I will typically vote for my favorite team. But a team is typically among my favorites because of quality of work, importance to tag team wrestling, titles won, etc. There are exceptions--here, for example, I voted for Regal and Tajiri over X-Pac and Kane simply because Regal and Tajiri were so much fun together on screen.
When voting between The Quebecers and Rock/Jericho, remember that Jacques and Pierre's vocals on their entrance theme is better than Jericho's vocals on every Fozzy song combined.
Some of my factors as to who I choose to win are: - the ones I prefer to watch. - the ones that I think would have actually won at the time. - the team that doesn't have a double murderer on it.
I'm voting for who were the best tag team either matches or angles, during the period they were either champions or in the title hunt. So ignoring their careers before & after.
I can see The Quebecers beating Rock and Jericho easily thanks to a massive amount of cheating. That, or Jericho could kick the Rock's leg out from under his leg. Both these scenarios are highly probable.
I just go with instinct on who would win a match if it was actually booked. I really don't get most of the choices people have made. It's almost as if THE INTERNET wants John Cena and his teams to LOSE, when IN FACT, his teams would probably WIN! Also, if Big Show or Kane are on a team, better vote them out also.
I'm sorry but HBK/HHH would have beaten The Hart Foundation. Jim Niedhart is the weak link there. John Cena and Batista would have creamed whoever they face (I can't remember).
Like I said, it's the Crockett Memorial Internet Revenge Cup.
I find this attitude to towards Chris Benoit really interesting. In real life he committed murder-suicide but his on screen character did not, if it was a tournament for best sitcom characters would you take into account the actors real life?
I basically suspend disbelief and go with who I would expect to win if kayfabe was alive and well and PWI was covering this tourney. Hence, I will keep voting for The Steiner Brothers until the end.
Besides, the 1988-1991 Steiners were a level of awesome no team has ever topped.
However, logic dictates that X-Pac and Kane would win that match. Regal and Tajiri may have been fun, but there were never at the level of X-Pac/Kane as a team or individually.
John cena teams tend to be shortlived so that's why nobody is likely to vote them as favourite. Plus the HHH/HBK team was from 2006? rather than the awesome 97 version.
Who fuckin cares man? If everyone voted like that DX would jave won the whole thing without need for a tourney. The fun is in voting for your. favorites. i don't care what scenario Taker/Show would be in where they'd win, no one wants to see them. Honestly makes no sense to guess who would be kayfabe winners unless the goal was to depress everyone.
You can't call anyone else fruity while talking about the Hardyz. Glorified test dummies. Never a fan of either. Tito Santana and Rick Martel are two all time greats who instantly gelled together. Agree to disagree.
I want Cena's team to lose because I'm tired of him. As Scott said, vote on whatever criteria you want. I think what's fun about this is that we may not get a predictable winner that's best for business.
I love Tito and Martel, but they were together for not even a year (accounting for the Martel injury) and were nothing more than an mid-card attraction. The Hardys have drawn money and been presented as main event level attractions from 1999 up until this year (main evented several huge indy shows over here and in Japan plus their TNA stuff). In my voting longevity + star power wins every time.
Also, why Martel and Tito blow each of them away as individual workers, I think the Hardys are much better tag workers.
Strikeforce TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD!! Such a great team. Together for no time and still won the titles with ease. Such naturals in the ring. Such generals. Total pros and they knew how to work the formula. Great satin jackets. They were winners.
Dudleys have lasted much longer and some of their ECW stuff was awesome. E&C had the stronger WWE career and kept getting better over time. Dudleys had the better finisher, but E&C usually put on better matches. Both were innovative and good-to-great at cutting promos in the best era of professional wrestling.
Do you really just say "It's science"? We're comparing two teams in a fake sport that were a decade apart from each other. Disagree with me about the Hardys all ya want, but nothing about it is "science"
I'm curios to see what factors are people using to vote. To me, I've just been using who were the better pure team or the better champions.
ReplyDeleteUnless it's The Nasty Boys because fuck The Nasty Boys
This has to be the toughest bracket. I'm rooting for the Steiner Bros...but my personal favorites (and huge underdogs) are DDP and Kanyon.
ReplyDeletePotential great matches:
ReplyDeleteDudleyz/E&C
Air Boom/Los Guerreros
Rey & Edge/Hart Foundation
Id like to vote for eddie and tajarii but I had no idea they even teamed let alone won titles. Eh fuck it.
ReplyDeleteMostly voting AGAINST Big Show and Undertaker
ReplyDeleteI will typically vote for my favorite team. But a team is typically among my favorites because of quality of work, importance to tag team wrestling, titles won, etc. There are exceptions--here, for example, I voted for Regal and Tajiri over X-Pac and Kane simply because Regal and Tajiri were so much fun together on screen.
