The sun is shining and Wrestlemania season is behind us, and the future of professional wrestling looks bigger and brighter than ever. However the IWC is in shambles and tribalism and negativity is at an all-time high. Which is why I have decided to run the Fan Fiction Draft a little early this year and add insults and competition to the mix! positivity and friendship to the mix!

Hopefully we can capitalize on the influx of activity on the boards and get 12-16 people this year. It would be nice to have a big draft like old times. I'm sure we can take breaks between arguing about ratings to post some picks.

You all know the drill. Draft 20 people, living or dead, as long as they were employed by a wrestling company or competed in a match. Snake draft, 24 hours to pick, after 10 rounds we double up to speed up the process. Tag the person that picks after you so they know they are up.

Participants
1. RT
2. AM
3. Kid
4. Shinobi
5. UT
6. The Show
7. Jeff
8. Baker
9. KITN
10. pduh

I'm in.

Back to defend my title.

Apr 16, 2024 22:49:06 GMT The Kid said:

Back to defend my title.

UT get in here punk!

You too co champ JTJ.

I don’t know there’s no way for me to format it in a timely manner and that’s a lot of typing.

Innnnnnnnnnnaaaaaahhhhhhhhgggggggg

Apr 17, 2024 19:43:00 GMT UT said:

I don’t know there’s no way for me to format it in a timely manner and that’s a lot of typing.

I'm not doing write-ups this year. I'm making a card out of my roster and leaving it at that. 

Does that put me at a disadvantage? Sure, but that's the way she goes. I'm just gonna try and build the most interesting card I can and hope it speaks for itself.

Count me in!

Apr 17, 2024 23:11:36 GMT RT said:

Apr 17, 2024 19:43:00 GMT UT said:

I don’t know there’s no way for me to format it in a timely manner and that’s a lot of typing.

I'm not doing write-ups this year. I'm making a card out of my roster and leaving it at that. 

Does that put me at a disadvantage? Sure, but that's the way she goes. I'm just gonna try and build the most interesting card I can and hope it speaks for itself.

UT is clearly just playing hard to get. Our wife said to put him in.

Apr 18, 2024 1:25:28 GMT The Kid said:

Apr 17, 2024 23:11:36 GMT RT said:

I'm not doing write-ups this year. I'm making a card out of my roster and leaving it at that. 

Does that put me at a disadvantage? Sure, but that's the way she goes. I'm just gonna try and build the most interesting card I can and hope it speaks for itself.

UT is clearly just playing hard to get. Our wife said to put him in.

Done.

Yeah let’s do this.

The Kid can't defend a title I took from him last year, IWC negativity is the lowest it's been in 20 years, and RT would have been reduced to a quivering wreck after being overcome with the vapors had he spent 5 minutes online during the Monday Night War.

In it to win it.

Apr 17, 2024 23:11:36 GMT RT said:

Apr 17, 2024 19:43:00 GMT UT said:

I don’t know there’s no way for me to format it in a timely manner and that’s a lot of typing.

I'm not doing write-ups this year. I'm making a card out of my roster and leaving it at that. 

Does that put me at a disadvantage? Sure, but that's the way she goes. I'm just gonna try and build the most interesting card I can and hope it speaks for itself.

Same here I’m all in on Best Of The Best 96 about to crank back up, so this will just be card only but still aiming to win!

I'm writing the next great American novel, but it doesn't matter. I'll still be out in the first round.

Apr 19, 2024 0:52:46 GMT 1RealSmartAlex said:

I'm writing the next great American novel, but it doesn't matter. I'll still be out in the first round.

That’s awesome man!!!

All I see are excuses for when yall lose to the one true champion.

Me. (And JTJ)

To assure I did not win, they banned me and didn't allow me to defend it in the last one.

Apr 19, 2024 1:09:24 GMT JTJ said:

Apr 19, 2024 0:52:46 GMT 1RealSmartAlex said:

I'm writing the next great American novel, but it doesn't matter. I'll still be out in the first round.

That’s awesome man!!!

I hope it's clear. I'm not actually writing a novel. I was referring to the write-ups I'm going to do that one person might read.

I've also been reading Roy Shire's book lately and am tempted to draft folks from that era which is also an automatic first round out.

Apr 20, 2024 2:56:53 GMT 1RealSmartAlex said:

Apr 19, 2024 1:09:24 GMT JTJ said:

That’s awesome man!!!

I hope it's clear. I'm not actually writing a novel. I was referring to the write-ups I'm going to do that one person might read.

I've also been reading Roy Shire's book lately and am tempted to draft folks from that era which is also an automatic first round out.

I don’t even know who Roy Shire is.

www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profile/roy-shire/

I think this is the year RT should have an AI ghost entry. Make that #10.

Apr 21, 2024 15:16:30 GMT Ness said:

I think this is the year RT should have an AI ghost entry. Make that #10.

If I lose to AI in the first round, I’m deleting my account.

Yo pduh get in here.

Apr 21, 2024 15:47:38 GMT 1RealSmartAlex said:

Apr 21, 2024 15:16:30 GMT Ness said:

I think this is the year RT should have an AI ghost entry. Make that #10.

If I lose to AI in the first round, I’m deleting my account.

AI is going to accept this challenge and build a whole roster around Matt Hardy.

Fan fiction acknowledge me!

pduh is the definition of AI posting.

We should take the draft histories of two FF legends and run them through AI and see how well it drafts for some guys like KJ or PI.

I’ve beat pi in a draft before. Now I want to beat pAI.

RT needs to get off his arse and start this thing already.

Alright 10 can work. Sorry work was busy but I am off now and will get this started.

I have an idea for the tournament this time and I think it’s good, but tell me what you think.

We do two groups of 5 in a round robin. After the draft everyone submits their cards, and that is your card for the round robin portion. You don’t need to make a new card for every match, just submit your best effort and hope you stack up against the other 4 people in your group.

Voting for each match will be open for a couple days. The top two from each group of 5 will face off in the semi-finals. There will be steals after the round robin I just need to figure out how it will work. Maybe the 1 seed steals first, then the 2 seed, etc.

Semi-finals and Finals would work the same. Might even do something fun with the 6 eliminations as well.

This gives everyone a fighting chance in the first round and you don’t sit out immediately after a long draft if you lose your first match. With fewer people it sucks when you do a draft that takes like 6 weeks, work your ass off on a card, then by luck of the draw you face someone with a stronger card and you’re done immediately.

Anyway I think this will be fun but if anyone has any objections or concerns let me know ASAP.

EDIT: I will get the draft started either way while we discuss this. Can get that rolling while we figure it out. We got time.

Also UT I was told to add you to this but if you absolutely can’t participate speak now so we can find a replacement.