TCW: A Quiet Retirement [Archive] - Page 5

Phantom Stranger

02-19-2010, 03:21 PM

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 1 October 2008

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 6.59)
Rebroadcast on Continental Sports X1 (Rating 0.00)

Held at the Mayor Street Arena (New England)

Attendance: 15,000 (sold out!)

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Shawn Doakes

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Jeremy Stone vs. Matthew Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
Jeremy and Matthew turn out to have a truly astonishing level of understanding of each man's skill – understandable, given Matthew's training, perhaps, but still somewhat remarkable. The result is a hell of a match to kick off the show, as Matthew gives as good as he gets, faster, more resilient...

Jeremy Stone just has a few more tricks up his sleeve, and that's what settles it. This time, Stone beats the Keith sent up against him.
Jeremy Stone defeated Matthew Keith
Rating: B+

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The Machines vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins
The pace doesn't slow down an inch as these two teams step up and deliver. After a quarter-hour of brisk work and engaging moves, it comes down to Brent Hill and Sean Deeley; it comes down to the King of the Hill frog splash, and a quick pinfall, and Sean Deeley is pinned.
The Machines defeated the School of Tradition
Rating: B

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Shout at the Devil begins to play as Mayhem Midden, accompanied by Charlie Thatcher, comes to the ring, microphone in hand.

“Busy night tonight,” he begins. “You're all waiting for the big bit of business, but I'm doing this in the order it needs doing.

“First of all, this month, we're going to have a little tournament. See, we've got a whole mess of tag teams these days. Some of 'em, well, they've taken a few too many losses for me to consider them right this second – which ain't to say I don't hold out hope for them climbing up in the future.

“But it does mean I want to shake things up a bit. The School had two shots in two months, they did pretty damn well – but there's a lot of teams deserve the chance.

“Starting tonight, we're having a tournament. Four teams. The catch is, you don't get to enter if you've been a tag champion here before – so that rules out the School, it rules out Miyazaki and Ota, it rules out the Guns, and the Fly Boys.

“Couple other teams seem to have enough on their plates. The Conquering Kings have been on at me to free up some time and let 'em fight the Fly Boys after last month, and they'll get it.

“So. Four teams. Two of them are up next – the Rising Stars and the Easy Riders.

“Next slot in the tournament I'm giving to Sam Keith's kids.” A grin. “Because I know that'll piss off Tommy, and right now he deserves it.

“Final slot?” He shrugs. “Well, I'm working on that. A young man approached me last week with an idea; the lawyers are going over it now. If that doesn't work out, I'll find someone.”

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Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer vs. Rising Stars
Short and sweet, this one. A technically inclined side who can brawl and a pair of brawlers; the Riders dictate the style in which the match is contested, and Andrews and Minnesota do their level best to match up to that.

It's an almost-pure rumble which ends as the Riders eject Minnesota from the ring, delivering the Emergency Stop on Aaron Andrews to put him down.
Easy Riders defeated Rising Stars
Rating: C

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Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Walter Morgan
Morgan's beginning to make a name for himself among the live fans – it's not a big thing, but he's becoming recognised as a potentially dangerous grappler, chiefly due to how obviously vicious many of his submission holds are.

Against Bloodstone, he still gets a good response. Azaria gets behind the two men, rapid-fire discussion of the holds ensuing, and Morgan gets a chance to look good – not much of a chance, nor for long, as it runs maybe five minutes before the Bloodstone Mutilation's applied. But it is, most likely, a good sign for the future.
Johnny Bloodstone defeated Walter Morgan
Rating: B

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Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily vs. Shingen Miyazaki
Even shorter, this match; Ino absolutely destroys Miyazaki, who seems almost despondent. There are a number of points where the announcers note that Miyazaki's been able to take advantage of gaps like the ones Ino is leaving – even talk about the moves he uses in those circumstances – but in those gaps, Miyazaki does nothing.

The Kobra's Bite puts him out of his misery swiftly.
Koshiro Ino defeated Shingen Miyazaki
Rating: C+

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Backstage, Eddie Peak is warming up for later, doing a little work with a speedbag.

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Then his head crashes into it fast as Tyson Baine bulls into him from behind. Eddie staggers, Baine grabs him, hoists him, and hits the Hades Bomb onto the exposed floor. He reaches up, grabs the chain the bag's hanging from, and snaps it, dropping the back onto Peak's prone floor, before stalking off.

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Frankie Perez vs. Ricky Dale Johnson
Good, solid work for most of this match between two tough guys. Perez is still going for the dirty tricks, but you've got to be very, very good at being bad to catch someone who's spent as much of his career locking horns with Tommy Cornell as RDJ has.

Ricky concentrates on winning, and with Perez' heel tricks neutralised, he has real trouble.

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Chris Rockwell appears at ringside, and RDJ notices – and Perez rolls him up. Johnson kicks out, and Rockwell bides his time. Eugene Williams sees Perez stumble into him and Rockwell hops up onto the apron. A forearm drives into Ricky's back; RDJ manages, however, to sidestep Perez' charge and leave him crashing into Rockwell on the apron.

Ricky grabs the Southern Justice immediately, gets the pin, and gets out of Dodge as Rockwell slides back into the ring.
Ricky Dale Johnson defeated Frankie Perez
Rating: B

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Sam Keith vs. Tyson Baine
Holy God, Tyson Baine has been on a roll lately.

Keith stalls. Oh, boy, does Keith stall. He does NOT want to lock up with the Syndicate's monster.

Baine prowls, lunges, steps back, lunges again...

Eventually, Sam ducks a swing and starts doing his best. A chop block takes Baine down to one knee, and Sam scents opportunity – which turns out to be a false scent, as Baine seizes him by the neck

What follows is pure destruction. Sam Keith is Sam Keith, and he can find a way to block things, he can find counters – but he can't stop this kind of barrage.

Baine virtually destroys him in a shade under ten minutes, finishing off with a Hades Bomb.
Tyson Baine defeated Sam Keith
Rating: A

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Breakin' The Law starts to play, and Tommy Cornell struts down to the ring, rolling into place to stand over Sam's broken body.

“I spent all last month,” he says slowly, “rehabbing my arm from what you did to it. Sunday night, I couldn't break that hold because you had nearly crippled my arm.

“This month, Sam, we teach you how that feels... week in, week out...”

He grins. “And then, come Crunch Time, I'm going to lock myself in with you in that big, roofed-off cage, and you're going to face the Test of Steel.

“Midden's got the Board on your side. I can't fire you. So I'm just going to have to put you out the company by breaking you apart.”

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Eddie Peak & Troy Tornado vs. Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins
A less-than-perfect main event, it has to be said, but still entertaining enough TV.

Peak comes in injured, but stays powerful; Cornell seems to be absolutely losing it whenever he has a chance to get at Tornado, the man who ended his title reign, one of the men to whom he lost two days ago.

Hawkins and Tornado are trying to wrestle despite the fury unleashed around them, trying to keep their cool.

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Stevie Grayson vaults from the top rope into the ring, catching Hawkins with a bulldog. Tornado pauses for just a moment, and Cornell lunges for him. Peak intercepts and the two spill out.

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Eugene Williams gets into Grayson's face with a shouting match, and Sammy Bach slides into the ring and clotheslines Grayson over the top rope, then turns around to watch Hawkins. Hawkins watches Bach -

STAR MAKER!

Tornado makes the cover immediately, grabbing the pinfall with triumph.
Eddie Peak & Troy Tornado defeated Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins
Rating: B

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Tornado and Cornell remain in the ring as Midden, Bloodstone and the Bombshell come out. Midden is carrying, draped over his shoulder, the World Heavyweight Championship.

“So,” he says. “I'd just like to begin by filling in anyone who was unlucky enough they've not seen how Destructive Energy finished Sunday night. Take a look...”

Johnny spilled to the outside and Tommy Cornell proceeded to drag Troy to the centre of the ring and apply a figure-four leg lock, looking to ground Tornado.

The crowd cheer for Troy as, after a few moments, he begins fighting to turn the hold over. Cornell tries to stop him but, in time, Troy turns them both to their stomachs.

Now the hold puts pressure on Cornell, and he can, in theory, break the hold himself – but as soon as Troy turns him, Johnny Bloodstone rolls into the ring, hooks Cornell's arms, and flips forward to lock in the Bloodstone Mutilation.

Caught in twin submission moves, Tommy Cornell taps out.

Both Troy and Johnny instinctively rise to celebrate as Dangerous and Azaria explode into debate. Both men were legal, both had the submission applied...

The Blonde Bombshell takes matters into her own hands, decisively raising Tornado and Bloodstone's hands into the air simultaneously.

“Whatever else,” Azaria signs off, “whatever happens on Tuesday, I can promise you this.

“Tommy Cornell is NOT the World Heavyweight Champion.”

Midden nods.

“I spent all yesterday meeting with the Board,” he says. “Talking this whole thing over.

“It ain't been an easy decision to come to. Matter of fact, that's why I held off dealing with it til now. Whatever I do, at least one of you three ain't gonna like it. And I like my skin – so I wanna avoid a brawl.

“So you three, you've all had messy matches, you're all tired, we're in a good position.

“Here's what we got, OK? There was no illegal man involved. There was no illegal hold applied. You can argue that the Bloodstone Mutilation's nastier than a reversed figure-four.

“You can argue that without the damage Troy was doing Tommy might have fought through and not tapped. You can argue he couldn't counter one because of the other.

“Hell, Tommy, from where I'm standing, if you'd not put Troy in the hold, if you'd not got in that situation, we'd have a clear world champion – but ifs don't mean anything, right?”

Cornell's jaw appears to be grinding at this point. Midden smirks and continues. “So like Jason said at the time, the one thing that's sure is that Tommy isn't the champion. But let's get on to the real question – who walks away with the belt?”

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Cornell wrenches the microphone from Midden's hand. “Me,” he growls. Bloodstone and Tornado both step forward immediately – and Number of the Beast begins to play, Tyson Baine storming toward the ring fast.

The Bombshell bails. Cornell grabs the belt from Midden's shoulder.

Baine gets into the ring and Hades Bombs Tornado while Cornell races up the aisle, pursued by Bloodstone.

Baine follows up with a Hades Bomb to Mayhem Midden just before Azaria signs off.

Show Rating: B+

cmdrsam

02-19-2010, 07:28 PM

Still reading and following this. Oh and I'm still liking it as well.

Phantom Stranger

02-20-2010, 06:33 PM

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Wednesday 3rd October 2008
“So when do we feud?”

It's a simple question, allegedly.

It's one of the most heard. You can't ally two wrestlers without them starting to ponder how the feud will end.

Never used to be like that. The Blazin' Flames were together for years. That was what they did; they made themselves a major name on the tag scene, and they stayed together. The Lords of War, the Demons of Rage – and countless others before them.

There are, of course, also situations like the Modern Day Cowboys – Sidewinder and Winchester, or, to use names that any younger readers this book has attracted will recognise, Ricky Dale Johnson and Sean Martyn AKA Skull DeBones AKA Vengeance – where the team was a vehicle to establish someone. (Actually, Sean Deeley's team with Joel is, at least in part, to do this – though I'm not sure Joel will still be active when it's time to pull the trigger on Sean's singles push).

And there are less happy situations; Adrenaline Rush was one of DaVE's premier tag teams, and it'd be difficult to rekindle that magic today – but, equally, I don't think Teddy Powell will ever reach the status Sammy Bach could. (Note: Teddy, if you're reading this, I'm hoping for you to prove me wrong or to HAVE proved me wrong by the time this book came out.)

But since John and Brent both went after different singles titles, each of them have asked me if a feud's coming. Wolf Hawkins, discussing the long-range plans for 2009, asked about a feud with Tommy – which is logical; it would make Wolf, handled properly, he has the chops to go with Tommy and the backstory is there – Johnny Bloodstone and Jeremy Stone are primed to rekindle their NOTBPW magic at the top of TCW, preferably on PPV broadcast everywhere wrestling has fans – here, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Europe, Australia, England, Ireland, Wales...

Everywhere except Scotland. (We're working on it.) Jay – Danny Fonzarelli's real name – asked me if the shaved head and RDJ/Rockwell tensions stemming from his match with Frankie would lead to a feud for him and Ricky.

There's money in feuds. Your regular wage. An increase in exposure, hopefully leading to an increase in merch sales. PPV bonuses. And, if you're lucky, a chance to establish yourself on a higher order than you had before.

For Jay, one pay-per-view in the kind of card position an RDJ match tends to be can change his financial situation for the year. And if the company get behind him enough to build him for a feud with Ricky, so the logic goes, we'll likely try and keep him strong, which means even more increased revenue.

But feuds are something that need thinking about. If Wolf turned on Tommy following Crunch Time... Just after the next big Tommy/Sam match... no one would care. (It'd also screw up the overarching Syndicate program, but that's something else.)

I know the feuds I want to see in this company for probably the next year and a half, and by the time we get there I'll have more planned.

What I don't know, unfortunately, is how long they'll evolve to take, and therefore whether they'll all happen/if someone like RDJ will be left directionless for a few months/all that kind of thing.

All in the name of better business...

Phantom Stranger

02-21-2010, 06:42 PM

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The Disrespected have been making a name for themselves the past couple of months as two men who put anyone they face through a real brawl; safe to say they're upset at being excluded from Mayhem Midden's tournament, and as such Teddy Powell has requested the opening contest on Badge of Honor this week, facing off with the Keith Brothers who, of course, have been entered into the tournament.

Next up, Art Reed attempts to regain some momentum following his loss on Sunday by facing off with Eric Tyler. With both the Bombshell and Laura Huggins at ringside, a lot of chaos could erupt - and that's before you consider the ace in the hole that is the School of Tradition.

All-Action Champion Edd Stone has answered a challenge, too, agreeing to take on Danny Fonzarelli in non-title action as the freshly shorn Fonzie looks to find himself again. How will the Love Doctor fare without his long locks?

Following the Fly Boys' assault on them a couple of weeks ago, the Conquering Kings finally look set to try for revenge. Will the resurgent Fly Boys carry the day, or can Barry and Clark start moving forward once again?

The Cannonball Kid appears to have drawn an unlucky number; Tyson Baine is his opponent this Friday. It would appear that the Kid's best hope is that Eddie Peak has recovered from the assault on Tuesday - so has he? We'll find out...

And in the main event, Rick Law has granted Sean Deeley a match, stating that he wants to encourage Tyler's allies to "earn respect for themselves, rather than demand it and settle into bad habits."

Prediction Key:
The Disrespected vs. The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Edd Stone (non-title)

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. the Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy

The Cannonball Kid vs. Tyson Baine

Rick Law vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Oregano Jensen

02-21-2010, 07:06 PM

The Disrespected vs. The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell

The Disrespected are basically glorified jobbers at this point. The Keiths are still being built up, but it's clear they have the talent to go as far as their push extends. If they get upset here, it looks like they're being promoted unfairly, and that's not the case at all.

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins

Unlikely as the win seems, I never bet against Art Reed.

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Edd Stone (non-title)

There's been a lot of talk of Fonzarelli lately. Seems unlikely you won't keep him strong here, in a non-title match.

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. the Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy

Eh. I don't care about either of these teams, but I care about the Fly Boys less.

The Cannonball Kid vs. Tyson Baine

No contest. This is too late in the card to be the squash it looks like, and there's no way the Kid is going over.

Rick Law vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Business as usual for Rick Law.

Lo-Drew

02-21-2010, 07:32 PM

The Disrespected vs. The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Edd Stone (non-title)

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. the Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy

The Cannonball Kid vs. Tyson Baine

Rick Law vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Candyman

02-21-2010, 08:15 PM

Prediction Key:
The Disrespected vs. The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Edd Stone (non-title)

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. the Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy

The Cannonball Kid vs. Tyson Baine

Rick Law vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

ChrisKid

02-21-2010, 11:57 PM

Zergon

02-22-2010, 02:11 AM

The Disrespected vs. The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell
I think that the Keith Brothers needs the win more.

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins
I could see this going either way but I think Tyler picks a tainted win here.

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Edd Stone (non-title)
non-title and maybe Fonzarelli makes some heelish move that helps him pick the win.

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. the Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy
Close one but Fly Boys have little more going on the moment

The Cannonball Kid vs. Tyson Baine
This can only go one way

Rick Law vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
Law is feuding with Tyler so I don´t see him losing to henchman here though some kind of attacks from School of Traditions is likely

Bigpapa42

02-22-2010, 06:20 PM

Phantom Stranger

02-22-2010, 07:55 PM

Well, we're properly into October now.

In three PPVs time, I make the jump across to TEW2010 - and, accordingly, I'm beginning the edit job; this one will be something of a biggie, after all.

So people know, I'm transferring in the new workers and promotions from TEW2010, with DIW et al set to open when they open 'historically' and, barring deaths or similar, opened by the people who are supposed to open them.

This has led to tonight's job, deleting duplicate workers whose names changed. (Still hunting out the last of those.)

Next up is getting contracts right, then getting title histories as close to up-to-date as I can.

After that, it's going to be a question of watching and waiting, as skill adjustments and popularity need taking from the final day of 08 play - and, yes, some contracts will change in the meantime.

But we're started...

Phantom Stranger

02-22-2010, 08:40 PM

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Tigerkinney

02-23-2010, 07:10 AM

The Disrespected vs. The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell

Disrespected do have the aura/stench of being glorified jobbers, whilst the Keith's haven't been winning much but have looked strong in defeat and in all honestly for most of the matches have been in with the very best that TCW can offer, which is more of an endorsement than them picking up a few wins over the likes of Miyazaki & Ota or The Fly Boys.

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins

Would not be too surprised to see it going the other way, but I see Tyler winning via nefarious means.

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Edd Stone (non-title)

This may be non title but I see Stone winning this one here, that's because I see Fonzarelli going through a bit of a down period, that will see a more aggressive/darker character emerge at the end of the losing streak.

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. the Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy

Fly Boys do seem back on track, but I think alot of people are underestimating the Conquering Kings (Kingman/Alexander) who have gradually established themselves a solid midcard act, and whilst a Fly Boys isn't unfeasible, I'm going to go the other way on this one.

The Cannonball Kid vs. Tyson Baine

I really wouldn't want to be Cannonball Kid

Rick Law vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

In agreement with everyone else Law will go over Tyler's henchman.

Dragonmack

02-23-2010, 10:21 AM

Prediction Key:
The Disrespected vs. The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell
Disrespected showing why they were the cast off partners

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins
School's leader picks up win

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Edd Stone (non-title)
key words, non title

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. the Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy
The Fly Boys haven't imploded yet?

The Cannonball Kid vs. Tyson Baine
squash

Rick Law vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
Law's show, Law's win

Phantom Stranger

02-23-2010, 10:44 AM

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 1 October 2008

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 0.41)

Held at the Ricardo Montenez Ballroom (Puerto Rico)

Attendance: 2000 (Sold Out)

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Jasmine Saunders – Kyle Rhodes

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The Disrespected vs. The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell
Stevie and Teddy continue to deliver a touch above what you'd expect from them – not that the Brothers are exactly difficult to work with; it's more that the Disrespected actually hold up their end well, right up to the point where, as Matthew Keith ties Stevie Grayson into the Proton Lock, Sammy Bach arrives...

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Yanking Teddy from the apron, he takes his head off with a Motion Censor every bit the equal of Teddy's own. Deprived of rescue, Stevie Grayson submits.
The Keith Brothers defeated the Disrespected
Rating: B-

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Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins
Another good, solid exhibition as the spectre of DaVE rises through the show. Reed and Tyler seem pretty much exactly evenly matched in this environment; Tyler more experienced, Art faster, more resilient.

The longer a fight like that goes, the more it favours the younger athlete. Fourteen minutes in, Laura Huggins monopolises Sam Sparrow's attention. Tyler slumps immediately into a corner, looking to regain his breath; Art Reed pauses, sensing that Tyler may be trying to lure him in.

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Acid dropkicks Reed in the back of the head and clamps down the Acidity Test. After a little while, Tyler rises again and nods, and the masked man rolls out of the ring to allow Tyler to apply the Tradition Lift. Sparrow turns around in time to see a worn-down Reed submit.
Eric Tyler defeated Art Reed
Rating: B-

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Pic commissioned way back near the start of all this from FINisher

The big screen lights up and Danny Fonzarelli appears, microphone in hand.

“Time for a change,” he says softly. “The Darkness Warriors survived the Demons of Rage. We lived on even when Painful Procedure beat us for the titles.

“But in the end, the Darkness Warriors died, because it was time for a change. Dr Love appeared, and he survived Texas Pete. He survived the American Buffalo.

“He survived the Tag Team Specialists... But he didn't survive Frankie Perez.

“Time for a change.

“No hiding behind Tyson this time. No goofing around. No hiding behind the laughs. A new attitude; a new focus. A new me...

“Because never, before now, have I ever just focused on the wrestling.

“This is going to be serious. This is going to be new. And you know what – I'm not promising I'll hit the ground running.

“Tonight, I go out there and I'm gonna fight Edd Stone. I'm hoping to win. Win or lose, next time I'll go out there and aim to win again.

“Being serious about wrestling is... kind of a first for me. It'll take a while before I'm good at it.

“I'm just asking you to stick with me.”

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Danny Fonzarelli vs. Edd Stone
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New music for Danny replaces C&C Music Factory's Everybody Dance Now as he comes down.

We learn some new things, watching this contest. Danny Fonzarelli begins to step still further away from his Dr Love image, emphasising – as he has through 2008 – a developing array of moves and a tendency to face off against people with their own moves, becoming more than the Robbie Retro knockoff he was at the start of his solo career.

And that leads us to one of the new things, as we discover, around six or seven minutes in, that EDD STONE CAN'T POWERBOMB FONZIE!

And that, as Edd Stone ricochets off the canvas following the Party's Over, might have been that – were it not for the fact that, in the moments earlier, Eugene Williams had caught a stray forearm.

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Danny pauses for a moment, contemplating his next move, and as he does so, the Enforcers slide into the ring simultaneously. A rapid beatdown culminating in their superplex Gojira Falls ensues; meanwhile, Edd Stone uses the turnbuckle ropes to pull himself back to a standing position, and then to sit on the top rope.

Marlowe whips Fonzarelli into the corner, where Edd jumps out to meet him, unleashing his own Party's Over as Watson rouses the referee. Edd Stone gets away smoothly with the victory...
Edd Stone defeated Danny Fonzarelli
Rating: C

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vs.
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Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. The Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy
This was hardly a match at all.

No, this was a brawl. From the beginning they ignored the rules regarding legal and illegal men. Goldworthy and Springsteen were both energetically involved right from the start.

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And, after about five minutes, the American Buffalo hit the ring.

In the end, Sam Sparrow tossed the whole thing out, calling in every referee and road agent available to restrain the American Buffalo – a move which only mostly worked.
Conquering Kings and the Fly Boys were ruled a no-contest.
Rating: D+

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As we return from commercial, Mayhem Midden and Charlie Thatcher have confronted Floyd Goldworthy on his own backstage.

“...don't know what it's like,” Goldworthy is pleading, desperate. “I promised him he'd be a world champion. I-”

“What's that got to do with this?”

“Listen!” Goldworthy hisses, still panicked. “He gets so angry... I'm just trying to stay alive. I need reasons he hasn't won the belt...

“I told him Troy Tornado had allies, a high-flying tag team. He told me to get one. We have them. I told him Troy had Painful Procedure... but he doesn't anymore, and Buffalo's getting impatient.

“I'm just trying to keep myself alive...”

Midden growls. “He's on your contract. He's your responsibility, Floyd.

“Find a way to deal with this before it screws up the company, or I'll have Charlie take action.”

Thatcher, for the first time, smiles.

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The Cannonball Kid vs. Tyson Baine
Another brutal beatdown awaits the Kid here, as Baine spares him absolutely nothing over the course of the less-than-two-minutes this match lasts.

The Hades Bomb finishes it – the second time; Baine didn't even try for a pin the first time, just picked him up and hit it again.
Tyson Baine defeated the Cannonball Kid
Rating: B-

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Baine stands up, turns – and walks straight into a Peak of Perfection. Eddie Peak, snarling, follows Baine's lead and promptly hits the move again, before throwing him out of the ring and heading to the announce table and associated desks – from under one of which he extracts a length of chain, raising it into the air, fist clenched, as the crowd scream in approval.

“Puerto Rico's always been the kind of place that welcomes these massive men,” Saunders nods.

Heading back to Baine, Peak wraps the chain around his fist, only to be cut off by a shot to the gut by a recovering Baine, who then rams Peak's back into the apron, rolling him back into the ring.

Tyson goes in after him, measuring Peak as he gets up and meeting him with a boot to the head. He scoops Eddie up for the Hades Bomb, but Peak brings the chain-wrapped fist down as Tyson has him in the air, and after a second punch, Baine topples, Peak landing above him.

The Hardcore Assassin keeps on punching, raining blow after blow down on Baine's head, the chain bloody after the third blow.

Eddie eventually rises again, looking down at that fist as it drips, as Doakes puts it, “like a bloody-handed god...”

And then he just leaves.

“I can't decide which of them scares me more,” Saunders says. Azaria has to agree.

“Tyson Baine seems to be able to go through absolutely anyone he faces in TCW,” he says.

“Anyone not called Eddie Peak.”

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Rick Law vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
And if anyone had ever wondered just how badly two men can work together, they really only need to compare this contest to any other match the two men have had.

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It's almost a relief, really, when Eric Tyler rolls into the ring to assault Law – although that assault is cut short, as John Anderson follows on, taking Tyler out of the equation and allowing Rick to rally, turning a Sure Shot submission attempt into a Squad Car Slam, scoring a pinfall that seems more than a little lucky – Law is clearly still nursing injuries from his fight with Khoklov.
Rick Law defeated Sean Deeley
Rating: C-

Show Rating: C

cmdrsam

02-23-2010, 07:56 PM

Another nice show Phantom. I'm sorry I dont play alot of the pickem games but once again i wanted to let you know I am reading and enjoying your work.

Phantom Stranger

02-23-2010, 10:18 PM

Another nice show Phantom. I'm sorry I dont play alot of the pickem games but once again i wanted to let you know I am reading and enjoying your work.

Thank ya, chief.

Looks like there's at least 20-some still around, as the poll is getting a decent amount of traffic so far... Which is good to see. (I gotta say, having it just appear once I transfer to 2010 would just jump out at me as weird - hence all these references to backstage rules, etc, coming up.

In other news, Badge of Honor features the geekiest reference I've yet made in a diary. Brownie points to anyone (other than Regis, who heard the reference when I was using it in an SWF home game) who can identify it...

Remianen

02-24-2010, 12:11 AM

In other news, Badge of Honor features the geekiest reference I've yet made in a diary. Brownie points to anyone (other than Regis, who heard the reference when I was using it in an SWF home game) who can identify it...

Warhammer 40k, the reference is to Kaela.

Phantom Stranger

02-24-2010, 07:01 AM

Warhammer 40k, the reference is to Kaela.

Swift and correct!

Phantom Stranger

02-24-2010, 11:22 AM

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Monday 8th October 2008
In Florida a day early, alongside Tommy and the ever-present, on business trips, 'Lenny from Accounts'.

This is chiefly to stop in at a particular shopfront, behind which is a very, very intricate metalsmith's.

Reaper Productions, the sign says. They're close to unique, as far as the wrestling business goes – they do business with just about everyone. We went to them with Philly Pro to update the championships we used there, and to bring in the Maximum Championship. The XFW strap we briefly used as the unifications begun? Again, Reaper's work.

TCW go to them. The SWF go to them – as does the SWF's antithesis, underground favourite PSW. NYCW. Our developmental fed FCW (though not, I believe, CZCW – may have to talk to Tommy about getting some commissioned). George DeColt comes here...

The lobby, you could mistake for a wrestling memorabilia collection; there's photos of them all here, from America, Canada, Mexico, Europe, even Japan...

Champions wearing them. Company owners and spokesmen posing with the main designer. TCW. SWF. TWL. CPW. APWF. CWB. CGC. SCCW. DaVE. MHW.

The biggest, and the smallest.

And today, we're here to pick up a special order before the show tomorrow.

We take a couple more photos – it really is part of the deal – and I ask for a copy of one for myself. Tommy on one side with the PPPW championship, myself with a TCW strap, their designer in the middle. There's a spot in the den where it will fit just perfectly.

Remianen

02-24-2010, 12:33 PM

So, about those brownies. One question....

Do they got weed in 'em?

:p

Regis

02-24-2010, 05:26 PM

So, about those brownies. One question....

Do they got weed in 'em?

:p

I dunno.

I mean, like, maybe.

I mean...

Dude...

What?

Phantom Stranger

02-24-2010, 10:42 PM

So, about those brownies. One question....

Do they got weed in 'em?

:p

Half of 'em. The other half are for eating about an hour later.

...

32 votes thus far on the arena poll, and two names are out in front but tied.

James Casey

02-25-2010, 06:40 AM

The TCW Arena - I voted for this. It is what it is, at the end of the day.

The Jennifer Cornell Coliseum - Hmm. Can't see this. If Jennifer was in the least bit involved in the business (is she even in the database anymore?) then maybe, but it doesn't seem very like Tommy to do this.

TCW Wrestledome/The Home Of Wrestling - I like the idea, and something in this region could work, but neither of these names jump out at me.

The Stallings Ampitheatre - Not unless JK is back in the game...

*

On an unrelated note, how's the conversion going? I'm curious if you've noticed a lot of stat changes outside your own wrestlers?

Phantom Stranger

02-25-2010, 07:23 AM

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After Tommy Cornell walked off with the TCW World Heavyweight Championship belt last week, TCW headquarters has been in uproar. This Tuesday will be the first time that Mr Cornell and Mr Midden absolutely must be in the same building at the same time - we're bracing ourselves.

Quite an opening match - the Stone Brothers take on the New Wave. By order of Mayhem Midden, the New Wave's tag titles will not be on the line, officially in order to not devalue the contendership tournament - which, we're told, will continue next week, with the finals just before Crunch Time.

A six-man tag has also been arranged following the events of Friday's broadcast - Eric Tyler is flanked by the School of Tradition and Art Reed will be joined by the Keith Brothers.

Ricky Dale Johnson reunites with freshly shorn ally Danny Fonzarelli to step into the ring against the Easy Riders. The Riders have had a remarkable level of success against big names in TCW; can that continue here?

Frankie Perez, the man who shaved Danny Fonzarelli, is also due to be in action, stepping into the ring against hypothetical champion Johnny Bloodstone one on one. This promises to be brutal and brilliant.

Sammy Bach has requested, and Mayhem Midden has granted, a tag team match that pits Bach and Hawkins against two men they've had trouble with in the past; Koshiro Ino and Troy Tornado. We assume Bach's theory is to practice against others before turning back to the Disrespected, but we can't be entirely sure.

And in the Main Event, the Machines once again face off with the Syndicate - this time challenging Tommy Cornell and the seemingly unstoppable Tyson Baine.

What's the situation with the World Heavyweight Championship? Has Sam Keith recovered from the assault last Tuesday? How will Mayhem Midden react to the Hades Bomb he received a week ago? So many questions need answering...

Prediction Key:
The New Wave vs. The Stone Brothers (non-title)

Art Reed & the Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Eric Tyler & the School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins

Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer vs. RDJ & Fonzarelli

Frankie Perez vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

Koshiro Ino & Troy Tornado w/ Baroness Emily vs. Sammy Bach & Wolf Hawkins

The Machines vs. Tommy Cornell & Tyson Baine

Phantom Stranger

02-25-2010, 07:26 AM

On an unrelated note, how's the conversion going? I'm curious if you've noticed a lot of stat changes outside your own wrestlers?

Over the course of a year? Yeah. Not huge, but virtually everyone's seen some adjustment on virtually everything. That said, much of the stat work is waiting until we hit December 28th and I can knuckle down to exact numbers.

The big puzzle is actually popularity - the SWF have left almost everyone on their roster at least a notch less popular than they began, with a couple of exceptions who're probably outside their size range if the SWF don't return to National in time to renew their contracts.

Dragonmack

02-25-2010, 07:33 AM

Prediction Key:
The New Wave vs. The Stone Brothers (non-title)
draw

Art Reed & the Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Eric Tyler & the School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins

Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer vs. RDJ & Fonzarelli

Frankie Perez vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

Koshiro Ino & Troy Tornado w/ Baroness Emily vs. Sammy Bach & Wolf Hawkins

The Machines vs. Tommy Cornell & Tyson Baine

Regis

02-25-2010, 07:34 AM

Prediction Key:
The New Wave vs. The Stone Brothers (non-title)
The New Wave win this one as Edd blows it and gets pinned. Don't want to overshadow the winners of the tournament.

Art Reed & the Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Eric Tyler & the School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins
Law gets his revenge!

Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer vs. RDJ & Fonzarelli
Fonzie gets more luck with his new gimmick.

Frankie Perez vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell
No, seriously.

Koshiro Ino & Troy Tornado w/ Baroness Emily vs. Sammy Bach & Wolf Hawkins
Disrespected hit the ring. Chairshots for everyone.

The Machines vs. Tommy Cornell & Tyson Baine
Draw as the match gets thrown out through massive interference.

Tigerkinney

02-25-2010, 09:04 AM

The New Wave vs. The Stone Brothers (non-title)

With this being non title, I'm going to pick the Stone's to pick up the win in this one, with this they can then talk themsleves up as being the real number one contenders to the Tag Titles, rather than the winners of the tournament.

Art Reed & the Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Eric Tyler & the School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins

The School are a 'stepping stone' faction and with the Keith's gradually rising I see them (alongside Reed) winning here to see their stock further grow.

Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer vs. RDJ & Fonzarelli

Simply for the fact that Fonzie is teaming up with a main event talent in RDJ

Frankie Perez vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

Bloodstone's nearer to being established as a top tier talent in TCW, than Frankie P is right now.

Koshiro Ino & Troy Tornado w/ Baroness Emily vs. Sammy Bach & Wolf Hawkins

I'll go with Regis' reasoning that 'Team Marty Janetty' will intefere and costs Bach & Hawkins the win.

The Machines vs. Tommy Cornell & Tyson Baine

It's the leader of the top heel faction and his enforcer against a duo who seem to be in upper mid limbo since their face turn. What exactly is the Machine's focus right now ? Singles or Tag ?

Bigpapa42

02-25-2010, 09:11 AM

The New Wave vs. The Stone Brothers (non-title)

Art Reed & the Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Eric Tyler & the School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins

Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer vs. RDJ & Fonzarelli

Frankie Perez vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

Koshiro Ino & Troy Tornado w/ Baroness Emily vs. Sammy Bach & Wolf Hawkins

The Machines vs. Tommy Cornell & Tyson Baine

Zergon

02-25-2010, 11:28 AM

The New Wave vs. The Stone Brothers (non-title)
Even though this is non-title I go with the champs

Art Reed & the Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Eric Tyler & the School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins
Younger team takes the win here

Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer vs. RDJ & Fonzarelli
I wonder if turning against RDJ is part of Fonzarelli´s change

Frankie Perez vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell
Sorry Perez but I don´t see you winning here

Koshiro Ino & Troy Tornado w/ Baroness Emily vs. Sammy Bach & Wolf Hawkins
I could see this go either way but Tornado and Ino seems to be little stronger

The Machines vs. Tommy Cornell & Tyson Baine
Machines have been little lost lately so I go against them this time

smurphy1014

02-25-2010, 11:55 AM

ReapeR

02-25-2010, 11:59 AM

Reaper Productions...

I like that. Has a nice, professional ring to it. lol (Hangs newly framed photo on the wall)

Appreciate the shout out. :)

R

Sudo_Nym

02-25-2010, 02:35 PM

Did you miss me?

The New Wave vs. The Stone Brothers (non-title)
This could go any way, but I see The New Wave getting the win somehow.

Art Reed & the Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Eric Tyler & the School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins
Eric Tyler gets the win here, thanks to cheating.

Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer vs. RDJ & Fonzarelli
Ricky Dale builds up momentum towards his neat program.

Frankie Perez vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell
Haven't we done this dance before?

Koshiro Ino & Troy Tornado w/ Baroness Emily vs. Sammy Bach & Wolf Hawkins
Don't job out the champion. And Tornado is the champion until I see something otherwise.

The Machines vs. Tommy Cornell & Tyson Baine
Cornell and Baine have both been rolling lately.

Phantom Stranger

02-27-2010, 04:38 PM

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 2 October 2008

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 6.60)
Rebroadcast on Continental Sports X1 (Rating 0.00)

Held at the Dust Bowl (South East)

Attendance: 15,000 (Sold Out)

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Shawn Doakes

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The New Wave vs. Stone Brothers
Not quite up to the Keith Brothers/Stone Brothers contest of a little while ago, this is nonetheless a simply excellent match, with the New Wave's teamwork compensating for the Stone Brothers' sheer experience. Near-falls come thick and fast.

But both sides understand their partner perfectly, and the result is that no one can quite get the other side beaten. They come close, but there's always someone there to break it up.

In the closing moments, Jeremy blocks the Guided Missile and applies a Stone Hold to Guide. Edd blocks the interruption with a missile dropkick, but the match runs out of time before Guide can tap out.
The New Wave drew with the Stone Brothers
Rating: B

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Backstage, Mayhem Midden bursts into the Syndicate's locker room. “What were you playing at last week?” he growls.

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Tommy Cornell smirks as the Enforcers step forward to flank him, and Wolf Hawkins comes forward too.

“Dealing with what's mine,” Cornell replies. “What about it?”

“Unacceptable,” Midden returns, his voice clipped. “Between your big lug dropping me on my head and your actions – I got the Board to agree to something.

“You, Tommy Cornell, are hereby refused any title match for the next six months.

“That goes for your big moron Baine too – do me a favour, would you, and tell him for me? I don't need the headache.”

Cornell's smirk is well and truly cracked. “You're going to regret this, Midden,” he growls.

“No,” Midden snarls. “I'm going to regret not doing it sooner. See, you've got your hands full enough as it is, with Sam and his buddies...

“And I've got a feeling that by the time you two gangs get through with each other, there's only going to be one gang left.

“Stick to war on one front, Tommy. Two fronts doesn't end well for anyone.”

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Fast and frantic, this one, with lots of tags and lots of transitions – and, before too long, a lot of extra activity.

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Acid slides into the ring while Sam Sparrow checks on a downed Joel Bryant. Art Reed makes straight for him; Acid tries a roundhouse kick which Art blocks. He goes for a powerbomb, but the masked man turns it into a huracanrana.

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That's just the start; as the Keith Brothers come to his rescue, Freddy Huggins comes out of nowhere to hit Greg Keith with the Huggins Kiss, and UK Dragon even appears, wiping Matthew Keith out with a springboard Shining Wizard. Eric Tyler promptly clamps down the Tradition life on Matthew to force the submission victory.
Eric Tyler & the School of Tradition defeated Art Reed & the Keith Brothers
Rating: B-

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Easy Riders w/ Karen Killer vs. RDJ & Danny Fonzarelli
Another contest pitting natural understanding against long experience together – and, as you'd expect, a knock-down, drag-out brawl. Fonzarelli's made a habit, this past year, of imitating his foes; this time, however, he seems to be concentrating more and more on imitating RDJ, to the point that twice Dangerous seems to get them confused.

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It doesn't last too long, though; after perhaps seven minutes Chris Rockwell rolls into the ring and blindsides Ricky Dale Johnson, drawing an instant DQ from Eugene Williams. RDJ only gets clear following an assist from Fonzarelli.
RDJ & Danny Fonzarelli won by DQ
Rating: B

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The big screen comes to life, and Horatio Dangerous is once again seen in the interview room, this time sat opposite the Syndicate's newest addition, Jeremy Stone.

Horatio Dangerous nods to the audience as the interview begins. “With me today,” he says, “is a man with the highest wrestling pedigree.

“His father was a champion. His brothers are champions. His sister was a champion.

“And he himself has notched up an astonishing number of title victories, with and without his brothers.

“All that took place in Canada, where the family are acclaimed as some of the greatest professional wrestlers the country ever produced. I'm talking, of course, about the Canadian Wrestling Machine, Jeremy Stone.

“Jeremy – let's come right out and ask. You've been associated all your life with your father's wrestling company. Despite working for your family, no one could argue that you haven't deserved your success, and it's on your back and the back of your family – and the people you trained – that your old company has reached the level it has.

“So why leave that behind and come to TCW?”

The eldest active Stone smiles for just a moment. “Three words, Harry,” he says.

“Hall. Of. Immortals.

