The David Mack Chronicles: NYCW- The Homecoming [Archive]

Dragonmack

01-27-2010, 06:36 PM

As I walked through the doors of the NYCW office on the lower east side, I couldn’t help but notice how different things were from 3 years ago when I had first come to NYCW. Back then the ‘office’ had been a two room space and the owner Derek Bradford aka The Stomper, had a staff of pretty much his family. Now they had an actual suite, that while still small, was a step up in both quality and cleanliness from that hole in Brooklyn. He even had an actual secretary and an intern or two.

As I entered , I brushed past the secretary who asked me if I had an appointment and went into the office of the man I hadn’t seen in over a year and who I didn’t know if even wanted to see me. I deliberately hadn’t called ahead as I didn’t want to have my hopes dashed without even looking him in the eyes. I wanted to be face to face when I spoke to him, I owed him that much.

Stomper looked up in some surprise as I entered his office, but instead of the angry outburst I feared and somewhat expected, he just motioned me to sitdown in a chair across from his desk and said

“ How ya been kid? Haven’t seen you in awhile. You look like hell.”

Somewhat off stride from this noncommittal greeting , I mumbled back

“ I’m doing ok.”

Then, a little more normally I stated

“ How are things going here? From what bits and pieces I have picked up things seem to be going pretty good.”

“ Can’t complain. We get a good crowd in the Ministry each month, and while profits aren’t anything to write home about, we make enough to keep things going smoothly. Even got a few new faces around since you were here last.”

“ I saw that. Quite a coup in getting Larry Vessey to come here. I even heard you traded Phunk to PSW for a tag team.”

“ Yeah, Waldorf and Stately. Names sound like a couple of muppet characters but they are a solid technical tag team and we are a better fit for them than a hardcore fed.”

“ I notice Frank actually got into shape and that guy Roger Cage seems to have found a fountain of youth and a new dedication in the ring.”

“ Frank said some booker wanted him to do a gimmick of him and Tank Bradley being out of shape ‘fitness instructors’ and he took the hint that it was time to get back in the gym and as for Cage he is definitely going places, which of course means that one of the big boys will probably snap him up soon.”

It was then I decided to broach the subject both of us had been stepping around.

“ I see you brought back Black Hat Bailey.”

That was when the explosion happened I had been expecting as Stomper angrily stated

“ What the F--k was I supposed to do kid?! You abandoned us and your position as booker here and I needed somebody I knew and trusted to run the day to day stuff backstage! Jesus , kid , do you know what kind of position you put me in then? I had put my trust, my company, my very livelyhood in your hands. I even recommended you for that job with CGC! Then suddenly things went south there and instead of coming back here you ran off and hid! After that incident with Alex DeColt you hightailed it off to Mexico without a word to us and it was only later I learned you were working at some ‘hardcore lucha’ fed down there. You know I hate dealing with the creative stuff beyond scripting the matches. Bailey was someone I could count on to be here and deal with the book and also be known enough to headline!”

I just sat there while Stomper vented his anger at me. I deserved every bit of his anger and owed it to him to listen to what he said. When he was finally done, I let him collect his thoughts for a moment and sit while he calmed down. Then I said

“ You are right Stomper. I don’t have any excuses. My head was screwed up then, and instead of just coming home like I should have, I ran off to somewhere else, thinking to myself that I had to prove myself, when all I really did was go and hide away from a situation I didn’t want to deal with. I guess I couldn’t bear coming here and feeling like I had failed you by getting fired like that by that bastard Alex. And then I didn’t want to face the consquences of my decision to leave, so I convinced myself you were better off without me. But I was just lying to myself. It took awhile, but I realized the happiest I had been in this business was the time I was here and that building this company up was the most fulfillment I have had while booking.”

Then , almost dreading to hear the response, I made the plea that I had traveled across country to deliver

“ I know I have a lot of work ahead to regain your faith and trust, but I am asking you to give me another chance Stomper. You know what I am capable of both in the ring and backstage and you know that I can help this company grow. All I am asking for is the chance to come back and make NYCW as great a promotion as we both know it can be. Let me make up for my stupidity a year ago and prove to you that this is where I belong and where I can do the most good for you and the guys on the roster.”

With that impassioned speech done, I slumped back down into the chair emotionally drained and awaiting the verdict on my future, expecting the worst but hoping for the best.

Stomper just stared at me for what seemed like several minutes, although it was probably only a few moments, mentally sizing me up. Finally he motioned me to stand, and said

“ I’ll see you Monday morning 9am sharp at the Ministry so you can get re-acquainted with the roster.”

I jumped up in relief and gratitude, shook Stomper’s hand vigorously and assured him he wasn’t making a mistake in taking me back. Then as I was walking out the door of his office, he said

“ David, it’s good to have you home again.”

BYU 14

01-27-2010, 08:15 PM

Good stuff, you have a reader here. I will be starting an NYCW dynasty this weekend. Looking forward to see how things play out in comparison.

Dragonmack

01-27-2010, 08:49 PM

I’d be lying if I said there weren’t butterflies in my stomach as I headed down to the Ministry that Monday morning. We had been holding shows there since late 2007 so I was familiar with the place, having wrestled there several times. But this was the first time that I was going in as an outsider. While there were several new faces on the roster since I had been there last , there were also some familiar ones, including a couple that I had let go my first time here. So I wasn’t really expecting a warm welcome.

Fortunately my fears were somewhat groundless. While I did get a couple unhappy glances, for the most part the guys were accepting of my return, even Black Hat Bailey, whose position I was taking over. Just like 3 years before , when he put me over before leaving for one last big time run that didn’t materialize, he was a true professional. Steve Flash, who I had teamed with in CGC also, even welcomed me with a big grin and a firm handshake.

I stood in front of the meeting room where we briefed the workers on plans for the next show and stated

“ For those of you who don’t know me, I am David Mack. I will be taking over the book from Black Hat starting with the upcoming Rush Hour show. Let me set your minds at ease right now by saying that I don’t plan to make any changes to the roster besides adding one or two people right now. Everyone here is going to get a fair chance to show what they can do and I will do my best to give everyone an equal opportunity here. That isn’t to say that all of you will become Empire champion, but the last few years have taught me that almost everyone has something of value to our promotion that they bring to the table, whether it is in ring skill, promo ability, or the ability to make your opponent look good. Rest assured that I will look for ways to emphasize what you individually do best as we try to make NYCW bigger and better than it has ever been before!”

Despite the doubts I could still see lingering in the eyes of several people there, I did get a decent round of applause at the end of my speech. Stomper then called me into the small office he had on the premises to discuss some long term goals and requirements he had .

Stomper said

“ I’ll give you a little time to settle in and discuss any plans or ideas you have for the upcoming show over the next couple of days, but I wanted to go over with you some some of my hiring guidelines and long term goals to help your planning.
First, this is New York, not Mexico, so no luchadors. I know you may have worked with a couple of people down there you’d like to bring in, but that style just isn’t a good fit for us. Also, lets leave the hardcore stuff for those guys in PSW so I don’t want any of those guys who like to use barbed wire bats or flaming kendo sticks, etc. Also, even though we don’t run a demanding schedule at the moment, I want guys here who don’t get easily banged up. We have to count on people being here each and every show so get me people who don’t get hurt just by tieing their shoes or something stupid like that.”

So basically what Stomper was saying was not to bring in any Luchadors or Psycopaths, and to hire guys who had decent resilience. No problems there. There were some Mexican wrestlers who I’d think would fit in here, but that would be something for the future. For now, I was content with the roster we had.

Stomper then continued with

“ Now, to the main reasons I agreed to let you book for me again. Despite the things that have happened, I know you have a talent for booking and building talent, and even though you didn’t leave under good terms, I can’t deny that every promotion you’ve booked for has been better than when you first got there. So what I want from you is the same creativity and genius you showed your first time here. I want you to help make NYCW bigger and better than it has been. Which means that we can’t lose any of the progress we have made in size or prestige in the last couple years, and that I don’t want to be overtaken by other promotions behind us. Keep us growing steadily and solidly and you will go a long way towards restoring my faith in you. Now get out of here and get to work , we got a show coming up in a couple weeks!”

I stood up then and said

“ Thank you for giving me this opportunity again Stomper. I won’t let you down. I already have a couple ideas for Rush Hour, and after I talked to you last week, I made a call to an old acquaintance.”

As I wanted it to be a surprise for the rest of the roster I didn’t say it outloud, I just wrote a name down on a sheet of paper and showed it to Stomper. Stomper then exclaimed

“ He agreed to come back here?! Well, this should certainly make things interesting! Now get to work kid!”

OOC:
Owner goals
No Luchadors
No Pyschopaths
No one under D- in Resiliance
Can't fall below #23 in promotion rankings
Can't fall below Small Size

My Name is Not...

01-28-2010, 08:08 AM

Been a fan of all of the David Mack Chronicles and definately be reading this one along the way.

randomfreeze

01-28-2010, 04:10 PM

Dragonmack

01-28-2010, 04:43 PM

The King is back in New York. Too bad about the No Luchadors...didn't you have Angel De Mexico and Magnifico tear up in NY before? I guess it's good to have different blood in there. Can't wait to read.

I had Magnifico and El Mitico Jr near the end of my last NYCW diary, and also Felipe Caballero and Sabra Man Jr as a decent midcard tag team. I also had Marcos Flores have a good run in my very first NYCW diary ( non David Mack) so they have had some success there.

But that restriction just means i need to look elsewhere for talent to use and develop and that is half the fun. Although i will miss the opportunity to tie in further with my last diary since I can't bring in the luchadors I used there.

Dragonmack

01-28-2010, 09:39 PM

Roster Overview

With less than two weeks to go til Rush Hour, it was time to see just who and what I had to work with. A lot of these guys I was familiar with from my last time here, but it had been anywhere from 1-3 years since I had last worked with them and a lot can change in that time. So I spent a couple days going over last year’s shows, tapes from other feds for the guys working for more than just us, and watching workouts. Added together with notes from Stomper and Bailey it gave me a working picture of our current roster

Wrestlers

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David Mack

While not quite a household name, I do have some name recognition from my time wrestling on TV for CGC, plus the 2 years I was main eventing here. It’s with no false modesty that I say my ring skill is probably second only to Flash on our roster and I can also cut a decent promo.

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Steve Flash

One of the most respected wrestlers inside the industry, Flash is also one of the most fundamentally sound wrestlers to lace up the boots, able to work competently in any style and also able to make an opponent look good. Only a severe lack of ‘charisma’ has prevented him getting a run with one of the bigger companies recently, but is enjoying a well deserved main event run here.

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Black Hat Bailey

The epitome of the old school heel. Bailey is also a consummate professional. Despite me taking his position as booker for the second time, he harbors no grudges, he just goes out there and delivers solid performances show after show. One of the few people here to have had a significant run in one of the major promotions, being a former SWF North American Champion, Bailey adds experience and name value to our roster. Is also the current NYCW Empire Champion.

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Honest Frank

The fall of DAVE was one of the best things to happen for Frank. It opened the doors for him to work in PSW as well as here, and that awakened the desire in him to raise his game again after a relative few years of obscurity. Always able to talk the talk, his rededication to improving his fitness means he can walk the walk as well, which has thrust him into the title pictures in both PSW and NYCW and even earned him a run with the top title in both promotions. He is currently the PSW Champion.

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Whistler

A big brawler who has been around almost every regional promotion in the last 20 years and held titles in almost all of them. His easy to cheer for patriotic gimmick keeps him relatively popular and has the charisma to keep it from growing old. Even though he is twice my age, he is still kicking ass and taking names.

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Rick Sanders

Almost a Steve Flash lite- Sanders is a solid technical worker with good ring skills but hampered by being bland. Which kind of makes him a solid fit in an old school promotion like this. When I was here last, he was a singles wrestler in the in the tri-state title picture, but since then began a team with Masked Mauler which meshed well and led to a couple tag title runs.

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The Masked Mauler

Another old school throwback. Had mostly been a midcard gatekeeper when I was here last, but his tag team with Sanders has breathed new life into his act.

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Dazzling Dave Diamond

One of the newer faces is ‘Triple D’ Dazzling Dave Diamond. A flamboyant brawler who decided to start wrestling when well into his twenties. Fairly one dimensional in skillset but has the ability to be entertaining both in the ring and out, which increases his value. Considered one of the bright stars of the future here, despite his resemblence to a former lead singer of a famous rock band.

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Lee Wright

The definition of tough, grizzled veteran. Wright had been a tag team legend in Japan , as part of the most successful gaijin team in PGHW history, but had come back to the states to wind down his career. That was three years ago and the other side of 50 for Wright and he still shows no signs of stopping anytime soon.

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Roger Cage

3 years ago he was an arrogant punk who could talk an Eskimo into buying a refrigerator in the middle of winter, but couldn’t wrestle his way out of a paper bag. Despite a history of failed gimmicks and lack of popularity, he expected to be paid like a main eventer. I quickly disabused him of that notion and let him go. That apparently was the kick in the pants Cage needed. He worked to make himself credible in the ring, decided to ask for a reasonable wage when Stomper agreed to take him back and has benefited from a big rise in popularity after a face turn. However, the fact that he has top notch promo skills, matched with actual decent ring skills now, and can generate a buzz means it is more than likely one of the bigger promotions will snap him up sooner rather than later.

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Dean Waldorf

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Marv Statler

Taking a page out of baseball, Stomper traded one of our headliners, Grandmaster Phunk, to PSW and got a couple of prospects in return in the form of the Ring Generals tag team. Pluses, they are young, technically sound, fundamentally solid and match our product almost perfectly. But on the minus side both come off as wet blankets outside the ring. They are definitely in need of help when it comes to promo ability and entertaining people.
Statler is slightly better in the ring while Waldorf is a little bigger and stronger, but both are pretty even in skill.

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Sammy the Shark

One of my personal projects last time here, Sammy is one of those who shows a lot of potential for the future. Stomper apparently agrees as he has given Sammy a current run with the Tri-State belt. Sammy also turned face with his partner Cage and has benefited as well, although not to the same degree.

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Land Mass

He was a fat tub of lard 3 years ago, and he is a fat tub of lard now… only three years older. But I made a promise to everyone to give them a chance, and even Fat Ass, I mean Land Mass, can provide some value as a menacing bodyguard or enforcer.

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The New York Doll

One of the other young prospects , he has improved a little,but he is still a work in progress. In the meantime somebody has to job and NYD gets the honors for now.

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Animal Harker

A young brawler who badly needs to improve his ring skills to be anything more than job fodder. However he does have an uncanny ability to get a crowd behind him in the ring and that is a valuable skill .

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Larry Vessey

The older half of one of the most decorated tag teams in history, The Vessey Brothers. Larry followed his brother back to the states after Bryan had a falling out with PGHW. Although not as highly regarded talent wise as his brother, Larry didn’t lack for skills and can still go for a man on the wrong side of 50.
Is also one of the most genuinely tough men to grace the sport, and has a lot he can teach the rest of the roster. Backstage rumors even hint that he may take over the promotion from Stomper one day, but even if true , that day is probably a long way off.

Personalities

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Cheerleader Nicki

Originally brought in to be American Machine’s cheerleader, when he made the jump to SWF, she got paired with Roger Cage to cement his new ‘face’ status. Her bubbly personality makes her popular with the fans, but she is strictly eye candy at this point.

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Fern Hathaway

A gorgeous face hides a keenly manipulative mind, and I should know, she was my girlfriend for awhile. That ended when I went to Mexico and Fern stayed here. Currently paired with Triple D as a ring valet. Despite her skill at manipulating people and situations to her advantage, she hasn’t really developed promo skills and so is also just another pretty face now, and not a very popular one backstage. Part of me thinks it might just be easier to have her move on, but because of our shared past, I’d rather that be her decision instead of mine. Besides I did say that I would give everyone a fair chance.

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Rock Downpour

A former wrestler turned announcer and color commentator, Rock has gotten offers from other promotions but always seems to come back here. Which is fine with me because he is a fairly good announcer.

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Herb Stately

A solid manager and color man who has bounced around the regional promotions for years. Best known for managing the SCCW team of The Tennessee Outlaws.

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Michael Bull

Some things never change. Michael “ No BS” Bull was a solid respected head referee here 3 years ago, and he is exactly the same today. I heard a lot of stories about various referees being flaky or pranksters backstage. Fortunately that isn’t an issue with ours.

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The Stomper

The owner and man who gave me my start 3 years ago. He recently retired from the ring and now acts as road agent. Still a tough son of a gun at age 60, he is well respected, if a bit miserly when it comes contract time.

Dragonmack

01-28-2010, 10:20 PM

After reviewing the roster and going over the current storylines with Stomper and Bailey I came up with a proposed lineup for our upcoming event NYCW RUSH HOUR.

I admit it was a bit strange to only be booking once a month instead of weekly like I had been doing for the past couple of years. It meant that I couldn’t do a build up to the events, I had to use the events themselves to promote our storylines. So it was time to set things in motion and the plan began with this lineup advertised on the NYCW Website

NYCW RUSH HOUR

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Dazzling Dave Diamond & Sammy The Shark vs. Old School Principals ( Rick Sanders & The Masked Mauler )

Former and current Tri-State Champions team up to face the former tag team champions in a battle of position.

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Roger Cage vs. Honest Frank

Cage is the fastest rising person in NYCW and a victory over the former Empire and current PSW champion would cement Cage’s place as a main event player. But Frank isn’t about to relinquish his spot at the top without a fight.

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Steve Flash vs. Lee Wright

Two massively experienced veterans square off against each other as each tries to prove that they are still contenders in the NYCW title pictures. Both have worn gold in NYCW and both would like to do so again.

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Whistler vs. Black Hat Bailey © for the NYCW Empire Champion

In a classic old school confrontation , the popular Patriot Whistler looks to regain the Empire title from the bowler topped man who beat him for it 4 months ago, Black Hat Bailey. Whistler wants to make history as the first ever 4 time NYCW Empire Champion while Bailey wants to remain on top of the NYCW pecking order.

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David Mack vs. ????

The prodigal son has returned home after an extended absence, but his welcome will not be as warm as he hoped as an old foe has also returned to make Mack’s homecoming a disappointing one.

Dazzling Dave Diamond & Sammy The Shark vs. Old School Principals ( Rick Sanders & The Masked Mauler )

Roger Cage vs. Honest Frank

Steve Flash vs. Lee Wright

Whistler vs. Black Hat Bailey © for the NYCW Empire Champion

David Mack vs. ????

Clabobby

01-28-2010, 10:36 PM

Dazzling Dave Diamond & Sammy The Shark vs. Old School Principals ( Rick Sanders & The Masked Mauler )

Roger Cage vs. Honest Frank

Steve Flash vs. Lee Wright

Whistler vs. Black Hat Bailey © for the NYCW Empire Champion

David Mack vs. ????

The Mystery

01-28-2010, 10:55 PM

Dazzling Dave Diamond & Sammy The Shark vs. Old School Principals ( Rick Sanders & The Masked Mauler )
Weird pairing but I want to see where this goes.

Roger Cage vs. Honest Frank
Sucks that Cage have to leave the company since he's the best prospect there is on NYCW but I prefer him losing to Sammy more. Heh that's just me.

Steve Flash vs. Lee Wright
Steve Flash is remarkable. Really. Lee Wright however, is aging and in one of my NYCW games, I use him to train Animal Harker.

Whistler vs. Black Hat Bailey © for the NYCW Empire Champion
[i]Black Hat can retain on the first card of the year.

David Mack vs. ????
Yeah i don't know how pop is David Mack is on your game so I'll pick the wildcard mystery man which can be the one and only: GRANDMASTAH PHUNK!!!!!

mad5226

01-29-2010, 06:38 AM

Dazzling Dave Diamond & Sammy The Shark vs. Old School Principals ( Rick Sanders & The Masked Mauler )
They aren't the two best workers, but their tag experiance make them pull off decent matches.

Roger Cage vs. Honest Frank
Every game I have played with NYCW has seen Cage get snatched up by SWF usually before Rush Hour, so I'm assuming you job him out.

Steve Flash vs. Lee Wright

Whistler vs. Black Hat Bailey © for the NYCW Empire Champion

David Mack vs. ????
Because you never bet against the mystery man

randomfreeze

01-29-2010, 06:48 AM

Dazzling Dave Diamond & Sammy The Shark vs. Old School Principals ( Rick Sanders & The Masked Mauler )

I'll go with the established team, even though I like the fellas on the other side better.

Roger Cage vs. Honest Frank

Now you can hate Roger for not only costing you too much, but for leaving you too.

Steve Flash vs. Lee Wright

Start Flash off strong.

Whistler vs. Black Hat Bailey © for the NYCW Empire Champion

Can't believe you are making me go against my boy right out of the gate. Hopefully he'll rebound.

David Mack vs. ????

It'd be fun to see you tie it up with your old nemesis Phunk.

Rayelek

01-29-2010, 06:51 AM

Tigerkinney

01-29-2010, 06:05 PM

Dazzling Dave Diamond & Sammy The Shark vs. Old School Principals ( Rick Sanders & The Masked Mauler )

Established team to retain their titles

Roger Cage vs. Honest Frank

Cage probably isn't long or NYCW and besides Frank has improved

Steve Flash vs. Lee Wright

Flash needs to be kept stronger than Wright who must be heading for retirement soon

Whistler vs. Black Hat Bailey © for the NYCW Empire Champion

Can't see you going for the instant title switch

David Mack vs. ????

David Mack returns to NYCW with a strong debut but one that will result in a loss against the mystery man

Apupunchau@optonline

01-29-2010, 06:14 PM

Dazzling Dave Diamond & Sammy The Shark vs. Old School Principals ( Rick Sanders & The Masked Mauler )
I went backwards so this is actually my last pick and I'll give it to the Vets because it'll but the heels with more wins this show.

Roger Cage vs. Honest Frank
I think you might give Cage a shot here and see where he can run.

Steve Flash vs. Lee Wright
Um yeah I will almost never pick against my hero Steve Flash

Whistler vs. Black Hat Bailey © for the NYCW Empire Champion
Retain

David Mack vs. ????
Mystery opponent clause

BYU 14

01-30-2010, 08:14 AM

Dazzling Dave Diamond & Sammy The Shark vs. Old School Principals ( Rick Sanders & The Masked Mauler )
The pairing of Diamond and Shark is interesting and these two will give them a rub. They get this one to see how they do as a pairing.

Roger Cage vs. Honest Frank
Cage's last show

Steve Flash vs. Lee Wright
Wright seems headed to the role of stepping stone at this point as his condition is not good.

Whistler vs. Black Hat Bailey © for the NYCW Empire Champion
Can't see Black Hat dropping the belt on your debut show

David Mack vs. ????
Somebody is going to be very unhappy you are back :)

Dragonmack

01-30-2010, 01:06 PM

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NYCW RUSH HOUR

Held at the Ministry in Queens, New York
Sat Week 2 January 2010 Att: 810

PRE SHOW

In an extremely short match, Marv Statler defeated The New York Doll in 4:47 by pinfall with a Backdrop Backbreaker.
Match Rating E+

Workout match for a couple people not on the main show. Statler is sporting a blue collar gimmick now that seems to be going over well. NYD also shows some ring improvement.

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Secret Dark Match
Match Rating D

The mystery newcomer gets a warmup before the main show begins but both he and his opponent wear generic masks to preserve the mystery. Both men do show ability to work the crowd however.

MAIN SHOW

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Steve Flash VS Lee Wright

Standard Collar & Elbow tie up began what was a clinic of old school wrestling. Both men had over 2 decades apiece in the ring and the next twelve minutes saw the very definition of what NYCW is about as holds and counters were applied, the heel used cheap tricks to gain an edge and the face rallied back. Flash eventually reverses a clothesline attempt into the Flash Bang, and covers Wright for the win.

In a bout that had a good crowd and some decent in-ring action, Steve Flash defeated Lee Wright in 12:55 by pinfall with a Flash Bang.
Match Rating C-

Even a 3 decade vet like Wright can learn from someone as gifted as Flash, but age does show its effects as Wright wasn't as sharp as usual.

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Anmal Harker is backstage chatting up Cheerleader Nicki, trying to impress her. He isn't having much success, so when Larry Vessey walks by, Harker brags about how young and strong he is and how he could easily beat up all the old men that NYCW has walking around.

Vessey overhears, and comes up to Harker asking

" What did you just say?"

Harker,still trying to impress the girl, replies

" I said that I could beat you up old man!"

Vessey then states

" That's what I thought you said"

and then walks away.

Harker, thinking he has cowed the elder man, then turns back to Nikki, and doesn't see Vessey come back and blindside him! Vessey pummels the younger man mercilessly screaming

" So you think you can beat me you little punk?! I'll show you what a real beating is!"

Vessey then lands a few more vicious shots and then begins dragging Harker towards the ring.

Rating D-

Designed to turn Vessey heel as I think he can be more effective, and useful that way. Also switched him to a bitter veteran gimmick.

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Animal Harker VS Larry Vessey

Harker, still battered from Vessey's previous assault, is dazed and unable to put up much resistance as Vessey systematically beats him down. Vessey could probably have put this match away in the first minute or two, but he decides to send a message and prolongs the beatdown for a full five minutes before finally ending the assault with a Sick Cycle and then arrogantly covering Harker with one foot while standing on Harker's prone body, glaring around the ring.

In an extremely short match, Larry Vessey defeated Animal Harker in 5:16 by pinfall with a Sick Cycle.
Match Rating E+

A basic extended squash match to sell Vessey's heel turn. The turn was a success, jury is still out on how well the gimmick change went though. The squash itself was textbook, but Harker wasn't able to get the crowd behind him like usual and this wasn't even close to his usual ability from what Bailey and Stomper tell me.

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Roger Cage is getting a drink from the catering table backstage when Honest Frank comes up and confronts him. Frank tells Cage

" Don't think that just because these ignorant fans cheer for you now that you are anything special. I am still the top dog in NYCW and you better stay out of my way if you know what's good for you."

Cage replies

" The fans know talent when they see it, which probably explains why they boo you and cheer me. And as for you being the top dog, from what I can tell you are all bark and no bite. We both know that Cage is way the future of this company and you are yesterday's news. But if you are feeling froggy Frankie, why don't you meet me in the ring and jump on?"

Frank states

" It will be my pleasure to wipe the mat with you and show all these sheep that root for you just what a loser you really are! See you in the ring!"

Rating C-

Excellent exchange between two men who are gifted talkers.

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Roger Cage vs. Honest Frank

While not exactly a technical masterpiece, both men do mix up some basic wrestling with a lot of brawling and manage to put on an entertaining fight that moves at a good pace and has the crowd solidly rooting for Cage and cheering him on when Frank is in control. However their support isn't enough this time as a Frank N Hurter ends the match after about 12 minutes.

In a bout that had a good crowd and some decent in-ring action, Honest Frank defeated Roger Cage in 12:22 by pinfall with a Frank-N-Hurter.
Match Rating D-

Probably not the best these two are capable of either individually or together, but it served its purpose of entertaining the audience and starting to build up to the second half of the event.

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After the match is over, Cage slowly walks towards the back, when all of the sudden he is brutally attacked by Land Mass! The huge monster drags an already weakened Cage back into the ring and then delivers a message in brutality as he slams Cage into the corner and follows with a sickening thud as his massive bulk splashes onto Cage in the corner. Cage is out on his feet by this time, but Land Mass isn't done as he slams Cage in the middle of the ring and then follows up by dropping his humongous posterior on the prone Cage in a Sit Down Drop he calls the Mass Effect! Cage is out cold after that devastating move and Land Mass gets up, grabs a mike and says

" Sammy the Shark, take a look at what I just did to your partner! Sammy, you have a Massive problem on your hands now as I am coming for that NYCW Tri-State title!"

Mass then exits the ring as attendants scurry in to check on the still unconscious Cage.

Rating D+

Utilizing the one really useful skill Mass has, that of menacing monster. Also, since Cage has already been contacted by, and accepted a contract with, SWF, this sets up his exit while also giving some much needed rub to Land Mass.

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Dazzling Dave Diamond & Sammy The Shark vs. Old School Principals ( Rick Sanders & The Masked Mauler )

The brutal beating of his tag partner obviously distracted Sammy during the match as the Tri-State Champion had to fight the urge to go check on his normal partner and focus on his partner for tonight and this match. This led to Triple D having to do most of the work for his team and despite his valiant efforts, he was outmatched by the well oiled teamwork of Old School Principals who used every underhanded tactic in the book. The ending came when Triple D was back in the ring and Sammy was distracted staring at the back thinking about his partner Cage. Mauler ran up to Shark with a flying forearm, sending him crashing to the mat and then followed him out, drawing the referee out of position. Triple D was about to go check on his teammate when Sanders spun him around, and dropped him cold with a chain coiled fist while the referee was still distracted. Sammy was still down on the outside. Mauler got back in the ring and clamped on his dreaded Iron Claw on the prone Diamond. BUt this was pretty much for show as Diamond had already been knocked out by Sanders. The referee lifted Triple D's arm three times, and it dropped three times, so the referee declared the Old School Principals the victors.

In a bout that had a good crowd and some decent in-ring action, Old School Principals defeated Dazzling Dave Diamond and Sammy The Shark in 10:12 when The Masked Mauler defeated Dazzling Dave Diamond by submission with an Iron Claw after blatantly cheating.
Match Rating D

Now that was a textbook old school tag match with all the elements working together. It told a good story, had both teams working the crowd well to build the action,and had the bonus of sharpening the ring skills of most of the participants.

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Whistler vs. Black Hat Bailey © for the NYCW Empire Champion

Classic showdown of brawler vs mat technician. Whistler clearly had the fans behind him in his quest to regain the Empire title and rode that energy to early dominance. but Bailey didn't get where he is without knowing every trick in the book, and a rake to the eyes breaks Whistler's momentum. Bailey then tries to ground Whistler by taking him to the mat and working his left knee for awhile. Whistler weathers the assault and begins fighting back as the crowd cheers him on. Whistler's comeback is cut short though, as in his enthusiasm, he clotheslines the referee as well as Bailey, taking the ref out of the match for several moments. This is all the time Bailey needs as he reaches into his boot for a set of brass knuckles. As Whistler advances on Bailey to deliver the Rebel Yell, Bailey blasts Whistler in the knee he had been working over with the brass knucks. This drops Whistler to the mat in agony and gives Bailey time to recover. Bailey works on reviving the referee, then as Whistler struggles to his feet, clips Whistler from behind on hte injured knee , crashing him to the mat in agony again. Black Hat coldly locks on a single leg Boston Crab on the injured leg, and the pain wracked Whistler endures as long as he can, but has no choice but to tap.

In a bout that had a good crowd and some decent in-ring action, Black Hat Bailey defeated Whistler in 16:40 by submission with a Bailey Breaker after blatantly cheating. Black Hat Bailey makes defence number 1 of his NYCW Empire title.
Match Rating D

The match itself was solid from a storytelling standpoint and played out well, but both men were clearly gassing by the end, with Bailey almost gasping for air. Stomper made a point of mentioning to me that we needed to have Bailey do shorter matches or we were exposing his lack of stamina. So while it was a good title match, if I had been a little smarter with it, it could have probably been even better.

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Bailey wasn't done after the submission. He decided to ensure that Whistler was in no shape to challenge him anytime soon and continued his assault on Whistler's leg after the match, while the crowd heavily boos him. Suddenly the boos change to cheers as a familiar face runs out of the back to the ring! Bailey looks up in surprise as...

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DAVID MACK! comes running down the entryway and slides into the ring to make the save!

Bailey quickly scampers out of the ring and backs up the entryway as David Mack stands in the ring and challenges Bailey to come fight him!

Bailey's look of surprise fades and is slowly placed with a look of cunning as he grabs a mike near the entryway and says

" I heard you were coming back David Mack, and I know it would only be a matter of time before you involved yourself in my business, so I made a call and took out an insurance policy! I brought back another familiar face to deal with you Mack! So let me introduce you to and old foe of yours!"

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The curtain parts and a black clad and hooded man emerges. The crowd gasps in shock as they recognize the man as Ota, The Warrior of Darkness!

Ota snapped his fingers and then a cloud of smoke went off and the big screen over the entrance ramp came on with a black image and a sinister voice saying

" Behold, the Warrior of Darkness has returned to NYCW to once again contest his greatest foe in epic battle! David Mack, this time there will be no victory and no mercy for you as NYCW witnessess the beginning of the Reign of Darkness!"

I stand in the ring with a look of grim determination as I prepare to take on one of my biggest and most dangerous rivals ever.

Rating D+ ( my appearance and save )
Rating D ( Ota's appearance and challenge )

I think I got a little more pop at my appearance than Ota did, but that is probably because I am a face and was saving another popular face. Both of us still got a decent reaction as the crowd realized they were getting an unexpected and surprise high profile confrontation as Ota and I renewed our feud from two years ago.

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David Mack vs. Ota, Warrior of Darkness

Two years ago, Ota and I set the standard in ring work in NYCW as our feud delivered some of the best matches seen in the promotion up to that point. While we hadn't worked together in over a year, it only took a few moments of feeling each other out before we were both comfortable enough to bring our full arsenal. Moves were matched by counter moves, reversals followed holds, submissions were escaped and then reversed as Ota and I were as evenly matched as we were two years ago. With neither of us able to gain a clear advantage, the action escalated outside the ring and any object outside the ring became fair game as we brawled in and around the ring area. Finally the referee had enough of not being able to keep the action inside the ring and declared the match a no contest, ending the match in a draw.

In a bout that had a good crowd and good action, David Mack drew with Ota, Warrior of Darkness in 22:56 when the referee lost control and stopped the match.
Match Rating C

Ota is almost as good as myself in match psychology so we decided to trust in our judgement and experience with each other and call it in the ring. It obviously paid off as the match went smoothly and flowed seamlessly throughout. In fact the only negative was that the fans wanted more, which means we did something right.

OVERALL SHOW C-

Feedback afterward from the fans was that this was an awesome show, and outshone a lot of our competitors. So it is safe to say that my return was successful, at least for tonight and that this event should help us meet Stomper's desire of growing more.
I know the energy of the workers was high starting tonight, as everyone had a good time blowing off steam in the hours before the show during an impromptu video game contest organized by Cheerleader Nicki. Everyone had a good time and even gave Nicki a standing ovation after she actually won the Madden NFL 10 tournament by beating NYD in the finals of the improvised tournament. I guess this disproves the theory that chicks aren't gamers.
Also afterwards, Lee Wright came up to me and stated that he decided to take Animal Harker under his wing as a protege as he sees some real potential in the rookie that just needs to be molded. I for one am happy that Lee is taking an active interest in working with the younger guys.

NoNeck

01-30-2010, 01:16 PM

I've been a David Mack fan from way back and I must say, even though I was partial to the underrated CGC era, I'm happy as a mark in aisle seats to have you back in NYCW.

Keep up the great work.

:)

BYU 14

01-30-2010, 02:04 PM

Awesome first show and nice job on the surprise opponent for Mack and the draw as I think we all saw you putting the mystery man over.

Dragonmack

01-30-2010, 03:16 PM

I've been a David Mack fan from way back and I must say, even though I was partial to the underrated CGC era, I'm happy as a mark in aisle seats to have you back in NYCW.

Keep up the great work.

:)

Thank's. I personally think that the CGC one had some of my best writing so far but I felt that NYCW was the best place for David Mack characterwise. It is almost a perfect circle, he starts in NYCW, rises high in CGC, falls low in MHW and then returns home to NYCW. Plus the NYCW of TEW 10 is sufficiently different from the NYCW of TEW 07 that I can retain a lot of the continuity, but not be rehashing what I did in my previous NYCW diary. There are plenty of new things and characters to make it feel fresh again.

Awesome first show and nice job on the surprise opponent for Mack and the draw as I think we all saw you putting the mystery man over.

Ota was one of the biggest foes I had in my NYCW: Old School Revisted diary and we had an on and off again feud that spanned the entire length of it. So he seemed to be the perfect choice to bring back from both continuity purposes and also because he is a talented main event level performer for a promotion of NYCW's starting size that can be obtained without breaking the bank. Of course in the original one we had the benefit of good chemistry together. As I am playing everything with the default data, unmodified other than renaming the Jack Avatar character to my user character name, which I have always done, the chemistry is random as always. So this time it was neutral between us, but we were still able to deliver a worthy main event match.

And as for making it a draw to start with, It keeps them both fairly even and allows me to extend the feud for awhile with some solid main events as I begin setting up the storylines of the rest of the roster and also get familiar with them. I have found in the past with smaller promotions it usually takes 6 months to a year to really get things moving , especially doing only one show a month.

Dragonmack

01-30-2010, 03:39 PM

I really don't do prediction contests but I do appreciate the feedback when people predict. It gives me a sense of what people think about the characters and storylines, and also provides a real time indication that people are actually reading or at least glancing through this, which makes it easier for me to be motivated to try and continue to provide a quality diary.

As any diary writer can tell you, it takes far longer to write up a show than it takes to play it, and we all appreciate having others take the time to not only read our works, but also provide feedback in any form.

Now as to the predictions everyone got either 3/5 or 4/5 on the card, with everyone expecting Flash and Bailey to win, most rightly guessing Cage was going to be gone and losing on his way out and split over the tag team match. Interestingly, everyone expected me to lose and of the opinions expressed, most seemed to think that Grandmaster Phunk would be the mystery opponent. I admit that I did consider bringing him back but part of the past year history of NYCW was him moving on to PSW and I wanted to keep that change. But it is entirely possible he could be back in the future as one of the lessons I learned last time is that the rosters in small and regional promotions are fairly fluid, especially near the top.

NoNeck

01-30-2010, 03:44 PM

As any diary writer can tell you, it takes far longer to write up a show than it takes to play it, and we all appreciate having others take the time to not only read our works, but also provide feedback in any form.

I hear that.

With the current glut of diaries starting, feedback can simply keep you from being buried. I put up a show yesterday during the afternoon and it's already on page three. :eek:

I'm on board for the predictions next round, though. Count me in.

ReapeR

01-30-2010, 05:45 PM

You know I'll be reading this, especially now that you have pics. :D

R

MrOnu

01-30-2010, 06:12 PM

Dragonmack

01-30-2010, 06:37 PM

That was a nice show. NYCW is such a fun promotion and you're, once again, showing it. I need to look in the editor for any hint of a relatonship between Wright and Harker, I got the same message in my own game after a few shows. I do not believe in coincidence ;) I gotta say it saved Harker's job as he didn't really progress over his initial contract.

I have to say that I fired Vessey on the spot. He was accounting for almost 8% of negative influence in my backstage area and had no real plan for him.

NYCW has a lot of positive backstage guys to start and Vessey has great performance skills and B- menace . To me, he makes the perfect active commisioner and trainer, ala a William Regal, only not as good on the mike. But doing angles based on menace compensates for that.

DJ Onni

01-30-2010, 07:38 PM

Dragonmack

01-30-2010, 07:45 PM

Having been a fan of you're NYCW diary, I assumed it was going to be Ota, but can't really say I'm disappointed. Did think you might be playing the readers of you're old diary though and have someone new come in.

Ideally for shock value and nostalgia it would be Acid, but at small level there is no way I could afford him, and I was looking for a permanent addition as opposed to a talent trade. I could have gone with some of the regular names like the Gauges, Davis Wayne Newton, or Jay Chord, and Chord would have had continuity as well since we had a feud back in my old diary too, but I also wanted to avoid hiring people likely to be signed away quickly.. and Jay is a complete cancer backstage and I didn't want that. If Ota's demands had been unreasonable or I just couldn't sign him then I would have looked elsewhere, and I do plan to bring in some different people than my last NYCW run, but Ota was who I was initially targeting all along.

MrOnu

01-30-2010, 09:55 PM

NYCW has a lot of positive backstage guys to start and Vessey has great performance skills and B- menace . To me, he makes the perfect active commisioner and trainer, ala a William Regal, only not as good on the mike. But doing angles based on menace compensates for that.

Valid points. I just had a creative blank I think on Vessey. I had ideas of where I wanted to go with almost everyone but him. It's like Des Davids in USPW-08. He's a great kid with a lot of upside, but it alway took me quite some time to find a role for him for no apparent reason.

Dragonmack

01-31-2010, 04:13 PM

Meeting at Stomper’s Office Monday Morning Feb 1st 2010

Stomper was sitting in his comfortable leather chair behind his desk, reviewing the financial report I had just prepared for him. I could have just emailed him the numbers, but Stomper preferred paper over info off a computer. Despite the efforts of myself a few years ago, and Sammy after that, Stomper still didn’t fully trust computers, although I have caught him surfing wrestling sites sometimes. He looked over at me seated across the desk from him and said

“ So what’s the damage kid? I notice you had everyone on the show. How much did that set us back?”

Momentarily shuffling the papers in my hands to pull up the revenue sheet, I replied

“ Actually it’s pretty much all good news Stomp. Not only did we pay for the increased advertising with a larger gate, but after the merchandise numbers and sponsorship totaled up we actually made over a $5K profit for the month. Added to that all the reviews say Rush Hour was a great show for us, and everything looks good for us being able to get some solid growth this year.”

Stomper’s face, at the mention of the tidy profit for the month, stretched into a big grin and stated

“ Well, well, $5K you say? I knew there was a reason I agreed to bring you back! But don’t take this as a license to do anything crazy! I don’t want to take one step forward only to end up taking two steps back! Remember this promotion is like my car, it needs to be handled carefully and controlled.”

Like his car? Where the hell did he come up with a dumb metaphor like that? Anyway, while he was in a good mood I thought it was time to tell him my other news.

“ Of course you know Cage has gone to the SWF, but then we pretty much expected that to happen. At least he was good enough to stay around for the show and put over a couple people before he left. But with his departure and Vessey’s turn, that has left us a little light in lower card faces. So, seeing as we had such a nice profit last month, even with using almost all of our roster, I took the liberty of contacting a few people and adding a little depth to our roster.”

Of course the mere mention of spending money was enough to snap Stomper back into his usual grouchiness

“ Wait a minute kid, don’t go spending all the money we just started making! I agreed to bring Ota in because he had worked here before and I know you and he can draw, but I can’t be handing contracts out like that like they were candy!”

I motioned him to calm down before he got himself worked up again. The last thing a guy his age needs is high blood pressure. I told him

“ Relax Stomper, none of the 3 guys I hired wants more than $700 a show, and none have a downside. Added to not having Cage’s contract anymore, we should still be fine. Besides, I think if we can get another 2-3 shows as good as the last one, we could probably hit the sponsors up for a bigger contribution as their advertising will be reaching a larger audience”

Stomper calmed himself back down and replied

“Alright kid, if you think we need a couple more bodies, that is your decision. Anyone I know?”

I answered

“ Elijah Harris, you remember him from when we brought him in three years ago. He is a reliable veteran who can talk a little and also work a decent match. I figure he will slot into the lower card as a face and serve as a gatekeeper and he can work both singles and tag easily. Also there are a couple rookies, one who has a lot of size and power, and the other looks extremely promising in potential. Once you approve the contracts they’ll probably make their debut at our next show.”

“ Ok , leave their paperwork on my desk and I will get back to you later today. Now get out of my office,we got two weeks for you to set up our next show.”

Jaded

01-31-2010, 04:43 PM

Great stuff, really enjoyed that show - I never really got into your first NYCW diary, but looking forward to seeing more of this one.

Dragonmack

01-31-2010, 05:15 PM

Great stuff, really enjoyed that show - I never really got into your first NYCW diary, but looking forward to seeing more of this one.

Glad you are enjoying this one. I am also enjoying your watcher diary. Mine got sidetracked off when I decided to go ahead with this one but there will still be looks at the rest of the wrestling world, just not as quickly as yours. ;) :D

Dragonmack

01-31-2010, 05:45 PM

While it wouldn’t seem like it would take a lot of time to book only one show a month, in reality there is a lot of work involved in being a booker, even of a small company. In addition to creating storylines and handling contracts there are the day to day stuff of briefings of the workers involved in the storylines, making sure there aren’t any scheduling conflicts, and getting the venue hired for the month. In addition, since I am an active wrestler as well, there is the time I need to spend training, working out, going over my matches with my next opponent, and picking the brains of the veterans on the roster for any new tips or tricks to add to my repertoire. But without doubt , one of my biggest responsibilities is to maintain my awareness of what else is happening in the wrestling world. Nothing happens in a vacuum, the wrestling world especially.

Events that happen half a world away could affect us here in NYCW so I usually spent at least 2-3 hours a day going over reports from other promotions and wrestling websites for news of what was happening, not only in the US wrestling scene, but also worldwide. I needed to know about major events because you never knew what might directly affect us. SWF or TCW decide to do an expansion of their market, which means they need more workers,which means they start looking towards the indy promotions. Conversely they have a reversal and let go some people, there could be a person there that could immediately benefit us. Or someone comes out of a dojo but doesn’t immediately get grabbed by their parent company. That person might be of use to us. Also, a lot of our guys wrestle with other promotions. It is necessary for me to know what these other promotions are doing as their shows could affect mine. From Tommy Cornell on down to some no name like Dusty Bin it is all one connected wrestling universe, a C-Verse if you will. So in my usual end of month ritual that I have gone through for the past three years, I took all the info I came across for the past month and summarized it for easy reference.

January 2010

News:

5SSW have risen to a Regional level promotion classification.
GCG have risen to a Cult Level promtion. That should generate some movement of workers in Japan.
Rumor has it that 21CW announcer Steve Smith and wrestler Harry Wilson, have had some major arguments backstage and strongly dislike each other. Not surprising, as I heard all kinds of stories when I was in Canada that Cliff ‘Dark Angel’ Wilson’s younger brother was a complete antisocial jackass backstage.
USPW have gotten a local PPV deal with Public Access Select while SWF have widened their overseas market with a PPV deal in the UK.

Signings and Leavings:

BHOTWG call up super junior Reijiro Hiraki from development at Hinote Dojo and bring in 5SSW legend Thunder Hike to do color commentating.
CGC added Jacob Jett from 4C to their roster. I will have to give Alex credit on this one, Jett definitely has long term star potential.
CZCW brings in high flyer Mainstream Hernandez.
NYCW adds Fumihiro Ota and lose Roger Cage.
PGHW call up Eien Miyamoto and Totoya Munakata from development at Saisho, but then release Munakata a few days later.
PSW lost Matthew Keith.
RIPW brings in Brains McGhee, Ernie Turner and Matthew Keith on development deals.
ROF has a roster purge by letting go Nigel Svennson, Gob Narfi, Ryhs Vali, Martin Heath and John Michael Sharp.
SAISHO bring in Shingen Miyazaki and Samoan Machine on a ppa basis.
SWF calls up Bear Bekowski and Kristen Pearce from RIPW and sign NYCW’s Roger Cage.
UEW bring in Scott Van Der Berg and Greg Gauge.

Title Changes:

The Rainbow Girls ( Kiko Sakakibara and Otsune Tsumura) def the Serpents ( Dragon Power and Dragon Assassin ) to win the 5SSW tag titles for the second time.
The team of Jen Neptune and Vampella def Sweet as Candy ( Lindsay Sugar and Coco de Soleil) for the BSC Girl Power tag team titles.
Shooter Sean Deeley overcomes Joey Poison to win the CGC Canadian title for the second time.
Yasuhide Tayama claims the GCG Openweight title from Mabuchi Furusawa.
Spanish Superfly, Mario Heroic and Cinque Jr win the MPWF Trios title from Hijo del Mephisto and the Cano Brothers.
Mean Jean Catteley wins the MAW 2010 Rip Chord Invitational Tournament.
Swarms I and III team with Rafael Ruiz to take OLLIE Trios title from Luis Montero Jr, Gino Montero and Tricolor Jr.
Matthew Keith’s departure leaves the PSW National title vacant.
SAISHO’s tag titles are vacated when Totoya Munakata is called up.
Jerry Martin and Marshall Dillon claim the RIPW Tag titles after Bear Bekowski’s call up vacates them.
Blood Raven wins the Campeon de Menor title for a 2nd time after beating El Sucio.
La Alianza del Terror take the SOTBPW Trios title when Los Sickness and their enforcer Verdugo Estupendo defeat El Hijo Espada Roja, Capitao Brasil Jr and Velocidad.
Chance Fortune captures the TCW All Action title for a 4th time after beating Edd Stone.
Gareth Wayne takes the WEXXV Warrior’s Heart title for a 2nd time when he beats Ryu Kajahara.
Hypnos wins the WLW Tap Out title from Rogue Matsuo SF.

mad5226

01-31-2010, 06:43 PM

just letting u know I'm still reading, and still loving this man keep it up

Dragonmack

02-01-2010, 12:48 PM

just letting u know I'm still reading, and still loving this man keep it up

Thanks for your interest. It's nice to know I haven't completely lost my touch in writing a good dynasty ( cuz like J-Silver,I think Diary isn't manly enough! ) :p:D

Dragonmack

02-01-2010, 12:52 PM

From the NYCW Website....

Rush Hour was an amazing show that saw the return of two of NYCW’s biggest stars as David Mack and Ota , the Darkness Warrior renewed their epic feud. Also Black Hat Bailey successfully turned back the challenge of Whistler while Honest Frank, with the help of a brutal assault by Land Mass, has driven Roger Cage out of NYCW. Land Mass was sending a message to Cage’s partner, Tri-State Champion Sammy the Shark. Also Old School Principals regained their standing as #1 contenders to the tag titles with a solid victory. Steve Flash continued his climb back into contention with a victory and Larry Vessey underwent a violent change of attitude with a vicious beat down of the rookie Animal Harker.

The action continues this month at NYCW RUMBLE IN THE BRONX as old feuds are renewed, challenges are accepted, and titles are on the line as NYCW strives to bring the Tri-State area the best in classic wrestling action. Matches already signed for the event include

http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/SammyTheShark_alt.jpg VS http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/LandMass.jpg
http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/NYCW_TriState_alt.jpg

Sammy The Shark © vs. Land Mass for the NYCW Tri-State Championship

Land Mass sent a message with the brutal beat down of Sammy’s tag partner Roger Cage. The beating was so severe that Cage may never be seen in NYCW again. The champion Sammy, who has recently seen the light and gotten the fans behind him faces literally the biggest challenge of his career to his title in the massive 400lb Land Mass.

http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/DeanWaldorf.jpghttp://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/MarvStatler.jpg VS http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/RickSanders-1.jpghttp://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/TheMaskedMauler.jpg
http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/NYCW_Tag.jpg

The Ring Generals © vs. Old School Principals for the NYCW Tag Team Championship

OSP look to regain the titles from the young upstart team that dethroned them 4 months ago. Both teams are technically sound in the ring, and both are well oiled machines. But Sanders and Mauler have a decided experience edge. Will that be enough to regain the titles or can the Ring Generals marshal their forces to retain the straps.

