I'm sorry, but Rock defending the title against Yoshi Tatsu not once, but TWICE is the funniest thing ever.

@TaylorG88

2 жыл бұрын

I was hoping his booking would end at that point. Oli would win hands down. lol

@BigTiger_99

2 жыл бұрын

That dope ass theme playing as Yoshi holds the WWE Championship high would be Incredible

The best way to revitalize this idea: Have the host read both fantasy bookings, and do not reveal who’s is who’s. We only find out who’s is who’s in the NEXT EPISODE when the winner has already moved on. No bias that way. (Also allows for stupid funny names of the bookings)

@aburrki6732

2 жыл бұрын

absolutely this

@Shavinderyt

2 жыл бұрын

If they can bump up the production value, I think it would be fun to have dramatic readings like how they did on the actually good series

@isaiahbright7546

2 жыл бұрын

This is true too much of it is based off the person doing it

@ChaosMarioBros1

2 жыл бұрын

Even better, have each booking read by a guest host, to sell each story with the adequate tone for the writer's style.

@kvng_rvbby

2 жыл бұрын

That is genius

Weirdly enough, this made me want to see someone fantasy book a rewrite of Yoshi-Tatsu's entire WWE career.

@Afro_Matt

2 жыл бұрын

He was so good brother

@kmajorleague

2 жыл бұрын

“he goes out every week and has a 20 minute match that’s really great”

@frontful5698

2 жыл бұрын

@@kmajorleague as Adam Blampied has said, "Wrestling is easy!"

@ziahamm1603

2 жыл бұрын

Have him beat Sheamus in a feud. Just for the lol's

@AFreakingAxeCH

2 жыл бұрын

@@kmajorleague That makes him the Tim Curry of wrestling, doesn't matter if the movie is 14% on RT, he's the reason for the 13%

Adam had the better story/overall booking, but Oli did a better job sticking with the main topic.

@royshaheer

2 жыл бұрын

Yes for this one I vote for Oli, I just want it to be grounded... So both cool I choose uno!

@wojak-sensei6424

2 жыл бұрын

I respect Oli's attempt to make Cena somewhat likeable in his story. I'm under the camp that main event babyfaces are inherintely cool, it's just that babyface material is hard to get right. It's easy to write the bad guy, you just have to make them as respectable, intimidating, and efficient as possible. But to create someone who the audience has an investment for, the good guy, requires a bit more finesse and a lot less excess storytelling. That's why I have more investment in babyfaces actually overcoming their challenges rather than the same-old "come to the dark side" shtick. Cena, in Oli's story, was made to be a gutsy warrior without him turning on his own principles. He made Cena into an actually viable underdog. That's insane.

@karangoraksh6859

2 жыл бұрын

Thats y i voted for oli. As he was following the rule.

@jackanderson4993

2 жыл бұрын

And the bald guy did a better job putting olis meat in his mouth 😂

@Yuribird46

Жыл бұрын

Oli did that and i respect his attempt to fix the idea, but Adam fixing not only mania 29 but also making Takers streak end feel massive it's just a chefs kiss

Adam and Oli, two wrestling KZread's megastars squaring up twice in 2 years, and fantasy booking the feud of two wrestling megastars who squared up twice in two years. It's just poetic. How can you not love wrestletalk.

@plns_24

2 жыл бұрын

That's that twice in a lifetime that people want to see. Lol.

adam had me at "Levesque yourself before you wreck yourself"

Both were really, really good… but Adam’s is so satisfying in that he took multiple storylines that could have been so much more and made them excellent.

@zymidriver6896

2 жыл бұрын

It's a really cool and interesting story to tell, but viewing it would be a good chunk lamer. I think olie's was the better one actually. but they are both nice fantasy bookings

I pick Oli as winner here because he followed the assignment. Adam didn't want to, and while his story was tremendous, it answers a question that wasn't asked. Big credit to both gents, but rebooking something by not booking it to happen at all means it wasn't rebooked. Thus, theoretically, it cannot qualify as a winning entry.

@thetribalist6923

2 жыл бұрын

I see you don’t subscribe to the Dumbledore method of awarding grades.