“I'm not getting any younger, and despite all we've done, achievements in Dad's company don't make the kind of impact I need to make to get there before I retire.

“I know this sounds like ego, but I intend to show anyone who doubts me that I can back up that goal. When I left my family behind last month, I knew that I couldn't just go anywhere to make that kind of impact – and I knew where I wanted to come. TCW is where my brother is, it's where my best pupils are. It's where Tommy Cornell, Sam Keith, Ricky Dale Johnson, and so many others hang out.

“If I want to make the impact I need to in the time I have left, I can't go anywhere else. I can't afford to be the best man there – I need the best competition available.

“There's nowhere else.”

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Just before commercial, Troy Tornado can be seen arriving at the arena. As he emerges from the Painful Procedure Cadillac – driven by Randall Hopkirk – a new belt can be seen around his waist...

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Azaria and Doakes sign off to the break while chatting about this new development...

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...And as the show returns from commercial, Johnny Bloodstone can be seen walking backstage, dressed to wrestle. Around his waist is a second brand new belt...

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“So who's champion?” Dangerous promptly asks. “Which of those is the legitimate belt?”

“Maybe they both are,” Doakes replies. “They beat Tommy Cornell together; they both have a claim.”

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Frankie Perez vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell
It's not an astonishing contest, but it's a good one. Frankie Perez does his level best to take on the man in the championship belt, and there are times when he comes pretty close.

At one point, he even goes for the Perfect Parity, that famed but so far unseen submission hold. He doesn't get more than halfway before Bloodstone rolls to the outside and breaks, clearly worried about the hold.

Frankie uncharacteristically goes for a suicide dive while Bloodstone is outside, and Johnny manages to step out of his path. It never really goes Frankie's way again, after that, and the Bloodstone Mutilation comes in soon enough. Frankie has to tap.
Johnny Bloodstone defeated Frankie Perez
Rating: B

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Koshiro Ino & Troy Tornado w/ Baroness Emily vs. Sammy Bach & Wolf Hawkins
The pace picks up once again here; Bach and Wolf seem to be gelling, with Wolf slowly adapting to the kind of violent, pent-up fury of Sammy's strikes.

Tornado and Ino, meanwhile, just give every bit as good as they get, the match spilling out of the ring on a regular basis, and showing the best from everyone.

Three of the four – Hawkins, Ino, and Tornado keep glancing back at the entrance ramp to see if the Disrespected are coming. Sammy either doesn't care or isn't thinking about it, his mind on the match.

Eventually, though, Sammy drops following a Kobra's Bite and a Star Maker in quick succession. Tornado goes for the pin, but Wolf's attention is on the entrance ramp, seemingly convinced something's coming – and that allows the other bearer of a championship belt to get the pinfall here.
Koshiro Ino & Troy Tornado defeated Sammy Bach & Wolf Hawkins
Rating: A

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The Machines vs. Tommy Cornell & Tyson Baine
The first few minutes of this, Hill/Cornell, show an evenly-paced, textbook mat classic. After a while, though, Tommy tags out – and seems to lose interest in the match.

Not that he needs to pay much attention, not with Tyson Baine on the roll he's been on lately. It's devastating, and only the fact the Machines act as a pair gives them any kind of chance here.

They persevere, and eventually do get a chance to do something; John Anderson even gathers in Baine's arms for the Ammo Dump, but Baine powers up and out, smashing Anderson to the mat with a Hades Bomb. As Hill comes in to rescue him Baine is ready, laying him out on top of his ally with a chokeslam, before pinning Anderson.

“But Anderson still has something neither Syndicate man can match,” Horatio says. “He's a champion – and they can't be, not for six months.”
Tommy Cornell & Tyson Baine defeated the Machines
Rating: A

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Baine continues his assault. Sam Keith sprints down to the ring to try to help, only to be met by a punch that sends him right back out of the ring, over the top rope. Johnny Bloodstone is there a moment later; he actually delivers a belt shot to Baine's head, which staggers the monster for a moment.

Encouraged, Bloodstone presses the attack – and Baine's big boot drops him instantly.

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Troy Tornado tries his hand next. A Hades Bomb leaves him lying on Bloodstone's prone form.

Cornell, grinning, encourages Baine to do it one last time...

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But Crashing Around You begins to play, and Eddie Peak appears at the top of the ramp.

Baine abruptly casts Tornado aside, sprinting up the ramp, and the two collide as Jason Azaria wraps up the show...

Show Rating: A

Tigerkinney

02-27-2010, 05:28 PM

Phantom Stranger

02-27-2010, 06:14 PM

Two guys going around with the promotions 'top belt', wonder where you got that idea from ? ;):p

Seriously though, this is getting very interesting with the disputed World Champion and I'm sure the pay off will be better than it was in my FCW diary, you do of course have the advantage that one of your guys holding a title isn't about to head off for a bigger promotion.

I do indeed...

Original plan was simply to have Johnny eventually win the belt, hence commissioning the somewhat awesome Smoking Canadian Belt - and then ReapeR published the new TCW Championship belt and I started thinking about ways to bring them both in.

This 'un could get more than a little interesting... Hopefully, anyway.

Phantom Stranger

02-28-2010, 03:57 PM

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Thursday October 11th 2008
I've spent a fair bit of time discussing the SWF in here; there are obvious reasons – my sons work there, they're our biggest competition, and so on.

I haven't really touched much on the number three, USPW, despite my daughter working there – maybe because in any given month they're not a major part of her concerns. Like many female pro wrestlers, Kate racks up frequent flyer miles between the US and Canada at an astonishing rate.

Maybe also because USPW don't go head-to-head with us, don't tend to gun for the same talents we like, and we generally don't have much crossover.

That may change soon; it's taking him time, but Shane Sneer's storylines and the stars they have at their top ranks are starting to help them gain some ground.

It's notable, however, that even with the SWF concentrating solely on pay-per-view, USPW's most recent TV instalment outdid today's SWF PPV.

Mind you, if you were to list the top five talents in SWF today, only one of them – Steve Frehley – actually wrestled, and he defended the top belt against Scott Sinclair.

This is the part of the book, or one of them, that lawyers may get antsy about.

Scott Sinclair helped to kill AMW, ten years ago, staying on top through politics and a girlfriend more silicon than DNA. He didn't do it deliberately – he just wasn't very good.

He's something of a legend in the business these days. I've heard George DeColt describe him as “proof it's possible to fail upward in this business,” as he's now in the SWF – and clearly considered good enough or over enough to be on top at least once there.

I'm not a fan, is what I'm trying to say. Say what you like about Enygma – all the politics accusations, as thick as those around Scott – he's not traditionally considered a hardcore wrestler and Genghis Rahn, as much as TCW owes him, is nothing but.

When they put on a better match than Frehley and Sinclair there's a problem, if the Frehley/Sinclair match is in the main event.

My job is to make sure TCW survives and thrives. It's not in my job description to care what happens to the SWF, to USPW, or any of the rest.

That's something that happens because I'm a fan and a father. .

Bigpapa42

02-28-2010, 06:16 PM

Awesome bit. Love the "fail upward" line.

Phantom Stranger

02-28-2010, 08:19 PM

Awesome bit. Love the "fail upward" line.

Oldie but a goodie. I know I've heard Kevin Smith use it about someone, and likely others - but it so utterly fits BSS main eventing in the SWF, bless him.

(I have tried, over many games, to push BSS in the SWF. Invariably Richard Eisen then hands out five owner goals, a minimum of three of which block me from rehiring him.)

Sudo_Nym

02-28-2010, 09:46 PM

Oldie but a goodie. I know I've heard Kevin Smith use it about someone, and likely others - but it so utterly fits BSS main eventing in the SWF, bless him.

(I have tried, over many games, to push BSS in the SWF. Invariably Richard Eisen then hands out five owner goals, a minimum of three of which block me from rehiring him.)

Same problem I've had with him. I try to push BSS, and then Richard says no. I also tried to institute a drug testing policy in the SWF, and now I get a note that BSS failed a steroid test after every show.

Phantom Stranger

03-01-2010, 09:00 AM

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What a week we've just had. Two World Heavyweight Championship belts around the waists of two claimants. Tommy Cornell and Tyson Baine banned from championship competition for half a year. And we're just scratching the surface.

Following the events of Tuesday's six-man tag, another tag team match has been scheduled for Badge of Honor, pitting the School of Tradition against the Keith Brothers. Last time these two teams met, it went to a time limit draw - has either side improved enough to tip the balance?

Acid Dragon, as WLW knew them, will team up again to wrestle against the Tag Team Champions in another non-title match. The masked men should have different affiliations, but UK Dragon has been coming to Acid's aid on a couple of occasions. Could we be seeing the rebirth of a competitive force?

A contendership battle next, as three men fight to become the next All-Action Championship challenger. Hell Monkey, Frankie Perez, and Sammy Bach will all be in contention for the title shot at Crunch Time, and it goes down on Friday.

And after that? We have a potential stunner of a match. Eric Tyler is back in action, facing off against a man who humbled him on Pay-Per-View. Tyler will square off against Aaron Andrews, who volunteered to try to teach the School of Tradition leader another lesson while Rick Law rehabs his arm a little. The match is set to be a Streetfight.

Our main event is a champions' showcase, where International Champion John Anderson and All Action Champion Edd Stone collide. Neither championship belt will be on the line, but the divisions' pride may well be...

Prediction Key:
The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins

Acid Dragon w/ Laura Huggins vs. New Wave (non-title)

TCW All Action Championship #1 Contendership Match
Hell Monkey vs. Frankie Perez vs. Sammy Bach

STREETFIGHT MATCH
Aaron Andrews vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins

Champion vs. Champion (non-title)
Edd Stone vs. John Anderson

Dragonmack

03-01-2010, 09:43 AM

Prediction Key:
The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins

Acid Dragon w/ Laura Huggins vs. New Wave (non-title)

TCW All Action Championship #1 Contendership Match
Hell Monkey vs. Frankie Perez vs. Sammy Bach

STREETFIGHT MATCH
Aaron Andrews vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins

Champion vs. Champion (non-title)
Edd Stone vs. John Anderson

Regis

03-01-2010, 10:17 AM

Prediction Key:
The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins
Their big win over the Keiths last episode keeps the SoT on a roll.

Acid Dragon w/ Laura Huggins vs. New Wave (non-title)
The champs will stay dominant until the tournament is over.

TCW All Action Championship #1 Contendership Match
Hell Monkey vs. Frankie Perez vs. Sammy Bach
Sammy Bach - been there, done that. Hell Monkey - not over enough yet. P-Dawg - let's see, shall we?

STREETFIGHT MATCH
Aaron Andrews vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins
The DAVE veteran and his ego versus some punk kid? Eric wins through massive interference.

Champion vs. Champion (non-title)
Edd Stone vs. John Anderson
I predict a draw. It's always a draw in champ vs. champ.

Tigerkinney

03-01-2010, 10:55 AM

The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins

On one hand the Keith's may get a win back here to even the score, but I see the School staying ahead by any means necessary for this feud for now.

Acid Dragon w/ Laura Huggins vs. New Wave (non-title)

Tag champs stay strong until someone emerges that can truly challenge them, in other words the actual winners of the tournament.

TCW All Action Championship #1 Contendership Match
Hell Monkey vs. Frankie Perez vs. Sammy Bach

I agree with Regis' reasoning on this one, Hell Monkey isn't quite over enough yet and Bach has 'been there, done that'. Perez has paid his dues enough and a challenge for the All Action belt from P-Dawg wouldn't be a bad way to go.

STREETFIGHT MATCH
Aaron Andrews vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins

This is just perfectly suited for Tyler to blatantly cheat his way to victory.

Champion vs. Champion (non-title)
Edd Stone vs. John Anderson

Unless you are looking to elevate the importance of the All Action belt, right now the International champ trumps the All Action champ.

smurphy1014

03-01-2010, 11:08 AM

The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins

Acid Dragon w/ Laura Huggins vs. New Wave (non-title)

TCW All Action Championship #1 Contendership Match
Hell Monkey vs. Frankie Perez vs. Sammy Bach

STREETFIGHT MATCH
Aaron Andrews vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins

Champion vs. Champion (non-title)
Edd Stone vs. John Anderson

Zergon

03-01-2010, 11:35 AM

The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins
Close match but I think that the Keith Brothers should take this one mainly bacause they are feuding with syndicate

Acid Dragon w/ Laura Huggins vs. New Wave (non-title)
Even though it´s non-title I just don´t see New Wave losing here

TCW All Action Championship #1 Contendership Match
Hell Monkey vs. Frankie Perez vs. Sammy Bach
I kind of agree with Regis and Tigerkinney but I will still go with the face here so that we could have a normal face/heel match for the belt

STREETFIGHT MATCH
Aaron Andrews vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins
Tyler is feuding against Law while Andrews don´t have all that much going right now.

Champion vs. Champion (non-title)
Edd Stone vs. John Anderson
I go with Anderson since his title should have higher prestige

Bigpapa42

03-01-2010, 06:49 PM

Raijin_Samurai

03-01-2010, 07:41 PM

Lo-Drew

03-01-2010, 07:42 PM

Sudo_Nym

03-02-2010, 12:50 AM

The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins
I may be overthinking this, but I think the Keith's even it up, leading to a series between equals, which causes Tyler to get frustrated with Sean Deeley

Acid Dragon w/ Laura Huggins vs. New Wave (non-title)
Keep the champs strong

TCW All Action Championship #1 Contendership Match
Hell Monkey vs. Frankie Perez vs. Sammy Bach
Edd Stone is a heel. TCW has a Strong face/heel divide (unless you changed something). Therefore, I vote on the only face in the match. Probably overthinking it, though.

STREETFIGHT MATCH
Aaron Andrews vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins
Eric's a DAVE legend. This is his home turf.

Champion vs. Champion (non-title)
Edd Stone vs. John Anderson
Anderson holds the bigger belt.

BYU 14

03-02-2010, 08:03 AM

Phantom Stranger

03-03-2010, 07:03 PM

Phantom Stranger

03-04-2010, 07:49 AM

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Sunday 14th October 2008
If I had my druthers, we probably wouldn't be signing big names right now. Sure, we're bringing up a couple of new people to add a little experience to the tag division – steady hands are always good to have – but someone new for the top, and a manager for them...

I'm not sure they fit brilliantly.

That said, Tommy wants this guy. I'm not sure how much of it's bolstering our main event – though I think he's capable of that – as much as Tommy's interested in weakening Richard Eisen's.

He almost didn't sign, I'll tell you that much. My suspicion is that being left off their latest PPV didn't help matters. But the big one was the manager.

The manager, who we closed the deal on a day or so later.

So that was kind of a gamble, right?

Still... It should be worth it. Much as I want to broaden the skillsets of people like Eddie Peak and others, so that they can handle wrestling people outside their own style, the fact remains that there's a divide in TCW.

On one side of this divide, there's the great technical experts. Brent Hill, Wolf Hawkins, Johnny Bloodstone, and so on.

On the other side, there are the big men, the brawlers. RDJ, Rick Law, Eddie Peak, Tyson Baine...

The great thing about people like Tommy Cornell is that they can work with either side, and we're starting to see more all-rounders emerge – Troy Tornado is handy against both groups, Sam Keith is excellent no matter who he wrestles, and all the rest.

Most of the technical side – I'd say everyone except Bloodstone, whose one-dimensionality would be distressing if he wasn't absolutely superb at what he does – can do more than just work a mat match, but RDJ is pretty unusual among the brawlers in being able to do the same – and yet, you've only got to look at the reaction to Baine's resurgence at present to know that these guys are a major part of TCW's appeal.

So while we continue to help Eddie and the rest learn other styles, we need something to keep them hot – and this guy definitely fits in there.

But he wouldn't sign until he heard who we planned to bring in as his mouthpiece.

And in one of those pleasant coincidences, telling the mouthpiece who his first client would be set a smile on his face.

It's going to be hell on the Internet, though; I don't think anywhere could bring Phil in without the fans making all kinds of assumptions that, pure and simple, we don't intend to support.

Still, he'll do well for us – and it's likely, as he noted, that he'll have an easier time than the other proposition he'd been made. He wouldn't give us all the specifics, but apparently one of the Canadian companies had been after him to mastermind their storylines.

It's a busy job, booking; this way he can ease back into it all.

I kinda wish I'd done the same, some days.

Phantom Stranger

03-05-2010, 08:07 AM

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Start as you mean to go on, they say - and the first match scheduled for Total Wrestling this week is another International Championship defence for John Anderson. No word on who'll be challenging at the Crunch Time pay-per-view as yet, but with Anderson set to face Sean Deeley, there's a genuine question over which man they'll be up against.

The tag team tournament's second semi-final match can now be held, too. The Easy Riders are through, and the Keith Brothers will be squaring off against an unnamed team to see if they go through. We know this team have never been TCW tag champions - we're assured by Mr Midden that they have a significant championship pedigree elsewhere, through into 2008 itself. Who are they? What brings them to TCW? And can they topple Sam Keith's twin boys?

The American Buffalo will be in action later, taking on John Anderson's friend Brent Hill. Could he be gunning for a shot at the International Championship? Given his manager's recently-publicised issues, what exactly is going on with the Buffalo?

Sam Keith is set to square off with Chris Rockwell, too, despite recent injuries at the hands of Tyson Baine. We're just two weeks away from Keith and Cornell being locked in the Test of Steel - in my opinion, any wrestling is risky for Keith at this point ahead of that match, but you can't stop Keith competing, it seems.

And in the main event, Mr Cornell has made a match which, he tells us, is designed to familiarize Jeremy Stone with "how we do things in TCW". On the one side, Tommy Cornell tags with Jeremy Stone. On the other, Ricky Dale Johnson matches up with Jeremy's old nemesis Johnny Bloodstone.

Prediction Key:
TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Tag Team Tournament Qualifier
???? vs. The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell

American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Brent Hill

Chris Rockwell vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Jeremy Stone & Tommy Cornell vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson w/ Blonde Bombshell

James Casey

03-05-2010, 08:15 AM

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins No title changes on TV

Tag Team Tournament Qualifier
???? vs. The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell I could see a defeat, but I can see the Keiths getting beaten down after the bell as well

American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Brent Hill Just got a feeling

Chris Rockwell vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell You've got Rockwell? Need to go back and check that...

Jeremy Stone & Tommy Cornell vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson w/ Blonde Bombshell One of these four is not like the others...

Zergon

03-05-2010, 08:45 AM

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
Deeley might be a good option as a champion but I don´t think it´s happening yet.

Tag Team Tournament Qualifier
???? vs. The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell
Keith Brothers are kept strong here and they already have an issue with Dirty White Boys

American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Brent Hill
Buffalo could use a win but so could Hill and I go with the guy who I think is more talented

Chris Rockwell vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
Keith needs to be kept strong since he is facing Cornell

Jeremy Stone & Tommy Cornell vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson w/ Blonde Bombshell
I could see this one going either way but since Cornell is headlining the PPV I give him the win here

Bigpapa42

03-05-2010, 09:19 AM

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Tag Team Tournament Qualifier
???? vs. The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell

American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Brent Hill

Chris Rockwell vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Jeremy Stone & Tommy Cornell vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson w/ Blonde Bombshell

Regis

03-05-2010, 09:50 AM

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
Sean's tied up in tag competition for a while.

Tag Team Tournament Qualifier
???? vs. The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell
Never bet against ????

American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Brent Hill
No, seriously.

Chris Rockwell vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
Keep both men strong for their PPV matches.

Jeremy Stone & Tommy Cornell vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson w/ Blonde Bombshell
Two of those belts are in the ring - who will prevail? I'm guessing the Syndicate continue on their roll, although I could be wrong.

Oregano Jensen

03-05-2010, 10:06 PM

This new guy from SWF... why are you so sure the fans would buy a storyline between him and Peak?

(Why am I so sure I know who you mean?)

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

No reason to assume otherwise.

Tag Team Tournament Qualifier
???? vs. The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell

The Keiths need to be in the tournament -- they're one of the 2-3 best teams you have now.

American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Brent Hill

My impulse is always to bet against Buffalo, but he maintains his position, so it stands to reason he's winning some matches I don't think he will.

Chris Rockwell vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

TCW heel Rockwell just doesn't work for me.

Jeremy Stone & Tommy Cornell vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson w/ Blonde Bombshell

As always, I need a reason to bet against Cornell.

Tigerkinney

03-06-2010, 04:29 AM

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Routine defence for Anderson, Deeley hasn't been built up enough as a challenger.

Tag Team Tournament Qualifier
???? vs. The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell

Keith's soon to be on a bit of a roll now and I see them winning here heading into the Tag Title Tournament

American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Brent Hill

Buffalo gets frustrated and ends up getting himself DQ'd. Goldworthy then has the hard task of keeping his big dumb monster in control after the match.

Chris Rockwell vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Keith just seems to be getting the stronger, more focused push right now. You're definitely going down the one last good run route for Keith, rather than the he's old, so let's start him jobbing him out route.

Jeremy Stone & Tommy Cornell vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson w/ Blonde Bombshell

Got to back the Syndicate in this one.

Dragonmack

03-06-2010, 08:12 AM

Prediction Key:
TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Tag Team Tournament Qualifier
???? vs. The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell

American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Brent Hill

Chris Rockwell vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Jeremy Stone & Tommy Cornell vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson w/ Blonde Bombshell

BYU 14

03-06-2010, 08:36 AM

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03-07-2010, 11:09 AM

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 3 October 2008

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 6.59)
Rebroadcast on Continental Sports X1 (Rating 0.00)

Held at the Utah Park Reservation (South West)

Attendance: 15,000 (Sold Out)

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Shawn Doakes

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As the show begins, Tommy Cornell stands in the centre of the ring, Wolf Hawkins and Jeremy Stone standing beside him.

“Troy,” he says. “We're going to start with you. You want to come out and face the music?”

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There's a short pause, but the champion does so, walking down to the ring, microphone in hand, and climbing in to look at them.

“OK,” Cornell continues. “Like I say, we're starting with you. Way I see it, maybe you're champ. Maybe Bloodstone's champ. But when we take the belts off the pair of you, the problem solves itself.

“But you're the one who took it off me,” he says, taking a step toward the champ. “And that means we deal with you first.

“Now you've got this whole thing about taking on two guys at once, and since I can't challenge, and Tyson can't challenge...” He sweeps an arm to indicate Jeremy and Wolf.

“These are your opponents,” he grins. “Like Midden told me – fighting a war on two fronts is never smart, Troy...”

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Shout at the Devil suddenly plays, and Mayhem Midden, backed by Charlie Thatcher, strides down to the ring. “Nothing doing, Tommy,” he says.

“See, I'm not in a good mood with you or your boys – so you don't get to put both of them in the title match. You get one.

“Specifically, you get the Canadian Wrestling Machine.” He smiles. “Should make for a hell of a match, and unlike Hawkins he hasn't tried and failed recently.

“But that third slot Troy likes to keep open in his title matches is still open. I'll had to find someone to fill it...”

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Unfamiliar music begins to play, and the brewing argument breaks off as people turn toward the entrance ramp.

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“Let me do you a favour, Ken,” a voice – a very familiar voice to many wrestling fans, revisiting a much-used catchphrase – says over the speaker system. By the time Phil Vibert emerges, the crowd are already reacting.

He stands there, letting the crowd reaction wash over him, smirking slightly. “I'll cut right to the chase,” he begins. “This is not a takeover. This is me coming to take as much money out of this company's account as I possibly can.

“I want big contracts. I want pay-per-view royalties. I want my clients to swamp the merchandise table.

“I am going to make this company a fortune – and I'm going to take that fortune away with me.

“Now, you're talking about a free slot in a pay-per-view main event? Sounds like a good start to me – and I just happen to have the perfect client to fill that space. An athlete of truly...” He breaks off, looking around the fans, grinning... “supreme calibre.

“So here's the favour I'm going to do you, Ken... You set up a match next week – not Friday, no one cares about the B-list here, it's the C-list everywhere else – and the winner of that match goes through to fill that third slot.

“My client goes in it.

“I'm not asking for that slot for free, Ken. I don't need to. Whatever barriers you put in his way, we'll break.”

Troy Tornado nods, looking confident. Mayhem Midden looks more than a little worried.

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John Anderson © vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
Well, this one turns into quite the exhibition early on. Anderson and Deeley work very different games, but they also both fight hard and really go for each others' throats.

There's gold on the line, of course – and it's clearly dear to Anderson and to Deeley. Occasional glimpses of Laura Huggins on the sidelines show her concern for her client when Anderson begins to turn up the offence, but that soon melts into an assured smile when Deeley comes back.

There's a point where Anderson catches Deeley on the ropes and armdrags him from them without looking; Sean crashes into Sam Sparrow, hard, and while it breaks his fall, it means that the Ammo Dump doesn't lead to a pin.

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Laura looks extremely concerned, and Freddy Huggins appears from nowhere and slides into the ring. His initial attack is successful, but when he takes a moment to pose before going for the Huggins Kiss, John Anderson recovers, cutting him off with a desperation lariat. A second Ammo Dump follows, and Anderson rolls him out of the ring.

Laura Huggins glances down at him and shakes her head in disgust. Sparrow has recovered, and Anderson goes for the pin – one, two – Deeley counters to an inside cradle – one, two – Anderson reverses – one, two – Deeley reverses again, one, two, thr – Sparrow sees Deeley's foot on the ropes.

John Anderson breaks away for a moment, Sean follows him, the pair lock up and Deeley backs him into the corner -

And the bell rings, with twenty minutes played out.
John Anderson drew with Sean Deeley
Rating: B

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Elite Express vs. The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell
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Seems like something of a surprise here in the newcomers, but they look good facing off against the Keiths, and it's pretty clear that they have all the understanding they need, functioning perfectly throughout their double teams.

The problem they have is just the sheer level of talent on the other side, and the fact their opponents have the kind of crowd support they do. Matthew and Greg give it everything and, ultimately, Greg wins through, trapping Bobby Thomas in the Proton Lock for a submission.
The Keith Brothers defeated Elite Express
Rating: C+

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As the interview with Jeremy Stone resumes, Horatio Dangerous notes on commentary that it was recorded before Mayhem Midden barred Tommy Cornell from title contention...

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Dangerous smiles slightly. “Quite the statement there,” he says. “But it does explain why you'd come to TCW. What I do have to ask is – why join up with the Syndicate? You say you have a limited time to make the biggest impact possible, and there's no question that the World Heavyweight Champion is tha man who does that. Last we heard, Tommy Cornell had made a rule that no one in the Syndicate could challenge for someone else's belt – isn't that going to cause you trouble?”

“Tommy isn't the champion right now,” Jeremy points out. “If I get there first? Or Tyson, or Wolf?

“Well, we'll deal with that bridge when I make Troy tap, put it that way.”

“You think you're a contender?”

Jeremy shrugs. “I know I will be,” he says, then sits forward. “You know how I know?”

Dangerous half-smiles. “I'd never expected you to have this kind of ego...”

“It's not ego, Harry,” Stone reiterates. “Who was in the main event at Destructive Energy?”

“Troy,” Dangerous says, “Tommy Cornell, and Johnny Bloodstone.”

“Right,” Jeremy grins. “Johnny Bloodstone, who put the Bloodstone Mutilation on Tommy. Who made him tap out.”

“Now,” Horatio interrupts. “That's a matter for deb-”

“You know as well as I do that that's bull****,” Jeremy snaps. “And Johnny Bloodstone learned everything he knows from me.

“My greatest student. But I've got his measure. I always have.

“If he could earn that place, so can I. If he could come out the winner even sort of, I can come out the winner – undisputed.”

There's a sudden pause as Dangerous lets that statement hang there.

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American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Brent Hill
More proof that Brent Hill is an astonishing talent here, as despite Buffalo's recent losing ways and performance issues, this match remains extremely enjoyable to watch.

Buffalo still has a temper problem, and it's this that both makes him dangerous and allows Hill to outwit him. There's one or two major moments – when Buffalo stomps on Hill's gut, for example, the Machine snatches the foot in his hands and grapevines the leg with his own, twisting him around and doing some serious damage to Buffalo's ankle before he's shaken loose (which the Buffalo does by, using the ropes, lifting Brent into the air with a jumping legdrop).

The Stampede is avoided; the Colt Killer is blocked and countered into a sunset flip – which gets a long two – and the Buffalo is on the verge of diving from the ring to assault Goldworthy when Brent is taken down by a springboard leg lariat.

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Donnie J poses for a moment, Eugene Williams' attention on Goldworthy – but he finds himself tossed out of the ring from behind.

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Barry Kingman is Brent Hill's unlikely rescuer – or he tries to be. Buffalo promptly kicks him to the mat, though Brent capitalises – as the Buffalo's other knee buckles under his weight, Brent drives an elbow into it, taking him off balance. Picking himself up, he hits the ropes, and as the Buffalo turns to face him, Kingman leaps onto his back -

The result is that, as Hill tries a desperate jumping clothesline, Kingman gets his knees up such that, as the Buffalo falls backward, the backbreaker part of the Conquering Kings' Crippler Bomb is executed perfectly. Barry bails as Hill climbs to the top turnbuckle, coming off with a King of the Hill that nails the three count.
Brent Hill defeated American Buffalo
Rating: B

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Chris Rockwell vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
It looks like this should be an excellent contest, and both men look keen to get to it.

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But we don't see much of it. Inside of three minutes, Tyson Baine is in the ring, seizing Keith and beginning a truly vicious assault.

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He's followed mere moments later by Eddie Peak, who goes right after him – but a clearly irate Chris Rockwell gets involved, rapidly taking a Peak of Perfection. Ray Johnson is calling for a double-DQ when Shout At The Devil begins to play.
Chris Rockwell and Sam Keith went to a double DQ

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Once again backed by Charlie Thatcher, Midden stops on the entrance ramp.

“I pretty much only watch TCW these days,” he begins, once he has the attention of the four men in the ring. “You know why that is?

“It's because I can rely on a decent amount of these programs being wrestling. You know wrestling, right? The thing that brought us to this business? The thing that made us fans, that captured the hearts of the people sat all around you?

“Wrestling, not screwing around. It puts roofs over our heads. Takes us all around the United States and beyond. It's what I have been tasked by the Board of Representatives to make sure the good people who buy tickets to come here or tune in to watch us from home get to see. It's something, too, that all four of you are, when you want to be, extremely good at.

“You're doing the other thing. You're screwing around. Now, I'm not a fan of that – so you four, take a break, get your breath back. Because in a couple minutes, I'm restarting this match, this time with Eddie Peak alongside Sam Keith and Tyson Baine alongside Chris Rockwell.

“And I don't want to see any more screwing around, get me?”

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The pace is a little bit slower, in part as Baine and Peak just can't keep up that rate, in part because suddenly everyone's aware just how dangerous Baine and Peak could be to them.

It is, nonetheless, good solid stuff all round, and despite Keith's injured condition Peak is able to carry much of his team's end, brawling to hold his own – but he's always going to get worn down in a situation like that.

And worn down he is, to the point where he really needs to make the tag – but he can't; as he turns, Sam Keith isn't at the post, and isn't visible. Baine spins him around and DDTs him – and Rockwell immediately tags in, sliding into the ring to begin battering away at the dazed Peak with his grounded knee strike.

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That gets the pinfall as a picture-in-picture shows what happened to Keith; an assault by the Syndicate's Enforcers.
Chris Rockwell & Tyson Baine defeated Eddie Peak & Sam Keith
Rating: B

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Jeremy Stone & Tommy Cornell vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson w/ Blonde Bombshell
Ricky Dale Johnson has been spinning his wheels without really doing much for a long time, and maybe that's what drives him here – difficult to say for sure, but what we can say is that he shows again why he's been one of TCW's biggest names for so long.

It's a flowing contest that manages the difficult task of moving from technical showcase to brawl and back to mat classic without losing the fury of the fight.

RDJ spends most of his time wrestling Jeremy Stone, Bloodstone primarily up against Tommy Cornell, with the old Canadian rivalry alluded to primarily by Jason Azaria on commentary. It's all that's really needed; the crowd is hot for all four men and everything they do seems to bring a fresh reaction.

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In easily the best fight of the night, these four men push the envelope as far as they can, and the contest only ends when, with Jeremy Stone and Johnny Bloodstone both on the outside and Eugene Williams trying to hold the two apart, Chris Rockwell slides into the ring and nails RDJ in the small of the knee with something.

Instant replays show he was carrying a blackjack; it doesn't hugely matter. RDJ crumples, and Cornell immediately slaps on the Guilt Trip to make sure of the victory.
Jeremy Stone & Tommy Cornell defeated Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson
Rating: A

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Cornell is joined by Edd Stone, Tyson Baine and Wolf Hawkins. One by one, the microphone is passed around them.

“Sam Keith,” Cornell begins. “At Crunch Time, you're going home in a ****in' ambulance.”

“Frankie Perez,” Edd Stone follows on, “I'm a better dancer than Danny Fonzarelli. At Crunch Time, your VIP streak ends.”

Wolf Hawkins takes the microphone next. “I'm free to take on anyone,” he says quietly. “At Crunch Time, you better pray it's not you.”

Baine takes the microphone, then hands it back to Hawkins. Looking directly into camera, he glowers. “Eddie Peak,” he growls, “you can still get a job somewhere else.

“When I break your leg, that window closes. Leave... before your Crunch Time.”

Show Rating: B

Phantom Stranger

03-08-2010, 08:08 AM

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Friday 21st October 2008
The party's started early today. We're backstage at Perry Hall and, where normally the alcohol doesn't start flowing until the main event is under way, this time around everyone's having a couple early. It's Karen Killer's last night with the company tonight, though I'm sure she'll be active again soon enough. Either USPW or SWF could probably use her, and might well be able to lure her in.
And unless I miss my guess, she's currently flirting with her replacement. That could make for some interesting press, if anything comes of it...

Eric, Joel, and Sam are making sure no one gets too heavy into the beer before they go out there, but half the roster aren't due to make appearances, and they're taking full advantage of the situation. Tyson is already into a long story about Karen, himself, and Rip Chord on the road, and I'm glad I can sit backstage tonight and listen to what looks like a night of anecdotes.

(Even if I'm gonna need to concentrate on other things.)

–

Karen just came by, as usual, to talk over her stuff tonight. I thank her again for her willingness to do this kind of thing, and she grins; I ask her if she's got anything scheduled yet, and she changes the subject.

I apologise that we couldn't see eye to eye on the contract – though I'm damned if I know why I'm apologising – and she makes a joke out of it. Eventually talk turns to a possible return a year or two down the road; I tell her I'll keep her in mind if the right kind of heel needs a manager, but don't sit by the phone waiting.

Eventually, we talk about commentary. I get the impression that Karen's trying to figure out what her career's going to be like past the big 4-0; she's a workaholic, no question. I don't think it'll be too long before she picks up the book for somewhere or other – which conjures up a vision, for a moment, of the rock-chick gothic aesthetic running through the SWF...

I'd actually watch that.

Phantom Stranger

03-08-2010, 12:04 PM

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Tag Team Champions the New Wave are in action to start us off this coming Friday, once again squaring off with the underrated British Invasion. O'Curle and Morgan are yet to notch up a win, but both single and as a team, they've given people with much greater reputations serious trouble. Could this be the day?

The Kobra, a couple of weeks ago, took on Shingen Miyazaki, and while Koshiro Ino walked away with the victory there Miyazaki seemed to have earned his respect. This week, Miyazaki's tag partner Fumihiro ota will be the one to provide Ino with an opponent and a challenge.

A Hangtime Match will be on Friday's card. Requested by Edd Stone, Mayhem Midden has decided that it will be a four-man match. The other participants? Stevie Grayson, Teddy Powell... and Wolf Hawkins. Will the Syndicate coexist better than the Disrespected? And what has Wolf done to earn that level of anger from Mayhem Midden?

Art Reed is teamed with the Hell Monkey against the Fly Boys, later. The Boys seem embroiled in another war, one of their own making, and Reed and the Monkey have no real teaming history that we know of - but it promises to be a fast-paced match, assuming the Boys' rivals and allies don't get involved.

Tommy Cornell makes a rare in-ring appearance this Badge of Honor - he's going to be taking on Aaron Andrews. Cornell has stated that he wishes to test "the best of the rest" and has evidently begun by setting his sights on the first and only graduate of TCW's training program. Can Aaron pull out what it needs to impress Cornell? Should he even risk doing so? What's he being tested for?

And in the main event, Rick Law has asked us to apologise for his breaking a rule he established a little less than a month ago - Eric Tyler will be returning to Badge of Honor's main event slot, teaming with Acid and Sean Deeley to take on Rick Law and allies Joey Minnesota and John Anderson.

Prediction Key:
British Lions vs. the New Wave (non-title)

Fumihiro Ota vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

HANGTIME MATCH
Edd Stone vs. Stevie Grayson vs. Teddy Powell vs. Wolf Hawkins (non-title)

Art Reed & Hell Monkey w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. the Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy

Aaron Andrews vs. Tommy Cornell

Acid, Eric Tyler & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins vs. Joey Minnesota, John Anderson & Rick Law

Zergon

03-08-2010, 12:20 PM

British Lions vs. the New Wave (non-title)
British Lions aren´t getting their first win against the New Wave

Fumihiro Ota vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
Ota haven´t done much so Ino takes this one

HANGTIME MATCH
Edd Stone vs. Stevie Grayson vs. Teddy Powell vs. Wolf Hawkins (non-title)
This one is probably hardest to predict but I go with Stone winning even though it´s non-title

Art Reed & Hell Monkey w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. the Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy
I break predictions 101 rule here and go with random pairing over named tag team mainly bacause I expect Buffalo interfering and causing a DQ loss to Fly Boys

Aaron Andrews vs. Tommy Cornell
No really ... I think that Cornell can get a win here

Acid, Eric Tyler & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins vs. Joey Minnesota, John Anderson & Rick Law
Freddy Huggins have costed a lot of matches to his allies lately and I see that trend continue here.

Dragonmack

03-08-2010, 02:44 PM

Prediction Key:
British Lions vs. the New Wave (non-title)

Fumihiro Ota vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

HANGTIME MATCH
Edd Stone vs. Stevie Grayson vs. Teddy Powell vs. Wolf Hawkins (non-title)

Art Reed & Hell Monkey w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. the Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy

Aaron Andrews vs. Tommy Cornell

Acid, Eric Tyler & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins vs. Joey Minnesota, John Anderson & Rick Law

Tigerkinney

03-08-2010, 02:51 PM

British Lions vs. the New Wave (non-title)

This may be non title but the British Lions are currently jobbers

Fumihiro Ota vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

Competitive squash

HANGTIME MATCH
Edd Stone vs. Stevie Grayson vs. Teddy Powell vs. Wolf Hawkins (non-title)

Isn't this match Edd Stone's invention ? I'll tip him to win the match, could easily be Hawkins..either way one of them will come out on top against Team 'Marty Jannetty'

Art Reed & Hell Monkey w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. the Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy

Fly Boys may have more experience as a team, but I just don't see them winning this match here. I feel you see Reed and Monkey as having more potential to rise up the card and wouldn't want to hurt their progress by having them lose to what is essentially a glorifed Jobber team.

Aaron Andrews vs. Tommy Cornell

Maybe in 2015 Aaron Andrews.

Acid, Eric Tyler & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins vs. Joey Minnesota, John Anderson & Rick Law

More star power on the side of the faces.

Regis

03-09-2010, 11:28 AM

Prediction Key:
British Lions vs. the New Wave (non-title)
jobbers!

Fumihiro Ota vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
Lot of Japanese showcases going on with Ino these days.

HANGTIME MATCH
Edd Stone vs. Stevie Grayson vs. Teddy Powell vs. Wolf Hawkins (non-title)
It's Edd's match, and Grayson and Powell will screw Wolf.

Art Reed & Hell Monkey w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. the Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy
I think either a DQ from Buffalo-ference or else just a straight triumph over jobbers.

Aaron Andrews vs. Tommy Cornell
No, seriously.

Acid, Eric Tyler & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins vs. Joey Minnesota, John Anderson & Rick Law
Looks like a good 'un!

Bigpapa42

03-09-2010, 12:44 PM

British Lions vs. the New Wave (non-title)

Fumihiro Ota vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

HANGTIME MATCH
Edd Stone vs. Stevie Grayson vs. Teddy Powell vs. Wolf Hawkins (non-title)

Art Reed & Hell Monkey w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. the Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy

Aaron Andrews vs. Tommy Cornell

Acid, Eric Tyler & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins vs. Joey Minnesota, John Anderson & Rick Law

Sudo_Nym

03-09-2010, 06:10 PM

British Lions vs. the New Wave (non-title)
You'll get over one of these days, but not this day.

