TCW: A Quiet Retirement [Archive] - Page 6

Phantom Stranger

05-06-2010, 07:56 PM

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TCW Presents A Little South Of Sanity

Sunday Week 4 November 2008

Live on U-Demand, Jade 237, Rivera Pay Television, V-Corp (2.69)

Held at the Greenwalt Dome (Tri-State)

Attendance: 45,546

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Mayhem Midden - Horatio Dangerous

Pyro flares throughout the Greenwalt Dome, pure white, and the show's theme song thunders through the speakers. On the big screen faces fly out of nowhere to briefly stand in the centre of the screen, before spinning to one or the other side to face off in their matchups:

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Troy Tornado

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Tommy Cornell

(STAR MAKER! ROUGH RIDE!)

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Eddie Peak

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Marat Khoklov

(PEAK OF PERFECTION! MOSCOW LARIAT!)

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Ricky Dale Johnson

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Remo Richardson

(SOUTHERN JUSTICE! DESTROYER!)

As Dave Grohl begins to scream the chorus, the video picks up speed, transforming into a slick highlight package of the buildup to each fight. Eventually, the screen whites out as pyro flares again.

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Eddie Peak vs. Marat Khoklov
Shawn Doakes rises as the two men face off outside the ring. “Ladies and Gentlemen,” he begins, “your attention please. Due to the nature of the conflict we expect from these two men, we strongly recommend that those of you seated in the first three to five rows exercise caution whenever the fight nears you.

“We are thinking only of your safety as we say this. Thank you.”

What unfolds lives up to that warning. The pair treat their match as almost an excuse for rampaging around the ringside area, and the ring itself doesn't feature until quite late on in the match.

A notable moment, early, sees Peak charge Khoklov on the outside, only for the Russian's massive paw of a hand to clamp around his neck, cutting him off short. The two men hold that pose for a moment, then Khoklov, with a roar, swings his hand – and Eddie Peak sails, off a one-handed chokeslam, over the guardrail and into the first row. Seats buckle and snap; visible through the rest of the match are Dome workers ferrying replacement chairs to those who need them.

Peak, already bloody, recovers enough for Khoklov to drag him back over the guardrail, and manages to get away. When he comes back to the fight the chain is wrapped around his fist.

And that makes the exchange of punches about even. Peak hammers away at the Russian's head, frenzied, but even with the chain wrap Khoklov's skin doesn't break. Khoklov tries for the Moscow Lariat, and Peak ducks it, looping the chain around his arm.

He begins to work on Khoklov's massive right arm, wrenching at the shoulder, working it over. The brawl eventually filters into the ring, and Marat, with a herculean effort, snaps the chain – then boots Peak to the mat and splashes him, before getting back up. He pulls Peak up and whips him to the corner, then crashes into him with the Moscow Lariat.

The arena goes silent. All that work Peak did, and Khoklov didn't even flinch after hitting the move.

He scoops Peak up again, and lifts him into the air for a powerbomb – and, in what Jason Azaria will later describe as one of the most surreal moments of his announcing career, Eddie Peak rolls forward, spilling down Khoklov's back, dragging the monster into a sunset flip. The impact is loud, and evidently shocks Khoklov – his kickout doesn't come until a hair after the two count.

Immediately after, however, Peak is turned inside out by another Moscow Lariat. Khoklov reaches down, planting one hand on each shoulder, anchoring him for the pinfall.
Marat Khoklov defeated Eddie Peak
Rating: B

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Frankie Perez
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vs. Art Reed w/ Blond Bombshell
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vs. Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
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vs. Freddy Huggins w/ Laura Huggins
How do you keep up with a match like this? It's not really possible, and while the commentary team do their best, they concentrate instead on conveying how the match feels. Reed and Keith work almost as a team, switching opponents frequently, switching up pace, brawling, taking it to the mat, and generally doing their bit to damage people.

Perez has one thing in his sights, meanwhile, and whenever Reed isn't blocking him it's what he focuses on; the injured arm of Greg Keith, worked over by the Enforcers on Friday.

And Huggins? Huggins seems energised simply by having been chosen to be in this match. He comes out practically furious, swinging, kicking, leaping, twisting... It's his best performance in months.

Nonetheless, there's one factor that really makes the difference here; having brought Keith to the mat, Perez clamps down with the P-Clutch and, as Reed attempts to break it up, manages to kick him loose. Huggins, not having noticed the submission, tries to take Reed out, and Greg taps before either spare man can break it up.
Frankie Perez defeated Art Reed, Greg Keith & Freddy Huggins
Rating: B

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Backstage we go, and as Remo lightly works with a speed bag in the background Phil Vibert reclines in a plush leather armchair. On his lap is the spiral-bound notepad that seems to go with him everywhere, and he is, once again, clearly in the middle of taking notes on the All-Action Division match.

However, as the replays finish on his screen, to be replaced with him in shot, Phil turns to the camera and smiles.

“Good to see you,” he says. “Now, let me make a few things clear.

“Ricky Dale Johnson has framed this for us as a battle between TCW and... the interloper behind me.” He smiles. “I can see his point. TCW has been very good to Ricky. It took him in when the TWL folded. Gave him a national platform. He's been here the past, what, nearly twelve years? It must have been very rewarding, Ricky. Very... lucrative.” He spreads his hands. “And that's all Remo and I are asking, Ricky. We'll make TCW a pile of money. We just plan to take that pile from here... and more, if we can figure out how.

“But it's not really about that, as far as I can see. TCW's gallant defender, RDJ, is... behind the times. Understandable; he'd risen to the top of another company before he came here. He's been here over a decade. He probably feels intimidated by the new wave of talent sweeping the company.

“You say you're fighting for TCW's honour, Ricky? Can you define what that is? Can you even define TCW?”

He sits forward suddenly, expression dead serious. “Let me do you a favour, Ricky. Let me define this company for you.

“TCW took Sam Strong and Rip Chord and Liberty and BLZ Bubb and a young kid by the name of Ricky Dale. TCW took the Nation of Filth and the Vesseys and the Darkness Warriors and a couple of kids by the names of Troy Tornado and Wolf Hawkins.

“TCW has always taken talented wrestlers into its heart, Ricky. It's what it does. It's how it works. We have Koshiro Ino here. We have Eric Tyler, and Johnny Bloodstone. We have Jeremy Stone and Sean Deeley and Aaron Andrews and the Easy Riders. We have the Elite Express and the Keith twins and the British Lions and...” Settling back, he waves a hand. “You get the picture. But this, Ricky – this is what TCW does. It takes the best unsigned youngsters – like Wolf, like Aaron – and the best established teams – like my old favourites the New Wave – and the biggest legends – like Sam Keith – and it puts them together and lets them see what happens.

“TCW is the wrestling Mecca that it is because anyone who can handle it is welcome here, and because anyone who can't can come here and find out they can't in short order.

“We've come here, Ricky, and we can handle it. Can you?”
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The New Wave ©
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The Stone Brothers
For the first time in some months, the tag title match actually outclasses what came before. Given how loaded with talent the ring is, this really should come as no surprise, but nonetheless – it's a point worth making.

There are three men in the ring at any given time – at minimum. It's often out of hand here, but one of the things that keeps it together is that only one man ever wants to break up a pin or a submission.

Edd Stone and Guide compete to be the fastest into the ring Jeremy Stone and Scout seem to relish the thought of working together on the mat. The Riders just want to hurt people. In pro wrestling, this can be considered something of a winning formula.

Fairly early on, we learn that YOU CAN'T EMERGENCY STOP EDD STONE! The resourceful master of Edd-Fu waits until he's actually tossed into the air for the sitout powerbomb-neckbreaker, at which point he uses his momentum to dropkick Billy Fonda in the head and flip backward, delivering an inverted DDT to Peter Hopper.

He promptly tags out to his brother, who tosses Fonda from the ring with the Stone's Throw and locks the Stone Hold down on Hopper. Hopper fights it for a long time, and it looks like Fonda will actually make it back in to break the hold, but a Guided Missile prevents that.

ELIMINATION #1: EASY RIDERS

Edd promptly leaps into a Party's Over, dropping Guide, but Scout manages to cut Jeremy off from applying the Stone Hold, and the reigning champions battle back courageously.

All four men end up in the ring simultaneously, and things go a little crazy for a while. By the time they're properly cleared up, Guide and Jeremy are brawling on the outside – near a surly-looking pair of Easy Riders – and Scout manages to block the Party's Over, promptly applying the Special Force to squeeze out the submission.

ELIMINATION #2: STONE BROTHERS
The New Wave defeated the Easy Riders and the Stone Brothers
Rating: B+

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The Riders promptly rush the ring, attacking Scout again. Edd joins in as soon as he recovers; Guide goes to his partner's aid, but as Jeremy is close on his tail, it doesn't help much.

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Shut Me Up by Mindless Self Indulgence hits, and the Keith Brothers sprint down to the ring. The brawl turns from a one-sided affair to a fairly balanced one, particularly as one of the Keiths is entirely fresh, and there's a brief standoff before TCW event staff hit the ring to pry the four teams apart.

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Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Ricky Dale Johnson
It's an old-fashioned Southern scorcher of a match, this; the pair keep it to the brawl that everyone wants, full of emotion, and with just enough big moments (biggest of them all being RDJ's Leaping Lariat from the top turnbuckle to Remo standing outside the ring) to keep it from getting boring.

Phil Vibert seems to be everywhere, watching, quietly acting from time to time. Stumbling backward after a headbutt from Remo, RDJ finds that the ring steps have migrated from the corner and are right behind him, thereby tumbling over them. Vibert is nowhere near, but his smirk tells the story readily.

It's a surprisingly even contest, and eventually RDJ starts to have the advantage, getting his knees up to block a corner splash by Remo and stepping forward to go for the Southern Justice.

He seems to hesitate – a replay will later show that Vibert had hold of one boot – and Remo turns and twists, breaking the hold – but he had his own grip on RDJ, who now finds himself up for the Destroyer.

The Destroyer hits home and Remo covers, securing the pinfall with a scowl that quickly turns to a smirk. Phil Vibert simply nods to himself.
Remo Richardson defeated Ricky Dale Johnson
Rating: B

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Sam Keith © w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sammy Bach
Sammy Bach has two strengths going into this that Sam Keith does not – the resilience of youth and his sheer innovative speed – and he makes full use of both. Sam Keith, meanwhile, remains Sam Keith, easily one of the best wrestlers of the past three decades.

The result never seems to let up on speed, even when Keith has Bach on the canvas – not something that happens often in the contest – and is cranking on an arm to set up for the Proton Lock.

Bach always manages to squirm free, however, and as a springboard into a corkscrew diving punch shows, he's just about holding on despite the pain – in fact, it looks like he might have the measure of the legend.

He whips him to the corner, hitting Keith on the rebound with a superkick, and crosses to the other side of the ring. The fans know what's coming – Bach's signature springboard coast-to-coast bulldog – and he just waits for Keith to regain his feet which, little by little, he does. Bach leaps -

Sam Keith whirls and catches him in midair, bringing him to the mat in the NeutronPlex, all in one flowing motion. The crowd explodes, the sound so loud that the sound of the referee's hand hitting the mat for the third time can't really be made out.
Sam Keith defeated Sammy Bach
Rating: A

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Backstage, and Wolf Hawkins is warming up, watching the monitor. Tommy Cornell, behind him, snorts. “Should have been your match,” he comments. Hawkins doesn't look back, but his face twists, clearly sick of this conversation.

In the tone of a man repeating a statement without much hope of it taking, he says “I owed the guy a favour. I still owe him one.”

“You would've beaten Sam, you know,” Cornell continues. Hawkins wheels, abruptly.

“Blow it out your ass, Tommy,” he says. “The Syndicate gets a belt tonight. Send the Enforcers in if you have to. Not like I need them.

“We can't afford to fight among ourselves. Remember when we used to have complete trust?” He locks eyes with Cornell, who returns the stare for a few moments, then smirks.

“What happened to that, anyway?” Cornell offers, trying to make light of it.

“You started holding auditions.” Hawkins leaves.

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John Anderson © vs. Texas Pete vs. Wolf Hawkins
Fast and furious; the hallmark of the show so far, in all honesty, but with slightly shifting styles.

This one is mostly a shifting array of holds and counters, with Texas Pete bulldozing his way through them from time to time. He even mixes up in a couple of the mat sequences, but Anderson and Hawkins are both clearly superior – they just don't have his strength.

Pete goes after Wolf exclusively after a few minutes, and Anderson takes a breather, relieved. Pete's furious assault soon has the Syndicate prodigy bleeding, and he doesn't let up from there. Referee Sam Sparrow gives all his attention to this.

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That predictably gives the Enforcers the opening they wanted, beating down Anderson before delivering another Gojira Falls and rolling out of the ring. Jack Marlowe shows up in Pete's line of sight, allowing Hawkins sufficient distraction for a punch to the guts followed by a DDT, and Hawkins promptly goes for the cover on Anderson – but Pete yanks him off, and a couple of moments later has Hawkins up in the air. The Lone Star Drop gets blocked, and Wolf gets clear – Full Moon Rising connects and Pete – well, he almost stays upright, but the stagger is enough for Anderson to get the Ammo Dump.

Wolf lunges for Anderson – Anderson ducks the clothesline – both men turn – dropkick from Anderson! Ammo Dump! The former Syndicate man covers Wolf Hawkins – one, two, three!
John Anderson defeated Texas Pete and Wolf Hawkins
Rating: B+

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Tommy Cornell vs. Troy Tornado
These two remain... awkward... in the ring together... but the thing is, that's 'awkward' by the standards of Tommy and Troy. The grudge contest, as it appears to be, goes and goes, with both men moving fast, circling, calculating.

Troy fights like a man possessed here, but then, as Midden notes, “It's Troy who's tryin' to prove the point here. Tommy just wants to stay on top.”

And Cornell is... Cornell is actually giving ground. Cornell is... yes, as the minutes tick by, Cornell is slowly but surely getting the worse of the fight.

Super Star Maker from the top rope! That's got to be it!

One, two – NO!

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Tyson Baine pulls Troy bodily out of the ring. Ray Johnson is on the brink of calling for the bell, but Troy signals for him not to. Punch from Troy. Another. Another. Baine backs up a step – and headbutts Tornado so hard that the champion drops immediately. By the time he sits up, his head is bleeding slightly from the impact.

Baine rolls him back into the ring. Cornell, with a long smirk at Johnson, drops to his knees beside Tornado and makes the cover.

One, two – NO!

Tornado kicks out!

Disgusted, Cornell throws him back out of the ring. Johnson looks bound and determined to call for the bell, but this time Mayhem Midden, rising from the announce desk, intervenes.

He's seen something.

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What he's seen turns out to be Rick Law, carrying an extended security baton. Arriving at ringside, he holds his hand out to one of the venue security by the guardrail, snapping his fingers, and almost reflexively, the guard hands him a second.

Law grins, long and slow with the camera on him, and twirls the baton in his hands, letting it snap out to full length as he does. The practised ease is obvious.

So armed, Law drives straight into Baine, swinging wildly. Midden cackles in triumph as Law begins to beat the monster down, driving him back from the ring.

Cornell goes after him, but Tornado is there, spinning him around, lifting him and landing the Tornado Driver on the outside.

Slowly but surely, the bloody and battered champion rolls his opponent back into the ring. He climbs to the top rope, sways there for a second, and leaps off into a moonsault, crashing down across Cornell.

One, two – NO!

Frustrated, Tornado heaves Cornell to his feet, and staggers him with something that looks a lot like Steve Gumble's savate kick. To the ropes – Star Maker – Cornell ducks – Rough Ride – Tornado leaps free – STAR MAKER!

ONE, TWO, THREE!
Troy Tornado defeated Tommy Cornell
Rating: A

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Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Chris Rockwell
Chris Rockwell walks to the ring with an entirely impassive expression on his face... a face that's already sweating and pale.

Bloodstone, following, spots this as he comes close enough, squeezes the Bombshell's hand and smirks.

The two start off very, very slow, very cagey. It's almost a full minute before they lock up – at which point Rockwell sweeps Bloodstone's legs out from under him and bounces his head off the mat a couple of times before Bloodstone twists out.

Rockwell is snarling, clearly furious, and Johnny's face has settled into a deadpan mask. They circle again, lockup, shift gears, and Rockwell scores well with a snap suplex, but Bloodstone holds on, trying for a keylock on the arm.

And that's how the contest develops; Rockwell is prone to sudden flights of fury, barely in check, and Bloodstone stays calm, despite the provocation rained down on him by Rockwell.

Chris starts to turn the tide after a while, but is it really enough? Maybe – he certainly does a lot of damage to Bloodstone, who has to scramble to keep up. A paintbrushing slap staggers the champion, and Rockwell promptly dropkicks him directly in the shoulder, setting up for his signature Furusawa armbar.

Bloodstone almost looks furious, but, once again, he's able to get a sight of the Bombshell – and he settles back down into himself. While Rockwell's next assault almost overwhelms him, he manages to roll with it, pinning Rockwell's shoulders to the mat in an improvised pinfall attempt – which lasts just long enough to end the half-hour of back and forth.
Johnny Bloodstone defeated Chris Rockwell
Rating: A

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Bloodstone and the Bombshell immediately move to celebrate. Rockwell, meanwhile, lies on the mat for a long while, slowly pulling himself back up to a kneeling position. The camera closes in on a wide-eyed, disbelieving stare, and then Rockwell seems to think better of it. He turns toward the entrance ramp, to leave the champ alone – and freezes.

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Standing there, watching, smirking, are Remo Richardson and his manager, Phil Vibert.

Rockwell charges in blind-eyed fury. Remo meets him halfway down the ramp, the pair of them throwing punches, kicks, anything they can.

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Ricky Dale Johnson slams into the brawl, looking as if he's not sure whether to separate them or help Rockwell against Remo. Both of them turn on him. The three men fight for a long moment, before Troy Tornado re-emerges, freshly bandaged, to cut off Rockwell and fight him. RDJ and Remo stand there for a few moments, still brawling, but Bloodstone arrives on the scene; sensing that the tide has turned, Remo and Rockwell bail, leaving both champions and the long-time face of TCW to play to the crowd.

Show Rating: A

Beeker

05-07-2010, 09:49 AM

Phantom Stranger

05-07-2010, 12:15 PM

On the one hand... good show PS.
On the other, if I'd paid for that I'd have been pissed. Not a single title change on a PPV? I even played conservative but still called for 2 - sure one was a pure mark moment but... 0? Really? I'd have wanted a refund regardless of how good the actual matches were.

Interesting... I honestly have to say, this is not a mindset I actually 'get', so to speak. Part of that is just that I like long title reigns; part of it, though, is looking at TCW's title history. In 08 you come in at a point where the Syndicate have locked down the titles other than the All-Action for some time; there are only 2 title changes in the latter half of 2007, both All-Action.

So out of curiosity, and this goes out to everyone willing to answer - what makes a title change so essential to a PPV? What can replace that, if it's not there?

Bigpapa42

05-07-2010, 12:30 PM

First off, good show. Enjoyed it.

Second, I don't really have an issue with no title changes during a pay per view. I honestly dislike the current WWE mentality that there should be title changes each PPV. That becomes predictable in its own way, and makes the titles less meaningful. Just my opinion.

ampulator

05-07-2010, 12:32 PM

I don't really care about title changes. The only time you need to change a title-holder should be when you can't think of more programs for the person holding the title.

As for titles changing hands, they should only happen at PPV's once you reach the big leagues, but there shouldn't be ever a guarantee of any amount of title changes.

Oh yeah, great show.

Zergon

05-07-2010, 12:39 PM

Nice show you had there:).

As for the need of title change on every PPV I don´t see it as necessarily or even a good idea as it would lead to shorter and likely less meaningful title runs plus I fear it might become a little too predictable if you know that at least one title is changing hands in any given PPV.

Dragonmack

05-07-2010, 01:12 PM

While some of this won't really apply to a large promotion like TCW, I generally only change the main titles either when I have to for contract reasons, or it is for storyline purposes. I rarely ever change titles just to change them unless the title holder is performing subpar and hurting me overall. In larger promotions I think the title should really only change hands if the storyline would benefit from it, or if the current champion is not able to carry the shows either with angles or matches, and doesn't have challengers that can keep his match quality up. fortunately TCW is blessed with several people who can make Rocky's matches watchable, and Rocky can carry his own angles well enough.

ampulator

05-07-2010, 01:21 PM

Besides, anything lower than National, you really aren't too worried about having too many stale reigns because your guy might be snatched away at any minute.

James Casey

05-07-2010, 03:13 PM

Well, you may have guessed but I'm a bit of a fan of long reigns. You've recently (two months back?) split the World title, but otherwise there's not been too much fuss with the belts. I think it sits well in TCW, anyway, with a genuine feeling of the titles being something worth going for separate from blood feuds and so on.

cmdrsam

05-07-2010, 07:22 PM

Phantom your still staying true to TCW. I dont have a problem with the belt switches on PPV. You know even if its a quick swap or transitional champion I dont mind as well as long as it advances a story your telling and I am able to follow along. Keep em coming. I'll be reading.

Beeker

05-07-2010, 10:05 PM

I don't really mind the lack of title changes, I had it in my mind that A Little South of Sanity - other than one of TCW's actual decently named PPVs - was an important PPV and therefore there might be some switching up of things. Keeping the main belts where they are is fine by me, I just suspected a bit more fluidity for the All-Action title at least due to the nature of the match.

Like I said, it was a very good write-up and I enjoyed it. I was just a touch surprised that coming out of the PPV, TCW looks almost exactly the way it did going into it. It was a minor quibble but it has sparked some lively debate. :D

Phantom Stranger

05-07-2010, 10:27 PM

Phantom Stranger

05-08-2010, 01:16 PM

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Monday 1st December 2008
Maggie's going to kill me.

It's my own fault, really, for making the compromise. Kate's had the contract for a few days now and hasn't got back to us; I'm not going to push her myself, but it's still kind of nervewracking.

Not least because Ricky has Plans. Oh, yes.

The big debate for the last little while has been how we plan to introduce the women to the fans. There are certainly TCW fans who won't be happy no matter how we do it, but the hope is that the rest of our shows will keep them watching and buying tickets, while any we do lose are – so the theory goes – more than offset by creating new fans who want to see women's wrestling.

Ricky has opted to introduce them a couple at a time. We've picked four who we'll be building around at the start – though we'll have to replace Kate if she eventually decides not to sign – and, while the goal is to introduce a Women's Championship early on and separate their storylines out, we're bringing them in in connection to storylines the fans are already invested in.

In short, their initial exposure will tie in to existing storylines.

And, if Kate signs, Ricky has a segment blocked off on a coming Badge of Honor in which I will be back in the ring. Ten years and change after I retired. I haven't even taken a bump in the Danger Zone in the past five years – my participation there these days is entirely from ringside.

So this Monday morning I find myself in TCW's own purpose-built training facility, pretending to Maggie that I'm just in meetings, finding out just how woefully unprepared and rusty I am.

Maggie's going to kill me. I need to figure out a way to dodge this...

Phantom Stranger

05-09-2010, 08:45 AM

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There are only two months to go to Malice in Wonderland but, more importantly, we have only eight televised shows before Psycho Circus is upon us, and tensions are already close to boiling over.

Following their intervention after the end of the Tag Team Championship match on Sunday, the Keith Brothers have been challenged by the Easy Riders and the young prodigies have picked up the gauntlet in what promises to be quite th battle.

Sammy Bach, who many are saying could and even - in some cases - should - have defeated Sam Keith for the Hard-Hitting Championship, will take on TCW's own Aaron Andrews. Both men, at the moment, are tipped by many to eventually reach the top, both have recently put on performances deserving of it - the question is, simply, who will triumph on the day?

A newcomer to TCW faces a tough challenge after that, as Sayeed Ali, a noted competitor who's made his name in Canada, will go head to head with Brent Hill of the Machines. We wish Mr Ali luck - there can be few tougher challenges to begin with.

Another battle of young talent will follow, as Sean Deeley and Joey Minnesota square off. This battle may well not be quite so clear-cut, as Deeley has his own issues elsewhere...

For the first time in several months, RDJ teams back up with Danny Fonzarelli, and the pair will face off against practitioners of a different style. The British Lions have claimed, in a recent statement here on tcw.com, that it was their injury to Greg Keith that shaped Frankie Perez' successful title defence on Sunday; certainly, they're in the midst of making quite a name for themselves.

Tommy Cornell will be in action, too, having been specifically requested as an opponent by Rocky Golden for his first match back from injury at the hands of Marat Khoklov. Good idea or bad - we'll see soon enough.

Sam Keith will take on another TCW champion afterward, going head to head with Frankie Perez in a non-title affair. Can Perez raise his standing - and that of his title belt - through the roof?

Lastly, in the main event, the Stone Brothers unite to take on World Heavyweight Champion Troy Tornado and the man who saved him on Sunday, Rick Law. What have the Syndicate got in store for these two men?

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

Aaron Andrews vs. Sammy Bach

Brent Hill vs. Sayeed Ali

Joey Minnesota vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

British Lions vs. RDJ & Danny Fonzarelli

Rocky Golden vs. Tommy Cornell

Frankie Perez vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell (non-title)

Rick Law & Troy Tornado vs. Stone Brothers

Zergon

05-09-2010, 09:31 AM

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell
Could go either way but since current champs are face the aligment will be the tie breaker so Easy Riders take this one.

Aaron Andrews vs. Sammy Bach
Bach seems to be getting a bigger push

Brent Hill vs. Sayeed Ali
Though start for Ali indeed infact too though, Hill picks up a win here

Joey Minnesota vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
I likely think a little too high on Minnesota considering that this diary started in TEW 2008 not in 2010 when he is main eventing, but I still go with Minnesota winning with Deeley having other problems.

British Lions vs. RDJ & Danny Fonzarelli
I expect that British Lions take their first win soon but not against RDJ

Rocky Golden vs. Tommy Cornell
Sorry Golden but there is no-way you win here

Frankie Perez vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell (non-title)
Bach losed to Keith and on my opinion he´s better than Perez so I go with Keith here.

Rick Law & Troy Tornado vs. Stone Brothers
Edd Stone seems like a weak link here.

Regis

05-09-2010, 09:40 AM

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell
The Riders are on a downswing after their unsuccessful challenge at the PPV.

Aaron Andrews vs. Sammy Bach
After an A-rated match, Sammy can be kept elevated.

Brent Hill vs. Sayeed Ali
JOBBER!

Joey Minnesota vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
Freddy-ference!

British Lions vs. RDJ & Danny Fonzarelli
Fonzie picks up a win to keep him sweet, before he goes back to jobbing.

Rocky Golden vs. Tommy Cornell
Aww, man. Poor Rocky. Not the most promising re-debut ever.

Frankie Perez vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell (non-title)
Not a chance, Frankie.

Rick Law & Troy Tornado vs. Stone Brothers
Woo! Rick can win on something that isn't Badge Of Honour!

Dragonmack

05-09-2010, 10:05 AM

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

Aaron Andrews vs. Sammy Bach

Brent Hill vs. Sayeed Ali

Joey Minnesota vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

British Lions vs. RDJ & Danny Fonzarelli

Rocky Golden vs. Tommy Cornell

Frankie Perez vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell (non-title)

Rick Law & Troy Tornado vs. Stone Brothers

Bigpapa42

05-09-2010, 11:55 AM

Lo-Drew

05-09-2010, 12:35 PM

Marcel Fromage

05-09-2010, 01:30 PM

MichiganHero

05-09-2010, 01:32 PM

Candyman

05-09-2010, 01:37 PM

Phantom Stranger

05-09-2010, 01:42 PM

I can't help but feel that you guys have a single fairly fixed idea about the likely results... ;)

Tigerkinney

05-09-2010, 02:09 PM

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

Well this is the one I could disagree on with D-Mack but my head says not to, Easy Riders have had their chance and the Keith's seem to be on the verge of making a real push for those tag belts.

Aaron Andrews vs. Sammy Bach

Bach seems more on the verge of a main event push

Brent Hill vs. Sayeed Ali

As Regis would say...JOBBER !

Joey Minnesota vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

I would say Minnesota is alot further up the card, accept he's not in this TCW, here he's still sort of spinning his wheels at the midcard level, the same midcard level Deeley is at but the School of Tradition appear to be going into meltdown and Huggin's based inteference will come into play.

British Lions vs. RDJ & Danny Fonzarelli

Two Jobbers vs an established main eventer and a glorified jobber.

Rocky Golden vs. Tommy Cornell

In this TCW, all is right in the world, over-rated musclehead Rocky Golden is a largely forgotten man.

Frankie Perez vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell (non-title)

Maybe one day for Frankie, but not right now... actually given the fact that sort of day will come for Frankie when Keith decides to retire, then probably never.

Rick Law & Troy Tornado vs. Stone Brothers

The World Champion will be the difference maker

Dang it, I've ended up going the same as everyone else. :p

Marcel Fromage

05-09-2010, 02:38 PM

I can't help but feel that you guys have a single fairly fixed idea about the likely results... ;)

Well, yeah ... that and the fact that I've been out all day and have barely had chance to update my own diary over the past few days! Have to cut a few corners here and there! :D

Beeker

05-10-2010, 08:09 PM

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell
- Likely by DQ to keep the Riders looking strong. The Brothers are too good to be denied their push, plus it might keep Daddy around a while longer. :D

Aaron Andrews vs. Sammy Bach
- I know Bach is higher up the card but I'll predict Cornell teaching the kid some 'tough love' as a warning to Hawkins... plus I'm going with AA MUST BE A STAR.

Brent Hill vs. Sayeed Ali
- Welcome to TCW Ali, start paying some dues.

Joey Minnesota vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
- Minnesota seems to be stuck in a snow drift about now.

British Lions vs. RDJ & Danny Fonzarelli
- Lions put in a good showing but the overness gap of RDJ & Fonz earn them the victory.

Rocky Golden vs. Tommy Cornell
- If this were TEW2010, this would be a much more difficult call.

Frankie Perez vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell (non-title)
- Which title isn't this for?

Rick Law & Troy Tornado vs. Stone Brothers
- If this were on BoH, I'd give the nod to Law, but he can do the job here and keep Jeremy and Edd looking like potential challengers.

Phantom Stranger

05-11-2010, 10:49 AM

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 1 December 2008

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 7.54)
Rebroadcast on Continental Sports X1 (Rating 0.01)
Rebroadcast on Japanese Sports Vision 3 (Rating: 0.10)

Held at the Iowa State Fayre (Mid West)

Attendance: 15,000 (Sold Out)

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Shawn Doakes

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Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch
vs.
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the Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell
It's interesting, sometimes, to watch people adjust their styles while wrestling, and both Matthew Keith and Peter Hopper are trying, a little, to play their opponent's game.

But that's hardly the key story of this match; that story is, instead, one of all-out determination on one side and sheer fury on the other. The Riders just want to destroy the Keiths, and the Keiths want to squeak out the win. Still, Sam Keith's boys give as good as they get, hitting hard, hitting often, inflicting all the pain they can muster.

It's a shame, that being the case, that the Riders are, simply, more resilient. Matthew Keith crashes to earth with the Emergency Stop; Greg Keith eats a big boot on his way in to break it up, and the Riders remain one of the teams with the strongest records in the division.
Easy Riders defeated the Keith Brothers
Rating: B

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Aaron Andrews vs. Sammy Bach
Aaron delights in being, for once, on a size level with his opponent. The stronger of the two, he doesn't lack much in speed either, and loses no time in starting the assault – a belly-to-belly overhead suplex followed by a lariat as Bach rises.

After a few moments, indeed, Sammy simply drops his defences as he has done so many times, and Andrews begins to lay down a beating with impunity. It's only when he takes Sammy into a pinning position with a Northern Light's suplex that Bach moves, and he doesn't do much there; raising the shoulder to break the count, he wrenches Andrews right into the Bach on your Back, forcing the submission practically out of nowhere.

The camera catches Sammy's expression as the hold is applied; eyes half-closed, a dreamy, blissed-out smile on his lips.
Sammy Bach defeated Aaron Andrews
Rating: B

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Walk This Way hits and Chris Rockwell heads down to the ring. Accompanying him is a woman that not even Jason Azaria recognises, but like Rockwell, she's clearly dressed for competition.

“Sunday night,” Rockwell begins, “I...” He breaks off, and the TCW crowd fill him in on exactly what happened. “YOU GOT BEAT! YOU GOT BEAT! YOU GOT BEAT!”

Rockwell shakes his head, eyes widening for a second, but he stops himself, gets himself back under control.

“Sunday night, I challenged for a title,” he says. “I didn't get it. Right now, that feels like the story of my life. But it's all about evening the score.

“See, Johnny, you've got a vapid little girl stood next to you every night. I asked myself how I could top that...” He gestures to the woman. “I found an actual wrestler. Someone who understands what it is to get in the ring and give and take punishment. Someone who knows what it's like to win.

“Scores are even now, Johnny. You're just holding that belt safe for me.”

“Strange thing,” Shawn Doakes remarks. “If Rockwell needed a wrestler, why didn't he just turn back to Frankie Perez? What's going on with those two?”

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Sayeed Ali does his best, but Brent Hill is in no mood to let a newcomer make an impression at his expense.

Ali brawls out of holds for much of the match, but in the end, it's just not enough. Hill sinks him with an Ammo Dump then clamps on the Complete Package to force the submission – and the crowd seem to love it.
Brent Hill defeated Sayeed Ali
Rating: B

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Of Wolf And Man hits, cutting off Brent's victory celebration, and Wolf Hawkins emerges, microphone in hand. “Tell your buddy it ain't over,” he begins. “Seriously. Just because that idiot Pete got involved doesn't mean he gets to walk away with the title. I'm coming for it, and I'm going to get it. Because you and your buddy?

“You were beneath me in the Syndicate, Brent. And you're beneath me now.”

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Joey Minnesota vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
Minnesota and Deeley, as you might expect from two careful technicians, really get each other's styles in the ring, and the result is a pretty good, solid match.

Deeley gets the advantage pretty early, and begins to punish Minnesota for it, targeting his knee to set up a submission later. Minnesota is able to roar back, but a dropkick to that same knee eventually cuts him off, and Deeley clamps down on a single leg crab, really torquing back. It's hardly one of his signature holds, but the ferocity with which he works – and how clearly, visibly effective it is – means that it still looks like a match ender.

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Freddy Huggins then arrives at ringside. Laura, having clearly been expecting this, gets in his way and a shouting match ensues; a worried Deeley shifts his grip on the crab, and as Azaria notes, Minnesota appears to be shifting position to take advantage.

Huggins shoves his sister and Deeley releases the hold, ready to move to the confrontation, but he never gets the chance – Minnesota pops up immediately, directly under him, to hit the Empire Spiral which gets the pin.
Joey Minnesota defeated Sean Deeley
Rating: B-

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British Lions vs. RDJ & Fonzarelli
Another all-round good match that doesn't deviate much from standard Lions matches of their tenure so far; solid tactical assault, careful targeting, brutal submission moves...

...and, ultimately, being toppled by their opponents. RDJ wipes Walter Morgan out with the Leaping Lariat to get the pin here.
RDJ & Fonzarelli defeated British Lions
Rating: B-

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Once again we find ourselves in the interview room Horatio Dangerous uses for in-depth discussions. Sitting across the desk from him this time is the man known as Texas Pete.

On the desk between them lies Pete's old trademark, the black stetson. The big man is relaxed without it, sitting back and smirking.

“Welcome back to another in this highly irregular series,” Horatio smiles. “I should note that this interview is being taped on Sunday afternoon, some hours before A Little South of Sanity – by the time it airs, during this December's episodes of Total Wrestling, the man sat across from me may have captured his first championship. So, without further ado, possibly the International Champion, Texas Pete.”

Pete nods to the camera, then glances away, casual.

“Pete,” Horatio begins, “you first came into professional wrestling, uh, six years ago now, entering the sport with one of the biggest names in it – would you like to talk some about how that came about?”

Texas Pete turns back, and sighs heavily, glancing down at the hat. “I wish,” he begins, “that I'd come up a different way, really.”

“Hey, being selected to be trained by that company is no mean-”

“Oh, don't get me wrong,” Pete cuts in. “It was a hell of a start. Right on TV and right into the big paychecks, and it's difficult to bitch about that. But they picked me out – I was basically a kid, and to pay my way through college I was working security at a club in Austin. Someone from there got in trouble on the dance floor, I pulled the guy off, dumped him on his ass. Guy I saved turned out to be their TV producer, and I guess he liked what he saw of the way I handled myself.

“Came back the next day, offered me a contract. Training school, all that. I looked at the pay and said hell yeah, so I quit college the next week and moved up north... Which is how I got the nickname, but it's also how I got this.” He picks up the stetson and looks at it, turning it over in his hands, before sneering and skimming it out of shot. “So much bull.”

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Rocky Golden vs. Tommy Cornell
“There's something eerily familiar about this match,” is the comment Jason Azaria makes, one minute in. “I'm getting serious deja vu.”

The match itself is one that could very, very easily cause that, as Cornell and Golden go into a variation of the famous Cornell/Nemesis match of eleven years ago. Nemesis' key spots are switched out for Golden's, and Cornell has added a few new moves to his repertoire, but the basic underpinnings of the bloody brawl are identical – right down to Golden powerbombing Cornell through the announce table.

The main difference comes when Golden goes to cover – and Cornell somehow manages to instead wrap him up in the Guilt Trip to force the win.
Tommy Cornell defeated Rocky Golden
Rating: A

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Frankie Perez vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
Swift, solid, and fast, but Perez hypermodern Indy style and Keith's ultra-establishment offence do clash a little.

Sam and Perez, however, are able to more or less work past that, and while Frankie gets in a lot of offence, Keith shuts it down. Toward the end, he gets the NeutronPlex, rolls over, starts to put on the Proton Lock -
A steel chair crashes off his head, and Sammy Bach follows that up with two more shots as Sam Sparrow calls for the bell. Bombshell appears to be calling for something else – Bach, seeing this, bails immediately.
Sam Keith won by DQ
Rating: B

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Rick Law & Troy Tornado vs. Stone Brothers
And if you thought the last match was fast... Edd Stone is picking up tips from his brother rapidly, and Troy and Law continue to be an excellent partnership. The result has the crowd roaring from the start, and the pace absolutely never lets up.

We finish up with Rick Law and Jeremy Stone brawling on the outside. Troy goes for a powerbomb, gets reminded that YOU CAN'T POWERBOMB EDD STONE! and kicks out of the Party's Over. An Edd-Renaline Shot superkick is tried, but Tornado ducks it, hits the ropes, and nails the Star Maker.

The pin succeeds, though Law's block attempt fails when Jeremy Stone mercilessly dumps him with the Stone's Throw on the outside.
Rick Law & Troy Tornado defeated the Stone Brothers
Rating: A

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Jeremy promptly slides into the ring and hits Troy with the Stone's Throw immediately. Seconds later, the Stone Hold is applied, and Troy Tornado writhes in pain as the show goes off the air.

Show Rating: B+

Dragonmack

05-11-2010, 11:13 AM

Well, since everyone copied me, everyone got all the matches but the Keith Brothers- Easy Riders match right then. ;) :D

Phantom Stranger

05-11-2010, 07:06 PM

Well, since everyone copied me, everyone got all the matches but the Keith Brothers- Easy Riders match right then. ;) :D

Seems that way.

Should really be a little less predictable in results, but ah well...

Bigpapa42

05-11-2010, 07:29 PM

Seems that way.

Should really be a little less predictable in results, but ah well...

I believe it was TigerKinney who put it best, when I was once upon a time noting that I might be booking too preidctably... "predictable" often also means "logical". And booking logically is not a bad thing. Booking aginst expectation simply for the sake of the unexpected gets iffy in a hurry.

Beeker

05-12-2010, 01:58 AM

I managed to logically (well using my own logic) make a mess of those picks. But I still wouldn't have changed them because they made sense to me - which is why I always give reasons for my predictions - and weren't in agreement with everyone else.

Phantom Stranger

05-12-2010, 10:38 AM

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Wednesday 3rd December 2008

The question of the moment seems to be Aaron Andrews. He has the skill. He needs, perhaps, something to set him apart – either a storyline, or something else.

He's getting to be an adequate mic man, but he's still not good – not good enough to cement his new status with – so it needs to be something in the ring, most likely.

There's been a lot of chat backstage. Aaron's trying to figure out a new finish right now, one that works for where he hopes he's going to be going – fighting the bigger guys more often than the All-Action crowd.

Ultimately, the standing hot shot he used to use won't cut it in those circumstances, and while he's dallied with some other moves this year, they have much the same problem. Only an idiot tries a flying cross body on someone like Tyson Baine, for example. And someone Aaron's size, trying to take him out with a spinebuster? Let's just say I can see issues.

The spinebuster's not a bad move, though, and he hits it well. With some work we can get it over. But he may want something better – and we should probably figure that out ahead of getting this over, just in case.

At the same time, how long do we have? Aaron is about as popular as he's ever been at the moment. Matches against Tommy, Wolf and Sammy suggest that the fans are ready to cheer him. Holding off too long could damage that... And I say this as a firm believer that, with the right booking, anyone can recover from a bad streak.

