PW Boards Draft 2018 - Official Picks Thread

beakerjoe

Welcome to the Official Draft Picks Thread for 2018!

As of writing we still have 2 spot left so if your not on-board and want to give it a go, sign up is >>>>HERE!!!<<<<

Also if said spots are full, throw your name on anyway so you can be on the reserve list. We always seem to have 1 or 2 people who for whatever reason cant continue, so throw your name down if you fancy it.


There will be 15 rounds of drafting. Those signed up will be randomly assigned a position from 1-18 tomorrow for round 1.


While the rules are all listed below, I'd like to remind people that most rounds will be random, though some will see picks organized based on particular factors.

Also if said spots are full, throw your name on anyway so you can be on the reserve list. We always seem to have 1 or 2 people who for whatever reason cant continue, so throw your name down if you fancy it.

THE RULES

The rules are as follows (It's advised new players read over these rules, but are also highly encouraged to ask questions if there is any confusion. Myself and Bounty hunter can answer any query so pop us a Private Message if you need any help!). PLEASE READ THE RULES AS THERE ARE CHANGES TO THE GAME.

Picks Thread

Draft Order : The order people make their picks is decided at random, via a completely unbiased List Randomizer website. The order of certain rounds may not be random and will be made clear before said rounds.

World Titles: World titles, as defined in the game, are considered as the following:
WWE World Title, WWE Universal Title, World Heavyweight Title/WCW (aka The Big Gold one), TNA, NWA and IWGP world championship(the majot title in NJPW)

(Note: For the benefit of the game as a whole and to reflect the realistic loss in prestige of the NWA Title, only holders of the NWA Title up until the WCW World Championship came into use will be regarded as World Champions for the purposes of the game. )

Any WWE Womens title shall now be also considered a world title for the first time ever.

Tag Teams:
Tag Teams come as a package so for example if you want the DIY , you don'y have to pick Johnny Gargano in one round and Tommaso Ciampa in another. Both can be picked up together in one pick. The rules for tag teams are as follows:

- Cannot have a world champion in them ie You can't draft The Rockers as a tag team, as Shawn Michaels has had held a World Championship (World Championships are defined above so read carefully)
- Must have tagged together for at least 3 months (if in doubt, ask myself or BH)
- Inter gender tag teams not allowed
- Members of factions, ie Saturn and Malenko, are not deemed valid picks as they are not classed as legit tag teams under the criteria for the game.
- 5 tag teams is the maximum amount of teams for each roster



Eligible Promotions:
WWE, TNA, ROH, NJPW, anything historically going under the NWA banner.

Time Frame:
Usually we have an pre 1970’2 rule in which you can not pick anyone who debuted pre 1970. This rule is abolished

- To determine wrestler debuts we will use Wikipedia as in previous years. If you feel the Wikipedia entry is incorrect you can PM me or one of the mods to state your case.

- people who would be considerd Celebs more so than wrestlers are only eligable to be drafted in the special celeb round and not in any other round

- Dark matches and try out matches will not be valid cases this year for selecting a wrestler.

- Managers and female wrestlers are eligible if people wish to pick them. Commentators have not been included in recent years.

Trades:
Trades are allowed from a certain round (will be announced) onwards but you are limited it 5 trades each. When a trade occurs it's superstars your trading, not goes in the draft, so you must be able to make the draft pick before they are eligable to be drafted, i.e all normal rules such as 5 tag team picks limit are still in effect.

Trades may be vetoed by those running the game in order to ensure a fair balance is maintained. However, this is extremely unlikely to occur for the vast majority of trades, and will only be discussed in situations where there is suspicion of other matters influencing the game.

Stip rounds: Some rounds will have pick restrictions or stiplulations. Make sure to read each carefully, and if you're unsure what you're meant to do, ask in the discussion thread and verify your pick with an organizer. Stip rounds will alter who you can and can't pick for a particular round.

Missed Picks
The draft runs under a 24 Hour rule. In other words, you have 24 hours to make your pick from the moment the person prior to you has made theirs. This will be enforced so as not to slow down the game. If you think you are going to miss your window, PM someone a list of who you'd like and they can make your pick for you. Should you miss your window, your pick will be pushed back to the end of that round.

