TCW: A Quiet Retirement

[Regis]

he Young Guns vs. Jack Bruce & Sammy Bach
JOBBERS!

Global Tradition w/ Laura Huggins vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily
SORT OF JOBBERS!

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Davis Wayne Newton & Frankie Perez w/ Phil Vibert
Man, I wish the Kings would take this one... but alas, I can't quite buy it.

Guide vs. Tyson Baine
Sorry, Baine. You're done here. Plus, a singles victory gives some spice to the New Wave's losing streak.

Champagne Lover vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
I can't bring myself to vote against Keith two shows in a row. I just can't.

#1 Contendership to the World Heavyweight Championship
Battle Royale featuring Aaron Andrews, Billy Fonda, Brent Hill, Chris Rockwell, Eric Tyler, John Anderson, Marc DuBois, Merle O'Curle, Peter Hopper, Rick Law, Ricky Dale Johnson, Rocky Golden, Tommy Cornell, Troy Tornado & Walter Morgan
Why? Because he's Tommy Cornell, that's why!

[Bigpapa42]

The Young Guns vs. Jack Bruce & Sammy Bach

Global Tradition w/ Laura Huggins vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Davis Wayne Newton & Frankie Perez w/ Phil Vibert

Guide vs. Tyson Baine

Champagne Lover vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

#1 Contendership to the World Heavyweight Championship
Battle Royale featuring Aaron Andrews, Billy Fonda, Brent Hill, Chris Rockwell, Eric Tyler, John Anderson, Marc DuBois, Merle O'Curle, Peter Hopper, Rick Law, Ricky Dale Johnson, Rocky Golden, Tommy Cornell, Troy Tornado & Walter Morgan

[Zergon]

The Young Guns vs. Jack Bruce & Sammy Bach
Bruce might not have been all that impressive so far but he is definitely above Young Guns

Global Tradition w/ Laura Huggins vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily
Global Tradition is pretty much a jobber team.

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Davis Wayne Newton & Frankie Perez w/ Phil Vibert
Conquering kings haven´t been doing anything lately.

Guide vs. Tyson Baine
Both guys are bit into losing streak right now but Guide is tag guy and Baine is higher on the ladders

Champagne Lover vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
Keith is still bigger name from these two

#1 Contendership to the World Heavyweight Championship
Battle Royale featuring Aaron Andrews, Billy Fonda, Brent Hill, Chris Rockwell, Eric Tyler, John Anderson, Marc DuBois, Merle O'Curle, Peter Hopper, Rick Law, Ricky Dale Johnson, Rocky Golden, Tommy Cornell, Troy Tornado & Walter Morgan
Too many big names for this to be anything else than complete guess as there is more than half a dozen guys here who could get the shot. I go with DuBois mainly because he seems like the best heel from this group as most of the biggest names are faces.

[Wallbanger]

Prediction Key:
The Young Guns vs. Jack Bruce & Sammy Bach

Seems the proper choice given the participants and furthers the Bruce/Tornado feud - perhaps expanding it a bit will help it catch on better.

Global Tradition w/ Laura Huggins vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily

This is going to be one of those 'tit for tat' type of stable feuds, I think, which means it's Tradition's turn.

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Davis Wayne Newton & Frankie Perez w/ Phil Vibert

It has been...difficult...to track how GenO's ascendancy, NTTATWWT. But to me at least GenO is starting to lose that sense of destiny and is more looking like a bunch of wannabes that talk a big game. On the third hand, if you're going to continue the 'slow build' of GenO, establishing Newton and Perez as tag threats (even after each has had a recent title match loss) is a good direction to go.

Guide vs. Tyson Baine

A perceived upset, but adds spice to the New Wave losing streak/breakup feud tease you've been working the past few shows.

Champagne Lover vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Lover is moving up the ranks appropriately, and losing to Keith will continue that build. Plus, Keith needs to be kept strong after putting Remo over.

#1 Contendership to the World Heavyweight Championship
Battle Royale featuring Aaron Andrews, Billy Fonda, Brent Hill, Chris Rockwell, Eric Tyler, John Anderson, Marc DuBois, Merle O'Curle, Peter Hopper, Rick Law, Ricky Dale Johnson, Rocky Golden, Tommy Cornell, Troy Tornado & Walter Morgan

Not only does this make the most sense in the short term, I think this forwards the narrative a bit too, as I see Ticket to The Top being cashed in to make the WAFTT main event a three way dance.

[Phantom Stranger]

Gilmore 'shibari' incident
???


See the diary Philly Power Pro Wrestling: Dangerous Dreams from the TEW08 forum.

[20LEgend]

Prediction Key:
The Young Guns vs. Jack Bruce & Sammy Bach

Global Tradition w/ Laura Huggins vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Davis Wayne Newton & Frankie Perez w/ Phil Vibert

Guide vs. Tyson Baine

Champagne Lover vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

#1 Contendership to the World Heavyweight Championship
Battle Royale featuring Aaron Andrews, Billy Fonda, Brent Hill, Chris Rockwell, Eric Tyler, John Anderson, Marc DuBois, Merle O'Curle, Peter Hopper, Rick Law, Ricky Dale Johnson, Rocky Golden, Tommy Cornell, Troy Tornado & Walter Morgan

[Phantom Stranger]

...

YOU MADE ANGRY GILMORE GO AFTER SOME BONDAGE LOVING ASIAN?

Instead of the VASTLY superior Wanda Fish? Er...Belle Bryden...er...

WHYYYYYY YOU HAVE RUINED MY FAVORITE RASSLER...

:'(

Yes, yes I did.

[Wallbanger]

Whatever Eidenhoek's drinking, I want some. :p

[Phantom Stranger]

Whatever Eidenhoek's drinking, I want some. :p

"Don't know what I was on but I think it grows in Oregon, so I kept on growing, growing, gone..."

[Dragonmack]

The Young Guns vs. Jack Bruce & Sammy Bach

Global Tradition w/ Laura Huggins vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Davis Wayne Newton & Frankie Perez w/ Phil Vibert

Guide vs. Tyson Baine

Champagne Lover vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

#1 Contendership to the World Heavyweight Championship
Battle Royale featuring Aaron Andrews, Billy Fonda, Brent Hill, Chris Rockwell, Eric Tyler, John Anderson, Marc DuBois, Merle O'Curle, Peter Hopper, Rick Law, Ricky Dale Johnson, Rocky Golden, Tommy Cornell, Troy Tornado & Walter Morgan

[Phantom Stranger]

*hrk* STOP STEALING THE PATTER STYLE OF PHINEAS AND FERB I WILL KILL YOU!

Of what?

Where are the results ?_?

Might take you a while. (http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35817)

[Wallbanger]

Of what?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0852863/

American cartoon series, produced by Disney. Pretty good by modern standards.

[Phantom Stranger]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0852863/

American cartoon series, produced by Disney. Pretty good by modern standards.

Oh. Huh. Fair enough.

...Been talking like that since 1997, though, Eidenhoek. Sorry.

[pauls07]

The Young Guns vs. Jack Bruce & Sammy Bach

Global Tradition w/ Laura Huggins vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Davis Wayne Newton & Frankie Perez w/ Phil Vibert

Guide vs. Tyson Baine

Champagne Lover vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

#1 Contendership to the World Heavyweight Championship
Battle Royale featuring Aaron Andrews, Billy Fonda, Brent Hill, Chris Rockwell, Eric Tyler, John Anderson, Marc DuBois, Merle O'Curle, Peter Hopper, Rick Law, Ricky Dale Johnson, Rocky Golden, Tommy Cornell, Troy Tornado & Walter Morgan

[Tigerkinney]

The Young Guns vs. Jack Bruce & Sammy Bach

Jack Bruce needs to bounce back from his PPV loss, and The Young Guns are little more than jobbers

Global Tradition w/ Laura Huggins vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily

Team VIPER seem to be on a bit of a roll with Shingen winning the All Action Belt

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Davis Wayne Newton & Frankie Perez w/ Phil Vibert

I agree with Wallbanger perhaps building the two lower tier members of Generation OMEGA as a tag threat could be a good way to go, now that Frankie doesn't have the AA Belt.

Guide vs. Tyson Baine

Tyson may be gradually become less and less relevant but Singles or Tag the losing streak continues for the New Wave.

Champagne Lover vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Lover is moving up gradually but beating someone like Keith is still something of a big deal, and I think he's more keen to put the younger talent over on PPV rather than on a regular TV show.


#1 Contendership to the World Heavyweight Championship
Battle Royale featuring Aaron Andrews, Billy Fonda, Brent Hill, Chris Rockwell, Eric Tyler, John Anderson, Marc DuBois, Merle O'Curle, Peter Hopper, Rick Law, Ricky Dale Johnson, Rocky Golden, Tommy Cornell, Troy Tornado & Walter Morgan

DuBois emerges as the last man standing , making it two in Generation Omega (alongside Wolf Hawkins) with a title shot in their pocket

[TheLeviticalLawKid3]

Been reading this for quite some time now and never thought about predicting. But thanks to the Phineas and Ferb talk and the in-text screaming from Eidenhoek, I've spent a little bit more time browsing through here this morning. So I thought, what the heck, I'll predict this one.

Forgive me if I am completely off...haven't read all 130+ pages of this beast. Great work with this one, PS. I'm gonna have to look up the PPPW dynasty and have a look. I like reading the established writers' on these boards TEW08 stuff, mostly because I wasn't around for that era and I like to see where the legend began. Like E-V's PSW and James Casey's 10 Simple Rules, I'll be reading the old PPPW one.

Like I said, don't attack me if I'm waaaaaay off with these...

The Young Guns vs. Jack Bruce & Sammy Bach
The star power of Bruce and Bach is just too great. Plus, Bruce needs a good bounce-back win after his loss in the PPV.

Global Tradition w/ Laura Huggins vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily
VIPER has been on a roll lately.

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Davis Wayne Newton & Frankie Perez w/ Phil Vibert
I'm a big DWN, Perez, AND Vibert mark.

Guide vs. Tyson Baine
Keep on losing, New Wave...keep on losing.

Champagne Lover vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
He's a big deal. Champagne Lover is a smaller, Mexican deal.

#1 Contendership to the World Heavyweight Championship
Battle Royale featuring Aaron Andrews, Billy Fonda, Brent Hill, Chris Rockwell, Eric Tyler, John Anderson, Marc DuBois, Merle O'Curle, Peter Hopper, Rick Law, Ricky Dale Johnson, Rocky Golden, Tommy Cornell, Troy Tornado & Walter Morgan
Complete shot in the dark here. It was down between DuBois and Cornell, then I read Tigerkinney's predictions. His reason for DuBois winning made a good bit of sense, so that's who I'll predict.

[Blake Trask]

Damn Eidehoek... could you be any more hyperactive?


The Young Guns vs. Jack Bruce & Sammy Bach

Not a chance.

Global Tradition w/ Laura Huggins vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily

I can't see the new champ setting off on a loss.

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Davis Wayne Newton & Frankie Perez w/ Phil Vibert

The Kings are good, but I'd be starting to get very worried if Gen Omega lost even more.

Guide vs. Tyson Baine

If they can't win as a team... besides, Baine needs to rebuild his monster cred.

Champagne Lover vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Two losses in two shows... can't see it.

#1 Contendership to the World Heavyweight Championship
Battle Royale featuring Aaron Andrews, Billy Fonda, Brent Hill, Chris Rockwell, Eric Tyler, John Anderson, Marc DuBois, Merle O'Curle, Peter Hopper, Rick Law, Ricky Dale Johnson, Rocky Golden, Tommy Cornell, Troy Tornado & Walter Morgan

Out of the pool of four or five guys I can see winning this... they all seem to have other committments or ties which would make a world title shot odd.

[Beeker]

The Young Guns vs. Jack Bruce & Sammy Bach
- For Bach, not for Jobby Bruce.

Global Tradition w/ Laura Huggins vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily
- Considering the PPV result, I'll pretend that Team INO is on the rise?

Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen vs. Davis Wayne Newton & Frankie Perez w/ Phil Vibert
- I'm guessing (again) that DWN and Perez will becoming GenOm's tag team of talent.

Guide vs. Tyson Baine
- This storyline could get *very* interesting if The New Wave start of have singles success.

Champagne Lover vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
- I'm going to make another wild assumption and due to CL's recent showings, Keith lays down for him and gives him a Major boost.

#1 Contendership to the World Heavyweight Championship
Battle Royale featuring Aaron Andrews, Billy Fonda, Brent Hill, Chris Rockwell, Eric Tyler, John Anderson, Marc DuBois, Merle O'Curle, Peter Hopper, Rick Law, Ricky Dale Johnson, Rocky Golden, Tommy Cornell, Troy Tornado & Walter Morgan
- My reasoning? I think Rockwell's brand of crazy vs. Bloodstone's brand of crazy would make for a fun mini-program.

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 1 May 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 16.45)
Rebroadcast on Continental Sports X1 (Rating 0.03)

Held at the Manhattan National Center (Tri State)

Attendance: 22,239

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Shawn Doakes

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As the show opens, Jeremy Stone is already in the ring. “I suppose it's too much to hope he's going to congratulate the champion,” Doakes says. Dangerous snorts. “You suppose right, and I can tell you that before he opens his mouth.”

“I'm not going to ask again,” Stone barks into the microphone. “Get out here, Bloodstone, you cheat.”

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Break Stuff hits, and Bloodstone comes out with the Bombshell next to him. He stops at the entrance, microphone in hand, and looks down at his belt, smiling slightly. “You got something to say?” he asks.

“I. Want. My. Rematch.”

Bloodstone smirks. “Not going to happen, Jeremy. Jez.”

“But you cheated. I have evidence, too – roll the tape.”

Bloodstone leans forward slightly, tilting his head back to take a look, as highlights from the main event begin to play.

Frustrated, Johnny takes the turnbuckle cover off one corner. Laying in forearms to Jeremy's back, he sets up to German suplex him into the exposed metal

“That isn't all, either. Gorgon – make the geeks play the other clip.”

He goes straight back to the Stone Hold; the Bombshell grabs a drink from one of the fans at ringside, takes a gulp, then sprays it into Jeremy's face.

“Oh, yeah, that.” Bloodstone grins. “See, I've got a clip of my own, and I asked Midden if I could play it – so you say you've got Gorgon in there? Sure, OK. I suspect Midden has his boys on the way, and Charlie doesn't let go of that baseball bat anymore. So we've just got to wait.”

“Play what you want,” Stone blusters. “You still cheated, man. If you hadn't I would have won. I earned that rematch.”

Bloodstone grins. “Wait for the clip, Jez. And can I just point out that if you'd just asked the production guys, not used your tame tank-on-oestrogen to bully them into it, we'd have the clip by now.”

Silence falls, the seconds ticking by. After a while, Bloodstone speaks again. “So, how you guys doing?” he asks the crowd. “Seen any good movies latel- ah!”

Jeremy Stone watches Bloodstone remove the turnbuckle cover... Stone elbows free, transitions behind him, and delivers a German suplex into the metal.

Bloodstone wags his finger. “You knnneeeeewwwwww!” he catcalls. “This was no accident, Jez. You cheated too. And since you ALSO took the woman I love, used her against me, and then set out to hurt her, I've got no inclination to concede I did anything wrong.

“Far as I'm concerned, the battle royal tonight stands. You had your chance.”

Jeremy Stone does not look happy. No, he doesn't look happy at all.

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Young Guns vs. Jack Bruce & Sammy Bach
Once again, the Guns show why for so long they were one of TCW's top teams, first in the cruiserweight division and latterly throughout the promotion; they have an uncanny ability to perform on the level of their opponents.

Against much of the tag division, this is no great benefit; here, against two well-loathed and very skilled competitors, it's a knack that comes into its own. Azaria does a great job with it as the Guns combine with their usual total reliance on one another, supporting each other and providing backup exactly where it's needed.

Bach and Bruce do not have that level of understanding, or for that matter anything closely resembling it. Harry and Steve use that to its full extent, and for a while there, with Doakes arguing their case, it really does look like they might manage to pull out the shock upset – particularly when Jack Bruce takes a Blitzkrieg Bop.

The problem is that by that point, Bach had tagged in blind; Steve Gumble takes an Adrenaline Shot flying uppercut at the start, and as Allen rises so does Sammy. He goes for the superkick; Allen ducks it, tries for the Gunslinger's Revenge, and Bach blocks, hooking an arm, and falls backward, trapping Allen in the Bach on your Back. Harry has no real choice, in the end, but to tap out.
Jack Bruce & Sammy Bach defeated the Young Guns
Rating: B+

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Global Tradition w/ Laura Huggins
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Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily
After what was primarily a speed-based, airborne contest in the opening match, this one has more in common with the traditional, old-school strategies; for both sides, their opposition seem to have a target drawn on their limbs. For Morgan and Bryant, the target is the back of the neck and the shoulder, vulnerable to both the Cross-Atlantic Stretch and the One Shot Drop. For Miyazaki and Ota, the choice is clearly made to target the ankle – an emphasis on Miyazaki's speciality over the Ninja Strike.

With Morgan cut off and isolated fairly early on, the injuries to his ankle rack up faster than the injuries to either member of Team VIPER. As Miyazaki comes back in, Morgan does his level best to lock it away, dragging him off his feet and right into the Cross-Atlantic Stretch – only for Miyazaki to roll through and clamp down the Ankle Lock, securing a victory.
Team VIPER defeated Global Tradition
Rating: B

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Needless to say, the victory is followed by the arrival of Team KOBRA as a whole in the ring. They surround the tag team, with the Baroness handing Ota the All-Action Championship belt. Ota, with a nod, fastens it back around the waist of Miyazaki, the champion, before the group bow to their victors.

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Conquering Kings w/ Alanis Springsteen
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Davis Wayne Newton & Frankie Perez w/ Phil Vibert
After the two different paces and styles to the previous contests, this tag bout changes once again – by combining aspects of both. The Generation Omega duo – referred to sourly by Dangerous as “what my dad would call Young Offenders” - keep up the frantic pace of the opening contest; the Kings, meanwhile, employ the same systematic style as in the VIPER/Tradition bout.

Their target? The left knee. As Doakes points out, this is a smart trick; if Perez can't stand on one leg, he can't hit that vicious hook kick that's recently become a, if not the, central feature of his arsenal, and a number of his other favourite manoeuvres fall by the wayside, too. Newton's speciality suplex requires full use of his feet, and the STF also needs anchoring via a leg.

It's a defensive strategy, really, more than one which favours either King's own arsenal, and that's something that Azaria takes real pains to emphasise; it's not the strategy of a team that plan to win.

The Kings just want to make a good showing here, want to show the world they can stand against Generation Omega, and to their credit, they actually do – Newton and Perez are clearly unhappy at the amount of work they have to put in to get the victory.

With that said, Newton manages to bring Barry Kingman down with a twisting powerslam – leaving Azaria speculating that his leg may have given out as he executed the move – and notably, when he applies the STF, he anchors it with the right leg, not the left. That does leave sufficient leverage to score the submission, however.
Davis Wayne Newton & Frankie Perez defeated Conquering Kings
Rating: B-

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Guide vs. Tyson Baine
Guide has always been the closer of the New Wave to a brawler, though to characterise him that way really is to downplay the range of his skills. Still, Tyson Baine has the size, power, and reach advantages, as well as much more experience wrestling one on one.

Guide has his work cut out for him, indeed. And Baine is hungry for victories of any kind. He goes after the tag worker with a wild and gleeful enthusiasm, pounding away, and in the first couple of minutes Guide has to bail from the ring just to survive.

To his credit, he gets back in, and gradually, he starts to concentrate less on his own fists and more on his other talents – his speed and agility. Baine sets him up for the Hades Bomb and Guide essentially flips so far back off it he lands on his feet, scrambling backward to cope with the impact's momentum, off the ropes – Guided Missile slams into Baine but doesn't chop him down.

Undaunted, Guide hits the ropes again, goes for another but aborts to duck the big boot. He promptly delivers a dropkick to the back of the knee while the big man's standing on only one leg; as Baine crumples to his knees, Guide hits the ropes again, fast, and lands a second Guided Missile that takes the big man to the mat. A pinfall follows, accompanied by some discussion about whether or not Guide meant to hook his feet on the rope for leverage.

Whether or not he did, it's how he gets the pin.
Guide defeated Tyson Baine
Rating: B

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The commercial closes out, and cameras are back in the interview area. Guide, looking exhausted, and Scout, looking delighted, are standing there next to Autumn Gleeson.

“Welcome back,” she tells the viewers. “As you just saw, Guide here has just earned himself a victory over Tyson Baine – so, congratulations. It's not been a good time for the New Wave, has it?”

Guide and Scout both frown slightly, tight lipped. “It's like I've said before,” Scout begins. “We know we're as good as we've always been. Better, maybe. But we've been having losses.

“That doesn't just happen. There's always a reason for something like that. We need to find it. We need to isolate it, and we need to-”

“Ah! Ah! Let me go!”

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The new voice belongs to Floyd Goldworthy, who's approaching the interview area at quite some speed due to American Buffalo's hand on his ear.

“Ow ow owowowowlemmegolemmegolemmeGO!”

Which is about when Buffalo does release the hold. “You two just lost it,” he growls. “I said it before – I could beat you, I find a partner.”

Guide snickers. “Seems like just a little while ago you couldn't beat Tyson Baine. Things change, right?”

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Champagne Lover vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
It's fast, it's interesting, it's...

It may just be that to get to this match the production van cut away from the brawl as it erupted backstage, but the level of heat on this is not what it might be, certainly not what you'd hope for with this amount of talent in the ring.

Lover and Keith fight as if on an even footing, with the younger man having perhaps a slight advantage. Keith is hardly on the ropes, but he is having a little trouble.

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Lover sets up the Lover Stunner toward the end, only to find his foot trapped. He turns to find Stephanie Wade on the other end; she releases her grip, allowing Keith to get the Neutron Plex as a precursor to the Proton Lock and the submission.
Sam Keith defeated Champagne Lover
Rating: B-

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Aaron Andrews is warming up in his locker room, having just watched the end of the Keith/Lover contest. There's a knock at the door, and Edd Stone's voice can be heard saying “Pizza delivery!”

Andrews pauses, sighing. “I know it's you, Edd,” he calls.

There's a long moment, then Edd's voice returns. “But it's Hawaiian!”

Andrews sighs again, looking toward the door. “Edd, seriously, don't make me come out there.”

Someone puts their hand on Andrews' shoulder, spinning him aro-

EDD-RENALINE SHOT! PARTY'S OVER ONTO THE CONCRETE!

Edd Stone grins. From outside the door, his voice continues “Hey, man, I'm just gonna eat your pizza if you don't want it.” He crosses to the door, opens it, and unhooks a small tape recorder from the outside before leaving, pausing in the doorway for a couple of quick dance steps.

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With Andrews not present, it looks for a while like this might feature only fourteen competitors.

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And then he arrives, a broad, arrogant smirk on his face. Jeremy Stone.

DuBois takes a look around the battle as a whole and launches himself at Brent Hill. Swiftly, groups begin to form; the Law-Rockwell-Golden axis, the School of Tradition faction, the Easy Riders...

Anderson pulls DuBois off Hill, turns around, and finds Fonda and Hopper both charging him. They simply power the Machine over the top rope and down to the outside.

Elimination #1: John Anderson

Hill retaliates with a crisp dropkick, staggering Fonda against the ropes. Troy Tornado is right there with the Star Maker to finish the job.

Elimination #2: Billy Fonda

RDJ and Cornell have developed a loose alliance of their own, facing off with the School of Tradition crowd. While O'Curle and Tyler beat down Cornell, RDJ comes to the rescue, bundling Walter Morgan out of the ring.

Elimination #3: Walter Morgan

At this stage, almost all of the groups have suffered some kind of attrition. Chris Rockwell goes for Marc DuBois, encouraged by Rick Law, and drives him to the ropes, hammering him with body shots and stiff punches, before DuBois throws his usual mindgames to the winds and really uses his head, staggering him with a headbutt. With Rockwell dazed, Jeremy Stone tosses him.

Elimination #4: Chris Rockwell

DuBois promptly wheels and dropkicks Golden in the face, rolling clear, baiting him into a charge, before dropping and pulling the ropes down. All of a sudden, Rick Law is on his own.

Elimination #5: Rocky Golden

The brawl between Hopper and Hill continues, the Machines and the Riders now seemingly cemented into enmity. Hopper powers Hill up into a gorilla press, however, and where many battle royal participants simply follow that up with a slam, Hopper hurls him out of the ring.

Elimination #6: Brent Hill

Troy Tornado drops into position behind Eric Tyler, spinning him around and delivering the Tornado Driver. With Tyler out of it, Cornell takes the opportunity to suplex O'Curle out of the ring.

Elimination #7: Merle O'Curle

Seconds behind, Rick Law delivers the Long Arm of the Law to Peter Hopper, sending him spilling out.

Elimination #8: Peter Fonda

At this point, things start to slow down somewhat, at least as far as eliminations are concerned. With the battle royal starting to stalemate a little, Cornell and RDJ pick their alliance back up, nearly eliminating DuBois on RDJ's part – though the wily young man neatly rescues himself – while Cornell almost tosses Rick Law. Jeremy Stone and Eric Tyler beat down on Troy Tornado, meanwhile, but it looks like the Cornell-RDJ alliance has enough momentum to win the day.

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And that's when things change, with three new arrivals. Jack Marlowe – now shorn of his suit – hits the ring alongside Edd Stone and Gorgon. Edd and Marlowe go straight for Cornell, Marlowe pounding away while Edd does something that's probably meant to be capoeira but which would be better described as kung fu breakdancing. Meanwhile, Gorgon targets RDJ, exchanging punches for a few moments – and then DuBois low blows RDJ, allowing Gorgon to apply the chokehold. She promptly Hydra Bombs him into elimination.

Elimination #9: Ricky Dale Johnson

Rick Law, somewhat recovered, promptly charges Eric Tyler, scoring with the Long Arm of the Law before throwing him, too, out of the ring.

Elimination #10: Eric Tyler

Edd and Marlowe continue to assault Cornell, though it's not as one-sided as that sounds; on the other hand, DuBois is there too, sneaking behind the company owner, only to hit a release German suplex that eliminates the multi-time world champion.

Elimination #11: Tommy Cornell

And so we come to the final four. Edd launches himself at Troy Tornado, and the pair of them engage in a furious battle, while Jack Marlowe goes for Rick Law. Ever the opportunist, DuBois follows him, and as Troy learns that YOU CAN'T TORNADO DRIVER EDD STONE EITHER, the Generation Omega man ejects Rick Law with a Marc of Excellence, only to be eliminated a second later by Jeremy Stone, Jack Marlowe, and Gorgon acting in concert.

Eliminations #12 & 13: Rick Law & Marc DuBois

It comes down to the Stone clan and Troy Tornado. Jeremy simply stands back and watches, as his three lackeys go after the former World Heavyweight Champion.

Troy, though, was the Triple-Threat Champion, and this kind of multi-man situation is his bread and butter. He manages to confuse the issue at one point such that Gorgon's hand closes around Marlowe's throat, not his; as Gorgon Hydra Bombs her ally, Tornado gets a snap DDT on Edd and ejects Gorgon with a Star Maker to the back of her head - ejects her, but doesn't stun or slow her; she lands on her feet, turning around to glower at him darkly. He promptly backdrops Edd out of the ring, too, but as he straightens up he meets a steel chair from Jeremy Stone. Knocked against the ropes, he's powerless to stop Marlowe's discus clothesline from eliminating him in turn.

Final Elimination: Troy Tornado
Jeremy Stone won a Battle Royale
Rating: B+

Show Rating: A

[Blake Trask]

...Edd. Just Edd. xD. Oh man I love how you write him.

[Phantom Stranger]

...Edd. Just Edd. xD. Oh man I love how you write him.

But it's Hawaiian!

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 1 May 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 1.26)

Held at the Sunrise Sunset (Hawaii)

Attendance: 2000 (Sold Out!)

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Sara Silver – Autumn Gleeson

In the opening contest Balcony Express fell to Newton & Perez, with Perez forcing Waldorf to tap out after a very sound match. (Rating: B)
The returning Giant Tana got a victory first time out, squashing Nathan Priest with the Big Fat Samoan Squash in short order. (Rating: C)
Champagne Lover demands Stephanie Wade explain her actions of Tuesday. She tells him it's nothing personal but she has a project she's working on.
Another newcomer to the promotion, Frankie Dee, is escorted by Laura Huggins to the ring, but Chris Rockwell puts him away quickly after a good match that kept the crowd awake, serving as a display of what the young martial artist can do. (Rating: B)
The tag team champions faced off with Acid Dragon in non-title action, with UK Dragon putting on his best-received performance to date despite going out to Art Reed's Dark Matter assault. (Rating: B+)
Another hype video covering the women's division airs. This one is almost all Gorgon.
The Elite Express put on a very good fight but fell to two up-and-coming TCW talents; KOBRA man Thunder Snake and Machine Marc Speed. Thunder Snake got the pinfall. (Rating: B)
Suzanne Brazzle then took on Lauren Easter, though Easter did secure the victory with a Hellcat Pounce. (Rating: C+)
Team KOBRA came out to salute Thunder Snake and give Brazzle the required bokken shots.
The main event saw Rick Law and Rocky Golden team up to face down the men who interfered on Tuesday – Edd Stone and Jack Marlowe. Marlowe ate a Long Arm of the Law as Rick and Rocky got a little of their own back. (Rating: B)

Show Rating: B

[Phantom Stranger]

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Days like Saturday will make any TCW fan wish they were Quebecois. Coming live from the Stade Uniprix, Saturday Night Showcase looks like an astonishing show. Let's take you through it...

Davis Wayne Newton & Frankie Perez will be in tag team action, facing off with the New Wave. Can Guide's victory on Tuesday spearhead a turnaround for the two long-term heroes of professional wrestling?

Another major match follows, with the Rising Stars once again squaring off against more of Generation Omega, as Marc DuBois and Wolf Hawkins level their sights at them. Word has it that Phil Vibert plans to make a number of announcements at the show... None of them are likely to be good for anyone else, and decisive victories in the first two shows could add to that weight significantly.

Jack Bruce has a chance to prove himself once again, taking on the Canadian heir to a very special mantle - Canadian Elemental faces perhaps his biggest challenge to date in the former world champion.

Non-title action features a current world champion next, as Johnny Bloodstone goes one on one against Sammy Bach. Jeremy Stone's issues with Bloodstone potentially cost Bach last month; this month, Bruce's priorities took Sammy out of the title picture. He'll be looking for a chance to prove himself and return to the championship scene in short order.

And in the main event, a title goes back on the line. Art Reed & Greg Keith face arguably the toughest test of their title career to date; the Elite Express and the British Lions are the other two teams in the contest. Reed & Keith squeaked out a win this past Sunday, but a scant six days later there is possibly a greater threat. Will we see the championship change hands? After Reed agreed to the stipulation, we tried to reach Matthew Keith, but he was unavailable for comment.

Prediction Key:
New Wave vs. Davis Wayne Newton & Frankie Perez w/ Phil Vibert

Rising Stars vs. Marc DuBois & Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert

Canadian Elemental vs. Jack Bruce

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sammy Bach (non-title)

TCW World Tag Team Championships
Art Reed & Greg Keith (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Elite Express

[Regis]

New Wave vs. Davis Wayne Newton & Frankie Perez w/ Phil Vibert
Losing streak etc.

Rising Stars vs. Marc DuBois & Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert
Always the problems. If the Heels always win, are the Faces being made to look weak? If the Heels lose, is their credibility being undermined? If there are constant draws and non-finishes, does it look like a cop-out? Decisions, decisions.

Canadian Elemental vs. Jack Bruce
Job to the top!

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sammy Bach (non-title)
World Champion. No Chance.

TCW World Tag Team Championships
Art Reed & Greg Keith (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Elite Express
Not yet.

[Bigpapa42]

New Wave vs. Davis Wayne Newton & Frankie Perez w/ Phil Vibert

Rising Stars vs. Marc DuBois & Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert

Canadian Elemental vs. Jack Bruce

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sammy Bach (non-title)

TCW World Tag Team Championships
Art Reed & Greg Keith (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Elite Express

[Wallbanger]

New Wave vs. Davis Wayne Newton & Frankie Perez w/ Phil Vibert

Rising Stars vs. Marc DuBois & Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert

Canadian Elemental vs. Jack Bruce

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sammy Bach (non-title)

TCW World Tag Team Championships
Art Reed & Greg Keith (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Elite Express

A by-the-numbers show, but you need those to make the surprises more, well, surprising. :)

[Dragonmack]

New Wave vs. Davis Wayne Newton & Frankie Perez w/ Phil Vibert

Rising Stars vs. Marc DuBois & Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert

Canadian Elemental vs. Jack Bruce

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sammy Bach (non-title)

TCW World Tag Team Championships
Art Reed & Greg Keith (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Elite Express

[pauls07]

New Wave vs. Davis Wayne Newton & Frankie Perez w/ Phil Vibert

Rising Stars vs. Marc DuBois & Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert

Canadian Elemental vs. Jack Bruce

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sammy Bach (non-title)

TCW World Tag Team Championships
Art Reed & Greg Keith (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Elite Express

[Phantom Stranger]

Who is CE? Is it...

ANGRY GILMORE?

Nope.

There are plenty of clues to CanEl's identity in the diary thus far; some of them are only that visible to people who also read Tigerkinney's 2008 offering, some of them are pretty clear anyhow. (His theme song, for example, some people would call a complete giveaway, assuming they knew the database and made the right connection. One of the signature moves he's been given and the name of another are also hints.)

I haven't publically announced the name mostly because there's been no real reason to.

(On the topic of references to and in other diaries, btw, the Total Mayhem revelations about Eric Tyler's start in the business have been confirmed over in God Bless Texas, the excellent '77 C-Verse diary featuring Referee Billy. I've been meaning to plug ajcrible for that and his diary for a while.)

[Wallbanger]

Nope.

There are plenty of clues to CanEl's identity in the diary thus far; some of them are only that visible to people who also read Tigerkinney's 2008 offering, some of them are pretty clear anyhow. (His theme song, for example, some people would call a complete giveaway, assuming they knew the database and made the right connection. One of the signature moves he's been given and the name of another are also hints.)

I haven't publically announced the name mostly because there's been no real reason to.

(On the topic of references to and in other diaries, btw, the Total Mayhem revelations about Eric Tyler's start in the business have been confirmed over in God Bless Texas, the excellent '77 C-Verse diary featuring Referee Billy. I've been meaning to plug ajcrible for that and his diary for a while.)

Besides, if CanEl were Gilmore, he'd be getting used a WHOLE lot more. :D

That being said, I didn't realize until recently that Angry had the 'Elemental IV' alter ego in the database, so it's not a complete stretch.

[Phantom Stranger]

Besides, if CanEl were Gilmore, he'd be getting used a WHOLE lot more. :D

That being said, I didn't realize until recently that Angry had the 'Elemental IV' alter ego in the database, so it's not a complete stretch.

Certainly not, but your first point is also correct.

[Zergon]

New Wave vs. Davis Wayne Newton & Frankie Perez w/ Phil Vibert
New Wave´s losing streak is likely coming to end in PPV match (or when one turns against the other) so they lose here again.

Rising Stars vs. Marc DuBois & Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert
DuBois and Hawkins are still higher on the ladders than Rising Stars though not by much

Canadian Elemental vs. Jack Bruce
Canadian Elemental isn´t big enough name to go over Bruce

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sammy Bach (non-title)
Champ is kept strong and though Bach is good I´m not sure he´s high enough on rank to go over your main champion anyway.

TCW World Tag Team Championships
Art Reed & Greg Keith (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Elite Express
title change is possible here but likely it would happen in PPV so I go with champs retaining here.

[Tigerkinney]

New Wave vs. Davis Wayne Newton & Frankie Perez w/ Phil Vibert

New Wave can't win as a team right now, Newton & Perez look like they may just be getting a push as a regular team for now.

Rising Stars vs. Marc DuBois & Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert

More than likely the slow build has already begun for one of the Rising Stars turning on the other, and the Generation Omega pair need to remain looking strong.

Canadian Elemental vs. Jack Bruce

Bruce has been a bit of a disappointment but Canadian Elemental, no matter how awesome he may turn out to be isn't ready to go over someone of Bruce's status yet.

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sammy Bach (non-title)

Bach's good but there's enough people in the title picture already without Bach throwing his hat into the ring with a non title upset.

TCW World Tag Team Championships
Art Reed & Greg Keith (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Elite Express

The 'temporary' champs keep rolling as they come through a tough challenge and retain the belts.

[20LEgend]

Is it Darryl Devine?

[Phantom Stranger]

Is it Darryl Devine?

Afraid not... but keep guessing.

[SWF Fan]

Afraid not... but keep guessing.

Mainstream Hernandez?

[20LEgend]

Afraid not... but keep guessing.

But the theme tune?

I used 'Thrill Seeker' Lee Rivera as Canadian Elemental when I did it in my CGC, any chance it's him? :p

[Phantom Stranger]

It is a Canadian, but it's not someone who could be considered to have major name value in and of himself.

It is, in fact, as just guessed, Lee "Thrill Seeker" "Phoenix Negra" Rivera, for precisely the same rationale that Tigerkinney used in creating Negra.

[20LEgend]

Crazy that we both used him as CanEl but he does really fit as a Elemental to me.

[Phantom Stranger]

I am displeased with the pick, but it's not the worst, I guess. Would have liked better performance skills, but meh. Microphone sucks, but that's managable. Nice flying skills.

AM ANGRY IT'S NOT ANGRY GILMORE.

If I stole Angry from the SWF, why on EARTH would I repackage him?

[Beeker]

New Wave vs. Davis Wayne Newton & Frankie Perez w/ Phil Vibert
- The New Wave continue their slide, GenOmega solidify themselves in the tag ranks by knocking off those were once the best in the business.

Rising Stars vs. Marc DuBois & Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert
- Draw. I think a double DQ to set up some long term feud potentials between all four members.

Canadian Elemental vs. Jack Bruce
- A thrilling match by Jobby Bruce.

Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sammy Bach (non-title)
- Not quite time for Bach to 'upset' the champ.

TCW World Tag Team Championships
Art Reed & Greg Keith (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Elite Express
- Neither of these teams quite topple the champs on free TV. Interesting to see how close to perfect these three are.

***
Eidenhoek - I love your passion for this diary but sometimes I wish you had a volume control.

I figured it was Riveria from the hints in the dynasty but didn't see the point in mentioning them. The winks and nods were nice in-game nudges to those who knew.

As for Gilmore, copyright reasons? Maybe Angrier Gilmore? Mellow Gilmore? Surly Gilmore? =D

[Wallbanger]

As for Gilmore, copyright reasons? Maybe Angrier Gilmore? Mellow Gilmore? Surly Gilmore? =D

New! From SWF Children's Publishing House: Angry Gilmore and the Seven Dwarves

Join Angry and his new friends Surly, Sulky, Huffy, Cranky, Testy, Crabby and Mellow on a fun-filled adventure to find a personality for Peter Michaels.

[Tigerkinney]

Eidenhoek - I love your passion for this diary but sometimes I wish you had a volume control.

I think Eidenhoek coming at this from the angle of a 'character' one of an irritating smark :p At least I hope that's the case :D

Anyway as for Lee Rivera being under the Canadian Elemental mask, he is the perfect choice for it. Good high flyer but a not particularly engaging character as himself...put him under a cool mask and it completely transforms him into something pushable beyond a 'pop the crowd with some exciting moves, curtain jerker'. It's exactly the reason I chose him to wear the Phoenix Negra hood I invented for my 2008 FCW diary.

As Phantom said why put someone with an established/over gimmick under a mask, such as Angry Gilmore.

Rivera's performance skills aren't the greatest, but they are hardly terrible either, in fact I would place them as reasonably good but as he will be in the ring with plenty of good quality workers they should improve.

[MrOnu]

I feel a little dumb this morning. I feel like I'm the only one who just learned who was Dark Phoenix. I honestly never thought of Rivera, neither for DP or CE.

[Phantom Stranger]

I feel a little dumb this morning. I feel like I'm the only one who just learned who was Dark Phoenix. I honestly never thought of Rivera, neither for DP or CE.

And there in a nutshell, I'd say, is why he needs the mask.

Tigerkinney's expressed logic at the time, IIRC, was that he had an idea for a character, needed a high flyer, and looked for one who didn't have the it factor to stand out otherwise.

He picked Rivera.

Coming up to a big promotional event in Canada - first TCW show there and it's a PPV - I thought it was time to expand the All-Action division in much the same way I expanded the tag division - bring in a bunch of established faces and a few new ones, throw them all together and see what starts happening. And the natural thing to do was bring in some good high-flying Canadians, one of whom would get some solid establishing work done early and then see what he could do.

The Canadian Elemental alts around the place led me to decide to use that connection, not least because it makes for cool story and means I feel guilty if I don't give him some real support - imagine just arbitrarily creating a new member of the Tiger Mask legacy and then crapping on him.

Like TK, I thought the mask should go to someone who otherwise wouldn't have the breakthrough factor - and having enjoyed Phoenix Negra, I decided to pay homage.

And to be honest, the fact you wouldn't have pegged Rivera as the guy under the mask, I read in part as 'Rivera is forgettable' - which is probably the big knock against him. In both cases, the mask gives him something.

[Beeker]

Somewhere Trent Shaffer is thinking... 'if only I didn't have that irrational fear of masks...' :D

[TheLeviticalLawKid3]

Somewhere Trent Shaffer is thinking... 'if only I didn't have that irrational fear of masks...' :D
"Ah, but they make me sweat so bad...and I feel so claustrophobic in them...no, I don't care if it would've revolutionized my career. I'm not gonna hide behind some gimmick to take me to the top!"

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Saturday Night Showcase

Saturday Week 1 May 2009

Live on CBA (Rating 13.71)

Held at the Quebec Stade Uniprix (Quebec)

Attendance: 10,000 (Sold Out)

Announcers:
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Duane Fry – Jasmine Saunders – Alanis Springsteen

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New Wave vs. Davis Wayne Newton & Frankie Perez w/ Phil Vibert
Once again, the Wave spend their entrance deep in conversation with one another. Their attitude, admittedly, does seem a little cheerier following Guide's victory on Tuesday, but they're certainly still not behaving in any way you could describe as 'upbeat'.

The Generation Omega boys, on the other hand, are already pretty close to jubilant. And then the bell rings, and hell breaks loose. Davis and Frankie want to prove some kind of a point. Guide and Scout just want to win, plain and simple.

It's not a brawl, but the main reason for that is that none of these four men are unscientific in their assault. This is systematic violence, precise, accurate, and slick, and while tbe Wave certainly go great guns after the Generation Omega boys, they're having trouble. Frankie hook-kicks Guide as the Wave man attempts the Guided Missile, then clamps down the P-Clutch. With Newton able to block Scout's attempted rescue, the man who beat Tyson Baine has to tap out.
Davis Wayne Newton & Frankie Perez defeated the New Wave
Rating: B-

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Grinning broadly, Phil Vibert enters the ring, microphone in hand. “Ten years ago, I hired Guide and Scout,” he begins. “Ten years ago, they were the best young tag team in the world. They proved my faith in them right over the next few years. They learned. They blossomed. And, somewhere along the way...