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Dazzling Dave Diamond vs. Black Hat Bailey

Triple D, despite last month’s setback, has been viewed as one of the fastest rising stars in NYCW over the past year. A victory over Empire Champion Bailey would show the younger man has finally arrived in the big time. With no title on the line, will Bailey grow overconfident and lax? If so that may be all Triple D needs to get the biggest win of his career.

http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/Whistler-1.jpg VS http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/LeeWright.jpg

Whistler vs. Lee Wright

Old School action at its finest as over a combined six decades of ring experience square off this month. Both men are coming off a loss last month , but both men, even though they are half a century old each, want to prove they can still keep up with the punk half their age in the ring. With victory comes renewed contention for titles, with defeat comes further obscurity. Which man will earn the all important victory?

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Steve Flash vs. Honest Frank

Both men are former Tri-State and Empire Champions. Both men are coming off impressive wins last month. And both men want the NYCW Empire Championship again, but only one man can be the next #1 Contender. Which former champion can get this high profile victory in order to stake his claim for a title match?

http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/JackAvatar-1.jpg VS http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/FumihiroOta.jpg

David Mack vs. Ota , The Darkness Warrior in a no disqualification match.

An old rivalry got renewed last month as these two bitter foes met again for the first time in over a year. So evenly matched were they that no winner could be determined as the referee had to disqualify both men. This month , they meet again, only with a no disqualification stipulation in effect. Can David Mack re-establish himself as possibly the top wrestler in NYCW once again, or will NYCW see the beginning of the Reign of Darkness?

NYCW RUMBLE IN THE BRONX

Sammy The Shark © vs. Land Mass for the NYCW Tri-State Championship

The Ring Generals © vs. Old School Principals for the NYCW Tag Team Championship

Dazzling Dave Diamond vs. Black Hat Bailey

Whistler vs. Lee Wright

Steve Flash vs. Honest Frank

David Mack vs. Ota , The Darkness Warrior in a no disqualification match.

Bigpapa42

02-01-2010, 12:59 PM

Sammy The Shark © vs. Land Mass for the NYCW Tri-State Championship

The Ring Generals © vs. Old School Principals for the NYCW Tag Team Championship

Dazzling Dave Diamond vs. Black Hat Bailey

Whistler vs. Lee Wright

Steve Flash vs. Honest Frank

David Mack vs. Ota , The Darkness Warrior in a no disqualification match.

BYU 14

02-01-2010, 01:48 PM

Awesome, I love we are running pretty much side by side, interesting comparing booking strategies.

NYCW RUMBLE IN THE BRONX

Sammy The Shark © vs. Land Mass for the NYCW Tri-State Championship
I can't wait till we both job Lard Mass right out of NYCW

The Ring Generals © vs. Old School Principals for the NYCW Tag Team Championship
Interesting options here, gotta think the youngsters get the rub

Dazzling Dave Diamond vs. Black Hat Bailey
Non-title match screams Triple D

Whistler vs. Lee Wright
Gotta go with the bigger star

Steve Flash vs. Honest Frank
Frank is a solid worker, but thinking Flash will go over to stay as the #1 contender for the Empire Strap.

David Mack vs. Ota , The Darkness Warrior in a no disqualification match.
Thinking Ota will get the W with nothing to stop him from cheating

Tigerkinney

02-01-2010, 02:05 PM

Sammy The Shark © vs. Land Mass for the NYCW Tri-State Championship

Roll up type win for Sammy, something that keeps Lard Mass still looking like a semi credible monster but putting any sort of title on the useless fat lump would be a terrible move.

The Ring Generals © vs. Old School Principals for the NYCW Tag Team Championship

May as well keep the belt round the waists of the Ring Generals, until you can improve the Tag Division.

Dazzling Dave Diamond vs. Black Hat Bailey

I'll go with the general consensus here, non title just screams upset and besides I can't see the belt staying on Old Hat Bailey for too much longer.

Whistler vs. Lee Wright

Talking of Old....lets see these two in a Zimmerframe on a pole match :p Coin toss between these two old has beens.

Steve Flash vs. Honest Frank

Frank may have improved, but I still think going with Flash would be the safer bet here.

David Mack vs. Ota , The Darkness Warrior in a no disqualification match.

No DQ makes me think that Ota will resort to some dirty tactics to pull out the win in this one.

NoNeck

02-01-2010, 02:12 PM

1PWfan

02-01-2010, 02:46 PM

Sammy The Shark © vs. Land Mass for the NYCW Tri-State Championship
Sammy's actually pretty good this time around- but he needs to be put back into the tag division with a strong all-rounder to beef up his weaker stats. Still, against Landa Mass he can't help but go over, all Mass is good for is filling space on Gang Wars

The Ring Generals © vs. Old School Principals for the NYCW Tag Team Championship
If these guys go all-out this could be a great match. I see The Generals going over here as I don't think you'll put it straight back onto Old School this quickly

Dazzling Dave Diamond vs. Black Hat Bailey
You still need Bailey, so he goes over Diamond

Whistler vs. Lee Wright
Given his charisma, Whistler is extremely useful early on- let him work the crowd and you can high D+'s and the odd C- out of him

Steve Flash vs. Honest Frank
Flash isn't half the worker he used to be, but he's still one of your aces

David Mack vs. Ota , The Darkness Warrior in a no disqualification match.
I'm not a huge fan of Ota- I brought him into NYCW to be my top babyface, and he didn't really deliver. But against Mack, who's always been a great go-to guy, he should deliver. He goes over here, to cement him as a top heel

Clabobby

02-01-2010, 02:50 PM

Apupunchau@optonline

02-01-2010, 03:59 PM

Sammy The Shark © vs. Land Mass for the NYCW Tri-State Championship
Land Mass is going to drag this match into the Toilet. Sammy wins by DQ when an enraged Mass loses control.

The Ring Generals © vs. Old School Principals for the NYCW Tag Team Championship
I've always hated the team of Sanders and Mauler. I always broke them up in 08.

Dazzling Dave Diamond vs. Black Hat Bailey
Squash

Whistler vs. Lee Wright
Lee Wright still has some things going on. You'll get a few more good matches out of him versus Flash and in his off time he can train the youngsters.

Steve Flash vs. Honest Frank
Um Steve Flash...

David Mack vs. Ota , The Darkness Warrior in a no disqualification match
You need a top heel.

randomfreeze

02-01-2010, 06:41 PM

Nightshadeex

02-02-2010, 11:50 AM

I am marking this so I remember to keep reading.

Sammy The Shark © vs. Land Mass for the NYCW Tri-State Championship
Yeah... no one pushes Land Mass.

The Ring Generals © vs. Old School Principals for the NYCW Tag Team Championship
I don't see championships changing hands so quickly.

Dazzling Dave Diamond vs. Black Hat Bailey
Triple D needs to work to a big win.

Whistler vs. Lee Wright
Tough match to call.

Steve Flash vs. Honest Frank
No one beats Steve Flash

David Mack vs. Ota , The Darkness Warrior in a no disqualification match.
Putting yourself over is indy wrestling tradition.

Phantom Stranger

02-02-2010, 12:39 PM

bgbuff

02-02-2010, 02:41 PM

Sammy The Shark © vs. Land Mass for the NYCW Tri-State Championship

The Ring Generals © vs. Old School Principals for the NYCW Tag Team Championship

Dazzling Dave Diamond vs. Black Hat Bailey
some sort of surprize here
Whistler vs. Lee Wright

Steve Flash vs. Honest Frank

David Mack vs. Ota , The Darkness Warrior in a no disqualification match.
Maybe another new face to aid Ota

Dragonmack

02-02-2010, 07:54 PM

WOW! 11 predictions so far! I think that is the most I have ever gotten for one show. I appreciate all of you who read or at least glanced through my new dynasty.

SHow should be up wednesday evening ( US eastern time).

Hyde Hill

02-02-2010, 08:08 PM

Sudo_Nym

02-02-2010, 10:23 PM

Sammy The Shark © vs. Land Mass for the NYCW Tri-State Championship
Land Mass is garbage, but Sammy has potential.

The Ring Generals © vs. Old School Principals for the NYCW Tag Team Championship
This could be a really good feud, I think.

Dazzling Dave Diamond vs. Black Hat Bailey
Don't job out the champion

Whistler vs. Lee Wright
This needs to be a long running feud.

Steve Flash vs. Honest Frank
He's Steve Flash. That's really all the reason I need.

David Mack vs. Ota , The Darkness Warrior in a no disqualification match.
Mack is back! I predict a run-in by the former Jay Darkness, angry at Ota for stealing his ring name.

thepeopleschamp

02-02-2010, 10:26 PM

Dragonmack

02-03-2010, 07:04 AM

David Mack vs. Ota , The Darkness Warrior in a no disqualification match.
Mack is back! I predict a run-in by the former Jay Darkness, angry at Ota for stealing his ring name.

Actually Raul is the one going around as the Darkness Warrior now. But he sucks so bad he doesn't get out of the independent shows anymore :p:D

And if he did interfere, Ota would just chuck a kunai knife at him and send him running!

Dragonmack

02-03-2010, 01:43 PM

NYCW RUMBLE IN THE BRONX

Held at The Ministry in Queens, New York
Saturday Week 2 February 2010 Att: 836

PRE SHOW

In an extremely poor match, The New York Doll and Hugh de Aske defeated Animal Harker and Elijah Harris in 6:11 when Hugh de Aske defeated Elijah Harris by pinfall with a Cut-Throat Driver.
Match Rating D-

Introduction of a couple of our new additions in talented youngster Hugh de Aske, and veteran Elijah Harris. Trying out some combinations for possible tag teams while I get the newcomers used to our style. Hugh and NYD may have potential as they were able to get heat from the crowd, but Harker and Harris, despite both men having good charisma, weren't able to get the audience behind them.

After the match is over, Elijah Harris is walking to the back with Animal Harker when Larry Vessey bursts out of the back and blindsides Harker, evidently not satisfied with the beating he delivered last month. Elijah Harris tries to intervene and Vessey delivers a forearm shot to him as well, saying
" If you want to interfere on his behalf, then you get to take his consequences!"
Vessey then pummels Harris until security drag him off.

Rating D

Following up the attack from last month and expanding the players in the storyline by adding Harris to the mix.

MAIN SHOW

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Whistler vs. Lee Wright

Hard hitting match between two tough brawlers. Wright did use the occasional technical move to try and disrupt Whistler's momentum at various points of the match, but mostly it was a back and forth slugfest in which Whistler was able to get the final blow via the Rebel Yell.

In a bout that had a good crowd and some decent in-ring action, Whistler defeated Lee Wright in 10:18 by pinfall with a Rebel Yell.
Match Rating D

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Tri-State Champion Sammy the Shark is walking with determination backstage to the ring but as he turns a corner he gets assaulted by his opponent Land Mass! Land Mass is apparently trying to get a cheap advantage as he slams Sammy against the wall and then flattens him with heavy blows from his massive arms. Mass then slings the staggered Sammy over his shoulder and carries him down to the ring to start the match.
Rating D

Building a little hype before the match and utilizing Land Mass's one strength, size.

http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/SammyTheShark_alt.jpg VS http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/LandMass.jpg
http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/NYCW_TriState_alt.jpg

Sammy The Shark © vs. Land Mass for the NYCW Tri-State Championship

Sammy was already battered by Land Mass's pre match assault and Land Mass continued in the ring right where he left off. Heavy hammer blows were followed by a massive slam as Land Mass tried to put this away quickly. But even beaten and battered, Sammy showed incredible heart and refused to stay down for the three count. Land Mass grew furious when he couldn't put Sammy away and tossed him into the corner and began raining punches down, totally ignoring the referee's instructions to back off. Finally the ref went to grab Land Mass to pull him away, but Mass just backhanded 'NO BS' Bull and Bull had no choice but to call the disqualification.

In an extremely short match, Sammy The Shark defeated Land Mass in 4:14 by disqualification. Sammy The Shark makes defence number 1 of his NYCW Tri-State Regional title.
Match Rating E-

Ouch! Almost everything went wrong with that match that could go wrong! The booking didn't come off well, neither man really looked motivated to give it their best, and on top of that they really just didn't work well together. It's a good thing I was already planning to transition this feud to someone else as I don't think me or anyone else in the Ministry want to sit through those two facing off again.

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After the bell has rung, Land Mass is enraged at the fact he didn't win the title or the match and decides to take his frustration out on an already bruised and beaten Sammy the Shark. But before he can deliver even more punishment to the Tri-State Champion, a massively built behemoth comes running out of the back and slides into the ring! Land Mass quickly forgets about Sammy and goes nose to nose with the unidentified muscular giant. But before this titanic confrontation goes any further, the ring fills with wrestlers and officials from the back to halt any further physicality.

Rating D+

While I haven't decided if I am going to use the name for his persona yet, the giant newcomer is Ekuma the Hawaiian Strong Man. His ring skills are pretty poor, but he has good charisma, undeniable strength and menace due to his 6'6" , 340lb sculpted frame of muscle, and the look of a star. Let's face it, in this business, Size sells. And, with him being half of Land Mass's age, he actually has a chance to get better.

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http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/BlackHatBailey.jpg

Black Hat Bailey is backstage and he is asked whether he considers his opponent tonight Dazzling Dave Diamond as a future Empire Champion. Bailey replies

" Empire Champion? That long haired weirdo?! Don't make me laugh! First, little man, there is only one current and future Empire Champion and that is yours truly, Black Hat Bailey!
This 'Triple D' may have gotten lucky in the past and won the Tri-State title once, but that Texas hillbilly doesn't have what it takes to play with the big boys here in NYCW, a fact I will show tonight when I embarrass that long haired redneck and beat him like his momma should have!"
With that Bailey shoulders the interviewer out of the way and heads towards the ring.

Rating D+

Bailey shows his usual polish in getting heat from the crowd as he runs down the popular Triple D.

http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/DazzlingDaveDiamond.jpg VS http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/BlackHatBailey.jpg

Dazzling Dave Diamond vs. Black Hat Bailey

Bailey was contemptuous of his opponent and mocked his attempts to lock up. That contempt lasted right until Triple D decked Bailey with a running clothesline and covered him for a 2 count! Bailey rolled out of the ring to break Diamond's momentum and realized he had a fight on his hands. Now, being more cautious and taking the match seriously, Bailey began taking the big texas brawler to the mat where Diamond was on less familiar territory. Diamond rallied back a couple times, but a thumb to the eyes or a quick knee to the gut stifled those rallies. Bailey put the match away when an errant charge by Diamond took the referee out of action for a few moments. Bailey grabbed some brass knuckles from his boots,blasted Diamond in the back and then locked in the Bailey Breaker in the middle of the ring. The ref recovered just in time to see Diamond tapping out from the pain.

In a bout that had a good crowd and some decent in-ring action, Black Hat Bailey defeated Dazzling Dave Diamond in 10:36 by submission with a Bailey Breaker after blatantly cheating.
Match Rating D-

While not a great match, as both men were getting winded by the 10 minute mark, both guys managed to get the crowd going for their match and the action itself told a solid story with the rising star Triple D getting a lot of credibility by competing on an even level with the Empire Champion. Bailey is still far above Diamond in terms of name recognition, but being able to put up a credible fight, even while losing, helps raise Triple D's stock.

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http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/DeanWaldorf.jpghttp://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/MarvStatler.jpg VS http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/RickSanders-1.jpghttp://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/TheMaskedMauler.jpg
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The Ring Generals © vs. Old School Principals for the NYCW Tag Team Championship

Both teams functioned very smoothly with quick, crisp tags. Momentum switched back and forth for several minutes as both teams tried to use a mat based strategy to keep their opponents off balance. After several minutes where neither team could get a lasting edge the action escalated and soon all four men were in the ring. The action quickly traveled to the outside area with Waldorf and Sanders the legal men. As all four men were brawling outside the referee began counting both teams out. As the count reached 7 Waldorf and Sanders realized the situation and tried to make it back into the ring. Sanders tripped up Waldorf and slid under the ropes just as the referee reached 10, getting the victory for his team.

In a match that had an average crowd reaction and some decent in-ring action, Old School Principals defeated The Ring Generals in 11:16 when Dean Waldorf was counted out while fighting Rick Sanders.
Match Rating D

Good solid match that helps extend this feud a little longer. It seems that this trade Stomper made could bear some fruit as the Ring Generals, despite their young age, demonstrated some of that innate chemistry that marks the truly great tag teams.

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http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/HonestFrank-1.jpg

Honest Frank has a microphone backstage and speaks about his upcoming #1 Contender matchup, saying

" Last month I drove Roger Cage out of NYCW. That little punk was so scared of having to face me again, he hightailed it out of here as fast as he could. And that was probably the smartest thing he has ever done. Tonight I get Mr Remarkable himself, Steve Flash. Flash, you and I have gone toe to toe before. You took the Empire title from me once. Of course, I took it back again. Flash, I already know you aren't smart enough to realize you have no chance against me, especially as you are standing between me and the opportunity to become the Empire Champion once again. So tonight one more time I am going to beat you in that ring, and show everyone one more time that I am the best that NYCW has to offer, and that is the Honest Truth!"

Rating D+

Frank has always been a good talker and nothing has changed in that regard as he delivers a solid promo.

http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/SteveFlash_alt1.jpg VS http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/HonestFrank-1.jpg
Steve Flash vs. Honest Frank

Flash has always done his talking in the ring, and tonight was no different as he didn't bother to bandy words with the verbose Frank, just took him down in a wristlock. Seeing that he wasn't going to be able to distract the focused Flash with words, the big brawler Frank started to state his case for #1 Contendership with his fists. Momentum swung back and forth as Flash and Frank each tried to get the victory. Finally it looked like Frank had gotten the edge with an offensive flurry of slams and clotheslines setting up the Frank N Hurter, but even as he was being hoisted up, the ever resourceful Flash managed to reverse the move and drop Frank with a lightning quick Flash Bang! Flash made the cover, got the pinfall and the #1 contendership.

In a bout that had a good crowd and some decent in-ring action, Steve Flash defeated Honest Frank in 17:40 by pinfall with a Flash Bang.
Match Rating D-

Well, something about as rare as a Haley's Comet sighting, Flash having a bad match. While part of it was the longer match, this was just one of those extremely rare matches where Flash just wasn't on for whatever reason and Frank, while he has gotten better in the last couple years, still isn't someone who can carry the load in a match. It was by no means a bad match, but it was well below my expectations, and below what these two men are capable of.

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David Mack is out in the ring with a microphone and states

" Can you believe it? I barely arrive back in NYCW and on my very first show back I get confronted with my old nemesis Ota! We have a lot of history Ota, both here and in Canada over the past few years and I can say without a doubt you are probably the most dangerous foe I have ever faced! I would have preferred to ease myself back into NYCW, to learn the lay of the land so to speak, but your presence here makes that impossible. We both know that neither of us can be in the same place without conflict arising between us. Last month proved that. But last month was just old foes getting acquainted again. Tonight, I am deadly serious. I won't let you stand in my way and I won't allow you to have free reign here. I will put an end to your reign of darkness before it ever begins!"

Suddenly the lights go dark, and then the entrance way is lighted in deep red and standing there with a menacing stare locked directly on David Mack is the Warrior of Darkness, Ota.
The video screen above him lights up in a pulsing red and black pattern as an eery deep voice says

" The Warrior of Darkness has travelled the world testing his skill against the best that every country has to offer. He has defeated all challengers, except one. One man alone has managed to maintain equality with the Warrior of Darkness and that man is David Mack. When the Warrior was informed that David Mack was returning to the site of their titanic clashes one more time, the Warrior knew that it was time to finally triumph over the one man standing in his path and finally usher in the Reign of Darkness over all of NYCW!"

Ota then makes his way to the ring to start the match.

Rating C-

Good hype on both ends to set up the main event. Ota has mastered the indirect promo even though he speaks english like a native ( which he is, having been raised in California.)

http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/JackAvatar-1.jpg VS http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/FumihiroOta.jpg

David Mack vs. Ota , The Darkness Warrior in a no disqualification match.

There was no feeling out period this time as both men went straight into trying to beat the other down. Holds, counterholds,moves, reversals, submissions and escapes followed in rapid order, reinforcing the fact that these two wrestlers were practically even. Mack's all around skill compensated for the experience edge of Ota, but Ota did have one advantage. With this being a no dq stipulation, Ota was free to utilize all the ninja tactics ( i.e. cheating ) that he had learned over the years, and it was only Mack's heart and will to succeed that kept him fighting through the various dirty tricks and cheap shots that Ota used to try and win the match. Eventually the match went to the outside as both men fought up the entrance way and into the first couple rows of stands.However, since both men were engrossed in taking the battle to each other, both forgot that even though this was a no dq match, countouts were still in effect, so neither noticed the referee's ten count till it was too late. The referee hit 10 on his count, signalled for the bell and declared the match a draw.

In a bout that had a good crowd and good action, David Mack drew with Ota, Warrior of Darkness in 22:52 following a double count out.
Match Rating C

It was the best match of the night, but still not as good as it possibly could have been. Just like Flash earlier, Ota just didn't seem to have his 'A' game tonight. We were so familiar with each other that I was able to compensate and keep things flowing smoothly, but we have had much better confrontations before, and given the current storyline, will have the opportunity to do so again.

After the match, frustrated that once again he was unable to get a conclusive result David Mack gets in the ring, and grabs a mike. He shouts into it at the Warrior of Darkness, Ota, who is walking up the entrance way to the ramp and states...

" Ota! This is enough! Next month at March into Manhatten, we end this! You and me, one on one, no disqualification and no countout! No time limits, no weapons, no interference! Just your skill against mine in a submission match! What do you say Warrior of Darkness? Do you have the will to face me on those terms?!"

Ota just turns back, locks eyes with David Mack in the ring, and then after a momentary staredown, just nods his head up and down, signalling yes and then walks to the back.

Rating D

Well, not as solid an ending as I would have liked. I probably should have kept this for the beginning of next month and let the match end the show, but I wanted people to be anticipating that there would be a real finish and not expecting another draw.

OVERALL SHOW D+

A notch below last month due to some uncharacteristic off nights from a couple of our biggest stars but still a very good show. Feedback afterwards once again had the fans saying the show was awesome and comparable to offerings of promotions larger than us.

MrOnu

02-03-2010, 01:51 PM

bgbuff

02-03-2010, 02:07 PM

I like Ekuma too...he worked well in the mid-card face giant for me....I loved your diaries back in 08....and glad to be back reading them again....

Dragonmack

02-03-2010, 02:51 PM

Yay Ekuma ! This guys is made for NYCW, really. His wrestling skills are not there yet, but with enough time, I'm sure he will be a great asset. At least, it was an off-night for Flash, not an awful chemistry thing, it would have suck to get that between these two key players. Match might have been a bit too long for Frank too. Just curious, did you tell the guys to go all out ? 'Cause each time I do tell Flash to go all-out, he falls miserably under the pressure.

No i didn't have him go all out, just a regular match at 18 minutes. That used to be fine for people with C stamina, but it looks like that isnt the case anymore, at least not at NYCW's match intensity level.

I like Ekuma too...he worked well in the mid-card face giant for me....I loved your diaries back in 08....and glad to be back reading them again....

Welcome back! :)

Dragonmack

02-03-2010, 03:40 PM

13 predictors this time around. thanks for all the response. No one got them all, so its nice to know I am not predictable yet. :D Everyone got Sammy winning and Steve Flash beating Frank, most went with Whistler although a couple did side with Wright in that match and a few thought Triple D would upset Bailey. That wasn't likely given their current overness level differences, but even losing gives Diamond some rub. But everyone missed the tag match and surprisingly it was 12-1 in favor of Ota beating David Mack.

OSP won the tag match so I can extend that feud as they and the Ring Generals are really the only established tag teams currently, since the third team NYCW starts with fell apart when Cage left. I am trying out some combinations to get some other viable teams but for now those two pretty much are my tag division.

Also, as I stated before the first few months of a promotion, especially one only doing monthly shows, are setting the stage as there really isnt any previous storylines to draw on. Which is why Ota vs Mack is the main event for 3 months running. Its a guaranteed high rating match, with established history for the feud and gives me a main event I can count on early while I am building up the rest of the storylines. As to why two straight draws? Not to swerve the predictors, honest. :p I want to show that these two competitors are so even that a normal match can't decide things. Plus whoever loses has still built up some solid credibility.

Dragonmack

02-03-2010, 10:36 PM

Monday Morning Week 3 Feb 2010 2 days after Rumble in the Bronx

“ You are doing what?!”

“ I am taking a position with SWF effective immediately “

We were in Stomper’s office Monday morning following the show for our usual after show evaluation when he sprung this bombshell on me. I paced back and forth in front of his desk for a couple minutes as my mind tried to absorb this news. Here I was, barely back two months and now I was faced with the man I looked up to most in this business, the owner of this company and the rock it had been built on for the last two decades, calmly telling me he was about to go work for the biggest promotion in the US, if not the world!
Finally, I sat down and stated

“ Why would you do that Stomper? For years you wanted nothing to do with most of the other promotions. Hell, outside of Chord’s MAW, you won’t even let me talk to any of the others about possible working agreements. Not to mention the vast list of talents that promotions like SWF have plucked from you after all the work you invested with them. American Buffalo, Joey Minnesota, American Machine, Nevada Nuclear, and just last month alone Roger Cage! All people you took the time to give them a place to develop or gave them a main event push, and all of them gone as soon as one of the bigger promotion waved some cash in their face! And now you are doing the same thing? What about NYCW?! I thought this place was your dream!”

Stomper started to get a little angry and said

“ Now hold on a minute! I am not abandoning NYCW! In fact I only agreed to take a contract with them if they allowed me to also remain as head of NYCW. It is a strictly ppa deal only. Also, I am 60 years old and I don’t have a lot of time left in this business. This is an opportunity I never got while I was in the ring, a chance to work at the top, with the very best in the business while they are in their prime! I just couldn’t pass that up! The opportunity to plan match strategies with a Rich Money or a Jack Bruce or a Christian Faith. Don’t get me wrong kid, I am very proud of the people we have and the effort they give, but the people there are the movers and shakers of our business! I’ve always gotten people who were either starting out, or on the back end of their careers. Now I get to work with people literally at the top of their game. It’s an opportunity for even an old warhorse like me to learn some new things to pass on to the youngsters here."

Stomper calmed down a little and paused for breath before he continued

“ And the truth is there really isn’t that much for me to do here. You and Steve can plan a match for the boys just as well as I can. You are here to keep an eye on the day to day stuff and Bailey and Flash can ride herd on the boys. Besides, I will still be here for our shows and I will still have my hand in on the operations. After all , I will only be a phone call away if you need anything.”

After listening to Stomper’s reasons, I still wasn’t happy about it, but I said

“ If that is what you feel you have to do Stomp, then I won’t try to stand in your way. Just don’t forget us here and don’t believe everything Richard Eisen says. We both know he is a manipulative bastard who isn’t above using underhanded means to get what he wants. You wouldn’t be the first promotion owner he has screwed over.”

“ Don’t worry kid, I won’t let the bright lights go to my head. After all, I live in the biggest city in the country already, and I have worked all over the world. I know enough to judge a man by his actions and not his words. And I won’t forget that my roots and my home is here in NYCW. Just see that you don’t forget it again as well.”

Dragonmack

02-04-2010, 07:36 PM

If SWF was bringing in Stomper as another road agent, it must mean they are getting ready to expand their operations again, and as such, are probably adding some more workers. If that’s the case, there will be waves throughout the rest of the American wrestling scene. So it was time to take a close look at the happenings in the rest of the wrestling world the last month and see what the fallout was.

February 2010

News

SWF have attained Global size. The acknowledged largest promotion in wrestling has just gotten larger and that means every other promotion will be affected directly or indirectly as SWF looks to expand their roster to meet their new expansion needs.
19yr old Donte Dunn has graduated from the DeColt Powerhouse Dojo. Possessed of incredible athleticism and a great wrestling look, but still lacking in skill and style in the ring. CGC obviously want to see him get some seasoning on the independent circuit first as they haven’t offered the graduate a contract.
20 yr old technicican Omezo Shiketai enters the Japanese wrestling market this month. Has strong technical skills and good physical tools, but decidedly average looks and charisma. May be unlikely to be a headliner but shows good potential to be one of those valuable workers that can make others look good..
Young bodybuilder Richie ‘The Body’ Riggins is looking to turn his oiled pecs into wrestling stardom as he enters the business in the USA this month. A good physique is paired with decent charisma and a good ‘look’ but he needs to improve his average skills in the ring and lack of ability to do more than basic brawling if he wants the successful future he craves.
Super joshi rookie Fuyuko Higa enters Japanese wrestling this month and 5SSW wasted no time in getting this budding superstar signed to a contract. She has been highly touted as the ‘next big thing’ in Japanese women’s wrestling.
Daniel Cano and Mario Heroic are male bonding in MPWF.
With their new status, SWF expands their ppv market by signing a deal with Seleccion Mexico to bring their PPV’s to the latino community south of the border.
WLW have decided to increase their visibility in Japan by getting a television deal to air their tour highlights on a show called WLW Combat.
Jesse Christian has ended his hiatus from wrestling and is known to be seeking offers.

Roster Moves:

5SSW signs rookie Fuyuko Higa.
ACPW’s play by play man Tony Marsh extends his contract.
APW sign Warmonger and extend Dingo Devine.
BHOTWG bring up MYSTIC Dragon and Heihachiro Sakai from development. They also extend Hito Ichibara, Eiji Hamacho and Yoshii Shiomi.
Annie Hitch**** renews her contract with BSC.
CGC extend Grease Hogg’s contract.
CZCW extend road agent Dylan Sidle, but lose star James Prudence to the SWF.
DIW lose Warmonger to rival APW.
EWA re-sign announcer Mark Stanford.
FCW renew Ox Mastadon.
GCG sign Hell Monkey on a ppa deal.
Hinote Dojo extend BURNING Exile’s contract and bring in Mokuami Maita and Hitomaru Suzuki on development deals.
MAW extends the deal of American Patriot.
PGHW call up Torch Nakazawa and Stone Yoshikawa from development but then release them a day later.
PSW lose Grandmaster Phunk to SWF.
Kentucky Bill’s contract gets renewed by RIPW.
UK Dragon re-signs with ROF.
SAISHO bring in Eagle Kawasawa on a ppa deal.
SOTBPW renew Capitao Brasil Jr.
SWF has an active month as they sign Grandmaster Phunk and James Prudence to written deals, add referee Eugene Williams, formerly of TCW and add NYCW owner The Stomper as a road agent. They also call up Primus Allen from development and extend the deal of Peter Michaels.
TCW extend Chance Fortune and Freddy Huggins.
UEW renew Jamie Anderson.
T-Rex remains in USPW following a new contract.
VWA renew the contract of Xavi.
WEXXV says goodbye to Brains McGhee but do extend several contracts,, including Matsudaira Morioka, Kimitada Ohishi., Isao Takamura, and Dallas McWade.
WLW lose Mokuami Maita but extend SPEED D and Hypnos.
Veritgo renews his contract with ZEN.

Title Changes:

DIW’s tag titles are vacated following the loss of Warmonger.
Nariaki Hitomi wins the Hinote All Japan title from the called up MYSTIC Dragon.
The Aces of Mayhem def The Awesomeness for the MAW Tag titles.
Stone Yoshikawa’s call up vacates the SAISHO Destiny title.
Modern Warriors defeat The Master Minds to take the RAW Tag titles.
Jonny Lowlife and Don Henderson team up to take the ROF Tag titles from Absolutely Flawless.
Koshiro Ino defeats Joshua Taylor for the TCW International title.
Makuami Maita’’s departure vacates the WLW Tag Team titles.

Dragonmack

02-05-2010, 10:45 PM

March 2nd 2010 in Stomper’s office

“ So how were the financials last month?”

“ Not bad. We got a few more people at the Ministry, and even with the extra people we added, we still made close to a 3k profit.”

Stomper and I were doing our monthly budget review, and of course, news of profit is always near and dear to his heart.

Stomper continued with

“ So how is the March into Manhattan show shaping up?”

I replied

“ It looks good. We got a big title match co main eventing with the blow off match between Ota and me. A couple undercard feuds are shaping up, and if I am lucky, we may be able to expand the number of active tag teams we have. Speaking of which, I know you don’t want to add any more payroll till we can get some increased sponsorship money, but one name came across my radar that I think would be a good fit.”

I slid a folder across the desk to Stomper. He took a look at it and stated

“ He’s available now? How much is he asking?”

“ Surprisingly not much. About the same as our other recent hires. So, shall I make the call?”

“ Sure, go ahead. But no one else for awhile unless we got to replace somebody. We are making money finally, and I’d like to keep it that way. Now get me the planned line up for March into Manhattan so I can layout some match strategies for Steve and Bailey to work on with the boys while I am at the SWF tapings.”

Apupunchau@optonline

02-05-2010, 10:54 PM

Oddly in Stomper's second line you spell Manhattan with an E (ManhattEn) but in his last line you spell in correctly. I'm from New York I notice those things when talking about my city.

Oregano Jensen

02-05-2010, 11:00 PM

Who's available now?

(Jesse Christian would fit right in with NYCW's old-school style... just saying.)

Dragonmack

02-06-2010, 07:06 AM

Oddly in Stomper's second line you spell Manhattan with an E (ManhattEn) but in his last line you spell in correctly. I'm from New York I notice those things when talking about my city.

Yeah, I noticed I misspelled it on my word doc. Guess I missed one when I went back to correct it.

Dragonmack

02-06-2010, 02:15 PM

From the NYCW Website….

NYCW Rumble in the Bronx held thrills, chills, and some new faces grace the NYCW roster. One of those is returning veteran Elijah ‘Soul Man’ Harris, who had a rude welcome when he tried to intervene during an assault on his partner Animal Harker by Larry Vessey. Vessey decided to include Harris in the physical confrontation. Another new face was the massive man known only as Ekuma. The giant mound of muscle interjected himself into a situation between Tri-State Champion Sammy the Shark and the Round Mound of Pound, Land Mass. Also Triple D Dave Diamond looked impressive , even in defeat as Empire Champion Black Hat Bailey had to utilize underhanded means to put down the scrappy challenger. In a battle of former Empire Champions, Steve Flash overcame Honest Frank to earn another shot at the Empire Championship, while former Tag Champions Old School Principles won the match but not the belts via a countout win over the current champs The Ring Generals. And in the main event, long time foes David Mack and Warrior of Darkness Ota once again fought to an inconclusive result. All of this sets the stage for titanic clashes at NYCW MARCH INTO MANHATTAN!

http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/AnimalHarker.jpghttp://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/ElijahHarris-1.jpg VS http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/LarryVessey.jpghttp://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/LeeWright.jpg

Animal Harker & Elijah Harris vs. Larry Vessey & Lee Wright.

After Vessey assaulted both Harris and Harker last month, Harris has petitioned for a tag match against Vessey and a partner of his choosing. Vessey has chosen fellow veteran Lee Wright. Both men share a past as successful members of dominant tag teams and both have had a history of success in Japan. Will those shared bonds be enough to overcome the desire for vengeance that binds Harker and Harris?

http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/DeanWaldorf.jpghttp://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/MarvStatler.jpg VS http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/RickSanders-1.jpghttp://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/TheMaskedMauler.jpg
http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/NYCW_Tag.jpg

The Ring Generals(c) vs. Old School Principals for the NYCW Tag Team titles

OSP got the victory, but not the titles last time, and now look to regain the belts from the young champions. The Ring Generals want to show that last month was a fluke, and they have what it takes to not only win the belts, but keep them. Who will march out of Manhattan with the tag titles?

http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/SammyTheShark_alt.jpg VS http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/HonestFrank-1.jpg

Sammy the Shark vs. Honest Frank

Although no titles are on the line, the stakes are still high. Frank wants to get back into Empire title contention and an impressive win over the Tri-State Champion would be a good first step, while Sammy the Shark could further enhance his own stock by defeating a former Empire Champion and move himself up the ladder.

http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/SteveFlash_alt1.jpg VS http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/BlackHatBailey.jpg
http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/NYCW_Empire.jpg

Steve Flash vs. Black Hat Bailey(c) for the NYCW Empire Championship

Flash has earned another shot at the Empire Championship he once wore with an impressive string of recent victories. Bailey has shown he will resort to any means to win a match and retain his title. Experience is not an issue as both men have well over 2 decades in the ring. It comes down to technical excellence vs. the will to win by any means necessary. Which will prevail and emerge with the NYCW Empire Championship?

http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/JackAvatar-1.jpg VS http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/FumihiroOta.jpg

David Mack vs. Ota, Warrior of Darkness in a Submission Match.

Twice they have met in the past two month and twice the result has been a draw. Now, with no count out, no disqualifications and no time limits, they meet again and this time there will be a winner as the only way to end the match is to submit your opponent. Which one of these bitter rivals will claim superiority?

Animal Harker & Elijah Harris vs. Larry Vessey & Lee Wright.

The Ring Generals(c) vs. Old School Principals for the NYCW Tag Team titles

Sammy the Shark vs. Honest Frank

Steve Flash vs. Black Hat Bailey(c) for the NYCW Empire Championship

David Mack vs. Ota, Warrior of Darkness in a Submission Match.

BYU 14

02-06-2010, 02:29 PM

Some intriguing possibilities here

Animal Harker & Elijah Harris vs. Larry Vessey & Lee Wright.
See Harker doing the job here, as Vessey seems on the verge of a minor push

The Ring Generals(c) vs. Old School Principals for the NYCW Tag Team titles
I am sure you have plans for the Generals to eventually lose the belts, just not to these two, who I don't think would elevate the Title.

Sammy the Shark vs. Honest Frank
Tough one here, thinking Frank will go over and be in line to face the soon to be new Champion

Steve Flash vs. Black Hat Bailey(c) for the NYCW Empire Championship
With Bailey on the down side of a great career and Flash having one more good run left, I see a Title change.

David Mack vs. Ota, Warrior of Darkness in a Submission Match.
I don't see another draw and I think an Ota win raises the the stakes in this feud.

Nightshadeex

02-06-2010, 03:33 PM

Animal Harker & Elijah Harris vs. Larry Vessey & Lee Wright
Vessey and Wright need to win a couple times, or else a Harker/Harris victory will mean nothing.

The Ring Generals(c) vs. Old School Principals for the NYCW Tag Team titles
You can run this feud for as long as you want.

Sammy the Shark vs. Honest Frank
Why not have the belt on the line if Sammy is going to win?

Steve Flash vs. Black Hat Bailey(c) for the NYCW Empire Championship
I bet BHB announced his retirement.

David Mack vs. Ota, Warrior of Darkness in a Submission Match.
Quit breaking indy wrestling tradition!

Bigpapa42

02-06-2010, 03:41 PM

Animal Harker & Elijah Harris vs. Larry Vessey & Lee Wright.

The Ring Generals(c) vs. Old School Principals for the NYCW Tag Team titles

Sammy the Shark vs. Honest Frank

Steve Flash vs. Black Hat Bailey(c) for the NYCW Empire Championship

David Mack vs. Ota, Warrior of Darkness in a Submission Match.

mad5226

02-06-2010, 06:28 PM

Clabobby

02-06-2010, 06:55 PM

bgbuff

02-06-2010, 07:08 PM

Phantom Stranger

02-06-2010, 08:02 PM

Dragonmack

02-07-2010, 12:58 PM

Show will be up hopefully monday night, but probably tuesday as I have to work late tomorrow. And we will finally see someone get all the matches right. :)

Tigerkinney

02-07-2010, 01:11 PM

Animal Harker & Elijah Harris vs. Larry Vessey & Lee Wright.

Grizzled old vets for the win

The Ring Generals(c) vs. Old School Principals for the NYCW Tag Team titles

I said before you may as well keep the belts on the Ring Generals for the forseeable future

Sammy the Shark vs. Honest Frank

A match to firmly establish the split between those competing for the Empire belt and those competing for the midcard consolation prize.

Steve Flash vs. Black Hat Bailey(c) for the NYCW Empire Championship

Get the belt back on someone who isn't going to be huffing and puffing by the ten minute mark.

David Mack vs. Ota, Warrior of Darkness in a Submission Match

Could go either way, but I'm leaning towards Ota here, simply because I see the winner here challenging for the title and I see Flash winning the belt from Bailey.

Zergon

02-07-2010, 02:26 PM

Very good start. I haven´t read your previous diaries yet but this one got me hooked.

Animal Harker & Elijah Harris vs. Larry Vessey & Lee Wright.
Harker and Harris are likely win this feud in the end but I think that Vessey & Wright take this one

The Ring Generals(c) vs. Old School Principals for the NYCW Tag Team titles
Ols School got they win last month so now it´s Ring Generals turn.

Sammy the Shark vs. Honest Frank
I haven´t checked them in 2010 but I think that Frank is much more over.

Steve Flash vs. Black Hat Bailey(c) for the NYCW Empire Championship
I almost always go with the champ rataining and this isn´t any different.

David Mack vs. Ota, Warrior of Darkness in a Submission Match.
Ninja will always win in the end:D

Apupunchau@optonline

02-08-2010, 08:40 PM

Animal Harker & Elijah Harris vs. Larry Vessey & Lee Wright.

I know he's old but I really like Lee Wright and Harker has a lot to learn.

The Ring Generals(c) vs. Old School Principals for the NYCW Tag Team titles

The Generals retian for now.

Sammy the Shark vs. Honest Frank

I've just never really liked Honest Frank.

Steve Flash vs. Black Hat Bailey(c) for the NYCW Empire Championship

Steve Flash for champ again. Can't ever vote against him as I am the one man Steve Flash fan club.

David Mack vs. Ota, Warrior of Darkness in a Submission Match.

You put Ota over for his battle against the new champ Steve Flash.

xopher316

02-09-2010, 01:34 AM

Dragonmack

02-09-2010, 06:31 PM

http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/NYCW-2.jpg

NYCW MARCH INTO MANHATTAN
Held at the Ministry in Queens
Saturday Week 2 March 2010 Att: 714

PRE SHOW

Several of the older and newer stars of NYCW go among the fans to pose for photographs, have a short question and answer session ( where everyone remains in character) and generally thank them for their support of NYCW.

Rating C-

Something new I am trying to help some of those on the roster who aren't strong or comfortable working to the crowd or doing promos. I had some of the guys like me, Whistler and Honest Frank who are strong at those things and had them work with guys like the Ring Generals, Hugh de Aske and Rick Sanders to learn to become more comfortable with the fans and show that they can interact with them, even in character. Jury is still out on whether it will show any benefits long term, but judging by the audience response, the fans liked it.

In a match that had an average crowd reaction and some decent in-ring action, Whistler won a battle royal in 9:43. The final four competitors also included a mystery man, Larry Vessey and Rick Sanders, with the mystery man being the final elimination.
Match Rating D

Another experiment I am trying. The main problem with only doing one show a month is that there just isn't a lot of opportunity for those lower on the roster to get a lot of time in ring to work on their skills. While one on one matches with veterans do help, that way only one person is getting any benefit at a time. This way, I can get a group of veterans and a group of rookies all together at once and hopefully benefit several people in less time than would be needed for separate matches. Again jury is still out as to long term result, but the early indications were that this was working so far.

MAIN SHOW

http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/SammyTheShark_alt.jpg VS http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/HonestFrank-1.jpg

Sammy the Shark vs. Honest Frank

Sammy showed how far he has come as he is able to go blow for blow with the former Empire Champion Honest Frank. However, Frank has been through the East Coast Wars and also battled the best in both PSW and NYCW and that experience edge is enough to give him the advantage finally as he ducks a wild clothesline attempt from Sammy and follows with a kick into Sammy's gut to set up the Frank N Hurter for the pinfall and the victory.

In a bout that had a good crowd and some decent in-ring action, Honest Frank defeated Sammy The Shark in 10:13 by pinfall with a Frank-N-Hurter.
Match Rating E+

Ouch! Realistically it wasn't that bad a match for our size promotion, but these two should really be able to do better. One of the reasons I didn't actively push Frank the last time I was here was his inconsistent performances, and tonight was a clear example. Frank just didn't have his A game tonight, and combined with Sammy still being inconsistent in his performances and what results was a match that killed the crowd when it should have been pumping it up.

http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/NYCW-1.jpg

http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/DazzlingDaveDiamond.jpg VS http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/HughdeAske.jpg

Dazzling Dave Diamond VS Hugh De Aske in a strap match.

Triple D is a straight ahead brawler so the match stips would have seemed to be in his favor, but the flamboyant de Aske seemed to be able to adapt to his opponent's style with considerable ease. Action was fast and intense with a lot of high impact moves attempted by both men. Once again experience was key as Triple D was able to bait the rookie into a mistake that allowed Diamond to tie up de Aske with the strap, and then drag him to all four corners to get the win.

In a match that had an average crowd reaction and some decent in-ring action, Dazzling Dave Diamond defeated Hugh de Aske in 7:39 when Dazzling Dave Diamond was the first to touch all the corners.
Match Rating D-

This was supposed to be a cooldown match after the opener and it ended up doing better than the preceding match. It might have been even better received if the crowd hadn't lost some of their energy before this. De Aske is a rookie I am predicting good things for, and his ability to work any style helps his showcase the abilities of more limited performers like Triple D, who is pretty much a brawler and that's it. Both men showed the ability to get the crowd into the match and a few months down the road, this could be a good midcard feud.

http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/NYCW-1.jpg

http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/LarryVessey.jpghttp://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/LeeWright.jpg

Larry Vessey is backstage, and standing beside him is fellow veteran Lee Wright. Vessey has a mike and says

" You know, people ask me what I have against Animal Harker. After all, he is a decent, polite young man, and all the fans seem to like him. But you see, Harker, just like everyone else here his age, has an attitude of entitlement. They feel that they deserve the spotlight, they deserve the titles and the main event. And that I do have a problem with!

You see this man at my side? He is Lee Wright, and like me, he is someone who rose up the ranks the right way. Like me, he spent most of his years wrestling in Japan, where youngsters in this business know their place. They know they need to build experience, hone their craft, literally spend years proving they have what it takes to succeed. That kind of enviroment breeds champions, it breeds the best because those that can't cut it fall by the wayside. But after Lee and I finally decided to come back to our home country what did we see?"

Vessey turns to Wright who says

" We saw a bunch of young punks who hadn't accomplished anything in this business demanding title shots, main events and to be treated as stars and special talents, all the while disrespecting those of us who have had successful, championship careers!"

Vessey then continues

" People like Animal Harker, a man, who although he may have spirit and toughness, hasn't done anything in this company or this business, yet says to my face that he can beat me up, a man who has more championship belts in his past than Harker has years, a man who has proven over 3 decades that he is one of the toughest men in wrestling. That sheer lack of respect couldn't go unanswered. And as for Elijah Harris. You are someone who has been around a long time. You should know better. But since you decided to defend Harker's disrespect of me, then you too will have to learn the hard way."

Wright then finishes

" If you aren't part of the solution, you are part of the problem. Harker and Harris tonight we are going to solve the problem the old fashioned way, with our fists!"

Both grizzled veterans then head off to the ring.

Rating D+

Good solid promo to set up the basis of this feud. I am hoping to use this storyline as a basis to build up some other teams to complement my currently slim tag division and Vessey and Wright, with their individual tag team championship experience and similiar background would seem to be a natural pairing.

http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/AnimalHarker.jpghttp://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/ElijahHarris-1.jpg VS http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/LarryVessey.jpghttp://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/LeeWright.jpg

Animal Harker & Elijah Harris vs. Larry Vessey & Lee Wright.

Harker and Harris try valiantly to stand against the assault of Vessey and Wright, but the menacing veterans show no mercy in relentlessly beating down their opponents. Harris tries to protect his young partner, but is beaten down and tossed out of the ring, leaving the game but inexperienced Harker alone. A Wright Stuff soon follows, driving the youngster to the mat for the pin and the victory for the gaijin veterans.

In an extremely short match, Gaijin Samurai defeated Animal Harker and Elijah Harris in 4:23 when Lee Wright defeated Animal Harker by pinfall with a Wright Stuff.
Match Rating E+

Well, the match had been designed as a squash in order to establish the new pairing of Vessey and Wright. I even had a name all picked out for them, but those plans just went out the window as Vessey and Wright, each one half of two of the most successful tag teams in history, showed absolutely no ability to function together cohesively. Maybe it's because each had only one partner for so long that they just can't work with someone else as well, but as of now, any future for them as a tag team together is dead. Since there are other elements of this storyline to be introduced, maybe I can salvage something from this but I am certainly going to have to change my original plans.

Larry Vessey and Lee Wright aren't done with their opponents after the match is over, as they decide that a further punishing lesson is needed. They toss Elijah Harris back into the ring and are about to work both him and Animal Harker over some more when suddenly, someone runs out of the back with a chair in his hand, slides into the ring and cracks it across the back of Lee Wright! The man then swings it at Vessey, who ducks and quickly bails out of the ring, grabbing his partner Wright and slowly backing up the ramp way, staring in anger and surprise at....

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JESSE CHRISTIAN!!! Jesse Christian has come to NYCW!!!
Rating D

Granted it isn't as big a name as , say an Acid or someone like that, but Christian had been a headliner a decade ago of SCCW , a promotion around the same size as us, and with a complementary promotional style. He had been out of action for the past 5-6 years, having taken time off following SCCW's demise, but his competitive fires had been re-stoked and he decided to come back to wrestling recently. Having grown up watching SCCW during it's heyday, I could immediately see the benefits of having him here in NYCW and so made an offer, which he accepted. I decided to add him to this storyline due to his natural ties with Harris, and also to ease him back into the business and let him get acclimated back in the ring before any big expectations are put upon him.