Note - Rules may be amended during the contest to help run the game smoother if it's felt this is necessary but we will aim to ensure everyone is kept up to date if this has to happen


Write Up Rules / Changes

Once the picks are made and rosters are assembled, then the write ups. Traditionally its been a rule of 4/5 shows (weekly shows with a PPV at the end) is the maximum amount of shows a player could post.

This year its all changed. Players will be permitted 4 posts maximum.

1 post that will be your company statement – This will outline your company history and roster.

1 post that will preview your PPV – This will be a post dedicated to how your PPV came about, like a preview post. It will outline whos feuding with who, why the feuds began, how they escalated and what their status is before the PPV and how they turned into matches for your PPV.

2 PPV posts – This is your show, and the crown jewel of all your hard work. It will be the payoff to your feuds. In this post you will detail your matches that take place on your PPVs, what happened in your matches, who got their win and who took the loss, the outcome of the match and the aftermath of your feud. . Your PPV is one post but due to posting restrictions you may spread your show over 2 posts if needed. (one show split into two parts, eg first 3 matches take place in part one and next 3 take place in part 2). You can have no more than 2 posts for your PPV.

Lets begin.............

Drafted so far:

Uncle Walt: HBK Shawn Michaels; Brian Pillman; Legion of Doom; Hayes and Gordy The Fabulous Freebirds; Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard; The Dynamite Kid; The Big Show; Bam Bam Bigelow; Eric Bischoff; Magnum TA; Awesome Kong; Sgt Slaughter; Bob Backlund; Garrett Bischoff; Tessa Blanchard; Colt Cabana and Grado;

Lord TSC: Brock Lesnar; Big E and Xavier Woods; Shinsuke Nakamua; Dean Ambrose; Bobby Lashley; Kofi; Ken Shamrock and Steve Blackman; Hardcore Holly and Crash Holly; Dan Severn; Kari Sane; Rampage Jackson; Moolah; Santino and Kozlov; Dan Lambert; Meng; Joey Ryan; James Ellsworth; Gillberg;

JP Liz V1: Daniel Bryan; Christopher Daniels and Kazarian; Ethan Carter III aka Derrick Bateman; John Morrison and Joey Mercury; Austin Aries; Tyson Kidd and DH Smith; Fit Finlay; Sara Del Ray; Gail Kim; Petey Williams; Adam Sandler; Konnan and Billy Kidman;
Taylor Wilde & Hamada; Gentleman Jack Gallagher; Kensuke Sasaki; Teddy Hart; Ivory; Buddy Murphy;

Spongey1975: The Undertaker; Ricky The Dragon Steamboat; Ted Di Biase and Irwin R Schyster; Bray Wyatt; The Revival (Dash and Dawson); War Machine; Booker T; The Iron Shiek; James Storm and Abyss; Nikolai Volkoff; Bob Barker, Rick Martel and Tito Santana; Sunny; Ethan Page; Brodus Clay; Paul Bearer;

DM_7: The Rock; Mick Foley (Trade in for Jake The Snake Roberts); Tetsuya Naito; Alberto Del Rio; Corey Graves and King Neville; Charlotte Flair; Trish Stratus; Matt Riddle & Jeff Cobb; Carlito and Primo; Ricardo Rodriguez; Mike Tyson; Switchblade Jay White; Toni Storm; Wolgang (Trade in for Wahoo McDaniel); Pentagon Jr and Fenix; Natalya Neidhart and Carmella;

Mr. Guappa: Stone Cold Steve Austin; The Young Bucks; Cesaro and Chris Hero; Becky Lynch; Marty Scurll; Asuka; Stephanie McMahon; Harley Race and Marty Jannetty; Elias; Sasha Banks; Candice LeRea, Teddy Long; Tomihiro Ishii; Al Snow; Sabu; Cedric Alexander and Mustafa Ali;

