TCW: A Quiet Retirement

[Phantom Stranger]

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Another week draws to a close, but don't be sad - Saturday Night Showcase is still to come, and what a packed week we have for you. Let's see what's on tap...

In the opening slot, Champagne Lover will be providing a lucha libre exhibition, facing off with fellow champion in Mexico, Ultimate Phoenix. The one thing for sure is that you don't want to look away - you could miss anything.

Another match that's sure to excite pits recent returnee Danny Fonzarelli against a man who's admitted to sabotaging rivals' championship prospects, the School of Tradition's Frankie Dee. Dee has impressed in recent weeks, but is still looking for a victory that will put him on the map. Could this match move him one step closer?

Hard-Hitting Champion Texas Pete has been dubbed one of TCW's 'Freedom Fighters' of late for joining Tommy Cornell's stand against Generation Omega. But his title belt means he has other obligations, too, and this Saturday he must face off against another School of Tradition student, UK Dragon. Pete will want to end Dragon's challenge decisively as a message to the two men who'll compete for his title at Summer Showdown.

He had a surprising win on Tuesday, and he's right back into competition - Canadian Elemental faces another Darkwave member in Ian Harris. Of course, he also faces the threat of Edd Stone, as Stone has taken an interest in the young prodigy - a dangerous thing to happen to you.

Six-Man tag team action is scheduled to follow, with the Kreed joining with mentor Sam Keith against arguably the largest trio in professional wrestling - Tyson Baine joins up with M.A.D. Can skill and guile overcome power?

Mayhem Midden has scheduled a match between the British Lions and the New Wave, and has also booked time on the show to speak about this match. We imagine this means the contest will have tag team contendership implications; not long ago, the idea of the New Wave winning this one would have been unimaginable, but not long before that the roles were reversed. This Saturday night, who's going to triumph?

Tag team action continues into the main event; Jack Bruce liases with Matthew Keith. Their opponents? Tommy Cornell and Sean McFly. This one looks to be a contest for the ages.

Prediction Key:
Champagne Lover vs. Ultimate Phoenix

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins

Texas Pete vs. UK Dragon w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)

Canadian Elemental vs. Ian Harris

Kreed & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. M.A.D. & Tyson Baine

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. New Wave

Jack Bruce & Matthew Keith vs. Sean McFly & Tommy Cornell

[Bigpapa42]

Champagne Lover vs. Ultimate Phoenix

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins

Texas Pete vs. UK Dragon w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)

Canadian Elemental vs. Ian Harris

Kreed & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. M.A.D. & Tyson Baine

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. New Wave

Jack Bruce & Matthew Keith vs. Sean McFly & Tommy Cornell

[Zergon]

Champagne Lover vs. Ultimate Phoenix
Squash

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins
Not sure what to expect here but I go with the younger guy this time.

Texas Pete vs. UK Dragon w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)
UK Dragon is just a jobber so I don´t see him going over Pete even in non-title match

Canadian Elemental vs. Ian Harris
Elemental just beated Bach so he shouldn´t have much troubles with Harris, unless there is an interference that is

Kreed & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. M.A.D. & Tyson Baine
Lots of big guys on the other side, sadly though non of them aren´t doing much.

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. New Wave
I go with draw here simply because I cannot decide.

Jack Bruce & Matthew Keith vs. Sean McFly & Tommy Cornell
McFly & Cornell just looks slightly stronger pairing here though this could well go the another way.

[Eidenhoek]

Bruce the Giant and Marat with...Giant Redwood (first SHW I thought of) would be a bigger Trio.

[Regis]

Champagne Lover vs. Ultimate Phoenix
Phoenix isn't about to start beating people on Lover's level.

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins
JOBBER!

Texas Pete vs. UK Dragon w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)
ALMOST JOBBER!

Canadian Elemental vs. Ian Harris
CanEl's push is big enough to go over Sammy clean, he can easily go over Harris.

Kreed & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. M.A.D. & Tyson Baine
Because their monster mystique isn't as big as the men themselves.

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. New Wave
Because they'll cheat.

Jack Bruce & Matthew Keith vs. Sean McFly & Tommy Cornell
The two biggest American names in pro wrestling. Yeah, I'll vote for them.

[Phantom Stranger]

Bruce the Giant and Marat with...Giant Redwood (first SHW I thought of) would be a bigger Trio.

It would. Of course, they don't all wrestle in the same company. ;)

[Eidenhoek]

It would. Of course, they don't all wrestle in the same company. ;)

A working agreement with USPW would fix that ;)

[SWF Fan]

A working agreement with USPW would fix that ;)


Occasionally I find myself inclined to agree with this crazy man... :p

Reinforce the ring twice over and bring in these monsters haha

[Candyman]

Congrats on 2,500 posts and replies.

Prediction Key:
Champagne Lover vs. Ultimate Phoenix
CL is probably significantly more over and has a bigger future.

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins
Dee seems like the logica pick, but the comment about him looking for his first win makes me think it's not going to happen yet.

Texas Pete vs. UK Dragon w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)
Can't fool me with the non-title.

Canadian Elemental vs. Ian Harris
He just beat Bach, and Harris is no Bach.

Kreed & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. M.A.D. & Tyson Bain
It's Art Reed.

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. New Wave
Subtle shenanigans.

Jack Bruce & Matthew Keith vs. Sean McFly & Tommy Cornell
Bruce is the weak link here and takes the pinfall.

[Purple Cowboy]

Congrats on 2,500 posts and replies.


Have to agree. Simply fantastic; your work is much appreciated.

[Oregano Jensen]

Champagne Lover vs. Ultimate Phoenix

An exciting lightweight squash match to open things up.

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins

It doesn't put him on the map, though.

Texas Pete vs. UK Dragon w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)

I don't anticipate a Texas Pete-UK Dragon feud happening any time soon. So I imagine this is another keep-busy fight.

Canadian Elemental vs. Ian Harris

This match doesn't make sense if CanEl is just going over again... he already beat a better version of Harris last time. Darkwave shenanigans occur!

Kreed & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. M.A.D. & Tyson Baine

With every midcard monster, you have to draw the line and say "he's not THAT good", or else people end up wondering why he doesn't just squash the champions. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the line... in tag team form.

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. New Wave

The New Wave cheat again. Poor Lions... they really are starting to look like gatekeepers, aren't they?

Jack Bruce & Matthew Keith vs. Sean McFly & Tommy Cornell

I don't pick against McFly or Cornell without a reason. No reason here: Keith is only tenuously a main eventer, and I doubt Bruce even is one.

[Regis]

Poor Lions... they really are starting to look like gatekeepers, aren't they?

Bear in mind that they've been in TCW less than twelve months. They've yet to become a truly unbeatable, dominant force, but inside of a year they've become viable top-level tag contenders in a division which includes Kreed and The New Wave. Being gatekeepers for The New Wave is like being Main Eventers anywhere else!

[Tigerkinney]

Champagne Lover vs. Ultimate Phoenix

Lover has been getting the stronger push.

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins

Dee seems to have some focus, Fonzarelli has been reduced to be being a glorified jobber.

Texas Pete vs. UK Dragon w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)

Non title because Dragon is a JOBBER

Canadian Elemental vs. Ian Harris

Canadian Elemental just pulled off a shock win over Bach, he isn't going to be dropping one to Ian Harris.

Kreed & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. M.A.D. & Tyson Bain

Oregano has it spot on here, Baine and co are midcard monsters...they beat up the jobbers but can't get it done against anyone of any real worth/ability.

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. New Wave

I'll go with the general consensus that the New Wave pull off the win through some subtle shenanigans/cheating/whatever you wish to call it.

Jack Bruce & Matthew Keith vs. Sean McFly & Tommy Cornell

How can a team of McFly and Cornell possibly lose ? Cornellverse megapowers FTW!!

[Phantom Stranger]

Congrats on 2,500 posts and replies.




...Holy crap.

I'm gonna need to take a moment on that.

I am NOT looking forward to trying to live up to this when it's time for the next project.

Still, there's a fair amount of life left in this one yet...

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Saturday Night Showcase

Saturday Week 3 July 2009

Live on CBA (Rating 13.69)

Held at the Alabama Field Row (South East)

Attendance: 19,403

Announcers:
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Duane Fry – Jasmine Saunders – Alanis Springsteen

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Champagne Lover vs. Ultimate Phoenix
It's surprising how fast a pace these two can keep up, but this one is explosive from the off. Phoenix has grasped what he needs to do to begin winning fans within TCW – he wows the crowd with his offence, he rallies well when attacked, and he clearly tries.

The fans in attendance are always happy to see that kind of spirit in a performer and Lover looks to be having trouble with him throughout. In the end, however, it's the Champagne Breakfast that finishes things, with Phoenix eventually forced to tap.
Champagne Lover defeated Ultimate Phoenix
Rating: B

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Lover has just left the ring when Shout at the Devil begins to play. Mayhem Midden appears, Charlie Thatcher by his side, the big man impassively scanning the crowd for signs of Generation Omega.

“I'm here for some quick business,” Midden begins. “Generation Omega have their usual competition bans in effect, certainly, but that doesn't mean the champions among them are allowed to miss their chance to defend their titles once a month.” He frowns. “Personally, I think it's going to be time to look at that rule soon. Someone screws about like that, they deserve the consequences.

“But for now, I've got to sort it. Hawkins has his match lined up, but GenOme don't have theirs. We'll settle that tonight – the British Lions are due to take on the New Wave, and whoever wins is going to get their shot at the Tag Team Championships at Summer Showdown.

“Good luck to all four of you, and whoever wins, good luck taking the belts off those two egotistical clowns.”

He hands the microphone to the ever-watchful Thatcher and the two head backstage once again.

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Danny Fonzarelli vs. Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins
Poor, poor Danny Fonzarelli. Even after a break to rejuvenate and work on his technique, he's not getting the crowd behind him.

Indeed, the crowd are mostly absent during this contest, but Frankie Dee still gives it his all, winning handily with the Shinanju Kick to put Fonzarelli away.
Frankie Dee defeated Danny Fonzarelli
Rating: C

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Matthew Keith, backstage, steps out of a room, glistening with sweat, a towel over his shoulder, with the view into the room through the open door showing the gym equipment on which he's clearly been warming up.

He takes a swig from a plastic bottle of some sports drink, the brand not quite visible, and smiles slightly to himself, starting off down the corridor – and the smile abruptly dies away.

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Sam Keith is standing there, arms folded, a sour expression on his face. His son returns the expression and the gaze, taking another drink from the bottle. For a moment, the two are silent. Eventually, Sam speaks, his voice soft, his tone weary.

“The Mist.”

Matthew says nothing.

“You remember what I told you when I taught you the secrets of the Mist?”

Matthew shrugs.

“Carrying that stuff in your mouth... it's toxic, Matt. It's poisonous. Screws with your breathing, messes up muscle tone, all sorts of things...”

Matthew says nothing. Sam's voice almost sounds defeated.

“You don't need it, Matt. You're better than that. I taught you and your brother how you make the Mist because I wanted you to understand wrestling, to have a proper sense of the history of our sport.

“But it's just not a good idea, Matt. And you can win without it.”

Matthew says nothing, and his father's shoulders slump. “Matt... why are you doing this?”

Finally, the younger Keith speaks. “Because of you. You and Johnny and Amy and even Greg... you just put me aside, you just didn't care.

“I go off on my own and I start winning my own way, I start making noise with some of the matches I've wrestled, and all of a sudden you're coming back telling me I'm better than that, and you know what?

“I KNOW!” he explodes, his voice almost cracking into a scream rather than a bellow of frustration, the emotion right under the surface.

“I know I'm better than that, and you know it too, and you still put me aside. And **** you, Dad. You should've known what you were doing, but you still did it. So just... just **** you.

“You left me behind. Mom didn't. I'll make her proud the way you did, I don't need to be the kind of hypocrite you've turned yourself into.”

He brushes past his father, stalking off, and Sam Keith watches him go. There might just be a tear forming in his eye, before he shakes his head.

“This is breaking your mother's heart,” he says, his voice barely above a whisper.

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Texas Pete vs. UK Dragon w/ Laura Huggins
UK Dragon spends a few moments before the match starts talking with Laura Huggins, the TV feed not picking up the advice. Nonetheless, it's easy for the viewers to see that Laura is the one giving advice, and she's being more than a little firm about it. It looks, in fact, like UK Dragon isn't particularly keen on that advice.

Pete, meanwhile, limbers up at the other side of the ring, physically fit, raring to go, bouncing on his heels. As the bell rings, he launches himself across the ring – the Hard-Hitting Champion may have embraced the fans and their support, but his attitude has not otherwise changed.

He hammers into the smaller wrestler, going for an early, demonstrative pin – but Dragon shows some wherewithal, rolling backward and out of the ring.

He takes a few moments to recover, which is a mistake – Pete hits the far ropes and launches himself through them at speed, almost crushing the diminutive wrestler with his tope suicida. By this stage, it has to be said, the crowd are already beginning to show their appreciation, and as Pete rolls Dragon into the ring, it looks like this is going to be a simple case of domination for the champion – but Dragon regains his feet as Pete enters the ring, and he snaps off a grounded dropkick to the champion's head, followed by a headscissors as Pete picks himself up.

A ropewalk lariat looks to impress, but the champ catches him and dumps him with a fallaway slam. The next couple of minutes are fairly even before Pete again starts to pick up momentum, finally sinking UK Dragon with the Lone Star Drop for the win.
Texas Pete defeated UK Dragon
Rating: B

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The feed goes to a pre-prepared video next; the production team have put together a slick mashup of iThink's underlying heavy beat with Balls to the Walls' enthusiastic vocals and crunchy guitar, and the two tracks play like that, more or less side by side, over a montage of clips from various music shows covering the rivalry and covering the sales figures of the two albums.

After a few moments, the montage changes, showing members of both bands in action within the wrestling ring, charting their successes against each other and in general. Harry and Amber Allen, plus Zimmy, are particularly heavily featured given their non-headliner status.

As the song draws to its end, the screen shifts again, showing two tall bars beginning to grow, labelled according to band, clearly measures of their sales. They rise strongly, with Painful Procedure's early rise being much faster, but as the first week comes to an end, Darkwave's sales spike, catching up and eventually overtaking the rock band. The text then reminds anyone watching that the contest will run for another week, ending at Summer Showdown.

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Canadian Elemental vs. Ian Harris
The second match between Elemental and a Darkwave man this week begins almost as strongly as the first; it's clear that Harris sees a chance to make waves by succeeding where the more established Sammy Bach had failed.

Nonetheless, his opponent is able to turn the tails on him soon, and CanEl continues to innovate new and exciting combinations to keep the crowd interested, as well as sending Harris sprawling with a running no-hands plancha to the outside that Springsteen knows enough to refer to as the Thriller Killer.

Emboldened, CanEl climbs up to the apron again, and he looks for the Thrill Seeking Missile – but then he catches sight of something, or rather, someone.

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Edd Stone is marching confidently down the entrance ramp in an inflatable suit similar to those used by spoof sumo wrestlers. An 'Everything About Me Is Giant' Tana T-shirt has been slit open down the sides and draped over the suit.

Elemental drops down to the outside and heads toward this new threat. He looks for a dropkick, though Edd's suit absorbs most of the impact, and he dips his hand under the T-shirt, producing – something – which crashes into the masked Canadian's skull, dropping him – and earning an instant disqualification.
Canadian Elemental won by DQ
Rating: B

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Troy Tornado's walking backstage, and the camera is moving with him. He sees something up ahead, out of shot, and quickens his pace. “Tommy,” he calls, and sure enough, the company owner appears in shot as Troy catches up with him. “You saw the match,” Tornado offers. “Got through even with Gorgon getting involved. So what do you say?”

Cornell doesn't look happy. He sighs, drawing in a deep breath before he;s willing to speak.

“You're good enough,” he says. “Hell, you've beat me a few times without cheating, that puts you one up on pretty much anyone in Generation Omega as far as I'm concerned. But Gorgon ran in... and Troy, she's not the problem.

“Right now you've got a lot of people who want to cost you any match you're involved in. I'm not worried about Gorgon – you ban her from interference, she'll listen. But just last month, Darkwave showed they're going to stick their nose in even when you ban them – and that could cost us. I can't afford it.

“I'm sorry, Troy. But you're going to have to wait. I promise I'll make some match for you and Sean somewhere along the line. I just can't afford it now.” He offers a faintly conciliatory smile. “Deal with Darkwave and we'll talk, OK?”

A dejected Tornado sighs. “You got someone in mind for your third spot?”

“Yeah,” Tommy nods. “I'll be honest, I thought about taking it myself for a while, but Remo seems to want to get his hands on me – and I don't see why I should make it easy on him. He can wait.” A smirk. “If he can win this one, after all, he can try and earn it. I've got other **** to be dealing with.”

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M.A.D. & Tyson Baine
The Bombshell's boys are clearly more than a little on edge as they get ready to begin this match. Considering the sheer amount of muscle they're up against, it's hard to blame them – any one of their three opponents can easily cause injury to just about anyone, and with the Kreed relying on speed and Sam Keith one of the oldest men on the roster, that threat is a very real one.

The sheer power on one side is hard to ignore, and even with all the wrestling savvy up against them, there's no way for, say, Reed to guarantee that a particular hold won't simply be overpowered.

M.A.D. link up together early; they cut Sam Keith off from his son and his student, and the working over he receives is a serious one. He tries to tag out – oh, how he tries – but there's always something to cut him off, and Kreed can only break up pinfalls, they can't tag themselves in with so much muscle in the way.

It looks pretty clear, indeed, that the big men are going to win. The American Buffalo nails Sam with the Stampede, then tags out to Khoklov. A Moscow Lariat follows, and Baine demands his chance. For a few moments, it seems that the giant Russian won't make that allowance – but he does, grudgingly. It looks like Sam Keith has nothing in his future but the Hades Bomb.

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Before that can happen, however, Matthew Keith pulls his father out of the ring. There's a huge uproar from the crowd – but Ray Johnson has his hands full, as Greg Keith is in the ring, obviously hoping to buy his father some time.

Matthew gives his father just long enough to realise who pulled him to safety, then his head snaps forward and he sprays the Asian mist into his father's face – not the green that he's used to win matches so far, but the red substance, known to cause excruciating, burning pain.

It is, nonetheless, the only thing that kept his father from suffering the loss – and in the ring, Art Reed nails a spectacular Dark Matter on Tyson Baine, Kreed capitalising by squeaking out a roll-up pin.
Kreed & Sam Keith defeated M.A.D. & Tyson Baine
Rating: B

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British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. New Wave
Two very good tag teams here, and a crowd that seems more than a little divided. The speculation from the announce desk, early in the match, focuses mostly on which of these teams would do better against GenOme; over the last few months, the Lions have the better record, but on the other hand, GenOme have less prior experience wrestling the Wave, which might prove a true advantage.

And then the pace starts to pick up, staying grounded and devoted mostly to the ground game, but the frequency and intensity of counters and new holds picks up.

When Guide comes in, the pace shifts again; the former DaVE man clearly knows that if he were to try going hold for hold with the Lions, he'd be overwhelmed by the British pair's mastery of the mat – but he has the speed, and while Morgan in particular has started to throw hands with gusto, Guide is better with his fists and capable of nailing aerial manoeuvres with staggering precision.

Guide starts, slowly, to turn the tide, not allowing either Lion to lock him down. The School of Tradition duo find an alternative, quick tags allow them to keep Guide rushed off his feet. After four minutes on his own, he's flagging... and that leaves him vulnerable. O'Curle brings him down and the pair get to work... but Guide manages to extend a foot and Scout reaches it, tagging in!

The refreshed warrior vaults the top rope and comes down feet-first at Morgan. He ducks O'Curle, coming in with a lariat, and launches him with a German suplex before tossing him clear of the ring, coming off the ropes – and Morgan has him scouted! The Lions man meets him with a low-down sack Fry tags as “apparently a rugby tackle” and takes a moment to check on his partner, still recovering outside the ring. He's promptly nailed from behind with a high knee by Guide, and the New Wave scoop Morgan up.

He's on Scout's shoulders as Guide hits the far ropes, coming off with a high-speed neckbreaker as Scout sits out in something like a Samoan drop. Scout rolls over into the pinfall as Guide rolls out of the ring, and the victory – and #1 Contendership – goes to the New Wave.
New Wave defeated the British Lions
Rating: B

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Jack Bruce & Matthew Keith vs. Sean McFly & Tommy Cornell
Pure determination is written on the face of all four men. For McFly, he has an undefeated streak to preserve; for Cornell, his record of late needs big wins; Matthew Keith's issues have been well documented already, and Jack Bruce... well, setting aside Darkwave's issues with Painful Procedure, Bruce's best-received outing in TCW resulted in a narrow loss to Cornell – and Jack will clearly want that win back, even if he needs allies to get there.

Matthew Keith starts for his side with Cornell starting for his, with both men beginning carefully, cagily as they look for some kind of opening; they circle a few times, both men trying to close but only if they can find the advantage, and Fry rightly calls it; this is very reminiscent of the opening to the Keith/Speed match recently – that is, until, as they circle, Matt decides to shift the pace; he wheels and swings, knocking Sean McFly off his place at the tag ropes with a punch.

That certainly wakes the crowd up – and it leads to Alanis Springsteen noticing something. She calls for the production truck to verify, but Cornell has closed with Keith, and the camera is very much focused on that as the company owner looks to demonstrate his superiority – and finds that he's up against a skilful and determined opponent. After a couple of exchanges end in standoffs, Tommy looks to raise the tension with his own gambit – an open-palm slap across Matt's face.

Outraged, Matthew charges blindly and Cornell gets the crowd to really react by getting a huge flapjack, Matthew getting easily above Tommy's head before he begins to fall.

Finally, the production crew get a short breather, and the cameras are directed to check on Springsteen's observation – someone had tied both tag lines at one corner together, extending the range. The corner is occupied now by Sean McFly, and had been occupied by the New Wave.

Matthew gets back up and Tommy looks to slam him – and Keith somehow, out of nowhere, counters that into a headscissors takedown, diving across the ring to make the tag.

In comes Jack Bruce, and a charging elbow takes Cornell down. He meets the company owner on the rise with a second running elbow, and a third as he rises. A fourth is attempted, but Cornell's ready for it, meeting him with a dynamic judo flip.

McFly is tagged in, and the 1995 and 1998 SWF World Champion stands face to face with the 2007 SWF World Champion for a moment. They stare each other down, then close in and lock horns, with McFly getting the better of the exchange and getting a Russian leg sweep. As he tries to follow up Bruce fires back with rights and lefts until a left is blocked; for a little while they exchange punches until the American Tiger has had enough, switching gears and whipping Bruce to the ropes.

As Jack hits them, McFly is right behind him, and the dropkick that sends the Darkwave man from the ring is crisp, perfectly executed, and greeted with roars of triumph. Sean promptly hooks Matthew Keith into the ring with a huge hip toss over the top rope, lines him up, and sends him to the outside next to Bruce with a running lariat.

In comes Cornell, and the two look at their opponents. They're not quite in sync, but it's very close to stereo as they hit the far ropes and come forward, looking for a big double-dive – but Keith and Bruce are experienced wrestlers, and still nimble, and they dive out of the way. McFly grabs top and middle ropes, breaking his momentum with a swinging crescent kick; Cornell has a little more trouble, but he's able to hook the top rope and turns from a dive to land on the apron – and Matthew Keith dashes past, arm out for a lariat between apron and bottom rope.

He takes Cornell out by taking his legs out from under him while the American Tiger is rolling Jack Bruce back into the ring. McFly goes for the pin, but Bruce counters immediately to a cradle of his own, one, tw- no! Sean rises back to his feet and comes back in but eats a boot to the gut as he does so; snap DDT from Bruce which gets another two.

Jack looks to follow that up with a suplex, but McFly twists in midair, landing smoothly behind him. An atomic drop follows, and as Jack Bruce looks to regain his balance, Sean tries a bulldog – but this is something McFly has done many times over his career, and Jack is ready for it, turning the attempt into a Blue Thunder bomb.

Jack tags out and Keith scrambles to the top rope, coming off with a flying forearm to bring the thorn in Generation Omega's side down. Rather than attempt another cover, Keith picks him back up, whips him to the corner, and literally runs up his chest, backflipping off to meet McFly as he stumbles forward with a stiff lariat. A tag back out to Bruce and the beatdown continues.

With Sean isolated, Cornell faces a spell at the turnbuckle – a time which seems all the longer and more agonising when your team's not winning. Eventually, Jack Bruce calls for the New York Minute but McFly shoves him clear, almost falling backward to make the tag.

In at speed comes Tommy Cornell; Bruce takes a boot to the gut and a butterfly suplex, and Matthew Keith charges in his turn, being met with the synchronised dual knife-edge chop Cornell calls the Blade Chop. Another meets Matt on his way back up, then he grabs the wrist and whips him to the corner.

Jack Bruce has just about recovered, but Cornell meets him with a running DDT. GUI:LT TRIP ON BRUCE!

The crowd sound loud, but when McFly cuts off a rescue dash by Matthew Keith by snagging the Stone Ankle Stretch out of nowhere, the difference between that crowd response and the arena exploding becomes clear.The holds are applied for a good fifteen, twenty seconds, but as Matthew rolls onto his back and kicks McFly loose, Jack Bruce manages an equally tough challenge – he finally claws the ropes with one hand, forcing a break.

Chaos ensues in the next couple moments with all four men in the room, and it's debatable whether there's a legal tag but by the time things start to calm down it's the other partners who've become de facto legal.

This time, McFly nails the atomic drop/bulldog combo, and he rolls through the bulldog impact and comes up pointing at the turnbuckle.

Sensing his intention to contribute the From Canada With Love to the night's proceedings, the crowd go wild, but as he reaches the top Jack Bruce races along the apron, using the top rope for leverage for a flying kick to knock him through the announce desk.

With Sean effectively out of it, Tommy Cornell finds himself in a dire predicament, two-on-one against two of the more dangerous competitors in TCW. He doesn't seem to have many options and ultimately tries to kick his way back into it, but Bruce catches his leg long enough for Keith to sneak in with a kick to the thigh.

That puts Cornell into real trouble; he finds himself on his back as these two go wild. But, with about two minutes remaining on the clock, Tommy is sent into the ropes – and Sean McFly gets a hand to his back, coming in off the blind tag. Dropkick to Keith! Jack Bruce gets backdropped out of the ring, and Sean stalks Matthew. He looks for the Delorean Driver – and gets a face full of the Asian Mist!

Matt tries his own Delorean Driver! ONE, TWO, THRE-NO! Somehow, Sean managed to find the energy to kick out, much to the fans' relief.

Matt pounds the canvas twice with clenched fists, exasperated, and hauls the blind man back to his feet. He looks for the Neutron Plex.

It's a move Sean McFly hasn't faced since his turn-of-the-millenium move away from SWF. Somehow, however, despite being blind, he has enough muscle memory to block it, twist, and counter – DELOREAN DRIVER! ONE, TWO, THREE!
Sean McFly & Tommy Cornell defeated Jack Bruce & Matthew Keith
Rating: A*

Show Rating: A

[Phantom Stranger]

Show Notes:


Dammit, New Wave. You're theoretically awesome, you're over again, your momentum was picking up, what the hell?
I *think* this is a new spin on the Asian Mist. I may be wrong.
My lower card can really produce results these days. Oddly, Fonzarelli's time in dev has left him less able to do so, it seems...

[James Casey]

Show Notes:

My lower card can really produce results these days. Oddly, Fonzarelli's time in dev has left him less able to do so, it seems...
Is that a morale thing? Fonzie's kind of old to have been in development, I would have thought. Given you have such an abundance of talent that you can afford to have Khoklov in a low priority team, it seems like cutting your losses with talent like Fonzarelli might be worth considering. Maybe Midden could book a Feast or Fired match?

[Eidenhoek]

I'd like to see you book a card full of A* matches, for the lulz. Pretty sure you have at least 10 guys who are capable/have done that before.

Granted...I don't know why you would, but...:D?

[Phantom Stranger]

Is that a morale thing? Fonzie's kind of old to have been in development, I would have thought. Given you have such an abundance of talent that you can afford to have Khoklov in a low priority team, it seems like cutting your losses with talent like Fonzarelli might be worth considering. Maybe Midden could book a Feast or Fired match?

Fonzie's actually pretty chipper at the moment. He went into dev, as much as anything, on the offchance, to get a bit more work in than I was giving him and pick up some wins due to relative overness - and he has improved somewhat, in areas, so he's getting a bit of a trial again.

That said, his contract's up in a little less than two months, so the trial is very much going to decide whether he sticks around.

...As to Khoklov in a low priority team, that's actually a long-term plans thing; Marat is good, but he needs one or two areas to improve before his results will be quite what I want. Tagging with Buffalo should help them both as they work the other teams, and any angle featuring those two will get them and their opponents some much-needed overness.

Marat was always going to have roughly this course; this is also why he was booked as a special attraction early on, with a couple of multi-month absences to learn from Nemesis in FCW, then brought into the tag team. Right now, he's a special attraction; in the future, he could be right at the top, with the right training.

[Phantom Stranger]

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Tuesday July 16th 2009
Dreams... they're the lifeblood of so many stories. The ones people remember. Childhood dreams turned sour, like Sean Deeley's beef with Tyler and Stone... Dreams of surpassing another, played straight or spoiled again – Wolf Hawkins and Tommy – all these things tie into our simple storylines in no small part because they're a fantastic way to make the audience relate.

To me, wrestling is a sport; it's a sport with odd variations, but the basic rules of the stories that underpin it are the rules that make any sporting story compelling. Our advantage is that we can make sure the story has the right ending, that it hopefully won't feel like a let down.

Sure, this doesn't cover the more modern sports-entertainment storylines – but even they often draw on it. How different is Edd Stone's mad set of mind games from the stunts played by the Harlem Globetrotters?

That was a story, but so is wrestling. At their heart, though, sport stories ask the fans to take someone into their heart and make them feel larger than life – make them someone they can put their hopes in. This star's ability is what they rely on, after they're hooked in by some connection.

When you do that, however, you risk your stars becoming... well, stars; they can lose their connection due to no longer feeling 'one of us'.

The job is to stop that happening, to make people still feel a connection. And their dreams, their childhoods, their loves, their friendships strengthened or gone bad – these are ways to do that.

What we're doing with Troy here – reminding people of his dream to partner Sean McFly, one he's spoken about outside the company, discussed in interviews – it's all setup for other dreams.

Sometimes you have a program that you just have to make as big, as memorable, as you can – the fans demand it. And sometimes, that means other items have to be used to build to and reflect it.

Tommy Cornell has a dream. That dream is one that makes most sense to reach with Wolf Hawkins. And that program is one that we'll be using to define that pair from here on out, regardless of who's face and who's heel, even if they eventually reconcile and team together again.

And to make it that big, we need to give it everything. All the weight we can put on that match, all the build we can give it.

Still, there's time. It's July now, and Summer Showdown is more or less booked, on paper if not on screen. We have another five months to fill before the month we pull the trigger... and a lot can be done in five months. A newcomer can become world champion in five months, handled properly.

[Eidenhoek]

So far you're following the WreSpi2 "Mist" colors properly, if that's what you're asking.

[Phantom Stranger]

So far you're following the WreSpi2 "Mist" colors properly, if that's what you're asking.

I think it's more likely we're both following the same source.

But no, not that.

[James Casey]

That the used of the Mist = Steroids/Drugs/Whatever?

I've not seen it before, at least, and I've been reading diaries a long, long time..

[Phantom Stranger]

That the used of the Mist = Steroids/Drugs/Whatever?


Some form of toxin, yeah. I've been wanting to work the Mist in for some time, but the traditional approach just didn't quite work for me - not in TCW, where things are a little more srs. (Except Edd.)

[Phantom Stranger]

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With less than a week to go before Summer Showdown, the TCW locker room is coming to a head over a dozen or more issues. And that means this Tuesday is set to see some truly explosive moments.

First on the slate will see Kazuma & the Kid once again look to chalk up a first win in TCW against arguably their biggest challenge yet. The British Lions squeaked out a narrow loss in increasingly questionable circumstances on Saturday, and they're sure to be hungry to score a victory here and return to winning ways.

Two others who'll be looking for victories to boost their position in competitive divisions, meanwhile, are Amber Allen and Raku Makuda, who lock up Tuesday in an attempt to do just that.

Aaron Andrews has been earmarked for Tommy Cornell's team at the PPV, and he won't want to have a loss on his record as he moves toward Joey Minnesota. The young prodigy faces another tipped for the top of TCW someday in Darkwave's Zimmy, a remarkable talent in his own right. Can Zimmy steal the headlines?

It won't be just Darkwave in action, either, as their primary antagonists are also represented - the Balcony Express unite against the School of Tradition's Eric Tyler & Freddy Huggins, who've become one of the unsung tag pairings in TCW with a number of victories around the house circuit.

Edd Stone is also scheduled to compete. His hand-picked opponent, according to what we can gather? Sayeed Ali. Quite what Stone's issue with Ali may be - or how it will manifest - remains to be seen, but we're curious as to how the International Champion intends to use this in his mind games against Giant Tana and the Canadian Elemental.

And one at a time, two members of a famous family will take on two members of top-flight tag teams. Sam Keith squares off against Peter Hopper, and then Brent Hill will have the challenge of overcoming an ever-more-dangerous Matthew Keith. Will the Riders/Machines rivalry find a way to factor into these contests, or will they simply use their results against the two Keiths as a measuring stick?

In the main event, Sean McFly, who's spent much of his career north of the US, will face a man who exemplifies the south; Champagne Lover and Sean McFly makes for a hell of a matchup, and neither man will want to lose.

Prediction Key:
British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Kazuma & the Kid

Amber Allen vs. Raku Makuda

Aaron Andrews vs. Zimmy

Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk vs. Eric Tyler & Freddy Huggins

Edd Stone vs. Sayeed Ali

Peter Hopper w/ Carl Batch vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Brent Hill vs. Matthew Keith

Champagne Lover vs. Sean McFly

[Zergon]

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Kazuma & the Kid
Somewhat easy win for Lions

Amber Allen vs. Raku Makuda
Allen is doing more at the moment

Aaron Andrews vs. Zimmy
Aaron is simply bigger name and has more going on

Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk vs. Eric Tyler & Freddy Huggins
Balcony Express are still collecting experience.

Edd Stone vs. Sayeed Ali
Again Edd is the bigger name here

Peter Hopper w/ Carl Batch vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
Hopper is mainly tag guy so I don´t see why he should go over Sam here.

Brent Hill vs. Matthew Keith
Could go either way but Matthew has more going on.

Champagne Lover vs. Sean McFly
McFly is more important right now.

[Bigpapa42]

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Kazuma & the Kid

Amber Allen vs. Raku Makuda

Aaron Andrews vs. Zimmy

Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk vs. Eric Tyler & Freddy Huggins

Edd Stone vs. Sayeed Ali

Peter Hopper w/ Carl Batch vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Brent Hill vs. Matthew Keith

Champagne Lover vs. Sean McFly

[Candyman]

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Kazuma & the Kid
Somewhat easy win for Lions

Amber Allen vs. Raku Makuda
Allen is doing more at the moment

Aaron Andrews vs. Zimmy
Aaron is simply bigger name and has more going on

Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk vs. Eric Tyler & Freddy Huggins
Balcony Express are still collecting experience.

Edd Stone vs. Sayeed Ali
Again Edd is the bigger name here

Peter Hopper w/ Carl Batch vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
Hopper is mainly tag guy so I don´t see why he should go over Sam here.

Brent Hill vs. Matthew Keith
Could go either way but Matthew has more going on.

Champagne Lover vs. Sean McFly
McFly is more important right now.

I agree with all of these picks and reasons.

[Regis]

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Kazuma & the Kid
JOBBERS!

Amber Allen vs. Raku Makuda
Has a storyline.

Aaron Andrews vs. Zimmy
Not yet on Andrews' level, plus Painful Procedure can interfere.

Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk vs. Eric Tyler & Freddy Huggins
They need to win some time, right?

Edd Stone vs. Sayeed Ali
Sayeed continues to job to the top.

Peter Hopper w/ Carl Batch vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
Maybe a DQ win as Matt interferes.

Brent Hill vs. Matthew Keith
THE MIST!

Champagne Lover vs. Sean McFly
Because he's Sean McFly. B*tch.

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 4 July 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 15.23)
Rebroadcast on Continental Sports X1 (Rating 0.07)

Held at the Manhattan National Center (Tri State)

Attendance: 21,278

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Shawn Doakes

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British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Kazuma & the Kid
Fast, furious action here. Kazuma & the Kid have a strategy, and it's the hit-and-run technique that keeps them out of range of the punishment that the Lions offer.

It's a solid approach, and once again the duo put in a surprisingly good showing before an error allows Walter Morgan to take over. There's actually a pretty strong reaction from the crowd in support of Morgan as he works Kazuma over before tagging out; allowing O'Curle to put the finishing touches to the match with the Celtic Wreath.
British Lions defeated Kazuma & the Kid
Rating: B

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The Cannonball Kid enters the ring to commiserate with his partner, and the British Lions line up opposite them. For a moment, there's tension, but Walter Morgan steps forward and extends a hand.

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“Oh, like hell you will,” growls a voice over the PA. Eric Tyler emerges just a couple of seconds later, microphone in hand, glowering fiercely. “Merle, Walter, get the **** away from those two. I could actually understand you shaking hands with the muscleheads – they gave you a tough fight. But this – saluting these two?

“They're not in your league. Hell, they're not in the league below you. And I will not have you two accepting being second best.

“I don't know what's gotten into you two lately – you had contendership in your hands, for Christ's sake, it was yours to throw away, and you did. I'm not going to accept that.

“You follow the School's teachings and you will go to the top. You have everything else you need. But for the love of God ditch those two losers in the ring.”

The Lions don't look happy about this, but they leave.

“Kazuma & the Kid don't have the record of the British Lions,” Azaria says philosophically. “But you have to admire their willingness to compete, no matter the odds.”

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The womens' division continues to win more fans over; notably fewer fans than usual are missing from the crowd here, with both women doing their damnedest to win over the fans and win the contest. Makuda hits fast and hard, playing the striking game; Allen looks to ground for both technical and ground-and-pound style reasons.

The simple fact of the matter is that, watching this match, it isn't really possible to separate the two's performances. Allen and Makuda yo-yo momentum and the upper hand forth between them with neither one able to truly turn the tables on their opponent.

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That is, until something tips the balance. With Ray Johnson's attention elsewhere, Cherry Bomb nails Amber Allen from behind. She staggers forward; Makuda gets a DDT and follows that with her signature Swanton Bomb to score the win.
Raku Makuda defeated Amber Allen
Rating: B

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Zimmy strikes while Eugene Williams has his back turned to signal for the bell, booting Aaron in the gut before going for a whip to the corner – but Andrews reverses it, staying on top of the Darkwave man with a running lariat to the corner followed by a series of body blows.

Zimmy manages to cut off the onslaught with a jumping headbutt out of the corner, then he uncorks a series of right hands of his own – one which surprises much of the crowd, seeing the intensity of the blows. Aaron stops a charge, however, ducking the forearm and bringing Zimmy to his knees with a harsh kick to the small of the back, then another – beginning to target the spine already.

A suplex attempt is blocked when Zimmy hooks the leg; the former Bumfhole throws forearms to stagger his opponent, backs off, and comes in with a charge – but Aaron backdrops him to the floor.

With the crowd starting to get enthusiastic, Aaron hops onto the bottom rope at an angle to the recovering Zimmy, then the top rope on the same side, then tumbles out – and Zimmy moves clear, rolling back into the ring to hit the far ropes for momentum.

He soars out over the top rope to come crashing down on Andrews, driving him into the barricade, much to the fans' dismay. The brawl continues, though; Aaron shows incredible tenacity by shrugging off that impact to continue, but Zimmy's just too fast; he dances away from a big swing, leaps, and drives Andrews back-first into the ring apron with a spin-kick before rolling him back inside.

He looks to capitalise but Aaron kicks out almost immediately before whipping him to the ropes; he goes for his signature spinebuster, but even as he twists in the air Zimmy shows he can scout with the best of them; his legs grapevine Aaron's body and he grabs a front facelock. As Andrews looks to complete the move, Zimmy shifts his weight.

The result is half Andrews spinebuster, half Zimmy DDT; both men lie still for a few moments afterward, as Azaria notes that Zimmy sacrificed a spine Andrews had already targetted to get that move.

Zimmy recovers first, and slowly makes the pin – one, two, TH-

Andrews shows that tenacity again, getting his shoulder up with aplomb. Zimmy tries to fight back and gets a quick rollup but then gets his head removed by a clothesline. Andrews drops forearms across the back and chest of Zimmy, clearly focused after that innovative DDT counter.

A quick cover just barely gets two, and Aaron changes tack, whipping his opponent across the ring. He goes for a charge, but Zimmy has his boots up and cuts it off – then immediately goes for the Code Red! ONE, TWO, THR-

Aaron forces his way out again, rolling clear. Zimmy goes for a kick; Aaron catches it, spins him around, and drives a forearm into the small of his back. Back suplex follows, and a quick cover – Zimmy's out a hair after two.

Zimmy back to his feet and he cuts off Andrews with a couple of chops, jumps to the second rope looking for a springboat kick, and Aaron literally punches him out of the air with a hell of a haymaker.

Andrews goes for the Game Breaker; Zimmy counters into a rana, but Aaron manages to catch him in midair rather than get yanked off his feet!

He promptly powerbombs Zimmy into the turnbuckle, but the Darkwave man rolls clear.

Andrews looks for him on the outside of the ring, but Zimmy grabs hold of the steel stairs, throwing them down to block Aaron's momentum – then he vaults onto the steel and unleashes a dropkick!

The crowd are going mental as Zimmy rolls his opponent into the ring. Down goes the kneepad, setting for the Blood Rush, and Zimmy launches off – Aaron sidesteps – bulldog by Andrews! He scoops him up – GAME BREAKER! ONE, TWO, THREE!
Aaron Andrews defeated Zimmy
Rating: A*

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Breakin' The Law hits and Tommy Cornell comes out. He's got a microphone, but at the moment, he's just applauding – and thanks to the performances in the previous matches, that feels more than valid. He's smiling, and after a few moments he stops the applause and raises the microphone to his lips.

“Brilliant match,” he says. “Aaron, I know you and Sean are sitting waiting to find out who your third teammate is.

“The thing is, so are Generation Omega. Now, I can promise you that the third man on your team is going to be one hell of a wrestler, someone who can hold up his end of the match – but I'm not giving them time to scout him. You'll find out soon, though, I guarantee.”

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Painful Procedure's junior tag team look hungry for a win here – beating Eric Tyler means a lot, if you can do it – but the School of Tradition are not impressed.

The announce team, however, are focused as much as anything on the conspicuous lack of Laura Huggins by the side of her School of Tradition charges – she's often held back from coming out alongside her brother, but Eric Tyler is a very different proposition.

The fight is surprisingly close in places; Statler and Waldorf are clearly doing their level best to appear on a level with their opponents. However... Ultimately, it's just not enough. They concentrate their assault on Eric Tyler, and in the end Freddy Huggins takes Waldorf's head off with the Huggins Kiss.

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Before Marv can rescue his teammate, Ian Harris is at ringside. He yanks Statler from the apron, escaping over the guardrail from Randall Hopkirk's bid for vengeance.
Tyler & Huggins defeated Balcony Express
Rating: B+

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Edd Stone vs. Sayeed Ali w/ Carl Batch
I Gotta Feelin begins to play, causing some surprise from the announce team as that's not Edd Stone's theme, it's Giant Tana's. And then Tana emerges. In a bad wig, a stick-on goatee, and ring gear resembling Edd's.

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Giant Tana vs. Sayeed Ali w/ Carl Batch
Ali has a lot of power to his punches, and he does manage to stagger Tana a couple of times – but he can't take the big man off his feet, and Tana seems revitalised over the past month.

The two bull each other around the ring, but at the finish Tana uncorks a tremendous superkick, sending Sayeed to the corner – and he follows with the Big Fat Samoan Squash to secure the pin.
Giant Tana defeated Sayeed Ali
Rating: C+

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Obviously still unhappy with Tana's costume – unhappy, perhaps, that someone's struck back in this way – Edd Stone is in the ring in moments, a blur of kicks on the offensive against Tana.

After the match, and with Ali throwing a couple of payback punches to help out, Tana is unbalanced by these, driven back. Edd measures for the Edd-Renaline Shot -

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He doesn't get to hit it, however – Rhino Umaga crashes into him from the side with a charging spear. Tana, recovering, fights off Sayeed Ali.

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Umaga abruptly falls when Champagne Lover enters the ring, catching him from behind with a blockbuster. The fight spills to the outside, but Eternal Party and Ali have the slight numbers advantage.

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And then the crowd roar approval – Canadian Elemental has entered the ring! He takes a look at the brawl, hits the far ropes for momentum, and then flies over the top rope in a corkscrew plancha to wipe the group out, standing tall as the show goes to commercial.

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Peter Hopper w/ Carl Batch vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
Hopper is very cagey as the match begins, watching Keith, waiting for a flash of veteran inspiration from the multi-time world champion – because when you wrestle Sam Keith, anything could happen at any moment.

Hopper relies, for his part, on pure strength; able to muscle Keith around the ring with ease, Sam finds himself on the receiving end of his second beatdown in four days, tossed around the place. In desperation Keith digs down into his vast repertoire of tactics and holds learned from a career spent travelling the world. He does the only thing that seems logical at that point.

Sam Keith goes lucha libre, using the momentum Hopper's power provides to turn the tables, to put the big man on the back foot.

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As it becomes clear that power alone is not going to carry the day here Carl Batch makes a sign to camera; not one the fans understand, but that's evidently not what it's for, as a watching Sayeed Ali appears on the ramp, heading down to aid his stablemate.

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This is not successful, however; following him down at quite a pace is Marc Speed, who takes out a leg and snags the Deadly Heel Hook to lock him in place. With Ali thus detained, Keith has the time he needs, taking Hopper down into the Proton Lock.

Hopper makes one explosive effort to break free, but when it doesn't work, with Keith rolling through to keep the hold applied, he taps quickly, avoiding serious injury. That actually draws approval for tactical thinking from Azaria.
Sam Keith defeated Peter Hopper
Rating: B

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Brent Hill vs. Matthew Keith
With two competitors of this quality, this was always going to be a great match, and it certainly delivers.

Hill is clearly out, as the announce team suggest, to do at least as well as his stablemate Marc Speed did, or even squeeze out a victory. Matthew Keith, meanwhile, is more than ready to put him away.

Hill goes as hard as Speed, with Keith a little more confident, throwing a few more punches early on, having the experience now to not allow this to become a pure wrestling contest. Nonetheless, Brent manages, after eighteen minutes, to get into a position for the King of the Hill splash...

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Billy Fonda grabs the top rope! Hill crashes down, crotching himself, and a recovered Keith hits him with the Mist, hops onto the second rope, and delivers the Neutron Plex, crashing to the mat and quickly covering to secure the pinfall.
Matthew Keith defeated Brent Hill
Rating: B+

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Mayhem Midden promptly emerges to the tune of Shout At The Devil. He has a microphone in hand and, as ever, Charlie Thatcher by his side.

Fonda, having rolled into the ring, freezes like a guilty kid when the subject of a broken window comes up.

Midden smirks, nodding. “That's right, Billy. Back down. Now.”

Slowly, very slowly, Fonda takes a couple of steps back.

“You and your buddies have been going after the Machines well past long enough,” Midden continues. “This Sunday, I want all six of you in the ring. And Billy – if you've got any sense at all, you'll let the result there be an end to it. I don't plan on letting you boys run wild any longer than I have to.”

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The big screen comes to life moments later, showing clips of Johnny Bloodstone's exercise regime. It's a hell of a regime, too; stamina and flexibility are both emphasised, with Bloodstone at one point hanging by his knees from a high bar doing sit-ups against the flow of gravity.

His work on the speed bag is equally impressive, and some of the clips show him alongside the Kreed, with Reed and Greg doing their best to mimic the Full Moon Rising as Bloodstone prepares a defence against it.

Over these clips, Bloodstone's recorded voice speaks.

“Once again I have a championship match and no one's looking.

“One more time. Everyone looks past me. People are talking about Tommy Cornell stepping in the ring against Wolf Hawkins for the World Heavyweight Championship.

“Well, the last time people looked past me they were talking about Troy Tornado and Jack Bruce for the World Heavyweight Championship.

“Remember how that turned out?”

Bloodstone laughs, free and easy. “Overlook me all you like. I don't go out and talk a big game – I just wrestle them. That's what made my name. That's what won me fans.

“If you look past me, you just make it easier for me to beat you. So everyone out there who's sick of Generation Omega – don't worry. I will be champion again.

“And I will show you the very best that professional wrestling has to offer.”

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Champagne Lover vs. Sean McFly
Both of these men are exceptional competitors, and the battle here is a long one and a good one, though the announcers focus on McFly's performance, seizing on his mistakes and any particularly innovative counters, all viewed in the context of how likely they are to help his trio against Generation Omega on Sunday.

To his credit, Shawn Doakes does spend some time singing the praises of Lover during the match, and to his credit, Champagne Lover well and truly deserves it, holding off Sean McFly and even, from time to time, leading the match – though he does find that McFly has the Champagne Breakfast and the Champagne Sunrise both scouted.

The battle is intense, the battle has the crowd on their feet, and for the longest time, the battle is close to even. McFly begins, however, to gather steam, even as Azaria brings up the famed conditioning of anyone associated with the House of Stone – citing a one-hour match Art Reed recently had on the house show circuit against Jeremy Stone – and it looks, at that point, like Sean McFly will have this one all to himself.

But that's not quite how it works out.

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Remo Richardson comes over the guardrail from the crowd, breaking McFly's momentum with a spear. As Eugene Williams calls for the bell, Joey Minnesota comes in; Remo whips McFly to his Generation Omega ally, who meets Sean with the Minnesota Salute, much to the crowd's dismay.

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DuBois slides in in perfect time to deliver a Marc of Excellence as McFly recoils from the Salute, and Remo has positioned himself perfectly. He hits a Lumbar Puncture then, without slowing, powers McFly over his head -

DESTROYER ON MCFLY!

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Ricky Dale Johnson and Texas Pete hit the ring, chairs in hand, and a couple of paces behind them is McFly's partner this Sunday, Aaron Andrews, armed in the same way.

Generation Omega retreat, but they do so smirking; Sean McFly is out cold, and their message has been sent.
Sean McFly won by DQ
Rating: A

Show Rating: A

[Phantom Stranger]

Show Notes:


Way to go Aaron and Zimmy!
Two new renders introduced in this show, though both have been grandfathered in; anyone reading through will see J Silver's Raku Makuda and ewanite's Rhino Umaga throughout

[James Casey]

PS, I've been meaning to ask: Who is Ian Harris? Is it just Black Eagle, and if so, why did you go with a non-gimmick name while keeping the mask?

[Eisen-verse]

Show Notes:

Way to go Aaron and Zimmy!


A great sign that you've created stars out of your youthful workers. An A*? I know it comes easier in a product like TCW, if you pull in talented workers, but that's still a feat in my eyes!

Great stuff, Phantom.

Cheers.

E-V

[Phantom Stranger]

PS, I've been meaning to ask: Who is Ian Harris? Is it just Black Eagle, and if so, why did you go with a non-gimmick name while keeping the mask?

Think this got mentioned as a throwaway back when he was still unnamed...

It is indeed Black Eagle, aka Ian Herring.

When I was putting Darkwave together, I was looking for a range of things;


Overness
Mic skills
Talent
A certain look


Overness came with Jack Bruce and Sammy Bach, both of whom brought solid but not top-tier talent and mic skills.

Talent came from Zimmy, primarily, plus the first two - and Black Eagle to some extent; the guy's spent a year plus in dev and isn't exactly a bad worker to begin with.

The look can be taken from the iThink video pretty easily; Cherry Bomb suits the female band member, making her an easy addition. She's also good on the mic and a pretty good female worker.

The look also touches on... well, everyone except Zimmy, though he's got a similar look to some of the folks in my local EBM scene. Black Eagle's contacts and mask fitted perfectly; I went for the variation that looked most like something I'd expect to see on stage. He doesn't have either of his usual gimmick names because, well, they don't fit the EBM style. He'd have his real name, except - like the Easy Riders - the surname just didn't work for me. In their case, I made it their gimmick; here, I made a minimum tweak.

[Phantom Stranger]

A great sign that you've created stars out of your youthful workers. An A*? I know it comes easier in a product like TCW, if you pull in talented workers, but that's still a feat in my eyes!

Great stuff, Phantom.

Cheers.

E-V

Thanks, E-V. Aaron's a personal goal of mine - the first graduate of TCW's academy, I figure he has to be a 'project' within the company. Can't have the first graduate fail, after all.

That said... Zimmy, Marc DuBois and the Easy Riders feels rather like another quiet TCW 'project'. They were all part of the much-hyped Supreme Class of 2005 (http://www.greydogsoftware.com/cornellverse/column_shakeup.html), after all, and four years later DuBois had just broken the midcard, the Dirty White Boys had been released, Death Row were floundering and even the Bumfholes have become nothing more than the anchor to an underdeveloped tag division.

I don't envision Cornell's problem with Eisen being an all-consuming passion, but I'm sure that, to Tommy, the chance to take these four (and Texas Pete, also tipped for the top) and make them bigger than the SWF ever did is a real temptation.

As of right now, the four TCW roster members from the Class of 2005 all have at least one A* match under their belts. I'd say things are coming along well...

[Eisen-verse]

Thanks, E-V. Aaron's a personal goal of mine - the first graduate of TCW's academy, I figure he has to be a 'project' within the company. Can't have the first graduate fail, after all.

That said... Zimmy, Marc DuBois and the Easy Riders feels rather like another quiet TCW 'project'. They were all part of the much-hyped Supreme Class of 2005 (http://www.greydogsoftware.com/cornellverse/column_shakeup.html), after all, and four years later DuBois had just broken the midcard, the Dirty White Boys had been released, Death Row were floundering and even the Bumfholes have become nothing more than the anchor to an underdeveloped tag division.

I don't envision Cornell's problem with Eisen being an all-consuming passion, but I'm sure that, to Tommy, the chance to take these four (and Texas Pete, also tipped for the top) and make them bigger than the SWF ever did is a real temptation.

As of right now, the four TCW roster members from the Class of 2005 all have at least one A* match under their belts. I'd say things are coming along well...

I entirely agree with you that TCW would certainly want to see Aaron become a star some day. While every company hopes that their youthful workers will, someday, pay-off for them, Andrews' success poses more than that. In a way, what he is able to accomplish will ultimately effect how people perceive the TCW-Machine all together. They produce a good looking blue-chipper; can they get him where he needs to go or will they falter in their booking of a young star? Or, was he never really a blue-chipper, we just thought he was, and the TCW training program isn't as good as we had first thought. All very pressure-based situations for a company attempting to be seen as THE legit wrestling company in the US.

(Legit as in more about in-ring action than it's competitors)

I'm hoping to be more of a consistent reader of yours, Phantom; as I know you pump out great work. That said, I'll do my best!

Cheers.

E-V

[Phantom Stranger]

I'm hoping to be more of a consistent reader of yours, Phantom; as I know you pump out great work. That said, I'll do my best!

Cheers.

E-V

Well, it's not exactly easy to jump on board this monster anymore. Probably hasn't been for the last thousand or so pages.

...For those who missed it in the rapid turnover, the last Total Wrestling before Summer Showdown is on the previous page. Still to come: Badge of Honor, the go-home Saturday Night Showcase, and a return from the world of 1977 that may surprise you...

[Eisen-verse]

Well, it's not exactly easy to jump on board this monster anymore. Probably hasn't been for the last thousand or so pages.

While more of a feat, yes, It's no different than jumping into watching a wrestling company (in real life) for the first time. I may not pick up the subtle nuances, or really know a lot of the history behind it all, but will at least find entertainment in what's laid out before me (learning more of the backround history in time). :D

I'll stop hijacking your thread now.

Cheers.

E-V

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 4 July 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 1.28)

Held at the Lowe Ballroom (North West)

Attendance: 3,496

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Jason Azaria – Sara Silver – Autumn Gleeson



To kick off the show, the Easy Riders weathered a rapid early onslaught to put Kazuma & the Kid away. (Rating: B-)
Autumn Gleeson discovered Mayhem Midden laid out and unconscious backstage, bleeding heavily, and obviously seriously injured. Charlie Thatcher, beside him, still had a dented steel chair lying on the back of the head from the blow that had obviously taken him out. Gleeson called for an ambulance while speculating on whether or not Generation Omega were involved.
Frankie Dee forced El Leon to pass out to the Dragon Sleeper after a short but spirited match. (Rating: B)
Former tag champs elsewhere Cherry Bomb and Gorgon reunited to face Amber Allen and JeriLynn Stone. JeriLynn got a pinfall on Cherry Bomb after Harry Allen distracted her. (Rating: C+)
Chris Rockwell was seen hanging out backstage with Rocky Golden and Stephanie Wade when Rick Law came up to them, saying he'd called in favours to get, on short-term loan, someone from Rockwell's past to remind Rockwell what he was capable of – the legend, Pistol Pete Hall – but that Hall wanted to face someone else first, to get used to the big spotlights again. Rocky Golden smilingly volunteered to face him in the main event.
The Elite Express made short work of Chance Fortune and Ultimate Phoenix, with Phoenix falling to their feared Precision Driller. (Rating: B-)
In a great contest showcasing true technical acumen, John Anderson defeated JD Morgan when he found an opening for the Ammo Dump. (Rating: A)
RDJ met with Aaron Andrews, Tommy Cornell, and Texas Pete backstage, confirming that even with Midden down he would still be special referee for the six-man tag this Sunday – and saying he'd found 'just the man' to motivate the men taking a stand against Generation Omega.
In the pain event, Pistol Pete Hall squeezed out a narrow win over a game Rocky Golden, notably blocking the Rocky Road before landing the Pistol Whip Lariat. He looks to have lost very little in his time away from the big leagues. (Rating: B)


Show Rating: B+

[Phantom Stranger]

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It's chaos here at TCW HQ - with the Board's Representative taken out and one of the Board themselves forced to sell earlier in the month, only half of Saturday Night Showcase is set in stone. So stay tuned for surprises later in the night - for now, we're just going to tell you what we know is coming as Summer Showdown looms on the horizon.

Frankie Dee, who after hiring Jack Marlowe to take out Shingen Miyazaki - and to interfere with the Fly Boys' own bids - is looking a likely contender for the All Action Championship match, has a contest to open the show against Miyazaki's stablemate Thunder Snake. Thunder Snake is a gifted competitor - can he teach Dee a lesson ahead of time, or will Miyazaki be looking at a wounded challenger tomorrow?

Womens action follows, as JeriLynn Stone faces off with Stephanie Wade. The young Stone might be considered to be an 'uncrowned #1 Contender' too, after becoming the first person to score any kind of win against Gorgon, even as the champion remains unpinned. Wade is probably the last person you want to face just before such a match, however - even if she loses, she's guaranteed to make her opponents remember the match.

The Machines also have action ahead of them. Their opponents are none other than the Canadian duo of the Elite Express. With a nasty six-man tag upcoming, this one is likely to be a major clash on the road - but who'll win out?

Those matches might be expected to be the ones scheduled for the first hour. What's going to happen across the full two hours, we at TCW.com can only guess - but we're going to make sure we stay tuned to find out!