@honeyjm8324

2 жыл бұрын

He has a point It’s like being asked to make a loaf of bread but saying never mind and making a pasta dish, yes it’s delicious but it isn’t bread

@thetribalist6923

2 жыл бұрын

@@honeyjm8324 I agree. By the same token, Oli could have said “I’m booking the Rock vs Shawn Michaels instead because that more exciting.” People would’ve much rather seen that than the rock versus Cena, it would’ve been a much better match, but it would not have been the assignment. If Oli ignored the rules the same way that Adam did, he could’ve still beat Adam.

@AdvyDeven

2 жыл бұрын

Well then you could look at it like this: Rebooking it doesn't necessarily imply that you rebook a different variant of the initial booking. Just that the initial booking was made into something else.

Adam's flair for the dramatic and storytelling prowess is always top tier, but I think Oli really brought his a-game and they're pretty even for me. So my vote goes to Oli, because not only did he provide a very solid booking that fixed many of the problems from the original run, but he actually followed the prompt, and as a d&d dm I appreciate proper rules following.

Triple H retiring Rock to start the Authority is actually great. It can give Roman more personal motives to "fight the system" And when he become wwe champion he says "I did it for family. I did it for the Rock... Uce"

@ABD-pc3jf

2 жыл бұрын

I know someone else that "did it for the Rock"

@reddeath5791

2 жыл бұрын

This story will only work if Roman Reigns were to run over HHH with a car

Facing Adam in a booking battle if like facing Triple H during the reign of terror

*Adam’s booking as always it’s just pure perfection. I would’ve loved to see Punk vs ‘Taker for the WWE title at ‘Mania 29. After all their match was the only interesting thing of the entire show. That way CM Punk would’ve gotten the WrestleMania main event that he richly deserved rather than doing that whole “Twice In A Lifetime” nonsense.*

@RomaroBrandon

2 жыл бұрын

Only thing I'd change is have CM Punk win retain and beat the streak! Makes more sense than John Cena doing it a year later.

@vampirascoffin870

2 жыл бұрын

@@RomaroBrandon love your idea BAY BAY!

@oathkeeper65

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it was a great rebooking of mania 29. But that wasn’t the assignment. The assignment was twice in a lifetime. Adam is gonna win on name value alone. Not because he did the better booking. If anything the only twice in a lifetime Adam did was the rock and Cena being in a cop car.

@RomaroBrandon

2 жыл бұрын

@@oathkeeper65 no! Adam booked a way better WrestleMania 29 than Oli Davis! Only good thing about Oli's was the idea of a triple threat at WrestleMania 29 which has been said by fans since CM Punk lost the title at Royal Rumble.

@oathkeeper65

2 жыл бұрын

@@RomaroBrandon The assignment wasn't to rebook Mania 29. It was to rebook Twice in a Lifetime. Which Adam didn't do. Oli ought to win by default since Adam didn't book the right story.

Hyped this should be a yearly thing now, I remember when the RR one came out and Adam was back after I genuinely never thought I’d see him again 🥺

Here's the problem with this video. There is literally no way anyone can beat Adam Blampied in fantasy booking. He was really good at Whatculture, but, he's taken his story telling to another level at wrestletalk or partsfunkown.

@ha04Rry

2 жыл бұрын

Name redacted*

@fishyboi98

2 жыл бұрын

but he didn't rebook twice in a lifetime, he rebooked wrestlemania 29. TBH, Oli wins just because he did the assignment.

@honeyjm8324

2 жыл бұрын

@@fishyboi98 yeah

@dylandylan5526

2 жыл бұрын

Except Oli wins because he booked the story

@francisjomergallardo4593

2 жыл бұрын

@@fishyboi98 that's the problem with this series as a whole. The New Day triple threat and the WWE vs AEW winners won without the booking being abouy the topics as well. I think the community shouldn't be the one determining the winners.

Damn, only if WWE did this kind of long-term storytelling. Cena's descent into a losing streak over 3-4 years, then turning heel to break Taker's streak would have been the greatest wrestling storyline of all time. Also, Oli did a great job. Rock winning the MITB, and both him and Cena turning heel within months was just crazy.

