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2008 DRAFT RESULTS: The Top 20 Finishes in Reader Balloting - Who was first? Edge? Samoa Joe? Cena? jericho? Hardy? Sep 5, 2008 - 9:53:19 PM
This year's PWTorch Priority Draft reader ballots have been compiled and full results were reported in this week's PWTorch Newsletter #1042. We now reveal the top 20 picks here at PWTorch.com.
Since 1997, Pro Wrestling Torch has conducted "Priority Fantasy Drafts" about once a year, usually around this time of year. The concept is simple. If the existing national promotions went out of business and all wrestlers became free agents, and you had the budget to sign ten wrestlers before any other competing start-up company could even compete, which ten currently active wrestlers would you choose? The goal is to make money, not make you in particular happy as a fan or viewer. This is about the wisest business move. This should not be a roster for a vanity promotion that goes out of business or unnecessarily burns through money.
This week's newsletter includes the Top 50 List, Keller's anlaysis of the top 20, comparisons between where wrestlers finishes this year, a few years ago, and ten years ago, plus feature columns with draft themes by Jason Powell, Bruce Mitchell, James Caldwell, Pat McNeill, and Sean Radican.
(1) EDGE
(2) CHRIS JERICHO
(3) JOHN CENA
(4) SAMOA JOE
(5) A.J. STYLES
(6) SHAWN MICHAELS
(7) BRYAN DANIELSON
(8) C.M. PUNK
(9) RANDY ORTON
(10) JEFF HARDY
(11) UNDERTAKER
(12) MVP
(13) TRIPLE H
(14) BATISTA
(15) KURT ANGLE
(16) AWESOME KONG
(17) CHRISTIAN CAGE
(18) EVAN BOURNE
(19) THE BIG SHOW
(20) NIGEL MCGUINNESS
Thanks to everyone who submitted ballots in this year's draft. You can become a PWTorch subscriber to read the entire 16 page newsletter dedicated primarily to draft-themed columns, results, and analysis. VIP SIGN-UP.
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