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The Ring Generals vs. Old School Principals for the NYCW Tag Team titles

These teams were fairly evenly matched a month ago, and tonight was no different as both teams were crisp on their tagging and both teams had stretches were they dominated the action. This time the match stayed in the ring and the finish came when Sanders and Waldorf was the legal men. Waldorf was Whipped into the OSP's corner,but was able to fight his way out, elbowing Mauler off the ring apron while doing so. He then tried to clothesline Sanders, but Sanders ducked. What Sanders didn't see however was Waldorf tagging his partner. Sanders tried to counter attack by coming off the ropes, but Waldorf backdropped him right into the waiting arms of his partner Statler, who then planted Sanders with a vicious backbreaker for the pin and the victory as the Ring Generals successfully retain their belts.

In a match that had an average crowd reaction and some decent in-ring action, The Ring Generals defeated Old School Principals in 11:38 when Marv Statler defeated Rick Sanders by pinfall with a Backdrop Backbreaker. The Ring Generals make defence number 1 of their NYCW Tag Team titles.
Match Rating D

Even with Masked Mauler not showing his best stuff,this was a very good tag title match that showcased the skills of the Ring Generals as they pull even in wins versus the Old School Principals.

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The huge,massively muscled man known as 'Ekuma' is backstage being interviewed and is asked why he got involved after the tri-state title match between Sammy the Shark and Land Mass last month. Ekuma replies

" Well brah, it's like this. Back at the end of January I was out on the beach, pumping some iron and building the pecs. As I was cooling off with my favorite energy drink , BST Alpha, I get a call from my old high school buddy Sammy. Now Sammy and I go way back, and he is a good friend, only don't play poker with the guy as he is a real shark with the cards, but anyway, he says that he is having problems with this big round of mound called Land Mass. Now seeing how this Mass guy was like 3 times the size of my boy Sammy, I decided to come out here and even up the scales, so to speak. So, anyway, after my buddy takes care of business, this dude Land Mass decides he wants to go postal afterwards so I went out there to cool the big dude off. And talk about a walking heart attack waiting to happen! Land Mass brah,I got two words for you 'Weight Watchers'! "

Right then the person in question, Land Mass, interjects himself onto the scene. The camera backs up to get both huge men into the frame and Land Mass grabs the mike from the interviewer and says

" Alright you roided up, beach bum,island idiot! You want to get involved in my business? Well why don't you get you and your musclebound ass out into the ring so I can show you who the true big man of NYCW is! You've got a Massive Problem on your hands now, jerkweed!"

Rating D

Ekuma shows a decent ability to work the mike, and Mass, while not great on his own, can hold up his end of the promo by using his usual menacing persona.

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Ekuma vs Land Mass

The two massive men wasted no time in going after each other. Land Mass still had the size advantage, although not as much as he usually did, but Ekuma quickly showed he was the much stronger of the two as the crowd gasped in amazement after he actually lifted up his 400+ lb opponent over his head and pressed him! After being dropped to the mat following that impressive display of strength, Land Mass rolled out of the ring and decided he had enough of Ekuma for the time being. Ekuma followed him out of the ring, and the two large monsters exchanged blows all the way up the entrance way, while the referee counted both men. The ref reached 10 as the two gigantic wrestlers continued battling outside the ring, and declared the match a draw.

In an extremely short match, Ekuma The Hawaiian Strong Man drew with Land Mass in 4:15 following a double count out.
Match Rating E

Given both mens lack of talent in the ring, I deliberately kept this very short and chaotic. I had no illusions this was going to be anything other than ugly, so I set it up to be a cooldown match before we went into the main matches for the evening. But the confrontation was necessary for storyline purposes and to establish the monsters rivalry with each other.

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Whistler is being interviewed backstage on who he thinks will win the Empire title match tonight and what his future plans in NYCW are. Whistler replies..

"Who do I think will win tonight? Well, Steve Flash is one of the best wrestlers inside the squared circle that has ever graced NYCW and he would make a worthy champion, but I kinda hope Bailey wins, cause I have a personal score to settle with old bowler head. You see , Bailey is the one that took the Empire title from me several months ago, and two months ago he cheated to keep me from getting it back! But Whistler isn't crying over spilt milk, oh no! I am working hard and training harder, getting myself ready to come back stronger than ever! So Flash, Bailey, whoever marches out of Manhattan with the Empire title, just know that the Whistler is coming for ya!"

Rating D+

Knowing that the behemoth battle before this was going to kill the crowd energy, I deliberately had the popular Whistler come out here now to start building them back up, and he does so quite well with an excellent promo.

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Empire Champion Black Hat Bailey is warming up backstage when Fern Hathaway comes up to ask him if he is worried about losing his match tonight against his challenger Steve Flash. Bailey grabs the mike and angrily replies...

"Worried?! Why should I be worried?! I am the NYCW Empire Champion! If anyone should be worried its Steve Flash! I'll admit he has some talent in the ring, but I was a headliner in a major promotion! I was a three time SWF North American Champion! I have dominated every promotion I have been in for three decades! Yeah, Flash held this belt before,but he never faced me for it. And I have beaten every other person who has challenged me forthis title ever since I came back here and won it! So , no little girl, I am not worried about Steve Flash beating me. In NYCW the guys in the black hats always win!"

Rating D+

Bailey does his usual professional job of hyping up the Empire title match and further energizes the crowd before the co-main event.

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Steve Flash vs. Black Hat Bailey for the NYCW Empire Championship

Five decades of combined experience in the ring was on display as Flash and Bailey went through a clinic of mat wrestling as holds and counters were traded back and forth with rapid speed. But, not being able to keep pace with Flash on the ground Bailey soon resorted to cheap tactics to try to gain the upper hand. While he was able to interrupt Flash's momentum with a thumb to the eye or a rake of the back , he was never able to gain a lasting advantage as Flash always rallied back. Finally, a low blow delivered while the referee was distracted seem to have the match in Bailey's favor, and he set Flash up for the Bailey Breaker. But as Bailey went to position his opponent, the resourceful Flash delivered a Flash Bang out of nowhere and dropped the Champion on the mat!! Flash fell over Bailey and the referee counted one... two....three!! Steve Flash has won the NYCW Empire Championship!!

In a bout that had a good crowd and good action, Steve Flash defeated Black Hat Bailey in 10:01 by pinfall with a Flash Bang. Steve Flash wins the NYCW Empire title.
Match Rating D-

Starts with a bang, ends with a whimper. Now I know why these two hadn't faced each other before as they really just didn't work well together. There wasn't anything technically wrong, just the little communications between wrestlers that add to a match weren't there between those two. Hesitations, delays in counters, reversals looking forced, neither man was on the same page at all. This would have been okay for an opening match, but for a main title match between two of the headliners this was a major disappointment. Obviously a feud between these two isn't something we'd be able to headline our shows with.

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David Mack is standing in the ring with a microphone and says...

" First off, let me say congratulations to Steve for winning the Empire title. It's good to see someone with honor and integrity holding that belt now. But be warned Steve, friend or no friend, I will be coming for that title as soon as I take care of some unfinished business. And that business is the Warrior of Darkness, Ota. Tonight Ota it will be you and me one on one, and there will be a winner this time. That winner will be me when I submit you right in the middle of this ring! I came back to NYCW because the great fans of the Tri-State area are the best in the country! I will not allow Ota's reign of darkness to come to pass. I will defeat him right here, in this very ring tonight!"

Suddenly the lights go out, the bigscreen lights up in red and black and the lights come back on with ....

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The Warrior of Darkness, Ota, standing in the ring face to face with David Mack! Then a deep eerie disembodied voice speaks and says

" David Mack! You have been a worthy foe, but your opposition to the Warrior of Darkness ends tonight! The Warrior will force you to submit to his will and the last obstacle will be removed! NYCW beware! The Reign of Darkness begins tonight!"

As the voices fades a double chime is heard, like someone hitting a gong.

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David Mack vs. Ota, Warrior of Darkness in a Submission Match.

With no pinfalls or countouts or disqualifications both men changed up their usual game plan and instead tried to weaken a part of their opponent's body to set up a submission while simultaneously preventing it occuring to themselves. Mack was targeting Ota's neck for his Dragon Sleeper while Ota was focusing on Mack's left leg and knee. The action went back and forth with each man getting worked over by his opponent, but neither one able to hold a submission long enough to get the other to tap. The ending came about twenty minutes into the match when Mack made a miscalculation. Ota had removed a turnbuckle pad earlier in the match. Mack tried to whip Ota into that corner, but the wily ninja caught himself just before hitting the exposed steel. Mack tried to follow up with a high knee lift, but Ota rolled out of the way and Mack instead impacted his leg on the exposed turnbuckle, falling to the mat in obvious pain. Ota wasted no time in dragging Mack to the center of the ring and then locking on a figure four. Mack tried desperately to either reverse it or get to the ropes, but was unable to do either. finally after two minutes in the hold, Mack passed out from the pain. The referee lifted Mack's arm three times, and after it fell the third time, awarded the match to the Warrior of Darkness, Ota.

In a bout that had a good crowd and good action, Ota, Warrior of Darkness defeated David Mack in 22:40 by submission after blatantly cheating.
Match Rating C

This was a welcome result after the disappointment of the Empire title match as both Ota and I were on our game tonight, and I feel this was probably the best of our trio of matches. With Flash now holding the title, Ota is positioned as a prime challenger and hopefully we can spin a good feud between them.

OVERALL SHOW D+

Ota's and my match rescued what could have been a bad night as Vessey and Wright bombing as a team and Flash and Bailey not working well together really put a crimp in what should have been one of our best shows ever. Fortunately what most people remember is the main event and we delivered the best match of the three to send the fans home happy. We didn't draw as many people as the last couple months but still the feedback afterwards was that this was another awesome show for us and should continue to build our popularity in the region.

Dragonmack

02-10-2010, 07:14 AM

11 predictions this time around, and grats to BYU-14, Tigerkinney, BG Buff and Phantom Stranger for getting 5/5, you all win a private wrestling lesson with Stomper himself... for a modest $100 a hour fee. ( Told you he was a miser! :p ) Pretty much everyone called the two tag matches, it was about half and half on the main event and title matches, and a couple of people gave Sammy the Shark a chance.
Props to Oregano Jenson for nailing who the new worker was going to be in Jesse Christian.

Unfiortunately my big planned tag pairing of Vessey and Wright had zero chemistry together. Disappointing as they seemed like such a natural pairing and Bailey having bad chemistry with Flash kind of kills using him in any kind of feud with Flash for the belt. But that is always one of the fun parts of the game, having to constantly change plans on the fly. :)

BYU 14

02-10-2010, 08:34 AM

You and Ota definitely saved the show with a great main event, always nice coming in with a C at this size.

I like what you did pre-show with the meet and greet, very creative. It will be interesting to see how that works out long term.

Apupunchau@optonline

02-10-2010, 09:29 AM

I like what you did pre-show with the meet and greet, very creative. It will be interesting to see how that works out long term.

I did too I thought it was quite interesting. What was the angle you made for it.

Dragonmack

02-10-2010, 09:47 AM

I did too I thought it was quite interesting. What was the angle you made for it.

I borrowed something that James Casey mentioned in his diary, an 8 person entertainment angle where I rated the top four on entertainment, using the guys with the highest charisma on my roster, and then 4 guys who weren't rated ( I think, am at work and can't check to see if I set them all for entertainment) but were still on screen for the angle. I didn't get any improvement messages, but that was only the first time I had done it, and it did get a good grade. I will do it for a few shows more to see if it does make a difference or to see if I need to adjust something in the angle.

Phantom Stranger

02-10-2010, 12:29 PM

I borrowed something that James Casey mentioned in his diary, an 8 person entertainment angle where I rated the top four on entertainment, using the guys with the highest charisma on my roster, and then 4 guys who weren't rated ( I think, am at work and can't check to see if I set them all for entertainment) but were still on screen for the angle. I didn't get any improvement messages, but that was only the first time I had done it, and it did get a good grade. I will do it for a few shows more to see if it does make a difference or to see if I need to adjust something in the angle.

Done something similar in some games. So long as the top names are significantly above the others, you'll see radical improvement in a shortish number of shows.

Dragonmack

02-10-2010, 05:54 PM

Monday Afternoon, March 21st 2010 about a week after March into Manhattan.

“ David, can we talk for a minute?”

I was down at the Ministry with the boys getting some work in at the training area we had set up in the back. I turned around and said

“ Sure, what do you need?”

“ Here, take a look at this, it should explain everything.”

He handed me a thick sheet of papers that looked like a contract. A feeling of worry came over me until I looked over the paperwork and saw what it actually said

“ It’s a little early for April Fool’s Steve, but I give you marks on creativity!”

The person I was talking to was one of my best friends in the locker room, Steve Flash. He stated

“ It’s not a joke David, it’s real. Jeremy is going to make a public announcement in a couple days, but I wanted you to hear it from me first.”

“ You mean this is serious?! NOTBPW actually want you to be their head booker?!”

Realizing that this wasn’t an elaborate prank, I recalled that Dan Stone Sr had stepped down a few days ago and turned the company over to his son Jeremy. That was kind of a surprise as most people assumed Victoria would be taking over, but Jeremy is the eldest so it makes sense. But what didn’t make sense was them targeting Steve Flash for their booker!

“ Don’t misunderstand me Steve, I know you would do a hell of a job and stuff, but why would Jeremy Stone be calling you to do the booking for NOTBPW when he has his sister Victoria right there, or even Dan Jr?”

“ You know I used to work up there back in the mid 90’s and Jeremy was my tag partner. We even took the titles once. Anyway, from what he told me, Victoria willingly stepped down even though their father offered her the company first. She said she wanted to spend more time home with her daughter Lucy, now that she is approaching her teen years, and even though she didn’t confirm it, Jeremy thinks she and Sean may have another kid on the way. As for Dan Jr, Jeremy said he’s rather concentrate on wrestling right now, rather than dealing with all the backstage stuff. He knows that I prefer the same kind of wrestling he does, solid technical ring action without all the fluff and showiness of a CGC or SWF.

As for me, you and I both know that I only have a few years at best left in the ring, and I need to think about my future after that point. While it was surprising to me to be offered the spot, I’d be a fool not to take it! Not only would I get to work more than I can here, but I would be getting to work with some of the best in ring wrestlers in this business!”

“ It sounds great as hell, Steve, but I just gave you the Empire title! What about NYCW?”

“ I will still be around. I told Jeremy that I would only take the offer on the condition that I got to finish out my time here, so my deal there is a ppa deal. Besides they aren’t that far away from the Tri-State area, not like when you and I were flying back and forth from CGC shows. You will still see plenty of me here, although not as much as before.”

“ Well, I can’t say this isn’t a shock, but hell yeah! This is a huge opportunity! Of course you have to go for it! Besides, it isn’t like booking Dan Stone vs. Johnny Bloodstone, Jeremy Stone or Sean McFly is all that difficult. That may be the best place for you to hone your skills booking as that roster is very forgiving.
Let me take care of a couple things then we will go out and celebrate Steve Flash being the Head Booker of NOTBPW!!”

“ Thanks David, I am glad to see you are taking it well. And don’t worry, I won’t make you regret giving me the Empire title. See you outside in a few.”

With that Steve headed to the locker room to get changed, while I headed for my small office there to email Stomper and to call the scheduling office for the Ministry. I realized that NOTBPW held all their PPV’s on the exact same day we held our shows, and I was going to have to reschedule the rest of our calendar if I wanted to have my Empire Champion available.

BYU 14

02-10-2010, 08:30 PM

Holy crap, that came out of nowhere. And I was upset about losing Art Reed. At least it is a PPA deal, so there shouldn't be much conflict.

Dragonmack

02-11-2010, 02:26 PM

March definitely had several events which are sure to shake the wrestling world as the ripples spread outward from TCW expanding their operations and the reigns of management of NOTBPW transitioning from Dan Stone Sr to his his son Jeremy Stone. I know we have already felt some effects here in NYCW with Flash being the new booker for NOTBPW. Elsewhere in the wrestling world, the news for March 2010 was …..

NEWS

TCW have continued their chase of their rivals SWF, and answered SWF’s expansion with one of their own as they are now classified as an International promotion.
Deep Impact Wrestling in Australia has risen from a local promotion to one now classified as Small.
Jeremy Stone has taken over ownership from his father, Dan Stone Sr, who has retired from the business, and his first act as new owner is to tap NYCW’s Steve Flash as his new head booker, instead of his sister Victoria.
UK’s National School of Wrestling had its first graduation class and it consisted of all arounder Leigh Burton, small cruiserweight Joe Simpson, the enormous 465lb super heavyweight War Machine, cruiserweight Ricky Storm and Middleweight Brawler Dwayne Dark. All but Dark were quickly offered contracts by 21CW.
Mighty Mo is the latest graduate of the TCW School of Pro Wrestling. Possessed of good charisma, fantastic athleticism and a great muscular look, TCW quickly signed him to the main roster.
Nighthawk, an Australian version of Jim Force, enters the pro ranks in his country. Like his inspiration, he is a charismatic brawler, and not much else. Still, that was enough for Force to have a big career, and it may be enough for Nighthawk as well.
2nd gen Luchador, Sabra Man Jr, son of the original Israeli import Sabra Man, has entered the lucha world in Mexico. He is different from the usual luchador in that he has solid mat skills but lacks the usual high flying skillset. He also lacks charisma but does have solid fundamentals, and with a lot of work could carve out a solid career.
Young North Carolinian Jared Johnson, a 19 yr old possessed of good charisma and ring skills and far better than normal mat skills for someone his age. While Stomper wants no more additions to the roster for now, if he isn’t snapped up by someone else in the future, he is definitely on our radar.
ACPW’s Mario da Silva landed badly during a move in one of his matches, and the doctors have diagnosed a misaligned spinal column, sidelining the youngster for 3 months.
ROF’s Johnny Highspot and announcer Justin Blackham have formed a friendship after Highspot put over Blackham’s announcing skills on a local radio show.
SWF continue their expansion as they have inked a PPV deal with PPV Japan to air their events overseas.

SIGNINGS AND LEAVINGS

21CW signs 4 new graduates, Leigh Burton, Joe Simpson, War Machine and Ricky Storm. They also extend the deals of Nightmare and Davey London.
Saori Nakadan renews her contract with 5SSW.
AAA extend Black Widow and Demelza (Stephanie) Wade.
Dagger renews his deal with ACPW.
APW extends Stephanie Drucker’s contract.
BHOTWG calls up Ninja Shunji and extend the contracts of Bairei Yasujiro, Hiroaki Nakasawa, Nissho Yuasa and Fukusaburu Inao.
Miss American Pie Lora Washington extends her contract with BSC.
Announcer Marty Papin renews his deal with CGC.
CZCW sign Jacob Jett.
DIW expands their roster by bringing in Victor Goliath, Joe Zucco, Maurice Jackson, Angus McMiller, Seeker and Nicky Gilbert.
Arson Wells extends his deal with EWA.
FCW renew Leper Messiah, Bradford Peverall and Dane O’Hara.
GCG sign Nanobu Murkami and extend Yasuhide Tayama but lose Greg Gauge.
Shingen Miyazaki has signed a development deal with Hinote Dojo.
MAW extend Duke Hazzard’s contract.
MOSC renew Emma Evans and Ultra Violence.
MPWF renew Electrico.
NOTBPW sign Steve Flash and extend Melody Cuthill.
NYCW re-sign referee Michael Bull.
Campeon Jr renews his deal with OLLIE.
PGHW extend Akinori Kwakami and Simon Flemmingway.
PSW renew Nelson Callum.
RAW renews Captain Wrestling and the Quiz Master.
RIPW brings in Greg Gauge on a developmental deal and extend Giant Brody.
ROF keep Johnny Highspot and Merle O Curle by extending their deals.
SAISHO add Masutaro Kataoka on a development deal, sign Henry Bennett and renew Goemon Komiya.
SOTBPW extend the deals of Ultra Spark Jr and Referee Ramirez.
SWF call up Masked Patriot and extend Ana Garcia, Joe Sexy, Lobster Warrior and Zimmy Bumfhole.
TCW goes on a spree signing dojo graduate Mighty Mo, Acid, Fabulous Frank, Carl Batch, Frankie Perez, Mikey James and Wilson Carlisle. They also extend Archie Judge and Aaron Andrews.
UEW lose Greg Gauge and sign Lars Brecher. They also extend Sergei Kalashnov.
VWA extend Acheron.
Americana leaves WLW.
ZEN re-signs Jester and Quick Silver.

TITLE CHANGES

Mario da Silva’s injury forces him to vacate the ACPW Canadian Regional title.
Blake Belushi beats Spiffy Stan Standish for the APW Australian title.
Eddie Chandler wins the CGC World title for the third time after beating Jack DeColt.
The new pairing of Whippy the Clown and Bobby Thomas calling themselves the Franchise Players, win the CGC Tag titles from Stevie Grayson and Zeus Maximillion.
The pairing of Sean McFly and Harrison Hash win the Ed Henson Memorial Tag Team tournament.
PRIDE Koiso wins the PGHW Elite Tournament for the second year in a row.
Seiji Jimbo regains the PGHW Historical title from Bussho Makiguchi.
Champagne Lover, Pablo Rodriguez and Ultimate Phoenix win the SOTBPW Trios title from Los Sickness and Verdugo Estupendo.

randomfreeze

02-11-2010, 02:32 PM

Champagne Lover, Pablo Rodriguez and Ultimate Phoenix win the SOTBPW Trios title from Los Sickness and Verdugo Estupendo.

That might be the best looking Trios team I've seen thrown together by the computer. Planning around Flash will be cool...'08 he seemed to be a guy to go wherever you told him to go. Now he has booking talent, won't go to SWF because of the risque...he's got the personality I almost always envisioned of him. Can't wait for the next event.

Dragonmack

02-11-2010, 05:27 PM

Wednesday April 3rd 2010 Stomper’s Office

With Stomper doing SWF shows as a road agent now, our usual monthly review meeting was a few days late. As usual he didn’t bother to read the word doc files I emailed him after figuring the financial and wanted to hear about money in person. He stated…

“ So how did we do last month kid? It looked like you had everyone working out there on the last show.”

I replied …

“ Only way they are going to get better is to get out there and work. Besides, it keeps the people happy and it helps to avoid problems in the locker room. But don’t worry, even using everyone and having a smaller audience than the month before, we still cleared over $1200 profit.”

“ Good, as long as you are keeping us in the black. Speaking of which, I got a call from PSW yesterday. They want me to do some road agenting for them as well.”

“ PSW!? You won’t even let me do a working agreement with them to trade some talent, yet you are going to road agent their shows? Do you plan to actually work at NYCW anymore?”

“ Watch your mouth kid! This is still my company! I am not abandoning NYCW. Fact is that PSW hold their shows here every month as well, so I don’t even have to travel to work for them. Also, I need to think about my golden years. We aren’t exactly pulling in millions of dollars here kid, and I need to get as much money together as I can to ease my retirement. This is a lousy economy you know. “

“ All right Stomper, calm down. I guess it is just hitting me a little hard what with you gone most of the time to SWF and now Steve up in Canada most of the week for NOTBPW. It just feels like I am kind of getting abandoned here. I came back to be with the people I consider family, but now you guys are off doing other stuff.”

“ Get over it kid! This isn’t the Waltons, this is professional wrestling! Change and being in different promotions is part of the business. If you are standing still in this industry then you are falling behind.
I trust you to hold things down here. You don’t need me looking over your shoulder every minute. Just do your best to make our shows the best you can and it will all work out. Speaking of which, have you got Spring Showdown figured out yet? “

“ For the most part. I did have to move the show back a day so that Flash could be here, but the Ministry didn’t have any problems with me changing dates. I just have to check a couple travel arrangements and then I will have the final card to you by the end of the day.”

“ Ok kid, get to it. See you later.”

Dragonmack

02-11-2010, 08:40 PM

From the NYCW Website….

NYCW MARCH INTO MANHATTAN saw the crowning of a new NYCW Empire Champion, Steve Flash! But that wasn’t the only thing to happen that night as former SCCW Champion Jesse Christian made his return to wrestling after saving former SCCW ‘er Elijah Harris from a brutal attack by Larry Vessey and Lee Wright. And in our main event, the Warrior of Darkness, Ota, took advantage of opportunity to beat David Mack, who passed out from pain in a figure four after he refused to tap out. Also the tag team champions got a win over rivals Old School Principals, evening them up at one win apiece, and Honest Frank defeated Tri-State Champion Sammy the Shark in a non title match.

All of this sets the stage for NYCW SPRING SHOWDOWN where the new Empire Champion will make his first title defense and others will compete to advance their challenges for both the Empire and Tri-State titles. The lineup for NYCW SPRING SHOWDOWN includes…..

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Jesse Christian VS Lee Wright

Jesse Christian made a surprising return after a 5 year absence, and immediately made an impact by coming to the rescue of his former fellow SCCW’er Elijah Harris as he was being assaulted by Lee Wright and his tag partner Larry Vessey. Now Wright has challenged Christian one on one to teach the newest addition to the NYCW roster not to interfere in his business. Christian was a champion and dominant wrestler in SCCW, but will a 5 year layoff be too much to overcome when faced with the always dangerous Lee Wright?

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Dazzling Dave Diamond VS Rick Sanders

Former Champions face off to determine who makes the next challenge to current champion Sammy the Shark for the Tri-State title. Sanders has the edge in experience, but Triple D is motivated to regain the title he lost to Sammy 6 months ago. Who will emerge victorious to become the #1 contender?

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Whistler VS Honest Frank

Both men are multiple time former Empire Champions and two of the biggest names in NYCW over the past 5 years. Each is looking to put together a string of victories to get back into the title picture, and a high profile victory here would be enough to put the winner’s name near the top of the list for a title shot.

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David Mack VS Black Hat Bailey

Both men are coming off a devastating loss at March into Manhattan and both men are looking to rebound with a big win to get into the Empire title hunt. Plus these two have history going back three years. Black Hat Bailey was the first person David Mack ever wrestled in NYCW, but circumstances prevented them from determining conclusively who was the better man. Now they look to answer that question as they face off again for the first time in three years.

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Steve Flash © VS Ota, The Warrior of Darkness for the NYCW Empire Championship.

Steve Flash regained the NYCW Empire Championship in a hard fought battle, but he gets no time to rest on his laurels as he has to defend his newly won title against the devious and dastardly warrior of darkness, Ota. Ota catapulted himself to #1 contender by forcing his long time rival David Mack to pass out in a vicious submission lock and seeks to ride that momentum to an Empire title victory and his own Reign of Darkness.

Jesse Christian VS Lee Wright

Dazzling Dave Diamond VS Rick Sanders

Whistler VS Honest Frank

David Mack VS Black Hat Bailey

Steve Flash © VS Ota, The Warrior of Darkness for the NYCW Empire Championship.

bgbuff

02-11-2010, 09:06 PM

Jesse Christian VS Lee Wright
DQ maybe
Dazzling Dave Diamond VS Rick Sanders
I've always enjoyed triple D
Whistler VS Honest Frank

David Mack VS Black Hat Bailey

Steve Flash © VS Ota, The Warrior of Darkness for the NYCW Empire Championship.

Phantom Stranger

02-11-2010, 09:32 PM

Jesse Christian VS Lee Wright

Dazzling Dave Diamond VS Rick Sanders

Whistler VS Honest Frank

David Mack VS Black Hat Bailey

Steve Flash © VS Ota, The Warrior of Darkness for the NYCW Empire Championship.

xopher316

02-11-2010, 09:32 PM

Nightshadeex

02-11-2010, 11:01 PM

BYU 14

02-11-2010, 11:08 PM

Jesse Christian VS Lee Wright
Newcomer has to get the win in his debut

Dazzling Dave Diamond VS Rick Sanders
Triple D all the way

Whistler VS Honest Frank
Tough call, I have to go with Honest Frank to get this one heated

David Mack VS Black Hat Bailey
Elevates you to the top contenders spot for....

Steve Flash © VS Ota, The Warrior of Darkness for the NYCW Empire Championship.
A continuing feud with the new NYCW Champion

Zergon

02-11-2010, 11:49 PM

Apupunchau@optonline

02-12-2010, 12:20 AM

Jesse Christian VS Lee Wright

New guy picks up the win even though I don't like it. I've seen C and C+ matches out of Lee against Flash at this point in my NYCW games and for a promotion like NYCW that's a gold mine.

Dazzling Dave Diamond VS Rick Sanders

Again i dislike sanders but his heel team is really the only team to be able to go against The Ring Generals.

Whistler VS Honest Frank

Whistler will retire soon and as much as I hate Honest Frank that makes him the youngster winner of this match up.

David Mack VS Black Hat Bailey

Bailey will be the next to go up against Flash.

Steve Flash © VS Ota, The Warrior of Darkness for the NYCW Empire Championship.

Steve Flash for a 1 year+ reign as champ. (Have we discussed how much I love flash yet)

Tigerkinney

02-12-2010, 02:28 AM

Jesse Christian VS Lee Wright

The ex SCCW man gets the win on his debut, Wright really IS at that age where he should be putting others over.

Dazzling Dave Diamond VS Rick Sanders

I'll go against the grain here and say that Sanders picks up the win here, his tag feud (alongside Masked Mauler) with the Ring Generals can go on the backburner for a little bit.

Whistler VS Honest Frank

Frank by nefarious means (I'm thinking Brass Knuckles), I can see this leading to a progam between the two, that will keep then occupied for a few months.

David Mack VS Black Hat Bailey

The phasing out of old man Bailey from the main event scene continues

Steve Flash © VS Ota, The Warrior of Darkness for the NYCW Empire Championship.

Flash may have other commitments now but I can't see you hot-shotting the belt over to Ota in Flash's first defence.

Dragonmack

02-12-2010, 05:03 PM

show should be up by saturday evening (eastern time)

Hyde Hill

02-12-2010, 07:25 PM

Dragonmack

02-13-2010, 02:27 PM

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NYCW SPRING SHOWDOWN
Held at the Ministry in Queens
Sunday Week 2 April 2010 Att: 832

PRE SHOW

Once again current and future stars of NYCW take time before the show to interact with the fans and do some in character question and answers with the audience.
Rating D+

Still a work in progress in so far if this is helping some of the less charismatic members of our roster improve, but, it is still something the fans seem to like.

In a bout that had a good crowd and some decent in-ring action, David Mack, Steve Flash, Ekuma The Hawaiian Strong Man and Jesse Christian drew with Black Hat Bailey, Masked Man, The New York Doll and Hugh de Aske in 6:33 following a double count out.
Match Rating D+

Purely a training match to help some of the guys work on their skills with some of the veteran ring workers. The actual result wasn't important,but the full speed ring action was invaluable for the younger guys.

MAIN SHOW

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Whistler is standing outside the locker room of Empire Champion Steve Flash when Honest Frank walks up and says

" And just what do you think you are doing out here you Grandpa?"

Whistler replies

" Not that it's any of your business, you forked tongue snake, but I am going to challenge Steve Flash for a match for the Empire title and win back the belt!"

" Sorry gramps, you are going to have to wait your turn , because I am going to challenge Flash, and just like last time he had the belt, I am going to beat him and become a 3 time Empire Champion!"

" Tell you what Frankie! Why don't you get your ass out to that ring and face me and whoever wins can be the one to challenge Flash next!"

" You're on Whistler. Normally I don't like picking on senior citizens, but in your case I will make an exception!"

Both men then angrily march toward the ring and a confrontation with each other. Right after they leave, Steve Flash opens the door, looks around, and not seeing anything, closes it again and gets ready for his match later.

Rating D+

Good hype segment to get the crowd warmed up for the first match of the show.

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Whistler VS Honest Frank

Not a lot of technical mat wrestling here as both men are big, straight ahead brawlers. It was punches, forearm shots, and slams and kneedrops exchanged back and forth as each man tried to wear his opponent down. The ending came when Whistler went for the Rebel Yell, but missed and instead ended up on the recieving end of a Frank N Hurter.

In a bout that had a good crowd and some decent in-ring action, Honest Frank defeated Whistler in 8:18 by pinfall with a Frank-N-Hurter.
Match Rating D-

Decent opening match, although I was hoping for somewhat better from two of my bigger stars. Still, while not energizing the crowd more, it didn't kill it either.

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Elijah Harris VS The Masked Mauler

Two veterans face off but Mauler is bigger and stronger and is able to stuff Harris' attempts at offense fairly easily. Harris shows a lot of heart, but a vicious clothesline/backbreaker combo leaves him in position in the middle of the ring for Mauler to lock on his dreaded Iron Claw! With no escape, Harris has to submit to escape the pain of the head crushing hold.

In an extremely short match, The Masked Mauler defeated Elijah Harris in 4:45 by submission with an Iron Claw.
Match Rating E+

Pretty much a squash match to keep Mauler strong for his tag matches. Harris is a good wrestler, but is nearing 50 yrs old, and is around to help train the younger guys, entertain the crowd, and put over those higher up on the roster, like Mauler.

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Larry Vessey and Lee Wright are backstage, and the duo is then joined by the humongous Land Mass. Vessey takes the mike and states

" You know, the situation here in NYCW reminds me of something I have seen on the wildlife channels. You see NYCW is like a pride of lions, with the leaders and hunters of the pride who do their jobs to keep the pride strong and safe every day. But then you have these adolescents, who haven't done anything for the pride, but have just lived off the work of others."

Lee Wright continues

" You see, we are the hunters and leaders, the ones who have done the work to make the pride strong. But then you have the lazy adolescents, like Animal Harker, like Sammy the Shark and the Ring Generals and those other young bastards who haven't put in the time or done the work, yet expect to be granted the leadership of the pride! Well, we are here to show you what happens when you challenge the Alpha Lions. We just grow stronger!"

The newest addition to the group, Land Mass then speaks, stating

" We are the leaders of the pride of NYCW! We are the Alpha Lions! And we are going to show all you young punks that if you mess with us, you have a Massive Problem on your hands!"

Rating C-

Three of the most menacing figures in NYCW have banded together to form a new stable, The Alpha Lions, and judging by the initial audience reaction, have managed to generate quite a bit of heat for their new group.

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Sammy the Shark & Ekuma VS Larry Vessey & Land Mass

Action is short and quick as Vessey and Sammy open. Sammy shows some skill but Vessey's greater experience and disdain for the young Sammy allow him to control their exchange. Each tags in their larger team mate and another battle of colossusses begins as Ekuma and Land Mass collide. Once again, strength overcomes pure size as Ekuma whips Land Mass into the corner and then follows with a devastating splash, knocking the wind out of the big Mass. Land Mass falls to the mat, and Ekuma follows with his Hawaiian Crush to finish the match.

In an extremely short match, Sammy The Shark and Ekuma The Hawaiian Strong Man defeated Larry Vessey and Land Mass in 5:05 when Ekuma The Hawaiian Strong Man defeated Land Mass by pinfall with a Hawaiian Crush.
Match Rating E+

As expected, the match quality went out the window once the larger men hit the ring. But it was decent enough for a cooldown match and helps to set up this next segment.

Having handed the Alpha Lions a clear defeat, Tri-State Champion Sammy the Shark boasts to an angry and upset Larry Vessey on the outside of the ring about how his so called 'Alpha Lions' got shown up by the young blood. But suddenly Vessey's scowl turns into a grin. A roar goes up from the crowd and Sammy turns around, only to be viciously clotheslined by....

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JD MORGAN!!.

Land Mass trips up Ekuma and then brawls with him, preventing Ekuma from coming to the aid of his partner as JD Morgan slaps on the Cross Atlantic Stretch on the Tri-State champion,forcing him to yell in pain. Ekuma finally breaks free, and the three men back away from the ring, satisfied with the damage they caused and the increase in their strength.

Although Stomper had stated he wasn't looking for anymore additions, some news I had gotten earlies this month necessitated searching for another suitable addition to the roster. While Morgan is a more than adequate fit, I will be honest in that he wasn't the first name I contacted. I actually got in touch with three people who were well known in this area. The first was Nathan Coleman, but when I didn't immediately cave in on his first contract demand, he pulled out of talks, and onto my future **** list. Then I contacted Johnny Martin, and we had a deal worked out, but it was more than my tightwad owner Stomper was willing to pay. Still Morgan is a good addition to the roster.

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Jesse Christian VS Lee Wright

Wright took the early advantage as Christian tried to adjust to the pace back in the ring after a long absence. Wright forced Christian to the ground to try and counter the big southerner's greater strength. But as the crowd rooted for the charismatic Christian, he seemed to feed off the fan's support and powered back onto his feet. He then proceeded to target Wright's lower back with a series of forearm shots to the small of the back, followed up by a vicious backbreaker. All of this set up for Christian's finishing move as he he hoisted Wright up over his shoulders in the Human Torture Wrack! Wright, already weakened, and with a history of back injuries from his decades competing in Japan, had no choice but to tap out.

In a bout that had a good crowd and some decent in-ring action, Jesse Christian defeated Lee Wright in 12:47 by submission with a Human Torture Rack.
Match Rating D

Decent return match for Christian, who showed hardly any ring rust. In fact, it was Wright who seemed off his game tonight. Still it was a decent match that showed off Christian's potential with us.

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Triple D Dazzling Dave Diamond is backstage and says..

" It has been too long since Triple D has held gold in NYCW. I almost feel naked with out a belt around my waist. But tonight , I take the first step to correct that situation as I face the dour Rick Sanders in the ring. Sanders, I know you are a tough, no nonsense son of a gun, but you are standing between me and what I want, a shot at the Tri-State belt so I can get my title back. And what Triple D wants, Triple D gets. So Sanders, you better saddle up, because you are in for a rough ride tonight!"

Rating E+

Okay promo, but Diamond needs to build some more momentum to get the crowd behind him.

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Dazzling Dave Diamond VS Rick Sanders

It was brawler vs technician in this match as Sanders tried to keep Triple D locked down with mat holds and wear down a body part for a submission, while Diamond countered with heavy blows and forearms, and hi impact moves. Sanders resorted to trying to grab the ropes on a rollup attempt, but the referee saw and kicked Sanders hands off the ropes. This was the opportunity Triple D needed as he hoisted up Sanders and planted him with the Dazzle Driver for the win.

In a match that had an average crowd reaction and some decent in-ring action, Dazzling Dave Diamond defeated Rick Sanders in 9:33 by pinfall with a Dazzle Driver.
Match Rating D

Since both Stomper and the industry in general seem to think that Diamond can be a future star, it's time to see if Triple D can live up to the hype. While this wasn't a show stealer of a match, given the fact that the crowd was a little cold it was fairly good.

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Black Hat Bailey is being interviewed backstage and is asked about his title loss and his opponent tonight. Bailey grabs the mike, pushes the interviewer out of the camera frame and says

" It's obvious that the blatant favortism this organization has for their favorite son Steve Flash is why I was cheated out of my Empire title! But I will address that with Flash in due course, that is if Ota leaves any of Flash left after their match! But tonight, I want to deal with another fair haired saviour of NYCW, David Mack! Mack, I knew you'd be trouble from the moment we first crossed paths three years ago! But I had other business then so I wasn't able to put you in your proper place! Now, since you were foolish enough to come back to my turf,NYCW where I am king, it seems that you have become my business! So tonight I am going to take care of business by taking you out! And then, when I have rid myself of you, I can focus on regaining the Empire title that is rightfully mine!"

Rating D+

Bailey builds a lot of heat with the crowd.

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David Mack is also backstage and replies to Bailey's interview by stating

" Bailey, it seems having lost your title has also addled your mind. Three years ago, when we first met I beat you. Granted it wasn't a decisive result, but you fled for the 'big time' before we could settle things. By the way, how'd that work out for you? I couldn't help but notice that you ended up back here fairly quickly. Still, when I came back to NYCW, you were the least of my concerns. But then you had to bring back Ota to ruin my return! While Ota was able to get the best of me last month, that just leaves me free to deal with you tonight! Bailey it's time we settled this and just like three years ago, I plan to send you packing, only this time, it won't be to 'the big leagues' it will be out to pasture!"

Rating D-

Not one of my better promos. It's kind of hard to retain heat from a three year old feud that barely began. Bailey is already hated by the crowd so he is able to get a response just off that, but I have been absent for awhile and haven't rebuilt my crowd support yet.

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David Mack VS Black Hat Bailey

Definitely a lot of bad blood on display here as both men clearly don't like each other. Bailey tried every dirty trick he could without getting dq'd to try and gain an advantage while Mack used every lesson he learned in three countries to counter Bailey's underhanded tactics. Lots of back and forth action and momentum swings and several two counts from both men followed. The finish chame when Mack tried to bring Bailey down with a Sunset Flip, but Bailey sat down and grabbed the ropes for leverage. however, the referee saw it before counting three, and knocked Bailey's hands off the ropes. This allowed Mack to finish the Sunset Flip rollup and pin Bailey to the mat for the three count!

In a bout that had a good crowd and good action, David Mack defeated Black Hat Bailey in 10:07 by pinfall.
Match Rating C-

While I may not have gotten as good a response as I wanted on my promo, the match itself went quite well as Bailey and I were able to string together a solid story in the ring. Now if the main event was as good or better we might have a hell of a show tonight.

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A video package airs showing the victories last month of Ota over David Mack and Flash over Bailey to win the Empire Championship. The clip montage also airs several highlights from previous matches both men have had in NYCW showcasing their skills and highlights of their dominant moments then ends with the message 'Flash faces the Darkness tonight for the NYCW Empire Championship. Who will prevail?'

Rating D

Since Flash isn't good at cutting promos, and Ota has the whole not speaking directly gimmick, this was a good way to hype up the main event and both participants without needing either to do more than show how good they are in the ring.

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Steve Flash © VS Ota, The Warrior of Darkness for the NYCW Empire Championship.

Afaik, this is the first time these two have squared off one on one in NYCW as three years ago, Flash was holding the Tri-state title, and Ota was here as Phunk's enforcer. So there was a lot of anticipation for this matchup from the audience. Ota had a lot of momentum from coming out on top from his series with Mack, but Flash also had been on a streak that had seen him regain the Empire title, so both men were at the top of their game. Each man went through their entire bag of tricks in this match as Ota tried attacking from both the mat and the top ropes, and Flash countering everything thrown at him. As neither man was able to get an advantage, the frustration was mounting on both sides and each man began resorting to more direct action, exchanging punches back and forth in the middle of the ring. As the referee tried to get the match back within the rules and got between both men, both men simultaneously tossed the referee over the top rope! The shocked referee immediately disqualified both men, ending the match in a draw!

In a bout that had a good crowd and good action, Steve Flash drew with Ota, Warrior of Darkness in 19:41 following a double disqualification.
Match Rating D+

Keeping both men building momentum as I extend this feud a little longer. Both to build up momentum for potential challengers for either man but also because this is currently the biggest matchup we have available that is fresh.

OVERALL SHOW D+

While the lack of a decisive finish probably kept the main event from topping the match Bailey and I had, it still capped off another show that the fans once again considered awesome for a promotion our size and should continue to boost our presence and popularity in the tri-state region. Also our attendance was back up to where it was a couple months ago, which I know will keep Stomper happy.

Dragonmack

02-13-2010, 08:09 PM

9 predictors this time ( granted no where near Eisen Verse level but still more than I used to get from my previous dynasties, so thank you everyone.) No perfect ones this time, but then that was because no one called a draw ( although considering 3 out of 4 of my main events have ended that way, you'd think someone would have chosen it :p) Most picks were in favor of who actually won, although no one was unanimous, not even my match with Bailey, so at least I haven't become too predictable yet. :)

The Alpha lions stable is something different I am trying this time around. Usually my stables were upper card/main eventers. This time its more of a veterans vs rookies concept, which hopefully works out as the Alpha Lions become defacto trainers for the younger guys who still need to improve their ring skills. But they will have members from all levels of the cards so they wont be only jobbers.

While I will bring in other people to the roster, like I have done already ( although that was mostly in anticipation of hitting regional sometime soon) I do plan to try and keep the original roster as intact as possible and only get rid of them if they retire, sign somewhere else, or just have an insane contract demand ( especially since Stomper doesn't want to spend any of his retirement money ;) ) I also plan to try and avoid most of the obvious new superstars ( mostly because they get signed away before you really get any value out of them.) So it should be an interesting and non standard roster down the road as I am already using people I havent before like Ekuma and Jesse Christian.

Dragonmack

02-14-2010, 02:52 PM

TCW’s roster expansion from last month was beginning to have it’s trickle down effects as other promotions looked to fill holes left by departing talent. We were even beginning to feel the effects, as Stomper added road agenting for PSW to his schedule to make up for TCW poaching PSW’s former road agent. Frankly, Stomper is an upgrade, although I am not fond of our owner working for another promotion in direct area competition with us. Also, Ota got and accepted a ppa offer from CZCW. Not a big deal as they only run once a month and it isn’t in conflict with us. But what did directly affect us was the development deal from SWF that was given to Herb Stately, our color commentator and most experienced heel manager. He is being sent to RIPW to hone his skills for SWF, and as such we have our first actual loss from the roster since January.

Fortunately, for us anyway, as it was probably unfortunate for him, RIPW fired their current color commentator Mayhem Midden at the same time. We quickly hired him, and while he may be considered a notch below Stately, he is still an experienced commentator with a known history in the business. On the downside, he is 63 yrs old and probably only has a couple years left , so we also hired young Tim Weightman, a guy who had been commentating the small independent shows, and brought him in as a third commentator to be groomed to succeed Midden when he finally decides its time to hang it up. However, we aren’t the only ones affected, as witness to the news around the wrestling world for April 2010.…

NEWS

The fast paced Japanese promotion WLW has benefited from the preference for the modern high risk style of wrestling and has risen to be deemed a ‘Cult’ promotion. That puts them firmly on the heels of GCG and PGHW in the chase to catch up to the industry leader in the far east, BHOTWG.
Syd Collier, a graduate of the Mid Atlantic Boot Camp dojo, is a 19 yr with avg technical skills, but a decent grasp of psychology at such a young age, makes his way into pro wrestling and is immediately snapped up by MAW.
2nd gen luchador Mustang Blanco Jr , debuts in Mexico. He has the usual charisma and aerial skills of a luchador, but needs serious work on his actual ring skills to break out of the pack.
Amazing Fire Fly, a protégé of Axxis Jr, debuts this month. Small, even for a luchador, but he makes up for it with incredible speed and fantastic aerial skills. Many are predicting future stardom once he hones his ring skills.
RAW’s high flyer Heath Murdock is out of action for 3 months following a diagnosis of Chronic upper back pain, undoubtedly exacerbated by Murdock’s high risk wrestling style.
PGHW’s Washi Heat is on the shelf for 2 months as he rests his lower back from the Chronic Pain he has suffered do to the intense style of competition in the hard hitting promotion.
Dan Stone Sr made his retirement from the business official today, claiming his promotion and Canadian wrestling in general is in good hands for the future.
Iconic big man Dread has officially announced his retirement from the ring at age 48. He spent the last few years in PGHW, recently winning the tag titles with Bryan Holmes, but is best known for his dominance as the premier big man of the 80’s and 90’s, winning the TCW, SWF , GCGand BHOTWG World titles, the latter two twice each. He is a sure fire lock for the wrestling Hall of the Immortals.
Jerry Eisen let slip during an interview that he doesn’t think Kurt Laramee has earned his spot in SWF. Whether that was intentional or not, it has raised some bad blood between the elder Eisen son and Laramee.
Close quarters in the VWA locker room is apparently causing friction, especially between Jasper January and Albert Thorp, who reportedly go out of their way to avoid each other in the small promotion.
All is not in harmony backstage at 4C as announcer Terry Smith and road agent Grant Truman are reportedly feuding over position on the booking staff and political power behind the scenes.
TCW continue their direct competition with SWF by landing a PPV deal with Japan one month after SWF had done the same.
It was officially announced that Dread would become the latest inductee into Wrestling’s Hall of the Immortals. We here at NYCW congratulate the iconic big man on an induction well earned.

ROSTER MOVES

4C extend Tedd Ross and Joe Gilbert.
Etsuko Arihyoshi extends her contract with 5SSW.
APW sign Dumfrey Pinn and say goodbye to DOA.
BHOTWG call up Hachigoro Maeda from development and extend the contract of Chuichi Sanda.
BSC renew Lindsay Sugar, Vampella and Kathy Neptune.
CGC sign promising youngster Davis Wayne Newton and extend the contracts of Hotstuff Marie, Farrah Hesketh, and Warren Technique.
CZCW has some major turnover as they lose Mainstream Hernandez, Frankie Perez and Mikey James. They bring in Fumihiro Ota and Cannonball Kid and extend the contract of Fox Mask.
DIW extend Tombstone and Lou Brookmyre.
Hercules Johannson renews his deal with EWA , who also say goodbye to Ruud van Anger.
FCW also sees a roster shakeup after the departures of Mainstream Hernandez, The Sensational Singh and Carl Batch. They do sign Sienna de Ville and extend the contracts of Eddie Howard and Carlos Gonzalez.
GCG signs Roy Edison and allows Shingen Miyazaki to depart.
Hinote Dojo bring in Ometo Shikitei on a developmental deal and extend the contract of Burning Exile.
MAW brings in dojo graduate Syd Collier.
NYCW sign Mayhem Midden, Tim Weightman and JD Morgan and say goodbye to Herb Stately.
OLLIE extend the contract of Phoenix II.
Shihei Nagano renews his deal with PGHW.
PSW sign The Stomper to replace the departing Fabulous Frank. They also renew Nicole Kiss and Tank Bradley.
RIPW add Mainstream Hernandez, Herb Stately and Ernest Forthdyke-Hume on development deals, release Mayhem Midden and extend the deal of Marshal Dillon.
SAISHO lose Shingen Miyazaki but add Harumi Okazawaya and extend the contract of Brute Kikuchi.
SOTBPW renew the contract of Enrique Merino.
SWF call up valet Emmy and jobber Cheetah Boy and extend the deals of Akima Brave and Paul Huntingdon.
TCW extends the contracts of Sammy Bach, Karen Killer, Wolf Hawkins and Troy Tornado.
UEW renews the deal of Aria.
USPW extend Pete the Hillbilly.
WEXXW sign Munenori Umari and extend the contract of Eguchi the Amazing. Bull Wrecker and Travis Century finish the tour and depart.
WLW go on a signing spree with their expansion and ink Samoan Machine, Masami Aizawa, Jin Miyamoto and Eagle Kawasawa on ppa deals. They also extend Dark Eagle and Koki Ishibashi, but lose Acid to TCW.

