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 Arisa Nakajima (Beyond the SEA Single Championship) |
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20 | 28.17% |
 Asuka (Raw Women's Champion) |
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13 | 18.31% |
 Tetsuya Endo (KO-D Openweight Champion) |
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8 | 11.27% |
 Go Shiozaki (GHC Heavyweight Champion) |
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7 | 9.86% |
 Masato Tanaka (FORMER KO-D Openweight Champion) |
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4 | 5.63% |
 Drew McIntyre (WWE Champion) |
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3 | 4.23% |
 Braun Strowman (WWE Universal Champion) |
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0 | 0% |
 Suwama (Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion) |
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0 | 0% |
 None of the Above |
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16 | 22.54% |
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Last month was all AEW all the time, which basically summed up the last couple of months in wrestling really. The AEW Women's Champion came close many times in recent months but could never quite get by the men's champion, but last month she wasn't to be denied. The two top vote-getters were AEW Women's Champions. Nyla Rose had a great showing but the woman who beat her in the ring beat her in the polls too: with over twice the votes, Hikaru Shida became the first woman since December of 2018 to win the monthly poll. AEW Men's Champion Jon Moxley took third place, meaning AEW got roughly 75% of all votes cast for May. But their dominance won't continue in June due to a lack of title defenses this month, meaning the field is right open this month!             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 those champions will be dropped from the poll for that period only, then return when once again relevant. COVID-19 is still rampaging through the world, in the United States in particular, and the #SpeakingOut movement exposed a lot of monstrous people in wrestling in June as well, so we're still living in "interesting times". Now onto the eligible contenders for the month just gone. Feel free to make an argument for/against any particular champion you think does/doesn't deserve the votes of other posters in this thread. Smackdown Women's Champion Bayley, AEW Men's Champion Jon Moxley, and AEW Women's Champion Hikaru Shida did not defend their titles this month so drop off the poll, as does 2AW's Yuji Okabayashi. The monthly "None of the Above" option is a valid potential "winner" and has "won" the poll in the past, feel free to use this as a protest vote if you so wish. Masato Tanaka (FORMER KO-D Openweight Champion) - Masato Tanaka had never lost a match in DDT, with the only blot on his record being a time limit draw against HARASHIMA in December of last year. But that all changed at Peter Pan, where his opponent remembered that you just have to believe... Tetsuya Endo (KO-D Openweight Champion) - At Wrestle Peter Pan, Endo became the first man in DDT to defeat Masato Tanaka and became the only #TetsuyaTwoBelts you'll be seeing on the poll *this* month. Unfortunately for Endo, his June didn't end as successfully as it started, as #DAMNHEARTS lost their six man titles to Eruption and he failed to capture the tag team titles from Nautilus. He will defend the belt in front of DDT's first Korakuen audience in five months against Yuki Ueno on July 23rd. Thanks to GEORGE W BUSHI. Asuka (Raw Women's Champion) - After grinding her way through a bad program with Nia Jax that still didn't have a definitive ending, Asuka at least managed to put paid to an ongoing storyline that she wasn't able to beat Charlotte Flair in a singles match... by beating Charlotte Flair in a singles match to retain her title. Now she's building towards a title defense against Sasha Banks, which is probably gonna be a hell of a match. Drew McIntyre (WWE Champion) - Drew defeated Bobby Lashley at Backlash after Lashley was somewhat distracted by the arrival of his "wife" Lana and her ongoing argument with manager MVP. Lashley tried to take advantage in a follow-up match on Raw where Drew tagged with R-Truth against Lashley & MVP and the WWE Title was on the line, but Drew was able to beat the odds and retain his belt there. Now Drew is working on a program with... oh, Dolph Ziggler. Braun Strowman (WWE Universal Champion) - After being bothered with childish pranks by his opponents, Braun Strowman defeated The Miz and John Morrison in a handicap match at Backlash to retain his title. Not long after he was challenged by Bray Wyatt in his old Swamp Cultist persona, presumably to set up yet another match against The Fiend persona later. Go Shiozaki (GHC Heavyweight Champion) - Returning to the poll with his first title defence since his bizarre empty arena match against Kazuyuki Fujita, Go