CWF Draft night 1 - review

[Hobo]

The opening clip video showing what led to the draft split was pretty good, pretty well written, and a great lead in to what should be a good show.

Kinda blew the mystery of Piper’s mystery wrestler, throwing it out there with the little match branding.

Kane versus Sabu is brilliant though, the monster fresh out of the nut house versus the wildman who belongs IN the nut house.

Sabu and Kane killed each other. It’s exactly what I expected of the match, a wild, out of control, emotion filled brawl. I agree with Sabu picking up the win, since he is the reigning world champion. A good match all and all.

A predictable first pick from Hennig, going for Sabu. A good first pick for the show, being a crazy mother fucker and all, but the over predictability was there.

Piper asking Hennig if his husband taught him to punch = BRILLIANT

The era of The Corporation is over! Rock and Sabu have been split up!

Hakushi and Test is very much a gamble. It’d be great if Hennig used 2 picks to get them, then they lost the titles. While Hakushi kicks fourteen different kinds of ass, Test sucks the same amount.

Piper with the picks of Benoit and Kane. Benoit, in his prime, at that. Benoit prior to fucking up his neck. Piper got the better picks this round, for sure.

FLIP IN ACTION~~~!!!

Jericho being drafted during the entrances for the battle royal is pretty cool, and shows that the draft picks can, in fact, be made at any time.

Flip is eliminated. *Fast forwards through rest of match*

Flair’s draft leading to Malenko’s elimination. I knew someone was gonna end up eliminated because of a drafting.

Heenan: Right in the Body Donnas! - can he say that??

Angle and Haku getting drafted as a pair was unexpected. I thought only Test & Hakushi could be drafted as a pair?

Guerrero winning the battle royal is cool. I thought Candido had it won for sure.

I bet Angle was asking for the drafting of Flip..

Jim Ross being drafted breaks up the first team, and does in fact prove no one is safe from the draft.

Yeah, Piper DEFINITELY got the better half of this round of the draft. Hennig got Jim Ross, but Piper got Sting.

And with a pretty bizarre Kurt Angle promo, I cut off. Will continue this review at the TV title match sometime later.

[tennessee]

Tag champs can be drafted as a pair. Angle and Haku are the U.S. champs.

Curious what you meant about Piper's mystery wrestler identity getting blown...

[Hobo]

tennessee said:

Tag champs can be drafted as a pair. Angle and Haku are the U.S. champs.

Curious what you meant about Piper's mystery wrestler identity getting blown...

1. No. 1 Draft Pick Match
Sabu (7-1-1) vs. Kane (4-1)
No time limit; referee: Senior Referee Earl Hebner

prior to Kane actually being announced as the mystery opponent

[tennessee]

WHOOPS!

Now fixed. Now let us never speak of it again, lest it spoil the surprise worse than it's already been spoiled. Or something.

[Hobo]

Okay, we’re back. First of all Tenn, the mistake with Kane is still in for me. Just an FYI there.

Modest versus D’Lo. With Scott D’Amore as referee. We know this one won’t get out of hand, because D’Amore will do some clobbering with his hockey stick with the flag on it. Too bad he doesn’t get said hockey stick for about five years.

D’Lo getting drafted mid match is pretty weird/cool. Never expected that to happen.

Even through shady refereeing, Modest retains.

And D’Amore gets a good clobbering post match. Scott D’Amore getting laid out is always a good thing.

While busting up the Horsemen is bad, I am drooling at the PPV match of Kurt Angle versus Dean Malenko.

A GREAT Raven promo. Captured Raven’s character well.

Mankind’s promo was great, sick, twisted, and sweet all at the same time.

Raven goes to Hennig, Saturn to Piper. Hennig’s champion collection has really gone wrong in the last two rounds, missing the TV and Hardcore champions.

And Test/Hakushi retain. I’m actually kinda disappointed. I was hoping Sandman/Rey would win, then be drafted as a pair by Piper.

.. Did Hennig just call Modest a coffin carrier? Someone’s seen Beyond the Mat a time or two.. Good movie, but the dude that trained Modest looks like a total skeezeball.

Heel Styles in the commentator booth?

Haku gobbling the food is greatness.

Piper better watch his daughter, drafting HHH could make her butt and crotch very sore.

What an awkward pick. Drafting Wrath by himself is like getting Bushwhacker Luke without the guarantee of Bushwhacker Butch. What good is one half of a tag team, especially when that half is a half wit.

And the Bushwhacker effect takes place, with Piper picking up Crush. Now they are left with a Bushwhacker each, doing neither of them any real good. I suppose Adams could always go back to squishing pineapples..

AND OWEN KICKS OUT! Crazy mad guitar shot!

And Owen comes back for the win, even after a crazy Kabonging.

So Shelton isn’t gonna be a GANGSTA any more? Phooey.

New Jack’s promo scared the hell out of me. Even in just text, he’s a man I wouldn’t cross.

FLIP HAS BEEN DRAFTED!!!!! FLIP IS NOW LEGAL PROPERTY OF MAYHEM!!!!!!! I think Intensity just lost a lot of possible viewers/readers, just because of the lack of Flip.

HHH putting the axe to the word clique is great.

Owen is drafted. Good stuff. After taking a kabonging like that and winning, he should be.

Sabu versus Owen. Would’ve been an awesome match, and should be an awesome one for CWF.

Big Show drafted to Mayhem at a very awkward time..

Short little hardcore title match. Not much plunder used, either. And the roll up with the tights is about the weakest hardcore title match finish I’ve seen since Kennel from Hell!

Mike Awesome stole the title. Very unconventional way to win the title, yet effective. No one can kick out of a pin when they are strapped to a stretcher. Hopefully Awesome gets something brutal for his dirty tactics,

The trade is pretty cool. Hennig’s plan still works, because he keeps the Intercontinental title, but gets the other half of the Bushwhackers in the process. I’d say a pretty fair trade, 2 good wrestlers for each side, then Joey Styles for the other half of the theoretical Bushwhackers. So much for pineapple crushin’

Hennig being booked on Draft night 2 is hilarious irony. Should throw off his plans as far as the draft goes, and he’d better hope his match doesn’t go long, because it’d be quite awkward having to announce a draft pick mid match.

Wild brawl to start the main event. I’m always loving a good wild brawl..

A GREAT main event. Loved it. Some great tag team action, which at times is very hard to pull off. Great way to close the storied rivalry of The Flock and DX, which will almost for sure come to a close with 32 more superstars being drafted.

Overall, a good show. Not many flaws really. Would have liked to see the Hardcore title match go longer for brawling sake, but the pre-main event brawl definitely made up for it. Good stuff Tenn.