“Well, you just saw it. They've lost what they had, what it was that made them so successful. They don't have that drive anymore...

“So forget about them. Let's talk about two men who really matter.

“When you look at a car, one of the things you have to consider is the engine, the bodywork, the design. A single part does not make a machine; it's all those parts acting together that make a car a classic, that provide the performance you need.

“A complex machine, just to go fast. The more difficult the task you want to accomplish, the more intricate the solution... the more elegant the design has to be. The better the blueprint... and the more complex.

“When what you want is something that can analyse another, isolate its weaknesses, protect its own and use that knowledge to defeat their target... well, you need a blueprint as complex and elegant as life itself.

“A man like me assesses that level of capacity at a glance. A man like me looks at these two... and sees the GenOme.

“And let me tell you... the blueprint here is perfect for winning titles. Whoever wins out tonight, watch your back.”

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Rising Stars vs. Marc DuBois & Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert
You want a brawl after the opener? You got one. Generation Omega plays it calculating, arrogant, provoking reactions and going with mind games. Aaron and Joey wade right in there.

The Stars aren't quite what they once were, however. It's not a lack of talent, or a lack of drive... it's communication that's missing, communication that sets them back. Vibert doesn't help, either; the entire match, he's seated in full view, making notes in that spiral-bound notebook of his. The implications are clear, and Andrews and Minnesota both seem wary of each other as a result.

Which means that when the Full Moon Rising smashes Joey in the face, Aaron doesn't come to his rescue.
Marc DuBois & Wolf Hawkins defeated Rising Stars
Rating: B

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Vibert rises as the match ends, putting his notebook away before collecting a microphone, tossing it to the two Generation Omega men in the ring. Wolf snags it out of the air.

“One more month before I put this one to rest,” he says. “That much is clear, anyhow. One more month...”

He shakes his head. “And I'm sure some of you are thinking, hey, it can't be that bad, it's just a month more, what's the big deal?

“You don't get it. You don't understand what it's like... I was brought here by Cornell, brought here on a wing and a dream of promise, and thrown aside. Left to sink or swim.

“That actually wasn't so bad. Then he thought he was doing me a favour, thought he'd hook me up with a tag team partner... Stevie Grayson.

“Favour that wasn't. But I got through, just about, and after a while he came to me and said it was time I should run with him.

“Like I should be grateful. That was how the Syndicate started. Two years – two damn years I was expected to do nothing but kiss his ass. Two years where all the success I earned was just there so he could say he was responsible.

“And now, what, another three months to sort that out? Five and a half years, this comes to, five and a half years where I haven't been able to stand up and claim credit for my own actions. Five and a half years where he's claimed everything I can do is down to him.

“I have the Ticket to the Top burning a hole in my damn pocket, and before I can draw a line under this and move on, I need to show him I'm better. I have five and a half years of improvement, of victories, of titles and wins and growth and development as an athlete that is down to ME, and that I can't claim credit for until I beat him, until I prove I've outgrown him.

“I don't want to wait, Tommy. But I know I'm going to have to. I would have been done by now, if you'd just given up.

“You took Ricky on, though. I know how much you hate him. I know how much doing that must have hurt.” He grins, wild and savage and proud. “That tells me how much I've hurt you. Enough for you to swallow that hate to take me on... Oh, that's good. That's satisfying. But it doesn't put you away.

“I need you put away so I can get on with my life. And Ricky's a problem with that. So!” He pats his stablemate on the shoulder. “Marc here has a free dance card, right now, on account of the bull**** that went down Tuesday. Ricky – you need distracting, and I know we're going to laugh the moment Generation Omega have all proved you're past it individually. So how about you let Marc prove he can hang with champions?”

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Canadian Elemental vs. Jack Bruce
The masked man offers a hand to Bruce before the bell rings, but Jack doesn't take it; instead, he steps in, swinging a punch. It's a good solid hit, too, knocking CanEl back four or five paces; as Bruce lunges forward to capitalise, however, CanEl leaps, meeting the charge with a dropkick, crisp as can be, that takes Jack off his feet.

Jack scrambles up and charges again; Elemental vaults over the charge this time, landing on both feet and going for a superkick; Bruce ducks under the leading foot, steps in, and gets a twisting spinebuster.

So it goes, ultimately; with the crowd behind him to a surprising degree, even against Jack Bruce, Can El hits hard and fast, but Bruce has experience enough to hammer home shots of his own.

Little by little, bit by bit, Jack Bruce takes it from an even fight to something a little in his favour. After the Elemental kicks out of a third or fourth pin attempt, Bruce backs off for a moment and starts measuring for the New York Minute.

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And then there's a blur for a moment – and at the end of that blur, Harry Allen seems almost to hang in midair as he snares Bruce in the Gunslinger's Revenge.

Elemental watches Bruce whiplash back off the campus and rolls past him, springing up behind him -Elemental Suplex! The pinfall follows rapidly, much to the crowd's surprised delight.
Canadian Elemental defeated Jack Bruce
Rating: B

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“OK,” Stephanie Wade says, as the camera flees backstage. “Let's talk.”

“Right,” Rocky nods. “Mind if we start with Tuesday?”

“I didn't see you Tuesday.”

“No,” Rocky says heavily. “You didn't. What you did was get involved in that Mexican clown's match. What was that about?”

“I've got plans for you, big guy.” She smiles. “You and me, we're going to the top. But that means you gotta be able to get there. So I found a fight you've already got a dog in, and I'm hijacking it.”

“Meaning?”

“Meaning, this month, you gotta find another girl to tag with. Because you and me, big guy... we're gonna be on opposite sides of the ring Where Angels Fear To Tread. And we're gonna beat hell out of each other.

“Because if you can take me out, if you don't puss out on it when you're staring across the ring at your hookup, then you've got the killer instinct I want.

“This month, you either beat me, or we're through.”

Golden slowly closes his mouth. “What the hell's Lover got to do with this?”

She shrugs. “Board won't OK a one-on-one intergender fight. I checked.”

“You've thought this through?”

“Yep.”

“So you're serious.”

“As a heart attack, big guy. And if you're serious about me... then you're serious about this.”

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Johnny Bloodstone w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Sammy Bach
It's a heck of a match, it really is. Bach keeps his distance – he knows already just how nasty Bloodstone's submission holds can be, and he has no intention of being caught in them.

That gives the champion the perfect justification to showcase a different side to his arsenal – a striking game, with a side order of suplexes.

Both men give their best here, and it rapidly escalates into a frantic exchange. Some of Bach's charges the champion counters, others hit home.

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And then Jeremy Stone arrives. As Bach crashes into Ray Johnson with a ducked leap, Jeremy slides into the ring and punches the champ in the gut. A powerbomb swiftly follows, and Stone grabs the legs, stepping through into the Stone Hold, leaning back on it.

Johnson gets back up, a little shaky, and turns around in time to see what's going on.
Johnny Bloodstone defeated Sammy Bach
Rating: A

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As he calls for the disqualification, Sean Deeley hits the ring. A solid punch to Stone breaks the hold. Another, and another, and a European uppercut – and Stone is staggered. At the corner of shot, someone rolls into the ring behind Deeley, as the young Canadian whips Jeremy to the corner.

He turns en route and crashes into knees as he does so; knees of someone perched on the top rope. She hooks her arm around his neck and launches forward, flipping into a Diamond Dust. Except -

“Girl's Best Friend!” Jason Azaria yells. “I thought I recognised her...”

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Music hits as the newcomer climbs the turnbuckle nearest the hard camera, pointing into the living rooms of pro wrestling fans worldwide, a confident smile on her face.

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Laura Huggins arrives at ringside, microphone in hand, as Stone slowly recovers. “Me and Sean did some hard thinking, Mr Stone,” Laura announces. “We realised that, yeah, OK, you're happy to pull your crap in front of fans the world over. And Edd looks up to his brother.

“But I think we found someone you don't want to disappoint. I think you might just be a little embarrassed trying this stuff in front of JeriLynn.”

The newcomer turns to face Stone, nodding agreement. She takes the microphone. “Hi, Dad,” she says. “You going to set me a bad example?”

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Elite Express
And the tag division once again goes balls to the wall. With a minimum of three people in the ring at any given moment, picking out more than scattered moments would be hard here, and there isn't really anything that looks like a story per se – it's more a hectic mess of high-octane, high-impact sequences meshed together skilfully with brutal-looking holds.

That said, it never really slows down enough for anyone to pick that pattern out easily. A memorable sequence sees Reed and Keith unite to eject the Express from the ring, only to be blindsided by Morgan and O'Curle; O'Curle hurls Reed out of the ring while Morgan sets a figure-four in on Keith.

Merle promptly applies a figure-four variant as a chokehold around Greg's neck, really going to town, as the producer cuts away to Matthew Keith, watching helplessly – and more than a little angrily – from the locker room. His father rests a consoling hand on his shoulder, but before Greg can be forced to tap out, Nate Johnson and Bobby Thomas soar in from opposite turnbuckles; Thomas splashes Morgan while Johnson drops a leg across O'Curle's throat.

Acting in concert, they scoop Greg up, Thomas supporting him as Nate climbs the turnbuckle, looking for the Precision Driller.

But Art Reed's in; he dropkicks Johnson to the outside, then sweeps Bobby's legs from under him, leaving Greg to roll through into a sunset flip pin more or less on instinct alone.

With Reed to play spoiler, that's enough for the champs to retain.
Art Reed & Greg Keith defeated British Lions and Elite Express
Rating: A

Show Rating: B+

[Phantom Stranger]

Show Notes:

For those who don't know who JeriLynn Stone is, she first appeared in Wallbanger's excellent Generations (C-Verse) (http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21424) diary for TEW2007 as the booker of NOTBPW. She's used here with permission, and indeed her theme tune was selected by 'banger himself.

Her render was originally attached to a character named Carrie Oakey, as rendered by LoNdOn (as noted in-thread.) Again, render is used with permission, after some slight hair alterations.

[Blake Trask]

I now feel less bad for not being able to figure out who the Stones were referring to in that previous segment after the PPV.

[Phantom Stranger]

I now feel less bad for not being able to figure out who the Stones were referring to in that previous segment after the PPV.

Pretty much, yeah.

[Bigpapa42]

Love the direct connection back to Generations. Some classic C-verse work there by Wallbanger and its a great way to honor it. Another great show, PS.

[Phantom Stranger]

ONE OF THEM IS A SAVATEUR WTF

Steven Segal is not Japanese, yet Aikido is.

[Phantom Stranger]

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Monday 1st May 2009
I find myself flying out a day ahead of schedule – more like 12 hours, to be fair. I'm doing this, essentially, to soothe an ego. Which makes it sound like I think his complaint is unfair – not something I could agree with, frankly.

Jack Bruce has had the short end of the stick since coming to TCW. It's an awkward situation; he was immediately moved into a feud we really had to give him, but while the promos were good if unspectacular, what went down between the ropes seldom worked the way it should. Tornado having established himself as championship-level just before this, the knock is always going to go on Jack Bruce.

One of the reasons he's been paired with Sammy Bach, in fact, is to let Sammy carry the work in the ring a bit more while Jack handles the microphone. The goal is to eventually come out with two men who are better for us than either man is currently.

Bruce feels, though, like he's been jobbed out a bit – like he's being punished, by Tommy through me, for having achieved success in the SWF – being someone we can't take credit for making a top guy, unlike Remo (who of course never made it to the top there).

I can say I never received any instruction he was to be stepped on; we just haven't been able to justify making him a top guy with our current main event.

But he feels neglected. And, as we still have plenty we want him to do, that could cause trouble.

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Shadows of the past: Jack Bruce at the forefront of Painful Procedure circa 2003

Tuesday 2nd May 2009
I think Jack's happy for now. The continued thing with Painful Procedure was worrying him, sure, but I was able to explain why it's still going.

We went over the current angle – one which could well not pay all the way off until next February's War to Settle the Score, although it'll veer around the place during that time. Talked about his new allies. In the end I asked Wolf for a loan of his DVD player – I'd brought some of the clip DVDs from developmental along, and showing Jack who he was likely to be working with – well, some of them – helped.

He's still not happy about the match we have scheduled for Saturday, where Canadian Elemental gets a leg up on him, but I think he can see why it's there. And the fact he'll have a week off from house shows, mostly down in Cali working on a new sound with our in-house composers, seems to have him enthusiastic about it.

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Career Reinvention: JB and friends, fall 2009

But then, isn't that always the way? Show someone the company's throwing more money at them and, lo and behold, they can feel like they're getting some support.

Sunday 8th May 2009
The flight I'm taking is the same as the first leg for a lot of the wrestlers pulling house shows this week, so I get to hear a lot of the chatter first-hand. Surprisingly useful, that...

Eddie Peak and Remo Richardson are seated together, half arguing football, half talking about spots they want to use at the next PPV – laying out what they want to be a surprise, what needs establishing, all that jazz. It's one of the reasons I don't mind Eddie's ribs – when it comes to matches, he learned to be a professional from Eric Tyler. I know I'll get a list, before long, of things Eddie and Remo would like to do this month to play off in their match. I won't be able to get to all of it, probably, but I'll get some done.

Across the aisle, Aaron Andrews, Joey Minnesota, and Wolf Hawkins are laughing with Edd Strone. Those four make a natural fit offscreen in a way we could never make work on the show; Aaron and Wolf channel a completely different side of themselves for their gimmicks. But the four of them are joking about a bunch of things, some of which will probably get turned into more of the Edd Stone Ambush Hour as the month goes on.

Art Reed and Matthew Keith have their little hand-held video games out, chasing each other around a virtual racetrack and occasionally laughing about mushrooms and banana skins. Not sure what's going on there, but it keeps them happy. Eric Tyler and Jeremy Stone both have a younger wrestler near them they can anecdote about wrestling to – living the life, as Mike Nero calls it.

And I can just about hear my daughter and JeriLynn debating who “gets to be” the heel when they inevitably collide. It's interesting, listening to those two... I can hear RDJ laughing already. “No difficulty keeping those gimmicks separate,” he said when we found out Jennifer had signed JeriLynn, and he wasn't wrong. Naturally different people, but they seem to get on well – which is good; sooner or later there'll be more tag matches in the womens division, and that'll lead to a lot of combinations being tested. Any that stand out can only do better as a result...

[Blake Trask]

Xander Blake!

Uh... I mean. Zimmy Bumfhole. Heck of a signing.

(In case that makes no sense, SWF let Zimmy's contract expire in my personal TCW game, I renamed him the above)

I really liked that segment, much like I enjoy most of the 'backstage', anecdotal type pieces you do. It's always fun trying to imagine what's going on in the picture arrays you post (like a younger Bruce fronting the original PP)

[Phantom Stranger]

Xander Blake!

Uh... I mean. Zimmy Bumfhole. Heck of a signing.

(In case that makes no sense, SWF let Zimmy's contract expire in my personal TCW game, I renamed him the above)

I really liked that segment, much like I enjoy most of the 'backstage', anecdotal type pieces you do. It's always fun trying to imagine what's going on in the picture arrays you post (like a younger Bruce fronting the original PP)

You would rebrand the son of Tito Bumfhole? ;)

The SWF have been making a few questionable releases lately. Zimmy's well within their overness limits as a Cult company - I consider what I'm paying him cheap - and he's on the short list of people I have to consider if I see their contracts come up. As it happens, around the time I started trying to work out how to resuscitate Jack's image, they cut him loose, and that and something on YouTube all came together at once.

And my long-term plans changed, just like that...

I'm glad people enjoy the 'photos' in the book. As will be incredibly obvious by now, one of the things I love doing with the C-Verse is trying to flesh it out, taking whathever works from a whole collection of other diaries, the historicals and my own imagination to try to make it feel like a real world full of characters, not batches of ones and zeroes. That's what most of the photos are for; easter eggs, bits of history, little references to prior games (eg, Karen Killer in the initial creative team photo as she used to book NYCW).

Occasionally, though, it's just tempting to use the fact the 'book' is written after the fact to seed some ideas coming down the pipe - as here - which the fans in the C-Verse won't know but which I think might interest the readers.

[Blake Trask]

Mostly it was because I felt that if I'd brought him in under his real name, he'd, in-universe, still be very strongly associated as a 'SWF guy', what with him and Randy (along with DuBois) being the cream of the crop for their famous 05 graduating class.

Once I got into that kind of mindset, I would have found it really hard not to make him either a heel, or a very specific face gimmick ("I came here because I cared about wrestling more than the 'entertainment' ") if he'd still been referred to as Zimmy. I guess it made sense in my head, haha.

[Phantom Stranger]

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This week's Total Wrestling looks set to be fast-paced from beginning to end. We begin with Acid and Thunder Snake, School of Tradition and Team KOBRA, and the question asked about this match, as you all know, must be: How will the outcome of this contest affect the All-Action contendership rankings?

The freshly named GenOme get their next chance to shine immediately afterward. Their opponents, Natural Talent, are two other young men with substantial talent - but, as yet, with little to show for it. It does seem as if Phil Vibert is pulling strings to get Frankie Perez his winner's purse. But then, he's also pushing for them to face Art Reed & Greg Keith, and that's no easy contest.

Eric Tyler has promised to introduce the School of Tradition's newest member, Frankie Dee, "to a wider audience than just Rick Law fans." He says he anticipates making an open challenge to the locker room on Dee's behalf. Who will Dee face, and can the self-styled 'White Angel' rise to the occasion?

Peter Hopper of the Easy Riders has a tall challenge ahead of him; Mayhem Midden has set a match between Hopper and Eddie Peak. We were unable to confirm the reasons behind this, but it seems that Midden returned to his bike Saturday night to find the paintwork scratched and the Easy Riders absent.

Art Reed has had an astonishing couple of months relative to his prior form; as one-half of the interim tag champions, in particular; now, however, he faces a potentially insurmountable challenge - but if Reed can beat Remo Richardson, the sky will be the limit.

Tag team action to follow, and intergender at that - on one side, Jeremy Stone and Gorgon. On the other, World Heavyweight Champion Johnny Bloodstone and JeriLynn Stone. Can Bloodstone achieve a clear step forward in his issues with his former mentor?

Last Sunday we saw the Rising Stars face off with two of Generation Omega. Mayhem Midden, theorizing that Gen Omega's advantage was the issues between the Stars, has made a singles match to test that theory; Joey Minnesota against Wolf Hawkins, in your Tuesday main event...

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

GenOme (Davis Wayne Newton & Frankie Perez) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Natural Talent

Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins vs. ????

Eddie Peak vs. Peter Hopper w/ Carl Batch

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

Jeremy Stone & Gorgon vs. Johnny Bloodstone & JeriLynn Stone w/ Blonde Bombshell

Joey Minnesota vs. Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert

[Bigpapa42]

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Thunder Snake w/ Baroness Emily

GenOme (Davis Wayne Newton & Frankie Perez) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Natural Talent

Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins vs. ????

Eddie Peak vs. Peter Hopper w/ Carl Batch

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

Jeremy Stone & Gorgon vs. Johnny Bloodstone & JeriLynn Stone w/ Blonde Bombshell

Joey Minnesota vs. Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert

[Regis]

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Thunder Snake w/ Baroness Emily
Acid is a bit more established.

GenOme (Davis Wayne Newton & Frankie Perez) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Natural Talent
JOBBERS!

Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins vs. ????
Never bet against ????

Eddie Peak vs. Peter Hopper w/ Carl Batch
Oh, boy. The Shark is hungry.

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
People tend to forget about Remo and how good he is. Time to remind them.

Jeremy Stone & Gorgon vs. Johnny Bloodstone & JeriLynn Stone w/ Blonde Bombshell
Can't bet against Gorgon. I mean, seriously.

Joey Minnesota vs. Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert
Can't choose. No, wait. Wolf Hawkins needs to be kept looking almost unbeatable.

[pauls07]

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Thunder Snake w/ Baroness Emily

GenOme (Davis Wayne Newton & Frankie Perez) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Natural Talent

Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins vs. ????

Eddie Peak vs. Peter Hopper w/ Carl Batch

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

Jeremy Stone & Gorgon vs. Johnny Bloodstone & JeriLynn Stone w/ Blonde Bombshell DRAW

Joey Minnesota vs. Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert

[Beeker]

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Thunder Snake w/ Baroness Emily
- Personal preference, I've always loved Acid and found Thunder Monkey to be a stiff load of 'meh'. I know he's a TEW darling but I'd rather watch the robotic Acid over the Snake.

GenOme (Davis Wayne Newton & Frankie Perez) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Natural Talent
- Since Natural Talent don't even get to be individuals, I'll go with the on-the-rise GenOme. Or GenOhm, if you want them looking for inner peace.

Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins vs. ????
- I never bet against ????, and Dee continues the TCW Tradition of jobbing up the card, although I'm not sure how high his upside is.

Eddie Peak vs. Peter Hopper w/ Carl Batch
- Man Hopper, rider of your renown should know you do not mess with another man's bike! Reminds me of a story that I won't go into here.

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
- Back to stealing shows in the tag division with your Art.

Jeremy Stone & Gorgon vs. Johnny Bloodstone & JeriLynn Stone w/ Blonde Bombshell
- This is actually too close to call. Being a tag match it makes sense to give Stonegon the win, but Bloodstonestone need to look dangerous too since Ms. JL is just joining and has daddy issues. So mix n' match that all up and I think we've got a recipe for a Double DQ.

Joey Minnesota vs. Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert
- Sorry Joey, you're not there yet. Even if you have things in hand. Vibert will have a counter you hadn't prepared for.

[Wallbanger]

JeriLynn is not as hot as I would have liked >_>

Talented as the Grey Dog artist community is (and London is among the best of them, too), no one could capture the hotness that is JL. All I have to say is PS better have given her 90+ Sex Appeal. :D

Now on to business...

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

GenOme (Davis Wayne Newton & Frankie Perez) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Natural Talent

Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins vs. ????

Eddie Peak vs. Peter Hopper w/ Carl Batch

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

Jeremy Stone & Gorgon vs. Johnny Bloodstone & JeriLynn Stone w/ Blonde Bombshell - Draw/Double DQ, and Edd will be involved somehow.

Joey Minnesota vs. Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert

[Tigerkinney]

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Thunder Snake w/ Baroness Emily

Thunder Snake is part of a stable that has more direction, lets be honest Acid has been a masked glorified jobber since he came into TCW.

GenOme (Davis Wayne Newton & Frankie Perez) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Natural Talent

As Regis said, Natural Talent are still jobbers

Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins vs. ????

I know that you favour the job the way up the card route, but I think Frankie's first opponent will be some jobber lined up by Tyler to make his new School acquisition look good...just seems so much more heelish.

Eddie Peak vs. Peter Hopper w/ Carl Batch

Hopper's purely a Tag guy, he isn't going over Eddie Peak.

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

Reed's done very well lately in his role as the subsitute partner for the Keith's, but he isn't going over Remo.

Jeremy Stone & Gorgon vs. Johnny Bloodstone & JeriLynn Stone w/ Blonde Bombshell

This is a coinflip that could go either way but I'll go for the faces to actually come out on top this time, in JeriLynn's in ring debut.

Joey Minnesota vs. Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert

Wolf is getting pushed that little bit stronger right now.

[Phantom Stranger]

Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat...

And things are starting to slow down in diary production here. Show will probably be up Sunday. After that, you'll get Badge of Honor, and you may get Saturday Night Showcase before Christmas, depending - but you won't get anything beyond that until at least the 27th.

Just as a warning, like.

[Zergon]

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Thunder Snake w/ Baroness Emily
I would like to pick Acid here but Snake has more going on.

GenOme (Davis Wayne Newton & Frankie Perez) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Natural Talent
Natural Talent are jobbers until they manage to prove otherwise and it won´t happen here

Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins vs. ????
Mystery man takse another win

Eddie Peak vs. Peter Hopper w/ Carl Batch
Hopper is tag guy so he can lose to someone like Peak without losing any momentum

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
Reed is getting better thanks to his tag matches but Remo is too big name for him still

Jeremy Stone & Gorgon vs. Johnny Bloodstone & JeriLynn Stone w/ Blonde Bombshell
Not sure if JeriLynn has what it takes when she is against Gordon but I doubt it.

Joey Minnesota vs. Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert
Hawkins is bigger name at this point.

[Dragonmack]

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Thunder Snake w/ Baroness Emily

GenOme (Davis Wayne Newton & Frankie Perez) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Natural Talent

Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins vs. ????

Eddie Peak vs. Peter Hopper w/ Carl Batch

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

Jeremy Stone & Gorgon vs. Johnny Bloodstone & JeriLynn Stone w/ Blonde Bombshell

Joey Minnesota vs. Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert

[Blake Trask]

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Thunder Snake w/ Baroness Emily

Thunder Snake is currently lowest on KOBRA's totem pole. If this is indeed going to be stable wars, SoT have to win in some places. Acid is credible enough to do so.

GenOme (Davis Wayne Newton & Frankie Perez) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Natural Talent

Even with speed-bumps, Gen Omega are being pushed, particularly this pairing as a tag team. Natural Talent need to prove that they no longer suck (although granted PP can take some of the rap for thaT) before getting wins.

Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins vs. ????

It'll definitely heat things up if this is say... Kosh.

Eddie Peak vs. Peter Hopper w/ Carl Batch

AHAHAHAHA hahahaha hahah... ha.

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert


This is a bridge too far for Art.

Jeremy Stone & Gorgon vs. Johnny Bloodstone & JeriLynn Stone w/ Blonde Bombshell

Draw. Gorgon is off the back of a dominant win. However, Bloodstone is champ, and I don't know if I can see JeriLynn debuting with a loss. To look a credible number one contender, I don't feel Jezza should drop one here.

Joey Minnesota vs. Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert

Not in THIS canon, Joey.

[Oregano Jensen]

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Thunder Snake w/ Baroness Emily

I really thought Thunder Snake was the no. 2 guy behind Ino, but then Miyazaki goes and wins the title. Still, he's part of a credible stable. This is probably mostly a way to reunite Acid and Hell Monkey, who definitely have a history of making great matches.

GenOme (Davis Wayne Newton & Frankie Perez) w/ Phil Vibert vs. Natural Talent

Squash.

Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins vs. ????

I was wrong about Marc Speed, but I'll try it again: Frankie Dee isn't a real guy.

Eddie Peak vs. Peter Hopper w/ Carl Batch

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

If Reed wins a match like this, it'll be a sign that his singles push is moving. I think he's got a fair way to go with the Keith storyline, though. Hopper is never getting a singles push.

Jeremy Stone & Gorgon vs. Johnny Bloodstone & JeriLynn Stone w/ Blonde Bombshell

Keeps Gorgon looking strong, keeps this rivalry moving even though Johnny won the big match (basically) fair and square.

Joey Minnesota vs. Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert

Shenanigans are possible... Gen Omega has their eye on Joey, I know that much. But if he does turn eventually, I think it's more likely in a match that involves Andrews.

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 2 May 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 16.25)
Rebroadcast on Continental Sports X1 (Rating 0.03)

Held at the Ottawa Rams Stadium (Ontario)

Attendance: 10,000 (Sold Out)

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Shawn Doakes

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Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Thunder Snake w/ Baroness Emily
The Canadian Acid squares off with New York's masked warrior. It looks, on paper, like a hell of a fast match, probably a hell of a match period, and that's how it turns out. Azaria seems grateful that these two are finally receiving a match where he can dwell on the Japanese style of both men's work, highlighting the rationale for Snake's introduction to Team KOBRA and Acid's fulfilling of the School of Tradition's worldwide tag with gusto.

This is speed, this is precision, this is lethal force in every slam, every kick, every lariat, every chop and every airborne moment. Thunder Snake fights a more stationary game, choosing to play the grounded half of this equation, harried by Acid's imitation of Snake's own flying style, but his lightning counters into slams, his lariats out of nowhere, keep him in the ascendant for a good while.

Unfortunately, as he's really starting to get rolling, Acid sidesteps the Snake Lash and abruptly superkicks Ray Johnson, jarring his jaw and putting the ref out of action. Johnson had no chance to see it coming.

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Global Tradition slide into the ring, then, and grab Thunder Snake by either arm.

Acid's demeanour entirely switches in an instant. Slithering around the ring into position, his body language changes. Since coming to TCW, Acid's chief means of standing out has been an almost robotic duplication of the body language of whoever he's fighting.

Abruptly, however, he's no longer Thunder Snake. Agile, smooth, his body language is suddenly smug, self-satisfied, and vicious. It takes a moment for anyone to place, but after a while, the savvier of the crowd start to peg it, and to understand why it took so long to recognise; Acid is suddenly a shorter, stockier, quicker Tommy Cornell.

The beatdown begins, and it's epic in scope. Despite this, Baroness Emily stands by the ring, watching, bokken at her waist.

As Johnson begins to revive, the Canadian masked man climbs back to the top rope and sails off, hitting the Acid Rain Bomb to pick up the pinfall.
Acid defeated Thunder Snake
Rating: B

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Battle Without Honor or Humanity starts to play, and the remainder of Team KOBRA make their way to the ring, many of them looking grim as they do so.

Thunder Snake, too, doesn't look at all happy as they surround him; however, as Baroness Emily takes aim with the bokken, he simply squares his shoulders – and as the bokken comes down, he takes his punishment stonefaced.

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GenOme w/ Phil Vibert vs. Natural Talent
Natural Talent come out for this quietly, subdued, but they speak thoughtfully throughout GenOme's entrance – and their gestures indicate that they're discussing the more dangerous maneuvers in GenOme's arsenal, offering tips, suggestions on things to watch for.

Natural Talent do not intend to be easy prey. Vibert sees their gestures and smirks, a little patronising.

The bell rings, and Natural #2 crashes into Davis Wayne Newton. He's throwing fists, elbows, knees, a couple of headbutts, and he staggers Newton with them before stepping back and throwing a snap suplex. A floatover goes into a pin straight away, but he keeps his eye on Perez, and Newton kicks out.

“What was he staring at Perez for?” Azaria asks, and we get our answer not two minutes later; #2 has tagged out, and #1 continues to take it to Newton. This time, a high-speed neckbreaker puts Davis back on the map, and as he covers, he once again looks at Perez – who flips forward over the ropes to drop a leg and break up the pin.

It's a move Newton and Perez have used every couple of matches, it seems like, and no one's really registered it – until now; #1 breaks the pin voluntarily, and Perez' leg crashes down across DWN.

Natural Talent is watching, is the clear message.

It's a good start, but Frankie stays in the ring. A charging lariat drops #1 before he can make it to the corner, and as #2 comes in Perez is ready with a backdrop driver for him. Newton recovers and comes to the assault; somewhat surprisingly, Frankie immediately halts his assault rather than continue it, letting Davis show his stuff.

With that, GenOme take over – and they take over very thoroughly. It's brutal, and while the Talent keep their end up, throwing dropkicks and fighting back where they can, GenOme don't give them a chance to keep it coming. In the end, Frankie forces a submission via the P-Clutch on #2.
GenOme defeated Natural Talent
Rating: B

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A new track to TCW fans hits, heralding the second appearance of Frankie Dee's Total career. On one side of him walks Eric Tyler, on the other, Laura Huggins. They make their way to the ring, Huggins collecting a microphone as she does so – which she swiftly passes across to Eric Tyler.

“The School of Tradition,” Tyler begins, “is my gift to professional wrestling. A place where seasoned veterans, men of respect, men of talent, men of honor, can come together, to understand this sport, to speak together, and, just as importantly, to teach. What the hell kind of School can't teach people, after all?

“I've given up on Deeley.” Huggins shoots him a glare. “Sorry, Laura, but it's true. Your boyfriend's a hell of a fighter but I can't say he understands how to be a pro wrestler. That takes respect, understanding, the right spirit.” He shakes his head. “You want to nurture him, be my guest. If you can make a real wrestler outta him you'll prove why the School wants you.

“But that doesn't mean I've given up on my projects. Walter and Merle, they've joined the ranks of the best in the world – under my tutelage. Freddy Huggins, Acid, they're coming along great. And Deeley has all the tools in the world, even if he hasn't got the mind for it.

“But this man, here...” He claps Frankie on the shoulder. “The White Angel, Frankie Dee. Merging the Canadian tradition of technical prowess with an incredible understanding of martial arts, Frankie has a lot of the tools. He's now putting them together, under my guidance, under Joel's, under JD's, to become one of the best. And tonight-”

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Breakin' the Law abruptly cuts in, and Tommy Cornell's face appears on the big screen. Crowd response is surprised, but fairly enthusiastic; Cornell has had at least one chance to reveal he hadn't changed his spots and sailed past it. The fans are starting, not to believe, but at least to hope.

“Blah, blah, blah, blah,” Cornell says. “Eric, you never stop blowing smoke, do you? You blew enough up my arse to get me to hire you. You're trying to blow enough up the audience's collective arse...” He pauses. “OK, bad image... but you want 'em to believe your way is the only way.

“Well this is TCW, Eric, and it's my way or get the hell off the highway before I run you over.”

Eric Tyler actually laughs at that. “And I see that's been going well with your young pup,” he says. “Man who shows more respect for the business than you do, might I add.”

Tommy frowns. “Yeah, well, I'm getting ready to run them over, too. But since you mention it, strikes me you've got a young punk with a hell of an ego stood there in the ring, and I just happen to have some frustrations built up on account of young punks with too much ego.

“And it occurs to me that I run things around here. Kid? You got a match. If you run away from it, I'm going to be very pissed.”

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Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins vs. Tommy Cornell
The crowd seem psyched for Cornell's arrival in the ring, though Dangerous and Azaria remain dubious about his motivation for doing so on commentary.

Nevertheless...

Cornell's body language isn't what he'd been sporting all last month. It isn't what he'd had for years, with the Syndicate and before. He seems almost... joyful, but without the usual vicious satisfaction, as he rolls over Dee, letting the martial artist try a few things before shutting him back down again.

He runs riot, and the match sees all his most famous moves; the two-handed Blade Chop, the Three Inch Shrink, the Rough Ride and the Guilt Trip.

And the crowd seem to love it. Cornell rocks back on his knees after the pinfall, looking out at the crowd, hands on his thighs, and he beams, happy and optimistic.
Tommy Cornell defeated Frankie Dee
Rating: B

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Eddie Peak vs. Peter Hopper w/ Carl Batch
Peter Hopper marches to the ring with a surly expression on his face – but it's a march, nonetheless; you wouldn't necessarily call him confident, but he's certainly unfazed by Peak's reputation and power.

Eddie and Hopper... well, Peter's not a match for the Bloody-Handed God, but by any standards he's a trier, a stalwart, determined and proud wrestler. He keeps getting up, keeps hitting back, and after a while Peak abruptly stops attacking, standing there and letting Hopper assault him, pound away...

Eddie Peak lets Hopper bloody him before coming back to life, starting to shut things down.

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And then Peak goes flying backward. Remo Richardson somehow manages to spear him down despite his proximity to Hopper.

He picks up Peak's form even as Sam Sparrow calls the DQ, and brings him down with the Lumbar Puncture before rolling out of the ring.
Eddie Peak wins by DQ
Rating: A

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Around a small table, Rick Law, Rocky Golden and Chris Rockwell are seated. On the table, three healthy meals... and about eight beer bottles, most of them clearly empty. Silence reigns as the camera dwells on them.

After a long moment, Rockwell sits back. “I gotta tell you, Rock, I don't know what to suggest. It's nothing I've ever had to deal with.”

Yeah,” Golden sighs, taking another slug from his bottle. “Man, I just...”

“How serious about her are you?” Law asks, soft-spoken as he does so. He takes a bite of his food. An observant fan might notice Law doesn't appear to have a beer in front of him.

Golden blinks. “What?”

“How serious about her are you?” Law asks again. “Far as I can see, that's the question she's asking you. So it's the important one.”

“Well, I...” Rocky trails off. “I... Hell.” He turns to Rockwell. “Would you do it?”

“The way I am at the moment?” Rockwell snorts. “C'mon, Rock, I've gotta get my head screwed on to where I can keep my temper in a match I don't have anything riding on. Something like that? I'd lose it for good.” He laughs half-heartedly. “Hey, at least you don't got that problem, right?”

“I guess.”

“Still,” Rick muses. “You asked the right man.” He takes another bite as the others turn to regard him, and he looks up at them with that trademark open, honest face. “Oh, come on, guys,” he says. “I'm talking to Chris Rockwell. The man who asked everyone to think about whether they could measure up to him. Who challenged everyone to find their measure.

“All Stephanie's asking is how big a man you're willing to be.” A half-smile. “If you know what I mean.”

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Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
Power versus athleticism. Strikes versus submission. Boiled down like that, it's one of the most basic and traditional of matchups. But boil these two down like that, and you miss so much.

The bell rings, and Remo explodes forward; Reed, on the other hand, just jumps, tagging the big man with a dropkick as it starts. The pace starts fast and everyone knows it's not going to let up.

Reed's biggest moment in the match, incidentally, involves that huge spear of Remo's; he doesn't just vault it, he twists in midair and hooks his arms in, locking in a sleeper even as the Generation Omega man flies forward.

Richardson manages to break the hold, however, reaching up and prizing Art's arms apart with sheer strength before using that grip to toss his opponent halfway across the ring. Art recovers fast, going for a drop toe hold, but Remo manages to stay upright despite the move. He grabs Art around the throat, hoisting him upright and into the air effortlessly, and executes a spinning Rydeen bomb – one which sees Art collide with Eugene Williams as he spins.

Vibert looks delighted, and he seems to be calling out to Remo to make an example of him. Remo replies with one syllable only, however, turning to face the entrance as he does so. “Peak.”

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Art does look to be in trouble, though, and the crowd roar with approval as the Keith brothers both jump the rail from the crowd, sliding into the ring – effortlessly in Greg's case, but Matt is clearly still feeling the effects of the injury to his leg, limping and lagging behind.

They go after Remo, who shoves them both away and sets up a Destroyer for Reed. Greg tackles him again and gets a boot; the two twins split instinctively, Matt in Remo's line of sight, Greg behind him.

Replays will show that they intended a high-low combo of strikes to take Remo off his feet, but somehow, Matt aims too high on a springboard discus punch. He catches Art in the head, not Remo, and the chop block alone isn't enough to take the powerhouse down. Art goes crashing to the mat with the Destroyer and Remo hurls Greg from the ring, Matt bailing under his own steam, before he makes the cover.
Remo Richardson defeated Art Reed
Rating: B+

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“Hey, uh, dad?”

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Jeremy Stone turns to face his daughter, who seems to be somewhere between nervous and fighting not to laugh. “I know you haven't got much reason to trust me right now, but you ought to see this.

“I think something's wrong with Uncle Edd.”

“Something's always wrong with your Uncle Edd,” Jeremy says.

JeriLynn falls silent for a moment. “Well... OK,” Jeremy offers at last, sighing. “Show me.”

JeriLynn leads her father through the winding corridors of the locker rooms and opens the door to one in particular.

The camera follows Jeremy in, seeing, over his shoulder, a life-size cardboard cut-out of Dan Stone Senior, back when he was still wrestling. It is, of course, printed in sepia. Sticky notes adorn it, scribbled handwriting all over them. The camera moves past to see another cut-out, this of Jeremy Stone himself. The camera zooms in on one of those stickys: 'Pullable nipples.'

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As the view starts to pan, we hear Edd Stone's voice begin to speak, doing the best imitation of Movie Trailer Guy he can. “Throughout history, the name Stone has signified excellence and ability in the art of submission.” The camera pans on, going past equally decorated cut-outs of Dan Junior, Duane, and Victoria.

“There is no one more capable than a Stone when it comes to making others give up. But submission has a dark side, and today, finally, there comes a Stone who can understand and master that side. Ladies and gentlemen,”

“He's been doing this over and over for the last five hours,” JeriLynn informs her father. Edd continues, seemingly oblivious, “I give you a Stone who understands dominance, the next International Champion,” and the camera finally reaches him in its slow pan. “EDD STONE!”

Edd is wearing a Tarzan outfit. Also, and entirely inexplicably, he has also decorated himself with his post-its. He looks up, beats his chest, and unleashes a Tarzan yell, before running off abruptly. The camera dips down to catch one of the sticky notes as it flutters to the ground. “Best kick in the business, and unbreakable hamstrings.”

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Jeremy Stone sighs and closes his eyes. JeriLynn tiptoes away. Equally quietly, Johnny Bloodstone replaces her, holding a steel chair. As Jeremy opens his eyes again, exhaling wearily, the chair comes down on his head loudly. Officials run in as Total Wrestling goes to commercial.

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Jeremy Stone & Gorgon vs. Johnny Bloodstone & JeriLynn Stone w/ Blonde Bombshell
It's a good, solid match early on, with tempers running high and both sides throwing some nasty stuff at the other.

Gorgon gets to add another illustrious name to the list of victims of the Hydra Bomb as Johnny Bloodstone finds himself crashing to the mat.

Before she can cover, however, JeriLynn jumps her from behind with forearms; Gorgon promptly wheels, hitting the spinning backfist as she does so.

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Seconds later, Kate Dangerous is in seconds later, also trying to take Gorgon down; she receives a second Hydra Bomb for her troubles. Gorgon stops to climb the top rope and glower at the crowd from her higher position; something like seven seconds after he went down, Johnny Bloodstone makes it back to his feet -

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PARTY'S OVER ON THE CHAMPION! Bloodstone crashes back to the canvas and Jeremy Stone scrambles in to apply the Stone Hold, capitalising.

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Aaron Andrews and Sean Deeley hit the ring simultaneously. Andrews blocks Edd's Edd-Renaline Shot, scooping him up onto his shoulders, and hits the Game Breaker, while Deeley rains chop after chop down on Jeremy Stone until he breaks the hold to go after him.

Disgusted, Eugene Williams throws the match out.
The match went to a no contest
Rating: B-

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Joey Minnesota vs. Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert
Sometimes you realise you're watching something special right from the start. This is one of those matches; Joey slams into Wolf a hair before the bell rings with a vicious uppercut, driving him a few steps back. A short-arm clothesline immediately follows, with Minnesota dragging Hawkins back to his feet and whipping him to the corner.

Minnesota strides to the far corner, turns, and charges, going for a huge boot, but Hawkins has enough wherewithal to duck it. Minnesota snags himself, straddling the top rope, and Hawkins immediately pops up and dropkicks him, sending him tumbling down to the floor.

Joey's given a few seconds to recover, then Wolf hits the far ropes and rebounds, charging toward Joey and going sailing out of the ring to drive the Rising Star against the guardrail with a suicide dive. Backing up and giving it another charge, however, Wolf comes a cropper; Joey has, it appears on replay, scooped up a steel chair from behind a standing fan and hurled it forward; Wolf crashes head-first into it, falling to the floor, and Joey chucks him back in the ring, scrambling after him to go for the pinfall.

Wolf kicks out, though, and while Phil Vibert watches intently, he ducks a swing, drives a knee into Joey's gut, and grabs his tights as he doubles over and gets the piledriver. That gets two, with Joey managing to reach the ropes. As Wolf moves away, Joey sweeps his legs out from under him, hits the ropes, and delivers a crisp legdrop, before scooping him up.

Snap suplex; stalling vertical suplex, and Joey picks the Generation Omega man up again, whipping him to the corner. He hoists him onto the top turnbuckle and climbs up after him, obviously looking for a superplex, but he doesn't get it; Wolf is waiting with a forearm, then another, and he pulls Joey up onto his level, standing up – locks arms -

SPANISH FLY!