I don't much want Aaron to have to. So where does all this fit in?

Got to get down to the Danger Zone and keep shaking out this ring rust. Back in a while.

James Casey

05-12-2010, 02:20 PM

The best finishers can be hit from anywhere, on anyone.

The Cutter/RKO is a great finisher because everyone but a Big Show or Andre will go down with 250lb hanging around their neck.

The Stunner is a similar move, of course, and hits even more suddenly as there's less drop and arguably more impact.

Then there's the Angle/Olympic Slam, which can be hit from near enough anywhere, on anyone, but does require a bit more strength than I've always imagined Andrews having.

A man Andrews' size needs an impact finisher that's not reliant on his strength or size. A submission move is out - too many monsters and much stronger men in TCW. Even something like a figure four takes too long to set up, and offers too much potential for reversal. The only exception I can think of would be the ankle lock (funny how Kurt's moves both make the list...) which is quick, immobilising, easy and can be sold like fury.

If you want to mark Andrews out as special, then an uber-finisher like the Burning Hammer has potential. I saw one diary where Kane had it, though, and for me it is a big guy move - not least because Andrews BHing Baine? Or Peak? Or RDJ? Nah.

A couple of modern WWE moves that have potential are the Codebreaker (not coed breaker as I nearly wrote - save that for BSC) and MVP's Play of the Day variant (previously used by SHelton Benjamin, and before that Elix Skipper).

Because we're in TCW, I'm loathe to suggest a move like the Sliced Bread #2, as visually flashy as it is. The Canadian Destroyer is out for the same reason.

There's nothing wrong with a good old-fashioned piledriver, of course - even allowing for the weight issues, it can be hit on nearly anyone. The DDT can be hit on anyone, from nearly anywhere. However, in modern wrestling it's become a transition move (heck, the dropkick was once a legitimate finish!)

To my mind, ankle lock aside, there are three options:

Top rope to mat - moonsault, elbow drop, SSP. These always look great, they pop the crowd, and you can have the drama of a false finish where the opponent moves or blocks, or the monster catches them on the way down.

Shining Wizard - bastardised as it is, let's think about what this move is: You run at your opponent and knee them as hard as you can in the face. With the right build-up (bloody noses and glassy eyes for some undercard opponents) this move could get over again.

Superkick - For all that KC Glenn is lined up as the CV Shawn Michaels in-ring, Andrews is a much better fit personality-wise - and the Superkick really can be hit from anywhere, on anyone, at anytime.

And yes, I am waiting for a game to install, how'd you guess? :p

Remianen

05-12-2010, 03:12 PM

Casey makes good points but I think he has far too much of a Sports Entertainment bent. The whole 'hit from anywhere' thing kinda goes against the traditional 'build to a decisive finish' that, well, traditional tends to call for. Besides, Tommy has the 'hit from anywhere' bit with the Guilt Trip, doesn't he? There are many moves of various types that can be used by an Andrews sized worker on workers of just about any size.

For example, if he can convincingly hit a sidewalk slam on an opponent, he can hit an inverted leghook brainbuster (Witchcraft). You'd probably want to change the 'brainbuster' to a 'DDT' since the whole head dropping thing would be frowned upon in the States.

I think Dragon Gate might have several finishers that would fit the purpose and the worker. Yoshino's Lightning Spiral, for example. I could also see Andrews doing any of CIMA's Schwein moves (Andrews is bigger than CIMA, I think?).

MichiganHero

05-12-2010, 03:16 PM

Bigpapa42

05-12-2010, 03:40 PM

With regard to finishers, I personally think the finisher should reflect the character and their in-ring approach to some extent. The Stone Cold Stunner and RKO work so well for those workers because its fits their persona - unpredictable. Its interesting that Orton also has the Punt, a more anticipating-based finisher for his "stalking mode". I like Remi's approach that it should fit the product, but I don't think a "hit from anywhere" finisher is necessarily out of place in a more traditional product - rather, I think you just don't want to overuse that approach.

When I was trying to figure out what I wanted to use for Rocky Golden's Rocky Road finisher, I looked at a lot of options. From a Cutter to a big pile-driver to a sudden submission of some type (someone had his use an ankle lock, if memory serves). I ended up going with a Ganso bomb. It fit the big and powerful approach I felt he would use, and didn't seem out of place with the rather Hogan (or Sam Strong) like approach I envisioned him using - taking a beating and then having a big comeback, culminating in the build toward the finisher everyone knows is coming.

So basically my point is that I would consider what suits how you want to present his in-ring presense in addition to what fits the promotion. If Double-A is rather opportunistic, I don't think it would be wrong to have an "out of nowhere" finisher. But if he's more methodical and scientic, then something you have to work toward might be more suiting...

James Casey

05-12-2010, 03:45 PM

There are ways and ways of building to a finish, though. Say for the sake of argument that Andrews starts using a DDT - that's a moveset focussed on the neck and head of your opponent. Just in terms of time taken to apply a move, the longer it is the less effective it should be - it gives far too long for an opponent to counter/reverse.

The figure four is a move that can be applied in just a few seconds - wind the leg, cross it, sit back, done. For Ric Flair it takes about forty seconds, and you know that somewhere along the line it's going to be blocked, countered or reversed. Of course, that's Flair, but some of the most classic finishers were as much about the show as the go - Iron Claw, anyone?

A 'tarantula' hold that needs contortions and limblocks and fourteen points of pressure would take so long to apply - and be so hard to cinch in - as to effectively be useless unless your opponent's near unconscious. In which case, why not just pin him?

I can certainly understand the appeal of a more traditional finish in TCW, but I don't think that mitigates against a move that's quick, simple and gives the worker the option of a last, desperate roll of the dice when all other hope is lost.

Beeker

05-12-2010, 07:18 PM

I mostly agree with Casey, not in that a finisher should be able to be hit outta nowhere, but that it should be equally applicable to 500 pound monsters and 200 pound flippy flyers. Andrews might well have one move as his 'cruiserweight killer' and another, no weight limit finished for the bigger guys.

One thing I have noticed about wrestling is that ANYTHING can be a finisher. Liger got a double palm thrust over because it was built up to in a match. Personally I think Andrews needs a storyline, something where he 'pays his dues, pay 'em!' (I miss Monkeypox) and his traditional finishers won't cut it, this could lead to him going in a quest for a big match move - be it a Texas Cloverleaf (I so miss that move!) or a Pedigree or an Impaler DDT. Whatever it is, it should culminate with in a match where, once again, AA hits a spinebuster but on his big, broad-backed rival can't keep him down. Then he could debut his new finisher and with Dangerous selling it like Grim Death... viola... he's got his finisher for the next five to ten years.

Edit: Incidentally, I find Orton's RKO about the least convincing version of that I've ever seen. Of course, I find Orton completely unconvincing as a wrestler so that might have a lot to do with it.

1PWfan

05-13-2010, 04:42 AM

Obviously I speak as a very old-school guy at heart, but I figure a DDT variant or piledriver would be a good finisher- it provides a good no-frills move that can help build the character. A Snap DDT or plain old Cradle Piledriver would work as finishers provided the commentary team sells them well enough (and don't forget that Jimmy Cox has gotten over a cradle piledriver as one of the most dangerous moves in the world- if he can do it so can anyone).

Phantom Stranger

05-13-2010, 08:57 AM

This has to be one of the most rewarding things about doing this diary; just the amount of discussion and thought that goes into things like this. It's also why I like it when Beeker's observations come up - whatever running gags we may make about his predictions, it's pretty clear that he has a logic behind them, and an interesting viewpoint on wrestling.

I haven't decided on Aaron's finisher yet - I'm as confused as Horatio, honestly - but these comments have all been pretty useful (though the current front-runner hasn't yet been mentioned.)

But thanks, everyone...

Phantom Stranger

05-13-2010, 09:07 AM

How are the guys in development doing?

Most of 'em are coming along nicely. A couple are pretty much ready to debut - like Sayeed on Tuesday, and someone on Badge of Honor - but are still biding their time.

Stevie Grayson may actually make a half-decent worker for a smaller promotion by the time his contract runs out and he gets let go.

critical-23

05-13-2010, 10:27 AM

Most of 'em are coming along nicely. A couple are pretty much ready to debut - like Sayeed on Tuesday, and someone on Badge of Honor - but are still biding their time.

Stevie Grayson may actually make a half-decent worker for a smaller promotion by the time his contract runs out and he gets let go.

What about Natural Talent (I think I missed a post or two about them somewhere)? Are those guys close to the big leagues yet?

Phantom Stranger

05-13-2010, 10:50 AM

What about Natural Talent (I think I missed a post or two about them somewhere)? Are those guys close to the big leagues yet?

Yes and no.

Yes, they're getting much better than they were, and no, there are a lot of jobber tag teams at the moment. As the tag division settles, the plan has always been to rotate a couple of the teams at the bottom in and out (you may also have noticed that Kazuma Narato and the Cannonball Kid are not currently active) with the goal of getting that team exposure when in TCW and experience both down below and in TCW. Current plan is for Natural Talent to return earlyish in the new year. We'll see how long it actually ends up taking.

Phantom Stranger

05-13-2010, 09:39 PM

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It looks like another busy Friday here in TCW, as this week's Badge of Honor will see a debut, a first TCW match, six-man competition and much more.

The Young Guns will be there to kick things off, taking on Canadian talents the Elite Express in what's sure to be a fast-paced contest.

Eddie Peak provides one of the toughest welcomes TCW has to offer. The man facing that welcome? A Samoan warrior who's cut a feared swathe across Japan before coming where the competition is hottest - the man known to his fans as Rhino Umaga.

Following the newcomer's arrival in the match between the School of Tradition and Team VIPER last week, Eric Tyler has demanded a chance to school Koshiro Ino's disciple Hidekazu. Who will end up the teacher?

On learning of this, the Kobra requested his own match, with Freddy Huggins the opponent selected by Mayhem Midden. Freddy has his own issues, but Sean Deeley has, thus far, been the man to toe the School's line and not disrupt their goals - could Freddy have the time to topple Ino?

Six man action is next on the cards, with Midden declaring a match designed to showcase the hidden talent of TCW. Featuring Aaron Andrews, Acid, Art Reed, Hell Monkey, Teddy Powell and UK Dragon, this match has loads of talent - talent, but not yet the kind of recognition Midden feels they deserve. Be sure to tune in Friday so you can see what he means - and who comes out the best.

Tommy Cornell's tests continue. This week, he has selected Ino's new allies in Team VIPER - and to accompany him, Wolf Hawkins. Could this be the olive branch the Syndicate seems so desperately to need?

It happens only when he feels it necessary, but Rick Law has made use of his right to select the main event's participants rather than face off with an opponent selected by TCW officials - following Tuesday's assault after the main event, Law will challenge Jeremy Stone. Could retribution be in store for the Canadian Wrestling Machine?

Prediction Key:
Elite Express vs. Young Guns

Eddie Peak vs. Rhino Umaga

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Hidekazu w/ Baroness Emily

Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily vs. Freddy Huggins w/ Laura Huggins

Aaron Andrews vs. Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Hell Monkey vs. Teddy Powell vs. UK Dragon

Team VIPER vs. Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins

Jeremy Stone vs. Rick Law

Bigpapa42

05-13-2010, 09:45 PM

Elite Express vs. Young Guns

Eddie Peak vs. Rhino Umaga

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Hidekazu w/ Baroness Emily

Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily vs. Freddy Huggins w/ Laura Huggins

Aaron Andrews vs. Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Hell Monkey vs. Teddy Powell vs. UK Dragon

Team VIPER vs. Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins

Jeremy Stone vs. Rick Law

ampulator

05-13-2010, 11:38 PM

Elite Express vs. Young Guns
Hard to tell, but when he doubt, stick with the incumbents.

Eddie Peak vs. Rhino Umaga
Same here.

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Hidekazu w/ Baroness Emily
Come on... Hidekazu?

Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily vs. Freddy Huggins w/ Laura Huggins
Can't see Freddy going over Koshiro.

Aaron Andrews vs. Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Hell Monkey vs. Teddy Powell vs. UK Dragon
Ahh, the hardest one to predict. I'm pretty sure Teddy Powell is not going to take it, and UK Dragon is improbable. Hell Monkey deserves it, but isn't quite there yet. That leaves Acid, Art Reed, and Aaron Andrews. Tough call between the three.

Team VIPER vs. Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins
I can't see Tommy losing to them.

Jeremy Stone vs. Rick Law
This one is a bit tougher, but I have to say Rick Law... unless you are building Jeremy Stone up even further.

Zergon

05-14-2010, 01:37 AM

Elite Express vs. Young Guns
I go with Elite Express here though this could go either way

Eddie Peak vs. Rhino Umaga
Umaga is good but he isn´t beating Peak

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Hidekazu w/ Baroness Emily
I can´t see this going any other way

Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily vs. Freddy Huggins w/ Laura Huggins
Ditto here, Ino is too strong for Huggins and Huggins have other troubles as well.

Aaron Andrews vs. Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Hell Monkey vs. Teddy Powell vs. UK Dragon
I think this is between Andrews, Acid and Reed and with that finisher discussion with Andrews I´m going to predict him in hope that thsi is where the push starts.

Team VIPER vs. Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins
No way Tommy and Hawkins could lose this one.

Jeremy Stone vs. Rick Law
I think Law might have taken a little bit too big task here.

Tigerkinney

05-14-2010, 05:18 AM

Elite Express vs. Young Guns

Elite Express could do with actually picking up a win and the Young Guns haven't been relevant for months.

Eddie Peak vs. Rhino Umaga

If Rhino was getting a strong push from the start he would debut on the A-Show, B-Show debuts tend to be jobbing debuts.

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Hidekazu w/ Baroness Emily

I can't see this being anything other than a squash

Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily vs. Freddy Huggins w/ Laura Huggins

Huggin's will put up more fight than Hidekazu but can't see past an Ino win here.

Aaron Andrews vs. Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Hell Monkey vs. Teddy Powell vs. UK Dragon

Andrews is the one here most on the cusp of really climbing to the uppper echelons of the TCW ranks

Team VIPER vs. Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins

Can't see this going any other way.

Jeremy Stone vs. Rick Law

Stone will give a Law a very tough test but this isn't Canada and it is Law's show !

Regis

05-14-2010, 06:46 AM

Prediction Key:
Elite Express vs. Young Guns
The Guns are effectively jobbers, and are possibly due a stint in dev.

Eddie Peak vs. Rhino Umaga
Peak is a megastar. Rhino is not.

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Hidekazu w/ Baroness Emily
Hidekazu is a good indie-level player, but he's not going to go over the established veteran.

Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily vs. Freddy Huggins w/ Laura Huggins
The Kobra Kommander is having a new lease of life with his stable behind him.

Aaron Andrews vs. Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Hell Monkey vs. Teddy Powell vs. UK Dragon
AA debuts a new finisher and picks up the win in spectacular style.

Team VIPER vs. Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins
VIPER begin jobbing their way to the top.

Jeremy Stone vs. Rick Law
His show, his victory.

Dragonmack

05-14-2010, 07:47 AM

kbjone

05-14-2010, 07:57 AM

Guessing on about half of these:

Elite Express vs. Young Guns

Complete Guess.

Eddie Peak vs. Rhino Umaga

Unless Khoklov decides that he wants more Eddie.

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Hidekazu w/ Baroness Emily

If this was Deeley instead of Tyler, I'd go the other way, because of Freddie.

Koshiro Ino w/Baroness Emily vs. Freddy Huggins w/ Laura Huggins

Here comes Deeley...

Aaron Andrews vs. Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Hell Monkey vs. Teddy Powell vs. UK Dragon

Complete Guess, Part II.

Team VIPER vs. Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins

As someone one said, unless the VIPERs bring guns to the ring, they cannot win. And even then they might still lose.

Jeremy Stone vs. Rick Law

Should have challenged Edd, Rick.

Candyman

05-14-2010, 08:46 AM

critical-23

05-14-2010, 08:48 PM

Yes and no.

Yes, they're getting much better than they were, and no, there are a lot of jobber tag teams at the moment. As the tag division settles, the plan has always been to rotate a couple of the teams at the bottom in and out (you may also have noticed that Kazuma Narato and the Cannonball Kid are not currently active) with the goal of getting that team exposure when in TCW and experience both down below and in TCW. Current plan is for Natural Talent to return earlyish in the new year. We'll see how long it actually ends up taking.

Yeah, I was JUST about to ask about these two. Thanks for the update!

Zergon

05-15-2010, 01:29 AM

Since Zergon was right last time (got the tag team match right, before all the second/third/fourthing started), I'll second him this time.

You likely made a mistake by seconding me, you know what they say about lightning not hitting twice:p

Phantom Stranger

05-16-2010, 09:28 AM

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 1 December 2008

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 0.49)

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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Elite Express vs. Young Guns
It's a good back and forth, this one. The Express and the Guns seem pretty much evenly matched, and both sides are willing to double-team where necessary.

Bobby Thomas, somewhat surprisingly, manages to kick out of the Blitzkrieg Bop. The Guns seem stunned by this; Thomas and Johnson take advantage, with Johnson launching himself off the top rope to take Gumble down with a rana and Thomas DDTing Allen.

Thomas then hoists the legal man, Gumble, and the pair deliver the Precision Driller inverted piledriver/mushroom stomp combination to secure the win.
Elite Express defeated Young Guns
Rating: D+

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Rhino Umaga actually does pretty well for himself here, and between that and Peak's power, the match is extremely well received, with both men receiving strong reactions.

Umaga gets a few good hits in, along with a strong fightback and, significantly, it takes two Peaks of Perfection to finally put him down.
Eddie Peak defeated Rhino Umaga
Rating: B+

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Chris Rockwell emerges again, with Lauren Easter by his side, coming down to the ring, microphone in hand.

“I've heard this question a lot,” he begins. “Why didn't I fall back on the P-Dawg? Why bring Lauren with me?

“The main answer is pretty obvious, really. First of all, just look at her.” Easter obligingly – and smirkingly – poses for a moment. “And like I say,” Rockwell continues, “the girl can wrestle.” He grins, then his face falls once again. His tongue darts out, licking his lips, and his eyes shift from side to side.

“But here's the thing – Frankie was meant to be there. He had his belt. He'd retained. And where was he? Nowhere-”

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The Crippler hits, and Frankie Perez emerges, belt around his waist, and walks slowly down to the ring. Rockwell's face keeps shifting between fury and panic.

Perez rolls into the ring and stands opposite Rockwell for a long moment. Rockwell raises the microphone to his lips again, and Perez snatches it from him.

“I only side with winners,” he says, dropping the mic and turning away.

Rockwell, in a fury, lunges for him; Perez pivots, catching him with a hook kick. Easter promptly dropkicks him from his blind side, and as Rockwell recovers, Perez bails, realising he's outnumbered.

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Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Hidekazu w/ Baroness Emily
A good, old-fashioned wrestling match from the off, these two men come off as pretty close to equal throughout. Certainly Hidekazu impresses on his debut, but Tyler...

Eric Tyler, when it comes right down to it...

Cheats. A thumb to the eye here, then the Tradition Lift, and the match is as good as over; Hidekazu submits not much later.
Eric Tyler defeated Hidekazu
Rating: C

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Floyd Goldworthy appears on screen as the commercial break ends, flanked by the Fly Boys. He's close to the camera, and whispering.

“Don't rule my clients out,” he says, glancing to one side. “They've been champions here, and they're going to be champions again – I'm going to make sure of it. But-”

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“He's here,” Donnie says, with a look of worried urgency. Floyd's eyes go wide with panic, the door slams open, and the American Buffalo enters the room.

“Where's my title shot?” he demands.

“Uh-” Floyd begins. “Look, the petition is with the Board of-”

“Where's. My. Title. Shot?” the Buffalo repeats. Floyd glances back at the camera, more than a little worried.
“It's – coming,” he offers, with a long swallow. The feed cuts back to the ring before we see the Buffalo's reaction.

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Freddy Huggins w/ Laura Huggins vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
A faster match, and a better received contest, too, as Ino and Huggins go toe to toe and – somewhat surprisingly – hold for hold.

Ino looks as shocked at this as anyone else, but Huggins is clearly pouring his heart into it, and even, at one point, calls for the Kobra's Bite – but as he hits the ropes for momentum, his sister catches his ankle. A couple of moments later, a recovered Ino drills him with a stiff forearm and lands a Kobra's Bite of his own to score the victory.
Koshiro Ino defeated Freddy Huggins
Rating: C+

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Aaron Andrews vs.
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Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell
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vs. Hell Monkey vs.
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Teddy Powell
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vs. UK Dragon
Speed and skill play their parts here, with everyone moving constantly. The result is almost a highlight reel of a match, as what gets broadcast is everyone's big moves, leading up to a finisher-fest; the Motion Censor on Hell Monkey, followed by the Dragon Drop on Powell, the Acid Rain Bomb on Powell, a Dread Lock on Acid, the Tumbling Monkey on UK Dragon as Hell Monkey recovers, and then a spinebuster on Hell Monkey by Aaron Andrews who immediately picks up the pinfall.
Aaron Andrews defeated Acid, Art Reed, Hell Monkey, Teddy Powell and UK Dragon
Rating: C+

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Back in the Syndicate locker room, Tommy Cornell turns away from the screen. “You can't deny he's a perfect candidate.”

Wolf Hawkins stares daggers at him. “You. Are. Not. Replacing. Me.”

“For the last sodding time,” Cornell practically explodes, “that's not what this is about! We both have to keep the Syndicate's interests in priority if this is going to work, Wolf. We need to keep it strong.”

Hawkins remains silent. Cornell sighs.

“OK,” he says. “Look. That Tooth & Claw team pretty much failed the test. Let's see how these guys do, alright?”

Hawkins shrugs. “We've got the Enforcers,” he says. “But after he took my belt off me, I've got to admit,” he grins suddenly, wickedly, “that screwing with Ino really does seem tempting.”

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Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily vs. Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins
Team VIPER actually look, on a few occasions, like they might win this; they're a lot more unified than Cornell and Hawkins seem right now, and they take the fight to them. Ota concentrates on Hawkins, Miyazaki on Cornell, but it's never the case that their backup isn't right there to reinforce them – and that gives them quite an edge.

Finally, however, Hawkins realises how close they've come to losing, and seems to shift gears. Cornell suddenly has backup, too, and it's backup that easily outweighs Team VIPER. Ota gets caught and eats a Rough Ride; Miyazaki catches the Full Moon Rising on the apron, and Cornell pins Ota to secure the win.
Tommy Cornell & Wolf Hawkins defeated Team VIPER
Rating: B

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Jeremy Stone seems to know instinctively how to handle Law, and vice versa. It's a hell of a fight, therefore, with Stone trying to turn it into a mat match, only to be overpowered by the younger man. On one occasion the Stone Hold serves as only a starting point for Law to rise to his feet and land the Squad Car Slam.

Stone kicks out, of course, and the two go right back to it; it looks like nothing's going to stop either man...

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Then Tyson Baine steps into the ring and Stone immediately bails. Law turns, exhausted – big boot from Baine, then a Hades Bomb, then another, then another. By this stage, Sam Sparrow has already called for the DQ.
Rick Law wins by DQ
Rating: A

Show Rating: B+

Phantom Stranger

05-16-2010, 04:30 PM

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Monday 8th December 2008
It's becoming pretty clear to me that, for my family, 2009 will be very different from 2008.

Kate, bless her, has signed for TCW, and will be moving back to America. I'll see a lot more of my daughter, and I anticipate having the chance to call a good many of her matches – which I'm looking forward to. Maggie's delighted about this – I've not told her what the first program Kate has lined up will involve for me.

That said, the apartment she has on lease in Nagana is being retained – because another Dangerous is taking over duties in Japan.

Richard and Adrian's contracts both came due just before the start of the month. The Dangerous Brothers, as a tag team, have lost a lot of traction this year – coming into 2008 strong, they've been booked effectively as singles wrestlers most of the time and losing almost exclusively the rest of the time. For whatever reason, as a team they were effectively written off.

Adrian took Haru Kurofuji's offer to go to WLW as a golden opportunity, therefore. The Dangerous Brothers had been a team for ten years this August, but it looks likely that there'll be a gap now, as Adrian is going to be with WLW exclusively for a while.

Richard? Richard's considering his options. A middle of the year series against Rich Money over the North American Championship means that he could, very feasibly, be looking at a minor feud with the SWF Champion in the near future. It's also possible I could soon have two sons in Japan – PGHW and Burning Hammer would both welcome him, and at the moment PGHW are offering exclusive deals.

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The family reunite: Horatio and Kate discuss an upcoming angle backstage, December 2008
Awesome Kate Dangerous render courtesy of jtlant

Losing one child and gaining another... the life of a wrestling family. I'm sure there'll be speculation about Richard joining us when Kate debuts, but I'd have the same conflict of interests that we narrowly avoided with Kate. I'm fortunate enough that I can confidently say that any of my children can always find a place in professional wrestling.

Phantom Stranger

05-17-2010, 08:39 AM

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It's a great time to be a fan of TCW, ladies and gentlemen. Coming up this week on Total Wrestling are a host of great wrestlers - let's get down to the nitty gritty.

The New Wave will be kicking off the show, facing the School of Tradition in a non-title bout. Contendership to the belts is currently up in the air, but it's very clear that a number of talents have put their names forward for it.

Six-man tag action follows; after Sammy Bach attacked him during another match last week, Sam Keith challenged him to find some allies and meet him in the ring. Keith will be bringing his sons; Bach, having no such close allies, has found assistance from the mercenary Easy Riders. Tensions are going to be running high throughout these six men, we believe.

The International Championship is pledged to be defended; after the events of Badge of Honor, John Anderson issued a statement saying that he was ready to defend his belt on any given broadcast, and offering the American Buffalo a shot at it - much, we imagine, to Floyd Goldworthy's relief.

Wolf Hawkins has shown no signs of letting his pursuit of the belt drop, his interest rekindled after Bach's favour was cashed in - this could get messy.

Chris Rockwell has a chance to bounce back after Friday, too, as he'll be in action against returning star Rocky Golden. Golden, somewhat surprisingly, took Tommy Cornell to the limit last week - how will he fare against Rockwell?

Tag action follows, with the British Lions back in action. Their opponents are another relatively new team of technical masters - the Conquering Kings. It's a rare chance for both teams to truly shine on the big stage. Who can take best advantage?

More non-title action sees Troy Tornado step into the ring against the leader of the School of Tradition. Speculation backstage suggests that this is more of the recent Law/Tornado alliance, with Law taking on Jeremy Stone on Friday for Tornado, and the Triple-Threat Champion going head to head with Law's major antagonist in return. This is the closest Tyler has been to title contention in a good nine months - can he capitalise and return to the top one last time?

Meanwhile, one of the two open spaces in the Triple-Threat Champion's defence of his belt at Psycho Circus is being decided on; an official Number One Contendership match has been made as our main event, and the iconic Ricky Dale Johnson squares off against the Canadian Wrestling Machine, Jeremy Stone. Nobody's leaving that ring without pain, we believe.

Prediction Key:
The New Wave vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)

The Keith Family w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sammy Bach & the Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy

Chris Rockwell w/ Lauren Easter vs. Rocky Golden

British Lions vs. Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Troy Tornado (non-title)

#1 Contendership for the TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Jeremy Stone vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

Regis

05-17-2010, 09:49 AM

The New Wave vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)
Not sure about whether it's the SoT's time yet.

The Keith Family w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sammy Bach & the Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch
Sam Keith ultimately tips the balance here.

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy
Buffalo is nothing more than a glorified jobber.

Chris Rockwell w/ Lauren Easter vs. Rocky Golden
Call it a DQ win. Rockwell goes even more crazy.

British Lions vs. Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen
The Lions are still jobbers, while the Kings are slightly higher on the totem pole.

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Troy Tornado (non-title)
No contendership for the aging vet.

#1 Contendership for the TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Jeremy Stone vs. Ricky Dale Johnson
Face champ, Heel challenger.

Zergon

05-17-2010, 10:01 AM

The New Wave vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)
Freddy Huggins and Deeley are still having troubles with each others so no win for School here

The Keith Family w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sammy Bach & the Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch
This looks like Keith´s are going to take this but if Bach wants to win against Sam it´s likely happen in this kind of match so I go with upset here.

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy
No-way for Buffalo to win here

Chris Rockwell w/ Lauren Easter vs. Rocky Golden
This is TEW2008 database so Rocky loses here

British Lions vs. Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen
Lions have looked good lately and now they have opponents that they could win

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Troy Tornado (non-title)
I don´t see Tornado losing here even when it´s non-title.

#1 Contendership for the TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Jeremy Stone vs. Ricky Dale Johnson
I go with draw here.

Dragonmack

05-17-2010, 10:33 AM

Prediction Key:
The New Wave vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)
New Wave tend to win even non title matches

The Keith Family w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sammy Bach & the Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch
Inclusion of Sam should give them the win,but they lose every time i pick them, so reverse psychology here

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy
Buffalo isn't a title holder at this level

Chris Rockwell w/ Lauren Easter vs. Rocky Golden
Rocky isn't so Golden

British Lions vs. Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen
manager makes the difference

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Troy Tornado (non-title)
Tyler doesn't have a last title run at this point, and shouldn't be going over a legit main eventer

#1 Contendership for the TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Jeremy Stone vs. Ricky Dale Johnson
I go with Draw and the inevitable three way title match

Bigpapa42

05-17-2010, 10:34 AM

The New Wave vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)

The Keith Family w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sammy Bach & the Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy

Chris Rockwell w/ Lauren Easter vs. Rocky Golden

British Lions vs. Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Troy Tornado (non-title)

#1 Contendership for the TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Jeremy Stone vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

Tigerkinney

05-17-2010, 01:49 PM

The New Wave vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)

The School are just about ready to implode, can't see them winning here.

The Keith Family w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sammy Bach & the Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch

Blood runs thicker than water and all that, and besides Sam Keith is on the 'Blood' side.

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy

American Lump you've had your title shot, now quit complaining and go back to beating up on pointless jobbers half your size.

Chris Rockwell w/ Lauren Easter vs. Rocky Golden

In this TEW scenario, Golden has not received a mega-push.... surely that's a good thing.

British Lions vs. Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen

I actually want my fellow Brits to do well, but so far they have been booked as jobbers but yet there jobs have been competitive. The Kings aren't so far up the totem pole for them to not possibly put the Lions over here, I'll follow my heart and back the Lions to actually come good for once.

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Troy Tornado (non-title)

Old Man Tyler hasn't looked like a title contender in a long time, a loss here for Tornado would do more harm than good.

#1 Contendership for the TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Jeremy Stone vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

I'll follow a few of the others here and say some kind of draw scenario and that both will be in the World Title match with Troy Tornado. Stone will bring the quality, RDJ can bring the star power.

Phantom Stranger

05-19-2010, 07:22 PM

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 2 December 2008

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 6.78)
Rebroadcast on Continental Sports X1 (Rating 0.01)
Rebroadcast on Japanese Sports Vision 3 (Rating 0.09)

Held at Plum Park (Tri State)

Attendance: 15,000 (Sold Out)

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Shawn Doakes

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The New Wave vs. School of Tradition w/ Laura Huggins
A short and sweet opener, the School of Tradition reprise the strategy they employed during their first title shot; Deeley takes the brunt of Scout's offence while the seasoned Bryant uses his cunning to evade Guide's assault.

Once again, Scout manages to twist Deeley into the Special Force. Doakes reminds everyone that Deeley has shown himself able to counter that hold into one of his own, and it looks like he's going for it -

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Then he sees Freddy Huggins at ringside. He falters, and Scout drives a knee into the small of his back, anchoring the hold, blocking his escape. With what look to be tears in her eyes, Laura Huggins throws in the towel.
New Wave defeated School of Tradition
Rating: B-

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The Keith Family w/ Blonde Bombshell
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Sammy Bach & the Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch
Part way through this match, in a brief pause, Jason Azaria will observe thoughtfully that “You know, it looks like Sam Keith has started to learn from his sons...”

Bach is hungry to be in the ring with Sam Keith, and it's obvious that the legend wants to settle the score – but so do his sons, and they go at Sammy just as furiously.

Meanwhile, the Riders are on a path to prove their dominance, and that's helped by their manager, sliding a chair into the ring then getting Ray Johnson's attention.

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The Riders manage to get Greg Keith set up to deliver the Emergency Stop onto the chair – and Guide slips into the ring and takes out Billy Fonda with the Guided Missile. Greg Keith promptly turns the lift into a tornado DDT, wiping Peter Hopper out on the chair.

The DaVE man grabs the chair and exits the ring as Dangerous notes that the New Wave may now be even after the Keiths made the save on pay-per-view. Greg tags his father in and, as Matthew and Greg block Sammy Bach from interfering, Sam Keith slaps the Proton Lock onto Peter Hopper, securing the victory.
The Keith Family defeated Sammy Bach & the Easy Riders
Rating: B

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Back now to the Texas Pete interview, with Horatio noting just before it begins that the interview left off with Pete throwing away his hat as “so much bull.”

“Quite,” Horatio offers neutrally. “I suppose a name like Texas Pete isn't one you'd get-”

“If I'd stayed in Texas, right,” he nods. “At their training school, the point got hammered in over and over again: it ain't enough to be a badass to make it. You gotta make yourself stand out. They took one listen to my accent and said cowboy.”

“If you were that unhappy with it,” Horatio says mildly, “why put up with it? That was 2002. Before your return last month, we last saw you on TCW...” he checks his notes, “on the first Total Wrestling of the year, January second two thousand and eight. I don't know exactly what you've been doing in the meantime, but-”

Pete shrugged. “The man who signed me to that contract? He kept saying hey, y'know, don't worry, I got you covered. There are ways to get you all the way to the top – someone likes you enough, they'll get you the easy matches, you bide your time, find a time when the champion's injured, bam, you step in.”

“Doesn't sound particularly honest,” comes the response. “You went along with this?”

Pete stares at him. “Considering you never got yourself a title, I don't see where you're in a position to talk.”

That leaves Dangerous silent for a moment.

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John Anderson © vs. American Buffalo w/ Floyd Goldworthy
There's an awkwardness between the two grapplers as they try to match pace, and it does kind of throw the match off its stride, but Anderson manages to hold it together.

He plays the underdog well, Anderson, a tactic he'd had to abandon during his time in the Syndicate, but he can battle from the underneath with real skill, real feeling – which he does here. It doesn't really matter that Buffalo isn't landing many, as each hit hurts

Indeed, after a while the Buffalo gets the advantage, and he holds it for a bit. Anderson manages to get a slight reprieve after the Colt Killa, rolling out of the ring. Sparrow backs Buffalo off then goes to check on him, and someone else arrives.

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Wolf Hawkins hits the Full Moon Rising to the back of the Buffalo's head, sending him to one knee. A recovering Anderson seizes the opportunity, the Ammo Dump follows, and the pin and the retention. Anderson locks eyes with an unblinking Hawkins after the bell.
John Anderson defeated American Buffalo
Rating: B-

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Chris Rockwell w/ Lauren Easter vs. Rocky Golden
Another surprisingly good contest for Golden here, as Chris Rockwell unleashes with a fury from the off.

Golden's response is very, very simple. He absorbs the punishment, occasionally firing back with a punch – and Rocky Golden, whatever else you may think of him, can knock you on your ass when he swings for you – and...

Yes. Rocky Golden is smirking.

After a couple of minutes, that breaks through to Rockwell, and the fury redoubles. Golden promptly springs into action; Rockwell's just too angry right now to counter well. Clothesline. Slam. Backdrop. Neckbreaker. Spinebuster. Pause to play to the crowd. Pivot and punch.

Rocky Golden is having a ball, and Chris Rockwell is seeing red.

Lauren Easter gets Ray Johnson's attention by hopping onto the apron. Low blow by Rockwell. Cover. One, two – no! Furusawa armbar applied.

Golden gets to his feet, lifting Rockwell one-handed, then hurls himself back, effectively suplexing Rockwell with one arm. The hold is broken.

Rockwell sneaks an inside cradle, desperate now. Golden kicks out.

Rockwell trips him. Knees to the face. More and more knees. Harder and harder. Golden's bleeding.

Rockwell won't stop. Johnson warns him. More and more knees. It's gone on for thirty seconds now. Johnson warns him again, then calls for the bell. Rockwell's been disqualified.
Rocky Golden won by DQ
Rating: B+

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Rockwell springs up, absolutely furious, and lunges at the referee, who backs away, clutching the TCW logo on his shirt – and that brings Rockwell up short. He paces around the ring in a fury, then rolls outside, still pacing up and down, still furious.

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He comes to a stop in front of the announce desk at the moment Horatio Dangerous makes the mistake of saying “...the Chris Rockwell I hired eleven years ago would never have made a mistake like that.”

Chris Rockwell whirls on him, grabbing him by the jacket and dragging him over the announce desk. He punches Horatio twice and suplexes him on the outside, before rolling him back into the ring. As Dangerous tries to rise he cuts him off with a boot to the head, then whips him into the corner. Corner clothesline follows; Dangerous drops to the floor.

Rockwell goes back to the knee strikes.

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Shout at the Devil hits, and as Midden appears he's preceded by Charlie Thatcher, his enforcer, sprinting down to the ring carrying a baseball bat.

Rockwell gets one across the small of the back, then another across the head, and while he's dazed Thatcher yanks him off Dangerous, who's bleeding now. Another shot with the bat stops Rockwell just charging back to the attack.

Mayhem Midden climbs into the ring, microphone in hand.

“Chris,” he growls, “I can promise you this – for what you just did, there's going to be hell to pay.

“For now, though, you can get the hell out of my arena. Go home, Chris, and get a grip on yourself.”

As the EMTs check on Dangerous, Midden reluctantly takes his place at the announce booth.

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British Lions vs. Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen
A change of pace after the hectic out-of-ring action, as the Lions and the Kings settle down to pure tag wrestling, no funny business.

It's solid stuff, with both teams pulling out all the stops and putting on one hell of a show, but the team with the better cohesion – the Kings – is able to stay alive, Barry Kingman pinning O'Curle following the Crippler Bomb.
Conquering Kings defeated British Lions
Rating: C

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Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Troy Tornado
A more even contest than you might expect, as Tornado is grounded by Tyler much of the time. Hard to say which of these men is better on the mat, but it's clear that Troy wishes he was on the move.

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Tyler systematically targets his left knee with assault after assault, at one point luring Sparrow out of position to allow Freddy Huggins to come in with a springboard chop block. That rapidly draws Harry Allen from the locker room, and Allen and Huggins fight through the crowd.

Troy, meanwhile, battles back. No flying – and a Tornado Driver attempt fails when his knee gives out on him – but he manages to avoid the Tradition Lift and even kicks out of the Weight of Tradition.

Neither man can quite put the other way, and twenty minutes later, the match is ruled a draw.
Eric Tyler drew with Troy Tornado
Rating: B+

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Backstage, and Jasmine Saunders smiles into the camera. “Tonight,” she begins, “I'm here with Jeremy Stone and Ricky Dale Johnson, who square off in just a moment to determine one of the contenders to Troy Tornado's World Heavyweight Championship. Gentlemen, you've both held major championships before – but this is still an honour, right?”

“Well,” Ricky begins, “getting all the way to a shot at the world title, that's never going to be easy-”

“Speak for yourself,” Stone sniffs. RDJ pauses, and the Canadian Wrestling Machine elaborates. “You have problems with it, Ricky, because you aren't as good as some. I was born to be great. I'm the best wrestler my father ever trained, and let me tell you, I've trained people better than you – and no student I've ever had could learn everything I had to teach.”

RDJ frowns for a second, then turns back to Saunders. “Whatever, daddy's boy,” he returns. “Like I was saying, Jasmine, it's never easy. Two months ago, I wasn't even considered for the ten-man battle royal that put Remo into the championship match. I made my complaints about that at the time. I guaranteed that I could beat Remo Richardson. Two weeks ago, we got in the ring together, one on one – or you'd think it would be one on one – and I had Remo beat until his manager interfered.

“But I guess that the Board of Investors recognised that, Jasmine, when they offered this shot to me and not Remo -”

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“Wrong,” a voice chirps sweetly. RDJ turns to see Phil Vibert there with Remo. “Actually, Ricky, my client was offered a place in this match and turned it down. The place would have seen him face Jeremy Stone, not you – you were second on the list.”

RDJ snorts. “You expect me to believe you were willing to turn down this shot?”

“This specific title shot, yes. You see, you were correct in one thing – I did, however inadvertently, affect the outcome of your match at A Little South of Sanity. And we were confident that you would want to take another shot at settling this imaginary score you have with my client.

“So we passed on this, keeping our Psycho Circus slot free to face you. Now, if that's not how you want to be...” He shrugs. “Good luck to you, Ricky, but I'd hoped the defender of this company's so-called honor would have some himself.”

Ricky steps forward, then halts. His music has begun to play. Pointing a finger at Vibert, he just says “Soon,” and leaves.

