The WrestleZone Tournament Has Begun

[X]

Hey X, is that a vote for Scott Steiner or a vote against Edge?

A vote for Steiner since I assume Edge was/is winning in a landslide. Scotty in his prime was a fucking mastodon beast that could not be tamed. Edge, love the guy, but I've grown tired of him over the last few years and have no desire to see him excel in this tournament again after last year's debacle.

Sometimes I'll vote for the underdog if I like them enough.


I'm saddened by the Liger/Jericho thread, where LigerBomb unsurprisingly is the only one who actually knows what he's talking about. Jericho is a legend, sure, but he's not on the same level of legend as Liger is. Jericho would in all likelihood tell you exactly that too if you asked him.

 

[Remix]

Didn't Jericho try and fail to be like Liger in Japan? That should be enough reason for Jericho to lose on a comparason of their skills.

 

[LigerBomb]

Stinger v Stansen. WM 30. Book it!

Jokes aside, there are some pretty cool matches this year. Some I'd actually pay real money to see.

 

[JGlass]

Well, it's too early to see how big Edge is going to win by, but I think it's fairly safe to assume he will win. The whole Edge/Will debacle was two years ago, though. Last year Stone Cold won, though I forgot who he beat, possibly Undertaker.

And Jericho did a gimmick called Super Liger and he apparently was not good at it. I learned this from LigerBomb in his post in the thread.

 

[X]

Well, it's too early to see how big Edge is going to win by, but I think it's fairly safe to assume he will win. The whole Edge/Will debacle was two years ago, though. Last year Stone Cold won, though I forgot who he beat, possibly Undertaker.

Ah yes you're right, time flies when you've been here so long, it was 2 years ago, not last year.

And Jericho did a gimmick called Super Liger and he apparently was not good at it. I learned this from LigerBomb in his post in the thread.

Super Liger is notoriously known as one of the biggest flops of a gimmick ever, it's like the Shockmaster of puroresu.

 

[FunKay the Inevitable]

Last year was arguably most famous for the Shayan-Cena saga.

 

[JGlass]

Comparing Chris Jericho to the Shockmaster? I never thought I'd see that, but from what I gather it's true. Kind of funny that he could have a Shockmaster sized failure but go on to be a legendary performer.

In some other good news, Mick Foley has really caught up to Kane. Last I checked it was 37-35.

 

[X]

Good, no way does Kane go over Foley. Fuck Kane's most dominant year was 1998 and his win-loss record was atrocious that year, he lost every single feud he was involved in aside from one cheap win over Austin thanks to his brother's interference, but then Austin beat him clean in less than 10 minutes the next night. Meanwhile Foley got clean pins on Austin, The Rock, and Triple H all in their primes.

 

[Big Nick Dudley]

I voted for Kane, but I'm actually hoping Foley pulls away.

 

[Coco]

There are some nasty matches tonight. Some are straight squashes (Lesnar/Rude, Pillman/Vader) and some are incredibly tough (HHH vs. Brisco, Race vs. Sammartino).

Not if you've ever tried to watch a Sammartino match. Fuck's sake.

 

[Little Jerry Lawler]

Batista is down by one.

I'l still pick the winner of the match over the Undertaker.

 

[JGlass]

Foley tied it up with Kane. If you haven't voted in that match, go vote Foley!

 

[LigerBomb]

I did already, geez get off my back already will ya?

 

[JGlass]

Not until Mick Foley is the winner.

Also, Mick Foley has a really hot wife for being an ugly fucking dude. One more reason to vote for him.

 

[Coco]

Yokozuna spent more time in the midcard than he did as a headliner, same as Eddie Guerrero who put in his two years at the top of the card. Someone care to explain to me why Eddie catches more flack for it than Yoko? Furthermore, why does nobody bother to point out that Yokozuna's career peaked early and then declined rapidly while Eddie was poised to be one of the top faces on the brand for years to come? You'd think little things like that would work in Eddie's favor.

 

[Coco]

I mean sure, rattlesnake went there. But nobody cares what he has to say anyway.

 

[Hulk Hogan's Brother]

Yokozuna spent more time in the midcard than he did as a headliner, same as Eddie Guerrero who put in his two years at the top of the card. Someone care to explain to me why Eddie catches more flack for it than Yoko? Furthermore, why does nobody bother to point out that Yokozuna's career peaked early and then declined rapidly while Eddie was poised to be one of the top faces on the brand for years to come? You'd think little things like that would work in Eddie's favor.

I think I mentioned that.

Also Stephanie has gone on record saying that Eddie would have won the championship on the next show had he not died. Also Yoko spent most of his career in the lower midcard and even if Eddie was a career midcarder he would still be above Yoko.

 

[Shocky]

Eddie was a career midcarder. To say he was in the main event for two years is a big exaggeration. He's a solid worker, but let's not make him out to be one of the greatest of all time.

 

[Tastycles]

Someone vote for Warrior, go on.

 

[FunKay the Inevitable]

And Batista wins by one vote.

 

[Coco]

Eddie was a career midcarder. To say he was in the main event for two years is a big exaggeration. He's a solid worker, but let's not make him out to be one of the greatest of all time.

He's not an all time great. He's just better than Yokozuna. And how is it an exaggeration to say he spent two years at the top? After his time as champion, the continuation of Eddie vs. Angle was bigger than JBL's run as champ. And Eddie vs. Rey became the second biggest thing in the company after a while, far and away above Batista vs. JBL and Cena vs. Jericho (who was a proper career midcarder). I honestly believe that if Eddie hadn't died, he'd have been up there at at least the level Jeff Hardy peaked at, if not higher (SmackDown's Mexican posterboy, the Cena of the brand). Yoko didn't have those kind of prospects. Why are most of his fans not willing to say that? There's no reason to let the "people are only voting for them because he's dead" crowd get the momentum they have.

 

[The Brain]

And Batista wins by one vote.

Damn I didn't realize when this poll was closing. I just went to vote for Warrior but was too late.

 

[X]

Guerrero > Yokozuna in every facet of professional wrestling.

And I'll take Batista over Warrior any day of the week as well.

 

[JGlass]

It makes me happy when I vote the same was as X. That way, he can't call me an idiot.

 

[Coco]

Can't say I'm shocked to see Will comparing Yokozuna's kayfabe prime to what was most certainly not Eddie's. Usual smoke and mirror BS from the biggest pedophile this side of Stinger.