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Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
Now listen up you Something Awful sweathogs

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zetamind2000
Nov 6, 2007

I'm an alien.

I'm gonna have to vote for the wcw title reign that had a successful defense on the final wcw ppv

Also it's big poppa pump, I gotta holla if I hear him

Suplex Liberace
Jan 18, 2012



voting for the man who shares my hate of ducks

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

I'll never forgive Rick Rude for making me - a fat, out of shape sweathog - keep the noise down so he could take off his robe and show the ladies what a real man looked like :smith:

So I voted for the guy who definitely wasn't problematic about women: Scott Steiner!

The Cameo
Jan 20, 2005


Jerusalem posted:

So I voted for the guy who definitely wasn't problematic about women: Scott Steiner!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAtJHUjjdEQ

Glass Punkbull 141
Jan 9, 2008

This is the face of a winner. This is what winning looks like.
THIS GOES TO ALL MY FREAKS OUT THERE AND RICK RUDE YOU OLD gently caress

Big Coffin Hunter
Aug 13, 2005

Did Rick Rude have a tiger? Voted for Steiner

Edward Mass
Sep 14, 2011

𝅘𝅥𝅮 I wanna go home with the armadillo
Good country music from Amarillo and Abilene
Friendliest people and the prettiest women you've ever seen
𝅘𝅥𝅮
With 72.22% of the vote, Scott Steiner's reign advances.

OUR NEXT CONTEST...

The Giant's second WCW World Heavyweight Championship reign vs. Edge's seventh World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) reign

The Giant's second WCW World Heavyweight Championship reign:
-won from Ric Flair on Nitro
-lasted 110 days
-featured 20 title defenses, the highest rated being a match against Sting at Slamboree '96 (***1/4)
-lost to Hollywood Hogan at Hog Wild

Edge's seventh World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) reign:
-won from Dolph Ziggler on SmackDown!
-lasted 56 days
-featured two title defenses, the highest rated being an Elimination Chamber match against Drew McIntyre, Kane, Rey Mysterio, the Big Show, and Wade Barrett at Elimination Chamber '11 (****1/4)
-vacated title due to spinal stenosis diagnosis on SmackDown!

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Voted for Edge because I liked him and was sad his reign ended like that, and always wondered what might have been if he'd been able to make a comeback. Then I found out. :sigh:

Glass Punkbull 141
Jan 9, 2008

This is the face of a winner. This is what winning looks like.
Counterpoint: 20. Title. Defenses.

ChrisBTY
Mar 29, 2012

this glorious monument

It's like OC's International Title reign except the best match of the bunch approximately equals OC's worst.
Voted for Edge.

Suplex Liberace
Jan 18, 2012



96 nitro way better than early 2010s wwe. The Giant all the way

Lid
Feb 18, 2005

And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.
Young Giant was the greatest rookie until Kurt Angle. It's insane how ring ready he was from day one.

Edit: also someone who peaked way too young so he'll never be a hall of fame because the entire next twenty years can't match his first three.

bartok
May 10, 2006



That Elimination Chamber was the one where Drew McIntyre had a breakout performance and then WWE proceeds to bury him until he leaves the company because he was the victim of domestic abuse from his then wife.

Edward Mass
Sep 14, 2011

𝅘𝅥𝅮 I wanna go home with the armadillo
Good country music from Amarillo and Abilene
Friendliest people and the prettiest women you've ever seen
𝅘𝅥𝅮
With 61.54% of the vote, the Giant's reign advances.

OUR NEXT CONTEST...

Ric Flair's seventh NWA World Heavyweight Championship reign vs. Batista's third World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) reign

Ric Flair's seventh NWA World Heavyweight Championship reign:
-won from Ricky Steamboat at WrestleWar '89
-lasted 426 days
-featured at least 14 televised title defenses, the highest rated being a ****1/2 affair, which happened twice - once against Terry Funk at the Great American Bash '89, and once against Lex Luger at WrestleWar '90
-lost to Sting at the Great American Bash '90

Batista's third World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) reign:
-won from the Great Khali at Unforgiven '07
-lasted 91 days
-featured five title defenses, the highest rated being a **** affair, which happened twice - both against the Undertaker; once, at Cyber Sunday, where "Stone Cold" Steve Austin was special guest referee, and once in a Hell in a Cell match at Survivor Series '07
-lost to Edge at Armageddon '07

Erainor
Dec 30, 2017

THUNDERDOME LOSER
Flair vs Steamboat always gets a nod from me.

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

I enjoyed Batista as champion but I'm sorry, he can't top that Flair reign.

Edward Mass
Sep 14, 2011

𝅘𝅥𝅮 I wanna go home with the armadillo
Good country music from Amarillo and Abilene
Friendliest people and the prettiest women you've ever seen
𝅘𝅥𝅮
With 83.33% of the vote, Ric Flair's reign advances.

OUR NEXT CONTEST...

Chris Benoit's sole World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) reign vs. the Undertaker's third World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) reign

Chris Benoit's sole World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) reign:
-won from Triple H at WrestleMania XX
-lasted 154 days
-featured nine title defenses, the highest rated being a match against Triple H and Shawn Michaels at Backlash '04 (****1/2)
-lost to Randy Orton at SummerSlam '04

The Undertaker's third World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) reign:
-won from CM Punk in a Hell in a Cell match at Hell in a Cell '09
-lasted 140 days
-featured seven title defenses, the highest rated being...
-lost to Chris Jericho in an Elimination Chamber at Elimination Chamber '10 (***1/2)

SG Bamboo
Aug 21, 2013

Smile. Win. Yay!

