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#1 Contender Prediction Thread; Who will be the next opponent to go for the belt?
Topic Started: Sep 7 2013, 07:53 PM (94,641 Views)
GirthIgnorer
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Gary, you unreasonably fair bastard, if you're not gonna give your client a title shot outright, at least shove him into the contender's match!
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BAH GAWD KANG
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Pin Happy
Better yet, why not put Gary and Illidan in a triple threat against Scorp. Those odds.
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Rude_Semprini
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I WANT a damn contenders match. Season 9 was completely put on hold by Red's rumble victory. I love Red, I was happy he won. Red vs Scorpion 2 was awesome. But damn if it didn't put a great season of title contenders on the ice. We had a final half to the season of building up new contenders then not being able to do anything with them.

So YES! Let's get some popular wrestlers fighting for the chance! Let's give Scorpion more challenges! Because now that's he's the greatest, we need a new champ. And that's never going to happen if we keep waiting a month or so before giving him another contender. DK, Snake and Barret are the best we have right now, and I'll happily take any one of them. If they lose, we pick some more and quickly throw them Scorpion's way.
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GirthIgnorer
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Yeah, there's nothing more to be gained from elongating Scorpion's title run. He beat Red's record, even beating Red in order to do it, and he's been on top for two whole seasons. I think the only thing to be gained from his run on the top at this point is to put him through the meat grinder and have him defend every other week with a contender's match occurring during the middle show.

Makes total sense from a plot perspective, too, as we have a solid heel GM now with a history of dickish behavior and an established reason to begrudge Scorpion(lest we forget how Scorpion's run at the top started.)

I just hope whoever gets the rub from dethroning Scorpion is someone who could really benefit from it. I mean, obviously there isn't a person in the league who wouldn't benefit from that rub, but just look at the current list of contenders for an example of what I mean.

Snake's had an amazing season in terms of overall match quality and has plot motivation after losing his best buddy in the ring. He could get the ol' Rey Mysterio treatment post-Eddie(minus the embarrassing and stupid title run that followed, I hope.) Barret has a legit story to be told there if he loses every title shot he's gotten only to finally win the biggest of them all.

While obviously this comes down to personal opinion, is there really much to be gained from a DK win? I mean, I like him, and he's certainly earned consideration for a title shot to be sure, but for me it would really suck if that was the payoff to Scorpion's seasons-long run. Scorpion takes on all comers including some of the baddest bad boys VGCW has to offer and then loses to a milquetoast ape whose nearly as mute as Scorpion is. They're friends, I guess. The plot's got that going for it. But that's about it for me.
Edited by GirthIgnorer, Mar 9 2015, 08:58 AM.
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FoxyStalin
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Ladies Love it.
Yeah from a 'storyline completion' angle DK is probably the weakest of the bunch (You know it well.) but from the 'topcarders that could possibly beat scorpion' angle, DK is the front runner.
He's got the least to gain from the win, but the biggest chance of a win.
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GirthIgnorer
Mar 9 2015, 08:56 AM
While obviously this comes down to personal opinion, is there really much to be gained from a DK win? I mean, I like him, and he's certainly earned consideration for a title shot to be sure, but for me it would really suck if that was the payoff to Scorpion's seasons-long run. Scorpion takes on all comers including some of the baddest bad boys VGCW has to offer and then loses to a milquetoast ape whose nearly as mute as Scorpion is. They're friends, I guess. The plot's got that going for it. But that's about it for me.
I LOVE the idea of DK and Scorpion somehow making friends throughout all this, just from meeting each other in a random tag team fight. Scorpion has been a loner his whole career. The closest he came to making a proper friend was Red, but Red eventually moved on and teamed up with Ness instead. But DK is far more stubborn than Red. DK has decided that Scorpion is his friend, and nothing seems to be able to change his mind. DK isn't mute either. He vocalises through monkey noises and broken speech, but he does have a voice.

