TCW: A Quiet Retirement [Archive] - Page 10

Phantom Stranger

02-02-2011, 09:01 PM

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TCW Presents Saturday Night Showcase

Saturday Week 1 June 2009

Live on CBA (Rating 13.86)

Held at the Quebec Stade Uniprix (Quebec)

Attendance: 10,000 (Sold Out)

Announcers:
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Duane Fry – Jasmine Saunders – Alanis Springsteen

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Eternal Party vs. Young Guns
The Young Guns have been showing so much fire lately, and given a chance in the ring, they set themselves to it to show the crowd what they can do.

That said, they're up against the slowly-ascendant Champagne Lover, and against the master of Edd-Fu.

It's actually quite remarkable how well the Guns seem prepared for his inventive ways – the handspring elbow, for instance, sees them pluck him from the air, then deliver a double-team suplex flip into a stunner, which draws a pop from the crowd – particularly when Steve Gumble kips back up and into a moment's air guitar celebration.

Champagne Lover has a much more direct approach, and the sheer speed of it is a big threat as what is now the senior Painful Procedure tag team try to keep the upper hand against two extremely tough opponents.

There's a recurring issue in tag team wrestling, dating back some fifteen years now, where an established team that relies on speed and aerial artistry is gradually outpaced, gradually cast aside by younger wrestlers using more innovative moves, who've grown up with the counters for the established team. This has been the Young Guns' vulnerability for quite a while now, but here, for the first time in a while, they really seem to be battling back against it.

Edd rolls under Gumble's Savate Kick, and Gumble instead leaves Eugene Williams with a headache.

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Therein lies the problem. Perhaps – perhaps – the Guns could have stood their ground against the Eternal Party. But when Darkwave's masked man and Cherry Bomb add to their problems, they're out of their depth. A Cherry Bomb and a corkscrew legdrop on the outside leave Allen down and out, and Edd promptly lands the Party's Over to Gumble as Williams recovers.
Eternal Party defeated Young Guns
Rating: B-

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Edd hops onto the top rope, twisting as he does so, and backflips down to the outside, grabbing a microphone from the ring announcer.

“You know something?” he asks. “I'm feeling a little like I'm invisible right now.

“See, Aaron, I thought we were having fun. I know I was. And you threw me down a good fifteen feet, and you came crashing down...

“You couldn't beat me. Still can't for my money.

“And you want to go get tag gold? You wanna give up the belt?” He mock-pouts. “I didn't realise you didn't wanna play rough, man. I didn't realise you couldn't take it.

“Mind you, you're an only child. Me, I grew up fifth of five kids. I'm usedta getting pranked, ridden hard, ribbed all to hell.

“It made me who I am today.

“Man, I thought you understood. Guess not... so I'm gonna make you. You go for the tag belts, me and my main man here will come after you, since Biggest Bro's after the big belt with the maple leaf.

“You stay International, we'll sort this.

“But you and me ain't through, man. Grow a thick skin because the kidding's just begun. Watch your back... or front, or side, or head, or... well, something. I haven't decided.” He laughs, somewhere from some very strange mindset. “I'll level with you, man. I pretty much make this up as I go along.”

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Canadian Elemental vs. UK Dragon w/ Laura Huggins
One of the things that Azaria has frequently mentioned when UK Dragon has been on the screen has been his wide and varied background, wrestling in a wide assortment of very different places, adapting to very different styles.

It's steadily growing more apparent across his matches; his offence is different in each one, trying different combinations, different tactics.

Trying, it would seem, to find a combat tactic that will earn success in TCW, a very different environment to any he's been in before.

CanEl finds himself outwrestled whenever the pace slows enough that Dragon can lock up with him; that said, the maple-leafed thrillseeker doesn't allow the pace to slow for more than a few scant seconds at a time. Ultimately, that's what does it; on the Elemental Suplex being blocked, he's able to land what Azaria calls a Daredevil Drop, and that scores the win.
Canadian Elemental defeated UK Dragon
Rating: B-

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Golden Law vs. Jack Marlowe & Sammy Bach
With the exception of Bach, what we have here is something of a slugfest. Sammy, as the fastest of the group, plays the world's most dangerous mouse while three resilient tomcats throw down.

Marlowe fits into this nicely; as the announcers discuss just what lengths the Enforcer is prepared to go to in pursuit of his clients' goals he elbows out of a Golden bearhug, then promptly clotheslines both men over the top rope and to the outside – before running around the ring, yanking Law off the apron, and going into a discus punch that connects just as Law lands.

Moments later he's back putting the boot in to Rocky, and it has to be said that Marlowe does a lot – not all, but a lot – of his side's heavy lifting against Golden Law. Bach, naturally enough, is only too happy to let him.

In the end it's Bach who pins Golden, but it's clear who did the work. Jack Marlowe has made a statement.
Jack Marlowe & Sammy Bach defeated Golden Law
Rating: B

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JeriLynn Stone vs. Tamara McFly
Simple and quick, the two relations put on a good technical show that rapidly steps up the pace as JL pushes her aunt, eventually kicking her loose from an attempted Stone Hold, letting her crash into the turnbuckle, then vaulting up and landing the Girl's Best Friend to pick up a pin.

As One Girl Revolution begins to play, JeriLynn mounts the turnbuckle again, pointing a single finger at the camera with her habitual grin.
JeriLynn Stone defeated Tamara McFly
Rating: C+

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Applause gets picked up over the speakers, and Jeremy Stone walks out onto the ramp, still clapping, apparently quite sincerely, while holding a microphone in his hand.

“Good,” he begins. “That's great, honey. I'm glad to see you're sticking to what you've learned at-”

“Dad.”

“the House of Stone, where the very best wrestlers-”

“Dad.”

“in the world unite to train the next-”

“DAD!”

Jeremy blinks.

JeriLynn frowns. “Is this for real? I mean, sure, thanks for the compliment, but you are getting damn close to... are you seriously Kanye-ing me?”

Jeremy blinks again. “Am I...”

“Never mind,” she sighs. “I gotta hit the showers. You tell the fans... I don't know. Whatever. Hey, can you justify yourself while you're at it?”

“Justify myself?” Stone asks, as his daughter rolls out of the ring.

“Yeah,” she shrugs. “You might've missed this, Dad, but you've cheated in a contendership match three months straight now.

“Stone is stronger than that.”

And with that, she brushes past her father and heads backstage.

Jeremy watches her go, a frown on his face, then shrugs.

“You lot think I need to justify myself?”

The fans react, and as they do, Stone snorts. “What the hell just happened? I know you lot aren't stupid. I hear the questions you ask. You understand match strategy. You get where we're coming from. You respect good wrestling, and I ask a rhetorical question and you yap like trained dogs. You're better than that. Or you should be.”

He looks around the crowd. “Fact is, there isn't a person here – there isn't a person in this company – who has the track record, the years of experience, the understanding of the sport, to be in a position where I have to justify myself to them.

“That's what's got to me about Sean Deeley's line of BS the last few months, and quite frankly, the fact he brought my daughter here is going to far. Not that I'm not happy she's here – and winning – but he intended that to screw with me. Sean, put simply, you don't have that right, and I've got over two decades in the sport to back up my statement.

“Mark my words, Sean, you have a lot to learn and I'm going to make sure that you do.”

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Elite Express vs, New Wave
Another very close result between these two teams, with both sides hitting hard and taking names. The Express are certainly eager to shut down a suddenly-game New Wave before they can really get their feet back under them.

Meanwhile, Guide and Scout are doing everything they can. The slam/flying elbow drop to the crotch combo finally makes its return, much to the fans' delight, and the hotshot – springboard lariat combo also returns.

Thomas and Johnson fire back with their own signatures, building up almost inevitably to the Precision Driller – which lands, eventually, on Scout, mere moments after Ray Johnson recognises a somewhat questionable blind tag to bring Guide into play.

A Guided Missile takes Thomas out of the equation. Johnson gets another before being tossed from the ring, and Thom Barrowman gets a slick pin cover, both legs hooked, to make sure of it.
New Wave defeated the Elite Express
Rating: B

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With the match over, the fans' attention returns to the entrance ramp, where it seems TCW's redoubtable stage crew have been busy. A full drum set, dual keyboards, not one but two bass guitars and a lead guitar are in place.

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And Painful Procedure come out in force. Hopkirk and Waldorf grab the basses; Allen takes the keyboards, Statler the drums, and Gumble the lead guitar. And Troy Tornado... well, he has a microphone, and that's all he ever needed.

“This,” Tornado grins, “is our new single. Figure if Darkwave are just gonna give you a crappy video, we've got to at least show you the Procedure live. So get ready... we're going balls to the wall!”
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Eric Tyler & Jeremy Stone w/ Laura Huggins
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Johnny Bloodstone & Troy Tornado w/ Blonde Bombshell
The two veterans, between them, have fifty-six years in the business, and it shows in everything they do; measured, careful, and brutal. Bloodstone, meanwhile, is having obvious difficulty keeping his temper in check; at the same time, there's a lot of discussion on the announce table about how he seems to be minimising his time in ring.

“Saving himself up,” is the consensus. After all, some of Generation Omega are set to be in the arena later...

So Bloodstone makes his time in the ring impactful, but he's quick to tag back out. Tornado, meanwhile, is his usual dynamic, energetic self, hurtling around the ring, relying on speed and energy to stay out of the veterans' reach.

It's a good strategy... in theory. The tricky part is when there's two of them and they're able to tag out, recover... and you have only a limited supply of go. Especially after a high-energy song performance right ahead of the match.

Tyler eventually slows him down with the old standby that is a thumb to the eye, takes him down with a slam, then tags out. Stone goes to work, and perhaps a couple of his own plays aren't entirely legitimate.

A heel hook leaves Tornado scrambling, desperate, until he can grab the ropes. Eugene Williams starts the count, but Stone keeps the hold applied.

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Williams has his attention on trying to prise Stone's hands off Tornado's ankle, and Sean Deeley arrives, blasting Stone with a European uppercut that breaks the hold. Another uppercut follows, then an inverted suplex to confirm it – and Deeley rolls clear of the ring as Williams turns around.

Tornado beats Stone to his feet, barely, and meets the rush with a Tornado Driver, collapsing onto Stone with his ankle going out from under him. Bloodstone rushes Tyler to prevent a break on the pin, and despite the pain in his ankle, Tornado scores the pinfall.
Johnny Bloodstone & Troy Tornado defeated Eric Tyler & Jeremy Stone
Rating: B+

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Breakin' The Law hits next. Cornell appears, and the pop is stunning. He stops short, shakes his head, then starts walking to the ring as Midden appears behind him. “Guys, seriously, OK,” Cornell begins. “I swear, enough's enough. That feels wrong, you know that?”

The pair enter the ring. “Right,” Cornell begins, then glances across at Midden with a broad, broad smirk. “You want to get this started?”

“Sure,” Midden nods. “Phil, Remo, Marc, we know you're all gonna be backstage. I want all three of you out here, right now.”

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A few moments later, the trio emerge. They stalk straight down to the ring for a close-up faceoff.

“Kinda want to get this over with,” Remo says, simply. “You want us to fight again? Sure, whatever. It don't matter to Remo. But let's get done, OK? I want your scalp on my wall, boss.”

Cornell stays quiet, gesturing to Midden, who fishes a piece of paper out of his leather jacket. “Hope you appreciate me doing this the 'right' way, Phil,” he says, making the air quotes as applicable. “I know you were talking about how you were fine with being shut away from competition, resting up, all that. And it's true that tonight is the first time Generation Omega has been given a sanctioned, broadcast match you hadn't already had confirmed since we barred you from competition.” He grins. “I'm gonna love this part.

“Remo Richardson, Marc DuBois, Frankie Perez, Davis Wayne Newton and Wolf Hawkins, the Board of Investors invokes its right to levy punitive damages against TCW contracted wrestlers -”

Vibert frowns. “Whoa, whoa, whoa – punitive damages can only apply if they've cost TCW money, or broken the rules, or violated their contracts, and my men have not-”

“Just let him finish,” Cornell smirks. Midden nods.

“On Wednesday and Thursday night this week, the Board's Representative arranged matches for your clients, Phil, at the regularly scheduled TCW events occurring those nights.

“Your boys didn't perform. In fact, they weren't even in the building, either night.

“So you don't get paid, and in fact, to satisfy the wrestlers you were pitted against, we're fining you their win bonuses.” He grins. “Also, for the record, you all now have count-out losses against Tooth and Claw and Kazuma & the Kid on your sheets.”

Remo steps forward, scowling, and Midden raises a hand. “Phil, we knew you wouldn't be there. And we don't ask ANY wrestler to attend every event. TCW doesn't believe in forcing people to compete seven nights a week. No other sport inflicts that level of wear and tear. No one should have to face it.

“But from now on, Phil, Generation Omega do not get to know if they're competing until the night of the show. Maybe not until halfway through.

“And we will be enforcing each and every fine.”

“I'm going to fight this,” Vibert hisses. “You cannot get away with this-”

“Probably not,” Cornell says cheerfully. “Mind you, you're suddenly not getting any money to fight it with. It's all cost now, Phil. We've got some good news for you, though. A proposition.”

“Go on.”

“TCW is prepared to reinstate Generation Omega members to the regular wrestling schedules. We are, however, just making this an offer right now. Specifically, it's what we offer to give you incentive to commit to a match at Excessive Force.

“In return, we're offering this; if you lose, you, Phil, are going to use your blackmail material on the Board of Investors one last time. You're going to force your inside man to sell his shares and step down.”

Vibert frowns. “Generation Omega has two tag matches and a world heavyweight championship scheduled at Excessive Force as it is. With five members-”

“Yeah,” Cornell grins. “Someone's gonna have to pull double duty. Ain't that a kick in the head?”

DuBois snorts. “If it gets him in the ring with you, it'll be Wolf's pleasure. And he'll give you the kick in the head.”

Cornell grins. “Sure, sunbeam, I'll be giving him his satisfaction. I hadn't thought of that...

“Actually, you're not going to be fighting me. You'll be fighting my partner tonight.”

“Who is?”

Cornell and Midden look at each other and simply grin. Strings start to play through the arena; the music isn't quite what the fans are used to, but the Canadian audience knows the tune even if they don't know this version. And they know who's come out to that theme since 2004... and who vanished from NOTBPW television three months ago.

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Sean McFly has arrived in TCW.

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Marc DuBois & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean McFly & Tommy Cornell
There is very close to nothing about this match that doesn't create riotous levels of reaction throughout the arena. All ten thousand are on their feet.

DuBois' speed is getting to be astonishing, but perhaps even more so is the ease with which he baits Cornell in the ring, drawing even so experienced a player of mind games as Cornell into rages – rages which invariably end with Cornell in the Generation Omega corner as Remo tags in.

Cornell is indisputably one of the very best wrestlers alive. But Remo... Remo is strength, speed, and a beautifully straightforward approach to laying out his opponents. He simply powers through holds, tosses his opponents halfway across the ring to crash back-first into the turnbuckle – only to mow them down with a roaring elbow as they ricochet back into the ring, and stacks Cornell and McFly up in the corner for a running splash to take them both out.

Without someone of Eddie Peak's strength, Remo Richardson is close to an unstoppable force.

On the other hand...

If Tommy Cornell is the best wrestler alive, Sean McFly is in the top ten if not the top five. And with the crowd he's performed in front of for five years roaring their support for him, he finds the resilience to get his shoulder up on pinfall after pinfall.

Eventually, Vibert shrugs. Marc DuBois vaults the ropes while Cornell clings to the turnbuckle to avoid a Destroyer, and a Marc of Excellence wipes out Sam Sparrow.

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Both Generation Omega men go to work on Cornell. McFly rushes in to help, and only a split second later, Johnny Bloodstone arrives.

Replays will later show that Bloodstone's delay was due to waylaying a security guard; he's wielding the nightstick as he arrives, and the shots rain down fast. DuBois rolls clear; Remo simply weathers the storm, coming back with a right cross that staggers Bloodstone, but Cornell, sensing the opportunity, hits the mother of all low blows from behind. Richardson drops to his knees, but he manages to take Cornell down as he does so, mounting for some MMA-style ground and pound.

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And it just gets worse; Wolf Hawkins arrives from the crowd, still in street clothes, and forcibly ejects Fry from his seat to secure a steel chair. Remo happily rolls clear of Cornell to allow Hawkins to go to town, the big man of Generation Omega now squaring off with an enraged Bloodstone again while DuBois and McFly brawl.

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For a while it looks as if everything is lost – but then Eddie Peak is in the mix, bleeding from his own self-inflicted thumbslash across the chest, swinging haymakers that hit hard, and moments later, buoyed by Peak's presence, TCW security hit the ring and separate the sides. On behalf of Sam Sparrow, Ray Johnson rules this one a no contest.
Marc DuBois & Remo Richardson went to a no contest with Sean McFly & Tommy Cornell
Rating: A*

Show Rating: A

Blake Trask

02-03-2011, 01:59 AM

Ring Generals = Balcony Express = have been under Hopkirk's tutelage for quite some time.

In addition... McFly! TCW now has even MORE of a super roster.

Phantom Stranger

02-03-2011, 08:05 AM

Anyway, just wondering, what happened to the Alanis Morisette...Springsteen/Conquering Kings little storyline?

>______________________>

WHERE THE HELL IS THE FOLLOW-UP?

Floyd Goldworthy has been having issues with American Buffalo since the start of the diary. That came to a head at a point where the diary had more posts than any other.

Possess your soul in patience, as Travolta would say. Low-card storylines burn a long, long time here.

Phantom Stranger

02-03-2011, 08:10 AM

Ring Generals = Balcony Express = have been under Hopkirk's tutelage for quite some time.

In addition... McFly! TCW now has even MORE of a super roster.

Yup; that's how they debuted, and how they've stayed.

And yes, Sean McFly left NOTBPW three months ago due to being too over. (though, frankly, even with the folks I've stolen, I have no idea how they aren't at least National by now.) I hired him shortly after and he's been waiting for the right moment to debut since.

Phantom Stranger

02-03-2011, 10:43 AM

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Wednesday 3rd June 2009
I winced when I heard Tommy's promo last night. Winced because I knew it meant we'd get people on the phone today, and that, technically, sorting it all out was going to be my job.

Some things are just inevitable. One of those things is that if you mention a company's biggest star, and that company isn't your own, people will explode with excitement about various things.

And yes, for all Richard Eisen's much-quoted “SWF is bigger than any one man” approach, the SWF undoubtedly has a biggest star. No exaggeration to say that if Christian Faith became a free agent we'd sign him in a heartbeat and figure out what to do with him later; for a man with that reputation, that level of ability, it's always possible to find something for them to do.

But Faith is still Richard Eisen's greatest asset for reasons beyond sheer talent; he's also dedicated to the company. And perhaps it's that level of trust between the two men that prevented a repeat of the APWF/SWF lawsuit from back in '79, when Eisen's lawyers argued that “by claiming that Ray Kingman would never wrestle Terry Lambert again, they were effectively promoting just such a match, as it is well known in professional wrestling circles that events claimed to be impossible often take place.”

Or maybe, in the intervening thirty years, Richard has realised just how crazy that sounds. Either way, the phone call I had with Richard just now was reasonably civil; the call with Christian, on the other hand, was downright friendly, and made me realise just how long it's been since I spoke to him. We worked out it hadn't been since his son's birth.

Wasted two hours shooting the breeze on gossip that time, too. I need to get over and see him sometime.

Hm. Thought occurs that the Supreme Challenge is next month. I might see about dropping by. Give the internet something interesting to make Adrian phone me at 4am, at least.

Saturday 6th June 2009
Contracts, always contracts. Larry-from-accounts has decided he likes Quebec, having had to come out here to catch the wrestlers as we go. Two fairly important signings today.

Sean Deeley's is easy; his programs have kept him strong since his introduction and he's obviously placed to be a big fixture in the future. We talk about where he can go after the 'heroes with feet of clay' program, but only in the loosest sense; Deeley's value is not in his mic skills, though they're obviously improving, but in what he delivers in the ring. With Laura by his side, he's unlikely to have to carry a promo any time soon, so it's simply a question of sketching out who he might wrestle. A feud with someone like Davis Wayne Newton seems an obvious one, and finding a tag partner to match up with the Elite Express could lead in interesting directions.

Sean's bright enough to know that his spot is not at the top of the card any time soon, but also that that won't hurt his marketability; he's an established name now, and he's getting some good wins.

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The Face That Launched Careers: Without Amy Roberts, would Art Reed have got the break he deserved?
Amy Roberts, I'm a little more worried about. The Bombshell left TCW originally due to the wear and tear of life on the road, and in truth she probably has the busiest schedule of anyone not named Baroness Emily right now; the Keiths and Bloodstone are, between them, featured on some seventy per cent of house shows, and she's there for all of them

In addition, with Kreed and Johnny dropping their belts, plus Sam not being positioned with the anti-Generation Omega guys, her profile is likely to dip. So for Amy, I have a big sell-session planned.

She comes in with her own. For a moment, I'm terrified, but she doesn't want to wrestle; she has, however, a lengthy program plotted out that will eventually turn her heel then face again, involving the Keith twins.

Larry shoots me a look, and I can tell he's thinking about the times HGC used to get fined for lewd content. Of course, CBA are actually more understanding, having a broader remit, and we could probably get away with it there... but instead, I say “Well, let me tell you what's currently in motion for Matt and Greg, and we'll see where your idea could fit.”

I know full well, of course, that it can't. And over time, she comes to see that, too... but she also sees what's coming. No significant profile dip, no potentially-merchandise-threatening heel turn. And a continued, steady income, with (possibly) the occasional chance to vanish away for a week or so and guest spot in a TV show – Adrian (again) tells me the 'net has a lot of rumours about various producers courting her, including a potential three-episode run as a love interest for someone called Barney Stinson on some sitcom.

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Promotional image, How I Met Your Mother Season 5

We're able, at any rate, to re-sign her. I'm not sure I wholly like this crossover-potential stuff in wrestlers, but that may just be a lingering sadness that Magnum Johnson's career veered into movies so early...

Wallbanger

02-03-2011, 11:39 AM

And here I was hoping she'd be the new love interest in a Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog sequel...

Dragonmack

02-03-2011, 12:16 PM

And here I was hoping she'd be the new love interest in a Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog sequel...

Those never end well for the love interest in question. :p

Oregano Jensen

02-03-2011, 04:36 PM

I'm confused. Did Cornell mention Christian Faith, even obliquely? Because if so, I'm missing it.

Wallbanger

02-03-2011, 04:55 PM

I'm confused. Did Cornell mention Christian Faith, even obliquely? Because if so, I'm missing it.

Not on Saturday Night Showcase, it was the previous Total Wrestling.

Phantom Stranger

02-03-2011, 08:52 PM

ANYWAYZ:
Why the **** you holding down Bombshell from strippan foar dah Keith bros? IT'S WHAT WE WANT TO SEE cries

Because this isn't SW-sodding-F, this is TC-effin-W, and we sell our house shows and our PPVs on the best wrestlers in the world respecting the sport of professional wrestling, wanting belts, wanting victories over rivals, wanting to show what they've got, and we add a couple non-wrestlers on the side for spice.

*koffs*

OK, slight exaggeration. But I do firmly hold that TCW's atmosphere should be on wrestling with elements of side interest, as opposed to SWF's side interest with elements of wrestling.

Phantom Stranger

02-03-2011, 08:54 PM

I'm confused. Did Cornell mention Christian Faith, even obliquely? Because if so, I'm missing it.

“A TCW championship must be defended within thirty day intervals. I am formally invoking the right of Wolf Hawkins and the rights of GenOme to be found challengers and provided with a match at Excessive Force.” He shrugs. “You can keep us embargoed until then, if you like. I don't care.”

Hawkins grins. “Tell Tommy I'm waiting for him. It's about ti-”

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Breakin' The Law begins to play, and Cornell strolls down to the ring.

“Bad news there,” he begins. “Hawkins, you psychotic little ****, I knew this was coming the moment you crowbarred your way into that match.

“I still don't see why I should give you the satisfaction. Matter of fact, the more you screw around with my company, the more I want to screw you around, too. And there's the little matter of a promise I made a,” he visibly hesitates, then says the next word as if it's a surprise to him, too, “friend.

“Tonight, in the main event, RDJ gets the opportunity I promised him he'd have before I did. A contendership match – and his opponent is the man who almost won before you stepped in on it.”

“Oh, please,” Hawkins sneers. “Don't try to make out like I didn't earn this title. If Stone can go near thirty years in this business and he doesn't know you have to watch your ****ing back in a triple threat he deserves to lose.”

“Maybe so,” Cornell shrugs. “But I'd be careful if I was you. One of those two is going to be your first challenger.

“And if I have my way, that belt will come off your waist, Vibert's dreams will come crashing down, and you still won't have had your precious little match against me.

“You want to beat me? Sure you do. But we don't get all our dreams to come true, you little whiner. I wanted to beat Christian Faith. I wanted payback on Nemesis. I wanted to beat Sean McFly. And if you dare say that because I never had those chances, my career hasn't been successful, I still won't give you your match but I will rip your balls off.”

Too much goes on in this diary.

Phantom Stranger

02-04-2011, 07:42 AM

Leading me back to my question...

She's not a wrestler. She comes in later in the sentence.

Regis

02-05-2011, 10:03 AM

Leading me back to my question...

Okay, dude, seriously, the whole OMG BEWBZ typing in all capitals and being ridiculously over-enthusiastic about everything is getting old. It was only vaguely funny to start with and it's getting less so every time you do it. It's okay to be enthusiastic. It's okay to have a somewhat funny schtick - just ask Beeker, or Comradebot. But trying to keep it up all the time is just annoying. Please, stop now.

Thankyou.

Phantom Stranger

02-05-2011, 11:03 AM

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A grudge is set to be settled this Tuesday, on Total Wrestling. The Kreed and the British Lions have been almost neck and neck since their first meeting, and the Lions want to prove they can take the win. And so the match has been made; will the Kreed be able to pull out another win, or will the increasingly-dangerous Lions put this one to rest?

High-flying competitor Freddy Huggins has been far from the limelight recently, but this Tuesday he has a chance to change that, as he goes one on one with his sister's paramour Sean Deeley. Laura Huggins has let it be known that she's unequivocally on Sean's side in this one, but that has to be just more motivation for Freddy...

After appearing on TCW programming for over a month now, one of Darkwave's newer members will make her first appearance in competition. Cherry Bomb takes on former Womens Champion Kate Dangerous in her first match, and Jason Azaria assures us that Cherry is one of the best womens' wrestlers out there. So who'll come out on top?

Another tag battle has been lined up for the Rising Stars; this time, they face off with School of Tradition pairing Acid Dragon. While it looks likely to go the Stars' way, the question of the title match this coming pay-per-view seems, if their performances at nontelevised events are anything to go by, to be wearing on the Stars. Will they pull it out at Total Wrestling nonetheless?

Matthew Keith is a technical wrestler par excellence. He and his family are among the best in the world... but he's been on a losing streak lately. He's requested a contest against Chris Rockwell, and Mayhem Midden has given the match the go-ahead. Will Keith pull one over on the man with the temper? At time of going to press, it's believed that Matthew will still not be accompanied by the Blonde Bombshell.

In the main event, however, Jeremy Stone continues a high-visibility run as one of TCW's most dangerous men, but he may be up against the most dangerous man of all, the "Bloody-Handed God" Eddie Peak. Will Stone survive? Can Stone survive? Or will the man with the glittering career pull out the impossible victory one more time?

Prediction Key:
British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell

Freddy Huggins vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Cherry Bomb vs. Kate Dangerous

Acid Dragon w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rising Stars

Chris Rockwell vs. Matthew Keith

Eddie Peak vs. Jeremy Stone

Dragonmack

02-05-2011, 11:30 AM

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell

Freddy Huggins vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Cherry Bomb vs. Kate Dangerous

Acid Dragon w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rising Stars

Chris Rockwell vs. Matthew Keith

Eddie Peak vs. Jeremy Stone

Zergon

02-05-2011, 01:06 PM

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell
I could see this one going either way but I think that it´s Lions turn to get the win.

Freddy Huggins vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
Huggins haven´t been in matches for long time while Deeley has been in feuds with some good quality opponents so Sean takes this one.

Cherry Bomb vs. Kate Dangerous
Pretty much a guess here but I say that Bomb gets an impressive win over former champ.

Acid Dragon w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rising Stars
Sadly Acid Dragon is too far below Rising Stars

Chris Rockwell vs. Matthew Keith
Matthew continues his losing ways here

Eddie Peak vs. Jeremy Stone
Stone picks the win but he likely get some help.

pauls07

02-05-2011, 03:20 PM

Bigpapa42

02-05-2011, 03:49 PM

James Casey

02-05-2011, 04:46 PM

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell Lions must be on the upswing more so than Kreed right now.

Freddy Huggins vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins When in TCW, if nothing else presents itself, pick the better wrestler

Cherry Bomb vs. Kate Dangerous Dangerous hasn't been lately, Bomb has

Acid Dragon w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rising Stars Okay, Acid Dragon are not much more than jabronis, but the Stars are a little distracted right now

Chris Rockwell vs. Matthew Keith Rockwel''s pretty much your signature character, so if you want to highlight a bad spell for an opponent, Rockwell's the guy to go to

Eddie Peak vs. Jeremy Stone If anyone can beat Peak and make him look even more dangerous, it'll be Stone. I can see Stone desperately trying to hold onto the Stonehold as Peak rages around, fading slowly but surely as he smashes Stone against anything that doesn't move...

Tigerkinney

02-05-2011, 05:09 PM

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell

With the title belts now off Kreed, the need isn't there to keep their unbeaten/invincibility streak going, so this time round I see the British Lions going over and getting a huge win.

Freddy Huggins vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Like Zergon said Deeley's been feuding with some quality opponents even if he hasn't been getting the better of them and Huggins has been off TV for a while and it doesn't look he will be pushed above jobber status anytime soon.

Cherry Bomb vs. Kate Dangerous

Cherry Bomb can look strong on here in-ring debut and Dangerous can blame her loss on being worn down from her battle's with Gorgon.

Acid Dragon w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rising Stars

Acid Dragon are just quality jobbers and with a roster this stacked it doesn't look like they will be rising from that position.

Chris Rockwell vs. Matthew Keith

Keith's losing streak continues

Eddie Peak vs. Jeremy Stone

Peak may be incredibly dangerous but Jeremy Stone is the one being pushed in the world title hunt and he will find a way to make Peak submit to the Stone Hold.

smurphy1014

02-05-2011, 05:15 PM

Wallbanger

02-05-2011, 07:37 PM

Prediction Key:
British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell

Matt is probably involved in this somehow, driving us closer to full fledged family feud.

Freddy Huggins vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Deeley's in a program, Freddy isn't. Pretty much sums it up there.

Cherry Bomb vs. Kate Dangerous

Need to keep face challengers strong.

Acid Dragon w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rising Stars

Rising Stars are rising stars. Only way they don't win is if Edd-fu is unleashed on them.

Chris Rockwell vs. Matthew Keith

Going against conventional wisdom here, but I think it drives the Keith family storyline a bit more.

Eddie Peak vs. Jeremy Stone - No Contest due to Charlie Foxtrot

Ain't no way GenO isn't getting involved here. I'm so sure I'm invoking a triple negative.

Blake Trask

02-05-2011, 07:43 PM

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell

I love the Kreed, but I think this is where the Lions finally pull off the victory.

Freddy Huggins vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Sad as it is, I don't think Freddy has been nearly relevant enough to take home a win here.

Cherry Bomb vs. Kate Dangerous

Bomb makes a strong debut.

Acid Dragon w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rising Stars

Acid Dragon are jobbers. Talented, but jobbers.

Chris Rockwell vs. Matthew Keith

Rockwell has been in a bit of a holding pattern recently, I think Matt needs to start pulling out a couple more victories for credibility.

Eddie Peak vs. Jeremy Stone

A draw seems about right here, actually.

Regis

02-05-2011, 08:48 PM

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell
A potential Matt distraction could be the difference-maker here.

Freddy Huggins vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
Sorry, Freddy.

Cherry Bomb vs. Kate Dangerous
She's still #1.

Acid Dragon w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rising Stars
Yeah but no.

Chris Rockwell vs. Matthew Keith
Good to see Rockwell doing well for himself!

Eddie Peak vs. Jeremy Stone
JEZZA!

Phantom Stranger

02-06-2011, 08:33 AM

It was Minnesota who said that, yes, to explain his actions during the Reed/Keith match.

As with a lot of things in this diary, we continue to build toward payoff.

(Oh, and to be fair - Sam didn't really start to fade out until Generation Omega formed. His big beef was with the Syndicate, after all.)

Hashasheen

02-06-2011, 08:53 AM

What about Art Reed? Perhaps...shoot, was it...Minnesota who called him out on not earning his championship rights? Which was a weird thing for his character, since I thought he was a face...

Personally I liked it. Something I'm experimenting in is a graying of the heel/face divide. Not Russo graying, but rather expanding their characters. This face thinks its okay to cheat in a match if his opponent does or if he's getting screwed by the manager of his opponent. That heel disproves of violence against women. This veteran face is having issues in holding his own with the new blood as of late, and he's taking to diversifying his options in the ring... That ****y youth heel is trying hard to improve in the ring, and you see him in the background of many backstage segments talking to veterans or getting shown holds...

Phantom Stranger

02-06-2011, 12:58 PM

Personally I liked it. Something I'm experimenting in is a graying of the heel/face divide. Not Russo graying, but rather expanding their characters. This face thinks its okay to cheat in a match if his opponent does or if he's getting screwed by the manager of his opponent. That heel disproves of violence against women. This veteran face is having issues in holding his own with the new blood as of late, and he's taking to diversifying his options in the ring... That ****y youth heel is trying hard to improve in the ring, and you see him in the background of many backstage segments talking to veterans or getting shown holds...

To my mind, it's not even a graying of the divide - it's an admission that different heels behave differently.

Mind you, off the top of my head, at present, Matt is having issues with his stable, the British Lions have rescued upcoming opponents from beatdowns, Walter Morgan recently took out his own stablemate in a PPV match, and Joey Minnesota doesn't seem to respect Sam Keith.

On top of that, Tommy Cornell is starting to gain face reactions but resorted to a low blow last week, Rocky appears to be a face but cheerfully punches people in the nuts when he doesn't even need to, and the girl he's involved with is a heel.

And then there's Laura Huggins, who manages a heel stable and an up-and-coming face, and the New Wave, who've tried some... interesting... tactics of late. More to come over the next month, too.

TCW has faces, it has heels, but it also has vendettas, issues, pride, envy, rage, lust...

Dragonmack

02-06-2011, 01:24 PM

Does that mean we are going to see a seven deadly sins stable soon? :D

Wallbanger

02-06-2011, 08:51 PM

Tana for Gluttony!

Phantom Stranger

02-06-2011, 08:54 PM

Tana for Gluttony!

Edd has that covered, but he's promised me it won't affect his ring work.

Oregano Jensen

02-06-2011, 09:43 PM

Finally, things start looking up for John Greed.

And... um... Demon Anger?

(You're not going to be able to get PRIDE Koiso.)

Phantom Stranger

02-06-2011, 10:00 PM

Finally, things start looking up for John Greed.

And... um... Demon Anger?

(You're not going to be able to get PRIDE Koiso.)

This prompted me to go see how John Greed is doing.

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Poor, poor Greed.

Oregano Jensen

02-07-2011, 01:04 AM

All I know is, in the world I'm currently running to 2020 (or 2025?) to start a future-era game, one of TCW's biggest stars is Sean McFly.

No, wait, excuse me.

One of TCW's biggest stars is OFFICER McFly.

At least John Greed doesn't have to dress up like a fake cop. (Or get hit by Tommy Cornell.)

Oregano Jensen

02-07-2011, 01:24 AM

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell

It's killing me to pick against Reed and Keith. But right now we have a story about Reed helping the Keiths out, offering to step aside, and Matthew acting like a jerk. It's a better story if there's a bit of a question about whether the new team really IS better off...

Freddy Huggins vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Payoff on this particular bit may be forthcoming...

Cherry Bomb vs. Kate Dangerous

Bomb has the talent and the overness to be a major player in the division. And Darkwave needs her.

Acid Dragon w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rising Stars

Maybe not a squash exactly, but I don't expect this to be too even...

Chris Rockwell vs. Matthew Keith

The other side of the "Matt Keith is real" coin.

Eddie Peak vs. Jeremy Stone

Stone has to get back somehow. Peak is one notch below the main event at this point.

Candyman

02-07-2011, 02:18 AM

Phantom Stranger

02-07-2011, 09:29 AM

Regularly scheduled and predictable appeal: The Diary of the Year voting forms are out, so get out there and place your vote!

Beeker

02-07-2011, 07:35 PM

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell
- I think the Lions go over here as KReed starts to show some post-belt blues.

Freddy Huggins vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
- I love Huggins and I forgot he was on the roster. Deeley has a few storylines of potential. Huggins still has a job!

Cherry Bomb vs. Kate Dangerous
- I don't care for Darkwave but Cheery Cherry Bomb needs to look competitive at least. Dangerous will likely do her daddy proud by jobbing around the roster until North America comes to respect the women's division.

Acid Dragon w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rising Stars
- Who's the Dragon-half of Acid Dragon? I'm guessing that UK one? The Stars ARE on the rise, while AD are just there.

Chris Rockwell vs. Matthew Keith
- I dig the embittered twin storyline, watching Matthew outperform his brother and his 'replacement' makes it hard for me to hate him.

Eddie Peak vs. Jeremy Stone
- This will probably end up being tossed out. As I can't help but imagine The Last Stable of Wrestling lets these two go the distance. Or they might and THEN hit the ring. I'm guessing they're going to mess with things... because... they... can.

Phantom Stranger

02-08-2011, 11:10 PM

Phantom Stranger

02-09-2011, 05:53 AM

How the hell did you get Nichiren Amagawa? He's loyal to...wait, 2008 data reborn. So...did you?

*shakes fist*

What were the notes on Rockwell/Keith? I assume positive chemistry, but was there a lacking psychology, or just popularity?

And Remo/Eddie...just wondering, do you off-hand recall what the injury-risk of that was >_>

Did I what?

Rockwell/Keith had positive chemistry. I recall no other notes offhand.

Remo/Eddie... can't recall. Double Menace angle, I think Moderate or Medium... an M, anyhow. I wrote it for the original spear-out-of-the-ring angle a few weeks back, and used it again this week, but I more or less just clicked on it this time around.

Regis

02-09-2011, 02:02 PM

Risk of injury?

IT DON'T MATTER TO REMO!

Phantom Stranger

02-09-2011, 06:46 PM

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 2 June 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 1.35)

Held at the President's Hall (Puerto Rico)

Attendance: 3,179

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Sara Silver – Autumn Gleeson

In the opening tag contest, Eternal Party went head to head with the Conquering Kings. The Kings put up quite the fight, but in the end Lover nailed Alexander with the Champagne Sunrise to score the pinfall. (Rating: B)
In intergender action, Jeremy Stone and Gorgon defeated Giant Tana and Amber Allen, Gorgon putting Allen away with the Hydra Bomb after just five minutes. (Rating: B)
Jeremy then cut a short promo claiming that Ricky Dale Johnson didn't deserve the #1 Contendership ahead of him, and demanding that the Board of Investors do something about it.
Tyson Baine then put Chance Fortune away handily with a Hades Bomb. (Rating: B-)
Texas Pete took on Zimmy in non-title action to a remarkable reaction. Phil Vibert's presence at ringside unsettled Pete, allowing Zimmy to lead in offence for some time before, with Eugene Williams attending to Vibert, Steve Gumble nails the Savate Kick on Zimmy, allowing Texas Pete to land the Lone Star Drop and win. (Rating: B)
Frankie Dee arrives in the ring for a match against Troy Tornado, looking very confident. As Tornado emerges, Jack Marlowe jumps him, beating him down before tossing him off the entrance ramp. Rick Law makes the save but it's too late; Tornado cannot compete, and Dee racks up a win by count-out.
Rising Stars triumphed – barely – over Global Tradition, with Andrews once again putting Joel Bryant away with his twisting spinebuster. (Rating: B+)
The Blonde Bombshell again finds Matthew Keith backstage and, as Keith prepares, offers to accompany him to ringside for his match, saying “it's not too late to come back to the fold.” Matthew refuses, and heads to the ring for his match with Rick Law.
Law and Keith go to work with a will, Law looking to avenge the assault on Rockwell the previous Tuesday. In a shocking moment, Matthew once again evades the Long Arm of the Law, this time countering to his father's patented Neutron Plex/Proton Lock combination and becoming only the third person to defeat Rick Law on Badge of Honor. (Rating: B+)

Show Rating: B+

Phantom Stranger

02-10-2011, 11:17 PM

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Another Saturday comes around, and once again TCW and CBA will be bringing you the very best in televised professional wrestling. Sit back and relax, because coming up are matches you will not want to miss.

We begin with a six-man tag, as the Machines take on a Darkwave trio; Jack Bruce, Sammy Bach, and Zimmy will go head to head with the legendary tag team and their chosen protege. With both groups nursing grudges against other organisations, they're sure to see this contest as a chance to prove a point against some of the very best.

Another world-famous tag team lock up with two young multi-time champions as both duos look to climb back to the top of the mountain. Will the Fly Boys find new motivation now that American Buffalo is otherwise engaged, or will the New Wave make a statement?

Both men have a history in tag team wrestling. Both have seen another's title success leave them in shade, and neither are anything like undeserving of spotlight themselves. Following Matthew Keith's upset victory over Rick Law last night, Joey Minnesota has demanded a chance to make a statement of his own.

Eric Tyler also made a request for a match. His statement, passed on to us by Mayhem Midden after he greenlit the match, speaks for itself: "Throughout the years I've wrestled almost all of the best. Sometimes, though, you never quite get the chance. When McFly was supreme, I was extreme. By the time I was golden, he had gone north. I'm not as young as I was, but I want the chance to beat that champion before I retire."

Tag team action in a wide assortment of styles is next on the schedule; Eternal Party are looking to stake a claim by a victory over two of TCW's stalwarts, Tommy Cornell and Ricky Dale Johnson. Asked to comment, Edd Stone offered "Sure, I challenged 'em. Why not? Dude, I'm kinda buzzed right now... what are we talking about?"

Jeremy Stone has once again claimed the privilege of the main event, looking to lock horns with recent World Heavyweight Champion Troy Tornado. With Stone on an aggressive path to prove himself recently, this could be quite the contest...

Prediction Key:
The Machines (Brent Hill, John Anderson & Marc Speed) vs. Darkwave (Jack Bruce, Sammy Bach & Zimmy)

The Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. The New Wave

Joey Minnesota vs. Matthew Keith

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Sean McFly

Eternal Party vs. Ricky Dale Johnson & Tommy Cornell

Jeremy Stone vs. Troy Tornado

Zergon

02-11-2011, 12:30 AM

The Machines (Brent Hill, John Anderson & Marc Speed) vs. Darkwave (Jack Bruce, Sammy Bach & Zimmy)
Darkwave has more going on right now so I give them a win here

The Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. The New Wave
Jobworthy is managing Fly Boys, do I really need to say anything else?

Joey Minnesota vs. Matthew Keith
Matthew continues to build up his frustration here

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Sean McFly
McFly is more important.

Eternal Party vs. Ricky Dale Johnson & Tommy Cornell
RDJ and Cornell are bigger names so they should take this one.

Jeremy Stone vs. Troy Tornado
Not really sure about this one as I can see it going either way.

pauls07

02-11-2011, 04:31 AM

The Machines (Brent Hill, John Anderson & Marc Speed) vs. Darkwave (Jack Bruce, Sammy Bach & Zimmy)

The Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. The New Wave

Joey Minnesota vs. Matthew Keith

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Sean McFly

Eternal Party vs. Ricky Dale Johnson & Tommy Cornell

Jeremy Stone vs. Troy Tornado

Regis

02-11-2011, 06:18 AM

The Machines (Brent Hill, John Anderson & Marc Speed) vs. Darkwave (Jack Bruce, Sammy Bach & Zimmy)
Interference from Painful Procedure will turn the tide here. Unless the slow-burning (ran out of space on all the shows) Easy Riders/Machines feud returns.

The Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. The New Wave
JOBBERS!

Joey Minnesota vs. Matthew Keith
He cheats, he scores!

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Sean McFly
Yeah, but no.

Eternal Party vs. Ricky Dale Johnson & Tommy Cornell
Woo woo! Go Edd Stone!

Jeremy Stone vs. Troy Tornado
Revenge Darkwave interference!

Tigerkinney

02-11-2011, 07:07 AM

The Machines (Brent Hill, John Anderson & Marc Speed) vs. Darkwave (Jack Bruce, Sammy Bach & Zimmy)

The Machines for me are just kind of 'there' at the moment, floating around in the Upper Midcard, not looking like they'll get a major push anytime soon with everything else that is going on. Darkwave for me haven't quite made their mark yet (certainly in ring wise) as a stable so I see them picking up a solid win here. Then again I could quite easily see this going the other way if Painful Procedure get involved.

The Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. The New Wave

Aren't the Fly Boys, Jobworthy's only clients left these days, since he was dumped by American Buffalo. Maybe he can offer his services to Tooth and Claw aswell.

Joey Minnesota vs. Matthew Keith

Interesting match here, as both kind of have the same 'frustration' angle going on. Minnesota's frustrated that he isn't matching his own tag partners success, Matt Keith is frustrated that he is no longer tagging with his brother and was on something of a losing streak. However in evidence of a win over Law on Badge of Honor, it looks like he is finding a way to win.

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Sean McFly

McFly's singles debut isn't going to be de-railed with a loss to Eric Tyler, no matter how much of a respected veteran Tyler is....you don't bring in someone of McFly's stature to be a jobber to the stars.

Eternal Party vs. Ricky Dale Johnson & Tommy Cornell

I would so love Eternal Party to pick up the win here, because to be honest RDJ kind of bores me and Edd is totally awesome, but my head says that ain't going to happen because RDJ and Cornell are established main eventers/TCW legends and Lover/Edd are a pair of rising stars with bright futures but not quite ready to be knocking on the main event door just yet.

Jeremy Stone vs. Troy Tornado

Since losing 'his' world title to Bloodstone to unify the belts, you have kept Tornado relevant without really pushing him back into the world title picture, Stone on the other hand has very much been in the title picture, so it would be something of an upset in my eyes if Tornado picked up the win here.

James Casey

02-11-2011, 07:31 AM

The Machines (Brent Hill, John Anderson & Marc Speed) vs. Darkwave (Jack Bruce, Sammy Bach & Zimmy) Scarcely seen the Machines lately, especially J&B

The Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. The New Wave Losing streak over, the Wave get back to winning on TV.

Joey Minnesota vs. Matthew Keith Losing streak not over...

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Sean McFly Can't see McFly losing this. So jealous, by the way.

Eternal Party vs. Ricky Dale Johnson & Tommy Cornell Yeah.

Jeremy Stone vs. Troy Tornado After beating Peak I can't see Stone losing this. Could be a schmozz, though.

By the way, PS, any chance of a roster review at some point? Especially with some of your teams I have a struggle remembering who's who.

Beeker

02-11-2011, 08:31 AM

The Machines (Brent Hill, John Anderson & Marc Speed) vs. Darkwave (Jack Bruce, Sammy Bach & Zimmy)
- I can't in good conscience vote for Jobby Bruce (sorry, but I think Cornell could carry my untrained broomstick guest GM ass to a B match) however Bach and Zimmy have been active while the Machines were last scene in the grocery store checking milk cartons to see if their faces were on the sides.

The Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. The New Wave
- The New Wave have got their groove back. The Fly Boys are still managed by Jobworthy, Goldjobby, American Buffalo's sloppy cast-offs.

Joey Minnesota vs. Matthew Keith
- Suplex Kid... meet the Son of the Neutron Plex. Try to Proton your way out of this.

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Sean McFly
- I can't see the vaunted and lauded McFly dropping his first singles contest, unless it's to disappear and return as an RCMP Officer. This match should also be main eventing. I don't care about the Overness or the TEW mechanics. Tyler/McFly that should... at the very least be the semi-main of a PPV. Midcard TV throwaway? That's just crass.

Eternal Party vs. Ricky Dale Johnson & Tommy Cornell
- Those perennial faces Rated RDC(ornell) win when Edd, Edd-Fu's himself into the 11th row for some reason and Lover realizes this match is contested exactly at sunset! That's just not fair on him.

Jeremy Stone vs. Troy Tornado
- Meh. Draw. Sorry. I'm protesting this match as it should be Tyler/McFly here. Plus I can't see Omega Generation not interfering, after all, we know they'll be at the show. They *have* to be.

***

Joey Minnesota vs. Matthew Keith Losing streak not over...
So defeating Rick Law on Badge of Honour doesn't count as a win now? >_<

Phantom Stranger

02-11-2011, 09:48 AM

By the way, PS, any chance of a roster review at some point? Especially with some of your teams I have a struggle remembering who's who.

Yeah, it's about time I did another, really. I'll see what I can do for the next Take It Home, Boys segment.

James Casey

02-11-2011, 11:13 AM

So defeating Rick Law on Badge of Honour doesn't count as a win now? >_<

Bah :o

Anyway, everyone beats Law on BoH. I expect Keith to rack up a good five or six losses to Zimmy and UK Dragon with the kind of momentum boost that beating Law on BoH brings :p

Bigpapa42

02-11-2011, 11:15 AM

Oregano Jensen

02-11-2011, 03:09 PM

The Machines (Brent Hill, John Anderson & Marc Speed) vs. Darkwave (Jack Bruce, Sammy Bach & Zimmy)

They're just higher on the card. Odd to see the Machines so removed from relevance.

The Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. The New Wave

Their resurgence/possible heel turn continues.

Joey Minnesota vs. Matthew Keith

Minnesota is lost, Keith needs legitimacy.

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Sean McFly

He'd better.

Eternal Party vs. Ricky Dale Johnson & Tommy Cornell

Settle down, Eternal Party.

Jeremy Stone vs. Troy Tornado

I feel like it's going to be Stone vs. Cornell for the title shot. So Stone needs to get a couple good wins. This is a great victory for his resume, and it also answers the question "hey, why isn't Troy Tornado trying to get the title too?"

That much having been said, does Jack Marlowe get involved here? Possibly.

Phantom Stranger

02-13-2011, 09:04 AM

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TCW Presents Saturday Night Showcase

Saturday Week 2 June 2009

Live on CBA (Rating 14.14)

Held at the Manhattan National Center (Tri State)

Attendance: 25,474

Announcers:
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Duane Fry – Jasmine Saunders – Alanis Springsteen

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The Machines
vs.
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Darkwave
One thing you can absolutely rely on from the three men known as the Machines is that their performance will be fantastic, their command of the ring excellent, and the moves they execute crisp and more than capable of popping the crowd. With Bach's agility, Zimmy's all-round game and Bruce's showmanship, the result is an entertaining contest that the crowd are happy to witness.

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And then the Easy Riders, together with Sayeed Ali, rush the ring, making a beeline for the Machines. Zimmy doesn't seem inclined to let them spoil the match, however, spinning Billy Fonda around on his charge and hitting a Blood Rush.

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Faced with both sides technically in opposition to the invaders, Johnson hesitates in calling for the DQ – and the Young Guns arrive, going for Bruce and Bach.

Faced with a massively chaotic brawl, Ray Johnson elects to throw the match out and call in TCW officials and security to clear the ring.
Darkwave went to a no contest with The Machines
Rating: B

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Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. New Wave
Fry does a fantastic job talking up both teams, dwelling particularly on the determination, nevet-say-die attitude, and innovation common to both. While the New Wave are slowly resurgent, Duane is the kind of announcer who can make the fans believe, just for a few seconds, that the Fly Boys are on their level.

It's a simple trick. Fry's knack is simply for presenting people as they were at the height of their success, and at the height of their success, both the Boys were champions at the top of their company, former tag team champions, with an undisputable pedigree together.

The New Wave still have the advantage, needless to say; Duane's work on the microphone is so necessary simply to make this look like an even match. And, to be fair to them, the Fly Boys come within a whisker of an upset after one particularly big move, a springboard into a flip piledriver that leaves Scout entirely out of it – but Guide makes the save, and it's Guide who delivers a Guided Missile for the pinfall.
New Wave defeated the Fly Boys
Rating: B-

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Back in the Manhattan National Center corridors, Laura Huggins and the British Lions are walking with a purpose. They halt outside a locker room door, and Huggins turns to her charges with a sigh. “You sure about this?” she asks, with the air of someone giving one last chance. Morgan nods; O'Curle smiles slightly, his own nod fractional at most.

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Huggins nods in return, then knocks on the door and waits. As the door opens, Art Reed looks surprised, then suspicious, then holds the door open wide. “You guys want another rematch, huh?”

“Actually,” Laura smiles, “no. Because we have other things to be concentrating on... and so do you.”

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“Do we, now?” The Bombshell steps into view, smiling cheerfully. “And what would that be?”

“Honestly, the same thing we do. The Lions have yet to hold the title; Kreed has, but I'm sure both of them want to hold it again.”

The Bombshell giggles. “Make no mistake about it.”

Laura nods. “If we win, we'll be happy to face you. If you win, well, I kinda get the impression that the same will be true for you two, too.

“But so long as neither of us hold the belts, all this trying-to-settle-who's-best stuff is just going to cause more trouble than it's worth. We've, ah, we've been talking about this.”

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Greg Keith shows his face now, too. “Go on.”

“Well... where Walter grew up, there's a saying, and it's a saying we've decided to offer to you guys as a settlement. It's not about who's the best team; the question is always, and only, who's the best team on the day.

“We don't deny you two are good. Great, even. But so are my boys. Any win can only tell us who came through that time. So... best team on the day?”

Reed and Keith look at each other for a long moment, Keith, eventually, nods, and Reed offers his hand to the Lions. “Best team on the day.”

The two teams shake hands as the camera returns to the ring.

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Joey Minnesota vs. Matthew Keith
“Is Joey Minnesota a future world champion or what?” is Duane Fry's comment early on in this match.

Minnesota opens up with aggression, chopping the hell out of Matt. He busts out a snap suplex.

Keith blocks a slam and converts it to a cradle to turn the tide. He transitions to a figure-four leglock, switching on and off a handhold in the ropes whenever Sparrow's gaze flickers back toward him. “It's like watching his father twenty years ago,” Springsteen muses. “No – fifteen. Matt got a few shortcuts from being trained by his Dad.”

Minnesota finally succeeds in rolling it over, but the damage is done now. There's a big red X right across his knee and Matt zeroes in on it.

Minnesota limps back by tossing Keith out of the ring. On the outside, Joey is able to take over despite a fightback, eventually whipping Matt into the steel steps. Keith hits shoulder-first and, in an astonishing display, goes tumbling all the way over the steps to land on the other side.

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Minnesota takes just a moment to play to the crowd and when he turns around, Phil Vibert is at ringside and his spiral-bound notepad is out. “Well,” Silver chuckles, “I guess that tells us which Rising Star Vibert's after.”

“Vibert's not that blatant,” Fry rebuts, “unless he wants to be. If he's been stalking the Stars as a pair, he's coming out for just one for a reason.”

