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Missed the boat on predictions for this as it flew under the radar but that's a great first show.
Look forward to seeing what you've got going forward. Good start fella.
Thank you so much!
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CZCW Presents:
Fighting Spirit I
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American Flash vs Marvel Malloy
On the line: COTT World Tag Team title shot
The American Cobras took to social media to make fun of American Flash for losing in his bid for the COTT World Heavyweight title at Revolution, causing Flash to issue a challenge on behalf of his team Flash Sparrow for the COTT World Tag Team titles. The American Cobras issued this counter-challenge, saying they'll consider accepting if Flash can beat Malloy one on one.
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Frankie Perez / Al Coleman vs. The Wild Cats
After their match at Revolution 2020, Perez and Coleman were attacked by the newly crowned Trios champions. Now, they've agreed to put their beef on hold in order to gain a measure of revenge as they team up for the very first time to take on the decorated duo of El Jaguar and Tigre Salvaje Jr.
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Deady Deadshot vs Hugh de Aske
Ladder match for the Coastal Zone Xtreme title - No DQs
Deadshot won the Xtreme title at Revolution 2020 in a three-way match without defeating de Aske himself, leading to the former champ issuing a challenge in a bid to regain the belt. Normally fought for under No DQ rules, the Xtreme title will also be hung from the ceiling and ladders will be scattered around the venue.
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Notorious vs (?)
Hardcore Match for the Coastal Zone Tag Team titles
It's about respect, in and out of the ring, as a mystery team answers the challenge of toppling Notorious in their own backyard; the hardcore match.
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Going Coastal vs Ice Cold vs The Night Terrors
Three-Way Tag Team Elimination Match for a Tag Team title shot - winner's choice
Coastal Zone originals Going Coastal are perennial favorites and are always mentioned when title opportunities come up, yet they haven't held titles as a team since 2015. The newly rebranded team now known as Ice Cold had a run in ACPW where they racked up 5 tag title reigns and arrived in CZCW two years ago looking for more big paydays. Debuting in CZCW, The Night Terrors have an impressive resume on the west coast and in Japan, having had a combined seven title reigns. Three decorated teams collide in an elimination match for a title shot of the winners' choosing.
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Jonnie Perez vs Heartbreaker vs JOJI vs Paradox
4-Way Scramble Match - Coastal Zone Xtreme #1 Contender
Another match to determine a title shot, this time for the Xtreme title. Four wrestlers battle in this match where the winner must get the most pinfalls or submissions in the 10-minute time limit.
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Plus Pablo Rodriguez will be in attendance for an interview, will he address what happened after his match at Revolution?
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This Friday, Week 3, January 2020 at The Snake Pit!
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Just wanted to give a shoutout to Historian and falling_star because I recognize those names as authors of dynasties I've enjoyed.
Also, shoutout to James the Animator for something they said in their post. It'll become apparent which one as the shows continue.
Last but not least, thanks Herrbear. I remember you checking out my first dynasty and it helped me continue it as long as I did knowing there was an audience.
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CZCW Presents:
Revolution 2020
A Night Of Champions
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VSPablo Rodriguez vs American Flash
COTT World Heavyweight title
The show opens as American Flash makes his entrance, high-fiving fans around the ring. Everyone seems happy to participate until Flash reaches someone at ringside wearing a black hood; the figure noticeably leaves Flash hanging but Flash shrugs and continues making a circuit around the ring with his high fives. He enters the ring by flipping over the top rope and goes to stand in his corner while the champ's music hits.
A true international star, the Lucha Legend Pablo Rodriguez makes his way to the ring with a lot of expectations on his shoulders. As the bell rings, Rodriguez and Flash circle each other, sizing each other up and looking for openings. Suddenly, they lock up, and launch into a dazzling display of chain wrestling with neither man able to gain a solid advantage for long. Seemingly evenly matched, both wrestlers pause and consider their next moves, until Flash makes a decision and extends his hand to Rodriguez. Pablo seems taken aback, then recovers quickly and extends his hand as well... and slaps Flash across the face! Flash is stunned for a moment, then reacts by rushing Rodriguez and the match is back on. As the match progresses it's clear that Flash is quicker, but Rodriguez is wiser as the veteran is able to use his experience to slow Flash down and set the pace of the match. Still, Rodriguez seems unable to put Flash away, with the younger competitor bouncing back again and again. At a turning point in the match, Flash gains an advantage with some high-risk offence and starts pouring it on the champ, being rewarded with a few near-falls. The end comes suddenly though, as Flash goes to the top rope one too many times and comes crashing to the canvas as Rodriguez moves away, then gets caught in Rodriguez' Sinner Salvation for the pin. Winner: Pablo Rodriguez 63
After the match, Rodriguez starts celebrating in the ring but stops and looks at American Flash, who starts to recover. As Flash struggles to his feet, Rodriguez locks eyes with him and watches until he slowly extends his hand. Flash looks surprised and doesn't seem sure about accepting the offer, taking a few moments to consider. Finally making a decision, Flash extends his hand as well and moves toward Rodriguez when suddenly the hooded figure from ringside flies through the ring and delivers a big lariat to Flash, turning him inside-out. The figure lowers the hood to reveal Aldous Blackfriar! Rodriguez seems stunned, but quickly recovers and moves to intercept Blackfriar, who instead of attacking falls down on one knee in front of Rodriguez and bows his head. Rodriguez stops and looks at Blackfriar, clearly confused, until Blackfriar notices CZCW officials and security headed towards the ring and leaves quickly through the crowd. Rodriguez watches him leave, then goes to check on Flash. 58
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vs Notorious vs The LA Stars
Hardcore Tag Match for the Coastal Zone Tag Team titles
The LA Stars make their debut and show off their athleticism as they warm up in the ring, stopping only when music begins and Notorious make their entrance accompanied by indy hip-hop star Fro Sure! Sure is carrying a mic and begins hyping up Barrera and Rivera as the 3-time, 3-time, 3-time! And Reigning! Defending! Coastal Zone Tag Team Champions! Just before Sure finishes the introduction, Notorious rush the ring and go on the attack, forcing the referee to start the match. The assault continues with neither LA Star having an answer until mercifully Barrera pins La Star #2. Winners: Notorious 51
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vsvsHugh de Aske vs JOJI vs Deadly Deadshot
Triple Threat for the Coastal Zone Xtreme title
The energetic JOJI makes his entrance first, and it's clear right away why he's called the "Wild Man" as he sprints towards the ring and starts running the ropes and attacking the turnbuckles. The referee is able to calm JOJI enough to get him to stand in his corner while Deadly Deadshot makes his entrance. As Deadshot enters the ring, he keeps an eye on JOJI, both wresters familiar with each other from working in IPW. Finally, the champ arrives and swaggers his way to the ring, wearing his full pirate regalia. The ref starts the match, and Deadshot's strategy is immediately clear as he rolls out of the ring, leaving de Aske and JOJI to fight it out. And fight it out they do, until a pinfall attempt is broken up by Deadshot, who then rolls right back out of the ring. de Aske catches on to what Deadshot is doing and tries to follow him outside but JOJI takes the opportunity to pounce on the champ. As the two men battle it out, Deadshot watches from outside of the ring, ready to make his next move. His opportunity comes soon, as de Aske is finally able to catch JOJI with a Cut-Throat Driver and goes for a pin. Deadshot again breaks it up, but this time de Aske is ready and attacks Deadshot. Mostly evenly matched, both de Aske and Deadshot are too occupied with each other to notice that JOJI is stirring and rising to his feet. After clearing some cobwebs, JOJI launches himself at the other two competitors in the ring, but only collides with de Aske as Deadshot saw something out of the corner of his eye and moved out of the way. Surprised by the sudden assault, de Aske has no answer for when JOJI lifts him up and hits the JOJI Miracle Explosion. Once again, Deadly Deadshot breaks up the pin but this time senses a new opportunity, and is able to hit the Dead Drop on JOJI for the pin. Winner: Deadly Deadshot 60
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The Guru leaves the announce table and enters the ring with a microphone, saying that before the next match he wanted to have a word with the champs. The American Cobras make their entrance while their manager Britney Hollywood takes a video of them with her phone, and as they enter the ring they pose for the camera. When they're done, the trio walk up to The Guru and wait to hear what he has to say. The Guru first thanks them for agreeing to be interviewed, and launches right into asking about the things they said on social media about the Beach... Britney interrupts him and says that they won't give the "other team" any more publicity than they have to. It's bad enough that the American Cobras have to let the "other team" leech off of their star power in the ring, so they're done talking about them. Instead, she plugs the Cobras' social media and upcoming live stream celebration after the show. 46
vsThe American Cobras vs The Beach Boys
Tag Match for the COTT World Tag Team titles
Already in the ring, The American Cobras continue making their vlog while The Beach Boys make their entrance with their manager Willow. Both Simon Waves and Chet Chavez are fired up! as they make their way to the ring but the Cobras pay no notice. As the match begins, the Cobras take control early, but The Beach Boys surprise everyone by making things more than a one-sided affair as they are able to mount a comeback. The match ebbs back and forth, with both teams gaining the advantage at various points, until the Beach Boys seem to run out of luck and the Cobras capitalize by hitting the Cobra Strike on Waves for the pin. Winners: The American Cobras 62
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vsMasked Cougar / El Jaguar / Tigre Salvaje Jr vs Jonnie Perez / Frankie-Boy Fernandes / California Love Machine
Trios Match for the COTT Trios titles and the Coastal Zone Trios titles
Perez, Fernandes, and CLM are announced first, and as they make their way to the ring Masked Cougar and the Wild Cats run out behind them and attack! The assault is brutal and quick, then Jonnie is rolled into the ring with Cougar following. The ref starts shouting orders but Cougar gets in his face and forces him to ring the bell, starting the match. Cougar immediately goes for a pin, but Jonnie kicks out! Cougar and the Wild Cats take turns isolating Perez until, in desperation, he hits the Triple-Jump Tornado DDT on El Jaguar and tags in Frankie-Boy. Rested and recovered, Going Coastal is able to put it in high gear against their old foes the Wild Cats, and the match turns into a tag team showcase between the two teams. Jonnie, having recovered somewhat from the beating he took early in the match, puts his hand out for a tag, and CLM obliges. Perez leaps over the top rope and points at Cougar, saying "I WANT YOU!" Cougar looks around, then shrugs, and tags in. As they lock up and trade offensive moves it's clear that the beating he took affected Jonnie more than he knew as Cougar seems to have a clear advantage in their exchanges. Perhaps realizing that, Perez feints a lock up but instead drops his center of balance and grabs Cougar around the waist, pushing with everything he has until they both fall through the ropes into an ugly heap on the ground.
Now firmly in Jonnie's territory, Cougar is on the defensive as Perez uses the environment outside the ring to his advantage with high-risk moves and is able to down his opponent long enough to position him on top of a table. Jonnie takes to the top rope, but as he leaps Cougar moves, causing Jonnie to crash through the table by himself. Now down a man, Going Coastal do their best and come close to winning, but the numbers prove to be too much and CLM falls to I Am Cougar, Hear Me Roar. Winners: Masked Cougar, El Jaguar, Tigre Salvaje 69
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A video package rolls where Frankie Perez and Al Coleman talk about their upcoming ladder match for the Coastal Zone Championship. Frankie makes sure to note that he's already beaten Coleman in a title match, and he's more than capable of doing it again. Coleman doesn't talk about winning the match, instead he talks about hurting Frankie, and about making it impossible for Frankie to climb a ladder once his ankle is broken. 54
vsFrankie Perez vs Al Coleman
Ladder Match for the Coastal Zone Championship
Al Coleman makes his entrance first, giving the eye to the ladder on the stage as he walks by it. He enters the ring and silently warms up while he waits for his opponent. As Frankie makes his entrance, an intense look on his face, he grabs the ladder on stage and takes it with him to the ring, throwing it over the top rope. Coleman's eyes never leave Frankie the whole time Perez is playing to the crowd, a look of hatred on his face. The match starts and both wrestlers slam together and start brawling, playing to Frankie's strengths as the hardest hitter in CZCW. Coleman, clearly losing ground, switches gears and takes Frankie to the mat. No slouch himself, Perez is able to keep up with Coleman as the latter works on gaining control. With frustration creeping in, Coleman resorts to dirty tricks, and is able to press his advantage over Frankie. Most of Coleman's offence revolves around setting up his opponent for the Ankle Brace, but this match adds a layer as Coleman is able to use ladders to hurt Frankie's legs. Perez mounts a comeback with his hard-hitting style, but it's clear that Coleman has done his job well as Frankie limps towards his opponent. Frankie's reduced mobility does give Coleman the opening he needs to escape from Perez' reach and regroup outside the ring. However, Frankie follows him and they start fighting again, whipping each other into the crowd barriers and using the ring apron as a weapon. Eventually, Frankie gains the advantage and rolls Coleman back into the ring, immediately following his opponent and setting him up for the Perfect Parity. Frankie hits it with a some difficulty due to his leg, leaving Coleman down, and takes the opportunity to set up a ladder right under the Championship. While he's doing this, Masked Cougar, El Jaguar, and Tigre Salvaje Jr come out to stand near the ring and watch.
As Perez gingerly climbs the ladder, it's clear he's losing precious seconds as Coleman start to stir, and just as he touches the title Coleman springs up and grabs Frankie's ankle. Coleman starts to twist and pull, causing Frankie to come crashing down to the canvas, but Coleman doesn't let go. Instead, he slaps on the Ankle Brace, causing Perez to yell in pain. For what must have felt like an eternity to Perez, Coleman applies his submission hold until he appears satisfied with the damage. Coleman grabs the ladder and looks at the Championship for a few moments, then back at Perez writhing on the ground. Making a decision, Coleman picks the ladder up and once again wields it as a weapon by smashing it down onto Frankie's hurt ankle. He smashes it down two more times, then backs up to survey his handiwork. Now it's time to win, a voice in Coleman's head seems to say as he finally sets up the ladder under the Championship. Frankie can do little else but watch as Coleman starts climbing the ladder, taking his time as he does, apparently feeling no urgency. Once he reaches the top he decides to take a rest by sitting on top of the ladder, taking in the boos, and doesn't notice when Frankie reaches deep down and gets up long enough to crash into the ladder, causing the ladder to fall over and Coleman with it. Hopping on one leg, Frankie grabs the ladder and sets it up, then starts to climb/hop up the ladder as best he can. As Frankie nears the top, step by agonizing step, Coleman recovers enough to get to his feet and start climbing after Frankie while trying to snatch another leg. Frankie makes it, though, and pulls the title down. Winner: Frankie Perez 71
Coleman seems undeterred by the match ending as he continues to climb after Perez. Suddenly, Masked Cougar and The Wild Cats enter the ring and pull Coleman off the ladder, proceeding to beat him down to the canvas. Seemingly confused, Frankie sits atop the ladder and watches until The Wild Cats turn towards him and each grabs a side of the ladder. They start shaking the ladder, clearly trying to make Frankie fall, and they eventually succeed as Perez comes crashing down. The newly crowned double Trios champs beat down Frankie for good measure, and stand tall in the ring to end the show. 44
Overall: 62
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E-Z Quick Pick for fun and maybe prizes
Frankie Perez vs Al Coleman
Masked Cougar/El Jaguar/Tigre Salvaje Jr vs Jonnie Perez/Frankie-Boy Fernandes/California Love Machine
American Cobras vs Beach Boys
Hugh de Aske vs JOJI vs Deadly Deadshot
Notorious vs TBD
Pablo Rodriguez vs American Flash
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CZCW Presents:
Revolution 2020
A Night of Champions
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Frankie Perez vs Al Coleman
Ladder Match for the Coastal Zone Championship
'Buzzsaw' Frankie Perez has been a fighting champ for the past seven months, taking on all challenges to his 2nd reign as Coastal Zone Champion and winning in decisive fashion. 'Mr. Submission' Al Coleman, a former Coastal Zone Champion himself, is riding an impressive winning streak off the back of his excellent technical skills and has emerged as the next clear challenger for CZCW's top title. Coleman has vowed to break Perez' ankle in this match as revenge for losing the Coastal Zone Championship title to the Buzzsaw when they last faced each other back in 2018, increasing the stakes of this already loaded match.
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Masked Cougar/El Jaguar/Tigre Salvaje Jr vs Jonnie Perez/Frankie-Boy Fernandez/California Love Machine
Trios Match for the Coastal Zone Trios title and the COTT Trios title
When stories of the past are told there can be only one first, and wrestling history is no exception. Not one, but two trios titles will make their debut at Revolution 2020 as the first champions for both titles will be crowned after one match. Masked Cougar, a highly decorated veteran of the Coastal Zone, teams up with The Wild Cats, who have held titles wherever they've worked. Not to be outdone, multi-time Coastal Zone Tag Title holders Going Coastal and former Coastal Zone Xtreme champion Jonnie Perez have said they're training together 24/7 in order to win this unique opportunity. History will be written by the victors!
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The American Cobras vs The Beach Boys
COTT World Tag Team title match
Controversy arose when this match was booked as The American Cobras took to social media to complain about having to defend their titles, claiming that The Beach Boys had done nothing to deserve a shot. For their part, The Beach Boys acknowledge being the underdogs but have promised they have what it takes to pull off the upset.
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Hugh de Aske vs JOJI vs Deadly Deadshot
Three-Way Coastal Zone Xtreme title match
The exciting matches that tend to happen when the Xtreme title is up for grabs often contain many stand-out moments, and on paper this one looks like no exception. Both Deadshot and JOJI have made names for themselves on the west coast and look to make an impact in CZCW as they are welcomed to the Coastal Zone by reigning champion Hugh de Aske in this no-DQ, three-way showdown.
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Notorious vs (?)
Open Challenge : Hardcore tag match for the Coastal Zone Tag Team titles
Carlos Barrera and Miguel Rivera have been champs since last summer, controversially using pre-match assaults and demanding that their titles are defended only in hardcore matches. Notorious' reputation for brutality in, and out of, the ring seems to have generally intimidated the rest of the roster, giving rise to few challenges for the titles. Finally brokering a deal with CZCW, Notorious have agreed to take on a mystery team as long as hardcore rules are in effect for this match.
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Pablo Rodriguez vs American Flash
COTT World Heavyweight title match
Lucha Libre legend Pablo Rodriguez shocked the Coastal Zone when he arrived in August 2019 and won the COTT World Heavyweight title. Since then, he's taken on the best the COTT has to offer and come out on top. Next in line is American Flash, who started at the bottom of the card in CZCW and worked his way up to the Coastal Zone Championship title in 2018. Does the legend still have what it takes or is it time for a new generation to step up?
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7 Titles On The Line!
This Saturday, Week 1 January 2020 at The Snake Pit!