Fumihiro Ota vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
Jobber

HANGTIME MATCH
Edd Stone vs. Stevie Grayson vs. Teddy Powell vs. Wolf Hawkins (non-title)
I say Wolf gets the nod, but only because it's non-title. Get some more heat in the Syndicate.

Art Reed & Hell Monkey w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. the Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy
Have Donnie and Jimmy ever won a match while teaming together? I don't like going with a thrown together team over an established one, but that's what happens here.

Aaron Andrews vs. Tommy Cornell
You're getting there, Aaron, but Tommy's the boss.

Acid, Eric Tyler & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins vs. Joey Minnesota, John Anderson & Rick Law
Possibly by shenanigans.

Phantom Stranger

03-10-2010, 08:22 AM

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 3 October 2008

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 0.47)

Held at Perry Hall (Great Lakes)

Attendance: 2000 (Sold Out)

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Jasmine Saunders – Kyle Rhodes

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British Lions vs. The New Wave
O'Curle and Morgan seem to be developing a minor following following their unique – for TCW – style of matwork, but they're clearly not in the same position as the Wave, who cheerfully plough through them by dint of being fast and a unified team in a way the Lions can't yet claim to be.

Of particular note is the Guided Missile Guide scores on O'Curle with, a spear hit with so much speed that he's able to continue his momentum and flip forward, landing on his feet before making the cover.
The New Wave defeated British Lions
Rating: C

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They don't get long to celebrate, however. The Easy Riders are on them immediately from behind. Scout becomes the victim of a release powerbomb by Hopper that sends him from the apron to the floor; Guide is levelled by Fonda's big boot and set up for the Emergency Stop.

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Karen Killer emerges, walking down to ringside, and Fonda releases Guide, tossing him aside.

Killer gets into the ring with both Riders and lifts a microphone to her lips. “Do you two know what this kind of behaviour gets you?

“This kind of behaviour gets you disqualified from the tournament. This kind of behaviour means you don't get your shot.

“I brought you in here to punish Painful Procedure, but I thought you knew that tag team championships were coming – but you have to do it smart, you understand?”

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“Yeah, I understand,” comes a voice from behind her. Another face familiar to DaVE fans – the second such new arrival in a week – emerges, strutting down the ramp. “I understand you been holding these boys back.

“These are my boys, sugar. I know people like this. I take 'em places no one else can – because no one else will take the steps I take.

“I took the Peak boys under my wing. Look where Eddie is now.

“Now, sugar – I know you've been beaten up and kicked out once this year. You get a free shot, right now, at not having it happen ag-”

Fonda punches Killer in the gut. The Riders send her straight into the Emergency Stop and leave her lying.

Batch shrugs. “Maybe you don't,” he says. “Sam Keith – get your boys to beg off, or Tuesday? This is them.”

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Fumihiro Ota vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
Ah, Ota, Ota, Ota... still producing well above where he's placed; nonetheless, it's a good thing, as his assault on Ino in the opening minutes is well received. The former Burning Hammer man does prove to have the advantage, however, to at least some extent; he weathers the storm well and, by the end, is in position to score with the Kobra's Bite.

And that's all it takes, in the end... Ino takes a long, long look at him after the count of three, nodding to the Baroness.
Koshiro Ino defeated Fumihiro Ota
Rating: B-

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Edd Stone vs. Stevie Grayson vs. Teddy Powell vs. Wolf Hawkins
Looking at the sheer amount of skill in the air, it's no surprise that this is watchable.

When the bell rings, Stone and Hawkins target Grayson from the off. Powell spears Wolf, sending him nearly over the edge of the net structure, but the Syndicate's golden boy has a handful of the net, saving him from crashing to the mat. Edd shifts gears, dropkicking Powell as he recovers, and Teddy barely saves himself from crashing to the mat – but save himself he does, and for a moment both of the Disrespected line up with Edd – and then go after a Wolf Hawkins who's clawing himself back onto the net, trying to tumble him off.

It doesn't work; Wolf clings on to Stevie's boot as he stomps away, and Edd Stone backs to the back of the structure – and takes a run-up, scoring with a massive bulldog, letting go partway through to grab the netting on the far side. Grayson, however, crashes to the mat and takes a powder.

Stevie Grayson Is Eliminated

Teddy keeps stomping away at Wolf, but it's not great – after a little longer he readjusts, realising that a stomp's of limited effectiveness when the surface you're fighting on has this kind of give in it.

Edd works his way back around to the main fight and goes for a superkick; Teddy ducks it and goes for the Motion Censor in response, but Hawkins yanks his leg out from under him and scrambles away from the edge of the net.

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Powell climbs back to his feet and goes for Edd, who sidesteps – and Sammy Bach is suddenly visible standing on the webbing, arms folded, not far from Teddy.

Powell turns toward him, Hawkins low blows him from behind, and Edd Stone further cements his position as the craziest person in TCW as he catches Teddy into a cutter – sending them both off the webbing structure and twelve or more feet down to the ring.

Teddy Powell Is Eliminated
Edd Stone Is Eliminated

Wolf Hawkins is the last man active, and thus the winner.
Wolf Hawkins defeated Edd Stone, Stevie Grayson and Teddy Powell
Rating: B

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Hawkins and Bach lower themselves down from the webbing; Hawkins offers a hand, and Bach clasps his arm warmly before calling for a microphone.

“Sometimes,” he begins, “people do not leave well enough alone.

“See, this isn't a movie, Teddy. Yeah, I know, in the movies you'd get your call up to the big leagues or whatever, you'd make yourself a major success, and in the final scene you'd come after me on pay-per-view, probably for the championship, and you'd win where the credits roll...

“But the whole ****in' point of those movies, Teddy, is you're the underdog. You're the plucky guy with a lot of heart who's never had the talent to make it on this level.

“And, well, you don't have the talent to make it on this level. Which is why they signed me and not you.

“You had to sell them on this whole thing. Had to get approval. Had to get them to feel sorry for you, to hope that maybe you'd get the wins you needed to prove something...

“All I had to do was come here. So if Wolf's agreeable, how about, Crunch Time, we do this whole tag team thing again – and this time, we make sure you can't score a win off a disqualification. This time, we see if you can make it to the final scene – or if I'm just gonna have to make some changes to the script.

“There's nothing wrong with your movie, Teddy, except the casting. You just don't have what it takes...”

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Maybe it's just how stirred up the crowd is, but this match actually gets a better reaction than the tag champs' defence earlier. The Fly Boys are becoming more and more unified, while Reed and Hell Monkey don't have that kind of experience – but they are, probably, better wrestlers in their own right than either Donnie or Jimmy.

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It's nearly ten minutes in that interference happens; American Buffalo comes down while Goldworthy has Ray Johnson occupied, and Hell Monkey eats a Stampede almost immediately.

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Not long afterward, however, Clark Alexander's in the ring too. Reed and Alexander play a ranged game, staying out of the Buffalo's reach and tagging him, until Hell Monkey's recovered – and a Tumbling Monkey staggers the big man before Alexander and Reed manage to topple him with a hi-lo attack. Jimmy P tries to interfere, and Reed catches him, swinging him out into a uranage and clamping on the Dread Lock afterward.

Clark Alexander takes Donnie to the floor, and Jimmy's forced to tap out as Johnson finally returns to the action...
Art Reed & Hell Monkey defeated the Fly Boys
Rating: C+

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If proof were needed that Aaron Andrews is a star in the making, it's about to be delivered. In ten minutes, Aaron Andrews rises to produce, alongside Tommy Cornell, on a par with many TCW main eventers, showing as he does so the kind of understanding with the company owner that's needed to reach to the very heights.

More than that – Andrews nearly pins Tommy once, twice, three times, with a strong reaction the second time and a larger one the third, as the crowd really start to buy into this one. And in the end, as he sets up for the spinebuster that's been the closest thing he has to a finishing move lately, only Tommy Cornell managing to counter it on the fly into a Guilt Trip ends it in the Syndicate leader's favour.
Tommy Cornell defeated Aaron Andrews
Rating: A

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Backstage go the cameras, and Phil Vibert's watching the end of that match on a monitor, nodding thoughtfully to himself, making notes in a spiral-bound notepad.

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Someone else drops into the seat next to him; Chris Rockwell.

“How you doing, Phil?” he grins. “Ain't seen you since I moved back to Canada...” Smiling, he offers his hand. “Just figured, since you're talking about a....” He grins, and makes air quotes, “ 'supreme' athlete to represent come Crunch Time... Well, you saw me win the XFW belt live. You know I've won plenty since then. So whoever you were planning on... I've got to be the best choice to replace them, right?”

“No,” Vibert says, closing the notepad with a snap. “Yes, Chris, I do remember you, and I know just how good you are.

“But you've forgotten. I remember when what it took to be Chris Rockwell was to be the best wrestler out there. When you had to know, every time, that no one could beat you.

“That's not the Chris Rockwell I've seen in TCW, who ducks rematches where he 'won' by DQ, who skimps on things, who picks fights by interference rather than making himself the man to pick fights with.

“This new Chris Rockwell is...” He considers, standing up. “...petty. And besides – I suspect you'll be busy with Ricky Dale Johnson come Crunch Time, because he's not the type of guy to sit on his ass and take what you've been giving out.”

And Phil Vibert walks out of the room, leaving Rockwell staring at him in disbelief.

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Joey Minnesota, John Anderson & Rick Law
Well, this one's quite the brawl all the way along, with all six men forgoing the traditional feeling-out sequence. There seems to be some genuine bad blood running all the way through this contest, and the result is some intense violence.

Law takes something of a back seat, however, and the result does draw this one out – though, ultimately, after a long stretch in which Deeley and Anderson perform well against each other, Tyler tags back in – and is promptly hit with the Ammo Dump. Acid attempts to break up the pin, but in arguably the moment of the match, Joey Minnesota catches him in mid-air off an Acid Rain Bomb attempt and dumps him with the Empire Spiral.

"No interference," Saunders says on commentary. "Where was Freddy Huggins?"
Joey Minnesota, John Anderson & Rick Law defeated Acid, Eric Tyler & Sean Deeley
Rating: B-

Show Rating: B

Phantom Stranger

03-10-2010, 06:47 PM

As a side note, the TCW's arena-naming poll is now closed. I thank all 42 of you who took part, and am somewhat surprised, but mildly happy, to announce the winner...

The Jennifer Cornell Coliseum

Because, as we know, Tommy is egotistical, but not quite dumb enough to slap his own name on the thing.

Phantom Stranger

03-11-2010, 08:39 AM

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Saturday 22nd October 2008

It's not difficult to have a good match with Tommy Cornell in the ring. I've seen limited wrestlers manage it; I've seen flat-out bad wrestlers, so long as they had crowd support, get the fans engaged and entertained.

Most people can have a good match with Tommy.

Aaron Andrews just had a great match with him. Not the best of the year – not the best of the month, on our current form – but as a throwaway, with no storyline to it, as nothing more than a quick tryout to launch a Syndicate B-plot... a 22-year-old kid from the midcard blew the crowd away against Tommy Cornell.

When I started talking with Joel, before I took over his job, he mentioned something to me. Tommy has a number of guidelines he wants me to follow, and those I've stuck to well – but the thing Joel told me isn't explicit the same way.

But it's this: Aaron Andrews cannot be allowed to not become a big name.

Aaron debuted a little over two years ago, the first guy to graduate from the TCW School of Pro Wrestling – and still the only one. He's a proof of concept for the School, the spotlight kid – word has it that Arnold Westberry booted four or five other wrestlers – some of them now making a good living in the independents – before they'd finished the course. There was a definite, deliberate move to picking the best poster boy for it all.

I've been treading water on that one – let's face it, Aaron's 22, he's got plenty of time to rise up the ranks – and, while treading water, pairing him with people like Joey Minnesota, facing him off against veteran teachers like Eric Tyler, helping him hone his skills.

But I don't think, at this point, I can afford to hold back much longer.

Which means I may – just may – know where that B-plot is going ahead of time...

Sudo_Nym

03-11-2010, 04:35 PM

Aaron Andrews is awesomeness refined, I tell you.

Phantom Stranger

03-12-2010, 08:19 AM

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Following Phil Vibert's surprising appearance - and challenge - last Tuesday, Mayhem Midden's had quite a busy week, it seems...

This week we'll be kicking off with the Tag Team Contendership final between the Keith Brothers and the Easy Riders, one of whom will go on to face the New Wave for the belts at Crunch Time. Given the Riders' aggression under their new manager, this one could get brutal fast.

Similarly likely to be brutal is the contest between Tyson Baine and Steve Gumble of the Young Guns. Can Gumble survive the Syndicate monster's onslaught?

The International Championship goes on the line afterward, as John Anderson will defend his belt against Jack Marlowe of the Syndicate team Enforcers at Tommy Cornell's insistence.

In apparent response, Mayhem Midden has made the tag team match of RDJ & Danny Fonzarelli versus Sammy Bach and Wolf Hawkins. This month, the Disrespected haven't been a constant presence for these two - just close enough to mean that when they're not there, the question of whether they'll arrive still has an effect. So where will that leave this contest? Can Danny Fonzarelli get back to winning ways?

And in the semi-main event, Mayhem Midden has declared a tag team contest to showcase the four men we know for sure will be involved in Crunch Time's double main event; Troy Tornado teams with Sam Keith against Tommy Cornell and Jeremy Stone.

Which brings us to tonight's main event. Phil Vibert suggested that the third space in the World Heavyweight Championship match be filled by means of a one-on-one contest; Mayhem Midden has instead made a ten-man battle royal. The guest list is not yet fixed; we know, however, that it is only open to people not already booked to compete at Crunch Time or on this evening's Total Wrestling. We know that Johnny Bloodstone, the other possible World Heavyweight Champion, has been invited; that Eddie Peak has been invited, that Chris Rockwell has secured a place - possibly evading the match against RDJ quite neatly - and that Mayhem Midden has awarded Aaron Andrews a spot after his showing against Tommy Cornell on Friday. And, of course, Phil Vibert's man will make his debut. We don't know the other competitors - yet.

Prediction Key:
Tag Team Contendership
Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell

Steve Gumble vs. Tyson Baine

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Jack Marlowe

RDJ & Danny Fonzarelli vs. Sammy Bach & Wolf Hawkins

Jeremy Stone & Tommy Cornell vs. Sam Keith & Troy Tornado

10-man Battle Royal for the remaining slot in the World Heavyweight Championship match at Crunch Time
Featuring:
Johnny Bloodstone, Eddie Peak, Chris Rockwell, Aaron Andrews, ????, ????, ????, ????, ???? & Phil Vibert's client.

Regis

03-12-2010, 08:36 AM

Tag Team Contendership
Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell
The RIders can always pull off a win, and their new manager can lead them to victory.

Steve Gumble vs. Tyson Baine
SQUASH!

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Jack Marlowe
Marlowe can hold this well, but he'll need more of a push first.

RDJ & Danny Fonzarelli vs. Sammy Bach & Wolf Hawkins
I don't want to job out Danny and RDJ... but do we want to weaken the guys with a programme? Disrespected interfere.

Jeremy Stone & Tommy Cornell vs. Sam Keith & Troy Tornado
The champ takes home the victory, Tommy's on a roll but he can be stopped.

10-man Battle Royal for the remaining slot in the World Heavyweight Championship match at Crunch Time
Featuring:
Johnny Bloodstone, Eddie Peak, Chris Rockwell, Aaron Andrews, ????, ????, ????, ????, ???? & Phil Vibert's client.
Oh, it's going to be big.

Zergon

03-12-2010, 09:08 AM

Tag Team Contendership
Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell
New Wave are face team so I pick heel team here.

Steve Gumble vs. Tyson Baine
Gumble have been lost for some time and he isn´t getting a win against Baine

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Jack Marlowe
Standard title defence for Anderson

RDJ & Danny Fonzarelli vs. Sammy Bach & Wolf Hawkins
I find it hard do predict against RDJ so I go with he´s team winning when Disrespected interference

Jeremy Stone & Tommy Cornell vs. Sam Keith & Troy Tornado
I think that Jeremy needs a win here more than others

10-man Battle Royal for the remaining slot in the World Heavyweight Championship match at Crunch Time
Featuring:
Johnny Bloodstone, Eddie Peak, Chris Rockwell, Aaron Andrews, ????, ????, ????, ????, ???? & Phil Vibert's client.
Likely a very big name so he should make some impact

Bigpapa42

03-12-2010, 09:16 AM

Tag Team Contendership
Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell

Steve Gumble vs. Tyson Baine

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Jack Marlowe

RDJ & Danny Fonzarelli vs. Sammy Bach & Wolf Hawkins

Jeremy Stone & Tommy Cornell vs. Sam Keith & Troy Tornado - Draw

10-man Battle Royal for the remaining slot in the World Heavyweight Championship match at Crunch Time
Featuring:
Johnny Bloodstone, Eddie Peak, Chris Rockwell, Aaron Andrews, ????, ????, ????, ????, ???? & Phil Vibert's client.

Dragonmack

03-12-2010, 09:22 AM

Prediction Key:
Tag Team Contendership
Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell
new mgr, new attitude, and possible syndicate interference

Steve Gumble vs. Tyson Baine
squash

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Jack Marlowe
Marlowe is good but not at the same level

RDJ & Danny Fonzarelli vs. Sammy Bach & Wolf Hawkins
interference from Powell and Grayson cost Bach & hawkins the match

Jeremy Stone & Tommy Cornell vs. Sam Keith & Troy Tornado
Stone is being set up as next challenger, so he needs to win here.

10-man Battle Royal for the remaining slot in the World Heavyweight Championship match at Crunch Time
Featuring:
Johnny Bloodstone, Eddie Peak, Chris Rockwell, Aaron Andrews, ????, ????, ????, ????, ???? & Phil Vibert's client.
Going with Phil Vibert's client, and anticipating a Big Cat sighting.( or a time warped Nemesis from when he was 15 yrs younger, but that would be too much awesomeness to be contained :D )

Sudo_Nym

03-12-2010, 02:58 PM

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell
Easy Riders get a win thanks to their new manager, while the Keiths can afford to take another loss.

Steve Gumble vs. Tyson Baine
Gumble's a jobber.

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Jack Marlowe
Don't think Jack's done enough to earn a title, especially not on live tv.

RDJ & Danny Fonzarelli vs. Sammy Bach & Wolf Hawkins
These two are in a high profile fued, and need the win heading into the PPV.

Jeremy Stone & Tommy Cornell vs. Sam Keith & Troy Tornado
This one could go either way, actually.

10-man Battle Royal for the remaining slot in the World Heavyweight Championship match at Crunch Time
Featuring:
Johnny Bloodstone, Eddie Peak, Chris Rockwell, Aaron Andrews, ????, ????, ????, ????, ???? & Phil Vibert's client.
Rockwell gets back to his old form.

Tigerkinney

03-12-2010, 05:47 PM

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell

The Keith's are the better talents and have more long term upside but for this feud to have some legs the Easy Riders have to take the first win.

Steve Gumble vs. Tyson Baine

The image update briefly breathed some new life into the Young Guns but they are still job fodder.

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Jack Marlowe

Another relatively routine defence for the former Syndicate man, against one of the latest syndicate goons.

RDJ & Danny Fonzarelli vs. Sammy Bach & Wolf Hawkins

Inteference from the cornellverse Marty Jannety's help's RDJ & Fonazarelli to the win in this one.

Jeremy Stone & Tommy Cornell vs. Sam Keith & Troy Tornado

Could go either way, but with Stone and Cornell in the position of challengers, I see them getting a psychological advantage over their respective opponents by picking up the win here.

10-man Battle Royal for the remaining slot in the World Heavyweight Championship match at Crunch Time
Featuring:
Johnny Bloodstone, Eddie Peak, Chris Rockwell, Aaron Andrews, ????, ????, ????, ????, ???? & Phil Vibert's client.

This has instant impact debut written all over it, so I'm going for Phil Vibert's client to win here, as other's have pointed out Big Cat Brandon making the jump from SWF would make sense here.

tristram

03-12-2010, 06:08 PM

Prediction Key:
Tag Team Contendership
Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell - Carl Batch is a big factor for my choice here, I doubt he'd accept the Easy Riders going down to the young Keith boys.

Steve Gumble vs. Tyson Baine - Baine could very well destroy Gumble here

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Jack Marlowe - Jungle Jack eh, he's got a great ability to hold a match together with some excellent performance skills, but I think John Anderson has a lot of things in his favour and suits the International Championship

RDJ & Danny Fonzarelli vs. Sammy Bach & Wolf Hawkins - I just feel a win would greatly assist their momentum going forward

Jeremy Stone & Tommy Cornell vs. Sam Keith & Troy Tornado - son of a.... what a great, great, great match this should be. Cornell, Keith, Stone, epic names, let alone Tornado.

10-man Battle Royal for the remaining slot in the World Heavyweight Championship match at Crunch Time
Featuring:
Johnny Bloodstone, Eddie Peak, Chris Rockwell, Aaron Andrews, ????, ????, ????, ????, ???? & Phil Vibert's client. - Mr Squiggles AKA Questionmark always gets my vote. But not when you've indicated Phil Vibert has someone outlandish coming in. Big Cat Brandon smacks of being obvious, but I'd love to see what you could do with Marc Du Bois to be honest.

Candyman

03-12-2010, 08:24 PM

Prediction Key:
Tag Team Contendership
Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell
Someday, this will be a no brainer the other way. The Keiths aren't there yet.

Steve Gumble vs. Tyson Baine
Squash.

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Jack Marlowe
Not quite a squash, but a no brainer nontheless.

RDJ & Danny Fonzarelli vs. Sammy Bach & Wolf Hawkins
Perhaps by DQ...I think Fonzy's struggles will continue.

Jeremy Stone & Tommy Cornell vs. Sam Keith & Troy Tornado
Time limit draw or some kind of non finish here to keep both sides strong.

10-man Battle Royal for the remaining slot in the World Heavyweight Championship match at Crunch Time
Featuring:
Johnny Bloodstone, Eddie Peak, Chris Rockwell, Aaron Andrews, ????, ????, ????, ????, ???? & Phil Vibert's client.
It's not Big Cat since he starts with a five year deal...I'm guessing Remo or Vengeance here for the win.

Phantom Stranger

03-14-2010, 05:31 PM

OOC: Music links in this edition of the show, other than the title, are somewhat NSFW. Warning is hereby given.

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 3 October 2008

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 6.66)
Rebroadcast on Continental Sports X1 (Rating 0.00)

Held at the Oregon Gardens (North West)

Attendance: 15,000 (Sold Out)

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Shawn Doakes

Tag Team #1 Contendership Final
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Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch
vs.
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Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell
Good stuff from both teams – though TCW fans are coming to expect that – and the Keiths show they can brawl with the best, furious at the way the Riders have been smashing their way through other tag teams this past month, particularly the assault on them and their father not too long ago.

And it's tough to say which team brawls better; the Keiths, of course, have more to their repertoire, but it's a question of trying to get to use it – whenever they try, Carl Batch is right there, catching Eugene Williams' attention – and that, swiftly enough, leads to interference and double-teams by the Riders. That keeps them on top, ultimately, and after a couple of near-things on both sides, Hopper and Fonda catch Greg in the Emergency Stop, getting the pin when Batch catches Matthew's leg on the apron and prevents him from breaking up the cover.
Easy Riders defeated the Keith Brothers
Rating: B-

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We cut now to a video package. Centred around the Test of Steel roofed cage, the injuries inflicted in it, the voiceover is by Sam Keith.

“The Test of Steel... it's a new one on me, a new experience...”

Bryan Vessey finds himself tossed into the cell wall by Cornell's Rough Ride

“But with only nine matches in the Test of Steel in all of history, that's no surprise...”

BLZ Bubb crushes Sam Strong's head against the cage with a running boot

“They say that only the worst, deepest, most cutting grudges ever make it to the test...”

Liberty hangs from the ceiling at the centre of the cage for a long moment, looking down on Rip Chord. With a final swing, he plummets, driving the elbow right into Chord's heart from twenty feet up

“That only the very greatest can survive...”

Ricky Dale Johnson drives Cornell back-first into the cage before wheeling around to plant him with the Southern Justice

“That it is the absolute last resort.”

After the match is over, Sam Strong stands over a devastated, broken Peter Valentine, looking down on him, and shakes his head sadly.

“You didn't offer me a choice, Tommy, but I'll take it.”

Tommy Cornell stares down Sam Keith before their Hotter Than Hell match

“You kicked me out, Tommy. And you tried to break me.”

Cornell's attempt at the Rough Ride is blocked and countered into the NeutronPlex

“But I came through, didn't I?”

Sam Keith locks in the rope-assisted Proton Lock on Cornell, wrenching his arm out

“I survived you...”

Jeremy Stone hits the Stone's Throw on Sam Keith

“...and your attempt to take my title...”

The music changes. Tyson Baine wipes out Keith with a chokeslam

“...and then you picked up the pace.”

Baine hits the Hades Bomb. Cornell clamps down the Guilt Trip.

“We're not gonna be done with this until either I'm out of the game or you can't do this anymore, Tommy. I get that.”

Back to the staredown. The Test of Steel cage fades in

“So be it – this ends, Tommy. The only question is... can I stay in the game long enough to break the Syndicate?”

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Steve Gumble vs. Tyson Baine
Gumble actually does pretty well for himself here, twisting clear of Baine's assaults, hitting him hard and getting out quick. He even gets the big monster – briefly – off his feet, coming off the top rope with a modified Savate Kick – but Baine kicks out before the count of one, powering out so violently Gumble lands on the outside with an audible smack.

And that clearly rattles him, as Baine gets hold of him and grins. What ensues is nothing short of destruction, ending with a simply brutal Hades Bomb.
Tyson Baine defeated Steve Gumble
Rating: B-

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John Anderson © vs. Jack Marlowe
Former Syndicate man against his replacement here, and tensions clearly run a little high as a result. This one is a brawl, too, playing to Marlowe's strengths, but Anderson has the experience to stay out of Marlowe's reach much of the time, allowing him to turn the tide in his favour.

Marlowe gives him everything he has, it seems, and Anderson finds himself for a little while on the ropes – and then actually over them, following a tremendous uppercut by the Syndicate man. Sam Sparrow backs Marlowe away from the ropes and Anderson uses almost the entire ten count to get his bearings and recover – but once he has, he re-enters the ring like a man possessed and Marlowe can get in virtually nothing. The Ammo Dump ends this one.
John Anderson defeated Jack Marlowe
Rating: B-

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We come now to the final instalment of Horatio Dangerous' interview with Jeremy Stone. At the end of the last instalment, Stone had effectively declared himself the greatest wrestler alive today.

“Let's talk about Bloodstone,” he says quietly. “Your prize student, you say, in quite a collection – I mean, the list of people you trained is incredible-”

Jeremy, smiling, nods. “Absolutely,” he says. “Some people are going to say that Bloodstone wrestles more like I do than anyone else, so that's why I call him best – but you've just got to watch him. He's devastating – to almost anybody.

“There's a short list who have Johnny scouted. Part of that's his tendency to lose it and just get angry-”

“That seems to have calmed since he came here,” Horatio says mildly. “The Bombshell-”

“Whatever,” Stone retorts, waving a hand. “Doesn't matter – pure and simple, Johnny has more than one problem. The other one is that Johnny doesn't innovate.

“What I taught him to do, he does better than any man alive. But he never invented a new hold of his own. He's got limits – and after all these years, I know those limits better than he does.”

Horatio purses his lips slightly before changing tack. “Your thoughts on his allies?”

“Sam Keith is good,” Jeremy says. “Hell, he beat me at Destructive Energy, I've got to give him that. He's good.

“But he's not going to be a problem, because Tommy has his plans set up. I'm glad I got to wrestle him; he's not going to have many more matches left to go.

“Art Reed was always a little below Johnny. Good, innovative, athletic – he has as assets what Johnny's missing. He lacks a certain finesse.”

“Any chance you're saying this because he tagged you badly in training?” Dangerous asks.

Jeremy abruptly laughs, a genuine, spontaneous reaction. “The dropkick thing?” He chuckles. “Maybe... Yeah, maybe. Art was a pleasure to work with when he was learning, I'll give him that.”

“And now?”

“Now? He's pretty good,” Stone nods, assessing. “He's pretty good, yeah.”

Dangerous nods. “I can see I'm not going to get much more than the Syndicate line asking these questions,” he says. “So, something else – how's your daughter?”

“JeriLynn's fine,” Jeremy grins. “She graduates in the spring, and when she does, I'm putting money on her showing up on the wrestling circuit. You want someone I think is going to become my very best student? JeriLynn has learned so much.”

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RDJ & Danny Fonzarelli vs. Sammy Bach & Wolf Hawkins
Quite the back and forth here, with RDJ holding his own even as Fonzarelli seems to be having trouble finding a new pace. Ricky just goes for it, though, and he's doing as well as he can against two excellent opponents who are clearly finding their footing together.

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The Disrespected appear in the tenth minute, making their way down to ringside, and they split up – one on either side of the ring, staying on the outside. Sensing a break, RDJ tags out and Fonzie comes back in – which goes well for a little while, but ultimately, Wolf starts to overwhelm him – meanwhile, Sammy Bach hurtles over the top rope in a corkscrew plancha, wiping out Teddy Powell.

Stevie Grayson takes the opportunity to slide into the ring as Ray Johnson's attention is distracted by the dive, and Wolf ducks his swing, letting it drop Fonzie. Grayson follows up, and for a moment Wolf is on the ropes, but Sammy slips back into the ring, Johnson ordering Powell to the back, and the pair suplex Grayson onto Fonzarelli. Moments later, the Full Moon Rising finishes things.
Sammy Bach & Wolf Hawkins defeated RDJ & Danny Fonzarelli
Rating: B-

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Jeremy Stone & Tommy Cornell vs. Sam Keith & Troy Tornado w/ Blonde Bombshell
An all-out brawl ensues very quickly, and it turns into four men, each with someone to hurt, each with someone to weaken for the Sunday to come – but equally, each with a friend, an ally, watching their back.

The result gets the fans on their feet from the off, baying for the Syndicate pair's blood, and shows just how bad the beating Baine put on Keith at the start of the month actually was. He's clearly still hurting, and the main thing that keeps him alive is Troy Tornado's boundless energy, often hitting a move on one and then the other Syndicate man to buy some time, focusing on Cornell...

Despite the fact that, ultimately, allowing Jeremy Stone a chance to watch you, to pick his time, and to jump you... it's just a bad idea. Stone works Troy over pretty hard, though by the end, as he sets up for the Stone's Throw, Tornado shows some resilience, twisting to land on his feet and come back – so that as the time limit elapses, the two big images are Sam Keith caught in the Guilt Trip and Troy Tornado landing the Star Maker on Jeremy Stone.
Jeremy Stone & Tommy Cornell drew with Sam Keith & Troy Tornado
Rating: A

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The wrestlers involved in the main event begin to emerge; Johnny Bloodstone comes first, his Canadian belt around his waist, the Bombshell by his side informing the camera that it's “time to bring the belts back together this Sunday.”

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Eddie Peak is next, striding down to the ring, tongue running over his lips, rubbing his hands together.

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Aaron Andrews walks down to the ring alongside Joey Minnesota, both men entering to Aaron's music – but both men get in the ring, the tag team there as a whole.

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Rick Law comes out next, smiling slightly, playing to the fans, followed by a focused, determined-looking Chris Rockwell.

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Koshiro Ino comes out shortly behind Rockwell, eyes locked on the back of the head of the man who fought him just a month ago. Shortly beind him comes Eric Tyler, checking his wrist tape, looking sober and determined as Azaria and Dangerous discuss the stakes for Tyler – a risky match at his age, but a chance to catapult himself up in the company as a whole.

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Next comes Brent Hill, who is unique in offering absolutely no hint of his feelings toward this match. His poker face here is total.

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And lastly, Phil Vibert emerges. We get a shot of Rockwell glaring daggers at him before he begins to speak.

“You know,” he says. “I really ought to thank Midden for this one. I'd expected a one-on-one, but this... this is a chance to take apart half of TCW's best at one fell swoop. And that's no trouble for my man. The supreme specimen here... who you should all be sure to catch on Sunday as he dethrones the champion...

“But first, it's time to clear the other potential contenders just exactly as fast as he can. So with no further ado, let me give you your chance to bow down and respect the man himself...”

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Remo Richardson stalks into view. Phil Vibert smiles, watching the reactions of the men in the ring, and then nods – and Richardson charges the ring. The bell rings as he slides under the bottom rope...

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Aaron Andrews, Brent Hill, Chris Rockwell, Eddie Peak, Eric Tyler
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Joey Minnesota, Johnny Bloodstone, Koshiro Ino, Rick Law, Remo Richardson
Peak, Minnesota, and Bloodstone go straight for Remo. He bowls Minnesota and Bloodstone back with single punches, tries the same with Eddie, and it doesn't work – but it does drive him back a step. The two begin to exchange punches – and someone steps over the guardrail.

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Tyson Baine climbs into the ring and grabs Peak from behind. Freed, Remo promptly spears Brent Hill and promptly grabs Koshiro Ino, lifting him for the Destroyer.

Peak's fist slams into Tyson's jaw and drives him back, but Baine has a rebuttal; one hand is curled into a fist surrounding that same, still bloodstained chain Peak used on Baine – and the punch staggers Peak. Another dazes him, and Baine bundles him over the top rope, giving him a Hades Bomb on the outside before he leaves.

Elimination #1: Eddie Peak

Law and Tyler have renewed their long-standing issue, both of them teetering over the top rope. Aaron Andrews interferes, punching Tyler to double him over before joining with his tag partner, Minnesota, to suplex him over the top and out.

Elimination #2: Eric Tyler

Meanwhile, in the centre, Chris Rockwell is struggling with Koshiro Ino, having tried to shove him out of the ring while he was still dazed from the Destroyer. Brent Hill intervenes with a dropkick, and promptly receives a Destroyer from Remo himself.

Richardson seems to be in no hurry to eliminate anyone, simply prowling around doling out pain – but as Rick Law tries for a Squad Car Slam, he twists loose and decks Law with a single punch. He then grabs Aaron Andrews, hoists him one-handed into the air, and lobs him out of the ring and the match.

Elimination #3: Aaron Andrews

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A little more room to breathe, now, and the match begins to slow down. Hill and Rockwell are battling, which turns into a mat war shortly after Hill almost got Rockwell over the top rope – Chris staying as far from elimination as he can. Rick Law gets back into it with Remo, but it doesn't last long – Freddy Huggins enters the ring as a punch sends Law reeling against the ropes. The Huggins Kiss dazes Law, and Remo promptly lands a double clothesline to send both Law and the interloper Huggins to the outside.

Elimination #4: Rick Law

Rockwell gets clear of Hill and attacks Joey Minnesota. He does pretty well until the Minnesota Salute hits – and Koshiro Ino follows up with the Kobra's Bite, tumbling Rockwell from the ring to get some measure of revenge.

Elimination #5: Chris Rockwell

Johnny Bloodstone grabs hold of Remo at this point and tries an armlock, wrenching at his shoulder. Brent Hill promptly hits the ropes and comes off with a dropkick to the same shoulder, weakening it further – and Richardson roars like an angry beast, charging toward the ropes, dumping Bloodstone over the top with ease. Suddenly, we're down to the final four.

Elimination #6: Johnny Bloodstone

Minnesota, Ino, and Hill all line up against Remo. Brent charges; Remo lifts a boot, punting him in the head to drop him. Minnesota exploits the distraction, getting the Minnesota Salute – and for the second time in the match, Ino follows that up with a Kobra's Bite. The two then try to clothesline Remo over the top – and not only do they fail but, after he shoves Ino away, he tosses Minnesota himself.

Elimination #7: Joey Minnesota

Ino tries for a third Kobra's Bite, but the 'supreme specimen' blocks it and counters, suplexing him out of the ring.

Elimination #8: Koshiro Ino

With a roar of satisfaction he turns to face Brent Hill, who's pulling himself up by the top rope – and he charges.

Brent sidesteps, grabs, and lifts. Remo's throat comes down hard on the top rope and he rebounds, hitting the floor on his back.

Brent Hill scrambles to capitalise, reaching the top rope. As he launches into the King of the Hill, Remo kips up and grabs him in midair.

Brent struggles, punch after punch trying to distract Remo, but he takes another charge and hurls Brent from the ring with a running Destroyer.

Final Elimination: Brent Hill
Remo Richardson won the battle royale
Rating: B

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What follows is a music video for Crunch Time, obviously cut together over the course of the show. It most prominently features moments from the builds to Test of Steel, the Peak/Baine rivalry, and the selection of the Tornado/Stone/Remo triple threat, ending with Azaria's disbelieving cry “FIVE ELIMINATIONS!”

Show Rating: B+

cmdrsam

03-14-2010, 05:43 PM

Very good show sir. I particulary liked the Sam Keith promo. Just wanted to drop a quick note saying I was still reading and enjoying what you present.

Sonfaro

03-14-2010, 05:53 PM

REMO!!!

REMO!!!

Nice show, and nice snag!

- Sonfaro

Phantom Stranger

03-14-2010, 08:12 PM

Very good show sir. I particulary liked the Sam Keith promo. Just wanted to drop a quick note saying I was still reading and enjoying what you present.

REMO!!!

REMO!!!

Nice show, and nice snag!

- Sonfaro

Thanks, guys.

There's a big discussion back some few pages about how much I've drawn on Flair for Sam Keith (though that seems to have faded now - I like to imagine the guy essentially half-shooting on his life while he's in this 'dream match' stage of his TCW run) but in this case, the core inspiration for the Test of Steel promo is...

...infuriatingly, not on YouTube.

At the opening of the first New Year's Revolution, Bishoff cut a promo about the Elimination Chamber from inside it. Soft-spoken, ignoring the facts and figures, talking about what it must be like for the participants. He was carrying a short lead pipe; I recall he struck the metal floor three times with it to prove a point, but mostly he just cut this quiet, measured promo, while it cut occasionally to video clips from the first two Chambers of the big moments - and then the video clips shifted as he started to explain that this would really prove who deserved to be champion; they became about the lead in to the Chamber.

It remains the best video I've seen for making the Chamber seem epic, and as I say, it's not on YouTube.

The Test of Steel, as a quasi-HitC equivalent, really needed something like that, and Sam Keith got the nod because he seems to be the guy I like doing this stuff with.

---

As for Remo, yeah. Good solid acquisition, or should be, and is likely to do well for himself - and has some really interesting potential feuds ahead, I think. There's a very short list of SWF names I'd want to bring into TCW; he happened to be both on it and abruptly too big for Richard Eisen to re-sign, so here he is. I need to stop signing in-ring talent, though, for a while...

Bigpapa42

03-14-2010, 08:37 PM

tristram

03-15-2010, 03:00 AM

Nice work with Sam Keith.

Glad to see Remo come through and go over. The more I explore the CVerse the more the name Remo Richardson strikes me as a quality prospect.

Another quality show, ..... yet again!

Phantom Stranger

03-15-2010, 08:11 PM

Good show, PS. Just gonna echo the already-stated sentiments - Sam Keith promo was very good, and I love the addition of Remo. He's a guy that I always wish I had done more with in my SWF diary. He features heavily, but I never got far enough for him to really stand on his own. There are so many interesting things you can do with such a high-profile signing - really looking forward to seeing things play out.

Nice work with Sam Keith.

Glad to see Remo come through and go over. The more I explore the CVerse the more the name Remo Richardson strikes me as a quality prospect.

Another quality show, ..... yet again!

My thanks to you both, guys.

I'm excited about Crunch Time, but then at the moment I'm usually excited about what's coming next. It's time to start lining things up for events coming in the new year, so watch this space... Remo promises to be the catalyst for two or three shifts in other workers.

Phantom Stranger

03-15-2010, 09:55 PM

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Tuesday 22nd October 2008

Sam Keith is waiting with a broad smile and open arms as Remo arrives at the arena for tonight's show. His first appearance anywhere with TCW, and Remo is ready.

He seems just as happy to see Sam, ultimately; but then, he should; as the head booker at the competition when Remo was recruited, Sam Keith has been one of Remo's biggest backers for the past six years.

Interesting to see what happens afterward; Chris is greeted with a grin and a foam rubber Lobster Warrior hat; Remo explains it as “on clearance so why not?”

