Smackdown Live Thread - Will this all look different too? (1/30/18)

**Mr. Nerfect** · 01-31-2018, 12:48 AM

TJP is a geek and putting over the geeks in the tournament is probably not the best idea. They need to press forward with people that actually have a hope. Hideo is still pretty fresh, Roddy is fresh, Tyler is fresh. They should be owning the only stages of this tournament. Pete Dunne is fresh within that cruiserweight context, he could be doing the same thing. If they wanted to get Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa, they could do that too -- they're probably the guys people care most about and are going to half-way follow. That's 6 of your 8 guys. Gulak seems to do well and Jack Gallagher has always worked to a certain degree, but if you want to push a former champ, give Tozawa a first round win.

That belt is so fucking dead it needs to be contested by people that the fans somewhat kind of haven't been conditioned to think of as geeks. I'd argue that Gulak might be too far gone. You can say that Dolph Ziggler has lost weight and is entering the tournament. Maybe Mark Andrews who hasn't been exposed? Let's go with Dolph, because why the fuck not?

* Johnny Gargano defeats Drew Gulak.

* Roderick Strong defeats Jack Gallager.

* Tommaso Ciampa beats Gran Metalik.

* Cedric Alexander beats Tony Nese.

* Pete Dunne beats Kalisto.

* Tyler Bate beats TJP.

* Hideo Itami beats Mustafa Ali.

* Dolph Ziggler beats Akira Tozawa.

Whatever, something like that. I haven't given it that much thought.

* Gargano beats Strong.

* Ciampa beats Alexander.

* Bate beats Dunne (UK Title not on the line).

* Ziggler beats Itami.

* Gargano beats Ciampa.

* Ziggler beats Bate.

* Gargano beats Ziggler and becomes the new Cruiserweight Champion.

01-31-2018, 12:48 AM	#11
Mr. Nerfect Posts: 61,565	TJP is a geek and putting over the geeks in the tournament is probably not the best idea. They need to press forward with people that actually have a hope. Hideo is still pretty fresh, Roddy is fresh, Tyler is fresh. They should be owning the only stages of this tournament. Pete Dunne is fresh within that cruiserweight context, he could be doing the same thing. If they wanted to get Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa, they could do that too -- they're probably the guys people care most about and are going to half-way follow. That's 6 of your 8 guys. Gulak seems to do well and Jack Gallagher has always worked to a certain degree, but if you want to push a former champ, give Tozawa a first round win. That belt is so fucking dead it needs to be contested by people that the fans somewhat kind of haven't been conditioned to think of as geeks. I'd argue that Gulak might be too far gone. You can say that Dolph Ziggler has lost weight and is entering the tournament. Maybe Mark Andrews who hasn't been exposed? Let's go with Dolph, because why the fuck not? * Johnny Gargano defeats Drew Gulak. * Roderick Strong defeats Jack Gallager. * Tommaso Ciampa beats Gran Metalik. * Cedric Alexander beats Tony Nese. * Pete Dunne beats Kalisto. * Tyler Bate beats TJP. * Hideo Itami beats Mustafa Ali. * Dolph Ziggler beats Akira Tozawa. Whatever, something like that. I haven't given it that much thought. * Gargano beats Strong. * Ciampa beats Alexander. * Bate beats Dunne (UK Title not on the line). * Ziggler beats Itami. * Gargano beats Ciampa. * Ziggler beats Bate. * Gargano beats Ziggler and becomes the new Cruiserweight Champion.