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TCW Saturday Night Showcase
Saturday, Week 3, February 2020
Shoot Club vs The Rock City Stars
Rockin' Ryan Turner and Stan Manna are already in the ring as the show opens, and the newly reunited team of Marc Speed and Al Coleman make their entrance. The announcers mention that Speed, having seen TCW's renewed commitment to tag team wrestling, put in a call to his old partner Coleman and got the band back together. Shoot Club are put over as a team dedicated to submission wrestling, and that dedication is put on display as Speed and Coleman immediately take it to the mat, never quite letting the Rock City Stars up until Speed makes Manna submit to the dreaded Cross Armbreaker. 50
We go backstage to a sitdown interview with Bad Habit. Jason Azaria begins by congratulating Matt Hocking and Roderick Remus on their World Tag Team title win at Malice In Wonderland. Haley Buck interrupts to say congratulations weren't necessary because the outcome was never in doubt. Azaria gets the interview back on track and asks the duo about their title defense against Benny & The Foxx at the next Total Wrestling; Benny Benson was confident enough in winning the title match that he allowed Haley Buck to be at ringside when he could have banned her. Once again, Buck interrupts and starts getting in Azaria's face, but Remus quietly speaks to her while Hocking says that Benson made the second biggest mistake in his life in not banning Buck. The first biggest was in thinking he and his partner could win the titles from Bad Habit. 67
Edd Stone vs Mr. Lucha III
Mr. Lucha is waiting in the ring as Edd Stone makes his entrance, looking all-business as he leads Vita to the ring. The pedigrees of both men are put over by the announcers, with Mr. Lucha in particular being hyped as one to watch for the future. Sam Keith is caught by the cameras as he settles in to his usual spot and opens up his clipboard. The bell rings and the newcomer is able to match Stone on the mat or in the air in an even match, and eventually he cheats to take control. With momentum swinging in his favor, Mr. Lucha takes some time to mess with the crowd, acting like he's going to the top rope but faking the crowd out and going for a submission on Stone instead. Stone, near the center of the ring, is able to reach near enough to the ropes for Vita to grab his arm and pull him the rest of the way to break the hold. From there, Stone takes control of the match and soon hits the Party's Over for the pin. 60
Sam Keith is still finishing whatever he's writing while Stone and Vita start heading to the back, but Edd notices him and goes over to talk. We can hear Stone greet Keith and say something about facing Greg Gauge at the next Total Wrestling. Keith says he heard, and would like to talk further to Stone if Edd was available. Stone seems thrilled, and agrees to get in touch. 71
Umaga vs Tavon Blake Jr
Not much is known about newcomer Blake, but in the ring he shows off a crisp, old-school grappling style as he tries to contend with Umaga's unorthodox offense. At first the match is fairly even with both wrestlers able to showcase, but unfortunately for Blake, he has no answer for many of Umaga's attacks and he soon falls to the Samoan Suplex. 48
The Sinner Society is backstage, with Eddie Peak speaking about Mighty Mo and The Breaks. He says he's pleased with all three men's progression on the Path, and warns them that their recent wins over members of the Sinner Society only mean that their fall will be that much further. And then, the rebuilding can begin at last! Peak smiles his disturbing smile right at the camera to close the segment. 66
Clark Alexander vs Nelson Callum
The story of this match is one of a veteran trying to prove he's still got it competing with a younger wrestler, hungry for his first win in TCW. However, it's no use denying that Alexander has lost a step compared to his performances in his first TCW run, and he quickly falls to Callum's Honey Trap. 45
Devine Fortune are out for the next match, but they have mics and address The Syndicate as they take the ring. They say that they're proud to be standing up to The Syndicate and their gang tactics, and proud of their allies who answered the call to defend TCW. The Syndicate's music interrupts them and Nate Johnson and Chris Flynn come out to boos. Nate says that he and Flynn just had to come out and interrupt this love fest because they were bored to tears. He says that the only reason anyone cares who Devine Fortune are is because they've been sharing screen time recently with the most dominating group in professional wrestling history, The Syndicate! "But," Johnson continues, "this is the last time boys. This is the last time you get to leech off of The Syndicate's aura and majesty. This is the last time we'll make you famous!" With that, Johnson and Flynn rush to the ring and begin brawling with Devine Fortune. The ref, having little control of the competitors actions before a match, decides to ring the opening bell and start the match in order to exert his authority. 54
Devine Fortune vs The Syndicate (Nate Johnson / Chris Flynn)
All four men continue brawling inside the ring while the ref tries to gain control of the situation, eventually the problem solving itself when Flynn and Devine fall through the middle ropes to the outside making Johnson and Fortune the legal men by default. As the fight continues, Doc Hammond rushes out and starts sneaking up behind Devine who is still on the outside of the ring, occupied with Flynn. Just as Hammond is about to strike, a figure in a hoodie jumps up on the barricade and delivers a surprise cross-body to Hammond. As the mysterious interloper gets up, he reveals himself to be Bart Biggins! He grabs a chair and swings it at Hammond, but Doc dodges and Biggins starts chasing him to the back. Back in the ring, things have settled a bit as The Syndicate has taken control and slowed the pace down by isolating Darryl Devine. Just when it seems Johnson and Flynn have this match in the bag, Doc Hammond and Bart Biggins appear at the top of the stage, brawling. The distraction keeps Flynn from tagging in, causing Johnson to drop Devine and grab Flynn by the shoulder to turn him around. The reprieve is long enough for Devine to rally and tag in Fortune while Johnson is yelling at Flynn to get his head in the game. Mustering all his strength, Darryl Devine joins Chance Fortune in attempting a double-drop kick to Johnson, but Nate gets out of the way, causing Flynn to get hit by Devine Fortune. With the odds finally in their favor, Devine Fortune use that advantage to quickly put Johnson away for the three. 58
While Biggins and Hammond are still fighting at the top of the stage, Devine Fortune look at each other and wordlessly decide to continue making a statement. Fortune starts attacking a groggy Johnson while Devine launches himself over the top rope onto a recovering Flynn. TCW officials come rushing out from backstage to establish order as the show ends. 55
Overall: 61
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return of the jack
Hey, back from my unannounced long hiatus. I had a couple of readers I think, so I feel like I owe some kind of an explanation. Essentially, I messed up in transferring my dynasty notes and a couple of completed shows to my new computer. I was so upset at losing that stuff I pretty much ragequit writing for a few months. Anyway, now I have two things: a desire to write again and cloud saves. It's been interesting trying to piece together writeups for shows I ran in TEW but I have no notes for, please bear with me while I get back into the groove and thanks for checking out the thread!
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TCW Presents: Total Wrestling
Tuesday, Week 3, February 2020
Shawn Doakes and Jasmine Saunders welcome us to the show and run down some of the matches, then throw it to RDJ, already standing in the ring with a mic. He says there's some business he needs to get to before the show can go on, and calls out Jay Chord and Wolf Hawkins. After a few moments Chord's music hits and he comes out to stand on the stage. Wolf takes a few moments longer than Chord, but he comes out flanked by Doc Hammond to stand a fair distance from Jay. RDJ tells Chord that he and Bach may have gotten away with a lot last week at Total Wrestling, and they were probably lucky that Kyle Rhodes intervened to order TCW officials to break up their brawl after the show ended, otherwise they might've killed each other. Chord just smirks in response. RDJ says that, in order to keep the #1 Contender Tournament semi-final matches as fair as possible, Chord and Hawkins could both have the night off. In fact, Jack Bruce had moved the Devine Fortune / Syndicate tag match to the next Saturday Night Showcase so Nate Johnson and Chris Flynn could have the night off, too. After a few moments, it's Hammond who raises a mic to his lips. As he draws in breath to speak, Wolf puts his hand on Hammond's shoulder. Doc looks at Wolf, and Wolf looks too angry to speak, just turning around to stride to the backstage area trailed by Hammond. Chord in contrast looks smug. He says he's happy to have the night off and thanks RDJ. Johnson looks a bit worried at Chord's cavalier response. 88
Benny Benson vs Roderick Remus
2nd match to determine World Tag Team title match stipulations
Benson makes his entrance to his upbeat music, high-fiving the crowd and looking very happy to be there, entering the ring and bouncing around as a warm up. Remus comes out with Haley Buck, carrying his half of the World Tag Team titles and looking arrogant. The match begins, and both wrestlers start to feel each other out, judging range and reaction times while looking for openings. Suddenly, they lock up and the match is on as they exchange a variety of aerial and technical maneuvers. Remus seems a bit faster than the veteran Benson, which is perhaps the difference-maker as Remus takes control of the match and looks for opportunities to apply the Remus Clutch. Building momentum, Remus is able to take some risks with flashier moves, but it backfires when he overshoots a standing moonsault and Benson is able to rally, hitting the Shockwave From Next Year from out of nowhere for the pin. 64
Benson and Remus' respective partners come out to stand in the ring along with Jack Bruce. Bruce congratulates Benson on his win and says the match is set! The World Tag Team title will be defended in a Weapon on a Pole match at next week's Total Wrestling, with Haley Buck banned from ringside! Buck screams and starts crying, Hocking and Remus converse quietly amongst themselves. Benson has a mic and says "I hate to correct the Boss, but you said that the winning team could decide if Haley Buck would be banned from the match. As I'm the winner, I think that right goes to us." Bruce smiles and nods, then asks Benson what his decision is. Benson looks to Foxx, who nods, then says "Benny & The Foxx have decided that we're walking out of that match with the titles and it doesn't matter what Bad Habit throws at us. In fact, they'll probably need every advantage they can get, so we're deciding to allow Haley Buck at ringside!" Bad Habit looks shocked while Buck squeals in delight. Bruce smirks, and says "Interesting choice, so be it." 67
WAR Machines vs The Ring Generals
The Ring Generals make their entrance led by DaVE legend Eric Tyler, a man the announcers say shouldn't be counted out in any situation. Also notable is the fact that One Man Army makes his first appearance in several weeks, having finally been cleared by a doctor; Freddy Huggins had thrown OMA off the stage and onto the concrete floor after their match at Malice In Wonderland. The announcers put over how tough OMA is for making it back to the ring so quickly. The match begins and is surprisingly back and forth, with both teams employing excellent tag team wrestling tactics. Eventually, The Ring Generals are worn down and Arsenal hits the Ammo Dump for the pin on Statler while OMA engages Waldorf. Eric Tyler gets in the ring and berates the Ring Generals for their loss. 53
The Love Shack opens with Danny Fonzarelli declaring it to be Valentine's Month, since love deserved more than just one day. In that spirit, Dr. Love was in the mood to help mend some fences. With that in mind, he introduces his first guest, Troy Tornado. A production assistant escorts Tornado to the set, and Troy looks somewhat confused at first, but soon recovers his haughty demeanor and sits on the small couch known as the Love Seat. Dr. Love welcomes Troy to the show, and Tornado responds by saying he didn't know anything about a show? He was invited to a very exclusive wine tasting at a winery known as the Love Shack? Fonzarelli says Tornado has the right place, and a waiter comes out carrying a tray with a selection of wines on it and places it on the small table in front of Troy. As Tornado looks over the wine glasses, picking up and smelling a few, Dr. Love asks him about his beef with Triple D. Tornado immediately tenses up and breaks the stem of the glass he is holding, spilling wine on himself. Fonzarelli gestures off-screen and then starts introducing his next guest while the production assistant comes out again with several towels to help Tornado clean himself up. The next guest, of course, is Dazzling Dave Diamond, who arrives and says he heard there was free beer? Dr. Love says no, but there was free wine. Triple D thinks for a moment and shrugs, saying it might look brown if he squints, because free is free! Fonzarelli gestures to the wine on the table and tells Triple D to help himself. Diamond, focused on the wine, and Tornado facing away and focused on trying to clean his clothes, pay each other no mind as they both sit in the heart-shaped Love Seat at the same time. Suddenly uncomfortably close with another human being out of nowhere can be a surprising ordeal, let alone if those two people shared as much animosity as Diamond and Tornado shared between themselves. Both men try to jump up, but can't easily get off the couch so it takes a few moments, and in the struggle to get up Triple D spills his wine on Tornado and himself. The production assistant comes back out with more towels as the two mortal enemies, their conflict momentarily forgotten, try to clean themselves up. Just then Joffy Laine arrives, saying he heard there was free beer? Dr. Love says no, but there was free wine and he should help himself. Laine goes over to the table and looks over the wine, and as Dr. Love tries to close the show out Rich and Famous show up looking for a kegger. Dr. Love thumbs to the table and all five men around the table start brawling as they notice who each other are. Fonzarelli closes out the show by wishing everyone a happy Valentine's month! Have mercy! 55
Bart Biggins / Devine Fortune vs Quentin Queen / Tennessee William / Xavi Ferrara
Queen, William, and Ferrara are already in the ring when Devine Fortune and Bart Biggins make their entrance. The announcers say that Devine Fortune has put out an open call for anyone willing to stand up to the Syndicate, and speculate whether Biggins might be their first recruit. The match itself starts off as a mostly even affair, with each man given time to do some work for his team. The announcers suddenly throw it to a camera near the ring, again catching a shot of Sam Keith watching the match. This time, Jasmine Saunders says she's getting to the bottom of this, and leaves the announce table with a mic in hand. Back in the ring, the tide soon turns in favor of Biggins and Devine Fortune as Darryl Devine hits the Devine Dream Drop on Ferrara for the pin. Just as the match ends, Saunders reaches Sam Keith and, holding the mic out, asks what Keith is doing there. Keith finishes what he's writing and responds with "Watching a wrestling match" then just closes his clipboard and heads to the back. 54
A camera backstage captures a shot of a door with nameplate: Jack Bruce Productions. Greg Gauge comes into frame and knocks, then opens the door as a voice tells him to come in. Jack Bruce is sitting in a large room, with opulent furniture and decor, on a large couch in the shape of a "J." He invites Gauge to sit down, but Gauge prefers to stand, and crosses his arms, waiting to hear what Bruce had to say. "The reason I invited you here is to talk about the future of that Television title on your shoulder. So far, you've built up quite a streak defending the title, but the booking committee is concerned that you're going to seriously injure your opponent by leaving the Proton Lock on after the bell." Gauge starts protesting, but Bruce interrupts, saying that instead of a fine or suspension the booking committee has decided to have Gauge defend his title next week in a Cage match under escape-only rules. "That means you can't win by submission," Bruce clarifies. Gauge blows his top and starts cussing at Bruce. Jack responds "Now before you say something you regret, don't you want to know who your opponent is going to be?" But Gauge is too far gone, and he angrily strides out of the room. Bruce says to someone "Well, that went well. Good luck in your match next week" The camera pans to catch Edd Stone sitting on the part of the "J" couch that Gauge couldn't see. "Thank you for the opportunity, Mr. Bruce." Stone says. 72
The Behemoths vs The Breaks
T-Bone Bright and Fro Sure make their entrance, flanked by Mighty Mo wearing a sling on the arm that Marc Speed attacked in their match last week. Sure launches into his hype, spitting verse that was surely too good to be accurately portrayed in this medium. But trust me, it was really good. They hit the ring and play to the crowd as the Sinner Society's music begins. The Behemoths make their entrance led by Floyd Goldworthy, and flanked by Eddie Peak and Tana the Mighty, with "Sick" Nick Booth licking his lips and bringing up the rear. Killer Shark and Titan enter the ring and pose menacingly in the center, bringing Bright, Sure, and Mo forward to start taunting them. The ref, perhaps unwisely, puts himself between the two groups, ordering Mo out of the ring and the two teams to go to their respective corners. T-Bone and Killer Shark start the match off, circling a bit then slamming together when Bright goes for the shoulder block on his larger opponent. Shark barely moves, and hits his shoulder with the opposite hand in a challenge to T-Bone. Picking up the challenge, T-Bone backs up a bit and runs at Shark again, hitting another massive shoulder block, but Shark barely moves any more than before. He hits his shoulder again and steadies himself, waiting while T-Bone backs up to the ropes, and launches towards Shark. Instead of colliding again, however, T-Bone sidesteps Shark and bounces off the ropes behind him, launching himself at Shark again at a different angle and landing the T-Bone Lariat as Killer Shark turns around in surprise. Shark goes down, and T-Bone goes for the cover. At 2 and a half, Tana interferes by dragging the ref out of the ring by his foot. The ref starts warning Tana not to interfere, then turns his attention back to the match where the distraction is long enough for Shark to recover a bit and tag Titan.
The big man Titan lumbers over and starts trading strikes with T-Bone, hitting one massive punch or chop for every three T-Bone lands. As they brawl, Titan goes for a knee to Bright's midsection, then whips him to the ropes and lands the big boot as Bright rebounds. With Bright down, Titan goes for the cover and T-Bone kicks out after 2. Frustrated, Titan gets up and grabs T-Bone by the throat, hauling him up and setting up for a choke slam. T-Bone manages to fight back and counter with elbows to Titan's head, giving him an opportunity to pick Titan up and hit the Powerslam, shaking the ring with the impact. A lot taken out of him, T-Bone pauses for a moment, and decides to tag in Fro Sure instead of going for the cover. Titan slowly gets to his knees and Fro Sure launches his attack by peppering Titan with jabs and strikes, hitting a dance move or two in the mix. Real heads know that when Fro Sure starts dancing the Sure Thing isn't far behind, and sure enough he winds up and hits his finisher, leaving Titan on the canvas. Fro Sure covers Titan, and T-Bone is able to intercept Shark with another impressive Powerslam, leading to a near-fall as Titan powers Fro Sure off of his chest. Having no one to tag, Titan tries to fight to his feet by slugging it out with the smaller Fro Sure, who is able to dodge and block most of what Titan throws. Fro Sure decides to tag T-Bone again, and Bright approaches a weary, wary Titan. They go to lock up, but T-Bone feints and lifts Titan up into another Powerslam. This time, Bright makes the pin, with Shark out of position for the save. Eddie Peak laughs maniacally. 64
The camera backstage is on a shot of a door that shows a nameplate: Ricky Dale Johnson, Commissioner. Joshua Taylor knocks and a voice says to come in, so he opens the door and enters a simple room with a desk, some chairs, and a tv monitor. Filing in after Taylor are Carl Batch and the team of Youngman & O'Farraday, and all four men soon get settled in. RDJ asks how he can help them, and Batch speaks first while handing RDJ his card "Carl Batch, esquire. Legal representative to Mr. Taylor. We are here in order to resolve the current impasse between TCW and my client, vis a vis Mr. Taylor, and ask that an adjudication be made in our favor, immediately and without prejudice! " With that, Batch pulls some paperwork out of his jacket pocket. "Further, we demand a new contract for Mr. Taylor in recompense. To make it as convenient as possible my assistant has already drawn up the contract. You just need to sign it!" He hands RDJ the documents, then begins looking for a pen. He can't find one, and asks Findlay O'Farraday if he has one. Findlay happens to be carrying a pen so he nods and stands up, walks over to RDJ and stands menacingly close. He puts one meaty fist on RDJ's shoulder and extends the other in front of Johnson in order to hand off the pen. RDJ pauses for a moment, a certain look appearing on his face. He ignores the pen and pushes his chair back, then stands toe-to-toe with big Findlay, ready for a fight.
Youngman moves towards the other side of RDJ, but stops when Jack Bruce enters the room without knocking. Addressing RDJ he says "Sorry to interrupt, but a little bird told me that you might be having a booking meeting without informing me, so I thought I'd come and make sure I heard wrong. I did hear wrong, didn't I Ricky?" The tension in the room somewhat deflated, Batch makes a gesture with his head which Youngman & O'Farraday interpret as a sign to back off of RDJ. Relaxing a bit, RDJ tells Bruce that this wasn't a booking meeting, and that his guests were just leaving. Bruce says it might not be a booking meeting, but it could be now that they were both there. In fact, seeing Taylor gave Bruce an idea on how he could solve his problem and maybe RDJ's problem at the same time. He says "You were brought in to maintain order while I was brought in to oversee the spectacle, and I see no reason why those goals have to be at odds. We've had discussions about the Syndicate, they're a thorn in both our sides, so I propose this: book a match between Joshua Taylor and Wolf Hawkins at The War To Settle The Score and I'll personally pay for a brand new TCW World Heavyweight title." RDJ, obviously intrigued, suddenly appears lost in thought. Carl Batch steps forward and introduces himself to Bruce, handing him a card. Batch suggests that Hawkins put up his King of Kings title, allowing Taylor to receive a guaranteed main event spot at Total Mayhem if he wins. Bruce says it's not up to him and looks to RDJ. Johnson says no to putting the King of Kings title on the line but says he'll think about the match at The War To Settle The Score. In the meantime, Taylor had better fully cooperate with the internal investigation, because if he doesn't his contract will be terminated and the investigation handed over to legal authorities. Batch agrees on his client's behalf, and Taylor's entourage leaves the room.
RDJ rips and tosses Batch's card in the trash and asks Bruce if he thought Taylor still had the World Heavyweight title or not. Bruce walks over, crumpling up Batch's card and shooting it into the trash, and says it really didn't matter to him because it was compelling television, and anyway Bruce could buy hundreds of titles if that's what RDJ wanted. 49
Freddy Huggins vs Elliot Thomas
#1 Contender Tournament Round 2 match
Elliot Thomas makes his entrance and is already fired up! He high fives fans at ringside and does a flip over the top ropes to enter the ring. Freddy's music starts and he makes his entrance, accompanied by his sister Laura. Freddy is obviously amped up, enters the ring and takes the center, nodding and making the "I'm coming for the belt" gesture at his midsection. The match starts, and both men begin circling each other, trying to find openings. They soon lock up, and Freddy takes control early as he has the obvious strength advantage, soon earning himself a near-fall. The announcers point out that Freddy seems to be taking Thomas more seriously than Tornado did, and their observations bear out as Freddy continues to build momentum by beating on Thomas and going for pinfalls. Thomas, for his part, keeps bouncing back and refuses to stay down. Perhaps out of desperation, Thomas tries a drop kick out of nowhere that takes Freddy off his feet. He briefly swarms Freddy with punches and kicks, then gets up and gets fired up! Huggins, recovering from the surprise assault, starts getting up and turning around while Thomas looks like he's setting up for the cross body. Laura grabs Thomas' leg, however, distracting him long enough for Freddy to get up and set up for the Huggins Kiss II. Laura lets go of Thomas' leg, and Thomas looks up in time to get nailed by Freddy's Superman-punch. Still apparently taking Thomas seriously, Freddy goes immediately for the cover for the three count. After the ref raises his arm, Freddy kicks Thomas a few times. 73
We return to the same simple, dark room from last week, a single naked bulb hanging from the ceiling and casting most of the room in shadow. Aaron Andrews enters the frame and sits at the table. A voice from off-screen asks him to state his name and occupation for the record. "Aaron Andrews, professional wrestler" The voice thanks Ace for coming and says it shouldn't take long. Andrews says he's happy to cooperate, no matter how long it takes. The voice asks "Do you recognize this?" and a hand appears sliding an object in a plastic bag across the table. Andrews picks up the bag and says it looks like a cell phone. The voice says that it's the same cell phone that was in the steel briefcase, and asks about his interaction with the phone at the end of Malice In Wonderland. Andrews says that as soon as RDJ handed him the phone, he was distracted by Taylor escaping and forgot about the phone. When he remembered the phone, he put it up to his ear but no one said anything. He then remembers handing the phone back to RDJ.
"So let's talk about the phone," the voice says, "it probably won't surprise you to learn that there were only two sets of fingerprints on the phone, yours and Mr. Johnson's. It may however be surprising to you that, while it's a burner, we were able to trace the incoming call. It was coming from this address, at this house." The hand slides over a piece of paper with some writing on it and a picture of a house. Andrews takes a brief look and recognizes his own house and address, a look of shock slowly spreading across his face. He soon recovers and asks if there was a question in there, somewhere. Without missing a beat, the voice says "We have a possible who, so what we need next is an answer to the why? Why would you steal your own title?" Andrews, with a serious look on his face, denies having anything to do with any of it. Why would he need to steal his own title? The voice says that maybe Andrews was afraid of losing it. After all, his matches with Taylor were very close, and Taylor seemed determined to keep coming after Andrews. "Then why would I keep it hidden?" Ace asks, "I earned that title, it's mine by right!" The voice pauses, and then admits that Andrews has a point. A full motive was missing, as well as "how" the title was re-stolen and "where" the title was now. But, the voice continues, they actually may soon have some insight into both how and why, as investigators retrieved Andrews' TCW-issued laptop, one of the perks of being the champ, and found an encrypted portion of the hard drive which they were working on cracking. Andrews starts to protest, but the voice says that as the laptop was TCW property, the company had every right to audit its contents. Andrews says that he has nothing to hide, and the voice says they're done for now and Andrews can go. 88
Sammy Bach vs Doc Hammond
#1 Contender Tournament Round 2 match
Doc Hammond makes his entrance alone to the Syndicate's music, stoically striding to the ring and raising his arms in the air once he reaches the center. The announcers put Doc over as a veteran threat, able to take anyone down to the mat and have his way. Doc then stands by as the opening beat to Sammy Bach's song starts, and as the vocals kick in the fans join in and Sammy Bach makes his appearance on the stage, raising his fist and posing for the crowd. He walks down the entrance ramp, soaking in the fans' love, while the announcers talk about how both the Syndicate and Jay Chord were given the night off earlier in the show. Bach enters the ring, waiting for the song to wind down and looking out over the crowd. As the song finishes, he climbs the middle turnbuckle and raises his fist one more time. Bach drops down and starts taking off his sunglasses and coat when Doc Hammond attacks, and the match is on! Hammond immediately starts working on Bach's legs, trying to nullify the latter's speed advantage and set him up for the Texas Cloverleaf. For his part, Bach is initially on the defensive as Doc tries to press the advantage, but the match soon turns into a more even affair as Bach recovers and responds to Doc's offense with his own technical knowledge and aerial flair.
