ULTRATITLE Rd. 1 Br. 4 Unofficial Post-RP Predictions Thread!

[DBrunkGXW]

Because I have a character in this one! Redemption for my poor Dan Ryan showing... I HOPE!


1. Freddie Sagawa v. Kevin Hardaway:

2. Shawn Jessica Hart v. Bob Praxis (j):

3. Henry Dylan v. "Good God" Kevin Powers:

4. Lucious Starr v. Shamon:

5. Alexander Hayes v. Hijo De Sombra:

6. Jethro Hayes v. Vincenzo Savonarola:

7. Lane Cash v. Bonecrusher (j)

8. The Deacon v. Rezin:

9. Jack Harmen v. Tyler Boyd:

10. Felicia Hart v. John McDonough:

11. Troy Windham v. Eugene Dewey:

12. Kevin Watson v. Javid Dones:

13. Pat Gordon, Jr. v. Suicide:

14. August Joyce v. Joe the Plumber:

15. Jeffrey Roberts v. Demon:

16. "Lethal" Lex Taylor (j) v. Ken Cloverleaf

 

[Seymour Almasy]

1. Freddie Sagawa v. Kevin Hardaway: I feel like Sagawa's stylistic choice of using the manager might come back to haunt him, and give Hardaway a tight win. Good piece by the handler, though.

2. Shawn Jessica Hart v. Bob Praxis (j): SJH proceeds on, nothing to see here.

3. Henry Dylan v. "Good God" Kevin Powers: I thought both guys did pretty well, but Dylan's second RP was an EVISCERATION and may be the best thing I've ever seen Olly write. Considering Dylan's in ACW, I want to see more of him, pronto. Was close after the first two RPs, but Dylan's second closed the show as well as any piece in this tournament. No shame to Powers though, who I went in thinking was a cool nickname and came out legitimately impressed with his work.

4. Lucious Starr v. Shamon: Shamon. Two solid RPs here. Not a bad effort from Starr, and he made me feel like it was 1999 again, so the nostalgia factor weighs with him.

5. Alexander Hayes v. Hijo De Sombra: Little disappointed in Mr. Hayes with such an awesome gimmick, but he'll have round 2 to turn it up.

6. Jethro Hayes v. Vincenzo Savonarola: The Godfather unopposed.

7. Lane Cash v. Bonecrusher (j) Ahem. BONECRUSHER WINS! BONECRUSHER WINS! BONECRUSHER WINS!

8. The Deacon v. Rezin: The Deacon moves on.

9. Jack Harmen v. Tyler Boyd: Free win for Fly--Harmen.

10. Felicia Hart v. John McDonough: Styles Clash, and I don't mean AJ Styles' finisher. Glitz and glamour versus meat and potatoes. I'll take McDonough in a bout I expect to be close.

11. Troy Windham v. Eugene Dewey: What the Hell. I'll be THAT guy. THIS is my upset special. I have Dewey winning this as a nailbiter, on the strength of consistency between his two RPs. Windham's second effort was considerably better than his first, but I think Dewey wins. I may be wrong, right, or crazy.

12. Kevin Watson v. Javid Dones: Watson over Dones in a nice spirited four RP affair. Dones' stuff was solid, but Watson's had some more meat on the bone and drew me in a bit more.

13. Pat Gordon, Jr. v. Suicide: God help me, I really liked a character named Suicide. This is going to be tight, I think, and I imagine there'll be widely varying judging opinions on it, but for me, the guy with the tarotish card moves along in a squeaker.

14. August Joyce v. Joe the Plumber: And this, friends, is why you show up. NO. MATTER. WHAT. August moves along, and a lot of people breathe sighs of relief.

15. Jeffrey Roberts v. Demon: Roberts, with solid roleplays, too.

16. "Lethal" Lex Taylor (j) v. Ken Cloverleaf: KC books his ticket.

 

[BigPimpin]

14. August Joyce v. Joe the Plumber: And this, friends, is why you show up. NO. MATTER. WHAT. August moves along, and a lot of people breathe sighs of relief.

*chucks bracket in the garbage*

 

[LQJT86C]

Castor Strife called it. Get Joe in the first round, or get him never.

As a handler, I'm kinda pissed. I wanted to see Joe show up and crush people. Devin or Gregg show up motivated, Bracket 4 is a whole different ballgame. Now...things just got a little bit interesting.

