If I had to pick the final five (not including myself), it would be Ken Hiroshi, JJ Deville, Eli Flair, Scott Riktor and Troy Windham. I think from round one, those were the guys who've been opening my eyes, and I see a lot of potential into round two. My only worries with any of these guys, is that Troy has been responding a bit "too much" to people, and some of his responses went from "shut down" to "neener neener, I'm better than you". He hasn't tried to "blow his load" on responses, so he has a lot to still save for later, but if there really isn't a need to reply to what a guy said, he should hold comments.
I think Troy could definitely retain, and with the competition just getting hotter and hotter, it just makes the achievement bigger. I think Hiroshi can defend, same to JA, but I think at least one belt is going to be dropped. It all really depends on who they get in the ring with.
Being in the ring again with Xias would be fun, but CSWA wouldn't be the best place for that sort of encounter, since it would be like having Homicide wrestle Colt Cabana on WWE Velocity right now, no-one would know the history. Eli Flair and Eron would be a cool face-off if done properly. It would have to be done in such a way where both men want to take each other out, but still want to save their energy for Troy.
I would hate to face Eli Flair, JJ Deville or Peter Lenex. I think Lenex could explode given the right circumstances.