Circling each other, engrossed in their conflict, neither Hammond or Bach notice when Killer Shark comes out, led by Floyd Goldworthy. They walk down to the ring and stand there, watching, with Shark particularly interested in the match and pacing back and forth. Back in the ring, it's Sammy who gets an advantage, but stops pressing it briefly as he notices Shark and Goldworthy outside the ring. This gives Hammond an opportunity to fight back and gain the advantage, and he begins working on Bach's legs again. Killer Shark begins walking around the ring at a slow pace, then speeds up, never taking his eyes off the action in the ring. Hammond has Bach down and is trying to set up the Texas Cloverleaf when he finally notices Killer Shark, still circling the ring, and is distracted long enough for Bach to counter. Bach kips up and goes for the Bach on Your Bach, but Hammond counters and hits an Exploder Suplex. He doesn't notice Sammy flip fully around and land on his feet, and as he raises his arms in celebration Sammy shoots back in and hits the Bach On Your Back for the pin. 69
As the ref raises Sammy's arm, Jay Chord appears on the Jumbotron, grabbing Sammy's attention. Chord says he was enjoying his night off and wanted to check in on the show. He also hopes everyone saw that he didn't interfere in the match, as ordered, but no one ordered him not to interfere in things after the match. At this, Floyd Goldworthy nods and Killer Shark hits the ring with a surprising glee. Sammy turns to face Shark and squares off, but is soon overwhelmed by Shark's power and ferocity, and Shark hits the Big Bite, putting Bach down. Shark then turns to a stirring Doc Hammond, and hauls him up for another Big Bite. Goldworthy is up on the apron, yelling to Shark "No! That's enough!" Killer Shark pauses and looks to Goldworthy, then looks at Bach, and makes a decision to pick Bach up and hit another Big Bite. He then stands in the middle of the ring, triumphant! 85
Overall: 75
Booker's notes. Huggins and Thomas have great chemistry, and considering several wrestlers have promised to put him over apparently the game really wants me to use Elliot Thomas. Initially, I thought he'd make a great jobber to the stars with some build up, but my version of Thomas is growing on me so he may become one of my (too) many projects. On the flipside, Bach and Hammond have terrible chemistry, lucky it didn't tank the rating too much and the show got a decent overall score. Some of those angle ratings are becoming pretty great and I think they propped up the lackluster match scores on this show.
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TCW Saturday Night Showcase
Saturday, Week 2, February 2020
The show begins with Lee Bambino and Mac Smith hyping up tonight's card, and they soon throw it backstage to Jason Azaria who is standing by with Troy Tornado, flanked by Rich and Famous. Azaria first asks Tornado about his loss to Elliot Thomas recently, which knocked Tornado out of the #1 Contender Tournament. Tornado, surprisingly humble, starts off by saying Thomas was a great competitor and it was a hard fought match where the better man came out on top. Azaria pauses for a moment, somewhat taken aback, and begins to ask his next question when Tornado starts laughing, saying the loss was a total fluke and that it was funny that he had Azaria going for a minute. Troy gets serious, grabs Azaria's hand and pulls the mic close to his mouth while looking directly into the camera and addresses Elliot Thomas, saying Thomas was going to get what was coming to him. Tornado releases Azaria, still staring into the camera. Azaria switches topics to Tornado's match tonight against Joffy Laine, in fact a re-match that Tornado himself requested. Tornado confidently says that Laine was just a warm up, a small step on Tornado's climb to the top. Asking what was next for Tornado, Azaria points out that the World Heavyweight title was at least temporarily out of Tornado's grasp. Tornado agrees with a glare, but says that there were other titles in TCW, titles he felt more than comfortable winning on any given day. 66
Troy Tornado vs Joffy Laine
Joffy Laine finally gets his own entrance music, a rousing country tune that you can stomp your boot to, as the Texas flag waves in the air filling the screen of the Jumbotron. The man himself comes out, wearing his usual jeans, boots, a brown leather vest, and a brown stetson, and makes his way to the ring. The venue lights go out, and Tornado's booming classical music speaks out from the darkness as he makes his usual elaborate entrance, rising through the floor of the stage with his arms stretched out as the longest pyro display in TCW shoots off around him. He waits for Jackpot Jordan and Jake Idol to join him before leading them down the ramp to the ring.
As the match begins, Tornado and Laine immediately start brawling, with the latter soon gaining the advantage. As Laine starts to really unload with rights and lefts, Tornado begs off and rolls out of the ring. Laine follows, and Tornado leads him on a short chase before re-entering the ring and distracting the ref while Rich and Famous make their presence felt on the outside by quickly attacking Joffy Laine. Satisfied with their dirty work, Idol and Jordan roll Laine back into the ring, putting Tornado firmly in control. Suddenly, Dazzling Dave Diamond comes running down the entrance ramp with a bull rope wrapped around his arm and blindsides Rich and Famous with stiff forearm strikes. He then uncoils the bull rope and begins whipping the backs of Idol and Jordan, causing them to writhe in pain on the ground. Tornado doesn't notice as he has his hands full with Laine, trying to keep the latter down on the mat and having a tough time of it. Triple D finishes his assault and coils the rope around his arm again, then watches the match unfold. The finish comes suddenly, as Laine misses a lariat and turns around to get hit by the Star Maker for the pin. 58
Tornado raises his arm in victory and doesn't notice when Triple D enters the ring behind him. Diamond raises his rope-covered arm, waits for Tornado to turn around, and blasts him in the head with a forearm, sending Tornado to the canvas. Triple D uncoils the rope, and looks to the crowd as he stands over Tornado, giving Tornado enough time to roll out of the ring before Diamond can whip him. Tornado and Rich and Famous head to the back as Laine and Diamond celebrate with the fans. 70
Clark Alexander / Dean Daniels vs Youngman & O'Farraday
The makeshift duo of Alexander and Daniels are put over as a veteran threat, with both wrestlers having over 50 years of combined experience. "The Assassin" Ernest Youngman and "Big Bruiser" Findlay O'Farraday, apparently off the clock of protecting Joshua Taylor, make their entrance and look all-business as they head to the ring. From the start of the match it's clear that Youngman & O'Farraday are the tighter duo, gaining the advantage with some smooth tag team tactics. Neither Alexander or Daniels have much of an answer, and are on the defensive for most of the match, until it's perhaps mercifully ended when Youngman manages to lock in the Hit on Daniels for the submission. 46
Edd Stone and Vita are shown backstage, having a conversation, when Tennessee William walks up carrying a boom box. He says he challenges Stone to a dance off at The War to Settle the Score. He offers a little preview by starting up the beat box and two stepping to some country music. Vita lukewarmly encourages Edd to accept, but Stone seems uninterested. William shrugs at Vita and apologizes to her, saying he tried. Just then, Greg Gauge comes into frame. He is dressed in street clothes with his Television title slung over his shoulder, and appears to be looking for something. Or someone. William tells Gauge to go away because they're busy. Gauge, taking notice of William for the first time, goes to confront him but stops in his tracks when Edd speaks for the first time. "Nice title," Edd says. Gauge stops short of Tennessee William and turns towards Stone, taking him in for a moment before looking at his title as saying "Yeah, I know." They hold gazes for a few moments until Gauge leaves the way he came, with Stone never taking his eyes off of the title. 59
Chris Flynn / Nate Johnson vs The Wild Cats
El Jaguar and Tigre Salvaje Jr. make their debut, already in the ring and warming up with some acrobatic moves, both luchadors wearing feline-inspired masks. The Syndicate's music hits and Nate Johnson comes out with Chris Flynn. The announcers speculate that this was sort of a tryout to see if the Syndicate could field another successful tag team. From the beginning of the match, it's clear that The Wild Cats are aerial masters as they pull out flashy move after flashy move and work well as a team. They manage to keep the Syndicate off balance and on the defensive until Chris Flynn explodes and starts throwing Jaguar and Tigre around the ring with throws and power moves. Satisfied with the damage, Flynn is able to slap on the Flynn Lock for the submission. 56
As Flynn and Johnson celebrate, Daryl Devine and Chance Fortune come out to the stage with mics. Devine starts taunting Johnson for what happened to his partner Eddie Chandler, and Fortune taunts Flynn for getting beat up several weeks ago. The Syndicate members respond angrily, demanding a match! Devine Fortune agree, but get blindsided by Doc Hammond. Johnson and Flynn join him in the attack until TCW officials break things up. 59
Maverick vs Kip Keenan
Keenan makes his entrance, carrying himself with a laid-back swagger and high-fiving fans at ringside. The announcers put him over as a good all-rounder who's held titles in other organizations. Maverick makes his entrance, apparently having a conversation with himself and jumping at unseen things as he walks down the entrance ramp. The match begins and both wrestlers take it to the mat, trying to gain an advantage. Keenan and Maverick both start mixing in some brawling, trading punches until Maverick walks around in a circle while punching himself in the face. He stops suddenly, standing toe-to-toe with Keenan and yells "Hit Me!" Keenan, momentarily shocked into inaction, eventually obliges with a big right, causing Maverick to yell out "Yeah! Again!" Kip keeps hitting Maverick every time the latter yells "Again!" until eventually he's not waiting for Maverick's command, he's just swinging over and over causing Maverick to back up into the corner. Kip follows and receives a knee to the gut, then gets whipped into the opposite corner. Maverick follows up with running knee to Kip Keenan, but finds no-one there and eats turnbuckle. Apparently liking the taste, Maverick starts hitting his head into the turnbuckle and biting it. He turns around to Keenan attempting a Belly-to-Belly Suplex, but Maverick counters with a headbutt that the ref lets slide, and is able to hit the Tiger Claw DDT for the pin. 51
Jason Azaria is backstage with Mighty Mo, and asks him about Tana's betrayal. Mo says he never saw it coming, and as disappointed and hurt as he is, he still hopes they can reconcile someday. But until then, he was happy to kick Tana's butt all over the venue at The War to Settle the Score. The topic turns to the rest of the Sinner Society, and Mo says he's going to go through each of them, alone if he has to, to get to Tana and Peak. Luckily, he isn't alone as he has T-Bone and Fro Sure to watch his back... suddenly, Maverick comes up to them and says "What about me, MO? We had your back LAST week and now we still do, as WELL." Mo seems uncomfortable, and finally agrees that Maverick had Mo's back. Maverick, satisfied, says "Thank you FRIEND!" and leaves. Mo and Azaria watch him leave, then Azaria throws it back to the announce table for the next match. 57
Mighty Mo vs Marc Speed
Speed makes his entrance, totally focused on the task at hand, and the announcers talk about his submission credentials. Said to be able to apply his Cross Armbreaker from any position, Speed would provide an unusual challenge for Mo, who has mostly faced large brawlers so far this year. Sure enough, the match begins and Speed immediately tries to take Mo down to the mat. He fails, mostly due to Mo's raw power, and backs off for a moment before shooting in again, this time getting ahold of a single leg. Sam Keith is spotted at ringside, holding a clipboard and watching the match. The announcers again speculate as to what Keith was doing at Total Wrestling. Mo is hopping around on one leg as Speed works on the leverage he needs to take Mo down. Mo again uses his power and surprising agility to get Speed off of his leg. Speed circles Mo, then shoots in again and gets a double leg takedown, this time Mo goes down and Speed is immediately swarming over Mo with fluid technique. Mo is able to turtle up, so Speed slaps Mo's head in disrespect and backs off, allowing Mo to get up. The men begin circling each other again and suddenly Speed shoots in again, this time catching a boot to the face as Mo gets his leg up in time. From there the momentum is firmly with Mo as he unleashes a beating on Speed with brawling and power moves. Sensing the end, Mo starts lifting Speed up into the Plunging Spinebuster, but Speed manages to counter and try cinching in the Cross Armbreaker as he was up in the air. Mo immediately counters slamming Speed into the mat, then lifting him off the mat, and slamming him down again. Speed holds on to Mo's arm, trying to lock in his submission hold. Mo lifts Speed up again, raises him even higher than last time, and brings him down again. This time Speed lets go and grabs the back of his head in obvious pain. Mo, fired up, goes on the attack again, and this time Speed has no answer when he goes up for the Plunging Spinebuster for the pin. Sam Keith is seen leaving once the match is over. 62
Mo clutches his arm as he celebrates in the ring, as Eddie Peak comes out with a mic, followed by Tana. Peak and Tana start heading to the ring with Mo noticing them and warily eyeing them as they approached. Peak starts by congratulating Mo on winning the match in impressive fashion, and asks if he learned anything from the pain that Speed had inflicted. Mo, not in the mood to play around, gestures for Peak and Tana to get in the ring. They oblige and Mo gets ready for a fight. Peak makes the "calm down" gesture and approaches Mo, but Mo doesn't calm down, and as soon as Peak is close enough he grabs Peak and lifts him up into a Plunging Spinebuster. Grabbing his arm, he's intercepted by Tana as he tries to get up, and instinctively starts brawling with Tana. As the announcers wonder where the rest of the Sinner Society might be, Mo gets an advantage and starts lifting Tana up into the Plunging Spinebuster, but suddenly drops Tana and clutches his arm. Tana attacks the injured arm and whips Mo into the corner, then follows up immediately with a Big Fat Samoan Squash. Mo drops, but Peak picks him up and holds him in the corner as Tana goes to the opposite corner, gets a running start, and hits the Big Fat Samoan Squash again. 68
Overall: 63
Bookers notes: Troy Tornado comes up before the show with an offer to put Elliot Thomas over. Now you tell me? Thanks, game. Halfway through to the next big event, this was a different show to book since I didn't have much planned for it. I've learned to provide myself a regular buffer of unplanned show so I have space to adjust storylines and stuff on the fly and I had a lot left over I had to fill for this show. From a creative standpoint, it's great that B-shows give me some space to try things and develop characters without having to worry too much about the show rating.
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TCW Presents: Total Wrestling
Tuesday, Week 2, February 2020
The show opens and the announcers start hyping up tonight's matches when Jack Bruce's music hits. Bruce comes out to the ring, mic in hand, and says that RDJ wasn't at the venue tonight so the booking committee had entrusted Bruce with temporary Commissioner powers. Meaning what? Meaning that the whole damn show belonged to Jack Bruce for one night only! Bruce then calls out the Syndicate. As everyone waits on Wolf & co to make an appearance, Doakes mentions that it looked like Eddie Chandler got kicked out of the Syndicate at last week's Total Wrestling. The Syndicate's music hits, and sure enough only four men come out, Chandler conspicuous by his absence. Bruce looks at the four men, pretends to count them, and finally mutters to himself that it doesn't matter. "Tonight, one of you has a match in my World Heavyweight title #1 Contender Tournament, and I want to make it clear that if any of you interfere..."
Wolf Hawkins cuts in, "... we'll be banned from Total Wrestling, etcetera, yeah, yeah, yeah we know. Listen, Jack, do you have any new tunes or do you plan to keep coasting by on the old hits?"
Bruce chuckles, "Yeah, I might have a new tune or two left in me, let me know if you've heard this one:" Bruce leans in and says, barely above a whisper, "I'm making it my personal mission to dismantle the Syndicate, and there's nothing you can do about it."