Rick Law stops over and shakes his hand; they spend a couple of minutes exchanging anecdotes about Rich Money. Meanwhile, I'm watching the rest of the locker room; it's often a good way to gauge any trouble you might be letting yourself in for.

Oddly, the usual political suspects are quiet. Watching and waiting, I'd guess, to see how he's received before they decide whether or not to start pitching.

“My only regret,” Remo tells me, “is timing. Three months ago and I might've made it into the new video game here as well as with the SWF.”

He grins; I'm not sure whether he gets his kicks from the money or from seeing versions of himself out there. I've known both types, and the second is much easier to handle.

I guess, with time, I'll know.

Wallbanger

03-15-2010, 10:04 PM

Man, I've got to catch up with this, it had slipped off my list of regular reads; shame on me. Thanks for namedropping in the alt thread and reminding me of it.

If you'd ever like JL to make a cameo appearance in your version of the C-verse I'd be honored; I think you'd do her justice.

Phantom Stranger

03-16-2010, 09:06 AM

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Arguably the best American tag team today takes on arguably the best Canadian tag team today, as the Machines will kick off our Badge of Honor show facing the Elite Express, Bobby Thomas and Nate Johnson. The Express are newcomers to the company, but certainly not to tag team gold - they know exactly what they have to do.

And the tag team action will continue, as the Rising Stars look to pull one back on the School of Tradition. Aaron Andrews and Joey Minnesota both broke into the main event on Tuesday, hoping for a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship, but it wasn't to be. Can they get back to winning ways tonight?

Art Reed will be looking to prove himself against submission maestro Merle O'Curle on Badge of Honor. Those of you who like the traditional hold-for-hold game are encouraged to watch, as this one should be simply amazing.

In his continuing quest to pit himself against "the best of the rest" Mr Cornell once again goes up against a talented wrestler who's yet to break out from the pack in TCW. Hell Monkey will be trying to outwit the Syndicate head honcho this week - can he go one better than Aaron Andrews and pull out the win?

The Conquering Kings will be in action, too, taking on current tag team contenders the Easy Riders. The odds are stacked against Kingman and Alexander, but arguably, that's been when they've been at their best. Can they pull one out this time?

Remo Richardson will be in action again following his dazzling debut last week. Phil Vibert's 'supreme specimen' will face off with Danny Fonzarelli, a target hand-picked by Phil Vibert. Much as we support Danny, we have to say... it was nice knowing ya, champ.

And in the main event, Rick Law has accepted a challenge made by Floyd Goldworthy to take on his client, the American Buffalo. Law's been a game contender the last month, but it's obvious he's still feeling the injuries from his impromptu 'match' with Marat Khoklov - can he survive the Buffalo, let alone the likely-lurking School of Tradition?

Prediction Key:
Elite Express vs. The Machines

Rising Stars vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Merle O'Curle

Hell Monkey vs. Tommy Cornell

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Rick Law

Zergon

03-16-2010, 09:26 AM

Elite Express vs. The Machines
I found it really hard to predict against Machines in tag matches.

Rising Stars vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins
Win for the youngsters here

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Merle O'Curle
Merle haven´t done anything that make me think that he could beat Reed

Hell Monkey vs. Tommy Cornell
Monkey puts up a decent fight but this can only go one way.

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch
Riders are kept strong before their tag title match.

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
If Remo wins a ten man battle royal that includes guys like Bloodstone, Hill and Law then he have no trouble dealing with Fonzarelli in one-on-one match

American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Rick Law
I would usually go with Law but Buffalo needs a win and School might interference which would give Law a reason to lose here.

Bigpapa42

03-16-2010, 10:27 AM

Elite Express vs. The Machines

Rising Stars vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Merle O'Curle

Hell Monkey vs. Tommy Cornell

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Rick Law

Dragonmack

03-16-2010, 11:06 AM

Prediction Key:
Elite Express vs. The Machines

Rising Stars vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Merle O'Curle

Hell Monkey vs. Tommy Cornell

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Rick Law

Regis

03-16-2010, 01:00 PM

Prediction Key:
Elite Express vs. The Machines
The Express aren't established enough yet.

Rising Stars vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins
Andrews is in line for a big push, and Joey can make it big with a chance.

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Merle O'Curle
Merle remains a jobber for now.

Hell Monkey vs. Tommy Cornell
No, seriously.

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch
Remains a face vs. heel match for the championships.

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
Keep Remo strong after his big debut win.

American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Rick Law
It's his show, after all.

Tigerkinney

03-16-2010, 02:46 PM

Elite Express vs. The Machines

What Regis said

Rising Stars vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins

Could go either way here but I'll for the Rising Stars.

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Merle O'Curle

Midcarder over Jobber

Hell Monkey vs. Tommy Cornell

Another match where someone will raise their game to give Cornell and unexpectantly tough test but ultimately come up short.

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch

Easy Riders are the new number one contenders for the Tag Titles, so they should be kept strong.

Danny Fonzarelli vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

No way Remo loses in his first proper singles match.

American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Rick Law

The Lawman defeats TCW's biggest jobber.

Phantom Stranger

03-18-2010, 09:49 AM

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 4 October 2008

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 0.43)

Held at the West Texas Coliseum (Mid South)

Attendance: 2000 (Sold Out)

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Jasmine Saunders – Kyle Rhodes

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Elite Express vs. The Machines
It has to be said...

These four men have to be considered among the planet's premier tag teams. While the Express are still struggling to build an American following, they are, nonetheless, exceptional competitors with an innate understanding of one another's strategies.

And this match will probably help; the Machines may have reached a point where only their alliance, their brotherhood, keeps them a team, but they nonetheless have issues with the Express, who aren't afraid to pull any trick they have to – any trick at all.

Nonetheless, however, the Machines are, ultimately, good enough; an Ammo Dump for Nate Johnson followed by the King of the Hill leads to the win.
The Machines defeated Elite Express
Rating: B-

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Brent Hill immediately rolls to a seated position on the apron and calls for a microphone. Once one is tossed to him, he pulls himself upright, looking back to the entrance. “Johnny!” he calls. “Johnny Bloodstone – I want a word.”

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It takes a few moments, but Johnny Bloodstone emerges, Canadian World Heavyweight Championship belt around his waist, Blonde Bombshell by his side.

Hill pauses a moment, then shrugs. “What the hell,” he says. “You don't ask, you don't get – it worked last time.

“We know you're not going to be settling your score with Troy this month. But those belts... they're coming together sooner or later, right?”

Bloodstone nods slowly.

“Well,” Brent says, “the way I see it, you helped make Cornell tap. You're wearing a belt. You're as much a champion as Troy...

“So I want to be your first defence...” A grin. “And just maybe, your last defence.”

Bloodstone looks at him for a long moment, then turns to look at the Bombshell, who's looking back at him.

Simultaneously they break into broad smiles.

“I'll take that as a yes?” Hill asks, and Bloodstone nods, eyes gleaming.

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Rising Stars vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins
Hard fought, this, and close – so very close. Neither side gives an inch, but given their alliances and history, that's unsurprising.

The Stars have two big problems; first, Joel Bryant is one of those people who understands tag teams far better than any of the younger men, having spent so much of his career aligned with one man or another. And, second, Laura Huggins is becoming a constant presence; active, vocal, coming close, causing distraction after distraction

But Andrews and Minnesota rally back, with Minnesota handling the final moments, scooping Sean Deeley up for the Empire Spiral.

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Freddy Huggins arrives as he has so often at that moment and goes for the Huggins Kiss – and Deeley catches it full in the face! Laura Huggins screams in what might be panic or indignation in the long, still moment where everyone realises what just happened, before they react.

The Empire Spiral follows and Aaron Andrews tosses Freddy from the ring – and blocks Bryant's interference with a spinebuster. As Eugene Williams makes the three count, Rhodes and Saunders get into an argument over whether or not Huggins was aiming for Minnesota... or Deeley.
Rising Stars defeated School of Tradition
Rating: C+

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Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Merle O'Curle
Something of a mat clinic follows. O'Curle remains winless in TCW, but once again seems to be taking his target to the very limit – Reed barely managing to pull out the Dread Lock at the finish.
Art Reed defeated Merle O'Curle
Rating: C

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Hell Monkey vs. Tommy Cornell
Once again, one of 'the best of the rest' faces up with Cornell.

And once again, the results are fantastic – even taking Tommy Cornell into account. Aaron Andrews seemed to have youth, determination, and fire on his side. He had an understanding of Tommy's style gleaned from years wrestling in the company the man owns.

And that was how he gave Cornell the battle he did; he knew Tommy. He fights in ways that are derived, partly, from Tommy Cornell.

Hell Monkey doesn't have that knowledge, but his unique blend of brutal throws and slams with incredible airtime and astonishing flying abilities means that Cornell finds himself dealing with someone he just doesn't understand, and the battle causes serious issues for him for quite a while.

He's lucky, ultimately, that the Tumbling Monkey misses, wiping Hell Monkey out. As he staggers back to his feet, Cornell grabs him and lands the Rough Ride – and that's all she wrote.
Tommy Cornell defeated Hell Monkey
Rating: A

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Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen
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Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch
The bell rings, and Clark Alexander comes off the second rope with a dropkick, staggering Peter Hopper.

And the Kings capitalise on that in the early going, showing how fast their teamwork is evolving, doing their level best to keep the big men off balance. Springsteen at ringside is vocal, encouraging them, offering advice – somewhat lewd advice – while Carl Batch is a silent presence in his team's corner.

After a little while, Batch grabs the second rope near a Barry Kingman who's attempting to make Billy Fonda submit. Kingman reacts instantly, releasing the hold, turning toward him – and Hopper takes his head off with a boot.

Just as quickly as that, the tide turns. The Riders brutalise both men in short order, eventually picking Kingman back up to land the Emergency Stop and guarantee themselves a pinfall.
Easy Riders defeated Conquering Kings
Rating: C-

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The cameras go backstage at this point; Mayhem Midden's... well, office is too grand a term. He's got his feet up on the desk, as has Charlie Thatcher, and the two men are watching proceedings with beer cans clutched in their hands.

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Midden smiles at the camera and opens his mouth, about to begin a promo – and the door swings open. He breaks off, glancing up to see Ricky Dale Johnson standing there, frowning.

“Can I help you, Ricky?” Midden asks, reaching down beside his chair. “Beer?” He proffers a can.

RDJ shakes his head. “You know,” he says quietly, “I've been in and out of the title picture in TCW for the past, what, four years?

“And then you come along, and I haven't had a single shot since. Why is that?”

Midden frowns slightly, and opens his mouth. RDJ continues.

“I haven't had a shot at a shot,” he says. “You just had a battle royale... and I'm overlooked... but Eric Tyler gets in? You let Chris Rockwell take a shot at getting away from me?

“I'll tell you this, Ken. If I'd been in there... Remo would've had a harder time of it.

“I'm a former champion, Ken. I'm not demanding respect... but I'd like a chance to earn some.”

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Danny Fonzarelli vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
Fonzie... does his best.

Remo, however, just goes for him. Egged on by Phil, taunting the crowd, causing a huge backlash from the fans, he close to destroys his opponent then caps it off with the Destroyer.

His pincover uses a single hand on Fonzie's chest, and he gets away with it.
Remo Richardson defeated Danny Fonzarelli
Rating: B+

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American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Rick Law
Pretty short, pretty sweet; the Buffalo goes after the still-hurting Law from the off, keeping him off balance, continuing to dish out pain as hard and fast as he can. The two are awkward together, it has to be said, but they do their best to rise above that.

It takes a while before the Total Lawman, as some call him, turns the tide, but he does, even managing to get Buffalo off his feet for the Squad Car Slam – though Buffalo powers out, nonetheless. Law promptly kicks him in the gut and hits the ropes for the Long Arm of the Law – starts off the ropes -

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- runs headlong into a chair swung by Eric Tyler. Sam Sparrow calls an immediate DQ and tries to wrench the chair from Tyler's hands...
Rick Law won by DQ
Rating: C+

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Law makes it back to his feet while Tyler's still trying to wrest the chair from Sam Sparrow, and promptly flattens Tyler with a big punch.

He calls for a microphone, frowning heavily. “OK,” he says. “Fine. You and me, we finish this. Crunch Time, I'm going to finish this.”

It's not a typical Rick Law speech. Not at all.

And he stands silently over Eric Tyler as the show closes out.

Show Rating: B-

Phantom Stranger

03-19-2010, 05:59 PM

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Saturday 27th October 2008
Been on the phone with Cliff Anderson most of the morning, talking things over. Ultimately, it's time to bring back some of our developmental prospects; nowhere near all, but we need a few new faces. The pecking order needs altering, somewhat.

I've talked, I think, before now about giving people multiple developmental stints – as with Natural Talent, who are now in their second short stint with Cliff, Steve, Pete, Bairei, Louis and Masutaro, and who will hopefully return to us in a more successful form, having had a chance to fade from the public's memories of them as permanent losers in the division.

We're bringing up another tag team for the first time at the moment – two young lads who Randall Hopkirk will be managing, to both give the division a couple more faces to counterbalance the heel teams and give Randall something to do. He remains a solid talker, and indeed since retiring from active competition it seems like he's taken measures to step up his game in that regard.

So the question is, do I send a couple of the tag lads down for a bit more polish? If I do, who heads down?

This is why, when Cliff and I talk, it takes us half the day.

Choices, always choices. Who's ready for callup? Out of that group, who will fit into the roster at the moment? Or who could be repackaged so that they would? (Not everyone fits every gimmick. Sean Deeley was a perfect fit for the School of Tradition. A couple of the other guys working under Cliff right now – Des Davids being an obvious one; not to knock him at all – could not have fitted into Eric's stable at all, and I'd have ended up using... I don't know; someone veteran, probably, to be Joel's new partner – which wouldn't be leading to the current angle...)

Marc Speed is, I believe, ready to be a solid member of the roster. But there's nowhere, right now, that I could put him which would help him; so he's going to be passed over for a little while yet.

Not that Marc will come in beating everyone; we'll still need to establish him. But he's likely to do well, at least, from the beginning.

Phantom Stranger

03-20-2010, 09:06 PM

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It's everyone's Trending Topic on Twitter, one way or another. It's a buzzword. It's irritating to read that kind of bragging, right?

We thought so too. So let's just cut to the chase. What will Crunch Time deliver Sunday night on Pay-Per-View?

Ricky Dale Johnson's name is synonymous with TCW, and while he's been away from the championship of late, his win rate is as stunning as it always has been. Called out by Chris Rockwell this past month, he's in position to pay the motormouth back - but a loss here cut could those championship dreams short once again and hand them to Rockwell, and for all that Rockwell has an ego, his talent is undeniable.

They won the Tag Team Contendership tournament. Hell, they've practically crushed everyone in their way throughout the month. The Easy Riders have a new manager and a new - no, not new, but intensified - attitude, and they're coming right at the New Wave. Meanwhile, the Wave weathered the storm that was the School of Tradition - maybe they can hold out against these destructive forces?

This next grudge made it to pay-per-view before now, but that wasn't enough to settle it. This time, however, tempers are running hotter. When Rick Law gets into the ring with Eric Tyler - under stipulations, named by Tyler following Law's challenge, that we've just been told are Last Man Standing - can that end the bad blood running through Badge of Honor? Can anything?

Edd Stone has been a surprisingly durable champion for someone who seems so carefree about planning his defences. But Frankie Perez, for such a newcomer, has been proving himself every time, win or lose. With the All-Action Championship on the line, will Perez prove himself in victory or acquit himself well in defeat?

A rematch from last month, where it rapidly became a DQ; the Disrespected will again take on Wolf Hawkins and Sammy Bach. Bach really does seem to be racking up those favours with the Syndicate's favourite son, doesn't he?

John Anderson has let it be known that he will be making an open challenge to defend the International Championship at Crunch Time, his one stipulation being that the challenger may not have another match at the show.

His ally, Brent Hill, has garnered himself a different title match; Johnny Bloodstone's... claim to the... World Heavyweight Championship will be on the line against Brent Hill. Sooner or later, the World Heavyweight Championship will be fully reunited - but Brent Hill has a chance to buy a ticket to that dance on Sunday.

Their war has been the most dangerous thing seen on TCW for the last three months. Tyson Baine is truly unstoppable... Unless you're Eddie Peak. But Peak can't get the upper hand either; and now, they've taken to weaponry. A six-foot long steel chain, links one inch across, will be legal in their match at Crunch Time. Surely, one behemoth or the other will fall...

In eleven years of HGC and TCW, the Test of Steel has been employed only nine times. It's said that the Board of Representatives once ruled that, as they did not believe more than one rivalry worthy of it could possibly emerge within a single year, it can never be defended more than once in a calendar year - but it has been employed still less often. Sam Keith. Tommy Cornell. We honestly don't believe we need to say any more.

And in the main event, the World Heavyweight Champion, once and thus by tradition present, Troy Tornado, defends his stake and his new title belt against Jeremy Stone of the Syndicate and Phil Vibert's lethal, brutal, potentially unstoppable 'supreme specimen' Remo Richardson. Has the Triple-Threat Champion finally bitten off more than he can chew?

Prediction Key:
Chris Rockwell vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

TCW Tag Team Championship
New Wave (c) vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch

LAST MAN STANDING
Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rick Law

TCW All Action Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Frankie Perez

The Disrespected vs. Sammy Bach & Wolf Hawkins

TCW International Championship
John Anderson vs. ????

TCW World Heavyweight Championship (Canadian Belt)*
Johnny Bloodstone (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Brent Hill

CHAIN MATCH
Eddie Peak vs. Tyson Baine

TEST OF STEEL
Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Tommy Cornell

TCW World Heavyweight Championship (Standing Champion)*
Troy Tornado (c) vs. Jeremy Stone vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

* - Yeah, we know. Has to be some way to differentiate the belts, right?

Bigpapa42

03-20-2010, 09:11 PM

Looking forward to the PPV, PS.

Chris Rockwell vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

TCW Tag Team Championship
New Wave (c) vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch

LAST MAN STANDING
Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rick Law

TCW All Action Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Frankie Perez

The Disrespected vs. Sammy Bach & Wolf Hawkins

TCW International Championship
John Anderson vs. ????

TCW World Heavyweight Championship (Canadian Belt)*
Johnny Bloodstone (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Brent Hill

CHAIN MATCH
Eddie Peak vs. Tyson Baine

TEST OF STEEL
Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Tommy Cornell

TCW World Heavyweight Championship (Standing Champion)*
Troy Tornado (c) vs. Jeremy Stone vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

Lo-Drew

03-20-2010, 09:32 PM

Chris Rockwell vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

TCW Tag Team Championship
New Wave (c) vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch

LAST MAN STANDING
Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rick Law

TCW All Action Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Frankie Perez

The Disrespected vs. Sammy Bach & Wolf Hawkins

TCW International Championship
John Anderson vs. ????

TCW World Heavyweight Championship (Canadian Belt)*
Johnny Bloodstone (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Brent Hill

CHAIN MATCH
Eddie Peak vs. Tyson Baine

TEST OF STEEL
Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Tommy Cornell

TCW World Heavyweight Championship (Standing Champion)*
Troy Tornado (c) vs. Jeremy Stone vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

Phantom Stranger

03-20-2010, 09:42 PM

Looking forward to the PPV, PS.

You know, I've gotta say - if I lived in the C-Verse, I would HAVE to order this one on PPV. I've felt that since about Hotter Than Hell, though, so YMMV.

The one thing I can say, really, is that currently, five of the advance booked matches rate A* Heat. I have a suspicion we'll burn folks out, but it's worth the shot.

Bigpapa42

03-20-2010, 11:49 PM

You know, I've gotta say - if I lived in the C-Verse, I would HAVE to order this one on PPV. I've felt that since about Hotter Than Hell, though, so YMMV.

The one thing I can say, really, is that currently, five of the advance booked matches rate A* Heat. I have a suspicion we'll burn folks out, but it's worth the shot.

No, I concur. You've done a great job of putting together matches I would actually love to see, and with storylines that make them feel important.

I wouldn't worry too much about the A* rated advance booking. I've had that happen a few times and it doesn't seem to kill things off in my experience.

Zergon

03-21-2010, 02:57 AM

Chris Rockwell vs. Ricky Dale Johnson
I could see this one going either way but I go woth RDJ

TCW Tag Team Championship
New Wave (c) vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch
It might be a time for new champions here

LAST MAN STANDING
Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rick Law
I believe that Law should win this feud

TCW All Action Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Frankie Perez
I wasn´t expecting heel vs. heel but Perez would be a good champion.

The Disrespected vs. Sammy Bach & Wolf Hawkins
I just don´t see Disrespected beat either Wolf or Bach and definitely not both.

TCW International Championship
John Anderson vs. ????
I go against my better judgement here and predict against the mystery man

TCW World Heavyweight Championship (Canadian Belt)*
Johnny Bloodstone (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Brent Hill
Hill haven´t done enough to get a belt here

CHAIN MATCH
Eddie Peak vs. Tyson Baine
This is going to be brutal but Baine seems to have a little bigger push at the moment

TEST OF STEEL
Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Tommy Cornell
I like Keith but I think that Cornell should take this one

TCW World Heavyweight Championship (Standing Champion)*
Troy Tornado (c) vs. Jeremy Stone vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
I already have predicted two title changes so Tornado will retain here

Tigerkinney

03-21-2010, 05:05 AM

Wow, this really is a stacked card !!

Chris Rockwell vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

I see Rockwell getting a cheap victory here to keep this feud alive and frustratingly for RDJ keep him out of the title picture.

TCW Tag Team Championship
New Wave (c) vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch

Easy Riders could win this, but I'm still siding with the New Wave to retain.

LAST MAN STANDING
Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rick Law

In these sort of feuds, most of the time the good guy wins out in the end. The only time the heel wins, is if the face is heading down the card and the heel is heading up, that's not the case here.

TCW All Action Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Frankie Perez

Just don't see the title changing hands on a heel vs heel match up.

The Disrespected vs. Sammy Bach & Wolf Hawkins

Time to put this feud to bed, the Disrespected are never going to be over enough to go over both Bach & Hawkins without the loss damaging two of the promotions best young talents.

TCW International Championship
John Anderson vs. ????

The safe bet here is for John Anderson to retain the belt, I'll be surprised if you have any more surprise signings lined up, unless you might end up with a BigPapa42 Generation Supreme super bloated roster that will have to result in a brand split :p Hang on perhaps where thats where this whole two World Title's thing is heading

TCW World Heavyweight Championship (Canadian Belt)*
Johnny Bloodstone (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Brent Hill

I can't see past Bloodstone retaining the belt here, Hill is a good talent but he's not the man to end Bloodstone's reign as 'champion'.

CHAIN MATCH
Eddie Peak vs. Tyson Baine

Baine as the Syndicate's enforcer is enjoying the stronger push right now and that seems as good a reason as any to back him to win here.

TEST OF STEEL
Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Tommy Cornell

So tempted to go for Keith to get the big emotional victory here but my head says Tommy C.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship (Standing Champion)*
Troy Tornado (c) vs. Jeremy Stone vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

Out of the two 'World' Title matches this is the one where I think the belt is most likely to change hands but I still see Tornado emerging from this match still the champion despite the tough task he has in front of him.

Dragonmack

03-21-2010, 10:02 AM

BYU 14

03-21-2010, 10:44 AM

Chris Rockwell vs. Ricky Dale Johnson
Pretty much a toss up

TCW Tag Team Championship
New Wave (c) vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch
There time might be drawing near, but not yet.

LAST MAN STANDING
Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rick Law
Benefits more from the win

TCW All Action Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Frankie Perez
Predicting a Title change, Perez is a good choice for this belt

The Disrespected vs. Sammy Bach & Wolf Hawkins
Should be an easy win

TCW International Championship
John Anderson vs. ????
Going by the over three question mark rule here

TCW World Heavyweight Championship (Canadian Belt)*
Johnny Bloodstone (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Brent Hill
easy defense for JB

CHAIN MATCH
Eddie Peak vs. Tyson Baine
Another toss up, have to go with Baine as he is in the stronger position

TEST OF STEEL
Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Tommy Cornell
It's still his company

TCW World Heavyweight Championship (Standing Champion)*
Troy Tornado (c) vs. Jeremy Stone vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
This will be a wild one, but I will srick with the Champ

PeterHilton

03-21-2010, 10:46 AM

Regis

03-21-2010, 12:15 PM

Chris Rockwell vs. Ricky Dale Johnson
Rockwell can afford the loss - I think it's time for RDJ to prove himself and get back to the top again.

TCW Tag Team Championship
New Wave (c) vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch
An outside chance, but if anyone can take down The New Wave it's the Riders.

LAST MAN STANDING
Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rick Law
Draw. Why? Same reason most LMS matches are draws.

TCW All Action Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Frankie Perez
Seriously, it's Edd Stone.

The Disrespected vs. Sammy Bach & Wolf Hawkins
DQ, talent, whatever, they're just better.

TCW International Championship
John Anderson vs. ????
Guessing just someone on the roster, not a new guy. Anderson's quality keeps him on top.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship (Canadian Belt)
Johnny Bloodstone (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Brent Hill
Bloodstone is awesome, he's not going to lose so soon.

CHAIN MATCH
Eddie Peak vs. Tyson Baine
This feud ends how it's been going all the way. Baine gets the flukey win, while Peak is clearly the better man.

TEST OF STEEL
Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Tommy Cornell
I think this may finally be where Tommy takes it - although Keith still leaves the champ.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship (Standing Champion)
Troy Tornado (c) vs. Jeremy Stone vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
So temptes to predict for Remo, but Tornado's all-round skills will carry the day here, I think.

Beeker

03-21-2010, 04:22 PM

I've been lax in my horrible predicting... so here goes... even if I'm not a fan of the name Crunch Time it's got a good logo and a great card.

Chris Rockwell vs. Ricky Dale Johnson
- RDJ is getting older and Rockwell ain't young either... so I think now is the time to push Rockwell while RDJ has enough cache with the fans to rebound... eventually... maybe.

TCW Tag Team Championship
New Wave (c) vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch
- New manager for the new team means new champions. Sorry New Wave.

LAST MAN STANDING
Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rick Law
- I'm not a fan of Law but he needs a feel good win at this point to put some closure on this feud.

TCW All Action Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Frankie Perez
- Edd's established himself as a fun-loving goofball. This will help establish Perez as a viable threat while Edd will happily go fight someone else or disappear to party for a month or chat up the souvenir babe or...

The Disrespected vs. Sammy Bach & Wolf Hawkins
- Sorry the Disrespected just are not in the same class as Bachkins.

TCW International Championship
John Anderson vs. ????
- I never bet against ?, never ever against four ?s!

TCW World Heavyweight Championship (Canadian Belt)*
Johnny Bloodstone (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Brent Hill
- Hill comes close but Bloodstone's got some real storyline potential by being the submission demon.

CHAIN MATCH
Eddie Peak vs. Tyson Baine
- Because I mark for monkeypox's Great White Shark. And it's gonna be a pretty bad night for the Syndicate.

TEST OF STEEL
Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Tommy Cornell
- Owner's perks as he gets his win back.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship (Standing Champion)*
Troy Tornado (c) vs. Jeremy Stone vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
- I'm tempted to have Tornado lose this but I just get the feeling that somehow, someway he finds a way to retain. Star Maker outta nowhere!

Sudo_Nym

03-21-2010, 04:35 PM

Damn, what a card.

Chris Rockwell vs. Ricky Dale Johnson
Cheating to win

TCW Tag Team Championship
New Wave (c) vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch
Starting a new feud, as the New Wave become the first team to stop the Riders.

LAST MAN STANDING
Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rick Law
Normally, I'd pick a draw here, but I think this feud's gone on long enough, and needs to be blown off.

TCW All Action Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Frankie Perez
Stone's had it for long enough, and this makes for a good feud. Besides, Frankie deserves to finally win something.

The Disrespected vs. Sammy Bach & Wolf Hawkins
This feud is entirely one sided, and for good reason; Bach and Hawkins are the future, while Grayson and Powell aren't good for much outside of jobbing.

TCW International Championship
John Anderson vs. ????
Normally, I pick the mystery contender, but being a championship match complicates things.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship (Canadian Belt)*
Johnny Bloodstone (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Brent Hill
Brent Hill is over the hill, unfortunately. I think time has run out on him getting a championship run.

CHAIN MATCH
Eddie Peak vs. Tyson Baine
Peak needs to be pushed into the main event.

TEST OF STEEL
Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Tommy Cornell
Keith is probably getting close to retirement, and Cornell should be back into the title picture, with two faces currently clogging the scene.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship (Standing Champion)*
Troy Tornado (c) vs. Jeremy Stone vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
Troy wins by pinning Stone, so Remo can still be an unstoppable monster, leading Vibert to get him a one-on-one matchup with Troy at the next PPV.

James Casey

03-21-2010, 05:31 PM

Chris Rockwell vs. Ricky Dale Johnson You like Rockwell, but feel obliged to push RDJ so...

TCW Tag Team Championship
New Wave (c) vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch New Wave are the class of the division. Honestly, if you're going to dethrone them, it's not the Riders who'll be the ones.

LAST MAN STANDING
Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rick Law As much as we all love Eric, he's on the retirement tour and Law is one to be put over

TCW All Action Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Frankie Perez In the absence of Edd being shown as better than the AA belt, he'll keep it for now. Further fuel to the Syndicate fire.

The Disrespected vs. Sammy Bach & Wolf Hawkins Just a guess. Normally I'd go the other way, but I have a sneaking feeling that Grayson (meh) and Powell (yay) could sneak this based on the build

TCW International Championship
John Anderson vs. ???? Not a new signing, and not anyone else on the show... Ino, right?

TCW World Heavyweight Championship (Canadian Belt)*
Johnny Bloodstone (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Brent Hill A tought but survivable defence for JB

CHAIN MATCH
Eddie Peak vs. Tyson Baine Seems like I keep picking Peak to finish off Baine, but this time at least the feud should be over

TEST OF STEEL
Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Tommy Cornell No title on the line, right? In any case, this is Keith's 'farewell' match as I can't see anything he does after this coming close

TCW World Heavyweight Championship (Standing Champion)*
Troy Tornado (c) vs. Jeremy Stone vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert You can't debut Remo and have him win in a three-way. You can't have Stone take the belt without a stronger build. So Tornado takes it to set up the rematch with Bloodstone and (I suspect) more shenanigans

Phantom Stranger

03-21-2010, 06:12 PM

I'm trying not to comment too much on predictions while contests are still open, but there's a couple things I feel are worth mentioning here.

I've been lax in my horrible predicting... so here goes... even if I'm not a fan of the name Crunch Time it's got a good logo and a great card.

Shoulda mentioned this - logo credit, as ever, goes to hakk99. Crunch Time is, I'll concede, not a great name - but this event was previously called Threatening Behaviour and I have the same kinda issue with that I do with Just Another Day? - they both sound like stuff that's, well, kinda default in the world of pro wrasslin'.

Wow, this really is a stacked card !!

Ayup. Part of this is that Crunch Time, as a rebranding, should be kicked off with a big hard-sell, to my mind. Part of it's that we're beginning to build the Road to Malice in Wonderland here, too. And part of it is that I'm getting wildly overenthusiastic.

TCW International Championship
John Anderson vs. ????
Guessing just someone on the roster, not a new guy. Anderson's quality keeps him on top.

It's not a new signing. Any more debuts are likely to be from developmental for the next little while - I feel like I've got enough talent on the roster. So ???? here is absolutely someone who's with the company and who has been seen in this diary already. Just a mention to clarify, there.

Also, eleven predictions. Holy crap.

smurphy1014

03-21-2010, 06:31 PM

Candyman

03-21-2010, 07:19 PM

Oregano Jensen

03-24-2010, 02:15 AM

Chris Rockwell vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

RDJ kicks off the show and his return to the spotlight.

TCW Tag Team Championship
New Wave (c) vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch

The New Wave have been champs, like, forever.

LAST MAN STANDING
Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rick Law

Tyler doesn't need the rub.

TCW All Action Championship
Edd Stone (c) vs. Frankie Perez

I like Perez, but he doesn't currently seem like a champion to me.

The Disrespected vs. Sammy Bach & Wolf Hawkins

As always... more like The Justifiably Disrespected.

TCW International Championship
John Anderson vs. ????

If this is Ino, I want to see him win a belt. If it's not Ino... eh, question marks!

TCW World Heavyweight Championship (Canadian Belt)*
Johnny Bloodstone (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Brent Hill

How could Brent Hill have a Canadian belt?

CHAIN MATCH
Eddie Peak vs. Tyson Baine

I don't think putting Baine over Peak does anyone any good.

TEST OF STEEL
Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Tommy Cornell

Sam Keith won't be around forever, you know.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship (Standing Champion)*
Troy Tornado (c) vs. Jeremy Stone vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

Hell, there's no shame in Remo losing this one... but it doesn't exactly give him the push either. And if he wins, how awesome is he?

Phantom Stranger

03-24-2010, 11:52 PM

Apologies for the delay, folks. Work has absolutely kicked my ass in terms of taking my free time thus far this week... hoping to get it all done soonish and posted.

cmdrsam

03-25-2010, 03:20 PM

No excuses, get the show posted or suffer a Long Arm of the Law. :p
Still enjoying the work you are doing Phantom.

Wallbanger

03-26-2010, 04:08 PM

Phantom Stranger

03-28-2010, 11:34 PM

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TCW Presents Crunch Time

Sunday Week 4 October 2008

Live on U-Demand, Jade 237, Rivera Pay Television, V-Corp (2.76)

Held at the Greenwalt Dome (Tri State)

Attendance: 50,000 (Sold Out)

Announcers:
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A video package opens the show. Similar to the clips from the end of Tuesday's broadcast, this one is a little tighter, a little slicker. Remo features a little more heavily. The real focal points, though, are the new championship belts around the waists of Johnny Bloodstone and Troy Tornado and the bloodstained chain used by both Eddie Peak and Tyson Baine. Intercut with this is archive footage of the Test of Steel combined with clips from the Keith/Cornell war.

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Chris Rockwell vs. Ricky Dale Johnson
RDJ seems to be furious at the moment, and that leaves Rockwell on the back foot here. He plays a cagey game, and he does well with it – but RDJ is just on fire, and as Crunch Time gets under way the fans see something they can absolutely get behind as the old favourite wins through – though it takes all his best moves in a row to do it.
Ricky Dale Johnson defeated Chris Rockwell
Rating: B

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Quite simply, a hell of a brawl. Early on, Scout pairs off with Hopper, and Hopper does some great work throwing punches until Scout manages to turn the tide, slowly shifting gears until such time as he's ready to go for a neckbreaker, slowly turning the bigger man around. Just as the turn's complete and the move is set up, Guide dives in, hitting Hopper in the gut with the Guided Missile as Scout drops, and Hopper's left clutching his gut.

Fonda breaks up the pinfall, however, and the Riders show teamwork of their own, slowly turning the tide back into their favour with their own big double teams. That lasts until Guide really gets going, at which point the whole thing becomes a real brawl.

Carl Batch, after a while, seems to shake his head. Two chairs rapidly appear in the ring, and Hopper grabs one, dropping both Guide and Scout with shots to the head as the DQ is drawn.

Batch seems to want more, demanding it, and Fonda sets the other chair up. They scoop Guide up again and prep him for the Emergency Stop, bringing him down from high into the air onto the chair, leaving it a mangled, broken mess under him as they stalk back to the locker room. “Next time,” Batch calls aloud.
New Wave defeated Easy Riders by DQ
Rating: C+

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Tommy Cornell, Wolf Hawkins, Jeremy Stone, the Enforcers and Tyson Baine are present in the interview room. Baine, somewhat notably, is wearing a noose made of chain links around his neck, pacing up and down, occasionally pausing to glower at the camera.

“Troy Tornado,” Cornell begins, “is a piece of ****.”

As Azaria scrambles to apologise to the listeners for his language on pay-per-view, Cornell continues. “But that's OK because, to borrow a phrase we used to use a lot down Selhurst Park, he's going home in a ****ing ambulance.”

The Enforcers smirk at that, and start up an obviously-coached chant after the manner of the best (for which, read most bloodthirsty) football chants the United Kingdom ever produced.

“He's not the only one,” Wolf Hawkins grins.

“No,” Tommy nods. “See, Mayhem – you blocked me and Tyson from challenging for titles? Fine. OK. I've always said Wolf was the future, and maybe it's time for the future to be now. But the Canadian Wrestling Machine – he's not a thing of the past.” Stone shakes his head.

“Edd's a fine, fine wrestler,” he says, “but he shouldn't be the only Stone with a title. Whatever happens, before the year is out I intend he and I to have belts around our waists.”

“So...” Cornell's face twists for a moment as if tasting something sour. “I guess that means Tyson and me, we'll pick up whatever's left outside the Syndicate in another five months. But right now – we've all got targets, son.”

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The big lawman's arm is still taped up as he comes out to the ring. Tyler stares him down impassively, and as the bell rings, steps forward; Law boots him in the gut, grabs him with the other arm, and DDTs him.

That sets both the tone and the pace. It's big moves from both sides, with major impact throughout, and not a lot of letup. Tyler, naturally enough, concentrates on the weakened arm – notably at one point handing it to a Laura Huggins on the apron, who promptly drops to the floor, whiplashing Law's shoulder off the top rope.

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That one almost does it, but Rick manages to make it back to his feet. Tyler promptly turns to the entrance ramp and beckons; Acid charges down to the ring and rolls in as Law boots Tyler over the top rope.

He has a quick go-round with Acid for a short while and seems to have the upper hand, though Laura Huggins keeps it under control with quick interference, and when Tyler makes it to his feet in time to break the count – well, things briefly look bleak.

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But Art Reed is there with a pair of crisp dropkicks, taking Tyler down then Acid. The pair of them manage to drive the masked man away, and Reed brawls him back up the ramp as the two men square off once again. Law manages to get the upper hand – Squad Car Slam – but Tyler is up at 8. A Weight of Tradition brainbuster sees Law not make it back until nine.

Laura Huggins hands Tyler a chair and he readies it -

LONG ARM OF THE LAW!

It went into the chair and straight into Tyler's face. Both men drop in clear agony, and neither one can recover inside ten. Neither of them could have recovered inside twenty.
Eric Tyler drew with Rick Law
Rating: B

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Wolf Hawkins is now dressed for competition. He leans against a wall beside a door, arms folded, looking impatient. Looking toward the camera, he speaks.

“Right about now I asked for time so I could explain why I'm fine with beating down Stevie and Teddy again,” he begins. “For which Sammy was meant to be here, but right now-”

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“There you are,” comes a voice, but it isn't Sammy Bach. Sam Keith, rather, steps into view. Wolf falls unconsciously into a fighting stance.

“What do you want?”

Keith half-smiles, and around the world, watching on PPV feeds, fans from the 1980s and 1990s recognise that smile. It's the smile of the master of the mind game. Sam Keith never delivered his lines with conviction – not until he came to TCW – but he was, so often, booked as the man who didn't need to be an incredible persuader. He just found that one weak link in someone's game plan, their attitude... and asked a single question. Let that question fester.

“Tommy's been doing all these tests,” he says quietly. “Aaron Andrews. Hell Monkey, whatever kind of name that is. I hear he's already lined up a few more this coming month.”

“So?”

“I think you need to ask yourself why, Wolf,” he smiles. “Tommy never wanted a Syndicate too big, just big enough to keep control. He had Tyson on line and he kept him out – until I left.

“He had Jeremy interested, hooked even, and he held off on bringing him in until he needed to.

“Same thing with the Enforcers.”

Hawkins looks back at him, entirely stony faced. “Meaning?”

“Meaning this, Wolf,” he says. “I knew about the Enforcers. I knew Tommy had them lined up, in case John or Brent got the wrong idea. I didn't know about Tyson, and I didn't know about Jeremy – because they were in line to replace me.

“I know who he's got in mind if Edd Stone ever walks off, too. But he never had anyone in mind for you, Wolf.”

The youngster preens at this, for just a moment. And then Keith continues.

“So whose spot is he auditioning for, Wolf? You wouldn't know, any more than I knew about Jeremy... Not if it was yours.”

Keith smiles, and nods, and steps back. “Good luck tonight,” he says. “You've always been an incredible wrestler, and you'll go far... when you get yourself stood on your own feet.”

And with that he's gone. Hawkins looks after him, thoughtful, and swallows. Turning back to the camera, he opens his mouth -

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And the door opens, and Sammy Bach emerges, followed by the sound of girlish giggling. “Sorry,” he says. “I miss it? We outta time?”