Bounty Hunter: Roman Reigns; Dusty Rhodes; Kazuchika Okada; Kenta Kobashi and Mitsuharu Misawa; The Usos; Jimmy Snuka & Jesse Ventura, Val Venis & The Godfather; Nick Bockwinkel; Aja Kong & Manami Toyota; Nigel McGuinness; Naomi; Adam "Batman" West; El Santo; Doink; D-Lo Brown; Tamina Snuka; Robert Swensen/Bane; George Hackenschmidt; Lenny "Luca Brassi"Montana

beakerjoe: Bret Hitman Hart; Samoa Joe; Chris Benoit; Rey Mysterio; Gargano and Ciampa; Paul Heyman; Andrade Cien Almas; Davey Richards and Roderick Strong; Muhammad Hassan; Eddie Edwards; Sly Stallone; Shayna Baszler; Nikki Cross; Zelina Vega; Sean O'Haire and Chuck Palumbo; Eva Marie; Rhyno and Baron Corbin; David Benoit;

Furious-Red: Seth Rollins; Jeff Hardy; Sami Zayn; Aleister Black; Cody Rhodes; Wade Barrett; Paul London and Brian Kendrick; Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley; Ember Moon; TJ Perkins; Stephen Amell; Rosemary; Matt Sydal; The Genius Lanny Poffo; R-Truth; Justin Gabriel; Rockstar Spud; Magnus

Necrominus: Batista; Ultimate Warrior; Braun Strowman; Authors of Pain; Antonio Inoki; Big Cass & Enzo Amore; The Bludgeon Brothers (Erick Rowan and Luke Harper); Chyna; Hurricane Helms; Beth Phoenix; Giant Haystacks; Jax Dane and Crimson; Lou Thesz; The Bezerker; The Alpha Male Monty Brown; Jim Ross; Paul Ellering; Big Daddy;

Mr.Nice Guy: Chris Jericho; Broken Matt Hardy; Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi; Scott Steiner; Rob Van Dam; Stan Hansen and Bruiser Brody; William Regal and Lance Storm; Kerry Von Erich and David Von Erich; Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson - The Rock 'n' Roll Express; Marcus Bagwell; Ricochet; Kushida; Stacey Kiebler; Reby Sky/Hardy; Barry Windham; Kevin Von Erich; Rick Steiner; Senor Benjamin;

ShagNastii: Triple H; Vincent Kennedy McMahon; Pete Dunne and Trent Seven; Tyler Bate; Goldust; John Bradshaw Layfield; Yokozuna; Zack Sabre Jr; Velveteen Dream and Lio Rush; Minoru Suzuki; Donald Trump; Drew Gulak and Oney Lorcan; Jack Swagger; Wahoo McDaniel (Trade in for Wolfgang); Ivan Koloff and Nikita Koloff; Zeb Colter; Shawn and Ariya Daivari, Marlena;

paulie21: Kurt Angle; Goldberg; Jason Jordan and Chad Gable (Trade in for Bobby Roode); Rusev and Aidan English; Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas; Sheamus; Shane McMahon; Tazz and Spike Dudley; Ryback; Alexa Bliss; Hugh Jackman; The Honky Tonk Man; The Bella Twins; The Warlord; Victoria (Trade in for Tajiri); Molly Holly; Tyler Breeze ans Fandango; Jacqueline;

connemara man: John Cena; The Miz; Kevin Owens; Vader; Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel (Miztourage); Bayley; Lita; Mark Henry and MVP; Damien Sandow (Trade Out: X-Pac); Tye Dillinger; Burt Reynolds; Aplollo Crews; Alex Riley and Mason Ryan; Akira Tozawa; Dragon Kid; Earthquake and Typhoon; Maryse; Emma and Dana Brooke;

A Brad Maddox Guy: Hulk Hogan; Eddie Guerrero; Andre The Giant; Dolph Ziggler; Kyle O'Reilly and Adam Cole; Bobby Roode (Trade in foe Jason Jordan and Chad Gable); Raven and Tommy Dreamer; Keiji Mutoh & Masahiro Chono; AJ Lee; The Sandman; Farrooq; Mickie James; Steve Williams; The Mountie; Bobby Fish; Hiroyoshi Tenzan; Lo Shirai and Mayu Iwatani; Kalisto;

daithi1989: Randy Orton; AJ Styles; Finn Balor; Gallows and Anderson; Bully Ray (Dudley); Alexander Wolfe and Killian Dane; Diamond Dallas Page DDP; Drew McIntyre and Jinder Mahal; Nia Jax; Eric Young; Ronda Rousey; Peyton Royce and Billie Kay; JTG and Shad Cryme Tyme; The Boogyman; Kenny Dykstra; No Way Jose;