Bruce leans back and says he hopes everyone enjoys tonight's show! As he heads to the back, Hawkins seems speechless and just stares after him. 73
Greg Gauge vs Danny Fonzarelli
TCW Television title
Dr. Love's music hits, and he disco dances his way down to the ring, pausing at ringside to do the "Hustle" with some fans. In contrast, Gauge appears to be all business as he makes his way to the ring, pausing in the middle of the ring to raise his title for the unappreciative audience. The announcers note that this is the second time these men have faced each other for the title this year, Fonzarelli winning the first match when Gauge intentionally got counted out. The match starts, and both men begin circling each other, looking for openings. Gauge, apparently having found one, shoots in to take advantage but Fonzarelli backs off several steps and avoids contact. The men begin circling each other again, and again Dr. Love moves to avoid Gauge when the latter tries to lock up. Showing his frustration, the third try sees Gauge shoot in a little too early and Fonzarelli catches him with some punches. Dr. Love then backs off and allows Gauge a moment to recover. Gauge is confused as the two men begin circling each other again, and instead of trying a fourth time he goes outside the ring. The referee begins the count, and Gauge stands outside with his hands on his hips, apparently deep in thought. He walks to the timekeeper's table and picks up his title, then begins to head to the back. Gauge soon stops and looks at his title, and after a moment seems to have come to a decision. He quickly hands the title back to a ringside official and re-enters the ring in time to stop the count at 9. Dr. Love meets Gauge in the middle of the ring, and engages in a brawl instead of avoiding Gauge. Soon, however, Fonzarelli is on the receiving end of a master technician's offense as Gauge falls into his groove. Once off his base, Dr. Love has no real answer for Gauge and the latter soon applies the Proton Lock for the submission victory. Gauge can't seem to help himself as he leaves the Proton Lock on despite the ref's commands. TCW officials seem to be ready for the situation and arrive quickly to the ring, causing Gauge to release the hold and go grab his title. 70
A backstage camera starts on a shot of a door that has a nameplate: Kyle Rhodes, CEO. The shot widens to see Joshua Taylor about to knock. Rhodes answers the door but doesn't seem surprised. He invites Taylor in, and following Taylor is a man in a stylish suit, along with Ernest Youngman and Findlay O'Farraday. Rhodes narrows his eyes as Youngman & O'Farraday file past him. Taylor and his entourage squeeze into the small room Rhodes is using for an office, and find places to sit. O'Farraday has some difficulty in the small space, but soon settles in as well. Rhodes starts by saying that Taylor asked for the meeting, so Taylor should get to the point because Rhodes was a very busy man. Instead of speaking, Taylor gestures to the man in the suit, who hands Kyle Rhodes a card that introduces him as Carl Batch, Esq. Batch proceeds to explain that he was Mr. Taylor's legal representative, and would be handling negotiations from now on. Rhodes asks, "What negotiations?" Batch replies "The negotiations that get my client back into the ring and keep you and TCW and BriCo and ACE and everyone else you know from being sued for breach of contract. You see, there's no way you can prove that my client didn't, in fact, put the alleged World Heavyweight title into the alleged steel briefcase. Ergo, I put it to you, that this issue be adjudicated in favor of my client!" Playing idly with the business card, Rhodes gestures to Youngman and O'Farraday and says "What about them?" Batch looks at the two men and says "Mr. Youngman and Mr. O'Farraday have been retained to protect my client from any undue machinations." At the mention of his name big Findlay cracks his knuckles and grins. Rhodes says "I see, well I'll take everything you just said under advisement and put you in touch with our legal department," and drops Batch's business card in the trash can next to his desk. "Good day, gentlemen." Apparently feeling they'd accomplished all they could for now, Taylor and his entourage leave Rhodes to his CEO duties. 53
The Behemoths vs Chaos Theory
Chaos Theory is already in the ring as the menacing former champs make their entrance led by Floyd Goldworthy. It's rare that Mutant isn't the largest man in a match, but here he's smaller than both Killer Shark and Titan. Mutant does, however, have the market cornered in looking like an extra from a Mad Max movie. He starts for his team, and Killer Shark starts for his. The match begins and Shark immediately goes in for the kill, swinging big fists and muscling Mutant around the ring. Not used to being outpowered, Mutant fires back with his unorthodox offense, gaining momentum and putting Shark on the canvas. Mutant tags in Ant-Man, and Killer Shark laughs as he gets up. Has anyone ever seen a shark laugh before? No, and there's a good reason. Killer Shark goes to his corner and tags Titan. Titan seems amused as well as he and Ant-Man start circling each other. Suddenly, Titan stops and makes the universal "test of strength" gesture by putting his hand in the air. He then laughs as it's apparent to everyone that Ant-Man could never reach. As he laughs, Ant-Man moves in and begins kicking at Titan's legs and striking his midsection. Titan goes down to one knee, making him roughly as tall as Ant-Man, giving the latter an opportunity to kick Titan's head in and lay him out on the canvas for a near-fall. Roaring, Titan grabs Ant-Man by the throat, then starts getting up, but Ant-Man is able to reverse the choke into an arm drag and put Titan back down. Ant-Man then swarms the downed giant with strikes, and tries to lock in an arm bar on Titan. Titan unsteadily gets up, Ant-Man still hanging off his arm, and slams the smaller man down into the canvas, causing him to let go. From there, Titan easily overwhelms Ant-Man with chops and punches, soon going for the Titanic Choke Slam and the pin. Killer Shark enters the ring and looks for more victims, but Titan pulls him away and out of the ring. 59
The rest of the Sinner Society join the Behemoths at ringside, Eddie Peak holding a mic. As he raises it to speak, he's interrupted by Mighty Mo who comes out to the stage with T-Bone Bright and Fro Sure. Mo is happy he's got his match with Tana, but now he wants to help the Breaks with their unfinished business. With that, Fro Sure takes the mic and spits a few lines challenging the Behemoths to a match next week. Eddie Peak is thrilled that the Path of Destruction speaks to so many, of course the challenge is accepted! 61
Matt Hocking vs Flying Jimmy Foxx
Foxx makes his entrance, goofing off with the audience as usual, despite the seriousness of the task at hand. Hocking's music hits and he's little better, cockily striding down the entrance ramp while periodically pausing to admire his reflection in the handmirror he carried. Haley Buck, accompanying Hocking, seems to encourage his behavior. The two opponents, both high flyers, start feeling each other out as the match begins. The pace picks up, momentum swings back and forth, with neither wrestler obtaining an advantage for long. Still early in the match, the announcers notice some type of disturbance and send a camera to investigate. The camera soon catches sight of the legendary Sam Keith, standing just off to the side and holding a clipboard while watching the match. The announcers openly wonder why Keith is there, and why he wasn't there for his son's (Greg Gauge) match earlier in the night. The focus returns to the match and soon it's apparent that Hocking is just a little bit faster, and maybe a little bit hungrier for the win, as he manages to lay Foxx out with a Hock Shock for the pin. We go back to the camera on Sam Keith, but Sam leaves, apparently having seen enough. 63
Foxx and Hocking's respective partners Benson and Remus come out of the back to join them in the ring as Jack Bruce comes out and congratulates Hocking, reminding everyone that Bad Habit won the right to determine the stipulation of their title defense later this month. Hocking grabs a mic and says it's not even a question. He holds up his handmirror, spins it, and says "Weapon on a Pole!" Bruce nods and says "Good choice, so be it!" 71
Bart Biggins / Edd Stone vs Quentin Queen / Jeremie Courtney
Queen and Courtney are already in the ring when Bart Biggins makes his entrance, giving high fives to the crowd as he makes his way to the ring. Edd makes his entrance, and is once again all-business despite Vita's encouragement to have some fun. The announcers mention this is the first time both teams are teaming up. The match begins with Stone and Queen in the ring, and Edd looks like it's all-business from here on out at he uses his high-flying ability as a bludgeon to set his opponent up for some technical finesse. Out of his league when it comes to high flying, Queen is able to hold his own on the mat and when brawling with Edd. Stone appears to take the advantage, and Queen tags out. Courtney enters the ring to a facefull of dropkick and goes down. Stone, apparently satisfied with his work so far, tags in Bart Biggins. Courtney is methodically dismantled by Biggins, but manages to tag his partner back in. Queen fares not much better, and Biggins soon hits the B-Dropper for the pin. Vita enters the ring and begins celebrating, but Edd doesn't join in, so instead Vita starts dancing with Bart Biggins. At first, Biggins doesn't move, but then he taps his toes and nods his head, and asks Vita for some space. Biggins then launches into a break dance routine, complete with flips and spins, leaving both Vita and the audience in appreciative shock. Edd watches for a moment, then heads to the back. 61
The scene switches to an unknown location, a small room with a table and chair, and a single naked light bulb hanging from the ceiling which cast most of the room in shadow. RDJ enters the scene and sits down, and a voice rings out from behind the camera as he's getting settled. "State your name and occupation for the record." RDJ responds "Richard Dale Johnson, TCW Commissioner." The voice continues, asking RDJ what he was doing when the World Heavyweight title was stolen. RDJ responds that he was watching from home just like everybody else who wasn't there live. The voice continues, asking what happened next. RDJ says that Kyle Rhodes personally called him the next day to set up a meeting. After the meeting, RDJ was hired on the spot as TCW Commissioner. The voice says "Let's jump ahead, to the night Taylor gave you the briefcase... " RDJ starts explaining that he assumed that the title was in the briefcase, and he would've checked but it was locked. He goes on to say that he didn't trust Taylor, it was Rhodes who overruled Johnson. The voice then asks about the time the briefcase was in RDJ's possession, and RDJ responds that he personally saw to the briefcase's welfare including by locking it up in a safe at night. "So you're saying that there's no way anyone could have taken the title and replaced it with a cell phone? That you were the only one who had access for a significant chunk of time?" RDJ backpedals a bit, and admits that the briefcase left his sight a handful of times before it was opened at Malice In Wonderland. The voice then asks about the phone, and the brief conversation RDJ had with whoever was on the other end. RDJ says that a disguised voice said to "The Avatar of Envy has been revealed" RDJ asked where the title was, and the mysterious caller said that they would only tell the champion, so RDJ handed the phone to Aaron Andrews. That's when all hell broke loose and Taylor escaped, necessitating a prompt response from the TCW Commissioner. The voice asks RDJ about the escape itself, how did Taylor get away? RDJ says that someone must have cleared a path somehow since the guards he personally posted at the exit to the parking lot happened to be called away when Taylor made his escape. RDJ continues to say he's launched his own investigation into what happened there. The voice then asks about the black sedan we saw following Taylor's escape vehicle. RDJ responds by saying he wishes he had thought of something like that, but he never expected Taylor to reach the parking lot. Finally, RDJ is asked about the current whereabouts of the phone. He doesn't quite recall, but thinks it may still be in the pocket of the jacket he was wearing that night. The voice thanks RDJ, saying that was all for now. 82
Doc Hammond vs Human Arsenal
#1 Contender Tournament Round 1 match
As Human Arsenal makes his entrance, the announcers build him up as a dangerous competitor despite losing some big matches this year. Apparently his performance at Malice In Wonderland was impressive enough to earn him this shot. His entire body a weapon, Arsenal highlights his skill by running though some quick strikes and kicks in the ring as a warmup while he waits for his opponent. Doc Hammond comes out to the Syndicate's music, all-business as usual, taking the center of the ring and raising his arms. The match starts and both competitors begin the feeling out process. The announcers note that these men have faced each other numerous times in tag team situations over the years, but that this was their first singles match against each other. They also note that Human Arsenal was a former Syndicate member, and speculated that it might give him an advantage to know the Syndicate's mindset and general tactics. As the pace picks up, both men are putting on a mat-based clinic, with Doc Hammond slightly edging Arsenal out in technical ability. Hammond takes control and starts softening up Arsenal's legs for the Texas Cloverleaf. Arsenal, not willing to go down easy, fights back with a mix of strikes and mat-based offense, trying to turn the tide. Eventually he does, and momentum shifts in Arsenal's favor. But only briefly, as Doc takes back control and goes right back to methodically working on Arsenal's legs.* Arsenal's variety of strikes overwhelm Hammond again and momentum swings back in Arsenal's favor. Human Arsenal picks Hammond up on his shoulders for the Ammo Dump, but his legs buckle under the weight, Hammond's strategy finally bearing fruit. His mobility impaired and his finisher apparently nullified, Arsenal tries to pick up the pace but his legs won't cooperate. Hammond, sensing the kill, moves in and is able to apply the Texas Cloverleaf for the win. 67
Jason Azaria is backstage in a sitdown interview with the TCW World Heavyweight champion Aaron "Ace" Andrews. Azaria thanks Ace for his time and launches right into the subject of the missing title. Ace says why be upset? The title was just a prop and everyone already knew that Ace was the champion. Still that big hunk of gold does look mighty nice around Ace's waist... Eventually, Ace would like the title back, but he's content to let the investigation play out. Azaria switches subjects to talking about Joshua Taylor. Ace says that Taylor was a tough opponent, and he's glad that he was able to rise to the challenge and retain his title twice. Azaria brings up the fact that Taylor made Ace tap in their last match, and the only reason he didn't win because of it was they were competing in a Ladder match, where submissions don't count. Ace goes quiet for a moment, then admits that he tapped, not really knowing where he was at the time. He says it could happen to anyone, and anyway he still won the match and was still champ. Ace and Azaria start conversing about the #1 Contender Tournament for Ace's title, Andrews saying he was impressed with Elliot Thomas' win and hoped to see Thomas continue to improve. Azaria changes topics again to Wolf Hawkins and the Syndicate, asking Ace if he had any thoughts about their recent troubles. Andrews says the Syndicate deserve every little bit of what was coming to them, and he was looking forward to defending his title against Wolf Hawkins at Total Mayhem! 74
Jay Chord vs Sammy Bach
#1 Contender Tournament Round 1 match
Jay Chord makes his entrance, smirking at the crowd as he walks down the entrance ramp. He waits in the center of the ring for his mystery opponent, and goes ballistic as the opening to Dead Pool's "Elation Sensation" begins. The crowd starts singing along and Sammy Bach makes his appearance to wild cheers. The announcers say that Sammy was given this opportunity to even the score due to how Chord cheated to win their match at Malice In Wonderland. There's no feeling out process as the match begins, Sammy immediately launching himself at Chord with a mix of brawling and aerial maneuvers. Taken aback by Bach's ferocity, Chord tries to recover but Sammy never lets up, controlling the pace and building up momentum. Eventually, Chord seems to remember who he is, and starts fighting dirty in an attempt to derail Bach's momentum. Chord's tactics work, and he's able to slow the pace down and bring Sammy to the mat, where he continues his assault. Bach, fighting back, is able to take control once more and sets Chord up for the Adrenaline Shot, but Chord counters and rolls to the outside of the ring. Taking a moment to collect himself, Chord soon re-enters the ring and starts brawling with Bach again, still sticking in dirty tricks wherever he can. Re-establishing control over the pace of the match, Chord takes the advantage and starts setting Sammy up for the Cradle Piledriver. Bach counters with an eye poke of his own and winds up behind Chord, immediately taking the opportunity to hit the Bach On Your Back for the pin. 81
Sammy Bach starts celebrating with the crowd, not noticing Jay stir and get up on unsteady feet. Chord, operating on pure instinct at this point, manages to blindside Bach, but Bach doesn't go down. Instead, he stands toe-to-toe with Chord and they both start brawling in the ring. A cadre of TCW officials hit the ring to separate Bach and Chord, when Jack Bruce comes out with a mic. Bruce looks out over the scene, smiles, and says "Let them fight!" The officials in the ring look at each other for a moment, then release Bach and Chord, allowing both men to continue attacking each other as the show ends. 82
Overall: 78
Bookers notes: A much better overall rating than last week and all I had to do was book a PPV quality match in the main event of a free tv show. Thank you Chord and Bach. So Eddie Chandler is officially out of the Syndicate. Breaking up the Elite is a step back from the goal of revitalizing the tag division but I needed to shake the stable up in order to take the story where I want it to go. Chandler, being in time decline and with his contract up soon, seemed like the obvious choice to drop. I think Chandler is still talented though so I have something in the back of my mind for him to do until his contract is up, he's just a lower priority now.
Also, I just realized in writing his segment that that RDJ's name is Dick Johnson. Thought I'd pass that along to y'all in case you didn't know.
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TCW Saturday Night Showcase
Saturday, Week 1, February 2020
Edd Stone vs Xavi Ferrara
The show opens with "Superstar" Xavi Ferrara already standing in the ring, warming up and posing for an unappreciative audience. As Edd Stone makes his entrance, there is something different about him. He doesn't dance to the ring, and barely parties with the crowd at all. The announcers speculate that Stone's first round loss to Freddy Huggins in the #1 Contender Tournament might be weighing on his mind. The match starts, and Stone makes short work of Ferrara, soon hitting the Party's Over for the pinfall. Vita enters the ring and starts dancing in celebration, but Edd turns around and heads to the back instead of joining her. 53
A pre-taped segment airs with Eddie Peak hyping the rest of the Sinner Society. He says that the prophecy is coming true, that the Path to Destruction is leading everyone to to where they're destined to be! Losing the tag titles was just losing a battle, the Sinner Society intended to win the entire war! As he smiles his crazy-eyed smile, Peak lets it drop that there's yet another new member of the Sinner Society coming. 64
The Behemoths vs The American Cobras
Marvel Malloy and Storm Spillane are already in the ring, posing for their manager Dharma, who is taking pictures with her phone and posting live to social media. The Behemoths make their entrance, led by Floyd Goldworthy, and take their corner. Titan, already one of the biggest men on the roster, somehow looks even bigger than he did last week. Killer Shark and Marvel Malloy start for their respective teams, and as the bell rings Shark immediately rushes Malloy, but Marvel quickly gets out of the way and begins his aerial assault. Shark struggles with catching Malloy as the latter flies around the ring, and is unable to prevent Storm Spillane from tagging in. Spillane, bringing stiff strikes and technical excellence to the match, is able to take Shark's legs out and bring the big man down to the canvas, then tags Malloy back in. As Malloy measures Shark for another aerial assault, Shark is able to get to one knee, then falls back on his back as Malloy continues the attack. Apparently having had enough, Shark rolls to his corner and tags Titan, who lumbers towards Malloy. Unable to get Titan off his feet, Malloy tags Spillane back in and the latter attempts his stiff-strike routine again. It works at first, bringing Titan down to one knee, but Titan responds with a roar and grabs Spillane by the throat, lifting him up and slamming him back down in a Titanic Choke Slam. As he pins Spillane, Malloy looks to break the count but is intercepted by Killer Shark. After the three count, Shark hits a Big Bite on Marvel Malloy, and looks hungrily at the ref next. Goldworthy enters the ring and immediately draws Killer Shark's attention, saying something in soothing tones to the big man that the mics couldn't pick up. Shark ends his rampage and follows Goldworthy out of the ring. 57
Jason Azaria stands backstage with Greg Gauge, asking the TCW Television champ about his beef with Danny Fonzarelli. Gauge starts launching into a diatribe about how Dr. Love should keep his nose in his own business. Of course, that brings Fonzarelli himself into the scene and he seems confused as to why Gauge was so upset. They had a match, that Dr. Love won by the way, and now Gauge was upset that Fonzarelli wanted to scout Gauge before their next match? Dr. Love tried to do things the easy way, by using the Love Shack to get to Gauge's motivations but failed, and now Dr. Love was turning to the ring to discover what lovesickness was keeping Gauge from living up to his full potential. Gauge, confused, just looks at Fonzarelli as he says "Have Mercy!" and leaves. 64
Bart Biggins vs Tennessee William
Tennessee William makes his entrance to the same song that the crowd booed on his debut. As he walks down the entrance ramp, he jaws with the booing fans, saying they clearly didn't know what good music is. As Bart Biggins' music hits, William covers his ears in an exaggerated way and boos. Biggins enters the ring and the ref starts the match. At the bell, William immediately goes on the attack, brawling with Bart around the ring until Biggins is able to counter with his once-groundbreaking aerial offense. Biggins continues to press his advantage, soon hitting the B-Dropper for the pin. 52
The cameras backstage catch Troy Tornado having a conversation with Rich and Famous. Tornado reveals that he's down in the dumps due to losing his #1 Contender Tournament match to Elliot Thomas. Jake Idol tries to cheer Tornado up, reminding him about the beating he put on Dazzling Dave Diamond last Sunday. Tornado looks a little happier as he sips wine and remembers. But that damn Elliot Thomas! Tornado looks angry again, causing Jackpot Jordan to say maybe Tornado would feel better if he got to beat Joffy Laine up again? Tornado considers for a moment, staring at his wine. He begins chuckling, then swallows the rest of his wine, and begins laughing a loud laugh. Idol and Jordan, clearly not realizing what was so funny, eventually join in and all three men laugh loudly as the segment ends. 46
Jeremie Courtney vs Hugh de Aske
de Aske makes his entrance, swaggering and pirating it up as best he can. The announcers note that this is Courtney's first TV appearance so far in 2020 as he makes his way to the ring. The match starts, and it's clear that de Aske completely outclasses Courtney. A fact that he puts punctuation on with a Cut-Throat Driver after just a few minutes. 45
Jason Azaria is backstage with Mighty Mo, and asks him about his upcoming match with Tana. Mo says he can't believe Tana walked away from their team, as they had been gaining momentum and looked like potential champs. Mo says that there's some sort of sickness in Tana, and that the big man shouldn't be judged solely based on his recent actions. Mo says he'd like to think they're still friends, Tana just hasn't realized it yet. And if Mo has to beat some sense into Tana to get his friend back, so be it! 64
Mighty Mo vs Maverick
The bizarre Maverick is already waiting in the ring when Mo's music hits, talking to himself and jumping at things that no one else can see. As Mighty Mo makes his way to the ring, he looks more serious than he has in a long time, perhaps the fun-loving influence of Tana was already fading from Mo's personality. The match starts and both men lock up, with Mo easily overpowering Maverick, causing Maverick to get in the ropes and the ref to break them apart. They lock up again, and the same thing happens; Maverick is backed up until he hits the ropes and the ref intervenes again. Apparently having had enough, Maverick slips behind Mo on their next lock-up attempt and is able to start turning the tide in his favor using a mix of brawling and mat-based offense. For his part, Mo waits for his moment and is able to power out of a Tiger Claw DDT attempt, giving him the opening lift Maverick high and bring him down on the canvas with a Plunging Spinebuster and the three count. 50
As Mo celebrates, the entire Sinner Society comes out and surrounds the ring. After a few moments, Eddie Peak gives the order and the Sinner Society starts entering the ring. Mo is able to take out Booth and Killer Shark with spinebusters, giving the rest of the Sinner Society pause, but it only lasts a moment and Titan and Tana start approaching Mo from different directions. Maverick, appearing out of nowhere, stands back-to-back with Mo in the center of the ring, daring the Sinner Society to do something. Just then, T-Bone Bright and Fro Sure run down to the ring with chairs, causing the Sinner Society to scatter. Mo, T-Bone, Sure... and Maverick! stand tall in the ring to end the show. 57
Overall: 55
Booker's notes: Bad chemistry in the main event, and bad angle ratings overall have really tanked the Sinner Society storyline's heat. Luckily, I have plenty of "hot" storylines so it won't hurt our shows, but it is a little concerning considering it might be the storyline I'm most interested in seeing through on a personal level. Also, you may have noticed that I'm starting to piss off my worthless midcarders like Jeremie Courtney by jobbing them out. I've never been very aggressive with that sort of thing, so we'll see how it plays out now in my project to strengthen the midcard. So far, de Aske only went up by one point of pop so I'm not sure it's sustainable to try paying off wrestlers I've jobbed out. I'll keep tinkering with it though.
