TCW: A Quiet Retirement

[Tigerkinney]

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Wolf Hawkins

Always good to keep Wolf's ego in check and Bloodstone is good enough and has been built up well enough to take this title.

All Action Championship - Hangtime Match
Edd Stone (c) vs. Acid vs. Sammy Bach

This has all the makings of Edd Stone's 'match' backfiring on him, I'll go for Acid to win the belt as I can see Bach having his sights set a little higher after this.

Tag Team Championships
The Machines (c) vs. The New Wave w/ The Young Guns

More trouble for the Syndicate, as The New Wave thanks to help from The Young Guns finally defeat their rivals for the belts. The Young Guns will of course want a shot at the belts, as a 'thank you' at the very least.

Aaron Andrews vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins

Tyler gets one over on Andrews yet again, via some form of cheating, that a veteran is able to get away with but a rookie like Andrews would get pulled up on.

Hard-Hitting Championship - No Holds Barred Match
Eddie Peak vs. Ricky Dale Johnson vs. Sam Keith vs. Tyson Baine

Sam Keith wins the title (one last good run ?) prompting the thoughts that the Syndicate might be able to save what has been a bad night so far.

International Championship
Koshiro Ino (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Chris Rockwell

Some kind of no contest draw. The feud drags out for a little longer, Ino remains looking relatively strong as champion and Rockwell remains undefeated.

World Heavyweight Championship
Tommy Cornell (c) vs. Troy Tornado

Cornell's reign as World Champion is finally brought to an end. What it ultimately creates is a situation where the only member of the Syndicate not to have a title coming into the PPV now has a title, where as the rest of the stable head into the PPV all holding gold but head out empty handed.

[WrestlingGeek]

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Wolf Hawkins

All Action Championship - Hangtime Match
Edd Stone (c) vs. Acid vs. Sammy Bach

Tag Team Championships
The Machines (c) vs. The New Wave w/ The Young Guns

Aaron Andrews vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins

Hard-Hitting Championship - No Holds Barred Match
Eddie Peak vs. Ricky Dale Johnson vs. Sam Keith vs. Tyson Baine

International Championship
Koshiro Ino (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Chris Rockwell

World Heavyweight Championship
Tommy Cornell (c) vs. Troy Tornado

[Zeel1]

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Wolf Hawkins
Bloodstone really didn't impress as much as expected in his first weeks back, I don't see the company having enough faith in him to give him a victory over their future Mega Star.

All Action Championship - Hangtime Match
Edd Stone (c) vs. Acid vs. Sammy Bach
..is this a three-way match with all heels? Wow. Well, in any case, Acid winning would make the belt look a bit more solidified in my mind, and I see both Stone and Bach moving on to bigger titles once they've finished their feud. (and hopefully, one of them will have turned since) Acid's a good pick to hold the belt.

Tag Team Championships
The Machines (c) vs. The New Wave w/ The Young Guns
The Machines have had a good run, but I agree with TK, that this will end up being a very back and forth night for The Syndicate, and it starts here.

Aaron Andrews vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins
I don't know how much popularity Andrews has gained, but he starts out as an Enhancement Talent, and Eric Tyler starts out as a Main Eventer, I simply can't see Andrews winning this.

Hard-Hitting Championship - No Holds Barred Match
Eddie Peak vs. Ricky Dale Johnson vs. Sam Keith vs. Tyson Baine
At first I was going to go with RDJ, but then I figured that perhaps Keith would be the best way to go. A guy like him for first champ would be a great way to solidify the title. Eventually losing it to Ricky Dale would do wonders for it's lineage as well. This seems like a good chance to give Keith the thank-you reign he deserves.

International Championship
Koshiro Ino (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Chris Rockwell
While I see people's points when they call for a draw, I think that would be pretty weak for a Pay-Per-View title match..as for the pick, Rockwell's good, but I mean, he just got here. A little early to be winning gold. And Ino's a good fit for that belt, I think he'll have a pretty long run with it.

World Heavyweight Championship
Tommy Cornell (c) vs. Troy Tornado
I'm calling it, this is the end of the feud, and Tornado takes the gold. He really deserves it. He's been with the company since it's inception, he waited very patiently for his run at the Main Event scene, and now that the momentum's being built, I can definately see Tornado being the one to finally end this reign.

[Sonfaro]

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Wolf Hawkins

All Action Championship - Hangtime Match
Edd Stone (c) vs. Acid vs. Sammy Bach

Tag Team Championships
The Machines (c) vs. The New Wave w/ The Young Guns

Aaron Andrews vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins

Hard-Hitting Championship - No Holds Barred Match
Eddie Peak vs. Ricky Dale Johnson vs. Sam Keith vs. Tyson Baine

International Championship
Koshiro Ino (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Chris Rockwell

World Heavyweight Championship
Tommy Cornell (c) vs. Troy Tornado

- Sonfaro

[Phantom Stranger]

Aaron Andrews vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins
I don't know how much popularity Andrews has gained, but he starts out as an Enhancement Talent, and Eric Tyler starts out as a Main Eventer, I simply can't see Andrews winning this.


Without trying to give too much away, by the time the diary starts Andrews is a Lower Midcarder. Oddly, this is despite my not actually trying to get him over until the Tyler feud.

[Truth]

Prediction Key:
Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Wolf Hawkins
Bloodstone is good, but I believe this will be the start of what would seem to be a great night for the Syndicate.

All Action Championship - Hangtime Match
Edd Stone (c) vs. Acid vs. Sammy Bach
Too early for a title switch. Edd retains.

Tag Team Championships
The Machines (c) vs. The New Wave w/ The Young Guns
The Machines' time as champions is comming to an end, but I don't think it's this month. It doesn't quite feel like the right time to end such a long reign.

Aaron Andrews vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins
Tyler going over, possibly with interference from SoT. Andrews pushes him right to the limit.

Hard-Hitting Championship - No Holds Barred Match
Eddie Peak vs. Ricky Dale Johnson vs. Sam Keith vs. Tyson Baine
You created the perfect division to realy showcase what Keith can do, and this will realy forward the Syndicate storyline.

International Championship
Koshiro Ino (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Chris Rockwell
Perfect way to realy make a star here.

World Heavyweight Championship
Tommy Cornell (c) vs. Troy Tornado
I said earlier about it not feeling right to make the tag switch, well it feels right here. Also with everyone else in the syndicate winning, it creates some great tension, possibly slow building to a potential Keith/TC feud.

[mad5226]

Prediction Key:
Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Wolf Hawkins

All Action Championship - Hangtime Match
Edd Stone (c) vs. Acid vs. Sammy Bach

Tag Team Championships
The Machines (c) vs. The New Wave w/ The Young Guns

Aaron Andrews vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins

Hard-Hitting Championship - No Holds Barred Match
Eddie Peak vs. Ricky Dale Johnson vs. Sam Keith vs. Tyson Baine

International Championship
Koshiro Ino (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Chris Rockwell

World Heavyweight Championship
Tommy Cornell (c) vs. Troy Tornado

Keith wins a title and cornell losses his. If that doesn't spell drama I dont know what does

[Candyman]

Prediction Key:
Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Wolf Hawkins

All Action Championship - Hangtime Match
Edd Stone (c) vs. Acid vs. Sammy Bach

Tag Team Championships
The Machines (c) vs. The New Wave w/ The Young Guns

Aaron Andrews vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins

Hard-Hitting Championship - No Holds Barred Match
Eddie Peak vs. Ricky Dale Johnson vs. Sam Keith vs. Tyson Baine

International Championship
Koshiro Ino (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Chris Rockwell

World Heavyweight Championship
Tommy Cornell (c) vs. Troy Tornado

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Excessive Force

Sunday Week 4 June 2008

Live on U-Demand, Jade 237, Rivera Pay Television, V-Corp (1.95)

Held at the Nevada State Armory (South West)

Attendance: 30,000 (Sold Out)

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Kyle Rhodes - Horatio Dangerous

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Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Wolf Hawkins
As openers go, this one wasn't a bad choice. Hawkins comes out with a lot of focus evident in his eyes, and it looks like, this being Pay-Per-View, he's less willing to back out of the match if it turns against him.

He still gets tempted from time to time, evidently – Bloodstone as a calculating wrestler is, if anything, scarier than Bloodstone who flies off the handle. And as good as Hawkins is – and make no mistake, pampered pet of the Syndicate or not, Wolf Hawkins shows himself to be a dangerous fighter - Bloodstone on a tear and with something to prove is not a man you want to face off with.

Around the fifteen minute mark, Hawkins bails, and it's the Bombshell who cuts him off, grabbing him by the arm. He swings, she ducks – and this is all the time Bloodstone needs to catch him. He takes Wolf down by the leg, clamps on an ankle lock, turns the Syndicate prodigy to face the ring – and lets him crawl.

Hawkins scrambles up the steel stairs and back into the ring just to grab the ropes and break the hold. On commentary, Dangerous notes that maybe the whole thing took a little longer than the count of ten would usually run – and Rhodes agrees cheerfully, saying that Eugene Williams probably doesn't much like the way the Syndicate have acted.

Bloodstone goes back to the hold just long enough to rule the Full Moon Rising out of bounds, seeming to take genuine pleasure in that, and then shifts his game. Wolf's other big moves, too, rely on his kicks, and with them gone he's forced to try to handle Bloodstone on the mat.

What's surprising is that for the next minute and a half he holds his own, and it takes as long again before the Bloodstone Mutilation finally brings the match to an end.
Johnny Bloodstone defeated Wolf Hawkins
Rating: B

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In the interview area backstage, Eric Tyler grins. “Tonight,” he declares, “is go time. I set out to prove a point to Aaron Andrews.

“He ran scared. He got backup.

“I reformed the band that have always had my back. Few new members, sure. But it's the School that's important. Teachers come and go.

“Tonight, Aaron, is your passing out class. Literally – you give me the respect I deserve, or you pass out from the pain. No other way this can end.

“And then, when I'm done with you, it's time to start on your buddies. Law, you had less reason to get involved than anyone else – so let's start with you.”

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Edd Stone © vs. Acid vs. Sammy Bach
The lights come up, and the net structure is illuminated. The three wrestlers stand at points of an even triangle surrounding the hole above the ring, and as the bell rings Edd Stone dives at Acid, Acid lunges for Edd Stone, and even as the safety net flexes while they bounce into contact, Sammy Bach remains entirely motionless, somehow seeming unaffected by the shift in balance.

Acid and Edd collide, Acid getting the better of the opening exchange with a spinwheel kick; Edd lands on his back and skids perilously close to the edge of the hole off the impact. Near elimination off the first move... but Edd recovers. Acid, seeing this, charges, and Edd backdrops him – but so great is the masked man's athleticism that he manages to push off and fly all the way past the hole, landing near the still-impassive Bach.

Acid whirls and flings out a punch, and Bach abruptly comes to life, blocking it, headbutting the masked man to drive him back a step, then launching a hook kick that staggers Acid to the every edge of the net.

From then on, it's on. All three men know what they're doing now, strikes to try to drive them closer to the hole – and these men know their strikes.

Acid is the first to go, jumping when he shouldn't have done. He's going for Edd, but Bach takes advantage, blasting him over the edge with a beautiful, textbook superkick.

Less than a minute later, he tries the same on the Stone – who ducks it, going for a leg sweep and rising smoothly as Sammy's leg is taken out from under him to hit a backdrop. This time, the target crashes to the ring...
Edd Stone defeated Acid and Sammy Bach
Rating: C+

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Troy Tornado comes to the ring, flanked by the Young Guns, microphone in hand.

“It's my distinct pleasure,” he says, “to introduce to you the tag team that'll be taking on the Machines for their tag titles tonight.

“But those aren't the men standing with me.

“There are a number of reasons for this. Ultimately, they all come down to us being sick of the Syndicate.

“See, Painful Procedure... we're friends. But it comes down to – what's best for the company we work for?

“Harry and Steve – they've agreed, this once, to help me with my match tonight. To end Cornell's streak, his run at the top with hired guns keeping him there.

“So we want them fresh. So, in return for the first shot at the titles after they've won them, we gave their place to these men...”

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hits and the New Wave emerge.

“Tommy,” Troy says, “tonight we end your play. Tonight we make TCW a better place.”

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The Machines © vs. The New Wave w/ The Young Guns
Crisp, clean, brisk, and hard-fought. All good words for this match. Even with Scout's minor injury, this is a humdinger of a tag contest. The teams seem to be evenly matched straight down the line, but until now the Machines have had an advantage – backup and cheating.

Well, with the Young Guns at ringside, backup just can't get there. And with them watching in between, cheating gets paid back, often with interest.

It's a pure beatdown, ultimately, and Sam Sparrow, a smirk on his face, lets it happen. Scout wraps it up triumphantly, clamping down the Special Force on John Anderson for the submission victory.
The New Wave defeated The Machines
Rating: B-

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Aaron Andrews vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins
A surprisingly even contest; Andrews busts out a few tricks he hasn't used before, even going for something resembling a Minnesota Salute at one point – though long years in DaVE leave Tyler with that well scouted, and he blocks it.

The thing is, by now Andrews has Tyler scouted too. Rapidly, this match turns into a hefty slugfest, and while Tyler's a big guy, and used to taking hits, he's also pushing toward fifty fast. Every shot Andrews hits him with hurts, and Dangerous, on commentary, is in the perfect position to say how much.

Andrews, on the other hand... He's young. He's resilient. End result – just barely – is the advantage.

Until, that is, Laura Huggins gets involved.

It doesn't take much, but she makes sure of it – the stiletto edge of her heel, wielded in her hand, comes down on Aaron's foot while he's near the apron.

That translates to a DDT by Tyler, a stomp to the back of Aaron's head, and then a Tradition Lift.

Andrews never submits. But he's hurting, and in time, he passes out...
Eric Tyler defeated Aaron Andrews
Rating: C

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The camera goes backstage to where Eddie Peak paces the floor, grinning, wild-eyed. “The title,” he says. “The prize for destruction.

“It'll look good on my wall...”

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Cutting swiftly, Sam Keith looks up at the camera and smirks. “I've won a lot of titles,” he says. “All round the world, you name it – if it's important, I've probably won it.

“Except here. Tonight, though, I get a chance to change that, and to add something new at the same time.

“Tonight I win my first TCW title. And tonight, I become the first man to hold a championship for the first time.”

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Another cut; Tyson Baine glowers at the screen. Normally he'd scream, he'd rant, he'd work up a head of steam against his opponent. Tonight, though, tonight is different.

“The belt's mine,” he says flatly. “End of story.”

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Finally, Ricky Dale Johnson.

“The Syndicate can't be allowed to hold everything,” he begins, then his face splits into a grin. “Not that I'm gonna deny, holding gold again will be sweet.

“But this first championship win... It's going to be fun.

“I'll see you guys round the ring when I come out.”

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Eddie Peak vs. Ricky Dale Johnson vs. Sam Keith vs. Tyson Baine
Brutal.

Everyone bleeds. Everyone suffers. Everyone finds themselves battered around the ring.

Eddie Peak treats the match as his personal coming-out party, pounding on everyone with abandon and glee. RDJ does his usual work, standing there dishing out pain to everybody.

More and more, Tyson Baine looks like he's just going to snap. He virtually pulverises RDJ, getting more and more frustrated as time goes on and pinfall after pinfall is either kicked out of or broken up.

Eventually he Hades Bombs RDJ to the outside in a moment that brings the crowd to their feet. Keith capitalises, tripping Peak to send him out as well. As Baine turns, Sam Keith thumbs him in the eye, kicks him in the nuts, and yanks him down for the Proton Lock, using the ropes for extra leverage. Referee Ray Johnson doesn't look impressed with his actions, but what can he do? A few minutes later Baine taps out from the pain and Johnson has to give Keith the match.
Sam Keith defeated Eddie Peak, Ricky Dale Johnson, and Tyson Baine
Rating: B+

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Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily vs. Chris Rockwell
Two very different cultures, two very different styles. And they combine pretty well, ultimately, as both men are rooted in the same common desire; victory.

It's hard to say which the better man is; Ino might have a touch more precision, but Rockwell wrestles with a berserker fury that just keeps him going no matter what.

And that's the problem, twenty minutes in; both men are fading. Both men are battered. Rockwell blocks a Kobra's Bite for the third time, and this time succeeds in applying the Furusawa Armbar.

Ino twists, getting a foot to the ropes, and stays there for a moment before Rockwell rolls him back into the centre of the ring.

The Kobra fights to the ropes again, and it happens again... and again...

Eventually, Baroness Emily can't handle it any more. Rockwell gets raked across the eyes, releasing the hold and bailing after her. Eugene Williams watches, clearly avoiding calling for the DQ – until, that is, in defending herself, Emily punts Rockwell in the nuts.

As he topples, however, a camera catches Rockwell's expression; the pain lasting until the bell rings – and suddenly, Chris Rockwell smiles for an instant, before wincing again.
Chris Rockwell defeated Koshiro Ino by DQ
Rating: B

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Back in the Syndicate's exclusive locker room, Tommy Cornell is in a foul mood. The Machines are in evidence, their lack of titles clear when flanked by Edd Stone and Sam Keith.

“We're meant to be keeping the belts,” Cornell growls, then glares daggers at Keith. “That was your job, Sam. Now look what it's cost us.”

“Yeah,” Keith deadpans. “Completely my fault that Tornado found a way to block us entirely.”

“Shut up, Sam,” Cornell growls. “He's going to be pulling the same crap in a minute, in my match.

“And my belt is the one that really matters.” That doesn't draw particularly fond looks from anyone. He levels a finger at the Machines. “From tomorrow you two are on protection duty. You lost your belt, you gotta make that up somehow.

“I walk out of the show tonight still the champion, Sam, or heads will roll.”

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The word tonight is intensity. Tornado makes his way down to the ring first, his usual friendly energy gone, wrapped up into a single highly focused pose.

Cornell seems no less determined as he comes down. His music halts, Sam Sparrow collecting the belt to raise it high. As the belt is hoisted, [i]If It Ain't Broke, Break It begins to play and the four members of Painful Procedure come down to ringside, surrounding the ring, facing outward.

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Waiting.

Cornell's face is like thunder, but he doesn't let it get to him. The bell finally rings and the two men clash in the centre, the champion going for his usual lock-up only to meet a crisp standing dropkick.

The Armory's own audience, at least, seem ecstatic. Cornell finds himself subtly on the back foot throughout, fighting back, adopting an underdog style he hasn't had to use in seven years or more, fighting from under Tornado's assault.

And the crowd are with Tornado. At the worst of times, he's always playing to the crowd. He moves constantly, and everything that isn't offence is an appeal to the crowd. It's that kind of constant motion that earned him the name, and that now keeps the crowd so into his matches.

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It's ten minutes or more before the Syndicate try something, though. Wolf Hawkins comes out, debates aid, and eventually, despite his limp, rushes for the ring. He gets cut off by Billy Jack Shearer with a massive forearm shot.

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So that doesn't work, but it's hardly the only thing they try. Eventually they get through – and it's Edd Stone who does it, running down the Hangtime structure to launch from the top, taking Troy all the way out of the ring with a massive missile dropkick. Harry Allen scrambles to cut Edd off and, in retribution, Steve Gumble catches Cornell with a Savate Kick.

The fight goes only a little longer; with the failure of his backup, Cornell gets desperate, and as he comes off the top rope, Troy Tornado snaps him out of the air with the Star Maker. The champion practically folds in half before he ever hits the mat, and the pin count sees everyone call along. Suddenly, TCW has a new World Heavyweight Champion.
Troy Tornado defeated Tommy Cornell
Rating: A

Show Rating: B+

[mad5226]

great show man, cant wait to see what happens next

[Phantom Stranger]

Much appreciated. Excessive Force ended up a lot more important in the grand scheme of things than I'd anticipated. (ReapeR, if you're reading, we're still a month or three off your awesome new belt debuting, my apologies for the delay).

A limited field of winners for the PPV prediction contest; Regis, Tigerkinney, Sonfaro and Truth all get the RDJ shirt that recently debuted:

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[Bigpapa42]

Great show, PS. Love to see the new champion.

[Truth]

Great show. I love the prospect of the 3 newer members of the Syndicate with titles, while the original 4 don't. Very interesting prospect of what happens next. Can't wait.

[Phantom Stranger]

Great show, PS. Love to see the new champion.

Me too. It's not TCW, really, if Tommy's out of the main event for any length of time, so expect to see him there pretty heavily nonetheless. On the other hand, with guys like Rockwell, Hawkins, and so on up there I've got plenty of other good heels around. Negotiations for one other are going on, but I'll believe getting him when I see it.

As Regis noted upthread and as I've commented on before, Tommy's having horrible luck with chemistry. I'm pretty convinced that Tornado/Cornell, with neutral chemistry, would have hit A* the second time around - not that I'm complaining at all about what the pair actually got.

How well will Troy do as champion? I'm as keen to see as you guys are...

Great show. I love the prospect of the 3 newer members of the Syndicate with titles, while the original 4 don't. Very interesting prospect of what happens next. Can't wait.

By my current count, only two Syndicate members have titles - Sam Keith and Edd Stone.

Either way, I think it's pretty clear that the Syndicate is in for interesting days ahead...

[James Casey]

Very good show, PS, even if I (would have) mucked up my predictions - Tyler, Keith (I would have picked Peak) and Rockwell winning all threw me, and I would have been 50/50 on the main event.

Still, I'm really enjoying the story you're telling. Tyler is a great character, the Syndicate tension, Bloodstone... They all have distinct characters, which makes for a good story.

[Phantom Stranger]

Very good show, PS, even if I (would have) mucked up my predictions - Tyler, Keith (I would have picked Peak) and Rockwell winning all threw me, and I would have been 50/50 on the main event.

Still, I'm really enjoying the story you're telling. Tyler is a great character, the Syndicate tension, Bloodstone... They all have distinct characters, which makes for a good story.

It was nearly Peak, and for a while it was Keith winning with Peak to challenge Cornell. I tend to book pretty organically, so things shift regularly after one plan or another.

I'm glad they're coming across as distinct voices. Really, that's a lot of what I hope for - I don't want people to feel interchangeable.

[Phantom Stranger]

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The mood travelling with the TCW wrestlers has changed radically in just one night. While a lot of the competitors are smiling now where they didn't before, it's not happy days for everyone - the Syndicate, with the exception of Edd Stone, have become a more close-mouthed, sullen clique than ever before.

Most of them are going to be expressing their feelings tonight, though. Troy Tornado has promised that Painful Procedure will open the show with a rendition of Excessive Force's theme (originally by the Manic Street Preachers) in celebration of the events, but it seems likely that that's the extent of the band's activity tomorrow - unless they find provocation.

The Machines seek to get back to their winning ways, giving newish duo Barry Kingman and Clark Alexander a match in the opener. We hear that Brent Hill in particular is desperate to notch up enough wins to get back in Mr Cornell's good graces.

Following that, ersatz is-he-isn't-he Syndicate member Frankie Perez steps up against the new arrival of last week, Art Reed, who it seems is also being managed by the woman who holds his friend's contract - and more - the Blonde Bombshell.

More tag action follows, as RDJ and regular running mate Danny Fonzarelli step up against newly-crowned Hard Hitting Champion Sam Keith and the young Wolf Hawkins.

New tag champions the New Wave take on Miyazaki & Ota tonight in what should be quite the technical display. Owing to the Young Guns having been promised the first title shot, this match is non-title.

Two recent breakout stars will be locking up following that. Chris Rockwell, fresh off his win via disqualification on Sunday, faces off with Johnny Bloodstone. Speaking as the men who police the TCW messageboards, it's clear to us that Rockwell is seen as the man to beat of the two in the United States, while it'd be hard to name a wrestler whose name is on more Canadian lips than Johnny Bloodstone right now (and that's no exaggeration - it wasn't our survey) so both Canadians will be looking to make a statement here.

Last of all is the Main Event. And folks, we could be seeing a first here.

Koshiro Ino will be putting his International Championship on the line against the man who challenged him - Tommy Cornell himself.

Denied a rematch against Tornado by Mayhem Midden, Mr Cornell promptly challenged Ino for his belt. That match will take place at the close of Total Wrestling this week.

Will the Syndicate have a better night than Sunday?

Prediction Key:
The Machines vs. Kingman & Alexander

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Frankie Perez

Danny Fonzarelli & RDJ vs. Sam Keith & Wolf Hawkins

The New Wave vs. Miyazaki & Ota (non-title)

Chris Rockwell vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

TCW International Championship
Koshiro Ino (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Tommy Cornell

[Bigpapa42]

The Machines vs. Kingman & Alexander

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Frankie Perez

Danny Fonzarelli & RDJ vs. Sam Keith & Wolf Hawkins

The New Wave vs. Miyazaki & Ota (non-title)

Chris Rockwell vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

TCW International Championship
Koshiro Ino (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Tommy Cornell
Via shenanigans of some type. Love Ino, but can't see him going over Tommy yet.

[Hyde Hill]

The Machines vs. Kingman & Alexander

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Frankie Perez

Danny Fonzarelli & RDJ vs. Sam Keith & Wolf Hawkins

The New Wave vs. Miyazaki & Ota (non-title)

Chris Rockwell vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

TCW International Championship
Koshiro Ino (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Tommy Cornell

[Zeel1]

The Machines vs. Kingman & Alexander
Bigger team..Kingman and Alexander could do well in this division, but they won't a win this big yet.

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Frankie Perez
Perez has lost way up the card for a while, but this looks to be a winnable match.

Danny Fonzarelli & RDJ vs. Sam Keith & Wolf Hawkins
I appreciate that Fonzarelli's been given something of a serious push, and that he and RDJ are a semi-regular team..but I mean, come on. A win over Sam Keith? Or Wolf Hawkins, for that matter?

The New Wave vs. Miyazaki & Ota (non-title)
New Champs keep the momentum going.

Chris Rockwell vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell
Considering he just defeated Wolf Hawkins, I can't see his momentum being halted already.

TCW International Championship
Koshiro Ino (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Tommy Cornell
I guess I'll pull for some sort of non-finish. Cornell winning the International title wouldn't really seem right, but it's still a tad early for Ino to beating TCW's franchise player. Maybe Ino gets the hard sell, and lasts for the 20 minute time limit?

[Truth]

The Machines vs. Kingman & Alexander
Machines to start the rebuilding process here.

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Frankie Perez
Frankie needs a win to retain his momentum up the card.

Danny Fonzarelli & RDJ vs. Sam Keith & Wolf Hawkins
Tommy's sure to put preassure on all syndicate members to get back to winning ways.

The New Wave vs. Miyazaki & Ota (non-title)
The champs won't loose this soon.

Chris Rockwell vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell
Draw. Both guys just getting some momentum. Non finish here.

TCW International Championship
Koshiro Ino (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Tommy Cornell
Tommy will go over, but with some way to prevent him winning the title. He's way above the International title.

[Sonfaro]

The Machines vs. Kingman & Alexander
The Syndicate gets back on form.

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Frankie Perez
PUSH ART REED... My, that wasn't subtle. Honestly it feels like you have bigger plans for Frankie, but Art's been but Art's going to have to start winning matches sooner or later (sure, he just showed up, but whatever.) Besides, he never gets a fair shake in most diaries.

Danny Fonzarelli & RDJ vs. Sam Keith & Wolf Hawkins
Danny Fonzarelli is out of his league with everyone in the ring, but I still think RDJ will pull it off, if only to further dissention in the Syndicate ranks and to set himself up as the first challenger to Keith's belt.

The New Wave vs. Miyazaki & Ota (non-title)
They just won the belts, and Miyazaki and Ota don't seem like they can pull the upset.

Chris Rockwell vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell
Some sort of draw. Rockwell is probably destined to win the International title at some point, but Johnny just won a major match the other night. Maybe this will lead to a triple threat.

TCW International Championship
Koshiro Ino (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Tommy Cornell
Via Shennanigans. Troy will probably run in and make the save. I think they both need a final, dramatic, gimmick filled feud ender to really seal the deal.

- Sonfaro

[Candyman]

Prediction Key:
The Machines vs. Kingman & Alexander

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Frankie Perez

Danny Fonzarelli & RDJ vs. Sam Keith & Wolf Hawkins

The New Wave vs. Miyazaki & Ota (non-title)

Chris Rockwell vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

TCW International Championship
Koshiro Ino (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Tommy Cornell
(Ino keeps the title.)

[mad5226]

Prediction Key:
The Machines vs. Kingman & Alexander

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Frankie Perez

Danny Fonzarelli & RDJ vs. Sam Keith & Wolf Hawkins

The New Wave vs. Miyazaki & Ota (non-title)

Chris Rockwell vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

TCW International Championship
Koshiro Ino (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Tommy Cornell
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[Tigerkinney]

The Machines vs. Kingman & Alexander

Machines get back on track with a win over the jobber duo

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Frankie Perez

Perez seems to be getting more of a push with the whole, is he in the Syndicate or not angle. Reed is a solid worker but just comes off as Bloodstone's running mate right now, plus the fact that despite his in-ring talent he just has that stench of career mid-carder about him at this level of fed.

Danny Fonzarelli & RDJ vs. Sam Keith & Wolf Hawkins

Crisis ? What crisis for the syndicate ? Keith's the one Syndicate member with some positive momentum and Fonzarelli's clearly been teamed up with RDJ to do the job.

The New Wave vs. Miyazaki & Ota (non-title)

The new champs aren't going to lose to the foreign jobbers.

Chris Rockwell vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

Even though with his clean win over Hawkins, Bloodstone has slightly a bit more momentum right now, I think it's too early to job out Rockwell, so I see some kind of draw here. Some kind of schmozz ending would seem too cheap, so I see one of them being denied victory by the time limit.

TCW International Championship
Koshiro Ino (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Tommy Cornell

I agree with the sentiments that Tommy will probably win the match here, but not the title, as he is above the International belt.

[James Casey]

The Machines vs. Kingman & Alexander Well, if there was ever a time to upset these two, it's now - but I don't think Kingman & Alexander are the pair

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Frankie Perez Should be a heck of a match. Perez seems to be gaining momentum, but I can see Reed edging it through experience

Danny Fonzarelli & RDJ vs. Sam Keith & Wolf Hawkins Heck, why not? I can see an argument for Hawkins to be first in line to take a shot at Tornado, but I suspect there's another match yet for TT/TC, so the Syndicate take another bump here

The New Wave vs. Miyazaki & Ota (non-title) Shyeah, TNW aren't losing their first match as champions

Chris Rockwell vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell Tough one to call... Rockwell edges it, as he's your signature character

TCW International Championship
Koshiro Ino (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Tommy Cornell Tough one. Can't see Cornell winning the belt, can't see Ino beating TC any way just yet, so a draw seems likely

[Regis]

Prediction Key:
The Machines vs. Kingman & Alexander
Jobbers.

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Frankie Perez
P-Dawg is losing his way to the top. His win-loss ratio isn't great, and isn't likely to get any greater as long as he can produce and get more over while jobbing. Art, on the other hand, needs establishing in TCW for later use.

Danny Fonzarelli & RDJ vs. Sam Keith & Wolf Hawkins
Hmm. Interesting. At some point, RDJ and Fonzie have to win something. How long will it be, though?

The New Wave vs. Miyazaki & Ota (non-title)
Miyazaki and Ota will put up a good showing, but the champs carry on their winning ways.

Chris Rockwell vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell
Can't predict either of these guys taking a hit here - a draw keeps 'em both strong.

TCW International Championship
Koshiro Ino (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Tommy Cornell
Ooh, Tommy's kicked down a notch. Not a chance he takes the belt, though. Another DQ win here. Ino will dick Tommy over to keep his belt.

[WrestlingGeek]

The Machines vs. Kingman & Alexander

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Frankie Perez

Danny Fonzarelli & RDJ vs. Sam Keith & Wolf Hawkins

The New Wave vs. Miyazaki & Ota (non-title)

Chris Rockwell vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

TCW International Championship
Koshiro Ino* (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Tommy Cornell

* - Via DQ.

[tristram]

The Machines vs. Kingman & Alexander

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Frankie Perez

Danny Fonzarelli & RDJ vs. Sam Keith & Wolf Hawkins

The New Wave vs. Miyazaki & Ota (non-title)

Chris Rockwell vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

TCW International Championship
Koshiro Ino (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Tommy Cornell

First time tipster, long time reader...

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 1 July 2008

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 3.42)

Held at the Wisconsin Gardens (Great Lakes)

Attendance: 9,839

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Shawn Doakes

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As the cameras come up and we cut from the credits to the arena feed Painful Procedure are in and around the ring, their instruments at hand. Troy Tornado also wears the World Heavyweight Championship around his waist, and they go quickly into the Excessive Force theme.

Meanwhile, clips from the title match on Sunday flick up and pass across the screen, culminating in the final pin, and Azaria, Doakes and Dangerous talk about the consequences this title change is likely to have.

Toward the end of the song, however, Azaria says he's received word that something's happening backstage and the feed switches.

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Wolf Hawkins, still limping slightly, is heading through backstage with a baseball bat in hand, obviously on his way to the ring. As he goes, however, someone reaches out and catches his arm, and as Hawkins turns to face the newcomer, Mayhem Midden steps into shot and his head snaps forward, a loud crack from the headbutt echoing for a moment.

Hawkins drops like a stone and Midden nods in satisfaction. In the ring, Painful Procedure wrap up the song without any further interruption.

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Kingman & Alexander vs. The Machines
The Machines continue to show just how much they can do to make for interesting matches, and this time their opponents, smaller names though they are, very nearly topple them on two or three occasions.

Maybe, as Doakes speculates, losing their titles has just thrown the Machines out of line somehow. Maybe – and this is the theory that Dangerous backs – Kingman and Alexander are just beginning to find their feet as a tag team, and that with a few months or so under their belt, they'll be notching up wins regularly. Tag wrestling and singles really shouldn't be compared, after all.

Either way, there are a surprising number of points where Hill and Anderson nearly get beaten here, but in the end it doesn't happen; Brent gets the King of the Hill after ten minutes to put Clark Alexander away.
The Machines defeated Kingman & Alexander
Rating: C+

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Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Frankie Perez
Another solid ten minutes here, as the newcomer takes on a dangerous man. Reed and Perez keep this one very mat-based, shifting between striking and holds on a regular basis, and the question really is who'll do better out of these exchanges.

The Bombshell's reactions ringside seem to add a whole other level to the fans watching, as she seems to genuinely feel the pain Perez inflicts on Reed. And pain is clear on both men's faces for much of the contest; that said, in the end Reed manages to trap Perez' leg after a kick, take him down, and apply the Dread Lock. Jason Azaria reminds the fans at home that the Dread Lock was invented by Sam Keith and given to Reed as a gesture of respect by the legend, and by the time he's covered that history, Perez has tapped.
Art Reed defeated Frankie Perez
Rating: C+

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The camera follows Reed and the Bombshell backstage. As Reed passes through the entrance Johnny Bloodstone is there; he gives Reed a quiet nod with a half-smile, approving and respectful, then opens his arms as the Bombshell literally vaults into them.

Someone else clears their throat. “Can I have a word?”

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The camera widens to reveal Sam Keith, and Art Reed looks to him then draws a deep breath. “Go on.”

“It's good to see you here, Art,” Keith says. “I knew you'd make it to the big time sooner or later...” He extends his hand for a shake, and Reed just looks down at it, shaking his head slightly.

“I remember you telling me,” he says softly. “And I'll be honest, Sam, I got offers from TCW and the SWF, and I signed for TCW because you were here.

“But I've been based out in Japan.” A sigh. “I hadn't seen what you've been doing here.

“So for all that I wish I could say it was good to see you, too, I can't.”

He turns away, heading back to the locker room. “Good luck in your match, Sam. I owe you that much, at least.”

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RDJ & Danny Fonzarelli vs. Wolf Hawkins & Sam Keith
One of the best quarter hours of TCW television begins when the bell sounds to start this fight. Sam Keith seems to have a fire lit inside him after those comments with Art Reed, and Wolf Hawkins – though limping still – wants to prove something himself.

On the other side, RDJ is his usual unflappable hard fighting self, and Danny Fonzarelli has more to prove than anyone else in the ring if he wants to become a credible top-level player.

This is, pure and simple, a fight, almost all of the way – the finish, however, sees Wolf Hawkins manage to go airborne despite the injuries to his legs, hitting the Full Moon Rising to keep Fonzarelli down
Sam Keith & Wolf Hawkins defeated RDJ & Danny Fonzarelli
Rating: A

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Coming back from commercial we find ourselves, for the third month running, in Dangerous' interview set. This time, the man across the desk from him has been with the company for a little longer; it's the P-Dawg, Frankie Perez.

“I'm here,” Dangerous begins, “with the Syndicate's newest member, Frankie Perez. Chances are you all know what he's been up to in the past couple of months, but – as I've found out, sitting next to Jason Azaria as I usually do – there's a lot more to Frankie Perez than the young man who's come into TCW with... sorry for saying it, Frankie... an attitude problem as big as his talent.”

Perez shrugs. “If Tommy Cornell says there's no problem with my attitude, then you're best off remembering who signs both of our checks.”

“Mm,” Dangerous says committally. “You came into the company on the basis of that talent, of course. In the Coastal Zone Combat Wrestling promotion, you've twice held titles, one the Coastal Zone Xtreme Championship – for those of you who aren't familiar with this promotion, that's the championship commonly held to be slightly below the actual Coastal Zone Championship-”

“Not while I held it,” Perez shoots back.

“Well,” Dangerous compromises, “what's notable, really, about your achievements there is that your approach to wrestling, a very grounded style, is not that most prized by their fans. Your tag-team partner at a later point was much more in the tradition of the Coastal Zone and, to raise the style to a higher level, our own All-Action Division. Nonetheless, you've kept your own style, primarily. Why is that?”

Perez shrugs. “They weren't the men I was interested in when I started watching wrestling,” he says, and begins to count reasons off on his fingers. “Their style involves a lot of stupid risks that don't pan out nearly well enough. They hadn't got a clue how to handle me, which is why I beat 'em. Hell, if I hadn't needed an extra man with me, I'd never have taken Skye when I went for the tag belt.

“And most important, the only bones you break that way are your own.”

“That's important to you?”

Perez snorts. “You oughtta know, Dangerous,” he says. “Like I say, they weren't the men I was interested in. When I grew up, wrestlers fought. Wrestlers mauled. Wrestlers maimed.”

“I was wrestling when you grew up,” Dangerous says. “I don't remember much mauling or maiming.”

“Put it this way,” Frankie Perez says quietly. “Way I see it, I'm following a specific tradition. Screw Barry Kingman, he's not following his poppa's path. You want the real Crippler now Ray Kingman's not in the ring?

“I'm the real Crippler.”

Dangerous lets that remark sit unanswered for a few moments in silence. “Well,” he says at last. “That answers that question, I suppose.”

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The New Wave vs. Miyazaki & Ota
By this stage it was pretty clear that the match coming next couldn't live up to the kind of reactions the show previous had generated, but this is still no bad match.

Quite simply, though, Miyazaki & Ota don't have anything like the chances against the New Wave that Kingman & Alexander had earlier against the machines, and the result is a much more predictable match right up to the Wave of Mutilation to put Miyazaki away.
The New Wave defeated Miyazaki & Ota
Rating: C-

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Chris Rockwell vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell
Brutal. But that will perhaps come as no surprise.

Bloodstone and Rockwell are perfectly suited to put together vicious matches with each other, and you'd never be able to dispute that after watching this one. With both men very focused on arm-based submission holds, this one sees close to every shoulder-targeted move professional wrestling boasts worked into it somewhere, delivered by both wrestlers with a pace and intensity that's hard to believe.

The ending just continues that kind of nastiness, as Johnny Bloodstone tries to apply the Bloodstone Mutilation from a standing start – and from pretty much exactly the wrong place, as both men tumble over the top rope, wiping out on impact. Eugene Williams is left with no choice but to count the two out – and by the time he hits ten, EMTs are on scene to check how bad the damage was.
Chris Rockwell drew with Johnny Bloodstone
Rating: B+

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Tommy Cornell paces up and down in the Syndicate dressing room. Hawkins, Keith and the Machines watch him with more than a little trepidation as the former World Heavyweight Champion works himself up.

“My title,” he growls. “My title, gone...”

“You'll get it back,” Hawkins promises confidently.

“Damn right I will!” Cornell snaps. “As soon as I get my rematch. Brent, John, you haven't got titles either anymore, you're going into helping me win it back duty, get me?” The Machines don't look happy about this.

“Until I get that back around my waist, you don't even think about your own belts.”

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“Sounds like a good time for me to drop by,” Mayhem Midden comments, amused, as he enters the room. “Sorry, Tommy – the Board have opted not to allow you an immediate rematch.”

“What? But-”

“Oh, you must have seen it coming. You've got the International championship match tonight, right? And you can't carry both of those belts at once.” Midden smirks. “Now this isn't the crap you pulled on Johnson – who, by the way, is eligible to chase the belt again now you've lost it – you're going to be considered for contendership just like anyone else. It's just that after you had it a year and a half, the Board are kind of interested in World Heavyweight Championship matches not featuring Tommy Cornell.”

Midden pats him sympathetically on the shoulder. “Personally, I thought those matches were pretty great, all the cheating set aside. I'd like to see you go at it again. It just won't happen quite yet.”

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Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily vs. Tommy Cornell
Anyone not predicting Syndicate interference here?

I thought not. Cornell pretty clearly continues his sights as resting above the International belt – but at the same time, it rapidly becomes clear that if you put Tommy Cornell in a match, he's going to try and win it. Ino does his best to match him, which works pretty well for a while – until Sam Sparrow comes off his feet after a right hook is ducked by Cornell.

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That means Brent Hill is suddenly in the ring, and that leads to quite the double-team. Ino is battered, Ino is worked over, and when Sparrow comes to it seems likely that things will be over...

