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Who was YOUR Champion for April, 2021? This poll is closed. |
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 Kenny Omega (AEW/IMPACT World Champion) |
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33 | 35.48% |
 Hikaru Shida (AEW Women's Champion) |
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18 | 19.35% |
 Kota Ibushi (FORMER IWGP World Heavyweight Champion) |
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1 | 1.08% |
 Will Ospreay (IWGP World Heavyweight Champion) |
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4 | 4.30% |
 Bobby Lashley (WWE Champion) |
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0 | 0% |
 Jun Akiyama (KO-D Openweight Champion) |
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0 | 0% |
 Keiji Mutoh (GHC Heavyweight Champion) |
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3 | 3.23% |
 Rich Swann (FORMER Impact Champion) |
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1 | 1.08% |
 Utami Hayashishita (World of Stardom Champion) |
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0 | 0% |
 Roman Reigns (WWE Universal Champion) |
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4 | 4.30% |
 Sasha Banks (FORMER Smackdown Women's Champion) |
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0 | 0% |
 Bianca Belair (Smackdown Women's Champion) |
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12 | 12.90% |
 Tsukasa Fujimoto (ICEx Champion) |
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0 | 0% |
 Asuka (FORMER Raw Women's Champion) |
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2 | 2.15% |
 Rhea Ripley (Raw Women's Champion) |
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0 | 0% |
 Rika Tatsumi (Princess of Princess Champion) |
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7 | 7.53% |
 (None of the Above) |
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8 | 8.60% |
| Total: | 93 votes | ||
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Sanity prevailed in March, as February's aberration was not repeated and WWE was sent back to their goldplated trashcan to fester some more. Instead, it was the AEW Champion Kenny Omega who took the month, his first time winning a monthly poll (by himself, in December of 2020 he shared the win with Go Shiozaki) since August of 2018. His closest competitor in March was Asuka/VENY, making her first ever appearance on the poll and making an impressive second place showing, even beating out AEW Women's Champion Hikaru Shida who had one hell of a month. Omega's run as the arrogant douchebag heel who is legitimately one of the greatest wrestlers of all time but insists on constantly cheating/getting interference assists from Don Callis and the Good Brothers made him the clear favorite for March. But now it is time to find out what April (traditionally one of the biggest months for wrestling in the year, especially for WWE) brought, and which champion will prevail this month.             Eligible Champions are chosen on a combination of accessibility, prestige/notoriety and by overwhelming popular request. For promotions where lengthy periods of time pass with no title defenses, promos, appearances, shows etc those champions will be dropped from the poll for that period only, then return when once again relevant - for instance, RUSH (ROH), Shun Skywalker (Dragon Gate), Suwama (All Japan) & VENY (SEAdLINNNG) did not defend their titles, and so have been dropped from the poll for this month. The monthly "None of the Above" option is a valid potential "winner" and has "won" the poll in the past, feel free to use this as a protest vote if you so wish. Now onto the eligible contenders for the month just gone, feel free to make an argument for/against any particular champion you think does/doesn't deserve the votes of other posters in this thread. Kenny Omega (AEW/IMPACT World Champion) - While he spent most of the month rebuilding "The Elite" into a unit including The Young Bucks now firmly back in their heel roles, and trying his best to avoid Jon Moxley and Eddie Kingston's bloodlust for vengeance.... Omega also took the time to go to Impact and defeat their top champion, Rich Swann, to add that belt to his AEW Championship, in addition to the AAA Mega Championship he also holds (but hasn't defended all year). Hikaru Shida (AEW Women's Champion) - Where would Shida go after her excellent tournament wrapped up? Why into one hell of a goddamn fight against Tay Conti, that's where! Proving once again the utter ineptitude and uselessness of the WWE Performance Center, Tay Conti's incredible improvement since joining AEW reached all new heights as her and Shida just beat the loving poo poo out of each other on Dynamite. Shida came out on top, and now it looks like the long hoped for match against Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. is coming. Kota Ibushi (FORMER IWGP World Heavyweight Champion) - The man who promised he would not let us down... let us down! Convinced he had become God, Ibushi united the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships only for his first proper defense of the new belt to be a loss to, of all people... Will Ospreay (IWGP World Heavyweight Champion) - Will Ospreay is the IWGP Heavyweight Champion now. He is an excellent wrestler who has superb matches. He can also gently caress off. Bobby Lashley (WWE Champion) - After instigating a set-up to get the title off of Drew McIntyre so he could have an easy win of the title from The Miz, Bobby Lashley went out of his way to avoid facing Drew in a fair fight. He made use of the Hurt Business (since disbanded), he put out a bounty on Drew, and all the while Drew was talking mad poo poo about how Bobby was a coward who took shortcuts, who wasn't willing to stand