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Alright, the moment you've all been waiting for, the Draft Verdict. This is based solely on the picks you made in the draft. The free agent stuff and trades all will figure into your booking and your own sense of fun, but really, those phases are not required, so I'm not going to count it against anyone if they don't do it 
Aaaaanyway... I'm going to give quick blurbs on all the drafts, leading up to the winner. This is not in order, so if you're mentioned first, you're not in last place. There is no order after first place, and I hope you don't take any of the criticisms to heart. In the end, this was done for fun, and if you're happy with your roster, then mazel tov.
Midwest Wrestling - I thought this was the least diverse of the drafts, and I was actually a little surprised at the lack of branching out. Granted, Shane is a self-professed MBE mark, but I thought he overvalued MBE names in lieu of getting some quality FW guys. The FW people he did pick, outside of Lindsay Troy, were reaches in my view, specifically the Adam Benjamin pick. No slight to Jeff Kane, but I don't think Benji should have been taken ahead of guys like Kin Hiroshi, Mr. Amazing! or Jared Wells.
Total Sensational Action - Again, not enough imagination early on. Too many A1E/MBE guys, especially for a vet of EPW and NEW and the fedhead of a diverse FW fed himself. Shane C. did go for some FW guys, but I thought it was too little, too late. If this were the A1 draft, I might have gone for the strategy a little more.
Federation of Afghani Grapplers - This was the reverse strategy of TSA. I thought Jason went overboard on the PTC names early, taking guys that might have been there a little later on. Jason got a great roster, but it was a roster out of the scope of the draft earlier on. I do like his FW picks later on, but like TSA, it was too little, too late.
Brooklyn Street Wrestling Association - Theirs was the only first round pick that I thought was questionable. I like Mark Windham, but he's not the best Steve Thomas character available. I'd have taken Melton in a heartbeat, not to mention some of the other names taken after, like Fly, Freakfish, Mayfield and Manson. I thought the draft was a little too heavy on sentimental names from the CSWA and P* of the past, not enough heavy hitters for me, even though Siegel did get Hornet in a steal in the second round.
Canadian Maximum Wrestling - Much like TSA, this draft was very A1 heavy. However, I thought Jarret diversified better, referenced by his Sands/Smallz bookend in the third and fourth rounds. The EPW flavor was nice, but I still thought he could have branched out a little bit more. Also... I'm a huge fan of the Canadian Luchador (hell, I wouldn't be tagging iwth him if I wasn't), but I thought he could have been gotten in the FA Frenzy.
Super Mega Happy Ultra Fun Wrestling - Once again, this draft was pretty narrow in scope like the ones mentioned previously, although this scope was focused on the IWF side of the FW family and LoC. He picked up some pretty choice names, but I feel like this draft was above average but not stellar.
LazyTown Fighting Championship - I thought this draft was similar to Andrew's, but Ryan showed a lot more adventurousness. I questioned the Solian pick at the top of the draft when he made it, but really, I thought it was a quirky yet solid and defensible pick. I also loved that he reached out and picked Garbage Bag Johnny, Pacothewetback and Mr. CATV. The Manson pick was a steal too. This draft sort of levitates between echelons though.
National Wrestling Association - I thought that Katz suffered a bit from tunnel vision, but the picks he made were of very high caliber. When you can get Kodiak Vic Creed when Katz got him, it's a great pick. He's just outside the top three as I see it.
And now, the top three. It was a VERY tough decision among ZOMG~! Wrestling, Dan's Championship Wrestling and the Eastern Southwestern Finland Wrestling Collective. I thought Lindz, Dan and Adam did extremely well for themselves. They were diversified, they went all over the eW spectrum and made picks that made their rosters true dream rosters. I thought that even though Adam made the first "Holy sh*t" pick for me (Big Dog in the third round), I thought that Dan was ahead of the curve picking up on guys from other arenas. He wasn't the first to take PTC guys, but he was the first to take them in the right position (Deville in the fifth). He was the first to pick up on the NAPW crowd. He dipped into NFW, CSWA and the angle fed worlds and never forgot where he came from either. It's very hard for me to say, but I'm going to give the Draft Prize to Dan's Championship Wrestling. Dan, you now have the option to award a Challenge Championship slot to a wrestler of your choosing.
