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Going on 10 years with WrestleZone
Ok, so since a bunch of posters on the site have taken it upon themselves to start campaign HQ's for Randy Savage (cool) and The Undertaker (meh) and a rumored Big Show HQ (xfear on crack again) I have decided it is high time to create THE difinitive Campaign HQ - for the man who should WIN the WrestleZone Tournament - Big Van Vader.
Let's begin by looking at Vader's path of destruction thus far. Bear in mind, Vader is so dominant, he is about to go to the finals of the TNA Region, where he sepnt maybe two weeks of his career in a far less-than-competitive capacity.
Defeated Barry Windham 41-10
Defeated James Storm 48-1
Defeated Lance Storm 53-5
Defeated Ric Flair 57-20 (House O' Fun Match)
Defeating Steve Austin 46-37 at this moment (Monster's Ball)
The Elite 8 Brackets look like this, with regional seed # in parenthesis:
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TNA Region
Big Van Vader (11)
vs
Rob Van Dam (4)
WCW Region
Randy Savage (4)
vs
Triple H (3)
WWE Region
Shawn Michaels (1)
vs
Chris Benoit (2)
ECW Region
The Undertaker (2)
vs
The Big Show (21)
_________________________________________________________________
I understand that all of these matches occur in the same night, and that would seem to work AGAINST Vader. Well, I want to let you know - that's not the case.
Vader is a master of making quick work of his opponents. In the first of these three matches, Vader will make quick work out of RVD, whose run to the Elite 8 has been extremely impressive.
VADER FACT - VADER DEBUTED IN NEW JAPAN AGAINST ANTONIO INOKI, AN ABSOLUTE JAPANESE LEGEND. VADER WON THE MATCH CLEANLY IN 3 MINUTES, INCITING A RIOT AT THE SUMO HALL AND CAUSING NJPW TO BE BANNED FROM THERE FOR SOME TIME.
Van Dam is something, but he doesn't stand a chance against Vader. RVD doesn't perform well against large competitors whom he has trouble not being caught by while flying through the air. That is why RVD has such a poor record against Kane, Brock Lesnar, and The Undertaker. Furthermore, RVD gets no weapons and no hardcore environment, which actually saves his career and possibly his life.
Second Round, Vader gets either HHH or Randy Savage, who will be finishing up a greuling, tight match-up. I don't see a match-up featuring Savage and HHH in their primes lasting less than 25 minutes, no matter who picks up the win. As I will be voting Savage, let's say Savage wins.
People will bring up Randy's impressive run at Wrestlemania 4 in the WWF Title Tournament as reason why he holds on against Vader.
VADER FACT - THE BIG MAN WON HIS FIRST OF THREE IWGP WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIPS BY WINNING A ONE-NIGHT, 8-MAN, SINGLE ELIMINATION TOURNAMENT ON APRIL 24TH, 1989.
In that one night, Vader defeated Japanese Legend Masahiro Chono in 5:52, another legend in Tatsumi Fujinami in 14:37, and ended by defeating Shinya Hashimoto in 9:47. The first two matches he won with a flying body press, and the last match with an inside cradle. Man can wrestle, brawl, AND fly.
Savage, on the other hand, wn 4 matches at Wrestlemania 4: defeated Butch Reed in 5:07, Greg Valentine in 6:06, One Man Gang in 4:05, and Ted DiBiase in 9:27 following a Hulk Hogan chair shot to DiBiase.
So don't give me the "Savage wrestled four times in one night. Look at the two performances. Savage wrestled a total of 24:45 and needed Hulk Hogan to hit Ted DiBiase with a chair. Big Van Vader wrestled 30:16 and required no outside interference. VADER WRESTLED 5:31 LONGER THAN SAVAGE DID!
Vader over Savage in around 15 minutes.
The finals look to be either Shawn Michaels or The Undertaker. My guess is, Taker wins over Michaels due to the growing anti-HBK sentiment I see forming in the tournament. As a result, I see a classic feud that never really was in Big Van Vader vs The Undertaker in the finals.
Who knew?
Let's begin by looking at Vader's path of destruction thus far. Bear in mind, Vader is so dominant, he is about to go to the finals of the TNA Region, where he sepnt maybe two weeks of his career in a far less-than-competitive capacity.
Defeated Barry Windham 41-10
Defeated James Storm 48-1
Defeated Lance Storm 53-5
Defeated Ric Flair 57-20 (House O' Fun Match)
Defeating Steve Austin 46-37 at this moment (Monster's Ball)
The Elite 8 Brackets look like this, with regional seed # in parenthesis:
_________________________________________________________________
TNA Region
Big Van Vader (11)
vs
Rob Van Dam (4)
WCW Region
Randy Savage (4)
vs
Triple H (3)
WWE Region
Shawn Michaels (1)
vs
Chris Benoit (2)
ECW Region
The Undertaker (2)
vs
The Big Show (21)
_________________________________________________________________
I understand that all of these matches occur in the same night, and that would seem to work AGAINST Vader. Well, I want to let you know - that's not the case.
Vader is a master of making quick work of his opponents. In the first of these three matches, Vader will make quick work out of RVD, whose run to the Elite 8 has been extremely impressive.
VADER FACT - VADER DEBUTED IN NEW JAPAN AGAINST ANTONIO INOKI, AN ABSOLUTE JAPANESE LEGEND. VADER WON THE MATCH CLEANLY IN 3 MINUTES, INCITING A RIOT AT THE SUMO HALL AND CAUSING NJPW TO BE BANNED FROM THERE FOR SOME TIME.
Van Dam is something, but he doesn't stand a chance against Vader. RVD doesn't perform well against large competitors whom he has trouble not being caught by while flying through the air. That is why RVD has such a poor record against Kane, Brock Lesnar, and The Undertaker. Furthermore, RVD gets no weapons and no hardcore environment, which actually saves his career and possibly his life.
Second Round, Vader gets either HHH or Randy Savage, who will be finishing up a greuling, tight match-up. I don't see a match-up featuring Savage and HHH in their primes lasting less than 25 minutes, no matter who picks up the win. As I will be voting Savage, let's say Savage wins.
People will bring up Randy's impressive run at Wrestlemania 4 in the WWF Title Tournament as reason why he holds on against Vader.
VADER FACT - THE BIG MAN WON HIS FIRST OF THREE IWGP WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIPS BY WINNING A ONE-NIGHT, 8-MAN, SINGLE ELIMINATION TOURNAMENT ON APRIL 24TH, 1989.
In that one night, Vader defeated Japanese Legend Masahiro Chono in 5:52, another legend in Tatsumi Fujinami in 14:37, and ended by defeating Shinya Hashimoto in 9:47. The first two matches he won with a flying body press, and the last match with an inside cradle. Man can wrestle, brawl, AND fly.
Savage, on the other hand, wn 4 matches at Wrestlemania 4: defeated Butch Reed in 5:07, Greg Valentine in 6:06, One Man Gang in 4:05, and Ted DiBiase in 9:27 following a Hulk Hogan chair shot to DiBiase.
So don't give me the "Savage wrestled four times in one night. Look at the two performances. Savage wrestled a total of 24:45 and needed Hulk Hogan to hit Ted DiBiase with a chair. Big Van Vader wrestled 30:16 and required no outside interference. VADER WRESTLED 5:31 LONGER THAN SAVAGE DID!
Vader over Savage in around 15 minutes.
The finals look to be either Shawn Michaels or The Undertaker. My guess is, Taker wins over Michaels due to the growing anti-HBK sentiment I see forming in the tournament. As a result, I see a classic feud that never really was in Big Van Vader vs The Undertaker in the finals.
Who knew?
