King Kamala

Nice pick Double D. I was briefly considering Tommy Rich for my next pick before I realized Verne was still on the board and decided to go with him.

1. Without a shadow of the doubt, The Brainbusters. I wanted to have at least three out of the four Horsemen so bad. That one killed me for like a day. 2. I don't really regret any of my picks persay but I do think I jumped the gun on Kerry Von Erich a little bit early. I probably could have waited another round or two for him but maybe I'm wrong.

Alright, I'm going to go truly old school here for the first time in the draft. Hell, this guy is the definition of old school wrestling. I wanted someone who could go up against Billy Graham with this pick and for Graham's opponent, I wanted a clean cut, All American to contrast with Graham's over the top behavior. He also could very well feud with Ric Flair or Nick Bockwinkel. My next pick's influence on professional wrestling can not be overstated. Besides being a legend in the ring, the man was a successful promoter for over thirty years and trained or help trained 93 wrestlers including; Ric Flair, Bob Backlund, Ricky Steamboat, Curt Hennig, The Iron Sheik, Jimmy Snuka, and many more. This man is a ten time former AWA World Champion, a five time former AWA Tag Team Champion, and a former NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion. He is a member of the WWE Hall of Fame Class of '06, a member of the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame's Class of '04, and The Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame's Class of '96. With my ninth selection and the 146th selection overall in the all time wrestling roster draft, I select... Verne Gagne

I assume the twelve hour rule is still in effect.

Abdullah The Butcher displays his sensitive side in a series of Japanese commercials

Hey, I think Drury's turn has passed and Garth can pick at any time. Am I right or not?

George Clinton came to town about four years ago and my friend swears to this day that he saw my A.P. U.S. history teacher tokin' up there.

Fuuuuccckckkkkkkkk, Finlay was one of two or three guys I was planning on taking with my next pick. Damn it all to hell!

One of my biggest regrets wrestling wise was I never got to go to a WCW house show. Even when WCW was at their peak, their house shows sounded hilariously mediocre. And god damn does that show Jingus went to sound horrible. The only match that sounds like it could be half-decent is Kidman-Vampiro and the one word that comes to mind when I remember their mini-feud around that time is "disappointing". Say what you want about WWE but they know how to put on a house show 99% of the time and know how to send the fans home happy.

Wait, what? I thought that his VH1 show was going to lead to him "playing Giants Stadium" ... and that nothing ever came of it. Where did he perform as a result of that show? (Not trying to call you out on anything, legitimately uncertain if he ended up actually accomplishing by doing the show) The last episode he performed at the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom.Which amused me endlessly watching the show. Having grown about an hour away from there, The Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, like most casino ballroom, generally hosts washed up acts from the 70s and 80s (Shit like Eddie Money, KC & The Sunshine Band, The Beach Boys). It was just amusing to see that be the result of Dice's comeback. And the show didn't mention that he was co-headlining with Artie Lange, who had to have been the main attraction for a good portion of the audience.

My suggestion for the next Q&A: Paul Roma!

Great pick there, Garth. Corino was one of my favorites back in the day. I always wondered why WWE or TNA never gave him a serious run.

I'm a huge house show mark. I manage to have a decent time even at mediocre ones most of the time. The one exception was a Smackdown! house show on a Monday night in July of '02. There was no Hulk Hogan, no Rock (though I imagine he'd stopped doing house shows completely at this point), no Triple H, not even Jericho. The wrestling itself wasn't terrible for the most part (We got to see Rey before he made his return on TV in a decent match, teaming up with Kidman against Chavo Guerrero Jr and Tajiri and the main event between Kurt Angle and Edge was decent if not slightly rushed) but the experience was terrible. The reason for this being the third person who was supposed to go with my brother and me backed out at the very last minute and our wrestling hating dad decided go with us (we really didn't have a choice as neither of us had licenses at that point) and he was bitching all night. Just a miserable experience and it was a terrible time in WWE history. The arena was only about a third filled. Right before the separate rosters idea gelled and before the Smackdown Six showed up to redeem the show somewhat. Anyways here's the results courtesy of Cawthon's site WWE (Smackdown!) @ Portland, ME - Civic Center - July 1, 2002 (3,388; 3,200 paid) Included an in-ring segment in which Scotty 2 Hotty announced he would soon return to the ring, only for Chief Morley to come out and order him out of the arena Sho Funaki pinned Rico by avoiding a spin kick and using a roll up Lance Storm & Christian defeated John Cena & Steve Bradley when Storm pinned Bradley with the superkick WWE Cruiserweight Champion Jamie Noble pinned the Hurricane as the challenger attempted a suplex into the ring, Nidia swept his feet out from under him and held the leg down during the cover WWE Tag Team Champions Billy Gunn & Chuck Palumbo defeated Val Venis & Hardcore Holly when Gunn pinned Holly with a roll up after a Jungle Kick from Palumbo Billy Kidman & Rey Mysterio Jr. defeated Chavo Guerrero Jr. & Tajiri after Kidman vaulted Rey into the air and Mysterio hit a Frankensteiner off the top on Chavo D-Von Dudley, Batista, & Albert defeated Hugh Morrus, Rob Conway, & Mark Henry when D-Von pinned Conway Torrie Wilson defeated Stacy Keibler in a Bra & Panties match Rikishi pinned Test Edge pinned Kurt Angle, despite outside interference from Billy Gunn, Chuck Palumbo, and Rico; after the match, Edge, Val Venis, Hardcore Holly, Rikishi, and Scotty 2 Hotty held off Gunn, Palumbo, Rico, Christian, Lance Storm, and Test