toe-to-toe, who was scared and knew that he simply wasn't good enough to win in a fair fight. Anyway, Bobby - the heel - beat Drew McIntyre clean as a sheet in the middle of the ring at Wrestlemania by submission. Jun Akiyama (KO-D Openweight Champion) - Akiyama demonstrated that if he's going to be the champion of DDT, he's going to go all in representing what DDT stands for by nominating Danshoku Dino as his second challenger. Despite Dino's antics, Akiyama kept his cool and was able to hold on to his championship to set up an encounter with the face of DDT, HARASHIMA at CyberFest. Thanks to GEORGE W BUSHI. Keiji Mutoh (GHC Heavyweight Champion) - The 58-year-old GHC Champion continued his unlikely reign after overcoming Masa Kitamiya in a mat classic that paid tribute to Mutoh's friend and Masa's mentor, the late Masa Saito. After the match, Mutoh was challenged by his M's Alliance stablemate, Naomichi Marufuji. Thanks to GEORGE W BUSHI. Rich Swann (FORMER Impact Champion) - In arguably the biggest match of his career, Rich Swann put his Impact Championship (so recently united with the defunct TNA World Championship) on the line in hopes of gaining the AEW Championship. It wasn't to be, as in a highly regarded match (though there were some claims Swann was carried through the latter third due to exhaustion) Swann came up short and lost everything. Utami Hayashishita (World of Stardom Champion) - Utami continued her reign by defeating Bea Priestley in the latter's final match in Stardom. Though once again she found herself in the semi-main event spot and overshadowed by the outsiders of Donna Del Mondo. Perhaps she will finally make her way back to the main event as DDM's Syuri has set her sights on the champion. Syuri was able to steal a kiss from the champion in their final showdown before their Cinderella Tournament second round match, will the championship be next? Thanks to GEORGE W BUSHI. Roman Reigns (WWE Universal Champion) - At Wrestlemania, Roman Reigns defended his title against two incredible wrestlers in Edge and Daniel Bryan. He beat them clean, literally stacking Edge's unconscious body on top of Daniel Bryan's and then pinning both men (who BOTH had their shoulders on the mat) and winning clean as a sheet in the middle of the ring in the biggest WWE show of the year. He ended the month with a clean-as-a-sheet submission (by making his opponent pass out) on Daniel Bryan in a singles match to defend his title. Roman is the cowardly heel, by the way. Sasha Banks (FORMER Smackdown Women's Champion) - Sasha Banks got a well-deserved Wrestlemania Main Event spot on Night 1 of the show, though sadly there was no Bayley present to share the moment. In what was lauded as a genuine Match of the Year Contender, Sasha Banks lost her title to... Bianca Belair (Smackdown Women's Champion) - The EST of WWE, Bianca Belair continued her meteoric (and, again, well-deserved) push to the top, following up her Royal Rumble win in January with not only a match of the year contender, not just a title win, but a title win in a match of the year contender in the main event of (night 1 of) Wrestlemania! Tsukasa Fujimoto (ICEx∞ Champion) - Manami Toyota came to Korakuen Hall to get a front row seat of her two handpicked successors battle for Ice Ribbon's top championship and in that match, Tsukka defeated her protégé, Tsukushi Haruka to carry on a run of great main events for the ace of Ice Ribbon. Thanks to GEORGE W BUSHI. Asuka (FORMER Raw Women's Champion) - After a rough couple of months of injury and uncertainty around her opponent, Asuka finally made it to Wrestlemania where she was unsuccessful in defending her title against... Rhea Ripley (Raw Women's Champion) - The runner-up in this year's Royal Rumble, Ripley managed to turn that into a shot at the title the winner did NOT choose. It's not entirely sure if this was the original plan or if issues with Charlotte Flair caused the late booking, and the match didn't really live up to its potential, but Rhea at least got to enjoy success at Wrestlemania after the indignity of the baffling booking of her NXT Title loss the previous year. Rika Tatsumi (Princess of Princess Champion) - Tatsumi did not allow her opponent's newfound International fame to bother her as she was able to successfully defend her championship against Maki Itoh in Korakuen Hall. Only one defence stands between Rika and a title match in Saitama Super Arena, but Rika chose to put the largest possible roadblock in her journey to CyberFest by nominating the ace of TJPW, Miyu Yamashita, as her challenger. Thanks to GEORGE W BUSHI. (None of the Above) - If you look at these champions and all you can say is,"...nah", or if you just want to see the results, then None of the Above is the choice for you.
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May 1, 2021 05:25
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Belt Collector
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May 1, 2021 05:38
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Much as I love Jun I can't vote for him off the back of that Dieno match, so in lieu of anybody else that appeals to me i'll be going with NOTA
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May 1, 2021 06:00
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I ran with the same logic as last month, which is that Shida loving rules and I should vote for her 
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May 1, 2021 06:05
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There's only one White Dragon. Vote Rika Tatsumi.
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May 1, 2021 06:11
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In a competently booked promotion Bianca would be running away with this but I don't think they've had her do basically anything since she won the title.