Kolido: Edge; Scott Hall (Trade for Sting); Kevin Nash; Billy Gunn and Road Dogg - New Age Outlaws; Christian; Sycho Sid; Beefcake and Valentine;
John Laurinaitis & Shane Douglas; X-Pac (Trade out: Damien Sandow) & Titus O'Neil; Gangrel; Chuck Norris; David Otunga; Kelly Kelly and Eve Torres; Darren Young; Heath Slater; Wendi Richter; Tatanka; Ahmed Johnson;

LeeJM: Macho Man Randy Savage; Sting (Trade for Scot Hall); Curt "Mr. Perfect" Hennig; Shibata and Goto; Will Ospreay; Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA; Bobby "The Brain" Heenan; Jushin Thunder Liger; WALTER & Axel Dieter Jr; Jordan Devlin; Miss Elizabeth; Floyd Mayweather, Low Ki and Homicide; Jeff Farmer/NWO Sting; Terry Taylor; Steve Corino; Shawn Hernandez; Carlito and Primo (Trade for Rush and Tajiri, Victoria was traded for Tajiri previously)

Alfred Borden: "Rowdy" Roddy Piper; Ric Flair; Owen Hart and British Bulldog; Ravishing Rick Rude; Kane; Lex Luger; Jeff Jarrett; Demolition (Ax and Smash); The Midnight Express (Stan Lane & Bobby Eaton); Paige; Dean Malenko; Michelle McCool; Test and Albert; Layla; Big Boss Man; Rikishi and Scotty Too Hotty; Melina and Vince Russo;

SlickRic: Jake the Snake Roberts (Trade in fir Mick Foley); CM Punk; Hiroshi Tanahashi; Terry Funk; Umaga; Jerry 'The King' Lawler; Bruno Sammartino; Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe; Mr Kennedy; Rosey; Charlie Sheen; Dorey Funk Jr (Trade in - Out Manami Toyota and Aja Kong), The Sheepherders; Essa Rios; Gene and Ole Anderson; Taka and Funaki; The Nasty Boys; Ultimo Dragon;

beakerjoe

Oh and while I don’t have fancy graphics made up (yet) for this years draft, I think its about time to reveal the hosts of this years Draft! We have had Al Bundy and his NO MA’AM clan help out 2 years ago and last year those yellow skinned characters from Springfield help out in presenting the 10th annual draft, so this year I really had to bring out a big gun to help run Draft XI…. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN…… THE HOST OF THIS YEARS DRAFT IS……………………























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AHA!................


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Yes that’s right, North Norfolks favourite son Alan Partridge is hosting the draft! Alan is no stranger to presenting and we hope we will inject the draft with some ruddy good entertainment.


What that means is that each Stip Round will be indirectly influenced by the Radio Norwichs 3rd most popular DJ (3rd only to the Dave Clifton and the Fat Barrell Pat Farrell ) So without further ado....Its draft time baby!

beakerjoe

Round 1

STIPULATION ROUND

Alan Partridge : Sweaty, oiled up men dressed as babies, prancing about to rock music………….. it can only mean one thing, its time for the PW Boards Draft and I have the pleasure of announcing the first stipulation round to kick off this year’s festivities. I’m a big star, so big in fact big broadcasting companies such as the BBC are intimidated so much the refuse to hire me, so I want people to draft big stars here in the first round, just like beakerjoe did when he hired me to present this game. If Cliff Thorburn calls get rid of him




Alan Partridge : I want only main eventers drafted here, only those wrestlers who have made to the wrestling level equivalent of presenting a primetime show on Sky One are to be drafted......no losers....like Les Dennis or Sue Cook. I want Wrestlemania Main Eventers!

What that means is that players can only draft wrestlers whom have main evented the granddaddy of the all. So only wrestlers whom have wrestled in the last match on any wrestlemania card are eligible.

By wrestle I mean they have to have been on paper in the feature match, so no run ins or celebration spots count. No managers or refs count either, just the competitors themselves. Any wrestlers added into matches in main events will count once they are an active wrestler in the match.

Here is the round order!