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Jeremy Stone vs. Ricky Dale Johnson
Quite the contest here, as Jeremy and RDJ both try to outdo the other with everything they have. On commentary, Midden and Doakes argue the merits of Phil Vibert's decision while Jason Azaria does a sterling job of keeping up with the action.

Stone stalls for the first few minutes; after an exchange of holds, RDJ begins to stall in his turn, the rangy Texan keeping room to hit back without being vulnerable.

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Then Remo appears at ringside. He stands there, waiting for RDJ to notice him. When that's accomplished, he says only one word.

“P***y.”

RDJ shifts attention, and that's all it takes. The Stone Hold is applied. Remo stays there, watching, grinning, as RDJ is forced to tap.
Jeremy Stone defeated Ricky Dale Johnson
Rating: A

Show Rating: B+

Phantom Stranger

05-20-2010, 08:53 AM

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Thursday 13th December 2008
I've just spent an hour listening to one half of a phone conversation.

For the first five minutes, this was Maggie's half of a conversation with Tommy. That lasted just long enough for Tommy to get sick of it and give her Ricky's phone number.

The remaining fifty-five minutes have all been Maggie on the offensive. He almost had a chance to get away with it, but she happened to wander through the room while my children and I were doing our weekly review of wrestling TV – and caught a glimpse of me bleeding. Which led to why I'd agreed to this, which led to explaining the opening program for Kate, which led to Maggie deciding I'd been 'led astray'.

Which has led to these.

For those of you who don't know (most of you, probably) my wife is an academic; Professor Margaret Darlington has something of a reputation in her own circles. She's used, I've always vaguely known, to lecturing students who have failed her in some way.

Now I know exactly what it sounds like. I have the feeling that Ricky is sitting there, now, wondering what the hell just hit him.

Kate, meanwhile, is still getting more and more psyched about this move. The main thing appears to be the news from yesterday that our US PPV coverage is now being handled not by U-Demand but by America 1-Select, the end result of which is that a TCW PPV match now has a chance of being seen in more homes worldwide than any other company can promise.

Ah; sounds like Maggie's warming up for round two, which probably means that Kate's let slip what's coming up for tomorrow's show. I'd best go help deal with it; she's in an awkward place in general, as – as of this morning – Richard is due to accompany Adrian to WLW on an exclusive contract. The family's in flux, and that always gives Maggie a little strife.

Phantom Stranger

05-21-2010, 02:30 PM

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They had their first TCW victory last week and they'll be looking to make it two in a row against a team of promising rookies; the Elite Express are set to open proceedings, facing Tooth & Claw. The Express have pedigree, Tooth & Claw have youth - which will win out?

JD Morgan is looking for a first victory, too. The three-time DaVE champion should never be underestimated, but nonetheless he faces a serious opponent in the 'Kobra' Koshiro Ino. Ino has been accruing allies of late - what's in store for him? Could it begin here, on Friday?

The Easy Riders will also be in action; a tough-talking duo, Hell Monkey and Teddy Powell, have been chosen as their opponents. Mayhem Midden said, while making the match, that 'both men need to set their sights on something and start working for it; going up against the Riders can do that.' Quite what he meant by that is currently up for debate.

Following the events of Tuesday, Painful Procedure requested a match, and Mayhem Midden was more than happy to agree to it; Troy Tornado will be joined by the Young Guns in six-man action against the School of Tradition trio of Eric Tyler, Acid and Freddy Huggins.

We may see an occasion where the war between Huggins and Deeley doesn't spill over into the ring; while Freddy has that match to handle, Sean will follow it, taking on Aaron Andrews. Aaron may be able to triumph in a fair match, but in Hawaii, Sean Deeley is already well recognised as an incredible wrestler.

Next up is... a quite astonishing match, by TCW standards. Following the events of Tuesday's Total Wrestling broadcast, Chris Rockwell has been challenged by the unlikeliest of sources; on Friday, he will tag with new manager Lauren Easter against newcomer to TCW Kate Dangerous - and the return to the ring of her father, now ten years retired.

Lastly, Tommy Cornell has scheduled another test for "the best of the rest". This time, his target is the talented Joey Minnesota. With Minnesota's alliance with Aaron Andrews, could we be zeroing in on Cornell's preferred recruits?

Prediction Key:
Elite Express vs. Tooth And Claw

JD Morgan vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Hell Monkey & Teddy Powell

Acid, Eric Tyler & Freddy Huggins w/ Laura Huggins vs. Troy Tornado & the Young Guns

Aaron Andrews vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Chris Rockwell & Lauren Easter vs. Horatio Dangerous & Kate Dangerous

Joey Minnesota vs. Tommy Cornell

Zergon

05-21-2010, 03:14 PM

Elite Express vs. Tooth And Claw
Elite have been looking better so far

JD Morgan vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
Morgan will continue his search of first victory

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Hell Monkey & Teddy Powell
No luck for a random team here

Acid, Eric Tyler & Freddy Huggins w/ Laura Huggins vs. Troy Tornado & the Young Guns
Tornado´s presense is enough here

Aaron Andrews vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
I like Deeley more

Chris Rockwell & Lauren Easter vs. Horatio Dangerous & Kate Dangerous
I don´t think Horatio is in good enough shape to beat guy like Rockwell

Joey Minnesota vs. Tommy Cornell
Cornell isn´t losing in B-shows

Lo-Drew

05-21-2010, 03:20 PM

Elite Express vs. Tooth And Claw

JD Morgan vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Hell Monkey & Teddy Powell

Acid, Eric Tyler & Freddy Huggins w/ Laura Huggins vs. Troy Tornado & the Young Guns

Aaron Andrews vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Chris Rockwell & Lauren Easter vs. Horatio Dangerous & Kate Dangerous

Joey Minnesota vs. Tommy Cornell

Regis

05-21-2010, 03:31 PM

Prediction Key:
Elite Express vs. Tooth And Claw
JOBBERS!

JD Morgan vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
JOBBER TO THE STARS!

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Hell Monkey & Teddy Powell
Not quite as jobber-tastic here, but the Riders are near the top of the Tag Division.

Acid, Eric Tyler & Freddy Huggins w/ Laura Huggins vs. Troy Tornado & the Young Guns
Interference takes down Troy, while Tyler takes out one of the Guns.

Aaron Andrews vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
AA's push continues.

Chris Rockwell & Lauren Easter vs. Horatio Dangerous & Kate Dangerous
The Heels cheat to win. 'Ratio puts over Rockwell, but Kate looks very Dangerous.

Joey Minnesota vs. Tommy Cornell
This is not 2010.

Dragonmack

05-21-2010, 03:59 PM

Prediction Key:
Elite Express vs. Tooth And Claw
at the top of the ladder , pedigree triumphs youth

JD Morgan vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
Morgan is good but fading rapidly and is not on the level of Ino

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Hell Monkey & Teddy Powell
No matter how many people try to make him interesting or push him or pair him with favorites, Teddy Powell still is bland suck, and will be losing

Acid, Eric Tyler & Freddy Huggins w/ Laura Huggins vs. Troy Tornado & the Young Guns
Tornado can afford one loss, especially with one of the Young Guns getting pinned, and the School of Tradition need some wins to remain a threat

Aaron Andrews vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
Andrews is on the fast lane to superstar, Deeley is more likely to end up the gatekeeper

Chris Rockwell & Lauren Easter vs. Horatio Dangerous & Kate Dangerous
Even with booker privelege, I don't see you going over

Joey Minnesota vs. Tommy Cornell
Poor stupid Joey Minnesota

Bigpapa42

05-24-2010, 01:34 AM

Beeker

05-24-2010, 04:22 AM

Elite Express vs. Tooth And Claw
- T&C may get there in time, but EE have the tag team experience now that with a bit of overness might actually be capable of losing to the New Wave... since those belts might as well be renamed the New Wave Perpetual Beltbuckles.

JD Morgan vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
- The gap between Ino and Morgan has to be too great; overness, youth, upside all means that Morgan will quickly realize, 'bloody 'ell, this ain't cricket.'

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Hell Monkey & Teddy Powell
- Should be an Easy win for the Riders over Hell Monkey and Albino Monkey.

Acid, Eric Tyler & Freddy Huggins w/ Laura Huggins vs. Troy Tornado & the Young Guns
- This card it too by-the-books so far, my head says Tornado et all, but it's a six-man match so this might give a nice boost to SoT. Plus, I just do not like the Old Guns at all. If I had to pick, it would be due to Deeley's mis-interference (on Freddy.)

Aaron Andrews vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
- I'm guessing AA picks up the win due to the caveat of 'make him a star' what better way than by toppling Deeley in a place where Double A gets a popularity boost from it.

Chris Rockwell & Lauren Easter vs. Horatio Dangerous & Kate Dangerous
- Like father, like daughter. More importantly, Horatio never wanted to WIN a title. And exists solely to get Rockwell and Easter over and introduce TCW to Kate.

Joey Minnesota vs. Tommy Cornell
- Tommy continues to teach and slum and rub at the same time. He's a dirty Brit indeed.

Phantom Stranger

05-24-2010, 09:01 AM

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 2 December 2008

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 0.46)

Held at the Sunrise Sunset (Hawaii)

Attendance: 1,988

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Jasmine Saunders – Kyle Rhodes

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Elite Express vs. Tooth and Claw
Quick and dirty, with a lot of effort put in by both teams to capturing the attention of a mostly disinterested Hawaii crowd; Tooth and Claw nonetheless have trouble due to the Elite Express' coordination as the Express steamroll their opponents, culminating with two consecutive Precision Drillers before pinning Lobo Blanco.
Elite Express defeated Tooth and Claw
Rating: D

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As the match ends, a video package begins. Chris Rockwell, unusually calm, is seated at the bar of the Sunrise Sunset, obviously earlier in the day, sipping at a drink. “In this business,” he begins, “if you're not looking for new talent, you're going to get lost in the shuffle. You need to know what's coming; that's how I found Frankie, and it's how I found Lauren.”

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The video cuts to Horatio Dangerous as he sits in the TCW coach en route to the arena. These cuts will continue throughout. “When she told me she'd made the challenge, I was... I didn't know what to think. And I say that as someone who knows exactly how good my daughter is.” He smiles for a second. “She took on everything I could teach her. Everything anyone could teach her.”

“She's a natural,” Rockwell says. “I don't know what's going to happen tonight. I didn't expect the match. I kinda expected suspension, once I got my head straight, so this is better. What I know, though, is that even if you don't think women belong in wrestling, after you watch the match, you'll know that she belongs in the ring a lot more than Horatio Dangerous.”

Dangerous: “She's competed worldwide for ten years now. Earlier in the year she was champion in a company in Japan – one that has a very good claim to being the best women's wrestling promotion anywhere in the world. If you watch one of our competitors here in the States, chances are you've seen her work.”

“Destroying his daughter's going to prove a point, too,” Rockwell says. “Lauren's new to the business. She knows exactly what she's doing already, but to take on a ten-year veteran and leaver her in her dust... that'll be the kind of shot in the arm she needs. The kind of shot in the arm I gave myself when I beat her old man ten years ago.”

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JD Morgan vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
From these two, you'd expect nothing less than drilled professionalism, and you get it; Morgan continues to put on a good show in the face of inevitable defeat, but the crowd don't seem as supportive of Ino as usual – which might be down to the fact that he seems to be in a state of flux following the acquisition of Team VIPER.

The no-nonsense man of honor is, however, still more than capable of getting the win here, landing a Kobra's Bite after five minutes.
Koshiro Ino defeated JD Morgan

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Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Hell Monkey & Teddy Powell
There aren't many people who'd open a contest like this with their best shot, but Hell Monkey, as the bell sounds, catches Billy Fonda with a Tumbling Monkey, drawing Peter Hopper into the ring – and catching him with something between a hiptoss and an overhead suplex.

The crowd is immediately interested, and while Monkey's next move – a moonsault from the top turnbuckle – gets caught and converted into a piledriver – the pace is on. Powell, sensing a chance to win, breaks up the pinfall with a slingshot legdrop. As Hopper tries to interfere, the Motion Censor is ready – though it's also scouted; Hopper ducks it and comes back with a RPM Bomb. Hell Monkey promptly vaults over his head into a headscissors takedown.

There isn't much rhyme or reason to it – it's a showcase, almost, for the four men in the ring's biggest moves, and it's therefore fitting that it ends when the team with the bigger moves gets to use them. Monkey is caught by Fonda, who drops him into a backbreaker, holding him across the knee as Hopper hits the ropes for a running legdrop across his throat, and Powell is next, eating the Emergency Stop and the pin from Hopper moments later.
Easy Riders defeated Hell Monkey & Teddy Powell
Rating: C+

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Acid, Eric Tyler & Freddy Huggins w/ Laura Huggins
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Troy Tornado & the Young Guns
Speed is the key here, too. Huggins seems to be a little distracted throughout, watching the entrance ramp, and the result is that the School of Tradition don't seem nearly so... together...

Painful Procedure, on the other hand, are entirely unified. Troy makes the save for the Guns, the Guns make the save for Troy, and when a Star Maker fells a nervous Huggins, the Guns simultaneously take out Tyler and Acid to secure the pinfall.
Troy Tornado & the Young Guns defeated Acid, Eric Tyler & Freddy Huggins
Rating: B

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Aaron Andrews vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
From the off, there's something... strange... about this match. Andrews and Deeley seem to regard it almost as an exhibition, and there are points where... Well, Andrews catches Deeley with that spinebuster of his and backs off, as if considering, rather than hook the leg and roll forward into the pin as he usually does.

Deeley's submissions seem... Well. It's Rhodes who picks up on it; the holds are not nearly as tight as they usually are.

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And then Freddy Huggins rolls into the ring, as Deeley's on the ropes being punched.

Aaron Andrews abruptly stops throwing hands and sidesteps, as Deeley charges forward and crisply dropkicks Freddy. He picks him up and whips him toward Aaron Andrews, who scoops him onto his shoulders – and hits something new (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B0B1-xwQvk&playnext_from=TL&videos=N4Rvw0A1RE4). Deeley promptly locks in the Sure Shot armlock as Andrews watches, nodding and smiling.

Ray Johnson acknowledges that the match has essentially ended, calling a no contest.
Aaron Andrews and Sean Deeley went to a no contest
Rating: B-

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After nearly a minute, Deeley releases the Sure Shot. Laura Huggins, in the ring, smiles approvingly, slipping an arm around Deeley's waist.

“I'd been wondering,” Azaria comments. Saunders snorts. “She's been pretty obvious about it.”

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Eric Tyler walks down to ringside slowly, regarding the tableau in the ring. Deeley takes a few steps away, leaving Laura Huggins between the two of them.

Sensing potential trouble, Aaron Andrews steps forward to stand behind Deeley, and Tyler halts, not willing to take them both on at once, shaking his head.

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Chris Rockwell & Lauren Easter vs. Horatio & Kate Dangerous
This was not a match which particularly relied on in-ring action, but centered, instead, on an even match focused around the biggest moves each woman was capable of and a wrathful Rockwell destroying Horatio – who got in almost no offence.

Kate Dangerous, on the other hand, got in plenty, but was almost wrestling a handicap match. Easter was bad enough, but when you add in an unhinged Rockwell on top... well, the outcome was never really in question – though the fact Rockwell made sure of the win with a handful of Kate's tights is something the announce team all picked up on, as well as stressing just how good the two women had looked.
Chris Rockwell & Lauren Easter defeated Horatio & Kate Dangerous
Rating: B

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Joey Minnesota vs. Tommy Cornell
There's just something wrong here. A classic example of two men unable to get on the same page and, despite the sheer talent involved... it's almost impossible for them to keep the crowd into it. They have to resort to some very, very basic action to keep the crowd pumped and the match is, mercifully, pretty short, with Cornell raking Minnesota's eyes before clamping down the Guilt Trip. Long after the contest has finished, the hold is still locked in.
Tommy Cornell defeated Joey Minnesota
Rating: C+

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Rick Law emerges, running to Minnesota's aid, defending the honor of his show. Sadly, this turns out to be a problem for him, as Tyson Baine blindsides him halfway down the ramp, leading to speculation that this is a Syndicate strategy to get Law isolated where Baine wants him.

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Fortunately, this isolation doesn't last long. The Keith twins are out and ready, and even as Cornell comes for them and Baine roars, they're determined to help. For a moment, they and Law are able to balance the fight...

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Then the Enforcers descend. Marlowe and Watson target the Keiths, and they do it from directly behind them. The brutal beatdown is still going on as Badge of Honor goes off the air.

Show Rating: B-

jesseewiak

05-24-2010, 03:22 PM

Well, that's the end of Joey Minnesota's chance for a main event push. Having bad chemistry is a boss is not a good thing.

Phantom Stranger

05-24-2010, 05:11 PM

Well, that's the end of Joey Minnesota's chance for a main event push. Having bad chemistry is a boss is not a good thing.

You know what other TCW guy has bad chemistry with Tommy in this diary? Troy Tornado.

Joey's result is depressingly low against Tommy, but I'd be the first to admit he's been badly utilised so far - waiting his turn while others are built up. In future - who knows?

critical-23

05-24-2010, 06:56 PM

I must say that Andrews' new finisher just. . .fits him, IMO. All he needs is a better name for it and Andrews is set in my mind.

Phantom Stranger

05-24-2010, 10:07 PM

I must say that Andrews' new finisher just. . .fits him, IMO. All he needs is a better name for it and Andrews is set in my mind.

It's a sweet move. During the big Andrews-finisher discussion of a couple weeks ago realtime, I spent a fair amount of time crusing YouTube checking everything recommended, plus a few others I vaguely remembered.

The Widowmaker, as it was for O'Haire, won it, though a secondary finisher for big guys is definitely called for. Shortly after finding it I got sidetracked into the vignettes from O'Haire's "I'm not telling you anything you don't already know" gimmick, and found myself really wondering how far it could've gone - though it doesn't fit TCW so well. Something to file away for SWF, perhaps.

Dragonmack

05-24-2010, 10:16 PM

It's a sweet move. During the big Andrews-finisher discussion of a couple weeks ago realtime, I spent a fair amount of time crusing YouTube checking everything recommended, plus a few others I vaguely remembered.

The Widowmaker, as it was for O'Haire, won it, though a secondary finisher for big guys is definitely called for. Shortly after finding it I got sidetracked into the vignettes from O'Haire's "I'm not telling you anything you don't already know" gimmick, and found myself really wondering how far it could've gone - though it doesn't fit TCW so well. Something to file away for SWF, perhaps.

I briefly did that gimmick for Darryl Devine at the end of my CGC Diary, and yeah, it is an interesting one to do in an entertainment style fed. I have watched those vignettes several times as well, and it would have been fun to see where it could have gone if WWE hadn't pulled the plug on it so quickly.

For someone with such a good wrestling look, and who was usually getting wins, it seems a big shame that he and WWE weren't able to make it work.

Phantom Stranger

05-25-2010, 07:27 AM

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Saturday 13th December 2008
Aaron's new move got a decent pop last night, which can only be a good thing, especially as it was debuted in the middle of an angle we weren't sure about.

Sean fitted neatly into the program I pitched Laura on back in April or so, during her contract negotiations, and Laura's thrown her heart into making it work. But we're coming into the point where it ceases to be the usual 'split over the girl' scenario, and the whole School of Tradition situation is finally exploding fully. In the middle of all that? Aaron Andrews, the man who spent a fair chunk of the year facing down Eric Tyler, who's also in the middle of a slow building story with Tommy Cornell and Wolf Hawkins, who's also part of a tag team with Joey Minnesota...

Sean, too, has seen his fair share of other plotlines wrapped up around the central Huggins program. These two – plus Frankie Perez – are being given a LOT of airtime, probably more than they're ready for right now – fortunately, almost everybody they're working with can cover for them.

The goal here is, essentially, to do what's yet to be done with Rocky, what the interview series is an attempt to shortcut through doing with Texas Pete. Sam Keith is probably near retirement. Ricky Dale Johnson grumbles about it occasionally. Tyson Baine hasn't said anything, but – meaning the man no disrespect – I wince inwardly when I think of Tyson trying to hold up a program on his own.

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The definition of HGC, 1997-2001

We've got plenty of people now who can. But with a number of them close to retirement and others very much identified as rivals or allies, we need diversity ready. And we need the fans to care. For the first four years of its existence, Strong/Chord was the defining feud of what is now HGC.

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HGC's second big feud, 2001-2004

As Sam's position was de-emphasised, Ricky Dale Johnson was perfectly positioned to step up to the plate, and after only a year or so against Chord, RDJ/Cornell became the feud everyone thinks about, in the same way that Sam Keith/Christian Faith was a legendary feud in the SWF or Jeremy Stone/Johnny Bloodstone in North of the Border. These rivalries are almost defaults; the feud that returns whenever neither man is involved in something else, the battle that delivers, that defines the two wrestlers.

And in most clases, these feuds began before both men were main eventers. Before the feud defined the promotion, the wrestlers did not.

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Cornell-RDJ, the bread and butter of TCW 2004-?

So what will be the next feud to define TCW, once RDJ does retire – or simply moves out of the spotlight, phasing out his in-ring work, taking a lighter schedule?

We're going to want one ready. In my opinion, the SWF's issues this past year have been, in part, due to losing that defining Keith/Faith feud without creating a new one to capture the imagination.

It's unlikely that we'll involve Texas Pete in our defining feud, or even Rocky Golden – so we need someone who can be brought up to the top, who people care about, and who's young enough to learn. Six months ago, our only option there was the talented Rick Law. Now, we're a lot closer to having four or five options. Add in Wolf Hawkins, and possibly Sammy Bach – we're set, now. The trick will be maintaining the fans' interest until the decision is made.

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The future of TCW?

The sad thing is, the decision isn't mine to make. One of those people will, sooner or later, have a feud that will so capture the imagination of the fans that it would be stupid not to return to it. But the onus on that is not with the booker; all I can do is engineer the feud and its returns. The performers themselves have to create that lightning in a bottle from what they're given and what they can do.

Which is where the job of a booker gets nervewracking. I can't make them that level of star – but I CAN destroy their chances of getting there, if I screw up.

Oregano Jensen

05-25-2010, 05:56 PM

Well, this is a development... if this continues, I may even some day be able to remember which one is Hawkins and which one is Andrews. Seriously, I can never tell those two guys apart.

Phantom Stranger

05-26-2010, 08:26 AM

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They say start as you mean to go on, and this Tuesday, that's exactly what we plan to bring to you! Edd Stone and Johnny Bloodstone go head to head as Total Wrestling begins in a real contest between styles.

The speed of action won't let up there, either, as the New Wave will test themselves against Floyd Goldworthy's Fly Boys. While the title won't be on the line here, pride certainly will.

Tag action continues, as RDJ and Danny Fonzarelli unite against the somewhat unlikely duo of Frankie Perez and Texas Pete. RDJ and Fonzarelli have the experience, but right now Perez and Pete seem to have the fire - this one could get interesting.

Following the events of Friday, Eric Tyler has requested a match - he wants to pit Sean Deeley against his own tag partner, Joel Bryant. Can the veteran Straight Shooter handle his young protege? And just what's going on inside the School of Tradition? Who will Laura Huggins side with?

John Anderson puts his International Championship on the line one on one against Wolf Hawkins, too. Hawkins has made it clear that his sights are set on that belt, a passion rekindled after Sammy Bach cashed in his favour. But Anderson has been a fighting champion throughout his reign - who wins out on the day is anyone's guess.

The main event is in a state of flux. Troy Tornado and Mayhem Midden have made a deal; on Total Wrestling, they will announce the five candidates to fill the third slot in the triple-threat slated for Psycho Circus. These five men will join Jeremy Stone in six-man tag action. Whoever scores the pin or submission will be entered into the triple threat; should this be Jeremy Stone, it will be a one on one contest only. What other five men will enter the ring with the Canadian Wrestling Machine - and will anyone move on to Psycho Circus?

Prediction Key:
Edd Stone vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

The Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. The New Wave (non-title)

Frankie Perez & Texas Pete vs. RDJ & Fonzarelli

Joel Bryant w/ Laura Huggins? vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins?

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Wolf Hawkins

Jeremy Stone, ???? & ???? vs. ????, ????, & ????

Zergon

05-26-2010, 09:02 AM

Edd Stone vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell
Johnny have been feuding with Synticate´s top guys for some time now so I doubt he´s losing to Edd here.

The Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. The New Wave (non-title)
New Wave won´t lose to Fly Boys even when it´s non-title

Frankie Perez & Texas Pete vs. RDJ & Fonzarelli
I´m not high on Fonzarelli but RDJ is enough to pick up a win here against random pairing

Joel Bryant w/ Laura Huggins? vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins?
Deeley is the future ans Laura has so far been pretty clearly on his side so he should win unless you plan to turn Deeley face by maknig Laura betray him here.

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Wolf Hawkins
This one is the hardest for me. Not sure if Hawkins is too over for the midcard title...probably not and so I will pick him to win over Anderson who haven´t done all that much after leaving Synticate

Jeremy Stone, ???? & ???? vs. ????, ????, & ????
Stone won´t make the pin so it will be triple threat, with someone on Stone´s side picking up the pin.

Dragonmack

05-26-2010, 09:58 AM

Prediction Key:
Edd Stone vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell
Johnny is main event material, while Edd is more entertaining midcarder

The Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. The New Wave (non-title)
title or non title, the New Wave don't ever seem to lose

Frankie Perez & Texas Pete vs. RDJ & Fonzarelli
despite being saddled with Fonzarelli, RDJ is still a main eventer

Joel Bryant w/ Laura Huggins? vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins?
The one managed by Laura Huggins will win

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Wolf Hawkins
Wolf gains nothing by winning this back, its time for him to step up

Jeremy Stone, ???? & ???? vs. ????, ????, & ????
The team with ???? is the definite winner!

Bigpapa42

05-26-2010, 10:36 AM

Edd Stone vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

The Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. The New Wave (non-title)

Frankie Perez & Texas Pete vs. RDJ & Fonzarelli

Joel Bryant w/ Laura Huggins? vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins?

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Wolf Hawkins

Jeremy Stone, ???? & ???? vs. ????, ????, & ????

Regis

05-26-2010, 12:15 PM

Edd Stone vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell
Poor, poor Edd.

The Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. The New Wave (non-title)
Not a chance in merry hell.

Frankie Perez & Texas Pete vs. RDJ & Fonzarelli
Fonzie can take the fall to get the AA Champ and Texas Pete over.

Joel Bryant w/ Laura Huggins? vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins?
Because Deeley is just better.

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Wolf Hawkins
Wolf is above the Championship, and can afford to be jobbed to put Anderson over.

Jeremy Stone, Remo & ???? vs. ????, ????, & ????
Why Remo? Well, I can't think of a reason why not!

MichiganHero

05-26-2010, 12:33 PM

Tigerkinney

05-26-2010, 03:59 PM

Edd Stone vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

Can't see Edd Stone beating one of your champions

The Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. The New Wave (non-title)

Non title or not the Fly Boys have no chance of defeating the New Wave

Frankie Perez & Texas Pete vs. RDJ & Fonzarelli

You still seem to be keeping the ageing RDJ relatively strong for now and I think he will make the difference here.

Joel Bryant w/ Laura Huggins? vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins?

Bryant is at that gatekeeper stage and this whole School of Tradition implosion storyline appears to be a vehicle to help Deeley to break out on his own.

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Wolf Hawkins

Like others have said Wolf gain's nothing by winning this belt back again, he'll lose in a manner that does not make him look too weak and then he will set his sights on bigger things. Time for Cornell's protege to step up and besides Anderson is doing a solid job as the midcard champion.

Jeremy Stone, Remo & Chris Morrisette vs. Brent Hill, Koshiro Ino, & Rick Law.

This seems to be heading for a three way no matter what, so I will doubt Stone wins here, Remo seems the most obvious to go over given his current push.

I will also take a guess at the other participants being Chris Morrisette, Brent Hill, Koshiro Ino and Rick Law

Beeker

05-26-2010, 06:58 PM

Done twice, lost twice, angry now.

Edd Stone vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell

The Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. The New Wave (non-title)

Frankie Perez & Texas Pete vs. RDJ & Fonzarelli

Joel Bryant w/ Laura Huggins? vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins?

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Wolf Hawkins
-Draw.

Jeremy Stone, ???? & ???? vs. ????, ????, & ????
- Morrisette. Stone wins but loses.

Phantom Stranger

05-28-2010, 01:33 PM

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 3 December 2008

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 6.74)
Rebroadcast on Continental Sports X1 (Rating 0.01)
Rebroadcast on Japanese Sports Vision 3 (Rating 0.09)

Held at the Clover Fields (Mid South)

Attendance: 15,000

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Shawn Doakes

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As the show opens, Walk This Way is playing as Chris Rockwell stands in the ring, backed up by Lauren Easter. He leans on the top rope, arms folded, and points at Horatio with a grin as the screen fades in.

“Got you,” he begins. “Come on, Horatio – you gotta admit I've got everything I had when you hired me now, right?”

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Dangerous, safely distant from him, shakes his head slowly. “No,” he says, then repeats it as the production team fade his mic into the house loop. “No. You're missing...” A shrug.

“I can't put my finger on it, Chris. But I can take a guess at what happened.”

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Rockwell's face, meanwhile, has almost crumbled, it's fallen so fast. Lauren Easter rolls out of the ring and heads toward Dangerous, but the chorus to Stand My Ground by Within Temptation hits – and Kate Dangerous runs down to ringside. Lauren pulls up and the pair go into standoff.

Horatio and Rockwell stare each other down. “You just had to keep this going, didn't you?” Rockwell growls, and Horatio shakes his head. “I'm not getting back in the ring with you, Chris,” he says. “I'm ten years retired, and I always aimed to stay that way.”

Kate Dangerous, meanwhile, has found herself a microphone. “You want to keep this going, Chris?” she asks. “I'll find someone. We'll do this same dance at Psycho Circus, but you can actually go up against an active wrestler this time – if you ain't scared.”

Rockwell drops the microphone and he and Easter go after her, but in short order, the officials are breaking up the beatdown...

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Edd Stone vs. Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell
Fast-paced, as you'd expect with Edd in the match, and hard-fought, as you'd expect from Bloodstone, but Bloodstone has the level of experience with Edd to make this relatively easy for him, eventually grounding his opponent for the Bloodstone Mutilation.
Johnny Bloodstone defeated Edd Stone
Rating: B-

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The Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. the New Wave
This match is just pure speed – and it's extremely well received. The Fly Boys, during their time of absence, have evidently got their act together, and the result is that virtually no move by either side during this match is not a double-team.

The only problem the Fly Boys have, ultimately, is that they're up against the New Wave – and that means a Wave of Mutilation by Guide to Donnie J is almost inevitable, and secures the win.
The New Wave defeated the Fly Boys
Rating: C+

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Frankie Perez & Texas Pete vs. RDJ & Fonzarelli
A surprisingly good tag contest given some of the people involved, but the standout here, in all honesty, was Frankie Perez, who managed even to get a few big moves in on RDJ and continued to run riot over Danny Fonzarelli.

Pete and RDJ brawl like equals for much of the match, but in the end it's RDJ who manages to find the decisive move – Texas Pete takes a Southern Justice and ends up pinned.
RDJ & Fonzarelli defeated Frankie Perez & Texas Pete
Rating: B

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“Let me do you a favour,” comes a voice over the announce system, and Phil Vibert emerges, Remo in tow. “Let me do you a favour, Ricky. Because that wasn't a bad little performance you had there – but this is the sort of thing you do? Really?

“You've lost direction, Ricky. It's not so long since we arrived here and you were complaining that you're never in line for a title shot – but this is how you waste your time. Is it any wonder you're clearly not in tonight's big opportunity?

“Don't wait for these things to come to you, Ricky. You don't get anywhere in TCW by sitting and waiting.

“And that's why, for all that you scored the pin in that match, you're not the man in that ring who's a winner.”

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RDJ, frowning, starts up the ramp toward them. Remo moves toward him; Danny Fonzarelli scrambles to back up his ally.

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And Frankie Perez, coming up from behind, low blows RDJ.

Remo clotheslines Fonzarelli. Together, he and Perez pick RDJ up – and throw him from the ramp onto the guardrail before Perez leaves with Remo and Vibert.

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Joel Bryant vs. Sean Deeley
Laura Huggins absented herself from ringside for this contest, and with Freddy also nowhere to be seen, the two men knuckle down to a solid display of technical wrestling. Frustration is evident on Bryant's face, and at times, as they break and circle, he seems to be trying to talk to Sean - “Come back,” is an obvious one, as is “It's not too late,” and “the kid's a prick, but...”

Deeley shakes his head, however, and gets right back to it, eventually managing to turn the One Shot Drop into a front choke lock, shortly afterward securing the submission.
Sean Deeley defeated Joel Bryant
Rating: C+

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And once again, we find ourselves back in the interview room for the final segment of the Dangerous/Pete interview...

“So,” Dangerous says, rallying, “where have you been the past ten months? Is this anything to do with the... well, discarding the hat? And what comes next?”

Pete sits back. “See... this is the real reason I kinda wish I'd started somewhere else. You spend your whole time being told that it doesn't matter, you'll make it to the top, relax, whatever...” He shakes his head. “You don't put in the work. You don't learn what you need to. And wrestling ain't like working security. Worked out after a year here that I was stuck, that I was gonna be no one, if I didn't put the work in – but I didn't feel like all those *******s in the stands needed to see me blundering around while I learned.”

“Hrm,” Dangerous makes as if to continue, but Pete ploughs on. “So I took off. Ditched the hat, and quit listenin' to what people were trying to make me. Only reason it's still Texas Pete is I haven't decided for sure I want to use my real name.”

“Why would you not?” Dangerous asks mildly. “You've made your disinterest in what the fans think fairly clear.”

“Hey, I could care less,” he says. “But I got family, Dangerous. They care.” He leans forward. “Still... I think they'll support me as a winner. Ask me again when I have a title.”

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John Anderson © vs. Wolf Hawkins
Now this truly was one hell of a contest. They go at it fast and hard, they call back to their time as allies, they use each other's moves, they counter the big holds and kicks...

They do everything, and it's incredibly clear, even before the announce team start in, what that championship means to both men – what it can mean to the promotion.

And Wolf Hawkins finally, at the third attempt, connects with the Full Moon Rising on a drained Anderson. He covers – one...

two...

The bell rings for the time limit a hair before Sam Sparrow's hand comes down a third time. John Anderson ekes out a draw by the skin of his teeth.
John Anderson and Wolf Hawkins went to the time limit
Rating: A

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Troy Tornado appears to the strains of Fury of the Storm, Mayhem Midden not far behind, championship belt around his waist. Getting into the ring, he turns to take in the entire audience.

“Alright?” he asks, and gets a good, strong response. He grins.

“I know not alla you will have been on the site,” he says. “So, the basics.

“I am your Triple-Threat Champion. I've been defending the whole way in three man matches. I like that. It gives more people a chance, it gives everyone the opportunity to strut their stuff... and it's working out pretty nicely for me. End of January, I go one on one with Bloodstone to reunite the belts – assuming I make it through Psycho Circus – but I like the three-man thing.

“I was talking over my possible opponents with Ken here,” Midden nods, “and we figured we've got one. And there's only so big a list of people who aren't either...” He grins, “dumbasses who got themselves banned from championship contention like Tommy and Tyson, or busy with something else... But we worked ourselves up a list of five men who deserve the third space this month, alongside Jeremy Stone.

“We're going to have a little six-man tag. Whoever gets the pin goes on to face me. If Jeremy gets it, he gets to take me on one on one, like he says he wants.

“But right now... it's about who these guys are.” He looks back at the ramp.

“Remo,” he begins. “You had a shot before and it ain't your fault you didn't make the most of it. Come on in.”

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The 'supreme specimen' emerges, backed as ever by Phil Vibert. Tornado nods to him.

“Same thing can be said,” he continues, “of Brent Hill. Great wrestler, hasn't had the kind of openings he deserves. I can make one happen.”

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Hill makes his way down to the ring, smiling, nodding respectfully.

Tornado grins. “Third up is a man I kind of owe. He's helped me out a couple times of late and he's a hell of a fighter. You all know him by now – I'm talking about Rick Law.”

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Rick appears, posing on the entrance ramp, glad-handing the fans, and hurrying down to ringside as Azaria notes that this is probably the high point of Law's career to date. The champion hands the microphone off to Mayhem Midden.

“Personally,” he says, “I wasn't looking so much about the respect that drove Troy's picks. I was looking at things like match record, how much they deserve the opportunity, and their careers to date. I chose two men who've been at the top of smaller promotions and who've outlived those promotions. In one case...” He sighs.

“Chris Rockwell, I really don't like the way you've been acting around here. Trouble is... I can't deny what you can do in the ring. You're in.”

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Rockwell emerges, smirking broadly.

Midden rolls his eyes. “You may not be so happy in a moment. See, teaming with Brent and Rick... the other man who really fits the description I gave...” He grins. “EDDIE PEAK!”

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Peak emerges to a surprisingly strong reaction.

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Brent Hill, Eddie Peak, & Rick Law
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Chris Rockwell, Jeremy Stone & Remo Richardson w/ Lauren Easter & Phil Vibert
Utter chaos. It breaks down from neat legal-man arrangements almost immediately – everyone wants to be the one to make the pin.

Peak and Remo clash only briefly, but they do clash repeatedly – just enough to really whet appetites, enough to indicate that they're equally balanced.

Rockwell and Law pair off early on, and the pair seem to be pretty much dead level for quite some time. That leaves Hill and Stone to switch off regularly with Peak and Remo and provide an overall technical theme to the brawl... for a while, at least.

Remo lands the Destroyer on Brent, and Jeremy Stone pulls him off. The two go head to head, much to the crowd's delight...

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RDJ slides into the ring, spins Remo around, and gets the Southern Justice. Not long afterward, once he's recovered, Remo and RDJ are brawling on the outside.

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Tyson Baine makes his way to the ring, standing outside, keeping pace with Rick Law. Sensing an opportunity, Rockwell backdrops him out of the ring – Baine catches him on his way down, snapping it into a Hades Bomb.

Brent Hill counters a pin attempt by Stone, curling him into the Complete Package. Rockwell breaks it up with a kick and gets blindsided by Peak.

Stone reapplies a hold of his own on Hill, the Stone Hold, clamping it down hard. Peak looks at them, obviously contemplating breaking it – but instead, he grabs Rockwell and lands the Peak of Perfection, pinning him to secure his own place.
Brent Hill, Eddie Peak & Rick Law defeated Chris Rockwell, Jeremy Stone and Remo Richardson
Rating: B+

Show Rating: B+

Tigerkinney

05-28-2010, 05:36 PM

I guess most of the line up right for the Six Man Tag but the one guy (Peak) I didn't think would be in the match ends up being the one to score the all important pin....

So near, but yet so far in getting that spot on.

Actually really impressed with the way you are handling RDJ, in the fact that you are ever so subtly moving him away from the title picture yet keeping him relevant and his emerging feud with Remo Richardson/Vibert and now possibly Frankie Perez certainly has my interest.

Phantom Stranger

05-28-2010, 07:32 PM

I guess most of the line up right for the Six Man Tag but the one guy (Peak) I didn't think would be in the match ends up being the one to score the all important pin....

So near, but yet so far in getting that spot on.

Initial plans for the game would suggest that Ino would be perfect for the same slot, which would have left you extremely close! As it turns out, his performances just haven't been as good as I'd hope - still, there's plenty of time for him to turn that around yet. His Performance skills are starting to really ramp up, too, over the past 3-4 months - it's quite possible that he'll be a bigger feature in 2009, following the switchover to 2010.

Actually really impressed with the way you are handling RDJ, in the fact that you are ever so subtly moving him away from the title picture yet keeping him relevant and his emerging feud with Remo Richardson/Vibert and now possibly Frankie Perez certainly has my interest.

Anyone who discards RDJ is an idiot, and I think that pretty much makes the early stint of this diary a little idiotic. There are much better grapplers on the roster, but RDJ can still be relied on for a good to excellent match and/or a good to excellent promo - and likely will for some time (his appearance on the Time Decline list has me a little edgy, however.)

At the same time... Oh, God, it's another RDJ/Cornell feud. At least the Syndicate/Freedom Fighters tag feud in TEW2010 changes it up a bit; I'm trying to give them both some life by having them do other things.

Phantom Stranger

05-29-2010, 11:50 AM

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Tuesday, December 16th 2008
A lot of enthusiasm is bubbling around the various participants in the main event from tonight as the coach takes us back to TCW's preferred hotel.

Part of that probably has to do with the fact that Jeremy, Tyson and Ricky are the only men who're entirely used to main eventing – for Remo and Chris it's relatively new, for Brent it's ten years in the past, and for Rick and Eddie, it's... an interesting new experience. In many cases, it's just about being aware that that match implicitly told the fans to watch out for them, they're going to be key players right at the top soon enough.

The impression is starting to get around; sure, most of the matches on a given PPV, most of the big money slots, are built around title matches. But there's room for other matches, if we think you can sell some tickets; it doesn't even have to be many, but we want these things to sell. There's even room, once every two or three months, to use the PPV to establish someone who couldn't sell tickets yet, or take a gamble on something like the Disrespected angle.