Hawkins sighs, and nods.

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Edd Stone is still one of the most innovative talents in the business. Perhaps it's symptomatic of that that the Master of Edd Fu never uses the same techniques in one match that proved useful in his last – a true shame here, as Frankie Perez is the equal to what he produces here.

Compensating, Stone goes to more and more eccentric offence, and for a time that works, but in the end, he goes for a handspring move of some kind – and Frankie catches him in the head with a brutal mule kick. Edd turns a full circle before hitting the mat once, and flips again before his emotion is stalled.

Perez grabs him by the hair and yanks him forcefully into the centre of the ring, delivering another kick to the head before applying the P-Clutch to take the win – and his first TCW gold, won in around nine months' tenure.
Frankie Perez defeated Edd Stone
Rating: C+

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The camera briefly grants the audience a glimpse of championship contender Remo Richardson pummelling a punchbag in preparation for his match. In the background is a TV set on which Phil Vibert has paused footage of the last match; he leans forward, studying the moment of Perez' big kick, and starts to make notes in that spiral-bound book of his.

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Disrespected vs. Sammy Bach and Wolf Hawkins
The Disrespected get a crowd reaction not much above that which they came in with; it's not particularly horrible, but they simply haven't made an impression – not a good sign for their support in this match and, indeed, Bach and Hawkins both get some support, some cheers – something which, six months ago, would have been inconceivable. Wolf takes longer about his entrance than usual, seeming to take this in.

And then they get to work. It's a perfectly servicable pacy, punchy tag team match – but at least two of the men in the ring are capable of so much more than that.

It ends more cleanly than last month; Sammy seems to be on foreign object patrol, cutting off all Teddy's attempts to bring them into the ring, and in the end Wolf Hawkins gets the Full Moon Rising on Stevie Grayson, picking up the pinfall.
Sammy Bach & Wolf Hawkins defeated the Disrespected
Rating: B-

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And at that point comes familiar music, as John Anderson emerges to the Machines' anthem, the duo still clearly great allies.

The International Champion has his belt with him and he's ready to fight; he collects a microphone and climbs into the ring.

“What you see here,” he says, “is the latest belt signifying something that is as old as this company.

“It signifies that I've beaten the men who held it before. That I've beaten the men who came to take it from me – and that this fine company is proud to recognise me as a champion.

“That second part... that's where the honor comes from. Consider who else has that honor, or who has in the past. Troy Tornado. Ricky Dale Johnson. Sam Keith. Bryan Vessey. Rip Chord. Dread. Sam Strong.

“The list goes on and on, and there are so many people on that list who I am proud to have joined.

“But I do not deserve to wear this belt if I am not a champion. If I am not willing to defend it.

“Seems that this month, I have not been given an opponent. So it's time for me to ask for one.

“If you're free, if you're hungry, if the right to wear this belt means as much to you as it does to me – then you're welcome to come out here and try your luck.”

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New music hits. The man who emerges is not new to the company, nor even to singles competition – but his focus is clearly new. Sean Deeley comes down to the ring, accompanied by a smiling Laura Huggins, with some confidence on his face.

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John Anderson © vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
And the resulting match is solid, good and quick, with crisp moves – but the ending is not one guaranteed to keep the fans enthusiastic.

With Anderson and Deeley having shown themselves to be roughly equal in ability through this contest, Sean steps up his game after Laura Huggins catches Anderson's foot. The result is quite the assault, and John never gets his feet back under him – but, as Deeley goes for a rarity, a superplex, Anderson does counter, sending him to the mat.

Laura Huggins catches the top rope and John Anderson hits the floor outside the ring. Sparrow berates her, but what can he do? Anderson never makes it back into the ring, and as the news that he's won is noised through the building, Deeley suddenly smirks, happy and content.
Sean Deeley won by count-out
Rating: C+

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Johnny Bloodstone © w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Brent Hill
It would be hard, going into this match, to anticipate it being other than excellent. But, sometimes, expectations are heartbreakingly too high.

Bloodstone and Hill. Two real talents, but it seems that, despite Hill's Canadian sojourns, there isn't any common ground here. This is a contest that could fit smoothly into either man's 'Worst' category, and the fact that it is, at the least, still watchable is a testimony to how high their bars are.

Bloodstone counters, at the end, from the Complete Package into the Bloodstone Mutilation – and then transitions into the Stone Hold as Azaria, thankful for an upside, suggests he's sending Jeremy Stone a message.
Johnny Bloodstone defeated Brent Hill
Rating: C+

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Slowly, but surely, Eddie Peak stalks down to the ring with his music playing behind him. In one huge hand he clasps a twelve-foot length of steel chain that trails behind him, and a camera mic is just close enough for the sound of it rattling along the metal ramp to be picked up.

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Tyson Baine comes next. He's still wearing his chain noose, and hangs it over a turnbuckle before stepping over the top rope into the ring. The two men stare at each other for a long moment; Baine holds his hand up, one single finger raised, half insult, half statement.

Peak, that unsettling, terrifying grin on his face, just nods.

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Eddie Peak vs. Tyson Baine
The brutality these two have rained down on each other hasn't been in doubt in their last two big encounters, and it's on display in just exactly the same way this month, too. They continue to hurt each other – in, it has to be said, ever more innovative ways – but as ever, what they do outside the confines of a match situation is much more effective at keeping the crowd into it. The constraints of a wrestling match hurt Baine's mystique slightly.

Still, the fans cheer for Eddie, particularly when he once again splits his opponent's scalp open with a chain-wrapped punch. The Bloody-Handed God, as Azaria has dubbed him, is making his point with a real beating for Baine, whose rallies he's found the trick to stopping. That trick appears to be 'punching him even harder'.

But he can't keep the Syndicate man down; Baine is as strong as ever, and he shows it, powering out of pinfall after pinfall even as Peak struggles to stay on the offensive.

Eventually, Eddie finds something that does it; having wrapped his own chain around the top of the turnbuckle, he loops Baine's noose back around his neck and uses it to aid in a huge Peak of Perfection, dropping Baine from quite some height onto the steel-wrapped turnbuckle to finally secure the pinfall.
Eddie Peak defeated Tyson Baine
Rating: B

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“Tommy Cornell knows what it is to be locked in there,” Midden says gloomily during the entrances, “Tommy Cornell has near twenty years on Sam Keith, and Tommy Cornell hasn't been repeatedly injured all month by Sam Keith's stooges.

“It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see what's coming. I just wish it wasn't coming.”

And yes, Tommy Cornell has all these advantages. He starts off the match faster, too, getting the upper hand quickly and keeping it for the next few minutes – until Sam manages to duck a clothesline and send Cornell crashing into the steel mesh. He immediately goes for a schoolboy, and in so doing showcases his strategy for the coming match – sneak it if at all possible. Quite honestly, his best shot at a truly decisive victory comes when he manages, somehow, to turn an attempted Guilt Trip into a NeutronPlex – and Cornell kicks out.

Keith bleeds – freely – as the match picks up speed, and Cornell does what he can – but he can't put him away. A Rough Ride that takes advantage of the cage follows – and Keith kicks out.

Cornell goes to the top rope next, standing there for a long moment. Finger pointed, he growls something the microphones don't pick up, and takes to the air – and Sam Keith raises a boot, catching Tommy under the jaw as he comes down.

The resultant arc of blood sprayed from the mouth will be replayed quite a bit over the next few months, and Keith tries to capitalise – but Cornell is, just barely, out. Sam tries a Proton Lock, and it's countered into the Guilt Trip – and Sam Keith manages to roll that over, getting Cornell's shoulders to the mat for three.

By the narrowest of margins, Sam Keith stays ahead in this series.
Sam Keith defeated Tommy Cornell
Rating: A

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Troy Tornado © vs. Jeremy Stone vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
There are three distinct personalities in this match, and it's clear from the off what will happen. Tornado, the Triple-Threat Champion, feels like he absolutely must show he can win this; Remo Richardson, the newcomer, clearly just wants to destroy both these obstacles, and Jeremy Stone stays back, coming in to make a kill only, retreating when it's clear two men are about to go for him. The Canadian Wrestling Machine is far from foolhardy.

The result has the crowds on their feet throughout, and showcases some excellent action no matter your personal preference.

So how does it end? Let's face it, that's what you want to know, so let's clue you in...

After twenty-three minutes, Phil Vibert has chosen his moment. He gets Sam Sparrow's attention on the far side of the ring from the action; sensing the opportunity, Remo boots Jeremy Stone in the nuts with enough force that Stone rolls out of the ring. He ducks a punch from Tornado, grabs him around the waist, and hits a huge release German suplex – so huge that, in the process of turning all the way upside down, Troy crashes into Sam Sparrow.

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Remo seems to have it made – and then Ricky Dale Johnson is on him. They trade punches and RDJ ducks away after a few moments, slipping outside the ring – and Remo follows. RDJ is smirking, steering Remo away from the ring, away from the contest, as the two men brawl into the crowd and both the other men involved in the match slowly recover.

Jeremy is better off, marginally, and gets behind Troy, going for a Stone's Throw. Troy manages to get clear in midair, landing on his feet, staggering backward into the ropes -

The Star Maker seems to be reflex more than anything else. It's not delivered at full force, and Tornado is sprawled on the mat afterward. Luckily for him, one hand is over Jeremy's torso, and Sam Sparrow revives in time for the count. One, two – three! He's done it!
Troy Tornado defeated Jeremy Stone and Remo Richardson
Rating: A

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Remo returns to the ring too late, and RDJ comes with him, preventing him from unleashing an attack. An injured but active Cornell gets into the ring, assaulting Troy Tornado so that Jeremy can renew his attack.

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Sam Keith is down there not long after to try to make the save – which he just about does, until Wolf Hawkins is there too, and the tide turns once more.

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And then Eddie Peak is there. As Crashing Around You plays, his mere presence drives the Syndicate off and, as RDJ and Remo brawl together, Peak checks on the champ - before raising Tornado on his shoulders in celebration.

Show Rating: B+

ampulator

03-29-2010, 01:16 AM

Bad chemistry strikes again! i seriously thought Bloodstone/Hill should be a better match...

Phantom Stranger

03-29-2010, 07:31 AM

Bad chemistry strikes again! i seriously thought Bloodstone/Hill should be a better match...

I'm assuming it woulda been a B- if it hadn't also been face/face. I was stunned by that one, though, more than by any of the other weak(er) matches. Thankfully the main events pulled me back out of the fire.

Phantom Stranger

03-29-2010, 09:59 PM

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Sunday October 28th 2008
The usual post-PPV party in the hotel is going on, but I'm not staying the full time this month; I'd bring the mood down. No one's unhappy but me, Johnny, and Brent.

The latter two have both taken me aside, at different points, and apologised. I don't think it was their fault; it happens. But they – and I – know how much that match could have added to the card.

Not that it was a bad show. It was just the first time we put the Crunch Time name out there, and the first pay-per-view TCW's had shown in Australia – and those two things, between them, made us want to make it something absolutely special, the kind of pay-per-view that sells people on the following year's version in their memories.

It wasn't that. It may not have been anyway – John and Sean left the crowd a little flatter than I'd hoped, and the Disrespected program hasn't done for Stevie and Teddy what I'd hoped.

But I shouldn't complain. It was good enough, easily, and it sold well – a 50,000 seater sold out, for the first time since I had the book, perhaps for the first time since Sam Strong was still headlining (not yet checked the facts on that with the office) – and early indications are that, in part due to a new continent's sales, in part due to steady growth, it's a new record buyrate.

Which is why I wish it had been the best show we're capable of – but I've got to stop coming back to that.

Eddie Peak's back to his pranking ways; he'd gotten to the hotel before I did, and he'd found something pretty amazing. When I checked into my room, a 'gift' was hanging from the lampshade; Horatio Dangerous tied up in a thin length of silver chain.

I'd forgotten, really, about the SWF toy range I was part of. It was the early 1980s, and I was part of the tag team line alongside Andrew Barber – we may still be the least successful team in SWF history, as a matter of fact. Looking at it today, it's hopelessly crude, clunky, and undetailed.

You've got to smile.

Something else I want to mention, mostly because I want a record of it for myself in future; Jennifer Cornell was, as she irregularly is, present during the post-PPV party, and she, like Brent and Johnny, took me aside.

“You'll be getting a phone call soon, I think,” she said, “and you'll want to talk to Tommy about it straight away. When you get that phone call – you'll know which it is – talk to me first, OK? It's a... surprise.”

Jennifer is a very smart woman, and no one knows her husband better. But I get the feeling something a little unusual is going on in TCW, and I'm not sure where this is going – where it even could be going.

Bigpapa42

03-29-2010, 10:08 PM

Had a chance to read the pay per view. Enjoyed it, as I expected. Solid work as always, PS.

Oregano Jensen

03-30-2010, 04:36 AM

Definitely -- loved the Keith-Hawkins segment. I mean, this version of Sam Keith is developing into one of my favorite TEW characters of all time, but even by his standards...

Phantom Stranger

03-30-2010, 09:16 AM

Had a chance to read the pay per view. Enjoyed it, as I expected. Solid work as always, PS.

Definitely -- loved the Keith-Hawkins segment. I mean, this version of Sam Keith is developing into one of my favorite TEW characters of all time, but even by his standards...

Thanks, guys. Particularly on behalf of Sam Keith, who's coming into his own as someone I really, really wanna build around.

Shame he'll probably retire next month, eh?

Phantom Stranger

03-30-2010, 10:01 AM

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Joey Minnesota, the promising young wrestler once dubbed the Suplex Kid, has the honor of kicking off the first Total Wrestling of October. He's facing a returning warrior, a man who took time out from TCW to travel the world. He says he's learned - but how much? Texas Pete steps into a TCW ring for the first time in 2008 on Tuesday.

The New Wave, fresh off their championship retention, are going to be in action, too, against one of the best teams to come out of Canada, the Elite Express. Following the Easy Riders' assault, they've got to be hurting - can they squeak a win out, or can the Express catapult themselves up the rankings?

Stevie Grayson has displeased the Syndicate and it's as obvious as ever tonight. Tyson Baine has him in his sights, and sad to say, we don't see Stevie winning even after the damage done by Eddie Peak.

Speaking of the devil - or the 'bloody-handed god' - Eddie will be in action immediately afterward, facing off with fellow DaVE alum and leader of the School of Tradition, Eric Tyler.

And the Easy Riders are in action, too, hoping to make another showing of their dominance in tag team action. But their opponents - former multi-time Tag Team Champion Danny Fonzarelli and former International Champion Koshiro Ino - are a formidable duo.

Remo Richardson has been informed by Mayhem Midden that it's not going to be an off night for him - instead, he's up against Rick Law. Whatever the outcome, this will be a test and a half for Phil Vibert's prize signing.

And then, there's the main event - Sam Keith tags up alongside the Machines to take on the Syndicate onslaught that is Tommy Cornell and the Stone Brothers. This can't help but be brilliant and brutal.

Lastly, Mayhem Midden has promised that he will have a solution to present regarding the status of the World Heavyweight Championship.

Prediction Key:
Joey Minnesota vs. Texas Pete

Elite Express vs. New Wave (non-title)

Stevie Grayson vs. Tyson Baine

Eddie Peak vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Danny Fonzarelli & Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Rick Law

Sam Keith & the Machines w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Tommy Cornell & the Stone Brothers

Zergon

03-30-2010, 10:15 AM

Joey Minnesota vs. Texas Pete
Minnesota picks up a victory here

Elite Express vs. New Wave (non-title)
Title or no-title it´s pretty hard for me to predict against New Wave

Stevie Grayson vs. Tyson Baine
Only way that Grayson could win this is via DQ

Eddie Peak vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins
I could see this going either way

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Danny Fonzarelli & Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
Easy Riders aren´t finished their title hunt so they should go over random pairing

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Rick Law
Remo have done quite well so far so I pick him over Law here

Sam Keith & the Machines w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Tommy Cornell & the Stone Brothers
I actually think that Keith and Machines have a slight edge here but Cornell lost in PPV so he gets a win back here.

Bigpapa42

03-30-2010, 10:31 AM

Joey Minnesota vs. Texas Pete

Elite Express vs. New Wave (non-title)

Stevie Grayson vs. Tyson Baine

Eddie Peak vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Danny Fonzarelli & Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Rick Law

Sam Keith & the Machines w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Tommy Cornell & the Stone Brothers

Dragonmack

03-30-2010, 10:35 AM

Prediction Key:
Joey Minnesota vs. Texas Pete

Elite Express vs. New Wave (non-title)

Stevie Grayson vs. Tyson Baine

Eddie Peak vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Danny Fonzarelli & Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Rick Law

Sam Keith & the Machines w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Tommy Cornell & the Stone Brothers

Tigerkinney

03-30-2010, 11:57 AM

Joey Minnesota vs. Texas Pete

Even though Minnesota is still only a midcarder here, he should still go over Texas Pete.

Elite Express vs. New Wave (non-title)

Bit of a gamble prediction as I'm not sure if Elite Express are over enough yet but given the fact the New Wave are coming into this less than 100 % I can see the Canadian's picking up an upset win here.

Stevie Grayson vs. Tyson Baine

With the feud with Wolf Hawkins seemingly brought to an end, Grayson's back to doing what the does best and that's getting beaten up by big men. It seems like in game the fans couldn't get behind Grayson and Powell and to be honest I couldn't either in this diary, as though Bach & Hawkins are heels, Grayson & Powell just came across as whiny.

Eddie Peak vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins

Peak's coming off a big win over Baine, I think that gives him a little more momentum than Tyler.

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Danny Fonzarelli & Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

Tag experience counts here and the Easy Riders are still in the title hunt

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Rick Law

Remo should really be bouncing back with a win here after failing to capture the world title and Law is stuck in the feud with Eric Tyler, if Law couldn't despatch with Tyler he has no chance of winning against Remo.

Sam Keith & the Machines w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Tommy Cornell & the Stone Brothers

Cornell having lost at the PPV get some heat back with his team emerging victorious

Sudo_Nym

03-30-2010, 05:29 PM

Joey Minnesota vs. Texas Pete
Can we go back to Freakin? Because Stupid Joey just sounds Stupid. No offense, Bigpapa.

Elite Express vs. New Wave (non-title)
The Elite Express can't possibly be over enough to upset the New Wave.

Stevie Grayson vs. Tyson Baine
Grayson is a jobber for life.

Eddie Peak vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins
Peak's been on a brutal roll, and I don't see him going from beating Baine to losing to Tyler. I'm hoping to see Peak turn heel and face Tornado or Bloodstone.

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Danny Fonzarelli & Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
Hard call; I don't like to pick against Ino, but neither him nor Fonzarelli have been doing much lately, and the Riders could use the boost if they match up against the New Wave again.

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Rick Law
Law's program just ended, and Remo is in the title picture. Though this could be a very good feud for both of them.

Sam Keith & the Machines w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Tommy Cornell & the Stone Brothers
I normally wouldn't pick against Tommy twice in a row, but I think the Machines tip the scales here.

Beeker

03-31-2010, 01:27 AM

Joey Minnesota vs. Texas Pete
- Oh goodie. When two states collide! I hope Burt Oregon is reffing this match.

Elite Express vs. New Wave (non-title)
-hereby invoking the clause that sooner or later I have to be right and the New Wave (a tag team name that has NEVER suited Guide and Scout) lose a match.

Stevie Grayson vs. Tyson Baine
- Bwahahahahahaha. Ahem. I mean... nope. Bwahahahaha!

Eddie Peak vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins
- I mark for the Great White Shark. Ok?

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Danny Fonzarelli & Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
-Riders need this *SO* much more than Fonzarellino.

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Rick Law
- Remo didn't lose, Rick didn't win. Remo continues his 'Goldberg-in-WWE-push' which means it'll likely ended entertainingly badly.

Sam Keith & the Machines w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Tommy Cornell & the Stone Brothers
- Main Event Schmozz. So many possibilities from the ref losing control (Eric Mississippi) and having to toss this out. Keith vs. Jeremy. Edd vs. Brent. Keith vs. Edd. Tommy vs. Anderson... the list goes on.

Regis

03-31-2010, 09:59 AM

Prediction Key:
Joey Minnesota vs. Texas Pete
DQ win, as Pete comes off looking strong while not harming Joey's momentum.

Elite Express vs. New Wave (non-title)
The EE aren't at that level yet. A win will hurt the New Wave more than it will help the Express.

Stevie Grayson vs. Tyson Baine
JOBBER!

Eddie Peak vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins
Peak is destined for great things, while Tyler is winding down to retirement.

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Danny Fonzarelli & Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
I want to predict for the riders, but I want to predict for Ino more.

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Rick Law
It's not Badge Of Honour.

Sam Keith & the Machines w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Tommy Cornell & the Stone Brothers
Tough call. The Machines, I think, are more of an equaliser than the Brothers.

Lo-Drew

03-31-2010, 03:42 PM

Phantom Stranger

04-01-2010, 09:03 AM

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 1 November 2008

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 6.63)
Rebroadcast on Continental Sports X1 (Rating 0.00)

Held at the Mayor Street Arena (New England)

Attendance: 15,000 (Sold Out)

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Shawn Doakes

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Joey Minnesota vs. Texas Pete
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This is not the Texas Pete who vanished from TCW as 2007 drew to a close. This Pete picks his times, watches his oppoent, gauges, and strikes – or takes him to the mat.

Once in this contest, he even leaps from the second rope into a big legdrop.

Minnesota came loaded for hoss, and that isn't actually the best description of Pete anymore. He's hungry, he looks fitter, stronger – he's improved all over the place, and while Joey battles back, and battles back well, Pete produces a real shock, countering an attempted Empire Spiral into a revamped Lone Star Drop – formerly an imploder DDT, now the same name denotes a suplex lift into a leaping DDT.
Texas Pete defeated Joey Minnesota
Rating: B-

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Elite Express vs. New Wave
It's not got the same response, but the heavy implication in the tones of the three men on the announce desk is that the audience simply don't recognise the Express yet.

The opening three or four minutes is all Express, and a real chance to show just exactly what they can do against the tag team champions. The standout moment – as Scout, in a rally, goes for the Special Force, Bobby Thomas counters it, lifting and hooking him into a vertebreaker – as Nate Johnson launches himself from the top turnbuckle, mushroom stomping Scout as Thomas finishes the move. If not for Guide, it would have been over right then; but Guide was there, and he manages to hold them off long enough for Scout to rally.

The tide turns, and the Wave of Mutilation ends this one in style.
New Wave defeated the Elite Express
Rating: C

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Applause sounds through the arena, magnified by microphone, and Jeremy and Edd Stone emerge, applauding, to stare down the champions.

“Good,” Jeremy says approvingly. “Real good. But, boys... Are you good enough?

“See, I made a promise on Sunday night. By the end of this year, both Stone brothers in this company will hold championship gold – and with Edd's recent issue, I want to put both of our names down right at the top of your contendership list.

“We have the greatest wrestling pedigree the world has to offer. I get that you wouldn't want to take us on, but... we're also Syndicate. And you do NOT want us coming after you.”

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Stevie Grayson vs. Tyson Baine
Poor, poor Stevie Grayson.

Baine hammers him remorselessly for four minutes, never once going for a pinfall, clearly still furious about the events of Sunday.

At the four minute mark, Baine sends Grayson flying directly at Sam Sparrow, taking both men out as if he were bowling.

And then he leans against the corner ropes, and waits.

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Wolf Hawkins slides into the ring. “Last time, Stevie,” he says, loud enough to be picked up on the camera mic. “Come back again and we really go to town.”

The Full Moon Rising follows and Hawkins feeds him to Baine, who hits a Hades Bomb, then picks him up, then hits another – and another. Only then does he pin him.
Tyson Baine defeated Stevie Grayson
Rating: C+

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Eddie Peak vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins
Now this is a slightly more even proposition. Tyler finds ways, as ever, to hold his own, staying clear, staying savvy, outwrestling the sheer powerhouse. His wide and varied range of skills, in face, mean he arguably puts up a better fight than Baine has been – but nonetheless, he's on the losing end.

Peak seems to be absolutely unbeatable right now, not to mention indestructible. And then Psalm 69 begins to play, and he falters.

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Eric Tyler bails out of the ring as Marat Khoklov stalks down the ramp, eyes locked on Peak, smirking.

Peak grins himself, standing ready, obviously looking forward to it. Khoklov goes to step over the top rope, and Peak goes to boot him back – but Khoklov stops the kick with one hand, shoving Peak back on to his ass before climbing into the ring. He catches him as he rises with an uppercut, then a running big boot, and finally, tosses Peak from the ring and shrugs.
Eddie Peak won by DQ
Rating: B+

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And Breakin' The Law hits, heralding Tommy Cornell. He looks up Peak and Khoklov, and nods to the Russian.

“Nice one, Cyril,” he says. “Eddie, welcome to hell, son.

“See, the Representative, he's given me time I can't spend on titles.

“So I figure it's time to pave the way, get me? This big bastard here, he had no contract last time we saw him in here – but I want you out the way, son, and the Board of Investors ain't the only power around here.

“He's got one. And he'll keep it... so long as he puts you through hell.”

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Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch
vs.
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Danny Fonzarelli & Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
Somehow, this one doesn't have the feeding-frenzy intensity of the moments prior, but it's nonetheless a servicable enough brawl.

The Riders have the teamwork, and that's the tipping point here. Billy Fonda gets the win, sinking Koshiro Ino with another Emergency Stop.
Easy Riders defeated Danny Fonzarelli & Koshiro Ino
Rating: C

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Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Rick Law
Law is still obviously injured, his arm taped up, but he seems game here. Remo, on the other hand, is hungry, not to say furious that he's not wearing a championship belt, and he close to ragdolls Law around after an initial balanced bout.

Law kicks out of the Destroyer, prompting Remo to try it again – and then, at Vibert's instruction, a third time before the actual pin. It's a categoric victory, ultimately.
Remo Richardson defeated Rick Law
Rating: B+

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The big screen comes to life; at home, we go straight to the video feed. Ricky Dale Johnson, earlier in the day, in an interview room.

“Why did I do that to Remo?” he asks. “Good question. Let's say... Mm...

“Remo Richardson, you know, I've heard about him all his career. He's good, I know that. He went through nine other men on his first night, you gotta know he's good.

“He deserved the title shot. Now, you know I've been wondering why I didn't get the same chance to earn one – but that's not why I did it.

“I want to try him. I want to look him in the eye, face him down... and beat him.

“They called me the face of TCW, when I retired Rip Chord. And they've been saying Remo could have been the same thing, if he'd stayed where he was.

“So the way I see it... fans have argued for years. Are we better? Are they?

“Here and now, we can settle that question.”

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Sam Keith & the Machines w/ Blonde Bombshell
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Tommy Cornell & the Stone Brothers
Now this one... well, it's as good as you'd imagine, or near enough. With another five, ten minutes... it could have been an absolute classic.

Everyone has something to prove, and it's noteworthy that Tommy Cornell seems to want to stay far away from Sam Keith – but other than that, this is just, pure and simple, an exhibition.

John Anderson demonstrates conclusively that YOU CAN'T POWERBOMB EDD STONE But You Can Hit Him With The Ammo Dump, and Jeremy Stone adds the fact that If You Do His Brother Will Dump You On Your Head as a coda.

Sam Keith gets Jeremy with the NeutronPlex, but Edd is sufficently recovered to break up the pinfall with an unnecessarily elaborate corkscrew backflip fistdrop. Brent charges into the ring – and Cornell cuts him off. The Rough Ride, transitioning smoothly into the Guilt Trip.

Edd and Jeremy promptly eject Sam and John from the ring, and Brent is left with no chance, tapping out urgently.
Tommy Cornell & the Stone Brothers defeated Sam Keith & the Machines
Rating: B+

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Backstage, in a special interview set, a desk has been set up. On one end stands Johnny Bloodstone. On the other, Troy Tornado. On the desk are both of their belts, and in between are Mayhem Midden and silent ally Charlie Thatcher.

“I'll keep this short and sweet,” Midden tells the camera as the Bombshell slips into the room, her arm sliding around Bloodstone's waist. The Canadian visibly untenses at her touch.

“A little over a month ago, both of these men beat Tommy Cornell. A month ago, Tommy Cornell stole the World Heavyweight Championship belt with the aid of Tyson Baine.

“The following week, both of these men had had belts signifying their championship claims made, and brought them to the show.

“And on Sunday, John Anderson, our International Champion, reminded me of something.

“Title belts are a sign only. They are a sign that the company that awards them recognises that wrestler as a true champion, and proudly holds them up as an example of some of the best it has under contract. Looking at TCW today, there are five men with recognised belts, and we recognise all five of them – the New Wave, John Anderson, Sam Keith, and Frankie Perez as among the best in the world. We recognise them as champions within their divisions.

“As of today, Johnny, Troy, your belts are recognised by TCW. We recognise that, through defeating the four-time World Heavyweight Champion Tommy Cornell, you have proven yourselves, and we are proud to count you as true champions.

“BUT... Ultimately, we cannot have two World Heavyweight Champions. Therefore, I am here to deliver the Board of Investors' edict.

“At Malice in Wonderland, in January, the match in the main event will be you, Troy Tornado, and you, Johnny Bloodstone – or anyone who has defeated you for one of these championship belts in the meantime – to unify the two belts. The victor's belt will be the sole recognised World Heavyweight Championship belt at that point.

“Good luck to you both.”

Show Rating: A

Bigpapa42

04-01-2010, 10:17 AM

Solid show as always. Interesting that Texas Pete is getting a push - look forward to see where that's going.

Regis

04-01-2010, 10:32 AM

A surprisingly simple resolution to the two/three champions problem. Nice to see the title belts acknowledged for what they really are.

Phantom Stranger

04-01-2010, 10:38 AM

Solid show as always. Interesting that Texas Pete is getting a push - look forward to see where that's going.

Interesting that Texas Pete was involved in a B- match, really! But yeah, he's improved significantly in development, and as a few people roll up to the main roster and others slide down into Dev, he's getting a chance to show his stuff, so I can see how he'll do.

In total this month, six guys are back up from Dev; three are down there. More on this in the next diary entry.

Phantom Stranger

04-02-2010, 10:12 AM

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Thursday 4th November 2008

“So, how's it fit?”

Rebranding. I touched on it earlier, when it came to the Natural Storm/Natural Talent shift. And we've had to do more; while the former Lobster Warrior and Seduction both simply stepped back to an uncopyrighted name. Sometimes, that's not necessary – the Stones don't trademark their employees' gimmicks themselves, they encourage their wrestlers to do that themselves. We may find that another signing from them might prefer to reinvent himself – keep his trademark safe – but there haven't been issues with that thus far.

We could have done the same thing with Nate and Bobby – in fact, after they debuted late last month, George DeColt phoned me to ask why we hadn't. The simple answer there was to avoid treading on the old Tag Team Specialists moniker – it was a way of respecting Joel and Roberts' achievements here.

(Robert still hasn't worked for anyone else. I'd assumed that Stomper would love to have him in his main event, but as yet, it's not happening.)

The case in front of me right now is a different one. Put simply, his one ring name to date is, well...

It belongs to a jobber. No nice way to put it. This may just be Dave acknowledging something – he was a hell of a tennis player and he's not a bad wrestler, but in professional wrestling he shines brightest when he's taking a beating. And, ultimately, that's why we want him.

But we don't want to rule out the notion that he might become good enough to get a kickstart one day. The test-run brief push of the Conquering Kings got good results, and as soon as the division makeup shifts they're in position to be pushed higher and harder.

Dave Wallace is someone recommended to me by my son Adrian, who took a shine to the guy when they ran into each other on a Canadian indy show four years ago. He'll do any crazy stunt and make it look incredible; he can also, however, make anyone's punch look just as strong as it's meant to be. His understanding of selling is unparalleled, and is enough to make him a jobber for life.

So he may stay in TCW, but he's done well for Cliff Anderson; and, with the Cannonball Kid and Kazuma Narato taking a brief stint in development, he'll be teaming on the undercard to make people look good.

His name, however, was Air Attack Weasel, and that's just not going to work.

We went around this a few times. We tried out various fighter jet names. For a brief while he was going to be 'Dave Wallace' and his big move would be the Game, Set, Match. But it just didn't work.

It was Ricky Dale Johnson who settled it. RDJ is not, technically, on the booking committee, and probably shouldn't be, but he can be relied on to provide you with a useful reminder of how the Southern promotions used to handle these things.

So tonight, in the dark, Dave Wallace will try on a new mask, one TCW will keep – like MAW's Kid Arachnid – in case we can use it elsewhere later. Or perhaps Dave will get lucky, find that break, and ride it to superstardom. Who knows?

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Either way, before it sullies his career, Dave Wallace will see if he can work inside the mask. He tries it on, and I snap a quick photo for my records. The American Eagle is born.

Beeker

04-02-2010, 12:53 PM

I'm more surprised you kept Texas Pete as Texas Pete as nothing about his current look suggests Texas and if anyone could do well with a reinvention it would be Pete.

Phantom Stranger

04-02-2010, 01:11 PM

I'm more surprised you kept Texas Pete as Texas Pete as nothing about his current look suggests Texas and if anyone could do well with a reinvention it would be Pete.

I went round and about on that. Ultimately, though, the story that's going to unfold with Pete's character means I want the link to be present - and hey, Cowboy Ricky Dale barely changed his name a few years back.

Beeker

04-02-2010, 03:46 PM

I went round and about on that. Ultimately, though, the story that's going to unfold with Pete's character means I want the link to be present - and hey, Cowboy Ricky Dale barely changed his name a few years back.

Fair enough, I just find it hard to take anyone seriously who doesn't have a last name... or just a first name. Big Smack Scott falls into this category somewhat, but it's Scott so he doesn't need to be taken seriously.

Ricky Dale (Johnson) earned a last name and lost his Cowboy hat.
Texas Pete is still from Texas (which is fine) but he doesn't have a last name... yet. That could be a part of the story you want to tell. I just thought it could have been a good chance to erase the Texas from his name and give him a clean slate.

Phantom Stranger

04-02-2010, 04:23 PM

Fair enough, I just find it hard to take anyone seriously who doesn't have a last name... or just a first name. Big Smack Scott falls into this category somewhat, but it's Scott so he doesn't need to be taken seriously.

Ricky Dale (Johnson) earned a last name and lost his Cowboy hat.
Texas Pete is still from Texas (which is fine) but he doesn't have a last name... yet. That could be a part of the story you want to tell. I just thought it could have been a good chance to erase the Texas from his name and give him a clean slate.

Interesting take on it; I actually mean that, too.

Will give it some thought; as I say, though, he needs to start off Texas Pete, at least, for this to work.

James Casey

04-02-2010, 04:45 PM

Phantom Stranger

04-02-2010, 05:30 PM

It's a step-by-step process, which I can understand - Pete's a big name for a small fed, but for the ascendant TCW, not so much. So for him to be a big name player, he has to build that name: One step at a time.

Nice shout out, btw :p

Best example of the company-owned-mask feature I can think of. ;) Just have to ignore the fact that the first one would only just have been getting started around now...

Beeker

04-03-2010, 04:02 AM

Interesting take on it; I actually mean that, too.

Will give it some thought; as I say, though, he needs to start off Texas Pete, at least, for this to work.

I know I have a reputation around here as the 'wacky prediction guy' but I also do know my stuff and it wouldn't have been the first time someone reinvented themselves on a big stage, JBL is the most recent example that pops into my head... or John Morrison.

I just find guys without last names hard to relate to. Tugboat Tim didn't have any success until dropping Tim and becoming Typhoon. Or Big Josh. Or Bushwacker Luke. I honestly believe there is a hard limit on how high someone without a last name can go. (Sting doesn't count as he doesn't have a normal first name.)

Wallbanger

04-03-2010, 09:44 AM

Interested to see how this plays out - I had not seen that Pete alt (which looks quite cool, btw)...

Phantom Stranger

04-03-2010, 10:16 AM

I know I have a reputation around here as the 'wacky prediction guy' but I also do know my stuff and it wouldn't have been the first time someone reinvented themselves on a big stage, JBL is the most recent example that pops into my head... or John Morrison.

And in the C-Verse you've got, for example, Danny Fonzarelli. (We can talk about how smart the reinvention was separately.)

And Fonzie is actually an example of what's at the root of this one - Fonzie was a reinvention designed to persuade the fans he was more credible than before without there necessarily being a visible improvement/expansion in moveset/etc (see also JBL).

Texas Pete, on the other hand, just spent nine months in development, so you want people to look at him and ask themselves "Holy crap, did Pete just hit a dropkick? ...He just clamped down a leglock! What the hell happened here?"

The character has a lot coming down the pipe at him soon, however.

Interested to see how this plays out - I had not seen that Pete alt (which looks quite cool, btw)...

It's an awesome pic, but sadly not an alt. I've borrowed it from 2017 new worker Texas Hangman. If Hangman and Pete are ever in the game together, I'll have to figure something out.

Phantom Stranger

04-03-2010, 12:11 PM

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The Conquering Kings are back in action as we return to the North Carolina Biker Museum this Friday. Alanis Springsteen's men will be staring down the challenge of Shingen Miyazaki & Fumihiro Ota, as both teams look to get back to winning ways.

And there's more tag team action to come, as perennial Conquering Kings enemies the Fly Boys will face off against the Young Guns. The Guns started the year with incredible energy, but they've not been doing nearly as well lately - is it time they reversed course, or can the Fly Boys topple them from their perches?

Chris Rockwell has requested a match against Matthew Keith, and Mayhem Midden has heartily approved. Rockwell will be looking for a swift win to reestablish his credentials - but Matthew Keith may not be the man to try that against. Who's going to come out better in this one?

Edd Stone, who with his brother laid down a challenge to the Tag Team Champions on Tuesday, will also be active, taking on in singles competition one-half of another remarkable sibling partnership, as Greg Keith steps into the ring against him. Two famous names, but when you strip away the pedigree, who'll come out on top?

Mr Cornell's challenges to "the best of the rest" continue this week, as newcomer to TCW Lobo Blanco will face off against him. Given Sam Keith's assertions on Sunday, could this wolfish name be a confirmation of Cornell's intentions?

And, lastly, the main event. Frankie Perez faces off with Rick Law in non-title action; Last time these two fought in singles competition was February, where Law got the better of Frankie twice; however, Frankie Perez has stepped up his game significantly over the last seven months. Could the tide have turned?

Prediction Key:
Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Miyazaki & Ota

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Young Guns

Chris Rockwell vs. Matthew Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Edd Stone vs. Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Lobo Blanco vs. Tommy Cornell

Frankie Perez vs. Rick Law (non-title)

Zergon

04-03-2010, 12:55 PM

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Miyazaki & Ota
I don´t remember if Miyazaki & Ota have won even once but they definitely haven´t won that often so it´s safe to go with the Kings here

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Young Guns
My head says that Fly Boys probably wins but I like Young Guns more and this should be fairly close match.

Chris Rockwell vs. Matthew Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
Rockwell should pick up a win here

Edd Stone vs. Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
This one is hard but I´m not sold that Edd has what it takes to win here

Lobo Blanco vs. Tommy Cornell
Nope, newbie isn´t going over Cornell here

Frankie Perez vs. Rick Law (non-title)
Law seems to be too big name for Perez right now

Beeker

04-03-2010, 02:36 PM

I understand PS, you've gone the alternate route to what I was suggesting. You see some cache in the value of Texas Pete's name whereas I'm not sure the 'big SWF signing who went down to development for nearly a year' has that value. But both are legitimate takes on Texas Pete. The other being the Fonzarelli - which is a total repackaging and ignoring his past history. That's likely more cyber ink than Pete's had on these boards in years. Moving on...

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Miyazaki & Ota
- The Kings need to position themselves as a good tag team, while Ota and the 'zaki are good individually, the Kings are a team.

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Young Guns
- Draw due to my apathy. Time Limit Draw as I don't wake up until after this match is over.

Chris Rockwell vs. Matthew Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
-The Keith boys' trials begin here...

Edd Stone vs. Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
- and their tribulations don't get any better here.

Lobo Blanco vs. Tommy Cornell
- I know... WTF Beeker are you crazy? Not really. Lobo wins by DQ when he 'reveals' himself and Cornell goes 'football hooligan insane' on him. Leaving Blanco lying in a pool of sangre.

Frankie Perez vs. Rick Law (non-title)
- Law loses due to the 'feud that will never end'.