ReplyDeletePretty easy to vote for them over the Bashams anyway.
ReplyDeleteI struggled with Strike Force and Hardy Boys. I clicked Hardy Boys but wondered if I picked the right one.
ReplyDeleteWhen voting between The Quebecers and Rock/Jericho, remember that Jacques and Pierre's vocals on their entrance theme is better than Jericho's vocals on every Fozzy song combined.
ReplyDeleteSteiners, Hart Foundation, Team No...on you go to the next round
ReplyDeleteStrike Force/Hardyz & Jarrett &Owen/Bulldogs should be very close. But the Dudleyz/E&C match could go to the wire.
ReplyDeleteJohnny Polo supporting the Quebecers? Never thought I'd see the day.
ReplyDeleteSome of my factors as to who I choose to win are:
ReplyDelete- the ones I prefer to watch.
- the ones that I think would have actually won at the time.
- the team that doesn't have a double murderer on it.
I'm voting for who were the best tag team either matches or angles, during the period they were either champions or in the title hunt. So ignoring their careers before & after.
ReplyDeleteI can see The Quebecers beating Rock and Jericho easily thanks to a massive amount of cheating. That, or Jericho could kick the Rock's leg out from under his leg. Both these scenarios are highly probable.
ReplyDeleteI just go with instinct on who would win a match if it was actually booked. I really don't get most of the choices people have made. It's almost as if THE INTERNET wants John Cena and his teams to LOSE, when IN FACT, his teams would probably WIN! Also, if Big Show or Kane are on a team, better vote them out also.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry but HBK/HHH would have beaten The Hart Foundation. Jim Niedhart is the weak link there. John Cena and Batista would have creamed whoever they face (I can't remember).
Like I said, it's the Crockett Memorial Internet Revenge Cup.
Let it go.
ReplyDeleteBut this poll is serious stuff jdw. I cant vote for a team that I never knew was a team. I must uphold the integrity of this poll.
ReplyDeleteI find this attitude to towards Chris Benoit really interesting.
ReplyDeleteIn real life he committed murder-suicide but his on screen character did not, if it was a tournament for best sitcom characters would you take into account the actors real life?
Yeah I'm gonna work the gimmick so long as the Q's are in the tournament.
ReplyDeleteStrike Force, Bulldogs, and E&C
ReplyDeleteI basically suspend disbelief and go with who I would expect to win if kayfabe was alive and well and PWI was covering this tourney. Hence, I will keep voting for The Steiner Brothers until the end.
ReplyDeleteBesides, the 1988-1991 Steiners were a level of awesome no team has ever topped.
However, logic dictates that X-Pac and Kane would win that match. Regal and Tajiri may have been fun, but there were never at the level of X-Pac/Kane as a team or individually.
ReplyDeleteUndertaker and Big Show would squash Billy & Chuck in under 2 minutes. Seriously.
ReplyDeleteJohn cena teams tend to be shortlived so that's why nobody is likely to vote them as favourite. Plus the HHH/HBK team was from 2006? rather than the awesome 97 version.
ReplyDeleteBilly & Chuck were a decent team, their fake wedding was actually a really good bit of tv.
ReplyDeleteMost people are using the daily thread.
ReplyDeleteI could see Undertaker getting tired of Big Show smacking over the head with a chair allowing Billy or Chuck to pin him.
ReplyDelete3D ON CHRISTIAN!!!!! AND THE DUDLEYZ ADVANCE!!!!
ReplyDeleteThey says all teams are created equal, but you look at the Steiner Brothers and you look at Evolution and you'll realize that statement is not true.
ReplyDeleteWell let's see Eddie slamed Tajiri through a windshield but Chavo sat at ringside while Eddie got beat up by the Bashams.
ReplyDeleteChris Benoit may have to face The Undertaker.
ReplyDeleteStrike Force!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHardy Boyz!
ReplyDeleteI would vote DDP & Kanyon for President if I could. Jersey Triad all day! And I hate Jersey!
ReplyDeleteI can't believe that any civilized person would think that the Hardy Boyz are anywhere near the team of Strikeforce. Strikeforce 4 Life.
ReplyDeleteWho fuckin cares man? If everyone voted like that DX would jave won the whole thing without need for a tourney. The fun is in voting for your. favorites. i don't care what scenario Taker/Show would be in where they'd win, no one wants to see them. Honestly makes no sense to guess who would be kayfabe winners unless the goal was to depress everyone.
ReplyDeleteStrike Force were dull as dogshit, kinda fruity, and had awful entrance music. Hardyz all day.
