Promotion / Demotion Circuits

[grimmreality]

So after binge watching Ted Lasso over the weekend, I got to thinking about how I could do a historical wrestling TNM circuit similar to the how the Premier League works. Now I will warn you, I have not been a football/soccer fan - but watching the series has peaked my interest in how the league as a whole functions.

Next, I decided that I would narrow my selections down to the best wrestlers of the 1980's. Now this will be debatable - which is something I welcome. I would love to discuss the merits of moving wrestlers from one group to another - but I am getting ahead of myself a little.

Below, you will find the initial league setup (this can and probably will be changed around upon discussion).

Legends League   20 Singles 10 Tag Teams	Premier League  24 Singles 12 Tag Teams	Champions League 24 Singles 12 Tag Teams	National League  24 Singles 12 Tag Teams
Ric Flair Hulk Hogan Randy Savage Dusty Rhodes Andre the Giant Roddy Piper Nick Bockwinkle Jerry Lawler Harley Race Kerry Von Erich Ted DiBiase Ricky Steamboat Ultimate Warrior Sgt. Slaughter Junkyard Dog Paul Orndorff Barry Windham Nikita Koloff The Iron Shiek Jimmy Snuka	Magnum TA Bob Backlund Lex Luger Arn Anderson Jake Roberts Greg Valentine King Kong Bundy Rick Rude Don Muraco Rick Martel Tully Blanchard Jimmy Garvin Kamala Bruiser Brody Kevin Sullivan Stan Hansen Eddie Gilbert Billy Jack Haynes Steve Williams Sting Tommy Rich Masked Superstar               Brutus Beefcake Jim Duggan	Terry Funk Crusher Blackwell Jesse Ventura Big John Studd Bob Orton Jimmy Valiant Buddy Rose Adrian Adonis Wahoo McDaniel Nikolai Volkoff Chris Adams Manny Fernandez Ron Bass Ronnie Garvin Tony Atlas Mike Rotundo Bam Bam Bigelow Bill Dundee Austin Idol Buddy Landell Butch Reed One Man Gang             Tito Santana Bob Armstrong	HonkyTonk Man Jerry Stubbs Bobby Jaggers Koko Ware The Grappler Abdullah the Butcher The Spoiler Dick Murdoch Verne Gagne Robert Fuller Buzz Sawyer Mr. Wrestling II Big Bossman Baron Von Rashke The Great Kabuki David Von Erich Gino Hernandez Iceman Parsons Curt Hennig Dutch Mantel Pedro Morales Dick Slater Larry Zbyszko

The Road Warriors The Rock-v-Roll Express     Demolition The Hart Foundation The Midnight Express The British Bulldogs The (Midnight) Rockers Arnderson & Blanchard The Freebirds The Von Erichs

Steamboat & Youngblood     The High Flyers The Fantastics The Steiner Brothers The Wild Samoans Sting & Lex Luger Valentine & Beefcake Hansen & Brody Iron Shiek & Volkoff Hall & Hennig Ole & Gene Anderson Ivan Koloff & Kruschev

Mr. Fuji & Mr. Saito Jack & Jerry Brisco Strike Force Windham & Rotundo Adonis & Murdoch Rougeau Brothers Badd Company Terry & Dory Funk Jr. Johnson & Atlas The Killer Bees The Fabulous Ones The Powers of Pain

The Sheepherders Rose & Somers Bundy & Studd The Nasty Boys Enos & Bloom The Islanders Spivey & Vicious Williams & Rotundo     Muraco & Orton Pillman & Zenk Ace & Douglas Fuller & Golden

My first problem comes from the international stars of this era - Antonio Inoki, Jumbo Tsuruta, El Canek, etc.  Should they be intermixed in the divisions - adding additional divisions as necessary?  Or should we have an international league?  If we have an international league, where would it promote and demote too?

I will add more to this initial post in the future as I flesh this idea out a little more.  By all means post any comments, wrestler suggestions or movements.  The above are not set in stone.

[maskedtexan]

Wow, this is an interesting concept! I think you have most everyone (in my opinion) in the right spot. I might bump Zbyszko up a notch or two. Even though he was AWA champ in the dying days, he did have a major fued with Bruno back around 1980, I think. I did notice Dick Murdoch as being a single in the National League, but in a tag team with Adrian Adonis in the Champions League. Same with King Kong Bundy. Maybe that's intentional? For the international stars, maybe include a couple in each division? Say Inoki and Tsuruta in the Legends league, Canek and Fujinami in the Premier League, etc..

[grimmreality]

Nov 8, 2021 15:34:39 GMT -5 maskedtexan said:

Wow, this is an interesting concept! I think you have most everyone (in my opinion) in the right spot. I might bump Zbyszko up a notch or two. Even though he was AWA champ in the dying days, he did have a major fued with Bruno back around 1980, I think. I did notice Dick Murdoch as being a single in the National League, but in a tag team with Adrian Adonis in the Champions League. Same with King Kong Bundy. Maybe that's intentional? For the international stars, maybe include a couple in each division? Say Inoki and Tsuruta in the Legends league, Canek and Fujinami in the Premier League, etc..

I appreciate the feedback here.

As far as Zbyszko goes - I admit, this was a flub as I missed him (and Terry Taylor as well) during the initial placement and just stuck him in at the end. If we move one or both of them to the Champions League, who do we bump down? That is the tricky part.

As far as singles in one division and tag teams in another. Singles and tag teams will be kept separate for the most part as I am still tinkering around with certain "non-league" concepts. You will also note that Mike Rotundo is in multiple tag teams (albeit in different leagues). This could prove interesting going forward.

For now, international stars will be on the sidelines. Of course this may change depending on feedback.

Just wanted to let you know - this is not abandonded. Just haven't had the time to fully flesh out everything as of yet. Should have a further update this weekend.