 

[The Minstrel]

1. Freddie Sagawa v. Kevin Hardaway: - Hardaway – was not quite sure what to make of his opponent’s piece.

2. Shawn Jessica Hart v. Bob Praxis (j): - SJH moves on in entertaining fashion

3. Henry Dylan v. "Good God" Kevin Powers: - Powers in a squeaker

4. Lucious Starr v. Shamon: - Shamon – really enjoy the character – just think Starr was playing off of him much more than Starr was his own character

5. Alexander Hayes v. Hijo De Sombra: - Hayes – the letter format was interesting – although it was probably only a one-time deal (which it should be)

6. Jethro Hayes v. Vincenzo Savonarola: - Savonarola – really enjoyed the writing and verbiage – interesting character

7. Lane Cash v. Bonecrusher (j) – for the sake of everyone that is getting eliminated and actually showed up – I hope Bonecrusher destroys Cash

8. The Deacon v. Rezin: - Deacon – another disappointing no-show – Deacon looks strong though, will be a tough out and looks to be moving onto round 3 rather easily

9. Jack Harmen v. Tyler Boyd: - Harmen – who I hope I see in Round 2

10. Felicia Hart v. John McDonough: - Predicting your own match is in bad taste – good luck

11. Troy Windham v. Eugene Dewey: - Windham - Tough bout, but I do like Troy in a much tougher than anticipated battle

12. Kevin Watson v. Javid Dones: - Watson – Enjoyed his work throughout – another tough battle

13. Pat Gordon, Jr. v. Suicide: - Suicide – was a really good battle, but I think Suicide gets the edge

14. August Joyce v. Joe the Plumber: - Joyce – honestly enjoyed it quite a bit – for all the talk Joe the Plumber received, a lot of brackets got busted

15. Jeffrey Roberts v. Demon: - Roberts - with a good showing in round 1

16. "Lethal" Lex Taylor (j) v. Ken Cloverleaf – Cloverleaf – short to the point, but looking forward to what he can do in round 2

 

[Ernie]

13. Pat Gordon, Jr. v. Suicide: God help me, I really liked a character named Suicide. This is going to be tight, I think, and I imagine there'll be widely varying judging opinions on it, but for me, the guy with the tarotish card moves along in a squeaker.

I guess I did well if it's a squeaker.

 

[User Poets]

This is the bracket that I am directly judging so I'm going to refrain from saying anything at all - but I have a small novel written on every non-squash match involved that I'd be happy to make publicly available once the card goes up.

 

[Ernie]

If you do share the novels I'll gladly look to see what parts of it would be useful for me to take back to angle fedding.

 

[Scumsucker]

1. Freddie Sagawa v. Kevin Hardaway: I feel like Sagawa's stylistic choice of using the manager might come back to haunt him, and give Hardaway a tight win. Good piece by the handler, though.

Just as a point of understanding, Sagawa actually doesn't speak any English and Waubash, besides being a total tool, is a bit of an egomaniac. So him running off about himself as opposed to his charge is very true to character.

 

[ORPN]

My predictions:

1. Freddie Sagawa v. Kevin Hardaway: Tight one. I liked Sagawa for this before the RPing started as I was a big fan of his hype post but feel Hardaway stepped up, surprised me and grabbed the win.

2. Shawn Jessica Hart v. Bob Praxis (j): SJH, obviously.

3. Henry Dylan v. "Good God" Kevin Powers: My own match. I challenged myself with the idea of doing a scripted promo AND a short character piece in novel style to help distinguish between on/off camera. If I do progress here I'd focus solely on the promo side of things, that's for sure. They were really just extra for the first round to help flesh out a character who'll be new to almost everyone. Think Powers was solid and I knew it'd be tough against a guy that made his name around these parts, but even solely pitting the promo aspect of my RPs up against his I think I took it. An "Evisceration" - WOW, thanks for the amazing compliment Seymour. Hopefully the judges agree, but good luck to Powers too.

4. Lucious Starr v. Shamon: Shamon for the win. I really like his character and he also posted 2 RPs against one. Has to be him.

5. Alexander Hayes v. Hijo De Sombra: Hayes obviously.

6. Jethro Hayes v. Vincenzo Savonarola: Vincenzo. Obvious again.

7. Lane Cash v. Bonecrusher (j) Ahem. A jobber moves on! Bonecrusher crushes Cash.

8. The Deacon v. Rezin: The Deacon. Enjoyed his work immensely and probably the most dominant win of all taking everything into account. Two quality RPs up against a no-show = SQUASH! Not only that, but he has another squash to look forward to in round 2 unless some of the unfortunate losers get a second chance. Shame about all the no-shows but you're always likely to get a few of them in a tournament with so many people involved.

