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Who was YOUR Pro-Wrestling Champion for July, 2020?
This poll is closed.
Yuka Sakazaki (PRINCESS of PRINCESS Champion) 20 23.26%
:byodame: EVIL (IWGP Champion) 16 18.60%
:gitgudhorn: Hikaru Shida (AEW Women's Champion) 11 12.79%
Jon Moxley (AEW Champion) 10 11.63%
Yoshiko (Beyond the SEA Single Championship) 8 9.30%
:nono: Bayley (Smackdown Women's Champion) 6 6.98%
:nallears: Tetsuya Naito (FORMER IWGP Champion) 4 4.65%
:shibe: Eddie Edwards (Impact Champion) 2 2.33%
Sasha Banks (Raw Women's Champion) 2 2.33%
Asuka (FORMER Raw Women's Champion) 1 1.16%
:scotland: Drew McIntyre (WWE Champion) 1 1.16%
Suwama (Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion) 1 1.16%
:black101: Arisa Nakajima (FORMER Beyond the SEA Single Championship) 0 0%
Ayato Yoshida (2AW Openweight Champion) 0 0%
:manning: Yuji Okabayashi (FORMER 2AW Openweight Champion) 0 0%
:mump: Tetsuya Endo (KO-D Openweight Champion) 0 0%
:hmmwrong: None of the Above 4 4.65%
Total: 86 votes
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Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

With AEW out of the picture and New Japan back in the wrestling scene but not on the Champ Poll yet, last month 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.




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. Impact returns this month in the wake of a well-received PPV and a new Champion marking a possible fresh start: this is their chance to prove they belong back on the monthly poll. Meanwhile, many other promotions that made up the numbers the last few months might fall away if they stop polling well now the bigger promotions are back.

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. Almost everybody is back this month, after a long absence by many promotions. Basically the only Champions who drops off the poll this month is NOAH Champion Go Shiozaki and Universal Champion Braun Strowman (whose awful Swamp Fight was explicitly non-title). That said, the monthly "None of the Above" option remains 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.

:black101: Arisa Nakajima (FORMER Beyond the SEA Single Championship) - Arisa entered the month on a high with both a FIGHT ISLAND match of the year contender and champion of the month poll win. Unfortunately the influence of Something Awful pales in comparison to the influence of TikTok as Arisa dropped the belt to Yoshiko. Thanks to GEORGE W BUSHI.

Yoshiko (Beyond the SEA Single Championship) - Famous TikTok superstar Yoshiko was able to defeat her long time rival Arisa in a fantastic match to capture the Beyond the SEA Championship for the first time adding it to her tag team gold to become a double champion. Not one to back down from a fight, Yoshiko immediately called out Aja Kong. It may be a decision the new champion comes to regret as Aja ruined Yoshiko's birthday celebrations with a spinning backfist and a clean pinfall just two weeks later. Thanks to GEORGE W BUSHI.

Asuka (FORMER Raw Women's Champion) - Asuka had a rough month, as she "lost" the title at the Horror Show at Extreme Rules (the horror show (at Extreme Rules)) when Bayley stole a ref shirt and counted a pin for her friend Sasha Banks. They rematched on Raw, where Asuka lost the title by countout after racing to the back to save friend Kairi Sane from a beatdown by Bayley.

Sasha Banks (Raw Women's Champion) - Sasha had a great month, as she "won" the title at the Horror Show at Extreme Rules (the horror show (at Extreme Rules)) when Bayley stole a ref shirt and counted a pin for her friend. Sasha and Asuka rematched on Raw, where Asuka lost the title by countout after racing to the back to save friend Kairi Sane from a beatdown by Bayley.

:mump: Tetsuya Endo (KO-D Openweight Champion) - Unlike that other Tetsuya, Endo successfully defended his championship against Yuki Ueno in DDT's return to Korakuen Hall. After the match, he vowed to win the King of DDT and name Kenny Omega as his challenger for the Ultimate Party. Omega was quick to accept, but whether Endo will be able to live up to his promise (and whether Kenny will be able to enter the country) remains to be seen. Thanks to GEORGE W BUSHI.

:scotland: Drew McIntyre (WWE Champion) - At the Horror Show at Extreme Rules (the horror show (at Extreme Rules)), Drew defeated Dolph Ziggler in a match where Extreme Rules only counted for Ziggler. They rematched in a title match a couple of weeks later that got turned into a non-title match without explanation, where Drew defeated Dolph yet again to retain a title that was no longer on the line. He ended the month being ambushed by Randy Orton.

Suwama (Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion) - Suwama defeated Shuji Ishikawa at AJPW's Summer Action Series to retain his Triple Crown title, his second successful defense in two months after All Japan finally returned from COVID lockdown.