ReplyDeleteI feel like my love of the urban legends surrounding Andre and Haku is gonna result in me pushing Collosal Connection every time.
ReplyDeleteMaybe, but part of the fun is picking a non-WWE ending
ReplyDeleteI'm with you. I hope they go all the way.
ReplyDeleteEverything you say goes double for Hardyz.
ReplyDeleteBenoit can't win the big one. He will choke.
ReplyDeleteTriple murderer. Suicide is murder.
ReplyDeleteYou can't call anyone else fruity while talking about the Hardyz. Glorified test dummies. Never a fan of either. Tito Santana and Rick Martel are two all time greats who instantly gelled together. Agree to disagree.
ReplyDeleteE & C vs Dudleyz this early. Damn.
ReplyDeleteI want Cena's team to lose because I'm tired of him. As Scott said, vote on whatever criteria you want. I think what's fun about this is that we may not get a predictable winner that's best for business.
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping for Benoit/Jericho getting in the finals.
ReplyDeleteStrike Force had Girls in Cars, which makes them awesome.
ReplyDelete1. Real teams over gimmick pairings
ReplyDelete2. Who I enjoyed more
I love Tito and Martel, but they were together for not even a year (accounting for the Martel injury) and were nothing more than an mid-card attraction. The Hardys have drawn money and been presented as main event level attractions from 1999 up until this year (main evented several huge indy shows over here and in Japan plus their TNA stuff). In my voting longevity + star power wins every time.
ReplyDeleteAlso, why Martel and Tito blow each of them away as individual workers, I think the Hardys are much better tag workers.
Yeah that's kinda shoddy seeding when they could legit be strong candidates for Elite Eight
ReplyDeleteStrikeforce TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD!! Such a great team. Together for no time and still won the titles with ease. Such naturals in the ring. Such generals. Total pros and they knew how to work the formula. Great satin jackets. They were winners.
ReplyDeleteHardyz, E&C, bulldogs
ReplyDeleteYou will not denigrate Tito or Martel with any of this drivel. Strike Force!
ReplyDeleteThere was no seeding, hence why we saw LOD/Demolition in the first round.
ReplyDeleteYou did not, sir.
ReplyDeleteNot really.
ReplyDeleteDudleys vs Edge and Christian is tough.
ReplyDeleteDudleys have lasted much longer and some of their ECW stuff was awesome. E&C had the stronger WWE career and kept getting better over time. Dudleys had the better finisher, but E&C usually put on better matches. Both were innovative and good-to-great at cutting promos in the best era of professional wrestling.
Big E&C fan but went dudleys... Was tough
ReplyDeleteProbably never gonna happen. A thread that includes Benoit MUST have an argument over whether we're bad people for not ignoring him.
ReplyDeleteDudleys. E & C had like two years.
ReplyDeleteI'm all in on Benoit / Angle, very short lived but just tremendous in every facet of tag team wrestling while they were doing it.
ReplyDeleteShort-lived....just like Daniel Benoit
ReplyDeleteThat name has a good ring to it.
ReplyDeleteAs long as the Nasty's and Air Boom get the boot, I am happy.
ReplyDeletePity if the Hardyz beat Strike Force too, but I'm more or less resigned to that.
Strike Force was fruity, in the face of the Hardyz?
ReplyDeleteHardyz are actually fruitier than Billy and Chuck drinking fruit punch at a fruit stand.
I think that was my favourite ever Freebird rule team.
ReplyDeleteDownvote!
ReplyDeleteHardyz v Strike Force is really easy. Which team did more flips off of ladders?
ReplyDeleteWhichever team does more flips off of ladders loses.
Go back, watch some matches, and count. Remember, flipping off of ladders makes you terrible.
APA vs Wild Samoans would have been a helluva brawl.
ReplyDeleteIt's not like that's all they did. And even if it was, it way more exciting and re watchable
ReplyDeleteThat is pretty much all that they did, and you are wrong. Jeff in particular has no offense whatsoever that isn't idiotic. It's science.
ReplyDeleteDo you really just say "It's science"? We're comparing two teams in a fake sport that were a decade apart from each other. Disagree with me about the Hardys all ya want, but nothing about it is "science"
ReplyDeleteJeff Hardy blows. It's science. There are formulas. Look it up. I'll wait.
ReplyDeleteTrust me, I'm sure you'd wait.
ReplyDeleteEven though you'd be downvoting me right now over this Hardys/Strike Force stuff, it's a shame they got rid of downvotes. Why did they do that?
ReplyDeleteSo would Benoit & Jericho vs. the Nasties, when you think about it.
ReplyDeleteDunno, just don't want to hurt people's feelings I guess.
ReplyDeleteThat's like 144K a year, not too bad.
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