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...and Sam Keith rolls into the ring, chair in hand, and drops Tommy Cornell with a shot to the back. Sparrow immediately calls for the DQ.
Tommy Cornell defeated Koshiro Ino by DQ
Rating: B+

Show Rating: B

[Remianen]

I LIKE that finish! That was an awesome cliffhanger!

[Bigpapa42]

I LIKE that finish! That was an awesome cliffhanger!

Must say, I agree. Really interested to see where this is going. Good show, PS. Good show.

[Phantom Stranger]

Two winners this time, with completely accurate picks - Truth and Regis.

Their prize is the most recent Syndicate merchandise, Edd Stone's T-shirt:

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[Phantom Stranger]

I LIKE that finish! That was an awesome cliffhanger!

Must say, I agree. Really interested to see where this is going. Good show, PS. Good show.

Thanks, guys. We're coming up on one of the storylines I originally had in mind when I started planning this diary - although I can safely say it'll go differently, as things have already changed from what I was expecting.

Still, here we go... there's a bit more positioning to do before everything's ready, but it should make for an interesting little while.

[Davide83]

A Sam Keith turn? Keith vs Cornell certainly has me excited

[Phantom Stranger]

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Friday July 5th 2008
The thing I don't think I'm ever going to get used to is the scale TCW runs on. I'm not massively involved, as I've said, in the business side – there's a bit of coordination, as I try and make sure that our next few months' arena bookings cover areas where the people we're getting behind have good support, but as far as the financials go I pretty much just forge on ahead and people have orders to shout at me if I cross any lines.

I haven't – yet. Just yesterday – this is the joy of knowing this won't see publication for years – I called a former TCW worker about returning to us. The situation was pretty much perfect; he's his company's champion, or was up until the point he left them. He had, as I say, just left them, and the only other American company big enough to interest him is us.

Add in a natural rivalry with our own new champion and Jack Bruce could have been a really useful addition to the lineup.

Now, to be fair to him, I'm expecting most of our top names to look for significant raises when their contracts come due, and for the work they've done I feel that most of them deserve it. The company's more popular than it's ever been and a number of them are turning into household names – in point of fact, with Jack Bruce gone there are actually pretty few who compare, and if the Internet's anything to go by, even their top names aren't getting as many searches as Tommy, Troy, or even Chris.

Jack Bruce is a big name, who deserves big name handling.

What he doesn't deserve is a paycheck nearly twice the size of Tommy Cornell's, plus options, plus creative control. (I'd rather pay over the odds than give out control, to be perfectly honest. I saw what happened to the early HGC years with that.)

But I'm getting away from myself. Believe it or not, I didn't actually intend this entry to be about the Painful Procedure feud that never was. The point is, I try and stay inside the lines I'm given; I didn't have to clear what Jack demanded with Accounts, I knew it was ridiculous, and when he wouldn't budge, I knew it wasn't going to work. So I guess Jack'll take a few months' sabbatical or maybe do a quick stint with George DeColt to prove a point. (Side note: If he does that, I'll watch.)

Sometimes I get the impression I'm actually being a little too tight with resources. Today was one of those times.

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Golden Glory: Pistol Pete Hall dethrones Hiroyasu Gakusha in front of a packed crowd, February 2007

Pistol Pete Hall, who in 2007 finally climbed to the top of his particular professional arc aged 45 by winning the GCG World Heavyweight Championship, has given notice to GCG. (My money's on this being entirely due to having to drop the belt to, of all people, Kiminobu Kuroki. Hardly their best worker.)

Pete Hall is still a hell of a fighter. A Hall/Tyler match would be a brawl to watch; a Hall/Peak showdown could be fantastic. .But that's not why I want him; Pete Hall has a lot of experience and is the perfect man to teach some of our students. Today, talking the idea over with Tommy, I told him that my one reservation was that I wasn't sure I could sell him on it over the phone. Tommy shrugged.

“Fly out to Japan next Wednesday, then,” he said. “Give your booking notes for next Friday to Sam and we'll muddle through Badge of Honor. Make a holiday of it. Get him to take you to that steak place he loves. See if we can come to terms.”

The idea that this is a valid business expense still kind of surprises me.

[Hyde Hill]

Yep Pistol Pete is my fav still active brawling/puro teacher by a mile as well plus he still gives a good rub as well.

PS when Tommy and Wolf's contracts come up you can be sure they will ask for around the same money as Bruce. The starting contracts are always low.

[Phantom Stranger]

Yep Pistol Pete is my fav still active brawling/puro teacher by a mile as well plus he still gives a good rub as well.

PS when Tommy and Wolf's contracts come up you can be sure they will ask for around the same money as Bruce. The starting contracts are always low.

You know, I think I comment along those lines in the diary entry itself, or at least that there'll be raises involved. I'm well aware; on the other hand, let's face it, if Jack's already drawing that much the contracts will be even worse.

As for Pete, those who did read PPPW will know how often he carried the company there. I've got nothing but affection for the big guy, though I doubt I'd be bringing him up to the main roster.

[Phantom Stranger]

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This week Badge of Honor comes from the famous West Texas Coliseum. A slice of history from TCW - but that's hardly all.

After the astonishing events that closed off this week's Total Wrestling our cameras were backstage and caught the initial confrontation between Tommy Cornell and Sam Keith. To reduce the wait, we're going to broadcast what we have during Badge of Honor rather than hold off until next Tuesday - so you don't want to miss that; it's coming up at some point in the show.

Meanwhile, some of the best, brightest, and the most promising will be locking up in the ring! We begin with the Tag Team Specialists in action against current tag team championship contenders the Young Guns in a match that's very much age and guile against youth and endurance.

Next up is a match that at least one participant will be taking very personally. On Tuesday, Frankie Perez proclaimed himself 'the real Crippler' and the son of Crippler Ray Kingman, Barry Kingman, came in for some criticism as he did it. On Badge of Honor, we'll see the pair go at it over this issue.

More of the School of Tradition are in action this week, as Eric Tyler and Freddy Huggins step into the ring against the Fly Boys. Tyler's been talking of late about, once his issues with Andrews and Law are officially closed, entering the tag team division and winning gold; with the titles in the hands of people who've opposed him, that seems even more likely. How will this quest start?

Wolf Hawkins will face off with another of the young All-Action hopefuls, going back to his roots against the Cannonball Kid.

Lastly, two matches featuring tag team performers in singles action, as Scout of the tag team champions takes on Shingen Miyazaki. Guide and Scout have been almost exclusively working as a unit for the past ten years - just how good is he in singles competition?

And in the main event, Rick Law has requested a match against Brent Hill of the Syndicate. No word has as yet been received on why.

Prediction Key:
The Tag Team Specialists vs. The Young Guns

Barry Kingman vs. Frankie Perez

The Fly Boys vs. Tyler & Huggins w/ Laura Huggins

The Cannonball Kid vs. Wolf Hawkins

Scout vs. Shingen Miyazaki

Brent Hill vs. Rick Law

[mad5226]

Prediction Key:
The Tag Team Specialists vs. The Young Guns

Barry Kingman vs. Frankie Perez

The Fly Boys vs. Tyler & Huggins w/ Laura Huggins

The Cannonball Kid vs. Wolf Hawkins

Scout vs. Shingen Miyazaki

Brent Hill vs. Rick Law

[Self]

The Tag Team Specialists vs. The Young Guns
Barry Kingman vs. Frankie Perez
The Fly Boys vs. Tyler & Huggins w/ Laura Huggins
The Cannonball Kid vs. Wolf Hawkins
Scout vs. Shingen Miyazaki
Brent Hill vs. Rick Law

[Regis]

Prediction Key:
The Tag Team Specialists vs. The Young Guns
Oxford is on his way out. Let the kids take it!

Barry Kingman vs. Frankie Perez
Seriously, P-Dawg is producing on a higher level.

The Fly Boys vs. Tyler & Huggins w/ Laura Huggins
JOBBERS!

The Cannonball Kid vs. Wolf Hawkins
JOBBER!

Scout vs. Shingen Miyazaki
Don't make the tag champ lose.

Brent Hill vs. Rick Law
Because it's his show, and Brent can lose in singles competition.

[Sonfaro]

The Tag Team Specialists vs. The Young Guns
The Guns are contenders. TTTS are not.

Barry Kingman vs. Frankie Perez
Was tempted to vote Kingman, 'cause everyone else has Frankie winning. But Frankie has a real push. And Kingman, well doesn't.

The Fly Boys vs. Tyler & Huggins w/ Laura Huggins
Not even close.

The Cannonball Kid vs. Wolf Hawkins
Wolf takes the 'w'.

Scout vs. Shingen Miyazaki
I don't think Shingen is over enough to take this one.

Brent Hill vs. Rick Law
It's Rick's Show.

- Sonfaro

[Candyman]

Prediction Key:
The Tag Team Specialists vs. The Young Guns

Barry Kingman vs. Frankie Perez

The Fly Boys vs. Tyler & Huggins w/ Laura Huggins

The Cannonball Kid vs. Wolf Hawkins

Scout vs. Shingen Miyazaki

Brent Hill vs. Rick Law

[Greg McNeish]

The Tag Team Specialists vs. The Young Guns
The Young Guns have positioned themselves as th #3 team in the division, and the #2 faces. That means they get to win these kinds of matches. They've got to looks strong to put over the next challengers for the champions. The Specialists aren't those challengers.

Barry Kingman vs. Frankie Perez
Great tie in with familial history. That's always a nice spark. Could this be the first signs of Barry actually having a character?

The Fly Boys vs. Tyler & Huggins w/ Laura Huggins
As you said yourself, the SoT already have a feud going with the tag champs. No need to wait.

The Cannonball Kid vs. Wolf Hawkins
Hawkins took the fall on Tuesday. Time to get it back.

Scout vs. Shingen Miyazaki
As much as I love seeing tag team wrestlers struggle in singles, Miyazaki isn't the guy to go over Scout. Not on this continent.

Brent Hill vs. Rick Law
And I'll finish off my zero-surprises predictions. It's Rick's show, and Brent Hill isn't likely moving onto singles competition; at least not at this point.


In all this talk about Keith & Cornell, I'm surprised that nobody has refered to this as a Cornell face turn. With all the strife in the Syndicate, everything points to Cornell getting kicked out of the group.


Tommy Cornell: The saviour of TCW?

[Tigerkinney]

The Tag Team Specialists vs. The Young Guns

The repackaged Guns are getting a push right now as part of the re-jigged Painful Procedure, TTTS look like they'll be putting others over prior to Bob Oxford hanging up the boots.

Barry Kingman vs. Frankie Perez

Perez is getting a relatively strong push right now, Kingman's just a little above a jobber at this stage.

The Fly Boys vs. Tyler & Huggins w/ Laura Huggins

Fly Boys are basically job fodder and this is the sort of matches the School of Tradition should win to keep themselves as a threat.

The Cannonball Kid vs. Wolf Hawkins

Squash

Scout vs. Shingen Miyazaki

Miyazaki will put up a good effort, but singles or not Scout isn't going to lose this one.

Brent Hill vs. Rick Law

Hill's a capable singles wrestler, but right now he's being pushed as a Tag wrestler and at this stage Law needs to be kept more as a threat in singles competition.

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 1 June 2008

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 0.30)

Held at the West Texas Coliseum (Mid South)

Attendance: 2000

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Jasmine Saunders – Kyle Rhodes

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The Tag Team Specialists vs. The Young Guns
Not the greatest opener TCW has seen, but that's not really its job. The Specialists take it to the Young Guns with their usual array of dirty tricks, but the Guns don't seem interested in it, just outpacing them and generally coming at them with moves that, for all the Specialists' experience, are new to them – as to many people.

Nonetheless, sheer determination sees the Specialists turn the tide for a while, and Joel Bryant hits Harry Allen with the One Shot Drop. Before he can cover, Robert Oxford tags himself in and goes to the top rope for his famous kneedrop; problem is, Allen manages to roll out of the way and Oxford appears to hurt his knee, grabbing at it.

Harry tags out and Steve Gumble cleans house, bundling Bryant out of the ring and snapping a Savate Kick off on Oxford's head with precision. That takes it...
The Young Guns defeated The Tag Team Specialists
Rating: D+

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What seems like a very familiar video begins.

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The video screen bursts into life. Motorcycles roar into life and pull out, racing forward, racing for the horizon. Their riders are indistinct.

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Where the image of Karen's horror makeup would normally emerge, though, we see Karen Killer in some sort of self-defence class. The teacher points at her target; she nods, takes a step forward, and punts them in the balls.

The main image of the bikers dissolves; leather-gloved fists wrap chains around them for emphasis.

Heavy, buckled leather boots are strapped on. In the background, Karen Killer tests what might be a riding crop or similar for swing thoughtfully.

The two bikers step into a bar and, intercut, Karen throws back her face and begins to laugh in primal satisfaction..

The bar becomes a brawl. At this point, the combatants can finally be seen:
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The brawl dissolves out into Karen Killer's face.

“The bitch is back. And the bitch is coming for you.”

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This singles competition is better received than the opening match as the crowd show real signs of waking up here. Kingman seems motivated by finally being given an angle, even a short one like this, and Perez plays it to perfection, chopping the second generation man down whenever he gets his feet back under him.

Barry still has plenty of rope to play with, though, and he plays the underdog well here, fighting for the longest time as Azaria and Dangerous sell his father's reputation, hype his family name, explain what he's fighting for.

And in the end, it's not enough. In the end comes a kick to the head and the P-Clutch, and Barry Kingman, try as he might, submits.
Frankie Perez defeated Barry Kingman
Rating: C-

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Once again Bad To The Bone hits and once again Eric Tyler makes his way to the ring, microphone in hand, accompanied by Laura Huggins.

“As I'm sure you all saw on Sunday,” Tyler begins, “I beat Aaron Andrews, again. Beat him til he passed out from the pain.”

A quiet murmur from Kyle Rhodes reminds us that Andrews never submitted.

“I don't think there's any question in anyone's mind which of us deserves respect,” he continues. “Not now, not after that. And I'm prepared to be fair – no, I'm prepared to be more than fair, I'm prepared to be generous if Aaron is willing to come out here and pay his respects. After all, I got other people to deal with.”

The music ends, and the crowd falls silent. And once again, Aaron Andrews doesn't emerge.

Tyler's face is a mask of fury; Laura Huggins whispers something in his ear, and a moment later he bursts out laughing.

“Yeah, right,” he says.

“No one's seen Aaron around since. So maybe he can't. OK, Aaron, I accept your respect in absentia, but you don't get the generosity.

“You don't get a chance to join the School staff.”

“You ask me,” Jasmine Saunders comments, “that's the mark of respect right there.”

“So,” Tyler continues. “One name is done with. Another comes into my sights – Rick Law, you're going to detention. You should never have helped Andrews.”

And we go to commercial...

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Donnie and Jimmy soar, so does Freddy, and Tyler just grabs people, almost at random, out of the air to clamp them into holds. So it goes.

Actually, that's an unfair assessment of the match; Freddy Huggins seems to be enjoying brawling these days, and the Boys hit moments, usually when Jimmy's actually listening as Donnie calls for things, where they look like the team they once were, there are also points where that all goes to hell, and that's how it ends; Jimmy ignores a call, Donnie gets the Huggins Kiss, and Jimmy finds himself clamped into the Tradition Lift and forced to submit for good measure.
Tyler & Huggins defeated The Fly Boys
Rating: C-

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The pace of the show abruptly picks up. You could well describe this as a chance for Wolf Hawkins to remind himself what it was like to be in the old Cruiserweight division, and you wouldn't be far wrong; it seems like every time Hawkins is about to use a big throw, huge boot, or take it to the mat he halts for a moment and goes airborne instead. He's clearly proving a point, and it's a very simple point; Wolf Hawkins has become bigger than the All-Action division, still winning easily despite not bothering with most of his modern repertoire.

The Full Moon Rising finishes the match in style.
Wolf Hawkins defeated The Cannonball Kid
Rating: B-

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It's not quite the same pace as the prior match, but it's a lot closer. Both of these men are mat technicians, and the two men work a fast, hard pace throughout, at the very least keeping the crowd interested and enthusiastic.

Still, Scout makes short work of his opponent, eventually forcing him to submit to the Special Force.
Scout defeated Shingen Miyazaki
Rating: C+

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Brent Hill vs. Rick Law
And here's a hell of a match.

If anything, it's made better by the complete lack of any Syndicate interference. That's right, none of the Suited Six other than Brent come anywhere near the ring. Which would give this space to really, really build...

If not for Eric Tyler.

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Tyler hits the ring the moment a cross-body goes awry (Brent leaps, Law catches, Law spins it into a slam, Brent's feet catch Ray Johnson) and the ref goes down, and he goes straight for Law, who does what he can but faces a two-on-one beatdown for almost a minute.

What changes this isn't the referee recovering, either – it's reinforcements.

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There's a massive metal crack as Aaron Andrews folds a chair over Eric Tyler's head from behind, and Tyler drops. Andrews hits him with a couple more and shoves him outside of the ring, leaving Law to recover from the assault, counter out of the Complete Package, and hit the Long Arm of the Law to take out Brent Hill.
Rick Law defeated Brent Hill
Rating: B

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Finally, what the fans had been waiting for comes; after a ten-second recap of the closing moments of the Ino/Cornell main event from Tuesday, the camera cuts to footage identified by a tag as coming from the same day, just inside the Crippler Position away from the fans.

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Sam Keith, chair in hand, is in mid-shouting-match with Tommy Cornell.

“THE BACK IS THE LEAST PAINFUL PLACE FOR A CHAIRSHOT!” he roars. “What the hell did you want? Straight in the head?”

“I didn't want to be hit with a ****in' chair in the first place!” Cornell snaps. “I didn't want to be attacked, least of all by the man I hired to watch my back!”

“What the **** did you THINK I was doing, brother?” Keith retorts hotly. “I did that to protect you!”

That halts the former champion in his tracks. He stares at Keith, eyes cold. “You've got to be ****ing kidding me.”

“You won that match,” Keith continues, “and then what happens? You can't hold two titles at once, Tommy. You think Midden's going to let you just go back after yours and drop the International strap?”

Cornell is silent.

“**** no,” Keith continues. “He wanted to lock you into that title, man. He wanted to keep you the hell away from the main event where you belong.

“I had to stop that. I had to get you out the match before you won. And I had to do it before I got thrown out – so I used a chair to make sure of it.”

Cornell's still staring, silent. Keith waits.

“You brought me in to watch your back,” Sam says, as if trying to placate an emperor. “There's no dodge I haven't seen used, Tommy. You have to let me do my thing. You've got to let me help you.”

Cornell, still silent, turns and leaves.

Sam watches him go, edgy, and shakes his head – then his face curls into a mask of rage and he hurls the chair away, storming off in the other direction.

Show Rating: B

[Phantom Stranger]

An almost unanimous sweep of perfect predictions (so, it was one of 'those' Badge of Honors) means that the latest new piece of merchandise gets a wide free distribution.

Self, Regis, Sonfaro, Candyman, Greg McNeish and Tigerkinney - you all get the new Frankie Perez shirt:

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[The Celt]

...Aaannndddd I've caught up.

First question has to be: What's Frankie Perez's pop now? Surely somewhere in the C range now right?

[Phantom Stranger]

...Aaannndddd I've caught up.

First question has to be: What's Frankie Perez's pop now? Surely somewhere in the C range now right?

C- across the board. Aaron Andrews, for reference, is much the same except that he's got two Cs. They're both comfortably in the Midcard.

[Phantom Stranger]

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Monday 8th July 2008
It's occasionally the case that I write something which experience tells me TCW's lawyers will ask if I'm sure I want to leave in. It's even more occasionally the case that I can't see their point, but...

When Preston Holt wrote his book he put it out through the SWF, and he actually phoned me up at one point because the lawyers had him worried.

Now, there's a level on which this was entirely fair; if I didn't agree that walking when he wouldn't give me a particular raise screwed CPW over for a year or two, then yes, absolutely, it might have been something I took offence at and sued.

Something else he said, elsewhere, though – there was a period where I was exclusively working for the Lone Star Stampeder down in the TWL. Sometime during that period, Preston felt I'd be useful and tried to hire me, and I turned him down because I didn't feel I had the time to divide between the two. (This was when rented planes were just beginning to affect the business; little two-engine jobs were starting to be used to get wrestlers from one company to the next if it was absolutely past what you could drive.)

The lawyers felt I might get antsy about what amounts, in the book, to “I was pissed off because he was good but too loyal to another company to sign.”

So I know that this is going to cause issues, because my original pick to replace Robert Oxford – who consequently has to be someone pretty good, ideally with the veteran status the School of Tradition really calls for, although we can work around that – was the Calgary Assassin, Mike Watson. And he's good, but he's working for INSPIRE and he won't sign for us when he can stick with them instead.

So it's going to have to be someone else. This could get interesting, but we'll see where we stand in a little while.

Robert, meanwhile, has stuck to his ribbing ways, though at least in a fairly mild way right now. I'm told he tried to persuade the doc that the 'knee injury' from Friday's opener was legit, but thankfully it's not...

To his credit – and over the course of his career, Robert Oxford has earned a lot of credit – he's taking his last month and trying to make it mean something. He's personally doing a lot of putting people over on the house shows, and the Specialists are working the dark whenever they're not on a main TV card, helping our newer tag teams learn the ropes. I'm not jobbing him constantly in these by any means, nor do I intend to – but I want to make that clear. Robert Oxford's been a hell of a worker his entire career, and wherever he finishes up (my money's on USPW or NYCW at the moment, though I could be wrong) he'll do well for them. I wouldn't be entirely surprised to see him still pinning people aged fifty.

[Hyde Hill]

JD Morgan is a perfect replacement imho.

[Phantom Stranger]

JD Morgan is a perfect replacement imho.

I'd say yes, but I'd prefer someone nearer Joel's age or a little younger than Joel - which I *think* (save is currently advanced to booking, so I can't check) rules JD out. As a general rule of thumb, I'd always rather use an older guy to get a younger guy over. Certainly the Specialists have a bit of a variation with that, but...

As it goes, I have someone in mind, but he's an odd fit. Haven't made up my mind yet, so watch this space...

[Phantom Stranger]

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Closer now to Summer Showdown and all we know for sure is that, for the first time since December 2006, Tommy Cornell will not be involved in the World Heavyweight Championship match.

He's going to be active this Tuesday, though, as he'll face off with Rocky Golden in the opening contest on Total Wrestling. And there's more Syndicate action to follow, as the Machines face off with the legendary Tag Team Specialists for the first time in years.

The young Frankie Perez will be up against Eddie Peak, and the next instalment of Perez' interview with Horatio Dangerous will be shown.

Eric Tyler and Freddy Huggins continue their foray into tag team competition, taking on the team of Kazuma and the Kid. Huggins and Kazuma Narato are fairly familiar with each other, but the others don't have that kind of familiarity.

Danny Fonzarelli's in action next, facing off against the young if arrogant Sammy Bach in what promises to be a pretty brutal match. Will we see Fonzarelli lock in the Back on your Bach?

And then a pair of co-main events; the Syndicate have booked a match with Troy Tornado with the stipulation that, if their man wins, Tornado will have to face them at Summer Showdown. We don't know who they're entering, but unless it's a new member, it's a fairly safe bet...

Finally, Sam Keith defends his Hard-Hitting Championship - in the customary No Holds Barred match - against Tyson Baine.

Prediction Key:
Rocky Golden vs. Tommy Cornell

The Machines vs. Tag Team Specialists

Eddie Peak vs. Frankie Perez

Kazuma & The Kid vs. Tyler & Huggins

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Sammy Bach

Troy Tornado vs. ????

TCW Hard-Hitting Championship - No Holds Barred
Sam Keith (c) vs. Tyson Baine

[The Celt]

Rocky Golden vs. Tommy Cornell
Golden desperately needs promo time or a fued...or something. The man has been sitting on his hand so far under the Dangerous reign. And because of that he's not going to be the former 17-month Champion...unless this IS the start of something. Food for thought.

The Machines vs. Tag Team Specialists
TTTS get caught in the gears.

Eddie Peak vs. Frankie Perez
When you think about it Frankie Perez has had one of the oddest pushes you'll see around. He's had at least a dozen or more matches, is always made out to be strong but almost never wins. The guy has only two wins I think...one when he tagged with Cornell, the other last show when he beat Kingman. All his pop his basically been leeched from standing tall with more popular stars or having segments with them

Kazuma & The Kid vs. Tyler & Huggins
I wonder, in what second of being in the Tradition Lift will Kazuma or The Kid tap? The first or the second? Probably the first

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Sammy Bach
The hardest match to call IMO, Bach for the win...I want to see him pushed more.

Troy Tornado vs. ????
Chuck Norris...Chuck Norris himself could walk down that ramp, sights set on Tornado, and even he couldn't beat Tornado, running so hawt off beating Cornell

TCW Hard-Hitting Championship - No Holds Barred
Sam Keith (c) vs. Tyson Baine
The Main Event for the A Show...hmm, I wonder if this match can deliever what it needs to.

[Regis]

Prediction Key:
Rocky Golden vs. Tommy Cornell
Really, no contest.

The Machines vs. Tag Team Specialists
Once again, no contest.

Eddie Peak vs. Frankie Perez
P-Dawg is failing his way up the card.

Kazuma & The Kid vs. Tyler & Huggins
JOBBERS!

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Sammy Bach
Fonzie will never get the support of the booking team until he sheds the gimmick.

Troy Tornado vs. ????
For once, I do not vote for ????

TCW Hard-Hitting Championship - No Holds Barred
Sam Keith (c) vs. Tyson Baine
By DQ when he gets his with a chair shot - just to protect him, of course.

[foolinc]

Rocky Golden vs. Tommy Cornell

The Machines vs. Tag Team Specialists

Eddie Peak vs. Frankie Perez

Kazuma & The Kid vs. Tyler & Huggins

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Sammy Bach

Troy Tornado vs. ????

TCW Hard-Hitting Championship - No Holds Barred
Sam Keith (c) vs. Tyson Baine

[Bigpapa42]

Rocky Golden vs. Tommy Cornell

The Machines vs. Tag Team Specialists

Eddie Peak vs. Frankie Perez

Kazuma & The Kid vs. Tyler & Huggins

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Sammy Bach

Troy Tornado vs. ????

TCW Hard-Hitting Championship - No Holds Barred
Sam Keith (c) vs. Tyson Baine

[Marcel Fromage]

Rocky Golden vs. Tommy Cornell

The Machines vs. Tag Team Specialists

Eddie Peak vs. Frankie Perez

Kazuma & The Kid vs. Tyler & Huggins

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Sammy Bach

Troy Tornado vs. ????

TCW Hard-Hitting Championship - No Holds Barred
Sam Keith (c) vs. Tyson Baine

[Zeel1]

Rocky Golden vs. Tommy Cornell
Golden's essentially main event fodder, until eventually matches with guys like Cornell and Keith make him into a solid worker.

The Machines vs. Tag Team Specialists
Heel/Heel? I predict this to end in some sort of strange and near-immediate DQ..

Eddie Peak vs. Frankie Perez
At first I really didn't give Perez much of a chance with this, but now that I think about it, you did put Perez over Peak's Total Control partner a while back, didn't you? :p All the same, I'll go with Peak.

Kazuma & The Kid vs. Tyler & Huggins
Basic sqaush.

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Sammy Bach
While unlike in my diary, Fonzarelli has been..well, present, Bach's most definately the more valuable asset at this point.

Troy Tornado vs. ????
It's best to keep a World Champ who just recently got the belt going strong for a while, lest he look like a fluke champ.

TCW Hard-Hitting Championship - No Holds Barred
Sam Keith (c) vs. Tyson Baine
As I said, this belt would be a good way to give guys like Baine a major title run that they probably deserve, without putting the World Title on them, but it's far too early for that.

[Tigerkinney]

Rocky Golden vs. Tommy Cornell

I agree with Zeel, that Rocky is basically a main event JTTS. Until he improves his in-ring skill to a more required level to justify going over the likes of Cornell, he'll continue on in this role or slide down the card if he doesn't show improvement

The Machines vs. Tag Team Specialists

The Old Men are basically jobbing their way to their pension these days

Eddie Peak vs. Frankie Perez

Perez actually appears to have been more prominent that Peak of late, and it's not unfeasible that he could win this but I see the 'Great White Shark' (oh wrong fed...having flash backs to his time in DaVE) winning here and reminding the fans just how dangerous he is.

Kazuma & The Kid vs. Tyler & Huggins

School of Tradition 2K9 get to beat up on some job fodder

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Sammy Bach

Fonzarelli has been sort of semi pushed with his semi-regular teaming with RDJ but it's more a push by association and I see Bach getting the win here.

Troy Tornado vs. ????

Yeah the whole mystery thing is their to make us cast doubt that Tornado could lose in his first match as champ, but yeah don't see that happening. Cornell could absorb that sort of loss if he just won the belt back, even RDJ if he had won the belt again but it would look bad for a first time World Champ.

TCW Hard-Hitting Championship - No Holds Barred
Sam Keith (c) vs. Tyson Baine

Keith isn't losing the belt in his first defence

[Hyde Hill]

Rocky Golden vs. Tommy Cornell

The Machines vs. Tag Team Specialists

Eddie Peak vs. Frankie Perez

Kazuma & The Kid vs. Tyler & Huggins

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Sammy Bach

Troy Tornado vs. ????

TCW Hard-Hitting Championship - No Holds Barred
Sam Keith (c) vs. Tyson Baine

[Candyman]

Prediction Key:
Rocky Golden vs. Tommy Cornell

The Machines vs. Tag Team Specialists

Eddie Peak vs. Frankie Perez

Kazuma & The Kid vs. Tyler & Huggins

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Sammy Bach
Just to disagree with everybody else on something...
Troy Tornado vs. ????

TCW Hard-Hitting Championship - No Holds Barred
Sam Keith (c) vs. Tyson Baine

[Greg McNeish]

Rocky Golden vs. Tommy Cornell
No-brainer.

The Machines vs. Tag Team Specialists
It'll be interesting to see if Joel Bryant shows signs of getting upset with his partner, turning on him, to push Oxford out the door.

Eddie Peak vs. Frankie Perez
Eddie Peak has been surprisingly quiet, throughout most of the diary, whereas Frankie Perez has been working the losing-to-the-top gig about as well as anyone ever has. Peak needs to win this, lest he be seen as irrelevant.

Kazuma & The Kid vs. Tyler & Huggins
Continuing their build towards a Tag Title match

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Sammy Bach
After taking the fall (literally) at the PPV, Bach has shed himself of the All-Action division, and can truly start his rise to the top.

Troy Tornado vs. ????
It'll be interesting to see who the Syndicate has as Tornado's opponent, although it will likely be Wolf Hawkins, since he's not in action elsewhere (neither is Edd Stone, but that match doesn't make sense). Tornado has to go over, not only to validate his championship win, but also to remove the Syndicate from the hunt, for the time being.

TCW Hard-Hitting Championship - No Holds Barred
Sam Keith (c) vs. Tyson Baine
Keith is the inaugural champion. That calls for a long reign, to establish the belt, just as he said he would.

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 2 July 2008

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 3.40)

Held at the Louisiana Auditorium

Attendance: 10,000

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Shawn Doakes

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Rocky Golden vs. Tommy Cornell
Straightforward and simple, but Cornell does run somewhat roughshod over Golden, who more and more appears to be fulfilling Midden's description of him, last month, as having lost his fire, lost his motivation.

Golden tries his best, but it's clearly not good enough – not when Cornell's as angry as he is. And Cornell is cutting loose. Eye rakes. Stomps. Shots that could almost be called low blows. Full five counts every time – it's brutal.

Rocky Golden taps when the Guilt Trip locks in, clearly scared of just how much damage Cornell will do if he hesitates.
Tommy Cornell defeated Rocky Golden
Rating: B-

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Backstage, and in the Syndicate's locker room Sam Keith is deep in conversation with the rest of the group.

“First off, Brent,” Keith begins. “I want to apologise that none of us came out to help you on Friday. It's this new rule of Tommy's that you always save interference for the titles.

“Wolf, I know this is going to be hard to hear, but if Tommy's going to get that belt back the way he's acting, it's going to take the Syndicate getting involved. And I don't think he'll be happy with us doing that the way we'll have to.”

Hawkins shrugs noncommittally. “So here's the plan,” Sam says. “Whatever else we do, we've got to get that belt back in the Syndicate, then we can do a switch nice and easy. It can't be Edd doing it, and it can't be me, and Midden won't let Tommy. So-”

Two Minutes To Midnight begins to play, and as the Machines head out toward the ring, the camera follows them.

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The Machines vs. The Tag Team Specialists
More simple stuff here, but it's good simple stuff; this is old-school tag team wrestling at its finest. Isolate a rival, isolate a rival's body part, work it the hell over and destroy them.

And the difference between the two teams? Coming into the match, Robert Oxford's knee is taped and supported, still clearly hurting after his match on Friday. The Machines very quickly get to work and savage his knee, and for all Oxford's attempts to escape, for all Joel Bryant's inspired – if illegal – attempts to even the score – that's what decides it, with John Anderson eventually pinning Oxford with one foot stomped down on that pained, stressed, twisted knee.
The Machines defeated the Tag Team Specialists
Rating: C+

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Eddie Peak vs. Frankie Perez
A brawl, pure and simple. One which Peak absolutely dominates, though Perez does well just to hang on as long as he does, and he does manage to catch Peak with some big kicks, too, one of which draws blood – a big, big gusher – from the bridge of Peak's nose.

That does, however, lead to a fast Peak of Perfection shortly afterward, and Perez doesn't kick out til three-and-a-half.
Eddie Peak defeated Frankie Perez
Rating: B-

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Backstage, Chris Rockwell is lacing his street boots back up, by the looks of things having changed out of wrestling gear ready to head out.

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There's a cough from behind him and slowly, nonchalantly, apparently carelessly Rockwell turns his head. The camera tilts with him, showing Baroness Emily and, behind her, International Champion Koshiro Ino.

Emily glances back at Ino, who nods stoically. She sighs and turns back.

“My client... would like to offer you...” She trails off, clears her throat, and starts again, as Rockwell finishes tying his boots.

“After I... intervened... in your match with the Kobra,” she says again, “he has decided to offer you another shot at his International Championship. As his disqualification prevented you from a fair shot, that is.”

Rockwell laughs and shakes his head. “Sorry,” he says. “Look in the record books. Chris Rockwell beat Koshiro Ino.

“Why the hell do I want to give him a chance to get that win back?” He grabs up his sports bag. “Now Bloodstone, him I drew with. You,” and his finger stabs at Koshiro Ino, “I beat. Bloodstone I gotta lock up with again, gotta prove I can beat. You, if anything, you gotta prove something. But we know you won't.

“We both know you don't have what it takes to beat Chris Rockwell. Excuse me...” And he shoulders past them, bag in hand. “There's a stewardess holding my Mile High pass on the next flight. I gotta go.”

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No one expected this to be the match of the night, and as much as anything its purpose is to serve as another marker in the development of Freddy Huggins. Sure, the former Cruiserweight and All Action champ still takes to the air like his opponents but, like his partner, he's getting more and more willing to brawl his way through rivals, and the pair dominate by keeping things violent.

Eric Tyler is very much the pivot of this match. He steers it. He focuses it. He destroys his targets. And, as Freddy Huggins keeps Kazuma Narato out with a Huggins Kiss, Eric Tyler holds the Cannonball Kid in the painful Tradition Lift until he surrenders.
Tyler & Huggins defeated Kazuma & The Kid
Rating: C

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The World Heavyweight Champion emerges, alongside Mayhem Midden, and the pair make their way down to the ring. Tornado is dressed to compete, and Midden looks psyched but, at the same time, a little frustrated.

“So,” he begins. “The Syndicate have a challenger, and a win here would make them the number one contender.

“Of course, they haven't provided Troy with any idea who this guy-”

Tornado cuts him off. “We can guess,” he says. “Either it's someone we know, or the Syndicate's scored someone new.

“And if they're willing to risk this one shot at getting back in the title hunt, it's got to be someone good.

“So who do we know who's just come on the market? Oh, that's right – someone who'd be on my side.” The reference to Jack Bruce gets a quick pop, mingled with a little disappointment; some of the crowd had evidently been hoping.

Tornado grins. “Besides, he's got himself a title, right? Can't challenge.

“So I figure it's one of your boys, Tommy. Bring them out.”

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Of Wolf And Man begins to play, and, flanked by the two senior members of the Syndicate, Wolf Hawkins comes out.

Tornado's eyebrows raise, and then he nods.

“No, no,” he says to the crowd, flapping a hand to lower their reaction. “It's not a bad idea. You have any idea how many times he and I have wrestled each other? Hell, we both teamed up with the same guy, it's bound to lead to some understanding.

“I'll tell you this – I've got no idea how many times we wrestled each other. And I couldn't even tell you who's got the most wins-”

“Me,” Hawkins supplies, his poker face fully in place. “Hundred and eight to hundred and three.”

Tornado pauses, seemingly considering, then nods. “You might be right,” he says. “What I can tell you, though, is I'm the one with the belt.

“You're on, Wolf. Let's see what you've got.” He grins. “I'm looking forward to it.”

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Danny Fonzarelli vs. Sammy Bach
What happens when you've got a brawler and a flyer and the two men can't mesh their styles together?

One mess of a match. In fairness to the competitors, Bach's current gimmick – the unflappable, almost unfeeling engine of destruction that doesn't start moving until the fight is on in earnest – doesn't help.

It's something of a clunker enlivened primarily by a finishing sequence in which both men go for the Bach on your Back repeatedly. In the end Sammy Bach displays a better knowledge of how to counter the move, and Danny Fonzarelli's the man made to tap out.
Sammy Bach defeated Danny Fonzarelli
Rating: D

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The show goes over, now, to a pretape, continuing the Dangerous/Perez interview.

“So,” Horatio says, moving on. “As we briefly touched on, you've always been something of a lone wolf. I understand that your tag team victory came after you were somewhat forced into the match, and certainly when you mention Remmy Skye, your former partner, you don't sound as if you remember your time together fondly.

“So with that habit of standing on your own well established, let's move on to the obvious question. Why the Syndicate? Are we seeing a new phase of your career?”

Frankie just smirks. “I'm not with the Syndicate, old man. Never have been.”

Dangerous raises an eyebrow. “Then...”

“You know how an actual wrestler makes his money in this company, Dangerous? You get matches. You don't get the winner's share when you get beat, but if you don't wrestle you don't make much money.

“You know how you get matches? You make your name. You kick some ass. You get in people's faces.

“That's all I did, old man. I got people's attention. Here's Tommy, right, and he needs some backup against Tornado and his crew are banned from the ring. Here's me, and I need to get people's attention.

“It's a perfect match. And Tommy, he understands where I'm coming from. He agreed to give me some tags with his crew. I got some wins, I had some losses, most of all I made some money. We both profited, you know?”

He laughs. “Hell, when his buddy Keith asked me to join the Syndicate, I was almost tempted.”

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Troy Tornado vs. Wolf Hawkins
The TCW main event company continues to have a surprising amount of chemistry issues, as Hawkins and Tornado seem – perhaps just under the microscope, under pressure – to lose their ability to work together to their best here.

Which is actually not to say that the match is bad; it's just nowhere near what it might be otherwise. The fight goes back and forth on a regular basis and both men almost seem to be using it as a chance to rehearse all their old styles.

Wolf Hawkins looks, at points, like he genuinely might get a win, but Tornado does manage to turn it around before the end. A Star Maker followed by a Tornado Driver make for the final pin.
Troy Tornado defeated Wolf Hawkins
Rating: B-

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Sam Keith (c)vs. Tyson Baine
Keith beat Baine for the title, but he did it when two other men had done serious damage. One on one, Sam has the chance to really work his submission holds – but Tyson Baine has the power and the anger to do a lot more when no one's breaking his momentum, and after the first five minutes the match becomes an extended beatdown.

Keith does rally on a few occasions, but he's getting old and he's taking some nasty hits from Baine – who's been getting more and more violent as the weeks go by, flying off the handle more and more often.

And so it is that Sam Keith's on his last legs when he finally manages to get Baine disoriented. He starts to chop the big man down, and he's actually finally turning things around – finally winning...

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And Tommy Cornell rolls into the ring.

The first chair shot catches Keith in the back of the head. Ray Johnson calls the disqualification, and Tommy Cornell waits a moment, hears the bell, nods in satisfaction – and then smashes Keith across the face with the chair for good measure before stalking back out.
Sam Keith won by DQ
Rating: B

Show Rating: B+

[Bigpapa42]

Good show, PS. Still loving your characterization of Rockwell... though I'd mark like crazy if he came out in the lobster costume just once. And the feud between Cornell and Keith should be epic....

[Phantom Stranger]

Almost everyone won this time. If you predicted - and aren't Candyman - you get the newest TCW shirt:

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[Phantom Stranger]

Good show, PS. Still loving your characterization of Rockwell... though I'd mark like crazy if he came out in the lobster costume just once. And the feud between Cornell and Keith should be epic....

Chris Rockwell has become one of those characters who write themselves. As for the lobster... that bit might be tricky. (And I actually like that character).

On the other hand, Cornell/Keith, and everything else associated with it, was one of the central ideas that I wanted to build the diary around. The pieces are, now, more or less all in place (again I note that it's a shame I don't still have Genghis Rahn) and we're pretty much set to get rolling with it.

The plans have to be kind of flexible, though - you never know when it'll be time for Sam to retire.

[Zeel1]

Bach's current gimmick – the unflappable,

It's true. He can't be flapped. People have tried.

[Phantom Stranger]

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Friday 14th July 2008
My boys were in one of the early matches of the SWF's biggest PPV of the year last night, and unfortunately I missed it; I'll have to catch the rerun Saturday night.

