The Greatest TNA World Champion Round 1

[Cyrus Riddle]

This is the edited and better tournament of the original that I fauxed up. I took Booty's advice and rated each wrestler by their number of reigns and days as champion, then created the seeding accordingly. Also, you will find that I removed James Storm and Rhyno from the tournament, seeing as how Storm had a grand total of 8 days as champion and Rhyno had 2 days to call himself champ. Hopefully this goes fairly smooth and everyone will participate. I will put the number of reigns in parenthesis, then the number of days total that the title was held by each competitior in brackets. Additionally, if you want to comment why you make certain choices I would encourage it, as the overall body of work really makes a champion great, not just numbers. I will stop the first round voting tomorrow night (Saturday) at 8 PM Eastern. Thanks all!

1. Jeff Jarrett (6) [1,006]

vs.

16. Ken Shamrock (1) [49]

2. Kurt Angle (5) [463]

vs.

15. Abyss (1) [56]

3. Sting (5) [354]

vs.

14. Mick Foley (1) [63]

4. AJ Styles (4) [407]

vs.

13. Raven (1) [88]

5. Christian (2) [245]

vs.

12. Austin Aries (1) [98]

6. Jeff Hardy (3) [140+]

vs.

11. RVD (1) [113]

7. Bobby Roode (1) [256]

vs.

10. Mr. Anderson (2) [64]

8. Ron "The Truth" Killings (2) [119]

vs.

9. Samoa Joe (1) [182]

 

[JakeYourBooty]

Jarrett yeah he owned the company but that is a long ass time to have the belt, tbh if Shamrock wasn't so weak I may have gone with him but for now it's JJ

Angle far and away over the exgimmick of Joseph Park

Sting was well out of his prime in TNA but he still gets the nod over Mick's short stint

AJ Styles is TNA wrestling...hard pressed to find anyone I would vote for over AJ

this is the toughest one for me...Aries still has a lot left and will more then likely get another reign before it's said and done but Christian was the biggest still relevant name to jump to TNA by choice...and he made an instant impact...This one goes to Christian Cage

I hate Jeff Hardy and cannot in good taste vote for a guy who showed up to defend his title so fucked up that he couldn't even function.. RVD wins by default

Roode by far the Boss has the longest single title reign and more then likely will have more to come...Anderson is a failure in TNA and an utter disappointment

Joe's gonna kill Truth...Joe's gonna kill truth...Truth was good but Joe is great

 

[Sabretooth]

Jarrett held the belt the longest so him. Winner: Jarrett

Kurt Angle is the greatest wrestler in the world while hardly anyone remembers Abyss' reign. Winner: Angle

Sting the arguably the greatest TNA wrestler of all time because of his iconic status and Mick's only reign wasn't that memorable. Winner: Sting

AJ Styles is TNA while once again, Raven's title reign isn't all that memorable. Winner: AJ Styles


Christian Cage is one of the most important champions while Aries' reign isn't important yet. Winner: Christian


Jeff Hardy has been a good champion so far and he's better than RVD. Winner: Hardy

Bobby Roode is the longest champion in history vs failure. Some hard choice this is. Winner: Roode


Samoa Joe is a killer while Killings' reign was so long ago. Winner: Joe

 

[Fuji Vice]

Samoa Joe is a killer while Killings' reign was so long ago. Winner: Joe

I'm curious as to why the time period of their title reign has anything to do with how good of a champ they were?

Jeff Jarrett - Kind of hard not to vote for the guy who's responsible for the company getting off the ground, but its even easier to do that when his opponent is the crappy Shamrock.

Kurt Angle - No contest here. Even though I love Abyss its impossible to vote against Angle.

Sting - Longevity in reign is the most important factor here. That, coupled with Sting's overall ability to make most of his opponents look better (even at his age) gives him the nod.

AJ Styles - If Raven had gotten the belt when he was molten hot the first time this may have been different but he didn't. AJ's pretty much the face of the company and one hell of a great champ.

Christian Cage - Another no contest here as far as I'm concerned. Regardless of how good Aries is right now, there's no way I can overrule the importance of Cage's contributions to TNA as both the first high-profile wrestler to jump ship and as a good champ.

RVD - In the battle of the druggies, I'll take the dude who only seems to smoke dope over the due who prefers an Oxycontin/Halcyon/Valium/Mescaline/Heroin/Jack Daniels cocktail.

Bobby Roode - As if you thought I'd pick Ken Anderson for anything! :

Samoa Joe - This one was tougher than I thought but in the end I went with Joe.

 

[Postman Dave]

Jeff Jarrett - The only thing notable about Shamrocks reign was it was the first.
Kurt Angle - Honestly forgot Abyss was ever champ.
Sting - Foley is another reign where pretty much nothing of note happened.
AJ Styles - Raven'reign was during a hot period creatively for the company, but it was also a period where they had no TV deal.
Christian - A Double's reign wasn't actually that great. It appeared unplanned, as he had your standard rematch one PPV, and mid card exhibition against an A&8 random, before dropping the belt in an title match with underwhelming build.
Jeff Hardy - At least Jeff won his title as part of the initially hot Immortal story line. RVD held the title for ages, but did jack shit and didn't even drop the belt clean.
Samoa Joe - Joe only wins because Truth's reign was un-notable.
Bobby Roode - Again, Anderson was champ? Twice?

 

[Sabretooth]

I'm sorry but this round had a lot of no contests.

 

[Cyrus Riddle]

I knew that when I created it, it's the next few rounds that will get more interesting.

 

[Postman Dave]

I'm sorry but this round had a lot of no contests.

As it should. The longer the tournament goes, the tougher the decisions should be.