FROM THE BOOKERMAN
-Del Rio and Jericho both learned things from their EC match. I guess Leavine’s already perfect.
-It’s like the game realizes how silly a pairing of Taker and Teddy would be in their current gimmicks :(
-I was expecting the EC’s to do better, especially the one that didn’t have Leavine. Match order for this card was a booger to figure out, but I couldn’t have done much better without doing something that made no sense in-universe like having Bryan/Christian ME.
-....seriously how the hell does Bryan/Christian get a psychology ding they have 77 and 85 which I guess isn’t what I expected but still ugh
-Also expected a BIT better from Barrett/Shamrock but no big loss, as they were in the bathroom break slot anyway.
-Bryan is back down to upper midcard now wtf
-Leavine is up to upper midcard! I realize that I have spent the last month trying to mold him into something Jericho could work with a little bit, but now that I have sorta succeeded I am not sure if I should be happy.
NEWSWIRE
-Michael Hayes’ suspension has ended. Goody.
-Shamrock’s contract with WWE has ended.
-TAKA Michinoku will need almost a month of rest after injuring his elbow in a match with Masaaki Mochizuki.
-TNA Against All Odds was last night, and did a standup job of competing with WWE, despite the odd ME choice of RVD/Hardy going over Devon/Dinero, the lack of men’s title matches, and a 25 in the opening bout of Jesse Neal v. Rob Terry. MotN was Angle/Jarrett in the midcard. The ME scored 83, bringing the show up to a 79.
Alright, folks, it’s prize time. You may either pick the MitB lineup with restrictions (detailed below), or let me pick the MitB lineup and you pick the winner. The restrictions will be:
-No picking anybody for whom I have solid plans. That rules out Cena, Rock, Christian, Bryan, Punk, Sheamus, Taker, Miz, and Truth. You may use Jericho and Leavine, but only if you use both.
-Your first four choices must be Midcard or higher. Your fifth is allowed to be a Lower Midcarder. Your sixth is allowed to be any active wrestler. To word it differently, you’re allowed two people below Midcard, but only one of them can be an opener/jobber/woman.
-DDP counts as a Midcarder. HHH is not counted as an active wrestler.
If you pick the lineup, you’ll receive auto-half points for any qualifiers I choose to run, and if you pick the winner, you’ll receive 1/6 points for the actual MitB.
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Year. Of. The. Bolo.