TCW: A Quiet Retirement [Archive] - Page 14

Phantom Stranger

03-21-2012, 03:54 PM

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TCW Presents Saturday Night Showcase

Saturday Week 2 December 2009

Live on CBA (Rating 14.57)
Rebroadcast on Euro Cable Sports 1 (Rating 0.48)

Held at the Manhattan National Center (Tri State)

Attendance: 26,058

Announcers:
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Duane Fry – Jasmine Saunders – Alanis Springsteen

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Davis Wayne Newton w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sam Keith
There's a little missing from this which separates it from the classic it could be, but there isn't much. The Triple Threat in particular shines, clearly aiming to outdo Sam Keith.

Davis can't yet outwrestle Sam Keith – but he comes close on a number of occasions, and when he finds himself losing ground, he has places to go, outpunching the veteran, dazzling from the air, and, above all, using the resilience of youth to outlast his opponents.

It takes him nearly sixteen minutes to stem the tide fully, and even then, it's arguable how much of his comeback is skill and how much is luck – but as Keith slowly, windedly, begins to set up for the Proton Lock, Davis kicks his knee out from under him – and transitions to the STF, forcing the submission from the legend!
Davis Wayne Newton defeated Sam Keith
Rating: B

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Black and white fills the screen, and once the design ripples away, we see a monochrome image of Christian Faith, seated, head bowed slightly, on the steps of a church. Sharp-eyed fans might well recognise Faith's parish church in San Antonio.

Faith isn't looking at the camera. He draws in a breath and begins to speak.

“I started out in professional wrestling in 1984,” he begins. “In the old Texas Wrestling League for a year and a half, then... my best friend found me.

“I hadn't worried. The Lord helps those who help themselves. I was putting in the work. I had the training, I had the drive... I had faith my career would take off. And it did. My best friend signed me to his company. It was growing. He and I grew together. I'd respected Micky Starr, Mark Krogan, and I became one of the names of the next generation. I fought alongside Rip Chord. Sam Strong. For a little while, Sam Keith.

“Only two of us still fighting.” Still not looking at the camera, he smiles slightly. “I've outlasted some who came in later. Four World Heavyweight Championships.

“I've seen so many come and go.

“My best friend had an eye for talent. At first, I stayed because he was as close a friend as I've ever had. Over time, I came to realise he found the best wrestlers, the ideal people for me to test myself against. It's only recently that's stopped being the case. It's only recently I left... left my best friend behind.

“But I wasn't the only one. I saw Remo come in as a rookie. I've watched him develop, develop further, training, fixating. Nothing matters to him now, but that's just because now, he can overcome it all.

“There was a time, and it wasn't many years ago, that I looked forward to that fight. I had faith he would become strong enough to challenge me, and I had faith I would win out in the end.

“He is strong enough to challenge me... but it's taken longer than I expected. I'm getting old, you know. Not as fast as I was. Not as strong as I was.

“For a while, coming here, I feared this match. But since I came here I've seen Jeremy Stone. Sam Keith. My teammate, Ricky Dale Johnson.

“I've seen what age and experience can do. Generation Omega may be the wave of the future – but I'm still here, and they're not the only boys of the future. My buddy Pete, Outlaw to the core. Aaron Andrews. Jeremy's younger brother, Edd. Sean Deeley. Others.

“The battle will be fought when I'm gone, and I have faith that honour, dignity, sportsmanship are going to win out.

“But more than that... Jeremy, Dan, Ricky, understand that because of you... this month, at Psycho Circus, when I face Remo, I know I can win. Maybe I won't... but I. Have. Faith.”

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Elemental Energy vs. Elimination Protocol
As the video ends, Elimination Protocol are in the ring. Thrillseeker hits, and Canadian Elemental emerges, but he stays on the stage, well away from the ring... and as the music swells, out comes another masked HOLY CRAP IT'S AMERICAN ELEMENTAL!

The crowd are psyched just off that, and when the match begins, the two Elementals explode into blurs of speed, making full use of the lucha libre rules to tag in and out, lightning-quick, hitting double teams and explosively nailing big signature moves.

The Protocol get the occasional moment of dominance in, but not many. In the end, American Elemental dumps both of the Protocol in sequence with Elemental Suplexes and rolls out of the ring, allowing CanEl to crash down on Jameson with a Phoenix Firebird Splash for the victory.
Elemental Energy defeated Elimination Protocol
Rating: B

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Edd Stone and Champagne Lover fill the big screen – in what appears to be a stables. “Got one!” Edd announces triumphantly, holding up a horseshoe. Doing so causes the goggles precariously balanced on his forehead to almost fall off; he has to steady them with his free hand.

Lover nods approval. “We just need it painted gold, now,” he says.

Edd grins. “Got you covered, bro. Golden body paint in my gear bag.”

The Lover frowns.

“Come on, man,” Edd wheedles. “It's edible!”

The Lover rolls his eyes.

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“We'll take that,” comes a voice from the door. Eternal Party look over there to see Billy Fonda and Peter Hopper stepping into the stall, wading through the straw.

The two tag teams size one another up. Hopper sneers. “What the hell are those things on your heads?”

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Before Eternal Party can answer, the straw rustles. Two figures, until now perfectly disguised, rise out of the straw. It's the New Wave!

The three tag teams look at each other. Wordlessly, Guide holds out his hand to Edd for the horseshoe.

“You realise,” Edd says slowly, “we brought backup?”

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The Riders look over their shoulder. Gorgon, another set of goggles on her forehead, having stepped in to bar the way, shuts and bolts the door behind her.

“Now,” Lover takes over smoothly. “If I could answer your earlier question?”

He reaches up to the goggles resting on his forehead, as do Edd and Gorgon.

-DWEE-

Edd superkicks the lamp. The room is plunged into blackness. Lover speaks. “Night. Vision. Goggles.”

The dark screen erupts into sounds of violence. Partway through, a girlish shriek is heard, then a loud impact, then a vast amount of giggling.

After the violence dies away, Edd speaks up. “Hey, 'Tonio. That dude tried to powerbomb me! You believe that?”

“I saw, Edd,” Lover's voice responds wearily. “I had goggles too, remember? They were my idea.”

“Oh, yeah, duh. Oh, man, I gotta tweet a photo of this...”

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Chance Fortune vs. Zimmy
Zimmy doesn't even let Chance get started before the assault begins. The young Fortune has clearly been improving, though, as he rallies and drives a fightback, nailing Zimmy with a variety of moves we haven't seen from him before.

And then Zimmy blocks one – and from there on, Fortune is shut down. Zimmy eschews his patented, lethal Blood Rush, putting Chance away with the less impactful split-legged moonsault as the would-be championship contender looks to prove a point.
Zimmy defeated Chance Fortune
Rating: B

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“You mammoth ****.”

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Tommy Cornell turns to face his former protege, grinning wildly. “How's the leg, sunbeam?” he asks. “Or the neck, or the arm?”

“You actually spent money on buying a main event against me last night?” Hawkins glowers.

“Well, yeah. I'll admit I don't like Marlowe – and sooner or later I'll find a way to shut that extortioner down – but he really did help. I think you might not make it to Psycho Circus, y'know, sunshine.”

Hawkins glowers. “You realise O'Curle would've had to forfeit his title AND Morgan's if he'd won?”

“I realise the main reason he didn't win is Zimmy got involved,” Cornell says. “No, I checked with 'em. O'Curle said he might hold onto it and fight me in London in two months. Morgan said it was alright. But both of 'em were considering vacating it in favour of their tag belts – those lads really wanna send a message.

“Make peace with it, sunshine. You're never, ever, fighting me. Hope you're ready for your next defence...”

Cornell swaggers off, keeping his eyes on the injured champion until he's out of range.

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Giant Tana vs. UK Dragon
Hell of a fighter, UK Dragon. Hell of a fighter. And he shows this, here, taking the fight to Tana throughout.

At one point he dominates strongly enough that, after coming off the top rope for an improvised flying jawbreaker, he goes for the Dragon Drop – and he gets Tana off his feet – but he can't hold him!

Tana shoves free – Dragon rebounds – Samoan drop! Tana plays to the crowd – Big Fat Samoan Squash! Seated pin, Tana shooting fingers at the crowd! One, two, three!
Giant Tana defeated UK Dragon
Rating: B

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Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. the Machines
There's been a real undercurrent in the TCW undercard these past couple of months. Every minor player seems to have stepped up their game, and the Fly Boys had plenty to begin with.

They create opportunities, they show off their stuff – but ultimately, they're up against the crown jewels of the tag division.

And the Machines, when they rally, rally hard. The Ammo Dump sends Donnie bouncing out of the ring, it hits so hard. Jimmy falls to the King of the Hill, then taps to the Complete Package.
The Machines defeated the Fly Boys
Rating: B+

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Shout At The Devil begins to play, and Mayhem Midden appears. “You out there, Phil?” he calls, looking around the crowd. After a few moments, he smiles, and the camera follows his gaze to find the Generation Omega leader making his way through the crowd to the ring.

From that safe distance – stage to ring – the two men stare one another down. “Good,” Midden continues “Listen, Phil – this whole takeover bid. You're aware it's not going to work, right?”

Vibert shrugs. “I might have to make some shady deals to get 51% and final say,” he says. “But you already can't rely on winning against me. Anyway, Ken, I don't know why you're complaining. As of last night, my negotiations with the Florida investors broke down. We couldn't come to a deal – but I managed to do them a favour anyway.”

“And what might that be?”

Vibert smiled. “They knew they'd get no peace as long as they had them. So they've gifted those shares... to you. Maybe they couldn't stand me... but they wanted Remo to leave their house.”

Midden's eyebrows skyrocket, becoming almost hidden in his bandanna. “They gave their shares to me?”

Vibert nods. “I'll admit, I've been expecting to run into trouble for a long time, Ken. At the moment, all the shares you and Tommy need for guaranteed victory at any vote are in my hands.

“And all the shares I need for guaranteed victory at any vote are in his... and yours, as of last night.”

“Why would you do that?”

“Because sooner or later, I was going to want to cut down on dubious practices and expensive purchases. You know I have what you need. You have something I need.

“So let me do you a favour, Ken.

“Malice in Wonderland. Just in time for the AGM. Seven matches.

“I win, and TCW is mine.

“And if we win, TCW is ours?”

Vibert smiles. “No, Ken. I'm not in a weak position. I don't see any reason I should lose it all.

“But I'll sell my shares. Market value right now is around $70 million. If your seven wrestlers can put together ten million each... you get my stock.

“Think about it, Ken. It's gonna take some effort for you to get this all together. But you've got the option, now.”

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Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Freedom Fighters
Eddie begins for the fighters, standing opposite Billy Fonda. The two circle – lariat by Fonda rocks Peak, but doesn't take him off his feet. Eddie comes back with a huge uppercut, and Fonda falls back a couple of paces but, again, doesn't fall. He steadies, then hits the ropes himself – big boot, and this time Eddie's shoulders hit the mat!

Eddie comes back up but ducks Fonda's lariat. He shoves the biker clear – big boot himself ducked by Fonda – Fonda hits the ropes for momentum – flying shoulderblock! Both men down! Rather than regain his feet, Eddie shifts position and scrambles, holding Billy down and firing off rapid-fire punches to the head. He tries a quick cover – one, two, no!

The 'Bloody-Handed God' grins, kneeling back on his haunches, and tags in Aaron.

Andrews, easily the smallest man in the ring, is known for a strength game – but it's clear from the off that he knows that won't be enough here. He tries for an armbar, and Billy powers to his feet despite it, breaking the hold by lifting Aaron bodily and slamming him to the mat.

Out goes Billy and in comes Peter. Aaron meets him with an armdrag – actually getting the big man off his feet – but Peter shows some agility of his own, hitting the canvas shoulder-first and rolling to his feet, hitting the ropes in a fluid motion and coming off them with a bulldog! He bounces up as Carl Batch, ringside, explodes in confidence, yelling praise into the microphones of the announce team.

Taking control, Peter busts out his big power moves – a powerslam, then a German Suplex. He pulls Aaron up for another, but Andrews elbows free, reversing, and he nails his own German. Bridged! ONE, TWO, T- no!

Out goes Peter, in comes Billy, and Aaron vaults to the second rope, rebounding to put Billy down briefly with a leg lariat. Fonda is up again fast, and this time Andrews is more ready for him – Spinebuster! Cover! ONE, TWO, TH- NO!

Billy snags Aaron's throat with one hand as he rises, then applies his other to the chokehold. Rydeen bomb by Fonda! ONE, TWO – NO!

Andrews uncorks a huge volley of punches, dazing Billy long enough for Aaron to break away. Both men make the tag simultaneously, and Hopper and Peak charge into the ring at the same time.

Peter goes to one knee at the right time to backdrop Eddie, immediately snagging a half-nelson/armbar combo, looking to keep Peak from moving, keep him locked in place. Eddie powers back to his feet, snapmares clear, and attempts a full nelson himself as the announce team comment on the unusually technical nature of the three powerhouses' game in this match.

As they reach the conclusion that the competitors are, likely, uncertain that their strength alone can carry the day against the others, Hopper manages to reach the ropes, hooking the second rope with one knee to force Ray Johnson to break the hold.

Eddie drags Peter back to the centre and hits a big vertical suplex, then goes to the second rope, coming off with an elbow – but Hopper rolls clear! Big boot by Hopper! Whip to the turnbuckle sends Eddie crashing in hard as the Riders make the tag! Billy catches Eddie on the rebound – tilt-a-whirl slam!

Eddie slowly staggers back to his feet – but he was baiting him in! HUGE belly-to-belly sends Billy crashing to the outside! Peak tags out! Diving forearm from Andrews!

Aaron rolls into the ring, and gets jumped from behind by Peter. Sit-out piledriver from Hopper – ONE, TWO, THRE – Somehow, Aaron gets the shoulder up. Hopper goes for a triple powerbomb, but off the third, Aaron somehow counters to a huracanrana! Tag out!

Eddie levels Hopper with a lariat, then turns back to his corner where Aaron is waiting, perched on the top rope. He picks Andrews up and throws him at Hopper as he rises, allowing Aaron to take him down into a cover – ONE, TWO, THREE!
Freedom Fighters defeated the Easy Riders
Rating: A*

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Jack Bruce vs. Tommy Cornell
These two do mesh well together, but the match itself is not as good as the previous contest. Cornell has a slight edge throughout, but Bruce's enthusiasm and drive mean that he can get the advantage back from time to time – and when he does, Cornell has to work pretty hard to stay on top.

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Still, the company owner has the advantage throughout. After a while, Bruce throws a dropkick which either goes wild or intentionally nails Sam Sparrow, putting him down, and Sammy Bach arrives in the ring to wreak havoc.

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The two Darkwave men get a couple of big double-teams in before Troy Tornado also arrives, levelling Bruce with a missile dropkick and catching Bach with a Tornado Driver. He drags the master manipulator Bach to his feet and whips him to the ropes, nailing a Star Maker that sends both of them tumbling out of the ring, to the floor.

As Cornell and Bruce stagger back to their feet in the ring, Tornado can be heard shouting accusingly that “This has gone far enough!”

Bruce tries for the New York Minute, but Cornell throws him off and hits the Rough Ride, following up with the Guilt Trip, using both his biggest moves to make sure of the victory.
Tommy Cornell defeated Jack Bruce
Rating: A

Show Rating: A

Eidenhoek

03-22-2012, 12:18 AM

As the video ends, Elimination Protocol are in the ring. Thrillseeker hits, and Canadian Elemental emerges, but he stays on the stage, well away from the ring... and as the music swells, out comes another masked HOLY CRAP IT'S AMERICAN ELEMENTAL!

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/MattStriker

And I just realized something: Edd Stone is Zack Ryder. Everyone loves him except me.

And Rosa <_________________________<

Phantom Stranger

03-22-2012, 08:23 PM

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Monday 15th December 2009
The big news this weekend is huge; Richard Eisen is offering guaranteed contracts again. He's also bringing in a bunch more people, going back to their old pattern – and our new one – of establishing a truly global income base.

I'm glad for him. I really am. I phoned up Peter Michaels, as a matter of fact, to give him a tip – a kid who's had a beginner's camp in the Danger Zone who really, really reminds me of watching Gorgeous George DeColt in young, arrogant heel mode, back when I was twelve or thirteen; green, but already showing gold underneath. We've no room for him in TCW any time soon, but he needs a contract to train somewhere if he's to develop fast.

And I've got a real soft spot for Spencer. The Supreme Wrestling University is the perfect place for him right now.

Richard's success has led to some odd reactions in the locker room – Phil Vibert is lobbying for Wolf Hawkins to lay down an open challenge to their current champion and the man I'd give most of the credit for getting them back in good shape, Rich Money. Sean McFly, Dave Bonham and Dan Elderberry are leading a faction who just want to make sure every show we put on outdoes them.

Tyson Baine is asking for an angle to put over one of our youngsters as an absolute killer by putting him all the way out – then out of his contract. He thinks he could make some real money over there, and I don't disagree. Tommy and I are talking it over.

But the oddest reaction of all is Tommy's. Richard's news came at the perfect time for us – it means the entire North American pro wrestling fanbase is looking in the wrong direction as we settle our current contract dealings – some big news out of Canada. We were just going to do this as a fairly generic thing, but this has got Tommy talking about how TCW needs to be the first wrestling promotion to 'do an Invasion properly'.

Which has me thinking about how to do this. Fortunately, we should be able to get this started before anyone actually notices the news – Total Wrestling goes out ahead of their missing final TV show. Larry Wood had the book over there, and while Tommy and Alex signed the contracts, he and I were shut away going over tapes.

I haven't wrestled Larry in years, but he's one of the sport's true professionals. You won't find anyone with an unkind word to say about him, and his first priority was to make sure that the boys under his book went where they'd do best. He was honest with me about who we should keep and shouldn't, and once I'd got my list, he started calling around other promotions for the rest.

For all that it's an intimidating task, I'm looking forward to it. After Malice in Wonderland, this will be in a position to take centre stage for a while. An Invasion is a tricky thing to do right, but I think Larry's got the right idea. He's been building a lot of his stories of late using the internet, under a policy Kirk Jameson would love right now – each wrestler has a blog, and sometimes they have to post stories or videos that promote the angles. Other than that, so long as they never break kayfabe, they're free to get over however they want.

I need to stop writing this, in fact, because I need to call someone and tell him what he needs to write on his blog tonight.

Blake Trask

03-22-2012, 09:17 PM

You bought out CGC, huh?

Wallbanger

03-22-2012, 09:35 PM

Now I wish this diary was going longer. I once toyed with the idea of a Romeo and Juliet-esque story using JeriLynn and Ricky DeColt, and that would be hella fun in this setting.

Hashasheen

03-22-2012, 09:58 PM

Buying out CGC, recommending Spencer Spade to the SWF...

You just know how to put a smile one a guy's face, don't you?

....

Feeling like letting us know whose jumping in for the invasion?

Phantom Stranger

03-22-2012, 10:13 PM

I'll be totally honest; I have been tempted, after finding this was a possible move, to extend the diary. But a GOOD Invasion doesn't just run six months. And I don't think I have another year in me. Not without, say, doing a Self and breaking it into chapters, and I suspect I'd just never quite come back after one of the breaks.

Which is why I'm admitting the Invasion up front; you won't see all of it in detail, though I'll try to summarise the plans for afterward... well, afterward.

I may steal 'Banger's story seed for some of that too.

As far as the lineups for Invasion go - yes, plural - you'll see one soon. You won't see the other for a while. But I advise you to wait and see.

That said, some things that won't come clear in time for the end:

We brought over two of their PPVs, too. Destructive Energy, still a weak name for a PPV and one of the ones on my list to eliminate after Threatening Behaviour and Just Another Day, will be replaced by In The Company Of Legends - and as Malice in Wonderland is a 2-day event, why shouldn't Total Mayhem be followed the next night by the DeColt WrestleFestival?

Phantom Stranger

03-23-2012, 11:22 AM

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Eidenhoek

03-24-2012, 04:02 AM

Wait a-wife and girlfriend?

Regis

03-24-2012, 07:44 AM

Wait a-wife and girlfriend?

He's Eddie Chandler.

BITCH.

Phantom Stranger

03-24-2012, 11:41 AM

Wait a-wife and girlfriend?

That's what I typed, yes.

Phantom Stranger

03-24-2012, 01:29 PM

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We're halfway to Psycho Circus and the pressure is mounting, especially for World Heavyweight Champion Wolf Hawkins - who will again be defending his title in the main event tonight.

Before that, though, we've got a lot of other contests. The Fly Boys and the Young Guns are both former Cruiserweight Tag Team champions, and in both cases have the potential to reign again - if they can make it. But can they?

Johnny Bloodstone wrestling Guide was originally slated as the second match of the night, but the Blonde Bombshell has engaged in serious negotiations - and the result is that Guide's place is being taken by an Enforcer, this time Mikey 'the Dragon' James. Can James get a shocking win over Bloodstone? Is that even what he's been hired for? Only time will tell...

What's likely to see out the first hour is the third match. One on one again - and it's Aaron Andrews against Eric Tyler. In 2008 these two repeatedly clashed - but how far has each man come since then? Will the result be the same?

The old TCW Tag Wars staple becomes a woman's war for the first time. The Leading Lights, Cherry Bomb and Gorgon - former tag team partners elsewhere, now going by the Monsters of Myth - JeriLynn Stone and her friend Kate Dangerous, and Stephanie Wade and Shiori Jippensha are all getting involved. Which team will win out?

More tag team action continues in the semi-main event, as Darkwave take on the Kreed. This could be a fantastic match - and the first time Zimmy has really had a chance to prove himself for a shot at Hawkins' World Heavyweight Championship, as he's hoping.

And then in the main event, the title itself is on the line - in a three man ladder match. Wolf Hawkins defends against both Troy Tornado and John Anderson.

Prediction Key:
Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Young Guns

Johnny Bloodstone vs. Mikey James

Aaron Andrews vs. Eric Tyler

TAG WARS
Leading Lights vs. Monsters of Myth (Cherry Bomb & Gorgon) vs. JeriLynn Stone & Kate Dangerous vs. Shiori Jippensha & Stephanie Wade

Darkwave vs. the Kreed

LADDER MATCH
TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. John Anderson vs. Troy Tornado

Zergon

03-24-2012, 01:50 PM

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Young Guns
This is a close one and I like both teams too so I go with gut feeling that Fly Boys are slighly higher on ladders.

Johnny Bloodstone vs. Mikey James
I know you plan to job Johnny a little bit but is James over enough to get the win? I´d say no but he will get close.

Aaron Andrews vs. Eric Tyler
Andrews has been going up while Tyler has been going down since they last clashed so Aaron gets the win.

TAG WARS
Leading Lights vs. Monsters of Myth (Cherry Bomb & Gorgon) vs. JeriLynn Stone & Kate Dangerous vs. Shiori Jippensha & Stephanie Wade
Any of the first three teams could take this but Leading Lights just feel little bit more unified (or at least more experienced as tag team) than the rest.

Darkwave vs. the Kreed
Another close one here but I think that Kreed is the more important team at the moment.

LADDER MATCH
TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. John Anderson vs. Troy Tornado
I don´t see Hawkins dropping his title to either of these guys though Tornado does have a small shot to get it.

Phantom Stranger

03-24-2012, 02:10 PM

A little glimpse into the world via my current news feed as of just after the show.

I'm particularly looking at SWF's recent acquisitions...

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Blake Trask

03-24-2012, 04:23 PM

Huh, wow. I actually completely forgot about the existence of Shawn.

How is Saunders coming along, by the way? I've always found she develops really well in my games.

Hashasheen

03-24-2012, 04:35 PM

Will you be putting up the data for people to play with after you're done?

Regis

03-24-2012, 05:27 PM

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Young Guns
The Fly Boys started low on the card, but have been on the point of a push for a while. The Young Guns started in the midcard, and have slipped lower.

Johnny Bloodstone vs. Mikey James
Seriously.

Aaron Andrews vs. Eric Tyler
JOBBER TO THE STARS!

TAG WARS
Leading Lights vs. Monsters of Myth (Cherry Bomb & Gorgon) vs. JeriLynn Stone & Kate Dangerous v. Shiori Jippensha & Stephanie Wade
Established tag team, let's keep 'em dangerous.
Heh. I said 'Dangerous'.

Darkwave vs. the Kreed
Kreed are potential Main Event guys, Darkwave are still just a damn good tag team.

LADDER MATCH
TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. John Anderson vs. Troy Tornado
Tommy vs. Wolf at Malice for the WHC.

Phantom Stranger

03-24-2012, 06:15 PM

How is Saunders coming along, by the way? I've always found she develops really well in my games.

Her colour average is now 89, so she's coming along pretty well.

Will you be putting up the data for people to play with after you're done?

Oh, God...

Possibly. I remember just how bloody long it took me to get the data in order for TEW10, though. Updating by a year could take quiiiiiiite a while...

So I don't know.

Eidenhoek

03-25-2012, 01:58 AM

Prediction Key:
Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Young Guns

I dunno...Eddie Peak kills them all. Or something that I care about.

Johnny Bloodstone vs. Mikey James

Curiously, James does not work in Japan. Oh, and Bloodstone because.

Aaron Andrews vs. Eric Tyler

Even though I irrationally dislike him...

TAG WARS
Leading Lights vs. Monsters of Myth (Cherry Bomb & Gorgon) vs. JeriLynn Stone & Kate Dangerous vs. Shiori Jippensha & Stephanie Wade

What are "Tag Wars"? Is that where the most "who the **** are you?" person wins? It's not? Oh well; already cast my vote.

Darkwave vs. the Kreed

I can't choose.

LADDER MATCH
TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. John Anderson vs. Troy Tornado

Because **** your plans and **** old champions. Also, I will laugh so hard if Hawkins gets injured. I really, really want that to happen. Because **** YO' PLANS.

Wallbanger

03-25-2012, 12:30 PM

Someone been watching old Floyd Bowman DVD's recently?

Phantom Stranger

03-25-2012, 04:01 PM

I'm not going to say I'd be overjoyed if I injured Wolf now. But I do have an alternate program which can kick in at any point if he IS injured.

Plan an angle to run a little over a year, plan for mistakes.

Blake Trask

03-25-2012, 04:21 PM

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Young Guns
I'm pretty sure I read you say somewhere that you're looking to allow Donnie and Jimmy to ride off into the sunset and boss a regional promotion somewhere. Unless you've got the same thing in mind for the Guns, then I think they pick up the duke.

Johnny Bloodstone vs. Mikey James
He's in the doghouse, but doghouse does not mean jobbing to Mikey James.

Aaron Andrews vs. Eric Tyler
At the beginning of this diary, this was foregone in the other direction, but times have changed, and old man Tyler shouldn't win this.

TAG WARS
Leading Lights vs. Monsters of Myth (Cherry Bomb & Gorgon) vs. JeriLynn Stone & Kate Dangerous vs. Shiori Jippensha & Stephanie Wade
I won't be surprised if the new team or the champion team win this, but Leading Lights I think need to continue to look a threat ahead of their challenge. Also Goodlooks is both younger and better than I originally thought, for some reason I had it in my head that she wasn't very good.

Darkwave vs. the Kreed
Tough call, so I say draw. Bach and Zimmy need to look good, true... but so does Greg right now, is my feeling.

LADDER MATCH
TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. John Anderson vs. Troy Tornado
Yeah but no. Wolf's fighting all the way to Malice in Wonderland.

Phantom Stranger

03-28-2012, 05:23 PM

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 3 December 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 18.60)
Rebroadcast on Continental Sports X1 (Rating 0.35)

Held at Maryland Wood (Mid Atlantic)

Attendance: 24,445

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Sara Silver

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Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Young Guns
There's tremendous spirit in these four men, and for all that they're no longer top flight tag teams, tremendous skill – and a fair amount of crowd support, as these things go. They start the evening out well, getting the crowd excited, and showing a lot of speed – both teams with something to prove, and not just to the crowd.

Harry Allen manipulates Donnie J off the apron and sets Jimmy P up, and the Blitzkrieg Bop scores the win.
Young Guns defeated the Fly Boys
Rating: B

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Two men come over the crowd barrier as the Guns celebrate. They slide into the ring like professionals, and they nail the Guns. Azaria pegs them as Eddie Chandler and Dan DaLay with his usual encyclopaedic knowledge, and the announce team seem keen to know what their appearance here might mean -

And then commentary abruptly tails off as a raft of security men dogpile the ring. DaLay nails Allen with the DaLay Down and Chandler is a blur, throwing punches-

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The sign stays up for another three minutes. Sound – the crowd's roars – mutes perhaps two seconds after the sign goes up.

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Johnny Bloodstone vs. Mikey James
As they introduce the competitors for this match, the announce team sound flustered and confused. There is absolutely no reference to the events before the technical difficulties sign went up.

Mikey James, meanwhile, is clearly not wrestling to win this one; he's just in this for the fight – specifically, a series of hard shots, whenever he gets the chance, targeting his opponent's head.

Mostly kicks, he seems to be looking to injure – even to maim – rather than to win; certainly, after weathering and kicking out of an assault by Bloodstone, when he puts Bloodstone down with a Scything Side Kick, he doesn't go for the cover but instead continues the assault.

The result, ultimately, is that when Johnny finally overcomes the assault and takes it to him, James finds himself locked into the Bloodstone Mutilation and is forced to tap out.
Johnny Bloodstone defeated Mikey James
Rating: B

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Autumn Gleeson stands before the camera, looking a little uncertain. “The Board's Representative has asked me to say at this time that TCW apologises for the disruption to broadcasting earlier tonight, and to assure you all that Harry and Steve will receive the best medical care available on their arrival at hospital. There is...” She clears her throat. “There is no further statement on the matter at this time.

“However... I do have a guest tonight. My guest at this time,” and she begins to warm to her usual role, the enthusiasm flooding back into her, “made a promise at the last Pay Per View to remain undefeated until past Malice in Wonderland, by which time he had already promised to secure the Ticket to the Top briefcase by winning the Shot At the Top.

“Davis, these are big claims to make. I'll admit you've backed them up so far, but – well, what on earth possessed you to make them so publically?”

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The self-proclaimed Triple Threat smirks at the camera for a moment. “Davis Wayne Newton is a man of his word,” he begins, “and I always have been. But it's been hard for anyone out there to know that – to understand that when I set goals, I move heaven and I move earth until I accomplish them.

“One of my goals is to be recognised as the best there is at professional wrestling. To be held up as an icon of this sport in the way that Master Kitozon and Ed Henson and Jeremy Stone are – those giants of the past who've now stepped aside to allow young talent to rise to the forefront.”

“Uh,” Autumn interrupts, “Jeremy Stone is still wrestling-”

“Sure, if you call what he's still capable of wrestling,” Davis sneers. “Not the point. The point is – right now, I need legends to dethrone. So putting it out there is a good way to get them.

“Davis Wayne Newton is a World Heavyweight Champion of the future. I very well may be the next one. And my road to that title has already started, and by its end, you will know I am the best. Believe that.

“Because Davis Wayne Newton is a man of his word.”

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Aaron Andrews vs. Eric Tyler
What a brutal, brutal brawl.

It starts with a cheap shot by Tyler, and Andrews seems to explode. He's got a lot of issues with Tyler in his past, and a lot of things bugging him at the moment – and the result is something that only at times resembles a wrestling match.

Inside five minutes Andrews is bleeding, broken open by an impact on the ring post. By ten minutes in Tyler bleeds too, the result of a tornado DDT off the apron and directly onto the steel steps.

By the fifteen minute mark the blood on Andrews' face has stained that blonde mop of hair crimson. His eyes show whitely in the red. And yet he won't stop fighting. A spinebuster nearly keeps Tyler down, but he won't stop either.

The Weight of Tradition to the outside sees Aaron nearly counted out, but he makes it back into the ring at nine – and comes back to fight again. Cross-body. Dropkick. Snap suplex. Pin cover – and Tyler's out. Game Breaker – countered! The old man takes over as the announce team marvel that either man still has anything left in the tank.

Eric's not a strong man, but he manages to get Andrews lifted above his head – and he dumps him out of the ring! Andrews lands on the shoulders and the back of the head! Eugene Williams starts the count – but the bell sounds while he's only at five.

Both men have somehow gone the distance to the twenty minute mark.
Aaron Andrews fought to a time limit draw with Eric Tyler
Rating: B+

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Leading Lights vs.
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Monsters of Myth
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vs. Shiori Jippensha & Stephanie Wade
Some established teams here, some not so much. In the early going the Monsters of Myth make the running, both women able to overpower anyone in the ring but their teammate. Meanwhile, the champion and her friend rely on ground work, Jippensha and Wade concentrate on a speed game, and the Leading Lights... mostly stay on the edges, watching and waiting for their moments.

Gorgon and Cherry Bomb combine well a few minutes in, when Gorgon boosts Jippensha into her shoulders, Cherry Bomb coming off the top to deliver a huge cutter to the suspended Jippensha, Gorgon then pinning with a single foot.

Elimination #1: Shiori Jippensha & Stephanie Wade

They take a moment to celebrate – which turns out to be a mistake, as Stephanie Wade strikes back, blasting Cherry Bomb with a superkick out of nowhere on her way out. JeriLynn Stone connects with a From Canada With Love and, with Kate Dangerous trying to block Gorgon – and the Leading Lights grab the titan's legs from behind – the champion pins Bomb, eliminating the Monsters of Myth.

Elimination #2: Monsters of Myth

Dangerous is already reeling from standing in Gorgon's way, and the Lights slide into the ring and nail a stereo dropkick to put her down.

In comes JeriLynn. Punches for Cox and Starr takes over, rocking her with hard elbows and uppercuts before trying a powerbomb -

YOU CAN'T POWERBOMB JERILYNN STONE!

But with Cox active, JeriLynn can't make the pin. Michelle, instead, nails her with a suplex, but not before Saunders proves unable to resist a 'Cox-blocked!' pun. It seems the announce team have fully recovered from their panic earlier.

The Lights combine again for a dual superkick; turning, they see Dangerous making her way unsteadily to her feet – they hit the far ropes simultaneously – dual flying shoulderblock puts Dangerous down!

Simultaneously, the Lights make their pins, Cox on Dangerous, Starr on Stone. At the count of two and a half, JeriLynn gets her shoulder up – but Kate Dangerous doesn't make it! Stone & Dangerous have fallen!
Leading Lights defeated Monsters of Myth, JeriLynn Stone & Kate Dangerous, and Shiori Jippensha & Stephanie Wade
Rating: B-

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Their music is still playing when Starr collects two microphones, returning to the ring to hand one to her tag partner.

“And that makes us,” she begins. Cox finishes, “STILL undefeated.”

Starr picks it up. “STILL the number one contenders.”

“STILL better looking than the competition.”

“STILL better wrestlers than the competition.”

“STILL your next champion-”

“-and STILL your next champion's-BFF.”

“We'll be around a long time... well... as long as this is THE place to wrestle.

“When it isn't, we'll know first-”

“-and we'll be gone-”

“-STILL with the championship belt.”

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Darkwave vs. Kreed
Sammy enters the ring at the start of the match, circling a couple of times with Reed but staying out of reach of a couple of lockups. He moves around a third circle a little faster – and that allows Zimmy to hit Art from behind with a top rope bulldog.

Sammy exits the ring and Zimmy stomps away on Reed's head, but Art catches one of the kicks and spins him around. He tries for a back suplex, but Zimmy catches him with a lungblower on the way down!

Both men separate and circle – and as Reed half-turns to check he won't be bushwhacked by Bach, Zimmy charges – but Art's ready for him! Armdrag! ZIMMY LANDS ON HIS FEET!

Superkick by Zimmy, but Art ducks it, boosting him into a fireman's carry – Zimmy rolls through! ONE, TWO – NO!

Art looks to come back with a kick rush and for the first half it does well before Zimmy blocks one, coming back with a European uppercut. Reed staggers back a step, then nails an enzuigiri!

Rather than capitalise, though, he slips out of the ring, Greg coming in fast to replace him – but by the time he reaches Zimmy, the Darkwave man is out of the ring and Greg turns to eat a missile dropkick from Bach. Cover! ONE – NO!

Greg hammers Bach with six chops in a row, then stuns him with a jawbreaker. He hits the ropes – and Bach meets him on the way back with a roaring elbow! Slam! Suplex! Bach to the turnbuckle – Leg drop – Greg rolled clear!

Rushing kick from Greg puts Sammy on his back again and Greg promptly dives out of the ring -

Leaving Art Reed to vault to the top rope and springboard off in a HUGE shooting star press, halfway across the ring! What an impact! Cover! ONE, TWO, THR- NO! Reed recovers fast, immediately looking for the Dread Lock – BLOOD RUSH BY ZIMMY BREAKS IT UP!

Greg hits the ring himself to even out Darkwave's sudden man advantage. Things rapidly turn into a brawl, but the Kreed have a little more unity. Sammy Bach finds himself sent out of the ring – Greg pulls the top rope down, and Art Reed supplies the dropkick and the momentum.

Reed rises and turns to eat an enzuigiri from Zimmy, who puts him all the way down with a leaping powerbomb before turning into an elbow and a slam from Greg.

Greg looks around the crowd with a wild grin, spinning his finger in the air and calling for the Proton Lock. He drops to his knees – starts to lock it down -

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Matthew Keith is watching his brother, who hesitates – and Zimmy rakes the eyes, breaking the hold before it can be applied! Back to his feet, the Darkwave man hits the far ropes and BLASTS Greg with the Blood Rush, sending him tumbling through the ropes and out of the ring.

Art Reed is stirring. Zimmy catches him unawares, nailing a crisp dropkick to the top of Reed's head as he rises – then a third Blood Rush for the match, the second to Reed. He drags Art a few paces from the ropes and follows up with a split-legged moonsault from the ropes, keeping him wedged down for the pinfall.
Darkwave defeated Kreed
Rating: A*

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Wolf Hawkins © w/ Phil Vibert vs. John Anderson vs. Troy Tornado
Even as the champion is making his way to the ring, Anderson and Tornado can be seen talking quietly together, eyes on Hawkins – who's racking up a number of niggling injuries over the course of this gauntlet.

The bell rings, and both men strike, delivering low dropkicks, taking one of Hawkins' knees out apiece. Rising to their feet swiftly, Anderson directs traffic, pointing at the leghs and speaking, though his voice can't be picked up on camera over the crowd.

Together they place their feet in the back of Wolf's knees, wrap his feet behind their own knees, then drop backward, rolling back to standing again. John grabs a single-leg crab, but Troy is a fraction of a second too late joining him and Hawkins is able to twist out, grabbing Anderson as both men regain their feet and executing a beautiful twisting belly-to-belly.

He punches out of the threat of Tornado and then slips out of the ring, taking a short break simply to watch.

This... isn't the best choice. Anderson slides out after him, going punch for punch with the champion – and Troy hits the far ropes, soaring out over the top rope with a suicide tope, wiping them both out.

With a wild rockstar cackle, he slides a ladder into the ring, following it in there, and starts to set it up.

“The Triple-Threat Champion is going to make that name a reality again!” Azaria exults. Troy gets ready to climb -

Phil Vibert is in the ring! He's trying to stare Tornado down! Troy takes a step toward the Generation Omega manager, who flinches-

”NO!”

Everyone turns to look. Wolf Hawkins has recovered on the outside enough to take in that image on the inside. Galvanised, he slides into the ring. “This is my fight!” he yells at Vibert, who flinches again.

Troy steps back, a wide smirk on his face, watching the entertainment. He waits until Wolf has backed Vibert into the corner, and since that means the champ's back is to the Painful Procedure frontman, he takes the opportunity and springs into life, leaping forward with a high knee to send Wolf tumbling out of the ring.

Troy backs off and throws a fist into the air, playing to the crowd. He turns – and sees John Anderson partway up the ladder.

Tornado rushes up the other side, and Phil Vibert springs into sudden action, rushing across. He starts to push the ladder over – succeeds, too, but both Tornado and Anderson spot it coming, jumping off before they'd crash. They flank Vibert -

Hawkins nails Tornado from behind. He sets for the Wolf's Call, and Anderson gestures a 'be my guest' as Hawkins sends Tornado into the air. Troy hits hard and squirms off to one side, dropping out of the ring and to all fours.

John Anderson – the renowned Human Arsenal – promptly kicks Wolf in the gut and nails the Ammo Dump. He feints at Vibert -

- the manager bails from the ring in a hell of a hurry -

Anderson sets the ladder back up and starts to climb. By the time he's halfway up, he's committed; and so, with Hawkins down and unable to see his interference, Vibert returns to the ring and once again shoves the ladder over. Anderson senses more than sees it coming, reaching up and hanging onto the cable from which the belt is suspended.

Desperate now, Phil grabs his dangling legs, tugging at him, trying to pull him down before he can rescue the belt. The crowd voice their displeasure-

Troy Tornado smashes into view, knocking Anderson off the belt with a Star Maker! The Machine collapses, nearly taking out Vibert. Tornado goes for Phil - “the Triple-Threat Champion wants to stop this being a four-man match,” as Azaria notes – but Generation Omega's driving force bails from the ring.

Troy sets to go after him, except that he notices something out of the corner of his eye – and what he notices is Hawkins regaining his feet.

He springs into action – whips Hawkins to the ropes – Tornado Driver blocked by Hawkins on instinct as much as anything, as he manages to snap off a headscissors but lands knees-first, in obvious pain.

Once again, Troy slips out of the ring, but this time it looks like his own decision to do so. He drops to one knee, keeping an eye on the action from the outside.

Anderson is slowly recovering his wits. He sees Wolf is active, but that his legs are once again a weakspot, and the fans can see him develop a plan.

Hitting the ropes, he comes off with a low dropkick to put the champ on the flat of his back, centre of the ring – and he locks down a figure-four leg lock, holding it, keeping it clamped down, taking the champ's legs even further out of the picture.

“This has got to be it,” Dangerous exults on commentary. “This is it, my friends – this is when the belt changes hands and Generation Omega loses its prize.”

Troy clambers back into the ring - and sets the ladder up directly over the two men in the hold! He takes a stomp onto Hawkins' chest, just to compound matters, as he makes the climb.

Phil Vibert goes a step further than before. He actually pulls Tornado off the ladder as Anderson releases the hold to squirm out.

“This is not a three man match,” Azaria complains. “Nothing like one. And a fresh man watching your back doesn't have to be a wrestler to cause problems.”

Not that Vibert doesn't have some of his own right now. He gets sent off the ropes – Whirlwind Kick! Vibert is down, much to the crowd's approval! Anderson comes in – AMMO DUMP ON TORNADO!

And then Hawkins strikes from nowhere, flipping the ladder up to slam it into the Human Arsenal's back. As the stepladder rocks back into place, Hawkins – barely – manages a Wolf's Call on Anderson, and he begins to climb.

It's slow, agonising progress, and by the time he's at the top of the ladder, Tornado is back to his feet. The Painful Procedure frontman climbs faster – but Hawkins has the belt scant inches before Troy can intervene, his legs giving way, sending him crashing to the mat!
Wolf Hawkins defeated John Anderson and Troy Tornado
Rating: A*

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The EMTs head out with a gurney for Wolf, and as the champ is being strapped in Shut Me Up hits – which can only herald Matthew Keith.

He has a microphone, and he's all smiles.

“Now that... was genuinely a hell of a match,” he concedes.

“Of course, that's because Wolf Hawkins is more or less on a level with those two. Nothing more. He's not the King of Wrestling, and while I'm the uncrowned king... that's not going to last much longer.

“I have business to take care of and a point to prove. But believe me, once that's done, I'll hold that belt.

“And maybe I'm old fashioned, not like Generation Omega, but I believe that one career-long championship reign is way, way better than my dad's nine – hell, only one of those even beat a year.

“I'm not a fool, people. My father is a legend for a reason. I'm not expecting you to accept I'm better than him just because I beat him once.

“I'm expecting you to accept I'm better than him because I am the uncrowned King of Wrestling. I am exactly as good as I say I am. I will be the youngest man ever to earn his way into the Hall of Immortals. I am the measuring stick. Inside five years, I will be the Keith that all other wrestlers are compared to. My father will be a footnote.

“2010 is the year I begin the greatest championship reign in history. And 2010 is just around the corner.”

Show Rating: A*

Phantom Stranger

03-28-2012, 05:25 PM

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Blake Trask

03-28-2012, 05:41 PM

But Horatio, what was it you said about pulling a work about stuff outside of the ring?

Phantom Stranger

03-28-2012, 05:50 PM

But Horatio, what was it you said about pulling a work about stuff outside of the ring?

Tommy wants the Invasion and Tommy isn't listening.

Other than that, more on this come the next Take It Home, Boys extract... By which time the work/shoot line is likely to be a lot more blurry.

Out of character, I'm shooting for the kind of attitude the Daniel Bryan firing created - there was a very definite attitude of questioning whether or not this was a work, rather than as shoot as it seemed, even before DB's return to the WWE.

I've been questioning myself over each of those segments - what I DON'T want to do is create a 'this stuff looks shoot, to the degree that the other stuff feels like a work' atmosphere.

So please - bear with me til Saturday Night Showcase.

Blake Trask

03-28-2012, 06:02 PM

That makes a lot more sense, especially considering I remember way back in the day when Horatio referred to the DaVE guys as "Better off not as members of a doomed stable". Continuity is preserved!

Phantom Stranger

03-29-2012, 11:45 AM

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 3 December 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 1.19)

Held at the Laurent Ballroom (New England)

Attendance: 4,485

Announcers:
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Steve Smith – Sara Silver – Autumn Gleeson

In the show's opening match, the Elite Express put the Conquering Kings away, Nate Johnson pinning Clark Alexander following the Precision Driller. (Rating: B)
Marc Speed took on arrogant newcomer Kashmir Singh, who was accompanied to the ring by a huge bronzed muscleman. Speed had the upper hand in places, though not many, before, while the muscleman had Eugene Williams distracted, Eddie Chandler and Dan DaLay burst onto the scene and assaulted Marc Speed. Williams awarded Speed the match by DQ, calling for security. (Rating: C+)
The commentators stayed quiet but this time the footage continued, with DaLay and Chandler destroying the Third Machine brutally before being swamped by security guards and dragged from the ring. DaLay was smirking as he went.
The women came out for a tag match next, the duo of Lauren Easter and Raku Makuda registering a win as Easter forced Melody Cuthill to tap, losing Cuthill and her partner Amber Allen the match. (Rating: [b]B-{/b])
In a non-title match, the British Lions defeated Elimination Protocol, Merle O'Curle forcing Warren Technique to tap out. (Rating: B)
Another video was played showing events from the tag team contendership scavenger hunt; hapless celebrity Neil Patrick Harris found himself menaced, cajoled, threatened, and bemused by the Easy Riders, Texas Outlaws, New Wave and Eternal Party respectively as all four sought a DVD box set of How I Met Your Mother signed by the star.
In an absolutely stunning display, Tommy Cornell and UK Dragon showcased what fans can expect from Malice in Wonderland Night 2 when Cornell defeated UK Dragon after a shockingly close match. (Rating: A*)
The intergender tag in the main event didn't quite match up; Davis Wayne Newton and Alicia Strong united against Koshiro Ino and Suzanne Brazzle, the latter two having been told this match was imminent only moments before by Jack Marlowe. John Pathlow was on commentary and Bulldozer Brandon Smith laid out Ino mid-match, allowing Alicia Strong to pin the leader of Team KOBRA. (Rating: B)
Team KOBRA once again administered the bokken shots. The camera caught John Pathlow looking on with clear satisfaction.

Show Rating: B+

Phantom Stranger

03-29-2012, 06:17 PM

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Eidenhoek

03-30-2012, 02:55 AM

Alex...De Colt? I DON'T GET IT ALEX WHY YOU SO CONFUSING

Meh. I'm not a huge fan of ELITE, so given that I know this is a work, not too crazy about it. /shrug.

Pulling in the DeColts, though? Man, if this diary was going another year or 8 (you totally should man dew eet), I hope you don't go with the obvious Stone/DeColt rivalry.

Speaking off, where's Bazookas DeColt? (I called her Bazookas because that's a euphemism for her funbags)

Phantom Stranger

03-30-2012, 07:10 AM

Alex...De Colt? I DON'T GET IT ALEX WHY YOU SO CONFUSING

Meh. I'm not a huge fan of ELITE, so given that I know this is a work, not too crazy about it. /shrug.

Alex DeColt just wrote a lengthy screed where he condemned his real-life best friend while keeping kayfabe.

Honestly and truly, I think this was the announcement where smarks would come alive with knowing this is a work.

And having a stable come in on its own is not an Invasion.

Put another way... I genuinely don't see where this reaction is coming from, if you've been reading this whole thing.

Phantom Stranger

03-30-2012, 08:41 AM

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What a night we have coming! Mayhem Midden has promised that the show will open with him addressing recent events in TCW which we haven't, as yet, been permitted to discuss. And then we'll open things with a bang - with a World Heavyweight Championship match.

Wolf Hawkins puts his belt on the line by order of Tommy Cornell against Rick Law. Can the Total Lawman put the beleaguered champion down and coincidentally win the bet between Golden Law for the first new champion?

Tag team action is scheduled to follow, as the rising duo of Acid Dragon are pitted against Tooth & Claw. People are still buzzing about the run UK Dragon gave Tommy Cornell for his money.

Frankie Dee looks to prove the School of Tradition's worth against a different traditionalist - the legend, Sam Keith. It's a tall hill to climb, but many have managed in recent years - and it's always meant big things in their future.

Tag teams return to action immediately following. The Texas Outlaws will face the new team of legends, Elemental Energy - Canadian Elemental and American Elemental!

Rick Law's tag partner also has himself a match against Generation Omega. Rocky Golden will be hoping Golden Law can make it two for two when he faces Marc DuBois...

The semi-main event will feature the first of something different. Ever the traditionalist, Sean Deeley has requested his next title defence be conducted in Best of Seven format, and Freddy Huggins will look to gain an early advantage over the champion. While technically the match itself doesn't have the title on the line, this one has real championship implications.

And in the main event two of our biggest tag teams clash. Some controversy and question surrounds the Elite Express at present for their former association with recent invaders Eddie Chandler and Dan DaLay, but no one can doubt the skill of these Kings of Wrestling. Their opponents, however, are arguably one of TCW's greatest tag teams of all time - the Machines, who will be looking to avenge the injury of Marc Speed by the Express' former friends.

Prediction Key:
TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Rick Law

Acid Dragon vs. Tooth & Claw

Frankie Dee vs. Sam Keith

Elemental Energy (American Elemental & Canadian Elemental) vs. Texas Outlaws w/ Floyd Bowman

Marc DuBois vs. Rocky Golden

BEST OF SEVEN SERIES FOR THE TCW INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP - BOUT ONE
Sean Deeley (c) w/ Laura Huggins vs. Freddy Huggins

Elite Express vs. Machines

Zergon

03-30-2012, 09:41 AM

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Rick Law
Nope, Law isn´t going to be the one who ends Hawkins reign.