Both men lie there for a long moment before Hawkins, finally, stirs, crawling to the cover. Ray Johnson scrambles into position but, by a whisker, Minnesota's shoulder comes up to break the pinfall.

Wolf lifts clear, shaking his head, and Joey rolls him into a shock cradle. The Generation Omega man powers out immediately, rolling to his feet some way away. Joey rises, too, just as slowly.

Hawkins nods grudging respect, and Joey Minnesota grins and charges again. Wolf ducks the lariat, taking him down with a neckbreaker. He goes for the Last Chancery – Joey, however, manages to throw him off at the last second.

The pace set, the two men don't let it stop. Gradually, a pattern emerges; Joey is throwing harder shots, staying more intense, while Hawkins is enduring, countering, and occasionally working to pull off something really impressive. Neither man is willing to stay down, however, no matter what they be hit with.

Minnesota finally drives Hawkins back into the corner. This time, he doesn't give him space to move; instead, he stays on him, hanging onto the rope with one arm and driving elbows repeatedly into Hawkins' head.

This goes on for about ten seconds – about five impacts – before Wolf ducks under one of them. Joey drives himself into the turnbuckle, Wolf wheels, he goes for the Full Moon Rising – Joey has one hand raised, catching much of the impact.

Hawkins steps in, grabs his head, and delivers a Minnesota Salute. Joey, staggered, whiplashes back into the turnbuckle, and Wolf delivers a second Full Moon Rising, covering to finally – finally – secure a hard-fought pin.
Wolf Hawkins defeated Joey Minnesota
Rating: A*

Show Rating: A

[Beeker]

You voted against Thunder Monkey, yet for GenOhm. Aka Generation Electricity.

._.

I did... and just look who had a perfect predicteration this time around?

I better get some of that champagne the Minnesota Wolves earned.

Loved Edd's voiceover work. I honestly thought the post-it was going to be 'you can try to powerbomb him but...'.

Law, Rockwell and Golden are a trio that shouldn't work but truly does.

PS: Frankie Dee... welcome to TCW.

[Blake Trask]

*high fives Beeker*


I'm not sure where Minnesota stands in the 08 data cause I never played it, but by 10 he's talent, if horrible to deal with backstage. Not the most surprising A* I've seen here, not be a way, but still, very nice.

I think at this stage I might as well put 'I love Edd' in my signature, because he's just... wow. Amazing.



“Well this is TCW, Eric, and it's my way or get the hell off the highway before I run you over.”

Possibly one of my favourite lines ever.

[Phantom Stranger]

In fairness, a chunk of that last Edd segment riffs off Self's work with Edd in his FCK diary from TEW08 - the cardboard cut-outs and Jeremy Stone's pullable nipples, to be specific, are gleefully borrowed from someone else's work. I really can't take credit.

[Wallbanger]

In fairness, a chunk of that last Edd segment riffs off Self's work with Edd in his FCK diary from TEW08 - the cardboard cut-outs and Jeremy Stone's pullable nipples, to be specific, are gleefully borrowed from someone else's work. I really can't take credit.

At least he put them on the right cutout. It would have been weird if those had ended up on the wrong sibling.

And I can just HEAR this exchange in my head with perfect comedic timing...

"Something's wrong with Uncle Edd."

"Something's always wrong with your Uncle Edd."

[SWF Fan]

I wish for a friend like Edd Stone; or to be like him, it just seems so much fun haha

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 2 May 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 1.27)

Held at the Lowe Ballroom (North West)

Attendance: 4,484

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Sara Silver – Autumn Gleeson

In a fantastic opening bout, the Machines defeated Global Tradition, helped in part by Thunder Snake and Hidekazu running in against Global Tradition. Anderson got the pin on JD Morgan. (Rating: B+)
Carl Batch put in an appearance, backed by the Easy Riders and Sayeed Ali. He congratulated the Machines on their win but said it was the last the Riders would allow – they broke the New Wave, and now they'd break the Machines.
The British Lions narrowly defeated Team VIPER, Merle O'Curle forcing Ota to tap to the Celtic Wreath. Acid interfered to prevent Shingen Miyazaki from breaking the hold. (Rating: B)
Raku Makuda & Stephanie Wade teams up to devastate the pairing of Amber Allen and Suzanne Brazzle. Wade scored the pin, superkicking Allen after bloodying her. (Rating: C)
Team KOBRA came down to discipline Brazzle and VIPER for their losses. Thunder Snake and Hidekazu were then also ushered forward to receive bokken shots, presumably for their actions in the night's first match.
Texas Pete defeated Jack Marlowe neatly in non-title action. (Rating: B-)
Troy Tornado received a strong challenge from Tyson Baine, but he was able to win through with the Star Maker in the end. (Rating: B+)
Sammy Bach hit the ring to attack Tornado, accompanied by a masked man and an unidentified redhead. The Young Guns came in to make the save, but Tyson Baine, having recovered, took them out before Hades Bombing Tornado.
GenOme faced a tough challenge but were able to fight Rick Law and Rocky Golden to a draw when all four men were counted out. (Rating: B)

Show Rating: B+

[Phantom Stranger]

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Tommy Cornell has promised to kick off this Saturday Night Showcase with an announcement that no TCW fan will want to miss. But on top of that, we've got an astonishing night of matches lined up - so let's see what's on tap, giving you a list passed on by Cornell and Mayhem Midden...

Texas Pete returns to the ring to wrestle this Saturday, facing off with Eric Tyler. Tyler's School had lain somewhat quiet for a few months; with a new member and a resurgence in activity, it seems now that that was merely the prelude to something new. Could Tyler seek to kick that off with this non-title bout?

The New Wave have been given another match with which to hopefully turn around their recent form. Their opponents? The Elite Express. It's a four-man combination that has yet to produce anything but an exciting match; can that record continue this week?

Singles competition brings Merle O'Curle a little out of his element. His opponent, moreover, is undefeated in TCW; the third Machine, Marc Speed, goes one on one with another true master of the submission form. Will the Lion or the Machine win through?

Six-man action is scheduled to follow; Chris Rockwell, Rick Law and Rocky Golden take their friendship out to the ring for a real test, as they oppose Champagne Lover and the Easy Riders. With Rockwell's search for certainty and Golden's current relationship issues, their opponents have a real shot at scoring a win that could put them on the map - but will they succeed?

O'Curle's tag partner is also scheduled to be in action; Sam Keith and Walter Morgan will lock horns together this Saturday. Morgan's become a true breakout star in TCW's south-western heartland - can he stake a claim to make that stardom permanent with a win over one of wrestling's most decorated veterans?

Two more young turks clash in the aftermath. Sean Deeley has made it clear that he has issues with some Stones; Edd Stone has been told that to receive another shot at Aaron Andrews' International Championship, he'll have to rack up some significant wins. It seems a natural match to make...

And then we come to the main event. On the one hand, the Rising Stars. On the other, Sammy Bach and Jack Bruce. Bach and Bruce seem positioned for greatness, if they can score the wins to get moving. On the other hand, Harry Allen has lately become a thorn in their side - but Allen was laid out last night by Tyson Baine, after Bach and some unidentified allies attacked him. Will this match go down without interference, and if so, who will win through?

Prediction Key:
Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Texas Pete (non-title)

Elite Express vs. New Wave

Marc Speed vs. Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins

Champagne Lover & the Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Chris Rockwell, Rick Law & Rocky Golden

Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Walter Morgan

Edd Stone vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Rising Stars vs. Jack Bruce & Sammy Bach

[Bigpapa42]

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Texas Pete (non-title)

Elite Express vs. New Wave

Marc Speed vs. Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins

Champagne Lover & the Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Chris Rockwell, Rick Law & Rocky Golden

Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Walter Morgan

Edd Stone vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Rising Stars vs. Jack Bruce & Sammy Bach

[pauls07]

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Texas Pete (non-title)

Elite Express vs. New Wave

Marc Speed vs. Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins

Champagne Lover & the Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Chris Rockwell, Rick Law & Rocky Golden

Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Walter Morgan

Edd Stone vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Rising Stars vs. Jack Bruce & Sammy Bach

[Oregano Jensen]

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Texas Pete (non-title)

Pete needs the credibility. He doesn't need a program with Tyler.

Elite Express vs. New Wave

There comes a time when one must say, "hey! Hold up! They can't lose to THEM, can they?" I fervently hope this is that time.

Marc Speed vs. Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins

Gives Speed a kick in the overness department without having to say he can beat anyone he may face in the future.

Champagne Lover & the Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Chris Rockwell, Rick Law & Rocky Golden

This unlikely stable has legs. Marquez and the Riders are just some dudes fighting together.

Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Walter Morgan

It concerns me that I'm booking both of the Lions to lose within 30 minutes of each other... wouldn't be shocked if there was a run-in or something with this one. Then again, maybe the Riders will kick off their feud with the Machines by attacking Speed? It's all too hard to say, so I'm going to go with what'll happen if these matches DO go off clean... 0-2 Lions.

Edd Stone vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

The ultra-methodical Deeley has no hope of understanding the ways of Edd Fu.

Rising Stars vs. Jack Bruce & Sammy Bach

They're more together these days.

[Zergon]

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Texas Pete (non-title)
Tyler being the leader of School of Tradition needs to look strong if the group wants to have some impact.

Elite Express vs. New Wave
New Wave continue their losing streak until something happens.

Marc Speed vs. Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins
Merle is tag guy so I give this one to Speed.

Champagne Lover & the Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Chris Rockwell, Rick Law & Rocky Golden
More star power on faces side so I pick them to win here.

Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Walter Morgan
Keith is still too much for Morgan

Edd Stone vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
I could see this one going either way but Deeley seems to be feuding with Jeremy so he likely needs the win more.

Rising Stars vs. Jack Bruce & Sammy Bach
Dq win for Rising Stars after Bruce & Bach new allies make their presence felt.

[Regis]

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Texas Pete (non-title)
KOBRA-ference.

Elite Express vs. New Wave
No end to the streak yet.

Marc Speed vs. Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins
The Riders run in.

Champagne Lover & the Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Chris Rockwell, Rick Law & Rocky Golden
I have a hard time betting against these guys.

Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Walter Morgan
Just because Sam Keith will put over anyone, doesn't mean he should.

Edd Stone vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
WOOOOOOOO EDD STONE!

Rising Stars vs. Jack Bruce & Sammy Bach
Debut new stable! FTW!

[Dragonmack]

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Texas Pete (non-title)

Elite Express vs. New Wave

Marc Speed vs. Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins

Champagne Lover & the Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Chris Rockwell, Rick Law & Rocky Golden

Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Walter Morgan

Edd Stone vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Rising Stars vs. Jack Bruce & Sammy Bach

[Phantom Stranger]

If I think of your match summaries as commentary, your commentary seemed to be much higher than some of the matches.

Mostly, the matches have better wrestling factors than heat factors, so I dial up how good the action sounds. Just because some of the grapplers aren't over yet doesn't mean they aren't doing good work.

[MichiganHero]

CAN'T UNTHINK JERILYNN'S NIPPLES *eyebleach*

Seconds later, Kate Dangerous is in seconds later
You don't say :p

If I think of your match summaries as commentary, your commentary seemed to be much higher than some of the matches. Glad to see an A*; angry at the A rating (because I can never get those ._.)

~~~

accompanied by a masked man and an unidentified redhead.
First one is Angry Gilmore as Elemental IV. Second is...shoot, don't have the game with me. Keep thinking Kristin Pearce for some reason, but that makes no sense...Wait, it could be a guy (but why would you do that?)

HA!

ELEMENTAL IV AND MAGNUM KOBE!

~~~

Prediction Key:
Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Texas Pete (non-title)

*grumble* fine, whatever. Can't remember the new member...meh, w/e, he'll interfere no doubt.

Elite Express vs. New Wave

Camo = You can't see me = John Cena = Overcometheodds.

Marc Speed vs. Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins

Because of this diary, I though Merle and Morgan were an actual tag team in the default database. I'm a bit of a Speed mark. Oh god, now you guys think I'm on speed.

Champagne Lover & the Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Chris Rockwell, Rick Law & Rocky Golden

I refuse to give that Rocky render a win :-P. I hate teh Easy Riders, though. Hm. Wade's going to do something to interfere. Hope it's sexay.

Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Walter Morgan

Ordinarily I'd give it to the Arabian pirate, Captain Altair Morgan, but Keith's got bewbz on his side. BEWBZ I SAY!

Edd Stone vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

tbh I like both guys, even though it's Shooter "Stan" Deeley in my head still. So it's a tie.

Rising Stars vs. Jack Bruce & Sammy Bach

JACK BRUCE SUCKS HE'LL NEVER WIN GLABARFLE

I don't mean to ruin your Beeker-esque logic - that is a good thing - but I think the masked man is Black Eagle and the redhead is Cherry Bomb, if the Career Reinvention diary update is to be believed.

[Wallbanger]

Prediction Key:
Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Texas Pete (non-title)

Elite Express vs. New Wave

Marc Speed vs. Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins

Champagne Lover & the Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Chris Rockwell, Rick Law & Rocky Golden

Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Walter Morgan

Edd Stone vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins Screwy Finish of Some Flavor

Rising Stars vs. Jack Bruce & Sammy Bach

[Beeker]

I should likely be insulted by (no longer in) Michigan Hero's mention of me, but I'm flattered. I pride myself on my nonsensical selections. Although I don't think I've ever used 'bewbz' as logic.

***

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Texas Pete (non-title)
- Pete needs to look strong and be dangerous. Dispatching the old champ would do well to help that image.

Elite Express vs. New Wave
- EE are right there as being serious contenders, toppling the New Wave (and furthering their troubles) is a win-win situation in my bookering mind.

Marc Speed vs. Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins
- I'm still not sold on Machine Nouveau but, I think he goes over.

Champagne Lover & the Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Chris Rockwell, Rick Law & Rocky Golden
- My logic? Eidenhoek went the other way. Plus the Odd Triplets have a certain chemistry going that I dig. They make more sense than CL and the Bikers.

Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Walter Morgan
- Tempted to give the Over in This Area Morgan the duke but, Keith is too far above Morgan in single's relevance (and overness) to lose.

Edd Stone vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
- It's Edd. Chances are he does his own commentary during the match.

Rising Stars vs. Jack Bruce & Sammy Bach
- Jobby Bruce does his job.

[James Casey]

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Texas Pete (non-title) Non-title? Yeah.

Elite Express vs. New Wave Because the Wave are struggling right now

Marc Speed vs. Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins Machine #3 (just how good is this guy to be worthy of that title?) for the win

Champagne Lover & the Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Chris Rockwell, Rick Law & Rocky Golden The Riders Rule

Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Walter Morgan Legend wins

Edd Stone vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins A distracted Edd could be a major feather in Sean's cap

Rising Stars vs. Jack Bruce & Sammy Bach Ideal chance for Bruce to get his groove back as the RS are trying hard not to be on the same page right not

[Tigerkinney]

Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Texas Pete (non-title)

Tyler's has his one last run with a belt, don't see what purpose it would serve to have him pick up the win here...think it's more important to keep Pete looking strong.

Elite Express vs. New Wave

New Wave's slumps continue, in reference to Oregano Jensen's predictions....the Elite Express have established themselves as a solid, credible mid level tag team in TCW...they are hardly Tooth & Claw :p

Marc Speed vs. Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins

For me Speed needs the win more, as he needs more establishing as the third Machine....O'Curle's success is in tags as part of the British Lions.

Champagne Lover & the Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Chris Rockwell, Rick Law & Rocky Golden

Slightly more star power on the Rockwell, Law, Golden team.

Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Walter Morgan

The British Lions have risen up the ranks well, but that is as a team...they are going to be put over a legend like Keith in singles action anytime soon.

Edd Stone vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Deeley has made enemies of both Jeremy Stone and Eric Tyler...so more and likely there will be inteference to help Edd Stone to victory....not that Edd needs it because he's so friggin awesome anyway.

Rising Stars vs. Jack Bruce & Sammy Bach

Looks like you are doing a slow burn towards the Rising Stars feuding with each other and I think you want to establish the Jack Bruce/Sammy Bach alliance as something of a notable threat.

[Oregano Jensen]

The Elite Express? Those two Canadian jobbers with the leather jackets? What have they done?

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Saturday Night Showcase

Saturday Week 2 May 2009

Live on CBA (Rating 13.78)

Held at the Kettley Arena (Mid South)

Attendance: 19,554

Announcers:
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Duane Fry – Jasmine Saunders – Alanis Springsteen

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Tommy Cornell stands tall in the centre of the ring as the show begins, microphone in hand, and he smiles at the audience – not the characteristic Cornell smirk; the man actually smiles.

“Hope all of you are feeling as good as I am right now,” he begins. “See... back on Tuesday I had myself a little argument with Eric Tyler. I know, I know, unprofessional of me, but truth be told...” He lowers his voice but still speaks directly into the microphone. “I really can be an unprofessional wanker when I feel like it.”

The crowd actually pops for that. Cornell's smile gets wider.

“Thing is, I said something to Eric, and what I said happens to be true. I know – I was as shocked as everyone else.

“I do run things around here. I had to scale that back last year because Midden was getting in my face about it, but wouldn't you know it...”

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Shout at the Devil begins to play and Midden strides down to the ring, all smiles.

“Wouldn't you know it,” Cornell continues, “but if we agree, there's no problem. And this is something we agree on wholeheartedly – isn't it, Ken?”

“He's right,” Midden beams.

“OK,” Cornell smiles. “So here's the thing; Generation Omega, listen up, because this just concerns you.

“I don't like you. I can't fire you – your manager is a very slick operator, and your contracts are watertight. TCW is not getting rid of you any time soon; it takes mutual agreement for your contracts to be terminated.”

“On the other hand,” Midden says, smirking, “it takes mutual agreement for your contracts to be terminated.”

“Right. You're here, now. Wrestling anywhere else allows us to invoke the penalty clauses. And we can't fire you, but we don't have to agree to let you go either – and I run this place, and I don't have to put you in matches, either.”

“Strictly speaking,” Midden intervenes, “the Board of Investors can put you into matches. Tommy can do that because, well, he's one of the company's investors. But I handle the rest of the Board's interests. And I'm not interested in you pulling this crap.” Cornell nods, and he takes over the speech again.

“Now, I spoke to some of the folks you have issues with. GenOme will still receive a TCW Tag Team Championship shot at Where Angels Fear To Tread – that's by request of the current champions. Remo – I'm not dumb, so I'm letting Eddie Peak have what he wants and what he wants is to get his hands on you at the same time.

“DuBois, Ricky's not interested.

“And that brings me to the real beef here. Wolf... mate...

“You're right. It cost me so much to ask Ricky to help me out with you. And you're right; you made me hurt that much.

“But I've woken up now, kid.” Cornell's smile becomes that old familiar smirk, but the crowd respond to it positively. “You want to beat me? You want to come out from under my shadow? I think the single best thing I can do to hurt you back is to never let you have that match, or any match.

“So no, kid, the way things stand I've got no reason to give you that match. Besides... I plan on getting back into the World Heavyweight Championship scene. Maybe I'll have myself a Contendership match at the PPV, see if I can get right back on the horse. After all, if it hadn't been for you, I could've been slated to challenge as of last month.” He frowns. “Generation Omega, this is TCW. Grow the hell up and get off the highway, because I don't even need to run you over – I can lock you out.”

“One last thing,” Midden says. “Phil – I know you're already going to be on the phone to your ally on the Board. Rest assured, son, I'm going to find your loophole and shut it down nice and fast.”

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Eric Tyler w/ Laura Huggins vs. Texas Pete
The thing about these two is that when they get in the ring to face off with each other, you can see a flow and a give and take that you might not expect when you compare their styles, ages, and strategies.

Tyler is immediately obvious as one of Pete's most dangerous challengers, purely because he really, really knows the kind of wrestling which is Pete's weak spot, and because he knows a cornucopia of viable counters to Pete's speedy, strong assault.

That cornucopia may not be enough, however; as Pete realises that more and more of his big shots aren't working, he switches tack, cornering Eric and then unloading – rights, lefts, knees, lariats, headbutts, boots, rights and lefts again...

Tyler is bleeding by ten shots into this assault, staggered and dazed by twenty. At thirty Pete backs off and charges, going for a splash -

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Freddy Huggins meets him with the Huggins Kiss en route. Frankie Dee is only a heartbeat later, going for a uranage – though Pete powers past that and plants him with the Lone Star Drop, even as Eugene Williams calls for the DQ.
Texas Pete won by DQ
Rating: B

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Elite Express vs. New Wave
Two of the world's best tag teams collide, and as both sides have strong fan followings, the arena comes to its feet.

Guide starts up against Bobby Thomas, and the early exchanges set a very fast pace, with Guide slightly the more explosive of the two, while Thomas follows a game plan more in line with Scout's – he keeps the match grounded, focused on Guide's left leg, working on it. Slowing him down. Aiming, quite clearly, to take the Guided Missile out of his armoury, to make the Wave of Mutilation a dangerous thing to risk.

But the New Wave are fired up, motivated, and the first tag brings Scout into the equation, forcing Thomas to shift game plan significantly, try to pick up the pace while Scout promptly utilises much the same strategy Bobby had been planning on – with significantly more effect.

Little by little, the Wave pull this back to a fair, balanced, equal fight, and as they do so, it becomes the Express' turn to look worried about the way the match is going. Little by little, despite Bobby and Nate's best efforts, the long-term TCW favourites turn things around. Scout manages to reduce Bobby's left leg to a useless dragalong appendage. They drag him into the centre of the ring; Guided Missile.

Nate comes in to help, but Scout cuts him off. Guide joins his partner; double DDT puts Johnson down. And they cross to opposite corners of the ring, climbing the turnbuckles. Azaria gets excited, looking for the Wave of Mutilation; the crowd are on their feet and roaring, happy as the New Wave get set for their first victory in some while -

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American Buffalo shoves Scout off the turnbuckle from the outside. As he crashes to the floor, Buffalo slips in the ropes and charges, catching Guide as he jumps with the Stampede. He leans back, roaring in satisfaction, and bails from the ring, leaving Nate Johnson to crawl across and make the pin.
Elite Express defeated New Wave
Rating: B+

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Buffalo rolls Scout back into the ring and goes in after him. Floyd Goldworthy, seeming somewhere between delighted, paranoid, and simply relieved, follows him out. Notably, while he makes hand gestures as if he's exhorting Buffalo on, he only does so when it looks like the big man might look in his direction, and the microphone doesn't pick any sound up.

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And then Psalm 69 abruptly starts to play. The announce team panic. So does Goldworthy. Buffalo ignores it – but Marat Khoklov stalks down to the ring with a purpose.

Buffalo stacks both of the Wave in one corner as the Russian clambers over the top rope and into the ring. Without ever looking around, he whips first Guide, then Scout across the ring, and both are met with a Moscow Lariat as they fly, leaving them down and out.

The two giants then leave the ring, stalking up the entrance ramp, a suddenly-paranoid Goldworthy trailing in his client's wake.

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Near the entrance, Autumn Gleeson steps in front of Goldworthy.

“Floyd - any comment on what your client and Marat Khoklov have just done?”

Goldworthy stares at her for a long moment, mouth open, then moans softly and leaves. Autumn shakes her head slowly. “Well, that was as inconclusive as I feared,” she says. “Since Floyd has no spine I guess it's back to you, guys.”

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Marc Speed vs. Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins
For two extremely skilled technicians, there's something that just doesn't sit right about this match. What it is is hard to pin down, but for whatever reason, these two can't quite connect on the level the fans seemed to be hoping for.

What they can still do is entertain every fan in the arena not fixated purely on the name value of the competitors involved, and they can do it for quite some time. Indeed, this match runs and runs, with O'Curle and Speed struggling manfully to overcome the issues they've had and put on a true classic right up to the point where Ray Johnson has to call time, twenty minutes elapsed.
Marc Speed drew with Merle O'Curle
Rating: C+

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Chris Rockwell, Rick Law & Rocky Golden
Four extremely hard hitters. Two fast wrestlers who exemplify the best of their own chosen styles. The result is a frantic, fast-paced contest with a lot of nasty shots and some stunning moments – Lover not only outwrestles Golden a couple of times as the pair collide, taunting him all the time about Wade's proposed match, claiming he'll make sure he loses “your match and your girl... and take them both for myself.”

This turns out to be a mistake when Rockwell tags himself in and, infuriated, promptly takes Lover's head off on his friend's behalf. The Riders promptly intervene, creating a situation that rapidly escalates until all six men are in the ring. Law delivers boots for everyone on the opposition before rallying his friends and setting up a six-man suplex.

Law and Golden promptly bundle Lover and Fonda out of the ring, leaving Rockwell to deliver the MMA-styled knee strikes to put Hopper on the edge of knocked out and make the pinfall.
Chris Rockwell, Rick Law & Rocky Golden defeated Champagne Lover & Easy Riders
Rating: B+

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Backstage to the Blonde Bombshell's locker room we go, and Sam Keith and Johnny Bloodstone have a match paused on the big screen; the battle royale from this month, toward the end. The two men are talking through Jeremy Stone's style at that moment, with Keith using frame-by-frame advance to really get to the nitty gritty of the move – a Stone's Throw.

“..thing I've noticed is he always flexes his left foot twice just before he goes for it,” Sam says. “Now, that doesn't help you directly, but Amy, it's something for you to watch for, you can signal Johnny.”

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“Huh?” The Bombshell turns from a quiet discussion she's obviously been having with the Keith twins. “Oh... sorry. What were you saying?”

“We'll cover that in a moment,” Johnny says. “I think I've got Jezza's big stuff scouted, if you'll help. You OK, babe? You're normally as talkative as Sam when we do these..”

“Oh... yeah.” She nods. “Sorry, it's just...”

“GenOme are still getting their title shot,” Matthew Keith says heavily. “And I didn't get asked – and I'm gonna be cleared to compete by next week, let alone Where Angels Fear To Tread.”

“Hey,” his brother retorts, obviously stung. “Cornell said it was signed off on. I didn't-”

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“I did,” Art Reed says softly. The group turn to look at him; the camera steals a close-up on Matthew's face, however, and it's furious. Reed, meanwhile, looks apologetic.

“If I'd known you were cleared to come back, Matt, I'd have told Midden to ask you,” he says. “I guess I should've, after you guys helped me out Tuesday – you got hella airtime on that jump-”

“Oh, is that what this is about?” Matthew snaps. “****ing hell, Artie, I said I was sorry!”

“It's not about anythi-” Reed breaks off, then sighs, throwing up his hands. “Matt, I'm sorry. I thought I was still gonna be Greg's partner this month, and I knew if we ****canned 'em they'd claim we were scared. I figured I'd skip the accusation and get straight to proving them wrong, you know?”

Matt half-growls. His father lays a hand on his shoulder. “Easy,” he says. “I know either one of you can beat them... And he did have a reason.”

“Yeah, maybe. He's been risking my title too damn often, though. I won that, Dad, with my own brother, and that's gonna turn into just a footnote in the history books compared to Art's time! You know the fans even started coming up with things to call 'em?”

“They did?” Greg asks, suddenly perking up. “What?”

“Doesn't matter,” Matthew returns. “I've got a name for you as it is... over.”

“Matt... bro... you know I want to hold these belts with you just like we fought for, but Art's kept 'em safe. We can't just kick him loose...”

“Hey,” Reed says, holding up his hands. “I don't want to cause no trouble, guys. Matt wants back in, he-”

“No,” Bloodstone says quietly. “Greg's right. Matt, how about you and Art go head-to-head Tuesday? Winner keeps the belt. Give you a chance to prove you deserve it, man.”

Matthew Keith glowers at Bloodstone. “Fine,” he snaps. The World Heavyweight Champion nods. “Good,” he says. “And whoever wins, I'm buying the celebration drinks for you both. One of you won it, one of you's held it. You're both champions, understand me?”

They both nod.

“And so are you,” the Bombshell says, breaking the tension. “OK. Sam, take me through what I've got to look out for again?”

Keith nods, but before he can go further, Gimme Shelter hits. “They're playing my song,” he says. “I'll talk you through it in a few – or Johnny can; you pay more attention to him anyway.” He grins to show he doesn't mean it, and he and the Bombshell rise to head for the ring.

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Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Walter Morgan w/ Laura Huggins
Walter Morgan's star has risen astonishingly fast across the country, but particularly in TCW – and CZCW's – back yard. Still, Sam Keith has been a legendary figure since before Morgan even began training to be a professional wrestler.

And despite that, scarily, Morgan may actually boast slicker, nastier-looking submission holds. On the other hand, Keith has the all-round game...

Back and forth the argument can go, really. Keith and Morgan do their best to make people realise that as Walter pushes the veteran very bard before Sam finds a way through, eventually locking down the Proton Lock to mark off a submission victory.
Sam Keith defeated Walter Morgan
Rating: B

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Edd Stone vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
Pure Canadian glory. Edd and Sean put on a remarkable show, splitting down the line between Edd's crazy antics – at one point, he escapes an armbar using the Worm – and Deeley's no-nonsense style, shutting Edd down wherever possible.

The younger Stone is also heard, at one point, to cry out plaintively “Pleeeeeeease powerbomb me?” though Deeley refuses to switch his game plan just to do so.

Sean seems to have the edge, overall, with Edd doing a lot of fighting from beneath and – as ever – acting like the crowd love him, which they seem to more and more. However, that's not all of it; Edd tries for a handspring windmill kick, missing Sean but nailing Sam Sparrow clean in the face.

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Seconds later, Jeremy Stone is in the ring, grabbing Sean for the Stone's Throw – and giving Fry the chance to confirm, on commentary, that the tell Sam Keith pinpointed actually exists! By the time Sparrow recovers, Edd is coming off the top rope for a shooting star legdrop, and the pinfall is simple after that.
Edd Stone defeated Sean Deeley
Rating: B

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The big screen crackles into life, and a song and video begin to play – though it becomes clear, early on, that the group involved features Jack Bruce on vocals and drums, Sammy Bach on guitar, the redhead from Badge of Honor on synths and vocals and – just possibly – the second drummer is recognisable. Fry certainly thinks so, but as he says, “If it is him, he's changed his hair, and before I say anything I need to check with the lawyers.”

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Rising Stars vs. Jack Bruce & Sammy Bach
After a hectic night full of twists and turns, TCW turn once again to two major tag teams to close the night off. And, once again, two tag teams deliver.

The Stars get the fight taken to them from the off, and their rescues lack a certain... well, existence, frankly, as Aaron and Joey leave one another to kick out or not as they will. But they do, glaring at one another between each, and for all that they don't seem willing to communicate, they're both clearly still trying to win – but can you win when you can't function as a team?

That's a tough one to answer. The Stars are, after all, both fantastic wrestlers. Bruce and Bach, meanwhile, have recently suffered some embarrassing losses. The Stars come pretty close on a couple of occasions, but their opponents are gelling perfectly, and are able to break pinfalls for one another, come together on double-teams, and support each other crisply.

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And then, on top of that, Phil Vibert appears at ringside with his notepad.

Moments later, both of the Stars come to a dead halt in the ring, staring at Vibert open-mouthed. Bach promptly hits his springboard bulldog on Minnesota from behind, going for the pin – and Andrews pulls him off and tosses him out of the ring. Bruce, in response, charges Andrews – but he's caught around the ankle by Minnesota, and Andrews turns around, headbutts him, and whips him to the ropes.

Minnesota meets him on the rebound with a leaping kick – one Saunders notes looks a hell of a lot like the Full Moon Rising.

As Bach rolls back into the ring, the Rising Stars look at each other and nod. Minnesota hits him with a baseball slide to the face, then pops up, dragging his opponent with him, and whips him toward Andrews, who catches him onto his shoulders, turning to look at Vibert for a long moment – and then hits the Game Breaker, pinning swiftly and decisively.

Andrews and Minnesota head toward each other, looking Vibert in the eye as they raise one another's hand in victory, making a clear statement.
Rising Stars defeated Jack Bruce & Sammy Bach
Rating: A

Show Rating: A

[Phantom Stranger]

Show Notes:

- Yeah, it's kinda odd to have stolen not just some music but a video, but ah well. I think it works.

[Phantom Stranger]

The Elite Express? Those two Canadian jobbers with the leather jackets? What have they done?

They have scored a few wins before now, though admittedly not as many as they've racked up losses... but their ratio is improving.

[Phantom Stranger]

Also, I notice interference not always leading to DQs. And the ref not being dead at the time. \_(?_?)_/

Yes, yes you do. And that is a seed, which will pay off down the line.

[ampulator]

I just want to ask. How did I not see this before? You have Duane Fry! How did that happen?

[Phantom Stranger]

I just want to ask. How did I not see this before? You have Duane Fry! How did that happen?

Fry debuted with a quick vignette on the first Total Wrestling of February 2009, coming in to head up new show Saturday Night Showcase:

A familiar voice begins to speak as a video plays, showing footage of the Easy Riders... of Sammy Bach... of Eric Tyler, and Frankie Perez, and Kate Dangerous... and most especially, of Johnny Bloodstone. The voice is familiar, but it's so out of place it takes a little while to recognise.

“This Saturday, TCW makes its CBA debut with Saturday Night Showcase. Every week your favourite stars are going to gather with a new venue to show what they can do, just as they do on Tuesday nights.

“You do not want to miss the season premiere; every single title will be on the line, every single match will be for a title, and I can absolutely promise you something...”

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The video cuts away to reveal the young man speaking. Duane Fry smiles that welcoming smile. “This is going to be a barnstormer.”

He was brought in to provide a distinctive 'voice of TCW' for the CBA broadcasts of Saturday Night Showcase as part of a general reshuffle of voice talent that also saw Sara Silver and Autumn Gleeson added to the team, the addition of manager Alanis Springsteen to the announce desk, and the release of Kyle Rhodes, because I thought that seemed a fairly believable and likely way to a) differentiate the shows somewhat and b) beef my colour work up by phasing Rhodes out fully. By that point, he was easily the weakest on the stick of everyone except Doakes, and the hope is that Doakes will be approximating Azaria's ability level by the time Jason retires.

And let's just take this opportunity to say Merry Christmas to all my readers and to say I hope to see you all still in this diary one year hence.

[Phantom Stranger]

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Tuesday 9th May 2009
“Learn to hate this time of the year,” Joel Bryant told me back in May 2008, and naturally enough I asked him why.

May tends to be when we launch TCW: Total Control, our usual videogame offering. And, Joel explained, as a result May is when the young kids get very, very distracted and spend less time at the gym.

There's some talk of whether it's worth our while leaving it eighteen months rather than a year this time and going head-to-head with the SWF's winter offering, essentially trying our luck in direct competition now we have a stronger footing in the market than they do. I'm not too worried; all I have to do is pick a couple segments around release date and ask appropriate faces to mention the game in them. Hell, I'm already done with it, really, but there's still a bit of caution around it.

Our youth movement seem to be pretty happy to knuckle down and train this year – but then, half of them are getting a push, and some of them aren't actually in the game.

We managed to get Gen Omega in, but Davis and Marc are, honestly, rush jobs – not much in the way of voice work. In Marc's case, in particular, that's a travesty – and part of why Wolf has been carrying most of the promo work for the pair of them lately, to reflect the game a little for people who're playing it.

That, honestly, is about as far as we go these days, and honestly I pretty much refuse to have anything to do with it – I hand things like 'rate our wrestlers the way kayfabe says they are' over to Sam, who's had years to get used to it with the SWF. It doesn't interest me a lot, and I like to leave some room for the undercard to impress me and rapidly get 'kayfabe stronger' if need be.

Still, in a big enough company, it's a factor – Kate spent an evening on the phone with her old tag partner (back in USPW) Alicia Strong a few months ago; it seems Sam Strong is ready to move into the computer game licence thing soon, and both of them were more than a little excited about this.

Thursday 11th May 2009
I'm sitting in a room full of fans of something Jack tells me is called 'EBM', with a lot of musical instruments, five cameras, four wrestlers, and a director. I feel more than a little out of place.

I'm here, officially, to 'oversee'. Oversee what? Oversee the shooting of a music video. Because I, of course, have any idea how to do that.

Time constraints are keeping this a lot simpler than most music videos, they tell me; just a concert-gig kind of thing. But it's designed to show something, and Jack is ridiculously excited. He's talking about 'reinventing himself after that ridiculous thing I used when we did Painful Procedure' and 'redefining heel and face as different subgenres, old and new' and 'electronic black metal' and you know, I hate being the out-of-touch old fuddy duddy but I don't know what the hell he's talking about and I don't want to know.

So long as we still have something resembling heel and face, this is still a feud that can be saved. I hope. I think we now have enough talent on Jack's side to cover the in-ring work while he rediscovers his old TCW working shoes...

My biggest problem right now is figuring out how/if we can rebrand Zimmy – and how I can look Tito in the eye if I do.

As to the video? I'm letting the expert director do his stuff and letting the 'band' - only Jack was directly connected to putting this together - have fun. I don't figure there's anything else worth doing that I can do.

[Phantom Stranger]

And that's as far as I can go until I get back to my desktop and the savegame on it, which may be some time, depending on when the rail services in the UK man up and cope with snow.

If people have questions not requiring access to the savegame in the meantime I'll be happy to field them.

[SWF Fan]

And that's as far as I can go until I get back to my desktop and the savegame on it, which may be some time, depending on when the rail services in the UK man up and cope with snow.

If people have questions not requiring access to the savegame in the meantime I'll be happy to field them.

The UK will never man up when it comes to snow at this rate, its like it happens a few times a year and we shut down completely, other countries have it for months at a time and they can cope with it.

Although it gives us more reason to be stereotypical and complain about the weather I guess, but yeah UK weather sucks :p

Question that doesn't require the game in front of you, is there any chance we can get a montage of Edd's best clips at some stage...maybe after he wins the International Title and holds a 24 Hour Party Animal victory celebration maybe? :p :p

[Phantom Stranger]

Question that doesn't require the game in front of you, is there any chance we can get a montage of Edd's best clips at some stage...maybe after he wins the International Title and holds a 24 Hour Party Animal victory celebration maybe? :p :p

It's a possibility. Edd is trickier than finding Duane's opener was, as he's present from the off so a simple Ctrl + F is awkward. But we'll see.

[SimplyPerfect]

As a rail worker in the UK, I can only apologise. The diary's great though. :D

[Phantom Stranger]

As a rail worker in the UK, I can only apologise. The diary's great though. :D

Well, if it's any consolation, my trip back today was pretty much 100% back to normal, so props to you on that end of things.

And as I've made the trip back, expect the card for Total Wrestling sometime in the next several hours - so much I need to do before I knuckle down to booking. But I have some of the ideas in place.

[Phantom Stranger]

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After the shocking news on Saturday, Total Wrestling is likely to look a very different place this week! Let's see what we have on tap...

Acid has recently started showing his mask in more and more places, and it looks like he has his sights set on something - most likely the All Action Championship around Shingen Miyazaki's waist. This Tuesday, however, the School of Tradition's longest-standing masked man faces a true giant o the ring, Sam Keith. Can Acid start up a new winning streak with a victory over one of the sport's greatest?

Speaking of Miyazaki, however, he's one of three Team KOBRA men who'll be in action this Tuesday. Team VIPER go into tag team competition against Floyd Goldworthy's Fly Boys, who have to be asking themselves a whole bunch of questions about their manager in the wake of Saturday's shocking assault on the New Wave.

The KOBRA commander is in action immediately afterward, too, against Jack Bruce. Bruce bought out time on Saturday Night Showcase for some kind of music video - what that was all about, we'll hopefully find out soon. We're told his new band will be performing live soon. He has a challenge to face that shouldn't be overlooked, meanwhile - and although Tornado swore that his issues with Bruce were over with Total Mayhem, Harry Allen and Bruce's own allies seem determined to keep the battle of the bands alive...

Mexican grace and fighting spirit will dominate our next contest, as Champagne Lover takes time from his issues with Rocky Golden to battle one of TCW's newer wrestlers, El Leon. Leon is a legend in Mexico, yet to win his spurs in the bigger picture here - but not so long ago, the same could be said of Champagne Lover. Anyone who can make it to TCW is a wrestler to watch out for.

But now we come to the two major matches of the show. First, having pushed Generation Omega out of TCW competition, Tommy Cornell has decreed an eight-man tag to show off the best - on one side, the Rising Stars, Johnny Bloodstone, and Cornell himself. On the other, the Stone Brothers, Sammy Bach, and... well, Bach asked permission to reserve the final spot. Will this have something to do with the mystery man from that music video?

Asked for comment on that match, the Rising Stars expressed a certain dubiousness about Cornell setting aside his Total Mayhem tag partner so quickly, even for the World Heavyweight Champion.

And in the main event, a singles contest - Matthew Keith and Art Reed, a match made by the Champion Johnny Bloodstone himself. At stake is one-half of the World Tag Team Championship, and it would be hard to argue that either man doesn't deserve it. But who'll take the belt away? And can the Blonde Bombshell's clients coexist afterward?



Prediction Key:
Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily

Jack Bruce vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

Champagne Lover vs. El Leon

Johnny Bloodstone, Rising Stars & Tommy Cornell w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Stone Brothers, Sammy Bach & ????

Winner to be co-holder of Tag Team Championships with Greg Keith:

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Matthew Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

[Zergon]

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs.Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
I do like Acid a lot but there is no way that he will go over Keith here

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily
Fly Boys are just jobbers while Team Viper or at least Miyazaki is getting some kind of a push lately.

Jack Bruce vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
I could see this one going either way but it seems that you are re-building Bruce now and win over Ino would surely help on that matter.

Champagne Lover vs. El Leon
No idea about Leon really but new guys seems to start as jobbers unless they are really big names so I go with more established guy here.

Johnny Bloodstone, Rising Stars & Tommy Cornell w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Stone Brothers, Sammy Bach & ????
Another one of those could go either way but it´s hard for me to go against champ and Cornell here even if their side is likely to be less coherent than their opponents.

Winner to be co-holder of Tag Team Championships with Greg Keith:

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Matthew Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
This one seems to be going for Matthew´s heel turn and that makes me believe that he will lose here.

[Bigpapa42]

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily

Jack Bruce vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

Champagne Lover vs. El Leon

Johnny Bloodstone, Rising Stars & Tommy Cornell w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Stone Brothers, Sammy Bach & ????

Winner to be co-holder of Tag Team Championships with Greg Keith:

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Matthew Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

[Beeker]

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
- Yes, he can. When he robotically morphs into some legendary challenger from Keith's past.

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily
- I can't see the Fly Boys halting VIPER, VIPER seems to have some forward adn upward momentum. The Fly Boys need a career reinvention.

Jack Bruce vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
- Jobby Bruce falls to Kobra-la-la-la-la-la.

Champagne Lover vs. El Leon
- If this were in Tijuana their roles would be reversed.

Johnny Bloodstone, Rising Stars & Tommy Cornell w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Stone Brothers, Sammy Bach & ????
- I never bet against ???? I hope it's not Teddy Powell. ;) No idea who it might be, let's go with a DeColt, that's about the only promotion TCW hasn't been pilfering from lately.

Winner to be co-holder of Tag Team Championships with Greg Keith:

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Matthew Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
- Draw. Freebird Rule in effect! Seriously, making it a three-headed-beast just adds to the tension.