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May 1, 2021 06:16
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bianca crew e: Pylons posted:In a competently booked promotion Bianca would be running away with this but I don't think they've had her do basically anything since she won the title. yeah. but the mania match was loving awesome
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May 1, 2021 06:17
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Ospreay vs Ibushi is my #2 match of the year. And it honestly could be #1. And Billy won it so he gets my vote. Akiyama vs Dieno was fun but not great, I haven't seen Mutoh's latest defence, Fujimoto was really the only other choice but I think the Haruka match was a notch below Fujimoto's other title matches this year. Still great & you should watch it but nah, it's an easy pick for Ospreay. He won't get votes because he's a lovely person but I'm jaded & just assume everyone in wrestling is a lovely person so that doesn't really bother me.
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May 1, 2021 10:48
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Voted Bianca because the WM match ruled and made me watch a WWE match for the first time in like two years.
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May 1, 2021 11:15
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I am voting for Asuka because she is charming and adorable. I think that she is a very nice lady in real life, and as such deserves nice things.
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May 1, 2021 11:31
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Voting for one Kenneth O'Mega because he's got the most belts and as such clearly is the champiest champ.
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May 1, 2021 11:32
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Just realised Kenny winning this technically would mean Impact winning this poll which is even funnier than Miz winning. I want Jerusalem to make sure the picture chosen for Kenny includes the Impact and TNA championships.
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May 1, 2021 11:38
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Oh absolutely, he's listed as both so it would absolutely be a win for Impact as well as AEW, and indeed all the votes he gets will also be counted towards the Impact promotion in addition to AEW for stats purposes (which will cause an overhang) but that's just the way it has to be.
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May 1, 2021 13:10
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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:Just realised Kenny winning this technically would mean Impact winning this poll which is even funnier than Miz winning. I want Jerusalem to make sure the picture chosen for Kenny includes the Impact and TNA championships. same but aaa winning in the middle of suing itself
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May 1, 2021 13:25
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Show the AAA logo too but blur it for legal reasons
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May 1, 2021 15:41
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It can only be Bianca for me.
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May 1, 2021 16:27
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That Shida match with Tay was an absolute belter, best title match I saw this month, so Shida gets the nod from me.
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May 1, 2021 16:36
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imagine having the opportunity to vote for muta and not taking it
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May 1, 2021 16:46
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Shida/Tay was a better match than Omega/Swann. I will not be taking any questions.
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May 1, 2021 16:59
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worship the quad belt holder
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May 1, 2021 16:59
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karmicknight posted:Shida/Tay was a better match than Omega/Swann. can u adjust votes because i submitted for the wrong one
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May 1, 2021 17:04
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WatermelonGun posted:imagine having the opportunity to vote for muta and not taking it OK, now what.
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May 1, 2021 17:37
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Lamuella posted:OK, now what. now imagine yourself being a cool enough dude to vote for the tenga kneed champion
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May 1, 2021 17:45
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WatermelonGun posted:imagine having the opportunity to vote for muta and not taking it We're going to have that opportunity for years to come because Mutoh will reign eternal
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May 1, 2021 19:08
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If they booked Roman like this four years ago, the business would be totally different. Sad that WWE has run everyone off, because this run is pretty great. He went 4+ in title matches twice this month - voting him.
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May 1, 2021 19:41
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Protest vote for Minoru Fujita
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May 1, 2021 21:36
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Bianca/Sasha was a million times better than Shida/Tay
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May 2, 2021 05:36
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Benne posted:Bianca/Sasha was a million times better than Shida/Tay Without seeing one of these matches I can state with 100% confidence it was not.
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May 2, 2021 05:38
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Benne posted:Bianca/Sasha was a million times better than Shida/Tay Imagine watching the WWF.
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May 2, 2021 05:40
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One day in, 3 days to go. AEW (and Impact) Champion Kenny holds the lead, but AEW Women's Champion Shida is not far behind, and Smackdown Women's Champion Bianca Belair isn't far behind her. It's still far from over. Vote!
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May 2, 2021 05:48
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WatermelonGun posted:now imagine yourself being a cool enough dude to vote for the tenga kneed champion no tanahashi has the never belt not the iwgp belt
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May 2, 2021 06:47
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Wait, whose knees are you telling us to have sex with?
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May 2, 2021 07:18
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instead of loving knees, gently caress ohio
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May 2, 2021 17:07
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Big Dave posted:instead of loving knees, gently caress ohio  
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May 2, 2021 17:20
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all elite scooby doo
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May 2, 2021 19:13
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I voted for Bianca because she seems very nice and her winning was a nice thing that happened which is rare for WWE nowadays
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May 2, 2021 19:53
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Assuming Kenny wins this - when was the last time the Impact/TNA champion won the monthly poll? Edit: Is there a gallery anywhere we can view all of the winners since PSP/RR/FI whatever started doing these polls? Hellblazer187 fucked around with this message at 21:45 on May 2, 2021 |
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May 2, 2021 21:40
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Hellblazer187 posted:Assuming Kenny wins this - when was the last time the Impact/TNA champion won the monthly poll? Looks like Bully Ray in March 2013.
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May 2, 2021 21:45
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Hellblazer187 posted:
https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3963866#post513771299
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May 3, 2021 00:11
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Big Dave posted:jerusalem usually posts it at the end of the previous month's thread So yeah, it'd be the first Impact/TNA winner since Bully Ray in March 2013
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May 3, 2021 01:49
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