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Re: [IWF] A Night To Remember (Predictions Welcome

JDragonPosted on 07/26/06 at 12:31:14

Jerry Dunvegan vs Big Show:

I see Big Show getting over here. Dunvegan has not yet quite appeared in IWF, and this match will not turn things around.


I Quit Match: Polaris vs Harwell

If this was a regular or No-DQ-Match, I would see Harwell winning this one with some outside help. However, Polaris ain't gonna give up. Harwell loses in the Polaris Special, this one will be a demonstration.

Barbed Wire Match: RVD vs Sabu

After having been humiliated by Sabu in the last two matches, this is more or less the final chance for RVD. I consider this one make or break for him, as if he loses, his career in IWF might be over very quickly. Therefore: RVD over Sabu

War Games: Team Anselmo vs Team Japan

I expect Team Anselmo to win and Team Japan to disappear afterwards.

Iron Man Match: Tatsumi Fujinami vs Jimmy Dragon

Usually, I'd side with Jimmy Dragon here as his first showings were impressive. However, after Fujinami defeated six in a row, I'm not so sure any more; I also expect outside interference here. Fujinami over Dragon
kurropt_antagonistPosted on 07/27/06 at 17:44:40

Jerry Dunvegan Vs The Big Show
Big Show won't dominate the match (not like he usually does), but he will get the win, most likely via countout.

I Quit Match:
Dawson Polaris Vs IWF Owner Brandon Harwell
Polaris.  Amazing that Harwell can defeat a World Champion of another fed to win that million dollars, but he can't even beat his own f'ing wrestlers.

Barbed Wire Match:
"The Whole Fucking Show" Rob Van Dam Vs "The Suicidal, Homicidal, Genocidal, Death-Defying Maniac" Sabu
Sabu.  Van Dam gets injured.

War Games:
Team Anselmo (Pete Anselmo, Vampiro, Taz, Bret Hart, and The Undertaker) Vs Team Japan (Masahiro Chono, Kenta Kobashi, Kensuke Sasaki, Yuji Nagata, and Satoshi Kojima)
Team Japan, to continue the fued.  I'd go more in detail, but I'm not too familiar with War Games.  Still want to see Petey get the Wrist-Clutch Burning Hammer that he has coming.  ;D

IWF TITLE BOUT
Iron Man Match:
"The Dragon" Tatsumi Fujinami Vs Jimmy Dragon (c)
Jimmy continues his undefeated streak here.
JDragonPosted on 07/31/06 at 08:49:03

No big surprise here the way I see it. Dunvegan needs to reinvent himself in order to survive in IWF.
Snabbit888Posted on 07/31/06 at 10:28:58

These matches are all way too long.  As a fan, I'd be completely burned out by this point.  They've been good matches, but you've had 3 matches of over 30 minutes and they've all been filled with tons and tons of high spots.  I'm already tired before you get to your duel main events.  The matches themselves have been good, but as a single show, it seems like way way way too much.  We'll see what happens with the final two matches.
kurropt_antagonistPosted on 07/31/06 at 16:16:01

Amazing how the one match that should have gone 30+ plus minutes, barely got 20.  ;D

As far as my predictions go, 4 out of 5 ain't bad.

Must admit, I'm surprised that Van Dam went over.  Especially with the stipulations added before the match.
Snabbit888Posted on 07/31/06 at 22:45:42

I guess my idea of a supercard though isn't exposing some of your stars, i.e. Big Show, by putting him in a 30-minute opener. sure it got 5 stars, but that's because your fantasy characters are supermen.

All in all, this was a pretty good show, all things considered, but stuff like that kind of peeves me a bit.  But hey, it's your world.  I'm just paying rent.
kurropt_antagonistPosted on 07/31/06 at 23:28:07

Anubis
Oh, and remember, the fight against Greco was an MMA shoot fight.

I'd thought it was a 'normal' wrestling match.  My mistake.

*Can't figure quotes out.*
JDragonPosted on 07/31/06 at 23:39:43

That was a pretty good card. I must admit, however, that I share the criticism of the match length basically.

However, I don't quite see which match could have been cut short...maybe 20 minutes each for the opener and the I Quit-match would have done it, with more time for the Wargames in turn.

I'm thrilled to see what happens in the RVD/Sabu feud. I'd go even further than Anubis: I'm expecting a double turn in the not so distant future.

