Book This! Mock Draft 2009

[Uncle Sam]

Stage One: Ended. Compile a list of 75 wrestlers, a list of 6 commentators and a list of 3 GMs. You will be given your thirty most desired wrestlers that do not unfavourably clash with someone else's list. The same is true for your two commentators and standalone General Manager. Lists are due on June 9th. PM them to me; DO NOT post them.

Stage Two: Starts June 12th, after I tell you what your rosters are. You are required to write one show using your roster. This will be due in on June 26th, two weeks after June 12th.

Stage Three: Only for those who want to do it - carry on writing your shows using your roster.

The three different sections represent three different "universes". Rosters between sections are allowed to clash.

Current standings (I believe):

Hiphopapotamus

1. Samoa Joe
2. RVD
3. Sting
4. R Truth
5. Hernandez
6. Low Ki
7. Homicide
8. Mitsuhura Mitsawa
9. KENTA
10. Bryan Danielson
11. Kenta Kobashi
12. Super Dragon
13. Ultimo Dragon
14. Amazing Red
15. Chris Hero
16. Paul London
17. Kevin Steen
18. Nigel McGuinness
19. Tyler Black
20. Finlay
21. PAC
22. Roderick Strong
23. El Generico
24. Necro Butcher
25. Davey Richards
26. Jack Evans
27. Jimmy Rave
28. Teddy Hart
29. Mike Quackenbush
30. Sonjay Dutt

Commentators: Bobby Cruise, Michael Cole

GM: Barney Stenson

Uncle Sam

1. Edge
2. Jeff Hardy
3. CM Punk
4. Mick Foley
5. Brock Lesnar
6. Christian
7. The Undertaker
8. Mr. Kennedy
9. Bobby Lashley
10. The Big Show
11. Matt Hardy
12. Umaga
13. MVP
14. Jeff Jarrett
15. The Miz
16. Brian Kendrick
17. Dolph Ziggler
18. Alex Shelley
19. Evan Bourne
20. Kaz
21. Eric Young
22. Chris Sabin
23. Ricky Banderas
24. Tyson Tomko
25. Booker T
26. Jay Lethal
27. Colt Cabana
28. Consequences Creed
29. Giant Bernard (Prince Albert)
30. Eugene

Commentators: Mike Adamle, Todd Grisham

GM: Eric Bischoff

Will

1. Kurt Angle
2. AJ Styles
3. Chris Benoit
4. James Storm
5. Robert Roode
6. Christopher Daniels
7. Lance Storm
8. Brother Ray
9. Brother Devon
10. Jerry Lynn
11. Shane Douglas
12. Taz
13. Chuck Liddell
14. Buff Bagwell
15. Sid Vicious
16. William Regal
17. Paul Burchill
18. Austin Aries
19. Dean Malenko
20. Tommy Dreamer
21. Sandman
22. Petey Williams
23. Gregory Helms
24. Shannon Moore
25. Elix Skipper
26. Tajiri
27. Raven
28. Chris Harris
29. Trish Stratus
30. Lita

Commentators: Tony Shiavone, Don Callis

GM: Vince Russo

MattMoses

1. Hulk Hogan
2. Steve Austin
3. Ric Flair
4. Triple H
5. Terry Funk
6. Stan Hansen
7. Antonio Inoki
8. Harley Race
9. Big Van Vader
10. Roddy Piper
11. Ricky Steamboat
12. Jushin Liger
13. Dynamite Kid
14. The Great Muta
15. Goldberg
16. DDP
17. Ted Dibiase Sr.
18. Barry Windham
19. Tully Blanchard
20. Ultimate Warrior
21. Kerry Von Erich
22. Rick Rude
23. Bam Bam Bigelow
24. Jumbo Tusruta
25. Nick Bockwinkle (it's how it was written on the list)
26. Sgt. Slaughter
27. Lex Luger
28. Steve Williams
29. Ken Shamrock
30. Magnum TA

Commentators: JR and The King

GM: Vince McMahon

General Disarray

1. Chris Jericho
2. John Cena
3. Shawn Michaels
4. Jack Swagger
5. Kofi Kingston
6. Batista
7. Koslov
8. Chavo Guerrero
9. Tyson Kidd
10. Carlito
11. Primo
12. Goldust
13. Mark Henry
14. Brutus Magnus
15. Mike Knox
16. Jimmy Wang Yang
17. Hornswoggle
18. Boogeyman
19. Ludvig Borga
20. The Great Khali
21. Shane McMahon
22. Kimbo Slice
23. Jesse
24. Festus
25. Doug Williams
26. David Hart Smith
27. Rob Terry
28. Santino
29. Big Daddy V
30. Jim Duggan

Commentators: Josh Matthews, Mark Madden

GM: Vicke Guerrero

Hip2bsquare

1. The Rock
2. Randy Orton
3. Kane
4. John Morrison
5. Shelton Benjamin
6. Abyss
7. Shane Douglas
8. Rhyno
9. Sean O'Haire
10. Matt Morgan
11. Cody Rhodes
12. Ted Dibiase Jr.
13. JTG
14. Shad
15. Billy Gunn
16. Road Dogg
17. the Godfather
18. Juventud Guerrera
19. Charlie Haas
20. Chuck Palumbo
21. Bradshaw
22. Farooq

Commentators: Joey Styles, Mike Tenay

GM: Jim Cornette

Nathan

1. Bret Hart
2. Randy Savage
3. Eddie Guerrero
4. Andre The Giant
5. Rey Mysterio Jr.
6. Kevin Nash
7. Scott Hall
8. Owen Hart
9. Mr. Perfect
10. Gene Anderson
11. Ax
12. Smash
13. Mike Awesome
14. Bruno Sammaratino
15. Hawk
16. Animal
17. Davey Boy Smith
18. Sabu
19. Rick Steiner
20. Mickey Rourke
21. Floyd Mayweather
22. Manny Pacquio
23. Scott Steiner
24. Brian Pillman
25. Mistico
26. Elijah Burke
27. Marcus Cor Von
28. Kevin Thorn
29. Gangrel
30. Dusty Rhodes

Commentators: Don West, Matt Striker

GM: Paul Heyman

 

[Hyorinmaru]

I was around for the last two but I never joined.