TITLE CHANGES

K’Lee Hawkins is a two time 21CW UK Champion after regaining the belt from Harry Wilson.
DEVIL Karube regains the 5SSW World title from Yuma Maruya to become a 3 time champion.
Mainstream Hernandez’s departure leads to the FCW People’s championship being vacated.
Samoan Machine has a good month in GCG as he wins the GC Openweight title from Yasuide Tayama and his Samoan Destruction Inc team wins the GCG tag titles for the 3rd time after defeating Hurricane 2000.
Swarm I & III win the OLLIE tag titles from Los Montero’s.
Matsuharo Kataoka wins the vacant SAISHO Destiny title.
RIPW’s new tag team The Wild Boys ( Justin Sensitive & Atlas ) defeat the pairing of Marshal Dillon and Jerry Martin to win the RIPW Tag titles.
Las Pesadillas regain the SOTBPW Tag titles by defeating Rebelde Loco and Velocidad. They are now 2 time tag champions.
The new USPW team of Peter Valentine & Jumbo Jackson, calling themselves the Pain Killers, beat the People’s Team of Freddy Datsun & Des Davids.
Nichiren Amagawa and Acid win the WLW Tag Titles, but when Acid leaves Amagawa and his new partner Insane Machine then take the straps.

Dragonmack

02-15-2010, 10:29 PM

Wednesday May 3rd 2010 , Stomper’s office for the monthly financials meeting…

Stomper, looking a little jet lagged after flying in from the SWF show, was at the computer. Of course, instead of reviewing the budget report I emailed him, he was playing minesweeper ( He told me Rip Chord got him started on it and now Stomper is addicted to it.) He looked up as I came in to the office with the hard copy of the budget and as I took a seat across from him he said

“ Ok kid, give me the news. How did we do this month, especially since you had me bring in another person to the roster?”

I replied

“ Glad to say we actually did well, even with everyone on the roster getting some action. And as for JD Morgan, you know as well as I we are going to have an active spot open up soon, so we might as well get someone into the mix sooner rather than later. Besides, Morgan is an experienced pro, excellent in the ring, and should slot in well with the new Alpha Lions stable. Although we could have made a bigger splash with Johnny Martin if you’d loosen the purse strings some.”

“That’s exactly what I don’t want to do. Getting tied down to large contracts was the mistake I made before I brought you here the first time. I am not going to repeat that mistake again. I’d like Martin to be here also, but at a price that makes sense for us and doesn’t prevent us from making a profit. If I paid him what he asked, then I’d have to pay Flash, Bailey, Ota, etc the same or close to it, and soon that black ink turns red again. Speaking of black ink, you said we did well. How much is well?”

“ In this case , well is a little over three grand. Flash’s merchandise took a big spike after he won the title. I heard this one fan, a guy called Apu, bought like a hundred of the ‘Flash Bang’ t-shirts alone. Also our attendance was back up after last month’s little dip. I’m hoping we sell out the Ministry before the end of the year.”

“ Sounds good. So what’s your plans for ‘Fights on Broadway’?”

“ We are going to have all three titles on the line, and see about furthering the Alpha Lions storyline we introduced. And of course, since Herb Stately took that offer from RIPW, we are going to have a new commentator team with Mayhem Midden and that young guy Weightman joining Rock.”

“ Yeah, Midden is definitely a character. Tough luck for him with Nero cutting him loose, but his loss is our gain. Anyway, forward me the lineup and I will get with Flash and Bailey to outline the matches before I got to head out to a meeting with Mitch Naess.”

Apupunchau@optonline

02-15-2010, 10:40 PM

“ In this case , well is a little over three grand. Flash’s merchandise took a big spike after he won the title. I heard this one fan, a guy called Apu, bought like a hundred of the ‘Flash Bang’ t-shirts alone. Also our attendance was back up after last month’s little dip. I’m hoping we sell out the Ministry before the end of the year.”

Called out by the D-Mack. Oh it so true, my house is full of Steve Flash merch.

BYU 14

02-15-2010, 10:51 PM

Stomper, looking a little jet lagged after flying in from the SWF show, was at the computer. Of course, instead of reviewing the budget report I emailed him, he was playing minesweeper ( He told me Rip Chord got him started on it and now Stomper is addicted to it.)

Classic, Stomper playing mine sweeper!!

It's those little details that make this dairy so enjoyable.

Greg McNeish

02-16-2010, 01:25 AM

Good Lord, am I addicted to Minesweeper. According to my computer, I have played over 20,000 games, since getting this computer, two years ago. I'd say that I've kept a similar pace, since really getting into the game, in the late 90s. I'm definitely over the 100,000 mark, all-time, and I'm only 27 years old. Who knows how many games the future holds.

I feel the need to say that my record is 68 seconds, on Expert, of course. I've done that twice (Sept '08 & Aug '09). I must have hit 69 seconds a dozen times, as well. Not that anyone cares....

Anyway, I'm really glad to see the Dragon return to NYCW. I read your first dynasty with them, from start to finish. When I first got into it, it was already over 40 pages long, but I caught up, just in time for it to end. I'm glad to be on the ground floor, this time.

Cheers!

Dragonmack

02-16-2010, 11:13 AM

Called out by the D-Mack. Oh it so true, my house is full of Steve Flash merch.

Yes, you are known as the biggest Steve Flash mark on these boards! :D :p

Classic, Stomper playing mine sweeper!!

It's those little details that make this dairy so enjoyable.

Yeah, it's a little something I threw in referencing something from James Casey's MAW diary. Like some other writers, I will add little 'easter eggs' in my writing that are inspired or based on events from other diaries I enjoy reading. One of the big things from my first NYCW dynasty was the idea of 'crossovers' from diaries where characters and events from another diary would be mentioned or make guest appearances in mine. It was an idea that spread to a few diaries back in the '07 days ( and led to the widespread use of 'The Wrath of God' Jack Giedroyc ) and I am bringing it back for this one, albeit in small ways.

Good Lord, am I addicted to Minesweeper. According to my computer, I have played over 20,000 games, since getting this computer, two years ago. I'd say that I've kept a similar pace, since really getting into the game, in the late 90s. I'm definitely over the 100,000 mark, all-time, and I'm only 27 years old. Who knows how many games the future holds.

I feel the need to say that my record is 68 seconds, on Expert, of course. I've done that twice (Sept '08 & Aug '09). I must have hit 69 seconds a dozen times, as well. Not that anyone cares....

Anyway, I'm really glad to see the Dragon return to NYCW. I read your first dynasty with them, from start to finish. When I first got into it, it was already over 40 pages long, but I caught up, just in time for it to end. I'm glad to be on the ground floor, this time.

Cheers!

Glad to have you on board from the beginning ( or close to it anyway.) :)

Dragonmack

02-17-2010, 07:50 PM

From the NYCW Website

NYCW SPRING SHOWDOWN was another fantastic offering as the best NYCW has to offer clashed in battle. New contenders were made, challenges were issued, new faces appeared and a menacing new force was formed with the emergence of the Alpha Lions. Consisting of three of the most menacing wrestlers in NYCW, it looks like they may already adding to their number as PSW and former DAVE powerhouse JD Morgan made a surprising appearance, taking out Tri-State Champion Sammy the Shark after his match.
Also, Steve Flash and Ota fought to a draw for the Empire title, so that issue is still unresolved.
All this sets the stage for NYCW FIGHTS ON BROADWAY, where all three titles will be on the line.
Some of the fantastic matches already signed for the card include…..

http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/JesseChristian-1.jpghttp://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/ElijahHarris-1.jpg VS http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/LarryVessey.jpghttp://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/LandMass.jpg

Jesse Christian & Elijah Harris VS Larry Vessey & Land Mass

Christian made a surprising return to wrestling two months ago, coming to the aid of another former SCCW alumni Elijah Harris. This move has caused the Alpha Lions to single him out for interfering in ‘their’ business. Now Harris and Christian, calling themselves Southern Class, will take on two of the Alpha Lions in the form of the experienced Vessey and the huge Land Mass. With the South rise again or will the Alpha Lions tear down another challenger to their dominance?

http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/DeanWaldorf.jpghttp://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/MarvStatler.jpg VS http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/RickSanders-1.jpghttp://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/TheMaskedMauler.jpg
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The Ring Generals © VS The Old School Principals for the NYCW Tag Team titles.

The score stands at one apiece victory wise for these teams. Now they face off in a rubber match to determine who is the best tag team in NYCW. Can the Ring Generals continue to represent NYCW as champions or will OSP regain the titles once again?

http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/SammyTheShark_alt.jpg VS http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/DazzlingDaveDiamond.jpg VS http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/JDMorgan_alt.jpg
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Sammy the Shark © VS Dazzling Dave Diamond VS JD Morgan for the NYCW Tri-State Regional title in a Triple Threat Match.

Triple D earned the #1 contendership last month after defeating Rick Sanders, but the vicious assault by newcomer JD Morgan has led to Sammy petitioning the NYCW board of directors for his inclusion in this match. The board has agreed, but will this backfire on Sammy? Under triple threat rules, he could lose the belt and not even be the one who is pinned or submitted. Can the self styled Dean of Submissions JD Morgan follow up the impact of his appearance last month with a title win here? Can Sammy somehow survive with his title intact? Or will Triple D be able to take advantage of this hostilities between Sammy and Morgan to regain the title he lost to Sammy several months ago?

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Whistler VS Lee Wright

Both veterans have struggled recently to get in the win column. Both men have worn title belts recently and want to hold gold again. Only one can reverse his losing streak in this match. Which battle hardened warrior will emerge with the momentum to climb back into title contention?

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David Mack VS Honest Frank

Both men want the NYCW Empire Championship. Both men are coming off impressive victories last month. Yet only one man can be the next #1 contender. Which man will leave the ring as the next in line for a shot at the NYCW Empire Championship?

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Steve Flash © VS Ota, the Warrior of Darkness for the NYCW Empire Championship

Both men clashed in epic battle last month, but neither could claim victory. Now they meet once again to fight for the biggest prize in NYCW, the Empire Championship. Can Flash overcome the sneaky and resourceful Ota, or will the masked warrior win the belt and begin his stated ‘Reign of Darkness’?

NYCW FIGHTS ON BROADWAY

Jesse Christian & Elijah Harris VS Larry Vessey & Land Mass

The Ring Generals © VS The Old School Principals for the NYCW Tag Team titles.

Sammy the Shark © VS Dazzling Dave Diamond VS JD Morgan for the NYCW Tri-State Regional title in a Triple Threat Match.

Whistler VS Lee Wright

David Mack VS Honest Frank

Steve Flash © VS Ota, the Warrior of Darkness for the NYCW Empire Championship

Nightshadeex

02-17-2010, 08:29 PM

Jesse Christian & Elijah Harris VS Larry Vessey & Land Mass
Draw

The Ring Generals © VS The Old School Principals for the NYCW Tag Team titles.

Sammy the Shark © VS Dazzling Dave Diamond VS JD Morgan for the NYCW Tri-State Regional title in a Triple Threat Match.

Whistler VS Lee Wright

David Mack VS Honest Frank

Steve Flash © VS Ota, the Warrior of Darkness for the NYCW Empire Championship

bgbuff

02-17-2010, 08:35 PM

Jesse Christian & Elijah Harris VS Larry Vessey & Land Mass

The Ring Generals © VS The Old School Principals for the NYCW Tag Team titles.

Sammy the Shark © VS Dazzling Dave Diamond VS JD Morgan for the NYCW Tri-State Regional title in a Triple Threat Match.

Whistler VS Lee Wright

David Mack VS Honest Frank

Steve Flash © VS Ota, the Warrior of Darkness for the NYCW Empire Championship

Phantom Stranger

02-17-2010, 09:11 PM

BYU 14

02-17-2010, 09:43 PM

Jesse Christian & Elijah Harris VS Larry Vessey & Land Mass
Think these two will get the rub from the vets.....plus Land Mass can't go more than 3 minutes :)

The Ring Generals © VS The Old School Principals for the NYCW Tag Team titles.
Could be a change here, but still think you are looking to build the Generals

Sammy the Shark © VS Dazzling Dave Diamond VS JD Morgan for the NYCW Tri-State Regional title in a Triple Threat Match.
Interesting matchup and I honestly have no clue how this will go, so I am taking Triple D in the Triple threat match :)

Whistler VS Lee Wright
Whistler needs to stay in title contention

David Mack VS Honest Frank
Draw here to keep both men in contention while the Ota/Flash saga plays out.

Steve Flash© VS Ota, the Warrior of Darkness for the NYCW Empire Championship
DQ win keeps Ota strong and sets up a blow off match at Fights on Broadway.

xopher316

02-17-2010, 11:04 PM

Greg McNeish

02-18-2010, 05:12 AM

Jesse Christian & Elijah Harris VS Larry Vessey & Land Mass
If you can ever get me to bet on Land Mass, then you will truly have succeeded as a booker.

The Ring Generals © VS The Old School Principals for the NYCW Tag Team titles.
The tag scene is in pretty sorry state, right now. I know that's something you always like to build up as the official training grounds for your young guys, so it'll definitely come around. For the moment, though, there's nobody in the wings to give OSP some establishment matches, if they were to win the straps here. The champs can afford to float, since their title reigns already have credibility.

Sammy the Shark © VS Dazzling Dave Diamond VS JD Morgan for the NYCW Tri-State Regional title in a Triple Threat Match.
This makes sense for a lot of reasons. It gives credibility to the Alpha Lions, as well as quickly establishing JD in the NYCW. Most importantly, though, is that all of the titles are currently on babyfaces. Putting the belt on Morgan gives the good guys something to go after.

Whistler VS Lee Wright
Whistler is higher up the card, and Lee Wright isn't the guy to give his popularity to. Wright is in a position where he can lose, yet remain credible. That's the best use for him, until he can find a tag team that sticks, or retires.

David Mack VS Honest Frank
It's teased that this would be a pseudo-#1 contender match. I see Flash-Ota going for another month, so this should get dragged on as well. That calls for another David Mack draw.

Steve Flash © VS Ota, the Warrior of Darkness for the NYCW Empire Championship
This will likely be a DQ victory, to build a return match next month. This match-up is too valuable to burn through this quickly.

Tigerkinney

02-18-2010, 06:45 AM

Jesse Christian & Elijah Harris VS Larry Vessey & Land Mass

Yeah you read right, i'm backing Lard Mass to win. Reason being that I think you want at this stage the Alpa Lions to look a credible threat amongst the midcard...job them out too quick and they look a bit of a joke. Mind you Lard Mass is a joke.

The Ring Generals © VS The Old School Principals for the NYCW Tag Team titles.

For the forseeable future the Ring Generals are the cornerstones of the Tag Division, so I see them winning the rubber match here.

Sammy the Shark © VS Dazzling Dave Diamond VS JD Morgan for the NYCW Tri-State Regional title in a Triple Threat Match.

Even though I think Morgan's sights should really be on the Empire belt, I see him winning here because he is far above the other two. Maybe you're going for a situation where you have strong champions for both singles belt.

Whistler VS Lee Wright

This should be a Zimmeframe on a pole match, between these two geriatrics, Whistler is that little more over, so I say the Flag Waving patriot wins here.

David Mack VS Honest Frank

Though Mack has been in alot of main events, Mack hasn't actually won all that much on his return, I see that changing a little here with a strong win over Honest Frank.

Steve Flash © VS Ota, the Warrior of Darkness for the NYCW Empire Championship

I'll go with the general consensus here that Flash wins, retains the belt but it won't be decisive, though I think it may be flash pin rather than a DQ.

Apupunchau@optonline

02-18-2010, 08:15 AM

Jesse Christian & Elijah Harris VS Larry Vessey & Land Mass
I think Christian may be the youngest guy of the four and he can do something here and you won't have to worry about him retiring anytime soon.

The Ring Generals © VS The Old School Principals for the NYCW Tag Team titles.
The Ring Generals win their match and I think it'll be time to move on to fight some pairing of The Alpha Lions

Sammy the Shark © VS Dazzling Dave Diamond VS JD Morgan for the NYCW Tri-State Regional title in a Triple Threat Match.
Morgan is by far the better worker and could easily be Main Event material in NYCW but I like Sammy and I like him holding the title, I want to see a nice long run for him.

Whistler VS Lee Wright
Lee Wright can still put on good matches and Whistler will retire in two months.

David Mack VS Honest Frank
Mack wins has to go through Ota to be a real number one contender. Draws with Ota and there's a three way match for the Strap with Ota and Flash. Honest Frank chokes on a chicken bone after the match and is never seen again.

Steve Flash © VS Ota, the Warrior of Darkness for the NYCW Empire Championship
Match with Steve Flash... for the strap... wonder who I'm gonna pick

Zergon

02-18-2010, 09:46 AM

Jesse Christian & Elijah Harris VS Larry Vessey & Land Mass
I could see this going either way

The Ring Generals © VS The Old School Principals for the NYCW Tag Team titles.
Old school were tag champs in 2008 so for some reason I don´t see them winning the titles back

Sammy the Shark © VS Dazzling Dave Diamond VS JD Morgan for the NYCW Tri-State Regional title in a Triple Threat Match.
Most seem to go with Morgan but I stay with the current champion here

Whistler VS Lee Wright
Whistler is higher up on card so he takes the win

David Mack VS Honest Frank
I can´t see Frank winning here

Steve Flash © VS Ota, the Warrior of Darkness for the NYCW Empire Championship
Flash will retain since he just won that title

Dragonmack

02-19-2010, 07:51 AM

going to try and get the show up tonight, but more likely will probably be tomorrow morning or early afternoon.

Dragonmack

02-20-2010, 12:08 AM

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NCYW FIGHTS ON BROADWAY
Held at the Ministry in Queens, New York
Sunday Week 2 May 2010 Att: 891

PRE SHOW

In an extremely short match, Ekuma The Hawaiian Strong Man defeated The New York Doll in 3:25 by pinfall with a Hawaiian Crush.
Match Rating E

Basic squash for Ekuma.

In a match that had an average crowd reaction and some decent in-ring action, Black Hat Bailey, Hugh de Aske and Lee Wright defeated Animal Harker and The Ring Generals in 5:33 when Black Hat Bailey defeated Dean Waldorf by submission with a Bailey Breaker.
Match Rating D-

Black Hat told me before the show he was taking Marv Statler under his wing. Since Wright is also looking out for Harker, I decided to have a training match with them and a couple other rookies.

Once again some of the new and old stars of NYCW hold a short fan interaction session.
Rating D+

It's still not clear if this is actually helping some of our less charismatic people to get more comfortable, but the fans clearly enjoy it, and its a good way to get the crowd warmed up before the main show begins.

MAIN SHOW

http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/Whistler-1.jpg VS http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/LeeWright.jpg

Whistler VS Lee Wright

Good old fashioned brawling as these two men show that they didn't get older, they just got tougher. Not a lot of technical action as this was a straightforward contest of which man was tougher and could take more punishment. Whistler was that man tonight as a Rebel Yell planted Wright for the three count.

In a bout that had a good crowd and some decent in-ring action, Whistler defeated Lee Wright in 10:12 by pinfall with a Rebel Yell.
Match Rating D-

Although I was hoping for a bit more out of the veterans, this was still a decent opening match. Whistler gets the win to maintain his status as a strong contender for either the Tri-State or Empire titles. Wright and the Alpha Lions have different priorities.

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http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/LarryVessey.jpghttp://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/LeeWright.jpghttp://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/LandMass.jpghttp://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/JDMorgan_alt.jpg

The three members of the Alpha Lions are joined by JD Morgan, who made a shocking appearane last month, viciously attacking Tri-State Champion Sammy the Shark. Any questions about whether he was aligned with the Alpha Lions seems to have been answered as Larry Vessey speaks..

" What you see here is an assemblage of some of the most experienced and toughest men wrestling has to offer. In myself and Lee Wright, you have two men who have faced the toughest wrestlers the world has to offer and come out victorious. In Land Mass we have the biggest and largest wrestler in NYCW and now, we have the Dean of Submissions, JD Morgan!"

Lee Wright continues

" Why is he here you may ask? Simple, it's because he sees the same problems in wrestling that we do, and he feels the same way we do about getting the respect that we have earned.
For those of you who are ignorant, JD Morgan has been a mainstay of both DAVE and PSW, and a multi-time champion in both. He has literally given his blood, sweat and tears to those organizations. And how did they repay him?!"

JD Morgan then speaks

" They tried to cast me aside for a bunch of young punks who hadn't done a tenth of the things I have in this business! They wanted me to step aside for worthless little brats like Steven Parker and Matthew Gauge, kids barely out of diapers who hadn't done a thing on their own, just lived off their famous relatives and mentors names. They didn't show me the respect that I had earned, so I came here to NYCW to join these men who feel like I feel, that if these young punks won't give us the respect we are due willingly, we will make them give it to us by force! And one of those young punks is Sammy the Shark, your so called Tri-State Champion! He is symptomatic of the attitude of all these young bastards who expect titles and main events, yet haven't done anything to earn it! Sammy, I gave you a taste of what's in store for you last month, and tonight you get the full course of pain as I make you give me the respect I am due when I take your title!"

Land Mass then finishes for the group by stating

" NYCW! All you punks had better start showing us Alpha Lions the proper respect or you are going to have a Massive Problem on your hands!!"

All four men then head out toward the ring area.

Rating D

Fairly good promo to introduce the Alpha Lions newest recruit.

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http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/JesseChristian-1.jpghttp://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/ElijahHarris-1.jpg VS http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/LarryVessey.jpghttp://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/LandMass.jpg

Jesse Christian & Elijah Harris( Southern Class ) VS Larry Vessey & Land Mass

Christian and Vessey did the heavy lifting for their respective teams as Land Mass picked his spots and Harris was usually on the receiving end of the action in the ring. The match went back and forth for several minutes until finally,Land Mass, attempting to end things, missed Harris with his Mass Effect sitdown splash as the cagey veteran slipped out the back. That gave Harris the opportunity to tag in Christian, who amazed the crowd by picking up the massive Land Mass and slamming him to the mat! But what followed was an even more impressive feat of strength as Christian hoisted up the 400+ lb behemoth on his shoulders for the Torture Rack! Harris intercepted Vessey, who tried to intervene, and Mass, writhing in pain across Christian's broad shoulders,submitted to give the Southern Class the victory.

In a match that had an average crowd reaction and some decent in-ring action, Southern Class defeated Land Mass and Larry Vessey in 9:12 when Jesse Christian defeated Land Mass by submission with a Human Torture Rack.
Match Rating E+

Even three experienced ring workers weren't enough to compensate for the general suckitude of Land Mass, who was really lacking his best stuff tonight. Added to that Elijah Harris having his own off night and this was a passable match at best that really only served to strengthen Jesse Christian as a force to be reckoned with.

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http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/DeanWaldorf.jpghttp://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/MarvStatler.jpg VS http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/RickSanders-1.jpghttp://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/TheMaskedMauler.jpg
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The Ring Generals © VS The Old School Principals for the NYCW Tag Team titles.

Both teams were even coming into this match at one win apiece, and both teams showed that they were still fairly evenly matched as the action kept going back and forth with both teams employing quick tags and trying to isolate their opponents. This pendulum swing of momentum continued till around the 10 min mark when Masked Mauler went for his finisher, but didn't see Statler make the blind tag to Waldorf. Mauler got blasted from behind, and Statler intercepted Sanders while Waldorf delivered his Waldorf Tossed Salad finisher to get the pinfall and the victory for the tag champions.

In a match that had an average crowd reaction and some decent in-ring action, The Ring Generals defeated Old School Principals in 10:04 when Dean Waldorf defeated The Masked Mauler by pinfall with a Walforf Salad Toss. The Ring Generals make defence number 2 of their NYCW Tag Team titles.

Match Rating D

OSP take the loss and move onto other things for now, but they are still the premier heel tag team currently, and will no doubt be in the title hunt again. But right now the Ring Generals have other problems.....

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The Ring Generals don't get to celebrate their victory for long as Larry Vessey and Lee Wright slide into the ring behind them and brutally attack them! The Alpha Lions are apparently including the tag champions among those they have a problem with and have decided to send a direct and painful message via a stereo Vessey Driver from Vessey and Wright on the tag team champions. Wright then gathers the tag titles, looks at them for a moment, then drops them arrogantly on the prone Waldorf and Statler.

Rating D

And the storyline for the Alpha Lions begins to unfold as this sets the basis for a feud with the tag champs, the Ring Generals.

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Dazzling Dave Diamond is backstage and sounds off before his match, stating

" Tonight NYCW will see the re ascendance of Triple D! Tonight I get back the Tri-State Championship from the Shark boy and despite the intervention of the so called Dean of Submissions! That's because Triple D ain't afraid of no predators that swim in the water, and there aint anything no Dean can teach Triple D. You see the Dazzling one has already graduated Magna Cum One Tough Mother from the School of Hard Knocks and this fist here is my diploma. So saddle up and get ready for one hell of a rough ride as Triple D once more goes for gold!"

Rating D-

Not the greatest promo in the world, but not that bad either as Triple D does have some decent charisma and ability to get a response from the crowd.

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Sammy the Shark © VS Dazzling Dave Diamond VS JD Morgan for the NYCW Tri-State Regional title in a Triple Threat Match.

Sammy wasted no time in attacking Morgan once the bell rung, and Triple D was content to let his two opponents weaken each other. While either Sammy or JD were quick to break up any pin attempt by Diamond, they mostly concentrated on each other. Triple D was also quick to interject himself in any pin attempt by the other wrestlers as well, and this continued until Larry Vessey made an appearance at ringside. As Morgan tossed Triple D out of the ring, Vessey tripped up Sammy, causing him to turn around. This gave Morgan the opportunity to clobber Sammy from behind and then slap on the Cross Atlantic Stretch. With Vessey on the apron yelling at Morgan to break Sammy in half, Morgan cinched in his submission and it looked like Sammy was only moments from tapping when suddenly, Dazzling Dave Diamond came barreling off the top rope onto Morgan! Triple D then followed that up with a dropkick that knocked Morgan into Vessey and caused them both to fall to the outside floor. Diamond then quickly capitalized by delivering a Dazzle Driver on Sammy to get the pin and regain the Tri-State title.

In a match that had an average crowd reaction and some decent in-ring action, Dazzling Dave Diamond defeated Sammy The Shark and JD Morgan in 12:50 when Dazzling Dave Diamond defeated Sammy The Shark by pinfall with a Dazzle Driver. During the match we also had Larry Vessey run in and attack The Shark. Dazzling Dave Diamond wins the NYCW Tri-State Regional title.
Match Rating D

Probably something of a surprise win, but industry insiders and Stomper all agree that Triple D is a potential breakout star, so I am giving him a chance to see if he can live up to some of that hype. Sammy meanwhile gets moved into the Alpha Lions storyline and into a tag team with Ekuma, as those two have shown a good ability to work together, and my tag division needs strengthening.

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The camera pans back to show the arrogant smirk of Honest Frank. He states...

" David Mack, you and I haven't crossed paths much in the past, but tonight you stand in the way of what I want, another opportunity for the NYCW Empire title. And that is a bad place to be for you. You see Davy, while you were off galivanting around in Canada and Mexico, I was getting tougher, stronger and better! I became a dominant champion in not just one, but two promotions! I am king of the Tri-State and that is the honest truth! And tonight, after I dispose of you in that ring, I will be one step closer to regaining my crown, the NYCW Empire Championship! Let's be honest Mack, there is nothing you can do to stop me!"

Rating D+

Solid promo from one of the best speakers in the industry outside of the big two.

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David Mack responds to Honest Frank by stating

" I can't deny you have had a lot of success while I have been gone Frankie. I will be totally honest and say you are much better now than when I first came here three years ago.
So don't for one second do I think you will be anything other a real challenge tonight Frank. But you see, your logic has one glaring flaw. True, you are much better than you used to be, good enough to have won the top title in both NYCW and PSW. But I was better than you three years ago, and while you have gotten better, so have I! I may have gotten sidetracked by Bailey and Ota for awhile, but make no mistake that my primary reason for coming back to NYCW was to become the Empire Champion! Frank, I will not let you stand in my way and THAT is the honest truth!"

Rating C-

After last month, I was beginning to think I had lost my touch in getting a crowd behind me. Tonight's response showed that I still had the ability to get the crowd going.

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David Mack VS Honest Frank

Frank doesn't have a lot of subtlety. He is a big man who knows how to throw big shots and a couple of years toughening up in the hardcore enviroment of PSW meant that he knew how to deliver those blows for maximum impact and maximum pain. Fortunately for me, I was able to adapt and weather his initial onslaught to make a comeback and gain the upper edge, until Frank decided to start using some shortcuts. I would battle back only to get a rake of the eyes or a knee to the gut from Frank and he would try to wear me down some more. Finally he got his chance when I went for a splash in the corner following an Irish Whip and he slipped aside. I crashed into the corner turnbuckle and when I staggered back, Frank rolled me up and got the three count with the help of a handful of tights outside of the referee's field of vision.

In a bout that had a good crowd and good action, Honest Frank defeated David Mack in 13:24 by pinfall with a handful of tights.
Match Rating C-

Frank rebounds from his previous lackluster efforts to hold his own against me in the ring and deliver an excellent semi main event. He got the win tonight for two reasons. One, to maintain his position as a solid contender in the main event, as he is too popular with his work both here and in PSW to not have him around the title scene, and 2. since I came back and basically had the main event for three months ( along with Ota) I wanted to make sure the guys in the back would see that I was willing to put them over and not just take over the top spot. ( Ota is a different case as he has done his time and been successful in the bigger companies. No one here would begrudge him a main event slot as he has earned it.)
While I can justify being in the main event, these first few months its more important to prove that I plan to try and benefit everyone in NYCW, not just myself.

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A highlight package plays, showing the most action packed clips from last month's match between Steve Flash and Ota, as well as showing some of their best spots from their previous matches against the other top contenders in NYCW.

Rating D

Again, using an alternate means to hype the main event as Flash isn't a good promo guy, and Ota's gimmick has him not talking directly.

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Steve Flash © VS Ota, the Warrior of Darkness for the NYCW Empire Championship

There was less of a feeling out period this time as both men had taken the measure of each other last month. Instead a quick show of chain wrestling started things off, with both men ending up on their feet, facing each other after the exchange of moves and counters. The action continued back and forth with swings of momentum and advantage, but neither man able to keep the other down for a three count. Finally, although you couldn't see it on Ota's masked face, his body language indicated he was getting frustrated he couldn't wear down the champion Flash. The Warrior of Darkness, seeing an opportunity when the referee was knocked down during a cross body attempt from Flash that Ota ducked, reached into his ghi and pulled out a length of thin chain and wrapped it around his fist! Ota swung around to use it on Flash, but was instead greeted by a boot to the gut from the Empire Champion. The chain fell on the mat, and Flash, seeing the chain, quickly grabbed it and delivered a right cross with the chain in his hand to send Ota crashing to the mat. Unfortunately, right at the moment Flash was doing this, the referee had regained his bearings in the corner and witnessed Flash's loaded punch on his challenger. The referee immediately called for the bell, disqualifying the champion and giving the Warrior of Darkness the win, but not the title.

In a bout that had a good crowd and good action, Ota, Warrior of Darkness defeated Steve Flash in 18:03 by disqualification.
Match Rating C

An excellent main event and more in line of what I expected from these two. Ota takes the tainted win to extend this main event feud while I continue building the other storylines over these first few months.

OVERALL SHOW D+

Once again feedback had said this was an awesome show and really increased our visibility and popularity in the area. I personally thought the A.R.S.E.H.O.L.E rating system would have ranked this a bit higher, but it was still an excellent show for us.

Dragonmack

02-20-2010, 01:49 PM

No 100% this time. In fact only one person called Ota winning the main event. Support was almost unanimous for the Ring Generals, but only one person called Triple D taking the Tri-State title.

Not a good night in the ring for the Alpha Lions, but then they weren't wrestling the objects of their feuds, with the exception of Morgan. I had originally planned for Morgan to win the belt, and if Wright and Vessey hadn't had zero chemistry as a tag team, then I would have probably followed through. Sammy is getting moved to the tag division as he and Ekuma have chemistry, and will become the new Tag Team MuscleShark.

I am also testing out various combinations of the Alpha Lions for a solid tag team as well ( one that by definition doesn't include Fat Ass, i mean, Land Mass). My general purpose for the Alpha Lions isn't as a top heels dominant stable like some of my past dynasties, but instead more of a 'old vs young' fight where the young guys can hopefully benefit from the work with the more experienced veterans.

Frank will probably continue to stay strong as , with Bailey beginning to rapidly decline I lack a lot of depth on the heel side for actual star power, while face wise, with me, Flash, and a rising Jesse Christian and Triple D, supported by Whistler, we are strong on the upper card side.

MuscleShark, Southern Class, and an Alpha Lions pairing along with the Generals and Old School Principals now gives me a lot more depth in the tag scene as well so it will be interesting to see how the various divisions play out.

The next step is getting to Regional, which I predict will happen in a few shows. That will open up a new level of talent, as well as should provide an increase in money from sponsorship. Of course, that also opens up the competition via regional battles, and NYCW historically suffers from being the least prestigious promotion at its level. Either way, that is when the fun really begins. :D

Dragonmack

02-21-2010, 01:09 PM

Well the fallout of TCW’s expansion seems to have cooled off for now as there weren’t any contract offers from other promotions for our talent, and we also didn’t have any contract issues this month. With things quiet on the home front it was time to take a look around the rest of the wrestling world. The news for May 2010 is ….

NEWS

Revolution Australian Wrestling (RAW) has widened it’s lead in the Australian market by rising to the status of Cult. This should lead to some fierce competition for available talent.
Exodus 2010 ( EX2010 ) A blend of modern fast paced, high flying daredevil action, mixed with mma influenced submissions, opened this month, founded by Kuemon Hotta. This former WLW flyer , unable to find steady work, has opened this promotion to give opportunities to young wrestlers in the Japanese region.
He has managed one coup in luring Sensational Ogiwara to be their color commentator and head booker, giving the fledging promotion instant name value.
Young announcer Shigemasa Togo has stated he is seeking employment with a wrestling promotion in Japan. He has only average skills , but at age 18 he has lots of opportunity to improve.
Grant Taypin is the latest graduate of the ROF Turnbuckle Wrestling Dojo. Not one of the more stellar graduates, he is not expected to have much of a career.
Richie Fox, a charismatic Australian brawler , enters the wrestling world this month. Although limited in ability, he has plenty of charisma and that could take him far.
19 yr old Toji Munkata, a graduate of the BHOTWG dojo, enters the pro ranks this month. He has a decent skillset, but doesn’t stand out from his peers at this point.
19 yr old former exotic dancer Bobby Dylan, using a Woodstock hippie gimmick, makes her way into the wrestling ranks. While seeming a natural fit for BSC, given her dancing background and lack of wrestling skill, given BSC’s recent emphasis on more wrestling, Bobbie may have a hard time breaking in there.
Wade Orson, a 22 yr old all around style wrestler from England, enters the business this month. Possessed of excellent fundamentals and all around skills, he is being tipped as the next great UK wrestling star. All he needs is the opportunity to sharpen his skills and work on his charisma to become a really big name in this business.
Preston Holt, best known as the owner of California Pro Wrestling promotion in the 70’s and Rapid Pro Wrestling in the 90’s has retired fully from the business at age 66.
British Samurai protégé, Miss Information, has retired from the ring at age 30. The last UCR women’s champion before they closed, she was considered one of the most solid women wrestlers on the continent.
TCW have increased their presence in Canada by signing a PPV deal with Canada -1 Choice.

ROSTER MOVES

21CW extend the contract of Phillip Cooper.
5SSW renews the contract of Dragon Power.
ACPW renews Mimic’s contract.
BHOTWG keep legend Optimus on the roster by extending his contract.
CGC renews the contract of Nate Johnson and allows Thrill Seeker Lee Rivera to depart.
CZCW signs ‘The Future’ Steven Parker and extend the contracts of Jackpot Jordan and Pee Wee Germaine.
DIW sign rookie Richie Fox and lose Dumfrey Pinn. They extend the contract of Scottie Hamstead.
EWA renews the contract of Geena the Warrior Princess, but surprisingly release Simona Cox.
EX2010 add several talents to the initial roster , including Gesshin Nishihara, Japanese Phoenix, Kinji Akamatsu, Arinori Inoguchi, Dynamite Narahashi, Lion Genji, Evil Spirit, Tornado Nagai, Quick Kick Nakao, Tsurayuki Kamachi, American Elemental, Kazuko Hiroyuko, Seiho Kuroda, Lady Yumako, Ryuzaburo Sugiyama, Kaii Hanari, Kenko Takemistsu, Musashi, Totoya Munakata, and Torch Nakazawa.
FCW extend the contract of Hell’s Bouncer and Hector Galindo.
Eagle Kawasawa has departed GCG.
Toju Munkata is added to Hinote Dojo on a ppa deal.
MAW renews the contract of Max Mayhem but lose Ernest Forthdyke-Hume.
NOTBPW renew the contracts of Dan Stone Jr, Tim Westybrook and Tommy London.
Mr Lucha III extends his contract with OLLIE.
PGHW call up Ogai Miki from SAISHO and renew Eisaku Kunomasu.
Doc Messing extends his deal with PSW.
RIPW renew the deal of Steel.
ROF sign , then release dojo graduate Grant Taypen. They also extend the contract of Donny Damage.
SAISHO bring in Morimasa Kato on a ppa deal.
SOTBPW extend the deals of Lucia, El Sucio, The Gatekeeper and Hysteria.
SWF renews the contracts of Eric Eisen, Emma Chase, Rich Money, Gregory Black and Dawn the Cheerleader.
USPW preserve their main event by renewing the contracts of Bruce the Giant and Jumbo Jackson, but Anger, the last active Demon of Rage, leaves the promotion.
Walker van Cleer renews his deal with VWA.
WLW sign Stone Yoshikawa and Yuki Horigoshi, extend the contract of Kazuma Narato, but lose Silver Shark when they cant come to terms.
ZEN renews Super Zero and Steven Yale.

TITLE CHANGES

GCG has a new World Heavyweight champion as Toshiiharu Hyobanshi defeats Hiriyasu Gakusha to win the belt for a second time.
The ad hoc pairing of The Natural and RK Hayes beat Omar Brown and Harlem Haynes for the NOTBPW tag titles.
Nicolas Lopez is now a four time OLLIE Campeon de Universal after defeating EL Leon for the belt.
Mito Miwa and Akinori Kwakami beat Ryoma Muruyama and Masuru Ugaki for their sedond reign with the PGHW Glory tag titles.
Eagle Kawasawa and KAZ capture the SAISHO Destiny tag belts from BISON Yano and Brute Kikuchi.
In TCW Tommy Cornell defeats Rocky Golden to regain the TCW World Championship and begin his seventh reign with the title.

BYU 14

02-21-2010, 01:50 PM

Dragonmack

02-21-2010, 02:08 PM

April and May usually see NYCW losing some talent, great to see you escape unscathed!

Glad to see you are on the verge of regional, you have had some quality shows so I am thinking it happens after a couple more shows. Will you go after a TV deal then?

Probably not till I have built up quite a bit of money first. I learned from my MHW diary if I go on tv too soon, I will lose money far too quickly. I went from over 150K to 25K in just 6 months by getting tv right after hitting regional.

Dragonmack

02-21-2010, 04:59 PM

Monday morning June 1st 2010 , Stomper’s office

Stomper seemed a little distracted this morning as he was busy putting some papers into a briefcase as I came in and sat down. Stomper looked up and said

“ No time for small talk as I have to catch a plane in a couple hours for a SWF TV Taping tomorrow. Just give me the lowdown for how we did last month.”

I sat down, wondering why I still bothered to email him this stuff every month when all he ever looked at was hard copy, and replied

“ Not as good as I hoped. Our gate was up with the higher attendance, but our merchandise didn’t sell as well this month, and our worker costs were up also. So we ended up losing a grand.”

“ I don’t like the words ‘losing money’ David. Since I can’t be here 100% of the time, I expect you to handle things, and the big thing is to make sure that we stay profitable as well as competitive. Besides, I thought you told me last month that Flash’s merchandise was selling well.”

“ It was. That was the problem. We sold out last month, and didn’t get enough made this month to meet the demand. And unfortunately, we are still overstocked on the ‘Massive Problem’ Land Mass shirts, even offering them at half price. Frankly I suggest donating them to good will and trying to get a tax write off for them.”

“ Ok, but don’t let Land Mass know about it. Let the fat lug think someone actually buys his stuff. And get us back in the black for next month! I don’t want to have to take yet another job to make up for losing money here. Now give me the lowdown for whats on tap for Brooklyn Brawl?”

“ The basic plan is to run with Flash and Ota in the main event again, probably in a gimmick match to blow it off. Then beginning the real feuds for the Alpha Lions, and showing off the new tag teams we got. Other than that there should be a couple exciting matches, and an opportunity for some of the new additions to show what they have.”

“ Ok. Leave the info on my desk and I will take a look at it in a couple days when I get back. Now tell the secretary to call a cab so I can get to the airport. See you later David.”

Dragonmack

02-22-2010, 10:54 PM

From the NYCW Website

Last month, Fights on Broadway saw a new Tri-State Champion crowned, the Empire champion lose the match but not the title, and the tag champions successfully defend the belts, but then get brutally attacked by the Alpha Lions. The Lions also grew stronger with the addition of the Dean of Submissions JD Morgan.
And finally Honest Frank strengthened his claim as the next #1 contender with a victory over David Mack. But he will have to wait for his opportunity as the Warrior of Darkness, Ota beat the Empire Champion Steve Flash when Flash was disqualified after using a foreign object.

So at NYCW BROOKLYN BRAWL Ota will once again get another chance at the Empire title, in his specialty, a submission match! Also the new team of Sammy and Ekuma aka MuscleShark, will be in action against the Alpha Lions and Triple D will make the first defense of his newly won NYCW Tri-State Regional Championship. So don’t miss the best in old school wrestling in the Tri-State Area, don’t miss NYCW BROOKLYN BRAWL!!

( matches already announced )

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Dazzling Dave Diamond © VS Hugh De Aske for the NYCW Tri-State Regional Championship

Triple D took advantage of the situation last month in the triple threat match to walk out once again the NYCW Tri-State Regional Championship. Now he defends the belt against the eccentric but promising rookie Hugh de Aske. While this would seem to be a routine title defense, overconfidence has been the downfall of more than one champion. Triple D has won the belt, now can he keep it?

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The Ring Generals & Elijah Harris VS Old School Principals & The New York Doll in a Six man tag Match.

Unsuccessful in their bid for the tag titles, but not wanting the Ring Generals to have a victory edge over them, the OSP have challenged the champions to a 6 man tag match with the partner of their choice. The Ring General chose the charismatic ‘Soul Man’ Elijah Harris , while OSP partner with the young punker The New York Doll. Which team can get the victory and some important momentum?

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Muscle Shark ( Ekuma & Sammy the Shark ) VS The Alpha Lions ( Lee Wright & JD Morgan )

The Alpha Lions have targeted Sammy the Shark as one of the ‘young wrestlers’ they have issues with. But Sammy has huge backup in the massively muscled Ekuma. They team up to take on the pairing of grizzled veteran Lee Wright and the Dean of Submissions JD Morgan. Will the Alpha Lions beat some respect into the new Muscle Shark tag team or will Sammy’s speed and Ekuma’s power be a winning combination?

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Jesse Christian VS Larry Vessey

Ever since Christian involved himself against Vessey a few months ago, Vessey has vowed to teach Christian a lesson in respect. But the powerful former SCCW champion is an experienced foe riding a wave of momentum since his return to the ring. Who will come out on top in this grudge match?

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David Mack & Whistler VS Black Hat Bailey & Honest Frank

While Honest Frank is conditionally the next #1 contender, the other three men have all stated a case for an Empire title shot. Whistler and Bailey are former champions and Mack fought a very close series of matches with the man who beat the current Empire Champion. With Flash and Ota set to meet again, new commisioner Mayhem Midden has decided to have these four face off in a tag match, with the winners strengthening their case for the next title shot.

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Steve Flash © VS Ota , The Warrior of Darkness in a Submission match for the NYCW Empire Championship.

Ota managed to get the win, but not the belt last month when Flash was uncharacteristically caught using a foreign object. Now Ota has managed to get the rematch sanctioned as a Submission Match, the same type of match he defeated arch rival David Mack in to become the #1 Contender. Can Flash rise to the challenge and defeat the wily and experienced Warrior of Darkness, who has yet to lose in his return to NYCW? Or will Ota finish what he started last month and usher in a reign of darkness as the new Empire Champion?

NYCW BROOKLYN BRAWL

Dazzling Dave Diamond © VS Hugh De Aske for the NYCW Tri-State Regional Championship

The Ring Generals & Elijah Harris VS Old School Principals & The New York Doll in a Six man tag Match.

Muscle Shark ( Ekuma & Sammy the Shark ) VS The Alpha Lions ( Lee Wright & JD Morgan )

Jesse Christian VS Larry Vessey

David Mack & Whistler VS Black Hat Bailey & Honest Frank

Steve Flash © VS Ota , The Warrior of Darkness in a Submission match for the NYCW Empire Championship.

BYU 14

02-22-2010, 11:02 PM

Dazzling Dave Diamond © VS Hugh De Aske for the NYCW Tri-State Regional Championship
Triple D all the way here, the Tri-State belt will help elevate him

The Ring Generals & Elijah Harris VS Old School Principals & The New York Doll in a Six man tag Match.
Elijah helps his team more than the Doll

Muscle Shark ( Ekuma & Sammy the Shark ) VS The Alpha Lions ( Lee Wright & JD Morgan )
Think the Lions will go over in this one to build things, probably by cheating.

Jesse Christian VS Larry Vessey
The newcomer gets the rub from Larry

David Mack & Whistler VS Black Hat Bailey & Honest Frank
This is an interesting matchup, Frank can still hold his own, but David Mack will make the difference as he looks to get a Title shot at Ota.

Steve Flash © VS Ota , The Warrior of Darkness in a Submission match for the NYCW Empire Championship.
Can't see you shotgunning it back to Flash, Ota takes it and Mack is next in line.

Phantom Stranger

02-22-2010, 11:12 PM

Dazzling Dave Diamond © VS Hugh De Aske for the NYCW Tri-State Regional Championship

The Ring Generals & Elijah Harris VS Old School Principals & The New York Doll in a Six man tag Match.

Muscle Shark ( Ekuma & Sammy the Shark ) VS The Alpha Lions ( Lee Wright & JD Morgan )

Jesse Christian VS Larry Vessey

David Mack & Whistler VS Black Hat Bailey & Honest Frank

Steve Flash © VS Ota , The Warrior of Darkness in a Submission match for the NYCW Empire Championship.

Bigpapa42

02-22-2010, 11:19 PM

Zergon

02-23-2010, 02:24 AM

Dazzling Dave Diamond © VS Hugh De Aske for the NYCW Tri-State Regional Championship
DDD won´t drop his belt on first title defence

The Ring Generals & Elijah Harris VS Old School Principals & The New York Doll in a Six man tag Match.
Old School gets a win back after losing in title match

Muscle Shark ( Ekuma & Sammy the Shark ) VS The Alpha Lions ( Lee Wright & JD Morgan )
Alpha Lions should win this one since they lost every match they was in last month.

Jesse Christian VS Larry Vessey
Christian takes this one

David Mack & Whistler VS Black Hat Bailey & Honest Frank
It seems that I underestimated Frank last month but I think that Mack will get a win back by pinning Bailey

Steve Flash © VS Ota , The Warrior of Darkness in a Submission match for the NYCW Empire Championship.
Maybe not a clean win if you want to have these two in next months main event too but making Flash lose twice without dropping the belt seems unlikely

Tigerkinney

02-23-2010, 07:02 AM

Dazzling Dave Diamond © VS Hugh De Aske for the NYCW Tri-State Regional Championship

You seem determined to let Triple D at least run with the midcard ball, based on industry hype, so I see him retaining here.

The Ring Generals & Elijah Harris VS Old School Principals & The New York Doll in a Six man tag Match.

Whilst a win for the heel trio would give them their win back and continue this feud, I see this being the final nail for OSP's challenge (for now) as I see the Ring Generals moving onto a new feud.

Muscle Shark ( Ekuma & Sammy the Shark ) VS The Alpha Lions ( Lee Wright & JD Morgan )

Given their poor showing at the last show, I'm struggling to take the Alpha Lions seriously as a threat but I see them bouncing back here to regain some credibility and to set themselves up as the next challengers for the Tag Titles.

Jesse Christian VS Larry Vessey

Jesse Christian seems in line for a decent push, especially with the way you booked him to be juggernaut powerhouse in his last outing.

David Mack & Whistler VS Black Hat Bailey & Honest Frank

I know you are currently putting others over, but if you keep losing then you may as well be a jobber, so I see you finally pulling out a win here.

Steve Flash © VS Ota , The Warrior of Darkness in a Submission match for the NYCW Empire Championship

This has been the main event for the last three shows, so there must be some kind of blow off here before you start to get penalized for repetitive booking. Could go either way, but I see Flash retaining via a submission where Ota doesn't actually tap out. It's a 'clean' win for Flash and ends the feud for now, but Ota will have enough of an excuse not to be written out of the title picture completely.

bgbuff

02-23-2010, 07:19 AM

Apupunchau@optonline

02-23-2010, 09:26 AM

Dazzling Dave Diamond © VS Hugh De Aske for the NYCW Tri-State Regional Championship
Dave won't lose his title so soon

The Ring Generals & Elijah Harris VS Old School Principals & The New York Doll in a Six man tag Match.
The Generals are on a roll.

Muscle Shark ( Ekuma & Sammy the Shark ) VS The Alpha Lions ( Lee Wright & JD Morgan )
Alpha Lions show some teeth...

Jesse Christian VS Larry Vessey
But noy too much teeth.

David Mack & Whistler VS Black Hat Bailey & Honest Frank
Frank gets some momentum.

Steve Flash © VS Ota , The Warrior of Darkness in a Submission match for the NYCW Empire Championship.
And he certainly won;t be facing Ota for the title.

Nightshadeex

02-23-2010, 10:14 AM

Dazzling Dave Diamond © VS Hugh De Aske for the NYCW Tri-State Regional Championship

The Ring Generals & Elijah Harris VS Old School Principals & The New York Doll in a Six man tag Match.

Muscle Shark ( Ekuma & Sammy the Shark ) VS The Alpha Lions ( Lee Wright & JD Morgan )

Jesse Christian VS Larry Vessey - Draw

David Mack & Whistler VS Black Hat Bailey & Honest Frank

Steve Flash © VS Ota , The Warrior of Darkness in a Submission match for the NYCW Empire Championship.