Acid Dragon vs. Tooth & Claw
Higher on the ladders

Frankie Dee vs. Sam Keith
Dee haven´t been build enough to warrant going over legend like Keith.

Elemental Energy (American Elemental & Canadian Elemental) vs. Texas Outlaws w/ Floyd Bowman
I go with more established team.

Marc DuBois vs. Rocky Golden
Doing slighly more.

BEST OF SEVEN SERIES FOR THE TCW INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP - BOUT ONE
Sean Deeley (c) w/ Laura Huggins vs. Freddy Huggins
Pretty sure this will be 3-3 after six but I give Freddy the first one.

Elite Express vs. Machines
Tough one, Machines are slighly better but Express is aligned with Matthew and I think that it makes them more important right now.

Regis

03-30-2012, 06:01 PM

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Rick Law
Hawkins will keep the title until he wrestles Tommy at Malice In Wonderland.

Acid Dragon vs. Tooth & Claw
JOBBERS!

Frankie Dee vs. Sam Keith
JOBBER!

Elemental Energy (American Elemental & Canadian Elemental) vs. Texas Outlaws w/ Floyd Bowman
You know, I just can't decide. EE need to be established as a team, they've had the hot debut, but will they just job their way up the card while Horatio angsts about it? Nah, a draw here works well, putting the Elemental team over without having the Outlaws lose out. Oh, and which Outlaws will it be?

Marc DuBois vs. Rocky Golden
JOBBER TO THE STARS!

BEST OF SEVEN SERIES FOR THE TCW INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP - BOUT ONE
Sean Deeley (c) w/ Laura Huggins vs. Freddy Huggins
Start off with a shocking win for the challenger.

Elite Express vs. Machines
The Machines deserve more than they're getting.

Eidenhoek

03-30-2012, 07:59 PM

Alex DeColt just wrote a lengthy screed where he condemned his real-life best friend while keeping kayfabe.

Honestly and truly, I think this was the announcement where smarks would come alive with knowing this is a work.

And having a stable come in on its own is not an Invasion.

Put another way... I genuinely don't see where this reaction is coming from, if you've been reading this whole thing.

I didn't call it an invasion. I just don't like ELITE, so the fact that they're coming in...meh. I's like you adding more Edd Stones; I don't like the characters/wrestlers much, so them coming in doesn't excite me.

That and beating people up "for reals" makes me sad.

Phantom Stranger

03-30-2012, 08:19 PM

I didn't call it an invasion. I just don't like ELITE, so the fact that they're coming in...meh. I's like you adding more Edd Stones; I don't like the characters/wrestlers much, so them coming in doesn't excite me.

That and beating people up "for reals" makes me sad.

I asked Blake to give me to the diary entry on the perceived 'different levels of fictionality', and I'll thus ask you the same.

You're welcome to not. But I mentioned the Invasion because, well...

Well, it was mentioned in the last diary entry that this is phase one of an Invasion plot.

ELITE aren't coming in. CGC's main players are coming in. ELITE, being heels, are coming in first.

If you go back to sudden beatdown/debuts in the diary before now, the announce team have been kayfabe surprised that the debuting folks are there under contract.

To bring in an entire promotion, we need kayfabe reason for that to happen. Tommy needs $70 million to match Vibert; kayfabe-wise, him buying CGC is thus very, very illogical.

So how do we do it? Kayfabe-wise, Chandler and DaLay AREN'T under contract, so kayfabe-wise, the reaction is stronger.

Remember when Punk's mic was cut off this summer? As a number of IWC-heads pointed out at the time - if Punk was ACTUALLY shooting, the mic cuts off pretty much at the start and the camera cuts to something else.

DaLay and Chandler's attacks got a lot more than a 7-second delay. Alex DeColt fires them by informing their kayfabe agent.

My initial response to you was what it was because... well, because you seem to be responding to something that isn't happening, and that I've dedicated a fair amount of text and two fictional site templates to demonstrating isn't happening. And this confuses me.

You are, of course, entirely welcome to think bringing in ELITE at all is a bad idea. You are, of course, entirely welcome to hold that they're bad wrestlers and/or crap characters, or for that matter that I'm writing them wrong, or what have you.

But the words I'm writing and the thing you're antsy about appear to be different things.

Eidenhoek

03-30-2012, 09:03 PM

You are, of course, entirely welcome to think bringing in ELITE at all is a bad idea. You are, of course, entirely welcome to hold that they're bad wrestlers and/or crap characters,

Bingo. That's really the only "problem" I have. I liked Punk. I don't like ELITE. Essentially, I don't like you bringing in ELITE, regardless of how you do it.

That said, once you do start bringing in...uh...the DeColts, I think those are the only guys you don't have currently that I care about...

Anyway, once you start the other half, people beating up ELITE from CGC (or whatever they do), then I'll probably like this a bit more. Sorry about my inaccurate communication of my dislike of the angle. And major props on buying them out :D

Phantom Stranger

04-03-2012, 02:03 PM

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TCW Presents Saturday Night Showcase

Saturday Week 3 December 2009

Live on CBA (Rating 14.73)
Rebroadcast on Euro Cable Sports 1 (Rating 0.50)

Held at the Canadian Air Centre (Ontario)

Attendance: 14,088

Announcers:
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Mayhem Midden stands in the ring as the opening pyro dwindles down to nothing. He has a microphone in his hand.

“Good evening,” he begins. “Earlier this week you fans witnessed two surprising and unprovoked assaults.” He smiles slightly. “Now, this is a professional wrestling program. You are used to seeing assaults by one wrestler upon another, and sometimes I've even been known to approve. There was a time when I used to perform them.

“What made these assaults different – what leads me to stand out here and talk to you about it – is that the people who perpetrated these are not TCW wrestlers. While I'm willing to recognise that they both have some fame as professional wrestlers, from what we can tell they bought tickets like any other fan, and they came here like any other fan.

“I might approve of one TCW wrestler attacking another because it tells me there's a passion there that means, when we can get them into a match, some of you might pay to see it – and that can't happen here. Instead, three men – all of them champions either here or elsewhere before now – are in the hospital. Any matches they might want to have – they can't.

“We've discussed what to do about this, and it's been keeping our options open that's prevented me from talking about this before now. Eddie Chandler and Dan DaLay are no longer employees of the promotion they'd been with for over a decade, in response to this.

“We're talking to that company tomorrow, but they can no longer discipline these individuals. It's been suggested we should call the police... Well, we might, eventually, but I'd prefer to deal with this the way this sport always has.

“Those of you with tickets might have read the small print. TCW expressly denies responsibility for what happens to you should you be stupid enough to cross the guardrail. The same is true for these guys – so listen up, in the back.

“These men have put three of ours in the hospital. If that sits bad with you... as of right now, whether you're in the match they interrupt or not, if they interrupt you are given the go-ahead to come down here and get stuck in.”

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The champion is walking wounded and Rick Law is a big, powerful man with a hell of a lariat and a lot of speed. Wolf has to change his usual style entirely, fighting defensively, keeping on the move and on the bounce, a dangerous mouse cornered by a confident, strong cat.

Law isn't the type to brutalise. He doesn't focus on Wolf's aching neck or his punished knees. What he does, however, is take every pinfall chance he can create – and he can create a lot. The Squad Car Slam connects twice, both times a heart's beat away from victory.

Wolf's having his own problems. The Full Moon Rising connects, but not at full force. A solo Spanish Fly – one of his signatures – busted out in desperation to prevent a superplex – also doesn't quite put Law down, as the Total Lawman is a tough contender and one who's more than ready to go all the way.

A Long Arm of the Law is ducked. In desperation, Wolf nails a Wolf's Call – pins – gets the count and the victory!
Wolf Hawkins defeated Rick Law
Rating: B+

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Acid Dragon vs. Tooth & Claw
All four masked men have some level of respect, but the School of Tradition duo have been picking up more and more wins of late – and some sterling performances elsewhere; the loss to Cornell is still getting comments from the announce team.

There's no real question, then, which of these teams will pick up the victory. Lobo Blanco in particular puts on a good showing, but the Acid Rain Bomb keeps his shoulders to the mat easily enough as Acid Dragon score up another victory.
Acid Dragon defeated Tooth & Claw
Rating: B-

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Dee is a competent wrestler and someone with a wide range of high-impact kicks, chops, and punches, and in the early going he really hammers the living legend, driving Keith back further and further before Sam manages to block one, giving himself the chance to mount a comeback, sweeping his legs out from under him and turning this into matwork.

From there on, the veteran is able to take control and to keep it reasonably well, shutting down Dee's attempts to get clear and wearing him down, ultimately locking him into the Proton Lock to force the submission. As a demonstration of skill, it's remarkable.
Sam Keith defeated Frankie Dee
Rating: B-

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The commercial break over, a returned Sam Keith stops Tommy Cornell in the hallways.

“You doing alright for the money?” he asks. “For Vibert's challenge?”

“Seventy million?” Cornell laughs. “Hell no. Me and Jen can put together about ten million. Ricky said he'd be able to get the same together. So that was twenty.”

Keith winces. “Anyone else?”

“Yeah – Dangerous. Apparently he took the bonus from his big match with Strong and put it in a high-interest account. Says he can give it me so long as we win.”

“Well, ten million in TCW voting stock... that's not a bad investment.” Sam smiles. “I can probably do about the same. That's forty, right?”

Cornell nods. “Most of the way there. I'm just having to be careful who I ask – don't want to risk Vibert running a scam.”

“Make it fifty.”

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The two turn to find Jeremy Stone stood there, face like thunder. “After what that clown Newton said about me, I made my family a proposal. We can give you anywhere around ten million, but we're taking it out in stock, not money back.”

“You want the House of Stone to have a share in TCW?”

Stone nods. After a moment, Cornell nods back. “I can cope with that,” he says slowly. “Alright. Twenty million to find...” He sighs. “Still, I've got a month to do it. Look, guys – I've gotta run. Jen's set up a dinner with a couple of the Board members I can trust. We need to talk strategy.”

Keith raises a hand in salute as Cornell heads off. He looks across to Stone. “You going to knock some sense into Newton, then?” Stone shakes his head.

“I've got my own target right now. But one of my best students wants to do it for me. He wants to mock me, he can see what the House of Stone taught Sean McFly.”

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Elemental Energy vs. Texas Outlaws w/ Floyd Bowman
There's a really good match here, with the Outlaws playing the powerful big men to perfection as Elemental Energy unite in a blaze of double-teams and innovative action, often hitting the same move simultaneously on both their opponents.

Texas Pete, on the other hand, probably deserves most of the credit for the sequence where, one at a time, he catches both Elementals out of the air in one-handed chokeholds before chokeslamming them both simultaneously.

The Elementals fight back well, with a springboard hi-lo combo chopping Pete down to size – and it's then that the match is interrupted.

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Eddie Chandler and Dan DaLay enter the ring and this time they're armed; DaLay has a bullwhip – which he uses to immediately take down RDJ – while Chandler is sporting two sets of knuckledusters and wearing metal-tipped knee guards over his jeans.

The pair rapidly lay out all four men, leaving Sam Sparrow to rule the match a no contest.
Elemental Energy fought Texas Outlaws to a no contest
Rating: B+

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The Elementals are both rapidly knocked out of the ring by Chandler as DaLay brings the pain for the Texas Outlaws, destroying Texas Pete with a cold, stony, vicious expression – by lawn-darting him over the top rope and into the guardrail at high speed.

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Christian Faith and Tyson Baine are both already running down as DaLay loops the bullwhip around RDJ's neck, casually tossing him over the top rope and letting him choke, almost hung.

Meanwhile, Eddie Chandler meets Tyson Baine head-on, putting him on his back with a dropkick before ground and pounding with the knucks to the temple.

Christian saves his ally from full suffocation, though RDJ collapses, and goes after DaLay. Faith Hammer after Faith Hammer drive the giant among giants back around the ring before they come in reach of Chandler, who once again takes advantage of the knuckledusters, low-blowing Faith.

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The Supreme Legend staggers backward and, as DaLay attempts to ready his bullwhip, a third TCW wrestler hits the ring. Chandler turns a full circle off a Rhino Umaga lariat, and Christian Faith uses the distraction well, grabbing the bullwhip from DaLay's hand and attempting to whip him to the corner. DaLay stands his ground, but Umaga boots him in the gut and adds his strength to Faith's.

Between them they stack DaLay and Chandler in the corner and Christian hits a Leap of Faith. By now, security has surrounded the ring and they pin down ELITE, disarming Chandler and cuffing them both. Umaga abruptly grabs Eddie from their grasp and hits a big powerslam before being driven back by the security crew, who carry the two interlopers away in custody.

Pete, RDJ, and Baine, however, aren't moving, Pete and Baine both bloody, bloody messes.

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The power of Golden, the mind of DuBois... the announce team point out to eager fans right at the start that one of those will be the deciding factor and that either way, a pure wrestling classic should probably not be expected.

DuBois plays his headgames well here, dancing around Golden, preventing him from using his full strength, and looking to humiliate the big man, to anger him and drive him to make mistakes.

It's a gameplan that works well enough, though he takes some big hits to get into position to implement it – but to the Can't Miss Prospect's credit, he can do that, he can weather the storm. Golden's usual arrogance is something the crowd have warmed to, and early on he nearly positions himself, twice, for the Rocky Road low blow, but DuBois is just sharp enough to keep clear.

In the end, this leads to a big moment – and while Marc again has to take punishment to do it, he's willing to; he rolls through the twisting overhead powerslam's impact and locks in the Model Solution, keeping one foot braced against the ropes to amp up the pressure and win the tapout.
Marc DuBois defeated Rocky Golden
Rating: B

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Hood That Took Me Under begins to play, and as always, the man coming out to that is Art Reed, dapper in a new suit, microphone in hand.

“Won't keep you long,” he begins. “Matt, your problem with your family's been getting worse and worse all year. Feel like that's my fault, somehow, even if I came in because you were hurt – it's not like it's me who injured you.

“Still – either way, that idea won't shake itself. So here's what I'm suggesting.

“Psycho Circus, one on one, you on me. Let's settle this, huh? See who really is the better wrestler.”

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MATCH ONE
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Sean Deeley © w/ Laura Huggins vs. Freddy Huggins
There's an interesting dynamic of respect to this one. Huggins has been known to take shortcuts in his matches, but none of that is present here – he seems determined to actually outwrestle his sister's beau, and arguably, in places, he does.

Whenever it's turned into a mat game Freddy is put irresistibly on the back foot, but if he squirms free, he has a speed advantage and, arguably, he might be the more innovative wrestler – Sean remains all about his mastered arsenal of proven moves, while Huggins is willing to take a risk if he believes it'll come through.

Finally, he blocks the application of the Sure Shot armbar, using that as a starting position to boost him into the air and nail the HugginDriver – and pick up the pin! Freddy Huggins goes one up!
Freddy Huggins defeated Sean Deeley
Rating: A

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Thomas and Johnson are both in the ring when the bell sounds, and a fired-up John Anderson boots both of them in the gut before he slams their heads together.

Brent comes in alongside Anderson and the duo isolate Bobby Thomas as Nate Johnson recovers on the outside of the ring. The Machines shoot Bobby across the ring and catch him on the rebound with a double flapjack, before Brent grabs the top rope and yanks Johnson off his perch and into the ring, following that up with a big double hip toss.

As Sparrow seeks to regain control, Brent leaves the ring again. Nate Johnson eats a punch from Anderson, then a monkey flip. Dazed, he rises and turns around into a snap suplex – and Anderson covers. One, two – Johnson kicks loose.

Anderson exits the ring and Brent comes off the top with a diving forearm. Another cover – one, two – Nate kicks out again. He punches clear of Hill's attacks and nails a German suplex of his own, laying in a couple of stomps before whipping Brent to the ropes – where he eats a knee to the back from Bobby Thomas.

Nate exits the ring as Bobby vaults over the top rope, armdragging Hill lucha-style as he lands and rolls back to his feet. He charges Brent, who meets him with an armdrag of his own – but Thomas rolls through. A dropkick! Schoolboy pin! One, two – no!

A snap suplex by Thomas follows. Bobby rolls under the bottom rope, allowing Johnson to hit a diving elbow as the legal man; Nate promptly rolls clear and Thomas is already in the air for a splash. Cover! ONE, TWO – Anderson breaks it up.

Brent nails a back suplex as Thomas turns his attention to Anderson, and the Complete Package then tags in the Human Arsenal, who flips over the top rope for a legdrop as Hill sideslams Thomas – but Anderson's pin attempt is broken up by a baseball slide dropkick from Johnson.

Nate takes over as Thomas rolls out. Anderson takes four or five punches to the head and a backbreaker, but rolls out of the ring. Almost out of nowhere, Brent Hill rushes in and nails a crucifix pin – ONE, TWO, TH- NO!

Hard whip to the corner by Johnson, who is joined by Bobby Thomas, both running along different sides of the apron to deliver a stereo superkick to stun Brent. Anderson comes in again – he dropkicks Thomas off the ropes, then drops Johnson with a spinebuster before rolling him over and locking in a crossface. Nate struggles for a while before getting his foot to the ropes, forcing Anderson to break it.

Snapmare by Johnson sets up a camel clutch by the Express man, but Brent Hill comes in to break it up. He stays in and swings for Johnson, who ducks it and nails a German suplex, but doesn't bridge – probably wise, as Anderson was still in the ring.

Anderson promptly levels him with a lariat before turning around into a missile dropkick from Thomas. The Express prepare for the Precision Driller, but Brent Hill breaks it up, chop blocking Thomas down and vaulting to superplex Johnson. It's a big impact, but Bobby Thomas is standing again and he catches Brent with a flying DDT.

That leaves Anderson to make it to his feet and interfere. A lockup transitions to a wristlock transitions to a hammerlock, but Thomas eventually twists clear, only to get a knee to the gut – Ammo Dump – no! Bobby counters that, backdropping Anderson. He looks for another Precision Driller, but Johnson isn't fully recovered yet, and Brent Hill takes full advantage, distracting Thomas – Anderson slips loose – Ammo Dump!

Anderson charges Johnson, sending them both tumbling over the top rope as Hill connects with the King of the Hill splash. Cover – ONE, TWO, THREE!
The Machines defeated the Elite Express
Rating: A*

Show Rating: A*

Phantom Stranger

04-03-2012, 06:38 PM

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Eidenhoek

04-03-2012, 10:03 PM

Frankie Dee should become the next Teddy Powell.
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Elemental Energy fought Texas Outlaws to a no contest
Rating: B+

With the face/heel divide, I'm impressed.
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I am saddened by the lack of guns brought to the ring by TCW against CGC. Then again...well...maybe that would be a little much.

Maybe.

btw, I'm more on board with the angle now that there's some comeuppance.

Blowdart guns aren't guns, right?
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Hood That Took Me Under begins to play, and as always, the man coming out to that is Art Reed, dapper in a new suit, microphone in hand.

Shouldn't that be Bombshell who had a hood take her under? Y'know, since Bloodstone has a hood?

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Feel like that's my fault, somehow, even if I came in because you were hurt – it's not like it's me who injured you.

I sense an ironic heel turn. Or a heel turn based on irony.
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But you don't have...OH GOD YOU BOUGHT OUT NOTBPW-wait, if you had, then you'd have Dan Stone Jr. as well. Then that can't be Steve DeColt, which means it must be...uh...Ozzie Golden? Well crap that sucks I hate that guy...

ampulator

04-03-2012, 10:18 PM

Frankie Dee should become the next Teddy Powell.

I never get you. Frankie Dee isn't in a tag team that just broke up with him being angry at his party (for real).

Eidenhoek

04-04-2012, 01:56 AM

I never get you. Frankie Dee isn't in a tag team that just broke up with him being angry at his party (for real).

No, I mean that him and Perez have lethal kicks; this reminded me of the Motion Censor, (or does he spell it Sensor?) Powell's finisher. Given that Perez is with Generation Philbertia, Dee's gotta be the one to team back up with Bach.

Regis

04-04-2012, 04:31 AM

It's not until '10 data that Stevie goes to NOTBPW, and this game started back in '08. In '08 data, all the DeColts were still with CGC.

Eidenhoek

04-04-2012, 04:50 AM

It's not until '10 data that Stevie goes to NOTBPW, and this game started back in '08. In '08 data, all the DeColts were still with CGC.

...

Y'know, Eric Tyler wrestling should have jogged my memory as to that little discrepancy. Not so surprised I missed that, though.

Wait, so is INSPIRE still kicking around?

Phantom Stranger

04-04-2012, 06:45 AM

No, I mean that him and Perez have lethal kicks; this reminded me of the Motion Censor, (or does he spell it Sensor?) Powell's finisher. Given that Perez is with Generation Philbertia, Dee's gotta be the one to team back up with Bach.

Perez quit Generation Omega shortly after GenOme dropped the titles, hasn't appeared in angles with them since, and hasn't been managed by Vibert since either.

And yes, INSPIRE is still around, which is how I got Khoklov, because he was with INSPIRE under a regular no-set-lengths contract rather than the pain in the ass lengthy contract he's set to in the SWF. Similarly, a strong Syndicate, the Young Guns, the rest of early Painful Procedure in the early going, Rick Law not having to turn back face, Eddie Peak being a face, the New Wave starting the diary chasing a first title shot, no LA Connection, no Canadian Animals, being able to sign Vibert rather than dealing with the way bookers turn you down...

...You know, I always feel like TCW hasn't changed much between 08 and 10, but when you start listing the changes, they're pretty big.

Phantom Stranger

04-04-2012, 06:51 AM

OOC: WARNING: Long post is long

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Monday 22nd November 2009
I saw a man horsewhipped, once. I know that probably sounds like a completely random opening, but it's been on my mind this week.

Archie Judge had been feuding with the Texas Outlaws in TWL back when I was just getting into the business. One of the Outlaws at the time was Black Jack... something. The name didn't stick and he's not a big part of their history – because he left, signing with Richard Eisen and being reinvented as Sam Strong, a gimmick that fitted him far better.

Sam was signed away before the blowoff with Judge which he, specifically, had been set to handle – the Governor was not a big part o the business right then. Archie made some comment at the next show about it, and went on to actually identify Jack as Strong.

The Lone Star Stampeder had hand-picked and trained Archie, and to the best of my knowledge they're still good friends, but that weekend, Stampy wasn't happy. That weekend, Archie took a country whipping, because he broke kayfabe. He called out a name change that made no sense, long before that kind of name change became par for the course.

(I still think Dangerous is a stupid surname, but it's been mine all my life. It was my father's. And by the time I could legitimately change it, it was worth more to keep it the same.)

Now, what Stampy was actually annoyed at was a disruption in the story of wrestling. You can't, in a story, admit that some of it's fake and expect the rest of it to stand up.

This past week we've wanted to create something big. We can't just introduce the CGC people; we need to pay off what happened with them, and we need to bring them in, ideally with their titles, in a way that makes sense. So the first priority was to destabilise CGC in a way where it made sense.

As we'd already set a storyline in motion where Tommy Cornell needs all the money he can get, simply having him buy out CGC was no good. Having Vibert buy it was another option, but also tricky. Creating fake legal difficulties seemed a better idea; persuading Maple Leaf Sports to go along with it was trickier, but they accepted the offer we made them.

TCW is a bigger brand, like it or not, than CGC was, and a TCW show on their network next season will pay off for them well. In the meantime, after one pre-empted episode, they'll be running highlight shows of CGC's history – which are actually designed to showcase the DeColt/ELITE feud in its entirety.

We just announced a DeColt/House of Stone match for Malice in Wonderland. It's an obvious thing to have leveraged CGC into doing through ELITE actions, gets people excited about the idea of CGC in TCW, and the goal now is to build to a more total integration of the two in the near future. Part of that will be said to be other 'concessions' from Alex over the legal issues and part should rise naturally from the stories.

The end result, hopefully, will be a strengthening of CGC's international image to justify more; I plan for DeColts/ELITE to be the second biggest elimination match at The War To Settle The Score, with a bigger DeColts/Stones Cage Wars as the pencilled-in 2011 headliner.

Any big invasion HAS to treat the invaders as dangerous threats. It HAS to make them believable, and it HAS to, ultimately, allow the existing roster to get their victories in turn. We can't afford to make TCW look weak in the long term, but we can afford to use this to change things. Tyson got his wish; my suspicion is he'll be signing with SWF or USPW in a couple of weeks.

Harry, Steve, Marc and the Outlaws are all TCW figures of varying degrees of importance whose disappearance raises the stakes, as well as clearing room; it also sets up return feuds of one stripe or another down the line, as well as isolating Christian Faith – a role he plays very well – for his feud with Remo and giving the Machines a reason to develop a harder edge in time for Psycho Circus.

On top of all this, Friday threw my plans into further confusion. The Cornell/UK Dragon match's success has created a backstage backlash against Bloodstone and Jameson's respective de-pushes, as the boss pulls more or less the same stunt. Which means that Kirk and Johnny will become features again soon – JeriLynn is unlikely to make the Malice match, with Johnny being re-elevated to take her place in that contest. But we can't do that until we get the pieces in place – which is all more of a muddle.

It sounds like I'm complaining, but I'm really not. When everything changes on you – Mike Nero told me this a good twenty years ago, and I've come to realise he was, as always, completely right – is when booking becomes fun. Sitting in a room making up stories can be dull, and can drive you paranoid because you have time to second-guess everything. Handling a new signing or an injury – that puts you in a place where you just have to decide, very fast. And the adrenaline kicks in then, and everything becomes fun.

We have a lot of dream matches to give you – to sell you – and the only question is how best to pace them.

Eidenhoek

04-04-2012, 01:30 PM

Come on Dangerous, the A* with UK Dragon was on a B-Show! They don't matter! Who cares if Tommy's now not the indomitable boss but a weakling guy that can't handle a nobody on a...B...show.

Oh. Yeah.

I say you fire Tommy to prove a point. Because...I mean, come on. If you fire the boss over that kind of stunt, that sends a message.

And, y'know, changes the Malice plans. You said you liked changing plans :D

Wallbanger

04-04-2012, 04:47 PM

Phantom Stranger

04-04-2012, 04:58 PM

To be fair, JL doesn't belong in that match. If there were a corresponding female DeColt for balance, then sure, but by herself it doesn't work.

If it were me, I'd be doing anything and everything to get Duane back from across the pond. Could you talent trade for him and/or Dan Jr.?

I really can't see NOTBPW wanting to give me what's needed to have the first all-Stone/all-DeColt match if they can avoid it, so I won't be going for Dan. I might take a look at Duane, though - good thought. We've got the Elemental connection to BHOTWG, after all...

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04-04-2012, 06:59 PM

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Eidenhoek

04-05-2012, 02:55 PM

Oh, I get it now. Alex is a fan of ACDC, but he doesn't have the rights to use their initials.

Also I can't type the lightning bolt :'(

Phantom Stranger

04-05-2012, 07:24 PM

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A real challenge for Elimination Protocol is in the offing tonight, as they face arguably one of the toughest new tag teams in TCW - Aaron Andrews and Eddie Peak, the Freedom Fighters.

This is going to be followed by a TCW mainstay, Giant Tana, in one on one competition with Julian Watson. Can the technician overcome the size and skill of the giant Samoan?

The Conquering Kings face a duo which is new to competing as a team - and one of which has never wrestled here before. "Perfection in Action" is what Kashmir Singh promises, and his tag partner is the man who accompanied him to the ring for his first outing - the man known only as Zeus.

Alicia Strong has lobbied for another match, looking to set up a win streak which could rival the Leading Lights and secure a title match in that fashion. To that end, she'll be in action tonight against Amber Allen - who hasn't been doing as well as she'd hope of late, but does have wins on record. Can she topple Strong's delusion that this company exists to give her a title opportunity?

An excellent technical display is likely to happen next. While this is non-title, the British Lions will want to maintain momentum especially as they've no idea yet who they'll be facing at Psycho Circus - and that may make Global Tradition's job tonight harder still.

The score is currently 0-1, challenger's advantage - Freddy Huggins has the lead going into Match 2 of the Best of Seven series against Sean Deeley. Could the International Championship be in serious danger by the end of the night?

And the main event is going to be a big one. With the Hard-Hitting Championship on the line, Jeremy Stone has asked to add a stipulation of his own alongside the No Holds Barred stipulation - this contest will be a 30-minute Iron Man match, as Chris Rockwell faces one of the toughest challenges yet.

Prediction Key:
Elimination Protocol vs. Freedom Fighters

Giant Tana vs. Julian Watson

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Kashmir Singh & Zeus

Alicia Strong w/ Phil Vibert vs. Amber Allen

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Global Tradition (non-title)

BEST OF SEVEN SERIES FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP - MATCH 2
Sean Deeley (c) w/ Laura Huggins (0) vs. (1) Freddy Huggins

NO HOLDS BARRED/30 MINUTE IRON MAN
TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Chris Rockwell (c) vs. Jeremy Stone

Wallbanger

04-05-2012, 08:25 PM

In the short lived Gen08, I had Kashmir and Zeus as a tag team: The Bronzed Blondes.

Eidenhoek

04-05-2012, 09:33 PM

Tana devliered against Marlowe, right? Or was Watson and him the one that pulled an A?

Zergon

04-06-2012, 12:11 AM

Elimination Protocol vs. Freedom Fighters
Like there would be much question in this one.

Giant Tana vs. Julian Watson
Doing more.

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Kashmir Singh & Zeus
I go with more established team.

Alicia Strong w/ Phil Vibert vs. Amber Allen
Strong is doing more.

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Global Tradition (non-title)
I don´t see Tradition getting a win even in non-title match.

BEST OF SEVEN SERIES FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP - MATCH 2
Sean Deeley (c) w/ Laura Huggins (0) vs. (1) Freddy Huggins
Deeley ties the series to one each.

NO HOLDS BARRED/30 MINUTE IRON MAN
TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Chris Rockwell (c) vs. Jeremy Stone
I go with draw here.

Regis

04-06-2012, 05:34 AM

Elimination Protocol vs. Freedom Fighters
Because hell yeah!

Giant Tana vs. Julian Watson
JOBBER!

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Kashmir Singh & Zeus
JOBBERS!

Alicia Strong w/ Phil Vibert vs. Amber Allen
Seriously.

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Global Tradition (non-title)
JOBBERS.

BEST OF SEVEN SERIES FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP - MATCH 2
Sean Deeley (c) w/ Laura Huggins (0) vs. (1) Freddy Huggins
Freddy takes a strong early lead, then Sean pulls it back, then they're neck-and-neck to the final match.

NO HOLDS BARRED/30 MINUTE IRON MAN
TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Chris Rockwell (c) vs. Jeremy Stone
I predict interference.

Phantom Stranger

04-06-2012, 06:12 AM

In the short lived Gen08, I had Kashmir and Zeus as a tag team: The Bronzed Blondes.

Heh. Nice.

Tana devliered against Marlowe, right? Or was Watson and him the one that pulled an A?

Marlowe, plus he's picked up a couple As in weird-assortment-tags.

Blake Trask

04-06-2012, 06:22 AM

Elimination Protocol vs. Freedom Fighters

Nope.

Giant Tana vs. Julian Watson

Tana had a feud semi recently, Watson sank without a trace post Syndicate.

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Kashmir Singh & Zeus

Weeks of hype packages and an invading (maybe, dunno if Zeus came from CGC recently) talent don't lose to guys who hardly ever make it off the B-show.

Alicia Strong w/ Phil Vibert vs. Amber Allen

Yeah no.

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Global Tradition (non-title)

Lions are so far above GT as to be out of sight.

BEST OF SEVEN SERIES FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP - MATCH 2
Sean Deeley (c) w/ Laura Huggins (0) vs. (1) Freddy Huggins

Maybe something a little different... losing four matches on the trot would make Freddy look bad even if he won three in a row.

NO HOLDS BARRED/30 MINUTE IRON MAN
TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Chris Rockwell (c) vs. Jeremy Stone
I'm never sure what to make of this division. It worked when it was introduced, but it just seems really superfluous now. All-Action, International, Tag Team, World just works. Hard-Hitting's niche is odd, and I can never figure out exactly where on the card the members of the division are. I actually kinda see Jez as above this belt...

Remianen

04-06-2012, 10:07 AM

To be fair, JL doesn't belong in that match. If there were a corresponding female DeColt for balance, then sure, but by herself it doesn't work.

I don't think gender balance is necessary (shocker!). Dangerous's TCW is based around skill. Can you do the do when the lights come on? He has Lauren Easter, who can do that easily. No reason why JeriLynn can't at least hold up her end of the bargain. She doesn't have to be the 'monster' of the family. She's more than well suited to be the wild card (the one that the DeColts don't have 10+ years of tape with which to scout her).

Yes, traditionally, it would be best to have a female DeColt as an opposing force for JeriLynn but there have been numerous times during his time in charge that Dangerous has said 'screw tradition, let's do what makes sense'. What makes the most sense (assuming he can't get Duane to go the 'traditional' route) is to have all the available Stones go against all the available DeColts.

And yes, I feel weird saying this to the person who created JeriLynn Stone. :p

Phantom Stranger

04-06-2012, 04:38 PM

Careful, Remi, you might persuade me to keep the line-up the way it is. ;)

Regis

04-07-2012, 04:49 AM

I'm never sure what to make of this division. It worked when it was introduced, but it just seems really superfluous now. All-Action, International, Tag Team, World just works. Hard-Hitting's niche is odd, and I can never figure out exactly where on the card the members of the division are. I actually kinda see Jez as above this belt...

The HHC is a floating belt, and is the very definition of a floating belt. Looking back in the day, it seems like there was meant to be a Division built around it, a chance for Tough Guys Who Like To Fight to make a niche, but there was so much else going on that there wasn't really room.

Phantom Stranger

04-07-2012, 06:00 AM

The HHC was conceived as a way to keep people like Baine, Peak, Law, and smaller brawlers who might hit the main event (Ino, to a lesser extent) happy and give them something to do without risking the main event.

I wanted to play up No Holds Barred as being different to No DQ, though, so between that and storylines I made the first champion Sam Keith, and his first big loss ended up coming to Sammy Bach as I tried to find Bach something to do. Bach lost to Pete off the fanvote, which was ultimately the first time the belt was held by someone like the desired champion; however, by this stage, Baine was depushed, Remo was busy and not in a position to be Pete's primary challenger, and like hell was I letting Marat hold it.

And so the HHC ended up going with Chris Rockwell, whose particular submission style at least fitted what I wanted. So it really has lost its way, and that's down on my list of things that need fixing.

Remo is due to have a good long run with it at some point, but honestly, in hindsight, I wouldn't have introduced the HHC, I'd just have played up No Holds Barred as what TCW normally has feuds escalate to first and allowed myself an extra mental slot per PPV for storyline blowoffs.

Phantom Stranger

04-09-2012, 01:44 PM

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 4 December 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 18.61)
Rebroadcast on Continental Sports X1 (Rating 0.36 )

Held at the Kamloops Royal Athletic Park (British Columbia)

Attendance: 12,086

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Sara Silver

There is no pyro, this Tuesday, after the opening video ends. There's a clear reason for that; as the elevated camera pans the entranceway, every single active and contracted TCW wrestler is gathered there – from Aaron Andrews to Zeus, the Balcony Express to M.A.D.

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Not everyone is dressed to wrestle, but everyone looks series. In the foreground stand Andrews, Christian Faith, and Rhino Umaga, shoulder to shoulder.

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The camera pulls back from the entry way. Stood in the centre of the ring, with Charlie Thatcher by his side, is Mayhem Midden. He raises a microphone to his lips.

“As you can see,” he begins, “everyone's here. And this time, thanks to Aaron, thanks to Christian, thanks to Rav,” and the three leaders nod their heads in turn, “they all plan on staying here. If there is another attack by outside influences, it will face serious repercussions. At this point, seven men are in the hospital or undergoing physio before they can be cleared to wrestle again. It seems unlikely that Tyson Baine will appear in a TCW ring again.

“Those three men rallied this group together. And I promise you, boys – if you come after TCW again, you'll regret it. Eddie, Dan, you and I don't have to butt heads – but if we do, you'll find mine is a LOT harder than yours.”

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Elimination Protocol vs. Freedom Fighters
The Protocol have run a horrendous gauntlet the past few months, but they've also clearly been learning the whole time they've been in this situation. Aaron Andrews and Eddie Peak are two of the most dangerous men TCW offers, and with both of them being to some degree 'Nemesis guys', they're often on the same page.

And yet, Warren Technique and Kirk Jameson show signs of being able to take the fight to them. A double-lariat staggers Peak, and the Protocol then take him down with a stereo suplex.

Technique works over Andrews' leg, while Jameson demonstrates his lethality with a series of running knees – but in the end, Peak takes Technique out, tagging in his partner to allow Aaron to finish this one with the spinebuster – and authority.
Freedom Fighters defeated Elimination Protocol
Rating: B

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Power begins to play, and as the TCW faithful know well now that means Rhino Umaga is coming to the ring – which he does, microphone in hand, and his own new “Hit Problems HEAD ON” T-shirt proudly on display.

He enters the ring and looks around before raising the mic. “Can't see either of 'em,” he says.

“But I'm thinking you're listening... so here it is. I get where you're coming from, ELITE. We're wrestlers here. We understand picking a fight outside the match. I sure understand people targeting you to try and get the win.

“Now, me and my family, we know what we can do. We prefer to do our thing bell to bell. But that ain't it for everyone.

“You boys ain't with TCW. You haven't got no contract. But you got health insurance, and you got beef with us, so I'm gonna do just what I do; call it how I see it and hit the problem head on.

“This Sunday, end of the year, Psycho Circus, one of you can meet me in the ring in an Unsanctioned Match. I haven't checked this with the office, but I don't care if it's on camera, we just need a bell, a ring, and a referee and I can-”

Crippler by Sodom begins to play and Umaga cuts off, looking at the ring entrance, eyebrow raised.

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Frankie Perez stalks down to the ring, grabbing his own microphone and going nose to nose with the big Samoan.

After a long moment, he raises his own microphone. “I could have sworn I made this clear,” he says. “You've gotten in my way, and I'm making sure that stops – and I'm making sure at Psycho Circus. Been way too long since I picked up a PPV win bonus.”

Umaga looks at him for a long moment, then grins. “I got in your way? All I did was beat you, Frankie. And if it's you and me Sunday, I'll do it again... for my PPV win bonus.

“But you know what? Let's see if I can't help you out.”

He turns back to the hard camera. “ELITE versus Umaga and Perez. Unsanctioned. If you want to see those assholes get the tar beat all the way out of them, make some noise on the forums. We'll make it happen.”

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Giant Tana vs. Julian Watson
Umaga's cousin gets a strong showing here, with Watson managing to dominate the early going by what Saunders describes as 'shenanigans' but Azaria correctly identifies as a blistering sequence of armlocks designed to wear down the huge Samoan's body strength.

Nonetheless, Tana's happy-go-lucky manner allows him to turn that one around, rapidly, playing to the crowd and weathering the storm before coming back with his usual entertaining, unorthodox, but highly effective offence, finally sinking Watson with his signature Big Fat Samoan Squash to confirm the victory.
Giant Tana defeated Julian Watson
Rating: B-

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The camera goes elsewhere and we see the New Wave stealthily creep out of a building and down its ornate external steps – then straighten up and run off. Both are wearing backpacks.

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Nearby, Eternal Party have arrived.

“What the – we had an arrangement with-” Edd blusters. “THEY STOLE-”

Champagne Lover rests a calming hand on Edd's arm. “Edd,” he says softly. “The janitor was willing to take our money. Do we know this will be reported as theft?”

“Well... no...”

“You remember the conversation we had about creating chaos?”

Edd grins. “Yeah.”

“No, the one about how it can hurt us if we don't think first?”

“Pfft. That one wasn't as fun.”

Lover shakes his head. “We still need a set of hockey pucks, one with each logo of an Allan Cup winning team,” he reminds Edd. “And I still don't even know what an Allan Cup is, so this is on you.”

Edd nods. “We just lost out on the official set,” he says. “OK... Look, there's a sports store there. Go buy...” His lips move as he mentally counts, “sixty-eight hockey pucks. I'll take care of the logos.”

“Sixty-eight? How long's this thing been going?”

“Since 1909. This was centenary year,” Edd says as if this should be wildly obvious to any human being.

Lover stares. “You had all the winners memorised so you could eliminate duplicates?”

Edd shrugs. “You should see what I'm like at family trivia contests. I blame Jezza.”

Lover shakes his head, trudging toward the store.

Edd looks around for a long time and sees a kid exit the hockey museum, nose deep in a beautifully-printed history book.

He superkicks the kid, grabs the book and, muttering “Logos sorted,” under his breath, takes off at a run for the store.

The camera goes back toward the child – who does bear some familial resemblance, now he's seen for a length of time.

“Well,” Azaria says heavily, “I guess those two teams preferred the idea of committing crimes to sticking around and dealing with ELITE.”

“Also,” Silver adds, “there were probably other copies of that book. You know, on sale.”

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Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Kashmir Singh & Zeus
There's a certain dependability to the Kings, but here they're up against speed and power. That's speed in one case and power in the other, certainly, and for a while there that's the Kings' big advantage; they outpace Zeus and attempt to overpower Kashmir.

It works, for a while, but it doesn't work well enough; Kashmir starts to turn the tide, and once
Clark Alexander is reeling, he's easy prey for the power of Zeus.

This rapidly sets up for Singh to nail the Singh It Back on Kingman, securing a pinfall and the victory again.
Kashmir Singh & Zeus defeated Conquering Kings
Rating: C-

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Alicia Strong w/ Phil Vibert vs. Amber Allen
There wasn't such a great reaction in the prior match for longshots and relative newcomers, especially outside the nation where Singh's little reputation holds, but here, the women seem to be fighting almost under the brand of TCW Women rather than their own name recognition.

Alicia and Amber are well-trained and this is a match far from Alicia's father's usual style, with much of it being mat-based, Amber working the legs and firing off the odd kick, while Strong attempts to power through holds and keep her own locked down by strength alone.

Eventually, though, the game of hold and counterhold isn't enough to get the duke – and Alicia realises this first, nailing the Strong Arm Tactic despite the damage done to her legs and promptly making the pin.
Alicia Strong defeated Amber Allen
Rating: B-

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The camera goes backstage for a moment, as there seems to be some disappearance happening somewhere just off this corridor to judge by the sounds. The camera – and thus the audience's view – rushes toward the noise.

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Rounding the corner, there's a brawl going on. On one side is Jack Bruce, and the four men struggling with him are...

...not ELITE.

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Troy Tornado, Randall Hopkirk and the Balcony Express all have torn T-shirts, rumpled hair or developing bruises. Nearby, a car idles, the rear door open.

Eventually, they manage to get Bruce locked down – Troy and Randall holding an arm each, the Express each lifting a leg – and they bundle him into the back seat, three of them piling in above him while Randall Hopkirk takes the wheel and the car drives off.

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British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Global Tradition
There's nothing to this one but technical excellence on both sides.

That's by no means a criticism. O'Curle and JD Morgan kick this one off with a frankly stunning display of rapid holds and counters before JD tries punching his way clear – only for it not to work, as Merle takes him down and Bryant has to make the rescue.

Bryant and Walter Morgan shift the style up a bit, making with throws, locks and takedowns before Morgan manages to counter the One Shot Drop, unleashing a front Russian legsweep before tagging out. O'Curle locks in the Celtic Wreath to ensure the victory.
British Lions defeated Global Tradition
Rating: B+

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0 – MATCH 2 – 1
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Sean Deeley © w/ Laura Huggins vs. Freddy Huggins
As with the prior match, the sheer speed of this one is pretty spectacular. Counter and assault is the bread and butter of both men, to the extent that Deeley, in particular, seems to have adapted a strategy based entirely on reversals, taking Huggins down with a move that flows from the challenger's initial assault.

The result of that is fluid, fast, and fun wrestling – and indeed, despite the seriousness of the contest, both men can be seen smiling at intervals, especially when they have the upper hand.

Freddy counters the Sure Shot near the end and goes for a Huggins Kiss; Deeley ducks it, but Freddy is able to block the Front Seated Choke and connects with a second Kiss attempt to score the pinfall.
Freddy Huggins defeated Sean Deeley
Rating: B+

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30 MINUTE IRON MAN
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Chris Rockwell © vs. Jeremy Stone
The fans find themselves somewhat split here, and Rockwell seems comfortable playing to that, Stone a little less so.

Rockwell pulls some tricks that would be dubious in any other match – but as he doesn't use a weapon, it's all legal. Meanwhile, Jeremy finds his own ways to cause trouble – his holds probably aren't illegal, but that could be because some of the ones he pulls out haven't been used in the past three decades – holds beloved of his father and fallen from favour.

So the “cattle catch”, as Azaria – after a long moment – identifies the hyperflexing trapped-hand neck crank to be – is something that seems to take Rockwell by surprise, and which Stone utilises to great effect even as the announce team have to think aloud, reconstructing the biomechanics of the hold to understand precisely why it's so painful.

It gives the challenger the first fall, in the end, as Rockwell is unable to find a non-agonising way to escape.

Rockwell will ultimately recover that fall, hitting a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker, holding on, and executing a tilt-a-whirl gutbuster off the impact, the two of them winding Stone sufficiently that Rockwell makes the pin.

Stone responds by going to the unusual playbook, with a hapkido-style finger lock, stressing Rockwell's right index finger almost to the point of breaking. Rockwell manages to fight through the pain, kicking free and nailing a huge roaring elbow for a second pin, going one fall up, only to find himself sucked down into a guillotine choke lock, tapping out at the twenty-five minute mark – two-all and only five minutes to go-

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Eddie Chandler hits the ring. He's not the only one; DaLay is there, bullwhip in hand, and so's a third man, one of ELITE's 'three Js' – Joe Money. Money has a weapon of his own; Rockwell eats a fireball from Money's lighter and wad of flash paper, keeping the champion down.

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Rick Law hits the ring first; Chandler cuts him off, but Rhino Umaga adds to the assault, the two of them putting Chandler down before DaLay big-boots Law down. He grabs Umaga, holding him as Money sets up a second fireball – but Edd Stone superkicks Money down, turning to check on his brother before eating a thrown Umaga.

Chandler, Money and DaLay abruptly bail at this potential five-to-one odds. For the first time, their assault hasn't had long enough to put anyone down for the count – but time has ticked on too far; neither of the wrestlers are able to recover and secure the victory.
Chris Rockwell drew with Jeremy Stone
Rating: A

Show Rating: A

Wallbanger

04-09-2012, 02:17 PM

1. Nice shoutout to Blake there.
2. Did you just debut David?

SWF Fan

04-09-2012, 02:19 PM

Interesting turn of events with Joe Money, and Ed pulling a face move as well. Can we make him World Champion yet, if only to p-off Eidenhoek more :p

Phantom Stranger

04-09-2012, 04:17 PM

1. Nice shoutout to Blake there.
2. Did you just debut David?

1. I really couldn't resist.
2. I needed a nine year old Canadian who could bump. It pretty much had to be a Stone, right? ;)

Interesting turn of events with Joe Money, and Ed pulling a face move as well. Can we make him World Champion yet, if only to p-off Eidenhoek more :p

To be fair, as well as rescuing his brother, Edd DID just superkick a kid and steal his book.

SWF Fan

04-09-2012, 04:31 PM

To be fair, as well as rescuing his brother, Edd DID just superkick a kid and steal his book.

I can overlook that, purely because it's just bullying his nephew and the fact that Edd Stone is awesome.

Regis

04-09-2012, 04:36 PM

Interesting turn of events with Joe Money, and Ed pulling a face move as well. Can we make him World Champion yet, if only to p-off Eidenhoek more :p

Not a face move, just a TCW move. It's TCW vs. The ELITE at the moment.

Phantom Stranger

04-09-2012, 04:54 PM

For what it's worth, folks, the next CGC blog post is finished - but Photobucket isn't letting me log in at the moment so I can't upload it. It'll be up once I can.

...

Like Self before me, I am stunned on an ongoing basis by the sheer volume of differing emotions Edd Stone creates. Is he a face? Is he a heel? Did he win Best Character within FCK and this diary a Best Character DOTY award, while raising the same questions and superkicking lamps?

It seems quite genuinely to be in the eye of the beholder. Now, I'll admit, there are a lot of places where I'm deliberately playing with heel and face definitions, but Edd isn't one of them.

I'll give my thoughts properly at some point.

Phantom Stranger

04-09-2012, 04:56 PM

[OOC: Naturally, the moment I post it's not working, it works]

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SWF Fan

04-09-2012, 05:31 PM

Eidenhoek

04-10-2012, 02:45 AM

Edd Stone gets the most reaction I think because he is the most likely person you could meet in everyday life. Yeah there's rockstars and egomaniacs in TCW and FCK before it, but most people do seem to know someone, or are that person that is Edd Stone in real life, the cartoon joker that takes nothing seriously and has the best time, is the 24 hour party animal, but can still back it up when he needs too.

Edd Stone is how I want to be at University when I go.

Back...5 years ago? If I wasn't insane running around all the time in my orange jacket, and if I wasn't 5'7", and if I wasn't dealing with sucking at college...

Yeah, if I met Edd Stone, punch to the face. Who the hell are you pulling the "practical jokes" and having an "allegedly hot" sister?

