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FEBRUARY 2022 SOTM - "Loverboy" Vinnie Lane - 03-02-2022
Hey everyone!
It's time, once again, for everybody, to climb about the SOTM train.
Obviously, February was a bit of an atypical month. No XWF PPVs here, but we DID have the Denzel show with some of our talent on it. Other than that it was two Savages, one Anarchy, one Warfare, and the Madness show (which is sort of a different animal altogether)
With that in mind, we compiled a handful of folks who had a decent month and tossed their name onto a list of nominees. As always, this is not an exhaustive list. I just stopped picking names when I thought I had enough. There was a lot of good stuff out there all month long and a bunch of people did great. There were probably not any singular "OMG" moments this month, though.
Anyway, hit the vote and then drop a comment letting us know why you voted the way you did. Choose OTHER if you think it should be someone not listed - AND TELL US WHO THAT PERSON IS.
We'll piece together the RP poll here in the next day or so as well.
Thanks!
FEBRUARY 2022 SOTM - Charlie Nickles - 03-02-2022
I went with Kido cuz he knocked off duke and cent in the same month, back to back, as match #2 and #3 of his XWF career.
re:FEBRUARY 2022 SOTM - Mark Flynn - 03-02-2022
Y’ALL READY FOR MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATH?!?!
Disclaimer: My SOTM math does NOT definitively or statistically prove who should be Star of the Month. If I had, like, so much time on my hands, I’d calculate stats like WAR (wins above replacement, as in real sports) and AOD (average opponent difficulty, an unquantifiable statistic that I just made up) and use those things to determine who actually had the strongest performance month. As such, I just parse through results, record wins and losses, then largely follow my gut.
If you completely disagree with my math, your vote is equally likely to hold truth as mine. And as such, is of equal voting power. I’m not telling you how to vote, I just like the stock wrestler.
NOW, COMMENCE THE MATHS!
Nominees:
Angelica Vaughn
February Record: 1-1
Lost on 2/12 Savage vs Jenny Myst
Won on 2/26 Savage vs RL Edgar
Raion Kido
February Record: 2-1
Won on 2/12 Savage vs Centurion
Won on 2/16 Warfare vs Thaddeus Duke
Lost on 2/26 Savage vs Charlie Nickles
Charlie Nickles
February Record: 2-0
Won on DPI Night 1 w/ Thunder Knuckles vs S.E.X.
Won on 2/26 Savage vs Raion Kido
Corey Smith
February Record: 2-0
Won on 2/16 Warfare vs Jin Ishida
Won on DPI Night 1 w/ Flynn & Duke vs Vaughn, Lux and Granger
Calvary
February Record: 2-0
Won on 2/12 Savage vs Cadryn Tiberius
Won on 2/17 Anarchy vs Tommy Wish
Jason Cashe
February Record: 1-0
Won on 2/17 Anarchy vs Barney Green
Jenny Myst
February Record: 2-0
Won on 2/12 Savage vs Angelica Vaughn
Won on 2/26 Savage vs Barney Green
OTHER (Names that I lobbed in to see what math would shake out)
Alias
February Record: 2-0
Won on 2/12 Savage vs Unknown Soldier
Won on 2/26 Savage vs Xavier Lux
Mark Flynn (WHOA HOW’D I GET IN HERE)
February Record: 2-0
Won on 2/16 Warfare w/ NK vs Barney Green and Bobby Bourbon
Won on DPI Night 1 w/ Corey and Thad vs Vaughn, Lux and Granger
Vita Valenteen
February Record: 1-1
Won on 2/12 Savage vs Thunder Knuckles
Lost a tag match on 2/28 Madness w/ Sierra Silver vs Team KTFO
Damn, we had some really good superstars here that had excellent Februaries!
So… Okay, first (completely arbitrary) rule I’m going to apply is, if you lost against another Star of the Month nominee, you probably weren’t the Strongest Star of the month.
Which means, we’ve gotta cut Angelica Vaughn and Raion Kido, who fun-facts, was the only XWFer to work across both Savage and Warfare this month, picked up two incredible wins and if he had beaten Nickles, probably would have taken this month in a walk. Great work, Raion!
Okay, so we’re down to…
Nickles, Corey, Calvary, Cashe, Myst, Alias, Flynn, Vita
I’ma cut Vita and Cashe first… Cashe worked one match this month (undefeated in February woo!) And Vita did only lose one tag match on Madness, but, that does mean she’s last nominee standing with a loss in February.
So now the list is…
Nickles, Corey, Calvary, Myst, Alias, Flynn
Cutting myself cuz I’m not gonna vote for myself lol.
…Wow. So we’ve got FIVE XWFers that all went 2 wins, no losses. That’s definitely good enough to put you in contention. And also, man, I’m trying to think of a way to break the field apart that isn’t “well, this guy’s a champion so that means more…”
…Damn.