[pauls07]

Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily

Jack Bruce vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

Champagne Lover vs. El Leon

Johnny Bloodstone, Rising Stars & Tommy Cornell w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Stone Brothers, Sammy Bach & ????

Winner to be co-holder of Tag Team Championships with Greg Keith:

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Matthew Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

[Beeker]

Jack Bruce vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

Bruce turns into G. I. Joe ftw


I believe you mean G.I. Jack. (ftw)

[Wallbanger]

Prediction Key:
Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
Sam makes a good gatekeeper, and a great match will help Acid out regardless of outcome.

Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy vs. Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily
Momentum builder for the VIPER crew.

Jack Bruce vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
Building Jack up to get him back into contention.

Champagne Lover vs. El Leon
Introducing El Leon to TCW the old fashioned way - jobbing your way to the top.

Johnny Bloodstone, Rising Stars & Tommy Cornell w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Stone Brothers, Sammy Bach & ????
I also believe in the 'never bet against ????' theory. If it is a DeColt, let it be Ricky - JL needs a beau in this continuity, and that would make for some...interesting story possibilities. :cool:


Winner to be co-holder of Tag Team Championships with Greg Keith:

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Matthew Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
The first question is - are you ready to pull the trigger on this particular feud, or are you still brewing it to come to a head later? Next, presuming you are kicking this off now, is it better for Matt to win dirty, or Art to win clean followed by a disproportionate response from Matt?

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 3 May 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 17.68)
Rebroadcast on Continental Sports X1 (Rating 0.03)

Attendance: 22,308

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Shawn Doakes

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Gimme Shelter begins to play, and Sam Keith starts heading down to the ring, alongside the Bombshell, ready for his match. He seems reasonably confident, stopping on the way down to glad-hand the fans, stopping to high-five two in particular; one with a REED RULES sign, one reading IT'S MATT'S BELT.

He climbs into the ring -

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Only God Can Judge Me begins to play. Sam and the Bombshell freeze, uncertain, as Remo Richardson emerges from the entrance himself.

“Generation Omega aren't supposed to be here,” Doakes says urgently. Azaria snorts. “Phil Vibert's involved,” he says. “They're going to push that order as hard as they can – and all they can't do is wrestle.”

“Remo might be about to be...”

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Following Remo out is the rest of Generation Omega. The gang occupy the ring, forcing Sam and the Bombshell out. DuBois grins at him, over the rope, mouthing “Soon.”

“Excuse the interruption, Sam,” Vibert smirks. “I'm sure you can get back to worrying about Canadian no-hopers soon. But we need to address some of the real issues around here first.

“So. Tommy Cornell has told my clients that they are not allowed to wrestle. Not allowed to ply a trade at which they have almost no equals – a trade they have spent years training for.

“Well, Tommy, I have my lawyers on that already. All you've done is delay things-”

He doesn't get any further. Hawkins has ripped the microphone from his hand.

“Delays, delays, what the hell is this bull****? You people all heard already how I feel about this. And now more delays.

“All I can figure is that Cornell is running scared. He's got to know what's coming. He's got to know how bad this is gonna look for him, how bad I'm gonna make him look. And he's just doing what he can to put it off.

“Give it up, 'boss'. If you keep testing me, I'm gonna end your career, not just leave you to feel washed up. This is it – this is your last chance to end 2009 still wrestling. Cut this bull****.”

He tosses the microphone aside. Remo and DuBois leave the ring on the same side as Sam Keith, forcing the legend to back away, before they swagger off. Newton and Perez pause before leaving, with Newton calling back “Tell your kids to keep those belts warm for us.”

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Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
It's hard to gauge Acid's mood after the match was delayed, especially with that mask, but Huggins looks irritated, the Bombshell looks angry, and Sam Keith is furious.

What might have been a light-hearted exhibition of two men's skill explodes from the opening bell. Two men let their frustrations all out on the line, with Keith opening the contest by essentially bulldozing into the masked man. A veteran at 48, it's astonishing that Keith can land a shoulderblock from a standing start with the kind of impact that opens this match – and just as astonishing that he'd open with a shoulderblock.

Acid crashes backward, hits the ropes -

And rebounds forward with a flying cross-body that turns into a crucifix armlock. Azaria pegs it immediately. “Tijuana, 1984!” he exclaims. “Mr Lucha and Sam Keith, one on one – the match that made Sam's reputation. Acid's channelling Lucha's spirit and he's easily got the skill to go from there...”

Naturally enough, however, the match doesn't continue exactly as that contest did. Both these men have other strings to their bow, and they each use them all – the reaction when Acid blocks the Neutron Plex and sends Keith crashing down on his head with a backdrop driver is huge, and the pop when Sam kicks out from that is even bigger.

Acid finds the openings in Keith's game that the fury at being interrupted has created, and he exploits all of them viciously, ruthlessly. He slowly starts to come out ahead, harrying Keith, not letting him recover, find ground, get moving...

Little by little, Acid shifts approach. A near-flawless Rip Chord DDT gets two. The Leap of Faith follows five Faith Hammers, but Sam rolls to the outside. Acid hits an enzuigiri to the back of the head with all the force of Sadaharu Jimbo, but the veteran falls too near to the ropes for the pin. In frustration, Acid mounts the turnbuckle, and it becomes clear that he's thinking about the Dreadsault...

But Sam rolls just clear with a second to spare. Forcing himself to move, he catches Acid's arm, snakes a leg around his neck -

The Proton Lock is applied. He goes to work, and after a fifteen minute breakout performance, Acid finally has to admit he's fallen short.
Sam Keith defeated Acid
Rating: A*

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“Hey, Kate,” comes Rocky Golden's voice from further down the corridor. The former women's champion straightens from the vending machine she's been at, snapping open her sports drink, as he catches her up. “I need a tag partner for Where Angels Fear To Tread.”

Dangerous' face splits open in a smile. “Oh, you're going for it? Good for you. I think it's sweet.”

“Sweet?”

“Putting yourself on the line for your girl, sure, it's sweet. And considering she's beat me up with a chair when I got the best of her in the past, I'm hoping it might calm her down a bit.”

Rocky grins. “So you approve? You'll do it, then?” But Dangerous shakes her head.

“Sorry,” she says. “I approve, yeah. But I plan on being busy with Gorgon.”

Rocky blinks. “She damn near crippled you last time.”

“Yeah,” Kate nods. “And she might this time, too. But she's the champion, and I want that belt back – and this is the price, you know?

“No champion is invulnerable. No champion ever has been; they all lose, in the end. And usually they lose because someone's put in the work, found a weak spot, and they've been able to capitalise.

“I want the one who does that to Gorgon to be me. So I've got to try.

“I hope you find someone who'll help, Rocky. But I don't have time.” She smiles. “What I will do, though, I'll get you some tapes I was using to scout Steph before I took her on. Might give you a few advantages.”

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Fly Boys w/ Floyd Goldworthy
vs.
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Team VIPER w/ Baroness Emily
As you'd expect from a match involving three of TCW's defunct Cruiserweight division stars, this contest is about as fast as it gets. With the Fly Boys having slowly sunk to one of the lower points in the tag division, there isn't a great deal of suspense about this result and, as a consequence, the crowd are perhaps not as caught up in this as they otherwise might be.

Still, they start to get into it, those of them who aren't at the concession stand, as the four men in the ring work hard for it. Shingen Miyazaki dominates the early going, trying for the ankle lock on Donnie J, who rolls onto his shoulders and kicks Miyazaki away, meeting him on the rebound with a leaping leg lariat; that takes a lot out of him, though, the leg he lands on already hurting. Donnie crumples and Sam Sparrow moves to check on him.

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Behind the referee's back, Acid hops up onto the apron, leaps to the top rope and soars off with a shooting star, coming down hard on Miyazaki when he lands. A couple of stomps follow, then he bails – and Donnie is slowed enough by his leg that both men tag out at the same time.

Ota and Jimmy P go for dropkicks straight off the bat, but Ota takes to the air a split-second earlier, hits a split second before Jimmy, and thus has more impact. He goes for an immediate cover; Jimmy kicks out, but Ota sees possibilities, stalking for the Ninja Strike.

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Floyd hops up onto the apron, providing the possibility of a distraction, but before he can do more Guide hurtles across the ring, spearing the Fly Boys' manager from his perch. Sparrow lets that one go, with no official participant involved, and behind him, Ota gets the Ninja Strike – and, seconds later, the pin.
Team VIPER defeated the Fly Boys
Rating: B-

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Jack Bruce vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
Team VIPER stick around ringside to watch their captain's match; Emily, thinking ahead, directs them to watch the entrance ramp for Bruce's allies, and they do so.

Ino and Bruce proceed to show just how well they can work together, hitting some astonishing moments. The hunger in both men's actions is clear; these two want to be at the top, and they're prepared to do everything they can to show why they're there.

Ino ducks a foot at one point; Ray Johnson sees Bruce's big boot coming and bails, tumbling out between second and top ropes to avoid the impact.

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And while he's out there Harry Allen flies in from off camera, catching Bruce by the head, getting the Gunslinger's Revenge once again. Bruce crashes to the mat, but Ino doesn't capitalise. With Team VIPER watching the entry ramp, he nods to Emily, and she puts a phone to her ear, says a single word.

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Allen is still going after Bruce, and Hidekazu and Thunder Snake grab him from behind, bundling him out of the ring before he can affect the match further. Ino allows Bruce to rise, bows his head slightly -

Bruce's closed fist mashes into his nose, sending blood spurting everywhere. A whip to the ropes, a knee in the gut, and the New York Minute later, Jack Bruce has his pinfall.
Jack Bruce defeated Koshiro Ino
Rating: B+

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The remainder of Team KOBRA enter the ring. They circle Team VIPER first, bowing to them in respect. Then Ino is gestured forward by the Baroness.

She lines up the bokken for his shots, and the camera briefly catches half-smirks on the faces of Hidekazu and Thunder Snake.

As she raises the bokken, Ino speaks into a microphone. “We learn about the sayings and deeds of the men of old in order to entrust ourselves to their wisdom and prevent selfishness. When we throw off our own bias, follow the sayings of the ancients, and confer with other people, matters should go well and without mishap.“

A moment later, Emily brings the bokken down.

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Champagne Lover vs. El Leon
El Leon gets some support on the way down to the ring, but a lot of that is simply a response to Champagne Lover, who came down before strutting like a pea****, playing off the crowd's reaction and really winding them up.

When the bell rings, however, Lover is once again all business. El Leon gets in some good offence, but Lover dominates a heavily lucha-flavoured match before finishing with the Champagne Breakfast submission.
Champagne Lover defeated El Leon
Rating: B-

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Johnny Bloodstone, Rising Stars, & Tommy Cornell w/ Blonde Bombshell
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Sammy Bach, Stone Brothers, & Zimmy
Zimmy and Bach come out together for this one, and Azaria chuckles a little. “I guess Jack Bruce knew who was a good drummer before he came back,” he offers.

Edd opens for his time, and Minnesota for his. What follows is a good, fast-paced affair, right up until Minnesota sets up for a powerbomb – then stops, realising, and catches himself.

At which point Zimmy crashes into him with a top-rope lariat over Edd's head. That causes a swift breakdown which rapidly turns into an all-out brawl. Zimmy and Bach combine well, the Stones combine well, and their opposition is a disjointed, chaotic mess. Tommy Cornell discovers that YOU CAN'T POWERBOMB EDD STONE – but Aaron Andrews, of all people, saves Edd with a huge kick to Edd's face immediately afterward.

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And then Phil Vibert shows up at ringside. Once again, the Rising Stars notice this – and immediately unite, coming together with lethal effectiveness. Cornell, meanwhile, picks Edd back up and hits the Rough Ride, managing to squeak the pin.
Johnny Bloodstone, Rising Stars & Tommy Cornell defeated Sammy Bach, Stone Brothers, & Zimmy
Rating: A

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Set to Rob Dougan's Left Me For Dead, the video that airs on the big screen starts out with the Keiths as they beat the Easy Riders for the tag championships, moves through the injury to Matthew Keith's leg as the Riders powerbomb him onto a steel cage wall, through Greg and Art retaining against the Riders, Art's challenges, the champions' run of dominance, the exceptional match against the Lions, and the argument between Matthew and Art on Saturday and Johnny Bloodstone's solution.

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Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Matthew Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
The hype package for this match played this up as a major match. Scheduling it for the main event also points to this being a key contest.

And when the bell rings, and Matthew charges, the two combatants live up to that billing. Reed tries to counter the charge with an armdrag, but Matthew hangs onto the arm, flips and lands on his feet, spins, and sends Art tumbling across the ring; even as the crowd respond, Art handsprings off the ropes into a spinwheel kick, but Matthew ducks it. A double-leg sweep takes Art down, but as Matt tries to follow up Art goes for the Dread Lock and the Keith boy has to break the hold and roll free.

They rise, circle, and Art steps forward, offering his hand as a mark of respect. Matthew promptly dropkicks him. Reed kips up, ducks a lariat and hits a neckbreaker. He immediately rolls back and goes with a wheelbarrow suplex, getting it well, but when he goes back to Matthew afterward he gets a boot in the face.

The twin pops up again and scores with a DDT, going for the Proton Lock, but Art is able to twist clear; he knows that move almost as well as the Keiths do, after all. A forearm from the current tag champ is followed with a discus punch, then a dropkick, and the next pin gets two – and as Art starts to get to his feet, Matt grabs his trunks and yanks, sending Art tumbling out of the ring. He lands with a thud – and Matt leaps off the apron and onto him with a double-footed stomp. Rolling Art back into the ring, he covers – but Art kicks out at 2. Infuriated, Matt promptly tries again, this time grabbing a handful of rope as he does so – but Sam Sparrow notices and breaks the pin, giving Matt a warning.

Reed scrambles for the far ropes, coming back at speed and leaping up, taking Matt down with a spiral headscissors that ends with Art applying an armbar. Once again, he tries to transition that into the Dread Lock, but Matthew twists clear again, trying for the Neutron Plex – Art flips clear, double-leg takedown and he twists the man over, attempting to transition to the Bloodstone Mutilation, but again, Matt has enough in the tank to twist clear.

Matt struggles to his feet and Art meets him with a leaping enzuigiri, getting about two and a half. There's a pause for a few seconds, both men slowly rise, look at each other -

Matthew slaps Art, then goes for a backslide before he recovers. Reed counters out and dumps Matthew with a powerbomb, powering him up and then down. He stops for a second, climbs to the second rope, and soars off with a kneedrop, landing it perfectly, then forces Matthew up – DARK MATTER!

Matthew once again kicks out narrowly, taking control for long enough to whip Art to the corner and pepper him with chops. Another whip – attempted splash – Art ducks out of the way -

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Joey Minnesota hops up onto the apron and Art stops dead, looking at him, Matthew comes up behind him – bridged German suplex – Reed manages to get the shoulder up. Matt rolls to his feet and starts stomping away furiously at his head, while Minnesota watches from outside. Matt promptly goes for the Proton Lock, but this time Art manages to block it before it's applied. He staggers to his feet – Matt vaults up onto his shoulders – huracanrana pop -

Art Reed somehow manages to get an extra quarter-rotation; instead of crashing to the mat with Matt kneeling atop Art's shoulders, Matt finds himself on his back with Art making the sunset-flip style pin -

ONE, TWO, THREE!
Art Reed defeated Matthew Keith
Rating: A*

Show Rating: A

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 3 May 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 1.26)

Held at the Centerpiece Bridge (Mid Atlantic)

Attendance: 5,000 (Sold Out)

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Sara Silver – Autumn Gleeson

Autumn Gleeson tries to get hold of Joey Minnesota for comment about his appearance during Tuesday's main event, but Aaron Andrews tells her he hasn't seen Joey since the show.
Zimmy takes on Fumihiro Ota, and the pair turn out to work well together. With an assist from the redhead – now identified by Azaria as Cherry Bomb – Zimmy lands a charrging corner-to-corner knee to the head Silver dubs the 'Blood Rush' for the victory. (Rating: B)
Suzanne Brazzle faces off with Tamara McFly, winning handily with the Miracle Connection. (Rating: C-)
Team KOBRA take the bokken to Ota and salute Brazzle's victory.
Texas Pete and Billy Fonda form the centerpiece of what becomes an out-of-control brawl when Fonda's allies, Peter Hopper and Sayeed Ali, run in and are met by all three Machines. In the chaos, Pete gets the Lone Star Drop on Fonda and secures the pin. (Rating: B-)
Gorgon takes on Amber Allen, putting the Womens Championship on the line, and destroys her handily. (Rating: C)
Stunningly, Badge of Honor receives a second championship match, as Reed and Keith – now announced as 'The Kreed' – overcome a spirited challenge from Global Tradition. (Rating: B)
Matthew Keith and Giant Tana put on a stunningly good match, with Keith forcing Tana to tap out at the end. (Rating: B+)
Jeremy Stone, accompanied by Gorgon and Edd, runs into Bloodstone and the Bombshell. Jeremy mocks Bloodstone for not being able to keep Reed and the Keiths a cohesive entity, with Edd throwing in single lines during gaps in Jeremy's speech. Edd's comments are all about beating up Aaron Andrews, which he seems to think is what his brother is talking about too.
Rick Law makes another main event against Champagne Lover, aiming to get a little balance back for Rocky. The two put on something very good and Lover nearly wins on several occasions before falling to the Long Arm Of The Law. (Rating: B)


Show Rating: B+

[Blake Trask]

Stunningly, Badge of Honor receives a second championship match, as Reed and Keith – now announced as 'The Kreed' – overcome a spirited challenge from Global Tradition. (Rating: B)


I may - just may - have fist pumped at this.

But your Art Reed is apparently a god of wrestling. Has anybody been involved in more A* matches than him at this point?


Also, Bruce is finally gaining some lustre for me. This storyline could actually restablish him, which I'm excited for. Like alluded to both in and out of the 'story' of the diary, the feud that had to happen was a bit of a damp squib for what it could have been. Seeing him at the head of a new band has actually sparked some interest (although granted that may be because I am a massive fan of both Bomb and Zimmy). Plus, I love Harry Allen, so him being more strongly involved in this one has definitely caught my attention.

[Phantom Stranger]

I may - just may - have fist pumped at this.

But your Art Reed is apparently a god of wrestling. Has anybody been involved in more A* matches than him at this point?

Currently, he's tied with Joey Minnesota and Champagne Lover, who picked one of his up back in SOTBPW.

Reed is a damn good wrestler, but his big advantage is that he also gets the chemistry bonus from working with Bombshell (and another alongside Greg) which can make the difference between a high A and and A*.

Also, Bruce is finally gaining some lustre for me. This storyline could actually restablish him, which I'm excited for. Like alluded to both in and out of the 'story' of the diary, the feud that had to happen was a bit of a damp squib for what it could have been. Seeing him at the head of a new band has actually sparked some interest (although granted that may be because I am a massive fan of both Bomb and Zimmy). Plus, I love Harry Allen, so him being more strongly involved in this one has definitely caught my attention.

The big lesson with Bruce/Tornado has been that "...the feud writes itself" is not actually true.The next biggest lesson is that Jack is not really a good enough in-ring talent to main event TCW reliably. That said, he's a great entertainer, and has a LOT of use to someone like me near the top. So having wrecked him by botching the feud, it's time to repair...

[Oregano Jensen]

Do Art and Matt Keith have chemistry as opponents?

[Phantom Stranger]

Do Art and Matt Keith have chemistry as opponents?

Nope, and neg chemistry as tag partners. So it's not as cut and dried as you might hope...

[tommyb]

Long term listener first time caller...or something.

Just thought I had to comment. I've finally finished catching up, having started reading about 120 pages behind. I didn't want to say anything while I was behind, but now I can safely say - loving this diary. It's the first one I've ever read, and I only came across it my accident whilst looking at mods, but I'm really getting into it. Great stuff.

[Candyman]

Currently, he's tied with Joey Minnesota and Champagne Lover, who picked one of his up back in SOTBPW.

Reed is a damn good wrestler, but his big advantage is that he also gets the chemistry bonus from working with Bombshell (and another alongside Greg) which can make the difference between a high A and and A*.

You're damn right he's a good wrestler, and he also happens to be one of my favorites (ironically, because he was a star for me in a TCW game), so I love seeing him have success for you.

Nope, and neg chemistry as tag partners. So it's not as cut and dried as you might hope...

That's what I expected. I haven't tested it in '10, but in '08 my experience was that if A had good chemistry with B and C, then B and C usually had bad chemistry. It wasn't universally true, but more often than not.

[Phantom Stranger]

Long term listener first time caller...or something.

Just thought I had to comment. I've finally finished catching up, having started reading about 120 pages behind. I didn't want to say anything while I was behind, but now I can safely say - loving this diary. It's the first one I've ever read, and I only came across it my accident whilst looking at mods, but I'm really getting into it. Great stuff.

143 pages is 'really getting into it'? ;)

Glad you've enjoyed the ride so far, and I hope you still enjoy it now it's going to be a wee bit slower.

You're damn right he's a good wrestler, and he also happens to be one of my favorites (ironically, because he was a star for me in a TCW game), so I love seeing him have success for you.

I think what hooked me on Art was his interview on the C-Verse website. It's easy to root for the performer, for me, and since getting into the tag scene he's really started to deliver incredibly well, so there's no reason not to back him to the hilt.

[Phantom Stranger]

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It seems like nothing stays the same in TCW. With Art Reed no longer an interim tag team champion, the Kreed have become a going concern - but where does that leave Matthew Keith, and why did Joey Minnesota show his face during the match that settled it? For that matter, why hasn't he been seen since?

The Kreed will open this show, in fact, facing off with a new combination from the School of Tradition - Eric Tyler and his latest protegee Frankie Dee. Dee has quite the pedigree in the world of martial arts and will be looking to parlay that unorthodox style into victories in wrestling.

More School of Tradition action follows, with Canadian Elemental pitted against JD Morgan, the School's second most highly decorated competitor. Can the young prodigy overcome a veteran's understanding of the game?

Not long ago, Marc Speed went head-to-head with Merle O'Curle of the British Lions and the two competitors lasted to a time limit draw. Tonight, Speed will take on O'Curle's tag partner. Can the Machine win through?

Last seen apparently forming an alliance with American Buffalo, Marat Khoklov took both of the New Wave out of commission. Tonight, he steps into the ring in competition. His opponent? The determined and courageous Rhino Umaga. We at TCW.com wish Umaga luck...

An intergender tag is on the cards following that, as Sean Deeley pairs with the woman he brought into the promotion, JeriLynn Stone, against his former tag partner Joel Bryant - who has Raku Makuda on his side. Asked whether this meant she was coming into the School of Tradition, Eric Tyler replied "The School has its eye on our first female pupil. We hope to unveil her soon, but with TCW currently refusing certain contracted talent the right to compete, we're unwilling to commit her to a company that may not be right. In the meantime, sufficiently qualified wrestlers will be invited to team with School members where required."

Matthew Keith came off his Tuesday loss with a great victory on Friday. He moves on tonight, facing off with former World Heavyweight Champion Troy Tornado. Can the charismatic youngster push himself from tag competition to singles glory in so few steps?

And the main event of the evening in the Ottawa Rams Stadium... Johnny Bloodstone will team with Ricky Dale Johnson. Their opposition? None other than the highly-respected Stone Brothers.

Prediction Key:
Kreed (Art Reed & Greg Keith) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Eric Tyler & Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)

Canadian Elemental vs. JD Morgan w/ Laura Huggins

Marc Speed vs. Walter Morgan w/ Laura Huggins

Marat Khoklov vs. Rhino Umaga

JeriLynn Stone & Sean Deeley vs. Joel Bryant & Raku Makuda (Laura Huggins abstaining from managerial duties due to conflict of interests)

Matthew Keith vs. Troy Tornado

Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Stone Brothers

[James Casey]

Quick picks:

Kreed (Art Reed & Greg Keith) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Eric Tyler & Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)
Canadian Elemental vs. JD Morgan w/ Laura Huggins
Marc Speed vs. Walter Morgan w/ Laura Huggins
Marat Khoklov vs. Rhino Umaga
JeriLynn Stone & Sean Deeley vs. Joel Bryant & Raku Makuda (Laura Huggins abstaining from managerial duties due to conflict of interests)
Matthew Keith vs. Troy Tornado
Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Stone Brothers

[Zergon]

Kreed (Art Reed & Greg Keith) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Eric Tyler & Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)
Dee isn´t ready to go over the tag champs

Canadian Elemental vs. JD Morgan w/ Laura Huggins
Morgan is pretty much a full time jobber

Marc Speed vs. Walter Morgan w/ Laura Huggins
Morgan is a tag guy so he take the loss

Marat Khoklov vs. Rhino Umaga
Ouch, next!

JeriLynn Stone & Sean Deeley vs. Joel Bryant & Raku Makuda (Laura Huggins abstaining from managerial duties due to conflict of interests)
Deeley is most important here so his side wins

Matthew Keith vs. Troy Tornado
Tornado is simply too much for Matthew right now

Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Stone Brothers
As much as I like Edd he is the weak link here

[tommyb]

Kreed (Art Reed & Greg Keith) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Eric Tyler & Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)
The newly official champions need to look strong to get Matt jelous, or at least stronger than Frankie Dee.

Canadian Elemental vs. JD Morgan w/ Laura Huggins
Can El has a bigger future than JD Morgan.

Marc Speed vs. Walter Morgan w/ Laura Huggins
Marc Speed is more of a singles guy.

Marat Khoklov vs. Rhino Umaga
Unless there are some kind of shenanigans.

JeriLynn Stone & Sean Deeley vs. Joel Bryant & Raku Makuda (Laura Huggins abstaining from managerial duties due to conflict of interests)
JerriLynn is more relevant, as is the Shooter.

Matthew Keith vs. Troy Tornado
I call shenanigans, and Matthew is having some really good matches...unless Matthew Keith goes on a losing streak to get him really pissed with Greg and Art.

Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Stone Brothers
Draw or outside interference finish. The Rising Stars and Generation Omega have been conspicuous only in their absence so I can see a big confusing finish.

[Bigpapa42]

Kreed (Art Reed & Greg Keith) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Eric Tyler & Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)
Canadian Elemental vs. JD Morgan w/ Laura Huggins
Marc Speed vs. Walter Morgan w/ Laura Huggins
Marat Khoklov vs. Rhino Umaga
JeriLynn Stone & Sean Deeley vs. Joel Bryant & Raku Makuda (Laura Huggins abstaining from managerial duties due to conflict of interests)
Matthew Keith vs. Troy Tornado
Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Stone Brothers

Going to have to second JC's picks here.

[Candyman]

I think what hooked me on Art was his interview on the C-Verse website. It's easy to root for the performer, for me, and since getting into the tag scene he's really started to deliver incredibly well, so there's no reason not to back him to the hilt.

Same here. That interview got me to hire him, and Robert Oxford had just retired so I tried Reed in a team with Joel Bryant and they happened to have good chemistry. That made it easy to push them, and Reed just performed too well not to give him a singles push after Bryant retired.

Prediction Key:
Kreed (Art Reed & Greg Keith) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Eric Tyler & Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)

Canadian Elemental vs. JD Morgan w/ Laura Huggins

Marc Speed vs. Walter Morgan w/ Laura Huggins

Marat Khoklov vs. Rhino Umaga

JeriLynn Stone & Sean Deeley vs. Joel Bryant & Raku Makuda (Laura Huggins abstaining from managerial duties due to conflict of interests)

Matthew Keith vs. Troy Tornado

Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Stone Brothers

[pauls07]

Kreed (Art Reed & Greg Keith) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Eric Tyler & Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)

Canadian Elemental vs. JD Morgan w/ Laura Huggins

Marc Speed vs. Walter Morgan w/ Laura Huggins

Marat Khoklov vs. Rhino Umaga

JeriLynn Stone & Sean Deeley vs. Joel Bryant & Raku Makuda (Laura Huggins abstaining from managerial duties due to conflict of interests)

Matthew Keith vs. Troy Tornado

Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Stone Brothers

[Dragonmack]

Prediction Key:
Kreed (Art Reed & Greg Keith) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Eric Tyler & Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)

Canadian Elemental vs. JD Morgan w/ Laura Huggins

Marc Speed vs. Walter Morgan w/ Laura Huggins

Marat Khoklov vs. Rhino Umaga

JeriLynn Stone & Sean Deeley vs. Joel Bryant & Raku Makuda (Laura Huggins abstaining from managerial duties due to conflict of interests)

Matthew Keith vs. Troy Tornado

Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Stone Brothers

[Regis]

Kreed (Art Reed & Greg Keith) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Eric Tyler & Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)
Dee is the weak link here.

Canadian Elemental vs. JD Morgan w/ Laura Huggins
CanEl can start racking up wins to propel him up the card.

Marc Speed vs. Walter Morgan w/ Laura Huggins
The third machine is good, but Morgan is a shootnig star right now, and the Easy Riders still want to destroy some of TCW's greatest names.

Marat Khoklov vs. Rhino Umaga
The giant will not be toppled today.

JeriLynn Stone & Sean Deeley vs. Joel Bryant & Raku Makuda (Laura Huggins abstaining from managerial duties due to conflict of interests)
The women... could go either way. Bryant, however, is much lower down the totem pole than Deeley.

Matthew Keith vs. Troy Tornado
I have a hard time voting for the upset here. Matt can get all bitter about his loss.

Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Stone Brothers
Jezza's stable continues to mess up everyone's lives.

[Tigerkinney]

Missed predictions last time, so make sure I'll do so this time round...

Kreed (Art Reed & Greg Keith) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Eric Tyler & Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)

The now official tag champs, stay strong

Canadian Elemental vs. JD Morgan w/ Laura Huggins

You didn't have Can-El pick up the upset win over Jack Bruce a few shows back to then have him lose to JD Morgan.

Marc Speed vs. Walter Morgan w/ Laura Huggins

Walter Morgan has done well in TCW but primarily as a tag guy and get the feeling you see Marc Speed as someone who can gradually make his way up the singles ranks.

Marat Khoklov vs. Rhino Umaga

Umaga will have enough fight in him to prevent this from being a total squash but I can't see him toppling the Giant.

JeriLynn Stone & Sean Deeley vs. Joel Bryant & Raku Makuda (Laura Huggins abstaining from managerial duties due to conflict of interests)

JeriLyn Stone looks like she is going to get a strong push in the womens division and Deeley is being pushed stronger than Bryant right now.

Matthew Keith vs. Troy Tornado

The Matthew Keith storyline looks to be classic slowburn heel turn territory, so I only see another frustrating loss for him. Then again maybe Minnesota will show his face again and interfere. Interestingly enough Minnesota seems to be heading towards the same sort of storyline.

Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Stone Brothers

As awesome a character as Edd Stone is, he is the weak link in this match and I think the champion and the perennial fan favourite stay strong with a win here.

[Wallbanger]

Prediction Key:
Kreed (Art Reed & Greg Keith) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Eric Tyler & Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins (non-title)

Going with the consensus, champs stay strong here.

Canadian Elemental vs. JD Morgan w/ Laura Huggins

CanEl is the future, Morgan is the past.

Marc Speed vs. Walter Morgan w/ Laura Huggins

The one true tossup of the card. Going with Morgan as he's put more time in.

Marat Khoklov vs. Rhino Umaga

Just to be different, I'll go with some form of Double DQ/Countout as the ring cannot contain this much raw power.

JeriLynn Stone & Sean Deeley vs. Joel Bryant & Raku Makuda (Laura Huggins abstaining from managerial duties due to conflict of interests)

Momentum builder here.

Matthew Keith vs. Troy Tornado

Expecting shenanigans here.

Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Stone Brothers

And here.

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Saturday Night Showcase

Saturday Week 3 May 2009

Live on CBA (Rating 13.71)

Held at the Ottawa Rams Stadium (Ontario)

Attendance: 9,977

Announcers:
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Duane Fry – Jasmine Saunders – Alanis Springsteen

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Kreed w/ Blonde Bombshell
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Eric Tyler & Frankie Dee w/ Laura Huggins
Kreed seem as united as ever, walking down to the ring and chatting with the fans on the way. “If Matthew's issues this week are getting to them, they aren't showing it,” Springsteen notes. “They can't afford to show weakness,” Fry returns. “Greg cannot be happy that hos brother seems to have fallen from grace.”

Eric Tyler is a challenge for any competitor in TCW, and Frankie Dee may, yes, be young and arrogant and willing to take big risks to establish his name... but he's still also someone who deserves to be in TCW and that makes him no pushover.

Nonetheless, Kreed have the teamwork, the skill and the innovation to start making real headway against their opponents, outpacing Tyler and outwrestling Dee. Greg does run into something Fry tells us is known as the Shinanju Kick by Frankie Dee, but before Dee can get three Art Reed drops a leg across the back of his neck.

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Predictably enough, that brings Eritc Tyler into the ring. With all four men flying around the place Ray Johnson has his work cut out for him; Freddy Huggins slips past his eagle eye and superkicks Art Reed. Greg backdrops Tyler out of the ring and clotheslines Huggins down.

He turns to find that Dee has covered Reed for the pin – but Reed isn't the legal man. Greg jumps him from behind, rolling into the Proton Lock and getting the submission applied..
The Kreed defeated Eric Tyler & Frankie Dee
Rating: B

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Autumn Gleeson is all smiles as they cut to the interview area. “They told me to go get the story,” she begins. “Well, I may not know the scoop ahead of you guys but I have the story. Ladies and gentlemen, this past Tuesday Joey Minnesota appeared at ringside during a match most people would say he had no direct interest in – a match which, nonetheless, had high stakes. With me tonight is Joey himself – so, Joey, would you like to explain to the crowd here and the folks watching at home why you did what you did?”

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Minnesota takes a deep breath. “Well, first of all, I didn't lay a finger on either of them,” he says. “Nothing more than what Vibert's been doing during me and Aaron's matches lately. So let's get that straight. But I'll be honest – I was hoping I'd make Reed stop and ask himself what he's doing.

“What I did was done from respect. See, I respect the fact that Matt and Greg went out and they won those belts. I respect my partner Aaron for going out and winning the International belt. I respect Gorgon for going out and getting her own title. Say what you like about any of those people, they won their titles.

“What Reed's done is come in on someone else's coat-tails. He didn't win those belts.”

“But... he's helped Greg retain them on a number-”

“Sure he has,” Joey says smoothly. “And when the Riders took Matt out, I thought allowing Art to compete instead was a good idea. Because there was no good reason for Matt and Greg to lose what they'd earned just for two guys screwing them over – two guys who couldn't quite beat them.

“But I consider what Matt did a lot more impressive than what Art did. See, there's this thing – we call it the champ's advantage. If someone goes up against my buddy Aaron and they get a draw, Aaron keeps the belt. If they leave Aaron outside for the count of ten, Aaron keeps the belt. If they pull some bull**** and persuade the ref Aaron's cheated, get a DQ, Aaron keeps the belt.

“And you know what? I call that fair. Because Aaron... Aaron won that belt against those same rules. He earned the champ's advantage. Reed has had to use it a couple times – on matches that ddidn't have to be for the belt, on a belt he was holding for someone else, after he made them title matches.

“The champ's advantage is something you should earn. Greg earned it. Aaron earned it. Matt earned it. Reed hasn't. So this was all about respect. Respect for people's accomplishments; respect for the men who WIN titles.”

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Canadian Elemental vs. JD Morgan w/ Laura Huggins
Here in Ottawa, the Elemental gets quite a solid reaction – easily on par with Kreed coming out earlier. The reaction to Morgan is substantially less enthusiastic, in a number of ways, but once the contest begins, they wake up fast.

These two know how to work together, it seems, and Elemental provides a stunning display of aerial artistry while the former three-time DaVE champion nails some nasty shots as counters, working his body over whenever he can slow him down enough to do so. However, what clinches this one is a brilliant display on the ground, hold and counter-hold eventually leading to a textbook Elemental Suplex for the pin.
Canadian Elemental defeated JD Morgan
Rating: B

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Marc Speed vs. Walter Morgan w/ Laura Huggins
The last of these was a real technician's workshop; this one purifies the action down even more simply. It's a submission clinic, and neither man does anything that is not or is not designed to lead to a submission.

That doesn't appeal to the entire crowd, but it's the center of both men's style, and those fans who are glued to it respond well – and they should; Morgan remains one of the very best submission experts in the world, and Speed's style incorporates a lot of holds and approaches MMA stylists have been developing but which professional wrestlers seldom use – so this feels new and exciting, at least if you're into that sort of thing.

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Around fifteen minutes in, Carl Batch appears at ringside, capturing the attention of Eugene Williams while the Easy Riders scramble in. An Emergency Stop lays Speed out – and Walter Morgan promptly hooks Billy Fonda from behind into a tight, painful chokehold. Fry chuckles. “Walter Morgan was taught hook style in Wigan, England,” he says. “And half of what they do there isn't actually legal. Inventive, slick, and utterly dangerous – and that's what Morgan does.”

“No,” Saunders responds. “That's what Morgan is.”

It takes all of Peter Fonda's strength to prise Morgan off his teammate, and the Riders feel the need to bail immediately.

As Walter turns back, Speed catches him by the arm, hooks it, and twists – Cross Armbreaker applied! Enough damage has been done over the past seventeen minutes, and Morgan is forced to tap.
Marc Speed defeated Walter Morgan
Rating: B-

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Backstage goes the camera, into the general cafeteria area. Tommy Cornell and Ricky Dale Johnson are sat at the same table at the moment, plastic cups of coffee in hand. Cornell also has a stack of paperwork he's leafing through.

“...just saying,” RDJ says. “I haven't been getting a lot've chances to prove I can still go, man. And I do want a shot at the title soon. It's been long enough I ain't sure I've still got it, and that's the only way to test.”

Cornell nods. “Yeah,” he says. “I shoulda asked you to pair with us, really. You stood by me. Sorry, man, I'm...” He takes a gulp of coffee. “I'm not good at this whole gratitude thing. Look, what I can do... you're gonna get your chance to earn a title shot before I get mine. That work for you?”

RDJ raises an eyebrow. “Considering how much I know that belt means to you?” He grins. “It's not what I expected, but... yeah, that works.”

A beat.

“You're actually tryin', ain't ya? I wasn't sure...”

Cornell half-smiles, shakes his head a little uncomfortably. “My big problem right now is all these applications from Vibert for matches. He's brought about six lawyers onto this thing.”

Ricky chuckles. “Better you than me.”

“Mm,” Cornell says absently. “Oh, hey – to really push yourself forward, you got the match tonight, but listen – do NOT try to powerbomb Edd.”

RDJ grins. “I got something in mind,” he says. “Don't sweat it.”

“Hey, Tommy? Bossman?”

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Cornell looks up as Texas Pete approaches. “Something I can do for you, Pete?”

“No,” Pete smiles. “Got my belt, got my place for a while. It's what I can do for you.

“I know how it is to be on your own. Seems to me you're not – quite,” he nods to RDJ, “but you're damn close, and you're sure as hell outnumbered.

“You want some help with those *******s, boss, you feel free to put my name down.”

Cornell looks at him for a long moment, then nods. “Cheers, Pete,” he says. “Might just do that.”

“Awright,” Pete nods. He pauses for a second, dithering, and turns around to go.

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He comes face to face with Matthew Keith, who grins slightly.

“You got your belt,” Keith says. Pete nods. After a moment, Keith shakes his head.

“You got my belt,” he says. “My place, too.”

Pete stands there for a moment, then snickers. “Sure,” he says. “We can check that. Come visit me in hell. We'll ride a while and we'll figure out whose place it is.”

“In hell?” Keith asks blankly. RDJ chuckles.

“Only other place I know Where Angels Fear To Tread.”

Cornell smiles. “I like the match,” he says. “Gotta clear it with Midden, but consider it made.”

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Credit where it's due, Umaga doesn't actually look scared, even squaring up close and personal with the giant. And he throws the first punch – and the second, third, fourth and fifth. Marat finally unleashes a counter, and Umaga ducks it, unleashes a headbutt to Khoklov's side – where you'd deliver a kidney punch to a smaller man – and then backs to the ropes, off, and another headbutt, this one diving, to the giant's knee.

Skull against kneecap tends to be a losing proposition for kneecap, and Khoklov's knee goes out from under him. But he's still upright, just about, and as Umaga picks himself up, that giant hand seizes him by the throat.

The Russian Giant shoves, one-handed, sending Umaga careering back into and off the ropes; as the Samoan rebounds, Marat rises back to both feet and meets him with a Moscow Lariat. The pin sees Khoklov put all his weight on the smaller man, making it certain.
Marat Khoklov defeated Rhino Umaga
Rating: C+

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Aaron Andrews finishes working over a speed bag in his room. He turns to face the camera and nods greeting, draws a breath -

There's a knock at his locker room door. He sighs. “Hold that thought,” he says, and goes to the door.

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At the door is Champagne Lover, who sighs. “I want to say on principle that I don't agree with this,” he begins.

“Edd?”

Lover nods wearily. “Hey!” a voice yells from offscreen. “That's not what you were supposed to do!”

Aaron sighs. “So, let me guess...”

“He's behind the door,” Lover says. “Wanted me to tell you he was on the other side, so he could jump you from behind.”

“TRAITOR!”

Andrews puts his hands on his hips and sighs. “You say that,” he says. “But this is Edd. So on the side opposite the door is a tape recorder, and he's on the other side...”

“I resent that,” comes Edd's voice. “That'd just be... phoning it in. I've done that one.”

Lover dips his head, closing his eyes and pinching the bridge of his nose. “You two are as crazy as each other,” he says. “Whatever. I'm out. Play your own damn headgames.” And with that, he walks off.

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Andrews waits a few moments for him to get clear, then steps forward, lunging around the door – and the punch he gets in response is from a meaty hand wrapped in Gorgon's usual wrestling wristgear.

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He falls back a step, and Edd steps out behind him, spins him around, and gets the Edd-Renaline Shot. Gorgon catches him by the throat as he falls back, then hits the Hydra Bomb.

Edd does a jumping high-five, with Gorgon simply reaching up rather than leaping. A second later, however, he falters, then looks down. “Hey, Aaron? So... I was thinking... How about we make the title match a Hangtime Match?” A pause. “Ah... you're probably, what, semi-conscious, tops? Think it over and get back to me, man...”

The nefarious duo leave.

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The men go to the mat. The women soar. The pace is fast, and the Canadian team have strong support from the fans here. That helps this match catch some degree of fire despite Makuda's recent absence from TV and Bryant's recent losing streak making some of the match's outcome clear.

Bryant and Deeley are even able to play off their short-lived team together, with Stone & Deeley busting out some of the same sequences – like when Deeley twists Makuda into a Boston crab, with JeriLynn hitting the ropes and coming down across the back of her neck with a legdrop.

Makuda and Bryant do rally, though, and the Swanton Bomb nearly wins it – but Deeley drops the elbow to break the pin.

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And then, moments later, Jeremy Stone slams into Deeley from behind, going straight for – and getting – a shock Stone's Throw. As Ray Johnson calls for the DQ. Jeremy turns to face his daughter, who squares off against him, but he smiles, shaking his head. The camera's mic pickup catches him saying “I can't attack my daughter. Not outside a match – or training.”

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JeriLynn relaxes for a second – and then a hand closes around her throat. Gorgon gets another Hydra Bomb to add to her resume.
JeriLynn Stone & Sean Deeley won by DQ
Rating: B-

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The big screen comes to life, and Jeremy Stone can be seen sat backstage in an obviously pre-taped interview. A reflective strings piece plays as he starts to speak.