In order to be on most of these, it isn't necessary to hold a title. All you need to do is be good – good enough that it's worth our while to showcase you.

This... surprises a few people here. Jeremy takes a high position for granted, and rightly so; Remo seems keen to be into it. Like many who believe they were ready before it happened, whether they're right or wrong, he's just itching for a chance to prove Peter Michaels wrong.

Chris and Brent should remember, and I think Chris does – he had a major role to play for me in Philly Pro despite not reaching a title until the very close. But... It's a message the locker room need to hear, because it means just about anyone can get the occasional big show bonus – and big show appearance, for that matter; as of last week, our PPVs air everywhere in the world willing to air wrestling on PPV, and they really can be global name makers now.

It's the big balance to strike – the title should always be the big focus, but not everyone can be involved in a title chase at any given time. You need people to keep tuning in – so the line is there.

And hey – I never held a title in my life. It's more than possible to do well for yourself without holding the belt...

Remianen

05-29-2010, 12:44 PM

And hey – I never held a title in my life. It's more than possible to do well for yourself without holding the belt...

Ah, but you must remember, people don't get into this business to be Horatio Dangerous. They want to be Rip Chord, Sam Strong, Dread, Tommy Cornell, Yoshimi, Sean, Jeremy, Dan Jr and the like. Few people say 'I want to be a wrestler so I can get by okay'.

While what you say is true technically, it doesn't fit the typical achiever equation. Ambition feeds desire which fuels drive which, more often than not, manifests in achievement. No one wants to possibly kill themselves to become the functional equivalent of Al Snow (or Bob Casey).

Phantom Stranger

05-29-2010, 12:48 PM

Ah, but you must remember, people don't get into this business to be Horatio Dangerous. They want to be Rip Chord, Sam Strong, Dread, Tommy Cornell, Yoshimi, Sean, Jeremy, Dan Jr and the like. Few people say 'I want to be a wrestler so I can get by okay'.

Oh, freely granted. It's just a useful thing to point out, occasionally, during contract negotiations. ;)

Phantom Stranger

05-30-2010, 09:11 AM

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They call them unbeatable, but they're back to prove that, as man times as it takes. The New Wave will open the show this Friday, facing off with Acid Dragon in non-title action.

The British Lions will also be competing, taking on fellow submission experts Art Reed and Sean Deeley. What's going on with Sean at present? Will Huggins risk intervening when so many dangerous men are in the ring? And what of Laura Huggins?

Rhino Umaga gets a second chance to impress on Friday. He'll be taking on Rocky Golden - still quite a tough challenge. Can Golden continue to impress following his return to action?

Both teams have been winning in recent weeks, and it looks like they have a chance to move up the ladder - and this week, by Mayhem Midden's edict, they'll fight each other. The Conquering Kings lock horns with the Elite Express, and on the line could be a direct path to the tag team championship...

Next up is a contest requested by Phil Vibert; Remo Richardson and apparent ally Frankie Perez will be testing the mettle of fellow TCW newcomers Tooth & Claw, presumably as a show of power before Remo turns to Ricky Dale Johnson at Psycho Circus.

And then, there's the main event; we can't be sure, however, as Rick Law has promised us something major. Rumour has it that Texas Pete may be involved, though it's also been suggested he may be preparing another test for himself against the Syndicate in light of current events.

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

Art Reed & Sean Deeley w/ Blonde Bombshell (& Laura Huggins?) vs. British Lions

Rhino Umaga vs. Rocky Golden

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Elite Express

Frankie Perez & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Tooth & Claw

MAIN EVENT
????

Zergon

05-30-2010, 09:40 AM

Acid Dragon w/ Laura Huggins vs. New Wave (non-title)
Even when is non-title New Wave don´t lose all that much and I don´t see it happen here since Acid Dragon haven´t been pushed as a tag team.

Art Reed & Sean Deeley w/ Blonde Bombshell (& Laura Huggins?) vs. British Lions
I don´t see Lions to pick up a win here even if Deeley´s status with School is less than clear right now

Rhino Umaga vs. Rocky Golden
Golden has to be favorite here

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Elite Express
Elite continues to pick up wins now that they got things going

Frankie Perez & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Tooth & Claw
Doh

Dragonmack

05-30-2010, 11:27 AM

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

Art Reed & Sean Deeley w/ Blonde Bombshell (& Laura Huggins?) vs. British Lions

Rhino Umaga vs. Rocky Golden

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Elite Express

Frankie Perez & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Tooth & Claw

MAIN EVENT
????

Regis

05-30-2010, 03:27 PM

Acid Dragon w/ Laura Huggins vs. New Wave (non-title)
UK Dragon is not going to take this one over the Wave.

Art Reed & Sean Deeley w/ Blonde Bombshell (& Laura Huggins?) vs. British Lions
JOBBERS!

Rhino Umaga vs. Rocky Golden
Not quite a jobber, but close.

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Elite Express
Aaw, I like the Conquering Kings.

Frankie Perez & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Tooth & Claw
JOBBERS!

MAIN EVENT
????
Seriously, who else could it be?

Bigpapa42

05-30-2010, 03:28 PM

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

Art Reed & Sean Deeley w/ Blonde Bombshell (& Laura Huggins?) vs. British Lions

Rhino Umaga vs. Rocky Golden

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Elite Express

Frankie Perez & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Tooth & Claw

MAIN EVENT
????

Tigerkinney

05-30-2010, 03:46 PM

Yeah, I'll just predict the matches where I at least know one of the participants !

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

Non title or not, it ain't happenng for Acid Dragon

Art Reed & Sean Deeley w/ Blonde Bombshell (& Laura Huggins?) vs. British Lions

Last time out I though the British Lions may get their break through win but alas they didn't and with Deeley enjoying a gradual push right now, I don't see them getting it here either.

Rhino Umaga vs. Rocky Golden

Umaga's not done alot has he since coming in ?, I think these are the sort of matches Golden can emerge with a victory in to at least stay somewhat relevant.

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Elite Express

Two middle tier tag teams, this could honestly go either way but I see the Elite Express continuing to rise.

Frankie Perez & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Tooth & Claw

As Regis so eloquently put it .....JOBBERS !, though obviously not the team I highlighted to win.

Beeker

05-31-2010, 04:28 AM

Acid Dragon w/ Laura Huggins vs. New Wave (non-title)
- Uh, which Dragon is this? Snap? Canadian? UK? Cult of the Grey? Not that it truly matters since TNW simply don't lose.

Art Reed & Sean Deeley w/ Blonde Bombshell (& Laura Huggins?) vs. British Lions
- An odd couple if ever there was one. Not sure how it came about but this should be a mat technicians master class with the talent involved.

Rhino Umaga vs. Rocky Golden
- I didn't even know Umaga was in TCW, so I'll go with the Golden Child.

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Elite Express
- I think... er wildly guess... that EE are being positioned as challengers to the New Wave, so I'll pick them to win here.

Frankie Perez & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Tooth & Claw
- No way are T&C beating Vibert's boys. Only way T&C 'win' is if RDJ does a run in, and even then, I don't think it would help.

MAIN EVENT
???? - I never bet against ????! In this case I suspect Law and Pete to be in a tag match against... I dunno... Baine and Hawkins maybe? Could even become a six (or eight) man match with Syndicate members here and other faces in there.

Phantom Stranger

06-02-2010, 08:00 AM

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 3 December 2008

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 0.46)

Held at the Ricardo Montenez Ballroom (Puerto Rico)

Attendance: 2,000 (Sold Out)

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Jason Azaria – Jasmine Saunders – Kyle Rhodes

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The show starts out with a bang, as Acid Dragon combine for a high-speed assault on the New Wave. But the story here is one of experience and loyalty, and on both scores the New Wave has the advantage.

UK Dragon does get the moment of the match, though, blocking a superplex by boosting Guide up onto his shoulders. A ropewalk ensues, and as Rhodes notes, it looks a whole hell of a lot like he was trying to hit the Dragon Drop death valley driver from the top rope before Scout cut him off.

Guide comes back, however, eventually catching Acid with the Wave of Mutilation to put the outcome beyond doubt.
New Wave defeated Acid Dragon
Rating: C+

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The Messenger starts to play and the Easy Riders stride down to the ring, rolling in to face off against the New Wave. Carl Batch hangs back by the entrance ramp.

Batch, however, is the man with the microphone. “Two months ago, our title shot ended with a DQ,” he says. “Last month, someone else stuck their nose into our business.

“This month, it seems to me, the only fair thing to do is for you boys to put those straps on the line... with no disqualification.”

The New Wave just look at each other for a long moment as the Riders stare them down. As one, they nod -

And the Riders mow into them. It takes a moment, but then Saunders spots it – they're wearing brass knuckles.

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Art Reed & Sean Deeley w/ Blonde Bombshell & Laura Huggins
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British Lions
There's no question here what kind of match this is going to be, and it's an excellent example of such a match, but at the same time – there's no real suspense, going in, with Reed and Deeley schooling the two Brits much of the time.

And that does keep it from achieving as much as it could. On the other hand – it's as well received a tag match as even the best were at the start of the year, which speaks volumes about the talent involved. Reed gets O'Curle into the Dread Lock to finish off.
Art Reed & Sean Deeley defeated the British Lions
Rating: C

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In his second TCW match, Umaga is, once again, somewhat outmatched, but he fights back just as hard.

Golden seems... amused isn't the word, but it's clear in the opening minutes that he's not really cranked up the killer instinct here. After a few more assaults by Umaga, you can see him reconsider that, and for a few moments it's an even contest, but Golden seems to have the slight power advantage, and Umaga's speed isn't quite enough to turn the tables on that.

After being dumped out of the ring by a clothesline, Golden glances up at the fans, and suddenly grins, that comfortable, we're-all-in-on-the-joke smile of his. Rolling back into the ring, he ducks the next assault – and it's all positioning. Because just by shifting like that, Sam Sparrow's line of sight is obscured -

And the Rocky Road, that showy forearm low blow, hits. As Umaga crumples to the mat, Golden glances back up, grin still in place.

The crowd explode into cheers before Golden covers. It's academic.
Rocky Golden defeated Rhino Umaga
Rating: C-

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A highlight reel from last week's intergender tag match begins to play, concentrating on the best hits from both Lauren Easter and Kate Dangerous.

Over this is played Kate Dangerous' comment from Tuesday:

“You want to keep this going, Chris?” she asks. “I'll find someone. We'll do this same dance at Psycho Circus, but you can actually go up against an active wrestler this time – if you ain't scared.”

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Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Elite Express
Sadly, this is probably the worst-received outing either team's had in TCW. It's not bad work, by any means, but the crowd aren't into it, even when Clark Alexander manages to counter out of the Precision Driller.

Nate Johnson doesn't come off so lucky; the Crippler Bomb finishes this one as Barry Kingman secures the pin.
Conquering Kings defeated Elite Express
Rating: D+

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And the crowd wake right back up – even with Tooth and Claw's chances in this match being, as Azaria puts it, “probably nominal at best,” this one just has everyone's reactions. Partly it's Perez and Lobo Blanco's wrestling clinic. Partly it's the sheer devastation that seems to erupt when Remo crosses paths with the American Eagle.

And partly, it's that moment where American Eagle actually manages to counter a powerbomb into a pinfall. Remo powers out before two, but the crowd are still roaring their approval even as Remo snaps him down with the Lumbar Puncture and collects the pin.
Frankie Perez & Remo Richardson defeated Tooth and Claw
Rating: B-

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Backstage, a bickering Cornell and Hawkins wait impatiently outside a locker room door.

“...not going to help you with this stupid crap,” Hawkins is saying as we join them. Cornell rolls his eyes.

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“Shut yer cakehole,” he says, and the door opens to reveal Rick Law.

“Alright?” Cornell asks Law cheerily. “Listen, I know you've got something planned for the main event – but put it off til next week, yeah?”

Law frowns at him. “Considering what Baine's been doing lately,” he says, “why exactly should I agree?”

Cornell shrugs. “You've got him at Psycho Circus, yeah?” Law nods, and Cornell continues. “I can guarantee you the Syndicate won't interfere, if you do this... and I can guarantee you we will if you don't.”

Law weighs his options for a moment. “What match are you asking for?” he asks suspiciously.

Cornell claps Hawkins on the shoulder. “My boy here's got some issues with the lad I've been scouting,” he says. “I say he needs to get in the ring. How much you know about someone, you haven't locked up with 'em?”

Law looks from Cornell to Hawkins, and after a pause, he smiles. “It's good advice,” he tells Hawkins. “You should ask yourself that,” he continues, indicating Cornell with a tilt of his head. “Alright,” he continues, turning back to the company owner. “Aaron Andrews and Wolf Hawkins?”

Cornell nods.

Law holds out his hand. “I'll make that match.” Cornell takes the hand. “I'll make sure your match with Tyson is fair.”

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Aaron Andrews vs. Wolf Hawkins
While it's not the kind of classic his bout with Cornell was, Aaron Andrews gives Wolf Hawkins one of the toughest matches he's had in some time, and the crowd remain pretty damn into it.

Hawkins manages to contain him, just about, but it's hard, man, it's hard. The spinebuster gets a long two count, and when Andrews hoists Hawkins for what Azaria tells us is being called the Game Breaker, Wolf panics, raking his eyes to get clear immediately and bailing from the ring.

He plays cagey at that point, not really allowing Andrews near him, and eventually resorts to faking a knee injury off a bad landing to bait his opponent in – hits the Full Moon Rising – and then waits. Andrews, after an interval of maybe ten seconds, starts to rise, and Wolf immediately hits a second to make sure before going for the pin.
Wolf Hawkins defeated Aaron Andrews
Rating: B

Show Rating: B

Phantom Stranger

06-04-2010, 07:00 AM

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Saturday 20th December 2008
Joey Minnesota is on my mind today.

There's no question that he's a bright young talent. Sharp on the mat, capable in the air, able to throw convincing punches and, while not a standout, gifted enough on the microphone, he is in many ways the archetypical TCW young hopeful. At 26 years old, he's likely got years to mature before he needs to be in the main event, and well over a decade before he would fall out of it.

And yet, under my hand, he... meanders. His win/loss record shows a reasonable amount of faith, and anyone who knows what's planned for Aaron has to assume that his connection with Joey shows respect for the latter's ability. At the same time, he has difficulty working with Tommy Cornell, which, while not insurmountable, is not great news – that upcoming decade for Joey will still see a lot of Tommy Cornell in the main event, in my book or in anyone else's.

Mike Nero gave me a great rule for booking, once; he said that the best way to check your decisions is to imagine them as taking place directly before a change of booker. Would you want a talented worker to have been showcased in a certain way before you step in? Would you want to hand your replacement a worker far away from the level their skills and crowd appeal demand?

By that standard, I'm failing Joey. He deserves to have been made credible in the nearly nine months I've held the book, rather than to have trod water. He deserves to be right up there.

By the same standard, Joel failed Joey. So... why is that?

Is there something we're both shying away from? Is it just his issues with Tommy? Something else?

I don't think so, honestly. But this is one hell of a roster. And... hm. There has to be something he can do. The question is... what?

Come March next year, TCW is going to be shaken up a little. The new status quo may have a better place for Joey. Can I get him ready for that in advance? I guess it's time to see...

James Casey

06-04-2010, 07:29 AM

Feel free to send him my way. I would happily trade almost anyone on my roster (up to and including Jack Bruce) to get Minnesota under contract.

Don't know what it is about him, but woe betide any champion who has to face him under my booking :p

*

Interesting interaction between Law and Cornell there. Law ruling down the middle I guess, but he could lay himself open to problems with whoever he bumped from the main event.

As I say, interesting...

Oregano Jensen

06-04-2010, 06:17 PM

Maybe this is just the influence of Monkeypox's DAVE -- okay, DEFINITELY it is -- but I have to confess I always kind of shortchange Joey MN, seeing him as a guy who's technically gifted but who comes off as distant and kind of a jerk, and can't really get into a really convincing match.

But that's how he was portrayed in one dynasty. This is a different Joey Minnesota! (Right?)

Phantom Stranger

06-04-2010, 08:47 PM

But that's how he was portrayed in one dynasty. This is a different Joey Minnesota! (Right?)

Probably. With the exception of the Minnesota/Cornell chemistry issue he hasn't been doing badly - he hasn't been doing brilliantly, either, but he's fairly typically been either the best or joint best worker in the match, his momentum is fairly middle of the road, and he's not hugely popular.

He's actually, arguably, a perfect TCW guy. The issue is that so are the Machines and the Keiths, among others, in pretty much the same way - and all four of those guys are better. Scout is another like that, but arguably Joey is on his level. And so he becomes a second string guy, slowly but surely...

So we'll see. I need to find something to distinguish the guy, but it should be possible.

ampulator

06-05-2010, 03:08 AM

I think it has to do with the fact you haven't been heavily pushing Joey Minnesota, like others; I assume is because he's young and might have believed he would rise anyway. This certainly hasn't been the case.

As for the being a "perfect" TCW guy, to a certain degree, yes. Personally, I think the ideal would be someone that has:

1. Good to Decent Look
2. Good to Decent Physical Sklls
3. Good to Decent Performance Skills

and, this not as important, but still valuable:

4. Good To Decent Brawling
5. Decent Technical Skills

Personally, Remo, just as young, fits my criteria better. That's just that way I see it, though.

Phantom Stranger

06-05-2010, 06:35 AM

As for the being a "perfect" TCW guy, to a certain degree, yes. Personally, I think the ideal would be someone that has:

1. Good to Decent Look
2. Good to Decent Physical Sklls
3. Good to Decent Performance Skills

and, this not as important, but still valuable:

4. Good To Decent Brawling
5. Decent Technical Skills

Personally, Remo, just as young, fits my criteria better. That's just that way I see it, though.

Looks first? Really? Honestly, I'd place Look lowest on that list - and Remo's technical, back in 08, lacks significantly. He fits perfectly with the bruisers, but TCW's top ranks start as, essentially, the brawlers on top of the face division, the all-rounders on top of the heel division - hence the slow migration across.

Phantom Stranger

06-05-2010, 09:18 AM

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You will not want to miss the final Total Wrestling of 2008. Mayhem Midden and Mr Cornell have, for once, seen eye to eye - as a Christmas present to the fans, this instalment is slated to be absolutely loaded with talent.

Fans at the Mayor Street Arena will kick off their night seeing Sam Keith go one on one with Texas Pete. The title's not on the line and it isn't No Holds Barred, due to Sammy Bach's prior claim to a shot, but there's no question that Texas Pete will see this as an opportunity to fast track all the way to the top.

Sam's sons will be in action next, taking on the Fly Boys for their status in the tag team division. With the gauntlet already thrown down to the New Wave for Psycho Circus, it seems likely this will have to be their last shot. Both teams will want to come into 2009 that little bit closer to a title reign.

Sean Deeley continues to try to distance himself from his issues with the School of Tradition. He requested a match against anyone else in the company - and Phil Vibert was only too happy to supply him with an opponent. The undefeated Remo Richardson has to be Deeley's toughest challenge to date.

What's set to follow that is kind of an old favourite as far as TCW is concerned, but it's one we haven't seen in a while; Ricky Dale Johnson goes one on one, by Tommy Cornell's request, with Tyson Baine.

Following that - there's a first-time match on offer, by agreement of both Cornell and Midden. The Machines - the foremost Syndicate tag team this time last year - go head to head with the Stone Brothers - the foremost Syndicate tag team at the present moment. We don't feel we need to say much else; like most of the participants, this match is all in the ring.

Finally... Tommy Cornell has demanded one last match against Troy Tornado. He's had the worst of this war by some way; presumably he wants to go into 2009 with a clean slate. If he doesn't balance the books, who knows what's in store for the Triple-Threat Champion?

Prediction Key:
Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Texas Pete (non-title)

The Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Ricky Dale Johnson vs. Tyson Baine

The Machines vs. The Stone Brothers

Tommy Cornell vs. Troy Tornado (non-title)

Bigpapa42

06-05-2010, 10:37 AM

Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Texas Pete (non-title)

The Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Ricky Dale Johnson vs. Tyson Baine

The Machines vs. The Stone Brothers

Tommy Cornell vs. Troy Tornado (non-title)

Zergon

06-05-2010, 11:29 AM

Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Texas Pete (non-title)
Keith wins even when it´s non-title

The Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell
I could see this going to other way too but Fly Boys are basically Buffalo´s henchmen and that´s not exactly a position where you could expect to win all that many matches

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
Remo is too far ahead at this point

Ricky Dale Johnson vs. Tyson Baine
No idea here so I do as any brave man would do and choose draw here:rolleyes:

The Machines vs. The Stone Brothers
This one is hard but I´m still not sure if Edd Stone can hang with the big boys

Tommy Cornell vs. Troy Tornado (non-title)
I give this one to Cornell, though it´s likely non-title because of storyline so I might well be wrong here (not that you would need me to remaind that, I´m wrong pretty often after all:p)

Candyman

06-05-2010, 11:43 AM

Regis

06-05-2010, 02:45 PM

Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Texas Pete (non-title)
Keith can go over, but I'm going to go out on a limb ans posit a possible DQ finish here.

The Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell
JOBBERS!

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
Sean Deeley's push isn't going to derail the Supreme Destroyer.

Ricky Dale Johnson vs. Tyson Baine
Once again, out on a limb to call a draw as the match spill to the outside or the ref loses control or something along those lines.

The Machines vs. The Stone Brothers
Experience is everything.

Tommy Cornell vs. Troy Tornado (non-title)
Tommy doesn't put himself out of the title scene for six months and then put himself over the champ here. No way.

Dragonmack

06-05-2010, 03:44 PM

Prediction Key:
Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Texas Pete (non-title)

The Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Ricky Dale Johnson vs. Tyson Baine

The Machines vs. The Stone Brothers

Tommy Cornell vs. Troy Tornado (non-title)

ampulator

06-05-2010, 07:52 PM

Looks first? Really? Honestly, I'd place Look lowest on that list - and Remo's technical, back in 08, lacks significantly. He fits perfectly with the bruisers, but TCW's top ranks start as, essentially, the brawlers on top of the face division, the all-rounders on top of the heel division - hence the slow migration across.

I know for a fact that Remo has worse Technical skills. His Brawling skill... however... as for his look, I meant Star Quality and Menace. In a popularity=performance promotion, it's still very fairly important.

Phantom Stranger

06-05-2010, 07:57 PM

as for his look, I meant Star Quality and Menace.

Ahh... Now, yeah, Star Quality I'll certainly give you, and his camera skills overall beat Joey's. Star Quality is not a be-all and end-all for me - it's something I consider a happy bonus, the way your list considers top-row skills. I see what you mean now, though.

Remo is great, don't get me wrong; but there are certain things to bear in mind in TCW, and the biggest of them is that any main eventer will have to work Tommy Cornell sooner or later. Joey has bad chemistry with him, but so does Troy, and I can rely on them to pull out an A. Joey's skills are roughly on par with where Troy is now, so if he becomes as over, I can rely on a Minnesota/Cornell match not being atrocious.

But a few months ago, a Peak/Cornell match in which they were both A* overness pulled a B - because Eddie, like Remo, has his one great dimension and is weaker elsewhere. That needs expansion, which I'm working on slowly - hence some of the tags with much broader workers - and compensation with high-brawl guys (RDJ, Law, Stone) while they develop their other skills.

Remo deserves to come in as, and be treated as, a star; Joey can be more important to my long-term plans, simply because he has much broader options for feuds.

Beeker

06-05-2010, 08:04 PM

Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Texas Pete (non-title)
- Texas Pete, jobbing his way up the TCW ranks.

The Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell
- The Boys NEED to win here in my view, or Goldworthy might as well just put 'Manager to Jobbers' on his business card. I like the Keith boys better but they have time to work their way up the card.

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
- I can't see the Shooter toppling the Specimen. It could be lots of outside interference though.

Ricky Dale Johnson vs. Tyson Baine
- I've changed my mind 4 times on who wins this match, which suggests to me it'll end up a Double DQ count out as both men could do with a short program with each other.

The Machines vs. The Stone Brothers
- The Stones because the Machines are doing that pesky, odd singles thing lately, and doing it well.

Tommy Cornell vs. Troy Tornado (non-title)
- The storylines are so expansive with a Cornell win.

ampulator

06-05-2010, 09:14 PM

Ahh... Now, yeah, Star Quality I'll certainly give you, and his camera skills overall beat Joey's. Star Quality is not a be-all and end-all for me - it's something I consider a happy bonus, the way your list considers top-row skills. I see what you mean now, though.

Remo is great, don't get me wrong; but there are certain things to bear in mind in TCW, and the biggest of them is that any main eventer will have to work Tommy Cornell sooner or later. Joey has bad chemistry with him, but so does Troy, and I can rely on them to pull out an A. Joey's skills are roughly on par with where Troy is now, so if he becomes as over, I can rely on a Minnesota/Cornell match not being atrocious.

But a few months ago, a Peak/Cornell match in which they were both A* overness pulled a B - because Eddie, like Remo, has his one great dimension and is weaker elsewhere. That needs expansion, which I'm working on slowly - hence some of the tags with much broader workers - and compensation with high-brawl guys (RDJ, Law, Stone) while they develop their other skills.

Remo deserves to come in as, and be treated as, a star; Joey can be more important to my long-term plans, simply because he has much broader options for feuds.
I think the problem with Eddie Peak, as far as I remember, has incredibly low Technical skills, too low for TCW's product. I think Remo's higher, but has lower Performance skills.

Phantom Stranger

06-05-2010, 09:19 PM

I think the problem with Eddie Peak, as far as I remember, has incredibly low Technical skills, too low for TCW's product. I think Remo's higher, but has lower Performance skills.

They're roughly even, at least at this point in the save.

ampulator

06-05-2010, 09:48 PM

They're roughly even, at least at this point in the save.
What are their stats? :)

1PWfan

06-06-2010, 03:34 AM

Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Texas Pete (non-title)
The major purpose of non-title matches is to set up title matches down the line, and with Pete having apparently improved a lot I could see him as a viable contender

The Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell
Quick question: what the heck do you see in Bombshell? She's worthless. Hence my rooting for the Fly Boys, who have a manager who can actually, y'know, do stuff

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
C'mon, this is Remo- the dude's bad@ss

Ricky Dale Johnson vs. Tyson Baine
Tyson's too big, too boring and too useless to get the win here

The Machines vs. The Stone Brothers
I like Edd, but I can't take him seriously as a tag wrestler on the level of The Machines

Tommy Cornell vs. Troy Tornado (non-title)
Tommy needs to be kept strong so he can take the title if you run into trouble

Regis

06-06-2010, 04:24 AM

Quick question: what the heck do you see in Bombshell? She's worthless. Hence my rooting for the Fly Boys, who have a manager who can actually, y'know, do stuff.

Her mic skills have developed significantly since she was brought back, angles featuring her have made her overness rocket, her star quality, sex appeal and charisma are all good, all of which adds up to a great ringside valet.

Tigerkinney

06-06-2010, 04:52 AM

Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Texas Pete (non-title)

Even with Pete's huge improvement and this being non title, I just don't see him going over Keith yet.

The Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell

Keith's are already higher up the pecking order than the Fly Boys, why send them backwards with a loss against a pair of glorified jobbers.

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Deeley's push is a gradual one, he isn't going to be going over Remo anytime soon.

Ricky Dale Johnson vs. Tyson Baine

Baine has basically been reduced to Cornell's 'Big Dumb Muscle', though he's 'Big Dumb Muscle' that should remain looking a threat, so I see RDJ winning but by DQ.

The Machines vs. The Stone Brothers

Could go either way, but I'll tip the side with more Tag Experience on their side, that being the ex Syndicate pairing.

Tommy Cornell vs. Troy Tornado (non-title)

A loss to Cornell isn't going to damage Tornado's reputation, and as 1PW fan said better to keep Cornell strong, incase you need to put the title back on him.

Marcel Fromage

06-06-2010, 05:06 AM

1PWfan

06-06-2010, 05:59 AM

Her mic skills have developed significantly since she was brought back, angles featuring her have made her overness rocket, her star quality, sex appeal and charisma are all good, all of which adds up to a great ringside valet.

They must have improved a hell of a lot- I don't have th 08 data in front of me but in 2k10 she's D D+, which I wouldn't sign if you paid me, overness or not.

But then (and not to get too far off topic) I don't tend to go for valets as a rule- if they're already there or I need to replace one then fine, but I don't see the point otherwise.

Regis

06-06-2010, 06:09 AM

They must have improved a hell of a lot- I don't have th 08 data in front of me but in 2k10 she's D D+, which I wouldn't sign if you paid me, overness or not.

But then (and not to get too far off topic) I don't tend to go for valets as a rule- if they're already there or I need to replace one then fine, but I don't see the point otherwise.

A few managers got nerfed in the switch from '08 to '10. Bombshell may have been one.

Phantom Stranger

06-06-2010, 07:07 AM

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They must have improved a hell of a lot- I don't have th 08 data in front of me but in 2k10 she's D D+, which I wouldn't sign if you paid me, overness or not.

But then (and not to get too far off topic) I don't tend to go for valets as a rule- if they're already there or I need to replace one then fine, but I don't see the point otherwise.

I like managers more than valets, but then, I'm hoping that as each manager's client reaches the point where they merit promo time, I can bring something out about each of the valets - so that they become managers. Bombshell hasn't said much along these lines, but she's said somethings. Huggins has thrown in towels, punched her brother, promoed occasionally...

As to why I hired the Bombshell, I quote from her bio:

She had proved to be a hit with the fans during her short stay, and rumours persist that TCW are trying to negotiate a way for her to return in 2007.

Given this is the 2008 data, I assume that bio just didn't get updated - so OK, TCW were trying to find a way to bring an old talent back. Why did I sign the Bombshell? Same reason I didn't fire Kyle Rhodes right off the bat and bring in Sara Silver.

As for whether she can pull her weight...

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What are their stats? :)

Eddie:
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Remo:
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Remo's better along the top, Eddie has better fundamentals and great (for a big guy) selling.

ampulator

06-06-2010, 09:40 PM

Phantom Stranger

06-06-2010, 09:52 PM

You know, I bet the SWF REALLY wants Eddie Peak right now. :) In any case, the only things I can see that lowered Eddie Peaks grade against Tommy Cornell are his lack of Athleticism, and his extremely low Technical skills.

That's what I figure, yeah. I'm trying to expose Eddie and Remo both to as many people who can produce against them while also helping them develop their weak spots as possible, though.

ampulator

06-06-2010, 11:41 PM

In a test mod I did, I could easily have Tommy Cornell against Eddie Peak and get an A right off the bat with their default stats, using a popularity-based product. Someone, who might have been Bigpapa42, said popular yet talented workers easily have good matches in a popularity-based promotion.

Phantom Stranger

06-08-2010, 08:31 AM

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 4 December 2008

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 6.86)
Rebroadcast on Continental Sports X1 (Rating 0.01)
Rebroadcast on Japanese Sports Vision 3 (Rating 0.09)

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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Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Texas Pete
Pete continues to perform well, and if the other man here gets most of the crowd reaction, well, that can easily happen when you're facing off against Sam Keith.

Actually, after an early spell where he can't find his footing, Pete cuts off Keith's assault with a clothesline – and then he begins to turn the tide. He's got the power to back it up, and his speed is improving; Sam repeatedly finds himself in positions where he just doesn't have the power to stop Pete's assault.

Pete gets as far as boosting him into the air for the Lone Star Drop – a suplex hoist into a sitout DDT – but, after delivering it, something interrupts the match.

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Sammy Bach slingshots himself into the ring, tossing a chair ahead of him and legdropping it out of the air into Sam Keith's face.

Seconds before what could have been a major, career-making victory, Texas Pete is disqualified.
Sam Keith won by DQ
Rating: B

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The Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy
vs.
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The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell
There's no question but that this is a hectic one, and by the standards of the Fly Boys it's one of their very best performances to date. By the Keiths' standards, a little lower, but this is still an excellent contest that both sides have chances to shine in.

Midway through the contest, all four men are involved in the action, and it's a quick duck by Matthew Keith that starts to turn the tide; Jimmy P's slingshot clothesline catches Donnie, not Matthew, and that gives the Keiths the chance to treat their opponents one at a time, doling out double-team treatment first to Jimmy, then Donnie, then Jimmy... Eventually Greg applies a Proton Lock on Donnie, while Matthew blocks Jimmy from interfering. The hold is just as deadly in the twins' hands as in their father's.
The Keith Brothers defeated the Fly Boys
Rating: C+

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Wolf Hawkins and Tommy Cornell sit backstage, watching the TV. “We need to deal with that family,” Cornell says. “I've got to miss a title match at Malice in Wonderland thanks to Midden – can't get back in contention til Total Mayhem. That gives us a couple months, right?”

Hawkins murmurs something that might be agreement. Cornell looks across to him. “What's the matter with you?” he asks, and Hawkins remains silent.

Cornell frowns irritably. “Oh, not this again,” he sighs. “You're going nowhere but right by my side, Wolf. Aaron's just useful-”

“Whatever,” Hawkins growls. “You want to say that, that's your privilege.”

Cornell stabs a finger back at the screen. “The only reason you've got this poisonous damn idea in your head is that traitor in the first place! He's the one who put it there. He's screwing with you, Wolf. He's trying to make you a weak link for the Syndicate. And weak links-”

“What?” Hawkins snaps. “What do they do, Tommy? Do they get replaced?”

He stands up and heads out, pausing at the door. “You're right about one thing,” he says. “You won't be defending your belt at Malice in Wonderland. The biggest show of the year. The event everyone works for, and you're locked out of the main event. But you know what, Tommy? I'll be defending a belt.”

The door slams behind him.

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Once more we go to a promo video. This one concentrates heavily on Lauren Easter's work in AAA, intercut with Chris Rockwell's slow descent into madness. Over it all, Rockwell speaks.

“Before I got into the business, there was a Dangerous. When I left Philly Pro, there was a Dangerous.

“Everywhere I turn in this business. Everywhere I find success, I find a Dangerous. All of them coasting on the reputation of the generation before them. All of them smug, self-satisfied little bastards – and none of them have anything to back it up! The hack on the microphone never won a title in his life!” A snort.

“Practically the only friend of Sam Strong who never managed to get any gold out of it. But don't let him tell you he didn't try.

“He spent his whole life right near the big belts. Right by them. But he couldn't do it.

“Everywhere I go, these... these balls of frustrated mediocrity are there.

“It's time that stopped. I can stop it, too.”

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Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
Well, this is a rivalry that could have legs – Deeley and Richardson come from completely different backgrounds in terms of wrestling, but it looks like they still know exactly how to deal with the other, and both Richardson and Deeley look spectacular at moments.

But there are still issues on the horizon for both men, and in this match it's Sean whose demons come back to haunt him.

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Laura Huggins tries to stop Freddy from getting to the ring, but he shoves her to the ground, sliding in. Vibert catches Sam Sparrow's attention; meanwhile, Deeley manages to squirm out of the Destroyer before Remo can hit it. He turns around into a Huggins Kiss, however, and a Destroyer follows almost immediately as Huggins bails.

Deeley's good, but it takes more than that to kick out of a Destroyer.
Remo Richardson defeated Sean Deeley
Rating: A

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This was never going to live up to the preceding contest, but it doesn't let the crowd's attention wander too far away, either. RDJ and Baine are as evenly matched as always – sonething worth remembering, given how near-unstoppable Baine has been of late – which causes the match to run and run.

Both men kick out of a number of pinfall attempts, but RDJ is clearly leery of the Hades Bomb, managing to escape it twice.

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In virtually a mirror of the preceding match, however, Remo Richardson appears at ringside, leaning on the apron with a smirk. RDJ hesitates before delivering the Leaping Lariat – which is too much; Tyson Baine is ready to catch him, powering him up into the Hades Bomb.

And that's all she wrote.
Tyson Baine defeated Ricky Dale Johnson
Rating: B-

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Remo slides into the ring after that, lying face to face with RDJ, taunting him loudly. Baine lifts RDJ back up, boosting him into the air, and hits another Hades Bomb. Remo looks back at the fallen Johnson, realising that he's unconscious, and shrugs. “One more time?” he asks the big man, who stoops to oblige -

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The nightstick cracks across the back of Baine's head – and then again. Rick Law ducks Remo's boot, in the same motion DDTing Baine onto the canvas. Remo comes back with a clothesline, and Law hits the Long Arm of the Law simultaneously.

As Total Wrestling goes to commercial, all four men lie in the ring, clearly out of it.

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The Machines vs. the Stone Brothers
And the pace is right back up – the Machines and the Stones both know exactly what to do here, and the execution of every single move is crisp and smooth, the teamwork flowing and instinctive. The fans are vocal from the off, and as the two teams concentrate their efforts, that reaction never drops. Jeremy Stone manages to get Brent Hill into the Stone Hold in the closing moments, but he holds on as John Anderson lands the Ammo Dump on Edd – but before he can make the cover, the twenty minutes is up.

The two teams rise, their first-ever meeting ending in a draw due to time constraints. No handshake, but the Machines do nod their respect to their opponents. Edd Stone does the same, grinning and enthusiastic, while his brother merely stares them down.
The Machines went to a draw with the Stone Brothers
Rating: A

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As they make their entrances, Azaria and Dangeorus dwell on the matches these two have had on PPV this year, and especially the fact that, with the exception of their first contest, Tornado seems to have had Cornell's number.

Cornell, of course, has acknowledged that he wants to win this one to finish the year's business with a clean sheet, and to begin – attacking during introductions – it seems possible that he will, but Tornado battles back smoothly, and after a little while, has things under control – more or less.

Cornell blocks a superplex, effectively low blowing Tornado on the buckle, and from that point on the contest is even again, both men doing well. Tornado blocks the Rough Ride and gets the Tornado Driver, though, and is about to cover-

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The fans go berserk. That song hasn't been heard since 2004, but it used to have a very special place in TCW history. It used to be the signature song of Painful Procedure... Under their first lead vocalist.

Tornado stops dead, staring at the entrance ramp. Normally, in a match with Tommy Cornell, this would lead to a quick small package, the Guilt Trip, or, as he puts it in his inimitible British manner, “a belt in the goolies”, but Cornell, instead, struggles to a seated position, shaking his head from the Driver, and turns to stare, open-mouthed.

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Jack Bruce is back, but, after a few seconds of playing to the crowd, he doesn't look happy about it. Sprinting down to the ring, he rolls in, nose to nose with Troy Tornado, the pair of them evidently arguing about something. Tempers are rising, and Tommy Cornell gets up to try to take advantage -

Both men simultaneously lash out at him with side kicks, then go straight back to their argument.

Eugene Williams admits to himself that, at twenty-one minutes in, this has ceased to be a match, ruling it a no contest.
Tommy Cornell and Troy Tornado was ruled a no contest
Rating: A

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Bruce shoves Tornado; Tornado, stung, steps back, his arms wide, as if trying to argue a point.

Bruce aims a kick at Tornado's crotch; Troy sidesteps and hits a tornado backfist to drop Bruce. Cornell promptly takes him down with a dropkick. As the show fades out, the three men trade blows.

Show Rating: B+

critical-23

06-08-2010, 08:57 AM

Jack F*CK Bruce~! is back?! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bigpapa42

06-08-2010, 10:04 AM

Awesome to see Mr. Bruce back in the TCW fold.

MrOnu

06-08-2010, 10:41 AM

Oh ! That's an interesting surprise. The main event is getting crowded, some people are going to not like it. It surely doesn't help poor Joey in any cases.

Phantom Stranger

06-08-2010, 10:47 AM

Jack F*CK Bruce~! is back?! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Awesome to see Mr. Bruce back in the TCW fold.

Oh ! That's an interesting surprise. The main event is getting crowded, some people are going to not like it. It surely doesn't help poor Joey in any cases.

He was a lot cheaper after six months' inactivity, and there are a couple of really, really obvious programs to run with him.

As it goes, at the moment, Jack Bruce doesn't autopush into the main event - he autopushes to Joey's level, though he's more over.

Beeker

06-08-2010, 07:05 PM

He was a lot cheaper after six months' inactivity, and there are a couple of really, really obvious programs to run with him.

As it goes, at the moment, Jack Bruce doesn't autopush into the main event - he autopushes to Joey's level, though he's more over.

If he's autopushing to Joey's level it would appear he's back in wrestling after all his other projects stalled out and he appeared on VH2's After the Final Note.

Jack Bruce... Jericho'ing his way back to TCW.

EDIT: Also haven't never heard nor scene that video... allow me to say WOW... that is one of the most derivative piles or New Jersey Toxic Sewage I've heard in years. And it's 10 years old. I don't think I've heard a band sound like a cheap, aging knock-off of themselves before. Kudos, as that truly was painful.

Phantom Stranger

06-10-2010, 07:06 AM

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Wednesday 24th December 2008

And so, after the final Total Wrestling of the year, I find myself once again talking shop with Eric Tyler. Or at least, talking shop is what it looks like, if you're not used to wrestling politics.