Edit: And now I read up, spoiling some matches, and learn that all of you are against me. YOU WILL ALL BURN dammit the internet won't burn and now my laptop is ruined.
But if it's ruined, then HOW CAN I POST THIS FUFUFUFUFUFU dammit I'm Edd Stone ._.

~~~

What's Midden's charisma/entertainment values?
~
Aaron Andrews and Eddie Peak are two of the most dangerous men TCW offers,

Peak? Sure. Andrews? Uh...
Remo, Kholov, Train, Horatio (lolzpun)...hell, even Tana or any of the Samoans are more dangerous.
~
You just did something very interesting. First, a few backstory notes:

1. Aside from making Champagne Lover a racist (bad heat) and Edd Stone's lackey, (heat, though admittedly biased) I like the guy. He was fine, straight man to Edd Stone. Then you made him racist against Umaga and suddenly I didn't care about either of them.

2. I like Samoan Destruction, Inc. as a team. Don't much care for the characters, so you've had an uphill battle with me.

That Rhino promo? Reminded me of a video game. Like...hell, Day of Reckoning II, Jericho or Christian or whoever (Edge?) coming out, talking about who took out the champ...then confrontation...SURPRISE TAG MATCH!!1...pretty cool.

Admittedly, you've paired a guy I don't care about (Rhino) with a guy I dislike very irrationally (Perez-still with Vibert in my head) against a group I don't care about (ELITE). So it's...it's a match with cool buildup but what can't be a good payoff.

btw I'm calling tag chemistry and an A* match.
~
a blistering sequence of armlocks designed to wear down the huge Samoan's body strength.

psh, Watson, you silly. Armlocks damage the arms, not the torso. Do a bear hug.

Wait, he's fat. DAMMIT I CALL HAX
~
one with each logo of an Allan Cup winning team

1. That's not a Stanley Cup, then.

2. Van Allen belts?

Yeah, I'm...weird.

(For the record, from Wikipedia)
The Allan Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the national senior amateur men’s ice hockey champions of Canada. It has been competed for since 1909. In 2011, the competition took place in Kenora, Ontario and was won by Clarenville Caribous hockey club of Newfoundland and Labrador.
OMG SPOILERS FOR THE FUTURE! Also, those aren't places; they're dogs.
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shrugs. “You should see what I'm like at family trivia contests. I blame Jezza.”

Another Edd Stone that mystifies me.
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Oh, you're in Kamloops? aka Australian Fruit Loops?
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Whatever happened to Seduction seductizing Conquering Kings into...I dunno...something releOH GOD THEY'RE ALIGNED WITH KINGS OF WRESTLING YES YES YES YES YES YES

...

daniel bryan clap clap clapclapclap
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I just, through a totally-awesome and in no way odd as hell train of thought, realized Julian Watson's next gimmick: Dr. Watson.

He can have a pipe AND EDD STONE CAN BE SHERLOCK YES YES AND THEY LOOK FOR STUFF IN THE TREASURE HUNT OMASODLAKF;LASKDFA MONEY
~
Eventually, they manage to get Bruce locked down – Troy and Randall holding an arm each, the Express each lifting a leg – and they bundle him into the back seat, three of them piling in above him while Randall Hopkirk takes the wheel and the car drives off.

That's not odd.

Especially since Hopkirk's picture isn't topless or anything.

...

Bruce ain't gonna like dis...
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I'm sad the Lions didn't get an A*.
~
Man I am so glad Huggins is winning matches.

Wait, what's this? ONE OF MY FAVORITE YOUNG GUYS IN NOTBPW LOSING TO A NOBODY WHO SUCKS? Apparently Jesus hates me because the rapture dun left me here in New Hell.
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turning to check on his brother before eating a thrown Umaga.

omnomnom fo'samoa

btw, wouldn't their interference have ended the match anyway, given that interference isn't allowed in that match?

And who the hell is Joe Money? He's not Maverick, Johnson, nor Deeley...

Wait, you don't have Maverick on the roster yet. So that means it is John Maverick.

...

YESSSSSSSS GO ELITE GO TAP OUT THAT IDIOT STONE WOOOOOOOO

Self

04-10-2012, 04:07 AM

Like Self before me, I am stunned on an ongoing basis by the sheer volume of differing emotions Edd Stone creates. Is he a face? Is he a heel? Did he win Best Character within FCK and this diary a Best Character DOTY award, while raising the same questions and superkicking lamps?

It seems quite genuinely to be in the eye of the beholder. Now, I'll admit, there are a lot of places where I'm deliberately playing with heel and face definitions, but Edd isn't one of them.

I'll give my thoughts properly at some point.

Not sure I deserve any kind of mention with regards to Edd any more. You've written for him a lot more than I have. ;)

Weirdly, I've met more guys who remind me of Edd Stone after writing the character than before. I guess my time in college was too boring to have bumped into dudes like that.

My answer to "Is he a babyface/heel?" is always "Do you like him?". In FCK, I always wrote Edd to be a babyface. Even though he wrestled babyfaces and heels in equal measure, I wrote him to be entertaining, liked, and relatable. The family aspect was my favourite element of the character, because I related to it so strongly. I grew up not living up to my father's expectations. I grew up in the shadow of a brother. Edd isn't me, but I've been in similar shoes. That grounds him, and makes matches more interesting than good guy/bad guy.

Phantom Stranger

04-10-2012, 07:58 AM

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 4 December 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 1.30)

Held at Pengrowth Place (The Prairies)

Attendance: 1,421

Announcers:
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Steve Smith – Charlie Thatcher – Autumn Gleeson

In the opening bout, Wolf Hawkins once again was forced to put his belt on the line against a fellow champion – in this case, John Pathlow, the All-Action Champ, who pushed Hawkins hard before getting laid out by Acid, allowing Hawkins time to recover and hit the Full Moon Rising for victory. (Rating: B+)
A video was played showing JeriLynn Stone's rise to champion, intercut with the sheer undefeated streak of the Leading Lights, ahead of her title defence at Psycho Circus.
Elimination Protocol did battle with Team VIPER, with Kirk Jameson nailing The Bullseye to put Miyazaki down after Enforcers Brandon Smith and Mikey James got involved in the match, giving Elimination Protocol their second victory and the first earned in-ring. (Rating: B)
Team KOBRA's bad night continued, with Raku Makuda pinning Suzanne Brazzle – after the leader of the Enforcers, Jack Marlowe, made his presence felt apparently on Makuda's behalf. (Rating: B-)
Team KOBRA performed their bokken shots as the announce team debated the number of matches involving assaults tonight, and the question of who was hiring the Enforcers given Makuda and the Protocol are unaligned.
The Easy Riders put up a spirited fight, but ultimately lost to the Kreed when Art Reed forced Peter Hopper to tap out. (Rating: B+)
Jack Marlowe came out again to announce the main event; Rhino Umaga and Frankie Perez, who may participate in the Unsanctioned match mooted for Psycho Circus, will face off against the Bulldozer and the Dragon. He then went on to reveal that the client for this one had asked to be made known; uncontracted wrestler Joe Money, who came out of the crowd to note that “My money spends as good as anyone else's. It's not even Canadian.”
In that main event, Perez and Umaga put up a spirited fight, weathering the storm well as the two Enforcers involved tried to put them down. Jack Marlowe intervened during the match, nailing Umaga, but Perez made the save and Umaga was able to rally and pin Brandon Smith. (Rating: B)

Show Rating: B+

Phantom Stranger

04-10-2012, 08:02 AM

btw, wouldn't their interference have ended the match anyway, given that interference isn't allowed in that match?

Iron Man stip - disqualifiable offences simply count as falls. Problem is, ELITE attacked them both. So technically, it's arguably 3-3 rather than 2-2, but who would care?

And who the hell is Joe Money? He's not Maverick, Johnson, nor Deeley...

Joe Money is the guy who has the unused Joe Money alter ego in the 2008 data, and I assume still has it in 2010.

As you can hopefully see by the fact he was let near a microphone, he is not John Maverick. (Those of you who check the render thread will already have known Joe by the alt I'm using. Those of you who pay attention to the archive section on the CGC blogs should know the identity of at least two of the three Js, especially if you think about Joe's latest blog).

Blake Trask

04-10-2012, 08:55 AM

Mr Sexy, I presume?

I do like that alt/re render, too bad Joe isn't really a worker I have much interest in, even if there was any way I could get hold of him.

Oh... and nice shout out ;). I swear that'll get explained eventually...

Phantom Stranger

04-11-2012, 07:00 AM

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We're just one night away from Psycho Circus, the last TCW show of 2009. But people have a lot to go through before we get there...

Wolf Hawkins will once again be making sure TCW fans start the night off right, though we doubt the champion himself will be as keen - as during this month alone, he will now have defended the World Heavyweight Championship against the International Champion, the All Action Champion, one of the Tag Team Champions and the Hard-Hitting Champion, among others. Chris Rockwell looks to step up the night before whoever is champion tomorrow faces off against five other men in an elimination match - the others involved getting named tonight.

Six-man action comes next, as the Machines team with Sean Deeley to take on Elimination Protocol - allied with the masked man who took Cornell to the limit, UK Dragon. The Protocol notched up their first win last night - will this be number two?

They've spent much of the month distracted, but they still have to wrestle. Eternal Party take a break from their scavenger hunt to take on Tooth & Claw, looking to further prove a claim to the Tag Team contendership.

One on one next; Matthew Keith's match at Psycho Circus is fixed, but before he gets there, he must take on renowned luchador Ultimate Phoenix.

Mr. Cornell himself made the semi-main event, which will see Johnny Bloodstone take on Zimmy. Both are very strong performers, both of whom will be hoping to be in the big match at Psycho Circus, and both of them will certainly be looking for the win here.

The main event, however, sees TCW turn its attention from the ELITE back to the other, arguably the bigger, threat - Generation Omega, and Phil Vibert's upcoming buyout. Tommy Cornell teams with the supreme legend, Christian Faith, against Faith's opponent the following night - Remo Richardson - and his Generation Omega ally Joey Minnesota.

Prediction Key:
TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Chris Rockwell

Elimination Protocol & UK Dragon vs. Machines & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Eternal Party vs. Tooth & Claw

Matthew Keith vs. Ultimate Phoenix

Johnny Bloodstone vs. Zimmy

Christian Faith & Tommy Cornell vs. Joey Minnesota & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

Eidenhoek

04-11-2012, 07:38 AM

So we got three Js: Joe, John, and Jake.

Joe is probably not Joe Sexy, as I'm pretty sure SWF would still have him. Unless they lost him during their Cult stint...oh, and I can't find a Joe Money in my pictures folder. /shrug

Can't find Joe Money in the Alter Egos for my database...

Oh. There he is. Interesting...

Okay, so John and Jake...John can't be Maverick, as Sean's bio says he replaced Maverick in '07.

Oh god...JOE IS JOEY POISON YES YES YES I LOVE HIS FINISHER YESSSSS

So that means John is...wait. If Joe is Joey Poison, then Jake must be Jack Giedroyc. Meaning John is...Jon Jetson?

What the hell is going on? And Joe isn't Joey Poison; I know who Joe is. But there's no John worth having/that makes sense for a debut, and Jake...Idol? Who the hell is Jake? Jacob? Jacob Jett?

Oh...yeah, Jacob wouldn't be bad. Kinda young, but good.

But John can't be a Saudi, since there are none in the data (well, 2010's data). So what's the opposite of a Saudi? Oh, someone with John as their last name?

You already have Nate Johnson. Ray Johnson's a ref...Rolling Johnny Stones? No. And that guy doesn't exist yet, so...

Okay, there is no John. The group, then, is
Joey Poison
Jack Giedroyc
John Maverick

I'm so glad that I don't care about the angle so that I don't have to think about these things.

Phantom Stranger

04-11-2012, 08:52 AM

You are wrong on two counts, Eidenhoek, and have seriously overthought the others for someone who doesn't 'have to think about these things'.

EDIT: Card for Saturday Night Showcase posted on the previous page.

SWF Fan

04-11-2012, 09:04 AM

I'm calling Joe Sexy, John Greed and Joey Poison as the three, I have no logic on it, I basically feel SWF hit cult and released those two, Joey could be a heel named Jake, god knows I tried not to think about this too much.

All I know is all of them will try and fail to powerbomb Edd Stone...fools

The more I have a look at Eidenkoek, I think he may have been right with the Jacob Jett analogy, just to add him to the All Action Division.

rrgleason

04-11-2012, 01:46 PM

Joe (Money) Sexy
John Maverick
Jacob Jett (on the blog)

ampulator

04-11-2012, 03:40 PM

James Casey

04-11-2012, 04:42 PM

Sexy's beyond doubt (fun fact, he's Joe Money in TCW in my game, too...), and I think Jacob Jett is spot on (which means Katie Cameron, right? RIGHT?)

And given PS's penchant for charisma-free, fence-post dull , A* spewing technicians, John Maverick seems likely... :p but I'd pay good money to see Greed in that trio.

Phantom Stranger

04-11-2012, 05:35 PM

For what it's worth, John Greed is still locked up on a written with the SWF.

...I just looked at his stats - not great, but another 70+ Psych is a good thing to have around - and his match history - 20 matches, only 1 win, and that was part of a six-man tag at the start of the year - and I can say that I'd sign him if I was still looking for ELITE guys and he were available.

He is on 9 overness across the USA.

Phantom Stranger

04-13-2012, 06:03 AM

OOC: I think this got lost in the flurry, and it looks likely I'll get this show up over the weekend. So... a rare repost.

We're just one night away from Psycho Circus, the last TCW show of 2009. But people have a lot to go through before we get there...

Wolf Hawkins will once again be making sure TCW fans start the night off right, though we doubt the champion himself will be as keen - as during this month alone, he will now have defended the World Heavyweight Championship against the International Champion, the All Action Champion, one of the Tag Team Champions and the Hard-Hitting Champion, among others. Chris Rockwell looks to step up the night before whoever is champion tomorrow faces off against five other men in an elimination match - the others involved getting named tonight.

Six-man action comes next, as the Machines team with Sean Deeley to take on Elimination Protocol - allied with the masked man who took Cornell to the limit, UK Dragon. The Protocol notched up their first win last night - will this be number two?

They've spent much of the month distracted, but they still have to wrestle. Eternal Party take a break from their scavenger hunt to take on Tooth & Claw, looking to further prove a claim to the Tag Team contendership.

One on one next; Matthew Keith's match at Psycho Circus is fixed, but before he gets there, he must take on renowned luchador Ultimate Phoenix.

Mr. Cornell himself made the semi-main event, which will see Johnny Bloodstone take on Zimmy. Both are very strong performers, both of whom will be hoping to be in the big match at Psycho Circus, and both of them will certainly be looking for the win here.

The main event, however, sees TCW turn its attention from the ELITE back to the other, arguably the bigger, threat - Generation Omega, and Phil Vibert's upcoming buyout. Tommy Cornell teams with the supreme legend, Christian Faith, against Faith's opponent the following night - Remo Richardson - and his Generation Omega ally Joey Minnesota.

Prediction Key:
TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Chris Rockwell

Elimination Protocol & UK Dragon vs. Machines & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Eternal Party vs. Tooth & Claw

Matthew Keith vs. Ultimate Phoenix

Johnny Bloodstone vs. Zimmy

Christian Faith & Tommy Cornell vs. Joey Minnesota & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

Zergon

04-13-2012, 08:23 AM

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Chris Rockwell
Nope, Rockwell isn´t going to be the next champ.

Elimination Protocol & UK Dragon vs. Machines & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
More over.

Eternal Party vs. Tooth & Claw
Jobbers

Matthew Keith vs. Ultimate Phoenix
Phoenix haven´t done nearly enough to get a win here.

Johnny Bloodstone vs. Zimmy
I still see Bloodstone being too big name for Zimmy to overcome.

Christian Faith & Tommy Cornell vs. Joey Minnesota & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
Tough one so I take the easy way out and say that this is draw.

Bigpapa42

04-13-2012, 09:50 AM

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Chris Rockwell

Elimination Protocol & UK Dragon vs. Machines & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Eternal Party vs. Tooth & Claw

Matthew Keith vs. Ultimate Phoenix

Johnny Bloodstone vs. Zimmy

Christian Faith & Tommy Cornell vs. Joey Minnesota & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

Regis

04-13-2012, 01:13 PM

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Chris Rockwell
Wolf will not lose.

Elimination Protocol & UK Dragon vs. Machines & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
Yeah but no.

Eternal Party vs. Tooth & Claw
JOBBERS.

Matthew Keith vs. Ultimate Phoenix
JOBBER!

Johnny Bloodstone vs. Zimmy
Yeah but no.

Christian Faith & Tommy Cornell vs. Joey Minnesota & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
Draw! Triumph!

Phantom Stranger

04-14-2012, 01:44 PM

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TCW Presents Saturday Night Showcase

Saturday Week 4 December 2009

Live on CBA (Rating 14.68)

Held at the Gardens of North Dakota (Mid West)

Attendance: 19.464

Announcers:
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Duane Fry – Jasmine Saunders – Alanis Springsteen

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Wolf Hawkins © w/ Phil Vibert vs. Chris Rockwell
There's a kind of uncertainty to a lot of the blows exchanged here, to a lot of the slams, as Hawkins and Rockwell are awkward, wrestling one another, and while both men are very good – and do their best to compensate – it's far from perfect.

Still, both men stay hungry, and Rockwell does a good job of going after the various niggling aches and weak spots Hawkins' month of hell has put him through, while Wolf battles back hard, looking to finish it early.

Wolf has to know that the longer this match goes, the more it favours a submission/MMA style fighter like Rockwell, and he works had, but it's never quite enough.

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And then they come. Chandler. DaLay. Money. Jett. Maverick. They target both men in the ring – but they're answered, almost immediately, by others.

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Law. Golden. Wade. Umaga. Rockwell rallies on the rescue, standing with the Three Amigos. Moments later, the injured Hawkins makes his presence felt too, and the two sides fall into a standoff.
Match officially ruled no contest
Rating: B

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Shout At The Devil begins to play and Mayhem Midden makes his way out. He looks around with a slow, sour smirk.

“...Right,” he says heavily. “OK. We're playing it like this, are we?

“Rhino, you've got it. TCW will give you some time at Psycho Circus for your Unsanctioned match. Frankly, I'd stip the hell out of it, but they ain't under contract.”

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Chandler has the mic. “Doesn't matter – we refuse anyway.”

Midden looks hard at him. “You're aware it's this or we press charges on several counts of assault, a few of which have put people in hospital, right?”

“Joe's got lawyers. Good ones. Great ones.”

Money shoots a smirk at the crowd, mouthing “you know you love it,” to the hard camera.

Midden frowns. “Well, if that's how you want-”

“Contracts.”

The Board's Representative stares at him. “Give me that again?”

“We win this match, and we want contracts here. The road to real money, and all of us 'cept Joe could always do with some more.” Jett nods.

“You want me to reward you. That's what you're saying?”

Chandler shrugs. “We're the original gang of pro wrestling, Midden. We're ELITE – and you need us a LOT more than we need you.

“Hell, we just put Ricky Dale Johnson on the shelf – you think we can't write our own ticket anywhere?”

“I think you can't do it here.”

“I think we're offering you first shot – because over the last two years, you have stolen from ELITE. You owe us payback. We're going to have our payback.

“You want me and Dan in a match, you put contracts on the line.”

Midden stares at him for a long moment. “Five contracts is a bit much,” he says. “How about this... you five. On the other side, Rhino Umaga. Frankie Perez... and the Three Amigos.”

DaLay smirks. Money raises his eyebrows, surprised, but nods judiciously.

Jett takes a step back, frowning, while Maverick remains completely impassive.

Chandler makes eye contact with DaLay, Money, and then Jett, ignoring Maverick entirely. He raises his microphone to his lips.

“You got yourself a match.”

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Elimination Protocol & UK Dragon
vs.
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The Machines & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
There's nothing here that isn't excellent, but even after their first victory, the Protocol clearly aren't being treated as potential threats here, and that does affect how the crowd react to this.

It's a big match nonetheless. Deeley and Jameson put on a blistering display in the early going, but then it starts to get serious. With Jameson temporarily down, Brent Hill looks to put an exclamation point on the action with a King of the Hill – only to be nailed mid-air by a UK Dragon springboard rana.

Dragon eats the Ammo Dump by Anderson, and in turn Kirk Jameson nails the Bullseye, but Sean Deeley breaks that one up. He goes for the Sure Shot armbar but Jameson bails – and as Technique looks to jump Deeley from behind the International Champion pivots smoothly and locks down the Front Choke Lock, forcing a very rapid submission.
The Machines & Sean Deeley defeated Elimination Protocol
Rating: B

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Backstage, the camera catches the New Wave walking with a purpose, wheeling a large container which appears to be heaped with all manner of odd items, clearly the results of an efficient scavenger hunt.

Wherever they're headed must be important, and Duane Fry mentions that officials are standing by to check the scavenger hunt results off.

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They wheel the container round a corner and past Edd Stone, who is reading a newspaper with a hole cut in it to look through - a hole through which you can see his entire face. They get another three paces, then pause, turning to look at him.

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Edd superkicks the lamp. We hear a low chuckle – recognisable as Gorgon laughing – and the sounds of a scuffle. By the time the camera crew get some lights active, it's possible to see Eternal Party and Gorgon wheeling that container into the officials' room. Lying on the floor next to the prone Wave are scattered, half-hearted attempts at fulfilling the hunt by the Eternal Party.

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Eternal Party vs. Tooth & Claw
Back from commercial, and Eternal Party look confident as the match begins, with Fry receiving confirmation through his headphones that Eternal Party have aced the scavenger hunt and will be facing the British Lions tomorrow.

Tooth & Claw put up one hell of a fight – notably when American Eagle nails a flying headscissors to Stone and a tornado DDT to Lover simultaneously – but Eternal Party have them well in hand, with Lover playing possum in the later stages only to floor Lobo Blanco with a Lover Stunner and make the pin.
Eternal Party defeated Tooth & Claw
Rating: B

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Breakin' The Law hits, and Tommy Cornell heads down to the ring, mic in hand. The crowd roar their approval at seeing him, and he goes so far as to glad-hand a few of them. It's hard to believe that a year ago he was one of the most hated wrestlers in the company.

He raises a microphone, taking a few more moments just to bask in the crowd reaction. “We apologise for the interruptions,” he says. “Now, I figured to spend this week sorting out a few last matches to settle what five guys are going into the World Heavyweight Championship elimination bout.

“You might've noticed... this is not exactly what happened. I've spent most of this week figuring legal angles.

“But! We promised you a six-man elimination contest tomorrow night.

“And I've been watching what TCW wrestlers have been doing all month. So here it comes.

“Aaron Andrews – you're in. You were good when you came into TCW, and you've just gotten better. Proud of you, son – so you go in.

“Eric Tyler – twenty minutes and Aaron couldn't put you away. Now I've seen him beat you before, and I've seen him get better since, and I dug up your records. I don't think it's just Freddy Huggins that's been scoring you wins lately. You're in – and I want you to think about this, Eric, but this just might be your very last shot at a World Championship. Don't hold back.

“Next two choices are really one choice. They won earlier tonight. Been winning for a while – and they're pissed, right now. Last week, their buddy, their protege, got taken out. Brent Hill, John Anderson, hope you're listening. Either one of you could be the champion this time Monday.

“I remember picking the pair of you for the Syndicate, way back when. You've fought alongside Wolf. You know him. I trust you to go the distance.

“Last choice... was going to be Troy Tornado. But the man seems to've abducted Jack Bruce, neither of them are answering their cells, and whatever's actually going on there – for all I know it's just some crazy rock star bender – he's clearly too busy playing silly buggers.

“So I made a match tonight. Johnny Bloodstone, Zimmy – both of you want shots, both of you are good fighters, but neither of you have convinced me that this month, with this match, you're ready for it.

“Tonight – you get the shot. Win this one and you're in the big shot tomorrow.”

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Matthew Keith vs. Ultimate Phoenix
Ultimate Phoenix puts on an amazing display in the early going, blitzing a cocky and confident Keith with a barrage of spectacular stunts.

However, there's only so long you can run the high risk route, and once Matt Keith figures out a pattern in time he turns the tables, meeting a flying shoulderblock with a leaping high knee. That stuns Phoenix, and that leaves Matt in perfect position to systematically dismantle the luchador and hit the Neutron Plex, picking up the pin.
Matthew Keith defeated Ultimate Phoenix
Rating: B

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Cornell exits a door backstage, closes and locks it, and pauses to adjust his tie before turning and heading down the corrridor. A sign in the background reads GARAGE.

“Hey.”

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Tommy stops and turns – and sees Joe Money, leaning against the wall near his office door, behind him, arms folded.

“The hell do you want?” Cornell asks. “And why are you even still here? Security said they turfed you all out.”

“Security took five thousand apiece to let me stay behind,” Money shrugs. “Got a proposal for you.”

“Not interested.”

“You need twenty million dollars.”

Cornell had been turning away, but here, he stops dead. A muscle tenses in his neck for a moment and he turns around. Money is grinning.

“You know you want it,” he says. “Buying into the company is just smart business. What do you say?”

Cornell looks at him for a long moment. “I say I don't know you from Adam. More to the point, I don't know you... from DaVE.”

Money sighs. “If I was with Vibert, brother, you'd already be in my portfolio. You don't need to do much to make a fortune if you follow the right rules, and I've followed 'em all my life.”

Cornell shrugs. “I still don't know you.”

“Alright...” Money shrugs in turn. “The deal remains open for one week. Do your due diligence. One week from now, you can get twenty million... but only if you also cough up five million of your own shares.”

He grins. “You don't have much of a choice, Tommy. I'm here to help. You know you love it.”

With that, Money backs off, touching his hand to his brow in mock-salute.

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Johnny Bloodstone vs. Zimmy
This one never quite gets to blistering, but it comes pretty close, at points. Bloodstone looks to keep Zimmy grounded, while the Darkwave man outpaces him, striking hard and laying in a stunning array of kicks and innovative aerial stunts.

Early on, Bloodstone keeps his temper perfectly even. As time goes by, however, that becomes harder and harder to do. And when Zimmy starts to get the upper hand, Bloodstone's famous temper explodes for the first time.

That's... why the Blood Rush doesn't connect. Sam Sparrow's unsighted, but the hard and fast shining wizard is cut off when Bloodstone drives a hard punch straight into Zimmy's groin.

Then he really goes to work, savaging Zimmy and bloodying him before locking in the Bloodstone Mutilation. Zimmy taps, but Bloodstone holds on... and on... and doesn't break, even after a count of ten. Sparrow promptly reverses the result while calling in security.
Zimmy defeated Johnny Bloodstone
Rating: B+

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Minnesota starts for Generation Omega, bouncing up and down on the balls of his feet, eager for the kickstart. Across the ring, Faith and Cornell stand with heads together, discussing and apparently disagreeing, but in the end it's Faith who stands against Minnesota in the opening.

The bell rings and they close, fast. Faith slips out of the lock-up to a go-behind, but Joey hooks the leg, blocking a German, elbows free and swivels on the spot, driving a knee into Christian's midsection.

He sets for a DDT, only for Faith to twist free in turn, fluid in motion as ever. By the time the two are face to face, Faith is already swinging a punch.

The impact drives Joey back two paces, but he surges back – only to run straight into another, and another.

The crowd are starting, as always, to get behind the Supreme Legend. Minnesota manages to block the fouth punch and lands one of his own; Faith doesn't stagger half so bad from it, though, and the duo alternate punches for a few moments before Minnesota realises his mistake, instead nailing a crisp dropkick and rolling out of the ring.

Remo comes in with a grin and Faith meets him confidently, fists raised. The supreme specimen promptly boots him in the gut and boosts him up, going immediately for the Destroyer. Faith counters, showing great awareness and astonishing athleticism for his age, into a Makuda roll – ONE, TWO – NO!

Remo powers out. He comes up fast with a charging lariat and Faith ducks it – but Faith promptly tags out.

Cornell enters cagily as Remo beckons him in. The two circle for a while, the Generation Omega man smirking, while Cornell looks over at him... and slowly starts to grin that old, cocky, confident Cornell grin.

He beckons Remo in, ducks the lockup – Russian leg sweep - rolls Remo onto his front, locks in an armbar with a painful amount of torque, wrenching the arm far back, knee buried into the small of Remo's back for extra leverage.

Despite this, when Remo flexes hard – Cornell goes flying off him.

Tommy rolls back to his feet as Remo stands, shaking out the arm. Cornell's face isn't so cocky anymore. He drops down into a big legsweep, taking the big guy down, and scrambles to mount for a series of punches. It goes well for a while, then Remo kicks upward, showing amazing flexibility for his size, catching Tommy in the back of the head.

Cornell goes rolling forward and crashes out under the bottom rope – and Faith nails a diving fist drop from the top rope! The tag is effectively made, and Christian doesn't let up. He hauls Remo back to his feet, hits the ropes – leaping elbow staggers Remo but doesn't take him down.

Boot to the gut from Faith and a snap DDT to follow up. The supreme legend drags Remo up and tries to whip him to the corner – but Remo don't budge. He yanks Faith into him, grabbing a belly-to-belly, and just launches the other man into the air.

Christian crashes to the mat hard. He seems dazed, out of it, but he reaches out, grabbing the ropes and pulling himself up. Remo charges smugly, going for a spear, and on apparent total instinct Faith sidesteps, sending the big man flying through the middle ropes and out of the ring.

Minnesota promptly re-enters, grinning at the sight of a target so obviously befuddled. He snap suplexes Faith and goes for a cover but on the count of two, the supreme legend's shoulder pops up on reflex.

The grin vanishes from Joey's face as he reassesses.

Faith is hauled upright and peppered with punches to the jaw and chops to the chest, then Minnesota boosts him up onto his shoulders, clearly looking for the Empire Spiral – but Faith shoves him off, into the turnbuckles! The Supreme Legend is awake again!

LEAP OF FAITH – Minnesota dodges! He sets for the Minnesota Salute – Faith is there with a Faith Hammer! Another! Another! A – Joey ducks – German suplex by Minnesota! Both men up – Northern Lights suplex! ONE, TWO, THR- Cornell makes the save!

Faith rolls out of the ring, only to be waylaid by Remo on the outside. The two start brawling and, inside the ring, Tommy notices. He ducks a lariat by Minnesota and hits a baseball slide to the outside. Both Faith and Remo hit the guardrail and tumble over it!

In the ring, meanwhile, Minnesota nails Cornell from behind, boosting him up in his turn for an Empire Spiral, but Cornell, too, slips clear and nails a back suplex.

Joey comes back with a spinebuster, unleashing a torrent of stomps, then drags him back up and whips him to the corner. A running clothesline is followed by Minnesota boosting Cornell to the top rope and scrambling up himself, during which we get an intercut of Remo and Faith brawling through the crowd.

Joey balances on the top rope alongside Cornell, catches sight of the hard camera, and grins. “This one's for you, Wolf!” he yells, before sending them both flying out and backward with the Solo Spanish Fly.

He covers – ONE, TWO, THRE- NO!

Joey seems stunned and frustrated by this. He drops a knee across Cornell's head, then picks him up again, boosting him up – but this time, to block the Empire Spiral, Cornell grabs the top rope.

So Joey just flips him forward and over it, sending Cornell crashing to the floor.

Vibert seems ecstatic. Joey, meanwhile, picks his moment and measures the distance from the apron. In approved Johnny Martin fashion, he takes three steps and soars off with an elbow, only for Cornell to roll out of the way.

Both legal men are down. Neither Remo nor Faith is even near the ring. Eugene Williams makes the count as he has to. While Minnesota and Cornell both stir, however, neither man makes it back to the ring in time.
Christian Faith & Tommy Cornell fought to a double count out with Joey Minnesota & Remo Richardson
Rating: A*

Show Rating: A

Phantom Stranger

04-14-2012, 07:48 PM

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Prediction Key:
UNSANCTIONED MATCH - Should ELITE win they will earn TCW contracts
ELITE (Dan DaLay, Eddie Chandler, Jacob Jett, Joe Money, Maverick) vs. TCW (Chris Rockwell, Frankie Perez, Rhino Umaga, Rick Law, Rocky Golden)

TCW All Action Championship
John Pathlow (c) vs. Acid

Davis Wayne Newton w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean McFly

TCW International Championship
BEST OF SEVEN SERIES - MATCH 3
Sean Deeley (c) w/ Laura Huggins 0 - 2 Freddy Huggins

TCW Tag Team Championships
British Lions (c) w/ Laura Huggins vs. Eternal Party

Christian Faith vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

TCW Womens Championship
JeriLynn Stone (c) vs. Serena Starr

Art Reed vs. Matthew Keith

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Aaron Andrews vs. Brent Hill vs. Eric Tyler vs. John Anderson vs. Zimmy

Zergon

04-15-2012, 01:15 AM

UNSANCTIONED MATCH - Should ELITE win they will earn TCW contracts
ELITE (Dan DaLay, Eddie Chandler, Jacob Jett, Joe Money, Maverick) vs. TCW (Chris Rockwell, Frankie Perez, Rhino Umaga, Rick Law, Rocky Golden)
That stipulation makes ELITE winning look like the most likely option.

TCW All Action Championship
John Pathlow (c) vs. Acid
Ok, for once I just pick who I want to win.

Davis Wayne Newton w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean McFly
I´d say McFly but I DWN is getting huge push so might as well have hin win here.

TCW International Championship
BEST OF SEVEN SERIES - MATCH 3
Sean Deeley (c) w/ Laura Huggins 0 - 2 Freddy Huggins
This will be 3 - 3 after six matches so I give Deeley this one in order to not to make it look so one sided.

TCW Tag Team Championships
British Lions (c) w/ Laura Huggins vs. Eternal Party
I would like to go with Eternal Party but somehow I doubt it, mainly because I expect Guide & Scout to interfere after what happened in last show.

Christian Faith vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
Faith seems to be a little bit of a gatekeeper these days and Remo does have the skills and overness to win.

TCW Womens Championship
JeriLynn Stone (c) vs. Serena Starr
I still go with JeriLynn.

Art Reed vs. Matthew Keith
I think that the real feud will be between Matthew and Greg so Matthew wins this one.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Aaron Andrews vs. Brent Hill vs. Eric Tyler vs. John Anderson vs. Zimmy
Interesting challengers but though all of them are good none are top name right now so Wolf retains.

James Casey

04-15-2012, 02:00 AM

UNSANCTIONED MATCH - Should ELITE win they will earn TCW contracts
ELITE (Dan DaLay, Eddie Chandler, Jacob Jett, Joe Money, Maverick) vs. TCW (Chris Rockwell, Frankie Perez, Rhino Umaga, Rick Law, Rocky Golden) The challengers need to start with a win

TCW All Action Championship
John Pathlow (c) vs. Acid Betting Canadian...

Davis Wayne Newton w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean McFly Now there's more of a big deal being made of DWN, a win here - cheap, most likely - is the only choice

TCW International Championship
BEST OF SEVEN SERIES - MATCH 3
Sean Deeley (c) w/ Laura Huggins 0 - 2 Freddy Huggins To keep it interesting, Deeley needs to pick up a win here. Assuming you intend to use all seven matches, of course...

TCW Tag Team Championships
British Lions (c) w/ Laura Huggins vs. Eternal Party Eternal Party didn't earn their shot, as such, so I don't see them taking the titles. Still, the Lions haven't lost to them before, I think, so EP could exploit that.

Christian Faith vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert Flip a coin - but Remo's younger

TCW Womens Championship
JeriLynn Stone (c) vs. Serena Starr Just in case JL does make the big match, she needs to drop the title first

Art Reed vs. Matthew Keith Frees Matt up for Greg

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Aaron Andrews vs. Brent Hill vs. Eric Tyler vs. John Anderson vs. Zimmy Placeholder match, as it's hard to see any of the challengers taking the title on from this point

Oregano Jensen

04-15-2012, 01:31 PM

UNSANCTIONED MATCH - Should ELITE win they will earn TCW contracts
ELITE (Dan DaLay, Eddie Chandler, Jacob Jett, Joe Money, Maverick) vs. TCW (Chris Rockwell, Frankie Perez, Rhino Umaga, Rick Law, Rocky Golden)

I can't imagine you going to all this trouble then NOT having ELITE get into the company.

TCW All Action Championship
John Pathlow (c) vs. Acid

I always think of Acid as pretty seriously capped out -- I think because he had that popularity cap in Monkeypox's game.

Davis Wayne Newton w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean McFly

DWN is getting a huge push, but he can lose to McFly and still have a huge push.

TCW International Championship
BEST OF SEVEN SERIES - MATCH 3
Sean Deeley (c) w/ Laura Huggins 0 - 2 Freddy Huggins

Deeley going down 0-3 and still winning it back to Game 7 seems a little TOO much.

TCW Tag Team Championships
British Lions (c) w/ Laura Huggins vs. Eternal Party

Eternal Party is about angles -- they don't need a title to stay interesting.

Christian Faith vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

Faith is a legend, but he's aging and not great at actual wrestling. Remo is a big brawler who can actually get it done in the ring.

TCW Womens Championship
JeriLynn Stone (c) vs. Serena Starr

I don't know. Maybe Starr's partner interferes. But has Starr even done a singles match before?

Art Reed vs. Matthew Keith

This is a rough one. I always want to go with Art, but Greg vs. Matt is the logical conclusion to this feud. So Art plays the sidekick. Fair enough.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Aaron Andrews vs. Brent Hill vs. Eric Tyler vs. John Anderson vs. Zimmy

Yeah -- not a lot of top-tier challengers here. Small chance this leads into tension between the Machines... but I hope not.

Regis

04-15-2012, 01:56 PM

UNSANCTIONED MATCH - Should ELITE win they will earn TCW contracts
ELITE (Dan DaLay, Eddie Chandler, Jacob Jett, Joe Money, Maverick) vs. TCW (Chris Rockwell, Frankie Perez, Rhino Umaga, Rick Law, Rocky Golden)
Duh.

TCW All Action Championship
John Pathlow (c) vs. Acid
His championship reign has to go somewhere.

Davis Wayne Newton w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean McFly
Davis Wayne Newton is, after all, a man of his word.

TCW International Championship
BEST OF SEVEN SERIES - MATCH 3
Sean Deeley (c) w/ Laura Huggins 0 - 2 Freddy Huggins
Deeley levels, then draws ahead, then Freddy equalises, then we see who takes it in the end.

TCW Tag Team Championships
British Lions (c) w/ Laura Huggins vs. Eternal Party
The Lions have had a good run, but yeah, Edd might be carrying on his championship gold quest.

Christian Faith vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
Because he's much younger with better upside.

TCW Womens Championship
JeriLynn Stone (c) vs. Serena Starr
Not yet.

Art Reed vs. Matthew Keith
Hard to say no.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Wolf Hawkins (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Aaron Andrews vs. Brent Hill vs. Eric Tyler vs. John Anderson vs. Zimmy
Because Wolf vs. Tommy at Malice In Wonderland.

Phantom Stranger

04-17-2012, 04:58 PM

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TCW Presents Psycho Circus

Sunday Week 4 December 2009

Live on America 1-Select, U-Demand Canada, Jade 237, Rivera Pay Television, V-Corp, UK-1 (5.30)

Held at the Toronto Olympic Stadium (Ontario)

Attendance: 35,823

Announcers:
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TCW: Year In Review
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The traditional opening video for Psycho Circus chronicles the big moments of the year. The main foci are Wolf Hawkins's year – the Syndicate folding, winning the Shot at the Top, taking the World Heavyweight Championship, forming Generation Omega, warring with Cornell, overcoming every challenge to date – Matthew Keith's year – holding the Tag Championships, being injured by the Easy Riders, coming back, turning heel, feuding with his family, the formation of the Kings of Wrestling, driving a wedge between Bloodstone and the Blonde Bombshell, all the way through to Art Reed tonight – Edd Stone – breaking away as a singles talent to taunt and chase Aaron Andrews, allying with Champagne Lover, putting on spellbinding matches for the International Championship, warring with Canadian Elemental, destroying lamps, and finally challenging for the tag titles – Aaron Andrews - winning the International Championship, losing it due to Joey Minnesota, maturing as a fighter, allying with Cornell and, later, Peak, and becoming someone TCW fans love to cheer – and Art Reed, coming from also-ran All Action contender to spellbinding tag champion, putting on a blinder of a match against the British Lions, conceding the belt to GenOme only to go on and win the Three Kings Trophy, going forty-five minutes with the World Champion, and stepping up to the plate time and again.

Mixed in there are the title victories of Sean Deeley, the British Lions, John Pathlow, Chris Rockwell, and Texas Pete, as well as UK Dragon's incredible performance against Cornell, Kirk Jameson taking Johnny Bloodstone to the limit, Christian Faith debuting, Remo Richardson's unstoppable juggernaut of a run, JeriLynn's championship win and the redemption of her father that goes with it - and Joey Minnesota's succeeding, periodically, where Hawkins couldn't.

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CONTRACTS ON THE LINE
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ELITE
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TCW
For the powerhouses of TCW, Maverick is an absolute nightmare, and when you combine his vicious, wrenching holds with the aerial innovation of Jacob Jett – who seems to have settled into TCW's lucha libre tag rules as if he'd been doing it all his life – the results are nasty.

And that's before you add in the tactical nous of Money and Chandler and the savagery and sheer power of the Giant Among Giants – as Adrian Garcia, on commentary, repeatedly refers to Dan DaLay.

But don't assume that ELITE had this all their own way; Rick Law takes DaLay off his feet, though it takes three Long Arms of the Law to do it; Rocky Golden at one point catches Jett into his signature twisting overhead powerslam, and Chris Rockwell and Maverick collide like they were always meant to wrestle one another.

And as if to make matters worse, there are weapons. Chandler came with a slapjack. Jett's boots flash steel in places, seeming metal rather than traditional padding. DaLay has his bullwhip with him, though he foregoes it during the match – awkward, to say the last.

At least Rhino Umaga brought a weapon – favouring, as Charlie Thatcher does, the baseball bat – and there are chairs aplenty here, with Golden proving surprisingly adept at their use; slams, DDTs, and typical chair shots all look more than a little nasty.

It does seem, after fourteen minutes or so, that TCW might be able to squeak out a win – there are flash pinfalls here and there, big moments elsewhere, Rockwell lands a chair-assisted splash on Maverick – despite the ELITE war being brought.

Umaga is battling Chandler in the centre of the ring. Law sits slumped in the corner, recovering. Joe Money and Chris Rockwell brawl on the outside. A victim of a Rocky Road, Jacob Jett leans against the announce table, head down. DaLay drips blood at the side of the ring, Rocky Golden prone beside him.

Maverick looks to blindside Umaga, but Frankie Perez is there to stop him, sneaking up behind him with a running release German suplex.

Perez pops up into a crouch, and for perhaps the first time in his TCW career he receives genuine tears as he stalks the two legal men. Finally, it looks certain, two on one, that TCW actually can beat ELITE. Not only that they can but that they will.

Umaga draws the chair back for a huge smash. Gasping for breath, Chandler presents both hands, fingers raised, grinning wildly in defiance.

And Frankie Perez delivers a brutal hook kick into the chair, driving it into Rhino Umaga's head, felling him.

Chandler looks stunned. Perez looks down at what he's done, then rolls out of the ring, walking back up the aisle.

Chandler stares, checking his surroundings, but Jett is back in the ring with him now, ready to back him up. On the outside, Money hits the Wall Street Crash (a Tiger Driver) on Rockwell.

ELITE have the ball well and truly in their court. Jett vaults to the top rope and out on a second motion with a flawless, textbook moonsault. Chandler covers – and picks up the victory, tainted though it be.

After a long moment, Azaria sighs. “That's it, then,” he says. “Frankie Perez will go down in the record books as giving ELITE the win. And the scary thing is, that might just be unfair to ELITE.”
ELITE defeated TCW
Rating: B

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The big screen comes to life. Art Reed sits in one of the crowd's seats at the Toronto Olympic Stadium, obviously earlier in the day, feet up casually on the seats directly in front of him, hands lightly clasped, looking out as TCW road crew assemble the ring, crowd barriers, pyro rigs and set up the big screens.

“This wasn't my Olympics,” he says softly. “Mine came years later, in Australia. Just before I was trained as a wrestler...

“I got my training at the House of Stone. Jeremy and Dan taught me everything Mr Stone taught them. Duane taught me how to fly like the Black Cobra.

“I've learned from the best.” He smiles. “The Stones. Kunomasu-san, who honoured me by bringing me from my American travels to Japan, where I fought against and alongside him. Eric Tyler, when the School of Tradition was new. My long-term sparring partner Acid. My friends – even if we set out to beat hell out of each other every time we get in the ring – Johnny and Bobby, Greg and Benny.

“And my tag partner – the other Greg – and his father, Sam. A man who came to the House of Stone one year and looked at a bunch of fresh-faced rookies – and we've all been champions since – saw the potential in every single one of us – and gave me a hold.

“The Dread Lock is another of Sam Keith's inventions, but he gave it to me, free of charge. We weren't wrestling for the same company. It didn't look like we were ever going to,” he smiles, “though sometimes life is good. Sam taught me the move because he saw me going far.

“I didn't really understand that until the summer of 2008. When Sam's boys came here, I began to understand. Suddenly I was the veteran, match-hardened, a former champion who would be again, and here, in front of me, were some incredibly promising rookies.

“When Sam came to team with us, and brought his boys with him, I was honoured again as only Jeremy and Kunomasu-san had before. He chose to align with me and Johnny. He chose us, singled us out.

“He trusted us with his sons' training. And when Matthew was injured, I stepped up to stand by Greg. It's been good to us – you don't need me to tell you that. We kept that title for months, and we won a trophy alongside Johnny against the toughest competition here.

“Matthew... took it badly, I think. That the success of he and his brother wasn't unique...

“But we never wanted this. We weren't just allies. We were friends. And everything was based... I thought everything was based on mutual respect.

“Matthew's recent actions have been all but the opposite of that. I respect what he can do in the ring... but I'm not going to stand by while he tears his family apart.

“Tonight, Matt... tonight it all ends. I wish it didn't have to.” He shakes his head slightly. “There's a part of me that wishes we could team again. I doubt it... but maybe one day. In wrestling, you never know.”

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Ever wondered what it would be like to see John Pathlow wrestle himself?

In all sorts of ways, that's the best way to describe the goings-on in this contest, this match. Acid's mirror-image act is played to the full when he finally faces off with someone else as heavily influenced by Japan.

The traditional battle of one-upsmanship between high-fliers here is exactly move for move, highspot for highspot, and – somewhat eerily – sequence for sequence, exactly as Pathlow would do it.

Logic dictates that Pathlow has to be happier with the moves, more comfortable and more confident. On the other hand, Acid has on occasion wrestled Pathlow before. It's rare, to say the least, that Pathlow has wrestled himself – and at times, his own mannerisms seem to surprise him, something the wrestlers play up from time to time for comic relief.

Acid eventually gets Pathlow downed, springing to the top rope and dropping the mirror for a moment to soar with the Acid Rain Bomb - but here, Pathlow regains the advantage, having faced that move before. He moves clear and nails the School of Tradition's masked man with a 1st Dan, picking up the victory.
John Pathlow defeated Acid
Rating: B+

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Hero of the Day by Metallica hits, and the Toronto crowd explode in anticipation fulfulled. They recognise this song in a way that perhaps nobody else does; instinctively, from other half a decade's use by George DeColt's second son.

All smiles, relaxed and confident, Alex DeColt steps out from the entryway in jeans and a CGC T-shirt with the sleeves cut off. He looks around the Olympic Stadium and, on cue, as the music swells triumphantly, raises his left fist in the air – and over thirty thousand respond as one. The noise redoubles.

In that clenched fist is a microphone. Alex gestures, and the crowd fall silent in a heartbeat. He raises the microphone to his lips and holds it there for juuust long enough for the crowd to start chanting.

”A-D-C! A-D-C! A-D-C!”

With a grin, Alex punches the air again – and the crowd do the same. He gestures, and they fall silent, and still grinning, Alex shakes his head. He tucks the mic into his jeans pocket and extends his left arm to the side – and begins to run, sprinting down the aisle, around the ring, and back up to where he stood before, allowing everyone close enough to glad-hand him.

Atop the entrance ramp once more, he pauses and the chant breaks out again. He gestures – and they fall silent. Again he raises the mic to his lips.

“It's OK, Toronto,” he announces. “We missed you too.”

The crowd roar approval, and Alex pauses, grinning.

He begins to pace. “You know already, in one month, the DeColt Family go head... To... Head... with the House... of... Stone!”

More approval. Alex cuts it silent with a gesture.

“What you don't know is this.

“Our TV connection is still refusing – Eddie, Dan, John, Joe, Jake, this is all on you, boys – to air new CGC programming. And we're missing out on our warm-up matches. We're missing out on the chance to make sure we're in tip-top fighting condition.

“So in the couple of weeks before Malice in Wonderland... the DeColt family ride to TCW. Steve will be putting his CGC Championship on the line!”

Still more approval.

“Ricky's bringing his tag partner along. The Canadian Golden Boys will be putting their CGC Tag Team Championships on the line!”

Only a hair more muted.

“And since Ryan Powell was coming along anyway, to make sure our fans get what they deserve, we asked him – and he'll be wrestling one on one, too, and his title will be on the line.

“Because we know CGC fans deserve it, and we can tell TCW fans deserve it. You're going to see why they call us DeGreatest Family in wrestling.

“Now... Jack and Marie are off having a quiet New Year together. And that's fine. And Steve – well, he's Steve. He'll be working out. And Ricky will be scouting tapes. So tonight, it's just me.

“And I normally leave this to Steve, but he'd never forgive me – but Toronto, do you know where we are?”

The entire arena bellow their knowledge. Alex raises his fist again, punching the air with every word.

“THIS! IS! DeCOLT! COUNTRY!”

The reverberations die away, and Alex grins. “That's all I got, guys. Hope it's big enough. ADC out!”

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Davis Wayne Newton w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean McFly
The speed of the exchanges here is absolutely blistering. McFly has something to prove – and he clearly intends to use the American Tiger as the target to prove it against. On the other hand, Sean McFly. He's never been an easy target, he likely never will be – and historically, his weak spots have revolved around facing stronger men than he.

The Triple Threat isn't a stronger man – but he's willing to throw punches like one. Still, McFly has the younger man scouted. When Davis goes for his Fisherman's Suplex, it almost ends the match – but not the way Davis would have wanted, as Sean counters, spinning him out and hitting the Delorean Driver.

Whatever else you want to say about him, Newton kicking out of that is impressive. He comes back, as best he can, with a running blitz of innovative, full-speed offence, shifting styles second by second. The STF gets countered, too, and Sean finds his own second or third wind, eventually coming off the top rope with a diving cross-body.

It's just too bad for him that Davis is in position to roll it through. With a handfull of tights, both hands, and sheerest bloody determination he keeps McFly's shoulders down for three.
Davis Wayne Newton defeated Sean McFly
Rating: B+

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Autumn Gleeson's winsome smile welcomes the viewer to the backstage interview area. Beside her stands Laura Huggins and a very focused looking Sean Deeley.

“G'day, everyone,” she begins. “We're right in the middle of one heck of a Pay-Per-View and I want to start by saying Happy New Year to all of you – but right now, my guest is preparing for a match, and he's up next.

“Sean – you said when you won the International Championship that you wanted to make sure the title was treated with the respect it deserves. You've been exercising a champion's prerogative we don't see often in TCW – the right to choose your challengers. And so far that's given you some serious challenges – but this Best of Seven series is proving to be tough for you. Two matches in and you're two-nil down.

“That has to affect how you're approaching tonight's match?”

Deeley nods. “I only want to put this title on the line against wrestlers I can respect,” he says. “Usually when a champion exercises their prerogative, they select people they're sure they can beat, and TCW overrules. So far they acknowledge that I'm doing my best by this title.

“I wanted to prove how much this title means. I wanted to resurrect the tradition of the Best of Seven series to do it. And Freddy – well, he seemed the right man to do it with.

“I've been beaten twice. You could say that I can afford one more loss, maybe, but I don't think a wrestler can afford to think like that, and I don't.

“I respect Freddy Huggins a lot. But this belt around my waist? What it stands for? I respect that much, much more – and I will be holding onto it. Tonight I pick up the first win – and I don't intend to lose again.”

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Sean Deeley © w/ Laura Huggins 0 – 2 Freddy Huggins
There's a fair amount of speed here, but it is, overall, a slower, more calculating match than took place previously. On the other hand, there's a lot more on the line for both men.

Deeley in particular plays it cool, and looks to wear down Huggins, focusing on the shoulder. It's clear from the off that he's setting up for the Sure Shot – and a lot of Freddy's counters to armlocks put brief overstress on his shoulder, such as the backward kick to break the hold which requires him to lean further into the pressure.

Freddy still maintains a strong challenge, and at points shocks the crowd with some remarkable athleticism, flipping backward off the ropes to land behind Deeley with a lungblower.

That lets him set up for the Huggins Kiss, but Sean has the move scouted. He ducks it. Furious, Freddy nails him with a bodyslam, catches him again with the HugginDriver – but he doesn't pin. He backs up and sets for the Kiss again.

Once again, Sean has the move scouted; he catches the foot, spins Freddy, and when the challenger has his back to him he grabs the shoulder and drags him down, locking in the Sure Shot – and forcing the tapout.
Sean Deeley defeated Freddy Huggins
Rating: B+

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Once again we go backstage with Autumn Gleeson, though the smile isn't nearly as strong as it was earlier; a little more fake.

“My guest at this time, the self-proclaimed Triple Threat of Generation Omega. Davis, you had arguably the biggest win of your solo career earlier tonight. We might say a thing or two about how, but no one can dispute that you won. Your thoughts?”

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Davis smirks at the camera. “Like I've already told everybody, Davis Wayne Newton is a man of his word. I said nobody was going to beat me. Nobody's beat me. One month from now, I'm going to go into the Shot at the Top match at Malice in Wonderland. I'm going to win the Ticket to the Top, and a year after that to the day I will cash in my Ticket and become World Heavyweight Champion.

“You can – and should – believe that. Bottom line is that it's going to happen. I give my word on it.

“Meantime, Autumn, get with the program. You've kept saying you want a winning tag team; I'm thinking I might spend some of next year being a tag champion. I'll have time to kill. If you want to stick around with us, I'm sure Phil won't mind...” He grins. She flinches.

“Some would say,” she presses on, “that it's only through underhand tactics you won out tonight. What would you say to that?”

“Ridiculous,” he answers promptly. “You ask me, what did Sean McFly in is that Jeremy Stone can't train for anything.”

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British Lions © w/ Laura Huggins vs. Eternal Party
The styles of these two teams are almost precise opposites, but Eternal Party are at least comfortable going to the mat. On paper, this could be said to give them an advantage, giving them at the very least a chance to counter the Lions at the champs' game.

There is, however, a world of difference between the straightforward competence on the mat of Champagne Lover and the sheer blinding skill exhibited by Walter Morgan when it comes to hold, counter-hold and excruciating submission.

Edd is a different proposition; too unpredictable to be easy to counter. Meanwhile, Champagne Lover can pick up the pace and brawl – and the match does break down, at one point, into a fistfight between Lover and Merle.

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Around when that's happening the New Wave are spotted making their way angrily down the ramp, steel chairs in hand, but again, the Blonde Bombshell gets in front of them. The three stage a standoff on the ropes.

By the time Walter Morgan is back in, applying a crucifix stretch only for Edd to attempt to lock in a simultaneous prawn hold, the Bombshell has managed to usher her clients backstage. The camera's also picked up Laura Huggins looking thoughtfully at the altercation on the ramp.

Eventually, Morgan manages to apply the Wigan Wrench on Edd Stone, forcing him after a long struggle to tap out.
British Lions defeated Eternal Party
Rating: B

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Laura grabs a microphone even as the match is ending. While Ray Johnson raises her clients' arms aloft, she climbs into the ring.

She shoots a glance back at the entrance ramp and lifts the mic to her lips. “Ladies and gentlemen,” she begins, “the British Lions - still your World Tag Team Champions!”

Approval resounds. She raises a hand.

“In one month's time, Malice in Wonderland arrives. And for the second night of Malice, TCW wrestle in Britain for the first time. Merle and Walter haven't been there to wrestle for two years... and after tonight, chances are good that they're going to be champions there.

“They want to wrestle the very best, for their titles, in their home country.” She smiles slightly. “I can't blame them.

“They've chosen the Machines as their opponents. But after tonight...” A shake of the head. “The New Wave are still unfinished business, and last night Edd Stone and his cronies kept us from finishing that here.

“So what I suggest is that on Night One, in the USA, the British Lions take on the New Wave. Whoever wins faces the Machines in London.” She looks to the Lions themselves. After a brief moment, they give slight nods.

“But understand this... we will be winning. Both nights.”

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Christian Faith vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
A brawl, pure and simple – but when Christian Faith wants a wrestling fan to watch him, he really does know exactly how to go about it. The flash and flare of the early punches gets the crowd psyched, and that's before Remo manages to return fire – something Faith doesn't seem keen to allow.

He whips Remo to the ropes, and seems to wait – Remo comes off with a shoulderblock and Faith sidesteps! The supreme specimen staggers himself – big boot from Faith!

Early on, the Texas Outlaw seems to have this one in control, but little by little it seems to sink in that Remo won't be kept down. A volley of an almost-unprecedented nine Faith Hammers and a Leap of Faith to follow up – gets a long two.

Remo begins to rally, but Faith has the Destroyer scouted. A Lumbar Puncture gets a long two, but the biggest advantage Remo has – the huge Destroyer, one of the deadliest moves in TCW – seems to have been neutralised.