“I had the good fortune to be raised by a family that really values hard work, you know. I've said so many times in my life, you know, I'm not Troy Tornado. I'm not Eddie Peak. I don't have that kind of gifted physique. But what I do have, I have a determination, a work ethic, that few people in this world have.

“And I get that from my family.”

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We cut to Johnny Bloodstone in much the same set, the World Heavyweight Championship strung across his shoulder. “I grew up in a small rural town in Illinois, just a small town, and my gran and grandad would take me during the summer to wrestling shows – I loved Rip Chord, and my brother was crazy for Sam Strong, so we, we faced off there, um, and as I got older, you know, I turned into more of a Nemesis kinda guy. In my late teens, my parents got divorced, I started to really get into guys like Bryan Vessey, ah, but also Eisaku Kunomasu, getting tapes sent over from Japan, and that pointed me at Elemental, Optimus, and I started looking at other guys... And it was from there that, you know, I made a promise, this was my dream, this was gonna be my goal.”

Back to Stone. “I was raised by a legend, in a small town, a small farm town and there's only two things to do, really, play hockey or wrestle. I knew what I wanted, so I got into wrestling.”

Bloodstone: “You... I was a sporty kid, most of the time, but team sports got to be ruled out pretty quick, uh, because I... well, hell, the temper thing. Everyone's seen it when I lose control.” He smiles a little. “Imagine that on your team. Imagine you just passed the ball to that, and then something flips the switch. Game over, right?” He shakes his head. “So I took myself out of that, I made the decision to make it just my problem... and I went to the solo sport I knew I loved. I went to wrestling, and I said goodbye to everything else.”

Stone: “So I was raised by the town, really, they all respected my dad, so, um, I was raised by the town and after I started in professional wrestling, they'd rooted for me all through my amateur stuff and, and after I won my first title in Abbotsford, British Columbia, I had to... I just wanted to show everyone, and it was a big deal to me. To me, the championship is the culmination of everything, you know, I won my first wrestling championship when I was twelve years old, I had a wrestling scholarship through college, and, you know, I won titles all over, you know, and to me... to me this could be the biggest. Now, you know, I'm beating the best in the world, because that's what TCW has, the best wrestlers in the world.”

Bloodstone: “It started for me when I was eighteen years old, driving across the border to train, graduating, going through USPW, back over the border, and it culminated, really, in that triple threat in September 2008, a hard-fought process. It's the thing I'm most proud of. And I'm not going to let it go. Not against anyone, honestly, but sure as hell not against the man who threatened Amy. He trained me. He thinks that means he's got something for everything I can do.” He smiles. “I'm happy for him to think that. That gives me the edge I'm going to need.”

The screen fades out to an image of Bloodstone's championship belt, with a simple caption:

BLOODSTONE
STONE
WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD

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Well, what a match. Keith, after all, feels he definitely has something to prove right now. His opponent... Well, it's hard to think of a time in the last three years when Troy Tornado hasn't given a match everything he has. It's fast and it's slick and there's one moment, after Matthew manages to block the Tornado Driver and turn it into a spinning DDT, with both men exhausted and flat out on the mat, where Fry breaks the silence with an anecdote that sounds utterly, utterly... honest.

“I've had the opportunity to call quite a few matches with Sam Keith involved,” he says. “THE legend, in my eyes. And it was everything I wanted... almost. But I remember watching Sam when I was a kid, and falling in love with wrestling. And much as I respect the man, and love his work... the energy he had when he was young, the skill he has now, it's a tradeoff.

“Except that, when I call a match with one of his sons in it, it's not a tradeoff. All his knowledge today. All his athleticism then. That is a legend in the making, and the man next to him is a worthy opponent. Nights like these are why people dream of being in my chair, of doing my job.”

As he finishes, Troy is almost to his feet. He offers Matthew a fistbump as the younger man rises; surprised, Matt repays the mark of respect in kind before the match rejoins in earnest.

It's not long, of course, before something happens to a ref. A mule kick by Keith gets evaded neatly by Tornado, but it does leave Sam Sparrow out of it. “Three,” Fry says. “Two,” Saunders echoes. “One,” Springsteen finishes.

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Right on crew, Bruce and all four cronies hit the ring, and Tornado takes a hell of a beating. Matt, meanwhile, backs away from the conflict, leaning against the corner, watching but not interfering.

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The Young Guns come down in rescue, of course, but they're outnumbered. Harry Allen blasts through the masked man, ducks the woman's attack, and gets a snap suplex on Sammy Bach, but Zimmy nails the Blood Rush in response. Meanwhile, Gumble drops Cherry Bomb with a Savate Kick, but a second later Bruce himself drops Steve with a lariat.

Their point made, they leave the ring as Sparrow starts to revive. Matt Keith shrugs, steps out of the corner, and applies the Proton Lock to Tornado, letting Sparrow see the unconscious former champion locked in the hold to pick up the victory.
Matthew Keith defeated Troy Tornado
Rating: A

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Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Stone Brothers
“Is it just me,” Jasmine Saunders asks as the brothers make their way to the ring, “or is Edd wearing, like, twice as much wrist tape as he usually does?”

RDJ and Bloodstone jaw for a little after their entrance before RDJ climbs into the ring first. Seeing this, Jeremy leaves the ring and Edd comes in, beaming broadly and bouncing on his feet.

The bell rings. Edd goes for a dropkick; RDJ steps back; Edd misses. An elbow drop follows – and Edd has rolled clear. Shockingly, his response isn't acrobatic – it's an armbar, transitioning into a keylock. Edd Stone is, voluntarily, working over his opponent's arm.

RDJ fights his way to his feet and punches clear. Edd comes back, meeting a boot to the gut – and, not a powerbomb, but a spinning powerslam that draws a crisp pop it probably wouldn't have received without the conversation between RDJ and Cornell earlier.

He takes a moment to play to the crowd, who let him know they still love him. Edd takes the chance to tag out.

The match's game plan is thus established. Both Stones concentrate on RDJ's wrist, and after the champ comes in, their attacks target his back. “Setting up for the Stone Hold,” Fry says. “The brothers have a game plan.”

Springsteen snorts. “Jetemy has a game plan,” she says. “And some way to force Edd to follow it.” By this stage, Edd's wrist tape is starting to trail a little, like streamers.

Around fifteen, sixteen minutes in the match has all four in, champion and challenger the legal men. Edd is still clinging to his wristlock strategy; RDJ swings him around, and Edd seems to flip over the top rope, though he lands on the apron, still clinging to the arm, while Jeremy and Johnny go at it.

Johnny starts to get the advantage, focusing on slams and throws to prevent Jeremy from locking any holds in, relying on youth and vigour for the upper hand.

Suddenly, though, Johnny topples sideways. An Edd-Renaline Shot from the side just took him off his feet.

As the Brothers unite in a beatdown, one of the cameras captures RDJ's predicament; it seems that Edd has essentially lashed his hand to the top rope with loop after loop after loop of wrist tape, and the big Texan is trying to bust himself free.

It's clearly very, very strong tape, as the Brothers deliver a double-team powerbomb to Bloodstone, leaving Jeremy to turn him over into the Stone Hold. Edd then hits the ropes followed by a flying lariat to bring Ricky crashing to the outside, arm still trapped firmly against the ropes – and shoulder now probably wrenched.

Which leaves Jeremy in perfect position to force Bloodstone to tap out.
Stone Brothers defeated Johnny Bloodstone & Ricky Dale Johnson
Rating: A

Show Rating: A

[Phantom Stranger]

Is the masked guy Plague? I think we already discussed that... KENDALL NO!

*ahem* Hi dog. Anyway, decent show I suppose. When's Angelland happening?

We just wrapped May Week 3, and Where Angels Fear To Tread will take place at the end of Week 4.

So far, on the schedule for the PPV:


Aaron Andrews/Edd Stone - International Championship, possible Hangtime Match
Gorgon/Kate Dangerous - Womens Championship Rematch
Kreed/GenOme - Tag Team Championships
Rocky Golden & ????/Champagne Lover & Stephanie Wade - Stephanie is kinda weird
New Wave/Buffalo & Marat - big monsters are kinda A-holes
Texas Pete/Matthew Keith - Hard-Hitting Championship, No Holds Barred
Remo Richardson/Eddie Peak
Johnny Bloodstone/Jeremy Stone, World Heavyweight Championship


Any and all of which could, at least theoretically, change, and we don't yet have an All Action challenger specified, though Acid has been most active this month.

[Phantom Stranger]

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Saturday May 19th 2009
This may be how youth movements always start. You give a couple of guys the break they deserve – Wolf Hawkins, in particular, has earned his breakout role in 2009 with his work in 2008, even if a lot of his chances to earn it, and Aaron Andrews, too, responded to the Tyler and Cornell feuds in 2008 by seeing them for what they were; a chance to step up and grab the crowd's attention.

That reminds everyone that the glass ceiling is, potentially, breakable. Some of the other young guys step their game up in response, and you get folks like Art Reed. Seeing the opportunities for fast progress, some of the younger workers in other companies who haven't reached the level they think they should have look to make the jump when their contracts come up – Remo Richardson, Marc DuBois. And bit by bit, the kids climb the ranks. Lo and behold, a youth movement, and I'm getting plaudits in the wrestling press for having planned it.

Well, I didn't plan anything, but I'll take the 'architect of the youth movement' tag happily. Generation Omega came about because it fits who's ascendant, allowed us to bring in Davis and give him a solid push, and filled a need.

What a booker does is very much what an architect does; we provide a structure. If that structure works, then the guys who the fans take to will get over, the fans will be happy seeing more of them, they'll buy more tickets, we'll catch attention from more casual fans, business will improve. Sometimes your job is also to help a wrestler live up to their position; Rocky Golden's issues with Champagne Lover have made Lover a star, but they've also allowed Lover, Rick Law, and Chris Rockwell to work with Golden, help him along in the ring, and Rocky is a visibly better performer for it.

Sometimes that structure is very loose. I told Aaron and Edd that they'd be feuding two months ago, and asked them to think in terms of ambushes, backstage attacks, and so on. I didn't give them much more than that; I had in mind a very simple feud that wouldn't take much microphone work.

Edd being Edd, and Aaron having a sense of humour to match his when the cameras aren't rolling, they've taken a slapstick absurdity approach to things and made it work. Aaron establishes himself as aware of how people jump others, Edd establishes himself as oddball enough that you can't outthink him, and both of them put on the kind of matches I want.

But Edd's why I started thinking about a youth movement; I honestly don't know what to do with Edd half the time. He fits a very specific niche, has the popularity to move forward, but doesn't quite have the ability to back it yet, not dependably.

And then you get a moment like the tag match tonight. I laid out in that match that RDJ should be prevented from breaking a submission while Jeremy forced Johnny to tap with aid from his brother. I left the rest to the four talents in the ring and Archie, on road agent duty, to figure out. I'm told that the wrist tape thing was entirely Edd's idea – and it works; RDJ still looks legit, Edd becomes even less predictable, the result we got was what we want and the crowd came away accepting the match result.

Edd's rise up the card, in short, is ninety per cent down to Edd. And that's what happens with the youth movements that work.

Tuesday 22nd May 2009
At the arena for Total Wrestling, and we're checking on the setup for the big spot of the night. I don't often speak to Alan Benaud – we haven't used him a great deal on the day-to-day level I do most of my work at, but his work features in every second of TCW broadcasting.

Alan is responsible for set design; he created the Total Wrestling, Badge of Honor and Saturday Night Showcase sets, and he puts together the one-off designs for each PPV. Way back when, when we first needed the Test of Steel, he put the cell for it together. If it's not a video package or video effect, Alan has sat down and thought about how it looks, what that says to the audience, what we want to say to the audience, etc, etc. (My personal favourite little touch is the broad scarlet slash in the middle of the black leather strap used when TCW busts out a Strap Match).

And when we need to gimmick something, Alan is the guy who does it. We run through the logistics of the spot a few times, enough to allay my concerns – like the Edd/Aaron sequences, this was dreamed up by a couple of the talent for their feud, and we're making it happen because it works well enough – and then do a rehearsal, EMTs standing by.

I don't like what I see. At all. But, after he's tried to persuade the EMTs he broke his neck, and after they call him on it, Eddie laughs that crazy laugh of his and kips back up to his feet. “I'll be feeling that tomorrow,” he says. “Harry, do I hafta rehearse that again? Two of those is going to be bad enough.”

It looks horrible. He's fine. Which is exactly what we want.

I OK the spot.

[Tigerkinney]

The low key exhange between Tommy Cornell and Ricky Dale Johnson, is where if I was a fan, I would now begin accepting Cornell as a babyface, it's where I really would start to think that the once tyrannical leader of the Syndicate isn't rotten to the core after all. Because it appears RDJ (the perennial babyface of TCW) had finally won the respect of his long time nemesis.

Delivered in such an understated manner, it made the 'respect' from Cornell seeme all that more real, not once was the words 'I respect you' uttered from Cornell's lips to RDJ but it's certainly something that could be 'felt' from the segment.

[Phantom Stranger]

The low key exhange between Tommy Cornell and Ricky Dale Johnson, is where if I was a fan, I would now begin accepting Cornell as a babyface, it's where I really would start to think that the once tyrannical leader of the Syndicate isn't rotten to the core after all. Because it appears RDJ (the perennial babyface of TCW) had finally won the respect of his long time nemesis.

Delivered in such an understated manner, it made the 'respect' from Cornell seeme all that more real, not once was the words 'I respect you' uttered from Cornell's lips to RDJ but it's certainly something that could be 'felt' from the segment.

Thanks, TK - glad this one came to life for you. Tommy remains probably the toughest of TCW's crew to give some kind of character to, always a challenge. After all, how do you write the man who gave his name to the universe?

[Phantom Stranger]

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A clash of powerhouses awaits this Tuesday, as Total Wrestling begins with Tyson Baine pitted against Rocky Golden. Can Golden unearth that 'killer instinct' his girlfriend is talking about a week before he has to demonstrate it, or will Baine return to winning ways?

He doesn't have the power of Rocky Golden, but his temper is significantly greater than his old friend's. Golden has had the enmity of Champagne Lover for some time now, but on Tuesday his buddy Chris Rockwell will try to clear the deck for Rocky's match on Sunday. Who will send the message, Lover or one of the 'three amigos' as the friendship is slowly becoming known backstage?

The New Wave are looking to bounce back and send a message themselves - and what a message it will be, if they end their losing streak with a victory over the team who forced the World Heavyweight Champion to submit on Saturday. Yes, their opponents are the Stone Brothers - but if they can overcome this, perhaps they have a hope against the sheer power of Buffalo and Khoklov...

A triple-threat has been called for following that; the provenance of this match is uncertain, but with Troy Tornado on one side, Sammy Bach on the other, the presence of Rick Law as a third competitor caught in the middle may prove to be quite the stabilising force.

Eddie Peak is due in action, too, ahead of his match with Remo this Sunday; his opponent on Total Wrestling will be Jack Marlowe, last seen siding with Jeremy Stone near the start of the month. What was all that about? Why has Marlowe been conspicuously absent from Stone's allies since?

A six-man tag is made by Tommy Cornell for following that contest. Given events on Saturday, it's thought that Cornell wishes to test the unity of his allies, as he teams with Ricky Dale Johnson and Texas Pete against the interesting assortment that is Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce, and Matthew Keith. Still no word as yet on why Matthew Keith is no longer accompanied to the ring by the Blonde Bombshell; we can only assume there's a conflict of interests.

The contest in the main event might very well be considered a contendership battle for the tag team championships, if it had been announced as such; the British Lions and the Rising Stars. While the Stars have had issues of late, in recent matches they've come together well after Phil Vibert appeared at ringside. The Lions, meanwhile, still have pride in the reputation that you can't beat them the same way twice - and they'll be gunning for the titles that they fought to the very limit for at Total Mayhem.

Prediction Key:
Rocky Golden vs. Tyson Baine

Champagne Lover vs. Chris Rockwell

New Wave vs. Stone Brothers

Rick Law vs. Sammy Bach vs. Troy Tornado

Eddie Peak vs. Jack Marlowe

Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce & Matthew Keith w/ Laura Huggins vs. Ricky Dale Johnson, Texas Pete & Tommy Cornell

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rising Stars

[Bigpapa42]

Rocky Golden vs. Tyson Baine

Champagne Lover vs. Chris Rockwell

New Wave vs. Stone Brothers

Rick Law vs. Sammy Bach vs. Troy Tornado

Eddie Peak vs. Jack Marlowe

Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce & Matthew Keith w/ Laura Huggins vs. Ricky Dale Johnson, Texas Pete & Tommy Cornell

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rising Stars

[tommyb]

Rocky Golden vs. Tyson Baine

Champagne Lover vs. Chris Rockwell

New Wave vs. Stone Brothers

Rick Law vs. Sammy Bach vs. Troy Tornado

Eddie Peak vs. Jack Marlowe

Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce & Matthew Keith w/ Laura Huggins vs. Ricky Dale Johnson, Texas Pete & Tommy Cornell

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rising Stars

[pauls07]

Rocky Golden vs. Tyson Baine

Champagne Lover vs. Chris Rockwell

New Wave vs. Stone Brothers

Rick Law vs. Sammy Bach vs. Troy Tornado

Eddie Peak vs. Jack Marlowe

Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce & Matthew Keith w/ Laura Huggins vs. Ricky Dale Johnson, Texas Pete & Tommy Cornell

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rising Stars

[Blake Trask]

Rocky Golden vs. Tyson Baine

Baine is a glorified jobber right now. A win would cement Golden's momentum.

Champagne Lover vs. Chris Rockwell

Another member of this alliance is facing the Lover at a bigger event. Rockwell winning takes all the wind out of the PPV match.

New Wave vs. Stone Brothers

Wave always lose!

Rick Law vs. Sammy Bach vs. Troy Tornado

Toughie... but Sammy has the stable.

Eddie Peak vs. Jack Marlowe

Crunch.

Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce & Matthew Keith w/ Laura Huggins vs. Ricky Dale Johnson, Texas Pete & Tommy Cornell

I didn't expect Keith to go over Tornado earlier, but over RDJ and the boss too? I can't see it.

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rising Stars

And the Stars' differences rear their heads.

[Zergon]

Rocky Golden vs. Tyson Baine
Sadly, Baine isn´t important right now so Golden takes this one

Champagne Lover vs. Chris Rockwell
I agree with Blake Trask here, Lover needs to win in order to keep that PPV match interesting

New Wave vs. Stone Brothers
Wave isn´t winning this one either

Rick Law vs. Sammy Bach vs. Troy Tornado
Hard to say where this one is going as anyone could win here but I go with Tornado

Eddie Peak vs. Jack Marlowe
Maybe not a squash but pretty clear win for Peak seems likely

Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce & Matthew Keith w/ Laura Huggins vs. Ricky Dale Johnson, Texas Pete & Tommy Cornell
Cornell and RDJ looks to be the two biggest names here and there is no reason to believe that heels side (+ Keith I guess he is still face) could work together any better than their opponents either.

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rising Stars
Even with all the tension between Rising Stars I don´t see them losing here, though it is possible.

[Tigerkinney]

Rocky Golden vs. Tyson Baine

Golden seems to be gradually regaining importance, and as others have said Baine's just turning into a glorified jobber.

Champagne Lover vs. Chris Rockwell

Lover needs the win more, as he has a match coming up against Goldne at the PPV. Kind of feel sorry for Rockwell, he was the one first stars to make the jump but is now spinning his wheels in the midcard...he's in exactly the same position he was in whilst in the SWF, admittedly sans the silly costume. :p

New Wave vs. Stone Brothers

Stone Brothers are hot right now and New Wave have a losing streak angle going, I don't see either things coming to an end here.

Rick Law vs. Sammy Bach vs. Troy Tornado

Tornado and Bach will be too focused on each other, allowing for Law to take advantage of the situation and pick up the win.

Eddie Peak vs. Jack Marlowe

Extended squash, Marlowe's just a directionless glorified jobber.

Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce & Matthew Keith w/ Laura Huggins vs. Ricky Dale Johnson, Texas Pete & Tommy Cornell

Cornell and his new buddies show that they are united by picking up the win.

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rising Stars

Thus far the issue between Rising Stars have just been tensions, and though there may be a few moments teased where those tensions come a head, I think they pull through in the end and pick up the win.

[Regis]

Rocky Golden vs. Tyson Baine
The directionless monster continues to do the job on his way out.

Champagne Lover vs. Chris Rockwell
As TK said, Lover has a PPV match, and Rockwell is spinning his wheels outside of angles. Poor Chris.

New Wave vs. Stone Brothers
A simple matter of push.

Rick Law vs. Sammy Bach vs. Troy Tornado
With stable support, Bach continues to rise.

Eddie Peak vs. Jack Marlowe
Sorry, Jack.

Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce & Matthew Keith w/ Laura Huggins vs. Ricky Dale Johnson, Texas Pete & Tommy Cornell
Looks to be a good 'un!

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rising Stars
The Stars continue to prove that they can work together in the face of adversity. Huzzah!

[smurphy1014]

Rocky Golden vs. Tyson Baine

Champagne Lover vs. Chris Rockwell

New Wave vs. Stone Brothers

Rick Law vs. Sammy Bach vs. Troy Tornado

Eddie Peak vs. Jack Marlowe

Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce & Matthew Keith w/ Laura Huggins vs. Ricky Dale Johnson, Texas Pete & Tommy Cornell

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rising Stars

[Ian carlisle]

Good show to come, but in the last few posts you have passed 10 simple rules as the diary with the most posts.

[James Casey]

Congrats, PS. I hadn't realised this had been such a long runner, timewise. For some reason I had the idea it only started in the mid-last year or so.

At some point I'll have to go back and re-read it all. Do you have a pdf at all?

[Wallbanger]

Rocky Golden vs. Tyson Baine

Golden keeps momentum going into PPV.

Champagne Lover vs. Chris Rockwell

Going with consensus on who needs the win more.

New Wave vs. Stone Brothers

Two #1 contenders to TCW titles aren't losing to a struggling midcard tag team.

Rick Law vs. Sammy Bach vs. Troy Tornado

Agree with Blake, all other things being equal, this comes down to shenanigans.

Eddie Peak vs. Jack Marlowe

This will be a great, though under-appreciated, match.

Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce & Matthew Keith w/ Laura Huggins vs. Ricky Dale Johnson, Texas Pete & Tommy Cornell

No decision - this one will break down and get tossed one way or another.

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rising Stars

Keeping the Lions strong for future tag title contention, and facilitating a cleaner break between Andrews and Minnesota.

[Phantom Stranger]

Good show to come, but in the last few posts you have passed 10 simple rules as the diary with the most posts.

Congrats, PS. I hadn't realised this had been such a long runner, timewise. For some reason I had the idea it only started in the mid-last year or so.

At some point I'll have to go back and re-read it all. Do you have a pdf at all?

You know, I was aware it was coming, but I wasn't sure...

It's gonna take a bit of digesting, to have actually done that.

James: I don't have a PDF - what I have is the single .odt file I write everything in, separated by line breaks, and that has little formatting and no pictures in (I find it easier to add all but the template formatting as I post).

Said ODT currently weighs in at 640 pages and 318,000 words. Which is mildly terrifying. And that's BEFORE this latest Total Wrestling.

OK, gang, thanks for the predictions so far, the notifications, and the feedback; I should probably sim and write up the show...

[ampulator]

I think this is a bit late, but if it was in Mexico, El Leon vs. Champagne Love would have been huge. Not a shot against you, but it peeved me off a bit that you booked the match... and got a B-. If you weren't Phantom Stranger, I might have told you off. :D

[Phantom Stranger]

I think this is a bit late, but if it was in Mexico, El Leon vs. Champagne Love would have been huge. Not a shot against you, but it peeved me off a bit that you booked the match... and got a B-. If you weren't Phantom Stranger, I might have told you off. :D

Running in Mexico, Leon's push would still have limited match time and thus rating. (And the rest of the show would've had language barrier issues).

But hey, the British Lions started out as jobbers and now have the best match in the game to their credit... things can happen.

[Bigpapa42]

Congrats on taking this thing so long. Much like 10 Simple Rules, you have you managed to maintain quality throughout, which is perhaps what is most impressive about both projects.

[ampulator]

Running in Mexico, Leon's push would still have limited match time and thus rating. (And the rest of the show would've had language barrier issues).

But hey, the British Lions started out as jobbers and now have the best match in the game to their credit... things can happen.
Hey, I'm just saying. If I was running one of the Mexican promotions, this match would have been pertty big. ;)

[Phantom Stranger]

Hey, I'm just saying. If I was running one of the Mexican promotions, this match would have been pertty big. ;)

Damn right. And one day, it will be. (Honestly, half the reason Leon's not featured so often is he's being worked in the pre-show to try and help him with the language.)

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 4 May 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 16.80)
Rebroadcast on Continental Sports X1 (Rating 0.03)

Held at the H. Jones Building (Great Lakes)

Attendance: 23,304

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Shawn Doakes

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Rocky Golden vs. Tyson Baine
It's hard to imagine, just a year ago, that this match could have provoked anything like this level of reaction. But it does – partly because Golden has caught fire, partly because Baine remains an excellent heel, and partly because Golden has improved radically in his ring performance in the past few months.

None of which is to say that the fans welcome this match 100% into their hearts, but they stay with it, they respond, they seem happy to have seen it. Golden and Baine go around for quite a while, with Rocky having a chance to play the weaker, faster man, stretching his new style a little further. He's been using, more and more, a spinning powerslam as a counter to a charging enemy – here, he tries it, but Baine doesn't budge. Instead, the bigger man wraps his arms around him for a short bearhug – Golden fights back with forearms – Baine launches him into the air in a belly-to-belly suplex.

And so it goes for a little while, before Rocky finds a way to come back into it. Firing punch after punch, he starts to overwhelm Baine, starts to rain brutal shots down on him, and it becomes clear after a while that Golden has the advantage.

A few moments later Rocky hesitates on a punch; Baine swings a massive clothesline; Golden ducks under it, finding himself blocking Eugene Williams' view of events with his body, and he delivers that brutal Rocky Road. The grin he gives the fans leads to a roar of approval as the monster topples and Golden secures the pin.
Rocky Golden vs. Tyson Baine
Rating: B

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Of Wolf And Man hits now, and Wolf Hawkins heads to the ring. Behind him – not very far behind at all – is Phil Vibert, and then GenOme, Remo Richardson, and lastly Marc DuBois. Generation Omega have returned.

Hawkins snags the mic. “You can only put this off so long, sir,” he grins into the hard camera. “I'm better than you, Tommy. I am coming out of your shadow. And I'm going to make sure you never try to keep anyone down again. We're pooling resources. We're paying lawyers. We're going to break your stupid bull about preventing us wrestling, and then, I'm going to destroy you.”

Vibert accepts the microphone. “We have to pool resources,” he says mildly. “Ken Midden, you remember that punishment you made such a big deal about? Frankie Perez, having to fight to earn back six months' money?

“Well, he's not earning now.” His face is grim. “Luckily, Generation Omega have already – despite their young age, despite how little time they've spent in the business – done what most professional wrestlers never do; each and every one of these men has reached the point where they make a profit over the year, year in and year out. And we can afford to support Frankie for a while. We can afford the lawyers you've been dealing with.

“Ken, Tommy, let me do you a favour. Right about now both of you are spending all your time dealing with our lawyers. Right about now, Tommy Cornell is ducking his protege's challenge. Right about now, Tommy is frightened to attend a meeting with the Board of Investors because he knows what you know, Ken – he knows I have some leverage there. And neither of you know who.

“Well, you're busy. And it's preying on your minds, taking up your time, and Ken, you can't do what you're paid for, and Tommy, you can't train, can't keep yourself in peak condition. And meantime, three of my men have guaranteed PPV matches. All of their opponents are wrestling tonight. All of their opponents face tough, gruelling matches. Meantime, GenOme and Remo...” He pauses, looking over his shoulder. Davis smirks; Frankie nods approval. Remo shrugs indifferently. “Well, they've got all the time they need to train. They're going to be fresh. This ruling, Tommy, it does have a few real upsides to it.

“We have all the time we need. Let me do you a favour. Let us wrestle. Let us run the weak off your roster. Accept what's coming. Stop fighting it, and maybe you'll be able to cope when it's time to fight for your careers. Because, soon, you will – and no 'secret weapon' is going to change that, Ken.”

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Champagne Lover vs. Chris Rockwell
There's something about these two; they just seem to understand, perfectly, one another's style. They seem able to take that and make it come alive.

The contest itself is quick, slick, and sees Rockwell determined to ground and outwrestle his opponent, forcing Lover out of his comfort zone. In the early going, this strategy works very well, though the young Mexican is resilient enough to kick out despite that. Rockwell starts to ramp up his assault, necessarily giving Lover a breather as he does so, and the luchador evades a rush.

From there on we're into headgames. Lover preys on insecurities, and with his temper so loosely under control, with his status in TCW having gone from World Championship contention to out of all title pictures, Rockwell is a clear target.

Infuriated, Rockwell charges hard, and the Lover vaults over it. Sam Sparrow spills out of the ring to avoid an impact; while he's occupied, Lover gets the Rocky Road on Rockwell, following up with a Lover Stunner to pick up the fall.
Champagne Lover defeated Chris Rockwell
Rating: B

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One Girl Revolution hits, and JeriLynn Stone heads down to the ring, microphone in hand. “This is going to be hard,” she begins. “And harder, too, for doing it here, where I can see you as easily as you... and everyone watching... can see. But I want you all to understand why the first thing I did when I got here was attack my dad.

“And it only feels fair to explain myself where you can see me for real. Where I can't hide anything.

“So... what's it like being the daughter of The Canadian Wrestling Machine?

“Everything you might think...and then some.

“When my father talks about the values our family is based on, he's not exaggerating -- not one bit. I sincerely believe that talent is meaningless unless you apply it, and that is what my father has taught me, just as his father taught him. I have watched supremely talented people fail miserably because they believed they were "too good" to need to put the hours upon hours upon hours of work that it takes to accomplish anything worthwhile. I don't care if it's wrestling or other sports or school or business or whatever it is that important to you. If you're not willing to work for it, you're just daydreaming.

“If you visit the House of Stone, you'll see painted on the wall in big red letters, "HARD WORK BEATS TALENT WHEN TALENT DOESN'T WORK HARD". But long before the House of Stone existed, that phrase marked the entrance to Grandpa's basement gym, lovingly referred to as "The Torture Chamber". It's carved on a wooden plaque that Grandma had made for Grandpa back when he was just starting out in the business. Every single one of us takes that to heart. Even with everything that has happened to us in the past few years that belief unites us across generations. Even Edd and me -- we may do things our own way, with our own styles, but we are still Stones.

“I don't like the road my father has taken in TCW. I understand how much the TCW Heavyweight Championship means to him. I understand how much our family legacy means to him. But I don't understand how he can do the things he has in the past few months and not see that it comes at a price -- at a price to the very legacy he seeks to claim. People like Johnny, like Sean, like kids across Canada and the US...like me...they idolized you. They don't get what you're becoming.

“Dad, I love you, and I absolutely believe you can win at Where Angels Fear to Tread, and that you would be one of the great world champions in TCW history. But with how you're getting there, look at yourself in the mirror and ask yourself one question...

“What would Mom have thought?”

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New Wave vs. Stone Brothers
There's no one in this wrestling ring who couldn't be one of the foremost stars of a company. The wrestling itself, as they produce it, is scorching; the only thing that slows this match at all is the certainty in the fans' hearts, early on, that the New Wave cannot possibly win this, the sense of an entirely foregone conclusion.

A sense that the New Wave proceed to shatter. Guide's punches, kicks, slams and throws are suddenly a little quicker, a little crisper, a little sharper – there's a gusto behind them that you wouldn't even have realised was missing – not until it came back. Scout is a little quicker himself, perhaps, their cohesion is sharper...

It's all little things. All things that... Well, Dangerous sums it up well. It's all too easy to think you're still giving it 100% - but you're down to 99%. And if that succeeds, you slide down to 95%. And something goes wrong, but you can't quite find the solution. You're in a comfort zone and you've relaxed.

“I don't know how they've turned this around,” Dangerous finishes, “but they've found what they were missing.”

The New Wave are back to being the BEST TAG TEAM IN THE WORLD TODAY, as their fans like to proclaim them. The Stone Brothers have to scramble to keep up. Guide isolates Edd in the ring, and the pair begin to do what they've always done; there's a viciousness to it, too, that has been missing for some time.

And then Jeremy Stone gets into an argument with Ray Johnson, holding his attention for a while. Edd stumbles past him, Ray spins, and Stone blindsides him with a right cross, putting the ref down.

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Marat Khoklov and American Buffalo hit the ring. The Stones leave them to it while they destroy the New Wave, Jeremy eventually applying the Stone Hold to Guide to persuade a recovering Johnson that he's forced Guide to pass out.
Stone Brothers defeated New Wave
Rating: B+

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Back in the interview area, the Rising Stars are standing together, heads tilted together. “...to see you back doing the matching outfits thing,” Andrews can be heard saying. “I know, I know, it sounds stupid but it... you know, it's kind of motivating. Tells me we can rely on each other.”

Minnesota rolls his eyes. “You know how you sound?”

There's an embarrassed cough. “Guys,” the cameraman says. “The match just ended. We, uh, we're live.”

The Stars blink, looking up. Minnesota grins slightly. “Everyone says we've had problems keeping on the same page,” he says. “Everyone says I must be jealous of Aaron having a title.” Aaron chuckles.

“Everyone says the outfits don't match,” he says. “Phil Vibert is scouting around the Rising Stars. And this isn't a situation that's new to either of us.”

Minnesota grins. “My first contract signing was a warzone. I came to New York for the best price I could get. Everyone was chasing the Suplex Kid.”

Andrews picks it up again. “I came straight here to TCW. You ask anyone... not everybody gets that kind of break. And that's not the end of it. Not for either of us.”

Minnesota shoots his partner a sideways glance, but he rolls his eyes and grins. “Hell, if it comes down to it, Phil Vibert already signed me to a major contract once before. And then, you know what, he lost out.”

“Right,” Andrews grins. “He lost out to TCW... and Tommy Cornell, the Syndicate, they lost out to the Rising Stars. Generation Omega has no chance.” He shakes his head. “I figure we're gonna finish up the decade and we'll both have gold. Maybe tag, maybe Joey'll get something for himself...

“But that's not the job right now.”

Minnesota nods. “Too right. Right now we have to concentrate on what we've got tonight. The British Lions – and getting through them should show people we're on the same page.”

“One demonstration coming right up.”

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Rick Law vs. Sammy Bach vs. Troy Tornado
The bell rings, and Bach and Tornado collide instantly. Law smiles a little, taking a few quick strides around the circle, grabs Bach from behind, spins him around and levels him with a clothesline.

Troy rises up, looking him in the eyes, and grins, nodding thanks. Law shrugs, grabbing Tornado by the wrist and whipping him to the ropes. The former champion ducks the big boot on the way back but when he tries a flying headscissors Law gets control of his momentum and dumps him hard down onto the canvas with a powerbomb.

Bach promptly soars off the top rope halfway across the ring to catch Law in a flying bulldog, then goes right after Tornado – who's waiting for him, grabbing him by the shoulders and monkey flipping him into the corner turnbuckles before kipping up and crashing into him with a corner splash. Bach tumbles out, spilling onto the mat, and Tornado vaults up to the top rope, standing there for a long moment before allowing gravity to send him tumbling back into the ring with an elbow drop.

Law breaks up the pinfall by picking Tornado off his opponent and, in one smooth move, continuing the lift into an overhead suplex. For a few seconds, it's Law and Bach, and the rock god dodges the big boot, catching Law with a floatover DDT in response. Tornado breaks the pinfall up; the two rockers look at each other for a long moment, emotions flickering across their faces, and suddenly, simultaneously, they throw Law from the ring.

Troy blocks the immediate follow-up low blow, leaps into the air, and gets a dropsault, landing on his feet and playing, just for a second, to the crowd. He turns around -

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BLOOD RUSH! Sam Sparrow is on the outside checking on Law, and Zimmy and Bach take full advantage, beating down Tornado with zest and gusto. The former champ, however, is used to triple-threats, and he musters enough wherewithal to roll clear, blocking Zimmy's next assault and buying time to meet Bach's charge with a Tornado Driver.

Sparrow returns to the ring and gets in Zimmy's face, forcibly and vigourously ejecting him, while Tornado covers. By the time the ref can count, there's been an easy six count – but Bach has time, thanks to all this, to recover and kick out.

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Zimmy shows up at the apron again; Sparrow moves over there and the masked wrestler rolls into the ring, charging Troy and getting a beautiful flying thrust kick to take him down.

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On the outside, Rick Law gives Zimmy a Long Arm of the Law as Harry Allen slides into the ring, landing a Gunslinger's Revenge on the masked man. He goes for another on Bach, but Sammy is ready, shoving him forward, and Allen crashes into his lead singer. Bach superkicks Tornado to make sure of it, DDTs Harry, and rolls him out of the ring.

With the coast seemingly clear, Bach climbs the top turnbuckle. He takes a moment to taunt the crowd and leaps -

Rick Law smashes him out of the air with a Long Arm Of The Law. The pinfall swiftly follows.
Rick Law defeated Sammy Bach and Troy Tornado
Rating: A

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Crashing Around You hits, the arena blacking out. Low red lights come up, just along the aisle; where for a while, these flickered like a shark's fin in the waves, they've recently moved to a chain link/blood spatter motif. Taken together, these can only mean one thing.

Eddie Peak, the Bloody-Handed God, appears. He spreads his arms wide as the crowd responds to the red silhouette, then draws his right hand in a diagonal down his chest. Where his thumbnail passes a thin line of blood emerges.

He heads down to the ring, the spotlight on that structure only coming up – the first non-red light in minutes – as he steps over the top rope into the ring.

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And it reveals someone waiting there for him. Remo Richardson is down in a linebacker's crouch. As Eddie registers him he's already moving, almost impossibly fast as he crosses the ring -

The spear hits Peak as he's just past the ropes, taking the big man off his feet. Both of them crash into the ropes -

Top and middle rope snap, whiplashing outward, and Remo and Peak sail three feet horizontally past the ring before they even begin to descend. The Generation Omega man's fall is cushioned by his massive opponent, but Peak lands squarely on the bottom panel of the metal ramp.

It buckles. The steel rises up around Peak, leaving his torso partially wedged in there.

Remo springs unhurt to his feet, positions, and stomps down hard on Peak's head, jamming it into the twisted, ruptured steel, before he stalks off through the crowd – security scrambling to keep him away from them.

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Unfamiliar music starts to play. After a few moments, Jack Marlowe follows it down to the ring, striding past Peak and rolling into the ring. He grabs the waiting ref by the shirt, backing Williams into the corner, talking low and fast. Looking a little nervous, Eugene Williams begins a ten count, glancing back to Marlowe the whole time.

Eddie has just about levered himself out of the dents by ten, and a fraction of a second later he collapses back, spent, as EMTs come down. Marlowe vaults out of the ring, grabbing the microphone. “By virtue of a forfeit, your winner, the man who just BEAT Eddie Peak, is me. And soon, I'm going to make a real statement. Prove my worth. I can do for you what I did for Jeremy Stone – I can make you the contender. I can win you the championship. I am the Enforcer, Jack Marlowe, and I'm available for hire.”

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Ricky Dale Johnson, Texas Pete & Tommy Cornell
The ropes are still being repaired as the match starts. Frantic, furious brawling ensues pretty much from the beginning. Matthew Keith goes for Texas Pete, RDJ goes for Bruce, Tyler goes for Cornell – it certainly looks like everyone thinks they've got something to prove, and they work hard trying to do it.

An exchange of blows between RDJ and Jack Bruce ends when Keith comes up behind RDJ, getting a Neutron Plex. He starts work on a Proton Lock, but Cornell cuts him off, dragging him from his new ally and going for the Rough Ride – which Keith avoids, though Texas Pete shoulderblocks him down before he can take advantage.

Eric Tyler eats a Lone Star Drop early on, but Laura Huggins is able to get his foot to the ropes, preventing a victory. Cornell then finds himself under siege by Bruce and Keith, but Texas Pete is there fast, suplexing Bruce, and RDJ flies in from the second rope with a Leaping Lariat.

RDJ gets the pinfall, too, taking Keith down with the Southern Justice. Afterward, after a moment's hesitation, Cornell raises his old rival's hand in salute – and high fives Texas Pete when the Hard-Hitting Champion calls for it. The fans seem happy to see the three men in the ring on top of the world.
Ricky Dale Johnson, Texas Pete & Tommy Cornell defeated Eric Tyler, Jack Bruce & Matthew Keith
Rating: B+

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British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Rising Stars
As was hinted in their interview earlier, the Rising Stars are back into matching gear for this match. It's presumably that which amuses the British Lions – certainly they've both got broad smirks on their faces as the Stars approach the ring. O'Curle opts to start for his team, while Aaron Andrews comes in to face him.

Aaron goes for it right from the off, hammering the Irishman with rights and lefts, and it's a good plan – right up until Merle drops under one of them, hooking the arm as he does so, and twists and throws. Andrews lands flat on his back and O'Curle moves to capitalise, shifting into a grounded abdominal stretch with a free hand – which he uses to rain shots down on Aaron's stretched side.

The younger man manages to force his way clear with a series of knees to O'Curle's head and he scrambles for the corner, lunging, to make the tag. Minnesota comes in hard and fast, and the match becomes a technical showcase for a while.

Indeed, for quite a while; the Lions prove tough, as do the Stars, and it's nineteen minutes before either side finds a chink in the others' armour that's big enough to capitalise on.

Joey Minnesota has been battering O'Curle for some while, and he hoists him atop his shoulders for the Empire Spiral. Merle hooks his arms around Minnesota's head, however, and the attempted Spiral ends with both men on the mat, O'Curle locking in the Celtic Wreath.

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Aaron Andrews is blindsided by an Edd-Renaline Shot that sends him crashing from the apron before he can rescue his partner. Edd Stone hops up onto the top turnbuckle, watching Andrews – who glares back at him – until he hears the bell ring as Minnesota taps out.

Aaron starts to scramble to his feet; Edd bounces on the ropes twice, then vaults up, reaching out – and catching hold of the Hangtime Match mesh, which he scales to evade payback.

“I didn't even realise that thing was up there,” Azaria mutters.
British Lions defeated Rising Stars
Rating: A

Show Rating: A

[Phantom Stranger]

Notes:


Props first to Wallbanger, who provided the JeriLynn promo almost entirely
The Diary of the Year nominations are open. 2010 had some absolutely classic moments from a lot of great writers; let's make sure that a wide selection are represented when they close, folks - whoever you like, it'd be great to see a wide selection.

[MrOnu]

That was one hell of a promo by JeriLynn, thumbs up. Pretty much like any other fans, slowly but surely, I feel it's right to cheer for Cornell. A good lenghty face run could even make him an even better heel if that's possible.

[ampulator]

Damn right. And one day, it will be. (Honestly, half the reason Leon's not featured so often is he's being worked in the pre-show to try and help him with the language.)
That reminds me... I think I've tried El Leon vs. Champagne lover before, in the SWF, twice. It was in two different games. The first time, I recall it was around D. Not very good. I think they were at E+ popularity. In the second game, wher both around C- popularity in the USA, I got a B+ (!!!).

