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Who was YOUR Champion for March, 2018? This poll is closed. |
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 Kazuchika Okada (IWGP Heavyweight Champion) |
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28 | 29.47% |
 Chuck Taylor (FORMER PWG Champion) |
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17 | 17.89% |
 Keith Lee (PWG Champion) |
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13 | 13.68% |
 Alexa Bliss (Raw Women's Champion) |
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6 | 6.32% |
 Masaaki Mochizuki (Open the Dream Gate Champion) |
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1 | 1.05% |
| :human being: AJ Styles (WWE Champion) |
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8 | 8.42% |
 Charlotte (Smackdown Women's Champion) |
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0 | 0% |
 Joe Doering (FORMER Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion) |
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0 | 0% |
 Kento Miyahara (Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion) |
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7 | 7.37% |
 Dalton Castle (ROH World Champion) |
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1 | 1.05% |
 Austin Aries (Impact Global Champion) |
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0 | 0% |
 Brock Lesnar (WWE Universal Champion) |
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4 | 4.21% |
 I'm Still Not Happy (None of the Above) |
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10 | 10.53% |
| Total: | 95 votes | ||
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Kazuchika Okada's winning ways continued through February, and this time the poll result was all his. It seems many of the None of the Above voters were sated by the return of Alexa Bliss, Charlotte and Masaaki Mochizuki. That said, None of the Above still managed to rank in 2nd place, though this time with less than half the votes of Okada. Will March be any different? Okada/ZSJ was set up all through March but the match doesn't happen till the 1st of April, so will the build be enough or will somebody else win?             Eligible Champions are chosen on a combination of accessibility, prestige/notoriety and by overwhelming popular request. For promotions where lengthy periods of time pass with no title defenses, promos, appearances, shows etc (such as PWG/Lucha Underground) those champions will be dropped from the poll for that period only, then return when once again relevant. NXT is still at this current time a Development Brand only, and neither of its top Champions are included on the monthly poll for that reason. The monthly "None of the Above" option is a valid potential "winner" as shown as recently as last month, so feel free to use this as a protest vote if you so wish. Now onto the eligible contenders for the month just gone. Feel free to make an argument for/against any particular champion you might in this thread. Kazuchika Okada (IWGP Heavyweight Champion) - Okada had no title defenses this month, but the entire month was devoted to setting up his upcoming match against Zack Sabre Jr. As ZSJ made his way through the New Japan Cup submitting top star after top star, Okada worked through multi-man matches where he invariably one with the Cobra Clutch he has been attempting to get over as his new Submission Finisher. With ZSJ's victory at the New Japan Cup Final, he called out Okada who answered the call. Both wrestlers' hype-men (Gedo and TAKA) took turns talking up their guy, but it was ZSJ who looked on the ascendent the next time they met in the ring in a multi-man match in which Okada's team lost. Afterwards, ZSJ took pleasure in stomping on Okada's arm and warned him that like so many other top stars before him, Okada wasn't anything compared to ZSJ when it came to submissions. The question of whether Okada can prove him wrong is for next month, for March we can only vote based on the build to that match. As noted, many suggest it was more ZSJ's month than Okada's, and that may affect your vote if you were considering Okada like most apparently do each month. Chuck Taylor (FORMER PWG Champion) - Chuck Taylor, reveling in his newfound Japanese stardom, took his title to PWG's big time theater show Time Is A Flat Circle.... Keith Lee (PWG Champion) - ....unfortunately for Chuck, his challenger Keith Lee had the power of God and anime on his side, and just like Universe 7 in the Tournament of Power, he managed to defeat the undefeatable and walk away with his first PWG World Championship. Thanks to Beef Jerky Robot. Alexa Bliss (Raw Women's Champion) - Alexa was hugely relieved when Asuka declared her intention to face Charlotte Flair at Wrestlemania. Unable to resist talking poo poo, it all backfired for Alexa when her backstage shittalking of Nia Jax was captured by the clearly visible cameraperson and microphone present in the room. Suffering a countout loss to Asuka and facing the rage of Nia, Alexa realized she'd gotten out of the frying pan and into the fire as Nia was announced as