Prediction Key:
Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins vs. Thunder Snake w/ Baroness Emily

JeriLynn Stone vs. Stephanie Wade

Elite Express vs. the Machines

OOC: There will be one other match, made on the night. Feel free to guess who/what will be involved.

[ajcrible]

Still to come: Badge of Honor, the go-home Saturday Night Showcase, and a return from the world of 1977 that may surprise you...

*drools* Please be Floyd Bowman, Mark Krogan, or Jason Jackson...
:)

[Regis]

Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins vs. Thunder Snake w/ Baroness Emily
Whatever progress Dee has made, Thunder Snake is better.

JeriLynn Stone vs. Stephanie Wade
The Stone name carries more weight around here.

Elite Express vs. The Machines
Because The Machines.

[Bigpapa42]

Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins vs. Thunder Snake w/ Baroness Emily

JeriLynn Stone vs. Stephanie Wade

Elite Express vs. the Machines

[Zergon]

Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins vs. Thunder Snake w/ Baroness Emily
Dee gets some build-up before his title challenge

JeriLynn Stone vs. Stephanie Wade
Guess, for some reason I never seem to have clear idea about women matches.

Elite Express vs. the Machines
Win for Express would help them more than Machines but since Machines are likely going to have feud ending match with Easy Riders soon I assume that they will gain some momentum here.

[Oregano Jensen]

Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins vs. Thunder Snake w/ Baroness Emily

I can't believe Frankie Dee is getting a push, but it does seem that way.

JeriLynn Stone vs. Stephanie Wade

I mean, probably?

Elite Express vs. the Machines

We in Canada? Nope? Okay, going ahead with the Machines.

As for the second half of the show... only one match? Must be a big one... Let's say Tommy Cornell and... um, Rick Law against Dubois and Remo. Just because I like Rick Law, okay?

Also, if we're throwing out 1977 guesses, I am going to get this wrong with the rest of you.

It won't be an active worker, because that isn't plausible 32 years later, so what do we need? Manager is an easy guess, but about a villainous counterpart to Mayhem Midden? It serves the story, because it must be a nuisance making excuses to get Gen Omega booked. Maybe it's the "man on the board" Vibert keeps talking about, even... that's a long-running thread with no payoff yet.

So who fits that role? Someone with Gen Omega sympathies would probably be known as an arrogant blue chipper at some point in his career, possibly a guy who was proud of his superior athletic ability, maybe even a man who (kayfabe) saw himself as above wrestling in his day. Given how many of the stable's members have roots in northeastern North America, that would be a nice trend to continue. SWF ties wouldn't hurt, but from an OOC standpoint, it would help if the worker... or at least his relatives... had defected from SWF at some point in the past. Superior mic skills are a must. And he can't be older than 65 as of 2009.

Add it all up, and what have you got? Yes, I'm calling it: Richie Pangrazzio Jr., heel authority figure.

[Phantom Stranger]

*drools* Please be Floyd Bowman, Mark Krogan, or Jason Jackson...
:)


Also, if we're throwing out 1977 guesses, I am going to get this wrong with the rest of you.

It won't be an active worker, because that isn't plausible 32 years later, so what do we need? Manager is an easy guess, but about a villainous counterpart to Mayhem Midden? It serves the story, because it must be a nuisance making excuses to get Gen Omega booked. Maybe it's the "man on the board" Vibert keeps talking about, even... that's a long-running thread with no payoff yet.

So who fits that role? Someone with Gen Omega sympathies would probably be known as an arrogant blue chipper at some point in his career, possibly a guy who was proud of his superior athletic ability, maybe even a man who (kayfabe) saw himself as above wrestling in his day. Given how many of the stable's members have roots in northeastern North America, that would be a nice trend to continue. SWF ties wouldn't hurt, but from an OOC standpoint, it would help if the worker... or at least his relatives... had defected from SWF at some point in the past. Superior mic skills are a must. And he can't be older than 65 as of 2009.

Add it all up, and what have you got? Yes, I'm calling it: Richie Pangrazzio Jr., heel authority figure.

Touching on both of these: The man bringing in the returnee has already mentioned he's doing so, and Oregano, I almost wish it was your choice, as your logic - as ever - is impeccable. I can definitely see where you're coming from, to the point where I'm considering tweaking booking down the line.

ajcrible: I can exclusively reveal that the man I'm bringing in is someone I first really looked at thanks to your dynasty, and someone who will probably be more comfortable on TV nowadays. Also, jhd1's render for his modern day look is a thing of beauty.

[Eidenhoek]

Nice Raku alt.

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Saturday Night Showcase

Saturday Week 4 July 2009

Live on CBA (Rating 14.85)

Held at the H. Jones Building (Great Lakes)

Attendance: 22,349

Announcers:
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Duane Fry – Jasmine Saunders – Alanis Springsteen

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Set to the dulcet tones of Holst's Mars, Bringer of War, a video airs to open the show with clips from the discovery of an unconscious Charlie Thatcher and a seriously injured Mayhem Midden, overlaid with dialogue from the later discussion of the suspects – and video footage of Generation Omega's various other assaults, notably GenOme on Jack Marlowe, Remo Richardson assaulting Tommy Cornell, and Joey Minnesota laying out former tag partner Aaron Andrews.

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The video ends to show Ricky Dale Johnson and Texas Pete heading to the ring with broad smiles in place, walking tall and confident.

RDJ climbs into the ring and takes a look around the fanbase, beaming confidently.

“It's been a long time I've been coming round the country,” he says. “But I still remember the first time I came up this way.

“That was back in 1990, and TWL were still touring most of the country. I came up here as one half of the Modern Day Cowboys...” He smiles reminiscently. “That was a good time, it really was. Sean and me, we had a good run for quite a while.

“But I say this because my mind's on TWL right now. The Texas Wrestling League was what gave me my break in this business. It was the place I grew up watchin', and it was what made me fall in love with wrestling.

“Well, seems to me that TCW is down one commentator for tomorrow if Midden's not around, and seems to me like me and Pete here could do with someone to watch our backs. Someone who knows the sport, who knows all the dirty tricks from the inside out – because I'll level with ya, I've never really seen the sport from Generation Omega's end. Frankly, we need someone who's gonna spot this kinda bullcrap before it comes up.

“So here we go...”

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The track is just about recognisable to the oldest fans in attendance, but the fan reaction isn't strong – yet. The man who comes out, however, is a little more recognisable – TWL still has a kind of semi-legendary status, and those who know this man don't have to recognise him by how he looks now.

Floyd “F-Bomb” Bowman comes out with his customary gesture in evidence, middle fingers to the crowd.

TCW cultivates a wrestling fanbase, and there are, now, some fans who're happy to be flipped off by a legend, a section of the crowd responding.

Some of the crowd are just reacting to the obvious joy of Ricky Dale Johnson – still as much a figure with a following in TCW as ever – and Texas Pete, joy at seeing this man back in a wrestling arena.

“Well, good Goddamn,” Bowman begins, grinning broadly. “Sure are a **** of a lot of you here. Ain't seen crowds this ****in' size since maybe the end of the eighties.

“You know, I remember when TWL first got ****in' TV, and when TWL first got ****in' TV they came to me and they said for the love of ****, Floyd, do not ****in' speak when the TV cameras are rollin', they said I was well and ****in' truly unsuitable fer TV. You ****in' believe that?”

If anything, Bowman's ranting has gotten worse... or he's laying it on for the debut. He laughs.

“Well, I'll tell you what, it's the best parta thirty-****in-five years on and I'm well and ****in' truly on TV right now, huh?”

He takes a look around the crowd, smirking.

“So tomorrow night, listen up. My old friend Ricky here, he's known me since I was windin' my ****in' career down, he's the guest ref for the goddamn giant six-man. And you should know how much I ****in' love six-man tags – so I'm gonna be around to make ****in' sure things go by the ****in' book. An' Pete here, well, he's got a hell of a ****in' match ahead, but I'm gonna be ringside there, too, make sure of things.

“Met Midden once, short-term, an' I wasn't a big ****in' fan but then that's on accounta he was a snot-nosed punk of a kid, just like this so-called Generation Omega. ****in' Phil Vibert got involved when TWL was on it's last ****in' legs and bled a little more outta the company; I'm not gonna let him do the same ****in' thing again.”

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Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins vs. Thunder Snake w/ Baroness Emily
These two young talents are both capable of very strong results, but it has to be said as this match goes on that they don't seem to be producing against one another as well as they should be.

Nonetheless, the contest isn't as bad as it might be – it does just about hang together – and at the finish, Frankie Dee drops Thunder Snake, delivering a Shinanju Kick to both block the Snake Lash and secure a win.
Frankie Dee defeated Thunder Snake
Rating: C+

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Team KOBRA, as ever, come out, centering themselves around Thunder Snake.

The masked marvel does not look happy – not at all. And Koshiro Ino reaches out, demanding the bokken from Baroness Emily. Demanding the right to do this himself.

Thunder Snake does not look happy, but he takes the shot, his face screwed up with silent fury.

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Out of nowhere, there's a cackle. Frankie Dee has stuck around, and he's pointing at the punished KOBRA man with glee. “Take it!” he yells. “Take it like a bitch!”

Thunder Snake snarls, but Ino puts a hand in his way.

Shingen Miyazaki abruptly trips Dee from behind, going for the ankle lock. Dee squirms clear and scrambles away, with the camera showing Thunder Snake smiling now.

The Baroness hands Ino the microphone, and he turns back to Thunder Snake. “Concerning martial valor, merit lies more in dying for one's master than in striking down the enemy. This can be understood from the devotion of Sate Tsugunobu.”

With that, Team KOBRA return backstage.

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JeriLynn Stone vs. Stephanie Wade
The women's division is full of competitors who are more than eager to prove what they can do in comparison to the men, and after a fast start these two actually look to pick up the pace.

Wade tries for the superkick on a number of occasions, but JeriLynn has that move pretty well scouted – she's willing to bail from the ring rather than take it.

JeriLynn tries to work a ground game, but she has to do so with extreme caution – Wade is clearly the heavier hitter of the two, and every time JL applies a hold, she risks a heavy blow, a step backward, and a superkick. On commentary, the announce team hammer this one home; Stephanie Wade can end a match in a heartbeat, if given even a fraction of a chance.

Nonetheless, after eight minutes of fast-paced and somewhat desperate action, it's JeriLynn who manages to hit the Girl's Best Friend, picking up the win seconds later.
JeriLynn Stone defeated Stephanie Wade
Rating: B

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Pistol Pete Hall is backstage with Autumn Gleeson, chatting in the interview area about nothing in particular. As the camera reveals them, Gleeson is saying “...really want to manage a tag team, and this is the place for that.”

Hall smiles. “Any idea who?”

“Well-” Gleeson cuts herself off mid-phrase. “Uh, sorry. I'm told the match has finished.” She turns to the camera smoothly. “Good evening, everyone,” she says. “I'm here with Pistol Pete Hall, a legend in the business, a champion here and in Japan, and Pete, the thing our forums tell us the fans want to know-”

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“Screw that.” Matthew Keith barges onto the interview set.

“Listen up,” Keith begins. “Petey, I know that belt you won in Japan. It's not on the level of the one my dad won, but you'll still do as a stand-in sometime – assuming you don't turn tail.

“But I just need you to know your match isn't getting upgraded to a title match and you have no chance of taking the Hard-Hitting Championship – because there's no way Chris Rockwell is beating me tomorrow.

“So whatever your plan is, forget it. You're getting nowhere – and you try and change that, and I'll break you in two.”

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Elite Express vs. The Machines
Brent Hill and Nate Johnson start this one off, and Johnson looks keen to change people's opinion of the Machines in TCW; as the bell rings, he drives Hill back a step with a forearm, then doubles him over with a kick – and then he leaps, nailing Brent on the top of the head with a crisp dropkick.

Hill dodges the next assault and throws some chops before grabbing a front facelock, looking to slow Johnson down. This works, for a few moments – but Nate shifts his ground, and gets into a different position. He starts unleashing kicks, firing them off into Hill's midsection, until the hold breaks.

Brent manages to cut off Johnson's latest onslaught with a dropkick of his own, then moves to tag out quickly. Anderson comes in strong, cutting Nate off with a running forearm and looking to lock him down – specifically, as Johnson regains his feet, Anderson nails his right knee with a dropkick, then hooks in an Indian figure-four, looking to take down the surprising mobility with which Johnson began the match.

Nate reaches the ropes, and as Anderson stays on him he fights up, firing off forearms to match Anderson's chops, pulling himself up to his feet with the ropes. Anderson promptly takes him to the centre of the ring in a headlock and looks for a suplex, but Johnson blocks it – at some personal cost, using the injured leg to block – and goes for a tag.

Anderson tags out himself and in comes Brent! Thomas and Hill collide in the centre of the ring, and Thomas sets the tone with a series of punches. Brent fires back with chops, gaining the momentum, then a volley of chops – uppercut – Brent grabs a front facelock – goes for the DDT – Thomas drops to his knees to block – Nate Johnson tries to rush the ring, and Eugene Williams moves to cut him off – Thomas with a low blow!

He pops up as Hill doubles over and gets a powerbomb more or less out of nowhere. In comes Anderson - Johnson comes in to help Thomas, and after a couple of punches they toss him out of the ring. Nate clamps down a front facelock while Bobby hops up to the second rope, coming off with a stomp very like the one that puts the finale on the Precision Driller.

In comes Anderson again with a bulldog to Johnson! The Machines hook together on Thomas, hitting a double suplex.

Johnson picks himself up and looks for a superkick on Hill – who ducks it, boosts Johnson onto his shoulders – ELECTRIC CHAIR DROP! Anderson and Hill get a high five, but Thomas cannons into them from behind Hill, sending them both crashing to the mat. Brent gets up first, and that gets him a DDT for his troubles.

With the Express both upright, they drag their opponents to their feet and look for stereo powerbombs – but the Machines both counter – vaulting over their opponents to look for backslides – and the Express both roll through the backslide, popping up to nail the Machines with dropkicks to the face!

Bobby Thomas looks for the Precision Driller on Anderson, with Johnson on the top rope, but Hill cuts that off by taking Thomas' leg out from under him with a chop block.

Anderson slams Johnson off the top turnbuckle, then lifts Thomas for a piledriver – but Bobby uses his one good leg to kick loose, dropping to the mat. His bad leg buckles on impact – and Johnson comes over Bobby's head to nail a shining wizard! In comes Hill – Thomas pops up from behind and lands a back suplex, crashing out afterward, clutching his knee.

Bobby rolls out of the ring and Nate looks worried for a long moment, but with Anderson still a little out of it, he drags Hill to his feet and vaults onto the second rope to deliver a flying slice kick – the famous Natural Order. Immediate cover. ONE, TWO, THRE- Anderson breaks the pin.

An Ammo Dump from Anderson follows, then he rolls out of the ring to allow Brent to cover. ONE, TWO, THRE – NO!

The crowd can't believe it, but the Express man just kicked out. Brent moves fast, however, transitioning to lock in the Complete Package, and Johnson has to tap.
The Machines defeated the Elite Express
Rating: A*

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The crowd is still getting over that when a disturbance occurs as two men make their way through it – Phil Vibert and Wolf Hawkins. They climb the guardrail and slide into the ring.

Phil Vibert grins. “It looks like everything's going our way, doesn't it?” he asks. “The champion – the Champion, the top prize in wrestling. Tag champions who hold a belt which has better reputation than any other tag title in the sport. We get a whole month of rest and preparation between matches.

“And Mayhem Midden is now, oh-so-mysteriously, out of the way.” A smirk from Hawkins, who takes the microphone.

“I still know what I'm after, boss man,” he begins. “I'm going to get what I want, sooner or later. Tomorrow, you can watch Remo, Joey and Marc destroy your three. That's going to be four casualties. And if you don't give me what I want... sooner or later we're going to bring everybody down.”

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Vibert grins, and then Breakin' The Law bursts through the arena speakers. The crowd explode as Tommy Cornell emerges.

“You know, son, just because Ken's out of action doesn't mean this place is fallin' apart,” he begins. “And Wolf, you aren't getting me in the ring. We've started pulling things down around you. Let's look at the list, shall we?

“You got the title. Well, Bloodstone has you in the ring tomorrow, and he's been training. He can beat you. And then you won't have that.

“The New Wave are a hell of a team. GenOme could be looking at a record-short reign.

“And let's not forget – Phil's man on the board has to sell up. And tomorrow, when Sean McFly, Aaron Andrews, and our third man beat your three, I get him in the ring – by Mayhem Midden's stip – and believe me, I'm going to enjoy myself.”

“You don't even have a third man,” Hawkins scoffs.

“Sunbeam, you could not be more wrong.” Cornell smirks. “Sean McFly is an all-time great wrestler. He'll match Remo's power with his smarts. Andrews has shown you've got to have a way more twisted mind than DuBois to get round him. And Joey Minnesota... well, he's a great technical wrestler.

“So I brought in Sean Deeley. And my guess is he'll break Joey's arm to beat him if he has to.”

Vibert and Hawkins exchange glances, obviously a little concerned by Cornell's reasoning.

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Then Hood That Took Me Under begins to play, and out comes Art Reed, flanked by the Blonde Bombshell.

He holds out his hand for the microphone. Somewhat surprised, Cornell passes it across.

“You know something?” Reed begins. “You missed something off that list, Tommy. Wolf here has had most've a month to rest up, train, and focus. And Johnny's had matches. Competition. Other things on his mind.”

Hawkins laughs. “Like there's a chance in hell I wouldn't win anyway.”

“Well, that's kinda what I hoped you'd say,” Reed returns. “You want to prove that?”

Vibert is looking a little worried here.

“You offering to step in here with me?” Hawkins gesture takes in the ring. “You want to stop and think about this?”

Reed shrugs. “I spent a year and change not stepping up and taking on the challenge,” he says. “Didn't get me anywhere. Since then I've stolen the show and taken everyone I face to the limit.

“I'm gonna understand if you wanna back out.”

Hawkins snorts. “OK, that's enough crap. Get in here. I'll push you past your limit.” Vibert reaches out a hand, on edge.

The Blonde Bombshell takes the microphone. “You think you can find his limit?”

“I know it.”

She smiles. “Fine,” she says. “Then prove it. Make it an Iron Man match.

“We still have an hour of the show.”

Vibert lunges for the mic, but Hawkins moves it away from him. “You got it. Get your ass down here!”

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Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert
These are two of the greatest young talents in the business today. Athletic, strong, slick – and both of them have demonstrated remarkable conditioning over the last six months, running and running.

There's every reason to expect this contest to be a great one.

And... That's pretty much what we get here. Hawkins seems a little overconfident in the early going, but at around twenty minutes in, Reed dumps Hawkins with a neckbreaker then transitions into the Bloodstone Mutilation. After maybe forty-five seconds, Wolf cuts his losses, tapping out.

First Fall: Hawkins 0 – 1 Reed

The next exchange sees Hawkins take the contest a little more seriously. He has to rely on kicks initially, spending a fair amount of time shaking his arms out, testing his shoulders. Then, when he's certain, he kicks up the pace – and Art just goes with him, matching him move for move, hold for hold. At the thirty-one minute mark, out of practically nowhere, Hawkins counters the Dark Matter, rebounding to drive Reed face-first into the canvas with his knees. The cover is quick, and Art can't quite kick out.

Second Fall: Hawkins 1 – 1 Reed

As the third fall begins, Art Reed is bleeding from the nose. This doesn't stop him – having lost the lead, in fact, he steps up the pace once again. Wolf proves all too happy to go with it, as the announce team, recovering from a lengthy run of getting excited about Art pulling out the win one-nil, start to concentrate on the fact that Wolf Hawkins tapped to the Bloodstone Mutilation.

They dwell on what that – and an hour-long match the night before – will do to the title picture tomorrow.

And then Art finds a place Wolf can't go. He may not be so determined, he may be less willing to throw punches, but his athleticism and speed are phenomenal. Rebounding off the ropes, he brings Hawkins to the mat with a bulldog and immediately transitions to the Dread Lock – but Hawkins is able to reach the second rope before the hold is locked in, and Reed has to break it. At forty-three minutes in, Wolf goes for the Full Moon Rising – and Reed counters with a dragon screw, wasting no time in floating over to a pin – which brings the third fall to an end.

Third Fall: Hawkins 1 – 2 Reed

With only seventeen minutes to go and down one point, Wolf keeps his cool. After the rapid adrenaline-rush exchange of the third fall, he tries a different tack.

The Generation Omega champion looks to outwrestle a graduate of the House of Stone. And terrifyingly, as the minutes tick by... it looks like he just might.

In the end, it looks like he won't – but with fifty-nine minutes on the clock, with the announce team noting that the man who helped Bloodstone train for the title shot knows a counter to the Full Moon Rising – Wolf Hawkins gets his hand on the ropes as he rolls Reed up into a cradle. And that secures the equalising fall.

Fourth Fall: Hawkins 2 – 2 Reed

Wasting no time, knowing there's nothing on the clock, Hawkins twists and leaps, hitting the Full Moon Rising. With ten seconds remaining, he covers – one, two, three!

Fifth Fall: Hawkins 3 – 2 Reed

Wolf Hawkins took Art Reed to the limit, but it sure as hell looked like he found his own in the process.
Wolf Hawkins defeated Art Reed
Rating: B+

Show Rating: A

[Phantom Stranger]

Show Notes:


One day, we'll revisit that main event. With a couple more points apiece in Psychology and a hot storyline. And I'll hate the length of writeup an hour-long A* deserves.
For those who don't know the '77 mod: "Floyd Bowman, better known as "F Bomb" in TWL, is the brawler of the Texas Outlaws, and he can definitely brawl with the best of them. However, the element of Floyd's game that makes him really stand out is his transendent charisma; he was such a flippant and cool heel that eventually the Texas fans started to cheer him for doing bad things." Thanks to jhd1 for a stellar 'aged' render.
The Machines may be the first duo to enter the Hall of Immortals as a tag team; now they've hit 100% experience, they're ultra-reliable. And way to start making your mark, Elite Express. It looks like they've hit the point where they're ready to be legends in TCW, too - assuming they can get a break.
Frankie Dee is not lucky on chemistry. Still... he's definitely developing.

[Phantom Stranger]

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And as Summer Showdown dawns, we have an astonishing slate of matches for everyone to see.

Without further ado:

We were surprised to hear of a late addition to the match list, but apparently by mutual agreement between Laura Huggins and the Blonde Bombshell their tag team charges have agreed to face one another once again - so the Kreed and the British Lions will go head to head to begin the show.

Next on the card is scheduled to be a three-man match for the International Championship, with Edd Stone defending against Canadian Elemental and Giant Tana. Will power, speed, or ring savvy win out?

A big six-man tag has been made for Summer Showdown. After months facing off with one another the Machines and the Easy Riders will finally face each other with full lineups. Which trio will come out on top?

All-Action Champion Shingen Miyazaki has had a wide assortment of challengers recently, and all have invoked the services of "Enforcer" Jack Marlowe. Far be it from us to speculate, but at TCW.com we're expecting Marlowe to get involved alongside Frankie Dee.

Every title is set to be defended, as always, and Summer Showdown has the tag team championships due to be defended next - with GenOme taking on dangerous challengers in a revitalised New Wave.

After that comes what could be a dangerous match. No holds are barred and we see power, temper, and skill arrayed against one another as Texas Pete defends his Hard-Hitting Championship against Chris Rockwell and Matthew Keith. You won't want to miss this one.

She's been unstoppable since her arrival, and Gorgon doesn't look likely to change that any time soon. Her challenger, though, has the heritage and training to knock her from her perch - JeriLynn Stone is no pushover. The TCW Womens Championship is going to be a costly prize for whoever holds it when Monday rolls around.

And then we reach the part of the show where Generation Omega prowl. A six-man tag has a hefty stipulation riding on it; if Generation Omega win, then they may return to regular competition. If Sean McFly's team win, then there will be a further addition to the card as Tommy Cornell will face Phil Vibert in one-on-one competition.

Lastly - but far from least - Wolf Hawkins must defend his World Heavyweight Championship against the last champion, Johnny Bloodstone, just a day after a gruelling hour-long match which showed Bloodstone knows a counter to the Full Moon Rising.


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

TCW International Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Canadian Elemental vs. Giant Tana

Easy Riders (Billy Fonda, Peter Hopper, Sayeed Ali) w/ Carl Batch vs. Machines (Brent Hill, John Anderson, Marc Speed)

TCW All Action Championship
Shingen Miyazaki (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins

TCW Tag Team Championship
GenOme (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. New Wave

TCW Hard Hitting Championship - NO HOLDS BARRED
Texas Pete (c) vs. Chris Rockwell vs. Matthew Keith

TCW Womens Championship
Gorgon (c) vs. JeriLynn Stone

GENERATION OMEGA RETURN TO COMPETITION/PHIL VIBERT MUST WRESTLE TOMMY CORNELL
Generation Omega (Joey Minnesota, Marc DuBois, Remo Richardson) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Aaron Andrews, Sean Deeley & Seam McFly w/ Laura Huggins

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

[James Casey]

A B+, Iron Man, main event... and you still get an A? :mad:

But good show taking a chance on younger talent (well, Reed's old enough, but...)

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell Let's see the Lions step up

TCW International Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Canadian Elemental vs. Giant Tana Easy defence for Edd

Easy Riders (Billy Fonda, Peter Hopper, Sayeed Ali) w/ Carl Batch vs. Machines (Brent Hill, John Anderson, Marc Speed) After an A*, and given how much Speed has improved for you, this seems an easy enough choice.

TCW All Action Championship
Shingen Miyazaki (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins I just can't take Frankie Dee seriously

TCW Tag Team Championship
GenOme (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. New Wave I'm torn here, but I think GenOme retain to give the group reason to feel confident

TCW Hard Hitting Championship - NO HOLDS BARRED
Texas Pete (c) vs. Chris Rockwell vs. Matthew Keith Only question is, is this title beneath Keith already? If so, Rockwell has been on a quest of late, and a win here could see him step up.

TCW Womens Championship
Gorgon (c) vs. JeriLynn Stone Not seen anything to suggest Gorgon's time is up yet - although Stone seems likely to be the one to take her down... Stone or Bomb, anyway

GENERATION OMEGA RETURN TO COMPETITION/PHIL VIBERT MUST WRESTLE TOMMY CORNELL
Generation Omega (Joey Minnesota, Marc DuBois, Remo Richardson) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Aaron Andrews, Sean Deeley & Seam McFly w/ Laura Huggins Six of my favourite wrestlers right here... Well, five and DuBois, but I'll let myself get caught up in the awesomeness

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell Close, probably not clean, but the title stays with GO

[Zergon]

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell
Could go either way

TCW International Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Canadian Elemental vs. Giant Tana
I don´t see Edd losing this one

Easy Riders (Billy Fonda, Peter Hopper, Sayeed Ali) w/ Carl Batch vs. Machines (Brent Hill, John Anderson, Marc Speed)
Another close one but I think that Riders would gain slightly more by winning here.

TCW All Action Championship
Shingen Miyazaki (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins
Dee likely isn´t ready yet.

TCW Tag Team Championship
GenOme (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. New Wave
GenOme needs to lose somewhere and this looks like the most likely place.

TCW Hard Hitting Championship - NO HOLDS BARRED
Texas Pete (c) vs. Chris Rockwell vs. Matthew Keith
Sure Matthew is biggest name here, but I think that Rockwell could use the win here while Keith doesn´t really need it.

TCW Womens Championship
Gorgon (c) vs. JeriLynn Stone
I still don´t like JeriLynn

GENERATION OMEGA RETURN TO COMPETITION/PHIL VIBERT MUST WRESTLE TOMMY CORNELL
Generation Omega (Joey Minnesota, Marc DuBois, Remo Richardson) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Aaron Andrews, Sean Deeley & Seam McFly w/ Laura Huggins
You cannot keep Omega out of the ring forever and this looks like a good spot to get them back in.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell
Hawkins isn´t losing his belt this early.

[Eidenhoek]

Tag match felt like an X-Division match, which...I don't think fits anyone in the match.

That said, I think I like...crap, forgot the name. Elite Express? They have some of my favorite move names. Excellent match.

[Phantom Stranger]

A B+, Iron Man, main event... and you still get an A? :mad:

But good show taking a chance on younger talent (well, Reed's old enough, but...)

High B+, low A, A* semi-main, good angles - well, that's my theory, anyhow.

Tag match felt like an X-Division match, which...I don't think fits anyone in the match.

That said, I think I like...crap, forgot the name. Elite Express? They have some of my favorite move names. Excellent match.

Interesting. I was writing it with the SmackDown Six era in mind, though there were certainly fewer hold sequences than usual - but then, it wasn't the longest of matches.

True, none of them are primarily flyers - but all of them have some flying ability, and in Brent Hill's case, a top-rope splash as one of his finishers.

I tend to think of the Machines as SD6-era Angle and Benoit, and I guess for this one I drew on Los Guererros for the Express.


...


The thing I popped on here to post, however: Darkwave/Painful Procedure poll is now closed.

[Regis]

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell
I mark out for the Lions/

TCW International Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Canadian Elemental vs. Giant Tana
Edd has produced well, and this angle has legs.

Easy Riders (Billy Fonda, Peter Hopper, Sayeed Ali) w/ Carl Batch vs. Machines (Brent Hill, John Anderson, Marc Speed)
The Machines are more reliable top-level contenders.

TCW All Action Championship
Shingen Miyazaki (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins
Dee's chemistry issues are a mark against him here.

TCW Tag Team Championship
GenOme (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. New Wave
The New Wave would feel like more of the same, and GenOme need to kept as strong champions.

TCW Hard Hitting Championship - NO HOLDS BARRED
Texas Pete (c) vs. Chris Rockwell vs. Matthew Keith
It may be time...

TCW Womens Championship
Gorgon (c) vs. JeriLynn Stone
Nobody's had enough build to take down the monster yet.

GENERATION OMEGA RETURN TO COMPETITION/PHIL VIBERT MUST WRESTLE TOMMY CORNELL
Generation Omega (Joey Minnesota, Marc DuBois, Remo Richardson) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Aaron Andrews, Sean Deeley & Seam McFly w/ Laura Huggins
But some way is found to give Tommy and Phil their match anyway.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell
Generation Omega = strong.

[Wallbanger]

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

This does two things: it firmly establishes the Lions as the next #1 contender for the tag straps and can step into a solid program with GenOme, and Kreed's loss helps highlight Matt's rise before his eventual collapse and redemption.

TCW International Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Canadian Elemental vs. Giant Tana

CE will be kept strong so as to set up a future 1v1 PPV title match.

Easy Riders (Billy Fonda, Peter Hopper, Sayeed Ali) w/ Carl Batch vs. Machines (Brent Hill, John Anderson, Marc Speed)

Quality wins out here.

TCW All Action Championship
Shingen Miyazaki (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins

Dee just doesn't do anything for me, plus the previously mentioned chemistry issues, not seeing a reason to move the belt here.

TCW Tag Team Championship
GenOme (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. New Wave

I love the New Wave. But they're not the best team to take the titles from GenOme.

TCW Hard Hitting Championship - NO HOLDS BARRED
Texas Pete (c) vs. Chris Rockwell vs. Matthew Keith

The whole 'Mysteries of the Mist' storyline makes this work. I think Matt will be a transitional champion, as he crashes from Mist abuse soon after this, but this should not damage Matt to the point that he can't be credible with the bigger belts.

TCW Womens Championship
Gorgon (c) vs. JeriLynn Stone

I can't go against my girl; it all depends on how well her numbers have been managed behind the scenes. I would pontificate further, but I think I'll save that for a PM to PS.

GENERATION OMEGA RETURN TO COMPETITION/PHIL VIBERT MUST WRESTLE TOMMY CORNELL
Generation Omega (Joey Minnesota, Marc DuBois, Remo Richardson) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Aaron Andrews, Sean Deeley & Seam McFly w/ Laura Huggins

Makes more sense from a story perspective; love the long slow build here.


TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

If this isn't an A* match I'll cry.

[Phantom Stranger]

Feel free to drop that PM, 'Banger.

Show will take a little while yet; this is because I've been engaged on something else this week.

I don't normally shill my other writing here, but this has been in development for much of the last year. If you've ever fooled around with Dungeons and Dragons, you might enjoy this. Otherwise, ignore:

The Player's Guide to S.I.S.U. (http://www.sisu.net/)

[Oregano Jensen]

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

This match is about the Lions. Either they pull out some heel tactics, or they lose and Tyler gets upset with them. I'm going to go with the latter -- because I think this plot could go on a while yet, because I don't want to see the Lions cheat, and because they're facing my favorite tag team.

TCW International Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Canadian Elemental vs. Giant Tana

As surprisingly decent as Tana has been, I don't see him as a titleholder. CanEl looks promising but not more than that (yet.) And yeah -- if Edd drops this belt, it won't be in a three-way match.

Easy Riders (Billy Fonda, Peter Hopper, Sayeed Ali) w/ Carl Batch vs. Machines (Brent Hill, John Anderson, Marc Speed)

The Riders are lucky most of the top tag teams are faces... the fact that they're big brawling heels in a division that tends to be short on both true heels and brawlers makes them unique, and it means their spot in the upper tag echelon is secure. But it doesn't make them equal to the Machines.

TCW All Action Championship
Shingen Miyazaki (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins

Dee hasn't proven himself in the ring yet. And the building KOBRA tension really needs this belt to sell it... it's one thing if a couple of the minor members of a midcard stable rebel, it's another thing if one of them holds the All Action title. If Marlowe does get involved, maybe Marlowe takes the title by some weird fluke? I don't know... but I do like some Marlowe, and sending his ongoing storyline into even more chaos could be cool.

TCW Tag Team Championship
GenOme (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. New Wave

Full-scale heel turn time for the New Wave. Giving Gen Omega a legit grievance about being cheated out of a title puts an interesting wrinkle in the plot. Meanwhile, DWN needs to get moving on that singles career he's been boasting about.

TCW Hard Hitting Championship - NO HOLDS BARRED
Texas Pete (c) vs. Chris Rockwell vs. Matthew Keith

Is the mist a "hold" or a foreign object? If it's the latter, Keith may take the DQ here.

TCW Womens Championship
Gorgon (c) vs. JeriLynn Stone

Apocryphal Stone has been mostly lurking around in mixed tag matches and such, not building the kind of resume that would suggest a title bid.

GENERATION OMEGA RETURN TO COMPETITION/PHIL VIBERT MUST WRESTLE TOMMY CORNELL
Generation Omega (Joey Minnesota, Marc DuBois, Remo Richardson) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Aaron Andrews, Sean Deeley & Sean McFly w/ Laura Huggins

Partially because you are not making Cornell-Vibert the semi-main event, partially because this match ban has really kept Gen Omega (DuBois in particular) from developing as characters lately. It's been around long enough... time to move on.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

Too soon... and while Bloodstone remains a credible main eventer, I don't think he gets two consecutive face title runs. Not saying he'll never be champion again, just saying that nobody loses a title and wins it back unless he's the face of the company. And Bloodstone is probably no. 3 at this point among the good guys alone, behind Cornell and McFly.

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Summer Showdown

Sunday Week 4 July 2009

Live on America 1-Select, U-Demand Canada, Jade 237, Rivera Pay Television, V-Corp, UK-1 (5.08)

Held at the Jennifer Cornell Coliseum (South West)

Attendance: 50,000 (Sold Out)

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Floyd Bowman - Horatio Dangerous

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The theme song for Summer Showdown, Showdown by Pendulum, is still playing as the pyro gives way to a video highlighting certain issues – Wolf Hawkins and Johnny Bloodstone on their respective paths to the World Heavyweight Championship match, Phil Vibert's arguments with Mayhem Midden culminating in the assault on Midden, the effective unstoppability of Remo Richardson and Sean McFly heading into their collision in the big six-man tag tonight, and then flashing through the other matches on the card – perhaps dwelling longest on the Womens' Championship.

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vs.
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Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell
These four men were responsible for what is arguably not just the best match of this year but also the best match of TCW's history just a few months ago, and now they lock up once again.

With the crowd hotter for the longer-advertised matches, the atmosphere never quite reaches those dizzying heights, but nonetheless, the fans wake up as these two teams start fast and get faster.

It's another excellent match; not quite on the level of their previous encounter, but nonetheless a fantastic match, with the end coming when Greg's attempted Neutron Plex sees Merle O'Curle land on his feet, take Greg's out from under him with a scything forearm, and apply the Celtic Wreath to secure the submission.
British Lions defeated Kreed
Rating: A


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Merle and Walter line up together afterward, and as Greg is picking himself off the mat, Merle steps forward and offers his hand. Art and Greg exchange glances, and -

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Bad To The Bone starts to play, and Eric Tyler stalks to the ring, clearly in a rage, getting between the two teams.

He growls something – something all but incomprehensible – to the Lions, getting in their faces, then turns back to the Kreed and starts yelling.

Then Tyler throws a punch, catching Art Reed napping with a solid shot. Greg steps forward – and Merle O'Curle pulls Tyler back, out of Greg's reach.

And Walter Morgan, abruptly, trips Tyler, clamps down the Wigan Wrench on him...

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The place erupts. And moments later, chaos ensues. Acid is the first down to the ring; his indy-circuit-and-DaVE sparring partner, Art Reed, takes a beautiful dropkick, and as if it was choreographed, UK Dragon sails through the space gravity had just had Acid vacate – dropping the leg across Morgan's head.

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Frankie Dee and Freddy Huggins are in the ring, too, as Tyler picks himself up, and the numbers are against the two tag teams – and getting worse, as Global Tradition both slide into the ring. Something of a beatdown begins, much to the crowd's displeasure.

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Sean Deeley slides into the ring with two chairs. He leaves one behind and clobbers Acid with the other, then kicks his spare to the now-freed Greg Keith, who opens up alongside Deeley.

With the weapons, with the reinforcement, the Kreed, the Lions, and Sean Deeley make good their escape.

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The camera goes back to the interview area backstage, and Carl Batch is there, checking his suit and tie one last time to make sure they're all in precisely the order he wants them in. That done, he shoots a broad beam at the camera.

“You know, it's been a while since this whole thing started, but if there's a rule me, Billy, Peter and Sayeed have learned in this business, it's that no one cares when all you can do is win the battle.

“To make an impression, you've got to go to war.

“When Billy and Peter came to TCW they came as weapons. A woman's grudge. And they ran through two-time tag team champions in Painful Procedure. Now, she squandered them, and I had to come in, had to give them the boost they needed, and they became champions – and then we got put aside, and a whole bunch of new kids have been trying their hand.

“Well, you want to be on top, you gotta make an impression.

“Tonight, we're cleaning the biggest clock in TCW tag wrestling. Tonight, we're up against the Machines, three on three, on the big stage... and tonight, the war's going to end.

“Last time my boys went to war, the enemy never got to wrestle again.

“So sit back, strap in, and prepare for surrender. Because tonight, the war ends.”

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Edd Stone © vs. Canadian Elemental vs. Giant Tana
There's a slight clash of styles here but that's not really what the contest is about; the big man is a danger, the others are fast, dynamic, often dangerous through sheer speed.

Tana acts as a cornerstone to this contest; Edd and Elemental's aerial duel goes on around him, but ever in danger of the big man snatching one of them out of the air and slamming him to the ground with tremendous impact. In the meantime...

Well. Edd doesn't appear to be the only one who's enjoying himself during this contest. Tana bides his time, has a little fun, and hits hard when he can. It becomes clear early on that he's going to play a decisive role; the big man stays on his feet, near the middle of the ring, and neither smaller man can possibly keep shoulders to the mat for three without Tana intervening.

And that means that, rapidly, toppling him becomes a crucial factor in anyone's strategy.

Edd tries the Edd-Renaline Shot, after nailing Elemental with a Party's Over; it doesn't work. He tries a Party's Over; Tana catches him and gets the Big Fat Samoan Squash.

And that nearly does the trick, but Elemental recovers in time to break it up. Back to the grind they go, until CanEl sees an opening. A Thrill Seeking Missile to the back of Tana's head posts the big man over the top rope; the masked marvel allows himself a moment's celebration, turns around -

EDD-RENALINE SHOT! The International Champion capitalises to retain!
Edd Stone defeated Canadian Elemental and Giant Tana
Rating: B-

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With a little commotion, Jason Azaria alerts viewers that something's happening backstage, with cameras going to see it. “What the ****'s going on?” asks Floyd Bowman.

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And then we get the connection they were looking for. Shingen Miyazaki has been caught on his own. The All-Action Champion is under a vicious assault from Jack Marlowe near the catering table.

While Miyazaki is fighting back, it's clear he's gotten the worst of it so far – but then, it seems likely Marlowe jumped him from behind. He hammers the champion mercilessly, while the announce team spell out his motivation; an obvious payoff from Frankie Dee.

Miyazaki looks to block a piledriver onto the concrete by snagging Marlowe's ankle, clearly looking for his famous – and fearsome – ankle lock; Jack Marlowe shows a way of breaking that hold you couldn't get away with mid-match; releasing the attempt at the piledriver, he delivers a vicious-looking low blow that leaves Miyazaki doubled over. Picking him up again, he looks for one of the tables lining the corridor -

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A bokken crashes down across his back. Shingen stumbles away as Fumihiro Ota rains down shot after shot on Marlowe, who seems, while certainly feeling the blows, less than fazed by this. He turns back, blocking a swing aimed for his face by taking it on a raised arm, and drives forward with a punch, backing Ota back a step.

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A second bokken strikes home, however, across his chest, as Thunder Snake also joins the attack.

Faced with these odds, Marlowe sneers. He forgoes the attempt to slam Miyazaki through a table; instead, on his way out, he charges him, smashing him into a door before making himself scarce.

The All-Action Champion looks more than a little the worse for wear.

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Machines
These six men have clearly been getting very ready for this. All six men let it all hang out, with the Machines outwrestling their opponents, the Riders fighting back with sheer power. Marc Speed's head is snapped off the mat by a GBH Driver from Ali, but Hill is there to rescue him.

Ali gets driven to the mat with an Ammo Dump, but Peter Hopper cuts that out; Anderson narrowly escapes an Emergency Stop moments later, countering by, of all things, landing a victory roll on Fonda; Hopper promptly kicks his head off to break the pin.

The Complete Package nearly takes Hopper's head off, but again the Easy Riders are in place to break that up – but in comes Marc Speed, looking for a Cross Armbreaker on the weakened shoulder. Ali tries once again for a GBH Driver on him, but this time the newest Machine breaks free, dumping him with a release German suplex.

The fans are agog throughout, and it's a good twenty minutes before the end; when Peter Hopper again falls to the Complete Package, Hill manoeuvres his opponent's shoulders to the ground while the hold is applied, squeaking out a three count before Fonda can break it.
Machines defeated Easy Riders
Rating: A

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Shingen Miyazaki © w/ Baroness Emily vs. Frankie Dee w/ Eric Tyler
Tyler accompanies Dee, rather than Laura Huggins, leading to a lot of speculation from the announce desk on the earlier events.

Miyazaki, as he comes out, still looks hurt from the prior match, walking unsteadily but standing tall nonetheless.

The staredown before the match, given how new Dee is, is somewhat electric, and as the bell rings, Dee goes on full speed assault against Miyazaki, looking to capitalise on his injuries.

Shingen has no recourse but to fight back, look to defend himself, and he works hard, aiming to defend, to slow down, to create an opening.

He just keeps fighting – and in the end, he gets an opening in the most unexpected way possible, catching Dee's foot as he goes for the Sinanju Kick and rolling through to apply his ankle lock.
Shingen Miyazaki defeated Frankie Dee
Rating: B

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Team KOBRA make their way out, with Thunder Snake and Fumihiro Ota still wearing the bokken they'd used earlier in the night, as well as Baroness Emily, and as Miyazaki struggles to stand, seemingly feeling able to collapse now the match is over, the team surround him.

Slowly, but as one, they bow in respect.

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The camera cuts backstage next, with Tommy Cornell standing alongside Autumn Gleeson. The crowd respond positively the moment they recognize Cornell, and his beam answering that noise is immediate, this time, and genuine.

He turns to Gleeson, who's about to speak, and raises a hand.

“Autumn, ta for offering but I've got this one,” he says. “I guess I'm talkin' to all of you, but really, right now, I just want t'send one man a message.

“Hi, Phil.” He grins at the camera, listening to the crowd as the message sinks in.

“I've spoken to the lads. They all want to take your boys apart. So I hope – I really hope – you're ready for this. You can see,” he taps a finger against his bare chest, “that I'm ready to compete. And you'd better be.”

He chuckles. “Phil, I just hope you brought some ring gear tonight.”

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Vibert looks a little nervous, just after that, as he and the champions make their way down to the ring. The New Wave, having already entered to a solid reaction and limbered up, look happy to be there; they take one last chance to talk strategy before Guide exits the ring, with technician Scout starting off against GenOme's kick expert, Frankie Perez.

What takes place is a very solid, well-supported, piece of tag team wrestling, though it's not on a par with some of the recent tag team exhibitions. GenOme certainly acquit themselves well, though the New Wave push them almost to the limit – but unfortunately, after Newton is hit with the Wave of Mutilation, Ray Johnson breaks the count.

It seems Guide – accidentally, he protests – had a foot on the bottom rope. In the meantime, Newton makes it across the ring, tagging out, and in comes Perez. One hook kick later and the champions can proudly claim that they've retained again.
GenOme defeated the New Wave
Rating: B

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Texas Pete © vs. Chris Rockwell vs. Matthew Keith
Hard punches and nasty holds are the order of the day here; Pete has the power to threaten either other man with a single shot, and the resilience to shrug off a lot of what they can do. Nonetheless, everyone brings their game. Pete pops the crowd early with another of his trademark through-the-ropes dives, wiping out Keith as he looked to trap Rockwell's arm in the guardrail.

Keith, indeed, is the target in the early going, with both others following him around the outside of the ring, keeping up a steady string of punches to the head to disorient him. In the end, however, it can't last; Keith ducks one of Rockwell's swings, gets behind him, and shoves him headlong into Pete, escaping into the ring.

Rockwell's temper nearly boils over at four or five points during the match, but he manages to keep it under control – for now, at least. Toward the end it's Rockwell who's really going for Keith; a lower-body assault has Pete slowed down.

Keith throws a stray lariat, which Rockwell dodges easily – which may have been the plan; Eugene Williams crumples to the ground. Turning, Matt is already going through the ritual of summoning up the green mist – but Chris spots that coming; he yanks Pete in between them, letting him take the brunt of the mist, then shoves him headlong into Keith, sending the young prodigy tumbling from the ring.

A fast single-arm DDT later, Rockwell clamps down the Furusawa Armbar on the nearest target – Texas Pete – and, from what the seasoned announce team are saying, pushes the hold to a nigh-illegal point, right where bones are about to snap.

Pete has to tap.
Chris Rockwell defeated Matthew Keith and Texas Pete
Rating: B+

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Backstage go the cameras once more; Autumn Gleeson stands before a large video screen. On one side stand Darkwave's representatives; on the other, Painful Procedure's.

Autumn beams toward the camera.

“G'day to you all watching,” she begins. “I have with me TCW's two hottest bands, and this month they've been going head to head in a whole new way – through the singles chart.

“Well, those singles are still available – but the contest is over tonight. Let's see what we've got, shall we? And gentlemen – good luck.”

The screen stops playing the Summer Showdown intro on loop and cuts to a matt red screen. Darkwave and Painful Procedure's logos flash up and numbers begin to spiral up for each.

DARKWAVE: 40,734
PAINFUL PROCEDURE: 39,823

The Darkwave trio's reactions are very different; Cherry Bomb grins broadly, Sammy Bach closes his eyes, tilting his head back, as if in some post-orgasmic stupor, and Jack Bruce bursts out laughing. After a moment, though, Bruce switches gear abruptly and, instead, paintbrushes Tornado with a huge slap.

Troy shakes his head slowly. “So much for that being an end to it, huh?”

“I want blood.”

“Some people just can't handle winning, I guess.” He frowns. “You want blood, pal, you got it. Hotter than Hell, I'll break you open in the ring. Because believe me – this is going to end. You're going to have to accept it.

“You're in my past, Jack. You're no kind of obstacle.”

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The camera moves elsewhere backstage. Dressed in a casual blazer and sporting dark glasses, Jeremy Stone, who is not scheduled to compete tonight, moves with purpose backstage towards the locker rooms. He arrives at a door, pauses a moment to collect his thoughts, and raps his knuckles against the door with a fast staccato.

The door opens and Kate Dangerous’s head pokes out of the opening.

“Hi,” begins Jeremy. “Is JeriLynn decent?”

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Kate nods and pulls the door open. Jeremy enters and the camera follows. We see JeriLynn seated on an exercise mat, bent over her extended left leg in a deep stretch. She looks up to acknowledge her father, but remains silent.

Jeremy removes his glasses. His eyes are red and slightly swollen.

“Look…I know the past few weeks have been…difficult.”

JeriLynn sits up. “Difficult? They haven’t been for me, Dad. I’ve been in TCW four months now, and in that time I’ve yet to be beaten. And I haven’t needed to cheat for any of those wins. Pity you can’t say the same in either case.”

Jeremy’s eyes narrow, the only outward indication that his daughter’s words had any effect. “I think you know what I meant.”

JeriLynn switches legs and gradually starts to stretch the opposite leg. “Oh, you mean difficult for ‘us’? Well, I’d love to have a heart-to-heart daddy-daughter talk about that, but I’m about to go into the fight of my life with your hired muscle, who you and Edd have spent more time with than you have with me since I’ve been here. In fact, the last time we really talked you freakin’ tried to horn in on my first singles victory on national TV, eh!”

Jeremy’s face reddens, but JeriLynn continues.

“I’m going to beat her tonight, Dad. I know HOW to beat her. Every single thing you and Aunt Vickie have taught me has prepared me for this.”

JeriLynn picks herself up off the floor and stands in front of her father. “I would love to say, ‘Come and be in my corner tonight, Dad,’ but I can’t – I don’t know if I trust you in this scenario. So do us both a favor and watch from back here. This is MY time, MY title, MY contribution to this family’s legacy.”

Jeremy stares stoically at his daughter. After a pause, he responds in a barely audible whisper, “As you wish…but before I go, I have something for you.”

He reaches into his pocket and proffers its contents to his daughter. We see in his hand a black armband with pink embroidery:

SAS

“Please wear it…on your left arm.”

JeriLynn’s eyes glisten as she fights back tears. She reaches out for the armband, her hand trembling ever so slightly. She stares at the lettering for a moment. She looks up at her father before slipping the armband on, and the two embrace silently.

Someone in the production truck does the only sensible thing and gives them their privacy, cutting back to ringside. Horatio Dangerous looks over at his broadcast colleagues. “I-I’m sorry,” he stammers, “but I’m missing something. What’s SAS?”

“Not what. Who,” Jason replies somberly. “Simone Aubé-Stone, Jeremy’s wife and JeriLynn’s mother. Two weeks from now will be the fifth anniversary of the day they lost her to a car accident.”

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The armband is very obvious as the challenger makes her way down to the ring. Gorgon, meanwhile, doesn't change her usual approach one bit; there's the slight smirk that's the closest she comes to expression as she heads down to the ring.

From the off JeriLynn assaults the bigger woman, looking determined, looking focused, but there's a problem; nothing she throws at Gorgon is getting her off her feet – until a missile dropkick manages it, but JL can't get more than a one-count off that before Gorgon powers out.

Still, she perserveres, and toward the end she even nails the Girl's Best Friend – but Gorgon stays on her feet.

Frustrated, JeriLynn charges, and in that frustration she doesn't have a counter to Gorgon's powerful offence. A punch takes her down, and Gorgon mauls her for a few moments before tossing her outside the ring.

Rolling out after her, Gorgon has very much departed from her usual strategy. She seems rattled by the sheer level of success JeriLynn had managed to that point -

Gorgon uncovers the concrete below the ring.

The crowd don't like what they sense coming. Neither does referee Sam Sparrow.

That doesn't stop Gorgon. She delivers a brutal Hydra Bomb to the concrete, then simply climbs back into the ring, waiting out the ten count.

Making a statement.
Gorgon defeated JeriLynn Stone via countout
Rating: B

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Backstage goes the camera once again, and Autumn Gleeson once again flashes that smile at the camera. Ricky Dale Johnson, wearing a referee's stripes, stands next to her.

“RDJ, we're just moments from your big moment tonight. You're going to be in the middle of a six-man tag contest, and there's a lot riding on this one.

“Your thoughts, please.”

Ricky smiles that confident, charismatic smile, but his eyes are thoughtful as he begins. “I've been run over by Remo Richardson before now,” he begins. “Big guy, hell of a hitter, and the nasty thing about him is that he's more than just a heavy hitter. He knows wrestling.”

“Joey Minnesota is one of those guys everyone tipped for the top from the beginning. He has most of the tools, and he's starting to understand how to use them all together. That already makes him dangerous. When he has it down he may be unstoppable.

“They called Marc DuBois the Can't Miss Prospect. He's lazy, but he can afford to be – he understands how to get inside people's heads. Let him get to you and he'll have you fighting yourself, then all he has to do is pick the moment and he'll come out on top.

“Phil Vibert has an eye for talent. He's put together a lineup that sounds unstoppable. But Generation Omega has one problem.

“I'm not convinced that those three men can coexist within the ring. Every time DuBois tags out, his opponents get a breather from that mind game. Remo and Joey both feel they have a lot to prove. In a six-man game, spending too much time in on your own is the ultimate mistake.

“Up against them you have Aaron Andrews, and you don't want to underestimate the man with two pinfalls over Tommy Cornell – the man whose cover ended the Syndicate. He's been an International Champion, he's shown he can stand his ground against another mind game master in Edd Stone, and he's improving every day.

“You've got Sean Deeley, taking a stand as he always does for what wrestling should be. This kid's got an incredible gift for the mat game. Like Joey, he has all the tools, and he knows what he's doing with them. As counters for Minnesota go, Sean may be the magic ingredient.

“And then there's the American Tiger. If we match him up against Remo, McFly doesn't have the power, but he's made a career out of making that not matter. More to the point, since he came to TCW no one's been able to beat him.

“My job in there is to keep order and make the final decision. I'm not saying it's going to be easy. But the team that wins will have earned that win. If they try to cheat, I'll make sure they don't get away with it.”

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Aaron Andrews, Sean Deeley & Sean McFly w/ Laura Huggins
As the match begins, with all six men in the ring, the two trios line up, staring one another down. DuBois keeps up a constant stream of smack talk in Deeley's face; Remo just looks bored.

But it's Aaron Andrews who opens things – he throws a forearm strike that snaps Minnesota's head back and goes to press the advantage.

It's the signal that the others need. There's a series of forearm shots from everyone concerned, as everyone throws shots back and forth, staggering one another. Before too long the battle starts to spill out of control, and it's already clear that RDJ will have his work cut out. He watches Minnesota and Deeley exchange punches, and in the background, Marc DuBois headbutts Andrews to slow his assault, grabs the chair from under the timekeeper, and swings hard – a replay of the chair sandwiching Andrews' arm against the ringpost will also show it fly out of DuBois' hands – which is lucky, as RDJ turns to face that direction almost immediately. He has, however, no evidence.

Minnesota and Remo bundle Deeley into the ring and Generation Omega go to work on him with brutal strikes and quick tags as the match proper gets under way. Andrews is seen trying to shake life back into his arm in the background, with McFly's eyes carefully on the action.

Generation Omega's game plan of isolation is simple and obvious, but with DuBois hoisting him on his shoulders for what will presumably be some kind of suplex, things are about to go wrong; Deeley gracefully rolls out and into a neckbreaker, much to Laura Huggins' obvious overjoyed reaction. He lunges across the ring, tagging in McFly, and the crowd roar with approval.

The approval, however, is shortlived; in comes Remo too, and the supreme specimen flattens McFly with that animalistic spear. DuBois, meanwhile, tags in Joey Minnesota, who scrambles in and looks for a powerbomb; on reflex as much as anything, McFly keeps rolling up and over, taking Minnesota down into the first pin of the match. One, tw- Minnesota kicks out firmly.

He promptly whips McFly to the ropes, meeting Sean as he rebounds with a standing dropkick that posts him over the top rope and to the mat below. A moment's celebration gets ruined for him when he turns around and eats a punch from Aaron Andrews. In response, Joey grabs the arm that took the chairshot earlier and falls on his back, snapping the weakened shoulder across the top rope.

Enraged, Aaron comes into the ring. His good arm fells Minnesota with a clothesline; he turns, nailing another, and then a third, as the crowd start to truly roar approval. On the next pass, he scoops Joey onto his back, looking for the Game Breaker – but Joey slips off his back, shoves him into the ropes, and meets him on the rebound, looking for a Minnesota Salute – only to find Aaron has that scouted, blocking it and shoving the newest Generation Omega recruit clear.

He dives back for the turnbuckle, tagging Deeley back in.

Sean comes in to find Minnesota's tagged out himself, and the big Remo is in the way. Sean looks him up and down, swallows, and nods, launching into Generation Omega's big man with a flurry of elbows. Remo almost lazily brings his right hand up, sending Deeley crashing back against the ropes with a single uppercut.

The laziness of that move is swiftly belied; he goes from a standing start to full charge as he senses weakness, but much to his surprise, Deeley has enough of his wits about him to deliver a backdrop, sending him tumbling to the mats outside.

Perhaps carried away, Sean scrambles up to the top rope and leaps out with a double-foot stomp. While Remo more or less shrugs it off, inside the ring, the action has moved on. Sean McFly charges the Generation Omega corner, bringing DuBois to the mat with a crossbody before blocking Minnesota with a kick to the gut – flying headscissors! McFly hooks the leg, going for a pin – one, two, TH- NO!

Aaron demands to be tagged in, and he comes in hard, facewashing Minnesota in the corner before meeting a charging DuBois with the spinebuster! The crowd roar with approval as he covers – ONE, TWO -NO!

Minnesota yanks Andrews up, punches him, then hits a spinkick almost out of nowhere. He lifts Aaron onto his shoulders for the Empire Spiral, but Andrews has it scouted, turning it into a crucifix pin – ONE, TWO – DuBois breaks it up with a dropkick.

Marc of Excellence follows from DuBois, but they don't go for the cover yet. Instead, Minnesota once again looks for the Empire Spiral -

Sean Deeley takes his legs out from under him with a chopblock. Andrews lands on top! One -

Remo yanks Andrews from the cover, scoops him up, and hits a huge release slam, tossing Andrews a good four feet, perhaps more, before he hits the mat. Deeley receives a huge boot as a follow-up.

On the outside, Marc DuBois has set up a table, and even as Bowman reminds the crowd that “That's ****in' illegal!” he pops up onto the apron, beckoning. Remo shoves Andrews toward him and DuBois looks for a Marc of Excellence through the table – but Ricky Dale Johnson drags Andrews back to safety!

The crowd roar their approval as the much-loved TCW icon steps through the ropes onto the apron. Wide-eyed, DuBois panics, but Johnson snaps his head back with a punch, grabs him, and jumps -

SOUTHERN JUSTICE TO A TABLE ON THE OUTSIDE!

Seeing the ref inconvenienced, Joey Minnesota takes a run up and punts Andrews in the crotch. Remo simply punches McFly and Deeley both down.

MINNESOTA SALUTE ON ANDREWS!