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<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">TCW Presents: Total Wrestling</span></strong></p><p>
<em>Tuesday, Week 1, February 2020</em></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>
The show begins with Shawn Doakes and Jasmine Saunders running down some of the big events that went down at last Sunday's Malice In Wonderland, including the TCW World Heavyweight title still being missing and the fact that the TCW World Tag Team titles changed hands. Ricky Dale Johnson's music hits and he comes out with a mic in hand, taking the center of the ring. RDJ gets right into the meat of the issue, namely the whereabouts of the TCW World Heavyweight title. As it was still missing, TCW had decided to launch a full internal investigation, and was considering pursuing legal action. Pending the results of the investigation, Joshua Taylor was hereby suspended from competing in TCW, indefinitely! As this announcement sinks in, Jay Chord's music hits and he walks out with a mic.</p><p> </p><p>
Chord says that news is fine and dandy, but what he really wanted to know was who the number one contender for the missing title was? The way Chord sees it, he should get the next shot at the title since he beat Sammy Bach at Malice In Wonderland. RDJ starts to respond, when Troy Tornado's music hits. Tornado, with mic in hand, disagrees with Chord, saying his victory over Triple D should make him the number one contender. Tornado and Chord stare each other down until RDJ starts to respond. This time, he's interrupted by Freddy Huggins' music and both he and Laura come out to the stage. "If we're talking about big PPV wins, let's not forget Freddy put away One Man Army for good last Sunday!" says Laura. RDJ pauses, perhaps expecting another interruption, and then launches into his response to all three wrestlers. Namely, that they were in luck because there would be an 8-man elimination tournament this month to crown a new number one contender for the TCW World Heavyweight title at The War To Settle The Score, starting tonight! As the crowd and the three wrestlers react to the announcement, RDJ holds his hand up to his earpiece for a few moments, then clears his throat into the microphone. "Ahem, I should say that TCW, in conjunction with Jack Bruce Productions, presents the #1 Contender Tournament for the TCW World Heavyweight title, only on Total Wrestling," he says quickly, without enthusiasm. And oh yeah, to prevent pre-match shenanigans their opponents would be mysteries until the matches themselves. <strong>82</strong></p><p> </p><p>
<strong>Greg Gauge vs Umaga</strong></p><p>
<em>TCW Television title</em></p><p> </p><p>
Umaga, known as Akima Brave in other organizations, decides to make his TCW on-air debut using his last name only. The announcers say that Gauge requested this match be one of his mandated title defenses for the month, speculating that he saw easy pickings as Umaga was primarily known as a tag team wrestler throughout his career. Unfortunately for Gauge, Umaga is not easy pickings as the match starts and he displays a variety of unorthodox offensive maneuvers. As Gauge is occupied with the surprising challenge, he doesn't notice Danny Fonzarelli come out to the ring, standing a few feet away to watch the match unfold. Despite his early momentum, things soon swing against the energetic Umaga as he misjudges an aerial maneuver and Gauge takes advantage, immediately grounding Umaga with his mat-based techniques. Gauge, thinking he has the match well in hand, starts jawing with the fans, and finally notices Dr. Love standing at ringside. Gauge pauses for a moment, then immediately turns back to pressing his advantage over Umaga, looking like he was performing solely for Fonzarelli. As Dr. Love continues to look on, Gauge is able to apply the Proton Lock, causing Umaga to eventually tap out. Gauge starts leaving the hold on until Fonzarelli makes a motion towards intervening, and he lets go of Umaga and collects his title outside of the ring. <strong>69</strong></p><p> </p><p>
Bad Habit w/Haley Buck are out to celebrate their TCW World Tag Team title win at Malice In Wonderland. Remus tells everyone that Bad Habit was there to make an impact, and so they did. Hocking smugly reminds everyone that he guaranteed that Bad Habit would become champions. Haley Buck starts hyping up "her boys" when Benny & The Foxx come out and interrupt. Benson congratulates Bad Habit on their win, but says that the titles would belong to Benny & The Foxx if it wasn't for Bad Habit's cheating. Foxx says there's no use crying over spilled milk, but the way they see it Benny & The Foxx were the number one contenders due to being the last team in the ring with Bad Habit at their Fatal Four-Way match. Before Bad Habit can respond, Jack Bruce's music hits, and the man himself comes out with a mic in hand. Bruce says that the booking committee was currently occupied with booking The War To Settle The Score, traditionally an event with all 1 vs 1 matches, for the end of this month. As the tag title situation was currently on the backburner, Jack Bruce offered to pick up the slack and got special dispensation from the booking committee to book the TCW World Tag Team titles this month only! To that end, Bruce wanted to book the champions in a title defense on the last Total Wrestling of the month. Bruce didn't want to give away a World title defense on free tv without some build up, however, so Benny & The Foxx and Bad Habit would be facing each other in two singles matches. In the first, the winner would determine the special stipulation of the title match. In the second, the winner would determine whether Haley Buck would be allowed at ringside or not! <strong>65</strong></p><p> </p><p>
<strong>The Behemoths vs Chris Caulfield / Clark Alexander</strong></p><p> </p><p>
"Hawaiian Thunder" Clark Alexander makes his first on-air appearance for TCW in around 8 years as he teams up with the storied "Hardcore American" Chris Caulfield. The Behemoths make their entrance, flanked by a distressed-looking Floyd Goldworthy, and the ref starts the match. Immediately, it looks like the Behemoths are on a mission to show everyone that losing the title was a fluke, taking out their frustrations at will on Alexander and Caulfield. Killer Shark especially seems to revel in hurting his opponents. Unable to mount any sort of sustained offense, both Alexander and Caulfield quickly fall to a double Titanic Choke Slam. <strong>52</strong></p><p> </p><p>
After the match, Eddie Peak, Nick Booth, and Tana the Mighty come out to stand with the Behemoths in the ring. Peak preaches that another lost sheep has found it's flock, as Tana finally faced the sin within and set foot on the Path of Destruction. Tana grabs the mic, and starts telling a story about a fun-loving giant who liked nothing more than to please the audience. But something changed once he teamed up with Mighty Mo. All of a sudden, Mo was getting all the attention, being talked about as a next big thing while Tana was said to be holding Mo back. Well, Tana says, everyone was wrong because Mo was holding Tana back! And now, with this truth realized and out in the open, Tana was ready to claim his true destiny of becoming the TCW World Heavyweight champion! To that end, he was challenging Mighty Mo to a match at The War To Settle The Score in order to prove that he's the better man. Mo's music hits and he comes out to the stage with a mic in hand. He says that he was angry about Tana's betrayal at first, but now that he's heard what Tana has to say he feels sorry for the big man, believing him to be delusional. So of course, he sees it as his responsibility to put Tana down and maybe, in the process, get his friend back. Peak laughs and smiles his crazy-eyed smile as Mo and Tana stare each other down. <strong>66</strong></p><p> </p><p>
The Syndicate's music hits and Wolf Hawkins comes out to the ring, alone, with a mic in hand. He says that he has business with RDJ or Jack Bruce or Kyle Rhodes, or whoever was running the show this week, and that he wasn't leaving the ring until he had his say. Eventually, RDJ comes out to hear what Wolf has to say. Wolf begins by saying he heard about the #1 contender tournament and was wondering where the Syndicate's invitation was? After all, he was the Alpha Wolf, the reigning King of Kings, and deserved consideration when it came to discussing title shots. As RDJ begins to speak, Jack Bruce comes out and says that Wolf has a point, the Syndicate should have been invited to participate. Wolf nods and smirks. RDJ continues to speak, saying that there did happen to be one spot in the tournament left, and he saw no reason it shouldn't go to Wolf if he wanted it. Bruce cuts in again, and says that he disagrees. "I said I think the Syndicate should be invited to participate, that means all of them. Since we have only one spot and five wrestlers able to fill it, I propose that the Syndicate face each other tonight for the final spot in the tournament!" RDJ considers it for a moment, then slowly comes around on the idea and agrees. Wolf, visibly containing his anger, suddenly relaxes and says that Bruce and RDJ have a deal, but Wolf didn't feel like he had anything to prove so he was withdrawing himself from the match, leaving it to the other four members of the Syndicate to settle things in the ring. <strong>81</strong></p><p> </p><p>
<strong>Doc Hammond vs Chris Flynn vs Eddie Chandler vs Nate Johnson</strong></p><p>
<em>Four-Way match for the final spot in the #1 Contender tournament for the World Heavyweight title</em></p><p> </p><p>
Wolf Hawkins sits in at the announce table as the other four members of the Syndicate make their entrances. All four seem somewhat conflicted to be confronted with the task at hand, and as the match starts they tentatively start feeling each other out. Doc Hammond is the first to drop any pretense of going easy on his stable mates, perhaps realizing a title shot could be at stake, beginning his usual technical offense against the powerhouse Chris Flynn. Flynn, for his part, responds in kind and the match is definitively on as Johnson and Chandler also pick up the pace. The relative power of Chris Flynn is highlighted several times as he manages to ragdoll his smaller stable mates, causing him to become the target of all three men. As they wear Flynn down, they seem to have an argument about who was going to pin Flynn, leading to an all out fight between Hammond, Johnson, and Chandler. This gives Flynn an opportunity to recover, unnoticed in the corner. As the other three fight, Hammond maneuvers to apply the Texas Cloverleaf on Chandler, locking it in after throwing Johnson to the outside of the ring. Flynn reacts by also applying the Flynn Lock on Chandler. Unable to tap, Chandler instead screams in pain, until Nate Johnson flies in to attack Hammond and Flynn. Surprised by his energetic attack, both men release Chandler and roll out of the ring to escape Johnson. Nate helps his tag partner up, pauses, then suddenly hits Chandler with a Natural Order and goes for the pin. Flynn breaks up the pin and begins brawling with Johnson, and as they're occupied Hammond is able to sneak back in and re-apply the Texas Cloverleaf, causing Chandler to immediately tap. <strong>57</strong></p><p> </p><p>
Doc Hammond silently rises and raises his arms in victory while Johnson and Flynn stop brawling, realizing the match is over. As they attend to Chandler, Wolf Hawkins grabs a mic and starts heading to the ring, talking about how proud he was of his pack; forced to fight each other but still keeping their bonds strong despite what those in power wanted. Wolf enters the ring and congratulates Doc Hammond, saying he doesn't expect Hammond to go easy on him at Total Mayhem after Doc wins the #1 Contender tournament, and then the title from Andrews later this month. Wolf knows that nothing can break the Syndicate's bond with each other. "Well, except for one thing. You see, sometimes wolves eat their own!" And with that, Wolf attacks an unsteady Eddie Chandler. Initially surprised into inaction, Flynn and Hammond soon eagerly join in on the assault. Nate Johnson, seemingly conflicted, doesn't join in until Wolf gives him a look, then begins enthusiastically participating as well. <strong>62</strong></p><p> </p><p>
<strong>Troy Tornado vs Elliot Thomas</strong></p><p>
<em>#1 Contender Tournament Round 1 match</em></p><p> </p><p>
For the first of the #1 Contender Tournament matches, Aaron "Ace" Andrews comes out to sit at the announcer's table and put on a headset, intending to provide commentary for both round one matches tonight. Elliot Thomas makes his entrance, and Doakes mentions that Thomas was given this opportunity due to securing the pinfall in his team's match last Sunday at Malice In Wonderland. Thomas waits in the ring for Tornado to go through his elaborate entrance as Ace mentions that he believes this is the second time Tornado has faced Thomas this year, and that Tornado seemed to easily win that first match. As if able to hear the commentary, Tornado looks even more arrogant than usual, if that was possible. As the match starts, it seems like an easy win for Tornado is in the cards, and Tornado approaches Thomas with extreme confidence. His confidence is rewarded as he immediately gets the better of their early exchanges, putting Thomas down on the canvas. Tornado takes his time in covering Thomas, and still seems surprised when Thomas kicks out at one. A couple of maneuvers later and Tornado is again covering Thomas in a lazy way, leading to a kick out after one. Seemingly tired of their game, Tornado picks up the pace and seems to be intent on putting Thomas away. But Thomas keeps bouncing back, and refusing to stay down for the three. The finish comes as Tornado hauls Thomas up one last time, and measures him up for the Star Maker. As Tornado launches his super kick, Thomas dodges and is able to bring an off-balance Tornado to the ground. Tornado can do nothing but cover up as Thomas mounts him and begins swinging rights and lefts at Tornado's head in his first sustained offense of the match. Thomas gets off Tornado and is fired up! He creates some distance, waits for Tornado to get up, then launches himself at Tornado with a cross-body. Tornado catches Thomas, and holds him up for a moment, before bringing Thomas up to his shoulder. Thomas struggles, and slides down Tornado's back, somehow flipping Tornado backwards and applying a small-package for the three-count. Tornado is shocked, as is Thomas, who flees the ring and raises his arms. <strong>60</strong></p><p> </p><p>
Jason Azaria is on location at Sammy Bach's recording studio with an exclusive conversation with the Dead Pool frontman. As Sammy and Jason converse, shots of Sammy in the recording studio are shown as he works on a collaboration with Rockin' Ryan Turner and Stan Manna, the Rock City Stars. Bach starts talking about his long career, in both wrestling and music, but the topic soon turns to Jay Chord. Sammy thinks that Jay is a disappointment to the Chord name, saying Jay couldn't win a match without cheating despite all his talent. Bach says they still have unfinished business, but for now, Sammy had a song to work on and a rock star life to live. Bach ends by swearing revenge on Chord, saying it would soon be time to "rock out with your Bach out!" <strong>71</strong></p><p> </p><p>
<strong>Freddy Huggins vs Edd Stone</strong></p><p>
<em>#1 Contender Tournament Round 1 match</em></p><p> </p><p>
As Edd Stone makes his usual entrance, dancing with Vita for the fans, the announcers run down the history between these two men. Initially in a successful tag team that held the World Tag Team titles 3 times, Huggins eventually turned on Stone claiming that Stone was holding him back. Stone makes it to the ring, seemingly oblivious at the gravity of the match about to happen. The Huggins' make their entrance, Freddy visibly amped to be in the main event and fighting for a World Heavyweight title shot. Once Freddy enters the ring, Edd's partying stops and he gets serious, going to stand toe-to-toe with Huggins in the center of the ring. The match begins and there is no feeling out process, both competitors launching themselves at each other due to their familiarity. An even, back-and-forth match ensues, both competitors reaching deep to try to gain momentum over the other. Vita and Laura both try to distract each other's client, to no avail, as Freddy and Edd are both too engrossed in winning the match. Unable to distract the competitors, Vita and Laura instead turn their attentions to each other, starting to argue outside the ring. Eventually, they almost come to blows, but Edd Stone notices and leaves the ring to get between them. As he re-enters the ring, the finish comes suddenly, at almost the 20 minute mark, when Huggins manages to kiss his fist, and hit the Superman-punch known as the Huggins Kiss II for the pinfall. <strong>66</strong></p><p> </p><p>
After the match, Huggins and his sister take the center of the ring to celebrate. Freddy finds Aaron Andrews' eyes, and holds his gaze while making the "I'm coming for the belt" motion over his midsection. Andrews stands and gazes back at Huggins, smiling. <strong>75</strong></p><p> </p><p>
</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Overall: 71</strong> (pop loss in the USA)</p><p>
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<em>Booker's notes: I haven't played TCW much since TEW 2020 came out, so I'm just starting to feel like I have an idea of where most of my top wrestlers sit in terms of expected match/angle scores, but I wondered about Freddy's ability to Main Event hence the booking here. The answer appears to be that Freddy is almost there, but not quite. Edd Stone nearly injured Freddy during the match, btw, causing some real-life backstage tension between them. Greg Gauge with the best performance of the night. Kind of a weak card overall, I maybe should have thrown in a match by one of my major stars to beef things up. Still, the show serves it's main purpose in advancing the big storylines at least, hopefully the lower overall score is a one-off. Really starting to hate Bach's catch-phrase, yes I know I came up with it!</em></p>
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Some thoughts I've had after re-reading the first month of gametime in my dynasty:
1. I criminally misused Wolf Hawkins.
2. At some point, "Nasty" Nick Booth became "Sick" Nick Booth and I'm just going to roll with it. Thinking about going full kayfabe and denying he was ever called Nasty.
3. Seriously, see number 1. It seems like Wolf is good enough to prop up a stable almost by himself, instead of needing the stable to retain his spot. I need to do some serious thinking about the future of The Syndicate.
4. I mischaracterized the Huggins' according to their default gimmicks, Laura should be the overprotective one. Maybe not a huge deal, but I enjoy trying to stick to characterizations that make sense according to gimmicks, game history, etc. I also heard somewhere that boundaries, restrictions, and the like can actually be good for the creative process.
5. I need to set aside more time for editing, I noticed lots of little mistakes that I could've prevented had I taken more time to edit.
6. The simple presentation is growing on me, which means I'm having second thoughts about adding more graphics. I plan on just some minor tweaks for now to try making it more readable but I'm also considering taking the plunge into Gimp so I can make my own (minor) graphics. Not sure how much time I want to devote to this hobby, yet.
So my hiatus may be shorter than I imagined as I've been fairly productive in planning the next phase of this dynasty. Look for the buildup to The War To Settle The Score to begin in earnest next week!
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Finally caught up, it was really interesting to see how your TCW evolved
Sammy Bach vs Phillipe LaGrenier Always bet on Bach
Greg Gauge vs Quentin Queen Don't see an upset happening here
Steven Parker vs Raphael Surely Parker is the better prospect
One Man Army, Flying Jimmy Foxx, Masked Cougar, Joffy Laine and Masked Cougar vs Human Arsenal, Benny Benson, Pretty Okakura, El Hijo Del Neutron and Davis Wayne Newton Tough choice here, but I feel like the heels need the momentum
Bart Biggins vs Findlay O’Farraday Probably an easy choice given I'm a fan of Findlay
Aaron Andrews vs Chris Flynn I like both wrestlers, but Ace has more to give than Flynn
Mainstream Hernandez and Edd Stone vs Wolf Hawkins and Matt Hocking Another tough choice but I feel like Hernandez, or even Stone, pinning Hawkins at this point would have huge implications
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I think I have a lot to improve on but this has been really fun so far and I'm glad I tried it. Definitely more work than I was expecting so respect to all the dynasty writers out there. Hopefully, for the most part, I did some credit to the default storylines and gimmicks. When I started this, making it to the first PPV was my goal, now that I've hit it I'm going to extend my goal to Total Mayhem in May. The fallout to Malice In Wonderland is going to have to wait, however, as I'd like to take some time to recharge and to try to plan things out for the next four months or so. I'd also like to improve the presentation if I can. For those reasons, I'm going on a brief hiatus. Thanks for reading so far!
If I could solicit some feedback, what do TCW fans think of the direction I've taken them? I'm trying to strike a balance between the old-school mentality of the "Product" settings and the kind of toy-friendliness that the owners BriCo might push. Plus the various things broadcast partners might theoretically want. Think WCCW mixed with Hasbro and airing on late-night NBC in the US.
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TCW Malice In Wonderland
Sunday, Week 4, January 2020
The PPV opens with an establishing shot of the special set, pyro going off as the theme music plays. Jason Azaria, Kyle Rhodes, and Jasmine Saunders are at the announce table and before they start running down tonight's card they throw it to Ricky Dale Johnson, already standing in the ring with the steel briefcase containing the TCW World Heavyweight title. He welcomes everyone to the show, and says there's some unfinished business he needs to take care of before he can let the show really begin. He then calls out Aaron Andrews and Joshua Taylor, both of whom arrive with little fanfare. Andrews is out first, playing to the crowd as he enters the ring. Taylor, out next, only takes his eyes off Andrews long enough to quickly look around periodically as he makes his way down the entrance ramp. Andrews, ever the gentleman, holds the ropes open for Taylor, but Taylor stops a good 10 feet from the ring. Ace just shrugs and settles in to hear what RDJ has to say. RDJ starts by saying that negotiations continued with Taylor after last Tuesday's Total Wrestling, and both sides had agreed on a way to transfer the combination to the briefcase held by RDJ. Taylor had agreed to write the combination down and seal it in an envelope to be opened only after tonight's main event in exchange for protection during the match. Andrews looks amused at this development. RDJ continues to say that he has two more things to announce. One: RDJ himself would be at ringside as special enforcer to prevent the Syndicate or anyone else from interfering. Two: Someone on the booking committee got the bright idea to hang the envelope in the rafters and make tonight's main event a Ladder match! Both Andrews and Taylor seem satisfied, and with that we go into the opening match. 82
Freddy Huggins vs One Man Army
The announcers recap the events leading to this match as One Man Army makes his entrance and salutes the flag, mentioning that neither OMA or Laura Huggins has been seen in TCW since their "date" two weeks ago. Freddy Huggins' music starts and he comes out alone, but quickly stops to look behind himself and gesture. After a moment Laura steps out, but seems reluctant. Freddy goes to grab her hand but she pulls it away and angrily tells him to go on, pointing at the ring. He just stands with his hands on his hips and looks at her until she yells "Fine!" and strides purposefully down the entrance ramp causing Freddy to hurry to catch up. He makes sure to slide past her so he can walk in front and reach the ring first, where OMA waits in the furthest corner. Freddy enters the ring and climbs to the middle turnbuckle and raises his arm. Meanwhile, Laura stands on the apron, with her arms crossed and looking unhappy. OMA walks over to hold the ropes open for her, which melts her sour expression. Before she can enter the ring, however, Freddy notices their interaction and attacks OMA, who falls through the ropes and onto the floor. Freddy, still enraged, springboards over the top rope into a flying body press once OMA gets up. Laura, looking worried, remains on the apron until Freddy hauls OMA up and tosses him back-first into the apron right in front of her. She quickly moves out of the way as Freddy rolls OMA into the ring.
With both wrestlers in the ring the ref calls for the start of the match and Freddy continues his verbal and physical assault as Laura looks on, wide-eyed. Eventually, the double-tough One Man Army starts making a comeback and mounting his own offense, turning it into a competitive match. After some back and forth, One Man Army gains the advantage and starts setting Freddy up for his finisher. OMA doesn't notice Laura is back up on the apron, and as he hauls Freddy up on his shoulders for the Ammo Dump, Freddy's legs are swung around and accidentally hit Laura, who falls down onto the apron. One Man Army notices Laura in distress and drops Freddy to go check on her. She seems okay and hangs on to OMA as she unsteadily gets up. She nearly falls back down but OMA catches her and pulls her close to him. Now face to face, OMA and Laura lock gazes and hold their position for a moment, then Laura looks like she's tentatively going in for a kiss. OMA responds by going in as well, but suddenly Laura puts her hand between their mouths and their lips never touch. Instead, she points behind OMA and then slides out of his embrace. Freddy Huggins leaps to the top rope, kisses his fist, waits for One Man Army to turn around, and jumps, nailing OMA with a top-rope, Superman-punch version of the Huggins Kiss for the pin. 67
"That's the only kiss you'll ever get from a Huggins!" Laura says as Freddy continues the beatdown. He picks OMA up and hauls him up the ramp to the stage in front of the Jumbotron, and then tosses him off the side to the audible shock of the announcers. After several tense moments a camera reaches OMA's position to find him lying motionless on the concrete floor. 67
Sinner Society (Eddie Peak / Nick Booth) vs The Breaks
The announcers speak about what just happened in gravely serious tones as Peak and Booth make their entrance, Floyd Goldworthy trailing them and still carrying the World Tag titles. Peak pauses on the stage to look out over the edge as medics attend to OMA, makes an exaggerated worried face, then the crazy-eyed smile returns and he finishes his entrance. Driving hip-hop beats blast out over the crowd as Fro Sure comes out and launches into the hype of T-Bone Bright, but instead of just the usual spiel he also hypes himself and their new tag team name: The Breaks. T-Bone appears on the stage, and both men stride purposefully towards the ring.
"Eddie Peak, dirty sneak, looking weak
Sick Nick, nasty trick, stomp it quick
Getting hit, getting bit, getting split
*music stops*
Your "Path of Destruction" is a path of bulls***!"