I missed it because I was in a recording studio doing fake commentary for the TCW video game they're working on. (Lucky for me, the storylines don't require much extra effort. Sam tells me that the SWF used to make its writers come up with stories that'd only ever be played through on these games; we use storylines that never quite got used – someone got injured at the wrong time, someone's contract came up and one of the wrestlers involved got diverted from the angle to be their first opponent, that sort of thing.)

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Jack Bruce, former Painful Procedure frontman and briefly the top dog in the SWF

By all accounts, though, the Supreme Challenge wasn't all it might have been. I'll cut Peter Michaels some slack here, which the fans won't; when Richard Eisen let Jack Bruce, their champion for almost a full year, walk with a week to go before the Challenge – and when he didn't take the belt off him before he left – he pretty much shot Michaels in the foot as far as the planned matches go.

On the other hand, the planned main event appears to have been Jack Bruce against Eric Eisen, and I really don't think it'd be unfair to say that this isn't the best main event they could have gone for. (Particularly when Vengeance wasn't even wrestling.)

Steve Frehley won a one-night tournament last week to step into Bruce's shoes and took the vacant belt. On the positive side, it was one of the night's best matches. On the downside, it was one of the night's best matches.

In a real indication that he's slowing down, Runaway Train's match against Christian Faith got a worse reaction, particularly when Train went over.

Tom Gilmore and Joe Sexy are both good workers and, while Gilmore could be doing a lot more, their tag title run has usually been pretty good – but up against a team including Big Smack Scott, they're always going to have problems working at their best.

And really, that's about all that's notable; the only other thing that stands out is Genghis Rahn's continuing regret that he signed for them, as Elmo Benson is added to the list of SWF men who've beaten him. In four matches since crossing over, Rahn's lost three and gone to a no contest in the other, and the only man who's beaten him who you'd expect to deserve it is Remo.

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Even with the facepaint, Genghis Rahn should not be losing to Big Smack Scott
Alt credit to Marcel Fromage

I remember a time when you were happy that the other company was doing well, because it gave you somewhere to go when you'd worked programs with everyone in yours. Now, though, I don't think TCW men are going to be too confident about following Rahn's example (I hope) given what's happened to him.

Hopefully it won't work both ways; certainly Chris has done better since removing the lobster mask.

[Phantom Stranger]

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Washington State Gymnasium plays host to TCW for the first time in its history this Friday as Badge Of Honor arrives in town. And what will the lucky fans be witness to?

Painful Procedure are back in action, squaring off with the Tag Team Specialists. In their last two matches, the Specialists have lost out due to Robert Oxford's injured knee - can they turn that around here?

That's not the only representation of TCW's favourite rock band, either, as the Young Guns will be in action against the Fly Boys in what's sure to be fast-paced action.

And the tag action continues, as does Eric Tyler's drive to beat respect into Aaron Andrews - respect I, personally, feel he already shows plenty of - when Tyler & Huggins take on Aaron Andrews and his occasional tag partner Joey Minnesota.

Following what's likely to be a brawl, Badge of Honor presents some excellent technical wrestling; John Anderson of the Machines will be in singles competition against the Submission Demon Johnny Bloodstone. Budding wrestlers would be well advised to study this one if it goes anything like we think it will.

And then there's the main event. Rick Law has claimed his privilege on his show and made the main event match, this time ahead of time - and this time, not as a response to ungentlemanly conduct on the show. No, Rick Law has instead used his prerogative to ensure that an instalment in one of the most famous match series virtually no one saw will be played out on a bigger stage.

Art Reed and Acid both made their big splashes in a series of matches up and down the East Coast for smaller promotions. Eventually, both men found themselves in DaVE, but the rematch never quite came. Now, in TCW, we can present that rematch. Tape traders slather over the originals - and we're bringing it to you for no greater price than setting your TiVo.

Prediction Key:
Painful Procedure vs. The Tag Team Specialists

The Fly Boys vs. The Young Guns

Andrews & Minnesota vs. Tyler & Huggins

John Anderson vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell

[Bigpapa42]

Painful Procedure vs. The Tag Team Specialists

The Fly Boys vs. The Young Guns

Andrews & Minnesota vs. Tyler & Huggins

John Anderson vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell

[Hyde Hill]

What Bigpapa said lolz.

[Zeel1]

Painful Procedure vs. The Tag Team Specialists
The tag team with a use that spans further then overness really should get this win. Besides, The Young Guns are getting pushed seriously, so they should be made to look like the stronger tag team of the PP stable.

The Fly Boys vs. The Young Guns
As said above.

Andrews & Minnesota vs. Tyler & Huggins
Huggins slow rise continues.

John Anderson vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell
I don't really see a B-Show loss for either of these two, I predict a draw, maybe by time limit.

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell
I just prefer Acid, by a tad.

[The Celt]

Painful Procedure vs. The Tag Team Specialists


The Fly Boys vs. The Young Guns


Andrews & Minnesota vs. Tyler & Huggins
It's time Andrews got some measure of revenge on Huggins and Tyler

John Anderson vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell
Bloodstone looks unstoppable at the moment

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell
Why the hell is this the main event? Hell, why the hell is this match even on TCW? Hell shouldn't these two be a bingo hall somewhere in Pittsburgh? Hell. TCW Rulz...SWF used 2 b gud but now it sux...PS don't support indie wrestling, how can it b gud if it's in a small venue? Hell.[/weird hater speech]

[Regis]

Prediction Key:
Painful Procedure vs. The Tag Team Specialists
Despite PP being on the sh*tlist, I really wasn't sure about this. PP are being jobbed, sure, but they have a future as jobbers, whereas with Oxford leaving, TTTS don't. Still, I think TTTS are going to be built up to a final blow-off at a PPV, while PP are only getting occasional work.

The Fly Boys vs. The Young Guns
There will come a time when the Guns are the main contenders to the Tag Team Titles, and the Fly Boys will not derail that.

Andrews & Minnesota vs. Tyler & Huggins
Andrews still misses putting one over on Tyler, stringing this feud out even longer.

John Anderson vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell
Tag Team guy versus Singles guy, jockeying for number one contendership? One day, John will get a singles push that will make this rematch be in some doubt. But not yet.

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell
He's the Modern Day Warrior, a pure athlete of extraordinary skill, an incredible technician, fan's darling, and he's not a flippity-floppity super junior in a company that pushes Tyson Baine.

[Tigerkinney]

Painful Procedure vs. The Tag Team Specialists

The big lugs that are Hopkirk and Shearer are pretty much the PP job squad these days and though the Tag Team Geriatrics days may soon be numbered, I think they'll pick up the win here.

The Fly Boys vs. The Young Guns

Young Guns have taken over as Painful Procedures main tag force, and they'll pick up a win against the Job Boys in a battle of the high flying tag teams.

Andrews & Minnesota vs. Tyler & Huggins

School of Tradition find yet another way to get one over on Andrews & Minnesota.

John Anderson vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

I'm with Zeel on this one, I see this going to some sort of Time Limit draw.

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell

I prefer Acid (as I am rather fond of masked high flyers), but fact is I see Reed eventually being built up enough to get amongst the International Title mix. Reed's recent win over Frankie Perez showed that you are serious about pushing Reed to a relatively high level.

[Candyman]

Prediction Key:
Painful Procedure vs. The Tag Team Specialists

The Fly Boys vs. The Young Guns

Andrews & Minnesota vs. Tyler & Huggins

John Anderson vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 2 July 2008

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 0.28)

Held at the Washington State Gymnasium (North West)

Attendance: 1880

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Jasmine Saunders – Kyle Rhodes

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Painful Procedure vs. The Tag Team Specialists
Not the best tag team match that either side have ever been involved in, but then we're talking about one team working a knee injury gimmick and, well, Painful Procedure.

Still, it's reasonably enough received under the circumstances. Randall Hopkirk does seem to be developing a better awareness of the ring than he's shown before, and it shows in his wrestling – he keeps himself close to the ropes whenever it looks like the Specialists are going for a submission hold, moves further away when he wants to apply a lock of his own, and so on. Billy Jack Shearer sticks to a stand-up brawl philosophy – not a situation where you'd expect Joel Bryant to give as good as he gets, but Bryant, who spends most of the match in the ring to protect Oxford's knee, seems to be fired up after a recent couple of losses.

Moment of the match, indeed; the big form of Billy Jack Shearer hoisted and sunk with the One Shot Drop as the Specialists pull one back.
The Tag Team Specialists defeated Painful Procedure
Rating: D+

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The bell rings, the match ends – and two newcomers slide under the ropes. Randall Hopkirk gets hit with a double clothesline, and Shearer is lifted from the mat, held between the two men – who look at each other then hurl him higher into the air, moving into a sitout powerbomb/neckbreaker combination.

“We obviously can't use the names you may know these newcomers under,” Kyle Rhodes says on the announce desk. “But after last week's video confirmed their identities, Jason and I did some digging.

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“Their real names are Billy Fonda and Peter Hopper, and it seems Karen Killer,” who at this point is approaching ringside, shouting directions to the bikers, “has registered a managerial contract for them with TCW in which they'll be known as the Easy Riders.”

Meanwhile, one of the newly-christened Riders hoists Hopkirk, then drops him into a backbreaker, holding him there as the other hits the ropes then comes back, getting enough height on a legdrop to guillotine his neck.

Killer shrieks with laughter and satisfaction, and she and the Riders head to the back.

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The Fly Boys vs. The Young Guns
Fast-paced, furious, and every bit what the prior match wasn't, the Boys and the Guns show exactly why all four were cornerstones to the Cruiserweight Division.

The difference here, though, is a very simple one; Steve Gumble and Harry Allen function as a single wrestler might, so closely in sync are they. Meanwhile, Donnie J and Jimmy P still can't match up with each other; they show flashes of it, particularly when they hit the same spots that made the Fly Boys favourites so long ago, but by and large, they're easy to divide and easy to overcome.

Donnie does his level best to keep Jimmy alive in pinfall after pinfall, but when Steve Gumble gets the Savate Kick on Donnie and Harry Allen comes off the top rope a second later with a flying fist drop, Jimmy doesn't return the favour. He's already walking back to the locker room by the time the third count is made.

“I guess someone just doesn't want to be the guy down in the record books as being pinned,” Jasmine Saunders observes.
The Young Guns defeated The Fly Boys
Rating: C

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Just past the entrance ramp and back into the Crippler Position, even as the Guns celebrate in the ring, the Fly Boys are confronted by what, to many, is a disquieting sight; Floyd Goldworthy and the American Buffalo.

“Alright, boys?” Goldworthy smiles. “I think you and I need to talk...”

The Fly Boys look like they want nothing to do with this, but with American Buffalo glowering behind him, they stay silent.

“I've been watching your progress, you know,” Goldworthy says. “Your big problem's actually pretty simple; you just need focus, you need to get back the teamwork you once had.

“I can get you that focus. I can help you get your teamwork back. And I can do more to help on top of that.

“Frankly, you're not going to win anything until you can work together, and Jimmy, it's clear you can only work against Donnie right now.”

He passes both men thick bundles of paper, presumably contracts, nods, and moves off, the Buffalo going with him. Donnie turns to face Jimmy.

“What'd he mean by that?”

Jimmy shrugs.

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Andrews & Minnesota vs. Tyler & Huggins w/ Laura Huggins
No one on either side of this match likes either of their opponents, and it's clear.

This one is a brawl. It's violent, it's furious, it's lethal above all, and Andrews and Huggins are both bleeding heavily by the end. Around the nineteen minute mark, Andrews snaps Huggins up for a hotshot and boosts him further and the youngster – already bleeding – goes facefirst into the ringpost, taking him well and truly out of the equation. A reaction shot from Laura Huggins sees her staring at Andrews, eyes bright with tears.

It's Andrews and Tyler for the next minute, and right near the twenty minute mark Aaron Andrews slips out of the Weight of Tradition and brings the veteran down with a spinebuster.

Immediate cover!

One...

Two...

TIME LIMIT DRAW! Aaron Andrews, just a moment away from pinning Eric Tyler, collapses in frustration as the show goes to commercial.
Andrews & Minnesota drew with Tyler & Huggins
Rating: B-

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John Anderson vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell
A match in almost completely the opposite idiom to the previous one, both sides seem to view this as a technical showcase rather than a match; after one early exchange of counters they break and Anderson offers a handshake.

Bloodstone takes a moment to decide, but accepts, they shake, return to circling, and close in again with no sign of deceit from Anderson.

Back and forth, back and forth, and then Bloodstone steps up a gear. From that point on Anderson's in a certain amount of trouble which just builds... and builds... until finally he's facedown on the mat, the arms are hooked, and Bloodstone flips forward into the Bloodstone Mutilation. Anderson tries three or four different counters, none of which work in the long run, and in the end, he taps.
Johnny Bloodstone defeated John Anderson
Rating: B

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The Bombshell rolls into the ring to embrace Bloodstone and Art Reed walks down the entrance ramp applauding – and almost side by side with him comes Brent Hill, who slides into the ring and talks quietly for a few moments with Anderson before the two Machines head backstage.

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As they do they pass Rick Law, who makes a point of shaking Anderson's hand before heading to the ring.

“Ladies and gentlemen,” he begins, “As you've already heard, the Board have awarded me the right to make the main event, if I choose, at any Badge of Honor show.

“I requested this as a way to help make Badge of Honor a show where your ability can stand out, where cheating can be easily punished.

“But this week, that's not why I did it.

“Many of you won't know this, but this man,” and he gestures to Art Reed, “made a name for himself among the more hardcore wrestling fans going up against the School of Tradition's masked man Acid.

“I say that many of you won't know this because the shows weren't televised. If you didn't follow wrestling closely in the 2001-2003 period, you wouldn't even have heard about it. And tapes of the matches are hard to come by.

“Still, these matches made names for two men. They led to those competitors being signed to DaVE, and it's what those men did in DaVE that brought them here, right to the peak.

“So tonight, I choose to make a match in peace. Tonight, I choose to make a match because when they were wrestling that series of matches, I was busy – too busy to see them.

“And tonight, I make a match as a fan of wrestling. As a fan of the talent TCW has under contract.

“Tonight, we turn back the clock.”

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Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell
Sad to say, the match likely isn't much better received than they originally were. By TCW's standards these two men are not yet big names, and while they've got followings, it's still not all it could be.

With that said, it's refreshing to see that Art Reed and Acid still retain their chemistry together. Hyped up to expect something special, the fans don't embrace this match as well as you might hope for.

Reed and Acid seem evenly matched throughout, just as they used to be; Art Reed has, perhaps, a slight advantage.

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And then it happens, a real downer of an ending. Acid 'lands badly' and Sam Sparrow goes to check on him; Eric Tyler dives into the ring and catches Reed with a set of brass knucks to the face, then rolls clear. Acid bounces back to his feet, to the top rope, and hurtles outward...

The Acid Rain Bomb lands...

And the School of Tradition carry the match after their leader interfered.
Acid defeated Art Reed
Rating: C-

Show Rating: C+

[Phantom Stranger]

Show notes:

- Laura Huggins is getting a lot of work these days. On the other hand, she's improved a lot.

- The Easy Riders' moveset is liberally stolen from a currently-active team in an American company. I suspect some of my readers can tell which. It just seems to fit.

- Reed and Acid both need to be more over.

- When this diary started, people commented on the tag scene being stagnant. Over the past few months, I hope it's begun to look a bit more interesting...

[The Celt]

Show notes:
- Reed and Acid both need to be more over.


Well what the hell did I tell you, hell, they're just DAVE jobbers! They've a long way to go before they're even on the same level of superstars like Giant Tana or Painful Procedure, hell. Hell, they don't know how to entertain since they've only ever drawn 46 fans to a bingo hall in Pittsburgh. Hell, it doesn't matter anyways, I didn't even bother to watch the match much anyways because Tuesday night football was on and you don't have to be loyal to TCW when they put jobbers on. Hell. Hell.

Ok joking aside I think I probably jinxed that main event with my WWElitist style stuff. My bad :P

[Phantom Stranger]

No unanimous voting here - nor any fully-accurate nominations. This time, The Celt, Bigpapa42, and Hyde Hill split the honours, and as such they get something that'll soon be historic... One of the last TCW Tag Team Specialists shirts apiece:

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[Phantom Stranger]

Well what the hell did I tell you, hell, they're just DAVE jobbers! They've a long way to go before they're even on the same level of superstars like Giant Tana or Painful Procedure, hell. Hell, they don't know how to entertain since they've only ever drawn 46 fans to a bingo hall in Pittsburgh. Hell, it doesn't matter anyways, I didn't even bother to watch the match much anyways because Tuesday night football was on and you don't have to be loyal to TCW when they put jobbers on. Hell. Hell.

Ok joking aside I think I probably jinxed that main event with my WWElitist style stuff. My bad :P

Heh. To be honest, I dithered over putting it in the main event because a blind guy who'd never encountered wrestling could have guessed that Bloodstone/Anderson would do better. It ended up the way it did so that Rick Law could make it, playing up a bit more of Law's character, actually making use of the stip regarding the Badge of Honor main event - for more of which, see next week - and draw some attention to the bout's history without putting enough focus on it that it'd need pushing beyond a B-show main event.

And, of course, it's a B-show. I'm not horribly worried if the main event doesn't deliver. Mostly I'm pleasantly surprised that this save gave Reed and Acid the good chemistry you'd suspect from the Cornellverse site.

[Phantom Stranger]

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Saturday 15th July 2008
Whenever wrestlers argue backstage, it's always about money or something that comes down to it. How high on the card you are is money. How popular you are with the fans is money; it affects how high on the card you are and how many gimmicks you move at the merchandise table.

Or that's what we tell people, anyway. In practice, the idea that anyone's making enough money for people to get pissed off at them goes back only as far as Mickey Starr – and most of us were fine with Starr earning the big money so long as he kept drawing the big gates for the rest of us. Time goes by, though, and TV makes more stars on that level.

And ego comes into it then. So we get these arguments – but it's rare. Money is usually a cover for something else, because unless you're, say, Cliff 'Dark Angel' Wilson and you're pissed off that Sean McFly is making more from Dan Stone than you are (and for the record, I have no idea if that's true, and I doubt that Cliff would get mad about it anyway) the amounts involved just aren't big enough to get irate about. Personally, I think the growth of arguments over how much the company pushes people mostly say that we've got a lot more people wrestling now who haven't let go of seeing the business the way they did as fans.

I mention all this because Thom Barrowman – you probably know him better as Guide – and Edd Stone are no longer speaking. All either man will tell me is that it's about money, but it's commonly accepted that Barrowman started the argument – apparently following a house show last week that featured all the champions against the Syndicate as its main event - and he earns four thousand a month more than Edd. The two are no longer on speaking terms, from what I can gather.

My money is on Edd Stone accidentally (whatever else you could say about him, he wouldn't do this deliberately) having approached Thom's girlfriend at some point. But I'm the booker, and my time in the locker room is limited; I don't expect to ever find out, if I'm honest.

In other news, Acid's been antagonising Robert Oxford a little, probably taking advantage of the fact Robert (and it's weird, but I've never known anyone call him Rob or Bob) is going to be leaving pretty soon.

Backstage, Joel Bryant and the Huggins twins are the best members of the School. In the ring, they're all good. Good enough to keep them on – I still wish I hadn't lost Robert.

Be interesting to see how Joel's new partner does.

[Phantom Stranger]

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The only way we can describe what's coming up in this edition of Total Wrestling is to call it 'stacked'. To give you some idea, the opening contest is a number one contenders' match for the Hard-Hitting Championship; Ricky Dale Johnson will face off against Tyson Baine.

Following that, the Machines will once again be in action against the duo of Barry Kingman and Clark Alexander. It seems like the Syndicate's powerhouse tag team are positioning themselves for a return to glory after the record-breaking length of their last tag team title run.

Edd Stone faces off against Art Reed after that. The All-Action Championship will not be on the line, which we suspect will be something of a relief to Mr Cornell.

Koshiro Ino will also be in action, again non-title action against the firebrand Frankie Perez. Perez, who's been low on wins but impressive in his fighting, has a chance to really step up here against the Kobra.

Following that is another contendership match; this one's for the World Heavyweight Championship. Chris Rockwell will face off against Wolf Hawkins who, we note, has already had one chance to become the top contender. We don't like to comment on Syndicate favouritism, but...

In the main event, Tommy Cornell and Sam Keith appear to have settle their differences. The duo have issued a challenge to Troy Tornado for a tag-team match, to which Troy is welcome to bring any partner he can. At the time of writing Tornado's partner is unknown, though Tyson Baine is known to have turned him down in no uncertain terms. Giant Tana is becoming a favourite guess on our message boards.

Prediction Key:
Hard-Hitting Championship #1 Contendership Match
Ricky Dale Johnson vs. Tyson Baine

Kingman & Alexander vs. The Machines

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Edd Stone (non-title)

Frankie Perez vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily (non-title)

World Heavyweight Championship #1 Contendership Match
Chris Rockwell vs. Wolf Hawkins

Sam Keith & Tommy Cornell vs. Troy Tornado & ????

[James Casey]

Hah! First!

Hard-Hitting Championship #1 Contendership Match
Ricky Dale Johnson vs. Tyson Baine RDJ is kinda too big for the belt, so Baine takes this

Kingman & Alexander vs. The Machines Yeah.

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Edd Stone (non-title) Just to emphasise how the rest of the Syndicate are kinda doing well

Frankie Perez vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily (non-title) Ino seems to have lost a little sparkle of late

World Heavyweight Championship #1 Contendership Match
Chris Rockwell vs. Wolf Hawkins I can see Wolf getting another shot, but Rockwell is your boy, so I think he gets the duke as Troy's first non-Syndicate challenger. A match with Troy would be good for his image, and a loss won't hurt him, therefore he gets the honour of being the first new face up top for a while

Sam Keith & Tommy Cornell vs. Troy Tornado & ???? I'm a little lost with Keith/Cornell... But the feuding partner storyline is as old as wrestling, so I can see this one going to the Syndicate somehow

[Tigerkinney]

Hard-Hitting Championship #1 Contendership Match
Ricky Dale Johnson vs. Tyson Baine

Agree with Mr Casey, RDJ seems a bit above this belt but a loss to Baine won't hurt him.

Kingman & Alexander vs. The Machines

Jobbers du Jour ain't going to get a win over The Machines, who obviously still have some more mileage as a Tag pairing.

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Edd Stone (non-title)

Outside of when he's putting his All Action belt on the line, Stone has probably been brought into the Syndicate to be their fall guy, so Reed who probably doesn't have designs on Stone's belt gets the win.

Frankie Perez vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily (non-title)

I'd say Ino wins here just to remind everyone that he is still a force and whilst Perez has been prominent on the shows, in all honesty he only seems to be beating those lower on the card than him.

World Heavyweight Championship #1 Contendership Match
Chris Rockwell vs. Wolf Hawkins

Interesting, as this is essentially heel vs heel...hopefully they'll pull out a good enough match for it not to be an issue. I call a draw here to set up Tornado's first PPV title defence as a three way.

Sam Keith & Tommy Cornell vs. Troy Tornado & ????

More problems between the Syndicate leaders leads to Tornado and his mystery partner (Rick Law ?) getting the win.

[Hyde Hill]

Hard-Hitting Championship #1 Contendership Match
Ricky Dale Johnson vs. Tyson Baine

Kingman & Alexander vs. The Machines

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Edd Stone (non-title)

Frankie Perez vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily (non-title)

World Heavyweight Championship #1 Contendership Match
Chris Rockwell vs. Wolf Hawkins

Sam Keith & Tommy Cornell vs. Troy Tornado & ????

[Zeel1]

Hard-Hitting Championship #1 Contendership Match
Ricky Dale Johnson vs. Tyson Baine
Baine just seems like a slightly better choice for this.

Kingman & Alexander vs. The Machines
K&A aren't beating The Machines for their first Prime Time win..

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Edd Stone (non-title)
Reed seems to have been pushed rather heavily, so I pick him over Stone. Although, I could see this ending in a bit of a draw as well..

Frankie Perez vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily (non-title)
Hmm..a win over the International Champion would be an easy way to make him look like a good contender for it, but I still go with Ino.

World Heavyweight Championship #1 Contendership Match
Chris Rockwell vs. Wolf Hawkins
I'm not seeing either of these guys going 1-on-1 with the champ on PPV..maybe a DQ/Time Limit draw, to set up a Triple Threat?

Sam Keith & Tommy Cornell vs. Troy Tornado & Giant Tana
Tana single handidly defeats both Cornell and Keith, then proceeds to hit the Rough Ride on Cornell, Keith, Tornado, Azaria, Dangerous, Doakes, any referee he can get his hands on, a couple of fans, including sign guy, the hot dog vendor, and Bill from accounting. Just because he is the man who you best beleive is The Juggerna-, I mean, Giant Tana, b*tch!

[Bigpapa42]

Hard-Hitting Championship #1 Contendership Match
Ricky Dale Johnson vs. Tyson Baine

Agree with Mr Casey, RDJ seems a bit above this belt but a loss to Baine won't hurt him.

Kingman & Alexander vs. The Machines

Jobbers du Jour ain't going to get a win over The Machines, who obviously still have some more mileage as a Tag pairing.

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Edd Stone (non-title)

Outside of when he's putting his All Action belt on the line, Stone has probably been brought into the Syndicate to be their fall guy, so Reed who probably doesn't have designs on Stone's belt gets the win.

Frankie Perez vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily (non-title)

I'd say Ino wins here just to remind everyone that he is still a force and whilst Perez has been prominent on the shows, in all honesty he only seems to be beating those lower on the card than him.

World Heavyweight Championship #1 Contendership Match
Chris Rockwell vs. Wolf Hawkins

Interesting, as this is essentially heel vs heel...hopefully they'll pull out a good enough match for it not to be an issue. I call a draw here to set up Tornado's first PPV title defence as a three way.

Sam Keith & Tommy Cornell vs. Troy Tornado & ????

More problems between the Syndicate leaders leads to Tornado and his mystery partner (Rick Law ?) getting the win.

I'm going to back TK"s picks here, including the #1 contender match draw. I couldn't really decide on that one and a draw just seems an interesting way to go.

[Candyman]

Prediction Key:
Hard-Hitting Championship #1 Contendership Match
Ricky Dale Johnson vs. Tyson Baine

Kingman & Alexander vs. The Machines

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Edd Stone (non-title)

Frankie Perez vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily (non-title)

World Heavyweight Championship #1 Contendership Match
Chris Rockwell vs. Wolf Hawkins

Sam Keith & Tommy Cornell vs. Troy Tornado & ????

[Marcel Fromage]

Sorry have fallen behind in my reading this last couple of weeks, PS. Need to catch up...

Hard-Hitting Championship #1 Contendership Match
Ricky Dale Johnson vs. Tyson Baine

Kingman & Alexander vs. The Machines

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Edd Stone (non-title)

Frankie Perez vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily (non-title)

World Heavyweight Championship #1 Contendership Match
Chris Rockwell vs. Wolf Hawkins

Sam Keith & Tommy Cornell vs. Troy Tornado & ????

[Regis]

Prediction Key:
Hard-Hitting Championship #1 Contendership Match
Ricky Dale Johnson vs. Tyson Baine
Always gotta vote for RDJ, although it might be a DQ win as Baine Heels out massively.

Kingman & Alexander vs. The Machines
One day, we may see K&A vs. Kazuma and The Kid as our Tag Team Title match, pulling down the ratings that deserves. But not yet.

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Edd Stone (non-title)
Non-title clinches it for me. Edd's cool, but Reed is due a hot start.

Frankie Perez vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily (non-title)
Betting against Perez is not a bad strategy these days.

World Heavyweight Championship #1 Contendership Match
Chris Rockwell vs. Wolf Hawkins
Because Wolf Hawkins just doesn't have what it takes.

Sam Keith & Tommy Cornell vs. Troy Tornado & ????
Bloodstone's my guess - he'll be over enough to get past Team Creative Control.

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 3 July 2008

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 3.14)

Held at the Connecticut Symphony Hall (New England)

Attendance: 10,000 (Sold Out)

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Shawn Doakes

#1 Contendership – Hard Hitting Championship
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Ricky Dale Johnson vs. Tyson Baine
It ain't pretty, I'll tell you that. Johnson falls easily enough back into the role of the underdog fighting hard as Baine continues to work up a bigger and bigger head of steam, fury and rage. More than once, one of the announce team just says flatly “He's losing it.”

What he actually loses, however, is the match, when Johnson out-of-nowhere manages to get the Southern Justice on the big man. After nearly a quarter of an hour, RDJ becomes the next contender.
Ricky Dale Johnson defeated Tyson Baine
Rating: C+

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Baine gets back to his feet almost instantly and RDJ backs off, keeping an eye on him. Baine looks like he might snap at any point – and then one man's applause starts to sound through the arena.

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Sam Keith is stood on the entrance ramp as RDJ and Baine square off.

“Congratulations, Ricky,” Keith offers, smirking. “I think you got him mad.

“Now let's be fair – you also got a shot at this,” and his hand pats the belt. “But you put yourself through a lot to do it.” He grins. “And at Summer Showdown we're No Holds Barred.

“Looking at you now I can see you favouring your shoulder. That's just standing.” Johnson glances at it, unimpressed; Baine's eyes, on the other hand, lock on, smouldering with rage, in the back of shot. “Imagine what it'll be like when you're wrestling.

“And when I get to use any hold I care to.

“Get your health insurance paid up, Ricky. I'd rather not retire you all the way.”

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Kingman & Alexander vs. The Machines
The Machines turn in their usual high-paced, high-efficiency work, but – as there has been since they lost their titles – there's a little hesitation to it.

So maybe it's that. Maybe it's Barry and Clark learning to work together more effectively – certainly Clark's there immediately to break the pin attempt following a King of the Hill.

Maybe it's a fluke. Whatever the case, John Anderson's Ammo Dump attempt is blocked and reversed into the Hawaiian Breaker, giving Kingman & Alexander the win as Barry blocks an interception. Looking around the crowd, it seems few people believe what just happened.
Kingman & Alexander defeated The Machines
Rating: C

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“WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?”

The voice sounds over the PA even before the former World Heavyweight Champion is visible, stalking angrily down the ramp microphone in hand.

“Brent, John, I'm disgusted,” Cornell continues. “How the hell could you let these two get past you? The New Wave I can understand. But this – this-”

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Gimme Shelter begins to play, and Sam Keith heads down the ramp after Cornell. Behind him, one a little worried, the other nonchalantly slapping hands with the crowd, are Wolf Hawkins and Edd Stone.

“Tommy,” Sam says, locking eyes with the head of the Syndicate. “Anything can happen on the night. You know this. I know you know this, because you brought me in to stop these things happening.

“But I can't do that when you're making us save ourselves for title matches. Especially when there isn't a goddamn title match to save ourselves for!”

Cornell stares back at him. “Sam,” he says quietly. “You're bloody lucky to still be in this company. If I fire you from the Syndicate, you won't be.

“Save me your crap. Brent, John – we're going to discuss this. Backstage.” He glares at the other Syndicate men. “You all better win tonight.”

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Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Edd Stone
Edd Stone. So innovative. So smooth. Gifted. Brilliant.

Inattentive.

Art Reed. Widely trained. Smooth. Dedicated. Expert.

Focused.

That's the contest here, and it's one that by and large delivers on that opposition. When Edd is good, he's incredible – at one point blocking a lift for a powerbomb, sweeping Reed's legs and flipping forward to pin, once again proving that whatever you're approach YOU CAN'T POWERBOMB EDD STONE.

At another Edd counters an arm wringer with a backflip dropkick to break the hold, landing on the top rope and sailing off again for a splash – but if he'd looked before leaping, rather than mugging for the crowd, he'd have seen that Reed was already rolling clear. And ultimately, that's what settles this one; Art Reed mops up after a nasty spill, clamps down the Dread Lock, and makes Edd tap.
Art Reed defeated Edd Stone
Rating: C

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We return now to the final instalment of the Horatio Dangerous/Frankie Perez interview. At the end of the last instalment, Perez had explained that he was tempted by the Syndicate's offer but refused it.

“So why not?” Dangerous asks, clearly curious.

Perez shrugs. “Tommy Cornell has a rule,” he says. “He needs it, I guess, to keep that crew together. But it's not a rule I could agree to.

“Anyone watching this probably remembers a few years ago when Cornell had a different crew for backup. The Specialists. Charlie Thatcher. They didn't do so well, but then, they weren't this crew. The Specialists know what they're doing, but...” He shrugs.

“So OK. The Syndicate – Sam Keith, right? His record speaks for itself. Wolf Hawkins. The Machines, who're both phenomenal.

“They're good people to have at your back. Actually, they're incredible people to have at your back. But we've all seen groups like that fracture and bicker.

“Tommy Cornell has a rule to dodge that, and it's one you have to agree with if you're in the Syndicate.

“And it's not one I can accept.”

Dangerous raises an eyebrow. “I'll admit, I've not heard this...”

“Course not,” Perez shrugs. “You only hear it if you're good enough to be pitched.

“It's very simple. If you want to run with him. If you want that kind of backup – then you have to agree that whenever he's got the World Heavyweight Championship, or when he's eligible to claim it, you gotta get out of his way.

“As much as maybe I can't win it yet, I couldn't agree to that. On any given day, who knows who I might beat?”

Dangerous looks back at Perez, silent, and Frankie just grins. “Anyway,” he says. “You ask me, there're people I could work with who'd get more out of me and I'd get more out of them.”

“Like?”

“As if I'm going to give up an advantage before I need to.”

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Frankie Perez vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
In what may be Frankie Perez' best performance to date, he and Koshiro Ino simply brutalise each other in pure puroresu style.

It would be hard to say who actually comes off worst – one of the biggest moments is a backdrop suplex by Ino; Perez twists and lands clean and hits his own, dumping Ino out of the ring. While that one would easily have kept the International Champion down for three, Frankie can't get him back into the ring in time – and by the time he does, Ino comes back with an uppercut and three blinding lariats.

The Kobra tries to land the Kobra's Bite, but Frankie twists clear and scores with a big hook kick to the head. A bulldog attempt by Perez gets turned into a backdrop suplex, but Perez kicks out, coming back with a lariat of his own and a Ganso bomb. Ino kicks out – just barely – and Perez goes for the P-Clutch, only for the Kobra to find the wherewithal to move and force Frankie's shoulders to the ground, scoring a narrow pin.
Koshiro Ino defeated Frankie Perez
Rating: B

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Back from commercial, and through the arena's corridors the Blonde Bombshell walks with a purpose. Behind her, Johnny Bloodstone and Art Reed follow in silent solidarity.

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The Bombshell raps her knuckles against a door. Troy Tornado emerges to answer.

Bombshell chuckles. “Your fight tonight.”

“What about it?”

“You still need a running mate?”

Tornado's eyes run over Bloodstone, who's stayed silent.

“He offering?”

Bloodstone inclines his head, just very slightly, and Troy smiles. “Alright,” he says. “We'll rock.”

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Number One Contendership – World Heavyweight Championship
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Chris Rockwell vs. Wolf Hawkins
Rockwell and Hawkins seem to have difficulty meshing in the early moments, but they don't let that stop them; this is fast, this is hard-hitting, this is practically Wolf Hawkins' coming-out party while Rockwell does not in any way look weak.

Which is, of course, why Hawkins looks so good. He and Chris deliver a mat classic broken up by airborne assaults, comfortably within each others' capacity to work with, and while there's nothing unique about it, it's the emotion that really sells it.

Both men want this. Both men really want this, and it looks like both men are perfectly happy to almost die to get it. And that gives both men the drive they need.

No one fails to kick out. No one fails to reach the ropes. And with Eugene Williams vigilant throughout, neither man is willing to risk disqualification (though Chris Rockwell remains unafraid to sweep the leg.) This one goes all the way to the twenty minute mark undecided.
Chris Rockwell drew with Wolf Hawkins
Rating: B

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Sam Keith & Tommy Cornell vs. Troy Tornado & Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell
Sometimes, two men just can't find their rhythm as a team.

You'd expect that, tonight, to be Cornell and Keith, but for all the dissent clearly evident on both men's side, they still function better than Tornado and Bloodstone, and that means that the match just never really gets going, never hits its stride.

At least Bloodstone and Tornado end the match still in alignment, however; after too many slightly late tags, after too many harsh words, tempers flare in the Syndicate team just a little too much. Cornell tags Keith, uses the ropes to slingshot him into the ring, stomps him, lifts him up, and hits the Rough Ride on him.

After that, he leaves the ring. Tornado, almost seeming to shrug, pins Keith – then helps him up. The camera seems to see him mouth “sorry about that, man.”
Troy Tornado & Johnny Bloodstone defeated Sam Keith & Tommy Cornell
Rating: B-

Show Rating: B

[Phantom Stranger]

A fair range of results for Total Wrestling this time out, but the majority are still winners. With four correct guesses apiece, Tigerkinney, Hyde Hill, Zeel1, Bigpapa42, Candyman and Regis all walk away with the new American Buffalo shirt:

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That's right, it's the only good reason to cheer for Buffalo.

[Phantom Stranger]

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Wednesday 17th July, 2008
I do feel sorry, it has to be said, for Barry Kingman. And Clark Alexander – actually, Clark in particular.

Barry was brought into TCW a couple of months before I fully took over on my recommendation, as a talented enough worker whose role would be to work with our bigger but less talented names – I'm thinking here of folks like American Buffalo, and for that matter, had the disappointment with Natural Talent not taken place, Painful Procedure. Charlie Thatcher. That kind of thing.

Circumstances – largely the need to flesh out our tag team division – have given the pair more work than they would otherwise have had, and other circumstances – their being, currently, probably the best-received of our undercard face teams – led to a recent win over the Machines, who are easily one of our three biggest-name teams.

So why do I feel sorry for them?

Because the angle that led to them being given the win – while hopefully that win will help their perception – was an angle that followed. A public dressing-down of the Machines due to the enormity of this loss.

And that doesn't make Clark and Barry sound very good, does it?

Still... it's a win, in a big company, on our big show. And the original purpose of signing Barry having evaporated due to the level of improvement we're seeing out of workers in Coastal Zone, I'm glad we've found something new for him. In time, these two may become more successful.

Thursday 18th July 2008
And speaking of Coastal Zone... I'm in town, at the training camp they've set up (chiefly with TCW funding, to be fair), and I'm watching people train. I think, with Pete Hall's addition to the team, that our coaches can now provide a good to excellent grounding in absolutely every area of the business.

And most of the people we've got in here are responding to that excellently. Looking around, I see another four tag teams (including Natural Talent) being nurtured. Some of them may not make it. Some of them may spend only a brief while in TCW, like Natural Talent's first run. But they're definitely all performing better than they were when they were signed.

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Marc Speed, presumably moments after biting into a lemon
Alt credit to FINisher

There are others, too. The bar to Marc Speed's achievements currently remains the fact that only a very few internet enthusiasts have heard of him. Cliff Anderson is cultivating Marc slowly, exposing him to the locals. We can hope that the crossover audience support whenever we're in the area will help Marc look good when it's finally time to call him up, but I'm looking forward to it. It's rare to see such an all-rounder in the ring; nothing stands out as a major strong point, but equally he can go to any style his opponent chooses. Louis Figo Manico and the Speedball are active now, running through a spot that I imagine will be seen on next week's TV; it's fast, it's slick, and I'm not going to try to set it down in text.

I take a break, talking through potential stable plans with a couple of the guys closer to call up – according to current plans, anyway. By the time I turn back, Steve Flash is running the show, and it's Texas Pete he's working with.

Pete Goldman has a grin on his face, working backstage here, that I can't recall seeing on Total Wrestling or any of his old SWF work. But then, I suppose, he'd been promised stardom for six years when he came here and stepped, by virtue of the level he'd established himself at, into a main event role.

I wrote before that I felt Pete treated being kicked down to dev as a shot in the arm, a galvanizing force. He's still easily the biggest party animal we have – with due respect to Edd Stone's growing collection of nicknames – but there's been focus to his work here. Enthusiasm. Dynamism.

He's actually learning. He might just be learning faster than anyone else we've got here.

(As I wrote that, Pete hit the ropes and hit something best described as a leaping big boot. He then transitioned to a single leg crab. I'd have preferred a hold that worked the head – There we go. Steve made the same point.

Yes, that way works much better. Where was I?)

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Texas Pete: Rebranding Himself

It's a new look for him, too. A goatee – which doesn't look great to me – and long hair. With the speedier moves he's applying, it's much better than the crew cut under that Stetson. The hair's motion opens up a real sense of dynamism. And that means he'll 'seem' to be moving faster. And that, of course, means his moves look like they're hitting harder and tougher to dodge.

Pete Goldman was promised he'd be a champion for four years, with the SWF. After an incident I don't know the details of and won't go into, he left for TCW. For the first time, I'm seeing indications that one day, we genuinely might want to make him a champion. If he tightens up the underpinnings of his game, he could be very good.

[cmdrsam]

Phantom I have been a lurker for sometime now. But I really like what your doing. Your display of the coming tension between Keith and Cornell really has me marking. Keep up the good work.

[Bigpapa42]

Love the new look for Texas Pete. If I had used that alt, I might have felt okay with pushing him in the SWF. And maybe if he was a bit more talented...

[Phantom Stranger]

Phantom I have been a lurker for sometime now. But I really like what your doing. Your display of the coming tension between Keith and Cornell really has me marking. Keep up the good work.

Your kind words are definitely appreciated, sir. July 2008 is not shaping up to be the Syndicate's best month... Mind you, June didn't turn out that way either. Who thinks they'll make it past the summer?

Love the new look for Texas Pete. If I had used that alt, I might have felt okay with pushing him in the SWF. And maybe if he was a bit more talented...

He really is coming along well in dev, I've got to say. Mostly in terms of developing more options, but it's getting to be something I'm enthusiastic about. Every couple of weeks now I ponder calling him up versus giving him another little while of rapid education...