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Remo moves to continue the work, but Floyd Bowman's in the ring now. He gets in Remo's face, and the big man just shrugs – but McFly pops up behind him – STONE'S THROW ON REMO!

Minnesota moves to intercept but Deeley comes through with a discus forearm. He promptly applies the Front Choke Lock as McFly, reflexively, pins Remo. Floyd Bowman drops to make the count. ONE, TWO – NO! The Supreme Specimen powers out, then kips up as if to prove a point. He whips McFly across the ring, calling for the Destroyer, and Aaron Andrews appears out of nowhere -GAME BREAKER ON REMO!

In comes DuBois, breaking up the Front Choke Lock with a dropkick and picking Andrews off with an armbar to the injured shoulder, further strained by hitting the Game Breaker.

Remo climbs back to his feet. He launches Deeley off his shoulder and over the turnbuckles into the ring post, busting him open, then turns around to eat a dropkick by McFly. Remo drops back into the turnbuckle and McFly sees opportunity!

As Andrews frees himself – with a Game Breaker to force DuBois to release the hold – Sean McFly points backstage and tries for the Girl's Best Friend – but Remo catches him, turning it in midair into a Destroyer! RDJ is back in the ring, and moves to count the pin – ONE, TWO, THRE-

At the last possible moment, Aaron Andrews breaks the pin. He fends off an assault from Minnesota, then sidesteps a spear from Remo that puts Joey down.

The crowd are roaring. Aaron's already delivered the Game Breaker to Remo once, and no one else is moving. Deeley's gushing blood. He lifts Remo for the Game Breaker -

Remo moves with the flip, landing on his feet. Azaria's screaming about the athleticism as Remo shoves him to the corner, then staggers him with a massive avalanche splash.

He boosts Andrews to the top rope and goes up after him. With no one else stirring, Remo Richardson soars from the top turnbuckle to land the Super Destroyer on Aaron Andrews.

He hooks the leg, not that he needs to. RDJ drops to position, and his eyes are locked on Remo's as he makes the count. “They both know he could count to ****in' twenty and it wouldn't make any difference,” Bowman offers, sourly.
Generation Omega defeated Aaron Andrews, Sean Deeley & Sean McFly
Rating: A*

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Wolf Hawkins © w/ Phil Vibert vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell
Coming on the heels of a conflict like the previous one, this match was always going to look at least a little overshadowed.

Nonetheless, these are two superb wrestlers and they step up to the challenge with everything they have. Over twenty-five minutes, Wolf and Johnny proceed to put on a stellar competition. Hawkins tries, early on, for the Full Moon Rising and eats the same counter that Art Reed used the night before; on kicking out, however, he bails to the outside and he and Vibert spend a few moments in consultation before returning.

The champion fights this match pretty close to entirely fair, save for a couple of moments where he'll grab a handful of tights for leverage, but it's not quite enough – until, right at the end, he blocks a Stone's Throw attempt, elbowing clear, and, swivelling, hits something new (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOjID1N4x9E&feature=related) to pick up the pin.

Wolf Hawkins has just added to his arsenal, and Azaria dubs the move the Wolf's Call.
Wolf Hawkins defeated Johnny Bloodstone
Rating: A

Show Rating: A

[Phantom Stranger]

Show notes:


Sorry it's so late
Main event was 2 points weaker than the semi-main. So... close...
thanks to Wallbanger for supplying the Jeremy/JeriLynn scene. It's used almost unchanged.

[Eidenhoek]

The camera goes back to the interview area backstage, and Carl Batch is there, checking his suit and tie one last time to make sure they're all in precisely the order he wants them in.

Shirt...then tie? Wait...coat...outside shirt? Hm...


SPOILERS!




I'm rather unhappy that Vibert's crew gets to fight now. Sure, good for the wrestlers, lets you freshen things up, but...I don't like it. Phil lost, and now, because of...whatever, he's won? Weird.

[Phantom Stranger]

I'm rather unhappy that Vibert's crew gets to fight now. Sure, good for the wrestlers, lets you freshen things up, but...I don't like it. Phil lost, and now, because of...whatever, he's won? Weird.

It's worth noting, perhaps, that since that first match, both stipulations have been enforced; Phil's man on the board has had to sell, and Generation Omega, after two more attempts, have returned to competition.

So I wouldn't call it a win so much as a kind of score draw - compared to before Tommy and Midden barred them, Generation Omega has lost ground, by losing an inside man.

That said, I can see your point. Generation Omega currently hold most of the cards - can that last much longer?

[Phantom Stranger]

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Monday 1st August 2009

I've written before, I know, about how when you have 'big' PPVs like Malice and Total Mayhem, you have to be careful to make sure they feel 'big'.

The trick isn't doing that – the trick is doing it without shortchanging people who want to buy the others.

My theory for that, really, is to build enough matches that people want to buy it, and to make sure that they walk away with memories.

Let's take Summer Showdown. In fact, since this is meant to be about booking theory, and since Maggie's prepping one of her books in the next room and there are notes everywhere breaking down the plot of Sense & Sensibility, let's follow her lead. Let's take it piece by piece...

Kreed/Lions. The goal here was to complete the face turn for the Lions, and to advance the Deeley/Tyler/Jeremy issues in a show where Deeley was busy elsewhere. Also to kick off with an extremely dependable match. Since I knew the ringwork was going to be overshadowed by the angle, I didn't build to it during the month.

Edd/Canadian Elemental/Giant Tana. The one thing I didn't want to do with Edd's first feud was reproduce the previous one. So it made sense to have Edd try, while someone else stepped up to challenge him in the traditional style. Two flyers with an anchor who can help them both develop a wider understanding of the game, and this one can run a little longer.

Machines/Riders. This whole long-running feud was designed to do two things; first, to keep the Machines and Riders visible while keeping them out of the title picture to develop the newer teams into identifiable figures the fans can get behind, and second, to help elevate Sayeed (semi-successful at best) and Marc (pretty successful). We're in position now to do other things with both trios due to the blow off, and the core teams are also now in place to take on other tag feuds – just in time, too, as after Hotter Than Hell things will change.

Shingen/Dee. Miyazaki lacks much of an identity as champion, and Dee's ruthless nature needed to be emphasised ahead of a full push to come, likely, some time later in the year. The beatdown by Jack before the match keeps him visible and hopefully adds a little to Shingen's credibility while the Team KOBRA program continues a slow boil. Meanwhile, Frankie gets a PPV payday and a little more exposure.

GenOme/New Wave. Sooner or later any tag champions are going to have to face off with the New Wave. The goal here was to build some credibility for GenOme as a duo after not seeing them much for a while, keep the Wave hungry, and add a little more to their ongoing build.

Pete/Matt/Chris. The title needed changing ahead of Floyd Bowman's full integration into the roster, freeing Pete up. Along the way Chris Rockwell got the first real indicator of what he can do when he keeps his temper in check and Matthew Keith was allowed to look dangerous, building on his Mist storyline, and failed to win a title his father has held, which lays seeds for later.

Darkwave/Painful Procedure. This whole thing was forced on me. Next month, a match. Much happier with that. Accountants are pleased with the sales, though.

Gorgon/JeriLynn. We held off on JL's first shot last month to capitalise on an angle she and her father put together. This month laid the seeds; she worried Gorgon, causing the champ to take it out on her, and the armband angle is going to pick up further pieces through August. I'm only comfortable with the program, I will say, due to father and daughter asking to do it. Invoking dead relatives, particularly if you fall at the first match, is always uncomfortable territory.

Generation Omega/”Team TCW”. Two goals here; one was to showcase Generation Omega ahead of their return, the other was to emphasise that this feud has youth on either side. We can't just have the young guys be the heels; sooner or later, the older wrestlers will retire, and we need faces who're already beloved to replace them. This was also what I planned as the 'memory match'; RDJ with the big table spot, Floyd Bowman getting involved, a series of big moments, and the big moment off the corner. (Although all I told Remo and Aaron was I wanted the final fall to be something that it wouldn't damage Aaron's credibility to have fallen to – something no one would kick out from. They decided on the top-rope Destroyer themselves, and we had our memory for the fans to take from this.)

Wolf/Johnny. Wolf's title reign is going to be dominated by the desire for a match with Tommy, and that means that fitting other title programs in is a tricky business. What we've concentrated on doing, therefore, is building Wolf as a wrestler; he's winning mostly either clean or mostly-clean, he's stepping up to challenges like the Iron Man match Art made, and he's expanding his repertoire. In this case we gave him a new finish as a 'step out from Tommy's shadow'. I'm not entirely happy with the execution; I think we might need to lose the bridge, to give it more snap, more power. Beating Bloodstone narrowly gives Wolf more of a boost than beating a lot of people by a wide margin, in terms of his perception as an in-ring talent.

And that, more or less, is the PPV. While it's very much a 'filler' event, I think by and large the boys – and Alison and JeriLynn – delivered well enough that it won't be a regretted purchase and should pick up a decent DVD sale rate. We move on, down the road toward Malice...

[ajcrible]

Great show, as always, and I - of course - love the arrival of F-Bomb to TCW. He's a perfect fit! Though I'm not sure the censors agree...

[Phantom Stranger]

Great show, as always, and I - of course - love the arrival of F-Bomb to TCW. He's a perfect fit! Though I'm not sure the censors agree...

We'll see how long it takes to wear out the button.

[Candyman]

Good show, and I really enjoyed the match by match breakdown of booking theory. Wouldn't mind seeing that more often after PPVs.

[Phantom Stranger]

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Another wave of talented wrestlers are knocking at TCW's doors of opportunity. The first match of August on TCW television will involve two young men who met wrestling in Puerto Rico. Calling themselves Elimination Protocol, they have one of the toughest tests in wrestling as they attempt to make an impact in the big leagues - against the Kreed. Avid fans may well have heard of these young men; Warren Technique and Kirk Jameson. Whatever the result on Tuesday, we can promise you this; if they passed the TCW scouts' muster, you'll know their names soon.

Danny Fonzarelli looks once again to end his recent losing streak. Can the master of his opponents' moves outfight Pistol Pete Hall, or does the veteran's time away from the ring make him difficult to scout?

Tag team action is the order of the day next, as the men who won the grudge match on Sunday, the Machines, are in action against Global Tradition. Will Laura Huggins be at the Tradition's side?

Champagne Lover looks to score some solo wins while his tag partner holds the International Championship; his target this week? The Cannonball Kid.

One man who surely is still escorted to the ring by Laura Huggins is Merle O'Curle, and he will face a tough challenge solo this Tuesday as he faces Marc DuBois as Generation Omega return to regular competition.

Indeed, Omega dominates the latter half of the show, with Joey Minnesota in competition against former World Heavyweight Champion Troy Tornado shortly afterward.

And in the main event, Remo Richardson combines with Wolf Hawkins. This seemingly-unstoppable pair, however, are up against an indestructible object and the man who helped train Hawkins - Eddie Peak and Sam Keith have them in their sights, and both are sure to want to make a statement. It's youth and guile versus age and experience in our main event!

Prediction Key:
Elimination Protocol (Kirk Jameson & Warren Technique) vs. the Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Pistol Pete Hall

Global Tradition w/ ???? vs. the Machines

Cannonball Kid vs. Champagne Lover

Marc DuBois w/ Phil Vibert vs. Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins

Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert vs. Troy Tornado

Eddie Peak & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Remo Richardson & Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert

[Phantom Stranger]

Good show, and I really enjoyed the match by match breakdown of booking theory. Wouldn't mind seeing that more often after PPVs.

I'll see what I can do about remembering. It's certainly something I plan to do for the next 'big' PPV, Malice in Wonderland - but that's some way off.

[Regis]

Elimination Protocol (Kirk Jameson & Warren Technique) vs. The Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell
This team are clearly destined for great things, and will therefore job their little hearts out to the highest and mightiest in the land.

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Pistol Pete Hall
Because Danny Jobberelli couldn't beat Blonde Bombshell, let alone a real wrestler.

Global Tradition w/ ???? vs. The Machines
Sorry, The Machines aren't going to lose here. That isn't how this works.

Cannonball Kid vs. Champagne Lover
A test of the Kid's solo talent - this should be interesting.

Marc DuBois w/ Phil Vibert vs. Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins
Generation Omega come off their match ban looking strong.

Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert vs. Troy Tornado
Because his heel turn gave him a new lease of life... just in time for a full-on match ban.

Eddie Peak & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Remo Richardson & Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert
One's the world champ, they're both Generation Omega, Sam Keith is winding down his career and can put over the younger guys... Yeah, I'm calling this for Generation Omega.

[20LEgend]

Amazing pay pey piew and the booking breakdown was really interesting!

[Zergon]

I liked that booking breakdown as well, I´m always interested to hear why others book the way they do.

Elimination Protocol (Kirk Jameson & Warren Technique) vs. the Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell
Interesting pairing here but no way for them to go over Kreed on their first match.

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Pistol Pete Hall
Not sure about this one but I see little reason for Pete to win here

Global Tradition w/ ???? vs. the Machines
Tradition is basically a jobber team, a good jobber team but jobbers non-the-less

Cannonball Kid vs. Champagne Lover
Bigger name

Marc DuBois w/ Phil Vibert vs. Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins
O´Curle is good but he´s mainly a tag guy and thus isn´t going to beat DuBois here.

Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert vs. Troy Tornado
I expect Jack Bruce to play part on this one and that wouldn´t be good news for Tornado.

Eddie Peak & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Remo Richardson & Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert
Remo + Wolf seems slighly stronger team though this could easily go the other way as well

[Oregano Jensen]

Elimination Protocol (Kirk Jameson & Warren Technique) vs. the Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell

Good luck to Jameson and Technique... not winning the match, which seems unlikely at best, but performing well enough to earn a contract.

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Pistol Pete Hall

I'm assuming Hall gets at least a midcard push.

Global Tradition w/ ???? vs. the Machines

Huggins breaks with the School of Tradition here. I'm calling it. Also, Machines win... time to get them back in contention.

Cannonball Kid vs. Champagne Lover

Throw in Kazuma if you want... CL Smooth is still the guy with the push here.

Marc DuBois w/ Phil Vibert vs. Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins

We've been told DuBois is wily, but we haven't seen it much... he's been kind of the forgotten man of the stable. This is about giving DuBois a win against credible (if mostly tag-oriented) competition, while probably fleshing out his "master of mind games" persona.

Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert vs. Troy Tornado

I want to give a win to the faces somewhere in the upper card, and coming out of the stable feud, Tornado needs to remind folks he can still play in the main event.

Eddie Peak & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Remo Richardson & Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert

These might be the top two heels in the company right now. Maybe Jeremy over Remo, but after Remo flattened Andrews in the PPV, I can't help thinking that's his bid for "upper main eventer" status. Conversely, I see Cornell, McFly and Bloodstone as all slightly ahead of these two faces... in general theory, if not in current overness. And Peak-Keith isn't even a natural team-up.

[Candyman]

Elimination Protocol (Kirk Jameson & Warren Technique) vs. the Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell
No brainer.

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Pistol Pete Hall
Ditto.

Global Tradition w/ ???? vs. the Machines
Ditto.

Cannonball Kid vs. Champagne Lover
Ditto.

Marc DuBois w/ Phil Vibert vs. Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins
I'll call for the draw, too many stablemates and allies for both men not to get involved.

Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert vs. Troy Tornado
This one could go either way, but I think Joey will find a way to steal one.

Eddie Peak & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Remo Richardson & Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert
Wolf and Remo seem like a more natural tag team, and Sam Keith doesn't need to be beating the younger guys at this point in this career.

[Bigpapa42]

Elimination Protocol (Kirk Jameson & Warren Technique) vs. the Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Pistol Pete Hall

Global Tradition w/ ???? vs. the Machines

Cannonball Kid vs. Champagne Lover

Marc DuBois w/ Phil Vibert vs. Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins

Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert vs. Troy Tornado

Eddie Peak & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Remo Richardson & Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 1 August 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 14.65)
Rebroadcast on Continental Sports X1 (Rating 0.07)

Held at the New Hampshire Garden (New England)

Attendance: 18,906

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Shawn Doakes

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Elimination Protocol vs. The Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell
There's a certain amount of interest from some of the New England crowd at the announcement of the name Elimination Protocol, but it's not the kind of interest that comes from recognition – they're just curious to see what these guys are actually capable of.

And the Protocol are not to be dismissed easily, it seems – they show some real fire early on, with Jameson hitting some nasty impact shots to go with Technique's remarkable display – actually winning some hold exchanges against the Kreed – but it's just not enough; individually, the Kreed are both probably a little better, and as a team, the Kreed know exactly how to get the most out of one another.

Warren Technique is forced, before too long, to tap out to Art Reed's Dread Lock.
The Kreed defeated Elimination Protocol
Rating: B

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The big screen comes to life next; Aaron Andrews is shown in a gym, working out, concentrating on weight lifting at the moment.

“The Game Breaker has got to hit hard,” he explains. “If I can't toss around dead weight heavier than my opponent, well... I've got to try harder.” The image dissolves into a clip of Andrews' PPV match, roughly twelve months previous, against Eric Tyler – the long-fought-for victory he achieved.

“It's been a hell of a year,” he continues. “Eric Tyler marked me out for disrespect. By the time I was clear of those problems, I'd got myself in trouble...” The clip shifts, showing Andrews attempting to put Cornell away with the spinebuster. “I was square in the sights of the leader of the Syndicate.

“What got me through that was a mentor. A man who'd become a friend. A man I wanted to trust.”

The clipshow continues, cutting through appropriate visuals as he continues to talk.

“Joey Minnesota helped train me. He kept me focused. He stood by my side and he supported me – he even persuaded Nemesis to give me the Game Breaker.

“When Sam Keith recruited to deal with the Syndicate, we stepped up together. In that war cage, we fought together. We helped bring down Marat Khoklov.

“And when I pinned Tommy Cornell to end the match, no one was prouder.”

The music in the background takes a sombre tone. “But then... I put my career in the hands of the fans.” We see the selection at Fight To The Feedback, the return to combat with Eric Tyler, the victory to come full circle.

“And that didn't give the chance to take the tag teams titles. But I wanted to.

“As soon as I lost the belt, I knew Joey and me would go for tag team gold. I knew we'd take it.

“I like to think that, in another life... we will. That somewhere where he had patience, the Rising Stars win a championship together. That the name goes down in legend, with those other famous team. You know the ones I mean.

“Texas Outlaws. Lords of War. New Zealand Game Hunters. Blazing Flames. Calgary Wolverines.”

“We had the talent to do that, Joey. But... you couldn't wait. And you chose to destroy that friendship.

“It might have been next month. We might already have the belts.

“I helped fight the Syndicate, and you stood by me, but make no mistake, Joey – you being with them is not going to stop me fighting Generation Omega.

“And it's going to happen soon. At Hotter Than Hell, I'm going to start with you.”

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Danny Fonzarelli vs. Pistol Pete Hall
It's not a bad little brawl, this, and Fonzarelli is showing definite spark again, but the veteran has him scouted well, and a power advantage to boot. At the ten minute mark, the Pistol Whip Lariat finishes a reasonably enjoyable match.
Pistol Pete Hall defeated Danny Fonzarelli
Rating: B

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Global Tradition vs. the Machines
The crowd's reaction picks up a little more strongly here. The Machines have a target in sight; Global Tradition look determined, and if anything, the veteran duo has just gotten better over the years – but the Machines still have the edge.

While JD Morgan brawls desperately on the outside with Brent Hill, John Anderson hits the Ammo Dump on Joel Bryant with no small satisfaction.
The Machines defeated Global Tradition
Rating: B+

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Breakin The Law hits next, and out comes Tommy Cornell, microphone in hand. He heads down to the ring with that same confident swagger he's had for years, now, but he has to take a little longer before he can speak

“Thanks,” he says, as it dies down. “OK, brass tacks time. So Wolf-”

Music begins to play; an unfortunately familiar track. Only God Can Judge Me.

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The big screen has come to life, chronicling Remo's workout regimen and some of his tactical training. The tank top he's working in bears the Generation Omega logo.

“Eddie Peak. Ricky Dale Johnson. Rick Law. Aaron Andrews. Sean Deeley. Art Reed. Chris Rockwell. Sam Keith.

“You know what they've all got in common?

“All former champions somewhere in the world. All legends of wrestling or getting that way.

“All been smashed by Remo in the last eight months.

“Eight months. Nine champions.

“I'm aiming to make it a round ten.

“Puttin' you all on notice. I've got my sights on one of you – one of the biggest names here. And if I get my way, the man I smash is gonna be him.

“But if you want to get in my way, that's fine. I was gonna get to you sooner or later if you're worth going through.

“You might want to live a little longer. Your choice.

“It don't matter to Remo.”

As the camera returns to the ring, Cornell has had to leave; Ray Johnson is in position, setting up shop for the next match.

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The Cannonball Kid vs. Champagne Lover
As Lover heads down to the ring he sports a plain black armband on his left arm. Azaria recaps for the fans who missed Summer Showdown the story of Simone Aube-Stone's death, being recognised evidently by the Stones and their allies.

“No letters on this one,” Doakes remarks. “Maybe the letters were for family only?”

“Wearing it at all is a mark of respect,” Dangerous says. “I didn't expect that from Lover, but I have to give him credit for it.”

Once the match begins, Lover remains deadly serious. The Cannonball Kid, though he seems subdued at first, eyes on the armband, rapidly regains his composure in the ring.

Both these men are athletic, flexible, and true proponents of the lucha libre philosophy in wrestling. The contest picks up pace rapidly, and as the battle continues, the Kid actually begins to gain a degree of advantage. Comparisons to Edd Stone notch up from his showboating, comedic style, and it does seem to fluster Lover more than somewhat.

He actually gets into a position where he might win, near the end, and bundles Lover over, setting for a flip piledriver – but Lover shoves him away and catches him, rebounding from the ropes, with the Lover Stunner. The pinfall is academic.
Champagne Lover defeated the Cannonball Kid
Rating: B

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Marc DuBois w/ Phil Vibert vs. Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins
The British Lion looks somewhat strange, really, without Walter Morgan by his side. While he's certainly put in regular singles competition over his months with TCW, he's hardly an iconic solo figure.

The back-and-forth of hold and counter-hold is excellent, and DuBois certainly shows the skills that had him labelled as a “Can't-Miss Prospect” back in 2006 – wrestling skills quite apart from his talent as a master of mind games.

And the mind games are there – subtle enough that it takes Dangerous, the only man on the announce team who's been in the wrestling ring, to spot it, and even then it takes a few minutes.

But it's a smart play, nonetheless; DuBois keeps O'Curle cornered, cutting his free movement down to one small sector of the ring – the sector opposite where he's habitually waited for a tag, or retreated to for a tag when need be.

All of Merle O'Curle's reflexes and instincts want the path to the far corner to be clear; every strategy he's used to putting in play is predicated on access to it. And it's actually possible, once Dangerous has pointed it out, to see Merle getting anxious, without even knowing why.

That's his downfall – edgy, he takes risks, and DuBois is certainly good enough to capitalise on that; he nails the Marc of Excellence and secures a pinfall.
Marc DuBois defeated Merle O'Curle
Rating: B

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Once again Breakin' the Law begins to play. Cornell makes his way down to the ring once again, microphone in hand. This time he's talking as he appears.

“Right about now Phil Vibert's probably staring at one of the monitors in the back and getting good and pissed off, and I honestly don't give a toss.

“He's pissed off because this is time Generation Omega booked to do their talking about whatever they wanna talk about – probably just bragging themselves up, because they did have a pretty good night this Sunday for a bunch of wankers.

“I shouldn't be out here talkin' to you interrupting the time Vibert paid good money for, should I?” He grins at the crowd reaction.

“Mind you, I booked time earlier and Generation Omega decided to run a press video all over me, so...” he shrugs. “Like I say, couldn't give a toss right now.” His grin is tight, but it's a performer's grin; a stand-up comic letting the idea out there.

“Oh, and Phil, if you come out here, or if one of your buddies does, then that match Remo saved you from Sunday? I'm booking it. I might even put us in a steel cage.” The grin is wider now, very genuine, as the crowd salivate at the idea.

“Right – the real business. Wolf, boy, you did it. I don't know how, but you did it. You beat Johnny Bloodstone and you snuck through with your championship.

“Fair's fair. You managed. And it's clear that I need the very best in the world to take that belt off you and kick your arse, sunshine.

“Because I'm still not giving you the satisfaction of getting in the ring with you, sunshine. You want it way too bad for me to be willing to give you what you're after.

“So here's what's coming; I found someone who knows you as well as I do. Someone who deserves a World Heavyweight Championship. Someone who trained you.

“If you honestly think you can consider Sam Keith a pushover, sunbeam, then you've let Vibert crawl up your ass so far he's cut off the blood flow to your brain. He knows you. And he'll beat you.”

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Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert vs. Troy Tornado
It's not the kind of match that Champagne Lover and the Cannonball Kid had, but it does maintain the same kind of pace – holds and flying manoeuvres dialled down, though, while strikes and impact moves come to prominence.

Hard to say which man hits harder. Hard, too, to say who had an easier time of shrugging off the impacts; two tough competitors, both hungry for victory, both skilled and willing to do what they can...

You'd have to call this contest an equal one, with Minnesota looking every bit as dangerous as the recent World Heavyweight Champion. Nonetheless, as the match nears a close, Tornado has a brief advantage, stunning Joey with a facebreaker across his knee before soaring from the ropes in a Star Maker – but Minnesota dodges clear!

Joey takes a moment to grin down at Vibert, smirking slightly at how well he ducked the flying lariat, but when he turns around Tornado has recovered, lining up a discus punch that immediately sends Joey to the mat.

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Troy hauls Joey to his feet with one hand, calling for the Tornado Driver with the other, but then he catches sight of Jack Bruce on the apron with a steel chair.

He hesitates – and Minnesota powers through to nail the Empire Spiral, covering fast for the pin. After the three count, Bruce drives the chair into Tornado's prone head, bloodying him from the impact.
Joey Minnesota defeated Troy Tornado
Rating: A

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Rick Law is walking backstage. He stops outside one locker room door, shoving it open. A couple of moments later, the camera moves to see over his shoulder; Jack Marlowe is there, staring back at Law.

“Problem?” Marlowe sneers.

“Yeah,” Law says simply. “This business of yours... interfering in all those matches.

“You should consider yourself on notice as of now.”

Marlowe shrugs. “Get someone who earned their damn uniform to talk to me and I'll give a ****,” he replies. “You done?”

“For now,” Law returns. “You've been warned, that's all. Keep it up, and I will get involved.”

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He moves on down the corridor, and the camera follows him. Tommy Cornell is stood talking to a business-suited man in a small office off the corridor; Law stops at the door again, but this time he simply raps his knuckles politely against the frame.

“Excuse me,” Cornell tells the official. “Rick,” he smiles. “What can I do you for?”

“I know Mayhem's out for a while,” Law says. “You've got your hands full with matchmaking at the moment. But I was thinking...

“There's no question in my mind that Sam Keith deserves his title shot. And he could well beat Wolf Hawkins.”

Cornell nods.

“But just in case...” Law hesitates. “I mean, I thought Bloodstone would do it.

“You want Generation Omega's power broken. And it's probably a good thing anyway. So...”

Tommy raises an eyebrow. “You want a shot? TCW bylaws say I can't make Wolf wrestle more than once a night, Rick.”

Law nods. “I'd hate to win that way,” he says. “Just because he'd never let me forget it. No, I just... I think you're making these picks the wrong way.”

“What d'you mean?”

“You're asking yourself who can beat Wolf Hawkins.”

“That's what I want them to do.”

Law shakes his head. “No. You want them to beat the Champion. And that's different.

“Don't ask yourself who can counter the Full Moon Rising, or the Wolf's Call. Don't ask yourself who can wear Hawkins out.

“Ask yourself who will fight... who will keep fighting... until the championship is in their hands. Who will never stop until they have that chance.

“Better yet, don't ask yourself. I've been here for years now. Something's been missing... You brought in the Shot at the Top three years ago, and one of TCW's matches hasn't been seen since. It used to be the big Malice match, but it just vanished.”

Cornell starts to grin. “Malice in Chains.”

“Six men, locked in, until you know for sure who won't stop until the belt is in their hands,” Law says, nodding. “I just think it's worth a shot.”

“And you want in.”

“Malice in Chains always used to have qualifiers...” Law smiles. “Just give me a chance to get in that match, and I'll do the rest.”

Cornell nods, smiling. “You're on to a winner there, Rick.”

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vs.
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Remo Richardson & Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert
Remo seems entirely dismissive of Peak, having bested him in their series leading up to now. Keith and Hawkins, by contrast, have their eyes locked on one another the entire time; Hawkins is staring, his eyes burning with a cold fury – as Doakes puts it, “all Wolf is seeing right now is another obstacle in front of the match he wants.”

Sam, on the other hand, holds Wolf's gaze long enough to let the champion know he isn't afraid, then – right before the bell rings – he smirks.

Hawkins immediately demands to be tagged into the ring; Remo ignores him, and he and Eddie go at it in a stunning exhibition.

Soon enough, though, Keith comes in. Once again, Wolf demands the tag – and Remo lets it happen.

And the duo tear into each other. It's frantic, furious, and within minutes, Keith is bleeding, busted open by a series of punches from the champion.

Wolf finds himself dragged down into a pinning predicament immediately after that, however, and only barely kicks out.

That sets the tone for the remainder of the match, with alternating bouts of excellent wrestling and furious brawling.

What's astonishing is that Generation Omega's two biggest names, even in concert, don't seem able to put the 49-year-old Sam Keith away. Peak saves him twice, but mostly, he finds some way to have a foot or a hand on the ropes, or just squeeze a shoulder up or, once, roll out to the ring.

“Of course,” Azaria remarks, “he's able to tag out to Eddie. He's able to recover. But one on one... I don't know. The living legend might just shock us all at Hotter Than Hell.”

The final result doesn't confirm one way or the other; after twenty minutes, with scant seconds left to the broadcast, Eugene Williams calls the time limit draw.
Eddie Peak & Sam Keith drew with Remo Richardson & Wolf Hawkins
Rating: A

Show Rating: A

[Phantom Stranger]

Show Notes:


I'm actually thankful there were no A*s to write here.
Elimination Protocol: Hopefully, they could go somewhere. They've both spent a decent stretch in dev. For now, though, we really need more heels who're free to take fairly regular losses.

[James Casey]

If you will leave the Canadian contingent off the show...

[Phantom Stranger]

If you will leave the Canadian contingent off the show...

Of the final 11 wrestlers to be featured on the show, only Jack Marlowe - who didn't wrestle - has yet to produce at least one A* match. ;)

But yes.

I also need to give credit to... well, I can't remember. But early in 2010, someone did a TCW diary that rebranded the Elimination Chamber as Malice in Chains. And they deserve any credit for that name, not I.

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 1 August 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 1.29)

Held at the Varsity Arena (Ontario)

Attendance: 2,000 (Sold Out!)

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Sara Silver – Autumn Gleeson

In an unexciting opening contest, Conquering Kings defeated Elimination Protocol, Clark Alexander pinning Jameson following the Crippler Bomb. (Rating: D+)
Canadian Elemental then defeated the returning Nathan Priest handily, pinning him after a Phoenix Firebird Splash. (Rating: B)
Laura Huggins cut a promo beside her boyfriend Sean Deeley, discussing the disrespect of Eric Tyler. Jeremy Stone stopped into shot, wearing a plain black armband, to warn Deeley that Tyler had allies – that Deeley, while he was working on it, had some way to go to earn respect.
In a highly enjoyable tag team match, JeriLynn Stone united with Kate Dangerous, both wearing the black armbands with the SAS initials, to defeated Jaime Quine and Lauren Easter, Stone pinning Easter after a Stone's Throw counter to Easter's Solstice Bomb. (Rating: B)
The New Wave took on M.A.D. Early on, Jack Marlowe hit the ring, but before he could make an impact, Rick Law ran in to intercept, preventing him from interfering. Khoklov then landed a Moscow Lariat on Guide to pick up the pinfall victory. (Rating: B)
Chris Rockwell cut a short promo apologising to Texas Pete for using him as a shield against the Asian Mist, but went on to say that with Matthew Keith claiming Pete Hall didn't deserve a title shot, he was willing to take Keith on any time he felt like it.
GenOme defended the Tag Team Championships after an open challenge, taking on Koshiro Ino and Thunder Snake. Newton made Snake submit to the STF. (Rating: B-)
Team KOBRA came out, and Thunder Snake's fellow complainer, Hidekazu, asked Miyazaki to deliver the bokken shots for Ino. After a long moment, Miyazaki agreed, though he was clearly not happy about it.
In the main event, Aaron Andrews nearly defeated Pistol Pete Hall, but Joey Minnesota distracted him, allowing Hall a chance to hit the Pistol Whip Lariat and secure the win. (Rating: B)


Show Rating: B+

[Eidenhoek]

Marlowe has one of the most shocking match ratings, though, with the Giant Tana A-rating he had.

[Phantom Stranger]

Marlowe has one of the most shocking match ratings, though, with the Giant Tana A-rating he had.

Hey, I'm certainly not calling him bad!

[Phantom Stranger]

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Another full night of wrestling lies ahead of us - and the prize at the end of it sll is a hell of a prize indeed; we've received confirmation that the main event will be the first qualification match to enter Malice in Chains at the end of the month.

We begin, as ever in TCW, with tag team action at its finest; the New Wave lock horns with the Fly Boys. Can Goldworthy's men return to winning ways, or will the Wave's new edge break over them?

Non-title competition for the International Champion follows as Edd Stone goes one on one with Ultimate Phoenix. The masked marvel has a chance to make a name for himself in one fell swoop - but as always in TCW when we say that, that chance is no easy one.

British Lions take on former stablemates in Global Tradition after that, with some serious measure of pride within the tag division on the line. Can Global Tradition teach the Lions the lesson that Eric Tyler claims they so badly need?

Singles matches are also on tap, of course, with Pistol Pete Hall continuing his regular appearances, this time against TCW stalwart Chance Fortune. Hall has a match against Chris Rockwell coming at Hotter Than Hell - if he proves himself, it may be permitted to be a Hard-Hitting Championship match. That is, if Rockwell's title survives tonight.

Ricky Dale Johnson and Texas Pete have a match scheduled against Elimination Protocol. We know, too, that Floyd Bowman has asked for time to make an announcement, though details on what that announcement may be are sketchy.

Danny Fonzarelli has a chance to end his losing streak tonight. His opponent? Zimmy. TCW wrestlers never have it easy...

In the semi-main event, Chris Rockwell puts his title on the line, voluntarily, against Matthew Keith in a No Holds Barred contest.

And in the main event, two great wrestlers square off for a space in Malice in Chains. Mr Cornell hasn't confirmed identities yet but has stated that both are Canadians with a recent history with either the World Heavyweight Champion or the World Heavyweight Championship.

Prediction Key:
Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. New Wave

Edd Stone vs. Ultimate Phoenix (non-title)

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Global Tradition

Chance Fortune vs. Pistol Pete Hall

Elimination Protocol vs. Ricky Dale Johnson & Texas Pete

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Zimmy

NO HOLDS BARRED
TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Chris Rockwell (c) vs. Matthew Keith

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Jeremy Stone

[Regis]

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. New Wave
No chance in hell.

Edd Stone vs. Ultimate Phoenix (non-title)
JOBBER!

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Global Tradition
Cement that they've moved on by giving them a good win.

Chance Fortune vs. Pistol Pete Hall
JOBBER!

Elimination Protocol vs. Ricky Dale Johnson & Texas Pete
Destined for great things, therefore JOBBERS!

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Zimmy
JOBBER!

NO HOLDS BARRED
TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Chris Rockwell (c) vs. Matthew Keith
Nah, Rockwell can let his aggression out with a bit of control now.

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Jeremy Stone
Can't quite give Art the nod here yet. Also, JEZZA!

[Tigerkinney]

Getting back on the prediction saddle...

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. New Wave

Fly Boys have picked it up a little of late, but not enough to warrant going over Tag Division lynchpins..New Wave.

Edd Stone vs. Ultimate Phoenix (non-title)

Non Title for a reason, Phoenix has been booked as a jobber.

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Global Tradition

British Lions, should have no problem against the School's resident veteran job squad. Actually without the Lions on board, the School is a really weak stable in my opinion.

Chance Fortune vs. Pistol Pete Hall

You don't debut a legend like Pistol Pete and have him job his first match to someone who is looking like a career low carder (well at National sized fed level, if Fortune was to head out to the Indy's he would be a big fish)

Elimination Protocol vs. Ricky Dale Johnson & Texas Pete

You've already hinted (actually more like stated) that EP are going to be a resident job squad for a while to come.

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Zimmy

Fonzarelli's losing streak continues

NO HOLDS BARRED
TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Chris Rockwell (c) vs. Matthew Keith

Don't see Rockwell dropping the belt in his first defence

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Jeremy Stone

This should be a great match and Reed will more than hold his own, but at the end of the day I don't think Stone's pursuit/involvement in the World Title scene is over.

[Bigpapa42]

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. New Wave

Edd Stone vs. Ultimate Phoenix (non-title)

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Global Tradition

Chance Fortune vs. Pistol Pete Hall

Elimination Protocol vs. Ricky Dale Johnson & Texas Pete

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Zimmy

NO HOLDS BARRED
TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Chris Rockwell (c) vs. Matthew Keith

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Jeremy Stone

[Oregano Jensen]

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. New Wave

Not for all the Marlowe in the world.

Edd Stone vs. Ultimate Phoenix (non-title) -- no contest

Maybe this is just giving Edd a workout, but I think some nonsense happens here.

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Global Tradition

By DQ after the School gets involved.

Chance Fortune vs. Pistol Pete Hall

Pete wins a squash to keep establishing himself as a real guy.

Elimination Protocol vs. Ricky Dale Johnson & Texas Pete

Hall is going to be mad. Calling himself Pete and being from Texas was his thing first.

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Zimmy

Yikes... this is no match for so late on the card. Bathroom break time!

NO HOLDS BARRED
TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Chris Rockwell (c) vs. Matthew Keith

Yeah... don't hot-shot this belt. The mist's side effects (aside from "you may hit the wrong guy with it") may come into play here... they've been hinted at, and it's time to see a bit of that in action.

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Jeremy Stone

I'm an Art Reed mark, and I think it's time for his main event push. Stone is still a main eventer if he loses... he's Jeremy Stone! I'm probably wrong this soon after the armband thing, but what the hell. I'm not putting money on these.

[SimplyPerfect]

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

Edd Stone vs. Ultimate Phoenix (non-title)
As above

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Global Tradition
I really like the Lions.

Chance Fortune vs. Pistol Pete Hall
Fortune favours the brave and Hall is much more brave that Chance

Elimination Protocol vs. Ricky Dale Johnson & Texas Pete
EP jobbing to the top

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Zimmy
Danny's a job

NO HOLDS BARRED
TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Chris Rockwell (c) vs. Matthew Keith
Not sure about this, I can't see Keith losing but I can't see him taking the title either... so I can't answer. My worry is it may, just may, eclipse your main event

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Jeremy Stone
The sensible answer is Jeremy Stone, but Art Reed makes A*s. Having him in the MiC match. and having his shot without it being a singles match makes some sense to me.

[Zergon]

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. New Wave
Sure Fly Boys are getting better and are getting some wins but they aren´t getting a win over New Wave, not yet anyway.

Edd Stone vs. Ultimate Phoenix (non-title)
I don´t see why Phoenix should go over established star like Edd.

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Global Tradition
Global Tradition is a good team but they pretty much jobbers at this point while Lions are one of your top teams.

Chance Fortune vs. Pistol Pete Hall
Hall gets another win over Fortune who is lost in the shuffle.

Elimination Protocol vs. Ricky Dale Johnson & Texas Pete
Elimination Protocol is still collecting experience so win over RDJ just isn´t on their card.

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Zimmy
Zimmy is more important right now. Actually I don´t remember when Fonzy got his last win, maybe when he was still teaming up with RDJ?

NO HOLDS BARRED
TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Chris Rockwell (c) vs. Matthew Keith
Tooi early for a title change so Matthew loses this time.

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Jeremy Stone
Will be a great match but Jeremy is still bigger name and I would be really surprised if Reed gets the win here.

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Saturday Night Showcase

Saturday Week 1 August 2009

Live on CBA (Rating 13.82)

Held at the Alabama Field Row (South East)

Attendance: 18,734

Announcers:
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Duane Fry – Jasmine Saunders – Alanis Springsteen

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Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. New Wave
This is another of those good, solid matches the Fly Boys have been starting to have lately. They put up quite the fight, taking it to the Wave with speed, and Donnie nearly gets a three count early on with a super-fast Death on Miami Beach – but, as ever, Guide covers for Scout, breaking the pin.

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As the Wave mount a comeback, Jack Marlowe appears at ringside. He makes a full circuit of the ring before entering, obviously picking a point where he can do most damage – and as he slides into the ring, the crowd explode.

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Rick Law has been sprinting down to the ring since Marlowe first appears. He rises to his feet and walks straight into a Long Arm of the Law.

Marlowe pops back up after a few moments, going for Law this time, and the two end up brawling to the back.

“Huh,” Springsteen remarks, sounding slightly disappointed. “I was wondering which side had hired him... guess we won't know, now.”

Back in the ring, Guide finally cuts off Jimmy P's offence, tagging out. Scout comes into the ring and applies the Special Force near-choke.

Donnie looks to rescue, but Guide cuts him off with a dropkick. Eugene Williams lifts Jimmy's arm three times... and it drops, each time.
New Wave defeated the Fly Boys
Rating: B

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Edd Stone vs. Ultimate Phoenix
Stone has the black armband in place, of course – but it is a blank one, with no lettering, unlike the one JeriLynn was given.

There's something of a shame here, in that the timing that could have made a contest involving these two sheer brilliance is missing; whatever they try they just don't seem to be able to make it work.

Somewhere in the middle of what is still actually a pretty good contest, the camera picks up Ray Johnson removing an obstacle from the mat – and Duane Fry demands a replay from the production truck.

While Ultimate Phoenix, in the main screen, soars over the top rope to the outside, landing two-footed on the International Champion, the inset shows Ray tossing from the ring a piece of white cord – a tag rope.

“Was that... where Scout made Jimmy pass out?” Saunders asks, but no one is sure.

Back in the ring, the champ rolls out of the way of a Phoenix Firebird Splash and capitalises with a standing shooting star legdrop to secure the pin.
Edd Stone defeated Ultimate Phoenix
Rating: C+

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In the middle of a victory celebration, Edd calls for the International Championship belt, and Johnson moves to pass it to him – but stops, coming up short to stare at what's in his hands.

Specifically, what's in his hands is a child-size toy replica of the International Championship.

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Applause comes from up the aisle; Edd turns to face the entrance, where Canadian Elemental and Giant Tana both stand.

Simultaneously, they raise their hands.

Presumably, one of those belts is an actual-size replica. But the other... that must be the International Championship.

And it's difficult to say which.

Tana makes a gun from his hand, points it at Edd, and winks.

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British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Global Tradition
Back from commercial, and the Lions square off with their old stablemates. Huggins is particularly vocal this time, at ringside. “Sounds like Laura got sick of Tyler, Bryant and Morgan teaching shortcuts,” says Springsteen.

“Now she can really let them have it.”

And so do the Lions; Global Tradition's recent record is far from stellar, but they remain dangerous competitors.

However, the Lions have much of their experience – but they're younger, faster, fitter, and while they've had plenty of experience to wrestle opponents who work an American style, of their opponents only Morgan really knows the intricacies of the different dominant style in British technical wrestling.

That makes Joel Bryant the weak link for his team, and that's the way it proves; he's no easy mark to defeat in any case – as Fry points out, he'd hardly be a multi-time tag team champion if he were – but there's an extra edge that the Lions have when they face him, and that wears on him, eventually wearing him down when Merle finds himself in position to apply the Celtic Wreath, securing the tap-out.
British Lions defeated Global Tradition
Rating: B+

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Chance has evidently been improving, and he's never looked more like a potential star than at this moment, in this match; the problem is (and Saunders mentions it) that in his time off from TCW, Fortune has been competing in CZCW – where Pete Hall has been one of the residents.

And Hall, while Fortune works hard to topple him, obviously has a good sense of how to counter his assaults, a sense born from that familiarity built up over time in the same company. After Fortune's assault starts to slow, Hall comes through with the Pistol Whip Lariat to get the pin.
Pistol Pete Hall defeated Chance Fortune
Rating: B-

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Rude Mood begins to play, and Floyd “F-Bomb” Bowman emerges, making his way down the ramp with microphone in hand.

“How the **** y'all doing, Alabama?” He grins. “That's great,” he says. “Y'know... back when I was with the TWL, well, we used to come here a **** of a lot. I'm sure some of ya remember – hey...” He breaks off, staring into the audience. “Holy ****, is that a ****in' Texas Outlaws shirt?”

He hops out of the ring. “G-d dammit, it is! You musta had that thing for more'n twenty ****in' years! Sir, get your ass to ringside – I wanna shake your ****in' hand.”

And so, with the Field Row crowd cheering the older fan as he comes down to the barrier to shake the F-Bomb's hand, what he'd come to say goes a little while before it is said. Afterward, however, he climbs back into the ring with a grin. “Made my ****in' day,” he says. “God damn, the shirt actually held together, who'da ****in' thought...”

“Anyhow – like I was sayin', I know at least one of ya ****in' remembers the Texas Outlaws now, right?” He grins.

“Me, Mean Mark Green, the Trailer Park Kid...” He grins. “People still talk about the Outlaw Rule, I hear – that's where we got a ****in' rule put in place confirmin' any two of us could defend the tag belts, no matter whose name was down as a ****in' champ on the books. ****, you ask people to name the Texas Outlaws, that right there is the first three ****in' names are gonna come outta their mouths.

“An' we were a ****in' team. But we were Outlaws, too, because there's a lotta **** more to bein' an Outlaw than that. It's about attitude. It's about ****in' respect. An' it's about bein winners, bein' ****in' champions.

“There's a name some a' you are just ****in' waitin' to see me miss off, I guess,” he continues. “Man went on ta do a lotta **** once he'd left the Outlaws behind. But he was a champion... he was a ****in' Outlaw... and he deserves his ****in' respect. God dammit, we both left our ****in' fighting days behind, am I right?

“Johnny Boy Tucker. Johnny Lawless. **** it, he was an Outlaw. He deserves my ****in' respect on this night.

“But that's the thing, boys an' girls... the Texas Outlaws wasn't just the three ****in' founders.

“And that's why, I guess, I figure I'm doin' this.

“Ladies and gentlemen, I give you, in two thousand and ****in' nine, who'da thunk it... two men I can be ****in' proud to call...

“THE TEXAS ****IN' OUTLAWS!”

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In highlight reels to come, much editing would be done to those last two lines.

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Elimination Protocol vs. Texas Outlaws w/ F-Bomb Bowman
The newly-christened Outlaws have a whale of a time running roughshod over their opponents.

Pete spends a little time, opposite Jameson, trying to out-wrestle him – and indeed, he's not too bad at it, though he has to use his power to compensate for a superior technician opposite.

In the end, though, Pete nails Jameson to the guardrail with his through-the-ropes drive while both their partners are legal, allowing RDJ to bring Warren Technique to the ground with a Leaping Lariat and secure the pin.
Texas Outlaws defeated Elimination Protocol
Rating: C+

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Danny Fonzarelli vs. Zimmy
It feels like a match between past and future, this one; Zimmy has been steadily building a fanbase for himself and his style, and Fonzie doesn't seem like he has a solid chance at more than a few points in the match.

Of course, one of the points where it looks like he could, he really makes an impact; shoving Zimmy off, he slams him into the corner, meeting him as he comes out with a huge clothesline, then wheels around – and goes for Zimmy's Blood Rush!

The Darkwave man, though, is not so easily embarrassed; he drops to the floor, sending Fonzie passing harmlessly over him. With Danny discombobulated, Zimmy flies overhead for a blockbuster, then finishes with a split-legged moonsault.
Zimmy defeated Danny Fonzarelli
Rating: B-

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Autumn Gleeson is standing by as the camera goes back to the interview lot, and next to her is Jeremy Stone, who nods curtly to the viewers at home as the interview begins.

It's clear that, like Champagne Lover the night before – and Edd Stone tonight – his black armband has no lettering.

“Normally I'd try to start these off on a cheerful note,” Gleeson begins, “but under the circumstance I hope you fans'll excuse me if I start instead by saying, Mr Stone, that I'm truly sorry for your family's loss.”

Jeremy's face twists slightly. “Thank you,” he says quietly. “But I'm not here to talk about that...”

Gleeson nods. “Well, there's plenty for us to talk about,” she says. “This past Sunday you had a heck of a position on the Womens Championship match. Your ally is the champion... but her challenger, JeriLynn Stone, was, of course, your daughter. And the end of the match has become somewhat controversial, as Gorgon put your daughter down, but did not pin her, did not make her submit.

“Your thoughts on the match?”

He considers thoughtfully, running his tongue over his lips, before he answers. “JeriLynn is, in my estimation, going to be the best of anyone who's in the womens' division. Not just genetics, not just training, but she has all the tools to develop the... the instinct that is any champion's guide in the ring.

“But she doesn't quite have that yet...”

He looks directly into the camera. “All the clues are right in front of you, JeriLynn. Gorgon is powerful. She's strong, and worse, she's talented.

“But if there's one thing your grandfather, your uncles, your aunt and I have learned.... Anyone is beatable, if you can see the clues.

“One day, you'll have that instinct on your own. But... the clues have been given to you.”

Gleeson raises her eyebrow. She begins to speak, clearly curious, but Jeremy cuts her off.

“What I came here to say is something else. I've had the privilege in my time here and before of wrestling great young talents.

“The difference is that where I was before, the Stone name was enough to make them understand. To make them show respect for my family, for my father, for my skills, for the sport.

“Even if they didn't feel it. Many young men don't. But the show is important – for the sport.

“Tonight, I get in the ring with someone who I have to admit shows the proper respect. For now, though... I want to talk to someone else.

“Sean Deeley, you're a talent. In my opinion you'll go on to be a big name in this sport. But right now... you seem to need a lesson in respect.

“Be glad that right now, I'm too busy to give it to you.”

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In the early going the two wrestlers stare one another down. Rockwell circles to the left and then moves in fast; Keith tries for a punch, but Chris catches it, throwing a forearm into the back of his shoulder, and already his long-term gameplan is evident, looking to weaken Keith's arm for the Furusawa Armbar.

Saunders mentions as much, and Duane Fry chuckles.

“It's not a bad plan – but with the Neutron Plex, the Proton Lock, the Asian mist, Matthew Keith has a lot of plans that can cut a match short. Going for the long game might be a mistake.”

Matthew frees himself with an armdrag, then goes to punt Rockwell in the head; Chris rolls backward, getting clear, and beckons his opponent on. Keith advances – armdrag by Rockwell, carried into an armlock, but Keith fights free with elbows, shooting Rockwell into the ropes, and drops to one knee to deliver a punch to the gut, then pops up again, grabbing a front facelock as Rockwell doubles over.

It looks like a setup for a twisting neckbreaker, and Keith goes for it – but Rockwell plants his feet and shoves Matt off, into the ropes.

Keith rebounds and Rockwell looks to meet him with a pump kick, but the second-generation star ducks under the kick, turning, and now aims to kick Rockwell in the groin as he turns – but just as fast, the Hard-Hitting Champion catches the foot, and lifts, tossing Matt into the air foot-first.

Matt goes with it, flipping to land on his feet, and ducks a clothesline attempt from Rockwell, dropping to sweep the leg – and Chris hops the leg sweep, then steps back.

The two rise again, standing off with one another, as the crowd catch their breath and applaud. Neither Chris nor Matt smile, or even show respect to the other – but they don't take their eyes off one another, either, circling again.

In again with a collar and elbow lock-up, which rapidly turns into a question of who's the stronger. It turns out to be the champion, as he powers Keith back into the corner before Matt sweeps his feet out from under him, going for an immediate hold before Rockwell gets into position to hit a hard knee to the back of Matt's head, breaking the hold and allowing the champion to roll clear to the outside.

A moment's recovery is all he gets, with Matt stepping through the ropes to the apron, taking two steps and coming off with a missile dropkick. He rolls the champ back into the ring, going for a pin, but Rockwell kicks out after one.

A headlock from Matt leads to a back suplex from Rockwell and a tight headscissors hold around Keith's head. Matt looks to twist clear, but Chris drives an elbow into the small of his back, then snags his arm and leans back with it, torquing the shoulder.

Matt still twists clear on the next attempt, however, and breaks the armbar by moving into Rockwell's hold, smashing the champ across the face with a forearm. He goes to the stomps next, targeting the back of the neck.

He hauls Rockwell to his feet, doubled-over, and tucks his head between his legs. Grabbing the trunks, he sits back into a piledriver – cover – ONE, TWO, T- NO!

With that failing, he drags him back to his feet, throwing a punch, then another, then looks for the Neutron Plex – Rockwell slips loose, landing on his feet, then drives a forearm, jumps into a low dropkick that takes Matt's feet out from under him, and promptly grabs an armbar, adding a fishhook as he does so – with Fry quick to point out that under No Holds Barred rules, the fishhook isn't an illegal technique.

Slowly, still in the hold, Matt makes his way back to his feet, then walks up the first two turnbuckles and backflips, breaking the hold, and reacts fast enough to hit an enzuigiri as Rockwell's still compensating.

Hauling Rockwell back to his feet he looks for a suplex; Chris hooks the leg to block, then uses that strength advantage to bear him to the ground and snag an armlock. He looks to transition it to the Furusawa Armbar but Matt has that scouted, rolling him up – ONE, TWO, TH- NO!

Matt cuts the champ's comeback off again with a punt to the groin, this time not countered, and looks for the Proton Lock – but his shoulder's taken too much punishment and Rockwell is able to power free before it's applied, landing a Northern Lights Suplex. He scrambles for the Furusawa Armbar once again, but Keith kicks him away, rising to his feet.

The camera catches Keith clutching at his throat as he wheels around and the green spray of the Asian Mist isn't far behind – but Rockwell has a counter again, dragging Sam Sparrow between him and the spray.

The ref drops screaming and Keith has fallen back a step. Replays will show him looking pained himself even before Chris takes a punt, returning the favour of the low blow, much to the crowd's approval.

He grabs a hammerlock, riding it down to the ground, and starts firing off knees to Keith's temple. Eugene Williams is running down to the ring, but it's too late; the bell is ringing for time out.
Chris Rockwell drew with Matthew Keith
Rating: A*

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Breakin' The Law hits, and by now it's not even taking Cornell's first appearance for the cheering and the support to start. With a confident smile, he struts halfway down the ramp, then stops, raising a mic to hand. “Awright?” he asks, and the crowd very much answer in the affirmative.

He grins. “'Scuse me not getting in the ring, but this one's not about me. Like I've said before, I don't see a single reason to give that sad little scrote what he wants, so as long as he wants me, he can whistle for it.

“Anyhow. I got to thinking about what Rick said this past Tuesday, and...

“He's right. Not just that, but we need to open up the field a little as far as who gets a shot goes.

“Wolf was hungry when he took the belt. He's not hungry now, not for the championship, but by now he's got to have worked out where the danger is. He's gotta know he has the target on his back.

“And the reason Wolf has learned as well as he has, become as dangerous as he is, is that he's going to want the belt in spite of that, maybe... because of it.”

He half-smiles, glancing shyly downward. “I called him a sad little scrote. I didn't say I don't understand where he's coming from.

“But I think Rick didn't even look hard enough at this. I could stack Malice in Chains. I could put Ricky in, and Tyson, and Johnny and Troy, and have four former champions right there. Maybe I could call in some favours... Go to Japan, and speak to Dread. Beg a certain someone to take a break from running his own company and make it an even six TCW World Heavyweight Champions.

“And that would give Wolf a challenge bordering on nightmate.

“But... that's not what I want.

Don't get me wrong – I'm not saying those guys won't get a chance to qualify. But I'm looking for the hungry men here. The kids, and the veterans who are new to TCW – anyone who's never had that title... should have that hunger.” He pauses, looking around, then raises his voice, coming on like the stern headmaster. “Because if you've never held that belt and you don't hunger to, then what the bloody hell are you doing here?”

A pause, then a chuckle, a shake of the head. “I'm getting carried away. The point is... tonight we see who's hungrier. The young former tag champ with all the promise in the world... or the cunning bastard who we only can't call arrogant because his career lives up to his mouth.

“Art Reed. Jeremy Stone. The pride of Canada, one on one, and whoever wins... gets a chance to become an international legend.

“Let's get to it.”

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Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Jeremy Stone
Mentor and student, and what a contrast, nonetheless.

Reed has speed. Stone has wiles. Both of them have access to arguably the finest technical teachings on the planet – certainly, indisputably, the finest in Canada.

And Reed, in particular, has added to that, honing resilience in DaVE, adding an entirely new side to his wrestling armoury in Japan.

On the other hand... Jeremy knows what it is to dominate a company. He knows how Art began to learn, because he taught him. He knows the logic, the rationale, that has grown into ingrained, instinctive reaction – because he taught Reed to think that way.

And these tactics to become ingrained. It's a jolt when you want to. You can't simply act on muscle memory, you can't make use of that reaction speed, that fluidity. You have to think, consciously, take maybe half a second to analyse and second guess.

That does put the ball, in the early part of the match, very firmly in Stone's court – and the Stone family cardio is legendary; he can keep it up absolutely for as long as he might need to.

Nonetheless...

Art Reed knows what rests on this. One week removed from an hour-long contest against the World Heavyweight Champion, scoring two falls over him, he has the biggest opportunity yet right in front of him.

He knows Stone has the Dread Lock scouted, so when Jeremy hurls him backward for the Stone's Throw, Reed twists, landing on his feet, and grabs his teacher as Stone starts to recover.

And then he nails the biggest move in his arsenal which doesn't have its roots in the House of Stone, the Dark Matter.

Jeremy Stone comes crashing to the mat. Reed makes the cover, anchoring an arm with a knee, another with a hand, and using his other hand for leverage as he snakes his leg behind both of Stone's, hooking them to prevent the kickout.

When that gets three, the crowd explode.
Art Reed defeated Jeremy Stone
Rating: A

Show Rating: A

[Phantom Stranger]

Show notes:


Matthew Keith, everyone. A big hand!
Writing Floyd Bowman promos is far too much fun.

[Oregano Jensen]

Art Reed! He's coming for you, Hawkins!

[Phantom Stranger]

Art Reed! He's coming for you, Hawkins!

I'm kind of assuming everyone can, by now, see who the young guns I'm really focusing on are. Reed is a great talent... he has one remaining weakness, and we're working on it.

[Regis]

How has Deeley disrespected anyone, again?

By being a face, basically, and by being too good. Being good at wrestling is okay; being good at wrestling and not grovelling on the floor every time Jeremy Stone wants you to is a SLAP IN THE FACE to the greatest wrestling family of all time!

Heel logic, basically.

[Phantom Stranger]

How has Deeley disrespected anyone, again?


By being a face, basically, and by being too good. Being good at wrestling is okay; being good at wrestling and not grovelling on the floor every time Jeremy Stone wants you to is a SLAP IN THE FACE to the greatest wrestling family of all time!

Heel logic, basically.

Regis pretty much has the right of this one. More specifically, Sean has broken from - and taken a tag team from - Eric Tyler, the man who brought him into the business.

...

Has Matthew Keith respected Jeremy Stone? Because with all the A* matches he's had...