It's "Sick" Nick Booth who starts things off by launching himself at The Breaks, briefly overwhelming them by surprise, forcing T-Bone to the outside and Sure off his feet. Peak looks on, smiling, as Booth continues to lay into Fro Sure, and the ref starts the match. After doing some damage to the smaller Fro Sure, Sick Nick tags in the big man Eddie Peak who also has his way with Sure. The Sinner Society leader and his disciple continue to take turns dominating the smaller Fro Sure until he manages to rally back and tag T-Bone Bright, allowing the powerhouse to clean house and get a near-fall on Peak. Kicking out, Peak decides to roll out of the ring to regroup and Booth intervenes with T-Bone when the latter tries to follow. Bright continues to take it out on Booth, ignoring Peak who stood outside the ring watching the match and smiling. T-Bone hits the Powerslam, but instead of the cover he tags in Fro Sure who has recovered enough to lay into Booth. Meanwhile, Eddie remains outside the ring smiling, his disciple occasionally locking eyes with Peak, but seemingly doing nothing to defend himself from Sure's revenge. T-Bone tags back in and wait for Booth to get up, creating distance and signaling for the T-Bone Lariat, when suddenly, Peak springs into action by entering the ring and giving Booth a lariat of his own. He falls back-first into the corner and puts his arms up to hang off the ropes and laughs. A confused T-Bone recovers his composure and goes for the pin, but the referee doesn't count. He makes some hand signals indicating that Eddie Peak was still the legal man for his team. With his ruse revealed, Peak stops laughing and instead walks up behind T-Bone, who has his back turned to face the ref. Fro Sure shouts a warning, but it's too late as T-bone turns around and walks into a Peak of Perfection and gets pinned. 60
A pre-taped segment airs, running down the events leading to the next match, and interspersing cuts of Troy Tornado and Dazzling Dave Diamond speaking about each other. The video highlights the contrasts between the two, noting Triple D's modest background and Tornado's more lavish lifestyle. The connection between Tornado and Rich and Famous is revealed as Jackpot Jordan and Jake Idol say they're big fans of anyone who lives as large as Troy Tornado. 66
Dazzling Dave Diamond vs Troy Tornado
Texas Death match
As Troy Tornado begins his long, elaborate entrance, Kyle Rhodes explains that BriCo's legal department intervened to make changes as the corporation was not willing to get fully behind the original match due to liability issues. Finally in the ring, Tornado settles in to wait for his opponent. Triple D's music hits, but instead of using the entrance ramp he comes through the crowd with a beer in each hand, flanked by Joffy Laine. As he hands the beers to Laine, he tells him not to drink them because they were his celebration beers. Triple D enters the ring and immediately goes to stand toe-to-toe, nose-to-nose, with Tornado in the center while the ring announcer goes through the rules. No-DQ, 10-count pinfall, falls count anywhere.
As soon as the ref rings the bell to start the match, Triple D unloads with rights and lefts, forcing Tornado to back up until his back hit the ropes. Instead of engaging further, Troy goes to the outside to regroup. Triple D follows and the chase is on! During their run around the ring, Tornado bumps into Laine, causing him to nearly spill Triple D's celebration beers. Diamond, momentarily distracted, doesn't notice Rich and Famous go over the barricades. They're both carrying pool sticks and Jake Idol immediately cracks his stick across Triple D's back. Diamond goes down to one knee but stands back up when he notices Jackpot Jordan swing his pool stick at Joffy Laine, yelling "NOT THE BEER!" and intercepts the stick across the chest. It breaks and Triple D barely flinches. He jabs Jordan a few times, switches to giving Idol a few, and goes back and forth a few times with the old razzle dazzle. "I. Said. Not. The. Beer!" Triple D grabs Jordan and Idol, slamming their heads together for good measure and performs a double Diamond Mine on the outside floor. As he gets up, he turns around to a face-full of wine bottle, courtesy of Troy Tornado, which busts Triple D open. Laine, his attention diverted by trying to find a place to put the beers down, fails to intervene. Once the ref sees Triple D is down, he begins the count, but Tornado interrupts the count by hauling Diamond to his feet. As Triple D is woozily standing on his own, Tornado lets go and measures him for the Star Maker, hitting the super kick square in Triple D's jaw. Diamond goes down and the ref begins the count again, this time Tornado enters the ring to celebrate.
Outside the ring, Rich and Famous have recovered enough to engage with Joffy Laine while the ref continues counting. The Texan manages to hold his own until Tornado gets involved. The three beat Laine down as the ref reaches six. Suddenly, the camera catches Triple D stirring on the floor. He struggles to his feet, using the ring apron for support, and once he's up the ref stops the count at 9. Tornado eventually notices that the count has stopped, so he tells Rich and Famous to hold on to Laine, and looks around to find Triple D standing, unsteadily on the apron. Tornado gets on the apron, and seemly pleased at Triple D's woozy condition, measures him up for another Star Maker. The super kick is blocked, however, as Diamond reveals that he was more recovered than he let on. Tornado and Triple D start brawling on the apron, both coming close to knocking each other off. Triple D gets an advantage, managing to sneak a punch into Tornado's abdomen, doubling the latter over. Triple D grabs Tornado's head and begins to drop him into a Diamond Mine off the apron, but Tornado pushes him off, causing him to fall into the table where Laine had placed the beer. The beer, of course, spills and Triple D is up almost immediately, seeing red. He then catches another face-full of wine bottle, wielded again by Tornado, and this time it shatters. He drops and is immediately up again, fists raised, causing Tornado to look on in disbelief. As the moments tick by with neither wrestler moving, Tornado breaks the spell by waving the his hand in front of Triple D. Seeing no change, he gets closer, and stands right in front of Diamond. He then looks to Rich and Famous, shrugs, and pushes Diamond over. Triple D hits the ground and the ref starts counting, making it to 10 with no further interruptions. 62
The Syndicate are out in order to complain about being left off the PPV. This brings out RDJ who says it was done on purpose, partially as a consequence for the group attack on Aaron Andrews several weeks ago, and partially because few wanted to face the Syndicate due to their reputation for interference. Wolf starts to protest, but RDJ interrupts him. "You know, I still think you've earned a consequence for your actions, but I recently had a change of heart about the method when I had a great idea that could kill two birds with one shot of buckshot. How about I give you a match tonight after all? I want you all in one place where I can see you so I'm making it a five-on-five match! And I just so happen to have five guys here who'd love to kick your butts!" With that, RDJ heads to the back. 62
The Syndicate vs Darryl Devine / Chance Fortune / Human Arsenal / Elliot Thomas / Bart Biggins
The Syndicate waits impatiently, talking amongst themselves, as Devine Fortune's music starts and they head down the entrance ramp and stop just short of the ring to wait for their partners. Elliot Thomas is out first, causing the Syndicate to mock Devine Fortune for their choice in tag partner. The next one out is Bart Biggins, who elicits a similar response from Wolf and co. Finally, Human Arsenal's music hits and the laughter in the ring dries up and is replaced with some quiet conferment. All ten men go to their respective corners, with Flynn offering to start for his team and Arsenal for his. The match begins and Flynn doesn't seem to be very intimidated, but soon learns better as Arsenal uses a variety of strikes, throws, and painful looking holds to wear the powerhouse down. Flynn soon tags in Nate Johnson, who receives a similar treatment and tags in Eddie Chandler. Almost immediately Human Arsenal begins getting the better of their exchanges until he gets a little too close to the Syndicate's corner and Wolf, ever the opportunist, takes a shot at Arsenal. Flynn and Johnson take this as their cue to swarm Arsenal while Chandler engages the ref. From there, the Syndicate takes control of the match, tagging in at will and taunting their opponents as Arsenal attempts to rally back. Wolf, never tagging in, just watches in his corner, barking occasional directions to his pack. Arsenal, mounting a come-back, is able to tag Darryl Devine in and from there the match turns more competitive, mainly featuring Devine Fortune and the Elite trying to one-up each other. Eventually, Chance Fortune goes to tag in Bart Biggins, but Elliot Thomas tags himself in instead and is fired up! He launches into a cross body and is caught by Chandler, who holds Thomas and walks in a circle while jawing off and showing his strength in holding up the much smaller man. Suddenly, Biggins flies across the ring as he drop-kicks Thomas' back, causing him to knock Chandler over and Thomas to somehow roll Chandler up in the small-package for the pinfall. Wolf is not happy! 62
A pre-taped package rolls, where Sammy Bach and Jay Chord talk about how much they hate each other. Chord, full of himself, declares it to be his time! Bach, the veteran, says his time isn't yet over; Chord might have his day, but not today. Sammy debuts a new catch phrase, "It's time to rock out with your Bach out!" which resonates with the live crowd. 85
Sammy Bach vs Jay Chord
As Jay Chord makes his entrance, the announcers speak about his anything-goes, cheat-to-win mentality and how he takes pride in being the smartest man in the ring. Chord, dressed in simple black trunks and boots as a nod to his father, warms up as Sammy Bach begins his entrance. The opening riffs to Dead Pool's "Elation Sensation" start and Sammy makes his entrance to the crowd singing along. Bach makes it to the ring, and with one eye on Chord, climbs the middle rope to look out over the crowd and bask in their love. Once the song is done, Sammy drops down and stands face-to-face with Jay Chord. The match starts and both competitors begin swinging at each other. Bach attempts to push the pace, perhaps betting on being able to tire Jay out. After a few exchanges, Bach is able to press an advantage, but only briefly as Chord rakes Bach's eyes to stall his momentum and take control.
The pace slows down as Chord takes it to the mat, keeping Bach off his feet in an attempt to nullify Bach's aerial offense. No slouch on the mat himself, Bach is able to mostly keep up with the younger Chord but repeatedly falls victim to Jay's shortcuts and dirty tricks just as he appears to gain some momentum. Sammy eventually rallies back and performs a series of aerial maneuvers, putting Chord in the corner. As Sammy runs up to perform a splash on Chord, Jay moves, dragging the ref into Bach's way. Bach and the ref collide, and the ref immediately goes down. Bach stands over the ref, obviously concerned, when suddenly Chord jumps up on Sammy's back and falls backwards, driving his knees into his opponents back as he hits the canvas, performing Sammy's own finisher the Bach On Your Bach. Noticing that the ref was still down, Chord hauls Bach up instead of making the cover, and drags him to the corner. He lifts Bach up to the top rope, then starts climbing up himself, but Sammy begins struggling and both men start hitting each other while jockeying for position. Bach soon gets the advantage, and sets Chord up for his version of Jay's Super DDT, and drops down from the top rope driving Chord's head into the canvas. Sammy goes for the cover, waiting several moments for a count that never came. Sammy looks around to find the ref is still down, and goes to attend to him. As he revives the ref, Bach fails to notice that Chord is also reviving, but he manages to turn around in time to catch a kick to the midsection by Chord, who then picks up Bach and drives him head-first into the canvas using his Cradle Piledriver. He pins Bach, and the ref responds after a few moments with a slower-than-normal count. Bach kicks out at 2 and a half and Chord's frustration is visible, it's clear he wants to put Bach away for good. Chord is slow to get to his feet but he manages to haul a stirring Bach up and starts setting him up for another Cradle Piledriver. Suddenly, Bach counters and rolls Chord up in the small package, Chord is down for a 1 count before he reverses and puts Bach's shoulders on the canvas for another 1 count. This time, Bach reverses, but Chord immediately reverses back and grabs a handful of tights away from the ref's range of view. The extra leverage allows Chord to keep Bach's shoulders on the mat for a three-count. Instead of waiting for the ref to raise his hand, Chord rolls out of the ring, then walks backwards up the entrance ramp with his arms raised and a smirk on his face, his eyes locked with Bach who stares back with hatred. 80
A pre-taped promo airs, detailing the respective conflicts between Mighty Meaty and the Behemoths, and Benny & The Foxx and Bad Habit. The tag champs are highlighted for their menace, and cunning brutality, while Mighty Meaty are portrayed as powerful, never-say-die warriors. Between the rock and the hard place sits the smaller teams of Benny & The Foxx and Bad Habit, the former being past tag champs, and the brash latter duo being there to, in their own words, "make an impact." 73
The Behemoths vs Mighty Meaty vs Bad Habit vs Benny & The Foxx
Fatal Four-Way Elimination for the TCW World Tag Team titles
As the competitors make their respective entrances, the announcers go over the rules; there would be a team at each of the four corners, with one man from each team starting off the match. A team would be eliminated once either member fell to pinfall or submission, with the final team standing receiving the win, and with it the TCW World Tag titles. The Behemoths enter last, flanked by Floyd Goldworthy carrying the titles. Mighty Mo, Benny Benson, Killer Shark, and Matt Hocking start off as the ref calls for the opening bell. Killer Shark seems particularly eager to start, looking agitated in his corner while Titan leans in to say things that the ringside mics can't quite pick up, and when the ref starts the match Shark launches himself at Mighty Mo and both men begin slugging it out around the ring. Benson and Hocking, for their part, try to take a more tentative approach by feeling each other out but get interrupted several times by Mo and Shark battling it out around the ring. Suddenly, Mo seems to gain an advantage over Shark, hitting a spinebuster and leaving Killer Shark on the canvas. Pausing to recover, Mo doesn't stop Shark from rolling to his corner and tagging Titan in. Titan lumbers over and immediately grabs Mo by the neck, looking for the Titanic Choke Slam early. Mo counters by bringing his powerful arms down into Titan's meaty forearm, breaking the chokehold. Mighty Mo then winds up and lets loose with strikes into the head and midsection of Titan, forcing the massive man to cover up and back up for several steps. Titan suddenly roars, catching Mo with some big shots and forcing Mo on his heels. Mo stops backing up, exploding at Titan and performing another impressive spinebuster, picking up the much larger man with seeming ease. Pausing to recover, Mo watches Titan roll over to his corner and tag in Killer Shark, then walks over to tag in Tana. As Mo reaches his corner, Tana drops down off the apron instead of tagging Mo. He backs up a few steps, keeping his gaze locked with Mo's gaze, and starts taunting Mo. Mighty Mo's shocked look is replaced by anger as he takes in what just happened, then he turns around and walks into a Big Bite, giving Killer Shark the pin and making Mighty Meaty the first elimination of the match.
As Mighty Mo got pinned, Flying Jimmy Foxx and Roderick Remus were the legal men for their teams, and as they happened to have some distance between them they paused to watch the pinfall. Killer Shark got up after the three-count, and turned around to find a facefull of double-dropkick action as Foxx and Remus wordlessly decided to put their issues aside in order to take him out. As the two men continued their assault, Killer Shark is able to fight back and push them away using brute strength. He tags in Titan, who goes to stand in the center of the ring and taunt Foxx and Remus. This initially proves to be a mistake as the two speedy wrestlers manage to overwhelm Titan with quick strikes to the legs and midsection, but he soon grabs first Foxx by the throat, then Remus by the throat as well with his other hand. Titan lifts both Foxx and Remus up, and slams them into the canvas with a double Titanic Choke Slam, beginning a double-pinfall attempt. As the ref nears three, Benny Benson and Matt Hocking fly in to break up the count and begin attacking Titan. Hocking gets in a Hock Shock, leading to Benson hitting the Shockwave From Next Year out of nowhere. Hocking drags Remus on top of Titan, getting a three count before Killer Shark is able to break it up. The champions are eliminated, guaranteeing new champs tonight!
Killer Shark, instead of clearing the ring with his partner, begins attacking whoever he can reach, hitting Big Bite after Big Bite after Big Bite until Benson, Foxx, and Remus were all down. He is then coaxed out of the ring by Titan, and heads to the back with his partner. Hocking, the last man standing, drags Remus over to his corner and makes the tag, making himself and Foxx the legal men. Hocking goes for the pin, but Foxx kicks out just before three. A frustrated Hocking hauls Foxx up and sets him up for a Hock Shock, but Foxx is able to counter and start fighting back, turning it into a competitive match. The pace of the match picks up as both teams slide into their grooves, trying to gain advantages over the other team. High risk wrestling comes into play, as both teams take to the ropes and fly, trying to one-up each other. As Benson and Remus are trading maneuvers in the ring, Haley Buck interferes, distracting the ref and Foxx while Hocking sets up a table on the outside of the ring. Matt Hocking drags the table behind where Foxx is standing on the apron, then sneaks up and slides between Foxx's legs, picking him up on his shoulders and powerbombing him through the table. Benson, noticing his partner in distress, looks conflicted before Remus forces him to return to the task at hand. With Foxx out, the match turns into a two-on-one as Bad Habit takes full advantage of their numbers, and also a three-on-one as Haley Buck once again gets involved by distracting the ref, while Hocking stalks Benson with his handmirror. As Hocking takes a swing, Benson is able to dodge and hit the Shockwave From Next Year from out of nowhere, laying Hocking out for a pinfall attempt. Roderick Remus flies into the ring to break up the count, and starts laying into Benson. The ref regains control and forces Remus back to his corner, allowing Benson time to recover. Both Benson and Hocking are struggling a bit to get up, and Benson is up first giving him the advantage for the first time. Benny mounts his aerial offense, keeping Hocking off balance, and finally laying him out. Benson signals that he's going to the top rope, then leaps up and turns around to face the center of the ring where Hocking lay. Benson plays to the crowd a bit, and doesn't notice Haley Buck get up on the apron and grab onto his foot. He shakes his foot free, then drops down to the canvas and confronts Buck, still on the apron. She yells "Leave them alone!" and slaps Benson across the face. Benny looks on with a shocked expression, as the ref gets between him and Buck and starts ordering her off the apron. Neither Benson or the ref notice when Remus enters the ring, and pulls a stirring Matt Hocking to their corner. He then slaps his own hand, and stealthily walks up behind Benson. Remus suddenly strikes, applying a crossface chicken-wing and wrapping his legs around Benson's midsection. Benson falls back to the canvas and is soon forced to tap to the Remus Clutch. TCW officials have to pry the World Tag titles from Goldworthy's grasp in order to hand them to the new champs, Bad Habit. 72
A pre-taped package airs, highlighting tonight's main event between Aaron Andrews and Joshua Taylor. The video leads us through their first match for the title, last month at Psycho Circus, a mostly back-and-forth affair that many would say Andrews barely won. In their second match, also a mostly even affair, Taylor seemed to panic as the time limit approached and attacked Andrews with his own title. The saga of the stolen World Heavyweight title is summarized, with Ace revealing that he had to use all his pull as champ to get a rematch tonight, but it was worth it to get his hands on Taylor and get his title back, his way. 75
Aaron Andrews vs Joshua Taylor
Ladder Match for the TCW World Heavyweight title
Ricky Dale Johnson enters first, flanked by four security guards and carrying the steel briefcase. He posts the four guards behind the barricades at each corner of the ring, and stands near the ring bell table, waiting. Joshua Taylor's music hits, and he makes his entrance, an intense look on his face instead of the hunted expression he had been wearing for the past several weeks. As he approaches the ring, Taylor locks eyes with RDJ for several moments before he climbs the steel steps and enters the ring. Aaron Andrews' music begins and the crowd waits in breathless anticipation for their champion, eventually erupting as Ace makes his appearance at the top of the entrance ramp. He plays to the crowd as he walks down to the ring, exuding an easygoing confidence. Andrews makes a show of leaning his head back and eyeballing the envelope hanging high up in the rafters, before climbing the middle rope and raising his arm. He crosses the ring to climb the middle rope and raise his arm for the fans on the other side of the venue, then settles in and warms up a bit, waiting for the opening bell.
The ref starts the match and Andrews and Taylor rush up to each other and begin brawling, with Taylor employing particularly stiff-looking strikes. As they fight, Andrews begins throwing in a variety of aerial and mat-based maneuvers, apparently trying to get Taylor off his base. Ace's tactics work, causing Taylor to hit the canvas, and immediately roll out of the ring. Andrews, instead of following, keeps his eyes on Taylor and plays to the crowd a bit. Taylor, having an animated conversation with himself, wipes the frustrated look from his face and gets intense instead. He climbs back up the apron and enters the ring, the two opponents beginning to circle. Suddenly, Taylor launches himself at Andrews with his eastern-influenced offense, causing Ace to back up and fall through the ropes to the ground. Taylor takes the center of the ring, triumphantly, as Andrews quickly recovers and regains his feet. Ace looks to the crowd as he climbs up the apron and re-enters the ring, but re-focuses on Taylor as the two men begin circling each other again. They lock up and maneuver for advantage, first Andrews pushing Taylor into the ropes, then vice versa as Taylor seems determined to show he can do whatever Ace does.
The back-and-forth fighting continues for several minutes, both competitors seemingly evenly matched, until Ace suddenly switches up his offense again and gains momentum, putting Taylor back on the canvas. Taylor rolls out of the ring again, and starts talking to himself. This time, Andrews follows and the two wrestlers begin brawling outside the ring. Whether it's Andrews whipping Taylor into the barricades, or Taylor whipping Andrews into the ring steps in response, both men try to use their environment to their full advantage. As Ace recovers from colliding with the steel steps, Taylor grabs a ladder from under the ring, and slides it between the ropes. He follows, and starts setting the ladder up in the center, only stopping what he's doing once he sees Andrews out of the corner of his eye. Andrews is getting back in the ring when Taylor suddenly pulls the ladder back down and swings it into Ace's midsection. Andrews doubles over, and Taylor sets the ladder up in the corner, hauling Ace up after he's satisfied with the placement. Taylor attempts to whip Andrews into the corner, but Andrews counters, and is able to reverse Taylor back-first into the ladder. Taylor, in obvious pain, goes down, and Ace starts setting up the ladder in the center of the ring. He starts climbing the ladder and is about half-way when Taylor recovers and starts climbing the other side of the ladder as fast as he can. As Taylor catches up, both men start swinging fists at each other, trying to knock their opponent off. Both men get knocked off and come crashing down to the canvas.
Taylor and Andrews are both down and in a race to see who can recover first. They're up at roughly the same time, and they immediately begin swinging fists at each other again, even as they're both on unsteady feet. The pace picks up and Taylor gets an advantage after several vicious strikes in a row, putting Andrews on the canvas. Taylor starts applying the Butterfly Lock, apparently solely in an attempt to do damage as a Ladder Match can't be won by submission. Ace reaches out to the ropes by instinct, but no one intervenes to make Taylor break the hold, and Andrews soon starts tapping. After several moments, Taylor releases the hold, and raises his arms in celebration. He grabs the ladder in the corner and starts setting it up in the center of the ring. Taylor, satisfied, starts climbing the ladder, getting so far as to brush the envelope with his fingertips when the ladder suddenly moves. Andrews is up, and pushing at the ladder, eventually pushing it over and causing Taylor to fall chest-first into the top rope. With Taylor down, Andrews sets the ladder back up in the center of the ring and starts slowly climbing, soon reaching the envelope and grabbing it, clutching it to his chest. 85
Taylor starts stirring, slowly coming around as Andrews gingerly climbs down the ladder, clearly battered by the match. He nearly stumbles at the bottom, but catches himself and goes to the middle rope to celebrate with the crowd as RDJ enters the ring with the briefcase. Ace notices RDJ, and slowly gets down from the ropes, still holding his middle. He walks towards RDJ and opens the envelope, handing the contents to Johnson. As RDJ fumbles a bit with the lock, a defeated Taylor rolls out of the ring and is immediately surrounded by his "protection," all four men taking hold of Taylor. RDJ finally gets the briefcase open, and pauses, frowns, and lifts out a cell phone which immediately rings. His confusion broken by the sound, RDJ looks to Taylor and answers the phone. Taylor's face also registers confusion, and he starts violently struggling against his captors. RDJ listens for a moment, then angrily yells "Where's the title?" He listens for a moment longer, then looks at the phone and holds it out to Aaron Andrews. "It's for you." As Ace grabs the phone, Taylor suddenly manages to break free and runs to the back, a camera able to catch him entering a waiting vehicle and escaping. A black sedan immediately pulls into frame and follows Taylor's vehicle. Andrews, remembering the phone, holds it up to his ear for a moment, then shakes his head and hands it back to RDJ. The show ends with Ace celebrating his win with the crowd, and RDJ yelling orders into a walkie-talkie as he strides to the back. 76
Overall: 82
Booker's notes: Happy with the overall rating, I have to admit it probably made me strive to really make this my best show yet from a writing stand-point. I spent way too much time trying to think of a new catch-phrase for Sammy Bach, sorry for the one I settled on.
