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PH4EPosted on 05/16/04 at 05:31:39

Hi, my name is Matt Jones. I'm gonna start a new innovative circuit that will be run much like a sports league with seasons and playoffs. It will be called the World Cup of Wrestling. I've done a trial run with it and I found it to be pretty fun so here's what I need from you guys: Wrestlers YOU want to be in it. I want to start with 16 wrestlers and each year, add two expansion wrestlers until I have 30 wrestlers. I will have contracts that they sign for up to 6 seasons and once they expire, if they don't resign, they will be replaced so it will always be changing and no season will ever be the same. Anyway, once I get wrestlers from you guys, I will begin it. So I'll say a maximum of 4 guys per person to be in it so start requesting so we can get this started.

Thank you.  ;D
xsouporheroxPosted on 05/16/04 at 06:27:41

AJ Styles
Christopher Daniels
CM Punk
Steve Corino
DominusPosted on 05/16/04 at 10:31:13

Bret Hart
Randy Orton
Edge
Chris Jericho
PH4EPosted on 05/16/04 at 16:56:33

Alright, 8 down, 8 more to go. So far we have:

AJ Styles
Christopher Daniels
CM Punk
Steve Corino
Bret Hart
Randy Orton
Edge
Chris Jericho

Pretty nice batch of wrestlers, imo.  :)
Critic of the DawnPosted on 05/16/04 at 18:19:24

Just for the heck of it, I'm going to toss in NDW's Heavyweight Champions (Luckily Edge has been nominated already, so all 5 will fit.)

Matt Hardy
Chris Hero
Xavier
Chance Beckett

You'd better post the results here.  Or else.  ;D

How are you going to handle the expansion wrestlers?  Will we get to vote on those as well?  Will the person who picked the wrestler who ultimately wins the season get to choose?  Or will you be picking?

Eric "Critic of the Dawn"
PH4EPosted on 05/16/04 at 20:35:07

I figure I'll let you guys vote on the expansion wrestler.  :) Okay guys, four more to go.
Critic of the DawnPosted on 05/16/04 at 21:02:06

Excellent.

How do you plan to run these seasons, exactly?  Will you be splitting the roster into groups and doing round robins for the preseason, with the top-scorers advancing into a post-season tournament?  Or what?

Eric "Critic of the Dawn"
PH4EPosted on 05/16/04 at 22:25:27

Exactly. There will be two different groups (selected randomly, in my trial run, I did RAW vs. Smackdown!). Two wrestlers in different groups will never face each other unless they make it to the finals where the finals will be Group A vs. Group B. In the regular season, there will be a round robin for each group. Once the round robins are completed, the top 8 from each group will go into a playoff seeded by their finish in the round robin. The first season, everyone will go into the playoffs. The second season after an expansion wrestler has been added to each group, 1 person from each group will not make the playoffs, etc. Once the playoff brackets have been decided, the playoffs begin. The first round will be 2 out of 3. The second round will be 2 out of 3. The group finals will be 3 out of 5. The finals will be 4 out of 7. That's when the World Cup of Wrestling has been decided and then it starts all over again. Any suggestions, questions, or comments about anything are very very welcome and suggestions may be implemented before I begin.
DominusPosted on 05/17/04 at 04:54:50

I really like this idea.

I'd like to try one like it, except have General Managers & they pick 4 wrestlers each & form a team.  16 Teams, 4 Wrestlers each.  Have 2 Conferences (West/East) & 4 Divisions (Pacific,North,South,Atlantic).  Then design a schedule.  Then have the top 4 teams from each Conference enter the Playoffs (Just like NBA/NHL) & have best-of-seven series.  Then an eventual winner(s).

Then do it all over again.  But to make it fun, like you said have contracts & expansion teams & newer wrestlers join.  Each GM will have to try to sign new wrestlers, even trade & what not.  Oh and as for the matches make them either Tag Matches (pick between your 4 Member team) or Elimination matches or whatever.  I'll have to trial run it & see how it works, unless anyone else wants to try to start it.
Critic of the DawnPosted on 05/20/04 at 17:42:39

Anyone going to suggest 4 more guys?  Because I could always mosey over to BCW and take a looksie at the first 4 champions there if it'd get things started faster...

Eric "Critic of the Dawn"
DominusPosted on 05/21/04 at 01:41:20

I can suggest more, If I'm allowed:

Chris Benoit
Steve Austin
Ricky Steamboat
Andre the Giant
PH4EPosted on 05/21/04 at 01:59:48

That'll work. Just wait until this weekend when I get things started. This next week is final exam week for me but after that, it should be updated pretty often due to me being out of school for the summer.