Dragonmack

02-24-2010, 10:09 PM

Show is about half written. Hoping to have it posted thursday night so anyone who wants to predict or comment has another day or so. Predictions are interesting so far, although no one is 100% . And no comments on the Muscle Shark tag team name?:( I thought that was clever and humorous, as well as descriptive of them. Granted it isn't as good as my Ota-Phunk Ninja Pimps tag name, but I like it. :D

xopher316

02-24-2010, 10:52 PM

Dragonmack

02-25-2010, 08:54 PM

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NYCW BROOKLYN BRAWL
Held at The Ministry in Queens
Sunday Week 2 June 2010 Att: 897

PRE SHOW

In a bout that had a good crowd and some decent in-ring action, Animal Harker, Dazzling Dave Diamond, David Mack and Steve Flash drew with The New York Doll, Hugh de Aske, JD Morgan and Black Hat Bailey in 5:40 following a double disqualification.
Match Rating D+

Continuing training matches before the show for some of the newer and younger members of the roster.

Since the pre show interactions with the fans has proven to be popular, we have continued using it as a way for some of the less charismatic workers to follow the lead of people like Frank, Whistler and myself in getting more comfortable with the crowds.
Rating D+

It looks like this is beginning to pay off as I can finally see some of the guys getting more comfortable interacting with the fans now.

MAIN SHOW

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Jesse Christian VS Larry Vessey

It's not often that Christian faces someone with a lot more experience than him, but the devious Alpha Lion leader Vessey had a decade more ring time than Christian did. However that experience was almost not enough to compensate for the greater strength advantage Christian had. Vessey is a big guy and tough as nails, but Christian had a pronounced size and strength advantage he was using to the fullest in an attempt to put Vessey away. Getting beaten down, and feeling the match slipping away from him, Vessey resorted to underhanded tactics to turn things around. First he manuevered the referee in the path of a Jesse Christian clothesline, and while Christian was checking on the stunned ref, Vessey pulled a chain out of his boot and wrapped it around his fist. As Christian turned around, he was greeted by a chain loaded right cross! Vessey quickly tossed the chain out of the ring, revived the ref, and covered Christian for the pinfall and the win.
In a bout that had a good crowd and some decent in-ring action, Larry Vessey defeated Jesse Christian in 7:41 by pinfall after using a foreign object.
Match Rating D-

On the plus side, these two showed an incredible ability to work together in the ring, above even normal veteran communication. But on the downside, I made the mistake of telling them to amp it up in the match to kick the show off big, and didn't consider the facts that a. both are over forty, b. Christian had just returned from a 5 yr layoff, and c. Vessey at 50 doesn't have 2 gears in the ring anymore. So that plan kind of backfired as their effort to try and speed the action up didn't really go off that well. Still, there is a lot of potential with these two as long as I am more careful about how I use them.

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Lee Wright and JD Morgan come down and enter the ring with Vessey and they stand over the groggy Christian. It looks like they are about to give Christian a beatdown when Vessey calls them off. Instead, he motions them to stand outside the ring and he grabs a mike and stands over Christian as he slowly begins to recover from the blow of the chain. Vessey says

" Jesse, you interfered in our business and you disrespected us. Because of that I had to teach you a lesson tonight. But you don't have to be our enemy Jesse. You are alot like the Alpha Lions. You've been in this business a long time like us. You've held numerous championships like us. You've been at the top levels of a promotion like us. And I know it must have pissed you off seeing what has happened in this business over the last decade. Young guys coming in and demanding the spotlight, the title shots, the main event slots, and not having done a damn thing to earn it! They expect everything to be handed to them without going through all the years of hard work, blood, sweat and dedication people like us put in to gain our position at the top. I know that is the reason you were disillusioned and left for 5 years.

So I am going to give you an opportunity to be on the right side. I am offering you a chance to become an Alpha Lion. Now I know you probably aren't thinking too clearly right now, so I don't expect an answer immediately. Take some time to consider it, but I want an answer by Gang Wars next month. And choose wisely Jesse. You got a taste tonight of what its like to be on our bad side. Basically it boils down to this, in the jungle of NYCW, do you want to be a member of the pride, or do you want to be the prey? You really don't want to be our enemy!"

With that final thought for Christian to consider, Vessey and the other Alpha Lions then walked backstage, leaving a thoughtful and bemused Christian to ponder their offer.

Rating D+

Good segment to add a little twist to this storyline as well as provide a hook for the next show.

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The Ring Generals & Elijah Harris VS Old School Principals & The New York Doll in a Six man tag Match.

Decent back and forth match as both sides were fairly even and a lot of quick tags on both sides. After several minutes things began to break down and all 6 men ended up in the ring. Things broke down as Statler and Sanders and Harris and Mauler ended up fighting each other on the outside, leaving Waldorf and New York Doll in the ring. After a slam, NYD got too arrogant and went to the top rope to try and end it. but Waldorf rolled out of the way as NYD came off the ropes and he ended up crashing into the mat. Waldorf quickly took advantage to deliver a Waldorf Tossed Salad on NYD. With his partners preventing interference from OSP, he then pinned NYD to give his team the win.

In a match that had an average crowd reaction and some decent in-ring action, Dean Waldorf, Marv Statler and Elijah Harris defeated Rick Sanders, The Masked Mauler and The New York Doll in 7:43 when Dean Waldorf defeated The New York Doll by pinfall with a Walforf Salad Toss.
Match Rating D-

Decent six man match for being in the cooldown slot. While the crowd wasn't really into the match , the guys in the ring were working hard and honing their skills.

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The Ring Generals don't get to celebrate their victory for long as The Alpha Lions Lee Wright and JD Morgan come down and attack the Ring Generals again! Having already been tired out by their match, the Generals aren't able to put up much resistance and it looks like they are going to be beaten down for the second month in a row until.....

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Muscle Shark come running out and chase the Alpha Lions out of the ring! Wright and Morgan quickly bail now that the odds are against them, and ignore Muscle Shark's challenge to enter the ring with them and the Ring Generals. The standoff continues for a few moments until the referees and officials come out to break up the tense situation.

Rating D
( attack)
Rating D
(save)

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Tri-State Champion Dazzling David Diamond is being interviewed backstage about his upcoming match and opponent. Triple D replies

" It sure feels good to have gold around Triple D's waist again. In fact, it feels so good that I think I am going to have some gold belt buckles made for my wrangling jeans back on the ranch. But enough about Triple D's clothes. Tonight I face the up and coming Hugh de Aske, a man who claims to be descended from some of the most notorious swashbuckler of the 17th century. And like most pirates, I know he craves gold, specifically this gold Tri-State Regional belt! But pirates are like cattle rustlers, and we texans know how to deal with rustlers! We tar and feather them, and then run them out of town! Now Hugh, NYCW might frown on the tar and feathering bit, but they aren't gonna stop me from beating the tar out of you de Aske! So saddle up Slackbeard, cause you are gonna be in for a rough ride tonight!"

Rating D-

Diamond is entertaining in his promos, and only needs to work on getting the crowd behind a little more to really take off popularity wise.

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Dazzling Dave Diamond © VS Hugh De Aske for the NYCW Tri-State Regional Championship

De Aske tried to use a combination of mat wrestling and top rope moves to confuse the big brawling texan, and while he was able to keep Triple D off balance for most of the fight, Triple D was always able to rally back and soon his heavy handed blows began wearing down de Aske. De Aske, seeing that he was losing the battle of power vs speed got a little desparate and went for a big dropkick to turn the match around. But he telegraphed the move and the wily Triple D swatted De Aske to the mat. Diamond then followed with the Dazzle Driver to put De Aske away and successfully defend his title.

In a match that had an average crowd reaction and some decent in-ring action, Dazzling Dave Diamond defeated Hugh de Aske in 11:52 by pinfall with a Dazzle Driver. Dazzling Dave Diamond makes defence number 1 of his NYCW Tri-State Regional title.
Match Rating D

This was stretching Diamond's gas tank a little, but he has been doing some cardio work to extend the time he can go in the ring. De Aske had a case of the nerves in his first title shot as he looked a little stiff out there and not as smooth as he usually does. But once he gets some more high profile matches under his belt he should loosen up and work to his potential.

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Mayhem Midden, the new color commentator and recently named commisioner of NYCW is sorting through some paperwork in his office when Honest Frank barges in saying..

" What's this bull about Ota facing Flash for the Empire title again?! I am the #1 contender, I should get that title shot!"

Right then Whistler barges in stating

" Now hold on! If anyone should be getting a title shot, it's me! I am a 3 time Empire Champion! Bailey cheated to beat me, and I deserve another shot at the belt!"

Now Black Hat Bailey interjected himself into the argument

" Hey, when it comes to title shots the line starts behind me! I never got my rematch with Flash, so I should get the title shot tonight!"

And just to add more fuel to the fire, David Mack comes in and states

" Well, since I beat you two months ago Bailey, then I should get the title shot!"

By this time commisioner Madden had enough of this and yelled

" None of you are getting a title shot tonight! What you are going to do is get the hell out of my office and get ready for the tag match you four are about to be in! You Whistler, and you Mack are going to take on Bailey and Frank! whoever wins that match, I might consider giving a title shot to next month! Now get moving before I start headbutting all of you!"

The four men beat a hasty retreat and then looked uneasily at each other, anticipating their showdown later tonight. Then the four men separated to get ready for the match.

Rating C-

Setting up the semi main event tonight as well as introducing Mayhem as our commisioner and also adding some more people to the main event title picture. Granted this involved four of our top stars, but the segment seemed to get a good crowd response.

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Muscle Shark ( Ekuma & Sammy the Shark ) VS The Alpha Lions ( Lee Wright & JD Morgan )

The new teaming of Ekuma and Sammy showed great communication, especially early in the match as their combination of quickness and extreme power, coupled with quick tags and crisp double team moves, kept the veteran Alpha Lions on the defensive. But the massive experience edge finally began to show as the Alpha Lions were able to break Muscle Shark's momentum and isolate Sammy from his partner. Sammy absorbed a lot of punishment and almost escaped several times to tag in the anxious Ekuma, but Morgan and Wright were able to cut him off each time. Finally, worn down, Sammy showed some great heart and managed to surprise Morgan with a dropkick with the last bit of his strength and finally crawl over to make the tag. But Wright distracted the referee and he didn't see it! The referee forced Ekuma back out of the ring and the assault on Sammy began again as Morgan tagged Wright and they double teamed Sammy with a nasty fist drop, backbreaker combo. Morgan then knocked Ekuma off the ropes while Wright pinned Sammy, using his feet on the ropes for more leverage where the out of position referee couldn't see, and the Alpha Lions get the pinfall and the victory.

In a match that had an average crowd reaction and some decent in-ring action, JD Morgan and Lee Wright defeated MuscleShark in 8:18 when Lee Wright defeated Sammy The Shark by pinfall, illegally using the ropes for leverage.
Match Rating D-

While Ekuma is still a long way away from being even adequate in the ring, the big man has charisma and natural chemistry with the smaller Sammy that bodes well for their future development as a team. Provided neither one is snatched by one of the big two in the near future.

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Black Hat Bailey and Honest Frank are backstage before their match and are asked about their opponents tonight. Frank speaks first saying

" While Black Hat and I don't see eye to eye on some things, like who is the next Empire Champion, we both agree that Mack and Whistler are obstacles that need to be removed from our path. SO tonight two of the baddest, most dangerous men NYCW have ever seen team up to deal with that flag waving fossil and that young punk who should have been smart enough to stay gone!"

Bailey then continues

" Mack, Whistler! You two have been thorns in my side for long enough! I'm going to remove you both with extreme prejudice! There is room for only one boss in NYCW and that is me, Black Hat Bailey!"

Bailey then turns to Frank and says

" Just hold up your part of the match and don't get in my way tonight and I might be nice enough to give you the first shot at MY Empire title when I win it back next month!"

Frank then replies

" Don't worry about me Bailey! But if you screw this up and cost me the win tonight, Mack and Whistler will be the least of your worries, and that is the honest truth!"

With that , the uneasy alliance of Bailey and Frank heads to the ring.

Rating C-

Good promo showing the alliance of convenience between the two heels, and also the distrust between them.

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Their opponents are interviewed next as Whistler and David Mack stand together backstage. Whistler states

" While I would prefer to be taking on Flash for the title, if I can't get that tonight, kicking the crap out of Bailey and Frank is a nice consolation prize. You two have been lying and cheating your way to the top of NYCW for long enough and it's going to stop tonight."

Mack continues

" You see, me and Whistler have something you two losers could never have, and that is trust. Trust that your partner will have your back. While Whistler and I both want the same thing, we are professional and honorable men who can put that aside to work towards a common goal, and that goal is beating the heck out of and defeating you two blights. Knowing you two, we probably don't even have to do much as you guys will probably end up fighting each other. But I don't want to deprive my partner or myself of the pleasure of punishing you ourselves, so get ready to taste some bitter defeat!"

Mack and Whistler then head down to the ring for the match.

Rating C-

A solid promo as both Whistler and I are good at doing promos. Also showing that we seem to have a better working relationship than our opponents. At least before the match.

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David Mack & Whistler VS Black Hat Bailey & Honest Frank

What started as a fairly straightforward tag match quickly degenerated into a four way brawl as these men really dont like each other. Added to which all four men want the same thing and chaos was the inevitable result. Frank and Mack squared off outside as did Bailey and Whistler. All four men brawled around the ring and into the first row of the crowd, where they began grabbing anything they could use as a weapon. Drinks and cups were thrown at each other. Food and signs the audience had bought or brought was tossed around. Frank even grabbed a blind man's cane and cracked Mack over the back with it! The referee, unable to restore any semblance of order, dq'd both teams, declaring a no contest.

In a bout that had a good crowd and good action, David Mack and Whistler drew with Black Hat Bailey and Honest Frank in 9:40 following a double disqualification.
Match Rating D+

Fairly decent for what was basically a wild chaotic brawl. The fans got into it,especially the part in the stands,where they were handing drinks and cardboard signs to us to use on each other. This match was basically designed to prevent any of the main eventers losing momentum heading into next month, but surprisingly, Whistler of all people, ended up having an attitude about the finish. He felt he should be winning this match instead of the non finish. Which surprised me as both Frank and Bailey are still slightly ahead of Whistler in the pecking order currently.

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Another video package airs showing highlights from the last two encounters between these two fighters. Also shown is Ota forcing David Mack to black out from a submission three months ago as the announcers speculate on whether the match stipulations favor the Warrior of Darkness and if Flash will be able to leave the Ministry tonight with the Empire title.

Rating D+

As usual, using a video package to hype the showdown between these two since one isnt good on promos and the other doesn't speak in character.

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Steve Flash © VS Ota , The Warrior of Darkness in a Submission match for the NYCW Empire Championship.

With this being a submission match, neither man wasted time going for pinfalls. Flash tried to work over a leg to ground the Warrior of Darkness and take away his aerial moves, while Ota targeted Flash's back, which had taken two decades worth of pounding in the ring and was probably Flash's weakest point. The softening up process continued as each man focused on trying to weaken their chosen body area whenever they had the momentum. Heading close to the twenty minute mark, Flash was moving slowly around the ring as his back had been pounded on relentlessly , while Ota was also noticeably limping from Flash's continued attacks on his knee and leg. It began to look bad for the champion when he went for a single leg takedown and instead met a hammer blow across the shoulders. Ota quickly moved to take advantage by slapping the Champion in a Boston Crab in the middle of the ring, putting tremendous pressure on Flash's weakened lower back. Flash was grimacing in pain from the hold and desperately tried to reach the ropes to break the hold, but Ota kept dragging him back to the center. Flash's arm came down once, twice, and.... no, Flash raised his arm up! Finding the will to endure the pain, Flash began slowly working backward till Ota's leg was in range, and then he reversed the Crab into a Texas Cloverleaf!! Bending the knee he had been weakening over Ota's other leg in a standing figure four hold. Flash then sat down on Ota's back and cinched in the hold! Ota's mask covered the pain he was obviously feeling, but the Warrior of Darkness didn't utter a sound or a whimper of pain and wouldn't submit. Unable to escape and unwilling to submit, Ota finally blacked out from the pain, and the referee lifted his arm once, twice, three times. After Ota's arm dropped the third time, the referee rang the bell, giving the match to Flash.

In a bout that had a good crowd and good action, Steve Flash defeated Ota, Warrior of Darkness in 21:03 by submission. Steve Flash makes defence number 2 of his NYCW Empire title.
Match Rating C-

While a notch below last month's offering, it was still a good main event which gave Flash a strong title defense, while also leaving the door open for Ota to challenge again in the future since he never actually submitted.

OVERALL SHOW D+

Another good show, and feedback from the fans continued to call our shows awesome for promotions our size, and better than some of the bigger promotions offered. We even got a few more people in and are close to selling out the Ministry. IN fact the whole night would have been great except for an incident before the show that put something of a damper on the night.

It seems that my former girlfriend Fern Hathaway had decided to have some fun at the expense of the other valet on the roster, Cheerleader Nicki. Fern was saying how she was valet to the tri-state champion, while everyone Fern valets leaves NYCW,like American Machine and Roger Cage. Now, Nicki is popular backstage,especially after that impromptu video game tournament she set up in January, whereas Fern is always trying to work things to her advantage backstage. I had tried to stay out of it due to our previous relationship, but with Nicki ready to slap the hell out of Fern, and the rest of the roster rooting her on, I had to step in.

I told Fern that just because we used to date, I wasn't going to overlook stuff like this. First I told her that Nicki was taking over her spot as Triple D's valet, and then that she was going to be offscreen for awhile while we set up a new gimmick and assignment for her. I said that if she kept out of trouble I'd give her a second chance. Apparently that didn't satisfy her as she said 'Whatever!' and stormed out of the Ministry. I am not about to fire her for one bad incident, but I am giving serious thought to not renewing her contract when it comes up again. I wanted to avoid this since we had been close once, but she wasn't giving me much choice.

BYU 14

02-25-2010, 09:57 PM

MrOnu

02-26-2010, 10:43 AM

You know, by putting De Aske and Triple D pictures next to each other, it made me wonder for one sec if they were not related. De Aske, the long lost brother of Diamond ? :eek:

Dragonmack

02-26-2010, 10:50 AM

Excellent show and a nice job with the cliff hanger involving Christian and the Alpha Lions, opens up some interesting options. Really surprised you didn't pull a C- overall, you had some really solid segments.

Yeah, I think I could have gotten it if I could have pulled a C main event again.

You know, by putting De Aske and Triple D pictures next to each other, it made me wonder for one sec if they were not related. De Aske, the long lost brother of Diamond ? :eek:

I was thinking the same thing when I saw them together. I am betting the same base model was done for the renders.

Dragonmack

02-26-2010, 09:19 PM

no one got 100% this time, and the picks were split on most of the matches, although everyone figured Triple D would defend. Most had Christian winning his match, and a couple had Ota winning the title. Which he may yet do, depending on contract negotiations in a couple months.

Jesse Christian I think has the best possibility of stepping up to the main event if one of the current guys retires, leaves or gets injured, but he lost here strictly for storyline purposes as it gives Vessey's offer more weight.

JD Morgan could probably get to the main event with some build, but he dropped a couple of grades in popularity between 08 and 10. When I got him in 07 at regional, he was an uppercard/ cusp of main event with solid D pop. In my small fed currently, he slotted originally at midcard and pop of E+ , which is why he gets tag team duty in Alpha Lions. That and hte fact the original team I wanted, Vessey and Wright, had awful chemistry teaming together. But both the Ring Generals and Muscle Shark have good tag team chemistry, so it isnt all bad.

The pre show incident with Fern dropped morale backstage by 5% and possibly cost me a few percentage points on hte show. It also got her from negative influence to very negative, and I probably should release her. But story continuity wise I don't want to since she was my gf in the 07 NYCW diary and Mack would try to avoid canning his former girlfriend for several reasons. But since she dropped a smiley face in happiness from the discipline, and is going to be off for three months on a gimmick change, I am thinking she may not bother to renegotiate when her contract comes due in a few months. Thus the problem should sort itself out. ;)

Dragonmack

02-27-2010, 05:45 PM

Once again, it was a quiet month backstage, with the exception of the Fern/ Nicki fight. Surprisingly, for the second month in a row there weren’t any contract issues and no one new was being signed to the roster. Of course that didn’t mean there wouldn’t be some surprises. But just because little was happening here didn’t mean that the rest of the wrestling world was also quiet. So it was time to check around the other promotions and see what the news for June 2010 was….

NEWS

19 yr old university student Yoko Minobe, a communications major with an interest in joshi wrestling, has stated she is seeking employment as an announcer in the wrestling field. Early screentests indicate that she is not very good and would have to show marked improvement to ever catch on with a name promotion.
20 yr odl Mark ‘The Anvil’ Griffin is the latest graduate of the House of Stone. Like previous graduates, he is versed on the mat and his in ring skills are excellent for a rookie. He is lacking in charisma, but that isn’t usually an issue in the performance driven NOTBPW. He is expected to get an opportunity to prove himself on the main roster soon.
18 yr old ‘Kamikaze’ Christian Vars enters the North American Wrestling scene. While lacking in understanding of ring fundamentals, the former gymnast has supreme athlectism and an array of jaw dropping aerial moves. His name reflects his use of almost suicidal high risk moves and he has an ability to connect with a crowd. In the right style of promotion, or with a TON of work on his actual ring skills, he does have the potential to carve out a decent career.
El Serpiente, a 20 yr old luchador, makes his debut in the pro ranks in Mexico. While exhibiting the current modern luchador style of hi risk dives and aerial moves, he does have a solid ground game to support it and decent ring skills and charisma. While he may never be a headliner or breakout star, he could become quite successful if given the opportunity to develop further.
Women’s wrestling saw the retirement of four of their alumni as Nikki Powers, Alpha Female, April Appleseed and Namiyo Muro all hung up their tights this month. All but Nikki have had some measure of success with Alpha Female garnering 3 UCR Women’s titles, April being NOTBPW women’s champion twice and Namiyo holding two 5SSW World titles in the late 90’s. While their time in ring may be over, these women were pioneers for women’s wrestling on three different continents, and will provide valuable experience and insight to young female wrestlers from outside the squared circle.
One of the true icons of wrestling, Crippler Ray Kingman, finally decided it was time to enjoy the golden years and has retired from the business at the age of 63. Kingman was one of the most decorated wrestlers of the 70’s and 80’s , holding the top title in a promotion 8 times, including a staggering 5 times for California Pro Wrestling, and being named wrestler of the year in 1988. It’s no wonder his was one of the first names called into Wrestling’s Hall of the Immortals when it opened.
Tragedy struck wrestling this month when CZCW rookie , The American Flash, was killed in a tragic accident at the far too young age of 20. It seems that Flash was training at the University of Arizona athletic facilities, and went to the track to do some sprints. However, he wandered onto the wrong end of the field during a javelin throwing contest, and was struck by several javelins. One witness to the tragic accident is reported to have said ‘the poor bastard looked liked a pincushion.’ The Wrestling community joins in mourning for this young athlete taken in the prime of his life.
SWF Announcer Duane Fry has been singing the praises of former SWF World Champion Steve Frehley during radio interviews recently, claiming Frehley is one of the stars the company will build its future on.
TCW have followed SWF south of the border as well as they sign a PPV deal with Seleccion Mexico to air their events in Mexico.

ROSTER MOVES

21CW renew the contracts of Pitbull Brown, The Steamroller and Daniel Black Francis.
Kate Lilly extends her deal with AAA.
ACPW extend the contracts of Marc Raisin an Mario da Silva.
The war between APW and RAW heat up as APW steal Luke Steel and Kerry Wayne, but then get poached by RAW for Dumfrey Pinn and Swoop McCarthy. APW also extend Spiffy Stan Standish and Frank Muccicolo.
BHOTWG call up Ryushi Sato and Taro Shionoya. They sign Sato to a new deal as well and renew Masaaki Okazaki’s contract.
CGC renew Jenny Playmate and Gargantuan’s contract.
Art Reed has returned from Japan and signed with CZCW. They also extend Al Coleman, The Guru and Jake Idol.
DIW sign Vaughan but lose Maurice Jackson.
FCW renews the contracts of King Kong Kennedy, Jesus Chavez and Arthur Dexter Bradley.
GCG re-sign Masatake Hori but allow Naonobu Murkami to leave after his short term contract expires.
Bret Starr extends his deal with MAW.
MOSC renew the contract of Scott Gregory.
Ultra Atlantis extends his contract with MPWF.
NOTBPW sign graduate Mark Griffin as expected, but are stunned when 3 time Canadian Champion Dark Angel decides to leave the promotion.
OLLIE renew the deal of Ignacio Soto.
PGHW extend the deals of Keiji Takeda, Masuru Ugaki, Shuji Inukai, and Alexander Robinson but say goodbye to Art Reed.
PSW renew Krissy Angelle’s contract.
RAW signs Dumfrey Pinn , Swoop McCarthy, Lew rose and Maurice Jackson. They extend the contracts of Spin Doctor, Skyscraper and Mark Misery, but lose Kerry Wayne to APW.
SAISHO renew Hirokazu Yamanoue.
SOTBPW extend the contract of Lobo Blanco.
SWF extend the contracts of Everest and Masked Patriot, but allow longtime valet/manager Jesse to depart.
TCW extend the contract of Arnold Westberry and Joel Bryant.
USPW renew the deals of Robbie Sanchez and Danny Rushmore.
Night Spyder extends his contract with VWA.
WEXXV renew Munemitsu Senmatsu and Seishiro Hiraga and allow road agent Moitochi Arakida to leave.
WLW renew the deals of Mr Miwa, General Hayashi and Chomei Takazawa.

TITLE CHANGES

Nathan McKenzie claims his 3rd APW Commonwealth title following the departure of Swoop McCarthy.
Super Joshyua wins the BHOTWG Best of the Super Juniors tournament for the second time.
Insane Machine defeats Masked Cougar to win the CZCW Xtreme title for a second time.
Varones Americanos ( Genio Verde & Hombre de la Energia ) def Luchador Original and Angel de Mexico to win the MPWF Campeones de Parejas titles.
The RAW Giants ( Manhunter and Skyscraper ) win the RAW tag titles from Kerry Wayne and Captain Wrestling II.
Swoop McCarthy makes a splash on his debut on RAW by defeating Luke Steele for the RAW Television title.
Ryu Kajahara regains the WEXXV Warrior’s Heart title from Gareth Wayne for his 5th reign.

Dragonmack

02-28-2010, 11:10 AM

Thursday Week1 July 2010 Stomper’s office

As I walked in to Stomper’s office for our monthly financials meeting, I was surprised to see Black Hat Bailey sitting over to the side chatting away with the boss. Now I am aware that Stomper and Bailey are old friends, and that Bailey has been helping out more backstage since Stomper decided to expand his workload with other promotions, but he hadn’t been part of the financial reviews since I took over the book from him back in January.

As I took a seat I said

“ Hey Bo ( Bailey’s first name for those who didn’t know) what brings you down here today?”

Bailey replied

“ Well, David, as I was just telling Stomp here, I think its time for me to hang it up in the ring. The last few months have really brought home how much I have slowed down, and I’d rather go out while I am still near the top. I was just discussing with Stomper here about how I would finish out my contract and he suggested taking over some of the road agenting work since he is bogged down with the SWF tv tapings and a PSW event later this week.”

I nodded. Bailey had already indicated a couple months ago he wanted to scale back his ring work, so I had been somewhat expecting this. It was part of the reason I made the move to bring in Morgan back in April. I stated

“ Well, I can’t say we won’t miss your experience in the ring. You’ve never been anything other than professional in our dealings both in and out of there and I really appreciate it. And I second Stomper’s idea of you helping out backstage. I know it would take a lot of weight off mine and Stomper’s mind to know that there is someone we can rely on to take charge backstage with Stomp off at SWF and Steve up north most of the time. Plus I know you have taken Mar (Statler) under your wing and this will give you more time to work with him.”

Bailey nodded in agreement and at that point Stomper interjected

“ Well, now that’s settled, lets get to the important stuff. How did we do last month? Don’t tell me we lost money again?”

I stated

“ Actually no, we didn’t. We had Flash’s merchandise back in stock, and thus the sales numbers rebounded from last month. With everything else pretty much the same we actually cleared over $2500 this month.”

Stomper , as he always does when hearing good news about money, leaned back in his chair with a smile on his face.

“ Well that’s good to hear! Now how are you handling that incident with Fern and Nicki?”

“ Well, you know Fern has always been somewhat polarizing backstage and trying to gain influence. I’m half convinced that is why she hooked up with me last time I was here. I tried to be diplomatic about it given our previous relationship and I know she has been around for a few years now, but her response to me didn’t really indicate that she is going to act any differently in the future. So I took her off the shows for a few months while I give her a new ‘gimmick’. Hopefully she gets the message.”

“ Fine, do whatever you think is best. Just try and keep it from happening again. I run a tight ship here. Don’t forget who rules the roost here.”

“ Ok Stomper.”

Stomper then stood up and said

“ I expect a better response than that! WHO RULES?!”

“DECOLT RULES!” I shouted

“ WHAT?!?!”

“ Sorry, force of habit. Remember I spent over a year in CGC. You rule Stomper!”

Bailey was over on the side , laughing his head off at this. That seemed to cool Stomper off, and after he sat back down, Stomper chuckled also. He continued

“ Ok , enough foolishness. Now, what’s in store for Gang Wars? That’s one of our signature events so the fans will expect something special.”

Shuffling through my notes, I stated

“ Well, I do have a couple special things set up. Even though you haven’t allowed me to work out any agreements with new promotions, we still do have existing relationships we can take advantage of. So with Flash’s feud with Ota finished up I think we can bring in a special challenger.”

I slid a picture across the desk and after Stomper and Bailey took a look, Stomper said

“ Yeah, he’ll do fine. What about the rest of the card?”

I replied

“ Well, since the #1 contendership is still unclear, I will be facing Frank and Whistler will go against Ota. I also brought in an outside team to face the Ring Generals and the fans will get to see whether Jesse Christian joins the Alpha Lions. That and a couple other standard matches should give us a good show for the fans.”

“ OK sounds good. Send me a copy of the schedule and make sure Bailey gets one also so he can start setting up the matches as well. I don’t have a lot of time this week as PSW has a show this weekend so my focus will be divided. Bo, I am counting on you to pick up the slack in my absence.”

Bailey said

“ Don’t worry Stomp, you can count on me as always.”

BYU 14

02-28-2010, 11:16 AM

Dragonmack

02-28-2010, 11:35 AM

Oh no!! Black Hat hangin 'em up? I know the day will come but he is still running with A momentum for me right now, so I hope it is not for a while.

How are you doing Merch, do you have custom setting for anyone yet?

No Merchandise is set to Just in Time and Standard. The Flash stuff is just some color for the conversations. It's also part of my 'explanation' for the fluctuation of the merchandising revenue each month.

Dragonmack

02-28-2010, 06:19 PM

From the NYCW Website

Last month, NYCW’s BROOKLYN BRAWL delivered another outstanding show filled with action and intrigue. Steve Flash managed to retain his Empire title against the Warrior of Darkness Ota, who blacked out rather than submit and admit defeat. Also the #1 contendership got murkier as David Mack, Whistler, Honest Frank and Black hat Bailey fought to a tag team draw. Bailey has since announced his retirement from the ring, but Ota now gets added to the mix. The Alpha Lions as well have been busy, attacking the tag team champions the Ring Generals for the second month in a row, as well as fighting against the new tag team Muscle Shark. Also, they have made an offer to Jesse Christian to join their ranks and that decision is still pending. Triple D Dave Diamond continues to be on a roll, successfully defending his Tri-State title against rookie Hugh de Aske.

With NYCW GANG WARS being one of the premier shows of the NYCW year, the ownership has gone all out to make this a big event, and it is rumored that both the Empire and Tag Team Champions will put their belts on the line against champions from another wrestling promotion. Whistler and Ota and David Mack and Honest Frank will square off in singles action and we will see whether Jesse Christian becomes the newest Alpha Lion. So come down and see the best in old school wrestling in the Tri-State area, come to see NYCW GANG WARS!
( card subject to change)

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The Ring Generals © VS ?????

The only thing known about the challengers is that they have been tag champions this year in another promotion and that they are looking to add to their reputation by coming to NYCW and taking the tag titles home with them. With the Ring Generals looking over their shoulders for the Alpha Lions, will they be focused enough to keep the titles in NYCW, or could we see new tag team champions?

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Muscle Shark ( Ekuma & Sammy the Shark ) VS The Alpha Lions ( Lee Wright & JD Morgan )

Feeling the need to prove themselves, Muscle Shark has challenged the Alpha Lions to a rematch. The veterans Wright and Morgan, seeing that their lesson in respect hasn’t been heeded, accepted and stated that they will beat respect into their young foes if it is the last thing they do. Underlying the personal feud, is the chance for each team to stake a claim as contenders for the tag team titles as well. Will the Alpha Lions make it two for two, or can Muscle Shark even the odds.

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Dazzling David Diamond © VS The Masked Mauler for the NYCW Tri-State Championship

Triple D has been on a roll lately, but that could come to a crashing halt as he takes on the wily veteran and former tag team champion, The Masked Mauler. Mauler knows every dirty trick in the book and doesn’t hesitate to use them whenever possible. Can the charismatic Texan overcome his veteran foe, or will The Masked Mauler add the Tri-State title to his championship resume?

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Whistler VS Ota, Warrior of Darkness

Whistler continues to try and prove he belongs in the Empire title picture and a victory over the dangerous Ota would confirm that claim. Meanwhile, the Warrior of Darkness, who passed out rather than submit, will be looking to rebound back from his loss last month to once again stake his claim for a championship shot.

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David Mack VS Honest Frank

Frank won their last meeting, but cheated to do so. Last month couldn’t determine a victor in their tag match, so the championship committee has decreed that they face off once again to determine the #1 contender for the Empire Championship.

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Steve Flash © VS ????? for the NYCW Empire Championship

Having turned back the challenge of the Warrior of Darkness for now, and with no clear #1 contender in the ranks of his challengers in NYCW, commisioner Mayhem Midden has looked outside the promotion for the next challenger to the Empire Champion. He has promised to bring someone who is a former multi-time champion and top name in his own promotion . Will this mystery challenger be able to take the NYCW Empire championship back to his home promotion or can Flash keep the belt in the Big Apple?

NYCW GANG WARS

The Ring Generals © VS ?????

Muscle Shark ( Ekuma & Sammy the Shark ) VS The Alpha Lions ( Lee Wright & JD Morgan )

Dazzling David Diamond © VS The Masked Mauler for the NYCW Tri-State Championship

Whistler VS Ota, Warrior of Darkness

David Mack VS Honest Frank

Steve Flash © VS ????? for the NYCW Empire Championship

Plus will Jesse Christian join the Alpha Lions? YES or NO

BYU 14

02-28-2010, 07:13 PM

The Ring Generals © VS ?????
Two mystery opponents on one card, one of them has to win.

Muscle Shark ( Ekuma & Sammy the Shark ) VS The Alpha Lions ( Lee Wright & JD Morgan )
Think they win with help from Jesse

Dazzling David Diamond © VS The Masked Mauler for the NYCW Tri-State Championship
This title seems a good fit for Triple D and no way Mauler takes it away.

Whistler VS Ota, Warrior of Darkness
Think Ota gets this easily, Whistler is over but not in Ota's league

David Mack VS Honest Frank
Mack needs the win here, though a draw is possible.

Steve Flash © VS ????? for the NYCW Empire Championship
Normally a mystery opponent is a good bet for a win, but I don't see the title changing hands under these circumstances.

Plus will Jesse Christian join the Alpha Lions? YES or NO
I have a hunch that deep down he resents some of the youngsters and will turn his back on them.

Yuu Onuki

02-28-2010, 08:03 PM

The month of June was great!
I really love the all the backstage happenings.
Very deeply done? Yes, I think so too.

Keep up the great works. :)

xopher316

02-28-2010, 08:14 PM

NYCW GANG WARS

The Ring Generals © VS ?????

Muscle Shark ( Ekuma & Sammy the Shark ) VS The Alpha Lions ( Lee Wright & JD Morgan )

Dazzling David Diamond © VS The Masked Mauler for the NYCW Tri-State Championship

Whistler VS Ota, Warrior of Darkness

David Mack VS Honest Frank

Steve Flash © VS ????? for the NYCW Empire Championship

Plus will Jesse Christian join the Alpha Lions? YES or NO

Phantom Stranger

02-28-2010, 08:17 PM

The Ring Generals © VS ?????

Muscle Shark ( Ekuma & Sammy the Shark ) VS The Alpha Lions ( Lee Wright & JD Morgan )

Dazzling David Diamond © VS The Masked Mauler for the NYCW Tri-State Championship

Whistler VS Ota, Warrior of Darkness

David Mack VS Honest Frank

Steve Flash © VS ????? for the NYCW Empire Championship

Plus will Jesse Christian join the Alpha Lions? YES or NO

bgbuff

02-28-2010, 09:50 PM

TakerNGN74

03-01-2010, 12:27 AM

NYCW GANG WARS

The Ring Generals © VS ?????
Gotta go with the champs since I have no idea who the challengers are.

Muscle Shark ( Ekuma & Sammy the Shark ) VS The Alpha Lions ( Lee Wright & JD Morgan )

Dazzling David Diamond © VS The Masked Mauler for the NYCW Tri-State Championship
Triple D will retain, at least he better!

Whistler VS Ota, Warrior of Darkness

David Mack VS Honest Frank

Steve Flash © VS ????? for the NYCW Empire Championship
again Steve Flash will retain as I have no idea who his opponent could be.

Plus will Jesse Christian join the Alpha Lions? YES or NO

Zergon

03-01-2010, 02:06 AM

The Ring Generals © VS ?????
Mystery guys sre here for just a short time so they aren´t winning any titles

Muscle Shark ( Ekuma & Sammy the Shark ) VS The Alpha Lions ( Lee Wright & JD Morgan )
I could see this going either way but I think that Lions will win this one with some cheating

Dazzling David Diamond © VS The Masked Mauler for the NYCW Tri-State Championship
I somewhat like Mauler but he isn´t the guy who could hold singles title

Whistler VS Ota, Warrior of Darkness
Ninja!

David Mack VS Honest Frank
I considering Mack being better but Frank seems as a best choice for a number 1 contender spot so I give him a win here

Steve Flash © VS ????? for the NYCW Empire Championship
Same than in tag title match no gold for the guest

Plus will Jesse Christian join the Alpha Lions? YES or NO
Christian just debuted some time ago and aligment change seems too early for it to work well.

Tigerkinney

03-01-2010, 02:18 PM

The Ring Generals © VS ?????

Routine defence for the Ring Generals against the outside team

Muscle Shark ( Ekuma & Sammy the Shark ) VS The Alpha Lions ( Lee Wright & JD Morgan )

Despite their somewhat shaky you seem to be building the Alpha Lions as the next challengers for the Tag belts.

Dazzling David Diamond © VS The Masked Mauler for the NYCW Tri-State Championship

You're letting Triple D run with his ball for now and I can't ever forsee Masked Mauler holding singles gold unless you really want to take a step backwards.

Whistler VS Ota, Warrior of Darkness

You made Ota look relatively strong in defeat by him not tapping out (think I called that :)) so I see him bouncing back with a victory here.

David Mack VS Honest Frank

Difficult one to call, do you even up the score or do you have Frank win because he would be the more natural opponent being a heel for Flash. I see this finishing as some kind of schmozz draw, which will either mean that Frank just about holds onto his spot to challenge Flash for the belt or it sets up the possibilty of a three way.

Steve Flash © VS ????? for the NYCW Empire Championship

Out of the mystery men matches, I see this one being the most likely where they could come in and make an instant impact by shocking everyone by toppling Flash for the title. As it is like everyone else I'm going to for the safe bet.

Plus will Jesse Christian join the Alpha Lions? YES or NO

Christian teases joining the Alpa Lions by turning on Ekuma and Sammy but then takes out the Alpha Lions to follow the path of being a lone wolf 'tweener' type.

smurphy1014

03-01-2010, 02:43 PM

Dragonmack

03-02-2010, 03:13 PM

shameless bump...... Err, I mean, letting everyone know I should have the next show up tomorrow evening eastern time if anyone else wants to make predictions or comments beforehand. :D

Greg McNeish

03-03-2010, 01:05 PM

The Ring Generals © VS ?????
The Ring Generals need to stay strong for the Alpha Lions.

Muscle Shark ( Ekuma & Sammy the Shark ) VS The Alpha Lions ( Lee Wright & JD Morgan )
They are the next title challengers, and Ekuma still needs to stay low on the card. They've got time on their side, to get this win back down the road.

Dazzling David Diamond © VS The Masked Mauler for the NYCW Tri-State Championship
In tags, Mauler's lots of fun. In singles, the character explicitly exists to put people over.

Whistler VS Ota, Warrior of Darkness
It doesn't matter what Ota's contract status is. Whistler is too close to the end of the road to knock him off.

David Mack VS Honest Frank
Frank took the last match, and I see you building to a triple-threat or four-way next month, with Ota & Mack both challenging, and including Flash, if the mystery guy takes the belt.

Steve Flash © VS ????? for the NYCW Empire Championship
You've got a history of putting belts on talent trades. I don't know if Flash will actually drop the strap, but I've got a feeling that he'll either lose, or this will go to a draw.

Plus will Jesse Christian join the Alpha Lions? YES or NO
He just hasn't been established enough as a babyface. This wouldn't feel like a big deal, and with a guy like Christian, you want it to be a big deal.

Dragonmack

03-03-2010, 02:00 PM

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NYCW GANG WARS
Held at the Ministry in Queens
Sunday Week 2 July 2010 Att: 866

PRE SHOW

In a bout that had a good crowd and some decent in-ring action, David Mack, Steve Flash, Ekuma The Hawaiian Strong Man, Dazzling Dave Diamond and Animal Harker drew with Ota, Warrior of Darkness, JD Morgan, Rick Sanders, Hugh de Aske and The New York Doll in 6:30 following a double disqualification.
Match Rating D+

Usual training match, and also giving some work to a couple of people who weren't on the main show.

Fan Interaction segment.
Rating D+

This has been very popular with the fans and helps warm up the crowd before the main show begins. Plus I am continually seeing real improvements, not only from the rookies, but the veterans as well as they add little nuances to their already good ability to work the crowds.

MAIN SHOW

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The show opens up with NYCW's resident patriot, Whistler, complete with american flag draped over his shoulders, standing in the back. He has a mike and says

" I've heard the whispers. People saying 'He's too old. His time has passed.' I realize that I am not as young as I used to be and perhaps I don't move quite as fast as I used to. But that doesn't mean I can't get it done in that squared circle! In this body beats the heart of a true American! As long as I have that heart and that pride, I can achieve any goal and overcome any obstacle! The goal is simple, the NYCW Empire Championship. The obstacle? Tonight it is none other than the Warrior of Darkness himself, OTA! But this patriot isn't afraid of the dark! I will fire off the rockets red glare, have the bombs bursting in the air, and all in the Ministry will see, Whistler, waving the American Flag, standing there, in the middle of the ring , triumphant! After I turn back the darkness, I will be one step closer to my goal of regaining the Empire Championship! So get ready Ota! With the support of true Americans everywhere, I am coming for you!"
Rating D+

Whistler is still as popular as ever with the fans, and knows how to get them behind him with his tried and true patriotic appeal.

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Whistler VS Ota, Warrior of Darkness

Whistler, with the fans solidly behind him, started the match strong and overpowered the warrior of darkness with high impact blows and moves, trying to put Ota away early. But Ota is nothing if not resilient, as he showed last month when he endured that painful submission from Flash for so long, and he weathers the storm of Whistler's onslaught till the older brawler begins to run out of steam. Ota quickly moves to take control and he uses a series of body blows and kicks to the legs to get the bigger Whistler on the ground where he can control him with a series of holds as he tries to wear Whistler down. Whistler gets a second wind, and rallies back. He has Ota set up for a Rebel Yell, but the wily warrior manages to counter, and then connect with the Ninja Strike to drop Whistler and get the pinfall.

In a bout that had a good crowd and good action, Ota, Warrior of Darkness defeated Whistler in 9:44 by pinfall with a Ninja Strike.
Match Rating D-

Decent opening match, although i was hoping for a little more from it. Still, it was good enough to start things off solidly.

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The tag team match is up next and as the champions await in the ring, the curtains part to show their mystery challengers, who are revealed to be... the former MAW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS THE AWESOMENESS!!!!!

Jefferson Stardust, with his perennial smirk in place, grabs a mike and states

" Bow down NYCW and thank whatever gods you worship because THE AWESOMENESS has arrived in your squalid little promotion to brighten your otherwise drab and mundane little lives. Tell them Huey."

Stardust's partner, the blonde moptop Huey Cannonball continues

" We heard that there was a great tag team up north, and we decided to take a few moments out of our busy schedules of bright lights, world tours and generally making the lives of everyone around us better just by our very presence to come and see what all the fuss was all about. Imagine our disappointment when all we found was Bert and Ernie up there!"

The Ring Generals take umbrage at that remark, but the referee restrains them as the match hasn't started yet. Stardust then says

" While these two clowns clearly aren't worthy of our Awesome majesty, I will admit that those belts will compliment the waists of the Awesomeness nicely. So we will allow you little people in attendance to witness another moment of pure Awesomeness as we relieve those cretins in the ring of their titles and take them back south with us."

The Awesomeness then march down to the ring, smug looks of disdain on their faces as the crowd boos them every step of the way.

Rating E

While these two aren't well known outside of the Mid Atlantic area, they are a decent team who had held the MAW titles up till the beginning of the year, so do have solid credentials. Also, since MAW is our only remaining working partner since Stomper cancelled most of the previous agreements I set up our first time here, this was a favor for Rip to give a couple of his projects some extra work, and he did the same for a couple of our younger guys.

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The Ring Generals © VS The Awesomeness for the NYCW Tag Team titles.

Despite the youth of both teams, both showed why they are or were champions with excellent communication by both teams, and each side using quick tags to try and force the pace and get the advantage over their opponents. Each man showed off some of their arsenal, but the arrogance of the Awesomeness ended up costing them as after a stunning dropkick, Huey Cannonball turned to mock the booing crowd. This allowed Waldorf to make a blind tag to Statler. As Huey came slingshotting off the ropes, Waldorf caught him in a backdrop right into the waiting arms of Statler, who used the momentum to deliver a devastating backbreaker, nearly breaking Huey in half! Waldorf took care of Stardust as Statler covered Cannonball for the win.

In a match that had an average crowd reaction and some decent in-ring action, The Ring Generals defeated Huey Cannonball and Jefferson Stardust in 5:52 when Marv Statler defeated Huey Cannonball by pinfall with a Backdrop Backbreaker.
Match Rating D-

Cannonball and Stardust are still obviously somewhat raw in their ring skill, but it was easy to see why Rip was high on the duo, as they showed excellent ability to learn and adjust during their match. They may never become the next Machines or New Wave, but given time and opportunity, then again, they just might.

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Larry Vessey is in the ring with Land Mass. Vessey grabs the mike and says

" Ok Christian. it's decision time! Come on out here and tell these people that you are ready to be part of the pride and not the prey! Tell them that you are tired of these young punks who demand to be treated like stars yet have done nothing to earn it. Tell them that you are no longer going to tolerate their disrespect! Come out here and tell everyone that you are ready to be an Alpha Lion!"

Billy Idol's 'Rebel Yell' plays from the Ministry's loudspeakers as the veteran powerhouse and former SCCW headliner Jesse Christian walks down the aisle and into the ring. He stands in the middle of ring and faces off with Larry Vessey, pointedly ignoring the looming presence of the humongous Land Mass hovering menacingly behind Vessey. Vessey raises the mike once again and says

" So Jesse, are you ready to be an Alpha Lion?"

Jesse grabs the mike from Vessey's hand, stares the Alpha Lion leader in the eyes, raises the mike and says

" NO!"

The crowd cheers as Vessey turns away incensed! He then nods to Land Mass and the two men then attack Christian! Christian fights them off for several moments, but gets caught by a heavy blow from behind by Land Mass. Mass and Vessey then begin to work over Christian until suddenly....

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Animal Harker and Elijah Harris run out to the ring with chairs in hand! Harker cracks a chair over Land Mass's huge back, driving the big man from the ring, while Vessey ducks under a swing from Harris and rolls outside as well. As Christian slowly stands up between Harker and Harris, Vessey and Land Mass slowly back up the ring, with Vessey staring daggers at Christian, and Christian doing likewise at Vessey.

Rating D
( Christian's response to Vessey )

Rating D-
( Harker and Harris coming to the rescue )

All in all a fairly good segment with a lot of storyline potential. Christian and Vessey could be an excellent feud for the midcard, given their excellent chemistry in the ring together, and Christian provides the rookies being targeted by the Alpha Lions a veteran charismatic leader to rally behind.

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Dazzling David Diamond © VS The Masked Mauler for the NYCW Tri-State Championship

It's time for the Tri-State title match, and while Rock Downpour points out that Triple D has seemed to be on an unstoppable roll recently, Mayhem Midden responds that there have been 6 incarnations of the Masked Mauler, but the current version is the most dangerous one by far and that if Triple D makes one mistake, the Mauler will walk out as the new champion. The charismatic Texan once again uses his fists and straight ahead fighting style to try and gain the advantage, but Masked Mauler knows every dirty trick in the book, and uses every one he can get away with to break Diamond's momentum and turn the match in his favor. Mauler's underhanded tactics seem to be working and he looks to have Triple D all set up for his devasting claw, when Triple D seems to get a burst of energy from the cheers of the crowd and knocks Mauler back with a series of forearm shots! Triple D quickly follows with an Irish Whip off the ropes leading to the Dazzle Driver and the 1...,2..., 3!

In a match that had an average crowd reaction and some decent in-ring action, Dazzling Dave Diamond defeated The Masked Mauler in 9:54 by pinfall with a Dazzle Driver. Dazzling Dave Diamond makes defence number 2 of his NYCW Tri-State Regional title.
Match Rating D-

Triple D continues to get the crowd behind him with his solid run as champion so far. While I doubt he will be ready to make the jump to the main event anytime soon, he hasn't disappointed so far as the face of the midcard.