her new opponent for Wrestlemania. Masaaki Mochizuki (Open the Dream Gate Champion) - Mochizuki continued to defy age as he successfully defended his title for the 5th time, this time against Big R Shimizu at the Dragon Gate Memorial Gate show in Wakayama.:human being: AJ Styles (WWE Champion) - AJ's frustrations with Shane, Bryan, Owens and Sami came to a head at the Fatal Fiveway at Fastlane. Despite the impossible odds against him, AJ triumphed and got the win, though not without the interference of Shane McMahon yet against casting a shadow over what should be a triumphant title reign for AJ. But if he thought that was the end of his troubles, he was wrong. His dream opponent of Shinsuke Nakamura is turning into a nightmare, as Shinsuke takes great delight in playing mindgames with him, taunting him and demonstrating his own ability to fight his way out of situations that AJ couldn't. March ended with a frustrated AJ and a smug Nakamura, but for now at least AJ is still the WWE Champion. Charlotte (Smackdown Women's Champion) - Charlotte was excited at the prospect of facing Asuka at Wrestlemania, but her month has been a rough one as she has had to deal with Nattie and the ever present threat of Carmella and her Money in the Bank briefcase. Losing to Nattie after preventing Carmella from cashing in, Charlotte also took a brief break to get some dental work done, in preparation for arguably the biggest match of her career at Wrestlemania. Joe Doering (FORMER Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion) - Let it never be said that Joe Doering isn't as stubborn as a loving mule. When he says 'come on motherfucker show me power yeahhhhhh', he means it, and he won't take your poo poo lying down. This is literally what happened when Doering planted Kento Miyahara with a massive powerbomb on the floor of the Saitama Super Arena and left him loving dead for a ten-count that was only stopped when he thought 'I won't settle for a countout victory', stopped referee Kyohei Wada's count at eight and dragged Kento back into the ring to cover him for a two-count. This could've all been avoided if he'd just taken the easy win, but he just couldn't bring himself to do that, and it cost him both his momentum in the match and ultimately his second Triple Crown reign at 155 days. He's due to face Kento again in the A Block of the Champion Carnival next month though, so he'll definitely want revenge. Thanks to Venomous. Kento Miyahara (Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion) - Coming with the best dropkicks of the month and the smartest tree chopping of 2018 so far, the ace of AJPW picked up his third Triple Crown reign just in time for the Champion Carnival. Kento first won the Triple Crown in 2016, at the age of 26, and during his reign he became so astronomically over that he held the title for 464 days and successfully defended it eight times. His second reign came after he defeated the man who defeated him in his ninth defence, Shuji Ishikawa, but that was short-lived as 43 days later he'd lose the title to Suwama. (Joe Doering won the title in Suwama's first defence though, bringing us to where we are today.) Barring another unforeseen title loss, Kento has said he wants to beat Toshiaki Kawada's record of ten consecutive title defences, and at the rate he's going, I've no doubt he'll get there someday. Thanks to Venomous. Dalton Castle (ROH World Champion) - At ROH's 16th Anniversary show, Castle successfully defended his title in a match against the excellent Jay Lethal. Despite a long show filled with great matches, Castle and Lethal had no problem ending things with a bang and Castle proved his pedigree by defeating one of ROH's most highly regarded former champions. Austin Aries (Impact Global Champion) - After successfully defending his title against Kongo Kong and Matt Sydal, Aries had an intense chew-off with Alberto El Patron and then ended the month defeating Matt Sydal to add the Grand Championship to his collection of titles. Brock Lesnar (WWE Universal Champion) - Roman Reigns had some stuff to say about Brock Lesnar, like the fact he was lazy and entitled and greedy and not a loyal company many who does everything he is told and instead dares to work as little as he can for as much money as he can. He pointed out how Brock is never there and gets to do what he wants and that isn't fair, and insisted that Brock was in fact a bitch. For a couple of weeks there was no answer from Brock, then he finally showed up when Roman was suspended. But Roman showed up through the crowd and... Brock beat the complete poo poo out of him to the point he needed an ambulance. The next week, Roman showed up to fight some more and... Brock beat the complete poo poo out of him again and stood posing and laughing with the belt over Roman's groaning, prone form. This is one of your last chances to vote for Brock, probably, because next week at Wrestlemania he's probably getting beaten by Roman! I'm Still Not Happy (None of the Above) - If you want to make sure everybody knows that you don't like any of these options, please vote for this to mark your disapproval!
