Quick note: My math is IC. So, if two characters are worked by the same handler, I'm treating them as separate and competing entities in the SotM race. FYI.
Raion Kido
April W-L Record: 2-0
Major Achievement: Beat former Supercontinental #1 contender, Angelica Vaughn
Angelica Vaughn
April W-L Record: 1-1
Major Achievement: Beat Plump Pigeon frontrunner, Vita Valenteen
Charlie Nickles
April W-L Record: 2-1
Major Achievement: Defended TV Championship Twice
Mark Flynn
April W-L Record: 1-0
Major Achievement: Defended Tag Title Belts against Badass Bastards
Thunder Knuckles
April W-L Record: 1-0
Major Achievement: Won X-Treme Title off Ned Kaye
Corey Smith
April W-L Record: 1-0
Major Achievement: Ended his Supercontinental Title Reign Undefeated and Untied
OTHER:
Jason Cashe
April W-L Record: 1-1
Major Achievement: Front Runner in Plump Pigeon
Latina Submission Machina
April W-L Record: 1-0
Major Achievement: Defeated Elijah Martin AND ended Jason Cashe's undefeated Anarchy record
Thaddeus Duke
April W-L Record: 1-0
Major Achievement: Defeated Liam Roberts
Okay so... Let's cut Cashe and Angelica. Just because, .500 record doesn't scream SOTM to me.
I'm going to cut Thad as well. Not a reflection of his lack of dominance, but the same problem as Corey had the last few months, just a lack of opponents putting up a level of opposition that make him shine in victory. But very much looking forward to Thad -
vs - Dolly at Leap of Faith!
So that leaves... LSM, Corey, TK, myself, Kido and the Nickleman.
It feels like a shame to cut the people who main Warfare, but there was one show versus two for Savage. So, a lot of the noms from Warfare (myself included) only worked one match this month. Hence why I'm cutting myself, TK and Corey.
So now... LSM, Kido and Charlie.
Phew. Okay.
So, I should clarify, if you check my voting record, I've never been one to vote for "Ironman", "perfect attendance" reasons. If you compete five times in a month and win 3 times, that's indicative of great activity and probably setting yourself up to improve... but is that as impressive as someone going undefeated for the whole month? Some seem to think so.
That said, I'ma vote Charlie.
I think LSM had a completely underrated month (as evidenced by her lack of nomination), because she's very quickly swung up to the top of the Anarchy division, beaten the old champ a second time AND defeated Jason Cashe, whose record before that match was like 8-0. But, it IS difficult to pick someone who had one match all month.
Kido, for like the third month in a row, had a star-making month. And I thiiiiiiink, this is after two months of being in the SotM conversation, his first month going undefeated! The second he gets a belt, I think he's running away with it very similar to how Corey ran away with the Supercontinental.
Buuuuuuuuuut, damn, Charlie had a real stellar month. To reiterate the vibe of Corey's Supercontinental reign, it's starting to feel like Nickles is unbeatable when the TV Title is on the line.
He defended twice against two solid opponents (Ringmaster and Estrada) and he and Bobby came closer than I'd like to admit to taking the tag titles. Didn't but came close