Thinking Differently 5 - Gimmick Match Goodness
 

You know the rules by now. No cheating, try to come up with 10 correct answers that the fewest number of respondents will also guess. Have fun!

https://goo.gl/forms/dtOpkMAum1X1li7T2

My heart is pounding. A week to wait.

I have responded early on this one.

Furthermore, I would suggest instead of just saying "you know the rules by now", that you copy and paste them every time for the benefit of any new players.

i think there is enough answers to make this a low scoring affair for everybody involved.

I found this really hard. A lot of the questions only have some very obvious answers because the match histories aren't that deep and actually very forgettable.

Seems fun. I submitted some answers.

Fair point. I do mention the rules in the form itself but I will do this next time. :y:

So we can remember the questions after the week is up

Lol I gotta stop trying to answer these first thing in the morning

Me too.

Just rewatched that Gimmick Battle Royal and can confirm I got that answer wrong.

Handicap Match one seems like it will be hard to fact check....

It will be. Which is why I'm gonna cross my fingers and hope everyone picks someone they remember winning a rando handicap match on TV.

This one is hard.

Mine comes up pretty easy in a google

The one I used was under a different name, but it was Certainly a handicap match.

Does any Zack Gowen match count?

Lol I was gonna put him as my answer

I can only guess what your answers are :lol::p

Vito for you fact checking... on certain questions like the handicapped match question. Maybe you should make us site the match. Because the person I named, I can guarantee has won a handicapped match but I couldn't state the match. I guessed, a very safe guess but if you'd have made me site the event then I'd have had to chose something else.

I have since checked my answer and it is safe.

Also I hope nobody is cheating! No using any sources but thy mind!

I could only think of 3 foreign flags used in a flag match.

Also it's really crazy how I can remember things in wrestling from like 1985-2002 like a total nerd but past that nothing really sticks with me. It's that golden era when I was young that is embedded in my memory.

I think we might have the same answer.

Triple h.

Feel like I will get screwed on this answer.

I can think of 5

The one I picked didn't take place in WWE so I feel like Vito is going to not accept it.

Edit: Nevermind, did a google search and apparently there was one on WWE TV.

Bump

I hope I score well.

I believe I've won again as long as I can avoid a Thinking Different screwjob part 2.

*instructs Earl Hebner to ring the bell*

What did you pick?

Bump

Hagar the Horrible would be a good gimmick.

Did bad last time. Feel good about my answers in this one though.

The Great Khali. For every answer. I'm making a statement.

Godspeed

Ehh You'll get one right at least.

I don't remember what I chose now.

Wonder how many people went with Judy Bagwell on a pole.

Most. Mine may end up being wrong, because I messed up the name. It was an item on a pole match, but it wasn't called an item on a pole.

Well, I don't care how I score, but this is fun and Judy Bagwell immediately sprung to mind when I saw the question.

But that was a Judy Bagwell on a forklift match not a Judy Bagwell on a Pole match

Technically you are correct, but it was indeed called JB on a Pole for some reason.

:lol:

Why would you react this way? :(

you notice the :lol: below it? :p

I'M IMPATIENT! I WANT THE RESULTS!

Yeah but sometimes Vito is a stickler.

I didn't pick judy bagwell, but I'm not sure what I picked was ever on a pole. Just took a guess really.

HHH vs Nash ladder match is called Sledgehammer on a pole for some reason.

What object did you come up with?

kendo stick

figured its a good bet it's been used in a pole match.

I went Nightstick

Good answer, I went with Paddle

If you are wondering, I misreferenced the Great American Turkey Hunt

I went with turkey, too.

I wonder how many folks went with a member of Demolition (I didn't)

I didnt know a bunch of these but I wanted to answer the handicap match question. Gertner may have put the same answer but that should be it.

Shit, I might have misremembered the taser match with Goldberg and Scott Hall.

I went for coalminers glove, hopefully one of the few decent answers I get

I was almost going to do this one. I went Pinata.

I wonder who went with Viagra on a pole? :lol:

I thought this would be the obvious one, so I almost went for it because I thought people would avoid it, but decided on a casually racist one.

There is a container match I wish I went with but won't disclose until after Vito closes the polls.

I went with brass knuckles (Regal/Edge was what I thought of, but I'm sure there had to be others as well). Sounds like it was a good choice.

I think I went too obscure with my pole match answer

I was thinking nightstick or Bagwell, went with Bagwell

Fuck, my memory was faulty.

Can we just do this?

Yup working on results.

Wooo!