Minnesota shakes off the cobwebs and goes to roll Matt back into the ring, but the Keith scion grabs a handful of Minnesota's ringshorts, falling backward and yanking, sending Joey facefirst into the ringpost. Matt pops up and stomps for the injured knee, but the ten count is almost over; he rolls Joey back into the ring and follows quickly, going for a fast pin. Joey kicks out, grabbing Matt's weakened arm, and rolls over into a keylock. Keith makes the ropes, so Joey DDTs him and slowly boosts himself onto the second rope.

Taking a moment to scowl at Vibert, he launches off the top with a fistdrop. Unfortunately, Matt's out of the way, and the announce team have a chance to criticise Joey for the 'rookie mistake' of letting Vibert take him out of his game.

Matt stays on his case, driving the knee into the mat, dropping an elbow, holding a single leg crab with a hand on the ropes once again – but this time, Sparrow catches him, forcing a hold break. As Matt shrugs it off, Joey drives a fist into his gut, rising on one leg to deliver a jawbreaker – not one anyone would be willing to compare to the usual Minnesota Salute, but it's enough to break Matt's run of dominance. Joey fires back with chops from his knees, then an uppercut, and makes his feet long enough to decapitate Matt with something of a tumbling lariat.

He moves to make the cover; on the outside, Phil Vibert is moving to be right in Minnesota's line of sight. The crowd see it happening and they yell their disapproval.

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And then Aaron Andrews is there. He gets in Vibert's face. As Joey covers, he sees Andrews deliver the Game Breaker to Vibert on the outside.

Joey looks stunned that it's happened – and Matt yanks him across into the Proton Lock. With no place to go, Joey has to tap out.

“Ladies and gentlemen,” Duane Fry says, “this has well and truly been a barnstormer.”
Matthew Keith defeated Joey Minnesota
Rating: A*

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GenOme vault the guardrails, having been charging through the crowd since Andrews hoisted Vibert for the Game Breaker, and they quickly back the Rising Stars off, with Minnesota nursing his knee.

Vibert slowly rises to his feet, clawing upright via the steel guardrail.

He actually manages to laugh as he snatches the microphone out of the ring announcer's hands. “You two? You two honestly think you can take Generation Omega?

“Boys, I want you to have the title shot. I want you to... because mark my words, boys, you're going to tear yourselves apart. Look at you!”

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Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Sean McFly
Well, sometimes someone has to have the match that just can't live up to the one before it. Don't make the mistake of thinking this was bad, or even mediocre – but there was no way for the crowd to invest as heavily as they had just previously.

Eric Tyler comes out strong to begin with, but Sean McFly quickly starts to shut down his offence. Tyler responds by going into the defensive, preventing McFly from doing serious damage and waiting for the opportunity to turn it around.

After a few moments, he starts looking to create opportunities. A handful of tights, a hand on the ropes, a thumb to the eye... all the usual standards, and McFly has a way around each of them. He continues to control most of the match, although Tyler gets a few opportunities to make him really regret the contest.

In the end, though, Eric resorts to something else – a sudden backward elbow puts Eugene Williams down, and Tyler goes to the outside, going for a chair.

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And that's when Sean Deeley gets involved; a boot to the gut and a suplex prevents Tyler from doing serious damage to McFly.

The older Sean takes over from there, finishing things with the Delorean Driver to score the pinfall.
Sean McFly defeated Eric Tyler
Rating: B+

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Remo Richardson rolls into the ring as the previous match's participants leave, dressed for the street. “Hey,” he says, mic in hand, “whoever the hell I just 'talked to' in the production truck has a DVD in front of him. Whoever's still conscious in the truck needs to play that on the main screen. Now.”

There's static for a few seconds, and Remo continues talking. “So listen. I keep hearing something that's pissing me off. I keep hearing people say me and DuBois are in this for some grudge or whatever. That Phil working somewhere else means he can't work here without there being some agenda.

“Phil is in this for... money. Marc is in this for, drum roll please, money. Wolf is in this to prove a point. Davis and Frankie are in this because there's no better place to be.

“And no petty company squabble matters to Remo. So let me show you what does. Coming up, everybody in this company who's been a champion in Japan...”

The video screen's static dissolves. On there, one by one, is publicity shot after publicity shot of the various champions and former champions in TCW...

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“Britain...”

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“Mexico...”

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“Europe...”

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“Canada...”

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“America...”

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“No surprise, Generation Omega all make the list. But that is why I'm here; find me somewhere else with that many targets, I'll go there. Every champion I beat proves my point even stronger. Remo is here to make a statement. Remo is here to beat everyone worth beating. And if you can win a championship, you're worth beating.

“I've got a plan. Don't worry about the details. Just know that if you've had a belt around your waist, sooner or later I'm gonna tear you apart. How good you think you are? It don't matter to Remo.”

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Eternal Party vs. Ricky Dale Johnson & Tommy Cornell
There's a pace and a speed to this that's more than a little unusual when the methodical, hard-hitting RDJ is involved in a match. On the other hand, Eternal Party.

Lover provides a more typical airborne offence, very much looking at home competing on the same level as Cornell and RDJ. Edd, however...

Well. Edd is, was, and ever will be Edd. The moment where he countered an RDJ powerbomb by literally popping up and over him into a backslide was something new and interesting.

The backflip off a whip to the ropes that led into the splits, transitioning again into some kind of capoeira scything kick, that too grabbed the crowd's interest. And the spinning headstand into a legdrop... could have been a genuine match ender, if Cornell hadn't gotten in and dragged RDJ clear.

Johnson, given a moment where Edd is of necessity staggered and slower than usual, does the only rational thing – he doesn't let Edd recover, and Champagne Lover, for attempting to help his ally, receives a Leaping Lariat to keep him down.

Cornell seems, for the most part, content to watch RDJ's back and let the number one contender reap the plaudits. That said, there's a rolling sequence between Cornell and both members of Eternal Party that very much looks like a possible future feud at the top – but in the end, Edd Stone cops a punch to the jaw from Cornell for playing around at the wrong moment, staggers into a Southern Justice, and finds himself pinned by RDJ.
Ricky Dale Johnson & Tommy Cornell defeated Eternal Party
Rating: B+

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Jeremy Stone comes out shortly after the match finishes, staring daggers at Ricky Dale Johnson – but nothing quite happens, as Cornell and Johnson stand shoulder to shoulder while he passes.

Stone collects a microphone, climbing into the ring, and he takes a look around him. “I'm going to make this as simple as I possibly can,” he says. “I should be in the World Heavyweight Championship match at Excessive Force. You know why?”

“Because Wolf Hawkins didn't pin me, because Johnny Bloodstone didn't make me tap, and because Ricky Dale Johnson didn't beat me. He squeaked through on an attack... more, he squeaked through on being laid out by a woman.

“Is that a champion, to you people? Is it even someone who deserves the chance to be?

“I say no. I say RDJ has spent the last seven months complaining he never got the title shot, and I say he's spent the last seven months not deserving to have one. And yet, like Sean Deeley, he's asking for a fast track to the top, in spite of there being people ahead of him.

“People like me.

“So my pitch to have him thrown out begins tonight, when I make another World Heavyweight Champion tap out.”

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Jeremy Stone vs. Troy Tornado
There's a brief staredown after the bell, then Jeremy lunges forward, going for the double-leg takedown. Tornado holds his own in a mat-wrestling battle, taking Stone to a stalemate and applying several leglocks. Stone comes back with a gogoplata-like manoeuvre, but Sam Sparrow insists the hold be broken as it's a choke.

Stone keeps up the drive and slingshot suplexes Tornado. He works in a nasty grounded choke with his knees in Tornado's back, but Troy twists out while Sparrow gets on Jeremy's case, and Tornado tosses him to the floor.

Troy promptly vaults off the top rope in a suicide shooting star that Fry promptly dubs the Stage Dive.

Tornado hits a running knee in the corner, but Stone targets Troy's knee, looking to take out his opponent's speed..Stone hits a hammerlock suplex into an armbar, but Tornado reaches the ropes.

They trade blows, knocking each other loopy, but neither man can knock the other down.

Tornado shifts his weight to counter a backdrop suplex, but Stone rolls through for two. Jeremy promptly nails the Stone's Throw, but Troy kicks out just barely before a victory could be secured.

Jeremy clamps on a Canadian Cloverleaf, keeping it solidly held. Tornado fades, and his arm drops three times, but he grabs Sparrow's pant leg before the ref can signal for the bell.

Troy battles back on one leg, eventually starting to look like victory is his. He shoots Jeremy into the ropes, dropping to one knee with the effort, but makes it to his feet as he goes for it, the Tornado Driver.

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Jack Bruce leaps onto the apron and Troy wavers. Jeremy rolls through the lift - Stone Hold! It's locked in clear in the centre and after around ten, fifteen seconds, Troy taps out with some desperation.
Jeremy Stone defeated Troy Tornado
Rating: A

Show Rating: A

Phantom Stranger

02-13-2011, 09:16 AM

Show notes:

God bless you, Joey Minnesota
Man, that formatting took unusually long for some reason. ;)
Because I know people will ask: Remo's promo was represented by Remo with seven others, chosen for people I thought it would do the most good if TCW fans were to be reminded of their title histories. The rest is just window dressing. Since in booking strategy terms it's more along the lines of a 'TCW is awesome' promo albeit with a heel spin, I figure that's fair.

Regis

02-13-2011, 04:50 PM

Loved the Remo Promo! His character is awesome.

You suckers are all just more trophies to be taken. Didn't start nothing? Didn't want to fight? Tough cookies, son. It don't matter to Remo.

Phantom Stranger

02-14-2011, 08:51 AM

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Tuesday June 9th 2009
And it begins; Troy Tornado has started pitching ideas to allow him to tag with Sean McFly. Knew that wouldn't take too long. Troy can be... unsubtle... about his enthusiasms. Which is part of what makes him work as a wrestler, so I really shouldn't complain.

Sunday June 14th 2009
Fifteen months, now, I've been holding the book. I was planning to grab some time at the end of the first year and do another roster review – show my thinking when it came to how people had shifted position, how my assessments of people had changed, all that good stuff – but I always scheduled it for a PPV weekend – and frankly, I really don't have time.

So, in the comparative quiet of the middle of June, it's probably worth my while doing one now.

Our Biggest Draws

Wolf Hawkins http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guTTGJ_PK2Q)
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In the last of these, Wolf Hawkins was our bright hope for the future, or one of them at least. He was also second fiddle to the World Heavyweight Champion and International Champion himself. Most people seemed to expect that Wolf would turn face on Tommy when it came time to break up the Syndicate, especially once Sam Keith got involved with his mind games. What we did instead – turning Tommy face as Wolf stepped up to claim his place – seems to have worked; the fans are livid, and Wolf's feud can be built entirely around surpassing Tommy. I don't think there's a ceiling on his future.

Tommy Cornell http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UZDJA0BKUI)
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What can you say about Tommy Cornell that will surprise anyone? The last six months have seen Cornell's career take its first major departure from pattern in quite some time, of course – after the Syndicate fell apart at The War To Settle the Score, Cornell's path to redemption has provoked a strong fan reaction. Teaming for the first time with eternal rival RDJ, naturally, helped too. I think we've a few months yet before we need to pay off the Hawkins/Cornell feud, but we'll see. Drag it out too long, and anticipation can kill a match...

Jeremy Stone http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWlgnqCHBWw)
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Playing the heel seems to suit Jeremy, who's taken the demise of the Syndicate in stride to currently become one of our most featured performances. Generation Omega's ban from competition has allowed Jeremy to really step up and show his stuff on a global scale, which remains all the man needs to get over. His feud with Sean Deeley is an on-again off-again slow burner which has brought Deeley some real credibility, while not devaluing Jeremy – and he delivered a hell of a main event for Total Mayhem this year.

Johnny Bloodstone http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpUYjpKg9KY)
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Of course, Jeremy didn't do that alone. Johnny Bloodstone had some initial stumbles, mostly issues in clicking with early opponents, but the story of one man's love allowing him to bring his fatal flaw into check seems to have resonated deeply with TCW fans, and his championship win moments – both helping to make Tommy submit and making himself the undisputed champ at the biggest show of the year – combined with strong showings in all his matches have made him a firm favourite. Being screwed by Generation Omega has allowed us to pay off the anger management gimmick and, if anything, left Johnny with more crowd support than before.

Remo Richardson http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=padvnsLUhUM)
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Another man whose introduction to TCW had a rocky start to it, but the 'supreme specimen' as we billed him then has started to flourish, through a feud with RDJ where Remo injuring the veteran set his push back to his current high position in Generation Omega, and a catchphrase that seems to have come out of nowhere to spawn an impressive fan following. Remo's current war with Peak is building to the Test of Steel in tag competition, with a former World Heavyweight Champion also present in the cell. Safe to say that his future is bright, especially if he can fill out the weaker areas of his game.

Sean McFly http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ-DviiYGk8)
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A new arrival, it's a little to early to pass much comment on McFly. That said, his debut was a stellar match, immediately earning the 'American Tiger' his first Man of the Hour presentation. With his reputation, skills, and the ready-made feuds scattered throughout TCW, there's no question that McFly will be getting a lot of use. People are already predicting Cornell/McFly for next year's Malice in Wonderland.

Marc DuBois http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTTDIYfYTEM)
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To date, he's been the closest thing Generation Omega have to a weak point. Nonetheless, DuBois is another young kid with a hell of a lot of potential, and he fits the dynamic of our top heel stable perfectly. Late 2009 will see the young mind game master show more of what's going on in that egotistical head, hopefully cementing him as a wrestler the fans will truly love to hate.

Eddie Peak http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQWu8IE-b6A)
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The “Bloody-Handed God” is perhaps one-dimensional in the ring, but his merchandise flies off the shelves and his fan following remains second to none despite his fairly low profile when not engaged in a major feud. He was the first man to remain unaffected by Remo's assault, way back on the Generation Omega man's debut, and we carefully kept them apart after that to build to what's currently going on. A real joker, Eddie's understanding of the game is easy to underrate and his willingness to do crazy things for business is often a joy to work with.

Matthew Keith http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtRnxFX-G9s&feature=related)
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The original plan was to have Art Reed's substitution for Matthew be a short-term thing, but Reed's astonishing performances changed that program massively. One of the best things I can say about Matthew is that he took to that with equanimity, confidently adopting his new role, and the recent beatdown on Rockwell, coupled with a run of exceptional singles matches and a rare win in Rick Law's home court, make him someone to watch for the future. A number of feuds are pretty much guaranteed to come together at this point...

Texas Pete http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkvlRQ3Ce_U)
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The party animal reputation is well known, but 2008 appears to have been a wakeup year for Pete. Getting consigned to Coastal Zone for development seems to have been the right move; abruptly faced with the reality that he couldn't coast the way he was sold on doing early in his career, his game has stepped up radically. It's possible to see echoes of Pistol Pete Hall in his ringwork now, and his through-the-ropes suicide dive has become a reliable crowd-popping moment. The Hard-Hitting Championship probably wouldn't have fallen to him without the fan support at Fight to the Feedback, but equally, Pete is working to deserve it.

Ricky Dale Johnson http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcD9jbi0WCU)
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You can't keep RDJ down. He's run below the spotlight most of this past year, but whenever he's resurfaced it's been to a major pop, and he can maintain his incredible rapport with the fans pretty much no matter what. His current alliance with Tommy Cornell looks to mark a new stage in Ricky's career, and of course the girls' booking is down to him – but while he's preparing to retire, we're still some way from it, and his current contendership for Wolf's title is another mark of that.

Sam Keith http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhBpUJcpiCg)
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Sam Keith was the Syndicate's secret member and the man who led the alliance that broke the Syndicate. His quest for redemption last year ended with his sons and two semi-students aligned with him, but arguably he's now aligned with them. The 49-year-old spent 2008 making careers, and is likely to spend 2009 doing the same thing (although there are one or two top-level feuds left in him, too.) The inaugural Hard-Hitting Champion, Keith gave the belt some gravitas early on and has a lot left to do for the company. It's hard, however, not to mentally pigeonhole him as 'on his way to retirement'.

Sean Deeley http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8tvqOF3dhU)
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The potential problem with an angle like Generation Omega is it's possible to persuade your fans to invest only in supporting the babyfaces – who will usually be the older sides of the feud. Deeley's issues with Jeremy Stone and Eric Tyler have both put the young technician on the map and equipped him to be an antidote to that kind of thing. Undisputably talented, Deeley is getting set for the traditional 'training' portion of getting over – now the fans support him, he needs to hone his skills to the point where he can maintain that support, and working with those veterans should help with that immeasurably.

Phantom Stranger

02-15-2011, 10:38 PM

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The Tag Teams
If anything, right at the moment, some of these teams may be as important to our sales figures as the main eventers are. I'd love to take credit for that, but pure and simple, what's skyrocketed these teams to the top is their own abilities.

GenOme http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aumO8gOGRiU&feature=related)
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Our current champions, and the two longest shots for stardom in Generation Omega. Which is to say that the shots still aren't that long – Davis is gifted in just about any aspect of professional wrestling, and Frankie has the agility, stiffness and submission chops to keep him looking like he deserves to be with Generation Omega while he works on the rest – which, with the quality of opponents and allies he'll be mingling with, shouldn't be too great a challenge.

The Kreed http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB9siwnSaiY)
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For what was intended to be a stopgap tag team, the Kreed have done something potentially risky; they may have bought themselves a spot in the 'tag team for life' brigade, much like the Rebellion in Japan, the Lords of War, Demons of Rage, and many others. On the other hand, both men are showing just how talented they are and may make a case, before too long, to challenge for the World Heavyweight Championship. Regardless, as two of the men responsible for what everyone seems to agree is the best match in TCW history and as recent tag team champions, they're half the reason our tag division has the spotlight time it currently does.

British Lions http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tE5hyUjcd4)
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The other two involved in that match. Walter Morgan and Merle O'Curle were odd signings for TCW, by a lot of arguments, as they had little fan following in their native lands and absolutely zero in America. On the other hand, their style is a refreshingly different one, their ability is remarkable and they came highly recommended – Walter by the man who covered the English phase of my training in Bolton, and also trained Walter, Merle by Walter when I asked who from the British scene he thought would be the other best signing. They've paid off that recommendation strongly, leading to us repeating the same theory with a couple of Japanese training camps and one Australian camp. The results of both of those are still working in our development territories, filling out their skills a little.

The Machines http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPbqQOf41Qc)
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When you want to showcase a tide of newer teams, some of the established teams need to have a reduced spotlight. That's put John and Brent on a lower level recently, but let's face it – this is not a duo who are ever likely to stay out of the spotlight for long, and I'm looking forward to kicking off a Machines/Genome or Machines/Lions feud some time in the not-too-distant future. That said, while they've been relocated from the title chase, they've introduced Marc Speed as an ally and done a remarkable job of developing his fan following; and John Anderson, at least, actually likes the guy.

Easy Riders http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXWqwhhR_2U)
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Much the same thing can be said of the Riders as of the Machines. They surprised me late in their championship run with some stellar matches against the Keith twins and against Kreed, and in doing so bought themselves the chance to return to the title hunt in the near future. In the meantime, they're honing there 'anything to get the job done' offensive mentality, giving Sayeed Ali some relevance and, hopefully, some credibility, and generally staying tougher than they looked in their previous company. They do fit in better here, especially with the revitalised and expanded tag division.

New Wave http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUoWZ_zcPpE)
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The Wave haven't yet had the chance to really establish themselves as fully as I'd like, and their recent losing streak traded heavily on fan support dating from their DaVE days. On the other hand, their 'return to form' looks set to provide them with a new run at or near the top of the tag division – with a lot more credible potential opponents. I'm looking forward to seeing how that works out.

Elite Express http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e15jffGyjXs)
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Another team who're much more successful in their previous company. The Express were brought in as part of the initiative to broaden the division, and have spent a lot of their time cultivating some American following while focusing on the lower ranks of the division. There is a very real possibility, however, that they will be a lot more important in the future.

Rising Stars http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEs73nynO2o)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/AaronAndrews-1.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/TCWInternational.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/JoeyMinnesota_alt.jpg
Two of TCW's brightest. One of them – Joey – is a personal project of Phil Vibert's. One of them – Aaron – is a personal project of Tommy Cornell's. In Aaron's case the project is effectively official; Aaron is a measure of the success of the TCW training camp, and as such we need to make him into a major player. Currently, both men are – but whether they stay that way stands or falls on their next couple of storylines; you can't just treat someone as a top player briefly and then expect the fans to agree a while later. They're in the middle of issues with Generation Omega and have been teasing a split, so how long they are for this division is in question.

Eternal Party http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxYnpuuuCT0)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/ChampagneLover.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/EddStone_alt6.jpg
The newest tag team to be made official, Eternal Party are Edd Stone and Champagne Lover. Both men are hotly tipped and developing solid fan support despite their heel status, Edd more than Lover, but Lover's recent top-tier matchups have slightly disappointed and Edd, well, much as I love him, Edd needs a better fundamental game before we can consider him as a top-tier star. He's getting there, though, and an alliance between the two should see both men improve to the point where, in a couple of years or so, we can let them loose up at the top. In the meantime, Eternal Party is a useful tool to allow the pair to compete in tag scenes as well as solo when needed.

Golden Law http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq_0jAjR25U)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/RickLaw.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/RockyGolden_PS2.jpg
While Rick Law is the big man on Badge of Honor, it's difficult to push him as one of our top challengers, whatever his fanbase or skill level is. He's got the wrong kind of schtick for it at present, in short. That being the case, he and Rocky – another man who isn't quite where we want him to be before he gets pushed to the top – can make an impact in the tag division while Rocky, in particular, hones his skills and we find out what to do with them. The friendship circle of Law, Golden and Rockwell has taken off in a way we really didn't expect, and we're looking to exploit that for all it's worth.

Plus, the crowd flat-out love them.

M.A.D. http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBDGBmEFVMw)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/AmericanBuffalo_AJA.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/MaratKhoklov.jpg
In a few months' time, perhaps a little longer, I could honestly see M.A.D. taking the tag team belts. Sure, they'd be the weakest champions in-ring in some time, but when you have monsters, you either book them as monsters or squander the paycheques. (Quite how it is that Tyson Baine still gets the reactions he gets at house shows after a year in which he's been neglected in favour of fresher, arguably better acts, I don't know, but I'm grateful.) Their power and their look mean it's possible, so long as they remain strong, to have them seem to punch above their weight.

Young Guns http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkcf-xXVXXY)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/HarryAllen_Grunge3.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/SteveGumble_Grunge2.jpg
Honestly, it's surprising that these two are returning to relevance. No knock on them is intended, but they're not a new act, and we have a lot of new acts with as good or better spots through the roster. It's often difficult to stay relevant in those cases, but the punk overhaul at the start of 2008 and the Painful Procedure/Darkwave feud surfacing in the past few months have at least brought them back into the public spotlight and given them a chance to get their following back. Allen in particular looks to be enjoying his resurgence, and looking to make the most of it – whenever we need one of them to do a run-in, he volunteers.

Global Tradition http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsv2fOBPBhQ&feature=related)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/JDMorgan.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/JoelBryant.jpg
Joel Bryant and JD Morgan. Two very dependable talents, and they're both happy in their role as, essentially, trainers for much of the rest of the roster, with the occasional victory to keep them something vaguely approximating credible as threats. It's likely that the next time we have serious issues with arrogance, the Tradition may be asked to stretch them a little ways.

Team VIPER http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNOvqMZ5mmY)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/FumihiroOta_PS.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/ShingenMiyazaki_alt2.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/TCWAllAction.jpg
Fumihiro Ota. Shingen Miyazaki – who is also our current All Action Champion. The tag team stars of Team KOBRA have gained massively in recognisability since their face turn and going under the ascetic, stern tutelage of Koshiro Ino and Baroness Emily. Added to their already formidable talents, they find themselves in the mid-range of tag teams occupied by the Elite Express and Young Guns – good enough to be treated to wins and to be kept credible, not at the top tier of the division.

Acid Dragon http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJJDV8lnVJw)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/Acid_alt2.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/UKDragon.jpg
Poor Acid... UK Dragon was Walter's other recommended signing from the UK, and Acid, when he heard about the idea, backed it to the hilt, showing me two or three video clips of double-team moves the pair had honed in Japan.

Dragon has, however, not grown in popularity nearly so explosively as the British Lions, and as such, he remains a slightly weak link in Acid Dragon; we just don't have the credibility and fan acceptance to get behind him – not yet. In time, they could be a legendary team here, but there's a lot of work between now and then, and with so many workers higher up the priority ladder, it's going to take a while to put that work in.

Conquering Kings http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0PHWKRFgZ0)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/BarryKingman.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/ClarkAlexander.jpg
You can say about Barry Kingman and Clark Alexander much what I've said about Global Tradition, but the Kings have more years left in their tank and more experience together. While they're unlikely to ever become major players, they're likely to have places here for as long as they want them – and the occasional showcase for their abilities.

Fly Boys http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TfIK_cLEWk)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/DonnieJ.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/JamesPrudence.jpg
Ah, the Fly Boys... I like Jimmy. I like Donnie. I like their dedication, their hard work, I respect the dues they've paid, and I know I can rely on them, win or lose, to pop the crowd. Again, there are simply (currently) too many tag teams rating above them... but I don't know if that'll be the case forever. How many of today's top teams will turn out to have, say, more than a year or two in them? Some certainly will... but not all.

Natural Talent http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQmr9UcQBLw)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/EddieHoward.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/DCRayne.jpg
Ah... Eddie and D.C. - he insists, by the way, on D.C. rather than his actual name, backstage. Victims of politics early on when their showing against Painful Procedure plumbed new lows, they put their time in in the Coastal Zone to return. Ultimately, they're still not fantastic competitors, but the bottom line here is simple; we need people to lose, we need people who can look good dishing out damage but better taking it, and Eddie and D.C., by filling that role, can raise their profile to the point where, even with a steady losing streak, they'll be able to make more money on the indies than they were before – and hopefully sock away a nest egg from their time with us before that.

Balcony Express http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjvgc-GGAKM)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/DeanWaldorf.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/MarvStatler.jpg
Set aside the political victim issue, and the same may end up true of the Balcony Express, though Sam Keith has taken a shine to one of them. Whatever happens, they remain entertaining to watch, they're slowly getting better crowd reactions, they understand that we expect them to try and look good to rise in the ranks and they understand how to make people beating them look good. That honestly is everything we need out of our lowest-tier tag teams.

Phantom Stranger

02-15-2011, 10:43 PM

OK, this could take a while... Tomorrow's update, I think, will be a roster review concentrating on Factions (those members of factions not already mentioned, that is, plus quickie notes on individual stables), with hopefully a few of the unaligned solo wrestlers, just to speed things up. Thursday will then see the women's division plus support staff.

Side note: Between Remo's promo and this I've been spending a lot more time on my photobucket than normal, and it makes me wish I had a bit more graphical acumen. I'd love to be able to put together Generation Omega, School of Tradition, Team KOBRA, Bombshell's Boys, Painful Procedure, Darkwave, Machines and maybe even "Three Amigos" logos to crop the relevant talent onto, really enhance the emphasis on faction warfare in this TCW.

(I'd have done this as Factions and Solo Workers if I'd thought to ahead of starting, by the way. Cut down the number of bios needed significantly.)

Phantom Stranger

02-16-2011, 09:52 AM

Factions and the Low Men on the Totem Pole

I've always been a big fan of stable and alliance-based programs in wrestling, and TCW has a perfect set-up for that; if you've got someone who makes their money on the microphone, and someone else who can put it together in the ring, bringing them together is a fantastic way to make money.

With that said, let's see how they shape up.

Generation Omega
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/DavisWayneNewton-1.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/FrankiePerez-1.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/MarcDuBois-1.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/Remo.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/WolfHawkins.jpg
I've spoken about each of the individual members already. These guys have really only just started to tell their story, they're staying strong, they've got two of the championships and much of the hottest feuds. Proving, once again, that when you put someone up against Tommy Cornell good things happen for them.

Painful Procedure
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/DeanWaldorf.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/HarryAllen_Grunge3.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/MarvStatler.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/SteveGumble_Grunge2.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/TroyTornado_nacht6.jpg
Already discussed: both tag teams, the Balcony Express and the Young Guns. But there's also Troy Tornado, and ultimately, the only thing keeping him from title contention – again – is the ongoing feud with another stable and perhaps a quick transitional feud to bring him back to the very top.

Darkwave
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/CherryBomb_alt2.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/BlackEagle_alt4.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/JackBruce_alt8.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/SammyBach_alt1.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/ZimmyBumfhole_alt1.jpg
Jack Bruce returning was a big thing, but he's disappointed slightly in the ring – except for one fantastic match, up against Cornell. He should, however, be able to capitalise on that and his support to hopefully catch up in-ring to what he can do out-of-ring; if not, though, Sammy Bach, Zimmy, and the former Black Eagle (we're probably going to go with some tweak of his real name, to say in line with the rest of the men in the stable) can put in the ring work and make sure the feud has a worthwhile payoff. On top of that, they become only the second stable to have a female member in Cherry Bomb. The future for Darkwave may not include the top of the company, but it can nonetheless be very strong.

School of Tradition
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/Acid_alt2.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/EricTyler.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/FrankieDee.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/FreddyHuggins.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/JDMorgan.jpg
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/JoelBryant.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/MerleOCurle_alt.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/UKDragon.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/WalterMorgan.jpg
This is easily the stable with the greatest legacy in current TCW, arguably the current stable with the biggest pedigree in the business; versions of it have shown up around Eric Tyler almost everywhere he's gone. In this case, his alliance with the British Lions is probably the strongest point in the stable, but with Global Tradition, Freddy Huggins, and the newcomer Frankie Dee also in place they remain a very useful 'bully' faction for the midcard and below. We're looking to add a woman in the near future and complete a rival line-up to our next entries...

Team KOBRA
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/FumihiroOta_PS.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/Hidekazu_jtlant.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/KoshiroIno.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/ShingenMiyazaki_alt2.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/SuzanneBrazzle_jhdPS.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/HellMonkey_jhdPS-1.jpg
Way back in CPW I remember there being a stable built around this kind of discipline, and it always stuck in my head. The problem it had was that the discipline happened after every match; essentially, it was a stable of jobbers who got punished when they lost. Ultimately, that doesn't work; it's a useful gimmick to get people over, however, and I've taken care to make sure it's not purely 'the Japanese stable'. Still the introduction of whichever samurai book it is Shingen quotes has given what could otherwise get very repetitive a chance to stay somewhat fresh while developing characters. Koshiro Ino and Team VIPER are the core of this one, with Thunder Snake (the former Hell Monkey) and Hidekazu starting to dissent slightly and Suzanne Brazzle in as their female member – with a stiff right jab for a finish.

Bombshell's Boys
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/ArtReed.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/GregGauge-1.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/JohnnyBloodstone_alt2.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/SamKeith.jpg
Held together by the Blonde Bombshell's efforts and compassion. Sam Keith, Johnny Bloodstone and the Kreed are one of the most successful unions we've had; no member of this faction has failed to hold gold, though currently none retain it.

The Machines
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/BrentHill.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/HumanArsenal.jpghttp://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/MarcSpeed_FIN4.jpg
They barely qualify for this entry, being as they are a tag team and one ally – Marc Speed, one of my own personal favourite young prospects – but after the emphasis they put on their name while introducing Marc, it's probably wises to consider them as a stable. Pure technical excellence.

Chris Rockwell http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIbHPs_M55Q)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/LobsterWarrior_PS.jpg
Rockwell is the one remaining member of the unofficial 'three amigos' to be covered; his TCW run so far has not done his talent justice, but an alliance with Rocky Golden and Rick Law, cemented during Rocky's run of women trouble, has started to build sympathy for the arrogant heel turned somewhat downbeat face. Law has teased a future feud for Rockwell against DuBois, but as of now that has yet to happen.

Jack Marlowe http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIbHPs_M55Q)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/JungleJack_alt1.jpg
“The Enforcer” is probably the one man on the roster furthest away from being in a faction; instead, after splitting with Julian Marlowe, he's set himself up as something of an enforcer for hire. Too early to see how that'll go.

Canadian Elemental http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMviRiv0Fzw)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/CanadianElemental.jpg
The masked man has been slowly establishing a new name. Part of a quiet deal made with Burning Hammer of the Wrestling Gods, we're hoping that the Elemental mask will be the missing spark needed to take this young talent to the top. We'll just have to see how that goes, of course.

Tyson Baine http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsmcDLDw9iw)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/TysonBaine.jpg
How the mighty have fallen... As I've said elsewhere, Baine's biggest problem is that there are other, better monsters. But he still garners a good reaction from the crowds and he's decidedly not a weak link. I need to find something for him to do.

Charlie Thatcher http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG478-dkuqA)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/CharlieThatcher_nac2.jpg
It must have been a year since Charlie was last in the ring on TV (he's done good business on house shows, though, taking on School of Tradition men when they get too boisterous) but he's never been more popular. Acting as Mayhem Midden's enforcer, his appearance in the middle of a segment has started to actually pop the crowd, much to the surprise of a number of us.

Julian Watson http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LsgwWfTuTk)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/JulianWatson_FIN.jpg
Well, he's not doing so well for himself as his partner, but I have to give Julian credit; he'll still wrestle his heart out, and with luck, he'll develop a good enough following to become a stronger player in the future.

Giant Tana http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSD4vsh1zDA)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/TanaTheMighty.jpg
I have a lot of time for Tana, and it seems so do many of our fans. He's a deceptive performer in many ways – under all that joking, he's a ring general, at least on the lower levels – and he's become something of a helpful presence backstage. Still, he's only very newly returned, so passing judgment is tricky.

Sayeed Ali http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRZ3TdpEn-o)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/SayeedAli.jpg
Ah, Sayeed... Ricky Dale Johnson loves the guy's work, has pushed quite hard for Sayeed to get more exposure, and that has a lot to do with his alliance with the Easy Riders in recent months. His style fits nicely with them, and an outside-interference edge should allow us to bring him into the fanbase' consciousness without hurting his mystique too much. That's the plan, anyway; we'll see.

Ultimate Phoenix http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tur8EP038-g)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/UltimatePhoenix.jpg
Phoenix is probably going to go far, once he gets his feet under him. Brought in as part of an initiative to freshen up and strengthen the All Action division, he has the chops to be a big name, and probably sooner rather than later.

El Leon http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3if6HY_RUqw)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/ElLeon.jpg
You know, what I said about Phoenix goes for Leon, too; hired at the same time, for the same reasons, on the same recommendations. Plus, how can you not love that mask?

Chance Fortune http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm4yqOFeVHE)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/ChanceFortune.jpg
Sooner or later, I'll find a way to get Chance over without hurting over wrestlers. He's improving, he's uncomplaining, he's a good talent with years to improve. I want to support him, but ultimately he currently offers neither a major talent advantage or a novelty mark. We'll see.

Rhino Umaga http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX0t2BLDqv8&feature=related)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/RhinoUmaga.jpg
A young powerhouse who has the chance, one day, to be much more than he currently is. I guess the question there is whether we can get him there... Speaking personally, I hope so. The man who charged Marat Khoklov out of nowhere is a character we can work with.

Phantom Stranger

02-17-2011, 10:21 AM

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/One-Offs/RDJRoster.jpg

Hey Harry,

Like you asked, I've got the roster evaluations done for the girls. Is this a yearly thing?

Gorgon http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-Rxy3o6ZNo)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/Gorgon-1.jpg
Start with the champion, right? I'm actually really starting to enjoy the booking here, guess it's kind of 'no pressure' what with the women not being our big draw. Still, it's fun, and I'm basically able to build around a monster heel and a few plucky faces, just like the old days. Good times. Alison's not our best worker, but she's got a hell of a rep on her now. Thanks for green-lighting her laying out some of the guys – it's legitimising the division, really.

Kate Dangerous http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nmq1h5cQdk)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/KateDangerous.jpg
Probably our lead face talent, if only by a whisker – still, she's got ten years on JeriLynn, so that whisker's well-earned. Needs rebuilding in the nearish future. I need to push harder for womens' match time.

Stephanie Wade http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUaVprkR6jQ)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/StephanieWade.jpg
I loved putting together the program for her with Rocky, but I'm glad we restated her as heel. We need some variety in the division, and having Steph as a take-no-crap pure bitch helps. The superkick is a sweet finish done well, and I can totally see her killing fans' dreams with a shot out of nowhere to take a title off a babyface.

JeriLynn Stone http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd7mcV_fuPA)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/JeriLynnStone.jpg
Our other solid hope as a face, JeriLynn's starting to settle in quite nicely. I'll be interested to see where she goes – to the top is pretty much a guarantee, but her skillset doesn't work so well with Gorgon, so who she feuds with may switch according to that.

Raku Makuda http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POFMo2k2z-U)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/RakuMakuda.jpg
Needs a status boost after a few key losses, but it shouldn't be hard to get them. If we play Gorgon's monster value out – I'm still new at this, remember – Makuda is a great lead heel waiting in the wings.

Suzanne Brazzle http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm_5GpTTSUc)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/SuzanneBrazzle_jhdPS.jpg
What a straight right. Add in the whole Team KOBRA thing – which has gotten her a LOT of focus time – and the obsession some of our fans have with the way she looks and it's easy to see why she was the second-string face until JL got here. A bit more expansion of her style, and she could be on the same level as the Family Name Kids. I'm quite pleased with how well she's recovered from an early run where we fed her to the heels to feed the heels to Kate.

Cherry Bomb http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV3bdKLgi_M)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/CherryBomb_alt2.jpg
Gorgon's tag partner before. We can do something with that, right? She's probably the better of the two, she's got a look, she's due a single release with the rest of the band, she's... OK, I may have a small crush here. Don't tell the wife.

Amber Allen http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TontGRnhEqU)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/AmberAllen.jpg
I know, I know, her entrance music's basically me having fun with the smarks. But she does well for herself; if we expand, she could be a real player soon. I'm still hoping we can elevate most of the division; could make for a good resume header when I finally do go look for the book somewhere.

Lauren Easter http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnxTSYWgef0)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/LaurenEaster.jpg
When Makuda retires and Gorgon is done, we'll still have Lauren. A hell of a talent. I'll say this for Jenny, she hired the best.

Tamara McFly http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Bigpapa42_2006/Wrestling/Main/Other/Playegg_28207.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrDA5-uD01g&feature=related)
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/TamaraMcFly.jpg
Tammy isn't going anywhere, I don't think, with so much of, let's not mess about, North of the Border around and their connections to her. She's good, she can go – you ever see the half-hour thing she did in Japan? I'll lend you the tape – and she's happy to make careers. Exactly what we need.

Management/Mouthpieces
Good representation can make or break careers, quite frankly. Even the kayfabe stuff. Fortunately, we've got some fantastic talent to help...

Phil Vibert
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/PhilVibert.jpg
So. Much. Baggage. But we seem to have shed the spectre of the expected 'DaVE invasion' faction, at least, and Phil is easily worth what we're paying him. When a man is capable of lending Remo extra mystique, it pays to sit up and pay attention. Generation Omega's manager, just by being with them, makes guys who're worth their weight in gold look like platinum – and that's a talent.

Blonde Bombshell
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/BlondeBombshell.jpg
A fan favourite with her first run, we've tried to give her something of a character this time around. It isn't much – wrestling fan in love with a champion – but she's certainly more involved with the product, and is a surprising factor in Kreed's success. Her presence at ringside actually enhances the match by her reactions – something we could never have said first time around.

Laura Huggins
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/LauraCatherineHuggins.jpg
The place where I think trying to flesh out motivations has worked. Laura has some seriously strained loyalties in conflict at the moment, between her affiliation with the School of Tradition and her liason with Sean Deeley... I kind of want to resolve it, but at the same time, it's part of her appeal. We'll see... I can't just leave it hanging forever.

Baroness Emily
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/QueenEmily_FS2.jpg
Emily is really being underused at the moment, but that suits her character – and I do feel like we're getting all we need from her. Team KOBRA is an odd one, that way. And I doubt she ever thought she'd be signing up for striking her clients with a bokken on a regular basis (Including house shows, she never goes a week without it).

Carl Batch
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/CarlBatch.jpg
A smooth talker, Batch hasn't had much to say – his clients don't need it – on TV, but I'm told his promos on the house circuit are a thing of beauty. Soon enough I plan to give him a lot more ammo, and a lot more time to use it. The Easy Riders can always do with support.

Alanis Springsteen
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/Seduction.jpg
Mostly seen on commentary, Alanis' managerial role has been hindered by her clients' slow fall from the relevance they had early on. That said, I like the visual of her pacing with headset mic on, both commentating and exhorting her team, so there's something to work with there.

Floyd Goldworthy
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/FloydGoldworthy.jpg
Good old dependable Floyd. He's going to need some serious rebuilding before anyone takes his clients seriously – especially as the Fly Boys, if anything, have a worse record than American Buffalo at the moment. But given the time, he can rebuild his reputation – maybe even improve it – with luck, and possibly with a superstar new client. We'll see exactly how things go.

Mayhem Midden
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/TCW/MayhemMidden.jpg
Not a manager, but by God has Midden's involvement this past year been a godsend. The Representative of the Board of Investors has a loaded metal headbutt, a sharp tongue, and an attitude – and the fans absolutely love him for it. He's come on strong in his skill on the mic, too, and is easily more popular now than he ever was during his in-ring days.

Phantom Stranger

02-17-2011, 10:23 AM

And that, folks, is a wrap. If you're wondering where, say, Tooth & Claw are, or just about anyone who's appeared and isn't on that list, they're down in dev.

Phantom Stranger

02-19-2011, 06:28 PM

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After Harry Allen laid out Cherry Bomb a week ago, Darkwave said they'd have to reconsider Painful Procedure as a whole. It does look like Allen in particular has been upgraded to 'threat' as Zimmy has laid out a challenge for him. Hearing of the challenge, Mayhem Midden commented "good business" and promptly green-lit the match for this edition of Total Wrestling.

The British Lions are also scheduled to be in action, facing off with the Conquering Kings. Just this past Saturday they struck a bargain with Kreed that will see both teams concentrating on title hunts - will this lead to the Lions making a challenge to GenOme soon?

Floyd Goldworthy has specifically requested a match-up against Team VIPER for his clients the Fly Boys. The question has to be, why Team VIPER? Whatever the case, the Fly Boys have quite a battle against them, facing off with the team that includes the current All Action Champion.

More tag team action will follow, but this contest is guaranteed to have championship ramifications; JeriLynn Stone and Suzanne Brazzle unite against Lauren Easter and Stephanie Wade, with the stipulation that the woman who scores the winning pinfall or forces the submission will earn a title shot against Gorgon.

Champagne Lover looks to recover from a tag team lost against two TCW icons by taking on a wrestling legend; can he overcome Sam Keith, or will he have further work to do before he fully bounces back?

Jeremy Stone's quest to prove a point continues; on Tuesday he will face "the measuring stick of the East Coast Wars", a former XFW and PPPW Champion, Chris Rockwell. It seems as if Stone is looking to ensure he always has the upper hand in these display matches...

The main event, meanwhile, looks likely to be an excellent contest. Tommy Cornell once again takes on a Keith; this time, it's Matthew Keith, who's had quite the chaotic month - but who's found within it a lot of opportunities to start out on the path to the kind of legend his father has. Will he move further forward Tuesday night?

Prediction Key:
Harry Allen vs. Zimmy

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily

#1 Contendership to the Womens Championship goes to the one who scores the win
JeriLynn Stone & Suzanne Brazzle w/ Baroness Emily vs. Lauren Easter & Stephanie Wade

Champagne Lover vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Chris Rockwell vs. Jeremy Stone

Matthew Keith vs. Tommy Cornell

Zergon

02-20-2011, 12:40 AM

Harry Allen vs. Zimmy
Normally I would go with Zimmy but I think that Allen and Painful Procedure needs a win more as other than Tornado the rest of the stable still feels like jobbers to me.

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen
British Lions are higher on ladders

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily
Team VIPER is having slightly more going on so they take the win unless you start to rebuild Fly Boys here (which might be the case as this would be good match to start).

#1 Contendership to the Womens Championship goes to the one who scores the win
JeriLynn Stone & Suzanne Brazzle w/ Baroness Emily vs. Lauren Easter & Stephanie Wade
With Gordon as champ face challenger seems better option. I´d say that Brazzle gets the opportunity here.

Champagne Lover vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
Lover has just formed a tag team so right now a singles push doesn´t look likely and thus win over Keith at this point seems little unlikely to me.

Chris Rockwell vs. Jeremy Stone
Stone is in title hunt while Rockwell isn´t doing much right now.

Matthew Keith vs. Tommy Cornell
Matthew gets another tough loss here.

Wallbanger

02-20-2011, 04:22 AM

Prediction Key:
Harry Allen vs. Zimmy

Tossup. Not horribly invested in Darkwave vs. Procedure to be honest.

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen

Momentum maintenance here.

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily

And here.

#1 Contendership to the Womens Championship goes to the one who scores the win
JeriLynn Stone & Suzanne Brazzle w/ Baroness Emily vs. Lauren Easter & Stephanie Wade

Clearly the face challenger is preferred. And since you've openly said that JL and Gorgon don't match up well, Brazzle gets the pin. JL needs to settle things with the family first anyway.

Champagne Lover vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

This should rate well, but no reason for CL to get the win here as he's slumming in the tag division with Unca Eddy.

Chris Rockwell vs. Jeremy Stone

Could it be? A chance at a clean win for Jeremy?

Matthew Keith vs. Tommy Cornell

Tommy wins, but Charlie Foxtrot ahoy!

Oregano Jensen

02-20-2011, 04:39 AM

Harry Allen vs. Zimmy

Zimmy needs the legitimacy. Harry can lose all he wants and maintain the legitimacy he needs, because he's not about matches, he's about run-ins.

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen

I wouldn't be shocked if the Kings won one soon, maybe even against a legit team. But the Lions have too much momentum to make them upset victims, and don't have years of backstory to lend them legitimacy. If someone like the Machines or the New Wave lose, they're still a real draw, because everyone knows the Machines or the New Wave are the real thing. If the Lions don't win now, they're not the real thing.

So yeah. Maybe a Kings push someday, but maybe they beat someone like the Machines, maybe even start lower with someone like Elite Express. Not someone who needs to NOT get upset so that their feud with the Kreed is a top-tier draw.

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily

Fly Boys, by contrast, are jobbers. They're damn good jobbers, so you have to respect that. But you don't have to respect it TOO much.

#1 Contendership to the Womens Championship goes to the one who scores the win
JeriLynn Stone & Suzanne Brazzle w/ Baroness Emily vs. Lauren Easter & Stephanie Wade

No disrespect to Suzanne, but she seems exactly legitimate enough to be a no. 1 contender and exactly fallible enough to lose to Gorgon without disappointing anyone. I feel like Hypothetical Stone is a future champion, but I don't know if she'll take the title off Gorgon, who she doesn't match up well with. And I don't believe taking the title off Gorgon so early makes sense anyway.

I mean, I'm actually okay with the notion of Gorgon facing Wade -- they're both "heels," sure, but there's no real common ground between them. Will it happen? No. But it wouldn't bother me if it did.

Champagne Lover vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

CL has been mildly disappointing thus far, but only mildly. He's clearly working up a push to at least the upper midcard, and Keith's role in this company is so obvious he should just start bringing a gate to the ring with him.

Chris Rockwell vs. Jeremy Stone

Matthew Keith vs. Tommy Cornell

Two similar matches, two similar reasonings, one feud gaining steam.

Rockwell has stalled somewhat, and much like the Lions match, facing a guy in a prominent feud at the top of the card is no way to get back momentum.

Keith, meanwhile, gets legitimacy just from being able to keep up with Cornell. (I wouldn't be surprised if this show ends in a big Keith stable showdown, but even if the next shoe in that plot drops, I don't know if it happens DURING the match. I mean, none of the Bombshell contingent have much concern for the well-being of Tommy Cornell, that's for sure.)

smurphy1014

02-20-2011, 04:40 AM

Prediction Key:
Harry Allen vs. Zimmy

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily

#1 Contendership to the Womens Championship goes to the one who scores the win
JeriLynn Stone & Suzanne Brazzle w/ Baroness Emily vs. Lauren Easter & Stephanie Wade

Champagne Lover vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Chris Rockwell vs. Jeremy Stone

Matthew Keith vs. Tommy Cornell

Regis

02-20-2011, 06:03 AM

Harry Allen vs. Zimmy
Simple quality compels my vote here.

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen
It wouldn't be the first time that the Kings have pulled off an upset, though.

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily
JOBBERS!

#1 Contendership to the Womens Championship goes to the one who scores the win
JeriLynn Stone & Suzanne Brazzle w/ Baroness Emily vs. Lauren Easter & Stephanie Wade
Faces go over to wrestle the Heel champ.

Champagne Lover vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
Edderference FTW!

Chris Rockwell vs. Jeremy Stone
JEZZA!

Matthew Keith vs. Tommy Cornell
Because he's Tommy Cornell, bitch!

Phantom Stranger

02-20-2011, 07:12 AM

-Why is Matt facing Tommy? He's a midcarder at best, I think.

I didn't do that roster writeup for the good of my health, you know.

Hashasheen

02-20-2011, 07:19 AM

I didn't do that roster writeup for the good of my health, you know.

It's even more interesting because you'd assume he read it all based on his comment to your comment on Suzzane Brazzle.

...

Unless Eidenok just went straight to the woman's division? ;)

Edit: Also, change Rhino's image to the new render. It looks a lot better, though might pander to the wild samoan gimmick just a tad.

Phantom Stranger

02-20-2011, 07:44 AM

Edit: Also, change Rhino's image to the new render. It looks a lot better, though might pander to the wild samoan gimmick just a tad.

You can pretty much assume I'm glued to the render thread. If someone's look hasn't changed, assume I'm either holding off on it or the render didn't do much for me.

Hashasheen

02-20-2011, 09:52 AM

You can pretty much assume I'm glued to the render thread. If someone's look hasn't changed, assume I'm either holding off on it or the render didn't do much for me.

How did this:

4259

Not do it for you?

Phantom Stranger

02-20-2011, 10:16 AM

How did this:

4259

Not do it for you?

First off, there's another option there. Second...

It's a cool look. It's not, however, a look that grabs me.

There are a number of reasons for this - remember, back in TEW2008, the Dread-as-Vader alts jhd1 did very early on?

They were fantastic, they really were. But... Real world is real world and C-Verse is C-verse and I'm not terribly interested in doing the precise mapping of one wrestler to a real world one thing. I borrow very, very liberally - Team KOBRA is my attempt to do Serotonin in a way that might actually get people over, and my touchstone for Chris Rockwell back in the PPPW diary was Stone Cold's "I need to beat you, Rock, I need it more than you can imagine" promo (and for that matter, Rock's own lines in that interview also went into Rockwell) - I must have rewatched that twenty or thirty times over the end of PPPW - but I'm not interested in "OK, Keith is Flair, Cornell is so-and-so..."

And if that Rhino Umaga isn't a Wild Samoan, then he's a hobo. I've got no interest in doing the Wild Samoans. I don't mind other people doing it - Dreadvader played a strong role in Generation Supreme, I believe James Casey uses the WS alts in his conception of the team in SWF, and I'm happy to read those diaries. I'm even a fan of Macho Eiji Hamacho in Burning Hammer, and the mannerisms are even present.

I also have no interest in booking Rhino Umaga as a hobo, so that's my options gone.

Hashasheen

02-20-2011, 11:06 AM

First off, there's another option there. Second...

It's a cool look. It's not, however, a look that grabs me.

There are a number of reasons for this - remember, back in TEW2008, the Dread-as-Vader alts jhd1 did very early on?

They were fantastic, they really were. But... Real world is real world and C-Verse is C-verse and I'm not terribly interested in doing the precise mapping of one wrestler to a real world one thing. I borrow very, very liberally - Team KOBRA is my attempt to do Serotonin in a way that might actually get people over, and my touchstone for Chris Rockwell back in the PPPW diary was Stone Cold's "I need to beat you, Rock, I need it more than you can imagine" promo (and for that matter, Rock's own lines in that interview also went into Rockwell) - I must have rewatched that twenty or thirty times over the end of PPPW - but I'm not interested in "OK, Keith is Flair, Cornell is so-and-so..."

And if that Rhino Umaga isn't a Wild Samoan, then he's a hobo. I've got no interest in doing the Wild Samoans. I don't mind other people doing it - Dreadvader played a strong role in Generation Supreme, I believe James Casey uses the WS alts in his conception of the team in SWF, and I'm happy to read those diaries. I'm even a fan of Macho Eiji Hamacho in Burning Hammer, and the mannerisms are even present.

I also have no interest in booking Rhino Umaga as a hobo, so that's my options gone.

Fair enough. Though personally, I prefer it over the original more for the face than the hair. If jhd1 ever did a military cut version of Rhino & Machine like that, they'd probably look awesome.

Phantom Stranger

02-20-2011, 11:27 AM

Fair enough. Though personally, I prefer it over the original more for the face than the hair. If jhd1 ever did a military cut version of Rhino & Machine like that, they'd probably look awesome.

I don't think there's any kinda question on that.

James Casey

02-20-2011, 03:59 PM

ampulator

02-20-2011, 04:40 PM

I didn't do that roster writeup for the good of my health, you know.
I took a look, and I'm a bit surprised. To be honest. How did he reach Main Eventer so fast? Must a great destiny stat.

Phantom Stranger

02-20-2011, 05:05 PM

Having had a similar discussion over in NoNeck's diary I figure I might as well just jump in with my twopennorth here and wonder why you haven't gone for the revamped Fly Boys' renders? The more recent efforts seem to me to be a huge step forwards, and in my case at least meant that I went for them over my initial choice of the Cali Dragons when I was looking at new tag teams.

I can certainly see why you haven't subbed out the default Remo, Eddie Peak or Sam Keith, for example, but Donnie J and Jimmy P seem like ideal candidates.

As you say, though, I guess if they don't go where you want them to, change for change's sake is pointless.

Their renders came up when I had a hard rule about 'no grandfathered in renders', ie, no re-renders for workers who'd been featured and 'seen'. I broke that for... probably Baroness Emily, I forget now... and didn't go back and change any others.

The new Fly Boy renders are awesome, yes, but I just haven't felt the need to switch, particularly with the Boys having been reduced to jobbers after a halfway-strong start. A revamped look seems like a good thing to bring in when Floyd starts to turn them around, no?

I took a look, and I'm a bit surprised. To be honest. How did he reach Main Eventer so fast? Must a great destiny stat.

Greg and Matt have been around B popularity since they won the tag titles together. Since that time, Matt has had a number of high-profile wins and a Match of the Year Candidate, while seeing exposure in a number of angles alongside incredibly popular people who are also very, very good on the mic - something that can also be said about Matt.

That's about 3-4 months of steady exposure and push from a B pop. Art and Greg aren't far off themselves, and they just recently took a title loss.

How fast is that, really?

Tigerkinney

02-20-2011, 05:06 PM

Would have got in earlier but attending my nieces 5th birthday party took priority :)

Harry Allen vs. Zimmy

It's not unfathomable for Harry Allen to win here, because Zimmy hasn't come in as someone high up on the card, but I think you're trying to build Zimmy more, whilst Harry stays 'revelant' with his run-in's.

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen

As Oregano said, the Lions have done well to build themselves to where they are but don't quite have that legacy yet of The Machines or New Wave to bounce back from being victims of an upset.

