Caption of the Year Qualifying (Jan. - Jun.)
 

Okay, here's the deal. Having chosen the top finishers in the six Caption of the Month votes we've had, I have selected 26 captions that have placed into this qualifying round. However, not all of them will make it to the Caption of the Year tournament. 16 captions will be cut.

Now, in this poll, you, the people, are to choose what you feel are the ten best captions of this batch. When voting ends in exactly one week, the ten captions with the most votes will advance to the next round. The rest will receive a consolation prize consisting of Evolution Kool Aid, some cream filling, Rhyno Crazy glue, a personal golden box, and a Lita Pregnancy Kit.

If there is a tie for 10th place, the tie breaker rules go as follows:
1. Among the captions, if one caption is a CotM winner and the other is not, the CotM winner receives precedence and advances.
2. If a tie persists, among the captions, the one that received the most votes during CotM voting will advance.
3. If a tie is still present, among the captions, the one that received the highest PERCENTAGE of votes will advance.
4. If the captions are still tied, the caption that ranked the highest in its own CotM voting will advance.
5. If it's still a tie, a three day playoff will be set to determine the last caption(s). This would basically be a head to head "choose the best one(s)" vote.

Should the ties consist of more than two captions, the tiebreaker formula remains, and captions are eliminated until one remains (two if they are tied for 9th, three if tied for 8th, four if tied for 7th, etc...).

So without further ado, I present to you the candidates. Remember, choose the top ten.

Loopydate:
http://www.wwesmackdown.com/results/.../images/18.jpg
After botching a move, Chavo had to go to the "Time Out Chair."

http://www.wweraw.com/results/012604/images/20.jpg
Rico does his "Vince McMahon watching a hoss match" impression.

Corkscrewed:
http://www.wwesmackdown.com/results/.../images/33.jpg
Holly: "Stupid. Chair. Dammit... Easy-Fold my ass!"

Loose Cannon:
http://smackdown.wwe.com/results/012904/images/04.jpg
Kurt, "Wow, what's this golden box"
Heyman, "Well that's where Vince keeps his buried gimmicks. Go ahead Dawn, open her up."
Voice from Box, "I'm not telling you anything you don't already know."

Mr. Monday Morning:
http://www.wweraw.com/results/020204/images/15.jpg
"So then Jesus rides into Nazareth on a donkey, and this woman shouts 'Nice ass!', and...what?"

Kane Knight:
http://smackdown.wwe.com/results/020504/images/16.jpg
Thanks to Affirmative Action, the WWE was forced to create the WWE "illegal immigrant" title.

Nowhere Man:
http://smackdown.wwe.com/results/021204/images/21.jpg
Show does his world-famous impression of the entire Jackson family, complete with Michael's crotch grabbing, Janet's nipple slipping, and Tito's wondering-where-the-hell-his-career-went.

ColdwaVer:
http://raw.wwe.com/results/022304/images/30.jpg
Failing proctology, Lesnar becomes WWE's "naptime enforcer."

Nowhere Man:
http://raw.wwe.com/results/030104/images/16.jpg
HBK: Look, Bret, I know you're probably still upset about the whole--
Benoit: My name's not Bret. It's Chris.
HBK: Oh! Well, I like the new hair color! Looks better than when I beat you last year!
Benoit: Wrong Chris.
HBK: Jeez, how many of you guys are there?!

Rock Bottom:
http://www.wrestlemania.com/wm_xx_results/images/55.jpg
Benoit: TAP OUT TRIPLE H!
Triple H: NEVER! Why in the HELL would I job the gold to you cleanly at Mania and sell that weak move!? I AM THE GAME!
Benoit: Look Triple H. A spider on the mat right under your right hand!
Triple H: OMG KILL IT! KILL IT! I AM AFRAID OF SPIDERS! (Pounding the mat profusely)

loopydate:
http://raw.wwe.com/results/032904/images/17.jpg
STEVE: You wouldn't happen to know where the Divas' locker room is, would you?
SHELTON: Down the hall to the left. Why?
STEVE: No reason. *Cracks knuckles* I'll be back in a minute.