faced Akitoshi Saito as the two remaining participants in Mitsuharu Misawa's final match faced off at his memorial show. After beating defeated by Shiozaki, an emotional Saito thanked his opponent for giving him closure after suffering from guilt over Misawa's death for eleven years. Thanks to GEORGE W BUSHI. Arisa Nakajima (Beyond the SEA Single Championship) - Nakajima earned her spot on the poll by defending her title in a forums approved MOTYC against Asuka (and because the regular joshi companies didn't run any title matches...). The next challenge for Nakajima comes in the form of suddenly popular TikTok sensation Yoshiko in what is certain to be SEAdLINNNG's first ever Korakuen Hall sell out on July 13th. Thanks to GEORGE W BUSHI. Suwama (Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion) - Suwama's recordbreaking title reign continued as he was able to defeat another younger opponent in a near-30 minute match at The Triple Crown of Wilderness show. None of the Above - If you think it's way cool that we have an open field to choose from this month... but still don't want to vote for any of them, this is the option for you. You can vote None of the Above even if you think having an open field ISN'T cool. We don't discriminate.
Jerusalem fucked around with this message at 12:07 on Jul 3, 2020 |
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I voted for Go Shiozaki, because he is the only one in the list that I have seen wrestle live. (It was a couple of years ago, when I went to Yokohama on holidays. It was fun.)
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Jul 1, 2020 12:15
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Voted for Arisa cause Bayley's not there.
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Jul 1, 2020 13:13
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Voted for Endo, but Arisa or Shiozaki would be an excellent consolation prize
Chris James 2 fucked around with this message at 03:07 on Jul 2, 2020 |
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Jul 1, 2020 13:17
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Stanfield posted:Voted for Arisa cause Bayley's not there.
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Jul 1, 2020 13:36
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Suwama vs Shotaro Ashino happened on the 30th for the All Japan Triple Crown. Haven't seen it yet but whoever won it is well in with a shout. Especially if it's Ashino. But as that's not an option I'm leaning towards Go because holy poo poo the match he got out of Saito was phenomenal and also very emotional. https://twitter.com/RealHero12089/status/1272323754476044288?s=20 If you've not seen it you should.
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Jul 1, 2020 13:46
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Stanfield posted:Voted for None of the Above cause Bayley's not there.
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Jul 1, 2020 14:23
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Ayayayayayayayayay
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Jul 1, 2020 16:45
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how do i not vote for the Beyond the SEA champion when will i ever get that kind of opportunity again
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Jul 1, 2020 16:53
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why cant i vote for yuka, this is terrible
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Jul 1, 2020 20:08
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Paper Lion posted:why cant i vote for yuka, this is terrible Because she hasn't defended her belt since February?
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Jul 1, 2020 20:11
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Voted for Tanaka last month, so I voted for Endo this time. Hopefully July is a better month for him.
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Jul 1, 2020 20:35
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Voted "other" for Sasha/Bayley tag team.
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Jul 1, 2020 20:37
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Cody Rhodes defended his title this month
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Jul 1, 2020 21:08
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Reality Protester posted:Cody Rhodes defended his title this month Not sure how that's relevant to this thread
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Jul 1, 2020 21:10
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congrats AEW, enjoy a well-deserved break gonna vote for my friend, he wont win but thats ok
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Jul 1, 2020 21:30
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Reality Protester posted:Cody Rhodes defended his title this month Yeah & it's a second tier title. The basic rules are "Top singles champion, defend their belt this month" as far as I can tell.