What is it, 7 now? 8? I've had ONE (though two more 99s, which must have been rounded ._.).

Versus Art Reed; versus Joey Minnesota; versus Tommy Cornell; versus Johnny Bloodstone; with Jeremy Stone, versus the Kreed; versus Marc Speed; with Jack Bruce, versus Sean McFly and Tommy Cornell; versus Chris Rockwell.

So eight. Which is scary looking at it, but which also means that it's his heel turn that's blasted him to another level. He's at 44% HoI at present, and it does seem likely he'll break his father's time to enter quite comfortably.

Question:
What is the Precision Driller? It's not their default Tag Finisher in my game (and I'm very, very unhappy about that. It's one of the reasons I hired them).

Then, y'know, write it in...

The Precision Driller is one of those crazy tag moves you only see near the top of the indie scene, where the rules are loose enough to allow it but the workers are skilled enough to pull it off. Bobby Thomas positions the victim a la Finlay's Celtic Cross, and Nate Johnson comes off the top with a double-stomp as Bobby sits out.

Another question:
What's your...fifth most expensive contract at?

Sorry, Eiden... I'm not sorting through the sheer number of contracts I have to check. It'll be pretty high, but I've yet to break three figures for anyone... remember, in game time I've barely covered what, 20 months?

[Phantom Stranger]

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Thursday 4th August 2009

Must be 'bout ten years back now, I was grabbing a bite after a show and a kid came up to me. Big lad around 15 years old. Told me it was his dream to be a great pro wrestler like me and whether i might have any advice for him. I looked him dead in the eye and told him, "Learn to tell a story." He waited, like he thought there would be more. I nodded and he took the hint.

He wandered away, muttering about "Keith being an ass".

I'm plenty capable of being an ass, but I wasn't that night. I gave that boy the best piece of advice I can give when it comes to this business.

Folks talk about my boys and how good they are. There probably ain't been no one since McFly and Cornell that were that good that young. That ain't no accident. It ain't just good genetics either - I taught em right.

When I started their training, the boys wanted to learn moves. They wanted to know how to do the finishing moves of all their favorites. But after teaching them the fundamentals - how to take a bump and how to be safe - I taught them how to tell a story. They learned that the story is what makes the match. When you take the story away, a match just becomes a bunch of marginally connected events that take place inside a ring.

I reckon every generation looks down upon the next, feel liking important things are being forgotten or lost. For all the youthful talent this promotion has, I can't help but feel like there is a lack of understanding of the storytelling element. My boys get it. Minnesota gets it. Deeley gets it. But Hawkins, DuBois, Newton, Andrews, Fortune, the Stone kid... They might get it but they only do it so well. It ain't just the young guys either - guys like Art, Marlowe, and even the New Wave boys could all be a lot better. Hell, Jack Bruce could be better, too.

Art likes to say that the greatest gift he ever got in this business was when I taught him the Dread Lock. Think I might have done his career more good if I sat him down and made sure he understood - really, truly understood - the psychology of telling a story in the ring. Art has a good look, amazing athleticism, and if he could elevate that part of his game, he could be on the level of Cornell.

TCW has me, Cornell, McFly, the Stone boys, Bloodstone, big Pete Hall... Some of the best in-ring storytellers of our generation and no, I ain't being humble when I say that. We all try to pass on what we know - anyone who respects this business does that, since its the only way it survives. But we can only do so much.

By the way, that kid did follow that dream and he's been wrestling for a few years now. He's been working in that promotion down in Puerto Rico. Saw one of his matches awhile back... couldn't tell a story worth a damn...

Saturday August 6th 2009
I had genuinely forgotten about Malice in Chains when Joel brought it up in a planning meeting last month. We could probably actually go back to running Malice as well as the Shot at the Top match at the Malice in Wonderland PPV these days – we have the depth of talent the fans consider top-tier to pack Malice in Chains while leaving star power over for the other money matches and a couple of almost-theres to hang with the young contenders in Shot at the Top – but it doesn't seem like a good idea.

So, we're rebuilding the brand elsewhere; Joel suggested we use it to further hype Wolf's challengers while Wolf is locked into a feud with Tommy, and it makes a lot of sense – and gives Hotter Than Hell a pre-made moment, the return of a successful match brand after three and a half years of downtime.

I'm not looking forward to my schedule for the next couple of days; as soon as Tommy's cut his final promo of the show, he, me, and the ever popular “Lenny from Accounts” are flying out to Marseilles, in France, to speak to one of the European cable networks.

The hope is that our past year and a half of PPV and TV coverage has grown our European and UK markets to the point where they'll sustain a second show – Saturday Night Showcase – to help build our talent recognition over there.

...excuse me.

Right, sorry about that. I just reread this entry. “Talent recognition. “Match brand”. “Grown our markets.” I felt dirty, but a double-scotch helped with that.

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A new home for TCW to round out the decade?

The start of 2009 saw us expand properly into Canada, and the house show loop through there is now almost as profitable as the house show loop through America. Opening up avenues in Europe isn't as handy, for purely logistical reasons – but it is important, at present, for one other reason.

Tommy Cornell has set his heart on a big London return, and to make sure that show doesn't collapse, we're going to need to make sure TCW has everything it takes to blow the fans away.

Realistically, for a PPV by the world's biggest company, that audience spans most of Europe, too, as we come closer to them than we've ever been.

So fingers crossed...

[ajcrible]

Writing Floyd Bowman promos is far too much fun.


**** yes it is! :)

Oh, and I love the new Texas Outlaws - I think Texas Pete and RDJ perfectly fit the mold. Though I may have to steal the 'Outlaw rule' eventually (I - like you, apparently - can't help but compare the Outlaws to the Freebirds...)

[critical-23]

Random KUDOS for the interesting New Wave moment where the ref tosses the tag line. A thousand thoughts were running through my mind when I read that part. KUTGW!

[Phantom Stranger]

**** yes it is! :)

Oh, and I love the new Texas Outlaws - I think Texas Pete and RDJ perfectly fit the mold. Though I may have to steal the 'Outlaw rule' eventually (I - like you, apparently - can't help but compare the Outlaws to the Freebirds...)

The comparison jumps out for the making. They're not the same, but they're there...

I've dropped references to the Outlaw Rule in behind-the-scenes stuff before, but this is the first time we've come out and said it in-show.

RDJ hasn't lost a step - or an inch of the fans' support - but he's not putting out results the way some of the others can at the moment. The Outlaws should keep people happy in the crowds while Pete in particular learns and hones his skills.

Random KUDOS for the interesting New Wave moment where the ref tosses the tag line. A thousand thoughts were running through my mind when I read that part. KUTGW!

There's something about a heel trick that's not discovered even by the audience until later that I absolutely love. I'm not sure why.

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A major main event tonight - but you can't say anything bad about the quality of the other matches we have on tap in the Ottawa Rams Stadium tonight!

The Machines will go head to head with Eric Tyler and Freddy Huggins. With the School of Tradition weakened by recent desertion, expect Tyler to rebuild and refocus - and as he requested this match, expect that to start tonight.

A new arrival in the competitive TCW Womens division will be looking to prove herself. No stranger to the Canadian fans she'll be performing in front of, the woman known as Melody has her work cut out for her in Stephanie Wade.

Sammy Bach has made headlines whenever he's collided with the Bloody-Handed God, Eddie Peak. Stand by for a similar effect, as he faces another fast, dangerous big man - Rhino Umaga requested the matchup, stating only that he wants to "test a theory." What that theory is and what it involves, we can only guess.

Tag team champions GenOme go up against the All Action Champion and his partner, Team VIPER, in a non-title contest. Can Team KOBRA score a huge psychological victory tonight?

More of Team KOBRA are in action, too, as Koshiro Ino looks to set an example - facing off with Edd Stone's bosom buddy, Champagne Lover. Neither man has anything but talent, but they need that brilliant match to prove themselves - and it could happen here.

A qualifying match for Malice in Chains is also on the docket. We know that Rick Law will be competing, but Mr Cornell has refused to release details on who else is in action.

And in the main event, two massive arguments coincide - Aaron Andrews teams with Troy Tornado to take on Jack Bruce and Joey Minnesota.

Prediction Key:
Machines vs. Tyler & Huggins

Melody vs. Stephanie Wade

Rhino Umaga vs. Sammy Bach

GenOme w/ Phil Vibert vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily (non-title)

Champagne Lover vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Rick Law vs. ????

Aaron Andrews & Troy Tornado vs. Jack Bruce & Joey Minnesota

[Zergon]

Machines vs. Tyler & Huggins
Usually I would go other way around but that preview actually made me change my mind this time. Tyler starts his rebuild with a win here, though it won´t be clean.

Melody vs. Stephanie Wade
I go with more established star

Rhino Umaga vs. Sammy Bach
Umaga is still jobber and he won´t start his winning ways here.

GenOme w/ Phil Vibert vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily (non-title)
Yes it´s non-title but Team VIPER isn´t on the same level than the champions.

Champagne Lover vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
Coin flip but Lover is tag guy right now while Ino is leader of a stable, to me that means that Ino needs the win more.

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Rick Law vs. ????
Mystery man is always a good bet but since Law succested the Malice in Chains match is quite likely that he will get in it as well.

Aaron Andrews & Troy Tornado vs. Jack Bruce & Joey Minnesota
Draw, between Generation Omega and two rock bands there just are too many guys who will likely interfere here so this will become an all out mess.

[Blake Trask]

Machines vs. Tyler & Huggins

Having just lost by far the best performers in the stable, I think the School of Tradition needs a win or two.

Melody vs. Stephanie Wade

Can't see an unestablished Melody going over here.

Rhino Umaga vs. Sammy Bach

Rhino's good, but he needs to make a bit more of name for himself before beating Bach.

GenOme w/ Phil Vibert vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily (non-title)

GenOme are strong champs, and I think their belts have more weight than Shingen's.

Champagne Lover vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

Hunch.

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Rick Law vs. ????

Self-professed Law fangirl.

Aaron Andrews & Troy Tornado vs. Jack Bruce & Joey Minnesota

Agree with Zergon - draw. Doesn't seem like the right time for a decisive win in these feuds.

[Oregano Jensen]

Machines vs. Tyler & Huggins

You know what? I see what you guys are saying, but I can't pick against the Machines.

Melody vs. Stephanie Wade

Melody is better at wrestling!

Rhino Umaga vs. Sammy Bach

Rhino is Tana's sidekick. Main guy in feud > sidekick, given that I don't expect Tana to pull anything mid-match.

GenOme w/ Phil Vibert vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily (non-title)

Team VIPER isn't even a fringe title contender at this point.

Champagne Lover vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

I like Ino, and he needs a push.

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Rick Law vs. ????

Law always gets a bit lost in the shuffle due to having the B-show, but he's a quality worker who always does a good job.

Aaron Andrews & Troy Tornado vs. Jack Bruce & Joey Minnesota

They're better workers. And giving the heels a win in a match like this doesn't settle either feud.

[Bigpapa42]

Machines vs. Tyler & Huggins

Melody vs. Stephanie Wade

Rhino Umaga vs. Sammy Bach

GenOme w/ Phil Vibert vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily (non-title)

Champagne Lover vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Rick Law vs. ????

Aaron Andrews & Troy Tornado vs. Jack Bruce & Joey Minnesota

[Regis]

Machines vs. Tyler & Huggins
Since the end of their time in the Syndicate, the Machines have been also-rans. They have top-tier potential, but have been stuck outside of top-tier feuds. With that in mind, I can see them taking a loss here (Riders interfere, maybe) to establish someone else.

Melody vs. Stephanie Wade
Because she's had a plotline.

Rhino Umaga vs. Sammy Bach
Because he's awesome.

GenOme w/ Phil Vibert vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily (non-title)
After an absence from TV, the champs need to be kept looking strong and relevant.

Champagne Lover vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
Because Ino is badass, and Lover doesn't really have a programme.

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Rick Law vs. ????
Never bet against ????

Aaron Andrews & Troy Tornado vs. Jack Bruce & Joey Minnesota
Got to go for the clusterf*ck draw.

[jsnypade33]

Machines vs. Tyler & Huggins

Melody vs. Stephanie Wade

Rhino Umaga vs. Sammy Bach

GenOme w/ Phil Vibert vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily (non-title)

Champagne Lover vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Rick Law vs. ????

Aaron Andrews & Troy Tornado vs. Jack Bruce & Joey Minnesot

[Tigerkinney]

Machines vs. Tyler & Huggins
Usually I would go other way around but that preview actually made me change my mind this time. Tyler starts his rebuild with a win here, though it won´t be clean.

Melody vs. Stephanie Wade
I go with more established star

Rhino Umaga vs. Sammy Bach
Umaga is still jobber and he won´t start his winning ways here.

GenOme w/ Phil Vibert vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily (non-title)
Yes it´s non-title but Team VIPER isn´t on the same level than the champions.

Champagne Lover vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
Coin flip but Lover is tag guy right now while Ino is leader of a stable, to me that means that Ino needs the win more.

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Rick Law vs. ????
Mystery man is always a good bet but since Law succested the Malice in Chains match is quite likely that he will get in it as well.

Aaron Andrews & Troy Tornado vs. Jack Bruce & Joey Minnesota
Draw, between Generation Omega and two rock bands there just are too many guys who will likely interfere here so this will become an all out mess.

Zergon's picks look good to me, so I'll go with those.

[Phantom Stranger]

Sorry about the slower rate of shows, guys.

The show is now written, but formatting takes half an hour or so and I've got to head out soon. Expect it around midnight UK time.

[Tigerkinney]

Sorry about the slower rate of shows, guys.

The show is now written, but formatting takes half an hour or so and I've got to head out soon. Expect it around midnight UK time.

I wouldn't worry about it, you're at a quicker rate than me this month :D

Anyway, I'm still going to be on board with this, no matter how quick or slow your churning out the shows. Quality is more important than quantity.

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 2 August 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 14.58)
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

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The Machines vs. Tyler & Huggins
With the Machines recent PPV victory, they're clear fan favourites – and they're on a roll.

What's kind of surprising is just how determined Freddy Huggins is to fight on their level. He works in just about every major move he has other than the Huggins Kiss – which Anderson clearly has scouted; as Freddy goes for it, Anderson drops to one knee, taking the other foot out from under Freddy, and looks to turn him over into an Indian deathlock – but Freddy kicks him clear, tagging out.

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Tyler promptly engages Sam Sparrow's attention, and Anderson runs headlong into a kick from Frankie Dee, abruptly present on the apron.

Dee enters the ring and Hill does too – but Huggins is also willing to come in, and while Tyler argues with the ref, a brawl breaks out.

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That draws in Marc Speed. The man advantage allows them to isolate Dee, bringing the pain, and Hill bundles him over the top rope with a clothesline.

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The third Machine rolls out to collect Dee and draw him away – which leaves Anderson vulnerable when Acid soars from the top turnbuckle, crashing down with the Acid Rain Bomb.

As Acid rolls out of the ring, Tyler sets aside his argument and charges; Brent goes crashing into the turnbuckle, then down to the mat from a DDT – and Tyler moves to cover Anderson, securing the pinfall.
Tyler & Huggins defeated the Machines
Rating: B

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Melody vs. Stephanie Wade
Melody receives a fairly warm welcome from the crowd – that portion of the Ottawa audience that cares about womens' wrestling knows Melody well from her time here before. Nonetheless, it's pretty obvious – the majority of those in the Rams stadium aren't present for the match, spending their time at the merchandise stand or getting food.

And despite that, it's an excellent debut; Melody and her opponent coax a strong reaction out of their audience by the end, with an even contest that ends with Melody gaining the upper hand for a moment. She looks for the Melody Maker – and Wade pushes her clear.

A superkick hits a fraction of a second later, and Wade makes a very firm cover to be sure of victory.
Stephanie Wade defeated Melody
Rating: B-

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Tommy Cornell is standing in the corridors backstage as the camera comes to him. “We're live, sir,” a voice reports from behind the camera.

Cornell nods. “Who won?”

“Wade.”

He considers, then nods again. “Alright,” he says. “Good fighter, that.” He looks at the camera. “I wanted this on record,” he says, and smirks. “Might be funny. C'mon.”

The camera follows him around a corner and to a locker room door, one he hammers on.

“Course,” he says. “I might just really want the footage when it comes to a breach of contract suit. Get ready to call the EMTs.”

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And the door opens... with Remo on the other side of it. The big man's usual impassive face breaks into a slight smile.

“Yeah?”

“Need to talk to DuBois.”

Remo's expression drops in temperature about twenty degrees instantly.

“You want to, sure,” he says, stepping back. “Hey, Can't-Miss,” he calls. “You got a visitor.”

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DuBois strolls over, and a couple of moments later Hawkins joins him.

“When am I getting you in the ring, hotshot?” Wolf sneers. “You don't try it, I will break your company to get the match.”

“Sure you boys all want your money train to die up?” Cornell asks casually.

Remo sneers. “Don't matter to Remo. I'm here because it's where the worthwhile targets are. Nothin' more.”

DuBois shrugs. “Speakin' for myself, I'm on a pay or play contract. Company can die, but whoever picks over the trash is still going to be paying me.”

“And that's how you want this to go?”

The 'Can't Miss Prospect' smirks slightly. “I'm here to get the win bonus on top,” he says. “Any way I have to.”

“Good to hear,” Cornell says. “Listen, sunbeam, why I stopped by is I want to make your day – you've got a match tonight. Rick Law. Make it by him, and you're in Malice in Chains this month.

“You could be taking the belt off Wolf next month. All the best, eh?”

He sets off down the corridor, and the camera stays on the three Generation Omega men. Hawkins catches DuBois eyeing him up speculatively, and frowns.

Remo snorts. “Don't worry, boys. He's gonna have a baaaad month.”

“You guarantee it?” Hawkins asks, determined.

Remo grins. “Hell, no. You know Remo don't play that way. I ain't doing this for you.”

He looks the camera right in the eye. “You got some other place to be,” he says. “Take off.”

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Rhino Umaga vs. Sammy Bach
There's a fair amount of speculation by the announcers, during this match, about Umaga's motivation for requesting the match.

Most of that speculation hinges on the assumption, from the two's records in TCW, that a win here is probably beyond Umaga. He seems...

It's hard to say, but he seems to be testing theories, looking to see what kind of speed he can go at. The dropkick he throws at one point surprises the crowd, waking them up and getting them into the match – and it's a pretty close contest throughout; Bach has a slight speed advantage, but not as much as you'd think, and that leaves Umaga's strength advantage against Bach's years of big-stage experience.

Despite it all, however, in the end Bach is able to topple Umaga, forcing a submission to the Bach on Your Back.
Sammy Bach defeated Rhino Umaga
Rating: B

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“Excuse me, Mr Vibert,” Autumn Gleeson calls as GenOme, tag team championship belts around their waists, walk toward the entrance area, their manager in tow.

Phil stops for a moment, looking at her, with eyes raised.

“I'm sure the fans want to know how Generation Omega is looking at the situation Tommy Cornell created earlier in the show,” she says.

“Do you have any thoughts on that?”

Vibert smiles his used-car-salesman smile. “Let me do you a favour, Autumn,” he says. “Let me tell you something different. Let me tell you about what's coming up for GenOme. After all, we all know you love your... tag team action.” He leers, and Gleeson rolls her eyes.

“Of course,” Vibert continues, “maybe you wouldn't be interested. After all, both teams have managers already. No... room... for you.”

“I already have a team,” she fires back angrily. “They just need to prove themselves and get TCW contracts.”

Newton snorts. “That could take a while.”

Gleeson frowns. “Says the man who lucked in on an invitational contract.”

Vibert just smirks. “Let me do you a favour, Autumn,” he says. “Don't bring your team here. They're just going to get run over. This is GenOme's world – and we're about to demonstrate it.”

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GenOme w/ Phil Vibert
vs.
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Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily
The KOBRA men do their very best here, and GenOme do genuinely look like they're being pushed hard; but they also have a focus, a clear agenda. It's never more clear than when, after Ota tags out, looking to get a rest, Newton grabs a collar-and-elbow tie up, marches Miyazaki back into his corner, then releases the hold to immediately hit a standing dropkick.

Shingen cannons backward into his tag partner, forcing Ray Johnson to call the blind tag. By this point Newton's already outside the ring, keeping the focus on Ota, keeping him from resting, making sure he remains under attack, until Davis is able to pin him with a Fisherman's Suplex, Perez acting fast to cut the All Action Champion off from his partner.
GenOme defeated Team VIPER
Rating: B

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Champagne Lover vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
There were moments where this contest really could have gone either way. Ino hits with power and his mat game is solid; Lover is faster, his mat game equally good.

And both of them are very determined... Ino gets the early advantage, looking to keep it with a methodical, almost stalking approach to the battle, but once Lover counters a butterfly suplex – twisting in midair to shift his balance, he manages to break free of the hold, turning it into a sunset flip – he's able to set the pace, turning it from a slow, stalking affair to a fast, vicious encounter as he dissects the Kobra Commander, setting up for the Lover Stunner to end it.
Koshiro Ino defeated Champagne Lover
Rating: B-

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Down comes the rest of Team KOBRA and Baroness Emily once again dishes out discipline with the bokken, all three competitors taking punishment. The camera picks up a smirk on Thunder Snake's lips as he nods with each impact.

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MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
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Marc DuBois w/Phil Vibert vs. Rick Law
Law faces down DuBois, who just smirks, as the match begins.

He's not smirking for much longer. Law has the power advantage, but while DuBois works to overcome that advantage, the big lawman just has his sights on winning.

It looks like DuBois has been forced onto the back foot, working purely defensively, but Dangerous isn't sure.

“You ask me,” he says, “DuBois is stalling. He's just trying to prevent the match ending early.”

“It's not like Rick has no stamina,” Azaria comments. “So what's that gameplan?”

“He's waiting for something,” Dangerous says grimly.

This gets clearer as the match goes on; after a few near-falls, DuBois shifts up a gear into mind games, baiting Law – slaps, jibes, anything he can do to infuriate the usually unflappable lawman. That means he's got to shrug off a lot of punishment, but it keeps Law too focused on inflicting damage to go for pins.

And then Vibert is up on the apron. Seeing that sign, DuBois bails.

Law follows.

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Marlowe nails Law from hiding with a nightstick.

Marc DuBois rolls back into the ring as Jack Marlowe lays in a vicious beating, drawing blood with his second shot, then hitting four more, carefully placed. He rolls a dazed Law back into the ring; DuBois nails the Marc of Excellence; the pin's guaranteed from that moment.
Marc DuBois defeated Rick Law
Rating: B-

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Aaron Andrews & Troy Tornado vs. Jack Bruce & Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert
The opening pair are Jack Bruce and Aaron Andrews, and the initial exchange of holds rapidly escalates, with Aaron throwing the first punch, Bruce retaliating with a kick to the gut and a European uppercut attempt which Andrews catches midway, twisting the arm into a hammerlock, going behind and releasing the arm only after driving his forearm into Bruce's shoulder.

Azaria is in the middle of calling that unwise in terms of countering Bruce's big moves when Aaron follows up. It's nothing fancy – just a stomping kick to the back of Jack's knee, driving him to the floor. Andrews goes for a headlock and Bruce powers up into a back suplex.

Tornado demands in and Aaron decides to give him what he wants; Jack sees the grin and tags out.

Joey charges; Troy gets his boot up as a counter, but the Generation Omega man was ready for that, ducking it and using it for a quick roll up. That gets two – on shock as much as anything else.

The two men pop up and Minnesota opens with a chop. Not to be outdone, Tornado throws a punch, a quick left jab. The two trade blows for a few moments but Troy gets the upper hand, buying himself time to hit the discus punch and drop Minnesota.

Bruce yells at Joey, and Joey rolls back, rises, and charges in with a forearm. The former DaVE man staggers Tornado, then hits a snap suplex to put him on the mat – and Bruce wants back in!

Joey tags out and Bruce looks to throw forearms of his own. They work, but Jack backs up for a charge and Troy catches him on the run in, looking to try for the Tornado Driver – but Bruce has that scouted, escaping and bailing from the ring.

Tornado busts out a rarity – the over-the-top-rope charging Stage Dive, bearing Jack to the ground. He picks Bruce up, shoves him into the guardrail, and starts peppering him with punches. A cutaway shows Joey Minnesota watching, arms resting lazily on the top rope, half-smiling. It seems as if the Generation Omega man is enjoying himself, just watching the damage being done.

Bruce finally ducks a punch, grabbing Troy from behind, and drops out into an inverted DDT on the mat. He rolls back in to break the count, pausing to gloat, and heads back to the outside, looking to whip Tornado to the ringpost – but Troy counters, sending Jack face first into the post.

With the Darkwave frontman draped there, head-first against the metal, Troy sees an opening. He hops up onto the guardrail, then sails across to land the Star Maker against the back of Bruce's head, sandwiching it between impact and ringpost. Bruce collapses to the mat, bleeding.

“You want blood?” Tornado yells. “You got it!” He rolls back into the ring, tagging out, and Andrews pauses.

That pause is a mistake; Vibert wanders close, and while Andrews is looking at him, Minnesota sneaks in, grabbing Aaron from behind to hit a straitjacket backbreaker. He covers, looking to effectively end the match with a single move, rub in his superiority, but Aaron gets a shoulder up.

“He's not the legal man!” Tornado yells, and Sparrow waves it off – but then, a cutaway shows that the legal man hasn't moved since the Star Maker, and as Dangerous says, that whole sequence pushed definitions of legal hard.

Joey Minnesota, meanwhile, is a house on fire. He peppers Andrews with one shot after another then scoops him onto his shoulders, looking for the Empire Spiral -

Troy Tornado leisurely sticks his leg in between second and top rope, and kicks Minnesota in the stomach. A beleaguered Andrews takes the momentum of his opponent doubling over and turns it into a spin-out DDT before tagging out.

Troy gets an admonition from Sparrow for interfering, but brushes it aside as Azaria notes that, really, the only thing to measure between Painful Procedure and Darkwave is what kind of music you like – and while any combination of the two bands are in a match, you can't expect either side to willingly play by the rules.

He picks Minnesota up and whips him to the ropes, calling for the Tornado Driver; on his return, however, Joey rolls with the momentum, snapping Troy over with a headscissors, then grounding him to fire off four or five punches. Sparrow makes him break, then, so he picks Tornado up and whips him to the corner.

He boosts him to the top, then goes up after him, looking for a superplex. Troy punches his way out of the hold, though, then launches himself over Joey, grabbing his head in an inverted top-rope blockbuster. ONE, TWO, THR- Minnesota gets his foot on the ropes.

Tornado shakes his head, setting up for a powerbomb, but Minnesota pulls off the Makuda Roll, passing straight through the lift and down the other side. ONE, TWO, TH- Tornado kicks out. Back to his feet but Minnesota's there first, cutting him off with a clothesline. A staggered and stunned Tornado tags out as Minnesota beckons Andrews in, grinning fiercely.

The two collide, and once again, Andrews' first lariat puts Joey on his back to resounding cheers. This time he doesn't make the mistake of following up with more; instead, he scores with the spinebuster! ONE, TWO, TH- Joey kicks out!

Minnesota is on the back foot, and Andrews looks to capitalise. A scoop slam follows, and a grounded elbow drop – but these two were tag partners, and Joey rolls clear. Aaron takes a moment to check on the elbow and Joey has it into a hammerlock, driving knees into the twisted joint, taking the Game Breaker out of the equation. He scoops him up and looks for the Minnesota Salute – Andrews ducks, nailing a neckbreaker out of desperation, and dives for the tag.

In comes Troy. A Star Maker attempt is evaded by Joey, who hits a snap suplex and floats to the cover – one, two, and Tornado gets the shoulder up.

“Getting on for time,” Azaria says. “We could see a draw... and for the last four minutes, Joey Minnesota has been fighting effectively a handicap match.”

Joey stomps away, then hauls Troy roughly to his feet. He grabs an inverted headlock, looking for a Dragon Sleeper variant, but he can't quite hold it -

Troy hits a backflip kick out of nowhere, his boot practically caving in Joey's temple. One, two, three!
Aaron Andrews & Troy Tornado defeated Jack Bruce & Joey Minnesota
Rating: A*

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Music begins to play as the big screen comes to life; at home, the well-remembered video introducing the Malice in Chains match concept begins to play.

A giant, empty, circular structure... it could be a steel framework for a house, at this point...

Liberty slams Tommy Cornell into the 'bulletproof glass' of a pod door, his own face a mess of blood...

“This will not stand, you know? This aggression will not stand, ************!”

Lengths of steel chain are woven around the structure, a confining, restricting lattice...

Rip Chord, in one of his last matches, hits the Rip Chord DDT onto the steel-grid floor. Genghis Rahn's face drips blood onto unpainted metal.

“Malice in Chains is the sickest thing I've ever been involved with.”

Sam Strong, business-suited, stands in the ring as the Chains structure is constructed around him.

“I thank God I retired when I did. This match... is beyond anything anybody should have to contend with.”

Ricky Dale Johnson rails at Karen Killer as BLZ Bubb's ally prevents the ref from releasing his pod, allowing him to fight.

“Every year, the chance to fight for the title in Malice comes up. And every year, it takes me a month to be ready. One day I'll lose my nerve entirely – but until then, I'll keep fighting.”

Peter Valentine takes a brutal elbow drop from rare smaller entrant Electrico – leaping from the top of a pod to drive his body home.

“The name doesn't do that match justice. I coughed up blood for a week.”

A younger Cornell, bleeding visibly, HGC title resting on his lap as the EMTs stitch up a long gash across his shoulder, stares at the camera. “Was it worth it? For the World Championship?

“If I had to, I'd go in again... but thank Christ I've got another year before it'll happen.”

Show Rating: A

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 2 August 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


In the opening contest, Eternal Party and the Kreed battled to a spectacular draw – with an assault targeting Art Reed by Wolf Hawkins, and another by Canadian Elemental taking out Edd Stone, the match was ruled a double-disqualification. (Rating: A)
Sam Keith confronted his wayward son backstage, warning him that even among the Japanese wrestlers who'd used the Asian mist on multiple occasions, no one was crazy enough to try it every match. He warned him that Rockwell and Hall were not to be dismissed as opponents, and pointed out what Matthew had accomplished in his first year in the business. Matthew told his father to worry more about Wolf Hawkins.
In a four-man match, Merle O'Curle forced a submission from Billy Fonda while RDJ and Marat Khoklov battled outside the ring. (Rating: B)
The tag partners of the four men in that contest then faced off, with Texas Pete delivering the Lone Star Drop to the American Buffalo – an impressive sight – to score a pinfall before Morgan could lock in the Wigan Wrench on the powerful Peter Hopper. (Rating: B)
Texas Outlaws faced off with the British Lions while the announce team speculated on which duo should face Generation Omega at Hotter Than Hell. Gleeson favoured the established Lions, while Silver plumped for the Outlaws.
Amber Allen teamed with JeriLynn Stone against Cherry Bomb and Tamara McFly, with the favoured pair losing in a shock moment when Gorgon once again hit the Hydra Bomb to JeriLynn outside the ring, leaving Cherry Bomb to pin Allen off a spinebuster. JeriLynn is still wearing the armband with the pink lettering. (Rating: B-)
Sam Keith turned out a sterling performance against a talented young prospect, but only defeated Zimmy by disqualification when Wolf Hawkins again interfered in a match, this time laying out the challenger to his title. Azaria noted that Zimmy had done well simply by lasting nineteen minutes against the legend. (Rating: B+)
It was revealed that Rick Law had laid out a challenge to Jack Marlowe for the main event, and when the Enforcer did not immediately come out for the match, Law warned Marlowe that for costing him a place in Malice in Chains, he'd make sure the Enforcer would face justice. Marlowe came out to say that Law had no legal right to judge, and that there was no reason to take this match – not until there was something worth fighting for on the line. He then instructed Eugene Williams to count him out, giving Law the unsatisfying victory.


Show Rating: B+

[MrOnu]

Finally caught up after a couple weeks where I was mostly absent from the board. And I'm surely glad I did !

[Phantom Stranger]

Finally caught up after a couple weeks where I was mostly absent from the board. And I'm surely glad I did !

Well, we're glad to still have you on board. I think a lot of folks are responding to the Rise of Art Reed... it's only August, and it already seems bizarre that Reed's failure to take off is why it wasn't a straight Syndicate/Bombshell's Boys battle in February.

But he's rolling at speed now... and I couldn't be happier.

[Phantom Stranger]

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The second week of August is coming to an end, and we have two of the competitors for Malice in Chains already lined up - and this Saturday a major moment is coming. Mr Cornell has confirmed that on Saturday Night Showcase the third and fourth slots in Malice in Chains will be set in stone. Not only that, but the Tag Team Championships will be defended in the main event.

So without further ado, let's see what's on the slate...

Julian Watson faces one of TCW's recent success stories in Marc Speed as the show opens. Speed has been dangerous no matter his opponent, to date, but Watson has the veteran experience - and he shouldn't be ruled out.

Tag team action to follow, as Elimination Protocol look to get their first win on the board against Golden Law. With Rick Law's focus on Jack Marlowe - or whoever hired Marlowe to make sure Law didn't qualify for Malice in Chains - the Protocol has a very real chance to divide and conquer.

Giant Tana has been pretty successful since returning to TCW screens, but so has his opponent this week - the living legend Pistol Pete Hall. Both men will be looking for a win to help their cause as the month rolls on.

Making her debut in the next match is talked-about youngster Zoe Ammis. Her opponent is former TCW Womens Champion Kate Dangerous - meaning Ammis is up for a tough test. But we know she's good - nobody gets into TCW unless they can outdo the thousands of other wrestlers out there. Is she good enough?

In the first of the Malice in Chains qualifiers, Art Reed's teammate gets his shot. Up against Greg Keith is the partner of the International Champion. Champagne Lover may be looking to outdo his ally - from what we've seen of his attitude, it really wouldn't surprise us. And with his talent, he might even do it.

The second qualifier is likely to generate some real attention. On one side is Greg's twin brother, the apparent heir to the secret of the Asian Mist, Matthew Gauge. On the other is the first challenger to have actually held the TCW World Heavyweight Championship before - Johnny Bloodstone. You don't want to miss this one!

In the main event, Tommy Cornell has decided that after two major teams cancelled out one another's statement on Friday night, he will allow GenOme to defend the belts before Hotter Than Hell - against Tommy Cornell and Art Reed - while the question between the Texas Outlaws and the British Lions is resolved. Cornell stated that "since Art has a partner and a match at the PPV, if we win, the Outlaws and the Lions can face off for the belt at Hotter Than Hell. If not, we'll figure something out."

Prediction Key:
Julian Watson vs. Marc Speed

Elimination Protocol vs. Golden Law

Giant Tana vs. Pistol Pete Hall

Kate Dangerous vs. Zoe Ammis

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Champagne Lover vs. Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Matthew Keith

TCW Tag Team Championships
GenOme (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Art Reed & Tommy Cornell w/ Blonde Bombshell

[Blake Trask]

Julian Watson vs. Marc Speed

Marc's the third Machine, Julian is directionless.

Elimination Protocol vs. Golden Law

Much too established.

Giant Tana vs. Pistol Pete Hall

Pete's old and here, if I'm not mistaken, to train. Tana's gunning for a title.

Kate Dangerous vs. Zoe Ammis

Bigger name.

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Champagne Lover vs. Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Because Greg, Art AND Matt in the event would make it very interesting indeed.

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Matthew Keith

THE MIST! BAH GAWD THE MIST!

TCW Tag Team Championships
GenOme (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Art Reed & Tommy Cornell w/ Blonde Bombshell

But by DQ or some form of shenanigans.

[Bigpapa42]

Julian Watson vs. Marc Speed

Elimination Protocol vs. Golden Law

Giant Tana vs. Pistol Pete Hall

Kate Dangerous vs. Zoe Ammis

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Champagne Lover vs. Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Matthew Keith

TCW Tag Team Championships
GenOme (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Art Reed & Tommy Cornell w/ Blonde Bombshell

[Zergon]

Julian Watson vs. Marc Speed
Watson is lost in the shuffle and needs a map to get out, Speed on the other hand is third Machine and though they haven´t done all that much lately he´s still way above Watson.

Elimination Protocol vs. Golden Law
Protocol continues to job.

Giant Tana vs. Pistol Pete Hall
Hall picks up another win.

Kate Dangerous vs. Zoe Ammis
Kate is former women champion so she should go over newcomer.

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Champagne Lover vs. Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
Coin flip as both are tag guys but I think that if both Keith twins get in that might make more interesting story for the match...

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Matthew Keith
...which of course means that Matthew has to go over here.

TCW Tag Team Championships
GenOme (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Art Reed & Tommy Cornell w/ Blonde Bombshell
It´s hard to go against Tommy in this situation but I just don´t see him being a tag champ espesially not with Reed who already are in a good tag team... actually it´s so hard to go against Tommy that I give him and Reed a DQ win simply because I´m not sure if Newton is ready to go over someone as popular as Tommy.

[Regis]

Julian Watson vs. Marc Speed
JOBBER!

Elimination Protocol vs. Golden Law
JOBBERS!

Giant Tana vs. Pistol Pete Hall
Hall's here for a reason, and Tana's a goofy comedy guy. Maybe Edd Stone goes after him? Yeah, Edd-erference.

Kate Dangerous vs. Zoe Ammis
Holy Sh*t, Kate, where have you been?

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Champagne Lover vs. Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
Because having both the brothers in would be awesome.

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Matthew Keith
Because Asian Mist, because Greg vs. Matt.

TCW Tag Team Championships
GenOme (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Art Reed & Tommy Cornell w/ Blonde Bombshell
Stripping them of the belts? Giving them to guys who never beat the champs? Not going to happen. The belts will change hands cleanly.

[Tigerkinney]

Julian Watson vs. Marc Speed

As the third Machine Speed has more direction, Watson is a directionless jobber.

Elimination Protocol vs. Golden Law

Elimination Protocol are jobbers and will be for a while yet.

Giant Tana vs. Pistol Pete Hall

The legend continues to build himself up in the TCW ring.

Kate Dangerous vs. Zoe Ammis

Dangerous is a lynchpin of the women's divison, Ammis hasn't done anything of note to warrant going over here.

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Champagne Lover vs. Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Lover got a solid win over Ino (even though you wrongly put Ino as defeating Lover in the result), and I think his push continues to gather momentum here, as though Keith is getting a good push he can still concentrate on the tag ranks.

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Matthew Keith

This one is pretty hard to call, as Bloodstone is a former World Champion, but Keith has been receiving a 'rocket strapped to his backside' type since his heel turn. I'm actually going to call the mild upset here and say that Keith goes over.

TCW Tag Team Championships
GenOme (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Art Reed & Tommy Cornell w/ Blonde Bombshell

This one's so hard to call, I see this going to some kind of draw, whether it be of the time limit or schmozz variety.

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Saturday Night Showcase

Saturday Week 2 August 2009

Live on CBA (Rating 14.90)

Held at the Kettley Arena (Mid South)

Attendance: 23,094

Announcers:
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Duane Fry – Jasmine Saunders – Alanis Springsteen

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Julian Watson vs. Marc Speed
Two good wrestlers here, but only one has been given the chance to develop a following.

Watson does, for the first few minutes, make a pretty good showing, coming out on a level, often, with Speed after a technical exchange. But the Machine starts to wear his opponent down, eventually plucking his leg out from under him to apply the Deadly Heel Hook – and that ends the match.
Marc Speed defeated Julian Watson
Rating: B

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Elimination Protocol vs. Golden Law
The tag contest here isn't a terribly even one, though Elimination Protocol are starting to show signs of finding their feet in TCW, and Fry speculates that as they get used to the constant big-match atmosphere, they'll be more dangerous.

Nonetheless, Rick and Rocky have the advantage here, particularly in terms of power. Unusually, it's Rocky Golden who gets the win, and not even by his usual (of late) Rocky Road low blow. Instead, he catches Jameson with a series of lefts, then boosts him onto his shoulders, locking in the Rack to force the tapout.
Golden Law defeated Elimination Protocol
Rating: B-

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“Hey! What the hell was the point of that?”

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Gorgon looks up from her seat near Edd Stone as Jeremy barges into his brother's locker room. The elder Stone marches up to the Womens Champion. “There was no reason to interfere in my daughter's match,” he growls.

Gorgon simply looks back at him, silent. Jeremy glowers. “You want to think damn carefully before you do anything like that again,” he says. “Beating her in a match is one thing. Just attacking her for no reason is something else.”

The Women's Champion stands. She is a little shorter than Jeremy, but not by much, and her sneer is genuinely chilling. She stalks off.

Jeremy watches her go with narrowed eyes. Edd, meanwhile, has returned his concentration to the TV screen before him, on which, in TCW: Total Mayhem 2009, Giant Tana is duelling with Canadian Elemental - “DLC-only unlockables”, as Fry informs us. Edd watches as Elemental hits Tana with a tilt-a-whirl headscissors, scribbles out a note on a Post-It, and slaps it onto the side of the screen – where it joins a stack of others.

“Why you continue to string her along, I'll never know,” Jeremy sighs.

“I stopped a month ago,” Edd says absently. “I'm just that good at it. Look, bro – this is kind of your fault.”

Jeremy's face clouds over. “What?”

Edd shrugs. “JeriLynn may not have noticed, but Gorgon isn't stupid – and she's noticed you gave JeriLynn a hint last month.

“She wants the title, bro. She's gonna see that as disloyalty.

“You ask me, she plans to teach ya a lesson.”

Jeremy glowers.

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There's a knock at the door; Stone whips around, to find Stephanie Wade there.

“Just stopped by because I figure you two can reach JL,” she says. “You want to tell her I said it sucks she's been targeted?

“Because I don't want any bad feelings if she can't make it to Hotter Than Hell and I have to take the shot.”

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Giant Tana vs. Pistol Pete Hall
Two big men – both of whom are starting to kindle some decent fan following in the TCW crowds – measure up during this contest, and the battle starts to get some serious traction, particularly as neither wrestler seems to be willing to give an inch.

It's actually a pretty nasty looking exchange of blows until Tana aims a thrust kick that Hall sidesteps, leaving Eugene Williams flat out on the mat. Hall promptly looks for the Pistol Whip Lariat, but Tana ducks it, hitting a backdrop suplex instead.

With a grin, he raises his hand, calling on the crowd to get excited for the upcoming Big Fat Samoan Squash, but Edd Stone soars from the top rope, getting a tilt-a-whirl headscissors that brings Tana down. As he rises, Hall is back on him, and this time the Pistol Whip Lariat connects! The three count follows swiftly.
Pistol Pete Hall defeated Giant Tana
Rating: B-

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Kate Dangerous vs. Zoe Ammis
The newcomer Ammis has virtually no fan support in this match, but she has the respect of some of the fans by the time it ends. Kate controls much of the match, but periodically, Ammis will break out something surprising; her focus is on a reasonably good aerial game, but she shows herself willing to throw hands and kicks as well.

It isn't enough, first time out; she drops Dangerous with a straitjacket inverted DDT that Saunders assures us is called the Double Cross, but as the crowd respond it seems to throw her off her game; she hesitates, looking around the crowd for reactions.

By the time she's ready to capitalise, Dangerous is waiting, pulling her into a crucifix pin; Zoe kicks out, but runs into a half-nelson slam reminiscent of Dangerous' father, before Kate finishes her off with a huge Hangtime Moonsault to secure the pin.
Kate Dangerous defeated Zoe Ammis
Rating: B

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Fury of the Storm begins to play and the man who won the main event on Tuesday night heads to the ring.

“You know,” he begins, “I was ready to call this settled at Summer Showdown. I've beaten Bruce in the ring – actually a couple of times – and the gold records on the wall of my gym mean I don't worry too much if I lose a chart battle. That's happened to the Stones, the Beatles, Metallica, hell, it's happened to everyone.

“I made the challenge and you guys answered the call. Darkwave actually squeaked one.

“Well, I can respect that. In music at least, the fans' judgement doesn't lie.

“People have been saying I set that contest up to make a mockery of Brucie boy.” He grins. “Sorry, but that just ain't true. See, thing is, I don't like to play around with people's heads. Basically, I just like to get up in front of a crowd and rip it up.

“Jack, you came after me, you made a point of busting me open, you've been talking about taking my blood. Well, you ain't the only one who knows how to fight. So come on in – jump in the fire!”

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This Corrosion begins to play and Sammy Bach comes out to stand on the entrance ramp. Tornado smirks. “Spineless from the start,” he says,

“Well, come on, Sammy- ungh!”

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Zimmy nails Tornado from behind. A heartbeat later, Ian Harris hits him, too, and the two lift him up so Jack Bruce, as he rolls into the ring, can come off the ropes to hit the New York Minute.

The camera catches Sammy Bach slipping knuckledusters onto his hand, slowly, sensually, making the motion almost sexual – as he always does. He heads down to the ring at a leisurely pace to join in the beatdown.

“Blood will follow blood!” Bruce screams into Tornado's face. Sammy rolls into the ring, drawing his fist back to blast Tornado.

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He doesn't make it, however – instead, he crashes forward onto the mat, face-first, as the crowd roar. Steve Gumble had just nailed him from behind with a Savate Kick. Harris lunges for him, but Gumble's partner was there with the Gunslinger's Revenge.

It's still four on three, and the Painful Procedure trio have their work cut out for them.

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Then Tommy Cornell slides into the ring with a chair. Bach takes it face-first, then Harris. Zimmy turns – but he stops dead out of swing range, a little more savvy about things.

Cornell scoops up the microphone as the brawl comes to a halt.

“Normally, this would be Mayhem Midden's job, and chair-shotting you pack of useless arsewipes would've been Charlie Thatcher's,” he begins. “But Charlie's handling hospital security, which I think translates to chasing nurses, and Ken's laid up in hospital at the moment.

“So here it is, boys – you two want to fight so badly you bring your buddies into it? At Hotter Than Hell, Troy and Jack get to fight in a First Blood match.”

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MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
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Champagne Lover vs. Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
The two men square off as Fry recaps both men's career to date – something Champagne Lover needs slightly more, with his career being longer and not entirely within TCW. His Mexican record is stressed; Greg, on the other hand, simply merits a reminder that he's stolen multiple shows and had a TCW Tag Team Championship run against incredible competition... and only this month does he mark his first year in the sport.

Greg takes a pummeling but simply slips out from under Lover when he goes to mount him in the corner. With the luchador charging, Keith backdrops him over but misses on the quebrada he tries to keep the momentum.

Greg gets up and eats a flying headscissors immediately, this one sending him crashing into the guardrail. Lover moves to capitalise and gets a couple of quick chops off before Greg stops the assault with a quick – and surprisingly vicious – headbutt, then grabs him by that luxurious mane of hair and effectively slings him, face-first, into the corner steps.

He rolls the bleeding Lover back into the ring while Fry and the rest of the announce team debate this surprising temper from Keith – mostly talking about his father's swiftness to try unpleasant tactics throughout his career.

Keith covers, but Lover kicks out, rolls free, and meets Keith's next advance with a dropkick before going outside the ropes – slingshot senton connects and Lover covers fast. One, two – Greg kicks out. Lover looks for a leg-lock, but Greg punches out of the hold and grounds his opponent with a triangle headscissors.

The younger competitor works the hold for a long time before reaching down and grabbing an arm as well, looking to put extra pressure on the hold. Lover braces his feet against the canvas and pushes his back off the mat, tilting Greg back until it becomes a pin cover – one, two – Greg releases the hold to escape the pin.

Champagne Lover makes it back to his feet first, cutting loose with a series of stomps before whipping Greg into the ropes. Keith ducks the lariat, hits the ropes again, and goes for – of all things – a very lucha-styled flying victory roll – one, two, THR- NO!

Elbowing his way to a breather, Lover vaults to the second rope, coming off with a springboard crossbody. That gets two – Keith is whipped to the ropes again – Lover looks for the Champagne Sunrise – Greg catches the leg to block – NEUTRON PLEX! ONE, TWO, THRE – NO!

He starts looking for the Proton Lock, but Lover kicks his way clear. Another springboard crossbody attempt sees Keith roll through this time – one, two – Lover rolls through – one, two – Keith counters to a pinfall – one, two – Lover gets the upper hand – one, two – Greg can't find a way to convert that to a pin, and instead bails across the ring as the crowd explode with support.

A charge by Lover, looking to capitalise – he vaults, looking for a huracanrana – Keith gets his hands in the right place to block it – running powerbomb! ONE, TWO, TH – NO!

How Lover kicked out of that one seems beyond the fans, but he did – and he battles back in, staggering Greg with elbows before a charge off the ropes for a bulldog – Keith counters into the Blue Thunder Bomb, but Lover has that scouted, and this time, like his teammate, YOU CAN'T POWERBOMB CHAMPAGNE LOVER! After the Party's Over he has to scramble to make the cover – ONE, TWO, THRE – NO!

As close as you can get without the three count, but not enough. Both men are more than aware that the time limit is close. Greg manages to fight out of his predicament with a bodyslam out of nowhere, but when he charges to capitalise Lover meets him with an elbow.

Lover vaults to the top rope and uses the momentum for a quebrada, but Greg's waiting. He catches him on his shoulders and looks to apply a standing version of the Proton Lock! The crowd absolutely explode with disbelief, but before he can get it locked in, Lover counters to an armdrag and hits the Lover Stunner! Champagne Sunrise?! NO! Keith avoids it, and Champagne Lover crashes face-first to the mat.

Greg, meanwhile, is hanging onto the ropes to pull himself up. He looks drained, “mentally more than physically,” as Fry puts it, and just collapses backward into a pin attempt – which lets the veteran luchador hook his arms with a leg and an arm, rolling him into a sudden crucifix pin. ONE, TWO, THREE!
Champagne Lover defeated Greg Keith
Rating: A*

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Backstage goes the camera, and in the interview area, Autumn Gleeson smiles at the camera. “Congratulations to Champagne Lover for advancing to Malice in Chains,” she begins. “But congratulations also to Greg Keith for putting up an incredible fight. I think he showed tonight that he shouldn't be considered just his brother's shadow.

“With me at this time are Sean Deeley and Laura Huggins. Sean, this is becoming almost kind of a regular thing for you, but that's hardly your fault – this has been a busy few months on your part.

“It seems like Eric Tyler has some support from Jeremy Stone?”

Deeley half-smiles. “I don't think Jeremy is going to be able to concentrate on me for a while,” he says. “And I think that's probably a good thing. Right about now he's finding out that sometimes, when you surround yourself with bad people, bad things start happening.

“And that's why I'm proud to have helped Merle and Walter break away from the School of Tradition. I guess that makes me even more a target... but so be it. It was the right thing to do, and if I have to go to war with Eric Tyler, then I have to.

“One way or another, one of us will respect the other by the end of this.”

Laura Huggins joins in. “It's not much more than a year since I came to Eric Tyler with my brother's career in mind. Now look – Freddy had been a three time All Action Champion by then, and the past year... when he could have taken that belt anew, or even tried moving up – he's been trapped playing second fiddle.

“Freddy, he's using you. All Eric Tyler wanted you for – all he asks you to do – is help out in other people's matches. You should be better than that...”

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Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Matthew Keith
Keith and Bloodstone just seem to understand each other, instinctively – but they have a tough act to follow, and they both clearly know it.

On another broadcast, this might be the battle that everyone talked about after the fact. In this case... it still comes close. Bloodstone can't quite apply the Bloodstone Mutilation, Keith can't lock in the Proton Lock, and that looks to be the problem that both men have – until, in the eighteenth minute, Keith lets Bloodstone have a spray of vibrant red Mist to the face. “The burning mist!” Saunders yells, while Keith yanks Bloodstone down into the Proton Lock, forcing a submission while Ray Johnson can't see whether or not the Mist has been used.
Matthew Keith defeated Johnny Bloodstone
Rating: A

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In the corridors, Tommy Cornell is dressed to compete. Walking beside him, Sam Keith is not. They pause outside a door, looking at one another, then nod. Cornell knocks as Keith visibly musters his courage.

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A few moments later, Hawkins opens the door.

“By now, your buddies are getting near the ring,” Cornell grins. “This is as close as we get to a fair chat, sunbeam. So listen up.

“You keep talking about wanting to beat me so you can come out of my shadow. You realise, you keep laying out Sam, you jump Art just because he's a lock for Malice...

“Beat these people before they get in the ring with you and no one's ever going to take you seriously.”

Hawkins just sneers. “Is that it?” he asks. “You got Davis and Frankie away just to... do that?”

Cornell shakes his head, promptly booting him in the stomach and dragging him into the corridor – a corridor tall enough to allow him to hit the Rough Ride, it looks like – but he doesn't make it.

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Remo grabs Hawkins by the belt while Cornell's going for the lift, keeping him grounded, and he steps fully into the corridor.

“What Wolf does is his business, not yours,” he growls. “You want to make a thing of this?”

He points at Sam. “That boy's got himself busy anyhow. You're trying to take the belts off the boys just to piss off Wolf?”

Cornell shakes his head. “You've all made yourselves trouble. We take the belts tonight, a real tag team can have them at Hotter Than Hell, and I can start clearing you arseholes out of my company the old-fashioned way.”

Remo just shakes his head. “Just get outta here,” he says. “Oh, and boss man – what you did here? Don't blame it for what's coming. It don't matter to Remo.” He grins. “Remo got his own business to take care of.”

Cornell shakes his head, and he and Keith start walking away. "You know something, Sam?" Cornell asks. "The thing that gets me most is I used to like that little wanker."

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It's a hell of a match, again – GenOme are clearly hungry to prove they can hang with these two big names, and Reed looks to want to pull his own weight alongside Cornell.

Reed and Perez open with a fantastic few minutes of PGHW-style puro excellence before Newton blind tags in. Art shifts gears seamlessly, but he is – perhaps – outwrestled by the Generation Omega youngster with both men working a Canadian technical style, and he seems glad to escape by tag out.

Cornell promptly launches in with his famed two-handed Blade Chop, letting the self-proclaimed Triple Threat know that this is not going to be a simple mat match. Davis promptly steps up his own game a notch, switching gears to brawl with the company owner.

It takes Cornell quite a while before he gets the upper hand on Newton to any significant degree, with Springsteen constantly selling the regular team as dangerous champions. And, to be fair, they do look it; Cornell tags back out after a while and Reed comes back in to resume the wrestling clinic.

Davis, knowing the danger he faces, tags out before he can be too worn down. Frankie looks to continue a hard striker's style, while Cornell, with that typical smirk of his, switches to a mat game.

To save his partner, Newton breaks up a pinfall, then stays in the ring, bringing Reed in as well.

It rapidly becomes a brawl, and while it's a brawl Perez sends Art out of the ring with a huge hook kick. The former All Action Champion then steps through to the apron and follows him out with a huge two-footed stomp.

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While Ray Johnson is dealing with that, however, the crowd sound their disapproval as Remo vaults the guardrail on the far side, slides into the ring, and spears Cornell with a massive, massive impact.

Newton stares at his stablemate, obviously struggling to contain his anger. Remo just shrugs, and rolls out of the ring, deliberately walking right past Ray Johnson's line of sight. Johnson, registering him, wheels to see Cornell obviously out cold, Newton standing over him – and there's a crash from behind him.

Art Reed is draped by the throat over the guardrail – a guardrail which has buckled. Johnson didn't see who did it – just like he didn't see whether it was Remo or Newton who took out Cornell.

Disgusted, with no grounds for the full DQ, Johnson declares the match a no contest.
GenOme fought to a no contest with Art Reed & Tommy Cornell
Rating: A

Show Rating: A

[Eidenhoek]

I'll pick it up later, but two comments:


What? The Stones were a band? I could see Dan Jr. in there, and Edd too. But...Jeremy? He's not the most-oh, you meant the Rolling kind. Riiiiiight.
Greg/Matt's newest move? The Electron Splash. What? They have a submission and an impact move! They might as well have a top rope/pinning move, and it keeps with the series! KEEPS WITH THE SERIES *waits for a Quarkbuster* RNAbomb. Dear god so many great moves!


Oh, and third comment: Ha! Suck it Keith! Gauge is coming for you! (He's not even close is he >_>)

Done. And yeah, good show there. I was going to say Burning Monkey should take the Red Mist and no-sell it (or power up), but somebody changed someone's gimmick.

Well, there is Yellow Mist, I guess, but...or Burning EXILE, though he's a huge ****. Burning Taka****a? Whatever he is in 2008's data. And might be a freelancer.

[Phantom Stranger]

More mists to come, believe me... in time, at least.

Oh, and Greg's really not far behind Matt in skills... but by pushing one at a time, we avoid the necessity of making the story of their push their rivalry. This way, we can interweave it.

[Phantom Stranger]

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Monday 8th August 2009
The big dispute is over, and thankfully so; it's right back to the airport now for a flight back to the States, making sure I'm there in time for Total Wrestling by arriving just gone midnight Tuesday morning.

Europe is a trip I can, usually, do without. Flying out for a show – as we plan to, in good time – I have no problem with. But, effectively, I lost my Sunday at home and my Monday during the day before I have to catch a flight – and I lost them for about three hours' meeting, and I was talking for all of forty-five minutes of that. I didn't even understand more than an hour of it.

Euro Cable Sports 1 doesn't carry any of our programming; as we did with the original launch of Saturday Night Showcase, TCW is treating this as an opportunity for spread out foothold.

Why, you may ask, was I needed? I asked that myself. For the Badge of Honor negotiations, and the original Saturday Night Showcase, my job was to pitch a new product, as the primary creator (or 'scapegoat' as we're also called). My argument was that Saturday Night Showcase is now a proven concept; granted, we're renaming it to Sunday Night Showcase in Europe, but the show has a track record, its format is easily available, and we can supply several months' tapes, to go with the ratings info.

But apparently this wasn't enough for ECS1. They wanted to know that Showcase is going to get more attention... their argument's reasonable, too. ECS1 have a bigger audience share than our current Europe & UK TV contract, carrying Total Wrestling – but SNS has typically pulled slightly lower ratings. So they want to be sure that that's a distribution problem, not that I'm focusing all my interest on Total Wrestling angles.

Well, the good news is simple; we've got a deal with them. Recognition is sure to go up, which is good for both our shows in those markets – and that's good for everyone concerned.

Wednesday 10th August 2009
Normally, after Total Wrestling, I'd either hit the hotel and sleep, or hop onto the redeye, depending on location. This time, I hopped into a rented Mercedes with Jeremy, JeriLynn, and Edd Stone, and we drove for about six hours to the Stone family home.

Why did I do this? Well, Dan Senior makes sure, as a matter of course, that he has access to any TV network worldwide that carries professional wrestling – and his house is certainly the nearest place I'd be able to see the World Level Wrestling tour show.

They usually show only clips of matches, but sometimes, something spectacular happens on the tour but off the big shows – like here – and they show the full match. Edd, JeriLynn, and I sat up into the dawn watching the show, waiting for the main event. Awesome Thunder, World Level Universal Champion, versus my younger son, Kate's twin brother, Adrian Dangerous – a match that ran twenty minutes before the Danger Zone – Adrian's favourite finish – put the match beyond doubt. It's the first time Adrian's been given a company's top title to carry, and I couldn't be prouder.

In the morning, we ate breakfast with Dan Senior and his wife – to Dan's credit, whatever the rumour mill about his problems with Edd, he seems willing to keep the family bonds strong – and piled back into the Mercedes for Jeremy to drive us to the airport.

Sunday 14th August 2009
Well... I never expected uproar over that.

