Alphabet A-Z of Pro Wrestling

Omackeral

So I've recently taken part in my first SHEEP and have caught the bug! I'm currently enrolled in the world cities edition and thought I might try my hand at doing one myself. Forgive me if it doesn't run as smoothly as the rest, so maybe consider this a test run.

To the subject at hand. Real, fake, scripted, sports, entertainment, sports-entertainment and everything in between. Pro Wrestling is something a lot of us grew up with. It had a massive boom in the 80's with the roided up cartoon characters and again in the late 90's when it was the biggest thing around.

I want your A-Z of top goodies and baddies from any time throughout history. Maybe there'll be traps, maybe there won't be.

With that said, get your nominations in and I'll do the reveal this weekend!

Omackeral

Just to point out some small things

- You may use a tag team or a manager instead of a wrestler if you like.

-We're going by ring name. Chris Jericho would fall under Chris Jericho and not just ''Jericho''.

- Several wrestlers have gone by a quite a few names but are different characters so you may use both e.g. Papa Shango/Kama/The Godfather were all portrayed by the same guy but are different characters. That's fine.

- Finally, any wrestler with ''The'' in front of their name you should file under what comes next. So The Repo Man would come under Repo Man and is filed under the letter ''R'' and so on!

Necro

Love it

Entry in already :P

beakerjoe

Ive never played Sheep before, whats it all about?

Hopefully a few old school heads participate as I'll struggle with all the modern play-wrestlers.

Zaph

beakerjoe wrote: »

Ive never played Sheep before, whats it all about?

Basically trying to find the most popular answer for each question. So if the question was name a musical act beginning with A and you and 4 other people said ABBA, you'd score 5 points. However it may have been that 10 people said AC/DC, so they score 10 points. And the one person who said Bananarama scored zero because they clearly don't understand the alphabet. Most points at the end wins. There can be other twists along the way, but that's it at its most basic.

Zaph

Deleted User wrote: »

Hopefully a few old school heads participate as I'll struggle with all the modern play-wrestlers.

Well my wrestling knowledge stops at Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks and Kendo Nagasaki, so I'll be sitting this one out.

I've made an absolute balls of one of the letters.

Omackeral

Just get me via PM if you want. Loads of time

Omackeral

Two full lists in already!

Omackeral

Deleted User wrote: »

I've made an absolute balls of one of the letters.

Your list is spot on mate.

HeidiHeidi

Zaph wrote: »

Well my wrestling knowledge stops at Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks and Kendo Nagasaki, so I'll be sitting this one out.

That's one more than me!

Even with Google to help I'd struggle with this one, so I'll stick to wishing Omackeral good luck on his SHEEP debut!

beakerjoe

Count me in!

Thanks for the explanation guys

PTH2009

I'll give it a go

beakerjoe

So is it acceptable to call a wrestler by his surname only?

Say I have Jimmy Beam, and I put him down as J or B? Im thinking J.

Omackeral

Go with the full name in that instance.

Also, I do have a few traps set but they're just random and not necessarily top answers! What that means is if you fall into a trap (i.e. pick the same as I've picked, you get zero points). It's only a bit of craic anyway!

Omackeral

Three lists in and done already. Some great shouts so far!

Omackeral

So far submissions have come in from;

Necro
Shane Shy Range
the purple tin
Sawduck

One main eventer and three curtain jerkers.

gerrybbadd

I'll be in with a list at some stage.

Electric Nitwit

Rattled through about half the alphabet handy enough, the other half will take some thought...

beakerjoe wrote: »

Ive never played Sheep before, whats it all about?

There's another one running if you want to name cities

beakerjoe

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

There's another one running if you want to name cities

Ill take a gander

Omackeral wrote: »

Go with the full name in that instance.

Also, I do have a few traps set but they're just random and not necessarily top answers! What that means is if you fall into a trap (i.e. pick the same as I've picked, you get zero points). It's only a bit of craic anyway!

So Jimmy Beam goes to J. Gotcha.

KathleenGrant

Usually take part in all your tournaments Omackeral but i couldn't name 3 wrestlers so good luck with this. I'll have a go at the city one.

JP Liz V1

beakerjoe wrote: »

Ive never played Sheep before, whats it all about?

