I voted for Solider because that's the aforementioned RP that made me laugh out loud. And yes, it showed a great handle on writing somebody else's character and really enmeshing yourself in the world of the XWF, not to mention a level of fun and creativity that I've rarely seen here. SOLJUH NUMBER ONE!

That being said, God it was a tough vote for me because I really wanna fuckin' win this one, lol.

Edit: I do want to comment on this idea of selling your opponent too, because I think it's a salient point. It's something that often gets lost in the shuffle in the struggle to out trash talk your opponent. Not gonna lie, I've been guilty of this sin too. But the ability to build an opponent up and still come across as confident that you're going to win, or at least tell a great story that elevates the match to something more than just trading insults, is a skill that should be cultivated. And it was something that I've really been working on since playing an unabashedly face character.

In fact, Chris Jericho commented on it in one of his books.

Quote:I learned an important lesson—the first of three seminal moments in my promo development. I had done an interview about my first match with Bulldog and I was talking about how old and slow he was, just burying him. I thought it was pretty good, until I walked back to the dressing room and Bulldog stopped me in front of everyone. “What the hell are you doing? Yeah I’m old and everybody knows it. But I want you to think about this. If I beat you, and I WILL be beating you, then you just got beat by an old man. If you beat me, and you WILL NOT be beating me, then you just beat up an old man.

If you talk about how much experience I have and then I cheat to beat you, then at least you got beaten by an experienced vet. And if you beat me, well fuck, then you just beat an experienced vet. The way it stands right now, you just pissed all over yourself. You look like a fool either way.” He walked away muttering to himself, and I realized he was right. The first big lesson I learned about promos (get out your pens, kids) was: “Never Totally Bury Your Opponent.” You can tell jokes and insult them all you want, but if you don’t build them up to some extent, you’re just burying yourself.

In short, if you make your opponent out to look like shit, then if you win all you did was step in shit.