Sascha:
http://raw.wwe.com/results/032204/images/14.jpg
You mean there's a whole OTHER roster to be buried???

PorkSoda:
http://smackdown.wwe.com/results/032504/images/16.jpg
Bradshaw: And there he was just above my chambored door, he squealed at me like nothing more, he took my boozm's to the bedroom floor, and whacked about on my door. Who was this on my bedroom floor, smacking me like a chambored door? I reached the door, hoping for a glore, it was just Stephanie, poking on my chambored door like a 2 cent baby whore! Quote the Bradshaw, nevermore!

Fryza:
http://smackdown.wwe.com/results/040804/images/03.jpg
Scotty: IT'S MORPHING TIME!

Savior:
http://raw.wwe.com/results/041204/images/15.jpg
JR: ROCK BOTTOM!

Rock Bottom:
http://raw.wwe.com/results/042604/images/05.jpg
Triple H: I AM SICK AND TIRED OF THIS CRAP. Unbelievable. How DARE you have leaves greener than my face.
Tree: ...
Triple H: Look at me when I'm talking to you, you jobbing piece of shit.

loopydate:
http://raw.wwe.com/results/042604/images/01.jpg
GAIL: As the future World Women's Champion, I encourage you from time to time - and always in a respectful manner - to critique my matches. If you're unconvinced that a particular move I've used is the wisest, tell me so, but allow me to convince you and I promise you right here and now, no subject will ever be taboo. Except, of course, the subject that was just under discussion. The price you pay for bringing up the fact that I'm a Canadian being announced as "from Korea" as a negative is - I collect your ****ing arm. Just like this ****er here. Now, if any of you botchtastic bitches got anything else to say, NOW'S THE ****ING TIME! I didn't think so.

Kane Knight:
http://smackdown.wwe.com/results/052004/images/12.jpg
"OH MY GOD! IT VIBRATES!"

Savior:
http://raw.wwe.com/results/052404/images/20.jpg
HHH: I wanna go out there!
Orton: No Hunter you must stay in the back, There's a hurricane coming through.

loopydate:
http://smackdown.wwe.com/results/050604/images/18.jpg
VOICE: I'm... not... telling... you... anything... you... didn't... already... know!

Nowhere Man:
http://judgmentday.wwe.com/matches/p.../images/08.jpg
YOU.....SHALL NOT.....PASSSS!!!!!

loopydate:
http://repository.wwe.com/galleries/.../images/21.jpg
P.A.: This is not a drill! The bottom has fallen out of the cage! Sean O'Haire is loose! Repeat, Sean O'Haire is loose!

Corkscrewed:
http://raw.wwe.com/results/062804/images/14.jpg
Eugene demonstrates his "Brock Lesnar meeting a homosexual internet geek" impression.

Back Stabbed:
http://raw.wwe.com/results/061404/images/10.jpg
Lita: Lets see - Means no baby. + means baby. = means hand.

loopydate:
http://raw.wwe.com/results/060704/images/11.jpg
EDGE: Hmm... Maybe if I allowed people to know more, they might actually know me instead of just thinking they know me...

Always450:
http://smackdown.wwe.com/results/061004/images/08.jpg
Bradshaw botches eating.

Poll?

I'd Rather take my 10 choices and put them all on one of mine can I do that?

No. Sorry.

Also, I voted for:

- loopydate: "Time Out Chair"
- Corkscrewed: "Easy-Fold Chair"
- Loose Cannon: "The Golden Box"
- Mr. Monday Morning: "Nice Ass!"
- loopydate: "Women's Locker Room"
- Fryza: "It's Morphing Time!"
- Rock Bottom: "HHH Holds Down a Tree"
- Kane Knight: "It Vibrates!!!"
- Savior: "You Must Stay in the Back"
- loopydate: "Sean O'Haire Escapes"

Back Stabbed: "Lita Pregnancy Test"
Corkscrewed: "Easy-Fold Chair"
Loose Cannon: "The Golden Box"
Rock Bottom: "Spider Tap Out"
loopydate: "Sean O'Haire Escapes"
Kane Knight: "It Vibrates!!!"
Sascha: "A Whole OTHER Roster???"
Savior: "ROCK BOTTOM!"
Rock Bottom: "HHH Holds Down a Tree"
loopydate: "Women's Locker Room"

I'm not going to vote until the end. JTLYAK.

