To celebrate their 50th show, Chad and Parv welcome Chad's "other" co-host, Brad, and Titans of Wrestling regular, Kelly for an experimental format: the 1990 Fantasy Draft!

The Scenario: It's 1990 and the 20-year old Sheikh Mansour has decided that he loves Amiercan pro wrestling and would like his own it. His father, the multi-billionaire Emir Zayed II, decides that for his birthday he'll give his son what he wants. He promptly buys WWF from Vince McMahon for an undisclosed fee, but fearing that this is not enough goes ahead and buys WCW from Ted Turner and USWA from Jeff Jarrett too -- along with all of the contracts for every company, with the sole exception of Kamala who was fired on the spot. But this is not enough for the young Mansour. He wants to see the best wrestling possible on well-booked, well-paced supercards. So Zayed appoints four trusted wrestling "experts" with the task -- but to make things more interesting, he sets them in competition with each other. The winner gets to run the company with the roster he has put together; as for the three losers ... 

The Rules: 
1. There is a talent pool of 160 people.
2. Rosters are to be selected using "draft picks" in serpentine order; no one gets left behind; no picks can be skipped.
3. After the rosters are selected, there will be a chance for listeners to vote in a poll for who has the best roster and the best booked card. (10 points for each vote)
4. In addition to filling up a roster of at least 30 wrestlers, each booker must also ensure that they have drafted a broadcast team and other key non-wrestlers. They must have:
- A commentary team (at least two, can have up to three)
- An interviewer (at least one, can have up to two)
- A ring announcer (can only have one)
- An on-air authority figure
- A referee
- A manager (at least two, can have up to four)
Bookers will incur a 5-point penalty if any of these positions are not filled and a 10-point penalty for failing to have at least 30 active wrestlers on the roster. You cannot employ obvious non-wrestlers in wrestling roles -- for example, Gordon Solie is not stepping in the ring to compete, period. "Margin calls" where nonwrestlers have wrestling ability and have been employed as wrestlers (e.g. Bobby Heenan or Lord Alfred Hayes) can be decided by the High Council.
5. No one pulls double duty: e.g. Roddy Piper cannot be a commentator and an active wrestler; Bobby Heenan cannot do colour and be a manager.
6. Bookers get a four-week lead-in time to book their supercard.
7. Every single wrestler on the roster must be used on the supercard. There will be a 5-point penalty for every wrestler not used.
8. Bookers must establish their world heavyweight champion, secondary champion and tag champions. They may create further titles as they please.
9. Battle Royales may have no more than 20 wrestlers and there can only be one on each card. Bad News Brown has it written into his contract that he cannot be booked as part of a battle royale.

The Talent Pool:

Abdullah the Butcher
Akeem
Akio Sato
Al Perez
Alexandra York
Andre
Arn Anderson
Ax
Bad News Brown
Bam Bam Bigelow
Barbarian
Barry Horrowitz
Barry Windham
Big Boss Man
Big Van Vader
Bill Dundee
Billy Joe Travis
Bob Caudle
Bob Orton Jr
Bobby Eaton
Bobby Heenan
Boris Zhukov
Brad Armstrong
Bret Hart
Brian Pillman
British Bulldog
Brooklyn Brawler
Brutus Beefcake
Buddy Rose
Bushwacker Butch
Bushwacker Luke
Butch Reed
Buzz Sawyer
Cactus Jack
Chris Adams
Dan Spivey
Dave Brown
Dino Bravo
Dragon Master
Dusty Rhodes
Earl Hebner
Earthquake
Eddie Gilbert
El Gigante
Elizabeth
Eric Bischoff
Eric Embry
Fatu
Gary Hart
Gary Michael Capetta
Gene Okerlund
Gordon Solie
Gorilla Monsoon
Great Muta
Greg Valentine
Haku
Hercules Hernandez
Hillbilly Jim
Honkytonk Man
Howard Finkel
Hulk Hogan
Iron Sheik
Ivan Koloff
Jack Tunney
Jack Victory
Jake Roberts
Jeff Jarrett
Jerry Lawler
Jesse Ventura
Jim Cornette
Jim Duggan
Jim Herd
Jim Neidhart
Jim Powers
Jim Ross
Jimmy Garvin
Jimmy Hart
Jimmy Snuka
Joey Marella
John Tatum
Johnny Ace
Junkyard Dog
Ken Patera
Kerry von Erich
Kevin Sullivan
Koko B. Ware
Lance Russell
Lanny Poffo
Larry Zybysko
Lex Luger
Lord Alfred Hayes
Mark Callous
Marty Jannetty
Matt Borne
Michael Buffer
Michael Hayes
Mike McGuirk
Mike Rotunda
Mr Fuji
Mr Pefect
Mr Saito
Nick Patrick
Nikolai Volkoff
Norman the Lunatic
Ole Anderson
Oliver Humperdink
Pat Tanaka
Paul Diamond
Paul E. Dangerously
Paul Orndorff
Paul Roma
Percy Pringle
Randy Anderson
Randy Savage
Ranger Ross
Ric Flair
Rick Martel
Rick Rude
Rick Steiner
Ricky Morton
Ricky Steamboat
Road Warrior Animal
Road Warrior Hawk
Robert Gibson
Roddy Piper
Ron Garvin
Ron Simmons
Samoan Savage
Samu
Scott Steiner
SD Jones
Sean Mooney
Sensational Sherri
Shane Douglas
Shawn Michaels
Sid
Slick
Smash
Snowman
Stan Hansen
Stan Lane
Steve Austin
Steve Williams
Sting
Ted DiBiase
Teddy Long
Terry Funk
Terry Taylor
Tito Santana
Tom Zenk
Tommy Rich
Tony Atlas
Tony Schiavone
Tugboat
Tully Blanchard
Ultimate Warrior
Vince McMahon
Virgil
Warlord
Woman

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