Eric's... As I've said before, Eric knows full well that TCW is his last run. This means two things to him; it means a little extra money – he likes to joke that his daughter, Brooke, is getting her college tuition paid for now, although from the rumour mill, I understand he had enough salted away to make sure she was OK by the time DaVE folded last year.

It also means a chance to secure his legacy in front of a worldwide audience. To my mind, this genuinely is something Eric deserves the chance to do, and at 48 the time to do it is swiftly running out.

He's been doing... well, in terms of how good his matches have been, but while his wins this year outnumber his losses, his losses have been higher profile and many of his wins have come at the hands of low-level names, while some of his losses have been against people who needed to establish themselves.

So Eric... is being used in much the same way that the older, seasoned talent always is. However, he wants to be used in a way that will leave an impressive memory in the minds of new fans. Which is pretty typical, ultimately – but Eric is a little more determined than some.

So what started as a bull session on the past year turned, before our flight touched back down in New York, to a discussion – almost a negotiation – regarding the coming year. Eric may find that last year is the pattern, however – alternating feuds with established workers and feuds with those who need making.

Or he may not; certainly, of the two names that came up most frequently, neither are exactly small fry in TCW. This arrangement could well be very promising very soon...

Phantom Stranger

06-11-2010, 09:09 AM

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TCW comes back to Hawaii for a little winter sun this Friday, and as 2008 comes to a close, we don't intend to leave anyone in the cold when it comes to good wrestling.

Number one contenders to the Tag Team Titles, the Easy Riders, will be the first off the marks when it comes to wrestling, facing off with Koshiro Ino's proteges Team VIPER. It seems like every time Team VIPER get into the ring they come closer to victory, but the Riders are as close to unstoppable as any team in TCW at present.

With the All Action Championship not yet set to be defended this coming Sunday, Mayhem Midden has ordered a six man ladder match. Suspended above the ring will be the contract to face Frankie Perez for his title belt at Psycho Circus. The names signed up are impressive; Acid, Art Reed, Chance Fortune, Edd Stone, Harry Allen, and Hawaii's favourite, Hell Monkey.

Rocky Golden once again tests himself in the ring, facing off with School of Tradition man Joel Bryant. What's the status of Joel's tag team partner, Sean Deeley? Will that play into events on Friday, or has Sean Deeley actually rejected the teachings of Eric Tyler?

Frankie Perez teams with his new ally Remo Richardson against targets aligned with Troy Tornado next; the newest members of Painful Procedure, the Balcony Express, will step up to a significant challenge. But their minds have to be on a certain reappearance from this Tuesday...

Johnny Bloodstone will face off against Merle O'Curle, by Bloodstone's own request. It seems he respects the British Lion...

And in the main event, the match we didn't see last week - Rick Law has made a tag team match, teaming with John Anderson against the Syndicate team of Wolf Hawkins and Tyson Baine. It looks like one hell of a fight coming in to round off the show at the Sunrise Sunset...

Prediction Key:
Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily

#1 Contendership to the All Action Championship - LADDER MATCH
Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Chance Fortune vs. Edd Stone vs. Harry Allen vs. Hell Monkey

Joel Bryant w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rocky Golden

Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk vs. Frankie Perez & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Merle O'Curle (non-title)

John Anderson & Rick Law vs. Tyson Baine & Wolf Hawkins

Dragonmack

06-11-2010, 09:40 AM

Prediction Key:
Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily

#1 Contendership to the All Action Championship - LADDER MATCH
Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Chance Fortune vs. Edd Stone vs. Harry Allen vs. Hell Monkey

Joel Bryant w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rocky Golden

Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk vs. Frankie Perez & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Merle O'Curle (non-title)

John Anderson & Rick Law vs. Tyson Baine & Wolf Hawkins

Beeker

06-11-2010, 10:08 AM

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily
- The Riders seem to be on more of a push than Los VIPERs.

#1 Contendership to the All Action Championship - LADDER MATCH
Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Chance Fortune vs. Edd Stone vs. Harry Allen vs. Hell Monkey
- I want to pick Chance Fortune, because I mark for him, but... picking anyone other than Stone is pure silliness for a few reasons. He's over, he's skilled, he bumps like a trampoline and he can give Perez a serious rub.

Joel Bryant w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rocky Golden
- Uppercut to Bryant's aging uppernuts.

Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk vs. Frankie Perez & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
- Waldorf and Stadler would be better off commentating on their own asskicking.

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Merle O'Curle (non-title)
- Ah, Merle, Johnny may well respect you, but you're still jobbing.

John Anderson & Rick Law vs. Tyson Baine & Wolf Hawkins
- Stupid Badge of Honour Bookering Priviledges.

Bigpapa42

06-11-2010, 10:33 AM

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily

#1 Contendership to the All Action Championship - LADDER MATCH
Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Chance Fortune vs. Edd Stone vs. Harry Allen vs. Hell Monkey

Joel Bryant w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rocky Golden

Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk vs. Frankie Perez & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Merle O'Curle (non-title)

John Anderson & Rick Law vs. Tyson Baine & Wolf Hawkins

Zergon

06-11-2010, 12:49 PM

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily
I´m not yet convinced about team Viper (though win here would help a lot) so I go with Easy Riders

#1 Contendership to the All Action Championship - LADDER MATCH
Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Chance Fortune vs. Edd Stone vs. Harry Allen vs. Hell Monkey
I usually strugle when there is more than two sides to choose from and this is no expection. Since Perez is heel I go for Reed who I see as best face from this group

Joel Bryant w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rocky Golden
Golden is more important than aging tag team spesialist

Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk vs. Frankie Perez & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
Named team or not, there is no way for Balcony Express to win this one

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Merle O'Curle (non-title)
This one is easy, though Merle will likely make it a competitive match

John Anderson & Rick Law vs. Tyson Baine & Wolf Hawkins
Could go either way but I like Synticate so I go with them

Regis

06-11-2010, 06:09 PM

Prediction Key:
Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily
Ino's a top guy, but his backup aren't. JOBBERS!

#1 Contendership to the All Action Championship - LADDER MATCH
Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Chance Fortune vs. Edd Stone vs. Harry Allen vs. Hell Monkey
He is Hawaii's favourite, after all.

Joel Bryant w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rocky Golden
My poor, aching nutsack...

Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk vs. Frankie Perez & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
Oh, my poor, poor Balcony Express. JOBBERS!

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Merle O'Curle (non-title)
JOBBER!

John Anderson & Rick Law vs. Tyson Baine & Wolf Hawkins
It's his show.

Candyman

06-11-2010, 06:49 PM

Prediction Key:
Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily
Team WHO?

#1 Contendership to the All Action Championship - LADDER MATCH
Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Chance Fortune vs. Edd Stone vs. Harry Allen vs. Hell Monkey
It's Art Reed.

Joel Bryant w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rocky Golden
Maybe some shenanigans here.

Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk vs. Frankie Perez & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
Balcony who?

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Merle O'Curle (non-title)
Merle O'who?

John Anderson & Rick Law vs. Tyson Baine & Wolf Hawkins
It's his show, but I think he's in over his head here.

smurphy1014

06-12-2010, 08:01 AM

Phantom Stranger

06-13-2010, 07:29 PM

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 4 December 2008

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 0.50)

Held at the Sunrise Sunset (Hawaii)

Attendance: 1,585

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Jasmine Saunders – Kyle Rhodes

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Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Team VIPER
A short and brutal contest to open the score, but all four men get to dish out a fair amount of punishment. Ota becomes Team VIPER's ace in the hole, having the speed and agility that the Riders cannot match, while Miyazaki goes toe to toe with them.

A Ninja Strike even gets Hopper down, but Fonda prevents them from capitalising, pulling Ota off the cover and into a loose, careless suplex. Hopper promptly responds by setting him up, the Riders scoring with the Emergency Stop before a big boot cuts Miyazaki off.
Easy Riders defeated Team VIPER
Rating: C+

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Acid w/ Laura Huggins
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Chance Fortune
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Speed and skill are very much in evidence here. Acid finds himself utterly dominant in the early going, wiping the floor with Fortune, duelling briefly with Harry Allen, even scoring an Acid Rain Bomb on Edd Stone after Edd wipes out Hell Monkey with a flying legdrop.

Then Art Reed catches him in the back of the head with a running boot. These two's rivalry started something like five years ago, and Azaria sells every month of it on commentary, referring back in particular to Reed's issues with Acid and the School of Tradition that have reoccurred from time to time

Hell Monkey comes into the ring with the ladder, and Edd Stone leaps onto it, scrambling up it before it's fully set up. Monkey promptly lets go, sending Edd crashing down into Harry Allen. The Monkey picks the ladder back up, setting it up, and Acid ducks Reed's dropkick, moving in to low blow the Monkey.

Reed cuts Acid off for a second and Chance Fortune scrambles up the ladder. Seeing this, Acid catches Reed with a legsweep and springs onto the ladder, essentially hiptossing Fortune off the ladder. Fortune lands on the mat and rolls out of the ring entirely from the impact.

Reed scrambles up the ladder after Acid; the two trade blows at the top for a few moments before Harry Allen leaps onto the ladder from the side, managing to work his way up with his feet wedged in either side. Once he's close enough to the top, he flips forward and over it, catching both Acid and Reed in a double Gunslinger's Revenge cutter.

Edd Stone senses a chance, but sees Hell Monkey recovering. Rather than go straight up the ladder, he takes a moment to measure him, going for the Edd-Renaline Shot, but the Monkey ducks it – HELL FIRE KICK!

Acid flies back in to hit a slingshot inverted DDT and, once again, goes for the ladder.

Reed scrambles up after him, but this time he's got plans, grabbing Acid by the legs. He works him round and down into a Boston Crab braced against the top of the ladder.

Chance Fortune stands for a moment, looking at the situation. He climbs the turnbuckle and launches himself from it, sailing into a crisp dropkick that catches the trapped Acid's head against the ladder itself.

Hell Monkey, on the other hand, runs up the ladder – runs up Art Reed – and grabs the contract before crashing to the mat.
Hell Monkey defeated Acid, Art Reed, Chance Fortune, Edd Stone and Harry Allen
Rating: B-

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The camera goes backstage as we come back from commercial, catching Eric Tyler, Laura Huggins, and Sean Deeley in shot.

“OK,” Eric asks gently. “What's the deal here, exactly?”

Sean shakes his head. “Eric, you know I had reservations about the way the School does things-”

“She doesn't,” he interrupts, jerking his head toward Laura, who smiles slightly and nods.

“Yeah,” Sean says heavily. “She doesn't, and I guess I'm kind of working on that. But... I'm still under contract with her, and even if I wasn't, I have no intention of just leaving her behind.” The two youngsters smile happily at each other.

“But I'm done with the School, Eric. I know you always said we had to stick together. That anyone who tried to make you play favourites didn't get it, and was going to get kicked out – so I'm saving you the hassle.

“I can't sit around in the same gang as Freddy any longer, Eric. I just can't. Don't ask me to.”

Eric Tyler looks at him for a long time. “For Laura's sake,” he says in the end, “this isn't something I'm going to follow up on, Sean – unless I have to. You remember who brought you in here. You remember who taught you respect.”

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Smirking Rocky via jdh1
Joel Bryant w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rocky Golden
Quite the contest here; Golden has the power, Bryant has the skills – but they're far from enough.

Golden spends most of the contest showboating, really, chatting with the fans at ringside, enjoying himself, and keeping Bryant down. There's no real question who's gonna win this one, and Golden has a lot of fun with it. Once again, the execution of a duck and roll to unsight the referee follows the Rocky Road to secure the pinfall, and Golden promptly plays to the crowd, who love him for it.
Rocky Golden defeated Joel Bryant
Rating: C

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Sheer brutality here, but the Balcony Express fight as gallantly as they ever have, while Perez and Remo treat this as an opportunity to test their teamwork. Eventually Perez launches himself from the top turnbuckle to hit a side kick onto Marv Statler while Remo hoists him on his shoulders; a Destroyer to Dean Waldorf later, Remo pins Statler.
Frankie Perez & Remo Richardson defeated the Balcony Express
Rating: C

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Jack Bruce's music plays once again, and he walks down to the ring, collaring Randall as he consoles his students.

The two hug, but Hopkirk looks wary. Bruce and Hopkirk talk in low tones, the cameras catching very little of it – until it gets louder and louder.

“- pretenders, Randy, why are you-”

“- good kids and they've got heart-”

“You and me are the only ones left! This whole thing is a farce! The new kid doesn't care about music, man, he doesn't give two ****s about the band, he -”

“Hey! Troy was what kept the band from dying when you left, man-”

Their argument continues as the show goes to commercial.

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More excellent mat based competition catches the crowd's fancy. Bloodstone and O'Curle have a way of working together that makes O'Curle look like a star even when few people really have much interest in him – yet – and that helps to evelate Merle a little more.

O'Curle almost has the match won on one occasion, and counters out of the Bloodstone Mutilation twice – he's clearly starting to get the measure of his opponent, and the two men seem almost to be enjoying themselves, but Bloodstone still clamps it down, hitting, of all things, an Edd-Renaline shot to set up the final Bloodstone Mutilation and pick up the win.
Johnny Bloodstone defeated Merle O' Curle
Rating: B

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Back to the back, and Kate Dangerous has just caught up with Aaron Andrews. “Look,” she begins, “I know you've got no reason to know me and not much of a one to care. But I also know it's been a while since you were on Pay Per View.

“I've got myself in a situation where I really need a partner who can handle himself, and-”

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“Aaron's not your man, honey,” comes another voice, and Tommy Cornell strides cheerfully, confidently into view, habitual smirk firmly in place. “He's occupied this Sunday.”

“I am?” Andrews asks.

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“Told you he was smart,” he says. Wolf Hawkins, over his shoulder, glowers at Andrews. Cornell continues blithely. “Aaron, I figure you deserve one last test, one last check. And at Psycho Circus, I'm offering you that one last challenge – and Pay Per View money. Worldwide exposure.

“Actually, no. I'm offering you nothing. I'm telling you – this is what you're doing on Sunday.”

Aaron looks across at Dangerous and shrugs in partial apology. “Nothin' personal,” Cornell tells her cheerfully. “Hope you find someone.”

The camera follows them away a little, then turns back to Kate Dangerous, sat with her back to the wall, rolling her eyes at what's just happened.

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“Hey,” comes a familiar voice. “Need a hand?” The camera flashes up to capture Rocky Golden's amused expression.

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John Anderson & Rick Law vs. Tyson Baine & Wolf Hawkins
What a brawl – and brawl is what this is from the bell onward. This, of course, plays right into Tyson Baine's hands, and he's a monster throughout, flattening both his opponents on numerous occasions.

At one point Baine's hand wraps around Anderson's neck, cutting off what had previously been quite a promising comeback; he then simply shoves Anderson backward, crashing him into Sam Sparrow.

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With Sparrow down, the Enforcers hit the ring, followed swiftly by Brent Hill. At this point, all hell has effectively broken loose, and the match proceeds to be a beatdown until Sparrow shows signs of reviving – at which point a Hades Bomb to John Anderson finishes it.
Tyson Baine & Wolf Hawkins defeated John Anderson & Rick Law
Rating: B

Show Rating: B

Phantom Stranger

06-15-2010, 08:41 AM

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Sunday December 28th 2008
I'm writing my PPV thoughts early; I don't expect to be in a position to think much after Psycho Circus has wrapped. The tradition started, I'm told, just after Rip Chord left the company – Liberty, who nowadays wrestles as James Justice, is the man behind it – but it's a rare TCW employee who doesn't catch the morning flight out on the first of January each year in the company of two Alka-Seltzer.

There are worse traditions.

Of all the reactions we've had to Tommy building a new, privately-owned wrestling arena, perhaps the strongest has come from the NYC hotel we use whenever we're passing through New York; it's used to getting a fair amount of our business at each pay-per-view, and as it becomes clear that Psycho Circus, the afterparty of which is also a New Year's Eve blowout – wrestlers' families are much more likely to be flown in for Psycho Circus than even Malice In Wonderland, the nominal biggest event in our calendar – as, I say, it becomes clear that Psycho Circus will probably become exclusive to the Jennifer Cornell Coliseum half the country away, they're a little upset.

The hotel in question has three bars. TCW usually end up being given the run of two of them, and by the end of the night, both are likely to be dry. Tomorrow's house show, by tradition, focuses on comedy matches, something light as the crew as a whole recover.

Tommy, of course, doesn't drink himself, but if Psycho Circus is successful, he'll be high enough anyway, and he'll be in the bar at least as long as the rest of us for the party if nothing else.

So what do I have to say about the show itself? My fingers are mostly crossed about the intergender tag – it should be fine, but Rocky's underperforming a little. On the other hand, if anyone can carry him, it's the combo of Chris and Kate in the same ring. It's all lead in, anyway – after this, my contact with the women's division booking becomes pretty minimal.

It's been a hell of a year for me. The Philly Pro retrospectives gave me a new lease of life with the fans and Tommy's offer has given me something to do. TCW now has a solid tag team division; next year, we finish establishing the women's division and look at building the All Action division into something to respect.

Also, the Syndicate program will come to a close, a hair under two years after its creation. I don't tend to believe you can sustain a top-flight faction for much longer than that without making everyone else look weak.

So far, I'm excited about what comes afterward, which is usually a good sign.

Phantom Stranger

06-16-2010, 10:17 AM

[OOC: This will be the last show run under TEW2008.]

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New Years Eve is almost upon us, and as always, Psycho Circus will be airing a couple hours earlier than our other PPVs to make sure you have plenty of time to make it to the party - because believe me, you won't want to miss what's coming first!

The very first match of the show features Tommy Cornell in action against the talented young competitor Aaron Andrews, who Cornell appears to be scouting for a place in the Syndicate, going far enough as to antagonise Wolf Hawkins as he does it. Cornell has promised that this is the last evaluation match for Andrews - so who will be victorious, and what will happen with Andrews and the Syndicate afterward?

Following that contest, the All Action Championship will be on the line. We still can't quite believe the move that won Hell Monkey his shot, but these two Japanese-influenced warriors are sure to live up to the championship's name. Frankie Perez's new alignment with Phil Vibert may yet come into play here; we'll have to see.

And, next, a no-disqualification contest between Rick Law and Tyson Baine. Cornell has promised Law that the Syndicate will not interfere. Will that give Law the leeway he needs against the monster? Or can Baine prevail on his own brute power alone?

Quite the grudge match will follow; Freddy Huggins demanded a chance to face Sean Deeley. Over the past several months, we've seen Huggins' sister fall for Deeley, and it's clear that Freddy resents the preferential treatment he sees that as having bought Deeley. Looking to close out the year with a clean slate, Huggins wants to settle the score...

The second intergender tag match in TCW history will follow. Chris Rockwell and protege Lauren Easter lock horns with the unlikely alliance of Kate Dangerous and Rocky Golden, in what we expect to be an intense match. Dangerous has pledged to change the minds of anyone who feels women can't wrestle during this contest.

Following that, the second Hard-Hitting Championship title match between Sam Keith and Sammy Bach. Bach's tactics to get the better of Keith between matches are, of course, not sanctioned in the No Holds Barred flavour of match - but any wrestling hold, throw, or strike not using weaponry is, of course, legal. We believe that this gives Keith a slight edge, though Bach's unpredictable, intense style may stand him in good stead.

Remo Richardson defeated Ricky Dale Johnson last month with help from Phil Vibert. This month, the two lock horns again. We've received word that the steel cage is being shipped to the Greenwalt Dome, but we haven't heard what match it's for - our best bet is either this contest or the main event.

Hardcore action will follow, as the New Wave once again meet the Easy Riders with the tag titles on the line - and with the Wave's history in DaVE and the Rider's chair-swinging style, it's anyone's guess who the hardcore stipulation actually favours.

The International Championship will be on afterward. Wolf Hawkins is the challenger, and he's once again facing off with the former Syndicate man John Anderson. These two have never failed to deliver, and the passion they both hold for that belt means this will be no exception.

And, of course, there's the main event. The winner of this match goes on to the main event at Malice in Wonderland - goes on to headline the biggest show of TCW's year - to face Johnny Bloodstone in a title unification match. And the men who have that chance? Bloodstone's own tutor, the Canadian Wrestling Machine Jeremy Stone. The reigning Triple Threat Champion, Troy Tornado. And the Bloody-Handed God, Eddie Peak. You do NOT want to miss out.

Prediction Key:
Aaron Andrews vs. Tommy Cornell

TCW All Action Championship
Frankie Perez (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Hell Monkey

NO DISQUALIFICATION
Rick Law vs. Tyson Baine

Freddy Huggins vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Chris Rockwell & Lauren Easter vs. Kate Dangerous & Rocky Golden

TCW Hard Hitting Championship
NO HOLDS BARRED
Sam Keith (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sammy Bach

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

TCW Tag Team Championship
HARDCORE
The New Wave (c) vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Wolf Hawkins

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Troy Tornado (c) vs. Eddie Peak vs. Jeremy Stone

Zergon

06-16-2010, 10:36 AM

Aaron Andrews vs. Tommy Cornell
Aaron isn´t going to win this one though I could see Hawkins interfering here

TCW All Action Championship
Frankie Perez (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Hell Monkey
I doubt that Hell Monkey would be the next champ, he just haven´t done all that much yet

NO DISQUALIFICATION
Rick Law vs. Tyson Baine
I like Baine more so I give this one to him

Freddy Huggins vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
I wouldn´t be surprised if other School of Tradition member´s would interference here and that´s why I go with Freddy instead of Deeley

Chris Rockwell & Lauren Easter vs. Kate Dangerous & Rocky Golden
Not sure about this on but I presume that this is made in order to establish Kate and make Golden look a little bit better so I give them a win

TCW Hard Hitting Championship
NO HOLDS BARRED
Sam Keith (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sammy Bach
I think it´s time for a change so I go with upset here

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Ricky Dale Johnson
Remo won last month so it´s RDJ´s turn

TCW Tag Team Championship
HARDCORE
The New Wave (c) vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch
I believe that it´s time for a new champs in here too

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Wolf Hawkins
I like Hawkins more but if Syndicate is dying then I presume that Wolf have other things to do than hold midcard belt

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Troy Tornado (c) vs. Eddie Peak vs. Jeremy Stone
I already predicted two title changes so guess I go with champ here

Dragonmack

06-16-2010, 10:40 AM

Aaron Andrews vs. Tommy Cornell

TCW All Action Championship
Frankie Perez (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Hell Monkey

NO DISQUALIFICATION
Rick Law vs. Tyson Baine

Freddy Huggins vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Chris Rockwell & Lauren Easter vs. Kate Dangerous & Rocky Golden

TCW Hard Hitting Championship
NO HOLDS BARRED
Sam Keith (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sammy Bach

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

TCW Tag Team Championship
HARDCORE
The New Wave (c) vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Wolf Hawkins

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Troy Tornado (c) vs. Eddie Peak vs. Jeremy Stone

Bigpapa42

06-16-2010, 10:42 AM

Regis

06-16-2010, 09:09 PM

Aaron Andrews vs. Tommy Cornell
The only question is, how long will he last?

TCW All Action Championship
Frankie Perez (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Hell Monkey
He's not over enough yet.

NO DISQUALIFICATION
Rick Law vs. Tyson Baine
Rick can show a harsher side to his ring style, and Baine can put over a younger guy.

Freddy Huggins vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
Simple quality.

Chris Rockwell & Lauren Easter vs. Kate Dangerous & Rocky Golden
I went back and forth on this, but Rocky is not going over Rockwell. The women will have to settle their issues one on one, without men getting involved.

TCW Hard Hitting Championship
NO HOLDS BARRED
Sam Keith (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sammy Bach
Sam's going to hold this belt until he retires.

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Ricky Dale Johnson
Young guy goes over old guy.

TCW Tag Team Championship
HARDCORE
The New Wave (c) vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch
The stip favours them, and the Riders could pull out a victory any time.

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Wolf Hawkins
Let's take a guess.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Troy Tornado (c) vs. Eddie Peak vs. Jeremy Stone
He is the triple-threat champion, after all.

Candyman

06-16-2010, 10:01 PM

Prediction Key:
Aaron Andrews vs. Tommy Cornell

TCW All Action Championship
Frankie Perez (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Hell Monkey

NO DISQUALIFICATION
Rick Law vs. Tyson Baine

Freddy Huggins vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Chris Rockwell & Lauren Easter vs. Kate Dangerous & Rocky Golden

TCW Hard Hitting Championship
NO HOLDS BARRED
Sam Keith (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sammy Bach

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

TCW Tag Team Championship
HARDCORE
The New Wave (c) vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Wolf Hawkins

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Troy Tornado (c) vs. Eddie Peak vs. Jeremy Stone

Timber

06-17-2010, 04:13 AM

smurphy1014

06-17-2010, 08:45 AM

Tigerkinney

06-17-2010, 04:19 PM

Excellent I'm back in time to predict on this :)

Aaron Andrews vs. Tommy Cornell

Andrews will put in a plucky performance but I don't see him going over Cornell.

TCW All Action Championship
Frankie Perez (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Hell Monkey

Unless Perez is going up a division already, I don't see him dropping this belt yet to anyone.

NO DISQUALIFICATION
Rick Law vs. Tyson Baine

Law gets the win in this one, Baine's role these days is to look menacing but lose the big matches.

Freddy Huggins vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Deeley seems ready more for a push, but there is the nagging doubt that perhaps Laura turns on Deeley to help her brother win.

Chris Rockwell & Lauren Easter vs. Kate Dangerous & Rocky Golden

Dangerous does not get her revenge yet and I can possibly see Golden playing a role in helping Rockwell and Easter to pull out the win, he just doesn't appear to be all that trustworthy.

TCW Hard Hitting Championship
NO HOLDS BARRED
Sam Keith (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sammy Bach

I have the same feelings that Regis has, that Keith could well hold this belt until he decides to hang them up.

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

It's not time to put RDJ out to pasture, but Remo has to win this to truly establish himself as a threat in TCW, and a win over a TCW 'icon' will do just that.

TCW Tag Team Championship
HARDCORE
The New Wave (c) vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch

The stip does appear to favour the Easy Riders, but are people forgetting that the New Wave were once in DaVE, just get the feeling that the New Wave beat the Fat Bikers at their 'own game'.

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Wolf Hawkins

Though Hawkins winning this belt doesn't really see him move forward, Anderson has had a decent run with the belt and I see at least one title changing hands on this show.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Troy Tornado (c) vs. Eddie Peak vs. Jeremy Stone

Tornado holds onto the title, there is always the possibility Jack Bruce gets involved but him costing Tornado the belt would actually be too predictable.

Raijin_Samurai

06-17-2010, 04:30 PM

Phantom Stranger

06-20-2010, 07:34 AM

Hey, guys.

Apologies on the show being later than usual after predictions - came down with a cold midweek, plus I'm also doing the database adjustments to carry the game on in TEW2010 - which is, stunningly enough, something that takes a while. Bear with us as we continue.

Beeker

06-20-2010, 09:25 PM

Aaron Andrews vs. Tommy Cornell
- Cornell Control, but AA looks dangerous.

TCW All Action Championship
Frankie Perez (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Hell Monkey
- Vibert makes the difference here.

NO DISQUALIFICATION
Rick Law vs. Tyson Baine
- This ain't BoH, so Baines brutalizes the Lawman.

Freddy Huggins vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
- Pure wishful thinking here. As I want Huggins to win, not that I think he will.

Chris Rockwell & Lauren Easter vs. Kate Dangerous & Rocky Golden
- Uppernut to the Rockwell's rocks... or to Lauren's Easter basket.

TCW Hard Hitting Championship
NO HOLDS BARRED
Sam Keith (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sammy Bach
- I just think Bach is a worthy successor to Keith and continues to make a good case for his upward mobility. Plus his character rocks hard.

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Ricky Dale Johnson
- Remo's on a roll towards something big, RDJ can afford to lose to focus on the women's division. The dirty, lucky man.

TCW Tag Team Championship
HARDCORE
The New Wave (c) vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch
- There is no point in voting against the New Wave, even with this stacked in the Riders favour.

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Wolf Hawkins
- Syndicate regain some gold - which proves himself to Cornell while managing to piss TC off at the same time.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Troy Tornado (c) vs. Eddie Peak vs. Jeremy Stone
- I'm not sure what the plan with Tornado is, but Peak is a welcome new challenger (who won't win) and while Stone could pick things up, I suspect Bruce shows up to angle for a frontman versus frontman match.

tristram

06-23-2010, 12:44 AM

Oregano Jensen

06-24-2010, 06:10 PM

Aaron Andrews vs. Tommy Cornell

If this is the end of the Syndicate, big stuff has to happen. Seismic stuff. This kind of stuff.

TCW All Action Championship
Frankie Perez (c) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Hell Monkey

Perez has the belt, and Monkey doesn't even have a character. (Well, he's some sort of... hell... monkey? I guess.) I feel like a guy who's never been in a promo or an angle is not a legitimate title candidate, even if he does put on awesome matches.

NO DISQUALIFICATION
Rick Law vs. Tyson Baine

Baine has limited skills and no future. Law is much more solid as a worker, much younger, and on the rise.

Freddy Huggins vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

I'm not sure WHAT exactly is going on in this storyline anymore, but I get the sense Deeley is being set up for a face turn, if it hasn't happened already.

Chris Rockwell & Lauren Easter vs. Kate Dangerous & Rocky Golden

And this, meanwhile is the start of a feud, not the end of one. Heels win early, and Rockwelll beats Golden.

TCW Hard Hitting Championship
NO HOLDS BARRED
Sam Keith (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sammy Bach

I know Sammy Bach wins sometimes, but unless it's an inescapable conclusion, you'll never catch me betting on him.

Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

Keeps setting Vibert up as a main heel power broker in the wake of the Syndicate's dissolution. I'd like to tip RDJ for the win, because it's overdue for him, but Remo's not a guy against whom I can call that.

TCW Tag Team Championship
HARDCORE
The New Wave (c) vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch

It's time for the Riders to take this title, or risk getting pegged as perennial also-rans. With all the lower-level tag teams floating around, the Riders are more useful as legit championship contenders. New Wave retain their prestige even if they lose this.

TCW International Championship
John Anderson (c) vs. Wolf Hawkins

If the next marquee feud is Andrews-Hawkins, it's time to start pushing them both.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Troy Tornado (c) vs. Eddie Peak vs. Jeremy Stone

This demolishes the Syndicate somehow -- maybe a face turn for Stone? -- and frees Troy up. Troy doesn't need the belt -- he has a very compelling feud with Jack Bruce coming up, and it doesn't need the title to be a good story.

Phantom Stranger

06-24-2010, 10:00 PM

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TCW Presents Psycho Circus

Sunday Week 4 December 2008

Live on America 1-Select, U-Demand Canada, Jade 237, Rivera Pay Television, V-Corp, UK-1 (8.90)

Held at the Greenwalt Dome (New Jersey)

Attendance: 44,812

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Mayhem Midden - Horatio Dangerous

TCW: Year In Review
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The traditional opening video for Psycho Circus chronicles the big moments of the year. The main foci are Sam Keith's year – the Syndicate, winning the Hard-Hitting Championship, his split with Cornell, alliance with his sons and the men he's helped to train – Troy Tornado's year – returning from injury to save Painful Procedure from assault, stepping up to challenge Tommy Cornell, winning the championship, becoming the Triple-Threat Champion – Johnny Bloodstone – from the Bombshell's mystery hype videos through his debut against Sammy Bach to his splitting the World Heavyweight Championship by making Tommy Cornell tap out – and Remo Richardson's unbeaten streak since his debut. Mixed in there are the title victories of Frankie Perez, Koshiro Ino, the New Wave and John Anderson, as well as Aaron Andrews' incredible performance against Cornell, Wolf Hawkins crushing Genghis Rahn's skull against the cage wall with a Full Moon Rising to send him out of TCW, Sean Deeley's meteoric rise and Chris Rockwell's descent into insanity.

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Aaron Andrews vs. Tommy Cornell
As could be expected from their previous clashes, this match is a real doozy. Aaron seems particularly fired up by the fact the match is on PPV, and he takes the fight to Cornell from the off, landing a spinebuster inside the first minute and forcing a narrow kickout.

Cornell retaliates in fine style, but after their two previous bouts, it's becoming pretty clear that both men have the other scouted. For a while the match seems entirely equal, with one side or the other breaking through when they get lucky more than anything else. Aaron manages to block the Rough Ride, too, turning it into a whirlybird DDT that gets another two. The clothesline Cornell hits a moment later gets a long two of it's own, but both men break apart after that, circling cautiously.

There's one move, however, that one of these men has which hasn't been scouted. Andrews manages to stun Cornell in the fourteenth minute and scoops him up for the Game Breaker, but Cornell reacts the exact same way Wolf Hawkins had, raking his eyes and slipping clear at speed. The look on his face makes it clear what he expects from the Game Breaker.

Moments later, however, things go badly for Andrews. Cornell gets a suplex on him and Sam Sparrow is in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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Wolf Hawkins slides into the ring with a chair, and Andrews drops from a brutal shot to the head. Cornell looks at his protege for a long moment, but as Sparrow recovers, he shakes his head and makes the cover.
Tommy Cornell defeated Aaron Andrews
Rating: A

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In the ring, Cornell stands and beckons Hawkins in. The two go close, and they're clearly arguing for some time, the gestures taking in the prone form of Aaron Andrews. After maybe a couple minutes of this, however, Tommy Cornell abruptly breaks off, staring at the entrance – where Sam Keith, hands on his hips, stands watching, with the same smirk on his lips he had when he first raised doubts in Wolf Hawkins' mind.

“Old habits die hard,” Dangerous muses. “He got me that way once, back in 1990. Spent the next six months second-guessing myself.”

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Frankie Perez © w/ Phil Vibert vs. Hell Monkey
There's something about the way these two go face to face that suggests they're not confident of the end result, and the general clash casts a pall over the fight. Nonetheless, there's some good stuff here, with Perez concentrating on his submission skill as his big advantage against the speed, agility and power of Hell Monkey.

Perhaps the biggest moment of the match is Perez' foray into a high-speed assault of his own, handspringing off the ropes to deliver an enzuigiri. Or perhaps it's Hell Monkey hitting an electric chair drop from his position on the top turnbuckle. But the match actually ends a little more prosaically; Hell Monkey tries for the Tumbling Monkey, misses, and Frankie is on him immediately to apply the P-Clutch. Trapped in the center of the ring, Hell Monkey is forced to submit.
Frankie Perez defeated Hell Monkey
Rating: C+

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The camera goes backstage, and behind Sam Keith and the Blonde Bombshell, Johnny Bloodstone and Art Reed are trying holds on each other, the Keith twins occasionally stepping in to make a suggestion; this usually prompts quiet discussion, and almost invariably Bloodstone's explanation appears to be final.

Sam Keith, meanwhile, smiles. “Behind me are four of the finest wrestlers I've ever helped to train,” he says. The Bombshell nods approval, and takes up the theme. “Surrounding me are five of the best wrestlers anywhere on this planet,” she says. “I'll happily put any of these men up against any other wrestler you care to name... But at the moment, the best of them is undisputable.

“He is in his prime.” Keith concedes this point with a rueful nod. “He has years of experience. And his World Heavyweight Championship marks him out as one of the best competitors in the world even without all of that.

“But right now, that championship is disputed. He and Troy Tornado have an equal right to it. Tornado's right is up for grabs this month, where Johnny's right was on the line last month. But at Malice in Wonderland – at the biggest event of the year – the dispute is over.” She nods. “At Malice in Wonderland, they have the chance to unify the belts. Whoever it is, though...” A grin. “Whoever steps into the ring with Johnny is going to learn that he really is...” She sighs happily, “...in anything he puts his mind to... the very, very best.”

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Rick Law vs. Tyson Baine
There's something about the big monster and the heroic underdog when it's done well, and when these two are together, they snap into their roles perfectly.

Law comes out to the ring carrying the nightstick he's been relying on against Baine, who brings no weapons with him. He doesn't seem to feel he'll need them, and he may be right.

There's nothing pretty about this. There isn't much that's fancy about it; one of the biggest moments is a German suplex by Law that he manages even to hold onto and bridge despite Baine's size. Baine kicks out, though, and turns back to his original plan, destroying Law with a boot before working him over and tossing him out of the ring.

He sets up to kneedrop him from the second rope to the outside, but Law rolls out of the way at the last second, grabbing his nightstick and following up the injured knee with a shot to the head – to the knee – to the head – to the knee.

Especially to the knee. Baine manages to end the assault, one massive hand dumping Law on his ass. He climbs back onto the apron, Law clips the knee with the nightstick again again. Baine reaches out for him, and Law grabs the second rope, flipping it up over his head. Trapping him in the classic hangman trap – head sandwiched between the top two ropes.

Rick climbs onto the apron at the corner and raises his arm, getting the crowd to react. A short charge later leads to a Long Arm Of the Law on the trapped, choking neck that flips Baine over the top rope, releasing him from the ropes and leaving him absolutely stationary on the mat.

For good measure, Law drops the leg across the back of his neck, rolls him over, and gets the pin.
Rick Law defeated Tyson Baine
Rating: B

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Freddy Huggins vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
Huggins has very little in the way of crowd support here, which does slow the crowd down in reacting. But the story of this match really is the development of Sean Deeley from frowning, focused submission machine to a man who seems genuinely to enjoy what he's doing. He's picking his moments, circling, having fun, almost taunting Freddy.

And if he's almost taunting Freddy, Laura actually is. Which keeps the faster wrestler rattled and frustrated, which leads, inevitably, to Sean Deeley getting the front choke lock to secure victory.
Sean Deeley defeated Freddy Huggins
Rating: C+

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Shout At The Devil hits, and Mayhem Midden comes down to the ring, Charlie Thatcher in tow and briefcase in hand.

“Before this next match takes place,” he begins, “I just want to take a moment to speak to two of the people involved.

“The Board of Investors met last week to review footage from our first ever intergender match. There was a lot of discussion, but the end of the deliberations is this: in 2009, TCW will introduce a championship for women to compete for. I've been assigned the task of finding the very best in women's wrestling to bring before you fans.” He grins, just for a second.

“I'm lucky; we've already got two of them here. Next month, at Malice in Wonderland, one woman will make history by becoming the first person...” He hands the briefcase to Charlie, who holds it flat so he can open it and lift something out.

“...to wear this.”

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Womens Belt by ReapeR

“I don't have to tell anyone here what it means when TCW selects you to wrestle at Malice in Wonderland, so I want to say good luck to Lauren, to Kate – and to everyone else who'll be appearing on your TV screens in the weeks to come.”

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Chris Rockwell & Lauren Easter vs. Kate Dangerous & Rocky Golden
The two men essentially brawl. Meanwhile, as the bell rings, Lauren Easter vaults over the top rope and charges for Kate Dangerous. As the brawl escalates, Dangerous and Easter put on a wrestling clinic, soaring moves, takedowns, mat holds and big suplexes a speciality.

The camera certainly spends more time on the women than it does on the men, who are, simply, fighting to be fighting – or possibly not; as the fight goes on it becomes clear that Golden has a strategy, and that at the core of that strategy is a desire to make Rockwell lose his temper. The more furious Rockwell gets, the more Golden grins and the better he likes it.

But he hasn't accounted for Lauren Easter. After escaping from a Boston crab through sheer flexibility, Easter thumbs Dangerous' eye and catches Rocky from behind with a forearm to the back of the head. He stumbles, which is all Rockwell needs; a shining wizard takes him to the grond and the Furusawa Armbar clamps down immediately. As Dangerous tries to break it up, Lauren Easter cuts her off with a Northern Lights Suplex, and Rocky Golden is forced to tap out.
Chris Rockwell & Lauren Easter defeated Kate Dangerous & Rocky Golden
Rating: B

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Chris Rockwell, uncharacteristically, releases the hold immediately, rolling to his knees, head back, eyes clenched shut, arms held high in celebration. He climbs the nearest turnbuckle, grinning likc a madman, screaming something indistinct at the crowd as his thumbs jab back toward him, pointing at him.

He repeats it once, then moves across to another turnbuckle, where he gets partway through the same thing – and First We Take Manhattan begins to play.

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Phil Vibert is on his way out.

He stops at the entrance, again, and offers a slow, mocking clap to Rockwell.

“Well, Chris, you won one,” he says, smirking. “Actually, that's not true. From where I'm standing, Lauren did all the heavy lifting. But you got a win in the books, so congratulations for that, I guess.” He shrugs. “You used to be great, man. What the hell happened?”

Rockwell bails from the ring, heading after him at a run, but Vibert is already out of shot. Behind him, Lauren Easter smiles slightly.

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An electric guitar is heard, the tone rising steadily as the video screen shows Sammy Bach at play. He smiles at the cameras, the music reaching a peak before he sets the guitar aside. “Perhaps Tornado will be the next name I add to my list,” he muses. “Or Bruce, or... Well.” He smiles. “Tonight I sustain my legend. Tonight I crush Sam Keith, and tonight, I use that victory for rebirth.

“Tonight, I become champion. I end the name that Tommy Cornell could not...” He smiles. “Which should prove a point. I hope you're watching, Wolf.”