I mentioned before that with the Aaron-Edd program I mostly just blocked out time for them to do something with and gave them the basics of who I felt should come out on top, and they did the rest themselves. I've more or less kept that policy in place whenever it comes to Edd's segments of this feud – Tana's less inventive, and Lee, the man behind the Elemental mask, isn't nearly as confident in these things.

So... when, at the start of the week, I was roughing out the week's cards, Edd asked permission, knowing the segment with Jeremy and Gorgon was coming up, to add something about his own feud to it. Since he was scheduled to mention the clue Jeremy had given his daughter – something we needed to confirm for the fans – I said sure, and told him to tie it in to his later interference.

Today, I've had confirmed that what he did was talk to Tana about interference ideas, and the pair hit on the tilt-a-whirl headscissors. Edd decided to use the video game to set that up, and remind people of Lee, too. So, knowing that he couldn't rely on the camera spotting that at the right moment otherwise, he called our contact at the game company and asked them to put the move together, and they sent him a clip by email. He burned it to DVD and ran it at the appropriate time.

So far, the only thing remarkable about this is Edd's dedication, getting that all set up. But by the time the broadcast ended, our web forum was starting to get complaints.

It turns out that the Tana in the game is too big for someone Elemental's size to be allowed to hit that move. Something to do with its internal rules; I don't really understand it.

People are complaining, anyway. And I can sort of see why the rule is in the game. Most people Tana's size couldn't take the move properly; something like that requires the recipient to be able to do the big flip themselves. Tana's no ordinary super heavyweight.

At any rate, as head booker, this is my responsibility. (Remember what I said about scapegoats?)

Fortunately, the game company rep is happy to do... something... to copies of the game out there, the same thing he did to create the clip. And that'll make Elemental and Edd the only ones who can hit it on Tana.

Apparently this is an 'Easter egg'. All I know is it's a way to placate the fans.

[Eidenhoek]

Edd Stone should auto-counter all powerbomb attempts.

<_<

Except that one time...

[Phantom Stranger]

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Another busy day in TCW, as this coming Tuesday is going to see the last entrant but one into Malice in Chains confirmed. On top of that, Tommy Cornell has arranged what he calls a "gauntlet for Generation Omega's worst [deleted]."

Without further ado, then, the scheduled matches, leading off with the Easy Riders taking on an unusual challenge in the duo of Chance Fortune and Ultimate Phoenix. The Riders haven't as much experience as they might want in facing primarily aerial foes, so this could potentially be a chance for a major upset.

Singles action follows that, as two longstanding underdogs in TCW will get the chance to make a statement against one another - Danny Fonzarelli goes solo against Freddy Huggins.

Another unusual team-up is scheduled after that. Elimination Protocol are the tag division regulars, but their opponents are the ones who scheduled the match - more specifically, Rhino Umaga requested a tag match alongside Canadian Elemental. Between this and his request for a solo match against Sammy Bach recently, Umaga has a lot of us in the tcw.com offices wondering what's on his mind.

An all-DaVE reunion was booked from his hospital bed by Mayhem Midden, who's requested Joey Minnesota be put up against Eddie Peak. The former DaVE Brass Knuckles Champion and current Generation Omega warhorse will lock up with the former DaVE Unified Champion and current 'Bloody-Handed God'. Midden's request for this match has a lot of fans speculating on who exactly laid the Board's Representative out last month.

Tag Team action is scheduled to continue, but this time, the Womens Division are the ones putting on the show. JeriLynn Stone and Kate Dangerous renew their alliance - against a team which had a notable, respectable history in womens' wrestling elsewhere, Gorgon and Cherry Bomb.

In the semi-main event, as ever, a Malice in Chains qualifier is scheduled. This time, Aaron Andrews will collide with Jeremy Stone. Can Stone get back into the championship mix, or is Aaron Andrews going to cap off an incredible year.

And then there's the main event. Mr Cornell has ordered that Wolf Hawkins must compete after his assaults on potential competitors, and that Remo Richardson must compete following his assault on Cornell himself. Their opponents are Sean McFly and Troy Tornado, two men with world championship pedigrees - though we've got to notice that Sean McFly is eligible for Malice in Chains contendership under Cornell's preference for people who haven't held the TCW World Heavyweight Championship. And, of course, it's well documented that it's been Troy Tornado's dream to team with McFly for years now... so expect to see the former champ at the very top of his game.

Prediction Key:
Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Chance Fortune & Ultimate Phoenix

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Freddy Huggins

Elimination Protocol vs. Canadian Elemental & Rhino Umaga

Eddie Peak vs. Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert

Cherry Bomb & Gorgon vs. JeriLynn Stone & Kate Dangerous

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Aaron Andrews vs. Jeremy Stone

Remo Richardson & Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean McFly & Troy Tornado

[Zergon]

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Chance Fortune & Ultimate Phoenix
Established team over random pairing

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Freddy Huggins
Huggins is doing slighly more

Elimination Protocol vs. Canadian Elemental & Rhino Umaga
Elemental is the most over guy here as far as I know.

Eddie Peak vs. Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert
Hard one but Minnesota is more important at the moment.

Cherry Bomb & Gorgon vs. JeriLynn Stone & Kate Dangerous
I might be wrong but I think that Bomb is the weak link here.

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Aaron Andrews vs. Jeremy Stone
Andrews has come a long way but I still have hard time thinking that he could go over Jeremy here.

Remo Richardson & Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean McFly & Troy Tornado
Could go either way but between Generation Omega and Darkwave it´s likely that some heels will interfere in this one.

[Eidenhoek]

I'm going to laugh if you get the 'Troy Tornado was off his game" note on that match.

And cry a little.

[Phantom Stranger]

I'm going to laugh if you get the 'Troy Tornado was off his game" note on that match.

And cry a little.

I'll try and remember to check.

...Predictions for Total Wrestling on the previous page, folks.

[Bigpapa42]

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Chance Fortune & Ultimate Phoenix

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Freddy Huggins

Elimination Protocol vs. Canadian Elemental & Rhino Umaga

Eddie Peak vs. Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert

Cherry Bomb & Gorgon vs. JeriLynn Stone & Kate Dangerous

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Aaron Andrews vs. Jeremy Stone

Remo Richardson & Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean McFly & Troy Tornado

[Regis]

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Chance Fortune & Ultimate Phoenix
JOBBERS!

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Freddy Huggins
JOBBER!

Elimination Protocol vs. Canadian Elemental & Rhino Umaga
JOBBERS!

Eddie Peak vs. Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert
Despite his perennial popularity, Eddie Peak has remained an also-ran in the big leagues of TCW.

Cherry Bomb & Gorgon vs. JeriLynn Stone & Kate Dangerous
The scions of their respective family lines can get some momentum here.

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Aaron Andrews vs. Jeremy Stone
Jezza is already involved in a plotline with his daughter, while AA can focus on MiC itself.

Remo Richardson & Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean McFly & Troy Tornado
A guess, a pure guess. Wolf's the champ, so he takes it.

[Tigerkinney]

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Chance Fortune & Ultimate Phoenix

Zergon forgot to add the word jobbers to the phrase random pairing.

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Freddy Huggins

Fonzarelli's entire contract now with TCW is just one long farewell jobbing tour.

Elimination Protocol vs. Canadian Elemental & Rhino Umaga

Elimination Protocol are Tooth and Claw in disguise, or rather Tooth & Claw without the disguises.

Eddie Peak vs. Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert

Peak just feels like he's stalled as a midcard monster/bad-ass in the great scheme of things, Minnesota on the other hand is being groomed amongst several young guns to have TCW's future built around them.

Cherry Bomb & Gorgon vs. JeriLynn Stone & Kate Dangerous

I'm going to take the faces on this one, with possibly JeriLynn pulling out a flash pin over Gorgon...however I see the heels having the last word post match.

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Aaron Andrews vs. Jeremy Stone

I was a little shocked to see Jezza Stone lose to Art Reed, so could another mild upset be on the cards here? Aaron Andrews has been built up well enough, that it would be feasible for it to happen...but my feeling is that Jezza isn't completely done in pursuit of his world title goal just yet.

Remo Richardson & Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean McFly & Troy Tornado

These main event tags are always so damn difficult to call, because everyones is so even...anyway as Regis said Wolf is the champ, so why not keep the champ looking really strong, against a pair of strong opponents.

[Blake Trask]

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Chance Fortune & Ultimate Phoenix

The Riders aren't as focal in the tag team division as they have been, but they're A) Not a random pairing and B) Far better established.

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Freddy Huggins

Huggins is younger, better and is having whispers of a push. Fonzy just hasn't been performing.

Elimination Protocol vs. Canadian Elemental & Rhino Umaga

Random pairing, true, but I can't see Protocol jobbing less for some time.

Eddie Peak vs. Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert

Joey's, as previously stated, just plain got more going on.

Cherry Bomb & Gorgon vs. JeriLynn Stone & Kate Dangerous

I think Gorgon looks a little more vulnerable here. The faces have to get some momentum somewhere otherwise it just looks like a foregone concluscion.

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Aaron Andrews vs. Jeremy Stone

I suspect that Andrews will have other business on his dance card.

Remo Richardson & Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean McFly & Troy Tornado

Allow me a mark moment to say; it's his dream dangit, he can't lose his dream match!

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 3 August 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 15.21)
Rebroadcast on Continental Sports X1 (Rating 0.08)

Held at Doyle Lane (North West)

Attendance: 17,520

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Shawn Doakes

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The swifter side know they have their work cut out for them facing the Riders, who have the teamwork to match their power. They do their level best, and Phoenix in particular showcases some remarkable moves.

Unfortunately for him, the Riders can take that, and he finds himself snatched out of the air and planted with the Emergency Stop. Peter Hopper gets the official pinfall.
Easy Riders defeated Chance Fortune & Ultimate Phoenix
Rating: B

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Backstage, Autumn Gleeson flashes a bright, confident smile at the camera. “Another great tag team exhibition from TCW there,” she comments. “And with me right now is one-half of the former tag team champions, who this month will be in the main event of Hotter Than Hell looking to earn a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship.

“Art, this has to be one of the biggest opportunities of your career so far – this is a chance to reach the very top of the sport. How are you feeling about that?”

Art Reed pauses to consider. Behind him, the Blonde Bombshell smiles. She rests a reassuring hand on his shoulder, and she speaks first.

“We've seen Art score a pinfall on the World Champion. Hell, we've seen him get two falls on him – but it wasn't a match that let that be enough for a win.

“I've stood by the side of a Champion before. I've stood by Art, too, with a title belt around his waist – and I will do again.

“I might be doing that in two months time. And it's very possible that going in to Destructive Energy I'll be standing with both champion and challenger – Art Reed against the man who taught him the Dread Lock, the man who's been champion the world over, Sam Keith.”

She beams. “Wouldn't that be something?”

Reed nods, bouncing on the balls of his feet, smiling.

“Not to run the top prize in this sport down,” he says. “Not at all. But qualifying for Malice in Chains isn't the biggest opportunity of my life.

“What is? Well... if Kunomasu-san hadn't invited me to wrestle in Japan, I wouldn't have honed the skills I needed to succeed here. PGHW puts a lot of emphasis on tag teams, too, and it was wrestling alongside William Hayes in the Elite Tag Team Series that taught me the tricks I needed to help Kreed succeed – and put me properly on the map here.

“But that wasn't the biggest opportunity. No, Eisaku Kunomasu wrestled me and came to respect me while I was in DaVE. I was in DaVE because – hah! Right? Phil Vibert wanted me there.

“And he wanted me in there because I'd caught his eye wrestling Acid. So was that the opportunity at the bottom of all this?

“No. I was able to wrestle Acid like that because I trained alongside some of the best high flyers in wrestling today, at the House of Stone.

“And that happened because Owen Pinsent and me snuck in to see the Stones wrestle and fell in love with the business, which was Owen's idea, and Owen and I met... training in Canada's Olympic team.

“So if you want to find the biggest opportunity of my life, the one that put me on to a career in a sport I love...

“It would have to be qualifying for the Olympics.” He smiles. “Everything since is something I've earned through my wrestling.

“This month, I'm going to keep right on wrestling. And hopefully, I'll take that Hotter Than Hell main event and be set to main event Destructive Energy.

“Wolf Hawkins or Sam Keith, I'll be concentrating on the win either way.”

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The long-standing TCW duo face off, and learn afresh an old lesson; put against one another, they're guaranteed to cue up a string of accidents, miscues, and general bad timing.

They do their best nonetheless, but the match is doomed to be weak. Freddy does, however, make the most of it in the end, landing a textbook Huggins Kiss superkick – in fact, a more effective-looking one than usual; possibly he actually connected. Either way, it's enough to pick up the win.
Freddy Huggins defeated Danny Fonzarelli
Rating: C-

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Elimination Protocol vs. Canadian Elemental & Rhino Umaga
There's a bit of discussion, as the match begins, among the announce team about Rhino Umaga having requested this match, and the reasons for it; Azaria brings up Umaga having also requested a match against Sammy Bach recently, while they deliberate on what's actually going on.

The match begins, and Elemental explodes into action. Technique is a years-running veteran, and he knows exactly how to make Elemental's stuff look good. He tags out after a couple of minutes and Elemental returns the favour.

Jameson gets steamrollered by a fast, agile, powerful Umaga, who seems to have started to pick up in enthusiasm as he gets a little more focus and more regular attention. The spinebuster is good and the snap suplex crisp; his Samoan drop has a speed and snap to it that makes it seem more brutal than the standard variation.

This summary does understate the efforts of Elimination Protocol, who do get in some offence of their own – but the makeshift team are good, and they seem enthusiastic. Umaga tags out and gives Elemental a rocket launcher assist on the Phoenix Firebird Splash to finish.
Canadian Elemental & Rhino Umaga defeated Elimination Protocol
Rating: C+

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The big screen comes to life and what's obviously a pre-recorded video airs. The camera's panning along a table with an artfully-draped blue velvet cloth. As it pans along it comes to a picture of Amber Allen, one of her stock promotional photos in an ornate silver frame.

“So,” a woman's voice says, from off camera. “The rock-chic rock chick look. What do we think?”

“Oh, no,” another voice says. “No, no, no. It just doesn't work. And the lip ring...” She tuts. “I'm not impressed.”

“She can wrestle, apparently.” The first voice is dripping with disdain.

“Not with style, though, and style is what counts.”

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“Thought so... but it's nice to have it confirmed.” The camera tracks along further; Lauren Easter.

“Oh, the big pouty lips. She's not fooling anyone.” A disdainful laugh.

“Indeed. And she's been losing of late... set her aside for now?”

“I'd set them both aside. Who's the champion?”

“Oh, I couldn't even bring myself to set up the picture...”

As the video ends, Azaria notes that the voice seems familiar.

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Eddie Peak vs. Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert
Icons of DaVE's old youth movement, the pair face off with Vibert on the outside, Peak bleeding shallowly from the diagonal thumbnail slash on his chest that he's made his signature as he enters.

Minnesota skirts his opponent warily, looking for an opening. Eddie, on the other hand, smiles... and as Minnesota watches the smile, Peak strikes, launching into an astonishingly fast big boot. Joey has been dominant in his matches for the last few months, but Eddie seems to have his measure; he refuses to play Joey's game, concentrating on the power differential.

Joey is busted open pretty early on. While he gets in his licks, Eddie remains in charge, using sheer power and resilience to good advantage. The 'Bloody-Handed God' has blood dripping from his hand and he makes the most of that, with a particularly cruel moment coming when he has Joey trapped against the turnbuckle and wipes his bloody palm clean on Minnesota's face.

With Joey blinded, Eddie looks for the Peak of the Devil – and Joey slips out on reflex, rolling Peak up with a foot anchored by Vibert on the outside to keep his opponent's shoulder down for the three.
Joey Minnesota defeated Eddie Peak
Rating; B+

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The camera goes to the backstage interview area again.

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Autumn Gleeson is standing there with Davis Wayne Newton. Davis is dressed to hit the town and paint it red, looking more than a little bored.

Gleeson smiles at the camera. For the first time in a while it looks like a professionally-required smile, as opposed to her usual genuine happiness to be interviewing. “Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome one-half of the TCW World Tag Team Champions, Davis Wayne Newton.

“Davis, you've had quite a debut year in TCW. From a year in the minor leagues to holder of one of the most important titles in a major wrestling promotion within six months is a remarkable opening – and you've boasted that you plan to win the Ticket to the Top match next January and hold it until the following year, cashing in to win the World Heavyweight Championship.

“That's a huge challenge, but today, the question on people's mind is the World Tag Team Championship match at Hotter Than Hell. Last week there were two four-man matches involving representatives of four teams for the right to face you; the British Lions came out on top in one, the Texas Outlaws in the other.

“And on Saturday, you defended your championship – with Remo's help – against the team of Art Reed and Tommy Cornell. Mr Cornell's suggested that he and Art would have vacated the belt to leave it for those teams to settle at Hotter Than Hell – but you came through.”

Davis nods. “Yeah. Now everyone's saying that there's some question of what should happen with the title match.

“I'm here to say that I pure and simple do not care. Have them fight it out, put them both against us – we've beaten multiple teams before and we will again. Frankie knows how to brawl with the best of them and he's been making life harder on Ricky Dale Johnson every time they've locked up. I don't see any reason to care about the Texas Outlaws; they're good enough to be contenders, but not champions.

“As far as the Lions go, they come across like a tougher proposition. But, first off, put the title on the line and they just don't have the desire you need if you're going to challenge. Second, I respect them for one thing.

“They're a pair of technical experts. On the mat, there's no one finer.

“But they don't call me the Triple Threat for no reason. They want to take it to the mat, I can match them – but then I can change the pace. I can hit them from the air or I can bounce them around the ring. Doesn't matter a whole hell of a lot which.

“I'll take them apart. I guarantee it.”

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Cherry Bomb & Gorgon vs. JeriLynn Stone & Kate Dangerous
JeriLynn still wears the armband for her mother, with the pink lettering. Kate and she are starting to settle as a team by now, figuring out their routine, but their opponents were, as Azaria reminds us, tag team champions elsewhere for some time. They've already found their groove; they just need to settle back into it.

Gorgon clearly has a vendetta against JeriLynn, and she and Kate find themselves trading on and off to preserve themselves. That... doesn't work as well as it could.

After a few minutes the match starts to break down. All four women are in the ring; JeriLynn sends Cherry Bomb to the outside with a superkick, then teams with Kate and the pair manage to send Gorgon out of the ring.

They hit the far ropes simultaneously and soar over the top ropes to crash down on their recovering opponents.

The match will never return to the ring; by now, it's a flat-out brawl which rapidly spills over into the crowd. Eugene Williams' count reaches ten, leading to a crowd of officials – featuring, among other things, a rare Archie “the Governor” Judge sighting – heading out to separate the four combatants and calm things down. We head to commercial before that finishes.
Cherry Bomb & Gorgon drew with JeriLynn Stone & Kate Dangerous
Rating: B

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Gimme Shelter hits, and as always when that track's playing, Sam Keith emerges, with the Blonde Bombshell, heading down to the ring.

The Bombshell collects a microphone from the ring announcer and underhands it to Sam in the ring; he catches it with an ease born of long, long practice.

He turns a full circle, enjoying the crowd's reaction; while not as loud as it is for Cornell at the moment, Keith enjoys the kind of reaction a legend deserves.

He takes a moment, then raises the microphone to his lips.

“So... in a little under two weeks... I step into the ring with the World Heavyweight Champion.”

A little more reaction, and Keith grins. “And, yes, you've known that for two weeks.

“And, yes, you haven't seen much of me.” He nods.

“I have been a world champion ten times in four companies. I have been a world champion in Mexico, America, Japan, and Canada.

“On the other hand... I won my first world championship in Mexico, back in June 1984.

“For those of you playing the home game, it's now August 2009. I'm 48. I was 22 when I won that first world championship. Kids born that night are older now than I was when I won it.

“The last time I defended a world championship was January 2004. Even that's five and a half years ago.

“Now, I've schooled rookies, won titles, and wrestled classics in the last five and a half years. Plenty of them.

“I've had thirty years in this business. It's been good to me... I like to think I've been good to it.

“But the Hard-Hitting Championship may very well be the last belt I ever hold...

“I'm just not planning on letting that happen.” He smiles grimly. “Wolf Hawkins is a hell of a talent. Believe me – I helped train him.

“And the Syndicate was where Wolf really picked up his skill. He went from a good high flier to an International Champion, and he picked up more and more.

“He earned his World Heavyweight Championship. The matches he's had since he won it prove it.

“He may be coming into the very top of his game. And me? By the standards of this sport, I'm an old man.

“But Tommy Cornell brought me into this company. Tommy Cornell has given me this shot. And frankly... with the few years I have left to me... I want to be world champion again.

“So if you haven't seen much of me... indulge an old warhorse. I've got my knowledge. I've got my experience. And I've got whatever I can dredge up in terms of strength and stamina.

“I'm conserving that. I'm not showing Wolf anything that'll remind him what my weak spots are. If he's a true champion, he'll be scouting me anyway – but I see no reason to give him the chance.

“I will give you everything I have at Hotter Than Hell. And I'm making sure it really is everything.”

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MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
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Aaron Andrews vs. Jeremy Stone
Lots of jockeying for the upper hand early as Stone slaps Aaron around, but Andrews isn't one to just let himself get slapped without delivering a slapping of his own. Stone backs him to the corner and hits a chop that even referee Sam Sparrow sells. They trade chops, and Aaron takes a moment to deliver a clothesline against the ropes; Stone falls all the way to the floor.

Stone stalls for a bit as Aaron starts to get pissed. Back in, Aaron wins a test of strength and turns it into an armbar. Stone whips him off but gets shoulderblocked and armdragged right back down into the armbar. That segues to a hammerlock counter, and Jeremy holds that just long enough to be sure that Aaron won't be ready to counter when he switches to a single-leg crab.

They trade moves back and forth until Aaron tries going back to one of his previous finishers - and goes all the way over the top to the floor off a missed crossbody.

Stone delivers a few chops to Aaron and has words with a guy in the crowd. He rolls back into the ring to break the count, then comes off the apron with a double axe-handle – which Andrews avoids. He lands a spinebuster on the outside then rolls Jeremy back into the ring, looking for the pin.

When Stone gets his shoulder up after a two, Dangerous observes bluntly that leaving Jeremy on the outside might have been smarter; a count out victory is still a victory, and would put Andrews through.

Andrews goes to pick Jeremy up and gets rolled up for a quick pinfall; he kicks out before two and hits a low dropkick to the back of Stone's head to keep him dazed as he sets up again. A fisherman's suplex cuts out the chances of Stone countering it, as Azaria points out, but Jeremy rolls out of the ring, then back in before Aaron can prepare to follow him out.

Jeremy kicks him in the gut, controls, and drops him with a DDT, then covers – one, two, and a kickout. He goes for a butterfly suplex – one, two, kickout – and looks for something else, but Aaron punches clear, then lariats Jeremy to the mat. He backs off, hitting the ropes, and tries the crossbody again – and Stone sidesteps, aiding his momentum by boosting him into the air to let him drop throat-first across the top rope.

“He shouldn't have gone for that,” Dangerous says. “He used it too often for too long... Stone was bound to have it scouted. That's twice he's used it against Aaron now.”

Meanwhile, Jeremy is covering. ONE, TWO, THR – Andrews gets the shoulder up. Jeremy moves forward to complain, his body blocking Sparrow from seeing his shin is across Andrews' throat.

He pitches Aaron to the outside and heads out himself, suplexing Aaron on the outside. They fight back up to the apron, and Jeremy looks to suplex him back into the ring – but Aaron shifts in the air, turning it into a Henson Roll. ONE, TWO – NO! Aaron scoops Jeremy onto his shoulders off that – GAME BREAKER! He covers, but Stone has a foot hooked on the ropes.

He still seems out of it, though, so Aaron goes up, but Stone rattles the ropes, sending Aaron all the way to the floor, injuring his knee on the landing.

Jeremy allows himself a moment to grin, stomping the same knee and applying the Stone Hold. Aaron fights the pain, just barely reaching the ropes.

Stone grabs Aaron's leg and just starts pounding away at the knee. Aaron starts throwing fists, punching his way out of the abuse. He hauls himself up with the ropes and looks for another Game Breaker, but Jeremy hooks his leg – small package! ONE, TWO, THREE!
Jeremy Stone defeated Aaron Andrews
Rating: A*

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Remo Richardson & Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean McFly & Troy Tornado
Hawkins starts out against Sean McFly, and there's a rapid-fire exchange of holds at the beginning as the World Heavyweight Champion looks to prove that he can hold his own against the youngest SWF Champion in history – a fact the announce team have spent a long time dancing around just saying, since McFly joined.

Sean knows when to give up on an exchange of holds, however; he shoots Wolf across the ring, into the ropes, setting for a backdrop – but Hawkins instead hits a charging, jumping DDT to wipe his opponent out.

Wolf goes for a quick cover, but Sean rolls out of it in one seamless motion that ends with both men upright and Hawkins in a hammerlock; Wolf promptly reverse and looks to slam McFly onto the hammerlocked arm. He rolls in the air to land well, however, coming up to one knee, fists raised in a boxer's stance, and the two stand off.

Hawkins starts moving forward in the middle of the crowd's applause, causing it to cut off rather than run to a natural halt. He smirks at that – and Sean McFly jumps and punts him in the head. The crowd pop, but as the camera shows a couple of replays, it's easy to wince nonetheless.

Remo comes in unbidden, smashing McFly to the ground. Troy tries a top-rope Star Maker and gets caught out of the air with a powerslam.

The crowd wince in sympathy. Ray Johnson starts to back Remo out of the ring, and as he does so, Wolf regains his feet. Sean is there to meet him, trying for another whip to the ropes, but this time, Wolf keeps his footing and turns it into a belly-to-belly suplex.

Troy staggers to his feet, blocks an attempted Wolf's Howl - “Way too early,” Doakes offers knowledgeably – and counters with a snap DDT, before returning to his corner so McFly can tag out.

He, too, shoots Wolf to the ropes, but in his eagerness to flapjack the champion he loses awareness of the rest of the ring. Ray Johnson is right in the way as Hawkins crashes to earth, and the two bump heads.

Remo goes back in once again – no real surprise there – and Troy is ready to meet him. He prevents an assault by firing off a volley of punches, then goes for the discus punch – and Remo wasn't nearly hurting enough. He shoves Troy, putting him four paces back – and spears him almost immediately with a huge impact.

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With Johnson down, Jack Bruce swaggers down to ringside. Remo watches him, smirking, as Bruce picks out a female fan at ringside. He slips his hand behind her head, fingers twining in her hair, and kisses her, guiding her up to standing as he does so.

With his free hand, he reaches behind her, grabbing her chair by the back. As he pulls it over the guardrail he breaks the kiss, immediately turning to put her chair as far away from her as possible, before she can grab it back. Shutting it with an audible metal snap, he gestures to Remo. His meaning is clear; toss Tornado from the ring, and Bruce will be waiting on the way down with a chair.

Remo laughs – a rare sound – puts Troy back down with a stiff punch to the temple, and scoops him onto his shoulders. He heads to the far side of the ring and starts to run, ready to lawn dart Troy over the top rope – and as he gets ready to release, McFly jumps from the apron himself, grabbing the chair and driving it into Bruce's face.

The result is that Troy lands on both men, but not on the chair.

Johnson, slowly recovering, starts the count, but Troy makes it back in at nine. With Remo having returned to his corner, Wolf is ready to meet the former champion with a volley of punches, but Troy fires right back at him as Azaria dwells on Tornado's often-stated desire to team with McFly. It's pretty clear that, after McFly put himself in harm's way to save Troy, there's no way Troy won't do the same if he gets the chance.

Troy cuts the champion off with a knee to the gut and tries for the Tornado Driver – but Wolf counters out as Azaria reminds the crowd of Hawkins and Tornado having teamed at one point. That's followed up a second later when Hawkins nearly hits the Full Moon Rising, but Tornado has it blocked.

What he doesn't have blocked is the neckbreaker that follows a second later, and Hawkins follows it up with a flying kneedrop from the top rope before tagging back out.

Remo looks to demolish Tornado, who slips out the back of the Destroyer and comes off the rope with a Star Maker. The supreme specimen drops, but Troy has other priorities than the cover... he crawls to the corner and tags McFly in. Wolf comes back in, and Troy comes in to cut him off, and the match breaks down for a while. In under thirty seconds people have lost track of who's legal and who's not.

Remo spears Tornado, and Hawkins catches McFly with a bulldog – and the champion locks down a triangle choke on McFly, while Remo, not to be outdone, shocks the announce team by applying a Stone Hold – and one it's pretty close to impossible to imagine simply broken.

Johnson moves between the rocker and his idol, checking on how willing they are to tap out – and slowly, but surely, McFly rolls himself over, pressing Wolf's shoulders to the canvas. Johnson drops – ONE, TWO, THR-

Remo breaks it up, having had to drop the hold on Troy to do it. Troy, somewhat shockingly, rolls Remo up – ONE, TWO, THRE-

Wolf took the quicker route, dropping an elbow on Johnson who's now down for the second time in the match. As the crowd voice their complaint, he flips the bird. Troy tries for the Star Maker, and Wolf moves with it, hitting the Wolf's Call!

“They know each other so well,” Dangerous declares. “But Hawkins has added to his arsenal.”

Sean McFly interrupts, getting a Delorean Driver on Hawkins. Remo promptly cuts him off and gets a Lumbar Puncture.

He's got McFly over his head for a Destroyer – to put the man down beyond all doubt – when the crowd explode.

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Tommy Cornell is in the ring, with the chair Jack Bruce took from a fan – and Remo takes it full in the face.

Remo pauses, and Cornell swings again. The second impact sees Remo topple slowly backward, McFly landing atop him.

Cornell turns to find Hawkins ready for him. A Full Moon Rising drives the chair into Cornell's face, dropping him to the mat, and Hawkins turns around – sees Tornado staggering, his back to the champion, and a grin spreads across his face.

He moves forward, reaching out for Troy – his fingers graze the Painful Procedure frontman's shoulder – and Tornado hits the backflip kick he introduced a couple of matches ago out of nowhere.

The announce team explode. Troy's still unsteady on his feet, but he sees the situation. He grabs Johnson, drags him over to where McFly's lying over Remo, and rolls out of the ring.

Johnson raises his head, sees the pin, lifts his hand...

ONE, TWO, THRE- NO!

Somehow, Remo doesn't just kick out – he powers out. The crowd can't believe it.

Sean makes it back to his feet while Tornado is back in the ring, playing cat and mouse with Remo, keeping him distracted. Hawkins rises, too.

The four men stare each other down. Nineteen minutes have elapsed.

They lunge into twin lockups, four titans ready to continue the fight.

“We're out of time on this broadcast!” Azaria yells. “Sorry, folks – but we'll see you with Badge of Honor and back again next week!”

The match has not been settled, but there's no more time.
Remo Richardson & Wolf Hawkins and Sean McFly & Troy Tornado fought until the show went off the air
Rating: A*

Show Rating: A*

[Phantom Stranger]

Show Notes


This one took a while. Gee, I wonder why?
Henson Roll = O'Connor Roll
Let's hear it for Aaron Andrews and Wolf Hawkins, the face of TCW circa 2015.
Except once, I've used a real match for structure on any A* and started to deviate from it. The main event deviated a lot more.
Troy Tornado was not off his game, and boy did he deliver.
It's not my place to say, but I HOPE that comes across as the kind of main event that boosts the stock of all participants without making any of them look weak.

[Eidenhoek]

And for those of us that are stupid, O'Connor Roll = that thing where you have the opponent's back, push them into the ropes, then roll them up backwards. I think.
Aw Tornado delivered ._.
I still don't like Andrews that much, and I doubt I ever will. Nothing to do with you, mind, but...eh.

[smartman]

Congrats on the A* show (finally). And I think you might need to move the date up on the Aaron & Wolf show. They will probably be high A overness (if Wolf isn't already across North America) by the end of the year, and Wolf already has THE belt which should mean he's the face of the company. Really, really enjoy the match write-ups. I actually read all of them unlike most others that I love.

That PPV has a LOT to live up to now.;)

[Blake Trask]

Great show, really great. I loved the segments with Art and Sam - I've pretty much this diary to thank for giving me such a soft spot for Keith and his seemingly eternal nature.

The two A* matches were well written, and it did come across in the right way; everyone looked legitimate, nobody wound up looking like a chump (except dear old Jacky-boy)

- Though it DOES tweak my envy that my version of Andrews isn't developing quite as well as yours seems to be. He'll main event, but there's more 'Our training camp graduate needs to be a star' influence/bias in there than I would've liked.

[Phantom Stranger]

It's interesting you say that, Blake, as I'm very conscious of the care I take to make sure Aaron, Wolf, et al are put up against opponents who can call the match for them, etc.

Here's Aaron, as he stands...

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In another 10 points of Psych, he'll be headlining - still against higher Psych oppoinents, however.

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 3 August 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 1.27)

Held at the Sunrise Sunset (Hawaii)

Attendance: 1,995

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Sara Silver – Autumn Gleeson


In a scorching opener, Sean McFly has a surprisingly hard time beating Warren Technique, who looks like a million dollars before taking the Delorean Driver to lose. (Rating: B+)
The Fly Boys get a rare win over Kazuma & the Kid when Jimmy P locks the Prudential Pain Plan on the Cannonball Kid. (Rating: C+)
The video segment featuring photographs of certain TCW female wrestlers airs again.
Conquering Kings put up a hard fight but ultimately lost to Global Tradition following a One Shot Drop from Bryant on Alexander. (Rating: B-)
All Action Champion Shingen Miyazaki had cause to be grateful that his contest with Freddy Huggins was non-title, as – following an assault by Jack Marlowe – Huggins took the injured champion and hit him with the Huggins Kiss for the pinfall in a surprisingly good match. (Rating: A)
Team KOBRA emerged to deliver the punishing bokken shots. Thunder Snake looked astonishingly gleeful.
John Anderson faced down Pistol Pete Hall but, somewhat shockingly, lost to the veteran when Hall hit two consecutive Pistol Whip Lariats. (Rating: B)
Champagne Lover again faced off with Rick Law in a stunning match that fell into a double-DQ after Jack Marlowe got involved. (Rating: B+)
Rocky Golden and Chris Rockwell ran in to save their friend. Law grabbed the microphone and demanded Marlowe tell them who was paying for the assaults, naming Carl Batch, Jack Bruce, Eric Tyler and Floyd Goldworthy as the likely candidates. Marlowe laughed off the question, heading backstage as the show ended.


Show Rating: B+

[Eidenhoek]

Marlowe is "Jungle Jack," right?

I'm amused that Watson, for you, isn't doing much, whereas in my game he's become a pet project with his great growth in most skills.

[Phantom Stranger]

Marlowe is "Jungle Jack," right?

I'm amused that Watson, for you, isn't doing much, whereas in my game he's become a pet project with his great growth in most skills.

That's right, yeah.

Julian's big issue is a pretty simple one. I brought them in expecting them to autopush to similar levels; Marlowe went to midcard and Watson went to ET, and the result was a cagier push for them within the Syndicate, and afterward, because I wanted to use Marlowe down the line, they got little. So Watson continues to job periodically, while Jack has the big push... but Julian's getting more over, slowly, and should be in position to do something big sooner or later.

[Phantom Stranger]

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With a packed card, this Saturday is going to be a busy one - and the final contender for Malice will be revealed. This is going to get hectic... so let's get going.

A six-man tag is on course to collide, with Sean Deeley and the British Lions teaming as a trio for the first time against the fully assembled Easy Riders - the tag team and Sayeed Ali.

A size mismatch will follow, as El Leon looks to make a name for himself by upsetting former champ Tyson Baine. We wish the courageous luchador all the best...

International Champion Edd Stone will be in non-title action, too, welcoming daring high flyer Fox Mask back to TCW after over a year away. Can Fox Mask shock the world?

Rocky Golden has a singles match scheduled. The strongest of the Three Amigos has as his opponent a Darkwave member who's really impressed - Zimmy. Both men could use a win over a tough competitor like that... but which will get it?

The semi-main, as ever, is a Malice in Chains qualifier, and this one is also a rematch from one of the best matches on TV in recent months - as Joey Minnesota once more goes head to head with Sean McFly. Last time, neither man could squeak out victory, but this time there must be a winner. Who will claim the final spot in Malice in Chains?

In the main event, tag team action continues; Matthew Keith has not let Chris Rockwell out of his sights just because he's entered Malice. Meanwhile, Tommy Cornell and Remo Richardson look guaranteed to do battle at Hotter Than Hell. Saturday Night Showcase will see Cornell and Rockwell team against Keith and Richardson.

Prediction Key:
Huggins' Heroes (Sean Deeley, Walter Morgan, & Merle O'Curle) w/ Laura Huggins vs. Easy Riders (Billy Fonda, Peter Hopper, & Sayeed Ali) w/ Carl Batch

El Leon vs. Tyson Baine

Edd Stone vs. Fox Mask (non-title)

Rocky Golden vs. Zimmy

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean McFly

Chris Rockwell & Tommy Cornell vs. Matthew Keith & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

[Wallbanger]

Huggins' Heroes?

*snicker*

So Morgan and O'Curle can fight over who's Newkirk, Deeley can be Carter, so she needs someone like Phillipe LaGrenier for LeBeau and Andre Jones for Dixon?

Anyway...

Prediction Key:
Huggins' Heroes (Sean Deeley, Walter Morgan, & Merle O'Curle) w/ Laura Huggins vs. Easy Riders (Billy Fonda, Peter Hopper, & Sayeed Ali) w/ Carl Batch

El Leon vs. Tyson Baine

Edd Stone vs. Fox Mask (non-title)

Rocky Golden vs. Zimmy

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean McFly

Chris Rockwell & Tommy Cornell vs. Matthew Keith & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
No Contest/Draw/Charlie Foxtrot

[Hashasheen]

Phantom totally needs to do a Trios/Six-Man championship for all the 3-man teams he's got:

The Machines/Marc Speed
Easy Riders/Sayeed Ali
Rocky Golden/Rick Law/Chris Rockwell
Kreed/Sam Keith
Any three of Omega

And those are the ones I can actually remember!

Prediction Key:
Huggins' Heroes w/ Laura Huggins vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch
El Leon vs. Tyson Baine
Edd Stone vs. Fox Mask (non-title)
Rocky Golden vs. Zimmy
MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean McFly
Chris Rockwell & Tommy Cornell vs. Matthew Keith & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

[Regis]

Huggins' Heroes (Sean Deeley, Walter Morgan, & Merle O'Curle) w/ Laura Huggins vs. Easy Riders (Billy Fonda, Peter Hopper, & Sayeed Ali) w/ Carl Batch
I predict for the Riders on principle - they could win at any time.

El Leon vs. Tyson Baine
Keep him sweet for the name value he can bring to a smaller promotion when his contract expires.

Edd Stone vs. Fox Mask (non-title)
WOO! GO EDD STONE!

Rocky Golden vs. Zimmy
Because he's Rocky Golden, and he's awesome.

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean McFly
Because seriously, how many Heels in that one cage?

Chris Rockwell & Tommy Cornell vs. Matthew Keith & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
Can't really choose.

[Regis]

Phantom totally needs to do a Trios/Six-Man championship for all the 3-man teams he's got:

New Wave/Marc Speed
Easy Riders/Sayeed Ali
Rocky Golden/Rick Law/Chris Rockwell
Kreed/Sam Keith
Any three of Omega


Marc Speed is the third of The Machines, so he's already in with them.

[Hashasheen]

Marc Speed is the third of The Machines, so he's already in with them.

Edited. :o

[Bigpapa42]

Huggins' Heroes (Sean Deeley, Walter Morgan, & Merle O'Curle) w/ Laura Huggins vs. Easy Riders (Billy Fonda, Peter Hopper, & Sayeed Ali) w/ Carl Batch

El Leon vs. Tyson Baine

Edd Stone vs. Fox Mask (non-title)

Rocky Golden vs. Zimmy

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean McFly

Chris Rockwell & Tommy Cornell vs. Matthew Keith & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

[Zergon]

Huggins' Heroes (Sean Deeley, Walter Morgan, & Merle O'Curle) w/ Laura Huggins vs. Easy Riders (Billy Fonda, Peter Hopper, & Sayeed Ali) w/ Carl Batch
Deeley and British Lions seems slighly bigger names to me.

El Leon vs. Tyson Baine
Baine is lost in the shuffle but he´s still monster heel while Leon is just a jobber.

Edd Stone vs. Fox Mask (non-title)
Fox Mask isn´t established enough to go over Edd

Rocky Golden vs. Zimmy
No idea what to expect here but I go with Golden.

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean McFly
Could go either way so this is pretty much a coin flip to me

Chris Rockwell & Tommy Cornell vs. Matthew Keith & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
Rockwell seems to be the weak link here.

[Tigerkinney]

Huggins' Heroes (Sean Deeley, Walter Morgan, & Merle O'Curle) w/ Laura Huggins vs. Easy Riders (Billy Fonda, Peter Hopper, & Sayeed Ali) w/ Carl Batch

Deeley and the Lions have been enjoying stronger pushes before they have even come together under the banner of Huggins Heroes.

El Leon vs. Tyson Baine

A rare Tyson Baine sighting, his sightings have been so rare of late...I'm going to go out on a limb here and call the upset. El Leon is a great talent, who could be a real asset to the All Action Division and beyond, Baine has had his time...call me crazy but I'm calling it for the luchadore.

Edd Stone vs. Fox Mask (non-title)

Fox Mask finally gets his opportunity on the bigger stage..thing is unlike in CZCW he's starting right at the bottom.

Rocky Golden vs. Zimmy

A midcard coin toss, honestly this could go either way. Personal preference on this one.

MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean McFly

Both are great talents, and legitimate world title contenders but as Regis said, the heel/face balance needs to be balanced out a bit more in favour of the faces.

Chris Rockwell & Tommy Cornell vs. Matthew Keith & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

Could go the other way but I'm going to back Cornell and the recently crowned Hard Hitting champ on this one.....

[Rayelek]

I've been reading this over the past 3-4 days (soooo many shows) and I'm about 13-14 pages from being caught up, but it's been a great read so far. I probably won't predict even if I get caught up, so this will likely be my primary "keep up the awesome work" post.

[Phantom Stranger]

Phantom totally needs to do a Trios/Six-Man championship for all the 3-man teams he's got:

The Machines/Marc Speed
Easy Riders/Sayeed Ali
Rocky Golden/Rick Law/Chris Rockwell
Kreed/Sam Keith
Any three of Omega


...Huggins' Heroes
Any three of Darkwave
Any three of Painful Procedure
Ino & Team VIPER
Jeremy Stone & Eternal Party
Tyler & Global Tradition
Baine & M.A.D. (Buffalo used to team with Baine and they've wrestled a six-man in here before)

Yeah. Anyone who's read this far knows I love alliances and mini-factions as well as full stables, but Hashasheen predicts correctly here.

The plan, in the near future, is to do a one-month Trios tournament for a trophy. I can't fit another regularly-defended belt onto PPVs without dropping a slot for non-title grudge matches, and doing that seems unwise - but this is the next best thing.

Here, actually, I can appeal to the readers.

I can't decide what to call the trophy. Suggestions gratefully received.

[Wallbanger]

TCW Trinity Trophy (or 'The 3-T Cup')
TCW Trios Trophy (or 'The 3-T Cup')
TCW Triad Trophy (you get the idea by now...)
TCW Total Triangulation Cup
TCW Sextuple Series Cup
TCW Six-Man Series Cup
TCW First Prime Challenge Cup

[Eidenhoek]

TCW We Three Kings.

And the first champions should be Koshiro Ino and his crew.

Because they're from the Orient. Arrrrrr

[Regis]

TCW We Three Kings.

And the first champions should be Koshiro Ino and his crew.

Because they're from the Orient. Arrrrrr

At first I was like :confused:

But then, I lol'ed. :D

[Wallbanger]

At first I was like :confused:

But then, I lol'ed. :D

Yes, that was lol-worthy. And it's a good name too.

[Regis]

Yes, that was lol-worthy. And it's a good name too.

An added bonus! I gould get behind the Three Kings Trophy, the Three Kings Tournament, something like that. Sounds awesome!

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Saturday Night Showcase

Saturday Week 3 August 2009

Live on CBA (Rating 15.47)

Held at the Alabama Field Row (South East)

Attendance: 23,315

Announcers:
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Duane Fry – Jasmine Saunders – Alanis Springsteen

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Huggins' Heroes w/ Laura Huggins
vs.
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Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch
In their first match as a trio, Huggins' Heroes hold it together well against a much stronger side – concentrating on leverage and all the other tricks technicians have evolved for neutralising height, weight, and power advantages.

The Lions still function like the perfectly-synched team they've become – Walter Morgan doesn't so much shock the audience as leave it gaping at one point, leaping from the top turnbuckle to crash onto Billy Fonda, preventing the Riders from executing the Emergency Stop.

In the end, though, it's Sean Deeley who wraps this one up, forcing Sayeed Ali to submit to his Sure Shot armlock.
Huggins' Heroes defeated the Easy Riders
Rating: B

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Ecstatic, Laura rolls into the ring and flings her arms around Deeley. The two kiss – the first time, onscreen – and Laura then looks around. On the outside, a smiling Walter Morgan tosses a microphone into the ring, with Sean snagging it and passing it to her.

She grins, still clearly on a high, and turns to face the hard camera. “So we can only do one thing, huh?”

“Well, maybe you're right, Davis, but we just showed you how little that matters.

“When you are the very best at something... it's enough. You want to try to be everything...

“Well, when the British Lions get their hands on you, you're going to end up with nothing. You mark my words...

“One day soon, the name is going to be Laura Huggins, manager of champions.

“Your belts just happen to be the first in line, right now.”

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El Leon vs. Tyson Baine
Leon has impressed in defeat throughout his short time in TCW to date – and this match is no exception, in either sense. Baine is still clearly a destructive force, but Leon has been studying – he skirts his attack, striking fast and effectively. In the end, though... a couple of punches from Baine daze him, a slam nearly knocks him out, and then the Hades Bomb ends it.
Tyson Baine defeated El Leon
Rating: B

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Edd accidentally gives himself a handicap early in this one; having staggered the Coastal Zone favourite with a couple of lefts, he tries for a headbutt, getting the mask's muzzle in his eye. The International Champion staggers away somewhat comically, and Fox Mask takes the opportunity to strut his stuff.

All too quickly, however, Edd rallies, rolling clear of a moonsault attempt and taking over, showing what he can do before catching Fox Mask with the Edd-Renaline Shot superkick to secure the pin.
Edd Stone defeated Fox Mask
Rating: B-

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“Whoo!” Edd springs over the top rope to drop to the mat outside and grabs the microphone from the ring announcer as he's halfway through announcing Edd's name in victory. Then he rolls back into the ring.

“Another day, another dollar, another one down. Because, you see, I've got the speed... and the brains. The thing you gotta remember is that I can outrun Tana and outthink Elemental... not that outwitting Elemental is all that hard.

“But that's what a champion is, right? That's what a champion needs to be.” He grins.

“That's me... not those guys.” He taps his head. “See, I've got everything to beat them right here. I could take those two, with this, if I was a quadruple amputee.” By now, his slow turn to address the crowd has him standing with his back to the entrance ramp; he stops turning, continuing to talk.

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“Now, you're probably sitting there and you're thinking hang on, those two aren't bad. And I guess they're not, if you just look at what they can do; Tana has power, Canadian Elemental has moves. But they can't put them together -” the two wrestlers in question appear on the ramp, with Edd's back to them - “and they just can't think. So I'm still not that worried.”

The two challengers start to run down toward the ring. Edd continues his tirade.

“Actually, I tell a lie. You're not thinking that. You're thinking that this isn't the way Edd Stone goes about things, and you're wishing I'd just come up with something funny.”

A large figure in a KREED hoodie punches Canadian Elemental from the crowd barrier.

“Maybe some kind of trick to beat them down.”

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The figure vaults the rail, and in the process her hood falls down, revealing Gorgon. She starts to stomp the fallen cruiserweight. Giant Tana hesitates, turning, and moves to intercept.

“Well, guess what?” He grins. “I'm going about things just the way I always did. The only question is whether they were both dumb enough to fall for this, or just one.”

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Tana gets hit by a dropkick as Champagne Lover comes in from the other side of the aisle. The pair of Edd's allies hit hard, then herd their targets to the ring.

A three-on-two beatdown ensues, and while Tana is able to stand his ground, things look bad for the duo – even after Canadian Elemental ducks a swing by Edd and gets the Elemental Suplex out of nowhere.

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Lover gets knocked back to the corner – and he's immediately grabbed in an inverted headlock. JeriLynn Stone flips forward into the Girl's Best Friend.

The two sides line up and square off – and then JeriLynn points to ringside.

She'd brought Eugene Williams down with her. Williams calls for the bell and a surprise six-man tag is on!

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Eternal Party & Gorgon vs. Canadian Elemental, Giant Tana & JeriLynn Stone
It's a pretty hectic six-man tag. Already having wrestled takes an obvious toll on Edd; on the other hand, Elemental and Tana have taken some serious punishment already, too, and it's a tricky question as to which of those will make the greater difference – because whichever it is will likely decide the match as a whole.

JeriLynn, of course, has her own goal. When, early on, Edd tries once again to land the Edd-Renaline Shot, she catches her uncle's kick smoothly in both hands – then she sweeps his leg out from under him and takes a heavy stomp at the ankle, then another. She fixes her gaze on Gorgon, locking eyes, as she applies an Indian deathlock.

Gorgon watches back, impassive, but JeriLynn slowly smiles. Suddenly, she calls out “I know!” With that, she releases the hold, takes two paces forward – and launches into a dropkick to hit Gorgon's ankle. It knocks her foot off the apron; the youngest competing Stone pops back up and scores with a superkick, an Edd-Renaline Shot, to knock her all the way off.

JeriLynn promptly tags out to CanEl, who comes in to handle Edd for a while. Hard to say which of the two gets the better of that contest, but certainly Elemental looks like a potential world-beater.

With Tana supplying the power, the impromptu trio start to turn the tables, but when JeriLynn's tagged back in, she once again makes it her mission to target Gorgon – and as Champagne Lover's the legal man for the other team, that allows him to land the Lover Stunner and score the pin.
Eternal Party & Gorgon defeated Canadian Elemental, Giant Tana & JeriLynn Stone
Rating: B-

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Music begins to play as the big screen comes to life; at home, the well-remembered video introducing the Malice in Chains match concept begins to play.

A giant, empty, circular structure... it could be a steel framework for a house, at this point...

Liberty slams Tommy Cornell into the 'bulletproof glass' of a pod door, his own face a mess of blood...

“This will not stand, you know? This aggression will not stand, ************!”

Lengths of steel chain are woven around the structure, a confining, restricting lattice...

Rip Chord, in one of his last matches, hits the Rip Chord DDT onto the steel-grid floor. Genghis Rahn's face drips blood onto unpainted metal.

“Malice in Chains is the sickest thing I've ever been involved with.”

Sam Strong, business-suited, stands in the ring as the Chains structure is constructed around him.

“I thank God I retired when I did. This match... is beyond anything anybody should have to contend with.”

Ricky Dale Johnson rails at Karen Killer as BLZ Bubb's ally prevents the ref from releasing his pod, allowing him to fight.

“Every year, the chance to fight for the title in Malice comes up. And every year, it takes me a month to be ready. One day I'll lose my nerve entirely – but until then, I'll keep fighting.”

Peter Valentine takes a brutal elbow drop from rare smaller entrant Electrico – leaping from the top of a pod to drive his body home.

“The name doesn't do that match justice. I coughed up blood for a week.”

A younger Cornell, bleeding visibly, HGC title resting on his lap as the EMTs stitch up a long gash across his shoulder, stares at the camera. “Was it worth it? For the World Championship?

“If I had to, I'd go in again... but thank Christ I've got another year before it'll happen.”

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It's fast, this one; Zimmy has astonishing speed, when he wants to, and Rocky actually picks up the pace to take the fight to him. The biggest moments are probably the moment where Zimmy tries the Blood Rush and Rocky counters into a massive twisting powerslam, at one point being a full two feet in the air at his lowest point before they crash to the mat – a moment that leads to the crowd erupting in disbelief when Zimmy kicks out.

Fry's voice rings out from the kickout. “I've always said that kid had potential, but I cannot believe he could handle that!”

Zimmy not only survives but he begins a comeback, at one point successfully sending the big man halfway back across the ring with a springboard dropkick. But while he tries his best, Rocky is able to contain him, eventually positioning himself such that the ref can't see to nail the Rocky Road and pick up the win.
Rocky Golden defeated Zimmy
Rating: B-

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There's a long pause after that match ends – maybe thirty seconds or so. At first the announce team is silent, then Springsteen breaks the silence. “Hold up, people... something's happening backstage. Apparently, someone's on their way out here...”

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Shout At The Devil hits, and after a moment, leaning heavily on a steel walking stick, Mayhem Midden emerges. A step behind him is Charlie Thatcher, still wielding his two baseball bats – and a step after that is Tommy Cornell. Cornell seems unarmed, but flashes a lazy thumbs-up to the camera as the trio head down the ramp – revealing that along that hand he's sporting brass knuckles.

Thatcher collects a microphone for Midden as Cornell parts the ropes, helping her climb into the ring.

“First off,” he begins. “I'm glad to see this place didn't fall apart without me here.” He grins. “I knew it wouldn't – Tommy used to do all the arranging himself – but it's still good to see.

“Now.

“I don't know for sure which of Generation Omega it was did this to me. But this is putting you on notice...

“If you don't cough up who it was, I'm going to have to bring the pain for all of you.

“And believe me... I'm more than capable of bringing you all the pain you could imagine.” He nods sourly. “Let's start with your titles. Before, it was just Tommy trying to strip those belts off you; as of right now... I'm going to be making sure of it myself.

“We're not stripping the belts off you. The fans would not accept it – not when we don't know which of you was responsible. But we can make this a LOT tougher for you.”

“But that, my friends, is just the beginning. Be prepared for your lives to become hell... or tell me who attacked me. It's your choice.”

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MALICE IN CHAINS QUALIFIER
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Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean McFly
Considering Midden's promises seem set to turn Generation Omega against one another, the qualifier that has the potential to add a second member into the Malice in Chains mix sounds like a nasty one. Pride, too, is on the line for both men; these two have clashed before and come up even.

Joey and Sean put together an astonishing match at a blistering pace – it's about as close to the perfect TCW match as you can get, except for one little thing.

Unfortunately, that one little thing is the finish – and it does cut the fans short a little.

Minnesota has finally, on the third attempt, nailed the Empire Spiral. He drops to cover for the pin – one, two -

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Aaron Andrews pulls Joey out of the ring. With nineteen minutes on the clock and Minnesota drained, Aaron flips him the bird – and stalks away before he can be called for a DQ, as Fry notes – he's there to cost Joey the match, not hand it to him.

Back in the ring, Joey gets caught with the Delorean Driver and a very snug pinfall to put McFly through
Sean McFly defeated Joey Minnesota
Rating: A

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Chris Rockwell & Tommy Cornell vs. Matthew Keith & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
Cornell and Remo start as the legal men, which prompts Fry to pre-emptively declare this one a barnstormer.

They tie-up to start, Cornell looking for a whip to the ropes – Remo stands his ground and drops him with a lariat.

He gets Cornell into the corner but Tommy ducks out, dashes half the length of the ring, baits the Generation Omega man in, and sidesteps to send Remo into Rockwell who promptly gives him a punch to the head.

Keith comes into the ring and Rockwell does too, evening the sides and leading to an early standoff.
It seems Remo has no time for that; he closes with Rockwell, punching him in the gut, and gets a slam – then a slam on Cornell! Keith heads back to the corner, seeing no need to exert himself.

It looks like the Generation Omega man feels he has this well in hand, as he then ascends to the top turnbuckle – not an entirely unusual move, but certainly not a common one for the big man.

Rockwell runs the length of the ring and grabs a rope, putting his weight on it to yank it out of place and crotch Remo on the top rope. He staggers down, standing on the apron, and Cornell capitalises, grabbing his head with both hands and snapping the neck across the top rope before bundling to tag in his partner.

Rockwell comes in and looks to keep Remo off balance with a volley of punches. It kind of works, but Remo starts to fire back – Chris tags out again, and the pair double-team Remo before whipping him to the ropes, and Remo explodes with a charging double lariat.

Remo heads back to the top rope. This time, with the ring under control, he's able to soar, landing a collossal frog splash on Cornell.

Remo tags out and Keith comes into the ring, whipping Cornell to the corner and hitting a running knee to the gut.

Keith and Cornell go at it; Irish whip by Cornell and he gets a big backdrop to send Keith into Remo. Snapmare by Cornell and he punches Keith repeatedly in the head. He leaves him down for a moment and takes a second to listen to the crowd before tagging in Rockwell.

Rockwell picks up Keith but it turns out that the younger man was ready for that; he drives an elbow into his gut then springs up to nail a snap suplex, mounting for a volley of punches before rising up – and dropping a knee to Rockwell's shoulder immediately.

With his arm thus weakened, Keith goes for the Proton Lock but Rockwell counters out; he grabs an inverted headlock and drops him down for an improvised backbreaker, keeping hold and flipping over into a neckbreaker to follow.

He applies a wristlock – Keith rolls through and reverses the hold into an armbar – Rockwell elbows clear and gets a hammerlock – leg trip by Keith and he rides down into a hammerlock of his own, before Rockwell handstands out and vaults clear, and the pair stand off. Cornell tags back in and comes for Matthew Keith, who catches him with a drop toe-hold and grabs a single-leg crab. He holds it for a few seconds before the owner of the company makes it to the ropes.

Matthew promptly grabs him for a back suplex; Cornell rolls through to land on his feet and looks for a sleeper hold; Keith can't break it, but can get an arm far enough out to make the tag.

Remo punches Cornell full in the face and the hold is broken. He comes into the ring, whipping Cornell to the turnbuckles and being there a second later with a huge boot.

Cornell is shaken and staggered; Remo goes for the Lumbar Puncture, but Rockwell's there to save, running along the ropes to deliver a jumping enzuigiri. That prevents the move, and Cornell looks to capitalise, regaining his feet. With Ray Johnson admonishing Rockwell, there's a clear window of opportunity; Cornell promptly punts Remo in the crotch.

With Vibert screaming in outrage and the crowd roaring in approval, the company owner gets Remo up and drops him with the Rough Ride, then jumps to cover. Johnson dives to make the count and Rockwell slides into the ring to prevent Keith from interfering. ONE, TWO, THRE- NO!

Nobody in the crowd can believe that one, but Remo kicked out under his own steam. He makes it up, too, but tags out.

“Does the Supreme Specimen have limits after all?” Fry demands.

In comes Keith. Cornell and Keith lock up; a go-behind by Cornell; snapmare by Keith – and a dropkick to the back of the head!

“Cornell's taken a beating so far,” Saunders offers. “No wonder he lost that exchange.”

“No wonder anyway. That's Sam Keith's son.”

Matt tries for the Neutron Plex, and Cornell manages to block. He disengages and spins around -

- and gets a mouthful of red Asian Mist right in the face. Keith drops him with a DDT – masking what's happened to his face from Johnson – and locks down the Proton Lock immediately.