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Apr 1, 2018 04:27
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I have no idea who to vote for this month, I dug the Okada/ZSJ build but it felt more like ZSJ's story than Okada's. I checked out Doering/Miyahara and Kento Miyahara was pretty great but I felt the match was lacking a little something and I'm still mostly unfamiliar with him. AJ and Nakamura's build is cool, but AJ spent a couple weeks on light duty because of his injury and the start of the month was overshadowed by all that Shane nonsense. Brock murdered Roman which was fun but there was no title defense and only a few minutes of footage. I think Chuck Taylor is great but I didn't see his PWG stuff, only him in New Japan (which ruled), and the best part of all the WWE Women's builds has been Asuka who is NOT the Champion. I can't vote for Aries based purely on that El Patron chew-off being so stupid. I have no idea how to even go about seeing Dragon Gate stuff. I guess I better watch Lethal/Castle and try to make up my mind! Jerusalem fucked around with this message at 10:10 on Apr 1, 2018 |
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Apr 1, 2018 04:32
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I voted for Keith Lee because I like the guy
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Apr 1, 2018 05:42
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When in doubt, vote for Okada SCOOBY DOOBY DOO!
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Apr 1, 2018 06:05
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tbh I liked the story of Doering/Miyahara but I kinda have reservations about giving Kento the vote, mainly because the crowd was so loving dead for the most part I’m going for Keith Lee this month, because the dude’s a loving monster and Dustin hurt his best friend Craig so karma got what was coming to him.
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Apr 1, 2018 09:37
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Jerusalem posted:I have no idea how to even go about seeing Dragon Gate stuff. The good news is that Dragon Gate launched their streaming service today so it'll be way easier to watch them. Also I believe the show they are running today is available for free for 24 hours so worth looking into.
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Apr 1, 2018 11:39
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Bask in Keith Lee's glory and the power of video games and anime
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Apr 1, 2018 17:22
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Jenkem Delivery posted:Bask in Keith Lee's glory and the power of video games and anime This Keith Lee sounds a lot like Kenny Omega.
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Apr 1, 2018 17:48
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Beautiful Ninja posted:This Keith Lee sounds a lot like Kenny Omega. Gimmick wise he is.....otherwise, not so much. He's a 300lb black dude, and his offence is very power oriented.
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Apr 1, 2018 17:50
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Gimmick wise he is.....otherwise, not so much. He's a 300lb black dude, and his offence is very power oriented. That actually sounds like that otaku lineman that WWE signed then. Beautiful Ninja fucked around with this message at 20:06 on Apr 1, 2018 |
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Apr 1, 2018 19:58
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Beautiful Ninja posted:That actually sounds like that otaku lineman that WWE signed then. Just watch one of his matches https://youtu.be/RNsAgC2meuU
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Apr 1, 2018 20:34
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I voted for Chuckie T because he defended his title last month AND the effect of his presence on Okada.
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Apr 1, 2018 21:51
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Keith Lee is a big strong boy and deserves a vote.
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Apr 2, 2018 01:26
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I went with my heart and love of games and anime and voted for Keith Lee. Okada's going to win most months, and when he doesn't it's usually someone from WWE because they have an exciting new champ or an interesting story, so I say we give an indie guy some rare love on the PWC chart. That's my sales pitch anyway. By the way, why is Omega's face crossed out in the monthly winner breakdown in the OP? I'm curious and intrigued by this.
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Apr 2, 2018 03:39
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NowonSA posted:By the way, why is Omega's face crossed out in the monthly winner breakdown in the OP? I'm curious and intrigued by this. You mean Okada's? He drew that month with "None of the Above", which also happened in a previous year with Jay Lethal. If you click the picture, it'll actually show you the voting results for that month.
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Apr 2, 2018 03:48
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Ah okay, I saw that there was an imgur link but I thought it was just a link to the same picture just larger. I should've known better with you at the helm J-ru. And yes I meant Okada, thank goodness you've quoted me so I can't go in and edit my tiny fuckups like usual  .