You may have noticed that the Diamond/Tornado match took place in the event venue instead of a local bar. I was intending on doing a cinematic-style match until I happened to check TCW's product again. "Cinematic-style matches will get severely penalized" so I chickened out and made it a Texas Death match instead. It's in the default database and seems to be the same as a Last Man Standing match except for the name? Anyway it's still somewhat theme appropriate for Triple D. I have to admit that as I was writing the match I really wanted Diamond to win, but unfortunately I have other plans and he had to lose his signature match.
The Behemoths and Mighty Meaty are (were) all Stars, and I would have thought they'd complain about Bad Habit winning, but nope. Could that be a bug? Anyway, Mighty Mo was always destined for bigger things, and while I love a good hoss tag team, this seemed like a good opportunity to try elevating someone new. Not sure it was the best decision from a gameplay perspective as I think the total pop loss of Mighty Meaty and the Behemoths was greater than the pop gain of Bad Habit. I think I can make that up though, for Mo especially. My projects to revitalize the tag division and the midcard are somewhat intertwined for now.
In other pop change news, January has seen TCW's pop go up by one to land at 73 throughout the US. If we keep this up we'll grow to the next size in just a few months, assuming I can keep show ratings up. I'm already hitting viewership limits in Canada which limits growth, I'm not sure how to deal with that yet. Maybe a better timeslot, or bigger network? Maple Leaf Sports won't let me change the Total Wrestling timeslot but things might look better to them if I manage to grow TCW to the next level. Eventually, the plan is to save up enough for my own subscription-based broadcaster; TCW made about $1.2 million this month so I should be on track to do that by the end of the year if those kind of profits continue. I haven't played a long enough TCW game to know how that might all shake out, but I'm interested to find out. I usually play smaller feds in general so it's a nice change to have some financial muscle to start.
Jay Chord is probably the big winner this month, his pop going up by 7-9 points, and interestingly Sammy Bach's pop went up a few points as well instead of going down due to the loss. Not sure what I did right there, but hopefully I can repeat it in other feuds. Other big pop winners this month: Greg Gauge up by 6 points and Edd Stone up by 3, which is cool since I think all I really did with Stone was try to feature him on TV a lot? USPW is putting on good shows, and rapidly growing around the world. SWF on the other hand is losing pop. From other games, I know that the SWF usually drops in size early on in 2020. I think that means I'll have to pump some money into TCW's production values, hopefully that doesn't cut into the profit too much. I think it also means we're eligible for regional battles with SWF once they drop in size? Could be exciting times coming since the SWF is currently putting on shows with better overall scores than TCW is.
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<p>With that, the build-up to <strong>Malice In Wonderland</strong> 2020 is over and I hope to have the show itself up in a few days.</p><p> </p><p>
Aaron Andrews© vs Joshua Taylor for the TCW World Heavyweight title</p><p>
The Behemoths© vs Mighty Meaty vs Benny & The Foxx vs Bad Habit for the TCW World Tag titles</p><p>
Sammy Bach vs Jay Chord</p><p>
Dazzling Dave Diamond vs Troy Tornado in a Bar Room Brawl</p><p>
Eddie Peak / Nick Booth vs T-Bone Bright / Fro Sure</p><p>
One Man Army vs Freddy Huggins</p><p>
The Syndicate have promised to be in attendance!</p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">TCW Saturday Night Showcase</span></strong></p><p>
<em>Saturday, Week 4, January 2020</em></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>
The show begins with the announcers hyping up the main event, a showdown between Greg Gauge and Danny Fonzarelli for the Television title. They then throw to Jason Azaria, who is standing backstage with T-Bone Bright and Fro Sure. Azaria starts by mentioning Bright's big win last Tuesday when he teamed up with Mighty Meaty against the Sinner Society. Fro Sure takes the opportunity to dis the Sinner Society with a few lines, and Bright starts to talk about the win when he's interrupted by Frederique, who says he should be the one being interviewed about his big win last week. Azaria rolls with it, while T-Bone rolls his eyes, and congratulates Frederique. Fro Sure steps in with a couple of lines dissing Frederique's "big win" causing Frederique to turn red with anger. He tells Bright that he better control his friend, or else! T-Bone laughs and responds "Or else what? You'll tickle me with your feather boa?" Frederique says that maybe he will, if T-Bone is lucky, but until then he wants a match tonight. Bright agrees to the match, and Frederique, satisfied, leaves with his nose in the air. <strong>66</strong></p><p> </p><p>
<strong>Texas Outlaws vs Rich and Famous</strong></p><p> </p><p>
Tonight's first match is a rematch from a couple of weeks ago, as Dazzling Dave Diamond and Joffy Laine team up for the second time ever to take on Jackpot Jordan and Jake Idol. The announcers reveal that the Texas Outlaws requested the rematch due to Rich and Famous attacking them last week. Initially a near repeat of their first match, the tag fluidity of Rich and Famous allows them to isolate Laine while Triple D looks on. As the match continues, Troy Tornado comes down to the ring carrying a chair, a bottle of wine, and a glass. Tornado picks a spot near the ring to set up the chair, dusts off the seat, opens the wine and pours it, then settles in to watch the match. Triple D, distracted by Tornado, leaves the apron to confront him. As he jaw-jacks with Troy, Laine looks for the tag but finds no one in his corner. Rich and Famous take the opportunity to hit The House Always Wins on Laine for the pin. <strong>53</strong></p><p> </p><p>
Realizing his mistake, Triple D slides back in the ring to check on Laine while Tornado grabs a mic. He mocks the Texas Outlaws for losing, and tells Triple D to get used to it because he was going to be beaten at his own game this Sunday at Malice In Wonderland! Triple D ignores Tornado, and continues to check on his partner. <strong>71</strong></p><p> </p><p>
<strong>Human Arsenal vs Quentin Queen</strong></p><p> </p><p>
The announcers mention that despite his talent, Human Arsenal was on a losing streak and looking to break the pattern with tonight's match. Not willing to stand toe-to-toe with Arsenal, Quentin Queen instead tries to use every shortcut in the book to wear him down, and is rewarded with a couple of near-falls for his efforts. Arsenal continues his methodical attack though, soon catching Queen with an Ammo Dump for the pin. <strong>50</strong></p><p> </p><p>
Jason Azaria is backstage again, this time with Bad Habit and Haley Buck. He opens by congratulating them on earning a spot in the Fatal Four-Way tag title bout at the upcoming Malice In Wonderland. Roderick Remus responds that it was only natural that they won their title shot, after all they were the best thing going. Matt Hocking takes his eyes off his reflection and agrees, also guaranteeing that Bad Habit are walking out of the PPV with the titles. Benny Benson and Flying Jimmy Foxx take the opportunity to come out and confront Bad Habit, reminding everyone that they were the former champs so they knew what it takes to win at a big show. The segment ends with both teams staring each other down. <strong>64</strong></p><p> </p><p>
<strong>Devine Fortune vs Nelson Callum / Tennessee William</strong></p><p> </p><p>
Apparently unaffected by losing their shot at the tag titles last Tuesday, Darryl Devine and Chance Fortune are all smiles as they head down the ramp for the next match. The thrown together team of Nelson Callum and Tennessee William await them in the ring, warming up. Suddenly, the Elite and Chris Flynn run out and attack Devine Fortune. They hit the Elitism on both men, then roll Devine into the ring and the ref has no choice but to start the match as Callum goes on the attack. Outside the ring, the Syndicate members hold Chance Fortune, forcing him to watch as Callum and William take turns laying into Devine. The finish comes quickly; as Callum tries to lock in the Honey Trap, Devine reverses into a backslide and gets the flash pin. <strong>49</strong></p><p> </p><p>
Eddie Chandler directs Johnson and Flynn to head to the ring and finish the job, but Devine escapes the ring and grabs a chair, swinging it at anyone who tries to get close. Chance uses the distraction to escape Chandler's clutches and grab a chair of his own. Realizing the situation has gone bad for them, the Syndicate slinks off backstage. <strong>58</strong></p><p> </p><p>
<strong>T-Bone Bright vs Frederique</strong></p><p> </p><p>
Frederique makes his entrance, wearing a new sequined robe and bright pink feather boa. As he waits in the ring, T-Bone Bright makes his entrance, but this time without Fro Sure. The announcers speculate on Sure's absence, but turn to calling the match as the bell rings. Perhaps realizing he can't stand toe-to-toe with the powerful T-Bone, Frederique instead relies on his technical ability and dirty tricks to get Bright off his base. Unfortunately for Frederique, T-Bone's power is too much to handle and he falls to the Powerslam. <strong>60</strong></p><p> </p><p>
As T-Bone is getting his hand raised, Eddie Peak comes out to the stage with a mic in his hand. He's followed by Nick Booth, who leads a tied up and gagged Fro Sure to stand beside Peak. Peak says that he's been impressed by T-Bone's steps on the Path to Destruction, but he has so much more to learn. And lucky for Bright, Peak is just the man to teach him. So in the spirit of the pursuit of knowledge, Peak challenges T-Bone and Fro Sure to a tag match this Sunday at Malice In Wonderland. T-Bone accepts, and Peak nods to Booth who releases Fro Sure. <strong>58</strong></p><p> </p><p>
<strong>Greg Gauge vs Danny Fonzarelli for the TCW Television title</strong></p><p> </p><p>
Dr. Love is all smiles as he makes his way to the ring, apparently recovered from the beating he took at the hands of Greg Gauge last Tuesday. Gauge is scowling as he makes his entrance, never taking his eyes off Fonzarelli. The bell rings and both men start feeling each other out, getting bolder with their offense as the match continues. As usual, Gauge's offense revolves around setting his opponent up for the dreaded Proton Lock. Dr. Love, having felt Gauge's signature submission less than a week ago, seems to have Gauge's offense well scouted. Any time it looks like Gauge is going for the Proton Lock, Dr. Love manages to avoid it, sometimes by leaving the ring. Gauge, getting angrier and more frustrated, starts making mistakes, allowing Fonzarelli to capitalize and turn the tide of the match. While setting Gauge up for the Retro Rocket, Dr. Love starts playing to the crowd, which is all the chance Gauge needs to escape and roll out of the ring. Breathing heavily, Gauge stares at Fonzarelli who is taunting him to re-enter the ring, but instead Gauge walks over to his Television title, slings it over his shoulder, and starts backing away. As the ref counts to 10, it's clear that Gauge has had enough and doesn't intend to finish the match. Dr. Love plays to the crowd as Gauge disappears backstage, and the ref calls the match for Fonzarelli via countout. <strong>63</strong></p><p> </p><p>
</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Overall score: 64</strong></p></div><p></p><p> </p><p>
<em>Booker's notes: I've been finding it difficult to characterize Frederique in my writing so I've been avoiding it a bit. Obviously, a traditional effeminate/gay/exotico heel gimmick just won't fly, so I'm finding myself walking a line, letting him have his "Fabulous Heel" mannerisms without demonizing him for his supposed sexual preference or gender identity, and instead demonizing him because he also happens to be a jerk. Hopefully I get called out if I write something insensitive or offensive.</em></p>
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TCW Presents: Total Wrestling
Tuesday, Week 4, January 2020
The show begins with Shaun Doakes and Jasmine Saunders running down the events of last week, including the surprising return of Aaron Andrews and the appointment of Ricky Dale Johnson to the position of TCW Commissioner. At the mention of RDJ, his music hits and he and Kyle Rhodes head to the ring. RDJ, mic in hand, calls out Joshua Taylor. After a few moments, Taylor shows up carrying a briefcase which is handcuffed to his left wrist. "That better be what I think it is," says RDJ as Taylor enters the ring. Taylor pauses for a moment, then gives a brief nod in response. RDJ reaches out to grab the briefcase, and Taylor snatches it away and out of RDJ's reach. "First, I want some assurances." RDJ motions for Taylor to go ahead. "Number one: I want protection from Andrews until we have our match for the title." RDJ says he's confused, as no one offered Taylor a title match. Undaunted, Taylor continues: "I also want protection from the Syndicate, I know once I win the title I'll be in their crosshairs, and considering what they did to Andrews that's not where I want to be!" RDJ, apparently deciding to humor Taylor, asks dryly if there's anything else. "Yeah, as champ I'll want to renegotiate my contract, so be ready for that." RDJ says he'll consider Taylor's demands once he gets the World Heavyweight title back. Taylor says no way, and then starts to leave with the briefcase. Before he can, Aaron Andrew's music hits, causing Taylor to freeze in his tracks and to look around apprehensively. Ace appears at the top of the stage with a mic in hand, but as he makes no move towards the ring Taylor visibly relaxes. Andrews, addressing RDJ and Rhodes, says he heard that they need a main event for Malice In Wonderland this Sunday, and since he's not busy he's offering to fill the spot. Ah, but he needs an opponent... what to do, what to do...? His eyes finally settle on Taylor. "What about you? I'll even put MY title on the line" Taylor looks confused, and glances around as if he might be being tricked. "Uh, sure?" Taylor says. RDJ starts to protest, but Kyle Rhodes speaks for the first time. "Are you sure, Ace?" And Andrews looks to the crowd who cheer for their champion, then nods. RDJ shrugs and then looks expectantly at Taylor, who unlocks the handcuff from his wrist and hands him the briefcase. RDJ tries to open it but it's locked. "You'll get the combination after my title match if I lose, and only once I'm safely out of the arena" Taylor says. RDJ says that wasn't part of the deal, then looks at Rhodes who takes a moment and nods. As all four men start heading back to the production area a voice rings out over the PA system:
"Now that that's settled, let's get to some real business!" says Jack Bruce as he appears on stage in front of the Jumbotron, mic in hand. Bruce, while happy for Rhodes and RDJ because they got their main event for this Sunday, says what matters tonight is... tonight. And tonight, we were going to get a preview of Malice In Wonderland as Joshua Taylor teams with Jay Chord against Sammy Bach and Aaron Andrews in the main event! Kyle Rhodes looks concerned and starts to speak but RDJ cuts him off, saying he'll handle it. 76
Edd Stone vs Doc Hammond
Stone apparently requested this match due to his loss last week to Hammond's stable leader, Wolf Hawkins. Early on, it's clear that despite Stone's technician credentials, Hammond just edges him out in ability as he starts wearing down Stone's legs. The announcers note this serves two purposes: one - it slows Edd down, negating his biggest advantage over Hammond and two - it sets Stone up for the Texas Cloverleaf. In control for most of the match, Doc apparently senses the kill and prepares to apply his finisher. Vita, reading the writing on the wall, climbs the apron, distracting Doc long enough for Stone to hit the Party's Over. 65
A fresh segment of the Love Shack begins with Dr. Love talking about love and hate, and how they were two sides of the same coin. He speaks on hate a bit more before segueing to his guest, the TCW Television champion Greg Gauge. For his part, Gauge seems unhappy to be in the Love Shack and brings his own chair instead of sitting on the Love Seat, but Dr. Love takes no notice and presses on. Fonzarelli asks Gauge about his actions in the ring, specifically about how he's leaving the Proton Lock applied well after the match ends. Gauge says Fonzarelli doesn't know anything about him, it's not about hate. Intrigued, Dr. Love asks the obvious follow up "If it's not about hate, what is it about?" Gauge immediately dismisses the question by saying "No comment." Dr. Love says they have time for one more question, asking what it was like working for BHOTWG? Gauge, enraged, attacks Fonzarelli with his title belt, and once he's down Gauge applies the Proton Lock until several backstage officials arrive and pull him off of Dr. Love. 68
Sinner Society vs Mighty Meaty and T-Bone Bright
In a near repeat of their previous match, Mighty Meaty and the Behemoths immediately start slugging it out with each other, brawling and trying to hit power moves. The ref quickly gives up any semblance of maintaining control over the match and just lets them at it. At ringside, Eddie Peak seems to revel in the chaos, directing his minions in their assault. While the biggest competitors brawl on the outside of the ring, Booth and Bright are the legal men by default. Nick Booth, for once the fastest competitor in a match, zeros in on T-Bone using shortcuts wherever possible to weaken the more powerful man. The finish comes as T-Bone manages to power out of Booth's Lake Michigan Plunge and create enough space to hit the T-Bone Lariat and get the pin. 67
Outside the ring, Mighty Meaty and the Behemoths are still brawling with Peak directing traffic for his side. A team of TCW officials surround the four men, trying to get between the two teams, and eventually succeed in stopping the brawl. RDJ appears on the stage and congratulates Mighty Meaty and T-bone for the win, and says that earned them a tag title shot for Malice In Wonderland. But there was a problem, fans had already seen Mighty Meaty and the Behemoths go at it two weeks ago on Total Wrestling. Mo, grabbing a mic, says he's confused. Do they get a title shot or not? RDJ answers "Yes, but so do two other teams." He explains that the booking committee decided they needed to try something new, so at Malice In Wonderland the World Tag titles would be defended in a Fatal Four-Way Elimination tag match. Who are the other two teams? "Well," RDJ says, "we're fixing to find out!" 77
Benny & The Foxx vs The Elite
In the first of the qualifier matches for a World Tag title shot the high flying team of Benny Benson and Jimmy Foxx collide with the technical excellence of Eddie Chandler and Nate Johnson. As a bonus, Eddie Peak decides to sit at the announcers table for both of tonight's tag qualifiers. Once again, Peak is asked about the new member of Sinner Society he mentioned several weeks ago, but he instead starts talking about the Path of Destruction. A fairly even match, both teams of former tag champions look like genuine title contenders, at least until Chris Flynn makes his presence felt. Distracted by Nate Johnson, both Foxx and the ref fail to notice when Flynn slides into the ring and tries to lariat Benson, who manages to duck, causing Flynn to hit Chandler instead. Eddie Peak cackles as Benson hits the Shockwave From Next Year from out of nowhere and gets the pin. 63
RDJ is watching the match from backstage, fingering the briefcase lock, when Eric Tyler walks up, wanting a word with TCW's Commissioner. He says he noticed that the Ring Generals weren't invited to earn a title shot. "The who? Look, I don't know who the Ring Captains are. I barely know who you are. Talk to me again once your boys have won a few matches." Tyler looks thoughtful, then says RDJ has a deal. 67
Devine Fortune vs Bad Habit
In the second Fatal-Four Way qualifier, the veteran team of Devine Fortune take on the young upstarts Bad Habit. The announcers speculate that nerves might play a factor as Bad Habit has never fought for a title shot before whereas Devine Fortune are former champs. If they're nervous, however, they don't let it show. Both teams are fairly evenly matched, with Devine Fortune's experience giving them a slight edge over Bad Habit's relative speed. The difference maker turns out to be Haley Buck when she slides the handmirror to Hocking, then distracts the ref while Hocking blasts Chance Fortune in the head with the it. Eddie Peak laughs, clearly enjoying the violence. Hocking pauses to admire himself for a few seconds before tossing the mirror out of the ring and covering Fortune for the three count. 61
The backstage cameras pick up a group meeting being held by the Syndicate. Wolf is overheard berating Elite for losing their qualifier. Chandler speaks up and blames Flynn, but Wolf snarls back that it doesn't matter why they lost, just that they did. He then turns to Flynn and tells him not to be so smug. After all, the supposed enforcer of the Syndicate got beat up by Devine Fortune last week. Flynn, suitably chastised, looks down at the ground. "And you? What do you have to say for yourself? Tonight you lost to the same dancing idiot I beat last week." Doc Hammond doesn't respond. Wolf scowls and tells the group to get out of his sight. 74
Freddy Huggins vs Human Arsenal
Freddy comes out to the ring, without Laura for once, to face One Man Army's occasional tag partner Human Arsenal. The announcers speculate as to where Laura might be, and note that OMA isn't at the venue tonight either. The match begins and instead of feeling each other out, Huggins rushes Arsenal and starts brawling with him, seemingly taking out some frustration in the process. Human Arsenal weathers the storm and starts trying to control the match with his technical wizardry. No slouch on the mat himself, Huggins is able to keep up for awhile before Arsenal starts clearly winning their technical exchanges. Huggins switches gears and the match tells a tale of flashy high flyer vs technical master trying to keep them grounded. Eventually, Huggins wears Arsenal down enough to kiss his fist and hits the Huggins Kiss fist drop, but instead of making a cover he hits the Huggins Kiss again. Freddy then looks into a nearby camera and yells "One Man Army! I want you at Malice In Wonderland!" He then hits the Huggins Kiss one more time and finally pins his opponent. 67
A table and chairs are quickly set up in the middle of the ring as RDJ's music hits and the man himself comes out carrying a mic and the briefcase. He announces that he's working on booking another match for Malice In Wonderland. Which match? RDJ says it's called a Bar Room Brawl and calls out Troy Tornado and Dazzling Dave Diamond. Tornado answers almost immediately, forgoing his usual long entrance to head to the ring and sit at the table. RDJ looks expectantly at the entrance ramp, but Triple D doesn't appear. After several moments of this, RDJ looks at Tornado who shrugs. Suddenly, a commotion in the crowd draws everyone's attention. It's Triple D coming through the audience with a beer in each hand. As he gingerly makes his way to the ring, trying not to spill, RDJ sighs and starts talking about the match. It would be competed under Last Man Standing rules, in other words your opponent had to be down for a 10-count. Other than that, anything goes and a TCW ref would be there solely to make the ten count and declare a winner. A bar in an anonymous location would be used for the match, and due to liability issues the match could not be sanctioned by TCW. Both wrestlers would have to sign a waiver in order to participate. Diamond finally plops down at the table, receiving a glare from Tornado for his troubles. "Ok I'm here, what were you saying?" RDJ shakes his head and says "Just sign this." Triple D tries to oblige but he has a beer in each hand. After a moment of deep thought, Diamond gets the bright idea to chug one of the beers so he has a free hand. Tornado watches in disgust. Both men sign their waivers and RDJ says their match is "officially" on! 73
Aaron Andrews / Sammy Bach vs Joshua Taylor / Jay Chord
Taylor and Chord make their entrances separately while Bach and Andrews come out together, causing the announcers to speculate that one team is on the same page while the other isn't. As if proving their point, Chord and Taylor can't seem to agree on who starts. Once Andrews steps up on behalf of his team, however, Taylor quickly leaves the ring and tells Chord to have at it. The bell rings and Sammy instantly reaches out his hand for a tag, apparently wanting to get his hands on Chord. Andrews looks to Bach, then to Chord, then at the crowd, then back to Bach. Ace walks over and tags Sammy who leaps over the top rope and launches himself at Chord. There's no feeling out process between these familiar foes, just the determination and skill to hurt each other. As the match goes on, tags are made by both teams but Taylor consistently manages to avoid any prolonged contact with Andrews. Eventually, Chord and Taylor seem to start gelling as a team, and they go on the attack by isolating Sammy Bach. Andrews shows some frustration as Bach is worn down by the tandem offence of Chord and Taylor but is prevented from making the tag time and time again. Sammy shows his resilience through it all, and waits for his moment. That moment comes when Taylor, thinking he has Bach well in hand, turns his back and starts taunting Andrews. Bach takes the opportunity to dropkick Chord off the apron, then roll across the mat to his corner where he tags in Andrews. Taylor, realizing his mistake, tries to return to his corner to tag Chord but Chord isn't there as he's still on the ground recovering. Turning back to Andrews, Taylor puts his hands out and tries to convince him not to attack. Andrews continues moving forward so Taylor gets on his knees and makes a begging gesture. Ace stands in front of Taylor and seems conflicted about hitting someone who was on their knees, begging. Andrews looks to Bach, who shrugs, then looks out to the crowd who seem firmly in the "Hit him!" camp. Just then, the bell rings and it's announced that the 20 minute time-limit has been reached. 81
That distraction is all Taylor needs as he gives Andrews a low blow and escapes his grasp, running backstage. Bach enters the ring to intervene but is intercepted by Chord and both men start brawling. RDJ runs out to get between Chord and Bach while Andrews tries to recover, and suddenly Ace is back up and chasing Taylor backstage. He comes close to catching him, but Taylor makes it to the parking lot and into the backseat of a waiting vehicle which immediately speeds off, leaving Ace looking frustrated. 80
Overall: 78
Booker's notes: Did I mention I like tag wrestling? My highest rated show so far, which is satisfying since I put more effort into building the next PPV. So why doesn't RDJ just break the briefcase lock? Because wrestling logic, that's why. Also some good news for TCW as SWF is forced to change to a later timeslot on Tuesday night by their network. I mean, realistically our viewership should go up without competition? I guess we'll see.