For what it's worth, the 'alt' isn't really an alt, it's a future worker called the Texas Hangman I stumbled across while planning the game out and looking for Texas Pete alts. If I end up employing them both in 2017, I'll have to figure something out. But it's a rare diary that reaches nine years, and rarer still when you've nine shows a month.

If I have to worry about it I'll be happy to have the problem.

[Phantom Stranger]

Also, yipe, 20,000+ views?

Thanks, guys. Sincerely. I'm glad to have you along for the ride.

[Bigpapa42]

I thought it looked familiar. Regardless of where it came from, it still changes things up in a very good way. Whether it would have been using a completely different alt for him or request specific changes, I had options. Just never bothered with it.

[Phantom Stranger]

I thought it looked familiar. Regardless of where it came from, it still changes things up in a very good way. Whether it would have been using a completely different alt for him or request specific changes, I had options. Just never bothered with it.

By the time he came in, it wasn't really that useful for you; he could be big, but he was never going to be the biggest gun. (He probably isn't for me, either, but he might, right now, be a better worker, if less over, than Rocky Golden and his Menace is nothing to complain about.)

[Phantom Stranger]

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What a week. Ricky Dale Johnson is a number one contender, the TCW Board have ruled, through Mayhem Midden, that Wolf Hawkins and Chris Rockwell have both earned the chance to wrestle for the World Heavyweight Championship, and - perhaps best of all - the Syndicate looks like it's falling apart.

Hot tag team action to start off Badge of Honor this week as we arrive in the War Memorial Auditorium in South Dakota; the Tag Team Specialists will face off against the New Wave in a non-title contest.

Current number one contenders the Young Guns have a tag match of their own; they'll take on Miyazaki & Ota as a warm-up against the technical assault that the New Wave can muster.

Eddie Peak will also be in action, and this week he faces off agaisnt Fly Boy Jimmy P.

Next up is a six-man tag which could have repercussions for the World Heavyweight Championship; Wolf Hawkins and the Machines will face off with Troy Tornado and Painful Procedure.

Finally, Rick Law has again confirmed his selected main event in advance; following Eric Tyler's interference in the Reed/Acid battle last week, Law has made a tag-team match with Tyler & Acid facing off against Law & Reed

Prediction Key:
The New Wave vs. The Tag Team Specialists (non-title)

Miyazaki & Ota vs. The Young Guns

Eddie Peak vs. Jimmy P w/ Donnie J

Troy Tornado & Painful Procedure vs. Wolf Hawkins & the Machines

Art Reed & Rick Law vs. Eric Tyler & Acid w/ Laura Huggins

[Bigpapa42]

The New Wave vs. The Tag Team Specialists (non-title)

Miyazaki & Ota vs. The Young Guns

Eddie Peak vs. Jimmy P w/ Donnie J

Troy Tornado & Painful Procedure vs. Wolf Hawkins & the Machines

Art Reed & Rick Law vs. Eric Tyler & Acid w/ Laura Huggins

[Hyde Hill]

Ditto.

[The Celt]

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Marc Speed, presumably moments after biting into a lemon
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YAY! Marc Speed getting a look at. It'd be nice to see on TCW, his technical style matches the sort of company they are. Bloodstone Vs Speed would be great match if/when Speed gets built up a bit


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Texas Pete: Rebranding Himself

Braveheart Pete? Because that does appear to be Tartan on his...armour? I think it's fair to say new gimmick coming our way.


The New Wave vs. The Tag Team Specialists (non-title)

Miyazaki & Ota vs. The Young Guns
Miyazaki really needs to win this one as the biggest and hardest hitting man in this match if he's going to be seen as legit

Eddie Peak vs. Jimmy P w/ Donnie J
PEAK IS GONNA KILL YOU...PEAK IS GONNA KILL YOU. Man, Jimmy P could not have less chance of winning this match. To Peak I say: Suit Up! American Pyscho gimmick plz

Troy Tornado & Painful Procedure vs. Wolf Hawkins & the Machines
There is no WAY that Hopkirk and BJS are getting a win over Syndicate, the popularity gap is just too wide

Art Reed & Rick Law vs. Eric Tyler & Acid w/ Laura Huggins
AHH HELL More of these DaVE jobbers? It's going to bomb Dangerous, it's going to bomb! Get a stick and beat them back to the bingo halls!

Rick Law is deciding factor here...IT'S HIS SHOW

[Zeel1]

The New Wave vs. The Tag Team Specialists (non-title)
THE GREATEST TAG TEAM IN THE WORLD TODAY with another win.

Miyazaki & Ota vs. The Young Guns
Guns continue to look like the strongest team in the PP stable.

Eddie Peak vs. Jimmy P w/ Donnie J
Yeah, pretty much everything in this match bets heavily against J-to-the-P.

Troy Tornado & Painful Procedure vs. Wolf Hawkins & the Machines
The World Champion losing on the B-show? I sure as hell hope not!

Art Reed & Rick Law vs. Eric Tyler & Acid w/ Laura Huggins
I really feel like you're making the exact same mistake you made last time here, Tornado, Hawkins and The Machines will probably make a better match then this..anyway, I pick Reed and Law because Law DOES NOT LOSE ON THIS SHOW.

[Phantom Stranger]

I really feel like you're making the exact same mistake you made last time here, Tornado, Hawkins and The Machines will probably make a better match then this.

Yes. It probably will.

Question for you, though:

Rick Law gets to set the match in which card position on Badge of Honor?

This is TCW, not the SWF! When we establish something on screen we have to stick to it until viewers can reasonably be assumed to have forgotten!

[Tigerkinney]

The New Wave vs. The Tag Team Specialists (non-title)

Non title it may be the champs stay strong with a win over the old men.

Miyazaki & Ota vs. The Young Guns

The Young Guns with current number one contender status and a pretty strong push right now should also pick up the victory.

Eddie Peak vs. Jimmy P w/ Donnie J

Eddie's gonna kill you, Eddie's gonna kill you !

Troy Tornado & Painful Procedure vs. Wolf Hawkins & the Machines

Everything seems to be pointing towards a Syndicate in turmoil vibe, espeically with the Machines losing to Alexander and Kingman (:eek:). So the world champ stays strong with a win, whilst Painful to Watch come along for the ride.

Art Reed & Rick Law vs. Eric Tyler & Acid w/ Laura Huggins

It's probably in Rick Law's contract that he does not lose on badge of honour. :p

[Regis]

Prediction Key:
The New Wave vs. The Tag Team Specialists (non-title)
Keep the champs strong going into the PPV.

Miyazaki & Ota vs. The Young Guns
Keep the contenders strong going into the PPV.

Eddie Peak vs. Jimmy P w/ Donnie J
JOBBER!

Troy Tornado & Painful Procedure vs. Wolf Hawkins & the Machines
It... makes little sense in terms of quality, but Tornado can do the heavy lifting and the Syndicate is falling apart.

Art Reed & Rick Law vs. Eric Tyler & Acid w/ Laura Huggins
It's his show, he takes it.

[Phantom Stranger]

A fairly irritating trojan attack has put me behind on work and, consequently, means I don't have time to do the Badge of Honor writeup right now. So just a note to expect it sometime between now and midweek (thankfully, the game wasn't damaged or lost).

[Marcel Fromage]

The New Wave vs. The Tag Team Specialists (non-title)

Miyazaki & Ota vs. The Young Guns

Eddie Peak vs. Jimmy P w/ Donnie J

Troy Tornado & Painful Procedure vs. Wolf Hawkins & the Machines

Art Reed & Rick Law vs. Eric Tyler & Acid w/ Laura Huggins

[foolinc]

The New Wave vs. The Tag Team Specialists (non-title)

Miyazaki & Ota vs. The Young Guns

Eddie Peak vs. Jimmy P w/ Donnie J

Troy Tornado & Painful Procedure vs. Wolf Hawkins & the Machines

Art Reed & Rick Law vs. Eric Tyler & Acid w/ Laura Huggins

[Phantom Stranger]

So I posted that comment, what, Monday?

And then my Net went down. I'm barely back up and running, but I am. Show will go up when I get back froma trip out.

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 1 June 2008

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 0.31)

Held at the War Memorial Auditorium (Mid West)

Attendance: 2000 (Sold Out)

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Jasmine Saunders – Kyle Rhodes

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The New Wave vs. The Tag Team Specialists w/ Laura Huggins
It is, as Saunders remarks, the first time Laura Huggins has come down to ringside with these particular members of the School of Tradition. Robert Oxford is still limping - “At his age,” Rhodes says, “you're grateful if you wake up to any improvement at all.”

However, somewhat curiously, while the knee is still taped up, the heavy knee brace he'd been sporting is nowhere in sight.

Robert Oxford flexes his leg carefully, considers, and stays in the ring to face off with Scout. Hold and reversal – they start off simple, both men seeming happy to have a chance to work into a rhythm.

And then Oxford, outdone in one sequence, escapes with a thumb to the eye. Scout gets blind-tagged out; Guide leaps into the ring over the top rope and promptly tackles Oxford's leg out from him. He begins to work it, hard; Oxford manages, just, to escape, tagging back out to Joel.

Bryant does his best here, where some would claim he's outclassed. On the apron, Oxford tests his knee gingerly.

Almost unnoticed – though Saunders picks up on it on commentary, meaning everyone gets it pointed out – Oxford looks to Laura Huggins and shakes his head infinitesimally. She nods and heads backstage.

Joel holds his own against Guide. A quick tag by the New Wave sees Scout blindside him and get the upper hand, however.

Robert Oxford climbs back down the stairs away from the ring and borrows the timekeeper's steel chair, sitting down. Bryant notices – looks appalled – takes a volley of punches to the face and finds himself hoisted onto the top turnbuckle, back in his own corner. Guide calls for a superplex.

And then someone rolls into the ring. Dressed to wrestle, they hit something very like a sunset flip on Guide, powerbombing him off the second rope; Bryant manages to hold on to the ropes, stays upright, and offers his hand.

The newcomer tags in. Eugene Williams, about to call the DQ, gets called over by Laura Huggins, who begins to whisper something into his ear.

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“I recognise him,” Azaria declares. “That's Sean Deeley! Amateur champion turned pro wrestler up in the frozen north.

“Bit young for the School of Tradition, but so is Freddy Huggins.”

Williams lets the match go on, and for five minutes the team of Bryant and Deeley take it to the New Wave. Ultimately, Deeley's a fresh man, and that's the only thing that separates the teams.Joel Bryant drops Scout with the One Shot Drop and Deeley snags Guide, on the charge, into a vicious-looking armbar that keeps him from breaking it up. Just like that, this new combo – admittedly, aided by Oxford – have a victory over the tag team champions.
The School Of Tradition defeated The New Wave
Rating: C+

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Eric Tyler is out there moments later, joining Bryant and Huggins in the ring. From his chair at ringside, Oxford looks on; Tyler gestures to the ring and Bryant sits on the middle rope, parting them in invitation. Robert Oxford shakes his head, patting his injured knee.

Laura Huggins hands Tyler the microphone.

“Well,” Eric begins. “Let me give you the second likely graduate of the School of Tradition class of 2008.

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“His name is Sean Deeley, and I met him while I was in Canada at the start of the year.

“I'd be lying if I said he didn't impress me even then. But you know what makes this man more than an Aaron Andrews?”

He nods, just once. “Of course you do.

“Respect. Sean showed it to me from the start. On my days off, even since I came to TCW, I've been cashing in the air miles. I've been flying back up to Canada, and I've been training him.

“Now I was hoping that it wasn't going to come to this. Laura and I got him his TCW contract a week or two ago, but we wanted to make Sean's arrival bigger.

“But here's the thing...”

He points his finger at Robert Oxford.

“There sits a man who gave every day of his life to learn this business.

“There sits a man who busted his ass day in, day out, for thirty years to wrestle. To win. To give you fans a good match. We're brothers that way, he and I.

“And there sits a man who...” Tyler's face softens. “Who doesn't heal the way he used to.

“Me and him, we're brothers that way too.

“Robert has probably wrestled his last match, and it was this one.

“So now... Now we have Sean Deeley. And I'm sure we're all looking forward to seeing him team with Joel and win his own gold.

“Following the tradition that that man sitting there helped to start.”

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Tyler throws the microphone down. He and Bryant leave the ring, walking over to Robert Oxford, and lift him, one arm over each man's shoulder, to help him backstage.

A proud Sean Deeley and a thoughtful Laura Huggins follow them.

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Miyazaki & Ota vs. The Young Guns
Nothing like the storyline contained in the previous match; just good, fast-paced action from the four younger tag wrestlers.

Miyazaki and Ota have been, slowly, gelling over the course of the last few matches. Finding things that work. They're not there yet, but they're a lot closer to it than they used to be.

It's just not enough against the current number one contenders. Harry Allen runs riot in the closing moments, finishing by knocking Shingen Miyazaki out with the flying fist drop to secure the pin.
The Young Guns defeated Miyazaki & Ota
Rating: C

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Eddie Peak vs. Jimmy P w/ Donnie J
Eddie smiles as Jimmy get into the ring. To his credit – undoubtedly to his credit – Jimmy P doesn't seem to be panicked by this. Donnie whispers some advice in his ear; Jimmy's expression starts furious and transitions to thoughtful by the time Donnie's finished.

And then the bell rings and the match is on. Jimmy plays the hunt and strike philosophy, scoring with dropkicks, a flying forearm, just about any flying move that doesn't give Eddie a chance to just catch him out of the air.

A missile dropkick is attempted; it doesn't work. In his second match of the evening, Eugene Williams gets knocked down as Eddie swats Jimmy's dive aside.

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And just like that the American Buffalo rolls into the ring. The Stampede is blocked; Eddie hits a massive uppercut, Buffalo staggers back, Eddie starts forward -

Jimmy hits him with a blatant low blow. The Buffalo grabs Peak as he doubles over, lifts him, and plants him with the Colt Killa.

He makes himself scarce as Jimmy covers. One – two -

Eddie powers out. Jimmy freezes in shock.

One Peak of Perfection later, it's over.
Eddie Peak defeated Jimmy P
Rating: C+

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Buffalo's right back into the ring, furious. This Stampede connects.

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Floyd Goldworthy saunters down to ringside and begins talking to the Fly Boys, but the camera can't pick any of it up. He gestures to the ring, where the Buffalo, on his knees, is choking a prone Peak with both hands, furious beyond anything the TCW fans have seen before. It looks like the temper that's been edging closer and closer to an unhinged, insane fury month after month is going to break loose entirely -

Peak has his hands around the Buffalo's neck in turn. Both men choking each other, Peak pushes back until he's on his knees, American Buffalo standing now for extra leverage.

And then, in one fluid motion, Peak releases his hold, rising and snatching Buffalo around the waist. He slams the giant to the mat with a belly-to-belly suplex, then turns to look at Goldworthy.

As one, Floyd and the Fly Boys break into a sprint for the safety of backstage.

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vs.
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Troy Tornado & Painful Procedure vs. Wolf Hawkins & The Machines
This match went mental almost from the off. Hawkins tried to jump Tornado as he was making his entrance, leading to a double-team from Procedure to Hawkins – Rhodes notes that it's the same move they hit Karen Killer with to put her out, except that Wolf took it inside the ring, not outside – and at pretty much that moment Tommy Cornell sprints for the ring.

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“Let it ride!” Tornado yells to referee Ray Johnson, meeting Cornell head-on and the current and former champions exchange punches. Painful Procedure set up another assault on Hawkins, but the Machines rush them, and it begins to break down.

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Harry Allen is suddenly in the ring; he grabs Cornell, spins him, and manages a jawbreaker. As he moves to follow up, Cornell blocks and hits the Rough Ride, laying him out.

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But that's eight men in the ring, all fighting hard. And then it gets worse. Billy Fonda, formerly known better as Grease Hogg of the SWF's Dirty White Boys, makes an appearance for the third consecutive week, and Randall Hopkirk is planted with an inverted suplex.

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The Painful Procedure faction set their backs against each other as Steve Gumble arrives. Back to back they don't have much room to move, but they can watch for each other and each man settles down to throw all the punches they have in them.

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Chris Rockwell is in the ring now, catching Tornado with a cross-body from the top turnbuckle that breaks the cluster up. As Wolf Hawkins makes for the champion, his fellow contender cuts him off with a dropkick, going to work on Tornado himself.

Painful Procedure haul him off and suplex him. Fonda promptly levels Billy Jack Shearer with a big boot. Outnumbered, the rocking stable's prospects look more than a little grim.

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And then Tornado's partner from Tuesday, Johnny Bloodstone, hits the ring. He hauls Fonda from Tornado and levels him with a Stone's Throw. Cornell turns to face this new threat, and a Steve Gumble savate kick catches him, staggering him into the Gunslinger's Revenge cutter. Both members of the Young Guns, knowing how flimsy their advantage is, dogpile him.

Bloodstone takes Brent Hill down. Rockwell sees the closest target and spears Hawkins hard. And Tornado, seeing his chance, launches himself across the ring, the Star Maker connecting on John Anderson. In one of the least match-like matches TCW's broadcast all year, Troy Tornado gets the pin.
Troy Tornado & Painful Procedure defeated Wolf Hawkins & The Machines
Rating: B

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The fighting continues. Peter Hopper, the other half of the Easy Riders, arrives and the pair lay out Shearer and Hopkirk before pounding on them. The Young Guns and the Machines brawl into the crowd, and Tornado and Bloodstone pair off against Cornell and Hawkins. Chris Rockwell makes himself scarce the moment the bell rings. "It ain't a match, and he ain't interested," Azaria notes.

As the Easy Riders turn their attention to Tornado and Bloodstone, it looks grim for the Champion and his sudden ally.

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And then Sam Keith is there. Fonda gets a chairshot. Hopper gets the NeutronPlex.

Keith tries to make a third point on Tornado and Bloodstone's side of the standoff and the two step back, watching him as well as the Syndicate cautiously.

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Cornell's face is twisted in fury as Sam Keith brings his assault to a standstill, but Keith doesn't look happy either. He shoots a couple of glances toward Bloodstone – and the woman behind him, the newly-arrived Blonde Bombshell – but clearly isn't particularly happy with the response he sees.

Finally, the referees arrive and start to clear the ring as Badge of Honor goes to its final commercial break of the episode.

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Art Reed & Rick Law w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Eric Tyler & Acid w/ Laura Huggins
Well, it's a lot closer to a wrestling match.

The crowd aren't as invested in these guys as in the others. More, they aren't as supportive of an angle built around an original series most of them haven't seen. But all four of these men are used to working with crowds that aren't necessarily red-hot.

It's anyone's match for most of the contest. Reed, Law, Tyler, Acid, they all look good. They block a lot, they hit a lot.

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And around fifteen minutes in, as Tyler and Law lock up in the ring, Aaron Andrews shows up at ringside. He yanks Acid's feet off the apron, catches the masked man as he lands, and DDTs him on the outside. Laura Huggins moves to intervene then, as Andrews spins to face her, stops, mouth open almost in revelation.

Eric Tyler, in a little trouble, backs up to his corner, facing Law, and reaches out a hand. Andrews takes it, spins him round, and punches him. The Long Arm of the Law finishes matters moments later.
Art Reed & Rick Law defeated Eric Tyler & Acid
Rating: C+

Show Rating: B-

[Phantom Stranger]

I don't know why people freak out about Eddie Peak. Scrolling down the thread Aaron Andrews looks dead inside. Those eyes... brrr...

Anyway.

Congratulations are in order to Zeel1, Tigerkinney, Regis, Marcel Fromage and foolinc for taking the top spots. As partial compensation, a token of Freddy Huggins' support:

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[Phantom Stranger]

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Sunday July 21st 2008
Professional wrestling is a business, and people always forget that. Usually we want the audience to forget – for all the soap opera elements that creep in, pro wrestling is at its best when you can let yourself forget for a little while that you're watching something pre-ordained and think of it as a sporting event. With the rise of GAMMA and its fellow 'legitimate' fighting companies, plus the increasingly vicious interviews boxers give to hype their matches, the line has actually stayed pretty close.

Our goal is to make you interested enough to buy tickets. To buy Pay-Per-Views. In the last fifteen to twenty years, our goal has expanded – now we want you to develop an attachment to as many of our stars as possible, above and beyond the attachment needed to keep you interested in attending and watching our shows. Why? Because in the last fifteen to twenty years, it stopped being the case that individual wrestlers sold their own gimmicks and merchandise and took all the profits. Now they're marketed through the company, and the worker makes less money per item but can market vastly more items with far less effort. TCW's merchandise department makes, I'm told, around $700,000 profit per month – that's after manufacturing costs, storage, postage & packing on internet orders, running the department and, of course, the cut each wrestler takes (which is another $350,000 or so).

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Moneymaker: Our best seller in Canada, circa mid-2008

But our goal is to make you, the fan, or for that matter the guy who slumps into the chair after work and happens to catch an episode of Total Wrestling and the dad sitting in the room whose son, hooked on wrestling, insists on watching every show on TV that week, want to pay to attend a show or catch the Pay-Per-Views. Title matches are, so long as they look competitive, an easy sell.

Grudge matches are a fairly easy sell, so long as the grudge is believable and the fans can relate.

Once in a while, though, you get a chance for a dream match. And they're the easiest sell of all. There can be very few Canadian fans who don't want to see Dan Stone Jr face off with Steve DeColt. The biggest stars of their respective companies, sons of two legendary wrestling families, whose fathers' interaction is still talked about by those fans' parents and grandparents today. Burning Hammer of the Wrestling Gods spent a year developing Optimus into the 'new Elemental' before they faced off. That was something of a dream for their fans.

And when they came back to it, seven months later, the match was a true dream match, because Optimus had been made by the first one.

(Actually, Burning Hammer is excellent at this. Look at Sam Strong's last-but-one match for them, against Tadayuki Kikkawa, just entering the real Japanese big time and claiming his first title shot against the undefeated Strong.)

We've been sitting on a dream match since before I arrived. Sam Keith and Tommy Cornell – the biggest star, arguably, of the SWF in the past decade against the biggest star, unquestionably, of TCW. It writes itself. And people have been speculating about it since Sam arrived.

We've teased it now for nearly three months, starting in only minor ways. And before confirming – with Cornell turning, brutally, on Sam last week – that it's definitely coming – we locked Sam in against someone else.

We have another month to ramp up to their first meeting. Handled just right, this could be the biggest seller of the year.

But that brings me to the other half of the equation.

We don't want you to just buy one Pay-Per-View. We don't want you to buy tickets to just one TV taping or one house show. We've got to keep making money, after all. We want you to watch Tornado/Rockwell/Hawkins at Summer Showdown and say I gotta see more of these guys. We want you to watch Cornell/Keith and come away wanting more.

We need wrestlers who, once we've persuaded you to take a chance on us, will hook you.

I believe we have them, but we can always use more. Sam Keith nor RDJ will wrestle forever, after all.

[Phantom Stranger]

So, gang...

We're around, according to the announcement, five months real-time between now and TEW 2010. (Give or take)

I don't think I'm going to have nearly wrapped up this diary by that time, assuming all goes well and I don't get myself fired.

So a first question, and answers to this one will by no means decide things:

If I were, when we hit TEW2010, to create a database with the skill and popularity advances, roster changes, and title lineages of where we are currently (because with nine shows per month, I can't see us being further than a little way into 2009, so it shouldn't take *too* long) - would people be OK with that?

[Bigpapa42]

So, gang...

We're around, according to the announcement, five months real-time between now and TEW 2010. (Give or take)

I don't think I'm going to have nearly wrapped up this diary by that time, assuming all goes well and I don't get myself fired.

So a first question, and answers to this one will by no means decide things:

If I were, when we hit TEW2010, to create a database with the skill and popularity advances, roster changes, and title lineages of where we are currently (because with nine shows per month, I can't see us being further than a little way into 2009, so it shouldn't take *too* long) - would people be OK with that?

I'd be okay with that. Absolutely. I think it would be a lot of work. But if you wanted to put the work in, I think it would be a pretty cool way to keep things going and still enjoy the advantages of TEW 2010.

[Zeel1]

So, gang...

We're around, according to the announcement, five months real-time between now and TEW 2010. (Give or take)

I don't think I'm going to have nearly wrapped up this diary by that time, assuming all goes well and I don't get myself fired.

So a first question, and answers to this one will by no means decide things:

If I were, when we hit TEW2010, to create a database with the skill and popularity advances, roster changes, and title lineages of where we are currently (because with nine shows per month, I can't see us being further than a little way into 2009, so it shouldn't take *too* long) - would people be OK with that?

I've no problem with that. It seems like it would take a while to convert all that to 2010 though..obviously, it's going to likely be a better game, (with 200 additions, perhaps a much better game) but myself, though, I don't plan on making any change to my diary once 2010 comes out. As far as I know, there really wouldn't be any massive changes to how the diary itself would work. I mean sure, events that occur could be differant, but personally I don't think what game you use makes a differance in diary quality.

But if you just want to experiance 2010 with a game that, obviously, would be more of interest to you then a non-diary one, then yeah, go ahead.

[Phantom Stranger]

I've no problem with that. It seems like it would take a while to convert all that to 2010 though..obviously, it's going to likely be a better game, (with 200 additions, perhaps a much better game) but myself, though, I don't plan on making any change to my diary once 2010 comes out. As far as I know, there really wouldn't be any massive changes to how the diary itself would work. I mean sure, events that occur could be differant, but personally I don't think what game you use makes a differance in diary quality.

But if you just want to experiance 2010 with a game that, obviously, would be more of interest to you then a non-diary one, then yeah, go ahead.


Part of it, to be honest, is that I find it really, really difficult to replay a game when I own a superior sequel.

[Bigpapa42]

Part of it, to be honest, is that I find it really, really difficult to replay a game when I own a superior sequel.

You are not alone in that. Its hard to go back. Tried going back to TEW 2007 just to see, and it feels so limiting. Also tried it a few times with the Football Manager series and it just doesn't work.

[foolinc]

You are not alone in that. Its hard to go back. Tried going back to TEW 2007 just to see, and it feels so limiting. Also tried it a few times with the Football Manager series and it just doesn't work.

Agreed. When 2005 came out I thought about doing a diary in a similar manor to what I am doing now with TEW108 or FIN's tut diary. The problem was that I couldn't remember which features 2005 had compared to 07 and 08 and I got constantly frustrated with the interface. Now I just wish someone would make a 05 mod. :o

[Phantom Stranger]

You are not alone in that. Its hard to go back. Tried going back to TEW 2007 just to see, and it feels so limiting. Also tried it a few times with the Football Manager series and it just doesn't work.

Agreed. When 2005 came out I thought about doing a diary in a similar manor to what I am doing now with TEW108 or FIN's tut diary. The problem was that I couldn't remember which features 2005 had compared to 07 and 08 and I got constantly frustrated with the interface. Now I just wish someone would make a 05 mod. :o

Ditto on both counts. I can just about manage it on games with storylines (if I want to replay, say, Vice City to check whether I missed any injokes in San Andreas) but sandbox games, I just want the better sandbox.

[Phantom Stranger]

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Sam Keith is, it seems, out of the Syndicate. Mr Cornell had promised to fire him - that doesn't appear to have happened yet, as he's down on my list to compete at Total Wrestling. So what's the score? I'm sure we'll find out...

New arrival Sean Deeley will also be in action in his first full TCW match this week, facing off with fellow Canadian technician Johnny Bloodstone in what we expect will be quite the entertaining contest. Deeley's style has been tempered with a lot of Japanese experience, while Bloodstone remains a pure Canadian grappler. Which style will win out?

Aaron Andrews & Joey Minnesota are in tag competition once more, and they'll be looking to overthrow the Machines - who've seemed more and more demoralised recently. Could this give Minnesota and his ally the break they need?

Something of an unusual match next - Art Reed will be tagging up alongside International Champion Koshiro Ino against Sammy Bach and Frankie Perez. We're told the match was requested by Ino, who'd been hoping to schedule a PPV rematch against Chris Rockwell for his title. With Rockwell now in the World Heavyweight Championship picture, this contest could well tip the scales for Ino's actual challenger.

Tag Team Champion Scout will also be in action, facing off against the number one contender Harry Allen before their Summer Showdown contest. Who'll pick up the momentum going in?

Rick Law makes a rare Tuesday appearance. He's been on something of a roll lately, despite rising tensions with Eric Tyler - but he's up against the boss here. Mr Cornell and Mr Law - this one could get ugly.

Finally, the two champions face off against Troy Tornado's Summer Showdown opponents. It's Troy and Sam Keith in what seems likely to be the uneasiest of alliances against Chris Rockwell and Wolf Hawkins.

Prediction Key:
Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Andrews & Minnesota vs. The Machines

Art Reed & Koshiro Ino w/ Blonde Bombshell & Baroness Emily vs. Sammy Bach & Frankie Perez

Harry Allen vs. Scout

Rick Law vs. Tommy Cornell

Chris Rockwell & Wolf Hawkins vs. Sam Keith & Troy Tornado

[foolinc]

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Andrews & Minnesota vs. The Machines

Art Reed & Koshiro Ino w/ Blonde Bombshell & Baroness Emily vs. Sammy Bach & Frankie Perez

Harry Allen vs. Scout

Rick Law vs. Tommy Cornell

Chris Rockwell & Wolf Hawkins vs. Sam Keith & Troy Tornado

[Regis]

Prediction Key:
Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
No, seriously.

Andrews & Minnesota vs. The Machines
The Machines are in the Syndicate, and A&M have annoyed the School of Tradition.

Art Reed & Koshiro Ino w/ Blonde Bombshell & Baroness Emily vs. Sammy Bach & Frankie Perez
Reed picks up the win, cementing his contendership and keeping the champ strong as well.

Harry Allen vs. Scout
The Guns don't have the experience, and need more of a boost to take down the champs.

Rick Law vs. Tommy Cornell
It's not Badge Of Honour, and we don't want Rick getting an ego.

Chris Rockwell & Wolf Hawkins vs. Sam Keith & Troy Tornado
Always bet on the champion, especially as Rockwell and Hawkins cannot co-exist.

[Marcel Fromage]

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
Draw - I'd enjoy watching this one

Andrews & Minnesota vs. The Machines
Although they won't look like winning until School of Tradition interfere and hand them the match

Art Reed & Koshiro Ino w/ Blonde Bombshell & Baroness Emily vs. Sammy Bach & Frankie Perez
Ino gets what he's looking for

Harry Allen vs. Scout
A bit of a boost for the Young Guns

Rick Law vs. Tommy Cornell
Rick heads back to his own show with his tail between his legs

Chris Rockwell & Wolf Hawkins vs. Sam Keith & Troy Tornado
This one could get interesting...

[cmdrsam]

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Sunday July 21st 2008
Professional wrestling is a business, and people always forget that. Usually we want the audience to forget – for all the soap opera elements that creep in, pro wrestling is at its best when you can let yourself forget for a little while that you're watching something pre-ordained and think of it as a sporting event. With the rise of GAMMA and its fellow 'legitimate' fighting companies, plus the increasingly vicious interviews boxers give to hype their matches, the line has actually stayed pretty close.

Our goal is to make you interested enough to buy tickets. To buy Pay-Per-Views. In the last fifteen to twenty years, our goal has expanded – now we want you to develop an attachment to as many of our stars as possible, above and beyond the attachment needed to keep you interested in attending and watching our shows. Why? Because in the last fifteen to twenty years, it stopped being the case that individual wrestlers sold their own gimmicks and merchandise and took all the profits. Now they're marketed through the company, and the worker makes less money per item but can market vastly more items with far less effort. TCW's merchandise department makes, I'm told, around $700,000 profit per month – that's after manufacturing costs, storage, postage & packing on internet orders, running the department and, of course, the cut each wrestler takes (which is another $350,000 or so).

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Moneymaker: Our best seller in Canada, circa mid-2008

But our goal is to make you, the fan, or for that matter the guy who slumps into the chair after work and happens to catch an episode of Total Wrestling and the dad sitting in the room whose son, hooked on wrestling, insists on watching every show on TV that week, want to pay to attend a show or catch the Pay-Per-Views. Title matches are, so long as they look competitive, an easy sell.

Grudge matches are a fairly easy sell, so long as the grudge is believable and the fans can relate.

Once in a while, though, you get a chance for a dream match. And they're the easiest sell of all. There can be very few Canadian fans who don't want to see Dan Stone Jr face off with Steve DeColt. The biggest stars of their respective companies, sons of two legendary wrestling families, whose fathers' interaction is still talked about by those fans' parents and grandparents today. Burning Hammer of the Wrestling Gods spent a year developing Optimus into the 'new Elemental' before they faced off. That was something of a dream for their fans.

And when they came back to it, seven months later, the match was a true dream match, because Optimus had been made by the first one.

(Actually, Burning Hammer is excellent at this. Look at Sam Strong's last-but-one match for them, against Tadayuki Kikkawa, just entering the real Japanese big time and claiming his first title shot against the undefeated Strong.)

We've been sitting on a dream match since before I arrived. Sam Keith and Tommy Cornell – the biggest star, arguably, of the SWF in the past decade against the biggest star, unquestionably, of TCW. It writes itself. And people have been speculating about it since Sam arrived.

We've teased it now for nearly three months, starting in only minor ways. And before confirming – with Cornell turning, brutally, on Sam last week – that it's definitely coming – we locked Sam in against someone else.

We have another month to ramp up to their first meeting. Handled just right, this could be the biggest seller of the year.

But that brings me to the other half of the equation.

We don't want you to just buy one Pay-Per-View. We don't want you to buy tickets to just one TV taping or one house show. We've got to keep making money, after all. We want you to watch Tornado/Rockwell/Hawkins at Summer Showdown and say I gotta see more of these guys. We want you to watch Cornell/Keith and come away wanting more.

We need wrestlers who, once we've persuaded you to take a chance on us, will hook you.

I believe we have them, but we can always use more. Sam Keith nor RDJ will wrestle forever, after all.



This is the reason why I like your work sir. Very good stuff.

[Bigpapa42]

Ditto on both counts. I can just about manage it on games with storylines (if I want to replay, say, Vice City to check whether I missed any injokes in San Andreas) but sandbox games, I just want the better sandbox.

Agree again. I've gone back and played storyline-based games like the GTA series, especially ones where you can change up how you approach things to some degree (Fable, etc). The only time it really seems to work with sandbox games is when I go far back enough in the series that its pretty much a different game - like being able to play EWR at this point (which might be partly because I didn't play back in the day).

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Andrews & Minnesota vs. The Machines

Art Reed & Koshiro Ino w/ Blonde Bombshell & Baroness Emily vs. Sammy Bach & Frankie Perez

Harry Allen vs. Scout

Rick Law vs. Tommy Cornell

Chris Rockwell & Wolf Hawkins vs. Sam Keith & Troy Tornado

[Phantom Stranger]

This is the reason why I like your work sir. Very good stuff.

Sincerely thanks.

And to cross the streams and go real for a moment, some news that tickles me:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8339957.stm

EDIT: Card for the final Total Wrestling before Summer Showdown posted on previous page.

[Hyde Hill]

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Andrews & Minnesota vs. The Machines

Art Reed & Koshiro Ino w/ Blonde Bombshell & Baroness Emily vs. Sammy Bach & Frankie Perez

Harry Allen vs. Scout

Rick Law vs. Tommy Cornell

Chris Rockwell & Wolf Hawkins vs. Sam Keith & Troy Tornado

[Tigerkinney]

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Bloodstone's more established than Deeley, then again you might want Deeley to have a strong debut, but I see it being more of a strong in the loss debut.

Andrews & Minnesota vs. The Machines

The Machines have suffered a few upset losses of late and have been out of sorts, then again Andrews & Minnesota will always have to be looking over their shoulder with the School of Tradition ready to pounce. I'd go for The Machines to end the rot, thanks to some School based inteference.

Art Reed & Koshiro Ino w/ Blonde Bombshell & Baroness Emily vs. Sammy Bach & Frankie Perez

Could go either way, this is a real coinflip of the match, I'll stump for the faces in this one.

Harry Allen vs. Scout

Flash pin win, Scout looks relatively strong in defeat but the win boosts the Guns confidence heading into their title shot with the New Wave.

Rick Law vs. Tommy Cornell

This isn't badge of honour and Cornell's the opponent.

Chris Rockwell & Wolf Hawkins vs. Sam Keith & Troy Tornado

This has schmozz draw interference laden slobberknocker written all over it...that or I just can't decide who I think will win.

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 4 April 2008

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 3.44)

Held at the Evanovich Riverside (Tri-State)

Attendance: 10,000

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Shawn Doakes

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As the show begins, Wolf Hawkins stands alone in the centre of the ring. He lifts a microphone to his mouth.

“I hear the comparisons,” he says. “Everywhere I go. There goes Wolf Hawkins. Tommy Cornell's lapdog. He's going to try and copy Tommy's career.

“You know what? That's just not how it is.

“Tommy Cornell was discovered by a sharp-eyed talent scout. I was discovered by Tommy Cornell. So far, yeah, so similar.

“Tommy's first title was the World Heavyweight Championship. He's never held any other belt.

“Until the Hard-Hitting Championship was introduced, though, I'd held every other singles belt in TCW. Probably would have held the tag belts at some point too, if Stevie Grayson could wrestle worth a damn.

“So there's one difference.

“Tommy got betrayed by the owner of the company he worked for. Fighting hard and working for it with everything he had left him in the lurch.

“Tommy Cornell is not going to do that to me. So there's another.

“I'll admit I could do with a couple things in common, though. Here's one of them, that just recently happened:

“Tommy Cornell earned his first World Heavyweight Championship shot around my age. And I've just earned mine.

“Now Troy, I've beaten more than he's beaten me. I know I can beat him, and if I didn't two weeks ago, it's time to get the ball rolling again on Sunday.

“Chris Rockwell, I've only wrestled once. Neither of us beat the other.

“So it's time to make another similarity. Twelve years ago, Tommy Cornell wrestled a big match. He came out the loser, but when the dust cleared, here and now, Tommy Cornell is the biggest name in professional wrestling. And his opponent...” He pauses, smiling, just long enough for the crowd to realise he's talking about Nemesis, “His opponent... is gone from this business.

“I intend to win my first World Heavyweight Championship on Sunday. But say, just for a moment, I don't... If that happens, and maybe even if it doesn't, then by the time I am the biggest name in professional wrestling, I will have ended the careers of Troy Tornado and Chris Rockwell.”

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Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
After this show aired, a lot of the dirtsheets carried comments from Archie Judge, TCW's premier road agent, to the effect that Bloodstone and Deeley had about as little chemistry together as it's possible to have.

This confused a lot of the people who'd watched the show. Maybe they do; regardless, they put together a hell of a match, triumphing over that adversity with sheer skill. True, a match fought almost entirely on the mat is not one to everybody's tastes; nonetheless, if you have any appreciation for the sweet science of the submission hold, you are going to enjoy this contest.

Bloodstone lets Deeley showcase his work, threading in just enough fightback to stay in control, and then abruptly changes up gear after Laura Huggins looks like she might interfere. The Bloodstone Mutilation follows swiftly afterward, and the youngster holds for a few moments but, ultimately, taps out.
Johnny Bloodstone defeated Sean Deeley
Rating: B

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Andrews & Minnesota vs. The Machines
Minnesota and Andrews are definitely settling into a good routine together, making their tags and double-teams count almost – almost – as much as the Machines do with theirs. It becomes a question, then, of individual talent, fire, and will to win, and the teams seem, on that score, evenly matched.

Brent Hill starts to receive a lot of focus from Andrews and Minnesota, but manages to take it to Joey just enough to turn the tide.

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Joey tags. Andrews comes in – Eric Tyler, appearing from off camera, snags his ankle – Brent Hill gets a DDT, and the King of the Hill follows as Minnesota, on the outside, spinebusters Tyler.
The Machines defeated Andrews & Minnesota
Rating: C+

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Back from commercial, and Johnny Bloodstone and Art Reed sit in their dressing room. The Blonde Bombshell rests on Bloodstone's lap.

“...likes his kicks,” Bloodstone is saying. “But you can block those easy, and if you catch them, sweep the other leg and put the Dread Lock on. Frankie shouldn't be too tough. Sammy, now – Sammy's got a springboard bulldog that's tough to scout. He likes to-”

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A knock at the door is immediately followed by Sam Keith's head emerging from behind it. “Hope I'm not interrupting anything,” he says. “Can we talk?”

The Bombshell moves immediately; Bloodstone straightens up a moment later. “We can... talk,” says Reed, holding out a warning hand to his friend. “What do you want, Sam?”

“I want to...” Sam sighs. “Look. I know you guys have no reason to be friendly. And I know, coming round like this, it looks like I'm looking for backup.

“And... I guess, in a way, I am. But I'm coming to you two because you know I can offer you something. I gave you the Dread Lock, Art. I taught both of you some of your moves way back when you were starting. You... You know what I can do for you.”

“What we don't know,” the Bombshell says softly, “is that you aren't Syndicate.” Reed's face wrinkles apologetically; Bloodstone nods. “Could be a setup,” he says. “Cornell said he'd fire you if you left.”

“He can't,” Sam, for the first time, musters a smile. “I'm a champion right now, and by Board edict champions cannot be fired.”

“It's true,” the Bombshell nods. Reed and Keith both look at her curiously; Bloodstone smirks.

“You think any girl I would get with wouldn't know wrestling inside and out?” he asks.

Sam nods. “Anyway... how about it?”

“We'll think about it,” Bombshell nods briskly. “Now, if you'll excuse us?”

There's no dissent from the men. Sam nods. “Good luck in your match, Art,” he says, then withdraws.

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Frankie Perez & Sammy Bach
Well, more errors in communication, this time with Reed and Ino working matches seeming to be aimed at different paces. Nonetheless, the contest is by no means bad – Perez and Ino return to their ferocious rivalry, Bach reminds everyone of just how entertaining he and Ino made their battles earlier in the year over the All Action Championship, and Reed's hunger for a belt or even a belt opportunity is made very clear indeed.