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The screen's image cuts. Sam Keith is in view once again, this time dressed ready to compete. He nods gravely at the camera. “Sammy Bach,” he says, “Is... someone I'd probably look up to, if I was starting out today.

“He knows exactly what he wants. He has the talent to get it.” That manipulative smile is back on Keith's lips. “He understands the sport inside out. More than that...” He taps his finger against his temple. “He understands the sportsmen. He knows how to get inside minds. How to make you worried. How to start you off on the back foot and keep you there.

“And on top of that talent and that understanding, he has an incredible tolerance for pain. Sammy Bach is going places, and the way to the place he wants to go right now lies straight through me. And that... That has me worried.

“But Sammy, your mindgames don't. Your attacks don't. Because I'm not starting out today.

“Today, I'm a multi-time champion who's about to go into a match where the only thing you can't do is bring a friend or a weapon. And I know everything you know about the games before a match.

“If I'm worried, Sammy, it's because I know how good you are.”

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Sam Keith © w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sammy Bach
The two men set out to live up to the promises they've just made, and the result is fast – faster than you'd expect from a man Sam Keith's age – and slick.

Keith is concentrating on Bach's knee from the off, looking to limit him, but Sammy Bach has his own plan; pin Keith fast, pin him often, and do some damage in between. All he's looking for is to shock the breath out of an old veteran for the three seconds he needs; the fact he literally opens the contest with a kick to the groin shows how he plans to go on.

That riles the fans, and they certainly stay riled, with Bach constantly trying one cheap trick or another. The thing is, Sam Keith has just as many, and the contest stays even, though by twenty minutes in Keith is showing signs of flagging.

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Fortunately, he doesn't have much longer to wrestle. Sammy Bach lands a bulldog and has just made it back to his feet, gingerly testing the knee Keith has been attacking – and Texas Pete lands a chair right between his eyes, drawing the DQ immediately. Standing over him, Pete yells “How's it feel when it's YOU?”
Sammy Bach wins via DQ
Rating: A

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No Shelter begins to play, and with it, as ever, comes Ricky Dale Johnson. He takes a moment to take in the fans' reaction, smiling, and waves.

Then he points upward, above the ring, at the cage structure hanging above. The fans' volume redoubles, and RDJ smiles all the wider.

“Fool me once,” he begins, “shame on me. Fool me twice, I'm putting you in a cage.”

He looks around again. “Phil, tonight you don't get involved. Tonight you don't reach out and touch someone. So we'll actually settle this... won't we?”

He walks down to the ring. “Sorry to spring this on you, Remo... Huh.” He stops, tilting his head to one side. “I actually mean that. Strange, but... I do. Well... it can't be helped. The Board only moves so fast, and like you heard earlier tonight, they've got a lot on their plate. Come on down, Remo – let's get this done.”

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Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. RDJ
Last month, these two produced a pretty entertaining, fast go-round that captured the crowd's attention. This month is no different. This month, the cage makes things more personal.

And, of course, it's also a weapon. RDJ is no stranger to the cage, and nor is Remo – though someone who'd followed his career might say he'd stepped his game up tonight, and perhaps he has. Or perhaps it's just the fact that his opponent, this fight... it's all much more intense, much more brutal than the environments he's traditionally found himself in, and he's responding to that.

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In either case, it's equal before Frankie Perez arrives. The P-Dawg scales the cage, sitting poised on top as if ready to jump off.

RDJ has to give this threat its attention, even while Perez simply sits there, and Remo takes full advantage of RDJ's distraction.

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He's just got two off the Lumbar Puncture when the crowd react again – Chris Rockwell hits ringside and scrambles straight up the cage wall behind Frankie Perez. Reaching up with one hand, he shoves the All Action Champion into the ring itself, ending his threat, and takes his place for a moment.

As Remo turns to witness his ally's impact, RDJ staggers him backward with a roaring uppercut – and Rockwell leaps, driving a knee into Remo's chest. Remo drops from the impact, and before he can get up, a winded and obviously pained Chris Rockwell gets the headlock and rains down a flurry of knees into his face, before picking him up and whipping him toward RDJ.

Ricky gets the Southern Justice on instinct, but before he covers he favours Rockwell with a long, baleful glare. Remo, however, doesn't kick out until a hair too late.
Ricky Dale Johnson defeated Remo Richardson
Rating: B

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New Wave © vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch
Both teams come out with weapons at their sides for this one. Carl Batch has begun to adopt a characteristic strut to the ring, and as he performs it, the Riders, behind him, exchange amused glances.

Once the bell rings, all four men get involved – why not, after all?

And in the opening minutes, the New Wave remind the world once again why they're often called the BEST TAG TEAM IN THE WORLD TODAY, using their DaVE-won experience to run roughshod over the Easy Riders. The thing is – as Mayhem Midden notes - “it sure looks like the Riders are trying to find their measure before they cut loose.”

Billy Fonda takes a slam from Scout onto a steel chair; Guide sets up for the Guided Missile while Scout charges Peter Hopper, cutting him off.

Guide stalks Fonda, then comes in – but Fonda was faking, and as Guide charges, he takes a thrown chair straight into the face at top speed.

Fonda and Hopper promptly beat down Scout, then take him to the corner. Hopper passes Carl Batch a chain, and it gets looped around Scout's neck, anchoring him to the turnbuckle as Batch holds on, choking him, keeping him in place.

Meanwhile, the Riders unfold the chair, setting it up in the ring, then hit the Emergency Stop on Guide, dumping him onto the chair. It's academic from that moment on that there will be new tag team champions.
Easy Riders defeated the New Wave
Rating: C

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John Anderson © vs. Wolf Hawkins
This has to be the most simple of TCW's current rivalries. There's a title. There's a point of pride. And there's a former alliance. That's all it takes to bring these two together, and once they're together, they perform so well.

It's the epitome of the traditional professional wrestling match, with the two men using their understanding of one another to deliver on the highest level. Everything is crisp, slick, and fast. Everything makes sense, as Anderson plays a cagey game, Hawkins is out to prove a point, and the two work on each other.

This is the third in their series, plus a couple of Machines/Syndicate contests. The exchanges are the natural consequence of that, always one block, one counter, one reversal longer than in prior matches. It's difficult to explain quite what's so captivating without referring back to those matches, and Azaria manages to layer in those references without tangling the contest up.

In the end, Anderson is the man with the decisive counter, getting the Ammo Dump after fifteen minutes and securing a pinfall from that.
John Anderson defeated Wolf Hawkins
Rating: A

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Troy Tornado © vs. Eddie Peak vs. Jeremy Stone
All three men are hungry for this one, and they don't exactly hold back, Syndicate issues or not. Tornado is a dervish here, clearly smarting from Bruce's return, looking to prove something. Stone, meanwhile, sees Peak's championship inexperience as the weak link.

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In the eighteenth minute, with Sparrow downed, Tommy Cornell hits the ring with the retired TCW belt and lays out both Tornado and Peak, the latter by placing the belt over his shoulder and getting the Rough Ride.

Jeremy Stone makes the cover on Peak, but he kicks out. He covers Tornado - and Sean Deeley pulls him out of the ring to break the count.

Cornell goes right after Deeley, and Eddie Peak levels Cornell from behind.

Stone gets clear, escaping, it seems, into the ring, and turns around – right into a Star Maker!
Troy Tornado defeated Eddie Peak and Jeremy Stone
Rating: A

Show Rating: A*

Phantom Stranger

06-24-2010, 10:06 PM

Notes:

- And so ends 2008. From now on, all shows will be simmed via TEW2010. Still a bit more work to be done before the database corresponds to my savegame, but we're getting there.

- Nine months in charge in-diary and we arrive at our first A* show... as the save ends, to be renewed in a new game. Still, this one served its purpose; for me, at least, this would have been a worthwhile purchase if I lived in the C-Verse.

- The New Wave fall at last. I like long title reigns, but I'm not sure that the Easy Riders will endure for as long. We'll see.

- Sweet-ass Women's belt by ReapeR deserves singling out. The brief was for a belt that showed the division would be taken as seriously as the men's, and I think he nailed it.

- It's going to be a couple days before much else happens on the diary front as I finish off the database adjustments. In the interests of passing some time, I'm happy to answer any questions I can without giving away future plans - feel free to inquire.

- Thanks to everyone reading, and to everyone who's bumped this thread with predictions over the last week as I got my arse back in gear. Malice In Wonderland is the show I view as the 'Mania-equivalent for TCW (I know I'm unusual in that) so hopefully what we have on tap for that will keep your interest piqued.

Bigpapa42

06-24-2010, 10:42 PM

Great way to close out the 2008 portion of the diary, PS. The A* and the show as a whole. Looking forward to the next step with this one.

Phantom Stranger

06-25-2010, 08:30 AM

Great way to close out the 2008 portion of the diary, PS. The A* and the show as a whole. Looking forward to the next step with this one.

Thank ya kindly, and let me just say - you're not the only one!

Phantom Stranger

06-27-2010, 07:13 AM

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Tuesday 2nd January 2008
Now that the year-end hangovers have worn off, I'm happy to say that the mood backstage before our first broadcast of the year is about as good as it's ever been.

In part, this is because our new PPV deal came at the absolute perfect time to make for a record buyrate on the show where we recap the year to date. In part, it's because of the dirtsheets.

Or, really, what they've evolved into. Some of these magazines are pretty slick these days and virtually all of them have an online version which goes up a lot faster.

The long and the short of this, essentially, is that the end of year wrestling awards arrive before the middle of January these days. I say 'awards'; they don't mean a great deal, but they're something of a source of pride when they've been earned. (Speaking for myself, I'll admit to a certain amount of pride at having a Match of the Year and a couple of very high places on the Power 100 in my past). The Power 100 this year was pretty dominated by us – a quarter of the wrestlers showcased are under contract to us, more if you're inclined, for some reason, to give us credit for Jack Bruce.

The following excerpts are reprinted from Pro Wrestling Almanac (January 2009) with kind permission of the copyright holders
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Young Wrestler Of The Year
It's been an astonishingly good year to be young and talented. Aaron Andrews has been featured on TCW programming pretty heavily all year, and he's been moving up the card the whole time. Alicia Strong's first full year as a pro was as good as you'd expect. Ash Campbell has showed his desire – he's working for Dean Daniels, George DeColt AND Mitch Naess at the moment, flying around North America constantly to hone his craft. Emerald Angel remains at or near the top of WLW. Gino Montero hasn't had a full year in the business, but he's nonetheless strung together a series of matches no one would expect him to be able to coax out of his opponents in his own promotion of MHW.

I could go on; the Keith twins have certainly made an impact in TCW, too. Jay Chord has chosen the tough test that is INSPIRE. Marc DuBois has made as much out of the sudden gap at the top of SWF as anyone not called Rich Money. Seiji Jimbo has had a first brief title reign in PGHW, taking home the Historical Japan strap.

But, with the people already mentioned and one other, this was always going to be TCW's year. Under the eye of first Joel Bryant and then Horatio Dangerous, Cornell's company has radically stepped up its interest in developmental companies, and by their signings it's clear they're looking to the future. (And why not? Sam Keith and RDJ can't go forever, and while I think they've been good signings, nor can Jeremy Stone or Eric Tyler.)

The thing is, only Aaron Andrew's late acceleration really has a chance of taking this year's achievement from the man who's won it.

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Wolf Hawkins started the year as part of the hottest stable in professional wrestling, a title on his arm. While he hasn't had that title for some time, he's been in action constantly, putting on excellent matches on a regular basis. With 71 televised matches under his belt and 41 wins, and what looks like a slow burn to a feud with mentor and TCW icon Tommy Cornell in progress, the future looks bright for Hawkins – and he caps that off by becoming PWA's Young Wrestler of the Year.

Female Wrestler of the Year
Sadly, it seems unlikely she'll repeat this next year. However, any year where a woman not nicknamed 'Sensational' or 'Thunder' wins this is an unusual year, and in any year where it happens, we can only recommend you take a look.

She started the year out with USPW, AAA and 5SSW. That makes for a hectic schedule, and dropping AAA from her commitments in October didn't really slow it down. She's wrestled 87 major matches – discounting independent appearances – in 2008, and won just under half at 84. If you need a primer on her performance, we recommend hunting down her non-title challenge to Thunder Hike or the same week's battle against Sensational Ogiwara from the Firecracker Tour in August, but the series against Kit Hatoyama she wrapped that tour with was also excellent.

Or you could check the very beginning of December's Raw Power Tour, where in the first night's main event she took the 5 Star World Title from Hike, losing it to DEVIL Karube midway through the next week when it became clear she would jump ship. Rumour has it that she was approached by TCW just before the victory; the word is that Kagawa and Chishu gave her a brief reign with the 5 Star strap as a thank you for her efforts these past five years.

On her arrival in TCW she immediately got involved in the company's first intergender tag match, and it looks pretty likely that she may be the first TCW Women's champion.

She's got more people talking about joshi on both sides of the Pacific all year, and her performances have backed that up. On top of it all, she's been helping to train aspiring grapplers at her father's Philadelphia wrestling school.

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We have to give the Female Wrestler of the Year award to Kate Dangerous.

Most Improved Promotion
As always, we expect to catch some heat for this one, and the only defence we have for it, as ever, is the simple exhortation to look at the numbers.

In a year when even Richard Eisen's baby fell on hard times, when the American industry as a whole has had to hunker down and weather the storm, one promotion has found the money to invest in the future, supporting CZCW, FCW and latterly AAA with funds, hot signings, and excellent trainers. That same promotion has almost doubled its weekly broadcast time, using the extra time to showcase talent that had previously been neglected, added a women's division, and built it's own exclusive arena for upcoming events. It now broadcasts globally on PPV and covers most major areas with its flagship show Total Wrestling. It's made major signings and its PPV buyrate, as a result of global expansion and American upgrade, is through the roof, competitive with a typical SWF broadcast at recent heights rather than current lows.

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You can talk about how well CGC have done creatively, or the excellence of NOTBPW's wrestling. Mention WLW's rise to the point where they can offer exclusive deals. But hands down, the company that's made the biggest strides in 2008 is TCW.

Promotion of the Year
This one, as ever, created some controversy around the office. Hottest feud of the year, unquestionably, was Shuji Inukai's all-year battle with Yoshimi Musashibo over control of PGHW's Glory Crown, and the fact it stayed so hot even five months after Inukai's July title win gives you some idea how much we got obsessed with it here in the PWA offices.

As ever, Dan Stone's boys have weathered the storm of talent raids to produce some of the greatest wrestling seen all year. And the founding father of PWA, the 'Big Papa' as you know him, has been insisting on SWF for this spot simply because they've finally given Rich Money the big belt to run with.

But the eventual choice is there because it's... well, it's not been a year like any other for them. TCW's feuds have seemed to overlap a lot, with one being set up before the first ends. Their tag division has gone from anaemic to excellent despite the loss of the Machines to singles competition, they're pushing young talent and new arrivals, and Mayhem Midden, we have to admit, has done far, far better as Board Representative than anyone had any right to expect.

I don't agree with everything they've done – I feel that Eric Tyler could have headlined one or two PPVs early on before becoming bogged down with the School of Tradition star-making job squad, say, and Rick Law's somewhat bizarre unstoppability doesn't quite sit right with me – but when you poll the office you'll find someone happy with almost everything, even if they dislike what I enjoyed.

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Add to this their dominance of the Power 100, their financial success and expansion in a horrific economic climate, and the fact they're now home to both the Young and Female Wrestlers of the Year, and they get by – as every Promotion of the Year does – on consensus.

Phantom Stranger

06-28-2010, 09:19 AM

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Welcome to the new year, and we now have less than a month before Malice in Wonderland! The show of the year is almost here, and with Troy Tornado surviving last night, we know now that the unification match will see Tornado pitted against Johnny Bloodstone for the most valuable prize in professional wrestling.

Hot off his own title defence, John Anderson faces off in a non-title affair against the tenacious JD Morgan on the upcoming Total Wrestling. This one is guaranteed to be a masterclass.

What many fans called impossible happened at Psycho Circus. The Easy Riders overcame the New Wave and have all but guaranteed a space on the biggest show of the year as defending champions. Before that happenes, however, they too have a non-title challenge to face, as the Keith Brothers have thrown down the gauntlet and Carl Batch has accepted.

Tommy Cornell had some harsh words during the matchmaking meeting for Sam Keith. Tonight, Keith steps into the ring with one half of the Enforcers, Julian Watson. Cornell has all but promised that the Syndicate will tear Sam and his allies apart in his bragging backstage - look for Watson to concentrate on doing damage.

Tyson Baine has someone else in his sights. We're not quite sure why, but Baine and Koshiro Ino are set to clash. Mayhem Midden has informed us that this was at the request of one of the participants, but no word has come out on which one.

Eddie Peak was shockingly removed from the equation in last night's title match by Tommy Cornell. Mr Cornell has decreed that Peak must face Eric Tyler tonight - an unconnected decision or a distraction attempt? You be the judge, but what's for sure is that Peak cannot afford to overlook Tyler, the man who did so much to the 'Bloody Handed God' back in DaVE.

And to complete the Syndicate's activity for the night, the Canadian Wrestling Machine Jeremy Stone is set to face off with Brent Hill in the main event. As Mr Midden put it when he informed us he'd made the match, "right now I just want to sit back and watch two of the world's best wrestle, you know?"

All this and more on Total Wrestling tonight - we hear that Tommy Cornell plans to offer Aaron Andrews a place in the Syndicate following his showing at Psycho Circus, and we expect Sean Deeley's involvement in the main event to have consequences.

Plus a special look at the burgeoning women's division - and both Troy Tornado and Johnny Bloodstone, our World Heavyweight Champions, are confirmed as being in the building.

Prediction Key:
JD Morgan vs. John Anderson (non-title)

The Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. the Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell (non-title)

Julian Watson vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily vs. Tyson Baine

Eddie Peak vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins

Brent Hill vs. Jeremy Stone

Teh_Showtime

06-28-2010, 09:28 AM

JD Morgan vs. John Anderson (non-title)

The Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. the Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell (non-title)

Julian Watson vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily vs. Tyson Baine

Eddie Peak vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins

Brent Hill vs. Jeremy Stone

Dragonmack

06-28-2010, 09:31 AM

Bigpapa42

06-28-2010, 10:06 AM

Regis

06-28-2010, 10:13 AM

Prediction Key:
JD Morgan vs. John Anderson (non-title)
JOBBER!

The Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. the Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell (non-title)
Not this early on. Their first match after their big win? The Riders are going to go on the rampage for a while yet.

Julian Watson vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
JOBBER!

Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily vs. Tyson Baine
A draw. Not sure who would benefit most from a win here.

Eddie Peak vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins
Eddie's a big star these days, and Tyler is a gatekeeper at best.

Brent Hill vs. Jeremy Stone
Younger, and hasn't worked much in a while. Needs a win to keep him sweet.

Zergon

06-28-2010, 11:38 AM

JD Morgan vs. John Anderson (non-title)
it´s non-title but likely because Morgan literally haven´t done anything to get a title shot

The Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. the Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell (non-title)
Keith Brothers on the other hand are big enough names that i could see them going over the tag champs in order to make a title match somewhere in the future

Julian Watson vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
Not much question here

Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily vs. Tyson Baine
No idea here but Baine just lost to Law so maybe he gains some of his momentum back here

Eddie Peak vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins
Ok this will probably go other way around but I give this to Tyler either via cheating or DQ.

Brent Hill vs. Jeremy Stone
I still think Hill more as a tag team guy than a singles star and that´s why I go with Stone here

Candyman

06-28-2010, 06:23 PM

Tigerkinney

06-29-2010, 06:56 AM

JD Morgan vs. John Anderson (non-title)

Non title or not Morgan's a jobber

The Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. the Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell (non-title)

No that the Keith's are anywhere near jobbers but I think you'll want the new tag champs to remain looking strong and continue on a winning run, despite the non title stip.

Julian Watson vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Keith isn't going to lose to one of Cornell's jobber goons

Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily vs. Tyson Baine

Ino could do with a big win just to make him more visible again, but my head says Baine wins this.

Eddie Peak vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins

Tyler has slipped into the role of veterna gatekeeper and Peak is gradually being groomed for a main event run.

Brent Hill vs. Jeremy Stone

Stone's recently challenged for the 'Canadian' World Title belt, Hill seems to have slipped off the radar a bit.

Phantom Stranger

07-01-2010, 06:35 PM

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 1 January 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 7.21)
Rebroadcast on Continental Sports X1 (Rating 0.01)

Held at Maryland Wood (Mid Atlantic)

Attendance: 27,038

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Shawn Doakes

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The lights go out at the start of the show and a lone electric guitar begins to play, ramping up to a technically brilliant crescendo. As it reaches a peak and begins to wail, the lights flare brilliant white for a moment then drop back to normal – and Troy Tornado is standing in the center of the ring, belt around his waist, smiling broadly.

He raises one hand into the air, devil's horns clasped, as the fans react, and turns slowly to take them all in before raising his microphone to his mouth. “Happy new year,” he begins, and grins, watching the crowd's reaction.

“Time like this, it's important to take stock of where you are, and how you got there.

“This time last year I was injured. I was out. I couldn't wrestle. And my closest friends in this business... the people closest to me, the band... they'd shut me out. And I'd deserved it, you know?” He grins.

“But that turned around... and I came back, and when I came back, Tommy Cornell's dace card was free.

“It took three months to get through the Syndicate. Three months to handle all of Tommy's paranoid protection. But when I did...” He pats the belt fondly. “I became your champion. We can say a lot of things about what I was like when I lost it. When I took my best friends and I threw them away.

“But I don't think you can deny that since I came back, I've made you guys proud. I hope I've made my friends proud.” His face takes on a serious expression. “Even Billy Jack, off on vacation.

“Painful Procedure is still here, and I for one am glad. So here we go, New Year, Same Champion, and -”

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Break Stuff begins to play, and Johnny Bloodstone emerges, flanked by the Blonde Bombshell.

The two just stand there for a moment, Bloodstone staring at Tornado, a belt around his own waist. The Bombshell raises the microphone to her lips.

“In just under a month, Troy... at the biggest show of the year... the better man will win.”

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JD Morgan vs. John Anderson
The first televised match of the new era of TCW is a worthy candidate for that honour. It looks like Morgan has decided that he can only get ahead one way; by proving himself. And Anderson is more than happy to help him, as these two really do showcase the absolute best in mat wrestling.

It's... uncanny. It's certainly the match of Morgan's later years. Arguably, it's the best match he's ever had.

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And that's not the true, total story of the match, because partway through, as Morgan, checking on his knee, has Sam Sparrow's attention, Joel Bryant attacks. He catches an Anderson who's been stunned by just how aggressive Morgan has been, and he hoists him for the One Shot Drop – but Anderson manages to flip out of it, catching him with a boot to the gut and the Ammo Dump.

Morgan, recovered, blocks Anderson's suplex and takes him down into the Cross-Atlantic Stretch.

The champion survives only by rolling over to force Morgan's shoulders to the mat, enduring the pain long enough to secure the three count.
John Anderson defeated JD Morgan
Rating: A

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Jack Bruce is shown backstage, sitting there, his guitar resting beside his chair, slightly slumped. Looking up at the camera he sighs and begins.

“I remember the band.

“I remember when we stood before you, and you cheered us.

“And I went away from all that. I had my reasons. But I went away.

“And he came in. He... won them away from me, I guess.

“I was kicked out. Everyone talked about the new singer. Everyone talked about the new songs. No one cared about Showtime.

“And I come back... and only one of the men I used to rock with is still here. Because he has taken my band, and he has changed it beyond all recognition.

“Well, Troy, watch out. Because when it comes to Showtime, you are going to face... a very... Painful. Procedure.”

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Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch
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Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell
It seems that no one wants to let down the kind of effort Morgan had put out earlier, and this is probably the best tag team match not using main event talent in months.

All four men get chances to really shine, but the Riders do seem to have things in hand – except that they can't put the Keiths away, with Matthew in particular managing to avoid the Emergency Stop on two or three occasions. The result inevitably rolls on to the twenty minute time limit, and Ray Johnson calls a halt to the action.
Easy Riders drew with Keith Brothers
Rating: A

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We go to a video clip, next, of Sean Deeley's appearance in the main event of Psycho Circus, pulling Jeremy Stone out of the ring and preventing his pinfall attempt. Azaria notes, somewhat indignantly, that this is only half of the story, missing Tommy Cornell's assault out. He also wonders aloud who put this clip together.

The clip continues, showing Deeley cut down by Cornell.

“It's not enough,” comes a voice, and the clip is replaced by a shot of the Canadian Wrestling Machine, Jeremy Stone.

“You cost me my title, you little punk. You kept me from making good on my promise to the fans.

“I'm going to destroy you this month, Deeley. You and me on the biggest stage of all.

“Tell your family not to watch.”

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Julian Watson vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
Watson puts up something of a fight here, but he's doing something that's not exactly designed to win the day on its own; he's just going for Keith's knee. Which doesn't focus into much of Watson's style, but it's pretty clear.

He's just trying to injure Sam Keith, and Sam, partly as a result of this, is just trying to win as fast as he can.

He knows what he's doing, and he manages to get there fast enough that he can just about stay on his feet when he hits the Neutron Plex. The three count swiftly follows.
Sam Keith defeated Julian Watson
Rating: C+

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Tommy Cornell is out in the ring as we come back from commercial, and so are Wolf Hawkins and Tyson Baine. The three men are in their suits, rather than dressed for competition, and there is a desk in front of them; on top of the desk, a long, thin bag, six feet or so, with a coathanger protruding from one end.

“Aaron Andrews,” Cornell says into the microphone. “Would you please come out here.”

For a few moments, all is silence. Cornell pulls a face. “Aaron, I still run the bloody company, and your arse is expected in the ring, so-”

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Push It by Garbage begins to play, and Aaron Andrews follows his theme out, down to the ring, in jeans and a Rising Stars T-shirt. The message is pretty clear, and Cornell doesn't look happy – but he continues.

“Right,” he says. “Now as anyone who was paying attention Sunday knows, you did bloody well. You've been doing bloody well a long time, matter of fact, and while Sam Keith's been talking out his backside about whose slot I'm offering, he's right about one thing.

“There's a slot for you in the Syndicate, Aaron. All you have to do is say yes.” He nods to Wolf Hawkins, and Hawkins... just folds his arms.

“This isn't about Keith's bull****,” Cornell says, but Baine, playing peacemaker, has unzipped the suit bag, lifting out another suit on a hanger, offering it across to Aaron Andrews.

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Andrews takes the suit, testing the fabric between thumb and forefinger, looking back at the entrance... where Joey Minnesota is standing.

He looks back at the suit.

“Custom made,” Cornell says. “Like for all of my boys. I gave my tailor your measurements.”

“It's a good suit,” Aaron says, as Cornell holds out the mic. “It is. It just needs a little adjustment.”

And he rips the arm from the suit.

There's a moment of shock from Cornell. Hawkins reacts first, and he and Andrews trade blows for a couple of seconds. Tyson Baine lunges forward, but Joey Minnesota was already sprinting to the ring – and from somewhere, he's got a chair.

Baine takes a shot to the face and Minnesota forces Cornell to stand off with the chair. Meanwhile, Andrews stuns Hawkins using the Minnesota Salute jawbreaker, then hoists him onto his shoulders – and plants him with the Game Breaker!

The Rising Stars bail almost immediately afterward, knowing themselves to be overmatched.

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Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily vs. Tyson Baine
This match is brutal, absolutely brutal, and it starts fast – the Kobra is in the ring almost as soon as Andrews bails, and he stuns Baine with a Kobra's Bite to buy time to toss the table out of the ring.

The bell rings moments later, the crowd roaring, and Ino continues the assault, pausing to tear Baine's suit away chunk by chunk.

That slowdown nearly costs him, though, as Baine seizes him in a bearhug, rises, and hurls him into a turnbuckle before storming in with a clothesline.

From there on out, it's a brawl, and Baine has the advantage – but when he lifts Ino for the Hades Bomb, the Kobra proves to have been playing possum, and gets the Kobra's Bite from in the air. This time, Baine falls, and Ino takes full advantage, hooking both legs to score a significant victory.
Koshiro Ino defeated Tyson Baine
Rating: B-

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Ricky Dale Johnson stands backstage with Jasmine Saunders, who raises the microphone to her lips to begin the interview -

“There you are!”

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Chris Rockwell rushes onto the interview set, making a beeline for RDJ, looking around nervously. “Look, man, I need your help.”

RDJ stares at him, mouth open, and Rockwell continues. “When I gave you that hand, man, I think Remo snapped. I think he's after me, and everyone's being saying he's gonna kill me, man, it's just got outta hand...

“I need your help.”

RDJ shakes his head slowly. “After the way you treated me just a couple months ago? Come on.”

Rockwell almost screams in frustration and races off. Johnson and Saunders look back at each other, and with a rueful expression, Saunders turns to the camera. “I think that's all we have time for,” he says. “Sorry, Ricky...”

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Eddie Peak vs. Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins
There's always been a slight awkwardness when these two have faced off, but it's still generally good stuff, and Eddie Peak is on fire at the moment.

Tyler tells the match's story on his face; the jealous fury at the beginning, the cautious strategy as things go on, delight as he slowly gets the upper hand, and utter terror as Eddie snatches the advantage back from him – and then calm unconsciousness following the Peak of Perfection.
Eddie Peak defeated Eric Tyler
Rating: B

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Brent Hill vs. Jeremy Stone
Again, these two men aren't quite what you might hope together. However, they're still excellent enough workers that the match is well worth watching, and the crowd are absolutely lapping it up.

Hill is unfortunately showing himself to have issues with more and more of the crowd he'd be hoping to take on, and the results aren't all they can be – but this is not a bad consolation prize, and he even scores with the King of the Hill splash, if only to be frustrated when Stone kicks out.

Hill transitions to a kimura hold straight from the pin, much to the fans' excitement, but he's up against the Canadian Wrestling Machine; he manages to escape from the hold by switching position such that he can deliver a muscle buster, then rolls through to clamp down the Stone Hold with his usual enviable fluency.

Despite Brent's determination, there's no way out, and in the end, he has to tap.
Jeremy Stone defeated Brent Hill
Rating: B+

Show Rating: B+

Phantom Stranger

07-02-2010, 08:54 PM

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Wednesday 3rd January 2009
I got a phone call this luncthime from Ray Kingman, who by the sounds of things had caught our Total Wrestling last night and been overwhelmed by memories.

That sounds odd, but there is a reason. The reason is the Aaron Andrews sequence.

It is basically impossible for any booker to come up with the storyline that's entirely new, and probably impossible to come up with a gimmick that no one's done any version of these days. And Aaron's deal with the suit comes, in part, from late 1975, and Terry Lambert scrambling to a) keep Ray Kingman happily in the APWF and b) create a new main babyface for the promotion, which had to be done in weeks following Dan Stone's exit from the company.

(Stone, by the way, left in the company in a way that nearly ripped kayfabe open two decades before that actually happened. For a while, STONE 3:45 was the recognition sign of smart marks and true insiders alike. Ray, like George DeColt, wasn't happy with the behaviour of Terry Lambert that led up to that contest – but Lambert needed them. He was slowly beginning to realise that a promotion needs, at minimum, two primary talents – one top heel and one top face)

Terry Lambert's stable, the Crew, was just beginning to really find its stride. Lambert's classic arrogant heel routine revolved, in no small part, around the money he lavished on his life, turned into something his character could rub in the fans' faces. And a big part of that was the custom suits.

We didn't see Ray Kingman in suits. Not that he was particularly against that as a gimmick – but when you saw Ray Kingman, he was wrestling. When you saw, Lambert, half the time he just cut a promo – and he did that in a flash suit.

The tearing the suit was a major talking point and cemented Ray at the top of APWF for the next couple of years, where many people had thought he'd just concentrate on the CWF side of his career and let the Lamberts slide.

It's been nearly thirty five years, and I'm not sure anyone's used that angle as part of a program since – certainly, if they have, it's not been anywhere major. Ray seems glad to have seen it, although there was a bit of joking about why it was Aaron, not Barry.

I'm wondering, as I write this, how many of my readers remember the original, either from first broadcast or from one of the various highlight shows, retrospectives, or career DVDs that have featured it. This morning, according to Kate, the chatter on wrestling fansites was split pretty evenly between people reminiscing about the original and people talking about Aaron's version with no knowledge of where I stole it from.

I'm glad that people remember Ray's version. Honestly, as much as I expect Aaron to get himself over based on his performances so far, it's good to have people primed for it – and revisiting a storyline from the very top of a company is a good indicator for those smart fans to pick up on and anticipate.

Bigpapa42

07-02-2010, 10:25 PM

Great segment, PS. Loved it.

Phantom Stranger

07-03-2010, 08:44 AM

Great segment, PS. Loved it.

Thanks for the note, Big P. I'm getting pretty happy with the Andrews/Syndicate dynamic, though the original plan for all of that is still in place... But this fits nicely with a hire I made recently, so I'm pretty happy all round.

Phantom Stranger

07-04-2010, 07:03 AM

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The Keith Brothers couldn't squeak the win against tag champions the Easy Riders on Tuesday, but they're still looking for wins - and this Friday they go from thrown fists to mat strategists, as they take on the British Lions.

And after Aaron Andrews' rather vigourous opposition to Tommy Cornell's proposal, he and partner Joey Minnesota look to be punished. On Tuesday, Julian Watsom tried to cripple Sam Keith - on Badge of Honor, Rising Stars meet the Enforcers, and the message to be sent is more than clear.

Shingen Miyazaki of Team VIPER makes a rare singles outing, too. Sayeed Ali hasn't been on TV much, but he's slowly building a reputation at the many untelevised broadcasts. He has a chance to impress on Friday.

Six-man tag comes up after that; the Elite Express have been focused on the Conquering Kings and vice-versa, but this Friday, Acid joins the Express and Danny Fonzarelli sets out to even the sides.

And after that, it's the turn of the tag team champions themselves; the Easy Riders face off against Randall Hopkirk's team, the Balcony Express. It's a tough challenge for the Balcony boys, as all of theirs have been to date, but you can't fault their courage - and so much of wrestling is passion.

As a matter of fact, that axiom - the passion in wrestling - could well be highlighted in the contest that follows, as Rocky Golden, recently revitalised and beginning to connect with the fans as he once did, faces off against Sammy Bach, whose own actions in December may have cost him championship gold when Texas Pete came after him at the PPV. Quite the contrast in styles, here, but there's no question that both men are passionate about this business.

And then there's the main event. Rick Law has once again exercised his prerogative and named the Badge of Honor main event; Law will team with Chris Rockwell to face Tyson Baine and Remo Richardson. Asked to comment on his ally, Law simply said "No one else would."

Prediction Key:
British Lions vs. the Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell

Enforcers vs. Rising Stars

Sayeed Ali vs. Shingen Miyazaki w/ Baroness Emily

Conquering Kings & Danny Fonzarelli w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Elite Express & Acid w/ Laura Huggins

Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch (non-title)

Rocky Golden vs. Sammy Bach

Chris Rockwell & Rick Law vs. Remo Richardson & Tyson Baine w/ Phil Vibert

Zergon

07-04-2010, 07:34 AM

British Lions vs. the Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell
No change for British Lion´s here

Enforcers vs. Rising Stars
I hope that Enforcers would pick up a rare win but I doubt it happen here

Sayeed Ali vs. Shingen Miyazaki w/ Baroness Emily
No idea here so I´m going with guy who have been on screen more

Conquering Kings & Danny Fonzarelli w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Elite Express & Acid w/ Laura Huggins
I just like the heels better

Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch (non-title)
It´s non-title, but even then I don´t see Balcony Express going over

Rocky Golden vs. Sammy Bach
Golden haven´t really got much victories lately so I expect it to continue here

Chris Rockwell & Rick Law vs. Remo Richardson & Tyson Baine w/ Phil Vibert
CAn Rockwell and Law co-exist? I doubt that a little and Remo + Baine feels stronger even if they can so win for the big guys here

Regis

07-04-2010, 09:15 AM

British Lions vs. The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell
The Keiths are going somewhere, and the Lions won't take their first win at their expense.

Enforcers vs. Rising Stars
JOBBERS!

Sayeed Ali vs. Shingen Miyazaki w/ Baroness Emily
For once, someone who's a bigger jobber than one of the Japanese guys!

Conquering Kings & Danny Fonzarelli w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Elite Express & Acid w/ Laura Huggins
Fonzie and the Kings? Criminally under-used, not given their due. EE and Acid? Can sustain a push.

Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch (non-title)
JOBBERS!

Rocky Golden vs. Sammy Bach
My poor brutalised nutsack!

Chris Rockwell & Rick Law vs. Remo Richardson & Tyson Baine w/ Phil Vibert
His show.

Dragonmack

07-04-2010, 09:46 AM

Prediction Key:
British Lions vs. the Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell

Enforcers vs. Rising Stars

Sayeed Ali vs. Shingen Miyazaki w/ Baroness Emily

Conquering Kings & Danny Fonzarelli w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Elite Express & Acid w/ Laura Huggins

Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch (non-title)
Rocky Golden vs. Sammy Bach

Chris Rockwell & Rick Law vs. Remo Richardson & Tyson Baine w/ Phil Vibert

Bigpapa42

07-04-2010, 11:18 AM

British Lions vs. the Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell

Enforcers vs. Rising Stars

Sayeed Ali vs. Shingen Miyazaki w/ Baroness Emily

Conquering Kings & Danny Fonzarelli w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Elite Express & Acid w/ Laura Huggins

Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch (non-title)

Rocky Golden vs. Sammy Bach

Chris Rockwell & Rick Law vs. Remo Richardson & Tyson Baine w/ Phil Vibert

Candyman

07-04-2010, 12:53 PM

Beeker

07-04-2010, 08:50 PM

British Lions vs. the Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell
- The Lions continue to put on good showings but they aren't in the Keith Boys' league... yet.

Enforcers vs. Rising Stars
- Easy pick, because if the Stars job to the lowest of the Syndicate squad then that whole angle with Andrews is DOA.

Sayeed Ali vs. Shingen Miyazaki w/ Baroness Emily
- Not really sure, but Miyazaki is a tag team wrestler and Ali is looking to establish himself. He's a bit of a wildcard in where he'll slot in, but he needs this B-Show win more than Miyazaki.

Conquering Kings & Danny Fonzarelli w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Elite Express & Acid w/ Laura Huggins
- Unless the Crippler called in some chits, I think EE & Acid pick up the win as Fonz continues to spin his wheels. A midcard gatekeeper of sorts.

Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch (non-title)
- Title or not, the Riders will not lose in their first match after conquering the New Wave.

Rocky Golden vs. Sammy Bach
- Should be the main event but Law is a jerkhole! Bach had a grueling DQ win over Sam Keith on PPV, Golden was groping with girls. I enjoy Rocky's character, but who do you think has more momentum?

Chris Rockwell & Rick Law vs. Remo Richardson & Tyson Baine w/ Phil Vibert
- I know it's Law's show. I HATE that it's Law's show. But RemoBaine seem higher up the card than Law and the unstable Rock.

Oregano Jensen

07-07-2010, 02:24 AM

So many tag matches!

British Lions vs. the Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell

Given that the Keiths dragged the Riders to an A, and they fit in with the storylines properly, I'd say they're a good contender for the next title feud. So there's little doubt that they'll go over the Sacrifical Lions.

Enforcers vs. Rising Stars

Enforcers aren't playing for the win.

Sayeed Ali vs. Shingen Miyazaki w/ Baroness Emily

Look at Ino. Ostensibly a big name, he was fitted with a manager, and a good manager at that. He's got skills. But he's kind of floundered for a while. Well, last time out, he just took a pretty solid win over Baine -- who's something of a gatekeeper himself, but maybe that means he's through some sort of gate. So what does he need? Well, how about some backup? Miyazaki has too many skills to be a jobber, and Team VIPER is due for a boost. I like Sayeed, but even if he's not designated as a jobber, he can wait to not job.

Conquering Kings & Danny Fonzarelli w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Elite Express & Acid w/ Laura Huggins

I don't particularly mark for either side, don't have a strong opinion on either side's competence, and have a faint suspicion that I'm underrating the Kings. That much having been said, Acid's good. Huggins is pretty important. Elite Express are pretty talented, right? And Fonzarelli is, after all, only a Darkness Brother. I'm guessing, but there it is.

Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch (non-title)

Even by jobber standards, Waldorf and Statler are pretty lowly. The Riders are pretty lowly by current-tag-champion standards, but... yeah. Not enough.

Rocky Golden vs. Sammy Bach

Given the Kate Dangerous storyline, I get the sense Golden is up for a push.

Chris Rockwell & Rick Law vs. Remo Richardson & Tyson Baine w/ Phil Vibert

Based on the assumption that Law trying to rehabilitate Rockwell is an ongoing storyline. Heck, I'd mark for it.

