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Post by maddog1981 on Nov 21, 2014 23:38:32 GMT -4
I was looking all of my various Legends feds and saw some names absent from my champions lists. Some of these guys are due to booking and others have just come up short in big situations. I left out jobbers and lower level guys. I also left out the last set due to the fact I didn't play much this year.
Don Leo Jonathan Ilio Dipaolo George Hackenschmidt Ivan Koloff New Age Outlaws The Mongols Eddie Gilbert John and Chris Tolos One Man Gang King Kong Bundy William Muldoon Hillbilly Jim Fit Finlay David Taylor Val Venis Bobby Shane
The two that stand out to me are Ilio Dipaolo and William Muldoon. They've been in some epic title matches where they were seconds away from winning a belt and just couldn't close the deal. John Tolos suffers from booking as teaming with his brother really drags him down. Likewise I've never actually given Hillbilly Jim a title shot. It was interesting to see who's been suffering the longest dry spells for me.
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Post by MT on Nov 23, 2014 7:30:26 GMT -4
Looks like all of the biggest name cards have held some sort of title for you. My list would be WAY more vast than yours since I tend to use the cards I really like in the title positions and everyone else is relegated down the card or not used. There are some cards I've barely touched since I got them, and others I've used so much (Mil Mascaras, Hacksaw Duggan, Superfly Snuka) that I've had to make copies of them and retire the originals from over handling.*
* That's the other beautiful thing about color cards: the paper quality is SO much better than the cardstock for the black and white old fashioned cards. Those are horribly light sensitive and the oils on the hands are soak into the paper a little over time.
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Post by maddog1981 on Nov 23, 2014 10:08:12 GMT -4
I tend to use a lot of title belts and I've had runs of running smaller promotions with different configurations of guys. So someone like Jim Londos won my AWA Heavyweight Championship while I was running that promotion. That's his only belt in however long that belt has been around. There are a lot of guys that have that single title reign to their name.
Now title droughts would be interesting to look at. Harley Race hasn't held a World Title since my original NWA back in 2005. The Valiants just broke I think an 8 year title drought yesterday by winning the U.S. Tag Titles for my new NWA. Frank Gotch has also had a really long drought of championship success. 2005 was the last time he held any kind of championship for me. I believe Jimmy Snuka is the longest title drought in my entire fed history. The last time he held any kind of championship belt for me was in the spring of 2005 when he held the U.S. Title for 3 or 4 months. It's his only championship since I've played Legends. Mil Mascaras also got one short fluky World Title reign in 2008 for me and that kept him off the list.
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Post by maddog1981 on Nov 23, 2014 10:11:01 GMT -4
I don't have that issue with the wear and tear on my cards. I bought a laminator years ago and all of my Legends cards and laminated. It costs but it's one of the best investments I ever made.
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Post by maddog1981 on Nov 23, 2014 16:11:03 GMT -4
All of my feds combined would have a World Title history that looks like this:
Nick Bockwinkel Harley Race Harley Race (2) Buddy Rogers Harley Race (3) Ed "Strangler" Lewis Buddy Rogers (2) Frank Gotch Bobo Brazil Mil Mascaras Johnny Valentine Antonio Inoki Giant Baba Bobo Brazil (2) the Destroyer Lou Thesz Buddy Rogers (3) Randy Savage Andre the Giant Masked Superstar Randy Savage (2) Lou Thesz (2)
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Post by MT on Nov 24, 2014 10:02:11 GMT -4
That's a great list of champs. This inspires me to take a trip into the depths of the mythical garage and pull out the old notebooks that go back to the original 24 legends and see how my list compares.
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Post by maddog1981 on Nov 24, 2014 12:43:26 GMT -4
It was interesting to see what the early days looked like. The Destroyer was almost a jobber in the original 26 days. He was teaming with Red Bastien and they saw little success. When Legends Hardcore came out, I had less need for that team and started using them as solo guys. That's when he captured the U.S. Title and became a real force as the roster became more fleshed out and not so top heavy.
Ed Lewis is also interesting because he debuted with Vintage and pretty much immediately won the World Title and had a lengthy undefeated streak. He's never matched that since and only has a brief U.S. Title reign since.
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