Phantom Stranger

04-03-2010, 02:47 PM

That's likely more cyber ink than Pete's had on these boards in years.

Barring Ruin, that's probably true. Which I'm taking to be a good thing!

Tigerkinney

04-03-2010, 03:29 PM

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Miyazaki & Ota

King's have established themselves as a middle ranking Tag Team tandem, where-as the Japanese boys have been pure jobber.

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Young Guns

Hard one to call as Fly Boy's seemed to have sorted out their differences and whilst the Young Gun's had a small push with the image change that seems to have faded and they seem to be heading back to jobbersville. Either you continue to gradually allow the Fly Boys to rise up from Jobberdom or you put the brakes on the Young Guns going the other way. I'm going to stump for the former.

Chris Rockwell vs. Matthew Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Keith's push seem's to be more as a tag team right now and Rockwell could do with putting a W on the board.

Edd Stone vs. Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

As said with the previous match, Keith's push is more as a team right now.

Lobo Blanco vs. Tommy Cornell

Squash

Frankie Perez vs. Rick Law (non-title)

Non Title or not Law would win this match regardless due to being more over.

Phantom Stranger

04-05-2010, 10:19 AM

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 1 November 2008

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 0.48)

Held at the North Carolina Biker Museum (Mid Atlantic)

Attendance: 2000 (Sold Out)

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Jasmine Saunders – Kyle Rhodes

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Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Miyazaki & Ota
Hardly the greatest tag match in TCW history, but an example, once again, of how talent can produce better results than the pivotal Painful Procedure contest. The fans react to this much more warmly due to the effort on display.

Clark Alexander gets the majority of the plaudits in this one, but it's the Kings as a team who finish it off, laying out Shingen Miyazaki with the Crippler Bomb.
Conquering Kings defeated Miyazaki & Ota
Rating: D+

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The Kings get a second to celebrate – and American Buffalo blindsides Barry Kingman, then hits Alexander with the Stampede. Alanis Springsteen panics – but the big man has a long stide, grabbing her – the Colt Killa lands and the Buffalo rises from his knees, smirking, and turns to glower at the entrance ramp.

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Floyd Goldworthy looks full on terrified.

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Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Young Guns
And... the same level of crowd involvement continues, as the Guns do their best to pick the pace back up.

The Fly Boys go with them, but it's not really enough, and while Jimmy P is definitely developing, both teams are only capable of producing so much without better opposition.

Harry Allen counters the Death on Miami Beach into a Gunslinger's Revenge, which captures the win for him as Donnie J crashes and burns.
The Young Guns defeated the Fly Boys
Rating: D+

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Chris Rockwell vs. Matthew Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
Now these two just seem to get it, when they step in the ring together, and the crowd wakes up so fast it's a wonder they don't injure themselves. The pace is as fast as the airborne teams, though the match has a much more technical bent, and there are, well...

The biggest moment of the match saw Matthew Keith attempt a backdrop driver; Rockwell twisted loose in midair, taking Keith down to the canvas. Moments later, he has the grounded MMA-style knee flurry moving, and while Matthew Keith twists away, he's dazed. Rockwell follows up with an enzuigiri and goes right back to it; Keith counters away again, and gets levelled with a clothesline.

A few more knees follow, and then the pinfall...
Chris Rockwell defeated Matthew Keith
Rating: B+

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Backstage, and the Easy Riders are prowling the interview area, Carl Batch at their head. Batch is fuming.

“Let me...” he begins, “let me just get this straight.

“My boys win through a tournament – a whole tournament – to get a title shot against the New Wave. And when that title shot took place, did they get pinned? Did Scout make them tap out?” A sneer. “Did some damn fool manager throw in the towel?

“Well, I was the manager on the scene, and I'm no fool. Billy – you get pinned?” He snorts in disdain. “You tap out?” Growling, Fonda shakes his head.

“How about you, Peter?” Hopper sneers, shaking his head in turn.

“Huh,” Batch says, feigning thoughtful ignorance. “So seems to me, you boys didn't exactly get booted out of contention.

“Seems to me you're still in the running.

“So the Stone boys must just think they're all that, mustn't they? They must just think they're really, truly, that good...”

He frowns. “Well, boys, you can still wait your goddamn turn, as far as I see it.”

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Edd Stone vs. Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
Edd Stone... He had a bad Sunday, didn't he? Took quite a nasty kick to the head, lost his title...

He's not subdued, though. Coming out, he's as enthusiastic as ever, showing a touching lack of comprehension as to why his Syndicate gear might not leave the crowd friendly toward him.

And the Edd Fu is as inspired – not to say chaotic – as ever. It takes Greg Keith a while to get a handle on what's happening, and meanwhile Edd is cartwheeling into backflip punches, vaulting from the top rope to apply submission holds, and periodically just leave the ring to play to the crowd.

That's how Greg gets him, though. As Edd tries for a flying headscissors, Greg Keith manages, somehow, to turn it into the NeutronPlex. The announcers are still bickering over how that happened as Greg walks back through the curtain, his job done.
Greg Keith defeated Edd Stone
Rating: B-

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Mayhem Midden stalks the corridors backstage, accompanied by the silent Charlie Thatcher. “We're live now?” he asks someone behind the camera, getting a “Yeah, Greg just won,” in response, and he nods, then smiles at the camera.

“My job... it's got a lot of downsides. But occasionally, there's an upside. Occasionally, a shining moment makes all the bad bits worthwhile.

“Like those moments where Troy and Johnny get recognised for the talents they are. And moments like this...” He smiles grimly. “I've been waiting to deliver this edict. Thought you at home might want to see.”

And he pushes a door open. He and Thatcher step through into the School of Tradition's locker room, and as the door opens raised voices are heard for just long enough to register before they die away.

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Laura Huggins takes the opportunity to get between Sean Deeley and her brother Freddy. Perhaps worth noting – it's Freddy she pushes backward.

“Hope we're not bothering you?” Midden asks cheerfully, beaming around the group. “Nothing to do with you this time, Eric – I'm as surprised as you are.

“No, it's Sean and Freddy I need to speak to...”

He glances between the two. “Good news, I suppose, boys. The Board is already looking at the structure for A Little South Of Sanity, and we've decided that the All-Action Championship will be defended in a four-man match.

“Freddy and Sean are both on the shortlist. I know you two have had your differences, so...” A shrug. “We feel the fairest way to do all this is to tell you that one of those spaces goes to... One of you.”

He looks between them, then turns and looks directly at Laura Huggins. “We're happy for the pair of you to decide who gets it, OK?”

“Now, hold on a minute,” Laura Huggins interrupts. “Sean... Sean and Freddy have been having some disagreements...”

“That's his point,” Tyler growls. “He wants the School at each other's throats.

“It's not going to happen, Midden.”

“Well,” Midden smiles. “I'll be happy to make it official once you've decided who's in the match. OK now? Bye...”

Leaving the room, Midden and Thatcher are smirking. Thatcher bursts out laughing just before the door shuts behind them.

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Lobo Blanco vs. Tommy Cornell
Shorter than last month's test contests, this one sees Cornell in a much better position as he takes on the Mexican technician. Even Lobo Blanco gets one or two shining moments in, but in the end, Tommy hits the Rough Ride – and doesn't even bother, as has become customary, to transition to the Guilt Trip to finish.
Tommy Cornell defeated Lobo Blanco
Rating: B-

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Frankie Perez vs. Rick Law
Last time around, Perez lost handsomely – but that was in February, and there's no dispute whatsoever among the TCW fans that P-Dawg has improved radically over the last few months.

The All Action Champion gives as good as he gets, though Law rallies the crowd strongly behind him, on more than one occasion using that to fight back, to recover, to break the P-Clutch...

Rick and Perez seem to be almost exactly evenly matched. Frankie blocks the Squad Car Slam and lands a DDT, but Law kicks out.

He follows up with an Arabian press; same story. “On Tuesday,” Jasmine Saunders notes, “Rick Law kicked out of a Destroyer. Frankie needs to rely on submission...”

Law makes it back to his feet, booting Perez in the gut, and whips him to the corner. A big boot follows; Law's still moving, heading for the far ropes as Perez stumbles back out of the corner – and then, the Long Arm of the Law slams home.

It's enough.
Rick Law defeated Frankie Perez
Rating: B

Show Rating: C+

Phantom Stranger

04-06-2010, 08:30 AM

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Friday 5th November 2008
Julian Watson is throwing his weight about. At this point, only Eric Tyler and Acid have caused more havoc, and they've done it in around double the time.

In this case, Watson's developing his vendetta against Sam Sparrow. I'm not completely sure what it stems from – scuttlebutt says some kind of incident on the house shows, where Sparrow apparently mistimed a finish the Enforcers were using – and it doesn't seem major compared to some of the issues – Kyle Rhodes is usually more vocal about his issues with me, and those stem primarily from my telling him off when he got into it with Acid.

Nonetheless, minor or not, Julian Watson has made this pretty open, and with the rumours going around, I felt I needed to explain to him exactly where we all stand.

It didn't help that Sparrow's wife was backstage. Accusations involving a ring rat could have got very out of hands if Rebecca Sparrow didn't trust Rick Law.

Julian says it won't happen again. I guess we'll see how that goes.

Monday 8th November 2008
The first renegotiation period for Badge of Honor rolled around this month, and today was the best day for myself, Tommy, “Lenny From Accounts” and the GNN rep handling our shows to get together.

Last time, I had to do a chunk of the talking. Warren – our GNN rep – needed to understand what we planned to do with that valuable time. He wanted assuring that, even though we were concentrating on developing new talent, we'd have enough name talent on show that it would be a worthwhile hour and a half as far as his advertisers are concerned.

This time, much less work was needed. I guaranteed that Tommy Cornell would be appearing on Badge of Honor for the next little while – adding some name value – and that we'd continue to launch the odd surprise moment there to make sure it stayed 'essential viewing'.

But the fact that our viewing figures have spiked a little over 25% over the past month and a half definitely helped. This was, mostly, Tommy and Lenny.

The end result was: Badge of Honor remains for another two seasons. We're making out better on the deal, too, and briefly kicked around the idea of a second big TV show, perhaps something for the Saturdays – it bugs me, and it bugs Tommy, that our go-home show before the pay-per-view is the minor show mostly populated by talent that won't be on PPV.

I tried not to say too much about how we'd define that show. Part of that is that, as yet, I don't know. Part of it is that, additionally, I'm not sure we can support two shows with our current roster. There's a hefty development bill, so in the future it's a definite possibility, but I've not planned anything yet.

But the biggest part is... Tommy and I have our eyes on CBA. With the SWF currently ticking along on The Pop! network we've got a space open. Adding another major show might be just how to get on there. And at this stage, they could hardly say we don't have the star power...

Maybe in the new year. A lot of things will have changed by our next negotiations.

Phantom Stranger

04-07-2010, 07:58 AM

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Texas Pete surprised a lot of the TCW faithful last week when he defeated Joey Minnesota. He impressed some of the wrestlers, too - notably John Anderson, who, in his continuing efforts to be known as a fighting champion, has offered Pete a shot at his International Championship. It's clear that we're dealing with a much better competitor than the man who left TCW to learn nine months ago - but can he add a championship to his resume, the first in his six year career?

The American Buffalo will follow these men into battle. He's thrown down a challenge to the man John Anderson succeeded as International Champion, Koshiro Ino. His agent, Mr Goldworthy, commented that "give him the match, it'll shut him up for a few days. I need time to prepare..." What's meant by that, we wouldn't care to speculate.

Sean Deeley and Freddy Huggins have been ordered to team together today by Mayhem Midden. Following the revelation Friday that one of them will receive a title shot at A Little South Of Sanity, can they coexist? Their opponents, Art Reed and Joey Minnesota, have a lot in common - technical skills, the legacy of DaVE, and a desire to get back on the winning road.

Sam Keith is also scheduled to be in action. He'll be taking on English submission specialist and three-time DaVE Extreme Champion, JD Morgan. His mind is likely to be on the recent announcement that Wolf Hawkins will challenge for the Hard-Hitting Championship at the end of the month, but this clash of the veterans is one for aspiring wrestlers to record and study. We don't want either man's techniques to retire with them.

Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins will be presenting a united front in tag competition next, squaring off with Sam Keith's twin sons. This has to be the toughest challenge the Keith Brothers have faced, but we're confident that they'll give of their very best.

Children and those with weak stomachs are, however, advised to skip out the following contest. Eddie Peak teams with Ricky Dale Johnson; Remo Richardson teams with Marat Khoklov. You do NOT want to be the man in the middle.

And, last of all, the Triple Threat Champion takes on the Canadian Wrestling Machine. It's Troy Tornado against Jeremy Stone, and while the title is not on the line, you can bet that pride will be.

Prediction Key:
TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Texas Pete

American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

Art Reed & Joey Minnesota w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Freddy Huggins & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

JD Morgan vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell (non-title)

The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins

Eddie Peak & Ricky Dale Johnson vs. Marat Khoklov & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

Jeremy Stone vs. Troy Tornado (non-title)

Regis

04-07-2010, 09:19 AM

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Texas Pete
Pete fights hard, but isn't able to put away the champ.

American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
Buffalo is expandable.

Art Reed & Joey Minnesota w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Freddy Huggins & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
Because Huggins and Deeley cannot co-exist.

JD Morgan vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell (non-title)
JD: He's a jobber.

The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins
The Keiths aren't ready for this level of mega-push yet.

Eddie Peak & Ricky Dale Johnson vs. Marat Khoklov & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
Schmozz. It all goes to hell in a hand-basket.

Jeremy Stone vs. Troy Tornado (non-title)
If in doubt, go for the champ.

Dragonmack

04-07-2010, 09:39 AM

John Anderson (c) vs. Texas Pete

American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

Art Reed & Joey Minnesota w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Freddy Huggins & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

JD Morgan vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell (non-title)

The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins

Eddie Peak & Ricky Dale Johnson vs. Marat Khoklov & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

Jeremy Stone vs. Troy Tornado (non-title)

Bigpapa42

04-07-2010, 10:14 AM

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Texas Pete

American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

Art Reed & Joey Minnesota w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Freddy Huggins & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

JD Morgan vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell (non-title)

The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins

Eddie Peak & Ricky Dale Johnson vs. Marat Khoklov & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

Jeremy Stone vs. Troy Tornado (non-title)

Zergon

04-07-2010, 10:14 AM

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Texas Pete
Too early to give the title to Pete

American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
Buffalo haven´t done all that much so far

Art Reed & Joey Minnesota w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Freddy Huggins & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
Huggins and Deeley will lose and it will continue the issues between Huggins and the rest of the school

JD Morgan vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell (non-title)
Morgan just isn´t big enough name to go over Keith here

The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins
Keith Brothers still have a long way to go before they can really challenge Tommy and Wolf

Eddie Peak & Ricky Dale Johnson vs. Marat Khoklov & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
It´s pretty hard for me to pick against Khoklov he´s just so damn big

Jeremy Stone vs. Troy Tornado (non-title)
Non-title inticates that Stone takes this one likely with some kind of cheating.

Tigerkinney

04-07-2010, 04:24 PM

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Texas Pete

Like many I was shocked to see Texas Pete not only win but have a good match, however I'll perhaps be even more shocked if he wins a title in just his second match back.

American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

I'm not sure if American Bungle is expandable but he certainly is expendable.

Art Reed & Joey Minnesota w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Freddy Huggins & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Minnesota bounces back from his loss to Texas Pete and Huggin's issues with the rest of the school continue to escalate that little bit further.

JD Morgan vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell (non-title)

Non title this may be but Morgan simply isn't over enough to be going over Sam Keith in this one.

The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins

Maybe one day for the Keith's but not right now nor anytime soon

Eddie Peak & Ricky Dale Johnson vs. Marat Khoklov & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

Got to side with the heels on this one, Khoklov needs to come across as an unstoppable monster to have any point to his existance and Remo Richardson still has that 'hot new acquistion' smell coming off him.

Jeremy Stone vs. Troy Tornado (non-title)

Stone is certainly at the level to defeat Tornado and non title makes me think that he could well pull the win off here even more, than if the belt was on the line.

Beeker

04-08-2010, 01:07 PM

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Texas Pete
-Holy Crap Petey did a leglock! Yes, but he'll still lose.

American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
- Buffalo seems to be focused on running in and hammering people, I can't recall the last match he won. Floyd starts to mull over retirement in Florida... and USPW.

Art Reed & Joey Minnesota w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Freddy Huggins & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
- I think the ongoing tension between Huggins and Deeley is furthered by them somehow succeeding, also Joey can go on a mini-losing streak before doing something to freshen up his character.

JD Morgan vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell (non-title)
- Title or no, I don't see Morgan winning. That's a big overness gap.

The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins
- See above. And if Cornell won't lay down for Lobo what chance to the Keith pups have? :D

Eddie Peak & Ricky Dale Johnson vs. Marat Khoklov & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
- Monsters only work when being booked as Monsters. Khoklov and Richardson should take this, but if they lose it's after Dominating Peak and RDJ and getting DQed.

Jeremy Stone vs. Troy Tornado (non-title)
- It's non-title and Tornado can afford to drop a match to make Stone look like a dangerous, legitimate competitor for the title.

Phantom Stranger

04-10-2010, 01:50 PM

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 2 November 2008

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 6.58)
Rebroadcast on Continental Sports X1 (Rating 0.00)

Held at the Illinois State Park (Great Lakes)

Attendance: 15,000 (Sold Out)

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Shawn Doakes

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Quite the brawl, here, and if anything, it exceeds the standards of Pete's match last week, despite the confusion as the match wraps.

Anderson and Pete seem to be evenly matched, and certainly both men are presenting a solid offensive attitude. But, after nearly fifteen minutes, someone else enters the equation.

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Sam Sparrow is checking on Anderson, who appears to have quite a cut over one eye. Wolf Hawkins ducks into the ring and catches Pete from behind with the Full Moon Rising; the big Texan staggers forward, and Anderson, almost on reflex, delivers the Ammo Dump, getting the pin.

It's only then that he notices that Hawkins is in the ring – and has a microphone in hand.
John Anderson defeated Texas Pete
Rating: B

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“Pardon me if I'm interrupting,” Hawkins smirks. “John, you're holding something that used to belong to me. I'm here to tell you – it's coming back home.”

Azaria blurts out “But he was confirmed to be challenging for the Hard-Hitting Championship!” on the microphone.

Some of the crowd seem equally confused, but Hawkins is still there, nodding. Pete has just about recovered enough now to work out what's going on – he lunges for Wolf, who rolls clear and stands off from both other men, walking backward up the ramp. “It's coming back home,” he repeats. “Nowhere else.”

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American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
A brawl, pure and simple. Ino gets a little practice at looking like a less-than-huge man, fighting from underneath, and Buffalo... continues to be big, and angry, and dangerous, and...

Predictable. With people like Khoklov, Baine, and even the slightly-smaller but no less powerful Remo around, Buffalo's power just doesn't seem as overwhelming. He's out of his league.

Ino... may not be Remo Richardson, but he's better than Buffalo, and he shows that here by outsmarting Buffalo, dodging a Stampede and getting the Kobra's Bite as Buffalo whiplashes back off the turnbuckles. That gets the win.
Koshiro Ino defeated American Buffalo
Rating: B-

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Art Reed & Joey Minnesota w/ Blonde Bombshell
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Freddy Huggins & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
Sharp and sweet, Reed and Minnesota unleash a technical masterclass, and while Sean Deeley goes with them, Freddy Huggins has to stay out of range and try to turn it into his kind of fight.

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Which very much keeps him unsettled and uneasy, though he gets up to speed five minutes in, when, with Laura Huggins holding Eugene Williams' attention, Acid joins him. The two men run wild on Art Reed, using their speed and partnership to close to destroy him, but when Minnesota joins the fray, the tide turns slightly, and Eugene turns around -

Acid gets sent to the back! Eugene Williams is actually ejecting him!

Meanwhile, Huggins rakes Minnesota's eye and staggers to the turnbuckle -

Sean Deeley steps back away, out of reach. Freddy has a moment to look heartbroken, and there's half a second's shot of Laura Huggins folding her arms, smiling grimly -

Minnesota grabs Freddy and plants him with an Empire Spiral, then makes the cover.
Art Reed & Joey Minnesota defeated Freddy Huggins & Sean Deeley
Rating: C

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“C'mon! Quick!” The speaker is unidentifiable, a TCW staffer to judge by his polo shirt, but he beckons as he scurries down a corridor backstage and the camera follows him. As it rounds a corner, raised voices can be heard.

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“...were supposed to cripple Keith and take HIS belt off him,” we hear Tommy Cornell shout. “What the hell are you looking back for?”

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“It's MY decision, Tommy!” Hawkins fires back. “I have my reasons. Let Tyson deal with Keith – he almost broke him last time.”

“He can't try for another five months!” Cornell yells.

“Then... Hell, I don't know. And I don't CARE, alright? I made my choice.”

The Syndicate's locker room door, previously slightly open, slams open and Wolf Hawkins stalks out, clearly furious. “I'm doing him a favour,” he yells back over his shoulder.

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JD Morgan vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
No one could say that Morgan had set the world alight since his arrival in TCW, but he remains a solid hand, and this match has an air of something different to it.

Keith and Morgan both switch down everything but the British catch-as-catch-can style, going for a pure submission exhibition. No suplexes, no punches, no slams, no kicks; nothing but takedowns and holds. For nearly eight minutes both men circle, collide, grapple, and break apart; by five minutes in, both men are smiling, and Dangerous' voice with that distinctive faux-British accent seems to agree with them; he's enjoying the commentary, discussing the holds, explaining what they do, why they hurt, and occasionally how they evolved.

Once again, TCW – and Sam Keith in particular – have shown that any style of wrestling might emerge on its programming, and capture the audience's attention.

Nevertheless, by a little under eight minutes in, the Proton Lock has been applied. Morgan is forced to tap out.
Sam Keith defeated JD Morgan
Rating: B-

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Keith calls for a microphone, and turns to face the entrance ramp. “I think I have a right here,” he begins, “to know what's going on.

“Now, it was my understanding that Wolf Hawkins had been chosen to challenge for my championship. I'd got absolutely no problem with that. He's a good wrestler.

“Apparently he's not interested... Apparently, someone is getting his match with me as a favour.

“I think I have a right, here, to know who that is.”

The crowd are suddenly loud, and Sam Keith – well, you can see his expression change as he realises what that means. He turns around -

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The chair is in the air. He catches it, reflexively, and Sammy Bach lands the superkick to smash it into his face.

“Surprise,” he sneers, before stomping the chair into the face of the downed legend. “See you A Little South of Sanity, Sam...”

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The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Cornell & Hawkins
Now this was a riveting fifteen minutes. The Keiths give Tommy and Wolf a real run for their money, particularly as their loyalty to each other is still perfect; it's obvious that the Syndicate pairing's relationship is currently strained.

At one point, indeed, Matthew and Greg debut something remarkable, as Matthew Keith vaults over Tommy Cornell, taking him up and round for a sunset flip bomb – which lands on Greg Keith's outstretched knee. Azaria dubs the move the Photon Breaker, and the resulting pinfall almost wins – but Wolf Hawkins manages to break it up.

Hawkins seems to rally Cornell, who comes back to life, ultimately catching Greg Keith into the Guilt Trip. Wolf prevents Matthew Keith from rescuing him, and Cornell forces the submission to score the win.
Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins defeated the Keith Brothers
Rating: A

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Eddie Peak & Ricky Dale Johnson vs. Marat Khoklov & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
It's not a match for very long. Everyone has a point to make, and no one wants to be out of the ring. The resulting slugfest builds and builds, and before too long, Peak and Richardson are both collecting chairs.

With the crowd hyped like crazy, Eddie nails Khoklov – which doesn't seem to faze him – and Remo nails RDJ – which does. The double-DQ follows inevitably.
Eddie Peak & Ricky Dale Johnson drew with Marat Khoklov & Remo Richardson via double DQ
Rating: B

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Remo leaves, his job done, and RDJ lies there. Peak and Khoklov, however, go at each other hammer and tongs, frenzied, with the Russian bleeding after the fourth chairshot, but still refusing to fall or waver. A Moscow Lariat lands just as Azaria sends it to commercial.

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Jeremy Stone vs. Troy Tornado
A hell of a match, sir; a hell of a match. Stone and Tornado seem more or less evenly matched, though “I hate to admit it,” Azaria confides, “given his ego, but...

“Jeremy Stone has the advantage here. He actually does seem to be as good as he claims.” That draws a snort from Dangerous.

“No one's as good as Jeremy Stone claims.”

Troy rallies and goes for the Star Maker, and the Canadian Wrestling Machine actually leapfrogs over it, drawing a huge reaction from the crowd – who don't immediately realise, with their attention on Stone, that Sam Sparrow is now out of it.

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The Enforcers arrive, beating down Tornado as Jeremy Stone watches, smirking, before delivering the Gojira Falls suicidal superplex onto the champion. As he lies there, Stone covers and the Enforcers leave.

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Sam Sparrow's still not conscious. Jeremy Stone is hauled unceremoniously out of pinning position by two newcomers – the Easy Riders – who promptly sink him with the Emergency Stop.

“Stay out of our business!” Fonda yells at Stone before the Riders, too, leave. Slowly, Tornado starts moving – he crawls to Stone – he covers as Sparrow stirs -

- one, two...

no! Stone kicks out! Wearily, Troy moves away – Jeremy moves with him – Stone Ankle Stretch!

Tornado rolls forward – the hold's broken – Jeremy rebounds off the ropes – STAR MAKER! One, two, three!
Troy Tornado defeated Jeremy Stone
Rating: A

Show Rating: B+

Phantom Stranger

04-11-2010, 03:18 PM

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Tuesday November 9th 2008
I don't know what you do for a living, faithful reader. But some of you, to judge by the fans I've talked to for decades, are in charge of people, from work gangs in dockyards all the way up to company directors (yes, some of them do watch wrestling. Yes, even the successful ones.)

Some of you know that sinking feeling you get, in the pit of your stomach, when you watch something you put together go wrong – before you even know it's gone wrong. That moment when all you know for sure is your instinct says there's something wrong.

Some of you know the prickles down the spine and across the shoulderblades that follow it, as something unfolds that wasn't supposed to happen.

Wrestling is a dangerous game, and while TCW keeps a tight rein on the very worst of the dangers – weaponry is an exception, not the rule, and the crazier moves are limited to those who show they can handle them – at the end of the day, we still drop each other on our shoulders, throw ourselves through the air to land on other people, and, yes, hit each other on the heads, arms, and backs with weapons. There's no way to make that entirely safe, because any of these involves two people. You trust Ricky Dale Johnson to come off the second rope and hit you with a lariat – uncontrolled once he's in the air – and he trusts you not to step too far in so he collides head-first with your sternum... and he trusts you to start bumping in time that his arm doesn't slam into an unmoving figure.

It's often impossible to tell who was at 'fault' when something goes wrong, but inevitably everyone in the locker room will have their own ideas. 'Causing' a serious injury early in your time with a company can cause serious issues for the rest of your time with them.

Tonight, we had a big four-man match between four of the best brawlers on TCW's roster. It was booked to go to double-DQ and then to an all-out, four-man brawl.

Anyone who watched the show and recalls the program might know already that the stand-up brawl featured only Marat Khoklov and Eddie Peak. That was when the prickles kicked in.

The uneasy feeling had started just after Ricky took Remo's chair to his raised arm. I've seen Ricky take dozens of chairshots that way, over his career – and I've seen Remo give out a fair few, too. This time, for whatever reason... whoever's fault... the chair impacted on the point of the elbow from a bad angle. Ricky's arm was too far across, or Remo's aim was a little off – deliberately or otherwise, in both cases.

They covered it well, but then in Ricky and Phil Vibert you have to great minds for rebooking on the fly. Ricky got himself right back to the trainers, Remo looked dangerous – it worked. And as it turns out, he'll be fine for A Little South of Sanity, but Remo and he won't be wrestling in the interim. I just hope this isn't used by the boys as an excuse to mess with Remo...

Phantom Stranger

04-12-2010, 10:29 PM

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One hell of an opening contest this Friday, as Johnny Bloodstone will step into the ring against fellow Canadian talent Sean Deeley. We're looking forward to this one.

The Easy Riders have the second contest of the night, going up against a team called Tooth & Claw. One half of this team, Lobo Blanco, debuted last week; the other, a masked youngster calling himself American Eagle, will appear for the first time tomorrow. The Riders have looked strong for quite some time now, so Tooth & Claw have their work cut out for them - but a win here would catapult them toward tag title contention.

Shingen Miyazaki continues his quest for a breakout win within TCW as he steps into the ring against last Disrespected standing, Teddy Powell. Powell has declared that he intends to move into the All Action division and cement his place in TCW by taking the belt - a win here would be a good start.

Three-man action for the All-Action division is showcased after that; Acid, Steve Gumble, and the UK Dragon will all be in action. All men have been champions in their history; only one of them can strengthen their case for the four-man match at A Little South of Sanity this week.

Aaron Andrews faced Tommy Cornell around a month ago; there, he came out marginally the worse in what many people have called a breakout performance. He steps into the ring against another Syndicate member this Friday; can Jack Marlowe of the Enforcers secure another win against the talented youngster?

Speaking of Tommy Cornell, his test series is scheduled to continue this Friday, and we're informed that one half of Randall Hopkirk's tag team proteges will be in action against him. We have no word yet on this man's identity, however, but will strive to keep you posted.

And Rick Law will be active in the main event, as ever. His opponent this time is another member of the School of Tradition, the wily veteran Joel Bryant.

Prediction Key:
Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Tooth & Claw (Lobo Blanco & American Eagle)

Shingen Miyazaki vs. Teddy Powell

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Steve Gumble vs. UK Dragon

Aaron Andrews vs. Jack Marlowe

Tommy Cornell vs. ???? w/ Randall Hopkirk

Joel Bryant w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rick Law

Bigpapa42

04-12-2010, 10:41 PM

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Tooth & Claw (Lobo Blanco & American Eagle)

Shingen Miyazaki vs. Teddy Powell

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Steve Gumble vs. UK Dragon

Aaron Andrews vs. Jack Marlowe

Tommy Cornell vs. ???? w/ Randall Hopkirk

Joel Bryant w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rick Law

Zergon

04-13-2010, 01:34 AM

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)
Bloodstone takes this one

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Tooth & Claw (Lobo Blanco & American Eagle)
Easy Riders keep going strong against the rookie team here

Shingen Miyazaki vs. Teddy Powell
The difference between these two is that Powell have had a feud with big names while Miyazaki haven´t been in feuds at all

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Steve Gumble vs. UK Dragon
I like Acid and he´s been semi-strong lately

Aaron Andrews vs. Jack Marlowe
This looks like a match that Andrews could win

Tommy Cornell vs. ???? w/ Randall Hopkirk
Mystery guy or not he won´t pick-up a win against Cornell in B-show

Joel Bryant w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rick Law
Law is feuding with Tyler so he should be able to take his underling

smurphy1014

04-13-2010, 01:56 AM

MichiganHero

04-13-2010, 03:25 AM

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)
In Canada, this would be a big draw. Not in America.

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Tooth & Claw (Lobo Blanco & American Eagle)
Tooth & Claw stand no chance among the pissed off bikers.

Shingen Miyazaki vs. Teddy Powell
Random pick.

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Steve Gumble vs. UK Dragon
See above.

Aaron Andrews vs. Jack Marlowe
I like his hustle.

Tommy Cornell vs. ???? w/ Randall Hopkirk
The only way the mystery man would win is if he was SWF's biggest main eventer and then he would still lose to Cornell on the B-show.

Joel Bryant w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rick Law
It is his show, after all. He'll probably win due to a DQ.

Tigerkinney

04-13-2010, 07:00 AM

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)

Better to keep Bloodstone looking strong here.

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Tooth & Claw (Lobo Blanco & American Eagle)

Who the hell is American Eagle?, anyway I think the world would implode if team jobber got the win here.

Shingen Miyazaki vs. Teddy Powell

Teddy Powell stays just about relevant by getting a win over someone who has been booked as a jobber thus far.

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Steve Gumble vs. UK Dragon

Most over and most credible of the three.

Aaron Andrews vs. Jack Marlowe

I agree with the consensus that this a match Andrews can win. Marlowe is little more than a fall guy for the Syndicate.

Tommy Cornell vs. ???? w/ Randall Hopkirk

It's a mystery guy on a B-show, if he were to have any chance of beating Cornell he would at the very least be debuting on Total Wrestling.

Joel Bryant w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rick Law

Another win for Law on 'his' show to send the fans home happy.

Regis

04-13-2010, 09:30 AM

Prediction Key:
Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)
A competitive outing for the Canadians, but in the end, Bloodstone needs to be the title holder to unite the belts.

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Tooth & Claw (Lobo Blanco & American Eagle)
JOBBERS!

Shingen Miyazaki vs. Teddy Powell
Teddy's come off the back of a losing feud, and needs to drop into the background for a while. Shingen, meanwhile, deserves to go somewhere.

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Steve Gumble vs. UK Dragon
I reckon Acid to be the most talented and most over man in the ring.

Aaron Andrews vs. Jack Marlowe
This is going to be a good one, and AA needs to be elevated - and quickly.

Tommy Cornell vs. ???? w/ Randall Hopkirk
Cornell takes down another youngster.

Joel Bryant w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rick Law
It's his show.

Dragonmack

04-13-2010, 10:10 AM

Prediction Key:
Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Tooth & Claw (Lobo Blanco & American Eagle)

Shingen Miyazaki vs. Teddy Powell

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Steve Gumble vs. UK Dragon

Aaron Andrews vs. Jack Marlowe

Tommy Cornell vs. ???? w/ Randall Hopkirk
(unless it's Jack Bruce is returning, if the mystery person is associated with Hopkirk, he isnt beating Cornell)

Joel Bryant w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rick Law

The choices all seem fairly straightforward....which means there has got to be a swerve somewhere! :p

Oregano Jensen

04-13-2010, 02:20 PM

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)

If this was going to be a win for Deeley, it wouldn't be the opening match.

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Tooth & Claw (Lobo Blanco & American Eagle)

This is not just a higher-ranked team, this is a higher-ranked team on a roll. Even if you were going to push Tooth & Claw, which seems unlikely, it wouldn't be with a win against the Riders.

Shingen Miyazaki vs. Teddy Powell

Neither one of these guys has amounted to THAT much so far. But I feel like Powell's going to get one more shot... Miyazaki's clock hasn't even started.

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Steve Gumble vs. UK Dragon

Dragon's been booked as a jobber, Gumble's Steve Gumble.

Aaron Andrews vs. Jack Marlowe

I've got to admit I get Andrews and Wolf Hawkins confused a lot. Well,, except now that Hawkins is emerging as a character in this diary. So I just get Andrews confused now.

Tommy Cornell vs. ???? w/ Randall Hopkirk

The Tommy Cornell Beating Up Some Dudes Tour continues.

Joel Bryant w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rick Law

I've got to throw some kind of wrench into this, and I'll go with a no contest here.

Marcel Fromage

04-13-2010, 05:58 PM

Sudo_Nym

04-13-2010, 05:59 PM

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)
Nitpick number one with your promotion: Sean Deeley is American. Just because he got his first big break in Canada doesn't make him Canadian.

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Tooth & Claw (Lobo Blanco & American Eagle)
Nitpick number two: American Eagle (assuming that it's Black Eagle/American Optimus) is in his mid-30s, and therefore past the point of being pushed as young in the world of wrestling.

Shingen Miyazaki vs. Teddy Powell
Just because I think now would be a great time to start pushing Miyazaki. Teddy could easily win, too, if you still think the Powell vs. Bach feud has legs.

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Steve Gumble vs. UK Dragon
Acid's really good, the other two are jobbers.

Aaron Andrews vs. Jack Marlowe
Hard to call, but Andrews been getting the stronger push; if this were a tag match, I'd probably go the other way.

Tommy Cornell vs. ???? w/ Randall Hopkirk
Unless ???? is Jesus, Tommy wins.

Joel Bryant w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rick Law
Rick Law could be a dynamite main eventer the instant the scene isn't already clogged.

NoNeck

04-13-2010, 07:16 PM

Put in the time to catch up with your fine work here, Stranger. Just top notch writing, in my opinion. Getting the chance to read it in larger sittings, I think it may overshadow your PPPW diary when all is said and done, which is saying something.

Anyway, to get involved like a good fanboy......

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Tooth & Claw (Lobo Blanco & American Eagle)

Tooth and Claw do the job.

Shingen Miyazaki vs. Teddy Powell

Is Powell versus Bach overwith?

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Steve Gumble vs. UK Dragon

Acid is the man. Especially against these two.

Aaron Andrews vs. Jack Marlowe

A pick 'em for me.

Tommy Cornell vs. ???? w/ Randall Hopkirk

I'll echo Sudo Nym here. Well, Jesus or Nemesis. They'd both be about as big.

Joel Bryant w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rick Law

No Neck loves Rick Law. Mark it down. :)

Beeker

04-14-2010, 03:34 AM

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)
- Deeley will likely find a way to escape the Bloodstone Mutilation but the damage will have been done and he'll fall to some other move.

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Tooth & Claw (Lobo Blanco & American Eagle)
- After Blanco fired a blank against Cornell I officially refuse to endorse this bestial tag teamery!

Shingen Miyazaki vs. Teddy Powell
- PS tries one last attempt to salvage the Disinterested storyline.

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Steve Gumble vs. UK Dragon
- Acid coz he has a girl and is not named Gumble or Dragon. (This isn't the Zone dammit!)

Aaron Andrews vs. Jack Marlowe
- Cornell Creative Control... Double A *has* to become a star. It starts here (and follows on from his epic match with Cornell himself.)

Tommy Cornell vs. ???? w/ Randall Hopkirk
- Draw. Why? Because Cornell is not going to lose on the B show, but whomever ???? should be a player as a nice nod to the network for renewing the Badge. Also I don't bet against ???? but I couldn't vote against Cornell either.

Joel Bryant w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rick Law
- It's his show. Sadly.

Phantom Stranger

04-14-2010, 05:51 PM

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 2 November 2008

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 0.41)

Held at the Sunrise Sunset (Hawaii)

Attendance: 1692

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Jasmine Saunders – Kyle Rhodes

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Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
A heck of a match here, as you'd expect, and a surprisingly vocal reaction from the crowd for Deeley, whose Japanese work with GCG was broadcast in Hawaii before he became a TCW exclusive talent and has built him a good following here.

Deeley plays a primarily defensive game, though there are points – particularly after he paintbrushes Bloodstone with a broad slap – where it's clear that he's trying to create an opening. Again, though, as Johnny comes closest to snapping into a rage he looks across and sees the Bombshell – and the anger just floods back out of his body.

The trouble with turtling is that you always have to have a comeback ready, and you've got to make the most of it. Sean Deeley manages to block the Bloodstone Mutilation partway through, somehow getting to his feet and converting the move into a vertebreaker, but as he takes a moment to recover, he spots a third person at ringside.

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Freddy Huggins is there, watching him coldly. Deeley takes a step back to assess, looks around the ring, and then to Freddy's sister.

Laura starts moving toward her brother with a look of fury and Deeley goes back to his offence – but Bloodstone has had just enough time, and balls him into an inside cradle for the victory.
Johnny Bloodstone defeated Sean Deeley
Rating: B+

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Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Tooth & Claw
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Lobo Blanco and his partner are completely unknown in Hawaii, and as such their entrance doesn't get the reaction that their opponents have without really trying. What's clear, however, is that the duo know absolutely how to complement each other's styles, and the performance they give is energetic, dynamic, fast, and full of zip...

...and utterly doomed, particularly once American Eagle finds himself on the receiving end. There's something about this guy; when he takes a beating, the front four rows wince. And with the Riders in aggressive, dominant mood, he takes one hell of a beating.

And then, for one shining moment...

The Riders set up for the Emergency Stop, hiptossing the Eagle into their arms, but he twists in midair, catching Fonda with a headscissors and bouncing up -

Just in time for Fonda to nail him with a big boot, making the pin seconds later. Afterward, for good measure, the Riders deliver the Emergency Stop they'd failed to hit before.
Easy Riders defeated Tooth & Claw
Rating: D+

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The Genitorturers' version of I Touch Myself begins to play, and the Stone brothers emerge on the entrance ramp, staring at the Riders in the ring.

Jeremy is, as always, all business save for that hint of a sneer as he regards them. Edd, meanwhile, plays to audience applause which is around 80% imaginary.