Me Too so I pm A to Z of wrestlers?

lassykk

Great idea for a Sheep. Haven't participated in one in a while but memories of the Attitude Era were too much for me to stay away!

Trigger

Good luck Omack, ill try get an entry in..

Just a couple of things, firstly download yourself the sheepulator (I think thats what its called )

And don't worry about correcting peoples lists, no wrong answers in sheep!

Also Starring LeVar Burton

In. Only ever had a passing interest in wrestling, so not sure what the popular answer will be in most, so just went with wrestlers I know or like, and in case of the more finnicky letters just whoever I could think of...

beakerjoe

Does the Iron Yuppie count?

SineadSpears

beakerjoe wrote: »

Does the Iron Yuppie count?

Good stuff beakerjoe, keep those names coming

Omackeral

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Me Too so I pm A to Z of wrestlers?

That's it Lady Liz. Basically! It's like Family Fortunes where you try to get the most popular answer for each letter. I already what you're picking for C

Electric Nitwit

Trigger wrote: »

Just a couple of things, firstly download yourself the sheepulator (I think thats what its called )

He's right there!

The programme everyone uses, lovingly called the sheepulator, can be downloaded from https://github.com/blue-sun-tech/SheepScore/releases/tag/2.1

Scroll down to assets and download Sheep.Score.2018.v2.1.zip

Omackeral

beakerjoe wrote: »

Does the Iron Yuppie count?

Much preferred him as the Screaming Sheik myself

Omackeral

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

He's right there!

The programme everyone uses, lovingly called the sheepulator, can be downloaded from https://github.com/blue-sun-tech/SheepScore/releases/tag/2.1

Scroll down to assets and download Sheep.Score.2018.v2.1.zip

I ran a 195 entry World Flag Tournament on my phone before, I'm not afraid to do it the hard way :pac:

Electric Nitwit

beakerjoe wrote: »

Does the Iron Yuppie count?

Omackeral wrote: »

Much preferred him as the Screaming Sheik myself

Electric Nitwit

Omackeral wrote: »

I ran a 195 entry World Flag Tournament on my phone before, I'm not afraid to do it the hard way :pac:

Ha ha, fair enough. If you are on a pc though, that tool is really quick and easy, and pretty quick to pick up

KathleenGrant

Omackeral wrote: »

I ran a 195 entry World Flag Tournament on my phone before, I'm not afraid to do it the hard way :pac:

That was my favourite tournament. Downloaded 2 apps for flags of the world quiz afterwards i enjoyed it so much

ShaneU

Finally my wasted youth will be all worth it

SineadSpears

God knows who the people are that i'm after putting forward but it's done now anyway

ShaneU

Decent list here if anyone needs it


http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles

Necro

Zaph wrote: »

Well my wrestling knowledge stops at Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks and Kendo Nagasaki, so I'll be sitting this one out.

This might help if you were still interested in having a bash

ShaneU wrote: »

Decent list here if anyone needs it


http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles

Omackeral

10 full lists in and I'm already giggling away to myself at how it's going...

PTH2009

How do we play this game ?

I downloaded the programme

ShaneU

PTH2009 wrote: »

How do we play this game ?

I downloaded the programme

send a pm to Omackeral with your list

I used to watch the wrestling on a Saturday morning until I was about 9!!
Seeing as I'm 40 something now, I'll sit this one out.
Good luck with your first sheep Omack

Omackeral

PTH2009 wrote: »

How do we play this game ?

I downloaded the programme

You don’t need to download anything. Just send me an a-z of wrestlers. You’re trying to name the ones that you think everyone else will say. So basically the most popular or famous wrestler you can think of. Highest points after a-z wins. It’s that easy!

Only catch is “traps”. I’ve randomly thrown in guesses for every letter myself. If you match with me, you get zero. Don’t worry about that part too much. Just get your list in to me before the Friday night if ya can.

Electric Nitwit

I am in...

Kolido

gerrybbadd

Lisht gone in there now

Neowise

beakerjoe wrote: »

So is it acceptable to call a wrestler by his surname only?

Say I have Jimmy Beam, and I put him down as J or B? Im thinking J.

See O's 2nd post, 2nd point. I interpret J.

Omackeral

Ticking along nicely, three more lists received as of this morning!

SineadSpears

I have a strange laugh that when I laugh hard, I cry. True story.

I'm literally roaring crying laughing at those two gif's above