What's the popularity of El Leon and Champagne Lover right now?

[Phantom Stranger]

That reminds me... I think I've tried El Leon vs. Champagne lover before, in the SWF, twice. It was in two different games. The first time, I recall it was around D. Not very good. I think they were at E+ popularity. In the second game, wher both around C- popularity in the USA, I got a B+ (!!!).

What's the popularity of El Leon and Champagne Lover right now?

Leon is roughly E- across the board in the US. Lover is pushing into the As finally.

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 4 May 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 1.28)

Held at the Lowe Ballroom (North West)

Attendance: 4,346

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Sara Silver – Autumn Gleeson
Giant Tana spends a couple of minutes entertaining the crowd before calling Rhino Umaga to join him, praising his cousin. At this point, GenOme enter the scene, taking shots at these “obvious inferiors” who “have the run of TCW when we're stuck unable to wrestle.” Umaga promptly, and laughingly, challenges them to a match. GenOme, of course, cannot wrestle, but Tana and his cousin get a good reaction from the crowd. Davis promises that once they have the belts and can wrestle, they'll make a point of revenge.
Canadian Elemental and Acid take part in an All-Action Contendership match, which Acid wins after Freddy Huggins stops CanEl hitting the Elemental Suplex. (Rating: C+)
The Balcony Express put up a brave fight but Jack Bruce and Zimmy roll through them, Zimmy getting the pin off a Blood Rush. (Rating: B)
The music video Bruce and his crew produced airs again, This time, it fades out on a logo reading DARKWAVE.
JeriLynn Stone and Amber Allen battle and overcome the duo of Lauren Easter and Tamara McFly, with JeriLynn getting the Girl's Best Friend on her aunt. With McFly and Allen not having strong fanbases, crowd reaction is a little weak. (Rating: C-)
Jack 'Enforcer' Marlowe makes short work of Ultimate Phoenix, putting him away decisively after catching a cross-body and turning it into a Jackhammer. (Rating: B)
Elite Express take on the low team on the totem pole, Natural Talent, and after a good back-and-forth wrap things up with a Precision Driller on Natural #2. (Rating: C+)
The Conquering Kings face the two low men on the School of Tradition's roster, overcoming Frankie Dee and UK Dragon after a match with a surprising amount of give and take. The Crippler Bomb on UK Dragon gives Kingman the pin. (Rating: C)
The action cuts to backstage footage of a brawl involving the three Easy Riders and the three Machines.
Prior to the main event, Rick Law discusses Matthew Keith's run of bad luck and mentions his display of ill-temper in the match with Art. He says he wants to make sure Matthew doesn't resort to that every time, and in testing that, the pair put on a fantastic match which ends only because Badge of Honor goes off the air before either man can win. (Rating: A)


Show Rating: B+

[ampulator]

Leon is roughly E- across the board in the US. Lover is pushing into the As finally.
Hold on... is Champagne Lover technically a Main Eventer? Or do you have a lot of people with A popularity?

[Blake Trask]

...I thought Tamara was Sean's sister?


A potential Samoan tag team in the works sounds intruiging, especially now that Tana is apparently up to snuff. I still suspect Umaga will be doing most of the lifting in that particular team though.

[ampulator]

...I thought Tamara was Sean's sister?


A potential Samoan tag team in the works sounds intruiging, especially now that Tana is apparently up to snuff. I still suspect Umaga will be doing most of the lifting in that particular team though.
You sure, are correct. Eidenhoek got his info mixed up.

[Phantom Stranger]

Hold on... is Champagne Lover technically a Main Eventer? Or do you have a lot of people with A popularity?

I've a fair few at any given time. Lover is right on the cusp of the ME.

(The trick is not gaining popularity. The trick is controlling it enough to moderate salary.)

[Phantom Stranger]

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An explosive contest is primed to kick off Saturday Night Showcase this week - Rick Law and Rocky Golden go head to head with the Easy Riders. Can Golden pull out the killer instinct his girlfriend is so keen to see in him, or will the Easy Riders win this one as they won the first meeting between the pairs, long before the Riders won their Tag Team Championships?

Singles competition is lined up for both members of Kreed, heralding the start of a series of matches featuring all of Keith's family. Art Reed does battle with Donnie J, and after that, Greg Keith will go one on one with Edd Stone. Can Kreed roll through everything ahead of colliding with the well-rested Generation Omega?

Sam Keith in action to follow his son, of course, is next. Keith's opponent is the master of the Wigan Wrench, Walter Morgan. Will Sam overcome, or can Walter at last find the counter to the Proton Lock he's been searching for so assiduously?

Matthew Keith has the honor of the last match of the family's series. His opponent, Sean Deeley, means this is guaranteed to be a classic contest, well worth the watching... And then we reach the main event.

Tommy Cornell is set to take on Jeremy Stone one-on-one to headline this Saturday. For Stone, his momentum heading into the pay-per-view is at stake, for Cornell, simply pride - and the chance to hear the crowd cheer for him as, this past couple of weeks, they've started to.

Prediction Key:
Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Rick Law & Rocky Golden

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Donnie J

Edd Stone vs. Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Walter Morgan w/ Laura Huggins

Matthew Keith vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Jeremy Stone vs. Tommy Cornell

[Bigpapa42]

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Rick Law & Rocky Golden

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Donnie J

Edd Stone vs. Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Walter Morgan w/ Laura Huggins

Matthew Keith vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Jeremy Stone vs. Tommy Cornell

[Zergon]

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Rick Law & Rocky Golden
Could go either way but Law seems to be the biggest name so I go with him

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Donnie J
Donnie is jobber

Edd Stone vs. Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
This one looks like a coin flip to me so I pick the guy who I like more

Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Walter Morgan w/ Laura Huggins
Keith is still the bigger name here

Matthew Keith vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
Another coin flip, but I see Matthew loosing here in order to built up some frustration that will evetually lead to that heel turn

Jeremy Stone vs. Tommy Cornell
Yet another hard one but Cornell is Cornell and it takes quite much for me to predict against him.

[Regis]

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Rick Law & Rocky Golden
I think it might take a while longer for Golden to really get what Steph's pushing for. Maybe at a PPV.

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Donnie J
JOBBER.

Edd Stone vs. Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
Because he's Edd Stone, bitch!

Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Walter Morgan w/ Laura Huggins
Sam... Oh, I want to be wrong. I want Walter Morgan to go over here. But... No, I can't quite vote for it yet.

Matthew Keith vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
Not sure... maybe, but this one could go either way.

Jeremy Stone vs. Tommy Cornell
Draw, preserve both men's momentum.

[Dragonmack]

Prediction Key:
Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Rick Law & Rocky Golden

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Donnie J

Edd Stone vs. Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Walter Morgan w/ Laura Huggins

Matthew Keith vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Jeremy Stone vs. Tommy Cornell

[Tigerkinney]

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Rick Law & Rocky Golden

The Easy Riders superior team work wins the day, as they get the pin on a 'distracted' Rocky Golden.

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Donnie J

Art Reed has gone from a midcard nobody to one of your key performers, you aren't going to throw away that revelatory rise and career turn around by having him job to a jobber.

Edd Stone vs. Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Could go the other way but I see Edd's unpredictable ways getting the better of Keith here.

Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Walter Morgan w/ Laura Huggins

If Morgan was going to go over a legend like Sam Keith, there would have been more build.

Matthew Keith vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

As Zergon said another coin flip but a loss would be more interesting for Keith given where both guys are right now.

Jeremy Stone vs. Tommy Cornell

Hard to call again, so I'll stump for some kind of draw to keep both of these wrestling legends strong.

[pauls07]

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Rick Law & Rocky Golden

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Donnie J

Edd Stone vs. Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Walter Morgan w/ Laura Huggins

Matthew Keith vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

Jeremy Stone vs. Tommy Cornell
draw

[Oregano Jensen]

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Rick Law & Rocky Golden

Team beats solo guys. I hate to pick them, because I really like Law, but Golden is the worst. THE WORST.

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Donnie J

Squash!

Edd Stone vs. Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Stone has a bit more of a track record as a singles competitor.

Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Walter Morgan w/ Laura Huggins

Keith is a little more legitimate, and deserves a win.

Matthew Keith vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins

The Disgruntled Keith gets a little more disgruntled.

Jeremy Stone vs. Tommy Cornell

Stone needs this one more. Probably by shenanigans.

[Wallbanger]

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Rick Law & Rocky Golden

Keeping momentum with Rocky for his storyline.

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Donnie J

Umm...yeah.

Edd Stone vs. Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell

Edd keeps momentum, Art got the squash match, and angry brother out and about, so Greg is toast.

Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Walter Morgan w/ Laura Huggins

Walter knocks on the gate, and Sam answers, "not yet kid, come back in a couple of months."

Matthew Keith vs. Sean Deeleyw/ Laura Huggins

Matt needs the win more to advance his storyline.

Jeremy Stone vs. Tommy Cornell

Shenanigans will keep Jeremy strong and advance the Tommy/Generation Omega storyline going.

[Beeker]

Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Rick Law & Rocky Golden
- this isn't BoH so Law can lose here for a change.

Art Reed w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Donnie J
- Squashalarious!

Edd Stone vs. Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
- I freely admit my Edd-markedness plus Keith will go for a hot tag and find... no one there! Foolish twin.

Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Walter Morgan w/ Laura Huggins
- See above. Only daddy doesn't make rookie mistakes and Morgan doesn't have someone to trade information with in School. (sure I have Art winning but that only adds to his new heel persona. :P )

Matthew Keith vs. Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins
- Because I simply never have liked Deeley. Simple as that. Plus Matthew being the only winner off the KReed Triplets makes me smile.

Jeremy Stone vs. Tommy Cornell
- Tommy gets confused when he doesn't cheat, allowing Jeremy to cheat to win. :D

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Saturday Night Showcase

Saturday Week 4 May 2009

Live on CBA (Rating 13.75)

Held at the Gardens of North Dakota (Mid West)

Attendance: 25,581

Announcers:
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Duane Fry – Jasmine Saunders – Alanis Springsteen

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Easy Riders w/ Carl Batch vs. Rick Law & Rocky Golden
What a brawl. There isn't anyone in here who's less than capable of hurting the opposition, and there isn't anyone in here who isn't capable of taking that impact and fighting through it.

That means that the fans get to see a lot of brutal moments; one particular standout sees Billy Fonda grab a downed Law by the ankles, spinning the “Total Lawman” around while Peter Hopper comes off his feet to legdrop Law as he's whirled into him.

With Law and Golden operating as a duo almost on instinct, they show close to the level of understanding that the Easy Riders possess, but the seasoned duo are able to maintain the upper hand all the same – until, that is, Marc Speed arrives.

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The war between the Easy Riders and the Machines has not been featured heavily on TCW programming, but nonetheless the appearance of Speed shows another level. Sliding into the ring while Ray Johnson is occupied, he grabs Peter Hopper's ankle, keeps going, and essentially forces his target out of the ring through the sheer pain inflicted by the submission.

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Suddenly, Billy Fonda is on his own. He keeps going, keeps trying, but he's outnumbered – and as he goes to the ropes at one point, he finds Stephanie Wade stood there. Halting, uncertain, he becomes easy prey for the Rocky Road.
Rick Law & Rocky Golden defeated the Easy Riders
Rating: B+

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Aaron Andrews pushes the door to his locker room open. “May as well pack up for now, Joey,” he calls. “We're not on the card ton...”

He trails off, staring into the room, and the camera moves over his shoulder to see what he's looking at.

Someone has put a large TV in Aaron's room, and hooked up to it is an Xbox. On the screen, over and over, is a highlight clip video captured from someone's game of TCW: Total Control 2009. In the clip, Aaron Andrews eats a Party's Over from behind... over... and over...

Aaron gives vent to an incoherent yell of frustration and, possibly, bafflement. He storms back out of the room and down the corridors, the camera following him until it becomes clear he's heading out to the ring. He collects a microphone on the way down and he's talking as he comes out the entrance.

“I get it, Edd,” he starts. “You wanted my title. You tried. You lost. You want another go.

“Fine. That's the sport. I knew this was going to happen. But you've been doing this for two months solid now, and you know what? The note thing was funny, but frankly you're well past the comedy stage.

“OK. I'm gonna take you on, in your crazy Hangtime match, and when I put you down, Edd, this ends. Find someone else to wind up, because if this goes any further I'm going to set out to not just beat you, I'm going to hurt you.”

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Donnie J comes out for the Fly Boys with a definite point to prove, and that point is that the Boys deserve their place in TCW and can fight well enough to keep it. Art lets him go, and for the opening minutes, the action's all Donnie – but Art vaults over a missile dropkick after four, leaving Donnie to crash and burn.

Reed promptly goes to town, working over the back of the Fly Boy's neck and his arms before eventually going into the Dread Lock. Hard enough to counter at the best of times, Donnie is entirely unable to twist loose.
Art Reed defeated Donnie J
Rating: B

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Edd Stone vs. Greg Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
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As Greg heads toward the ring to start the match he gets hit by something thrown from the crowd. It takes video replays to establish what just happened; Davis Wayne Newton beaned one of his opponents tomorrow with a baseball, then dived away before security could grab him.

Greg looks pretty out of it as the match starts, and Edd is only too happy to take advantage. So much of his arsenal, after all, consists of rapid assaults that target the head. The Keith twin fights back – he's obviously determined to do as Art had done earlier and squeak out a win – but he's hurting, and it shows. In particular, Greg just isn't moving as fast as he should be.

A Party's Over clinches things at the end, Edd flipping out of a Neutron Plex attempt to deliver it.
Edd Stone defeated Greg Keith
Rating: B

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Newton hops the guardrail as the match ends, and on the other side, so does Perez. GenOme dive into the ring as Edd, sensing danger, bails; Eugene Williams helps Greg roll to the outside and supports him on this way up the ramp.

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Meanwhile, DuBois and Hawkins also converge on the ring through the crowd. Notably, however, Marc DuBois is dressed to compete.

Hawkins grabs a microphone as he rolls into the ring, and claps Newton on the shoulder. “Nice work,” he tells the rookie. “Sent the message.”

The crowd don't much like that, and he smirks at the reaction. “Please,” Hawkins laughs. “I was in the Syndicate, people, you think I give a **** what you think?

“That's not why we're here. We're here because we got to thinking; Remo's sorted, Davis and Frankie are sorted. I'm not gonna get what I want this Sunday, but there's only one thing for that.

“But Marc here... he's left out in the cold.

“And that's not right. Everybody has a chance to win on The Price Is Right. So let's have a warm welcome for the two men who cleared Marc's path into Contestants' Row...

“Remo and Phil, COME ON DOWN!”

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The two remaining Generation Omega members make their way down to the ring the traditional way. Remo takes the microphone. “Things to say. First up, Eddie – you healed up enough to fight me tomorrow after what Remo did to you Tuesday, you're one tough mother. But that don't matter to Remo, you still getting taken apart.

“Second up, Walter Morgan. Someone's gonna have to play you this later, but I want 'em to. What I did to you was nothin' personal. You were just in Remo's way, and that **** ain't healthy.”

Vibert accepts the microphone. “Being delivered to Ken Midden's desk backstage, right now, is a FedEx envelope from the Board of Investors, authorising Generation Omega to participate in matches if a scheduled competitor is injured or otherwise unable to compete. Ken, I warned you. My man on the inside had to push hard to do this, and you're probably going to shut it down soon – but you can't shut it down soon enough for Sam Keith. For at least the next ten minutes, that contract is legal.”

Back to Hawkins. “That's it from most of Generation Omega tonight. This is Wolf Hawkins, reminding you you're about to watch Sam Keith get spayed and neutered.”

Apart from DuBois, the group bail from the ring, leaving via the crowd but for Vibert.

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Marc DuBois w/ Phil Vibert vs. Sam Keith w/ Blonde Bombshell
Sam Keith and the Bombshell both look less than happy about this 'substitution' – which is nothing compared to how Sam Sparrow looks.

TCW's senior referee is furious that this is going on, and that he can't seem to throw it out – and as such, DuBois finds himself under intense scrutiny. Sparrow enforces EVERY rule with ZERO tolerance. The Generation Omega man has to drop that line of strategy and wrestle entirely within the rules.

And he goes for it, gives it everything he has to try and perform on Sam Keith's level, blocking the Neutron Plex, smashing the veteran to the floor with a crisp forearm, and all the rest.

And in the end, he hooks in the Model Solution, keeping Keith away from the ropes – and keeps it applied despite two attempts to twist clear. Sam Keith has to tap out.
Marc DuBois defeated Sam Keith
Rating: B+

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GenOme is back in the ring a second time, and Wolf Hawkins slides in with them. Their target is clear, and Sam Keith takes a vicious assault.

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It doesn't take long before help arrives; Eddie Peak, Johnny Bloodstone, and both twins slam into the four Generation Omega men like a freight train. The faction bails quickly, DuBois throwing a fan in Eddie Peak's way as they move to escape.

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Sean Deeley w/ Laura Huggins vs. Matthew Keith
Two young talents knuckle down here to a rapid game of back-and-forth wrestling which keeps the crowd more than a little entertained. Deeley has a slight advantage on Matt while the game is purely a mat game – after a while, Matt's look of mild irritation ramps up a little and an open-palm slap echoes through the arena.

Deeley breaks the hold he'd been employing, looking almost as shocked as Laura – and Matt comes up at a charge with a rising, scything lariat.

The legend's son has a lot more to his game when it comes to striking than Deeley's amateur, by-the-rules background has taught him, and once he really starts to use that, he's able to roll the Canadian up for the pin.
Matthew Keith defeated Sean Deeley
Rating: B

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Cornell cleans house early, forcing Stone to the floor to take five. He baits Tommy to come out after him, leading to an exchange of chops. Stone wins that and slams Cornell on the floor.

Back in, Stone takes Cornell back down with a Northern Lights bomb and takes time to play to the crowd for a moment. He goes for a grounded abdominal stretch but Tommy turns that into a fast cradle, though Jeremy kicks out at two.

Another explosive burst of brawling ends when Tommy charges Stone and gets backdropped to the floor. On the outside, Cornell rallies, slamming Stone's face into the post before teasing a suplex into the crowd – much to their support.

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However, this prevents Tommy from seeing what's coming, and there's a solid, impactful crack that breaks his hold. Stone drives Cornell into the apron, working over his back, as the camera catches a smirking Wolf Hawkins holding his Ticket To The Top briefcase.

Tommy gets rolled back into the ring and starts trying to pick himself up. Jeremy stalks him, getting the Stone's Throw to further assault the back – where, we see through replays, the briefcase had also hit. That allows Stone to lock in the Stone Hold, clear in the middle of the ring. Hawkins watches with a smile of grim satisfaction as his mentor has to tap.
Jeremy Stone defeated Tommy Cornell
Rating: B+


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The music starts to play, and as the show goes off the air a video package runs. The big focal points for this video are the Stones and their respective title challenges, Rocky Golden's proposition from Stephanie Wade, and the couple of assaults on Eddie Peak with which Remo has left an impact.

Show Rating: B+

[Regis]

TAnd not too excited with Remo's speech (but I never liked him, so w/e >_>)

You don't like it?

THAT DON'T MATTER TO REMO!

[20LEgend]

That's a fairly low grade. I'm surprised. Then again, B+ isn't bad at all, but you've been hitting As pretty solidly, at least as I can remember.

WHERE THE HELL IS THE REFEREE IN THE MAIN EVENT I'M SO CONFUUUUUUSED :confused: I will get my payoff some day, PS. SOME DAY!


Also, very shocked at Marc's victory. And not too excited with Remo's speech (but I never liked him, so w/e >_>)

Last time you asked about refs PS answered you.

[Tigerkinney]

The B+ is a little disappointing for Jezza Stone-Cornell, considering the match grades Jezza has pulled out with lesser talent. Did one or both of them have an off night?

[Phantom Stranger]

The B+ is a little disappointing for Jezza Stone-Cornell, considering the match grades Jezza has pulled out with lesser talent. Did one or both of them have an off night?

Not that I noticed, but I didn't bother checking the dirtsheet. The occasional B+ show is something I'm happy to catch once in a while; it does no measurable hurt to my US overness, just slows the increase of the Canadian a tad.

(I sound blase about match ratings, don't I? It's probably the roster.)

Horatio's diary updates later today, then we'll have the PPV card...

[ampulator]

Consider it was a B+ is on the lower end, I woudn't be necessarily disappointed. Think abolut it.. the worse match they can have together right now is B+. That's still a mein-event caliber match!

[Phantom Stranger]

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Thursday May 25th, 2009
Big news for some folks, and an event that TCW felt compelled to throw out some big names for.

Across town from TCW HQ, Robert Oxford has opened a school for wrestlers. As one of Joel's closest friends in the business he merits a publicity push from us; present are Joel, Art, Greg, Johnny, Tommy and myself. The press seem almost intimidated; Tommy and Johnny in particular have made the news weekly at minimum in Anaheim since around February – between TCW-specific news and the fact they both count as among the top celebrities around here.

There's a fair number of the wrestling press, too, as that's really who this junket is for – Robert needs to get the word out that this is a good place to train.

Frankly – and I say this despite owning a rival institution across the country – you can do a lot worse than learn from Bob Oxford, and that's before you take into account that TCW wrestlers are likely to stop by fairly frequently for tune-ups, to hang out, and to pass on information.

The main thing, for me, is that as he moves on, Bob has calmed down about the disagreement he and I had the caused the break-up of the Tag Team Specialists.

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Friday May 26th 2009
A warm London summer evening. One hundred thousand screaming fans. The City of London Stadium filled to capcity. Beyond capacity. Every one of them screaming their damned fool lungs out for the hometown hero, Tommy Cornell. A true beloved hero to the fans, the cheers don't end or quiet as he makes his long walk all the way down to the ring, where his opponent waits...

This though - this dream - is that of Tommy Cornell. You won't find the man talking about it to the dirtsheets, or with most other talent. He's too private for that. But it's his dream. He told me of it on a long road trip we took about a year ago, driving through the northeast to avoid a winter storm.

We all come into this business with dreams. They ain't always what you expect, either. It's often just as simple as "I dream of bein' a world champion".

Jack Bruce grew up dreaming of working in front of the rabid New York City fans at the most famous arena in the world. There ain't no other fans quite like them. He got that opportunity plenty when he was with the Eisens and Supreme. Jack told me once that the hardest part of coming back to Total was knowing he wouldn't get to work there anymore - they won't run any shows but SWF and probably never will.

Troy Tornado has talked about his dream a few times.... He wants to work a tag match with Sean McFly. He did an interview with one of the industry glossy mags awhile back, talking about how he nearly signed with the Stones' promotion up there in Nova Scotia just so it could happen. Just to work a damned tag match.

El Leon wants to be the first man to hold the main titles in all three of the big lucha promotions in Mexico. He talks about that all the time. Pipe dream, if you ask me.

Eric Eisen used to tell me right regular how much he wanted to hold the SWF World Heavyweight championship. All the time. I had the book then and he was all but begging me to book him to it. It don't just happen that way and he knew better. Eric's a good kid and a hard worker, but he needs to be realistic. No matter how much he wants and no matter who his daddy is, that one ain't meant to be.

Dreams are the kinda thing that folks will carry around with them through their whole careers. Achieving one can make a career seem fulfilling and failing to can make it seem less so. Just the way it works.

My boys... Maybe its a thing about them being twins, but they share a dream. Always have. Since they were knee-high. They both wanna be world champions - that ain't so strange. But they wanna be world champions at the same time. One in Supreme and one here in Total. That could happen, truth be told. But their dream don't end there. No, they want to take those world championships from rival companies and have some kinda never-gonna-happen supershow where they head-line, champion versus champion.

Kids can be dense sometimes.

Tommy's dream, that's one that could happen. Not yet. He might be able to walk into an arena in London and be the beloved hero, but Total ain't gonna fill no stadium that size. Not yet.

Someday, Tommy. Someday.

Saturday May 27th, 2009
Sometimes just a couple wisps of conversation sum up a company. Speaking to Wolf in the big coach TCW laid on to get us to the plane and the PPV overnight:

“Have Sam Keith 'spayed and neutered'?”

“Eddie bet me five hundred bucks I couldn't cut a promo like Bob Barker.”

[Phantom Stranger]

And lol @ Eisen never having the world title, given that he does in the default database XD

I don't write the Sam Keith stuff, but given that this game is run off the TEW08 defaults and the current SWF champ is Skull deBones, it may have simply been an amusing little aside to the parallel that is TEW10.

Also, we're only in May 2009 anyway.

[Phantom Stranger]

As dual side notes, incidentally, the Diary of the Year nomination thread currently has a grand total of one item seconded. As it's one of mine (Generation Omega for best stable) I'm grateful - but come on, gang, whatever your choices there need to be more things seconded! Get on down there and talk up your favourites!

Secondly, once again thanks for the Sam Keith pieces to their anonymous writer...

[Phantom Stranger]

I'm sure it was. Hence why I smiled.

Hey, random question: how many guys do you have with over...90 momentum? Or "A" momentum, I guess...and have you hired any Australians? I think there's...1, the female interviewer?

Three Aussies under contract, one on the main roster.

And... *counts* 26 of the roster have A momentum. Another 4 or 5 are just below.

This includes one guy who's been on the main roster for two months but has yet to appear on a televised segment.

[Phantom Stranger]

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Looking at the line-up for this show, quite frankly, seems amazing. The world of professional wrestling always changes, but Where Angels Fear To Tread seems set to highlight just how much talent has arrived in TCW in the past twelve months.

Eddie Peak takes on Remo Richardson in one of two scheduled appearances for Generation Omega. Earlier in the week, Remo hit Peak so hard that the attack buckled steel, but the trainers at TCW insist that the 'Bloody-Handed God' is fit to compete nonetheless. How fully recovered from such an impact can you be so quickly? Can Peak overcome Remo?

With few of the All Action division really stepping forward to make a claim to a title shot, Mayhem Midden has authorised Acid to challenge Shingen Miyazaki... but he's also authorised Harry Allen, Marc Speed, Merle O'Curle and the man known as Zimmy, in an elimination-style invitational. Can Miyazaki win through, or will one of these other shining lights get their name on the silver?

The New Wave have had a nightmarish couple of months, and the worst of it, quite simply, has come at the hands of a new duo. American Buffalo and Marat Khoklov - who we've been informed are styling themselves M.A.D. - are looking to make waves in the tag division by destroying some of its most decorated members. Can the Wave outthink these two powerhouses? Or is the gulf in strength simply too great?

Another title is defended next; Kate Dangerous has invoked champion's privilege to attempt to regain her title from Gorgon. With the new champion so dominant in her initial victory, the situation doesn't look good for the challenger, but we applaud her spirit. Can she slay the monster?

After the most unusual challenge TCW has seen in some time, Edd Stone has exactly what he wants. The International Championship is on the line in a Hangtime Match, the match that is Edd's brainchild. Aaron Andrews, though, vows this will be the end of it. Can Edd Stone add another title to the list and set a good omen for his family, or will Andrews win through again?

No Holds Barred is the rule that counts in the next contest, however; Texas Pete welcomes the challenge of Matthew Keith, former Tag Team Champion, as he sets his sights on the Hard-Hitting Championship. Will Matthew prove to his family that he is a champion, or will the cowboy from hell prevail?

An intergender tag some time in the making is scheduled next. On one side, Champagne Lover and Stephanie Wade. On the other, Rocky Golden and (confirmed this morning) the PPV debut of JeriLynn Stone. At stake, Golden and Wade's fledgeling relationship; she's sworn that Rocky has to be able to beat her to be with her.

The dual main event sees two titles go on the line. First, the Kreed face off with GenOme in Generation Omega's second approved match. The Kreed have put the Tag Team Championships on the map in a way no one else can equal; GenOme are hailed as the future of wrestling. This one promises to be epic.

And then the World Heavyweight Championship goes on the line. Johnny Bloodstone, the defending champion; Jeremy Stone, his mentor, the challenger. Who has whose number?

Those are the scheduled matches. But what of Sam Keith? Where is Tommy Cornell? Will Wolf Hawkins make an appearance? Only time can tell...

Prediction Key:
Eddie Peak vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

ELIMINATION
TCW All Action Championship
Shingen Miyazaki (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Harry Allen vs. Marc Speed vs. Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins vs. Zimmy

M.A.D. [American Buffalo & Marat Khoklov] (w/ Floyd Goldworthy?) vs. New Wave

TCW Womens Championship
Gorgon (c) vs. Kate Dangerous

HANGTIME MATCH
TCW International Championship
Aaron Andrews (c) vs. Edd Stone

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

Champagne Lover & Stephanie Wade vs. JeriLynn Stone & Rocky Golden

TCW Tag Team Championship
Kreed (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. GenOme w/ Phil Vibert

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Johnny Bloodstone (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Jeremy Stone

[Bigpapa42]

Eddie Peak vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

ELIMINATION
TCW All Action Championship
Shingen Miyazaki (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Harry Allen vs. Marc Speed vs. Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins vs. Zimmy

M.A.D. [American Buffalo & Marat Khoklov] (w/ Floyd Goldworthy?) vs. New Wave

TCW Womens Championship
Gorgon (c) vs. Kate Dangerous

HANGTIME MATCH
TCW International Championship
Aaron Andrews (c) vs. Edd Stone

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

Champagne Lover & Stephanie Wade vs. JeriLynn Stone & Rocky Golden

TCW Tag Team Championship
Kreed (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. GenOme w/ Phil Vibert

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Johnny Bloodstone (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Jeremy Stone

[Regis]

Eddie Peak vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
Fit? Injured? Whatever, man, it don't matter to Remo.

ELIMINATION
TCW All Action Championship
Shingen Miyazaki (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Harry Allen vs. Marc Speed vs. Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins vs. Zimmy
The champ retains my support, but I'd love to see Speed or Zimmy take this one.

M.A.D. [American Buffalo & Marat Khoklov] (w/ Floyd Goldworthy?) vs. New Wave
Because they're a Monster Heel Team, and they can't lose.

TCW Womens Championship
Gorgon (c) vs. Kate Dangerous
Monster Heel.

HANGTIME MATCH
TCW International Championship
Aaron Andrews (c) vs. Edd Stone
It's his match and Edd as champ would be hilarious.

NO HOLDS BARRED
TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Texas Pete (c) vs. Matthew Keith
Pete deserves a bit longer.

Champagne Lover & Stephanie Wade vs. JeriLynn Stone & Rocky Golden
I don't know, just a feeling.

TCW Tag Team Championship
Kreed (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. GenOme w/ Phil Vibert
They're just too awesome.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Johnny Bloodstone (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Jeremy Stone
JEZZA!

[SWF Fan]

Prediction Key:
Eddie Peak vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

ELIMINATION
TCW All Action Championship
Shingen Miyazaki (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Harry Allen vs. Marc Speed vs. Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins vs. Zimmy

M.A.D. [American Buffalo & Marat Khoklov] (w/ Floyd Goldworthy?) vs. New Wave

TCW Womens Championship
Gorgon (c) vs. Kate Dangerous

HANGTIME MATCH
TCW International Championship
Aaron Andrews (c) vs. Edd Stone - ITS TIME! ITS TIME! ITS...PARTY TIME!

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

Champagne Lover & Stephanie Wade vs. JeriLynn Stone & Rocky Golden

TCW Tag Team Championship
Kreed (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. GenOme w/ Phil Vibert

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Johnny Bloodstone (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Jeremy Stone

[Blake Trask]

Eddie Peak vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

Remo SMASH. Also Horatio's diary implied Eddie was going to be taking a horrible-looking bump, so...

ELIMINATION
TCW All Action Championship
Shingen Miyazaki (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Harry Allen vs. Marc Speed vs. Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins vs. Zimmy

I wouldn't be incredibly surprised if a couple of the other names took this, but I don't feel Shigen is going to be so transitional, and a hefty chunk of these guys definitely have interested enemies looking on.

M.A.D. [American Buffalo & Marat Khoklov] (w/ Floyd Goldworthy?) vs. New Wave

It's been building all this time, they've regained their mojo, but they have a pair of insurmountable obstacles in front of them... My storyteller is telling me that it's time they got back to being their best.

TCW Womens Championship
Gorgon (c) vs. Kate Dangerous

Gorgon is set to be dominant for a while.

HANGTIME MATCH
TCW International Championship
Aaron Andrews (c) vs. Edd Stone

Much as I love Edd and this feud, I just can't see Ace losing.

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

Just a feeling.

Champagne Lover & Stephanie Wade vs. JeriLynn Stone & Rocky Golden

This diary made me love Golden. I want his happy ending. Haha.

TCW Tag Team Championship
Kreed (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. GenOme w/ Phil Vibert

GenOme aren't proven as a tag team yet, not to me. Kreed are the known AWESOME and deserve their run to continue.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Johnny Bloodstone (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Jeremy Stone

...Cuz I want it, dammit.

[Zergon]

Eddie Peak vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
This one looks like a coin flip to me but I give it to Remo as he is the one who will likely use somekind of cheating to get the win

ELIMINATION
TCW All Action Championship
Shingen Miyazaki (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Harry Allen vs. Marc Speed vs. Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins vs. Zimmy
There are some guys who could well be next champion in this one but I think it´s too early for a change.

M.A.D. [American Buffalo & Marat Khoklov] (w/ Floyd Goldworthy?) vs. New Wave
Big guys could really use the win here espesially Buffalo but I don´t see it happening.

TCW Womens Championship
Gorgon (c) vs. Kate Dangerous
Too early and Kate isn´t getting her title back, not now anyway

HANGTIME MATCH
TCW International Championship
Aaron Andrews (c) vs. Edd Stone
I could see title change happening here but Edd is over enough even without the title

NO HOLDS BARRED
TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Texas Pete (c) vs. Matthew Keith
Since Matthew seems to be turning heel I think he must lose this one as win would give him another title and that would take away the big reason why he would turn at the first place.

Champagne Lover & Stephanie Wade vs. JeriLynn Stone & Rocky Golden
I´m not really sure what JeriLynn can do so I go with pair that I know little better.

TCW Tag Team Championship
Kreed (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. GenOme w/ Phil Vibert
Kreed will continue to hold the titles for some time still

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Johnny Bloodstone (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Jeremy Stone
I feel it´s time for change here.

[Wallbanger]

Prediction Key:
Eddie Peak vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

Remo's got the hot hand and GenO starts strong here.

ELIMINATION
TCW All Action Championship
Shingen Miyazaki (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Harry Allen vs. Marc Speed vs. Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins vs. Zimmy

Elimination matches are designed for title changes. Also, two Schoolmates tips the balance towards them. Merle watches Acid's back until the numbers get manageable.

M.A.D. [American Buffalo & Marat Khoklov] (w/ Floyd Goldworthy?) vs. New Wave

Is this the payoff for all of New Wave's anguish, setting them up for a new run, or is this the blowup that starts them down the long road to irrelevance? I think Guide and Scout still have it.

TCW Womens Championship
Gorgon (c) vs. Kate Dangerous

Not seeing a reason to change here, would hurt Gorgon more to lose the title here than it would help Kate to win it back.

HANGTIME MATCH
TCW International Championship
Aaron Andrews (c) vs. Edd Stone

Come into my parlor, said the spider to the fly. I love Aaron, but if Edd doesn't win this after the way this has been built, I'll be shocked.

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

This one's somewhat of a tossup, so when in doubt, look for the champ to retain.

Champagne Lover & Stephanie Wade vs. JeriLynn Stone & Rocky Golden

Can't go against my girl. By the way, I love how PS builds up new talent.

TCW Tag Team Championship
Kreed (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. GenOme w/ Phil Vibert

I'm thinking, especially if Matt loses, that the natural next step in the storyline is for Matt to screw his brother out of his belt. Also builds up GenOme, so two birds, one stone, you know the rest.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Johnny Bloodstone (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Jeremy Stone

It's time. Johnny's had a great run, but it's time. Besides, having Jeremy and Edd with gold at the same time in a company that isn't NOTBPW is all kinds of awesome.

[Phantom Stranger]

Not that it should necessarily affect people's predictions, but those of you speculating on the sick bump the diary implied may want to reflect on the show I mentioned it happening on, specifically:

And it reveals someone waiting there for him. Remo Richardson is down in a linebacker's crouch. As Eddie registers him he's already moving, almost impossibly fast as he crosses the ring -

The spear hits Peak as he's just past the ropes, taking the big man off his feet. Both of them crash into the ropes -

Top and middle rope snap, whiplashing outward, and Remo and Peak sail three feet horizontally past the ring before they even begin to descend. The Generation Omega man's fall is cushioned by his massive opponent, but Peak lands squarely on the bottom panel of the metal ramp.

It buckles. The steel rises up around Peak, leaving his torso partially wedged in there.

Remo springs unhurt to his feet, positions, and stomps down hard on Peak's head, jamming it into the twisted, ruptured steel, before he stalks off through the crowd – security scrambling to keep him away from them.

I'd call being speared through snapping ropes and on several feet to buckle metal a pretty crazy and dangerous stunt, myself.

[pauls07]

Eddie Peak vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

ELIMINATION
TCW All Action Championship
Shingen Miyazaki (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Harry Allen vs. Marc Speed vs. Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins vs. Zimmy

M.A.D. [American Buffalo & Marat Khoklov] (w/ Floyd Goldworthy?) vs. New Wave

TCW Womens Championship
Gorgon (c) vs. Kate Dangerous

HANGTIME MATCH
TCW International Championship
Aaron Andrews (c) vs. Edd Stone

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

Champagne Lover & Stephanie Wade vs. JeriLynn Stone & Rocky Golden

TCW Tag Team Championship
Kreed (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. GenOme w/ Phil Vibert

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Johnny Bloodstone (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Jeremy Stone

[Beeker]

Eddie Peak vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
- I really wish this was going the other way but Monsters are only Monsters when they appear unstoppable. Downing Peak on PPV will do a lot to establish Remo's pedigree. And yes, that was a sick bump PS - when I read about the spot and the twitching I figured you meant Edd (Stone) not Edd(ie Peak.)

ELIMINATION
TCW All Action Championship
Shingen Miyazaki (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Harry Allen vs. Marc Speed vs. Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins vs. Zimmy
- I've never bought Miyazaki as the champ, I think this transitions to Acid and his new chameleon character who could do some really fun things as the champ. O'Curle is solidly in the tag ranks, Harry is mixed up with Bruce, Speed Machine will be off visiting the Riders and Zimmy is too new.

M.A.D. [American Buffalo & Marat Khoklov] (w/ Floyd Goldworthy?) vs. New Wave
- I'm sure I'm wrong but can't in good conscience vote for a Jobworthy managed team. Marat American Destroyers?

TCW Womens Championship
Gorgon (c) vs. Kate Dangerous
- Hydrabomb... possibly the most feared finisher in all of TCW. I want her to drop Baine with it. :D

HANGTIME MATCH
TCW International Championship
Aaron Andrews (c) vs. Edd Stone
- Just because I mark so hard for Edd and he deserves a run after his inspired sneak attacks on Andrews. Also there's a very good chance Dubba A is moving up the card to play with some Omegamen.

NO HOLDS BARRED
TCW Hard-Hitting Championship
Texas Pete (c) vs. Matthew Keith
- Bitter Keith makes for more interesting viewing and Pete needs to establish himself as not the Pete of old. He's nearly there, but out Hard-Hitting a Keith would go a long way to really leave that mark.
I had Pete winning this but then Wallbanger and I were identical in our picks. So just to shake things up even more, KReed drop the tag belts and Matthew picks up a singles because that would give Sam Keith some major migraines.

Champagne Lover & Stephanie Wade vs. JeriLynn Stone & Rocky Golden
- Ms. JL (not Mr. JL) needs to look strong on her debut and Rocky deserves some Golding Ballin'. What? I think it comes down to Golden having to hit Wade and when he does... he'll find out she likes it rough.

TCW Tag Team Championship
Kreed (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. GenOme w/ Phil Vibert
- KReed losing it now, to this team would be fitting to me. Almost makes me want to give Matthew the Hard-Hitting title so he could rub it in their faces. But GenOme comes on strong and adds some gold to Last Stable of Wrestling.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Johnny Bloodstone (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Jeremy Stone
- I initially went with Bloodstone but... Stone's been so good with his fixiated focus on the TCW title I want him to pick it up to complete the collection of Big Major Belts. Bloodstone can chase for a while, Stone can show Cornell how he doesn't need the Syndicate to be the best in the world. Yes... there is a lot of potential of Stone with the strap.

***
Finally I was asked by my friend Smartman (who doesn't post around these parts anymore) to pass along his appreciation and admiration for the only CVerse dynasty that's ever captured his interest. He raved about how you seem to have exquisite continuity and things leads (almost organically) from one event to the next.

Me... I just think you're pretty good for a hack. :D (I keed, I keed.)

This PPV, nothing short of stacked. And that's with the boss just chilling the back learning to drink beer from a bottle with RDJ.

[Wallbanger]

Marat American Destroyers?

I was thinking Mutually Assured Destruction, myself.

[Beeker]

I was thinking Mutually Assured Destruction, myself.

Marat's AgainstAmerican DrunkDrivers? Oh, that's MAADD. Nevermind.

[Blake Trask]

Not that it should necessarily affect people's predictions, but those of you speculating on the sick bump the diary implied may want to reflect on the show I mentioned it happening on, specifically:



...Doh.

Well, prediction stands anyhow.

[Tigerkinney]

Eddie Peak vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

Remo just seems that bit hotter right now as part of Gen-O.

ELIMINATION
TCW All Action Championship
Shingen Miyazaki (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Harry Allen vs. Marc Speed vs. Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins vs. Zimmy

Could be wrong but Miyazaki feels like he could be a transitional champ and besides, I feel a lower tier belt is one you can afford to 'hot-shot' more than the really important titles. I'll go for the third machine to win his first gold in TCW.

M.A.D. [American Buffalo & Marat Khoklov] (w/ Floyd Goldworthy?) vs. New Wave

I'm struggling with having to bring myself to backing a team to win backed by Jobworthy, but I feel for the monster heel team to look a threat and not start off as a joke straight from the off they need to win here, besides The New Wave still have the losing streak thing going...despite looking like they were getting back on the same page in their last match.

TCW Womens Championship
Gorgon (c) vs. Kate Dangerous

The monster remains dominant.

HANGTIME MATCH
TCW International Championship
Aaron Andrews (c) vs. Edd Stone

I have a feeling that Double A will find a way to retain the title, despite this being Edd's match.

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

Keith makes Pete tap out to the Proton Lock, to win his first singles gold...

Champagne Lover & Stephanie Wade vs. JeriLynn Stone & Rocky Golden

Could go either way this, but I'll go for JL Stone and Rocky to pick up the win in this one.

TCW Tag Team Championship
Kreed (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. GenOme w/ Phil Vibert

Call me crazy but I agree with Beeker, I do like the idea of them losing the belts to GenOme after Matthew Keith has just grabbed championship gold for himself.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Johnny Bloodstone (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Jeremy Stone

Bloodstone's run as World Championship comes to an end here.

[Phantom Stranger]

I was thinking Mutually Assured Destruction, myself.

Wallbanger has it.

And Beeker, please pass on your thanks to SmartMan. Always good to hear feedback, honestly.