“Our challenge for the tag belts,” Jeremy says softly, “has nothing to do with you,” he says. “It's our business. So what you said on Tuesday – we've got nothing to do with your business. Unless you mean to give us a problem, anyway – and if you do, we will snap both of you in two.”

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And then it's his turn to look surprised, as Shout at the Devil hits – and Mayhem Midden emerges behind him.

“Sounds like you four are having fun,” he says, grinning. “Now, considering the situation... The Riders can say they only lost by DQ. You and your brother would make a hell of a pair of champions. And the New Wave deserve to have things to worry about other than chairshots and cheating.

“So I'm thinking it's not going to be a bad idea to make the match at A Little South of Sanity a three-way contest. Congratulations, all four of you – you had a problem, you now have a way to settle it.”

He smirks. “Don't play around with me, boys. I've lost my taste for it.”

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Shingen Miyazaki vs. Teddy Powell
A pretty solid contest, actually. Powell looks... happy... for practically the first time since he emerged in TCW. It may just be not having Stevie Grayson by his side, of course, but he seems to be having fun here, eventually ducking a spinning backfist and scoring with the Motion Censor after an otherwise evenly-fought contest.
Teddy Powell defeated Shingen Miyazaki
Rating: C

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Battle Without Honor And Humanity starts to play as Powell leaves the ring, which can only mean one thing; and Baroness Emily leads the Kobra down to the ring. Miyazaki watches, and Jasmine Saunders muses aloud about the minor shows of respect Ino gave Miyazaki and his tag team partner not too long ago, following his victories over them.

The three go into a cluster, heads bowed, for a few moments. Eventually Ino nods, turns, and heads backstage. Emily and Miyazaki walk away after him, deep in quiet conversation.

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Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Steve Gumble vs. UK Dragon
Fast-paced, this match's biggest trouble is that, right now, none of these three appears to have much going on, and the crowd doesn't like that so much.

Acid and UK Dragon team up for quite a while, beating Gumble down thoroughly, though he clearly does his best to rally.

Toward the end, the Dragon catches Gumble with the Dragon Drop; Acid promptly climbs to the top turnbuckle, while Dragon keeps Gumble pinned down, and as the School of Tradition man launches into the air for the Acid Rain Bomb, Gumble manages to twist, pulling Dragon into the Bomb's path.

Acid promptly blocks Gumble's Savate Kick, though, and gets the Acidity Test, leaving the Young Gun with little option but to tap out.
Acid defeated Steve Gumble and UK Dragon
Rating: C

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Aaron Andrews vs. Jack Marlowe
Andrews takes the fight right to Marlowe from the moment the bell rings, and Marlowe puts up a real fight as the two trade blows.

Still, he's having trouble keeping pace with Andrews' assault, and that means that, sooner or later, he needs some help.

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And a tag team specialist is never without support, as Julian Watson enters the ring just after Marlowe's 'accidental' left hook to Sam Sparrow's jaw. The beatdown that ensues is swift and brutal, and the pair quickly prepare for the Gojira Falls – but Andrews rolls clear, and Julian Watson is briefly out of commission. Marlowe tries for the Jackhammer, but Andrews once again elbows clear, then lunges in -

Northern Lights suplex out of nowhere -

one, two, three!
Aaron Andrews defeated Jack Marlowe
Rating: C+

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Backstage, and Tommy Cornell is heading toward the ring, ready to compete. Wolf Hawkins, on the other hand, in jeans and a T-shirt is walking with him, and the pair are clearly snapping at each other as the scene fades in.

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“Alright, fine,” Cornell suddenly snarls, abruptly breaking off from the walk. He slams a fist into an adjacent door, and after a moment it opens. Randall Hopkirk's head emerges, obviously curious. “Yeah?”

“Tell your kid's buddy I'm making this a tag team match. He has any sense, he'll get dressed for it now.”

Hopkirk blinks. “He hasn't had time to prepare,” he says mildly.

“Yeah, well, neither has Wolf,” Cornell snorts, as Hawkins' eyes widen.

“Wait a minute,” he says, “I'm not ready-”

“YOU SHOULD BE,” Cornell snarls, rounding on him. “You're in the Syndicate, Wolf. You fight by my side, and you should be ready when you're needed.

“Come on. Let's go.”

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Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk vs. Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins
Short and fairly sweet, this; the Syndicate men steamroller over the Express in an incredible display of temper, never ceasing to bend the rules and force the boundaries.

The Balcony boys do their best – but it's all they can do to hold it together as two furious experts compete in one-upsmanship, using them as the targets. On commentary, Azaria and Rhodes do their best to pinpoint what the newcomers are doing well and have to offer, but the main thing is that they simply are outclassed. Cornell claims the privilege of the victory, taking out Dean Waldorf with the Rough Ride.
Cornell & Hawkins defeated the Balcony Express
Rating: C+

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Law's been having trouble in squeaking out victories of late, and it's led to a little loss of respect from the fans – but here, that trouble is gone, as the big lawman steps up his pace and his game, easily outclassing Joel Bryant. Bryant spends much of the match glancing down to the entrance ramp, and it looks pretty clear that he'd expected interference...

Not that that interference appears to be coming, though. The Squad Car Slam rattles Bryant, and Law follows it with a Long Arm of the Law for a decisive victory.
Rick Law defeated Joel Bryant
Rating: C

Show Rating: C+

ampulator

04-14-2010, 10:20 PM

Man,that show was... disappointing in terms of grades. Your best match was your opening. :p

Beeker

04-15-2010, 12:23 AM

Phantom Stranger

04-15-2010, 06:51 AM

Man,that show was... disappointing in terms of grades. Your best match was your opening. :p

It's the B show in Hawaii. Grades aren't really important.
Me only getting one match wrong... now that's a warning sign PS needs to pay attention to!

Pretty much what Beeker said, yeah. I'd hoped for the Cornell/Hawkins vs. Balcony Express (name credit 1PWFan) to hit B- based off the kind of results those two pull whenever I hand them jobbers, but other than that this show was about story beats and putting people up against people they could learn from. Sometimes it happens.

I like B-shows. They're horribly experimental.

Phantom Stranger

04-15-2010, 07:16 AM

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Saturday November 13th 2008
I'm really, really unsure I should write this down. If I do, I suppose I can always cut it before this manuscript reaches the proofing stage, just in case; it'd be harder to get the details right if I don't write it close to the time. But it may happen that I don't want to be admitting to Tommy that I knew about this before he did.

I got the phonecall Jennifer mentioned a couple of weeks ago.

I didn't realise that, at first; my Saturday routine, if I manage to grab a redeye home on Friday night, is to check in with the Danger Zone dojo if my daughter's currently running courses and offer some advice; otherwise, I sit around the house, check in with the office by phone, do any odd jobs Maggie needs doing...

Regardless, friends and family know that if they want to make sure of catching me, they should call on Saturday. And over the last thirty years, most of my friends have been made through the business.

I picked up the phone just after lunch and heard the cheerful tones of Marcus McKing. I've known Moustache since my first stint in the SWF, back when he still looked like getting a push there – I was one of the young heels who was fed to him in an attempt to sell the fans on getting behind him. At that time, I didn't know him well – I had my own crowd I ran with, he had his – but I came to know him quite well when I took up the book for Philly Power Pro Wrestling, which was, backstage, close to a SWF reunion. Moustache was the agent who helped a lot of our youngsters put their matches together for the first year or so I was there, and there's pretty much no way not to get close to someone when their job is to take what you visualised and help the talent actually do it.

These days he makes his money working for Angel Athletic Association, an all-womens promotion out of Seattle, backstage and on the announce table.

What he said was... somewhat surprising.

“I keep hearing that you're always on the phone with Cliff and Shawn,*” he began. “Checking up on the new talent.” I made some joke about it, figuring it for small talk, but he pressed on.

“Are the girls not good enough for you?”

I'm not sure how this happened. TCW has apparently made a deal with AAA and signed seventeen 'girl grapplers' – four of them to train the others. It's apparently done this without telling me.

Or Joel. Or Sam. Or Tommy himself, it turned out when I called Jennifer – as per her request.

She wants to give these women a huge, international platform, to prove that it can work. She evidently has enough sway with the financial side to do this without needing to run it by Tommy.

So what do I do now?

* - Shawn Gonzales, who books FCW, our second dev territory

1PWfan

04-15-2010, 07:31 AM

I'd say form a women's division, sign Kate Dangerous and god-push her to the title. It's just not wrestling without gratuitous nepotism and putting family ahead of the company. :D

Phantom Stranger

04-16-2010, 03:48 PM

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As TCW roll into the Oregon Gardens it's beginning to look like a really good show is coming together. We're going to see a mix of new and experienced talent in action this Total Wrestling; let's see what's what.

Following the events of John Anderson's title defence against Texas Pete last week, Mayhem Midden has made an unusual tag team match to kick things off; the Machines are going to step up and be counted, facing off with Texas Pete and the man who ran him down, Wolf Hawkins. Midden has informed us that Pete and Wolf will be made to work together during this match; any assault on a tag team partner will be severely penalised.

Another tag team contest is the next bout up on the slate; the Stone Brothers have demanded a contest against the Easy Riders' opponents this past Friday, Tooth and Claw, with the clear intent of proving a point. Can Tooth And Claw pull something out to earn the respect of the TCW faithful, or have their careers simply got off to the worst start possible?

The Tag Team Champions are in action, too! The New Wave will face off with the unlikely team of American Buffalo and JD Morgan, testing themselves against pure strength and incredible technical savvy ahead of the mountain they're faced with at the end of the month.

Eddie Peak, the Bloody-Handed God, has a match scheduled against the Celtic Crippler Merle O'Curle. Could Peak be trying to learn some new tricks ahead of his upcoming showdown with the giant Marat Khoklov?

And, indeed, Khoklov will be in action immediately afterward, his opponent being Joey Minnesota. Again, the opponents set for them are not brawlers, and either man may be hoping to find something new and effective.

The Elite Express look to put on quite the showcase against the Hard-Hitting Champion and his ally; in tag team competition next are Sam Keith and his student Johnny Bloodstone. The Express seem bound and determined to pit their wits against the very best TCW has to offer, and while that's been a losing proposition so far, it shows the kind of heart you need to get ahead in this business.

A six-man tag will spice things up afterward; Art Reed aligns with the Keith brothers, and against them, Chris Rockwell and his student Frankie Perez will be joined by Sean Deeley. We're told Rockwell requested this match, but no information has been given out as to why.

Alliterative battle follows; Aaron Andrews steps into the ring as the latest to defend TCW's pride. His opponent? None other than the 'supreme specimen' Remo Richardson. Andrews has to be seen as the underdog here, but his heart and fighting spirit have surprised us before.

The main event promises to be interesting. Originally scheduled to see Troy Tornado side with Ricky Dale Johnson against the Syndicate duo of Tommy Cornell and Tyson Baine, RDJ's injury at the hands of Richardson has prevented that. Mr Cornell has promised that no matter what, even if Tornado can't find a tag partner, the match will go on - so who will volunteer?

Prediction Key:
The Machines vs. Texas Pete & Wolf Hawkins

Stone Brothers vs. Tooth And Claw

American Buffalo & JD Morgan w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. New Wave (non-title)

Eddie Peak vs. Merle O'Curle

Joey Minnesota vs. Marat Khoklov

Elite Express vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Art Reed & the Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Chris Rockwell, Frankie Perez & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Aaron Andrews vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

Tommy Cornell & Tyson Baine vs. Troy Tornado & ????

Dragonmack

04-16-2010, 04:17 PM

Prediction Key:
The Machines vs. Texas Pete & Wolf Hawkins

Stone Brothers vs. Tooth And Claw

American Buffalo & JD Morgan w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. New Wave (non-title)

Eddie Peak vs. Merle O'Curle

Joey Minnesota vs. Marat Khoklov

Elite Express vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Art Reed & the Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Chris Rockwell, Frankie Perez & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Aaron Andrews vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

Tommy Cornell & Tyson Baine vs. Troy Tornado & ????

Bigpapa42

04-16-2010, 04:55 PM

The Machines vs. Texas Pete & Wolf Hawkins

Stone Brothers vs. Tooth And Claw

American Buffalo & JD Morgan w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. New Wave (non-title)

Eddie Peak vs. Merle O'Curle

Joey Minnesota vs. Marat Khoklov

Elite Express vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Art Reed & the Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Chris Rockwell, Frankie Perez & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Aaron Andrews vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

Tommy Cornell & Tyson Baine vs. Troy Tornado & ????

Marcel Fromage

04-16-2010, 07:12 PM

BYU 14

04-16-2010, 07:28 PM

The Machines vs. Texas Pete & Wolf Hawkins

Stone Brothers vs. Tooth And Claw

American Buffalo & JD Morgan w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. New Wave (non-title)

Eddie Peak vs. Merle O'Curle

Joey Minnesota vs. Marat Khoklov
I want Joey back in NYCW :)

Elite Express vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Art Reed & the Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Chris Rockwell, Frankie Perez & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
Predicting a big night for the Bombshells boys

Aaron Andrews vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

Tommy Cornell & Tyson Baine vs. Troy Tornado & ????
even the mystery man won't make a difference here.

Zergon

04-17-2010, 03:01 AM

The Machines vs. Texas Pete & Wolf Hawkins
Texas Pete might be getting a push but I don´t see him going over Machine in tag match even if he have Wolf as he´s partner

Stone Brothers vs. Tooth And Claw
Tooth and Claw is getting another beat down here

American Buffalo & JD Morgan w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. New Wave (non-title)
Buffalo or Morgan haven´t done anything that make me think that they could win here even when this is non-title match

Eddie Peak vs. Merle O'Curle
Shoukld be pretty one-way match

Joey Minnesota vs. Marat Khoklov
Khoklov needs to be booked like unstoppable monster and losing to Minnesota doesn´t do that so he wins here

Elite Express vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
Seems a little one-sided match though Express likely will get some offence

Art Reed & the Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Chris Rockwell, Frankie Perez & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
I go with faces here mainly because they likely work together better than the heel side plus Deeney have problems with Freddy and that might became a factor too.

Aaron Andrews vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
Remo isn´t losing to Andrews

Tommy Cornell & Tyson Baine vs. Troy Tornado & ????
Hard to predict against mystery man but I presume is someone from existing roster and not a new guy.

Tigerkinney

04-17-2010, 11:46 AM

The Machines vs. Texas Pete & Wolf Hawkins

Wolf attacking Texas Pete might see him be punished, but did it say anything about being punished for walking out and leaving Pete to just fend for himself ? I just don't see them working together to go over the team with experience.

Stone Brothers vs. Tooth And Claw

I'll get this in before Regis...JOBBERS !

American Buffalo & JD Morgan w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. New Wave (non-title)

Non title for a reason...glorfied JOBBERS !

Eddie Peak vs. Merle O'Curle

O'Curle at this stage is still a, you've guest it a JOBBER

Joey Minnesota vs. Marat Khoklov

Zergon put it exactly how I would have put it

Elite Express vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Competitive squash match, two borderline JOBBERS (at this stage) aren't going over two guys holding belts and enjoying a strong push

Art Reed & the Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Chris Rockwell, Frankie Perez & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

What's this ? A match not involving JOBBERS but a difficult to call match involving a collection of midcarders, looking to rise the ranks. For me Reed right now is the weakest link in this match so I'll go for the heel trio in this one.

Aaron Andrews vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

Now Andrews isn't a JOBBER but he sure as hell isn't going over Remo.

Tommy Cornell & Tyson Baine vs. Troy Tornado & ????

Could swing either way, especially with the involvement of a mystery guy but you know what I'm going to go for the Syndicate duo to still win the day here.

Regis

04-17-2010, 01:20 PM

The Machines vs. Texas Pete & Wolf Hawkins
Voting for Pete here - don't derail his push yet!

Stone Brothers vs. Tooth And Claw
JOB - wait, what?

American Buffalo & JD Morgan w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. New Wave (non-title)
Never bet against the champs.

Eddie Peak vs. Merle O'Curle
JOBBE - damn it!

Joey Minnesota vs. Marat Khoklov
Never derail a monster's push.

Elite Express vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
Nowhere near over enough yet. Sorry, EE.

Art Reed & the Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Chris Rockwell, Frankie Perez & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
Let's see how this shapes up. I'm intrigued.

Aaron Andrews vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
Sorry, AA.

Tommy Cornell & Tyson Baine vs. Troy Tornado & ????
Never bet against ????

jesseewiak

04-18-2010, 05:36 AM

The Machines vs. Texas Pete & Wolf Hawkins - Sorry, even a new 'n' improved Texas Pete ain't taking out the Machines.

Stone Brothers vs. Tooth And Claw - Um...yeah.

American Buffalo & JD Morgan w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. New Wave (non-title) - I'm tempted to go shenanigans, but I'll go w/ the safe peak.

Eddie Peak vs. Merle O'Curle - Alas Merle, I knew you well.

Joey Minnesota vs. Marat Khoklov - Joey will be a good challenge, but not quite ready to take out Marat.

Elite Express vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell - Canadian JJTS versus one of the World champs and Sam F'ing Keith.

Art Reed & the Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Chris Rockwell, Frankie Perez & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins - Draw as we get a schmozz.

Aaron Andrews vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert - Remo's gonna kill you.

Tommy Cornell & Tyson Baine vs. Troy Tornado & ???? - I say Tornado's partner no huge deal and the lead Syndicate team pulls off a victory.

Phantom Stranger

04-19-2010, 10:46 AM

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 3 November 2008

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 5.88)
Rebroadcast on Continental Sports X1 (Rating 0.01)

Held at the Oregon Gardens (North West)

Attendance: 14,281

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Shawn Doakes

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The Machines vs. Texas Pete & Wolf Hawkins
Pete's resurgence as a force to be reckoned with continues here. He's a powerhouse here, but a powerhouse with speed – and one who actually hits dropkicks on both Machines at one point.

It's pretty clear that Texas Pete has learned a lot while he's been away, and the other three men are already well known as excellent talents – which makes for a fast, smooth, fluid fight and a hell of an opening contest.

But the Machines have something Pete and Hawkins don't – can't. The Machines have teamwork. Instinctive, almost, understanding together – a level that was clearly not there as 2008 began. And that's what turns the tide, as Brent and John finally keep Pete down after both an Ammo Dump and the King of the Hill splash.
The Machines defeated Texas Pete & Wolf Hawkins
Rating: B+

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Stone Brothers vs. Tooth and Claw
It was never going to equal the preceding contest, but this one is actually surprisingly good. Tooth and Claw seem more than motivated following their loss on Friday, and for a little while there, they actually carry the day, taking it to an unprepared and arrogant Stone duo who just weren't ready.

But over time, the Stones fight back, and they get the upper hand. Things come to a head, ultimately, with Lobo Blanco crashing to the mat following a Stone's Throw. Jason Azaria notes that the Easy Riders took almost exactly as long to defeat the new team.
Stone Brothers defeated Tooth and Claw
Rating: C+

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Eddie Peak vs. Merle O'Curle
What a match.

O'Curle has shown a real tenacity in his TCW appearances – what he hasn't shown yet is a chance to win, but considering the caliber of much of his opposition, that shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. Given that he remains favoured by virtually no one, this match is not one which carries real suspense – but Merle manages to pull off quite a few tricks to shock the crowd before the Peak of Perfection hits.
Eddie Peak defeated Merle O'Curle
Rating: B-

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Peak remains in the ring, waiting, before the next match begins. And Psalm 69 starts to play, and Marat Khoklov comes down to the ring, slow but sure.

The two stay clear of each other, eyes locked on one another, as Peak leaves and Khoklov enters.

Long after they're out of range, the two massive warriors are still watching each other.

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Joey Minnesota vs. Marat Khoklov
Minnesota does his best here. He's sharp, fast, cool under pressure. He has all the tools needed for a great warrior.

Khoklov, on the other hand, is a force of nature. The King of Monsters. A leglock is no good if you can't take them off their feet to apply it, and the Suplex Kid, as he was once known, will have difficulty taking an opponent Khoklov's size off his feet.

Marat has no such difficulty, and really, that's all you need to know. Minnesota suffers a Moscow Lariat in short order.
Marat Khoklov defeated Joey Minnesota
Rating: C+

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New Wave vs. American Buffalo & JD Morgan w/ Floyd Goldworthy
This one is, ultimately, pretty obvious, and the New Wave use it as nothing more or less than a chance to crash through two opponents before their three-way title match.

Toward the finish, Scout traps JD Morgan in the Special Force. Guide sends Buffalo crashing to the outside with a Guided Missile and then climbs the turnbuckle. Without even looking, Scout breaks his hold and climbs in his turn. The Wave of Mutilation ends it.
The New Wave defeated American Buffalo & JD Morgan
Rating: C

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Elite Express vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
Hectic pace to this match, which is down to the Express; they know how much they stand to gain if they can pull out a victory here, and they're more than willing to try.

Where on Friday Bloodstone's opponent looked to drive him off his game through inciting him to rage, here the Express just seek to hit faster, to move too fast to be attacked, to dodge, duck, and evade, and to make the most of their teamwork.

For a while, it even works, and they stay on top for quite a while. Bloodstone manages to snag Nate Johnson's ankle, though, and cut him off from the tag. Systematically, Bloodstone works Johnson over, assaulting him, targeting him, making the most of it.

Bobby Thomas, clearly irate, has Eugene Williams' attention when Johnson taps, and the match continues. Thomas keeps the referee's focus on him, and someone else arrives.

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Chris Rockwell slides into the ring for just long enough to punch Bloodstone and get out. Replays will show the brass knuckles on his fist, but for now, what happens is that the hold is broken. Johnson crawls for the tag, and while he's on the way, Keith manages to tag in for Bloodstone.

Bobby Thomas' charge is cut off, and Sam Keith scores with the Neutron Plex for the victory.
Johnny Bloodstone & Sam Keith defeated the Elite Express
Rating: B

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We cut to a video now, as Sammy Bach perches above the camera, looking down on it, his black guitar cradled loosely in his hands. He idly picks out Gimme Shelter, Sam Keith's theme, as he watches, unblinking, staring at the camera. It's a little harsh on the steel strings of the unplugged Gibson – and it slowly gets worse, as Bach begins to twist the chords, turning it into something horrible, something truly unpleasant, as he begins to smirk.

“What a name,” he whispers at last. “What a name to collect, the name of Keith...”

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Art Reed & the Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell
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Chris Rockwell, Frankie Perez & Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
What's terrifying about this contest, especially the fan reactions, is the fact that at the start of the year none of these six men were in TCW – but the crowd have taken all six into their hearts, whether they support them or not.

And they make the most of it. This is slick. This is fast. This flits between styles, though the majority of it is a technical showcase.

There are big moments – arguably the biggest being only the second ever appearance of the Photon Breaker, the Keith Brothers' new sunset-flip-bomb into a backbreaker.

And throughout it all, Chris Rockwell stalks, and he's...

Well.

It looks like he's fighting off an incoming mental breakdown. There's a pent-up fury here, one he's struggling to hold in check – just about – but at the same time, periodically there's a glimpse of... terror? Panic? Nerves? Hard to tell.

It certainly makes him dangerous, though; the finish comes when he gets Matthew Keith trapped, driving the knees relentlessly into his head. Greg lunges to help, but Frankie Perez is there with that hook kick of his, literally kicking the man out of the air. Rockwell makes the pin, and the contest is over.
Chris Rockwell, Frankie Perez & Sean Deeley defeated Art Reed & the Keith Brothers
Rating: B+

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Aaron Andrews vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
Short, sweet, and a fair bit of fun, Aaron Andrews gives Remo everything he has – but Remo haas strength, speed, outside assistance and a couple years' experience on him, and the result is only ever going to go one way.

Remo plants him with the Destroyer and moves on.
Remo Richardson defeated Aaron Andrews
Rating; B-

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Following the contest, Phil Vibert enters the ring alongside his client, microphone in hand, and stands over Aaron Andrews, looking down.

He applauds suddenly, and the crowd go silent, wondering what's coming.

“Not bad,” Vibert says. “Aaron, I know everyone tells you this anyway – but you've got talent.

“So does your tag partner. And you're not the only young talent in TCW - hell, you just got steamrollered by the very best young talent around.

“But it takes a lot more than just skill to be a champion, Aaron. It takes more than just skill just to win.

“I intend to manage all the big winners in this company. And what I want to say is, today, you had a chance to persuade me and Remo that you had the rest of what it takes.

“You didn't. You don't get to be my second client, Aaron.

“Sorry.”

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Back from commercial now, and Tommy Cornell is in the ring, flanked by Tyson Baine, and he's smirking.

“I'm looking forward to this,” he begins. “See, last week, we had this lined up, me and Tyson against Troy Tornado and everyone's favourite choke artist, Ricky Dale Johnson.

“And then, LAST week, Remo Richardson injured Ricky. So he can't make it.

“So Troy needs a new buddy.

“And who's he going to go for? Painful Procedure's halfway to dead. Both the Young Guns together couldn't handle Tyson. His usual mates were all busy.

“But Troy – the match happens tonight. End of.

“So I hope you've got someone. Because either way, tonight, I'm going to show everybody why you do not deserve to be champion.”

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Fury of the Storm plays, and Troy Tornado comes out – and stops on the top of the entrance ramp, looking back at them, staring at them.

He has a microphone in hand, and as his own music dies away, he lifts it to his lips. He gets ready to speak, then lowers it again, and raises his right arm, calling for something.

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My Hero hits loud, and Rick Law makes his way out to stand alongside Troy.

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Rick Law & Troy Tornado vs. Tommy Cornell & Tyson Baine
And wouldn't you know it, but Law and Tornado seem to find a groove alongside one another as if they'd been doing this for years.

They just mesh – and that seems to be how they do their best against the Syndicate duo. Tornado spends much of the match beckoning Cornell into the ring, but despite his words, Cornell seems unwilling to step into the ring.

He's in and out briefly, but always briefly, relying on the giant Baine.

Baine is his usual powerful, nigh-unstoppable self, but the champion manages to rally – and Rick Law comes in to really even things up. Much to Cornell's fury, Eugene Williams lets the pair go two on one for a short while, ignoring even the five count.

And then it happens. Law goes one way. Tornado goes the other.

The Long Arm of the Law hits as Law dives from behind Baine, his running lariat turned into a diving scythe to sweep Baine's legs out from under him, and simultaneously, Tornado takes to the air, catching Baine in the windpipe with the Star Maker.

Tornado makes the cover and, as Cornell finally comes in, Law intercepts him with the Squad Car Slam.
Rick Law & Troy Tornado defeated Tommy Cornell
Rating: A

Show Rating: B+

Phantom Stranger

04-20-2010, 10:23 AM

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Thursday 18th November 2008

Sam Keith.
Eddie Peak.
Johnny Bloodstone.
Sammy Bach.
Jeremy Stone.
Edd Stone.
Frankie Perez.
Chris Rockwell.
Remo Richardson.
The Keith Twins.
The Easy Riders.
The New Wave.
Koshiro Ino.
Marat Khoklov.

What do all these names have in common? None of them have so much as a year and a half's tenure with TCW, and none of them were brought in to job. All of them have had some degree of success – over half of them have held championship gold – but the point I'm groping for here is that this is a LOT of change at the top in the course of eighteen months.

Is this a bad thing? Ultimately, no – they're all talented wrestlers, to one level or another, and at this point almost all of them have contributed to drawing fans to buy Pay-Per-Views to some degree. But... when you add in the regular movement of those below them between promotions, what Mike Nero calls “undercard churn”... At that point you get a potentially very fractured, shifting situation.

I've been careful to keep our former DaVE talent from doing too much work together, so that they can reestablish themselves – rebrand themselves, almost – as being TCW talent first and foremost in the fans' eyes. This is also part of why a couple of the other SWF talent now wishing they had the security of a written deal aren't being brought in; it'd be difficult not to align them with Remo and Vibert, and that's the last thing I want.

Phantom Stranger

04-20-2010, 02:17 PM

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What a show we have lined up for you this Friday. The main event looks likely to be one of the best, if not the best, in Badge of Honor history. But that's not all, so let's take a look at what we can expect...

Following their unofficial 'time challenge' as they both took on Tooth And Claw recently, the Easy Riders and the Stone Brothers are getting set to take out one another before A Little South of Sanity. Two dangerous teams go head to head this week...

Randall Hopkirk's new proteges, the Balcony Express, are also going to be in action - taking on the hefty challenge that is the School of Tradition. Hopkirk has stated in interview that he considers the Balcony Express to be 'a work in progress, compared to teams like the Guns and the Wave'; Friday is a chance to see just how true that is. Are they ready for TCW? Or are they about to start learning fast?

Following that, two six-man matches will be held. These matches were open-invitation to the All-Action division, excluding the champion, Sean Deeley, Freddy Huggins, and Acid - owing to Midden's ruling regarding the School of Tradition being allowed to enter only Deeley or Huggins for the upcoming four-way match.

You see, the winner of each six man match earns entry into the four-way All Action championship match coming up A Little South of Sanity.

Signed up for the first match: Both Keith brothers, the Elite Express, American Eagle, and Chance Fortune.

Signed up for the second: Art Reed, the Fly Boys, Lobo Blanco, Hell Monkey and Merle O'Curle.

Remo Richardson will also be in competition. The man looking to make his name this time? Teddy Powell. We commend Powell's courage.

Chris Rockwell, too, has requested a match, and Mayhem Midden has matched him up against Danny Fonzarelli. What that says about Midden's estimation of Rockwell's recent form and behaviour is, as ever, another question.

And lastly, that Main Event we mentioned... Rick Law has requested the opportunity to go one on one with Wolf Hawkins. No official word has come down on why, but we imagine that, following the events of Tuesday, he wants to test himself against the Syndicate with a view to stepping up to TCW's top tier.

Prediction Key:
Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Stone Brothers

Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins

Entry into the All-Action Championship Four-Way Dance
American Eagle vs. Bobby Thomas vs. Chance Fortune vs. Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Matthew Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Nate Johnson

Entry into the All-Action Championship Four-Way Dance
Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Donnie J w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Hell Monkey vs. Jimmy P w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Lobo Blanco vs. Merle O'Curle

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Teddy Powell

Chris Rockwell vs. Danny Fonzarelli

Rick Law vs. Wolf Hawkins

Bigpapa42

04-20-2010, 02:26 PM

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Stone Brothers

Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins

Entry into the All-Action Championship Four-Way Dance
American Eagle vs. Bobby Thomas vs. Chance Fortune vs. Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Matthew Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Nate Johnson

Entry into the All-Action Championship Four-Way Dance
Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Donnie J w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Hell Monkey vs. Jimmy P w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Lobo Blanco vs. Merle O'Curle

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Teddy Powell

Chris Rockwell vs. Danny Fonzarelli

Rick Law vs. Wolf Hawkins

Zergon

04-20-2010, 02:42 PM

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Stone Brothers
I think this will be draw so we can have three way tag title match in next PPV.

Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins
Normally i would go with School here but that situation between Freddy Huggins and Deeley will likely affect on the end result.

Entry into the All-Action Championship Four-Way Dance
American Eagle vs. Bobby Thomas vs. Chance Fortune vs. Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Matthew Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Nate Johnson
No idea here really, likely going to be one of the Elite Express or Keith brothers but since I´m not a big fan of putting one guy over his tag partner, I will go with Fortune who haven´t been seen much for some time now.

Entry into the All-Action Championship Four-Way Dance
Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Donnie J w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Hell Monkey vs. Jimmy P w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Lobo Blanco vs. Merle O'Curle
I think this one is between Reed and Monkey and Reed have done more so far.

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Teddy Powell
Remo isn´t losing to Teddy here

Chris Rockwell vs. Danny Fonzarelli
Rockwell is higher on the food chain rignt now.

Rick Law vs. Wolf Hawkins
Could go either way but I give this one to Hawkins

Dragonmack

04-20-2010, 04:50 PM

Prediction Key:
Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Stone Brothers

Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins

Entry into the All-Action Championship Four-Way Dance
American Eagle vs. Bobby Thomas vs. Chance Fortune vs. Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Matthew Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Nate Johnson

Entry into the All-Action Championship Four-Way Dance
Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Donnie J w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Hell Monkey vs. Jimmy P w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Lobo Blanco vs. Merle O'Curle

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Teddy Powell

Chris Rockwell vs. Danny Fonzarelli

Rick Law vs. Wolf Hawkins

Sudo_Nym

04-20-2010, 11:47 PM

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Stone Brothers
Could be a draw, but I like the idea of Jeremy getting to hold some gold.

Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins
Statler and Waldorf aren't going anywhere this quickly, especially not at the expense of Sean Deeley. Deeley 4 World Champ!

Entry into the All-Action Championship Four-Way Dance
American Eagle vs. Bobby Thomas vs. Chance Fortune vs. Greg Keith w/Blonde Bombshell vs. Matthew Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Nate Johnson
Much as I love the idea of the Keith boys making it in singles competition, I've got to give it to Chance. He deserves the shot.

Entry into the All-Action Championship Four-Way Dance
Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Donnie J w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Hell Monkey vs. Jimmy P w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Lobo Blanco vs. Merle O'Curle
Art Reed is money.

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Teddy Powell
Powell? Seriously?

Chris Rockwell vs. Danny Fonzarelli
What is Danny up to?

Rick Law vs. Wolf Hawkins
Go go Rick Law

jesseewiak

04-21-2010, 12:56 AM

Prediction Key:
Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Stone Brothers - Part of me wants to say DCO/DDQ to set-up a three-way, but I'll go w/ the sure thing.

Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins - More tension, but not enough to lose to the new jobbers.

Entry into the All-Action Championship Four-Way Dance
American Eagle vs. Bobby Thomas vs. Chance Fortune vs. Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Matthew Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Nate Johnson - Random guess

Entry into the All-Action Championship Four-Way Dance
Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Donnie J w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Hell Monkey vs. Jimmy P w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Lobo Blanco vs. Merle O'Curle - To even out the sides in the match.

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Teddy Powell - Teddy's dead.

Chris Rockwell vs. Danny Fonzarelli - Speaking of people lost in the shuffle, hi Chris!

Rick Law vs. Wolf Hawkins - Syndiference.

James Casey

04-21-2010, 06:32 AM

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Stone Brothers The Stones nearly slipped up last time, and the Riders are a tougher prospect all-round.

Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins Love the name, but the SoT are the better team on virtually ever level

Entry into the All-Action Championship Four-Way Dance
American Eagle vs. Bobby Thomas vs. Chance Fortune vs. Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Matthew Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Nate Johnson Heaven only knows

Entry into the All-Action Championship Four-Way Dance
Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Donnie J w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Hell Monkey vs. Jimmy P w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Lobo Blanco vs. Merle O'Curle Easier to call, I'd say

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Teddy Powell If Aaron didn't impress, then Teddy won't either

Chris Rockwell vs. Danny Fonzarelli What the heck. Can't see this being clean, but if Rockwell's flipping out, there has to be a gratuitously violent DQ loss somewhere

Rick Law vs. Wolf Hawkins Syndicate revenge. Maybe.

Lo-Drew

04-21-2010, 02:59 PM

Regis

04-21-2010, 05:08 PM

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Stone Brothers
If anyone can upset JEZZA and his brother, it's the Easy Riders.

Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins
Work In Progress, eh? There's confidence for you!

Entry into the All-Action Championship Four-Way Dance
American Eagle vs. Bobby Thomas vs. Chance Fortune vs. Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Matthew Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Nate Johnson
Chance only just returns, and straight away gets a PPV title shot? I think not. Give one of the Keith boys a go.

Entry into the All-Action Championship Four-Way Dance
Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Donnie J w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Hell Monkey vs. Jimmy P w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Lobo Blanco vs. Merle O'Curle
Because Art Reed rules!

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Teddy Powell
JOBBER!

Chris Rockwell vs. Danny Fonzarelli
Because Danny just doesn't have what it takes... to be Chris Rockwell.

Rick Law vs. Wolf Hawkins
This is still his show, right?

Oregano Jensen

04-22-2010, 05:53 AM

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Stone Brothers

The Stone Bros. aren't a real team, and given that they didn't dominate Tooth and Claw, they're not being sold as such. But they certainly make the Riders look a lot more credible.

Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins

I don't know what's ahead for the School when Tyler retires, and that's always a looming threat. But I don't see the Balcony Express getting any kind of push for some time, even against a decidedly midcard team like the School.

Entry into the All-Action Championship Four-Way Dance
American Eagle vs. Bobby Thomas vs. Chance Fortune vs. Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Matthew Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Nate Johnson

No strong opinions about most of these guys... so why not go with a random Keith?

Entry into the All-Action Championship Four-Way Dance
Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Donnie J w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Hell Monkey vs. Jimmy P w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Lobo Blanco vs. Merle O'Curle

Well, it's unlikely Reed and a Keith will both make it. If Hell Monkey was in the other match, I would've voted for him... as it stands now, I'm basically deliberately choosing wrong. Go, Air Attack Eagle!

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Teddy Powell

I want to see Powell pick up a fluke win, resulting in Vibert having to manage the guy. It's not going to happen, but I want to see it.

Chris Rockwell vs. Danny Fonzarelli

Rockwell DQ loss sounds pretty plausible, but it's not my theory, so I'll leave it alone. Listen, nobody's excited about Fonzarelli. But there he is, and Rockwell is clearly a more vital character.

Rick Law vs. Wolf Hawkins

Law can be in the title picture, or he can be the star of the B show, or he can tag up with Tornado on a semi-regular basis. He can maybe do two of those things. But he can't do all three. And after the brilliance of the last main event, I'd be shocked not to see Tornado and Law again some day.

Phantom Stranger

04-23-2010, 10:00 AM

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 3 November 2008

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 0.50)

Held at the Ricardo Montenez Ballroom (Puerto Rico)

Attendance: 2000 (Sold Out)

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Jasmine Saunders – Kyle Rhodes

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Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Stone Brothers
Tensions must have been running high. Three of these men engage in a high-stakes running brawl. The fourth man is Edd Stone, who does exactly what he always does. At times, it's a pleasant distraction, just to see something that isn't brutality.

What's surprising, though, is the finish; at a nod from Jeremy, Edd turns from the battle, hitting a corkscrew suicide tope onto Carl Batch, smashing him against the guard rail. Billy Fonda promptly peels off to protect his manager, as does Peter Hopper – who gets caught from behind with a Stone's Throw, and Jeremy immediately follows up with the Stone Hold to get the win as Edd bails.
Stone Brothers defeated the Easy Riders
Rating: B

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Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk
vs.
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School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins
The School get going early, and the Balcony Express are, once again, on the back foot from the off. Oh, they show bravery, and they're certainly willing to try – but that's only worth so much against a team as skilled as the School.

Bryant is in the ring toward the end, as Waldorf gets hoisted for the One Shot Drop, Statler comes in to try to break it up. Deeley cuts him off with a German suplex, rises -

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HUGGINS KISS TO DEELEY!

Laura Huggins screams as Waldorf comes crashing down and Bryant, ever unflappable, makes the pinfall.
School of Tradition defeated Balcony Express
Rating: C-

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Freddy puts the boots into Sean then goes to the turnbuckles, climbing slow and deliberate. Laura Huggins scrambles into the ring, standing between Freddy and his obvious target.

There's a shouting match between brother and sister as Freddy tries to persuade her to move out of the way, but fails. She seems absolutely furious.

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Eric Tyler makes his way down to ringside and starts talking quietly with Freddy. Laura drifts over, and from gestures we can tell that they remain furious, as Joel Bryant helps Sean Deeley to his feet.

Suddenly, there's uproar; a replay explains why, as while the camera dwelt on the tag team's solidarity, Laura Huggins has punched her brother in the crotch. He topples from the top turnbuckle as Eric Tyler's expression goes from shocked to furious.

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Entry Into The All Action Championship Four-Way
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American Eagle
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vs. Bobby Thomas
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vs. Chance Fortune vs.
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Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs.
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Matthew Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs.
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Nate Johnson
There's no one alive who could track all of this, but the fans come away with the very strong impression that they've just watched a hell of a match. The bulk of this one actually comes down to a Keiths/Express standoff, with Chance Fortune coming in to hit his spots periodically and the American Eagle participating in most of the bigger moments, often as the victim but sometimes as the man hitting the move.

Thomas and Johnson, however, eventually get down to business; stunning the Keiths with stereo dropkicks, they grab Chance Fortune and toss him from the ring. Grabbing the Eagle, Thomas hoists him for the inverted piledriver, and Johnson comes off the top rope with a double-stomp to spike the driver, a move Saunders tells us they've dubbed the 'Precision Driller'.