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Jul 1, 2020 21:34
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voted for someone who i haven't seen a match of in 2020
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Jul 1, 2020 21:43
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more than being champion of the world, Cody Rhodes is champion of television
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Jul 1, 2020 21:49
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The only one of these I've actually seen wrestle last month is Arisa, so she kinda gets my vote by default.
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Jul 1, 2020 21:51
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Cerebral Bore posted:The only one of these I've actually seen wrestle last month is Arisa, so she kinda gets my vote by default. Should watch the Go vs Akitoshi match I linked then
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Jul 1, 2020 21:53
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If anyone hasn't seen Arisa vs. Asuka yet they should https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqqTEXdiBII If anyone hasn't seen Tetsuya Endo yet they should https://twitter.com/entetsu_ddt/status/1269164995075387394
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Jul 2, 2020 01:43
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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:If anyone hasn't seen Arisa vs. Asuka yet they should  on both counts
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Jul 2, 2020 03:06
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Gonna vote for Arisa that match was sick
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Jul 2, 2020 07:53
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I pragmatically voted for Nakajima because I'd rather she won than None of the Above. Otherwise I'd have voted Suwama or Shiozaki.
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Jul 2, 2020 09:37
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I voted for Shiozaki, but that Arisa defence slaps real hard too.
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Jul 2, 2020 09:54
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forkboy84 posted:Suwama vs Shotaro Ashino happened on the 30th for the All Japan Triple Crown. My apologies, I've added in Suwama as a late addition to the poll. There are still 3 days to vote!
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Jul 2, 2020 11:05
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Bumping for visibility, and a reminder to VOTE!
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Jul 3, 2020 11:46
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seems like all of the 'none' votes should be given to suwama in fairness
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Jul 3, 2020 11:55
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Cavauro posted:seems like all of the 'none' votes should be given to suwama in fairness This is a good post
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Jul 3, 2020 12:08
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With AEW out of the picture and New Japan back in the wrestling scene but not on the Champ Poll yet, it was a chance for somebody new to seize top position. Somebody did, despite a lower than normal turnout, as Arisa Nakajima won Champ of the Month in her FIRST ever appearance in our monthly polls. This was also the first ever win for the SEAdLINNNG promotion. An aberration? Perhaps. But history will always record that on FIGHT ISLAND, June of 2020 belonged to Arisa Nakajima. Previous winners, click the picture for poll results (where available) for that month.                                                                                                                                                                                      
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Jul 6, 2020 06:14
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Now we're at the halfway point of the year, I'll collate some of the statistics I've built up for the last decade+ of these champ polls in the next day or so and share them here, just to see what if any pearls of wisdom or humor we might be able to generate from the changing fortunes of various wrestlers/promotions over the years, as well as our own shifting tastes.
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Jul 6, 2020 06:16
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the streak of boys... is over. but it was last month though. i forgot
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Jul 6, 2020 06:25
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One of the most internationally dominant months we've had at how far Braun fell that he still hasn't gotten a single vote in 3 months of eligibility
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Jul 6, 2020 06:30
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Cavauro posted:the streak of boys... is over. but it was last month though. i forgot It's the first time ever we've had two different women back to back.
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Jul 6, 2020 06:36
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it's incredible to me that jack swagger was so popular in wh20k ten years ago. he's absolutely hated now.
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Jul 6, 2020 08:02
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if you click through the images you can see the poll results (on most of them) and i fully understand why swagger won that second one because anyone 'fresh' who had that title would have done it. but i don't get the first one
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Jul 6, 2020 08:13
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Swagger only won in Jan 09 because whoever was running the poll back then didn't give people the chance to vote for a young Tanahashi.
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Jul 6, 2020 08:27
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oops, i didn't realize swagger won it three times. my last post is under the wrong assumption that he won it twice in 2010, so i was talking about his second and third wins respectively. NJPW wasn't counted until 2011 because it used to be real fighting until then
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Jul 6, 2020 08:31
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I'm sorry Cavauro, I misinterpreted your post and have made a fool of myself
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Jul 6, 2020 08:38
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