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily

Can't take anyone involved with Jobworthy seriously :p

#1 Contendership to the Womens Championship goes to the one who scores the win
JeriLynn Stone & Suzanne Brazzle w/ Baroness Emily vs. Lauren Easter & Stephanie Wade

Got to agree with Italian Herb Jensen again on this one, you're obviously building to JeriLyn getting a title shot eventually but I don't think you're ready to the pull the trigger yet, the opponents are heels so Brazzle gets the shot here, which basically means she is the next 'victim' to be fed to Gorgon.

Champagne Lover vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Keith's gradually being faded out from the main storyline's and Champagne Lover could do with a 'notable' win to help push him up a little more.

Chris Rockwell vs. Jeremy Stone

Stone's still in the world title picture, Rockwell isn't being pushed anywhere near that at that moment.

Matthew Keith vs. Tommy Cornell

This could, in fact should be an excellent match and maybe one day Matt Keith could get over enough (both in game/and in this diary) to warrant going over Cornell but right now this will just make for a good TV main event but the winner shouldn't be in any doubt.

Candyman

02-20-2011, 05:10 PM

Harry Allen vs. Zimmy
Non finish when multiple members of their respective bands get involved.

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen
The Lions seem to have a bit more direction right now.

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily
I'll call for the upset here. The preview hints at a reason Floyd requested this match, whatever that is I think it results in a rare win for the Fly Boys.

#1 Contendership to the Womens Championship goes to the one who scores the win
JeriLynn Stone & Suzanne Brazzle w/ Baroness Emily vs. Lauren Easter & Stephanie Wade
This sees to be the unanimous choice, so I'll second everybody else.

Champagne Lover vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
Because CL is in a tag team now.

Chris Rockwell vs. Jeremy Stone

Matthew Keith vs. Tommy Cornell
Both seem like relative no brainers to me.

ampulator

02-20-2011, 05:22 PM

Their renders came up when I had a hard rule about 'no grandfathered in renders', ie, no re-renders for workers who'd been featured and 'seen'. I broke that for... probably Baroness Emily, I forget now... and didn't go back and change any others.

The new Fly Boy renders are awesome, yes, but I just haven't felt the need to switch, particularly with the Boys having been reduced to jobbers after a halfway-strong start. A revamped look seems like a good thing to bring in when Floyd starts to turn them around, no?

Greg and Matt have been around B popularity since they won the tag titles together. Since that time, Matt has had a number of high-profile wins and a Match of the Year Candidate, while seeing exposure in a number of angles alongside incredibly popular people who are also very, very good on the mic - something that can also be said about Matt.

That's about 3-4 months of steady exposure and push from a B pop. Art and Greg aren't far off themselves, and they just recently took a title loss.

How fast is that, really?
I'd say pretty fast... you're diary is just overpowered now, me thinks. ;) I mean, from an A match between Giant Tana and Jack Marlowe... well, overpowered. ;)

In any case, I don't know if you changed the product yet, but if I recall, you are using the TCW 2008 product... which meant popularity equals performance. That meant, popularity would work off good performances, AND performance worked off populairty. That's a serious advantage you have there.

Playing the SWF, having good matches doesn't seem to raise popularity all that much. But in TCW 2008, having good matches can riase popularity, while having that high popularity can raise the ratings of the performances... which raise popularity... you see what I'm getting at here? :p

Phantom Stranger

02-20-2011, 05:50 PM

In any case, I don't know if you changed the product yet, but if I recall, you are using the TCW 2008 product... which meant popularity equals performance. That meant, popularity would work off good performances, AND performance worked off populairty. That's a serious advantage you have there.

Playing the SWF, having good matches doesn't seem to raise popularity all that much. But in TCW 2008, having good matches can riase popularity, while having that high popularity can raise the ratings of the performances... which raise popularity... you see what I'm getting at here? :p

I'm not sure why I abruptly would change the product, frankly, but I'll skip over the slight suggestion I'm doing something wrong and put this one to the vote, and will adjust to fit the response.

Do the shows read like a popularity, performance, or even split promotion to you guys?

ampulator

02-20-2011, 05:55 PM

I'm not sure why I abruptly would change the product, frankly, but I'll skip over the slight suggestion I'm doing something wrong and put this one to the vote, and will adjust to fit the response.

Do the shows read like a popularity, performance, or even split promotion to you guys?
Uh... I never implied you are doing anything wrong. In fact, I'm think you are doing a lot things right. :p I was complimenting you, not challenging you. :p In any case, I really like "popularity = performance" promtions, since you benefit from both high popularity AND good performances. (The downside is, if don't have enough of either, you can end something with a bigger stinker... but you have definitely avoided that. :))

Phantom Stranger

02-20-2011, 05:59 PM

Uh... I never implied you are doing anything wrong. In fact, I'm think you are doing a lot things right. :p I was complimenting you, not challenging you. :p In any case, I really like "popularity = performance" promtions, since you benefit from both high popularity AND good performances. (The downside is, if don't have enough of either, you can end something with a bigger stinker... but you have definitely avoided that. :))

Then it's a reading-of-tone issue, and I apologise for the misconstruction of your remarks.

As for Jack and Tana, as a side note... Yeah, surprised me too, but two things to note:

1) Giant Tana spent 15 months plus in dev, learning from Steve Flash, Pistol Pete Hall, Louis Figo Manico and theoretically Bairei Yasujiro.
2) Great chemistry.

James Casey

02-20-2011, 06:37 PM

ampulator

02-20-2011, 07:05 PM

Then it's a reading-of-tone issue, and I apologise for the misconstruction of your remarks.

As for Jack and Tana, as a side note... Yeah, surprised me too, but two things to note:

1) Giant Tana spent 15 months plus in dev, learning from Steve Flash, Pistol Pete Hall, Louis Figo Manico and theoretically Bairei Yasujiro.
2) Great chemistry.
Still, if it was in the SWF, I doubt it would reach that high of a grade. B+ maybe. But an A? that's way out of range for midcarders... for a SE promotion, that is. ;) And when I mean overpowered, is that, you played your game so well, there isn't anything much left for a challenge when it comes to top talent.

Beeker

02-20-2011, 07:49 PM

Harry Allen vs. Zimmy
- Most likely tossed out when the bands hit the ring and have a mock rock off. But I'll give Allen's recent 'outta nowhere' a chance to pick up some revenge.

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen
- The Kings are... here. The Lions developed into contenders. Alanis has the spot of the match when she rushes to a tossed King without removing her headset. Comedy~!

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily
- Pretty fly for some job boys. And their current renders suit their lowest rung on the heel side of things.

#1 Contendership to the Womens Championship goes to the one who scores the win
JeriLynn Stone & Suzanne Brazzle w/ Baroness Emily vs. Lauren Easter & Stephanie Wade
- I'll give Wade the win here since JL still has daddy issues and Brazzle can take a bokken shot. This is Wade's reward for getting Rocky Roaded repeatedly

Champagne Lover vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
- Bombshell's oldest 'boy' suffers a slight set-back, although with the way CL's been performing, it could help vault him up the card.

Chris Rockwell vs. Jeremy Stone
- The Tale of One Story. Jezza has one. Rockwell... just ordered some from Amazon.com.

Matthew Keith vs. Tommy Cornell
- I think the perception of 'how did Keith become Matthew "The Main Event Man" Keith' is due to the fact you had him booked as 'injured' for the last while in-game. He made the main event performing at house shows and slow burning the sibling rivalry storyline onscreen. Since he's been back, he's been 'healed' he's been stealing shows and victories.

Phantom Stranger

02-23-2011, 10:12 PM

Just wrote most of the show in a single 5-hour block, and as it's ten past four in the morning as I finish that block and formatting tends to take 20-30 minutes, I'm not posting it yet.

Show should be up in 10-12 hours, following sleep and probably proofreading.

Phantom Stranger

02-23-2011, 10:15 PM

I did wonder at one point if you'd changed your product as you have so many run-ins, but I guess that's part of TCW's default product - Tradition Updated where MAW's default product is pure Tradition, no SE-style run-ins or anything.

And having just noticed this... Yeah, that's true. TCW's default allows run-ins, and I do at times abuse the hell outta that. (It's something I only tend to notice I've overdone when I'm writing the show up and thus thinking about it as a whole rather than discrete parts.)

The only thing I tweaked, I tweaked at the beginning; angle ratio to 80%. (Oh, and Women can now wrestle. Duh. So two things.)

Dragonmack

02-23-2011, 10:55 PM

Phantom Stranger

02-24-2011, 07:32 AM

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 3 June 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 15.93)
Rebroadcast on Continental Sports X1 (Rating 0.04)

Held at Doyle Lane (North West)

Attendance: 19,660

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Shawn Doakes

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Harry Allen vs. Zimmy
A very, very fast matchup, this, a battle between two men known for lethal signature moves that can be hit at a moment's notice. Zimmy's Blood Rush and Allen's Gunslinger's Revenge make the story of much of this match, with multiple attempts by either man evaded - “they hit too fast to be countered,” as Azaria puts it – and a lot of work done on slowing the other man, working over the shoulder of Allen and the knee of Zimmy to prevent them from going for those big moves.

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With seven minutes on the clock, Steve Gumble appears at ringside. For a while, he's just offering moral support to his partner, but after a while Allen slips through Zimmy's guard, going up for the Gunslinger's Revenge, and it becomes obvious as he crashes to earth that the arm's sufficiently weakened as to be unable to execute his move.

Zimmy immediately goes for the Blood Rush, but Allen rolls clear. Ray Johnson dives backward, avoiding the dangerous knee strike but tumbling from the ring; Steve Gumble hops up onto the apron while Johnson's unsighted, delivering a Savate Kick that lays Zimmy out. Allen promptly scales the turnbuckles, switching arm deliberately to hit his flying fist drop and secure a pinfall as Johnson rolls back in.
Harry Allen defeated Zimmy
Rating: B-

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Aaron Andrews is there in the interview room with Joey Minnesota and Autumn Gleeson, Gleeson meets the camera with her usual polished smile. “Hey there,” she beams. “Coming up in just a couple of minutes is a match between the British Lions and the Conquering Kings – two of the great tag teams here in TCW.

“They're both going to have what I'm about to talk about at the back of their minds, though... because with me are the Rising Stars, and thanks to Joey Minnesota these two men may have a shot at the tag team championships at Excessive Force. If, that is, Aaron Andrews agrees to the match – winning which would require him to surrender his International Championship.

“Aaron, what's the score? Could we see a tag team championship run on your record very soon?”

Andrews half-smiles, his thumb tapping away at the plate of his International Championship belt in that nervous tic he's developed this past month. “I don't know,” he says. “GenOme are one hell of a challenge to beat.

“But... that's why I think we've got to try. Joey... I know we've had issues. But like you said, if we lose, I get to keep my title. If we win, you and me... tag champions together.” He grins. “Let's do this.”

Autumn beams. A high-pitched scream of “WHAT?” can be heard only quietly, but it can still be heard. Joey laughs. “I guess your buddy Edd's watching the show, somewhere in the building,” he says.

Gleeson turns back to the camera. “And now, back to the kind of tag team wrestling that makes TCW the envy of the competition.”

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British Lions w/ Laura Huggins
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Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen
The Kings do their level best here... and it's actually pretty effective. Barry and Clark spend the early part of this match reminding the fans in attendance just why each man deserves their slot on the TCW main roster, with both men actually able to enter into long chains of hold and counter-hold with the technical masters opposing them – and to hold their own as they do so.

Morgan and O'Curle do, however, eventually figure it out. Barry Kingman is backed into the Lions' corner, and the School of Tradition duo tag in and out, taking it in turns to do damage, working him over thoroughly, with Laura Huggins exhorting them on to ever greater displays of skill.

Springsteen, on the far side, is equally active for her team, striding up and down, keeping an eagle eye on things. Whenever the cameras cut to Alexander and his lonely vigil, waiting for his partner to break free and tag him in, Springsteen is there in shot, offering comments on the moves employed by the Lions, on good counters. Alexander is clearly listening, nodding in thought.

Unfortunately, Kingman never gets that chance. Walter Morgan locks him down, forcing him into the Wigan Wrench and holding on like grim death. Kingman passes out rather than tap, but he still loses.
British Lions defeated Conquering Kings
Rating: B

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Aaron Andrews walks the corridors between locker rooms, a bottle of sports drink in his hand, taking a gulp before pushing open a door and stepping into the Rising Stars locker room – or, rather, stopping dead on the threshold.

The camera moves to study the room over his shoulder, seeing...

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Well. At least forty life-size cardboard Edd Stones are stood up in the room, all staring at the doorway. And there's one Edd in there that clearly isn't a cardboard cut-out, right in the middle of them, an empty space creating a path leading straight to it, standing perfectly still. Four or five of the Edds have post-it notes stuck in various locations.

Aaron hurls the bottle one-handed at a cardboard Edd right next to the central feature. Edd doesn't seem to flinch.

“I'm going to kill you, Edd,” Andrews growls. “Can't you just leave me the hell alone? Were those beatings not enough for you or something?”

Still no response. Aaron charges, delivering a massive lariat to the non-cardboard Edd.

Its head comes off. The rest remains standing. Aaron freezes, staring at it, before a newcomer spins him around -

PARTY'S OVER ON THE CONCRETE!

Edd picks up the waxwork model's head and balances it precariously on a nearly-destroyed neck.

“Damn, I'm gorgeous,” he remarks before he leaves, Andrews still lying on the floor.

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Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy
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Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily
The Fly Boys have gone up against Team VIPER before, and it has never been a good experience for them. This time, however, they strut their way down to the ring looking extremely confident.

VIPER, of course, look no less sure. Emily has her bokken in hand, but the expressions on all three faces seems to indicate that this is purely for form's sake.

The Boys have never been complete pushovers – their win record may be scanty, but it's always been the case that their opponents have had to, to whatever degree, fight through resistance to get where they're going – and in the early minutes of this contest they really hammer that home, utilising their speed advantage over VIPER to harry their opponents.

A lightning-quick series of double teams culminates in a two-man charge toward Fumihiro Ota. As they near him both Boys reach out, locking arms for a double clothesline. Ota, ever agile and quick to react, ducks and rolls forward, passing under the clothesline.

Replays will show that that's the moment where both of the Boys start grinning. It's another two paces to wipe out Sam Sparrow.

Shingen Miyazaki comes into the ring alongside Ota, squaring off with the Boys, evening the score in any confrontation... or so it would seem.

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Miyazaki abruptly drops to the canvas, hammered there by a newcomer hitting him from behind. Jack Marlowe has arrived.

He ducks a Ninja Strike, boots Ota in the gut and whips him across the ring, where the Fly Boys are waiting with a hi-lo clothesline/legsweep combo. They toss Ota from the ring and turn back, watching as Marlowe and Miyazaki go one on one. The All-Action Champion's every offensive is swiftly shut down before Marlowe sinks him with a Jackhammer, rolling out of the ring to collect a thickly-stuffed envelope from Floyd Goldworthy.

Donnie comes off the top rope with a Death on Miami Beach as Sparrow recovers, making the pin and securing victory.
Fly Boys defeated Team VIPER
Rating: B

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JeriLynn Stone & Suzanne Brazzle w/ Baroness Emily vs. Lauren Easter & Stephanie Wade
With Team VIPER skulking at ringside, both looking chastened and shooting occasional glances at the Baroness' bokken, the second match of the night to feature Team KOBRA gets under way. Azaria and Doakes spend a little while discussing the stipulation; whoever wins the match for their team is looking at a title shot against Gorgon at Excessive Force.

Easter and Wade are the more unified combination early on, notably working over JeriLynn's back with a number of double-teams, culminating when they whip her back-first into the turnbuckle. A charge by Easter is met with JL's knees, though, and as she spins JeriLynn catches her and nails a Girl's Best Friend. As she pops up, though, Wade hits a superkick.

It's the move that got Wade noticed before she came to TCW and it remains one of the best-executed in the business, male or female, today. Stone is down and it looks a whole hell of a lot like she's out, too.

Wade takes a moment to grin – then she catches a flicker of movement out of the corner of her eye and turns. Brazzle is in the ring – and the ten or fifteen seconds that Brazzle and Wade exchange punches are all needed before JeriLynn starts to stir after that superkick. Stephanie blocks a punch, closes in, and suplexes Brazzle, then turns to face JeriLynn – and eats a dropkick.

Brazzle and Stone make the tag, bringing the Team KOBRA woman into the match as a legal competitor. Wade promptly smirks, shrugs, and tags out to a somewhat-surprised Easter.

Easter may be surprised, but she comes in hard and fast, nearly getting a Solstice Bomb before Brazzle punches free, landing on her feet and slamming her opponent – or trying to; Easter turns it into a quick cradle before Brazzle breaks free.

Wade comes back in after an Easter pin attempt almost gets the victory, with Stephanie breaking it up and being tagged in almost as vengeance. From there the contest breaks down, culminating in Easter getting sent to the outside before Brazzle gets the Miracle Connection straight right on Wade and Stone tops it off with the From Canada With Love diving headbutt. While JeriLynn is shrugging off the effects of the headbutt, Brazzle gets the pin and secures victory.
JeriLynn Stone & Suzanne Brazzle defeated Lauren Easter & Stephanie Wade
Rating: B-

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The remainder of Team KOBRA hit the ring, with Team VIPER looking slightly reluctant to do so.

Ino takes the microphone – something a little surprising – and after bowing to Brazzle, and after she takes her place within the surrounding circle, he turns to face Miyazaki and raises the microphone to his lips.

“To give a person one's opinion and correct his faults is an important thing,” he begins. “It is compassionate and comes first in matters of service. But the way of doing this is extremely difficult. To discover the good and bad points of a person is an easy thing, and to give an opinion concerning them is easy, too. For the most part, people think that they are being kind by saying the things that others find distasteful or difficult to say.”

He nods, and Emily brings the bokken down on the back of Ota, who then bows and steps to the edge of the circle. Ino offers the microphone to Miyazaki, who continues the quote.

”But if it is not received well, they think that there is nothing more to be done. This is completely worthless. It is the same as brining shame to a person by slandering him. It is nothing more than getting it off one's chest. To give a person an opinion one must first judge well whether that person is of the disposition to receive it or not. One must become close with him and make sure that he continually trusts one's word.”

The bokken comes down again, this time on Miyazaki's back. He, too, bows, and passes the microphone to Emily, who turns to the hard camera and completes the Hagakure lesson.

“Approaching subjects that are dear to him, seek the best way to speak and to be well understood. Judge the occasion, and determine whether it is better by letter or at the time of leave-taking. Praise his good points and use every device to encourage him, perhaps by talking about one's own faults without touching on his, but so that they will occur to him. Have him receive this in the way that a man would drink water when his throat is dry, and it will be an opinion that will correct faults.”

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Champagne Lover vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
As Lover comes in aggressively, Sam counters charges using about a dozen different variations of armdrag.

Lover takes things to the floor with a charge and dropkicks Keith into the barrier.

Sam rebounds off the barrier and tries for a chop, but Lover ducks and slams him before rolling him into the ring.

Back in, Keith's in deep trouble. He tries to chop his way out, but Lover cuts him off with a dropkick. Keith keeps blocking the Lover Stunner, though. He rallies, unleashing a volley of punches and a sitout piledriver that gets two.

Lover fights back in turn, pulling out a Blue Thunder Bomb and transitioning to a cross armlock.

Keith turns out of it and tries for the Proton Lock, but Lover gets clear, whipping him to the turnbuckles. Lover hits a flying elbow into the corner, but Keith follows him out and hits him right in the face with a boot.

Lover catches Keith going up and hits him with an uppercut. Lover's coast-to-coast dropkick misses, and he goes for the top rope. Sam cuts him off and tries for the Neutron-Plex, but Lover blocks that and hits the Champagne Sunrise, snagging the win after a hard-fought match.
Champagne Lover defeated Sam Keith
Rating: B+

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Chris Rockwell vs. Jeremy Stone
Stone closes fast with closed fists, throwing hands hard and fast. He pounds away, but Rockwell blocks one, then another, lands a discus elbow and press slams Jeremy.

Stone fights back and starts to work over Rockwell's lower back, before backing off and slapping the taste out of Chris's mouth, leaving him dazed and confused.

Rockwell fights down his temper, ducks a charge, and drops Stone's belly across the top rope.

He promptly, however, misses a charge, sending himself into a turnbuckle. Taking over, Stone works him over and pauses to taunt.

“This,” Azaria points out, “is the exact same strategy Jeremy uses when he wants to blow Bloodstone's temper open. You think Chris will keep his cool?”

Rockwell has a few flurries, but from that point on it's mostly Stone in control. He tosses Rockwell's back into the buckle and grabs him for a suplex, but Chris elbows free. He hits a crossbody for two, but Stone cuts him off with a punch to the gut.

Rockwell fights out of the Stone's Throw and hits a release fisherman's suplex, but he goes for the Furusawa Armbar instead of the pin – and Jeremy thumbs him in the eye. Seeing red, Rockwell tries for the repeated knee strikes and Stone pulls his legs out from under him. The Stone Hold clamps down, and Rockwell's momentary loss of temper dooms him to submit.
Jeremy Stone defeated Chris Rockwell
Rating: A

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Matthew Keith vs. Tommy Cornell
Matt comes in with intensity, determined to get that prestigious win over Cornell.

Cornell deftly reverses all of his early moves, though, and the crowd gets on Matt's case.

Furious, Matt blocks the Blade Chop, spins Cornell around, and gets a Russian legsweep before stomping away at Cornell's midsection. He backs off, hits the ropes, and dropkicks Tommy in the gut as he's recovering himself, then gets down to business. An inverted suplex is followed by a gutwrench, and that gets converted into a gutwrench suplex.

Tommy comes back with a stiff uppercut followed by something looking a lot like theLeaping Lariat. Matt tries for a headscissors, but Tommy spins through and Stun Guns him across the top rope. Matt elbows out, so Cornell tries a German Suplex bridged for a quick two count.

Out of nowhere, Matt somehow turns that into a Proton Lock, but Cornell gets a foot to the ropes, with Matt finally releasing the hold after the count of four. Tommy blocks a DDT attempt, twists clear, and lands one of his own before locking in the triangle choke.

Keith slowly forces his way out, whipping him to the corner and over the top rope. Tommy holds on, but Matt hits a charging shoulderblock to knock Cornell to the floor and set up a suicide dive

Back in, they go toe-to-toe and slug it out. Matt wins with a spinkick and puts Cornell back in the Proton Lock. Cornell makes the ropes again and drags them to the apron. Matt charges, so Cornell counters to a belly-to-belly from the apron to the floor.

A baseball slide sends Matt into the crowd, and Eugene Williams backs Tommy off, with Tommy taking a moment to realise what kind of pop he's getting. The look on his face is astonishing; it's like a child coming downstairs on Christmas morning to find presents under the tree.

Matt slips in at nine, avoiding the countout. They segue into a chop duel where the crowd begin to alternate between cheers and jeers. Matt throws a punch, then another, then Cornell ducks the next and gets a backbreaker. Tommy takes Matt down into the Guilt Trip to a huge pop. Matt fights out and hits a huge release powerbomb.

The Neutron Plex swiftly follows. Keith takes a few moments, looking around, to recover his breath, then goes to the corner, starting the climb. Cornell crotches him on top, drags him halfway off his perch and hits the Rough Ride!

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Wolf Hawkins slides under the ropes and Tommy's assault stops dead. Williams gets in the way and it looks a lot like he's pleading with Hawkins to back off; Matt promptly low blows Cornell and rolls him up, but Tommy kicks out.

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RDJ rolls into the ring next, facing Hawkins off, and it looks very clear that the contest is all but over. Williams once again gets into the two invaders' faces and Keith promptly Neutron Plexes Johnson, striking from a position of surprise.

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Cornell tries for a Rough Ride, but he's barely gotten Matt into the air when Remo spears him out of the blue. With this much chaos in the ring, Williams throws the match out just as Eddie Peak arrives.
Matthew Keith went to a draw with Tommy Cornell
Rating: A*

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RDJ and Cornell back off from the two behemoths going head to head. Matt Keith also bails fast – no one wants to get in Remo's way. Hawkins tries to help his stablemate, but Peak swings and the World Heavyweight Champion thinks again, heading out of the ring and leaving the way he came; through the crowd.

Meanwhile, for the second Tuesday running, Remo and Peak tear into each other as the show draws to a close. A stark, surprising cut shows the hole in the set left by their assault last week.

Peak backdrops Remo into the crowd, then clambers onto the guardrail, coming off with a two-handed axehandle to further stagger his opponent. They drive one another back through the crowd, ending up eventually on the main part of the set. Remo gains the upper hand with a headbutt out of nowhere that leaves both men bleeding, and he keeps it by hoisting the bigger man onto his shoulders, obviously setting up for a Destroyer.

The Destroyer itself sees both men sail off the side of the set, into one of the sections of the Total Wrestling construction that houses both pyro launchers and spotlights. The result is chaotic to say the least, with no fake explosions – no explosions at all – but a hell of a lot of noise, some electric-blue sparks and, when the camera closes in on the area, shards of glass scattered around as the glow of the lighting filaments slowly dwindles, fading from white to burning red as the show closes.

Show Rating: A*

ampulator

02-24-2011, 09:27 AM

By the way, have you expanded your TV and PPV coverage yet? I'm little surprised you haven't expanded your TV coverage to Mexico yet.

Phantom Stranger

02-24-2011, 09:43 AM

By the way, have you expanded your TV and PPV coverage yet? I'm little surprised you haven't expanded your TV coverage to Mexico yet.

TCW's default network includes Northern Mexico, meaning you can't expand to Mexico without your primary network blocking the move. I will expand Saturday Night Showcase down there at some point, as it's on CBA.

...As you can see in the show preambles, Total Wrestling is also broadcast by a network covering Europe and the UK (and by one in Japan, although that's on a Friday and as such I never have the numbers for it up, waiting as I am for Badge of Honor). BoH and SNS have yet to be expanded.

PPV preambles note the deals with America 1-Select, Australia Options, Jade 237, Rivera Pay Television, U-Demand Canada, UK-1 and V-Corp, which between them give TCW PPVs global coverage, though outside America none are bigger than Small. As those deals come up for renewal, though, there's always the chance we'll be able to improve; certainly in Canada in 7 months we should be able to jump a couple sizes, and Mexico would be Cult in and of itself at the moment, but our Rivera deal has another 6 months to run.

ampulator

02-24-2011, 10:05 AM

That's nice to know... how big are you in Canada and Mexico, by the way?

Phantom Stranger

02-24-2011, 10:16 AM

That's nice to know... how big are you in Canada and Mexico, by the way?

Comfortably National in Canada, narrowly Cult in Mexico.

Self

02-24-2011, 10:42 AM

A wonderful twist on a typical Edd Stone skit. Awesome. Loved it.

Phantom Stranger

02-24-2011, 08:02 PM

A wonderful twist on a typical Edd Stone skit. Awesome. Loved it.

Coming from the guy who defined Edd Stone, that makes me happy to read. Glad you enjoyed. Edd's rapidly turning into the world's most oddball mind-game master; you either make one assumption too few or too many, but you never know how he's going to get to you until it's too late.

A* show woo!

Wait...

BAH MATT KEITH GOT AN A* MATCH.

Hate. Him. HAET.

Stupid main eventer clearly deserving his spot...

Also, the Sam Keith match seemed...short?

Matt's now had four A* matches. I believe only Tommy and Joey Minnesota have had more.

Was Sam/Lover short? It seemed fairly packed to me... or do you mean that the finish was somewhat out-of-nowhere? Because, yeah, I'll cop to that... it was something I wanted to do that way, honestly.

Candyman

02-25-2011, 05:10 AM

That was my favorite Edd skit yet, by far. Was this your best show ever? I think you've had a A* or two before.

And I'm not going to brag about calling the Fly Boys' upset...much... :D

Blake Trask

02-25-2011, 07:15 AM

Replays will show that that's the moment where both of the Boys start grinning. It's another two paces to wipe out Sam Sparrow.

Little moments like this are what makes this diary so great to read.

Phantom Stranger

02-25-2011, 08:19 AM

No, I meant short. It might not be short compared to other matches (like Rockwell/Stone after it, though...whatever), and I think you tend to only write longer if the match is amazing and/or it's the main event and/or there are a billion run-ins so it gets long anyway.

It might be me just noticing something that's happened a lot, perhaps.

Pretty much, in all honesty.

That was my favorite Edd skit yet, by far. Was this your best show ever? I think you've had a A* or two before.

And I'm not going to brag about calling the Fly Boys' upset...much... :D

It's the best show in this save, can't compare to 2008's run with any certainty.

Little moments like this are what makes this diary so great to read.

Heh heh heh...

One thing that, in my eyes, TCW will always try to do, is make sure even its jobbers are presented as wrestlers a cut above what you'll find elsewhere. Everyone gets the chance to look awesome and show some ring savvy, even if they're there to go down.

Phantom Stranger

02-25-2011, 08:54 AM

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 3 June 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 1.26)

Held at the Moose Jaw Centre (The Prairies, Canada)

Attendance: 933

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Sara Silver – Autumn Gleeson

Canadian Elemental did battle in the opening contest with UK Dragon, scoring victory with the Daredevil Drop after a solid performance. (Rating: C+)
Giant Tana showed that he can be a force to be reckoned with, taking out Julian Watson with a Big Fat Samoan Squash. (Rating: C+)
Harry Allen is walking backstage when he is jumped from behind by Cherry Bomb, who delivers the Cherry Bomb through a table. With Allen out of it, Mayhem Midden promises to find a new team for the Eternal Party's opponents after commercial. Edd Stone looks worried.
Eternal Party beat the Machines following an assault on Brent Hill by Jack Marlowe, allowing Edd to pin him. (Rating: B-)
Rick Law hits the ring to face down Jack Marlowe, who goes toe to to. Andrews runs in to protect Law from Edd. Marlowe fires up and throws Andrews out of the ring before Law takes him down, clearing the ring to a huge pop.
Global Tradition take on the duo of El Leon and Ultimate Phoenix. The luchadors overcome the apathy of a Canadian crowd with little experience of them, but lose to Morgan's Cross-Atlantic Stretch. (Rating: C-)
In a No Holds Barred contest, Texas Pete puts his belt on the line against Eric Tyler. The two put on a very good show, but the match goes to DQ when Tyson Baine lays out Pete. (Rating: B)
Sean McFly schooled Frankie Dee in one of the best short matches on TV all year, getting the Delorean Driver after six minutes. (Rating: A)
Wolf Hawkins and Marc DuBois hit the ring, laying into Sean McFly. Johnny Bloodstone and Rick Law hit the ring, followed by Mayhem Midden and his enforcer Charlie Thatcher. Law makes a main event tag, and Midden signs off on it, telling the viewers "this is why you make sure to catch Badge of Honor. Call your friends."
Johnny Bloodstone and Rick Law pick up a win over Marc DuBois and Wolf Hawkins, with :Law pinning DuBois after GenOme and RDJ all interfered, turning the contest into a brawl. (Rating: B)

Show Rating: B+

Phantom Stranger

02-26-2011, 10:02 AM

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The Showcase commences this Saturday with a contest between two tag teams, as Natural Talent are aiming high; a victory over the British Lions would catapult them almost to the top immediately, but it would also be no mean feat...

Tyson Baine hadn't been seen for some while before jumping Texas Pete during his match last night. Chris Rockwell has requested a match with Baine tonight, saying "man wants to climb back to the top, well, he ain't the only one. Let's see what he's got."

Champagne Lover also looks to be in action, taking on multi-time All Action Champion Chance Fortune in what should be a fast-paced contest.

Following that, the Showcase will also play host to a clash of Expresses, as the Elite Express and the Balcony Express will meet in the ring. Can Randall Hopkirk's team take a great stride forward, or will the masters of the Precision Driller notch up another victory for a glittering career?

An intergender tag match has been scheduled, too, with Jack Bruce uniting with Darkwave co-performer Cherry Bomb. Their opponents are both decorated veterans of TCW, Kate Dangerous and Tommy Cornell. This one promises to be one to watch for a glimpse into the future of the company's women...

A long-running feud may come to a head this evening, as the Easy Riders and the Machines go two on two - will lurking allies continue the issues, or can these two great teams finally settle the burning question between them?

In the main event, Jeremy Stone continues his quest to run through champions and prove his right to a third championship match. This time, he unites with Edd Stone. Their targets? The Kreed.

Prediction Key:
British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Natural Talent

Chris Rockwell vs. Tyson Baine

Champagne Lover vs. Chance Fortune

Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk vs. Elite Express

Cherry Bomb & Jack Bruce vs. Kate Dangerous & Tommy Cornell

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. The Machines

Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Stone Brothers

Zergon

02-26-2011, 10:33 AM

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Natural Talent
Natural jobbers continue to well... job.

Chris Rockwell vs. Tyson Baine
This one is actually quite difficult pick as neither guy haven´t done as much as I would expect but Rockwell is the one who has had more tv time lately so I go with him.

Champagne Lover vs. Chance Fortune
Lover just got a win over Sam Keith, Fortune got a win over... well to be honest I don´t remember if he had one.

Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk vs. Elite Express
Elite Express is better of the two Express teams at least for now

Cherry Bomb & Jack Bruce vs. Kate Dangerous & Tommy Cornell
This one is interesting as Bruce could get a big win here but Tommy just put Matt over so I say that he takes the win here.

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. The Machines
Both teams have been little bit lost in the shuffle despite their ongoing feud but Machines have more name value to me so I say that they can better affort the loss here

Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Stone Brothers
Could go either way but Jeremy is still a title contender and that puts him above rest here.

Bigpapa42

02-26-2011, 10:55 AM

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Natural Talent

Chris Rockwell vs. Tyson Baine

Champagne Lover vs. Chance Fortune

Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk vs. Elite Express

Cherry Bomb & Jack Bruce vs. Kate Dangerous & Tommy Cornell

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. The Machines

Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Stone Brothers

Tigerkinney

02-26-2011, 02:59 PM

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Natural Talent

You know what Natural talent team right, they have alot of talent, alot of a talent for...jobbing!

Chris Rockwell vs. Tyson Baine

Rockwell's TCW career has kind of stalled at the Upper midcard level, but he's been getting more TV time of late, whilst Baine seems to be fading out of the picture and I get the feeling the former BLZ Bubb's contract may not get renewed once it's up, so better to go with the guy who has a more long term future with the promotion.

Champagne Lover vs. Chance Fortune

Lover just got put over by the legendary Sam Keith, he isn't go to lose to No Chance Fortune.

Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk vs. Elite Express

Midcard team over jobber team.

Cherry Bomb & Jack Bruce vs. Kate Dangerous & Tommy Cornell

Cornell just put over Matt Keith with the time limit draw, he's winning this one.

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. The Machines

As Zergon said both team's have kind of got lost in the shuffle recently, but the Easy Riders were in the title picture more recently, and win here for The Machines would be a solid launching pad to get them back into Tag Title contention. It's time they were 'relevant' again.

Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Stone Brothers

Hard one to call, Kreed are the recent tag champs prior to Genome, but Jeremy Stone needs to be kept strong as a World Title challenger. I'm goign to be a total cop out here, and say that this one goes to a time limit draw. :p

smurphy1014

02-27-2011, 02:28 AM

Phantom Stranger

02-28-2011, 05:25 PM

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TCW Presents Saturday Night Showcase

Saturday Week 3 June 2009

Live on CBA (Rating 14.82)

Held at Maryland Wood (Mid Atlantic)

Attendance: 25,065

Announcers:
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Duane Fry – Jasmine Saunders – Alanis Springsteen

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British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Natural Talent
The Talent hit hard at the beginning. Against a seasoned team like the Lions the Talent do not have as many advantages as they would like; they do, however, have speed and enthusiasm, and their determination catches the Lions off guard. Early on, Natural #2 gets a high-velocity neckbreaker – called the 'Storm Damage' by Duane Fry – that puts Walter Morgan all the way down. It's only O'Curle's quick intervention that prevents the Talent from pulling off a true shock victory.

Later on, the Talent are still fighting but there's a real sense that they're starting to be rolled over. #2 once again manages a fightback, this time, clearly setting up for the Storm Damage. But, as many have noted – and as Alanis Springsteen notes here – the British Lions always have a counter for what beat them the first time, and in this case, O'Curle blocks the spin, counters to a suplex, and floats over to lock in the Celtic Wreath in a fluid motion. #2, ultimately, has to tap.
British Lions defeated Natural Talent
Rating: B

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Laura Huggins joins her clients in the ring, following the match, and raises the microphone to her lips with a flourish. “So let me get this straight,” she says. “Your challengers for the Tag Team Championships... took two weeks to make up their minds whether they wanted the match or not.

“Is that what you want? The last year has seen the Tag Team Championships become something everyone cares about, something to be respected the way you respect any other title in this company... and my clients have been a key part of that. Next up, though, two guys who aren't even sure they want it?

“We've seen a war fought between two men over who had the right to carry that championship on his shoulder. And the Rising Stars... well, they dithered. They wondered.

“Sure, Mr Midden, you offered them the shot. I'm not sure I'd even say they don't deserve it. But what they won't do is the same thing that GenOme won't do. They won't care about the tag division.

“And there should be a team in there, at Excessive Force, who do.”

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Get The Party Started begins to play. Surprised, Laura's spiel cuts off, and she turns to the ramp – turns to see the Blonde Bombshell standing there, in the entranceway, a silhouette against the white spotlight.

The Bombshell simply stands there, making her statement without needing to talk.

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Chris Rockwell vs. Tyson Baine
The recent records of these two men do not inspire much confidence in the fans, and while Rockwell, in particular, busts out everything he has to make the fans care, the reaction he receives isn't the greatest.

Baine has size, Baine has power, and Rockwell's strategy is essentually to work around that. It works... to a point.

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Near the end, however, a wild punch downs Ray Johnson – and Texas Pete arrives, hitting a flying shoulderblock on Baine that helps slow him, followed by an amazing feat – hoisting the big guy over his head for the Lone Star Drop.

Rockwell makes the pinfall, but he looks less than happy about doing so.
Chris Rockwell defeated Tyson Baine
Rating: C+

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Champagne Lover vs. Chance Fortune
Chance Fortune hasn't had a whole lot of good luck lately, but his performance here could quite possibly be the beginning of a run – because the way the crowd responds is almost on the level of the reaction, this past Tuesday, for Lover's match with Sam Keith.

Fortune takes a lot more of a beating in this one than Sam did in his, but he also pulls out some surprises – when Lover tries the coast-to-coast dropkick, Fortune flips, hitting a crescent kick from the air as Lover's path takes the Mexican under him. That would likely have gotten three had Lover not hit the mat with a foot under the ropes.

His problem, however, is that Lover continues to innovate, and that Lover is a very flexible combatant; an attempted huracanrana is blocked, with Lover shoving Chance off his shoulders and almost immediately landing a Lover Stunner to pick up the win.
Champagne Lover defeated Chance Fortune
Rating: B+

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Out in the parking lot, Joey Minnesota is on his cellphone. “...yeah,” he says. “Taxi from Maryland Wood? Great... Destination? Oh... where's a good place to have fun round here? Yeah?” He grins. “Alright, then that's where we're headed. Thanks.”

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He hangs up, glancing back over his shoulder to the arena, and smiles again. “Thought you weren't going to make it,” he says as Aaron Andrews arrives, himself clutching his gear in a sports bag, both men dressed for a night out. “C'mon – we've got the night off, so...”

“Yeah,” Aaron says slowly. “Look, Joey... I need to put our title shot back a month.” He raises his hands. “I'm not backing out, alright? I just need to put Edd behind me before there's any way for me to do this. He'll just screw up our shot otherwise.

“I know you want the title. Hell, I want the title, man – I'm just... I'm just going to have to get things in order first. I know this means you don't get the PPV win bonus, but-”

“No,” Joey frowns. “Don't worry about that. I'll make damn sure I pick that up this month.”

The taxi arrives, and Joey gets in. As Aaron starts toward it, however, Minnesota slams the door – and the car drives off.

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Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk vs. Elite Express
It's not the kind of match that Lions/Talent was, but it's good. The Balcony Express, for all that they have little in the win column, have gained fans for their determination, combination moves, and strength as much as they have for their association with Painful Procedure.

On the other hand, the Elite Express are widely acknowledged as one of the best tag teams in professional wrestling. Thomas and Johnson are quick, sharp, and more to the point, they understand wrestling – their knowledge of hold and counter is sharp and precise, incredibly efficient, and the contrast between the efficient heels and the effervescent rock stars goes down well.

In the end, however, Dean Waldorf is backdropped out of the ring, leaving Marv Statler a target. Thomas beats him down then tags out to Johnson, who comes off the top turnbuckle for the Precision Driller to pick up the pinfall.
Elite Express defeated Balcony Express
Rating: B

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“Hey, big guy,” Stephanie Wade grins as Rocky Golden walks into view. “You still on for tonight?”

“You know it,” he beams. “But, Steph – I just wanted to say, I'm sorry you didn't win Tuesday. I know you want the championship...”

His concern is waved off with a flap of the hand. “Yeah, don't worry about it.”

“No?” He actually grins. “Where's your killer instinct?”

“Hey, you saw what happened to Brazzle when I kicked her in the head,” Wade returns. “She wins the belt, I get contendership, title's as good as mine. She loses, well... I've seen Gorgon put Dangerous down twice. If I see Brazzle put down too... all of that's something I can use. And mark my words, if I have to, I'll kick my way away from the Hydra Bomb, then I'll kick her head off.

“Killer instinct don't mean head down and play stupid, big guy.” She grins. “Look, I wanna see what Dangerous and the Bomb are gonna do, but how about after that, we get outta here?”

“Sure,” Rocky nods. “I'll go score a table somewhere for dinner.”

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Cherry Bomb & Jack Bruce vs. Kate Dangerous & Tommy Cornell
Cornell and Bruce start off and close, Bruce grabbing a cravate. Tommy promptly counters to an armlock. Bruce knees Cornell in the mid-section and whips him into Cornell's corner.

Cherry Bomb tags in, and Cornell tags in Dangerous to a reasonably strong fan reaction. Dangerous kicks Cherry Bomb and runs the ropes into an armdrag. The Bomb dumps her with a back suplex and kicks away at Dangerous’s back and head. Dangerous rolls clear, blocks a charge with an elbow, and snapmares Cherry Bomb into a headscissors.

Cornell tags in and twists on the Bomb’s arm. He sweeps her leg and looks for the Guilt Trip, but Jack breaks it up.

Dangerous tags back in and goes for a grapevine stretch. She then applies a Muta Lock. Cherry Bomb claws Dangerous’s face to escape and throws her to the outside.

A diving lariat wipes the former champion out. Bruce goes to help and Eugene Williams interferes; rolling out from under the ring, Harry Allen catches the Bomb with a Gunslinger's Revenge before Ian Harris, the Darkwave masked man, runs him off with a chair.

Back in, Dangerous sunset flips Cherry Bomb for two. Cornell and Bruce tag in. Jack nails Cornell with an uppercut. Cornell pops up and armdrags Bruce to the corner.

Cherry Bomb tags in and dropkicks Cornell to his corner. Dangerous makes a save and traps Cherry Bomb in the ropes. Bruce kicks Dangerous, so Dangerous drags the Bomb away and goes for the Half-Nelson Suplex; it's blocked, the Bomb fights out, spins, and goes for a Cherry Bomb. That's interrupted when Cornell makes the save.

It breaks down for a while, but it ends up with Cherry Bomb eating a Rough Ride, Kate Dangerous taking Bruce down with an assisted flying splash, and Cornell making the pin on the Bomb.
Kate Dangerous & Tommy Cornell defeated Cherry Bomb & Jack Bruce
Rating: A

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Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Machines
After the months of tensions this one starts with a four-man brawl which rapidly goes to the outside, the bell not even having rung, and the Riders beat the Machines all the way around the ring.

Anderson starts to mount a fightback against Fonda, but Batch provides an assist with a chair. Eugene Williams gets in his face about that, but without the bell, the match is not officially under way.

Hill ducks a shot from Hopper and nails Fonda from behind with a dropkick, then meets Hopper's next charge with a backdrop on the outside, and to try to keep the momentum Batch is just THROWING chairs at his opponents now.

Unfortunately for Batch, Anderson has rolled into the ring, and he has the chance to recover and then hit a charging baseball slide to sandwich Batch between his boots and the guardrail.

That gives Williams a chance to settle things down, get one competitor per side in the ring and one on the guardrail, and the bell finally rings. Anderson stares Fonda down, and Fonda charges again, catching Anderson up and rushing him into the turnbuckles; the Machine is clearly suffering from the impact, but he stays upright. Fonda whips him across the ring and charges again; Anderson, however, hops onto the bottom rope and meets the charge with a jump, hooking a front facelock in and using both men's momentum to cut the charge short as a DDT.

Hopper promptly appears behind him and gets a back suplex to stagger the Machine; as his partner recovers, Hopper gets a backbreaker on Anderson, holding him in place as Fonda hits the ropes. Only as Fonda's legdrop crashes down on Anderson's neck does Hopper release the hold, letting him tumble to the mat. Williams shoes Peter out, leaving Fonda to continue a beatdown which will soon see Anderson whipped toward the Riders' corner, where Hopper's boot rests on the top rope waiting for the Machine to crash into it.

A series of slams, the Riders tagging in and out to alternate who delivers them, continues the beatdown, but Anderson eventually slips out the back when Hopper's trying something and staggers backward far enough that Hill can tag himself in.

Hill comes in strong, a real house of fire that sees Hopper eat a snap supex before Fonda gets an inverted atomic drop and a slingshot headscissors. Anderson's just about pulled himself upright at that point, and Hill shoves Fonda in his direction. The Machines cut Fonda down with a combination chop block (Anderson) and short-arm lariat (Hill).

Hill gets a powerslam and diving elbow, but Peter Hopper drops an elbow of his own to interrupt the pin.

The Machines rally, whipping Hopper to the ropes, but he explodes off them with a big boot for Hill and a clothesline for Anderson. He tries, of all things, a sunset flip, but Eugene Williams is checking on John Anderson as he rolls to the outside.

An attempted Emergency Stop is blocked, with Hill flipping into an inverted DDT on Hopper. Fonda promptly clotheslines him over the top rope, steps onto the apron, and launches himself out onto the Machines, bringing them both crashing down near the guardrail.

He rams Hill back-first into the ring apron and goes to whip Anderson into the steel steps, but Anderson stops himself, kicking Fonda in the gut. Hill comes out of nowhere to bulldog Billy to the ground on the outside. The Machines congratulate each other, then turn – and Peter Hopper slingshots himself over the top rope and to the outside, wiping them both out with a cross body.

He rolls Hill back into the ring and sets for a charging powerbomb, which Hill counters, rolling down his back into a sunset flip. Fonda makes the save by almost kicking Hill's head off.

Fonda leaves the ring again, pitching Anderson in between bottom and second rope. The Riders set up, and Fonda hits a snap suplex on Anderson. Hopper follows that up with a stalling vertical on Hill, bringing him crashing down across his tag team partner. Maybe that was a mistake, as when Hopper goes for the pin, Anderson helps Hill get his shoulder up.

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Hopper looks furious, then looks outside – and freezes. Marc Speed is there, and he's got Batch in something very like a chokehold. Hopper stares -

Anderson gets the Ammo Dump on the distracted Rider. Hill cuts off Fonda's rescue attempt by dropkicking his knee out, then applies the Complete Package to Hopper's battered form, forcing a submission.
The Machines defeated the Easy Riders
Rating: A*

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Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Stone Brothers
Jeremy arrogantly tosses Art around after the initial lock-up and asks him to tag in Greg.

Art refuses because he wants to prove himself, though. He hits Jeremy with a seated dropkick and a headscissors, then rushes again and eats a belly-to-belly off the charge for his trouble.

Reed rolls clear of Jeremy's attempted armlock, however, and gets a backflip dropkick to buy some more space. A spinwheel kick is ducked; Art lands on his feet, but the older Stone straightens up, reaches back, and gets a neckbreaker in no time at all. He goes for a cover but the Kreed man kicks out at one.

Slam attempt is countered into a headscissors takedown and Art uses the momentum, leaping clear halfway across the ring to tag out.

The young Keith comes in cautiously as Jeremy picks himself back up. Stone rushes him and Greg rolls clear, getting some space again. A second rush eats a dropkick by Greg, who goes for a kimura and gets himself turned over into a pin cover, but squirms out fast enough to drop an elbow across Jeremy's neck before the veteran can stand up.

Jeremy stands off from Greg for a moment, then tags himself out. Edd vaults over the top rope, ducks a clothesline, does a handstand, then converts that into a series of capoeira kicks. Greg takes the first two, gets his wits together enough to block the third, leaps the legsweep and drops to his knees anyway to clamp down an abdominal stretch.

Edd slowly manages to climb back onto his feet, still in the hold, and eventually armdrags Greg from behind him to break the hold, boots him in the gut and whips him to the ropes; as Greg hits the ropes, Jeremy Stone brings up his knee, catching the younger man in the small of the back.

Edd attempts a leg lariat as Greg rebounds, but Keith has the ring awareness needed to duck that, catching Edd with a series of chops and a slam. He goes to capitalise but Edd once again whips him toward the ropes; this time, Greg leaps before reaching them, catching Jeremy with a shoulderblock that sends him tumbling off the apron.

Edd's waiting, however, and he gets a tornado DDT as Greg turns around. He boosts himself to the second rope and drops a knee into the small of Keith's back, then tags out and Jeremy continues the beatdown.

That goes on for some while, tagging in and out, before the brothers find a rhythm they're comfortable with. Jeremy tags out again, then belly-to-bellies Greg. Edd charges across the ring to dropkick Art off the apron then climbs the turnbuckle, but that extra time allows Greg to recover.

He crotches Edd, climbs, and hits a superplex. Rather than try for a pin, he dives for his corner.

HOT TAG TO Reed! Art returns Edd's favour, charging the diagonal to punch Jeremy off the apron and rebounding with a sliding dropkick to Edd's face.

Jeremy storms back in but Art is ready, catching him with a punch, then three chops, and finally a whip toward the ropes with enough power that the older Stone tumbles over the top rope and to the floor. Art hops to the second rope and leaps off to legdrop Edd.

A Victory Roll attempt sees Edd shove him off, flapjacking him and stepping through into a Stone Hold. The crowd roar, but Greg makes the save. Near the ropes, Art looks for the Dark Matter, but Edd blocks it, hits a jawbreaker, and appears to be looking for a flashy DDT when Greg slips into the ring and lines up alongside Art. Together, they suplex Edd and Art goes for the pin, but Sam Sparrow makes sure Greg's left the ring first and Edd's able to kick out after a long two count.

Art looks to the turnbuckle, climbing, but Jeremy rolls into the ring right next to the turnbuckle, steps onto the second rope, and unleashes an explosive top-rope armdrag that sees Reed crash to the mat almost the entire ring away.

Jeremy hits a backbreaker and an overhead belly-to-belly. Edd adds more punishment, including a series of chops delivered as part of the Saturday Night Fever dance and to that rhythm.

Art counters a headscissors of Edd's own by slamming him into the turnbuckle, though, and once again dives to tag Greg in!

Greg charges and gets a fast release German on Edd. Jeremy comes in and Greg and Art unite in a two-man snap DDT and Greg promptly covers.

One, two, thr- Edd breaks it up with a Shooting Star Press, but he's hit Jeremy at least as hard as Greg.

Art tosses Edd from the ring and Greg covers again. ONE, TWO, THR- NO!

Jeremy gets a shoulder up and blocks a slam attempt. Go-behind into a desperation Stone's Throw, and Edd crashes to the mat in his brother's – and niece's – From Canada With Love diving headbutt to add a capstone.

Jeremy's about to cover when Art sneaks back in, pulls the veteran off his partner, and hits a Dark Matter. Edd delivers the Edd-Renaline Shot and picks up Greg who promptly drags him down into the Proton Lock.

Jeremy wrenches Greg's arms free to save his brother. Stone's Throw! Cover! ONE, TWO, THRE- NO! The crowd are almost apocalyptic at this point. Greg drags Jeremy over and looks for the Proton Lock, but Jeremy rolls through and applies the Stone Hold. At 19:38 wrestled, Greg Keith can take it no longer and taps out.
Stone Brothers defeated Kreed
Rating: A*

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Jeremy rolls out of the ring after the match is won and grabs the microphone from the ring announcer before he's even finished announcing the official result. He subsequently glowers at the man until he flees, then raises the mic to his lips, still looking to catch his breath.

“Tornado,” he begins. “Rockwell. Kreed, now, alongside my brother... and if it hadn't been for RDJ finding himself the weakest way to cheat a win possible, him too.

“I've been destroying champions around here ever since I set my sights on the World Heavyweight Championship, and yet I've had to take matters into my own hands every damn time to get a title shot. Seems like this company just will not recognise talent...”

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That's when Shout At The Devil begins to play, and Jeremy trails off as Mayhem Midden comes out to the stage, glowering at Stone from range.

“We recognise talent, alright,” Midden begins. “All four of the men who just wrestled that match... that's talent. Ricky Dale Johnson, our current #1 Contender... that's talent. Wolf Hawkins, or World Heavyweight Champion... I hate to admit it, but that's talent.

“And yes, Jeremy, beating Troy, beating Kreed, beating Chris Rockwell... all that takes talent. Championship talent.

“But you're championship talent that threatened a manager. You're championship talent that had someone beaten up and hired help to win a battle royale for a shot. You're championship talent who relied on another champion to win your match with RDJ and blew it...

“And you're championship talent who's been whining as much as he's been winning. I have a little leeway from my employers on the Board of Investors, and let me tell you, Jeremy, I've been using it. Why should I give you three shots in three months when RDJ went a year and a quarter without one?

“TCW is full of championship talent. And you're pushing to the front of the line...”

“No one gets anything if they don't make a case for it,” Stone responds. Midden actually grins at that.

“No, that's true,” he says. “You know what I wanna get? I wanna get some damn peace and quiet.

“So here's the case I'm making for it, and just remember, Jeremy, what I say round here goes. You want to change that, maybe we should butt heads a few times.

“You are going into the Excessive Force match. Because you have earned it. But RDJ has, too, so he stays... and here's where we come to my peace and quiet.

“See, if you don't win the belt, I will not listen to a single appeal for why you should get a title shot during the rest of 2009. If you don't win this time, Jeremy, you can find something else to go for, because maybe I'm wrong... maybe you aren't championship talent.”

And that confrontation, with Midden smiling and Stone frowning, is the last thing on viewers' screens before Saturday Night Showcase comes to a close.

Show Rating: A

Phantom Stranger

02-28-2011, 05:29 PM

SWF Fan

02-28-2011, 06:03 PM

Show Notes:

- I'm starting to overdo the A* matches, I can tell.
- Kreed/Stones is my tribute to probably my favourite tag match of the last decade. I'm not sure how recognisable said match actually is after the adjustments and rewrites to fit the workers I had in it, but it is.

I don't know why but I read it like Los Guerreros vs Benoit/Angle from back when they were a part of the Smackdown 6, but I doubt that was the match in question.

critical-23

02-28-2011, 06:56 PM

Phantom Stranger

03-01-2011, 07:09 AM

I don't know why but I read it like Los Guerreros vs Benoit/Angle from back when they were a part of the Smackdown 6, but I doubt that was the match in question.

That's EXACTLY how I see it, holy sh*t you beat me to it.

You have one of the teams right, but obviously enough, therefore, not the match.