I'm in

 

[Uncle Sam]

I may be a complete nerd and write a backstory for why this is happening. In fact, I think I'll definitely do that.

 

[Harthan]

I'll give it a whirl.

 

[Hyorinmaru]

I may be a complete nerd and write a backstory for why this is happening. In fact, I think I'll definitely do that.

backstories FTW

 

[Sivsyboi]

Hell Yeah. It'll suck (like my first two attempts) but I'm in.

 

[Tastycles]

Je want to do this.

 

[NSL]

What the hell is this?!

 

[Uncle Sam]

The real question is... what isn't this?

 

[Harthan]

The real question is... what isn't this?

A salmon?

 

[Jane]

Sure

 

[48.7 is Approximately 49 Times Better Than You]

I'm in. I can write a show. One show is easy. I'm not sure how you'd have any storylines at all, but whatever.

 

[Uncle Sam]

The point is, you can carry it on if you want. It's just that the majority of people dropped out after one show. I figured fuck it, why not just make them do one supershow and then they can do more shows if they're so inclined?

 

[D-Squared]

I'll do it.

 

[The Hiphopapotamus]

I'll do it..

 

[Hyorinmaru]

A salmon?

Wrong

 

[MattMoses]

I'll give it a go. I did pretty well in the UWF: Mock Draft V, I think I either tied first with Sam or came a close second. It's a shame we never finished it, there was only one show left to post too.

 

[Uncle Sam]

I know that I said no limit, but I think ten is pushing it. Let's just say we're full. I'll PM you all closer to the time. Start thinking up clever concepts and arranging your rosters strategically. The notes application on my iPod will come in handy.

 

[gd]

If anyone drops out, I'm in

 

[Jane]

I was on vacation for part of the UWF 5. I spent like half of the trip reading it. I was sad when it didn't finish.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Was that my fault? I don't think it was. But seriously guys; one show. Just one. You can do that for me, right? I don't give a shit how bad your roster turns out.

 

[takerfan95]

Takerfan is in! This will be my first mock draft. pretty damn exiting

 

[TheOneBigWill]

Seriously debating doing this. But I need a bit more info, Sam.

Few Questions..

1. When will the Show(s?) be due/how long will we have to write them out?

2. How many guys are we drafting/will we have on our show?

3. Will their be a Draft, in which we take turns picking our guys.. Or is this (as slightly mentioned in opening post) a situation in which we write out 100 guys.. and you divide our guys up, by some type of system??

4. When will this be starting?

More Questions, possibly still to come.. depending on the answers I get.

 

[It's...Baylariat!]

The Lariat's in.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Seeing as how so many good people get it, I'll have to widen the limit. I'm contemplating splitting it into two sections. Otherwise everybody's going to get a pretty poor roster. As for Will's questions:

1. When will the Show(s?) be due/how long will we have to write them out?

That's really two questions. Cheat.

Anyway, let's say that the deadline for me receiving your lists is the 12th of June - get to writing, boys - and I'll hopefully get your rosters back to you the next day, you'd then have until the 20th (a Saturday) to write your show. Do people find that sufficient?

Like I said though, you can make it about more than one show if you're so inclined.

As for how long, no limit. Sure, people can abuse that and write novels (perhaps you for one), but it's just as much about style as it is length.

2. How many guys are we drafting/will we have on our show?

30 wrestlers, 2 commentators and 1 GM. Mini-lists for the GM and commentators.

3. Will their be a Draft, in which we take turns picking our guys.. Or is this (as slightly mentioned in opening post) a situation in which we write out 100 guys.. and you divide our guys up, by some type of system??

The latter. The "you take a pick, I take a pick, he takes a pick..." system is all well and good, but has been shown to take fucking forever. People lose interest quickly. The wildcard nature of this new system is also quite cool.

I didn't explain the system in great detail, so I'lll give it another shot.

1. You each give me list of 100 wrestlers, a list of 10 commentators and a list of 10 GMs. They can be from every period. No wrestlers, however, can be used as GMs or commentators. That rules out Foley, JBL, Tazz... you get the point, though you can use them as commentators or GMs if you pick them up as wrestlers. These lists make up your desired roster. You get 30 wrestlers, 2 commentators and, obviously, 1 GM.

2. Perfect world, everyone gets their top 30. Obviously though, there will be clashes. If one person wants wrestler A and another person wants wrestler A, the person who has wrestler A highest on their list gets him. However, if they have him at the same number, it's randomly chosen who gets him. This goes on until everyone has thirty wrestlers from as high on their list as possible... without clashing with someone else's. Same with commentators and GMs.

3. Write your damn show.

4. When will this be starting?

June 12th, unless anybody has a massive problem.

More Questions, possibly still to come.. depending on the answers I get.

Shoot.