Okay, so… again, arbitrarily, I’m going to cross-reference three variables to try and see if that shakes anybody off…
First, let’s recalculate records if we remove no-shows
Corey: 1-0
Nickles: 1-0
Calvary: 1-0
Jenny Myst: 1-0
Alias: 2-0
Okay, now! Let’s also calculate combined February wins of defeated opponents…
Corey: 1 combined win
Nickles: 2 combined wins
Calvary: 0 combined wins
Jenny Myst: 1 combined win
Alias: 1 combined wins
Interesting…
Okay, last thing I want to try is highest profile win for the month…
Corey: Peter Vaughn (w/ Genesis vs Exiles)
Nickles: Raion Kido
Calvary: Tommy Wish
Jenny Myst: Angelica Vaughn
Alias: Unknown Soldier
So okay. In a very, VERY close race…
I’ma go Corey.
When you log a win over the active Superstar of the Month, that seems like a pretty good indicator of being worthy of the next Superstar of the Month.
Plus, he’s had the Supercontinental Belt for like 5 months, if anyone deserves the SOTM curse, it’s Corey
Incredible months for everybody!
FEBRUARY 2022 SOTM - Thaddeus Duke - 03-02-2022
Kido.
Beating Cent and that mouthy dickhead back to back is a pretty big deal. Still shocked Charlie beat him, but... we know what Charlie's capable of when he's got a little fire.
Still, Kido.
re:FEBRUARY 2022 SOTM - Charlie Nickles - 03-02-2022
(03-02-2022, 04:20 PM)Thaddeus Duke Said: Still shocked Charlie beat him,
wtf?
(03-02-2022, 04:20 PM)Thaddeus Duke Said: but... we know what Charlie's capable of when he's got a little fire.
o nvm carry on lol
FEBRUARY 2022 SOTM - Thunder Knuckles™ - 03-02-2022
Raion Kido gets my vote.
FEBRUARY 2022 SOTM - Centurion - 03-02-2022
Kido's going to have a few of these in the future, I have no doubt about that. But I went with Charlie.
re:FEBRUARY 2022 SOTM - Corey Smith - 03-02-2022
*Wearing a rediculous disguise*
Boy howdy that Flynn guy just might be on to something!
But for real, this one's a struggle for me. Kido seems like the clear choice, but I've always felt like this award should go to people more established. I can think of quite a few occasions we rushed to give this to some new house of fire only for that fire to burn out fast. I certainly hope that doesn't happen! But I'll feel much more comfortable tossing out this accolade when the guy wins his first title, which is probably not far off.
All that was basically a lot of words to say I turned heel and voted for myself.
FEBRUARY 2022 SOTM - ALIAS - 03-02-2022
I was tossing up between:
Raion Kido - In terms of who grabbed people's attention the most this month, I don't think anybody else fits better.
Charlie Nickles - aka. the guy who knocked off the guy everyone was looking at.
Corey Smith - aka. Corey fucking Smith, who continues to steamroll.
Mark Flynn - picked up the win for his team at the Denzel show. Typically I think that goes to the person who rped best on the winning team. Who were his teammates? Thad Duke and Corey fucking Smith. Big deal that.
I literally put it in a random number generator alphabetically (Charlie, Corey, Mark, Raion) and it came up Corey. I'm comfortable with that
re:FEBRUARY 2022 SOTM - Jay Omega - 03-02-2022
I voted for Corey because he's the only one on this list whose work I managed to read this month.
FEBRUARY 2022 SOTM - Marf - 03-02-2022
Everyone on the list has a strong argument. I went with Kido, he grabbed my attention all month with his fiery start.
FEBRUARY 2022 SOTM - Peter Vaughn - 03-03-2022
Still following Flynn's math here. I voted for Corey, since he won over the Exiles. Now we need to have a one-on-one match lol.
re:FEBRUARY 2022 SOTM - Vita Frickin Valenteen - 03-03-2022
Tough decision this month. Went with Corey both because of math, and because he's been so low key consistent for so long that it's high time he has some recognition.
re:FEBRUARY 2022 SOTM - Corey Smith - 03-03-2022
If I end up winning this thing by one point I'd like to share the accolade with Kido.
re:FEBRUARY 2022 SOTM - Cage Coleman - 03-03-2022
Went with Kido for reasons already stated, as well as the fact it sounds like Corey wants to share it/give it to him. Lol
FEBRUARY 2022 SOTM - Doctor Louis D'Ville - 03-03-2022
i cant believe this is even being disputed right now. Kido
FEBRUARY 2022 SOTM - Charlie Nickles - 03-09-2022
I think this one is probably ready to go, eh? Sorry Corey, I think the Kid might've edged you out this month on the tally card.
re:FEBRUARY 2022 SOTM - "Venom" Xavier Lux - 03-09-2022
I'm always late with these, so if my vote doesn't count I understand.
I went with Kido. All good arguments made above but what tipped it for me was the fact that all 3 matches of his were XWF competitions and Corey's big win was in an invitational, not to discredit the win or the event, but it's like a showcase event right? Whereas Kido's 2 wins (and a main event championship loss) were 3 competitive matches against some of the best XWF has to offer.