Honestly, I'm glad it doesn't quite read like a carbon copy - I don't wnat to just duplicate what's done.

I'm more amused by the C+ match (haven't seen one in awhile) and the A*/A* match finisher with the A show (know I saw and commented on that once).

You mean aside from the two C+ matches and the C- that came up on Badge of Honor just this past week, right?

As for the overall show... it happens. Like you say, you've commented on it yourself before.

A* show is 99+, right? For HoI and such, 95+ counts as A* for maches. But will the grade shown count 95+, or 99+?

Dude, this part is in the help file. 99% is ONLY the A* crossing point for matches. A* shows are 96+.

Phantom Stranger

03-01-2011, 09:27 PM

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Patience is a damned tough thing in any line of business. It can be awfully hard in this business, but it's also awfully necessary in this business. Patience might just be the great secret to success in professional wrestling, if such a foolish thing exists.

The so-called "conventional booking wisdom" would tell you that a "standard feud" should run for about 3-4 months when you have a weekly TV and monthly PPV schedule. That "standard booking wisdom" has also lead to plenty of good men booking themselves right out of business. You move guys through a bunch of feuds too quick and before long, you got nothin' left that the fans haven't already seen.

Sometimes people forget what this business is about. That it's a business. That it exists because the fans are willing to pay money to see us get in that ring and do our thing. If fans aren't wiling to pay, the business dies. Its that damned simple. I've been doing this for more than thirty years now and I can tell you this with absolute conviction - nothing will get the fans to part with their money like a long, well-built feud will.

Some of the greatest feuds in this business have run years. Strong and Chord. Elemental and Optimus. Kikkawa and Kudo. Tommy and Ricky. Me and Faith. These feuds created great matches but maybe more importantly, they made money. Endless money.

It ain't about creating one continuous feud, one continuous story. Its about creating a series of smaller stories that layer together to create an epic, long-running feud. It ain't easy and it doesn't always work, but when it comes together, fans will be paying up to watch that feud for years.

What brings this thought to mind is Horatio. I have to hand it to the man, he's showing the right patience with Tommy and Hawkins. They teased it for a long time before Hawkins turned on Cornell. Fans have been clamoring for it to happen every since... but it hasn't. It won't yet. You gotta make those fans want to see it so bad they could burst. Hell, I think some of the boys in the back even think we're playing it out too long. But no, this is right. This is what's going to make the most money in the long run.

When Tommy and Wolf finally step into that ring, just the two of em, it's gonna bring together elements put in place a long long time ago. And if they carry things through right, it can still be a money feud for Total a decade from now.

That's another way that patience is gonna pay off in this business. Doing things slow and doing things right makes sure that you're making money today, tomorrow, next month, next year, and ten years down the road. See, it really don't matter just much money you make today if you aren't making any at all a month or a year down the line. You need to keep one eye on the bottom line and the other on the down the line.

There are other ways that patience will help you in this business, but that's another lesson for another day...

Phantom Stranger

03-02-2011, 10:24 AM

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We've just received the scheduled card for this Tuesday and fans, there is no way we could waste any time letting you know what's on tap this time around. Without further ado, then...

As an opening, the School of Tradition's tag team Global Tradition will be going head to head with two men who exemplify the North American tradition being handed down from mentor to student. They are Sam Keith and the former World Heavyweight Champion Johnny Bloodstone. And what a match to begin a show with...

The next match sees more of the School in action, as Acid Dragon will look to take on Golden Law. With so many tag teams in action, could this have something to do with Mayhem Midden's promised announcement regardin the Excessive Force tag team championship?

Another former World Heavyweight Champion will be in action next, as Troy Tornado takes on Darkwave's masked marvel Ian Harris. With most of Darkwave busy at one time or another tonight, Harris may not be in position to offer much support - but if he can outpace Tornado, he can leave a mark in just three seconds.

Chris Rockwell and Texas Pete got into a shouting match after the last instalment of Saturday Night Showcase. Offered a match against one another by Mayhem Midden, both men refused - so Midden has encouraged them to work out their differences in tag team action, going up against the leviathans M.A.D.

The School of Tradition have asked for an intergender tag team match against Team KOBRA, and Midden has approved. It's known that Hidekazu and Suzanne Brazzle will represent Team KOBRA, and that Frankie Dee will be one of the School's representatives... Eric Tyler has promised to unveil the newest member of the School during the show.

Team KOBRA's busy night continues as Shingen Miyazaki goes one on one with Darkwave's Zimmy in non-title action. With Acid having been a thorn in Miyazaki's side for two months, and the champion having been recently beaten down by Jack Marlowe at the instigation of the Fly Boys, will Zimmy add his name to the list of potential issues? It's tough wearing a belt in TCW, but our champions swear it's worth the pain.

In the final of the trilogy of Team KOBRA matches, its leader will be in action. Koshiro Ino goes head to head for the first time with Matthew Keith, who has again refused to allow the Blonde Bombshell to accompany him to ringside.

And that brings us to the main event. On one side, Tommy Cornell and #1 Contender Ricky Dale Johnson. On the other, Darkwave's Jack Bruce and Sammy Bach. Will the men some of our fans have dubbed 'freedom fighters' against Generation Omega triumph, or can Jack Bruce take his ally to the top of the hit parade?

And with the intense rivalry between Eddie Peak and Remo Richardson in recent weeks, can the Total Wrestling set survive the month? Will these two warriors be in any condition to enter the Test of Steel this coming Sunday?

Prediction Key:
Global Tradition w/ Laura Huggins vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Acid Dragon w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law

Ian Harris (of Darkwave) vs. Troy Tornado

Chris Rockwell & Texas Pete vs. M.A.D.

Frankie Dee & ???? w/ Laura Huggins vs. Hidekazu & Suzanne Brazlle w/ Baroness Emily

Shingen Miyazaki w/ Baroness Emily vs. Zimmy (non-title)

Matthew Keith vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

Jack Bruce & Sammy Bach vs. Ricky Dale Johnson & Tommy Cornell

Oregano Jensen

03-02-2011, 03:34 PM

Global Tradition w/ Laura Huggins vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Acid Dragon w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law

I'm grouping these together because they both seem obvious... which means one of them will be a swerve. I'm calling Dragon because they seem shiftier, and I'm calling Jack Marlowe run-in.

Ian Harris (of Darkwave) vs. Troy Tornado - No contest

This could devolve into a brawl. I'm not sure what it proves if it goes the distance -- of COURSE the main Painful Procedure guy beats the no. 4 guy from Darkwave. That's like having Jack Bruce vs. Gumble.

Chris Rockwell & Texas Pete vs. M.A.D.

Monsters look credible by beating credible guys. Credible guys stay credible because why are they a tag team?

Frankie Dee & ???? w/ Laura Huggins vs. Hidekazu & Suzanne Brazlle w/ Baroness Emily

Frankie Dee got squashed by McFly, and it was awesome. So he should get a push. New School of Tradition lady is new, so she should get a push. Suzanne earned the title shot, so she should get a push. Hidekazu's the odd man out here -- the last guy off the bench for the stable. Sorry!

Shingen Miyazaki w/ Baroness Emily vs. Zimmy (non-title)

This is probably the kind of feud Zimmy needs. Non-title makes it possible.

Matthew Keith vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

Not a good night for Team KOBRA! But I can't pick anyone who's not a main eventer over Keith right now. I wouldn't be shocked if there was some kind of team-related drama... some of that long-hinted-at friction.

Jack Bruce & Sammy Bach vs. Ricky Dale Johnson & Tommy Cornell

The guys from the main feud beat the guys from one of the secondary feuds, firmly re-establishing that the main feud is the big story in the company.

Zergon

03-02-2011, 04:33 PM

Global Tradition w/ Laura Huggins vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
Bloodstone and Keith are way bigger names than Global Tradition

Acid Dragon w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law
Same here, Golden Law is simply so much higher on ladders that I don´t see them to lose to UK Dragon.

Ian Harris (of Darkwave) vs. Troy Tornado
Tornado has to stay strong as he is the only member on his stable that I see as more than midcard jobber.

Chris Rockwell & Texas Pete vs. M.A.D.
Hard to say here but M.A,D could definitely use the win here, well so could their opponents but I think that M.A.D needs it more they are a monster team after all.

Frankie Dee & ???? w/ Laura Huggins vs. Hidekazu & Suzanne Brazlle w/ Baroness Emily
This one is little hard to say as well but Brazzle is having a title shot so I´d say that right now she is most important wrestler here regardless of who the mystery woman is.

Shingen Miyazaki w/ Baroness Emily vs. Zimmy (non-title)
Non-title so I give this one to Zimmy

Matthew Keith vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
Another hard one but I go with Matt losing again as he´s heel turn isn´t complete yet and he seems to be collecting some frustrating losses right now.

Jack Bruce & Sammy Bach vs. Ricky Dale Johnson & Tommy Cornell
Not that Bruce and Bach are bad or anything but I don´t see them going over here.

Beeker

03-03-2011, 09:33 AM

I've got a baaaad feeling about these predictions

***

Global Tradition w/ Laura Huggins vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
- I just can't see the Global School coming out on top here, even with hijinks.

Acid Dragon w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law
- Simply because I really dislike the moniker Golden Law. Which, sadly, makes more sense than most of my choices.

Ian Harris (of Darkwave) vs. Troy Tornado
- I can't, in good faith, vote for the mystery masked man with the bland name. Take off the do-rag then Husky.

Chris Rockwell & Texas Pete vs. M.A.D.
- OMG!~ Back to back non-losses for Floyd? Yes, I know Goldjobby isn't managing Buffalo anymore. I don't think.

Frankie Dee & ???? w/ Laura Huggins vs. Hidekazu & Suzanne Brazlle w/ Baroness Emily
- I never bet against ???? Now with extra ?s

Shingen Miyazaki w/ Baroness Emily vs. Zimmy (non-title)
- Zimmy just seems to be on the up and Miyazaki doesn't seem credible despite the fact that he likely should.

Matthew Keith vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
- Bad night for KOBRA, a good night to be Ota. Emily is tired from all the bokken shots.

Jack Bruce & Sammy Bach vs. Ricky Dale Johnson & Tommy Cornell
- Southern London Justice keep the #1 Contender looking strong.

***
Meanwhile: Remo and Peak go the zoo... this can't end well.

Blake Trask

03-03-2011, 10:05 AM

Global Tradition w/ Laura Huggins vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

No way, no how.

Acid Dragon w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law

Acid Dragon = jobbers.

Ian Harris (of Darkwave) vs. Troy Tornado

Whilst this is Eagle's debut, Troy is the head of the PP stable, and I can't see him being over enough to win here.

Chris Rockwell & Texas Pete vs. M.A.D.

Bainanigans.

Frankie Dee & ???? w/ Laura Huggins vs. Hidekazu & Suzanne Brazlle w/ Baroness Emily

New girl looks strong on debut.

Shingen Miyazaki w/ Baroness Emily vs. Zimmy (non-title)

Guns attack everything in sight.

Matthew Keith vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

Through dubious methods/interference.

Jack Bruce & Sammy Bach vs. Ricky Dale Johnson & Tommy Cornell

RDJ needs a win for his credentials.

Bigpapa42

03-03-2011, 10:22 AM

Global Tradition w/ Laura Huggins vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Acid Dragon w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law

Ian Harris (of Darkwave) vs. Troy Tornado

Chris Rockwell & Texas Pete vs. M.A.D.

Frankie Dee & ???? w/ Laura Huggins vs. Hidekazu & Suzanne Brazlle w/ Baroness Emily

Shingen Miyazaki w/ Baroness Emily vs. Zimmy (non-title)

Matthew Keith vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

Jack Bruce & Sammy Bach vs. Ricky Dale Johnson & Tommy Corne

Tigerkinney

03-03-2011, 02:49 PM

Global Tradition w/ Laura Huggins vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

The only tradition, Global Tradition have going right now, is one of jobbing.

Acid Dragon w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law

Until Acid Dragon, actually win a meaningful match, I can't tip them to win. This might be that match, but until they do I'm not going to try and second guess the booker.

Ian Harris (of Darkwave) vs. Troy Tornado

Tornado's the leader of Painful Procedure, and established upper card prescence and a former World Champion, I can't see any reason why a lowly ranked member of the rival 'band' should go over here...even if it is NOT Black Eagle's debut.

Chris Rockwell & Texas Pete vs. M.A.D.

For the monster heel pair to be taken seriously, they need to beat up on more than lightweight jobbers.

Frankie Dee & ???? w/ Laura Huggins vs. Hidekazu & Suzanne Brazlle w/ Baroness Emily

I like the way Oregano, though through this one, and I have to agree with his reasonings....on the overall scheme of things Hidekazu is the 'weak link' here.

Shingen Miyazaki w/ Baroness Emily vs. Zimmy (non-title)

Non Title, so I think Zimmy wins this to put himself in position for a shot at the All Action belt.

Matthew Keith vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

Could go the other way but I think Keith will just about pull out the win here....the Bokken's going to be doing overtime.

Jack Bruce & Sammy Bach vs. Ricky Dale Johnson & Tommy Cornell

Cornell & RDJ are involved in the main feud and are MAIN EVENT, Bruce & Bach are part of an Upper Midcard B-feud.

Phantom Stranger

03-06-2011, 06:04 PM

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 4 June 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 14.74)
Rebroadcast on Continental Sports X1 (Rating 0.03)

Held at the Oregon Gardens (North West)

Attendance: 15,000 (Sold Out)

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Shawn Doakes

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Global Tradition w/ Laura Huggins
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Johnny Bloodstone & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
It's certainly not a brilliant match, but it's far from a bad one. The Global Tradition crew are just as good at making sure everything they do in the ring makes perfect sense to those watching. They are, however, easily outwrestled by their opponents despite their determination, and it's only their mastery of the tag team aspect of wrestling that keeps them in contention.

Morgan and Bryant are a unified force inside the ring; whatever one man does, the other is immediately primed to back them up, make things dangerous. Morgan slams Keith, and Bryant is already off the top rope with a kneedrop – a tribute to his former tag partner Robert Oxford.

On the other hand, Sam has all the wrestling savvy in the world, and Bloodstone has youth and speed on the Tradition. It's he who capitalises, putting Bryant into the Bloodstone Mutilation in the centre of the ring. Bryant holds on just long enough to know the cavalry isn't going to be coming, and taps to preserve himself.
Johnny Bloodstone & Sam Keith defeated Global Tradition
Rating: B

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Acid Dragon w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law
Over the past few weeks, Acid Dragon's performances on the house circuit and their rare appearances on TV have highlighted just how well the two complement one another's soaring, spectacular approach. Acid spends much of his time with his body language as a precise mimic of his team mate, allowing the two some uncanny-seeming duplicate sequences, either one after the other or simultaneously.

They take it to Golden Law with the intensity of warriors, and for a while Golden in particular looks harried. He does, however, block a spinwheel kick with both arms, then gets the twisting snap powerslam on Acid – and UK Dragon promptly comes off the top rope with a diving lariat, only to be caught and belly-to-bellied across the ring.

Rick Law also gives a good account of himself, eventually mowing Acid down with a Long Arm of the Law to secure the victory.
Golden Law defeated Acid Dragon
Rating: B+

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Shout At The Devil begins to play, and as always, Mayhem Midden heads down to the ring. Charlie Thatcher accompanies him, twin steel baseball bats slung over his shoulders, scanning the crowd.

Azaria notes that Generation Omega have developed a tendency to strike from the crowd, and of course that Mayhem Midden's setting up the match between a member of Vibert's stable and Sean McFly makes him a target.

It makes sense, then, that Thatcher never stops scanning the crowd.

“Alright,” Midden says into the microphone. “I'm gonna make this short and sweet. Got no real reason to like this, but...

“See, when I offer someone a shot at a title, I expect them to understand it's a sign of some damn respect. I'm fine with someone saying 'No, sir, Mr Midden, I don't think I'm ready, and I want to make sure when I take my shot I'm ready to win.' It ain't too brave, but it's a smart man who knows his own limitations.

“Other hand, if someone accepts then backs out, that's annoying for a whole bunch of reasons. We had advertising in place, we had... ah, hell, you guys don't need to hear me rail on it.

“GenOme, listen up. The Rising Stars have withdrawn from title shot contention and as far as I'm concerned are gonna have to earn their way back in. On the other hand, we have a few teams with the records to demand a shot.

“And I don't like the thought of trying to choose between some of these guys. Two teams who can't even settle the better between themselves, one team who've only ever lost once...

“I'm calling it. This Sunday we'll see the return of Tag Wars. And it's going to be GenOme... it's going to be the Kreed... it's going to be the British Lions... and it's going to be Golden Law. “

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Ian Harris vs. Troy Tornado
Troy looks more than a little curious as Harris comes down to the ring, iThink playing as he progresses. There's been little seen of Harris' ability to date; he's certainly fast, and equally certainly acrobatic, but beyond that, little that's been done has given potential opponents a real gauge for how capable he's likely to be.

As the bell goes, both men lunge forward. Harris ducks a swing by Tornado, jumping to plant a boot in the back of the lead singer's head, and as Troy rebounds off the ropes, Harris is going low with a legsweep. The former champ sees it coming, vaulting over it and delivering a falling lariat in response.

Harris continues to move fast, peppering Tornado with punches, chops, and the occasional leaping kick to hammer the point home – but Tornado's dealt with fast men before, and he is, himself, constantly in motion. Once he shuts Harris down – catching a kick and using that as an opportunity to lay Harris out with a discus punch – it's all Tornado, putting his opponent away with a Tornado Driver.
Troy Tornado defeated Ian Harris
Rating: B

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Chris Rockwell & Texas Pete vs. M.A.D.
This one's an interesting bout... Rockwell and Pete have both faced down the Buffalo before, but while Marat Khoklov has a few losses on his sheet, none of them have come easily or without cost. On top of that, while Rockwell and Pete are undisputably the better mat workers, there are indications following Baine's recent activities that the two are at odds.

So it proves, in fact; Rockwell survives the first three minutes with Khoklov – not unscathed, far from it – by keeping moving, keeping the pace up, and striking fast, careful not to allow a strike back. Even then, he's left hurting – bleeding, even, after Khoklov one-handedly hurls him over the top turnbuckle and facefirst into the corner post. He manages to tag out, and Pete comes in via the top rope, clambering up the corner to come off with a flying headbutt to the standing Russian giant.

Khoklov stumbles backward, but doesn't fall; Pete, on the other hand, crashes to the mat off the impact, clutching his head. It looks like he'll be easy prey for the big Russian, but Buffalo chooses that moment to take a blind tag and come on in.

Buffalo and Pete is an uneven contest, but after a while the Hard-Hitting Champion is worn down, still reeling from the injury to his head. Buffalo whips him into the corner and goes for the Stampede, but Pete moves clear, diving across the ring -

Chris Rockwell jumps down from the apron, refusing the tag. Buffalo, on the other hand, tags in Khoklov, and the Moscow Lariat claims another victim.
M.A.D. defeated Chris Rockwell & Texas Pete
Rating: B-

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The big screen cuts in, showing the TCW interview area, with Autumn Gleeson in residence as it seems she always is. Alongside her are Eric Tyler and Laura Huggins. Tyler is nodding his head in stern satisfaction as Gleeson flashes a broad, confident smile to the camera.

“Some impressive work there from M.A.D.,” she says, “even if there's an argument that their opponents cost themselves the match. Up next, though, the School of Tradition prepare to face off with Team KOBRA – in intergender tag team competition.

“So that means, as a fan of tag team competition and womens' wrestling, I'm more than a little excited. Eric, you've got a female student in the School of Tradition?”

Tyler nods, still smiling, but it's Laura Huggins who speaks.

“We reviewed a long list of candidates,” she says. “Mr Tyler's time is valuable, and close education is the only way to progress. We can't afford to take in twenty or more students and hope one breaks through, so the School's job is to take someone who has the potential and polish them until they're an Eric Tyler, a New Wave, a Joel Bryant, a Sean Deeley – a wrestler who can hold their own on the world stage.” Tyler flinches a little at the mention of Sean Deeley, but he recovers.

“Right, exactly,” he continues. “And going up against Team KOBRA and the top contender for the TCW Womens' belt is a good way to demonstrate how good our choice was – especially after three months of solid training in my classroom. Jaime, girl, come on out and let the people see you.”

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Jaime Quine steps out into the camera's view, taping her wrists as she does so.

“Time to make an impact,” Laura says quietly and supportively. “Jaime here can take her opponent's head off with a single kick. Tonight you'll see exactly why we enrolled her.”

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Frankie Dee & Jaime Quine w/ Laura Huggins
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Hidekazu & Suzanne Brazzle w/ Baroness Emily
It's a remarkable little contest, this one, as four of the least-well-supported TCW workers unite to slowly wring out a half-decent reaction from those wrestling fans not currently at a concession stand.

Hidekazu and Dee pair off early on, and we get something of a wrestler vs. martial artist contest, with Dee's stiff kicks and slick throws up against Hidekazu's dogged, scientific approach in the ring. Meanwhile, Quine and Brazzle both look to play the striking game, the School woman looking to apply that brutal-looking buzzsaw kick known as the K.O. Kick, Brazzle simply looking for the straight right that is the Miracle Connection.

After a while, however, the necessities of saving partners from one another leads to the breakdown of gender lines and, soon, to the breakdown of the match overall. All four are in the ring right near the end; Frankie Dee nails Hidekazu with a Sinanju Kick, a spinning roundhouse kick to the head. He's poised to celebrate, but Suzanne Brazzle ducks the K.O. Kick Quine throws, drops Dee with a Miracle Connection from the side, and tosses Quine out of the ring to score the pinfall.
Hidekazu & Suzanne Brazzle defeated Frankie Dee & Jaime Quine
Rating: C-

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Shingen Miyazaki w/ Baroness Emily vs. Zimmy
Shingen Miyazaki finally looks like having a coming-out performance as he and Zimmy make the time they're given mean something.

Miyazaki's technical style has been developing more and more of a flair in recent weeks, with the grappler becoming more confident in his ability to win and consequently feeling free to add in some flashier approaches that play to the crowd a little more.

Notable among these – the first time he applies the Ankle Lock in this match, he does so as Zimmy whips him to the corner; Miyazaki runs up the ropes, backflips into an inverted DDT, snags Zimmy's foot as it whips up into reach, and steps up to turn Zimmy over into the lock.

The Darkwave man manages to reach the ropes, however, and mounts a spirited comeback, with the match slipping out of Miyazaki's control a couple of times. Zimmy hits the ropes and launches off into a spinkick, but the All Action Champion ducks it – and Eugene Williams takes the kick full in the face.

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Zimmy grins, spins, and drives for a low blow, but Miyazaki manages to block, driving Zimmy away with a double palm strike. A moment later Steve Gumble slams a boot into the side of Zimmy's head in a Savate Kick.

Miyazaki bows to Gumble for a split second, then plucks the leg, locking in the Ankle Lock once again. In the centre of the ring, Zimmy has no choice but to tap.
Shingen Miyazaki defeated Zimmy
Rating: B

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Matthew Keith vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
Ino offers a closed fist to start, and Matt brushes his knuckles against it in a salute – then immediately lunges forward with a punch. Ino fires back and, in short order, has the upper hand, raining blows down on his opponent.

Keith starts to crawl out of the ring, but Ino grabs him and draws him back in. Matt cuts off the beatdown – just barely – with a nicely-executed jawbreaker.

Keith preens. Ino fires back with brutal-sounding chops and goes for an underhook powerbomb, but Matt boosts himself over the top, hooking the arms on the way down to get a backslide. Ino, however, flexes his way out, showing remarkable dexterity for a big man, and slows things with an abdominal wrench.

Matt goes to the ribs to counter and fights his way into position for a backdrop suplex.

Now, Keith starts to circle and taunt Ino, but he refuses to lock up, letting the fans' ire build.

Finally, he just spits right in Ino's face. Koshiro wipes the spit off and holds his open palm out to beckon Matt.

Matt comes in fast, figuring he has the psychological advantage, but Ino is waiting. He gets a snap suplex for two and opens up with punches. Ino hits Keith with his own Neutron-Plex, but Matt twists in the execution and takes it in what looks like a less nasty way. He's able to kick out at two.

Keith flies at Ino with a crossbody block that gets a close fall of his own and whips Ino into the corner, setting up for a superplex, but Ino counters, sending him to the mat, and splashes Keith off the top. He then tries a sunset flip, but Keith pulls a foreign object from his tights, blasts Ino with it, and sits down for the pin. Subsequent replays show it to have been a set of brass knuckles.
Matthew Keith defeated Koshiro Ino
Rating: A

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The remainder of KOBRA fill the ring. Ino looks more than a little annoyed at being the only one to have lost, but he leads the group in saluting the victorious trio, and takes his bokken shot stoically.

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“I can NOT be the only one who's sick of this.” Phil Vibert's voice comes over the PA system. It takes the camera a few moments to find him; eventually it does, stood within the crowd, near the timekeeper's table, having grabbed a microphone from the table itself. “This mutual masturbation society out here,” he gestures to the ring, “all so proud of yourselves because didn't you do well, winning when someone else ran in to help you?

“I mean, seriously... you people think you look impressive? That there is any part of what you do that people think is impressive?”

Emily frowns, plucking a microphone from a pouch at her belt and offering it to Miyazaki. The All-Action Champion looks to Ino, who nods, and that seems to give Shingen permission to speak.

“Because we do most things relying only on our own sagacity we become self-interested, turn our backs on reason, and things do not turn out well,” he begins.

“As seen by other people this is sordid, weak, narrow and inefficient. When one is not capable of true intelligence,” here he gestures at Vibert, “it is good to consult with someone of good sense. An advisor will fulfil the Way when he makes a decision by selfless and frank intelligence because he is not personally involved.”

Vibert snorts. “Like that means anything.”

“Oh, but it does,” Emily smiles. “It means that our studies, our understanding, our unity of purpose – they give us something to keep us together. And all you have leading you is ego... which is bound to fail.

“By the way – since you make such use of your retainer on the Board of Investors – are you ready, yet, to defend that right? Have you a man who can overcome Sean McFly?”

Vibert glowers and leaves.

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Jack Bruce & Sammy Bach vs. Ricky Dale Johnson & Tommy Cornell
The TCW faithful have been treated in recent weeks to some scorching main events, but while this provokes a strong response, it's not on the same level. Bruce and Bach unite to provide an exciting mix of styles, while Cornell and RDJ both, in their own ways, provoke the crowd into roaring approval, but nontheless...

It doesn't quite work. A New York Minute attempt is blocked by RDJ, who throws him off and goes for the Leaping Lariat, only for Bruce to duck as Sammy Bach soars in with the Adrenaline Shot to shatter the momentum he had going.

Cornell blocks the Bach on your Back, tries for a suplex, and finds a chop block coming the same way from Bruce. It's hectic for quite a while, but a second Adrenaline Shot misses its mark, putting Sam Sparrow down.

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All four competitors immediately wheel to watch the outside. Remo hops the guardrail, drawing Cornell and RDJ's attention...

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And Wolf Hawkins blindsides Cornell, Marc DuBois crashing into RDJ. Bach and Bruce seem happy with this as Remo enters the ring, convinced that the three Generation Omega men will run roughshod until victory's certain...

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Eddie Peak appears on the entrance ramp, however, and Remo immediately breaks off his attack, scrambling from the ring to charge his enemy. They meet on the rampway, but their brawl quickly spills backward.

Meanwhile, RDJ's able to turn the tide on DuBois, dropping him with a Southern Justice. He drags Hawkins off Cornell, ending that beatdown. Jack Bruce moves to intervene -

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STAR MAKER FROM THE TOP ROPE! Tornado pops back up a second later. Sammy Bach promptly goes for the superkick, nailing Tornado, and turns around -

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GUNSLINGER'S REVENGE! Painful Procedure play to the crowd for a second as RDJ picks Cornell up. Furious, Hawkins charges.

Ricky turns – a punch – SOUTHERN JUSTICE!

“Could we be seeing a shadow of this Sunday?” Azaria yells. “Is Wolf Hawkins destined to have the shortest World Heavyweight Championship reign in history?”

Indeed, RDJ is currently standing over the champion, looking down on him in grim satisfaction. Troy taps him on the shoulder, and RDJ turns cagily, fist raised in case -

Harry Allen whips the dazed Bach into the big man, and the Number One Contender delivers a second Southern Justice. Cornell rouses Sparrow as Painful Procedure throw DuBois out of the ring. Slowly but surely, the referee counts one... two... three!
Ricky Dale Johnson & Tommy Cornell defeated Jack Bruce & Sammy Bach
Rating: B+

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Peak and Remo have evidently been brawling for some time, however. The space they're in is known, vaguely, to the watching fans – it's the area directly behind the entrance, just below the giant video screen, as seen in a few backstage brawls back in the earliest days of TCW.

Remo rams Peak into a large metal pillar, onto which other, supporting struts are bolted. He fires off a punch but Peak somehow is still aware enough to catch it – and his head slams forward in a skull-cracking headbutt that drops the Generation Omega man to one knee. Peak promptly brings up a knee of his own, and Remo falls backward with a trickle of blood arcing from his lips through the air as his head whiplashes backwards.

The view cuts to a wide shot of the arena; through one of the jagged holes broken into the Total Wrestling set in previous weeks, we can just barely see the two men, though the backstage feed is also up on that giant screen.

Peak delivers a snap DDT to Remo as Richardson gets to one knee, finally putting him down for a moment. Breathing heavily, the Bloody-Handed God looks around – and his gaze lights on one of the bolted struts. He wrenches a chain loose from its mooring position on the pillar, helping to hold the big screen in place, and wraps it around a strut.

Bracing his foot against the big pillar, he takes the chain in both hands and wrenches, tugging as hard as he can before the strut gives with an audible protest.

Peak's satisfied grin is evident as he snatches up this hefty new weapon – for just an instant; moments later, a second scream of tortured metal echoes, much louder.

Peak looks confused for a second, then glances up, seeking the source -

Just as the giant video screen starts to topple, its moorings stressed beyond support.

The final shots of Total Wrestling in June 2009 see the giant screen crash onto the (thankfully empty) entrance ramp, bringing much of the set down in its wake, with a sound like thunder. Behind it, Eddie Peak stares, wide-eyed, at what he's done – then, slowly, a grin spreads across his face.

Show Rating: A

Phantom Stranger

03-06-2011, 07:07 PM

I'd like, while I'm here, to say thank you to the people who've voted for me in this Diary of the Month round. It means a lot.

Phantom Stranger

03-09-2011, 09:42 AM

Another note to say thank you to those who voted for me in the DoTM, as if I'm reading it right, that marks only the second time A Quiet Retirement has taken the award...

And a quick note to apologise for slowdown; I've managed to get a contract to sell some RPG writing this month, and as such some of my free time is going elsewhere than the game. Badge of Honour should, nonetheless, be up in the next 12 hours, and we should have a Saturday Night Showcase preview before too long.

Wallbanger

03-09-2011, 11:08 AM

Phantom Stranger

03-09-2011, 06:52 PM

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 4 June 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 1.26)

Held at the Quebec City Arena (Quebec)

Attendance: 2,000

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Sara Silver – Autumn Gleeson

In the opening contest, Conquering Kings put up a strong fight but fell to the always unpredictable Edd Stone as Eternal Party scored a victory. (Rating: B)
Tyson Baine took out his recent frustrations on El Leon, destroying him in short order with the Hades Bomb. (Rating: C)
Texas Pete assaults Baine after the match, only to be challenged by Chris Rockwell to put the title on the line at Excessive Force.
Canadian Elemental and JeriLynn Stone united to overcome Zimmy and Cherry Bomb after the Young Guns interfered, with Harry Allen again laying out Cherry Bomb. (Rating: B\-)
Acid defeated Thunder Snake to earn the #1 Contendership to the All-Action Championship after Jack Marlowe helped out. Marlowe was attacked in turn by Rick Law, but the damage was done. (Rating: B)
Shingen Miyazaki, together with Koshiro Ino and Baroness Emily, come out to ask Marlowe why he isn't challenging for the belt himself. Marlowe's response? “I had a job to do. I did it.”
Tommy Cornell and Ricky Dale Johnson united to beat the Easy Riders only after a hard, brutal, exhausting brawl. (Rating: B+)
Generation Omega surged out of the crowd to attack Cornell and RDJ. The shots were brutal, and were only stopped when Sean McFly, aided by Sean Deeley, ran in to make the save.
Sean Deeley then took on one of Laura Huggins' clients, Merle O'Curle in the main event. Huggins took a seat at ringside and did her best not to show favouritism to either side as Deeley scraped out a bare victory against the tag team expert. (Rating: B)

Show Rating: B+

Phantom Stranger

03-10-2011, 09:56 AM

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With just a day to go before Excessive Force, TCW puts its best foot forward with what looks like an incredible show - even if we don't know exactly what's coming. Confused? Read on...

Sayeed Ali steps up to face Sean McFly in the opening match. Frankie Dee recently got everyone talking with his performance against the "American Tiger" - Ali will doubtless be looking to validate his association with former tag champs the Easy Riders by doing something similar. McFly, meanwhile, has his sights set on a big match on Sunday...

Six-man action follows; the Conquering Kings, together with Giant Tana, have apparently infuriated the Elite Express backstage, though we at tcw.com are not sure of the specifics. Either way, the Express have demanded a match to prove a point, and have hired "the Enforcer" Jack Marlowe to fill out their side.

Non-title action follows, as Aaron Andrews posted an "open to anyone not associated with Edd Stone" challenge backstage at Badge of Honor, looking for a warm up before his International Championship defence. Looking, perhaps, to make a leap forward the way his former tag partner did, Julian Watson has answered the challenge.

Chris Rockwell has found himself with a title shot tomorrow, and as such he may be regretting the contest ahead of him today; Jack Bruce is no pushover, and by the looks of what's happened this past week, Rockwell would not take well to any Painful Procedure presence.

Lastly, Saturday Night Showcase has three further matches scheduled by order of Mr Cornell. He has stated that the members of Generation Omega will all be involved in these contests, but has refused to tell them which match a given competitor will be involved in, promising to do so "right before they run the ****ing gauntlet, son". What is known is that the first two matches are tag contests, the last singles, in the following order:

The first two members of Generation Omega to compete will face the Machines.

The next two will lock horns with the New Wave.

And in the main event, Generation Omega's remaining competitor will take on Joey Minnesota.

Prediction Key:
Sayeed Ali w/ Carl Batch vs. Sean McFly

Conquering Kings & Giant Tana w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Elite Express & Jack Marlowe

Aaron Andrews vs. Julian Watson (non-title)

Chris Rockwell vs. Jack Bruce

The Machines vs. TWO MEMBERS OF GENERATION OMEGA w/ Phil Vibert

The New Wave vs. TWO MEMBERS OF GENERATION OMEGA w/ Phil Vibert

Joey Minnesota vs. THE REMAINING MEMBER OF GENERATION OMEGA w/ Phil Vibert

Bigpapa42

03-10-2011, 02:19 PM

You might wanna check again, Edenhoek... McFly is most definitely American.

Sayeed Ali w/ Carl Batch vs. Sean McFly

Conquering Kings & Giant Tana w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Elite Express & Jack Marlowe

Aaron Andrews vs. Julian Watson (non-title)

Chris Rockwell vs. Jack Bruce

The Machines vs. TWO MEMBERS OF GENERATION OMEGA w/ Phil Vibert

The New Wave vs. TWO MEMBERS OF GENERATION OMEGA w/ Phil Vibert

Joey Minnesota vs. THE REMAINING MEMBER OF GENERATION OMEGA w/ Phil Vibert

Zergon

03-10-2011, 02:33 PM

Sayeed Ali w/ Carl Batch vs. Sean McFly
Maybe it isn´t complete squash but McFly gets a clear win non-the-less

Conquering Kings & Giant Tana w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Elite Express & Jack Marlowe
Heels have more going on/are higher on ladders right now

Aaron Andrews vs. Julian Watson (non-title)
I don´t see Andrews loosing here even in non-title match

Chris Rockwell vs. Jack Bruce
Rockwell doesn´t have great wil/loss record and I don´t see it gettin g any better here.

The Machines vs. TWO MEMBERS OF GENERATION OMEGA w/ Phil Vibert
Machines just kind of are there right now, I mean they still good and all and actually have a feud going but somehow I just feel that they aren´t doing all that much.

The New Wave vs. TWO MEMBERS OF GENERATION OMEGA w/ Phil Vibert
Not sure where to go here but I say that New Wave win via some dubious way..

Joey Minnesota vs. THE REMAINING MEMBER OF GENERATION OMEGA w/ Phil Vibert
Minnesota could well win here but I see some kind of shenanigans happening and costing Minnosota this match.

Tigerkinney

03-10-2011, 04:26 PM

Sayeed Ali w/ Carl Batch vs. Sean McFly

Straight forward extended squash for McFly

Conquering Kings & Giant Tana w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Elite Express & Jack Marlowe

Elite Express and Jack Marlow (Marlowe in particular) appear to have more upward mobility right now.

Aaron Andrews vs. Julian Watson (non-title)

Julian Watson, the Marty Jannetty of The Enforcers...not that the Enforcers were ever a good team or anything.

Chris Rockwell vs. Jack Bruce

Rockwell is looking more like TCW's resident Jobber To The Stars with each passing match, Jack Bruce on the other hand could do with a solid win to remain looking relatively strong as the leader of DarkWave.

The Machines vs. TWO MEMBERS OF GENERATION OMEGA w/ Phil Vibert

The New Wave vs. TWO MEMBERS OF GENERATION OMEGA w/ Phil Vibert

Joey Minnesota vs. THE REMAINING MEMBER OF GENERATION OMEGA w/ Phil Vibert

I'll group these together, I see them splitting the tag matches, and I see the revitalised New Wave as more likely to pull out the win for Anti-Omega. However I see the G.O member winning the singles match.

ampulator

03-10-2011, 04:27 PM

He works for the devil NOTBPW. HE MARRIED VICTORIA STONE.

Canadian.

...what? His in-game stat says his American. Unless YOU think he should Canadian, that's one thing, but the data doesn'lt lie-he was born in the USA.

And since when is the NOTBPW the devil? I know it makes sense to you, but no one understands what you are about.

Regis

03-10-2011, 05:11 PM

...what? His in-game stat says his American. Unless YOU think he should Canadian, that's one thing, but the data doesn'lt lie-he was born in the USA.

And since when is the NOTBPW the devil? I know it makes sense to you, but no one understands what you are about.

Actually, I understand what he's talking about. By going to the soulless, characterless, all-conquering NOTBPW who will run roughshod over everyone and achieve ultimate Global dominance while barely lifting a finger, he's lost all right to call himself an American.

He's sleeping with the enemy. I can see that. NOTBPW are kind of evil.

ampulator

03-10-2011, 05:22 PM

Actually, I understand what he's talking about. By going to the soulless, characterless, all-conquering NOTBPW who will run roughshod over everyone and achieve ultimate Global dominance while barely lifting a finger, he's lost all right to call himself an American.

He's sleeping with the enemy. I can see that. NOTBPW are kind of evil.
...what? That has never happened to me, and if NOTBPW went Global, it never really affected me. On top of that, there are many games where I play where they fail to make National for several years, Dan Stone Jr and/or Jeremy retire, and/or them remaining at Cult despite their level of talent, and Sean McFly being stolen by either SWF or TCW.

I still have no idea what HE was talking about. I'm not even sure your interpretation of what he said is actually what he meant to say.

Regis

03-10-2011, 05:29 PM

...what? That has never happened to me, and if NOTBPW went Global, it never really affected me.

I still have no idea what HE was talking about.

Seriously, read one of DerekB's rants about NOTBPW some time. They're quite entertaining. Go easy, fella. There are reasons for ranting, but this ain't one of them.

ampulator

03-10-2011, 05:30 PM

Seriously, read one of DerekB's rants about NOTBPW some time. They're quite entertaining. Go easy, fella. There are reasons for ranting, but this ain't one of them.
I wasn't ranting. I just have no idea what he said.

Hashasheen

03-10-2011, 05:57 PM

...what? That has never happened to me, and if NOTBPW went Global, it never really affected me. On top of that, there are many games where I play where they fail to make National for several years, Dan Stone Jr and/or Jeremy retire, and/or them remaining at Cult despite their level of talent, and Sean McFly being stolen by either SWF or TCW.

You must have a Ryland-blessed copy of the game, because for most people on this forum, NOTBPW manages to go Global quickly, and proceeds to steal the best workers in North America and horde the ones it already has quite well in most games.

20LEgend

03-10-2011, 06:12 PM

Prediction Key:
Sayeed Ali w/ Carl Batch vs. Sean McFly

Conquering Kings & Giant Tana w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Elite Express & Jack Marlowe

Aaron Andrews vs. Julian Watson (non-title)

Chris Rockwell vs. Jack Bruce

The Machines vs. TWO MEMBERS OF GENERATION OMEGA w/ Phil Vibert

The New Wave vs. TWO MEMBERS OF GENERATION OMEGA w/ Phil Vibert

Joey Minnesota vs. THE REMAINING MEMBER OF GENERATION OMEGA w/ Phil Vibert

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And I will join in on the NOTBPW hate!

Beeker

03-10-2011, 06:15 PM

Hey, how about we get back to the final show before the PPV predicting.
Regis and ampulator can go play in PM.

***

Sayeed Ali w/ Carl Batch vs. Sean McFly
- Pretty American for a Fly guy.

Conquering Kings & Giant Tana w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Elite Express & Jack Marlowe
- The Express realize that trying to go cheap on your hired gun isn't a good idea when the Kings pay more.

Aaron Andrews vs. Julian Watson (non-title)
- Sorry Julian, you might want to get a gimmick OR head back to Japan coz things aren't Totally great in TCW for you.

Chris Rockwell vs. Jack Bruce
- I feel dirty and depressed picking Jobby Bruce.

The Machines vs. TWO MEMBERS OF GENERATION OMEGA w/ Phil Vibert
- Machines need a map to find the ring on Saturday Night Showcase.

The New Wave vs. TWO MEMBERS OF GENERATION OMEGA w/ Phil Vibert
- New Wave can maybe go over GenOme - but that's not an easy task and won't happen with a Tag Match tomorrow. So it'll likely be Dubois and Hawkins coming out on top.

Joey Minnesota vs. THE REMAINING MEMBER OF GENERATION OMEGA w/ Phil Vibert
- Double DQ schmooz of an ending. Remo draws a shark, which draws the rest of Omega, which lures out RDJ and Cornell and others. To end with a big fade-to-black-buy-our-PPV brawl.

ampulator

03-10-2011, 06:19 PM

You must have a Ryland-blessed copy of the game, because for most people on this forum, NOTBPW manages to go Global quickly, and proceeds to steal the best workers in North America and horde the ones it already has quite well in most games.
I've just played a lot of games. It doesn't always happen that way.

Oregano Jensen

03-11-2011, 02:36 AM

Sayeed Ali w/ Carl Batch vs. Sean McFly

Of course. But I don't even see this going as long as the Frankie Dee fight. Dee is a disciplined fighter who knows his defensive game. Sayeed is a raw, undisciplined brawler... normally, he takes damage to do damage. Against a vastly superior opponent like McFly, that approach can put you in trouble quickly.

Conquering Kings & Giant Tana w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Elite Express & Jack Marlowe

As intriguing as Beeker's storyline sounds, I don't see any indication that the Kings or Tana have bribed Marlowe, or would even be the sort to bribe Marlowe -- or that Marlowe has any grudge against the Express. On pure talent, I'm going to give this to Marlowe. Oh, and also the Canadian Jacket Men. Who had better pay up.

Aaron Andrews vs. Julian Watson (non-title)

In other news, Julian Watson fails to step up.

Chris Rockwell vs. Jack Bruce

Tigerkinney's reasoning seems sound here.

The Machines vs. TWO MEMBERS OF GENERATION OMEGA w/ Phil Vibert

The New Wave vs. TWO MEMBERS OF GENERATION OMEGA w/ Phil Vibert

The interesting thing here: the two Gen Omega guys who AREN'T much bigger individual stars than their opponents are also the two guys who have been booked as a strong tag team. Not that the Machines or the New Wave couldn't beat GenOme, but if I'm Cornell, I'm breaking them up -- put DWN in one tag match and Perez in the other. Less star power, less teamwork.

BUT the other interesting thing here: does Cornell still have a grudge against the Machines for deserting the Syndicate, even after they've both turned face(-ish)? Is it possible he'd throw them to the wolves -- well, to one Wolf plus Remo? Probably not, but do you KNOW not?

(One more interesting thing: did anyone notice the Tyler/Laura Huggins promo where they mentioned the New Wave in the same breath as a bunch of School of Tradition types? Were they.... hinting at something?)

Joey Minnesota vs. THE REMAINING MEMBER OF GENERATION OMEGA w/ Phil Vibert

If this is DWN or Perez, that's one thing. Minnesota has a shot against those guys. But I bet it's either Hawkins or maybe Remo, because that's what makes sense for a main event... with a marginal main eventer like Minnesota involved, you have to have the other guy be a legit name. And at this point, Wolf-Minnesota or Remo-Minnesota is a borderline squash. Sorry, Joey.

Candyman

03-11-2011, 03:03 AM

Regis

03-11-2011, 05:32 AM

Sayeed Ali w/ Carl Batch vs. Sean McFly
JOBBER!

Conquering Kings & Giant Tana w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Elite Express & Jack Marlowe
Marlowe's push continues.

Aaron Andrews vs. Julian Watson (non-title)
JOBBER!

Chris Rockwell vs. Jack Bruce
JOBBERS TO THE STARS!

The Machines vs. TWO MEMBERS OF GENERATION OMEGA w/ Phil Vibert
Random guess... The Machines will happily job again.

The New Wave vs. TWO MEMBERS OF GENERATION OMEGA w/ Phil Vibert
Can't have them clean house.

Joey Minnesota vs. THE REMAINING MEMBER OF GENERATION OMEGA w/ Phil Vibert
And Joey can get a big win here, possibly with a massive load of interference.

Phantom Stranger

03-11-2011, 06:16 PM

Alanis is totally the type that would buy out Marlowe.

Man, we've barely established the gimmick. The stuff we can do with it has to wait, surely?

ampulator

03-11-2011, 11:26 PM

Man, we've barely established the gimmick. The stuff we can do with it has to wait, surely?
You know, Phantom Stranger, I think he is unable to do that. ;)

Phantom Stranger

03-12-2011, 07:36 AM

Sharp-eyed readers may already have noticed, but Shawn Doakes has been replaced with the LoNdOn version.

Phantom Stranger

03-13-2011, 10:04 PM

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TCW Presents Saturday Night Showcase

Saturday Week 4 June 2009

Live on CBA (Rating 14.92)

Held at the H. Jones Building (Great Lakes)

Attendance: 21,185

Announcers:
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Duane Fry – Jasmine Saunders – Alanis Springsteen

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Sayeed Ali w/ Carl Batch vs. Sean McFly
McFly looks confident coming into this; Ali less so, but boy, does he look hungry. As the bell rings, Ali lunges forward with a right jab – and there's no give to that at all; McFly's head snaps backward off the impact, and Sayeed, encouraged by that, follows up with a series of blows to the gut and a whip to the ropes, following that with a half-lariat, half-shoulderblock.

Then he makes the mistake of slowing down enough to pick McFly up. The American Tiger's comeback starts with a hold that flows neatly into a series of three rolling underhook suplexes, followed quickly by a neckbreaker, a DDT, and a release full nelson suplex, all working over the upper back and neck to set up for the inevitable Delorean Driver at the 5:30 mark.
Sean McFly defeated Sayeed Ali
Rating: B+

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Back to the interview room goes the camera, and as ever Autumn Gleeson is standing by. Beside her stand Sean Deeley and, as ever, Laura Huggins.

“From one Sean to another,” Gleeson beams. “Sean, I think we all know you've been having trouble lately with Jeremy Stone and Eric Tyler.” Laura Huggins frowns, and Deeley puts a reassuring hand on her arm.

Gleeson raises a hand, reassuringly, and smiles. “Don't worry, Laura, I'm not asking you to badmouth the man who pays your wages... but I think you can admit, given Sean's had to wrestle him on Pay-Per-View – at Total Mayhem, no less – that the two of them have issues.”

Huggins half-smiles, but not in a way that looks pleased about the way this conversation is going. Sean pats her arm. “We don't see eye to eye,” he says. “Leave it at that.”

Gleeson nods. “Well,” she continues. “Either Eric Tyler or Jeremy Stone would be a major obstacle to overcome. You've gotten entangled with both.

“Are you looking for help? And who would you be looking for?”

Sean simply smiles. “I should have help soon enough. But this is about making my own name – I hope by the time I'm done, I won't need help.”

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Conquering Kings & Giant Tana w/ Alanis Springsteen
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Elite Express & Jack Marlowe
The Kings and the Express can, at this point, put on some extremely good, competitive contests. Marlowe and Tana's first matchup got a fair amount of traffic from the online community after their performances. The six-man is about what you'd expect for that; there's a massive pop when Tana hoists both of the Express across his shoulders for a double Samoan Drop, but equally, when the Kings double-suplex Marlowe and when the Express deliver a double dropkick to take the big Samoan off his feet, the tag teams get a good response.

Kingman even manages to set Marlowe up for the Crippler Bomb, but the “Enforcer” kicks out afterward, provoking a strong reaction from the crowd – as Springsteen exclaims, that's the first time anyone's kicked out of her charges' speciality double-team. Pacing up and down, she hammers on the ring apron, willing Kingman back into the match, and he uses that as fuel, reaching the ropes to break Thomas' submission.

Johnson cuts off the tag, however, sailing from the top turnbuckle with a blockbuster, and Marlowe then tags himself in, beating down Kingman for a while before Alexander actually rushes the ring.

Jack DDTs him and presses him over the top rope, but Alexander's efforts weren't in vain; Barry has the time he needs to tag in Tana, who clotheslines Marlowe over the top before stacking both of the Express in one corner and hitting the Big Fat Samoan Squash to a good, solid pop – before turning around to a boot in the gut and another huge Jackhammer from Marlowe to pick up the win.
Elite Express & Jack Marlowe defeated Conquering Kings & Giant Tana
Rating: B

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Aaron Andrews vs. Julian Watson
Julian Watson gets in some good offence here and kicks out of Andrews' spinebuster, but the result still doesn't seem to be in doubt; the Rising Star has the Great Lakes crowd in the palm of his hand the whole time.

After Watson clears the spinebuster – and even mounts a comeback for a while – Andrews uncorks something of a flashback to his older finishes, dropping Watson over the top rope with a standing hot shot then hitting the ropes on the far side, meeting Watson on the rebound with a flying cross body to score the pinfall. The sequence gets a surprisingly loud response.
Aaron Andrews defeated Julian Watson
Rating; B+

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I Touch Myself by the Genitorturers hits and Aaron spins around, checking anywhere but the entrance ramp for an ambushing Edd Stone – but in the end, that's not what happens. With every fan staring at the big screen, Andrews turns around and watches....

...watches...

Set to Edd's theme, the video revolves around a 3-D wireframe of Aaron Andrews, with text boxes and dotted lines springing up to highlight weakness after weakness:

Game Breaker Arm – Solution: Break Arm
Right Handed Leading Punch – Solution: The Splits
Durable Midsection – Solution: Dump Head On Canvas
Thick Skull – Solution: Not A Problem, He's a Dumbass
Easily Kickable Head – Solution: Also Not A Problem
Genitacular Region – Solution: Too Many To Count

The video then cuts across to the same CG model of Andrews – alongside a similar model of Joey Minnesota – inside a gameplay clip from Team Fortress 2. A reskin of Edd Stone as a pyro promptly burns them both to the ground.

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Chris Rockwell vs. Jack Bruce
A good, entertaining back-and-forth match ensues here; nothing particularly special, but with Rockwell still commanding the respect of a smallish group of smarks and Bruce maintaining a lot of support – and antagonism – with his charismatic approach.

He's reliably outwrestled by Rockwell, but Bruce knows what he's doing, and can turn the tide in an instant – an ability that serves him well on a number of occasions, notably when Rockwell, on the apron, runs Bruce's head into the turnbuckle in the ring; as Bruce staggers away, bent double, Rockwell leaps from the turnbuckle himself, crashing down with a legdrop across the neck – almost, but not quite, a parody of the New York Minute.

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Bruce blocks whatever Rockwell had planned next, however, shoves him clear, and as he comes in with a clothesline Rockwell ducks it – and Sam Sparrow doesn't. With Sparrow reeling, Harry Allen rolls in, springs up, and nails the Gunslinger's Revenge in what is getting to be a single fluid action, no wasted motion whatsoever, a sequence so fast it's almost unstoppable due to lack of response time.

Rockwell turns in time to see Allen land the move, however, and his expression cracks as that temper slips its leash once again. With Fry bringing up Rockwell's reaction to Texas Pete getting involved before now, he lariats Allen to the ground, picks him up, and literally hurls him out of the ring – a big two-handed biel over the top rope that sees Allen slam into the guardrail with an audible clatter.

Turning, however, and seeing Sparrow starting to get up, he does at least take advantage of Allen's help, going to the repeated knee strikes to soften Bruce up before guaranteeing himself the pinfall.
Chris Rockwell defeated Jack Bruce
Rating: B

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Even as the match is ending, Cherry Bomb is charging down the ramp, going straight for a beleaguered Allen. She throws some nasty punches, whips him into the corner of the guardrail, and runs in for a knee strike – and Allen manages to avoid that one, leaving her winded.

He stalks for a second, looking for another Gunslinger's Revenge, but the Bomb – stunningly – catches it and turns it into the Blue Thunder Driver move known as the Cherry Bomb. She pops straight back up to stomp -

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Mayhem Midden appears on the entrance ramp, Charlie Thatcher beside him, and at a nod from Midden Thatcher takes off down the ramp at a sprint. He grabs the Bomb by the midriff and shoves her backward, away from the brawl; as Allen recovers slightly, launching himself toward her, Thatcher turns lazily and cuts off his charge with a single punch.

By this stage Mayhem Midden is in the ring, microphone in hand.

“Pack it in, you two,” he growls, but nothing changes. Midden sighs. “Charlie, get them in here...”

Thatcher pulls off a furious Bomb and rolls her into the ring. She rises up, turning on wrestler's reflex inside the ring – and Midden's head snaps forward. There's an audible crack from the headbutt, but it does put the Darkwave woman down for a second as Thatcher pitches Allen in too.

Harry springs to his feet, turns – then backs off. Midden grins.

“That's right, Harry,” he says. “You've been running around for way too long now, drawing more people into all this – and the bottom line is, you push it too far and we're going to butt heads.

“Harry, you've got a passion for Painful Procedure. I respect that, I do. And I'm almost grateful for it; your attacks on Darkwave have had the fans talking on the website, have had people wanting to see more. No one can make up their mind whether you're a noble hero defending TCW from newcomers playing crappy music... or a has-been rocker who doesn't understand the new sound.”

Allen doesn't look happy at all, and Midden shrugs.

“Hell, I can't make mine up, either. But the way you guys have been acting... it's actually been music to my ears.

“People are talking about you, Harry, for the first time in getting close to a year. And they're talking about Cherry here... and Darkwave and Painful Procedure.

“People are willing to pay to see you two go at it.