1 Uncle Walt
2 Lord TSC
3 JP Liz
4 Spongey1975
5 DM_7
6 Mr Guppa
7 Bounty Hunter
8 Beakerjoe
9 Furious Red
10 Necrominus
11 Mr Nice Guy
12 Shagnasti
13 Paulie21
14 Connemara Man
15 ABradMaddoxGuy
16 Daithi1989
17 Kolido
18 LeeJM

If anyone signs up they will be automatically assigned number 19 and then 20.

Be aware, round 2 will be a Reverse Order Round meaning, if you draw number 1 this round, you will automatically draw 20th in the round 2 and pick number 20 will draw first next round, with 19th this round picking second and so on....

If no one tkes the remaining spots, pick 18th this round will draw first next round.

Also be aware the next round will may or may not also have a Stipulation attached......

Uncle Walt

Who better to choose first for a Wrestlemania themed round than Mr Wrestlemania himself...

Lord TSC

Pick Number One

Brock Lesnar

JP Liz V1

Daniel Bryan

Spongey1975

Undertaker

DM_7

Right we need a Rocking DJ in honour of Partridge so:


I pick DJ.

The Rock.

Mr. Guappa

STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN

Bounty Hunter

After taking part in this thing for the past 10years (Jayysus!) it can be hard to avoid repitition so I feel I need someone new to book for this year, someone more current to stimulate my creative writing and despite the stip this has been achievable by making the BWA's first signee for 2018 a man who seems to only main event Mania's these days.

Thats why as the off topic thread title says this will not just be the Chinese Year of the Dog but it's gonna be the BWA's year of The Big Dawg!

Roman Reigns

beakerjoe

On mobile so if you can BH throw a pic up for me......

I choose...
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Bret Hart

Furious-Red

Since we are live from Kildare and everyone knows us Lilywhites do love some architecture............................

So its no surprise that FWA that are delighted to announce our first signing and its none other than the "ARCHITECT HIMSELF" Dermot Bannon

Seth Freakin Rollins



FCW Roster:
1. Seth Rollins

Necro

NCW is back, and having established ourselves as one to watch, nabbing Best Newcomer in 2016...

Then 2nd place in 2017...

We're coming for you all.

Our first acquisition is a bonafide legend. A future hall of famer.

A Hollywood A-Lister.

Ladies and Germs, Boys and Gorillas...

NCW Proudly Presents Our First Signing of the 2018 Draft....




BATISTA!!!!!!

Mr.Nice Guy

Monday Night Grappling, in our first pick of the 2018 Draft, is delighted to introduce for the very first time to our promotion a man who has just recently been reminding wrestling fans why he is one of the greats. He has only a few days ago taken part in a great match in his late forties, and keep in mind we get him in his prime.

He is a master of reinvention. Someone who is able to work a number of different styles. The first ever Undisputed champion. And for the purposes of the stip, he main evented Wrestlemania 18.

Chris Jericho...you just made the list!

Drink him in...maaaaaaaaaaaan.

The List of Monday Night Grappling

1. Chris Jericho

ShagNastii

My first draft pick is the man with the most Wrestlemania Main Events.

It's time to play "The Game".

Triple H

World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment/WWE

Unified WWE Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Shawn Michaels[259]

World Heavyweight Championship (5 times)[260]

WWF/WWE Championship (9 times)[261]

WWF/WWE Intercontinental Championship (5 times)[262]

WWF European Championship (2 times)[263]

WWF Tag Team Championship[c] (2 times) – with Stone Cold Steve Austin[264] (1) and Shawn Michaels (1)[265]

King of the Ring (1997)[4]

Royal Rumble (2002, 2016)

Road to Wrestlemania Tournament (2006)

Seventh Triple Crown Champion

Second Grand Slam Champion

Slammy Awards (3 times)

Best Hair (1997)
Match of the Year (2012) – vs. The Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match at WrestleMania XXVIII
OMG Moment of the Year (2011) – Triple H performing a Tombstone Piledriver on The Undertaker and The Undertaker kicking out at WrestleMania XXVII

paulie21

There's been rumours of a star name joining PCW in recent days, well I'm here to confirm they are:




Please welcome an Olympic Gold medallist.


