Grade the Draft picks

[D]

Can't fault going for legacy but Teddy killed my team last game

He didn't kill your team, heck he is your second highest scorer, and for someone who didn't win a title he has been pretty solid and consistant.

He hurt my team chemistry which didn't allow the other guys to perform to the best of their abilities.

Because of Ted, Beer Money lost the titles.

Dont argue with me about this. it is fact!

[Gnrfan]

Can't fault going for legacy but Teddy killed my team last game

He didn't kill your team, heck he is your second highest scorer, and for someone who didn't win a title he has been pretty solid and consistant.

He hurt my team chemistry which didn't allow the other guys to perform to the best of their abilities.

Because of Ted, Beer Money lost the titles.

Dont argue with me about this. it is fact!

My god! Your excuses are getting weaker and weaker.
 

[More Cowbell]

What D needed for his team was good Old School Harlem Heat BOOKER T, he;s such a solid week in and week out performer, and he gets belts thrown at him, You can't miss. D's just making excuses because he knows Cowbell's about to be ringing the Victory Bell here in a few weeks to celebrate being a 2 Time World Champion, and twice out of what 5 games I played I can stand atop the mountain and call myself a Champion, Sucka'
Enough Gloating on D, back to Grading The Picks, As with any draft after a Round is complete people sit back and look at

"THE BIGGEST REACH" someone picking a guy way ahead of their time, Someone who should of been a Round or 2 lower, Who's your Biggest Reach?


Mine would be Round 1 Pick # 7 HBK, I question if this is a Head or Heart Pick.  The rumors have been going around for a few weeks that there is going to be a DX reunion of some type.  This could be great for HBK if theyt choose to throw the titles back on them, but being he has been out on leave, and no gaurentee hes going to be back anytime soon I think a more causious opick should of been taken here. Someone who can get you the much needed week in and week out points.  With Big Show and Legacy left for the choosingf I question if HBK was a heart pick.  Legacy seems to be on every raw wrestling so they should get 5 to 12 points a week, and they appear on some PPV which is good for points, Big show is a current champion who should have the belt for a few months, he could wrestle on all 3 brands and he also could show up on PPVs I think either one of these two would of been great building blocks for a team.

[Gnrfan]

HBK is an interesting pick because when HBK comes back he'll be back to at least Mania i think. The question is how long will the D-X thing last? The WWE have obviously started re-building their Tag Division. Some big names have those belts now and its only natural that big names will eventully face them. However if HBK returns next week then Summerslam is only 2 weeks away.... so no matter what happens thats not long enough for a proper feud. So lets assume that D-X vs Legacy carries on untill Breaking point. and Jericho & Show carry on as champions until The Hell In The Cell PPV where D-X beat them! The Tag titles seem a great way to keep the title off HHH & HBK while maintaining credibility. The problem then however is that you make Legacy look weak.

It will be interesting because HBK could score big but could also be a complete bust there probaly isn't much of a middle ground.

For me the one that kinda suprised me was MVP. Now i don't watch as much wrestling as before but i can't really see a title that MVP is gonna win. Surely not another US Title reign? and i don't think he's at World Title level yet.... so unless he finds a partner i'm assuming that he'll go titleless on RAW in this game. I could be wrong but thats how he seems to me at the moment. RAW has so many potential world champions and i'm not sure he'll leapfrog them just yet

[Gnrfan]

Ok just wondering what everybody thinks about people taking TNA guys this early?

I guess a pro is that More draft picks that can be swapped. i.e. picks 3,4,5 can be swapped. However by picking a TNA guy in the 2nd round.... you surely are doomed to have a weaker 4 & 5 in your team. You'd think that the 14th best pick in TNA is gonna be better than the 50th WWE pick. I understand the thinking that getting a Kurt Angle or AJ Styles means you think you have a chance of getting the most TNA points and thats a good starting point. But i think having a TNA guy at Number 2 is only as good as your 5th pick coz if your TNA pick scores 200 and your 5th only gets 40 equalling 240 (good maths there) and someone can get the 10th best TNA pick as there 5th pick and gets 120 points the likelyhood is any 2nd pick will score more than 80.

Coz if you think about it at any one time TNA has 8 champions to be competed for and you'd expect that at least one title would change occur during the game so there for they'd be a minimum of 9 picks that will get title points in this game maybe more. Also i know in some of the games we have had more WWE PPV's than TNA, not sure if thats the case in this game.

Its an interesting situation... because i had AJ Styles as a legends champion as my 2nd pick in the last game and i expected more from him. So this time i said to myself the earliest i'm gonna get a TNA guy is pick 3 depending on who else is availble and i'll see if that works out better.

Anyway let me know your take on the TNA picks.

[Hammy]

I agree its damn early with 15 people playing the only way I think to have a strong team 1-5 is to use your TNA pick last.