His face feels like it's on fire and he's locked in one of the world's most famously dangerous holds. He taps almost without hesitation.
Matthew Keith & Remo Richardson defeated Chris Rockwell & Tommy Cornell
Rating: A*

Show Rating: A*

[Phantom Stranger]

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Wednesday 17th August 2009
Weirdest day I've had since taking this job. My darling wife Maggie brought me out to Bard College, where she teaches literature and performing arts.

She's been trying to persuade me to do this for most of the past year. Every month, she brings someone in who works in what she calls 'stories by chapter' to discuss how they do it. Last month there was a comic book writer; the month before that was the guy who did The Wire and I think she had one of the staff on General Hospital a year or so ago.

So there I was, sat in front of a bunch of the brightest kids I've ever met, talking about what makes a good pro wrestling story. Then they started asking questions, and frankly, my head is still spinning.

The two things we really got talking about were writing around injuries and swerves. Fortunately, one kid in the class was a TCW fan, and he really, really wanted to talk about the early part of the year – Wolf not just turning on Tommy, but also joining Phil Vibert.

So I discussed that – the reasoning behind it, that is. I mentioned Rip Chord's stock advice for anyone starting to play heel - “A heel must always be justified in their own mind. They have to be able to see themselves as the good guy.” I talked about the difference between Wolf turning on Tommy – as a moment everyone expected – and Wolf joining Generation Omega – a moment very few of our fans, if any, saw coming.

The difference, in real terms... is business. People knew that Tommy and Wolf would split, and we teased it to keep fans' attention and sell tickets.

But that was a story end; at best, we'd sell another PPV off it's back. Instead, Wolf joined Vibert and legitimised Generation Omega in a second, setting up a year's sales.

You have to have the two. You have to have stories build, and the fans have to anticipate it. But you also need swerves, from time to time.

Thursday 18th August 2009
Big, big news today. George DeColt's handed over the reins at CGC.

He's been in charge since the start. He took a hell of a gamble with the money he'd made, and he inspired Dan Stone to do the same. He made household names, in Canada – plenty of them, and none more so than his boys.

But George is 65. When I teamed with Crippler Ray Kingman against him and Whipper Spencer Marks, back in the old CWF, I was a big enough name to main event – but against Gorgeous George, I was billed as a snot-nosed punk, and I sure wasn't placed on his level the way that Ray was.

This isn't sour grapes, by the way. My CWF headline paydays were better money than I got anywhere else until my one Supreme Challenge main event against Sam Strong, and compared to the Calgary Wolverines, I was on a lower level – but alongside Ray, we were just close enough to scare the fans and sell tickets.

No, the point is just that he's getting old. And by the sound of things... he feels he's done with travelling to oversee each show. I don't blame him, and I wish him well.

His son Steve's taken over. I hope, for everyone employed there's sake, that Steve proves to be the businessman his father was... the wrestling world always needs as many places for people to leanr and strut their stuff as possible. Without my time in CWF, I'd never have had that Supreme Challenge shot, either.

Friday 19th August 2009
It's actually more like Saturday now, but the last part of today led to an emergency brainstorming session.

The good news; as Badge of Honor's opening match impressed Sean McFly, he's decided to start working with Warren Technique, helping the newcomer improve, and generally teaching him the ropes. This can only help Warren.

The just downright strange news; at USPW's PPV, Peter Valentine unseated Enygma to win the USPW World Championship.

This is what led to a brainstorming session. Sam Strong is not a foolish man, and Valentine has never been a great draw. Which means they're planning something.

We spent some hours trying to work out what – because it's got to be big.

But, I confess... the wisdom of handing Valentine your top belt still escapes me.

[Phantom Stranger]

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With just one week until Hotter Than Hell, TCW is heating up. The main event tonight is likely to have some serious ramifications... so let's see what they are.

In the opening contest, Frankie Dee once again sets his sights against one of TCW's best - in this case, former World Heavyweight Champion Johnny Bloodstone. Bloodstone has to be considered the favourite - but Dee is building up a reputation as a danger to his opponents.

Tag team action follows, with perennial underdogs Acid Dragon - who, it has to be said, have been building up a solid winning record in non-televised action these past two months - locking up with tag championship contenders the Texas Outlaws. Floyd Bowman never went to Canada, but the reputation of his charges precedes him, and he's sure to win fans fast.

In further tag competition, Dee's stablemates Global Tradition have a few wins of their own to add to, but with the Young Guns as their opponents, it's going to be quite the challenge. Hard to say which team truly has the advantage, but what's certain is this; it's going to be satisfying to watch.

Current womens division frontrunner JeriLynn Stone will accept a challenge, too, as Zoe Ammis makes her second televised appearance. The mistress of the Double Cross is a woman to be feared in any wrestling company... and her arrival in TCW doesn't change that.

In the Colisee de Kahnawake, next, a Canadian daredevil goes one on one with a former DaVE legend, as Canadian Elemental takes on New Wave member Guide - who has his own mix of speed and power. Can Elemental add a sizable new feather to his cap?

Wolf Hawkins will face Sam Keith to defend his title this Sunday. In preparation, he requested - and was granted - a non-title match against Greg Keith. With Art Reed having pinned the champion clean, his tag partner will be looking to equal that feat - not just for his own sake, but also to give his father confidence - but it's a lot easier said than done.

The main event, meanwhile, looks to be huge. With all six men involved in Malice in Chains taking part, this six-man tag is for big stakes - the man who scores the pinfall or forces the submission which ends this one will be given a place of honour in the last pod to be opened, giving them a major advantage in the match.

Prediction Key:
Frankie Dee vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

Acid Dragon vs. Texas Outlaws w/ Floyd Bowman

Global Tradition vs. Young Guns

JeriLynn Stone vs. Zoe Ammis

Canadian Elemental vs. Guide

Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert (non-title)

WINNER ENTERS MALICE IN CHAINS LAST
Art Reed, Jeremy Stone & Sean McFly w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Champagne Lover, Marc DuBois & Matthew Keith w/ Phil Vibert

[Zergon]

Frankie Dee vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell
Johnny is too big name for Dee to overcome jsut yet.

Acid Dragon vs. Texas Outlaws w/ Floyd Bowman
Bigger names

Global Tradition vs. Young Guns
Both teams could use the win so I just go with personal preferense.

JeriLynn Stone vs. Zoe Ammis
stone picks up a win against debuting Ammis.

Canadian Elemental vs. Guide
Hard one but Guide is a tag guy and Elemental would get out more from the victory.l

Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert (non-title)
I doubt that Wolf would lose here even though it´s non-title agaisnt a good opponent.

WINNER ENTERS MALICE IN CHAINS LAST
Art Reed, Jeremy Stone & Sean McFly w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Champagne Lover, Marc DuBois & Matthew Keith w/ Phil Vibert
I wonder if Jeremy is able to co-exist here but I think he gets some opportunity to take the pin and uses it to his advantage.

[Oregano Jensen]

Frankie Dee vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

Let's not get silly.

Acid Dragon vs. Texas Outlaws w/ Floyd Bowman

Even if Acid Dragon was going to get pushed, Outlaws are too new to weather an upset.

Global Tradition vs. Young Guns

Neither one of these teams deserves to win a televised match. But the Young Guns are kind of a joke.

JeriLynn Stone vs. Zoe Ammis

I'm not opposed to an Ammis push... she's my second-favorite women's worker behind only Melody Cuthill. But is it going to happen, given that you'd need to interfere with Apocryphal Stone's push to give it to her? Unlikely.

Canadian Elemental vs. Guide

Feed CanEl a capable opponent (who has his tag team to go back to) on his home turf = make him a legitimate challenger to Edd.

Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert (non-title)

This is just a good match to serve as the semi-main event, not anything to further a storyline.

WINNER ENTERS MALICE IN CHAINS LAST
Art Reed, Jeremy Stone & Sean McFly w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Champagne Lover, Marc DuBois & Matthew Keith w/ Phil Vibert

Agreed... presence of a heel on a nominally face team = huge red flag to me.

[Tigerkinney]

It's relatively easy to predict cards like this, that make you wish you got your predictions in first, because your comments just sound like re-hashes of what everyone before you said...oh well lets see if I can come up with some original insight upon these matches

Frankie Dee vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

It would be a mighty fall from grace for the former world champ, if he were to lose to Frankie Dee. That's no knock on Dee, just pointing out the reality of the situation put before him.

Acid Dragon vs. Texas Outlaws w/ Floyd Bowman

Acid Dragon still have that odour of jobber about them, Texas Outlaws are also a relatively new pairing of two relatively upper card talents, one a fading legend the other a candidate for TCW's most improved.

Global Tradition vs. Young Guns

Whilst Oregano Jensen's assessment is a little harsh 'don't deserve to be on TV'....this is basically a shoot-out between two glorified jobber tandems. The not so Young Guns do seem to have more of purpose by being part of the re-hashed (but relatively irrelevant) Painful Procedure, whilst Global Tradition are two old has-beens who the low men of an even more irrelevant and crumbling stable.

JeriLynn Stone vs. Zoe Ammis

JeriLyn is the one being involved in angles and getting a push, Ammis is just here to look up at the lights.

Canadian Elemental vs. Guide

This could go the other way as Guide is no slouch, but fact is Canadian Elemental is getting a singles push, and getting a win over an established midcarder (albeit one who is primarily a tag specialist) will only serve to help that push along a little more.

Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert (non-title)

This should be a good match, but non title or not....I think you want to keep the World Champion looking strong...had there been some kind of angle/push for Greg towards getting a title shot, then it would be more tempting to call the upset.

WINNER ENTERS MALICE IN CHAINS LAST
Art Reed, Jeremy Stone & Sean McFly w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Champagne Lover, Marc DuBois & Matthew Keith w/ Phil Vibert

I'll probably regret this, as Zergon's logic about Jezza getting the win here makes a lot of sense, but because this match could legitimately go the other way, I'm going to pick the 100% heel team to get the win here. I think I'll be wrong, but there's no contest anyway, so I may as well gamble.

[Regis]

Frankie Dee vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell
Not a chance.

Acid Dragon vs. Texas Outlaws w/ Floyd Bowman
Acid Dragon have pulled off some awesome matches, but the new Outlaws need more exposure in the over-crowded TCW tag division.

Global Tradition vs. Young Guns
Global Tradition are more jobbery than the Guns.

JeriLynn Stone vs. Zoe Ammis
Easy, she has a plotline.

Canadian Elemental vs. Guide
Tempting to give it to Guide due to Edd-erference, but no, CanEl has a plotline.

Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert (non-title)
A* match? Maybe. Victory for Greg? Not really.

WINNER ENTERS MALICE IN CHAINS LAST
Art Reed, Jeremy Stone & Sean McFly w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Champagne Lover, Marc DuBois & Matthew Keith w/ Phil Vibert
Marc needs a rub. He's had no serious plotlines, and his 'master of mind games' schtick can only carry him so far. He's the weakest of the contenders, but putting him over here will give him a chance to do his Funky Thang when match time comes. He won't win MiC, but he'll look good.

[Bigpapa42]

Frankie Dee vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

Acid Dragon vs. Texas Outlaws w/ Floyd Bowman

Global Tradition vs. Young Guns

JeriLynn Stone vs. Zoe Ammis

Canadian Elemental vs. Guide

Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert (non-title)

WINNER ENTERS MALICE IN CHAINS LAST
Art Reed, Jeremy Stone & Sean McFly w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Champagne Lover, Marc DuBois & Matthew Keith w/ Phil Vibert

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 4 August 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 15.30)
Rebroadcast on Continental Sports X1 (Rating 0.07)

Held at the Colisee de Kahnawake (Quebec)

Attendance: 14,776

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Shawn Doakes

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Frankie Dee vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell
While Bloodstone clearly has the advantage here, this is another match where Frankie Dee looks to have learned even more. In discussion of this, Dangerous provokes a heated conversation, apparently, accidentally, with one simple sentence.

“Yeah, if you ask me, he'll be the next one to leave the School of Tradition in the lurch.”

A debate about that and the School of Tradition's current woes ensues, while Dee and Bloodstone continue to pop the crowd with hard shots and swift exchanges. The former World Heavyweight Champion ends it by busting out a new transition to the Bloodstone Mutilation; a front Russian legsweep into a roll-through and the hold.
Johnny Bloodstone defeated Frankie Dee
Rating: B-

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Acid Dragon vs. Texas Outlaws w/ Floyd Bowman
Say what you want about the School of Tradition's win/loss record, they clearly do good work.

Acid and UK Dragon both put on an amazing showing here – UK Dragon even lands a Death Valley Driver on the much bigger Ricky Dale Johnson – but the Outlaws have a remarkable cohesion and a constant stream of foul-mouthed encouragement at ringside.

They also have power; Texas Pete is really the star of this one, wiping Acid out with his through-the-ropes plancha to the outside, and eventually nailing the UK Dragon with the Lone Star Drop to pick up the win.
Texas Outlaws defeated Acid Dragon
Rating: B

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Floyd Bowman rolls into the ring as the Outlaws celebrate and he's got a microphone in hand. “One more ****in' match, one more ****in' win,” he announces, gloating a little. “Brothers and sisters, I've got me a little honey of a dream right now.

“See, that little honey of a dream dates back to... that.” He points at the big screen, which obligingly lights up with a photo of the TWL tag team title belts – in the hands of Floyd and Austin McCoy.

“First time I ever tasted gold, and ain't no ****in' gold sweeter than your first except the ****in' biggest, you know?

“But that brings me to today... and these ****in' beauties.” The image changes; this time, taking pride of place on the screen are the TCW World Tag Team Championship belts, in the last promo picture released – the Kreed holding them (as Azaria notes that GenOme have yet to agree to the traditional photograph of the champions with their belts).

“Because those two belts there, brothers and sisters, those two ****in' belts are with no shadow of a doubt whatsoever the ****in' biggest prize in tag competition. And that ain't no horse****.

“Sure, there's tournaments and **** you have to ****in' respect out there, but for a day in, day out challenge, nothing comes close to belts you've gotta defend, you get me? And in TCW, you defend against the very ****in' best or let me tell you, you ain't gonna be champs for that ****in' long.”

“Now, two boys who think they've been up to ****in' scratch have those belts at the moment. And the guys they've beaten are pretty ****in' good, meaning these two are pretty ****in' good.

“What they aren't is the very ****in' best because, let me tell ya, whenever they're active, the Texas Outlaws are ****in' automatically the very best team out there.

“So... hey, I see Harry Dangerous down there...” he raises his hand in salute, and Dangerous waves back.

“Let me just borrow a saying I heard in Britain, where Harry got himself trained. GenOme, British Lions, whatever you call yourselves, however much you may think you're hot ****...

“...you're gonna get your ****in' heads kicked in. I want the Outlaws holding gold again. And, my friends, you better believe that ****.”

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Global Tradition vs. Young Guns
While neither of these teams has developed much of a Canadian following, the fundamentals of all four men are solid, and they know their way to an entertaining match.

As the majority of the Quebecois fans head to the merchandise tables or the concession stands, the Young Guns collide with Global Tradition in a good, grounded match that would likely have won more applause ten years previous.

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Nonetheless, they keep going, and while the Canadian fans probably prefer the matwork of certain home-grown teams, they salute what's done here at the end, when Morgan drops at just the right time for an invading Zimmy to nail the Blood Rush on Allen.

With Harry down, in comes Steve Gumble, who tries for a back suplex – and JD Morgan rides it down into the Cross-Atlantic Stretch, picking up the win by submission.
Global Tradition defeated Young Guns
Rating: C

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Backstage, and Autumn Gleeson smiles into the camera. “Good evening to our fans here in Quebec and watching elsewhere through Canada, the United States, Europe, the United Kingdom, and Japan,” she begins.

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“The situation with TCW Womens Champion Gorgon and her challenger JeriLynn Stone has been raising more and more questions over the past couple of weeks; while JeriLynn herself prepares for her match – coming up next – I'm here with her close friend Kate Dangerous.

“Kate, we've seen a lot of strange events lately. A couple of weeks ago, Gorgon seemingly deviated from her usual unfazed attitude, interfering in a match to further her own interests – usually, she only strikes when Edd or Jeremy Stone want help – to try to injure JeriLynn Stone.

“And Edd Stone has suggested that it's because JeriLynn's father tried to give her some message.

“Do you have any light to shed on that?”

Kate Dangerous takes a long moment to consider before answering.

“Autumn, let me start out by saying a few things. JeriLynn and I have partnered up because both of us are part of a rare breed, although one that's getting more and more common. Our fathers were competitors in this sport, and so were our grandfathers.

“That's a bond, and it's what helps us understand each other – because, let's not forget, I'm eight years older than she is and I've been wrestling now for a full ten years.

“If we met each other in a club I'm not sure we'd have hit it off... but that's why I stand by her side. We've got to stick together.

“Now, what difference do those ten years make?”

Autumn considers. “Well, I'd guess... experience?”

Dangerous nods. “Right. Really, you should be hearing this from JeriLynn – but she's got a match to prepare for, and given the choice of talking to a Canadian audience and wrestling in front of a Canadian audience, she took the right choice. She took the match.

“The difference isn't in skill – JeriLynn's an incredibly gifted competitor, and being trained in the House of Stone, she knows a bundle of moves I don't, and some of the ones we both know, she can do better.

“What she can't always do is see what an opponent's weakness is – but her father can.

“I'm not sure it's a weakness I could capitalise on – but JeriLynn is House of Stone trained.

“I'm looking forward to Sunday. I'm looking forward to watching a new champion crowned, looking up to the heavens, knowing her mom is looking down. Knowing, five years on, she made her mother proud.”

“So... what's the weakness?”

Dangerous grins. “You don't need to know, Autumn. Hell, I don't. JeriLynn does – and Gorgon may have worked it out, but if she hasn't, I'm not gonna...” She laughs. “I'm not gonna spell it out for her.”

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JeriLynn Stone vs. Zoe Ammis
Zoe Ammis, in her second televised match for TCW, shows the skills that brought her to the company's attention. She makes this one genuinely tough on JeriLynn, notably hitting a sequence that opens with a suplex, a snap suplex, a stalling vertical suplex, and then a superplex – but the youngest competing Stone gets her shoulder up.

With the crowd shocked, Ammis goes for her straitjacket backbreaker, the Double Cross – but JeriLynn counters out and starts to fight back, flowing smoothly until she picks up the win with the From Canada With Love.
JeriLynn Stone defeated Zoe Ammis
Rating: B-

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JeriLynn mounts the turnbuckle, shooting an imaginary pistol at the hard camera with a grin, as is her usual custom after a win. And as she does so, Gorgon arrives.

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A clubbing blow to the back sets up a back suplex from the second rope, and Gorgon promptly sets up for the Hydra Bomb – and then Jeremy Stone is in the ring, staring her down.

Gorgon shrugs – while holding JeriLynn – then delivers the Hydra Bomb. Jeremy steps forward, putting himself behind the champion and his daughter.

Gorgon looks at him, then past him, to the fallen challenger. She moves to step past him, and Jeremy moves to block her.

Gorgon punches him – hard enough to send him a couple of paces back. She returns her attention to the challenger, picking JeriLynn up, hoisting her for a slam -

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Stone is right back there, plucking his daughter off the champion's shoulder and setting her down elsewhere. He turns – Gorgon charges – and Jeremy moves with it, plucking her leg out from under her, applying the Stone Ankle Stretch, as Kate Dangerous pulls JeriLynn from the ring, helping her escape.

Gorgon powers out fast, but the challenger has escaped the assault.

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Canadian Elemental vs. Guide
Hectic, fast-paced high flying, allowing Elemental to shine in front of his hometown crowd. Guide hits hard, but he's outpaced and outflanked by the innovative masked man – and while he does his best to adjust for that, it doesn't quite work.

The Guided Missile hits, but Elemental is close enough to the ropes that he's able to get his feet to them – and the way the rope vibrates, it almost looks like someone else might have had their feet there, only to have them knocked off by that response.

Elemental needs a few moments to recover after that, but when he sidesteps a second Guided Missile he gets that chance as Guide ricochets off the turnbuckle.

A leg sweep sets up the Phoenix Firebird Splash, and that ends it.
Canadian Elemental defeated Guide
Rating: B-

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Breakin' The Law hits, with Tommy Cornell coming out to it, backed by Mayhem Midden – still leaning on his steel cane.

“Well,” Cornell begins, once he's in the ring and the crowd's response has died down, “start of the month, if I'm remembering right, Remo came out and said he had his eyes set on a target.

“By now, seems to me, there's no question I'm the target-”

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Only God Can Judge Me hits, and Remo makes his way out, microphone in hand.

“Correct me if I'm wrong,” Cornell offers, with a smirk.

“I never cared for subtle,” Remo replies.

“Yeah, well, we agree on one thing, sunbeam. There was nothing subtle about bending that chair round your head.”

“Don't matter. Make your little speech. Then I'll make mine.”

Cornell shakes his head.

“I'm not stupid, Remo. I know you're going to keep going until you get this match. I know I'm going to regret it if I give you a reason to.

“What I've got to know is this.

“If you beat me, I know you'll walk away. But when I beat you... will you walk away then?”

Remo smirks. “You think you got a chance in hell, huh?

“Whatever. When I beat you, I'm walking away. No point answering the other question because pure and simple, it ain't happening.

“You're calling me out and that means you got balls. You feel like you prepared, huh?

“It don't matter to Remo. Make the match. Hotter than Hell...”

From a standing start, he spears Cornell.

“...you going down.”

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Greg Keith vs. Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert
Undisputably, at this stage in his championship reign, Wolf Hawkins has proved that he's one of the best competitors in the promotion. On the other hand... against the fastest, the smartest, the slickest...

Wolf always seems catchable. Here, he does a fantastic job of making it look like Greg could beat him without ever looking less than championship material.

After the Full Moon Rising is countered, Greg tries for the Proton Lock, but Wolf's able to get clear.

A series of rollups keep the crowd excited before Wolf nails the Wolf's Call again to pick up the win.
Wolf Hawkins defeated Greg Keith
Rating: A

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Art Reed, Jeremy Stone & Sean McFly w/ Blonde Bombshell
vs.
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Champagne Lover, Marc DuBois & Matthew Keith w/ Phil Vibert
Keith and Reed trade holds on the mat. They exchange deep armdrags and reach a stalemate after each trying a quick pinfall. McFly and Lover promptly tag in.

Lover points past McFly, looking for Jeremy Stone, but McFly shrugs that off, instead locking up and shifting position to get a suplex. He moves to cover early, but Lover rolls clear, and the pair trade forearms for a while.

Art Reed tags in blind and springs to the top rope in one vertical leap before launching forward, taking Lover over with a huracanrana.

With the advantage on his side, Jeremy holds out his hand and Reed lets the man who trained him in. Lover and Stone stand off.

They exchange wristlocks. Lover armdrags Stone and falls into a crouch, beckoning Jeremy in. Lover cranks on a headlock before knocking Stone down with a shoulder block.

Picking himself up, Jeremy ducks a spinwheel kick and chops Lover down.

He calls for the Stone Hold – to a warm reception from the Quebecois crowd, happy to see Jeremy starting to warm to crowds again – but he's too close to the ropes and Matthew Keith catches him with a kick to the back of the head.

Stone tags back to McFly and turns to Matthew, hitting him with a big chop, then stomping through the ropes as Keith tries to hang on. Instead, the second generation star crashes to the outside.

DuBois promptly hops down from the corner himself, leaning against the announce table.

Sean goes after Lover but this time he's ready. He chops out, grabs a hold, and hits a DDT, immediately covering, but Art Reed is there to break it up. Lover unloads with punches, and McFly comes to Art's aid – but Lover ducks them both, hits the ropes, and explodes into a flying double clothesline to scatter them like ninepins.

Marc DuBois slips under the ropes as Reed and McFly pick themselves up. He slams into Reed from behind, sending him crashing into McFly.

As Lover tags in Keith, DuBois rolls clear again.

Matt dropkicks McFly in the neck for two, then slams him and follows up with a legdrop – cover- ONE, TWO, NO!

Keith and Lover double-team Sean for a while, but the veteran has ring sense to spare, and manages to twist during a uranage attempt by Keith, flinging out an arm wide, and Jeremy Stone meets his hand.

In he comes and Lover eats a lariat. Keith ducks the next, boots Jeremy in the gut, grabs his trunks, sets for the sitout piledriver, but Stone turns it into a backdrop!

Up to the second rope – rare for Jeremy – and off with a flying shoulderblock to take Keith down again as Lover rolls out of the ring.

Art calls for the tag, and Stone brings him in. The former stablemates trade chops – then Keith ducks one, Reed and superkicks him. He follows that with a brainbuster but McFly breaks the pin.

McFly gives Lover a Delorean Driver for two.

Out of nowhere, DuBois reappears to dropkick McFly while Keith knocks Stone off the apron.

That leads to a brawl on the outside, with DuBois again staying clear. After a while, Lover rolls back into the ring. He heads for the far side, looking to build up momentum for a huge dive – but McFly's in there, and he cuts him off with a dropkick! Cover by McFly – ONE, TWO – Lover kicks out.

Out of almost nowhere, Lover gives McFly the Lover Stunner but this time Stone breaks the count. Jeremy takes Lover down with a dragonscrew leg whip.

On the outside, Art sends Matt into the steel steps, climbs over him, and comes down on Lover with a senton splash. Once again there's a cover, but DuBois yanks Eugene Williams out of the ring. Recovering, Matt drops Art and Jeremy with a reverse STO/DDT combo. McFly promptly breaks up the pin on Art, looks for the Delorean Driver, and instead gets a faceful of the Green Mist.

Matt looks to capitalise, but as he reaches to hook the leg, he bursts out coughing, convulsing, and his own body betrays him, jerking clear of the cover before the count can even reach two.

Reed promptly grabs him, and applies the Dread Lock. Lover looks to intercept, and Jeremy Stone cuts him off, dumps him with a powerbomb, and locks in the Stone Hold.

DuBois is back in again, hitting a running bulldog to bring both submission artists crashing face-first to the mat. He promptly ducks a kick from McFly, grabs Keith as he's still bent double coughing, and throws his teammate into McFly, sending them both tumbling to the floor.

Reed has just about recovered, and he comes face to face with Champagne Lover. Lover is ready, nailing Reed with the Champagne Sunrise, but then he falls – nailed in the back of the head by DuBois, who then punches Stone as he picks himself up and covers him for the pin.

Out of the referee's sight, the camera zooms in on DuBois' punching hand... and the brass knucks adorning it. It's no wonder Stone doesn't kick out.
Champagne Lover, Marc DuBois & Matthew Keith defeated Art Reed, Jeremy Stone & Sean McFly
Marc DuBois earns last entry during Malice in Chains
Rating: A*

Show Rating: A

[Blake Trask]

Matt looks to capitalise, but as he reaches to hook the leg, he bursts out coughing, convulsing, and his own body betrays him, jerking clear of the cover before the count can even reach two.

And this storyline looks to get very, very interesting.

[Eidenhoek]

I'm not so sure. I'm surprised, maybe, that it happened this early, but Keith was smoking the cigarette. Jumping in the tanning bed. Eventually the cancer was going to hit.

Now when he explodes in a rainbow of mist? I'm marking out.

~~

I'm sure I've asked this before, but why does it seem like half the time in tag/six-man matches there aren't tags to change legal men?

[Phantom Stranger]

I'm sure I've asked this before, but why does it seem like half the time in tag/six-man matches there aren't tags to change legal men?

When that happens, generally speaking, the ring is full of chaos.

If you look at major tag matches in the real world, you'll find that a lot of the time when the legal man changes for no tag, it's because the contest has broken down in some way; when some semblance of order returns, the ref goes with it because this way, at least the match can continue.

That's the rationale I've always gone with, anyway. Your mileage, she may vary.

[1PWfan]

When that happens, generally speaking, the ring is full of chaos.

If you look at major tag matches in the real world, you'll find that a lot of the time when the legal man changes for no tag, it's because the contest has broken down in some way; when some semblance of order returns, the ref goes with it because this way, at least the match can continue.

That's the rationale I've always gone with, anyway. Your mileage, she may vary.

I tend to go with luch tag rules- it's a bit of a squeeze for my old-school preferences, but I figure TCW is up-to-date enough to get away with it.

[MrOnu]

I think we're about to give a new nickname to Matthew Keith : Mister A+. This guy has been involved is so many of them, it's really impressive.

[20LEgend]

I think we're about to give a new nickname to Matthew Keith : Mister A+. This guy has been involved is so many of them, it's really impressive.

He really is A star (hahahaha!) :p

[SWF Fan]

the guys an absolute star, definate future champ for Phantom

"The A Grade" Matthew Keith

[Phantom Stranger]

Startlingly, Art Reed has still pulled more A*s than Matthew... although unlike Matthew, he's yet to touch National Icon. I'm curious to see if either man can hit HoI inside one year's work... What do you guys think?

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 4 August 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 1.33)

Held at Pengrowth Place (Prairies, Canada)

Attendance: 1,486

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Sara Silver – Autumn Gleeson


As the show began, GenOme handily defeated Balcony Express, though the belts weren't on the line. (Rating: B)
The Texas Outlaws showed their own fire, felling the Fly Boys next, RDJ pinning Jimmy P with the Leaping Lariat. (Rating: B-)
Aaron Andrews cut a scorching promo against Joey Minnesota in advance of their match this Sunday.
Team VIPER defeated Elimination Protocol, Miyazaki forcing Kirk Jameson to submit, though the Protocol wrestled well and bravely. (Rating: B)
Koshiro Ino then took on and defeated Nathan Priest in a surprisingly entertaining match. Despite little featuring, Priest has built his following in Canada even since coming to TCW. (Rating: B)
During Team KOBRA's show of respect, Miyazaki was attacked by Acid, Freddy Huggins, and UK Dragon. Hidekazu and Thunder Snake showed unusual unity in helping to drive them off.
The British Lions took on Darkwave members Ian Harris and Zimmy, O'Curle forcing Harris to submit after a very close match. (Rating: B
The video featuring two unknown females commenting on the looks of the TCW female wrestlers aired again – focusing this time on Kate Dangerous and Melody.
The Kreed took on M.A.D., working desperately to avoid the power of Khoklov, finally isolating American Buffalo to allow Art Reed to force a submission. (Rating: b)
In the main event, Golden Law faced off with Jack Marlowe and Pistol Pete Hall. The battle rapidly grew out of hand, ending in a double DQ. (Rating: B+


Show Rating: B+

[Blake Trask]

Startlingly, Art Reed has still pulled more A*s than Matthew... although unlike Matthew, he's yet to touch National Icon. I'm curious to see if either man can hit HoI inside one year's work... What do you guys think?

It WOULD be nice to see... but I'm not really sure that it'll happen. It depends on their current percentages, I guess - but in a game where my objective was 'push Rick Law' (I'll grant you he's not quite as good as Matt), I could only get him to about 85% in a year and a half that included a world title reign.

Having said that, Art is apparently a wrestling god in the Dangerousverse, so why the heck not? xD

[Regis]

I know TCW has a vibrant tag team division, but did I just see a show with only one singles match on it? Which wasn't even a gimmick tag-team focussed show?

[Phantom Stranger]

I know TCW has a vibrant tag team division, but did I just see a show with only one singles match on it? Which wasn't even a gimmick tag-team focussed show?

You did.

Mind you, you'll see NO standard tag team action this Saturday, so I guess these things happen.

[Phantom Stranger]

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One day to go before Hotter Than Hell, and everyone's talking about Malice in Chains making its return. But before that can happen, we've got a packed Saturday Night Showcase, and you will NOT want to miss this.

In the opening contest, Joey Minnesota collides with Danny Fonzarelli. With Minnesota's star in the ascendant, Fonzarelli has his work cut out for him, but Minnesota's momentum could yet be dealt a serious blow.

Next comes Clark Alexander of the Conquering Kings. His matchup is likely to be a tough one - his opponent is Pistol Pete Hall, who as yet has shown incredible fortitude to earn his Hard Hitting Championship shot against Chris Rockwell.

And Malice in Chains is going to be influenced by the following five matches; the Watch The Clock gauntlet is coming back. All five of the unplaces Malice in Chains contestants will engage in singles matches. Whoever either wins most slowly or loses fastest will be made to enter the Malice in Chains match first. The order of the contestants has been determined by random draw; their opponents have each asked for the privilege of facing an opponent in the gauntlet, and will compete in the order in which they asked.

Champagne Lover will begin, facing off with Rhino Umaga, first to claim his role. Art Reed, second into the stakes, has as a result to face Sayeed Ali.

Matthew Keith - should he be medically cleared to wrestle - is due to face Chance Fortune. And Jeremy Stone will then go head to head with Julian Watson. Finally, Sean McFly faces arguably the toughest test - Sammy Bach.

The main event serves a double purpose; both to see who will win, and as a safeguard in case Matthew Keith is not cleared to wrestle, in which case the individual who scores the pinfall or forces the submission will be entered into Malice in Chains. Should this lead to a different Hotter Than Hell match being cancelled, Mayhem Midden has pledged to deliver something at least as good for the fans. On one team, Aaron Andrews is joined by Eddie Peak, Troy Tornado, and Kate Dangerous. On the other, Eric Tyler fights alongside Jack Bruce, Jack Marlowe, and Stephanie Wade.

There's some speculation in the TCW.com offices about the ensuing possibility of a woman competing in Malice in Chains. If any woman in the world could hold her own in such a match, we're confident she wrestles here.

Prediction Key:
Danny Fonzarelli vs. Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert

Clark Alexander w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Pistol Pete Hall

[WATCH THE CLOCK CHALLENGE
Champagne Lover vs. Rhino Umaga

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sayeed Ali w/ Carl Batch

Matthew Keith vs. Chance Fortune

Jeremy Stone vs. Julian Watson

Sean McFly vs. Sammy Bach
WATCH THE CLOCK CHALLENGE]

Which of the Watch the Clock challengers will lose and have to be the first into Malice in Chains?

Aaron Andrews, Eddie Peak, Kate Dangerous & Troy Tornado vs. Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce, Jack Marlowe & Stephanie Wade

[Zergon]

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert
No question here Minnesota is the better guy

Clark Alexander w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Pistol Pete Hall
Hall has so far beaten the undercard guys so I expect that to continue here.

[WATCH THE CLOCK CHALLENGE
Champagne Lover vs. Rhino Umaga
Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sayeed Ali w/ Carl Batch
Matthew Keith vs. Chance Fortune
Jeremy Stone vs. Julian Watson
Sean McFly vs. Sammy Bach
I doubt any of the guys in Malice in Chains match would lose their match as the opponents are all below them so I just group these as one
WATCH THE CLOCK CHALLENGE]

Which of the Watch the Clock challengers will lose and have to be the first into Malice in Chains?
McFly would be the obvious answer as he has the strongest opponent but I go with Matthew Keith instead as I assume that he´s troubles continue.

Aaron Andrews, Eddie Peak, Kate Dangerous & Troy Tornado vs. Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce, Jack Marlowe & Stephanie Wade
Face side just seems stronger here, though I could see it going other way too.

[Tigerkinney]

Prediction Key:
Danny Fonzarelli vs. Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert

Fonzarelli's Jobbing Out the Door, World Tour continues apace.

Clark Alexander w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Pistol Pete Hall

When was the last time the conquering kings actually conquered anything? and besides Pistol Pete's lined up for a title shot.

[WATCH THE CLOCK CHALLENGE
Champagne Lover vs. Rhino Umaga

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sayeed Ali w/ Carl Batch

Matthew Keith vs. Chance Fortune

Jeremy Stone vs. Julian Watson

Sean McFly vs. Sammy Bach
WATCH THE CLOCK CHALLENGE]

As Zergon said none of the Malice entrants will lose, it's just a case of who fails to win in a quick enough time...for me the only two possibles here are McFly (toughest opponent) or Matthew Keith (not at 100 %)...though Zergon's logic makes sense, I'm going to actually tip McFly to have to be the first one into the hellacious structure...nothing like making the heroic babyface having to go through hell from the start.

Aaron Andrews, Eddie Peak, Kate Dangerous & Troy Tornado vs. Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce, Jack Marlowe & Stephanie Wade

This seems to be a rather random eight man tag...I have to agree with Zergon again, faces just look to be that slight bit stronger.

[Bigpapa42]

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert

Clark Alexander w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Pistol Pete Hall

WATCH THE CLOCK CHALLENGE
Champagne Lover vs. Rhino Umaga

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sayeed Ali w/ Carl Batch

Matthew Keith vs. Chance Fortune

Jeremy Stone vs. Julian Watson

Sean McFly vs. Sammy Bach
WATCH THE CLOCK CHALLENGE]

Aaron Andrews, Eddie Peak, Kate Dangerous & Troy Tornado vs. Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce, Jack Marlowe & Stephanie Wade

[MrOnu]

Startlingly, Art Reed has still pulled more A*s than Matthew... although unlike Matthew, he's yet to touch National Icon. I'm curious to see if either man can hit HoI inside one year's work... What do you guys think?

Unfortunately for him, Art Reed is an easily forgotten guy. Everyone knows he's good, that he will deliver nights in and nights out, but no one never expects him the steal the show. Reed seems to be just happy with going to work, giving its best and leaving the spotlight to other people.

[Eidenhoek]

Without some title reigns, it won't happen. Dan Stone Jr. and Jack Avatar got 10 A* matches (well, more than that), and they didn't hit HoI until I gave them...I think three reigns? Though I'm not sure if I calculated 100% pop...I think you'll still need some titles for them.

[Regis]

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert
JOBBER!

Clark Alexander w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Pistol Pete Hall
Man, I remember when the Conquering Kings beat The Machines.

[WATCH THE CLOCK CHALLENGE]
Champagne Lover vs. Rhino Umaga
Rhino seems to be up to something, but no way does the Loverman lose out here.

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sayeed Ali w/ Carl Batch
The lesser of the Easy Riders puts up a good fight, but goes down.

Matthew Keith vs. Chance Fortune
JOBBER!

Jeremy Stone vs. Julian Watson
JOBBER!

Sean McFly vs. Sammy Bach
But this - this might be interesting.
[WATCH THE CLOCK CHALLENGE]

Which of the Watch the Clock challengers will lose and have to be the first into Malice in Chains?
I... I don't know. I don't want to go with the majority and pick McFly, it seems too obvious. But then, there's a reason it seems obvious. I'm going to go out on a limb and pick Champagne Lover, as McFly benefits from KOBRA-ference, and Rhino actually starts showing his stuff.

Aaron Andrews, Eddie Peak, Kate Dangerous & Troy Tornado vs. Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce, Jack Marlowe & Stephanie Wade
More concentrated Star Power. Tyler's past it, Bruce is still less than Tornado, Kate outclasses Wade, and AA is the Next Big Thing.

[Rayelek]

I'm curious of the grand total of A* matches per person. I believe you said KReed had over 10 but I may be wrong. Either way, a running total would be very interesting.

[Rayelek]

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert

Clark Alexander w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Pistol Pete Hall

[WATCH THE CLOCK CHALLENGE
Champagne Lover vs. Rhino Umaga

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sayeed Ali w/ Carl Batch

Matthew Keith vs. Chance Fortune

Jeremy Stone vs. Julian Watson

Sean McFly vs. Sammy Bach
WATCH THE CLOCK CHALLENGE]

Which of the Watch the Clock challengers will lose and have to be the first into Malice in Chains?
While he won't like losing, Matt Keith falls to Mist sickness and a Stroke of Luck.

Aaron Andrews, Eddie Peak, Kate Dangerous & Troy Tornado vs. Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce, Jack Marlowe & Stephanie Wade

[Phantom Stranger]

I'm curious of the grand total of A* matches per person. I believe you said KReed had over 10 but I may be wrong. Either way, a running total would be very interesting.

That could take some working out.

Instead, and to show I miss Beeker, I'll let slip something not seen in the diary.

Freddy Huggins has one.

[rrgleason]

UPDATED THROUGH SEPT 2009, Sat Week 1

I tried to send a PM, but it wouldn't let me. Hopefully this comes through:

Matt Keith 10
Art Reed 10

Jeremy Stone 9

Greg Keith 8
Joey Minnesota 8
Tommy Cornell 8
Sean McFly 8

Remo Richardson 7

Aaron Andrews 6
Marc DuBois 6

Johnny Bloodstone 5
Champagne Lover 5
Troy Tornado 5
Brent Hill 5
John Anderson 5

Edd Stone 4

Wolf Hawkins 3
Easy Riders (team) 3
Rick Law 3
Sammy Bach 3

Chris Rockwell 2
Eric Tyler 2
Frankie Perez 2
Davis Newton 2
Ricky Dale Johnson 2
Zimmy 2
Marc Speed 2

Sean Deeley 1
Elite Express (team) 1
Eddie Peak 1
Sam Keith 1
Acid 1
British Lions (team) 1
New Wave (team) 1
Jack Bruce 1

[Eidenhoek]

Am I the only one who thinks Matt Keith won't be cleared to wrestle and that Kate Dangerous will take his place? In terms of the diary (that of Horatio's eventual retirement, I guess), it is by far the most compelling.

Horatio spazzes out, conversations with daughter, she slams the door in his face, he does a moonsault off the cage to save her...

Wait, MiC is in a Cell, with a closed roof.

Dang it, Horatio, you just moonsaulted onto the roof. Idiot.

~~

To that effect, I'll break my prediction hiatus:

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert
I will never forget my TCW game. Made me proud. And I still hate Vibert.

Clark Alexander w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Pistol Pete Hall
Pete's a guy that seems weird, to me. He's 40, right? But he's a solid worker. I dunno. I like him. I like Alexander, too, but I'll go with the cowboy. Baby.

[WATCH THE CLOCK CHALLENGE
Champagne Lover vs. Rhino Umaga
POP THE CORK BABY!

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sayeed Ali w/ Carl Batch
I have the same psychology problem in my NOTBPW game. I think it's at 57 or something. That makes him Upper-Midcard at best for me. Then again, if Ryan Powell (who does have psych in the 50s) can auto-push to ME, Reed can.
That and the fact that he's (been carried?) in A* matches means he's fine. And I just stabbed my foot. Ow.

Matthew Keith vs. Chance Fortune
Keith either won't compete or dies here to set up what I said earlier. Though I hope he doesn't legit die.
Would be amusing if he got a head injury. Coma-Inducing Parasite would make this storyline take off. Though Keith wouldn't be seen for a year, so...

Jeremy Stone vs. Julian Watson
Speaking of my NOTBPW game, I'm pretty sure I ran this match and it hit the 80s, I believe. Watson's stuck at 77 or so psych, and if he could at least hit 80, I'd love him.

Sean McFly vs. Sammy Bach
If Keith's out, then Dangerous can't be the first contestant (wouldn't be fair). So I have to have someone be first, and I love Bach (see my Fonzarelli comment). There you go.
BTW, McFly should use an "American Tiger Suplex", which would be a...n Inverted Tiger Suplex. As in, instead of grabbing the guy's arms from the back, do it from the front.
:D
WATCH THE CLOCK CHALLENGE]

Which of the Watch the Clock challengers will lose and have to be the first into Malice in Chains?
While he won't like losing, Matt Keith falls to Mist sickness and a Stroke of Luck.

Aaron Andrews, Eddie Peak, Kate Dangerous & Troy Tornado vs. Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce, Jack Marlowe & Stephanie Wade
Okay, Bruce probably won't take the fall, but by god, if you want Kate to look ready, that would be the way to do it.

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Saturday Night Showcase

Saturday Week 4 August 2009

Live on CBA (Rating 14.34)

Held at Doyle Lane (North West)

Attendance: 18,590

Announcers:
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Duane Fry – Jasmine Saunders – Alanis Springsteen

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Danny Fonzarelli vs. Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert
Joey Minnesota looks to have an easy contest ahead of him here, but Fonzie seems surprisingly motivated here.

While the announce team speculate on his assault, Saunders comes through with a morsel of gossip; Fonzarelli, it seems, has signed a new contract – but one for much less than he had been making, with Mayhem Midden warning him he'll have to prove himself with wins if he expects that to change.

The motivation he feels is clear in every movement he makes, every punch he throws, every hold and counter. Minnesota clearly wasn't expecting that and is rocked early on by the onslaught, taking time to recover and step up his game in order to triumph.

While Fonzarelli tries for the Minnesota Salute, Joey's already recalculating. He blocks it, whipping Danny into the corner, and meets him immediately with a lariat. He keeps going at that pace, though briefly Danny counters back into the ascendant before the Empire Spiral puts him away for good.
Joey Minnesota defeated Danny Fonzarelli
Rating: B+

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Clark Alexander w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Pistol Pete Hall
Clark puts up a very good fight – given this very rare chance to strut his stuff in solo competition – but it's not enough.

Hall has his mat game equalled and a greater power match available, which inevitably leads to the Pistol Whip Lariat for a compelling win after a rough start.
Pistol Pete Hall defeated Clark Alexander
Rating: B

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“...and of course, the dude has speed.”

The camera is on a tight, tight zoom in on the face of a life-size cardboard cutout of Rhino Umaga. A post-it note adorns the forehead: DO NOT HIT OR GET HIT BY.

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The view begins to pull back. Edd Stone is standing next to the cut-out, with Champagne Lover rolling his eyes slightly. “I think that about covers everything,” Stone says, pointing at the eighth or ninth Post-It on the cutout.

Beside Umaga are more cutouts; a dense forest of reference notes adorning Canadian Elemental (head note: WHO IS THIS DUDE?), a slightly shallower collection on Giant Tana (IF HE STARTS TO FALL, GET OUT OF WAY), and – it appears there's now a Jeremy Stone cut-out in the collection. Thus far only two notes have been added; the camera zooms in. DON'T TRY TO GRAB HAIR, one reads, and the other, PULLABLE NIPPLES.

“Now, I don't normally do this, but if you want to, you can take this to the ring to check up.”

“You don't think I can beat this man without pointers?”

“It's not about doing it without pointers, dude – you've got to make sure you're going it at top speed, you get me?”

“I think I'll be fine, Edd. Where I come from, men don't need to prepare like that.” He smiles, patting his friend on the shoulder, and heads out.

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Champagne Lover vs. Rhino Umaga
There's actually a point here where it looks like Umaga won't just win, but will legitimately have knocked out Lover – when a running bit boot sandwiches Lover's head between turnbuckle and foot, with brutal looking consequences.

While, on that occasion, the luchador is saved by collapsing through the ropes to the outside, that signals something of an uptick in the Samoan's assault – he's had power from the start, but over the past couple of weeks he's started to deliver a more savvy performance, picking his spots carefully, using that power where it can do the most good.

On Lover's return to the ring he hammers him with forearms, then suplexes him into the turnbuckle, leaving Lover to crash head-first to the mat – but credit has to be given, now, to Lover, who kicks out of the pin despite the obvious pain.

Rhino also turns out to have the Lover Stunner scouted, instead nailing a back suplex to cut off Lover's fightback – but again, the Mexican gets his shoulder up in time. He retreats from the ring once again, dropping to his knees outside for a breather, but rolls back in before the ten count and mounts a fresh assault, this one a little more careful, a little more scientific.

“He's taking his time,” Fry says softly. “No risks this time. Rhino Umaga could condemn this man to a long, long fight tomorrow...”

Even now, it's not easy. But in the end, the Champagne Sunrise hits, and Umaga doesn't get his shoulder up in time.
Champagne Lover defeated Rhino Umaga
Rating: B

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Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sayeed Ali w/ Carl Batch
Ali is no slouch in the ring, but these past months, Reed has been on an absolute tear, and while he has time to play with after that opening bout, it looks like he intends to make a statement with this match.

Sayeed throws punches. He staggers Reed, hurts him, even busts him open in the third minute. But he's controlled, herded, and at 5:40 Reed goes for the Dark Matter. The pin receives a roar of salute from the crowd.
Art Reed defeated Sayeed Ali
Rating: B

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Matthew Keith is dressed to compete. He pauses outside a door marked with a caduceus, taking a deep breath.

“Matt.”

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He turns, seeing his father stood some distance behind him.

“Medical clearance check?”

The younger Keith nods quietly.

“I still don't agree with what you're doing, Matt,” he says. “And I warned you... no one's ever tried to use the Mist every time they wrestle. Kudo used to try to keep to one a month, two at most... and he said he could only do that because in Japan he could expect months at a time, regularly, where he could sit in bed and do nothing but recover.

“I don't know what you've done to yourself, Matt. I sincerely doubt you're going to be wrestling when you're my age. I pray you're walking.”

Matt stares back, his face an emotionless mask. A vein in his neck has started to throb.

“Listen,” Sam continues, edgily. “I... want you to stop doing that, Matt. I really do.

“But you have a chance to win the World Heavyweight Championship.” He pauses. “A real chance, too. So... here.”

He holds out a small bottle. Matt takes it, looking up at his father questioningly.

“Something Crusher Ichihara dreamed up,” he says. “It's a herbal mix... it's designed to help you breathe after the Mist.

“You do NOT get the recipe. But you get enough that you should be able to get through the match tonight, and through Malice. IF you don't use the Mist, that is...”

He shakes his head. “I should never have taught you the recipe, son. I'm sorry.”

Sam walks away. Matt looks down at the bottle speculatively, unscrewing the cap, and drinks a small portion before screwing it tight again, and steps through the door.

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Matthew Keith vs. Chance Fortune
All through Chance Fortune's entrance, the announce team are speculating about whether Matthew Keith will be cleared to wrestle, to the point where Fry actually apologises to Fortune for not paying him his due.

By the time Keith comes out, there's a tense hush over the crowd... but he climbs into the ring, nods to Ray Johnson, and the match is on.

Matt moves slowly at first, with Fortune able to take the advantage as a result. Chance hits a few big moves, then looks for the Stroke of Luck -

- and Matt counters with fluidity. Much to his own surprise, to judge by his expression. Chance rolls back to his feet, staring... and the Keith twin smiles.

His pace starts – little by little – to pick up. His caution starts to ebb away. By the end, he's wrestling at something close to his regular pace, though still faltering occasionally – but the Proton Lock is still locked down, and there's nothing Fortune can do, finally... with Matt now being the slowest of all.
Matthew Keith defeated Chance Fortune
Rating: B

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Jeremy Stone vs. Julian Watson
It's a pretty good attempt to halt Stone's momentum that Watson puts together, too, but there's no real stopping the Canadian Wrestling Machine.

He weathers the storm for a couple of minutes then goes to town, working over Watson's back before smashing him to the mat with a bridged Stone's Throw to pick up the victory.
Jeremy Stone defeated Julian Watson
Rating: B+

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Sean McFly vs. Sammy Bach
Bach talks trash to start, but Sean catches him with a kick to the gut and, not wanting to waste any time, Samoan drops him.

Sammy rolls out of the ring off the impact. Fry chuckles. “Playing for time... he knows Sean has to have a single strategy in this match. All he has to do is throw him off.”

McFly rolls out of the ring, too, and goes for a clothesline. Sammy ducks it, retaliating with a flying forearm, before he misses a charge and goes right into the ringpost.

Sean rolls him back into the ring, scrambling to cover, but Sammy's back on his feet first, opening up with chops before shooting the Malice contender into the ropes. McFly rebounds as Bach looks for a backdrop – but instead, Sean nails him with a dropkick to the head. He looks around with a grin and measures Bach, gesturing for the Stone Hold, but Sammy kicks free.

Back to his feet, Bach throws a series of elbows which Sean finally blocks, throwing a big punch of his own that drives Bach back a few paces. He moves to close and runs right into a spinning wheel kick. Sammy covers – one, two, no!

Taking stock of things, he goes for the Bach on your Back. McFly powers out of it, so Bach puts him down with a missile dropkick, then reverts to his stalling plan for a while with a chinlock.

Sean doesn't cotton much to that, countering his way to his feet as quickly as he can, and Sammy hits a jawbreaker to buy space before leaping to the top rope.

McFly kips up, however, and vaults onto the second rope, firing off a quick sequence of six or seven chops before bracing his right foot against the top rope, grabbing hold, and hitting a huge superplex.

McFly delivers a belly-to-belly next, covering immediately, but he can only get two.

Sammy knees his way clear and snaps Sean's throat across the top rope, buying time to cross the ring and set up the coast-to-coast springboard bulldog, sending the former SWF champ crashing face-first to the mat.

Bach straigtens up, grasps the top rope, and leaps up, sitting on it for an instant to flip back into an Arabian moonsault, knees crashing down into McFly's spine.

Sean rolls over onto his back, moaning in agony, and starts to struggle to his feet. Sammy measures him and nails a superkick! ONE, TWO, THR--NO! McFly STILL kicks out! Frustrated, Bach argues the count.

He hits the ropes for momentum on a dropkick, but Sean's ready, catching the legs in midair and applying a Stone Hold. “Twelve and a half minutes!” Fry yells. “He can still do this!”

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That's when GenOme hit the ring. Newton comes sailing off the top rope with an elbow drop on Ray Johnson, taking him out before Perez nails McFly with his lethal hook kick, breaking the hold.

McFly meets Perez with a straight right and a bodyslam, then Newton comes in, grabbing a collar-and-elbow tie up, stalling for time.

Sean counters out of it and nails a DDT, then suplexes Perez onto Newton before rolling them both out of the ring.

At that point, his time worries are, effectively, over. It's too late to avoid his fate. He turns – and Bach is waiting! DELOREAN DRIVER BY BACH! ONE, TWO, THR- NO! Sean somehow gets his shoulder up and makes it to his feet. He hits a European uppercut and goes for another Delorean Driver, but Bach counters to the Bach on your Back, but Sean counters out to a small package. ONE, TWO, THREE!
Sean McFly defeated Sammy Bach
Rating: A*

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Autumn Gleeson looks livid as Phil Vibert stands beside her in the interview area.

“Let me do you a favour, Autumn,” Vibert begins breezily, cutting across her attempt at an introduction. “Let me talk about the good things we've got coming up. Because tomorrow, every single member of Generation Omega gets a chance to prove exactly what I've claimed; a chance to prove beyond all doubt that they are not simply young turks. not simply the future, but that they are, really and truly, the best wrestlers in this sport tod-”

“You know, I'm not in the mood,” Gleeson snaps. It's such an unexpected outburst that it brings Vibert's momentum crashing immediately to a halt. “You booked this time to talk your people up. But I don't see how you can expect us to believe they're all so good when you're having GenOme stack the deck for Marc DuBois.”

Vibert opens his mouth, but this time it's Autumn who cuts across him. “You say they're the best but you have to cheat to get DuBois through, all so Hawkins can have an easy time if he makes it to next month...”

Vibert sneers. “I didn't give any such order,” he says. “If Frankie and Davis choose to make a statement by targeting a former World Champion... I wouldn't read more into it than that.” He leans close in to Gleeson's face. “It might be dangerous.”

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Aaron Andrews, Eddie Peak, Kate Dangerous & Troy Tornado
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Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce, Jack Marlowe & Stephanie Wade
A lovely little brawl, this one, where everyone looks dangerous. Peak and Marlowe have a very impressive slugfest early on around which the rest of the groups start to break down.

Dangerous and Wade, Tyler and Andrews, Tornado and Bruce... they separate out naturally, which also helps to isolate Peak and Marlowe into a duo facing off.

It's during one of these sequences, when Stephanie Wade decides to intervene, that things get interesting; Peak ducks the superkick and instead Tornado takes it in the face, flying backward off the apron. Andrews and Dangerous come in to retaliate, and it's three on three in the ring. Eugene Williams has his work cut out...

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And that, ultimately, is why he doesn't notice Jack Bruce, Zimmy, and Sammy Bach going to town on Troy Tornado on the outside, leaving him down, out, and bleeding.

Unfortunately, Andrews does – and when Peak headbutts Marlowe, he's there to scoop him up and toss him out of the ring onto Jack Bruce. He turns around – Wade nails him with the superkick – Dangerous gets the half-nelson suplex – Tyler is waiting with a lariat – Peak grabs him and nails the Peak of the Devil! Darkwave's mission done, they don't intervene, giving Peak a big pinfall win after a comparatively fallow period.
Aaron Andrews, Eddie Peak, Kate Dangerous & Troy Tornado defeated Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce, Jack Marlowe & Stephanie Wade
Rating: A

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The big screen comes back to life; as the music plays, a video begins, opening with the Hotter Than Hell logo.

That dissolves out to the assembled, plain steel Malice in Chains structure. The traditional video voiceover moments remain, but the images have changed.

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Jeremy hurls Reed backward for the Stone's Throw, Reed twists, landing on his feet, and grabs his teacher as Stone starts to recover.

And then he nails the biggest move in his arsenal which doesn't have its roots in the House of Stone, the Dark Matter.

Jeremy Stone comes crashing to the mat. Reed makes the cover, anchoring an arm with a knee, another with a hand, and using his other hand for leverage as he snakes his leg behind both of Stone's, hooking them to prevent the kickout.

When that gets three, the crowd explode.

Liberty:“This will not stand, you know? This aggression will not stand, ************!”

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Jack Marlowe nails Rick Law from hiding with a nightstick.

Marc DuBois rolls back into the ring as Jack Marlowe lays in a vicious beating, drawing blood with his second shot, then hitting four more, carefully placed. He rolls a dazed Law back into the ring; DuBois nails the Marc of Excellence; the pin's guaranteed from that moment.

Chord: “Malice in Chains is the sickest thing I've ever been involved with.”

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Lover vaults to the top rope and uses the momentum for a quebrada, but Greg's waiting. He catches him on his shoulders and looks to apply a standing version of the Proton Lock! The crowd absolutely explode with disbelief, but before he can get it locked in, Lover counters to an armdrag and hits the Lover Stunner! Champagne Sunrise?! NO! Keith avoids it, and Champagne Lover crashes face-first to the mat.

Greg, meanwhile, is hanging onto the ropes to pull himself up. He looks drained, “mentally more than physically,” as Fry puts it, and just collapses backward into a pin attempt – which lets the veteran luchador hook his arms with a leg and an arm, rolling him into a sudden crucifix pin. ONE, TWO, THREE!

Strong: “I thank God I retired when I did. This match... is beyond anything anybody should have to contend with.”

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Keith lets Bloodstone have a spray of vibrant red Mist to the face. He yanks Bloodstone down into the Proton Lock, forcing a submission while Ray Johnson can't see whether or not the Mist has been used.

RDJ:“Every year, the chance to fight for the title in Malice comes up. And every year, it takes me a month to be ready. One day I'll lose my nerve entirely – but until then, I'll keep fighting.”

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Stone grabs Aaron's leg and just starts pounding away at the knee. Aaron starts throwing fists, punching his way out of the abuse. He hauls himself up with the ropes and looks for another Game Breaker, but Jeremy hooks his leg – small package! ONE, TWO, THREE!

Valentine: “The name doesn't do that match justice. I coughed up blood for a week.”

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Aaron Andrews pulls Joey out of the ring. With nineteen minutes on the clock and Minnesota drained, Aaron flips him the bird – and stalks away before he can be called for a DQ, as Fry notes – he's there to cost Joey the match, not hand it to him.

Back in the ring, Joey gets caught with the Delorean Driver and a very snug pinfall to put McFly through.

Cornell: “Was it worth it? For the World Championship?

“If I had to, I'd go in again... but thank Christ I've got another year before it'll happen.”

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The video ends with a split screen; Sam Keith, weary but determined, and Wolf Hawkins holding the belt high.

Show Rating: A

[Phantom Stranger]

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Well, it's upon us. It's August and here in New York City, it's Hotter Than Hell. We just set down in the city en route to Rolling Fields, and we now have the full pay-per-view card laid out. So in case you weren't sure it was going to be worth buying, let's tell you what we have.