“And instead, you're brawling the most dangerous way you can... and you're doing it without using it to earn yourself something. Here's Aaron Andrews apologising to Joey Minnesota he won't get a shot at a Pay-Per-View winners' purse, and Joey promising he'll find a way to make that money... And here's you two... beating the crap out of each other, risking injury... for nothing.

“Time I changed that. Tomorrow night, you two go one on one... and because I want this settled, I'm gonna say anyone from Painful Procedure or Darkwave who interferes will get lined up by Charlie there... and I will personally take my head to theirs until they bleed.”

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After a few moments, as the fans digest that announcement, Breakin' The Law hits. Tommy Cornell makes his way down to the ring to stand beside Mayhem Midden and Charlie Thatcher. With a grin, Midden hands Cornell the microphone.

Cornell turns, for a moment, to regard Allen, making his way up the ramp, and Cherry Bomb, a few paces ahead. “Nice one,” he says to Midden. “Let 'em make us some money.”

He turns away, then, taking in the crowd – a hushed crowd, waiting for his announcement.

“Right, then,” he says. “How many of you lot know what's coming for the rest of tonight?”

There's a reasonable cheer, but it's far from the whole crowd. Cornell grins. “That's alright,” he says. “You don't have to stay on the website the whole time to know what we're about...

“But for those of you who don't know, you know it's Excessive Force tomorrow. You know Generation Omega have a ****load of matches ahead of 'em.

“And you know something else?

“I don't much like Generation Omega. I got the better of Vibert picking Nemesis, not me, for his company when we came free, but a snub like that – and I ain't been snubbed often – still kind of rankles. I could do without Marc DuBois.

“I'm not happy that Remo's part responsible for the fact we gotta cough up for a new Total Wrestling set, and as for Frankie 'kick the belt to pieces' Perez and his buddy... well, they're not worth me wasting my breath on. That leaves...” Cornell's trademark smirk springs to life. “Just one little wanker, right?” The crowd all wake up for that one.

“Yeah, well, less said about that the better and all,” Tommy shrugs. “Now like I say, I don't much like 'em. So Ricky, Sean, Johnny, Eddie, and all those eager tag teams – consider this an early bonus. Don't come out and interfere, let the arseholes wear 'emselves down ahead of your matches, then beat the crap out of 'em tomorrow.

“GenOme, you're tag team champions. I had to find some good competition for you, so I picked the best tag team I've ever had the privilege of siding with – the Machines.

“DuBois, you got the mindgames. Remo, you got the strength, assuming you healed up from Tuesday. I needed a pair who could outwrestle you and hit hard themselves. I chose some of Vibert's old favourites.” A grin. “I'm sure the New Wave want to show Phil he was wrong to write 'em off.

“And then we come to the bastard-in-chief.” He pauses, as the crowd again sound their approval. “Wolf, the sooner you lose that title the better, far as I'm concerned. I want you good and drained. So I figure you get to go up against a man who took you to the limit not so long ago... Joey Minnesota.”

He glances back to Midden and nods. “Alright,” he says. “Made my point. Brent, John, Joey, Guide, Scout – break some faces.”

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GenOme w/ Phil Vibert vs. The Machines
As the Machines make their way to the ring, GenOme vault over the guardrails, rushing them on the ramp, leading to a big brawl right from the off. Perez leads the charge, but after a while Anderson gets the better of him, dumping him on the steel with a release fisherman's suplex. Newton, meanwhile, sends Hill over the guardrail and into the fans.

Anderson takes a tilt-o-whirl headscissors on the ramp as Newton pops up to hit it out of nowhere.

Eventually, things cool down enough that everybody's finally in the ring. Newton starts off for GenOme and tosses Hill out of the ring, leaving Anderson to start for his team.

Perez starts the double-teaming early, rushing Anderson from the side. As Hill picks himself up GenOme tosses Anderson out onto him.

Eugene Williams does a good job of separating the teams and Anderson – bleeding slightly from something, maybe the crash to the outside, maybe the headscissors on the ramp – corners Perez, allowing the Machines to trap him in their corner and work him over. Out of almost nowhere, the P-Dawg comes back with a hook kick; Anderson gets an arm up but he still takes some of the impact.

Frankie crawls to the tag, but Brent scrambles and just barely blocks it, front-facelocking Frankie to control and bring him back to their corner. John comes back in; Perez goes for the hook kick again and Anderson steps in, wrapping his arms around him to set up and unleash a leg trap suplex.

The P-Dawg kicks out, but an attempt at a comeback gets shut down when Brent clotheslines him. Frankie breaks a Complete Package setup and launches himself into a Pele kick to put Hill down, then dives for the corner and tags out at last.

Newton cleans house and gets his own fisherman's suplex on Brent. A delayed vertical suplex gets two, but Anderson makes the save. Perez gets two on Hill with the Arabian moonsault. GenOme set up for a stereo DDT on Brent, but Anderson again breaks it up, vaulting over his partner with a diving double-clothesline to a huge reaction. He tries to continue the momentum, but Frankie has his next suplex attempt scouted, blocking the double-underhook and reversing to a tiger driver before whipping his tag partner across the ring, with Newton doing a front flip into a dropkick with the momentum to send Brent rolling from the ring, dazed.

Anderson blocks the P-Clutch and rolls Frankie into a cradle, but Vibert yanks Williams out of the ring before he can count to three. Furious, Anderson hip tosses Frankie over the ropes and into his manager as Phil argues with Williams, wiping him out. Newton rushes him but Anderson's ready, blocking him with a boot to the gut and an Ammo Dump. Vibert again moves to stop Williams getting into the ring, and Anderson rolls out, grabbing the Generation Omega manager into a bearhug. Hill comes round the corner at speed with a flying lariat to put Vibert down.

As one, the Machines roll back into the ring and set up to do the same thing to Newton, only for Perez to land the hook kick off the apron as Hill hits the ropes.

Frankie tags in to hit a helicopter slam on Anderson and then go for a kneedrop from the second rope, followed by another Arabian moonsault into a pin. ONE, TWO, THRE-NO!

Perez' next kick misses and Anderson responds with an exploder suplex. Newton rolls back into the ring, dropping Anderson with a quick neckbreaker and backdropping Brent as he tries to save his partner.

With Frankie recovering, Davis beckons him over. Newton DDTs Hill to make sure and scoops Anderson onto his shoulders, setting for a Samoan drop. As he falls backward Perez leaps up, hooking the Arsenal's head and delivering a neckbreaker simultaneous with the Samoan drop impact. The crowd erupt as Davis covers - ONE, TWO, THRE-NO!

If the crowd had sounded crazy before, there's no word to cover the level of reaction now. “That was the end,” Saunders says starkly, summing up the mood. “That was... the end. How John Anderson kicked out, I'll never know.”

Back up, Brent hits a front Russian legsweep on Perez, jumping him from behind, and ducks Davis' dropkick, nailing the youngster with his own DDT. Perez starts to rise, using the ropes to claw his way up, and Brent dropkicks him in the back of the head to cut him off.

The King of the Hill splash follows on Newton. Hill hooks the leg – ONE, TWO, NO!

Newton's resilience gets its moment to shine, and Brent looks utterly shocked. He calls Anderson back in, and the pair set for a double-team suplex; Davis elbows loose from Hill's grasp, though, and as Anderson lifts the GenOme man uses his momentum to turn it into a tornado DDT.

Brent charges Newton, who ducks the shot – and Frankie Perez nails the rushing Machine with a superkick as he goes past Davis. John Anderson is halfway back to his feet – Perez goes for a full nelson suplex – Anderson elbows free, turns to face him, and Newton vaults up – huracanrana, hooks the leg – ONE, TWO, THREE!

At the end, Duane Fry sums it up perfectly. “People must think I've been asked to say it more often since I got signed away from my old job, but this really was a barnstormer.”
GenOme defeated the Machines
Rating: A*

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DuBois spends much of the early game in, facing up against Guide. A little slower than the Wave's high-flying brawler, he nonetheless holds his own, slowing the match down and dishing out a fair amount of offence before tagging in Remo.

The Wave promptly double-team the big guy as hard, as fast, and as determinedly as they can. It works – for a little while – Scout applying a sleeper that Remo can't quite power out of before Guide spears him, and so on – but it can't work forever, not against Remo. DuBois comes in to cement things, rushing past and raking the eyes of Scout to prevent him making a challenge. Remo promptly powerbombs Guide into the turnbuckle, turns around, and hits the Destroyer on Scout before making the pin to a reasonable reaction.
Marc DuBois & Remo Richardson defeated New Wave
Rating: B

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Joey Minnesota vs. Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert
The last time these two fought was quickly – and fairly – acknowledged as one of the best TV main events TCW has put on this year, which is saying something. This match is not on that level, but it's only a notch below.

There's a definite sense here that both men want, not so much to win this match, but to prove a point with the victory; to say they're the better. Fry frames it as Vibert's current Chosen One against a man who formerly filled that role back in DaVE, both of them headhunted by Vibert, both of them among the best in the business, both of them young enough to have more than a decade left before they're past the best years of their game.

Saunders takes that and runs with it, talking about how good they might become, taking moments from the match and showing how they're part of the mind game of wrestling, showing that both men are on their way to being intellectual wrestlers – and with Jeremy Stone and Sam Keith on the active roster, it's easy to say these men might have as much as twenty-five years ahead of them before they start to lose their edge.

The whole thing feels like an echo down the corridor, a shade of future main events; the strange thing being that neither Hawkins nor Vibert seem willing to cheat, to gain the upper hand by dishonest means. The match is about respect, or seems to be...

Despite that, Minnesota can't put Hawkins away. In the end – the very end – while he kicks out of the Full Moon Rising, Hawkins is able to turn an Empire Spiral attempt into a victory roll, and with nineteen minutes and change on the clock... Joey is just a few heartbeats too exhausted to kick out.
Wolf Hawkins defeated Joey Minnesota
Rating: A

Show Rating: A

ampulator

03-13-2011, 10:22 PM

Woah, another A* match! That's cool.

Sayeed Ali vs. Sean McFly at a B+... what are Sayeed's popularity and skills at?

Phantom Stranger

03-13-2011, 10:33 PM

Woah, another A* match! That's cool.

Sayeed Ali vs. Sean McFly at a B+... what are Sayeed's popularity and skills at?

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McFly is better in both, but you already knew that. (As of this past week, McFly is at 100% overness through the US and Canada and has entered the HoI, actually.)

ampulator

03-13-2011, 10:38 PM

That's what I love about "performance equals popularity" promotions. :) If I did a "Popularity is rated more than Performance" promotion, this would have not likely reach a B+ (because of Sayeed Ali's low popularity).

ampulator

03-13-2011, 11:10 PM

How the hell did I predict the last three matches?
..are you serious? Come on, if YOU don't know how you managed to predict them, how would we? We don't know how you think, or what you were thinking. *facepalm*

Phantom Stranger

03-14-2011, 10:34 AM

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Tuesday 23rd June 2009
Ricky made a point of grabbing the seat next to me on the coach back to the hotel after the show. Wanted to talk to me about the main event we'd just had. You could tell by the look on his face that he knew that tag match had... I don't want to say failed; it was still a good match, still better than any main event put out by other North American companies that week. But it wasn't what we'd normally hope for from a #1 Contender, not so close to the show itself – and when your tag partner is Tommy Cornell, no one's ever going to argue that you aren't the weak link.

Ricky basically wanted to apologise, and to thank me, privately, for putting Jeremy in and making it a triple-threat – an idea he'd outright hated when Tommy and I first told him about it. (Cowardice on my part, roping his boss in to tell him? Probably.)

Now, though, Ricky's relieved... it gives him a little while longer looking like a top challenger, before he starts to shift into a gatekeeper role.

He made something of a joke about it by the end. Originally, back before we found out DuBois' contract would be coming up at the end of 2008, the plan was to have Ricky turn heel, leading Remo, Pete, his offscreen choice to build Sayeed Ali, and others against a face Cornell – and see what we could shake out from that new spin on things. Ricky's had to admit that he's no longer able to carry that role in the ring – though out of the ring, I personally think he'd do just fine. And, of course, he still sells tickets as well as anybody – which is a lot of what matters.

Saturday 27th June 2009
I'm beginning to wonder how soon I can get a replacement on Total Wrestling who'll be able to cover the job I'm doing there – planting seeds for angles. Jason, Duane, Shawn, Jasmine, and Sara all refuse to be told the outcome of matches – they'd rather be able to react spontaneously. But I enjoy Saturday Night Showcase a lot more, because I experience it from backstage.

Take this latest exchange, going on as I write. Sean McFly, Sayeed and Carl are stood together talking over the opening match. Sean's opening gambit was “I want you to stiff the hell out of me on this one.”

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STRAIGHT JAB: Could Ali's opening shot be a sign of great things in the future?

His explanation, basically, is that Sayeed's going to get his ass handed to him as the booking demands – but RDJ's politicking on Sayeed's behalf, and frankly he's got what it takes to be a more prominent member of the roster, which is why he's slowly allying with the Easy Riders. If he just loses, then Sayeed's stock falls – but if he can hurt Sean, show some fire, look legitimately dangerous, before he goes down, then seeds are planted for what's coming later.

Sunday 28th June 2009
Morning, and everyone's settled in for this evening's PPV. Tommy calls me over to see the new Total Wrestling set, finally – it looks good; good enough that I call Eddie and Remo over to see it. After a few jokes, they agree it was worth the crazy spots demolishing the old one (strategically weakened) all month. Eddie asks why we trashed the screen into the bargain; Remo snorts in amusement and utters two simple syllables.

“Hi-Def.”

I wasn't hugely keen on the Total Wrestling makeover, I'll be honest, but when it was handed me as something that's going to happen I resigned myself to making the most out of it. The thinking is simple; Badge of Honor's set debuted last year. Saturday Night Showcase was this year. Both of them saw us spend the extra and they're wired for HDTV, but we've been waiting on a full overhaul of Total Wrestling before we do anything with it – and that led Tommy to consider that the set deserved an upgrade; it hasn't been changed since the revamp from HGC. So... now everything's more or less on par.

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Adoption of any technology is a problem as much as an opportunity.

Tonight promises to be an interesting night. I head over to where the members of Generation Omega are gathered, with Davis checking the internet for guesses as to who's going to face Sean McFly – a current member, a new recruit, all that sort of thing. Most of the roster have taken in part in a betting pool about who it's going to be, but the fans are offering all sorts of other ideas. I ask Davis to drop the list of suggestions to me in an email; by and large, these are people the fans want to see in TCW. We should at least think about obliging them.

Time to settle the question; no one's going to concentrate on their own matches until they know whether they've won or lost their money. I head over to the whiteboard to write up the show's card.

Oregano Jensen

03-14-2011, 12:06 PM

So.... if McFly is pulling these kinds of ratings against the bottom end of the roster, what will he do against, oh, just about anyone else? I don't even mean the main eventers he'll no doubt be facing soon. I feel like logic would dictate he'd be regularly pulling A* matches out of midcarders...

Phantom Stranger

03-14-2011, 12:11 PM

Oregano Jensen

03-15-2011, 02:57 AM

There's a good chance McFly-Cornell would be A* even with bad chemistry... unless that's possible. Possibly some other guys, but definitely Cornell. Though they're both faces as of this time...

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03-15-2011, 10:13 AM

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Could this night be the downfall of Generation Omega? Whatever kind of wrestling you want to see, it'll take place tonight, including the once-a-year-if-that promise of the Test Of Steel - now with a new twist for the first time. And, of course, every title will be on the line.

Edd Stone has hounded Aaron Andrews for his International Championship for three months. This month Andrews and friend Joey Minnesota planned to challenge for the Tag Team Championship - but Edd put a stop to that, upping his campaign of at-right-angles harrassment. This time, the rules are simple - there must be a winner.

Shingen Miyazaki has had a target drawn on him all month. The Fly Boys, the School of Tradition, everyone has been gunning for the All Action Champion - and Jack Marlowe has been at the heart of it, taking everyone's money to put down Miyazaki. In the end it came down to Tradition versus Shingen's own stablemates in Team KOBRA, but Acid was the man whose payment to Marlowe came through at the right time.

The quest for the tag team championships was particularly hectic this month, but the result is sure to be to everyone's liking - Mayhem Midden has declared that GenOme must defend their titles in Tag Wars - and the three teams they're going up against? Former tag champions the Kreed, their closest rivals the British Lions, and the powerhouse duo of Golden Law.

After months of persecution on both sides, the feeling on the tcw.com forums is that the Darkwave/Painful Procedure band war has spilled over the line with Harry Allen's attack on Cherry Bomb - but the Bomb seems more than willing to fire back, and Mayhem Midden has decided to let that happen. If either band interferes, the edict is that they'll be restrained and forced to suffer Midden's steel-plate headbutts.

A major match comes next. For Generation Omega, this is do or die time. Without an OK from the Board of Investors, they cannot wrestle - but Phil Vibert has leverage on a Board member. Both facts have been staked on a single contest. Sean McFly is Midden's pick to face off against whoever Phil Vibert has set up - but we don't yet know who Generation Omega will be put forward. Whoever it is is going to have to pull double duty...

After repeated interferences in Chris Rockwell's matches, the man who once considered himself the measuring stick snapped - claiming he doesn't need help from anyone else to get the win. The first target of his ire is Hard-Hitting Champion Texas Pete - the match is for the title and is, of course, No Holds Barred.

Following that will come the TCW Womens' Championship match. A dominant champion, Gorgon faces only her second opponent as champion - Suzanne Brazzle of Team KOBRA, who promises that all it will take is a clear half-second to land the Miracle Connection. Will the power of the punch overwhelm the mistress of the Hydra Bomb?

They call it the most painful, devastating match in professional wrestling. TCW officials have put severe restrictions on when it can be requested, and even then the request must pass review and be OKed. It is never seen more than once a year, and is often not seen at all.

The eleventh Test of Steel comes with a twist, however; for the first time, two tag teams will compete within the brutal cell structure. On one side, Eddie Peak, still embroiled in a bitter, bitter rivalry with Remo Richardson - a rivalry that recently destroyed the set of Total Wrestling, costing uncounted dollars. Peak aligns with former World Heavyweight Champion Johnny Bloodstone, whose manager and girlfriend Remo attacked to cost Bloodstone the title last month.

Remo Richardson will ally with another member of Generation Omega against these two. Who it will be, we're not yet sure - it's likely to depend on who Vibert feels is their best bet against McFly, and on who's willing to step inside the lethal structure.

Lastly, in the main event, the World Heavyweight Championship goes on the line for Wolf Hawkins. His opponents are the constant contender of the past three months, Jeremy Stone, and the man hand-picked by Hawkins' nemesis Tommy Cornell, Ricky Dale Johnson. Johnson downed Hawkins earlier this week - could he repeat the feat to make Hawkins the shortest-lived champion in TCW history?

Prediction Key:
TCW International Championship
Aaron Andrews (c) vs. Edd Stone

TCW All Action Championship
Shingen Miyazaki (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Acid w/ Laura Huggins

TAG WARS - TCW Tag Team Championships
GenOme (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law vs. Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell

DARKWAVE & PAINFUL PROCEDURE BANNED FROM RINGSIDE
Cherry Bomb vs. Harry Allen

GENERATION OMEGA'S MATCH BAN LIFTED/VIBERT MUST FORCE HIS MAN ON THE BOARD TO SELL OUT
Sean McFly vs. ???? w/ Phil Vibert

NO HOLDS BARRED - TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Texas Pete (c) vs. Chris Rockwell

TCW Womens Championship
Gorgon (c) vs. Suzanne Brazzle w/ Baroness Emily

TEST OF STEEL
Eddie Peak & Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Remo Richardson & ???? w/ Phil Vibert

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) vs. Jeremy Stone vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

Bigpapa42

03-15-2011, 10:19 AM

I've booked Cornell versus McFly in TCW in 2010 and its not an automatic A*. Its an automatic A, but just like any other combination, the factors have to be right to snag that A*.

TCW International Championship
Aaron Andrews (c) vs. Edd Stone

TCW All Action Championship
Shingen Miyazaki (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Acid w/ Laura Huggins

TAG WARS - TCW Tag Team Championships
GenOme (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law vs. Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell

DARKWAVE & PAINFUL PROCEDURE BANNED FROM RINGSIDE
Cherry Bomb vs. Harry Allen

GENERATION OMEGA'S MATCH BAN LIFTED/VIBERT MUST FORCE HIS MAN ON THE BOARD TO SELL OUT
Sean McFly vs. ???? w/ Phil Vibert

NO HOLDS BARRED - TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Texas Pete (c) vs. Chris Rockwell

TCW Womens Championship
Gorgon (c) vs. Suzanne Brazzle w/ Baroness Emily

TEST OF STEEL
Eddie Peak & Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Remo Richardson & ???? w/ Phil Vibert

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) vs. Jeremy Stone vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

Regis

03-15-2011, 10:48 AM

TCW International Championship
Aaron Andrews (c) vs. Edd Stone
Joey Minnesota turns on AA to secure Edd's victory.

TCW All Action Championship
Shingen Miyazaki (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Acid w/ Laura Huggins
Two title changes in a night? I think it might just happen. Make the SoT-KOBRA feud a bit more invested.

TAG WARS - TCW Tag Team Championships
GenOme (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law vs. Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell
I've started predicting title changes now, why stop? Let the BL run with the belts for a while, give them a couple of months to establish them as true top-level contenders.

DARKWAVE & PAINFUL PROCEDURE BANNED FROM RINGSIDE
Cherry Bomb vs. Harry Allen
You don't just let the woman lose something like this - not if you're trying to set her up as credible. The audience needs to see the woman win for them to believe it's possible.

GENERATION OMEGA'S MATCH BAN LIFTED/VIBERT MUST FORCE HIS MAN ON THE BOARD TO SELL OUT
Sean McFly vs. ???? w/ Phil Vibert
I'll always find it hard to bet against McFly.

NO HOLDS BARRED - TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Texas Pete (c) vs. Chris Rockwell
Give Chris something he can run with - the HHC is just what he needs right now.

TCW Womens Championship
Gorgon (c) vs. Suzanne Brazzle w/ Baroness Emily
Can't have a clean sweep, and Gorgon is supposed to be an unstoppable monster. Plus, the School Of Tradition can interfere.

TEST OF STEEL
Eddie Peak & Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Remo Richardson & ???? w/ Phil Vibert
Never bet against two of the craziest men in TCW.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) vs. Jeremy Stone vs. Ricky Dale Johnson
Not because I believe it, but because I want it to happen. JEZZA!

Lo-Drew

03-15-2011, 03:49 PM

Prediction Key:
TCW International Championship
Aaron Andrews (c) vs. Edd Stone

TCW All Action Championship
Shingen Miyazaki (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Acid w/ Laura Huggins

TAG WARS - TCW Tag Team Championships
GenOme (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law vs. Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell

DARKWAVE & PAINFUL PROCEDURE BANNED FROM RINGSIDE
Cherry Bomb vs. Harry Allen

GENERATION OMEGA'S MATCH BAN LIFTED/VIBERT MUST FORCE HIS MAN ON THE BOARD TO SELL OUT
Sean McFly vs. ???? w/ Phil Vibert

NO HOLDS BARRED - TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Texas Pete (c) vs. Chris Rockwell

TCW Womens Championship
Gorgon (c) vs. Suzanne Brazzle w/ Baroness Emily

TEST OF STEEL
Eddie Peak & Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Remo Richardson & ???? w/ Phil Vibert

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) vs. Jeremy Stone vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

Zergon

03-15-2011, 11:53 PM

TCW International Championship
Aaron Andrews (c) vs. Edd Stone
I could see either Generation Omega or Minnesota costing Andrews this one so I go with Edd getting the belt.

TCW All Action Championship
Shingen Miyazaki (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Acid w/ Laura Huggins
Sadly I don´t think that Acid have had enough build to get the title here.

TAG WARS - TCW Tag Team Championships
GenOme (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law vs. Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell
Hard to say which way this might go as Lions and Golden Law could both get the titles but when I doubt I pick the champs.

DARKWAVE & PAINFUL PROCEDURE BANNED FROM RINGSIDE
Cherry Bomb vs. Harry Allen
Allen needs to win this one if he wants to be anything else than a guy who make interferences in other matches.

GENERATION OMEGA'S MATCH BAN LIFTED/VIBERT MUST FORCE HIS MAN ON THE BOARD TO SELL OUT
Sean McFly vs. ???? w/ Phil Vibert
No use keeping five of your top guys out of the ring just for a storyline so I´d go with Omega on this one.

NO HOLDS BARRED - TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Texas Pete (c) vs. Chris Rockwell
Rockwell could use the title win here but he haven´t really been build up and I think that a loss here might hurt Pete as a result.

TCW Womens Championship
Gorgon (c) vs. Suzanne Brazzle w/ Baroness Emily
Standard title defense for Gordon

TEST OF STEEL
Eddie Peak & Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Remo Richardson & ???? w/ Phil Vibert
Generation Omega can´t win all the matches and this looks like the spot where they can lose without it hurting them too much.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) vs. Jeremy Stone vs. Ricky Dale Johnson
I could see Stone getting the title here simply because Hawkins could feud with Cornell and that feud doesn´t need the belt but I still go with Hawkins retaining and getting a longer run with the belt.

Tigerkinney

03-16-2011, 03:36 AM

TCW International Championship
Aaron Andrews (c) vs. Edd Stone

Outside inteference will come into play here, costing Andrews the title. I wouldn't be at all surprised if the Joey Minnesota tun is triggered with this match.

TCW All Action Championship
Shingen Miyazaki (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Acid w/ Laura Huggins

I though Miyazaki would be a transitional champ, but he's proved to be more durable with the belt than expected and I see him continuing as the All Action champ.

TAG WARS - TCW Tag Team Championships
GenOme (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law vs. Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell

Out of all the challengers I think the British Lions are the most likely to get the belts here, Kreed have recently had a run with the belts and for some reason Golden Law still feel like two singles guys with not much else to do thrown together...saying all that I think GenOme retain.

DARKWAVE & PAINFUL PROCEDURE BANNED FROM RINGSIDE
Cherry Bomb vs. Harry Allen

Is this going to be leading to women being fully intergrated down the road, are we going to see a mixed gender wrestling promotion? Maybe, maybe not but for (no offence to Cherry Bomb, or the rest of the women's division for that matter) Harry Allen to have any amount of credibility beyond being a guy who inteferes alot in matches he needs to win here.

GENERATION OMEGA'S MATCH BAN LIFTED/VIBERT MUST FORCE HIS MAN ON THE BOARD TO SELL OUT
Sean McFly vs. ???? w/ Phil Vibert

What happens if this one ends a draw? I could just see this issue being extended further by the confusion of this match ending in such a scenario.
NO HOLDS BARRED - TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Texas Pete (c) vs. Chris Rockwell

Rockwell actually won a match on the last show and against an opponent of relative stature (Jack Bruce) even if he did have Harry Allen to thank. It's not completely unfeasible he could win the Hard Hitting Belt here but I think Pete has more mileage left as the champ.

TCW Womens Championship
Gorgon (c) vs. Suzanne Brazzle w/ Baroness Emily

Brazzle's a stop gap challenge, another 'victim' to further build Gorgon as an unstoppable monster.

TEST OF STEEL
Eddie Peak & Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Remo Richardson & ???? w/ Phil Vibert

I see this being the one match where Generation Omega come away with a loss, for much the same reasons that Zergon stated.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) vs. Jeremy Stone vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

I don't see there being any chance of RDJ getting the belt here, so I think this comes down to Hawkins and Stone. Again for much the same reasons as Zergon stated, I would not be surprised if Stone finally got his hands on the World Title but I think Hawkins has a little bit longer to run with the belt round his waist.

Eidenhoek

03-16-2011, 07:35 AM

Done.

ampulator

03-16-2011, 05:22 PM

Done.
Done what?

Phantom Stranger

03-17-2011, 10:41 AM

Thanks - sincerely - to everyone who voted for me in the Diary of the Year awards. The diary's picked up victories in the Non-Kayfabe and Stable sections, with Generation Omega clinching it for the stable.

Anyhow, the show will be up probably on Saturday - this one, as with all the PPVs, takes a while to write.

Beeker

03-18-2011, 12:50 AM

TCW International Championship
Aaron Andrews (c) vs. Edd Stone
- Andrews has stuff on the boil (figuratively) with Minnesota and GenOme. Plus Edd (and PS) deserve to be rewarded for some of the most effectively creatively wonkjob sneak attacks ever. Otherwise Edd will be handstanding and headspinning himself down the card.

TCW All Action Championship
Shingen Miyazaki (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Acid w/ Laura Huggins
- I will be at the concession stand.

TAG WARS - TCW Tag Team Championships
GenOme (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law vs. Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell
- Tempting to pick the Lions to reward them for becoming a real force in the division but The Omegamen have more stories to tell and need these belts to tell them. A win here - when it would be so easy to lose without taking the fall - legitimatizes them as a tag team.

DARKWAVE & PAINFUL PROCEDURE BANNED FROM RINGSIDE
Cherry Bomb vs. Harry Allen
- Because screw you Harry Allen. Plus, Allen's been Gunslingin' his Revenge from everywhere, so an OuttaNowhere Cherry Poppin' Bomb for the shock win. While RDJ celebrates backstage.

GENERATION OMEGA'S MATCH BAN LIFTED/VIBERT MUST FORCE HIS MAN ON THE BOARD TO SELL OUT
Sean McFly vs. ???? w/ Phil Vibert
- DWN (or Perez) pulls double duty here in a quick DQ win for McFly when the rest of Generation Omega let McFly win the match, but keep their Man on the Board underwraps. Oh and McFly gets a beatdown so he can join the Men Hunting Omega.

NO HOLDS BARRED - TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Texas Pete (c) vs. Chris Rockwell
- Yes, Rockwell finally snapped and found a story. I think Pete finds a way to trump him as Rockwell goes even deeper off the deep end. Which, for Rockwell, is pretty damn deep.

TCW Womens Championship
Gorgon (c) vs. Suzanne Brazzle w/ Baroness Emily
- Someone needs to be built up to take down Gorgon and her move that finishes. Brazzle is not that women, she'll take a bokken shot instead.

TEST OF STEEL
Eddie Peak & Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Remo Richardson & ???? w/ Phil Vibert
- Not like me to vote against ??? twice but here ya go. Whomever Remo calls in I don't think they can match the star power of the Blood(y) Peak. If it's an Omegaman it's DuBois. If not, then come on down Matthew Keith! I also think ??? will take the fall as Remo continues to look lethal and Peak and Richardson can continue to help renovate arenas around the country.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) vs. Jeremy Stone vs. Ricky Dale Johnson
- RDJ isn't winning this. Stone could win it. Hawkins needs to win this. If his story is 'held down and held down when he gets his shot he chokes' then release him and let him work elsewhere.

Phantom Stranger

03-18-2011, 08:37 PM

I don't normally do this... but it's the PPV, and predictions are down on usual. So... 24 hour warning/bump, folks! Next time I post, the show will be in the box.

SimplyPerfect

03-18-2011, 08:50 PM

TCW International Championship
Aaron Andrews (c) vs. Edd Stone

TCW All Action Championship
Shingen Miyazaki (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Acid w/ Laura Huggins

TAG WARS - TCW Tag Team Championships
GenOme (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law vs. Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell

DARKWAVE & PAINFUL PROCEDURE BANNED FROM RINGSIDE
Cherry Bomb vs. Harry Allen

GENERATION OMEGA'S MATCH BAN LIFTED/VIBERT MUST FORCE HIS MAN ON THE BOARD TO SELL OUT
Sean McFly vs. ???? w/ Phil Vibert

NO HOLDS BARRED - TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Texas Pete (c) vs. Chris Rockwell

TCW Womens Championship
Gorgon (c) vs. Suzanne Brazzle w/ Baroness Emily

TEST OF STEEL
Eddie Peak & Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Remo Richardson & ???? w/ Phil Vibert

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) vs. Jeremy Stone vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

Candyman

03-18-2011, 09:02 PM

Phantom Stranger

03-19-2011, 08:49 PM

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TCW Presents Excessive Force

Sunday Week 4 June 2009

Live on America 1-Select, U-Demand Canada, Jade 237, Rivera Pay Television, V-Corp, UK-1 (5.25)

Held at Rolling Fields (Tri State)

Attendance: 60,872

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Mayhem Midden - Horatio Dangerous

The song starts to fade away. The pyro is dying off. TCW's long-standing ring announcer is in the ring...

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Then Remo Richardson, still in street clothes, hops the guardrail. Mere seconds later, Wolf Hawkins follows, also still in jeans and T-shirt – and, as a first for a TCW world champ since around 2006, wearing his belt slung over his shoulder rather than around his waist. Phil Vibert comes next, then Marc DuBois, and as they're entering the ring, GenOme step over the rail in sync, their belts held in hand.

With Generation Omega in control of the ring, the announcer falters – and Vibert snatches the microphone from him, Remo smirking at the announcer's discomfort.

“Excessive Force starts with Generation Omega,” Vibert begins. “And it's going to end with Generation Omega. Wolf will keep his title. Davis and Frankie will keep theirs. Remo is going to look even more dangerous after the Test of Steel. And Sean McFly will... be... humbled.

“Sean, I have to respect you. You were the youngest man to win your first world title. There is no doubt that you are a real talent.

“But you aren't personally selected. You aren't someone I have picked out, someone recognised by the greatest young talents in this sport as their equal... you aren't Generation Omega.

“Tonight, we're going to end that delusion.”

He looks back toward the ring announcer and underhands the microphone toward him, leaving him fumbling for it as Generation Omega leave, their point made.

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Aaron Andrews © vs. Edd Stone
The bell rings, setting the two men circling. Andrews starts toward Stone, but Edd backs away and falls into what looks like a martial arts kata of some kind, leading to a confused Andrews halting his advance, cagey. Edd transitions from the kata into a running charge which Aaron sidesteps, sending Edd toward the ropes.

A backdrop attempt is countered when Edd instead stops short, ruffling Aaron's hair to make him straighten up before delivering a vicious slap. Aaron staggers back a second, then lunges back forward, connecting with a solid punch that sends Edd back a step. Two more punches have the younger Stone against the ropes; Andrews busts out a rarity, leaving his feet for a dropkick that sends Edd over the top.

With the crowd starting to warm up, Aaron hits the far ropes and wipes Edd out with a baseball slide. He drags him up by the hair, clenched fist raised high as he plays to the audience for a moment, the fans sounding their approval.

Edd promptly backflips, getting two boots into Andrews' face in sequence as he does so before landing on his feet. He charges, and Aaron drop toe holds him, sending him facefirst into the steps. The champ rolls him immediately into the ring to capitalise, but Edd's back to his feet before Aaron can cover. He hits a European uppercut, goes to the ropes, and tries a flying crossbody. Edd rolls it through to a pin attempt, getting two.

He springs up, measuring Aaron, and unleashes a spinning heel kick to put the champ back down. Dancing back to his feet, he raises an arm in celebration, grinning at the crowd, before turning back to hit his standing shooting star; Andrews, meanwhile, has his knees raised to cut it off.

The Rising Star whips Edd to the corner and sets up for a bulldog; it turns out, however, that the House of Stone graduate has that move scouted, boosting Aaron up and dropping him split-legged across the top rope.

“Well,” Azaria chuckles, “that's the 'Crotchular Region' strategy Edd had coming into play...”

Edd promptly goes into a handstand, then raises one arm to grab the straddled Andrews by one wrist. He braces a foot against the shoulder, then lets himself drop to his shoulders, pulling Aaron off the top rope to land with all his weight on the feet, his arm wrenched badly.

“And there's the 'Game Breaker Arm',” Midden growls.

Edd goes to pick up Andrews, who blocks him with a knee to the gut. He whips Edd into the corner, dropping to clutch at the arm a moment later. Edd, meanwhile, hits the buckle and keeps going, nearly tumbling from the ring to the floor but hanging on to the top rope with both arms. As Aaron recovers, Edd skins the cat, catching him in a headscissors and sending him out.

Stone then takes a moment to recover his breath before springing to the top rope, sailing out with another shooting star to crash onto Aaron before he can recover.

Edd applies a hammerlock, hoists Aaron into the air, and drops him, arm-first, onto the steel steps. He backs up for a charge, but Aaron catches him into a spinebuster, collapsing as he hits it, clutching his shoulder.

Stone takes a moment to celebrate before he remembers that he can't win on the outside. Rolling back in to break the count, he rolls back out and drops a knee across the back of Aaron's head, then scoops him up and goes for a DDT – but Aaron manages, one-handed, to backdrop him onto the steps.

The champ rolls Edd back into the ring, pulling himself in one-handed. By the time he's back in, Edd's already hit the far ropes, coming back at speed – but Aaron meets him with a lariat, this time making sure to use the uninjured arm. He picks Edd up bodily, getting a huge response from the audience as he slams him one-handed.

Edd makes it back to his feet and, of all things, Aaron drops him with the Party's Over. He scrambles to cover, but with only one working arm it wasn't strong enough to keep Edd down and he kicks out at two, coming back with a flying DDT.

“So far he's following that list of his carefully,” Midden notes. “You can't fault Edd inside the ring, whatever he's like out of it.”

Out of nowhere, Edd looks for the Stone Hold. Aaron powers him away with a strong kick and catches him on the rebound into a cradle that gets a long two. Edd promptly stomps the injured arm and dropkicks Aaron in the face.

He backs off and charges in again, only to be met with an elbow from Andrews who, showing the pain the whole way, boosts him onto his shoulders and nails the Game Breaker before collapsing, clutching his arm. It takes an agonising while before he gets his arm over Edd's form...

ONE, TWO, THRE-NO!

Aaron starts to shift his game, delivering a series of kicks before springboarding into a second flying crossbody. This time, Edd catches him and stays on his feet before dropping to one knee in a backbreaker. He pulls Aaron to his feet and nails the Party's Over!

ONE, TWO, THR-NO!

Edd slaps the canvas, then changes his mind. A DDT bounces Aaron's head off the canvas again and Edd plants his boot in the injured shoulder before picking up Aaron's hand and giving him a high-five. He promptly jumps onto the second rope, launching into a moonsault attempt that sees his boots collide with Sam Sparrow as well. Edd tries for the pin for a good ten seconds before realising it's not happening.

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The crowd go wild as Joey Minnesota slides under the bottom rope. Edd turns to face him, but Joey is ready for that; he rushes Edd into the corner and hits a leaping splash as Aaron pulls himself back to his feet.

Joey repeats the feat on the next corner, but at the third, Edd moves clear. Aaron charges in but Edd throws a wild superkick, staggering the International Champion but not downing him.

Edd turns back to face Minnesota, who's already charging with a lariat -

Edd drops down into the splits and Joey wipes out his tag partner. “That's it!” Azaria yells. “Edd Stone's strategies all worked out!”

Joey grabs Edd, hoists him onto his shoulders, and powerslams him -

...onto Aaron Andrews. As Sparrow revives, Minnesota bails, leaving Edd pinning Aaron for a guaranteed three count.
Edd Stone defeated Aaron Andrews
Rating: A*

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Jeremy Stone and Champagne Lover both arrive in the ring almost immediately. Lover snatches the International Championship belt from Sparrow; Jeremy holds out a hand for it, and Lover passes it across. Jeremy fastens it with some ceremony around his brother's waist.

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The trio beckon down the entrance ramp, and Gorgon makes her way down to ringside. Jeremy passes Edd out through the second rope, and Gorgon settles him on her shoulders, carrying the new champion triumphantly back to the locker room.

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Shingen Miyazaki © w/ Baroness Emily vs, Acid w/ Laura Huggins
There was no way for this match to live up to the standards of such an explosive opening contest, but the crowd probably couldn't have taken it if it had. Nonetheless, Acid and Miyazaki keep this one closely competitive, with a lot of reversals and counters. If anything, Acid has the edge until Shingen manages to take out his knee, limiting the high flyer's mobility.

Acid shifts from a picture-perfect mimicry of Miyazaki's tag partner to a remarkable simulacrum of Koshiro Ino, staying all about the strikes with an edge of mat wrestling, but doing it in grounded style, throwing fists rather than kicks. Midden and Dangerous have a lot of fun with this ersatz mentor/student battle, especially once Shingen's targeting of the existing injury gives him an advantage.

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Freddy Huggins appears on the entrance ramp, heading down to intervene; as she has before, Baroness Emily draws the bokken and turns to cut him off from the ring.

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Freddy dithers, and consequently gets blindsided by Koshiro Ino coming up behind him. The leader of Team KOBRA runs Huggins off right as Miyazaki ducks an imitation Kobra's Bite and plucks Acid's foot out from under him, clamping down the ankle lock to force a submission.

“The student has defeated the master,” Dangerous proclaims. Azaria snorts. “That didn't go so well for Darth Vader.”
Shingen Miyazaki defeated Acid
Rating: B

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Brothers In Arms by the Northern Kings begins to play as a video appears on the big screen; opening with the TCW logo, the letters rapidly transform into the words TAG WARS before cutting to a clip sequence showing GenOme's growing effectiveness as a team, heavily drawing on their title win last month and their match against the Machines last night. The screen freeze-frames on Newton being handed his title belt and more text appears:

GENOME
15 WINS
2 LOSSES
TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS

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The video moves on, now showing clips of Art Reed and Greg Keith tagging together, using only the choicest of material available. Again, it freeze-frames on a shot of the duo with the championship belts around their waists and the caption comes up.

KREED
BEGAN AS CHAMPIONS
8 WINS
2 DRAWS
3 LOSSES
STOLE THE SHOW AT TOTAL MAYHEM

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Flowing on, the sequence segues into the British Lions' time with TCW, showcasing their brutal efficiency, slick technical style, and dogged will to win. When it freezes, it freezes on Merle O'Curle forcing John Anderson to tap out.

BRITISH LIONS
10 MATCH UNDEFEATED STREAK
NEVER FALL FOR THE SAME MOVE TWICE
STOLE THE SHOW AT TOTAL MAYHEM

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Moving on, the sequence now focuses on the sheer power of Rick Law and Rocky Golden, taking its pick from the many instances where Rick Law has his hand raised in victory for the final freeze frame.

GOLDEN LAW
HAVE ONLY SUFFERED ONE DEFEAT
FORMER INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONS
WINNERS OF THE QUICKEST TAG TEAM VICTORIES IN 2009

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GenOme © w/ Phil Vibert
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vs. Golden Law
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A good, entertaining contest here, though not as good as the two-on-two matches have been lately – but then, that's hard. GenOme and the Lions both target Golden Law from the off, unleashing a variety of moves designed to target joints and wear them down.

Kreed, meanwhile, are just picking their spots, looking for out-of-the-blue rollups or opportunities to unleash a beatdown from nowhere, looking for a pin. Their primary target is GenOme, but they'll go for anyone – Greg Keith distracting Rocky while Art Reed hits a missile dropkick is one of the earliest crowd-popping moments.

With the focus of two of the most dangerous submission teams locked in on them, even Golden Law's strength eventually fails, with Walter Morgan trapping Golden in the Wigan Wrench. Frankie Perez challenges Rick Law's rescue attempt but, while Law takes him down with the Squad Car Slam, Golden taps too early.

Elimination #1: Golden Law

The Lions turn to face Kreed then – but they don't attack. The four men stand off, with GenOme stalking warily on the edge, not willing to risk unleashing all four men on them at once.

Slowly, Greg nods, and O'Curle nods a heartbeat later.

And all four men hurl themselves at GenOme.

Perez and Newton are forced onto the back foot, but with both other teams obviously bent on eliminating them before seeing who the 'best team on the night' will be.

They do the only thing they can; they bail from the ring. Reed promptly soars out over the top rope after them, bringing them both down. Greg Keith climbs the turnbuckle next, leaping off with a diving clothesline. Newton rolls clear of the impact, however, leaving Frankie and both of the Kreed down in a tangle.

As Frankie struggles to stand up, Merle O'Curle gives a charging Walter Morgan an assist, boosting him over the top rope. Morgan splashes Perez and Kreed, bringing them both back down.

And that's the problem, as DWN rolls into the ring and grabs a quick roll up, getting his feet on the ropes to make sure of it.

Elimination #2: British Lions

It's down to GenOme and the Kreed, but both members of the Kreed have taken multiple heavy impacts recently, while that's true of only one of GenOme. Vibert's boys gradually work around and capitalise on that, with Perez locking in the P-Clutch on Greg Keith to secure the win in the end.

Final Elimination #3: Kreed
GenOme defeated the British Lions, Golden Law and the Kreed
Rating: B+

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Another video begins to air. Switching between iThink and Balls to the Wall at intervals, the clips are of Harry Allen's escalating pattern of attacks on Darkwave, building to the Gunslinger's Revenge on Cherry Bomb. Then the clips begin to factor in her responses, her attacks on Allen through to the final duel the two had just the night before.

In all the Cherry Bomb into the guardrail and the Gunslinger's Revenge mid-match are both shown three or four times before the video dissolves into a pair of publicity shots with the two band members both playing to the camera in their own ways.

“A first,” Midden says gruffly from his position on the announce desk. “Intergender singles competition. I don't know if I like it.”

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Cherry Bomb vs. Harry Allen
Despite the issues with preconceptions coming from the first intergender match, the crowds wake up to this one pretty quickly. Allen keeps the pace on and uses his slight size edge to full effect, but Cherry Bomb's a brawler going way back, and she keeps throwing punches, kicks, and at one point even hurls Allen across the ring with a two-handed biel that brings some of the crowd to its feet.

This one seems pretty even, all told; Cherry Bomb gets her first chance in TCW to really show how well she can go, while Allen steps up his game with the spotlight on him once again.

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He counters out of a powerbomb with a flip dropkick and sets for the Fistful of Dynamite when movement on the entrance ramp catches his eye; Ian Harris and Zimmy are stood there, the duo holding Amber Allen.

Harry stares at the trio for a few seconds, which is long enough for Cherry to pull him off the turnbuckle and land the Cherry Bomb, picking up the three.
Cherry Bomb defeated Harry Allen
Rating: B

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The sound of a string quartet heralds Sean McFly, making his way down to the ring as Mayhem Midden repeats the stipulation for this match; if Sean wins, Phil Vibert must use the blackmail he has on a member of the Board of Investors to make that man sell out, losing Vibert his hold on the Board; if Sean's opponent, whoever that turns out to be, wins, then Generation Omega will no longer be banned from regular competition.

“Of course,” Midden continues with an edge of amusement in his voice, “whoever does come down is pulling double duty. You think Wolf wants to try the American Tiger with his belt on the line later? Or DuBois or Remo really want to go into the Test of Steel already worn down?”

McFly climbs into the ring and does a full circuit, watching the fans – and, as Dangerous points out, watching the crowd, too.

Perfection or Vanitybegins to play, and Marc DuBois comes down to the ring, dressed to compete.

“That answers that question,” Azaria says. “Settle down at home, folks – as one of my colleagues would say, this is going to be a barnstormer.”

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Sean McFly comes to the ring and awaits his opponent, who turns out to be Marc DuBois.

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Marc DuBois w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean McFly
The expression on McFly's face is cagey to say the least. The pair circle, then DuBois steps forward, Sean gestures him in, and a moment later the Generation Omega man is flat on his back from an armdrag. Sean goes for the armbar, and DuBois snakes the hips to apply a bodyscissors as a counter, even improvising by twisting into the armbar to turn it into a crossface.

McFly releases the armbar and Marc transitions it into a keylock. Sean twists his way clear and unleashes a brutal chop across DuBois' chest, but the Can't Miss Prospect comes back with an uppercut, leading to an exchange of uppercuts running four or five strikes before DuBois grabs the arm incoming and jumps into a single-arm DDT takedown.

Now it's Marc's turn to go for an armbar as, on commentary, the announce team respond with some surprise to DuBois' show that he can hang with McFly on the mat. Sean takes the armbar for a few seconds before rolling through and turning it into a hammerlock of his own; Marc promptly jumps forward, mule-kicking Sean in the stomach to break the hold as he flips forward to land on his feet, whipping him to the ropes and following up with a running dropkick to take it to the floor.#

The brawl continues on the outside, and Marc slams McFly's face into the table. Then, he slams the table onto Sean's face! Eugene Williams admonishes DuBois to take it back in the ring, but Sean cuts that off with a massive release German suplex.

Marc falls into the crowd, so McFly hops up onto the apron and comes off with a crossbody! He sets up for some kind of running strike, but DuBois cuts it off and drops him on the top of the rail with a suplex.

DuBois drags him back to his feet and it turns into a slugfest. High elevation knee strike by the Can't Miss Prospect to continue the beatdown. He follows up with a thrust kick, knocking Sean back a few steps, then delivers a charging knee strike – but Sean moves aside and DuBois crashes into and over the steel steps.

Rolling him back into the ring, the American Tiger climbs to the top turnbuckle, but DuBois blocks him and climbs up there. He seems to be looking for an assisted DDT but doesn't get it; Sean elbows loose, hooks an arm, and leaps, twisting in midair to deliver a top-turnbuckle armdrag that sends DuBois almost to the far corner.

Sensing victory, Sean hurries to capitalise, hoisting DuBois onto his shoulders. The New York fans know what's coming, and they roar with approval.

The McFly Roll puts DuBois down, but he gets a shoulder up before two and knees his way free. Sean tries for a suplex, but DuBois counters it into the Marc of Excellence! He looks at McFly as if considering the pinfall, but decides against it, picking him up, whipping him to the turnbuckle and heading to the far side, rebounding with a huge running dropkick into the corner. As McFly staggers out DuBois DDTs him and rolls it into the Dubious DuBois Pin. ONE, TWO, THRE-Sean's foot is on the ropes.

The Can't Miss Prospect takes a boot to the face as he tries to continue the beatdown, and McFly then snakes hands and feet around his opponent to apply a gogoplata chokelock, much to the delight of the crowd, but DuBois is able to twist and reach the ropes in turn.

They break and DuBois tries another knee strike; Sean catches it, jumps, and lands an enzuigiri.

Sean covers once again, but again, DuBois kicks out, this time a hair after two. As he gets up, the American Tiger measures him, points for a second toward the back -

PARTY'S OVER! ONE, TWO, NO!

DuBois hauls himself up on the ropes and McFly tries for a superkick; Marc ducks it and hits a legsweep to change the momentum in an instant. He looks for the Model Solution but Sean counters, going for the Stone Hold only to be kicked clear. On the way back in he eats a high knee – Marc of Excellence attempt – countered – Stone's Throw blocked – DuBois elbows his way free, turns around, goes for a superkick – caught by McFly, who looks for the Stone Ankle Stretch – DuBois promptly leaps up, getting a jumping-knee variation on the Full Moon Rising strong enzuigiri and this breaking the hold. He sets McFly on the top turnbuckle and gets ready to climb up, but Sean blocks that with a forearm. DuBois lands back on his feet and the American Tiger spins him round, snakes an arm around his throat, and flips forward into the Girl's Best Friend!

McFly once again points a respectful finger toward the back before scrambling for the cover. ONE, TWO, THRE- NO! Shaking his head, Sean climbs the turnbuckle again, leaping off in the diving headbutt known as the From Canada With Love, then scoops DuBois up, looking for the Delorean Driver – DuBois blocks, slips loose – MARC OF EXCELLENCE! McFly bounces off the canvas and falls to the outside.

DuBois snarls in frustration, and Phil Vibert bundles the American Tiger back into the ring – but by the time the Can't Miss Prospect can cover, McFly is ready to bundle him into a cradle – but DuBois powers out almost immediately. He once again looks for the Model Solution, but in a chaos of hold and counter-hold, Sean ends up with the Stone Hold applied, but Vibert pushes in the bottom rope, allowing DuBois to grab it.

While he was saved, this time, by his manager, the talk of the announce table right now is of the durability of the man who's just taken or countered almost every big move the House of Stone teaches.

DuBois takes it to McFly now that he's back on his feet with a series of rights and lefts, followed by a leaping knee strike to the head. Another Marc of Excellence is attempted, but McFly twists free and lands safely. A boot to the gut sets up the Delorean Driver – ONE, TW-

Vibert pulls McFly out of the ring. Furious, McFly drops Vibert with a straight right – and DuBois comes off the apron with a lariat to bring McFly down, beginning to put the boots to him. Vibert recovers and grabs McFly's arms, preventing him from fighting back. Williams looks at the fighting, begins to call for the DQ, dithers, looking at Midden – both men knowing full well that a DQ ending won't resolve anything -

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Tommy Cornell sprints down to the ring, grabbing Vibert and busting him open with a punch. DuBois lunges, but McFly cuts him off, coming up behind him with a full nelson. The two men bundle DuBois back into the ring.

McFly goes for the Delorean Driver again, but DuBois blocks, stepping backward to get some momentum up, coming fast – McFly catches him, turns on the spot, and hits a fallaway slam -

DuBois lands on Eugene Williams. He picks himself up groggily – DELOREAN DRIVER! McFly covers – Cornell slides into the ring – ONE, TWO, THREE!
Sean McFly defeated Marc DuBois
Rating: A*

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“You know what, I'd hate to have fought and lost that match and get put straight in the Test of Steel,” Dangerous says simply. “Hell, I'd hate to have fought that hard and lost.”

Tommy Cornell raises Sean McFly's hand in victory. Dubois lies there a few seconds longer, catching his breath, as a bloodied Phil Vibert picks himself up and gets ready to walk back up the ramp. DuBois rolls out to join him, leaving the youngest ever SWF Champion and the youngest ever TCW champion walking tall in the ring.

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Texas Pete © vs. Chris Rockwell
A hell of a brawl here, again faced with the unenviable challenge of trying to follow an astonishing match. Both men work hard at this, hitting all their big moves, looking good and plugging away well.

The bout is evenly contested for nearly fifteen minutes before Rockwell starts to get the upper hand.

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He's setting up for an inverted suplex when Matthew Keith hops up on the ring apron. Rockwell halts, staring at the newcomer, and Pete twists loose, countering into the Lone Star Drop to secure the pinfall.
Texas Pete defeated Chris Rockwell
Rating: B

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Gorgon © vs. Suzanne Brazzle w/ Baroness Emily
Another entertaining enough match. Gorgon's run of utter dominance continues, though it's notable that Brazzle has been watching Gorgon's prior performances – it takes a little more to get into position for the Hydra Bomb, and Brazzle is making much of her claim that all she needs is three feet of clear space between her shoulder and Gorgon's jaw for the Miracle Connection – though Gorgon is still bulling Brazzle around, it seems as if she's wary of allowing Brazzle to test that theory.

It takes perhaps seven or eight minutes before Gorgon's able to secure another defence with the Hydra Bomb.
Gorgon defeated Suzanne Brazzle
Rating: B-

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Over time, a video package for the Test of Steel has evolved, a highlight reel of the biggest moments from prior contests, something that can be spliced into promo work to personalise it for the specific contest. Set to The Bleeding by Five Finger Death Punch, the latest one springs to life, voiced by Johnny Bloodstone and Remo Richardson.

Bloodstone:“This isn't my kind of match.”

Bryan Vessey finds himself tossed into the cell wall by Cornell's Rough Ride

Remo: “Bloodstone, you cutting in on this is a damn disgrace.”

BLZ Bubb crushes Sam Strong's head against the cage with a running boot

Bloodstone: “It's not my kind of quarrel. It's nothing to do with what wrestling should be.”