Oli’s was cool, but Adam’s storytelling, mixed with that go-home RAW is insane, and that’s why I’d vote for him

@boppyb2528

2 жыл бұрын

Adam's fantasy booking was good, but he didn't follow the assignment. For being the one who did what he was actually told, Oli should win

This one is actually difficult for me to cast a vote for. Adam, as always, is the patron saint of fantasy booking...but he didn't follow the assignment at hand. Oli actually rebooked it, but Adam just sort of went "Lulz...nope...not gonna do that...", rebooked around it, and pretended it didn't exist. If I voted with my heart I would vote for Adam but in this instance the vote would be going to the wrong person. For that reason alone my vote goes to Oli.

@StarCat420

2 жыл бұрын

That’s how I’m feeling but at the same time he technically did rebook it.

@killwalker

2 жыл бұрын

Same. I love Adam's presentation and storytelling, buy he didn't really follow the program this time, so Oli gets the win, but mostly because his was quite good as well.

I thought Oli was about to book Twice In A Lifetime at Extreme Rules. I was impressed with the balls he had to try it

Honestly, I preferred Adam's booking. But I found myself agreeing with Luke's point about it not matching the brief. So I voted for Oli because he did what he was told. But good job on both ends. Quick idea for a future video though, rebook Austin's heel turn. I've got an idea on that which I think is quite good where Austin turns Tweener first and then heel at Invasion.

@nuudlesmckeaning9994

2 жыл бұрын

How do you vote

@markjones9058

2 жыл бұрын

@@nuudlesmckeaning9994 it's in the Community tab for the channel.

In Oli's booking, he didn't mention that since Punk is technically in the main event of Mania 29, he now doesn't want to leave WWE one year later.

@AdvyDeven

2 жыл бұрын

That was far from the only reason he left, and that being changed is not enough to assume he'd still stay with WWE

@wildethang93

2 жыл бұрын

@@AdvyDeven Well I think he would’ve been HAPPIER if he had one if not the happiest.

Oli definitely deserves this win, because he stuck to the brief and his booking was pretty good too. But Blampied's booking, is pure art. That's fine, Tarantino has not won the best director oscar yet either :)

I literally wasn't sold on any of Oli's other bookings but I loved this one.

This reminds me so much of the debates we have on my film course. Is it more impressive to break the rules and create some genuinely incredible and groundbreaking work, or create an amazing piece while having tight restrictions placed on you? Adam's booking is genuinely one of the best I've ever heard, wrapping three storylines into a perfect bow. But Olly took something I had no interest in and made me wish I saw it. I mean TECHNICALLY it wasn't twice in a lifetime because he had to put CM Punk in, but still. This was an excellent video guys well done.

@tyressebell1489

2 жыл бұрын

That’s actually a solid debate, recently I’ve been pondering a similar question about the talent in WWE. Do the talent not get over? Or does the company not allow them to showcase what would allow them to be more over?

@AcornPlays

2 жыл бұрын

@@tyressebell1489 I think it's 100% the latter, but that's why I find it more impressive when talents do finally get over in WWE. Creating excellent wrestling within WWE's rigid framework is so challenging, that's why guys like AJ and Danielson I think are all time greats.

Adam came to Wrestletalk at the lowest point in my life. Seeing him vs Oli again in Fantasy Booking Warfare is a hell of a fresh jolt of energy for me

Dude not even gonna lie That part in Oli's booking where Cena patted his arm band and the camera panned to see the arena full of people wearing black arm bands had me emotional 😭

I've re-watched this more than 10 times now and I'm still entertained with the bookings. It's me re-watching the Invasion angle he did a couple of years ago all over again.

When Adam said that Paul Heyman said that "Brock had diverticulitis, but he's better now. And he's going to extract..." I was 100% thinking he'd say "that title from your hands like they extracted my client's colon."

The video is 46 minutes long, the videos been out for a half hour, no one should've finished it yet and there's already an 84% vote for Adam I think Oli could've booked the greatest story ever and still would've lost

@robertabailey8830

2 жыл бұрын

This is a true statement and it kind of defeats the point honestly. Why have the competition if it doesn’t matter what either says.