Jerry Dunvegan is finished. He needs some serious repackaging IMHO.

I'm surprised nobody tried to mess with the Iron Man match. It would have been especially logical for Big Show, whom I see as the Number One contender currently. He lost to Dragon, so he'd help crown a new champ. Admittedly, he lost to Fujinami, too - but only via countout, which is kinda lame and could be attributed to laziness on Big Show's part.
JDragonPosted on 08/01/06 at 00:28:27

On 08/01/06 at 00:00:43, Anubis wrote:

JDragon, you should know better than anyone (having participated in both ANTR events from the e-fed days) that I generally try to wrap up storylines at ANTR.  Very rarely do I continue feuds at ANTR.  You're not forgetting are you?
I'm not. Sabu vs RVD is a no-brainer. It will continue, as Sabu will not live with the humiliation of being announced as "RVD's Groupie" every time, whereas RVD is cocky enough to demand that it happens that way. Even if they don't fight each other.
CarlzillaPosted on 08/01/06 at 00:43:19

I thought the card was decent, but a tad on the overblown side. I mean it's cool that the matches where long, but I agree with Snabbit, if I was watching this on DVD or something I would have found something else to do during the first two matches. 30+ min matches are great, when used rarely. Having 2 open the show is overkill.

I'm also kinda disappointed with the Wargames match, I mean sure Team Japan won, but that doesn't really build to anything at all. If I was to look at it through smark colored glasses the only way I could see that match is that the Japanese feds only agreed to lend you the talent if they didn't do the job. I don't know, it seems like using them to put Pete Anselmo over would have been the only way I would have let that match play out.
kurropt_antagonistPosted on 08/01/06 at 01:03:43

On 08/01/06 at 00:00:43, Anubis wrote:Maybe it's time I posted the actual two cards from the e-fed for people to see . . . Sadly, I doubt most people would dig the real ANTR1999, given some of the people involved (Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, for instance) . . . Good grief those were weird days, but what can I say, I was new to e-wrestling.  They were both still very cool events.
I have to see those.
kurropt_antagonistPosted on 08/01/06 at 01:08:03

On 08/01/06 at 00:43:19, Carlzilla wrote:I'm also kinda disappointed with the Wargames match, I mean sure Team Japan won, but that doesn't really build to anything at all. If I was to look at it through smark colored glasses the only way I could see that match is that the Japanese feds only agreed to lend you the talent if they didn't do the job. I don't know, it seems like using them to put Pete Anselmo over would have been the only way I would have let that match play out.
The heel loses, but because he's so egotistical, he HAS to get the win back somehow.  Doesn't neccessarily have to mean Team Japan sticks around, just that Pete has to get ... ahem, YOU to stick around IWF.
rey619Posted on 08/01/06 at 09:47:56

Big Show did a tope suicida? How is that even remotely possible? I won't comment on the moonsault, as it has been rumoured he could do one in WCW.
JDragonPosted on 08/01/06 at 11:09:13

Let's just say he did a "slingshot tope suicida"   ;)

Yeah, the Dragon's history is closely connected to these both events; yet I would actually say that his turn ANTR 2002 was a huge mistake in retrospective. Of course, he'd gotten stale, but for me - I never really got into RPing as a heel, so it was rather a step back for me personally.
JDragonPosted on 08/01/06 at 11:39:00

I meant "slingshot" like he jumps and connects with the rope and is bounced up again so he flies far enough  ;)
rey619Posted on 08/01/06 at 11:50:27

On 08/01/06 at 11:25:08, Anubis wrote:
If Samoa Joe can do a tope suicida, I figure The Big Show could pull it off given about a month of practice.
Are you kidding? Big Show is twice the size of Joe. I doubt that Big Show could squeeze his body through two ropes anyway. Well well..
Snabbit888Posted on 08/01/06 at 11:56:26

And just asking a guy to do something doesn't mean he can pull it off.  But whatever.  Your fantasy world, not mine.
JDragonPosted on 08/01/06 at 12:20:21

On 08/01/06 at 11:50:27, rey619 wrote:

Are you kidding? Big Show is twice the size of Joe.
That is almost correct. Well personally I don't see why it shouldn't be possible. Show probably would hurt himself and it wouldn't look pretty, but going through the ropes should be possible.
kurropt_antagonistPosted on 08/03/06 at 15:15:47

Thanks for those shows, Anubis.  That was, uh, something else.  :P