ORIGINS 2006 Report
by Barron Vangor Toth
WWE Raw Deal co-designer

At some point either for this site or for my private BarronVangorToth.com site, I’ll write about all the various shenanigans that took place as much fun was had outside the facts of which Superstars were played, who had what records, and who won. But there is much to cover so that will have to wait for another time. Before I dive in, let me thank all the fine people of the Midwest as well as all those that traveled in as it’s always thrilling to see folks taking time away from their families, friends, and jobs to play a game you design. I’d also like to specifically thank Jason Griffey, Tom Teagardner, and Christopher “Creed” Pate for helping me run the events, as well as Dave and Vicki Kelley for helping CI President Alan Gordon at the booth. Running events all day basically nonstop for four straight days is a daunting task – and it’s only possible because of the great help we get from our terrific volunteers.

Before we get underway, let me apologize in advance if I spell anyone’s name wrong or if I make an error in typing up a deck list. While I obviously try to be 100% factual, there is a chance that a mistake or two appears below. If that happens, please email me, and I’ll see about correcting it ASAP.

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Origins Raw Deal Draft Championships

30 players were split into 5 tables of 6 where round-robin rounds determined the 5 table winners:

Dan Bryan
Sam Egry
John Marczak
Chris McCleese
Christopher “Creed” Pate

Those 5 players sat at a new table where they redrafted and went through round-robin rounds against each other.

Origins Raw Deal Draft Champion: Dan Bryan

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QUALIFIER #1: All Axxess

Almost 100 players playing over 50 different Superstars.

After 7 Swiss rounds:

7-0

2004 Wizard World Philly Champ Andrew Trebing (Bobby “The Brain” Heenan)

6-1

2005 Origins Champion Mark LaRoche (Stephanie McMahon)
Lucas Magrum (JBL)
Daniel Nettles (Hurri-Friends)
Kevin Peters (The Game)

5-2

<<<<<Stephen Albrecht >>>>> (Jake “the Snake”)
Chris Boltinghouse (Tajiri)
Jesse Coates (The Immortal One)
Arthur Continelli (Booker T)
Craig Ewing (Eric Bischoff)
Matt “The Muffin Man’s Brother” Fetting (Doink)
2006 World Champion James Kandziolka (Chris Jericho)
Rick Kivett (Road Dogg)
Chris McCleese (Rene Dupree)
2005 Southeast Champion Anthony Ogden (Carlito)
Cole Reukauf (The Million Dollar Man)
Bond Scafuri (Rey Mysterio)
Jeff Scott (Eddie Guerrero)
Chris West (The Home Team)

4-3

Dom DeMarco (Leader of the Peepulation)
2003 Gen Con So Cal Champion Rob Drexler (Los Guerreros)
Martha Fissel (The Bookerman)
Chad Gaynier (The Largest Athlete in Sports Entertainment)
Kwame Hart (Dude Love)
Matt “Lodi” Laurie (Rob … Van … Dam)
Daryl Leas (Torrie Wilson)
Jimmy O’Brien (Vincent Kennedy McMahon)
Ric Pittman (“Rowdy” Roddy Piper)
Brad Seelbach (Lita)
Brian Simmons (Batista)
2004 World Champion Wess Victory (Eugene)
2005 #1 Ranked Player Nate Weiss (Highlight of the Night)

Honorable Mention to the two 4-3 players who didn’t make the cut:

“Evil” Dave Fogle (Chyna)
2005 Gen Con Champion Elijah Jones (Teddy Long)

When players around the world are asked who are the best players in Raw Deal that have yet to make it to the World Championships at WrestleMania, there are five names always mentioned: The Fetting Brothers (Joe and Matt), Craig Ewing, Dave Fogle, and Matt “Lodi” Laurie. With Matt, Craig, and Joe in the Top 32 – would one of them (finally!) make it WrestleMania?

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