Sup WC,
I had this idea that I thought would be pretty cool and Ed gave me blessings to give it a shot.
Setting the scene:
The year is 2018, almost 2019, the entire wrestling industry had gone through a massive transformation over the past several years. WWE has an entire new generation of workers, with veterans like Cena, HHH, and Undertaker only working in their new "Supershow" format. NXT has become it's entirely own entity and been so successful they are creating new brands such as NXT UK. Outisde of WWE, ROH has by all accounts overtaken Impact in terms of business thanks to the NJPW relationship, and the entire indy wrestling scene has benefited from technological advancements. Pretty much everyone has their own streaming service - never before has indy wrestling been so easily accessible. Outside the states you have the British wrestling boom, and New Japan gaining a cult following in the West. All of this, and not to mention the boom in popularity of women's wrestling.
Never before have wrestling fans had such access to such a wide range of content, promotions, matches, and wrestlers out there. We are spoilt for choice and have to picky on what promotions and wrestlers we choose to watch.
But, we are WC, and we make lists about wrestling, dammit.
The idea for this project is one long discussion on WHO ARE THE BEST WRESTLERS OF THE MODERN ERA!
Every wrestler someone thinks is worth voting for has to get their own thread, in which we discuss and debate that worker and if they are worthy. At the end of the time period, we do a balloted poll, and the results revealed in a countdown. If your favourite worker doesn't have his own thread, then tough titties, you can't vote for him. You have to create the thread and pitch your case for why Baron Corbin is the 10th best worker in the world.
I will launch this properly at the end of the year once the Yearly Awards are done and, with Ed's blessing, this will get its own sub-forum if the idea takes off.
In short, it will work as:
- Ed creates sub-forum and pays me my commission for the idea
- You create threads for wrestlers you think belong in the discussion - I am thinking total ballot size of Top 30-50 - so if someone makes your Top 30-50, you make them a thread
- You pitch your case and discuss with the rest of the participants
- At the end of the period - I am thinking we cover 2015 - 2020 - we run the ballots
SO my question at this point is- who's in?