Lo-Drew

07-07-2010, 12:23 PM

Prediction Key:
British Lions vs. the Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell

Enforcers vs. Rising Stars

Sayeed Ali vs. Shingen Miyazaki w/ Baroness Emily

Conquering Kings & Danny Fonzarelli w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Elite Express & Acid w/ Laura Huggins

Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch (non-title)

Rocky Golden vs. Sammy Bach

Chris Rockwell & Rick Law vs. Remo Richardson & Tyson Baine w/ Phil Vibert

Phantom Stranger

07-08-2010, 07:53 PM

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 1 January 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 1.16)

Held at the President's Hall (Puerto Rico)

Attendance: 2571

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Jasmine Saunders – Kyle Rhodes

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British Lions vs. Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell
The British Lions just keep getting better, and this one saw them worry the Keiths on a number of occasions. While Morgan didn't really get the crowd's attention, O'Curle is becoming quite promising at it, and this one is something of a mat classic, if one that didn't get quite the reaction it could have done with a little more support for the Lions.

In the end, though, Matthew Keith was able to apply the Proton Lock strongly enough to prevent O'Curle from escaping and chalk up the win.
Keith Brothers defeated the British Lions
Rating: C+

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Enforcers vs. Rising Stars
Short but sweet, this one; both Enforcers clearly have their sights resting firmly on Aaron Andrews and they go straight for him, aiming to cause him a serious injury. Andrews fights back as best he can, and Minnesota's there to back him up, but they've got little concern for the rules, the spare man keeping Ray Johnson constantly distracted.

A Jackhammer from Marlowe leaves Andrews prone and he tags out after scrambling to the top turnbuckle, always a telltale sign of their suicidal superplex double-team, the Gojira Falls. Watson climbs to the top to superplex Marlowe onto Andrews – but Minnesota steamrollers across the ring, nailing Watson with a jumping knee to the back.

Marlowe crashes and burns on the outside, and Aaron Andrews recovers well enough to scoop Watson onto his shoulders and deliver the Game Breaker.

For a moment he stands over Watson's fallen form, staring back toward the entrance ramp, eyes locked on where the Syndicate will be watching from. He takes his time making the cover, but Watson still doesn't kick out.
Rising Stars defeated the Enforcers
Rating: B-

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Carl Batch, backstage, lounges in the interview area, sprawled on a sofa. He takes a moment to adjust his shirt cuffs as the camera focuses on him, giving the viewers a chance to note the cufflinks designed after the TCW tag belts.

“Told you,” he says simply. “And tonight we're going to win again, because-”

“Uh, excuse me?”

Goldworthy stumbles into shot, as paranoid as the last time we saw him, casting glances all over the place. Batch turns to regard him, raising an eyebrow.

“You've got two of them,” Goldworthy says, gasping. “Two of them together, and you keep them under control. How – how do you do it?”

“This from the man who made Painful Procedure famous?” Batch smirks. “You've lost it, dog. You used to know this ****, you know? What's wrong?”

“He's crazy,” Goldworthy hisses. “And he could kill me if I let it slip I don't know what to help him with.”

“Well, can't help you there,” Batch shrugs. “Maybe you need to, I don't know, win him a title. Or hell, get two of 'em. Solidarity helps, man.”

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Sayeed Ali vs. Shingen Miyazaki w/ Baroness Emily
Short and brutal stuff here; this had no trace of wrestling about it, but was purely a brawl until the very end. The difference maker turned out to be Miyazaki's focus; he consistently destroyed Ali's leg, weathering a less concentrated storm to eventually ground Ali with a DDT and roll forward to clamp down with his ankle lock, forcing Ali to submit in the centre of the ring.
Shingen Miyazaki defeated Sayeed Ali
Rating: D+

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Battle Without Honor Or Humanity hits, and moments later, Koshiro Ino is out, the rest of KOBRA with him. Miyazaki drops to one knee in the ring, and moments later, as KOBRA surround him, they bow to him.

The group then head back to the locker rooms, leaving Rhodes to observe “Well, that was freaky.”

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Conquering Kings & Danny Fonzarelli w/ Alanis Springsteen
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Elite Express & Acid w/ Laura Huggins
It's not a match that will make anyone's Best of the Year lists, but it's quick, well-executed for the most part, and there are a couple of moments that will be remembered – the most notable of which is Danny Fonzarelli coming off the top rope onto a grounded Acid in a picture-perfect Acid Rain Bomb.

He tries for the Acidity Test next, but Acid shows enough wherewithal to evade his own move and turn it back against Fonzarelli, who struggles until Barry Kingman breaks it up.

Mostly, this is another instalment of the Kings/Express battles that've been cropping up slightly more frequently over the past couple of months, with Fonzie and Acid more or less neutralising each other. Last time around, the Express had the advantage; maybe it's Fonzie's slightly more significant size and strength that changes things here, but the Hawaiian Breaker on Nate Johnson is what leads to a victory.
Conquering Kings & Danny Fonzarelli defeated Elite Express & Acid
Rating: C+

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Balcony Express w/ Randall Hopkirk
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Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch
It's perhaps surprising that the Balcony Express perform at the level they manage in this contest, but there are times in the early going – mostly involving quick roll-ups or cradles – where it looks like they might do it.

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Jack Bruce, smiling broadly, even comes down to ringside as they're at their best. Hopkirk looks uneasy, but as Bruce says, “We're still Procedure, man!”

The Riders begin to overpower them, however, and Marv Statler gets into trouble. Bruce hooks Billy Fonda's leg and scrambles up onto the apron; Sam Sparrow, meanwhile, is checking on an injured Dean Waldorf.

As the Riders prepare to retaliate, Bruce thumbs Fonda in the eye and hurdles the top rope, going for the New York Minute – and he catches Statler instead! Hopper clotheslines him from the ring and Fonda covers to pick up the win.
Easy Riders defeated the Balcony Express
Rating: B-

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The big screen comes alive, then, with footage mostly gleaned from AAA. Kate Dangerous and Lauren Easter, in the ring, working out. Kicking ass. Runnign roughshod over the AAA roster.

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Another woman is added, a blonde Azaria identifies as Suzanne Brazzle. She seems just as good, from her performance, and Azaria enthuses about her title history.

And then the footage shifts. In with some grainy video footage tagged as being from the Danger Zone dojo in which Kate learned her craft, there's some very slick footage with a completely different style, a slightly hysterical-sounding Japanese announcer over the top.

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“Holy crap,” Azaria breathes. “They signed her?”

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Rocky Golden vs. Sammy Bach
My God, the crowd were heavily into this. The smart money is simply on Rocky's finisher combined with the level of heat Sammy's pulled; simply put, people want to see Sammy Bach get punched in the nuts.

And the match itself was... pretty damn good, especially when you remember where Golden started the previous year.

Bach brawls with him toe to toe and Golden shows surprising speed, but while he does his best, Sammy gradually begins to overwhelm him – and then Bach goes for a superkick; Golden ducks it, shifts his weight, cuts off Ray Johnson's line of sight with his own body, and he hits the Rocky Road before Sammy's managed to put his foot down again. Bach's upright, though clutching, as the crowd go haywire -

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Texas Pete puts him down, though, with a chair to the head right in Ray Johnson's view.

Golden stares as Johnson calls for the DQ. Pete lands another chair across Bach's back, then Golden ducks a swing Pete takes at him -

ROCKY ROAD TO TEXAS PETE!
Sammy Bach won by DQ
Rating: B

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Chris Rockwell & Rick Law vs. Remo Richardson & Tyson Baine w/ Phil Vibert
Now who expects this to conform to tag rules?

Well done. It's a crazy, crazy-ass brawl from start to finish, and while Rockwell spends a fair amount of time ducking Remo, whenever cornered he gives almost as good as he gets.

The problem is that, really, no one has any interest in staying in the ring, and after a couple of remarkable moments (Rockwell sailing over the top rope to hit a tornado DDT to Baine on the outside, Remo Richardson diving between middle and top rope to spear Law from the apron to the ground) the four men stay determinedly on the outside. Eugene Williams has no option; he has to count the match out.
Chris Rockwell & Rick Law went to a double count out with Remo Richardson & Tyson Baine
Rating: B

Show Rating: B-

Phantom Stranger

07-09-2010, 09:11 PM

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Saturday January 6th 2009
I'm getting a little uncomfortable about the plaudits we're receiving for having 'rebuilt' the tag division. Technically, it's true; the tag titles are in a much better place than they were this time last year, despite the Machines effectively moving beyond it. We've got a number of teams who won't simply be splitting up to go on to better things inside six months, and a couple of teams who probably will – Rising Stars may well never get a tag title, and if they do, it may be after this time around. Nostalgia reunions for popular teams always go well.

But we didn't really rebuild the division. That kind of suggests that it was all down to the insight of the bookers and the hard work of the teams, and while what we did certainly required both, my insight was very simple:

There are a number of established teams out there who will put in the hard work and make the tag division important again.

I can take credit, perhaps, for the British Lions, Team VIPER, Tooth & Claw. The Rising Stars too, if you want to describe them as a major part of the tag division – somewhat awkward to do. The Conquering Kings was something Clark Alexander lobbied for after a couple of one-off matches in house shows. The Keith Brothers, hardly difficult to work out.

Everyone else – and that's the bulk of the division – either was here when I got here or got their start elsewhere. Proven and reliable, or young, together, starting to get it.

And if TCW, over the years, has had one secret, it's that it's very, very easy to make people care if you get get good wrestlers out there and let them do their thing. I asked Guide the other day how often he and Scout had cut promos in their ten-plus year partnership.

Five tag team title reigns. Quite the reputation. And they've almost never spoken for themselves. It hasn't been necessary.

I'm wondering if that might not change, sooner or later. Scout is having a blast in the locker room these days, and he's getting better at it... But it's never been part of their schtick. Can we risk changing how our preeminent tag team presents itself?

A wrestling company is always changing. It's the only way to stay relevant and popular. And that's also why every change is a risk – and the question is what risks you can afford to take.

Last year, by whatever means necessary, we overhauled the tag division. This year, it's time I addressed the All Action Division. I can't afford to let the other areas drop, though. This... could be interesting.

Phantom Stranger

07-10-2010, 01:00 PM

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What a week it's been! And it's time to begin another, with only three to go before the biggest show of the year. Wolf Hawkins takes on the man who kept the Syndicate at bay while Aaron Andrews took Hawkins down in the opening contest of the evening. It's the protege of Tommy Cornell against the Rising Star Joey Minnesota.

Recently dethroned but still in action, the New Wave are going to take on Floyd Goldworthy's Fly Boys. This one's going to be fast as hell - and the Wave have a point to prove.

Sean Deeley takes part in probably the biggest match of his young life to date next, teaming up with Sam Keith to take on Sammy Bach and the man who's set on meeting Deeley at Malice in Wonderland - Jeremy Stone. Big as this is, Malice will be bigger - like it always is.

Four-man action has been decreed by Mayhem Midden to follow, shining the lights on four men who've been in TCW less than five years between them. Edd Stone and Frankie Perez are the best known, but they'll face skilled technician Merle O'Curle and Perez' All-Action divisionmate Teddy Powell. Only one man can come out with the win.

Ricky Dale Johnson. Johnny Bloodstone. A great Texan fighter and a great Canadian grappler - and they're up against two of the same, taking on Texas Pete and Eric Tyler.

Troy Tornado has let it be known he wishes to challenge Jack Bruce following the events of Friday - will Bruce have to answer to the Triple-Threat Champion this week?

And then there's the main event. Rick Law goes one on one with Tommy Cornell. Law holds victories against Cornell, but they were tag competition, and Law had Troy Tornado on his side. What's coming now?

And as always there'll be more. The Machines have asked for time to make an announcement - what that's going to be, we can only speculate.

Prediction Key:
Joey Minnesota vs. Wolf Hawkins

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

Jeremy Stone & Sammy Bach vs. Sam Keith & Sean Deeley w/ Blonde Bombshell & Laura Huggins

Edd Stone vs. Frankie Perez vs. Merle O'Curle vs. Teddy Powell (non-title)

Eric Tyler & Texas Pete w/ Laura Huggins vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson w/ Blonde Bombshell

Troy Tornado vs. ????

Rick Law vs. Tommy Cornell

Bigpapa42

07-10-2010, 01:03 PM

Joey Minnesota vs. Wolf Hawkins

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

Jeremy Stone & Sammy Bach vs. Sam Keith & Sean Deeley w/ Blonde Bombshell & Laura Huggins

Edd Stone vs. Frankie Perez vs. Merle O'Curle vs. Teddy Powell (non-title)

Eric Tyler & Texas Pete w/ Laura Huggins vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson w/ Blonde Bombshell

Troy Tornado vs. ????

Rick Law vs. Tommy Cornell

Zergon

07-10-2010, 03:11 PM

Regis

07-10-2010, 06:31 PM

Joey Minnesota vs. Wolf Hawkins
Wolf is the bigger man right now.

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

Jeremy Stone & Sammy Bach vs. Sam Keith & Sean Deeley w/ Blonde Bombshell & Laura Huggins
JEZZA!

Edd Stone vs. Frankie Perez vs. Merle O'Curle vs. Teddy Powell (non-title)
Woo! Go Edd Stone!

Eric Tyler & Texas Pete w/ Laura Huggins vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson w/ Blonde Bombshell
A has-been and a hot prospect who has yet to score a meaningful victory against two of the company's top draws? Yeah.

Troy Tornado vs. ????
Woo! Go Troy!

Rick Law vs. Tommy Cornell
Not Badge Of Honour. Rick can't win.

Beeker

07-12-2010, 02:08 AM

Joey Minnesota vs. Wolf Hawkins
- If this is building to AA vs. Wolf then Hawkins needs to pin the half risen star.

The Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. The New Wave
- Point to prove and a chip on their shoulder and Goldworthy's woes continue.

Jeremy Stone & Sammy Bach vs. Sam Keith & Sean Deeley w/ Blonde Bombshell & Laura Huggins
- Double DQ/Countout as this furthers both storylines without giving a nod to either side.

Edd Stone vs. Frankie Perez vs. Merle O'Curle vs. Teddy Powell (non-title)
- Non-title and a four way gives the challengers an advantage. My bet would be on O'Curle jobbing here. Might as well let Edd win it, even if it seems a slight step back.

Eric Tyler & Texas Pete w/ Laura Huggins vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson w/ Blonde Bombshell
- Bloodstone is 1/2 the world champion. You know what I mean. Keep him momentum strong into Malice so he picks up the win while Pete still can't get a win, but he does do a... leglock!

Troy Tornado vs. ????
- I never bet against ????, this time I suspect someone will interfere on Troy's behalf drawing an intentional DQ.

Rick Law vs. Tommy Cornell
- This ain't BoH, lay down Lawman. Also Law has main evented WAY too much lately.

Tigerkinney

07-12-2010, 07:08 AM

Joey Minnesota vs. Wolf Hawkins

Minnesota's never really risen to the heights he could have done in this version of TCW, so I'd be surprised if Hawkins fails to win here.

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

Unless the Fly Boys are suddenly in line for a mega-push this is a routine 'get back on track' win for the former tag champs.

Jeremy Stone & Sammy Bach vs. Sam Keith & Sean Deeley w/ Blonde Bombshell & Laura Huggins

Tough one to call, as all four men have been booked strongly of late but I'd give the edge to Stone and Bach.

Edd Stone vs. Frankie Perez vs. Merle O'Curle vs. Teddy Powell (non-title)

This one's between Edd Stone and Perez, the other two are jobbers, I was tempted to go for Edd but I think Frankie P continues to look strong even when the pressure is off.

Eric Tyler & Texas Pete w/ Laura Huggins vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson w/ Blonde Bombshell

Texas Pete may have improved and his stock may be on the rise but it's not enough to go over one of TCW's World Champions and a TCW legend that is still being booked strongly.

Troy Tornado vs. ????

I will suspect that Bruce won't be the one to answer the challenge here but I think he might get involved at some stage, still I'll go for Tornado to come through this mystery challenge.

Rick Law vs. Tommy Cornell

This isn't Badge of Honor

Dragonmack

07-12-2010, 07:56 AM

Lo-Drew

07-13-2010, 07:21 PM

Joey Minnesota vs. Wolf Hawkins
I see a draw here to keep both men strong.

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

Jeremy Stone & Sammy Bach vs. Sam Keith & Sean Deeley w/ Blonde Bombshell & Laura Huggins

Edd Stone vs. Frankie Perezvs. Merle O'Curle vs. Teddy Powell (non-title)

Eric Tyler & Texas Pete w/ Laura Huggins vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson w/ Blonde Bombshell

Troy Tornado vs. ????

Rick Law vs. Tommy Cornell

Oregano Jensen

07-14-2010, 01:49 AM

Joey Minnesota vs. Wolf Hawkins

Agreed with Beeker: Andrews > Minnesota, so if Hawkins = Andrews, then Hawkins > Minnesota. Unless foul play happens, but the only guy who would intervene on behalf of Joey OR against Wolf is Andrews, and he's not a cheater. So barring a Minnesota win by DQ or a no-contest of some sort, Hawkins has to win. And I feel like TCW usually opens with a clean match.

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

Fly Boys are, what, lower-midcard? Perfect way to get the Wave back to winning.

Jeremy Stone & Sammy Bach vs. Sam Keith & Sean Deeley w/ Blonde Bombshell & Laura Huggins

I feel like Deeley

Edd Stone vs. Frankie Perez vs. Merle O'Curle vs. Teddy Powell (non-title)

Teddy Powell is Teddy Powell, and while O'Curle has looked good lately, let's get real here. I feel like Edd Stone has drifted a little in recent shows, but he doesn't need to remind us he's legitimate. Perez does, so I say he goes over... oh, Powell. I like Merle.

Eric Tyler & Texas Pete w/ Laura Huggins vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson w/ Blonde Bombshell

Still getting a handle on Texas Pete... he's intriguing, but he hasn't been booked as a main eventer. Meanwhile, Tyler remains a gatekeeper, and while RDJ is perpetually a little overshadowed, both he and Bloodstone are the kind of guys who could plausibly beat anyone.

Troy Tornado vs. ????

Not Bruce yet. But I say Bruce gets involved, and Troy probably wins by DQ.

Rick Law vs. Tommy Cornell

Well, it's Law's show, so he wins. No, wait, what they said.

Phantom Stranger

07-15-2010, 07:13 AM

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 2 January 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 7.94)
Rebroadcast on Continental Sports X1 (Rating 0.02)

Held at the Isaak Road Arena (Mid Atlantic)

Attendance: 15,000 (Sold Out)

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Shawn Doakes

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Joey Minnesota vs. Wolf Hawkins
Fast and furious, this contest shows both fighters to be pretty good, pretty tough, close to evenly matched.

And it's quite the fair fight, too; but it doesn't last long. Minnesota sets up for the Empire Spiral; Hawkins manages to counter out of it and, while doing so, land the Full Moon Rising in a slick transition that'll end up part of the Total Wrestling intro sequence coming into 2009.

That's enough to get the pin.
Wolf Hawkins defeated Joey Minnesota
Rating: B-

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Fury of the Storm begins to play and Troy Tornado emerges to a fervent reaction. He comes down to the ring, a slight smile evident, glad-handing a couple of the fans before collecting a microphone and rolling into the ring.

“I need to take a moment here,” he says. “I need to take a moment to talk about Jack Bruce.

“Jack, we've both done wrong as far as the band goes at one time or another. But hell, this ain't the way to get back to it.

“And you've got an issue with me – well, I say, OK, let's deal with that. Right here...” His finger jabs downaward at the ring. “Right now. I asked for a little time to teach you the lesson you're asking for. Let's do it.”

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Bruce appears on the entrance ramp, and smirks. “Not gonna happen,” he says. “I'm Jack Bruce! I perform when it's Showtime, Troy. Not when it ain't worth it.

“And on free TV, it ain't worth it. You and I lock up when the fans have to pay for it. No sooner.

“But if you've got some free time...” He grins. “I'm sure someone from back here'll be willing to take you on. So I guess you get to see them soon... don'tcha?”

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The Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. The New Wave
This may be the best performance the Boys have given since their return to TCW. Arguably, it may be the best performance of their careers to date. But the New Wave have a tendency to draw that from their opponents.

Donnie and Jimmy both push themselves to the limit, forcing the New Wave to take them very seriously. After their rocky start, the two are back to the team of old, synchronised, hitting stereo moves with flawless timing, constantly pulling out unusual moves, challenging their opponents' expectations.

It's great stuff; but Guide is lust a little too strong, and Jimmy P eats the Wave of Mutilation to be pinned.
The New Wave defeated the Fly Boys
Rating: B-

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Jeremy Stone & Sammy Bach vs. Sam Keith & Sean Deeley w/ Blonde Bombshell & Laura Huggins
“Age and veteran instinct,” Dangerous begins. “An incredible title pedigree. A young man with an incredible gift for the sport and exposure to the very best.”

“Which team are you talking about?” Azaria asks. Dangerous laughs, and Azaria joins in. “I know,” he says. “This is going to be magnificent.”

That's probably the best word for it; all four men show everything they're capable of, and the pendulum swings both ways on a number of occasions – but as Stone charges toward the end, Deeley and Keith combine into a double backdrop and Deeley charges Bach, taking him to the floor as Sam Keith locks down the Proton Lock.

As good as Stone is, in the end, he has to submit. A replay shows Laura Huggins' hand around Bach's ankle while Deeley and Keith took out his tag partner...
Sam Keith & Sean Deeley defeated Jeremy Stone and Sammy Bach.
Rating: B+

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Rick Law comes out next, and walking by his side, wild-eyed, is Chris Rockwell. Law, as ever, takes the time on the way down to play to the crowd, who love him for it as ever. “My man,” he begins, once in the ring, “Chris here... My man Chris has not been having a good time of things lately. Hell, last few years, you could argue.

“But he's having trouble, and I kinda believe it's worth respecting someone you grew up watching – and I watched Chris Rockwell as a kid. I saw him take on Pistol Pete Hall, Rich Money, anyone who got in his way, trying to prove a point – and he proved it, all right. And that helped me decide what I wanted to do with my life.

“Now, Chris had a bad few years, like I say, and the man who stood up and made himself the biggest challenge in any promotion is hiding. But I believe he's still in there. I believe-”

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“Let me do you a favour,” comes Phil Vibert's voice in that famous old catchphrase, the sound over the arena speakers.

“Let me do you a favour, Rick. Let me dissolve this partnership before it drags you down.”

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Law and Rockwell get blindsided a moment later as Remo hits them while distracted. It's brutal, and it's what the fans see as we go to commercial.

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Edd Stone vs. Frankie Perez vs. Merle O'Curle vs. Teddy Powell
It'd be hard to say that these four put in any less effort than the four before them. But what a difference a little renown can make to how well the fans react...

They keep it fast and they keep it loose. Merle O'Curle CAN'T POWERBOMB EDD STONE and Teddy Powell can kick anyone he damn well feels like just as hard as he feels like – but so can Frankie Perez, and the P-Dawg has other talents, too.

Powell arguably looks like the greatest threat in the match, taking out Stone and Perez with the same slingshot at one point, but in the end, Frankie nails a yakuza kick and cinches in the P-Clutch to end it.
Frankie Perez defeated Edd Stone, Merle O'Curle and Teddy Powell
Rating: B

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Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson w/ Blonde Bombshell
A very different mix of talents involved here, but it can't be denied – the crowd respond just as well, and Johnson reacts to Pete's assault as if he were being beaten down by anyone else – Tyson Baine, maybe. The power Pete appears to have is shocking, and his speed is remarkable for a big man.

It's worth watching Huggins and the Bombshell now, so soon after they were on the same side. The interaction is completely different; the Bombshell's sympathy for Huggins when Sean was taking a beating is absent here.

It's Pete who falls, despite his showing; he picks up Bloodstone for the Lone Star Drop and the savvy Canadian falls forward, twists, rolls through – and the Bloodstone Mutilation is applied.

Tyler looks across the ring at the softly smiling RDJ and decides not to try his luck.
Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson defeated Eric Tyler & Texas Pete
Rating: B

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The Machines are shown backstage, in the interview room. Behind them, on the big screen, a highlight reel of their greatest moments and slickest moves loops constantly.

Brent and John look at each other for a moment before John shrugs and turns to the camera.

“To become a Machine,” he begins, “Brent and I had to spend years in near obscurity. Honing our talents. Learning new tricks. Waiting for recognition.

“When we came to TCW to make our names, we were...” He tails off, and Hill takes over.

“We were the best wrestlers you'd never heard of,” he says softly, reinforcing the moment with a nod. “The biggest difference is that now, you've heard of us.

“They called us the Machines because it fitted what we are. We are wrestling machines. The complete package, the ultimate all rounder. The man who is a human arsenal of inventive ways to beat you.”

“They gave us that name,” Anderson says, warming to the theme. “They didn't give us the tag team belts. Or this.” He pats his International title. “We earned those. And that's how we showed you how good we could be. How much we deserved the name Machine.

“We have the responsibility, now, to handle that name carefully.”

Hill smiles. “We went out, these last few months, and we found the best wrestler you've never heard of. A submission machine. There are only three ways to end a match against him, and every one of them hurts.

“The name Machine is ours to give now. We don't give it lightly. In months to come, you'll see how much this man has earned the respect we gave him... because he will earn yours.”

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Troy Tornado vs. Tyson Baine
It turns out to be the Syndicate's giant in what could have been Jack Bruce's place. And these two go out and have what, ultimately, is the same kind of match they always do; a pretty-well-executed game of power and speed.

Tornado gets the moment of the match when he almost seems to be going for the Tornado Driver on the huge monster, but Baine's just too big – so as he tries to return the favour, Tornado catches him with a spinwheel kick from within his grip.

A Star Maker soon follows and Tornado secures the pin.
Troy Tornado defeated Tyson Baine
Rating: B

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Once again, TCW airs a fast-paced montage of the moves and abilities of its incoming, incumbent women's division, with Horatio Dangerous and Jason Azaria detailing the history of the moves and the background the wrestlers come from.

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Rick Law vs. Tommy Cornell
Nine days into the year, a match that will be touted as a Match of the Year candidate takes place. Law and Cornell have really hit their stride together, and between the beating sustained by Law earlier and Cornell's brilliant heel work, the story of the match holds the Isaak Road crowd utterly agog.

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And then, as the Enforcers make their appearance, it gets nastier. A savage beatdown ensues as Cornell keeps Eugene Williams' attention away from the assault, and Law manages, somehow, to wrestle free, planting Julian Watson with a Squad Car Slam before Jack Marlowe reciprocates, coming from behind with a rake of the eyes to set up the Jackhammer.

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And then Chris Rockwell is there. Marlowe eats a huge missile dropkick; as Williams turns to see what's going on, Rockwell converts that momentum into a roll forward, staying out of his view, and catches Cornell unprepared with a fisherman suplex. He rolls out of the ring, his eyes - just for a second - focused rather than crazy.

As he leaves, Law calls for the Long Arm of the Law, but Cornell is just savvy enough to stay clear; as Rick turns, Cornell takes him down into the Guilt Trip.
Tommy Cornell defeated Rick Law
Rating: A*

Show Rating: A

Phantom Stranger

07-16-2010, 06:28 PM

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Friday 12th January 2009
“THE MAN OF THE HOUR!” yells Ricky Dale Johnson, and the locker room erupts into cheers. It's my first time seeing this – the first time for a lot of the people here assembled – but everyone starts grinning.

The Man of the Hour is a TCW tradition. I'm told that Rip Chord started it – whenever two people put on a match that really, really blew the boys in the back away (as well as the crowd), both of them were hailed on their arrival at the next show with that cry – and with a bottle of champagne from J.K. Stallings' budget back when this was still HGC, but it was Rip's idea, Rip who sold Stallings on it – and RDJ who kept it going when Tommy took over, by selling Tommy on continuing to splash out on the bubbly.

By common tradition, therefore, when Tommy is one of the Men of the Hour, he doesn't buy himself a bottle; he lets the other participant take centre stage.

This is Rick Law's first time. He takes it well; the smile when he's not got into character is humble, self-effacing. It's almost designed to be the right response, but Law has always been good at that without trying.

No one really expected this, either, so the reaction is bigger. Tommy steps forward with the bottle and Law accepts with a bashful grin; Sam Keith leads the applause.

And then Tommy plays the card that really shows why TCW feels like a family. He calls over Jack Marlowe, Julian Watson, Chris Rockwell – the three men who interfered.

Three more bottles of champagne get passed out, and Keith leads the applause once again as Ricky closes in to clap them on the back. The mood is pretty good, all told, as the tradition comes back; it's a reminder that these things do happen, these magical matches occur, and that when they do, those involved are rewarded – out of the owner's pocket.

That helps to keep them coming, and so far, 2009 has been good to us with them. We can hope for that to continue – or we can directly encourage it.

We got Promotion of the Year in last year's PWA poll. I want to nail a few more awards at the end of 2009 – because the more people are looking at us, the more money we all stand to make.

Bigpapa42

07-16-2010, 06:30 PM

The joys of an A* match... Good segment and great show.

Phantom Stranger

07-16-2010, 07:13 PM

The joys of an A* match... Good segment and great show.

Thanks. And yeah, I've been waiting quite some time to write the Man of the Hour segment... had the idea a few months ago, but Law/Cornell was my first A* match. Here's hoping for plenty more in time to come...

Phantom Stranger

07-17-2010, 07:43 AM

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The Elite Express have a fearsome reputation and, in the Precision Driller, an even more fearsome offensive move. The Keith Brothers have talent and youth on their side. Both teams clash this coming Friday in what's sure to be a hell of a match. Can the Express reassert themselves with a victory to prove their pedigree?

American Eagle is rapidly establishing a reputation within the company as the determined giant hunter, and as he gets ready to take on Texas Pete, that reputation is about to get another outing. The Eagle seems to soar like almost no one else, but will that be enough?

The British Lions join in the tag action, too, taking on the Conquering Kings. Anyone who likes traditional tag wrestling needs to make sure they're in front of the set for this one!

Four-man tag action is scheduled to follow that, as the School of Tradition test KOBRA. On Eric Tyler's side are Freddy Huggins, Joel Bryant, and the unaffiliated addition of Lauren Easter. Koshiro Ino brings with him Team VIPER and Suzanne Brazzle. KOBRA have begun behaving very oddly recently - what's going on, and can it help them get past Eric Tyler, the man who not only knows every trick in the book but wrote half of them?

Aaron Andrews gets an outing of his own against the head of the British contingent - JD Morgan. Andrews has been making waves lately, but Morgan started the year with a blowout performance and, as a former multi-time champion elsewhere, cannot be easily dismissed.

Sam Keith continues to be targeted by the Syndicate. Following their various assaults to date, they've once again arranged for him to be put in the ring opposite an Enforcer, this time Jack Marlowe. This one promises to be intensely painful for both sides - will Marlowe continue the work Watson began on his knee?

And then we come to the main event. This week Rick Law put out an open call sheet at Tuesday's show for "people who want to prove a point." He'll be teaming with the New Wave, who certainly want to make a statement and get back into the title hunt. Their opponents? Acid and Phil Vibert's men - Frankie Perez and Remo Richardson. Which side has bitten off more than they can chew?

Prediction Key:
Elite Express vs. Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell

American Eagle vs. Texas Pete

British Lions vs. Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen

Team KOBRA (Koshiro Ino, Team VIPER & Suzanne Brazzle) w/ Baroness Emily vs. School of Tradition (Eric Tyler, Freddy Huggins, Joel Bryant & Lauren Easter) w/ Laura Huggins

Aaron Andrews vs. JD Morgan

Jack Marlowe vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Rick Law & the New Wave vs. Acid, Frankie Perez & Remo Richardson w/ Laura Huggins & Phil Vibert

Regis

07-17-2010, 08:44 AM

Elite Express vs. Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell
The EE just lost to the Conquering Kings and Danny Jobberelli, whereas the Keiths are still going strong.

American Eagle vs. Texas Pete
JOBBER!

British Lions vs. Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen
Were it not for their recent victory over the EE, I'd put the Kings on their backs for this one. As it stands, the Kings are a bit stronger.

Team KOBRA (Koshiro Ino, Team VIPER & Suzanne Brazzle) w/ Baroness Emily vs. School of Tradition (Eric Tyler, Freddy Huggins, Joel Bryant & Lauren Easter) w/ Laura Huggins
There's something going on here, and wins are needed to work out what it is!

Aaron Andrews vs. JD Morgan
JOBBER!

Jack Marlowe vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
Alas, Jack, without your partner you'd be doing so well.

Rick Law & the New Wave vs. Acid, Frankie Perez & Remo Richardson w/ Laura Huggins & Phil Vibert
His show.

Dragonmack

07-17-2010, 10:05 AM

Elite Express vs. Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell

American Eagle vs. Texas Pete

British Lions vs. Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen

Team KOBRA (Koshiro Ino, Team VIPER & Suzanne Brazzle) w/ Baroness Emily vs. School of Tradition (Eric Tyler, Freddy Huggins, Joel Bryant & Lauren Easter) w/ Laura Huggins

Aaron Andrews vs. JD Morgan

Jack Marlowe vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Rick Law & the New Wave vs. Acid, Frankie Perez & Remo Richardson w/ Laura Huggins & Phil Vibert

James Casey

07-17-2010, 03:35 PM

Congrats on the A*, PS. Even with TCW, that's a rare enough event it's worth celebrating.

Elite Express vs. Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell They may call themselves Elite, but they're not worthy of the name yet...

American Eagle vs. Texas Pete Me? Marking for Pete? Can't be...

British Lions vs. Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen I enjoyed your reflection on the tag scene a while back, and I agree it's not quite there yet. I do like that you went outside the obvious candidates when rebuilding, though, as both these teams seem to be improving by the match

Team KOBRA (Koshiro Ino, Team VIPER & Suzanne Brazzle) w/ Baroness Emily vs. School of Tradition (Eric Tyler, Freddy Huggins, Joel Bryant & Lauren Easter) w/ Laura Huggins Would be interesting to see Tyler's take on women wrestling - probably something like "Keep your end up, or feel my boot up your ass. Let's go."

Aaron Andrews vs. JD Morgan Andrews is getting a push. Morgan is just there to make him look better than he is at the moment

Jack Marlowe vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell Synidcate jabroni against the legend. Hmmmm...

Rick Law & the New Wave vs. Acid, Frankie Perez & Remo Richardson w/ Laura Huggins & Phil Vibert Remo kills everyone and wins the Cornellverse. Come on - it's destined to happen one day... Also, for all that BoH is Law's show, and even with his A* momentum, it feels like he tends to drop the 'big' matches, and this is one of them

Candyman

07-17-2010, 04:08 PM

Zergon

07-17-2010, 04:31 PM

Elite Express vs. Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell
Keith Brothers have been doing more so far

American Eagle vs. Texas Pete
Pete seems to be getting a push while Eagle is a jobber so no real contest here

British Lions vs. Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen
Maybe the Lions get a feel good victory here? Hard to say on this one

Team KOBRA (Koshiro Ino, Team VIPER & Suzanne Brazzle) w/ Baroness Emily vs. School of Tradition (Eric Tyler, Freddy Huggins, Joel Bryant & Lauren Easter) w/ Laura Huggins
I just like School more even if Ino is my favorite guy here

Aaron Andrews vs. JD Morgan
Andrews isn´t losing to Morgan here

Jack Marlowe vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
No way Keith loses this one

Rick Law & the New Wave vs. Acid, Frankie Perez & Remo Richardson w/ Laura Huggins & Phil Vibert
Not sure here, Remo seems like the biggest name here but I´m not entairly convinced on his partners and since Law had that A* match I´m guessing that he takes the win here

Tigerkinney

07-17-2010, 04:32 PM

Elite Express vs. Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell

As others pointed out, Elite Express just jobbed to a middle ranking team in the Conquering Kings and the Keith's do seem to be going places.

American Eagle vs. Texas Pete

Squash for the revitalized Texan.

British Lions vs. Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen

Whilst an upset win for the British Lions isn't completely unfeasible, I see the Conquering Kings keeping up the relatively good form of late.

Team KOBRA (Koshiro Ino, Team VIPER & Suzanne Brazzle) w/ Baroness Emily vs. School of Tradition (Eric Tyler, Freddy Huggins, Joel Bryant & Lauren Easter) w/ Laura Huggins

Given the problems in both team ranks, this could feasibly go either way, but I'm going to go for the slightly safer bet of tipping the School to win here.

Aaron Andrews vs. JD Morgan

Andrews is going places, JD Morgan is a jobber

Jack Marlowe vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

A jobber in a suit

Rick Law & the New Wave vs. Acid, Frankie Perez & Remo Richardson w/ Laura Huggins & Phil Vibert

Law is going to follow up his superb performance in the recent Total Wrestling Main Event with a win on HIS show.

Beeker

07-17-2010, 08:32 PM

Elite Express vs. Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell
- Why? Because everyone else has gone with the Keiths, also I've always been fond of CGC and since the Express hail from there... I'll give them a wishful vote.

American Eagle vs. Texas Pete
- Texas vs. America! An Eagle vs. a Pete! Pete better win or it's back to farm for him.

British Lions vs. Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen
- Crippler calls in the chit for the suit angle, also the Kings seem to have a bit more momentum.

Team KOBRA (Koshiro Ino, Team VIPER & Suzanne Brazzle) w/ Baroness Emily vs. School of Tradition (Eric Tyler, Freddy Huggins, Joel Bryant & Lauren Easter) w/ Laura Huggins
- A very odd match here, overall I think the School picks up the win... although I can't give a good reason of that pick.

Aaron Andrews vs. JD Morgan
- Double A continues his march up the card.

Jack Marlowe vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
- I like this storyline. Chances are Marlowe gets DQed for focusing on the knee of Keith... further weakening the veteran. Marlowe gets more out of showing his nasty streak than out of a win here.

Rick Law & the New Wave vs. Acid, Frankie Perez & Remo Richardson w/ Laura Huggins & Phil Vibert
- Could go either way, but it's Law's show, more importantly I find it very difficult to vote against the New Wave in a tag team setting.

Bigpapa42

07-18-2010, 07:41 PM

Phantom Stranger

07-20-2010, 08:27 AM

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 2 January 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 1.17)

Held at the Sunrise Sunset (Hawaii)

Attendance: 2000

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Jasmine Saunders – Kyle Rhodes

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Elite Express vs. Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell
Smart, fast-paced stuff, and the Express, once again, take an established team very close to the limit, if not right to it – a Precision Driller attempt had been narrowly escaped by Greg Keith, and it looks like Nate Johnson wants to try again.

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But just after that, Billy Fonda entered the picture. Greg Keith went flying after a tag title belt got applied to his head; Matthew Keith met a big boot as he came in to avenge his brother. The Brothers get the win through DQ.
Keith Brothers won by DQ
Rating: B

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American Eagle vs. Texas Pete
Pete simply manhandles the Eagle from beginning to end, though the Eagle does get some good moves in from time to time. It's just not enough, particularly with the bursts of speed Pete is capable of picking up. He plants the Eagle with the new and improved Lone Star Drop inside five minutes.
Texas Pete defeated American Eagle
Rating: C

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Sam Keith appears on the entrance ramp just after the match ends, looking at Pete, nodding. The big Texan returns his gaze with a stare, the pair holding it for a long moment.

Keith raises a microphone to his mouth. “I'm busy at the moment,” he says. “Tommy still wants me out of the company. I think I'm going to have to bring matters to a head on that soon. But I'm also the Hard Hitting Champion.

“Son, I've had two go-rounds with Sammy Bach. One of them ended because of you. But then, he ended your chance to get one with me before that happened.

“It seems to me there's only one way we're going to sort this out. And as the champion, I have to take responsibility for the belt. As the first champion, I have to set the standard, too.

“So here we go, son. Malice in Wonderland. You, me, Sammy Bach. We'll settle this the way wrestlers always have – with one man flat on his back looking at the lights, with blood, with pain, with honour.”

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British Invasion vs. Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen
Whatever else you might say about the overhaul of the tag division, the injection of quality can't be denied. The reaction to this Invasion/Kings match is better than the reaction, only half a year ago, to most tag team title matches featuring much more established teams, and that bodes well for all four men.

Walter Morgan proves to be the slight weak link, as the Kings manage to slip clear of his submissions long enough to position him for – and execute – the Crippler Bomb, giving Clark Alexander the pin.
Conquering Kings defeated British Invasion
Rating: C+

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Floyd Goldworthy is caught on camera backstage, catching Tyson Baine as the big man collects a soda from a vending machine.

“Tyson!” he calls, scrambling across. “Hey, Tyson, Mr Baine, sir, it's good to see you. I, ah... I've a little proposition for you, if you might be interested... I mean, you and the Buffalo, you, ah, were always great together before you came to TCW, and I think a return to the tag ranks might be the way for both of you to really find the kind of success that it's, ah...” He starts to trail off, realising just what he's saying. “That it's been... a while... since you really...”

Baine growls, crushing the unopened soda in one giant hand. The dark, sticky liquid drips out of his fist, and Goldworthy stares, nervous as hell.

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Then there's a laugh from off-camera, and the camera – and Goldworthy and Baine's attention – whip round to behold Eddie Peak, who ambles up to the drinks machine and feeds it a couple of coins for a soda of his own. “Come on, Tyson,” he says cheerfully. “Gotta give him points for the cojones of it, haven'tcha?”

