PW Boards Greatest Manager Tournament

chopperbyrne

Slick

Got a tag team of Akeem and Big Boss Man over.

Necro

Slick.

Never heard of the other fella. From Agents post above I probably don't want to either

Omackeral

The Doctor of Style progresses through in handy fashion. Our final bout of the night sees two very OTT characters do battle.

Brother Love



VS

The Sinister Minister aka Fr James Mitchell

Agent Coulson

The Sinister Minister for me I loved that gimmick.

Not sure if he’s still going but he’d be perfect as the mouthpiece for the Demon. Finn really needs a manager.

sky88

Brother love i never seen jamed mitchell

Omackeral

Just watched Impact Wrestling there and Mitchell showed up ha. My vote goes for Sinister Minister, loved him with Mikey and Tajiri in ECW.

chopperbyrne

Brother Love for the being the oddest choice of manager for Undertaker at first.

Necro

James Mitchell. Brother Love annoyed me a lot.

Omackeral

The battle of the clergy sees the Minister out rank the Brother. It's intergender warfare next. Sensational vs Precious.

Sherri Martel



VS

Paul Ellering

gerrybbadd

Sherri for me. She was more menacing, more effective. She would attack her man's foe when thrown outside the ring. she could talk. And look at the list of who she's managed.

I never got the hype around Ellering

Necro

Gah, really want to vote Ellering here but can't sadly

Sherri managed some of the great names in the business.

Ellering managed one of the greatest tag teams...

Ugh....


Sherri. Just.

Nice match up though.

JP Liz V1

Sherri, she just was sensational what a client list

Omackeral

Ellering is no match for Queen Sherri whatsoever, 3-0. I feel this next match could really divide people.

Jim Cornette



VS

Jimmy Hart

gerrybbadd

Ooh a toughie.

James E for me. Probably one of the greatest of all time

Sirsok

Jimmy Hart, growing up he was a just always on screen managing every body, even creating some tunes for them. Integral in one of the greatest angles in wrestling history, with lawler and Kaufmen.

Necro

Jimmy Hart. Probably won't be appreciated this comment, but never got the allure of Cornette. Jimmy was at least slightly enjoyable, imo anyways.

Agent Coulson

The Tennis racket beats the megaphone for me just.

The talent got Jimmy over.


So James E for me he just got heat that got his talent over which is a managers job.

johnnysmack

Jim cornette. Great talker and always had an eye on him at ringside to see if he'd get involved.

Itssoeasy

As great as Jimmy hart was in WWE, WCW and before that in Memphis he really is seen as hogans bag man while old James E Cornette managed one of the greatest tag teams ever and has also managed many other top people in the business.

So Jim cornette for me.

Omackeral

Corny wins 3-2 Battle of the Jims. Racket>Megaphone. We're nearly finished with Round 1, only a handful of matches left.

Woman



VS

Johnny Polo

Itssoeasy

Oh. Raven I liked but Johnny polo kind of annoyed me or maybe that's not fair.

Woman aka Nancy Sullivan was good from what I've seen. She seemed to get what a manager/valet was meant to be and she was a valet for flair when he won the title with Elizabeth turning heel. The stuff at the end of her life while not relevant does come into my thinking.

BUT on wrestling management/valet I'll go for woman.

gerrybbadd

Woman for me. I never even knew Johnny Polo was a manager. Thought he was like an on screen personality

Necro

I'll make it a trio of votes for Woman. Like gerry above, hadn't a clue Johnny Polo was a manager tbh.

Omackeral

Quote the Woman ''nevermore!''. Raven/Johnny Polo bites the dust in a whitewash. Our penultimate pairing do battle here for the second last spot in Round 2. Who's gonna progress?

Rick Rude



Ted DiBiase

gerrybbadd

Ted. To me, more prolific.

He had Steve Austin, he had the Underfaker. He had Virgil (i'll get my coat). Always loved Ted. Big Richard Branson's head on him.

Could Rick be considered a manager? I always thought of him as an "Insurance Policy"

Necro

Di Biase. Rude I never really saw as a manager and anyways, it's Ted Di Biase.

chopperbyrne

Ted easily.

The Million Dollar Corporation were a great mid card stable.