Bach makes himself known early on, tagging in against Perez' wishes, and making his mark against Art Reed – before Reed counters the Bach on your Back, almost locking in the Dread Lock before Frankie breaks it up – and then tosses Sammy from the ring to continue.

Ino comes in, misses the Kobra's Bite and eats the P-Clutch. Art Reed makes the save.

Sammy Bach superkicks Reed out of his shoes, blocks the Bite, and clamps down the Bach on your Back, finally getting the submission.
Frankie Perez & Sammy Bach defeated Art Reed & Koshiro Ino
Rating: B-

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Ino rolls to a seated position after Bach releases the hold and nods to Baroness Emily, who shakes her head. Ino frowns and nods again, and she reluctantly raises the microphone. “Sammy Bach,” she says. “In recognition of the fact you defeated him tonight... My client would like to offer you a match for the TCW International Championship at Summer Showdown.”

Sammy smiles, like a cat with the cream, and nods.

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Not the greatest of contests; Scout and Allen put together a by-the-numbers bout for roughly fifteen minutes, at the end of which Joel Bryant interrupts things with a bout of chairshotry for everybody.

That ends it, naturally enough, at a draw, Sam Sparrow calling a halt to proceedings. About the best thing about it was a headscissors spot Allen hit; three full revolutions and then down to the mat with a headlock applied.
Harry Allen drew with Scout
Rating: C

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The outcome to this one is, honestly, pretty predictable seeming – and Law just won't accept that. He starts right from the bell with an unexpected big boot that actually connects with the former champion, then promptly leaps forward, dropping a leg, and hits the champ hard across the neck.

And that starts things out; Cornell rallies, then gets caught with a Squad Car Slam and a pin for two, followed by a slugfest that the big law enforcer wins.

Tommy changes tack and goes after Law's arm, seeking to cut off his signature Long Arm of the Law – the first real sign that Cornell is worried, as he goes from an offensive strategy to a defensive one. A 'Badge of Hon-or!' chant actually starts up, much to the surprise of the announce team.

Tommy begins to pull things back and the dynamic changes, Law now the underdog once again. He takes the fight back to Cornell, forcing him to the corner and attempting a southpaw ten-punch stood over him, but Cornell hooks a leg and forces his way out, swinging Rick almost 360 with a second-rope screw legwhip. The Rough Ride attempt is blocked and another big boot brings Cornell down; he backs off, protesting a cut over his eye, hands over his face, and as Sam Sparrow investigates, Acid dropkicks Law in the back of the head. An uncut Cornell straightens up, hits the Rough Ride, and immediately goes to the Guilt Trip, which Law fights for a little while before submitting.
Tommy Cornell defeated Rick Law
Rating: B

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Cornell grabs a microphone. “Midden!” he yells. “Midden, you little toerag, get your arse out here so we can have a word!”

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The Board's Representative duly obliges, clad as always in his leathers and bandanna.

“I want Keith,” Cornell growls. “I want him on Sunday. I want careers on the line. I want him gone!”

“He's already got a match,” Mayhem Midden replies placidly from the top of the entrance ramp. “Calm down, Tommy. You'll get your chance soon enough.”

“Damn right I will,” Cornell says. “Alright, fine. I want into the Hard-Hitting Championship match. I'll take his belt and I'll fire him.

“I thought you might say something like this,” Midden returns. “I've been meeting with the Board about this.

“So no, Tommy, you don't get to be in the title match. And for that matter, even if Sam Keith loses the Hard-Hitting Championship, you can't fire him. Not immediately.

“Because, you see, he's signed for a match beyond that point.” Midden grins. “At Hotter Than Hell it's going to be Sam Keith and Tommy Cornell, one on one. And you can't fire someone who the Board have booked to compete until after that competition.

“Now, I appreciate that you want to fight, Tommy. And I know how you crave your PPV bonus paychecks.

“So I've made arrangements for you to have a match.”

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Crashing Around You by Machine Head starts to play, and Tommy Cornell pales as Eddie Peak steps out to stand beside Midden. In street clothes, arms casually folded across his chest, muscles hidden slightly by a baggy ALPHA-1 wife-beater, he doesn't look nearly as threatening.

And then he smiles, and the grin... God. It's all in that grin, those eyes, those teeth. The Great White Shark smells distracted, frantic, angry blood.

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Chris Rockwell & Wolf Hawkins vs. Sam Keith & Troy Tornado
Not a contest that reached the peak those involved would have hoped for, this match was nonetheless not bad by any standard.

Tornado clearly didn't trust Keith, but Rockwell and Hawkins' mistrust was mutual, and despite everyone involved doing absolutely everything they could, that was pretty much what you'd point at to explain the contest; Keith could rely totally on Troy to have his back and used that to keep the advantage.

Eventually, then, one of the Rockwell/Hawkins team was going to hit difficulties – and it turned out to be Chris Rockwell, tugged down into the Proton Lock. Tornado hit the ring to block a break-up, but Hawkins shrugged and stayed where he was, watching as Rockwell was forced to tap.

As Troy turned to congratulate Keith, Hawkins smashed into him with the Full Moon Rising.
Sam Keith & Troy Tornado defeated Chris Rockwell & Wolf Hawkins
Rating: B

Show Rating: B

[Phantom Stranger]

Only one winner this time, out of a diminished field of six.

Bigpapa42 walks way with the Eric Tyler shirt:

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[Bigpapa42]

Woohoo! Victory is mine!

[Nedew]

I'm liking the balance Midden adds to the "Cornell owns everything" angle, and you killed two birds with one stone as you got to shoehorn both Tommy C and Eddie P (everyone's favourite rap duo, or something) onto the PPV with one fell swoop. Nicely done, good show.

[Phantom Stranger]

I'm liking the balance Midden adds to the "Cornell owns everything" angle, and you killed two birds with one stone as you got to shoehorn both Tommy C and Eddie P (everyone's favourite rap duo, or something) onto the PPV with one fell swoop. Nicely done, good show.

I cringe at the thought of them rapping, but thank ya kindly.

I'm developing a soft spot for Midden, and he's likely to start evolving as a character soon. He may headbutt more managers first, though.

[Phantom Stranger]

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Wednesday 24th July 2008
Well, I didn't get much sleep last night. Back at the hotel after the show Adam Golden asked to speak with me.

Adam – you'll know him as Rocky – wanted to talk to me about the amount I'm pushing 'newcomers'.

I was hoping to dodge this. Yes, I want Johnny Bloodstone and Chris Rockwell good and strong near the top of the tree where their skills deserve, but I don't want to hurt other folks, and I certainly don't want to give people the impression that I want to put the new guys over them exclusively. I saw firsthand what that does to morale during the dying days of the APWF.

So I tried talking to him about how I'd been phasing these guys in, but not phasing anyone out, and I got about three sentences into the stock spiel I've been giving him about the need to develop before he advances – and he cut me off.

“You realise that, right now, Troy Tornado is the only guy who was here a year ago who has a title?”*

That had me gulping air for a bit. The All-Action Division was held by someone who, under those terms, was an 'outsider' when I came in. But Wolf, the Machines, and of course Tommy – they all had plenty of time logged with the company.

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Parade Of Champions: Promotional shot of all TCW champions, July 2008
(Photo Courtesy Pro Wrestling Almanax)

And I thought about what I have planned, and who I figure to take each belt...

Well. A couple of them are going back to people who've been here a while. Others aren't, or aren't planned to – anything can happen; a sudden injury, a retirement, or just a run of fan support can change where a title goes. If Rocky gets the crowd behind him, he might have one of the mid-level straps in his future.

Or he might not; he really does need to improve before I'll get behind him. But...

Rocky isn't one of the guys the TCW locker room look up to, follow, confide in. He might just have his eye on the main chance.

Thing is, he might not.

And he'd do well in the SWF. Not great – he's no Remo, and they currently seem incapable of using Remo properly, even – but he can talk up a storm and he's got a way with him. Tommy wouldn't want him on their side. He's got a following, too, despite the number of beatings he's taken recently.

And if it's not just him... if this is how the crew are feeling... We might be due to lose good people.

Floyd Goldworthy just re-signed, but that's no indication. Floyd isn't in this for titles, likes playing the chicken**** scared of his own client, and seems more or less content to earn a decent wage and hang out with the various wrestlers he's managed over the years – Painful Procedure, the Buffalo, and others – who've got him this far. He's in TCW, as much as anything, because it's comfortable and familiar.

So if I've been brewing a backstage rebellion... how do I turn that around?

* - I didn't realise until I got home and checked, but this isn't actually true. The New Wave debuted in May 2007, after DaVE closed in April. On the other hand, Sam Keith came in in October, Koshiro Ino in December, and Edd Stone in September. So Adam was mostly right.

[cmdrsam]

Another fine show sir. Well written, easy to follow. Some how cant help to feel a swerve coming. But I as well as the rest will have to wait and see.

[Phantom Stranger]

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Perhaps the riskiest match of his TCW career to date comes here as Johnny Bloodstone will face off with the American Buffalo. It's not often that a wrestler is relieved not to have a PPV match, but after the mauling that's likely to ensue, Johnny will likely be glad of the time to recover.

The School of Tradition, as Deeley & Bryant are calling themselves, will be in six-man action alongside their leader Eric Tyler, facing off with Art Reed, Danny Fonzarelli and Rocky Golden. Certainly the School will be more united - but the men they're up against hit hard.

The Machines are back in action, representing the Syndicate, against a team of Chance Fortune and Fox Mask. They've taken some losses recently, but this certainly seems like an opportunity to bounce back.

And next up... A Three-Way Championship Contract Ladder match! The contract to face Edd Stone for his All Action Championship at Summer Showdown will be suspended above the ring. Competing for the chance is unlikely underdog Kazuma Narato, brutal Frankie Perez, and an unidentified wrestler who Mayhem Midden assures us 'has what it takes, and proved it in Japan'.

Tommy Cornell and Wolf Hawkins have challenged Kingman & Alexander, and that contest is scheduled for Badge of Honor. We're told that this has something to do with Kingman & Alexander snatching a win from the Machines.

And in our main event, World Heavyweight Championship contender Chris Rockwell will square off with Rick Law.

Prediction Key:
American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

Art Reed, Danny Fonzarelli & Rocky Golden vs. Eric Tyler & the School of Tradition (Joel Bryant & Sean Deeley) w/ Laura Huggins

Chance Fortune & Fox Mask vs. The Machines

#1 Contendership for the All-Action Championship
LADDER MATCH
Frankie Perez vs. Kazuma Narato vs. ????

Kingman & Alexander vs. Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins

Chris Rockwell vs. Rick Law

[Regis]

Prediction Key:
American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell
No damn way the Buffalo goes over here.

Art Reed, Danny Fonzarelli & Rocky Golden vs. Eric Tyler & the School of Tradition (Joel Bryant & Sean Deeley) w/ Laura Huggins
Only Reed could tip this; Fonzie and Golden are generic disposable face jobbers to the stars.

Chance Fortune & Fox Mask vs. The Machines
Speaking of jobbers...

#1 Contendership for the All-Action Championship
LADDER MATCH
Frankie Perez vs. Kazuma Narato vs. ????
Always bet on ????

Kingman & Alexander vs. Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins
You poor buggers. One day, my friends, one day...

Chris Rockwell vs. Rick Law
By DQ or something like that, but Law takes it anyway.

[Nedew]

I've gotta say, that's a pretty stacked card for a B-Show.

[Phantom Stranger]

I've gotta say, that's a pretty stacked card for a B-Show.

Looking at it, you're right - although I wouldn't trust it to get me Happy Grades for an A-Show.

I have a weird priority set for Badge of Honor, as may be becoming clear...

[Zeel1]

American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell
Picking Buffalo here would sort of be like picking A-Train to beat Shawn Michaels..

Art Reed, Danny Fonzarelli & Rocky Golden vs. Eric Tyler & the School of Tradition (Joel Bryant & Sean Deeley) w/ Laura Huggins
This team just has a lot more going for them. I suspect Golden's "where has the fire gone?" woes to continue here, with the face team getting a whole bunch of momentum at the end, only to throw it all away by tagging Prince Adam in..

Chance Fortune & Fox Mask vs. The Machines
So how much did Fortune improve? I suspect the CZCW crew had a pretty good time booking a national name that fit with their company the way Fortune did, even if isn't really at the level of skill he should be at, at the start of the game.

#1 Contendership for the All-Action Championship
LADDER MATCH
Frankie Perez vs. Kazuma Narato vs. Giant Tana
1. Because Frankie Perez's Head Kicks would have little effect on Tana - he is Samoan, after all. 2. This is clearly the specialty match of a spectacular cruiser such as Tana - CLEARLY - whereas big, fat, plodding guys, such as Narato, probably wouldn't know their way around a ladder, even if they were the protege of Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor. After an easy three minute match, Tana then delivers three stunners each to both men, just to prove once again, that he is the man who you best beleive is The Jaggernaut, bitch!

Kingman & Alexander vs. Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins
...By chance, have any of you ever gone to Newgrounds? And if so, have you ever seen the Madness videos? And if so, do you know of that demented, evil, immortal clown known as Tricky that brutally destroys people, and alters reality everytime he shows up? Yeah, if Barry frickin' Kingman were to ever be on the winning side of a match against Tommy Cornell, he'd probably show up, and go all CTRL+ALT+DLT on PS's save game. It's in his best interests to let The Syndicate win this one.

Chris Rockwell vs. Rick Law
This show, so far, has been like a more of expensive version of my Laying Down The Law Challenge. After you get past all the flair and hype, it's pretty much just an excuse to give the big guy a huge winning streak.

[Bigpapa42]

Damn, that is a stacked card for a B-show. I would say it almost makes it unnecessary to have it as a B-show. But you know what you're doing, so not gonna question it. As for pulling out good grades with the B-show, its cool and annoying at the same time. By the end of Gen-S, I was pulling B and B + shows with the B-show regularly but it was entirely due to fairly strong main events and "video" segments with top star.

American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell
AB is going to stampede his way into being submitted.

Art Reed, Danny Fonzarelli & Rocky Golden vs. Eric Tyler & the School of Tradition (Joel Bryant & Sean Deeley) w/ Laura Huggins
I like the eclectic mix of Team A, but Tyler and his School take this one.

Chance Fortune & Fox Mask vs. The Machines
This should be one-sided.

#1 Contendership for the All-Action Championship
LADDER MATCH
Frankie Perez vs. Kazuma Narato vs. ????
I do like Zeel's suggestion of Giant Tana showing off his high-flying chops. But I'm going with Fat Frankie.

Kingman & Alexander vs. Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins
Cornell SMASH!

Chris Rockwell vs. Rick Law
"Rockwell fought the law... and the law... won!"

[Tigerkinney]

American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

Can't see Buffalo amounting to anything more than the midcard monster roll he currently finds himself occupying, whilst Bloodstone is gradually being groomed for an eventual main event run.

Art Reed, Danny Fonzarelli & Rocky Golden vs. Eric Tyler & the School of Tradition (Joel Bryant & Sean Deeley) w/ Laura Huggins

Three directionless babyfaces against a midcard stable with something of a purpose, until the likes of Golden actually find a direction I'll go with the proper stable.

Chance Fortune & Fox Mask vs. The Machines

Time for the Machines to beat up on the random jobber pairing of the week.

#1 Contendership for the All-Action Championship
LADDER MATCH
Frankie Perez vs. Kazuma Narato vs. ????

I wonder if Regis really has been paying attention, because (i'm pretty sure I have the right diary here) Frankie P has been getting a pretty decent push, sure he hasn't been beating the top talents but he's been pushing them hard and the B-Show is where he can pick up wins. Then again Quadruple Question Mark is always something of a wildcard.

Kingman & Alexander vs. Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins

I don't think I could top Zeel 1's comment when it comes to this match :D

Chris Rockwell vs. Rick Law

Zeel put up another good point, about his TCW diary and Phantom's TCW diary using Rick Law in the same way, just dressed up differently.

[foolinc]

American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

Art Reed, Danny Fonzarelli & Rocky Golden vs. Eric Tyler & the School of Tradition (Joel Bryant & Sean Deeley) w/ Laura Huggins

Chance Fortune & Fox Mask vs. The Machines

#1 Contendership for the All-Action Championship
LADDER MATCH
Frankie Perez vs. Kazuma Narato vs. ????

Kingman & Alexander vs. Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins

Chris Rockwell vs. Rick Law

[Hyde Hill]

American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

Art Reed, Danny Fonzarelli & Rocky Golden vs. Eric Tyler & the School of Tradition (Joel Bryant & Sean Deeley) w/ Laura Huggins

Chance Fortune & Fox Mask vs. The Machines

#1 Contendership for the All-Action Championship
LADDER MATCH
Frankie Perez vs. Kazuma Narato vs. ????

Kingman & Alexander vs. Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins

Chris Rockwell vs. Rick Law

[Phantom Stranger]

This show, so far, has been like a more of expensive version of my Laying Down The Law Challenge. After you get past all the flair and hype, it's pretty much just an excuse to give the big guy a huge winning streak.

The thought has occurred to me as well.

Rick Law, though, is good. It took me a while for that to really sink in - he's lowish down the card for a good bruiser, at least early on, and you just kind of assume that RDJ, Rahn, Baine, Golden, Ino, Peak, and Law are arranged in something vaguely approximating a hierarchy.

And then you scroll down your roster looking at the averages. It's striking when you compare Law and RDJ, particularly as the two are just one keystroke down away - I'm not sure, pound for pound and looking at the averages, which is better. RDJ is more over, solid, requires little proving - Law needs to be pushed to be in that place, but he's younger.

He's a good hometown hero to build as a new brawler, particularly with Rahn likely to retire at some point (or be stolen by the SWF and jobbed repeatedly to Big Smack Scott, of all people) and Golden and Baine needing more work.

Eddie Peak? See Law. Less rounded (not that Law really counts that way) but sharper in what he does do well. They're both surprisingly good fits for a company that claims to be all about the wrestling skill.

[Remianen]

Just caught up and wow! That Tornado & PP vs Wolf & Machines match was an overbooked thing of beauty! Awesome way to cover for Painful Procedure's lack of skill comparable to the others in the match (as well as advance a few storylines).

Well done!

[Zeel1]

The thought has occurred to me as well.

Rick Law, though, is good. It took me a while for that to really sink in - he's lowish down the card for a good bruiser, at least early on, and you just kind of assume that RDJ, Rahn, Baine, Golden, Ino, Peak, and Law are arranged in something vaguely approximating a hierarchy.

And then you scroll down your roster looking at the averages. It's striking when you compare Law and RDJ, particularly as the two are just one keystroke down away - I'm not sure, pound for pound and looking at the averages, which is better. RDJ is more over, solid, requires little proving - Law needs to be pushed to be in that place, but he's younger.

He's a good hometown hero to build as a new brawler, particularly with Rahn likely to retire at some point (or be stolen by the SWF and jobbed repeatedly to Big Smack Scott, of all people) and Golden and Baine needing more work.

Eddie Peak? See Law. Less rounded (not that Law really counts that way) but sharper in what he does do well. They're both surprisingly good fits for a company that claims to be all about the wrestling skill.

I think I appreciate C+'s on the top row, more then others tend to. And as for card placement, it only took about three installments of the challenge for Law to move up to Main Eventer. (Well, and all those developmental talents who's other contracts still had the seven days left that kept me from putting them in development yet kinda boosted everybodies card position as well.) The mix of talent and popularity makes a guy like Rick Law very useful in a company that majorly uses brawlers, such as TCW is at the start. And he's also done really well at carrying certain people, which is something I didn't see coming. He's gotten a B match out of Texas Pete, (something only RDJ accomplished before or since) and the initial LDTLC segment was a match with Freddy Huggins that garnered a B-. B-! With an Opener! A high-flying Opener! In the first match Law had in the game, and second that Huggins had! B-!

I don't think they even had good chemistry..but anyway, yeah, if it wasn't for Law's gimmick, I'd probably see him as a current possibility for World Champion. Useful member of the roster, to say the least.

[Phantom Stranger]

Just caught up and wow! That Tornado & PP vs Wolf & Machines match was an overbooked thing of beauty! Awesome way to cover for Painful Procedure's lack of skill comparable to the others in the match (as well as advance a few storylines).

Well done!

That's... real praise, and I'm honestly grateful for it. And yes, sometimes matches really do benefit from overbooking (not often, mind.)

I do need to give Wolf some more wins soon, before he starts bitching.


I don't think they even had good chemistry..but anyway, yeah, if it wasn't for Law's gimmick, I'd probably see him as a current possibility for World Champion. Useful member of the roster, to say the least.

I'll be honest, I have a really hard time imagining changing Law's gimmick very far. The emphasis may alter, but Rick Law as Rick Law works for me. I do think a World Heavyweight Championship would call for a makeover - but before winning or after?

EDIT: Oh, and - having now run the Badge of Honor card - the Summer Showdown advance booking features no fewer than three A* heat matches.

Should sell well, at least...

[Truth]

American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell
Bloodstone is on his way up, and a win over the credible Buffalo will certainly help.

Art Reed, Danny Fonzarelli & Rocky Golden vs. Eric Tyler & the School of Tradition (Joel Bryant & Sean Deeley) w/ Laura Huggins
School of Tradition with the obvious victory. I see Rocky's current loosing streak as the beginning of a big heel turn. It will happen soon that after another loss, he's gonna beat the hell out of his partner. In fact, Danny would be a good candidate to take said beating.

Chance Fortune & Fox Mask vs. The Machines
Chance with the opperatunity to impress in his return, but he's not getting the win.

#1 Contendership for the All-Action Championship
LADDER MATCH
Frankie Perez vs. Kazuma Narato vs. ????
Win for the new guy as Frankie continues to loose his way up the card.

Kingman & Alexander vs. Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins
Barry Kingman = Barry Horowitz

Chris Rockwell vs. Rick Law
Rockwell should keep it competitive, but Rick's gonna lay down the law!

I remember changing Rick to the Avenging Angel gimmick as he can still talk about justice and right, but without the uniform. I personally always had a problem booking wrestling cops (just like wrestling cowboys or lobsters). This obviously excludes anything with "The Mountie". He was awesome!

[SWF Fan]

American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

Art Reed, Danny Fonzarelli & Rocky Golden vs. Eric Tyler & the School of Tradition (Joel Bryant & Sean Deeley) w/ Laura Huggins

Chance Fortune & Fox Mask vs. The Machines

#1 Contendership for the All-Action Championship
LADDER MATCH
Frankie Perez vs. Kazuma Narato vs. ????

Kingman & Alexander vs. Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins

Chris Rockwell vs. Rick Law

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 1 June 2008

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 0.31)

Held at the Club Absinthe (Hawaii)

Attendance: 1000 (Sold Out)

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Jasmine Saunders – Kyle Rhodes

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American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell
Well, it's not all it could have been. But then, it's a match with American Buffalo in it. He does his best – and he seems to be developing more and more of a grasp of how to put his matches together - but it's just not great.

Bloodstone, meanwhile, seems to be having fun. He doesn't smile often – but occasionally, during this match, he'll counter the Stampede with a drop toe-hold or something similarly elementary and glance across to the Bombshell.

And she'll smile, and nod, and a moment later a fond smile will cross his lips in response. The Colt Killer comes as a shock, but it doesn't hit – somehow, Bloodstone manages to twist in mid-air. A chop block later, he clamps down the Bloodstone Mutilation, and while Buffalo fights, roaring in fury, after a minute it's clear that while he isn't submitting he can't counter.

And Goldworthy throws in the towel.
Johnny Bloodstone defeated American Buffalo
Rating: C+

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Art Reed, Danny Fonzarelli & Rocky Golden w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Eric Tyler & the School Of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins
Rocky Golden has a hell of a punch, and for the first couple of minutes he shines, laying out anyone else who gets in the ring before – while attempting to tag out – he finds himself cut off by a running knee from Tyler, followed by a DDT.

The beatdown ensues, cut off only by an assault by Fonzarelli – and Golden makes it to tag in Reed. Bryant tags out to Deeley and Tyler is clotheslined over the top rope by Fonzarelli, leading in short order to Deeley and Reed changing the pace of the match. You'd be hard pushed to say who's better here – Deeley counters the Dread Lock for his Sure Shot submission hold, only to have Reed roll the Dread Lock back in, and it might have led to another reversal had Bryant not swung a punch at Reed, breaking the hold.

From there it breaks down, with all six men in the ring, and it's a tough challenge to Eugene Williams to restore order.

Eric Tyler jumps Reed from behind with a forearm and lifts him for the Tradition Lift. As if on cue, Bryant backdrops a charging Golden out of the ring and Deeley and Bryant together clothesline Fonzarelli over the top, spilling out themselves. Faced with two approximately legal men, Williams accepts Reed's submission to end the match.

“I'll check when I get to my TiVo,” Shawn Doakes says thoughtfully. “But I thought Tyler and Golden were the legal pair...”
Eric Tyler & the School Of Tradition defeated Art Reed, Danny Fonzarelli & Rocky Golden
Rating: C-

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Tyler promptly grabs a microphone, as Laura Huggins climbs into the ring. “Midden!” he calls. “You and me need to talk.”

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Mayhem Midden appears not long afterward, apparently unconcerned. He's holding a paper cup of coffee and a thin foam hangs from the moustache just above the lip. “Apparently everyone with a posse gets to call for me,” he says mildly. “What's up?”

“Four months,” Tyler growls. “Four months Andrews and me have been dancing around each other.

“Four months. I should be settling my problem with Law, and I'm still dealing with this punk.

“I want a match he can't duck out of. Law won't make it, so I'm asking you.

“Summer Showdown. Me. Andrews. One last time.”

Midden shrugs, licking the foam from his lips. “Anything else?”

“Yeah,” Tyler nods. “After the show is over, he has to come out and say he respects me.”

“Loser has to admit respect for the other,” Midden says.

“That's what I said!”

“Not quite,” Midden points out. “But close enough. Alright, Eric; you've got your match. Should be fun. Oh – but if your School get involved, you can't enforce the stipulation.”

“I won't need them,” Tyler snarls.

“Suits me.” Midden takes another sip of the coffee. “To be honest, I'm looking forward to it. I won't get into the respect issue with you, but he's getting to be a good fighter. And you are a good fighter. Goes together well.”

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Chance Fortune & Fox Mask vs. The Machines
Considering Fortune's recent absence from TV and Fox Mask's virtual unknown status, the crowd really get into this – aided, no doubt, by Kingman & Alexander's recent win over the Machines which makes them look more than catchable.

And Chance and his fellow former Coastal Zoner do their best.

It's just... well, not enough. Anderson and Hill's faces close down, betraying nothing, and they go to work like the Machines of old, with Hill in particular dominating for much of the match. Fortune, at one point, hurtles off the second rope, spinning twice around Hill before taking him down into an armbar – and that's great, so long as he's in motion. Once he stops Hill knows exactly what to do, rolling forward to break the hold, suplexing Fortune, and tagging in Anderson who delivers the Ammo Dump with verve.
The Machines defeated Chance Fortune & Fox Mask
Rating: C-

#1 Contendership to the All Action Championship
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Hell Monkey vs. Kazuma Narato vs. Frankie Perez
The crowd react for Hell Monkey in Hawaii as they wouldn't anywhere else in the States. There's enough crossover with Japanese broadcasts to make the hard-hitting specialist well known here, and his mix of styles gives him an upper hand. Perez is beaten down with lightning-quick flying moves and Narato, who could give Hell Monkey some competition in that, finds himself on the receiving end of some massive moves, occasionally coming back with a spot or two before one of the brawlers blasts him unconscious.

The ladder doesn't play a huge role – not in such a comparatively short match – but toward the end we get there; as Hell Monkey sets up the ladder, Perez is already climbing. Narato vaults from the top turnbuckle, coming down two-footed on Perez' back; as he tries to recover, Hell Monkey twists on the other side and kicks him off.

Narato sees the newcomer approaching – tries to fend him off with punches – goes for what appears to be a tornado DDT from the top of the ladder – and Hell Monkey launches himself off with Narato, countering it into something very like a backdrop driver even as the two crash to earth.

Perez tries to take Hell Monkey out, but the Monkey counters and hits a Hell Fire Kick before scrambling up the ladder to capture the contract.
Hell Monkey defeated Frankie Perez and Kazuma Narato
Rating: C

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The big screen flickers into life. Ricky Dale Johnson is shown there, at home in Texas, settled down at a booth in a bar there. It's become a pretty common sight during RDJ's pre-tapes over the past year.

“I remember,” the street fighter says thoughtfully, not looking into the camera, “growing up. Turning on my TV. Watching wrestling.

“And this was a good time for a Texan to watch wrestling. I didn't tend to catch OLLIE – they were on when I was working part-time, my poppa's old garage...” He shakes his head thoughtfully. “I caught TWL, though. Never missed it. And suddenly, there was more than that for us.

“There was MPWF. And there was this young guy called Sam Keith...” He smiles, reminiscent. “He was there only a year. But he was there long enough to see something I hadn't seen before.

“Four years later I was wrestling. And I didn't see him for a while, not until the TWL was closing and I was casting around.

“At that point I was watching everything. Trying to find a place to go.

“Eventually, of course, I came here. But before that happened, I saw Sam Keith. He wasn't such a youngster anymore. He'd been to Japan as well as Mexico. He'd been to Europe. He'd been to Canada.

“He'd trained everywhere. He'd learned everywhere. He was... a little faster than he is now.

“But he didn't know so many holds. He wasn't as fast as he had been when I first saw him, but that didn't matter.

“It didn't matter because... Well, Sam Keith is Sam Keith. He knows how he moves better than any other wrestler.

“And that lets him use exactly the moves he needs. He's slower now, but that's because he knows himself. He's changed his name again.

“I grew up watching Sam Keith. Learning from him. I became a man, and I heard how he was doing. And I wanted to test myself against him.

“I have, and I've done OK. Some wins, some losses.

“But you don't give up chasing the dream when you're only halfway done.

“Sunday... Sunday, I aim to pass the test.”

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Cornell & Hawkins vs. Kingman & Alexander
There is nobody – nobody – in Club Absinthe who doesn't know how this is going to finish. And they don't doubt it for more than fleeting moments as the match rolls on.

It's not impressive that Kingman & Alexander fight back so well. It's impressive that, against two of the best wrestlers in the company, they last nearly ten minutes, keeping each other in the game with the teamwork that took them to a win over the Machines.

But nonetheless, in a match that had much of the Club cheering, the Rough Ride finishes, laying out Barry Kingman.
Cornell & Hawkins defeated Kingman & Alexander
Rating: B-

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Chris Rockwell vs. Rick Law
And the crowd stay active, stay energised, stay into it. Law and Rockwell are pitted as very nearly equal – which means, after Law's performance against Cornell, that Rockwell looks like a top guy – but in the end, Rockwell gets Law into the Furusawa Armbar.

Law fights to the ropes; Rockwell rolls him clear, and Law manages to regain his feet with the momentum and launches himself backward, smashing Rockwell to the mat.

The Squad Car Slam is countered; Rockwell tries for a DDT, gets blocked, and bounces off the mat after a Long Arm of the Law.

But the contender kicks out, and Law finds himself back on the defensive. Gradually, they brawl to a stalemate, Rockwell visibly becoming frustrated. He rolls out of the ring, Sam Sparrow tracking him...

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And Frankie Perez is suddenly in the ring, steel chair in hand. The fans roar in protest; Sparrow, on reflex, whirls, and catches sight of the P-Dawg as he wraps a chair around Law's head with a brutal swing. The DQ ends it in Law's favour.

Perez looks stricken, staring at Rockwell. The camera picks him up mouthing what looks like “I'm sorry,” and Rockwell shrugs. “You tried,” he calls.”
Rick Law wins via DQ
Rating: B-

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The Summer Showdown logo fills the screen as its theme for this year plays. Pitched against the addiction/desire lyrics we see shots of Troy Tornado with the World Heavyweight Championship, Eddie Peak's smirk as blood spatters his torso, of Koshiro Ino holding the International Championship, intercuts of Ino's battles with Bach over the All-Action Championship, of Ricky Dale Johnson landing the Southern Justice on Sam Keith, Wolf Hawkins and Rockwell brawling to a standstill in their contendership match, and more and more moments from each man's careers, notably their biggest moves, their biggest moments.

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The show fades out on a shot of Troy Tornado, Johnny Bloodstone, and Sam Keith standing off against Cornell and Hawkins.

Show Rating: B

[Phantom Stranger]

Four perfect scores as we head into Summer Showdown, and that means four Acid shirts on their way to Regis, Zeel1, Hyde Hill and Truth:

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On a sad note, the trojan attack mentioned about two weeks back means that, unless I can either find the other CD or grasp the complexities of GIMP, this will be the last T-shirt I'm able to put together, so there may not be a picture for the Summer Showdown award. We'll see.

[Phantom Stranger]

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We're back in the Manhattan National Center this Sunday for the annual Summer Showdown! And it looks like showdowns is the theme of the night, if you'll excuse a really, really bad segue.

First on the card is going to be Koshiro Ino defending his International Championship against Sammy Bach! It's not very long since the pair had a legendary battle over Bach's All-Action Championship in which the Kobra ultimately came out on the losing end - but the boot may be on the other foot now. On the other hand, Ino's manager Baroness Emily didn't seem happy to be making this match.

Aaron Andrews and Eric Tyler. For four months these two have had an issue and it's spread; it led to the reformation of the School of Tradition, it led to Andrews teaming up with Joey Minnesota, and Rick Law got involved. Now, indications are it ends - after their match on Sunday, the loser will have to pay the winner respects.

We haven't seen much of Edd Stone's latest challenger, but he certainly shone in his debut, winning a ladder match that also featured rising star (and apparent ally to Chris Rockwell) Frankie Perez to confirm, on his debut, that he would be the next All Action contender. Will Hell Monkey make it two for two and walk off with the championship on his second match in TCW?

The New Wave became our tag champions last month. They were given that shot in a deal that saw them promise their first defence would be against the Young Guns, and while both teams have looked impressive all month, the Wave have kept true to their word. The title goes on the line now, however, as two of the biggest fan favourite teams in TCW face off.

And then we come to the Hard-Hitting Championship. Inaugurated only last month, we can't talk about its epic history - but we can say that the first champion was legendary Sam Keith, and the first challenger after the title was claimed will be former World Heavyweight Champion Ricky Dale Johnson. No title starts off as a legend, but this belt is well on its way. The match, of course, will be No Holds Barred.

Tommy Cornell wanted into that match. If he'd known the match he actually has, we suspect he'd have worked harder to get into it - because he's up against the 'Hardcore Assassin' Eddie Peak, indisputably one of the most dangerous men ever to step between the ropes. Over the past year, Eddie Peak has quietly amassed a huge pile of wins mingled with occasional bloody losses. Now he finds himself face to face with one of this sport's true greats on the big stage. How will he handle the limelight?

And then we come to the biggest question of the night. Troy Tornado will be defending his World Heavyweight Championship for the first time against not one but two men. One - Wolf Hawkins - he knows well, though they've never before faced off with stakes like these. One - Chris Rockwell - is making his first challenge for a company of this size's top gold. But you can't count either man out. Rockwell seems obsessed with notching up more and more wins in the record books, and Tornado will have to work hard to retain his championship. Will Chris Rockwell prove the others don't have what it takes, or will Wolf Hawkins give the Syndicate a second title? Can Troy come through in the end?

Prediction Key
TCW International Championship
Koshiro Ino (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Sammy Bach

Aaron Andrews vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins

TCW All Action Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Hell Monkey

TCW Tag Team Championship
The New Wave (c) vs. The Young Guns

TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Sam Keith (c) vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

Eddie Peak vs. Tommy Cornell

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Troy Tornado (c) vs. Chris Rockwell vs. Wolf Hawkins

[Zeel1]

TCW International Championship
Koshiro Ino (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Sammy Bach
Bach's a great fit for the belt, and probably should be holding it by the end of the year, but I see Ino as having a pretty lengthy title run, and this is only his second PPV defense, I beleive. Too early to get it off him. (Although you sure as hell wouldn't know that by looking at how many pages have passed since he won it..you lucky bastard. *Shakes fist in half-hearted rage.* :p)

Aaron Andrews vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins
Andrews should be high enough up the card by now, that winning here is more likely. I get keeping Tyler strong, but in an angle like this, it just seems right that Andrews wins the final match. Could very well be wrong, but I stick with the young hopeful.

TCW All Action Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Hell Monkey
Myself, I don't typically go for giving someone an immediate title run just after their debut, and I'll just assume for right now, that the same goes for you.

TCW Tag Team Championship
The New Wave (c) vs. The Young Guns
I know Young Guns are quite the big team at this point, but I'm just not feeling it. They do well with the PP stable, sure, but taking the tag titles off THE GREATEST TAG TEAM IN THE WORLD TODAY? Come on..

TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Sam Keith (c) vs. Ricky Dale Johnson
This is mainly because Keith/Cornell just screams "personal over business", and in my estimation, really shouldn't be over a title. And since it really isn't a good thing for a new title to have it's champ in a Non-Title PPV match, I think RDJ gets a well-deserved run with another high level belt here. Guys Keith's age don't usually have very long reigns anyway..unless they're Steve Flash, of course.. :p

Eddie Peak vs. Tommy Cornell
Peak's dangerous in every diary he's in, but he hasn't stood out enough for me to really see him beating Cornell, especially with the last-minute booking. Cornell gets a good win going into the Keith match.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Troy Tornado (c) vs. Chris Rockwell vs. Wolf Hawkins
Interesting Main Event choice..but while Rockwell's your posterboy, I just can't see this reign ending here. One of the mainstays of Tradition see that the World Heavyweight Champ have a long reign, I suspect Tornado's to continue for quite a while, perhaps into the next year.

[Sonfaro]

Prediction Key
TCW International Championship
Koshiro Ino (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Sammy Bach

Aaron Andrews vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins

TCW All Action Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Hell Monkey

TCW Tag Team Championship
The New Wave (c) vs. The Young Guns

TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Sam Keith (c) vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

Eddie Peak vs. Tommy Cornell

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Troy Tornado (c) vs. Chris Rockwell vs. Wolf Hawkins

[Tigerkinney]

TCW International Championship
Koshiro Ino (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Sammy Bach
Bach's a great fit for the belt, and probably should be holding it by the end of the year, but I see Ino as having a pretty lengthy title run, and this is only his second PPV defense, I beleive. Too early to get it off him. (Although you sure as hell wouldn't know that by looking at how many pages have passed since he won it..you lucky bastard. *Shakes fist in half-hearted rage.* :p)

Aaron Andrews vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins
Andrews should be high enough up the card by now, that winning here is more likely. I get keeping Tyler strong, but in an angle like this, it just seems right that Andrews wins the final match. Could very well be wrong, but I stick with the young hopeful.

TCW All Action Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Hell Monkey
Myself, I don't typically go for giving someone an immediate title run just after their debut, and I'll just assume for right now, that the same goes for you.

TCW Tag Team Championship
The New Wave (c) vs. The Young Guns
I know Young Guns are quite the big team at this point, but I'm just not feeling it. They do well with the PP stable, sure, but taking the tag titles off THE GREATEST TAG TEAM IN THE WORLD TODAY? Come on..

TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Sam Keith (c) vs. Ricky Dale Johnson
This is mainly because Keith/Cornell just screams "personal over business", and in my estimation, really shouldn't be over a title. And since it really isn't a good thing for a new title to have it's champ in a Non-Title PPV match, I think RDJ gets a well-deserved run with another high level belt here. Guys Keith's age don't usually have very long reigns anyway..unless they're Steve Flash, of course.. :p

Eddie Peak vs. Tommy Cornell
Peak's dangerous in every diary he's in, but he hasn't stood out enough for me to really see him beating Cornell, especially with the last-minute booking. Cornell gets a good win going into the Keith match.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Troy Tornado (c) vs. Chris Rockwell vs. Wolf Hawkins
Interesting Main Event choice..but while Rockwell's your posterboy, I just can't see this reign ending here. One of the mainstays of Tradition see that the World Heavyweight Champ have a long reign, I suspect Tornado's to continue for quite a while, perhaps into the next year.

Usually I'd be less lazy than this, but not only do I agree with Zeel's choices, I'd just be repeating what he said in terms of the logic behind those picks too. Sometimes in this predicting game you just have to admit that someone beat you to it.

[Zeel1]

Usually I'd be less lazy than this, but not only do I agree with Zeel's choices, I'd just be repeating what he said in terms of the logic behind those picks too. Sometimes in this predicting game you just have to admit that someone beat you to it.

Et tu, TK? ...I've always wanted to say that..

But anyway, it really is weird how similar our pickings always are, isn't it? And you know, we both are apparantly well known for long write-ups as well. Sometimes it's like we're The Undertaker and Kane. Everything we do is done differantly, and is dressed up differantly, but in the end, it's all..kinda the same..

[SWF Fan]

TCW International Championship
Koshiro Ino (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Sammy Bach

Aaron Andrews vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins

TCW All Action Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Hell Monkey

TCW Tag Team Championship
The New Wave (c) vs. The Young Guns

TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Sam Keith (c) vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

Eddie Peak vs. Tommy Cornell

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Troy Tornado (c) vs. Chris Rockwell vs. Wolf Hawkins

[foolinc]

TCW International Championship
Koshiro Ino (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Sammy Bach

Aaron Andrews vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins

TCW All Action Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Hell Monkey

TCW Tag Team Championship
The New Wave (c) vs. The Young Guns

TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Sam Keith (c) vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

Eddie Peak vs. Tommy Cornell

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Troy Tornado (c) vs. Chris Rockwell vs. Wolf Hawkins

[Bigpapa42]

Prediction Key
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Koshiro Ino (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Sammy Bach

Aaron Andrews vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins

TCW All Action Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Hell Monkey

TCW Tag Team Championship
The New Wave (c) vs. The Young Guns

TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Sam Keith (c) vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

Eddie Peak vs. Tommy Cornell

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Troy Tornado (c) vs. Chris Rockwell vs. Wolf Hawkins

Apparently, I don't feel there will be much in the way of title changes.