Eh, there's enough good stuff on Fall Brawl '00 to drag it up to above average (making it the best WCW PPV of '00 sadly). There's the shockingly good Steiner-Goldberg match, a decent opener, a fun MIA-Three Count six man tag, and The Filthy Animals-Natural Born Thrillers was shaping up to be decent before the weird ending. And Booker T-Nash is about as good of a Nash match as you're going to get not against a guy who's not named Bret Hart or Shawn Michaels. Sure, there's some crap on there (Mike Awesome needing the help of the entire Buffalo Bills offensive line and Gary Coleman to beat Jeff Jarrett, typical Sting-Dark Carnival junk, and I think there was a Harris Boys match on there...) but a lot less than say New Blood Rising or Halloween Havoc. And WCW's minor resurgance in early '01 was depressing to me because deep down I knew it was the end of the line. The last PPV, Greed was the best PPV they had put on in years with a undercard that rocked the shit and a main event that was actually pretty good.

I'd pay top dollar to see Austin circa '98 against BNB circa '88. Cranda's had a damn fine draft thus far.

I prefer waffles over pancakes and I even like Eggos (one of those nostalgia foods I guess) but even I think saying that Eggos are better than good pancakes is blasphemous enough to be banished from The Food Folder for eternity.

I liked both. Bulletproof mostly because it was the 2nd or 3rd R rated movie I saw but I legitmately enjoy Little Nicky. My least favorite Adam Sandler movies are Click and Eight Crazy Nights but the worst is probably Mr. Deeds. He hasn't made a movie I've enjoyed in the past five years or so.

Ooh nice pick there, Cranda. I'm also going to go with a star of the 80s. My next pick is going to primarily used as "Superstar" Billy Graham's lackey/muscle in my federation. This man is without a doubt IMHO, the most underrated heel of the 80s and one of the most underrated heels of all time. He played a small but crucial role in the Rock 'N' Wrestling Era of the mid 80s. No one was better at playing the arrogant, slightly aloof heel than him. He was The Rock when Dwayne Johnson was merely a pebble. This man is a two time former WWF Intercontinental Champion, a former NWA Florida Heavyweight Champion, a former Stampede North American Heavyweight Champion, and a two time former ECW World Champion. For my 8th selection and the 140th selection overall, I'm proud to select... "The Rock" Don Muraco

Hell yes! This is the best news I've heard today. There's no reason why D Lo shouldn't be a mid-card/upper mid-card guy on Smackdown! From the semi recent stuff I've seen of him, he can still go as well as he did at his peak.

I think I should commemorate WCW's amazing stretch of mediocre to bad PPVs.From Slamboree '99 to New Blood Rising, WCW did not produce a single PPV that was better than mediocre. That's sixteen crappy PPVs in a row. Say what you want about the current product but that kind of streak is never happening again. Mercifully, the streak was broken by the slightly above average Fall Brawl '00. But the crappiness returned in full force with Halloween Havoc '00, which rivals SuperBrawl X and Uncensored 2000 for the worst WCW show of that year.

There weren't many guys that I outright thought sucked as a kid (Hell I'll admit Giant Gonzalez scared the shit out of me as a mark). Certainly, some guys were a lot better than others and some guys didn't do anything for me at all but I bought that the B.S. mantra that the guys I saw in WWF and WCW were the best in the world. However, even as a 10 year old renting Survivor Series '89, I realized that Zeus really couldn't hang with The Hulkster and the rest of the bunch. I don't think he ever displayed a wrestling hold in his brief run in the WWF. I just remember watching him and thinking "Wow- this guy is really big and menacing...wow this guy sucks"

Man, I was all set to write a three paragraph post on "Fire on High"

I was just telling bps on AIM a couple hours ago about how I was surprised that Malenko hadn't been drafted yet. I was wondering when a former PWI 500 winner would be given some respect and from whom? Good choice there, Hawk. And great choice by TheFranchise too. I was hoping Dory would slip under the radar for another round or two so I could snatch him.

Ah crap. The Crusher was one of the guys I was considering for an opponent against Graham. Nice choice there, Hawk. ROLL OUT DA BARREL!

I thought Faith No More guy was in the front row for tonight's show but on second look, it appeared to be music producer and founder of 80s one hit wonders Was (Not Was), Don Was. The fact that the show was in LA seemed to verify this.