@TheLastSane1

2 жыл бұрын

I mean some people skip around if they feel its dead air or not interesting.

@thomassiggaardandersen6759

2 жыл бұрын

Isn't that just wrestling in a nutshell, though? There is a story here to be told even thought the result was predetermined. Oli over in defeat versus the overconfident Adam not even following the brief. What happens next? Will the god fall from the heavens? Find out next time

6:03 Oli's booking 21:10 Adam's booking

Oli's accomplished the goal of rebooking Twice in a Lifetime and made it into a version I would have loved to see. I liked Adam's but it wasn't his best. Oli gets my vote.

That yoshi tatsu thing got me so good

This feud should have stayed a "once in a lifetime" feud.

@mycahjofficial

2 жыл бұрын

I think everybody can agree with that but WWE blatantly lied to our faces by doing it again which made that whole thing a bunch of utter nonsense. SMH.

I love the chemistry between you three! Really enjoyed the video I hope you all had a brilliant Christmas and have a happy new year!

Oli has come far, but there's nobody who beats Adam in a booking warfare!

Adam, thank you for returning to the wrestling community and doing what you love. God, I wish you could write for wwe.

@shags2edope

2 жыл бұрын

Has impact mlw or even Roh reached out to him, like imagine Adam with those rosters booking

Look, I know he didn't, ya know, book twice in a life time, but Adam's is just a masterpiece. I just adored how everything is simultaneous and hits the main beats with each other. THAT Raw before mania, THAT Rumble PPV. Genuinely some of his best booking work, to me at least

Fantasy retirement matches are seriously my favorite thing in the world, and Adam is a genius with them.

What a gargantuan clash. Two of the greatest ever in their industry, going head to head in a dream match booking the Rock vs Cena

Adam's gonna dominate the voting but those who have watched the video know that Oli's booking was much better.

@TheLastSane1

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe. Olis was the same story with slightly different window dressing. Adam's was a great story and didn't rehash.

I thought Christmas was over, Then we got this!

Both Bookings had some great ideas and I am genuinely in love with the Parking Lot Knot connecting everything in Adam's booking. That's genuinely amazing. But as it fails to clear the brief, I'll have to vote for Ollie's booking. That being said, the ambiguity of the whole situation means that we need a clear round 2! Bring it on

I mean Adam is almost definitely going to win, but Oli’s booking is really good IMO. Haven’t listened to Adam’s yet tho.

Didn't Adam kinda book "Twice in a Lifetime" during "How Adam Would Book 'Embrace the Hate'"?

@GrandArchPriestOfTheAlgorithm

2 жыл бұрын

My thoughts actually.

@glydoughnut9432

2 жыл бұрын

Not really. It was just a storyline that happened to include Twice In A Lifetime in its timeline

Man I love these videos. I need thrice in a lifetime where they book each other’s dream matches🤙🏻

Thought they forgot, excited to see what's booked!

Oli got my vote on principal. Adam's booking was good as always. But...it just feels kind of unfair to Oli to give it to Adam here. Adam is going to win, but I think Oli gets the moral victory in the end for this.

I love watching people twist their reasoning. So many people tanked a previous one because the New Day triple threat was only PART of the story, and yet Adam absolutely ignored the concept and is going to win.

i have been looking for this booking video for what feels like years. i kept looking through adams booking videos and thought i was going crazy

very special FINALE?? NO! MAKE THIS A SERIES I WANT THIS NOW AND FOREVER

Both were fantastic, bit I did like Adam's a bit more. Here's my thing: Can we have more of these? Like, no tournaments or anything, just every so often, here's so and so vs whoever, booking this, Fantasy Booking Warfare match. Please? These are great. Please?