The PPV does feel stacked, doesn't it? Hopefully slightly less so than the months before it... I'm trying to get that 'we need to cool off a notch post-Mania' feel in, without actually gimping myself.

[Wallbanger]

While my ego does love getting the occasional stroke...

Damnit, PS, the next time you post it better be the show! :D

[Oregano Jensen]

Prediction Key:
Eddie Peak vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

The Remo push continues... he's finally looking like the guy we might have expected when he signed with TCW.

ELIMINATION
TCW All Action Championship
Shingen Miyazaki (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Harry Allen vs. Marc Speed vs. Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins vs. Zimmy

I agree Miyazaki doesn't feel like a real champ. None of the other challengers are compelling at all, basically, and this would be a way to spotlight Zimmy and give us a notion of what he's about.

M.A.D. [American Buffalo & Marat Khoklov] (w/ Floyd Goldworthy?) vs. New Wave

I don't see the big men amounting to much -- neither is good in the ring, and Buffalo isn't good for anything in particular. They could be useful in a storyline sense somehow, though, so they need to be legitimately frightening.

TCW Womens Championship
Gorgon (c) vs. Kate Dangerous

No time to undercut Gorgon.

HANGTIME MATCH
TCW International Championship
Aaron Andrews (c) vs. Edd Stone

Andrews has held this belt for a while now, hasn't he? And if Edd Stone doesn't win Edd Stone's gimmick match, who will?

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

I like Texas Pete, but I can't say I know too much about him. I can't even recall whether he's a face or a heel -- like the British Lions, he seems to be in that no man's land where he doesn't have enough of a defined personality outside the ring to carry an alignment, let alone a storyline. Keith is morally ambiguous in a more interesting and fruitful way. I do hope Pete gets fleshed out some day, though... I like him.

Champagne Lover & Stephanie Wade vs. JeriLynn Stone & Rocky Golden

Good news: with the arrival of Apocryphal Stone, Rocky Golden is no longer the worker whose storyline I care least about. Well, he is, because it's the same storyline, but still.

TCW Tag Team Championship
Kreed (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. GenOme w/ Phil Vibert

Already guessed too many title changes, I'm an Art Reed mark, and these guys are the most reliable thing you've got going right now. Just for fun, I'm going to guess they retain by DQ when Matt Keith attacks them.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Johnny Bloodstone (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Jeremy Stone

Let's set up a Tommy Cornell face title run. I want to see that.

[Dragonmack]

Eddie Peak vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert

Remo just seems that bit hotter right now as part of Gen-O.

ELIMINATION
TCW All Action Championship
Shingen Miyazaki (c) w/ Baroness Emily vs. Acid w/ Laura Huggins vs. Harry Allen vs. Marc Speed vs. Merle O'Curle w/ Laura Huggins vs. Zimmy

Could be wrong but Miyazaki feels like he could be a transitional champ and besides, I feel a lower tier belt is one you can afford to 'hot-shot' more than the really important titles. I'll go for the third machine to win his first gold in TCW.
M.A.D. [American Buffalo & Marat Khoklov] (w/ Floyd Goldworthy?) vs. New Wave

I'm struggling with having to bring myself to backing a team to win backed by Jobworthy, but I feel for the monster heel team to look a threat and not start off as a joke straight from the off they need to win here, besides The New Wave still have the losing streak thing going...despite looking like they were getting back on the same page in their last match.

TCW Womens Championship
Gorgon (c) vs. Kate Dangerous

The monster remains dominant.

HANGTIME MATCH
TCW International Championship
Aaron Andrews (c) vs. Edd Stone

I have a feeling that Double A will find a way to retain the title, despite this being Edd's match.

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

Keith makes Pete tap out to the Proton Lock, to win his first singles gold...

Champagne Lover & Stephanie Wade vs. JeriLynn Stone & Rocky Golden

Could go either way this, but I'll go for JL Stone and Rocky to pick up the win in this one.

TCW Tag Team Championship
Kreed (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. GenOme w/ Phil Vibert

Call me crazy but I agree with Beeker, I do like the idea of them losing the belts to GenOme after Matthew Keith has just grabbed championship gold for himself.

TCW World Heavyweight Championship
Johnny Bloodstone (c) w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Jeremy Stone

Bloodstone's run as World Championship comes to an end here.

i approve these

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Where Angels Fear To Tread

Sunday Week 4 May 2009

Live on America 1-Select, U-Demand Canada, Jade 237, Rivera Pay Television, V-Corp, UK-1 (5.16)

Held at the Jennifer Cornell Coliseum (South West)

Attendance: 50,000 (Sold Out)

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Mayhem Midden - Horatio Dangerous

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Crashing Around You cuts in almost as soon as Where Angels Fear To Tread dies away. Eddie Peak appears, the area around him lit blood-red as ever, the chain designs playing over the ground in their striking crimson.

He climbs into the ring and turns to face the entrance again, squatting on his haunches.

As his music dies away, it becomes clear that Eddie Peak is singing gently to himself.

“Backbreaker, Backbreaker, break me a back...”

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Only God Can Judge Me begins to play, and Remo comes out, Vibert close behind, smirking slightly. He paces from side to side at the top of the entrance ramp for a few moments, then explodes into a dead sprint, charging down the ramp and launching himself into the ring at speed. Eddie meets him with a punch, Remo powers his way up, and the match is on.

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Eddie Peak vs. Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert
While Eddie and Remo seem to be a little uncomfortable in the ring with them, the crowd don't care; they're swinging hard, hitting and throwing, and there's an energy crackling through the ring that translates rapidly to the fans.

Eddie is a tad bigger, a tad stronger, Remo a tad faster. Hard to say which of them is more competitive, has better fighting spirit...

The fight spills to the outside early on, Eddie using a double-handed chokehold to launch Remo from the ring all the way to the guardrails.

“There's something about these two,” Azaria says. “Normally I see someone take a spill like that and I say, don't forget, the body comes off worse than the steel. Here, I'm honestly not sure. Eddie Peak buckled steel with his body on Tuesday and he's giving the fight of his life here tonight.”

Eddie sails from the apron to the outside, but Remo moves clear, then clotheslines him over the guardrail. Vibert intervenes to break Ray Johnson's count, encouraging his client to return.

The match returns, just briefly, to the ring, before it spills out again as Remo regains control.

Shoving the ring steps against the announce table, Remo seems to prepare for something, only for Eddie to stop him, slamming him on the outside. An elbow drop, of all things, from the steps follows, leaving Richardson winded – but when Peak gets him back in the ring and goes for a pinfall, Remo powers out on one. A series of punches follows, and a suplex lays Eddie out. Remo hits the Lumbar Puncture backbreaker; Eddie manages to get the shoulder up after a long two.

“That back has got to be killing him,” Midden observes.

Remo reaches down, and Eddie grabs him off that, powering up and hoisting the Generation Omega man into the air. The Peak of Perfection smashes him down; Remo shows some awareness, however, even after the impact. Enough awareness, at least, to roll to the outside, avoiding the pinfall.

Eddie senses weakness and follows; it goes, and goes, and after a while Remo's head lashes forward in a headbutt to break the onslaught. Blood gushes from Eddie's nose and the 'Bloody-Handed God' looks staggered, stunned. Remo whips him to those steel steps, mounts them, and tries to boost the big man over his head; with the impact of Eddie's assault already weighing on him, he manages to get his opponent up and goes for the Destroyer, but his legs buckle on the move.

Both men crash from the steps through the announce table. While Azaria howls about losing it “on the first damn match”, Johnson has no option but to count both men out.
Eddie Peak and Remo Richardson was ruled a no contest
Rating: B

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Shingen Miyazaki © w/ Baroness Emily vs. Acid w/ Laura Huggins
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This one's hectic, no question. Miyazaki, Speed and O'Curle all keep their pace relatively careful compared to the others; Harry Allen, meanwhile, goes right for Zimmy, leading to some surprisingly good work between the two of 'em; Allen gets a shot at the Gunslinger's Revenge but Zimmy shoves him off.

Acid and O'Curle look set to capitalise on an alliance in the early going, but when Miyazaki blocks a dropkick, catches the foot, and walks through to apply the Ankle Lock, O'Curle, a confident smirk in place, applies the Celtic Wreath to his stablemate. With the rest of the group watching on – Allen looking shocked, Speed thoughtful, Zimmy wary – the two submission specialists force Acid to tap out. Surprisingly, Laura Huggins is caught on camera nodding approval.

Elimination #1: Acid

Harry Allen tries to prove a point immediately afterward, going for a distracted Speed with the Gunslinger's Revenge. He has a chance, but he calls for a pop from the crowd – and turns around into a Blood Rush. A swift pinfall from Zimmy puts Allen away.

Elimination #2: Harry Allen

Marc Speed is just about recovered, catching a charge from Merle O'Curle and putting him down with a floatover DDT. He goes for a submission but O'Curle rolls through; Speed blocks the counter, breaks the hold, and ducks a Blood Rush by Zimmy on reflex. As Zimmy turns around, the champion wipes him out with a spinebuster.

Speed goes after O'Curle, with O'Curle making sure to avoid persecution by rolling to the outside, grabbing a breather.

Miyazaki faces off with Marc Speed. Dangerous reminds the fanbase that Speed has yet to submit in TCW, and with Miyazaki having a primarily submission-based focus, he could be at a disadvantage here; it doesn't seem to faze the Team KOBRA representative, however, peppering Speed with punches before the California veteran blocks one, getting a belly-to-belly takedown. Miyazaki kicks out smoothly; as Speed rises off it, Zimmy catches him with a Gunslinger's Revenge as a second mark of disrespect to Allen. It's enough for the pin, with O'Curle piling on to add weight to it.

Elimination #3: Marc Speed

Shingen dropkicks Merle immediately, then gets beset by Zimmy. A superplex is teased, but Miyazaki twists in midair, bringing them both crashing to the mat with Miyazaki above Zimmy – and covering him. That gets three.

Elimination #4: Zimmy

O'Curle promptly goes for the Celtic Wreath on Miyazaki, much to Huggins' approval on the outside. The Baroness simply frowns, and for a while it looks like TCW will crown a new champion... but Miyazaki rolls through it, coming up with an applied Ankle Lock. This one gets grapevined, trapping O'Curle in the centre of the ring, and while he fights it hard, in the end he has to tap out.
Shingen Miyazaki defeated Acid, Harry Allen, Marc Speed, Merle O'Curle and Zimmy
Rating: C+

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The cameras go back to the interview area, with Autumn Gleeson once again all smiles. “So much tag team wrestling tonight,” she beams. “A girl like me's in heaven.

“Tonight we have the official debut, too, of a new tag team. Calling themselves M.A.D., these two are more than double by weight any other regular team on the roster – with the exception of the Easy Riders, and then only when Khoklov hasn't had a heavy meal.

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“With me are M.A.D. and the manager of one-half of that team, Floyd-”

She's interrupted by a loud snort.

“Manager?” Buffalo demands. “This idiot begged me to sign with him. Swore blind he could get me all the title matches I wanted. Talked about all the titles he'd won with other clients.

“That was two ****ing years ago, Floyd. Two. ****ing. Years.

“You told me I needed a tag team backing me up, like Tornado had the Young Guns. You got one. That didn't help.

“I've been getting madder and madder, Floyd, but you know what?

“You ain't worth it. You're so far past your prime only the most deluded sap can remember it.

“You're fired. Get the hell outta my sight.”

A raft of emotions cross Goldworthy's face during this speech; panic, terror, the expression of a man who needs a change of pants, and finally, a bizarre relief. He stutters out something that might be an expression of gratitude if a single syllable had been enunciated, and scurries off at a pace.

Buffalo spits in disgust. “He ain't the only washed up ******* in here,” he says. “New Wave, you just ain't fit to run with the bulls.”

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M.A.D. vs The New Wave
Much of the announce team's speculation as the entrances unfold is on the New Wave wearing their merchandise T-shirts as well as their short tights. It stands out; not only because it doesn't mesh well but also because it's not something they ever do.

In the ring, they fight with that same renewed vigour, that same gusto and fire.

And they're outmatched. M.A.D. play power games eagerly, hurling their opponents around, toying with them. The Wave get some comeback moments, usually by combining both members to take over on just one opponent, but they don't have the power, or the resilience.

And yet...

Guide breaks free against Buffalo, hitting the far ropes, and charges back, dodging a big boot to land the Guided Missile.

And Buffalo crumples astonishingly fast, all the big man's toughness apparently taken from him by that spear. The Wave hit the top turnbuckles and a Wave of Mutilation follows, Guide grabbing the pin while Scout sacrifices himself, taking a brutal Moscow Lariat to prevent Khoklov breaking the pin.

With the victory secured, Guide takes off his T-shirt on the way back up the ramp, revealing a steal shoulder pad strapped into place.
New Wave defeated M.A.D.
Rating: B-

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Gorgon © vs. Kate Dangerous
Last time these two fought one on one, Dangerous got absolutely shut down.

This time, she's clearly been watching her tapes. She blocks some of the punches, evades a couple of the chops, and gets the champion off her feet with a massive suplex at one point.

When you list it all in a row like that, it sounds like the former champion gives as good as she gets. In practice, it's a few shining moments of hope in darkness. Gorgon doesn't have to hit often; she hits hard enough that it always means something, always takes its toll.

By around six minutes in, the champion ends Kate's challenge, sinking the Hydra Bomb in style to prove her point.
Gorgon defeated Kate Dangerous
Rating: B-

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Set to one of the most unusual tunes for a TCW compilation clip, the video that airs now recaps Edd Stone and Aaron Andrews' mental and physical battle over the past two months, closing off with a shot of Edd Stone, in Tarzan outfit, charging off screen, post-it notes fluttering to the ground, then a slow dissolve to a shot of the Hangtime Match rig.

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Aaron Andrews © vs. Edd Stone
Andrews seemed so confident when he accepted the challenge, but up there now, he looks simply uncomfortable about the whole thing. The drop from the Hangtime web to the ring looks worse, it seems, when you're there.

His steps are faltering, awkward...

Edd charges him, bounding easily over the surface, and Aaron, in an apparent panic, abruptly falls backward.

That sets up something of a shockwave in the web, sending Edd stumbling, but the younger Stone tucks into a ball, rolls, recovers, and vaults up into a senton, crashing down on the International Champion.

Aaron, on recovery, snakes an arm around his throat and starts pounding away on the trapped challenger.

That doesn't last long; Stone twists free and bounces to his feet, beckoning Andrews on. It takes the champion longer to pull himself back to his feet, and he advances carefully – but those fists aren't careful.

Edd is the cat here, and Andrews the mouse, and that much is the focus of Edd's strategy; he plays hit and run, apparently at random – but little by little, he's herding Aaron toward the hole, where Andrews will have nowhere to go, and he's willing to take a few punches to get what he's going for.

Aaron realises the plan quickly and tries to keep clear, but it honestly just isn't that easy. Edd has agility, speed, and creativity, and the result is often flying kicks, sometimes hooking around as he bounces from behind Andrews to deliver a shot that'll send the champion backward.

With Aaron finally forced to the edge, Edd takes a run-up, and tries an Edd-Renaline shot – Andrews ducks under it, hooks the leg -

GAME BREAKER FROM THE WEB TO THE MAT! It looks vicious, but -

who's won?

It takes a few replays on the big screen before the crowd can accept it; the Hangtime rules end the match when one man hits the ring. Both men land so close together, it's impossible to make a decision...
Aaron Andrews drew with Edd Stone
Rating: B-

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Backstage go the cameras again. Matthew Keith is leaving his locker room, dressed to compete, looking psyched-

“Matthew.”

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A slight pan of the camera introduces the Blonde Bombshell to shot. Keith's expression goes... odd.

The Bombshell sighs. “You've been avoiding us,” she says. “Are you sure you don't want my support for this match?”

Matthew looks at her silently for a long moment, then slowly nods. Almost silently – with the dry throat of someone handing an inevitable, unpleasant confrontation – he mouths “I'm sure. I'm... yeah. Thanks, Amy, but no.”

“Alright,” she returns, her tone wounded. “Good luck, Matt.”

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Texas Pete © vs. Matthew Keith
Another of those matches, here, where Pete shows what he can do. It's fast – both men have a lot of speed on them – it's brutal – Pete has the power and Keith has the desire – and it's innovative – mostly Matt, but Pete does his best, too, to pull out the stops, and once again busts out his through-the-ropes suicide lariat to a huge pop.

Matthew Keith looks like a champion throughout. More surprisingly, so does Pete; he's taken to this belt now, and the enthusiasm he has for defending it shines through. Matt takes some time getting his feet under him in this solo championship arena, but when he does, he does it with a vengeance.

He's got Pete on the ropes for a while, but then the champion fires back, swinging punch after punch, a whip to the ropes, a big boot – ducked – Neutron Plex – countered – Lone Star Drop! The champion retains in high style, much to Matt's visible frustration.
Texas Pete defeated Matthew Keith
Rating: B+

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Champagne Lover & Stephanie Wade vs. JeriLynn Stone & Rocky Golden
This match, summed up in one word, is: Bloodbath.

It's Wade who really starts it; when Rocky hits the most gentle, loose, powderpuff slam imaginable on her, she bounces straight up, slaps him, superkicks him over the ropes and rams his head into the ringpost, then rests it there and delivers another superkick to the other side. Rocky is bleeding from the second minute in, before JeriLynn comes off the apron with a dropkick to break it up.

The blood doesn't stop Rocky; he gets right back in there, and while he avoids Stephanie, he slams into Champagne Lover with everything he has, and Lover hits back just as hard.

JeriLynn and Stephanie put on the kind of excellent performance that the TCW womens' division seems to pride itself on and neither shrink from getting into it with the men – though Rocky doesn't seem too happy getting into it with Stephanie, who ends up bleeding herself when a JeriLynn spinkick sends her crashing into a turnbuckle exposed by Lover earlier.

That's actually one hell of a gusher; her face is entirely crimson by the time, later in the match, that she and Rocky get to spend any real time facing off with one another.

Inevitably, Rocky powers his way to the upper hand, but he just can't bring himself to capitalise. Eventually, Steph slaps him, then shoves him away.

As the two stare at each other from behind their respective bloody masks, she raises her hands, beckoning him in again. Rocky swallows, nods, hits the ropes -

The clothesline has all of Golden's power behind it. Wade almost turns a full circle before crashing to the mat face-first. Golden pins, JeriLynn blocks Lover... Rocky wins the match.
JeriLynn Stone & Rocky Golden defeated Champagne Lover & Stephanie Wade
Rating: B+

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Golden and Wade practically have to help each other up. As Sam Sparrow raises JeriLynn's hand in victory, Chris Rockwell and Rick Law head to the ring, towels in hand. They present them to the couple, allowing them to wipe some of the blood away, and the two kiss as Rockwell, amuses, holds up the suddenly-crimson towels for the crowd.

As the kiss breaks, Law embraces Golden, clapping him on the back in acknowledgement before the four stand together, Rockwell and Law raising their arms in salute to the crowd.

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GenOme w/ Phil Vibert
The challengers look very confident as they come out, ignoring the fans entirely, walking to the ring with purpose. Kreed are just as confident, though Art in particular takes the time to salute the fans, chat with some of them, and generally feed off the energy as he hits the ring.

It's Art and Frankie to start, and the result is fast; a real shot in the arm for fans who're already energised. But as the final hour gets rolling, they rise as one to their feet. A rolling somersault kick attempt by Frankie is actually hurdled by Reed, who meets him on the rebound with a judo flip into a fast kimura hold, which lasts for a few seconds before Frankie is able to get a foot to the ropes. They break; Art comes in fast and Frankie returns the favour with an armdrag, a stomp to the shoulder, and a standing flip legdrop.

Break and circle once more; Reed slithers in fast, moving slickly, deflects a kick and comes out under Perez' leg, rising up for a leg-trap suplex. He tags out immediately; Greg slingshots in over the rope and drops the leg across the back of Perez' neck as the GenOme man rises.

Reed takes a moment to call for the crowd, getting them further behind the Kreed, as Greg starts to step up the impact; a series of kicks, a backfist, and then a rolling side slam. He starts looking for the Proton Lock, but Perez brings a knee up fast and sharp, driving it into Greg's temple, stunning him for a moment.

A volley of kicks follows, driving Greg back into the GenOme corner. Perez tags out, runs up Greg's chest, backflips off and meets Greg on the way down with a dropkick.

Davis vaults the top rope, eager to get involved. It starts with a katahajime attempt, but Keith is too savvy for that, twisting through, pulling Davis up, setting for a DDT – which Newton blocks, getting a twisting facecrusher as a counter. He goes for the pin, feet up on the ropes, but Sam Sparrow catches that and rules it out immediately.

Davis just shrugs, coming off the ropes – spinkick – Greg ducks it, gets the backfist again, goes for the pin, Newton counters into a triangle choke.

Art Reed breaks that up with a flying elbow drop; Perez promptly vaults the ropes, taking Reed down with a tornado DDT. Meanwhile, Greg and Newton seem to have phased their teammates out of their awareness entirely; there is a lightning-fast class in submission holds taking place in the ring, veering between traditional wrestling holds, MMA counters, obscure British and Mexican holds, and things that almost seem invented on the spot.

The winner of that battle is Newton, when Greg is forced to concede by grapping the middle rope. Keith bails out of the ring briefly, taking a breather, and Newton tags Perez in.

Frankie runs along the outside of the apron, draws level with Greg, vaults up to a sitting position on the top rope and backflips into a plancha on Keith.

The Bombshell starts pounding on the apron and the crowd join her, the rhythm drowning out everything else. Greg fights his way out of Frankie's assault, drives him back, and slams him on the outside before rolling back into the ring to break the count; he heads straight across the ring and tags Reed back in.

Reed promptly charges across the ring, leaps to the top rope in a single bound, and soars out in a shooting star, landing heavily on Perez. He takes a moment to mount the guardrail, calling once again for the fans, and the roar is massive.

Perez is rolled back into the ring and Reed follows. Frankie blocks a Dread Lock attempt, fighting out with elbows, and then gets the hook kick; Reed only barely kicks out in time, and as he rolls up, freezes, suddenly wary.

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Matthew Keith arrived at ringside at some point, and Art comes face to face with him. Perez tags out and Newton comes in with a leaping legdrop on the stunned Reed. A beatdown ensues before Reed manages, finally, to tag out, shooting another suspicious look at Matthew as he does so.

Newton grins as Greg climbs back through the ropes, beckoning him in. As soon as Greg's in fully, the pair lock up; then Davis sweeps Keith's legs out from under him, bearing him to the ground, and he rolls clear, stomping for a second to keep Greg down – then a mounted bearhug which turns into the young Canadian dragging Greg up onto his feet – release German - picks him up again, whips him to the corner, tags out, running high knee to the head by Perez -

Perez whips Greg back across the ring, and Davis catches him and gets a fisherman suplex, of all things, as a snap reflex without breaking the pace. He rolls to his knees with one across Keith's throat and flips the crowd the bird before exiting the ring.

Perez is already stalking, but Reed takes him out with a diving clothesline before he can finish Greg off. Vibert hops up onto the apron, catching Sparrow's attention, and Davis charges Reed, bundling him out of the ring. On the outside, he whips Reed into the guardrail then splashes him – and then again, this time from the apron. Reed crumples into a ball; the camera catches Matthew smiling.

The next two minutes see GenOme trade off on stomping Greg into the ground; at the end of it, Greg tries for a NeutronPlex, as his brother had in their earlier title match, and just as happened there, it's countered, with Davis rolling free, sweeping the leg out, and clamping down on the STF.

Greg fights valiantly, but to no avail. His arm falls three times to yield the titles.
GenOme defeated Kreed
Rating: A*

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GenOme take their titles but don't head back up the ramp. As Jeremy Stone comes out, GenOme take up positions on either side of the destroyed announce table; he does his best to pay them no attention, but he can't help shooting glances at them on a regular basis.

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Bloodstone comes in, doing much the same thing.

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And then Of Wolf And Man hits. Wolf Hawkins appears on the ramp.

“Oh... my... God.” Dangerous says. “He's not cleared to compete, is he?”

The frustration in Midden's voice is audible. “This is a World Heavyweight Championship match,” he says. “With that briefcase, I can't stop him.” Perez, near enough to the announce team to be picked up by their mics, laughs and claps Midden on the shoulder. “Got that right,” he says.

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Remo emerges beside Hawkins as he heads down the ramp. DuBois climbs in from the crowd.

As Hawkins enters the ring, handing off the briefcase to the referee, Generation Omega surround the ring, then turn outward.

Watching for rescue parties. Trusting in Hawkins.

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Johnny Bloodstone © w/ Blonde Bombshell vs. Jeremy Stone
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Wolf Hawkins w/ Phil Vibert
It takes twenty-five gruelling minutes before this one ends. And every single one of them is packed; the three competitors, between them, absolutely don't let out.

Stone is still focused on Bloodstone; Bloodstone, cagily, tries to do some damage to both men; Hawkins is just determined to hurt people, it seems.

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Fifteen minutes in, there's a scream from ringside. Remo has the Bombshell backed up against the crowd barrier; as he checks over his shoulder, he sees Bloodstone looking – and he hits her, a gutpunch, then slings her over his shoulder, vaults the rail, and heads off.

Bloodstone roars and charges; Stone, always eager to capitalise, takes him out with a tackle. He goes for the Stone Hold, but Bloodstone stomps his way out of it from on his back. He rolls to his feet and goes to exit the ring; GenOme and DuBois are there, forcing him back into the ring, though Newton finds himself on his ass with a busted lip for his troubles.

Bloodstone is frenzied; he's throwing punches, stomping, shoving, kicking, blind to the rules, blind to the match.

Hawkins takes a back seat at the turnbuckle and lets Stone absorb the brunt of this unthinking, unreasoning assault.

Jeremy's done this before. He's done it a thousand times, back in North of the Border.

That doesn't make it any less painful for him, nor does it make it any easier to turn the tide. Especially at Jeremy's age. The pain is visible and – swiftly – so is the blood.

But the same tricks work, and in the end, Stone has used that anger, fully uncorked for the first time in TCW, and has turned him over and applied the Stone Hold.

“Now,” Azaria says, “the challenge is what it always is; can he hold on to the hold long enough to make Bloodstone pass out?”

Except... it isn't. Wolf Hawkins comes in, almost forgotten over the last seven or eight minutes. A Full Moon Rising collides with Bloodstone's face; his free foot lands on Bloodstone's back, with Hawkins nailing the same thing on the back of Stone's head in the same fluid movement.

With both men collapsed, he covers Bloodstone who, unconscious, cannot kick out. Wolf Hawkins ends Johnny Bloodstone's championship reign after eight months.

As he's handed the belt, Remo returns, releasing the Blonde Bombshell. As the PPV ends, it closes out on a shot of Wolf, beaming as Vibert buckles the championship belt around his waist, with the Blonde Bombshell cradling her lover's broken body in the background.
Wolf Hawkins defeated Johnny Bloodstone & Jeremy Stone
Rating: A

Show Rating: A

[Phantom Stranger]

Show Notes:


Man, Generation Omega are *******s
A* matches are draining to write. I don't know how Tigerkinney does it.
I've been sat on the Rocky/Steph storyline - specifically the end of this match - for some months now, trying to find the right slot for it. It's mostly about establishing the women's division, but I like it.
One day, Rocky Golden will be a good wrestler.

[jesseewiak]

Awesome show as usual.

But, I do question having the guy holding the TCW equivalent of the Money in the Bank title shot inserting himself into a World Title match instead of just cashing in after Bloodstone and Stone have gone to war. Unless I've missed something in previous shows.

[Phantom Stranger]

Awesome show as usual.

But, I do question having the guy holding the TCW equivalent of the Money in the Bank title shot inserting himself into a World Title match instead of just cashing in after Bloodstone and Stone have gone to war. Unless I've missed something in previous shows.


Earlier this month, Wolf had this to say:

“Like I should be grateful. That was how the Syndicate started. Two years – two damn years I was expected to do nothing but kiss his ass. Two years where all the success I earned was just there so he could say he was responsible.

“And now, what, another three months to sort that out? Five and a half years, this comes to, five and a half years where I haven't been able to stand up and claim credit for my own actions. Five and a half years where he's claimed everything I can do is down to him.

“I have the Ticket to the Top burning a hole in my damn pocket, and before I can draw a line under this and move on, I need to show him I'm better. I have five and a half years of improvement, of victories, of titles and wins and growth and development as an athlete that is down to ME, and that I can't claim credit for until I beat him, until I prove I've outgrown him."

Stealing a win, that proves nothing. Beating two legends of the business at once, in a long, tough match? That's something Wolf can stand behind.

At least, that's one argument currently running around the C-Verse IWC. Others have pointed to the fact that TCW frowns on a competitor being forced to wrestle multiple matches - you can choose to, but you cannot be made to - on the same show, and as such, it's likely the Ticket to the Top contract cannot be used on a champion on a night where they have already competed.

(Wrestling 'rules' being what they are, this is not a certainty. It certainly worked that way last year - but last year the WHC was held by the company owner, who may have made rules tighter in his favour.)

All of that said, glad you enjoyed the show!

[Blake Trask]

HAWKINS HAWKINS HAWKINS!

I don't care that I called dang near every match wrong. My favourite CVerse worker in my favourite CVerse diary winning the title in my favourite CVerse promotion = I mark the HELL out.

What a PPV, top notch stuff, PS.



At least, that's one argument currently running around the C-Verse IWC. Others have pointed to the fact that TCW frowns on a competitor being forced to wrestle multiple matches - you can choose to, but you cannot be made to - on the same show, and as such, it's likely the Ticket to the Top contract cannot be used on a champion on a night where they have already competed.

(Wrestling 'rules' being what they are, this is not a certainty. It certainly worked that way last year - but last year the WHC was held by the company owner, who may have made rules tighter in his favour.)

All of that said, glad you enjoyed the show!

Reading this makes me giggle, as I recall booking Rocky Golden three times in a row on one show, but that was with Cornell in diabolical all-powerful owner mode.

Edit: Speaking of Rocky, I've really liked his storyline, particularly this ending to it. Your writing has given me a real soft spot for the big guy.

[Phantom Stranger]

With the victory secured, Guide takes off his T-shirt on the way back up the ramp, revealing a steal shoulder pad strapped into place.

How do you do this mechanically in TEW2010? Or is this just flavor-text?

ALSO:
Matt Keith refuses the advances of The Blonde Bombshell. She cries.
YOU HAVE A HOT ****ING PORNSTAR WANTING YOUR BODY AND YOU SPURN HER? WHAT THE **** MAN!


Everything in the diary bar the names and the ratings is flavour text. What else could it be?

HAWKINS HAWKINS HAWKINS!

I don't care that I called dang near every match wrong. My favourite CVerse worker in my favourite CVerse diary winning the title in my favourite CVerse promotion = I mark the HELL out.

What a PPV, top notch stuff, PS.

Reading this makes me giggle, as I recall booking Rocky Golden three times in a row on one show, but that was with Cornell in diabolical all-powerful owner mode.

Edit: Speaking of Rocky, I've really liked his storyline, particularly this ending to it. Your writing has given me a real soft spot for the big guy.

Thank ya kindly, guv.

And I'm getting fond of Rocky myself, which was a large part of why I've been doing this; I tend to like workers a lot more when I've had a chance to write them for a decent length of time.

It helps that he's a) improving notably and steadily and b) dragging multiple workers up the path to overness with these gatekeeper-type midcard programs.

But hey, if you normally don't care for Rocky but find him cool here, why not nominate him for the Rocky Maivia award in the DOTY? That thread could do with a lot more nominations, whether they involve my work or someone else's...

[Tigerkinney]

The Wolf Hawkins cash in was done superbly. It came at a time I think no one was expecting, yet it wasn't the cliched lame, the two other guys have just had match...I'll then cash in my title shot and take advantage deal.

I like the fact Hawkins actually went out there and competed, because it plays in to his arrogance, because I see Generation Omega more as 'we're better than you heels' rather than weak heels getting by with blatant cheating and besides the fact that the rest of Generation Omega were round at ringside also adds an extra dimension of heelishness to Hawkins title win.

Not related to the show as such, but seeing as you commented on it...

As for writing A* matches, I actually get inspired when I see that grade. To be honest it's the B range stuff I find more of a challenge,needing to make the match sound good but not spectacularly good.

[Phantom Stranger]

Rocky for a Rocky nomination. Lol.

And I dunno. I thought you might have set that match to end with...uh...can you have foreign objects as a note in TEW? I've just occasionally wondered if the matches have particular notes in them, or just embellishement.

And dang it, Keith will have Bombshell. HE WILL I SAY (and you're going to make it Greg just to spite me. STRANGERRRRR [also, why haven't you hired "Handsome Stranger" yet >________>])

Oh, if there's interference, distractions, or dubious means used in a match, it's almost always down to notes. I just interpret that note in a way that fits the story.

Handsome Stranger hasn't been hired because I already have plenty of mid-level brawlers with mild entertainment skills, and I'd rather invest in the ones I have (hence Pete's nine months and Tana's year plus in dev, and Rocky's lengthy feud against an all-round talent like Champagne Lover).

SPOILER: The Keiths will never have Bombshell.

The Wolf Hawkins cash in was done superbly. It came at a time I think no one was expecting, yet it wasn't the cliched lame, the two other guys have just had match...I'll then cash in my title shot and take advantage deal.

I like the fact Hawkins actually went out there and competed, because it plays in to his arrogance, because I see Generation Omega more as 'we're better than you heels' rather than weak heels getting by with blatant cheating and besides the fact that the rest of Generation Omega were round at ringside also adds an extra dimension of heelishness to Hawkins title win.

Not related to the show as such, but seeing as you commented on it...


It's one of those interesting things, for me; Generation Omega honestly weren't created to riff off Nexus - the bulk of the stable is established to one degree or another, after all - but for that match, I did see the Nexus debut in my head at points, even if it only got as far as the image of them surrounding the ring once the match was written.

I'm glad people seem to have enjoyed it. It felt a little inevitable, story-wise, in writing the show, to the point where I half expected some of the predictions to have Wolf as a write-in; but Generation Omega are still restricted in competition - and they still have arguably the two titles fans most care about right now.

I'm sure this is going to get messy...

[Wallbanger]

If I were fantasy booking right now I'd have Tommy come out to open next show and say, gosh darn it all, TCW likes having their titles defended at least once a month, and has rules to that effect. And while the Ticket to the Top contract was ironclad, Wolfie doesn't have it anymore, and he's not coming off restriction anytime soon. And I'm perfectly happy waiting for the World Title to be vacated. Heck, let's get a tournament going to crown a new World Champ at the next PPV, since it will be vacant by then.

GenO comes out with much bluster, with all the requisite bitching, moaning, and posturing. Our lawyers will fight this/We'll destroy anyone who participates in your tournament/You're scared of Wolf/etc.

Actually, replies Tommy, I'm willing to give you everything you want - clear your boys to fully particpate, the whole bit. Wolf puts the title up at the next PPV, one on one, against me, in some match format that makes outside interference nearly impossible - oh, say Test of Steel? Agree, and we'll put GenO back in business right now.

Sure, what the hell, make the match. Who says you're going to make it to the next PPV, Cornell?

Oh, I think my chances are pretty good, actually. Actually, I'd be asking how many of GenO will make it to the next PPV. Bloodstone's going to hunt you down one by one. You haven't killed Eddie Peak. (Hell, I'd book a three way between Remo, Peak, and Bloodstone at this point just for ****es and giggles!) You have the Keith and Stone clans unhappy with you. I just ask all of them; leave Wolfie alone. He's mine. In the Test. Of. Steel.

[Phantom Stranger]

Man, if you can get people to start doing fantasy booking on your fantasy booking, you're probably doing something right.

Right?

[Hashasheen]

Man, if you can get people to start doing fantasy booking on your fantasy booking, you're probably doing something right.

Right?

Right. And you should consider doing Wall-banger's thing. Its ****ing hilarious.

[ampulator]

Man, if you can get people to start doing fantasy booking on your fantasy booking, you're probably doing something right.

Right?
But seriously, you managed to do something expected, yet unexpected, at the same time. What i mean is... Wolf Hawkins cashes in... BEFORE the match. He risks a bit more, but he's still likely to win. Absolute Genius. It's also harder to count him out as legitimate... after all, He COULD have done it AFTER the match. Well, you certainly could have made it that way, but you didn't. :)

Edit: Just to add, your PPV's always deliver, even when your TV shows don't always exactly sure where you are heading to.

[Phantom Stranger]

Edit: Just to add, your PPV's always deliver, even when your TV shows don't always exactly sure where you are heading to.

Heh... I'm often not. Part of that is just the fact that at any time, I'm running enough non-title feuds that I can't give all the matches the time they deserve on PPV in a month, so sometimes it takes two months or so before a given program gets a PPV payday - I think Golden/Lover actually started three months before it arrived on PPV.

Part of it, too, is that I have arcs at any given time for each title. What I don't necessarily have is a fixed timeline on those arcs or a plan for the next PPV.

(It'd probably be possible, at this stage, to run through the Generation Omega arc in about three months. But why would you kill a popular stable in around half a year? So we find ways to make it last, hopefully without making it overstay its welcome.)

[Phantom Stranger]

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After a shocking end to Where Angels Fear To Tread, TCW has to stand up and be counted. We have new Tag Team Champions and a new World Heavyweight Championship. The rankings and the divisions have been shaken up...

The men who almost dethroned Kreed last month kick us off, as the British Lions take on Natural Talent. Say what you will about the Talent, but it's impossible to deny that they have as much courage as anyone else in the tag division.

A battle of two relative newcomers is also on the schedule, as Canadian Elemental faces off with one of Jack Bruce's bandmates, the man going by Zimmy. The talent of both men is clearly evident - but who will prevail on the day?

Six-woman action is also scheduled; Amber Allen teams with JeriLynn Stone and Team KOBRA's Suzanne Brazzle, while Lauren Easter, Raku Makuda and Stephanie Wade make up the opposition. Who'll come through on top?

Team KOBRA's presence continues, too, as Koshiro Ino takes on a man with a lot of Japanese experience, Julian Watson. Seemingly abandoned by his tag partner, Watson must find a way to make his name. A victory over the dangerous Kobra could well be just what he needs.

Speaking of "the Enforcer" as Jack Marlowe has recently styled himself, he too is in action - his opponent being Giant Tana. Can Marlowe overpower the big man - and if he can, can Marlowe make good on his claims?

More tag team action coming next; Global Tradition face off with a team who call themselves Golden Law. Quite simply, I don't believe that such a team is really secret; but will their new alliance be able to get by Global Tradition's veteran experience?

Jack Bruce will also be in action, with Tommy Cornell his opponent. Bruce has been looking to make a serious impact for some time, and this would be one hell of a way to do it; can the lead vocalist for Darkwave overcome the multi-time former world champion?

And then there's the main event; Ricky Dale Johnson, Jeremy Stone, one tough battle. Pride is certainly on the line; both men have made a lot of statements regarding the World Heavyweight Champion lately. With Hawkins holding the belt, are they still interested in what is now Generation Omega property?

Prediction Key:
British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Natural Talent

Canadian Elemental vs. Zimmy

Amber Allen, JeriLynn Stone & Suzanne Brazzle w/ Baroness Emily vs. Lauren Easter, Raku Makuda & Stephanie Wade

Julian Watson vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

Giant Tana vs. Jack Marlowe

Global Tradition w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law (Rocky Golden & Rick Law)

Jack Bruce vs. Tommy Cornell

Jeremy Stone vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

[Regis]

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Natural Talent
JOBBERS!

Canadian Elemental vs. Zimmy
He's got the Elemental mask, which means that Horatio has to have him job due to interference.

Amber Allen, JeriLynn Stone & Suzanne Brazzle w/ Baroness Emily vs. Lauren Easter, Raku Makuda & Stephanie Wade
Steph comes off the back of her big programme with Rocky to take the win.

Julian Watson vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
JOBBER!

Giant Tana vs. Jack Marlowe
COMEDY JOBBER!

Global Tradition w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law (Rocky Golden & Rick Law)
JOBBERS TO THE STARS!

Jack Bruce vs. Tommy Cornell
JOBBER TO THE BIGGER STARS!

Jeremy Stone vs. Ricky Dale Johnson
JEZZA!

[ThriceP86]

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Natural Talent

Canadian Elemental vs. Zimmy

Amber Allen, JeriLynn Stone & Suzanne Brazzle w/ Baroness Emily vs. Lauren Easter, Raku Makuda & Stephanie Wade
Tag matches after title matches usually make the loser more favorable to win... if that made any sense at all. Plus, Easter is my favorite wrestler out of all of these women so yeah...

Julian Watson vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
Cheap finish with Emily's help? Just guessing.

Giant Tana vs. Jack Marlowe
Heh, this is like if Giant Gonzalez and Jimmy Snuka were to wrestle... and if they actually did I apologize: I came in when the attitude era exploded.

Global Tradition w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law (Rocky Golden & Rick Law)

Jack Bruce vs. Tommy Cornell
Wow! Honestly, I don't care who wins just based on what's going on in your Dynasty Cornell will snub him.

Jeremy Stone vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

I enjoyed the last show especially since I read all of it! That's a feat. You got me hooked into everything especially between Bombshell, Keith, and Remo. I only hope that Remo holds the world title in the future, he's too good not to pass up. I may not always post but you got another reader! Cheers!

[Blake Trask]

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Natural Talent

Team E+ aren't getting this kind of push any time soon. *sheds a tear of joy for beating Walter Morgan and Merle O'Curle anywhere not in the UK/RoF being considered worthy as being referred to as a push*

Canadian Elemental vs. Zimmy

*cough*Xander*cough* Zimmy is talent and has stable backing to boot.

Amber Allen, JeriLynn Stone & Suzanne Brazzle w/ Baroness Emily vs. Lauren Easter, Raku Makuda & Stephanie Wade

Don't like betting against Jeri (for some reason), but as stated, Wade is coming off of a program and Allen is women's division no. 1 jobber.

Julian Watson vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

The only difference between solo Watson and teamed Watson is that he can job by himself now.

Giant Tana vs. Jack Marlowe


Sorry, Tana.

Global Tradition w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law (Rocky Golden & Rick Law)

I approve of this team. GT do nothing but lose.

Jack Bruce vs. Tommy Cornell

Back to the lab again, Brucey boy.

Jeremy Stone vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

Because RDJ needs a shot in the limelight again.

[Zergon]

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Natural Talent
Natural Talent haven´t won a single match as far as I can remember and they aren´t getting their first win here either

Canadian Elemental vs. Zimmy
Zimmy is having more going on right now

Amber Allen, JeriLynn Stone & Suzanne Brazzle w/ Baroness Emily vs. Lauren Easter, Raku Makuda & Stephanie Wade
Allen is the one who had done least so far so I expct her to eat the pin.

Julian Watson vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
Watson has been completely lost after Synticate broke while Ino is the leader of a stable and thus need to look strong

Giant Tana vs. Jack Marlowe
Tana is a jobber until he proves otherwise.

Global Tradition w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law (Rocky Golden & Rick Law)
Golden and Law are simply bigger names

Jack Bruce vs. Tommy Cornell
Bruce is getting his momentum back up and win over Cornell would definitely help but I still had to go with the bossman.