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What clinches it, in the end, is surprising. Another series of Faith Hammers busts Remo open, and Eugene Williams is checking on him – when Jacob Jett nails a missile dropkick to the back of Faith's head. He staggers forward, and Remo sees opportunity knocking.

The Destroyer follows, and – as almost invariably happens – the three count is not long in coming.
Remo Richardson defeated Christian Faith
Rating: B

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Faith slowly makes his way back to his feet, Remo standing atop the corner of a turnbuckle, arms raised, not so much celebrating as proclaiming his victory.

Down at ringside, Phil Vibert is suddenly antsy, nervous. Remo glances down, follows his gaze, sees Faith limping toward him.

He jumps down, turning, to face Faith.

There's a long moment of silence, the two men facing one another off, then Faith extends his hand for a shake.

Remo looks down at it, shrugs, and rolls out of the ring, face still impassive.

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The camera briefly cuts to a spot backstage. Aaron Andrews has been watching proceedings on a monitor. As Remo walks away, the in-ring footage lingering on Faith's rebuffed face, Andrews turns away, shaking his head, apparently disappointed.

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JeriLynn Stone © vs. Serena Starr
Azaria takes great pains to remind everyone, as this match begins, that Serena Starr is undefeated, as is her fellow Leading Light; that last month, when Michelle Cox challenged JeriLynn, the best the champ could earn was a draw.

The contest starts out nicely; a good run of chain wrestling, with Stone having an answer for all of Starr's tricks, a counter to all her best efforts. In this early feeling-out stage, JeriLynn doesn't seem to be taking the fight back to her opponent much; it looks like she's much more interested in gauging what Starr can do before she goes to war.

Then Serena changes tack. It starts with a thumb to the eye, then a slap – and when she once again abruptly switches gear, hitting a dropkick followed by a short-arm lariat, a butterfly suplex, and then the setup for her big move, the twisting DDT known as the Nova – but JeriLynn counters! She powers out and goes for it.

A Stone's Throw gets two. Starr makes the ropes off the Stone Hold, and JeriLynn shrugs at the slowdown, going to the turnbuckle and setting up for the Girl's Best Friend – but Starr blocks that, turning it into a tower DDT into the ring. She goes for the pin, but Stone rolls out of the ring.

Starr follows, unleashing a beatdown but becoming aware that Ray Johnson is counting, sliding back into the ring at eight, leaving JeriLynn Stone down on the outside. She picks up the win, but doesn't take home the prize.
Serena Starr defeated JeriLynn Stone when Stone could not answer the count of ten
Rating: B

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Art Reed vs. Matthew Keith
Each man hesitantly approaches the other in the early going.

Art goes after Matt’s left arm, getting an armwrench into a wristlock, hurriedly reinforced into a full-on standing armbar.

The hold stays locked in a surprising length of time, but in the end Keith centres himself properly, plants one foot, lifts the other up over the hold – three quick kicks to the head, firing only from the knee but it's enough.

The hold breaks and Keith follows up with another kick, this one hard to the chest. Reed makes his way back to his feet – Matt charges – Art sidesteps, rolling his opponent down into a crossface. The hold stays for a few moments, but Matt handstands forward.

He comes back off the ropes – Reed meets him with a hip toss – dropkick as Keith regains his feet – Art covers – ONE – NO!

Matt rolls clear. A trio of chops to the chest gets followed up when he hits the ropes and nails a big boot; he keeps going, off the ropes again, legdrop and a cover – ONE – NO!

Reed stops a punch, steps back, jumps for the dropkick only for Matt to catch the legs in mid-air. He looks to tie up in a clovercleaf – Reed counters it into a small package – ONE, TW- Matt out again and immediately kicks Reed straight in the face.

They split apart and circle again. Keith hits the ropes, coming in fast – he eats a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker from Reed, who keeps him braced for a moment, emphasising the back strain. A suplex follows, and Reed whips him to the corner – running charge – Matt sidesteps, leaving Art hanging up from the top rope by his knee after a flying kick.

Keith boosts him up and over the top rope, letting him tumble to the floor. As Reed recovers, Matt makes his way onto the apron and swings a low kick at Reed's face, using the height differential, but Art ducks it – grabs Matt's foot, yanks – the ring apron effectively jawbreakers Matt on his way down!

Reed nails a back suplex before rolling Matt back into the ring and sliding in after him. He goes for the Dread Lock, but Keith blocks it, rolling him into a kimura – but they're close enough to the ropes for Reed to hook one with an ankle, forcing the break.

Matthew's to his feet first. The prodigal Keith peppers Reed's torso with stiff kicks, but eventually Art catches one – spins him round – hops to the second rope – enzuigiri!

Punches are exchanged in the centre of the ring. Matthew starts to get the better of the exchange but Art ducks one and nails a superkick. Cover! ONE, TWO – NO!

Reed drags Matt back to his feet and hits a neckbreaker. He covers – Matt powers out, snagging Reed by the leg, pulling him in – sets for the Neutron Plex – Reed pops out and down the other side!

To the ropes – tornado DDT! Reed measures Matt, waiting – bulldog! Cover! ONE, TWO – NO!

Matt blocks the next charge by getting his boot up, catching Reed in the throat. He tries a German – holds the bridge – ONE, TWO, TH- NO!

Art gets whipped to the corner. Running dropkick by Matt is sidestepped. DARK MATTER!

Reed takes a moment to recover, rubbing feeling back into his throat, then makes the pin – ONE, TWO, THRE- NO! Another Dark Matter attempt – countered! Matt rides it down into a Katahajime choke!

Somehow, Reed squirms clear, kicking the last of the way free. He comes back with an enzuigiri, but doesn't cover, falling back to recuperate. Keith comes up with a roaring lariat, then goes to the top rope. He comes off with a soaring knee drop, but Reed rolls clear, grabbing Matt from where he lies prone and face down to nail a double-chickenwing suplex – holds on – ONE, TWO, THR- NO!

Keith dropkicks the knee out from under Reed, looks for the ankle lock – Reed rolls through – Dread Lock – no! He can't get it on! He can't get it on! Keith elbows free! NEUTRON PLEX! Cover! ONE, TWO, THRE- NO!

Keith looks for the Proton Lock, but Reed has that scouted. He flips it clear – running neckbreaker! BLOODSTONE MUTILATION! He has it locked in! Matt struggles – he seems to be fading...

No! Somehow, he gets an arm clear – shifts position – rolls him up into a cradle! ONE, TWO, THRE- NO! Reed pops out!

Matthew Keith screams in frustration. Reed is crouched, stalking him, looking for another Dark Matter – but Keith kicks him in the sternum, jolting him upright – whips him to the corner – running back elbow!

With his body blocking Reed's from sight of the ref – ASIAN MIST! A kick to the side of Reed's head – Matt grabs the front facelock, runs around the ropes, swinging DDT! Cover! ONE, TWO, THRE- NO!

Keith pounds the mat with closed fist twice. Reed is halfway back to his feet – another kick to the chest by Matt! Another! Throat kick! PROTON LOCK! Keith keeps the pressure tamped down just as hard as he can. After almost thirty seconds in the hold, Reed taps!
Matthew Keith defeated Art Reed
Rating: A*

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Wolf Hawkins © w/ Phil Vibert vs. Aaron Andrews vs. Brent Hill
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Eric Tyler vs. John Anderson vs. Zimmy
All six men in the ring to begin with. Hawkins sticks to one corner as Andrews and Zimmy size each other up – lockup between those two young men – Andrews overpowers Zimmy, shoots him off the ropes – Zimmy takes the opportunity to nail Anderson with a running leg lariat!

Hawkins hits Hill from behind with a high knee off that distraction – and Eric Tyler grabs Wolf from behind, snapping him down into a backbreaker! He keeps it locked in as a hold!

Andrews spares a glance for that, then turns back to the fray – and Zimmy is already on him with a discus punch! Anderson helps Hill up and the two Machines retreat to adjacent corners, watching the action. As Azaria points out, the elimination rules really do favour them waiting their time.

Meanwhile, Tyler is facing trouble. Hawkins has a hand free, and he's using that well to punch his way out of the hold. Zimmy manages a go-behind on Andrews – German suplex attempt, but Andrews blocks it – elbows free – German from Aaron – ZIMMY LANDS ON HIS FEET! INVERTED DDT BY ZIMMY! COVER! ONE, TWO – NO!

For a second there the Darkwave man looked like he was going to change the face of the matchup.

He's still aiming to capitalise; as Aaron recovers, Zimmy hits the far ropes, obviously looking for the Blood Rush – he meets Anderson on the rebound, Anderson hitting a snap release overhead belly-to-belly! Zimmy lands with a crash and Eric Tyler scrambles to the cover! ONE, TW- NO!

Without Eric occupying him, Hawkins faces Hill, who locks up and tries for a snap suplex. Wolf slips out, landing behind him, and goes for a Full Moon Rising, but Anderson blocks it, catching the leg and spinning him round to set up a stereo suplex by the Machines.

Andrews puts Tyler down with a spinebuster and calls to the Machines, seemingly wanting to direct traffic. Brent and John exchange looks, their expressions bursting simultaneously into smiles.

They pull the champion up and whip him toward Aaron, who nails a spinebuster – and a second later, Zimmy comes off the middle rope, smashing Andrews head-first into Hawkins' midsection with a blockbuster.

Sam Sparrow goes to make the count while John Anderson moves to tussle with Zimmy, Hill going after Tyler simultaneously by that same almost eerie unspoken consent. Andrews is technically pinning Wolf – ONE, TWO – NO!

Hawkins gets the shoulder up, and he and Aaron roll apart, taking their time to rise. Meanwhile, abruptly, the Machines release their lock-ups, switching opponents by stepping past each other, both men nailing dropkicks to put their partner's opponent down.

Eric Tyler is, somewhat surprisingly, up first. Wolf Hawkins sees an opportunity – he catches him with the Full Moon Rising! Tyler staggers forward – Aaron Andrews is waiting – GAME BREAKER! COVER! ONE, TWO, THREE!

Elimination #1: Eric Tyler is eliminated.

Brent Hill goes after Zimmy, but the powerbomb attempt gets countered. The Darkwave man sends Hill crashing to the mat with a rana, then pops up to superkick Anderson. He covers – ONE, TWO, THR- NO!

In the meantime, Hawkins and Andrews have closed again. They exchange punches in the centre of the ring – Wolf whips Andrews to the corner – Zimmy sees his opportunity – Zimmy charges across the ring to nail the Blood Rush on Andrews! Cover! ONE, TWO, THRE- NO! Aaron gets his shoulder up literally at the last possible moment.

Zimmy, frustrated, vaults to the top rope, looking for the split-legged moonsault – Hill catches him on the shoulder – twisting off-the-shoulder powerslam! Hawkins DDTs Hill as he pops up on his knees!

Wolf ducks a swing from John Anderson at that point. He sets for the Wolf's Call – Andrews chop blocks his leg out from under him! WOLF STILL LANDS COVERING ANDERSON! ONE, TWO, NO!

Hawkins is up, just about. Andrews charges from behind – BLUE THUNDER BOMB BY HAWKINS! ONE, TWO, TH- NO!

Andrews somehow kicks out again. He and Wolf once again go punch for punch. Meanwhile, Hill drags Zimmy to his feet – snap suplex. He picks him up again and whips him toward Anderson – dropkick by Anderson! AMMO DUMP!

Hill jumps to the top rope. Wolf Hawkins promptly whips Andrews into that corner, sending the Machine tumbling from the top to faceplant on the canvas.

“That's twice Wolf's saved Zimmy,” Azaria says. “Whether he's right or not – he thinks the Machines are the bigger threat.”

John Anderson looks to prove that, grabbing Wolf and setting up for the Ammo Dump. He plants his feet, though, and straightens up – then arches back – leaving Anderson's shoulders pinned to the mat! ONE, TWO – NO!

Hawkins kips up and sees Aaron Andrews perched on the top rope. He promptly grabs Zimmy and moves him in the way of Andrews' flying cross-body. ONE, TWO – NO!

As Aaron regains his feet, Wolf blindsides him with a spear. Both men crash into the turnbuckle.

Anderson and Hill pick themselves up. They look around, seeing Zimmy groggy, and move in. Stereo suplex on Zimmy, and Wolf Hawkins is busy boosting Andrews onto the top turnbuckle. Zimmy blocks the Ammo Dump again, twists clear, and whips Hill into Anderson.

Hawkins goes up to the top rope alongside Andrews. He's looking for the Solo Spanish Fly – but Andrews is ready for him. They exchange punches as Zimmy nails the Blood Rush on Hill.

Andrews blocks a punch by Hawkins and hip tosses him from the top turnbuckle!

With Hill on all fours, rising, Zimmy seizes his opportunity. He chases across the ring, stomping on Hawkins' midsection, leaping onto Hill's back, and soaring to catch Andrews, poised precariously on the top rope, with a Blood Rush.

Andrews flies backward, not landing in the ring but coming to rest amidst the fresh wreckage of the announce table he shatters on the way down. The crowd bust out the chants of “HO-LY-****!”

Meanwhile, Anderson pops up behind Zimmy, staring daggers at the back of his head. The Darkwave man turns around – boot to the gut – AMMO DUMP! COVER! ONE, TWO, THREE!

Elimination #2: Zimmy

Andrews hasn't stirred on the outside as Anderson helps his tag partner to his feet. The two of them look at their former stablemate, Wolf Hawkins, as he uses the ropes to pull himself back up.

Anderson charges, and Wolf drops down, taking the top rope with him. The man known as the Human Arsenal sails over the top and lands on a departing Zimmy, adding more injury to injury.

Wolf Hawkins is alone in the ring with Brent Hill. Hill closes in – dropkick! Both men back to their feet – superkick by Hill! Cover! ONE, TWO, THR- NO!

The champion is still in this. He makes it back to his feet and ducks a lariat. Hill almost entirely evades the Full Moon Rising, but catches it barely, between the shoulderblades. It forces him down to hands and knees – and Hawkins flips forward into a Kingman Roll! The pin is good! ONE, TWO, THREE!

Elimination #3: Brent Hill

John Anderson is slowly recovering on the outside. Hawkins rolls onto his back, alone in the ring, sucking in air as he looks to recover.

He seems to have the time; Aaron Andrews still isn't moving, and it's around now that Mayhem Midden calls for an EMT or two to come down and check up on his welfare.

Anderson returns to the ring, and you can see the regret and frustration on Hawkins' face as he makes his way back to his feet to answer him. The Human Arsenal regards his former stablemate for a long moment, then turns to watch the EMTs arrive – and Hawkins does the same thing.

They both migrate to the nearest rope to watch as the EMTs rule Andrews unfit to compete further tonight. Anderson actually leads the crowd in a round of applause as the ring announcer makes it clear that he will not be returning to action.

Elimination #4: Aaron Andrews

Hawkins doesn't join in, but as the stretcher appears, being led hurriedly down the ramp, he gets back to action. A hard series of chops – he sets for the Wolf's Call – Anderson elbows free!

The pair are driven a couple of paces apart – crisp dropkick by Anderson! The Human Arsenal points to the turnbuckle! He goes to the top rope – Hawkins is up faster than he expected, grabs the rope and shakes it. Anderson keeps his balance – Wolf grips the rope in both hands and jumps up and nails him in the head with a kick!

Somehow, the Human Arsenal still doesn't fall. Hawkins seems fired up now, sensing the end is near. He scrambles up there – SOLO SPANISH FLY! Hawkins crawls to the cover! ONE, TWO, THRE- NO!

How Anderson kicked out, Hawkins obviously isn't sure – not at all. He pulls him up – Wolf's Call sets up again – Anderson twists out – AMMO DUMP! COVER! ONE, TWO, THR- NO!

Anderson shakes his head, but he scrambles to the top rope. KING OF THE HILL – MISSES!

Hawkins takes a moment to regain his feet, then assesses the situation. He goes for a variant on the Minnesota Cloverleaf – but Anderson manages, somehow, to make the ropes – and Wolf drags him back to the centre of the ring!

Sam Sparrow is close in, checking whether Anderson wants to submit or not. He can be seen shaking his head – his hand finds Hawkins' ankle – DEADLY HEEL HOOK! Marc Speed, the 'Third Machine', might be on the injured list, but his finishing move is alive and well – and might crown a new TCW champion!

Hawkins has had to break the Cloverleaf from the pain. He's gone through a month of hell. Anderson grapevines the leg, and Wolf has to crawl... foot by foot... but he makes the ropes! Sparrow breaks the hold and once again, Hawkins finds himself pulling himself up by the ropes.

Anderson regroups and charges. Wolf braces the damaged foot on the bottom rope and uses that for takeoff velocity, meeting him with a desperation Full Moon Rising. He collapses, clutching at his leg, and eventually rolls to cover – ONE, TWO, THR- NO!

Both men separate and, this time, both men reach the ropes to pull themselves up.

The Human Arsenal boots the champ in the gut. Once again he goes for the Ammo Dump – but Wolf manages to twist clear. His bad knee gives out and he drops, but he grabs Anderson's waistband – pulls him closer – and with one arm on the top rope, the powers up. WOLF'S CALL! Hawkins collapses on Anderson! ONE, TWO, THREE!
Wolf Hawkins defeated Aaron Andrews, Brent Hill, Eric Tyler, John Anderson and Zimmy
Rating: A*

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Davis Wayne Newton and Joey Minnesota arrive through the crowd, climbing into the ring to help their stablemate the champion to his feet. Of Wolf And Man is thundering through the Olympic Stadium speakers as Sparrow hands Hawkins his belt, which – leaning on Minnesota – he raises into the air with an aura of triumph – and then his gaze falls on the entrance ramp. The satisfied smile fades into a flat-out snarl, and the camera turns to see why.

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Tommy Cornell is standing there staring his former protegee down. Behind him, smiling, chain wrapped around his fist, is the Bloody-Handed God, Eddie Peak.

“That's all we have time for, guys,” Azaria calls into the mic. “From everybody at TCW, Happy New Year!”

Show Rating: A*

Phantom Stranger

04-17-2012, 05:04 PM

Show Notes:

This makes over 600,000 words written just on the shows and backstage segments of this diary.
Art, Matt, Wolf, Aaron, the Machines: They. Will. Deliver.
Year End Awards to follow
There is one in-game month to go, guys. This probably translates to around two months.

Blake Trask

04-17-2012, 05:15 PM

Phantom Stranger

04-17-2012, 05:48 PM

A Wolf clone in the final segment!?

Great PPV, just excellent, especially the main and semi main events. I knew Frankie couldn't be all good...

I'm curious to see where the Invasion element is going to go. ELITE getting in was fairly obvious, of course, but that's some interesting new talent onto the roster. (Though 'talent' is probably a dubious way of referring to DaLay...). I'm definitely pumped up for the home stretch.

Good catch, Blake, thanks. Edited now.

And yeah, Frankie Perez hasn't just dropped his issues with Umaga just because Umaga is brushing him off in favour of other things... and that may well explain why. Umaga's priorities are not those of most of the fanbase; I think of him as the 'spoiler' of TCW. He'll come out and kick your ass because he thinks you're taking things for granted, and he gets in the way...

Phantom Stranger

04-17-2012, 05:49 PM

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04-17-2012, 06:13 PM

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Eidenhoek

04-17-2012, 10:27 PM

K, I got like two shows of pointless meanderings to go through, so bear with me:
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Money. Jett. Maverick.

Well, at some point in my prediction I did name those names.
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Edd superkicks the lamp.

You do realize that, before this point in the scene, you didn't mention a lamp. So somehow, for some reason, Edd now carries a lamp with him.
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I know the end to the ELITE storyline and the money problems and all that.

THE BILLION DOLLAR MAN, MONEY GILMORE.

You just made me a fan of this angle, Phantom. I am completely on-board.

Oh, oh, and for all you Edd Stone fans, you thought him popping his jaw out of socket at Blonde Bombshell was good, Jessie is canonically the hottest woman in wrestling. And, and, wait for it, SHE'S MARRIED TO ANGRY GILMORE INSTANT MATCH RATINGS YEAHSAOJS;LKJS
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If they win, Maverick/Jeremy plz.
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And Frankie Perez delivers a brutal hook kick into the chair, driving it into Rhino Umaga's head, felling him.

DAMMIT VIBERT YOU HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS
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Ever wondered what it would be like to see John Pathlow wrestle himself?

No. However I would have wanted to see him wrestle Hell Monkey/Thunder Snake/Storm Eagle.

It's rare, to say the least, that Pathlow has wrestled himself

waitwut?

Oh, and
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Totally read the chants as wanting the band. Stupid Thunderstruck. Man, why doesn't ADC use ACDC music?

With a grin, Alex punches the air again – and the crowd do the same. He gestures, and they fall silent, and still grinning, Alex shakes his head. He tucks the mic into his jeans pocket and extends his left arm to the side – and begins to run, sprinting down the aisle, around the ring, and back up to where he stood before, allowing everyone close enough to glad-hand him.

Jericho?

DeGreatest Family in wrestling.

I almost called them "DeShotCarrotOutMyNose Family in wrestling.
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McFly has something to prove – and he clearly intends to use the American Tiger as the target to prove it against.

Wait a second...

and historically, his weak spots have revolved around facing a microphone.

Fixed that line for you >_>
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only for Edd to attempt to lock in a simultaneous prawn hold,

I assume he's choking Morgan out with a prawn.
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adding more injury to injury.

Shouldn't that be-oh wait.
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Art Reed? Wow, that's...unexpected.

Phantom Stranger

04-18-2012, 06:30 AM

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1st January 2010
2010... this project has been the longest time I've ever kept a diary going. Once again, some notes on the thinking behind each match on the Pay-Per-View:

ELITE vs. TCW: This wasn't originally supposed to happen. This slot was pencilled in for a Falls Count Anywhere between Troy and Sammy when I did the month's plan, but mid-month everything changed. Troy and Sammy was easiest to drop without hurting the storyline; in fact, with Jack Bruce kidnapped, arguably we helped it. In other situations ELITE would have lost, setting up a chase for contracts we could have used to build possibly over months, but we need them to look dominant fast. At the same time we build toward Perez/Umaga at Malice in Wonderland – which much to my surprise seems to have box office value, rather than simply being a showcase for them both.
Acid vs. John Pathlow: I dislike giving away a champion's title on their first big defence, and more so when it's their first reign – makes them look like a fluke. In the mid-term, Pathlow will be defending outside the School of Tradition/Team KOBRA upcoming feud, though the American Dojo will continue to be involved in that, both to build up non-faction talent and to remind everybody that this belt isn't just about giving the feud a prop. In the long-term... difficult to say. The All Action Division reconfigures easily.
Davis Wayne Newton vs. Sean McFly: We're building Davis to make sure we have a strong storyline going into the Shot at the Top, and to avoid knocking the wind out of the new character's sales. Sean will be rebuilt shortly, but honestly his next big match will sell regardless, so building Davis was the priority.
Freddy Huggins vs. Sean Deeley: Match three of a Best of Seven series, doing exactly what you'd want from it; I really don't have much to say about this one. Freddy's determination to land the Kiss resurfaces and costs him.
British Lions vs. Eternal Party: At Malice the Lions face the two longest-running 'top' teams TCW has on consecutive nights. Having reinserted the New Wave into the title scene, I turned to Edd to come up with a way to postpone the rematch a month, and the Scavenger Hunt, while nothing I expected, was a welcome surprise in that it got people talking. This was a placeholder defence for the Lions, but with Edd's fanbase, one where they could justifiably be expected to drop the belts.
Christian Faith vs. Remo Richardson: Christian asked for this. We might've run it on to Malice, but the ELITE attacks justified not working a schmozz ending and I can move on to my preferred opponent for Remo at Malice, while freeing Christian up to get involved elsehwere in the Generation Omega feud – I don't want the seven GenOm matches at Malice to feel like retreads of ongoing feuds.
JeriLynn Stone vs. Serena Starr: Once again, setup. With Alicia in the mix, a lot of people assumed she'd be jumping to the head of the queue, but while her character certainly expected to, part of the reason for doing that was to emphasise that that's not how it happens in TCW – the other part being to give the fans a chance to realise how arrogant her catchphrase is. Ricky did well here; Alicia moves into the title picture next year, after the payoff to the Lights feud at Malice.
Art Reed vs. Matthew Keith: Hopefully as self-explanatory as the Best of Seven. Matthew's spent the past few months rolling through his former allies and his brother's current allies, and will collide with his brother at the biggest show of the year. Now, I have to give Art credit for holding up his end of the match – I think he remains as viable a main eventer as he was before.
Wolf vs. Aaron vs. Brent vs. Eric vs. John vs. Zimmy: Elimination puts the title in greater jeopardy, and we give five great workers their due in the main event against the champion. My basic description as far as the final section was “John, you have five minutes of hope spot; Wolf, put him down at the end.” They delivered in fine style, but I also have to give Aaron credit for putting his body on the line the way he did. It could cost him his Malice spot, but thankfully it looks like it hasn't.

James Casey

04-19-2012, 06:27 AM

Phantom Stranger

04-19-2012, 07:12 AM

Heck of a show, PS. Good, solid logic to the choices as well - I'd forgotten Pathlow was a new champion.

Malice is shaping up to be a hell of a show. How many matches do you expect to have across the two nights?

Nineteen matches across two nights. Plus celebrities, bands, and all the other woo-wa I won't be able to justify in the next diary.

Phantom Stranger

04-19-2012, 07:58 AM

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Welcome to 2010! The gang at the TCW.com bunker are looking forwrd to another year of fantastic wrestling. Let's see what's on tap as we start the year...

The Fly Boys have the honour of starting the year, alongside masked high-flyers Tooth & Claw. Can the luchador combo pull out the win, or will Goldworthy's team get their foot on the tag ladder?

In one on one competition, John Pathlow's student American Fox takes on Frankie Dee of the School of Tradition. You could call this an echo of the All Action title match from the weekend, but it's also a way to gauge whose teaching method is better...

Tag team action follows. After a loss Sunday night to ELITE, Golden Law have requested a chance to challenge themselves against giants again to make up for their struggles against Dan DaLay - so M.A.D. are on board against them. Will power or determination win out?

And on the female side of the equation, champ JeriLynn Stone and Kate Dangerous ally against the duo of Raku Makuda and Tamara McFly. Four fantastic competitors - but who's going to win out?

More fallout from the ELITE war. Joe Money and Maverick, who tagged up in CGC as 'Double J', offered a challenge to Rhino Umaga, apparently as a taunt. The man who's stepped up alongside Umaga? His cousin, Giant Tana. Can the might of Samoa overcome ELITE?

Christian Faith told us after the show that he respects Sean Deeley's attitude to the International Championship and wants to show him some stuff. With the other Texas Outlaws currently on the shelf, Faith and Deeley have taken the opportunity to unite, facing rising stars of the wrestling world in Elimination Protocol. That should be a humdinger - and then we come to the main event.

Troy Tornado was seen last week abducting Jack Bruce. Bruce's ally, Sammy Bach, has been livid - justifiably, we might say - and the result is Tornado and Bach, tonight... in a steel cage.

Prediction Key:
Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Tooth & Claw

American Fox vs. Frankie Dee

Golden Law vs. M.A.D.

JeriLynn Stone & Kate Dangerous vs. Raku Makuda & Tamara McFly

Double J (Joe Money & Maverick) vs. Giant Tana & Rhino Umaga

Elimination Protocol vs. Christian Faith & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

STEEL CAGE
Sammy Bach vs. Troy Tornado

Phantom Stranger

04-19-2012, 08:28 AM

Brief behind-the-scenes note, gang:

As you can see, the play button I've been using all this time is no longer available. It was the one image I didn't host myself, so it's my own fault - but at this point I'm afraid I DO refuse to go through and change every previous iteration of it, because it would take God knows how long.

For the remainder of the month it will be replaced with:

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Zergon

04-19-2012, 09:26 AM

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Tooth & Claw
jobbers.

American Fox vs. Frankie Dee
Doing slighly more.

Golden Law vs. M.A.D.
Didn´t even know that M.A.D was still around. Anyway Golden LAw has been doing much more lately.

JeriLynn Stone & Kate Dangerous vs. Raku Makuda & Tamara McFly
Neither girl doesn´t seem like big enough name to go over Jerilynn.

Double J (Joe Money & Maverick) vs. Giant Tana & Rhino Umaga
I´m guessing that ELITE stays strong.

Elimination Protocol vs. Christian Faith & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
Bigger names.

STEEL CAGE
Sammy Bach vs. Troy Tornado
Could go either way but I think that Bach would get more from the win.

Regis

04-19-2012, 10:10 AM

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Tooth & Claw
JOBBERS!

American Fox vs. Frankie Dee
JOBBER!

Golden Law vs. M.A.D.
JOBBERS TO THE STARS!

JeriLynn Stone & Kate Dangerous vs. Raku Makuda & Tamara McFly
Top faces... yeah, but no chance.

Double J (Joe Money & Maverick) vs. Giant Tana & Rhino Umaga
Keep the ELITE guys strong.

Elimination Protocol vs. Christian Faith & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
JOBBERS!

STEEL CAGE
Sammy Bach vs. Troy Tornado
Oh, man, I really don't know... Let's say Tornado.

Oregano Jensen

04-22-2012, 04:53 AM

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Tooth & Claw

I guess that in order to be a lower midcarder, you occasionally have to win one.

American Fox vs. Frankie Dee

He that loveth not Fox Mask loveth not TEW.

Golden Law vs. M.A.D.

Wow... M.A.D. is still around. It's a stretch that Khoklov could be this buried. Yes, yes, he's not a good worker. But he's also the biggest man on the roster by 150 pounds or so -- 'undoubtedly the most physically intimidating wrestler of all time, a man whose size, freakish power, and ripped physique redefine the term "monster heel".' Except, apparently in TCW, where they redefine the term "midcard tag specialist." I understand these are the game mechanics, but personally, it's tough for me to see a promotion treat the idea of a relatively normal-sized guy beating Khoklov so casually. Of course, Golden and Rick Law are pretty big... but still.

JeriLynn Stone & Kate Dangerous vs. Raku Makuda & Tamara McFly

I think the Lights get involved in some capacity, but I don't think that's enough to tip the win here.

Double J (Joe Money & Maverick) vs. Giant Tana & Rhino Umaga

TCW has two Samoans, but they don't have the best Samoan. This is a smart booking for Double J's first win -- two guys with enough recent success to be credible, not attached to any bigger stable, but they're not even a full-time tag team, so it's tough to know where to rate them...

Elimination Protocol vs. Christian Faith & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

EP making the semi-main!! And getting kind of squashed, probably.

STEEL CAGE
Sammy Bach vs. Troy Tornado

I have no idea where this is going, but I suppose we'll find out.

Blake Trask

04-22-2012, 05:19 AM

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Tooth & Claw

Tooth & Claw's job cred is even higher than that of the Fly Boys

American Fox vs. Frankie Dee

Fox Mask > Dee.

Golden Law vs. M.A.D.

M.A.D. don't win... which as Oregano said, is a little odd to consider sometimes. Then again It's TCW where workrate comes first, and Khoklov lacks that, so hey. Big Show and Great Khali lose fairly regularly in WWE, and they HAVE to be considered the real world's giant size wrestlers, don't they? Once the monster aura goes, the big men aren't quite as indomitable.

JeriLynn Stone & Kate Dangerous vs. Raku Makuda & Tamara McFly

Raku may have helped establish the division, but Jeri and Kate are way out of these guy's league.

Double J (Joe Money & Maverick) vs. Giant Tana & Rhino Umaga

They got their in, it would be kinda lame if they lost immediately, especially to Tana, who whilst has broken free of his jobberitis, is still an expendable name.

Elimination Protocol vs. Christian Faith & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Elimination Protocol don't win either.

STEEL CAGE
Sammy Bach vs. Troy Tornado

If this is heading for a big date... then I can't see the face winning before then, and Bach 'escaping' from him is the perfect way for a cerebral, corrupt guy to sneak out a win.

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Loved the end of year stuff. Not entirely surprised to see Art take home wrestler of the year.

I'm not sure if I asked this before, but how old are the Dangerous children anyway? (Also, how good are their skills). I remember they were all in PPPW to a greater or lesser extent, but I don't recall exactly when they debuted.

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04-22-2012, 10:07 AM

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 1 January 2010

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 18.49)
Rebroadcast on Continental Sports X1 (Rating 0.49)

Held at the Kettley Arena (Mid South)

Attendance: 23,522

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Sara Silver

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Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Tooth & Claw
A rapid exchange of dropkicks, flying lariats and headscissors opens this one as Jimmy P and Lobo Blanco open up at the beginning.

Soon enough, though, things shift. Donnie J comes in, moving to something of a brawling game, and Blanco has to tag out to American Eagle to recover. This allows the Eagle to shine, hitting fast and hard before the Boys catch him up.

A Spanish Fly puts him down, but Lobo interrupts the tag – only for Donnie to take him apart, putting him down with the Death on Miami Beach. A sign of good things in 2010?
Fly Boys defeated Tooth & Claw
Rating: B

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The big screen bursts into life. Set to ELITE's apparent new theme, Civil War by Guns 'n' Roses, it opens with old CGC footage; Alex DeColt's trusted friend, Dan DaLay, turns on him to help Eddie Chandler. Recruitment of the rest of the early forms of ELITE is brushed over, showcasing only John Maverick, Sean Deeley, and the tag team then known as the Specialists – now in TCW as the Elite Express.

Jacob Jett's turn to join ELITE is played up, as is the arrival of Joe Money and the return of Maverick – and then, as the guitar kicks in, we see clips of their attacks on TCW individuals, Midden's warnings, Umaga's challenge, the five man match arrangement for contracts, Money's offer to Cornell, and the match itself – though Perez' betrayal of Team TCW is overlooked in these clips.

The video begins and ends with a common Eddie Chandler catchphrase: “Like it or not, you're looking at the only real gang in professional wrestling.”

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The music changes afterward. We Will Rock You is the kind of song that needs a larger than life personality to carry it off – and that larger-than-life personality is the senior DeColt, Steve. However, it doubles as a signature tune for the family as a whole – and that's how it's being used here.

A slick package shows off many of their big moves, both singly and as a family, culminating in the three-man variant of the Welcome To DeColt Country – a stereo powerbomb by Steve and Alex, augmented by a simultaneous lungblower from Ricky.

The video ends with a simple tagline:

MALICE IN WONDERLAND
NIGHT ONE
THE QUESTION WILL BE ANSWERED

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What a hectic contest here. Dee opens strong, but American Fox comes back using incredible agility, at one point leapfrogging the Sinanju Kick – a shot typically aimed at the head.

Fox hits hard, but Dee has done his homework; the Fox Hunter and the Fox Flip Off DDT are both scouted and he has the blocks and counters down pat.

So the American Fox is denied access to his match-winners; it looks tricky, at this point, to see how either side will win, but after a while the frenetic exchanges take their toll.

Dee whips Fox toward the ropes and referee Eugene Williams is in the way; to avoid impact, he dives out of the ring himself, but being less trained than most of the wrestlers, when he hits the floor he lands awkwardly.

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And that's when Jack Marlowe arrives in the ring.

Both men tense up, eyeing Marlowe, both apparently unsure. “One of them has to know what's going on here, surely?” Azaria asks, but Sara Silver reminds him that the Enforcers have taken money just to beat people down enough times before now.

Frankie Dee turns out to be his target here, and Marlowe brutalises him for a few moments then whips him to American Fox, who isn't unwilling to take advantage, nailing the Fox Hunter. Marlowe tosses Williams back into the ring and the pin is counted.
American Fox defeated Frankie Dee
Rating: B

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Marlowe rolls into the ring and makes as if to raise American Fox's hand – but the masked wrestler darts back, staying clear of him, looking as best he can contemptuous of the idea.

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And then Bad To The Bone begins to play, heralding as it always does Eric Tyler.

He has a microphone. He stops atop the entrance ramp. He points at Marlowe.

“How much to know who hired you?” he asks, glowering. “Five hundred? A thousand?”

Marlowe shakes his head, collecting the microphone. “I was paid extra for secrecy,” he says. “I won't be telling.”

“That's about what I thought. But I'll tell you what, it doesn't matter.

“I can say, here and now, tha it's beginning to be obvious.” He turns to face a nearby cameraman. “Ino, you worthless piece of crap, is this what it's come to? Are you that insecure about your training methods that you have to hire outsiders to take on a school that works?

“This isn't going to go well for you. You've been waging a war all this time. Now it's time for the fight back.”

“...There's been a war?” Azaria asks, a little confused.

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Golden Law vs. M.A.D.
There's very little to describe this match other than the word 'brawl'. Every one of these competitors is, one way or another, about the word 'power'. And as such, it's a messy melee.

M.A.D. have a distinct advantage in raw strength, but one of the admirable things about Golden Law has long been the speed with which they can move, reposition, and then hit hard.

The big problem is, quite literally, a huge problem; Marat Khoklov. He won't go down easily, making him hard to pin; the strongest submission manoeuvre Golden Law have access to is the Rack, and – let's be honest – that's not exactly an easy thing to do to the Russian Giant.

So keeping him out of the way becomes important. A Long Arm Of the Law doesn't take him off his feet, but it does leave him up against the top rope; united with Golden, the pair link arms for a massive double clothesline that does send Khoklov from the ring.

Ray Johnson sends Law out of the ring, counting Golden's entrance as a tag; while Johnson is distracted, Golden nails the Rocky Road on American Buffalo, playing to the crowd before making the pin and picking up the victory.
Golden Law defeated M.A.D.
Rating: B

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JeriLynn Stone & Kate Dangerous vs. Raku Makuda & Tamara McFly
A very different kind of match. This one is fluid and instinctive, a blend of chain wrestling and airborne spectacle – with Makuda providing the highlight when, a series of exchanges and headscissors having left the other three wrestlers outside the ring, she vaults to the top rope and hits her famous Swanton Bomb into the trio.

Once sufficient of the group have recovered, however, it's back to action. They pair off; Dangerous takes Makuda (while Azaria sprays purple prose about their wars in Japan) and Stone takes on McFly (while Silver stresses the family relationship and how it connects to their studies, styles, and training).

From there, it's a question of finding the right moment; JeriLynn gets the pin, however, counting McFly's shoulders to the mat off a Girl's Best Friend.
JeriLynn Stone & Kate Dangerous defeated Raku Makuda & Tamara McFly
Rating: B-

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Backstage, in the often-seen cafeteria area, Tommy Cornell sits, hunched, over one of the tables, going over sheets of paper with a biro.

In quite a few of these scenes of late, the seat next to Cornell has been occupied by RDJ, one of the Texas Outlaws – but not this time. It stands empty.

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After a few moments another arrives at the table. “Boss?”

Cornell glances upward and smiles slightly. “Aaron, hey,” he begins. “Take a seat. I'm just seeing if I can scare up a spare-”

“Twenty million?”

Cornell winces, but nods. “I only managed to pull ten together first time. I know it's not going to happen, but I keep feeling like I should be able to sort something out...”

Aaron nods. “I'd help, boss, but – well, at my age you kind of need Wolf's career to be anywhere near that kind of money.”

“Ah... don't worry about it.” He sighs. “Did you want something?”

Aaron hesitates. “Uh... kind of. But if we can't get the money together, asking to be the one up against Remo isn't going to help much, is it?”

There's a pause. Cornell sits back, looking directly at Aaron for the first time. “You want Remo?”

Aaron nods unhesitatingly. “Back when he set his sights on you, he told me I was on his list, we could go at it if he wanted. Well... that was, what, four or five months back? I didn't feel ready then.

“I do, now. And he's getting to the point where someone needs to shut him down.”

Cornell hesitates, then nods. “I'm going to see what favours I can beg, Aaron. But if we can get you that shot, it'll happen. Promise you that.”

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Double J w/ Adrian Garcia vs. Giant Tana & Rhino Umaga
The power advantage is not with ELITE here, but there's a lot of skill between those two. Maverick pulls out a remarkable effort in working over Tana one knee at a time, forcing the big Samoan into an almost immovable position.

Joe Money, meanwhile, does his level best to work around Umaga's power, trying to keep it light and fast, preventing the Rhino from bringing everything he has to bear.

The Samoans do have a remarkable knack for coming back from this, but after a while, they do get worn down. With an interesting application of a facelock, Maverick goes over the top rope, dragging Tana over the top behind him and down to the outside.

That frees Money up to finally make his move. Umaga eats the Wall Street Crash, affording Double J the pinfall.
Double J defeated Giant Tana & Rhino Umaga
Rating: B

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Christian Faith & Sean Deeley w/ Floyd Bowman & Laura Huggins
A real clash in styles between Faith and the rest of this crew, but Christian Faith has faced off with technicians his whole career. He knows how to make that a good thing, make it important, take a beating and come back from it.

For the first little while, the Protocol do fairly well against their opponents, though the sheer power of Faith allows him to hold his own. Somewhere along the line Kirk Jameson tries a slingshot lariat, and Deeley ducks it – which means Jameson hits Eugene Williams, laying him out.

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When Mikey James hits the ring just seconds later, the announce team start debating whether or not Jameson deliberately went after the ref with a telegraphed move – but then the tempo picks up.

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While James assaults Deeley, Faith comes in to defend him. Between Sean's natural wiles and a volley of Faith Hammers, Mikey gets only a couple of big kicks in – and then John Maverick slides into the ring, chop blocking Faith down and immediately locking in a vicious, highly illegal jigoku jime-style chokehold, cutting off the flood of blow and oxygen to the brain.

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Only Rhino Umaga's arrival breaks the stalemate as he shoulderblocks Technique down, allowing him and Deeley to rescue Faith. Umaga whips Maverick over the top rope and runs him off, with Deeley stalling until Faith recovers, nailing a Leap of Faith to pin Warren Technique.
Christian Faith & Sean Deeley defeated Elimination Protocol
Rating: B

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Sammy Bach vs. Troy Tornado
Serious frustration in the lines of Bach's body as he waits for Tornado to come down. As the cage lowers they circle, and for once – for once – Tornado doesn't have a slight, anticipatory smile on his lips as the match begins.

They circle, careful, and close in – forearms by Tornado! An early move to brawling! He staggers Bach, looks for a strong whip – Sammy holds on, tries to reverse, but Tornado won't go – stiff kicks to the midsection by Bach – strong whip! Tornado crashes into the steel.

Sammy immediately looks to capitalise, dropkicking him straight back into the unforgiving metal. As Troy staggers back a third time, Bach is kipping up. He aims another big kick – Troy manages to duck it out of nowhere and short-range spears Sammy down.

Rising, Tornado grabs Bach's legs, tucking them under his arms. He sets up and falls back, slingshotting Sammy into the steel in his turn. Tornado nods to himself in satisfaction, mounting the downed Bach and firing off quick, staccato punches to the face.

After a while of that he stands up, drags Bach to his feet, and boots him in the gut. The DDT attempt is blocked, though, with Sammy twisting clear and decking Troy with a short-arm lariat. He drops to his knees in turn, grabbing Tornado's head and repeatedly bouncing the back of it off the canvas.

“This is not a typical contest for either of these men,” Azaria says. “This thing has gotten about as personal as it can.”

Troy manages to kick Bach off, nailing him in the back of the head to do so. With both men up, Troy makes with the big shoulderblock, taking Bach down a second time with a second shoulderblock as he rises, then whipping him into the corner.

A picture-perfect dropkick smashes the back of Sammy's head into the steel. Tornado rolls backward, rising, and lands a beautiful, crisp backdrop as Bach staggers forward. Troy promptly climbs to the top rope, soaring backward into a moonsault.

He drags Sammy back to his feet again and drags him across to the steel, raking Sammy's face across the wire for a few moments. Sammy manages to brace both feet against the mesh and kicks backward, bringing them both crashing down to the canvas, where the Darkwave rock god rolls onto his front, cradling his head in pain.

There's a fair while before either man makes it to their feet – indeed, Sam Sparrow makes it all the way to the count of eight before Troy is fully upright, and at that point, Sammy is on his knees, blood dripping from his forehead.

Tornado drags Sammy up – attempts a powerbomb – Sammy rolls it through! Pinning predicament by Sammy Bach! ONE, TWO – NO!

Bach aims a couple of stomps, then heads across the ring. He steps through the ropes, gripping the top rope, checking his feet placement, eyes on the ground as Azaria notes that he's clearly setting up his famous coast-to-coast bulldog. He pauses to wipe some blood out of his eyes – Tornado drives him back against the steel with a dropkick!

Sammy's trapped between the ropes, and Troy takes full advantage. Kicks, punches, chops and the occasional shoulder barge all work Bach over until he manages to fight back, raking Tornado's eyes. He finally does leap to the top rope, coming off with a double-stomp to the slightly-stooped back of Tornado.

Sammy nods in triumph, then stamps down on Tornado's head, smashing it against the mat. Blood spurts and Troy clutches at his nose, spasming.

Bach looks down on him with that crazy post-orgasmic smile, then raises his hand again to wipe the blood away from his brow. He pauses, looking at the blood, and seems to be coming to a decision.

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And then Jack Bruce arrives outside. He stands beside the cage.

Bach looks across at him and smiles. He drags Tornado back to his feet and measures him for the Adrenaline Shot.

When he aims the kick, Tornado seems to come to life. He ducks it and launches into an immediate Whirlwind Kick, putting Bach down. A cover! ONE, TWO, TH- NO!

Troy sighs, rising, then turning. He comes face to face with Bruce and the pair have a staredown. The expression on Troy's face is unreadable.

Bach nails him from behind. Three forearms stun Troy. He races past the 'triple threat champion', hits the ropes, and nails a crisp flying forearm. On the ground, he scans the situation.

Jack Bruce is now on the apron, holding on to the cage. He beckons to Bach, who nods, rising and starting to climb.

Bruce climbs too. The pair meet at the top of the cage – and Bruce nails Bach with a straight right!

Bach falls backward, turning head over heels – or rather, vice versa. In the ring, Tornado is back upright – he catches the twisting Bach on his way down – TORNADO DRIVER! Cover! ONE, TWO, THREE!
Troy Tornado defeated Sammy Bach
Rating: A*

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Jack Bruce scrambles back down the cage with a broad grin before it rises. Troy Tornado – weary and bloody – is nonetheless smiling, the rock star wrestler again.

On the outside of the ring, the pair embrace tightly, all smiles, before Bruce raises his arm in celebration.

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The live feed cuts away and a video replaces it. To the sounds of Malice in Wonderland's official theme tune – Tell Me Where It Hurts by Halestorm – we see a quick recap package of Frankie Perez' problems with Rhino Umaga, starting with the six-man match where Umaga 'cost' Perez a shot at the International Championship, through Perez' interference in Umaga's matches and calling him out, and building to Perez betraying TCW for payback on Umaga.

That recap fades out to

MALICE IN WONDERLAND
NIGHT TWO
THE SCORE WILL BE SETTLED

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This flows into a further recap; much of this is cribbed from the Wolf Hawkins portion of the Year in Review piece from Psycho Circus, but it's cut differently, framed differently; Hawkins choosing to wrestle two matches at last Malice in Wonderland; winning the Shot at the Top match but losing the tag team match against the Rising Stars, betraying Cornell to found Generation Omega, calling Cornell out, attacking him in matches, Cornell's flat refusal to respond, the 'anything you can do, I can do better' sequence of matches from late 2009, the declaration of Cornell forced into a Malice match for the championship, and his bid to drop the belt from Wolf Hawkins before that. Finally, as the song wraps, the tagline:

MALICE IN WONDERLAND
NIGHT TWO
MENTOR. PROTEGE. THE BEST IN THE WORLD

Show Rating: A

Phantom Stranger

04-22-2012, 10:13 AM

Loved the end of year stuff. Not entirely surprised to see Art take home wrestler of the year.

I'm not sure if I asked this before, but how old are the Dangerous children anyway? (Also, how good are their skills). I remember they were all in PPPW to a greater or lesser extent, but I don't recall exactly when they debuted.

Glad to see the internet-style updates are going down well with some folks; they take way too long to do, but I enjoy them.

(Somewhat surprised nobody's commented on the revelations that Elimination Protocol and the Fly Boys made it into the Power 100, though)

Adrian Dangerous is 29 now, a just-barely-former WLW Champion, with a C+/C/B+ top row now, B- Entertainment and Performance.

Richard is 31. He's yet to hold a title, partly because WLW and SWF are where he's worked and neither are terribly pro-Technician. He runs C+/B+/D+, with B+ Performance and B Entertainment.

Kate was designed to be the best of them. At 29, the older twin has B-/B/B+ (and that B+ really surprises me, but she's grown), with A performance and A Entertainment.

Every single one of those averages for all three is up at least two notches since the game began two years ago now, so I assume they all had solid Destiny rolls. Spending a year apiece in touring promotions has likely also helped.

I've gotten lucky with all three, but I confess I'm quite happy about that. It plays up the Dangerous angle quite nicely.

Eidenhoek

04-22-2012, 11:49 PM

Fly Boys defeated Tooth & Claw
Rating: B

That is one of the most surprising grades I've seen, to be honest. Tooth & Claw are horribly unpopular, and Fly Boys can't be...past lower-mid.

~~

Makuda is Sub-Zero.

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mounting the downed Bach and firing off quick, staccato punches to the face.

Aw, thought he was gonna go legato.

indeed, Sam Sparrow makes it all the way to the count of eight before Troy is fully upright,

The C-Verse would have rioted if a double ten count in a cage match had happened.

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and building to Perez betraying TCW for payback on Umaga.

Oh, that's why? Dude, you just jumped Vibert on my "I want to kill you" list.

...

Okay, no, you're a distant second. But third's...like...distant...-er.

ampulator

04-23-2012, 12:03 AM

That is one of the most surprising grades I've seen, to be honest. Tooth & Claw are horribly unpopular, and Fly Boys can't be...past lower-mid.

And you know this how? Have you seen the amount of work PhantomStranger's put into his cards these days? It's not surprising at all. He's been pulling B's from his lower end of his works for months now.

Eidenhoek

04-23-2012, 12:37 AM

And you know this how? Have you seen the amount of work PhantomStranger's put into his cards these days? It's not surprising at all. He's been pulling B's from his lower end of his works for months now.

I don't remember a B from two groups as low as I think those guys are on the card. Admittedly, I don't remember a hell of a lot of stuff, but it stood out to me.

Phantom Stranger

04-23-2012, 05:04 AM

I don't remember a B from two groups as low as I think those guys are on the card. Admittedly, I don't remember a hell of a lot of stuff, but it stood out to me.

Donnie, Jimmy, and Lobo Blanco are midcarders. Air Attack Weasel/American Eagle is stuck at Opener, but also has the world's best selling skill.

Card-position-wise, this is roughly equivalent to the B earlier this month from Acid Dragon vs. Tooth & Claw.

Acid Dragon/Balcony Express, start of December, B+.

That's about as far back as I can be bothered to go on the main history page. Let's have a look at early Elimination Protocol...

Team VIPER/Elimination Protocol, their 6th match in TCW proper, B.

November, Conquering Kings/Elimination Protocol, B.

Elemental Energy? AmEl's still an opener who started here with a bare 23 US overness... B against the Protocol, November.

If I wanted to do a full analysis, I could probably find a lot, but really, there's no reason to.

I'd say a B is around my assumed grade for a tag match these days but truth be told, I stopped worrying about non-ME gradeouts a while ago.

EDIT: Bear in mind, TCW is a juggernaut now. One of my biggest problems is not accidentally creating an ego, because someone like Joe Money can come in with B- US overness and have A* in some areas now, less than two weeks later.

Phantom Stranger

04-23-2012, 05:18 AM

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 1 January 2010

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 1.20)

Held at the Stephenville Arena (Maritimes)

Attendance: 990

Announcers:
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Steve Smith – Charlie Thatcher – Autumn Gleeson

The British Lions put their title on the line in the opening contest against Eric Tyler and Freddy Huggins. A great match was spoiled when Koshiro Ino distracted Tyler, allowing Morgan to lock him into the Wigan Wrench and score a submission. (Rating: B)
In an Enforcers backstage meeting, Jack Marlowe instructs Brandon to take the CGC Canadian Title from Ryan Powell because that way everyone will pay for BoH main event matches if they want to earn the title... or just win by thrown match.
Ryan Powell's CGC Canadian Championship was on the line against the Bulldozer next, but with a Powell Plunge the champion retained in his first outing in front of TCW fans. (Rating: C)
Danny Fonzarelli bravely stepped up to take on Matthew Keith, who made short work of him. (Rating: B)
Zoe Ammis came out and claimed that JeriLynn got her shots because she was Stone-trained. Well, Ammis is DeColt trained, and asked for a title match to celebrate the upcoming decider at Malice – and JeriLynn came out to agree. The match is set for Showcase.
Acid Dragon combined well to defeat masked luchadors El Leon and Ultimate Phoenix, with Acid pinning Leon off the Acid Rain Bomb. (Rating: B)
Jeremy Stone told Davis Wayne Newton that if he wanted to get into training levels, he should watch this next match – where Stone would beat a man who took Stone's best student to the limit.
Stone then defeated Kirk Jameson, pinning him with the Delorean Driver to further make a point. (Rating: B)
In the main event, the first slot in the Shot At The Top ladder match was decided when Eddie Chandler forced Rocky Golden to submit to the Fabulous Stretch. Of course, he did load the dice, as ELITE's Jacob Jett and Dan DaLay both arrived to do damage to Golden. (Rating: B+)

Show Rating: A

ampulator

04-23-2012, 09:10 AM

Elemental Energy? AmEl's still an opener who started here with a bare 23 US overness... B against the Protocol, November.
I'm guessing you are still popularity-equals-performance, right? It's a lot harder to pull off B matches in popularity-based promotions, especially ones that are heavily so.

Phantom Stranger

04-23-2012, 09:12 AM

I'm guessing you are still popularity-equals-performance, right? It's a lot harder to pull off B matches in popularity-based promotions, especially ones that are heavily so.

I think it's still the original TEW08 product except with women wrestling. I can't recall whether I got around to upping Modern a notch off the big Edd push or just didn't bother, but I think I didn't bother.

So yeah.

ampulator

04-23-2012, 09:28 AM

So it's still:

Key Feature: Traditional
Heavy: Mainstream
Medium: Realism

If that's the case, kudos to you.

Phantom Stranger

04-23-2012, 09:38 AM

So it's still:

Key Feature: Traditional
Heavy: Mainstream
Medium: Realism

If that's the case, kudos to you.

That is indeed the case, on checking.

Phantom Stranger

04-23-2012, 03:11 PM

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The first of six entrants into the Shot At the Top match has been determined... and it's Eddie Chandler of ELITE, much to the displeasure of many of our fans. (Believe me, I know. I moderate the forums.)

The first match this Saturday will determine the second entrant. While I'd consider either of these men a long shot to win the World Heavyweight Championship should they cash in the Ticket To The Top, they will - if they win - have up to a year to reach that level. And you could say that at the start of 2008, no one would have predicted Wolf Hawkins' dominant reign through 2009 and into 2010. So whoever wins - Canadian Elemental or UK Dragon - can't be ruled out. Both men have shown true skills already. Either national icon could be a worthy champion...

Tag team action is set to follow, as Elimination Protocol look to notch up the third victory of their young tag team careers - against Golden Law. Rick and Rocky are rebuilding at present, but have been vulnerable lately...

A match made last night next; the TCW Womens Championship, held by the House of Stone, is put on the line against a student of the DeColts. JeriLynn Stone defends against Zoe Ammis - and a case could be made that this is a preview of the big Malice in Wonderland battle between the families.

Double J, as ELITE's primary tag team is known, made a huge impact earlier in the week. They now look to make a real statement - and their opponents are former tag champions. The Kreed make a real challenge - but can they turn aside TCW's newest stable, the self-proclaimed 'only real gang of professional wrestling'?

The Best of Seven series continues on, with champion Sean Deeley down two against one as we head into match four. Can Freddy cement his lead, or will Sean even the score here?

And in the main event, the House of Stone collides with Generation Omega. Jeremy Stone and Sean McFly face off against Joey Minnesota and Marc DuBois.

Prediction Key:
SHOT AT THE TOP QUALIFIER #2
Canadian Elemental vs. UK Dragon

Elimination Protocol vs. Golden Law

TCW Womens Championship
JeriLynn Stone (c) vs. Zoe Ammis

Double J w/ Adrian Garcia vs. the Kreed

BEST OF SEVEN SERIES - TCW International Championship
Sean Deeley (c) w/ Laura Huggins 1 ---- 2 Freddy Huggins

Jeremy Stone & Sean McFly vs. Joey Minnesota & Marc DuBois w/ Phil Vibert

Regis

04-23-2012, 04:09 PM

SHOT AT THE TOP QUALIFIER #2
Canadian Elemental vs. UK Dragon
It's the safe choice, but this would be one hell of a way to go against the obvious and give the Dragon a chance to shine at the top.

Elimination Protocol vs. Golden Law
JOBBERS!

TCW Womens Championship
JeriLynn Stone (c) vs. Zoe Ammis
Not a chance in merry hell.

Double J w/ Adrian Garcia vs. the Kreed
The Kreed can put over the ELITE to show how legit they are.

BEST OF SEVEN SERIES - TCW International Championship
Sean Deeley (c) w/ Laura Huggins 1 ---- 2 Freddy Huggins
To even things out, then another one each way, then the final match to decide it all.

Jeremy Stone & Sean McFly vs. Joey Minnesota & Marc DuBois w/ Phil Vibert
Joey's all well and good, but DuBois? Nah, he's not had a consistent push.

Zergon

04-23-2012, 10:18 PM

SHOT AT THE TOP QUALIFIER #2
Canadian Elemental vs. UK Dragon
Could go either way but I still see Elemental as more of a singles guy so I give him the win.

Elimination Protocol vs. Golden Law
Not much question here.

TCW Womens Championship
JeriLynn Stone (c) vs. Zoe Ammis
Ammis haven´t been build enough.

Double J w/ Adrian Garcia vs. the Kreed
Tough one, I go with Kreed winning via DQ.

BEST OF SEVEN SERIES - TCW International Championship
Sean Deeley (c) w/ Laura Huggins 1 ---- 2 Freddy Huggins
Deeley ties the series.

Jeremy Stone & Sean McFly vs. Joey Minnesota & Marc DuBois w/ Phil Vibert
Another could go either way, I go with draw this time.

Oregano Jensen

04-23-2012, 11:26 PM

SHOT AT THE TOP QUALIFIER #2
Canadian Elemental vs. UK Dragon

Probably going too far here, but Dragon is at least as good in the ring -- and does CanEl need overness? You just said yourself AmEl is an opener in the US. If anything, it's okay to knock CanEl down a bit so the tag's not so mismatched. And yeah, I see them as a full-time tag team for the near future... AmEl is the better worker, so it makes more sense to push him up via association and give him the singles run than it does to have CanEl keep running away from him.

Elimination Protocol vs. Golden Law

I miss the days when a Rick Law singles push seemed around the corner.

TCW Womens Championship
JeriLynn Stone (c) vs. Zoe Ammis