Luke got it exactly right, Oli’s should have won. He stayed within the confines of the challenge and did a terrific job. Adam kinda phoned it in. But Adam is just so entertaining in everything he does he has a large lead

@reddeath5791

2 жыл бұрын

Adam put a lot of work into his booking, but didn’t book the right thing. It’s like not wanting to do grammar homework so you instead write an incredible story. You put a lot of time and effort into that story and it really shows, but it wasn’t what you were supposed to do

@christiangarza8122

Жыл бұрын

@@reddeath5791 My problem is that both should be disqualified. Oil for a simple but *critical* mistake that lost me. You can’t book the audience. There was a still a huge possibility for the crowd to go, “Let’s go Cena/ Cena Sucks!” Adam can happen without luck, Oli’s cannot. That’s why I gave it to Adam.

Love these…funniest thing though is that Oli starts his booking…”The Rock just.” And commercial! Lol

Please do more of these!!!

What a nice video to wake up to. I'm certainly a mark for Adam but I'm going into this with absolutely no bias. Good luck lads.

Watched the whole video through, enjoyed both just about equally, Oli did a great job but I did go with Adam's at the end. Great job all around though!

When Adam said "thats a deadman walking" in SRS words IT'S OVER IT'S OVER!

About time e lol. I needed to end the year right. Thank you

Oli won hands down: Adam’s story was told like a film script while Oli actually had BOOKED the Twice in a Lifetime storyline. Rather then writing a treatment for a CW Program with all of the Cop Car stuff.

Because of the story that was supposed to be told, Oli won this by a county mile. But of course, as always, Adam's bookings are pure perfection

Damn How I've been waiting on this!!

“Crime scene red and accident blue” is the most PRETENTIOUS thing I have ever heard. Good. On. You. Adam. I didn’t think I could love you any more than I did and you raise the bar once again.

Oli got my vote because not only was the story really good, he actually did the assignment! Lol if the objective was “rebook WrestleMania 29”, Adam did that to perfection! I loved his booking, and was sports-entertainment at its finest! But it didn’t necessarily rebook twice in a lifetime, in my honest opinion. Either way, I loved this video and will continue to Support WrestleTalk ❤️

How is that there's already people commenting about whose Booking was better 20 minutes after a 43 minutes video was uploaded?

It's finally here! Can't wait to watch

All of you are crazy. Oli's booking was absolutely better, and he actually did the assignment. It was ridiculous and silly, and it was just wrestling at it's core. I loved it

Gotta say Oli for actually sticking to the subject matter and for Yoshi Tatsu I like Adam's past bookings but it's like he made 3 fantasy booking for 1 Mania to avoid booking twice in a life, which was the point of the video 😂

I love how Adam acknowledges the fact that he’s the only one keeping this channel alive

Both were great! I went with Adam just because it was so interesting and created multiple amazing storylines. I don't know if there is anyone that can top Adam.......yet.....

"Levesque Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself" and "WA-BOO-DOO!" get me every time.

Lol the Tarantino style chapters for Adams rebooting were brilliant 👏 bravo sir xx

Blampied presentation on this was just , surreal, I now want a totally scripted like cinematic version of wwe , that opening was chef kiss

First time.. thoroughly enjoyed it...!!

I know people complained about the concept of "twice in a lifetime" But Can we talk about How Cena and Rock's tag team match at survivor series was labeled "Never Before and Never Again" But then years later for a Wrestlemania squash match they teamed up....again >end of an Era >Once in a Lifetime >Never Before Never Again >Ric Flair Retiring

Adam's Go-Home Raw was absolutely fantastic. It's crazy and balls to the wall, but it's going to be good television!

Oli all day man. Well done. This was fun though. Thanks fellas. Happy new year.

Adam is so good at his craft he deserves a six part Docuseries

We need this series to come back

I hate to vote against Adam "the booking deity" Blampied especially since his idea is better, but Oli did follow the assignment on this one. It's fair that Oli gets the W. Plus, Oli gave us Mr. MITB Rock AND a potential proper Expendables 3 movie (unlike the garbage that was actually made back then) sooo... He's got my vote!