[Hyde Hill]

Koshiro Ino (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Sammy Bach

Aaron Andrews vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins

TCW All Action Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Hell Monkey

TCW Tag Team Championship
The New Wave (c) vs. The Young Guns

TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Sam Keith (c) vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

Eddie Peak vs. Tommy Cornell

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Troy Tornado (c) vs. Chris Rockwell vs. Wolf Hawkins

[Marcel Fromage]

TCW International Championship
Koshiro Ino (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Sammy Bach
I still think you need to establish Ino a bit so he holds onto the belt for now.

Aaron Andrews vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins
Really torn on this one. A big part of me thinks AA will win, but I like Tyler's School of Tradition and want to see them moving forwards.

TCW All Action Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Hell Monkey
Is this show in Hawaii? Nope? Ok, Edd for the win.

TCW Tag Team Championship
The New Wave (c) vs. The Young Guns
Not a great Young Guns fan, even after their makeover. I'd just rather see the straps stay on the New Wave for now.

TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Sam Keith (c) vs. Ricky Dale Johnson
Keith drops the strap to RDJ. Gives RDJ something to fight over. Keith doesn't really need anything to fight over right now. Not with Tommy round the corner.

Eddie Peak vs. Tommy Cornell
TC gets a boost with a win over the Great White Shark.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Troy Tornado (c) vs. Chris Rockwell vs. Wolf Hawkins
I don't see any of the titles changing on this show, to be honest. I think I'd enjoy this match if I was there live though.

[Regis]

TCW International Championship
Koshiro Ino (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Sammy Bach
The Champion's advantage is rarely wrong.

Aaron Andrews vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins
I just don't think Andrews is over enough to win here. He'll look strong in defeat, though.

TCW All Action Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Hell Monkey
The only remaining member of the Syndicate to hold a title keeps it.

TCW Tag Team Championship
The New Wave (c) vs. The Young Guns
They can't just be made to look like chumps after not appearing on TV for so long.

TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Sam Keith (c) vs. Ricky Dale Johnson
Keith can hold on until his retirement.

Eddie Peak vs. Tommy Cornell
No contest - but I'm calling this a sleeper prospect for MOTN.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Troy Tornado (c) vs. Chris Rockwell vs. Wolf Hawkins
WOOO! GO TORNADO!

[Truth]

TCW International Championship
Koshiro Ino (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Sammy Bach
Perfect guy to have the title, and a great way to realy move him to the next level.

Aaron Andrews vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins
Aarn should come close, but Tyler's got bigger fish to fry.

TCW All Action Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Hell Monkey
Too early for Hell Monkey to win. Needs to build some popularity & momentum first.

TCW Tag Team Championship
The New Wave (c) vs. The Young Guns
New Wave are number 1 for a reason.

TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Sam Keith (c) vs. Ricky Dale Johnson
I can see interferrence costing Sam the belt.

Eddie Peak vs. Tommy Cornell
He already dropped the belt. TC is not loosing two matches within a year.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Troy Tornado (c) vs. Chris Rockwell vs. Wolf Hawkins
A loss this early for Troy would be a mistake.

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Summer Showdown

Sunday Week 4 July 2008

Live on U-Demand, Jade 237, Rivera Pay Television, V-Corp (2.03)

Held at the Manhattan National Center (Tri-State)

Attendance: 25,179

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Kyle Rhodes - Horatio Dangerous

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The theme tune keeps playing past the pyro and Summer Showdown segues into another slick video package. Included in this one; the rising tension between Keith and Cornell, the Number One Contendership matches – featuring Hawkins, Rockwell and Hell Monkey's incredible performances – Troy Tornado's battle alongside Sam Keith, and Mayhem Midden's announcement of Peak/Cornell. The title belts feature prominently throughout the package, reminding everyone just what the 'Perfect Drug' for a pro wrestler is.

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Koshiro Ino © w/ Baroness Emily vs. Sammy Bach
Once again, these two just work together well. Different styles notwithstanding, Bach has enough experience of working with brawlers and Ino seems to have an innate understanding of how he ticks.

Sammy, for the first time in a while, attacks immediately, putting Ino down with a volley of legs followed by a whilrwind leg lariat. He pauses a moment later, his gaze wandering to the timekeeper's table where the title belt rests, and we see why his motivation is so strong here.

The Kobra battles back; a punch to the chest, jawbreaker to stagger Bach, and twists around to grab the reeling opponent and go for a cutter – but Bach counters that, turning it into something not unlike an inverted suplex.

Off the ropes, flying forearm ducked; Bach whirls and eats a boot. The pace just doesn't seem to be letting up – and it never does. Fifteen minutes in Ino finally manages to hit the Kobra's Bite, retaining with a quick pin.
Koshiro Ino defeated Sammy Bach
Rating: B

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Aaron Andrews vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins
Andrews and Tyler stare each other down as the bell rings, circle warily, and then close. Aaron's known for his hard punches and general streetfight approach, but in the early going he appears determined to outwrestle Tyler – that doesn't work, however, and he starts to change his pace up with a volley of elbows followed by a leaping DDT. Tyler tries to go with him and Andrews promptly offers up a headbutt that splits Tyler open, dazing him.

Around the seven or eight minute mark Tyler can be seen nodding to Huggins during a breather. She promptly vanishes from ringside, and Andrews gets two off a spinebuster before Tyler rallies, only to be cut off – double-A is simply recovering from punishment much faster.

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Sean Deeley appears in the ring, going for Andrews, as a returned Laura Huggins distracts the referee – but Aaron manages to counter him into a spinning sideslam before Tyler jumps him. An inside cradle counters Tyler's assault – and gets the three!
Aaron Andrews defeated Eric Tyler
Rating: C

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Back in the Syndicate locker room, Cornell is in the middle of giving his men a pep talk. “We've only got one title right now,” he says, and Edd Stone preens slightly, “but that changes tonight.” He claps a hand on Wolf's shoulder. “I want all our weight behind Wolf. This past couple of months, we've had setbacks, but we can get past them. Tonight we get the World Heavyweight Championship back. Next month, we show the world what happens if you betray the Syndicate.”

He pauses, looking across at the Machines. “After that, we can see about maybe getting you boys some gold, too.” Hill and Anderson do not exactly look overjoyed.

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Edd Stone © vs. Hell Monkey
Well, it's not great; with any luck, Hell Monkey can become a much more credible contender in America with further exposure.

For now, though, the pair concentrate on popping the crowd with high spots and it doesn't quite work. The end is pure formula; Hell Monkey goes for a powerbomb, only to learn that YOU CAN'T POWERBOMB EDD STONE and receive the Party's Over in retaliation. Edd promptly grabs a quick pin.
Edd Stone defeated Hell Monkey
Rating: D+

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Backstage again, and Chris Rockwell grins into the camera as Jasmine Saunders approaches him, microphone in hand.

“So,” he begins, “you've been demoted to Pretty Girl With Microphone, huh? Man, that takes me back....”

“I don't recall the great Chris Rockwell getting interviewed this way before,” Saunders retorts spiritedly.

Rockwell's face instantly sours. “You wouldn't,” he snaps. A slight smile returns. “Let's just say it's a damn sight easier to wrestle without that stupid crap on my head. Which is probably why I've started winning despite the fact the challenges here are tougher.”

“You think it affected you that much?”

“What other reason could there be?” He smirks. “What was your question, anyway?”

“Well,” she begins. “This past Thursday, in your match with Rick Law, we saw some interference by Frankie Perez and words passed between the two of you.

“Now, I've been watching the in-depth interviews on Total Wrestling, and I noticed in Perez' interview he suggested he might have allies even though he wasn't with the Syndicate.”

“And you want to know if he meant me?” Rockwell cuts in. He shrugs. “Well, yeah. He's got a lot of potential, Frankie – almost, almost enough to be Chris Rockwell – but he needs to learn to win.” He spreads his arms, shrugs. “And who better to teach him, huh? Hell, you'll see me win tonight...”

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The New Wave © vs. The Young Guns
As Azaria noted, that confident, relaxed attitude of Rockwell's was a far cry from anything seen on the faces of either team here.

It's pure determination on both sides – they launch into it all fast, with slick high-flying moves linking together into submission holds. Particularly of note, Steve Gumble tags in, springboards across into Scout and while it looks like he's going for a tornado DDT, the spin turns out to be a takedown into an armbar.

Guide, meanwhile, is already in action, a shining wizard breaking the hold before any real damage can be done. Both teams have fans in the crowd, but they don't seem to be treating that as any kind of reason to go easy on each other, not with the tag titles at stake.

Pin attempt follows pin attempt, breakup follows breakup, and the pace picks up. Savate kicks, Guided Missiles, Gunslinger's Revenges – they go crazy seguing from one major move to another, and it's pretty quick that it ceases to really matter who's the legal man; it's just who can make it back into the ring.

And, ultimately, that's the situation when Guide gets Harry Allen locked into the Special Force. Guide sprints the length of the ring, launching out into a suicide dive to keep Steve Gumble from intervening, and Allen's forced to tap.
The New Wave defeated the Young Guns
Rating: C+

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Once again the feed cuts to a pre-recorded video.

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Troy Tornado tilts his head to look at the camera. “What does a win at Summer Showdown mean to me?” he asks.

“It means no one can call me a fluke. It means I stay the champion.

“It means one more message sent back to everyone who called Painful Procedure some kind of joke. Who said that rock stars couldn't commit to wrestling.

“It means more time with the grandest prize in American wrestling.

“It means Wolf has to eat his words. It means Rockwell has to shut his yap.

“And it means, once again, I get to stand in front of the best fans in the world and hear them cheer.

“I'll never get tired of that.”

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Eddie Peak looks off into the distance. “Winning?” he asks. “Hope so. Mostly, I want to make a mark.

“Tommy Cornell. He broke in when me and my brother were starting out. He got the break I didn't.

“Now he owns his own wrestling company. He brings his pampered pets in. He's got the money to do that.

“I figure I deserve to show him how I feel. So tonight, I'm gonna try to win... But, you know...

“The thing about Tommy Cornell, his success turned him into kind of a dick. I might get carried away and get disqualified. Because...”

He looks into the camera and grins. “He really, really deserves a beating.”

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Sam Keith is shown seated in the locker room, the Hard-Hitting Championship belt draped across his lap. He looks at it for a long moment before he breaks the silence.

“The thing about a championship,” he says, “is that it has to earn its place.

“I won this. I became the first man to hold it. The only man who has any say in how good this championship can look is the man who holds it.

“I have... a responsibility tonight. I need to go out there tonight. I need to face off with RDJ, one of the best wrestlers out there...

“And I need to beat him. For this. I need to go out there against the rest of the best, and I need to beat them. Until everyone knows that this championship is held by the best. Is sought after by the best.

“Until this championship has respect. Has a first mark in its legacy that TCW can be proud of.

“And when I lose it, I need to have shown everyone that this is a championship that only the best can hold. That you have to be the best to challenge for. That deserves to be spoken about that way.

“I intend to hold on to this championship until there's a better man.” He looks up. “This is my chance to get what might be the last important thing I do in my career right. Tonight. Next month. Every time I step between those ropes and put this prize on the line.”

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Sam Keith © vs. Ricky Dale Johnson
Well, Sam certainly brought his A-Game, but you could tell that RDJ's heart wasn't entirely in this one.

Still a pretty good match, this just didn't quite crest the heights that Sam and Ricky probably helped to achieve. One of the big highlights came during the mandatory brawl on the outside; RDJ got Sam up for the Southern Justice but made it a two-parter, smashing the veteran into the ring post before dumping him onto the floor.

Keith still, somehow, kicked out once he'd been rolled back into the ring for the cover. Johnson promptly went to the second rope, calling for the leaping lariat – but Sam ducked it, capitalising as RDJ crashed by going to work the arm, setting up for the Proton Lock, though RDJ fought clear and started to dominate.

In desperation, Sam Keith booted him firmly in the nuts – and as Dangerous pointed out on commentary, it's a No Holds Barred match and Keith was well within his rights. A big lariat followed from Keith, a repeated driving elbow to RDJ's shoulder, and shortly afterward, the Proton Lock was clamped down. RDJ tapped not long afterward...
Sam Keith defeated Ricky Dale Johnson
Rating: B

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Prompt and punctual is Tommy Cornell, rolling into the ring and jumping an already clearly hurting Keith, delivering a volley of punches before slamming him to the mat and going to work in earnest.

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The crowd sound pissed as hell, but it isn't long before their tone changes. Eddie Peak storms the ring, tearing Cornell loose from Keith and military pressing him before hurling him out of the ring into the guardrail. Still in street clothes, he makes sure RDJ is shepherding Keith back up the ramp before tearing his shirt off and dragging Cornell back into the ring for their match...

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Brutal, to the point, and not as hot a crowd as you might have hoped. Cornell and Peak focus entirely on the punching end on their spectrum as Eddie just can't go with Tommy on the rest of his repertoire, and while the slams and throws look lethal, it's clear that things are just a little too focused and this isn't the match that the pair would hope for.

Peak does get to brutalise Cornell for a good long stretch, which boosts his rep more than a little, but in the end Cornell manages to fight clear, mostly by fairly basic holds, and the Rough Ride follows. Peak promptly kicks out, so Tommy goes for it again. He's blocked and booted to the mat, but turns Peak's assault aside with a drop toe hold and the Guilt Trip – and, in the end, that finishes it.
Tommy Cornell defeated Eddie Peak
Rating: B-

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Troy Tornado © vs. Chris Rockwell vs. Wolf Hawkins
Fortunately, the main event picked the pace right back up. Tornado lives up to his name in here, and it's clear that he means to defend his championship with everything at his disposal.

After a little while, Rockwell and Hawkins form an uneasy alliance, which ends when Hawkins betrays Rockwell; the pair of them having hurled Tornado to the outside, Hawkins cuts Rockwell off, hoists him, and sends him over the top into the champion with a crucifix powerbomb that lays them both out. An elbow from the apron to the floor swiftly follows, but Tornado had recovered enough to get clear and a Star Maker wipes Hawkins out on the outside.

A lengthy Tornado-Rockwell sequence develops, with neither man really getting the upper hand. Wolf returns and chops Rockwell down with the Full Moon Rising, delivered from behind, and stares down the champion for a moment. Then he backs to the ropes and charges forward with a flying shoulderblock.

That shoulderblock causes quite the argument at the announce desk. Did Hawkins deliberately miss, or did Troy just get clear? Either way, it's Sam Sparrow who takes the hit, bouncing all the way out of the ring.

Tornado goes for a backdrop suplex, Wolf flips out, goes for the Full Moon Rising, and Tornado catches him, turning it into the Tornado Driver tilt-a-whirl piledriver, but of course there's no count.

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Cornell is suddenly in the ring, and the pair double-team Tornado, taking him down pretty brutally before, Rockwell having arisen, it turns into a two-on-two as the other challenger sees how close he is to getting screwed.

The company owner turns to the entrance ramp and gestures with his hand – and Tornado lands the Star Maker! Rockwell promptly DDTs Hawkins and turns to go after the champion, but he's bailed from the ring, standing watching the ramp, waiting.

And nothing comes. Chris Rockwell shrugs, clamping the Furusawa Armbar onto Hawkins as Sparrow finally revives, and the roar of the crowd tells Tornado to get back in there. He breaks it up, tosses Rockwell out of the ring, and picks up Hawkins, who's managed to recover enough to smash a knee into the champion's face.

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As Sparrow checks on Rockwell another face finally does join the fray, as Frankie Perez doles out stiff kicks to both men still in the ring until the champ finally blocks one. A Tornado Driver follows, much to the crowd's approval, and as Rockwell returns to the ring Troy hooks a front facelock on Hawkins, running up the ropes and springing off.

The resulting tornado DDT also boots Rockwell square in the face and as he recovers, Troy measures him. Yet another Star Maker brings the recent SWF import crashing back down to the mat and Tornado covers fast, finally getting the duke.
Troy Tornado defeated Chris Rockwell and Wolf Hawkins
Rating: B+

Show Rating: B+

[Phantom Stranger]

Prediction contest winners for Summer Showdown are Zeel1, Tigerkinney, foolinc, Bigpapa42, Hyde Hill, and Regis, though they disagreed amongst themselves on two or three of the matches.

On their way to you fine folks are a batch of the new Troy Tornado 'Reunion Tour '08' T-Shirt...

[Phantom Stranger]

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Monday 1st August 2008
The buzz after the show was better than I'd expected; a couple of the matches hadn't been as strong as I'd hoped for, and Eddie Peak had gone off the script a bit during his promo. Joel had been on edge after the 'dick' comment until he found out Tommy found it hilarious.

I told Eddie to watch it in future, and he grinned; the post-show drinking session in a local hotel bar is the kind of place, it turns out, where the booker has zero authority.

That said, Jennifer (Cornell, Tommy's wife) was there – which is kind of rare, but if we're running a show in the area and she can find a sitter for Tommy Jr she'll pop in occasionally.

I'm hazy on Jennifer's actual job, if only because I have pretty much nothing to do with the business end of the company. I don't believe she's actually under TCW contract – I think it's some kind of consultancy job, as I know she's also worked with a couple of the network bods we talk to when it's time to renew shows – but it's financial in some way.

This time, she was there to deliver some good news. We'd heard that the buyrate for this show had been hot, fuelled by the main event, Keith/RDJ and the late addition of Tommy and Eddie – but the total numbers hadn't been available until we went out there, and we hadn't had a chance to hear.

For only the third time, our buyrate was above 2.

The first couple of times that happened (I'm told), the assumption was that it was Total Mayhem finally beginning to emerge as our signature PPV, the same way that the Supreme Challenge has been the flagship of the SWF for the last nearly thirty years. This time, however, it was Summer Showdown, traditionally not one of the biggest shows we put on – and one of the reasons we don't tend to pull out all the stops, and one of the reasons I held off on Cornell/Keith, is that Summer Showdown goes up against the Supreme Challenge. The budget of the average wrestling fan is limited, and we all know that the Challenge will sweep any fan of both companies who can only afford one.

To put that in context: We usually get about a quarter of what the SWF get. With an unusually successful Summer Showdown, we pulled a little over a fifth of their Challenge buyrate – and their buyrate was down.

So why was their buyrate down? Were we persuading people to drop dollars on the opening phase of Troy Tornado's reign? That's the spin that a lot of people are putting on it. I'm not so sure.

Jack Bruce leaving – whatever the reason – undefeated for his championship with two weeks before the Challenge didn't help. The fact they went with Frehley against Eric Eisen for their main event also probably didn't help.

But the big candidate here is the reason that, even as I don't think we're winning their fans over, I'm happy with our buyrate spike.

I don't know when this book will come out – if it even does, I might be shouting into the wind – but for what it's worth, late 2008 is shaping up to be an economic disaster zone. For me, that's the number one reason that Supreme Challenge 28 was the first Challenge in five years to drop below a 10 buyrate, and it's the number one reason why gaining fans at this point is, to me, a sign we're making REAL strides.

Now let's just see if we can maintain it til the end of the year – or better ourselves. Jennifer tells me that we're coming up on the end of our contract with U-Demand, and with this kind of success rate we might be able to get a bigger provider and have a chance of selling to more homes.

Tuesday 2nd August 2008
Cliff phoned me today to tell me that, in his opinion, the mini-stable he's been nurturing are as close to go as they're going to be. All they need now is a figurehead, which means, of course, one more argument about swamping the roster with former DaVE guys – but I'll live. Whether the stable makes it or not, a couple of the members have skillsets people need to be exposed to.

Those three, and the returnee and his partner... that's five new guys. If Rocky's concerns were valid, I'm going to need to talk to the boys today. We've got feelers out for other people too.

[cmdrsam]

Another fine show, which I enjoyed very much. The post show was once again top notch.

[Phantom Stranger]

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Summer Showdown is in the books and once again TCW has to look forward - there's no time for looking back.

It's a DaVE opening to the show as Eddie Peak will be facing off with Sammy Bach. Neither man won Sunday - who gets back on the win train first?

In the next match - more of TCW's current tag team renaissance - Aaron Andrews & Joey Minnesota step into the ring together, facing off with Miyazaki & Ota. Both teams are relatively new, and it's a pretty safe bet that both teams will want to move ahead in the rankings now that the position of Number One Contender is once again free following Summer Showdown.

Tag action will be continuing after that, but with quite a different tone to it - the Easy Riders, for the first time, will actually step into a TCW ring to compete, facing off with the men they've attacked over the last month, Painful Procedure. Karen Killer's men are in this, it seems, for revenge.

Changing our pace up, we return next to singles action, in which Art Reed and Chris Rockwell will face off in what should be a fast-paced technical masterpiece. Reed has a chance to establish himself on a much higher level if he can beat the man who took his ally Bloodstone to a time-limit draw.

Danny Fonzarelli makes a welcome return to the ring this week, too, becoming the first of two men to face off with a member of the Machines. In Danny's case, it's John Anderson, and personally we're looking forward to seeing if Fonzarelli will try for the Ammo Dump.

Brent Hill, Anderson's teammate, will be in the squared circle immediately following that contest - he faces another big challenge in Rocky Golden. Golden has been accused recently of lacking motivation, but the Machines have been on rocky fortunes of late - so who will take this one?

Another first will take place following that, as the new team School of Tradition - Sean Deeley & Joel Bryant - will take on Ricky Dale Johnson and Johnny Bloodstone, tagging up for the first time.

And then there's the main event. The two champions Troy Tornado and Sam Keith will also be pairing up, facing off with the men who've been giving them trouble - Tommy Cornell and Wolf Hawkins. No chance that Tornado and Keith will be as in sync as legend and protege - but Cornell's been turning to anger a lot of late. Is that going to be enough for the champions to win through, or are twin reigns coming to an end?

Prediction Key:
Eddie Peak vs. Sammy Bach

Andrews & Minnesota vs. Miyazaki & Ota

Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer vs. Painful Procedure

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Chris Rockwell

Danny Fonzarelli vs. John Anderson

Brent Hill vs. Rocky Golden

Johnny Bloodstone & RDJ w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins

Sam Keith & Troy Tornado vs. Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins

[James Casey]

Eddie Peak vs. Sammy Bach Eddie is a known quantity. Volatile, but known. Sammy... You can do a lot with Sammy and have it be believable, and beating Eddie could be one of those things.

Andrews & Minnesota vs. Miyazaki & Ota Capitalising on the momentum gain from Andrews' win.

Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer vs. Painful Procedure Easy Riders could lose, but this early on in their TCW game, a win seems more likely.

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Chris Rockwell Can't see Reed winning this one on TV

Danny Fonzarelli vs. John Anderson Fonzie has more singles experience

Brent Hill vs. Rocky Golden Emphasising Hill and Anderson's blip in form

Johnny Bloodstone & RDJ w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins A tough call, as the SoT would win a lot of matches - but RDJ is a powerful factor in any match

Sam Keith & Troy Tornado vs. Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins Ah, the classic tag match - and one the heels generally take, by hook or by crook

[Marcel Fromage]

Eddie Peak vs. Sammy Bach
Tough call. I'll take Eddie as the slightly more rounded. Plus, he just lost on PPV to Cornell. If Bach beats him here, it doesn't make Cornell look all that great.

Andrews & Minnesota vs. Miyazaki & Ota
Andrews gets to kick on after his PPV success.

Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer vs. Painful Procedure
A strong debut win for the Riders although PP will doubtless be back for more.

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Chris Rockwell
Rockwell bounces back after defeat

Danny Fonzarelli vs. John Anderson
Anderson suffers as the Machines' malaise continues

Brent Hill vs. Rocky Golden
Hill suffers as the Machines' malaise continues!

Johnny Bloodstone & RDJ w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins
I think RDJ and Bloodstone are probably too strong to lose this, but the SoT should look decent in defeat.

Sam Keith & Troy Tornado vs. Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins
The heels need to build some momentum. This is a good time to do it.

[foolinc]

Eddie Peak vs. Sammy Bach

Andrews & Minnesota vs. Miyazaki & Ota

Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer vs. Painful Procedure

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Chris Rockwell

Danny Fonzarelli vs. John Anderson

Brent Hill vs. Rocky Golden

Johnny Bloodstone & RDJ w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins

Sam Keith & Troy Tornado vs. Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins

[SWF Fan]

Eddie Peak vs. Sammy Bach

Andrews & Minnesota vs. Miyazaki & Ota

Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer vs. Painful Procedure

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Chris Rockwell

Danny Fonzarelli vs. John Anderson

Brent Hill vs. Rocky Golden

Johnny Bloodstone & RDJ w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins

Sam Keith & Troy Tornado vs. Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins

[Tigerkinney]

Eddie Peak vs. Sammy Bach

Just feel Peak needs the win more, as Bach will rise up the card up eventually.

Andrews & Minnesota vs. Miyazaki & Ota

Simple booking here, Andrew follows up his PPV win over Tyler.

Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer vs. Painful Procedure

Booking 101 again as the debuting and hyped team come in with a win.

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Chris Rockwell

Rockwell appears to be considerably higher up the card

Danny Fonzarelli vs. John Anderson

With the Machines in a sort of slump, I agree with the others here and see Fonzarelli taking this. Hope this Machines slump is going somewhere and that two good workers (be it Tag or singles) aren't going to waste

Brent Hill vs. Rocky Golden

See above

Johnny Bloodstone & RDJ w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins

School of Tradition are midcard bullies, so they beat up on jobbers but lose to those higher on the card.

Sam Keith & Troy Tornado vs. Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins

Normally those in the challenging position, pick up the wins in these sort of matches, to justify their position of being credible challengers.

[Truth]

Eddie Peak vs. Sammy Bach
Have to agree with Tigerkinney. Bach didn't loose a lot by loosing to Ino, but Peak will need rebuilding.

Andrews & Minnesota vs. Miyazaki & Ota
Joey's already established, and Andrews needs to keep the win streak going.

Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer vs. Painful Procedure
PP are not near good enough to beat a debuting team.

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Chris Rockwell
Art's still working his way up the card, and Chris needs the win after last night's loss.

Danny Fonzarelli vs. John Anderson
Gotta go with Anderson, probably with some unwanted interference, to forward the machine's unhappiness with the direction of the Syndicate

Brent Hill vs. Rocky Golden
Golden is higher up the card, and with his partner winning,, Brent's loosing, again forwarding their unhappiness.

Johnny Bloodstone & RDJ w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins
Bloodstone is on his way to being a real contender for the world title, and RDJ needs the win.

Sam Keith & Troy Tornado vs. Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins
TC ain't loosing on tv.

[Regis]

Prediction Key:
Eddie Peak vs. Sammy Bach
Why? Because Eddie just under-performed in a match against Tommy Cornell, while Sammy pulled a better grade with Ino. To the better loser go the spoils.

Andrews & Minnesota vs. Miyazaki & Ota
Miyazaki and Ota are, unfortunately, still jobbers.

Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer vs. Painful Procedure
After this much hype? No way they go down.

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Chris Rockwell
Reed's good, but he still doesn't have what it takes... to be Chris Rockwell. By which I mean overness and a Main Event push.

Danny Fonzarelli vs. John Anderson
Maybe the disposable midcard Face jobber to the stars will pick up a win?

Brent Hill vs. Rocky Golden
Rocky won't take it here - his losing streak continues.

Johnny Bloodstone & RDJ w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins
I mean seriously, not a chance.

Sam Keith & Troy Tornado vs. Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins
Don't just job the champs out on free TV, especially not after their big PPV victories.

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 1 August 2008

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 4.06)

Held at the Mayor Street Arena (New England)

Attendance: 12,906

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Shawn Doakes

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The opening video dies away, and Tommy Cornell stands in the ring alongside Wolf Hawkins. “I'm sure you all already saw it,” Cornell begins. “Summer Showdown has come and gone, and the World Heavyweight Championship is still out of our hands.

“Not for much longer, though.” He smiles, and pats Hawkins on the shoulder. “Matter of fact, next month we're going to bring back at least two of the belts. I'm locked in with Sam Keith, and that means no byrule is going to keep me from getting that belt away from him.

“Especially since he cares about it so much – but double that because once he's lost it, I can fire him.” A smirk. “See...” He pauses. “No,” he says. “Screw that. You saw how it went down, him and me. You know what he did. I don't need to justify myself.

“But that's not the only thing.”

Hawkins, microphone in hand, chimes in. “See, Tornado didn't beat me – he beat Rockwell. At the end of the day, it wasn't me who got pinned. It wasn't me who lost.

“I figure I deserve in the next World Heavyweight Championship match, right? And this time, I'm going to take the win away with me... And the belt with it.”

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Cornell nods, and Fury of the Storm begins to play. Troy Tornado emerges, followed swiftly by Sam Keith, both men wearing their championship belts as they make their way to the ring.

Tornado snatches Hawkins' microphone out of his hand. “Wolf,” he says, “don't take this personally.

“But let's look back at last month, yeah?”

“They told me I was up against a Syndicate member and if he won he got a title shot. Didn't tell me who. I said fine.

“You lost, Wolf. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you couldn't beat me, but here's the thing – that day, you lost.

“So that was your first shot at being number one contender.

“SOMEHOW, mentioning no influential names, Tommy, Wolf got himself a second shot.

“Now I'll give you this, on that second shot. You didn't lose.

“I mean, you didn't win either, but hey. So that's two goes to almost prove yourself – the fact you didn't win doesn't look too impressive to me.

“So that's my piece said. And as for what you've been saying about Sam, Tommy...” He pauses, considers. “You know something?” He wheels on Keith. “I hear a lot of people saying they're still not sure this isn't some kind of Syndicate master plan. Still not sure that Sam Keith isn't playing Tommy's lackey.

“I can kind of see what they're saying, and what kills me...

“If they're right, we'll find out at Hotter Than Hell. But some of us need to know before then. If this is a trick, you bought yourselves a free month.”

Keith takes the microphone from Tornado and nods. “I'm not asking for immediate forgiveness,” he begins. “And you know, I can understand that you might have trouble trusting me tonight. I just have to keep going until I've proved myself, I guess.” He gives Tornado a long stare. “Right now, it's time to start.” He drops the microphone and lunges at Cornell. Hawkins tries to cut him off, and after a long moment watching, Tornado gets involved.

The crowd are roaring approval by the time the referees hit to try and separate the brawl.

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Eddie Peak vs. Sammy Bach
This pair still demonstrates that remarkable innate understanding they have together; and the match is a very simple war of escalation. Peak hits Bach with a massive lariat right at the beginning that's enough to snap him out of that blank zone he enters at the start of every match, and what follows gets rapidly bigger and bigger.

Bach finally turns it from an even contest into his favour with a dropkick to the nuts that Peak sells like a champion – referee Sam Sparrow was unfortunately unsighted – and the beatdown, insofar as you can beat down Eddie Peak, begins.

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It only ends it when a fan yanks Bach off Peak. In doing so, his hoodie falls back, and Sammy stops in his tracks, staring, as Teddy Powell glares daggers at him. The Motion Censor leaping superkick follows a moment later, and naturally enough, the match ends there.

The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell, the DaVE theme of Adrenaline Rush, hits. “Someone backstage,” Doakes notes grimly, “knew this was coming or that song wouldn't be ready.”
Sammy Bach defeated Eddie Peak by DQ
Rating: B

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Andrews & Minnesota vs. Miyazaki & Ota
So here they are; three men who at least until recently were among the roster's small fry, with Joey Minnesota the only longstanding big name in the match. And the result, in terms of the crowd's reactions, is on a par with a PPV tag title match involving Painful Procedure. Minnesota seems to play a role as the general amid the chaos, with the other three playing exuberant warriors, going over the top with everything they can.

Notably, for example, Miyazaki delivers a series of punches ending with a discus uppercut that actually catapults Minnesota over the top rope and to the floor; Aaron Andrews hits a spinebuster that actually looks more effective than either of his current finishing moves...

It's all fast-paced and it all looks pretty painful, but Minnesota eventually comes through, cutting off a second Miyazaki volley of punches and hoisting him for the Empire Spiral. Ota comes in to intervene, but Andrews cuts him off with a top rope crossbody.
Andrews & Minnesota defeated Miyazaki & Ota
Rating: C

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Andrews remains in the ring afterward; Minnesota collects a microphone and tosses it into him before heading backstage with a smile.

“Eric,” Andrews calls. “You owe me, Eric. They signed off on the stip... so get out here...”

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Eric Tyler is out not long afterward, accompanied by his sour expression and Laura Huggins. “First off,” Tyler says, “It wasn't the stip I specified. Second, that whole thing is null and void if members of the School got involved – and, tragically, Sean decided to do so. Nothing I can do about it, Aaron...”

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Shout At The Devil begins to play, and Mayhem Midden appears behind Tyler.

“Not quite true,” he says. “Let's go to the tape, shall we?”

On the big screen behind him, a clip plays.

“Loser has to admit respect for the other,” Midden says.

“That's what I said!”

“Not quite,” Midden points out. “But close enough. Alright, Eric; you've got your match. Should be fun. Oh – but if your School get involved, you can't enforce the stipulation.”

Mayhem Midden grins. “Never said anything about Aaron not being able to, did I?” he says, and gestures to the ring. “He asked, Eric. Off you go.”

Tyler, instead, starts stalking back toward Midden, who shrugs. “Hold on a second there, Eric,” he says. “I brought someone along who might want to see an honorable pledge be lived up to...”

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My Hero begins to play and Rick Law is standing behind the Board's Representative. Tyler halts and seems to be considering his chances right now. Law places a hand on his nightstick, and Tyler swallows before heading back to the ring.

After a long moment, he manages to make himself extend a hand to Andrews, who takes it and shakes. Tyler looks back to the entrance ramp, where Midden and Law stand.

He releases the grip and turns to face them, pointing at Law. “Bad move,” he says. “My schedule just cleared. Your ass is in for a world of hurt...”

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Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer vs. Painful Procedure
A pretty by-the-numbers hoss brawl, but the Riders at least change things up a little. The brawl ends only when Billy Jack Shearer finds himself on the end of Peter Hopper's fearsome RPM Bomb, leading to the pin.
Easy Riders defeated Painful Procedure
Rating: D+

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Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Chris Rockwell
And the pace picks right back up.

It's almost exclusively a mat-based contest, though neither man is afraid to punch their way out of a hold if it's the only option available. They keep things quick, clean, and crisp, with Rockwell at the end winning after an open-handed slap to the face makes Reed get angry and he misses on a charge; Rockwell takes him down and unleashes a series of grounded knee strikes which leave Reed so dazed that Rockwell can collect the pin.
Chris Rockwell defeated Art Reed
Rating: B

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Rockwell promptly calls for a microphone. “Before you go anywhere,” he tells the Bombshell, “I want you to take a message to your other client.

“See, I'm chasing him for a win back. And I thought that might be fun to do soon. You want to ask him?”

The Bombshell looks pointedly at Rockwell's position, stood over Reed and in position to do some damage if she says no, and finds herself relieved of the need to say anything as Break Stuff starts playing.

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Johnny Bloodstone strides down to the ring and goes face-to-face with Rockwell, then suddenly grins.

“You don't need to make this kind of fuss about it,” he begins. “Not for a match with me. You're a good fighter, Chris. And if I don't wrestle good fighters, I'll lose my edge.

“So you bet – you got it.”

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Rockwell grins, and then more music starts to play – Battle Without Honor Or Humanity heralds the arrival of the International Champion Koshiro Ino.

“Did I miss something?” he asks, as Baroness Emily whispers something, looking worried.

“I offered you a rematch because our fight ended in disqualification. You say no. That's for a title – this isn't, and you're chasing this?

“What's going on?”

Rockwell smiles. “Titles are incidental,” he says. “The goal is the winner's share of the purse, man. Sure, that's bigger when you've got a shiny belt in question, but I'm here for me and money, man, me and money.

“If I beat someone then you can look in the record book and see my name and a mark in the win column. Pretty simple.

“I proved I can beat you, man. Why would I want to give you a shot at pulling that back?”

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It's not on a par with the prior match, but it's a good, solid contest as Fonzarelli continues to show an evolving grasp of the game, taking Anderson to the limit and doing well against Anderson's attempts to wear him down. Around the ten minute mark, Fonzie lands the Ammo Dump to walk away with the win.
Danny Fonzarelli defeated John Anderson
Rating: C+

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Brent Hill vs. Rocky Golden
While Golden continues to refine the technical side of his game – or, to put it less politely, to try stuff like armbars – Hill and Rocky are very different stylists and the quality of their wrestling, too, is different. It's not a combination that leads to a sensational match, though in the end Brent gets a decent reaction when he turns the Rack into a takedown and promptly follows up with a King of the Hill for victory.
Brent Hill defeated Rocky Golden
Rating: C-

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Back from commercial and, in the Syndicate locker room, Cornell seems frustrated with the Machines.

“So,” he says, after a moment. “Explain Sunday.”

Hill looks at him. Anderson shrugs. “What do you mean?”

“Sunday,” Cornell snaps. “Summer Showdown. The little matter of you two being called in to help in the main event – which I would remind you is your job, now you don't have belts of your own.”

Hill and Anderson exchange glances. After a long moment, Hill breaks the silence. “My wife called,” he says. “My boy'd injured himself. I was busy.” Anderson nods.

Cornell glowers. “Don't let it happen again,” he says in the end, and storms out.

Anderson exhales. “He bought it,” he says, and Hill nods.

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Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins
RDJ and Johnny Bloodstone showed an astonishing understanding of each other's styles for two people so unused to teaming together, which can only have been an asset to the match. Just as important, though, will have been Bryant and Deeley's own technical skills in making this one of the best tag team matches of the year to date.

The School are clearly outclassed, but they don't let that stop them, and when RDJ winces after Deeley hits him in the shoulder most affected by the Proton Lock, they go to town, aiming to wear that arm down and pick up the win before Johnson can tag out.

It almost works, especially after a couple of ref distractions by Laura Huggins mean that Bloodstone's initial tag isn't recognised. But in the end, it's difficult to keep RDJ down, and a Southern Justice on Deeley gives him the break he needs.

Bloodstone comes in, takes Deeley back down, suplexes Bryant as he tries to intervene, and then clamps the Bloodstone Mutilation onto Deeley, forcing a tapout.
Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson defeated School of Tradition
Rating: B+

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Sam Keith & Troy Tornado vs. Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins
We start hot and we get hotter. All four men are about as familiar to this crowd as pro wrestlers ever get, and this leads to something intense.

The Syndicate make use of their trust to really tear both Keith and Tornado apart in the early going before – as Azaria shrewdly suggests – Tornado starts to just trust that Keith will have his back, evidently figuring that if he worries about it too much he'll get injured anyway.

That manages to turn the tide for a while, and after Keith tags back in it seems like Wolf Hawkins is in serious trouble.

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And then someone else enters the ring. Tyson Baine doesn't seem, on the face of it, to have anything to do with this match – but he enters the ring, takes Eugene Williams out from behind, and promptly sinks Sam Keith with a Hades Bomb before yanking Tornado into the ring and doing the same thing. By the time Williams revives, a lifeless Keith is clamped in the Guilt Trip, but it's all for show – Cornell can't make an unconscious man submit. Williams awards the Syndicate the win, and Baine re-enters the ring to raise their hands.
Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins defeated Sam Keith & Troy Tornado
Rating: A

Show Rating: B+

[Dragonmack]

Just getting into this now as I catch up on a bunch of diaries. Sorry I didnt get to it earlier as I am only on the first full show write up ( I wish I could get 4 pages of comments between shows on my diaries :eek::p ) but it looks fantastic. I will hold off predictions till I am fully caught up, which should be a few days, but rest assured I will be following this faithfully from now on.

[Phantom Stranger]

Sole winner this time around is James Casey with a perfect score.

He'll be looking at the new Tommy Cornell "British Steel/American Edge" T-Shirt very soon...

[Phantom Stranger]

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Tuesday 2nd August 2008
Just barely Tuesday, though. Like I said in my last entry, I spoke to the boys about the concerns Rocky raised last week. As this is – in theory – a diary of my booking decisions and the logic behind them – I'm going to put down roughly what I said here. I'm bound to get some of the wording wrong, but this was the rough idea, after Tommy OKed it. (You do NOT talk about financial matters to everybody without the boss giving you the green light. Fortunately, Tommy knows that the gang are going to need pay hikes considering the advances we've made.)

“First of all,” I said, “I've been asked about the apparent direction of the company, with most of the belts on newcomers and other new guys getting heavy pushes.

“It's a fact that we've brought in a lot of new talent in the past year. This is hardly just my doing, mind you, but I'll admit that a lot of them have been spotlighted more since I came in.

“Now, here's the thing. When I was hired I was specifically asked to shake up the main event scene. Does that mean I think the main event wasn't doing it's job as it was? No. But one of my priorities was to freshen things up. Some of that, it's obvious how you do it – with Tommy off the belt we can bring Wolf up, with Sam out of the Syndicate we can shake other things up. Some of that has been about using what Joel set up. I'm told that back last summer, as Eddie, Sammy, Joey and the New Wave were signed up, the instructions were to not put DaVE over as on par with TCW. I shouldn't have to explain why – it had just gone bust. Tell the fans you're 'only' as good as a company that went out of business and you follow them.”

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The first wave of TCW's DaVE signings: Better off not part of a doomed faction

Eddie grinned at this; Joey had been looking affronted until the explanation when he relaxed. The DaVE graduates are proud of their time there, and speaking as someone who had the book for a company it bought out, I can't say I blame them.

“Anyway, the long and short of it is that this is why it took a year for the New Wave to make it to the top, and why things like a major push for Eddie are only just being lined up. Add in Johnny and Chris – and to be fair, Chris in particular got rushed up the card, more or less of necessity – and we have a very different looking main event.

“The question is...” I took a look around to see how many of the crowd were looking annoyed. “Where does that leave the rest of you, right?