Liberty hangs from the ceiling at the centre of the cage for a long moment, looking down on Rip Chord. With a final swing, he plummets, driving the elbow right into Chord's heart from twenty feet up

Remo: “You were on my list, but you could've waited your turn. I would've given you the satisfaction. Left you hurt. Bleeding. Beaten. Just like everyone else.”

Ricky Dale Johnson drives Cornell back-first into the cage before wheeling around to plant him with the Southern Justice

Bloodstone: “This is... something else. This is a fight... and I can fight just as well as I can wrestle.”

After the match is over, Sam Strong stands over a devastated, broken Peter Valentine, looking down on him, and shakes his head sadly.

Remo: “Eddie Peak turns out to be more trouble'n I'd planned for. Not that it matters.”

Standing atop the cell, Bryan Vessey drives Cornell into the steel mesh with a Vessey Driver

Bloodstone: “It's just that Amy likes me a lot better when I don't do that. When I keep myself under control.”

Sam Keith is sent crashing into the steel cell wall from the ring apron.

Remo: “Your little bitchfest don't matter, neither. You want this to be both of you? You want wiping out the same time?”

Sam Strong bodily rushes Peter Valentine into the cell's corner, both men bleeding heavily.

Bloodstone: “But you went after Amy. And that will never, ever, lead to anything but pain for you.”

BLZ Bubb hurls Strong from the ring with a Hades Bomb.

Remo: “Fine. Whatever. It don't matter to Remo.”

Rip Chord DDTs Liberty onto the cell's door, lying battered on the floor.

Bloodstone: “This time I think I can fight and stay in control. This time I'm doing it for her.”

Ricky Dale Johnson sends Cornell crashing over the steel steps to fly into the cell wall.

Remo: “It's nothing personal, Bloodstone. That's what you didn't get. It. Don't. Matter.”

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The video ends. Eddie Peak and Johnny Bloodstone make their entrances, and Remo Richardson emerges on the entry way.

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A few moments later, The Fight Song hits, and Joey Minnesota steps out beside him. A bandaged Vibert joins them, all smiles as the grim-faced Generation Omega team head toward the lowering Test of Steel cell.

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Johnny Bloodstone & Eddie Peak w/ Blonde Bombshell
It's close to impossible to keep up with this match. Peak has his chain wrapped around his fist from the start, and as Minnesota is revealed as Remo's partner, he and Bloodstone exchange looks; Bloodstone looks wary, but Peak shrugs, patting him on the back with the chain-wrapped hand.

Remo and Minnesota step inside and Peak starts toward Remo, who shrugs, opening his arms wide in welcome before catching the chain-punch using both hands and smashing Peak's fist into the cell. Peak promptly lunges forward in a headbutt, driving Remo back a step, and moves to attack – but Minnesota, on the outside of this, has got into position for a drop toe hold that brings Peak down.

Then he dives into the ring to face off with Bloodstone and, as the two big men brawl around the outside, Minnesota falls into an amateur wrestling stance, beckoning Bloodstone in.

The former World Heavyweight Champion promptly boots him in the gut, grabs him by the hair, and slams him over onto his back before going to mount position, raining down elbows, much to the crowd's roar of approval.

“Like Johnny said,” Midden comments, “this isn't a wrestling match. This is a fight.”

Remo, meanwhile, is already bleeding on the outside, but a charge drives Eddie back the length of the cell, ramming him spine-first into the unforgiving steel. Seeing what's happening on the inside, he rolls into the ring, comes up running and practically takes Bloodstone's head off with a boot.

Looking down on Minnesota, he jerks his thumb over his shoulder; the message is clear, and the dazed Joey moves to attempt an interception on the incoming Eddie Peak.

This time he eschews the drop toe hold, instead favouring a dropkick. It works – but it also gets the Bloody-Handed God's attention.

Eddie grabs Joey by the ankle while he's prone, lifting him up almost one-handed for a second, then letting him drop into a big slam before stepping over him to get to Remo... but there's a problem.

Wrapped around Joey Minnesota's wrist is the stray trail of chain, and he's not letting go. Eddie turns to brush off this distraction, swinging a punch -

Joey ducks under the Great White Shark's huge arm and steps behind Peak, looping the chain around his neck as he does so, yanking back to tighten the noose.

Meanwhile, Remo has Bloodstone in the corner of the ring. He rains down punches for a few moments, then drags him back upright, one handed, and sets for the Lumbar Puncture. He lifts Bloodstone into the air and the former champion reacts, spinning up and around the Generation Omega man's neck to drop into a DDT counter, much to the crowd's delight.

Bloodstone attempts a Bloodstone Mutilation, but Remo becomes the first man to simply power out of it, forcing his way to his feet and walking out to hit a Vertebreaker.

Ever cold-blooded, Remo floats over into a pin, not willing to pass up the opportunity. Eddie, meanwhile, having just been choke-chained by Minnesota, charges forward, stomping Remo on the way to break up the pin before turning to hit the turnbuckle back- (and thus Minnesota-) first. Joey, however, doesn't let go; instead, he grapevines around Eddie's torso with his legs, anchoring himself more firmly to haul back on the chain.

Eddie promptly races to the other corner, but Remo is back to his feet midway, cutting him off with a heart punch. Joey hops off Peak's shoulders at that moment, holding on to the chain loop, and the pair set up – and execute – a stereo suplex.

The two Generation Omega men take a long look at each other, and Joey points toward Bloodstone. Remo nods, turning back to face Eddie. He kneels down and starts firing off a series of punches; in the meantime, as Bloodstone slowly makes his way back to his feet, Minnesota jumps in, landing an elbow drop onto the former champ's exposed back before scooping him up and hitting a backbreaker, then a suplex, then a powerbomb. For a little while, the camera isn't willing to lose focus on Minnesota's systematic beatdown on Bloodstone.

Johnny rallies, blocking a slam attempt, landing on his feet and hitting a discus punch. Minnesota drops from the impact, then rolls to his feet and comes back with a running lariat that sends both men over the top rope and to the floor outside.

Remo rises from his assault on Eddie, pacing back four or five steps, then, as the Bloody-Handed God rises to his feet, comes running in for a big boot. Eddie sees it coming just in time, ducks his head, and raises one arm to catch Remo's boot as it slides over his head.

Peak straightens up fully, with Remo sat on his shoulders in an electric chair position – which, both of them being big men, brings Remo's head loudly into contact with the top of the cage. Eddie grins, suddenly, even as a nervous Remo starts raining punches down on Peak's head, laying him open while Bloodstone and Minnesota trade holds on the outside.

Eddie ducks down and straightens up again three or four more times, crashing Remo's head into the steel over and over – until Remo reaches up and blocks it, using his strength to hold his body away from the steel cell.

Meanwhile, Bloodstone finally gets one over on Minnesota, ramming his spine into the apron to score a breather and sliding the steel steps into the ring. Eddie steps out from under Remo, turns around, and grabs both those muscular legs, yanking down to rip Remo's grip from the ceiling and smash him into the mat – except that, instead, it's the cell ceiling that gives, one panel wrenching loose and hanging from just one side, as Remo smashes into the canvas with a thunderous impact.

Grinning furiously, Eddie licks the blood that's trickled down onto his teeth away and steps forward – but Minnesota has dived under the bottom rope, and as Eddie bends to pick up Remo, Joey slams that dangling roof section into his head – then again.

Bloodstone promptly charges Minnesota, getting him with something like a spear before yanking the section down to crash over Joey's prone form. He tries for a pin, but Remo hauls him off and hurls him over his head with a German Suplex, before going into another chokehold on Peak. Joey crawls out from under the roof section, sees the downed Bloodstone, and a grin spreads over his face.

“He's happy!” Vibert can be heard yelling in the face of the announce desk. “Joey F**king Minnesota is happy for the first time since DaVE fell. This is what he was born for!”

Working quickly, Joey places the steps about two feet ahead of the turnbuckles, then rips the covering off the top buckle. As Bloodstone picks himself up, Joey hits the ropes and comes off with a running Mafia kick to keep the former champ out of it. He hauls him back to his feet, takes a grip on his arm, and Irish whips him into the steps.

In a display of perfect placement, Bloodstone hits the step and goes flying over the top, crashing head-first into the exposed steel of the buckle. There's an instant spray of blood.

Eddie finally gets back to his feet, throwing Remo off. The Supreme Specimen hits the mat shoulder-first and goes into a roll, coming up on his feet – just barely, having used the ropes to steady himself, but he does.

Joey rushes for Eddie, but takes a chain-wrapped punch to the face for his trouble, and Eddie scoops him up for the Peak of Perfection just as Remo boosts Bloodstone for the Destroyer.

Peak charges Remo after the moves hit, but Remo ducks the swing and gets the Lumbar Puncture to put Eddie down for just a second. He promptly dumps the roof section on top of him, jamming one end into the canvas and wedging the other end under a turnbuckle to keep the Bloody-Handed God pinned down, knotting the roof to the ropes with Peak's own chain.

By that stage Bloodstone has almost made it back to his feet, but so has Minnesota. Bloodstone blocks the Empire Spiral and gets the Stone's Throw, only to be wiped out by a spear from Remo.

Remo helps his tag partner to his feet, and whips Bloodstone into him as the crowd's fury builds. A Minnesota Salute is followed by a second Destroyer, and Remo pins Bloodstone. It's only the second or third pin attempt in the match... but it's guaranteed. This was not a contest about anything other than focused destruction.
Joey Minnesota & Remo Richardson defeated Eddie Peak & Johnny Bloodstone
Rating: A*

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Wolf Hawkins © w/ Phil Vibert vs. Jeremy Stone vs. Ricky Dale Johnson
For the third time this show, wrestlers come out with the unenviable challenge of trying to equal an astonishing match.

Hawkins gets right in RDJ's face, and then into Stone's, before the match, holding his belt high above their head both times, staring them down.

Neither man is naïve enough to take their eyes from Hawkins to watch the belt, allowing a cheap shot, but when it comes time to hand the belt to Sam Sparrow Hawkins instead tosses it toward RDJ before lunging into Jeremy Stone, taking him down with a double-leg before grabbing a headlock and raining down punches.

RDJ, of course, hauls him back to his feet and deals him a right which, as the sound cracks across the arena, sends Hawkins down to his ass. Jeremy Stone, meanwhile, kips up, spins RDJ around, and hooks him into a front facelock before transitioning into a neckbreaker.

Hawkins, meanwhile, climbs back up, taking immediate advantage of Sparrow's distraction – handing the recovered belt to the timekeeper – to thumb Stone in the eye, grab him as he doubles over, and DDT him before rolling back to his feet, ducking a swing from RDJ, and getting a Russian leg sweep.

A dropkick to Stone punts him back into the corner; Hawkins goes in to rain down chops, but after only a few Stone reverses, putting Hawkins in the corner. He delivers a couple of shots before RDJ puts him temporarily down with a back suplex, then pops up to deliver some chops of his own to the champion, bringing the crowd out into full voice as Hawkins finally starts to get punished. RDJ then hooks the champ's head, planting his boots in his gut, and falls backward into a Judo flip; Hawkins sails out, catching Stone in a headscissors takedown as he flies, and popping back up, much to the fans' disgust, only to be nailed by a Leaping Lariat on the turn. Johnson covers but Hawkins kicks out before two.

As Hawkins rises, he hooks RDJ's arm, flipping him around and down on his face before applying a keylock and, awkwardly, twisting to knee the shoulder repeatedly. As Sparrow starts to check for the submission, Jeremy Stone leaps into action, echoing Johnny Bloodstone's strategy of near nine months ago by locking RDJ's trailing legs into the Stone Hold.

It's a dual submission, and if RDJ were to tap, it'd give Stone as much claim to the title as Hawkins – and Vibert recognises that. The bandaged manager rushes around to meet Hawkins' eyes, yelling a warning, and Wolf releases the hold, rising and turning to hit a Full Moon Rising to the back of Stone's head – just like last month. A quick pin is broken up by RDJ, who hauls Wolf back up and gets a Southern Justice, but his arm doesn't seem happy about that and Hawkins kicks out – now having beaten two of his biggest moves, albeit the second in a weakened form.

Wolf stays on RDJ, peppering him with punches before backing up and charging, at which point RDJ backdrops him over the top rope and to the outside. While Vibert scrambles to check on his champion, Johnson turns around and finds Jeremy Stone waiting.

An exchange of chops leads to a go-behind from Stone; RDJ uses his less-weakened arm to elbow out of the Stone's Throw attempt and charges forward, hitting the ropes before coming back with a shoulderblock. A quick cover sees Stone roll it through into a cradle – one, two – RDJ kicks out.

Thinking quickly, Stone whips him to the corner – the same one where a turnbuckle was exposed to bloody Johnny Bloodstone. RDJ takes the bare steel to the back and Stone drops him on his way out with a back elbow, dropping to his knees for the cover immediately.

One, two – RDJ gets his shoulder up, and as Stone reconsiders, still kneeling, hands on his thighs, Hawkins comes flying in past him – with a bulldog that clashes both of his opponents' heads together as his momentum sees him slide back out of the ring, before rolling in to quickly capitalise. Beckoning them up, he nails Stone first with a lungblower, then rolls back, pops to his feet, and grabs Stone by the back of the head, slamming him into the exposed turnbuckle.

Jeremy Stone bleeds freely as Ricky Dale Johnson chop blocks Hawkins to the ground. He grabs a single-leg crab, wrenching back, obviously looking to weaken any coming Full Moon Rising. Stone rushes forward, hooking Hawkins' arms, and flips forward to apply the Bloodstone Mutilation. While Sparrow concentrates on Hawkins, checking for the submission, Vibert gets in the ring and stomps across Stone's exposed chest, breaking that part of the move. A moment later the World Heavyweight Championship crashes into the back of RDJ's head, breaking that hold too, and Vibert bails.

Furious, Sparrow orders Vibert ejected from ringside. Vibert refuses, but Mayhem Midden yells instructions into the headset and Charlie Thatcher sprints down to ringside, baseball bat in hand. Vibert, knowing how badly hurt his allies are, bails.

Hawkins whips RDJ to another corner, then whips Stone in on top of him. Stepping up onto the second rope, he leaps off, hitting the Full Moon Rising across both heads. He tosses Stone out of the ring, then shoves the toppling RDJ to the mat a little faster, rolling across into a pin.

Once again, Johnson gets his shoulder up. Another exchange of punches sees RDJ win out, just barely, and he hops up to the second rope for the Leaping Lariat.

As he comes off, Hawkins jumps, nailing a Full Moon Rising to block the Lariat, making use of Johnson's momentum to emphasise the move. Another cover – one, two, three!
Wolf Hawkins defeated Jeremy Stone and Ricky Dale Johnson
Rating: A

Show Rating: A

Phantom Stranger

03-19-2011, 08:57 PM

Show notes:

Faintly baffled that Edd/Aaron hit A*
Surprised, but not quite so baffled, on the Test of Steel
OH GOD WALL OF TEXT SORRY
Show was a 95 overall, so as close as I can get to A* without making it
Was glad the A*s were very different matches. That made them easier to write.

ampulator

03-19-2011, 11:07 PM

Show notes:

Faintly baffled that Edd/Aaron hit A*

Need I repeat, peformance is rated as much as popularity, and likewise. Probably was combination of things plus that.

SWF Fan

03-20-2011, 06:44 AM

Phantom Stranger

03-20-2011, 08:00 AM

Need I repeat, peformance is rated as much as popularity, and likewise. Probably was combination of things plus that.

No, not that. First, take into account their prior results, then recall Edd's consistency and Aaron's Psych - the two factors that are keeping these two capped where they are at the moment.

I guess we hit the perfect storm.

Phantom Stranger

03-20-2011, 08:04 AM

EDD STONE IS CHAMPION!!!

Party!

Great show man, finally Stone gets the belt too, hoping this means a celebration by him on the next show, true Party Animal style :)

Suprised by so many A*'s yet an A overall, but totally loved the write ups for them.

Oh, I have many plans for Edd. Have no fear.

I'm suspecting what dropped me off the A* was the dip between semi-main and main, plus the Harry/Cherry video. But it could've been a number of things; I'm not worrying too hard about it, though. I think it's safe to say that this one would get a few DVD sales off those matches.

Phantom Stranger

03-22-2011, 09:51 AM

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Excessive Force has been unleashed, and the repercussions look likely to be felt for some time. The first aftershocks may well take place this Tuesday as Total Wrestling unfolds. Let's see what's on tap...

Sean McFly looks to continue his winning streak against the "Celtic Crippler" Merle O'Curle. Can the Irish Lion upset the American Tiger?

The 'third machine' Marc Speed is also going to be in action, taking on Julian Watson. Watson's woes of alte are well documented, but will the Machine/Riders rivalry expand beyond the two tag teams or will Speed have freedom to win or lose on his own merits?

In tag team action the New Wave will take on the Fly Boys. Goldworthy's team have shown a new flush of determination lately, but will that be enough to take down the resurgent Wave?

Edd Stone has his first contest as International champion ahead of him. Granted, the bout against Canadian Elemental is non-title, but this could set up some major movements in the champion's future.

Two Canadian legends go face to face immediately afterward, too, as Art Reed will take on Edd's oldest brother in what's sure to be a technical exhibition par excellence - and that's not even our main event.

In the main, indeed, Sam Keith has thrown down the gauntlet to his wayward son Matthew. Promising to teach him the lessons Keith should have learned earlier, the father intends to show the son exactly where he's gone wrong - though the younger Keith's recent winning record suggests that that may not be as easy as it sounds.

Prediction Key:
Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins vs. Sean McFly

Julian Watson vs. Marc Speed

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. New Wave

Canadian Elemental vs. Edd Stone (non-title)

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Jeremy Stone

Matthew Keith vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Bigpapa42

03-22-2011, 10:30 AM

Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins vs. Sean McFly

Julian Watson vs. Marc Speed

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. New Wave

Canadian Elemental vs. Edd Stone (non-title)

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Jeremy Stone

Matthew Keith vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Zergon

03-22-2011, 11:31 AM

Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins vs. Sean McFly
McFly is bigger name and O´Curle is mainly tag guy so he takes the loss here

Julian Watson vs. Marc Speed
Watson didn´t get much wins when he was is Synticate so hard to see him getting any now that he is lost in the shuffle

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. New Wave
Unless I remember wrong Fly Boys actually got a win in their last match. That said I don´t see them going over New Wave without some build-up.

Canadian Elemental vs. Edd Stone (non-title)
non-title might mean that Can El wins here and Andrews could certainly interfere (though he is more likely to go after Minnesota). Still I go with Edd as he simply feels like a bigger name to me.

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Jeremy Stone
Stone was in PPV main event while Reed is tag guy so Stone gets a win here.

Matthew Keith vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
This one is the hardest for me as I think that Matthew is popular enough to go over Sam here and both options could develop the story to interesting direction, but I say that Sam wins this time which causes Matthew to go after his father and other former allies.

Oregano Jensen

03-22-2011, 02:35 PM

Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins vs. Sean McFly

I'm not picking against McFly any time soon. O'Curle is a big step up from Sayeed and Frankie, but a step down from DuBois. Still a likely A*.

Julian Watson vs. Marc Speed

I think you're setting up for some kind of Riders thing, but far be it from me to pick Julian Watson to win.

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. New Wave

The Fly Boys may be getting a push. The New Wave are DEFINITELY getting one.

Canadian Elemental vs. Edd Stone (non-title)

Even non-title, Can El isn't on this level.

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Jeremy Stone

I hate having to pick against Art Reed.

Matthew Keith vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Matthew is a main eventer now. Sam is a gatekeeper. He'll put his son over.

Phantom Stranger

03-25-2011, 11:36 AM

Now that all the results are in, I just want to say... thank you, everyone, for voting in the Diary of the Year contest. Depending on how things go, we may see A Quiet Retirement squeak into next year's, too... but I don't plan on ending this any time soon.

Show will be up sometime over the weekend, most likely.

Dragonmack

03-25-2011, 02:52 PM

Congratulations on all of your DOTY awards, especially the Cornellverse DOTY one. Well deserved. :)

Bigpapa42

03-25-2011, 03:04 PM

Big congrats on the awards. Now keep up the great work!

Tigerkinney

03-25-2011, 03:54 PM

Congrats on the awards, well deserved as this has been a consistently great read from the start :)

Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins vs. Sean McFly

I thought McFly might fall at the PPV to one of Generation Omega, but he came out on top in that match, so it looks like he is getting a (very) strong push, so as well as O'Curle has done to make his own mark in TCW, I don't see the irishman pulling off the upset here.

Julian Watson vs. Marc Speed

Julian Watson's style icons are obviously Black Magic from BHOTWG, that of course has nothing to do with the outcome of this match but then again we may as well talk up something else than Julian Watson's chances of actually winning a match.

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. New Wave

New Wave have come out of the other side of the losing streak, I'll be shocked if The Fly Boys go over here, even if they did get a win in their last outing.

Canadian Elemental vs. Edd Stone (non-title)

If this was non-title to set up for a shot at the All-Action belt, I would have been tempted to go with the masked man but Edd isn't holding the AA belt, he's holding the International belt a step above.

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Jeremy Stone

This has A* potential written all over it, which probably means they'll have chemistry issues and will eek out a B+. The outcome's a bit of foregone conclusion though, Art's primarily a tag guy right now and though Stone didn't win at Excessive Force, I can't imagine he's given up on his world title ambitions.

Matthew Keith vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Zergon's argument for Sam Keith going over is very persuasive...however I'll follow the crowd and say that Sam puts over his son right here.

legendkiller13

03-25-2011, 05:02 PM

I've decided to stop lurking and post on this website again. So Im gonna get into my favorite diaries.

Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins vs. Sean McFly

Julian Watson vs. Marc Speed

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. New Wave

Canadian Elemental vs. Edd Stone (non-title)

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Jeremy Stone

Matthew Keith vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
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Phantom Stranger

03-30-2011, 08:29 AM

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 1 July 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 15.26)
Rebroadcast on Continental Sports X1 (Rating 0.07)

Held at the Ottawa Rams Stadium (Ontario)

Attendance: 10,000 (Sold Out)

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Shawn Doakes

The show opens not with the usual pyro eruption but with a mass of spotlights, swooping around the Ottawa Rams Stadium as a whole but focusing on the new entrance stage, bigger screen, and general new look for Total Wrestling.

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Shawn Doakes throws it to Autumn Gleeson in the new-look backstage area, but she just smiles a little awkwardly, a little apologetically.

“Hi, guys,” she says. “As Shawn just said, I'm scheduled to kick off the show with an exclusive interview with our new International Champion, Edd Stone. Unfortunately, as you can see...”

The camera glances both ways. “Edd's nowhere to be found. In fact, no one's seen him, Gorgon, or Champagne Lover since they carried Edd backstage after his title match Sunday night. Hopefully we'll be able to bring you that interview soon enough, but for now, to the fans from me and on behalf of Edd Stone, we can only apologise.”

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Back to the announce desk, and Jason has just started talking about Merle O'Curle and the opener when Battle Without Honor or Humanity begins to play, heralding the arrival of Team KOBRA.

“Well,” Dangerous says, “we saw two of them compete last night, but we never saw them take their reward... or their punishment. I guess that's what they're out here for.”

“And it means that Team KOBRA become the first wrestlers to show themselves in the newly-designed Total Wrestling layout,” Doakes says. “Sure, that may not sound like much, but I know Eric Tyler was bragging backstage about Merle O'Curle – a School of Tradition member – being the first man scheduled to walk out here.”

“That could become a problem,” Azaria offers philosophically, as KOBRA surround Shingen Miyazaki and Suzanne Brazzle in the ring. “Eric Tyler doesn't exactly need reasons to pick fights with people.”

As Suzanne Brazzle takes the bokken shot to the back, Doakes discusses Acid's decision to mimic Koshiro Ino on Sunday night. “You think that's going to cause the Team problems?”

“I hope not,” Azaria says. “I don't agree with these methods, but they're getting results. And Miyazaki – the man with the title – is following the methods most closely of all. Like it or not, they work.”

After a moment's pause, Team KOBRA bow to Miyazaki.

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Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins vs. Sean McFly
As the bell rings, O'Curle offers a hand. McFly looks askance at it for a second, but in the end, he reaches out to shake. The two nod, circle, and close.

Fluidity is something wrestlers the world over strive to achieve, something color commentators – many of them, of course, retired or half-retired wrestlers themselves – harp on about. It's difficult to describe – it has to do with an ability to slip from one move to another, to execute moves neatly and, at the other extreme, to make botches seem as if they were intentional. It is, needless to say, both rare and tricky to pin down.

Nonetheless, it's clear that these two both possess the knack. They slither into each other, fluid motion even as they're cagily contemplating strategies, and from the moment they meet it never lets up, the transitions slick and polished but still appearing spontaneous. McFly and O'Curle find themselves looking almost even in the match, with both men putting together a technical clinic before Sean manages to get a step up on his opponent.

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A few moments after it becomes clear that McFly has O'Curle scouted, not the other way around, Eric Tyler slides into the ring. Not even trying to prevent Ray Johnson from seeing, he simply blasts McFly with a lariat to draw the DQ – but also, it seems, to prove some kind of point.
Sean McFly defeated Merle O'Curle
Rating: A

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Azaria throws it back to Autumn Gleeson, saying that he's received word that Edd Stone has entered the building.

Autumn once again greets the camera with an embarrassed, apologetic smile. “Thanks, guys,” she begins. “But whatever you've heard, I still haven't-”

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“Whoa!” Edd appears, slumping forward from standing, quickly falling through shot. On reflex alone Gleeson lunges forward, catching Edd as he topples, and he claws his way back upright by hanging off her.

“OK,” she says as she recovers her composure, “Edd has arrived. I stand corrected.” She turns back to him, then flinches slightly. “And he's drunk.”

“'M not drunk!”

“Edd, I'm Australian. I know from drunk.”

“Oh.”

“...And?”

“...Might be a li'l drunk. Hangover cure!”

“Hangover?”

“Sure... from the win celebration.”

“You've been drunk since Sunday? Two days?”

“...What day is this?”

Gleeson shakes her head. “You know what, I'm just going to carry on with the interview. Edd, congratulations on your title victory... and, apparently, your superhuman liver.”

“Sure.” Edd grins. “You know, you've done the impossible.”

“...What do you mean?”

“Normally people are hotter when you're drunk, but I definitely prefer you in focus.”

Gleeson blushes slightly, but she also rolls her eyes. Not to be daunted, however, Edd drapes an arm around her shoulder. “Hey, you like tag teams so much, you wanna manage one? I'm in two, you can take your pick.”

She laughs. “Edd, I'd love to manage a team, but believe me, on your own you're more of a handful than-”

“Yeah, you did.”

Gleeson grins. “Had to.” They fistbump. “Anyway, the answer's no.”

“Aw.”

“As I was saying,” Gleeson resumes. “Congratulations on your title victory. Now you've got the belt, have you got any thoughts on how to defend it?”

“Well,” Edd says, “what with everything I figured I'd start with Giant Tana.”

“...Is Tana at the top of the list for a title shot?”

Edd blinks, looking confused, and doesn't answer. Gleeson tries another tack.

“Canadian Elemental has a match against you tonight. This young successor to the Elemental legacy's chalked up some impressive moments and a fair share of wins – do you think he might be a contender for your championship in the future?”

“Who?” Edd asks, looking genuinely confused. “No, I just figured it'd be fun to mess with Tana...”

“Edd, I... I don't think you understand how championships work.”

Stone grins. “Sure I do. You'd be amazed the number of girls who wanted to touch it this weekend.” He nods, still grinning, then wanders out of shot.

Gleeson stares at the camera in defeat. After a moment, Edd's head leans back into shot. “Some of them liked the belt, too.”

As Autumn rolls her eyes Edd offers "Too much?" with a grin.

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Julian Watson vs. Marc Speed
As the big screen fades out, Julian Watson is already on his way to the ring. Marc Speed follows fairly swiftly, and while Watson once again rises to the challenge of such a large international stage, it'd be hard to argue that Speed isn't the more polished athlete in the ring at present.

The newest Machine busts out all the stops, running wild as he looks to lock Watson down, and to the crowd's approval, he eventually does so with the Cross Armbreaker.
Marc Speed defeated Julian Watson
Rating: B

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The New Wave look more than a little confident going into this match, but the Fly Boys also look hungry and motivated, with Goldworthy grinning inanely.

As the bell rings, Jimmy lunges for Scout, who moves aside, tries for a hip toss, and Jimmy lands on his feet before going for a snap suplex – something a little way aside from his usual repertoire. Scout retaliates, sweeping him off his feet and dumping him again with a big slam before tagging in Guide, and Jimmy backs off, worried.

Guide hammers him with punches, and the New Wave get back to what they do best until Donnie J comes into the ring, breaking up the beatdown with a flying headscissors on Guide.

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As Eugene Williams clears Donnie back out of the ring, Jack Marlowe yanks Scout off the apron and drops him with a stiff punch before rolling into the ring, putting the beginnings of a beatdown on Guide before Scout joins him. The two-on-one – as Jimmy is still picking himself up – is almost even, a scary statement in terms of what it means for Marlowe's potential.

Part of that is simply that the Enforcer seems to have a good basic understanding of what to do when handling two opponents, turning from one to the other, striking fast, keeping an eye on both. But against the New Wave he can't quite get enough of an upper hand to put them down – and when Williams turns around, to see a match that doesn't, any longer, seem to involve one of the teams, he's quick to throw the whole thing out.
The match was ruled a no contest
Rating: C+

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Sam Keith, backstage, has been holding out his hands as Greg Keith tapes his father's wrists ahead of the main event. Greg is dressed for the street, not to compete, but he looks dug in for the night nonetheless.

A knock sounds at the door, and Keith looks up toward it, at least somewhat interested. “Yeah?”

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Chris Rockwell comes in, face like thunder. “Alright, Sam,” he begins. “You and I've known each other way too long now. We may not move in the same circles but I figure we can still respect each other for what we've done – so can you tell me what your son is playing at?”

Surprised, Sam looks at Greg. Rockwell abruptly snorts. “Like I'm going to be worried about him right now. No, Matthew – the guy who cost me the Hard-Hitting Championship just a couple days back, remember?”

Keith sighs heavily. “Chris... I honestly have no idea. Hell, I'm up against Matt tonight, and I just don't know-”

“Oh, come ON!” Rockwell rolls over him. “You practically wrote the book on this stuff. Taught him well, have-”

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“Chris,” Law says softly, placing his hand on his shoulder. “Easy, man.” Golden Law are both close behind Rockwell, looking concerned Kreed, meanwhile, have closed ranks behind Sam Keith.

Sam's eyes are weary and sad. “I'm sorry, Chris,” he says. “But I can't help you right now. That said... it's the nature of the sport. If he screws with you, you're free to do what you'd do to anyone who did that.

“It's how people learn. Hell, it's how “Shotgun” Sam Gauge made his name in Texas.” A wry grin. “Wonder what ever happened to that guy, anyhow?”

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Canadian Elemental vs. Edd Stone
Edd stumbles down to the ring, almost tripping, and Elemental, behind his mask, seems disgusted and certain of victory. The bell rings, and Elemental throws a punch to spin Edd around, step in, and go for the Elemental Suplex right off the bat; at which point Stone elbows him in the back, dropping his act and snapmaring Elemental over.

The match begins in earnest and the contest is another demonstration of just how good both men are, closely-contested almost all the way. Edd narrowly avoids defeat after an Elemental Suplex by rolling out of the ring, and as CanEl tries for a third, Edd does something spectacular – he twists loose into a Party's Over! By an astonishingly narrow margin, Edd Stone pins Canadian Elemental.
Edd Stone defeated Canadian Elemental
Rating: B-

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The International champion has barely celebrated for any time, however, when he catches sight of something out of the corner of his eye – and he bails.

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Hopping the guardrail are Joey Minnesota and Phil Vibert, who roll into the ring. Vibert pauses on the way in to snatch the microphone from the ring announcer.

“Let's be honest, here,” Vibert begins. “Someone out there has been spending the last two days and their computer in their mom's basement talking about how they just knew this was going to happen. And maybe some of you did. If you did... congratulations. Because what that means is you recognise talent when you see it.

“Joey Minnesota is someone I saw in New York, treading the water because he was part of a company that couldn't see what it had on its hands. I looked at him and I saw... a diamond.

“He hadn't gotten the polish he has now yet. He still needed work. Needed somewhere to learn.

“So I hired him... I brought him to the only place I could control, and I let him fight men he could learn from. He grew, too, and he beat them in turn, and just as he was getting ready to blow the roof off the wrestling world...”

Vibert sneers. “DaVE died. It doesn't matter if everyone calls you the best company going, not if they aren't willing to pay to see you – and DaVE's problem was that we welcomed internet fans. We were torrented, we were pirated, we were gods... and we were broke.

“So Joey trod water for a while. And he found himself here... and he decided to bide his time.

“Joey has an eye for the future of this business, and he saw a young man getting in trouble with Eric Tyler. And I guess maybe Joey's sentimental, too, because he remembered Tyler giving him crap... so he gave this kid a hand.

“Now, Joey is a great talent, and Joey can see talent, and Aaron, you know you're good. And Joey took you to Nemesis, and he taught you the Game Breaker, and Joey took you under his wing and he worked with you. He gave you advice. He helped you scout people. He worked out a dozen or more ways to make you a better wrestler, and even when Tommy Cornell came to threaten you, Joey stuck by you. You owe everything you've accomplished in the past year to the man stood next to me, and yet when he asks you for help on his own project, you say you've got to take care of your own business...

“But this is Joey F**king Minnesota. You reminded Joey why he wasn't a team kind of guy, because you crapped all over that... and I almost want to thank you for it, because by doing that you reminded Joey of a man who does have faith in him. And that, my friend, cannot be good for you.”

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Devil May Care begins to play, bringing Aaron Andrews out. Mic in hand, the former International Champ heads straight down to the ring, nose-to-nose with Minnesota, no intimidation here.

“You made your point,” Andrews says. “But you missed something out, Phil.

“You were always there. You and your notebook. Maybe you had plans for Joey from the start. Maybe you hadn't decided. Hell, for all I know you just wanted to do something the Syndicate couldn't and break up the Rising Stars.

“Whatever. You get right down to it and it doesn't matter. Joey, you cost me my title... I don't take kindly to that. And I'm more than willing to take it out on you. You think you're all that? You prove it.”

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Minnesota snatches the microphone from Vibert and looks like he's about to speak, but then Shout At The Devil begins to play in its turn. Mayhem Midden appears now, and unlike Andrews he stays a safe distance from Generation Omega.

“Sorry, Aaron,” he says. “I just need a word with a man who's much harder to get hold of than a man under contract should be, and since he's right there, I figured hey, what the hell.

“Phil, you remember that little match McFly had two nights ago, with your buddy DuBois? I mean, it's a little hard to forget, speaking as someone who was watching it ringside. I'm sure these people here tonight remember it, too.”

The roar of the audience makes it clear that yes, they certainly do remember one of the best matches of a fantastic show. Midden grins. “Anyhow, seems to me there was a stipulation on this match that you'd have to make your man sell if McFly won... and say, guys, since you remember the match, did Sean McFly win one hell of a match?”

The crowd are only too happy to tell Midden that, well, of course he did.

“Yeah, and he hasn't sold,” Vibert replies. “But I don't call it a win when the man who counts the pinfall isn't the damn ref. Way I see it, that's close to a forfeit. Are you going to let Generation Omega compete?”

“The ban stands until you make good on your promise, Phil,” Midden says. “But how about this – tonight, your pal in the ring can compete. Since he's not a tag kind of guy, you say, we'll put him in the ring in the main event beside Matthew Keith, and Aaron there can tag up with Matthew's dad.”

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Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Jeremy Stone
“Trainer and student,” Azaria notes. “We talk a lot about how Sam Keith taught Reed the Dread Lock, but the evolution of Art Reed started when Jeremy Stone brought him into a ring for the first time.”

Reed seems a little nervous, indeed, at going on on one with his trainer. He offers a hand to shake, but Stone ignores it, staring him down. A slight smile touches Art's mouth as that happens.

Reed promptly paintbrush-slaps Stone across the face. Jeremy takes a step back, then grins in turn.

“House of Stone psych-out philosophy?” Dangerous muses.

As Reed steps forward, Jeremy twists, getting a fireman's take down and transitioning, looking for a grapevined hold, but Reed snakes a leg out on reflex, knowing he's just in reach of the bottom rope and drawing a rope break.

Jezza rushes and Reed meets him, taking him round and over into a side headlock. Jeremy forces himself back to his feet, still in the hold, and goes for a backdrop suplex – but Art holds on to the lock, twisting, and the result is that Stone finds himself on the mat once again.

Once again, the older man gets to his feet, this time backing them both into a corner. Eugene Williams enforces the break, Reed nods in salute, then immediately pegs Stone with a dropkick.

Reed goes in for an armbar, but Stone elbows out, landing a suplex immediately after.

A backbreaker follows, then a hard whip that sees Art rebound from the turnbuckle with an expression of agony. Stone tags him with a rare dropkick of his own and goes for an early Stone Hold, but Reed twists, flipping Stone clear into the air. A charge of Art's own sees both men tumble over the top rope.

Art recovers first, beckoning Jeremy to his feet, and as the older man gets there Reed leaps smoothly to the guardrail then springboards off, twisting in midair to deliver a swift, smooth kick to Stone's face that drives him back. Reed tries another rush, but this time Stone's ready, meeting it with a sharp elbow, spinning Reed around, and locking in to hit a Stone's Throw onto the steel steps.

Jeremy rolls him back into the ring and it's clear now that Reed is bleeding from the head. Stone goes back to work on the back, obviously looking both for the Stone Hold and to reduce Reed's prodigious athleticism. Around the third time Stone really goes for it Reed twists away, nailing Stone with a forearm shiver before getting a neckbreaker out of desperation.

Art climbs to the top rope and flips forward into a 450 splash, covering quickly, one, two – no! He hesitates and Jeremy rolls him up in turn – one, t- no!

Reed pops right back up and gets a quick DDT before Stone blocks a Dread Lock attempt, clearly having the move well scouted, and goes for another Stone's Throw, but Art reverses the momentum, instead sending Jeremy flying forward with an armdrag.

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Jeremy rolls clear of the ring and Ray Johnson stops to check on him. That brings Gorgon down to the ring; Art's eyes go wide and he bails from the ring himself, keeping clear of the big threat – and he also keeps himself between Gorgon and the Bombshell, which limits his movement.

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Sean Deeley hops the guardrail and gets in Jeremy Stone's face at that point about Gorgon having come into play, which just keeps Johnson focused on both men as a shouting match begins. Reed looks in serious trouble, but the Bombshell delves under the ring and passes him a chair. Gorgon keeps coming forward, with Reed and the Bombshell backing off, and the Bombshell fishes out a second chair, sliding it into the ring.

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The reason for this rapidly becomes obvious as Greg Keith arrives on the scene, rolling into the ring and collecting the chair in a fluid motion that's almost exactly the one his father first perfected. He keeps going, though, dropping out of the ring and taking up a position – directly behind Gorgon.

One chairshot later, and Gorgon doesn't fall – but she turns. From the other side Reed pastes her across the back of the head.

Kreed look at each other, with Gorgon just down on one knee between them, and wind up, smashing the chairs into either side of her head to finally topple her.

Reed discards the chair as Jeremy Stone, behind him, gives up on the distraction, pushing past Johnson to go after his rival. Johnson, seeing Keith with a chair, moves to run him off – and Sean Deeley shoves Stone two-handed, sending him crashing chest-first into the ring apron.

Sensing opportunity, Reed rolls him back into the ring, pulls him up, and nails the Dark Matter, going into a very careful cover to secure the three count.
Art Reed defeated Jeremy Stone
Rating: A*

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Aaron Andrews & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
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Joey Minnesota & Matthew Keith w/ Phil Vibert
There's no question about the talent of these four men, and the contest here has the fans on their feet just as the prior contest did – but toward the end, with all four men in the ring, it becomes difficult to keep track of what's going on.

The Keiths battle enthusiastically, and so do the Stars, but it's when the sides shift that Sam Keith in particular seems to come into his own, firing off on Joey Minnesota with a new lease of life.

Joey and Matthew, meanwhile, for all the claims that Minnesota is not a tag team kind of person, seem to have an astonishing instinctive understanding, and it's usually they who initiate the switches of opponents, keeping Andrews and Sam on their toes.

Overall, the contest is excellent, but as the show nears its close, it becomes clear that Eugene Williams has no handle on the match anymore; all four men are in the ring, even the announcers have lost track of who's legal here, and the longer the battle goes on, the more confused things become.

With Sam and Matthew Keith both bleeding, Eugene whips around at the sound of a chairshot behind him... and both of the Stars are down.

Replays will show that Joey Minnesota brought the chair into the ring. Replays will also show that Andrews took the chair from Joey with something like the last dregs of energy he had, but manages to swing for the fences and connect, just once, before his legs gave out.

Replays will show that. But Williams has no idea who did what; he just knows that an infraction was committed, that all men are in the ring... and Eugene Williams calls an end to proceedings, summoning the rest of the ref team to make sure.
Aaron Andrews & Sam Keith fought out of control with Joey Minnesota & Matthew Keith
Rating: A

Show Rating: A

Phantom Stranger

03-30-2011, 08:31 AM

Show notes:

Spiffy new heel Joey render courtesy of LoNdOn, designed for his own TCW diary
I need to have more faith in Art Reed.

Eidenhoek

03-30-2011, 05:17 PM

She laughs. “Edd, I'd love to manage a team, but believe me, on your own you're more of a handful than-”

“Yeah, you did.”

Gleeson grins. “Had to.” They fistbump. “Anyway, the answer's no.”

What?

Stone grins. “Sure I do. You'd be amazed the number of girls who wanted to touch it this weekend.” He nods, still grinning, then wanders out of shot.

Gleeson stares at the camera in defeat. After a moment, Edd's head leans back into shot. “Some of them liked the belt, too.”

*wipes spit off computer monitor*

Phantom Stranger

03-30-2011, 05:58 PM

What?

*wipes spit off computer monitor*

In short, Edd is still Edd. But now with less direction and thus more unfocused crazy.

Eidenhoek

03-31-2011, 05:20 PM

In short, Edd is still Edd. But now with less direction and thus more unfocused crazy.

The second quote was me reacting. I was confused by the first quote, because I don't know how Gleeson understood what he said. Or he what she said.

Phantom Stranger

03-31-2011, 08:17 PM

The second quote was me reacting. I was confused by the first quote, because I don't know how Gleeson understood what he said. Or he what she said.

Broadly speaking, he interpreted what she was saying as a penis size gag and called her on it, she accepted it as being one (though it probably wasn't) and they moved on.

Phantom Stranger

03-31-2011, 09:44 PM

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 1 July 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 1.28)

Held at the Sunrise Sunset (Hawaii)

Attendance: 2,000 (Sold Out)

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Sara Silver – Autumn Gleeson

As the show kicks off Natural Talent do their best to score off Eternal Party, but Natural #1 falls victim to the Lover Stunner. (Rating: B-)
In a remarkably good contest, Stephanie Wade battled Kate Dangerous, winning out after Jack Marlowe interfered. (Rating: A)
Backstage, Giant Tana exhorted Rhino Umaga to keep training, keep fighting, and keep smiling, while the announce team discussed Edd Stone apparently shirking Canadian Elemental to target Tana
Eddie Peak put JD Morgan away after a good match that kept the crowd enthusiastic. (Rating: B)
Thunder Snake and Frankie Dee showed an inability to get on the same page, Snake carrying the win in the end with a Snake Lash. (Rating: C)
Team KOBRA came out to salute Thunder Snake.
The Conquering Kings fought the British Lions almost to a standstill before Eric Tyler intervened on the Lions' behalf, much to their apparent displeasure. Sean Deeley evened the score and Walter Morgan picked up the victory shortly afterward. (Rating: B)
Troy Tornado came out and called out Darkwave, who turned out not to be present. Mayhem Midden then came out, mentioning that Zimmy and Ian Harris had broken the stipulation at Excessive Force and telling them they'd have a match on Saturday to make sure they were around so he could enforce it.
In a stunningly good main event for Badge of Honor, Rick Law and Eric Tyler went at it for eighteen minutes, Law winning only after Chris Rockwell and Rocky Golden chased off interference from Freddy Huggins and Frankie Dee/(Rating: A*)

Show Rating: A

Phantom Stranger

03-31-2011, 09:48 PM

Show notes:

Rick Law remains a wrestling god
I have no idea how the girls did so well, either.
Natural Talent in a B- match. They've come a long way.

ampulator

03-31-2011, 09:52 PM

Look like you need a new challenge now. It's become so easy for you. :) (I'm complimenting you, by the way).

Phantom Stranger

04-01-2011, 09:23 AM

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Just one week after Excessive Force and tempers are already starting to run high once again. Generation Omega are still barred from competition except under the most unusual of circumstances, but that just means that other great talents are taking advantage of the time that opens up to make a name for themselves.

As the show begins, for example, we can expect an All-Action exhibition between former champion Freddy Huggins and multi-company champion Ultimate Phoenix.

Six-person intergender competition follows, with the British Lions pairing up with stablemate Jaime Quine to take on the New Wave, ably abetted by JeriLynn Stone.

Tag team action follows that, featuring four men who definitely have issues. The Young Guns will be locking horns with the two men who made their presence felt during the Darkwave/Painful Procedure match at Excessive Force - Ian Harris and Zimmy. Mayhem Midden has promised to bring his wrath down on Harris and his ally, but the question becomes - can he do so?

M.A.D. return to the wrestling ring and to TCW screens with the same issue as ever in mind now. Their targets, this week, are El Leon and Chance Fortune. Can the innovative fliers find a way around the sheer size of their opposition?

Another masked man with a big challenge - and a bigger opportunity - is the School of Tradition's UK Dragon, who faces fellow countryman Tommy Cornell. If Dragon can somehow scale the heights and pull out a win, he instantly becomes one to watch in the company - but is that going to be possible?

Tag team action makes up our semi-main event, as the Easy Riders reprise one of their greatest matches, going head to head with the Kreed. Will this one have a different outcome, or can the Kreed do what the Keith Brothers couldn't and pull ahead in the rankings?

Lastly, a huge battle is scheduled for the main event, as Johnny Bloodstone makes ready to take on prodigal son Matthew Keith. A former World Heavyweight Champion and a potential breakout star of the future - this one could go either way, but there's no way it goes easily. A hell of a match is certain...

Prediction Key:
Freddy Huggins w/ Laura Huggins vs. Ultimate Phoenix

British Lions & Jaime Quine w/ Laura Huggins vs. New Wave & JeriLynn Stone

Young Guns vs. Ian Harris & Zimmy

M.A.D. vs. Chance Fortune & El Leon

Tommy Cornell vs. UK Dragon w/ Laura Huggins

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. the Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Matthew Keith

Zergon

04-01-2011, 11:08 AM

Freddy Huggins w/ Laura Huggins vs. Ultimate Phoenix
Huggins haven´t been doing all that lately but that´s still more than what Phoenix has accomplished. Interesting to see Laura managing her brother again, I though that she isn´t mananging him after that Freddy/Deeley fight some time ago.

British Lions & Jaime Quine w/ Laura Huggins vs. New Wave & JeriLynn Stone
Interesting match that could go either way but face side seems to have little bit more star power in it.

Young Guns vs. Ian Harris & Zimmy
Young Guns need the win more.

M.A.D. vs. Chance Fortune & El Leon
M.A.D SMASH

Tommy Cornell vs. UK Dragon w/ Laura Huggins
Yeah, maybe some other time Dragon.

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. the Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell
Coin flip

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Matthew Keith
Could go either way but I think that if Matthew would get the big win now he would have got it over Sam in last show rather than here.

legendkiller13

04-01-2011, 01:57 PM

Freddy Huggins w/ Laura Huggins vs. Ultimate Phoenix

British Lions & Jaime Quine w/ Laura Huggins vs. New Wave & JeriLynn Stone

Young Guns vs. Ian Harris & Zimmy

M.A.D. vs. Chance Fortune & El Leon

Tommy Cornell vs. UK Dragon w/ Laura Huggins

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. the Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Matthew Keith

smartman

04-01-2011, 06:06 PM

When you're managing a roster the size PS is, it is never anything but challenging. Sure he can get great match ratings, but you still have to worry about burnt out crowds and underperforming angles (those tend to go together btw) killing his show rating (note how few A shows he puts on, usually B+ is the norm). And besides, we don't want him to quit this, right? This is only the best diary ever so FOUR MORE YEARS, FOUR MORE YEARS, FOR MORE YEARS!!!!!:p

Candyman

04-01-2011, 09:01 PM

Prediction Key:
Freddy Huggins w/ Laura Huggins vs. Ultimate Phoenix
What is this, Badge of Honor?

British Lions & Jaime Quine w/ Laura Huggins vs. New Wave & JeriLynn Stone
I could see this going either way.

Young Guns vs. Ian Harris & Zimmy
I think Plague is the wink link here, and thus takes the pin. Unless it's a non-finish.

M.A.D. vs. Chance Fortune & El Leon
No doubt about this one...

Tommy Cornell vs. UK Dragon w/ Laura Huggins
...or this one.

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. the Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell
It's Art Reed.

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Matthew Keith
I'll go with a time limit draw here.

ampulator

04-02-2011, 12:18 AM

Oregano Jensen

04-02-2011, 04:32 AM

Freddy Huggins w/ Laura Huggins vs. Ultimate Phoenix

It's about time the Hugmeister got some recognition.

British Lions & Jaime Quine w/ Laura Huggins vs. New Wave & JeriLynn Stone

Stone beats Quine, but Lions beat New Wave. Yes, even with the ostensible New Wave push.

Young Guns vs. Ian Harris & Zimmy

They're better, they're newer, and they need it more.

M.A.D. vs. Chance Fortune & El Leon

A surprising number of squash matches on this card...

Tommy Cornell vs. UK Dragon w/ Laura Huggins

And here's one more.

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. the Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell

The Riders are good at what they do, but maybe a little second-tier. Between their greater individual skill levels and their awesome chemistry, the Kreed have to be at or near the top of the tag team ladder. Until Art Reed's singles push, of course.

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Matthew Keith

This is the problem with being an ex-champion... because everyone knows you're a legitimate title threat, you can drop matches like this a lot more easily than a guy like Matt Keith can.

Tigerkinney

04-02-2011, 05:05 AM

Regis

04-03-2011, 07:13 AM

Freddy Huggins w/ Laura Huggins vs. Ultimate Phoenix
The lesser of two JOBBERS!

British Lions & Jaime Quine w/ Laura Huggins vs. New Wave & JeriLynn Stone
I hate betting against the Lions, but The New Wave could do with showing that they've got what it takes to go over the current top guys.

Young Guns vs. Ian Harris & Zimmy
I don't know... both teams need the cred boost here.

M.A.D. vs. Chance Fortune & El Leon
JOBBERS!

Tommy Cornell vs. UK Dragon w/ Laura Huggins
Yeah but no.

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. the Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell
Matt-erference leads to a victory for the bikers.

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Matthew Keith
Not yet, Matt. Not yet.

Bigpapa42

04-03-2011, 01:18 PM

Phantom Stranger

04-06-2011, 09:56 AM

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TCW Presents Saturday Night Showcase

Saturday Week 1 July 2009

Live on CBA (Rating 14.94)

Held at the New Hampshire Garden (New England)

Attendance: 23,436

Announcers:
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Duane Fry – Jasmine Saunders – Alanis Springsteen

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As the show begins Wolf Hawkins and Phil Vibert stand side by side in the ring, Wolf in street clothes, the belt nonetheless around his waist. They have microphones.

Hawkins raises his microphone to his lips. “I'm going to make this short and sweet,” he says. “I. Want. Tommy. Cornell. I want him right in front of me, in the ring, in a match, where I can beat his ass down, make damn sure everyone knows I'm better than him, and, you know what, then I don't care. Then you can throw anyone you damn well want at me. Then you can do whatever you want.

“But this ends, Tommy. This has to end. You need to stop running, and you need to stop running now. Face up to the facts; you found someone better than you and he realised it eventually.

“It's time you faced the music.”

Vibert then steps forward. “Generation Omega have other issues at the moment,” he says. “But funnily enough, they come back to Tommy Cornell, too. Less than a week ago, now, Sean McFly and Marc DuBois faced off with some major stakes on the line.

“Now the record books say Marc DuBois lost that day. But who counted the pinfall?

“Was it Sam Sparrow, TCW's head referee? Well, why, no it wasn't. How about Ray Johnson? He's got a TCW contract, he's got a referee's licence, he's an authorised match official, and it wasn't him... And you know something, that's two down, and that surely means it was Eugene Williams, right? The only other man you can say has the credentials...

“Except no.” He glowers at the camera. “The man who counted three was Tommy Cornell. The man who counted three does not hold a referee's licence. The man who counted three was not added to the match contract as an authorised official. He wasn't even on the paperwork as a licenced enforcer for the match, let alone a referee.

“You know something, that means I see no damn reason I should abide by the terms of an illegal loss. I see no damn reason, in fact, that I should not be able to lobby for Generation Omega's match ban to be overturned.

“So that starts now. Give us our rightful opportunities, Midden, give us our rightful paydays, or we're going to take them.”

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Breakin' The Law hits, and not very long after at all, out come Tommy Cornell and Mayhem Midden. Cornell takes a few moments to look around him; by now, his theme tune draws nothing but cheers, nothing but approval, and it really looks like he can't quite believe it.

Midden, on the other hand, is straight to work and all business.

“Some hope, Phil,” he says. “You can stall all you want, but you were trying legal action to begin with. You knew it was going to be sticky getting what you wanted through. But me? I've got a contract for a match, your signature on it, and legally binding obligations on the result of that match. I've got the match itself in the record books, too. I've got all I need – and I can guarantee you, your man on the Board is going to have to sell.

“And as for Wolf...”

“Right,” Cornell grins. “Wolf, you don't get me. See, I hate to say it, but I haven't had a PPV match in a while, so I haven't had a chance to prove myself on that level. But there are quite a few people ahead of me... for one thing, I've started the ball rolling on advertising your next World Heavyweight Championship match, coming up at Summer Showdown; because the man you took the championship from had a pretty fresh contract, and that contract had a rematch clause in it.

“Johnny Bloodstone has every right to face you again, one on one, for the title. And considering it took Remo and Joey Minnesota to stop him last time... and considering how pissed off you've made the Submission Demon... and actually, considering that you use so much you learned in the Syndicate, and Sam Keith is willing to advise Bloodstone, you have a hell of a match up ahead of you.”

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Cornell and Midden leave the stage, and Runaway starts to play, leading swiftly to Freddy Huggins coming down. Hawkins and Vibert exchange looks, and Hawkins shrugs, unsnapping his belt from around his waist.

Phil Vibert has the last word. “You know something, Ken, I told you what the alternative was. You aren't giving us what's rightfully ours, so we're going to take it. Starting with our right to a match... and our right to a winners' payday.”

Hawkins sails over the top rope to hit a diving forearm on Huggins. A beatdown ensues – a vicious beatdown, entirely devoid of announcer discussion and other such commentary. Huggins ends up tossed over the top rope and Vibert speaks again. “Phoenix, you have a match booked. Come on out and make a name for yourself.”

Ray Johnson shakes his head, refusing to enter the ring, and Vibert grins. “Thought not,” he says. “Well, Tommy wasn't a legal ref, neither am I. Seems fair.”

At that, and at last, Ultimate Phoenix heads toward the ring.