The theory is, like you said, 3, 4 and 5 are swappable and if someone debuts during the game and you win them you could get away with it.

Its a tricky one but look at the current game at HTGTH, the 2nd highest TNA scorer, nobody even picked!

'Twas Angelina Love by the way.

[Gnrfan]

Its a tricky one but look at the current game at HTGTH, the 2nd highest TNA scorer, nobody even picked!

'Twas Angelina Love by the way.

You see this is where people who watch TNA have a massive advantage here. I can just about gage the main event stuff (although guys like Lashley... is he full time?) but to try and gage the next Womens champ is well out of my reach. I have never seen ODB wrestle and only just realised she existed by looking at the next TNA PPV. I could not tell you if he has a chance of beating Angelina Love?

If it was McCool vs Maria for example i'd be pretty sure that McCool would win based on ability. 


I think that leaving the TNA pick til at least 4th you can maybe take chances elsewhere. If you take the TNA guy 1st or 2nd you picks 3 to5 have to be pretty relaible to win.

[Hammy]

Its a tricky one but look at the current game at HTGTH, the 2nd highest TNA scorer, nobody even picked!

'Twas Angelina Love by the way.

You see this is where people who watch TNA have a massive advantage here. I can just about gage the main event stuff (although guys like Lashley... is he full time?) but to try and gage the next Womens champ is well out of my reach. I have never seen ODB wrestle and only just realised she existed by looking at the next TNA PPV. I could not tell you if he has a chance of beating Angelina Love?

If it was McCool vs Maria for example i'd be pretty sure that McCool would win based on ability. 


I think that leaving the TNA pick til at least 4th you can maybe take chances elsewhere. If you take the TNA guy 1st or 2nd you picks 3 to5 have to be pretty relaible to win.

I watch TNA and I too question Lashley's regularity.  I'd go with him sticking around because they tape the entire month over a 3 day period so the committment is limited.  But I'd guess he is working on a month to month contract so a falling out or signing with the UFC could see him soon gone.

As for the Women's, I'd be shocked if ODB won, just seems like a filler.

[Gnrfan]

So Taker and Matt Hardy gone on 2nd picks.... interesting!

I thought that Matt Hardy would go before my next pick but maybe as a 3rd pick. Taker is a suprise to me. A few games ago i picked Taker at 3 in a similar situation, supposedly returning soon. He came back almost immediatley which was great but hardly got me any points.

Its become apparent to me that my 3rd pick might be crap let alone my 4th and 5th. I thought i'd get a 3rd pick that at least i felt would do something for me but i'm guessing all the pick between now and then will erase those options.

The people at the top of the draft will certainly get a better 1 to 3 IMO. For us guys at the bottom we need to get big points from our 4th and 5th picks to win!

[More Cowbell]

I wanted to waittil atleast my 3rd pick to get my tna guy and now booker T is gone. Might not be the highest scorer and I am not the biggest fan of sharmell but I'd love him on my team again.

As for picking an injury guy. Withmy second pick I'm taking a guess on a jeff vacation after SS and hardy comming back.  I don't want ut on my team so I thought I would take a chance.  With my 3rd pick I'm definenrtly taking another wwe guy and waiting on tna now.

[Gnrfan]

i'm shocked that D didn't take both Hart Foundation guys. seems like a play that could of payed off big

[Hammy]

i'm shocked that D didn't take both Hart Foundation guys. seems like a play that could of payed off big

Because they seem way down the pecking order at the moment, I'm surprised he took one of them.

[Gnrfan]

i'm shocked that D didn't take both Hart Foundation guys. seems like a play that could of payed off big

Because they seem way down the pecking order at the moment, I'm surprised he took one of them.

At the moment yes. But they are a tag team and i think there is always a chance they'll challenge for the titles within the game even if they don't win them.

[Gnrfan]

Well,I know you are supposed to use your TNA pick last but you guys said she is doing really well in scoring for your last game, so I pick Angelina Love. I think she will always be in the title mix even when Kong gets a push again.

Man i was hoping to snag her later. I think its a good pick. I don't know much about TNA women division. But i remember reading that Kongs kness were bad and there doesn't seem too many other options as womens champion.

I guess there is Kong, Tara & ODB (based on thats who she is fighting next) but Kong is injured, Tara was champ and lost again and well i dont know who ODB is.

[Hammy]

The Miz is a good pick.  In the current game he has bombed, for the first time in awhile, prior to that he was a scoring machine, mainly due to being paired with Morrison and appearing on all 3 brands.  Being a weaker in-ring guy, without Morrison he gets less matches, but if they get behind him again you never know, I nearly picked him with my last pick as I thought the storyline sacking was so they could bring him to ECW as a credible guy for Christian to feud with, still I could see him getting the US Title at some point during the game and considering the few quality Non-TNA picks left, good choice.