Normally I'd say this is going to devolve into Stone/DeColt feud chaos -- but the DeColts don't seem like the type to employ those tactics. Neither do most of the Stones at this point. (I mean, Edd... but interfering with a match isn't Edd's style either.)

Double J w/ Adrian Garcia vs. the Kreed

Via stable shenanigans. Tough luck for Art Reed here, losing to a plotline two shows in a row.

BEST OF SEVEN SERIES - TCW International Championship
Sean Deeley (c) w/ Laura Huggins 1 ---- 2 Freddy Huggins

To raise the drama of matches 5-7. Well, I guess just match 5. Still.

Jeremy Stone & Sean McFly vs. Joey Minnesota & Marc DuBois w/ Phil Vibert

Stone and McFly are legit top-billing guys. You could argue that Joey and Marc are within weeks of being no. 4 and 5 in their own stable. (Depending on where you see Remo.) If they have anything going on, it's by association with Gen-O, not because of anything they're doing individually. DWN over McFly was enough... Canada gets one back here.

Eidenhoek

04-24-2012, 12:49 AM

DWN over McFly was enough... Canada gets one back here.

...

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Yes, DWN was trained by Chord and McFly...well, he spent time in NOTBPW, though he is that young SWF champ or something.

Phantom Stranger

04-24-2012, 05:59 AM

OOC APPEAL

Hey, guys.

The hard-working volunteers who run the Diary of the Month contests are trying something new this month, and it's a big something new; five whole additional categories.

(Storyline of the Month; Character of the Month; Match of the Month, Angle of the Month, Gimmick Match Of The Month)

You have to run past a page of debate on this, some of it mine, before you get to any nominations.

I'm asking you guys to reward their hard work and get out there and nominate - WHOEVER you feel deserves a nod. As always, I'm asking that you support the diary community as a whole rather than begging votes for myself.

Let's make this happen!

Phantom Stranger

04-25-2012, 06:57 PM

Barring only one potential and unlikely issue, this is an advance notice; Saturday Night Showcase is 24 hours away at most.

Eidenhoek

04-25-2012, 07:41 PM

Barring only one potential and unlikely issue, this is an advance notice; Saturday Night Showcase is 24 hours away at most.

Wolf Hawkins getting injured? *crosses fingers*

Phantom Stranger

04-25-2012, 08:08 PM

Wolf Hawkins getting injured? *crosses fingers*

You know how I've already rewritten the final month and a half of this diary to incorporate the buyout, and how Horatio mentions risking Aaron on the crazy bump in the main event of the last PPV despite plans?

Wolf getting injured would probably suck for me, but it wouldn't make me do anything I'm not comfortable doing.

Phantom Stranger

04-26-2012, 07:16 PM

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TCW Presents Saturday Night Showcase

Saturday Week 1 January 2010

Live on CBA (Rating 14.78)
Rebroadcast on Euro Cable Sports 1 (Rating 0.84)

Held at the Kamloops Royal Athletic Park (British Columbia)

Attendance: 11,663

Announcers:
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Duane Fry – Jasmine Saunders – Alanis Springsteen

The show package has rolled, the pyro is dying away, and Fury of the Storm begins to play. As the crowd seem surprised that Troy Tornado's apparent self-imposed vanishing act has now fully blown over – returning to talk as well as to wrestle – the music flickers slightly, and it becomes apparent someone's mashed up Tornado's theme with Jack Bruce's iThink.

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Both men emerge, heading to the ring together. Bruce collects a microphone, rolling into the rign and raising the mic to his lips.

“It's SHOWTIME!” he calls proudly.

The two men high-five, Troy circling the ring as Bruce goes on.

“I need to tell you guys a story. It's a true story. It happened to me... and it started maybe two years ago.” He looks around. “And already I can see some of you thinking, wait a minute, what the hell – I've only been back a year.

“And that's right. But wrestlers mingle, man. We mingle. And I used to hang out a lot with a girl – you've seen her on TV, mind of an asshole, face of an angel, body of freakin' Aphrodite – who has way-back relationships through wrestling.

“A guy I used to wrestle a lot over there – I can't say his name, or hers, the suits tell me, but you know who SHE is and you can maybe guess who HE is if you've been watching long enough – warned me. We had knock-down drag-out fights and I won more than him, WAY more than him, but he still warned me. He said she's poison, he said she's out for number one, and no matter how I'm doing in the charts I'm not gonna be her number one.

“He told me her number one was over here. And I – hell, I knew she was seeing someone. I don't go where I'm not invited, and there was plenty of girls around. But she was fun to be around – so I hung out with her.

“Little by little that meant hanging out with her boyfriend. And he's a persuasive kind of a guy. He persuaded me to come back here, for a start. He got me the contract.

“And he had a real problem with the man there.” He points at Tornado.

“I guess I was easy to sucker in to hating him, too. I mean, he'd pretty much replaced me here, and how he was champion here and more people were talking about his title reign than mine.

“So back I came and to war we went. And Sammy was always there, always with suggestions, tricks... short cuts. And he could make them sound like a good thing. When he said we needed backup, it was him who suggested the band – he found them. It felt like my idea... but it wasn't.

“Last weekend was the first time I spent more than a couple days not talking to him in something like a year and a half. I was stuck in a room – with a DVD player and a stack of my matches, everything I'd done before I came back to TCW.

“It put things in perspective. We're here now for two things.

“First off, Sammy – you and Zimmy have gotten to the point where you're practically brothers, and I owe you big time, and so does Troy. Malice in Wonderland, tag team action, we're going to settle this.

“The more I think about this... I lost a year and a half to your crap. I need to take my life back. I need to move on. And that means pinning your shoulders to the mat. Leaving you in the past. Getting ready for the next tour.

“So this is happening. I'm not asking you. I'm not even challenging you. I'm telling you.”

He passes the microphone to Troy, who takes it with a nod. “This here's the other thing. Tommy, you ain't the only ones sick of Generation Omega. Last month, in that ladder match, if Phil Vibert hadn't been there, I would've become champion again... and that.

“Was.

“The.

“Last.

“Straw.

“We've pooled our resources. We can offer you another ten million. My math is right, you just need ten more – so good luck with that.

“Peace out.”

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Canadian Elemental vs. UK Dragon
An excellent aerial display between these two men, while on commentary Fry hypes up how much that improves the winner of this match's chances at winning the Shot at the Top ladder match.

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This one could go either way, and it does seem like UK Dragon might get it. He nails a death valley driver, then goes to the top rope for a 450 splash. It seems like the match is won – but the ref isn't concentrating, because Dan DaLay is ringside!

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Eugene Williams tries to eject DaLay – and Jacob Jett drags UK Dragon off the cover! Jett Take-Off! He powerbombs Elemental onto the prone Dragon!

ELITE bail, and Williams turns around - to count the pinfall victory for Canadian Elemental.
Canadian Elemental defeated UK Dragon
Rating: B

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Elimination Protocol vs. Golden Law
A great match here, with the Protocol starting to show how easily they could transition into tag team dominance. By now they're starting to develop double-team moves and quick-tag tactics.

When Rocky Golden crashes to the mat off a Warren Technique drop toe-hold, for example, he holds on to the hold on hands and knees – and Jameson uses his partner as a step-up to deliver a running elbow drop to the back of Golden's head.

There comes a time, however, when the Protocol can't quite put their opponents away, and the sheer strength of Golden Law naturally begins to take its toll; Golden's twisting overhead powerslam knocks Technique silly.

From there, it's a simple enough matter for Rick Law to land the Long Arm of the Law and pin Technique for the win.
Golden Law defeated Elimination Protocol
Rating: B+

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Law is already rolling out of the ring as the victory announcement is made. He collects his microphone, shoots imaginary cuffs, and turns to the ring with a smile.

“What's up, Kirk? Warren? Was something missing?” A wider grin as the pair, realising what's happened, glare at him.

“Yeah... we noticed you'd gotten the Enforcers involved a time or two. So tonight we outbid you.

“You need to learn to win on your own merits. Believe me, you're now under surveillance by the Law.”

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Zoe Ammis has pretty close to no fanbase whatsoever, but she can put up a heck of a fight, and while few of the fans stick around for this match, those that do seem to enjoy it.

Ammis leads in the early going, putting on some very DeColt attitudes and almost connecting with the straitjacket backbreaker she calls the Double Cross – but JeriLynn counters free, sets her sights, and runs rampant, eventually connecting with the From Canada With Love to make the pin.
JeriLynn Stone defeated Zoe Ammis
Rating: C

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Halestorm's Tell Me Where It Hurts begins to play again as clips of Matthew Keith and Greg Keith's very different years begin to play, culminating in Matthew's defeat of every other member of his former stable, leading up toward the collision they're due to have at Malice in Wonderland.

It cuts out to a title card:

MALICE IN WONDERLAND
NIGHT ONE
BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER WITH PRIDE ON THE LINE

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This thing starts hot and gets hotter. The Kreed are ready for Double J, but Double J are a powerful tag team. Joe has a size advantage on his opponents, applying leverage and power to the problem, while Keith and Maverick try to out-submission one another in a remarkable effort and Art Reed demonstrates his astonishing athleticism.

There's a fair amount of debate among the announce team, even after the replay, whether the Joe Money punch that lays out Ray Johnson is intended for the ref or for the fast-moving Reed. Regardless, it seems inevitable.

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Eddie Chandler and Matthew Keith both take immediate advantage, as does Dan DaLay. Matt targets his brother, and that leaves Art Reed trying to duck DaLay and eliminate the first man to qualify for the Shot At the Top, Eddie Chandler.

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It's an impossible situation, but they don't have to endure for long. Rhino Umaga arrives fast; Golden Law are a hair behind him.

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At that point, with forces even, the battle continues. But Christian Faith arrives moments later, going one on one with DaLay, the two powerhouses unleashing hard punches on one another.

Somewhere in the brawl Johnson revives – and naturally, the match is thrown out.
Double J versus the Kreed was ruled a no contest
Rating: A

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As the zebra herd arrives with further security to divide the sides, Christian Faith uses his incredible reputation to be left behind whie everyone else is ushered from the ring. He calls for a microphone and one is passed to him swiftly.

He circles the ring a little while the crowd noise subsides and the remainder of the melee is cleared away, then lifts the microphone to his mouth again.

“Two points of business,” he begins. “Which I guess is a theme, today.

“ELITE, listen up. You make out like you're untouchable, but no gang ever has been. You're tough, you're cunning, you're dangerous. I came here to be part of the Texas Outlaws. There were four of us, three weeks ago. Now... there's me and Floyd.

“I'm not going to pretend like Pete, Ricky and me have been buddies for decades. We met last year. But I knew they had my back. I knew I could drink a beer with them. I knew they were worth respect, worth my time, worth the name Outlaw – and believe me, I've been in this business, been in this sport long enough to know what the Outlaw name is worth.

“They had my back, and I hoped to have yours, but you came for them when I wasn't in the arena. And it falls to me to look for payback.

“So I will be – and believe me, I know how to deal with gangs. I know what it means to face off with bullies.

“Second... Generation Omega. This isn't personal the way my issue with ELITE is. But it's pretty personal, because my partner, my ally, my brother Outlaw, he had enough of a problem with you he dug down deep, dug up his savings, and he gave them to Tommy Cornell, gave them to his rival and his ally, to fight you.

“And with that came a responsibility to step up and face you. Well, Ricky is out at the moment, we ain't sure how long for. But Ricky's out – and that spot still needs to be faced.

“Pick me a man to fight. I'll put him flat on his back and count three for my brother Outlaw at Malice in Wonderland.

“How do I know this? Same way I know TCW has men who'll stand up and fight alongside me against ELITE. I know this, see, because...”

He raises the microphone, and the crowd answer for him in a roar.

“I HAVE FAITH!”

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Another good, strong match in these two's series.

This is already moving into 'greatest hits' territory when it comes to its structure relative to the earlier matches; Deeley and Huggins are getting to know one another's moves comfortably, but the variations and spins on them they're trying are getting more and more creative.

It takes a good ten minutes before the first chinks in the armour begin to show. Deeley has shifted tactics slightly this match; he's entirely focused on setting up for the Front Choke Lock, one of his most deadly holds. And that does leave Freddy a little more limber around the knees than last time...

...which doesn't seem, initially, to matter, as Sean ducks the Huggins Kiss first time around...

...but the second time, Freddy connects, making sure of it and making sure of his third victory!
Freddy Huggins defeated Sean Deeley
Rating: A

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Stone starts this one out for his side, flexing before the match, testing himself – and incidentally showing that he's still as fit as he ever has been. Minnesota is his opponent to begin with; they circle a couple of times, cautiously, then lock up.

Joey shifts to a go-behind quickly but Jeremy is just as fast, stooping slightly to pick up the leg and send Joey to the mat. An immediate transition is attempted to a stepover toehold facelock, but Joey twists clear, never allowing the hold to lock in and eventually kicking himself free of it, meeting Stone on the rebound with a big overhead hip toss.

Jeremy rolls neatly to a standing position to a certain amount of support from the audience, turns, and faces Joey with a slight smile on his face, beckoning him on.

Joey smirks, takes three steps toward him – and then dives past him, out of the ropes. Jeremy turns in confusion – and meets Marc DuBois, the master of mind games, coming the other way with slingshot double-knees.

DuBois kips up with a broad smirk. He stomps down on Stone, then pulls the veteran up, looking for a suplex – or seeming to; instead, he drives a knee into Jeremy's midsection, shifting to a DDT just seconds later. He covers early, but Stone is out before one, rolling clear to his feet.

DuBois is still grinning, and Stone, with a light shrug, tags out.

Sean McFly comes in quick, and DuBois bails. “I guess sometimes you bait and switch, and sometimes it isn't worth it,” Fry snarks.

Joey Minnesota doesn't quite blindside McFly, though; the American Tiger's instincts are a little too sharp for that, and he's already turning as Phil Vibert's picked man comes in. Sean nails a boot to the gut, but on its own, that's not enough; Joey drives a forearm into his jaw, slips behind, and nails a Russian legsweep to take them both down.

He immediately looks to transition to the Minnesota Cloverleaf; it's not a hold one can easily kick off but Sean displays power and agility, popping his hips and sending Joey flipping through the air. Minnesota demonstrates his own ability, twisting to land on his feet. He braces for a bare half-second before dropkicking Sean in the face.

Generation Omega are holding their own; Joey pulls Sean back up, keeping him in a front facelock, controlling his positioning, then abruptly shoves the American Tiger backward.

McFly crashes spine-first into the knees of DuBois, who's perched on the turnbuckle – and who immediately nails a bulldog as Minnesota exits the ring.

DuBois rolls Sean over into the old standby of the Dubious DuBois pin – ONE, TWO, TH- NO! Marc shifts fast, looking for the Model Solution – but it's not happening! Sean counters – DELOREAN DRIVER – NO! DuBois fights free! Neckbreaker by DuBois! Another Model Solution attempt, and Sean McFly kicks loose.

Sean gets a smooth running lariat in response, then exits the ring once again. In comes Jeremy Stone, cracking his knuckles with enthusiasm. He closes fast and DuBois backs off – and backs off – and backs off – and then abruptly unleashes a superkick. The thing is, it's a trick that's been done before, and Stone does his homework. He catches DuBois' foot, spins him around, steps in closer and hits a beautiful German suplex – Bridged! ONE, TWO, THR- NO!

Undaunted, Jeremy holds on, rolls up, and nails another, keeping the bridge. ONE, TWO, THR- NO!

Stone pulls it out again – ONE, TWO, THRE-

It seems that Joey Minnesota has finally relented. Coming into the ring, he breaks the bridge by the simple expedient of kicking Stone's legs out from under him. Marc's exit seems to have a grateful edge to it; Minnesota, however, starts off by stomping the hell out of Jeremy's midsection. Dragging him up, he hits a spinebuster, then up again, scooping Stone onto his shoulders, looking for it – he gets it! The EMPIRE SPIRAL! Cover! ONE, TWO -

Sean McFly breaks it up in his turn. Both of these teams are clearly willing to rescue their partners, the House of Stone perhaps a little more swiftly. As Jeremy exits the ring, McFly unleashes a volley of chops – a whip to the ropes – a beautiful, crisp dropkick! The American Tiger has control!

Joey counters the next chop rush with punches and the two trade blows for a second before Minnesota judo flips McFly over into the turnbuckles with a tremendous impact; Sean crashes down onto his head, and Joey promptly nails a second Empire Spiral!

McFly looks out of it, but Jeremy Stone is halfway into the ring for the rescue already-

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DuBois gets his attention, pointing out beyond the ring. Davis Wayne Newton is near the ring and Stone turns to watch for his attack. In the background, Minnesota rolls up McFly – handful of tights – ONE, TWO, THREE!
Joey Minnesota & Marc DuBois defeated Jeremy Stone & Sean McFly
Rating: A*

Show Rating: A

Phantom Stranger

04-26-2012, 08:18 PM

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Phantom Stranger

04-27-2012, 08:26 AM

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Sunday 7th January 2010]

Well, things seem to be going well at the moment. Had to adjust match number plans upward slightly, as while Burning Hammer weren't prepared to loan us Duane, his contract with them is coming up.

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The Black Cobra: On his way back to North America at last?

And I'll admit that ELITE's position still looks rather a lot like an afterthought. I can do something to correct that by having them be integral to the build – see the Shot at the Top angle – and by fitting them in elsewhere, but the big consolidation of their position will have to wait.

But all this is traditional just-before-the-big-event jitters.

I go into most months with a good idea of one, maybe two, of the main matches on the PPV. If I've got ongoing PPV series, I know more. Even then, I haven't chosen the outcome of those matches yet. I know what I want to happen, usually at least, but there's always the question of performance over the month.

Malice isn't like that. From the moment Jack Bruce's contract came free over a year ago, the plan was to get to him allied with Troy at this Malice. I didn't know who against yet; after the Bruce/Troy feud started to flounder, a lot of the inspiration came from Sammy, who pitched the manipulator idea out of whole cloth to explain away his brief for-favors alliance with Wolf in 2008.

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The seeds are sewn; Wolf Hawkins looks on with suspicion as Cornell courts Aaron Andrews

The plan was always for Wolf and Tommy here; early on we weren't sure how to approach this or even who to turn – notes from one of the booking meetings this time last year discuss a heel faction led by RDJ, Remo and Tommy, with Wolf, Rick Law, and Frankie Perez as the likely top defenders against them. Instead, Generation Omega fit perfectly when we looked at available talent and potential turns. Once Generation Omega happened, the road was set; Tommy would feud with other folks, we'd keep interest alive with promos, and Wolf would spend the championship reign proving himself with a number of victories over major players.

A longer shot was the Keiths. You can see the seeds of it coming up as far back as March, when Matthew was 'injured', bringing Art Reed in. But at the time, that was purely a way to keep from having to decide a Keith Brothers/Easy Riders feud, with the intent of helping the Riders thus become perennial threats whenever a Keith faced them – tag teamers who could function as championship challengers in the right circumstances.

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Long shot: Art Reed in 2008 had the backstage nickname of 'the failed gamble'. PWA would vote him their 2009 Wrestler of the year.

My plan was to restore the Keiths after a couple of months and move Art on to win the All Action Championship. After his 2008, that seemed about his level. The match with the British Lions changed everything. The Kreed became a permanent fixture – they'll probably have another title reign before too long – and that meant Matt feuding over it, which turned him heel, and after a run of stellar TV matches around those turns, the decision was made not to have him join Generation Omega but keep him separate. And when he kept generating heat, the path was set for Matt and Greg to collide at Malice.

Those feuds have been the guidelines of my year. Knowing what I would have to both make happen and make people keen to see at the end has given the year structure. And everything else has come from watching the fans. Who'd have thought, in January 2009, that Art Reed would be one of our biggest players?

Things will change. But I thought I'd take this opportunity to sketch out where I CURRENTLY see Malice 2011 going, in the main part.

One of our top feuds will be over the tag team titles. I aim to have them main event one of the nights, assuming double-header numbers are good enough that we continue with it. Currently pencilled in for that main event is the Machines against defending champions Elimination Protocol.

Tommy Cornell and Wolf Hawkins will be reconciled, to some degree. Alongside Aaron and Eddie Peak, they'll be facing off against Eddie Chandler, Maverick, Joe Money and Jacob Jett – or some ELITE combination, but that's the one I see coming.

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The world championship picture is a bit sketchier, but at present I suspect it'll be Joey Minnesota, who will have dethroned Jeremy Stone two months before. The match will involve Steve DeColt trying to outdo Jeremy (which itself will be part of a Cage Wars build to War to Settle the Score) by winning the title, but with a third factor – which if we do go with Davis winning the Ticket to the Top, will be the final part of his promise, cashing in a year later at Malice.

Other than Joey and Davis, Generation Omega will be on the card wreaking havoc in various positions; I want to see if Remo can make the Hard-Hitting Championship mean something serious over the year, and somewhere along the year Gen Om will pick up a new addition, likely Matthew Keith – who will get HIS big Malice win when he drives his father to put his career on the line. (Sam will likely then take Mayhem's role, as Mayhem is due retirement sometime soon. If not that, Eric Tyler will step up as a heel.)

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Triumph in 2010: The Three Amigos hoist the Three Kings Trophy aloft after defeating the Fighting Samoans, the Kings of Wrestling, and ultimately the Texas Outlaws in the final)

Elsewhere, I see Rick Law picking up the 2011 Ticket to the Top – that boy needs the championship sometime soon, and 2011 would be a good year for him to finally shine, especially after a 2010 Three Kings victory – and our last meeting notes have pencilled in “Jack DeColt w/ Hotstuff Marie vs. JeriLynn Stone w/ Ricky DeColt – Love Him or Leave Him Match”. It looks like RDJ's handwriting, so I won't speculate too far on that one.

Eidenhoek

04-27-2012, 07:10 PM

I assume (or can't remember you saying) that Tornado went on vacation for awhile?

~

And I used to hang out a lot with a girl – you've seen her on TV, mind of an asshole, face of an angel, body of freakin' Aphrodite

Before I realized he was talking about Bach and Chase (duh I'm a moron), I thought this was Queen Emily. Or Jessie, because she's canon-hot. And because then Angry Gilmore would debut, squashing The Bruce Storm.

Wait a second, Bruce is talking. And he wasn't wrestling Bach (again, duh, Bach is here, he's the boyfriend). So that's...Rich Money? Huh...or Eric Eisen, but lolEisen.

~

Ricky doesn't know why ELITE want a Canadian in the Shot at the Top match? Lolricky

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Zoe Ammis is hotter than JeriLynn.

~

Somewhere in the brawl Johnson revives – and naturally, the match is thrown out.

Yay continuity!

~

I hate Huggins #signI'llholdatMalice

Phantom Stranger

04-27-2012, 08:14 PM

Wait a second, Bruce is talking. And he wasn't wrestling Bach (again, duh, Bach is here, he's the boyfriend). So that's...Rich Money? Huh...or Eric Eisen, but lolEisen.

The hilarity here is that you finally missed an Angry Gilmore reference that actually existed.

(For the root of Angry's issues with Emma Chase, consult the final stages of PPPW: Dangerous Dreams, continuity-fans!)

Bear in mind that this is early 2010. The Man Under Pressure storyline wouls only just have wrapped up, and would have somehow started a year after Bruce left.

As for what Ricky was puzzled about, he actually spelled it out in the next paragraph from the one you laughed at. In fact, that was most of the sentence.

Phantom Stranger

04-28-2012, 08:19 AM

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What a show we've got lined up for you! The TCW wrestlers are all jockeying for leverage and position aiming to appear at Malice in Wonderland - and earn that prestige.

In the opening tag match, Jack Marlowe's underlings the Bulldozer and the Dragon unite against a pair of expert luchadores - the stunning team of El Leon and Ultimate Phoenix. Which will win out - power or grace?

Frankie Perez will provide a warm welcome next to the latest addition to the TCW roster - an unknown, but an unknown tied to a powerful legacy. They call him the Masked Patriot.

The tag action continues with two low-level teams next; Elemental Energy unite against Elimination Protocol in what's sure to be an excellent bout.

Danny Fonzarelli's lobbying has earned him another shot on the show - but this one will be a tough one; he faces ELITE's Giant among Giants, Dan DaLay, a man thus far undefeated in TCW.

More tag team action to follow; International champion Sean Deeley teams up with CGC Canadian Champion Ryan Powell against Floyd Goldworthy's ever-improving Fly Boys. With the pride of their belts on the line, can they pull something special out of the bag?

The semi-main event sees a qualifying match for the Shot at the Top - and it's an indie dream come round again, as Acid of the School of Tradition will face off against former Bombshell's Boy Art Reed. Who'll make it through for the chance at a World Heavyweight Championship match in the coming year?

In the main event there'll be six-man tag action, as the Kings of Wrestling take on Sam Keith and unlikely allies the British Lions. This one should be, as Duane's fond of informing us, a barnstormer. Let's see if he's right...

Prediction Key:
The Bulldozer & the Dragon vs. El Leon & Ultimate Phoenix

Frankie Perez vs. Masked Patriot

Elemental Energy vs. Elimination Protocol

Dan DaLay w/ Adrian Garcia vs. Danny Fonzarelli

Fly Boyd w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Ryan Powell & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Shot at the Top qualifier
Acid vs. Art Reed

Kings of Wrestling vs. Sam Keith & the British Lions w/ Laura Huggins

Zergon

04-28-2012, 09:39 AM

The Bulldozer & the Dragon vs. El Leon & Ultimate Phoenix
Doing more.

Frankie Perez vs. Masked Patriot
Perez is too established guy to lose against newcomer.

Elemental Energy vs. Elimination Protocol
If you plan Protocol to be your tag champs at Malice 2011 then they need to start picking wins sooner or later and this looks like a good spot to start.

Dan DaLay w/ Adrian Garcia vs. Danny Fonzarelli
I´m surprised that Danny is still in the company and I would be lot more surprised if he would win here.

Fly Boyd w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Ryan Powell & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
Deeley seems like big enough name to overcome Fly Boys tag team experience.

Shot at the Top qualifier
Acid vs. Art Reed
Reed is doing way more.

Kings of Wrestling vs. Sam Keith & the British Lions w/ Laura Huggins
Matthew is kept strong.

Regis

04-28-2012, 12:05 PM

The Bulldozer & the Dragon vs. El Leon & Ultimate Phoenix
JOBBERS!

Frankie Perez vs. Masked Patriot
JOBBER!

Elemental Energy vs. Elimination Protocol
JOBBERS!

Dan DaLay w/ Adrian Garcia vs. Danny Fonzarelli
JOBBER! WHY ARE YOU EVEN STILL HERE?

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Ryan Powell & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
JOBBERS!

Shot at the Top qualifier
Acid vs. Art Reed
Less of a jobber, but still.

Kings of Wrestling vs. Sam Keith & the British Lions w/ Laura Huggins
Betting against Matt Keith isn't a great idea.

Phantom Stranger

04-30-2012, 02:15 PM

Hey, guys.

Despite disruptions, the DOTM is back up and running this month. There's 24 hours left to get nominations in if anyone wants to - we've got a lot of crowded fields so far, but it's always good to get as many in as possible. Consider this a last call from me after the chaos the thread descended into earlier.

Phantom Stranger

04-30-2012, 04:30 PM

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 2 January 2010

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 16.93)
Rebroadcast on Continental Sports X1 (Rating 0.53)

Held at Maryland Wood (Mid Atlantic)

Attendance: 23,572

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Sara Silver

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The Bulldozer & the Dragon vs. El Leon & Ultimate Phoenix
A great opening display from the luchadores. They know they're up against a power advantage and it's clear that they don't want to allow the two Enforcers the chance to leverage what they can do – but sooner or later, a gambit like that shows cracks.

It's Mikey James who opens the first crack, kicking Ultimate Phoenix out of the air. And with that, the tables turn fast as both of Marlowe's men unite in a whirl of destruction. Once the luchadores are grounded, they can fight back – there's an excellent example of a crucifix submission from El Leon – but they will be worn down over time, and indeed they are.

Brandon Smith finishes this one by dumping El Leon via Inverted Piledriver, picking up the win very shortly after.
The Bulldozer & the Dragon defeated El Leon & Ultimate Phoenix
Rating: B

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We Will Rock You fills the arena, and the big screen comes to life with a shot in the DeColt Powerhouse.

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Steve DeColt lifts a hugely muscled, blatantly steroidal bald giant onto his shoulders and Alex DeColt flies off the turnbuckle from behind him, hitting the massive double-team neckbreaker known to hundreds of thousands of Canadian fans as the Doomsday DeColt.

Steve rises from a kneeling position, turns to the camera, and fires off two 'guns' of his fingers. “Malice in Wonderland,” he says. “and these are the moves that will end the argument. These are the moves that will make! The World! DeCOLT COUNTRY!”

Another unlucky wrestler – looking a lot like former SWF prospect Brendan Idol – eats Ricky DeColt's precision Rickyrana – the Frankensteiner straight into a pin. Rising up immediately, Ricky catches Dazzling Dave Diamond with the DeColt 45 (www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPBlP2TnRcI), before rolling out of the ring.

The bald giant is back up, but waiting for him is Alex DeColt – who scoops him up to nail the DeColt Driver (www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mStiyYw038).

Jack promptly rolls into the ring to lock in the crossface armbreaker known as the End of Days – for how long Jack claims he can keep another wrestler locked into it if need be.

The gargantuan wrestler taps, and for an encore Steve and Alex scoop him up, delivering a dual powerbomb – with Ricky flying in at the last moment to add a lungblower in the famed Welcome To DeColt Country.

MALICE IN WONDERLAND
NIGHT ONE
THE QUESTION WILL BE ANSWERED

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The music changes, and over the tones of George Michael's Flawless we see the scene shift. Kashmir Singh is working out in a stainless steel, high-tech gym, while Zeus spells him. After a few moments, he rests the barbells again, nodding. “How much was that?” he asks.

“Three fifty,” a petite young blonde says, stepping into shot and offering Singh a silver tray with a sports bottle on it. Kashmir takes the bottle and drinks from it, replacing it. “Alright,” he nods. “Compensating for the struggling that a wrestler tends to do, that still leaves me press slamming anyone who might try for the All Action Championship.”

Another nod. “We'll work up from there. For now, it's time to make my challenge.”

Zeus nods. “I'll give Pathlow a working over,” he says. Singh laughs, but shakes his head.

“Thank you, Zeus, but no – the Board's Representative is getting annoyed with that strategy.” He turns to the big man and lifts him above his head in a press, clearly exerting himself but equally clearly comfortable with that. He glances at the camera. “You boys can go now,” he says. “Paige, take a letter-”

The video feed fades out.

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Frankie Perez vs. Masked Patriot
This is, Azaria points out, the first ever professional match for the man under that mask. The announce team make a deal out of how many have worn the mask by indulging in some confusion regarding how many that actually is.

They finally settle on “between eighteen and twenty-three,” by which stage the match has started in earnest.

And they have to admit that... this is not a bad wrestler. This man perhaps deserves the identity he's assumed, the legacy he's been gifted.

He staggers Frankie early, taking the fight to him with big shoulderblocks and biels derivbed from surprising strength. Along the way he even tries for the famed and feared Patriot Slam – but Perez rakes the eyes, slips out, and starts to turn the tables. His first couple of tries don't keep the Patriot pinned for three, but a brutal hook kick makes it in the end.
Frankie Perez defeated the Masked Patriot
Rating: B

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Autumn Gleeson flashes her smile at the cameras. “Good evening, all,” she begins. “With me tonight is a man I don't usually have much cause to interview. He is a contracted TCW wrestler, but he doesn't often wrestle – in fact, the two men aligned with him who wrestle as a tag team take to the ring much more often.

“He has no TCW titles to his credit, but he holds one of the more unusual – and potentially powerful – responsibilities within the company, as the man who each week exercises the right to select the Badge of Honor main event.

“Usually, his decisions in this made made entirely for financial gain. He has also hired out himself and his associates for anyone who wishes to employ violence in accomplishing their goals, and there is some speculation that since making that decision he may have started to make more money per month than any TCW wrestler except for the reigning World Heavyweight Champion.

“He is, of course, the Enforcer, Jack Marlowe.”

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Marlowe nods. “Yeah, I think that's all true.”

Gleeson grins slightly. “Jack – there's been some speculation regarding the Elimination Protocol-Golden Law match this past Saturday. Rick Law made some comments, and it's certainly true that you and your allies have interfered on both of Elimination Protocol's registered victories to date, so-”

Marlowe holds up a hand to interrupt. “Rick Law paid extra Saturday for us not to interfere. Now if someone wants to pay me to sit tight and do nothing, I'll take the money.

“Law's also said he's watching the Protocol. Until that dies down, I'm raising prices for the Protocol. Which they haven't paid today; but believe me, the Enforcers are still open for business, and we WILL take on Rick Law – but if we know we're gonna have to, we'll jack up the price. This ain't rocket science.”

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Elemental Energy vs. Elimination Protocol
A burst of energy early on sets the tone for this whole match. The Elementals combine well, though without quite the synchronisation the Protocol are beginning to develop.

It's another match where the announcers are concentrating on the idea of a legacy, the idea of a mask as not an identity but a gift; assuming the mask of a previous wrestler is a way for that previous wrestler to approve, to mark the newcomer as one to watch.

Getting into that history leads quickly – with Azaria's usual faintly obsessive breadth of knowledge – to a comparison of the moves and holds the Elementals use as related to the original Elemental in Japan. It's a quick and easy way to make Elemental Energy out as big deals – and the fact the Protocol hold their own against them then stands as its own testimony to that team's potential, although in time Canadian Elemental gets an opening.

He crashes down squarely on Warren Technique with the Phoenix Firebird Splash.
Elemental Energy defeated Elimination Protocol
Rating: B-

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Enough Is Never Enough starts playing and the Leading Lights strut down to the ring. Snatching a microphone from the ring announcer, Cox turns to face the entrance, shifts hips to one side, one hand bunched into a fist to rest on that hip, fixes the entryway with her trademark pout, and lifts the mic to her lips.

“JeriLynn, if you're back there, girl, take five seconds to shuck on a coat so we don't have to waste time on what's wrong with your outfit and get out here, wouldya?”

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There's a pause, but after a few moments JeriLynn emerges, wearing baggy combats and a 'Talent Works Hard' House of Stone belly top. She has, however, clearly taken five seconds to fasten her Womens Championship around her belt. A mic rests in one hand; she folds her arms, waiting.

“OK, then,” Michelle shrugs. “I mean, we've got a problem here, but it's not that bad. You could work with that, maybe... I mean, it doesn't help that...” She trails off. “Look, whatever. The belt is the important part of that ensemble and, sorry, honey, but it's just... it's just not you. At all.”

“Ever.” Starr supplements with a smirk.

Stone smiles slightly in response. “I'm still standing,” she says, and pauses as the crowd sounds its approval. She looks around, savouring the support of over twenty thousand fans, as womens' wrestling continues to grow in mainstream popularity. “Now, as far as-”

Starr theatrically holds up one hand, and JeriLynn halts, somewhat amused.

“You haven't beaten us,” Cox continues. “In fact, one of us has beaten you – and that belt is only round your waist because of some dumb rule about the way you gotta beat someone.

“At Malice in Wonderland, we are going to be the champion...”

“...and the champion's BFF.”

“And we're going to be that way because we don't care which way round that is. We make winning look good.”

JeriLynn sighs, and shakes her head. “You two done?”

“For the moment.”

“Alright,” JeriLynn continues. “Now, it's a common saying round the House of Stone that hard work beats talent, if talent don't work hard. So I'll give you this much.

“If I slack off, you can probably beat me.”

The Lights look affronted.

“Come to that,” JeriLynn continues. “Considering how often you two cheat to get ahead... you can maybe do it anyway.

“But if you want this belt, you're going to have to work a lot harder to get it from round my waist.”

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Shout at the Devil begins to play, and Mayhem Midden emerges, standing beside JeriLynn.

“I think they just might,” he says. “Alright – JeriLynn, in that ring you're looking at your opponents for Malice in Wonderland.”

Stone looks at the two, and nods slowly.

“Two more things,” Midden continues. “First, this won't be elimination style – you can team up all you want, but on the day, in the ring, you'll have to decide which of you pins who.” He smiles grimly. “Let's see how that works out for you.

“Second... I don't know who yet. But to make sure there's no funny business, I'm going to get in a special enforcer.

“I'll probably have that name for you by Saturday.”

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Dan DaLay w/ Adrian Garcia vs. Danny Fonzarelli
There's an air of inevitability to this contest. Fonzie puts up his level best fight, throwing hands and even getting the big man off his feet for a second – before DaLay shifts his weight, planting his feet and turning the tide with a huge slam.

The giant among giants looks down for a moment and starts laughing. Over the next few minutes, he goes out of his way to brutalise Fonzie. A DDT is the least of it; he biels Fonzie around the ring, powerbombs him, and finally lays him out with the DaLay Down.

And then, he doesn't even pin him. One-handed, he drags a dazed and out of it Fonzie to his feet, then chokeslams him over the top rope to the outside.

Leaning on the turnbuckle, he waits for the formality that is Sam Sparrow counting to ten.
Dan DaLay defeated Danny Fonzarelli
Rating: C

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Backstage go the cameras. The Three Amigos and Stephanie Wade are, as is so often the case, gathered around a table in the commissary. Rockwell and Golden are drinking beer from the bottle, as is Wade; Law is watching a feed of the show on a small monitor and drinking an isotonic sports drink for the moment.

Rockwell glances across. “How'd Danny do?”

“Not good,” Law says tersely. “Mostly inside the rules. They're checking on him now...”

Golden looks up. All three men seem suddenly more ready to act, poised, just in case. Wade picks up a hitherto-unnoticed nightstick, hefting it carefully.

After a moment, Law relaxes. “We're clear,” he says. “Eyes are open, looks like he's talking to the EMTs. Might walk out on his own steam.” A beat. “If he does, he's a tougher SOB than I thought.”

Golden grins. “All this time and you still can't bring yourself to say son of a bitch?”

Law rolls his eyes.

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And a moment later, someone clears their throat. The Amigos look up and see Johnny Bloodstone standing there, hands clenching and unclenching repeatedly.

“What can we do for you, Johnny?” Law asks.

He shifts position. “This time last year, I was going into a Unification Match. I was a World Heavyweight Champion. A couple weeks from now, I was the World Heavyweight Champion.

“It's... not been a good year.”

“You got the Three Kings,” Rockwell points out mildly. “That was a pretty good month, I'm betting. We couldn't do it.”

Bloodstone concedes with a gesture. “Sure, but... then I lost her.

“Anyway... that's not the point. This time last year...”

Rockwell skips over whatever he was going to say. “You want a shot at my title.”

A beat. Bloodstone nods. “Yes.”

Rockwell grins. “I don't have a challenger yet. Beating a former World Heavyweight Champion... that might get me a few headlines.

“Sure, Johnny. You've got the match at Malice. But understand me when I say that I don't think you've got what it takes.”

Bloodstone's jaw clenches. “And what do you mean by that?”

Law grins. “Come on, man,” he says. “You know what Chris always says.” Golden and Wade, simultaneously, finish this one off. “You don't have what it takes to beat Chris Rockwell.”

Bloodstone glowers. “Bet your ass I do,” he growls, then storms off.

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There's a real effort here by the Boys to get a major win, but the problem this match has is its focus on CGC Canadian Champion Ryan Powell.

It's not that Powell is a weak wrestler – anything but – but he simply isn't known to the American fans in attendance, and that drags on fan reaction. Masked Patriot can work with that – in essence, the newcomer was relying on an underdog approach to his match which being unknown works with well.

Powell, on the other hand, is used to playing with the crowd before his big moves, and very few of them know the setups to respond to them.

However, all the teamwork of the Fly Boys is ultimately turned around by the two champions, and Ryan Powell showcases what he can do by hitting the Powell Plunge – a top-rope variant on the Blue Thunder Bomb – on Donnie J to score the pin.
Ryan Powell & Sean Deeley defeated the Fly Boys
Rating: B-

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Shot At The Top Qualifier
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Acid vs. Art Reed
Another blistering rendition of this match-up. These two have been going at this on and off now for almost eight years, since the 2002 debut of Reed, and there's a reason so many companies have put them up against one another; they work extremely well together.

With a blinding array of holds, counters, throws, dropkicks, and airborne stunts, these two light up the ring for over ten minutes before a superplex by Reed brings all three men in the ring – including Ray Johnson – down and temporarily out.

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ELITE arrive moments later. DaLay, Jett, and Chandler all clearly have reasons to be heavily involved in all this.

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The thing is... they don't get far. Rhino Umaga nails Jett from behind as he gets into the ring. Sean McFly and Christian Faith are also right on this.

Sensing the odds shifting, Eddie Chandler busts Christian Faith open with a brass-knucks punch, then gives the command to bail. Jett puts Umaga down, at least for a few seconds, with the Jett Take Off, and ELITE exit as fast as they came.

In the ring, Reed recovers first. Acid goes for him, but Art counters him off the momentum and hits the Dark Matter, covering for the pinfall.
Art Reed defeated Acid
Rating: A

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Kings of Wrestling
vs.
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Sam Keith & the British Lions w/ Laura Huggins
There was no way this match was going to be as fast-paced as the previous one, but it is, nonetheless, a heck of a match.

Four of these men are legitimate contenders to the title of the best mat technician in TCW – though that honour probably falls at either Jeremy Stone or Tommy Cornell's feet – and the other two are an excellent tag team of all-rounders.

There's a little miscommunication, at times, between Keith and the Lions – and it seems a lot like that's what makes the difference here. The Elite Express against the Lions is an even match; Matthew Keith against his father, likewise.

And Merle O'Curle in particular seems willing to see if he can hold his own against Matt. Regardless of that, though, this one comes down in the end to the fact the Kings of Wrestling function as one tightly-drilled unit, while the transitions between Keith and Morgan, between O'Curle and Keith, are not all they could be.

The Asian Mist catches Merle O'Curle in the fact half a second before he's yanked down into the Proton Lock. Immediately, the Express make their move, and that half a second advantage means that Merle's teammates aren't there in time to rescue him from tapping out.
Kings of Wrestling defeated Sam Keith & the British Lions
Rating: A

Show Rating: A

Eidenhoek

04-30-2012, 07:23 PM

YES! Aside from her attitude, I loves me somes Croft.

~

I'm going to get in a special enforcer.

“I'll probably have that name for you by Saturday.”

Dewd, it's either Marlowe or THE ENFORCER ARN-wait. Oh.

Then Angry Gilmore probs and/or Jessie.

~

And then, he doesn't even pin him. One-handed, he drags a dazed and out of it Fonzie to his feet, then chokeslams him over the top rope to the outside.

Leaning on the turnbuckle, he waits for the formality that is Sam Sparrow counting three.

But...but...HE HAS TILL TEN!

Also, I never liked DaLay's nickname. When Bruce and-more pertinently-Kholov exist, DaLay's not a giant.

Oh, and Giant Tana's a super-heavy.

But eh, I didn't like DaLay anyway, so screw CGC.

~

WAIT I JUST REALIZED YOU GOT JOEY POISON YESSSSSSS

~

Bloodstone glowers. “Bet your ass I do,” he growls, then storms off.

Rockwell: Actually, I bet my ass you don't, but the implied you in that sentence was a nice subject.

~

wat

da hayle

iz dat Ryan Powell.

You managed to pick a picture that I like less than his default render.

Also, btw, he's a heel. I don't care if he's a face, he's a heel. Which means Sean's a heel. Which means I hate you.

...

Okay, it's not a bad render, but...I...can't stand it.

~

Jacob Jett is a robot.

~

There's a little miscommunication, at times, between Keith and the Lions

Stop kicking out; I'm trying to pin you!

...

I just made Matthew Keith into Edd Stone.

...

Excuse me while I kill myself now.

btw, you need to buy out Burning Hammer (or Inspire, I guess) and get the King of Fighters title. Give it to Keith.

Then Tekken everyone. Hell Monkey can be Kuma. El Leon is King. But who is Paul Phoenix? Hrm...

Art Reed can be Eddy Gordo I guess. Or Singh, as Tiger Jackson.

I guess Tamara McFly and JeriLynn Stone are Anna and Nina Williams, since they're related.

Rockwell. Grow out his hair, give him the flat top; (not that stupid haircut he got in...4?) there's Paul Phoenix.

Jin Kazama is...I guess Hawkins, and Hwoarang is Aaron Andrews? Well that sucks, because I don't like Andrews that much...

Acid is, obviously, Mokujin.

Now who is Yoshimitsu? Well, Rick Law has a nightstick I guess. That's like a sword. Sort of. But who is a...so Koshiro Ino is Yoshimitsu. Cool.

Heihachi is Sam Keith, which means Greg Gauge is Jin, then. And Matthew Keith is Hwoarang, obviously.

Mikey James is one of the Laws (I have Tekken 3 only, so I'd go with Forrest I guess, not Marshall?)

Texas Pete is Lei Wulong, because both of them drink.

Ling Xiaoyu is...well, if Kuma is Hell Monkey, then Laura Flame is Ling.

Bryan Vessey is Bryan Fury. Get him.

Marlowe is (Gun) Jack, duh.

And Julia Chang, right, she's in it...uh...give that to...Kate Dangerous, I guess. Because...they're both...women?

And Ogre/True Ogre is Tommy Cornell as a face/heel, respectively.

~

You need to get Haruki Kudo to bury the hell out of Matthew Keith, never once using the Asian Mist. Have him, in fact, absorb the mist through his skin.

Then give him a 10-year title run, having him retire undefeated.

I'm pretty sure that's all canon (the mist and reign).

Blake Trask

04-30-2012, 07:35 PM

*casually slaps Eidenhoek out of the way on the way in*

I liked the DeColt segment, made them look strong whilst keeping the appropriately arrogant attitude.

In honesty... I really don't like DaLay. He's always annoyed me and I don't like him as a worker. It makes bringing him in interesting, although I guess he's very much a required component for ELITE. It's telling that that C was, I think, one of your lowest grades I've seen in quite some time.

Phantom Stranger

04-30-2012, 08:01 PM

In honesty... I really don't like DaLay. He's always annoyed me and I don't like him as a worker. It makes bringing him in interesting, although I guess he's very much a required component for ELITE. It's telling that that C was, I think, one of your lowest grades I've seen in quite some time.

Telling is the list of ELITE for next Malice in the latest diary post, I think. More on DaLay in the next diary update.

(I completely agree. I have better. ****, I just released Tyson Baine to the SWF because I wasn't being fair to the guy and when do you ever, as a big guy, have a better chance to make money than when SWF and USPW are both hiring?)

Glad you enjoyed the DeColt bit, though.

...Eidenhoek: I hope you realise that on the longer, more rambly screeds, I zone out and stop reading.

I actually think this is a shame, because while you and I don't book the same way, I do value your more thoughtful input, and if there is some in a post like that, I'm not gonna see it.

(In this instance it doesn't help that I've only played Tekken Tag, and seen the utterly hilarious CGI movie.)

Phantom Stranger

04-30-2012, 08:03 PM

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Eidenhoek

04-30-2012, 08:09 PM

PS: Unsurprising. Expected, actually.

Oh dude, the movie. I started marking out, then I started wtf-ing out, then I got really really mad at stuff, then confused, then wtf they screwed canon.

And, y'know, no real Hwoarang/Jin feud, because that's the Chord/Strong of Tekken. Or...uh...yeah.

Anyway, I'll parse down what was relevant:

1. I predicted Marlowe as the guest ref, though I'm sure I'm wrong.

2. DaLay somehow got Fonz counted out at 3, not 10. Or he pinned him while against the turnbuckle.

3. Is Joey Poison in CGC (well, TCW)? Because I absolutely love his finisher. As in, I think it's my favorite in the game. Yes, above Gilmore's; Anger Management sucks.

4. DaLay being characterized as a giant, while I understand why you do that (and it's a good character) is funny, especially with Marat Kholov, the legit giant, on your roster.

5. Ryan Powell's render is goofy.

6. Jett's is a robot.

7. Blah Tekken Haruki Kudo me not reading a match right.

Phantom Stranger

04-30-2012, 08:16 PM

Oh dude, the movie. I started marking out, then I started wtf-ing out, then I got really really mad at stuff, then confused, then wtf they screwed canon.

The movie upset me. More of it should've involved a panda inflicting pain on dumbasses. And the stuff at the end seemed to be part of a completely different movie.

...It should be noted that Regis can confirm that I watch some really, really bad movies. And some good ones; at the moment, Citizen Kane is shelved next to Machete on my DVD shelf.

1. I predicted Marlowe as the guest ref, though I'm sure I'm wrong.

2. DaLay somehow got Fonz counted out at 3, not 10. Or he pinned him while against the turnbuckle.

3. Is Joey Poison in CGC (well, TCW)? Because I absolutely love his finisher. As in, I think it's my favorite in the game. Yes, above Gilmore's; Anger Management sucks.

4. DaLay being characterized as a giant, while I understand why you do that (and it's a good character) is funny, especially with Marat Kholov, the legit giant, on your roster.

5. Ryan Powell's render is goofy.

6. Jett's is a robot.

7. Blah Tekken Haruki Kudo me not reading a match right.

1. See above your reply.

2. My bad; it shoulda been ten. I'll be editing shortly.

3. Nope; Joey also books 4C and won't leave that.

4. Yeah, I know. But it's the tagline from FCK, and frankly, DaLay doesn't deserve TWO diary writers coming up with characters for him.

5. When I bought out CGC, Ricky was tag champion with Ryan. So I picked the extant alt with blonde dye, so they could be the Canadian Golden Boys. Yeah, I know.

6. Jett's has a damn sight more Psych than Jacob does, but OTOH works as a heel, and IMO his regular looks don't.

7. Fair dos.

Eidenhoek

04-30-2012, 08:58 PM

Replies to the announcements:

1. Gina Carano is hot. I wonder how famous I'd have to be to have her knock out my dad's tooth (two women have done that so far. I think...maybe just one).

2. YES DUANE STONE I ****ING LOVE HIM! Aside from the fact that this totally means you're going with my Megaman Maverick Hell Monkey idea due to obviously making an animal stable, he's like a Japanese Angry Gilmore except with worse brawling and entertainment skills.

3. Aw man you're making Duane into a Stone. Which means he's either a hurr durr Jeremy Stone man (which, admittedly, I don't recall having seen him in awhile) or a hurr durr i b n college except I want to get punched in the crotch Edd Stone man.

4. Where is Jeremy? Didn't he have a title shot against Wolf maybe a few weeks back? He went from being an evil technician to a family man to a...???

5. Dang it. Antidote Poison has won me an inordinate number of games in WS1.
Edit: Antidote Web. God. I just made the worst-named move of all time.

ampulator

04-30-2012, 10:21 PM

...Eidenhoek: I hope you realise that on the longer, more rambly screeds, I zone out and stop reading.
Everyone does. Unfortunately for you, but fortunately for everyone else, the only diary picked to do this, that are not his own, is yours.

Look on the bright side: at least doesn't pull this kind of thing off in other diaries that aren't his.

Eidenhoek

05-01-2012, 12:53 AM

Everyone does. Unfortunately for you, but fortunately for everyone else, the only diary picked to do this, that are not his own, is yours.

Look on the bright side: at least doesn't pull this kind of thing off in other diaries that aren't his.

His is one of the few that I read [that has a significant amount of content in its matches that I read].

ampulator

05-01-2012, 01:52 AM

His is one of the few that I read [that has a significant amount of content in its matches that I read].
That still doesn't explain your odd comments... then again, I don't think even Eidenhoek can stop Eidenhoek for doing what Eidenhoek does.

Self

05-01-2012, 03:17 AM

"Giant Amongst Giants" indeed came from FCK. Ironically, he wasn't even the largest man on that roster. I believe I had Lead Belly of the Dirty White Boys billed as bigger.

Ryan Powell's render is pretty goofy. Again, I take blame. I just hated the original haircut so much. Not sure whether I did it before or after Zack Ryder woo woo woo'd his look. Might have been a rip off.

Fun show. I get a kick out of seeing 'low' ratings. Testament to storytelling over grade-baiting. Plus, as much as he sucks, there's a special place in my heart for Dan DaLay.

James Casey

05-01-2012, 06:20 AM

Plus, as much as he sucks, there's a special place in my heart for Dan DaLay.

Love his render (especially that one), hate his skills... I've hired workers with less reason.

Sometimes you just have to work with that the game gives you. Runaway Train's still autopushing as a main eventer in my 18 month old SWF game because he keeps churning out good matches against my undercard - admittedly every single one of them is carrying him, but still... Getting DaLay over as 'the TCW invasion monster' should be a doddle in comparison.

Phantom Stranger

05-01-2012, 06:31 AM

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 2 January 2010

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 1.18)

Held at the Sunrise Sunset (Hawaii)

Attendance: 2,000

Announcers:
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Steve Smith – Charlie Thatcher – Autumn Gleeson

Double J apply a serious beatdown to International Air. So far from Canada, with IA far from established, only part of the crowd care when Matravers goes down to the Wall Street Crash. (Rating: C)
Dean Waldorf tries his hardest, but he CAN'T POWERBOMB EDD STONE and the Party's Over seals the deal. (Rating: B)
A hype video airs recapping the issues Frankie Perez perceives between himself and Rhino Umaga
This is followed fast by a hype video recapping the road to the Cornell/Hawkins World Heavyweight Championship match.
Johnny Bloodstone polishes off Sayeed Ali with a Bloodstone Mutilation, but holds it in almost long enough for the decision to be reversed. (Rating: B)
In intergender tag, Koshiro Ino and Suzanne Brazzle make very short work of Julian Watson and Tamara McFly, Ino pinning a somewhat hapless Watson while Tamara doesn't even make it to the ring. (Rating: C+)
Team KOBRA gather to salute Ino and Brazzle as the announce team once again go over Tyler's accusation that Jack Marlowe is being used as KOBRA's secret weapon.
Elimination Protocol went up against the Conquering Kings – and Kirk Jameson laid out Clark Alexander with the Bullseye to secure the win. (Rating: C+)
Global Tradition scored a rare win as they took on Masked Patriot and his randomly-assigned partner Chance Fortune. While showing determination, the youngsters fell, Fortune tapping to the Cross-Atlantic Stretch. (Rating: C+)
Another recap video ran next, with the last $10,000,000 Cornell needs stressed and Aaron Andrews wanting to wrestle Remo if the money comes through.
And another recap video, with the British Lions' plan to defend their title twice on consecutive nights.
Kate Dangerous took on the School of Tradition's Jaime Quine, getting a win off the Half Nelson Suplex. (Rating: B)
In the main event, Rick Law qualified for the Shot at the Top match, beating Jacob Jett when the Three Amigos, Stephanie Wade, Rhino Umaga, and Christian Faith surrounded the ring to prevent ELITE interfering. Law scored the victory with the Squad Car Slam. (Rating: A)

Show Rating: A

Phantom Stranger

05-01-2012, 06:32 AM

Ladies and gentlemen, THAT is why you don't run a show featuring your Canadian invasion in Hawaii, and THAT is why Rick Law will always have a place in TCW.

Rayelek

05-01-2012, 08:29 PM

Did I just see Elimination Protocol get a clean win?!

Phantom Stranger

05-01-2012, 08:32 PM

Did I just see Elimination Protocol get a clean win?!

Yep.

Phantom Stranger

05-01-2012, 08:55 PM

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And now there are just seven shows before the biggest moment of the professional wrestling year. Many of the matches for Malice in Wonderland are already set in stone, but there are still opportunities for the talented wrestlers here.

So let's see who's getting their chance this Saturday.

A Shot At the Top qualifier will open the night; Ryan Powell, current CGC Canadian and CGC Tag Team Champion, has asked to be entered into the draw as a way to balance out the ELITE contingent (Eddie Chandler, who qualified, and Jacob Jett, who last night failed against Rick Law). His opponent is Davis Wayne Newton, and this will be a real challenge for Powell as he faces a man who, for all TCW fans may not support him, remains one of our best wrestlers.

In tag team action, the New Wave - November title challengers who'll be challenging again on the first night of Malice in Wonderland - will clash with Danny Fonzarelli and El Leon. Many, including Rick Law, were surprised by Fonzarelli's recovery rate after his battle with Dan DaLay this past Tuesday - but has he recovered enough?

Giant Tana is also in action, and while you have to go some way back before the Samoan's last defeat, his singles competitor put himself on the map last month with an excellent performance in the World Heavyweight Championship match. It's Zimmy, of course, who's also expected to talk with Sammy Bach about the claims made by Troy Tornado and Jack Bruce earlier in the month.

In distaff tag team action, Tamara McFly unites with Generation Omega's Alicia Strong against Melody Cuthill and a newcomer who apparently goes by the name of Raven. Will McFly avenge an ignominious defeat last night?

Match five in the Best of Seven series, and this one could be the last! Freddy Huggins has three in the bag, and Sean Deeley only has one - the champion has his work cut out for him!

And in the main event, the original ELITE - Dan DaLay and Eddie Chandler, unite against two of TCW's icons, Aaron Andrews and Tommy Cornell. Just how far will TCW have to go to turn this around?

Prediction Key:
SHOT AT THE TOP QUALIFIER #5
Davis Wayne Newton w/ Phil Vibert vs. Ryan Powell

New Wave w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Danny Fonzarelli & El Leon

Giant Tana vs. Zimmy

Alicia Strong & Tamara McFly w/ Phil Vibert vs. Melody Cuthill & Raven

BEST OF SEVEN SERIES - TCW International Championship
Sean Deeley (c) w/ Laura Huggins (1) --- (3) Freddy Huggins

Aaron Andrews & Tommy Cornell vs. Dan DaLay & Eddie Chandler w/ Adrian Garcia

Eidenhoek

05-01-2012, 09:02 PM

That still doesn't explain your odd comments... then again, I don't think even Eidenhoek can stop Eidenhoek for doing what Eidenhoek does.

Of course I can; read my WLW diary.