Either one who wins is a very worthy contender. Barret's long struggle for a belt. Snake's struggle to climb to the top. And DK himself is going through a career resurgence. Remember, when DK lost the rap, lots of us decided (incredibly stupidly) that DK should leave. He's since then become one of the most popular topcarders in the company all over again. He's struggled to earn a place at the top, and I would be going ape to see him become the third ever three time VGCW champion.
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GirthIgnorer
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Oh don't get me wrong, I wouldn't mind DK getting the title. It's the rub from finally dethroning Scorpion that I'm concerned about. For me, he doesn't(currently) have the personality or story motivation to deserve that honor, I think. It'd be like if real wrestling did something as insane as giving the rub from Brock Lesnar murdering Cena and the streak to Roman Reigns or something.
Edited by GirthIgnorer, Mar 9 2015, 09:23 AM.
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Nap1400
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Whoa whoa whoa, let's not go that far. At least DK is entertaining to watch.
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BAH GAWD KANG
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Watch the belt be cursed after Scorpion drops it, the Kombat Kurse.
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Bazza
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Alright, dudes?
Can we let this curse thing die already?
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Bittersteel
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Bazza
Mar 9 2015, 09:33 AM
Can we let this curse thing die already?
It'd be nice, but these are VGCW fans we're talking about

EDIT: Isn't meant to insult anyone
Edited by Bittersteel, Mar 9 2015, 09:52 AM.
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BAH GAWD KANG
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It's more fun then calling it a coincidence, string of bad luck, whatever. A streak is a streak, and I like naming my streaks.

EDIT: I also noticed it is Scorp's 300th day as champion. I think now is a good time to start ramping up the defenses from vanilla singles, even though they are the purest test of might in the game. Maybe it might just be better to bypass contendership's altogether, even though I do understand their purpose. Take all three in the upcoming triple threat, make it a fatal fourway defense instead.
Edited by BAH GAWD KANG, Mar 9 2015, 10:43 AM.
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TheWorst
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Order! Order in the court!
Honestly DK sold himself to me when he absolutely CRUSHED Dracula in the MITB Ladder Match.
Like, he was brutally murdering him. Used two Banana Slamma's on him, didn't even give him a chance to breathe or get revenge. He's also had some impressive victories before the loss anyway.
I don't care that he lost to Nappa, Nappa is a goddamn BEAST and there's no shame in losing to him.

Snake has had decent matches all around. I wouldn't call him a sure threat, as he's the most inconsistent wrestler right now, but on a good day he could definitely end Scorpion's reign. This is the type of wrestler that one day will squash Duke, the next squashed by Goemon. Definitely the wildcard.

Barret is the odd one out imo. The only win he had to spring him into Contendership was the win against Snake, the wildcard that likes to job at times. That's it. We'll see if that is a sign of things to come, but as of right now I don't see Barret ending Scorpion's reign should he win in the Triple Threat, unless he surprises me.

So yeah, I agree with these three choices for the most part. I might've replaced Barret with Bison, but on second thought I suppose Barret was way more convincing in victory over Snake than Bison's roll-up over Wright.
Edited by TheWorst, Mar 9 2015, 10:49 AM.
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Might not be the best DK defender since I've been in DK's corner for so damn long (hell my damn name is in support of him), but DK as champion just sounds like a lot of fun. Snake would be a pretty damn serious champion, unless we went on full-blown MGS2 'Snake says things like he's better than you, but that's okay because he is totally better than you' mode, and even then, that could come off as a little too snide for a face champ. Barret will keep being Barret - moderately foul-mouthed and telling it like it is, and there'll always be this edge of vulnerability to him that kept Break Man's reign from being truly great, just because damn the guy couldn't get it up for casual so many times.

But DK is solid, reliable, and most of all, fun. He's got fantastic plot opportunities afterward of Scorpion acknowledging his 'worthy foe' who had bested him, and then DK runs off to punch someone in the face or starts dancing. Bazza has gotten REALLY good at physical comedy with the story editor lately, and DK is the absolute prime candidate for that kind of thing. It gives every one of his challengers a great opportunity on the mic, because they can essentially dish out promos like no one's business and DK can just stare and go 'OOHHHH BANANA' back and everyone will end up looking great. Heels can heel it up, faces can acknowledge his strength and how much they've grown, and no one will call him boring on the mic because... well not much he can really do about that, but he can perform actions, as opposed to Red who can just kind of stand there and take it.

I'm most looking forward to him winning and potentially feuding with Nappa if that just doesn't come to a head immediately. I mean I'd be delighted for the other two, but DK's the best combination for interaction with the current champ, interaction with the MitB holder (aside from Snake outsmarting Nappa to prevent cash-ins or something), and interactions with future contenders.
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Future thinking. If one of these guys actually do dethrone Scorpion only to have Nappa cash in and win do you think Nappa would then enter a title feud with that guy? I can't imagine the guy to finally beat Scorpion only to lose the title while at 50% to Nappa will be very happy about it and forget it even happened next week. Never really had a scenario like that since most of the MITB successful cash-ins were done in the minor plot eras.
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