9. Jack Harmen v. Tyler Boyd: High Flyer in squash mode.

10. Felicia Hart v. John McDonough: Different styles indeed but McDonough is the winner here.

11. Troy Windham v. Eugene Dewey: This was the closest battle of the bracket and maybe the whole tournament so far. I knew of Dewey and how good he can be from my time handling in and following Defiance so to me him winning was never going to be a shock, despite how highly regarded Windham is around here. That being said Windham showed exactly why he is rated so highly here (which not everyone did, IMO) and after his second RP I thought he had it in the bag, only for Dewey to bite back with a great second piece of his own. Almost too close to call, but I think I'm going to go with Eugene Dewey.

12. Kevin Watson v. Javid Dones: Solid all round here but I'm thinking Watson advances. Just preferred his work that little bit more.

13. Pat Gordon, Jr. v. Suicide: I knew this would be close and Ernie is a great guy. This one could justifiably go either way without any argument from me. I think Suicide took the first round and Pat the second, but I'm going to say Gordon Jr. moves on and catches that bus to R2.

14. August Joyce v. Joe the Plumber: Another no-show and a massive one at that. Even speaking as a guy who hasn't really had much prior involvement in the FW community before this tournament, I strangely feel that this whole thing would have been just that bit better had Joe the Plumber shown up and given it his all. August Joyce progresses.

15. Jeffrey Roberts v. Demon: Roberts in another squash.

16. "Lethal" Lex Taylor (j) v. Ken Cloverleaf: Ken over the jobber...and that's that.

Looking at my picks now I think there are only a couple of matches that could conceivably go the other way. Round 2 looks set to be a whole lot closer.

 

[Ernie]

1. Freddie Sagawa v. Kevin Hardaway: Sagawa for doing something different and using the manager the way he did. You don't get good managers like that anymore in wrestling. Except he could have put over Sagawa more.

2. Shawn Jessica Hart v. Bob Praxis (j): SJH

3. Henry Dylan v. "Good God" Kevin Powers: I had Henry Dylan winning this. I think they both did good RPs but Dylan managed to get the first AND last word. HTF do you even do that anyway? REALLY HOW DO YOU DO IT??? I could have used that in my match.

4. Lucious Starr v. Shamon: I'm sorry but how can you vote against a disco midget? Honestly, I'd like to see a proof using symbolic logic demonstrating the possibility of voting against a disco midget. Shamon wins.

5. Alexander Hayes v. Hijo De Sombra: I think Hayes was the only one to RP for that match, wasn't he?

6. Jethro Hayes v. Vincenzo Savonarola: Savonarola was the only one to RP. Easy pick.

7. Lane Cash v. Bonecrusher (j) BONE CRUSHER! Lane Cash didn't RP. He deserves to job to the jobber, thus making him the jobberer.

8. The Deacon v. Rezin: Deacon in a landslide. Two quality RPs to 0 RPs. Easy math.

9. Jack Harmen v. Tyler Boyd: I had Harmen from the beginning anyway but Boyd didn't even bother to show up. Sad. I'm sure I've heard of Boyd and I was looking forward to seeing this.

10. Felicia Hart v. John McDonough: Hey! Okay! Ryan put together a couple RPs and he even used one of my characters in a cameo for the first one! I still have to go with McDonough though. I love Ryan and all, and I really wanted him to try on this, but it just didn't feel like he did.

11. Troy Windham v. Eugene Dewey: This one was tight I think. Eugene Dewey is severely entertaining. I liked Windham's RPs, too, but his character didn't speak much in the first one. If Stanton is an indicator into the way the judges will vote, based on Stanton talking about Zero (whose RPs I also thought were good) then Dewey should win. And to be honest, I think I still have Windham winning on my bracket (didn't make the change, I don't think) but I think Dewey ought to go score a major upset. It's tight as hell though. That's what she said. Dewey also managed to get the first AND last word in.

12. Kevin Watson v. Javid Dones: Close but I think Watson pulls it off.

13. Pat Gordon, Jr. v. Suicide: My match.

14. August Joyce v. Joe the Plumber: DEVIN! WHERE ARE YOU? I really hoped Devin would RP, but he didn't. Therefore, it wasn't even a contest! August Joyce wins.

15. Jeffrey Roberts v. Demon: Roberts was my pick here.

16. "Lethal" Lex Taylor (j) v. Ken Cloverleaf: Cloverleaf.