You know what, screw this. Oli wins because he wrote the assignment perfectly and very funny I dare to say, that Yoshi Tatsu thing has really cracked me up on the floor, you got me Oli, you really got me. And also, be more confident with yourself, because the story was great; as Adam pointed out, you made The Rock and Cena turning Heel, while Punk remained Face, basically? So I pick your story, Oli, as a perfect assignment. But also, I pick Adam re-booking of WM 29 (except for the Cena wins at Mania 30 against Taker, The Streak should have stayed intact). Adam you're just glorious in terms of booking, and this WM 29 that you re-booked makes a helluva sense. So to me, nobody of you two loses, I just can't decide which story is better than the other, so I think it ends in a Draw, because both of them were really, really, really good.

MORE of this!

Adam not only stayed away from the prompt, but also, his anthology style, "Pulp Fiction" booking would, I think, just not work when presented chronologically, with that go-home RAW being too stacked, and the overlaps (especially the Rock and Cena in the cop car) wouldn't work in real time. It was a nice story, but Oli's story was veeery fun and much more focused, with a Corporate Hollywood Rock and a tweener Cena (which will indeed get him cheered).

Im glad they know their audience because i was genuinely tempted to vote for adam before even watching the bookings

Whilst I enjoyed Adam's, Oli actually stuck to the brief. I did enjoy Oli's too so him sticking to the brief isn't the only reason I'm voting for him

Both amazing booking ideas. Oli met the brief and didn't in a fun and fresh way. Adam told a great story, which was accented by his fantastic storytelling. My issue with Adam's is that his fantastic storytelling doesn't play out in the same way while watching a continuous wrestling show. He told a movie with recalls and beautifully tied up story notes like the dead man walking line. We wouldn't see it like that in the real viewing. The moment he refers back to it in the video is great, but wouldnt have that impact live.

If wanted, Adam's story could get back to the prompt pretty easily. Keep the opening to WM30 the same with all the legends coming out, but have Rock throw it to the screen where there's footage of him and Cena in the cop car from that Raw. Rock shows a 2. Cena shows his usual ok sign which kinda looks like a 30. Cenas music hits and he comes down to join the promo. Eventually, Hogan, the host of WM30, sets the match of Cena vs. Rock with Stone Cold as ref.

Oli followed the rules and his booking was more fun! Oli for the win!!

And still, King of KZread Fantasy Booking... Adam Blampied

This was Oli's best effort vs Adam being Adam. I watched and will vote Adam because his entire arc is what I prefer but both were excellent.

I just want to see how WWE would pull off something like Adam's WM 29 go home episode finale. There's so many moving parts in it and it only works if you see the end first. But it was so good too watching the whole story unravel itself. They would probably devote the final hour of RAW just to that one story idea. Better than what they usually do.

This is the greatest Wrestling Rivalry on record.

I vote Oli. Both were excellent but I chose Oli because while we all know Adam is a superstar, he didn't book "Twice In A Lifetime." And, Oli stepped his booking game up immensely. Well done, gents.

I would love your booking ideas on the Aces and Eights TNA storyline

Oh the nostalgia of twice in a lifetime. I was a little boy so excited to see Rock vs Cena. I loved the match when I was little (haven’t seen it since..probably won’t like it now) but I will say this about it. The Rock going for a 5 knuckle shuffle but then being caught with an AA (a reverse situation from the end of WM28) was a fantastic near fall and Cena going for the People’s Elbow only to stop and sucker The Rock in for an AA only for that to be countered but a Rock Bottom was also a brilliant near fall. There is good stuff in Twice Of A Lifetime. The main one being the video package. If this was WWE’s plan since 2012 as this 3 WrestleMaina arc then fair play to them for sticking with it but also CM Punk got massive within those 3 years and I think it should have been a triple threat with his title on the line.

Watched it all and still vote for Adam, like I have with all of these I just vote for what I would of been happier to see actually happen.

Oli's booking was glorious, it got my vote

Amazing stories..

I was actually wondering how adam would have rebooked mania 29 so im glad too find out on this

A suggestion for next episode: the last Lita's run in WWE

Oli’s booking is how I would want Cody’s “heel” turn to be. “If u like me, I’ll fight for u…if you don’t, I’ll fight you”

What was the original booking scores for the 2020 Rumble they did for Blampied's debut? I know he beat Davis. But I dont know the breakdown (e.g., 65% to 35%)