Two teams stood out this month as equally dangerous challengers for the Tag Team Championships, both fiercely proud teams - the Texas Outlaws and the British Lions. With GenOme earlier defending against Cornell and Reed, these two may need to coexist to topple the champions - but with that belt at stake, will it even be possible?

"You want blood?" Tornado asked Jack Bruce last month. "You got it!" Fateful words, it seems, as the war between the lead vocalists has focused down to a single point of contention. Both men have made the other bleed this month, and Mayhem Midden has given them a chance to get this half-year war out of their systems for good - a First Blood contest.

For the second month running, Edd Stone's belt is also on offer to two top contenders, but unlike the tag match, Canadian Elemental and Giant Tana have seemed quite willing to work together. With Edd having targeted them both, will they be able to agree on a winner and take his most prized possession away?

Mayhem Midden has promised a major announcement during the show. We've had no specific details as yet, but we believe it will affect next month's TV in a big way. Answers on our forum, please...

Six men became involved in the assault on and defence of the All-Action Champion this past Friday, and Midden has declared that both the ballsy School of Tradition challengers and the stalwart Team KOBRA defenders deserve their shot - so in non-elimination style, Shingen Miyazaki puts his belt on the line against Acid, Freddy Huggins, UK Dragon, and allies Hidekazu and Thunder Snake. Could the tensions within Team KOBRA boil over here?

Aaron Andrews was International Champion until a three-month war with Edd Stone and a betrayal by Joey Minnesota took that from him. He's been working hard since, but finally, in agreement with Tommy Cornell, Andrews looks to have his chance at Minnesota, one on one, with no distractions. Will Generation Omega come out on top, or can Andrews show that young talent doesn't need to resort to their tactics?

He's not the only one having trouble with Generation Omega, either; Tommy Cornell is the latest target in Remo Richardson's sights. Can our boss hold off the Supreme Specimen, or will Remo add the biggest scalp yet to his collection?

Rick Law arranged, two months ago, for his friend Chris Rockwell to face a spectre from his past, a man that ten years ago, Rockwell obsessed over defeating - Pistol Pete Hall. Back then, Rockwell got the win - but Pistol Pete Hall has been dominant since his arrival, and Law had no way to know that by the time his friend and Hall collided Rockwell would have a title to defend, and possibly lose. The Hard-Hitting Championship is on the line in a No Holds Barred match - will Pete Hall crack the bonds of friendship between Law and Rockwell?

She's been chasing the title for almost two months, and she still wears the armband saluting her fallen mother. JeriLynn Stone is of the blood of champions - but she's not a champion yet. Will she honour the memory of Simone Aube-Stone with a victory here, or will Gorgon continue her reign of dominance?

Wolf Hawkins, the World Heavyweight Champion, has his sights set on one man - but that one man has been putting obstacles in his way. This month, Sam Keith, a multi-time world champion who's held titles around the globe, who helped to train Hawkins, who knows him very well, is his challenger. Keith knows this could be his last challenge - but he also knows he could be Hawkins' last challenger. So which will it be?

And the main event sees the resurrection of wrestlers' nightmares. Malice in Chains, a sick, forbidding structure. Inside it, for a shot at the World Heavyweight Champion, are Sean McFly (condemned to wrestle from the start), Art Reed, Champagne Lover, Jeremy Stone, Matthew Keith, and the man in the catbird seat, Generation Omega's Marc DuBois, sure he'll enter only when the others are exhausted. But will that give him the edge?

Prediction Key:
TCW Tag Team Championships
GenOme (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Texas Outlaws w/ Floyd Bowman

FIRST BLOOD
Jack Bruce vs. Troy Tornado

TCW International Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Canadian Elemental vs. Giant Tana

TCW All Action Championship
Shingen Miyazaki (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Acid vs. Freddy Huggins vs. Hidekazu w/ Baroness Emily vs. Thunder Snake w/ Baroness Emily vs. UK Dragon

Aaron Andrews vs. Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Tommy Cornell

NO HOLDS BARRED MATCH - TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Chris Rockwell (c) vs. Pistol Pete Hall

TCW Womens Championship
Gorgon (c) vs. JeriLynn Stone

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

MALICE IN CHAINS - #1 CONTENDERSHIP
Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Champagne Lover vs. Jeremy Stone vs. Marc DuBois w/ Phil Vibert vs. Matthew Keith vs. Sean McFly

[Regis]

TCW Tag Team Championships
GenOme (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Texas Outlaws w/ Floyd Bowman
Going to go for an outside chance, see if the new team gets it.

FIRST BLOOD
Jack Bruce vs. Troy Tornado
With his somewhat lacklustre performance, I can't vote for the Darkwave man over the former WHC.

TCW International Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Canadian Elemental vs. Giant Tana
As long as Edd has the belt? Comedy gold.

TCW All Action Championship
Shingen Miyazaki (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Acid vs. Freddy Huggins vs. Hidekazu w/ Baroness Emily vs. Thunder Snake w/ Baroness Emily vs. UK Dragon
Why not? Might give him some cred, and he seems to be developing well these days.

Aaron Andrews vs. Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert
It will be dastardly, but Joey will win, I think. This is not the end of the matter.

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Tommy Cornell
Draw. Remo shouldn't lose, but Tommy shouldn't lose either.

NO HOLDS BARRED MATCH - TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Chris Rockwell (c) vs. Pistol Pete Hall
Hall doesn't have as much upside as the all-round veteran Rockwell, but we'll see something interesting here.

TCW Womens Championship
Gorgon (c) vs. JeriLynn Stone
The stratagem pays off.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
Routine defence, Keith's been slowly moving into the background.

MALICE IN CHAINS - #1 CONTENDERSHIP
Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Champagne Lover vs. Jeremy Stone vs. Marc DuBois w/ Phil Vibert vs. Matthew Keith vs. Sean McFly
Could this be Art Reed's time to shine? I'll gamble and say yes.

[Bigpapa42]

TCW Tag Team Championships
GenOme (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Texas Outlaws w/ Floyd Bowman

FIRST BLOOD
Jack Bruce vs. Troy Tornado

TCW International Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Canadian Elemental vs. Giant Tana

TCW All Action Championship
Shingen Miyazaki (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Acid vs. Freddy Huggins vs. Hidekazu w/ Baroness Emily vs. Thunder Snake w/ Baroness Emily vs. UK Dragon

Aaron Andrews vs. Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Tommy Cornell

NO HOLDS BARRED MATCH - TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Chris Rockwell (c) vs. Pistol Pete Hall

TCW Womens Championship
Gorgon (c) vs. JeriLynn Stone

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

MALICE IN CHAINS - #1 CONTENDERSHIP
Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Champagne Lover vs. Jeremy Stone vs. Marc DuBois w/ Phil Vibert vs. Matthew Keith vs. Sean McFly

[Zergon]

TCW Tag Team Championships
GenOme (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Texas Outlaws w/ Floyd Bowman
No idea so I go with champs

FIRST BLOOD
Jack Bruce vs. Troy Tornado
Bruce would do more with the win

TCW International Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Canadian Elemental vs. Giant Tana
I just like Edd too much to go against him here.

TCW All Action Championship
Shingen Miyazaki (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Acid vs. Freddy Huggins vs. Hidekazu w/ Baroness Emily vs. Thunder Snake w/ Baroness Emily vs. UK Dragon
I see Snake getting the title as troubles in team VIPER continues.

Aaron Andrews vs. Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert
Coin flip but Minnesota has allies who might interfere.

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Tommy Cornell
I could see this one going either way but I see Tommy taking this one in order to continue this feud further because Remo would just move to next target if he wins.

NO HOLDS BARRED MATCH - TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Chris Rockwell (c) vs. Pistol Pete Hall
I just don´t see why Hall should get a title.

TCW Womens Championship
Gorgon (c) vs. JeriLynn Stone
I go with a title change here as there isn´t anyone else who could take the title off from Gordon right now.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
I doubt that Sam would get the main title so Hawkins retains.

MALICE IN CHAINS - #1 CONTENDERSHIP
Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Champagne Lover vs. Jeremy Stone vs. Marc DuBois w/ Phil Vibert vs. Matthew Keith vs. Sean McFly
Tough one but I go with McFly because I expect Wolf to retain and that would mean that face is likely to win here and though Reed is good he isn´t ready for the main title shot yet.

[Wallbanger]

Prediction Key:
TCW Tag Team Championships
GenOme (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Texas Outlaws w/ Floyd Bowman

More of a hunch than anything, to be honest.

FIRST BLOOD
Jack Bruce vs. Troy Tornado

Of the two, I perceive Troy to be better able to crack the very top of the card.

TCW International Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Canadian Elemental vs. Giant Tana

Whoever wins the title is going to have to out-Edd Edd. Neither of these two are going to do that.

TCW All Action Championship
Shingen Miyazaki (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Acid vs. Freddy Huggins vs. Hidekazu w/ Baroness Emily vs. Thunder Snake w/ Baroness Emily vs. UK Dragon

To Zergon's point, having another VIPER win the title advances storyline possibilities within the faction, and "Thunder Snack" is the more satisfying option. ;)

Aaron Andrews vs. Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert

I don't see this as a full blowoff yet, so keep AA chasing.

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Tommy Cornell

The fact that TCW is in a place where Tommy can put anyone in the ME over credibly is awesome. But he still has to win big matches to do that.

NO HOLDS BARRED MATCH - TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Chris Rockwell (c) vs. Pistol Pete Hall

I like PPH, but I just don't see him as a belt holder in a roster this deep.

TCW Womens Championship
Gorgon (c) vs. JeriLynn Stone

As always, can't go against my girl. And I have no insider knowledge on this - PS did a great job of turning a brief PM exchange into a full storyline, and he's added his own signature to it, and has honestly improved it. If this is the blowoff, great -- if not, let the ride take us where it may.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

This is treading water for next month.

MALICE IN CHAINS - #1 CONTENDERSHIP
Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Champagne Lover vs. Jeremy Stone vs. Marc DuBois w/ Phil Vibert vs. Matthew Keith vs. Sean McFly

I think this makes for the most interesting storyline with the WHC moving forward.

[Hashasheen]

TCW Tag Team Championships
GenOme (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Texas Outlaws w/ Floyd Bowman

FIRST BLOOD
Jack Bruce vs. Troy Tornado

TCW International Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Canadian Elemental vs. Giant Tana

TCW All Action Championship
Shingen Miyazaki (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Acid vs. Freddy Huggins vs. Hidekazu w/ Baroness Emily vs. Thunder Snake w/ Baroness Emily vs. UK Dragon

Aaron Andrews vs. Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Tommy Cornell

NO HOLDS BARRED MATCH - TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Chris Rockwell (c) vs. Pistol Pete Hall

TCW Womens Championship
Gorgon (c) vs. JeriLynn Stone

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

MALICE IN CHAINS - #1 CONTENDERSHIP
Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Champagne Lover vs. Jeremy Stone vs. Marc DuBois w/ Phil Vibert vs. Matthew Keith vs. Sean McFly

[Blake Trask]

TCW Tag Team Championships
GenOme (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Texas Outlaws w/ Floyd Bowman
Because this is the diary that has taken Walter Morgan and Merle O'Curle from 'those two guys in the UK that are kind've sort've good' and turned them into pure match gold. Remember when these two were getting presented as jobbers but at least they 'learn from their defeat'? Yeah me neither. (Not knocking on said presentation that's a good gimmick)

FIRST BLOOD
Jack Bruce vs. Troy Tornado
Troy is better, deserves it more and... erm. Well I like him. So there.

TCW International Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Canadian Elemental vs. Giant Tana
These guys have both been built up fairly well but really I can't see either of them being an inspiring champion and I think Edd deserves a longer reign.

TCW All Action Championship
Shingen Miyazaki (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Acid vs. Freddy Huggins vs. Hidekazu w/ Baroness Emily vs. Thunder Snake w/ Baroness Emily vs. UK Dragon
Because Hideakazu and Thunder Snake are going to be too busy backstabbing each other and Miyazaki to pay attention to Freddy kicking one of his mates in the face and pinning them instead.

Aaron Andrews vs. Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert
Triple A (as opposed to his bulkier cousin double A) seems to be just a few big victories from making it as official TCW School of Pro Wrestling poster boy. This seems like an opportunity for one of them.

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Tommy Cornell
No Remo! Bad! Back in your box of seething hatred!

NO HOLDS BARRED MATCH - TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Chris Rockwell (c) vs. Pistol Pete Hall
PPH has had decent build but there is nooooo way that he at his age* should be beating a Chris Rockwell that just won the belt.

*Aware first champion was Sam Keith, who's round about the same ballpark, if memory serves. Don't care, PPH is good but a win here would make me cringe a little.

TCW Womens Championship
Gorgon (c) vs. JeriLynn Stone
Because honestly I can't see the feud surviving JeriLynn getting stomped on again and it would make the entire storyline feel just a little bit uncomfortable, though I guess a losing effort could be a decent conclusion, depending.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
Sam's great but if Wolf loses he won't have anything to bait Tommy with somewhere down the line.

MALICE IN CHAINS - #1 CONTENDERSHIP
Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Champagne Lover vs. Jeremy Stone vs. Marc DuBois w/ Phil Vibert vs. Matthew Keith vs. Sean McFly
Matt can't resist using the mist and more or less kills himself, Lover I still can't view as a credible main eventer just yet, similarly Marc who has been doing very little, Jezza's had his chance and is also a heel (and as noted I expect Wolf to retain, though I have been detecting faceish vibes from him as of late) and honestly? ...To be honest if Art wins it's making me uncomfortably aware that Greg is sitting in a corner somewhere being overshadowed tremendously by BOTH of his tag team partners which takes some doing when you're that good. McFly for the 'heroic babyface against the odds' type win and a challenge to Wolf that will hopefully tempt in Cornell.

[Eidenhoek]

Prediction Key:
TCW Tag Team Championships
GenOme (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Texas Outlaws w/ Floyd Bowman

BRI-TISH LOINS! BRI-TISH LOINS!

FIRST BLOOD
Jack Bruce vs. Troy Tornado

If your 2008 Tornado is similar to 2010's (or rather, 2011's) Tornado, he is obscenely good. ****ing good, then? Heh. Anyway, the only things Bruce has on him are Star Quality and Entertainment skills. But Tornado's not poor in those areas, and he doesn't need to be carried.

Hell, on that note, I'd rather Troy hit HoI before Greg, Matt, or Art. Tornado's hitting his 30s, the "prime of his career" in my eyes. He needs to burn this feud and get back in the title hunt.

On that note, while there's been variety (and apparently great matches from Hawkins) in the title shots, Troy did somethign different. Admittedly, willingly putting yourself in a three-way match is stupid (for the competitor, but very, very useful for a booker). But it was something different. Had he been in MiC, he'd potentially be the "Six-Way Champion". Which would be stupid.

TCW International Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Canadian Elemental vs. Giant Tana

I hate Edd Stone now. He bugs me. Not really funny, just being a ****. Or there's humor, I guess, but it's mixed with him being a ****. Kinda like Jackass. Sure, I like as much as the next guy to see Bam Margera (or whoever) getting racked. Repeatedly. But pulling **** on store-owners and stuff...not so cool.

Stone's the guy that I wouldn't be friends with. He's a jerk. I don't want that in my life. Fine, be your free spirit. Just don't get in front of me or I'll repeatedly kick you in the junk.

So why CanAm? Er, CanEl? Heh, Canadian American...you bought/borrowed/whatever the 'Elemental' title. So that's Elemental, Elemental II, Elemental III, American Elemental (and II, apparently) behind you. Three out of those four workers are quite good (and III potentially could be something). If CanEl doesn't do something, he's going to be CanRuinedalegacy. And that's too long a name.

TCW All Action Championship
Shingen Miyazaki (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Acid vs. Freddy Huggins vs. Hidekazu w/ Baroness Emily vs. Thunder Snake w/ Baroness Emily vs. UK Dragon

Read the MiC logic, but I need Snake to win. Plus I want him to be BURNING MONKEEEEYYYYYYYY. And also-well, just wait.

Problem being that I need him to be face for my plans, and this win would make him a heel. Huh...

Aaron Andrews vs. Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert

Andrews is 'meh' for me. Maybe if I ever got him to turn 30 or so, he'd be a good worker. As it stands, not so much.

But I hate Vibert and GenOme.

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Tommy Cornell

But I hate Vibert and GenOme.

NO HOLDS BARRED MATCH - TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Chris Rockwell (c) vs. Pistol Pete Hall

Possible Lobster Warrior return :D :D :D?

Seriously, that was probably one of my favorite guys in '05. And...HHC seems to be passed around a bit. Maybe I'm remembering things poorly (by 'maybe' I mean 'I am'), but it just seems...each champ gets a few defenses, pass it on. *shrug*

So if Chris is Lobster Warrior, then Rocky Golden is Rock Lobster Warrior. And Rick Law is...uh...

Rick Lawbster?

BEST GAME EVER.

TCW Womens Championship
Gorgon (c) vs. JeriLynn Stone

Wait, it was Lucy Stone-McFly I saw in the editor. This chick doesn't even exist!

...

Yeah, doesn't even exist! Now if it was Jeri Behr...

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Keith/Keith for the title? RATINGS!

Wait.

Keith, Keith, KEITH FOR THE TITLE?

omg it's Tory Tornado all over again! balalalalalalalala

MALICE IN CHAINS - #1 CONTENDERSHIP
Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Champagne Lover vs. Jeremy Stone vs. Marc DuBois w/ Phil Vibert vs. Matthew Keith vs. Sean McFly

A lot of things have to happen here, and a lot of reasons why people shouldn't win.

1. McFly must turn heel at some point. Keith's a face, and he's going to be champion. Furthermore, Tornado must beat Sean for the title. Leading to a Sean face turn. So that's six months right there.

2. Okay, that's pretty much all the things that "have to happen here".

Art Reed, Champagne Lover, Marc DuBois, and Matthew Keith are all too young for the title. Yes, so is Wolf, but whatever. They all have at least a decade to play with. They don't need the championship. Of the four, I'd pick Lover. Turn him face, make him punch Stone (Edd) in the head, let him become the HoI-Inductee that he certainly deserves. He's the hottest guy in the world, the best talent from Mexico period. He needs it.

But Art? Nope. Art needs to be carried. Granted, when he is, he performs. But no. Keep him (sadly) in the tag ranks and make your tag belts into ME titles. There you go.

DuBois? He's a Vibertian. Heh, Vibertian. Is that like 'martian' or 'carrion'? Anyone, I don't want his punk ass on the title. It'd be...similar to Hawkins.

Wait, Hawkins is part of GenOme, right? *looks up*

Yeah...no.

Keith? Nope. Here's my grand plan:

Matthew Keith dies or something. He learns that he needs to use the power of friendship or something. Maybe he turns face after cardiac surgery. I dunno, I don't care. He decides to go after the All-Action Title. Who has it?

THUNDER SNAKE.

Remember what I said about blah blah blah mist?

So maybe Keith gets a misting machine installed. Maybe he hybrids his DNA with a frog (what the hell is a muta? Reptile? I'm pretty sure it hatched from an egg...). Point is, he sprays yellow mist into Snake's face.

No effect.

Another match, he sprays red mist. OH WAIT THAT'S NOT THUNDER SNAKE IT'S BURNING MONKEY.

No effect.

Insert hilarium (hilarity?) as Keith tries to predict what color mask Snake/Monkey/Awesome will wear.

RATINGS.

We'll have Thunder Snake, Burning Monkey, Tsunami Shark, Jungle Frog, and, of course, Death Dragon.

Best part? Tsunami Shark can bring in all the fun from ZEN (if they exist). Which...admittedly those guys suck, so w/e.

Right, so Jeremy Stone or Sean McFly? With Keith as champion, it should be Stone to make things easier. I said there'd be a turn, though, right? So that makes Sean available. Furthermore, Sean needs to win a title in TCW. If he isn't in the HoI (will be, rather) already, he absolutely has to be gotten in there (bleh sentence). More than Keith, Reed, Lover, otherKeith, anybody else, really. Cornell's in, and McFly...McFly actually is better than Cornell, I think. Tommy can talk, which is a huge asset, but they're unarguably at the highest tier of in-ring workers. McFly needs this.

[Tigerkinney]

TCW Tag Team Championships
GenOme (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Texas Outlaws w/ Floyd Bowman

A seemingly tough defence for the champs with the odds stacked against them, but I actually see GenOme just about escaping with the belts intact here.

FIRST BLOOD
Jack Bruce vs. Troy Tornado

First Blood matches aren't the sort of thing to blow off a feud, they normally finish in a somewhat screwy fashion, so as the heel of this feud it would be more suitable for Bruce (who to be honest needs the win more) to come away with the win here.

TCW International Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Canadian Elemental vs. Giant Tana

Another triple threat, with the stack decked agains the champion but just as with GeNome's defence of the tag belts, I think Edd retains.

TCW All Action Championship
Shingen Miyazaki (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Acid vs. Freddy Huggins vs. Hidekazu w/ Baroness Emily vs. Thunder Snake w/ Baroness Emily vs. UK Dragon

Somewhere along the line the simmering tensions within Team KOBRA have to boil over, so why not here. Ultimately I see one of the non Kobra's tacking advantage here and coming away with the belt, and I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that Acid claims the belt, even though he hasn't been booked all that strong since coming into TCW.

Aaron Andrews vs. Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert

This is one of those that could go either way, in a match between two rising talents just bubbling under breaking out into becoming a true main eventer. This feud only feels like it has got started, so as the heel I have to give the edge to Minnesota.

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Tommy Cornell

Remo will find Tommy to be on a whole another level to anyone he has faced before.

NO HOLDS BARRED MATCH - TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Chris Rockwell (c) vs. Pistol Pete Hall

Solid first defence for Rockwell as he gets put over by a legend.

TCW Womens Championship
Gorgon (c) vs. JeriLynn Stone

I'll go with the general consensus and say that JeriLyn finally slays the monster to claims the women's title.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

It seems a little odd to call a Sam Keith title challenge, a 'stop-gap' defence but this is exactly what this is for Hawkins.

MALICE IN CHAINS - #1 CONTENDERSHIP
Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Champagne Lover vs. Jeremy Stone vs. Marc DuBois w/ Phil Vibert vs. Matthew Keith vs. Sean McFly

I pretty much agree with Blake Trask's assessment of this match.

[Regis]

And...HHC seems to be passed around a bit. Maybe I'm remembering things poorly (by 'maybe' I mean 'I am'), but it just seems...each champ gets a few defenses, pass it on. *shrug*

Not as such - Sam Keith's reign was nice and long, and we've not really had any truly transitional champs on the books. Now, the HHC hasn't had a Big Main Storyline centred around it for a while, but still.

As for the rest of your booking... I don't know whether that's awesome or insane, but I have to admire the thought you've put in!

[Phantom Stranger]

It's good to see so many predictions coming in so fast. For a potentially throwaway PPV, people are getting enthused.

Now, with 10 matches and 8 angles here, this is going to take some writing. Which means some time.

So, since people are speculating on various things, now is the time to give people a little more baseline.

Accordingly, I'm going to be posting some statlines - Art's and Troy's, notably, and any others that stand out on review - over the next couple of days.

Now, I can't provide screenshots that give away the event's results, and some others may or may not happen for one reason or another. But if people want to find out about a given worker, now is the time to ask.

Three immediate notes:


Troy Tornado is 69% HoI already, and IS on my list to go in. This also puts him ahead of Art and Matthew. Jeremy is also likely to hit the Hall before either of them, and frankly, he's a priority, so far as I can without changing booking.
Sean McFly reached HoI with his second A* match in TCW.
Sam Keith held the HHC from June to January, making 7 defences. Sammy made three over two months before dropping the title to Texas Pete on account of the fans voting Pete in at Fight to the Feedback and thus convincing me he'd gain a following. Pete got four defences between March and July. As of right now, three defences is the lowest any reigning champion has held before losing a belt under my watch, and I don't see that changing all that soon. Transitional championship has its uses, I firmly believe, and they are rare and we are not in a position to use them right now. One title is planned to jump around fast a couple times in early 2010. That's about it.
And a fourth as I forgot - JeriLynn Stone exists due to Wallbanger's excellent Generations diary back in TEW2007.

[Blake Trask]

I'd quite like to see a stat comparison of Greg and Matt. I dunno how much (if any) the stats changed between 08 and 10, but in my games Matt has always seemed significantly better. I suspect that still holds true since he was the one that turned and Greg remained in the tag team, but hey, curiosity.

(I've always wondered, though I'm probably ADD enough to forget and it actually got explained: Was Matt's injury real or just a kayfabe vehicle of setting up the resentment of the Kreed?)

Oh yeah. I'd like to have a look at The Lions as well, since you've so established them as characters that I occasionally forget they're not a canon tag team.


Edit: Given they're personal favourites, seeing Rocky, Law and Hawkins would be pretty cool too but that's just because I'm obssessively curious about other people's games. I'm definitely most interested in the Keith twins.

[Eidenhoek]

For a potentially throwaway PPV

For a potentially throwaway PPV, you sure did hype that MALICE IN CHAINNNNZZZZZ match.

Alice in Chains is providing the music, right?

As for stats, I'd like to see 'Shingekazu' please. Don't think you've used them that much as a team anymore, but...at least what their psychology is at. Shingen should be fine, but I want to know if Hidekazu's warmed up.

About the Hard-Hitting championship: it's a low, in my eyes, number of defenses on the last two champions, so I wasn't remembering horribly. I did, however, misuse "transitional champ", and for that I feel a bit bad. I also forgot that Sean McFly...y'know...wrestled before he was in TCW. Oops.

[Blake Trask]

I think the team of Team VIPER was, well, Team VIPER. As in, Miyazaki and Ota. (In a recent game of mine, Miyazaki is GCG world champ, that made me smile)

[20LEgend]

I'd quite like to see a stat comparison of Greg and Matt. I dunno how much (if any) the stats changed between 08 and 10, but in my games Matt has always seemed significantly better. I suspect that still holds true since he was the one that turned and Greg remained in the tag team, but hey, curiosity.


In my 2014 USPW game Greg is actually better than Matty at everything but performance skills, though I suspect that is because Greg spent a few more month in SWF development in 2010. I still insist on pushing Matty over him, I don't know why

[Phantom Stranger]

OK. First up, as promised, Art Reed and Troy Tornado.

Art:

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/reedstats.jpg

Troy:

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/troystats.jpg

Other requests will be coming over time. I have a feeling that responding to Blake's post will leave my aura of knowing what I'm doing with a few holes.

[Rayelek]

I just wanna know how many guys you have that are guaranteed HoI. It's not essential that I know who, but that'd be cool too.

[Eidenhoek]

Dear god...I would like both men, please. Especially that Art Reed. Mine...71 psych. *cries*

[Phantom Stranger]

I just wanna know how many guys you have that are guaranteed HoI. It's not essential that I know who, but that'd be cool too.

Just Tommy and Sam (who start that way) and Sean McFly, who had, I think, 4% left to go when he arrived. Provided he continues to pull A* matches, Jeremy Stone probably can't help but be the fourth.

[Phantom Stranger]

I'd quite like to see a stat comparison of Greg and Matt. I dunno how much (if any) the stats changed between 08 and 10, but in my games Matt has always seemed significantly better. I suspect that still holds true since he was the one that turned and Greg remained in the tag team, but hey, curiosity.

Nice and simple...

Greg:
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/gregstats.jpg

Matt:
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/mattstats-1.jpg

Honestly, I'm not sure which I'd call better. Matt has a slight edge, but that's likely due to his time working solo against top faces, not the other way round.

(I've always wondered, though I'm probably ADD enough to forget and it actually got explained: Was Matt's injury real or just a kayfabe vehicle of setting up the resentment of the Kreed?)

See, I mentioned my aura was going to take a knock here?

The Kreed wasn't supposed to happen.

It's been said a few thimes by various people that Davey Boy Smith was only main event believably against the Harts or as a result of Hart feuds. I'm not sure I agree with that, but at that time, I wanted to create that aura of instant elevatability for the Easy Riders - because we all knew the Keiths were going to end up main eventers.

So, rather than blow things off and have the Keiths defeat the Riders, I wanted a way for the Keiths to retain the belts without that win.

So I 'injured' Matt... because it was Matt who the game said took the fall in the match where it happened. The idea was that Art would hold the belt alongside Greg for a bit, then drop it back to Matt after a couple of months, having built himself up - and Art would then beat Frankie Perez for the All-Action Championship, while the Keiths picked up where they left off.

Then Art just... made a convincing case he deserved to hold the belt longer, and just as importantly, the readers started clamouring for Art and Greg to get a name. It became obvious that the 'Kreed' - which, as you know, was a reader suggestion ;) - had legs. So... I went with the split between the Keiths happening earlier than I'd planned, and honestly, I went with a different Keith turning heel than I'd planned.

And along the way, Art started turning in results that put him well past All Action material.

Greg isn't getting a weaker push because he's weaker; Greg's getting a weaker push because if they both got to the top at the same time, that'd be the story. Instead, the story is Matt Keith deserving the main event, and the story then is Greg Keith deserving the main event.

Oh yeah. I'd like to have a look at The Lions as well, since you've so established them as characters that I occasionally forget they're not a canon tag team.

Merle:
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/merlestats-1.jpg

Walter:
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/walterstats-1.jpg

Their nine months or so in dev helped, but anyone who has some traditional wrestling in their product could do worse than look at Ring of Fire's top guys.

[Eidenhoek]

The psych's a touch low for me on the Lions, but they've delivered in spades.

And Greg is a touch better than Matthew, by my numbers...but more importantly, how do they each have one point in announcing?

[Regis]

The psych's a touch low for me on the Lions, but they've delivered in spades.

Oh, Walter Morgan's psychology is a thorn in the side of ROF players everywhere. You see how low it is there? That's after months in dev and protracted feuds with the top tag teams in the company.

And Greg is a touch better than Matthew, by my numbers...but more importantly, how do they each have one point in announcing?

Destiny, quite possibly. Sometimes people with good Destiny will randomly develop in skills they never use, just because. Or at least, so I've heard.

[Phantom Stranger]

The psych's a touch low for me on the Lions, but they've delivered in spades.

Bear in mind they start in the game as top Regional guys. Go look at Walter's normal Psych level and be impressed at his trainers.

(Who have also dragged Gargantuan kicking and screaming to 51 Psych)

And Greg is a touch better than Matthew, by my numbers...but more importantly, how do they each have one point in announcing?

No clue, mate. No clue.

[Wallbanger]

You have Gargantuan in training?

1. Call him up and pair him with Tana for the tag division.

2. Name the team Serious Moobage.

3. Profit!

[Rayelek]

You have Gargantuan in training?

1. Call him up and pair him with Tana for the tag division.

2. Name the team Serious Moobage.

3. ????

4. Profit!

Fixed. :p

[Wallbanger]

Serious Moobage is so full of win we can go straight to Profit!

I was waiting to see if someone else would ask, but I wouldn't mind a peek at the Stone clan's numbers. I'm presuming you haven't Mary Sue'd JL to the extent I did (though if you gave her anything less than 90 in Sex Appeal I am coming across the pond and finding you...) :p

[Phantom Stranger]

Edit: Given they're personal favourites, seeing Rocky, Law and Hawkins would be pretty cool too but that's just because I'm obssessively curious about other people's games. I'm definitely most interested in the Keith twins.

Golden:
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/rockystats.jpg

Law:
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/lawstats.jpg

Wolf:
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/wolfstats.jpg

As for stats, I'd like to see 'Shingekazu' please. Don't think you've used them that much as a team anymore, but...at least what their psychology is at. Shingen should be fine, but I want to know if Hidekazu's warmed up.


As Blake noted, Team VIPER is Shingen Miyazaki and Fumihiro Ota.

But we'll throw Hidekazu in anyway.

Shingen:
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/miyazakistats.jpg

Fumi:
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/otastats.jpg

Hidekazu:
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm75/trenchcoatbrigand/hidekazustats.jpg

You have Gargantuan in training?

1. Call him up and pair him with Tana for the tag division.

2. Name the team Serious Moobage.

3. Profit!

As of about four months ago, you only get on the roster if you have been or if you have 60 Psych minimum. I signed Gargantuan just to experiment with how much Dev could help.

(It's a lot. He is, for example, better in every way bar popularity than USPW World Champion Peter Valentine.)

I'll do the Stone Clan tomorrow, possibly including those parts of it not with TCW.

[smartman]

Wow, just wow. Rocky Golden might be the worst World Champion ever not named David Arquette. He's lousy even after all that time wrestling greats in PS's game. And yes, I know he hasn't held the title in this game (since it was started in 08), but wow, he's so much worse than almost everyone else you've shown us which is only what, half of your main event and upper midcard.

[Phantom Stranger]

Wow, just wow. Rocky Golden might be the worst World Champion ever not named David Arquette. He's lousy even after all that time wrestling greats in PS's game. And yes, I know he hasn't held the title in this game (since it was started in 08), but wow, he's so much worse than almost everyone else you've shown us which is only what, half of your main event and upper midcard.

What that one doesn't show you is that he's improving pretty fast...

But yeah. A quick review of my feuds will probably show that I do tend to build feuds to justify matchups that will elevate a stronger guy while letting them train a weaker guy - in whatever area they're weak. Rocky's feuds have involved a lot of talented guys and he tends to face off against other veterans during Rick and Chris' feuds, too.

Maybe a better example is the Aaron/Edd feud, which helped Edd a little with his brawling, Aaron a little with his technical and aerial, and the tag matches alongside Joey and Jeremy helped them both with their fundamentals.

I do this a lot, in short. That and dev are responsible for a lot of the improvements you see.

[Eidenhoek]

The hell? Someone paired Hidekazu and Shingen Miyazaki, because I know I didn't originate 'Shingekazu'.

[Phantom Stranger]

I was waiting to see if someone else would ask, but I wouldn't mind a peek at the Stone clan's numbers. I'm presuming you haven't Mary Sue'd JL to the extent I did (though if you gave her anything less than 90 in Sex Appeal I am coming across the pond and finding you...) :p

Edd:
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Jeremy:
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JeriLynn:
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Rumours that JeriLynn's sex appeal may have been altered to avoid trouble are going to be entirely ignored. It's not like I've used SA in an angle since Bombshell started talking in promos, anyway.

[James Casey]

Firstly, PS, a big thanks. I've had AQR bookmarked over the last month during our (extensively delayed) house move and it's actually helped a surprising amount to have this available - especially with so many of our books going into storage (though it's not all bad - I bought the first two Song of Ice and Fire books, and have literally just come from Amazon having ordered the next two (or three?)).

It's been a lot of fun look back and see how far you've come, as in any long-running diary, as I've had the chance over the last month to go back and re-read this from page one... Remember the Danny Fonzarelli push? Remember the Syndicate? Remember the transition from 08 to 10? It all seems fresh to me.

I'd love to see a return of the Horatio Dangerous sit-down interviews, incidentally. Someone like Zimmy or even McFly might make for a fascinating interview. McFly seems almost to have been drifting since his arrival - which is a testament to your strength in depth, of course, but how do you have McFly and not make him the focus of your shows? :p (I know, I know, he's not a natural lead protagonist for GenO... We are going to get McFly/Cornell at some point though, right?)

Anyway, onto the predictions:

TCW Tag Team Championships
GenOme (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Texas Outlaws w/ Floyd Bowman Lions are just kinda there, as your stat review shows. Great opponents, but as protagonists? Not yet - maybe not at all. The Outlaws avoid the fall to give them a reason for a straight match and feud with GenOme.

FIRST BLOOD
Jack Bruce vs. Troy Tornado As discussed elsewhere, Bruce has been a letdown for you. Give Tornado the duke and let them both move on.

TCW International Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Canadian Elemental vs. Giant Tana Did Edd get his real belt back? Is this headed for a ladder match?

TCW All Action Championship
Shingen Miyazaki (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Acid vs. Freddy Huggins vs. Hidekazu w/ Baroness Emily vs. Thunder Snake w/ Baroness Emily vs. UK Dragon Ah, a scramble. I have to admit, I struggle with Team KOBRA. Possibly its 180+ pages of AQR all sloshing around in my head, but I'm unable to remember the reasoning behind this match (KOBRA/SoT?). I'll go with Acid winning as he's the C-verse equivalent of teflon in my eyes, especially with the snazzy new renders. Everything else may suck, but Acid will eat your soul.

Aaron Andrews vs. Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert I have a sneaking suspicion that GenO are going to have a good night overall, but I could see Minnesota's membership being short-lived if it seems that Vibert is letting him 'coast' while the others are always having to be as good as they can be. Minnesota to lose, then, in case you're heading that way... and I still haven't forgiven you for breaking up the Rising Stars.

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Tommy Cornell Who better than Remo?

NO HOLDS BARRED MATCH - TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Chris Rockwell (c) vs. Pistol Pete Hall Um... Yeah, the other match I've kinda forgotten how its come about. Hall's just too old, although no doubt capable of producing in the short terms. Rockwell deserves the love.

TCW Womens Championship
Gorgon (c) vs. JeriLynn Stone I think this is the third meeting? I'd normally go for Stone to win, but Gorgon still has a lot of mileage and you won't want to throw that out too easily.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell I liked Sam's speech a while back, but I couldn't help but hear Ric Flair in the waning days of WCW, demanding the chance he'd never had, having been 'held back all this time'. Know your role, Sam, and do the job.

MALICE IN CHAINS - #1 CONTENDERSHIP
Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Champagne Lover vs. Jeremy Stone vs. Marc DuBois w/ Phil Vibert vs. Matthew Keith vs. Sean McFly DuBois is a red herring - it's too soon for too much tension. Keith would be too much, too soon. Lover isn't on this level yet. Reed could take it, but I just don't see him carrying the load in a PPV main event (I mean, the match would be excellent, but...) Stone seems to be in a bit of a no-man's land, and that leaves... well, you know...

Incidentally, is McFly wearing one of the black armbands? And have we found out why Lover is - is it just respect for Edd, or is he secretly (achieving some convoluted border crossing innuendo, it's late) with JeriLynn?

[Wallbanger]

And have we found out why Lover is - is it just respect for Edd, or is he secretly (achieving some convoluted border crossing innuendo, it's late) with JeriLynn?

JeriLynn would hit that. :p:cool:

[Eidenhoek]

And have we found out why Lover is - is it just respect for Edd, or is he secretly crossing JeriLynn's borders?

That was soooooo hard to think of.

<_<

Lover is the canonical hottest man in the wrestling world. Hell, I might jump on the JeriLynn train if this was true.

Fun fact: the "JeriLynn Train" is the position where you lay on your back and she

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Hotter Than Hell

Sunday Week 4 August 2009

Live on America 1-Select, U-Demand Canada, Jade 237, Rivera Pay Television, V-Corp, UK-1 (5.05)

Held at Rolling Field (Tri State)

Attendance: 64,468

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Mayhem Midden - Horatio Dangerous

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GenOme © w/ Phil Vibert
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British Lions w/ Laura Huggins
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Texas Outlaws w/ Floyd Bowman
A nice, lively battle, the champions keep the pace up against RDJ and Pete's power and the solid, systematic, dependable wear-down approach employed by the Lions.

Davis in particular shines here, looking absolutely on RDJ's level when the two are in the ring together. On commentary, Azaria points out that the Lions' submission style is disadvantaged in a three-team environment and Mayhem Midden has to agree, but notes that he'll be “looking into a one on one shot for the team that doesn't take the fall here... even if that ends up being GenOme.”

Perez tags in from Davis and goes to work with stiff kicks and speed; a handspring into a spinning kick off the ropes which wipes out Walter Morgan is a particular highlight of his sequence, though when O'Curle comes in there's a shift of momentum as Merle catches the first kick and goes to work with chilling precision on Perez' ankle, destabilising his base and taking those kicks out of the equation.

Sensing a chance for victory, Pete blindsides O'Curle, tossing him from the ring as, in desperation, Perez tags back out. Pete turns back to find Newton waiting for him, but goes with his original plan, slugging the 'Triple Threat' in the gut and going for the Lone Star Drop – Davis twists in midair, executing a flawless Makuda Roll – ONE, TWO, THREE!
GenOme defeated British Lions & Texas Outlaws
Rating: B

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The big screen comes to life with clips from what looks like a Darkwave gig interspersed with images; Jack Bruce's triumphant return to TCW on the last show of 2008, his insertion into the Shot at the Top match, his growing alliance with Sammy Bach, his war with Troy Tornado turning into full on faction warfare.

By about the three-minute mark, though, things change. During the single sales reveal segment last month, Bruce's words suddenly become audible, the music coming to a halt.

“I want blood.”

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As the music changes, the next couple of minutes are dedicated to the past month; the assaults by Bruce and allies on Troy, Troy's responses, Harry Allen's involvement. So much of the month is given over to one or other man dripping in crimson, bleeding warriors facing each other down. The First Blood match is made.

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Jack Bruce vs. Troy Tornado
Troy keeps up a steady stream of quiet commentary, much of it sounding threatening to Bruce before the bell. There's a massive slugfest to start, eventually won by Jack. Jack seeks refuge on the outside, but Tornado slides under the bottom rope and delivers a neckbreaker on his way past.

Ever resourceful, Bruce grabs the ring bell and swings hard, nailing Troy with it. It looks like it just pissed him off. Jack grabs a chair and calls for Tornado to get in the ring.

“This could be over fast!” Azaria warns.

Troy clambers to the apron, vaults to the top rope and launches into a spinwheel kick, looking to protect his face and do some damage. However, unlike his interference in the match McFly and Tornado had together, this time Bruce nails the swing while his rival's in midair.

Jack lays in three more shots on his downed opponent, but Troy has his face covered by one arm. Changing tack, the Darkwave man crosses to the turnbuckle and starts to remove the pad – but before he can finish Troy nails him with a dropkick to the back.

As Bruce crumples backward, Troy places the chair over his face before hitting the ropes and coming off with a fast legdrop – but Jack's out of the way. He pops up and nails Troy in the chest with a low kick, then whips him so hard Tornado goes over the top rope and spills out to the floor.

Jack follows him out and the pair exchange blows for a while before Jack gets the advantage and whips Troy into the steel steps, though once again the Painful Procedure man manages to take it on the shoulder as Dangerous, on commentary, reminds viewers that while blood can be drawn anywhere, the fact the skull is so close to the skin makes it a lot easier to make someone bleed by working the head.

Jack follows up by ramming Troy into the steps face-first, then glances behind himself. Seeing an opportunity to do some real damage, he hoists him into the air, looking to backdrop suplex him spine-first across the guardrail.

Fortunately for Tornado, he's able to continue the momentum and he lands, instead, stood with one foot on one side of a fan, braced between two chairs, and the other on the other side.

From this elevated position he delivers two hard punches, driving Jack back a step, then jumps forward onto the guardrail and from there delivers a huracanrana on the outside.

He promptly whips Bruce into the steel steps before charging in to hit a dropkick that sandwiches man against steel with a sickening sound. Looking around himself, Troy steps over to the timekeeper's table and grabs the ring announcer's microphone. He takes the time to turn it on before heading back to Bruce. “Ladies and gentlemen,” he announces over the tannoy, “it's time to bleed. What you're about to hear, up close and personal, is the sound of a man being busted open.” He twirls the mic around his fingers then grips it mic-down, ready for a downward strike on Bruce's temple.

Jack retaliates with a major low blow, grabbing the microphone as Troy doubles over. Straightening up, Bruce raises the microphone to his lips. “Hey, Troy... this is my time. Troy?

“**** you.”

He swings, but Troy's had long enough to recover. He sidesteps, twists, and hits a Savate Kick almost the equal of Steve Gumble's, before rolling Bruce into the ring. Grabbing the mic as he goes, he utters “I made you guys a promise,” as he climbs to the top turnbuckle, looking for a microphone-loaded fistdrop.

He soars – and Jack, once again, has rolled clear, but this time Troy sees that in time, rolling to his feet rather than connecting with the drop. He lets the mic fall and, as Jack closes, hits a Gunslinger's Revenge onto it. There's a huge sound, but Bruce isn't bleeding yet.

Troy looks around thoughtfully. His eyes settle on the steel chair, still lying in the ring. He grabs it and drops it near Jack, then places the mic on it reverently. Dragging Jack to his feet, he whips him to the ropes and calls for the Tornado Driver onto the chair.

Jack manages to counter, slipping out, and slugs Troy in the gut. With the Painful Procedure frontman doubled over, he looks for the New York Minute – but Troy counters, turning it into a Blue Thunder Bomb onto the chair! The sound, amplified by the microphone, causes a momentary hush in the arena.

Troy tries again, but this time Bruce meets him with a dropkick. He staggers Troy, then rams his head into the turnbuckle. As Tornado staggers backward, Jack climbs to the top rope – and leaps out, hitting a New York Minute on his way down that drives Troy face-first into the chair and microphone.

Troy bounces off from the impact, and the camera zooms in on the arc of blood drops his movement leaves behind.

Troy Tornado is bleeding.
Jack Bruce defeated Troy Tornado
Rating: A*

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Autumn Gleeson's smile almost masks her unease with the imagery that closed that match out. “G'day,” she begins. “With me tonight are father and daughter, Jeremy and JeriLynn Stone.

“Both of you are competing tonight – so what do you think? JeriLynn, you're facing the Womens Champion with the title on the line for a second time. But to judge by your performance in mixed tag against her this month, the advantage your father suggested you have is definitely there.

“How do you rate your chances?”

JeriLynn smiles. “I'm a Stone. My chances are never less than 50/50... even against the best. That's not the genetics...” She looks across to her father, and grins. “It's the training.

“But Gorgon isn't someone I take lightly. She isn't someone I can afford to shrug off – she's tried to put me in the hospital enough times.

“Five years ago now, my mother died. Five years ago this month... Last month, I started wearing this armband, to remember her. Tonight is the final night I'll wear it.

“Tonight, I dedicate my match to Simone Aube-Stone's memory. And tonight, I trade this...” She touches the armband. “...for a championship belt. My first.”

Autumn grins. “Good luck,” she says. “Jeremy, you're not competing for a championship... but you are looking for a chance at one. In one of wrestling's most dangerous matches.

“I think this is the first time since the very first Malice in Chains that no competitor has the advantage of experience in that match. I know this is no time to ask if you have a strategy, but-”

“Not for the match,” Stone says. “Too many variables. I only know for certain that one man will enter the ring after me... I can't be sure of anything else. Who I'll face, how exhausted they'll be... the length of time I'll have to compete for...

“I don't have a strategy for the match. I have five strategies, each for a single opponent, each tuned to the assumption I'll have to last the whole match, just in case.

“That's the only way to approach a match like Malice in Chains. Eliminate the variables.

“I have... reason to agree with my daughter. Tonight... I dedicate my fight... my challenge... to the memory of my wife, the mother of my child. If you're watching, Simone... I still love you. I'll always remember you. And... JeriLynn's been right. It's time I remembered the man you loved.

“It's time I made you proud again. For my sake as well as yours.”

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Edd Stone © vs. Canadian Elemental vs. Giant Tana
The highlight of this one, ultimately, is Canadian Elemental using Edd's own study tactics against him; when Tana slams the Champion, CanEl springs from the ropes and catches the huge Samoan with a tilt-a-whirl headscissors, flipping Tana forward – onto the champ.

The crowd's reaction is strong for that one. Ray Johnson dives to make the count – and Can El, realising his mistake, breaks the pin with a moonsault.

That is, however, not merely the highest point... it's also the story of the match. Elemental and Tana have had no trouble working together... but when only one can make the fall, with Edd working hard at it, they can be forced into conflict.

He has to work very hard to get this one. But, in the end, carefully exiting the ring at the right time means a lariat by Tana wipes out Elemental, not Edd... and the chance to make the cover is too much to resist. CanEl gets his shoulder up, but the duo have had chinks created in their armour now. They fall to battling one another.

Tana eventually gets something resembling the upper hand, and he sets CanEl up in the corner, looking for the Big Fat Samoan Squash.

And Edd nails him from behind with an Edd-Renaline Shot to the head. As Tana crumples, Elemental steps forward. Edd leaps, hitting the Party's Over. He covers Tana, hooking the leg and picking up the three count.
Edd Stone defeated Canadian Elemental and Giant Tana
Rating: B

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Shout At The Devil begins to play, and Mayhem Midden rises from his chair, still leaning heavily on his steel cane. As he enters the ring, Charlie Thatcher maintains a careful overwatch, baseball bats in hand.

“Time to interrupt all this for a moment,” Midden says, his voice loud in the arena. “This month, we're bringing back Malice in Chains.

“But I was brought into TCW to give you what you want to see... not just the old stuff, but new ideas. To try things you had no idea you wanted... and to see what people are taking to.

“Now. If you're a Texas Outlaws fan, make some noise.”

The fans respond.

“How about the Machines?”

Another good pop. “Sean Deeley and the Lions?”

More solid response. Midden grins.

“I started with the Outlaws because they used to be a trio. And next month, we're doing something new.

“Run the video.”

An image appears on the big screen of a large cup, engraved with the TCW logo. “THAT... is the Three Kings Trophy. We're going to hold a tournament for it every September.

“That tournament will be contested between sixteen three-man teams.

“Everyone on the roster, listen up. I'm going to be starting the first matches this Tuesday. If you have two friends and want a shot at the Trophy – and the three hundred thousand dollar cash prize that goes with it - get your names down.

“I don't care who you are. Anyone who's willing gets a chance until all sixteen slots are taken.”

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There's no good way to attempt to summarise this match. All six men have victory as their priority, and only Miyazaki and Hidekazu have a focus other than aerial mastery with which to do it. The speed of the contest is, as a result, somewhat mindboggling.

Obviously enough, the battle does more or less divide along faction lines, at least for the first five or so minutes. Then Thunder Snake nearly pins UK Dragon, Acid dropkicks him in the head, and the six men involved wake up to the fact only one man can win this.

Notably, when Miyazaki counters the Huggins Kiss into an Ankle Lock, Hidekazu grabs his ally and hits a German suplex, breaking the hold. Thunder Snake promptly goes for the pin, but Acid is once again there to break it up, scoring with an Acid Rain Bomb to prevent the pin.

Hidekazu turns back to the fray, and UK Dragon is there, nailing him with a Death Valley Driver – but he sees his teammate standing, watching, and backs off from a pin attempt with a shake of the head.

Dragon, in fact, begins to shine here, showing all his biggest moves, at one point sailing over Acid's head to deliver a double-stomp that bears Miyazaki to the ground. Thunder Snake promptly nails him with a Snake Lash, only to be hit in turn with a double-arm DDT by Acid – who is immediately hit from behind by the Huggins Kiss. Freddy follows up by delivering a Weight of Tradition-like brainbuster on Hidekazu that brings him crashing down onto the gut of Miyazaki, who he promptly pins.

The count of three grants us a new TCW All Action Champion.
Freddy Huggins defeated Acid, Hidekazu, Shingen Miyazaki, Thunder Snake and UK Dragon
Rating: B

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Huggins bails from the ring fast, grabbing his belt and fleeing while Acid is still recovering. As he does so, the remainder of Team KOBRA emerge, coming down the ramp toward the ring.

Ino, Ota, Brazzle and the Baroness surround the trio who, between them, have just lost Team KOBRA's title belt.

The Baroness draws the bokken and delivers to shots apiece to Miyazaki, Thunder Snake, and Hidekazu.

Miyazaki remains perfectly still, while Thunder Snake and Hidekazu start to move, believing their punishment over. Ino barks a command, and they freeze into place.

The Baroness hands the bokken to Suzanne Brazzle, who also delivers two shots apiece. Once again, Thunder Snake and Hidekazu make to move, only to be halted again.

Ota receives the bokken next, delivering another two shots.

“That's more than anyone's had to take for a defeat before,” Azaria observes. And the bokken is passed along to Koshiro Ino, who delivers a final two apiece before Team KOBRA head back toward the locker rooms in silence.

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The big screen comes to life, revealing Aaron Andrews with the microphone. He paces back and forth in the otherwise empty interview area.

“Two steps forward,” he begins. “One step back.

“I am getting sick of that. Two steps forward, and one step back.

“I get enrolled in the TCW School of Wrestling. Two steps forward.

“By now, a lot of our fans have heard the stories. The place is... draining. At this time, I'm the only guy who's graduated. The teachers want results like the House of Stone, but they have to push harder to get them.

“One step back.” He lets that hang there for a while. “But I did graduate. And I found a job here... TCW, the place to be if you want two wrestle. Two steps forward.

“Eric Tyler decided I was disrespectful. He never really talked about why. I don't think I was... but I'm no veteran. One step back.

“Another veteran... a shorter time veteran... saw something in me. Joey Minnesota took me under his wing. Trained me. Helped me. Two steps forward.” He smiles. “Maybe three.

“That put us under fire from the Syndicate. Joey and I were attacked. We were threatened, told we would be... crippled. Broken. Our careers ended. Me... I'd call that one step back.

“But Joey and me... we got through it... and I got noticed. I got chosen... given a shot for the International Championship. Two more steps forward...

“...and the one step back was the hardest of all. Joey, you helped teach me, you kept me from quitting, you found Nemesis and persuaded him to give me the Game Breaker.

“But if you'd just waited, we wouldn't have this match. We'd be tag champions. Together.

“Joey, believe me, understand what I am about to tell you: You are my last backward step. The road forward begins... tonight.”

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Aaron Andrews vs. Joey Minnesota w/ Phil Vibert
There's little, if anything, to complain about in this spectacular match. Andrews has learned a lot from Minnesota; Joey knows a lot about Aaron, and the crowd want to see Generation Omega take a beating, somewhere along the line.

With Vibert sneeringly, visibly present at ringside, the fans reach a fever pitch. And there's still peaks to climb, as Aaron and Joey push the envelope further and further. The Game Breaker, the Minnesota Salute, the Empire Spiral... these moves are too well understood. All are tried. All are blocked.

Aaron tries his lesser moves – the crossbody, the hot shot, the spinebuster. In every case, Joey gets his shoulder up.

For his part, Joey looks to the neck, the throat, the submission hold. He tries crossfaces, and inverted chanceries, and the basic rear naked choke. And Aaron won't submit... and he won't pass out. After over twenty minutes, Aaron Andrews sends Joey careering into the ring post, and he hits the Game Breaker on the outside while they are both exhausted.

At the count of five, Aaron makes it back into the ring. At the count of nine, Joey joins him. Once again, Andrews hits the spinebuster. This time, it's enough.
Aaron Andrews defeated Joey Minnesota
Rating: A

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Aaron is halfway back up the ramp, exhausted, obviously drained, when he's stopped by the sound of a man clapping echoing through the arena, broadcast by microphone.

It's Vibert.

He continues to applaud until the crowd has faded into silence.

And then, with Andrews staring him down, Vibert begins to speak.

“Two steps forward,” he says. “Congratulations, Aaron. I admit it; I didn't think you had it in you.

“You beat Joey... ****ing... Minnesota. That's no easy matter.

“But you know what?

“It's not two steps forward, one step back. If you believe that – if you believe there's some way to dodge that – then you're a moron. You just don't get how wrestling works.

“It's a ladder, and every time you climb another rung, the spotlight shines brighter on you.

“And what it shows the world is what's on your back. For Joey, the world sees his support. His backup.

“For Joey, the world can sit there, and realise that attacking him is not a smart way to go.

“But you... you've got a target there, and it's in broad daylight now.

“Watch your back, Aaron. Not because we will come for you. Watch your back... because you have no one to help you. Because you are alone.”

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The big screen comes back to life, showing clips of Remo's dominant run from his TCW debut onward, through his alliance with Generation Omega, his defeats of Ricky Dale Johnson and Sam Keith, and so on, all the way up to his targeting Tommy Cornell. It ends with the close of the last time Cornell and Remo went head to head:

Remo smirks. “You think you got a chance in hell, huh?

“Whatever. When I beat you, I'm walking away. No point answering the other question because pure and simple, it ain't happening.

“You're calling me out and that means you got balls. You feel like you prepared, huh?

“It don't matter to Remo. Make the match. Hotter than Hell...”

From a standing start, he spears Cornell.

“...you going down.”

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Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Tommy Cornell
This thing is brutal. Cornell has his work cut out for him to handle this young turk, this incredible physical specimen.

He starts out by looking to take out a joint, weaken Remo's ability to execute his moves. And Remo grins... and counters.

Cornell rolls clear, staring at Richardson... and closes again, trying a different sequence of holds – and once again, Remo has a counter.

Tommy goes into a fully defensive strategy then, looking to weather the storm, evade the biggest hits, find a chink in Remo's armour, while the powerful Generation Omega man looks to put the company chairman away.

Hit after hit connects, with Cornell only able to counter a few, though when he does, it's often spectacular – the first Destroyer attempt sees Cornell control his momentum, land on his feet with his hands on Remo's trunks, and converts it to a piledriver.

Nonetheless, Remo powers out after only two. Cornell tries for the Rough Ride, but Remo blocks – so Tommy rolls out of the ring for a moment. Vibert, in mocking him, gets too close – and Cornell grabs him. A couple of seconds later he's hurtling to the side, leaving Remo's diving lariat to nearly decapitate Vibert.

Tommy brings his foot down on the back of Remo's knee, driving it into the mat. He has his opening, as Dangerous and Midden speculate on how much his attack on Vibert was just a setup. The company owner goes to work with a will, looking to take out the knee, but Remo fires back.

His punches are no weaker for his mobility being hindered, and when he connects it looks dangerous. He lands a Destroyer, but with the knee weakened, it's not all that it could be, and Cornell manages to get a hand to the ropes.

Remo looks for the Lumbar Puncture, but the backbreaker does as much to his knee as it does to Cornell; Vibert, recovering on the outside, begs for a pin cover, but Cornell makes it to his feet first. He heads for Remo, but the Generation Omega man manages to turn it around. One more Destroyer attempt – but Cornell pops loose, rolling down to grab a backslide pin. With his leg incapacitated, Remo doesn't have the leverage to kick free...
Tommy Cornell defeated Remo Richardson
Rating: A

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Chris Rockwell © vs. Pistol Pete Hall
Azaria does a good job summarising the issues these two had ten years previously in PPPW – Hall, the defending champion ready to pull out all the stops, including the illegal ones, and Rockwell, the challenger who kept on chasing even after Hall had lost the title to someone else, because what Rockwell was after was just the proof that he could win, that he had what it took.

They square off again, and close, and the impact of Hall's big boot is still a major one, even after all these years. But Rockwell gets right back up and goes after him, calculating, confident.

The back and forth between these two adversaries is smooth and obviously well practiced. They know each other.

Hall seems bound and determined to bring Rockwell's temper out, to capitalise. At different points he slaps Rockwell, spits on him; he takes every liberty that doesn't quite break the rules, and he does it with a smirk.

“I wonder if Rick Law realised just what he was creating when he asked Pete to test Rockwell's anger,” Dangerous muses.

Maybe Law did, however; by the end, an in-control Rockwell has brought Pete Hall down and set up for the MMA-style knees to the head, before covering for the pinfall.
Chris Rockwell defeated Pistol Pete Hall
Rating: B+

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Matt Keith finishes taping his wrists for the upcoming match. He looks down at his bag and takes a deep breath, shaking his head, before plucking the bottle his father gave him from it. He gives it a half-hearted shake, unscrews the cap, and downs the contents in a gulp.

He sighs again, then drops the bottle back in his bag.

“Matthew...”

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The Blonde Bombshell is standing in the doorway to the locker room Matt's preparing in. He looks up, frowning. A month or two ago, when she and he ran into each other, he'd snap at here, tell her to go away, tell her there was no chance of her managing him and to go to hell for thinking about it.