Matthew Keith is up by now and gets a Precision Driller of his own for his troubles, and Greg Keith takes advantage of the moment after the move, snapping Thomas' face into the ground with a DDT and backdropping Johnson out of the ring.

He looks around for a moment, but the only body still in the ring is his brother's. Greg drops to his knees and makes the cover – and Matthew doesn't kick out.
Greg Keith defeated American Eagle, Bobby Thomas, Chance Fortune, Matthew Keith and Nate Johnson
Rating: C+

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Entry Into The All Action Championship Four-Way
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Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell
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vs. Donnie J w/ Floyd Goldworthy
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vs. Hell Monkey vs.
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Jimmy P w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs.
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Lobo Blanco vs.
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Merle O'Curle
Another good solid contest here, and livened up partway through. Hell Monkey has been on fire all contest, taking on or down all comers, when the Fly Boys seem to almost have a chance of taking him down together; they fail, but only because Monkey slips free, not because he turns the tide.

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He takes a moment to play to the crowd, and turns around, straight into the big boot of the American Buffalo.

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In almost immediate retaliation, the Conquering Kings simultaneously hit the ring, taking him off his feet with simultaneous kicks to the back of the knee. The Buffalo sinks to his knees and one by one, Merle, Reed, Blanco and the Monkey try him with one move or another, leaving him down and out, while the Kings bundle the Fly Boys out of the ring.

Reed ejects Lobo Blanco and O'Curle takes his opportunity, catching the Monkey square in the plums with a kick before applying the Celtic Crossface. Reed breaks it up and he and O'Curle go through hold and counter-hold for a short while, before Reed manages, in countering a hammerlock, to dump the Irishman from the ring.

Hell Monkey rises to his feet and goes for the Tumbling Monkey, but Reed sidesteps and locks in the Dread Lock. It's too much for the already injured Monkey.
Art Reed defeated Donnie J, Hell Monkey, Jimmy P, Lobo Blanco and Merle O'Curle
Rating: C+

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Following a commercial break the camera goes backstage, and we see Mayhem Midden holding Floyd Goldworthy against the wall by his throat, with Charlie Thatcher staring down the Buffalo with the aid of a baseball bat.

“...they're here,” Midden is saying, evidently answering a question Goldworthy has asked and jerking his thumb toward the camera, “because this is a formal warning, Floyd. That lump's TCW contract is subcontracted out through your manager's licence. You are responsible for him, Floyd. You sharpen him up or there'll be trouble.”

“You didn't do this to Chris Rockwell,” Buffalo snarls. Midden stares at him for a long moment, then turns back to Goldworthy. His head snaps forward in that lightning headbutt of his, and as he releases the manager, Floyd slumps to the ground.

“For your information,” Midden growls, “every wrestler under direct TCW contract gets fined a thousand dollars every time they stick their nose into a match they aren't booked in.

“The boys under managerial contracts – their manager gets the fine, and can pass it on or not as they choose. You didn't know that happens, you're either too dumb to read your paycheck, or your manager is too scared to pass it on.

“Either way, you aren't getting disciplined. So if you keep this up, we'll have to change that, get me?”

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Midden and Thatcher stalk off. The Buffalo stares down at a slowly-recovering, bleeding Goldworthy, snorts, and walks off – revealing that stood behind him, watching, were Phil Vibert and Remo Richardson, both of whom have smirks on their faces. “Problems, Floyd?” Vibert enquires cheerfully.

“I remember when I had to use a fake name in this business... and you made out you had it all figured out.

“You believe I was naïve enough to think he was right, Remo?”

The big man just laughs, and the pair move on.

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Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Teddy Powell
Give Teddy his due, he's not afraid. The bell rings and Powell launches with the Motion Censor, catching Remo right in the face – and the supreme specimen falls back one step, then lunges forward with a clothesline. Powell goes down fast, but gets back up after a moment.

That describes much of the match, actually. Teddy refuses to die – pure and simple refuses – but Remo has the advantage, the whole way, and eventually Remo gets tired of it. He barges Teddy into the corner, hammers him with punches to the gut, drags him back out, and sinks him with the Lumbar Puncture backbreaker.
Remo Richardson defeated Teddy Powell
Rating: C+

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Applause sounds from the entrance ramp, and Remo and Vibert turn to look. Chris Rockwell is there, grinning manically.

“Nice,” he says. “I mean, you practically killed him, big guy. Nice work.

“But I remember you, Remo. I remember going round and round with you in our last job. I remember being on your level – AND I STILL AM, DAMMIT!” he screams.

This isn't the Lobster Warrior. This isn't the arrogant Chris Rockwell who came to TCW. It's certainly not the man who made his name before the mask. He's... unhinged.

“Now, I got myself into Bloodstone's business,” he continues, back to grinning. “He's got that big shiny belt. I'm going to take that belt off him. I'm going to unite the title belts. I'm going to be the champion here.

“You are going to beg me to be your client, Phil. You're going to beg me to make you money. You're going to beg me, because you'll see I can hang with Remo. I can hang with anyone.

“You're going to beg me, and if you're very lucky, I'll say yes. Because a champion should have the best, and you – you're that. I know that much.”

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Chris Rockwell vs. Danny Fonzarelli
Fonzie gets slaughtered here. Rockwell charges him before the match begins, slamming his spine into the guard rail twice, then bouncing his shoulder off the ringpost before he rolls him into the ring and the match can begin.

From then on, it's all about the shoulder. He keeps looking up at the timekeeper, screaming questions about how long it's taken. After four and a half minutes of abuse to the shoulder, he wrenches Fonzie to the mat and slaps on the Furusawa Armbar, screaming for Fonzie to submit.

Fonzie dutifully does just seconds later, leaving Kyle Rhodes to note, in his trademark deadpan, “Well, if he was trying to win faster than Remo, he made it.”
Chris Rockwell defeated Danny Fonzarelli
Rating: B

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Rick Law vs. Wolf Hawkins
Not a bad little contest between these two, and for that stretch where it's genuinely one on one, it's particularly good.

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That doesn't last long, however; Texas Pete arrives at ringside early on, and with Sam Sparrow checking on a Law who's been dropkicked out of the ring, Pete goes after Wolf.

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Sparrow eventually notices the brawl and tries to break it up and eject Pete; meanwhile, the Enforcers come out of the crowd, beating down Law and rolling him back into the ring just after Pete sinks Hawkins with the Lone Star Drop.

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John Anderson appears ringside with a chair, chasing away the Enforcers and Pete both, and with that reassurance, Sparrow allows the match to continue.

Law recovers first, and goes for the Long Arm of the Law; Hawkins ducks it and goes for the Full Moon Rising, but Law steps into it, catching him in midair to plant him with the Squad Car Slam – which gets two. Hawkins fights back, catching the Full Moon Rising this time. He covers – but Law's foot is on the ropes.

Wolf takes a runup, hits the ropes, comes back -

Long Arm of the Law was waiting! Law covers – and surprisingly, Hawkins doesn't kick clear.
Rick Law defeated Wolf Hawkins
Rating: B

Show Rating: B

Phantom Stranger

04-24-2010, 06:55 AM

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Saturday 20th November 2008
Tommy's found out.

Sunday 21st November 2008
I don't appear to be fired.

Tuesday 23rd November 2008
Rather than try a conference call when half the booking team's flying, we waited until before the show tonight. Tommy, Sam, Joel and I have spent the last two hours shut in one of the arena's offices arguing about strategies to bring them in – among other things.

One of the big questions is whether or not to approach my daughter, to bring her in. She's certainly an amazing talent, and the travel to keep up her commitments in Japan and with Sam Strong is taking its toll on her, but I don't particularly want to turn myself into the controlling father again – and I'd rather avoid the risk of being seen as playing favourites.

On the other hand, one of the reasons Kate is as good as she is is her long-standing determination to re-establish women's wrestling as a tradition in the United States. (Never let a girl spend the years between age eight and age twelve listening to Heidi Brooks, or this is pretty much guaranteed to happen. Not only did I let her, but Heidi's Kate's godmother.)

And USPW's women's division, while it certainly started with the talent needed to do that, isn't looking like it's going to, being more a showcase for Sam's daughter. (This is not, actually, a knock on the division. NOTBPW's Young Lion's division did wonderfully, and it was pretty clearly intended as a way to showcase Edd's skills.)

So... I don't know. How can you tell, in a situation like this, whether you're doing what your children would hope for?

Phantom Stranger

04-25-2010, 06:56 AM

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Another packed week on Total Wrestling coming up. We're told that Troy Tornado has made plans to arrange his match for A Little South of Sanity. On top of that, we've got some great matches coming up.

The New Wave, for example, will be in non-title action against the Keith Brothers who many feel should have won last month's tag team contendership tournament.

The American Eagle remains in action, this time taking on the Syndicate's massive problem solver, Tyson Baine. How high can eagles really soar?

Eric Tyler has demanded a match, feeling that he's been left out of recent events, and Mayhem Midden has paired him up against Koshiro Ino. Both men, earlier in 2008, looked like they might go all the way, something Tyler has little time left to do. Can he turn the tide in his favour, or will the Kobra gather in the momentum he needs?

Quite a clash is due after that; Remo Richardson and Sammy Bach tag up to face off against Sam Keith and Eddie Peak. Power, skill and speed will all be on display.

Laura Huggins has requested that Sean Deeley receive a match tonight "as a warm-up for A Little South of Sanity". We've had no official word on whether it will be Deeley or Huggins who goes through, though, so it's going to be interesting. In any case, can Deeley pick up momentum when his opponent is the indisputably talented Brent Hill?

Finally, a match made by Mayhem Midden: on one side, Chris Rockwell, Tommy Cornell and Wolf Hawkins, and on the other, John Anderson, Johnny Bloodstone, and Troy Tornado. A match like that could run and run...

Prediction Key:
Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. New Wave (non-title)

American Eagle vs. Tyson Baine

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

Eddie Peak & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Remo Richardson & Sammy Bach w/ Phil Vibert

Brent Hill vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Chris Rockwell, Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins vs. John Anderson, Johnny Bloodstone & Troy Tornado w/ Blonde Bombshell

Zergon

04-25-2010, 09:33 AM

Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. New Wave (non-title)
Non-title but since I expect titles to change ownership in next PPV I assume that champs take this one.

American Eagle vs. Tyson Baine
There is pretty much just one option here

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
Not sure about this one but I go with Tyler who is having little bit more going right now

Eddie Peak & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Remo Richardson & Sammy Bach w/ Phil Vibert
Could go either way but Remo seems to be the guy wiht biggest push right now.

Brent Hill vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
Deeley still have to deal with Freddy before he is going to pick up wins on oppoenents of Hill´s caliber

Chris Rockwell, Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins vs. John Anderson, Johnny Bloodstone & Troy Tornado w/ Blonde Bombshell
Could go either way but it´s always a good idea to let owner get some wins.

BYU 14

04-25-2010, 09:42 AM

Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. New Wave (non-title)
Think the Brothers win to set up a change

American Eagle vs. Tyson Baine
Baine should cruise

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
close one

Eddie Peak & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Remo Richardson & Sammy Bach w/ Phil Vibert
The Bombshell contrbutes in some way.

Brent Hill vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
Hill is the stronger of the two.

Chris Rockwell, Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins vs. John Anderson, Johnny Bloodstone & Troy Tornado w/ Blonde Bombshell
Good matchup, but as Zergon said, it is Tommy's baby.

Lo-Drew

04-25-2010, 09:56 AM

Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. New Wave (non-title)

American Eagle vs. Tyson Baine

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

Eddie Peak & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Remo Richardson & Sammy Bach w/ Phil Vibert

Brent Hill vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Chris Rockwell, Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins vs. John Anderson, Johnny Bloodstone & Troy Tornado w/ Blonde Bombshell
.

Marcel Fromage

04-25-2010, 10:25 AM

Regis

04-25-2010, 10:30 AM

Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. New Wave (non-title)
Give The New Wave some momentum, and the brothers some more experience.

American Eagle vs. Tyson Baine
JOBBER!

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
Ino looks to have a plotline kicking off, while Tyler is putting people over on his way to retirement.

Eddie Peak & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Remo Richardson & Sammy Bach w/ Phil Vibert
Sammy to take the fall, with Remo looking like a monster.

Brent Hill vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
But Sean puts up one hell of a fight.

Chris Rockwell, Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins vs. John Anderson, Johnny Bloodstone & Troy Tornado w/ Blonde Bombshell
Honestly? Because I've predicted for the Faces most of the show so far.

Dragonmack

04-25-2010, 10:39 AM

Prediction Key:
Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. New Wave (non-title)

American Eagle vs. Tyson Baine

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

Eddie Peak & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Remo Richardson & Sammy Bach w/ Phil Vibert

Brent Hill vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Chris Rockwell, Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins vs. John Anderson, Johnny Bloodstone & Troy Tornado w/ Blonde Bombshell

Bigpapa42

04-25-2010, 01:18 PM

cmdrsam

04-25-2010, 10:13 PM

jesseewiak

04-26-2010, 07:28 AM

Prediction Key:
Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. New Wave (non-title) - Upset to set up the PPV.

American Eagle vs. Tyson Baine - Baine kills a man.

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily - Tensions within the SoT continue to rise.

Eddie Peak & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Remo Richardson & Sammy Bach w/ Phil Vibert - Don't think Remo's first loss will be in a tag match.

Brent Hill vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins - Close one, but Hill pulls out the narrow win.

Chris Rockwell, Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins vs. John Anderson, Johnny Bloodstone & Troy Tornado w/ Blonde Bombshell - Rockwell's a little crazy, but won't cause the Syndi's to lose.

Tigerkinney

04-26-2010, 02:05 PM

Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. New Wave (non-title)

The Brothers could well have built themselves up enough now to get the upset win here and set themselves up as future challengers.

American Eagle vs. Tyson Baine

This Eagle is getting his wings clipped.

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

A solid win to re-establish Ino in the eyes of the fans and to continue the gradual disintegration of the SoT.

Eddie Peak & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Remo Richardson & Sammy Bach w/ Phil Vibert

Damn hard match to call, but I'll go for Remo to continue his impressive start

Brent Hill vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Deeley will give Hill a strong test but the TCW veteran will come out on top here.

Chris Rockwell, Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins vs. John Anderson, Johnny Bloodstone & Troy Tornado w/ Blonde Bombshell

Another coin flip, but I see the heels winning here to retain some heat.

Phantom Stranger

04-27-2010, 07:12 AM

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 4 November 2008

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 6.64)
Rebroadcast on Continental Sports X1 (Rating 0.00)

Held at the Nevada State Armory (South West)

Attendance: 25,692

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Shawn Doakes

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Troy Tornado is out in the centre of the ring as the show begins, pacing up and down. He stops occasionally to exchange a smile with a fan, and eventually, as his theme comes to an end, nods to himself.

“Alright,” he begins. “Let's see...

“Now, I haven't had anyone make a direct challenge all month. Wolf Hawkins seems to be chasing a favour. RDJ's chasing Remo, Remo's letting himself get chased, Peak and Khoklov are having their own problems, Rockwell's after Johnny, Cornell and Baine can't challenge, Jeremy wants tag gold...

“Don't get me wrong, there are reasons. Seems like tempers are flaring all over. But this...” He runs his hand over the gold around his waist. “This should be the thing everyone's looking for, everyone wants a shot at. Right now, it isn't... and that's my responsibility to fix.

“I've been thinking about it, too. I know I've been having good matches. I know I've been putting up a good fight – I must have, I've still got the belt.

“And the fans are enjoying them, I know that. I see the comments on TCW.com. I talk to you every time my plane touches down, in the bars, at gigs... You seem to like to watch me defend my title.

“So it ain't either of those, and that means I need to figure it out and fix it. And I just don't believe it's because people are running scared... Here's my guess.

“Ain't so long since Tommy Cornell decided he had the main event, in spite of my title defence. In spite of this gold.

“Tommy, you've been crapping all over my run every chance you've had. Keeping yourself the centre of attention at all costs.

“That stops now, man. I won't be defending this belt on Sunday – because I'm going to take you on, one on one, and you're not allowed a title shot.

“You beat me. I beat you. I beat you twice, in fact. So one more time, this Sunday, puts me outta your reach whatever. Proves my point. And if I do this, Tommy, then you absolutely have no reason whatever to be overruling me, get me?” He frowns into the camera.

“I am champion, Tommy. Learn to live with that, because it's not going away. I'm not going away.”

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The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. The New Wave
An excellent contest here, simply excellent. Both sides are able to land all their big moves, but both sides also bring a lot of slick competency in other directions, too – and both sides are clearly evenly matched, with all four men having to rely on their partners to break up pins, interrupt submissions, and all the rest.

Simply put, it's a good, solid opening match, and everyone's clearly enthusiastic – and then it comes crashing to a halt.

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The Easy Riders hit the ring, each of them with chairs, and both Greg Keith and Scout find chairshots to the head instantly. Guide and Matthew come in moments later to get the same treatment, but it's almost irrelevant; Ray Johnson has already thrown out the match.
The Keith Brothers and the New Wave went to a no contest
Rating: B

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American Eagle vs. Tyson Baine
Poor old Eagle. He tries, he certainly does, but he doesn't have long here. Baine practically just stands there, virtually ignoring Eagle's assaults and hardly seeming to fight back at all, for the first minute – and then the Eagle makes a fatal mistake, and doesn't evade the big man's grasp in time.

The Hades Bomb looks even more lethal when applied to someone like the Eagle, who bounces off the canvas so hard he flips and lands on his stomach. The three count surprises absolutely no one.
Tyson Baine defeated American Eagle
Rating: C+

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Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
Eric's style is distinctly North American, where Ino's is definitely Japanese, but the two men have the experience necessary to blend the two together and produce something greater than the sum of it's parts.

This is a good, solid contest with a tough edge to it, but it'd be hard to say which man had the advantage, almost all the way through; and as so often happens in such circumstances, the break is a matter of chance. Ino goes for the Kobra's Bite and misses, crashing into the turnbuckle; Tyler is almost immediately behind him with the Tradition Lift, and, dazed, Ino submits.
Eric Tyler defeated Koshiro Ino
Rating: B-

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And as the match ends, Jason Azaria hurriedly introduces footage from mere minutes earlier, Marat Khoklov and Eddie Peak brawling backstage. The battle spills out of the Armory; Khoklov has the advantage, carrying a steel chair that seems absurdly small as he holds it in one meaty hand.

Peak is already bleeding as the footage begins and he gives ground, but eventually cuts the Russian off with a big boot that smashes the chair against the Russian's forehead.

Sensing this to be the short breather that it is, Peak dives for his car and reverses out of the parking lot, heading off at speed.

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The scene cuts, and Mayhem Midden is shown backstage banging on a door. Rick Law's head emerges.

“We lost Eddie,” Midden says shortly. “I need someone for the tag match. You ready to stand up and be counted?”

Law grins and disappears back inside. A few moments later the door opens. “Ready,” he announces, resplendent in his ring gear.

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Remo Richardson & Sammy Bach w/ Phil Vibert
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Rick Law & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
A stunningly fast brawl here, with Law doing his best to provide the kind of presence of Eddie Peak. Remo and Law's moments toe to toe make for, as Azaria puts it, “a tantalising teaser of the future”, while Bach's aggression toward Keith promises only good things for their match on Sunday.

But the true force in this contest is the one you'd expect. Remo Richardson is only slowed down – and that only briefly – by Keith's work on his knee. It's not enough, ultimately; by fifteen minutes in, Richardson is able to power Keith up for the Destroyer and slam him right back down, snagging himself the pinfall.
Remo Richardson & Sammy Bach defeated Rick Law & Sam Keith
Rating: B+

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And we come back from commercial. The Blonde Bombshell stands in the backstage interview set, smiling, tranquil. Behind her, Greg Keith and Johnny Bloodstone are talking in low tones and appear, by their gestures, to be discussing counters to particular holds.

The Bombshell herself pauses for a moment as the audience's reflexive cheer dies down, nods slightly to acknowledge them, and begins.

“I haven't been back long,” she says softly, “and I wouldn't be back without Johnny,” who looks up at the sound of his name and grins, suddenly bashful. Greg Keith and he share a fist bump before getting back to their discussion, and the Bombshell continues. “But I am. And I've got so much talent under me...” A wink as the innuendo is delivered. “Johnny, obviously. Sam Keith – Sam freakin' Keith, come on! His twin sons, both of them incredible wrestlers. Art Reed.

“I have two champions under contract to me,” she continues. “On Sunday, Johnny Bloodstone will show Chris Rockwell that it's not enough just to be as good a wrestler as Chris is – you have to be able to keep your temper. You have to know just what you're doing.

“Sam Keith will show Sammy Bach why he is a true legend.” She smiles. “And that leaves me with two champions. But... here's the important thing...

“Greg and Art both have a chance to win the All Action Championship, too. And that means I'll have three champions to work with. Who knows? If Art snags the belt, then it might be as soon as Psycho Circus that Greg and Matt capture the tag championship – and then everyone I work with will have a championship.” She beams winningly.

“Sounds like the Syndicate, doesn't it?” she asks. “Except that... well, except that we welcome the kind of challenges you only get in TCW. The only reason for us to gang up on someone is to even the score after they do it.

“I... didn't understand how good I had it, working here, the first time. Meeting Johnny...” She smiles dreamily. “Meeting Johnny made me pat more attention to what I should have looked at before. To what wrestling is. To what makes us all buy tickets, buy Pay-Per-Views, watch these shows over and over again.

“It's time to give back.”

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Brent Hill vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
Sean Deeley confirms once again, with this showing, that he is one of the men TCW need to nurture for the future, giving Hill a tough fight straight from the off. Hill rises to the challenge and the occasion, a broad grin on his face as he steps up his game.

It's practically an exhibition match, in fact, and before too long both men are beaming as they test one another. And it genuinely could go either way – except...

Laura Huggins captures Ray Johnson's attention. Sean doesn't even seem to notice; as Dangerous notes, now would be the perfect time for a thumb to the eye or a low blow, blatant as you like. Laura becomes increasingly desperate for that to happen, in fact, as she continues to monopolise the referee's attention.

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Freddy Huggins nails Deeley from behind with the Huggins Kiss to the back of the head. Brent Hill promptly grabs Huggins and DDTs him, then tosses him from the ring to the approval of the crowd, but Deeley's still down. Doakes is just speculating on the possibility that Huggins had loaded his boot before the kick when Hill, shrugging, comes off the top rope with the King of the Hill and, having regained Johnson's attention, collects the pinfall.
Brent Hill defeated Sean Deeley
Rating: B+

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Chris Rockwell, Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins
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John Anderson, Johnny Bloodstone & Troy Tornado w/ Blonde Bombshell
A simply beautiful main event ensues. Both sides have men who can fly, who can brawl, and who can take it to the mat. It comes to something, indeed, when Johnny Bloodstone is the closest you have to a 'limited' competitor in a match.

The match divides down into its three rivalries, the Syndicate & Rockwell trying to avoid that, but Anderson, Bloodstone and Tornado taking a certain amount of pleasure in tagging the relevant man in. Bloodstone has something of a cruel smile as he baits Rockwell to lose his temper – something that only fails to happen thanks to Hawkins' work in getting between them.

But, sooner or later, something's bound to happen – and eventually Hawkins manages to keep Anderson pinned down before tagging out to Cornell, who – after a Full Moon Rising – clamps down the Guilt Trip. Rockwell blocks Tornado from breaking it up, and Hawkins cuts off Bloodstone. Thus trapped, Anderson eventually taps out.
Chris Rockwell, Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins defeated John Anderson, Johnny Bloodstone & Troy Tornado
Rating: A

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The by-now expected PPV video begins to play as the show closes out, intercutting between Sam Keith's title reign, Sammy Bach's unorthodox challenge, Troy Tornado and Tommy Cornell's series over the World Heavyweight Championship earlier in the year, Eddie Peak under threat from Marat Khoklov, and RDJ's attack on Remo last month, followed by his challenge at the start of this month and his injury at the hands of Remo's steel chair.

Show Rating: B+

Phantom Stranger

04-28-2010, 10:26 AM

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Thursday 25th November
Established thought in the pro wrestling world says you should keep your title belt on the best talent in the company and ride them to the top. This is one of those rules, obviously, that isn't meant to be taken entirely literally – the occasional title change is necessary. And in any case it's a tough one to balance out – who's the best talent on your roster? The man who flies better than anyone else? Your submission specialist? The biggest brawler you have? A seasoned all-rounder, perhaps less good in any of those directions than the others but able to go with all of them?

In some circumstances, it might not even mean the best talent in the ring – just the guy who gets the most attention. The guy people will tune in to see.

Which brings me to the news that I think the SWF might just be starting to get is feet back under it. I've spent the last two hours sat with my sons watching this past Tuesday's Supreme TV, the centerpiece of which was the title change – Steve Frehley toppled by Rich Money.

Frehley is not a bad talent by any stretch of the imagination, but the SWF is in a position where it has to scramble and find the best it's got. Christian Faith is locked in a neverending feud with Runaway Train. Angry Gilmore is trapped in tag team purgatory. We've just stolen Remo. Jack Bruce left a while ago.

There aren't many choices, and they've hurt themselves with some of them, but breaking up the Almighty Dollar may have been the best thing I could have done for both men's careers.

Or Rich could lose it in another month or so as they try to figure things out. We'll just have to see.

ampulator

04-28-2010, 03:38 PM

By the way, why haven't you gotten Jack Bruce (back) yet? Still mulling it over? I would... if I was TCW, I woudn't be so sure if he was useful enough for his asking price.

Phantom Stranger

04-28-2010, 05:10 PM

By the way, why haven't you gotten Jack Bruce (back) yet? Still mulling it over? I would... if I was TCW, I woudn't be so sure if he was useful enough for his asking price.

I put in an offer in early June (I think) when he abruptly left the SWF, figuring he'd make a great first feud for Troy. He asked for around double what I was paying anyone else, and that was more than I was willing to hike other main eventers' asking prices (IIRC, Brent Hill was almost as over already and was two months off negotiations) immediately.

I intend to put a bid in when we hit the 2009 mark and I translate the game across to TEW2010, as that'll be six months clear and he'll fit in more smoothly.

In hindsight, I'm kinda glad it worked the way it did, as I like the 'Triple-Threat Champion' schtick for Troy, cheesy as it is, and the triple-threat as an expected thing made the Johnny/Troy/Tommy match and the belt replacements a lot simpler. If he does come back in, he'll fill a very different role to the one he'd have gone into back in June.

Phantom Stranger

04-29-2010, 07:10 AM

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Just days to go before TCW heads A Little South of Sanity and everyone sees what they can do.

Our first three bouts are tag team contests featuring the champions and their two teams of challengers; in the first match of the night, the New Wave will be taking on the British Lions, who have a chance here to rocket straight up the rankings - and who are more than capable, even when losing, of doing enough damage that their opponents wouldn't be at full strength come Sunday.

The Conquering Kings have volunteered to face off with the Stone Brothers. Says Barry Kingman: "Any time you step in the ring with a Stone it's an honor. And any time you step in the ring with a Stone, you learn something."

The Easy Riders face, by title records, the biggest threat, going up against the Young Guns, former multi-time tag team champions. Who's going to look strongest going in to Sunday?

More tag team action follows, as the Keith Brothers challenge the Syndicate's Enforcers to a contest. The Enforcers have, on paper, a longer history tagging together, but how can you have the kind of history brothers have?

Eric Tyler and Koshiro Ino met on Tuesday. It seems that Friday, they meet again; Tyler will be bringing Acid and Freddy Huggins with him, while Ino's two partners are yet to be named.

Mr Cornell has returned to his testing matches against "the best of the rest"; Chance Fortune is the latest challenger in his sights. How well will Fortune fare?

And in the main event, Rick Law will go one on one with the resurgent Texas Pete. Law has stated that he admires Pete's pluck in going straight for Anderson (and Hawkins) but that his improvement interests Law more - so he wishes to see it for himself.

Prediction Key:
British Lions vs. New Wave (non-title)

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Stone Brothers

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Young Guns

Enforcers vs. Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell

Acid, Eric Tyler & Freddy Huggins w/ Laura Huggins vs. Koshiro Ino, ???? & ???? w/ Baroness Emily

Chance Fortune vs. Tommy Cornell

Rick Law vs. Texas Pete

Dragonmack

04-29-2010, 07:50 AM

James Casey

04-29-2010, 07:52 AM

British Lions vs. New Wave (non-title) Non-title or not, no way the Lions take this.

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Stone Brothers Yup.

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Young Guns Yup.

Enforcers vs. Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell Yup.

Acid, Eric Tyler & Freddy Huggins w/ Laura Huggins vs. Koshiro Ino, ???? & ???? w/ Baroness Emily Just can't get behind any team managed by Baroness Emily

Chance Fortune vs. Tommy Cornell Uh-huh. I like Chance, but he's gone past the point where he's ever likely to achieve his once-considerable potential.

Rick Law vs. Texas Pete I could go for a Pete win, because there's bound to be shenanigans... But I don't think you'd go for that.

cmdrsam

04-29-2010, 09:52 AM

British Lions vs. New Wave (non-title)

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Stone Brothers

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Young Guns

Enforcers vs. Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell

Acid, Eric Tyler & Freddy Huggins w/ Laura Huggins vs. Koshiro Ino, ???? & ???? w/ Baroness Emily

Chance Fortune vs. Tommy Cornell

Rick Law vs. Texas Pete

Its been a while since I have left a comment here. I am still reading and following your work here. I still find it a very enjoyable read sir. Cant wait to see what you have instore for us.

Bigpapa42

04-29-2010, 10:13 AM

NoNeck

04-29-2010, 10:22 AM

Lo-Drew

04-29-2010, 03:11 PM

Marcel Fromage

04-29-2010, 06:11 PM

Tigerkinney

04-29-2010, 06:22 PM

British Lions vs. New Wave (non-title)

Yeah this may be non title but the British Lions have absolutely no chance of winning this

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Stone Brothers

Higher up the TCW totem pole both individually and as a team

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Young Guns

Easy Riders have been in the title hunt lately, where as the Young Guns seem to have slipped back to the semi jobber status they were at when the new booking regime came into power.

Enforcers vs. Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell

Enforcers are just a pair of lackeys for the Syndicate, the Keith's are really beginning to establish themselves now and a loss to Tommy's 'dumb muscle' would to more harm than good.

Acid, Eric Tyler & Freddy Huggins w/ Laura Huggins vs. Koshiro Ino, ???? & ???? w/ Baroness Emily

Hey bunch of mystery guys and Koshiro Ino...why not ?

Chance Fortune vs. Tommy Cornell

Look's like Fortune is going to be all out of luck

Rick Law vs. Texas Pete

Pete may be vastly improved, but Rick Law is 'the man' on Badge of Honor

jesseewiak

04-29-2010, 07:57 PM

Prediction Key:
British Lions vs. New Wave (non-title) - Build up New Wave before the PPV

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Stone Brothers - Kings get thrown around

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Young Guns - Easy Riders continue their solid push.

Enforcers vs. Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell - DCO schmozz

Acid, Eric Tyler & Freddy Huggins w/ Laura Huggins vs. Koshiro Ino, ???? & ???? w/ Baroness Emily - I'm going to say PS got some new Japanese guys on the roster.

Chance Fortune vs. Tommy Cornell - Cornell squash!

Rick Law vs. Texas Pete - It's still Law's show.

BYU 14

04-29-2010, 08:27 PM

Regis

04-30-2010, 05:31 AM

Prediction Key:
British Lions vs. New Wave (non-title)
JOBBERS!

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Stone Brothers
Much though I love K&A, they won't carry the day here.

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Young Guns
The Riders have overshadowed the Guns for a while now.

Enforcers vs. Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell
Sorry, boys, not a chance.

Acid, Eric Tyler & Freddy Huggins w/ Laura Huggins vs. Koshiro Ino, ???? & ???? w/ Baroness Emily
The Kobra Kommander and his new allies take the day here. Seeds have been sown for a while.

Chance Fortune vs. Tommy Cornell
Chance never really had it to begin with.

Rick Law vs. Texas Pete
It's his show, damn it!

Zergon

05-02-2010, 05:02 AM

British Lions vs. New Wave (non-title)
Title or non-title, it doesn´t really matter at this case.

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Stone Brothers
One of these teams are in title picture the another one isn´t

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Young Guns
Same here.

Enforcers vs. Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell
I actually would like to see Enforcers win for a chaince but I doubt it happens here.

Acid, Eric Tyler & Freddy Huggins w/ Laura Huggins vs. Koshiro Ino, ???? & ???? w/ Baroness Emily
Huggins don´t work well with rest of the school so Ino plus two mystery guys pick up a win here.

Chance Fortune vs. Tommy Cornell
No change for Fortune here

Rick Law vs. Texas Pete
Pete have been somewhat impressive but I don´t see him pinnig Law here

Phantom Stranger

05-02-2010, 02:45 PM

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 4 November 2008

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 0.48)

Held at the West Texas Coliseum (Mid South)

Attendance: 2000 (Sold Out)

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Jasmine Saunders – Kyle Rhodes

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British Lions vs. The New Wave
These two teams have both, at times, been dedicated but underrated. That's not an issue the New Wave encounter any more, and the Lions are starting to show that they can be relied on to give anyone a real challenge. Morgan counters through the Special Force and clamps down a hold of his own before Guide manages to break it up.

Scout actually comes in for quite the battering, with both Morgan and O'Curle targeting his shoulder intently, working it over, leaving his left arm hanging close to nonresponsive by his side. It's only when he finally tags free and Guide is unleashed that things begin to change, as Guide doesn't try to play the submission game with the Lions – he hits fast and he hits hard, and after ejecting Walter Morgan from the ring he hits the ropes and launches himself forward blind, catching Merle O'Curle with the Guided Missile to pick up the pin.
The New Wave defeated the British Lions
Rating: B-

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Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. the Stone Brothers
A less evenly fought contest here, but the Kings nonetheless put up a surprisingly good fight against the Stones' expert assaults; it's just nigh-on impossible to overcome someone like Jeremy Stone without either power or the kind of depth of study he's known for.

And it's Jeremy who really carries the day here, bringing the Conquering Kings down when he finally clamps Barry Kingman into the Stone Hold. There's no escape and Edd Stone is more than prepared to cut Clark Alexander off before he can help.
The Stone Brothers defeated Conquering Kings
Rating: B

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Mayhem Midden grins at the camera again, leaning against a door in the corridors. “Well,” he begins, “I showed you guys the start of this one. You deserve another look, I figure... And you've got to be as curious as I am.” The door swings open as, with no more ceremony, he pushes his way in.

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Sean Deeley steps a little closer to Laura Huggins as he sizes up the interloper. Eric Tyler, seated, looks up with a resigned expression. The camera has to pan to catch sight of Freddy Huggins, sulking in a corner, as far from Deeley as the room will allow.

“So,” Midden says, his head turning to take in the entire room bit by bit, “you know what I'm here for, lads. Frankie, Greg and Art deserve to know who they're going to be facing – so who are you putting in? Sean or Freddy?”

Deeley's face betrays absolutely no emotion. Freddy's looking away, silent, obviously resigned.

Tyler nods. “Freddy,” he says. Laura Huggins looks surprised, and Freddy's head whiplashes around to stare; Deeley remains unmoved.

Midden nods. “Alright,” he says quietly. “Freddy, good luck.” He turns to exit, but the camera lingers on the surprised looks within the School of Tradition locker room. Laura looks like she wants to say something, but is holding off – at least until the camera leaves.

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Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Young Guns
The crowd reaction to the wrestling on display, sadly, drops a bit here, as the Guns and the Riders can't combine to quite such effect as the prior outings. Of course, they do work virtually opposite styles, and there's some awkwardness whenever one man takes the upper hand.

But the Guns do their best, and the Riders simply power through it. Notably, toward the end Harry Allen lands the Gunslinger's Revenge on Pete Hopper, who kicks out just after two. Somewhat worried, Allen tags in Gumble and calls for the Blitzkrieg Bop, but Hopper overpowers him, sending him crashing into Gumble as the latter sets up for the savate kick. A big boot takes Gumble down and the Emergency Stop finishes moments later.
Easy Riders defeated Young Guns
Rating: C

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The Enforcers vs. The Keith Brothers W/ Blonde Bombshell
Now this one worked a lot better, but as both teams have some flexibility in the styles they can excel at, this is probably no surprise.

The Enforcers concentrate on doing damage here; Marlowe in particular simply acts as a heavy hitter, beating on and battering Matthew Keith with a vengeance. Watson does his best to tie down the injured Keith, but Matthew is still a hell of a wrestler and fights out from under it, eventually turning a double-chickenwing by Watson into a pin. As Marlowe dives to break it up, Greg Gauge cuts him off with the missile dropkick.
The Keith Brothers defeated the Enforcers
Rating: B-

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The camera then switches to the Syndicate's locker room, where Tommy Cornell, Wolf Hawkins, and the Stones are sitting, focused. “The important thing,” Cornell tells Wolf, “is that we come out of this with those belts so we can shut Keith up. Jeremy and Edd should have theirs sewn up, but Anderson's a crafty bugger – and some idiot taught Pete to fight.

“But you have to come out with that belt, Wolf. I'd rather you were taking it off Keith but, well, you had that promise to the Bach kid. Least that's done now, though.” Hawkins opens his mouth, then thinks better of it and closes it again.

“We need the belt. I'm giving you the Enforcers on Sunday. Just make sure it works.”

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Acid, Eric Tyler & Freddy Huggins w/ Laura Huggins
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Koshiro Ino & Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily
Hey, kids. Can you say 'brawl'?

Then you've got this match in one. Most of the time, all six men were in the ring, and as it was becoming even more apparent that Sam Sparrow had lost control, it got worse.

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Miyazaki had Huggins trapped in one corner, raining down punches, and as Laura began to look worried, Sean Deeley slid into the ring, catching Miyazaki from behind with a forearm before drilling him with a suplex. Sparrow, furious, turned to the timekeeper only to be taken out from behind by a dropkick from Acid.

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That prompted someone else to arrive, a newcomer sporting the same facepaint Shingen Miyazaki had just applied. A DDT to Acid was followed by an armlock takedown on Deeley.

Eugene Williams, sprinting down to the ring, quickly signalled to the timekeeper, sending the match to a no contest.
Acid, Eric Tyler & Freddy Huggins went to a no contest with Koshiro Ino & Team VIPER
Rating: C

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Chance Fortune vs. Tommy Cornell
The eventual result of this match, it's safe to say, shocked nobody, but nonetheless it remains one of the best matches Fortune's found himself involved in.

The divide between them is clearer than it was between Cornell and Andrews, or between Cornell and Hell Monkey, but Fortune does his best, and manages to land a couple of shots in the course of Cornell's 'testing'.

However, it's not enough; a spinebuster and into the Guilt Trip finishes fairly swiftly.
Tommy Cornell defeated Chance Fortune
Rating: B

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Back from commercial, and Ricky Dale Johnson sits in the interview room, looking steadily at the camera. “So,” he begins. “Here it is. My arm's kept me out this month, and Remo's the man who did that, but let's face it – that's not the important thing here.

“I think it's back to 100%. The docs are due to sign off on it by Sunday.

“So on Sunday, Remo and me, we go one on one. TCW's honor is on the line.” He grins. “It's in safe hands, gang. Don't worry...

“Remo will have to learn a whole new level of the game if he wants to be successful here.” A shrug. “Hell of a wrestler already, though. So... You know what, I think he'll get taught. Class is in session on Sunday, Remo.”

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Rick Law vs. Texas Pete
Two big men, both of them fast, both concentrating on knocking each other's heads off. It's a long-term TCW staple and it's executed here pretty well, with the pace changing up and down and the occasional outbreak of genuine wrestling to season it.

Pete is grinning throughout, and after a little while, he grabs Law, lifting him for the Lone Star Drop. Law's feet catch Ray Johnson in the jaw as he's lifted, and maybe that's what does it but Law's able to arrest his motion, block the lift, and land on his feet, countering with the Squad Car Slam. He goes for the cover, but Johnson is out.

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Law turns away to check on Johnson, and as Pete makes it to the ropes, Wolf Hawkins arrives. A Full Moon Rising attempt is blocked, and Pete gets the Lone Star Drop. He scoops Hawkins up for more punishment and catches a low blow.

Law, turning around, hits the Long Arm of the Law out of nowhere, then spots Hawkins – who bails just before receiving one of his own. Law turns back and covers Pete, getting the three count from a recovered Johnson.
Rick Law defeated Texas Pete
Rating: B

Show Rating: B