Jeremy Stone vs. Ricky Dale Johnson
With Hawkins having the belt RDJ suddenly looks like the better candidate to win here. That said this one could go either way as I doubt Jeremy is happy with Wolf inserting himself into the title match and I doubt that he is just going to back down and stop chasing the belt.

[Oregano Jensen]

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Natural Talent

Pretty obvious one here. The Lions are one of maybe 4 tag teams I could plausibly see holding the title.

Canadian Elemental vs. Zimmy

I assume this is an attempt to show off Zimmy?

Amber Allen, JeriLynn Stone & Suzanne Brazzle w/ Baroness Emily vs. Lauren Easter, Raku Makuda & Stephanie Wade

I think... Allen is the weak link here? No?

Julian Watson vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

I don't think Watson's going to make it.

Giant Tana vs. Jack Marlowe

Marlowe's long-deserved singles push begins...

Global Tradition w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law (Rocky Golden & Rick Law)

I thought Watson and Marlowe WERE Global Tradition. Anyway, Law's a borderline main eventer and Golden just won his feud. Time to bask a little, right?

Jack Bruce vs. Tommy Cornell

I don't pick anyone over Cornell unless I could plausibly see him holding the belt, because let's face it, Cornell is the man in this company whether or not he has the belt. After (during?) his lackluster performance in the Tornado feud, Bruce is unlikely to move up.

Jeremy Stone vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

Stone gets some heat back... I suspect he's going to want to challenge for the title again. I don't think he's going to get it -- heel vs. heel won't do, and anyway, how do you pass up Cornell vs. Hawkins? But it doesn't make sense to collapse him here with another loss. Stone vs. Cornell is another intriguing possibility, perhaps as a means of determining a title challenger, and beating Cornell's ally here could go a long way toward kicking it off.

[Phantom Stranger]

I enjoyed the last show especially since I read all of it! That's a feat. You got me hooked into everything especially between Bombshell, Keith, and Remo. I only hope that Remo holds the world title in the future, he's too good not to pass up. I may not always post but you got another reader! Cheers!

It's my considered opinion that the only reason not to give Remo the strap is that other people also deserve it. Welcome aboard, by the way!

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Natural Talent

Team E+ aren't getting this kind of push any time soon. *sheds a tear of joy for beating Walter Morgan and Merle O'Curle anywhere not in the UK/RoF being considered worthy as being referred to as a push*


Honestly, Merle at least can fit in just about anywhere where technical wrestling is respected. Morgan and Merle both really, really responded to their time in dev, then their popularity took off like crazy - Walter actually has A* in the South East at the moment, though Bs elsewhere - and they're good enough to back that up. I've loved them since RoF, but they really were the perfect duo to bring in to add more British/Irish flavour to the roster. (And I really do like trying to cultivate an international air to the company.)

[pauls07]

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Natural Talent

Canadian Elemental vs. Zimmy

Amber Allen, JeriLynn Stone & Suzanne Brazzle w/ Baroness Emily vs. Lauren Easter, Raku Makuda & Stephanie Wade

Julian Watson vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

Giant Tana vs. Jack Marlowe

Global Tradition w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law (Rocky Golden & Rick Law)

Jack Bruce vs. Tommy Cornell

Jeremy Stone vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

[Tigerkinney]

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Natural Talent

You may have worked the magic in taking British Lions to nobodies to legit Tag Title threat, but I just can't see the same thing happening for Natural Talent. When the Lion's began their gradual push the roster wasn't quite as stacked as it now...I just can't see Natural Talent ever getting above Lower Midcard (aka glorified jobber) status at best.

Canadian Elemental vs. Zimmy

Zimmy hasn't really done much in an in ring perspective since coming in, but I think you'll make him look good here with a solid win over Canadian Elemental. Speaking of which, I was surprised Can-El wasn't in the All Action Title match at the PPV.

Amber Allen, JeriLynn Stone & Suzanne Brazzle w/ Baroness Emily vs. Lauren Easter, Raku Makuda & Stephanie Wade

This one's pretty even, but other's have said Amber Allen appears to designated jobber #1 for the women's division.

Julian Watson vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

Regis managed to sum it up in one word.

Giant Tana vs. Jack Marlowe

Marlowe looks like he may be on his way towards something of a push.

Global Tradition w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law (Rocky Golden & Rick Law)

Global Tradition, Tradition in what exactly? Would that be in jobbing?

Jack Bruce vs. Tommy Cornell

Looks like Jack's place will be in the upper midcard, besides I think we are beginning to see the build towards Hawkins vs Cornell and maybe eventually a Cornell face run with the big belt.

Jeremy Stone vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

Even though a heel is holding the belt right now, I think you're more likely to keep Stone in the title hunt than RDJ. I get the feeling with RDJ, that you are keeping him strong but just enough away from challenging for the world title and finding other ways to keep him occupied.

And here's a question for you, given the considerable size of your roster, how do you keep all those ego's happy. Because I find with what I would consider to be medium sized roster in my BHOTWG game I try to get as many people on the show as I can, to stop the midcarders and above from whingeing if they are not on a show. Given the size of your roster, you can't obviously do that.

[Phantom Stranger]

And here's a question for you, given the considerable size of your roster, how do you keep all those ego's happy. Because I find with what I would consider to be medium sized roster in my BHOTWG game I try to get as many people on the show as I can, to stop the midcarders and above from whingeing if they are not on a show. Given the size of your roster, you can't obviously do that.

I do run a LOT of multi-man angles and matches in the pre- and post- show slots (to the point where currently I have only two roster members flagged for low momentum in the creative team section) which helps.

Otherwise, I season with bonuses on a fairly regular basis - and a swift one; I monitor conditions frequently and see who needs keeping sweet, so that I don't end up paying out ridiculous amounts and shifting the balance.

Long term, this is probably an unwise plan. We'll see if I ever get to 'long term', though.

[Wallbanger]

Prediction Key:
British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Natural Talent

And the patriotism of the writer shines through. :p (I kid, I kid.)

Canadian Elemental vs. Zimmy

Seems a tossup, so going with group affiliation.

Amber Allen, JeriLynn Stone & Suzanne Brazzle w/ Baroness Emily vs. Lauren Easter, Raku Makuda & Stephanie Wade

Can't go against my girl, even with jobber baggage.

Julian Watson vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

Not seeing a reason to make Ino look weak here.

Giant Tana vs. Jack Marlowe

Wouldn't be much of an enforcer if he loses to Tana, now would he?

Global Tradition w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law (Rocky Golden & Rick Law)

I would have gone with "The Rock 'N' Rick Connection" myself, but I'm liking this team. They may go places.

Jack Bruce vs. Tommy Cornell

Um...yeah.

Jeremy Stone vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

And also...yeah.

[James Casey]

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Natural Talent If the Lions are that over, they aren't losing to NT. And I hate you for having a game where it's so easy to get talent over :p

Canadian Elemental vs. Zimmy After a poor-ish showing at the PPV, Zimmy could do with a win - unless he's Team Bruce's go-to squash guy, which would make some sense in TCW...

Amber Allen, JeriLynn Stone & Suzanne Brazzle w/ Baroness Emily vs. Lauren Easter, Raku Makuda & Stephanie Wade If in doubt, pick the more talented side. Makuda, and to a degree Wade, would seem to be the weakest workers in the match

Julian Watson vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily I haven't seen that much of Watson in here recently, which suggests this is a straightforward match for Ino

Giant Tana vs. Jack Marlowe As much as Tana has improved for you, he'll never get a push in TCW

Global Tradition w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law (Rocky Golden & Rick Law) Okay, go Golden Law would be more of a lock on BoH, but what the heck

Jack Bruce vs. Tommy Cornell No way in the world that this ends clean

Jeremy Stone vs. Ricky Dale Johnson Ditto

[Beeker]

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Natural Talent
- Not sure what talent they have, I do know they don't have any personality yet. The Lions benefited from joining TCW when the tag division was in reset mode. A couple of stellar matches later (in tag and singles) and they're legitimate threats. NT... NoT so much yet, if ever.

Canadian Elemental vs. Zimmy
- I dunno. The Canadian Thrillemental hasn't been seen lately (it seems) but Zimmy was 'just there' on the PPV. I'm going to go with a slight upset for CE. Zimmy can become the bass player or drummer of the band. You know, the person who does a lot of heavy lifting but doesn't get the accolades. It'll be amazing.

Amber Allen, JeriLynn Stone & Suzanne Brazzle w/ Baroness Emily vs. Lauren Easter, Raku Makuda & Stephanie Wade
- Wade is still woozy from Rocky's... Roading of her. What?

Julian Watson vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
- I'll be buying pretzels.

Giant Tana vs. Jack Marlowe
- I'll be browsing the merchandise stalls. Ohheylook, Stone Clan Playing Cards. Score!

Global Tradition w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law (Rocky Golden & Rick Law)
- Because Golden Law should be called Golden Rule... listen, Ricky's got his own damn TV show, he can capitulate on this!

Jack Bruce vs. Tommy Cornell
- Three reasons; 1) he's Jobby Bruce, 2) It's Tommy Fricken Cornell, 3) Wallbanger's fantasy booking is so good how can you possibly cast a negative vote against Tommy right now. The only thing I'd have changed about that booking is that I'd not have had Tommy play his hand too early in the promo. The final words would have been something like this... "oh... and Wolf. Just so you know now, a month in advance, now that you and your kiddos are reinstated. It'll be you, sunshine, and me... in Test. of. Steel."

Jeremy Stone vs. Ricky Dale Johnson
- Stone is not going to be a happy Canadian.

[Dragonmack]

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Natural Talent

Canadian Elemental vs. Zimmy

Amber Allen, JeriLynn Stone & Suzanne Brazzle w/ Baroness Emily vs. Lauren Easter, Raku Makuda & Stephanie Wade

Julian Watson vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

Giant Tana vs. Jack Marlowe

Global Tradition w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law (Rocky Golden & Rick Law)
Jack Bruce vs. Tommy Cornell

Jeremy Stone vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

[jesseewiak]

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Natural Talent

Canadian Elemental vs. Zimmy

Amber Allen, JeriLynn Stone & Suzanne Brazzle w/ Baroness Emily vs. Lauren Easter, Raku Makuda & Stephanie Wade

Julian Watson vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

Giant Tana vs. Jack Marlowe

Global Tradition w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law (Rocky Golden & Rick Law)

Jack Bruce vs. Tommy Cornell - by Countout when GenOmega shows up.

Jeremy Stone vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

I'm guessing the unstated part of the preview is, "oh, and see if Johnny Bloodstone decides it's time to go all Liam Neeson in Taken on anybody who even vaguely looks like a member of Generation Omega." Quite frankly, if I'm Remo or DWN or the rest of that group, my main worry is not Tommy Cornell.

[Bigpapa42]

British Lions w/ Laura Huggins vs. Natural Talent

Canadian Elemental vs. Zimmy

Amber Allen, JeriLynn Stone & Suzanne Brazzle w/ Baroness Emily vs. Lauren Easter, Raku Makuda & Stephanie Wade

Julian Watson vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily

Giant Tana vs. Jack Marlowe

Global Tradition w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law (Rocky Golden & Rick Law)

Jack Bruce vs. Tommy Cornell

Jeremy Stone vs. Ricky Dale Johnson

[James Casey]

Otherwise, I season with bonuses on a fairly regular basis - and a swift one; I monitor conditions frequently and see who needs keeping sweet, so that I don't end up paying out ridiculous amounts and shifting the balance.

Long term, this is probably an unwise plan. We'll see if I ever get to 'long term', though.

Out of curiosity, have you noticed m/any negative impacts from doing this? Aaron Andrews is almost all the way to the left on my game, despite generally strong booking, as I botched his gimmick early on, and sweetening him with a bonus might be useful - but if it knocks 10% off my backstage morale that's a hefty penalty...

[Phantom Stranger]

Out of curiosity, have you noticed m/any negative impacts from doing this? Aaron Andrews is almost all the way to the left on my game, despite generally strong booking, as I botched his gimmick early on, and sweetening him with a bonus might be useful - but if it knocks 10% off my backstage morale that's a hefty penalty...

I'm not getting serious issues as a result. But a) I have a ridiculous backstage rating anyhow, and my Morale would have to take some big hits before it dropped below 100%, and b) I give frequent but small bonuses, which may change things. My understanding of the mechanic has it that the further to the left they are, the more money you need to throw at them to see any movement.

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling

Tuesday Week 1 June 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 15.82)
Rebroadcast on Continental Sports X1 (Rating 0.04)

Held at the Manhattan National Center (Tri State)

Attendance: 21,356

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Horatio Dangerous – Shawn Doakes

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Johnny Bloodstone is stood in the ring as the title sequence comes to an end. Beside him, wide-eyed and almost beside herself with worry, is the Blonde Bombshell.

“REMO!” Bloodstone bellows. “Get out here. We're finishing this!”

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Shout At the Devil, though, is what hits, not Remo's theme. Mayhem Midden – backed by Charlie Thatcher, his two baseball bats slung as ever over his shoulders – heads to the ring. “Johnny,” he begins, “I've got some bad news. The main one is, that just isn't happening-”

”Don't push your ****ing luck, Midden,” Bloodstone growls. “Remo hit Amy. Remo went after breaking me. And I'm going to break him back.”

The Board's Representative nods. “Can you let me finish?” he asks. Bloodstone growls, but says nothing.

“OK. That just isn't happening... tonight. Because Generation Omega haven't shown.” A half-smirk. “Between you, Eddie, and Stone, I'll be honest, I can understand where they're coming from.

“So let me make this easier for-”

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There's a burst of static over the arena's speakers, and the big screen lights up. Visible in what looks like a luxury hotel room is the World Heavyweight Champion, Wolf Hawkins, and Phil Vibert. Wolf grins.

“Seems we're a little late,” he says. “Apparently getting a satellite link takes a bit more time than you'd think. But you didn't think I was going to duck out on the first broadcast after I won the title, did you?”

“Can we shut this off?” Midden asks Thatcher. The hulking bodyguard touches a hand to his earpiece, listening grimly, then shakes his head. Vibert grins.

“This is the thing, Ken,” Vibert says. “You've been pushing us as hard as you can. And sure, I've not wanted to push too hard at the Board of Investors, and my man on there runs a risk of you figuring it out every time I use him.

“But this is the thing. Your World Heavyweight Champion? My client. Your World Tag Team Champions? My clients.

“And I never liked my man on the Board. And I still have the negatives. So he'll do what I say until you kick him off, and now, we've got the belts. It's not going to happen.”

“Just. Give. Me. Remo.” is Bloodstone's response.

Hawkins laughs. “Remo'll be happy to oblige, from what I've heard. But when he's ready. He's still working on Peak.”

“He can do both,” Midden cuts in. “Because if you'd let me finish, guys... This month, at Excessive Force, I'm going to guarantee the show lives up to its name. This match is not one Generation Omega are going to have to fight for clearance on.

“Remo needs a tag partner. Whoever this sorry son of a bitch is, they're up against the last DaVE champion and the most recent World Heavyweight Champion in TCW. Johnny Bloodstone and Eddie Peak are going to be up against them.

“And it just gets better, guys. Because I'm making this match a Test of Steel. Whichever moron you scrape up, whichever lamb you sacrifice, is shut in with two of the most lethal fighters I can imagine. It's the first time we've put tag teams in there, and I'm looking forward to it.”

Hawkins looks at Phil, both men seeming a little concerned by this.

“This isn't negotiable, Phil,” Midden grins. “And Generation Omega – as a whole – will be fined two months' pay and victory bonuses if Remo doesn't compete.”

Vibert purses his lips, then nods, after a long moment. “OK,” he says. “But I need to raise something non-negotiable myself.

“A TCW championship must be defended within thirty day intervals. I am formally invoking the right of Wolf Hawkins and the rights of GenOme to be found challengers and provided with a match at Excessive Force.” He shrugs. “You can keep us embargoed until then, if you like. I don't care.”

Hawkins grins. “Tell Tommy I'm waiting for him. It's about ti-”

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Breakin' The Law begins to play, and Cornell strolls down to the ring.

“Bad news there,” he begins. “Hawkins, you psychotic little ****, I knew this was coming the moment you crowbarred your way into that match.

“I still don't see why I should give you the satisfaction. Matter of fact, the more you screw around with my company, the more I want to screw you around, too. And there's the little matter of a promise I made a,” he visibly hesitates, then says the next word as if it's a surprise to him, too, “friend.

“Tonight, in the main event, RDJ gets the opportunity I promised him he'd have before I did. A contendership match – and his opponent is the man who almost won before you stepped in on it.”

“Oh, please,” Hawkins sneers. “Don't try to make out like I didn't earn this title. If Stone can go near thirty years in this business and he doesn't know you have to watch your ****ing back in a triple threat he deserves to lose.”

“Maybe so,” Cornell shrugs. “But I'd be careful if I was you. One of those two is going to be your first challenger.

“And if I have my way, that belt will come off your waist, Vibert's dreams will come crashing down, and you still won't have had your precious little match against me.

“You want to beat me? Sure you do. But we don't get all our dreams to come true, you little whiner. I wanted to beat Christian Faith. I wanted payback on Nemesis. I wanted to beat Sean McFly. And if you dare say that because I never had those chances, my career hasn't been successful, I still won't give you your match but I will rip your balls off.”

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It seems that the Lions, at least early on, can't bring themselves to take Natural Talent terribly seriously. That angers the Talent, and for a few minutes there they show that they really do have the makings of another talented, dangerous tag team. Azaria, for his part, keeps flashing back to their first abortive TCW run, contrasting their speed, technique, strength, teamwork, even the array of moves at their fingertips... it's all positive stuff.

Nonetheless, once the Lions rouse themselves to properly compete, the outcome is in very little doubt, and Walter Morgan successfully brings down Natural #1 into the Wigan Wrench to score the win after a hard-fought sequence.
British Lions defeated Natural Talent
Rating: B

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Canadian Elemental vs. Zimmy
There was never any question that these two would go extremely fast, and there was never any question but that this would be an astonishing exhibition of innovative, slick moves.

The only thing in question was which of these two up and coming talents would come out on top, and the question is a tough one to answer right from the off. A spectacular sequence is immediately followed by another, and so it goes. An Elemental Suplex attempt gets blocked, through, and Zimmy counters into a wheelbarrow bulldog before vaulting up and hitting, in one fluid motion, a split-legged moonsault to get the pin.
Zimmy defeated Canadian Elemental
Rating: B-

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The video from the group Darkwave airs once again.

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Amber Allen, JeriLynn Stone & Suzanne Brazzle w/ Baroness Emily
vs.
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Lauren Easter, Raku Makuda & Stephanie Wade
It's a real mix of styles here; Brazzle and Wade both focus on a striking approach, one way or another, while JeriLynn and Makuda go flying with displays to rival the CanEl/Zimmy battle earlier, and Allen and Easter break out the technical skills. Quite frankly, this sort of thing is very obviously designed to showcase the breadth of talent in the women's division.

And it definitely works; all six show the kind of passion that Wade demonstrated at the PPV, and the crowd, while much of it is currently at the merchandise stands or buying food, is treated to a show that certainly gets them to come to life.

Suzanne Brazzle, eventually, starts to get the upper hand on Wade, blocking a number of superkick attempts before trying a Miracle Connection. Wade dodges, leaping backward and rolling over the top rope to the outside.

Brazzle follows with haste – and she meets a chair thrown the other way. For the second time in her TCW career, Wade concedes the match but ensures her opponent will remember.
Amber Allen, JeriLynn Stone & Suzanne Brazzle win by DQ
Rating: B-

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Julian Watson vs. Koshiro Ino w/ Baroness Emily
It's hard to get the crowd, at the moment, to buy Watson as anything approaching a viable opponent for Ino, and that really does bring the mood down here.

Emily is, however, coming on leaps and bounds when it comes to getting the crowd involved, and the Team KOBRA representation thus plays to the crowd reasonably well; but Ino and Watson can't really get on the same page, and as such the match becomes very stop-start.

After around six minutes, Ino nails the Kobra's Bite to put this one beyond contest.
Koshiro Ino defeated Julian Watson
Rating: C

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As always, this is the point where the rest of Team KOBRA arrive, led by All Action Champion Shingen Miyazaki, to pay respect, this time, to two warriors who've both won their matches. Thunder Snake's expression, insofar as it can be made out behind the mask, is guarded.

After the bows, Miyazaki takes the microphone to once again quote from the Hagakure, saying:

"A man is a good retainer to the extent that he earnestly places importance in his master. This is the highest sort of retainer. If one is born into a prominent family that goes back for generations, it is sufficient to deeply consider the matter of obligation to one's ancestors, to lay down one's body and mind, and to earnestly esteem one's master. It is further good fortune if, more than this, one has wisdom and talent and can use them appropriately. But even a person who is good for nothing and exceedingly clumsy will be a reliable retainer if only he has the determination to think earnestly of his master. Having only wisdom and talent is the lowest tier of usefulness."

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Giant Tana vs. Jack Marlowe
There's no question but that this stunned the crowd. Tana has only just made his return, and this is his first time out of the Badge of Honor setting since doing so, while Jack Marlowe was seen for his Syndicate tenure as being something of a whipping-boy; for all his skill, he always fell short.

“The Enforcer” heads to the ring with an aura of confidence. Tana, meanwhile, struts to the ring, hanging with the fans and chit-chatting to get everyone's enthusiasm up, before squaring off.

The bell rings and Tana isn't all business; but does he need to be? He has size, strength and power, undoubtedly, and he's happy to fend off Marlowe's blows and play to the crowd – until Marlowe, annoyed, hits the ropes and comes off at a charge, throwing a straight right as he does so that actually staggers the big man. Off the ropes again and he charges, but Tana dips a shoulder, scoops him up, and lands an earthshaking Samoan Drop. Moments later, he's once again playing to the crowd – and Jack Marlowe pops up behind him, stomping on the back of one knee to bring him down lower, then bulldogging the big man to the ground.

Marlowe promptly climbs to the top turnbuckle, calling to the crowd in his own way – a swaggering, grinning gesture. He turns, soaring from the top, looking to drop the elbow on Tana – who turns out to have risen to his feet. He catches him, then sends him almost out of the ring with a fallaway slam.

It gets very intense, quite quickly, and in the end Marlowe creates a moment the fans are sure to remember for a long time – he hoists Tana over his head and holds him there in suplex position before landing the Jackhammer.
Jack Marlowe defeated Giant Tana
Rating: A (!)

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Aaron Andrews is walking backstage, a can of soda in his hand; he stops at a locker room door, and almost wincing, gingerly opens it, breathing out only after the door swings open without incident. He takes a thoughtful sip of the soda, nodding to himself, and sticks his head in, taking a look around cautiously.

“Aaron! Hey, man, we need to talk.” The new arrival is Joey Minnesota, dashing up to his tag team partner with a degree of enthusiastic urgency.

“What's up?” Aaron asks, surprised.

“So the tag title scene's finally open again. I've asked Midden, and he's given us the OK for the shot at Excessive Force if you agree. What do you think?”

Aaron pauses for a moment before responding. “Joey... You can't hold more than one championship in TCW. Regulations.”

“Well, sure,” Joey nods. “But you don't have to give up the International strap if we lose, do you? We win, and we both get to be champions, you get to keep that promise you made the fans about us. We lose, and you're still a champion. It's a win-win situation for you.”

Andrews' expression is more than a little cautious. “Joey, you deserve a title, man. And I'm happy to help, really I am, but Sunday Edd actually scraped a draw. You know he's going to be coming after me, even if I'm looking somewhere else.”

Minnesota frowns. “So we'll deal with Edd and his buddies. Come on, man. This is the first time the Rising Stars have had a title shot since we formed. We got so busy with everything else...”

Aaron bites his lip. “Man... Look, I'll think about it, OK? I've got a responsibility to this championship. I don't want to just abandon it. But taking the belts off GenOme... that's tempting, I've gotta admit.”

Joey shakes his head, but doesn't say anything else.

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Global Tradition w/ Laura Huggins vs. Golden Law
Global Tradition's win-loss record isn't a great one, but they always put up a hell of a fight, and the crowd are never less than into it. Up against the newly-named Golden Law, the result is that the crowd come alive in moments, and stay that way til the end.

And JD Morgan rises to the occasion, too, trying out a lot of nice-looking holds but somehow managing to keep them from appearing to be rest holds, notably including a keylock on Golden which breaks only when Rocky takes the aggressor over and dumps him down with that twisting powerslam.

Golden tags out shortly after that to preserve his wrist, and Law comes in, putting Morgan down again with a Squad Car Slam before allowing him to tag out. Bryant manages a couple of minutes' offence before the Long Arm of the Law puts the match beyond doubt.
Golden Law defeated Global Tradition
Rating: B+

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Jack Bruce vs. Tommy Cornell
Bruce and Cornell stare down as Sam Sparrow checks both men for concealed weaponry, then the bell rings – and Bruce barges past Sparrow, landing a stiff left to Cornell's jaw that drives the former champion back a step. Sensing blood, Bruce keeps at him, hammering him back almost to the corner, where Cornell abruptly comes to life, ducking under a swing and coming around with the two-handed signature Blade Chop across Bruce's torso.

A whip to the far corner follows; Jack rebounds, meeting Cornell on the return with a clothesline that drops Cornell fast, and after throwing up the horns, Bruce looks to be aiming for an early New York Minutes. Cornell rises up, Jack jumps – and Cornell shifts slightly, catching Bruce in the air as he rises to dump him out in a back suplex.

The crowd pop for that, and the company owner picks Bruce up and slams him down again on the mat. He takes a moment to look around the crowd as they react, a trace of pure wonder on his face. He grins, then stomps at the back of Bruce's neck; the rockstar takes the first impact, rolls clear of the second, and springs up into a standing dropkick.

It's close to even for the next little while, with both men bringing their very best. Jack will land a stalling suplex, Cornell will come back with a cut-throat backbreaker. And eventually, Tommy rolls under another clothesline – leaving Sparrow to take the hit – and lands the Rough Ride.

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With no referee, he shrugs, not going for the cover – and Wolf Hawkins catches him with a Full Moon Rising, coming out of the crowd to do it.

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He bails for the crowd again mere seconds later – Johnny Bloodstone is steaming down the entrance ramp after him, and indeed through the crowd – but he certainly doesn't catch Wolf before they pass out of sight of the cameras, Hawkins charging through an alarmed fire door to the accompaniment of a wail of sirens.

Bruce has recovered by now, and he's once again stalking Cornell for the New York Minute, but suddenly, just before he can take to the air, someone else flies into frame.

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It actually takes a video replay to see Harry Allen's Gunslinger's Revenge in action, so fast does it occur. The cameras do catch him rolling from the ring with arms raised in salute, however, and by the time Sparrow has revived, Cornell is ready to land a second Rough Ride and secure the pin.
Tommy Cornell defeated Jack Bruce
Rating: A*

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Jeremy Stone vs. Ricky Dale Johnson
With the contendership this month on the line, both of these men are willing to do almost anything. Ricky isn't as ingenious in the ring as Jeremy, not by a long shot, but he's a decade longer and tough as Texas.

And it's not like he's without his own offence; the Leaping Lariat is something Jeremy seems to have been ill-prepared for, and while any Stone knows how to reverse and twist out of a sleeper hold, Jeremy wasn't ready for RDJ to wheel and punch him down with a single shot – it seems, however, like RDJ was ready for Jeremy.

On a couple of occasions, Ricky kicks clear of the Stone Hold, and the big biel toss he sends Stone across the ring with pops the crowd, not least because it's clear Ricky is building up a head of steam. A slingshot shoulderblock, too, takes Jeremy back down, but as RDJ goes to capitalise Jeremy yanks him down and goes for something very like the Bloodstone Mutilation – but it's less effective, with Stone having a little less flex.

And that allows Ricky to rises to his feet, with Jeremy suspended above him – until RDJ sits out. Stone's head crashes off the canvas and RDJ covers immediately, but Jeremy still kicks out.

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Frustrated, RDJ steps back to debate what to do next – at which point Gorgon makes her presence known, pulling him out of the ring, then smashing down the Hydra Bomb on the outside. Ray Johnson calls for the DQ.
Ricky Dale Johnson won by DQ
Rating: A

Show Rating: A

[Oregano Jensen]

And with that, Jack Marlowe's solo push commences in earnest.

(Unless Giant Tana carried him.)

[Phantom Stranger]

And with that, Jack Marlowe's solo push commences in earnest.

(Unless Giant Tana carried him.)

As with the Bruce/Cornell match, good chemistry helped both men.

(as a side note, way to finally produce, JB!)

[Phantom Stranger]

Also, and quite seriously, thank you to my readers.

At time of writing, TCW: A Quiet Retirement has 14 nominations in the DOTY awards, 6 of them seconded - which is either ahead of everyone else or in competition for the best running.

That sort of thing touches me, quite honestly, as much if not more than actually winning one of the awards would. In particular, the fact there are a few categories where my readers' votes are split makes me very happy - if Edd Stone, Sam Keith and Tommy Cornell all have some support for people's favourite character, then I have to be doing something right.

I may have to set some time aside for link-diving and put together a little 'potted guide to diary highlights' or something similar... A diary this size needs something to be helpful for newcomers, after all.

[Phantom Stranger]

Jack Marlowe defeated Giant Tana
Rating: A (!)

How the...even with great...awesome chemistry? What's their popularity?

They're midcarders.

Midcarders for a strong Global promotion with a lot of Bs, both in the brawling to connect with each other and in the third row Psych, etc, etc, which lets them go strong. Add in strong chemistry and you get a great result.

[Phantom Stranger]

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TCW Presents Badge of Honor

Friday Week 1 June 2009

Live on GNN Total Sports (Rating 1.27)

Held at the Sunrise Sunset (Hawaii)

Attendance: 2,000 (Sold Out)

Announcers:
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Jason Azaria – Sara Silver – Autumn Gleeson

Conquering Kings came together against the lower-tier School of Tradition pairing of Frankie Dee and Freddy Huggins, beating them after a closely-contested fight when Clark Alexander pinned Frankie Dee. (Rating: B)
A surprising victory for a motivated duo, the Fly Boys and Goldworthy seeming to have sprung abruptly to life as they made short work of Mexican favourites El Leon and Ultimate Phoenix. A Surf's Up by Jimmy P ended it. (Rating: C+)
Rocky Golden, Chris Rockwell and Rick Law confronted Stephanie Wade about her actions on Tuesday's show. She shrugged this off. “I get you don't want to do that, big guy, but you fight your way and I'll fight mine.”
Brent Hill put up an intense fight in the first of a series of matches this evening, only to be beaten by Peter Hopper with the RPM Bomb. (Rating: B)
The next match in the series evened the score, with Marc Speed forcing Sayeed Ali to submit to the Cross Armbreaker. (Rating: C+)
Finishing off the trilogy, John Anderson squeaked out a narrow victory over Billy Fonda, blocking the Grease Spot to hit the Ammo Dump. (Rating: B)
Hidekazu and Thunder Snake confronted Shingen Miyazaki about whether he believed the Hagakure quotes he's been citing during Team KOBRA ceremonies. Miyazaki responded with “It is difficult for a fool's habits to change to selflessness. In confronting a matter, however, if at first you leave it alone, fix the four vows in your heart, exclude self-interest, and make an effort, you will not go far from your mark.“
Matthew Keith and Harry Allen went face to face in an exciting match which ended only after Jack Bruce interfered. Missing Allen, he laid out Keith and received a Gunslinger's Revenge for his trouble. A flying fist drop later and Allen had notched up an impressive victory. (Rating: B)
An interesting little video in the style of a commercial aired next; “The Enforcer” Jack Marlowe noted that he'd notched up two big scalps – Eddie Peak and a jackhammer victory over Giant Tana – lately, and that having cut Watson loose he was available for hire by anyone who needed a problem solving. He guaranteed results, citing the fact he'd helped Jeremy Stone win through the battle royal to championship contendership.
The Rising Stars united in a close-fought contest, scraping a victory against the more experienced team that is the Elite Express. (Rating: B+)


Show Rating: B+

[Blake Trask]

You see, now that they're away from the baleful influence of the Buffalo, the Fly Boys can stop being jobbers by association!

By the way, the Gunslinger's Revenge = Cutter, if I'm remembering right? I'd steal that for Allen if I still had him in my game.

Nice to see Brucey boy finally pulling in some ratings (although Tana/Marlowe getting the A is probably more surprising). I'll have more faith in him if/when he manages to get consistent good grades against opponents which aren't Cornell though. My caveat for TCW for great grades is always 'Cornell doesn't count', lol. Being that he pulled an A* with an unover Mikey James with the chemistry tick in my game, it makes me look at an A* with Bruce (who is over, I assume, and also a somewhat better wrestler) a little more... warily?

Man, I'm like a belligerent smart mark 'One great match with Cornell doesn't mean Bruce has proved himself! Cornell could pull a great match out of Peter Valentine!'

[Wallbanger]

Jason Azaria: This is TCW Badge of Honor, brought to you by Thunder Snack!

Sara Silver: When your stomach's rumbling, you need a Thunder Snack!

Autumn Gleeson: Only thing is, while Thunder Snack may take care of that rumbling, it causes...other rumbling afterwords.

Jason Azaria: Would that be the "Thunder from Down Under"?

[Jason grins cheesily. Sara and Autumn glare at Jason.]

Sara Silver/Autumn Gleeson: Call the match, Jason.

[Phantom Stranger]

By the way, the Gunslinger's Revenge = Cutter, if I'm remembering right? I'd steal that for Allen if I still had him in my game.


Correct, yeah. I believe that's actually canon, but it also makes it very easy to put Harry in hitting something ludicrously fast or what have you.

Jason Azaria: This is TCW Badge of Honor, brought to you by Thunder Snack!


Touche, sir. Edited duly. ;)

[Phantom Stranger]

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On Tuesday, two men who'd teamed before made their alliance official, and became Golden Law. This Saturday, two more men make an alliance of their own official; Edd Stone and his friend Champagne Lover have let it be known that the Eternal Party has begun.

And, indeed, the Eternal Party faces a formidable first challenge in the Young Guns, who've been very active on TCW programming lately - and the Gunslinger's Revenge has certainly proven a dangerous assault of late. Which team will win out?

Two masked fliers will be looking to make an impact, too, with Canadian Elemental taking on UK Dragon in the Quebec Stade Uniprix for the pride of the commonwealth.

Golden Law have another testing match ahead of them, too; Sammy Bach wishes to take them on, and while Darkwave as a whole aren't interested in this, Bach has added an ally in "The Enforcer" Jack Marlowe. Will the rule of Law survive, or can Bach unleash anarchy in Canada?

Two great women go head to head afterward, with JeriLynn Stone taking on her aunt by marriage, Tamara McFly. Who will the crowd get behind? And who will prevail?

A tag team match between two much more experienced teams is also lined up, as the New Wave will be facing off against the Elite Express. Will the Wave make it two wins from two, or will the Express start to even the score in their rivalry?

Two former simultaneous champions unite against two dangerous veterans. Jeremy Stone and Eric Tyler both believe they deserve a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship, and they're looking to prove it in the semi-main event. Their opponents? Troy Tornado and Johnny Bloodstone. Can Stone, in particular, make it out the other side alive?

The main event looks likely to be an unusual one. Remo Richardson and Marc DuBois have been alerted to the fact a Generation Omega tag-team match has been sanctioned. Their opponents? Tommy Cornell and an unnamed tag partner.

Cornell and Midden have also promised a surprise for Generation Omega, and Troy Tornado has said that Painful Procedure have prepared a response to Darkwave. All things considered, it looks like a busy night...

Prediction Key:
Eternal Party (Champagne Lover & Edd Stone) vs. Young Guns

Canadian Elemental vs. UK Dragon

Golden Law vs. Jack Marlowe & Sammy Bach

JeriLynn Stone vs. Tamara McFly

Elite Express vs. New Wave

Eric Tyler & Jeremy Stone w/ Laura Huggins vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Troy Tornado w/ Blonde Bombshell

Marc DuBois & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Tommy Cornell & ????

[Tigerkinney]

Eternal Party (Champagne Lover & Edd Stone) vs. Young Guns

I thought Edd was tagging with his brother? Oh well the new duo begin with a win.

Canadian Elemental vs. UK Dragon

Do I say it, do I dare steal someone's thunder and ruin their day, by mentioning a word that begins with J in reference to the worker I have not highlighted in bold....

JOB......

Oh I can't bring myself to say it....

Golden Law vs. Jack Marlowe & Sammy Bach

This one's alot closer than it might have been even a month back with Marlowe beginning to rise the ranks and pulling an A of all things out of Giant Tana, but I'll go with the duo that have been hanging out together longer.

JeriLynn Stone vs. Tamara McFly

JeriLyn's getting the stronger push, Tamara's a bit of a J-Word.

Elite Express vs. New Wave

Didn't the New Wave, cheat to win last time? The turn towards winning by darker methods, continues here.

Eric Tyler & Jeremy Stone w/ Laura Huggins vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Troy Tornado w/ Blonde Bombshell

Slightly more main event level star power on the face side, Tyler will do the job in this one.

Marc DuBois & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Tommy Cornell & ????

Tommy's mystery partner will make the difference, I did think that maybe Quadruple Question Mark would be RDJ, but that would be too obvious.

[Phantom Stranger]

I thought Edd was tagging with his brother? Oh well the new duo begin with a win.

He is, as it goes; but if you look, he's also had three or four tags with Champagne before, and roped him in to one of this backstage beatdowns.

Edd's got a lot of connections going on.

[pauls07]

Eternal Party (Champagne Lover & Edd Stone) vs. Young Guns

Canadian Elemental vs. UK Dragon

Golden Law vs. Jack Marlowe & Sammy Bach

JeriLynn Stone vs. Tamara McFly

Elite Express vs. New Wave

Eric Tyler & Jeremy Stone w/ Laura Huggins vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Troy Tornado w/ Blonde Bombshell

Marc DuBois & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Tommy Cornell & ????

[Bigpapa42]

Eternal Party (Champagne Lover & Edd Stone) vs. Young Guns

Canadian Elemental vs. UK Dragon

Golden Law vs. Jack Marlowe & Sammy Bach

JeriLynn Stone vs. Tamara McFly

Elite Express vs. New Wave

Eric Tyler & Jeremy Stone w/ Laura Huggins vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Troy Tornado w/ Blonde Bombshell

Marc DuBois & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Tommy Cornell & ????

[Zergon]

Eternal Party (Champagne Lover & Edd Stone) vs. Young Guns
Not sure what to expect here, but Edd seems like the biggest name here to me.

Canadian Elemental vs. UK Dragon
UK Dragon has been jobbing so far and I don´t see any change here

Golden Law vs. Jack Marlowe & Sammy Bach
Close one but I go with named team over random pairing.

JeriLynn Stone vs. Tamara McFly
I´m still not sold on JeriLynn though she will probably win this one.

Elite Express vs. New Wave
New Wave proves that they are back on top by beating one pf the better teams in TCW.

Eric Tyler & Jeremy Stone w/ Laura Huggins vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Troy Tornado w/ Blonde Bombshell
Tyler is the odd man out here so he will eat the pin.

Marc DuBois & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Tommy Cornell & ????
Like Tigerkinney said RDJ would be obvious choice, so would Peak and both guys would over enough to get a win here.

[smurphy1014]

Eternal Party (Champagne Lover & Edd Stone) vs. Young Guns

Canadian Elemental vs. UK Dragon

Golden Law vs. Jack Marlowe & Sammy Bach

JeriLynn Stone vs. Tamara McFly

Elite Express vs. New Wave

Eric Tyler & Jeremy Stone w/ Laura Huggins vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Troy Tornado w/ Blonde Bombshell

Marc DuBois & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Tommy Cornell & ????

[Regis]

Eternal Party (Champagne Lover & Edd Stone) vs. Young Guns
JOBBERS!

Canadian Elemental vs. UK Dragon
Woo, go CanEl!

Golden Law vs. Jack Marlowe & Sammy Bach
Top-level team against... well, not top-level team. Although with Marlowe's push kicking into gear, I'll call this a draw.

JeriLynn Stone vs. Tamara McFly
One has had screen time, the other has not.

Elite Express vs. New Wave
Ruthlessness will bring victory.

Eric Tyler & Jeremy Stone w/ Laura Huggins vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Troy Tornado w/ Blonde Bombshell
Tyler is the weak link here.

Marc DuBois & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Tommy Cornell & ????
Never vote against ????

[Wallbanger]

Prediction Key:
Eternal Party (Champagne Lover & Edd Stone) vs. Young Guns

Interesting pairing - looking forward to seeing where it goes.

Canadian Elemental vs. UK Dragon

It's the Commonwealth Games of Wrestling!

Golden Law vs. Jack Marlowe & Sammy Bach

This one is a tossup, so we'll go with the newer, fresher push of 'The Enforcer' Arn--I mean, Jack Marlowe.

JeriLynn Stone vs. Tamara McFly

Just remember, JL, that how Aunt Tammy feels now is how you will feel in 15 years when Lucy is kicking your ass from pillar to post.

Elite Express vs. New Wave

This should be awesome. Either New Wave wins through shenanigans and continues their slide to tweener status, or MAD joins the party and Guide and Scout pick up the DQ.

Eric Tyler & Jeremy Stone w/ Laura Huggins vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Troy Tornado w/ Blonde Bombshell

Johnny is tunnel-visioned at this point. He'll see some random GenO getting popcorn at the concession stand or something and rage after him, leaving Tornado open for a Darkwave run-in after he's been ganged up on by his opponents.

Marc DuBois & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Tommy Cornell & ????

Never bet against ???, and never bet against shenanigans. A glorious Charlie Foxtrot is anticipated here.

[Oregano Jensen]

Eternal Party (Champagne Lover & Edd Stone)[/B} vs. Young Guns

Young Guns are only good for alignment-blurring run-ins. Not matches. Edd Stone is good at entirely-appropriate run-ins AND matches.

[B]Canadian Elemental vs. UK Dragon

Dragon is good enough to be an awesome jobber, but the British Lions already fill up the "semi-generic but talented British midcarders" quota. Meanwhile, CanEl needs to get some wins to be the solid midcard also-ran rather than the outright jobber.

Golden Law vs. Jack Marlowe & Sammy Bach

Yeah, Marlowe had a great match. Law's had better. Many times. I am super excited about a Law-Marlowe feud, and hope this kicks that off, though I don't see any indication that that's in the cards.

JeriLynn Stone vs. Tamara McFly

Connections notwithstanding, Tamara isn't... good, is she? Hypothetical Stone for the win.

Elite Express vs. New Wave

Heel turn step 2: cheat when you don't have to.

Eric Tyler & Jeremy Stone w/ Laura Huggins vs. Johnny Bloodstone & Troy Tornado w/ Blonde Bombshell

No contest. Bloodstone = Stone, Tornado > Tyler, Huggins > Bombshell (yeah, I said it), and too many questions swirling around these four men to get an entire match finished. MAYBE a DQ victory, but I don't even think that, because Stone can't take a second hit after losing to RDJ.

Marc DuBois & Remo Richardson w/ Phil Vibert vs. Tommy Cornell & ????

This is a good team, but with DuBois between programs and Richardson in a feud with no title implications, it's not the hottest thing Omega's got going. I'll give Tommy the first win, because if he's going to be a legit contender, he needs to beat things that AREN'T everything the heels can throw at him.