:nono: Bayley (Smackdown Women's Champion) - At the Horror Show at Extreme Rules (the horror show (at Extreme Rules)), Bayley defeated Nikki Cross to retain her title. Nikki had lost multiple matches to Bayley, but despite the loss at the Horror Show at Extreme Rules (the horror show (at Extreme Rules)) she managed to earn another shot after defeating Alexa Bliss in a singles match... and proceeded to lose clean yet again to Bayley, who left the show cackling and laughing as she continued her dominant and highly entertaining run as Champion.

:shibe: Eddie Edwards (Impact Champion) - Impact returns to the poll, as Eddie Edwards won the vacant title (Tessa Blanchard refused to send in video promos from Mexico during COVID meaning an entire show/s had to be re-edited) in a Fatal Fiveway to become the top champion of the promotion once known as TNA.

:gitgudhorn: Hikaru Shida (AEW Women's Champion) - At Fyter Fest, Shida defeated Penelope Ford in a shockingly good match (no shock for Shida, but most didn't think Ford had it in her). Afterwards she proclaimed that she was happy to take on ANYBODY, and proved as good as her word as she ended the month with two non-title matches against Rache Chanel and Diamante.

Jon Moxley (AEW Champion) - Despite his wife testing positive for COVID and Moxley staying in the house (at a distance) from her, Moxley managed to avoid getting it himself. This meant that his long built up match against Brian Cage was only slightly delayed, and he successfully defended the title against Cage when he tried to make good on his promise to break Cage's arm, causing manager Taz to throw in the towel.

:nallears: Tetsuya Naito (FORMER IWGP Champion) - FINALLY after a lengthy absence due to COVID, New Japan wrestling returned and FINALLY Naito defended his double titles again for the first time in months.... and lost! It wasn't a matter of being Tranquilo over, Naito fell victim to a betrayal by one of his oldest friends siding with a faction with a long history of exactly this type of bullshit. A sad ending to a title reign unfairly sidelined by COVID.

:byodame: EVIL (IWGP Champion) - Naito's loss was EVIL's gain though. Brining in Dick Togo and aligning with Bullet Club, EVIL turned his back on Los Ingobernables de Japon (to be fair, he said all the way through the New Japan Cup he intended to take the title from Naito) and cheated to win both the IWGP Heavyweight and IWGP Intercontinental Title. He then successfully defended both belts against former friend and current IWGP Junior Champion Hiromu Takahashi, cheating via Dick Togo once again to ruin the best change a Jr. Heavyweight Champion has ever had to earn all three of the top titles in the promotion.

:manning: Yuji Okabayashi (FORMER 2AW Openweight Champion) - Okabayashi was one of the beneficiaries of Japan's COVID lockdown, as 2AW got onto the poll and even won a month on the polls. One way of the other this run ends now though, as he lost his title.

Ayato Yoshida (2AW Openweight Champion) - Still young but clearly a face to watch, Yoshida defeated Okabayashi at the Launching Business 1st Anniversary in Chiba to become the 2AW Openweight Champion.

Yuka Sakazaki (PRINCESS of PRINCESS Champion) - For the first time in six months the sound of AYAYAYAYAYAY filled Korakuen Hall, and for the first time in six months Yuka returns to this poll. Yuka was able to see off the challenge of Yuki Aino with her new big move "the Chicken Bastard" and awaits the outcome of the Princess Cup to decide her next challenger.

:hmmwrong: None of the Above - There sure are a lot of options this month... but were any of them right? If you think the answer is no, or that all the champ options are wrong, you can vote None of the Above!

Jerusalem fucked around with this message at 10:28 on Aug 1, 2020

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Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

There are a TON of options this month, a nice change from previous months but I expect a lot of vote dilution to be likely. You only have 3 days to vote this time, now is a real good time to argue the case for YOUR favorite champion.

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Cavauro posted:

get three diff women in a row and vote yuka. or i guess one of the others

I voted for Bayley because she's absolutely ruled these last couple of months and is one of the few people in WWE whose character, actions and storylines have been unironically great.

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

drat, right now it is super close and multiple wrestlers are a vote or 2 away from 1st place. You have a little over 2 days left to vote!

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Yeah this terrible argument/discussion needs to stop right here. Thanks.

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Cavauro posted:

know this. Believe this. a vote for yuka, is a vote for making jim cornette mad!

By this point in time wouldn't ANY vote for ANY candidate make him mad?

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Well there is a little over a day left to make your dreams come true (not logging off), so vote!

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

The Kipup into a Claymore was pretty cool!

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Today is the last day for voting and it is very close, and your vote (yes, YOURS) could make all the difference.

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Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

In July there was no escape from EVIL! Nothing could beat EVIL because EVERYTHING IS EVIL! And so EVIL wo... wait, wait a minute!?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FZPg7xTlC4

It turns out a Magical Girl can beat EVIL, and beat EVIL she did. Yuka Sakazaki returned to the Championship poll a force to be reckoned with after a loooong absence due to COVID shutting down so much Japanese wrestling. This wasn't a hobbled poll with half the champions missing either, almost everybody was back INCLUDING New Japan but it didn't matter, the winner for July of 2020 (and the first time ever) will forever be Yuka Sakazaki!




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