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Ekuma and Sammy are back in their locker room. Ekuma is bench pressing 400+ lbs with ease while Sammy has a deck of cards and is playing solitare. Sammy says

" Why don't you put the iron down Ekuma and help me relieve some pre- match stress with a little blackjack?"

Ekuma, raising the weight laden bar one more time replies

" With one of your decks Sammy? I don't think so brah. Besides you need to get your mind right and focused on these Alpha Lions brah. Them boys is wound tighter than steel drums. They need a week on the white sands of Waikiki to get them mellowed, but since that ain't gonna happen, we got to show them we mean business too."

Sammy, still shuffling the cards states

" So what odds will you give me we beat those bums tonight? I got 8-5 I pin Wright in less than 10 min."

" Sammy, now what did your parole officer say about gambling?"

" I dont have a problem."

" Whatever brah. Lets get down to the ring and show them Alpha Lions just how dangerous a Muscle Shark is."

Ekuma racks the weightlifting bar with a steel clang and Sammy lays out 4 aces from the top of the deck and then both men head down to the ring for their match.

Rating D

Fun little segment to establish some personality for the Muscle Shark tag team.

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Muscle Shark ( Ekuma & Sammy the Shark ) VS The Alpha Lions ( Lee Wright & JD Morgan )

Muscle Shark controlled the early part of the match as neither Wright nor Morgan could deal with Ekuma's power one on one. That combined with some sharp double teaming and quick tags kept the Alpha Lions off balance. But Wright and Morgan are multi-time former champions for a reason, and they are able to reverse the momentum and take control of the match. Sammy gets isolated from Ekuma once again, and it looks to be a repeat of last month, right until suddenly the Ring Generals come running out and get some revenge by attacking the Alpha Lions! Morgan recieves a Waldorf Tossed Salad on the outside of the ring ,while Wright gets flattened by a Backdrop Backbreaker from Stately. The referee has no choice but to call for the disqualification, awarding the match to the Alpha Lions.

In a match that had an average crowd reaction and some decent in-ring action, JD Morgan and Lee Wright defeated MuscleShark in 9:40 when Sammy The Shark was disqualified when Marv Statler ran in and attacked Lee Wright. During the match we also had Dean Waldorf run in and attack Morgan.
Match Rating D-

The Alpha Lions get the win, the Ring Generals get some revenge, Muscle Shark get some more experience as a team and the tag title feud gets advanced. In fact the only negative out of the match was Wright being off his game somewhat and keeping the match from being as good as it could have been. Still it was a decent match for a cooldown before the semi and main events.

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David Mack is backstage being interviewed about his upcoming match. He states

" The Empire Championship. That is what is all about. That is the reason why I came back to NYCW. And tonight I can earn a shot at it. Frank, I'll admit you beat me the last time we faced off one on one. Of course you had to cheat to do it, but then I should have expected that from you. I won't make that mistake this time. Tonight Frankie, bring the best you got to the ring, but know right now that it isn't going to be enough to stop me from beating you and earning that opportunity at the Empire Championship. The Mack Attack is back on track and nothing and no one is going to stand in my way!"

Rating C-

Good response from the crowd as my promos are getting more consistent.

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Honest Frank responds with his own promo, saying

" You think it's going to be that easy Mack? Just go out there, beat me and walk on to a Empire title shot? Think again! I am Honest Frank, the best wrestler and most dominant force in not one, but two promotions in the Tri-State Area! I am the King of Old School and the Hero of Hardcore! And, since you seem to have forgotten, I pinned you right in that very ring two months ago! You want my best Mack? You can't handle my best! You are just another victim left in my path on my rise to the top once again! Honest Frank is going to emerge victorious as usual tonight and then claim my shot at the NYCW Empire Championship and THAT is the Honest Truth!"
Rating C-

Another good promo from Frank as he draws a lot of heat from the crowd.

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David Mack VS Honest Frank

Obviously not a lot of love lost between these two as both men went straight into brawling. They traded forearm shots and punches, neither man backing down and neither one seeming to gain the edge. After a few minutes of this, Honest Frank decided it was time to turn things in his favor and tried to take a cheap shot, but Mack had been waiting for it and was able to counter the move, taking Frank down. Frank quickly grabbed the ropes and forced the break. But that only brought a brief moment before both men were slamming into each other with full force once more. The brawl raged both in and out of the ring, finally ending up in the corner on the ropes with each man trading haymakers and neither man giving an inch. As the referee tried to get them out of the ropes and back into the ring, both Mack and Frank simultaneously tossed the referee over the top rope and continued fighting each other. The referee, more shocked than hurt, immediately called for the bell and disqualified both men.

In a bout that had a good crowd and good action, David Mack drew with Honest Frank in 15:15 following a double disqualification.
Match Rating D+

Well, even I have the occasional off night. I'm not sure if it was not enough sleep, some extra stress from dealing with Fern last month or just thinking about having had to tell the next possible owner of NYCW, Larry Vessey that his stupid prank on Rick Sanders was a dumb thing to do before probably our biggest show of the year. Whatever it was, I could feel that I didn't have my A game tonight.

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NYCW Commisioner Mayhem Midden gets up from the announce table, climbs into the ring with a mike and states

" Because it is my job to bring you fans the very best competition possible, and with the #1 contendership still in dispute, I searched far and wide for a worthy challenger for our Empire Champion Steve Flash and finally I found such a man. A man who has held championship gold in his own right. A man who has headlined his own promotion. A man who just this year alone beat 3 other men in one night to win one of the most prestigious tournaments in this country. So with out further ado, I introduce the man who will challenge Empire Champion Steve Flash for the belt, the man who could very probably win that title and take it home down south. Let me welcome the former 2 time Mid Atlantic Champion and current winner of the Rip Chord Invitational Tournament.......

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MEAN....JEAN.... CATTELEY!!!"

With that introduction, the man who has been best known as being the foundation Mid Atlantic Wrestling was built on, Mean Jean Catteley makes his way down to the ring. His look is all business, and he doesn't waste time speaking to the fans, just crouches down in the corner with his eyes locked on the entrance curtain awaiting the arrival of the Empire Champion Steve Flash.

Rating D

With DAVE now gone for three years, and Stomper not allowing us to set up a working agreement with PSW ( or anyone else for that matter,) I had to fall back on the one agreement we still had in place to draw a credible name. With our association to MAW still intact, I was able to work out a deal with Rip to have him allow Catteley to work some dates up here in exchange for Bailey. Of Course, that was before Bailey announced he was retiring, so Rip is none too pleased with me at the moment. But that is his problem. He agreed to the deal and has to live with it, just like I would have had to if Catteley had gotten injured down in MAW before working for us. He still gets to have Bailey help out his rookies for a few shows so he does get some benefit out of it.

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Steve Flash © VS Mean Jean Catteley for the NYCW Empire Championship

Catteley is well versed on mat wrestling and of course Flash can adapt to any style, so what the fans got was close to twenty minutes of solid technical wrestling complete with numerous submission variations, escapes, holds and counters, and periods of crisp and rapid chain wrestling. The crowd was cheering the near falls of the champion and booing the 2 counts of the challenger as several near pins were exchanged. Finally both men were exhausted and primed for a big move to end things. Catteley went for the move first , trying to set Flash up for the Mood Swing neckbreaker, but Flash was able to summon up one last burst of energy and countered into the Flash Bang! Catteley was knocked flat, and Flash practically fell on top of him to get the one....two....three! Flash gets the pinfall to retain the NYCW Empire title!

In a bout that had a good crowd and good action, Steve Flash defeated Mean Jean Cattley in 17:55 by pinfall with a Flash Bang. Steve Flash makes defence number 3 of his NYCW Empire title.
Match Rating C-

Excellent main event as Catteley, despite not being as big a name up here as he is back in the Carolinas, more than delivers on his end of the match. It may not be the best match we have had so far, but I think it would rank in the top ten through the first half of the year.

OVERALL SHOW D+

While not breaking any new ground, we continued to maintain the quality of our shows at a consistent level so far. The fans still call them awesome events for a promotion our size, and despite the small drop in attendance , our popularity in the region still shows us gaining ground. I really get the feeling that if we can just maintain this level for another month or two, we can really look at convincing the sponsors that we can expand to the next level.

BYU 14

03-03-2010, 02:40 PM

Great show, loved the fact you brought in the Awesomeness and Cattley from MAW, since they are the only promotion Stomper can stand they are valuable for talent trades, plus their stars are reasonably priced.

Missed it on Jesse, thought for sure he would join the Lions.

Dragonmack

03-03-2010, 08:43 PM

Overall, a fairly predictable show, with the only real divide being whether Jesse Christian would join the Alpha Lions or not. Have to give bonus points to Tigerkinney for not only getting all the matches right, including the draw, but for correctly guessing that there will be a triple threat for the title on the next show.

As for the mystery guests, although there were better teams skillwise from MAW, the Awesomeness actually have the most experience together, plus I'd thought it would be fun to write their characters. And with MAW being literally the only working agreement we have, and that Stomper will allow us to get at this point, Mean Jean was the biggest available name that also fits with the old school style, and doesn't come with a major attitude problem.

And just a heads up now. There will be a surprise appearance at next month's show. :)

Dragonmack

03-04-2010, 09:29 PM

Actually had to do some work behind the scenes this month as both Spike, aka New York Doll and Animal Harker came up for re-negotiations. Both got modest increases. Then there was also the idiotic prank pulled by Larry Vessey before the show, where he filled Rick Sanders wrestling tights with shaving cream. I gave him the standard ‘Shouldn’t you act your age’ bit, which I am sure he has heard a hundred times before. It was quickly handled and quickly forgotten. Bo ‘Black Hat’ Bailey has retired and taken a backstage position and Honest Frank renewed his PSW contract, otherwise that was it for us in July. Around the rest of the wrestling world, the news for July 2010 was….

NEWS

PGHW have shown a rapid recovery and risen to National size and now challenge BHOTWG for dominance in Japan.
SWF Supreme Wrestling University’s hottest prospect of 2010, Spencer Spade, graduates this month and is immediately put on the main roster. Packing loads of charisma, half way decent ring skills, and a killer wrestling look, the ceiling is sky high for the most heralded SWF rookie since Marc DuBois.
20 yr old Cameron Jones is the latest graduate to emerge from the Mid Atlantic Boot Camp. Possessing solid fundamentals, he has the potential to be a good worker, and was offered a spot on the MAW roster.
19 yr old Lillian o’Donaghue has entered the Australian wrestling scene as a manager using a secretary gimmick. Has good charisma, but doesn’t stand out from the pack in either looks or star potential.
24 yr old Mexican national Armando ‘The Hammer’ Guerrero has moved to Australia and entered the wrestling scene there hoping to find his big break. Using brawling and some technical skill rather than the usual luchador skill set, he hopes to find work in the competitive Australian scene.
Hypnotiq Jr, nephew of the original, enters the lucha libre world this month. Has the usual luchador skill set, backed with decent charisma and star potential, so could carve out a solid career.
The huge 460 lb Devastating Don enters the US wrestling market. Has, size, mass ( lots of it) some charisma, and almost no stamina or anything beyond a basic moveset. Tries to get by on size alone, and may be able to get a job as a monster in a smaller fed.
Owen Love has been put on the shelf for 3 months to rest and recuperate from nagging and chronic shoulder problems.
Two of the big names of yesteryear call it quits in the wrestling business as Dick the Devastator and Whipper Spencer Marks, both members of the hall of Immortals, enter full retirement this month.
35 yr old Corrine White, half of the controversial Lesbians With Attitude tag team retired from the ring this month. A veteran of the Canadian Indy Circuit, neither she or her partner ever got the big break.
54 yr old WEXXV mainstay Kimitada Ohishi finally put an end to his in ring career. He has accepted a position backstage as a road agent.
Long time veteran Bo ‘Black Hat’ Bailey has retired from the ring at age 49. Best known for his run in the SWF in the late 90’s and early part of the decade, he achieved decent success with one tag and 3 North American title runs. Also had an Extreme title run in the early days of DAVE as well as several tag titles in the old Texas Wrestling League. He finished out his active career in NYCW , capturing the Empire title once, and is now working backstage as a road agent.
Battle Sakata and Eguchi the Amazing are bonding of blood and broken chairs in WEXXV.

ROSTER MOVES

4C renews Katie Cameron, TJ Bailey, Andy Gordy and Nathaniel Ca$ino to new contracts.
Sarah Marie York & Grace Harper extend their contracts with AAA.
Face Nelson extends his deal with ACPW.
APW steal Rahmel Goode from RAW and extend Harry Simonson, but lose Warmonger to their rivals.
BHOTWG extends Shimedzu, Black Cobra, and Marihito Masuko to new deals.
Adrian Garcia extends his deal with CGC.
DIW renew Roadhouse Radford.
EWA re-sign White Knight to a new contract.
GCG sign VENOM and Stone Yoshikawa and extend the deal of Mabuchi Furasawa.
Hinote Dojo sign Flemmy Lemming and renew the contract of Burning EXILE.
MAW sign dojo graduate Cameron Jones and renew Lisa Bowen and Huey Cannonball.
Tony Wright extends his deal with MOSC.
MPWF suffer a blow when former 3 time world champion Soul Taker departs the promotion. They do renew the contract of Cinque Jr.
Julian Watson and John Maverick( and their mullets) extend their contracts with NOTBPW.
OLLIE renew the contract of North Star Jr.
PGHW extend Washi Heat and William Hayes.
PSW renew the contracts of Frankie Future and Little Bill Lebowski.
RAW sign Halloween Knight and Warmonger, lose Luke Steele and extend Blaze Maximum and Vincent Victory.
RIPW bring in Remmy Skye and Duke Hazzard on ppa deals.
SAISHO sign Kazuma Narato and extend Shunsuke Aihara and KAZ.
Pablo Rodriguez and Blood Raven renew their contracts with SOTBPW.
SWF call up Brains Mcghee and Matthew Gauge from RIPW. They also sign dojo graduate Spencer Spade, but don’t renew the contract of valet Hannah Potter.
TCW extend the contracts of Bryan Vessey, Brent Hill and Ricky Dale Johnson.
Peter Valentine and Des Davids renew their contracts with USPW.
VWA extends the contract of Cub Balowicz.
WLW sign American Elemental and renew the contracts of The Great Hisato and UK Dragon.
Cyanide extends his deal with ZEN.

TITLE CHANGES

EX2010 crown their first ever champions as Quick Kick Nakao and Kuemon Hotta take the tag titles, Dynamite Narahashi wins the Television title and Kenko Takemistu is their first World Champion.
Sally Anne Christianson wins the NOTBPW Women’s championship, ending the near year long reign of Kristabel Plum.
Kazuhige Matsuki def Seiji Jimbo to win the PGHW Historical Japan title.
Chris Caufield is the new USPW National Champion after defeating Peter Valentine.
Cherry Bomb defeats Raven Robinson to win the NOTBPW Women’s title for the second time.
The WLW Showstealer title was won by Stone Yoshikawa, defeating Hell Monkey and ending his one year reign. Stone however only managed one defense before losing it one week later to Yosuke Narita.

Sudo_Nym

03-05-2010, 01:20 AM

Julian Watson and John Maverick( and their mullets) extend their contracts with NOTBPW.

That's a relief. I heard Maverick's mullet was holding out for better medical; I'm glad they were able to come to terms.

That said, I love your work, Davey Boy. Do keep it up, won't you?

Dragonmack

03-05-2010, 02:06 PM

It was about 11:30 tues night the first week of August. I was at home watching the latest DOA: Rapid Assault and thinking how great it would be to have a series against Acid when my phone rang.

The caller ID showed Stomper's number, which surprised me as he is usually in bed by now unless its a show night. I picked it up and heard his gruff tone saying

" We aren't going to be able to meet in the office this week as I have to go across country for the SWF taping in california first thing in the AM. So I wanted to go over last month's financials and the upcoming show quickly. How did the final numbers come in?"

I didn't have the exact figures with me as my laptop was shutdown and i was too lazy to start it up, but I knew fairly close what the totals were, and I had already framed out the next show, so I replied

" Well, since we brought in Catteley and the Awesomeness tag team, our wages were higher than usual last month, and from what I saw the merchandise dipped down again also, so we came up about $2k in the hole. I anticipate that we can make it up this month."

Stomper hesitated a moment, as he dealt with his usual personal hatred of letting money out of his hands and then said

" I guess it can't be helped. At least losing money is an exception rather than a rule now. And working with SWF has widened my contacts for sponsorship. I've got a few potential new ones lined up, and I think if we can continue to deliver the same quality events we have so far, I can get them on board and get some more cash flow. Speaking of which, what do you have lined up for Hot August Nights?"

" It should be a fairly solid card. The main event will be Flash defending the title against me and Frank in a triple threat match, and the Alpha Lions and Ring Generals will finally face each other in the ring with the belts on the line. Plus we can have Catteley go after Triple D's Tri-State belt. I'll round it off with a couple more solid matches and we should be good to go. By the way, did you take care of what I asked?"

" Yes, come down to my office tomorrow. I left a note for my secretary to let you in while I am gone and you can finish things up there. Send the show notes off to Bailey so he can start working with the boys, and I'll see you in a few days."

I hung up the phone and hit the tivo button to continue the program, thinking 'man that Johnny Vicious throws some stiff body shots! He'd probably break the ribs of some of our older guys like Whistler, although I'd pay to see him square off against a genuine tough sob like Wright or Vessey'.

Dragonmack

03-06-2010, 11:34 AM

From the NYCW Website

Last month NYCW GANG WARS witnessed an invasion from Mid Atlantic Wrestling as Mean Jean Catteley and The Awesomeness came in to try and take the Empire and Tag titles. Although they were unsuccessful, Mean Jean has remained and now has his sights set on the Tri-State Regional Belt. Also , since the #1 contender match between David Mack and Honest Frank ended in a draw, the NYCW Commisioner has decreed that both will face the NYCW Empire Champion in a Triple Threat Match.

Also, the ongoing war between the Ring Generals and the Alpha Lions continued as the Ring Generals got a measure of revenge by interfering in the match between the Alpha Lions and Muscle Shark. Now those two teams square off with the tag titles on the line. And finally, Jesse Christian gave his answer to the leader of the Alpha Lions on whether he would be the newest member, and that answer was a resounding NO! This has angered Larry Vessey and he and his massive bodyguard Land Mass will go against Christian and his partner Harris’s Southern Class tag team.

So come feel the heat rise and see the fiery battles at NYCW HOT AUGUST NIGHTS!!
( Matches already announced include )

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Whistler & Muscle Shark VS Old School Principals & Warrior of Darkness, Ota in 6 man tag.

Ota defeated Whistler one on one last month. Now each has enlisted a tag team to help them to victory. Whistler has added power and speed to his side while Ota has countered with experience and guile. Which team will emerge victorious?

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Southern Class VS Alpha Lions ( Vessey & Land Mass )

Larry Vessey intends to express his displeasure at Christian’s rejection of Vessey’s offer to join the Alpha Lions, and has enlisted his giant bodyguard to assist in the physical expression of that displeasure. Christian counters by joining forces with his Southern Class tag partner Elijah Harris to face off against Vessey and Land Mass. Will Vessey make Christian pay for his rejection, or will Christian add insult to injury by beating Vessey after denying his offer?

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Dazzling Dave Diamond © VS Mean Jean Catteley for the NYCW Tri-State Regional Championship

Catteley failed in his attempt to win the Empire title, but he is still determined to bring some NYCW gold back to MAW, so now he has targeted the Tri-State Champion Triple D. Diamond has been on a roll lately, defeating all comers to his title, but he has yet to face someone of the calibur and championship experience of Mean Jean Catteley. Will Triple D be able to handle the Mean Machine or will Catteley relocate the Tri-State Championship to the Carolinas?

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The Ring Generals © VS The Alpha Lions ( Morgan & Wright ) for the NYCW Tag Team Championship

The Alpha Lions have targeted the Ring Generals, deeming the young team unworthy of the honor and acclaim of being tag champions and have already assaulted them multiple times. The Ring Generals have fought back and now get to deal with their foes in the ring during a sanctioned match. But the Ring Generals have never faced a team with this much experience as Morgan and Wright boast a combined five decades in the ring. Can the Ring Generals fend off the Alpha Lions or will Morgan and Wright take the titles along with the respect that they demand?

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Steve Flash © VS David Mack VS Honest Frank for the NYCW Empire Championship in a Triple Threat Match

With the issue of the #1 contender still undecided after last month’s draw, NYCW Commisioner Mayhem Midden has made this a triple threat match where Flash must defend against both Mack and Frank! Which means that Flash could lose and not even be pinned. Flash and Mack have been allies and tag partners in the past, but there are no friends when it comes to the NYCW Empire title. Who will emerge from the chaos as the NYCW Empire Champion?

NYCW HOT AUGUST NIGHTS

Whistler & Muscle Shark VS Old School Principals & Warrior of Darkness, Ota in 6 man tag.

Southern Class VS Alpha Lions ( Vessey & Land Mass )

Dazzling Dave Diamond © VS Mean Jean Catteley for the NYCW Tri-State Regional Championship

The Ring Generals © VS The Alpha Lions ( Morgan & Wright ) for the NYCW Tag Team Championship

Steve Flash © VS David Mack VS Honest Frank for the NYCW Empire Championship in a Triple Threat Match

Phantom Stranger

03-06-2010, 11:38 AM

Whistler & Muscle Shark VS Old School Principals & Warrior of Darkness, Ota in 6 man tag.

Southern Class VS Alpha Lions ( Vessey & Land Mass )

Dazzling Dave Diamond © VS Mean Jean Catteley for the NYCW Tri-State Regional Championship

The Ring Generals © VS The Alpha Lions ( Morgan & Wright ) for the NYCW Tag Team Championship

Steve Flash © VS David Mack VS Honest Frank for the NYCW Empire Championship in a Triple Threat Match

Nightshadeex

03-06-2010, 11:43 AM

I sense a title change tonight, but I don't know if it'll be the tag belts or the Empire...

Whistler & Muscle Shark VS Old School Principals & Warrior of Darkness, Ota in 6 man tag.

Southern Class VS Alpha Lions ( Vessey & Land Mass )

Dazzling Dave Diamond © VS Mean Jean Catteley for the NYCW Tri-State Regional Championship

The Ring Generals © VS The Alpha Lions ( Morgan & Wright ) for the NYCW Tag Team Championship
By DQ

Steve Flash © VS David Mack VS Honest Frank for the NYCW Empire Championship in a Triple Threat Match
Frank's going to take advantage to win.

BYU 14

03-06-2010, 12:54 PM

Whistler & Muscle Shark VS Old School Principals & Warrior of Darkness, Ota in 6 man tag.
Olny because Ota needs to remain as a viable threat to the title

Southern Class VS Alpha Lions ( Vessey & Land Mass )
This win sets up a match aganst the stronger AL team of Morgan and Wright

Dazzling Dave Diamond © VS Mean Jean Catteley for the NYCW Tri-State Regional Championship
If you only have Catteley short term it would make sense to build Triple D with a win here.

The Ring Generals © VS The Alpha Lions ( Morgan & Wright ) for the NYCW Tag Team Championship
Put the belts on Morgan/Wright setting up a feud with Southern class with high stakes

Steve Flash © VS David Mack VS Honest Frank for the NYCW Empire Championship in a Triple Threat Match
So many things could happen here, don't think you will turn flash, but he benefits from something Frank does to Mack.

Zergon

03-06-2010, 01:15 PM

Whistler & Muscle Shark VS Old School Principals & Warrior of Darkness, Ota in 6 man tag.
Ota is in this so no contest

Southern Class VS Alpha Lions ( Vessey & Land Mass )
Land Mass is in this one so no win for Alpha Lions

Dazzling Dave Diamond © VS Mean Jean Catteley for the NYCW Tri-State Regional Championship
Sorry Mean Jean but you aren´t getting this belt either

The Ring Generals © VS The Alpha Lions ( Morgan & Wright ) for the NYCW Tag Team Championship
Though I expect Alpha Lions to eventually lose their feud against the youngters I think that Alpha Lions should win this one

Steve Flash © VS David Mack VS Honest Frank for the NYCW Empire Championship in a Triple Threat Match
Flash have quite a short reign still so it´s little early to chainge champion here

xopher316

03-06-2010, 03:27 PM

Tigerkinney

03-06-2010, 04:20 PM

Whistler & Muscle Shark VS Old School Principals & Warrior of Darkness, Ota in 6 man tag.

Ota is the most over and also the best wrestler in this match, and I see him being the difference maker here, had it been Old School Principals and some other midcarder I would have tipped the faces.

Southern Class VS Alpha Lions ( Vessey & Land Mass )

Harris does the job here, as I feel Jesse Christian is being built more as a singles threat than the Southern Class team being built as a threat for the Tag titles, on the other hand I am tipping Lard Mass to win a match...actually I change my mind, it is Lard Mass after all.

Dazzling Dave Diamond © VS Mean Jean Catteley for the NYCW Tri-State Regional Championship

Cattley is the much better wrestler, but he is only here on loan and you are currently really letting Triple D run with the ball as your midcard champion, a good win and a good performance against Cattley could really help to further cement his reign as champion.

The Ring Generals © VS The Alpha Lions ( Morgan & Wright ) for the NYCW Tag Team Championship

I actually think the titles change hands here, setting up the younger teams such as The Ring Generals and Muscle Shark to chase the wily veterans.

Steve Flash © VS David Mack VS Honest Frank for the NYCW Empire Championship in a Triple Threat Match

Flash holds onto the title, I actually like BYU 14's logic in that he feels Flahs will end up taking advantage of Mack being taken out of the equation by Honest Frank.

bgbuff

03-06-2010, 06:14 PM

Dragonmack

03-07-2010, 03:35 PM

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NYCW HOT AUGUST NIGHTS
Held at the Ministry in Queens
Sunday Week 2 August 2010 Att: 859

PRE SHOW

In a match that had an average crowd reaction and some decent in-ring action, Whistler, Dazzling Dave Diamond, JD Morgan, Larry Vessey and Lee Wright defeated Animal Harker, Hugh de Aske, The New York Doll and MuscleShark in 6:04 when Whistler defeated Hugh de Aske by pinfall with a Rebel Yell.
Match Rating D-

Our usual pre show training match, although the odd lineup did confuse the fans somewhat. Tried something different in having those who need a win going over the lower card, but the mix of heel and faces on each side didn't go over well.

Fan Interaction time.
Rating D+

In addition to being popular with the fans, and getting the crowd warmed up before the main show starts, the improvements among the workers is getting really noticeable now.

MAIN SHOW

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The Ring Generals © VS The Alpha Lions ( Morgan & Wright ) for the NYCW Tag Team Championship

The Generals went on the offensive right at the start and showed some quick and crisp tagging as they had the veteran duo Morgan and Wright off balance. But that momentum didn't last long as Morgan and Wright got things under control and eventually isolated Statler away from his partner. Keeping Statler in their corner, Wright and Morgan used frequent tags and double team moves to wear down the young man. After several minutes, Statler finally broke free and somehow made it over to his partner Waldorf, who had been anxiously waiting in the corner. Waldorf came in like a house on fire and took the fight to both Morgan and Wright, knocking Wright over the ropes. Waldorf was getting the best of Morgan when Wright, who had recovered on the outside, went around the ring towards Waldorf's partner, who was still slumped in the corner not recovered from his beating earlier. The referee went over to shoo Wright away and Waldorf made a rookie mistake of taking his eyes off his opponent to check on his partner. While Waldorf and the ref's back was turned, Morgan took a length of chain out of his boot, wrapped it around his fist, and then slugged Waldorf as he turned back around, dropping the youngster like a stone. Morgan quickly tossed the chain outside, where his partner grabbed and hid it, then locked on the Cross Atlantic Stretch. It was purely academic at this point as the groggy youngster had no choice but to tap quickly.

In a match that had an average crowd reaction and some decent in-ring action, JD Morgan and Lee Wright defeated The Ring Generals in 12:31 when JD Morgan defeated Dean Waldorf by submission with a Cross Atlantic Stretch after blatantly cheating. JD Morgan and Lee Wright win the NYCW Tag Team titles.
Match Rating D+

The Ring Generals had a good year long run with the titles and their progress was evident here as this was an excellent match to open the show. The Alpha Lions succeed in their gial of taking the belts, but this feud is far from over.

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Jesse Christian is backstage and is asked about last month and why he turned down the offer to join the Alpha Lions. He replies

" Why didn't I join the Alpha Lions? The answer is simple. I don't like the way you do things Vessey! I'll admit that after SCCW folded, I got disgusted with this business and took a lot of time off. And I'll even agree that times and attitudes have changed since I broke into this business and there isn't that sense of needing to put your time in and wait for your opportunity from the younger guys nowadays. But you don't get things to change by ranting about a lack of respect and sneak attacking guys are just getting used to this business. If you have a problem with them and their attitude, you settle it the way things have always been settled, inside the ring! You don't demand respect! You go out there and bust your butt and earn it! But you seem to have forgotten that Vessey! So let me remind you the old fashioned way, but kicking your butt inside the squared circle!"

With that, Christian leaves to join his partner in the ring.

Rating D-

Ok promo, although nothing special.

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Southern Class VS Alpha Lions ( Vessey & Land Mass )

These two teams had met a couple of months ago, and this match was almost a carbon copy of the first one. Vessey did well against Harris, but when Land Mass and Christian tagged in, Christian's power once again made itself shown against Mass, who tried to use his bulk to his advantage, but wasn't able to nullify Christian's power. A tremendous bodyslam, followed once again by a trememdous feat of strength as Christian hoisted the over 400lb Mass on his back for the torture rack spelled the end of the match as Harris intercepted Vessey so he couldn't break it, and Land Mass quickly submitted as his partner looked on in disgust.

In a match that had an average crowd reaction and some decent in-ring action, Southern Class defeated Larry Vessey and Land Mass in 7:02 when Jesse Christian defeated Land Mass by submission with a Human Torture Rack.
Match Rating E+

Despite keeping the match short and protecting him as much as possible, Land Mass was gassing and obviously dragged this match down. It's obvious that, in the ring at least, Land Mass is near the end of his usefulness.

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Commisioner Mayhem Midden is at the announce table with Rock Downpour and Tim Weightman, a young man learning the ropes from Midden. Midden tells the audience that he was able to procure the services of a well known talent from a certain global promotion in the northeast area and that tonight he is presenting that talent to the NYCW audience. The lights lower and a spotlight appears on the entranceway. The curtains part and a stunningly beautiful young woman walks out and heads to the ring.....

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As the stunning young woman walks into the ring up the stairs, an obviously exited Tim Weightman exclaims

" Oh my god! I can't believe it! It's Hannah F****g Potter!! Mayhem, it's Hannah Potter!!!"

Midden, looking contempuously at the gushing Weightman replies acidly

" I know it's Hannah Potter. Who do you think brought her here!?"

Weightman, still in fanboy heaven, states

" I can't believe Hannah Potter is here in NYCW!! She's so hot!!! Like Jessica Alba in Sin City hot!!"

Midden, getting more disgusted with Weightman says

" You might want to pick your jaw up off the ground Tim before something flies into it, like my fist!."

Midden then gets up from the announce table and hands the lovely miss Potter a microphone.

Rating D

This was the favor I asked Stomper to do for me. He had mentioned that SWF was letting Hannah go, despite how high they had been on her when she was called up from RIPW, as they were moving away from female managers for some reason. So, knowing that she had a lot of name value from the exposure in SWF, as well as some actual managerial talent, I had Stomper approach her to see if she would be interested in working for us for awhile. She agreed, we came to some reasonable terms, and voila, the prettiest girl to enter this business in several years is now in NYCW. Also this segment allowed us to kind of 'introduce' Weightman. He had actually been around for a couple months, but hadn't done anything more than occasional comments.

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Getting a very strong positive response from the audience, the young and stunningly beautiful Hannah Potter picks up the mike and states

" Thank you all for such a warm reception. It is a pleasure to come to NYCW and meet such great fans and people here in the Tri-State area. But I didn't come here just because of the great fans. I came to NYCW because this is the hotbed of wrestling today. NYCW is on the verge of great things and reaching new heights and I wanted to be part of it. So, over the next couple of months, I am going to be getting very familiar with the wrestlers and organization because I am on the lookout for individuals who have the talent to make it to the top in NYCW, with some guidance from me. You see, I am not just another pretty face. I have a very good mind behind this million dollar smile and with my brains, and that person's talent when I choose them, together we can help bring NYCW to even greater heights. Thank you all and enjoy the rest of the night!"

Hannah then waves to the crowd as she gets a large round of applause and then she heads back up the entrance way.

Rating C+

As I expected, she was massively popular with the audience. I'd be a fool to think that she won't be snapped up by a larger promotion sooner rather than later, but even if we only have her around for the short term, her presence here should be worth another 50 or so fanboys in attendance at least, as well as giving some rub to whoever I team her up with. Besides, it's never a bad thing to have the best looking woman in pro wrestling as part of your promotion.

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Whistler & Muscle Shark VS Old School Principals & Warrior of Darkness, Ota in 6 man tag.

Fairly even match on both sides as Whistler and Ekuma provided power for their side to counter all the cheap tactics used by the heels. Eventually all six men entered the ring and chaos erupted as Whistler closelined Sanders through the ropes, only to be upended by Mauler. Ekuma then bull rushed Mauler, knocking both of them through the ropes to the floor, leaving Sammy alone with Ota. Sammy went for the Ace in the Hole on the Warrior of Darkness, but Ota countered, whipped Sammy off the ropes and greeted him with a Ninja Strike to put him down for the victory.

In a bout that had a good crowd and some decent in-ring action, Rick Sanders, The Masked Mauler and Ota, Warrior of Darkness defeated Ekuma The Hawaiian Strong Man, Sammy The Shark and Whistler in 9:53 when Ota, Warrior of Darkness defeated Sammy The Shark by pinfall with a Ninja Strike.
Match Rating E+

An ok match that probably should have been better, except for two things. One, Ekuma still has a long way to go in the ring to be even moderately effective, and two, Ota wasn't his usual focused self tonight and you could see the dropoff in effort. It's pretty demoralizing to go from main eventing for six straight months to filling out a midcard six man.

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Jesse Christian is walking along a corridor backstage when he gets ambushed by Larry Vessey! Vessey nails Christian from behind with a double forearm shot, then rams him into a nearby wall head first! Finally, he picks Christian up and gives him a Vessey Driver through a table, shattering it in pieces! Vessey then stands over the battered and bloody Christian, who is laying admist the wreckage of the table and says

" You really should have been smart and joined us Jesse. It isn't over between us, it has only just begun!"

Vessey then backs off with a satisfied smirk on his face as officials rush in to prevent further assault.

Rating D+

Good segment to set up the next part of the feud between these two.

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Dazzling Dave Diamond is backstage and talks about his upcoming title match against Mean Jean Catteley, stating

" So Mean Jean, you couldn't get the job done against Flash, but then think you can just waltz right in and relieve ole Triple D of his shiny gold belt and take it down south? Hate to break it to you Jeanie, but that just ain't gonna happen! You see Triple D likes his shiny gold belt far too much to lose it to the likes of you! But you bring all the meaness you can muster boy, then saddle up and get ready for a rough ride as I send you packing empty handed back to the Carolinas!"

Rating E+

While I thought it was a solid promo, apparently the crowd had other ideas. It seems Diamond's character is getting a little old after two years. I will have to see what I can do to freshen him up some.

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Dazzling Dave Diamond © VS Mean Jean Catteley for the NYCW Tri-State Regional Championship

Another example of brawler vs mat technician as Diamond tries to use brute force to overpower Catteley, who counters by taking the fight to the ground to neutralize Triple D's tactics. It works for awhile, and it looks like Catteley is going to make good on his attempt to get some NYCW gold as he wears down Triple D. But Diamond rallies back and manages to get Catteley back on his heels with a series of stiff forearm uppercuts followed by a scoop slam! Catteley gets desparate and kicks Triple D in the gut, trying to go for the Mood Swing. But Diamond counters and hoists Catteley up in the Dazzle Driver and plants catteley for the one...two... three!

In a bout that had a good crowd and some decent in-ring action, Dazzling Dave Diamond defeated Mean Jean Cattley in 13:22 by pinfall with a Dazzle Driver. Dazzling Dave Diamond makes defence number 3 of his NYCW Tri-State Regional title.
Match Rating D

Although reaching the limits of his stamina, Triple D does turn in a decent match against Catteley, and once we get his character tweaked so the fans aren't tired of it, he should remain a solid force in the midcard for now.

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A video package highlights the past title defenses of Steve Flash as the announcers discuss whether Flash can emerge as the Empire Champion tonight, given the fact that he could lose the belt without being pinned or submitted since he will be defending it in a triple threat match.

Rating D+

Flash has been making strides with his ability to express himself during the fan interaction sessions before th show, but he is still a long way away from being able to carry a promo by himself.

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Honest Frank is backstage and talks about the upcoming title match saying

" It's just like NYCW to keep putting obstacles in my way! Everyone one knows that I am the clear #1 contender, yet instead of giving me the one on one shot I earned, they make this triple threat match! But I will triumph despite everything this promotion does to try and keep me down! I am the baddest man in the Tri-State area. Neither Steve Flash nor David Mack are going to stand in my way anymore and tonight I will once again become the NYCW Empire Champion! And that is the HONEST TRUTH!!"

Rating D+

Frank on the other hand has no problems in carrying a promo and manages to draw some decent heat from the crowd.

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David Mack then speaks regarding tonight's match, stating

" It's taken several months, but I have finally gotten what I came back to NYCW for, an opportunity at the NYCW Empire Championship. But an opportunity alone isn't enough. My quest won't be done until I become the NYCW Empire Champion! Granted that won't be easy, as I have to overcome not just one, but two men to do it. But I have come to far and worked too hard to let anything stand in my way now. So Flash, Frank , bring everything you got tonight, because I plan on winning this match and becoming the NYCW Empire Champion!"

Rating C-

I get a strong positive response from the audience for my promo as the hype continues for the main event.

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Steve Flash © VS David Mack VS Honest Frank for the NYCW Empire Championship in a Triple Threat Match

While Mack and Flash are friends and have been tag partners, all that was set aside tonight as each man was determined to emerge as the Empire Champion. They went after each other in an incredible display of chain wrestling, while Frank was cagey and waited his opportunity to take his shots, breaking up any pin attempts. At various times, one of the three men would be momentarily indisposed by being tossed outside, but not for long enough to allow either of the other two to get a pinfall before it was broken up. A stalemate developed for over 20 minutes as all three men tried to seek a lasting advantage.

Finally, it looked like that advantage came as Flash and Mack temporarily teamed up to knock Frank out of the ring and into the barrier outside. A Flash Bang followed on the outside, taking Frank out of the fight and leaving Mack and Flash to square off in the ring. A fast paced exchange of moves and counter moves left Mack in control after a combination clothesline/backbreaker left Flash down on the mat. David Mack climbed up the ropes to end it with a Mack Attack bulldog, but right then the Warrior of Darkness Ota came running out of the back and knocked Mack off the top rope and crashing to the mat! Flash and the referee didn't see it as right then Frank had recovered and dragged Flash outside the ring and the ref was admonishing them. Flash knocks Frank back into the barrier and climbs back into the ring, just as Mack slowly gets up off the mat. Seeing the opportunity, and not aware of Ota's interference as he had slunk back up the entranceway, Flash caught Mack with the Flash Bang, and covered him for the 1, 2,...3!

In a bout that had a good crowd and good action, Steve Flash defeated David Mack and Honest Frank in 23:26 when Steve Flash defeated David Mack by pinfall with a Flash Bang. During the match we also had Ota, Warrior of Darkness run in and attack D-Mack. Steve Flash makes defence number 4 of his NYCW Empire title.
Match Rating C-

Given the inherent chaos in a triple threat match, and a couple of weak matches earlier this evening, this was still a very good main event that I feel ranked among the ten best so far this year. Ota's interference was set up to allow me to stay strong even though I lost, and Frank can claim he wasn't beaten. This sets up a couple of big clashes for next month as Flash and Frank can have their one on one encounter and Ota and I can briefly renew our rivalry.

OVERALL SHOW D+

Once again the fans rated the show as being awesome, and continued to increase our popularity in the area. But perhaps the best news was Stomper telling me afterwards that this show had convinced several of the companies he had contacted to agree to sponsor us and increase the cash flow, allowing us to expand our operations.
( yes, we did hit regional!):D

Tigerkinney

03-07-2010, 06:18 PM

BYU 14

03-07-2010, 08:37 PM

Wow, Hannah went over like Francine in ECW! Congrats on a great show and on hitting Regional, well done!

Dragonmack

03-07-2010, 10:56 PM

Well done for hitting Regional but best of all you got the goddess that is Hannah Potter to sign for NYCW !

To be honest my reaction to Hannah Potter's epic arrival would have been the same as Weightman's if I was at the NYCW announce table ;)

Wow, Hannah went over like Francine in ECW! Congrats on a great show and on hitting Regional, well done!

Yah, i figured signing Hannah would get some attention! :D

Honestly I am surprised SWF let her go. They also released Jessie as well, so I am guessing they have some desire not to have female managers for some ai reason. Oh well, their loss, my gain. I get D+ overness, C+ charisma levels, and of course A* sex appeal, all for only $700 a month. Just having her shoot t-shirts nets me a C+ angle, but obviously she has other skills to use as well.

Dragonmack

03-08-2010, 03:29 PM

All in all a fairly predictable card as several people called all the matches correctly, including the tag title change.

Now that I have gotten to regional, thing will really get interesting. not only is more money available, and a need for a couple more bodies, but now regional battles enters the picture.

And I can safely say that there will be some changes over the next month or two for various reasons. So the next couple of shows should be very revealing about the future of David Mack's NYCW homecoming.

Dragonmack

03-09-2010, 09:15 PM

Monday Afternoon September 1st 2010 Stomper’s Office

Stomper said we would have our normal meeting this time, as SWF was having their tv taping tomorrow right here in the Tri-State area, meaning he didn’t have to do any traveling this week. For once I was really looking forward to the meeting , as with the new sponsers on board the bottom line looked very good this month. I arrived in to see Stomper on the computer , playing minesweeper as usual. He muttered a curse as he hit a mine , then looked up to see me standing there.

Stomper: Sit down kid. Let me tell you I am glad to not have to travel this week. My old bones forgot how unforgiving the road can be. Can you believe I got a call from Tommy Cornell? He wanted me to come out and be a road agent for him. While they have a great roster, and a lot of people that I know like Buffalo and that stupid Joey Minnesota, I had no desire to locate out west, and of course it would mean leaving SWF. So I politely told him thanks but no thanks. I did recommend Bo Bailey for the job , but I don’t know if anything will come of it. Anyway , back to the important things. How much did we clear last month, and now that we got more cash flow, how are we going to use these new resources?”

Mack: Well, the good news is that influx of sponsor money put us $20k in the black, doubling what we had gotten for the first six months combined. So that gives us a lot of flexibility cash wise for adding some people and negotiating upcoming contracts. I am fairly hopeful that we can keep most if not all our top people, but even though I know you would like to see big profits like this every month, I don’t think we can just stand pat.”

Stomper: “What do you mean?”

Mack: What I mean is we need to make a big splash. Show everyone that we aren’t just a small company anymore, but that we have stepped up to the next level.”

Stomper: “ You have something in mind?”

Mack : “ Yes, but it isn’t finalized yet. Once I work out the details, I will let you know, but keep it between us as I want it to be a surprise at Ground Zero.”

Stomper: “ Speaking of Ground Zero, what’s on tap for the show?”

Mack: “ Flash and Frank will go one on one finally, I will have a rematch with Ota.”

Stomper: “ Didn’t you guys just have a series together?”

Mack: “ Yes, but the last match was six months ago. That should be enough time for it to not be repetitive, and we already have the basis for it from his interference last month. Plus Flash and Frank’s last encounter wasn’t that great, so I am kind of hedging my bet for the main event. I expect them to do better this time, especially with the belt up, but with this being an important show to prove we have raised our game, I wanted our best matchup out there to finish it.”

Stomper: “ I understand, and it sounds good. What about the rest of the card?”

Mack: “ I plan to continue the Alpha Lions feuds, especially Christian -Vessey, and we got Catteley for one more show. I was planning to match him against Whistler. If the other thing I am planning comes together, it should make for an excellent show.”

Stomper: “ Ok, keep me informed, and give the matchups you’ve got already out to Bailey so he can get the boys working. “

I got up to leave, but right before I reached the door Stomper said

Stomper: “ So far David, you’ve justified my decision to bring you back. Don’t make me regret it in the future.”

With that, I walked out of the office, realizing that I still had a way to go to regain the trust I had thrown away 2 yrs ago, but determined to prove Stomper made the right choice to let me come back home.

Dragonmack

03-10-2010, 08:18 PM

With our planned expansion, backed by the increased sponsor money, I made a few calls to see what I could turn up to give us an impact for the next show. While I waited to see what response I would get, I took time to see what else was happening in the wrestling world during August of 2010...

NEWS

We weren’t the only ones beginning expansions as WEXXV also reached Regional. However, the big news was TCW finally planning to go head to head with Global SWF by becoming a Global player themselves.
UEW is in the market for a new head booker as former booker and main star Joey Beauchamp has jumped ship to rival EWA.
Morgan Malone, an 18 yr old graduate from the 4C Combat Academy, enters pro wrestling this month. Has a decent all around skill set, but the lightweight still needs significant improvement in all areas if he wants to break out, as witnessed by 4C adding him to the roster at this time to work on his skills.
PGHW dojo graduate 22 yr old Mashashi Urugotaya enters the Japanese scene this month. Has good mat skills and incredible cardio and stamina. Was given a spot on the main roster right after graduating.
24 yr old Buzz ‘Terminator’ Reid makes his debut this month. The Georgian brawler has ok charisma and menacing look, marking him as an enforcer type character. I’d consider giving him a look, but we already have several people that can fill that role.
22 yr old Remmy Honeyman also enters the North American scene. Has a good all around game and solid ring skills, but totally lacks charisma. While unlikely to find stardom on his own, his ability to make his opponent look good should give him some opportunities in the future.
Two legends of Canadian wrestling’s yesteryear, Jean Pierre Baptiste and Jackson Andrews decide it is time to walk away from the business and enjoy their final years in peace. While best known recently for their work as a manager and road agent respectively, both were major stars of the CWF in the 70’s and 80’s holding numerous championship. Andrews also had success under a variety of masked personas in AAFW and TWL also, holding championships there, and is a member of the Hall of Immortals.
Haruki ‘Hooded’ Kudo called it quits in ring at age 46. An international star due to his 3 Burning World and 2 NOTBPW Canadian Championship, Kudo, who had been associated with BHOTWG for 3 decades and even held their book the last few years, shocked Japanese wrestling in 2009 when he left for rival GCG. While he didn’t win gold their in his year in the ring, his influence backstage was and will continue to be pivotal to GCG’s future success. His induction into the Hall of Immortals is all but a given.
As expected, Haruki Kudo was inducted quickly into the wrestling Hall of Immortals.

ROSTER MOVES

4C sign dojo graduate Morgan Malone.
Gemmei Oonishi extends her contract with 5SSW.
AAA extends the contract of Paige Croft.
ACPW renew the contracts of Kirk Drury and Jay Becker.
APW signs Captain Wrestling II but lose Blake Belushi. They also extend the contracts of Boo Smithson and Alex Maquarie.
BHOTWG call up Mokumi Maita and Hitomaru Suzuki. They also renew the contracts of Toshiki Shibanumo and Tadakuni Toshusai.
Coco de Soleil extends her contract with BSC.
CGC sign Tim Westybrook and Jamie Atherton and renew Jacob Jett’s contract.
DIW sign Septimus Stubbs.
EWA allows the other half of Double Dutch, Frank de Pain to depart, but score a major coup in stealing Joey Beauchamp from UEW, costing their rivals their biggest star and head booker at the same time.
EX2010, feeling the financial pinch, release Japanese Phoenix, Musashi, Kaii Hanari and Lion Genji.
GCG sign Dark Eagle and renew the contract of Sadanobu Koruba.
Hinote Dojo sign Eagle Kawasawa to a ppa deal.
Carl Edwards extends his deal with MOSC.
MPWF extend the deal of Teadoro Nieto and Hijo del Relampago.
NYCW extend the contract of Rick Sanders.
PGHW signs Mashashi Urugataya and extend the contract of Yoshimi Musashibo.
PSW extend the contract of The Wolverine.
RAW lose Captain Wrestling II and Rahmel Goode, but sign Blake Belushi from APW.
RIPW sign Steven Parker on a ppa deal and extend the contract of Assassin #2 ( Ernie Turner).
Terihui Inoue extends his contract with SAISHO.
SOTBPW extend the contracts of El Fuerza and Jennifer Heat.
SWF call up Atlas and Kentucky Bill from RIPW and extend the contracts of Emmy, Chief Two Eagles, Matthew Keith, Jerry Eisen, Shane Stones, Christian Faith and Enforcer Roberts.
TCW extend former champion Rocky Golden’s contract.
UEW lose main headliner Joey Beauchamp and extend the contract of Scott Van Den Berg.
Shane Sneer extends his contract with USPW.
VWA extend the contracts of Moonsault master, Charlie Grimmson and Wild Child.
WEXXV renew the contract of Doug Peak.
ZEN extends the deal of Guru Vishnu , Shaolin and Sparky Sparks.

TITLE CHANGES

Huntress Makiko ends HEART Saitoh’s 11 month run as 5SSW All-Asian champion.
Big Daddy Horne wins the APW Australian title from Blake Belushi.
The APW Tag team titles are vacated by Belushi’s departure.
Jesse Gilbert wins the 4C Hardcore title from Antonio del Vecchio.
Mokuami Maita wins the Hinote All Japan title from Nariaki Hitomi, but then is called up to BHOTWG, vacating the title before defending it.
Atlas’s call up to SWF vacates the RIPW Tag titles.
Enrique Merino defeats Blood Raven to win the SOTBPW Campeon de Menor title.
Joey Beauchamp’s departure vacates the UEW World title.
Gareth Wayne regains the WEXXV Warrior’s Heart title from Ryu Kajahara to begin his 3rd reign.

mad5226

03-11-2010, 08:47 AM

Well I got a little behind on this one, but I'm caught back up now =)

Congrats on hitting regional. I'm not a big fan of Muscle Shark, so we will see what happens with him...but i love Hannah lol

Dragonmack

03-11-2010, 09:19 AM

Well I got a little behind on this one, but I'm caught back up now =)

Congrats on hitting regional. I'm not a big fan of Muscle Shark, so we will see what happens with him...but i love Hannah lol

Glad to see you caught back up, figures there'd be another Hannah fanboy :p ( part of the reason i signed her ;) ) and Muscle Shark is more of a them, considering it's a tag team. They are a work in progress, but down the road, especially if Ekuma can get even close to decent in ring skills, they could have serious potential.