~~~

Eh, big deal. Conquering Kings have sucked ever since Seduction never got them that title shot. Or whatever. Remember when Frankie Perez took out Barry Kingman?

Dude...I think Barry Kingman might be the biggest chump of the diary. Danny Fonzarelli definitely is close, maybe ahead, but I'm giving it to the guy that never got revenge for Perez taking the Crippler name.

Which, amusingly, never really went anywhere. /shrug

I also forgot Jacob Jett wasn't already with the company, so that was...hell, with Jett's poor psychology, how the hell did you manage an A?!

Blake Trask

05-01-2012, 09:09 PM

This is like, what... almost two years in, game time? I wouldn't be surprised to see Jett's psychology be at more than respectable levels by now, and remember that only one guy needs to have psychology for the purposes of carrying that side of things, and from what I recall (we got a screenshot of his stats a while back, I'm pretty sure), Rick's is quite strong.

ampulator

05-01-2012, 09:10 PM

Of course I can; read my WLW diary.
Same wall of text as usual.

I'm so glad you don't do this in James Casey's diaries. My god, that would be a nightmare.

Phantom Stranger

05-01-2012, 09:22 PM

ampulator

05-01-2012, 09:39 PM

OK, guys, seriously.

There's nine shows left.

I don't mind the crazy comments and I don't mind the serious or the logical ones, but we're in the middle of wrapping up something I started close to three years ago.

At least until Malice Night Two is in the can, can we not get into bickering in here?
I'm not bickering. I'm quite serious about what I'm saying. I just hate seeing darn wall of texts (that are separate thoughts that might or might not have any connection together or even to this diary) in one of favorite diaries of one my favorite writers. I couldn't care less if he did this in his own diaries. It's his world. But he has the habit of bringing his own world into others, without much considering if others want him to bring it. And as long as he doesn't consider other people's needs, I'm going to politely imply he does so. I don't mind the crazy comments so much, it needs to be in lower doses. Or at least, if it's got to be less wall of semi-related and unrelated sentences stringed one after the other, with no organization.

But considering I respect you, I will stop, for now.

Eidenhoek

05-01-2012, 11:48 PM

I'm out.

Zergon

05-02-2012, 08:59 AM

SHOT AT THE TOP QUALIFIER #5
Davis Wayne Newton w/ Phil Vibert vs. Ryan Powell
Powell is still new and thus untested but I´d say that DWN isn´t going to lose to him.

New Wave w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Danny Fonzarelli & El Leon
Pretty close to a squash.

Giant Tana vs. Zimmy
Doing more.

Alicia Strong & Tamara McFly w/ Phil Vibert vs. Melody Cuthill & Raven
Alicia is the difference maker here.

BEST OF SEVEN SERIES - TCW International Championship
Sean Deeley (c) w/ Laura Huggins (1) --- (3) Freddy Huggins
Deeley will at least win the next two matches in order to tie this up.

Aaron Andrews & Tommy Cornell vs. Dan DaLay & Eddie Chandler w/ Adrian Garcia
Normally I would go with Tommy but I guess that ELITE guys are still rather new and thus likely need win this big in order to establish themselves.

Blake Trask

05-02-2012, 09:06 AM

SHOT AT THE TOP QUALIFIER #5
Davis Wayne Newton w/ Phil Vibert vs. Ryan Powell

DWN is winning at Malice, so he logically has to qualify to get there.

New Wave w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Danny Fonzarelli & El Leon

Not even if El Leon had his actual tag team partner.

Giant Tana vs. Zimmy

Tana is solid now, but Zimmy is better.

Alicia Strong & Tamara McFly w/ Phil Vibert vs. Melody Cuthill & Raven

Alicia is by far the biggest name here.

BEST OF SEVEN SERIES - TCW International Championship
Sean Deeley (c) w/ Laura Huggins (1) --- (3) Freddy Huggins

The Kiss obsession loses him this one.

Aaron Andrews & Tommy Cornell vs. Dan DaLay & Eddie Chandler w/ Adrian Garcia

I will cry if DaLay goes over Tommy Cornell. Do you want me to cry, PS?

Oregano Jensen

05-02-2012, 12:20 PM

SHOT AT THE TOP QUALIFIER #5
Davis Wayne Newton w/ Phil Vibert vs. Ryan Powell

Powell made this easy with a lackluster performance alongside Deeley. Of course he's not winning, because of course DWN is winning the whole thing (or coming very close and setting up a storyline) -- but I don't know that Powell beats much of anyone without some buildup.

New Wave w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Danny Fonzarelli & El Leon

Danny Fonzarelli strikes again. (Well, he GETS struck again. Not sure if he'll actually manage any offense here.)

Giant Tana vs. Zimmy

Zimmy still needs a little more establishing. Tana (and Rhino, not pictured here) are looking vulnerable of late.

Alicia Strong & Tamara McFly w/ Phil Vibert vs. Melody Cuthill & Raven

I mean, probably, right?

BEST OF SEVEN SERIES - TCW International Championship
Sean Deeley (c) w/ Laura Huggins (1) --- (3) Freddy Huggins

Deeley is not going to lose 4-1.

Aaron Andrews & Tommy Cornell vs. Dan DaLay & Eddie Chandler w/ Adrian Garcia

Ah, you wouldn't throw all this out to push ELITE. Especially with DaLay on the other side. This is one step too far.

Bigpapa42

05-02-2012, 03:34 PM

Davis Wayne Newton w/ Phil Vibert vs. Ryan Powell

New Wave w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Danny Fonzarelli & El Leon

Giant Tana vs. Zimmy

Alicia Strong & Tamara McFly w/ Phil Vibert vs. Melody Cuthill & Raven

BEST OF SEVEN SERIES - TCW International Championship
Sean Deeley (c) w/ Laura Huggins (1) --- (3) Freddy Huggins

Aaron Andrews & Tommy Cornell vs. Dan DaLay & Eddie Chandler w/ Adrian Garcia

Regis

05-02-2012, 08:02 PM

SHOT AT THE TOP QUALIFIER #5
Davis Wayne Newton w/ Phil Vibert vs. Ryan Powell
He did promise.

New Wave w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Danny Fonzarelli & El Leon
JOBBERS!

Giant Tana vs. Zimmy
Such a terrible shame. That's a future International Champion losing out, there...

Alicia Strong & Tamara McFly w/ Phil Vibert vs. Melody Cuthill & Raven
JOBBERS!

BEST OF SEVEN SERIES - TCW International Championship
Sean Deeley (c) w/ Laura Huggins (1) --- (3) Freddy Huggins
No shit.

Aaron Andrews & Tommy Cornell vs. Dan DaLay & Eddie Chandler w/ Adrian Garcia
Hard to argue with these two.

Candyman

05-02-2012, 11:29 PM

I'm not bickering. I'm quite serious about what I'm saying. I just hate seeing darn wall of texts (that are separate thoughts that might or might not have any connection together or even to this diary) in one of favorite diaries of one my favorite writers. I couldn't care less if he did this in his own diaries. It's his world. But he has the habit of bringing his own world into others, without much considering if others want him to bring it. And as long as he doesn't consider other people's needs, I'm going to politely imply he does so. I don't mind the crazy comments so much, it needs to be in lower doses. Or at least, if it's got to be less wall of semi-related and unrelated sentences stringed one after the other, with no organization.

But considering I respect you, I will stop, for now.

Ok. You know what annoys me just as much as Eidenhoek's posts annoy you? The snarky, obnoxious replies to his posts and the complaints about his posts. You are doing the exact same thing to me(and I doubt I'm alone) that he does to you that you hate so much. Look, there's a name at the top of every post - when you see "Eidenhoek" at the top of a post, scroll past that post. If PS wants to ask him to stop, fair enough. It's his thread. But it's not yours, so I don't know why you're so concerned about what somebody else is posting (especially when it doesn't seem to particularly bother PS) when it's so easy to avoid it. It should take you somewhere between a quarter of a second and half a second, depending on how long the post is. You have a choice to enter his world or not. I don't have that luxury, because I don't know which posts are off topic, useless gibberish until I start reading them. And I'd like to be able to read all the comments in the diaries I like, but I really don't want to read this nonsense. So consider this me politely implying that you consider other people's needs, and I've even added an easy suggestion to help you out. Thank you.

Sorry, PS. But this has been going on for months and somebody had to say something eventually. There's just no place on these boards for stuff like that.

Prediction Key:
SHOT AT THE TOP QUALIFIER #5
Davis Wayne Newton w/ Phil Vibert vs. Ryan Powell
Losing this would make it a lot harder for him to win Shot At The Top and cash it in next year.

New Wave w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Danny Fonzarelli & El Leon
Poor Danny Fonzarelli. Or maybe I should say, poor El Leon for being teamed with Danny...

Giant Tana vs. Zimmy
I could see a draw/non finish of some kind, but I don't think Tana has quite caught up to Zimmy enough to beat him yet.

Alicia Strong & Tamara McFly w/ Phil Vibert vs. Melody Cuthill & Raven
I'm glad you hired Raven, but no. Not yet anyway.

BEST OF SEVEN SERIES - TCW International Championship
Sean Deeley (c) w/ Laura Huggins (1) --- (3) Freddy Huggins
Deeley wins the next two to set up Match Seven at MIW.

Aaron Andrews & Tommy Cornell vs. Dan DaLay & Eddie Chandler w/ Adrian Garcia
Could see a draw here too, but I can't see ELITE winning.

Regis

05-03-2012, 05:22 AM

Ok. You know what annoys me just as much as Eidenhoek's posts annoy you? The snarky, obnoxious replies to his posts and the complaints about his posts. You are doing the exact same thing to me(and I doubt I'm alone) that he does to you that you hate so much. Look, there's a name at the top of every post - when you see "Eidenhoek" at the top of a post, scroll past that post. If PS wants to ask him to stop, fair enough. It's his thread. But it's not yours, so I don't know why you're so concerned about what somebody else is posting (especially when it doesn't seem to particularly bother PS) when it's so easy to avoid it. It should take you somewhere between a quarter of a second and half a second, depending on how long the post is. You have a choice to enter his world or not. I don't have that luxury, because I don't know which posts are off topic, useless gibberish until I start reading them. And I'd like to be able to read all the comments in the diaries I like, but I really don't want to read this nonsense. So consider this me politely implying that you consider other people's needs, and I've even added an easy suggestion to help you out. Thank you.

Sorry, PS. But this has been going on for months and somebody had to say something eventually. There's just no place on these boards for stuff like that.

What he said. Lay off, man.

Wallbanger

05-03-2012, 08:57 AM

What he said. Lay off, man.

Seconded.

Come back, E.

amp, learn to use your ignore list.

Phantom Stranger

05-04-2012, 02:04 PM

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TCW Presents Saturday Night Showcase

Saturday Week 2 January 2010

Live on CBA (Rating 14.70)
Rebroadcast on Euro Cable Sports 1 (Rating )

Held at the Kettley Arena (Mid South)

Attendance: 22,009

Announcers:
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Duane Fry – Jasmine Saunders – Alanis Springsteen

SHOT AT THE TOP QUALIFIER
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Davis Wayne Newton w/ Phil Vibert vs. Ryan Powell
A really good back and forth match starts the show off, with Newton and Powell both in position at various points to capitalise and advance.

Ryan shows some real persistence here – he's not willing to get pinned, and he kicks out a lot. When he rallies, he typically does so with a speed advantage, and that allows him to fight to the comeback surprisingly well and surprisingly frequently.

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As time goes on, however, ELITE make their presence felt. Jacob Jett and Joe Money show up on opposite sides of the ring. Powell can't keep his eye on both of them, and he certainly can't keep one eye on both of them and one on his opponent.

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Davis makes full use of this, attacking him viciously, weakening Powell and setting him up for the STF. In due time, Rhino Umaga and Rick Law make their presence known and ELITE exit- but the damage is done, and Newton forces the submission to advance.
Davis Wayne Newton defeated Ryan Powell
Rating: B

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Backstage go the cameras. Jack Marlowe, “Bulldozer” Brandon Smith, and Mikey “the Dragon” James are walking with a purpose. A call comes from behind them. “Jack! Hey, Jack!”

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Marlowe turns around, the trio stopping in its tracks, to look at the man hustling up behind them – Julian Watson.

“What do you want?” Marlowe asks sneeringly. Watson hesitates.

“I... look, man. We used to be friends... I know I wanted us both to go our own ways after the Syndicate, but -”

Marlowe has already half-turned away. “Save it, Jules.”

“Hey – no. Look, man... I just need some help. We used to be as tight as anyone. You know I can help out... you know it makes sense, right?”

Marlowe turns back. “Last night you lost in minutes. You had a tag partner, too.”

“I – well – she was-”

“She's good,” Marlowe interrupts. “Shoulda tagged out, bro.”

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With that, the three Enforcers resume walking, leaving Watson behind. The camera goes with them for a few moments. They meet the Masked Patriot coming the other way, and the “Bulldozer” comes to a halt, locking eyes with the masked man, who tenses wearily “What do you three want?”

Brandon stares him down. “Lot of good men have worn those colours,” he says. “You earn them?”

“I'm going to. Every time I get in the ring.”

After a long moment, Smith nods. “Wear that mask with pride and honor.”

The Patriot nods in response and moves past them.

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New Wave w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Danny Fonzarelli & El Leon
An entertaining display from the Wave, and Fonzie and El Leon certainly do their best to get some momentum going – but it's not nearly enough.

When the luchador proves a hard nut to crack, however, the Wave shift strategy. They isolate Fonzie - though a brief moment where he nails a Guided Missile of his own nearly changes that – and wear him down.

The victory swiftly becomes inevitable. A Guided Missile by Guide is the thing that eventually gets the win.

After the victory, Fonzie sits up in the ring, head stooped. The camera catches an image of despair on his face.
The New Wave defeated Danny Fonzarelli & El Leon
Rating: B+

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The big screen comes to life. Yellow fills the screen, uniform, except for some handwriting;

PULLABLE BEARD

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The camera pulls back to reveal that to have been a Post-It note on a cardboard cut-out of Steve DeColt. This is surrounded by cut-outs of the other DeColts – including George. Edd Stone scribbles down another note and slaps it on Ricky.

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The image cuts to JeriLynn Stone being locked in the End of Days by Kate Dangerous. Jeremy Stone, outside the ring, is watching carefully. “...OK, good. And now, counter.”

JeriLynn moves. At home, thousands of viewers pause their TiVos and rewind, checking that she didn't somehow phase through Kate's arm.

She didn't.

Jeremy nods. “Again, please.”

The two women nod, moving back into position.

A black hooded snake moves across rocky desert.

Jeremy Stone watches tape of the DeColts.

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Champagne Lover and Gorgon attempt a stereo powerbomb on Edd Stone. This time, it connects. He lies there on the mat for a few seconds. “OK, so where do I go from here?” he asks.

“Figure out which is the stronger man and turn into them,” Gorgon says. “No one powerbombs you.” Is that reverence in her voice?

Either way, Edd considers it and nods. “Let's try it. Hurt me, guys.”

The snake rears up, flaring its hood, hissing.

Jeremy Stone and his daughter try another counter entirely to the End of Days. A few seconds later, JeriLynn stands up with her father now locked instead into the Stone Hold. Pain crosses Jeremy's face, but he doesn't lose focus. “Good,” he says. “Tighter... that's it. Sit down into it further – aaah! Yes. Well done, honey.”

As she releases the hold, a smile crosses his face.

MALICE IN WONDERLAND
NIGHT ONE
THE QUESTION WILL BE ANSWERED

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The video ends and This Corrosion begins to play – a tune which hasn't been heard in TCW since Sammy Bach joined Darkwave. He comes out, alongside Zimmy, holding a microphone as he goes.

“Well,” he says, and closes his eyes, breathing in in satisfaction and that old almost post-orgasmic look, “I'm back.”

A moment later, the pair head down toward the ring. “So let's review,” Sammy grins. “I spent... ONE YEAR... working on this. I spent ONE YEAR with Jack... moving closer and closer to getting exactly what I was after.

“That's what Troy would have you believe... and the thing you have to ask is... what exactly was I after?

“He doesn't seem to have an answer for that, see. Why would I play second fiddle to a man who'd been champion somewhere else? Why would I linger in the background?”

He smiles complacently. “I think we should be told. I'm looking forward to hearing myself.

“Oh, I'm sure someone could put a case together... that I did this to target Troy, perhaps? He was champion when I supposedly started. Perhaps I got trapped into this. Perhaps it's consumed my focus for a year.”

Bach turns to face the hard camera, lowering his gaze, staring straight into it. His voice turns from amusement to cold fury.

“Perhaps Jack Bruce started as a plan, became a game... and turned into a weight around my shoulders. And perhaps, at Malice in Wonderland, I'll finally get him out of the way... and get back to what I want to be.

“Champion.”

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Giant Tana vs. Zimmy
After all that, Zimmy stays in the ring, waiting, as Tana makes his entrance. The big Samoan glad-hands the crowds around him, all smiles, all cheer.

And even as the match gets under way, even as Zimmy uncorks his new fury against the world around him, Tana stays confident and cheerful. He's big, he's clever, and he's not an easy conquest for any wrestler – and it seems like he wants to make absolutely sure that everyone appreciates that.

Zimmy starts to rally, but it isn't easy. He has to chop the big man down, and when the big man is capable of a palm strike that'll knock you on your ass, that's never simple.

Little by little, though, he manages it, and evades a Big Fat Samoan Squash. Off the ropes he comes and he connects with the Blood Rush – finally knocking the Samoan onto his back, and consequently allowing for the pin.
Zimmy defeated Giant Tana
Rating: B

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Alicia Strong & Tamara McFly w/ Phil Vibert vs. Melody Cuthill & Raven
The two women with the famous names unite well here, and while neither of them is the reason their surname is renowned in this sport, both make a case for it.

Melody, meanwhile, teams with newcomer Raven – and there's definite skill there, though there doesn't seem to be the kind of hunger for victory that the other side have.

The announce team turn, over and over again, to the comment Jack Marlowe made to Julian Watson earlier in the show, about tagging in Tamara McFly – and there's no question here but that she makes a compelling case that tagging out would have been the best thing he could have done.

Tamara eventually takes over entirely, putting Raven on the ropes and knocking her over them before setting up Melody to take the fall – and Alicia blind tags in, nailing a Strong Arm Tactic to record the win for herself.
Alicia Strong & Tamara McFly defeated Melody Cuthill & Raven
Rating: B

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Backstage go the cameras again, and Tommy Cornell has ceased going over the accounts books. Casting his fate to the vagaries of chance, he is, instead, bent over a weird array of inch-high plastic figures on green felt spread over the commissary table. With Walter Morgan sitting across from him, two of professional wrestling's current top talents are taking time out to play Subbuteo.

English Premier League fans will see Morgan at the helm of his beloved Arsenal, while Cornell, of course, looks to take Newcastle United to victory.

Cornell carefully lines up a shot-

“Boss?”

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The surprise makes the shot go wide. Cornell's head snaps up, irked, but when he sees who it is he relaxes a little. “Aaron, hi,” he says. “Ready for the match?”

“I will be by the time we're on,” Andrews says. “There's no way Sean goes down quick tonight, and I'd be stunned if Huggins allows a fluke roll-up.”

In the background, Morgan nods his agreement with this assessment.

Cornell shrugs. “So what's up, Aaron?”

“I've found our last ten million,” the youngster says. “I'll have it in the account by morning.

“You can pick your seven, boss – except only pick six. I said I wanted Remo, and I still want Remo.”

Cornell stares at the youngster. “You found ten million?”

“Yeah.”

The company's owner gazes thoughtfully at his newer protege. “Aaron... what have you gotten yourself into?”

“Malice in Wonderland.”

Cornell sighs. “Get ready for the match, kid,” he says. “I'll do the same, soon as I show this Gunner fan how things really are.”

Morgan grins appreciatively. “Still two-one up,” he points out.

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The video screen comes alive next. This time the tape recaps Rhino Umaga's rise to prominence, his battles with Champagne Lover, intercut with Frankie Perez' fall from grace in the same period, his fixation on being 'cost' the International Championship by Umaga, and the actions he took in response.

MALICE IN WONDERLAND
NIGHT TWO
THE GRUDGE MUST BE SETTLED

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Christian Faith, backstage, is working a speedbag. His approach and style are idiosyncratic; he's laying in at least as many Faith Hammers as punches. Don't Stop Believing is playing in the background as the Supreme Legend goes full-on training montage – apparently without being aware that the cameras are even on him.

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Sean McFly steps into shot. “I can see this is a bad time...”

Faith stills the bag with one powerful hand. “It could be worse. What's up?”

McFly nods at the speedbag. “Was that Generation Omega, for your match at Malice, or ELITE?”

Faith half-smiles. “I'm wrestling Generation Omega for my friend. Watching ELITE go to work is what took Ricky out. THAT is personal.”

Sean nods. “You know they'll want to interfere in your fight...”

“I've considered asking for a cage.”

“I have a different proposal.” McFly smiles. “Christian, I know you're already wondering why... because I know you.

“When I got into this sport, the big name in professional wrestling was Christian Faith. When I got my big break, you were there. You helped me out without even thinking about it; you inspired me. You stood up for the young guys. That youth initiative you ran the past year or so...

“You've given a lot to this sport wherever you've been. And now you're dedicating yourself to a fallen friend's job.

“I wanted to offer some support. I'll step up and take on your job so you can see to his; I'll wrestle ELITE – I'll fell the Giant.

“What do you say?”

There's a long pause. The music swells, and Christian reaches out to shake hands.

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Sean Deeley © w/ Laura Huggins 1 --- 3 Freddy Huggins
Once again, both men build on prior matches. Fry is catching on to this now, and does a solid job of highlighting each counter as being the two men learning to handle one another.

Partly as a result, this fight runs longer than the previous ones, and honestly, that probably hurts it more than it helps.

These two aren't sure quite where to take the story past a certain point; nonetheless, they do their best, with Deeley catching the Huggins Kiss the second time, hitting a leg trap suplex, and locking down the Front Choke Clutch to ensure the victory.

“That makes two for the champ against three for the challenger, and Sean Deeley is back in the game!” Fry declares.
Sean Deeley defeated Freddy Huggins
Rating: B+

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Aaron Andrews & Tommy Cornell vs. Dan DaLay & Eddie Chandler w/ Adrian Garcia
Andrews starts for his side, Chandler for ELITE. The pair circle, close, and lockup – and Chandler immediately comes out of the lockup with a vicious armbar, using leverage to turn that into an abdominal stretch to really amp up the pressure.

Andrews does what he can. Planting his feet, he turns to the unusual strength he has for his size, countering the stretch into a big hip toss. Chandler hits the mat but comes up fast and fighting, only for Aaron to meet him with a spinebuster!

Aaron immediately covers, but a hair after the count of one, Eddie gets his shoulder up. Andrews looks frustrated, but gets right back to it, going for a suplex – which Chandler blocks, hooking the leg. He promptly drives a knee into Aaron's gut and takes him around and down in a fast neckbreaker.

Chandler shifts Andrews into position for a crossface hold, torquing the neck back hard. He's no Jason Azaria when it comes to the minutiae of the wrestling world, but even Duane Fry can tell this is set up for the Fabulous Stretch.

Aaron just about twists clear. Back to their feet, both men trade punches; Aaron gets the better of the exchange and runs Chandler down with a lariat. As Eddie rises, he hits another, and calls for a third – only to eat a European uppercut instead. Chandler promptly puts him down with a lariat of his own.

Eddie locks down a front facelock, pulling Aaron back to his feet, and nails a DDT before tagging out. DaLay steps over the top rope with a smirk.

Aaron rises to his feet and swallows, wary. He raises both fists. DaLay grins – and charges. Aaron ducks him, peppering him with punches that DaLay doesn't quite ignore. But he does aim a punch of his own; Andrews ends up knocked on his ass.

Dan hits the far ropes and, lumbering slightly faster, aims for his characteristic big boot to a seated opponent. Andrews clearly hasn't scouted ELITE; he goes down off the kick.

DaLay steps on Andrews' chest, looking for a quick victory -

Tommy Cornell comes off the top with his patented chop-to-the-head, the Three Inch Shrink. DaLay falls back a step and the count is broken.

Cornell hits five two-handed Blade Chops to DaLay's chest in quick succession. Again, the giant among giants yields another step.

DaLay unleashes a punch, and Cornell goes down. Again, the giant among giants hits the ropes; Cornell rolls clear of the boot, however – and Andrews chop blocks DaLay's other knee out from under him.

Tommy smiles, but waves Aaron out of the ring. He goes to work on DaLay's leg – lifting it from the giant's prone position, then falling back, still holding it, toward DaLay's head, wrenching the hop. Back up, he drops a knee into the thigh, then DDTs the leg into the mat.

Then DaLay punches him in the head.

The big Canadian turns onto his chest, braces the injured leg against the floor, and with a guttural roar pushes himself back to standing. His face is a rictus of hatred as he turns to face the grounded Cornell.

He stomps over to the company boss, and in a clearly deliberate gesture places the injured foot on Cornell's back – then steps forward, putting all his weight on it. He wobbles slightly, and steps forward quickly, but he's still standing. Glancing across to Chandler, the duo share a grin.

DaLay hoists Cornell back to his feet. Holding him close, he headbutts him once, and Cornell goes limp. He spins Cornell around, evidently looking for a German suplex, and as he lifts for it Tommy comes back to life, springing up and slithering around, locking in a sleeper hold, staying firmly on the big man's back.

DaLay struggles. He can't get leverage to pull Cornell off, though he clearly wants to. He turns and struggles toward his corner, where Eddie Chandler is waiting – perched on the top rope.

A double-foot stomp to DaLay's chest sends him crashing backward to the mat, with Cornell his shock absorber. The hold is broken, and as DaLay rolls to one side, Chandler scrambles, applying the Fabulous Stretch, eyes wide with glee.

It's easy to see why; at this stage, it wouldn't take much to get a victory over Tommy Cornell and, more than that, an indisputable victory by submission. He torques back hard – only for Aaron Andrews to pull him off, much to the crowd's roared approval.

Aaron hammers Chandler with punches, scooping him up onto his shoulders for the Game Breaker, but Chandler twists clear, planting Andrews with a DDT. Once again he scrambles for a cover – ONE, TWO, TH- NO!

Aaron has the fighting spirit needed to make it back to his feet. They lock up, and this time Andrews gets the upper hand. Go-behind – German suplex – bridged – ONE, TWO, THR- NO!

Chandler meets Aaron with a backdrop. Running legdrop to the back of the neck and he's back to working for the Fabulous Stretch. With DaLay on the outside again, Eddie whips Andrews toward him and Aaron crashes face-first into a big boot, careering backward. Eddie slams into him from behind with a lariat.

He goes for the Fabulous Stretch, but Andrews elbows out. Whip to the ropes – spinebuster! Aaron pulls him back up – sees DaLay making to enter the ring – Eddie Chandler gets hurled head-first into DaLay's groin! The Giant among Giants falls from the apron!

Game Breaker attempt – blocked – spinning side slam by Chandler! Once again he looks for the Stretch, but this time it's Cornell making the save. Rough Ride – countered! Chandler shoves clear, and immediately grabs referee Sparrow.

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As Tommy rebounds off the ropes he catches a kick to the back of the head by Jacob Jett. Joe Money is climbing in to follow up as Maverick pulls Andrews out of the ring, locking in the Deadly Silence on the outside!

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TCW answer back fast. Christian Faith, Sean McFly and Rick Law hurtle down the ramp. DaLay cuts off Law, and the two exchange punches, but that leaves McFly to try to break up the Deadly Silence.

Meanwhile, Faith slides into the ring, interrupting Money before he can hit the Wall Street Crash. A series of Faith Hammers stagger ELITE's tag specialist, and Faith promptly punches Chandler off Sparrow. The ref looks shocked, but turns to take in the rest. He sees the Deadly Silence outside and does the only thing he can; he calls for a double disqualification.
Aaron Andrews & Tommy Cornell fought Dan DaLay & Eddie Chandler to a double disqualification
Rating: A*

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Backstage, Johnny Bloodstone sits with his head bowed and his hood up, looking away from the camera.

“I always wanted to be a professional wrestler,” Bloodstone says. “Always, as far back as I can remember. I always wanted to be... no. I wanted to be the champion.

“I wrestled at high school. I wrestled through college. I found myself a guy who was willing to train me while I was at college – and every Friday lunchtime I got in my car and I drove six hours to reach his school. I drove back every Sunday night.

“I'd get in at three in the morning and my first class was six hours later, and I couldn't lie down anyway because my body was bruised and in pain. For four years I did that with every weekend. I paid five hundred bucks a month. Four years. I worked flipping burgers and hustling tables every spare hour I had in college to afford it. My roommates thought I was crazy.

“None of them could stand me more than a year. They didn't understand. They wondered why I wasn't even looking at girls. Then they wondered if I looked at guys. Then they realised that I would rather drive six hours to spend a weekend learning to hurt people, learning to fight through pain. That I'd put everything else out of my life.

“I always, always wanted to be a champion. I wanted it enough that everything else fell away.

“After college I'd learned everything Kenny O'Quinn had to teach me. He got me a match with a local company.

“I was a wrestler. But I was still so far from my dream. I got maybe two matches that year. Three the next. And I wasn't a champion. I was stocking shelves and pretending I gave a crap what computer customers wanted and occasionally I got to pin some nobody, to make him tap...

“I remember the moment I realised this was going nowhere. I was wrestling some kid in someone's back yard, and I knew – I finally knew – that no talent scout would come to that company. Nobody I fought could come close to giving the kind of fight I could use for a demo tape.

“I'd never be hired anywhere that counted. I'd never be a champion.

“I don't remember the rest of that match, but I know somewhere in there I broke that kid's arm in three places.

“I quit my job. I sold everything I had. What didn't go on paying that kid's insurance went on gas. I drove from Arkansas to Battleford in Saskatchewan, because the Internet told me that was where the Stones were having tryouts.

“I got to the tryout. So did sixty-seven other guys. It lasted an hour. So did I. So did three other guys.

“I trained in the House of Stone for a year. And then I had the chance. That name got me a chance with the same man who gave Rick Law his big break.

“It took three years, but I became a champion there. And it wasn't enough.

“I was the second level champ in Number Three, maybe even Number Four, in America. I went back to Canada and I got a new job with the people who trained me. It took me another year, but I became their champion.

“That was it. That was what I'd wanted, since I was very little. The anger went a way for a while, then. And then I called home, and my brother didn't care because he couldn't see me fight. He didn't think it counted.” His face twists into a snarl. “I still... wasn't... there...

“And then I met Her.” Instantly, his face softens. “I wasn't angry anymore. I was focused. I discovered life outside wrestling. She rediscovered a passion for wrestling. And we came here, perfect together... and I was world champion in Number One, less than a year ago.

“Now I don't have that title. I don't have her. And since the Three Kings was over it's felt like I haven't been able to do anything right.” He turns to the camera, staring coldly into it. “I am better than this. I have grown up my entire life wanting to be champion. I have felt what it is to be champion. And I will be champion again.

“I have to be.” His jawline trembles for a second. “This is my life. This is what I do. This is all I do.

“Be the best, or be broken.”