Now.... he's silent, awkwardly so. He looks back.

The Bombshell swallows, but presses on. “Listen... I know you've no real reason to believe me, but...

“We miss you, Matthew. I know, I know, it's your choice... but we miss you.

“I know I'm coming out alongside someone else... But we wanted to give you a message.

“Your father, your brother, Johnny, me, and Art... we say good luck tonight.”

She walks away, leaving Matt staring at the open doorway.

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Gorgon © vs. JeriLynn Stone
JeriLynn comes out with armband in place, walking proud and tall. Gorgon by Angel Witch begins to play, and the champion comes out. Her face is, as usual, impassive, stony... until she sees JeriLynn waiting, side-on to her, looking back at her over that SAS armband.

There's a note of caution to her approach, now. And, after a brief staredown, in the ring, the bell rings – and the monster champion seems a little slower on her approach. A little more careful.

Of course, when she punches, it still seems to hit as hard. The slams are as crisp. And while JeriLynn has a few moves she can use against the big gun, she can't use nearly as much of her moveset as she'd hope. Still, she has a target, and she throws everything she has at the ankle of the monster.

In the end, Gorgon looks for the Hydra Bomb that's ended everything in her favour. She can still boost JL off the ground almost effortlessly, even on the bad leg – but she makes one mistake, her first since arriving in TCW.

As if to prove her power, while she has JeriLynn in the air, she lifts the weakened leg, shaking it out, holding her opponent on a single foot - and JeriLynn grabs the injured ankle as it comes in reach, and twists.

Hard to say just how it happens, but less than five seconds later Gorgon is on her back, on the mat, with JeriLynn grapevining her leg in her uncle Dan's favourite hold, the Stone Ankle Stretch.

She's endured, rather than triumphed, but now she gets the chance to triumph... now she gets the chance for the advantage.

Gorgon fights it. In an astonishing moment, she pushes up onto all fours, then lifts the leg and JeriLynn off the ground before slamming her foot back down, crushing the challenger into the ground.

Somehow, JeriLynn hangs on. Thirty seconds into the hold, Gorgon's face begins to show pain. Forty-five seconds in, she's in agony. After a full sixty... she taps to the Stone Ankle Stretch.

JeriLynn rolls from the ring, barely able to stand. Rather than try to fasten the belt, she commits that rarity in TCW and slings it over her shoulder... next to the SAS armband.
JeriLynn defeated Gorgon
Rating: B-

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Wolf Hawkins © w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
It isn't the best match on the card – but it's a good contender for second best. Wolf and Sam know each other very well, and the result is faster than most of Sam's recent matches, with experience and timing substituting well for speed and athleticism.

He fights a slick, shrewd, ground game, but there's an unusual difference.

A typical Sam Keith match in TCW, when he's fighting a specialist in one style of wrestling or another, has Keith match their style, fighting almost exclusively in their idiom.

Here, he's fighting an all-rounder. Normally, this would mean he needs everything he has at his disposal to counter...

But he can concentrate on the core of his game. Why?

Because Wolf Hawkins is wrestling this match as if he were a young Sam Keith.

And he has the talent, the skillbase, and the athleticism to do it. So which wins – age and experience, or youth and guile?

It seems, as it turns out... that the answer is youth and guile. Wolf Hawkins manages to block the Neutron Plex, near the end, and he nails the Wolf's Call... a subtly different version to the first he tried, a little faster on the setup, a little slicker and crisper. He still bridges into the pin, though, and Sam Sparrow counts three.
Wolf Hawkins defeated Sam Keith
Rating: A

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Marc DuBois w/ Phil Vibert vs. Matthew Keith vs. Sean McFly
Sean McFly was already known to be #1 in the ring, but the question of who'd face him had not yet been answered. Now, though, with DuBois, Reed, Stone, and Champagne Lover safe in their pods, it's obvious, and the sound of Matthew Keith's entrance music just confirms it.

Despite his health issues, Matthew Keith has as long a gauntlet to run as anyone.

Matt and Sean circle, close, and McFly goes for a cradle pin. Matt pops out, grabbing the legs and hitting a jacknife pin; Sean grabs his waist and rises up out of it, transitioning into a backslide; Matt twists clear even before Eugene Williams can count, making it to his feet first and hitting Sean with a lariat.

He takes a moment to glare at Art Reed before turning around into a dropkick from McFly, followed by a pair of scoop slams. In imitation of and tribute to JeriLynn Stone, Sean points his fingers like a pistol to the turnbuckle, then starts to climb. He launches off into the From Canada With Love, but Matt swivels on his back, raising his knees, to counter the move efficiently and excellently.

Matt promptly goes to the Proton Lock, and McFly twists loose, heading for the ropes. He comes off with a head of steam and a flying forearm; Matt gets a boot up, the result being them both crashing to the ground, stunned.

This brings in Jeremy Stone, who immediately grabs Matt as he rises and nails a Stone's Throw, then hits another as Sean rises before whipping Keith over the ropes and to the metal.

McFly and Stone turn to face one another. Sean smiles slowly, tapping two fingers against his black armband. In his turn, Stone smiles, and reaches out his hand, curled into a fist. They touch fists and slither into each other. A slick chain wrestling sequence ends with Sean McFly in the Stone Hold.

Champagne Lover enters and immediately springs to the top rope before hurtling off in a Champagne Sunrise to Stone's jaw, breaking the hold – but more importantly, targeting his tag partner's brother, his former ally.

Matt Keith returns to the ring, taking on Sean McFly, and Jeremy Stone squares off with Champagne Lover. After a minute or so, though, the buzzer chimes again – and Art Reed enters. He ducks a punch from Lover, whips him into the turnbuckle then slingshots him into a pod as Lover rebounds, leaving him slumped atop the turnbuckle for now.

Meanwhile, Reed looks to Matthew Keith, going for the Dark Matter, but Matt gets a Neutron Plex instead – but before he can capitalise he drops to one knee, coughing.

This all leaves Jeremy Stone free, however. He closes with Champagne Lover – who is still on the turnbuckle – and hops up beside him. Seems like he's going for a superplex... but Lover comes back to life and starts punching back. In answer, Jeremy brings his legs up and grabs Lover's arm with his, locking down a triangle choke.

Lover fights it, and Jeremy Stone reaches upward with his other arm, grabbing the top of the pod. He pulls, lifting himself and Lover up, amplifying the choke by the Mexican's own weight.

Champagne Lover fights... and give him credit. He doesn't tap. He does, however, pass out.

Elimination 1: Champagne Lover

Seconds later, Marc DuBois' pod is unlocked. He comes in fast and jumps off Matt Keith's coughing form to crash into Stone with a huge splash. Jeremey crumples to the floor and DuBois moves immediately to cover – ONE, TWO, NO!

McFly comes in fast and DuBois ducks him, grabbing his head for a neckbreaker as he flies forward to lariat Reed. He pops up, looking around to consider his targets, and Jeremy Stone, showing incredible ring sense, pops up behind him – grabs him – nails the Stone's Throw!

Meanwhile, Matthew Keith has tied Art Reed in the tree-of-woe. A kick to the gut on McFly and he whips McFly into Reed, hard.

He closes to the corner. Jeremy once again cuts off an opponent, stepping over Reed's tied form and grabbing an inverted headlock on Keith – GIRL'S BEST FRIEND BY JEREMY STONE!

DuBois takes Stone down with the Marc of Excellence, only to get his head nearly kicked clean off by Sean McFly with a superkick.

McFly covers, but DuBois gets his shoulder up a hair after two. He headbutts the American Tiger, then nails the DDT. He turns around... and sees Stone, Reed, and Keith, all staring daggers at him.

Marc panics, scrambling up the turnbuckle and toward the top of the nearest pod – looking for safety.

And Jeremy Stone springs into action. He leaps to the second rope, steps to the top, and pulls himself up after DuBois, who meets him with punches – Stone chops his way through – clasps the hands around the waist...

STONE'S THROW FROM THE TOP OF THE POD! STONE CRASHES TO THE MAT! DUBOIS HITS THE STEEL FLOOR – AND IT BREAKS UNDER HIM!

The others are gobsmacked, staring at the damage. Matthew Keith recovers first, scrambling to cover Stone, but Reed pulls him off – goes for the Dark Matter – Keith counters – ASIAN MIST attempt – Reed's crossed arms block it – Matthew collapses into Reed, who rolls him up – ONE, TWO, THREE!

Elimination #2: Matthew Keith

The medics are by that time loading DuBois' body onto a stretcher beneath the Malice in Chains structure.

Elimination #3: Marc DuBois eliminated by EMT decision

That leaves Reed, Stone, and McFly.

Art and Sean look at each other, with Jeremy down and out on the mat, and Reed nods, before crashing into McFly. The two put on a wrestling clinic, allowing Sean's brother in law, Reed's mentor, time to recover while they compete against one another. It ends when the Dark Matter is blocked, and Sean McFly applies the Stone Ankle Stretch, which claims its second submission of the night. Reed's run at the title – for now – is over.

Elimination #4: Art Reed

By this time, Jeremy Stone has made it back to his feet. The two old rivals look at each other wearily before Stone nods, raising his hands, beckoning McFly on.

The American Tiger and the Canadian Wrestling Machine collide. A Delorean Driver attempt is blocked, and Stone takes McFly's legs out from under him while duelling chants erupt from the crowd. He looks for the Stone Hold, but as he turns Sean over, Sean grabs Stone's ankle, once again looking for the Stone Ankle Stretch.

Jeremy feels the pain for a few moments, but twists clear, knowing the move all too well. A fluid sequence sees Stone take McFly to the mat and apply the Bloodstone Mutilation; once again, though, McFly has a counter, extricating himself one arm at a time, grabbing a waistlock, and getting back to his feet, Jeremy on his shoulders – crucifix powerbomb!

ONE, TWO, THRE- NO! Jeremy grabs the arms and transitions into a cradle – ONE, TWO, NO! Stone picks his opponent up, looking for the Stone's Throw, but McFly elbows clear – PARTY'S OVER! ONE, TWO, THRE- NO!

Frustrated, Sean shakes his head. He pulls Jeremy up – DELOREAN DRIVER! ONE, TWO, THREE!
Sean McFly defeated Art Reed, Champagne Lover, Jeremy Stone, Marc DuBois and Matthew Keith
Rating: A

Show Rating: A*

[Phantom Stranger]

Show Notes:


Three other matches were just one point off the coveted A*. So close to HATING this writeup.


Firstly, PS, a big thanks. I've had AQR bookmarked over the last month during our (extensively delayed) house move and it's actually helped a surprising amount to have this available.

Glad you've enjoyed! My show and diary segment file now clocks in at 454,009 words, over 963 pages. It's kind of scary.

It's been a lot of fun look back and see how far you've come, as in any long-running diary, as I've had the chance over the last month to go back and re-read this from page one... Remember the Danny Fonzarelli push? Remember the Syndicate? Remember the transition from 08 to 10? It all seems fresh to me.

I'd love to see a return of the Horatio Dangerous sit-down interviews, incidentally. Someone like Zimmy or even McFly might make for a fascinating interview. McFly seems almost to have been drifting since his arrival - which is a testament to your strength in depth, of course, but how do you have McFly and not make him the focus of your shows? :p (I know, I know, he's not a natural lead protagonist for GenO... We are going to get McFly/Cornell at some point though, right?)

There are a LOT of upcoming dream matches. I'm trying to avoid giving them all away too close to one another... but yeah, I'm wanting to get the Horatio interviews in again. A question of time and working out who to do one for...

[Regis]

Ah yes, the 'Danny Fonzarelli Push'. We have dismissed those rumours.

[Blake Trask]

Okay I think we can forgive Jack now.

Maybe.


Great show, PS.

[Rayelek]

McFly vs Wolf: Awesome.
McFly using the Party's Over: Undecided, but probably awesome
Jerilynn's Submission victory: Ultra awesome
Edd still being a champion: Awesome awesome awesome.
The whole show write-up: Superb. (Thought I'd say awesome, didn't you? :p)

[Wallbanger]

/marking out like nobody's business

[smartman]

This is why this is the best diary out there. Plenty of praise for an amazing show, kudos for the obviously awesome Malice match, and pulling an A* match with Jack freakin Bruce. However, I loved the Aaron Andrews angles the best. Those are what make this great. Awesome, awesome show PS.

[Phantom Stranger]

Okay I think we can forgive Jack now.

Maybe.


This is why this is the best diary out there. Plenty of praise for an amazing show, kudos for the obviously awesome Malice match, and pulling an A* match with Jack freakin Bruce. However, I loved the Aaron Andrews angles the best. Those are what make this great. Awesome, awesome show PS.

Grouping these two together to comment on one thing... this isn't Jack's first A*. Admittedly, the others have involved tags and/or Tommy Cornell.

Glad the Aaron segments worked for you... Aaron has a big role to play in TCW's future. He may not get there before this diary ends, but he's being built.

McFly vs Wolf: Awesome.
McFly using the Party's Over: Undecided, but probably awesome
Jerilynn's Submission victory: Ultra awesome
Edd still being a champion: Awesome awesome awesome.
The whole show write-up: Superb. (Thought I'd say awesome, didn't you? :p)

So you liked it, huh? ;)

The extended Stone family have started to make use of one another's finishers over the last couple of months. So that's where the Party's Over came from... McFly is certainly athletic enough to pull it off.

I'm glad Edd holding the belt a little longer works for you, but I want to take some time now to say that I'm glad Eidenhoek had his visceral anti-Edd reaction in the predictions. Edd is a heel, and with a character like his, it's easy to wonder if you've made someone too faceish. Admittedly, I'm playing with heel/face elsewhere, anyway.

/marking out like nobody's business

Credit for the JeriLynn storyline really needs to go to this man, by the way.

[Eidenhoek]

You want visceral, eh?

EH?

Eidenhoek's in-character-ish review of TCW: Malice in Chains:


The hell happened to Merle? Bald? Er, red-hair? Dude needs to...not try to be Floyd Bowman.
Start off with a tag match. Fine enough. Amusing that British Lions...have really fallen. They've gone from nobodies to veritable tag wrestling gods to...eh. Another face. And the Outlaws don't really do much, apparently. Good job Bowman. How about next time, you, I dunno, PUNCH SOMEBODY IN THE CROTCH.
Bruce vs. Tornado. Certainly match of the night. Even moreso due to it being the second match. *sigh* Hate it when that happens...sort of.

In any case, this was both my favorite and not-so-much match. I really don't like this TCW Bruce, but I'm immensely enjoying Tornado. I don't understand why he hasn't dominated this feud. Well, I *do*, of course, but anyway...

The ending pisses me off. Now Bruce wins. So either the feud drags on (it does feel long at this point, so in my eyes, it should end) or Bruce wins it all. Wins the respect/honor/whatever. Great, Tornado's a chump. *shakes fist*
A cute little segment here, good setup. But let's talk about the International Championship match.

Or don't, actually. Very, very unhappy with the ending. Edd's still champ which means more immature pranks. Granted, he *could* be moving a bit more toward and analytical approach, which would certainly save his reign. But somehow that won't happen...

Tana...ever since that match with Marlowe, I can't hate him. But he shouldn't have won, so that's fine.

CanEl...dammit, you're ruining a legacy. Either start winning titles or make CanEl/Edd into Elemental/Optimus. Or at least...god, it's the purple-haired white-masked guy and...ElIII? No, someone else...WELL DAMMIT DO SOMETHING.
THREE KINGS CHAMPIONSHIP MAN THAT'S THE BEST NAME EVER WHOEVER CONTRIBUTED TO THAT SHOULD GET LIKE $500.

But seriously, this could either make *amazing* matches or be horrible and pointless. Stupid lack of chemistry...anyway, let's make some trios:

Shingen, Ota, Ino
Hill, Anderson, Speed
Ali, Honda, Harper? w/e I hate them anyway
Golden, Law, Rockwell (way too OP for this tourney someone nerf them pl0x)
Generation Omega (Dubois, Newton, and...uh...Perez)
Jeremy Stone, Cornell, McFly (uh...wtf I just broke wrestling)
Bloodstone (is he injured???), GregKeith, Art Reed

That's seven teams. Maybe Eric Tyler will have a School of Beingrelevantinrecentmemory, so that's eight. Huh, half of the teams expected. Not a bad ratio at all.
HUGGINS? Huggins? The **** has he done...ever? Feud with Deeley and lose? GEE GIVE HIM A TITLE. *sigh* Hopefully "All-Action" means "sucktastic", ergo all the other guys in the ring don't want it.

I would have liked for *some* harmony in this match. Like with CanEl and Tana, why not, I dunno, promise your partner the first shot at the title? Whatever. Disappointed that Acid didn't meltdown (ha) at trying to mimic five people. Also...I dunno. He's in the enviable position of me wanting him to win a title, but very likely being hated by me if/when he wins it. So he's kind of stuck in limbo.

Shingen's been an excellent champ. Loved it. But it made sense for him to lose, and the story this is making...didn't mind it. lolololbokken. lolbokken? Sounds funny...

Hidekazu (WHO SHOULD BE WITH MIYAZAKI DAMMIT) can't win, either, and sadly, the reign of the snake/monkey/marmoset was squashed. Stupid backstage powers...

Now UK Dragon. He's...solid. He's a great worker and I'll be surprised if Freddy "Suckman" Huggins is better than him in...anything but talking. UK would have been the better choice. Then we could have UK Dragon team with Tommy Cornell as "Teh British Empirez".

With the "Teh."
Andrews Andrews Andrews...you're complaining at net one step gains? Good job being the heel-OH WAIT.

Minnesota's a ****, though, so it's fine.

Match? winning with a spinebuster is...nostalgic, let's say, but I can't dislike the match. Someone was wondering why Minnesota and Whistler have issues. I imagine Joey draped Whistler in a Confederate flag. Sounds like something he'd do.

Actually...y'know, if Joey was doing what Edd was doing, and Edd...I dunno, but man, I'd be livid with Joey now. Not only is he a heel with Vibert (HATE), but he'd be annoying too. And talented. God, I think my nose just exploded in blood. Ah, chlorine.
Remo this and Remo that, Remo gonna hit you with a baseball bat.

^That is the most entertaining thing Remo has ever said. And in fact, I said it.

So I'm not a huge fan of the Dark Destroyer. He's...maybe of Vibert's crew I like him the most, but that's more a lack of hatred than anything. He's good, I guess, but...I dunno. His indestructible shtick doesn't sit well with me for some reason. Pull that on...Vengeance, and I'd get it. But that's about the only guy that it'd work on. And Remo's better than Skullboy...

Oh, Cornell won. *Very* happy. I can live with Remo spearing people so long as he's not winning haphazardly.

Here's some nostalgia: bring back that Peak/Remo feud. You want me to like-or care about-Remo? That was something. Breaking steel, breaking...more steel...hell, BREAKING THE ****ING SET. Dammit, that was classic. Besides, who doesn't like the Great WhiteWAIT A MINUTE I HATE SHARKS.

Seriously. Hate them. Although an Eddie/Doug team where Peak's...er, Eddie's the great white and Doug was the Hammerhead would be badass. Or goodass. Why is goodass...such a stupid word?

Anyway, Hammerheads rock. As do whale sharks because...who the **** messes with a whale shark?

Dolphins.

****ing dolphins.
CR vs. PPH. I'm a Hall mark. I...I wanted him to win, but at the same time, Chris is the story. So I'm not disappointed. I'm happy that Pistolier was able to go as hard as he did. Thumbs up. Also thumbs up for BEING A COWBOY BAYYYYYBEEEEEEE.
omgomgomgMatthew Keith/Blonde Bombshell/Johnny Bloodstone love triangle is GOING TO HAPPEN YES YES YES! And, and, here's the fun part: they're both awesome in the ring. Best idea ever. Prolly...definitely highlight of the night for me.
Women's Championship match was a bit late for me; swapping it with, say, the First Blood match (and swapping some promos, obviously) would have been better.

That said, this was, by far, the best booked match on the card. Face wins with her final shot (it seemed), heel got ownd by hubris. That is the perfect story.

Now if I actually *cared*, we'd have ourselves a moneymaker.
I don't like Hawkins. Really don't. It's...hard to say who I dislike most in Vibert's crew. Probably...Dubois > Perez > Hawkins > Newton > Remo. Remo for the aforementioned stuff, Newton because he's too new to have much a character in my eyes (and because he's actually adventurous with his claims. Go go ticket to the top 2011!). DuBois is *the* a-hole of the group. Perfect fit with Phil. Now get them off my tv. Perez? That hook-kick stupid stupid want to punch him in the face championship crap makes him a tough contender for most hated. But that leaves Wolf.

I dunno. Wolf's...good. He can talk. Just...don't like him. And I wanted a Keith victory. Oh well. No crazy Keith v. Keith mist-off.

WHAT THE HELL THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN AWESOME! The match? Mist each other. Whoever cannot answer the count of ten loses. The point isn't to harm the opponent, the point is to GET YOUR SON OFF THE JUICE! Er...mist...
EL TIGRE AMERICANO WOOOOO wait, that's an ironic name...

Sean McFly is Canadian btw. Sure, sure, prove me wrong. How about this: show me his passport. Show me his birth certificate. AND I'M NOT TALKING THAT SHORT VERSION WHATEVER CRAP I WANT THE WHOLE THING.

Freaking Canadians...

I believe I previously gave an eloquent and excellent and perfect explanation as to why...wait, who'd I pick?

Uh...

Did I pick McFly? Eh, probably. Good job there, good story, outwin outplay outsueforcopyright.

I'm mad that Lover got eliminated first. Who would I put there? Marc ****ing DuBois. Props on the kid taking a Crazy Bump. Too bad it wasn't off the cell onto the concrete.

WHAT THE KID IS LAZY-LOOKING!

I...guess Keith would go next, then probably Lover and Reed soon after. *shrug*



@Merle: I saw that in the...re-render thread? Not the first time I've seen the pic, in any case. While I do not like it for Merle, I do think it's a good profile pic.

@Makuda Roll: From Raku Makuda? I'll have to look it up.

@in-character-ish: Apparently that means sort of recognizing this as a diary, and sort of not. Also ranty and overblown in emotion, though negativity indicates negative feelings and the opposite likewise. Just not the veracitude. YEAH VERACITUDE NEW BAND!

@in-character-ish pt. 2: What the hell did I just write?

[Blake Trask]

Grouping these two together to comment on one thing... this isn't Jack's first A*. Admittedly, the others have involved tags and/or Tommy Cornell.


For the most part though, Jack's been a little below-par in this feud. Tag matches are one thing, tag matches are easier to get higher ratings, Tommy Cornell is another (In a game of mine he's pulled an A* out of Mikey James). Doing it in the feud, with the guy he's struggled to deliver with... that's forgiveness. :P

[Phantom Stranger]

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Monday 1st September 2009
It's weird, I don't feel the need to justify my decisions when it comes to something like Malice in Wonderland, or Total Mayhem. But with these semi-transitional shows... I guess there's more of a need to explain the theory, because the decisions are less obvious. Malice and Mayhem are the blowoffs, the moves made there are either obvious or deep setup.

Hotter than Hell is a very different thing.

So let's go down the list again:


GenOme over Lions and Outlaws. This was water treading. We reinforce the Outlaws as a united front, we throw in the Lions to add a little more class and to allow Morgan to learn from Ricky a little – he was specifically asked to help Walter with some spontaneity in the ring. The Lions escape pinfall so that we can go to a two-team match for the title down the line. GenOme's run with the belts is coming to an end, and they may yet be a one-shot champion team – we'll see.
Bruce over Tornado. And Jack takes the blowoff. Simply put, Jack can either become jobber to the stars or get a significant win. Troy has the ability to bring himself back from the brink, given the build to do so, while Jack will take a little more work – but with the results he can pump out, he deserves a shot at more relevance. I knew going in this one would provoke, but hopefully it'll be worth it.
Stone over Elemental and Tana. Tana takes the fall the second month running, allowing Elemental to come to the forefront. The feud needs to transition into a one-on-one, but the two months Tana was in there gave the opening battles a ring general, a little more rub for Tana, and a chance to start positioning Tana's cousin Rhino Umaga for upcoming events.
Huggins over Team KOBRA and allies. Shakeup time in the All Action division. Freddy recently pulled off some stellar matches off TV, and the stock of the School of Tradition needs to rise. Darkwave and the School are not exactly favourites for the Three Kings, so we start their rebuilding a little early. This also sets up a little more of the tension between KOBRA and Tradition, two stables which are all about training, with different foci, both of which have issues with members rebelling and/or outgrowing the stable. By the War to Settle the Score next year, these two stables should be at each other's throats.
Andrews over Minnesota. Aaron's build is probably the most carefully managed thing I'm doing. Wolf Hawkins has the credibility, the title, the all-round ability in the ring, and the slow burn feud. He has everything he needs to be a star. Aaron, on the other hand, has almost everything – but making him a long-term star is one of the things we have to do, for the School of Wrestling's sake. (Which is also why I asked him to sell the School in his promo.) Allowing him to beat Minnesota, whose resurgence has been nothing short of spectacular, helps to continue his momentum, while also ensuring we had an excellent match and permitting Minnesota to continue to groom him.
Cornell over Remo. Tommy needs to win big occasionally, and a big PPV match is the time to do it. This one isn't over, of course. One thing I'm quite happy with about Tommy's feuds – with Wolf and Remo – that I think people haven't noticed is, if you summarise them down to one-liners, Tommy is still playing the heel. But when you're Tommy Cornell, that can be a face gimmick.
Rockwell over Hall. Pete is an old, old friend, and he's done wonders for our up and coming talent in CZCW. Marc Speed's rise is in part due to him. We got him two months' TV time and a big PPV payoff by reinforcing Rick Law's student-of-the-game schtick, bringing him in as someone to help Rockwell remember who he used to be. He can fly back to Cliff Anderson's crew happy, I hope – and the added notoriety won't hurt CZCW's shows, either. I try to make sure our relationships with our dev feds aren't overwhelmingly negative.
Stone over Gorgon. Passing my netbook across to Ricky here, this being his feud. Hang on... OK, so Gorgon is my girl. She's the division monster, but there's only so long you can have your monster on top at a time. The anniversary made this the right time to switch belts, and we did it with a new weakness for Gorgon – one only one person can really utilise. New challenger in, and we start rebuilding Gorgon as she looks to seal off that weakness. Job done.
Hawkins over Keith. Five years ago, in the SWF, it would've been this that was the torch-passing moment. Here, it's not so important, but it's another big step on the journey. Sam will go on to deal with his family issues, for which he doesn't need the belt, and Wolf continues his run toward a collision with Cornell...
McFly over Lover, DuBois, Keith, Reed and Stone. The problem is, he first has to get through Sean. That should be a fantastic match, and it'll take up a decent chunk of the build to Destructive Energy, alongside the Three Kings stuff and a couple of other plotlines. Stone gets a face push, Matthew's angle with his family gets advanced, Reed looks strong through his association, and DuBois gets the push that was slated to go to Lover, because unlike Antonio, he was willing to take the big moment. Hotter than Hell's memory man walks away with the corresponding push. Watch this space...

[Phantom Stranger]

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As September starts, the Three Kings Trophy tournament is warming up. With the prestige of being the first team to win this new trophy, not to mention the $100,000 apiece that comes with it, at stake, all sixteen slots - making for 48 competitors, a huge field - have been filled. Mayhem Midden has released the tournament blocks, as you can see, and he and Tommy Cornell have agreed to share oversight duties on the contest. So let's go over what we know of the teams.

BLOCK A

Huggins Heroes will consist of the three wrestlers under contract to Laura Huggins; Sean Deeley, Merle O'Curle, and Walter Morgan
The membership of the Kings of Wrestling has not been fully confirmed. It's believed that the backbone of the team will be provided by the Elite Express.
The School of Tradition II team is believed to consist of Acid and Global Tradition, though this has not yet been confirmed.
The Three Amigos is the name that's been used by the wrestlers themselves to refer to the friendship between Rick Law, Rocky Golden and Chris Rockwell.


BLOCK B

The Easy Riders are, of course, Peter Hopper, Billy Fonda, and Sayeed Ali, under Carl Batch's watchful eye.
Painful Procedure's trio is expected to be Troy Tornado alongside the Young Guns.
The Texas Outlaws will revolve around Floyd Bowman's friends Ricky Dale Johnson and Texas Pete. Mayhem Midden has informed us that he doesn't yet know the identity of the third man.
Total Destruction is the terrifying trio of Tyson Baine and M.A.D.


BLOCK C

It's expected that Baroness Emily's charges from Team KOBRA will be Koshiro Ino and Team VIPER, though Shingen Miyazaki's recent title loss may upset the apple cart.
No confirmation as yet on the identity of Jack Marlowe's allies in the Enforcers. The mercenary Marlowe will have his sights set on the $300,000 prize money.
We expect the School of Tradition's A-team to feature Eric Tyler, All-Action Champion Freddy Huggins, and Frankie Dee.
The Blonde Bombshell has confirmed the line-up of her team as being Johnny Bloodstone and the Kreed.


BLOCK D

With the Machines so set in their membership, it's clear that Brent Hill, John Anderson, and Marc Speed will represent the iconic stable.
Three of Generation Omega will have to be mindful of their upcoming title defences at Destructive Energy, the same day as the Three Kings Trophy finals. It seems likely, therefore, that Phil Vibert's team will be Joey Minnesota, Marc DuBois, and Remo Richardson - who I have to admit, much to my dismay, are my pick for eventual Three Kings Trophy winners.
It seems Vibert's legacy casts another shadow over these finals... Extreme Measures has been confirmed to feature Eddie Peak and the New Wave, iconic DaVE Unified and Tag Champions
Darkwave is believed to comprise Sammy Bach, Zimmy, and Jack Bruce - dark horses for success, but they may be too individualistic.


The first-round matches are scheduled to run two on Total Wrestling, two on Saturday Night Showcase, for the first two weeks of September, with the quarter finals following the same schedule in the third week, one semi final apiece in the fourth, and the finals airing on Pay-Per-View during the Destructive Energy event at the end of the month.

[Blake Trask]

Stacked.

This sounds awesome.

[Bigpapa42]

Love this tournament, PS. Should be awesome.

[Regis]

Brackets? You know that that means!

TIME FOR RANDOM WILD GUESSING!

So, I'm going to start at the end: The Three Amigos are my pick for the eventual win. They're the longest-running trio in this iteration of TCW. They're all second-tier Main Event guys, so they can still get a rub off winning while simultaneously legitimising the tournament with a victory. Plus, they're a Face team, so a win for them at the PPV will send the crowd home happy.

MORE RANDOM GUESSING!

Generation Omega get bumped in round one. Yup, I'm saying it. Massive upset, signalling a renewed push for the Machines and a feud with Vibert's boys. The Machines are cost their spot in the semi-finals by Omega-ference. Generation Omega can afford a big loss here, if it moves them into a feud.

Bombshell's Boys go out in round one. Surprise of the tournament! Even Generation Omega losing isn't this big. But this brings the School Of Tradition back to the top tier. You see, SoT1 cheat their way to victory over Bombshell's Boys, while the Enforcers get DQ'd against Team KOBRA. Tyler paid Marlowe and his fellow hired guns off to cripple the opposition, so they lay down a sick beating and throw the match for a guaranteed cash prize. SoT1 are the Cinderella story of the tournament, making it to the semi-finals before losing to the Three Amigos.

And in the final... Three Amigos vs. The Easy Riders. I just have this thing... the Riders can just win. Any time, they can beat people. They can go over teams with twice their push, and that's okay, because they're big angry bikers. They're hardcore. They're heels, they're mostly brawl-based which works well with Rocky and Rick's strengths, and I mark out for them.

So, what do you guys think?

[Eidenhoek]

I'll talk about the Three Kings (wewt) later.

I want to say that my favorite posts show the logic behind the booking. I can then see if my teh epix rage was justified, intended, or if I completely missed something.

Predictions:

Kings of Wrestling > Huggins. Not that I dislike any of Huggins' charge (though I dislike her,) but I modified and pushed hard Nate Johnson and Bobby Thomas. I very, very much like them. They're the Canadian Machines.

Amigos > TraditionII. I don't like Eric Tyler for similar reasons why I don't like current Phil Vibert. Was Tyler in DAVE? Huh. Interesting. Anyway, I'm sure this pick is off, or prolly my other School pick.

Kings > Amigos. Duh, Kings, Three Kings. Yes, I just realized that. You know what would have been funny? Editing in Armor King, King, and...er...some other wrestler from Tekken as the Kings of Wrestling.

So Kings of Wrestling wins Block A.

Procedure > Riders. Tornado, I feel, ought to win, though otherwise I'm fine with the Guns losing.

Destruction > Outlaws. I'm not an Outlaw mark; muchin real life, I don't know the history enough. *shrug*. Unless the third is...uh...yeah, I can't think of a third Outlaw. Nope, give it to the big guys.

Destruction > Procedure. Since someone buried Tornado *glarz*, Big guys win it, easy. No contest. Tornado's the reason this match will go longer than 5 minutes. Btw, this is likely going to be one of the worst matches in the tourney. Well...any match with Destruction, I guess. No one on that team has psychology (well, in '10). Even Baine's at 70. That's...not good.

So Total Destruction wins Block B.

Enforcers > KOBRA. I'd imagine this is largely due to KOBRA crumbling. Or Miyazki punching...DAMMIT IT'S FUMIHIRO OTA. God. Hidekazu interferes, maybe? Is on the Enforcers? I'll predict that team, I guss: Jack Marlowe...huh. Jack Marlowe, Steve DeColt, and...uh...John Greed. Yep, you're bringing in new blood for this.

Bombshell > School. Even if the school mattered, that's probably the most ridiculous three-person team in the tourney. So much power and A*s.

Bombshell > Enforcers. I...don't see anyone in this block that matches Bloodstone, much less KREED.

So Bombshell's Boys wins Block C.

OMEGA > Machines. Pissed that KoW can't face the Machines. But...eh, you've made the machines not matter as much. At least, definitely not as much as OMEGA. And blah blah Remo spear Lumbar Extraction. Yes, his new move literally rips out the opponent's spine.

Darkwave > Extreme. Now this, this is interesting. Peak's a face. New Wave...should be heels. Darkwave is heel. So...yeah, I dunno how the matchups work, but I'm calling a DQ on Peak powerbombing, say, Zimmy off the turnbuckle. Uh, onto tacks. Yeah, tacks. Love them tacks.

OMEGA > Darkwave. Oh. Yeah, this...biggest heels in the company against...probably second biggest heels. Yep, I mispredicted something. OMEGA hasn't faced a threat yet. btw, I'm amused that Tornado can apparently get his credibility better than Bruce. So either Troy does better in matches-in which case, why not push him?-or he has better entertainment skills. Which I'm pretty sure is false.

Oh, waaaaaait. Man Under Pressure never happened. Bruce isn't ridiculously over. Well THAT explains a lot.

So, Generation Omega wins Block D.

That gives me Kings vs. Bombshell and Destruction vs. GenOme.

Kings > Bombshell. For this to happen, there needs to be a massive push for the Kings of Wrestling. Doable, since the ournament lasts...a month. Hrm. Well, maybe they debut earlier? We have some practice matches? Point is, I think it's obvious who I'm picking to win the thing. Also, this is the match of the tournament.

GenOme > Destruction. And here's the wost semi-final match. Destruction...needs more psychology. Also, Remo spearing any- and every-one on the opposing side? That will make me a fan of his. CRAP ANOTHER HEEL HEEL MATCHUP.

Kings > GenOme. HA HA YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING ALL THE WAY SUCK IT VIBERT! Almost typed 'Trebek'. Heh...Anyway, give the new debuts (heels? faces? Either way I hurt a match...) something big. Story-wise, it makes this title separate from everythign else in the promotion, allowing for new feuds.

So Kings of Wrestling win the Three Kings Championship.

~~

Where from here? The great thing about 3-man teams is that it's easy to cover for a poor worker. So something like...Edd Stone, Champagne Lover, and Giant Tana (he turns) works. They can fight CanEl, Rhino Umaga, and...El Fuerza. Duh. It's perfect. Each side has a poor-ish worker supported by at least decent ones, each side has an obvious opponent. Great for stories. I imagine after the title that three-man matches will happen sporadically, increasing in frequency toward the tournament, of course.

Kings...well, I'd want them to dominate everything. Since that probably won't happen, (Thomas/Johnson, Cornell, and [Sam] Keith? HECK YES I FOUND THE KINGS) have them focus on only three-man matches. Prolly feud with Amigos, I imagine, as the other most solidified three-person team. But Amigos will fight solo at times, so Kings can take on...Bloodstone, McFly, and Jeremy Stone. I want a match that should be A* if anything is A*. And then have it hit B- >_>

Edit: Oh, and six out of my eight predictions were correct, with Vibert's crew being slightly different.

[SWF Fan]

I like the fact you have 48 guys on the roster haha

Tournament looks stacked though

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It seems like everybody's buzzing about it - the Three Kings Trophy and its big-money cash prize that seems to have sparked some alliances and solidified others.

Tonight, the path to Destructive Energy begins... and the show is packed. Elimination Protocol kick off proceedings going head to head with the New Wave, who will be looking for a strong showing to give their new trio of Extreme Measures some momentum.

The former TCW Womens Champion, Gorgon, is in line to get back to winning ways, too, if she can topple newcomer Shiori Jippensha. We wish Jippensha the best of luck, but I know which way I'm betting.

School of Tradition collide with Painful Procedure next as Acid Dragon lock up against the Balcony Express. Both teams could be considered heavy underdogs, but someone has to get the upper hand...

More tag action is scheduled to follow, as Amber Allen and Melody Cuthill unite against the team of Raku Makuda and Stephanie Wade. With a new champion, the division is in flux, and all four women will be looking for an opportunity to climb the ladder.

That leaves us with the biggest matches of the show. In the first Three Kings Trophy match, the first Group C contest is scheduled; Team KOBRA, represented by Team VIPER and Koshiro Ino, will take on the Enforcers. All that's known of the Enforcers thus far is that the team captain is Jack Marlowe.

Next, Group A get in on the action, as Huggins' Heroes - Sean Deeley and the British Lions - get into it against the Kings of Wrestling - the Elite Express and team captain Matthew Keith.

Finally, in the main event, Sean McFly unites with Tommy Cornell against the Darkwave duo of Sammy Bach and Zimmy.

It's going to be a wild night...

Prediction Key:
Elimination Protocol vs. New Wave

Gorgon vs. Shiori Jippensha

Acid Dragon vs. Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk

Amber Allen & Melody Cuthill vs. Raku Makuda & Stephanie Wade

GROUP C:
Enforcers (Jack Marlowe, ???? & ????) vs. KOBRA (Koshiro Ino, Fumihiro Ota & Shingen Miyazaki) w/ Baroness Emily

GROUP A:
Huggins Heroes (Sean Deeley, Merle O'Curle & Walter Morgan) w/ Laura Huggins vs. Kings of Wrestling (Matthew Keith, Bobby Thomas & Nate Johnson)

Sammy Bach & Zimmy vs. Sean McFly & Tommy Cornell

[James Casey]

I like the fact you have 48 guys on the roster haha

Tournament looks stacked though

48 guys... plus the undercard... plus the women... plus Sean McFly... plus Sam Keith... plus Jeremy Stone... and, oh yeah, plus Tommy Freakin' Cornell!

*

Elimination Protocol vs. New Wave Only one team in the tourney in this match...

Gorgon vs. Shiori Jippensha Squash. Has Jippensha even had a match yet? If so, and she'd been established as a Barry-Horowitz-style try hard, I could see her getting a fluke win or DQ or something here, but honestly she's positioned to be destroyed.

Acid Dragon vs. Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk Just don't 'get' the Express, even with the benefit of tag experience and time in development they seem to just be there to make up the numbers... which I guess is what they're here for tonight

Amber Allen & Melody Cuthill vs. Raku Makuda & Stephanie Wade Hard to vote against Makuda with her badass render...

GROUP C:
Enforcers (Jack Marlowe, ???? & ????) vs. KOBRA (Koshiro Ino, Fumihiro Ota & Shingen Miyazaki) w/ Baroness Emily With KOBRA on an iffy streak, I'm tempted to pick against them, but you've suggested issues with SoT, so let's give them a little more momentum just yet...

GROUP A:
Huggins Heroes (Sean Deeley, Merle O'Curle & Walter Morgan) w/ Laura Huggins vs. Kings of Wrestling (Matthew Keith, Bobby Thomas & Nate Johnson) The Heroes have greater star power

Sammy Bach & Zimmy vs. Sean McFly & Tommy Cornell With the best will in the world, this the Darkwave B team (which, I guess, makes Bomb and Bruce the A team... which doesn't sound too far off the truth... :p) against two of the top 5 in the business

Incidentally, PS, are the Kobra boys/gal heels or faces? I've sort of lost track, but I had the vague idea they were heels.

[Rayelek]

Elimination Protocol vs. New Wave
-New Wave may be part of the greatest trio in the tournament.

Gorgon vs. Shiori Jippensha
-Via Submission. Or Gorgon dominates, but I think a submission loss is better.

Acid Dragon vs. Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk
-I like Balcony Express but they don't win here.

Amber Allen & Melody Cuthill vs. Raku Makuda & Stephanie Wade
-Stephanie Wade is my favorite female worker in the C-Verse

GROUP C:
Enforcers (Jack Marlowe, ???? & ????) vs. KOBRA (Koshiro Ino, Fumihiro Ota & Shingen Miyazaki) w/ Baroness Emily
-Special mystery allies = win

GROUP A:
Huggins Heroes (Sean Deeley, Merle O'Curle & Walter Morgan) w/ Laura Huggins vs. Kings of Wrestling (Matthew Keith, Bobby Thomas & Nate Johnson)
-Hard to not pick Matt to win, mist aside

Sammy Bach & Zimmy vs. Sean McFly & Tommy Cornell
-Umm, duh (right?)

[Zergon]

Elimination Protocol vs. New Wave
Protocol continues to job

Gorgon vs. Shiori Jippensha
Gordon gets back to her winning ways.

Acid Dragon vs. Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk
Not 100% sure on this one but I like Acid Dragon and this is a match that they could easily win.

Amber Allen & Melody Cuthill vs. Raku Makuda & Stephanie Wade
Pretty much a coin flip but Stephanie is the one who have had most TV time so far.

GROUP C:
Enforcers (Jack Marlowe, ???? & ????) vs. KOBRA (Koshiro Ino, Fumihiro Ota & Shingen Miyazaki) w/ Baroness Emily
Hard one like most of these tournament matches but I don´t see Marlowe getting that far on this tournament and if the mystery guys are meant to be Marlowe´s lackeys then I don´t see them getting over KOBRA as though KOBRA has problems this particular combination doesn´t seem to have troubles with each others.

GROUP A:
Huggins Heroes (Sean Deeley, Merle O'Curle & Walter Morgan) w/ Laura Huggins vs. Kings of Wrestling (Matthew Keith, Bobby Thomas & Nate Johnson)
I was writing Kings of Wrestling off as Elite Express though good isn´t exactly top guys but Matthew makes this a whole new ball game... Still I go with Huggins Heroes on this one but it´s lot closer than I though it would be.

Sammy Bach & Zimmy vs. Sean McFly & Tommy Cornell
Zimmy is the weak link here and Bach isn´t on the same level than Tommy or Sean either.

[Tigerkinney]

Elimination Protocol vs. New Wave

Pseudo competitive squash.

Gorgon vs. Shiori Jippensha

The debutant does the job, as the 'monster' gets back on the horse called 'winning'.

Acid Dragon vs. Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk

Acid Dragon have been booked as skilled jobbers thus far, but this is one they can definitely win to get onto the winning ladder.

Amber Allen & Melody Cuthill vs. Raku Makuda & Stephanie Wade

Makuda and Wade have had more combined television exposure, this isn't all that hard to call.

GROUP C:
Enforcers (Jack Marlowe, ???? & ????) vs. KOBRA (Koshiro Ino, Fumihiro Ota & Shingen Miyazaki) w/ Baroness Emily

At first I though the Enforcers would take advantage of KOBRA's internal conflict but as Zergon pointed out this set of KOBRA don't actually seem to have any real issue with each other. Then again why would Marlowe enter this tournament with a pair of jobbers, pretty much giving him no chance of winning the prize. I keep flip flopping on this one, but I've decided to roll the dice and back Jack and the mystery men to advance.

GROUP A:
Huggins Heroes (Sean Deeley, Merle O'Curle & Walter Morgan) w/ Laura Huggins vs. Kings of Wrestling (Matthew Keith, Bobby Thomas & Nate Johnson)

The prescence of Misty Matt does give the Kings a chance, but this tournament was made for more 'united' trios such as Huggins Heroes, whilst I see a team like the Kings just there to make up the numbers.

Sammy Bach & Zimmy vs. Sean McFly & Tommy Cornell

With no disrespect to Bach and Zimmy, they have absolutely zero chance against the next world title challenger and THE perennial world title challenger.

[Eidenhoek]

Dammit, with Matthew Keith in the Kings of Wrestling, my pickes are screwed!

[Regis]

Elimination Protocol vs. New Wave
JOBBERS!

Gorgon vs. Shiori Jippensha
Keep the former champ strong.

Acid Dragon vs. Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk
A team Acid Dragon can beat! Awesome!

Amber Allen & Melody Cuthill vs. Raku Makuda & Stephanie Wade
Picking for the heels for the first time in ages.

GROUP C:
Enforcers (Jack Marlowe, ???? & ????) vs. KOBRA (Koshiro Ino, Fumihiro Ota & Shingen Miyazaki) w/ Baroness Emily
See my earlier predictions - The Enforcers go all-out to cripple the KOBRA guys, earning a DQ.

GROUP A:
Huggins Heroes (Sean Deeley, Merle O'Curle & Walter Morgan) w/ Laura Huggins vs. Kings of Wrestling (Matthew Keith, Bobby Thomas & Nate Johnson)
An upset by the KoW means that we get a face-heel match in round two vs. The Three Amigos.

Sammy Bach & Zimmy vs. Sean McFly & Tommy Cornell
Yeah but no.

[Wallbanger]

Prediction Key:
Elimination Protocol vs. New Wave

New Wave gets a badly needed win to maintain some semblance of credibility.

Gorgon vs. Shiori Jippensha

In Japan, this would be a no-brainer. But it's not, so it's a different no-brainer. Once Shiori gets known a little bit in North America, though...

Acid Dragon vs. Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk

See Wave, New above.

Amber Allen & Melody Cuthill vs. Raku Makuda & Stephanie Wade

I love Amber and Melody, but this seems a bridge too far. Besides, with a new champ in town :D heels are chasing so will be getting more wins.

GROUP C:
Enforcers (Jack Marlowe, ???? & ????) vs. KOBRA (Koshiro Ino, Fumihiro Ota & Shingen Miyazaki) w/ Baroness Emily

Bracketology time! On paper this seems like a classic 8-9 seed matchup that could go either way. That being said, I think the winner is facing Bombshell's Boys in the next round. That suggests that the 'never bet against ???' rule is the one to follow, and that the reveal is going to be worth making that matchup for.

GROUP A:
Huggins Heroes (Sean Deeley, Merle O'Curle & Walter Morgan) w/ Laura Huggins vs. Kings of Wrestling (Matthew Keith, Bobby Thomas & Nate Johnson)

This seems more like a 4-13 matchup. Yeah, Matt keeps it from being a foregone conclusion, but unless he's rationed the Ichihara Ichor, I don't see him overcoming his physical issues.

Sammy Bach & Zimmy vs. Sean McFly & Tommy Cornell

Umm...yeah. Probability of Charlie Foxtrot near 80% though.

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 1 September 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 15.24)
Rebroadcast on Continental Sports X1 (Rating 0.07)

Held at the Nevada State Armoury (South West)

Attendance: 21,601

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Shawn Doakes

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Elimination Protocol vs. New Wave
Protocol continue to show why they found their place in TCW, but the New Wave have ten years' experience, ten years' unity, and we're almost in their back yard, the duo having grown up together in and around the Southern wrestling business thanks to 'Referee Billy' Barrowman.

With crowd support that their recent behaviour doesn't entirely deserve, the Wave romp home with this one, Guide pinning Technique after the Wave of Mutilation.

“I'm waiting for the penny to drop,” Azaria says quietly. “Did we miss some kind of trick?” It appears, however... not this time.
New Wave defeated Elimination Protocol
Rating: B

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Gorgon vs. Shiori Jippensha
As tough a debut match as anyone faces in TCW, this one, and certainly the newcomer doesn't get much chance to show what she can do.

She aims for the ankle – and Gorgon destroys her, beating her inside four minutes with the Hydra Bomb. The monster may have a weak spot, but it's not as simple as that.
Gorgon defeated Shiori Jippensha
Rating: B-

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“Yeah,” Mayhem Midden is telling Autumn Gleeson. “The Three Kings thing should be good for tag team competition as well as the solo artists who're teaming up. To my mind, the teams that don't have that history of working together are at a serious-”

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“You wanted to see me, boss man?” Floyd Bowman stands with his hand on the doorframe, looking into Midden's office.

“Yeah, Floyd... come in.” Midden smiles. “I think you know what this is about.”

“The ****ing third man question? Come on, boss man, have a little faith. All I'm doing is adding a little ****in' mystery. Aren't I allowed to do that?”

Midden sighs. “If you need to stop Total Destruction scouting you to get through to the second round, then... well, your second round opponents will crush you. But keeping it secret from me is something different, Floyd – I've got a responsibility to the fans to make sure we showcase good talent. And from everything I've heard, you're not using anyone under a current TCW contract.”

“That's the sad ****in' truth, sir... that's the sad ****in' truth.”

“Which all means you need to GET him one... and that happens on my say-so. So who is it?”

Bowman looks around, flips off the camera, and leans in, whispering in Midden's ear. Roughly three syllable's later, the Board's Representative gives off something like a war whoop. “And he's AGREED?”

“**** yeah. Proud ****in' Texan, respects the business, why the **** wouldn't he?”

“Tell him there'll be a contract at his door tomorrow morning if I have to mug the FedEx guy and drive it over myself.”

“Damn ****in' right.” Bowman leaves, grinning widely. Gleeson looks from him back to Midden. “So... who is it?” she asks.

“Darling, if he wanted you to know, I believe he would've told you, not me. Excuse me, I've got a contract to make totally goddamn watertight.” Midden leaves the office, leaving Gleeson standing, a little confused, in his wake.

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Acid Dragon vs. Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk
The quality of this tag match isn't surprising – the Express and Acid Dragon are both well-oiled tag teams, and all four men have decent-to-good talent.

But this match makes something of a milestone, nonetheless. The fans are starting to care, more and more. The reactions to what they're doing... it's not on the level of TCW's top teams, but there are genuine fan reactions.

When Hopkirk flips off UK Dragon, the crowd pop; when Waldorf's attempt at the Waldorf Salad Toss is cut off and countered into a tornado DDT, they moan in sympathy. Statler and Waldorf hit an electric chair/dropkick combo on UK Dragon, and there's a strong pop for it; and the Acid Rain Bomb that finishes Waldorf off draws some surprising heat as the School of Tradition duo bail from the ring.
Acid Dragon defeated Balcony Express
Rating: B

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Aaron Andrews is walking backstage, in street clothes, with a purpose. “Hey, Aaron,” calls a voice from behind the camera. “You mind if we follow?”

He grins and shrugs. “Whatever floats your boat. I'm not hiding anything.”

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The camera follows him down a corridor, and around a corner, to find Mayhem Midden deep in conversation with Ricky Dale Johnson and Tommy Cornell. Midden sees the camera and clears his throat loudly; the conversation dies away.

They turn to look at the new arrivals. A nervous expression flickers across Aaron's face, but he presses on nonetheless. “Maybe this is a bad time,” he says. “Maybe not. But I've had it with Generation Omega.

“Tommy, a long time ago you asked me to tag up with you and watch your back. Now, I said no – but things have changed.

“I want them gone – and I know you guys do.

“It's time we broke that group up.”

Cornell looks at him thoughtfully. “Well, when you're right, sunshine, you're right...”

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Amber Allen & Melody Cuthill vs. Raku Makuda & Stephanie Wade
A slight absence of fans during this match gives the womens' division members something to work for, but with Amber and Melody still underexposed, this one doesn't have the kind of support it really needs.

Makuda and Wade work hard to overshadow their opponents, and in the end, it turns out well for them; Allen has the Makuda swanton scouted, and Cuthill kicks out of the Makuda Roll – but the big threat of Stephanie Wade, the superkick, can hit anyone, anywhere, at any time – and Melody turns around right into it, giving Stephanie Wade the cover and the victory.
Raku Makuda & Stephanie Wade defeated Amber Allen & Melody Cuthill
Rating: C

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The big screen comes back to life as Autumn Gleeson is waiting in the interview room. She smiles. “It does my heart good to see good womens' tag wrestling on an international stage,” she says. “Up next, though, is the first match in the Three Kings tournament – as Team KOBRA go up against the Enforcers. With me at this time – Jack Marlowe.”

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'The Enforcer' steps into shot with a smirk. “Jack,” Autumn continues, “one of the questions that's been on everyone's lips around here is who you're bringing in. Now... I know you've already gone through clearing their contracts with Mayhem Midden-”

Marlowe puts his hand over the microphone. There's a long moment where the two look at each other in silence.

He raises his other hand... and gestures. Two others step into shot.

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“Brandon Smith,” Azaria gasps. “One of Rip Chord's trainees... and if that's not qualification to be here, I don't know what is. They called him the 'Bulldozer' when he played football for the Minnesota Gophers.

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“And that's... Mikey James! Made it to the World Kickboxing Assocation World Championship finals in 2005. Lost out in the semis, but... word has it Professor Nero got his hands on him a year later.

“I guess 'The Dragon' learned well, if he's on Marlowe's wavelength... Of course, back in 1999, Jack Marlowe sided with Professor Nero in Philly Power Pro Wrestling. This team has a scary pedigree...”

Marlowe takes his hand off the microphone. “We've got a match to win,” is all he says before the trio walk away.

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Enforcers
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Team KOBRA w/ Baroness Emily
A simply brutal match. The Enforcers have some finesse – his name is Mikey James – but they don't use much of it here. Ino can give as good as he gets, but Team VIPER are founded on pace and technique, and Smith and James have the technique to counter and the power to prevent the pace from mattering.

To his credit, Ino kicks out after a massive inverted piledriver from the Bulldozer – but Ota is not so lucky, when Jack Marlowe nails a Jackhammer. Team KOBRA have been kicked out of the Three Kings Tournament by the dangerous new faction.
Enforcers defeated Team KOBRA
Rating: B

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The rest of Team KOBRA hit the ring, one by one. The match participants, quite frankly, look shellshocked by what's happened over the course of the match.

Thunder Snake goes to one knee before Baroness Emily and holds out his hands; somewhat surprised, she looks to Ino, who shakes his head fractionally.

The Baroness delivers the bokken shots instead.

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Huggins Heroes w/ Laura Huggins
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Kings of Wrestling
Now this one... feels about even. The Lions have the edge on the Express – just barely, oh so barely – but Matthew Keith, even with his difficulties, seems able to outperform Sean Deeley, so long as he can do it in short bursts – and the tag format is perfect for that.

And so the contest remains an even one, with neither side really able to get the better of the other. The Lions will get the upper hand, and Sean Deeley can retain it – until he can't.

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With Walter on the outside clutching at his shoulder, his tag partner's attention is on him. Sean is on his own – and Eric Tyler vaults up onto the apron.

Deeley turns to face him – Bobby Thomas lariats him from behind – the Express hit their Precision Driller, and Matthew Keith blind-tags Thomas to pick up the pin.

Tyler walks away, smirking.
Kings of Wrestling defeated Huggins' Heroes
Rating: B

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Sammy Bach & Zimmy vs. Sean McFly & Tommy Cornell
Sean and Sammy are in the ring to start, and McFly soaks in the cheers from the crowd as they boo Bach.

They close, and Sean goes for a series of forearm shots rather than a lock-up, driving the self-styled 'Rock God' into the corner, backing away – judo flip as Sammy comes out. Bach promptly moves across to one corner and tags out.

Zimmy enters just as Tommy Cornell tags for his side; the two stare at each other for a moment, then close. Zimmy ducks the lock-up with a go-behind – German suplex is blocked, and Tommy elbows free.

Zimmy promptly nails a dropkick. He hops onto the second rope and leaps backward, nailing the company owner with an inverted DDT as he lands.

A quick cover sees Tommy kick out a few moments before two; they move apart and close again. This time Cornell acts first, getting an armdrag and following it up with a belly-to-belly.

He climbs to the second turnbuckle and leaps off with the flying brain chop known as the Three Inch Shrink, then tags out to McFly.

Sean opens by Zimmy in his mid-section. He heads to the ropes, and Bach knees McFly from the apron. Zimmy uses the distraction to take over, a rolling hook kick to Sean's temple to drive him to the mat, before vaulting to the top rope and soaring off in a fluid moonsault. ONE, TWO – NO!

Zimmy keeps on him, unleashing a karate-styled kick rush before leaping, hitting a tornado DDT from a standing start.

Sean battles back from his knees with punches, but Zimmy's in the way of his escape; he drives him back with a volley, then runs and jumps, looking to dive over the Darkwave man and tag out – but Zimmy catches him on his shoulder. Sean's fingers, at full stretch, miss Tommy's by a matter of inches.

Zimmy tags out with Sean on his shoulder and delivers an inverted atomic drop; Sammy slingshots over his head to deliver a clothesline on McFly as he recoils from the impact.

The two engage in a chain wrestling sequence and Sammy applies the Bach on your Back, but he can't get McFly off his feet. Finally, with a dive, Sean tags out. Tommy comes in and stomps on Bach, breaking the hold, then whips Sammy to the ropes.

He goes for a spinebuster, but Sammy twists free, landing on his feet, and looks for a superkick – Cornell ducks it – Bach ducks in turn and as Cornell turns, he turns into a slingshot spear by Zimmy, who rolls out of the ring quickly, leaving Sammy to take over on the former Syndicate leader.

The beatdown begins, and Sammy tosses Cornell shoulder-first into the ringpost before going to work on that shoulder. He applies a series of nasty armlocks before Tommy finally manages to get clear, this time by elbowing free with his other arm, and stumbles to the corner to make the tag out.

McFly delivers a few chops and a pair of running elbows. He sets up for a superkick of his own but gets met with a missile dropkick from Zimmy.

Sean meets a second Zimmy charge with a backdrop over the ropes, then hip tosses Bach over to land on his partner, much to the support of the crowd.

He points to the far ropes, drawing even more approval, and runs for them, but he's met halfway across the ring by a springboard double-knee from Zimmy. A Blood Rush attempt gets blocked, and Sean powerbombs Zimmy before Sammy Bach comes in from behind him with the coast-to-coast bulldog.

Cornell promptly takes Bach out with a running boot and snap DDT, only to turn around into a Blood Rush. Zimmy celebrates, but McFly hits the Stone's Throw – and Bach nails an enzuigiri. Standing shooting star press from Bach on McFly and a cover – ONE, TWO, THR- NO!

Sean turns it over into a cover of his own – ONE, TWO, TH- NO! Sammy pops up and Cornell, using his good arm, whips Zimmy into him; the crash sends Sammy spilling out of the ring. Sean promptly nails the Delorean Driver on the stunned Zimmy, floating over into a cover – ONE, TWO, THREE!
Sean McFly & Tommy Cornell defeated Sammy Bach & Zimmy
Rating: A*

Show Rating: A