The 40th UFWL draft pick: Hulk Hogan

The 40th UFWL draft pick and final member of our inaugural World Title division is none other than Hulk Hogan. We went round and round on this one, since Hogan has been a part of every major wrestling promotion that we can think of, but in the end his icon status made him a must have for our fantasy promotion.

We want the Hogan of the 1980's. While we firmly believe that reality based wrestling has a place, we also strongly feel that pro wrestling can be over the top and no one was more over the top than the 80's version of the Hulkster.

We want to book Hogan into a long program with Ric Flair since we feel both the WWE and WCW failed to take clear advantage of the match up most of us old school fans waited an entire decade for. Sure they had some matched but never a really long, intense feud and that is ultimately why we drafted not only Hogan but Flair as well.

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The 39th UFWL Draft Pick: Jake "the snake" Roberts

The 39th UFWL draft pick is none other than the master of promo and in ring psychology Jake "the snake" Roberts. Jake is best known for his 1980's run with the old WWF, and the inventor of the DDT. Without a doubt he is one of the best mid card wrestlers ever, and by now way is that a knock on what this guy could do in the ring or on a mike.

We drafted into the UFWL to do a lot of cool things with him. The first angle we plan to use him in is to reignite his brief WCW feud with Sting. For all of us old school wrestling fans we never thought that feud played out right, and that match at 1992 Halloween Havoc was not a great way for a feud between two great grapplers to end.

Of course Jake, like many others in his profession, often let his personal demons get the better of him. Our creative team decided that by drafting the Jake of the 1980's we hope to book him into major angles not only with Sting, but eventually we see him seeking some revenge on one Stone Cold Steve Austin. Since it was Jake that gave Austin that match at the 1996 King of the Ring that really made the career of Stone Cold.

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The 38th UFWL draft pick: Ric Flair

The 38th UFWL draft pick is Nature Boy Rick Flair. Our executive committee actually debated this one for a long, long time. There is no doubt that Rick Flair is a wrestling legend, but every other wrestling promotion in history seems to have had Flair on the roster. That made us take pause before ultimately deciding to bring Flair in.

We plan to sue Flair in a way that both WWF and WCW really failed to use him. As a heel to the other most popular wrestling Icon of the 1980's, and in a long term program. We are not drafting the Ric Flair from the 1990's WCW, or the recent TNA version. Nope, we want the Ric Flair of the 1980's when he was the NWA Champion.

We have one angle in mind for Flair, and that will be instantly known (if it is not already) when we announce the 10th and final member of our inaugural World Title division. Ric Flair was and always will be a main eventer and we sincerly hope he brings that reputation to the UFWL.

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The 37th UFWL Draft Pick: Shelton Benjamin

The WWE's decision to release Shelton Benjamin is the UFWL's gain as we make him our 37th draft pick. No member of the current generation of professional wrestlers has the moves and excitement of Shelton. He was great as a tag team wrestler, and the WWE never really gave him the chance to be anything more than a mid card champion.

Sure he had big runs with the WWE US title, and again with the IC belt, and again in ECW but he was never given the chance to shine and we here at the UFWL plan to give him a big chance to prove that he can be the man.

We expect Benjamin to be a force in our North American division and engage in meaningful feuds with our other super stars.

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The 36th UFWL draft pick: Kane

The 36th UFWL draft pick is the masked version of Kane. It is our opinion that the WWE made a huge mistake taking the mask of Kane and letting him speak. While we understand characters have to evolve, we want to bring in Kane more closely following his original story line. That means a masked Kane who rarely speaks, but kicks ass in the ring.

We think Kane is well deserving on main event status, and we expect him to bring another dimension to our World Title division. We don't expect to have him feud with his brother the Undertaker but anything could happen. Really we would like to see Kane enter into a fresh feud that wrestling fans have not seen before.

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The 35th UFWL draft pick: William Regal

The 35th UFWL draft pick is none other that William Regal. Sure Regal has never really burned up the card, and his life has been hampered by his personal demons, but a lot of us here at the UFWL always were entertained by him. On top of that he is one of those guys who can have a great match with anyone on the card.

We bring him to the UFWL to revive his blue blood gimmick that was so very entertaining back in the days of the old WCW under his WCW name Lord Steven Regal. He was a pompous ass, who often had that stereotypical WWE English "something smells" look on his face and he really was the best at it.

However make no mistake about it we brought Regal to the UFWL for what he can do in the ring. He has it all from bell to bell and he has a great flair for the comedic (as evident with his run with Tajiri in the WWE). Regal is one of the hardest workers, and he should do nothing but elevate the competition in the UFWL.

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The 34th UFWL Draft Pick: Triple H

The 34th UFWL draft pick is Triple H. Our Board of Governors debated this one for a long time, as like every other member of the Kliq Triple H has maneuvered himself into a position of power within the WWE power structure. UFWL Commish Ted Dibase disproved that argument very effectively by saying Trips will not be married to any family of a UFWL official.

There is nothing that can take away from what Triple H can do bell to bell between the ropes, and ultimately that is what made this decision easy. Triple H can bring it, and we expect him to do so in our World's Title division.

Again we have to dispel a lot of the damaging rumors created by a former UFWL employee. The UFWL will not be reforming Degeneration X, even though many of the participants in DX will be members of our roster. Currently there are no plans for any UFWL factions but of course that could change.

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The 33rd UFWL Draft Pick: Scott Hall

The 33rd UFWL draft pick is none other than Scott Hall. The Board of Governors wants to clear up something now, our former Head of Talent Relations was all set to make the UFWL a gang war zone, and we will not be reuniting the nWo. Even though many former nWo members will be on our roster.

We liked Hall more in his old Razor Ramon gimmick back at in the old WWF. He can have a great match with anyone and his Ladder Match with Shawn Michaels made him a star and may still be one of the best matches ever.

Scott's personal problems never allowed him to rise above mid car status, but he did have an excellent run in the WCW as a tag team guy. We want to return him to being a singles wrestler and plan to place him in the North American division.

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