 

[SpookyDoom]

SJH might be fun to read, but she completely no sells the tournament in her first promo and just puts in passing "Yeah, I'm gonna beat you, john" in the second one. It's too much style, not enough substance. McDonough can come off as monotone, but he sounds more invested in this than SJH.

I'm more for Kevin Powers than Hank Dylan: characters not afraid to be ridiculous get a pass in my book against captain bringdowns like Dylan. Dylan had the best promo of them all in his final one, but Powers has the better character. Similarly, Javid Dones over Watson. Watson plays the game very well, but he needs that extra to stand out. Javid has just enough character without coming off as a joke to win it.

I would've wanted to know more about Freddie Sagawa. He's a guy that'd benefit most from a narrative RP. When all you do is talk into the camera... well, you just come off as what you are; big geek on the internet. The more wrestle-centric Hardaway promo wins it for me.

"I'm a Gordon, I'm a ****ing Gordon!", yeah, if you're going that route then you need to show more descriptions of what a Gordon actually entails or else its just you throwing a name around. Suicide harkens back to the days where every wrestler had their own dark backstory and he spent all his time going over that. You're both trying to get your backstory over, but with more narrative and less talk, Suicide better achieved his goal.

Troy Windham did some subtle working-off-his-opponent hidden in all his "I'm an old school badass" narrative and that's why I'm giving him the duke. Playing the oblivious fool at the "Chun Li Shoryuken" certainly doesn't help you at a tournament setting. That said, Euegene's closer was certainly well-made within the confines of his character. Still going with Windham, though.

 

[Ernie]

SJH is a man. Felicia is his sister. Although I can understand the confusion.

And point taken. You and a lot of other people weren't around for Pat Gordon (PGJr's dad) so maybe I could have used a few more references to what being a Gordon was about than what I did. Saying they were the living embodiment of hardcore or that they were willing to tear the arena apart wasn't enough. I probably could have gone in depth about Pat Gordon vs. Jasin Bondage or Billy Matthews, and I had thought about it, but I shied away from it because I didn't want it to be completely about his dad. I wanted it to be as much about the current character as I could while drawing on his father's past.

Anyway, it's a fairly new character for me and so I'm still trying to find his voice. Thanks for the feedback though.

 

[ShawnHartXXX]

FADE IN:

SJH is in his boxers and a sweet V-neck and kicking back in a La-Z-Boy recliner with a bowl of cereal in his hands and the latest episode of "Touch" on the boob tube.

SJH: "Ooohhh yeahhh baby. You READ those numbers! Jack Bauer and his schizo kid are the ultimate mash-up!"

CUT TO: The television screen as the broadcast is suddenly interrupted by an urgent news update.

ANCHORMAN: "THIS JUST IN--Pro Wrestling's SJH is now scheduled to wrestle The AFTERMATH instead of Bob Praxis..by order of Spooky Doom!"

Dramatic Pause.

ANCHORMAN: "Also..I'm Ron Burgundy??"

*SSSSSSSPPPFFFFFFTTT!!*

Oreo-O's project from the Phenom's shocked mouth. He raises a clenched fist to the sky with anger dripping from his eyelids.

SJH: "Doooooooooooooooooom!!!"

FADE OUT.

 

[TH]

it's a RP, not a fact-checking exercise... the Troy Windham character WOULD call the shoriyuken a "Chun Li uppercut", and that's part of his charm

 

[The Minstrel]

FADE IN:

SJH is in his boxers and a sweet V-neck and kicking back in a La-Z-Boy recliner with a bowl of cereal in his hands and the latest episode of "Touch" on the boob tube.

SJH: "Ooohhh yeahhh baby. You READ those numbers! Jack Bauer and his schizo kid are the ultimate mash-up!"

CUT TO: The television screen as the broadcast is suddenly interrupted by an urgent news update.

ANCHORMAN: "THIS JUST IN--Pro Wrestling's SJH is now scheduled to wrestle The AFTERMATH instead of Bob Praxis..by order of Spooky Doom!"

Dramatic Pause.

ANCHORMAN: "Also..I'm Ron Burgundy??"

*SSSSSSSPPPFFFFFFTTT!!*

Oreo-O's project from the Phenom's shocked mouth. He raises a clenched fist to the sky with anger dripping from his eyelids.

SJH: "Doooooooooooooooooom!!!"

FADE OUT.