“Sooner rather than later, the new main event is going to need shaking up. We've pushed these guys hard to position them where we need them – and we now need you guys who've been losing to put in the work and get yourselves on equal footing. That means some more wins for you, but it doesn't mean you get everything you gave these guys back right away.

“Realistically, the company is more popular than it's ever been. What's in that for you guys is that, also, individual stars are more popular than they used to be. Those of you who have percentages of your merch in your contract will be seeing the results of this with the next quarterly payment. Those of you who don't – trust me, your merch is on the up, and I've got Tommy's authorisation to say that we know you deserve a slice of the pie next time your contracts come due. That slice may or may not come with merch rights, but if it doesn't, you can expect a better dollar figure at the end of each month.

“Financially, you're doing fine. Creatively, you may not be so well off now – but as we finish establishing the new guys, we get more room to give you what you need in that area as well. If you've got a problem with what we have you doing now, talk to me about it. If I don't have a good explanation for it, it needs fixing.”


Thursday 4th August 2008
Randall Hopkirk called me from a payphone at today's house show. Apparently, he's been thinking things over and wants to start moving toward a backstage position. He's asked to be taken off the active wrestling roster around this time next month.

He's got about nine months after that on his contract, and I'm not sure what we'll do with him, if anything. Realistically, he's maybe a hair better than Kyle Rhodes is on colour, but Kyle's contract runs longer and we have other obvious replacements who've been being groomed for the job.

Billy Jack Shearer, too, doesn't exactly benefit from this news. The biggest advantage the pair have is their experience and exposure as a duo, and without his partner BJS is, well... simply the worker with the least range to their skillset on our books, and unlikely to step his game up notably given his age.

On the other hand, some good news today, again brought to my attention by Jennifer Cornell; TCW now has TV coverage outside of GNN Total Sports. Continental Sports X1, a network covering the UK and Europe, has signed to take Total Wrestling on as part of its broadcast package. It's not a big network by any stretch of the imagination, but further coverage should help us; we already air PPVs in Europe, to a generally positive response from the few fans who follow TCW online and know what's going on.

Making it easy for the casual fan to find reasons to care enough to buy PPVs – and merchandise – is a good thing, and that's what this deal does. It should hopefully motivate the British fanbase – once TCW has a British fanbase, rather than Tommy having a British fanbase – to start prodding their own PPV networks about us, and that kind of fan support makes it a lot easier to cut a deal with those providers.

Fortunately, we've got some new arrivals in place who should be able to help us nurture that interest.

[1PWfan]

Randall tends to work best as a manager- putting him with the Young Guns or using him to introduce Natural Talent would be a logical move.

[Phantom Stranger]

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Following his shock appearance Tuesday, Teddy Powell is losing no time before introducing himself to the roster on a wrestling basis - and he's bringing a friend. Teddy and his unknown ally will be facing off with the Fly Boys to open Badge of Honor, and personally I'm hoping we'll hear some more about why he attacked Sammy Bach on Tuesday - and how it was that the sound system was ready to play Adrenaline Rush' old DaVE theme tune.

Next up, the Machines will be taking on two men who've been the toast of the Japanese scene as they face off with Art Reed and Hell Monkey. Is this the beginning of a new tag team in the swelling, competitive tag division? Can the Machines reverse their recent misfortunes?

Tyson Baine is also booked to be in action, and he'll be facing off with up and coming talent the Cannonball Kid. (We hear that Horatio Dangerous and current All Action Champion Edd Stone will be joining together following this match to discuss Edd's past, present and future rivals in the division.)

Aaron Andrews and Frankie Perez will face off following that. These two hard-hitting youngsters have both been making waves recently, but Andrews has done it with wins and the admittedly talented Perez has done it with controversial alignments and challenges against the best TCW has to offer. Which of them has learned more from their recent issues?

Eric Tyler & Freddy Huggins step up next. It seems strange to me - Tyler seems focused on Rick Law, and yet he asked for this match to prove himself in a tag context, as the Tyler & Huggins alliance take on Kingman & Alexander.

Lastly, Wolf Hawkins will be one half of our main event, and he'll be taking on Badge of Honor's favourite son Rick Law.

Prediction Key:
The Disrespected (Teddy Powell & ????) vs. The Fly Boys

Art Reed & Hell Monkey w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. The Machines

The Cannonball Kid vs. Tyson Baine

Aaron Andrews vs. Frankie Perez

Kingman & Alexander vs. Tyler & Huggins

Rick Law vs. Wolf Hawkins

[Phantom Stranger]

Randall tends to work best as a manager- putting him with the Young Guns or using him to introduce Natural Talent would be a logical move.

That's what I'm leaning toward at the moment, yeah, although Natural Talent doesn't fit.

On the other hand, there's a team in development that does... Hrmmm...

[SWF Fan]

The Disrespected (Teddy Powell & ????) vs. The Fly Boys

Art Reed & Hell Monkey w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. The Machines

The Cannonball Kid vs. Tyson Baine

Aaron Andrews vs. Frankie Perez

Kingman & Alexander vs. Tyler & Huggins

Rick Law vs. Wolf Hawkins

[Regis]

Prediction Key:
The Disrespected (Teddy Powell & ????) vs. The Fly Boys
So, a debuting team versus bickering jobbers, eh?

Art Reed & Hell Monkey w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. The Machines
Go Go Syndicate!

The Cannonball Kid vs. Tyson Baine
JOBBER!

Aaron Andrews vs. Frankie Perez
Tyler tries to interfere, but Law's counter-attack gives AA the rub.

Kingman & Alexander vs. Tyler & Huggins
Despite earlier shenanigans, T&H go over the jobbers.

Rick Law vs. Wolf Hawkins
Maybe by DQ, but it's a win nonetheless. It's his show!

[Tigerkinney]

The Disrespected (Teddy Powell & ????) vs. The Fly Boys

Regis summed it up...debuting act versus jobbers who don't get along only one way this is going

Art Reed & Hell Monkey w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. The Machines

Despite Reed & Monkey having the talent and The Machines having their problems of late, I don't see you giving an untried and tested team the upset win

The Cannonball Kid vs. Tyson Baine

Someone's going to have to come along and scrape a certain Mr Samuel off the mat.

Aaron Andrews vs. Frankie Perez

Intriguing B-show match between two future stars, Andrews stock is finally on the rise, whilst Perez has been competitive (mostly in losing efforts mind). I see Frankie sneaking out the win here, following an inteference or perhaps just even a distraction from Eric Tyler.

Kingman & Alexander vs. Tyler & Huggins

I think I've said it before the School of Tradition are midcard bullies who get wins over the lower card acts but come unstuck against those higher up the card than them.

Rick Law vs. Wolf Hawkins

I'll go for the DQ win here too, Hawkins still gets to look relatively strong but we all know that Law just doesn't lose on Badge of Honor.

[Truth]

The Disrespected (Teddy Powell & ????) vs. The Fly Boys
A win to give the new team some credibility.

Art Reed & Hell Monkey w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. The Machines
Machines continue their loosing streak.

The Cannonball Kid vs. Tyson Baine
Very short squash.

Aaron Andrews vs. Frankie Perez
Frankie continues his loosing rise up the ladder.

Kingman & Alexander vs. Tyler & Huggins
The SoT are in need of a win or two to stay a threat.

Rick Law vs. Wolf Hawkins
Ricks gonna lay down the law again!

[foolinc]

The Disrespected (Teddy Powell & ????) vs. The Fly Boys

Art Reed & Hell Monkey w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. The Machines

The Cannonball Kid vs. Tyson Baine

Aaron Andrews vs. Frankie Perez

Kingman & Alexander vs. Tyler & Huggins

Rick Law vs. Wolf Hawkins

[Dragonmack]

Finally all caught up on this


Prediction Key:
The Disrespected (Teddy Powell & ????) vs. The Fly Boys
Powell is heading into a feud with Sammy and the Fly Boys are still dysfunctional

Art Reed & Hell Monkey w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. The Machines
Reed & Monkey arent established as a team yet.

The Cannonball Kid vs. Tyson Baine
semi squash

Aaron Andrews vs. Frankie Perez
Double DQ due to outside interference

Kingman & Alexander vs. Tyler & Huggins
They get another surprise upset

Rick Law vs. Wolf Hawkins
Hawkins is still positioned as #1 contender

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 1 August 2008

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 0.35)

Held at the Grissom Auditorium (South West)

Attendance: 2000

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Jasmine Saunders – Kyle Rhodes

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The Disrespected vs. The Fly Boys
Not the greatest of matches on record, it has to be said. But the four competitors fly around pretty well. After Grayson stands revealed as Powell's ally, speculation runs rife on the announce desk as to what that means, and for that matter what the name of their team implies.

It's Jasmine Saunders who comes up with the likeliest explanation thus far; Powell has been left behind by a former tag team partner, and so has Grayson – twice, in fact, in TCW, as Troy Tornado and then Wolf Hawkins rose well past him. Perhaps they're here, now, to claim the respect their former partners command...

It would explain why Teddy and Stevie seem to be adding a lot more of a physical aspect to their game in this match; they're not just jumping, they're hitting hard. Teddy catches Donnie, the legal man, with the Motion Censor; Stevie promptly drags Jimmy over the top rope and DDTs him onto his partner before Teddy covers for the pin.
The Disrespected defeated The Fly Boys
Rating: D+

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Stevie's rolling back into the ring with dual microphones even as Sam Sparrow raises Teddy's arm in victory.

“We'll keep this short,” Teddy begins. “Sammy Bach, you *******, you got yourself a cushy job, and you didn't even try to keep me with you. I don't know whether I want this job. But I deserved a chance to find out right from the start – and you cut me out.

“So I'm going to make sure you don't get this gig anymore. And then?” He smirks. “We'll see.”

Grayson shrugs. “I got the cushy job,” he begins. “I had a good time, you know? I stood alongside Troy. I stood alongside Wolf before he got his taste for suits.

“I worked here for years. I've bled here. I've been thrown into dangerous matches to prove a point. I walked out of the arena with a sore back night after night for years, and I had my money to show for it, and the roar of the crowds, and nothing else.

“Cushy? As cushy as anything is in wrestling. But I had it. And then two and a half years ago Wolf told me he wasn't interested in teaming up anymore.

“Half a year later I got a letter. No longer required.

“Hadn't I earned it? Hadn't I fought hard enough?

“But of course Wolf became the boss's pet. And I'd found myself without the team I was used to. Without a team, when it's all I knew how to do. And that meant I looked bad, I struggled. I was learning to prove myself, I was learning to wrestle on my own.

“And I got canned just as I was getting used to it.

“Now, Wolf – you helped cause that. And I've drifted for a while, now, and I've learned – but I've found someone who's got my back. And we have business to conclude with the pair of you.”

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Art Reed & Hell Monkey vs. The Machines
Fast-paced. Technical. High-octane. Hard-hitting.

Kyle Rhodes knows far too many cliches, but despite them constantly being in circulation, the Machines and the Japanese-trained team manage to keep the crowd interested with a mix of familiar and new moves, rolling on for almost fifteen minutes before one side finally lands a decisive move that can't be countered by the other side. That being said – one thing's clear.

The Machines are back. The lips of Anderson and Hill have quiet smiles almost throughout, and the pair move with a purpose, fighting efficiently and with clear enjoyment.

When it comes, Hell Monkey goes for the Hell Fire Kick; John Anderson steps inside, catches him, plants him with a powerslam and rolls over to tag Hill.

Hill comes off the top with the King of the Hill as Anderson sprints across the ring, dropkicking Reed off the apron. The pinfall comes swiftly after that.
The Machines defeated Art Reed & Hell Monkey
Rating: C+

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The Cannonball Kid vs. Tyson Baine
A new look for Baine now, and as he takes the sunglasses off before the match it becomes clear that he's also discarded the red lenses.

And the Cannonball Kid is the recipient of Baine's first revitalised assault, with Baine brutalising him, hurling him around the ring like a ragdoll.

Abruptly, after three minutes of destruction, Baine lifts him up and props him against a turnbuckle, letting him stand, then steps away and waits. The Kid takes a few moments to recover, then stares. Baine smiles, and raises a hand, beckoning.

The Kid takes a deep breath, rises up onto the second rope, and comes off with a dropkick; Baine goes back a pace, then smirks, and waits. A dropkick to the back of his knee follows, then a diving clothesline attempt – and then Baine plucks him out of the air, hoists him, and snaps him down with a crisp, clean Hades Bomb. The pincount follows swiftly.
Tyson Baine defeated the Cannonball Kid
Rating: C

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A piece of prerecorded footage airs next. The scene is the TCW production suite, and present are Horatio Dangerous and All Action Champion Edd Stone. Dangerous smiles at the camera. “I'm here tonight with Edd Stone; over the next couple of weeks, we'll be shining a spotlight on the division he's currently at the top of, the All Action Division.

“Of course, many of those competitors are also busy elsewhere. But let's see how we stand...”

They turn and regard footage on a screen, which expands to fill the view.

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To begin with, the footage is of Sammy Bach.

“Yeah,” Edd's voice chimes in. “I just got done with Sammy, I guess. Fast guy, seriously, and he hits hard – like, crazy hard. But crazy's the word, you know, Doc?”

“I'm no doctor, Edd,” Dangerous offers.

“Course not, Doc,” Edd returns. “If Sammy's got a problem, it's that ego of his. That whole thing with names, and if you are one then he wants to cripple you and if you aren't he doesn't give a hoot about you. Which means you can get in under his guard or you can ride the crazy out.”

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The view changes, moving on to Kazuma Narato. “Now,” Dangerous says, “of course we know Kazuma better as a tag team representative, but he's done some impressive solo work too, over in Japan. Edd?”

“I'll be honest,” Stone says. “I don't know his work much, but – whoa!” On the screen, Kazuma Narato runs up the ropes, backflipping over his opponent and twisting into a bulldog takedown. “Show me that again!” he demands. “Come on – I don't know how to do that! I gotta... Man...”

Dangerous chuckles. “Not what you were expecting?”

“No way no how,” Stone returns. “That's cool, man...”

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And this one actually is a well-received contest, with the crowd responding more favourably to both men than they were only a few months ago. Perez and Andrews slug it out with gusto, shifting up gears from time to time to deliver nasty-looking slams, swift matwork, and even the occasional airborne attack.

It's a pretty even contest for most of the match; Perez takes a moment to uncover a turnbuckle, however, and while Sam Sparrow is reattaching it he hoofs Andrews below the belt, promptly slapping on the P-Clutch and yelling for Sparrow's attention.

The submission isn't far behind.
Frankie Perez defeated Aaron Andrews
Rating: C+

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“Hey!” Rick Law runs out and gets into Perez' face following his shady tactics. Perez smirks, and the two men argue for a few moments before Acid soars into shot, taking Law down with a dropkick to the head.

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Freddy Huggins promptly follows up with a legdrop to the neck, and Eric Tyler is in to drop a couple of elbows before Joel Bryant grabs a crabhold and Deeley locks Law's arm down. Tyler then proceeds to lay the boots in around the trapped man's head, the beatdown continuing for several more minutes before the referees manage to clear it off.

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Kingman & Alexander vs. Tyler & Huggins w/ Laura Huggins
Another good, decent tag team contest, marred only by Huggins' occasional outbursts of cheating – and by the announcement, conveyed to the fans at home partway through the match by the announcers, that following the assault by the School of Tradition Rick Law will not be active in the main event, and that Danny Fonzarelli will take his place.

Still, most of this contest is a solid technical exhibition livened up by the occasional Huggins highspot – leading neatly to the end, as an illegal superkick from the apron drives Kingman backward into the Tradition Lift.
Tyler & Huggins defeated Kingman & Alexander
Rating: C

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Danny Fonzarelli vs. Wolf Hawkins
Fonzarelli doesn't look as happy as he usually does on entrance. He looks frustrated, driven – Azaria speculates that Fonzie feels stung at being the second choice for this match.

As he squares off with Hawkins, it's hard to say who looks less like a fun-loving fan favourite, and as the match begins, Fonzarelli continues to show that kind of anger.

And Hawkins uses that, rides it, and stays a step ahead, capitalising on every mistake he can find. After ten minutes or so, a second Full Moon Rising finally ends things, with Fonzarelli this time unable to kick out.
Wolf Hawkins defeated Danny Fonzarelli
Rating: B

Show Rating: B

[Phantom Stranger]

Predictions shaken up a little this time by the main event switch, but still...

SWF Fan, Tigerkinney, and foolinc all took home the prize with five correct predictions. The prize this week? The new 'Baine Of Your Existence' Tyson Baine shirt...

[Phantom Stranger]

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Monday 8th August 2008

Tenterhooks.

Brent Hill's contract is coming to an end, and we're not the only company that have made him an offer; there's a pair of Japanese promotions that have feelers out.

We can offer him more money, more recognition, and we're in the process of repositioning the Machines – all of which he knows – but it's been a few days since we spoke, and I'm just praying that he'll actually sign. I'd hate for the Machines to break up with a whimper – if we end them, I want to end them with the bang their work deserves.

What's puzzling me right now is that the SWF haven't made an offer. He's better-known than Genghis Rahn was when the poached him, and younger – he's got more to offer in a lot of ways, and would be a good replacement or even upgrade for Phil Roberts.

Also, he's someone they'd be advised to take away from us before he really has one last huge run. But maybe that's just me talking, knowing the plans I have for him, paranoid. Over the past year, the Machines have become more and more a unit in their wrestling, but in addition Brent and John remain very, very sound wrestlers capable of delivering, and it wouldn't take much enhancement of either man's credibility to make them viable top workers in the company. (Similarly, if Richard lets Phil's contract drop, I'll pounce. The man may have hit forty but he could still give us some good years before going in to help with development.)

[Phantom Stranger]

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Not one but two championships are on the line this week, and one of them goes on the line in the opening match; the New Wave are set to face off with newcomers the Easy Riders, who appear to be taking a break from their persecution of Painful Procedure to take a shot at the highest prize in tag team competition.

Immediately after that, Sam Keith's Hard-Hitting Championship goes on the line against Sammy Bach, who's been in and out of contention for almost every singles title TCW has all year long.

And then the All Action division has a chance to shine, as WLW imports collide with Acid facing off against Hell Monkey. You may need frame-by-frame to catch everything that goes on in this contest...

Ricky Dale Johnson takes on a newcomer to the promotion in former three-time DaVE Extreme Champion JD Morgan, providing the newcomer with as tough a debut test as anyone could ask for.

Another DaVE graduate continues to prove his worth after that - Art Reed locks up with Wolf Hawkins in what has to be seen as a real opportunity to move up for the newcomer against the Syndicate's fortunate son.

We can report that the next match was made only after a loud argument between Mayhem Midden and Tommy Cornell and appears to have been at Syndicate request. We can't tell you why Midden and Cornell were arguing, however, as Midden loves to watch a good match and on the face of it, World Heavyweight Champion Troy Tornado and International Champion Koshiro Ino facing off against the Machines should be an excellent spectacle - particularly if the Machines can retain the fire they surprisingly showed on Friday's Badge of Honor broadcast.

Last and far from least, it's the match made last week - Chris Rockwell and Johnny Bloodstone. They fought to a draw last time they faced off - what will happen in Total Wrestling's main event?

Prediction Key:
TCW Tag Team Championship
The New Wave (c) vs. Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer

TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Sam Keith (c) vs. Sammy Bach

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Hell Monkey

JD Morgan vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Wolf Hawkins

The Machines vs. Koshiro Ino & Troy Tornado w/ Baroness Emily

Chris Rockwell vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

[Bigpapa42]

Losing Hill would hurt. Helluva talent.

TCW Tag Team Championship
The New Wave (c) vs. Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer

TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Sam Keith (c) vs. Sammy Bach

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Hell Monkey

JD Morgan vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Wolf Hawkins

The Machines vs. Koshiro Ino & Troy Tornado w/ Baroness Emily

Chris Rockwell vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

[Phantom Stranger]

Losing Hill would hurt. Helluva talent.

Believe me when I say I'm on edge here. Yes, the Machines have taken quite the drop over the past month or so - but that doesn't mean I don't love both of those guys, and Brent in particular could easily take a shot at the main event before he's 40. (See: Zeel1's game, apart from anything else.)

[Dragonmack]

Prediction Key:
TCW Tag Team Championship
The New Wave (c) vs. Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer
Easy riders aren't on the same level as the New Wave and their focus is on Painful Procedure anyway.

TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Sam Keith (c) vs. Sammy Bach
Outside interference, when Cornell or Stone clock Bach just to cause Sam to lose the match, but not the title till one of the Syndicate can take it.

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Hell Monkey
Hell Monkey makes a good test, but he doesn't have the School of Tradition backing him

JD Morgan vs. Ricky Dale Johnson
tough test, but really no contest.

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Wolf Hawkins
Hawkins is still hovering around #1 contendership. A loss here would kill his credibility for that.

The Machines vs. Koshiro Ino & Troy Tornado w/ Baroness Emily
While this could rebuild the Machines by a beating of both singles champions, I think you are going to hedge your bets till Hill's status is settled.

Chris Rockwell vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell
I think a double DQ or time limit Draw most likely to keep this going.

[Truth]

TCW Tag Team Championship
The New Wave (c) vs. Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer
Not the right time for the New Wave to drop the straps. I smell interference.

TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Sam Keith (c) vs. Sammy Bach
Again, Sam's not dropping the belt on an unannounced match. Also possible screwy finish.

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Hell Monkey
School of tradition FTW.

JD Morgan vs. Ricky Dale Johnson
A nice win for RDJ.

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Wolf Hawkins
No way Wolf's loosing this one.

The Machines vs. Koshiro Ino & Troy Tornado w/ Baroness Emily
I'm probably wrong here, but I'm a believer in the idea that if a couple of singles main eventers are teaming together on a once off basis against a well oiled upper midcard level tag team, the tag team should win. My logic being that if you have a match between a couple of singles specialists with no real history together verses a tag team that's on a bit of a roll, then in a tag match, the team should be able to exploit the makeshift team's ineperience together. On the other hand, most other people seem to disagree with me on this (or maybe it's just VinnieMac:D). Also the contract status of Hill could throw this off.

Chris Rockwell vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell
A loss will mean little to Rockwell, while to me Bloodstone's being groomed for a title shot sooner rather than later. Possible post match shenanigans to keep the heat.

[Bigpapa42]

Believe me when I say I'm on edge here. Yes, the Machines have taken quite the drop over the past month or so - but that doesn't mean I don't love both of those guys, and Brent in particular could easily take a shot at the main event before he's 40. (See: Zeel1's game, apart from anything else.)

The Machines and The New Wave are my two favorite C-V teams. Part of the reason I like TCW so much, I think. Always kind of preferred the Machines, though. TNW get the "best tag team in the world" hype due to their experience, and rightfully so. But Hill and Anderson are individually better workers than Guide and Scout, so I've always figured if you could get The Machines up to A* experience, they would easily take over as the best team in the game. And you are right - both Hill and Anderson can be singles stars.

[Regis]

TCW Tag Team Championship
The New Wave (c) vs. Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer
Not with so little build-up - and The New Wave need some screen time to give them more credibility.

TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Sam Keith (c) vs. Sammy Bach
Not yet. Not by a long shot.

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Hell Monkey
No God push for Hell Monkey.

JD Morgan vs. Ricky Dale Johnson
I have some inside dope on JD's future in the company, but still can't see RDJ losing here.

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Wolf Hawkins
Wolf needs wins to keep Tommy sweet.

The Machines vs. Koshiro Ino & Troy Tornado w/ Baroness Emily
The Champs take down the guys the Syndicate looks set to lose soon.

Chris Rockwell vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell
Rockwell's better all-round game gives him more of an in to the Main Event scene.

[foolinc]

If you haven't noticed from my '97 diaries, Brent Hill is the man.

TCW Tag Team Championship
The New Wave (c) vs. Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer

TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Sam Keith (c) vs. Sammy Bach

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Hell Monkey

JD Morgan vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Wolf Hawkins

The Machines vs. Koshiro Ino & Troy Tornado w/ Baroness Emily

Chris Rockwell vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

[SWF Fan]

TCW Tag Team Championship
The New Wave (c) vs. Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer

TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Sam Keith (c) vs. Sammy Bach

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Hell Monkey

JD Morgan vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Wolf Hawkins

The Machines vs. Koshiro Ino & Troy Tornado w/ Baroness Emily

Chris Rockwell vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

[Tigerkinney]

The New Wave (c) vs. Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer

New Wave aren't going to drop their belts this early in their reign plus Easy Riders focus is elsewhere

TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Sam Keith (c) vs. Sammy Bach

Can't see Keith dropping his belt here either

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Hell Monkey

Acid has had a little more time to get over with the TCW fanbase plus he has the School backing him.

JD Morgan vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

Routine win for RDJ

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Wolf Hawkins

Simple case of a borderline main eventer in Hawkins going over the midcarder in Reed

The Machines vs. Koshiro Ino & Troy Tornado w/ Baroness Emily

The Machines have been having some problems of late, so I can't see them going over the super duo of World Champion Troy Tornado and International champ Koshiro Ino.

Chris Rockwell vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

Bloodstone will get in the title picture eventually but right now you have a face as the champion, therefore it makes sense to keep potential challengers on the heel side of things strong.

[Marcel Fromage]

TCW Tag Team Championship
The New Wave (c) vs. Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer

TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Sam Keith (c) vs. Sammy Bach

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Hell Monkey

JD Morgan vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Wolf Hawkins

The Machines vs. Koshiro Ino & Troy Tornado w/ Baroness Emily

Chris Rockwell vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

I can't see either the tag or hard-hitting belts changing hands here. I think Acid is probably more likely to feature prominently in your shows than Hell Monkey over time, so I'll go with him. RDJ and Hawkins both get tough workouts but should both go over. The Machines aren't currently positioned to stop the likes of Tornado & Ino. And the last match is tough to call and a match I'd be wanting to see live - I'll go with Rockwell, who is someone I've never used in a C-verse game but kind of want to!

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 1 April 2008

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 4.20)

Held at the Dust Bowl (South East)

Attendance: 14050

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Shawn Doakes

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The New Wave © vs. Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer
The Easy Riders' second televised TCW match is certainly better received than their first, and you couldn't ask for a better demonstration of the gap between Painful Procedure and the New Wave than this.

The Riders stick to a dominant high-power style, while the Wave show some real flex – and they need to, as their challengers take them to the limit. At ringside, Karen Killer is actually toting a tyre iron – but her attention's not on the ring; she's watching the entrance ramp nervously.

Inside the ring, meanwhile, the Riders manage to get the upper hand in the early going and brutalise Scout, who despite his technical acumen is having difficulty with the raw power the Riders are able to put together. A tag from Hopper brings Billy Fonda into the ring; the two double-hip-toss Scout, catching him in a seated position as he comes over, before hurling him upward into the air.

Fonda moves to catch him in a sitout powerbomb as Hopper snags his neck for a flying neckbreaker; the crowd take a moment of stunned silence before exploding in approval, and the count reaches two and seven eighths before Guide's missile dropkick breaks up the pin. It's another ten seconds before Scout's recovered, but Guide covers for him, a whirlwind of punches to both Riders.

Guide staggers Hopper and drops back a pace, looking for the Guided Missile; a recovered Scout dropkicks Fonda into it's path and Guide's spear leaves all three men winded. Scout promptly rolls Hopper out of the ring and the New Wave, shakily, climb opposite turnbuckles before leaping off, crashing into Fonda with the Wave of Mutilation. Scout promptly covers. And all the while, Karen Killer has been watching the entrance ramp, waiting for an attack that never came...
The New Wave defeated Easy Riders
Rating: C+

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Applause comes from the ramp now, and Killer tenses; but it's Eric Tyler, accompanied as always by Laura Huggins, who emerges this time, and Killer visibly relaxes, leading her men backstage.

“Nice work,” Tyler says. “Those two look like tough bastards, but you pulled it out all the same.

“Seems to me, though, that last month there was a time you didn't pull it out. My boys – my School of Tradition – had you beat.

“Now, last month, you had a deal with the Young Guns about title defences. You couldn't put the belts on the line agains them.

“But this month, who knows?”

He pauses. The New Wave, once members – as Azaria reminds us – of the DaVE version of the School of Tradition, regard their former leader dubiously.

“So here's what I think. Hotter Than Hell, the New Wave and the School of Tradition, Joel Bryant and Sean Deeley. You still got the balls you used to have, boys?”

The Wave look at each other for a long moment, then simply nod.

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Sam Keith © vs. Sammy Bach
The really impressive thing about Keith is just how rapidly he can shift gears. As he faces Bach he appears to be wrestling in a completely different style to the approach shown in the tag match. He chooses to step up his pace to be as close to Bach's as he can get, and the result is somewhere between traditional lucha libre and a brawl.

Keith doesn't have speed on Bach, but he has size, and at one point he blocks a leaping lariat attempt, catching Sammy and whirling him around before planting him with a slam.

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The following pin cover is unsuccessful, however, as Sparrow was downed by a stray boot of Sammy's during the whirlwind – which prompts Teddy Powell's arrival and a Motion Censor as Bach makes his way back to his feet. Keith takes a moment to watch, and as he does, Cornell blindsides him with a chair to the back of the head...

Powell tries to clear Cornell out of the ring, but is rebuffed – a chairshot for him, and as he staggers back Bach low blows him, then drags him over into a Bach on your Back.

Cornell watches, smirking, as Bach's fury – his mistake. A low blow follows for him, and Keith spins him around and lands the NeutronPlex before booting him out of the ring.

Sam Sparrow is beginning to stir, and Keith dropkicks Bach, breaking his hold on Powell, and rapidly applies one of his own. By the time Sparrow is awake, Bach has tapped, his expression utterly blank...
Sam Keith defeated Sammy Bach
Rating: B

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Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Hell Monkey
A blast from WLW's recent past ensues, and as Azaria notes, both men are wrestling very much the style they'd been using in Japan. It goes down well here, too, picking up the pace yet again, slowing only for the very occasional Hell Monkey slam.

Both men seem exactly evenly matched throughout, but as Hell Monkey staggers Acid and goes to the ropes for the Tumbling Monkey, he stumbles. As he turns to regard a nonchalant Laura Huggins, Acid's boots catch him in the back of the head; he whiplashes off the rope, crashing to the mat, and the Acid Rain Bomb finishes moments later.
Acid defeated Hell Monkey
Rating: C+

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Backstage now, and Sam Keith looks thoughtfully into the camera. “People have been saying,” he says, “that me and Tommy Cornell is bigger than the title I carry.

“That the title is irrelevant.

“You know what? That's why, if I still hold it, I'll put it on the line.

“The job of a champion – the duty of a champion – is to make his championship mean something, especially if the championship is new.

“So Tommy...” Keith smiles grimly. “That's on the line. You and me... We've got our own differences, and there are enough other reasons I want to beat you right now. You kicked me out. You can claim whatever you want about why.

“I wanted the Syndicate to stick together. To back each other up. YOU said concentrate on title matches. I get kicked out and next week, what happens? Suddenly your buddies are back to backing you up.

“So you're lying. You just have a problem with me? And you know what? Fine. Whatever. I've had wrestlers decide they had problems with me all my career, right and wrong, and I've dealt with it.” He clears his throat nervously.

“Now, though, you're causing whatever other issues. My wife...” He swallows. “My wife is worried about...” His expression turns to a snarl. “You and I handled all the paperwork to get my sons jobs here months ago. You signed them, Tommy.

“Now you've got lawyers contesting it? These are eighteen year old boys! They've wanted nothing more, all their life, than to wrestle. They've trained with the best. I spared no expense – I went to the best – called in every favour from every friend I ever made in this business.

“They could have gone anywhere. Every college in the country was offering them scholarships to come and wrestle, and you,” he spits the word. “YOU told me it would be fine. YOU put them on the fast track.

“YOUR lawyer is screwing them out of their chance, because you have a problem with ME. This is nothing to do with them!” He's red-faced with emotion now, the hair on his head waving as he shakes with barely suppressed fury. “For that, Tommy – for that I owe you big time. Payback begins now.”

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It's RDJ against JDM, and while everyone knows how it's going to end, they seem to enjoy watching it get there.

Morgan picks a careful pace, his strategy to stay clear and capitalise on mistakes, but RDJ isn't in a forgiving mood and he's not making many mistakes. Morgan fights hard and works all he can, but in the end, the Southern Justice was always expected.
Ricky Dale Johnson defeated JD Morgan
Rating: C+

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Heading out to the ring together now are Tommy Cornell and Tyson Baine. Baine appears to be all smiles, and Cornell's usual smirk is in place, though as he heads out there's a preoccupied light in his eyes.

“So now,” he begins, “it's official. Tyson Baine, the Syndicate's sixth man.

“Not that this is entirely a new thing...” He smirks.

“To this day, Ricky, I can't believe you bought it.”

RDJ, who by this stage was right on the edge of vanishing backstage, stops and turns back, hands on hips, watching.

Baine grins, and casually draws a thumb across his throat.

“See, way back last year,” Cornell smiles, “way back when Ricky here was on the roll of his life, I knew I was in trouble.” A rare concession from the champ, who nods acknowledgement to RDJ as he gives it. “You just kept rising to the top, Ricky. I couldn't keep you away. Couldn't lock you off.

“Matter of fact, trying back then is what started up all my trouble with the Board. And you're good enough to give me problems. You kept getting closer.

“So I got help. You knew that, Ricky. But you only knew the half of it.” Baine smirks. “Hell,” Tommy continues. “We're coming up close to a year, now, since that match at Destructive Energy, aren't we? The one where Sam showed up and worked you over so hard you couldn't get back before Psycho Circus?”

“But by the time you got back... Remember Psycho Circus, Ricky? I do... Look.” He points to the big screen, which rolls some archive footage...

The match is the triple-threat Psycho Circus main event; RDJ. Baine, freshly face turned. And Cornell, the champion. In this edited form, we see the big moments where RDJ and Baine collide, especially the ones where Baine gets the advantage. As RDJ sets up for a final Southern Justice on Cornell, an apparently blinded Baine – 'blinded' by a thumb to the eye from Cornell – grabs hold of his throat, chokeslamming him, and Cornell covers to retain.

“So innocent,” Tommy says, grinning. “Happens all the time in a triple threat. And so you missed out on Malice in Wonderland. But you were right back for The War To Settle The Score, weren't you?

“So proud of the team you put together. So certain that this Cage Wars was going to destroy the Syndicate, and that you'd get the credit.” He gestures at the big screen again.

The Cage Wars cage is packed; the Syndicate on one side, RDJ, Baine, Golden, Law and Peak on the other. This clip is from right at the end; RDJ, Peak and Baine are standing tall, if bloodied, as everyone else reels, dazed, bloody and stunned. Peak whips Cornell into RDJ, who grabs him -

SOUTHERN JUSTICE! Hawkins makes a dive, and Baine grabs him by the neck, his back to the action. The crowd roar as RDJ covers, expecting to see Wolf take punishment as RDJ wins the day-

Baine's chokeslam sees him pivot on the spot. Hawkins crashes down across RDJ, breaking the pin cover. Moments later, Eugene Williams glances across and sees Rocky Golden tapping out in a Proton Lock no one even saw Sam Keith apply.

Cornell grins. “Once is happenstance,” he says. “Twice is coincidence. Three times...”

This clip is far more recent. Tyson Baine delivers Hades Bombs to Keith and Tornado last week.

“Three times,” he says again, “is enemy action, Ricky. And it's enemy action for Keith, too.

"Because I knew..." He warms to his theme. "I knew if word got out, the double agent was dead. So I couldn't let Sam know, or Wolf, or John and Brent.

"So I had my own secret agent, waiting in the wings...”

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Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Wolf Hawkins
Nothing like the topsy-turvy reveals of the prior minutes here; just good, solid action that lets the fans get back into the swing of it all. Hawkins and Reed fight a good, even match until a slam seems to jar Reed's shoulder, leaving him vulnerable to a renewed assault.

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As Reed takes a breather at ringside, being checked on by the Bombshell and referee Sam Sparrow, Stevie Grayson appears behind Hawkins. A low blow doubles Wolf over, and a chair on the canvas leads to a DDT onto the chair before Grayson makes himself scarce.

Reed, meanwhile, is still recovering. By the time he gets back in, Hawkins is mostly recovered – and grabs him for a quick cradle, putting much of his opponent's weight on that injured shoulder to prevent a kickout.
Wolf Hawkins defeated Art Reed
Rating: B

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The Machines vs. Koshiro Ino & Troy Tornado w/ Baroness Emily
Starting off strong, this one picks up in pace as the match goes on, with both sides relying on frequent tags to refresh themselves. Near-falls come fast and furious from twelve minutes in onwards, culminating in a massive final sequence.

Ino tries to hit Anderson with the Kobra Bite, but the Machine ducks it, boots him in the gut, and hits the Ammo Dump. Two and a half seconds later, Tornado breaks it up with a boot to Anderson's head. Anderson tags out and Hill goes for the Complete Package submission, and Tornado pulls him clear – at which point Hill grabs his wrist, whips him to the ropes, and lets Anderson back in. An Ammo Dump to Tornado sees the champion kick out with a moment's spare time only; the Tornado Driver is his response, but Hill breaks it up with the King of the Hill splash.

Ino promptly bundles him out of the ring, and Tornado and Anderson spend a moment recovering. Anderson makes it first, leaping over Tornado in a sunset flip – and the champ kicks out again, at which point Anderson tags out. Another King of the Hill follows, and once again Ino has to make the save. A Kobra Bite lays Hill out, but John Anderson blindsides him. Tornado promptly hurls Anderson out of the ring, only for Hill to come in behind him with a high knee, spilling Tornado out too. With Ino and Hill alone in the ring, the Kobra's Bite hits. One, two -

The bell rings a fraction early, and it takes a moment to realise why – but the match has gone to the twenty minute time limit.
The Machines drew with Koshiro Ino & Troy Tornado
Rating: B

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Tornado picks himself up and starts to catch his breath after that frenetic final sequence. Meanwhile, Anderson grabs a microphone – rare behaviour for the Machine.

“Wait,” he gasps out. “Guys, wait...”

Climbing back into the ring, he joins his partner as they regard their opponents, all four men showing the wear and exhaustion of their battle.

“Wait,” Anderson says again. “We were...” He runs out of breath, and Hill accepts the microphone to continue.

“We were watching earlier,” he says. “Eric Tyler just came out and made a challenge, and the champions accepted.

“It's been so long since that happened easy, I guess we just weren't used to it. But John and me, we've been talking...”

Anderson takes the microphone back. “Koshiro, I want to be the man who takes you on at Hotter Than Hell. For the title.”

Ino looks back, impassive, and a quick cutaway shows Baroness Emily suddenly worried as she mentally replays the match.

“I know,” Anderson continues, “that you've got issues with Rockwell, but, well, nothing's been signed yet, and...”

Breakin' The Law, Cornell's theme, starts to play. Hurried, Hill grabs the microphone. “And Troy, I want to see about your belt, same time.”

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The camera had cut to the entrance and a pissed off Cornell by the time Hill made his challenge, but that's handy – the anger turns to full on rage, and the camera catches it perfectly. Hurried replays show Tornado's surprise shading into a slight, thoughtful expression, and even the nervous hand-in-the-cookie-jar looks on the Machines' faces as they look at Cornell.

For his part, the company owner stands there for a few moments, then shakes his head and walks backstage.

“Speechless?” Azaria speculates.

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Chris Rockwell vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell
After watching this match, it'd be tough to say which of these two men is actually better. A perfectly even series of back-and-forth exchanges keeps the fans into each shift in momentum throughout.

Both men work the other's shoulder, both weakening their opponent's finishing hold and setting up for their own. Bloodstone seems to have that legendary temper now firmly in check, at least when the Bombshell is in view, and Rockwell's attempts to goad him don't go well.

The back-and-forth continues until, finally, Rockwell makes a mistake, charging when Bloodstone was ready. A takedown follows and Bloodstone grabs his arms, flipping forward to cinch in the Bloodstone Mutilation, and Rockwell struggles – and struggles – and can't get free -

And Frankie Perez is ringside, right where Bloodstone can see him. Bloodstone looks wary, and makes the slightest of shifts to be ready for an attack -

Rockwell seizes the moment, powering Bloodstone over and grabbing the Furusawa Armbar, working it frantically. After a long, long fight, Bloodstone finally has to tap.
Chris Rockwell defeated Johnny Bloodstone
Rating: B+

Show Rating: B+

[Phantom Stranger]

Four winners this week will be sent the 'One Percenter And Proud' Easy Riders shirts. These lucky contestants' names are Bigpapa42, Regis, Tigerkinney and Marcel Fromage...

[Phantom Stranger]

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Wednesday 10th August 2008
My world just shifted.

Well, to be fair, the world of other wrestlers just shifted. By the time I got home there were forty-five messages on my cellphone.

The first was from Tommy. A few were from TCW employees. Fifteen were from wrestling news websites, interviews, radio shows, and the few remaining dirtsheets. That made up a little over half.

The remainder were from SWF-contracted talents, and out of respect I won't name any of them.

The subject was the same thing in every case. Someone in SWF middle-management has started looking for a new job, and after last night's show the news got out – who published it, I don't know, but it came with the revelation that the SWF are not going to be offering written contracts for the next six months or so.

Evidently this follows worries from the accounts department, essentially due to pressure from sponsors, shareholders and the rest; Richard Eisen's investors aren't currently willing to guarantee pay to people for work they might not be doing.

At the same time, we're in a position where our PPV buyrates are going up, where Total Wrestling just broke our ratings record last night – off the back of an instalment where Tommy Cornell didn't even wrestle – and things are really changing.

The straw that broke the camel's back appears to have been last night's broadcast of Supreme TV. Held, for reasons I feel we can now explain, in a 5,000 seat arena – though to be fair, they sold it out – it was a pretty so-so show, with Christian Faith continuing to be fed to Runaway Train and Steve Frehley's feud over the title with Eric Eisen spiced up a little by the addition of Remo in a main event triple threat.

