In honor of the upcoming WWE Draft, the event where the WWE finds new and pointless ways to shuffle talent around in the name of a draft when it's not a draft whatsoever, and also in honor of the NFL Draft, which is maybe the best on in the entire sporting world, I'm proud to announce our First Annual Draft Spectacular. This is a fantasy draft of sorts, as the basis of it is rooted in pure fantasy. However, I hope it will be as fun for myself and the three participants I have lined up as well as for you, the readers.The scenario is this: all three major companies with national TV (comprising of four distinct "brands") inexplicably go out of business. You can create your own reasons why in your own head, but please, keep all Vince McMahon auto-erotic asphyxiation fantasies to yourselves, thanks. Anyway, four new money marks with four booking staffs emerge and are ready to take those TV slots with new companies. Rather than go the free agent route, they all decide to divvy up the talent draft style and build fantasy rosters to translate into (this clearly alternate and make-believe) reality. Here are your four drafters:
- TH: Yes, that's me. Did you think I was going to run a draft and not be involved in it?
- PizzaBodySlam: Fellow wrestling Blogspotter and possible brother from another mother of mine, PBS is my Canadian counterpart. Don't be bogged down by exchange rates; the entertainment value is of roughly the same magnitude. If you're not following him, what the hell are you waiting for?
- KoppoKick: One of the early adopters of commenting on this thing, as well as a provider of comment through his travels around the Intarwebs, Koppo represents the New England region well. He enjoys long walks on the beach, candlelit dinners and the commentary of one UltraMantis Black. Then again, who doesn't like Chikara's Evil Insectoid Overlord doing the announcing?
- Butch Rosser: Since the FCC requires me not to overload on the East Coast drafters, here's San Diego's finest DJ, wrestling fan and Tweet-junkie. Actually no, Rosser was picked 100% at random from a pool of four guys who wanted in, and the fact that he's black automatically gives this draft street cred.
Anyway, the draft will be serpentine in nature. I.E., we go through one pass and then reverse the order. Each individual round will contain two passes, like so:
The Order
- KoppoKick
- PizzaBodySlam
- TH
- Butch Rosser
- Butch Rosser
- TH
- PizzaBodySlam
- KoppoKick
And so on and so forth.
The draft will go as long as we don't get bored, which I'm hoping for 10 rounds. The draft will be held via AIM chat, and if you want to be there as a spectator, then by all means, IM me the day of the draft, which will be Wednesday, April 21st. The time? 8 PM EDT. My AIM name is WrestlingBlogTH. Got that? Good. If you don't make it to the live chatroom, don't fear, because the results of the draft will be posted on the blog shortly thereafter. Of course, all commentary is welcome, and if you want to help out in any way, like by being a wrestling-type Mel Kiper, Jr. (only without the helmet hair, plz), or by reacting to picks or even taking the role of Jets fans and booing the shit out of every selection, be my guest and let me know. I'll take any and all guest submissions previewing this thing.
Anyway, let the countdown to the only wrestling draft that matters, ever, begin now. Draftniks, start doing your homework. KoppoKick is on the clock, although unlike in the NFL, we're going to wait until we get to the actual draft to make the first selection.
Remember you can contact TH and ask him questions about wrestling, life or anything else. Please refer to this post for contact information. He always takes questions!
