Hollywood Wallace called me out on my percentage breakdown of the CSSGMT match between Punk/Bryan@OtL and the 92 Rumble so I'll be posting "Garrbanzzo's Grade" based on the following rubric (subject to change).
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First
- Percentage points are relative to the matches facing each other and my own personal biases.
- A hardcore spot-fest may have different scores against a cage match and an Iron man match.
- And scores will probably change as I learn more about them through the tournament.
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Wrestling 66%
- Quality of the match.
- Includes work rate, difficulty of maneuvers, execution, and acting.
- Most percentage points because I enjoy the in ring aspect the most.
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Story 19%
- Was the story good and did it matter?
- How the story affected it's environment.
- Second most because a match is much less interesting if the circumstances and consequences involved in the match are meaningless.
- Was the story good and did it matter?
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Character Progression 9%
- Affect on wrestlers.
- Did the match change some aspect of their persona?
- I don't know much about wrestling in therms of the history behind a wrestler's growth and evolution.
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Other 6%
- Other things about the match.
- Could be anything as long as it was during the match.
- Just because I noticed Violent J of the Insane Clown Posse rooting for John Cena during Cena/Punk@MitB.
EXAMPLE: RUBLE 92 VS PUNK/BRYAN OtL
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RUMBLE 92
- Wrestling 41%
- It's was a Royal Rumble so not really the place for Flying Super Frankensteiners or Reverse Indian Deathlocks
- Story 8%
- Don't know much about the story behind this but from what I the broadcast crew said Flair and Hogan don't like each other.
- Character Progression 7%
- Ric Flair set a rumble record and that title win contributed to his 16 Heavyweight Championships.
- Other 1%
- I personally dislike a lot of wrestling commentary and Monsoon/Heenan got on my nerves at times.
- TOTAL 57%
- Wrestling 41%
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PUNK/BRYAN OtL
- Wrestling 50%
- I am a huge mark for intricate Pro-wrestling holds like the leg lace to curb stomp that Booker nor King new what to call, the surfboard (a staple in older lucha libre) and the crucifix/full-nelson/abdominal stretch D-Bry had on Punk.
- Story 5%
- I can't quite remember how Bryan got the title shot, something about a time limit match, but the AJ love triangle was decent.
- I can't quite remember how Bryan got the title shot, something about a time limit match, but the AJ love triangle was decent.
- Character Progression 2%
- Not much here, now Punk and Bryan are more confused with AJ.
- Not much here, now Punk and Bryan are more confused with AJ.
- Other 4%
- Did anyone else notice what looks to be vitiligo on Bryan’s left elbow? AJ added a nice twist by enabling further use of foreign objects. Again poor commentary. Thanks Booker.
- TOTAL 61%
- Wrestling 50%
If you read this whole thing, thank you and I'll do my bet to do this for all remaining match-ups. I'll conclude with this, I don't know that much about wresting so if you disagree that cool, this is just for fun anyway.