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Ultimate Phoenix vs. Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert
These two just can't quite get together and find a rhythm in the ring, but the contest is still well-received, with Phoenix taking it to Hawkins and actually having an opportunity to show what he can do, including a massive Firebird Splash following the 450-degree rotation at around five minutes in.

Nonetheless, the champion kicks out, with Vibert not even having to appear an unfair ref to ensure it. In the end, Hawkins turns it around, nailing Phoenix with the Full Moon Rising full in the face.

To hammer the point home, Vibert's count is a hair slower than normal, emphasising that he's not cheating.
Wolf Hawkins defeated Ultimate Phoenix
Rating: B

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New Wave & JeriLynn Stone
Two very fine teams. Two hungry young women. This one is excellent from the off, despite not having the kind of heat it might. A series of exchanges quickly shows just how good most of these wrestlers can be right from the beginning, and Jaime Quine gets a small pop when she corners Scout and explodes into a sequence of stiff kicks.

Stone breaks it up with a charging knee to the back, and shortly afterward the combat looks likely to start breaking down, with all six participants heavily involved. In the end, however, Walter Morgan gets taken down with a Guided Missile and kept down with the Wave of Mutilation, while JeriLynn Stone hits Merle O'Curle with the Girl's Best Friend to make sure he doesn't interfere in the pincount.
New Wave & JeryLynn Stone defeated British Lions & Jaime Quine
Rating: B-

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Backstage goes the camera, and Autumn Gleeson is, as ever, standing by in the interview room. With her is Chris Rockwell. She smiles cheerfully at the camera. “Another great match,” she begins, “which is only to be expected from those teams – and from those women. But now, let's talk about what could have been a great match.

“Chris, you've had a lengthy series of matches where your passion to win has cost you the victory. Your skill is undisputed. Lately, though, other people have been taking an interest in your matches, seemingly settling them by actions outside the contest itself.

“That led you to the Hard-Hitting Championship belonging to Texas Pete, and on Sunday your bid to win it from him was interrupted when Matthew Keith made his presence felt.

“You've gotta be more than a little annoyed with that?”

Rockwell nods, frowning slightly. “Look, I'll be honest. I've been out of sorts and short tempered for so long, I need to kick that to the kerb, remember what I used to be.”

“Used to be?”

Rockwell grins. “I don't expect you to know, Autumn, you weren't even in this country when I was really hitting my stride, and the last decade derailed me hard. But I was... I set myself up as the man to beat, the proving match, the big challenge, and the number of people who could beat me was a small one.

“I asked people if they had what it took to beat me, I asked people if they had what it took to me me. And no one did.

“Now, it's ten years on, and maybe I'm a mite slower – but I've got ten years' more experience, ten years' more practice. I've also got this monkey on my back of a losing streak and this temper I can't get back under control.

“But I can beat that. I will beat that. And when I do... I will be the man to beat again.”

He nods. “I want to deal with Matthew Keith to help prove that. I want to put Texas Pete away to help prove that.

“Understand, Autumn, I'm not talking about proving it to you. I'm not talking about proving it to the fans.

“I'm not even talking about proving it to the rest of the wrestlers.

“Rick knows. Rick saw what I used to be. Rick believes in me. Rocky... I don't know that Rocky believes, but he's a friend, and he'll stand by me, he'll help me be what I can.

“The problem I have is that right now I don't believe in me. But I'm going to, again. Mark my words, I'm going to again. I'm going to prove to myself that I still have what it takes to be Chris Rockwell, and when I've proved it, I'll have the belief I need to never... again... stop.”

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Young Guns vs. Ian Harris & Zimmy
The fans aren't hooked into this the way they're hooked into Generation Omega, but really, no one expects them to be. Nonetheless, the Darkwave duo bring something new to this tag match, and the Young Guns bring what they always have; dedication, hard work, a certain dynamism, and an uncanny timing on double-team moves distilled from years of hard work.

It's indisputable from the first few minutes that Harris and Zimmy are both more innovative competitors, and arguably better wrestlers on an individual level. But the Young Guns have weathered the best part of a decade as tag team wrestlers, and that is, here, a true game changer.

The Guns keep it close, keep it clever, and when the time comes, Steve Gumble ducks a charge by Zimmy, sending him over the top rope, and Harry Allen comes off the apron with perfect timing to drop an elbow an instant after Zimmy lands.

Back in the ring, Allen assists Gumble in landing the Blitzkrieg Bop on Ian Harris, and Steve covers to score the fall.
Young Guns defeated Ian Harris & Zimmy
Rating: B-

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As the match ends, Charlie Thatcher is already heading for the ring at a full sprint.

He grabs Zimmy, delivers a stiff punch to keep the Darkwave man off-balance, and rolls him into the ring, following and heading straight past Harris at speed, hitting the far ropes and coming off with a speedy big boot to put Harris back down.

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A second later, as Fry reminds viewers of the stipulation last Sunday, Shout at the Devil begins to play, and Mayhem Midden emerges.

The Board's Representative climbs into the ring and gets set to face off and deliver the mandated headbutts, with Thatcher holding Zimmy firmly in anticipation of his.

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Then Jack Bruce emerges, walking slowly down.

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Midden turns to watch, and Fury of the Storm begins to play, with Troy Tornado and Amber Allen walk out. Bruce stops in his tracks; Midden smirks, delivering a stiff headbutt with the steel band to Zimmy, followed by one for Ian Harris.

Tornado then raises his microphone to his lips.

“Glad I caught you out here, Jack,” he calls, somewhat mockingly. “See, I've got a proposition for you... You and me have our own groups, and we've got our differences in the ring, but so far as I can see your lot won't give up just because the record books ain't on your side.

“But you've got this new song... and I've got a way in with a record label. So here's what I suggest.

“You and me, we both have our latest songs released this coming week. And at Summer Showdown, we check the numbers and see which song's sold best. You say Harry taking a stand, making a name for himself, all that's started giving people problems with us?

“Well, maybe it has. Course, I say interfering in a promising young wrestler's career just to sneak a win is gonna give people problems with you... but we both seem to be fighting for the right to say the fans are with us. And this way, they can put their money where our mouths are.

“So. Darkwave get a shot at the charts, on me, for free... or we keep on bitching. Your call, Jack. You think you've got any fans left? You think what you're playing is music? Prove it... or puss out.”

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Fortune and Leon don't look particularly keen on the upcoming contest, and as the wall of muscle facing them emerges, the reason for that is all too clear.

Nonetheless, the All Action division reps do their best. There just doesn't seem to be much they can do, and Khoklov eventually nails El Leon with a thunderous Moscow Lariat to score the win.
M.A.D. defeated Chance Fortune & El Leon
Rating: C

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Tommy Cornell vs. UK Dragon w/ Laura Huggins
UK Dragon doesn't have a size, experience, or fame advantage on Cornell. Still, he's fast and to say that he's not on Cornell's level still allows a lot of skill, and early on this contest is as even as it gets. Little by little, though, Cornell goes to work on the Dragon's knee, slowing down his offence, minimising his mobility.

In desperation, the Dragon shoves Cornell away. A limping charge later he delivers a cross body that takes out Ray Johnson.

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Even as Fry is doubting Springsteen's claims that this might have been deliberate, Frankie Dee is in the ring, and seconds later, so is Acid.

The beatdown begins, and as the crowd's objections become more and more vocal, Cornell starts to fight back. A lucky duck sees Frankie Dee's Sinanju Kick nail Acid, not Cornell, and a Rough Ride puts Dee down too.

A recovered UK Dragon promptly nails Cornell with a shot to the gut, hooks the arms and sets up for the Dragon Drop, but Cornell blocks that, countering to a DDT and making the cover as Ray Johnson revives. Against the odds, he picks up the win.
Tommy Cornell defeated UK Dragon
Rating: B

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Wolf Hawkins rolls into the ring and nails Cornell with the championship belt immediately on the match finish. A second later, Remo is in the ring beside him, both men having come over the guardrail.

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Remo plants Cornell with the Destroyer as Phil Vibert, too, hops the crowd barrier, collecting a microphone, getting close and personal with Cornell as the two active wrestlers continue to assault the company owner.

“Let me do you a favour, Tommy,” Vibert sneers. “Let me suggest we settle this properly. You get your new BFF McFly in the ring Tuesday. We'll put Joey Minnesota in the ring. We'll put that stipulation back on the line, and you can see who wins with a real ref to decide it.

“Or, of course, we can beat on you some more.”

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Ricky Dale Johnson and Sean McFly are on their way down to the ring. Remo hoists Cornell back up for the Destroyer, but before he delivers it Hawkins flies from the second rope, catching his former mentor in the head with the Full Moon Rising. Then, and only then, does Remo smash him back down to the canvas.

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Vibert backs off, with Generation Omega staying between RDJ and McFly and their mastermind, leaving Cornell down and apparently broken in the ring. Mayhem Midden emerges after a long moment,

“You want a rematch?” he growls. “Well, Phil, it's your damn funeral. Because what you're putting up for this isn't going to be your buddy selling out, no way. What you're putting up for this is going to be a lot more serious.”

EMTs are heading down to check on Tommy Cornell, who is, eventually, stretchered out.

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Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell
The bell rings with Art Reed and Peter Hopper in the ring. Immediately both men lunge forward, but Reed is going for a collar-and-elbow, Hopper for a massive boot, and the result is that the Kreed man finds himself down on the ground from the off.

Hopper stomps once, twice, then hauls Reed up, whipping him to the Riders' turnbuckle. A running avalanche follows, and Hopper tags out to Fonda, holding Reed in a powerful abdominal stretch.

Billy measures the trapped Kreed man and delivers a volley of punches until, the five count elapsed, Ray Johnson chivvies Hopper from the ring.

A backdrop suplex follows, creasing Reed, and Fonda tags out. Hopper comes in, hoists his partner above his head, and powerslams him onto Reed.

Another big suplex and Reed finds himself in the corner again as Hopper tags out, with Fonda setting to whip his partner in for a splash – but Reed rolls clear, rushing across the ring. Fonda moves to intercept, but he's met by Greg Keith coming in and the Kreed get a hi-lo on Fonda, dropping the big man. Greg climbs back out of the ring and Johnson allows the tag.

Greg tries to rush Fonda again, but he gets backdropped over the top and Fonda tags back out. In comes Reed and – in a move that shocks the crowd, to judge by the sound, Hopper grabs an armbar. He holds it for a good twenty seconds before Reed finds a counter that can still work against the bigger man's strength – he monkey flips him.

As Hopper recovers, he charges and Reed ducks down, grabbing the top rope to send Hopper tumbling out, flying far enough that he catches his chin on the guardrail.

Reed tags out. Greg runs around the outside and looks to weaken the injured neck with a charging lariat. Back in, and he goes for a neckbreaker before tagging out, keeping Hopper held in a front facelock as he does so.

Art promptly vaults the ropes, grabbing the facelock off Reed on the way down to deliver a DDT with thunderous momentum.

He hoists the downed Rider up and uses the ropes to add emphasis to a slingshot backbreaker.

Fonda promptly charges across the ring, getting a massive lariat. Johnson shoos him back to his corner, but the momentum has been broken; Hopper gets up, knocking Greg from the apron with a single solid punch, then turning to attack Reed again. He goes for a powerbomb, but Reed takes a leaf out of a joshi legend's playbook, rolling through to a pinfall before Hopper powers out.

The Rider takes Reed's head off with a charging boot after that, but Greg tags himself in blind and comes off the top rope with a missile dropkick to pop the crowd. He looks for a suplex, but Hopper counters it to his own and dumps him before tagging in Fonda.

Fonda comes in strong, flooring Greg again and then military pressing him into his partner.

Carl Batch runs over and rolls Greg back into the ring for his team to capitalise, but Johnson's checking on Reed after that bad spill.

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And then Sayeed Ali takes advantage, diving into the ring and holding Greg with a full nelson while Fonda delivers a series of bodyshots. Eventually he nods, and Ali spins Greg around to deliver, for the first time on TCW screens, the G.B.H. Driver.

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To a roar of approval from the crowd, however, Brent Hill arrives, tossing Batch into the crowd barrier. Hopper and Ali promptly go after him for the attack on their manager; the grin on the Machine's face as he backs off suggests this is exactly what he'd been hopping for, a major distraction.

By the time Ray Johnson moves to make the count on Keith, Reed is in position to break the pin, soaring from the top rope with a legdrop to do it; as Fonda climbs back to his feet, Reed nails him with a dropkick that sends him to the ropes.

Art leaves the ring as Greg catches the rebounding Fonda into a small package in one fluid motion, and that's enough to score the win after 19:35 of solid action.
Kreed defeated Easy Riders
Rating: A*

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Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Matthew Keith
From the off it's clear just how comfortable these two are with each other; timings are perfect, delivery of moves is excellent, and they just gel.

Lots of jockeying for the upper hand early as Keith slaps Johnny around, but Bloodstone isn't one to just let himself get slapped without delivering a few of his own.

Keith backs him to the corner and hits a chop that even referee Sam Sparrow sells. They trade chops, and Keith falls all the way to the floor.

Matthew holds off on returning to the ring, playing on his knowledge of his former stablemate as Johnny starts to get pissed. Back in, Johnny calls for and wins a test of strength before turning it into an armbar.

Keith whips him off but gets shoulderblocked and armdragged right back down into the armbar. That segues to a hammerlock. They trade moves back and forth until Bloodstone goes all the way over the top to the floor off a missed crossbody.

“Well, if I were in a position to advise the former champion,” Fry begins, only to be cut off by an amused Saunders who offers “You're not, unless you can beat his win record.”

Fry continues nonetheless. “Even so, he needs to stay away from the weaker areas of his game when he faces someone as good as Matthew Keith.”

Keith delivers a few chops to Johnny before getting distracted by one of the signs at ringside (KREED OWN THE KEITH BROTHERS) and getting into an argument with a guy in the crowd.

Johnny attacks, but Matthew counters clear and goes into a series of roll-up pins. Most of these get two, and as Bloodstone rises from one, sure he'll be facing another quick pin, Matt kicks him in the gut and hits a butterfly suplex.

He goes for his own cross-body and Bloodstone counters, dumping him throat-first across the top rope.

Johnny goes for a pin and finds Keith ready, rolling through to a pin of his own. One, two – no!

Matt moves to argue the call with Sparrow, his shin across Bloodstone's throat as he does so. “Getting his own back,” Springsteen says mildly. “Not that sporting, but smart.”

The fight goes back to the outside, with Bloodstone delivering a suplex across the guardrail. As Keith struggles to get back to his feet, the camera catches the fans, their faces twisted in sympathy for Keith. Another exchange of chops drive them back to the apron as the count nears ten, and Matt climbs in first. He looks to suplex Bloodstone back in, but Johnny reverses to an O'Connor roll! ONE, TWO, T- NO!

They back off each other, taking one another's measure. Keith hits the crossbody, and they BOTH go over. By now, though, both men are focused on victory, not on inflicting pain, and it isn't too long before they both roll back into the ring.

Back in, Bloodstone catches Keith on top and slams him off. BLOODSTONE MUTILATION…but Matt gets his foot on the ropes.

Johnny goes up, but Keith rattles the ropes, sending Johnny all the way to the floor, injuring his knee on the landing.

“Bloodstone has to stick to his game!” Fry yells. “This one-upping isn't going to work when you let it take you out of your element!”

Matthew gets his opponent back in the ring as soon as he can, stomping on the injured knee before dropping a knee of his own into it. He goes for the Proton Lock, but Johnny's able to block him from locking it in and twist clear.

Keith grabs Johnny's leg and just starts pounding away at the knee. Johnny, hopping on one leg, reaches out and grabs Matthew's head, improvising his way into something like the ugliest Party's Over ever. Clutching his leg, he looks for the Bloodstone Mutilation but he can't get it. Keith powers up and hits a Neutron Plex, but Johnny's able to grab the rope and break the pin once again.

Infuriated, Matt starts stomping away, then kicking as Bloodstone pulls himself up the ropes. Johnny, now just about standing, grabs the incoming kick and shoves forward, knocking Keith off his feet. Bloodstone goes into the Stone Ankle Stretch, and Keith has nowhere to go – Johnny can steer him away from the only close ropes. It's enough to finally win a tapout.
Johnny Bloodstone defeated Matthew Keith
Rating: A*

Show Rating: A*

Eidenhoek

04-07-2011, 01:55 AM

The hell did you manage an A* overall with a...did I see a C-rated match in there? Sure, it's only...2% or so of the rating, but...

Regis

04-07-2011, 02:14 AM

James Casey

04-07-2011, 06:25 AM

I'm gonna guess that the last two matches each ran 20+ minutes, and the early matches were around the 7 minute mark.

Either way, I can't wait to unleash the Keith twins in my game. Given that Cornell and Hawkins had B matches, it's clear who's really carrying TCW right now...

Phantom Stranger

04-07-2011, 06:42 AM

The hell did you manage an A* overall with a...did I see a C-rated match in there? Sure, it's only...2% or so of the rating, but...

One C and two B-. It does go to show how heavily weighted the ratings are towards the main and semi-main event, and what a difference good angles make.

Pretty much. Bear in mind an A* show is 96+, an A* match is 99+, and the final two matches were A*.

I'm gonna guess that the last two matches each ran 20+ minutes, and the early matches were around the 7 minute mark.

Either way, I can't wait to unleash the Keith twins in my game. Given that Cornell and Hawkins had B matches, it's clear who's really carrying TCW right now...

My main events are always near 20, as are most 'big' matches on the way there. It's rare I run a <6 minute match, though.

Hawkins had bad chemistry with Phoenix, which is a real shame. It has to be said that when Kreed finally do go on to singles, TCW is likely to have some very, very strongly-selling DVDs; that said, they're so good as tag already and they're not yet at a point where experience will enhance that. I do kinda want to see what happens.

Realistically, I think Art Reed is a likely future TCW champ.

Actually, I screencapped something regarding this episode. I think it's appropriate now. Half a moment...

Neither of these guys started 2008 and the diary with any HoI points:

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Art's is entirely match ratings. Johnny's includes a 100% overness ding and a world championship too.

Phantom Stranger

04-07-2011, 07:31 AM

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Saturday July 6th 2009
I'm not altogether keen on this idea; selling music singles rather than wrestling tickets isn't something I particularly like. There are a whole bunch of business reasons for it, apparently, and Harry Allen was lobbying hard for the twist in the feud despite it not creating a match – or not immediately.

Of course, the reason for that is simple; royalties.

Still... it's not wrestling. It's not really even that related to wrestling.

Spoke to Cliff Anderson earlier today, off the back of the latest DVDs sent up from Coastal Zone. We've been rotating our bottom-tier jobber teams in and out, looking to combine some polish from the trainers down in developmental and some exposure to the bright lights of TV, because ultimately, until you get in front of the cameras, you don't realise how much being broadcast changes wrestling.

As a matter of fact, I think this is a pretty good system, all told; sometimes, a low-level team just gets some traction and explodes, and a little while later you have a duo that you're looking at and quietly considering a push for, but when they don't, they've been trained to a much higher standard than before they signed the contract and, just as importantly, they've had some serious exposure.

We like to brand TCW along the lines of 'if you make it to TCW, even if you lose, you're better than people who don't'. And obviously, that's not always true – but it's also true that if you've spent time in TCW, even time mostly losing, fans elsewhere want to see you again.

It's a simple fact of being familiar to them; if you take, say, the Balcony Express, their short-term future here, with Painful Procedure, is assured. But if they do leave, then they're still likely looking at a much easier time getting hired elsewhere, for more money than otherwise, and probably getting a better push than otherwise – and they should have had the training needed to run with that.

So I tell myself, anyway. At any rate, one of the teams currently spending time in the Zone is Kazuma & the Kid. Both of these guys were already used to TV, but their problem was, simply, being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

I can't guarantee that won't happen to them again; that being said, judging by what I've seen, both of them have taken some serious strides toward broadening their in-ring skillset. It's time to give them another chance in the big leagues.

cmdrsam

04-07-2011, 08:17 AM

I'm just wondering if Art and Johnny will be naming you to introduce them when they go to the HOI. :p. Seriously, great job on bumping those two, and for this diary. I have always enjoyed your Taking it Home boys posts.

smartman

04-07-2011, 01:50 PM

Yeah, I love the Take It Home posts too. I'm beginning to think that you will have a bunch of wrestlers demanding tag matches with Kreed though. "Man, I get 4 or 5 matches with them I can coast the rest of the way to the Hall! Come on booker man, make it happen!":p

Oh, and it looks like the Keiths, Reed, and Bloodstone have joined my chant of FOUR MORE YEARS! They'll all be HoI inductees by then along with 20 other of your guys.;)

Oregano Jensen

04-07-2011, 03:23 PM

Phantom Stranger

04-07-2011, 09:20 PM

Hey, here's a question that hasn't come up of late -- how are Richard and Adrian Dangerous doing in SWF?

(Kazuma and the Kid need a better team name... they sound like a jobber team now. They sound even more like a bad '70s sitcom, but in wrestling terms, they sound like a jobber team.)

I'm happy for people to give K&tK name suggestions.

Richard and Adrian left the SWF a while back, around when I signed Kate Dangerous. Both signed to WLW, where they recently main evented a show, pulling a B-, the best result of the show.

Phantom Stranger

04-08-2011, 10:15 AM

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Another week enters the record books, another comes up, and not without its share of controversy.

On Total Wrestling this week we have a total of seven matches and every one promises to be a gripping contest, so let's start running them down.

After some time away to train up and become better, Kazuma & the Kid return to TCW. Their opponents on their return are the effective if idiosyncratic duo known as Eternal Party. Can the dynamic pairing make a statement on their return, or will they find the tag team division as strong as ever?

As if to illustrate the strength of the division, our second match is one previously requested by Carl Batch - his men, the Easy Riders, will be taking on Natural Talent.

Floyd Goldworthy also has designs on championship gold, and his chosen first stem on the path is to take on Team VIPER with the Fly Boys. Can the Boys begin a real return to form against a team which includes an opponent from their days of cruiserweight glory?

DaVE collides once again as Eddie Peak takes on Darkwave's Sammy Bach later. These two have a history of great matches, and both men are assuredly winners - so which will triumph today, power or speed?

A six-man contest is set to follow; an invitational set up last week backstage by Tommy Cornell rapidly found volunteers, and Canadian Elemental, Freddy Huggins, Frankie Dee, Giant Tana, Marc Speed and Zimmy will all be in competition. Will the School of Tradition have an advantage here, or could we see issues coexisting?

The Excessive Force match between Sean McFly and Marc DuBois has created more than its fair share of controversy, and in an effort to redress the situation, McFly is set to take on Joey Minnesota with Generation Omega's right to wrestle on the line - and Generation Omega's stake will be announced on Tuesday.

In the main event, however, the Kreed enter into a family battle. On the one side, the Kreed; on the other, Greg's twin brother Matthew and Art Reed's trainer, Jeremy Stone.

Prediction Key:
Eternal Party vs. Kazuma & the Kid (Kazuma Narto & the Cannonball Kid)

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Natural Talent

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily

Eddie Peak vs. Sammy Bach

Canadian Elemental vs. Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins vs. Freddy Huggins vs. Giant Tana vs. Marc Speed vs. Zimmy

Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean McFly

Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Jeremy Stone & Matthew Keith

Bigpapa42

04-08-2011, 11:04 AM

Eternal Party vs. Kazuma & the Kid (Kazuma Narto & the Cannonball Kid)

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Natural Talent

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily

Eddie Peak vs. Sammy Bach

Canadian Elemental vs. Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins vs. Freddy Huggins vs. Giant Tana vs. Marc Speed vs. Zimmy

Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean McFly

Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Jeremy Stone & Matthew Keith

Zergon

04-08-2011, 11:21 AM

Eternal Party vs. Kazuma & the Kid (Kazuma Narto & the Cannonball Kid)
Kazuma & the Kid make a good showing but no way for them to win here.

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Natural Talent
Easy Riders are higher on ladders.

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily
Could go either way with Fly Boys getting some wins lately but I still don´t have much faith on them.

Eddie Peak vs. Sammy Bach
Again might go either way but Peak seems stronger to me.

Canadian Elemental vs. Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins vs. Freddy Huggins vs. Giant Tana vs. Marc Speed vs. Zimmy
No idea here as pretty much anyone could get the win. I go with Zimmy simply because he has more things going on than rest of these guys.

Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean McFly
Minnesota wins via cheating.

Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Jeremy Stone & Matthew Keith
Jeremy is still the top guy here though others must be pretty close by now.

Oregano Jensen

04-08-2011, 01:23 PM

Eternal Party vs. Kazuma & the Kid (Kazuma Narto & the Cannonball Kid)

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Natural Talent

Couple of tag squashes. I actually think the Kazuma storyline is going to go a lot like what you said: perfectly good veteran tag team shows up, jobs a lot, establishes that the level of competition in TCW is so high even perfectly good tag teams struggle to find a place. Natural Talent, by contrast... they're just not very good.

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily

Via Jack Marlowe?

Eddie Peak vs. Sammy Bach

He's twice the size of Bach. Honestly.

Canadian Elemental vs. Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins vs. Freddy Huggins vs. Giant Tana vs. Marc Speed vs. Zimmy

Still awaiting the payoff of some Huggins-related storylines from last year. That is, unless Wolf Hawkins beats him up and replaces him again.

Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean McFly

You don't tease some exciting big stake for Gen Omega and not bring it up. (How is this not the main event?)

Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Jeremy Stone & Matthew Keith

Two main eventers > tag title contenders. The long-awaited Art Reed Singles Push... does not begin tonight.

SWF Fan

04-10-2011, 06:06 PM

Phantom Stranger

04-10-2011, 06:33 PM

I'll never understand why its taken me this long to realize the Easy Rider references in the Fonda and Hopper names (and the first name Billy too).

Amazing what college can teach you about films, helps me realize this **** and appreciate the genius of PS more.

Guarantee its already been talked about before in here though haha, but its Midnight, I'm awake and amazed :)

Peter too, actually, by a slightly longer route, that being the actor Peter Hopper.

But yeah... sometimes you need to change a name, for whatever reason, and I think this one went well for me.

(Oddly, Bigpapa's old SWF diary used a name that's closer to my prime modern inspiration for these guys.)

Tigerkinney

04-10-2011, 06:40 PM

Eternal Party vs. Kazuma & the Kid (Kazuma Narto & the Cannonball Kid)

Eternal Party are made up of two established names, I'm afraid to say for Kazuma & the Kid they will be competition too tough.

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Natural Talent

Another competitive squash in the time honoured TCW tradition. The Tag division to me has two tiers, Easy Riders are hanging on in the top tier, Natural talent are in the second tier.

Fly Boys w/ Floyd JOBworthy vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily

Two second tier teams going at it, and unlike Zergon I'm going to show more faith in the Fly Boys. Yeah I'm backing a Jobworthy backed team.

Eddie Peak vs. Sammy Bach

Neither guy has quite broken into the upper tier, but given how stacked the TCW roster is, should that be of any surprise. Saying all that Peak, seems to have always been pushed slightly stronger.

Canadian Elemental vs. Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins vs. Freddy Huggins vs. Giant Tana vs. Marc Speed vs. Zimmy

These six man's are always a lottery...it's about time Zimmy actually did something, but I keep tipping him and he keeps failing me...so I'm going for the guy I like best and that's Canadian Elemental.

Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean McFly

Considering what is on the line, I think Minnesota gets the win here through cheap methods.

Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Jeremy Stone & Matthew Keith

Could easily go the other way but I see Stone and heel Keith sneaking this.

Hashasheen

04-10-2011, 06:47 PM

Phantom Stranger

04-10-2011, 09:04 PM

I truly envy your deep roster at times, PS, though I might have ticked off the roster penalties and just gone with a TNA-sized roster personally.

Though I'll admit sometimes I silently rage at the screen and wonder why you haven't done a brand extension yet. :o

Well... Because I don't necessarily have two main-event level programs at a time.

There are always two top programs in TCW, by default; the title picture, and whatever Tommy Cornell is involved with. The thing is that sometimes these are the same program, and indeed, sometimes they SHOULD be the same program. On the other hand, if I have the Title brand, and the Cornell brand, that presents certain... potential oddities.

On top of that, my heels are almost all factionalised, my faces almost as commonly in alliances of one kind or another, but while I have (say) two midcard heel stables I don't have two main event heel stables. And while I could split the Generation Omega program across two brands, at that stage, why have two brands?

...

I've thought, occasionally, about doing a brand split. I almost certainly have the breadth of talent to do it - though I'd like a few more jobbers dotted around the place (but then, there's the folks in dev, if I wanted to yank them up early) - but I don't have the talent in position.

Go back near the beginning and you'll see Horatio kvetch about the seeming face = brawler, heel = technician divide at the top of TCW. Well, by late 2008 that was sorted, with a number of turns and some strong signings. Similarly, the everyone's-in-stables nature of TCW could change - will, most likely, though the diary may not progress far enough to show it depending on when the next TEW arrives - but until that happens, a brand split is either meaningless (in which case I'd rather not bother) or becomes the dominant angle, which... I don't want to do.

If I do a split, it will likely come in as the program that accomplishes the last bit of positioning for the roster to make it possible; an obvious thing to do might be to have stables battling for the right to stay together, losing some members as a result, maybe even get a turn or two out of it...

At the moment, however, my stables aren't in a situation where that's a good next step.

legendkiller13

04-10-2011, 11:51 PM

Regis

04-11-2011, 10:44 AM

Eternal Party vs. Kazuma & the Kid (Kazuma Narto & the Cannonball Kid)
JOBBERS!

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Natural Talent
JOBBERS!

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily
I predict that Floyd continues to rack up debt with Marlowe, which will pay off later.

Eddie Peak vs. Sammy Bach
Sorry, Sammy. Maybe interference here.

Canadian Elemental vs. Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins vs. Freddy Huggins vs. Giant Tana vs. Marc Speed vs. Zimmy
Giant Tuna is running wild!

Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean McFly
A huge win to continue Joey's push and get over his heel turn.

Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Jeremy Stone & Matthew Keith
JEZZA!

Phantom Stranger

04-11-2011, 09:35 PM

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 2 July 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 16.08)
Rebroadcast on Continental Sports X1 (Rating 0.08)

Held at the Gardens of North Dakota (Mid West)

Attendance: 24,412

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Shawn Doakes

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Eternal Party vs. Kazuma & the Kid
The announce team sell this one all the way as touching on the question of whether the 'refreshed' Kazuma & the Kid can cut it in TCW's intensely competitive tag team division. And from the looks of things, they very much can.

If anything, they're faster than Eternal Party; perhaps a little less innovative, but nonetheless what they achieve in the air is remarkable and grabs the crowd's attention from early on, when both men fly from the ring onto their opponents with simultaneous corkscrew somersault dives.

In addition, they seem to actually strike a chord with Edd Stone; at one point an armbar by the Cannonball Kid sees Edd throw in a little dance before he knuckles down to the counter; the Kid promptly drops into a dance routine of his own and locks the armbar back down.

Kazuma, too, shows some innovation, dropping when Champagne Lover blocks a kick, spinning out into a breakdancing move that converts into a legsweep.

Lover looks annoyed by this, but Edd almost seems overjoyed, spurred on to new heights of goofball craziness.

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Of course, he's snapped back to seriousness when Canadian Elemental takes advantage of the ref's attention being focused elsewhere, running along the top rope to nail Edd with a flying dropkick that sends him to the outside before vanishing back up the entrance ramp.

Furious, Champagne Lover manages to save the contest with a pair of double-quick Lover Stunners – but Kazuma & the Kid have made a statement.
Eternal Party defeated Kazuma & the Kid
Rating: B+

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Natural Talent make their way down to the ring, and then out come the Easy Riders, with Carl Batch present as always. In his hand, he carries a microphone.

“Machines,” Batch offers, grinning. “You three need to watch this match carefully.

“You need to think about this, and you need to tread soft when you've thought.

“We're giving you a warning. We won't be that polite twice, dig?”

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Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Natural Talent
There's nothing pretty, or pleasant, about this. The Talent look to fight this as if it were a typical wrestling match, showing that burst of confidence and fire that's become characteristic of their matches. D.C. and Eddie are fast becoming TCW's favourite underdogs – you know the outcome of their matches, but you wish it would be different.

This match is different, however. Inside of a minute Peter Hopper doles out the first big impact. Natural #1 crashes to the mat, and Hopper clearly doesn't even consider covering for the pin.

The Riders seem to have no interest whatsoever in picking up the win. They exercise the bare minimum of restraint necessary not to be disqualified before they've accomplished their goal, but they're out here to injure, as seriously as possible, both of their opponents.

The Talent are bleeding from two or three minutes in. They don't let that, or the systematic assault, stop them from trying to win the match, trying to outwrestle the big men, but in the end, they're just worn down, destroyed.

Sam Sparrow eventually calls for a stoppage, awarding the Riders the match simply so he can prevent more violence being doled out. The arena is silent in respect as the EMTs carry the Talent out on stretchers – and the Talent are in good company; it's not long since Cornell was taken away the same way.
Easy Riders defeated Natural Talent via ref stoppage
Rating: B-

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Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy
vs.
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Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily
Once again, the lower lights of the tag division show exactly what they can do here, and the crowd slowly wake up as the Boys bombard VIPER with fast moves, quick tags, and high-risk assault, while VIPER look to ground them, confident in their superior mat game.

As you might expect with that particular pair of strategies, control of the match passes backward and forward regularly as both teams work hard to stake their claims in the division. The Boys gradually start to target All-Action champion Miyazaki more specifically than his partner, however, and it looks like they're working over the back and the back of the head.

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And then Jack Marlowe arrives, sporting – for some reason – a black eye. This doesn't stop him, however, from yanking Ota from the ring apron, proceeding to beat him down – and when the Baroness goes after him with the bokken, Marlowe takes shot after shot before he's willing to stop.

In the meantime, the Fly Boys cooperate, ensuring they have the ref's attention and setting up a Spanish Fly on Miyazaki to score the pinfall.
Fly Boys defeated Team VIPER
RatingL B+

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The remainder of Team KOBRA emerge, Jack Marlowe having left the moment the ring bell struck for the end of the match. Team VIPER get into the centre of the circle but Thunder Snake steps forward, head bowed, to speak with Miyazaki.

Ino tilts his head at this; he seems amused, and with a hand gesture he sends the Baroness to the outside for a microphone, offering it to Miyazaki once Thunder Snake appears to have ceased his talking.

Shingen speaks, his eyes locked on the masked form of Thunder Snake, who in turn keeps his own gaze steady.

“When pressed with the choice of life or death, it is not necessary to gain one's aim. We all want to live. And in large part we make our logic according to what we like. But not having attained our aim and continuing to live is cowardice. This is a thin dangerous line.”

Snake says something else, out of range of the microphone – which Ino does not offer him.

Miyazaki replies: “People think that they can clear up profound matters if they consider them deeply, but they exercise perverse thoughts and come to no good because they do their reflecting with only self-interest at the center.

“It is difficult for a fool's habits to change to selflessness. In confronting a matter, however, if at first you leave it alone, fix the four vows in your heart, exclude self-interest, and make an effort, you will not go far from your mark.”

As he finishes the quote, Ino gives a signal, and the Baroness brings the bokken down hard against Miyazaki's back. The All-Action Champion's expression does not waver. Ota takes his shot in turn while Azaria notes that Marlowe had cost Team VIPER a match against the Fly Boys already, last month.

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Eddie Peak vs. Sammy Bach
It's a brutal little battle, as it always is between those two, and they really shine opposite one another, as they always do.

Bach seems to revel in a chance to show he can take what Peak can dish out. Nonetheless, this match could be the dictionary definition of lopsided...

Sammy fights back as well as he can for the first ten minutes, managing along the way to stun the monster and even deliver his springboard cross-the-ring bulldog. But Eddie has the power, and any time he hits it staggers his opponent.

A tornado DDT attempt is blocked, and Peak throws Bach up vertically, looking for a flapjack, but the athletic, acrobatic Darkwave member twists in the air and catches Ray Johnson with a decidedly non-accidental diving elbow.

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That immediately brings out reinforcements in the shape of Ian Harris and Zimmy. The three Darkwave men unleash on the Bloody-Handed God; an Adrenaline Rush by Bach, a Blood Rush by Zimmy, and a New Jersey Turnpike stacked on the top bring the big man first to his knees, then crashing to the mat. The trio seem to know that this won't be enough, so the beatdown continues.

The three men take it in turns; first Harris loops Peak's chain around his leg, then slingshots back into the ring for a chain-enhanced corkscrew leg drop. Zimmy takes the chain next, bloodying Peak with a Blood Rush assisted in the same fashion, and finally Bach loops the chain around Peak's neck for a Bach on your Back with additional leverage on the choke, keeping his arm around the throat to conceal the advantage as Johnson recovers to see Peak bloody and almost unconscious. The arm drops three times.
Sammy Bach defeated Eddie Peak
Rating: B+

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The camera turns to the announce table next, and Shawn Doakes explains, solemnly, that what fans are about to see is not footage from a TCW technical crewmember but fan-shot footage taken some thirty minutes before the show began, which this public-spirited individual has offered to the company's authorities.

Doakes goes on to say that the announce team received word during the previous match that Mayhem Midden had ordered this shown, so that whatever discipline is eventually decided upon will be something the fans can understand.

With that portentous introduction, the big screen comes to life with footage from somewhere in the public areas of the Gardens. The footage has a different quality to the TCW cameras, lower resolution; it might even be camphone footage.

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Whatever the case, it depicts Jack “the Enforcer” Marlowe, in his usual leathers, stood near the door to the men's lavatory. At this point in the evening, he did not yet have a black eye.

“Look, kid,” he's saying as the footage starts. “It's great that you wanna talk to me and all, but I just came out here for one thing, and you aren't it. You wanna-”

“There you are!”

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GenOme barge past the fan and into shot. “We need to talk,” Perez says. “Midden's got security assigned to all of us once the show starts so we can't interfere. You want to make some fast money?”

Marlowe grins, then shakes his head slowly.

“Why the **** not?” Perez demands, affronted.

Marlowe shrugs. “Fast money's right,” he says. “But considering you're trying to pay back a massive fine, considering your buddies are probably having to pay your mortgage and your hotels and your flights until you clear it, and considering anything else you got is tied up in lawyers, it can't be enough to justify damaging my revenue stream.”

Newton snorts. “Revenue stream? Big words...”

“I'm a businessman,” Marlowe says, unfazed. “Don't make the mistake of thinking I'm stupid.

“Look, you boys are big names. You and your buddies, when they step in the ring, it's a money match. But you've only come to me because your usual backup's been cut off. Far as I'm concerned, the longer you stay off the books, the more matches there are I can make my money off.”

“So the answer's no?” Perez asks, his tone flat. Marlowe just shrugs, turning away slightly.

Perez nails him with the hook kick, then the young tag team lay into Marlowe in earnest. The Enforcer fights back, ready and willing to lay out his shots in return.

Nonetheless, the tide is turning against him -

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Rick Law comes out of nowhere. Davis is turned inside out by a Long Arm of the Law. He steps inside the reach of Perez' hook kick and delivers a spinebuster onto the arena's concrete floor.

Marlowe, one eye shut after the kick's impact, has just about recovered his wits by this stage.

“Thanks,” he says, a little curt. “But don't think this means we're buddies.”

Law promptly catches Marlowe with a big right hand. “Got that right,” he says simply.

Then he looks around, seeming suddenly to realise the presence of the camera. “You OK, son?” he asks.

“Y-yeah,” comes the fan's voice. It's young; mid-teens at the latest. Law smiles that winning smile.

“Good,” he says. “Hey, how much of that did you get on there? If you saw how it started, I think we might be able to work out some kind of deal.

“You want a Golden Rules T-shirt or something?”

That's where the footage ends.

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The pace of this thing is astonishing, with even Giant Tana moving somewhat quickly for his size. Canadian Elemental gets targeted early on by the two Canadians within the School of Tradition, who for now are working as a duo. Zimmy, meanwhile, seems to have something of a rivalry with Marc Speed; Tana is willing to pick off whoever happens to be a target at the time, and he's eager to play to the crowd, win them over with his enthusiasm and his sense of humour.

This is the kind of match where the rules are often relaxed due to referees being unable to follow everything, but nonetheless Eugene Williams takes a pretty big impact at some point, which is what brings in the allies and the enemies.

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Marc Speed, having run roughly even with Zimmy to this point, finds himself targetted by Sayeed Ali, who once again gets a chance to show off his offence against a target who isn't given a chance to defend himself.

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Also present is Edd Stone; two of his current potential opponents are in the ring, and he goes for both of them, drilling Tana with an Edd-Renaline Shot and countering a Phoenix Firebird Splash that the Elemental is going for on Freddy Huggins into a Party's Over, the impact leaving both CanEl and Huggins out of it for long moments.

That nearly gets a pinfall, but Zimmy is there to break it up, hauling Dee off CanEl and spiking him with something that, were trademark laws not restraining him, Azaria would probably want to call a Bumfhole Buster. He looks for the pin himself, but Tana has recovered by this time, breaking the pin and looking for the Big Fat Samoan Squash – except that Edd nails him again, this time with a flying headscissors before he can connect.

Speed promptly rides Ali's latest rush down into the crossface armbreaker, holding the interloper locked in a painful grip. But what Marc doesn't seem to have realised is that this does also take him out of the equation.

CanEl catches Edd with a dropkick and this time, as Stone stumbles forward, Tana lands the Big Fat Samoan Squash on a deserving target.

He high-fives CanEl and the two share a moment's praise before Frankie Dee drops Tana with a Sinanju Kick from behind, Freddy Huggins simultaneously drilling CanEl with a Huggins Kiss.

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Then Jack Marlowe enters the ring. He spins Frankie Dee around, punches him, and hits the Jackhammer before rolling clear.

Freddy Huggins' eyes are wide. He has such an opportunity -

Zimmy flies into shot, bulldogging Huggins into Dee, the two School of Tradition men's heads colliding. He pops up, hits the ropes, and comes off fast, nailing Speed with the Blood Rush. One quick cover later and the Darkwave man has pulled out the victory.
Zimmy defeated Canadian Elemental, Frankie Dee, Freddy Huggins, Giant Tana and Marc Speed
Rating: B

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Shout at the Devil hits, and Mayhem Midden comes down to the ring. He has a microphone in hand, and the sour expression on his face tells the story.

“Let me start out by saying something I never, when I took this job, thought I might say,” he begins. “The good news tonight is that Tommy Cornell is recovering well and expected to be back in the ring soon.” He gives the fans a few moments to voice their approval of this news.

“Now. What I'm really here about.” Mayhem begins to pace, taking his time in getting to it. “I do not intend to see this whole dispute go further than it has to. Phil, you're batting from behind – like I said last week, you have problems legally, we've got a solid contract, and this morning the court endorsed it. Your man on the board has a legal obligation to sell and we can and will pursue this if he doesn't. That one isn't even in doubt; and because I know he's watching...”

Midden turns to the hard camera, locks eyes with it. “I'm giving you til Badge of Honor for the record of sale to be FedExed to my office. Do not disappoint me – you can still get out of this with your dignity intact, I won't name and shame, and you'll even make some money. I'm being absolutely as kind to you as I can be.”

He turns away, resuming his pacing. “Now, Phil, that doesn't leave us with a whole lot of reason to continue this whole deal... right now. So let's give ourselves that reason.

“I sat down and I looked at the contracts your Generation Omega boys have got themselves, and that wasn't the first time, either, but I keep coming back and I keep looking at them because I hope, Phil, I pray, that one of these days, I will reread something and see a big-ass loophole I can dropkick you pieces of **** out of.

“TCW prides itself on accepting the best wrestlers in the world, and your boys are right up there, no question. But we can do without you, and frankly you've been big enough *******s I'd be happy to.

“But I didn't find a loophole, just like I never find a loophole. But this time...”

He grins. “This time, I don't know why, but I took it into my head to look at your contract, Phil. It's a good contract, too. You do your work well; I can't fire you, I can't break your managerial contracts, I can't do much more than control your financial rewards...”

The grin is wide, now, malicious, a grin seen often in the SWF while Midden was a hated rulebreaker. “And the things you do to earn those financial rewards.

“I can book you in a match, Phil. And if your boy Joey can't pull out the win tonight, I will, just like if Sean can't pull out the win, then you boys are coming back.

“Let me be specific about that match, Phil. I will personally place Generation Omega under surveillance to prevent them from entering the ring. I will ensure that no one will be willing to take money to do the job for them. And you will wrestle, no disqualification, once he returns from injury... against Tommy Cornell.”

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Joey Minnesota vs. Sean McFly
Joey charges, riding Sean down, and goes for an armbar early, prompting a slick twist-out escape from McFly.

Joey slaps him right in the face as a rebuttal. They go for a test of strength, and Sean returns the slap. He grabs a headlock and won't let go despite Joey trying to whip him off the ropes and backdropping him. Sean goes to use the ropes, and Minnesota closes the distance and just destroys him with a lariat that sends them both over. They trade stiff blows and fight up to the entrance platform where Joey gives Sean a suplex.

Back to the ring, Sean sets up for the Party's Over, but after all that time as a Rising Star Joey has it scouted and chops him to cut it off. Sean settles for a snapmare into an inverted suplex. He tries a Northern Lights, but Joey reverses to a wicked DDT.

Joey gets two off an uppercut and looks frustrated. Sean reverses a whip and hits a Stone's Throw – ONE, TW- NO!

Joey boots him in the face and locks in a nasty looking leg lock, but Sean twists clear again. They slap it out, which leads to forearms, which leads to Sean getting knocked to the apron.

He tries a springboard, but Joey cuts him off with a dropkick and promptly German suplexes him into the turnbuckle. Sneering slightly, Joey smashes him to the ground with the Minnesota Salute! ONE, TWO, THR-NO!

Sean busts out a series of armbars, wristlocks, and hammerlocks to soften Joey and nails the Girl's Best Friend. ONE, TWO, THRE-NO!

A springboard kick leads to a From Canada With Love which also gets two. Sean sets up for a superplex, but Joey counters with a forearm, an underhook facelock, and soars out into the centre of the ring, dragging Sean out with him to deliver a cutter from the top rope!

For a long, long nine count neither man stirs. Vibert hops up onto the apron, interrupting Sparrow's count and buying time for the men in the ring.

Joey recovers and goes with an Empire Spiral! ONE, TWO, TH-Sean has the ropes.

Joey snarls and goes into a cut-throat German suplex. He measures his pace and gets another long two count off a lariat. Sean counters a second attempt to a side suplex and hits a second one when Joey scrambles back to his feet after the first.

Joey takes a punch by the ropes that flips him over the top to land on the apron, and referee Sam Sparrow gets in between the two fighters, keeping this one fair.

Sean shakes his head, doing an end run off the ropes to the side to fly over the top rope with a soaring forearm that sends both men to the floor. Back in, they trade blows back and forth until Joey hits the Empire Spiral! Both guys are out of it again, but they stagger up to their feet. SLUGFEST! Minnesota gets the advantage, eventually dropping McFly with a discus punch. He hauls Sean up but pays for it as Sean hits the Delorean Driver!

He covers, hooking the leg – ONE, TWO, THRE – NO! Minnesota, somehow, kicks clear. The two stare at each other for a long moment – Minnesota's head snaps forward in a crisp, textbook headbutt, then gets a Minnesota Salute. ONE, TWO -

The bell rings. Twenty minutes have elapsed, and despite both men's best efforts the contest stands as a draw.

The only thing stopping this being great is the time limit. It is, nonetheless, more than a tad awesome.
Joey Minnesota drew with Sean McFly
Rating: A

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The Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Jeremy Stone & Matthew Keith
Reed and Stone start out and provide the viewers with an astonishingly slick sequence of hold and counter-hold, leading to a sequence of pinning combinations seemingly designed purely to exhaust and overwhelm Ray Johnson – each man gets a series of two counts off roll-ups, cradles, sunset flips, backslides, bridges, and packages for almost a minute before Reed simply pops clear of Stone's latest attempt – a sunset flip – by hopping up and nailing him full in the face with a dropkick.

Azaria, naturally enough, retells the story of Reed's first day in the Stone training camp, when he connected with a dropkick that left the head trainer – Jeremy – with a black eye. Meanwhile, however, Stone has tagged clear; as Matthew enters, Art glances back to his partner, who has his hand out waiting for the tag.

Art glances toward the crowd, seeking their approval, and as the response swells – Matt nails him. Nothing special, nothing fancy, just a hard forearm shot to the jaw of an athlete in the instant he was distracted, and he follows it with a fast headlock takedown.

Not wanting to risk Art's squirrelly reflexes in the mat game, Matthew's back to his feet a couple of seconds later, delivering a dropkick to Reed's back.

He closes again, whipping Reed to the ropes and going for a backdrop – but Reed rolls over his back gracefully, dropping down into a schoolboy roll-up. One, t- Matthew kicks out and flattens Reed as he regains his feet with a brutal straight right.

Art looks for a chance to tag his partner from his knees, and in a surprising moment, Matthew prevents that by stepping to Reed's side and kicking upward, smacking his arm out of its reach; Keith promptly twists on the spot, dropping down in a kind of standing-dive lariat to Reed while the latter's on his knees.

Reed does something astonishing; he rolls back through the lariat, hands clasped around his opponent's torso, and rises in one fluid motion to dump Matthew with a powerbomb before diving for the tag.

The crowd noise starts to build as, oh so slowly, Greg enters the ring, his eyes on his twin brother.

Matt makes his way back to his feet slowly, testing the back of his neck after that powerbomb impact, and turns around to come face to face with his brother. His eyes widen for a moment.

And then, Matthew Keith breaks into a grin, a snarling rictus of a thing. Greg registers surprise – but that's all he has time to do; a chop, a European uppercut, a punch to the gut and a DDT signify Matthew's intent.

He turns toward the Kreed corner and, still grinning, drops to his knees, arm outstretch, face contorted in a parody of pain – then he turns back, finding Greg ready, off the ropes with a shoulderblock, mounting and going for the elbows – Matt rolls loose, twists, gains mount in turn and fires off elbows of his own – Greg manages to reach the ropes. Johnson calls for the break but has to use the entire five count to persuade Matthew it's time to break the assault off.

Greg gets back to his feet, blocks a charge with an elbow, hops onto the second rope and comes off with a springboard clothesline; Matt, as he regains his feet, decides to ignore his beckoning brother.

Instead he makes a tag of his own, allowing Jeremy back in the ring. Greg closes with Stone and takes a forearm shot to the back of the head from his brother once again.

Jeremy goes for a suplex; Greg blocks, tries for one of his own; Jeremy blocks it in turn. Greg goes instead for an inside cradle, but Jeremy somehow twists through, countering it into a backbreaker.

It's then that the eldest active Stone does something hard to believe; hauling Greg back to his feet, he whips him to the corner.

Greg gets his head driven face-first into the turnbuckle two or three times and Jeremy ascends to the second rope, hooking Greg Keith in an inverted facelock – and flipping forward.

Jeremy Stone nails the Girl's Best Friend.

Rolling to a seated position afterward, he tilts his head to one side, obviously simply considering the effectiveness of the move; after a few moments he nods thoughtfully, apparently in respect.

Jeremy doesn't cover, however; instead he picks Greg back up and sets for the Stone's Throw. Greg elbows hard enough to break the hold, twists in his grasp, and gets a DDT to buy time and tag out.

In comes Art and he charges across the ring. He tags Matt with a dropkick; he tags Stone with a corkscrew flying knee, and a backdrop to follow. As Stone goes through the backdrop, Matt tags himself back in, obviously furious.

Reed meets that, too, sending Matt flying with a hip toss, then another, then another. He shoots Matt into the ropes, looking for a backdrop, and nearly gets hit with a NeutronPlex instead – but Greg snags his tag partner's foot while he's in the air, hanging on and allowing Art to roll clear of the impact.

Infuriated, Matt hits a powerbomb, hops to the second rope, and hits a splash to follow up. ONE, TWO, T- NO!

He looks for a NeutronPlex again; this time, Reed blocks it and counters, hitting the Dark Matter. ONE, TWO, THRE- Jeremy Stone comes in with a baseball slide to Reed's head, nailing him smoothly to break it up.

Reed promptly bails and tags out again, allowing Greg another opportunity against his brother – but Matt immediately tags out with a smirk. In comes Jeremy and the two look for weaknesses in one another's armour, one looking for the Stone Hold, one for the Proton Lock, and there seems to be no clear way to decide -

What happens next has to be pieced together from replays. There's a blur of excitement at one side of the screen, then Greg is clutching his eyes, and Jeremy rolls him into a package, grabbing the top rope for leverage, and makes sure of the pin.

It's only later that the production crew are able to give fans watching the show a close-up confirmation of Matt's part in all this, as the spray of liquid from his mouth becomes visible – a spray of green, the feared Asian mist.

It's left to Doakes to give voice to the question running through most of the viewers' minds.

“Where the hell did that come from?”
Jeremy Stone & Matthew Keith defeated the Kreed
Rating: A*

Show Rating: A

Oregano Jensen

04-12-2011, 02:37 AM

Oh, the dreaded Asian mist. When is the last time that mist yielded an A* for anyone?

Phantom Stranger

04-12-2011, 06:49 AM

Oh, the dreaded Asian mist. When is the last time that mist yielded an A* for anyone?

Speaking as someone who really digs the Great Muta, I may not be the best man to answer that - but that's why it takes a replay to pick it out, on first use. Like the Marlowe/GenOme sequence, the reveal is more about setup than about that match.

Phantom Stranger

04-12-2011, 09:12 PM

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 2 July 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 1.27)

Held at the President's Hall (Puerto Rico)

Attendance: 2,734

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Sara Silver – Autumn Gleeson

As the show begins, Jack Bruce takes on Rhino Umaga. The Samoan's focused intensity makes him a dangerous opponent, but it also serves as his greatest weakness; Bruce is able to find a chink in his armour and put him away. (Rating: B-)
A match that might have been expected to be good turned out to be excellent; Champagne Lover finally found his form again, despite losing to Troy Tornado. Zimmy and Cherry Bomb came after Tornado but were run off by Harry and Amber Allen. (Rating: A*)
Painful Procedure's 'Balls to the Wall' single video was played, followed by Darkwave's 'iThink'. A graphic announced that both were due out that very day.
Global Tradition did battle with Kazuma and the Kid, squeaking out a rare win when Bryant evaded a high-risk dive by the Cannonball Kid, rolling him up afterward, after the recent redebut act had been dominant. (Rating: C+)
Aaron Andrews took on Frankie Dee, defeating him after an extremely competitive bout. (Rating: B)
Andrews then took up the microphone and called out Joey Minnesota, telling his former partner that only Generation Omega's match ban was keeping Andrews from payback.
In a great tag match, JeriLynn Stone and Kate Dangerous took on Raku Makuda and Tamara McFly. JeriLynn hit her aunt-in-law with the Girl's Best Friend to get the win. (R\ating: B)
Prior to the announced six-man tag, Rick Law was seen backstage being beaten down by Jack Marlowe as the announcers speculated whether the “Enforcer” was doing this for money or for payback after Tuesday.
With Law incapacitated, Eddie Peak filled in alongside Chris Rockwell and Rocky Golden. Their opponents were the men who'd beaten down Peak on Tuesday; Ian Harris, Sammy Bach and Zimmy. Marlowe intervened, attacking Golden, for which he was run off by Stephanie Wade, steel chair in hand, to something of a pop. Nonetheless, the damage was done; with Cherry Bomb lending an additional assist, Bach was able to make Golden tap without being interrupted. (Rating: B)

Show Rating: B

Phantom Stranger

04-12-2011, 10:00 PM

Badge of Honor results posted on previous page

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Eidenhoek

04-13-2011, 04:18 PM

Stupid Apple naming conventions, or SUPER SAIYAN CHRIS JERICHO?