Tatanka turning heel against Lex was a memorable feud.

Omackeral

The Million Dollar Man always gets his man. Ted is through to Round 2. Our final spot is up for grabs and the two in line for it couldn't be more different...

Captain Lou Albano



VS

Sable

Itssoeasy

Captain Lou and surely to jaysus I don't need to explain this pick.

Omackeral

I suppose a vote for Cpt Lou from myself too. Seemed to be a mainstay of the late 80's early 90's

chopperbyrne

Do the Mario!

Swing your hips from side to side,

Come on it's time to go,

Do the Mario!

Captain Lou for me.

gerrybbadd

Lou for me too. Don't think it needs explaining!

Omackeral

The good Captain claims the last spot in the next round. We'll pick this up tonight with the first of our Round 2 matches!

Omackeral

We're back a little later than scheduled but here we are and we're ready to go with Round 2. As before, three votes will see your favorite progress and we ask that you include a reason for your pick. Expect some closer contests in this round. Here we go...

Sunny




Talent Managed: Chris Candido, The Bodydonnas, The Godwinns, The Smokin' Gunns, LOD 2000



VS




The Sinister Minister aka Fr James Mitchell




Talent Managed: Tajiri, Mikey Whipwreck, Abyss, Diciples of the New Church, Mortis, Wrath

chopperbyrne

Sunny by a long way.

gerrybbadd

Sunny for me again.

Mitchell, to me, seemed like an amalgamation of existing characters.

Necro

Gonna go Mitchell.

I feel Sunny gets a bit of a break here due to her... other... activities.

As a manager Mitchell to me is just better.

Looks wise, no question who the winner is though :P

Agent Coulson

The Sinister Minister for a great managerial gimmick that worked so well.

Omackeral

Tied at 2-2. Next vote wins! I think I'll just about go Sinister Minister because he was so believable. Sunny was great to look at obviously. Pity Mitchel never really made it in either of the Big Two.

Omackeral

Round 2 rolls on with a titanic tussle. Did you know that one these used to manage the other?

Jim Cornette



Talent Managed: Midnight Express, Rock n Roll Express, Heavenly Bodies, Yokozuna, British Bulldog, Owen Hart, Vader, Dan Severn


Vs


'Sensational' Sherri Martel



Talents Managed:Shawn Michaels, Randy 'Macho Man' Savage, Harlem Heat, Ric Flair, Ted DiBiase, Honky Tonk Man

JP Liz V1

With that client list, has to be Sherri, helped start the singles career of HBK, deserves a place in the final, amazing lady

gerrybbadd

I'm sorry, i can't choose between the two. Both had huge roles.

I'm abstaining

Omackeral

gerrybbadd wrote: »

I'm sorry, i can't choose between the two. Both had huge roles.

I'm abstaining

Flip a coin?!

gerrybbadd

Its Sherri so:D

Necro

Sherri. As I said before it might not be a popular view but I'm not a Cornette fan tbh.

Also.... that client list of Sherris wipes the floor with Jim's imo.

Itssoeasy

Ah here!! And yes I did know that cornette managed Sherri. For a second before I scrolled down I was wondering "when was Stan lane a manager" but thankfully it's Sherri.

I'll have to go with Jim cornette again as while Sherri could wrestle while cornette couldn't jim was a better manager overall.

Omackeral

Sister Sherri cruises through to the quarters. I'd have had Jim Cornette down as a Final Four candidate personally. It's another battle of the sexes up next.

Joel Gertner



Talent Managed: The Dudley Boyz


VS


Vickie Guererro



Talent Managed:Edge, Chavo Guererro, Dolph Ziggler, LayCool,Big Show

Necro

Errr.. Vickie.

Gertner is basically here because of the random draw gods :P

It's not even close imo.

JP Liz V1

Continuing with having another great lady in the finals, heel heat magnet Vickie who even made annoyingly screeching "Excuse Me" popular

chopperbyrne

Vickie

Anyone she managed was instantly one of the biggest heels in the company.

Vickie deserves so much credit for being that hated. She was Eddie Guerrero's widow, who should have had nothing but sympathy from the crowd, but instead became a heat magnet.