The clenched fist - dragged out yelling of someone's name is never not funny

 

[Damien]

it's a RP, not a fact-checking exercise... the Troy Windham character WOULD call the shoriyuken a "Chun Li uppercut", and that's part of his charm

Exactly. I wasn't going to jump all over it and make the world's biggest deal out of it because it's not. As it is, I felt I addressed it suitably and within Eugene's character. Especially considering it was mentioned twice.Having said that I considered going into absolute nerdrage mode over it as well but opted against it.

 

[ShawnHartXXX]

1. Freddie Sagawa v. Kevin Hardaway: I hate to cop out, but I dunno who wins this. K-Hard's verbal style I thought was really cool. Waubash was also cool and witty. On the other hand, both did things that weren't my favorite. The gravesite stuff was just waaaaaaaay too dramatic for me, although I applaud the attempt at doing more than straight trash talk. As for Sagawa, I would have liked more involvement/mention of the actual competitor. I get the Waubash is the mouthpiece, and for all I know the Kochi Cannibal is a deaf/mute, but I would have liked to learn more about him. Other than that, both posts were well-written.

2. Shawn Jessica Hart v. Bob Praxis (j): SJH! SJH! SJH! Glad to be out of the jobber round so I can actually do some real writing. On the flip-side, it was nice to have a Felicia match and a jobber match because it gave me a chance to shake the cobwebs off a bit.

3. Henry Dylan v. "Good God" Kevin Powers: Hate to pick against a fellow ACWer, but GOOD GOD!

4. Lucious Starr v. Shamon: Missed this one.

5. Alexander Hayes v. Hijo De Sombra: Hayes. PEOPLE---why did you sign up?! LOL.

6. Jethro Hayes v. Vincenzo Savonarola: Vincenzo...and glad because he wins the cool name contest. Although Jethro is also a cool name. At any rate, see above for my distaste at no-showers (lol, I should probably not be that way, they could've had real life drama...but maaan...)

7. Lane Cash v. Bonecrusher (j): Ugh.... fail.

8. The Deacon v. Rezin: Deacon. I'm gonna be honest—Straw is my FW kryptonite. He writes the style that gives me trouble, so I'm glad I won't have to face him now. On the other hand, Deacon looks like a character that will give everyone trouble too.

9. Jack Harmen v. Tyler Boyd: Harmen.

10. Felicia Hart v. John McDonough: This was fun for me. A nice chance to try out some fluff/wackness, shake off some rust, and get ready for SJH's round 2 match. Also a chance to read a good RPer for the first time. McDonough wins and could be a MAJOR factor. P.S.: Yo Spook, no-selling the tourney? No. She just wasn't in it to win it. She's clearly there in support of her bro. That was the point of the RPs.

11. Troy Windham v. Eugene Dewey:Windham hit me with a curveball. I was expecting something totally different from G-time. He gets through I think, and I'm wondering what he'll do next. Way to mix it up.

12. Kevin Watson v. Javid Dones: OK, Javid Dones is the greatest name ever...I only read the first Koby post, so your guess is as good as mine on this one.

 

[ShawnHartXXX]

13. Pat Gordon, Jr. v. Suicide:I like Max Hopper better than the Gordons, but PGJ was cool here. I like how Ern weaved in the history between Suicide/PGSr. Some judges have talked about how this tourney isn't for storyline and character development, but I think this illustrates that its possible. Ern had the advantage of there being actual history there, but either way... I think its entirely possible to bring something extra to the table, to develop character, to have subplot, and still write a good promo hyping Ultratitle and the match and those that can do it as opposed to just straight trash talk should be rewarded. (/rant) LOL, now..as for the actual result, I think Andrew won round one, then Ern made it interesting in the end. I go back and forth on the result for this one and am disappointed its a round one match. Two days ago I thought maybe Gordon. Yesterday I was feeling Suicide...and today... and three days ago. Since everybody is picking PGJ, I'll stick with Suicide.

14. August Joyce v. Joe the Plumber: August Joyce. Hate to say it, but I'm not too surprised by this result.

15. Jeffrey Roberts v. Demon:Roberts killed it. As expected. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.

16. "Lethal" Lex Taylor (j) v. Ken Cloverleaf: Ken Cloverleaf

 

[SpookyDoom]

it's a RP, not a fact-checking exercise... the Troy Windham character WOULD call the shoriyuken a "Chun Li uppercut", and that's part of his charm

Sorry, what I meant to say was Eugene not realizing that the chun li uppercut (as in a girly uppercut) being a dig was not in his favor. I understood that Chun Li Shoryuken was a dig from Troy to Eugene, but felt Eugene playing oblivious to the insult was not in his favor. Sorry for not making myself clearer.