The choice is clear.

Phantom Stranger

04-14-2011, 04:51 PM

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As Saturday comes around TCW prepares to end the wrestling week the same way we started it; by delivering the very best competition available to our fans, whether they be live at the Colisee de Kahnawake or watching the Saturday Night Showcase broadcast.

Painful Procedure will take on the School of Tradition as seasoned pairing Harry Allen and Steve Gumble go up against two of Eric Tyler's younger students, Freddy Huggins and Frankie Dee. There's no way this contest can be considered a cakewalk for either side.

Tag team action continues after that opening contest, as Eternal Party find themselves up against the New Wave. On one side you have the International Champion and the man who just yesterday took Troy Tornado to the limit; on the other, a legend among tag teams who seem resurgent, racking up a commanding record in the last few weeks.

A surefire firecracker of a brawl is set to follow, as "the Enforcer" Jack Marlowe is on a collision course with Texas Pete. Could Marlowe have his sights on a title shot for himself, or has the Enforcer other motives?

Tag teams with a lengthy pedigree come together this Saturday, too, as the Conquering Kings look to unseat the Elite Express in the Express' back yard. It's going to be a tough challenge - but if they can do it, that'll make it all the sweeter.

Marc Speed has been working hard these past few months, but there are those who say that while his endorsement by the Machines brought him into TCW and gave him a welcome platform to display his skills early on, their long-running rivalry with the Easy Riders has bogged his career down somewhat. Tonight he'll be hoping to change that - Matthew Keith is his opponent, and with Keith's form of late, beating him would mark Speed out as one to watch in the very near future.

The final contest of the night is a huge six-man tag. On one side you have arguably the School of Tradition's finest; Eric Tyler and the British Lions. On the other, World Heavyweight Champion Johnny Bloodstone teams with living legend Sam Keith and national treasure Sean Deeley. Will the star power swing it, or will the Lions' innate teamwork carry the night? Laura Huggins has once again abstained from representing either side.

Prediction Key:
Young Guns vs. Frankie Dee & Freddy Huggins w/ Laura Huggins

Eternal Party vs. New Wave

Jack Marlowe vs. Texas Pete (non-title)

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Elite Express

Marc Speed vs. Matthew Keith

Eric Tyler & the British Lions vs. Johnny Bloodstone, Sam Keith & Sean Deeley w/ Blonde Bombshell

Bigpapa42

04-14-2011, 05:04 PM

Young Guns vs. Frankie Dee & Freddy Huggins w/ Laura Huggins

Eternal Party vs. New Wave

Jack Marlowe vs. Texas Pete (non-title)

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Elite Express

Marc Speed vs. Matthew Keith

Eric Tyler & the British Lions vs. Johnny Bloodstone, Sam Keith & Sean Deeley w/ Blonde Bombshell

legendkiller13

04-14-2011, 05:31 PM

Zergon

04-14-2011, 10:52 PM

Young Guns vs. Frankie Dee & Freddy Huggins w/ Laura Huggins
Named team over random pairing

Eternal Party vs. New Wave
Could go either way but I give this one to New Wave thanks to their greater tag team experience

Jack Marlowe vs. Texas Pete (non-title)
Seems like a coin flip but Marlowe is the one who is pushed right now so I go with him.

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Elite Express
Express is higher on the ladders.

Marc Speed vs. Matthew Keith
Matthew have had a lot of matches with your top guys (and even got some wins from those) while Speed hasn´t.

Eric Tyler & the British Lions vs. Johnny Bloodstone, Sam Keith & Sean Deeley w/ Blonde Bombshell
I could see Matthew costing this one to his dad and Bloodstone but overall there is more star quality on the face side.

Tigerkinney

04-15-2011, 07:40 AM

Dragonmack

04-15-2011, 01:13 PM

Oregano Jensen

04-15-2011, 04:50 PM

Young Guns vs. Frankie Dee & Freddy Huggins w/ Laura Huggins

Hope I'm wrong, but Painful Procedure is getting somewhat pushed right now, and the School is a bit of an afterthought.

Eternal Party vs. New Wave

EP have singles careers -- and in one case, a second tag team -- to fall back on. The New Wave have their comeback story and their team, and that's it.

Jack Marlowe vs. Texas Pete (non-title) - no contest

Between everything that's gone on with Jack lately, there's no way he gets to the end of this match untouched.

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Elite Express

Weird to have this match so late. But the Canadian Jacket Men go over because it's Canada.

Marc Speed vs. Matthew Keith

He won't even need the mist.

Eric Tyler & the British Lions vs. Johnny Bloodstone, Sam Keith & Sean Deeley w/ Blonde Bombshell

Serious mat wrestling contest here. Tyler and the Lions are basically gatekeepers in their respective divisions. Maybe the Lions won't always be, but until we see otherwise, I'm not picking against them.

Lo-Drew

04-18-2011, 02:52 PM

Phantom Stranger

04-20-2011, 10:30 AM

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TCW Presents Saturday Night Showcase

Saturday Week 2 July 2009

Live on CBA (Rating 13.70)

Held at the Colisee de Kahnawake (Quebec)

Attendance: 11,385

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Duane Fry – Jasmine Saunders – Alanis Springsteen

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The Young Guns vs. Frankie Dee & Freddy Huggins w/ Laura Huggins
Well, up in Canada neither side has quite the traction they do in America – but they do still have all the determination they need to start turning that around. Dee & Huggins have something else to prove, too – that they can coexist, and that they can pick up a victory.

Individually, it does look like they can do it; Frankie's MMA-style game is something the Guns have little experience with, though Steve Gumble's savate background gives him a few breaks early on. Huggins, meanwhile, has evidently learned a few things during his time in the School, as his mat game is starting to be a more pronounced aspect of his overall strategy, tying Allen up on the mat.

Where they fall down is in teamwork, as the Guns have that innate understanding that stands them in good stead here; the quick tags, double-teams, and inventive exchanges start to turn things around, putting the School of Tradition duo on the back foot.

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And then Zimmy Bumfhole arrives, targeting Steve Gumble on the outside – but emerging from the crowd is a woman in full rock-band gear, who cuts Zimmy off with a baseball bat shot.

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It takes a few moments before the announce team recognise Amber Allen in her new getup. Inside the ring, Gumble rejoins his partner and the two lay out Frankie Dee with the Blitzkrieg Bop to secure the win.
Young Guns defeated Frankie Dee & Freddy Huggins
Rating: C+

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Zimmy still looks ready for more, but Balls to the Wall begins to play and heralds the arrival of the rest of Painful Procedure. With the group in the ring, Troy collects the microphone.

“Let's keep this one short and sweet, huh?” he offers, then underhands the mic to Harry Allen, who snatches it out of the air.

“I guess when I dropped Cherry with the Gunslinger's Revenge I made this personal first,” he begins. “So I ain't gonna go with that old number... but the song we want probably comes from the same 45. Damn near the same old story, but Darkwave, you coulda kept this to the people involved. Whatever reason, you decided that wasn't enough.

“You went after my family.”

He half-smiles. “Yeah, I know what people are thinkin'. If these two are related, there's no way Azaria wouldn't say something about it. You'd be right, too, 'cept for one thing.

“My cousin is a great wrestler, and sure, when news came out TCW was bringing in women, I definitely went to see if I could get her an invite. I got her tapes to Midden, and she got hired – because she's good enough for TCW.

“And whaddaya know, I say that and I can actually see people, right there in the front row, thinkin' 'yeah, right'. Thinkin' I put some pressure on or some ****, an' that's why Amber's here.

“An' you know somethin'? That right there is why I asked Azaria not to mention it. Y'know, Amber wanted to use her real name – and why the hell not, the Allens have every right t'be proud of our name – but that meant, she wants to keep clear of all those accusations, she had to hide who she was, 'cept for the wrestling.

“This **** just ain't right, an' I think you guys in the crowd know that.”

He passes the mic across to Amber, who remains all business. With a final flourish, she inverts the baseball bat, planting the tip on the mat. “You brought me into this, Cherry,” she says. “I want you to remember that, when I get my hands on you.”

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It's fast and it's slick; the four men involved here are all excellent athletes and excellent wrestlers, and what they produce together keeps the crowd interested, stepping the pace up a little after the opening contest.

With the crowd behind them, the New Wave still seem like underdogs – but eager underdogs, and before too long they're showing exactly what they can do – double-teaming Champagne Lover and doing well against the International Champion, though after a while Edd turns the tide as Guide discovers that YOU CAN'T POWERBOMB EDD STONE!

With that as the turning point, Edd takes it to both men, whipping Guide to the ropes and baiting him in to hit a Guided Missile – which Edd hurdles, sending Scout crashing to the outside. He stops to celebrate with the crowd, and Guide hits a backdrop suplex in the window of opportunity, but Edd rolls to the outside – and in comes Champagne Lover to balance things out, hitting Guide fast before the former DaVE man cuts him off with a boot.

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Meanwhile the crowd are roaring in reaction, as Canadian Elemental runs along the guardrail to nail Edd with a dropkick on the outside. The two men start brawling, backflipping and putting on one heck of an acrobatic contest outside the ring.

And that leaves Champagne Lover on his own on the inside, up against a duo who've often been called THE GREATEST TAG TEAM IN THE WORLD. Guide tags out to a rejuvenated Scout and the pair tear Lover apart, with Scout shortly able to roll him up for the pin.

The finish is the subject of some debate; Fry is insistent that he saw Scout hook the tights, but no matter how the announce team appeal to the production truck to get a view that can confirm it, none is forthcoming.
New Wave defeated Eternal Party
Rating: B

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Breakin' the Law begins to play, and Tommy Cornell reappears a week after the beatdown at the hands of Generation Omega. The reaction is every bit as strong as the company owner is slowly coming to expect, and his smile seems genuine.

“You know,” he says. “I have this weird prediction, right now. See, I'm gonna do the sort of thing I always used to... but I kind of expect you guys to be OK with it. Johnny, in the production truck, hit the tape, alright?”

The big screen blinks into life at the prompt.

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Midden's grin is wide, now, malicious, a grin seen often in the SWF while Midden was a hated rulebreaker. “And the things you do to earn those financial rewards.

“I can book you in a match, Phil. And if your boy Joey can't pull out the win tonight, I will.”

Cornell lets the implication sink in for even the slowest fan in the arena, milking the reaction, smiling broadly.

“Yeah, how about that?” he offers. “Usually I'd say it was obvious what he was after, but you know what, Joey didn't pull out the win... and the idea of getting my hands on Phil Vibert in a match, where he can't just run away, well, that's got to be worth it.

“Hope you've trained up for this, Phil.”

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He starts gently limbering up, watching the entrance ramp, and the crowd roar with disapproval as Wolf Hawkins vaults the guardrail; Cornell reacts to the sound, turning and catching Wolf just as he slides under the ropes, and the Champion stops his charge for a moment, instead striding up to go nose to nose with Cornell, holding his title aloft, in his former mentor's face.

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Phil Vibert follows just behind him. “You know damn well that that isn't how Midden meant the stipulation,” Vibert begins. “And frankly, I don't see any reason to give in to you twisting the rules. Midden's been basing his whole argument on having the moral high ground. Now you want to weasel your way into a pointless match?”

Cornell hasn't taken his eyes from his protege during Vibert's speech, and he still doesn't as he raises his microphone to his lips.

“Thought you might be enough of a bitch to try that,” he says. “Wolf, you want to think about what he just said. And you want to think about the stipulation. Hey, Johnny, the second clip – play it.”

The action continues, overlapping with the previous clip. Midden lays down the law. “And if your boy Joey can't pull out the win tonight, I will, just like if Sean can't pull out the win, then you boys are coming back.”

Cornell smirks. “We've taken your inside man out. If it means I get my hands on you, I'm gonna be more than happy to let Generation Omega get back to working their trade – but this time they'll have to play fair.”

Wolf looks, for a moment, toward Vibert, who seems abruptly worried, then nods slightly.

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The crowd promptly go berserk – which could have something to do with Remo Richardson, who's vaulted the guardrail behind Cornell, dived into the ring, and who now swings the company owner around, dropping him with a single punch.

Hawkins smirks, then walks across to Vibert to converse in low tones. Meanwhile, Cornell and Remo battle it out, with the Generation Omega man clearly leading on strength.

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Ricky Dale Johnson and Texas Pete appear at the ramp and run down to join Cornell, much to the crowd's approval, and Hawkins goes to join in, facing off with RDJ while Remo gets a short-arm clothesline on Cornell. Pete goes for a shoulderblock, actually driving Remo back five or six steps before he rebounds, and the two trade blows for a long moment as Vibert bails from the ring.

Remo and Hawkins find themselves hard-pressed, but as they retreat Cornell and RDJ, showing their veteran instincts, stop and regroup, the big Texan checking on the company owner, while Pete instead hits the ropes and then comes flying out at Hawkins between second and top rope – unfortunately for him, Remo intercepts him, catching him out of the air and delivering a huge slam onto the ground.

Generation Omega have to retreat, however, nonetheless – RDJ is unwilling to accept this, and now he follows Pete out.

Cornell wipes his mouth with the back of his hand and rescues his microphone.

“OK, Phil, I get your message,” he says. “We'll settle this at Summer Showdown, but how about we make it conclusive? Your side gets DuBois, Minnesota, and probably Remo. On my side, Sean McFly is going to have some backup, some good men who understand the right way to do things in this business.”

He pauses. “You're not the only prodigy out there, sonny Jim,” he continues. “I know Pete's going to be busy defending his title. So this is how I see it... Ricky here is going to be the referee, and he's going to make damn sure there's a clear winner. And Sean is going to have two of the best young wrestlers in the sport to back him up.” A grin. “I know just the pair...” and his face abruptly falls. “Provided I can get them to agree.”

“What did he mean by that?” Fry wonders. Saunders laughs. “It's not like Tommy Cornell hasn't had his problems with... actually, with most of TCW.”

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Jack Marlowe vs. Texas Pete
Pete is still recovering from the impact of Remo's slam as the bell rings, but with Marlowe charging in, the Hard-Hitting Champion finds the reserves to block, punch, whip Marlowe to the corner and lay in the chops. He backs off and looks for an avalanche, only for the Enforcer to move, nailing him with a pump kick followed with a butterfly suplex.

Pete kicks out emphatically and tosses Marlowe from the ring, looking once again for his through-the-ropes tope suicida. He nails it, much to the crowd's approval, and on hearing that cheer he goes back for another.

If anything, this one is even faster, even more thunderous – but this time, Marlowe moves clear. The mercenary uses this as an opportunity to take over and he works over Pete's injured ribs, showing a different strategy to his usual approach, taking a new tack as he gains the upper hand.

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The crowd are starting to get thoroughly sucked in when Chris Rockwell hits the ring. Jack Marlowe takes a shot to the head with a hockey stick, and Rockwell immediately wheels, driving the stick into Pete's guts, then into his suddenly exposed jaw. Another three shots follow before Marlowe drops properly.

Ray Johnson calls the inevitable double-DQ.
Jack Marlowe and Texas Pete went to a double-disqualification
Rating: B

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Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Elite Express
These two teams have become seasoned and experienced adversaries over time, and the result, while never exceptional, is always enjoyable.

What takes place over the next fourteen minutes could be described as a greatest hits compilation of moments from their matches, with both teams scoring multiple near-falls and the Kings almost forcing a submission.

An attempt at the Crippler Bomb is well scouted, however, with Bobby rolling down the back of Barry Kingman and nearly getting a pinfall, then transitioning into a submission hold – though Kingman twists to get his foot on the ropes and break the hold.

What eventually clinches this one is a flying crucifix pin by Nate Johnson just after he tags back in blind, with the Kings looking, once again, for the Crippler Bomb. Thomas prevents Kingman from breaking up the tag by converting into a spin-out inverted DDT.
Elite Express defeated Conquering Kings
Rating: B

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Chris Rockwell is sat backstage, in one of the corridors, perched on a now-mostly-empty buffet table, head tilted back against the wall, eyes shut. After something like twenty silent, still moments, he says “Stupid,” in a tone that suggests he's been saying this for some time, and his head rolls forward then jerks back into the wall with an audible impact. Another twenty seconds go by.

“Stupid.” Another impact.

“Jesus, man,” Rocky Golden's voice says, “Stop that, man, you're gonna shake something loose in there.”

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Rockwell's eyes open, but he doesn't answer for a long moment as the camera pulls back to reveal both members of Golden Law, standing there uncomfortably, looking awkward as they watch their friend.

“Think maybe I already did,” Rockwell says at last. There's another beat before Law speaks up.

“Maybe so. Where's the hockey stick, Chris?”

“Got rid of the evidence,” Rockwell replies.

“Apart from the TV footage and the arena full of fans,” Golden sighs. “Damn, Chris...”

“Well, yeah.” He shrugs, slightly, which is awkward from his current position, but he doesn't move. “He got to me, Rock. Both of them did.”

“The Chris Rockwell I watched when I was deciding to be a wrestler,” Law says, slowly, “nothing got to him. Nothing and no one. He knew how good he was... and the only thing he needed to know about someone for sure was whether or not they had what it takes. That was all that mattered.”

Rockwell nods.

“You've gotta get that guy back, Chris,” Law continues. “And... I think I might know how.”

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“How nice fer you,” comes another voice, and Charlie Thatcher steps into the scene. His baseball bat is slung under his arm, not carried at the ready on his shoulders. “You boys mind me interruptin'?”

Rockwell finally looks at one of the arrivals. “You haven't wrestled in months,” he says. “You want to act like you're one of us, Charlie, well feel free – but I don't think we're buying it. You're here to give out the punishment detail – you mind just doing that bit?”

“Yer mom.” Thatcher's common reply is almost reflexive, but his expression shows signs of legitimate irritation. Law and Golden exchange glances; there's absolutely no need for Rockwell to be taking this tone.

Thatcher continues nonetheless. “Seems to Mr Midden that your problem, at the moment, is with Pete and with the Keith kid. He's decided to give you a shot at sorting that problem; Summer Showdown, there's gonna be a No Holds Barred triple-threat for the Hard-Hitting Championship.

“Course, your problem turns out to be with someone else, you can let me know and I'll tell Mr Midden what you're after. He'll decide what to do with you according to how pushy you're gonna be.”

“OK,” Rockwell nods, after a long moment. He almost seems to struggle with the next word before he gets it out. “Thanks.”

Thatcher nods. “Wasn't so hard, was it?” he chides, but there's a smile. After a beat, he speaks. “Hey, you mind if I say something like I was one of you?”

Rockwell shrugs, and Thatcher continues. “Ten years ago I seem to remember you kicking my ass more'n once,” he says. “One of 'em just after you'd come back from breakin' your collarbone.

“Those matches are still on my record. I'd appreciate it if people remembered how tough an ******* you can be – my rep does half my job these days, an' you turning into someone who goes down easier'n Rocky here's mom isn't helping.”

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Marc Speed vs. Matthew Keith
The two young technicians stay at opposite sides of the ring as Eugene Williams checks them over – very thoroughly, in the case of Matthew Keith, in case he has concealed weapons or capsules for the Mist.

Springsteen picks up on that at once: “These guys are still used to the idea of tag teaming. The close-up kick off, if the other guy doesn't initiate it... it won't come from them.”

The bell rings and they circle, drawing gradually closer to each other. After a short moment, Keith darts in, going low and looking for the lockup; Speed instinctively backs away, refusing to cede the opening advantage. They circle again, with both men checking, and close – and this time Keith backs off, seeing how this contest is about to go, also not willing to concede the advantage.

Another circle and Speed steps in, clearly and deliberately making himself a better target – and Matt takes the bait, only to be caught with a volley of chops as he enters strike range. Speed goes to whip him into the corner, but Matt reverses, sending Speed into the turnbuckles – chest-first, like a Stone.

Keith promptly looks for a schoolboy, but Speed twists with energy, rolling out of the pin and keeping hold of Matt's arm, driving a knee into the shoulder. He looks for a grounded armbar, but Keith rolls through and to his feet, going for a hip toss – and Speed takes advantage, transitioning to a single-arm DDT.

“Who's got the upper hand, in your opinion?” Saunders asks Fry.

“Wayyyy too early to tell,” is the response. “But stay tuned, fans, because this is going to be a barn-stormer, I can feel it.”

Keith gets to a sitting position as Speed applies the armbar, the canny Machine slipping one leg over Matt's shoulder in a kneeling position to make the hold more certain. Matthew reaches up, an unconscious echo of Speed's match with Remo, but unlike Generation Omega's supreme specimen, he doesn't have the strength to snapmare Marc out of the hold.

Instead he shifts position again – and before he can do anything about that, Speed drives his elbow into Keith's exposed shoulder once, twice, three times, then strengthens the hold, putting even more emphasis onto it. Matt goes for a glory play, forcing himself up onto his feet while his shoulder is still anchored so low down, turning into the armbar, and in one fluid if desperate motion he rises to his feet, grabbing Marc's far underarm with his free hand for leverage, and he takes the Machine down with a massive, if improvised, overhead suplex.

The hold is broken. Keith rolls to the outside, checking on his shoulder, massaging the flesh as Williams begins the count. Speed, meanwhile, having regained his feet, goes through what's obviously a carefully-designed routine of small stretches and flexes, making sure that neck, wrist, elbow, shoulder, hips, knees and ankles are still all functioning at peak condition – making his own use of Keith's ten count, as Springsteen points out, with none of the risk of elimination.

Matthew rolls back in at the count of seven. They halt with half the mat's length between them, and there is a brief staredown; Speed affords his opponent a respectful nod, but pays him an even greater respect; he doesn't take his eyes from him.

Matthew Keith, by contrast, just smiles, mouth a firm, fine line. He looks... satisfied, somehow? Content?

The two slowly close again, and as Speed goes for a lock-up Keith instead shifts angle and gets a monkey flip, floating back over Speed's prone form and underhooking his arms, applying something very like a seated front full nelson hold. He leans back, torquing it as hard as he can, and Speed is in there for a long, long moment.

A close-up shows that Speed's left arm has a little more freedom to move, prompting the announce team to suggest that the work Speed has done on Matt's shoulder is already taking a minor toll.

In the end, Speed manages to get one leg up high enough to loop it over Keith's head, applying a headscissors to pull Keith off and break the hold. Matthew immediately pops himself clear of the hold, bouncing back to his feet and spinning around in the exact same moment. He delivers a stiff kick across Speed's chest to put the man back down, and drops for an immediate cover, hooking the leg somewhat savagely.

One, tw- no! Speed kicks out, breaking away from Keith as he makes it back to his feet. Matt comes in again – lockup – Speed counters to a go-behind – German suplex attempt – Matt hooks his leg under Speed's – counter to a go-behind and into a full nelson – full nelson suplex! As Speed crashes neck-first to the mat, the crowd moan in obvious sympathy.

Matthew looks to capitalise immediately. He goes for the Proton Lock, but before he can get it completely cinched in, Speed cuts his motion off by driving a knee into his temple, then rolls across, looking for the Crossface Armbreaker. Keith counters that, too, twisting free and whipping Speed – as he gets to his feet – into the corner, allowing him to unleash his own volley of chops.

After a long moment of that, Keith climbs to the second rope, looking around the audience for a moment before raining a series of punches down into Speed's forehead.

He gets through about six of these before Speed finds a good counter; wrapping both his arms around one of Keith's legs, he steps forward fast, driving a shoulder into Matt's midsection and turning as he steps forward. Matt is ripped from the turnbuckle and comes crashing to the mat.

Speed has a perfect set up for the Deadly Heel Hook, but he does the sensible thing – he steps forward again, looking for the Crossface Armbreaker. He has it locked in – but Matt shows his ring awareness, snaking one leg out to hook the ropes. Eugene Williams moves in to break the hold; Speed, looking up to see the foot on the ropes, nods agreement with the ruling and breaks the hold, backing off.

There's a commotion from the crowd nearest to the entrance ramp after that; the Easy Riders have appeared and are making their way down to the ring.

Speed turns to look and Matthew Keith moves, striking with a big lariat using his uninjured arm, followed by a pair of forearm shivers.

The Riders are still on the move, but to a very positive response the Machines follow them out. The two seasoned teams brawl furiously on the ramp, both teams throwing punches, chops, and kicks, while action continues in the ring.

Abruptly, as the two men stand locked in a collar-and-elbow tie up, Marc Speed seems to stumble. Matthew immediately steps into the Neutron Plex, then applies the Proton Lock. This time, Speed has no counter, and at length he's forced to tap.

Keith leaves quickly, and Speed slowly picks himself back up, with the cameras now showing Speed's face covered with a green ink, his eyes tightly closed, face screwed up as if in pain. Williams has to escort the Asian Mist's victim to the back, but the crowd support is obvious in the arena.

To be a Machine, you have to be capable of having standout matches. It seems Marc Speed does, indeed, qualify.
Matthew Keith defeated Marc Speed
Rating: A*

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Giant Tana is walking backstage, holding a paper cup of coffee, alongside Rhino Umaga. The pair seem to be deep in conversation.

“...coming along, they tell me,” Tana says. “You should think about it.”

Umaga snorts. “Tag teams are kinda cramped round here. About the only way I'm gonna do worse than I have been is stick my head in that div-”

“You really, really need to lighten up, Rav,” Tana smiles. “Seriously? The guy who headbutted Khoklov in the kneecap to try and get an advantage is worried about a tag division cramping his style?”

They've stopped walking now, halted outside a locker room door as Tana makes his point. “Rav, you can do fine in tags with that kind of determination, so long as your partner can keep their head above water. I'm not sure he can yet, but your brother is definitely getting there.

“All I'm saying is give it some thought.”

With that, Tana pushes open the door to his locker room. The two move to go in, but stop short in the doorway. The camera moves, positioning itself over Tana's shoulder, though the cameraman's obviously having issues focusing while standing on tiptoe. Nevertheless...

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There's a figure tied to Tana's comfortable armchair. That figure sports the mask of Canadian Elemental... and the ring shorts of Edd Stone.

After a long moment, Tana starts laughing, but Rhino Umaga slips in past him and heads for the chair.

“Leave him, Rav,” Tana says, as the younger Samoan begins undoing the ropes keeping this figure in place. “Edd's so damn determined to make this trap work he's trapped himself.”

“You think so?”

“I'm sure.”

“Cool. Then you're not gonna mind if I ask you something.” Umaga looks up at Tana. “If this really is Edd Stone,” he says, pulling the last rope away, “how the hell did he tie himself up?”

Tana takes a moment to register what that means – and the man in the Elemental mask turns on Umaga for it, laying him out with the Lover Stunner. Tana rushes in, going to his cousin's aid – and that's when Edd Stone, wearing Canadian Elemental's ring shorts for no easily explicable reason, drops from the ceiling to catch Tana off guard with a Party's Over onto concrete.

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Champagne Lover pulls the Elemental mask off, tossing it aside, and Eternal Party leave.

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Johnny Bloodstone, Sam Keith & Sean Deeley w/ Blonde Bombshell
All six men in this match very clearly know what they're doing in the wrestling ring, and the contest is excellently executed throughout. The Lions seem determined when it comes to Deeley and Bloodstone, but almost reverent with Keith; they've both faced him before, but nonetheless, as Fry says, “It's like they finally have a chance to test him in their own arena – tag wrestling.”

The tags come fast and furious, with the Lions taking the brunt of Bombshell's team's offence early on. Eric Tyler, meanwhile, removes the covering on the top turnbuckle of his home corner, and doesn't call to be tagged in until the Lions have had a chance to soften up Deeley.

Deeley and Tyler go at it for a little while and, after a quick thumb to the eye, Tyler has Deeley hoisted in the double-chickenwing submission known as the Tradition Lift, facing his own corner. He holds it for a few seconds, but it seems like Sean isn't willing to submit – so he releases the hold, dropping the young man chest-first across the exposed steel of the turnbuckle.

He immediately looks for the Weight of Tradition brainbuster, but Sean twists himself in the air, dropping clear and diving for the tag.

In comes Bloodstone with a passion, and he and Keith look to isolate Eric Tyler, working him over in turn. A NeutronPlex later, and Keith tags out – to Sean Deeley again.

Deeley gets his chance to get vengeance for Tyler's dirty trick for a period, but ultimately once again Tyler finds a way to break free from within his veteran's bag of tricks. He looks to tag out, but Sean cuts him off with a chop block before diving the length of the ring... and in comes Bloodstone again. He takes one look at the British Lions, then applies the Bloodstone Mutilation on Tyler.

The Lions, for their part, simply watch, and ultimately, Tyler is forced to tap.
Johnny Bloodstone, Sam Keith & Sean Deeley defeated Eric Tyler & the British Lions
Rating: A

Show Rating: A

Capellan

04-20-2011, 05:43 PM

Phantom Stranger

04-20-2011, 07:44 PM

I just recently read through this whole diary. Quite the task :)

I very much enjoy your overall storylines, and I like that you're not afraid to use the time limit draw. I do think you overuse run-ins and interference, but I have a pretty low threshold for such things in my wrestling, so maybe that's just me.

Looking forward to reading more and seeing how the Gen Omega story plays out. It'll be quite the balancing act between keeping that going and keeping the belts a big deal.

Glad you enjoyed!

And yeah, I do tend to be fairly heavy on the interference for various reasons. I think it's partly the stables...

On the other hand, if you made it this far I guess enough other things seem to be working for you.

As for Generation Omega... yeah, that stable has length to run yet. Their current program? Well, six great wrestlers are not that active in-ring at the moment, so that does need addressing, but we've been doing OK so far.

I'm excited for what's coming in the near-to-mid future. Hopefully that'll translate across.

Phantom Stranger

04-21-2011, 09:52 AM

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Thursday July 11th 2009

This is the day of the year that TCW actually pays attention to our biggest competition... well, it's the day that I do, now that my sons aren't working there.

This is the day of the year when the Supreme Challenge is – deservedly – the biggest news in wrestling. Thursday has long been the day where I catch up on all the wrestling I have outstanding to watch, but this one week a year I make room to do that on Wednesday – because I know I'm going to be glued to the biggest PPV in wrestling.

Well... possibly only by reputation now. I wasn't impressed, and the attendance is massively down on last year – the official attendance was around 12,000. Real attendance figures are likely to sneak out sometime over the next week.

[Editorial update: Supreme Challenge 28 turned out to have sold 11,116 tickets. The PPV buyrate was 3.76.]

I don't want to get sued, and I even more don't want to make statements about what's going on where I don't know, so I'll stick with the stuff that I think I can fairly say.

I like that the Samoan Wildboyz are getting pushes, even if it's individuals. I think the Enygma/Brandon James match was pretty good, but it needed to be a little longer to really get the most out of it – and when you have Emma Chase ringside, on your big PPV, you should use her for more than just eye candy. The woman lives and breathes wrestling; she can help.

Runaway Train and Eric Eisen have been a surprisingly fun babyface duo. I like their “SWF Style” promos, and they were the main reason the semi-main was watchable. But what the hell are the Pain Alliance doing in the semi-main of any PPV that isn't designed to be throwaway?

Genghis Rahn... the fuss about him leaving early last year has just about died down in the TCW backstage, and I have to hand Peter Michaels some credit here; his role as the latest challenger to Vengeance' streak was the smart thing to do, and the second-best match on the card. The build probably sold more PPVs than any other angle on the card; this is good, but there are warning bells there, too.

Christian Faith didn't even wrestle. Coming off his once-in-a-career heel turn of about eight months ago, Faith is almost as hot now as he was at his peak six years ago, and instead of guaranteeing a classic main event by putting him up against champ Rich Money, they went with Squeeky McClean. To Squeeky's credit, he rose to the occasion and has probably cemented himself as a main event player – but not having Faith on the card feels like a mistake.

Sunday July 14th 2009
This is another of those semi-regular entries where I try to remember things the morning after, on the plane. Last night was a little too busy to write down at the time.

Shortly after we started booking Canadian venues around the start of the year, the Colisee de Kahnawake contacted us and mentioned this date. (I'm told – I didn't know about this til a couple of weeks ago.)

It turns out that the Colisee has been for some time been building a second indoor sports/entertainment arena as part of its complex. The Colisee B was due to open early last month, but they were confident that even with potential construction overrun, it would be ready by last night – and it was.

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The House Of Stone: Out of twelve students, these four and two others went on to become major stars in wrestling. Art Reed, Owen Love, trainer and mentor Jeremy Stone, Bobby Thomas and Johnny Bloodstone - champions all

The arena staff wanted to make a big splash and pull in a record total attendance – so last night, TCW Saturday Night Showcase was filmed in Colisee B, while Colisee A played host to North of the Border's Midsummer Madness PPV.

Wrestlers being wrestlers, I probably don't need to say that we crashed their afterparty. Wrestlers being wrestlers, I probably don't need to say we were welcomed.

TCW and NOTBPW have no official agreement. And with some of the signings we've made lately, they have no good reason to like us – but despite that, we were welcomed.

I heard Dan Sr tell Marc Speed that, if when he watched our show the match lived up to what everyone was saying it had been, then he'd have a spot in NOTBPW if we ever cut him. That's what I heard – I'm more than confident that this wasn't the only offer made of that kind. And I guess, to Dan, that was worth the risk we might put the moves on any of their current guys.

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FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY: Wrestling's first family reunited... with one interloper.

Honestly, I'm pretty sure Dan Sr will enjoy the match. In the Stones' back yard, we very deliberately put on a show that was as close to what they do as possible in style, just with TCW's storylines mixed in.

The real joy of the night was two photographs I got, and I'm having multiple prints made; I plan on putting them in here, but I want to make sure I have some for myself...

(Oh, and for my money, Dan Jr's title defence was better than Rich Money's, and that's no huge praise for Dan's opponent, Dean McWade.)

Wallbanger

04-21-2011, 12:45 PM

There's still one missing in that 'first family' picture. What's Uncle Duane up to these days? He'd be a fun addition to the roster, heck, throw him in as Black Cobra with the Far Eastern contingent.

Phantom Stranger

04-21-2011, 12:53 PM

There's still one missing in that 'first family' picture. What's Uncle Duane up to these days? He'd be a fun addition to the roster, heck, throw him in as Black Cobra with the Far Eastern contingent.

There certainly is one missing, but sadly, Duane's in Burning Hammer at the moment, and thus I couldn't justify him being at the PPV.

(And I do mean sadly - imagine what a reunited Flying Stones could do for me...)

Phantom Stranger

04-22-2011, 03:58 PM

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Last week's blistering episode of Total Wrestling opened with the Eternal Party in tag team action, and that went down so well that the same thing looks likely to happen this week - but this match will also echo elements of Saturday Night Showcase, as the two Samoans that Eternal Party assaulted will join forces to challenge the International Champion and his partner. Can Giant Tana and Rhino Umaga pull off the victory and get vengeance?

Danny Fonzarelli returns to TCW screens with Darkwave's Zimmy in his sights. Can RDJ's running mate score a winning return?

Mayhem Midden has green-lit a tag team contest between the Fly Boys and the New Wave. With both teams returning to winning ways lately, this one looks to be interesting. This columnist's money is on Jack Marlowe making an appearance, personally...

Womens competition follows, as Amber Allen has a match scheduled against the School of Tradition's Jaime Quine. Will the newly-revealed rock starlet win out, or will Eric Tyler's handpicked female representative make her mark?

Expect nothing but pace from the following contest, as Canadian Elemental will go head to head with Darkwave's Sammy Bach in what's guaranteed to be a fast-moving spectacle. Bach has always been a dangerous opponent, but Elemental's game has been improving rapidly. Can he live up to the mask's legend?

And what a tag team contest for the semi-main event... the British Lions look to defeat Golden Law in a match that's sure to have implications for the division as a whole. Will Law and Golden's power carry them through the technical wizardry of the Lions?

Lastly, a match added by request of one of the participants - Troy Tornado has asked for a match with Jeremy Stone, and that's set to be the main event. It's sure to be an amazing contest...

Prediction Key:
Eternal Party vs. Giant Tana & Rhino Umaga

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Zimmy

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. New Wave

Amber Allen vs. Jaime Quine w/ Laura Huggins

Canadian Elemental vs. Sammy Bach

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law

Jeremy Stone vs. Troy Tornado

Regis

04-22-2011, 10:13 PM

Eternal Party vs. Giant Tana & Rhino Umaga
No, don't make me choose!

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Zimmy
Because Danny Jobberelli isn't fun any more.

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. New Wave
Marlowe makes the difference, but the Boys can't capitalise.

Amber Allen vs. Jaime Quine w/ Laura Huggins
Simple enough, keep her momentum up.

Canadian Elemental vs. Sammy Bach
Procedure-ference!

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law
Because Rocky Golden can always lose.

Jeremy Stone vs. Troy Tornado
JEZZA!

Zergon

04-23-2011, 12:47 AM

Eternal Party vs. Giant Tana & Rhino Umaga
Eternal Party is actually more experienced team here

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Zimmy
It´s long time since we last saw Fonzarelli so nice to see him again. That said Zimmy has more going on right now so he takes the win.

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. New Wave
Surely New Wave is still above Fly boys

Amber Allen vs. Jaime Quine w/ Laura Huggins
This looks like a coin flip to me, lets say that some Darkwave member makes interference here.

Canadian Elemental vs. Sammy Bach
Bach seems to be more important on my mind.

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law
Lions work better as a team so I give them this one.

Jeremy Stone vs. Troy Tornado
Hard to say here. For some reason I think Jeremy should win but I can´t really give any reasoning why.

Candyman

04-23-2011, 01:30 PM

Prediction Key:
Eternal Party vs. Giant Tana & Rhino Umaga
Eternal Party are a real team.

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Zimmy
When was the last time Danny was on a Prediction Key?

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. New Wave
But it won't be clean.

Amber Allen vs. Jaime Quine w/ Laura Huggins
When in doubt, call for a draw.

Canadian Elemental vs. Sammy Bach
I don't think Elemental is quite on Bach's level.

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law
Just because I don't want to call for two draws on one show...

Jeremy Stone vs. Troy Tornado
Jeremy's more important.

Oregano Jensen

04-25-2011, 02:49 PM

Eternal Party vs. Giant Tana & Rhino Umaga

Maybe it's a feud, though!

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Zimmy

Fonz is... a lower-midcard gatekeeper?

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. New Wave

This feels like the show where Marlowe tries to interfere and someone stops him.

Amber Allen vs. Jaime Quine w/ Laura Huggins

I just like her better, is all.

Canadian Elemental vs. Sammy Bach

There could be some stuff happening, but if not, Bach is the guy.

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law

I miss Rick Law.

Jeremy Stone vs. Troy Tornado

I know Tornado had that belt, but I don't think of him as a real main eventer. Not the way Jeremy is.

Tigerkinney

04-25-2011, 05:55 PM

Eternal Party vs. Giant Tana & Rhino Umaga

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Zimmy

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. New Wave

Amber Allen vs. Jaime Quine w/ Laura Huggins

Canadian Elemental vs. Sammy Bach

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law

Jeremy Stone vs. Troy Tornado

legendkiller13

04-25-2011, 07:23 PM

Phantom Stranger

04-25-2011, 07:46 PM

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 3 July 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 15.98)
Rebroadcast on Continental Sports X1 (Rating 0.07)

Held at the Manhattan National Ceter (Tri State)

Attendance: 21,158

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Shawn Doakes

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Eternal Party vs. Giant Tana & Rhino Umaga
The general consensus, during the entrances, is that Eternal Party have the upper hand; that said, when the two teams line up opposite one another, the sheer size difference makes the Samoans look less like they're in danger.

Umaga starts with Lover, and the power game shows an early level of success, and when Lover does start to fight back, he makes the mistake of going for the Lover Stunner, and Umaga's hard Samoan head withstands it.

When Edd comes in, however, the International champ's off-beat tactics do start to unravel the young Samoan's game, and only a desperation tag keeps his team in play.

Tana has a much better measure of Edd's style, it rapidly becomes apparent, and the young Stone is left looking for one or another new approach, at one point applying a three-quarter facelock and running up the ropes for an Osaka Street Cutter – except that Tana simply reaches up, trapping Edd over his shoulder until the champ improvises, applying a sleeper hold.

The contest gets hectic from there on in, but in the end, Edd reminds Umaga that YOU CAN'T POWERBOMB EDD STONE, and in doing so picks up the win with a Party's Over.
Eternal Party defeated Giant Tana & Rhino Umaga
Rating: B

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Tommy Cornell walks backstage, looking a little anxious. He stops outside one of the locker room doors, and runs his hand over his face, summoning up his composure.

“Good luck,” the cameraman offers. Cornell looks up, startled, and reflexively smirks. “Yeah, right. Thanks.”

He raps on the door, rubbing his hands. “How hard can it be to find two guys willing to beat the **** outta wankers?” he asks himself rhetorically.

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The door opens, and Aaron Andrews appears. His expression, on seeing Cornell, is a little guarded.

“Know why I'm here?”

Andrews' expression shifts; a crooked smile. “Yeah,” he says.

“Flattered?”

And the shutters come back down. “A little, sure.”

“Don't be. You took me apart, you want Minnesota in the ring, and you stick to your principles. That's talent, motivation, and guarantee right there.

“I can't name five guys in this company I can say all that about. But there's something else.”

Andrews says nothing, stoney-faced.

“...Christ, you beat me,” Cornell continues. “I want to make Wolf feel like the sad little arsehole he is, and you doing it is just gonna rub his nose in the fact he still isn't getting near me.”

Aaron says nothing.

“Well? How about it?”

“Boss... you mind if I say something?”

“Go for it.”

“I kinda wanted to get Joey one on one this month,” Andrews offers, simply. “Now you've gone and put him in a six-man.”

“...****. Yeah, my bad,” Cornell nods. “I did it again, huh?”

“You did something... Look, you make sure I get one-on-one with Joey next month, you promise me that, and I'm on your team. It's not like I won't still get to hurt him this month.”

“Mate, you've got a deal.”

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Fonzarelli's return to TV after some months does not go well for him. He does his best to beat down the Darkwave man, but the crowd aren't behind him, no matter what he does, and Zimmy's attempts to bring the heat are also met with only lukewarm response.

A Blood Rush ends this one in Zimmy's favour.
Zimmy defeated Danny Fonzarelli
Rating: C

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Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. New Wave
The Boys emerge first, with that confident swagger they've been developing in recent weeks. The Wave, meanwhile, just look focused, collected, certain.

The match slowly bears the Wave out. While the Fly Boys are no slouches – and, indeed, have been looking stronger even discounting interference from Marlowe lately – they can't quite compete with a fired-up New Wave, and their effort becomes one of almosts – Donnie almost gets three off a counter to the Special Force that leaves Scout sprawling and the crowd roaring, the duo almost get the Spanish Fly on Guide only for him to counter their momentum, sending them both crashing to the mat.

As the match continues the Boys become more and more desperate, while Goldworthy becomes more and more visibly panicked. A second Special Force attempt, this time on Jimmy P, allows Scout to get the submission – and Goldworthy goes ballistic.
New Wave defeated the Fly Boys
Rating: B

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The manager is throwing quite the tantrum at ringside. He grabs the timekeeper, yelling something indecipherable at the man, then grabs his bell instead, repeatedly swinging it against the ringpost to create one hell of a noise.

The Fly Boys roll out of the ring and go to their manager, with Donnie in particular looking annoyed himself. Much gesturing happens, but with no microphone nearby, the specifics of the conversation are beyond the audience/.

At length, Floyd breaks away from the duo and grabs a microphone. “Marlowe!” he calls.

He gives it a few moments, but the entranceway remains entirely empty. Perhaps it's time for another try.

“Marlowe, you useless little -” He breaks off, eyes bulging, looking around, and tries a different tack.

“Listen up, everyone in the back. Jack Marlowe may seem like a smart hire. He may seem like the man to have in your corner.

“But the man is a cheat. He'll take your money and skip off, and you're left with nothing to-”

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Suddenly, Jack Marlowe appears at last. Goldworthy breaks off for a moment, looking almost worried, and the Fly Boys close ranks in front of him as if making ready to block a charge.

“Seems like Goldworthy's got more loyal clients now,” Azaria offers, a certain note of amusement in his voice.

Marlowe, however, stays in the entranceway. He raises a microphone to his lips.

“Stop right there,” he grates. “I never cheated you.”

“Then where the hell were you tonight?” Goldworthy flares, and Marlowe smiles.

“I was contacted this afternoon by another client,” he says. “They beat your price... for me not to help you.”

“How is that not cheating me?”

“If you checked your bank balance before the match you'd've seen I refunded the money. I'm a businessman; I'm not about to screw you out of your cash. If you'd known you had a refund, you would've known what was coming... or I guess, who wasn't coming to help you.”

“You couldn't have told us?”

“Without making some money out of it?” Marlowe smiles. “Sorry. Next time, buy insurance. I'm happy to guarantee I won't listen to later bids, if people are willing to pay.”

He shrugs, then turns around and walks off, leaving the announcers speculating as to who paid to cut off the Fly Boys' aid.

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This turns into quite a good contest, though the fans are simply not present for much of it – by what can be seen, many have chosen this moment to take part in a concession stand rush.

Those who remain present get quite excited by the end; Amber and Jaime know exactly how the other operates, and can maximise the effect of their moves – and both of them have plenty of time to show exactly what they can do.

Near the end, Quine goes for the K.O. Kick; Allen ducks it, popping up behind, and lands a bulldog, rolling Quine over for the pinfall.
Amber Allen defeated Jaime Quine
Rating; C

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There's a definite buzz around this from the beginning. CanEl and Bach are indisputably thrilling fliers, and that's what this focuses on, from the initial competition in one-upsmanship onward.

It's hard to say which of them comes up with the more innovative moves, or for that matter the more innovative counters, but one notable moment is when CanEl backflips off the top rope and Bach has moved; the heir to the Elemental legacy twists in midair and lands on his feet... on Bach's shoulder.

Sammy promptly drops flat on his back, knees raised to catch the masked man with a gutbuster, then shoot shim off the ropes, meeting him on the way back with the corkscrew uppercut.

That leaves CanEl reeling for a moment, but Bach looks for the springboard coast-to-coast bulldog – and he meets a Pele kick coming the other way!

Out of nowhere the crowd has become more than a little interested in this match. An Elemental Suplex attempt is countered, and Bach goes for a superkick – but CanEl nails his support leg with a dropkick instead and looks for the Firebird Splash. Unfortunately, it misses.

Bach gloats for a few moments, pausing to bust out an air guitar solo. He looks for the Bach on your Back, but this time it's the Elemental's turn to counter, elbowing loose – and nailing the Daredevil Drop! One, two, three!
Canadian Elemental defeated Sammy Bach
Rating: B

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British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law
The crowd are still buzzing after the finish to the previous match as Laura Huggins leads her duo out – a duo who have, in the past years, started to acquire as many cheers and marks of support as they still receive stigmatization from the crowd over their association with the School of Tradition.

At this stage, indeed, there are perhaps two teams in TCW as a whole who could split the crowd on the matter of the swiftly-improving Golden Law – the Kreed, and the Lions.

The battle rages on from the opening bell, with Rocky and Rick doing their best to power their way to a clear upper hand, while Walter and Merle look to ground their more powerful opponents.

Rocky pulls off one of the more impressive moments of the match – as Merle rebounds off the ropes, looking for a lariat, he catches him into a floatover powerslam, his feet being a foot and a half off the ground at the peak of the move. It takes Walter Morgan to break up the pinfall off the thunderous impact, and the Lions quickly make the tag to put Walter in the ring.

When Rocky looks to do the same again, Walter has his momentum calculated. The half-revolution in the air is closer to a full one, and Morgan has an armbar locked in as the two hit the mat. This time it's Law who has to rescue his partner.

Rick runs riot for a little while, but it seems that the Lions have a plan in store for him, too; they're concentrating on his shoulder and looking to prevent the Long Arm of the Law. When O'Curle is able to break a Squad Car Slam before it impacts, they know they're getting there – trapping him in the corner for a few, the duo lay in some kicks and chops to a shoulder twisted by the armwringer – but in the end, Law punches his way clear, diving across the ring, and in comes Rocky Golden.

A shot for Curle puts him out of the ring; a punch to Morgan staggers him, and Golden gets him up on his shoulders, looking for the Rack, but again, Morgan has the momentum, seemingly flowing up the shoulder and down the other side, riding Golden down into the Wigan Wrench. Before Law can break it up, Golden has to tap.
British Lions defeated Golden Law
Rating: A

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O'Curle and Huggins join Morgan in the ring to celebrate. Law also joins his partner in the ring; after a long moment, the two teams line up against one another, facing off.

The crowd hush, and time almost seems to freeze as these four warriors look one another over.

O'Curle steps forward first, covering half the distance between teams. He extends a hand.

A moment later, Law follows, stepping forward to meet him, shaking the offered hand. Golden steps up, too, and O'Curle receives a second warrior's salute.

Morgan smiles, receiving and giving his own mark of respect from the others in turn.

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The camera dwells for a moment on the entranceway, where too men stand, watching the exchange; Eric Tyler and Chris Rockwell.

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Back from commercial, and Fury of the Storm hits. Troy Tornado makes his way out to the ring, microphone at the ready. He rolls under the ropes, mounting each turnbuckle in turn, and on the fourth, staring into the hard camera, he raises the microphone to his lips.

“This seems like the time to go balls to the wall,” he says, and the music being played switches, Painful Procedure's newest release hitting the speakers.

“I know you guys ain't complaining,” he continues. “I've been following the charts this week. Maybe it's you guys hating on Darkwave. Maybe it's more fans who don't follow wrestling. But I get the impression you guys are buying, too – and we're doing better than any launch week Painful Procedure's ever had.

“That means we're doing better than any launch week Jack Bruce ever had. So thank you – because you've shown yourselves to want to rock the way I knew you did. You're proving it, and you're making us more successful than before.”

He hops down from the turnbuckle, making a circuit of the ring, allowing the fans in the arena a chance to connect with him. The grin is well and truly in place.

“OK. I'm done with the plugging – album's out the end of the month, NOW I'm done with the plugging. Serious face now, guys. Serious face.

“There's going to be a six-man tag at Summer Showdown. You know it, I know it. That six-man has a lot riding on it. Generation Omega can be *******s – I oughtta know, time was I tag-teamed alongside the World Heavyweight Champ, and back then the only dodgy crap he did was not pay his half of the gas driving from town to town, before he grew an ego – but that's not even why I want in.

“I've said it before now, hell, I've made a point of it before now – Sean McFly was one of my heroes growing up. He was young, not much older than me, and I could see myself in his place when I was daydreaming. His place – World Heavyweight Champion.

“Well I've been there now. I've stood in his place, I've walked that walk, I've proved my place, I've won and I've lost and I've sweated, bled, and – and cried for the honour and the privilege of being your champion – and on top of that, I've stood in front of you with a guitar in my hands, a mic in front of me, and I've walked that walk too.

“I am the leader of Painful Procedure, I am the man who pinned Tommy Cornell every time it mattered and plenty of times it didn't, I am the man who won the World Heavyweight Championship and invited two of the best to try to take it from me at a time...

“...and sometimes, I'm still a little kid. Sometimes, I'm that teenager watching Sean McFly in his prime. Wishing he was in his place... or wishing he could stand alongside him on the apron. Tag in to rescue him. Tag out to let him work his magic.”

Tornado grins. “I was that little kid last month, when Sean McFly got in the ring with a badass young talent called Frankie Dee and beat him after one hell of a match. I was that little kid at Excessive Force, watching Sean McFly rise beyond what he'd been when I was training, watching him put the Can't Miss Prospect away. And I was that little kid this time last week – right this time – when Sean McFly was pushing Joey Minnesota to the limit.

“It is easy to be a fan of the American Tiger. He makes it easy. And in just shy of two weeks, Sean McFly needs another partner for his match at Summer Showdown. In just shy of two weeks, I could fulfil a dream I have held since I started training. I could team with Sean McFly... on one of the biggest stages the wrestling world has to offer... against some truly worthy opponents.

“And that's why I asked for this match. Some accused me, back at the start of the year, of being so preoccupied by Jack Bruce I looked past Johnny Bloodstone, didn't recognise how good he could be.

“Well, I know now, I respect him now – and Jeremy Stone has been Bloodstone's biggest adversary over his career. I know I am the right choice to be the third man at Summer Showdown and I know, when I put Jeremy away tonight, you'll all agree.

“This is my dream. And tonight, I'm looking right at you, Jeremy – right at the man in the way. I won't look past you until I have the win.”

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Jeremy Stone vs. Troy Tornado
Stone dominates Tornado early, working a slow style and keeping the former champion grounded.

There's only so long he can do this for, however; Troy takes over after turning a suplex into a slick neckbreaker.

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He gets distracted not long after, though, as Gorgon makes her way down to the ring, taking a seat on the outside to watch. Stone promptly looks for a Stone's Throw, but Tornado manages to land on his feet.

He delivers a couple of punches before Stone starts firing back with chops. Jeremy backs up then comes in fast, and Tornado is ready with one hell of a dropkick – but Stone's momentum is such that he flies past Troy and even slides all the way out of the ring.

A dive over the top rope pops the crowd and keeps Stone staggered, he rolls his opponent back in the ring and starts calling for it.

Stone reverses the Tornado Driver to shift into a Stone Hold, but Tornado makes the ropes.

He blocks a suplex, elbows free, and goes for the ropes, getting the Star Maker! ONE, TWO, TH-NO!

Troy looks around for something bigger, pointing in the end to the corner turnbuckle. The crowd give their approval and Tornado starts climbing. Jeremy, however, turns out to have some energy left. He scrambles up onto the second rope and delivers a European uppercut, then another, then pops up onto the top, hitting a release belly-to-belly superplex.

As Tornado regains his feet, Jeremy is already stalking him – more European uppercuts follow, one, two, three, four – Seven in total, then a go-behind into the Stone's Throw. Gorgon steps up to ringside as Stone recovers, driving a forearm into Tornado's face, then drags him out of the ring.

While Jeremy keeps Sam Sparrow's attention, Gorgon delivers two more punches and looks for the Hydra Bomb – and Tornado manages to twist in her grip!

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He looks to get clear with a flying headscissors, but Gorgon keeps her vertical base, leaving Troy dangling from her – and Gorgon boosts him back up to look again for the Hydra Bomb, only to be distracted when Sean Deeley, having run all the way down, gets in her face. Troy uses the opportunity to finally twist clear, rolling back into the ring and going for Stone, who ducks the Star Maker – boot to the gut, DDT!

On the outside, meanwhile, Deeley takes a Hydra Bomb. Stone covers Troy, but Troy kicks out before two – and when Jeremy looks to follow up, Troy once again elbows free of the Stone's Throw. This time, he goes for the Tornado Driver – and nails it.

Gorgon slides into the ring, and Tornado meets her with another attempt at a flying headscissor, becoming in the process one of the few who've taken the Womens Champion off her feet. Jeremy is almost up and Troy comes off the ropes to nail the Star Maker a second time. One, two, three!
Troy Tornado defeated Jeremy Stone
Rating: A

Show Rating: A