WM20 and the rematch both ruled so going for Benoit

zetamind2000
Nov 6, 2007

I'm an alien.

SG Bamboo posted:

WM20 and the rematch both ruled so going for Benoit

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
Voting for yikes

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Rarity posted:

Voting for yikes

I know Undertaker's support for thin blue line bullshit is upsetting, but let's not go too far!

bartok
May 10, 2006



That was a really forgettable Undertaker reign. drat you for making me vote for Benoit.

edogawa rando
Mar 20, 2007

Not voting for a child murderer, thanks.

the sex ghost
Sep 6, 2009

edogawa rando posted:

Not voting for a child murderer, thanks.

David Flair had it coming

Edward Mass
Sep 14, 2011

𝅘𝅥𝅮 I wanna go home with the armadillo
Good country music from Amarillo and Abilene
Friendliest people and the prettiest women you've ever seen
𝅘𝅥𝅮
With 73.68% of the vote, Chris Benoit's reign advances.

OUR NEXT CONTEST...

Goldberg's first WCW World Heavyweight Championship reign vs. Batista's second World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) reign

Goldberg's first WCW World Heavyweight Championship reign:
-won from Hollywood Hogan on Nitro
-lasted 174 days
-featured at least 14 televised title defense, the highest rated being a match against Diamond Dallas Page at Halloween Havoc '98 (***1/4)
-lost to Kevin Nash in a No Disqualification match at Starrcade '98

Batista's second World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) reign:
-won from King Booker at Survivor Series '06
-lasted 126 days
-featured four title defenses, the highest rated being...
-lost to the Undertaker at WrestleMania 23 (****)

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Goldberg beating Hogan in the Georgia Dome in front of 40k fans was loving awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT05KuubRoU&t=52s

Erainor
Dec 30, 2017

THUNDERDOME LOSER
At least they learned not to give the belt right back to hogan the next week (Luger?)

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Erainor posted:

At least they learned not to give the belt right back to hogan the next week (Luger?)

:negative:

Edward Mass
Sep 14, 2011

𝅘𝅥𝅮 I wanna go home with the armadillo
Good country music from Amarillo and Abilene
Friendliest people and the prettiest women you've ever seen
𝅘𝅥𝅮
With 88.89% of the vote, Goldberg's reign advances.

WE WRAP UP THE SECOND ROUND WITH...

Batista's first World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) reign vs. Daniel Bryan's sole World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) reign

Batista's first World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) reign:
-won from Triple H at WrestleMania 21
-lasted 282 days
-featured 11 title defenses, the highest rated being a Hell in a Cell match against Triple H at Vengeance '05 (****1/2)
-vacated due to a triceps tear on SmackDown!

Daniel Bryan's sole World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) reign:
-won from the Big Show at TLC: Tables, Ladders, & Chairs '11
-lasted 105 days
-featured six title defenses, the highest rated being an Elimination Chamber match against Cody Rhodes, Santino Marella, the Big Show, the Great Khali, and Wade Barrett (***1/2)
-lost the Sheamus at WrestleMania XXVIII

zetamind2000
Nov 6, 2007

I'm an alien.

I'm not voting for the reign that ended with an eighteen second loss to sheamus

Erainor
Dec 30, 2017

THUNDERDOME LOSER
Someone had written that the whole title change hurt Sheamus more than DB. I think that person is correct.

Hoss Corncave
Feb 13, 2012

Erainor posted:

Someone had written that the whole title change hurt Sheamus more than DB. I think that person is correct.

They are. They had a match the following PPV that actually had a decent length and was a pretty good match from what I recall. If they had done that match at WM I don't think the backlash towards Sheamus would have been there at all.

Bryan likely still would have eventually gotten over to the level that he did, but Sheamus absolutely wouldn't have been unfairly hated because of it.

Big Coffin Hunter
Aug 13, 2005

The thing about Vince's booking is, on top of punishing those who weren't supposed to get over, he has no idea how to actually get someone he wants over and sabotaged them too

Gavok
Oct 10, 2005

Brock! Oh, man, I'm sorry about your...

...tooth?


Bryan's run was really fun until the end. I don't remember anything about Batista's lengthy title run other than Triple H going, "You only beat me because you didn't get hit with the Pedigree! You are a coward for not being put in a position to receive my finisher!"

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
I'm voting for the reign that made me a Bryan Danielson fan

Lid
Feb 18, 2005

And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.
The most telling thing there is that DBs reign topped out at three and a half stars. Bryan had power limiters on.

bartok
May 10, 2006



Voting for Batista because he got his title shot by winning the Rumble where Vince McMahon tore both his quads.

Purple Monkey
May 5, 2014

:phone:Hello
Voting for my boy D Bry because that reign created the yes chants and Batista was always boring as gently caress as a face

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Suplex Liberace
Jan 18, 2012



Lid posted:

The most telling thing there is that DBs reign topped out at three and a half stars. Bryan had power limiters on.

the wwe/f style is indeed a power limiter

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