I voted for:

E-Z Fold Chair
The Golden Box
A Whole OTHER roster?
It's Morphing Time!
It Vibrates?!?
Mordecai=Gandalf

I voted for 10, on my honor.

Way to count to ten.

i voted for

Loose Cannon: golden box
Nowhere man: Wrong Chris
Rock bottom: spider tap out
Sascha: a whole OTHER roster
Fryza: it's morphing time
Savior: ROCK BOTTOM
Rock bottom: HHH holds down a tree
loopydate: Hand of O'haire
loopydate: Searn O'haire escapes
loopydate: they think they know me

I voted for six of mine (all except the "Hoss match" one. I liked it at the time, but it hasn't aged well), plus Easy-Fold Chair, "It vibrates," "You shall not pass," and "= means hand."

Not to be rude, but I only voted for the ones that I felt were head and shoulders above the others.

Time Out Chair
Illegal Immigrant Title
WRONG CHRIS!!!
Spider Tap Out
Women's Locker Room
ROCK BOTTOM
You Must Stay in the Back
Sean O'Haire Escpaes
Lita Pregnancy Test
Bradshaw Botches Eating

loopydate: "Vince Watching a Hoss Match Impression"
Loose Cannon: "The Golden Box"
Mr. Monday Morning: "Nice Ass!"
Nowhere Man: "WRONG CHRIS!!!"
Rock Bottom: "Spider Tap Out"
loopydate: "Women's Locker Room"
Rock Bottom: "HHH Holds Down a Tree"
loopydate: "Gail-Ren Ishii"
Nowhere Man: "Mordecai = Gandalf"
loopydate: "Sean O'Haire Escapes"

It's cool. I was just playing anywa (as the smiley above my post indicated). I'd just prefer everyone votes for ten so that we have an equal share... but it shouldn't really affect anything. The main thing is to prevent cheating, and voting less than the maximum doesn't hurt anything. Well, except for the chances of the four you didn't vote for... :p

Anyway, continue on please. :)

Whats the top 10 cork?

Also, as of July 7, 2004, 4:23 PST, the top ten are:

1. loopydate: "Sean O'Haire Escapes"
2. Loose Cannon: "The Golden Box"
3. Rock Bottom: "Spider Tap Out"
3. Rock Bottom: "HHH Holds Down a Tree"
5. loopydate: "Women's Locker Room"
5. Kane Knight: "It Vibrates!"
7. Corkscrewed: "Easy-Fold Chair"
7. Nowhere Man: "Mordecai = Gandalf"
9. Fryza: "It's Morphing Time
9. loopydate: "Hand of O'Haire"
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9. loopydate: "Time Out Chair"
9. Nowhere Man: "Wrong Chris!"
9. Sascha: "A Whole OTHER Roster???"
9. Savior: "Rock Bottom!"

*Note that the cut off is arbitrary at this point, just indicating ten spots. If this were to be the final tally, two of the six would make it into the final round, based first on their CotM totals and if necessary a head to head vote.


(in case you're too lazy to figure it out yourself :D)

That's kinda eerie, I started compiling that list before you posted that question, Savior.

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PS Rock bottom would make the cut remember it had 26.

Voted....Oops I meant to give a pitty vote to the big show one.

loopydate: "Vince Watching a Hoss Match Impression"
Mr. Monday Morning: "Nice Ass!"
Nowhere Man: "WRONG CHRIS!!!"
Rock Bottom: "Spider Tap Out"
Sascha: "A Whole OTHER Roster???"
Kane Knight: "It Vibrates!!!"
loopydate: "Sean O'Haire Escapes"
Corkscrewed: "Eugene's Lesnar Impression"
Back Stabbed: "Lita Pregnancy Test"
loopydate: "They Think They Know Me"

I think those are the ones I voted for. :mad: making me remember that.

Now whats the standings corky? We need to know!

"I'm not telling you anything you already dont know"

I don't get it, can someone please explain that to me?