I picked Yoshi Tatsu's Action Figure's Leg on a Pole

I think I am going to be terrible this time

Results! Once again setting a participant record with 36 entries.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing


Top 5 Lowest Scores
1. SlickyTrickyDamon: 19
2. Tanawesome: 22
3. #1-wwf-fan: 23
4(T). Dukelorange: 26
4(T). Vastardikai: 26

Top 5 Highest Scores
32. Emperor Smeat: 46
33. loopydate: 47
34. Mike the Metal Ed: 48
35. RiX1024: 49
36. Powdered Toast Man: 55

Top 3 Most Frequently Given Answers
1. Container Match - Dumpster Match: 11
2. _______ on a Pole - Judy Bagwell: 9
3(T). Flag Match - Canada: 8
3(T). Iron Match Winner - Shawn Michaels: 8


Notes from the Official Scorer

TAG TEAM TURMOIL: It always tickles me when one member of a notable tag team gets picked multiple times for the same question and the other doesn't get picked at all, as was the case with Jimmy Uso being picked twice for HIAC winner but not Jey.

LADDER LOGISTICS: The wording of the ladder match question could've been taken any number of ways - needing to win (not defend a title) in a ladder match, needing to be the one to grab the title, etc. In the end I simply went with anyone who won a ladder match that had a title on the line. As long as the match was billed as a ladder match, it counted. My apologies to TLC winner Kane.

IDENTITY CRISIS: I feel like I have at least one of these every game but one of the hardest parts of scoring is deciding when how someone with multiple names should be counted. In the case of Razor Ramon/Scott Hall, he's won ladder matches for titles under both names - so I counted them separately. Had he not won a title under Scott Hall, I would've converted Hall responses to Razor Ramon and counted them that way.

SCORING DECISION ON A POLE: No matter what the match entailed, I was looking for one that was filling in the blank and specifically billed as an item on a pole. Judy Bagwell may have been up on a forklift, but they called it a Judy Bagwell on a Pole match. Ironically had I scored this differently I actually would've saved everybody 4 points to match the Nightstick on a Pole. Similarly, Coal Miner's Glove was just a Coal Miner's Glove Match, not a Coal Miner's Glove on a Pole match.

DUMPSTER DIVING: At 11 points, the Dumpster Match set a new record for responses and almost single-handedly killed anyone who selected it. The 5 highest scores as well as 8 of the 10 highest all picked it.

Oh, I did change my answer. I thought I put "Great American Turkey" on a Pole.

And Muta came to mind due to his competing in Oriental Torture Matches, which was where he would have to beat 3 men in under 10 minutes.

Does Mid-South count? Because Dibiase lost to Duggan there in a very specific coalminers glove on a pole match...

Did I put Razor Ramone or did it convert from Scott Hall for the handicap question?

BTW, the handicap match I picked Cactus Jack for was when he beat Mideon and Viscera on the 10th May 1999 Raw. Not that it matters as my score was awful this round anyway.

3rd time in a row finishing in the 7-10 range. :mad: lol

Pirhanna Tank Death Match, I see STD thought of that as well.

Wonder if STD just googles answers like he did in the random trivia thread :roll:

Figured if I was going to do terrible, it would be all because of the Container, Pole, and Iron Man questions.

Was hoping with how obvious everyone's first choice would be, less people would actually pick it but that wasn't the case.

Surprised no one choose Iron Shiek for the battle royal.

I suck at this.

NO matter the points, but holy shit, I actually answered every question right.

Pretty sure he does.

Well, either that or he's the dictionary definition of a NERD.

By the way, was I the only one to pick Bret Hart for Ironman Match Winner, because it was so obvious everyone else avoided that answer?

If that's the case:

HAHAHAHA, FUCK YOU

Also, how is buried alive a container match?

(I'm not really sure how that match works)

It's STD. Without a doubt.

Thinking Differently screwjob part 2!

Flag one was the toughest. Normally, I might have gone with the most obvious one because people would be going obscure but I figured there were so few options people would say "fuck it" and actually do that too. Figured "Mexico" was a decent middle ground.

You're throwing them into an open grave and then shoveling dirt over the top. Essentially containing them in the ground.

I was surprised to find out there has only been 2 mexico flag matches. I was torn between Mexico and Japan but I wasn't sure of there ever being a Japan flag match. I found one on youtube (after already submitting my answers) but wasn't sure of the promotion.

How is the bossman vs mountie not a container match? Loser had to spend the night locked in a jail cell. I call shenanigans

Damn I need to focus on the next round I'm tired of floating in the middle.

I think I did ok.