Show Rating: A

Rayelek

05-04-2012, 03:32 PM

Awesome show and epic Bloodstone promo at the end there. I'm quite surprised that Chandler & Dalay pulled an A*, didn't think they'd have the overness for it yet.

Wallbanger

05-04-2012, 04:45 PM

Newcastle United?

I guess I've not thought about it, IS there a canonical reference to where in England Tommy's from? I know Bolthino references Eddie (and by implication, Tommy) as being from Blackpool. I always kind of pictured him as a Liverpool guy, don't know why exactly.

Phantom Stranger

05-04-2012, 04:54 PM

Awesome show and epic Bloodstone promo at the end there. I'm quite surprised that Chandler & Dalay pulled an A*, didn't think they'd have the overness for it yet.

Yeah, I was figuring Aaron and Tommy could drag them to an A. The actual result shocked me.

Glad you liked the Bloodstone promo - I really, really loved writing it. (Despite having to check ages and reread the Art Reed profile and work stuff out).

Newcastle United?

I guess I've not thought about it, IS there a canonical reference to where in England Tommy's from? I know Bolthino references Eddie (and by implication, Tommy) as being from Blackpool. I always kind of pictured him as a Liverpool guy, don't know why exactly.

I made Tommy a Geordie in PPPW, for no particular reason beyond not wanting him to be another Londoner. So he's a Geordie still here, but you could go all manner of ways.

Liverpool and Manchester are the two biggest cities in the catchment area of Traditional English Wrestling History, though smaller places (Wigan and Bolton, notably) are more directly pivotal. A family friend runs a mid-20th-century English wrestling history site, but I can never remember the address.

James Casey

05-05-2012, 02:38 AM

I always figured Tommy as being from northern England, pretty much for the same reasons you've said, but never specifically where. I wonder what he thinks of Geordie Shore?

Epic Bloodstone promo, PS.

Phantom Stranger

05-05-2012, 06:51 AM

I always figured Tommy as being from northern England, pretty much for the same reasons you've said, but never specifically where. I wonder what he thinks of Geordie Shore?

I understand TOWIE; my brother lives down there, and there's a genuine strand of that attitude in the population, enough so it wouldn't be weird.

Geordie Shore and Desperate Scousewives... I don't understand how these people aren't lynched when they get to the city centre at nightfall. I can only assume the fine folk of Newcastle and Liverpool haven't reached the stage where they believe this is actually happening yet.

As for Tommy, he's likely only aware of it second-hand. Remember, we're coming up full barrel on a triumphant return to England.

Epic Bloodstone promo, PS.

I'm really chuffed people like that one; just because the diary's coming to an end doesn't mean the game stops, and that promo is planned to resonate into Bloodstone's whole 2010.

For people who really like it... well, I guess, when the May DOTM rolls around, remember it came out in May. ;):D

Phantom Stranger

05-05-2012, 08:03 AM

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Never been much of the type for quiet contemplation. Not my style. Yet on long, late-night drives between cities, it tends to happen regardless.

The drive is only a few hours, but we don't leave until nearly midnight, so it's the wee hours of the morning. The highway is empty and the van is dark. Art Reed is driving. Art always drives because Art never gets tired and starts weaving across the lanes. Greg is up at the front beside his tag team partner, awake and keeping an eye on Art. I'm stuck in the very back, far enough that I can't hear their hushed conversations. In between them and me are Joey Minnesota, Marc DuBois, and Davey Newton.

There are two more cars full of wrestlers on the highway somewhere behind us, far enough back that the headlights cannot be seen. We should reach our destination not much before dawn, check into our hotel, and be able to sleep for a few hours. The young guys will be up after just a bit of sleep to get a workout in. Me, I'll take my rest.

But that's hours away. In the meantime, there are endless dark miles to watch fly past. Miles I've seen before, many times. Too many times to count. Damn near any decent-sized road in America, I have traveled at some point. They all become the same road in the end.

In the dark, the mind wanders and I find myself thinking about an interview I did many years ago.

I never enjoyed doing outside interviews with “journalists” but Richard would insist every so often. This one happened in the late 90s, when all the fans were getting “smart” cuz of the Internet. And this writer thought he understood the business. He figured that he “got it”. He used insider terms and talked about all the stuff he read in some dirt sheet like it was gospel. I don't get that mentality - who reads about baseball or football and then thinks they know as much as every player and coach? No one but an idiot.

This writer asked me what the single most important aspect of the business was. I told him legacies. He refused to accept that, trying to get me to give him an answer like “drawing money” or “selling” or whatever. He was wrong. Like most “smart” fans, he just didn't get it.

When I say “legacies”, most people think about the wrestling families. The Stones. The DeColts. The Monteros. The Eisens, even. Me and the boys. But in truth, it means more than that. Everyone who has dedicated their life to this business has left some legacy, by who they worked with and what they accomplished, and by what they managed to pass on.

Many of us have gone a step further by taking on a protege. Tommy did that with Hawkins and now the kid is capable of carrying the company. That is leaving a legacy. Art seems to've decided Frankie Dee could be a big name in a couple years. I think he's got a point.

Without the legacies that the men before us have left, there ain't no business for us to carry before we pass it on. That matters more than “drawing money” or “selling” or knowing how to “work”.

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PARTY ANIMALS: Sam Keith, his student, his girlfriend, his son, his protege, two of his rivals' sons, one of their students, and his TCW drinking partner, midway through painting Memphis red in February 2010. From Sam Keith's private collection.

The men with me in that van tell a story of legacies. Greg is my kid, obviously. Art Reed got one of the best starts possible in this business when he came through the Stone's camp. Well, second to the training Greg and Matty got from me. Minnesota has a legacy few know about – his uncle wrestled back in the late 80s and early 90s. Never did much but Joey has told me he loved going to watch his uncle work in front of a few dozen fans in some greasy bingo hall every weekend, and that experience pushed him into the business.

That same uncle gave Minnesota basic training when he was still basically a kid and that's why he was so damn good when he started out. DuBois and Newton don't have direct family connections, but DuBois got some great basics with Supreme, and Newton got trained by Rip Chord.

Legacies. This van is living proof.

That's what drives this business. That's what allows us to make a good living and draw thousands of fans to watch us do our thing.

Tommy understands legacies - better than most in the business, even. In many ways, he's built Total around those legacies over the past few years. Bringing in the Stone boys and the DeColts. Now we got the latest American Patriot here too, one of the oldest gimmicks around. A great mask and a great legacy.

Eisen understood legacies, but he wanted less to do with them. I would bring up an idea like having a DeColt-Stone feud and he would say you can't get stuck in the past, that one always has to be looking forward or they'll get left behind. When he finally decided to do something with legacies, it was that awful Election storyline and I got stuck with the blame.

Professional wrestling is one business where the past has to be more than simply respected. It has to be lived and carried forward. It's the only way forward. Much like driving on this dark highway toward another city to work another show. There is only one way you can head. The only way.

Sunday 14th January 2010
I'm not a big fan of the booking we're doing at the moment.

Not so much the matches – I'm happy with those, even if persuading chunks of the TCW staff that Chandler and DaLay couldn't be beaten right out of the gate even by Tommy Cornell wasn't easy – but what we fit around him. It's all video packages – and it's all video packages to disguise the fact that on any given night half our wrestlers aren't in attendance.

They're all over the goddamn world instead, doing interviews and publicity. Wolf Hawkins just spent a week travelling around the UK; he says some of the radio shows were fun, that a guy called Jonathan Ross is game to take just about any bump if it'll get a laugh out of his audience, and that he never again wants to be in the same building as something called The One Show.

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Frankie Perez has been over in Japan, as has Edd Stone. It seems like we've mostly sent our heels out, but then our faces have been preoccupied with ELITE. Schedules have been thrown out.

In the middle of all this, we're dealing with the advent of a man we've taken to calling, in our conference calls, Number Five. That man's Eric Lee – who, if you're reading this, and unless some injury utterly screws his career, you know as Masked Patriot.

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THE SPIRIT OF '76: Horatio Dangerous is pinned by the 1974-79 Masked Patriot. From the author's own collection.

(Going through this book in the editing process and looking at the pictures we've chosen, it becomes clear I've buried myself putting people over harder than I ever did when I was active. Ah, well.)

We signed Eric Lee off a tip-off from Pete Hall. Pete used to have one sports bar, about thirteen years ago; now he has a whole chain, and one of his co-owners is a guy called Joel Kovach.

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For a while there, Joel had a chance at being one of the biggest wrestlers ever under his real name, but before that, he was the Masked Patriot. He bought the gimmick from the previous owner, sold it to another for a while, and eventually bought it back when he was contemplating abandoning his real name in 2001.

Nothing came of that, but Eric Lee did his homework, tracked him down, and demonstrated enough in a practice ring that Kovach was willing to sell him the gimmick – and he mentioned it to Pete Hall, who put in a call to us.

The result is that Eric Lee's first ever professional wrestling match took place in a TCW ring. Even if you expand it back to HGC, there are only five men you can say that about – Wolf Hawkins, Aaron Andrews, the Keith twins, and now Eric.

Eric doesn't quite have the raw talent of the others, but that's still something we can use. The Patriot mask has always been a strong face gimmick, and aligning him with TCW at a time when TCW can be seen as a faction under siege should give him a strong start.

It's going to be interesting...

Phantom Stranger

05-05-2012, 08:40 AM

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05-05-2012, 09:30 AM

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What a golden night Tuesday looks set to be in the Canadian Air Centre. The best of CGC steps up and two of its titles will be on the line against the cream of TCW. Without further ado, then:

The Canadian Golden Boys - the team of Ricky DeColt and Ryan Powell - have held their titles now for only a couple of months, but that means they certainly won't be looking to let go any time soon. As TCW has become the place to be for tag team competition, the lure of a challenge here has proven too great... and so they'll be kicking us off, defending against Sammy Bach and Zimmy - Darkwave.

Without a title on the line the next match is about pride - and power. Alex and Jack DeColt will team up, as they have so often recently, to face the Easy Riders. But Carl Batch's boys are not easily overawed, and they have championship gold in their sights - and a win Tuesday night would put them a lot closer.

The CGC World Championship is a prestigious piece of gold indeed. For the first time it will be defended outside CGC, as titleholder and champion Steve DeColt will take on Art Reed, one of TCW's best wrestlers - indeed, thought by some to be the best wrestler through 2009.

In tag team competition to follow, the Stones want to show they're also Canadian icons, and so Edd and Jeremy reunite for the first time in months - taking on the Elite Express in what should be another spectacular match. Can eldest and youngest brother return to coexistence?

And in the main event, the final space in the Shot At The Top match will be filled - by the victor of a 10-man battle royal. Taking part are Champagne Lover, Eddie Peak, Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce, Jack Marlowe, Joey Minnesota, John Pathlow, Koshiro Ino, Remo Richardson, and last but decidedly not least Troy Tornado. The winner may well leave Malice in Wonderland with a World Heavyweight Championship shot in hand - but who will that winner be?

Prediction Key:
CGC World Tag Team Championship
Canadian Golden Boys (Ricky DeColt & Ryan Powell) (c) w/ Hotstuff Marie vs. Darkwave

Alex & Jack DeColt w/ Hotstuff Marie vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch

CGC World Championship
Steve DeColt (c) w/ Hotstuff Marie vs. Art Reed

Elite Express vs. Stone Brothers (Edd & Jeremy Stone)

SHOT AT THE TOP QUALIFIER #6 - BATTLE ROYAL
Champagne Lover, Eddie Peak, Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce, Jack Marlowe, Joey Minnesota, John Pathlow, Koshiro Ino, Remo Richardson, Troy Tornado

Regis

05-05-2012, 12:51 PM

LOVED the blog posts, loved the Sam Keith segment. Love the whole thing.

CGC World Tag Team Championship
Canadian Golden Boys (Ricky DeColt & Ryan Powell) (c) w/ Hotstuff Marie vs. Darkwave
No switch of champs.

Alex & Jack DeColt w/ Hotstuff Marie vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch
It's gonna be a DeColt Sweep.

CGC World Championship
Steve DeColt (c) w/ Hotstuff Marie vs. Art Reed
Nope, it's DeColt time.

Elite Express vs. Stone Brothers (Edd & Jeremy Stone)
It's all about Canada, baby!

SHOT AT THE TOP QUALIFIER #6 - BATTLE ROYAL
Champagne Lover, Eddie Peak, Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce, Jack Marlowe, Joey Minnesota, John Pathlow, Koshiro Ino, Remo Richardson, Troy Tornado
Just a hunch.

Oregano Jensen

05-05-2012, 02:39 PM

CGC World Tag Team Championship
Canadian Golden Boys (Ricky DeColt & Ryan Powell) (c) w/ Hotstuff Marie vs. Darkwave

Alex & Jack DeColt w/ Hotstuff Marie vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch

CGC World Championship
Steve DeColt (c) w/ Hotstuff Marie vs. Art Reed

Elite Express vs. Stone Brothers (Edd & Jeremy Stone)

Yeah... not much to say here, except that one of these will probably devolve into an ELITE-related brawl. But which one?

SHOT AT THE TOP QUALIFIER #6 - BATTLE ROYAL
Champagne Lover, Eddie Peak, Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce, Jack Marlowe, Joey Minnesota, John Pathlow, Koshiro Ino, Remo Richardson, Troy Tornado

These are some serious names. I'm going to leave the Omega guys out because they have their Omega storyline, and Bruce and Tornado are getting revenge on Bach and Zimmy. I'm going to eliminate Tyler, Pathlow and Ino because they're undercard stable leaders. Marlowe is like Rick Law last year -- too tied to the B show to really make a push. CL hasn't really established himself. Which leaves... Eddie Peak? Yeah, I guess Eddie Peak.

Zergon

05-06-2012, 12:02 AM

CGC World Tag Team Championship
Canadian Golden Boys (Ricky DeColt & Ryan Powell) (c) w/ Hotstuff Marie vs. Darkwave
I don´t see Golden Boys loosing their first tag title defense in TCW.

Alex & Jack DeColt w/ Hotstuff Marie vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch
DeColt´s are doing more at the moment.

CGC World Championship
Steve DeColt (c) w/ Hotstuff Marie vs. Art Reed
Again no title change here.

Elite Express vs. Stone Brothers (Edd & Jeremy Stone)
Like DeColt´s, Stones will also stay strong.

SHOT AT THE TOP QUALIFIER #6 - BATTLE ROYAL
Champagne Lover, Eddie Peak, Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce, Jack Marlowe, Joey Minnesota, John Pathlow, Koshiro Ino, Remo Richardson, Troy Tornado
Tough one here. I think it´s between Bruce, Minnesota, Remo and Tornado as other´s just haven´t done enough lately. I go with Minnesota but I won´t be suprised if I´m wrong here.

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05-08-2012, 06:44 PM

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 3 January 2010

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 17.14)
Rebroadcast on Continental Sports X1 (Rating 0.59)

Held at the Canadian Air Centre (Ontario)

Attendance: 14,408

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Sara Silver

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Mayhem Midden is in the ring as the show begins. He looks around with a broad grin. “I'd like to say hello to ELITE if they're watching this,” he says, “And I'd like to tell you, buys, I didn't lie to you – but I may have gotten my dates muddled up.

“It's Friday we're in Puerto Rico.” He smiles smugly at the camera for a moment, then continues.

“Now, I'll be honest, I don't like doing that sort of thing. You've seen how I operate for about a year and a half now. I pretty much figure that if someone wants to play games, they can take the consequences. But tonight's a special night.

“CGC have been good enough to loan us the DeColts – and their tag partner, Ryan Powell – for Malice in Wonderland. But more than that – and I hear this part of the world goes by DeColt Country – they've been good enough to come in early, to wrestle in front of their fans and our fans.

“Malice in Wonderland is broadcast globally, after all, and you've probably only seen DeColts wrestle if you've tuned in to a Canadian channel. We're excited, as wrestlers and as fans, to bring in the DeColts, but we know that a lot of you watching me in Japan or France or England only know them by reputation.

“Well, we invited them to come in tonight and wrestle, and the DeColts are fighters. They put their titles on the line. And under the circumstances... I will not have these fights interrupted.” He glowers into the camera. “I don't trust ELITE to pay attention to a warning like that, so they're not here.

“Anyone else who tries it – well, you understand the cost now. I hope.”

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Canadian Golden Boys © w/ Hotstuff Marie vs. Darkwave
A fast, mostly airborne match this. The Golden Boys find perfect complements in Darkwave; Bach and Zimmy are charismatic evil; the Boys, on the other hand, are hard-working high flyin' heroes.

Ricky nor Ryan play to the crowd particularly. They're focused, and they keep to the match, as Azaria plays up, over and over, the history of the DeColt family and the CGC tag belts, finding analogues for each CGC championship team in TCW's own history.

And the local crowd know all about the DeColts. With that combination, the fans at home can't help but respect this duo, and when Ricky DeColt doubles Bach over, hops onto his back and, assisted by a running superkick at the right moment by Ryan Powell, nails the finishing combination the Golden Boys call Code Gold for the victory, the crowd explode.
Canadian Golden Boys defeated Darkwave
Rating: B+

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To the back go the cameras. Mayhem Midden is there again, casting a casual eye at the camera. To his left is a whiteboard with seven rows and two columns; to the left of that is Phil Vibert. Loitering behind them are a motley collection of wrestlers.

The top row of the whiteboard has already been neatly lettered; HAWKINS on one side, CORNELL on the other.

Midden smiles slightly. “Something I think you fans should see,” he says. “But I don't want you cut off from wrestling for too long at a stretch, so we'll cut this in two.

“If you've been following along, you already know that over Malice in Wonderland, TCW and Generation Omega are having... kind of a seven match bet. Whichever side wins the most matches gets control of Phil Vibert here's shares in the company – and if it's us, Vibert walks away with some money, but considering what he's been pulling and what he's threatening, that's OK by us.

“Phil's in a position here where he can seriously mess with TCW. We're willing to pay him off – but he won't sell unless he loses this bet.

“So it's time to work out who's facing who.”

Vibert grins. “Where did Aaron get that last ten million bucks, by the way?”

Midden glowers. “Don't sidetrack me,” he says. “You don't want to butt heads with me, Phil. Let's just get this done. Davis is doing the Shot at the Top, right?”

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“Whoa, now,” Vibert holds up his hands in apparent distaste. “You're not palming me off with some one-in-six crap.” Davis Wayne Newton, behind him, looks absolutely affronted for a moment, but shrugs. “Two matches to win in two days? Not a problem.”

Vibert glances back over his shoulder, edgily. “You're sure?”

“Phil, I'm a man of my word.”

“There's a lot resting on this, Davis, and they'll be sending you top men -”

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“If anyone wrestles the kid for this, it'll be me.” Jeremy Stone smiles thinly. “Perhaps that way we'll see how you cope with House of Stone methods, hmm?”

Vibert, anxious, opens his mouth. “I-”

“Accepted.”

With a smirk, Midden writes it in. “You wanted Minnesota for that, huh?” he asks Vibert, who is savvy enough not to answer – but his eyes betray him. Midden grins. “Well, Joey, guess that's a big compliment. Not sure how Davis should feel about it, though.”

Neither Newton nor Minnesota seem angry with each other, but their stare at the back of Vibert's head is pretty notable.

“OK, let's go for the next one. Alicia Strong.”

“I want her against JeriLynn.”

“Because JeriLynn would be pulling three matches in two nights that way?” Midden shakes his head. “My turn to veto. Alicia?”

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“Who's next on the list?” She shrugs. “I can't get at the champion. The House that Stone Built, and I can't get at the champion. Give me a former champion.”

“Well, we haven't run this by Gorgon. Kate's father invested – let's go with Kate, shall we?” And STRONG-DANGEROUS is written in. Midden tilts his head, looking. “Hrm.”

“What?”

“Wasn't that a big match at a major show about twenty-some years ago?”

Alicia grins. “Strong won that one, too.”

Midden shrugs. “OK, who's next?”

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“Let me know who I'm fighting,” DuBois chimes in, bored. “I've got three girls and a hot tub waiting.”

There's a beat. Then everyone looks at him with expressions ranging from surprise to disbelief, passing through incomprehension.

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“Just for that,” Eddie Peak grins, “you get me.” A pause. “And here I'd been holding out for Joey...”

He rises to his feet. “I gotta go. I got a whisky waiting, and now I've gotta find four girls to prove a point.” With that, the Bloody-Handed God heads off.

DuBois looks almost as pale as Peak, but nods. “I can beat him,” he declares, and it doesn't even sound like false bravado. He slips out.

“Four down,” Midden notes. “Three to go.” He looks at the camera. “Let's get the next match on the way.”

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Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch
There's a hell of a brawl in here. It's not entirely rare that the DeColts be outmatched, power-wise; but nevertheless, seeing them outmatched by both men, and by two men who think like one man, combining effortlessly, is something unusual.

Alex and Jack, it should be noted, are almost as seamless. The family spirit combines with experience and training to battle back, and when that fails, Jack DeColt has a chance to change gear.

He applies his locks. He wears the Riders down. And, sooner or later, Billy Fonda is woozy enough that Alex DeColt can get him up in an electric chair lift, allowing Jack to score from the top rope with the Doomsday DeColt. One DeColt Driver from Alex to interrupt Hopper later, and victory is assured.
Alex & Jack DeColt defeated the Easy Riders
Rating: B+

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Back go the cameras to the whiteboard. The remaining wrestlers are a much smaller group. Midden looks across at Vibert. “You know,” he begins. “One of your boys is going to have to pull double duty. Davis already is – think he'd be cocky enough to try three in two nights?”

Vibert's face sours. “You think I'd let him?”

Grinning, Midden lets the matter drop. “OK, well... I have a request from Aaron Andrews to wrestle Remo. Big fella – you up for that?”

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Remo shrugs. “Put any name you want down. It don't matter to Remo. You just set 'em up so I can knock 'em down.”

Midden looks hard at Remo. “This whole thing with Vibert wanting to completely change TCW, run it his way – you really want that?”

The supreme specimen shrugs again.

“I don't see the kind of competition coming here that we've been having, under Phil...”

“Then I'll beat everyone who amounted to anything who came here, and then I'll go find where the others are livin'.” He shrugs. “It. Don't. Matter. How hard is that?”

“Don't suppose we could persuade you to throw the fight? Might make your life easier.”

The glare Remo gives is answer enough.

Midden shrugs. “Alright. So next up, we've got Christian Faith and Sam Keith on my side. Let's deal with Faith first; this'll probably be the first night.”

Vibert licks suddenly-dry lips, nervous. “Wolf, you want to take this?”

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The champion's head snaps around from his prior position of total disinterest. “No,” he growls out. “I got you the belt and the contracts for the others. You got me the match with Cornell. That was our deal.”

Vibert has taken an involuntary step back. He looks more than a little edgy, and Midden grins. “Remo-”

“Faith got beat already. Don't matter.”

“Would you mind taking on-”

“Beat Keith's wrinkled ass round the ring too. Really don't matter.”

Midden's grin threatens to split his head. Vibert looks edgy. “I can bring in-”

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“I'll do it.” Joey Minnesota rolls his neck with an audible click. “Give me Faith one night, Keith the other.”

“...You're sure?”

“Yeah, I'm sure. Shot at the Top won't be a problem with Davey-boy in too. I'll just watch his back. I beat two world legends in two nights, I figure I can write my own ticket to a title shot.”

“Be glad to give you one,” Hawkins says. Joey turns to face him, smiles, holds up a hand, and the two clasp for a moment, nodding respect.

“We got it, then,” Remo says, standing. “I'm gonna go steal two of Peak's girls off him.”

“Why?”

Remo grins. “Because any time Marc beats Peak is a funny time.”

The wrestlers drift off, leaving Midden standing opposite a deflated Vibert.

“You have the weirdest damn stable I ever saw,” Midden says. “They all want to fight each other, but they've got each other's backs. How d'you do it?”

Vibert straightens a little again and a gleam comes into his eye. “Trade secret, Ken.”

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Steve DeColt © w/ Hotstuff Marie vs. Art Reed
Art Reed is, at this point, used to playing the hero, and in Canada that's always been easy for him – but for the first time he finds himself in DeColt Country.

It's a testament to how well Art Reed has done and how much support he's developed that the crowd is even relatively split – but Steve is the clear favourite, and he plays to it here, with Art taking the opportunity to concentrate more on his game.

Reed doesn't focus on his technical here – he tries early on, but Steve simply powers out and plays to the crowd. With a rueful grin, Art goes to the air, striking hard and fast, ducking lariats and retaliating with superkicks, and while it takes a lot to put Steve DeColt down, he makes that intensely believable.

The first time Steve goes for the DeColt Stampede, it isn't just blocked but Reed comes within an ace of hitting the Dark Matter in return. He learns from this, realising fast that Reed isn't so easily beaten, and busts out what he has to on the way, in particular nailing the DeColt Drop – a repeated-lift delayed press slam – on his way to a second Stampede.

This one connects perfectly. DeColt scrambles for the cover, and it's this which will lead to controversy; Steve doesn't do anything wrong, but Eugene Williams misses Reed's foot on the bottom rope. DeColt picks up the victory, but Reed has a case that he shouldn't have.
Steve DeColt defeated Art Reed
Rating: B+

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The big screen comes alive. To the tune of Halestorm's Tell Me Where It Hurts, the screen fills with images of the British Lions, showing how they were when they came into TCW, their slow build to turn around and start winning, their show-stealing match at Total Mayhem 2009, up to winning the titles from GenOme and through – to the challenge Laura Huggins laid out recently.

To the idea of facing the New Wave on Malice Night One, and whoever held the belts at Night Two facing the Machines in what would, if they retain, be the Lions' homecoming in England.

The video fades out into four pictures; Merle O'Curle holding the 21CW Strong Style championship, Walter Morgan clutching the Ring of Fire #1 Contender trophy, and one each of the two men wearing their TCW Tag Championship belts with pride.

MALICE IN WONDERLAND
NIGHTS ONE AND TWO
A TRIUMPHANT HOMECOMING?

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Elite Express vs. Stone Brothers
A respectful opening here as Bobby Thomas – who got his big break, just as Johnny Bloodstone did, through Jeremy Stone's training, as Jason Azaria is only too willing to remind us – faces off with Edd Stone.

Edd bounces on the balls of his feet, then closes in. The two go for a lockup – or so it seems as, instead, Edd ducks under Bobby's lock-up and dances back, bouncing up and down.

Bobby closes again, and this time Edd meets him with a boot to the gut. As Bobby ducks his head in response, just a smidgen, Edd leaps, and that gives him the height he needs to turn this into a DDT – except that Bobby catches him in midair, boosts him nimbly up and turns it into a neckbreaker out of almost nothing.

The Express man then kips up and strikes a pose, grinning broadly for just a second. He immediately transitions to an Indian deathlock, looking to work over Edd's knee, but the youngest Stone boy twists over and kicks free. Bobby picks himself up – and eats a dropkick. He picks himself up again, and takes another. Up again, Edd launches him across the ring with a big hip toss.

Bobby lands rolling and slides under the bottom rope. Edd, undaunted, waits half a beat and leaps up, grabbing behind him in a three-quarter-facelock – which, with almost perfect timing, leaves him crashing to the mat with Nate Johnson in a cutter!

“We saw what the DeColts can do just minutes ago,” Azaria comments excitedly. “And this might just be the response. Edd Stone has never been such an innovator.”

Johnson ducks Edd's jumping spinkick, whirling to catch the prodigal Stone with a punch to the jaw.

Johnson immediately grabs the same targeted leg and turns into a single-leg crab on it. Edd crawls, Edd twists, Edd flails, Edd starts reciting – at high volume and in apparent pain – a review of a presumably fictional date with Johnson's mother.

Moments later Jasmine Saunders finds herself in the unenviable position of apologising for TCW's unusual decision to briefly cut audio feed from the ring.

Jeremy makes the save, for Edd and for viewers' listening pleasure, and as Edd rolls out of the ring we get Jeremy and Nate, the one person in the ring other than Jeremy himself that the eldest Stone didn't train.

They lock up and Johnson starts powering forward, looking to trap Jeremy in the corner and constrain him. Jeremy, ever the wily veteran, changes the direction of movement with a couple of deft sidesteps and uses Johnson's momentum to snapmare him over. An elbow drop follows.

The pair circle again, Jeremy – at least – smiling broadly at the way the match is going. Johnson closes in again, and this time he's not taking no for an answer. He clamps down a side headlock, wrenches Jeremy lower than usual, then brings his knee up sharply into the veteran's face.

Stone crashes back, and with a grin Nate grabs the top rope, stepping up onto and off the second rope to bring both knees down across the veteran's chest. He does it again, this time drawing an admonishment from Ray Johnson.

Nate backs off, but as he does so Bobby moves in and rakes Jeremy's eyes from outside, then steps back and kicks him in the side of the head.

With that, Nate Johnson returns, looking for a German suplex – but it's countered! Jeremy with the elbows – reverses – STONE'S THROW – NO! Johnson manages to hook his foot and prevent the lift – and Jeremy follows up by turning it into a wheelbarrow facebuster, before rolling out of the ring.

Edd vaults in one fluid motion to the top rope then soars out in a shooting star press, crashing down on Johnson's spine. Johnson rolls over onto his back and Edd promptly (and inexplicably) hits a standing shooting star press before moving to cover. ONE, TWO – NO!

In comes Bobby Thomas at that, dropkicking Edd in the head before locking up – DDT! Transition to the single-leg crap – both men still clearly looking to weaken Edd's leg, preventing the Edd-Renaline Shot and limiting his airborne shenanigans severely.

Edd struggles for a bit, then looks across to his brother, who mouths something. Slowly, clearly in pain, Edd works both of his hands further back – and grabs Bobby by the ankles.

The next movements are pretty hard to follow, but they end with Edd upright, Thomas on his belly, legs wrapped around Edd's in the Stone Hold. On the apron, Jeremy simply smiles and nods as the crowd roars its approval.

Thomas struggles – fights – and Nate Johnson is in the ring. He looks to nail Edd with a superkick, but Edd ducks it.

As Johnson turns to face him, the Master of Edd-Fu pantomimes punching himself in the gut and doubles over, then lunges forward, steadying his head for a moment between Nate's legs before launching himself upward, front-rolling up Johnson's body -

PARTY'S OVER! COVER! - And Ray Johnson breaks this one up; Bobby Thomas hasn't left the ring and Nate Johnson accordingly isn't the legal man.

Edd rises in disappointment and turns, and Bobby Thomas damn near kicks his head off. The younger Stone topples, making no attempt to break his fall.

Thomas grins, checking on his partner and directing him up to the top turnbuckle before picking an unresisting Edd up. It's clear that the Elite Express are lining up for the Precision Driller, and eager to save his brother, in comes Jeremy Stone.

He rips Edd from Bobby's hands and lets Edd roll under the bottom rope to the outside – and then, suddenly, he's on his own.

Thomas eats a series of chops and a DDT, and he rolls to the apron as Nate springs off the top rope to hit a tornado DDT. He covers, but by the count of two Jeremy has him in the STONE ANKLE STRETCH! Johnson fights – Bobby Thomas breaks him up.

The Express go for a double clothesline – Jeremy ducks it, nailing Thomas with a punch as he turns. A Stone's Throw for Johnson? No – Nate elbows free, then collapses at his namesake Ray's feet, clutching the striped shirt.

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And Matthew Keith spins Jeremy around and lets rip with the Asian Mist. Bobby Thomas follows that up with a low blow from behind as Nate fakes a miraculous recovery, going to the top turnbuckle, posing for a moment. Could this be the Precision Driller -

All of the arena's lights die at once. Jasmine Saunders actively screams with frustration. They stay out for twenty seconds.

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When they come back up, Thomas and Johnson are prone and unconscious in the ring. Halfway between the ring and the entry ramp, Matthew Keith screams in agony in the Stone Hold, as applied by a mysterious, black-masked man in a trenchcoat made from black leather 'scales'.

Jeremy Stone, recovering, scrambles over and applies the Stone Ankle Stretch to Bobby Thomas, who rapidly finds himself forced to tap out.

Jeremy and Edd turn to face the figure on the ramp, who smiles, reaching up, and removes the Black Cobra mask.

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“DUANE STONE IS HERE!” Jason Azaria screams. “THE BLACK COBRA HAS RETURNED TO CANADA – AND NOT A MOMENT TOO SOON!”
Elite Express defeated the Stone Brothers
Rating: A*

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Joey Minnesota, John Pathlow, Koshiro Ino, Remo Richardson, Troy Tornado
After the initial brawl in the centre, things start to shift pace. Pathlow and Ino pair off, throwing fists and kicks with apparent genuine fury. Eddie Peak collides with Joey Minnesota.

Eric Tyler jumps Ino from behind. Pathlow nails Ino with the 1st Dan, then falls back, switching position. Tyler wedges Ino against the ropes, trying to lift – and Champagne Lover comes out of nowhere, slamming into them both with a crossbody. Both Tyler and Ino tumble to the floor while Lover, hands never far from the ropes, pulls himself back to safety.

Elimination#1 & #2: Eric Tyler & Koshiro Ino (simultaneous)

Tornado and Bruce are in the centre of the ring, watching each other's backs. At the moment, they're mostly facing Remo and Marlowe, switching opponents occasionally to keep from being too worn down by Remo's power.

Sensing opportunity, Pathlow tries to rush Peak over the rope while Minnesota has him staggered. Champagne Lover quickly joins him, looking for the leverage – and Peak punches clear, sending Lover staggering first before grabbing Pathlow by the scruff of his neck and chokeslamming him over the top and out.

Elimination #3: John Pathlow

Jack Marlowe goes for Peak, looking to boost him over while his position, still half-leaning over the top, leaves him vulnerable, but Eddie headbutts him, staggering the Enforcer. Jack Bruce rushes Marlowe, seeing opportunity – and Remo surges in from behind, boosting Bruce over the top and ending his run.

Elimination #4: Jack Bruce

Joey Minnesota crashes into Peak again, staggering him with a Minnesota Salute. Remo tries to eliminate Peak off that, but the Bloody-Handed God hangs on somehow.

A charge from Minnesota earns him nothing but pain at first, Peak hanging onto him and firing punch after punch into his head, but eventually Joey finds an opening, driving a knee through the ropes into his gut and scoring with a second Minnesota Salute. By the combined efforts of Generation Omega, Peak is gone, tumbling to the outside.

Elimination #5: Eddie Peak

Without Jack Bruce by his side, things are looking grim for Troy Tornado. At the centre of a circle, he whirls constantly, feeding punch after punch out, but Minnesota is there again, boosting him up for an Empire Spiral.

Tornado twists carefully, countering to an armdrag, sending Joey crashing against the ropes – and Champagne Lover is there with a superkick, notching up his third elimination of the match.

Elimination #6: Joey Minnesota

Jack Marlowe works on eliminating Lover, but to no avail. The two get into a wild brawl, fists flying everywhere, as Tornado and Remo measure one another up. Remo has the power advantage, but Troy finds ways to neutralise that, moving almost as fast as Lover, staying out of the way.

In due course, the oppositions split and reform. Marlowe finds himself up against the supreme specimen, and takes it to him with hard lefts and rights, shooting him to the ropes and meeting him on the rebound with a tremendous back elbow.

He drags Remo back to his feet, looking for the Jackhammer, only for Remo Richardson to show his athleticism as well as his power, slipping free and then sending Marlowe over the top and out with an almighty uppercut.

Elimination #7: Jack Marlowe

Remo takes a moment to himself at that to recuperate, smiling – only for Troy to nail him with a Star Maker. The huge springboard lariat knocks most men flat, but not Remo, who finds himself instead leaning against the ropes – and Champagne Lover, once again, finds opportunity, scoring with the Lover Stunner, sending Remo over the top rope and to the outside.

Elimination #8: Remo Richardson

With just Troy and Champagne Lover left it seems everything to play for. Both men are clearly drained by what they've endured over the prior twenty minutes, but they rise to the challenge, and the battle goes back and forth.

Both men are nearly eliminated on several occasions, and both men have to recover from huge impacts. But for the remaining five minutes of the contest, it looks like either man might do it – and in the end, with both men atop the turnbuckle, it comes down to Lover having just a little more left in the tank as he hip tosses Tornado out of the ring and the match.

Elimination #9: Troy Tornado
Champagne Lover won a Battle Royale
Rating: B+

Show Rating: B+

Blake Trask

05-08-2012, 07:27 PM

Damn! I totally would've predicted Champers to win that one!

Really nice stuff shaping up with Gen Omega, been digging the angles.

Phantom Stranger

05-09-2012, 09:24 AM

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 3 January 2010

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 1.19)

Held at the President's Hall (Puerto Rico)

Attendance: 2,885

Announcers:
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Steve Smith – Charlie Thatcher – Autumn Gleeson

Elimination Protocol took on Tooth & Claw in the first contest of the night, with Kirk Jameson picking up the win when Lobo Blanco fell to The Bullseye. (Rating: B)
Jack DeColt faced newcomer Nichiren Amagawa in a submission battle. While the crowd had little interest in the newcomer, those who stuck around took an interest quickly before DeColt locked in the End of Days. (Rating: C)
Backstage after his match, DeColt caught the Fly Boys going the other way. Acting the tourist, he got a photo of his fiancee stood next to Donnie J, quipping “Always wanted to see Donnie and Marie”. The Boys challenged him to a match the following night at Saturday Night Showcase, and he cheerfully agreed.
Duane Stone united with elder brother Jeremy to take on Global Tradition – and won it for his team, forcing Joel Bryant to tap to the Alabaster Agony. (Rating: B)
Danny Fonzarelli's losing streak continued as he took on a huge bald man referred to as Gargantuan on commentary. Gargantuan mauled Fonzie before decisively pinning him. (Rating: C-)
Backstage, a blonde bespectacled woman was seen watching Fonzie pick himself up thoughtfully.
A video then aired with Alicia Strong and Kate Dangerous talking about their upcoming match. Well, Kate talked about the upcoming match. Alicia discussed in non-copyright-infringing terms the Supreme Challenge where her father defeated Kate's in the main event, referring to her father only as Strong, then reminded us that this was the House that Strong Built.
Masked Patriot picked up his first win in the company next, pinning Sayeed Ali following a Patriot Slam. (Rating: C-)
Aaron Andrews took on Kashmir Singh, who put up a surprisingly good fight, but when it became clear Aaron would win Singh's ally Zeus entered the ring, laying out Andrews and drawing the DQ. (Rating: B-)
A main event eight-man tag disintegrated as the team of Rick Law, Rocky Golden, Alex DeColt and big brother Steve faced Eddie Chandler, Dan DaLay, and the giant team of M.A.D. Steve slammed Marat in the early going, which was about when all hell broke loose. The contest eventually got ruled double disqualification. (Rating: B)
And the brawl continued, with Umaga, McFly, and all of ELITE joining the battle.

Show Rating: B+

Phantom Stranger

05-09-2012, 09:25 AM

Show Notes:

Of the three people to debut tonight, don't imagine more than two are around long term
Yes, the Fonzie story is finally going somewhere
Re: Match Ratings: Ow

Hashasheen

05-09-2012, 11:01 AM

Nichiren Amagawa
Gargantuan
blonde bespectacled woman (Emma Chase?)

Hm... I'm surprised you're bringing in more workers than the Elite/DeColts considering how most huge your roster is already and how many hosses and workers you've got treading water or in development before getting released.

On a side-note, how's the worker: promotion ratio at the moment? Bad enough to need a Promotion Start-Up Initiative*, or decent enough that the guys you release will find work quickly enough?

PSUI is something I do when I'm running a big-time company. Set up a dozen developmental territories across Canada, Mexico, USA, Britain, Australia, Japan, give them fifty thousand each, and then cut 'em loose.

Phantom Stranger

05-09-2012, 11:20 AM

Nichiren Amagawa
Gargantuan
blonde bespectacled woman (Emma Chase?)

Nichiren is here long-term, and was brought up in the immediate incoming to Malice to be a heel jobber who I didn't have to worry about making look weak before Malice while Protocol start to move forward.

The blonde bespectacled woman will be playing a part in the Danny Fonzarelli story, and then others.

Gargantuan is here to kick off that chapter of Danny's life, gain a bit more overness in various ways, and vanish in 21 days at the end of his contract.

Peter Valentine is still USPW champion, and that offends me. Two years of dev have made Garg better than Valentine in every conceivable way.

Hashasheen

05-09-2012, 11:26 AM

Nichiren is here long-term, and was brought up in the immediate incoming to Malice to be a heel jobber who I didn't have to worry about making look weak before Malice while Protocol start to move forward.

The blonde bespectacled woman will be playing a part in the Danny Fonzarelli story, and then others.

Gargantuan is here to kick off that chapter of Danny's life, gain a bit more overness in various ways, and vanish in 21 days at the end of his contract. Ah. I'm surprised you're actually going with another push for Danny. Figured you'd let him go along with a few others to jump to USPW or SWF and refresh their rosters a bit.

Peter Valentine is still USPW champion, and that offends me. Two years of dev have made Garg better than Valentine in every conceivable way. Nepotism and cliques, man. It's what counts as currency in pro wrestling. Look at WCW from 1994 to 2000 and see how many times and how long Hogan held the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Compared to that, Valentine's run is nothing. It could be they just don't have anyone on his overness level (I mean, his entertainent skills are all right, and if you pair him with a menace machine, the duo gets over quickly).

Though I'll admit I'd like to see screenshots of USPW, SWF, NOTBPW and NYCW's rosters. :p

Phantom Stranger

05-09-2012, 11:39 AM

Though I'll admit I'd like to see screenshots of USPW, SWF, NOTBPW and NYCW's rosters. :p

I'll see what I can put together after Malice.

Hashasheen

05-09-2012, 11:55 AM

I'll see what I can put together after Malice.

Yay. :P

Blake Trask

05-09-2012, 12:42 PM

Fonzie is TCW world champion in my 0/0/0/0 game. In 2018. With 94 psychology.

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Glad Gargantuan isn't hanging around for too long. He has menace but he's a bit of a lump and you already have waaaaaay better monsters/people to push as dominant threats (hey Remo!), and that's without even looking at his stats, lol

James Casey

05-09-2012, 02:04 PM

Show Notes:

Re: Match Ratings: Ow

You put an Osmonds reference in your show, and you're worried about match ratings?

Priorities, man, priorities...

Phantom Stranger

05-09-2012, 05:34 PM

You put an Osmonds reference in your show, and you're worried about match ratings?

Priorities, man, priorities...

I seriously couldn't resist. I was giggling for a while after I came up with it.

Also, Jack DeColt has a mental age of about eight.

Phantom Stranger

05-09-2012, 09:39 PM

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We're just eight days from the two biggest shows of the professional wrestling calendar and the momentum feels unstoppable - so let's see what's what.

After one of the stranger disputes to appear on TCW programming last night, Jack DeColt is to take on the Fly Boys in tag team action. It's expected that his partner will be DeColt aerial specialist Ricky, in order to neutralise the Boys' flight advantage.

Nichiren Amagawa debuted last night in a losing effort against - again - Jack DeColt. Tonight he faces arguably a tougher challenge, taking on Tommy Cornell. Can the almost-unknown Amagawa live up to rumours of one of the deadliest submissions on the planet?

Rumours persist that Mayhem Midden wants to have the question of tag team contendership for The War To Settle The Score settled by the end of Malice in Wonderland, and that he'll be putting together a contendership match on the night. That being the case, both Double J and Team VIPER will want not merely to win but to impress in their match tonight.

Womens' tag action follows, as JeriLynn Stone & Kate Dangerous look to send a message to their wide variety of opponents by putting away former 5 Star tag champions in the Monsters of Myth.

Another tag battle is set to follow; Edd Stone and Champagne Lover are united as always. Their opponents include one of the men Lover will face in the Shot At The Top match at Malice - Eddie Chandler, who as always will be flanked by Dan DaLay. Can the Eternal Party find their way past the ELITE?

The main event is sure to get people talking. All four participants are slated for big matches at Malice - two, in one case - as Kreed take on Joey Minnesota and Wolf Hawkins.

Prediction Key:
Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Jack & Ricky DeColt w/ Hotstuff Marie

Nichiren Amagawa vs. Tommy Cornell

Double J w/ Adrian Garcia vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily

Monsters of Myth (Gorgon & Cherry Bomb) vs. JeriLynn Stone & Kate Dangerous

Eternal Party vs. Dan DaLay & Eddie Chandler w/ Adrian Garcia

Kreed vs. Joey Minnesota & Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert

Zergon

05-09-2012, 10:32 PM

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Jack & Ricky DeColt w/ Hotstuff Marie
Fly Boys haven´t won many matches in TCW and they won´t start winning here either.

Nichiren Amagawa vs. Tommy Cornell
No way Tommy loses here.

Double J w/ Adrian Garcia vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily
Doing more

Monsters of Myth (Gorgon & Cherry Bomb) vs. JeriLynn Stone & Kate Dangerous
Stone and Dangerous have lot more going on

Eternal Party vs. Dan DaLay & Eddie Chandler w/ Adrian Garcia
Tough one espesially now that Lover won that ten-man elimination match. I go with draw.

Kreed vs. Joey Minnesota & Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert
I could see this going either way bit when I doubt I pick the champ.

Regis

05-10-2012, 06:15 AM

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Jack & Ricky DeColt w/ Hotstuff Marie
No.

Nichiren Amagawa vs. Tommy Cornell
JOBBER!

Double J w/ Adrian Garcia vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily
Keep the ELITE strong.

Monsters of Myth (Gorgon & Cherry Bomb) vs. JeriLynn Stone & Kate Dangerous
The bigger and better team.

Eternal Party vs. Dan DaLay & Eddie Chandler w/ Adrian Garcia
Damn it, Zergon, you got there before me.

Kreed vs. Joey Minnesota & Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert
The Kreed are the kind of team that are strong as individuals, and strong in the tag team division, but up against a super-team, they're nearly-men.

Oregano Jensen

05-10-2012, 01:47 PM

I seriously couldn't resist. I was giggling for a while after I came up with it.

Also, Jack DeColt has a mental age of about eight.
This was actually one of the better pieces of character-building I've seen here -- three sentences or so, and I already know what Jack DeColt is like.

I assume Gargantuan was brought over with CGC?

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Jack & Ricky DeColt w/ Hotstuff Marie

Now, the Fly Boys... I know they were expected to be cut loose at some point. Not yet, though?

Nichiren Amagawa vs. Tommy Cornell

Amagawa's a good signing. Sure, he'll job, but in the long run, he can go as far as you want him to. And if not, well, he's a great jobber.

Double J w/ Adrian Garcia vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily

Can't see them losing at any point in the Malice build-up.

Monsters of Myth (Gorgon & Cherry Bomb) vs. JeriLynn Stone & Kate Dangerous

Same deal here... hype up the workers from the PPV.

Eternal Party vs. Dan DaLay & Eddie Chandler w/ Adrian Garcia

Is Eddie Chandler good? Never played CGC, or really paid much attention to them. Maybe that should be my next game... take on NOTBPW. I know Dan DaLay from FCK, and I know he's a pretty generic big man, but I don't know Chandler offhand.

Kreed vs. Joey Minnesota & Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert

Rough month for Art Reed. I guess that's the long-hinted de-push associated with him dating Kate now? Or just that he's not part of any of the main storylines coming up, and someone at or near the top of the card needs to give the main guys credible wins?

Blake Trask

05-10-2012, 03:40 PM

He's had the Garg in development.

Phantom Stranger

05-11-2012, 09:27 PM

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arwink

05-12-2012, 09:50 AM

Man, I'd pay good money to see that installment of Guest Booker.

Regis

05-12-2012, 11:37 AM

It's interesting seeing whose comments are shoot-style, and whose can be taken as being in kayfabe.

Eidenhoek

05-13-2012, 02:13 AM

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Jack & Ricky DeColt w/ Hotstuff Marie
Just for that, Jack.

Nichiren Amagawa vs. Tommy Cornell
Amagawa wasn't loyal to WLW? Eh, lucky you.

Double J w/ Adrian Garcia vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily
I'm wrong, here, but I don't like Money. And they're above the tag division, in that they should either be fighting for the title or for the company.

I guess that's my problem with giving them contracts; since they've "won," in a sense, the most important match, I feel that they're auto-main eventers. This is a squash, then.

Also, Maverick/Deeley and Maverick/Deeley/JeremyStone, especially in a triple-threat Hardhitting Title match, needs to happen.

Monsters of Myth (Gorgon & Cherry Bomb) vs. JeriLynn Stone & Kate Dangerous
Cherry Bombs aren't mythical.

Eternal Party vs. Dan DaLay & Eddie Chandler w/ Adrian Garcia
*rolls eyes*
Chandler's a hell of a lot better than I thought he was (though he didn't develop enough in my NOTBPW game), so he's alright. I still want Lover to do well. Then there's the untalented hoss and Edd Stone. Yeah, this is a match that I'll dislike that everyone else will like, in the C-Verse.

Kreed vs. Joey Minnesota & Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert
I dislike this match.

I see Kreed as the first main event tag team. They were champs when they had the ridiculous Lions match, (and DWB, right?) so I view them as being top stars. And, y'know, Reed is reigning BEST WRESTLER IN THE WORLD. Heh, I just realized that he bumped canon-Tommy off that award. Who was #2? (well, PRIDE is actually number one on the top 100, but whatever)

Anyway, I dislike that Greg's not really done much aside from the team that I seem to remember. Sure, him and Matt are going to face off, and I know Greg has done something, but...eh, he's a tag guy with Reed. Admittedly, they're one of the best teams you have, which leads me to my point.

Team Vibert is main event because they're in this huge storyline. They're good without being a team. Kreed is phenomenal as a team. That...why is this match here? Neither group should lose; Kreed are good enough as a team that they should be able to win against any non-team and, quite possibly, every team you have. Maybe their stock has dropped, but that would be another problem. How the hell do you let the stock of a team that produced A* matches consistently fall? Admittedly, I'm still speaking from my impressions, and we've already documented that they are quite flawed and contradictory due to my lack of memory.

Kreed, on their side, should not lose. I've been bugged with almost every loss they've had. They should not lose-even moreso, Art Reed is better than anyone else in the ring. Yeah, he was carried to the #1 spot, fine, but I'm pretty sure the world trumps what TCW thinks. Or it should. Maybe. Aside from, ha, Angry Gilmore, who never gets the title...

On their side, Minnesota and, more importantly, Hawkins, have little reason to lose. Hawkins probably should be kept strong going into his big match with Tommy, meaning even being the non-pinned in a loss is a bad idea. Joey...amusingly, given that the other team is a real team, Joey's the afterthought here. He doesn't need to be, his talent is insane, but...what's he been doing aside as part of the stable? I can't recall much aside from turning on...Andrews, right? And I think that was mostly resolved months ago.

While I should vote in favor of Kreed, I can't. They've been relegated down and not featured as much as I expected. And I can't really vote against Hawkins. So it's a draw.

Just wondering, what is Kreed's experience? If it's in the 30s or above, I'm really bad at remembering their matches.

Regis

05-13-2012, 04:58 AM

I... understood most of that. It made sense.

Eidenhoek, are you well?