Baine glares at him, and Peak grins. “I know, I know,” he says. “You wanna kick my ass. Well, only problem I have with that is we just got done doing that dance a couple months ago – so let's not.”

A pause. “Although... Unless something big comes up in the next couple weeks, I'm crashing the Shot to the Top party.”

“That right?” Baine growls. It's not exactly common for someone like Peak to get involved in a ladder match, even one with a guaranteed shot at the World Heavyweight Championship on offer.

Peak grins that insane grin of his. “I asked nicely,” he says, “and wouldn't you know it, suddenly getting to the top of the business wasn't Acid's top priority. Apparently he'd rather take me on with a ref and rules.”

A shrug. “Still, I'm game for it.”

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Koshiro Ino, Team VIPER & Suzanne Brazzle w/ Baroness Emily
A hectic contest here, as any eight-man match must surely be, but one which also suggests both sides to be pretty evenly matched. However, the KOBRA team seem to have a lot more ease together at the moment, and the determination etched on their faces is something that Rhodes notes “wasn't there not so long ago – what's up?”

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Brazzle and Easter have a lengthy sequence opposite one another, showcasing their skills, but that ends when, with Ray Johnson's attention on Laura Huggins, the masked Japanese woman rolls into the ring and clobbers Brazzle, drawing blood from her forehead.

Instant replays show brass knuckles on her hand as she makes herself scarce; Fumihiro Ota enters, dodging Lauren Easter's initial assault, to drag Brazzle back to the corner. Ino promptly tags in and comes in fast and hard; eventually he corners Freddy Huggins in the KOBRA corner, getting the Kobra's Bite. Both members of Team VIPER immediately enter the ring to prevent the pin being broken up, and KOBRA take it.
Koshiro Ino, Team VIPER & Suzanne Brazzle defeated Eric Tyler, Freddy Huggins, Joel Bryant & Lauren Easter
Rating: B-

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Brazzle leaves and Hidekazu comes down to the ring in her place. Ino and Team VIPER form a triangle, looking out; Hidekazu and Baroness Emily slowly walk around the group, bowing to each in turn, before KOBRA head back to the locker room.

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Aaron Andrews vs. JD Morgan
No career-best performance from Morgan this week; he and Andrews put on a decidedly average affair, though solid enough, and Andrews doesn't even use the Game Breaker to end it, finishing things with the simpler spinebuster to get the victory.
Aaron Andrews defeated JD Morgan

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Jack Marlowe vs. Sam Keith
This contest, on the other hand, is purely excellent. While no one labours under any delusion that Keith might lose this match, that's hardly the question; Marlowe is out to injure, to maim, and he does a good job of it, mercilessly going after Keith's knee.

The assault is simply brutal, and Keith has to scramble to get round it, eventually resorting to an inside cragle that lasts just long enough – he wasn't able to string together enough offence for anything else to work.
Sam Keith defeated Jack Marlowe
Rating: B

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Rick Law & the New Wave
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Acid, Frankie Perez & Remo Richardson w/ Laura Huggins & Phil Vibert
Not quite as good as the match that preceded it, this brawlfest is, nonetheless, pretty damn entertaining. Guide and Scout work well together, but Remo bulldozes through the pair of them – and Acid and Perez, under guidance supplied by Huggins and Vibert in consultation, concentrate on Law.

Rick is good – Rick is damn good – but he's not as good as he'd need to be to beat those odds. He's bundled from the ring by the pair and while he fights back on the outside, he's contained. Meanwhile, Remo drops Scout with a spear, then dumps Guide on him with the Destroyer and pins the now-near-unconscious Scout.
Acid, Frankie Perez & Remo Richardson defeated Rick Law & the New Wave
Rating: B-

Show Rating: B

Phantom Stranger

07-21-2010, 06:53 AM

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Monday 15th January 2009
What is it, exactly, that makes a big card the biggest?

TCW has two standout events, Malice in Wonderland and Total Mayhem. While Total Mayhem is the one that springs most easily to mind, Malice in Wonderland is the kickoff to each new year – it doesn't have a name that sounds synonymous with TCW, it has to, absolutely has to, stand and fall on its own merits.

And this is a real headache for a booker, because it's become a standout event – and that means that every year, it has to go down well. It has to feel like the biggest card of the year, even if it isn't – even if another show comes across better.

At the same time, you don't want to hurt the other ten shows of the year by making them weaker than Malice and Mayhem. So a lot of it is the mystique. Special matches, like the Shot at the Top introduced two years ago – but The War to Settle The Score is a place we often break out stipulations, too. Major hype in other ways is a little trickier. This year, we announced Troy/Johnny three months ahead of time, but of course it's taken a bit to really get to the build for them. We have the introduction of a new championship, with the women, but again, specific names aren't even provided yet.

At the same time, I'm looking at the card we've got sketched out. Thus far, only a little bit of it is confirmed, but nonetheless, it feels stacked to me. Virtually everyone involved has been in a major program recently – there's only a couple that aren't, and those have pedigree. We've got some firsts lined up.

I'm going to have to wait until the day to see how we actually do, obviously – but this time around, it feels like a big show. On paper, it feels stacked. The problem is that that's only half of the job. We'll soon see if the guys perform at the level we hope; all these men are capable of it, and they're all motivated... but on the night, it can still all go wrong.

Phantom Stranger

07-21-2010, 10:26 AM

Hey, gang.

If you haven't noticed, two diary characters have just changed their looks entirely, as two more of jtlant's renders have replaced originals; in this case, Baroness (Queen) Emily and Jack Bruce. Rather than have an abrupt change for everybody at this point, I've retroactively inserted them along the way; you may wish to have a look before the next shows on which they appear.

If you haven't already been looking at the C-Verse Render Thread in the mods section, I encourage you to do so.

As a side note, I'd like to thank those of you who've nominated me for Hall of Fame this year.

Phantom Stranger

07-21-2010, 10:57 AM

And I only just noticed - a week late - that this diary has run a full real-world year.

Beeker

07-21-2010, 08:35 PM

Hey, gang.

If you haven't already been looking at the C-Verse Render Thread in the mods section, I encourage you to do so.

It's the C-Verse ReRender thread.

And a year of real time is impressive... especially since you've got a lot of shows tucked under your booking cap.

Phantom Stranger

07-23-2010, 08:40 AM

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With just two weeks to go before Malice in Wonderland tensions are already hitting boiling point. This Tuesday, most current champions are competing, though in non-title matches.

John Anderson, for example, is set to take on Merle O'Curle as the International champion continues to face off with anyone willing to challenge him. O'Curle has not built up the record required for Mayhem Midden to give this a title go-ahead, but he remains a dangerous competitor. No one who gets in the ring with him has yet left the arena without a trip to TCW's trainers to check on a nagging injury.

After that, the Easy Riders are set to square off against the Conquering Kings. Having bulldozed the New Wave, the Riders look determined to crush all other opposition in their determination to hold on to their titles. Their attack last week on the Keith Brothers emphasises that. Can the Kings hold on and survive?

Troy Tornado has decided to offer a shot against the champion to anyone who's never held nor competed for the World Heavyweight Championship before. First volunteer was Jimmy P of the Fly Boys, who has quite the hill to climb - but if he makes it up the hill, even without the title on the line, it could be career making.

Jeremy Stone, meanwhile, is the latest member of the Syndicate to step into the ring against a Rising Star, in this case, Joey Minnesota. Can Minnesota play the mind games as well as his young ally seems to have been doing?

The Keith Brothers are also going to be in action, and their opponents this time are the unusual combination of the American Buffalo and Joel Bryant. Power and skill together, a dangerous mix - but the Keith Brothers are quite the team. And how much ringside presence can a match really cope with?

The other Rising Star has his own Syndicate problems. Aaron Andrews will be one on one against Tyson Baine by order of Mr Cornell. It looks like he may be an object lesson in what happens to people who refuse the Syndicate.

The Syndicate's presence will also dominate the main event; Sam Keith teams with co-World Heavyweight Champion, protege, and frequent ally Johnny Bloodstone against Tommy Cornell and protege Wolf Hawkins. It's hard to say which team has the bigger upside, but we know we want to be nowhere else but glued to our TV when that match comes on!

Prediction Key:
John Anderson vs. Merle O'Curle (non-title)

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch (non-title)

Jimmy P w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Troy Tornado (non-title)

Jeremy Stone vs. Joey Minnesota

American Buffalo & Joel Bryant w/ Floyd Goldworthy & Laura Huggins vs. Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell

Aaron Andrews vs. Tyson Baine

Johnny Bloodstone & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Cornell & Hawkins

Tigerkinney

07-23-2010, 09:20 AM

John Anderson vs. Merle O'Curle (non-title)

O'Curle isn't yet at the level to be going over the current International Champ, title on the line or not, even if he has looked 'dangerous' in defeat on numerous occasions.

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch (non-title)

No offense to the Conquering Kings who have grown into a solid addition to the tag ranks but you did not have the Greasy Bikers end the New Wave's quietly dominant reign as tag champs to have them drop non title matches to midcard teams.

Jimmy P w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Troy Tornado (non-title)

Extended squash, Tornado probably hasn't had an easier match for months.

Jeremy Stone vs. Joey Minnesota

Minnesota seems to be destined for midcard limbo, at best his ceiling appears to be challenging for the International belt.

American Buffalo & Joel Bryant w/ Floyd Goldworthy & Laura Huggins vs. Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell

The Keith's stocks continue to rise with a solid win

Aaron Andrews vs. Tyson Baine

Double A will put in a great effort but I'm finding it difficult to go against the syndicate's monster.

Johnny Bloodstone & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Cornell & Hawkins

I Can't Decide, I can't decide, I can't decide.....anything ! Well I'm going to call a time limit draw on this one, that's how closely matched these two sides are.

Regis

07-23-2010, 09:41 PM

John Anderson vs. Merle O'Curle (non-title)
Maybe one day, Merle, but it is not this day.

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch (non-title)
Aw, man. And the Kings were doing so well, too.

Jimmy P w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Troy Tornado (non-title)
JOBBER!

Jeremy Stone vs. Joey Minnesota
Going out on a limb here - it'd be a hell of an upset, and would give Joey the boost he needs to move on up.

American Buffalo & Joel Bryant w/ Floyd Goldworthy & Laura Huggins vs. Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell
One team has a title shot. The other is made up of jobbers to the stars.

Aaron Andrews vs. Tyson Baine
Two upsets in one show? Could it happen? Let's find out!

Johnny Bloodstone & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Cornell & Hawkins
Johnny's going towards a title match. Whyever not?

Candyman

07-23-2010, 09:46 PM

John Anderson vs. Merle O'Curle (non-title)

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch (non-title)

Jimmy P w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Troy Tornado (non-title)

Jeremy Stone vs. Joey Minnesota

American Buffalo & Joel Bryant w/ Floyd Goldworthy & Laura Huggins vs. Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell

Aaron Andrews vs. Tyson Baine

Johnny Bloodstone & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Cornell & Hawkins

arwink

07-23-2010, 09:54 PM

Prediction Key:
John Anderson vs. Merle O'Curle (non-title)
I live in hope more than than any real belief it'll happen.

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch (non-title)
Keeping the biker's strong.

Jimmy P w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Troy Tornado (non-title)
Just can't see Jimmy P going over someone in the main event.

Jeremy Stone vs. Joey Minnesota
Flipped a coin.

American Buffalo & Joel Bryant w/ Floyd Goldworthy & Laura Huggins vs. Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell
The Keiths are an established on the rise, Buffalo and Bryant aren't.

Aaron Andrews vs. Tyson Baine
There's going to be Syndicate shenanigans, but sooner or later Andrews needs to rise above them and get the win.

Johnny Bloodstone & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Cornell & Hawkins
Flipping a coin again.

Phantom Stranger

07-25-2010, 07:14 AM

Quick and shameless bump for the usual suspects who've not yet checked in. Show probably goes up tonight.

Dragonmack

07-25-2010, 09:18 AM

Phantom Stranger

07-25-2010, 09:25 PM

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 3 January 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 7.86)
Rebroadcast on Continental Sports X1 (Rating 0.01)

Held at the Manhattan National Center (Tri State)

Attendance: 21,835

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Shawn Doakes

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As the show begins, Tommy Cornell and Wolf Hawkins are in the ring, standing proud, perfectly suited.

“I'm going to keep this short and sweet,” Cornell says, then grins slightly, “because I've got other crap to be handling, but this needs dealing with.

“Aaron Andrews, you made a hell of a mistake. No one refuses to join my gang. No one has that kind of respect. No one has that kind of skill or power.

“Not to stand against us. Now, I can't let you turn me down and stay in the business. I can't even let you turn me down and stay uninjured.

“And your buddy Minnesota seems like he's planning to stand up for you. I can't have that happen, either.

“So let's make this as public as possible, boys. Malice in Wonderland. You two. Me and Wolf. Sound good?”

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Shout At the Devil begins to play and Mayhem Midden emerges, microphone in hand and a smile on his lips.

“Sounds good to me,” he says. “I'll make that match... but I don't think you two plan on staying fair about it. So I'm going to talk to the Board... and we'll balance the books, one way or another.”

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John Anderson vs. Merle O'Curle
O'Curle performs well here – no real shock, given that he faces Anderson – and he comes close to a victory on four or five occasions.

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He gets a little help, too. For the second week running, Anderson finds himself under attack from Acid while Eugene Williams is distracted, but he's able to turn the tide, dodging a missile dropkick that wipes out O'Curle, giving Anderson enough time to set up and dump Acid from the ring.

In the end, though, a boot to the gut cuts off a charge, doubles O'Curle over, and the Ammo Dump hits home, securing a fast pinfall.
John Anderson defeated Merle O'Curle
Rating: B

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Brent Hill joins Anderson in the ring, passing him a microphone. “Machines give their all,” he says. “Machines give you no real choice.”

Anderson smiles. “Machines can beat you any way they have to. And soon, you'll find out just how good the third Machine can be...”

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Bad to the Bone hits, and Eric Tyler appears, Laura Huggins in tow.

“How's my boy done?” he grins. “Saw him give you a couple good licks before you got rid of him...

“It isn't going to stop, you know. Not until I get what I want.”

“And what do you want?” asks Anderson.

“Seems to me you've got no challenger for Malice,” Tyler says. “Seems to me it's way too long since I had a belt round my waist. So what I want is nice and simple; I want a chance to prove to the world that you, my friend... you ain't all that.”

Anderson nods without hesitation. “You've got your match. What you haven't got is a chance to prove I don't have the skills – because I do.”

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Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch
A good solid back-and-forth battle, this match sees the Kings work together in an attempt to neutralise the Riders' size and power advantages. It's a fascinating study in defensive wrestling, and between Azaria's dissection of strategy and Dangerous' reminiscences about Crippler Ray Kingman the fans at home get a real sense of it.

As Kingman and Alexander repeatedly save each other from pinning predicaments and pull out more and more unusual tactics to desperately try for a pin of their own, the fans in attendance slowly warm up to the possibility that they might do it.

But in the end, it's not enough. Barry Kingman eats a backbreaker from Billy Fonda who keeps him across his knee for a charging Hopper to legdrop his neck, and Clark Alexander has no rescuer when the Emergency Stop takes him out.
Easy Riders defeated Conquering Kings
Rating: B-

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Jimmy P w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Troy Tornado
Fast and fun, this one; Troy is almost toying with Jimmy P, who uses that lack of seriousness to showcase some remarkable new moves, almost scoring himself the pinfall before Troy snaps back to seriousness, ultimately countering a huracanrana into a Tornado Driver to put him away.
Troy Tornado defeated Jimmy P
Rating: B-

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Jeremy Stone vs. Joey Minnesota
Joey Minnesota looks different coming down to the ring. Fired up. Focused. Energised. You could call it a dozen different things, but the result – up against the Canadian Wrestling Machine – is out and out excellent.

He goes after the Syndicate man with a fury, hitting him, hammering him, harrying him. For at least the first six, seven minutes Jeremy Stone doesn't get a chance to unleash a single counter – he's kept off his feet.

Eventually, though, Minnesota hoists him and nails the Empire Spiral – and as he makes the cover, Stone kicks out – and grabs Minnesota's arm.

Making the pinfall was enough time for the Canadian Wrestling Machine to find his mark again and get back to it. What follows is a lot more equal, as Stone has the chance to recover. A Minnesota Salute is blocked fifteen minutes in; Stone rides the attempt down to apply the Stone Hold, and eventually, Minnesota has to tap out.
Jeremy Stone defeated Joey Minnesota
Rating: A

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The camera cuts back to see Troy Tornado relaxing in Painful Procedure's locker room, alongside the Young Guns and Randall Hopkirk. He laughs at some remark Hopkirk's made, Gumble and Allen nodding their own amusement, and then turns to face the camera, his face slowly turning serious.

“Jack Bruce,” he begins, “you seem to have some issue with facing me on TV. Well, OK. But here's the thing – I'm the World Heavyweight Champion. And if you don't believe the fans deserve to see you wrestle the Champ on TV, I gotta believe you don't deserve to wrestle me on pay-per-view. So here goes, Jack: If you want me on Pay-Per-View, earn a title shot. If it's all about the money and the fame, Jack, you can earn your way in.

“If it's just about your problem with me, Jack, I'm here for every show. Come on down and call me out.”

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The door suddenly slams open, and the camera whips around to cover it – Johnny Bloodstone is framed in the doorway, scowling, and the Blonde Bombshell is right behind him.

Tornado slowly gets to his feet. Bloodstone stays silent, and after a long moment, the Bombshell speaks.

“Your match at Malice, Troy, is a unification match. Had you forgotten?”

“You know I hadn't.”

“You might not be the champion after Malice, Troy. Johnny is one of the most dangerous men in wrestling. One of the most dangerous men in TCW.

“I suggest you don't look past him. Concentrate on what's important, Troy. What means more; settling a slight from years ago, or staying the champion?”

“All it's gonna take is one slip, Troy,” Bloodstone growls. “Don't think I won't beat you.”

He closes the door only a little less force than it opened.

Tornado glances across to Hopkirk, and the two grin, high-fiving.

“Told you,” Hopkirk said. “Make him crack open that temper and the title is yours.”

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The Keith Brothers w/ Blonde Bombshell
The Bombshell still looks a little distracted as she escorts two of her other charges to the ring. Still, she doesn't need to do much during the match; Buffalo's temper is fully in evidence and leaves Joel Bryant with no real wish to go near him – and thus, no real wish to tag in.

It is, nonetheless, Bryant who's in at the end, after the Buffalo forcibly yanks him into the ring and makes a sarcastic show of 'tagging' him after the twins have run him ragged.

Greg Keith DDTs Bryant, then follows that up with a brainbuster. He tags out, and Matthew Keith applies the Proton Lock to secure the efficient win.
The Keith Brothers defeated American Buffalo & Joel Bryant
Rating: B

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No question which of these two has the power advantage. Andrews has been developing an aggressive, brawling style – but he knows full well that won't – can't – work here. Baine plays cat to Andrews' mouse, with Aaron landing only a few good blows.

But Andrews slowly begins to turn the tide after managing to cut off a charge with a backdrop, then hitting the ropes to legdrop the back of Baine's neck as he prepares to rise.

Tyson manages to shut him down, tossing him out of the ring where Andrews hits the floor shoulder first. Ray Johnson leaves the ring to check on him.

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A folded chair lands on the mat just in front of Baine. He looks down at it for a second – and Joey Minnesota catches the back of his head with a second chair, staggering him. Minnesota promptly hits the Minnesota Salute, steering Baine's fall from the jawbreaker – and he crashes face-first into the chair.

With both chairs tossed from the ring he joins Aaron at ringside, checking on him, and by the time Ray Johnson admonishes him for entering the ring area, Andrews is up. He slides into the ring as Baine starts to recover.

Baine's still on his knees, which allows Andrews to hit a rolling neckbreaker/DDT that looks a hell of a lot like a variation on the Game Breaker – he doesn't have to hoist the monster off his feet. The pinfall follows a second later.
Aaron Andrews defeated Tyson Baine
Rating: B

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Back from commercial, and Tommy Cornell approaches Joey Minnesota backstage. Minnesota tenses up, but Cornell raises a hand.

“Look,” he says quietly. “I can't let you get away with facing us down like that. But I do have an alternative for you.

“There's no reason you have to stand by Aaron in the first place. If you back off, we can let you be. If you let us do what's needed with him.”

Minnesota regards him stoically for a few moments. Cornell continues.

“He's done a lot better than you have lately anyway, hasn't he? He's just been using you, Joey. A leg up, to get him noticed. He'll discard you. Or you can cut him loose and that's one less speed bump in your road, Joey. I mean, come on, we all remember how much people were talking about you before DaVE fell apart. You haven't lived up to it. Nursemaiding kids has done that...”

Minnesota stays silent for a few moments, and Cornell fidgets.

“How dumb,” Minnesota eventually says, “do you really believe I am?”

Cornell frowns.

“Did you just think hey, there's stupid Joey Minnesota, he'll believe any line of bull I feed him so long as I kiss his ass?”

He laughs. “What happened – did you watch how I did against Jeremy and start thinking maybe the Stars could win at Malice? Is that what it is? Did you realise something, Tommy?”

Cornell runs a tongue over suddenly dry lips, and Joey continues.

“You're right,” he says. “I've been here a year and a half, and from what everyone was saying about me, I should hold gold by now.

“But for a year and a half the Syndicate's been active. I didn't have anyone to stand with me when you had everyone. So I watched, and I waited... and I found someone with the balls to face off with stables and the talent to go far. And I helped him, took him under my wing. I helped teach him some of the things he didn't already know.

“We didn't pick our team name by accident, Tommy. We're rising stars. We will both hold the World Heavyweight Championship, one day. Maybe he'll get there first. Maybe I will. Doesn't matter.

“We're going to get there. I grew up watching wrestling, Tommy. I grew up watching Sam Keith play with his opponents' minds. Like he poisoned Wolf's against Aaron. And that's got you mad, hasn't it? But I know the score, Tommy. I'm not going to fall for this crap.”

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Johnny Bloodstone & Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Cornell & Hawkins
The crowd are on the edge of their seats throughout this one, and there's every reason for that. So many near-falls. So many submissions. Such a fast switch between sides having the upper hand, it's almost hard to follow. But Azaria does his usual masterful job of keeping up with it all.

And everybody gives this their absolute all. You won't often see Bloodstone throw a dropkick, but he felt the need here. It's just that... with four titans like this... it's surprising when one of them makes a mistake inside twenty minutes.

And it doesn't happen here. The time limit elapses and the four men involved are all visibly frustrated not to have scored points over their rivals. The show closes out on Sam Keith's irritation.
Johnny Bloodstone & Sam Keith drew with Cornell & Hawkins
Rating: B+

Show Rating: A

tristram

07-26-2010, 12:16 AM

James Casey

07-26-2010, 06:50 AM

Hey, gang.

If you haven't noticed, two diary characters have just changed their looks entirely, as two more of jtlant's renders have replaced originals; in this case, Baroness (Queen) Emily and Jack Bruce.

I've been meaning to nag you about some of your renders anyway - and Emily was top of the list along with Jimmy and Donnie.

Congrats on one year, PS. Doesn't seem anything like that long. I might have to go back and re-read, make sure I've got everything straight in my head ahead of the big show.

Phantom Stranger

07-26-2010, 07:27 AM

I remember a Sam Keith promo you did a while ago, and it was absolutely outstanding. I really like the way you're presenting Aaron Andrews as an antagonist to Cornell and Hawkins. Very impressive stuff, as per usual from a fine writer.

Thank ya kindly, chief. Sam Keith remains one of the guys who 'feels' easiest to write promos for, though I have no idea how much that comes across.

I've been meaning to nag you about some of your renders anyway - and Emily was top of the list along with Jimmy and Donnie.

I went back and forth on the Fly Boys, and to a degree on Queen Emily, though the new render is streets ahead - and mildly amuses me, as there weren't any bespectacled alts before I requested the Baroness piece - it looks like we may end up with the GWG version as a new canon interpretation next game version, with any luck.

Add in the new, more appropriate Jack Bruce, though, and it was time to make the switch. I may or may not tweak the Fly Boys, though - the pics are better, but it's a question of whether they're better enough, if that makes sense.

Phantom Stranger

07-27-2010, 07:25 AM

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Friday 19th January 2009

It seems like I arrived at the arena a little too early; there was time for Tommy to pull myself, Sam, Joel, Karen and Ricky aside – the whole creative team, in short, with Ricky folded in on account of his taking over the women's division.

The reason I say this is too early is that we're stuck with a quandary here. It seems ReapeR have been working overtime, and we'd been emailed a design for a belt, a reworked version of a TCW standard.

There's no denying it's a better design. But it's hard to justify tossing out a belt people are used to – a belt that people buy replicas of every time we set up a gimmick table to sell them from, and as a result, a belt that people will feel cheated to see abruptly changed – with no reason.

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I suspect my editor will find a picture of it to put around here somewhere, because there's no real question that we're going to end up using it.

But how do we justify it? We can't really have someone swipe it – we just did that to overhaul the look of the World Heavyweight Championship. Frankie isn't being placed as someone who'd bring in a new one himself; given his alliance with Phil Vibert and the bleed-TCW-dry mission statement of his faction, spending the cash pointlessly doesn't make sense.

I'm sure we'll find something, but... Actually, something's just occurred. Tricky, though... we'll need to work this one out carefully.

Phantom Stranger

07-28-2010, 07:09 AM

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Quite the wrestling clinic to open this Friday's broadcast; Sean Deeley knows he has a tough submission challenge coming up at the show of shows, so he's asked for a preparation match against Walter Morgan, acclaimed as Britain's finest submission artist. Whatever else this match is, it should be riveting.

Team VIPER have been getting comments recently about the odd behaviour of Koshiro Ino's allies since the new year. Will they earn another mark of respect when their opponents are the Stone Brothers? If they can win, the word 'earn' will certianly be deserved.

Tag team champions the Easy Riders are also going to be in action, this time targeting the young masked team of Tooth & Claw. The titles will not be on the line, but we're certainly interested to see how many different teams the Riders are seeking to prove a point against, clearly trying to notch up the kind of reputation former champions the New Wave had.

More non-title action to follow, as Frankie Perez takes on one half of the Young Guns, Steve Gumble. It's the man with the deadliest kicks in TCW against the master of savate, and there could well be All-Action gold in the future of Gumble if he can weather the storm and come through on this one.

Sam Keith's protege Art Reed is the latest in the Syndicate's targeting scope as they continue their vendetta against his merry band. Reed faces Hawkins in what is likely to be a brutal match - but, with the Rising Stars' match announced for Malice in Wonderland, is Hawkins risking his physical condition?
****BREAKING NEWS**** - Board Representative Midden has declared that this will be one of the matches which determine entry into the Shot At The Top ladder match at Malice In Wonderland. The winner will join Frankie Perez, there by right of the All Action Championship, and Eddie Peak as well as three other men.

Speaking of the Rising Stars, they're in action next! The Elite Express are their opponents, and there are few teams who can more reliably take opponents to the limit with as weak a win record. The Express have fought the Stars before; is that familiarity what's needed to earn them a victory?

Rick Law has exercised his right to name the main event once again; upon finding out the identity of the latest man to earn a TCW contract, Law has offered him a main event match out of respect. That man is none other than the star of Mexican and Japanese wrestling, the Champagne Lover.
****BREAKING NEWS**** - Board Representative Midden has declared that this will be one of the matches which determine entry into the Shot At The Top ladder match at Malice In Wonderland. The winner will join Frankie Perez, there by right of the All Action Championship, and Eddie Peak as well as three other men.

Prediction Key:
Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins vs. Walter Morgan

Stone Brothers vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Tooth & Claw (non-title)

Frankie Perez vs. Steve Gumble (non-title)

Shot At The Top Qualifier
Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Wolf Hawkins

Elite Express vs. Rising Stars

Shot At The Top Qualifier
Champagne Lover vs. Rick Law

Dragonmack

07-28-2010, 07:53 AM

Prediction Key:
Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins vs. Walter Morgan

Stone Brothers vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Tooth & Claw (non-title)

Frankie Perez vs. Steve Gumble (non-title)

Shot At The Top Qualifier
Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Wolf Hawkins

Elite Express vs. Rising Stars

Shot At The Top Qualifier
Champagne Lover vs. Rick Law

Phantom Stranger

07-28-2010, 10:33 AM

Prediction card for Badge of Honor up on the previous page.

And on the render replacement notes, Trell's excellent Suzanne Brazzle has also been edited in.

Bigpapa42

07-28-2010, 10:37 AM

Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins vs. Walter Morgan

Stone Brothers vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Tooth & Claw (non-title)

Frankie Perez vs. Steve Gumble (non-title)

Shot At The Top Qualifier
Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Wolf Hawkins

Elite Express vs. Rising Stars

Shot At The Top Qualifier
Champagne Lover vs. Rick Law

jtnlange

07-28-2010, 01:24 PM

Zergon

07-28-2010, 03:06 PM

Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins vs. Walter Morgan
Morgan is a jobber so no way he wins here

Stone Brothers vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily
Team VIPER isn´t high enough on ladders to go over Stone´s

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Tooth & Claw (non-title)
Even though this is non-title I don´t see Riders losing this one

Frankie Perez vs. Steve Gumble (non-title)
Again non-title but I don´t see any reason why tag team guy should go over the champ here

Shot At The Top Qualifier
Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Wolf Hawkins
Reed is good but Hawkins is simply better

Elite Express vs. Rising Stars
Rising Stars seems to enjoy the push right now

Shot At The Top Qualifier
Champagne Lover vs. Rick Law
I´m going with better known guy here

Tigerkinney

07-28-2010, 04:42 PM

Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins vs. Walter Morgan

Squash

Stone Brothers vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily

Despite Team VIPER starting to get a little more interesting no way they go over the Stones.

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Tooth & Claw (non-title)

Non Title for a reason....Tooth & Claw are jobbers

Frankie Perez vs. Steve Gumble (non-title)

Night of the Squashes

Shot At The Top Qualifier
Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Wolf Hawkins

Glorified squash, as in Reed will give Hawkins some trouble but no way does he go over a borderline main eventer in Hawkins.

Elite Express vs. Rising Stars

Rising Stars are flirting with getting a major push, Elite Express are at the moment glorified jobbers.

Shot At The Top Qualifier
Champagne Lover vs. Rick Law

Lover's good but I don't see him going over the established TCW star in Law.

Beeker

07-28-2010, 09:30 PM

Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins vs. Walter Morgan
- Momentum boost for Deeley and a showcase for both as Deeley heads towards Malice.

Stone Brothers vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily
- VIPER just aren't going to be considered legitimate threats for a while, Edd might wander off to buy some popcorn but Jeremy will stick around and strike the snakes down.

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Tooth & Claw (non-title)
- T&C will look decent but the Riders need to look dangerous. If the Riders lose it'll be to a DQ or excessive force.

Frankie Perez vs. Steve Gumble (non-title)
- Perez builds momentum towards the Reach for the Top... Uh Shoot for the Stars... um... that match at Malice. Steve consoles himself with 4 Litre tub of Hagen Daas as he remoulds himself into Ford Gumble.

Shot At The Top Qualifier
Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Wolf Hawkins
- As this frees up Wolf for a tag match with Cornell against the Rising Stars.

Elite Express vs. Rising Stars
- I've been talking about Momentum towards Malice but here, Cornell sticks his English Schnooz into this match, making it a Schmooz so the Express pick up a slight upset win.

Shot At The Top Qualifier
Champagne Lover vs. Rick Law
- His show AND a debut PLUS a Shot at the Top and he had an A rated match? I dunno if Master Kitozon could overcome those odds.

Oregano Jensen

07-29-2010, 01:06 AM

That Suzanne Brazzle render is awesome. (As are the other two.) On to the predictions:

Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins vs. Walter Morgan

Deeley's a man on the rise. Morgan is one of the British Lions, a tag team so lightly regarded that even though they're British, Tommy Cornell wants nothing to do with them. He's not even the MAIN British Lion. Make no mistake, he'll put on a good show, but no way does he go over Deeley.

Stone Brothers vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily

Something's brewing with Team VIPER. I say it starts coming to a head here, and I say Edd Stone plays whipping boy yet again.

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Tooth & Claw (non-title)

Nothing's brewing with Tooth and Claw.

Frankie Perez vs. Steve Gumble (non-title)

Perez has momentum, doesn't need to be kept down, and Gumble is Steve Gumble.

Shot At The Top Qualifier
Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Wolf Hawkins

As the world's biggest Art Reed mark, I do hope Beeker's right... but I'm not going to bet on it happening clean. More likely, Cornell cuts this short somehow, DQ win for Art, and it comes back to bite the Syndicate, as Hawkins resents losing his Shot at the Top chance over his boss's vendetta against Andrews. I'm calling it.

Elite Express vs. Rising Stars

They need the momentum.

Shot At The Top Qualifier
Champagne Lover vs. Rick Law

Law's getting booked as an increasingly serious contender, and definitely belongs in the Shot match. CL is never going to be a US contender due to his foreign obligations, but he can certainly put on an awesome match, and make Law look good.

Beeker

07-29-2010, 04:23 AM

Shot At The Top Qualifier
Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Wolf Hawkins

As the world's biggest Art Reed mark, I do hope Beeker's right... but I'm not going to bet on it happening clean. More likely, Cornell cuts this short somehow, DQ win for Art, and it comes back to bite the Syndicate, as Hawkins resents losing his Shot at the Top chance over his boss's vendetta against Andrews. I'm calling it.

Betting on me is *always* a long shot.

Phantom Stranger

07-29-2010, 06:34 AM

Betting on me is *always* a long shot.

And yet your picks almost always make a degree of sense... it's a weird balance.

Beeker

07-29-2010, 06:52 AM

And yet your picks almost always make a degree of sense... it's a weird balance.

It's the reason I always give explanations for my picks. If I just said 'Midcarder Moe over Main Event Mel' people would just dismiss them out of hand. But by using a modicum of logic (albeit outlandish logic) means that there is a chance for me to be right.

Plus, I like to think my prediction comments give the writers a bit of a chuckle.

Phantom Stranger

07-30-2010, 10:42 AM

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 3 January 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 1.25)

Held at Centerpiece Bridge (Mid Atlantic)

Attendance: 3707

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Jasmine Saunders – Kyle Rhodes

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Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins vs. Walter Morgan
Scintillating action, here, without much fan reaction – but this is the kind of match that, by 2015, will be a cult classic on YouTube. The exchanges are technically perfect, smooth, slick, brilliantly done. Morgan puts up a tremendous fight, and the more he does so, the more you can see Deeley – actually, both men – smiling; it's a treat to a talent of that level to be working with someone that good. There's just muted reaction; the match is a foregone conclusion.

Deeley ultimately clamps in the front choke lock to the applause of his personal fans, Laura Huggins, and the most dedicated fans of mat technique in the arena.
Sean Deeley defeated Walter Morgan
Rating: B+

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Stone Brothers vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily
More excellent work here, with the Brothers particularly dominant and destructive. Team VIPER play this one defensively, purely defensive, blocking, countering, tagging in and out. It's a masterclass in strategy, but Edd Fu cares not for strategy and after Deeley's win, Jeremy Stone clearly feels he needs to prove a point.

VIPER fight on, working hard, and Azaria in particular sells their skill, determination, and fire on the microphone. But, in the end, the Stone's Throw leaves Fumihiro Ota out of it on the wrong side of the wring, and while Miyazaki tries to intervene, a missile dropkick from Edd prevents it. The pinfall is inevitable.
Stone Brothers defeated Team VIPER
Rating: B-

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Miyazaki and Ota remain in the ring, with Miyazaki helping Ota to his feet. The two then make their way to dead centre and drop to their knees, heads bowed, facing away from the entrance ramp.

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Koshiro Ino's music hits, and the rest of team KOBRA come down to the ring. Most notable is that Ino is holding a bokken; no simple rattan kendo stick, a solid wooden training katana. As they approach the ring, he lets its tip rattle against the metal of the guardrail, an ominous noise. The announce team fall silent.

Ino, Hidekazu, and the Baroness enter the ring and surround the kneeling duo. The Kobra hands the bokken to the Baroness.

From behind, Emily unleashes a perfect downward-slash iaido strike to Ota's back; the camera catches his pain, but he does not fall. She takes a step forward and does the same to Miyazaki, who also takes it stoically.

The two rise, after that, and Team KOBRA bow to one another before heading back up the ramp. With the exception of a single startled “Christ!” from Rhodes after the first impact, no one has said anything on commentary throughout.

At last Azaria finds his voice. “That,” he says simply, “scares me.”

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Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Tooth & Claw
In many ways, this was simply brutal; all Tooth & Claw appears to have on their side was speed, and that just wasn't enough. Possibly the nastiest moment was the end; as American Eagle ducked Peter Hopper's clothesline, he ran up the turnbuckles and launched outward in an attempt at a moonsault press; Hopper, however, caught him on his shoulder, charged forward, slammed him into the turnbuckles, then swivelled and hit a jumping powerslam to secure the pin.
Easy Riders defeated Tooth & Claw
Rating: C+

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The Riders take a few moments to celebrate and pose, with Batch between them holding both belts in the air, smirking.

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And then Shut Me Up by Mindless Self Indulgence hits, heralding the Keith Brothers – and the Blonde Bombshell, who has a microphone.

“Malice in Wonderland,” is all she says.

The Riders look at one another and grin. Carl Batch looks thoughtful, but collects a microphone. “You that eager to get your asses beat down again?

“Sure. My boys need a Malice payday.”

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Frankie Perez w/ Phil Vibert vs. Steve Gumble
As this match begins, Azaria reviews Vibert's apparent 'mission statement' about bankrupting TCW through victory payouts and dominance.

Perez promptly demonstrates it, though the match is described – and carried out – as the lethal kicks of Perez versus the virtuoso Savate-based footwork of Gumble. It's actually touch and go in places, with Gumble's expertise permitting him to block the brunt of each impact.

But Phil Vibert is there; the title belt slides into the ring, Vibert appears on the apron, and Sam Sparrow goes to deal with him.

At which point, Frankie Perez scoops up the belt and tosses it at Gumble, who catches it up above his shoulder, beside his head -

HOOK KICK TO THE TITLE!

Gumble drops like a stone. Vibert vanishes as Frankie covers – the three count swiftly follows.
Frankie Perez defeated Steve Gumble
Rating: C+

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Once again, Badge of Honor plays host to a fast-paced, slickly edited collection of the best moments of wrestling from its four new women competitors. The highlights here are Kate Dangerous' half-nelson suplex, as well as her over-the-shoulder full nelson/backbreaker, the Danger Zone, and Lauren Easter's figure-four leglock and Solstice Bomb.

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Shot at the Top Qualifier
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Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Wolf Hawkins
For the first time this show, the crowd are all responsive – and there's good reason. Reed and Hawkins fight an even battle, with Hawkins having the speed advantage and Reed controlling things on the ground.

After a Dread Lock attempt, Hawkins bails from the ring. Sparrow goes to remonstrate with him and Reed catches his breath -

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And the Enforcers are there, taking Reed out with a Russian legsweep/clothesline combo before ascending the turnbuckle. The Gojira Falls suicide superplex follows; with Marlowe supporting Watson, the pair scramble for the exit as Wolf Hawkins rolls back in, smirking. One Full Moon Rising as Reed tries to recover later, the pinfall is assured.

“Surprised Hawkins wants two matches at Malice,” Jasmine Saunders offers.
Wolf Hawkins defeated Art Reed
Rating: B

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Elite Express vs. Rising Stars
The Express have always let their actions in the ring do the talking, and this match is certainly no exception, rushing the less experienced Stars, harrying them, trying to prevent them from finding their feet, from finding their stride.
They certainly have the teamwork. They have the skill. But right now, they don't have the determination. Andrews and Minnesota can't beat the Express as a pair, but they can divide and conquer – and so they do. In the end, Andrews levels Johnson with the Game Breaker as legal man Minnesota catches Bobby Thomas with the Empire Spiral, floating over to get the pin.
Rising Stars defeated the Elite Express
Rating: B+

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Shot at the Top Qualifier
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Champagne Lover vs. Rick Law
If there's one thing you can say about Rick Law as a wrestler, it's that he has a knack for being in the ring when others are at their best. Maybe he brings it out of them, maybe it just happens, but as with Cornell, it happens here.

Champagne Lover gets one of the best possible introductions to the TCW faithful as a result; most of his best moves are hit, and the Champagne Sunrise is launched, but ducked. Law gets the Squad Car Slam and turns to appeal to the crowd -

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Remo appears in the ring and gets the Destroyer on Law from behind. Eugene Williams is about to call the disqualification, but Rockwell is just paces behind Remo. The pair duke it out for a long moment – Remo clotheslines Rockwell out of the ring – Law gets the Long Arm of the Law on Remo from behind, dumping him out in turn.

As Remo and Rockwell assault each other on the outside, Law continues his momentum, whiplashing off the ropes to catch the Lover with another Long Arm Of The Law and score the pin.
Rick Law defeated Champagne Lover
Rating: B+

Show Rating: B+