My prediction is that tomorrow, at Welcome To The Jungle, Remo will be the one punished, but the fact honestly is that those SWF talents who can deliver are simply not being given the opportunities.

Thursday 11th August 2008
Remo didn't wrestle last night. Somewhat abruptly, Eric Eisen became embroiled in a feud with Christian Faith, aiding Genghis Rahn – who still lost – against Faith in the semi-main which was, frankly, not well received – but then, Genghis Rahn has done nothing but job to people far weaker than Faith.

In the main event, with zero build, Steve Frehley took on Vengeance while Eric Eisen got a win over star signing Brandon James – which I guess is their response to the fact Eisen/Frehley is not delivering.

The whole PPV shrieks 'no direction'. Akima Brave is wrestling his former tag partner, with nothing indicating a split in the offing. The Shooting Star Title, off of no build, was higher on the card than Rich Money's North American title defence – and it was neither received as well nor as good.

Strong talents like Remo and Angry Gilmore were nowhere to be seen. The whole thing is... awkward. Reviews are worse than for Tuesday's show, and from what I've seen of both, for good reason.

TCW is being acclaimed the winner in the war with the SWF. I have one word for this: Premature.

[Bigpapa42]

So Supreme finally dropped? Very interesting. That opens up some possibilities for you if any of their talent comes up on contract during that period. Just remember - if you manage to sign Rich Money, he's money.

Good show, as well.

[Phantom Stranger]

So Supreme finally dropped? Very interesting. That opens up some possibilities for you if any of their talent comes up on contract during that period. Just remember - if you manage to sign Rich Money, he's money.

Good show, as well.

Yeah, I'm looking forward to seeing who does come available. There's four or five SWF talents I'd love to snatch, plus some non-wrestlers.

[tristram]

Backstage now, and Sam Keith looks thoughtfully into the camera. “People have been saying,” he says, “that me and Tommy Cornell is bigger than the title I carry.

“That the title is irrelevant.

“You know what? That's why, if I still hold it, I'll put it on the line.

“The job of a champion – the duty of a champion – is to make his championship mean something, especially if the championship is new.

“So Tommy...” Keith smiles grimly. “That's on the line. You and me... We've got our own differences, and there are enough other reasons I want to beat you right now. You kicked me out. You can claim whatever you want about why.

“I wanted the Syndicate to stick together. To back each other up. YOU said concentrate on title matches. I get kicked out and next week, what happens? Suddenly your buddies are back to backing you up.

“So you're lying. You just have a problem with me? And you know what? Fine. Whatever. I've had wrestlers decide they had problems with me all my career, right and wrong, and I've dealt with it.” He clears his throat nervously.

“Now, though, you're causing whatever other issues. My wife...” He swallows. “My wife is worried about...” His expression turns to a snarl. “You and I handled all the paperwork to get my sons jobs here months ago. You signed them, Tommy.

“Now you've got lawyers contesting it? These are eighteen year old boys! They've wanted nothing more, all their life, than to wrestle. They've trained with the best. I spared no expense – I went to the best – called in every favour from every friend I ever made in this business.

“They could have gone anywhere. Every college in the country was offering them scholarships to come and wrestle, and you,” he spits the word. “YOU told me it would be fine. YOU put them on the fast track.

“YOUR lawyer is screwing them out of their chance, because you have a problem with ME. This is nothing to do with them!” He's red-faced with emotion now, the hair on his head waving as he shakes with barely suppressed fury. “For that, Tommy – for that I owe you big time. Payback begins now.”


Long time listener, first time caller. I really, really like this promo for some reason. The whole highlight of YOU... it kinda reminds me of Flair's promo on Bischoff at the reformation of the Horsemen on Nitro, which is one of my favourite all time moments in professional wrestling, due to the personal emotion involved.

Quality stuff.

[Phantom Stranger]

Long time listener, first time caller. I really, really like this promo for some reason. The whole highlight of YOU... it kinda reminds me of Flair's promo on Bischoff at the reformation of the Horsemen on Nitro, which is one of my favourite all time moments in professional wrestling, due to the personal emotion involved.

Quality stuff.

That promo started to edge more into Flair territory as I was writing it, it has to be said.

Sam Keith is the kind of worker it's easy to draw a connection to Flair with - in much the same way that Bigpapa worked so hard to make sure Rich Money wasn't just Ted Dibiase Redux - and I'll happily confess to having drawn on him a lot for parts of Keith's repertoire (It helps that my usual go-to for diary inspiration tends to be early-to-mid WCW matches and promos, with the occasional JCP sequence added in there.). In this case, that particular zealous type of Flair promo - type more than that specific quasi-shoot - is definitely what I'm looking for here.

I've been YouTubing a ridiculous amount of Jim Cornette from various eras recently. Phrases of his are likely to start sneaking in around the edges, so keep an eye out...


On a personal note, I want to throw out two big 'thank yous' to my readership.

In a month where I'm lying second in the DOTM poll, I want to say thanks to everyone who has nominated me and everyone who participates in those polls - whether you vote for me or anyone else, it's the voting that keeps those competitions meaning something.

And with the recent release of the Must Read List (http://67.19.230.90/~arles/forum/showpost.php?p=756075&postcount=133), I want to say thank you to everyone who voted for this diary (#34), its predecessor Philly Pro (#15) or, for that matter, the comedy of errors that is Destined to Fail (#35).

It does mean a lot to me.

[Bigpapa42]

I'm glad Tristam highlighted that promo. I liked it when I read through it initially. But after re-reading it, I very very much like it. It does so much for Keith, Cornell, and their situation. And the Keith boys being mentioned makes the emotion of Sam seem very real, much like the Flair promo that Tristam compares it to.

At the risk of a bit of "off-topic" on-topic discussion, Sam Keith isn't the easiest character to get a handle on, in my opinion. When you consider his history, at least. He's decently Entertaining, but not amazing in that regard - and you wouldn't think that would be something which he lost with age. For someone who was tops in the SWF for so long, I would kind of expect him to be better in that regard. He wasn't just any other worker for the SWF but one of their key players and one of their primary heels (I would guess, at least). Was he like Sean McFly, at the top just becuase he's that damned good? Just one of those of those things I've always wondered about. When you're trying to find a characterization - or even a real work model - for him, its an aspect that I think makes it tough.

I have to admit I do like the Flair paralells. Their legendary status obviously works. But I can just picture Sam Keith as launching into those impassioned, ranting promos that Flair did at times. And if you use the approach of that being Keith's real personality coming through when he does those promos, then I don't think his relatively mediocre Acting skill makes any difference.

And congrats on getting three works into the Must Read list, PS. Well-deserved!

[Phantom Stranger]

I have to admit I do like the Flair paralells. Their legendary status obviously works. But I can just picture Sam Keith as launching into those impassioned, ranting promos that Flair did at times. And if you use the approach of that being Keith's real personality coming through when he does those promos, then I don't think his relatively mediocre Acting skill makes any difference.


I'd agree with that.

In fairness to Sam, though, he's also come along some way since the start of the save - while still not an all-time great by any means, he's a solid B in Microphone, recently hit B+ Charisma, and his weak spot - the Acting - has also reached C+.

Which I guess is all that cutting promos alongside Tommy for you. The Machines are coming into speaking roles a little more now that they've been learning from the side of one of the masters, too.

I think the SWF-Keith comparison to an earlier McFly makes a lot of sense, personally. And now I'm imagining Keith in his prime squaring off with McFly... And wishing there was a C-Verse version of WOTI.

[Nedew]

When it comes to Keith comparisons, i've always imagined him vocally and characteristically as a Benoit mirror. A gruff, tough, man of few words, who kicks arse and takes names like a somewhat-more-civilized Steve Austin - he picks his fights and makes grudges only with those who get in his way.

But this Flair-esque model works just as well, especially considering his history. Great promo, could be seen as a real milestone of this diary :)

[Zeel1]

When it comes to Keith comparisons, i've always imagined him vocally and characteristically as a Benoit mirror. A gruff, tough, man of few words, who kicks arse and takes names like a somewhat-more-civilized Steve Austin - he picks his fights and makes grudges only with those who get in his way.

I've always seen him as something of a Benoit/Triple H hybrid. A rugged, widely respected that veteran, that has done it all, and beleives himself to be the top legend of the business. Sort of the Franchise Player gimmick that Triple H has been thought of as having when heel, but less direct, and with more of a badass edge.

I honestly don't get the Flair link much. I get that he's got a lot of history, but Flair's not the only one to share that with him.. :p I remember seeing him in one of Flair's robes in an alt, and just thinking "Yeah..that doesn't work for me at all.." :p

[Bigpapa42]

I'd agree with that.

In fairness to Sam, though, he's also come along some way since the start of the save - while still not an all-time great by any means, he's a solid B in Microphone, recently hit B+ Charisma, and his weak spot - the Acting - has also reached C+.

Which I guess is all that cutting promos alongside Tommy for you. The Machines are coming into speaking roles a little more now that they've been learning from the side of one of the masters, too.

I think the SWF-Keith comparison to an earlier McFly makes a lot of sense, personally. And now I'm imagining Keith in his prime squaring off with McFly... And wishing there was a C-Verse version of WOTI.

With the Acting comment, I meant in a more general sense - moreso in regards to Keith and his career. I would never question a top quality promo like that with regards to a workers stats in the game, especially when they are hardly poor.

Keith has improved similarly in my current TCW game in only a couple of months. Both Machines have jumped forward with their Entertainment. Cornell is quite the teacher, apparently.

I quite like Newdew's vision, as its fairly close to how I envision him in my TCW game. The silent enforcer type. "Deeds, not words" and all that. But I do like the idea of having him be pretty entertaining when he does have something to say. A bit like Arn Anderson's role in the Horsemen (at least, I think... I know he was good on the mic but did he actually talk that much? I don't remember him talking that much...).

[Phantom Stranger]

I quite like Newdew's vision, as its fairly close to how I envision him in my TCW game. The silent enforcer type. "Deeds, not words" and all that. But I do like the idea of having him be pretty entertaining when he does have something to say. A bit like Arn Anderson's role in the Horsemen (at least, I think... I know he was good on the mic but did he actually talk that much? I don't remember him talking that much...).

The thing about Arn Anderson is that his promos were excellent, but when you have Ric Flair, Tully Blanchard, and James J. Dillon on hand also cutting promos, you have to limit mic time somewhere.

Whenever he spoke, he cut right to the chase very well, though some of my favourite Arn-isms weren't on screen but behind the scenes. (Cactus Jack gets back up after Sting hip tosses him off the entrance ramp onto the concrete, Arn later remarks "I know one thing, if I did that to someone and they just got up, I'd run.")

[Phantom Stranger]

I've always seen him as something of a Benoit/Triple H hybrid. A rugged, widely respected that veteran, that has done it all, and beleives himself to be the top legend of the business. Sort of the Franchise Player gimmick that Triple H has been thought of as having when heel, but less direct, and with more of a badass edge.

I honestly don't get the Flair link much. I get that he's got a lot of history, but Flair's not the only one to share that with him.. :p I remember seeing him in one of Flair's robes in an alt, and just thinking "Yeah..that doesn't work for me at all.." :p

Agreed on the robes, and I can see your take coming out in your diary and like it. For me, though, the thing I find at the centre to make him play comes from Flair. (It should be noted that sometimes, what's at the centre bears no resemblance to what comes out in the heads of anyone who isn't me.)

[Phantom Stranger]

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The big news last week on Badge of Honor was the assault on Rick Law by the School of Tradition - but this week, what's going to be happening?

The New Wave put their titles on the line for the second time in a week, this time against a debuting team sponsored by JD Morgan. The team, consisting of two of Britain's most renowned submission stylists, goes by the name of British Lions.

After that opening the New Wave's - or possibly the Lions' - opponents for Hotter Than Hell, the School of Tradition, will face off against Painful Procedure.

We move on, following that, to a pair of matches showcasing the Disrespected. Both matches were made by Mr Cornell, apparently at Wolf Hawkins' request. First of all, Hawkins' former tag team partner, Stevie Grayson, will go one-on-one with World Heavyweight hopeful Brent Hill. We're sure this match is intended as punishment but, we confess, we're not sure who for.

Grayson's ally Teddy Powell will then face off with his own former tag team partner, Sammy Bach.

We can expect to hear more from Horatio Dangerous and Edd Stone on the All-Action Division shortly after these matches have concluded.

And then another champion will be in action, though his belt will not be on the line; Koshiro Ino will square off against Shingen Miyazaki.

The plucky duo of Kingman & Alexander face one of their most painful tests to date, tagging up against American Buffalo and Frankie Perez in a somewhat unlikely team.

Lastly, Rick Law has reserved the main event. Though not currently medically cleared to wrestle, Law has decreed that Eric Tyler, Freddy Huggins, and Acid will face off against "three men who understand exactly why Tyler's attitude needs adjusting." Who these men are, Law has promised to announce before the match, via satellite link if injuries do not permit him to be in attendance.

At least one regular on the forum suspects the identity of these three men to be Giant Tana.

Prediction Key:
TCW Tag Team Championships
The New Wave (c) vs. The British Lions (Merle O'Curle & Walter Morgan)

Painful Procedure vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins

Brent Hill vs. Stevie Grayson

Sammy Bach vs. Teddy Powell

Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily vs. Shingen Miyazaki (non-title)

Kingman & Alexander vs. American Buffalo & Frankie Perez w/ Floyd Goldworthy

Acid, Tyler & Huggins w/ Laura Huggins vs. ????, ???? & ????

[Bigpapa42]

TCW Tag Team Championships
The New Wave (c) vs. The British Lions (Merle O'Curle & Walter Morgan)

Painful Procedure vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins

Brent Hill vs. Stevie Grayson

Sammy Bach vs. Teddy Powell

Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily vs. Shingen Miyazaki (non-title)

Kingman & Alexander vs. American Buffalo & Frankie Perez w/ Floyd Goldworthy

Acid, Tyler & Huggins w/ Laura Huggins vs. ????, ???? & ????

[Tigerkinney]

TCW Tag Team Championships
The New Wave (c) vs. The British Lions (Merle O'Curle & Walter Morgan)

Isn't Merle Irish ? :p Besides I can't see the newcomers toppling the champs in their first match but perhaps they might give them a bit of a scare.

Painful Procedure vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins

PP's job these days is simply to job.

Brent Hill vs. Stevie Grayson

Straight forward win for Brent Hill

Sammy Bach vs. Teddy Powell

Double DQ count out, as this one gets very ugly, very fast.

Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily vs. Shingen Miyazaki (non-title)

Ino isn't going to lose to his fellow countryman

Kingman & Alexander vs. American Buffalo & Frankie Perez w/ Floyd Goldworthy

Even though Buffalo and Perez are higher in the pecking order as individuals, Kingman & Alexander have been developing their team for a while now and I see their Tag experience paying off here, plus on the other side Buffalo has sort of faded into midcard monster obscurity and Perez still hasn't found the consistency to be a major force yet in TCW.

Acid, Tyler & Huggins w/ Laura Huggins vs. ????, ???? & ????

Can't help thinking Law is going to be in the main event here, alongside Aaron Andrews, not sure about the third man but anyway faces to get some revenge on Tyler and his chronies.

[Dragonmack]

TCW Tag Team Championships
The New Wave (c) vs. The British Lions (Merle O'Curle & Walter Morgan)
no overness yet for the Brits

Painful Procedure vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins
PP jobbing on out

Brent Hill vs. Stevie Grayson

Sammy Bach vs. Teddy Powell

Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily vs. Shingen Miyazaki (non-title)

Kingman & Alexander vs. American Buffalo & Frankie Perez w/ Floyd Goldworthy

Acid, Tyler & Huggins w/ Laura Huggins vs. ????, ???? & ????
cant bet against THREE ????'s

[Regis]

Prediction Key:
TCW Tag Team Championships
The New Wave (c) vs. The British Lions (Merle O'Curle & Walter Morgan)
Alas, they'll come off strong but not unseat the champeens.

Painful Procedure vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins
PP are being jobbed out of the door, maybe even injuring Randall Hopkirk and 'forcing him to retire'.

Brent Hill vs. Stevie Grayson
Sorry, Stevie.

Sammy Bach vs. Teddy Powell
Can't see Teddy claiming a win here, not really.

Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily vs. Shingen Miyazaki (non-title)
The Kobra Kommander goes over easily.

Kingman & Alexander vs. American Buffalo & Frankie Perez w/ Floyd Goldworthy
Give the guys who complain about losses the chance to squash someone.

Acid, Tyler & Huggins w/ Laura Huggins vs. ????, ???? & ????
Law makes a big damn match here in retaliation for the injuring of Hopkirk earlier in the night.

[The Celt]

[CENTER] The British Lions (Merle O'Curle & Walter Morgan)

COUGH COUGH SPLUTTER SPLUTTER

Just a little note no person from the Republic of Ireland would ever refer to themselves as British ever...ever.

Take for example in Rugby: Four countries make up what used to be referred to as the British Lions; England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland...that team is now referred to the British and Irish Lions.

I know it might not seem like a big deal to some of you...but wars have been fought on this :P

Sorry, but as an Irish guy I kinda have to be strict about this kind of thing.

[Phantom Stranger]

COUGH COUGH SPLUTTER SPLUTTER

Just a little note no person from the Republic of Ireland would ever refer to themselves as British ever...ever.

Take for example in Rugby: Four countries make up what used to be referred to as the British Lions; England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland...that team is now referred to the British and Irish Lions.

I know it might not seem like a big deal to some of you...but wars have been fought on this :P

Sorry, but as an Irish guy I kinda have to be strict about this kind of thing.

And as an Englishman whose family on both sides are Irish, I agree.

Horatio Dangerous, on the other hand, is a first-generation American who worked the British gimmick out of respect for his father, and his grasp of that particular divide is not mine, nor yours.

And he names the teams.

(Or, to put it another way: Yeah, I know. The Lions are going to be the namesake-team of an incoming low-tier UK-wrestlers stable, and I'll freely admit I was utterly stumped for any other name for the team.

Readers are encouraged to point out the blindingly obvious tag name I've managed to miss - for the reason you've pointed out, I'm not wedded to the name, and will happily rename the team.)

[Bigpapa42]

The Wigan-Dublin Connection for Morgan and O'Curle? The maybe just the UK Lions for the stable...?

Just thoughts, I have no concerns about the name and I do like the idea that Haratio would be oblivious and/or just not care. Could make some interesting backstage segments...

[foolinc]

TCW Tag Team Championships
The New Wave (c) vs. The British Lions (Merle O'Curle & Walter Morgan)

Painful Procedure vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins

Brent Hill vs. Stevie Grayson

Sammy Bach vs. Teddy Powell

Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily vs. Shingen Miyazaki (non-title)

Kingman & Alexander vs. American Buffalo & Frankie Perez w/ Floyd Goldworthy

Acid, Tyler & Huggins w/ Laura Huggins vs. ????, ???? & ????

[Regis]

The Wigan-Dublin Connection for Morgan and O'Curle? The maybe just the UK Lions for the stable...?

Just thoughts, I have no concerns about the name and I do like the idea that Haratio would be oblivious and/or just not care. Could make some interesting backstage segments...

UK still doesn't cover the Republic of Ireland. It's possible that Merle might be Northern Irish, which would make the British Lions thing count - the database has no separate entry for NI, so there's no way of knowing.

[tristram]

The thing about Arn Anderson is that his promos were excellent, but when you have Ric Flair, Tully Blanchard, and James J. Dillon on hand also cutting promos, you have to limit mic time somewhere.

Whenever he spoke, he cut right to the chase very well, though some of my favourite Arn-isms weren't on screen but behind the scenes. (Cactus Jack gets back up after Sting hip tosses him off the entrance ramp onto the concrete, Arn later remarks "I know one thing, if I did that to someone and they just got up, I'd run.")

Precisely. The thing with Arn Anderson was that every action, from his wrestling, to his promos, told you everything you needed to know. It was efficient, it was calculated, nothing was wasted, everything made perfect sense. Some misinterpret that as meaning that Arn was limited in comparison to Ric Flair, but I look at it as if he was just a real pure pro wrestler. Pro wrestling never was all about glamour and babes and face paint, it was about getting in and fighting for something important - whether it be your integrity or the Championship. He was in a business sense, a wrestling strategist, in that everything in a strategy should flow down the organisation, and with Arn, his intent was clear, and was executed methodically through his matches and promos without EVER losing focus of his road to glory.

I guess in some ways that kind of describes how I felt about your Sam Keith promo. Very quickly you told me what I needed to know, no objections. It was logical. It inspired me to get interested in the storyline ensuing. If a promo is about getting butts on seats, the Sam Keith one, like Arn Anderson's, serves its purpose beautifully.

Prediction Key:
TCW Tag Team Championships
The New Wave (c) vs. The British Lions (Merle O'Curle & Walter Morgan)

Painful Procedure vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins

Brent Hill vs. Stevie Grayson

Sammy Bach vs. Teddy Powell

Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily vs. Shingen Miyazaki (non-title)

Kingman & Alexander vs. American Buffalo & Frankie Perez w/ Floyd Goldworthy

Acid, Tyler & Huggins w/ Laura Huggins vs. ????, ???? & ???? - To me, the squiggly question marks are like contracting syphilis. You really don't want to, but you know that they're going to overcome you. Of course, I don't know this from experience, but Boom King has told me... Mr Squiggly Question Marks for the win.

[SWF Fan]

TCW Tag Team Championships
The New Wave (c) vs. The British Lions (Merle O'Curle & Walter Morgan)

Painful Procedure vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins
Brent Hill vs. Stevie Grayson

Sammy Bach vs. Teddy Powell

Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily vs. Shingen Miyazaki (non-title)

Kingman & Alexander vs. American Buffalo & Frankie Perez w/ Floyd Goldworthy

Acid, Tyler & Huggins w/ Laura Huggins vs. ????, ???? & ????

[Phantom Stranger]

Been a busy week.

Quite literally the last chance to suggest a rename for the British Lions before they debut, though I'm happy to take suggestions afterward, too.

[Marcel Fromage]

TCW Tag Team Championships
The New Wave (c) vs. The British Lions (Merle O'Curle & Walter Morgan)

Painful Procedure vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins

Brent Hill vs. Stevie Grayson

Sammy Bach vs. Teddy Powell - Draw

Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily vs. Shingen Miyazaki (non-title)

Kingman & Alexander vs. American Buffalo & Frankie Perez w/ Floyd Goldworthy

Acid, Tyler & Huggins w/ Laura Huggins vs. ????, ???? & ????

First off - wooo, O'Curle and Walter Morgan in a non-British fed. I'm interested to see how over you can get them.

I also think the name, like BigPapa said, could create some humorous backstage segments if you wanted it to. I've been trying to think of a better name and can't come up with anything I like either.

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 2 August 2008

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 0.33)

Held at the Grissom Auditorium (South West)

Attendance: 2000 (Sold Out)

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Jasmine Saunders – Kyle Rhodes

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The New Wave vs. The British Lions
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For a debuting team, the British Lions get one hell of a reception. Granted, they've spent the past seven months working in this area, but they've seldom actually appeared in front of paying crowds.Nonetheless, once the bell rings and the match begins, their no-nonsense submission style begins to garner good reactions, and there are quite a few moments where they clearly have the New Wave worried – particularly Walter Morgan, whose time in this match is almost entirely spent applying one of a dizzying variety of submission holds, though Guide and Scout do always manage to twist clear, power out, or reach the ropes.

O'Curle, by contrast, is ruthless when on the offensive, targeting limbs and working them over with vicious efficiency – though, it should be noted, this doesn't all go the Lions' way, and they do run into trouble with the Wave's sheer experience level as a duo, eventually leading to O'Curle being laid out by a Scout dropkick followed by the Wave of Mutilation and a pin.
The New Wave defeated the British Lions
Rating: C

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Painful Procedure vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins
Hopkirk comes out still bandaged as a result of the Easy Riders' assault toward the end of their match together.

The Tradition go straight to work here, and Procedure are on the back foot from the off. Billy Jack Shearer proves to be a somewhat tricky man to get by through sheer size and strength, but ultimately, he just can't keep up with Deeley.

Hopkirk manages to rally, despite his injuries, and for a little while he's fighting back after spilling Bryant out of the ring; Deeley takes the brunt of a savvy, veteran onslaught, and Shearer, seemingly desperate to help, intervenes as Bryant attempts to re-enter.

Then, suddenly, Laura Huggins isn't just on the apron, she's in the ring – and she's face-to-face with referee Sam Sparrow as the battle continues around her.

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Moments later, Peter Hopper blindsides Billy Jack Shearer on the outside, tossing him into the crowd barrier before delivering a series of punches and lodging his big boot over Shearer's throat, slowly choking the big man. Distracted, Hopkirk moves to intervene -

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And Billy Fonda bowls him over with a vicious-looking lariat to the side of the head. Karen Killer is right behind him, and a shot to Hopkirk's injured ribs with that tyre iron she's taken to carrying around follows, and then another to the back of his head... and another...

Fonda, on the apron, calls an instruction to Hopper, who moves aside as Fonda – himself a big man – leaps from the apron to splash Shearer against the crowd barrier. Killer makes herself scarce and a returned Joel Bryant delivers the One Shot Drop, landing Hopkirk on that injured head for the pinfall.
School of Tradition defeated Painful Procedure
Rating: D+

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Killer is immediately back in the ring, as are the Easy Riders. A downed Hopkirk is easy prey; another shot to the back of the head, and another, and she bends over him, screaming something. Only on the second repetition is it clear to the audience what she's screaming:

“Don't we matter to you? Isn't this important?”

Another tyre iron strike, this one to the injured ribs, and she steps back, nodding coldly. The Riders scoop Hopkirk up into their arms, toss him into the air, and move smoothly into a sitout powerbomb/neckbreaker, then leave, Killer glowering in frustration.

One last shot of her before she exits captures a drop of blood falling from the tyre iron.

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Short and sweet; Grayson and Hill seem to work well as opponents, and perhaps on another day Grayson might have survived long enough to really put up a fight. But, as Rhodes notes on commentary, if you just laid out a challenge to the World Heavyweight Champion, you don't need any other motivation to go out there and destroy someone – and a motivated Hill runs right through Grayson, finishing in four minutes with the King of the Hill.
Brent Hill defeated Stevie Grayson
Rating: C+

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Sammy Bach vs. Teddy Powell
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This doesn't get quite the same reaction, but my God, they're fighting.

It's a brawl. Gone are the high-flying instincts of both men. Gone is anything but a clear, savage need to hurt, to wound, to defeat, to destroy.

Powell breaks the Bach on your Back three or four times as the match goes on; similarly, Bach seems to have the Motion Censor scouted, and while it hits a couple of times, he's able to take some of the force of it on an arm, or otherwise buy himself a way to survive.

Eventually, Bach – during a very short breather – snatches a tag line from one corner. An unseen boot to the nuts later, he loops the tag line around Powell's throat, and on the fifth application, the Bach on your Back becomes an illegal choke – something referee Ray Johnson never quite noteces, thanks to Bach's arm covering the evidence.

Powell passes out, though he never gives in.
Sammy Bach defeated Teddy Powell
Rating: C-

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As the big screen springs into life, Horatio Dangerous and Edd Stone can once again be seen clearly in the TCW production studio. Dangerous smiles at the camera.

“Welcome back,” he says. “Edd, let's move on to some of your other potential opponents... In fact, let's deal with two at once.”

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The footage shown this time focuses on the Young Guns, with most of it dating from after their recent image change – though there's an occasional clip from their various title victories.

“Ooh, yeah,” Stone says thoughtfully. “These two. I can tell you for sure, Tommy wouldn't like me to face off with either of them...”

“Their talent?” Dangerous asks mildly. Stone laughs.

“Dude, I'm a Stone. I'll put my talent on the line against anyone. Nah, it's just on account of them being two of the guys who really caused us some issues – well, caused him some issues; I've still got my belt, right?

“But Tommy doesn't have his, and that's partly down to these two.”

“And what do you think of them?” Horatio asks.

“Well...” Edd pauses. “Steve Gumble can kick your head off, but he doesn't do that much of the really cool stuff. He just knuckles down and tries to win – boring, right?

“Harry pulls some crazy stuff. He's got guts, that kid. I guess I'd rather face him – he might screw up. Risky stunts are not the way to wrestle.”

There's another pause, then Dangerous, somewhat carefully, asks “Ah... you don't feel your stunts are risky?”

“Pft,” comes Edd's response. “As if. I'm a Stone!”

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Miyazaki is no one's pick to win through here – but he doesn't seem to have heard that, and he really gives Ino everything he has from the off. Nothing stands out particularly clearly from this contest, but the fans are entertained throughout, all the way to the Kobra's Bite that ends it.
Koshiro Ino defeated Shingen Miyazaki
Rating: C+

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The problem Barry and Clark have here is incredibly simple – getting the Buffalo off his feet. Neither man can do it alone, and much of the match is devoted to the time they spend trying – or to Perez' action, which is a much closer fight. But while Kingman & Alexander make the running, they simply can't take the Buffalo down, and every time he does hit them, he hurts them.

Ultimately, while Frankie Perez is the man who gets the win, forcing a submission from Barry Kingman with the P-Clutch, that's what wins it – an assault by a man Kingman & Alexander just can't take off his feet, much to their evident frustration.
American Buffalo & Frankie Perez defeated Kingman & Alexander
Rating: C

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Rick Law's face appears on the big screen, wincing slightly but smiling; the camera slowly pulls back to reveal the lawman seated in T-shirt and jeans, crutches at hand, foot elevated and knee bandaged, in a suburban living room. At the bottom left of the screen the TCW watermark is replaced by a LIVE tag.

“Hi,” he smiles. “I'm sorry I can't be there today, but, well...” He raises a hand to indicate the crutches. “The docs say I shouldn't be walking about too much. So I'm not.

“They set this satellite link thing up because I've got something to say.

“I already said part of it, I guess, if you look at the website. Last week, the School of Tradition jumped me from behind and beat all kinds of hell out of me.

“Hard to beat five men, I tell you. Especially when they come from behind.”

He clears his throat. “So. My right on every Badge of Honor episode is to book a main event as I see fit. This authority comes from the expectation on the Board's part that I will do my best to levy justice. To keep things honourable.

“Eric Tyler, I'd like you to come out here with Freddy Huggins and Acid. You're in the main event.”

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In due course, Tyler, Huggins, and Acid emerge, with Laura Huggins at their side. Tyler struts down to the ring with a smirk, and the trio stand, waiting, watching Law's face.

Law nods approval a few moments later; lag, no doubt, from the satellite link. “Thank you,” he says.

“Now ordinarily I'd be there myself to make sure justice is done, but that doesn't look too likely right now. I thought about what you've done, though – your insistence that the young guys aren't worth respecting – and I came up with the perfect men to teach you a lesson.

“These men are all TCW employees, but you haven't seen them on TV – because they're busy, Eric. They train the up-and-comers to be the best they can be, they train them until they're ready for TCW. They've been greats – between them, they've won championships in America, Mexico and Japan – and the Coastal Zone Championship Wrestling fans will recognise them for their work in the ring.

“They are the TCW trainers - Steve Flash, Bairei Yasujiro, and PISTOL PETE HALL!”

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Eric Tyler, Freddy Huggins & Acid w/ Laura Huggins
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Bairei Yasujiro, Steve Flash & Pistol Pete Hall
Despite Law's praise, this match wasn't all it could be. Quick and dirty, the Trainers combined their signatures in a number of innovative ways – a particular favourite being the Flash Bang hotshot hoist being employed not to drape Freddy Huggins across the top rope, but to throw him right into an oncoming Pistol Whip Lariat.

That said, while Yasujiro could more than keep up with Acid and Huggins put together in the air, with Flash and Hall covering excellence in other areas, it just didn't quite flow, and was ended smoothly following Eric Tyler, having managed to send Pete Hall over the top to the floor with Freddy Huggins' help, clamping the Tradition Lift onto Bairei Yasujiro.

Flash moved to break it up, only to have his foot pulled off the apron by Laura Huggins, and with no one to make the save Yasujiro was forced to submit.

“That all you got?” Tyler promptly yelled at the big screen where Law had been.
Eric Tyler, Freddy Huggins & Acid defeated Bairei Yasujiro, Steve Flash & Pistol Pete Hall
Rating: D+

Show Rating: C-

[Phantom Stranger]

Notes:

- Dissappointment in the main event. Yasujiro, the least over man involved, is still a D in this area, and with the amount of talent in there I expected to pull something better. Ah, well... Try and try again.

- The opener was the opposite. Before the show, Walter was E and Merle was F+ in the area - that the match got the result it did is, I suppose, more proof for Zeel's claim that the new wave are THE BEST TAG TEAM IN THE WORLD TODAY!

- In all honesty, much as I'm disappointed by the main event, I'm not regretting booking it. Badge of Honor's 'B' status makes it a great platform for trying all sorts of things, and between giving the trainers a little more national exposure and hopefully giving folks a tune-up, I'm happy enough to fit that one in there.

- Randall Hopkirk learned more in the Procedure match than anyone else. And he's leaving the ring in a couple weeks.

[Zeel1]

- The opener was the opposite. Before the show, Walter was E and Merle was F+ in the area - that the match got the result it did is, I suppose, more proof for Zeel's claim that the new wave are THE BEST TAG TEAM IN THE WORLD TODAY!

You never doubted it, now did you? ;)

But even against THE GREATEST TAG TEAM IN THE WORLD TODAY, a C rating is damned good for a debuting team with abysmal overness. Nice pickup in the British Lions.

- Randall Hopkirk learned more in the Procedure match than anyone else. And he's leaving the ring in a couple weeks.

Never too late to learn, right?

[Phantom Stranger]

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Saturday 13th August 2008
And the relief washes over me; Brent's put pen to paper on his new contract, and the big Syndicate plotline I'm counting on to run through, ultimately, until around February is confirmed.

Not only that, but we've got Brent confirmed for another two years; let's face it, there'll always be a place here for wrestlers of his ability.

What there may not be room for is Kyle Rhodes; another problem went down backstage last night as he set out to antagonise Acid. I wouldn't be particularly happy about this if he were better at his job than he actually is. Jasmine is already doing more on any given Badge of Honor to put the young talent over than Kyle's managed, and Shawn Doakes isn't that far behind him – and Shawn's meant to be focusing on play-by-play!

Kyle has a little over a year left on his contract, but he may not make it – and it might be time to start reducing his role; we could plausibly have Ken Midden fill his seat on PPV, and that would be an improvement, Ken having come on significantly over his time with us.

I find myself looking at the SWF, too, wondering who's going to get cut – some sort of budget tightening seems likely, but so far no names have come out. Duane Fry and Jason Azaria on the desk together could well be a hell of a thing.

Ah, well... For the moment, I'm not shaking things up too fast, but it's not going to be long, I don't think, before something needs doing.

And I'm definitely going to have to think about strengthening the PPV announce lineup. Those need to feel like the biggest moments of the year.

[Phantom Stranger]

Also:

Congratulations to the two men who called every match on this card correctly! Bigpapa42 and foolinc, you'll soon be receiving the Monkey See, Monkey Kick Hell Monkey T-shirts - wear them with pride!

[Phantom Stranger]

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What was originally scheduled to open Total Wrestling this week won't be, as Randall Hopkirk is too injured to compete after Karen Killer's assault on Friday. Instead, the Young Guns will step into Painful Procedure's place to take on the Easy Riders in what's sure to be a hard-fought contest.

Chris Rockwell has issued a challenge to another TCW wrestler 'who has yet to prove he can get in the ring with me', Rocky Golden, and that's been confirmed to go down on Total Wrestling this week.

The Hard-Hitting Championship will not be on the line, but Sam Keith will nonetheless face off with a talented up-and-comer as at Mr Cornell's behest Keith faces off against Frankie Perez.

It's Champion vs. Champion following that, with All Action Champion Edd Stone facing off against International Champion Koshiro Ino. Neither belt will change hands, but the honour of the division will certainly way heavy on Ino's shoulders. Will Edd even notice?

Andrews & Minnesota look to continue their winning ways in tag team competition, and this week they'll be facing off against Miyazaki & Ota in order to do so.

More tag action follows, as the Machines will square off against Ricky Dale Johnson and his ally Danny Fonzarelli...

...and in the main event we're promised a huge six-man tag! On the one hand, Tommy Cornell, Wolf Hawkins, and Tyson Baine, (meaning that the entire Syndicate will be wrestling on this edition) - on the other, World Heavyweight Champion Troy Tornado, Eddie Peak, and Johnny Bloodstone!


Prediction Key:
Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer vs. Young Guns

Chris Rockwell vs. Rocky Golden

Frankie Perez vs. Sam Keith (non-title)

Edd Stone vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily (non-title)

Andrews & Minnesota vs. Miyazaki & Ota

The Machines vs. RDJ & Fonzarelli

Eddie Peak, Johnny Bloodstone & Troy Tornado w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Tommy Cornell, Tyson Baine & Wolf Hawkins

[Marcel Fromage]

Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer vs. Young Guns

Chris Rockwell vs. Rocky Golden

Frankie Perez vs. Sam Keith (non-title)

Edd Stone vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily (non-title)

Andrews & Minnesota vs. Miyazaki & Ota

The Machines vs. RDJ & Fonzarelli

Eddie Peak, Johnny Bloodstone & Troy Tornado w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Tommy Cornell, Tyson Baine & Wolf Hawkins

Although their titles aren't up for grabs, I'd still expect Keith and Ino to prevail here. I enjoy seeing Rockwell in your diaries - I much prefer him as serious competitor to goofy underwater guy, so I'm with him to win every time. Machines look like they might take another loss here, especially now that you know that Brent Hill is sticking around (as odd as that sounds). Main event is an interesting 6-man. I'll go with Cornell's team to win through though.

[Tigerkinney]

Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer vs. Young Guns

The Rider's are getting built up as bad ass bully types and the Young Guns mini push towards challenging for the belts was only a temporary measure.

Chris Rockwell vs. Rocky Golden

One guy is getting a good push, the other has been largely sidelined and forgotten about.

Frankie Perez vs. Sam Keith (non-title)

Non Title or not, I can't see Perez being quite over enough let to pick up the win over Sam Keith.

Edd Stone vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily (non-title)

The International belt is higher up in importance than the All Action belt, so Ino should get the win here.

Andrews & Minnesota vs. Miyazaki & Ota

The Japanese duo are glorified jobbers, so this one's a no brainer, especially as the Andrews/Minnesota combo is starting to get a pretty good push.

The Machines vs. RDJ & Fonzarelli

The Machines are the better team, plus their losing streak does seem to be over, add to the fact that both will be challenging for the International (Anderson) and World (Hill) belts at Breakin' The Law, all things that should point towards them winning the match but somehow I see RDJ and Fonzarelli pulling the win out here.

Eddie Peak, Johnny Bloodstone & Troy Tornado w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Tommy Cornell, Tyson Baine & Wolf Hawkins

However the rest of the Syndicate bring some pride back to the stable by getting the win in the main event.

[foolinc]

Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer vs. Young Guns
DQ maybe?

Chris Rockwell vs. Rocky Golden

Frankie Perez vs. Sam Keith (non-title)

Edd Stone vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily (non-title)

Andrews & Minnesota vs. Miyazaki & Ota

The Machines vs. RDJ & Fonzarelli

Eddie Peak, Johnny Bloodstone & Troy Tornado w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Tommy Cornell, Tyson Baine & Wolf Hawkins

[Dragonmack]

Prediction Key:
Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer vs. Young Guns

Chris Rockwell vs. Rocky Golden

Frankie Perez vs. Sam Keith (non-title)

Edd Stone vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily (non-title)

Andrews & Minnesota vs. Miyazaki & Ota

The Machines vs. RDJ & Fonzarelli

Eddie Peak, Johnny Bloodstone & Troy Tornado w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Tommy Cornell, Tyson Baine & Wolf Hawkins

[Bigpapa42]

Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer vs. Young Guns

Chris Rockwell vs. Rocky Golden

Frankie Perez vs. Sam Keith (non-title)

Edd Stone vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily (non-title)

Andrews & Minnesota vs. Miyazaki & Ota

The Machines vs. RDJ & Fonzarelli

Eddie Peak, Johnny Bloodstone & Troy Tornado w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Tommy Cornell, Tyson Baine & Wolf Hawkins

[Astil]

Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer vs. Young Guns - DRAW

Chris Rockwell vs. Rocky Golden

Frankie Perez vs. Sam Keith (non-title)

Edd Stone vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily (non-title)

Andrews & Minnesota vs. Miyazaki & Ota

The Machines vs. RDJ & Fonzarelli

Eddie Peak, Johnny Bloodstone & Troy Tornado w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Tommy Cornell, Tyson Baine & Wolf Hawkins

[Regis]

Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer vs. Young Guns
High on a wave of momentum, the Easy Riders smash through the young punks.

Chris Rockwell vs. Rocky Golden
No, seriously.

Frankie Perez vs. Sam Keith (non-title)
No upset here, methinks.

Edd Stone vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily (non-title)
The Kobra Kommander shows his stuff.

Andrews & Minnesota vs. Miyazaki & Ota
JOBBERS!

The Machines vs. RDJ & Fonzarelli
The challengers for the titles get a strong build coming up to their matches.

Eddie Peak, Johnny Bloodstone & Troy Tornado w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Tommy Cornell, Tyson Baine & Wolf Hawkins
With their enforcer on side, how can The Syndicate lose?

[SWF Fan]

Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer vs. Young Guns

Chris Rockwell vs. Rocky Golden

Frankie Perez vs. Sam Keith (non-title)

Edd Stone vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily (non-title)

Andrews & Minnesota vs. Miyazaki & Ota

The Machines vs. RDJ & Fonzarelli

Eddie Peak, Johnny Bloodstone & Troy Tornado w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Tommy Cornell, Tyson Baine & Wolf Hawkins