Dragonmack

03-11-2010, 08:41 PM

The Ministry Saturday Week 2 the night before GROUND ZERO…

I was finishing some sparring with Ota as we went over our match tomorrow night. With it being the main event of our first show after being announced as a growing promotion by TEW magazine, I wanted to make sure Ota and I were clicking. As I was wiping off the sweat with a towel, Black Hat Bailey walked to the ring and said he needed to speak with me.

Thinking that it had something to do with the show tomorrow, I told him to meet me in the small office I used on the premises and that I would join him in a few minutes. I bade Ota good night, and then quickly changed into some sweats and went to the office to see Bailey already seated, a somewhat pensive look on his face.

Mack: “ What’s up Bo? Something not working for one of the matches tomorrow night?”

Bailey: “ No, no problems there. Everything looks to be shaping up nicely. That isn’t what I wanted to talk to you about. “

Mack: “ Ok, what is it then?”

Bailey: “ Tommy called me earlier this week.”

Tommy could only mean Tommy Cornell. I recalled Stomper mentioning he had put in a good word for Bailey when he had turned down an offer from them a couple weeks ago, but I hadn’t heard anything since. Bailey continued

Bailey: “ Tommy offered me that road agenting job, the one Stomper turned down. It seems that since they are expanding their operations once again to keep pace with the SWF, they wanted some more backstage personnel to help run things and keep the shows going smooth.”

Mack: “ And you said yes? What am I saying, of course you did!”

Bailey: “I didn’t really have a choice. Opportunities like this don’t come along that often! But I did tell Tommy that I had to get this show done before I could go out there. Derek already knows of course, but I wanted to let you know face to face about my decision.”

Mack: “ I appreciate that Bo. In fact , if I haven’t said it before, I really appreciate the professionalism that you have treated me with ever since I came to NYCW. You’ve stepped aside for me not once, but twice now, and where others might have been bitter or held a grudge, you’ve shown me nothing but support and professional courtesy throughout and I can’t begin to tell you how much that has meant to me. So congratulations on your new job at TCW and let’s make your last show with NYCW tomorrow one of the best ever! Then we can give you a proper send off afterwards.”

Bailey: “ Thanks David, I appreciate you being so understanding about this.”

Mack: “ Like you said, opportunities like this don’t come along every day. You have to go for it. But know, for as long as I have anything to say about it , you always have a home in NYCW.”

Dragonmack

03-11-2010, 08:45 PM

From the NYCW Website

HOT AUGUST NIGHTS saw the crowning of new tag team champions as Alpha Lions JD Morgan and Lee Wright ended the nearly year long reign of The Ring Generals. But the Generals are getting their rematch at GROUND ZERO, so they may not be ex-champions long. Also Dazzling Dave Diamond continued his strong run as Tri-State Champion by seeing off the challenge of MAW invader Mean Jean Catteley. But perhaps the biggest excitement occurred during the Triple Threat match for the Empire Championship where it looked like David Mack had the title all but won until his arch rival Ota interfered and cost him the match, allowing champion Steve Flash to retain the belt.

All this has set the stage for NYCW GROUND ZERO where Mack and Ota will square off once again as their bitter rivalry is renewed. Also Honest Frank , since he wasn’t pinned, gets his long awaited one on one shot at Empire Champion Steve Flash for the title. As mentioned before , the Ring Generals will try to get their tag titles back from the Alpha Lions , while Jesse Christian faces off against the Alpha Lions leader Larry Vessey after Vessey viciously attacked Christian last month. So don’t miss the best in old school wrestling and don’t miss NYCW GROUND ZERO!
( matches announced so far )

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Jesse Christian VS Larry Vessey

The Alpha Lions leader has taken offense after Christian spurned his offer to join the stable. After losing in a tag match last month, Vessey assaulted Christian later that evening, leaving Christian a battered wreck admist a shattered table. Now Christian looks to get revenge as he faces Vessey one on one once again. However, the last time these two met one on one, Vessey was the victor. Will history repeat itself?

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Whistler VS Mean Jean Catteley

Having failed to win either the Empire or Tri-State titles, MAW invader Mean Jean Catteley looks to salvage some dignity by going after NYCW icon and former 3 time Empire Champion Whistler. Whistler has struggled lately to string together victories and get back into title contention, and with an opponent motivated to get a big victory by any means, that task won’t be any easier. Can Catteley take back bragging rights to MAW by beating the patriotic NYCW’er or can Whistler rebound to get back on a winning track?

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The Ring Generals VS The Alpha Lions© ( Morgan & Wright) for the NYCW Tag Team titles

Morgan & Wright ended the almost year long reign of the Ring Generals and captured the tag team titles. But winning them and defending them are two different things. Although Morgan and Wright are both massively experienced competitors and champions in both singles and tags, they have not worked together very long, while the Ring Generals have been together for years and show that innate communication and awareness of each other that the top tag teams possess. Can the Ring Generals regain the belts or will the Alpha Lions continue to frustrate the younger team?

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Steve Flash © VS Honest Frank for the NYCW Empire Championship

Steve Flash successfully retained the Empire title last month in a closely fought triple threat match ( albeit with some unexpected help.) Now he faces the man who didn’t get beaten last month, Honest Frank. Frank has been on a good run of momentum in the last few months, not only here, but also in rival promotion PSW, where he has held their top title for the last several months. Now Frank looks to add a second championship belt and prove definitively his claim that he is the baddest man in the Tri-State Area. Both men have been evenly matched in the ring, even trading the Empire title back and forth a couple years ago. Will the small advantage a champion has be enough or will Honest Frank emerge as the Empire Champion once again?

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David Mack VS Ota, Warrior of Darkness

One of NYCW’s biggest rivalries is renewed as Ota interfered in last month’s Empire title match and cost Mack the championship when it looked like he had it all but won. Speculation is that Ota, not being able to win the belt himself, didn’t want to see his most hated foe win it either, but of course the Warrior of Darkness isn’t talking. What is known is that David Mack wants revenge, not only for the interference, but to prove that he is the better man and that his last loss to Ota back in March was just an aberration. Can Mack even things up between the two bitter rivals or will Ota continue to dominate the latest chapter of this long running feud?

NYCW GROUND ZERO

Jesse Christian VS Larry Vessey

Whistler VS Mean Jean Catteley

The Ring Generals VS The Alpha Lions© ( Morgan & Wright) for the NYCW Tag Team titles

Steve Flash © VS Honest Frank for the NYCW Empire Championship

David Mack VS Ota, Warrior of Darkness

Phantom Stranger

03-11-2010, 08:54 PM

Jesse Christian VS Larry Vessey

Whistler VS Mean Jean Catteley

The Ring Generals VS The Alpha Lions© ( Morgan & Wright) for the NYCW Tag Team titles

Steve Flash © VS Honest Frank for the NYCW Empire Championship

David Mack VS Ota, Warrior of Darkness

Nightshadeex

03-11-2010, 09:12 PM

Jesse Christian VS Larry Vessey
Draw

Whistler VS Mean Jean Catteley
I assume MJC is on loan.

The Ring Generals VS The Alpha Lions© ( Morgan & Wright) for the NYCW Tag Team titles
DQ

Steve Flash © VS Honest Frank for the NYCW Empire Championship

David Mack VS Ota, Warrior of Darkness
INDY TRADITION!!!

Apupunchau@optonline

03-11-2010, 09:20 PM

Jesse Christian VS Larry Vessey
Draw. If anything I might have gone for Christian because Vessey is only a smei-active worker but I think a draw here plays to the strength of Christian without making the Lions look week.

Whistler VS Mean Jean Catteley
NYCW regular over MW invader

The Ring Generals VS The Alpha Lions© ( Morgan & Wright) for the NYCW Tag Team titles
The Generals have held the titles now but as the faces it is their job to chase it.

Steve Flash © VS Honest Frank for the NYCW Empire Championship
I know you have a soft spot for him but I hate Honest Frank

David Mack VS Ota, Warrior of Darkness
Unless you turn yourself Flash will need a Heel challenger to his title.

Bigpapa42

03-11-2010, 09:28 PM

bgbuff

03-11-2010, 09:46 PM

Sudo_Nym

03-11-2010, 09:49 PM

Jesse Christian VS Larry Vessey
Jesse needs a win to get over, and Larry should be doing the job.

Whistler VS Mean Jean Catteley
Whistler is an icon of NYCW, and Mean Jean is on loan.

The Ring Generals VS The Alpha Lions© ( Morgan & Wright) for the NYCW Tag Team titles
No hotshotting just yet.

Steve Flash © VS Honest Frank for the NYCW Empire Championship
Flash manages to escape once more.

David Mack VS Ota, Warrior of Darkness
Ota wins to set up a Flash vs. Ota feud.

BYU 14

03-11-2010, 10:31 PM

Jesse Christian VS Larry Vessey
Since Larry just retired for me he has to be close here

Whistler VS Mean Jean Catteley
Whistler gets back on track as MJ's loan finishes

The Ring Generals VS The Alpha Lions© ( Morgan & Wright) for the NYCW Tag Team titles
Don't see it going back right away

Steve Flash © VS Honest Frank for the NYCW Empire Championship
DQ win to keep Frank strong

David Mack VS Ota, Warrior of Darkness
Still don't think anything will be settled here - Draw

Zergon

03-12-2010, 03:53 AM

Jesse Christian VS Larry Vessey
If Vessey would be little younger I would go with him winning this one by cheating in order to further this feud but now I just go with Christian winning and I guess that Alpha Lions will attack Christian after this match.

Whistler VS Mean Jean Catteley
Mean Jean jobs another top guy

The Ring Generals VS The Alpha Lions© ( Morgan & Wright) for the NYCW Tag Team titles
Alpha Lions just got those titles so they aren´t losing them here

Steve Flash © VS Honest Frank for the NYCW Empire Championship
I go with Flash here but I wonder if Frank would be better option because other than Ota and Frank there doesn´t seem to be a good heel condender and Ota have already feuded with Flash which doesn´t leave much options.

David Mack VS Ota, Warrior of Darkness
Warrior of Darkness can only lose to Warrior of Light and I don´t see that title on Mack´s name so... Ok I just like Ota better.

Tigerkinney

03-12-2010, 07:26 AM

Jesse Christian VS Larry Vessey

Christian is being booked pretty strong and as other's have pointed out Vessey can't be too far from hanging them up, so Christian wins this but the Alpa Lions get some heat back with a post match beatdown. Wouldn't surprise me if Vessey took the cheap DQ loss here when the going starts to get tough.

Whistler VS Mean Jean Catteley

Cattley has merely been brought in as a glorified jobber...he's the better wrestler by miles but Whistler is the one who will be sticking around after this.

The Ring Generals VS The Alpha Lions© ( Morgan & Wright) for the NYCW Tag Team titles

Ring Generals aren't winning these belts back that quickly, I can see the Alpha Lion's holding these until Wright decides it is time to hang them up.

Steve Flash © VS Honest Frank for the NYCW Empire Championship

Honest Frank has improved, but has he really improved enough that you would want to get behind him as Empire champ ?

David Mack VS Ota, Warrior of Darkness

I'm tipping Mack to win this...why because we have been there already with the controversial draws and haven't we already had Flash feuding with Ota for the title already ? Mack then challenges for the title next month, in what could sow the seeds for a beginning of a 'feud' with Flash that will begin as one based on 'respect and competition'.

Greg McNeish

03-12-2010, 10:29 AM

Jesse Christian VS Larry Vessey
Even things up between these two. Now that Christian is shaking the rust off, he's got to be considered for bigger things.

Whistler VS Mean Jean Catteley
Nobody can question the professionalism of MJC, that's for sure. Whistler is likely getting close to the point where he should be moved down to the midcard, but in order to elevate someone, he needs to look credible. This does that.

The Ring Generals VS The Alpha Lions© ( Morgan & Wright) for the NYCW Tag Team titles
Alpha Lions just won the title, and Vessey is dropping the opener. The stable grabs their win back, and keeps the titles warm, until Wright is ready to be put out to stud.

Steve Flash © VS Honest Frank for the NYCW Empire Championship
Despite his improvements, I don't see Honest Frank as the guy to unseat Flash, as champion. Besides, who other than Mack would he have to feud with? They just finished up a series, so that leaves a pretty big hole for filler challengers. To many questions sinks the Honest one.

David Mack VS Ota, Warrior of Darkness
I can definitely see Ota winning this match, then the belt next month. Give him something cheap here, and you're positioned for another series of matches with Mack, this time over the belt. No better way to fill out the top of your cards, as your new faces get settled in.

Dragonmack

03-12-2010, 09:53 PM

Hoping to have the show up sometime Saturday. Some interesting predictions so far.

xopher316

03-13-2010, 04:08 AM

NYCW GROUND ZERO

Jesse Christian VS Larry Vessey

Whistler VS Mean Jean Catteley

The Ring Generals VS The Alpha Lions© ( Morgan & Wright) for the NYCW Tag Team titles

Steve Flash © VS Honest Frank for the NYCW Empire Championship

David Mack VS Ota, Warrior of Darkness

Yuu Onuki

03-13-2010, 04:54 AM

NYCW GROUND ZERO

Jesse Christian VS Larry Vessey
Larry kind of has to win right? Spurnned + losing = Zed not Alpha.

Whistler VS Mean Jean Catteley
Salvaging dignity never goes according to any plan I've seen.

The Ring Generals VS The Alpha Lions© ( Morgan & Wright) for the NYCW Tag Team titles.
Ring Generals are my Seek & Destroy, which means they loose.

Steve Flash © VS Honest Frank for the NYCW Empire Championship
Steve Flash is one of those people who needs people. I really can't stand them.

David Mack VS Ota, Warrior of Darkness
See, if I do not select the ninja then I have to turn in my decoder ring.

Dragonmack

03-13-2010, 03:51 PM

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NYCW GROUND ZERO
Held at the Ministry in Queens
Sunday Week 2 September 2010 Att: 872

PRE SHOW

In a match that had an average crowd reaction and some decent in-ring action, Hugh de Aske, The New York Doll and Old School Principals defeated Animal Harker, Elijah Harris and MuscleShark in 6:44 when Rick Sanders defeated Sammy The Shark by submission with a Figure Four Leglock.
Rating D-

Training match combined with giving work to some guys not on the main show.

The Ring Generals, Elijah Harris, Empire Champion Steve Flash, Honest Frank and myself hold a question and answer session with the fans a little bit before the show begins.

Rating D+

Despite not being new anymore, this bit is still very popular with the fans and still seems to be helping some of the guys ( and gals ) be more comfortable interacting with the audience.

MAIN SHOW

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The announce team of Rock Downpour, Mayhem Midden and Tim Weightman are seated at the announcers table near the ring, discussing the matches for tonight when the beautiful Hannah Potter comes out and sits down at the table. Mayhem is mildly curious while Weightman is in fanboy heaven with his pinup idol so close by.

Mayhem: " What brings you out here, Hannah?"

Hannah: " I said last month that I was scouting for someone worthy of my managerial talents, and what better way to assess the wrestlers here than with a ringside view?"

Weightman: " Oh my god! The lovely goddess Hannah Potter is right here near me! Where's my camera phone?! I got to take a picture for my chat buddies, otherwise they'll never believe me!"

Mayhem: " Tell me Tim. You still live in your mother's basement, don't you?"

Weightman: " Of course not! I moved to the attic over a year ago! Better satellite and wireless reception there. Now Hannah, if you could just give a big smile for me?"

Weightman then tries to take a picture of Hannah with his cellphone, but he is so excited that he drops it and then accidently steps on it, breaking it.

Hannah: " You're cute, but a little weird. Anyway, don't we have a match coming up now?"

Mayhem: " Yes we do. And if Tim is done clowning around we can get to it."

Rating D-

Fun, although semi pointless segment. It's main purpose was to reinforce that Hannah is looking for a potential client, and that Weightman is an obsessed fanboy around her.

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Whistler VS Mean Jean Catteley

Whistler's power and brawling took Catteley off balance at the beginning of the match, but the veteran technician weathered Whistler's initial wave of momentum and soon turned things around with a drop toe hold and then kept Whistler grounded with a series of holds and locks, trying to get a pin or submission. Catteley got a few two counts but wasn't able to keep Whistler pinned. Finally, Whistler found a second wind and managed to power his way out of a abdominal stretch and went back on the offensive. He had Catteley reeling again till Catteley took a cheap way to break Whistler's momentum with a knee to the gut. A running clothesline followed by a scoop slam and Catteley was ready to end it, picking up Whistler for a Mood Swing. But Whistler managed to reverse it into a backdrop and then, shooting off the ropes, planted Catteley with a Rebel Yell! A 3 count later and Whistler had sent Catteley packing back to MAW winless.

In a bout that had a good crowd and some decent in-ring action, Whistler defeated Mean Jean Cattley in 12:51 by pinfall with a Rebel Yell.
Match Rating D

Decent match although it was obvious that Whistler wasn't quite as sharp in the ring tonight as usual. I think he may have been a little put off by not getting as good a reaction to his patriotic bit as he usually gets. Seems the crowd is finally growing a little bored with his long running flag waving gimmick and it may be time to change things for him.

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Before his match with Jesse Christian, Larry Vessey comes out to the ring with his bodyguard Land Mass and grabs a mike to address him.

Vessey: : " Land Mass you fat tub of lard! That's twice now you have failed me by letting that disrespectful Jesse Christian beat you! Now I want you to kneel and apologize for your incompetence!!"

Vessey then hauls off and slaps Land Mass hard as Mass is reluctant to comply with Vessey's demands.

Vessey: " I said kneel you fat bastard! You'd better kneel and apologize to me for your gross incompetence if you know what's good for you!"

Vessey hauls off to slap Land Mass again, but Mass, with an angry look on his face, blocks the slap, grabs the mike from Vessey's hand and gets nose to nose with the Alpha Lions leader.

Land Mass: " Vessey, now you have a Massive Problem!"

Land Mass grabs Vessey by the collar and lifts him up when suddenly.....

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A huge almost 7 foot and close to 400lb behemoth runs into the ring and hammers Land Mass from behind, dropping him to his knees! Land Mass slowly rises up, only to be greeted by a devastating clothesline from the huge attacker as he catapults himself off the ropes for more momentum. The blow staggers Land Mass, and a following blow levels Land Mass to the mat. As the huge man stomps on the downed Mass, Vessey stands over him gloating

Vessey: " No Fat Ass! I have a Big Problem! And now so do you!"

Turning to the Big Problem, Vessey continues

Vessey: " Get that fat piece of trash out of my sight!"

The Big Problem then showcases his incredible strength by almost effortlessly picking up the 400lb Land Mass and then driving him with incredible force into the mat again with a vicious powerbomb! Then as Vessey sits in the corner, awaiting his opponent and the start of his match, The Big Problem contemptuously rolls Land Mass out of the ring with his foot and sends him crashing unceremoniously to the mat outside.

Rating C-

Well, The Big Problem's debut went surprisingly well. I had tried to get him back here when I had first came back, as I thought he wasn't used very well the first time he was here, but his demands at that time didn't make sense for where we were at then. Now, with greater resources at our disposal, the contract was a lot more reasonable. Also, Land Mass had indicated he was wanting to scale back on his ring time, and with the fact he was obviously declining rapidly this gives me an opportunity to bring in a younger, stronger and even more menacing replacement. The only bad thing about this was the fact that even though I tried to get some sympathy from the fans for Land Mass with this, they really didn't care whether Fat Ass got his lard butt handed to him and so as turns go, that one was pretty bad.

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Jesse Christian VS Larry Vessey

After several EMT's carted Land Mass to the back ( on two roped together stretchers as one just wasnt big enough) Christian made his way down to the ring to face off against Vessey. Despite being wary of The Big Problem standing outside the ring, Christian focused on Vessey and took the early advantage in a test of strength. Vessey begged off, then surprisingly offered another test, despite being obviously dominated before. But of course, it turned out to be a trick as just as soon as Christian went to lock up, Vessey booted him in the midriff. Vessey proceeded to keep Christian on the mat and tried to wear the stronger man down with a ground and pound attack, concentrating on Christian's legs. Vessey then went for a figure four leglock to try and end the match, but Christian struggled and managed to reach the ropes to break the hold.

As Vessey went back into the attack, the cheers of the crowd seemed to revitalize Jesse, and he staggered Vessey with a short elbow to the ribs, followed by a clubbing forearm shot to knock Vessey back. At this point The Big Problem climbed up on the rope and looked to be getting involved when Christian Irish whipped Vessey into him, knocking The Big Problem back to the mat. Vessey rebounded back right into the waiting arms of Christian, who hoisted his reeling opponent up into The Torture Rack right in the middle of the ring! With the pain shooting through his body and no immediate help Vessey quickly tapped out.

In a bout that had a good crowd and some decent in-ring action, Jesse Christian defeated Larry Vessey in 9:41 by submission with a Human Torture Rack.
Match Rating D

This evens up the one on one battle between them as I look to get the most mileage out of this feud that I can, especially since these two possess that extra level of chemistry with each other in the ring.

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Jesse Christian doesn't get to celebrate his victory as The Big Problem quickly runs into the ring and levels Christian with a shoulderblock. Then, at Vessey's urging, Big Problem quickly follows up with a Running Boot as Christian tries to stand back up. But that isn't enough for the Alpha Lion leader as he directs Big Problem to continue the assault. Big Problem slams Christian hard to the mat then delivers the coup de grace by hoisting him up for the same devastating power bomb that flattened Land Mass. Christian is crashed to the mat with tremendous force and left battered and unmoving from the assault. Officials from the back swarm the ring to prevent further assault, but the damage has already been done, Vessey and The Big Problem leave the ring, satisfied that they have sent their intended message.

Rating C-

The Big Problem is already proving to be a more than adequate replacement for Land Mass, judging by the heat he is getting with the crowd. Also, with Vessey making noises that he may hang it up sometime soon, this gives me a reason to transfer the feud to Big Problem if necessary.

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The Ring Generals VS The Alpha Lions© ( Morgan & Wright) for the NYCW Tag Team titles.

In a rematch from last month, the former tag champions face the team that took the titles from them. Knowing that they have to beat the Alpha Lions to regain the belts, the Ring Generals go right after the tag champions, but Morgan & Wright seem content to try and frustrate their young opponents and wait for a mistake to capitalize on. The action swings back and forth as both teams use frequent tags and the 5 count to utilize double team moves, but neither can keep an advantage as near falls are broken up or kicked out of. The match starts to go chaotic as all four men are in the ring at the same time and it looks like the Generals have control when a dropkick from Statler knocks Morgan out of the ring, and leaves Wright all alone for a Waldorf Tossed Salad. But right as Waldorf goes to make the cover, the timekeeper's bell rings and the referee announces the time limit has expired, ending the match in a draw!

In a match that had an average crowd reaction and some decent in-ring action, The Ring Generals drew with JD Morgan and Lee Wright in 15:00 when the time limit expired.
Match Rating D

Not quite as good as last month's match, and Morgan wasn't pleased about not getting the win, but this keeps the feud going and keeps both teams strong.

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Hannah Potter gets up from her ringside seat and walks into the ring with a mike.

Hannah: " First, I want to thank all you great fans for giving me such a warm welcome here and second, I, just like all of you, am looking forward to the next match for the NYCW Empire title. Both men are multi-time champions and both are incredible talents that could be even better with the right managerial guidance. So I will be watching this match closely to see if either of these men could be the one that could be worthy of my attention and skill as a manager. Thank you again everyone and enjoy the show!"

Hannah then waves at the crowd for a few more moments as they cheer the young beauty. She then exits the ring and resumes her place at the ringside announce table.

Rating C+

Yeah, I am guilty of going for the cheap pop. But there isn't any point in having such a popular person as Hannah unless you are going to use that popularity to pump the crowd up.

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Honest Frank is backstage and he addresses his pending title match.

Frank: " Finally NYCW does the right thing and gives me my rightful one on one title shot against that poor excuse of an Empire Champion Steve Flash. No more hurdles or intereferences by incompetents to prevent me from getting back the belt that belongs to me. the one and only King of the Tri-State area! When I leave that ring tonight wearing the Empire title for the 3rd time alongside this shiny PSW Championship title that I hold, then no one will be able to deny the fact that I am the baddest man in the Tro State! And THAT is the Honest Truth!! "

Rating C-

Frank does his usual good job of getting heat from the crowd and hyping up the title match.

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Steve Flash © VS Honest Frank for the NYCW Empire Championship.

Frank wastes no time in bringing the heavy hands, not even bothering to try and lock up with the champ, but just rains forearm uppercuts on Flash, reeling him backward. Flash manages to weather the initial onslaught and take Frank down, but Frank resorts to raking Flash's eyes and goes back on the offensive. That trend continues throughout most of the rest of the match as Frank brawls with heavy blows and combinations of slams, knee drops and clotheslines to wear the champion down. Every time Flash rallies back and begins to get some momentum, a cheap shot by Frank turns the tide and Frank goes back on the offensive.

Finally Frank is ready to move in for the kill and goes into his set up for the Frank N Hurter but he underestimates how worn down the champion is. Flash slips the move and counters with a lighting quick Flash Bang to drop Frank! Flash falls over for the cover and 1,2,3!

In a bout that had a good crowd and good action, Steve Flash defeated Honest Frank in 14:58 by pinfall with a Flash Bang. Steve Flash makes defence number 5 of his NYCW Empire title.
Match Rating C-

This was a lot better than their first encounter and more inline with what I expected from them. Of course it being a title match helps. I think would have done a little bit better if Frank hadn't been off his game tonight as well. Flash is good enough to cover for it, but if Frank could have brought his best then this would have been a top three match this year rather than just a top 10.

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Steve Flash is celebrating his hard fought victory with the fans, and the announcers are wondering if there is anyone in NYCW who is good enough to beat Flash for the title when suddenly...

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Three huge men climb over the barricade, into the ring and brutally attack Flash!

Rock: " What the hell? That's Hopkirk, Shearer and Cahill! What the hell are they doing here?!?"

Midden: " Well, unless I am mistaken. they are beating the holy hell out of the Empire Champion Steve Flash."

Weightman: " Don't worry Hannah! I'll protect you from those thugs!"

Hannah: (sarcastically) " Gee thanks, I feel ever so safe now."

While the announcers and commentators are having their little exchange, Hopkirk, Shearer and Cahill continue to demolish the champion as they deliver a series of heavy blows culminating in a Mountain Topper( Rock Bottom ) from Cahill, then a Rythym and Bruise ( Side Suplex Slam ) from Shearer and finally a Randallism ( Back Suplex) from Hopkirk.
The Empire Champion is left laying semi-conscious in the middle of the ring as Hopkirk, flanked by his menacing cohorts, grabs the mike.

Hopkirk: " That's right little people. Gaze in wonder because, after a long run in the L.A. scene, The Main Attraction has come to the Big Apple! Not only are we the greatest hardcore heavy metal band in history, but we are also some of the biggest, baddest, and best wrestlers on the planet! Now you may be wondering why we came out here and destroyed your so called Empire Champion. Well, the reason is really simple. The Main Attraction doesn't share the spotlight with anyone else! We removed this opening act from the stage so that all you worthless fans could witness the awesome majesty of the Main Attraction!"

A rain of boos greets the new arrivals, but they contemptously ignore the fans response as they walk to the back.

Rating C

And there is the big splash I wanted to proclaim that we have raised our level. Since TCW has Painful Procedure trademarked, I had to give them a different stable name, hence them being called 'Main Attraction'. But all three are well known names and provide us with a fresh set of high level heels and new story possibilities. Given the level of the fans reaction, I'd say the big splash was a success.

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David Mack is backstage and addresses both the Main Attraction and his match with Ota.

Mack: " Main Attraction! I don't know who the hell you think you are, but you will pay for attacking my friend Steve Flash! However I have other business tonight, and that business is Ota, The Warrior of Darkness! Ota, you interefered in my match last month and cost me the chance to win the Empire title! You are going to regret that choice after I beat the holy hell out of you tonight! We've never seen eye to eye and we have had our wars in the past, but you have made it personal on a whole new level! I am not coming just to beat you tonight, I am coming to demolish you!"

Rating C-

A solid emotional promo that got a good response from the audience.

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David Mack VS Ota, Warrior of Darkness

There wasn't a lot of preliminary feeling out between these two as they had fought so often , each instinctively knew what the other was capable of. What followed was an exhibition of chain wrestling and countermoves one after another as Mack and Ota were evenly matched. So closely matched in fact neither could get a lasting advantage or get his opponent's shoulders down for more than a two count. This continued for over twenty minutes until Ota decided to change the rules. Catching the referee out of position, Ota took the opportunity to deliver a low blow and stop Mack in his tracks. A standing dropkick from the Warrior of Darkness knocked Mack to the matt, and a scoop slam in the corner positioned Ota as he went to the top rope to try and put Mack away. However, as Ota came off the ropes with a flying elbow, Mack was able to get his knees up and knock the wind out of the Warrior of Darkness. Mack quickly rallied and then picked Ota up into his new finisher, The Big Mack ( release Chicken Wing Suplex). Mack rolled on top of the stunned Ota and got the three count to win the titanic battle.

Match Rating C+

Quite simply the best match we as a company and me personally have had this year. While Flash and Frank would have been a solid main event, I had the feeling that Ota and I had a classic match in us and that we could deliver on what is the most important show we have had this year. This was definitely how I wanted to end this momentous night.

OVERALL SHOW C

Great matches, twists and turns, and big name surprises all combined to make this the best show we have had this year, and prove to everyone that we have taken it to that next level and aren't just some small promotion anymore. Even the fans are just saying the show was awesome, instead of saying awesome for a company our size. While we will need to continue to improve and grow both our fanbase and exposure we have delivered the message that NYCW will be bigger and better than ever.

Zergon

03-13-2010, 04:41 PM

Dragonmack

03-13-2010, 04:56 PM

Nice show!

I really like the inclusion of Painful Procedure/The Main Attraction it´s interesting to see how they manage to handle main event/upper midcard spots. I presume that Hopkirk is still at least semi-active right now?

He's still fully active, although he is 45. Despite that he is still the best overall of the three, although all three have very high menace, which I can use.

Besides, NYCW is always the home of people that get kicked out of the big two! :D:p

Sudo_Nym

03-14-2010, 01:29 AM

Yeah, but's what's the damage to your bottom line? Using all three on one show has got to be a chunk of change.

BYU 14

03-14-2010, 07:51 AM

Great show, totally blew away your previous best ratings wise. Are you going to look to get on TV right away or wait and build up some cash?

Dragonmack

03-14-2010, 08:54 AM

Yeah, but's what's the damage to your bottom line? Using all three on one show has got to be a chunk of change.

Bottom line is actually good. I got all three for around the same price as my current main eventers. With the jump in sponsorship money at regional, I have quite a lot more cash coming in.

Great show, totally blew away your previous best ratings wise. Are you going to look to get on TV right away or wait and build up some cash?

Build up some cash, probably a lot. I learned from my MHW diary that getting tv right after regional eats through your money big time. I probably need to be able to fill at least a 2000 seater and have over 300k in the bank before I really could consider tv as a solid investment. Besides, Stomper would roast me alive if I was losing 20k a month! :eek:

Once again, several people got the predictions right, but interestingly, no one seemed to pick up on me bringing people in despite several subtle hints about my wanting to make a big splash with this show. Everyone seemed to acknowledge the fact that contenders for the title were going to be a re-hash of feuds, or that it might lead to a Mack-Flash feud ( which still may happen. You never know in wrestling!;) ) But no one mentioned bringing in some new people, which of course is what happened.

Greg McNeish

03-14-2010, 01:32 PM

I mark for Painful Proce... er, the Main Attraction.

Can't wait to see what you do, now that "the band is back together."

Dragonmack

03-16-2010, 12:03 AM

September was a busy month backstage, but I was able to come to terms to extend the contracts of Sammy the Shark, Hugh De Aske, Elijah Harris, Ekuma, and most importantly, Ota. That meant the majority of the roster would stay intact for awhile. Of course Bailey was gone to TCW now, so Stomper was being ran a little ragged having to handle more of the backstage stuff , especially as Flash was up north a lot handling the booking for NOTBPW. That also meant I had to take more of a hand in scripting the matches and working the guys on the days Stomper was gone. But that’s the joys of wrestling. We had our best show this month and made a big splash bringing in Painful Procedure ( although I would have preferred Troy Tornado or Jack Bruce) and early indications were that we might actually have to turn people away at the next show. Now it was time to take a look at the rest of the wrestling world for September 2010.…

NEWS

Mark Moore, best known as a manager in 21CW, takes over the booker role for UEW.
Frankie-Boy Fernandes, the latest graduate of the CZCW Resort camp debuts this month. With good basics and skills, CZCW is very high on his future and offer him a spot on the roster immediately.
Skip Beau, a 20 yr old 6’5 290lb charismatic brawler, graduates from the DeColt Power House and is given a spot on the roster.
20 yr old Australian Black Flash makes his entrance into wrestling in the Australian scene. Sporting a Japanese super junior style and mask, he looks to bring something different to the area.
Liz Sweethart, a 21 yr old British ex dancer is looking to find work as a valet in the UK. She has distinctive flame red hair, but not an abundance of natural charisma, so doesn’t really distinguish herself from any other ring side eye candy.
Stupid Joey Minnesota was apparently bright enough to recognize the talent of his protégé KC Glenn, and has trained him for his debut this month. Considered one of the more talented rookies to come into the business in a long while, he looks to have a bright future. I’d consider him for NYCW myself if it wasn’t for the fact that offers galore will come his way, and we are usually on the bottom of the pecking order for young workers in this business.
Young Chitose Ariwara suffered a spinal disalignment during a botched move and will be on the shelf for 3 months.
Tragic news for APW’s newest acquisition Rahmel Goode. A moonsault to the outside of the ring went horribly wrong and caused Goode to suffer a semi-severed spinal column. Even best case scenarios have Goode out for at least 13 months, and this could spell the end for the 31 yr old Australian star.
Two big stars of women’s wrestling, Eva Berlin, a two time UCR Women’s champion and Junko Hayakawa, a 2 time NOTBPW Women’s champion, both retired from the ring this month, at ages 36 and 45 respectively.
Pat Deacon, best known as a 5 time TWL Champion, has left the industry at age 65 . A member of the Hall of Immortals, Deacon had been doing road agent work for SWF, but has decided it is time to enjoy the golden years.
Johnny Bloodstone and John Maverick have found common ground in NOTBPW.
Dark Eagle and KOKI Ishibashi have bonded backstage.
Eva Berlin has decided to use her time constructively and opened her own dojo called the Eva Berlin House.
CZCW’s Coastal Resort dojo is looking for a new head trainer as long time CZCW icon Fox Mask has left the company.

ROSTER MOVES

Rolling Johnny Stones, not coming along as Jeff Nova hoped, was allowed to leave 21CW, who did renew the contract of Harry Wilson.
5SSW extend the contracts of Chitose Ariwara, Tsuigharu Odaka, and Kuniyoshi Chisu.
AAA extend the contract of announcer Jim Lou Freebush.
APW sign Loxley Robbins from RAW and renew the contract of Dingo Devine.
BHOYWG extend the contract of Okura Umeki.
Annie Hitch**** and Marilyn Stardust both renew their deals with BSC.
CGC sign dojo graduate Skip Beau and renew the deals of Grease Hogg, Lead Belly and Bobby Thomas.

CZCW lose both Art Reed and long time icon Fox Mask to TCW. They do sign dojo graduate Frankie-Boy Fernandes.
DIW lose Nicky Gilbert to RAW and renew the contract of Hatemonger.
EWA lets Super Falcon leave at the end of his contract but renew announcer Mark Stanford.
GCG sign Naonobu Murkami, extend the deals of Dean Daniels and Rhino Umaga, but lose Hell Monkey to TCW.
Hinote Dojo signs Stone Yoshikawa and renew the deals of BURNING Exile and Nariaki Hitomi.
MAW lose referee Jay Fair to TCW and sign Jez McArthur to replace him. They also renew the contracts of American Patriot and Keith Vegas.
Atlantis Jr extends his deal with MPWF.
NOTBPW extend the contract of Sally Anne Christiansen.
OLLIE extends the deal of Lorenzo Blanco and Tricolor Jr.
PGHW call up Masutaro Kataoka and renew the contracts of Yugoro Adachi and Masayuki Shiga.
PSW allows Lazy Joe to leave when his contract expires.
RAW signs Nicky Gilbert and extends the contract of Isaac Taylor.
RIPW sign American Elemental and Jack Griffith on ppa deals, offer a developmental contract to Hollywood Bret Starr. They also extend the contract of Jerry Martin.
ROF sign Rolling Johnny Stones, Daniel Black Francis, Wade Orson and Nigel Svensson. They also renew the contracts of Billy Robinson and UK Dragon.
SAISHO lose Samoan Machine.
Capitao Brasil Jr renews his contract with SOTBPW.
SWF call up Giant Brody and Greg Gauge and extend the contracts of Stomper, Robbie Retro, Marc DuBois, Brains McGhee and Brett Biggz.
TCW go on a signing spree and add Black Hat Bailey, Des Davids, Hell Monkey ( as Death Monkey) , Jay Fair, Art Reed and Fox Mask. They also extend the contracts of Harry Allen, Danny Fonzarelli and Laura Huggins.
UEW signs Kalu Owasu and Mark Moore, and renew the contracts of Matthew Morris and Jamie Anderson.
USPW lose Des Davids, but extend the contracts of Seduction, Andre Jones, T-Rex and Darryl Devine.
Beth Vilal extends her deal with VWA.
WEXXV sign Kazuma Narato and extend the contracts of Matsudaira Morioka, Kimitada Ohishi, Isao Takemura and Dallas McWade.
WLW sign Flemmy Lemming, but lose Hell Monkey and allow Beetle Kimura to depart. They also extend the contracts of HYPNO,S, Insane Machine and SPEED D.
Nightmare Slasher extends his deal with ZEN.

TITLE CHANGES

Seek & Destroy defeat the Rainbow Girls to win the 5SSW Tag titles for the 3rd time.
Yuma Maruya regains the 5SSW World title from DEVIL Karube for her second run with the belt.
Marihito Masuko beats Sensational Dragon to win the BHOTWG Burning Junior Championship for a 3rd time.
Trent Shaffer ends Sean Deeley’s 9 month reign as CGC Canadian Champion to get his second run with the belt.
Fox Mask’s departure leaves the CZCW Coastal Zone Championship vacant.
Tornado Nagai beats Dynamite Narahashi for the EX2010 Television title.
SUKI beats Samoan Machine to become a 2 time GCG Openweight Champion.
Hurricane 2000 beat Samoan Destruction Inc for their second run with the GCG World Tag Team Championships.
Thug beats Psycho for his second reign with the MOSC Blood & Beer belt.
Eagle Kawasawa beats Masutaro Kataoka for the SAISHO Destiny title.
Jack Griffith beats Lassana Makutsi for the RIPW Championship.
John Greed gets his first major title when he beats Brandon James for the SWF North American title, but he proves to be a transitional champion as he loses the belt to Enforcer Roberts in his first title defense. This is Roberts 4th time with the belt.
Harry Allen beat Chance Fortune for his 3rd reign as TCW All Action Champion.
Henry Lee is a 3 time WEXXV King of Death Matches after beating Doug Peak.

Dragonmack

03-16-2010, 08:46 PM

Afternoon at the Ministry in Queens, Tuesday Week 1 October 2010

No office meeting this time, as with the departure of Bailey, and the addition of 4 more people to the roster, Stomper, Flash and I had our work cut out for us getting ready for the next show. Flash of course still spent most of his time up north, but Stomper had managed to get excused from SWF’s Puerto Rico tv taping so he had more time to pick up the slack. It was during one of these workout sessions we held our financial meeting for the month.

Stomper: “ So what was the bottom line after adding those guys? You didn’t blow all that extra sponsership money did you?”

Mack: “ Actually no. While we didn’t clear the $20k from the month before, we still netted $15K profit even with Big Problem and all three of the Main Attraction guys salaries. I was able to bump the ticket prices a couple bucks and still get the same size crowd so the larger gate helped. “

Stomper : “ $35K in two months? I might just keep you around. Now what do you have planned for Halloween in Harlem? I got the SWF PPV the night before so I want to get most of the ring work done this week.”

Mack: “ Gee thanks. Nice to know my job security is based on dollar signs. But for the next show the plan is to build on the invasion of the Main Attraction, so there will be a couple matches from that, and I think we will combine the two ongoing Alpha Lions storylines in one match to mix things up there a little. But there was something else I wanted to talk about so we can start planning.”

Stomper: “ What is it?”

Mack: “ It’s the King of New York show next month. As you are aware, we used to have an invitational tournament like Rip’s in MAW, but we actually invited people from other feds. That is what separated us from the other one night tournaments. But since you cancelled every agreement I had in place then except MAW, we don’t have the option to bring in outside big names for it.”

Stomper: “ You know how I felt about those agreements. Yeah we got a big name once in awhile, along with their big salary, but places like USPW and TCW got to notice our guys and made it more likely they would grab someone before we were ready to lose them. At least with Rip and MAW that wasn’t an issue.”

Mack: “ That may be so, but it still ties my hands. I don’t want to have the same format tournament but it only be our roster. That smacks too much of copying the Rip Chord Invitational. Instead I want to start something different.”

Stomper: “ Like what?”

Mack: “ I haven’t got it all mapped out yet. Give me some more time to get it fleshed out and I will go over it with you after Halloween in Harlem. I just wanted to get your go ahead to change it.”

Stomper: “ If you feel it’s necessary. It’s your decision and I will back your choice, as long as it doesn’t cost too much.”

With the financial part done, I went over the match ideas I had with Stomper and we started scheduling the work sessions with the roster.

Greg McNeish

03-17-2010, 04:26 AM

mad5226

03-17-2010, 04:17 PM

I'm excited to see what you have planned that will replace the tournament. Whatever it is, I'm sure it will be great...keep up the good work man.

Dragonmack

03-17-2010, 07:42 PM

Such a shame to see the KoNY tournament disappearing. Old Stomp is just sticking to his guns, though.

Interested to see what you have planned. You never fail to entertain, and I have no doubt that will continue.

I'm excited to see what you have planned that will replace the tournament. Whatever it is, I'm sure it will be great...keep up the good work man.

I do have something in the works, and hopefully it won't disappoint. But that is next month's show. Now for this month.....

Dragonmack

03-17-2010, 07:45 PM

From the NYCW Website

Last month’s Ground Zero has been hailed as the best show ever in NYCW’s recent history, with the main event match between eternal rivals David Mack and Warrior of Darkness, Ota ranked as the best of the year so far. But that isn’t the biggest news. The biggest news is the arrival, and subsequent attacking of Empire Champion Steve Flash by the three man band/stable calling themselves the Main Attraction. Formerly associated with a promotion out west, the band is back together with the intent to dominate NYCW.

But Flash isn’t without allies of his own, and at NYCW Halloween in Harlem, two of those allies, David Mack and Whistler, will face off one on one with the behemoths Man Mountain Cahill, and BJ Shearer. Flash himself, although still not fully recovered has stated he wants the Main Attraction’s front man, Randall Hopkirk, in the ring. Also the Alpha Lions will take on Southern Class and The Ring Generals in 8 man action while Dazzling Dave Diamond defends his belt against former champion Sammy the Shark as Shark has cashed in his automatic rematch clause. All this and more is on tap at NYCW HALLOWEEN IN HARLEM!!
( Matches scheduled so far )

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Ekuma vs. Honest Frank

Frank has a massive edge in experience, but even the big brawler surrenders a lot of size and strength to the young powerhouse Ekuma. Can Frank’s edge in skill give him the victory, or will the overwhelming power of Ekuma rule the day?

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Dazzling Dave Diamond © VS Sammy The Shark for the NYCW Tri-State Regional Championship

Former champion Sammy the Shark has exercised his automatic rematch clause and seeks to capture the title for a third time. Triple D has been on a roll and dealt with all his recent opponents, but Sammy is the one that took this belt from him the first time. Will history repeat itself, or can Triple D beat the Shark for the first time one on one?

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Southern Class & The Ring Generals VS The Alpha Lions

Both teams have had problems with members of the Alpha Lions, with Christian and Harris being attacked by Vessey, and the Generals losing the tag titles to Morgan & Wright. Now both teams join forces to face the combined might of The Alpha Lions, who have been strengthened by the addition of the huge monster The Big Problem, who convincingly destroyed the man he replaced, the giant Land Mass. Can Southern Class and the Generals get a measure of revenge, or will the Alpha Lions roar to victory?

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Whistler VS BJ Shearer

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David Mack VS Man Mountain Cahill

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Steve Flash© VS Randall Hopkirk for the NYCW Empire Championship

The Main Attraction has come to NYCW and announced their arrival in a savage beat down of Empire Champion Steve Flash. They have stated they intend to take top billing in NYCW and aren’t going to share the spotlight with anyone. But their invasion isn’t going unanswered as allies Whistler and David Mack have rallied to Flash’s side to fight this band of wrestlers. Whistler will take on drummer/ hitman BJ Shearer while Mack tries to tear down the Man Mountain Cahill. But Flash has challenged the leader of the group, Randall Hopkirk to a match, despite still not being recovered from the savage beating he suffered last month, and to get the match he has put the title on the line. Can the NYCW contingent hold the line against this incursion or will the Main Attraction be the ones to come out for the encore?

NYCW HALLOWEEN IN HARLEM

Ekuma vs. Honest Frank

Dazzling Dave Diamond © VS Sammy The Shark for the NYCW Tri-State Regional Championship

Southern Class & The Ring Generals VS The Alpha Lions

Whistler VS BJ Shearer

David Mack VS Man Mountain Cahill

Steve Flash© VS Randall Hopkirk for the NYCW Empire Championship

Bigpapa42

03-17-2010, 07:52 PM

NYCW HALLOWEEN IN HARLEM

Ekuma vs. Honest Frank

Dazzling Dave Diamond © VS Sammy The Shark for the NYCW Tri-State Regional Championship

Southern Class & The Ring Generals VS The Alpha Lions

Whistler VS BJ Shearer

David Mack VS Man Mountain Cahill

Steve Flash© VS Randall Hopkirk for the NYCW Empire Championship

Nightshadeex

03-17-2010, 07:59 PM

Ekuma vs. Honest Frank

Dazzling Dave Diamond © VS Sammy The Shark for the NYCW Tri-State Regional Championship

Southern Class & The Ring Generals VS The Alpha Lions

Whistler VS BJ Shearer

David Mack VS Man Mountain Cahill
Draw

Steve Flash© VS Randall Hopkirk for the NYCW Empire Championship

Phantom Stranger

03-17-2010, 08:47 PM

Ekuma vs. Honest Frank

Dazzling Dave Diamond © VS Sammy The Shark for the NYCW Tri-State Regional Championship

Southern Class & The Ring Generals VS The Alpha Lions

Whistler VS BJ Shearer

David Mack VS Man Mountain Cahill

Steve Flash© VS Randall Hopkirk for the NYCW Empire Championship

Sudo_Nym

03-17-2010, 09:08 PM

Ekuma vs. Honest Frank
Franks was hovering around the title not too long ago.

Dazzling Dave Diamond © VS Sammy The Shark for the NYCW Tri-State Regional Championship
D3 holds on for a while longer

Southern Class & The Ring Generals VS The Alpha Lions
Give Larry Vessey a little momentum towards his retirement match.

Whistler VS BJ Shearer
Whistler's a NYCW man, and BJ's not that great

David Mack VS Man Mountain Cahill
The Man Mountain is more useful with his A menace, so give him a little rub and even it up going into the main.

Steve Flash© VS Randall Hopkirk for the NYCW Empire Championship
Flash has heart and skill.

xopher316

03-17-2010, 10:01 PM

BYU 14

03-17-2010, 11:10 PM

Ekuma vs. Honest Frank
Don't think you are ready to job Frank out to him yet

Dazzling Dave Diamond © VS Sammy The Shark for the NYCW Tri-State Regional Championship
Triple D seems to be one of your future stars at this point and I don;t see Sammy at that level

Southern Class & The Ring Generals VS The Alpha Lions
Guile and experience.....and some dirty tricks win out

Whistler VS BJ Shearer
Whistler is an NYCW icon, Shearer has to prove he belongs

David Mack VS Man Mountain Cahill
Gotta keep D-Mack strong

Steve Flash© VS Randall Hopkirk for the NYCW Empire Championship
When you do move the belt I see it going to a younger Wrestler

Zergon

03-18-2010, 02:23 AM

Ekuma vs. Honest Frank
Way too early for Ekuma to go over Frank

Dazzling Dave Diamond © VS Sammy The Shark for the NYCW Tri-State Regional Championship
Sammy isn´t getting regional title back, not now anyway

Southern Class & The Ring Generals VS The Alpha Lions
I think this one should go to Alpha Lions

Whistler VS BJ Shearer
Whistler is an icon in NYCW but I also see him as a least important of your top three faces so he picks a loss here

David Mack VS Man Mountain Cahill
Mack is one of your best faces so he is kept strong here

Steve Flash© VS Randall Hopkirk for the NYCW Empire Championship
This one got me thinking a little since I think that it would be an interesting storyline to give title to Hopkirk and Flash is still little injured, but on the other hand I feel that Flash should have a longer title reign. In the end I chooce a draw here so that we can have a rematch later.

Yuu Onuki

03-18-2010, 02:30 AM

Ekuma vs. Honest Frank
Honesty > Chest mass

Dazzling Dave Diamond © VS Sammy The Shark for the NYCW Tri-State Regional Championship
Sorry Sammy The Shark, the ship has sailed and you were at the airport, yes?

Southern Class & The Ring Generals VS The Alpha Lions
It's like a stew versus a 4 course meal.

Whistler VS BJ Shearer
I can whistle.

