger/up and coming, but picking a reliable veteran is a fine move, too. Given those criteria I'd likely lean towards Leyla Hirsch, though it'd also be a great feather in Statlander's cap. Mizunami would be a fine choice for a veteran babyface, too. The great thing is that whatever they choose, there's no super obvious winner right off the bat, so it does feel like there's a lot of different ways they can decide to try out.
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Post by MrElijah on Oct 9, 2021 13:22:54 GMT -5
Was it? During the 15 years after the belt was introduced the only WWE Champions to have held it were Savage, Warrior, Bret, and Diesel. There were more frequent ones after Michaels, but I'm not really sure how much you can count Austin's two single-month-long Intercontinental title reigns or Triple H's brief flirtations with it as notable and you still had people like Foley and Kane in there. I guess it depends on the definition of notable. Like, Rock, Austin, and Triple H were definitely high profile and their IC title matches were big deals, but it isn't like they held it with any length of time, sure. Of course, length alone wouldn't be a good measure of a champion, as some big borefests would attest to. I think maybe a closer example would be the NWA title, where the US title did more regularly go to people being groomed for the position, like the Sting, Luger, Windham, or Magnum TA types. The Rock's 2nd IC Title run was about 9-10 Months. You can make a case that he was the last great IC Champ.
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Post by thegatewaydrug on Oct 10, 2021 11:14:10 GMT -5
Finals are a draw. Turns into Deeb vs. Shida best-of-five match series.
Please.
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Post by BigAl on Oct 12, 2021 20:28:33 GMT -5
Curious as to who is in it and how many are going to be in it. I'm guessing either Ruby or Jade are going to win. The former as a consolation to make up for her not winning the World Title due to it being too soon to take the title off Britt. The latter because they clearly want to push her really hard and make her a big deal. Personally I would rather see someone like Tay win it as unlike the two I mentioned she's further away from winning the World Title and it would be a good starting block for good push for her. I think it would also work well with her with her being a fighting workhorse babyface champion who defends against all comers every week. Realistically you could have this as a lineup: - Jade - Rosa - Nyla - Ruby - Shida - Deeb - Conti - Anna - Penelope - Bunny - Ryo Mizunami - Leyla - Sakura - Skye Blue - Red Velvet - Kris Stalander That's a really great 16 woman tourney fold... and you can still swap out some of these girls because the roster still has - Abadon - Riho (If back in time) - Hayter - King - Big Swole - Diamante - Kiera Hogan - Madi Wrenkowski - Leva Bates - Rebel - Kayla Rossi (Eventually will wrestle I assume) - Yuka (Probably too busy though) - Lulu (She CAN wrestle) It all depends on how much you want to do. Do you want a bigger Tournament? Do you want Tournament Qualifiers you can play out on DARK and Elevation to give some girls an official spot in the main thing? That might not be a bad idea. The perks to this is that you have a really good roster with a lot of depth to play with now. A vast improvement from even last year... It baffles me why so many critise AEW womens division whens its bigger than wwe women divsion You can also add Santana Garrett to your list
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Post by markymark on Oct 13, 2021 11:14:10 GMT -5
Ryo is back in the US
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Post by Macho Pichu on Oct 13, 2021 20:36:19 GMT -5
Realistically you could have this as a lineup: - Jade - Rosa - Nyla - Ruby - Shida - Deeb - Conti - Anna - Penelope - Bunny - Ryo Mizunami - Leyla - Sakura - Skye Blue - Red Velvet - Kris Stalander That's a really great 16 woman tourney fold... and you can still swap out some of these girls because the roster still has - Abadon - Riho (If back in time) - Hayter - King - Big Swole - Diamante - Kiera Hogan - Madi Wrenkowski - Leva Bates - Rebel - Kayla Rossi (Eventually will wrestle I assume) - Yuka (Probably too busy though) - Lulu (She CAN wrestle) It all depends on how much you want to do. Do you want a bigger Tournament? Do you want Tournament Qualifiers you can play out on DARK and Elevation to give some girls an official spot in the main thing? That might not be a bad idea. The perks to this is that you have a really good roster with a lot of depth to play with now. A vast improvement from even last year... It baffles me why so many critise AEW womens division whens its bigger than wwe women divsion You can also add Santana Garrett to your list The actual women's roster in AEW is much deeper, but unfortunately most of the women's matches happen on YouTube. You get one on Dynamite and one on Rampage a week, which means most of the talent are rarely on television.
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Post by markymark on Oct 14, 2021 10:50:34 GMT -5
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Post by Facetious on Oct 14, 2021 10:53:02 GMT -5
Strap the rocket to Kris Stat. She'd be a great champion to establish the belt. Rosa needs to dethrone Britt once she gets over her hurdles.
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Post by brettappedout (BLM) on Oct 14, 2021 13:28:25 GMT -5
Strap the rocket to Kris Stat. She'd be a great champion to establish the belt. Rosa needs to dethrone Britt once she gets over her hurdles. This sounds pretty perfect too me.
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on Oct 14, 2021 20:47:04 GMT -5
My Girl! Pulling for her to win this whole thing
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Oct 15, 2021 4:08:46 GMT -5
Strap the rocket to Kris Stat. She'd be a great champion to establish the belt. Rosa needs to dethrone Britt once she gets over her hurdles. Strap the rocket to Statlander? I like having her on earth!
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Post by AwamoriRock on Oct 15, 2021 6:03:29 GMT -5
If she has the Sead belt on tv I’m gonna be banned for being too happy lol She has to be in Japan on 12/29 so I wonder how she’s gonna be used. If I had to guess she’s dropping her title that day then maybe shifting to the US but who knows
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Post by Macho Pichu on Oct 15, 2021 6:42:48 GMT -5
If she has the Sead belt on tv I’m gonna be banned for being too happy lol She has to be in Japan on 12/29 so I wonder how she’s gonna be used. If I had to guess she’s dropping her title that day then maybe shifting to the US but who knows My guess is she'll be in the tournament, but lose some time before having to return.
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Post by clifford on Oct 15, 2021 6:46:49 GMT -5
Wonder how big the field will be too. 8? 16? 8 but with some qualifying matches before the tournament proper?
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