Once again, please don't take any of the criticisms seriously. If you're happy with your roster, then this draft was a great success (Borat thumbs up!) for you and for me. This prize is just gravy, and even though Dan got the prize, we're all winners here.
Aaaaanyway... I'm going to give quick blurbs on all the drafts, leading up to the winner. This is not in order, so if you're mentioned first, you're not in last place. There is no order after first place, and I hope you don't take any of the criticisms to heart. In the end, this was done for fun, and if you're happy with your roster, then mazel tov.
Midwest Wrestling - I thought this was the least diverse of the drafts, and I was actually a little surprised at the lack of branching out. Granted, Shane is a self-professed MBE mark, but I thought he overvalued MBE names in lieu of getting some quality FW guys. The FW people he did pick, outside of Lindsay Troy, were reaches in my view, specifically the Adam Benjamin pick. No slight to Jeff Kane, but I don't think Benji should have been taken ahead of guys like Kin Hiroshi, Mr. Amazing! or Jared Wells.
Total Sensational Action - Again, not enough imagination early on. Too many A1E/MBE guys, especially for a vet of EPW and NEW and the fedhead of a diverse FW fed himself. Shane C. did go for some FW guys, but I thought it was too little, too late. If this were the A1 draft, I might have gone for the strategy a little more.
Federation of Afghani Grapplers - This was the reverse strategy of TSA. I thought Jason went overboard on the PTC names early, taking guys that might have been there a little later on. Jason got a great roster, but it was a roster out of the scope of the draft earlier on. I do like his FW picks later on, but like TSA, it was too little, too late.
Brooklyn Street Wrestling Association - Theirs was the only first round pick that I thought was questionable. I like Mark Windham, but he's not the best Steve Thomas character available. I'd have taken Melton in a heartbeat, not to mention some of the other names taken after, like Fly, Freakfish, Mayfield and Manson. I thought the draft was a little too heavy on sentimental names from the CSWA and P* of the past, not enough heavy hitters for me, even though Siegel did get Hornet in a steal in the second round.
Canadian Maximum Wrestling - Much like TSA, this draft was very A1 heavy. However, I thought Jarret diversified better, referenced by his Sands/Smallz bookend in the third and fourth rounds. The EPW flavor was nice, but I still thought he could have branched out a little bit more. Also... I'm a huge fan of the Canadian Luchador (hell, I wouldn't be tagging iwth him if I wasn't), but I thought he could have been gotten in the FA Frenzy.
Super Mega Happy Ultra Fun Wrestling - Once again, this draft was pretty narrow in scope like the ones mentioned previously, although this scope was focused on the IWF side of the FW family and LoC. He picked up some pretty choice names, but I feel like this draft was above average but not stellar.
LazyTown Fighting Championship - I thought this draft was similar to Andrew's, but Ryan showed a lot more adventurousness. I questioned the Solian pick at the top of the draft when he made it, but really, I thought it was a quirky yet solid and defensible pick. I also loved that he reached out and picked Garbage Bag Johnny, Pacothewetback and Mr. CATV. The Manson pick was a steal too. This draft sort of levitates between echelons though.
National Wrestling Association - I thought that Katz suffered a bit from tunnel vision, but the picks he made were of very high caliber. When you can get Kodiak Vic Creed when Katz got him, it's a great pick. He's just outside the top three as I see it.
And now, the top three. It was a VERY tough decision among ZOMG~! Wrestling, Dan's Championship Wrestling and the Eastern Southwestern Finland Wrestling Collective. I thought Lindz, Dan and Adam did extremely well for themselves. They were diversified, they went all over the eW spectrum and made picks that made their rosters true dream rosters. I thought that even though Adam made the first "Holy sh*t" pick for me (Big Dog in the third round), I thought that Dan was ahead of the curve picking up on guys from other arenas. He wasn't the first to take PTC guys, but he was the first to take them in the right position (Deville in the fifth). He was the first to pick up on the NAPW crowd. He dipped into NFW, CSWA and the angle fed worlds and never forgot where he came from either. It's very hard for me to say, but I'm going to give the Draft Prize to Dan's Championship Wrestling. Dan, you now have the option to award a Challenge Championship slot to a wrestler of your choosing.
Once again, please don't take any of the criticisms seriously. If you're happy with your roster, then this draft was a great success (Borat thumbs up!) for you and for me. This prize is just gravy, and even though Dan got the prize, we're all winners here.