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Apr 2, 2018 04:17
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For the record, most of those "None of the Above" votes were really people voting for Almas
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Apr 2, 2018 04:26
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Benne posted:For the record, most of those "None of the Above" votes were really people voting for Almas That's impossible because he's a minor leaguer and this is for World Champions.
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Apr 2, 2018 04:27
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Maybe we could get Keith Lee in the G1 and in the same bracket as Okada to find out who the best is Actually Keith Lee in any G1 bracket would be pretty great
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Apr 2, 2018 04:51
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I voted for the guy who defended/had a world title match in the month of march
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Apr 2, 2018 05:04
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KungFu Grip posted:I voted for the guy who defended/had a world title match in the month of march Congrats Brock voter.
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Apr 2, 2018 13:04
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KungFu Grip posted:I voted for the guy who defended/had a world title match in the month of march I remember the good 'ol days where that was a requirement to actually show up on the poll.
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Apr 2, 2018 14:08
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IcePhoenix posted:I remember the good 'ol days where that was a requirement to actually show up on the poll. That would make it a lot more difficult to fix things for Okada.
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Apr 2, 2018 18:17
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Aphrodite posted:That would make it a lot more difficult to fix things for Okada. *puts the NJPW IC title on the poll for years* *takes it off as soon as Nakamura leaves* seems legit 
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Apr 2, 2018 19:24
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Mods please change my vote to Lesnar too, he's the only valid candidate.
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Apr 2, 2018 20:57
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IcePhoenix posted:*puts the NJPW IC title on the poll for years* Nobody cares Jay Edit: i confused the ic with us titles but leaving it anyway
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Apr 2, 2018 21:28
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I voted for Brock, because I hate school and I love rock n roll! (That's a Terry Funk and also Jimmy Hart Song) I do think him being the champ and not being around is boring, and I like Austin Ares and met him once so you'd think I'd vote for him, but I dunno blame Vince! Brock destroying Cena in 2014 was one of the most mark out moments to me, blame 100 years of WWE booking for me being a Brock mark I suppose is my belabored point here folks. And also being too busy playing 100s of hours of Yakuza games this month to get into other wrestling feds at the moment. Though famous Japanese wrestlers are in Yakuza 6 I hear which is cool. I had caffeine that's why I'm posting this!
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Apr 2, 2018 21:36
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SatoshiMiwa posted:Maybe we could get Keith Lee in the G1 and in the same bracket as Okada to find out who the best is This, and also WALTER.
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Apr 2, 2018 22:14
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IcePhoenix posted:*puts the NJPW IC title on the poll for years* J-Ru is too scared of Suzuki to put it on the poll in case he loses.
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Apr 2, 2018 22:55
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mods p;ease change the 10 votes from the multiple accounts i have to chuck taylor
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Apr 3, 2018 02:04
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real reason to not vote for okada: that awful cobra clutch he was using to win matches last month
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Apr 3, 2018 02:05
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when is the other poll going up
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Apr 3, 2018 02:12
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GenericMartini posted:when is the other poll going up Does Okada really need to win two polls again?
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Apr 3, 2018 02:42
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Gaz-L posted:Does Okada really need to win two polls again? okada won't be on that one because he didn't defend his title last month
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Apr 3, 2018 02:50
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GenericMartini posted:when is the other poll going up hello friend https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3853366
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Apr 3, 2018 04:35
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There is still roughly a day to vote, and though Okada holds the lead it is far from insurmountable.
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Apr 4, 2018 03:05
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Jerusalem posted:There is still roughly a day to vote, and though Okada holds the lead it is far from insurmountable. [Gedo voice] That's just what Rainmaker wants you to think. But as always he will succeed! Because he is on a different level!
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Apr 4, 2018 04:08
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I gassed the other poll thread because I didn't realize Super No Vacancy had openly dumped a shitload of Lucha Underground spoilers into the OP, which was a seriously dumb thing to do. He can feel free the make the poll again when he gets off probation, just without the spoilers this time. Dammit Super No Vacancy 
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Apr 4, 2018 04:34
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Sucks about the PWG spoilers in this thread
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Apr 4, 2018 04:45
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PWG isn’t a TV show, they are current to whatever happened live.
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Apr 4, 2018 05:05
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