Top 10 in order:
loopydate: "Sean O'Haire Escapes"
Loose Cannon: "The Golden Box"
Kane Knight: "It Vibrates!!!"
Rock Bottom: "Spider Tap Out"
loopydate: "Women's Locker Room"
Sascha: "A Whole OTHER Roster???"
Fryza: "It's Morphing Time!"
Rock Bottom: "HHH Holds Down a Tree"
Corkscrewed: "Easy-Fold Chair"
Nowhere Man: "Mordecai = Gandalf"

<font color=969696>loopydate: "Vince Watching a Hoss Match Impression"
Loose Cannon: "The Golden Box"
Kane Knight: "WWE Illegal Immigrant Title"
Nowhere Man: "WRONG CHRIS!!!"
Sascha: "A Whole OTHER Roster???"
Fryza: "It's Morphing Time!"
Kane Knight: "It Vibrates!!!"
Savior: "You Must Stay in the Back"
Nowhere Man: "Mordecai = Gandalf"
Back Stabbed: "Lita Pregnancy Test"</font>

It was Sean O'Haire's catchphrase during his "Devil's Advocate" gimmick. The gimmick debuted to a very warm response from fans (both "mark" and Internet alike), but shortly thereafter Mr. O'Haire disappeared from WWE entirely. Within months, he'd been totally buried and released.

Hence, the running joke about O'Haire being

1) Trapped inside the Golden Box of Buried Gimmicks
2) Literally buried alive
3) Being trapped in a cage above the ring (and subsequently escaping)

and so on and so on.

Hope that helps.

Sean O'Haire's old catchphrase.

You're forgetting one thing: the gimmick was basically abandoned when O'Haire became Roddy Piper's sidekick. Which wasn't bad for him (he did score a count-out victory over Hogan) but O'Haire's real de-push dates from the day Piper's most recent run ended.

PorkSoda: "Quote the Bradshaw, Nevermore!"
Sascha: "A Whole OTHER Roster???"
Mr. Monday Morning: "Nice Ass!"
Always450: "Bradshaw Botches Eating"
loopydate: "Vince Watching a Hoss Match Impression"
Rock Bottom: "Spider Tap Out"
Savior: "ROCK BOTTOM!" and "You Must Stay in the Back"
Corkscrewed: "Easy-Fold Chair" and Corkscrewed: "Eugene's Lesnar Impression"

Loose Cannon: "The Golden Box"
Kane Knight: "WWE Illegal Immigrant Title"
Nowhere Man: "WRONG CHRIS!!!"
Nowhere Man: "Mordecai = Gandalf"
Rock Bottom: "HHH Holds Down a Tree"

Top 10 as of 9:42 PM (PST) on 7/7/2004

1. Loose Cannon: "The Golden Box"
1. Rock Bottom: "Spider Tap Out"
1. loopydate: "Sean O'Haire Escapes"
4. Sascha: "A Whole OTHER Roster???"
4. Kane Knight: "It Vibrates!!!"
6. Corkscrewed: "Easy-Fold Chair"
7. Nowhere Man: "WRONG CHRIS!!!"
7. Rock Bottom: "HHH Holds Down a Tree"
7. Nowhere Man: "Mordecai = Gandalf"
10. Fryza: "It's Morphing Time!"
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10. loopydate: "Women's Locker Room"


Fryza holds the tiebreaker, having been CotM.

Also, please note that I'm modifying the tiebreaker rules right now.

<font color=goldenrod>-loopydate: "Time Out Chair"
-Corkscrewed: "Easy-Fold Chair"
-Loose Cannon: "The Golden Box"
-Kane Knight: "WWE Illegal Immigrant Title"
-Rock Bottom: "Spider Tap Out"
-Sascha: "A Whole OTHER Roster???"
-Kane Knight: "It Vibrates!!!"
-loopydate: "Sean O'Haire Escapes"
-Back Stabbed: "Lita Pregnancy Test"
-Always450: "Bradshaw Botches Eating"</font>

<font color=goldenrod>FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK! :mad:

I was going to plug in my votes, and I fuckin' clicked on the first caption and accidentally submitted it, so I only voted for one caption.</font> :'(

No! one of those vote were for me!