But seriously, I can get behind some of that. TCW's bloated roster has led to a bloated Main Event, and there's not enough time on TV or PPV to give everyone the time they deserve. In terms of match results, everyone's kept credible. If we could see the shows, then seeing people busting out A or A* matches two or three times a week would be a convincing argument that everyone is being given a chance to do their thing. Seeing as how ths is a diary, however, focus = promo/storyline time, as that's what we mostly get to see. And that mean that Kreed, who've not been in a feud for a while and who have a somewhat unfortunate record against super-teams, end up looking a little weaker than their talent level would suggest.

Phantom Stranger

05-13-2012, 10:34 AM

I see Kreed as the first main event tag team. They were champs when they had the ridiculous Lions match, (and DWB, right?) so I view them as being top stars. And, y'know, Reed is reigning BEST WRESTLER IN THE WORLD. Heh, I just realized that he bumped canon-Tommy off that award. Who was #2? (well, PRIDE is actually number one on the top 100, but whatever)

Anyway, I dislike that Greg's not really done much aside from the team that I seem to remember. Sure, him and Matt are going to face off, and I know Greg has done something, but...eh, he's a tag guy with Reed. Admittedly, they're one of the best teams you have, which leads me to my point.

Team Vibert is main event because they're in this huge storyline. They're good without being a team. Kreed is phenomenal as a team. That...why is this match here? Neither group should lose; Kreed are good enough as a team that they should be able to win against any non-team and, quite possibly, every team you have. Maybe their stock has dropped, but that would be another problem. How the hell do you let the stock of a team that produced A* matches consistently fall? Admittedly, I'm still speaking from my impressions, and we've already documented that they are quite flawed and contradictory due to my lack of memory.

Kreed, on their side, should not lose. I've been bugged with almost every loss they've had. They should not lose-even moreso, Art Reed is better than anyone else in the ring. Yeah, he was carried to the #1 spot, fine, but I'm pretty sure the world trumps what TCW thinks. Or it should. Maybe. Aside from, ha, Angry Gilmore, who never gets the title...

On their side, Minnesota and, more importantly, Hawkins, have little reason to lose. Hawkins probably should be kept strong going into his big match with Tommy, meaning even being the non-pinned in a loss is a bad idea. Joey...amusingly, given that the other team is a real team, Joey's the afterthought here. He doesn't need to be, his talent is insane, but...what's he been doing aside as part of the stable? I can't recall much aside from turning on...Andrews, right? And I think that was mostly resolved months ago.

While I should vote in favor of Kreed, I can't. They've been relegated down and not featured as much as I expected. And I can't really vote against Hawkins. So it's a draw.

Just wondering, what is Kreed's experience? If it's in the 30s or above, I'm really bad at remembering their matches.

Side note: I signed Amagawa the week he debuted. He's been in Dev for some time ratcheting up his Psych.

I'll give you the Power 100 Top 25, because it'll amuse me:

Art Reed
Wolf Hawkins
Joey Minnesota
Brent Hill
Human Arsenal
Matthew Gauge
Sammy Bach
Troy Tornado
Tommy Cornell
Greg Gauge
Aaron Andrews
Sean McFly
Yoshimi Musashibo
Remo Richardson
Jeremy Stone
Zimmy Bumfhole
Marc DuBois
Johnny Bloodstone
Davis Wayne Newton
Grease Hogg
Lead Belly
Jack Bruce
Champagne Lover
Bryan Vessey
Edd Stone

For what it's worth, these are calculated, so far as I can tell, off overness, match grades, momentum, and success rates - though success rates can't be all; the Fly Boys and Elimination Protocol all made it into the 100. (70 of my guys did.) Art and Greg have done a lot and got a LOT of big wins and draws, in addition to the inaugural Three Kings; they have 52 tag matches under their belt.

Kreed's history together, a quick results filter tells me, yields a 40-17-5 Win-Lose-Draw ratio, a highest rating of 100 (once against the Lions, and once last month when they faced Joey and Wolf before. That time, they lost), and an average of 90.

As Regis says, they don't promo often, but they, the Lions and the Machines are the cornerstones of TCW's 2009 tag scene (and yes, this despite a lengthy title run by GenOme).

Phantom Stranger

05-13-2012, 06:15 PM

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TCW Presents Saturday Night Showcase

Saturday Week 3 January 2010

Live on CBA (Rating 13.98)
Rebroadcast on Euro Cable Sports 1 (Rating 0.88)

Held at Doyle Lane (North West)

Attendance: 22,189

Announcers:
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Duane Fry – Jasmine Saunders – Alanis Springsteen

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Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy
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Jack & Ricky DeColt w/ Hotstuff Marie
A nice enough opening contest here as the DeColts continue to warm up for Malice in Wonderland. The Boys fight back, and even lay Jack out at one point with the Spanish Fly, but Ricky makes the save.

Ricky seems to have the Boys scouted, however, countering their big moves with purpose-designed counters as if he'd been facing them for years.

He turns the tables almost more than his big brother's submission expertise, eventually sending Jimmy out of the ring with a variant Rickyrana before Jack sets up a powerbomb – and the two nail the Welcome To DeColt Country to pick up the win!
Jack & Ricky DeColt defeated the Fly Boys
Rating: B-

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“...not even on the card,” Bloodstone is saying as he rounds a corner backstage, cellphone clamped to his ear. “That's been happening a lot lately, man.

“Huh? No, I just -” He stops, looking up at the ceiling. His eyes line with tears for a moment, though he blinks them away, exhaling. “Don't make me say it, man.”

Another pause. “I... hell, man, I'm lost. I need a hand, I need guidance. I'm losing control again.”

“F**K YOU!” he explodes abruptly. “That's not funny, man. Don't f**king go there.”

A shorter pause, and at the end of it, Bloodstone squeezes his eyes shut. “She... left me, man.

“She left me on TV. You seriously didn't see?

“Yeah, I know you guys are busy wrestling, I just...” He sighs, leaning against a wall, eyes closed. “Man, you were the other guy up North who turned me round got me calm, got me winning. We never got a chance to... but I don't have Amy. I need a friend, OK?”

“...Thanks. Can you... I know it's short notice. Can you make Malice? Alright. I owe you.

“I'll see you there, man.”

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The big screen remains active, but shifts. Power by Kanye West begins to play. Highlights of Rhino Umaga's recent resurgence begin to play, and his voice floats over them.

“Frankie Perez will tell you I cost him something. That he has a legit grudge. A grudge worth signing up for a fight just to betray the man against you.

“That's not my way... and that's not how I tell it.”

The video package starts to shift, focusing on the fights Perez has been talking about.

“I was raised by wrestlers. My uncle used to rest me on his knee and he taught me how the world works.

“He told me you set your fights aside. Then you get in the ring, and a man with the power to rings a bell, and you settle your beef then and there – and when it's settled, not a moment before, that man with the power rings the bell again, and it's done.

“That matters in wrestling but it's guided me in life, too. There's a time and a place for a beef. If you've got one, you lay it out, you look the other guy in the eye, and you see who wins through.

“As far as Perez is concerned our beef starts when I cost him a title shot. As far as I'm concerned, our beef starts when he lied to me. When he broke the way the world runs smooth.

“But I'll tell you this, he's right about one thing.

“We got beef. And Malice in Wonderland, I stop setting that beef aside. We get in the ring. A man with the power to rings a bell. And Frankie Perez gets the hell beat out of him.”

MALICE IN WONDERLAND
NIGHT TWO
THE GRUDGE WILL BE SETTLED

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Amagawa looks Cornell up and down at the start of the match, while Cornell is getting ready for him, and Amagawa smirks, shrugging disdainfully.

Cornell comes in, and Amagawa goes for a takedown -

Well, he loses that one. And the next. But the third, he gets the advantage – and after a moment, Duane Fry has to admit that the lock Amagawa has clamped down is “something I've never seen before but I guarantee you you don't want to feel it.”

Cornell has to fight hard to counter it. He bails to the outside, nursing his arm, staring at the youngster open-mouthed, as the announce team remind everyone that with barely more than a week before his World Heavyweight Championship match, he needs to not have an arm damaged.

Back he goes in, though, and this time he's more careful, treating the youngster seriously. The results are rapid; Tommy Cornell turns the match around, nailing the Rough Ride to pin Amagawa.
Tommy Cornell defeated Nichiren Amagawa
Rating: B

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Steve DeColt, wearing a CGC T-shirt in a deep yellow, is hanging out backstage, leaning against a lockbox that houses lighting gear, talking to a number of highly-attractive women. One of them laughs at something he said just before the mic got close enough to pick it up.

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Art Reed and Greg Keith step past the cluster in the corridor. After a moment, Reed pauses and turns back. “Sorry, ladies,” he says, soft-spoken as always. “Steve – one question and I'll be out of your hai-”

DeColt, not looking at him, has held out his hand to cut Reed off.

“Let me see if I know what you're going to say,” he says. “This past Tuesday you went one on one with the golden world champion. You fought him,” and his other hand raises in a flourish,” for this.”

And he reaches down beside him and lifts the belt up.

“Am I about right so far?”

For the first time, he looks across, and Reed nods.

“Good,” DeColt nods. “You were pretty good, kid. You've had the tag thing here, some kind of six-man thing... I think you're gonna be a champ one day. Which brings me to what you're gonna say.

“You want that day to be soon. You want that belt to be this one.”

Reed pauses. “I want the TCW World Heavyweight Championship. I want the TCW World Tag Championship, again, with Greg.

“But that belt you're holding? I'd be proud to hold that one, too.”

DeColt looks at him again, and smiles. “My brother Alex runs the company,” he says. “I'll tell him to give you a shot after we do this thing with the Stones. Maybe here, maybe CGC. We'll work something out.

“So get training, kid. Because whenever you go after this...” He holds the belt up. “...you take a walk in DeColt Country.

“See, Alex talks business. Jack's a joker. Ricky's the family black sheep, he studies up; if it wasn't for his hair you'd think he was a Stone.

“But me? I'm the big brother. I'm the measuring stick for my generation. You want to step up, I'll fight you. I don't have problems for long... they get lost in the stampede.

“Alex runs things. Jack hangs loose. Ricky studies. I win.”

Reed looks steadily back at him. “You live in the Country.” DeColt nods, fractionally. “I learned in the House.”

With that, he turns, heading to the locker room with his partner. Steve watches him go for a minute, grins, and turns back to the girls. “You girls wanna see a party trick?” he asks. They giggle, and he starts to take his shirt off. The camera cuts away.

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Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily
There's an interesting match in this one, but that's not what's notable about it. This is one of the first matches ELITE have been involved in not laden down with interference.

It's pretty clear that Double J don't believe that's going to be necessary, and while VIPER show their stuff strongly, it still seems for much of the match that ELITE are absolutely right.

VIPER fight back – they fight back hard, and at one point Miyazaki boosts Maverick up as if for a wheelbarrow suplex, only for Ota to flip over the ropes, grabbing Maverick's head on the way down for an assisted facedriver.

Nonetheless, Joe Money's power turns the tide, and in the end Shingen Miyazaki finds himself locked down into Maverick's Deadly Silence and forced to tap out.
Double J defeated Team VIPER
Rating: B

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The other members of Team KOBRA head down to the ring as is traditional at this point.

Team VIPER take their positions in the middle of the circle as the Baroness readies her bokken.

Thoughtfully, Springsteen wonders aloud what happened with Hidekazu – when Pathlow, then Thunder Snake, was getting ready to rebel, so was Hidekazu. Since, however, he's been a model KOBRA wrestler.

The bokken shots come down as Fry comments on Tyler's allegations that KOBRA have hired the Enforcers to turn the tide in some of their matches.

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Monsters of Myth vs. JeriLynn Stone & Kate Dangerous
There's a brawl in here, but Stone and Dangerous have their own designs on the match. They slowly, but surely, lock Gorgon out of it, taking a beating to do it but eventually keeping Cherry in the ring and wearing her down with hold after hold, staggering her.

Gradually, their plan starts to really unfold. Focused and total homework, and Cherry Bomb is worn down thoroughly. Kate whips her into their corner, then tags out.

JeriLynn sets the Girl's Best Friend, and hits it – and Kate Dangerous takes a Hydra Bomb to prevent Gorgon breaking up the pin in time.
JeriLynn Stone & Kate Dangerous defeated Monsters of Myth
Rating: B

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Shout At The Devil begins to play, and Mayhem Midden arrives at the entrance, holding his mic. He takes a look around the crowd, nodding in satisfaction.

“I put that match together,” he begins, “because I wanted to make a point.

“JeriLynn, I hope you were paying attention at the end there. Your friend Kate took the move that ended her title reign again, to save the match for the pair of you.

“You two have watched each others' backs for months. You face off with the Leading Lights together and it comes out... even.

“But in a little over a week JeriLynn goes to England and she faces both of them, one fall to a finish, and her title is on the line.

“And Kate isn't in that match. And...

“Well. Not to speak poorly of our number one contenders. But they got there by being undefeated and staying undefeated, and there's,” he grins wryly, “one or two bits of footage that show them taking shortcuts.

“I don't want that to happen at Malice. At the same time, I'm refusing to bring Kate in there – she might just be as biased the other way.

“So I thought about this, and I've got just the thing.” Tell Me Where It Hurts – the theme to the upcoming Malice in Wonderland – begins to play. “Someone who can beat down on anyone in that match who's trouble, but who can't be beaten back. Someone who has the strength and conviction to do it.

“Ladies and gentlemen, I want you to welcome to TCW our Special Guest Enforcer – one hell of a fighter – Gina Carano!”

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She comes out with a smile, picks the nearest camera, and throws some punches. The camera catches JeriLynn's reaction; intrigued, pleased, confident.

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Eternal Party vs. Dan DaLay & Eddie Chandler w/ Adrian Garcia
There's something of an oddness to this match. The Party are fast – they're lightning fast. Eddie Chandler is a gifted technical wrestler, but he can't keep up with their speed – and Dan DaLay is far from being a swift wrestler, for obvious reasons.

Nonetheless, ELITE are able to control the pace except during tags – those tags cause trouble, with Lover or Edd showcasing what they can do, and the announce team dwell on what Edd's performance against ELITE might mean for his credibility against the DeColts, on the fact Chandler will meet Lover in the Shot At the Top – with one having arguably the toughest path, the other the easiest.

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Jacob Jett and Joey Money make their presence felt after a while – Jett distracts Sparrow, and Money nails the Wall Street Crash on Lover.

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They don't have it all their own way for long – Rhino Umaga crashes into Money, bundling him out of the ring, and before Jett can get involved, the lights go out.

When they come back up, Duane Stone is right behind Jett, and he scores with a Stone's Throw on the outside.

That's good – but Lover is out of commission, and DaLay lays Edd out with a big boot, then another while he's seated, and Eddie Chandler sneaks in for the Fabulous Stretch and the win.
Dan DaLay & Eddie Chandler defeated Eternal Party
Rating: B+

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Kreed vs. Joey Minnesota & Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert
Greg Keith starts this one, and after some deliberation it's Hawkins who gets in the ring opposite him. They circle before locking up, and when they do Hawkins starts powering forward, looking to back Greg into the corner – but Greg shifts that quickly, transitioning and nearly getting a German suplex before Wolf realises the tide has changed and moves to a counter.

Wolf snapmares Greg forward, but somehow Greg catches one of the champ's arms, rolling forward and dragging Wolf down. The champ lands well, though, popping up and going for a dropkick, only for Keith to get both arms up and bat it away.

Wolf hits the mat – and keeps moving, spinning round to sweep Greg's legs out from under him. It's been a fast and fluid exchange, and the champion knows he has to stay on top of the young Keith if the advantage he's just won is going to mean anything – but he also knows it's going to be tough.

Hawkins stomps away at Greg's shoulder, but Greg twists away from that, rising to his knees and past his knees fast, continuing to twist – discus punch by Keith is ducked by Hawkins, but Greg immediately reverses direction on it, catching Wolf in the back of the head with an elbow.

Wolf staggers away; Greg looks for a dropkick, and it's Hawkins' turn to slap the oncoming boots away before rolling out of the ring.

Joey Minnesota enters the ring seemingly entirely unfazed. He crosses fast and calls for a test of strength.

After a few moments' consideration, Greg goes for it, only to find that Phil Viberts' longest-acknowledged protege does indeed have the strength advantage, overpowered, forced to the mat – ONE, TWO, THR- Keith forces the shoulder up, and as soon as he's sure the count is broken, lets it drop again.

But he does that to free up one of the feet he'd been bracing with. Three straight kicks to Minnesota's midsection break the hold and allow Greg his shoulder up a hair after the two count; Greg hangs on to the arm, looking for a kimura, but Joey twists out of it and punts him in the face.

Greg backs away and Joey goes after him; Keith drops to the mat abruptly, allowing Minnesota's onrush to take him into the path of a slick, fluid legsweep. Rather than follow up, however, he rolls out of the ring.

Art Reed vaults to the top, then soars forward in a simple splash, coming down with a solid impact nonetheless. He immediately grabs Joey's right arm, applying a kimura of his own, shifting for extra leverage on it.

For a long moment, Joey writhes in it before finding the positioning he needs, with his superior strength, to twist away, forcing Art's shoulders to the mat! ONE, TWO – Art releases the hold in order to kick out.

Reed shifts back, going for the offence, and Joey meets him with a fireman's carry takedown. He looks for an early, fast Minnesota Cloverleaf, and Reed gets his legs high enough to send Joey flying with a headscissors before handspringing to his feet, hitting the ropes, and coming off with a lariat that takes Minnesota down.

Reed drops a knee into Joey's shoulder before picking him up, lifting him and clearly aiming for a shoulderbreaker, but Joey shows athleticism of his own, landing on his feet and nailing Reed with a Northern Lights Suplex! Cover! ONE, TWO, TH- NO!

Reed battles out with chops and whips Minnesota toward the corner – Minnesota reverses – short-arm lariat! He holds on, pulling Art up by his dreads – second attempt is blocked – Reed twists into an armwringer – showing tremendous athleticism by pasting Joey's face with kicks within the hold. A short arm DDT follows, and Minnesota exits the ring.

Wolf comes in fast, staggering Art with rights and lefts, then a big backdrop – Reed lands on his feet, but promptly eats a flying shoulderblock from the champion, who pops up fast and lays in a couple of stomps before whipping Art into the corner, charging after him. He nails a lariat, then whips Reed into the next corner.

Backing up again, he comes out hard and fast for another lariat, but Reed ducks this one. Wolf crashes shoulder-first into the top turnbuckle and Reed nails a half-nelson suplex – something Duane Fry notes, with some surprise, as being a signature of Kate Dangerous. Art covers – ONE, TWO – but as Wolf kicks out, Reed rolls back out of the ring.

Greg Keith comes in at a run, hitting something like a charging enzuigiri – but to the champion's shoulder. Kreed have seen an opening and they fluidly adapt, taking the strategy to wear down Minnesota's arm and applying it to Wolf, as Greg scores with a single-arm DDT before Wolf kicks him loose from a grounded armbar.

In comes Greg again and this time Wolf's backdrop scores. He hits the ropes and comes off with a running elbowdrop to the grounded Keith, looking good but turning away to check his shoulder.

He pulls Greg up – suplex – then up again, guiding him into one of the empty corners. A volley of punches staggers Keith and Wolf boosts him up onto the top, then goes up after him, self-evidently aiming for the – SOLO SPANISH FLY! He looks across to Reed, grinning, after hitting it.

Fry barely has time to remind the fans that Reed himself managed to counter that, landing on his feet for a piledriver, before Wolf covers Greg – ONE, TWO, THRE-

Art Reed manages to get there with a flying legdrop to break it up.

Greg stays in, though, grabbing Wolf's arm and looking for an arm wrench or two, shaking his head to clear the cobwebs even as he does so. Hawkins manages to punch clear, though, and Joey Minnesota comes in, teaming with Wolf. On either side of Greg they rain in punches.

Minnesota transitions to those big kicks of his to the midsection, driving Greg down to one knee, and Wolf goes for the Full Moon Rising -

SOMEHOW, Greg Keith got an arm in the way! He's almost all the way down, but his head was saved from the kick! Minnesota drives a foot into the side of his head instead in frustration, ignoring Sam Sparrow's increasingly stern warnings that one or the other member of Generation Omega should vacate the ring.

In comes Reed, delivering a harsh series of chops to the chest of his former DaVE colleage, and that allows Greg to recover, staggering Wolf with a pair of European uppercuts.

Sparrow gives all four men another warning and Reed takes off to the far side of the ring at speed; Greg, meanwhile, sents Wolf crashing into Joey with a savage whip to the injured arm, then drops to his hands and knees.

Art comes back as fast as he left, stepping up onto Greg's back, grabbing three-quarter facelocks on both opponents as he passes between them, flying over the top rope to drop both men's throats on the ropes.

They whiplash back away – and rise as one, both clearly coldly furious.

Greg does his best, but one man against that duo is always going to be tough, if not impossible; Reed slides back in.

Both of the Kreed start throwing punches, but both of the Kreed are slowly worn down; they're clearly losing individually, but Sam Sparrow does the only thing he can do; neither team will adhere to tag rules, and the bell must be rung for the double disqualification.
The Kreed fought Joey Minnesota & Wolf Hawkins to a double disqualification
Rating: A*

Show Rating: A

Phantom Stranger

05-13-2012, 07:07 PM

And on that note, guys and gals...

...there are five shows to go.

Eidenhoek

05-14-2012, 01:43 AM

Well PS, you could almost say...

It's the Final Countdown.

they have 52 tag matches under their belt.

...Yep, I'm off by a bit, yeah.

~~~

I'm predicting Bloodstone calling in...well, let's see. It's not Stone Jr., because he's not a moron. Tim Westybrook is a cool enough guy that can pull his own weight (well, carryably, anyway). Dark Angel would be a ridiculous steal; he's the workhorse of my NOTBPW and one of the few guys with Green morale. Can-Am Blondes might be jerkish enough to be all, where's the lady, but I'd expect them to have actually watched the show.

I have a feeling this isn't a default 2010 NOTBPW guy (which, since you were in 2008, is possible). If it's Joey Poison, I will lol all the way to tears.

~~~

Still not a big fan of Rhino. /shrug

~~~

DeColt, not looking at him, has held out his hand to cut Reed off.

I imagined The Rock.

“You girls wanna see a party trick?”

NO GOD NO THIS IS NOT BATMAN

~~~

What are Gina Carano's stats?

~~~

They don't have it all their own way for long – Rhino Umaga crashes into Money, bundling him out of the ring, and before Jett can get involved, the lights go out.

When they come back up, Duane Stone is right behind Jett, and he scores with a Stone's Throw on the outside.

In the SWF, his gimmick is that he's never seen moving apart from hitting someone with a move.

~~~

After a few moments' consideration, Greg goes for it, only to find that Phil Viberts' longest-acknowledged protege does indeed have the strength advantage, overpowered, forced to the mat – ONE, TWO, THR- Keith forces the shoulder up

Best finish ever. Test of Strength pressed down into a pin. Not a capture suplex or anything, just pressed down into a pin.

Reed nails a half-nelson suplex – something Duane Fry notes, with some surprise, as being a signature of Kate Dangerous

Almost like they're spending time outside the ring, practicing them rasslin moves. I'd imagine they use a mattress, y'know, since they want to be safe and all.

~~

Wow. Looking at my real predictions (i.e. "I'm wrong on this one,") I actually got the card right. Woo!

Phantom Stranger

05-14-2012, 05:56 AM

Gina Carano's stats are I'm paying for celebrities.

Phantom Stranger

05-14-2012, 11:52 AM

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Wednesday January 17th 2010
“The best-laid plans of mice and men gang aft agley.”

No, seriously. This is apparently the saying I was grasping for, according to Maggie. What an agley is, I've got no idea, but this week my best-laid plans just ganged it aft.

I really don't like the idea of being accused of nepotism. I spent my early career with Preston Holt's CPW, and believe me, if you want to see nepotism, that was the place. It hurt a lot of the people involved when they moved on, and that lesson's stayed with me throughout my career.

Nobody gets to the top in this business without people backing them. I don't think that's a bad thing; most of our big names have picked at least one younger wrestler to take under their wing, while some like Eric Tyler quietly guide a lot of young workers, looking to profit by the reputation and by the obvious feud potential down the line.

But it still sits awkwardly with me. I had Art Reed in my sights to be a top man from the beginning, but for whatever reason he didn't catch fire in 2008 the way a lot of the other wrestlers being given the same treatment were. With Greg alongside him, though, he not only exploded up the ranks but rapidly filled out to the point where he became a go-to man for one on one matches, too. I think it's fair to say that anyone watching through 2009 might assume Reed was being set up as the secondary opponent for Wolf after Tommy, someone who might win the title at Total Mayhem if Wolf triumphs at Malice in Wonderland.

And then, a few months ago now, he started dating my daughter. I made plans to stage down his top-level run – not making him vanish, but gradually reduce his role – chance my arm with a second Kreed tag run in 2010, and allow Art to do what I know he can and prove his worth before running at the title again.

Two things have changed that; first, the buzz the dirtsheets have created, with Art being named the top wrestler of last year. Second – and arguably more importantly – Steve DeColt hand-picked Art as his opponent for the CGC belt. So suddenly Art finds himself with a top-rank solo feud in the offing... and I have to rewrite things.

Art isn't just a red herring in the Shot At the Top match anymore – he has a genuine chance to win the Ticket To The Top, though he's not, at present, my preferred choice (but a match like that, the decision goes down to the day before). I'm not sure how happy I am with this, but... well, on the plus side, it puts me back on the course I was originally planning, or near enough.

I don't know. We're only a week away. Most plans are set in stone. Having one change puts me on edge.

But I'm looking forward to the coming months. Maybe a little bit more, now.

Phantom Stranger

05-14-2012, 01:32 PM

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Regis

05-15-2012, 04:42 AM

Looks like everyone got a kick in the kayfabe after Freddy broke the fourth wall in his interview.

EDIT: Derp, missed Joey's comments...

Phantom Stranger

05-15-2012, 06:33 AM

Looks like everyone got a kick in the kayfabe after Freddy broke the fourth wall in his interview.

I'm not sure any of them out and out break kayfabe, but I intended three of them as pretty honest and outside character.

However, as always, you be the judge, gang...

Phantom Stranger

05-15-2012, 09:16 PM

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The Best of Seven series has rolled on all the way to match 6, and that's what's going to kick off the night. If Sean Deeley loses again, he loses his International Championship to Freddy Huggins - to retain, he'll have to win tonight, and then one last battle, likely at Malice in Wonderland.

The Conquering Kings are possibly the last stop on the road to Malice for the New Wave - but will it be a proud stride or a stumble, just before they collide with the British Lions with tag team gold on the line?

Eternal Party also have their parts to play in Malice, and both men could record historic wins on night one. Before that, though, they face the talented International Air. Momentum can be a psychological lever in pro wrestling, and this one could tip the scales, one way or the other.

Nichiren Amagawa's a newcomer to TCW, though with impeccable references - he was sent to us through the training of super junior legend Dark EAGLE and hardcore legend Nemesis, though he excels in submission. His opponent tonight is a big name - Jack Bruce, who also will soon collide in a big Malice match. But will he be walking wounded?

Tag team action continues, as the Leading Lights practice by facing off with Melody and Raven. It's not the same as a triple threat match, it has to be said...

In the semi-main event, Duane Stone unites with Jeremy for the first time in years. The head of the House of Stone and the man who strikes like a black cobra - their opponents should be worried, but Elimination Protocol will be looking nonetheless for win number five - and they might just make it.

The main event features trios action. The Kings of Wrestling have unity, but the other side makes history; Steve DeColt teams with Aaron Andrews and Tommy Cornell. You couldn't get more wrestling royalty in a match without it demanding PPV fees - but this, you'll see for free...

Prediction Key:
BEST OF SEVEN SERIES MATCH SIX
TCW International Championship
Sean Deeley (c) w/ Laura Huggins 2 --- 3 Freddy Huggins

Conquering Kings (Barry Kingman & Clark Alexander) w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. New Wave w/ Blonde Bombshell

Eternal Party (Champagne Lover & Edd Stone) vs. International Air (Adam Matravers & Mr Lucha III)

Jack Bruce vs. Nichiren Amagawa

Leading Lights (Michelle Cox & Serena Starr) vs. Melody & Raven

Elimination Protocol (Kirk Jameson & Warren Technique) vs. Duane & Jeremy Stone

Kings of Wrestling (Matthew Keith, Bobby Thomas & Nate Johnson) vs. Aaron Andrews, Steve DeColt & Tommy Cornell

Zergon

05-15-2012, 10:27 PM

TCW International Championship
Sean Deeley (c) w/ Laura Huggins 2 --- 3 Freddy Huggins
It will be 3-3 after this one.

Conquering Kings (Barry Kingman & Clark Alexander) w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. New Wave w/ Blonde Bombshell
Way more established.

Eternal Party (Champagne Lover & Edd Stone) vs. International Air (Adam Matravers & Mr Lucha III)
Party is higer on the pecking order.

Jack Bruce vs. Nichiren Amagawa
Again, Bruce is simply way more established.

Leading Lights (Michelle Cox & Serena Starr) vs. Melody & Raven
Doing lot more.

Elimination Protocol (Kirk Jameson & Warren Technique) vs. Duane & Jeremy Stone
Bigger names.

Kings of Wrestling (Matthew Keith, Bobby Thomas & Nate Johnson) vs. Aaron Andrews, Steve DeColt & Tommy Cornell
Tough one, I go with draw.

Eidenhoek

05-15-2012, 11:39 PM

BEST OF SEVEN SERIES MATCH SIX
TCW International Championship
Sean Deeley (c) w/ Laura Huggins 2 --- 3 Freddy Huggins

1. Because a draw makes things fun and potentially causes the whole series to be a draw, making this whole thing pointless.

2. Because Freddy Huggins sucks and shouldn't be near the title.

3. WHYYYYYYY HUGGINS WHYYYYY I HATE YOU

4. You need a...let's see..."Deelorean" tag team. Sean Deeley and Sean McFly. Most campy team name and awesomest team ever.

Edit: 5. Huggins needs to use a Bear Hug.

Conquering Kings (Barry Kingman & Clark Alexander) w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. New Wave w/ Blonde Bombshell

If this was "Attitude Era" SWF, Kingman and Alexander would probably be having, or already had, a friendly fued over which "King" would "Conquer" Sprinsteen first.

Alas, I must wait for the inevitable-yet-boring feud with Kings of Wrestling.

Eternal Party (Champagne Lover & Edd Stone) vs. International Air (Adam Matravers & Mr Lucha III)

Team Jerk vs. one of the best-mannered rookies and also Adam Matravers. God I hate Edd Stone and also you.

Jack Bruce vs. Nichiren Amagawa

>_>

<_<

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Leading Lights (Michelle Cox & Serena Starr) vs. Melody & Raven

Even though Raven is impeccably hot.

Elimination Protocol (Kirk Jameson & Warren Technique) vs. Duane & Jeremy Stone

...

I just squeezed the top of my nose, y'know, between the eyes. I apparently got some of my...eyehole? The skin around the eye, near the nose, in the pinch. Because they hurt.

I did that because this match is forgone and I'm surprised it's the semi-main. Well...okay, given one team and...I don't think Kirk's that good to matter for his side, but TechCobra is freaking badass.

Oh, and THUNDA SNAKE REDEBUT

Kings of Wrestling (Matthew Keith, Bobby Thomas & Nate Johnson) vs. Aaron Andrews, Steve DeColt & Tommy Cornell

Because Andrews isn't royalty. Now you swap him for papa Keith, that's a ridiculous team. Or Faith, I guess. Or a Vessey. Or...I'm trying to think of generational stars...oh! El Mitico Jr.! I'm calling someone dropping Andrews backstage and he makes a surprise debut, pinning all three of the opposition before stunnering his team. He then goes on a tweenerface rebel run, spoiling the grand Stone/DeColt matchup while also screwing both Generation Omega and ELITE at every turn.

Regis

05-16-2012, 05:25 AM

BEST OF SEVEN SERIES MATCH SIX
TCW International Championship
Sean Deeley (c) w/ Laura Huggins 2 --- 3 Freddy Huggins
Well, no shit.

Conquering Kings (Barry Kingman & Clark Alexander) w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. New Wave w/ Blonde Bombshell
JOBBERS.

Eternal Party (Champagne Lover & Edd Stone) vs. International Air (Adam Matravers & Mr Lucha III)
JOBBERS.

Jack Bruce vs. Nichiren Amagawa
JOBBER.

Leading Lights (Michelle Cox & Serena Starr) vs. Melody & Raven
PROBABLY JOBBER, IT'S HARD TO TELL IN THE WOMEN'S DIVISION.

Elimination Protocol (Kirk Jameson & Warren Technique) vs. Duane & Jeremy Stone
JOBBERS (for now, at least.)

Kings of Wrestling (Matthew Keith, Bobby Thomas & Nate Johnson) vs. Aaron Andrews, Steve DeColt & Tommy Cornell
Sorry, but these three need the win more.

Phantom Stranger

05-16-2012, 07:19 AM

James Casey

05-16-2012, 02:39 PM

Oh, and one thing to note here...

I've picked up the pace a bit this last storyline month. This is because I knew a crunch point at work was coming in the nebulous but near future. It's arrived; there is a good chance you'll see heavy slowdown before the next show. We may be back to the week-or-so between major shows, and I intend to write both PPV nights before posting either, so there could be real slowdown there.

So bear with me on that, please.

Should we synchronise big shows? I figure if you have two nights to post, and I'll probably split mine across three posts, that's an easy Monday-Friday spread :p

BEST OF SEVEN SERIES MATCH SIX
TCW International Championship
Sean Deeley (c) w/ Laura Huggins 2 --- 3 Freddy Huggins Yeah, this isn't even a tricky one. I suppose you might throw in a draw to keep us guessing...

Conquering Kings (Barry Kingman & Clark Alexander) w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. New Wave w/ Blonde Bombshell Did I miss BB joining the Wave? I seem to recall that only happened a couple of shows back...

Eternal Party (Champagne Lover & Edd Stone) vs. International Air (Adam Matravers & Mr Lucha III) EP may have dropped a match last time out, but not here.

Jack Bruce vs. Nichiren Amagawa Amagawa has an awesome render, but not that good.

Leading Lights (Michelle Cox & Serena Starr) vs. Melody & Raven Cox & Starr might actually drop a DQ loss here, but mainly I think they overpower the mono-monikered ones.

Elimination Protocol (Kirk Jameson & Warren Technique) vs. Duane & Jeremy Stone Know what? I think is ELITE time...

Kings of Wrestling (Matthew Keith, Bobby Thomas & Nate Johnson) vs. Aaron Andrews, Steve DeColt & Tommy Cornell One of these guys has a World title match at Malice, and it's not one of the Kings...

Eidenhoek

05-16-2012, 03:20 PM

Should we synchronise big shows? I figure if you have two nights to post, and I'll probably split mine across three posts, that's an easy Monday-Friday spread

Well, I have four diaries, so I could double-feature the weekend!

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Anyway, are EP high enough that Jeremy and/or Duane won't complain about losing to them? Also, I just realized that Eternal Party would also be EP, but I mean Elimination Protocol.

Phantom Stranger

05-16-2012, 03:26 PM

Anyway, are EP high enough that Jeremy and/or Duane won't complain about losing to them? Also, I just realized that Eternal Party would also be EP, but I mean Elimination Protocol.

Duane wasn't that over in the US when I brought him in, hence debuting him in Canada and spamming the crap out of him. Jezza hasn't complained about any match I've given him yet; then again, nor has Sam Keith, who has veto power, partly because I don't tend to job them to fresh rookies.

Kirk has hit Midcard, and Warren is Lower Midcard. Jezza is currently UM, though i think this is due to sheer size of roster.

...

JC: Honestly, I doubt I'll get Malice out before June. I might, but...

Phantom Stranger

05-20-2012, 09:35 AM

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 4 January 2010

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 17.14)
Rebroadcast on Continental Sports X1 (Rating 0.59)

Held at the Manhattan National Center (Tri State)

Attendance: 20,874

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Sara Silver

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Sean Deeley © w/ Laura Huggins 2 – 3 Freddy Huggins
There isn't a great deal of unpredictability for this match, but what there is, Sean and Freddy wring out of it, with both men making it look like Huggins could win at any moment. Deeley counters the HugginDriver, only to get nailed with the Huggins Kiss; he kicks out, though, and evades a second Kiss.

At that point, Freddy locks into his usual routine in these things, focusing on nailing the Kiss to the exception of all else – and he very, very nearly does it, only to be caught and taken down into the Front Choke Lock, tying the series.
Sean Deeley defeated Freddy Huggins
Rating: B+

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Backstage go the cameras at this point, and Koshiro Ino and the remainder of Team KOBRA are gathered around, seated correctly on their knees, with Ino offering the openings of sentences and the rest of the team responding by rote.

“The phrase 'Win First, Fight Later?”

“Can be summed up in the two words 'Win Beforehand',” comes the swift response. It certainly looks like, while we haven't seen this before, this is a regular part of their training regimen.

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The door into their locker room opens. Mayhem Midden steps in, then stops short, apparently confused.

Ino opens his mouth, but the Baroness, seeing Midden, coughs. Ino rises to his feet and bows to the Board's Representative.

“How you doing?” Midden asks formally. “I can see Charlie and me are interrupting, but we wanted to ask a favour.

“You guys pretty much aren't active at Malice, but that's a good thing for me right now. Makes you unbiased, and with some of the tempers we're gonna have there, I'm looking to make sure we have an independent set of enforcers around.

“I'd like to hire you guys. Not many people are going to want to tangle with all of you.”

Ino turns to face Emily. Expressionlessly, he says simply “Win beforehand.”

The Baroness nods, turning to Midden. “We have a price.”

Midden nods. “Thought you might. Teacher, student or students?”

Again, she turns to face Ino.

“In confronting a matter,” he begins, “however, if at first you leave it alone...”

“...Fix the Four Vows in your heart, exclude self-interest, and make an effort, you will not go far from your mark,” his students chorus. The Baroness nods in understanding.

“Shingen Miyazaki.”

Midden nods. “I'll clear a space in the cruiserweight open,” he says. “Should give him a chance to earn another title bid.” With that, he leaves, apparently coming to grips with Team KOBRA's current methodology.

The same cannot be said for Azaria. “Anyone but me remember when Ino talked normally?” he asks.

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Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen
vs.
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New Wave w/ Blonde Bombshell
It's a good, solid, entertaining match, but while the Kings are given time to show that they have a few more tricks every time they get in the ring – there's a lovely wheelbarrow facebuster/running elbow drop combo in there that Scout takes – the ending is never really in doubt.

The Bombshell stays watchful at ringside, keeping track of her clients. At one point – just after Scout knocks Kingman silly with a punch and tags out – she makes a big thing, out of the ref's sight, of demanding something from Scout. Replay will dwell a few times on the shot of him surrendering his brass knucks.

Barry Kingman tries to tag out, but he's woozy and Guide is calculating. At a tremendous rate, Guide hits all four sides of the ring, the second being a detour on his path in which he nails Alexander through the ropes with a Guided Missile, keeping on going and hitting two more ropes before smashing into Kingman in the centre of the ring – with sufficient force that he's able to flip forward and land on his feet from the momentum.

The pin is academic.
New Wave defeated Conquering Kings
Rating: B

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On a monitor backstage a dejected Danny Fonzarelli watches the match. He runs his hand over his shaved scalp and sighs, shaking his head.

“What's wrong?” comes a female voice from out of shot. Fonzie's shoulders hunch, and he slowly turns. The camera pans, revealing the woman.

“Who are you?”

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“Call me Katie,” she says. “I'm new here. You like getting beat up?”

Fonzie frowns. “What do you think? And what do you want?”

“I don't know. I thought I'd manage you a while.”

He stares. “Lady, are you crazy?”

She shrugs. After a moment, Fonzie musters more comments. “You want to manage me?”

“Sure. Why not?”

“I... don't have the best of records right now.”

“Sounds like you need a manager, right?”

He shakes his head slowly. “Are you gonna keep on at this until I give in?”

“Thought maybe you'd be smart and agree.”

Danny Fonzarelli runs his hand over his shaved scalp again. “You're one crazy lady.”

“Which of us got kicked around by a big bald half-naked dude last week?”

His shoulders slump. “I guess you got a point there.”

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Eternal Party vs. International Air
High-octane airborne action, and the Party clearly want to get a notch in the win column ahead of their matches on Malice Night One.

Matravers tries running riot early on, but while he has a lot of innovative tricks, it's still impossible for him to keep pace with someone like the Master of Edd Fu. He tags out after losing out on a couple of exchanges and the contest instantly transforms into serious mat action.

Mr. Lucha III gets Azaria excited by busting out a crossface hold very similar in execution to Jack DeColt's End of Days, locking it in place around Edd, providing something of foreshadowing for the upcoming DeColt/Stone conflict.

However, Edd goes almost instantly from his usual half-organised anarchy to what looks like a counter drilled to the point it's become reflex, countering out and scoring with a Party's Over. Only Matravers coming in prevents the match from being over there and then.

Adam does his best, but Champagne Lover takes over for his side, locks him down, and smashes him into the turnbuckles, catching him on the rebound with a Lover Stunner to score the victory.
Eternal Party defeated International Air
Rating: B-

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Set to the tune of Malice in Wonderland's theme song, Halestorm's Tell Me Where It Hurts, a greatest-hits video begins to play running through the Tornado/Bruce feud, the formation of Darkwave, Painful Procedure's battle with them as a whole, up to the recent abduction, cage match, and reconciliation.

MALICE IN WONDERLAND
NIGHT TWO
THE WAR'S SWANSONG

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The video maker segues smoothly; a mashup of Everlast's Stone In My Hand and Garbage's Enough is Never Enough chronicling side by side the arrival, challenge to Gorgon, reconciliation with her father and championship victory of JeriLynn Stone as she honoured her mother, Simone Aube-Stone, and the arrival and subsequent undefeated streak of the Leading Lights, dwelling on their championship matches and the announcement that Gina Carano will act as an enforcer during the one-fall-to-a-finish match at Malice.

MALICE IN WONDERLAND
NIGHT TWO
HARD WORK VERSUS TALENT

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Jack Bruce vs. Nichiren Amagawa
Bruce looks absolutely delighted to be there with the slight support of the fans. He looks the rookie and his apparently characteristic confident smirk over with a broad grin.

It's hard to say which man is more confident in their victory from this, but Amagawa nonetheless seems determined to take the big name down, working over his knee in preparation for another of his outlandish locks – but Bruce manages to rally, sinking the rookie with a New York Minute.
Jack Bruce defeated Nichiren Amagawa
Rating: B

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Leading Lights vs. Melody & Raven
There's an entertaining match here, and the crowd are really starting to warm up to even these smaller names, so it gets a pretty warm reception throughout.

Melody and Raven function pretty well, but arguably not well enough, as the Lights systematically cheat their way through outbreaks of resistance, ultimately paving the way for Michelle Cox to nail the Pretty Fly.

A count of three later, the Lights remain undefeated.
Leading Lights defeated Melody & Raven
Rating: B-

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Greg Keith sits on what appears to be the arena rooftop, his feet dangling off the edge, looking out through the night sky at the car park.

“All those people, come to see us,” he says softly. “All these people who've bought tickets to see TCW. Maybe chasing their favourite wrestlers, maybe wanting to see what's going on before Malice... maybe just wanting to see wrestling.

“I've been wrestling for less than two years, and I already can't even guess how many people have seen me wrestle. Have come up to me, asked for an autograph, or just told me they enjoyed the card.

“They tell me I'm one of the lucky ones. That there's only five wrestlers who've only ever fought in TCW. That if you include the other biggest companies out there, the number doesn't get up past twenty.

“This is how wrestling has always been for me, because of my dad. By the time I was old enough to know about wrestling, this was the world my dad moved in. The biggest companies out there, in front of the biggest crowds, fighting the biggest names.

“It wasn't until I got here I understood that this was the fairytale. Art Reed, Johnny Bloodstone – my running mates, my new friends – had to travel all over. They've wrestled in front of crowds smaller than it takes to put on a Cage Wars match in TCW.

“And I had that fairytale for my first year... but my brother's gone, now.

“He turned on the family, abandoned us, set his sights on me. At first I felt like I'd lost an arm – my twin brother, my tag partner, gone abruptly and I felt like half who I'd been.

“And now, in front of the very biggest crowd, my brother and I are both going to be fighting a big name – each other.

“It's going to be like wrestling myself. That arm I lost is going to be across the ring from me. He knows me better than I do; I know him better than he does.”

Greg falls silent then, looking over the car park. “So young, and this could be our crowning glory... but it's going to do something else for sure.

“It's going to break Mom's heart.”

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Abruptly the big screen comes to life, with Tell Me Where It Hurts playing loudly again. This time the video is a new one; it's clips of John Pathlow post-transformation, focusing on both the American Dojo and on his winning the All Action Championship, intercut with clips of Kashmir Singh's few matches – all victorious – and his video broadcasts, allied with Zeus.

MALICE IN WONDERLAND
NIGHT ONE
ALL ACTION IS PERFECTION

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Elimination Protocol vs. Duane & Jeremy Stone
This one is completely different to the prior matches; this is all technical with a side of super junior on both sides. A blindingly fast mat game is something Azaria has, over time, gotten very, very used to dealing with.

The Protocol continue to combine well, with Jameson serving as a lynchpin to allow Technique a number of double teams. The drop toe hold/step up running elbow drop returns, and they add in a simultaneous STO/Russian legsweep takedown which could have won it for them had Duane Stone not broken the hold.

The Stone brothers have a fight on their hands that they'd never expected to be tough, and it's clear that this surprises them – you can see the gears turning as they realise they need to puck up some slack and go to town.

Eventually they get into the right position, and things explode; Technique eats a Party's Over from Duane, then a Stone's Throw from Jeremy sends him out of the ring. As Jameson comes in, Duane monkey flips him over, hops to the top, and soars with a From Canada With Love – and Jeremy locks in a Stone Ankle Stretch to prove a point and pick up the victory.
Duane & Jeremy Stone defeated Elimination Protocol
Rating: B

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Kings of Wrestling
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Aaron Andrews, Steve DeColt & Tommy Cornell
There's a visible anticipation for this in the crowd. After some discussion, Andrews starts for his team, Johnson for his.

They circle, Johnson looking to close for a lock-up. Andrews throws a punch but Nate dances back out of reach, closes in again, evades the next jab, and dances back grinning. He comes back again – and Aaron lariats him down hard to the mat. On the apron, DeColt approves vocally.

Johnson picks himself up and the pair circle again. This time it's Andrews who wants the lockup – and he overpowers Johnson – turns it into a headlock – shoots him off the ropes, sets for a backdrop -

Johnson recovers in time, nailing the unsuspecting Andrews with a twisting neckbreaker at speed. He continues out of the ring, and Bobby Thomas is already ready to take advantage, soaring from the top rope to deliver a double-stomp to Andrews' gut.

The Express look pretty confident so far, and Thomas lifts Aaron back to his feet, locks up, and leaps to nail a dropkick and tag him back down. He whips Andrews across to the Kings' corner, where Matthew Keith backhands him across the face.

Needless to say, Sam Sparrow objects, and Keith moves slightly to argue with him while Johnson loops the tag rope around Andrews' neck, leaning backward to really put some weight on his improvised garotte.

Furious, Cornell comes in, baited across the ring. Keith drops from the apron to the floor and the Express combine, looking to nail Cornell with a stereo superkick – they miss, but as Cornell smirks at the camera having evaded it, they nail him with a leg sweep/lariat combo.

Thomas looks to lock Cornell into a crab – and this is about as big a mistake as you might expect.

He counters smoothly, rising out of it with Thomas locked in something very like a choke. With a smirk, Cornell shifts position and releases the choke – doing so by simultaneously biel-tossing Thomas into Keith.

Sparrow rules it a tag, much to Keith's fury, but after some brief stalling, he comes in.

Lock-up and Cornell outthinks Keith, shifting out to apply a standing wristlock. Abruptly, he puts pressure on the shoulder and shifts, slamming Matt back-first into the canvas – and Matt immediately kips back up.

Annoyed, Cornell repeats the move, and Matt repeats the response, staring back at his boss with cold, confident eyes. Tommy shrugs, twists himself into the arm – it's a judo throw, but again, Keith lands on his feet.

And Cornell kicks his legs out from under him.

So far so good – but then the Express come to the rescue. Thomas slides himself in under the bottom rope, and Johnson springboards off the top. Nate comes down with a blockbuster just as Bobby sweeps the legs.

It's a smooth double-team, but there's now three on one in there and Andrews rushes in, full of thunder, to even the score. Johnson eats a spinebuster and Thomas gets planted in the centre of the ring with the Game Breaker.

Andrews turns to face Matt – Keith, clearly ready for him, boots him in the gut and nails a DDT as Cornell rolls to the outside to recover.

Matt pulls Aaron up and tries for the Neutron Plex – but it's blocked. In comes Johnson and the duo whip Aaron across the ring, meeting him on the way back with a tag clothesline. Andrews is on the mat and Keith starts looking for the Proton Lock while Johnson stomps Aaron's head...

Steve DeColt, standing on the second rope, can just lean over far enough to slap his outstretched hand against Andrews' boot. The tag is made!

Steve hurdles the ropes – much easier from where he is – and lands in the ring, Johnson tries to intercept – Steve promptly boosts him up into the air in a military press, then presses him up and down four or five times, turning to face each section of the crowd, grinning broadly, before boosting him even higher and walking out from under him.

“DeCOLT DROP!” Azaria yells. Johnson sort of manages to regain his feet, and Steve punches him back against the ropes and nails a big boot to see him stumble over the top rope and down to the outside.

He turns to face Keith, and Matt releases the Proton Lock, rising to face him.

It doesn't help hugely. He eats a lariat, picks himself up, and walks into a powerbomb by DeColt before being tossed over the rope and out of the ring.

With great theatre, Steve turns to face Bobby Thomas who, in a testament to the impact of the Game Breaker, is barely stirring.

DeColt turns to face the crowd for a second with a broad grin. They all know what's coming.

Steve stomps his foot twice then claps, then repeats the sequence, and the arena picks it up, drumming out the beat of DeColt's theme We Will Rock You.

To that rhythm, DeColt snags Thomas into a headlock, pulling him in tight and marching a circle around the ring, free fist pumping with a grin. He shoves Thomas back-first into the turnbuckles.

Left hook. Right cross. Boot to the gut. He grabs Thomas again, drawing him two paces forward. Uranage into a backbreaker! DeColt holds Thomas there a long second then straightens up again, at the same time shoving Thomas behind him.

The dazed and staggered Bobby stumbles forward into the centre of the ring as, with the crowd's beat reaching a peak, Steve races forward. DeCOLT STAMPEDE! ONE, TWO, THREE!
Aaron Andrews, Steve DeColt & Tommy Cornell defeated the Kings of Wrestling
Rating: A*

Show Rating: A