Mr Kurt Angle

connemara man

The PCW has returned to the draft and my first order of business is to sign one of the most iconic wrestlers of our time

John Cena!!!

A Brad Maddox Guy

We at MWA think it is fair to say that without this man there wouldn't even be a WrestleMania for this round to take place. That's right brother, we have signed the one and only




Mr. Americ....ehm we mean Hulk Hogan

daithi1989

DPW wishes to announce the re-signing of it's DPW champion..

Welcome Back..

Randy Orton!

beakerjoe

Left to Pick this round


17 Kolido
18 LeeJM
19 Alfred Borden
20 Slickric

so that means the round order for round 2 is......


1 Slickric
2 Alfred Borden
3 LeeJM
4 Kolido
5 Daithi1989
6 ABradMaddoxGuy
7 Connemara Man
8 Paulie21
9 Shagnasti
10 Mr Nice Guy
11 Necrominus
12 Furious Red
13 Beakerjoe
14 Bounty Hunter
15 Mr Guappa
16 DM_7
17 Spongey1975
18 JP Liz
19 Lord TSC
20 Uncle Walt

STIPULATION ROUND

Also heres Alan Partridge with our stipulation for this round.........


Alan Partridge : Americans.......... with their Dr Pepper sodas, Monster Trucks and their love for calling singlar vehicles by pluralised names. Idiots. Be that as it may while they may be misguided simpletons with inferior ideas, this round will be soley devoted to those star spangled banner loving patriots from the good ol U S of A.

Alan Partidge : Whats that means for participants of this years draft is that only wrestlers born in the USA are eligble, so that means no canooks, no japs and cetainly no Irish despite my love for Bono and Enya. So if your pick popped out of their mothers bitrh canal on American soil then they are eligible to be selected this round. Have at it you daft drafters.

Kolido

Kolido Promotions (working title) are proud to announce,

No 1. pick in their debut draft

Please give up for

The Rate -R Superstar Edge

LeeJM

AEPW management have been thinkin' thinkin' about who should be our #1 draft pick this year. We have been thinkin' so much it has driven us to Madness, dig it! AEPW selects.........



Macho Man Randy Savage

AEPW Roster

Macho Man Randy Savage

Alfred Borden

After a two year hiatus, the USCW is back and with its first selection picks a man who main evented the very first Wrestlemania. It is............



"Rowdy" Roddy Piper

SlickRic

The first pick to SWF.

The man who co-main evented WM 2000.
The man with 3 faces.
The man who arguably made main event players out of the likes of Edge and Randy Orton.
The man who would kill himself to entertain the people.

He is Mama Foley's little baby boy.

Mick Foley.

SlickRic

And my second pick needs little introduction.

The Second City Saint.
The Straight Edge Messiah.

CM Punk.

Alfred Borden

The USCW with its second pick selects


The Man. The Dirtiest Player in the Game. The sixteen-time World Heavyweight Champion... AND A LIMOUSINE-RIDIN', JET-FLYIN', WHEELIN', DEALIN', KISS-STEALIN' — WOOOOO! — SON-OF-A-GUN!

Ric Flair

LeeJM

AEPW Management with our second draft pick have decided to go for a couple of Bad Guys, infact you could call them the Perfect Bad Guys. AEPW selects........




Scott Hall & Curt "Mr. Perfect" Hennig

AEPW Roster

Macho Man Randy Savage
Scott Hall & Curt "Mr. Perfect" Hennig

Kolido

Pick No. 2 for Kolido Promotions...

Please welcome...

The Franchise...

The Icon...

The man they call Sting




Rooster:

Edge
Sting

daithi1989

DPW announces the signing of a former World Champion from across mutliple different organisations, and will no doubt have his eyes firmly set on adding the DPW title to his achievements!

DPW have added AJ Styles to the roster

DPW Roster
Randy Orton
AJ Styles

A Brad Maddox Guy

Having already acquired one of the most popular wrestlers of all time, MWA are happy to announce the signing of arguably one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. He lies, he cheats & he steals, it's Eddie Guerrero



MWA Roster
Hulk Hogan
Eddie Guerrero

connemara man

This might be seen as an early Pick but the next member of PCW is The Miz



PCW Roster
John Cena
The Miz