David Mack VS Man Mountain Cahill
Chest mass, mountains, cliff walker... they are all doomed.

Steve Flash© VS Randall Hopkirk for the NYCW Empire Championship
Steve beat the ninja... so he can pretty much beat anyone at this point.

Greg McNeish

03-18-2010, 05:28 AM

Ekuma vs. Honest Frank
Ekuma continues as largely a job guy, while he sharpens his skills. This is a really good win, to help Frank stay relevant up the card.

Dazzling Dave Diamond © VS Sammy The Shark for the NYCW Tri-State Regional Championship
In face-vs-face situations, I usually smell a rat. This is no different. Match gets thrown out, so the champ retains.

Southern Class & The Ring Generals VS The Alpha Lions
Via Land Mass induced DQ. WOOO!!!

Whistler VS BJ Shearer
You're short on upper card faces, so Whistler needs to stay strong enough to be believable. Although, he could afford to lose if Ota starts fighting for the light....

David Mack VS Man Mountain Cahill
Even things up, leading into the main event. Cahill has more to offer than BJ; not a lot, mind you, but more. Besides, user characters can always be used to take some losses. You've got all the time in the world to build yourself back up.

Steve Flash© VS Randall Hopkirk for the NYCW Empire Championship
I would call a draw here, as that seems to be your normal early-feud finish, but I've already played that card this show. If you're debuting a new babyface (whether new employee or a turn), this is the place to do it. Regardless, the Main Attraction needs a little more build, before they're ready to carry gold.

Apupunchau@optonline

03-18-2010, 08:25 AM

Ekuma vs. Honest Frank
Frank is still a top worker (lord only knows why) and Ekuma is just god awful in the ring (but not Land Mass awful)

Dazzling Dave Diamond © VS Sammy The Shark for the NYCW Tri-State Regional Championship
I liked Sammy as champ but now he's back to tagging and he's got that thing with the Alpha Lions so some interference here to make him lose.

Southern Class & The Ring Generals VS The Alpha Lions
After interfering in both Ekuma and Sammy's matches the Alpha Lions get some pay back and lose there match due to MuscleShark interference.

Whistler VS BJ Shearer

David Mack VS Man Mountain Cahill

Steve Flash© VS Randall Hopkirk for the NYCW Empire Championship

Shearer and Cahil get cheap wins but Hopkirk just can't put away Flash. Cahil and Shearer run in and the beat Hopkirk gets DQ'd they proceed to beat on Flash until Whister and Mack run in setting it up for a 3 v 3 match next time.

Tigerkinney

03-18-2010, 08:44 AM

Ekuma vs. Honest Frank

Ekuma is a very green talent you are mostly sticking in mid-card tags at this stage, Honest Frank is a scratch main eventer.

Dazzling Dave Diamond © VS Sammy The Shark for the NYCW Tri-State Regional Championship

You seem willing to let Triple-D really run with the ball so to speak, this just looks a routine defence.

Southern Class & The Ring Generals VS The Alpha Lions

I can't see you upgrading the Alpha Lions 'enforcer' and then have the stable do the job in this tag match.

Whistler VS BJ Shearer

Main Attraction need to look a threat right out of the gate and besides I think it may be time for Whistler to begin his gradual descent from being a top of the card wrestler.

David Mack VS Man Mountain Cahill

David Mack has more talent in his pinky than Man Mountain Cahill has in his whole body but the former Ronnie V Pain should go over here, as the Main Attraction winning both matches leading into the main event makes them look even more of a threat.

Steve Flash© VS Randall Hopkirk for the NYCW Empire Championship

However I do see Flash retaining the title here, however I think it will be retained in a manner where Hopkirk still looks like a threat...so I wouldn't he surprised to see a flash (no pun intended) pinfall followed by another post match beatdown.

bgbuff

03-18-2010, 10:36 AM

Ekuma vs. Honest Frank

Dazzling Dave Diamond © VS Sammy The Shark for the NYCW Tri-State Regional Championship

Southern Class & The Ring Generals VS The Alpha Lions

Whistler VS BJ Shearer

David Mack VS Man Mountain Cahill

Steve Flash© VS Randall Hopkirk for the NYCW Empire Championship

Dragonmack

03-18-2010, 08:42 PM

Show should be up Fri evening eastern time if anyone else wants to get predictions or comments in.

smurphy1014

03-18-2010, 08:54 PM

Dragonmack

03-19-2010, 08:48 PM

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NYCW HALLOWEEN IN HARLEM
Held at the Ministry in Queens
Sunday Week 2 October 2010 Att: 1000

PRE SHOW

In a match that had an average crowd reaction and some decent in-ring action, Ota, Warrior of Darkness won a battle royal in 10:27. The final four competitors also included JD Morgan, Animal Harker and Hugh de Aske, with JD Morgan being the final elimination.
Match Rating D+

Training match, battle royal style this time as the face/heel mix wasn't there for a straight match. Harker and De Aske were a surprise making it to the final four.

The Empire and Tag Champions along with some others on the roster meet with the sold out crowd for the now popular question and answer session.
Rating D+

This has pretty much become a fixture to get the crowd ready for the main show.

MAIN SHOW

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Whistler is walking down the entrance way for his match, but his Main Attraction opponent Billy Jack Shearer decides not to wait and ambushes Whistler from behind! After a couple heavy clubbing blows across Whistler's back, the large Shearer picks Whistler up and then slams him cross body wise into the guard rail of the entrance way! A final kick to the gut adds more insult to injury as Shearer continues on to the ring for their match. But Whistler doesn't look in condition to even make it to the ring!

Rating C-

The Main Attraction waste no time in showing they mean business tonight with this pre match assault. Whistler was without his usual flag waving entrance this time, as we have made him more of a blue collar hero for the fans since the patriotic gimmick was getting stale.

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Whistler VS BJ Shearer

Although the announcers are wondering how, Whistler manages to make it into the ring for the match. Shearer quickly moves to finish what he started before the match and goes on an immediate assault. Whistler shows inhuman fortitude in surviving the relentless assault, and as the announcers talk about the tremendous heart he has, Whistler actually begins to rally back! A clothesline follows a back body drop, and an Irish Whip is the setup for the Rebel Yell. But Shearer derails Whistler's comeback with a massive boot to the face! A scoop slam followed by Shearer's Rhythm and Bruise finisher ( Sidewalk Slam) brings an end to the match as Shearer covers Whistler for the 1, 2, 3.

In a bout that had a good crowd and some decent in-ring action, Billy Jack Shearer defeated Whistler in 8:05 by pinfall with a Rhythm and Bruise.
Match Rating D-

I was hoping the name value of the participants would bring this up a bit, but not too bad for a couple of not very skilled hosses going after each other. I just hope the other two matches are better or this could be a long night as this wasn't as strong an opener as the past couple of shows.

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The victorious Shearer is joined in the ring by his other two Main Attraction cohorts Man Mountain Cahill and frontman Randall Hopkirk. Hopkirk grabs the mike, and flanked by his two hulking bandmates, addresses the hostile crowd as Whistler is helped to the back.

Hopkirk: : "That's right folks, the band is back together! After an extended run in Hollywood, the Main Attraction has reformed to play here in the Big Apple itself, New York City! Now I know all you worthless little people are just dying in anticipation of seeing the greatest hardcore heavy metal band right here in your pathetic backwater of a promotion, as you should be, and while we are here, not only are we going to rock you out, but we are going to knock you out as well!

You see, what happened a few minutes ago was just an example of what happens to those pathetic wannabes who think they can share the same stage as the real rock and wrestling connection, the Main Attraction! Whistler was the first to learn that we don't share the spotlight with opening acts, and later tonight, both David Mack and Steve Flash are going to learn it as well as Cahill disposes of Mack and I take that Empire title from that broken down hozer Flash!

So stay tuned all you slack jawed drooling idiots, as the first leg of the Main Attraction tour begins and we play a medley of our greatest hits all over the bodies of your so called
stars!"
Rating C

Hopkirk has no problem in drawing lots of heel heat from the sold out crowd as they loudly boo the Main Attraction as they leave the ring, sneering in contempt at the fans.

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Dazzling Dave Diamond comes out to the ring, but he isn't accompanied by Cheerleader Nicki like he has been for the last few months. Instead he is rejoined by his old valet Fern Hathaway, who hasn't been seen in several months. As the crowd gives a smattering of cheers for the Tri-State Champion, Triple D grabs a mike.

Diamond: I don't know why you pathetic sycophants are cheering me. I didn't come out here for you. Your cheers didn't win this shiny belt around my waist. I did that! Me and my magnificent skills are the reason I am champion! So save your cheers for that worthless piece of crap Sammy the Shark! I don't need them and I don't need you!"

Fern: " That's right! We don't need you!"

The audience is stunned and confused by this attitude change of the champion. Triple D continues

Diamond: " Speaking of that worthless has been, Sammy, so you decided you want to try and take the gold from the Diamond one, hey boy? Figured you got lucky once a couple years ago and that you'd try and get lucky again punk? Well let me tell you shark bait, lightning doesn't strike twice and you won't take this belt from around my perfect waist this time. Instead I am going to reel in the shark, gut you for fishbait and show everyone that against me you are just a fish out of water Sammy! So saddle up punk, because you are in for the roughest ride of your life tonight!"

Rating E+

This promo was to demonstrate Diamonds change in outlook from face to heel, along with his valet Fern. Triple D has gone to an arrogant heel while Fern is playing a bitch character. While the turn was successful in that Diamond got the fans against him rather convincingly judging by the boos, neither gimmick went over really well, as there wasn't anything supporting the change, which is my fault. But we are stuck with it for now, and hopefully they can make the best of it.

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Dazzling Dave Diamond © VS Sammy The Shark for the NYCW Tri-State Regional Championship

Sammy the Shark entered the ring to start the match, but the bell hadn't even rang when Triple D attacked the challenger. The bell rang to start the match as Diamond had Sammy off balance and Triple D tried to end it quickly with a barrage of forearms and clubbing blows. But Sammy showed the heart of a champion that had led him to two Tri-State titles and rallied back to take the fight to Triple D, who quickly begged off when momentum turned against him, rolled out of the ring and put Fern in front of him to block off an angry Sammy. But the act was just a trick, for as soon as Sammy gently moved Fern out of his path, Triple D knocked Sammy down with a vicious clothesline outside the ring! Triple D followed with a slam on the lightly padded floor outside the ring, knocking the wind out of Sammy. Having put his foe at a disadvantage, Triple D rolled Sammy in the ring and delivered the Dazzle Driver to put Sammy away for the pinfall.

In a match that had an average crowd reaction and some decent in-ring action, Dazzling Dave Diamond defeated Sammy The Shark in 5:44 by pinfall with a Dazzle Driver. Dazzling Dave Diamond makes defence number 4 of his NYCW Tri-State Regional title.
Match Rating D

While the growth of the company has mostly been positive, it hasn't been beneficial for everybody. With the influx of talent in the last couple of months, Sammy finds himself on the lower end of the roster again, and thus back on the staring at lights position. Frankly , while I think Sammy does have a bright future, Stomper and Bailey pushed him a little too quickly, trying to capitalize off the success of his partner Roger Cage. But another year or two of development and I feel Sammy can be back in the midcard and legitimately earn the spot that time.

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A scene from earlier in the day plays on the big screen as Commisioner Midden is shown in his office and Empire Champion Steve Flash comes barging in still heavily bandaged around the ribs and with other bandages around his shoulder and forehead.

Flash: " I want Hopkirk in that ring tonight!"

Mayhem: " Flash, I'd like to accomodate you, but look at you! You can barely walk! You certainly aren't in shape to wrestle!"

Flash: " I don't care! I want that piece of garbage in that ring so I can give him some payback!"

Mayhem: " I can't in good conscience sanction this Steve. But if you really want this match, you will have to sign a waiver relieving NYCW of responsibility, and you'll have to put the belt on the line."

Flash: " Fine, whatever you want! Just make the match happen!"

Flash angrily signs the waiver that Midden puts in front of him,and then angrily barges out of the office.

Rating D+

Some follow up from last month and setting up the title match for later. Flash was able to use intensity to compensate for his usual lack of promo skill to make it a good segment.

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The cameras cut back to real time backstage, just in time to catch Flash and Randall Hopkirk embroiled in a brawl backstage! Both men are trading punches until a bevy of officials and wrestlers get between them to break it up. Even as they are being pulled away from each other, they exchange verbal jabs, saying how they will tear the other apart later tonight!

Rating D+

More hype for the main event, and showing how angry and intent on revenge Flash is.

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Southern Class & The Ring Generals VS The Alpha Lions

Definitely no love lost between these eight men. Several little stories played out during the match with Christian controlling most of the action during his time in the ring, with Vessey avoiding locking up with him. The Generals were holding even with Morgan and Wright, while the Big Problem demolished anyone in his path during his short times in the ring. After about ten minutes all hell broke loose as all eight men were in the ring. Christian went after Vessey as a shoulder block tackle took both men to the outside. The Ring Generals squared off with Wright and Morgan and both teams fought in opposite corners with each other, leaving the Big Problem and Elijah Harris in the center. Harris tried a running clothesline and then a dropkick to knock the big man off his feet, but Big Problem shrugged off both blows. Harris then went up top to come off the top rope, but as he came flying down with a double axe handle, Big Problem caught him out of the air by the neck and then drove him into the mat with a vicious choke slam! The cover was academic as Harris wasn't getting up after that move and Big Problem wins the match for the Alpha Lions.

In a match that had an average crowd reaction and some decent in-ring action, The Big Problem, Larry Vessey, Lee Wright and JD Morgan defeated Southern Class and The Ring Generals in 10:08 when The Big Problem defeated Elijah Harris by pinfall with a Choke Slam.
Match Rating D-

Okay match,given the inherent chaos of an eight man tag. But I was hoping fora little more out of it. So far, with the exception of the Tri-State match, the angles are doing better than the matches.

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Honest Frank is backstage and being interviewed about his match when he angrily grabs the mike.

Frank: " This is typical of the antics I have to put up with from the people in charge here! Instead of being in the main event fighting for the Empire title , as is my just due, instead I am facing some musclebound clod Hawaiian Schwarzenneger wanna be! Ekuma you iron pumping freak of modern chemistry, you are in the wrong place at the wrong time, because the baddest man in the Tri-State is very angry and upset and I plan to take my anger out on you! NYCW will learn that it is dangerous to snub me and you are going to pay the price Ekuma!"

Rating D+

Decent promo from Frank, and he exhibits his tweaked gimmick as frustrated at being pushed from the main event.

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Ekuma vs. Honest Frank

Frank and Ekuma locked up in a test of strength. A test Ekuma quickly won as he forced Frank down to his knees. A headbutt to Ekuma's gut broke the hold, but did nothing more against Ekuma's iron abs. Frank then tried a running shoulderblock, and being near 300lbs himself, Frank is no small man, but he might as well have been running into a wall when he hit Ekuma. Ekuma followed with a shoulderblock of his own that nearly took Frank out of his shoes. Seeing he couldn't win the power game, Frank began working on Ekuma's tree trunk legs, trying to get the big man off his power base. The next several minutes were Frank trying to keep Ekuma grounded and working on his legs, while Ekuma would power out of pinfall and holds with his great upper body strength. Eventually the fight went to the outside and both men were trading blows as the referee began to count. As the count began to get dangerously close to ten, the quick thinking Frank kicked out the knee of the leg he had been working over earlier. Ekuma dropped to the floor on one knee, while Frank rolled under the rope, just beating the ten count.

In a bout that had a good crowd and some decent in-ring action, Honest Frank defeated Ekuma The Hawaiian Strong Man in 8:28 by count out.
Match Rating E+

Unsurprisingly Frank wasn't going to carry Ekuma to a classic, but it actually wasn't that bad for a couple big hosses going at it, and Ekuma doesn't come off weak with the countout loss.

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David Mack is getting ready to do a promo when he is interrupted by the appearance of his opponent Man Mountain Cahill!

Cahill: " So you pathetic little punk, are you ready to feel the weight of the man mountain crashing down on you in a few moments?"

Mack: " No, but I am ready to kick your ass all over that ring! You and your Main Attraction buddies may have been hot stuff out in tinsel town, but here in Gotham you are just another stale act it will be my pleasure to drop the curtain on!"

Cahill: " Not gonna happen little man! Or didn't you see what we did to your buddy Whistler? That's gonna be your fate Mack! I am gonna play you a new song on my axe and it will be your finale!"

Mack: " Well don't sing it Cahill, bring it! Let's see if you are half as tough as you think you are! I'll be in the ring waiting for you Space Mountain."

Cahill: " That's Man Mountain you punk!"

Mack: " Like it matters."

After that exchange Mack heads to the ring, soon followed by his opponent as their match is about to begin.

Rating D+

Some pre match build to hype our encounter.

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David Mack VS Man Mountain Cahill

This was a classic example of a slow but powerful big man vs a slightly smaller but more agile opponent. Mack looked to manuever and strike quickly then fall back to keep Cahill off balance while Cahill slowly stalked his opponent, cutting off the ring and looking to land high impact and heavy hitting moves. Cahill finally got his mitts on Mack and proceeded to beat him down with a series of shoulderblocks in the corner, followed by an Irish Whip and a running splash in the corner. But an arrogant cover led to a quick kick out by Mack, angering Cahill who responded by unloading with a vicious powerslam followed by a standing splash. Mack was able to kick out again, and rolled out of the ring to recover.

Cahill followed to continue the assault and clubbing forearms drove mack outside against the steel corner, where Cahill looked to finish it with a running clothesline. But that was a mistake as Mack ducked the move, letting Cahill crash into the unforgiving steel pole! Seizing the opportunity, Mack delivered a standing dropkick outside the ring to knock Cahill to the floor, then he rolled Cahill inside the ring. A jawbreaker followed by a scoop slam set the stage for Mack to climb to the top rope, and as Cahill slowly staggered to his feet, Mack flew off with his Mack Attack ( Flying Bulldog) to plant Cahill on the mat. Mack quickly rolled Cahill over and covered him for the 1..,2..,3!

In a bout that had a good crowd and good action, David Mack defeated Man Mountain Cahill in 12:20 when Man Mountain Cahill was pinned.
Match Rating D-

I pride myself on being able to put on a good match with almost anybody as I have worked hard to at least be competent in the different styles. But tonight I couldn't accomplish that. Cahill actually isn't unskilled for a big man, but for some reason we couldn't get on the same page at all. Bad timing, no communication, inability to anticipate, nothing was working. It was like we just couldn't click together on anything and thus what has to be my worst match since I came back. I only hope the main event can deliver because, from an in ring standpoint, this has been our worst show since my return.

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The lovely Hannah Potter comes out and climbs into the ring with a mike.

Hannah: " Hello once again to all you wonderful fans in NYCW! I want to thank you all for coming and giving us the first sellout NYCW has had in the Ministry! Now I know you are all anxiously waiting for the main event, so I won't make you wait long, but I did want to announce that next month at NYCW King of New York, I will make my selection as to who I will offer my managerial services to. So enjoy the show and I will see you all next month!"

Hannah exits the ring, waving to the fans and getting a big cheer from both the audience, and #1 fanboy Tim Weightman at the announce table.

Rating C+

Yes, once again I am guilty of using the popular and unbelievably gorgeous girl for the cheap pop. But judging by the crowd reaction, they can't get enough of her, and god knows Weightman can't. That fanboyism of his isn't an act. Hopefully this will liven up the crowd for the main event as the show has been somewhat flat so far.

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Steve Flash is walking in the corridor backstage on the way to the ring when he is ambushed by all three members of Main Attraction! The already battered Flash gets beaten up some more as all three big men land punches and kicks on Flash who is covering up and trying to protect himself the best he can. Officials move quickly to drive off the trio, but damage has already been done as Flash is clutching his injured ribs and has been busted open on the forehead. Hopkirk chuckles as he heads to the ring to await his beat up opponent.

Rating C-

Throwing some more fuel on the fire of this feud and building more anticipation for the main event.

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Steve Flash© VS Randall Hopkirk for the NYCW Empire Championship

Flash, despite the objections of the medical staff, heads out to the ring, intent on getting some revenge on his opponent. Hopkirk is crouched, waiting for Flash to enter. The bell rings as Flash charges in the ring and goes after Hopkirk. Adrenaline gives Flash the early edge and he knocks Hopkirk on his heels, but a quick jab to the ribs brings Flash up short. Now it's Hopkirk's turn to go to work as he keeps attacking the taped ribs of the champion. Heavy forearm shots, backbreakers, and sidekicks follow as Hopkirk steadily wears down Flash. But Flash shows the heart of a true champion and despite the agonizing pain he must be in, refuses to stay down for a three count, kicking out of every attempt.

Flash attempts to rally back several times and regain control, but his brief spurts are inevitably brought short when Hopkirk lands a blow on Flash's ribs. Finally, seeing that the match was getting away from him, Flash got desperate and went for a surprise Flash Bang. But although he got the move in, Hopkirk was near the ropes and able to roll to the outside. Flash went after Hopkirk to try and finish it, but was slowed by his injured ribcage. Flash delivered a couple of punches to keep Hopkirk off balance and rolled him back in the ring. Flash quickly followed and as Hopkirk worked his way to his feet, the champion went for the Flash Bang again, only to be thrown off into the ropes by the challenger. As Flash bounced back from the ropes, Hopkirk quickly locked his arms around Flash and then drove him over his head with a Randallism! ( Back Suplex) The impact on his already heavily damaged ribs was enough to drive the wind out of the champion, and Hopkirk floated over, covered Flash and hooked the leg for the 1...2...3! Hopkirk has won the NYCW Empire Championship!!

In a bout that had a good crowd and some decent in-ring action, Randall Hopkirk defeated Steve Flash in 17:25 by pinfall with a Randallism. Randall Hopkirk wins the NYCW Empire title.
Match Rating D-

Probably our worst main event this year, but I have to take some of the blame for it as I probably had this match go on too long. Flash, while still a god in the ring, doesn't have the same exhaustible gas tank he did a decade ago, and Hopkirk is even worse. You could see him visibly exhausted by the end of that match and I think that may have been a big reason this didn't go as well as I had hoped. Definitely not a good night in ring action terms for us, but story wise this does put the Main Attraction firmly on top and give them a lot of momentum.

OVERALL SHOW D

No doubt the Main Attraction storyline carried this show as the out of ring segments outshone the in ring ones consistently, and carried this show. While feedback all said this was a pretty good show, and would continue to raise our popularity, I knew that overall this was the worst show we had done this year, and it was right on the heels of our best show. We definitely needed to rebound at King of New York next month. I just hoped my new ideas for the tournament would be able to bounce us back where we needed to be show wise.

BYU 14

03-19-2010, 09:51 PM

Dragonmack

03-20-2010, 02:08 PM

Wow surprised turn by Triple D and I didn't think Flash would lose. The Main Attraction really established themselves tonight.

I did a pre-show Battle Royal on my July show too and was really happy with the outcome.

Almost everyone called the undercard right. Opinions were split on the Mack-Cahill and Whistler-Shearer matches, but either one could have gone the other way easily enough. Whistler went down as he is 12 yrs older than Shearer and much more likely to retire, although he can blame the pre match attack for the loss. My win was to not have the Main Attraction go completely over.

And then there was the Empire title match , which everyone called Flash to win. Granted , given my usual history it would have been the right call, or maybe a draw, but a couple of different outside factors combined to make the title switch. 1. Flash's contract was coming due 2. NOTBPW is close to National and he books there, and 3. The Main Attraction needed to come in strong. If it wasn't for 1 or 2 , then maybe HOpkirk has to work for the title, but with all 3 factors in play, it makes more sense to move the belt now, and then there is a good story in Flash having to chase the belt if all the contract stuff works out.

Of course, demonstrating the need for flexibility in booking small promotions, if we hadn't gone regional, or if I hadn't gotten the Main Attraction on decent contracts, then Ota would probably be champion now as he re-signed after the September show. Of course, after this show , the jury is still out on Hopkirk's reign . The upcoming couple of shows should give me an indication whether tonight was a fluke, or the norm for matches from him. All of which brings up King of New York next month. For those of you who haven't read through my first David Mack NYCW diary from '07 The KONY tournament was an 8 man one night tournament that usually had 3-5 invitees from other promotions who weren't on the NYCW roster. The winner got a guaranteed Empire title shot the next month and the winner often wasn't someone on the roster , but one of the other promotion invitees. It was usually the best show of the year.

But since Stomper doesn't allow any new working agreements other than MAW now, the original format no longer works, and I don't want to just have a clone of the Rip Chord Invitational, so I have reworked the concept into something different, but hopefully entertaining. I will explain the new concept when I preview the next show.

mad5226

03-20-2010, 06:18 PM

Tell Hannah she can offer her services to me =)

Dragonmack

03-20-2010, 06:45 PM

Tell Hannah she can offer her services to me =)

I think Tigerkinney would challenge you two out of three falls for her. :p

Tigerkinney

03-20-2010, 07:13 PM

I think Tigerkinney would challenge you two out of three falls for her. :p

Too right, I would !! :D

Dragonmack

03-21-2010, 12:46 PM

Only two re-negotiations this month, and those went smoothly with the renewals of both Sammy the Shark and Jesse Christian. Flash re-did his contract with NOTBPW near the end of the month, but they aren’t offering writtens yet, meaning he is still on a ppa deal with them and available to us, depending of course on his contract talks next month. Other than plans for the King of New York tournament that I was still keeping under wraps , not much else was happening on the home front. Around the rest of the wrestling world, the news for October 2010 was…..

NEWS

18 yr old Leighton Buzzard is the latest graduate of the ROF Turnbuckle Wrestling dojo. Still very green, but evidently ROF thinks he can develop as they have given him a spot on the roster.
18 yr old green haired New Zealander Toady is the first graduate of the ZEN temple dojo The small cruiserweight is known for flashy and athletic moves, but lacks basic skills. As such he has not been offered a position with ZEN yet.
21 yr old Australian Tony Thorpe has entered the Australian market trying to find work as a referee. He looks adequate enough and could have a future in the industry.
22 yr old Christy Higgins enters the wrestling market looking to break into women’s wrestling in the US. She has a mix of high flying and lucha moves in her repetoire, mixed with a smattering of martial arts strikes, but her good looks may see her get more opportunities as a valet than as a wrestler.
A protégé of Champion Lover, El Heroe Mexicano enters the Lucha world this month. With fabulous skills, great charisma, and a great look, he rivals Gino Montero in long term potential and many are predicting world championships and massive stardom in the future of this rookie.
Samoan Machine’s career suffered a major setback as he was diagnosed with Churchillan Neck-Nerve damage and will be out of action for at least six months. This came at a time where he was competing for both the GCG and WLW world titles but on the plus side Samoan Machine is only 30 and should be able to bounce back.
3 time WLW Universal Champion Emerald Angel will be on the shelf for 3 months as he suffered a Floating Knee Cap after landing awkwardly performing a top rope move.
Sanetomo Shirashi, part of a three time Burning World Tag Championship team with Sessue Kawate, hangs up the boots at age 46. Though never a main event caliber wrestler, he did have the aforementioned 3 tag titles and an Burning Openweight title run on his resume, confirming his status as a reliable midcard veteran for the leading Japanese promotion.
33 yr old joshi wrestler Umeko Hotta retires this month. She had been with 5SSW for the past couple years, even getting a run with the All- Asian title once.
Jase Cole aka ‘Jed High’ has managed to get on the bad side of EWA owner Byron. Despite Cole being a fixture in the tag title scene with partner Christopher Lister, it is never a good idea to antagonize your employer and it remains to be seen whether there will be consequences come contract renewal time for Cole.
Dean McWade, one half of the McWade brothers, perhaps the most successful Canadian tag team ever, has come back to wrestling after a two year hiatus to explore North America on his Harley and ‘find himself’. Personally I’m guessing he ‘found himself’ broke and that is why he is back.

ROSTER MOVES

21CW extends the contracts of Nightmare, Louie Peyton, Mr King and Nate Manchester.
4C renews the contract of Jesse Gilbert, but lose rising star Davis Wayne Newton.
5SSW sign former dojo graduate ‘Space Age’ Ochiyo Iijima to the roster and extend the contracts of Saori Nakadan and Megumi Nakajima.
AAA renew the contracts of Suzanne Brazzle, Black Widow, Demeiza Wade and Steph Blake.
ACPW extend the deals of Dagger, Royce Greig and Tony Marsh.
APW sign Maurice Jackson, extend the contract of Stephanie Drucker but lose ColeTaylor.
BHOTWG call up Omezo Shikitai and renew the contracts of Heihachiro Sakai, Elemental II, Mokuami Maita and Hitomaro Suzuki.
BSC renew the deals of Miss American Pie and Nurse Hope Daye.
CGC renew the contracts of Trent Shaffer and Dan Dalay but lose Davis Wayne Newton.
CZCW sign KC Glenn and renew the deal of Dylan Sidle.
DIW extends the contracts of Victor Goliath, Joe Zucco, Big Rig, Seeker and Angus McMillar.
EWA sign young South African Landon Mallory and renew the contract of Elle.
FCW renews Bradford Peverall, Matt Hocking, El Hijo Del Zonk, Dane O Hara and Ox Mastodon to new deals.
Harumi Okazawaya renews his contract with GCG.
Jin Miyamoto extends his contract with Hinote Dojo, but they lose Simon Flemmingway.
MAW extends the contracts of Riley McManus, Duke Hazzard and Marvin Earnest, but lose Brett Starr to RIPW.
Ultra Violence renews his contract with MOSC.
Hombre de la Energia extends his contract with MPWF.
NOTBPW extend the contracts of Steve Flash and Owen Love.
OLLIE resigns Campeon Jr and Oceano.
PGHW sign Yoshinaka Toshusai and renew the contracts of Flemmy Lemming, Akinori Kwakami, Seiji Jimbo, Sosa Morri, Masutaro Kataoka and Bussho Makiguchi.
Steven Parker extends his deal with PSW.
RAW sign Cole Taylor, lose Loxley Robbins and renew the contracts of Quiz Master, Molokai Milk, Frogue Element and Captain Wrestling.
RIPW sign Davis Wayne Newton to a development deal, sign Adrian Garcia to a ppa deal, and allow Raphael to leave at end of contract.
ROF sign Leighton Buzzard and renew the contract of Johnny Highspot.
SAISHO sign veteran Stuart Ferdinand and extend the contracts of Henry Bennett and Eagle Kawasawa.
SOTBPW extend the contracts of Ultra Spark Jr, El Demonio and Referee Ramirez.
SWF call up Herb Stately, Ernest Forthdyle-Hume and Marshall Dillon and renew the contracts of Kentucky Bill, Kurt Laramee, Greg Gauge, Squeaky McClean and Primus Allen.
Jasmine Saunders extends her contract with TCW.
UEW renews the deals of Sergei Kalashnov, Gary Garrett and Lars Brecher.
USPW sign up Puerto Rican Power and renew the contracts of Raven Robinson and Commisioner Doom.
VWA extend the deals of Xavi, Modern Day Warlord, Acheron and Fitz Nankervish.
Battle Sakata extends his deal with WEXXV.
WLW sign KAZ and Musashi but lose Simon Flemmingway.
ZEN extends the deal of Mirror Universe John Gordon, Quick Silver, Classy Paul Massey, Jester and Vertigo.

TITLE CHANGES

The Rebellion are now 3 time Burning World Tag Champions after ending the year long reign of Kanishoki and Nissha Yuasa.
BURNING Exile is the new Hinote All Japan champion after beating the departing Simon Flemmingway.
Randall Hopkirk beats Steve Flash to become the new NYCW Empire Champion.
Nicky Champion beats Andre Jones to become a 2 time USPW Television Champion.

Apupunchau@optonline

03-21-2010, 02:32 PM

Tell Hannah she can offer her services to me =)

I think Tigerkinney would challenge you two out of three falls for her. :p

Too right, I would !! :D

I'll just wander off with her while they're fighting.

Dragonmack

03-22-2010, 11:35 PM

Monday Week 1 November 2010 at Stomper’s office around 10 am.

We held the financial review in Stomper’s office this morning, despite still being shorthanded backstage setting up the matches. Mostly this was due to the fact that I hadn’t given him the lowdown on the new planned format yet, but also there was some paperwork I needed him to sign off on as well, and it was easier to do it at the office where everything was on hand in case any questions came up.

Stomper: “ Okay, before you tell me your new plan for King of New York, first let me know how we did financially?”

Mack: “ Well, we had good news there at least. Between the sellout, the sponsorship money and a huge rise in merchandise sales we cleared over $19,000. Most of that jump from last month was due to a run on Hannah Potter t-shirts and posters. As a matter of fact, online sales from three customers named Mad5226, Tigerkinney and Apu pretty much cleared out all the Hannah Potter stuff we had left after Weightman spent his check on what he could get. The Main Attraction stuff moved well also. In fact, we did so well that it makes what I am going to propose for King of New York a little easier for you to swallow.”

Stomper: “ This plan of yours sounds like it’s going to cost me money.”

Mack: “ Yeah, some. But we should still make a healthy profit as long as everything else stays equal. With the last show being a little below the standard we have set this year, we need King of New York to go off big to regain our momentum.“

Stomper: “ Ok then, out with it. What is this new King of New York tournament you want to do?”

Mack: “ Well, the concept I have come up with is fairly simple. Instead of the traditional 8 man elimination single night tournament, instead we will have two 10 man battle royals, with the winner of each battle royal facing each other later that night to claim the title of King of New York for that year, and a guaranteed title shot. But where we will innovate is that one of the battle royals will have several people from the independent shows and if one of them wins the battle royal, he gets a standard contract with us. But there will also be two or three wild cards from our roster in that match as well, meaning that possibly no one wins the contract. We can sell it as NYCW being the promotion of opportunity and we can use it to scout wrestlers with potential that we may want to add in the future. So that is why we needed to meet here as I have several one appearance contracts you need to sign. I deliberately avoided hiring from other promotions for almost all of these.”

Stomper: “ Well since it is a once a year thing, I guess I can live with shelling out more money for worker contracts. The idea is interesting and should draw some attention. It is definitely something I haven’t seen done before, but isn’t radical for our product. “

Mack: “ And the beauty of it is that the concept is expandable as we grow. We can always add a 3rd battle royal and have the final be a three way, or increase the # of people in each battle royal , etc. “

Stomper: “ Okay, and what about the rest of the show? “

Mack: “ Well the two battle royals and the final match will be half of it. The other half will be a continuation of the Main Attraction storyline, since the interest and level of heat in that was the only bright spot out of last month. Flash and Whistler will take on Shearer and Cahill, and I will take on Hopkirk. Overall it looks to be a solid show.”

Stomper: “ Okay, I’ll get these contracts taken care of today. Get these guys down here so we can get this put together.”

BYU 14

03-23-2010, 12:38 AM

Like the concept and from the sounds of mech sales I think I need to sign me some Hannah Potter!!

bgbuff

03-23-2010, 08:32 AM

I really like the concept....good idea and a way to shine the spotlight so to speak....I also borrowed the preshow meet and greet to great sucess in my 2005 MAW diary...

Dragonmack

03-23-2010, 01:45 PM

Like the concept and from the sounds of mech sales I think I need to sign me some Hannah Potter!!

I really like the concept....good idea and a way to shine the spotlight so to speak....I also borrowed the preshow meet and greet to great sucess in my 2005 MAW diary...

Hannah Potter never hurts ( except when she is a dominatrix, and even then its ok! :p :D )

And as for the King of New York concept, I wanted to retain the concept of using people not on the current roster from the old format and having one of the battle royals feature a bunch of independants seemed the best way to do that since I can't do talent trades. Storyline wise it also has a lot of potential as a way to bring in a surprise person to NYCW or just to use some different characters for a short time.

And like I said the concept itself can be expanded to fit the promotion even if we get a lot bigger and have a larger roster as there can always be another battle royal or two, or the participant #'s can be increased, and the final match can be a three way, or four way, or even add another layer of one on one matches before the finals. Possibly ,as I think about it, I could even have the final four from each battle royal do an 8 man tournament!
( Wish i had thought of this before I ran the show! :p Oh well, maybe next King of New York. )

mad5226

03-23-2010, 03:51 PM

I don't know which idea i like more The new King of New York concept or Hannah Potter as a dominatrix =)... OK I lied I do know which I like better

Tigerkinney

03-23-2010, 05:06 PM

I don't know which idea i like more The new King of New York concept or Hannah Potter as a dominatrix =)... OK I lied I do know which I like better

I'd happily submit to Hannah Potter any day of the week ;)

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Just because there is never enough Hannah Potter ;)

Seriously though the new format for the KONY tournament sounds very innovative, a good way of scouting some new talent you may want to bring into the roster. I also like the way the fact that it may give some of the lesser lights of the Cornellverse a chance in the spotlight, however brief that chance in the still rather dim spotlight of NYCW that may be.

Also digging the word's biggest miser as a wrestling promoter. You really get a sense of NYCW's lack of ambition as a promotion with The Stomper in charge. :p

Dragonmack

03-23-2010, 08:48 PM

From the NYCW Website November 2010

Last month at NYCW HALLOWEEN IN HARLEM, the Main Attraction proved they were big time players when Randall Hopkirk defeated Steve Flash to claim the NYCW Empire Championship! Also Tri-State Champion Triple D has embraced a new , more ruthless outlook, but was his still same victorious self.. But even as surprising and shocking as last month was, it pales in comparison to the most recent announcement from the NYCW Commisioner Mayhem Midden.

That announcement is a whole new concept for the annual King of New York tournament this month. Instead of the usual single night 8 man elimination tournament held in recent years, instead 20 men will compete in two 10 man battle royals, with the winner of each battle royal facing off one on one to determine who will be the new King of New York and earn a guaranteed title shot against the NYCW Empire Champion. But that isn’t all. According to Midden, the battle royals will be under ‘Mayhem’ rules, which means a person can only be eliminated by pinfall or submission. No disqualification, no over the top rope. The only exception is if a competitor leaves the ring for more than ten seconds they are eliminated automatically.

But that still isn’t everything! In the spirit of promoting opportunity, the commisioner has stated that one of the battle royals will feature several stars of the smaller independent circuit, who, if they win the battle royal, will earn a contract with NYCW! But as a few regular NYCW roster members will also be in that battle royal, and eager to keep their spots, getting that possible contract will be no easy task. If one of the independants does win, they will truly have earned their spot with NYCW.

While the King of New York tournament action will be the bulk of the evening, there are other exciting bouts also as Steve Flash and Whistler, both victims of brutal attacks by the Main Attraction, will face BJ Shearer and Man Mountain Cahill in tag team action. Also David Mack, the only one who beat a member of the Main Attraction last month , will be the first challenger for the new NYCW Empire Champion Randall Hopkirk.

Don’t miss the best wrestling action in the Tri-State Area. Don’t miss NYCW KING OF NEW YORK!

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Lee Wright, JD Morgan, Elijah Harris, Jesse Christian, The Big Problem, Ota, Warrior of Darkness, Ekuma, Dazzling Dave Diamond, Dean Waldorf, Marv Statler in the NYCW ONLY TEN MAN MAYHEM BATTLE ROYAL

The NYCW only version is anybody’s game as both current and former World tag champions and current Tri-State Champion are participating alongside the upcoming Southern Class team of Harris and Christian and the dangerous Warrior of Darkness. But the true wildcards are the mammoth powerhouses Ekuma and The Big Problem. A combined 700+ lbs of solid muscle and awesome strength will have a lot to say as to the outcome of this battle royal. Who will emerge to be the first finalist for the King of New York?

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Cal Sanders, Jared Johnson, Remmy Honeyman, Raphael, Paul Steadyfast, Thomas Morgan, Rick Sanders, The Masked Mauler, The New York Doll, Midden’s choice in the Independent Invitational 10 man Mayhem Battle Royal.

Both rookie and veteran alike are represented from the independent scene, including a former NYCW Empire Champion. These six men are vying not only for a chance to be the King of New York, but also for a standard roster contract if one of them is the finalist from this battle royal. But standing in their way are former tag champions Old School Principals and the New York Doll, each of whom also want that spot in the King of New York match, and also would like to prevent someone coming in and possibly taking their spot in the pecking order. But one spot is still unknown as commisioner Midden has reserved that spot for his personal choice, which he states he will not reveal till the match is about to begin. Can one of the 6 independants claim a contract and become the other finalist for King of New York, or will one of the spoilers take that slot? And who is the wildcard and what role will he/she play?

http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/SteveFlash_alt1.jpghttp://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/Whistler-1.jpg VS http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/BillyJackShearer.jpghttp://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/ManMountainCahill.jpg

Steve Flash & Whistler VS BJ Shearer & Man Mountain Cahill in a tag match.

Bruised, battered, but far from broken, Flash and Whistler are seeking revenge for the beatings they have suffered at the hands of the Main Attraction. Can Flash and Whistler dish out some punishment of their own, or will the Main Attraction once again beat a rhythm of pain on the bodies of Flash and Whistler?

http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/JackAvatar-1.jpg VS http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/RandallHopkirk.jpg
http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/NYCW_Empire.jpg

David Mack VS Randall Hopkirk © for the NYCW Empire Championship

Hopkirk shocked all of NYCW when he won the Empire Championship of Steve Flash. As the champion, he and Main Attraction have truly taken center stage in NYCW. But it is well known that it is easier to win the title than it is to keep it. David Mack proved that he could stand up to the Main Attraction when he defeated the mammoth Man Mountain Cahill last month, and he has always stated his mission is to win the NYCW Empire Championship. Can Hopkirk perform an encore by beating Mack, or will Mack drop the curtain on the Main Attraction and win the Empire title?

http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/_BlankBackground.jpg VS http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/_BlankBackground.jpg
http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/NYCWKingofNY.jpg

Winner of Battle Royal #1 VS Winner of Battle Royal #2 for the King of New York title.

Out of twenty men, only two will remain to fight for the title of King of New York and the guaranteed Empire title shot that honor brings. Who will emerge from this crucible to be the one to claim the inaugural title in this new format? Who will be the 2010 King of New York?!

NYCW KING OF NEW YORK

Lee Wright, JD Morgan, Elijah Harris, Jesse Christian, The Big Problem, Ota, Warrior of Darkness, Ekuma, Dazzling Dave Diamond, Dean Waldorf, Marv Statler in the NYCW Only 10 man Mayhem Battle Royal.

Cal Sanders, Jared Johnson, Remmy Honeyman, Raphael, Paul Steadyfast, Thomas Morgan, Rick Sanders, The Masked Mauler, The New York Doll, Midden’s choice in the Independent Invitational 10 man Mayhem Battle Royal.

Steve Flash & Whistler VS BJ Shearer & Man Mountain Cahill in a tag match.

David Mack VS Randall Hopkirk © for the NYCW Empire Championship

Winner of Battle Royal #1 VS Winner of Battle Royal #2 for the King of New York title.

Bigpapa42

03-23-2010, 08:51 PM

Lee Wright, JD Morgan, Elijah Harris, Jesse Christian, The Big Problem, Ota, Warrior of Darkness, Ekuma, Dazzling Dave Diamond, Dean Waldorf, Marv Statler in the NYCW Only 10 man Mayhem Battle Royal.

Cal Sanders, Jared Johnson, Remmy Honeyman, Raphael, Paul Steadyfast, Thomas Morgan, Rick Sanders, The Masked Mauler, The New York Doll, Midden’s choice in the Independent Invitational 10 man Mayhem Battle Royal.

Steve Flash & Whistler VS BJ Shearer & Man Mountain Cahill in a tag match.

David Mack VS Randall Hopkirk © for the NYCW Empire Championship

Dazzling Dave Diamond VS Paul Steadyfast for the King of New York title.

John Lions

03-23-2010, 09:14 PM

Been keeping up with this diary for a while now, just never really got the chance to get some predictions in.

NYCW KING OF NEW YORK

Lee Wright, JD Morgan, Elijah Harris, Jesse Christian, The Big Problem, Ota, Warrior of Darkness, Ekuma, Dazzling Dave Diamond, Dean Waldorf, Marv Statler in the NYCW Only 10 man Mayhem Battle Royal.

Cal Sanders, Jared Johnson, Remmy Honeyman, Raphael, Paul Steadyfast, Thomas Morgan, Rick Sanders, The Masked Mauler, The New York Doll, Midden’s choice in the Independent Invitational 10 man Mayhem Battle Royal.

This Battle Royal's a toss-up, because I can see Morgan, Christian, Ota, DDD, or even The Big Problem winning. I'm going to go with Ota though because I'm banking on "Midden's choice" being a face who will make a big impact. Ota's also been consistently at the top, so giving Midden's Choice the rub over him will be big. There really isn't any recognition for anyone else other than maybe JD Morgan getting beat by whoever you decide to give a big push here.

Steve Flash & Whistler VS BJ Shearer & Man Mountain Cahill in a tag match.

Flash needs some credibility to be able to challenge for his title again, though this may end in a dq/draw/screwy finish

David Mack VS Randall Hopkirk © for the NYCW Empire Championship

If Flash can't pull Hopkirk to a decent match, then David Mack can

Ota, Warrior of Darkness VS Midden's Choice

Whoever you have win the first BR won't gain any credibility by going over the second winner when the most credible is Paul Steadyfast. I see his choice being a big name, like Art Reed-esque.

ReapeR

03-23-2010, 09:34 PM

Just in the off chance you missed it, there is a King of New York title.

R

From the NYCW Website November 2010

Last month at NYCW HALLOWEEN IN HARLEM, the Main Attraction proved they were big time players when Randall Hopkirk defeated Steve Flash to claim the NYCW Empire Championship! Also Tri-State Champion Triple D has embraced a new , more ruthless outlook, but was his still same victorious self.. But even as surprising and shocking as last month was, it pales in comparison to the most recent announcement from the NYCW Commisioner Mayhem Midden.

That announcement is a whole new concept for the annual King of New York tournament this month. Instead of the usual single night 8 man elimination tournament held in recent years, instead 20 men will compete in two 10 man battle royals, with the winner of each battle royal facing off one on one to determine who will be the new King of New York and earn a guaranteed title shot against the NYCW Empire Champion. But that isn’t all. According to Midden, the battle royals will be under ‘Mayhem’ rules, which means a person can only be eliminated by pinfall or submission. No disqualification, no over the top rope. The only exception is if a competitor leaves the ring for more than ten seconds they are eliminated automatically.

But that still isn’t everything! In the spirit of promoting opportunity, the commisioner has stated that one of the battle royals will feature several stars of the smaller independent circuit, who, if they win the battle royal, will earn a contract with NYCW! But as a few regular NYCW roster members will also be in that battle royal, and eager to keep their spots, getting that possible contract will be no easy task. If one of the independants does win, they will truly have earned their spot with NYCW.

While the King of New York tournament action will be the bulk of the evening, there are other exciting bouts also as Steve Flash and Whistler, both victims of brutal attacks by the Main Attraction, will face BJ Shearer and Man Mountain Cahill in tag team action. Also David Mack, the only one who beat a member of the Main Attraction last month , will be the first challenger for the new NYCW Empire Champion Randall Hopkirk.

Don’t miss the best wrestling action in the Tri-State Area. Don’t miss NYCW KING OF NEW YORK!

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Lee Wright, JD Morgan, Elijah Harris, Jesse Christian, The Big Problem, Ota, Warrior of Darkness, Ekuma, Dazzling Dave Diamond, Dean Waldorf, Marv Statler in the NYCW ONLY TEN MAN MAYHEM BATTLE ROYAL

The NYCW only version is anybody’s game as both current and former World tag champions and current Tri-State Champion are participating alongside the upcoming Southern Class team of Harris and Christian and the dangerous Warrior of Darkness. But the true wildcards are the mammoth powerhouses Ekuma and The Big Problem. A combined 700+ lbs of solid muscle and awesome strength will have a lot to say as to the outcome of this battle royal. Who will emerge to be the first finalist for the King of New York?

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Cal Sanders, Jared Johnson, Remmy Honeyman, Raphael, Paul Steadyfast, Thomas Morgan, Rick Sanders, The Masked Mauler, The New York Doll, Midden’s choice in the Independent Invitational 10 man Mayhem Battle Royal.

Both rookie and veteran alike are represented from the independent scene, including a former NYCW Empire Champion. These six men are vying not only for a chance to be the King of New York, but also for a standard roster contract if one of them is the finalist from this battle royal. But standing in their way are former tag champions Old School Principals and the New York Doll, each of whom also want that spot in the King of New York match, and also would like to prevent someone coming in and possibly taking their spot in the pecking order. But one spot is still unknown as commisioner Midden has reserved that spot for his personal choice, which he states he will not reveal till the match is about to begin. Can one of the 6 independants claim a contract and become the other finalist for King of New York, or will one of the spoilers take that slot? And who is the wildcard and what role will he/she play?

http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/SteveFlash_alt1.jpghttp://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/Whistler-1.jpg VS http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/BillyJackShearer.jpghttp://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/ManMountainCahill.jpg

Steve Flash & Whistler VS BJ Shearer & Man Mountain Cahill in a tag match.

Bruised, battered, but far from broken, Flash and Whistler are seeking revenge for the beatings they have suffered at the hands of the Main Attraction. Can Flash and Whistler dish out some punishment of their own, or will the Main Attraction once again beat a rhythm of pain on the bodies of Flash and Whistler?

http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/JackAvatar-1.jpg VS http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/RandallHopkirk.jpg
http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/NYCW_Empire.jpg

David Mack VS Randall Hopkirk © for the NYCW Empire Championship

Hopkirk shocked all of NYCW when he won the Empire Championship of Steve Flash. As the champion, he and Main Attraction have truly taken center stage in NYCW. But it is well known that it is easier to win the title than it is to keep it. David Mack proved that he could stand up to the Main Attraction when he defeated the mammoth Man Mountain Cahill last month, and he has always stated his mission is to win the NYCW Empire Championship. Can Hopkirk perform an encore by beating Mack, or will Mack drop the curtain on the Main Attraction and win the Empire title?

http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/_BlankBackground.jpg VS http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/_BlankBackground.jpg
http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n329/Dragonmack/NYCW_TriState.jpg

Winner of Battle Royal #1 VS Winner of Battle Royal #2 for the King of New York title.

Out of twenty men, only two will remain to fight for the title of King of New York and the guaranteed Empire title shot that honor brings. Who will emerge from this crucible to be the one to claim the inaugural title in this new format? Who will be the 2010 King of New York?!