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TCW Saturday Night Showcase
Saturday, Week 3, January 2020
The show opens with Jason Azaria, mic in hand. He introduces the TCW Television champion Greg Gauge who comes out with a swagger. Azaria asks him about his conflict with Benny & The Foxx. Gauge smirks and says he believes they'll have their hands full with Bad Habit for the foreseeable future, leaving him with another well-deserved night off. Azaria looks conflicted, and says "You haven't heard? Earlier today Jack Bruce booked you in a title defense for tonight!" Gauge looks surprised, then very angry. "Against who?" Gauge manages to growl. Azaria takes an involuntary step back and mumbles for a moment before revealing that Gauge's opponent tonight will be Human Arsenal! Gauge blows his top and instinctively grabs for Azaria but finds him out of reach. Azaria beats a hasty retreat while Gauge fumes. 56
Fro Sure/T-Bone Bright vs Youngman & O'Farraday
Two inexperienced tag teams take each other on in the opening match of the evening. Despite their inexperience together, Ernest Youngman and Findlay O'Farraday show themselves to be a tight tag team, isolating Fro Sure from his partner early on. As Fro Sure takes a beating, T-Bone tries to rally the crowd behind him, eventually earning the tag. T-Bone enters the ring, and O'Farraday steps up to get in his face. Suddenly, they start swinging at each other with big, meaty fists. Big Findlay seems to get the better of the exchange until T-Bone makes enough space to get a running start and hit the T-Bone Lariat, causing O'Farraday to hit the canvas for the first time in the match. Bright lifts the big man in an impressive display of strength and hits the Powerslam for good measure. Youngman is blocked by Sure and the three-count goes on, uninterrupted. 53
Devine Fortune come out and call out the Elite. After waiting for a few beats, Chris Flynn comes out instead, carrying a microphone. He tells Devine Fortune that the Elite are done with them and are moving on to better things. He says that Devine Fortune couldn't get the job done and now, they never will. Darryl Devine and Chance Fortune exchange a look, and without a word attack Chris Flynn, laying him out in front of the Jumbotron. 58
Frederique vs Hugh de Aske
The veteran Frederique makes his on-screen debut for TCW as he faces another debuting wrestler, the "Dread Pirate" Hugh de Aske. A surprisingly even match, Frederique finally catches de Aske with a Romeo Is Bleeding for the win. 55
Backstage, Jason Azaria is once again trying to interview Edd Stone. He asks Edd about his loss against Wolf Hawkins last Tuesday in the main event of Total Wrestling. Edd seems more oblivious than usual, ignoring the question entirely and speaking directly to his Party People in the crowd tonight. Vita picks up the slack, telling Azaria that Edd gave it his all but came up short. Next time, that won't be the case. Stone closes the segment by dancing with Vita and trying to get Azaria to join in. 67
Bad Habit vs Chaos Theory
In perhaps the oddest pairing seen yet in TCW, debuting wrestlers Ant-Man and Mutant take the stage and head to the ring.* Both thickly muscled, they make a striking pair due to their size difference, with their strangeness being accentuated by Mutant's general look. Matt Hocking and Roderick Remus make their entrance, accompanied by Haley Buck, with Hocking carrying his trademark handmirror. The match begins, and Bad Habit immediately start trying to isolate the smaller Ant-Man but have a hard time due to his speed and strength. They switch tactics to isolating Mutant by using tag team tactics and their superior speed, creating an unusual situation where the largest wrestler was in the ring getting beat down by the heels instead of his smaller partner. Eventually, Mutant gets the tag and it's Ant-Man who cleans house, showing an intensity in his work. Unable to derail Chaos Theory's momentum, Bad Habit turns to playing dirty, and as Remus engages the ref Haley Buck tosses the handmirror to Hocking, who proceeds to nail Ant-Man. Mutant tries to intervene and gets nailed as well for his trouble. With Chaos Theory down, Hocking tosses the handmirror back to Buck, and then pins Ant-Man for the win. 52
As soon as the match is over, Benny & The Foxx arrive with mics in hand. Bad Habit is still in the ring, celebrating, when Benson interrupts them. He says he doesn't understand why Bad Habit decided to do Greg Gauge's bidding, but they have Benson's attention now. Foxx gets on the mic to agree and adds that if they wanted a match, all they had to do was ask. Hocking responds that it had nothing to do with wanting a match, and really had nothing to do with Gauge and his title. Remus adds that it was about making an impact in TCW, and it was nothing personal. Benson says it may not have been personal but Benny & The Foxx were taking it personal anyway. Foxx agrees and challenges Bad Habit to a tag match. Hocking looks like he's about to agree when Haley Buck puts her hand on his arm and whispers in his ear. "We'll think about it," Hocking says with a smile. 61
Danny Fonzarelli / Bart Biggins vs The Ring Generals
Fonzarelli and Biggins seem to have some difficulties getting on the same page, while Statler and Waldorf show amazingly fluid tag team wrestling in the face of the makeshift duo. Biggins, an experienced tag wrestler with many titles to his name, takes control for his team, and is able to counter some of the Ring Generals tag tactics. After a roughly even exchange of offense between the two teams, the finish comes suddenly as Dr. Love catches Statler with a Retro Rocket while Waldorf is brawling outside the ring with Biggins. 53
Dazzling Dave Diamond and Joffy Laine take the ring and call out Troy Tornado, who arrives but takes his time doing so. Triple D talks about the conflict between them, saying he owes Tornado a beating. He challenges Tornado to a Bar Room Brawl at Malice In Wonderland. Tornado seems disgusted by the idea of fighting in a bar, or being in a bar, or near a bar... anyway the answer is... Suddenly, Rich and Famous hit the ring and attack Triple D and Laine, laying them out. Tornado takes a moment to take in the scene in the ring, smiles, and says the answer is yes. 53
Greg Gauge vs Human Arsenal for the TCW Television title
Gauge stalks to the ring, clearly angry, but isn't far enough gone to take Arsenal lightly. A back-and-forth affair, both wrestlers rely heavily on mat-based offence and counters. Unable to get an advantage, both wrestlers switch up their offense and start brawling and throwing in aerial moves for good measure. Finally, Gauge seems to gain an upper hand and maneuvers to apply the Proton Lock, making Arsenal tap. 54
Once again, Gauge refuses to release the hold, but this time his victim's tag partner isn't in the building. The ref, unable to get Gauge to obey his commands, calls for backup. Several TCW officials run out to the ring to break it up, sharp-eyed fans noticing Joel Bryant and Robert Oxford among them. Before anyone can lay hands on him, Gauge releases the hold, leaves the ring, and grabs his title. 56
Overall: 59
Booker's notes: I realized that Triple D never actually challenged Tornado to a match at Malice In Wonderland at the last Total Wrestling, so I dropped something else I had planned in order to squeeze in a segment where the official challenge happens. Quite a tag-heavy episode, did I mention I like a strong tag division? I'm really liking Bad Habit and Hocking's gimmick. A handmirror being used as a weapon? And not shattering? Only in the world of wrestling. Anyway, I'm a little concerned about the ratings Greg Gauge has been generating. Seems I need to book him better so I'll think on that.
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TCW Presents: Total Wrestling
Tuesday, Week 3, January 2020
The Syndicate open the show from the center of the ring, Wolf Hawkins with the mic. He declares tonight's episode to be a celebration of the Syndicate. Not only did every member have a match, they were going to have a clean sweep by winning all their matches! Jack Bruce comes out to the stage to remind the Syndicate that if they interfere with each other's matches they would be banned from both TCW TV shows, forever! Wolf doesn't say anything, he just narrows his eyes and stares at Bruce. As the Syndicate files out, Kyle Rhodes appears and walks purposefully to the ring. Surprised by his appearance, Jack Bruce waits for Rhodes to say his piece. 78
Kyle Rhodes takes the center of the ring and says that the past couple of weeks have been some of the most difficult of his life. Not only did the Board vote to curtail his power over the booking committee without telling him, the World Heavyweight title was stolen on his watch. And to top it off, there still wasn't a main event for Malice In Wonderland. He also admits he feels guilty for what happened to Aaron Andrews after his non-title match with Joshua Taylor. Jack Bruce may have been the catalyst, but Rhodes says he takes full responsibility as CEO. While resigning might make sense to some, Rhodes declares that his parents didn't raise a quitter so he was going to stick around and try to clean up everybody's mess. He wishes Ace a speedy recovery and promises that things are going to change around TCW. Jack Bruce opens his mouth to speak but Rhodes shuts him down, saying he's not finished. Bruce looks like he's humoring Rhodes, telling him to please continue.
"Since I mentioned changes coming, I'd like to change something right now. Jay Chord and Sammy Bach, get out here!" The tone in Rhodes' voice must have conveyed something serious to the boys in the back because before long both Chord and Bach appear at opposite sides of the stage. "I've been watching you two tear into each other, week after week, and I've had enough! I have a responsibility to the shareholders to provide big matches and you two seem hell-bent on ruining the Malice In Wonderland card! Well, it stops now." Jay Chord puts a mic up to his mouth and starts to speak, but Rhodes shuts him down as well. "I'm not finished. I'm sure you're about to ask what exactly I can do to stop it, well... nothing. I can't do anything to stop it." Jay grins a huge grin. Rhodes continues "... but I know someone who can. I've decided to take whatever power I have left in the booking committee and invest it in a new position. TCW Nation, there's a new sheriff in town!" With that, Ricky Dale Johnson's music hits and he comes out to thunderous cheers. RDJ soaks in the crowd's adulation, pausing only to stare down both Chord and Bach. He pauses for an even longer moment to stare down Jack Bruce, before continuing down to the ring and shaking Rhodes' hand. 87
Joshua Taylor vs Danny Fonzarelli
Dr. Love makes his usual, crowd-pleasing entrance, disco dancing down the entrance ramp as RDJ takes a seat next to Doakes and Saunders at the announce table. The announcers start to welcome RDJ back to TCW, but he blows past the pleasantries in order to get to the meat of the issue. Namely, this match was RDJ's first official act as TCW Commissioner, and it was intended to get Taylor out of the shadows and into the light where RDJ can see him. Doakes asks RDJ about the World Heavyweight title, and RDJ puts him off, saying "All in due time." Speaking of the devil, Taylor makes his entrance. All seems normal at first, but it's soon clear that something has changed in Taylor. As he walks to the ring, his head appears to be on a swivel, checking all angles. He looks a bit tired, but he hides it well as he comes face to face with his opponent for tonight. At the bell, Taylor leaps into action, putting a furious beating onto Dr. Love. A few early pin attempts show us that Taylor has seemly less patience than he had before, he was clearly trying to end the match ASAP. Unfortunately for Taylor, Dr. Love isn't that easy to put down. He weathers the early storm and slowly starts to even the offense out a bit. Fonzarelli's comeback stalls once Taylor realizes he's losing the upper hand and starts pouring it on again, eventually leading to the Butterfly Lock and the win as Dr. Love taps out. 70
Taylor doesn't wait for the ref to raise his hand, instead he starts heading to the back at a brisk pace. RDJ stands behind the announcer's table with a mic in hand and stops Taylor in his tracks, congratulating him on his win. RDJ continues by empathizing with how Taylor must be feeling; hunted. After all, being a former 3-time World Heavyweight champion himself, RDJ is intimately familiar with what it's like to feel hunted. His easy, southern demeanor is contrasting with Taylor's more on-edge, impatient personality and as they speak, RDJ moves closer to Taylor until they're face to face. RDJ continues, "The difference of course, is that I was hunted for being champ while you're being hunted for acting like a massive a**hole." Suddenly, RDJ turns deadly serious, and says that if Taylor doesn't return the title by next week there would be consequences. Taylor appears to consider what RDJ has said, before returning to his vigilant state, and both men take different paths to the backstage. 79
Chris Flynn vs Chris Caulfield
The first of the four Syndicate matches tonight, the enforcer of the group Chris Flynn takes on the debuting "Hardcore American" Chris Caulfield. Wolf Hawkins accompanies Flynn to the stage, but then heads to the announce table instead of the ring. Once the match starts, it's clear that Flynn outclasses Caulfield by almost any physical measure, a fact that Wolf harps on. For his part, Caulfield takes the beating and keeps on ticking, using his experience to create tough situations for Flynn including several near-falls. It's not enough, though, as Flynn softens Caulfield up enough to make him tap to the Flynn-Lock. 54
The Elite vs Devine Fortune
The announcers note that even though the Elite initially refused to face Devine Fortune, Jack Bruce intervened to make the match anyway. Wolf Hawkins stays quiet during this exchange, then calmly admits that Bruce is starting to become a problem for the Syndicate. The two teams have already had several matches, having feuded since August of last year, and
are very familiar with each other. The bell rings and, unlike their other matches, all four men immediately launch themselves at each other, brawling all over the ring. The ref tries to assert some control over the situation, but quickly gives up and allows them to continue fighting. Eventually, all four competitors spill their fight outside the ring, forcing the ref to start the 10-count. The match ends as the ref reaches 10 and declares the match to be a draw due to double count out. Soon, backstage staff arrive to separate the two teams. Wolf, seemly unhappy at the outcome of the match, takes off his headset and heads backstage without a word. 53
Benny & The Foxx come out to the ring, and the announcers remind everyone that they've challenged Greg Gauge to a tag match so they must be here for a response. Sure enough, Benny Benson has a mic and calls out Gauge, asking if he's found a partner yet. Greg Gauge comes out to the stage with a mic in hand. Gauge says why stop at finding one partner when you can find two? With that, Bad Habit slides into the ring behind Benny & The Foxx and blindsides them. As Haley Buck directs traffic, Matt Hocking and Roderick Remus beat down Benson and Foxx while Gauge looks on in amusement. 55
Troy Tornado vs Joffy Laine
The announcers reveal that Laine has requested this match due to Tornado attacking Triple D on the last Saturday Night Showcase. "The Jackhammer" stands in the ring warming up while Tornado makes his elaborate entrance. The bell rings and Laine immediately shows some inner fire, taking the fight to his opponent with some rough brawling. For his part, Tornado's arrogance causes him to discount Laine completely, which turns out to be a mistake as Laine gets an early near-fall. Switching gears, Tornado starts taking his opponent more seriously, using his experience and mat-based offense to wear down the fiery Texan. Joffy's inexperience is evident as he allows Tornado to control the pace of the match, but he also shows some surprising technical skills of his own. After a mostly even match, Tornado finally gets an opening to hit the Star Maker and take the pin. 64
The cameras backstage catch up to Freddy and Laura Huggins having an argument. It's unclear exactly what they're arguing about, as years of sibling fights seem to be blending together into one massive argument. Suddenly, a knock on the door interrupts the Huggins' and they both stop what they're doing. "Come in?" says Freddy, and One Man Army walks into the room dressed in his finest fatigues. OMA says that he's been given a mission to take Laura to a concert tonight. Freddy starts to protest, but Laura cuts in and tells OMA that she's almost ready and to wait outside. The camera operator is kicked out of the room as well, and the camera focuses on the awkward look on OMA's face as the door shuts and the arguing resumes. 71
Doc Hammond vs Bart Biggins
The third Syndicate-featured match begins with Doc Hammond immediately going on the attack, methodically focusing on Bart Biggins' legs in order to soften him up for the Texas Cloverleaf. While primarily known as a groundbreaking high flyer, Biggins has some mat-based offense of his own which he puts on display in an attempt to counter Hammond's attack. Eventually, Doc's technical skill proves too much and Biggins attempts to switch to high flyer mode but it's too late, as the damage to his legs has been done. Doc slaps on the Texas Cloverleaf in the center of the ring and Biggins is forced to tap. 69
Jason Azaria is backstage and introduces his guests, Mighty Meaty. Mo thanks him and immediately goes off on the Sinner Society, swearing revenge for their attack last week. Eddie Peak enters the scene and says he's happy to hear that Mighty Mo wants revenge, since revenge can help one step on the Path to Destruction. "But what do you want?" Peak asks, looking at Tana. "What sin can we uncover through your hidden desire?" Before Tana can respond Jack Bruce arrives and says he's delighted that Peak and Mighty Meaty are there because he wants to make a match between Mighty Meaty and the Sinner Society. He admits that Eddie's contract puts him out of Bruce's booking reach, but he can book the other three members of the Sinner Society in a match next week against Mighty Meaty and a partner of their choosing. Mighty Meaty look at each other and start quietly discussing things while Peak smiles his patented crazy-eyed smile. 75
Wolf Hawkins vs Edd Stone
The final Syndicate match of the night pits the leader of the group against an up-and-comer currently riding a hot streak. Edd and Vita immediately start playing to the crowd during their entrance, dancing and having a good time. Wolf, visibly more reserved, makes his entrance while Stone and Vita try to get the ref to dance with them. The match starts out slow, with both competitors feeling each other out for a time. The Alpha Wolf eventually takes control, and proceeds to wear Stone down. Worried for Edd, Vita tries to distract Hawkins, but the Alpha Wolf doesn't take the bait, instead doubling his efforts to put Stone away. The effort pays off as an opening is created for the Full Moon Rising, giving the Alpha Wolf the win. 79
As he's celebrating, someone comes out of the crowd and slides into the ring, behind Wolf. Hawkins seems to sense something is amiss and quickly turns around just in time to catch a Standing Hotshot. The mysterious stranger pulls their hoodie down to reveal themselves to be none other than Aaron Andrews! Ace retreats through the crowd as the rest of the Syndicate rush to the ring. 85
Overall: 79
Booker's notes: Still having some issues booking Taylor and the stolen title. It might look like I've figured out something for him, and maybe I have, but I'm honestly just throwing things out there to see what sticks for me. Not a great way to build to our first PPV! Speaking of building to the next PPV, I feel like I've dropped the ball on hyping the card. So far, there's only one confirmed match, and it's not even a title match. I guess two matches now that Tornado has accepted Triple D's challenge. In my defence though, I feel like I have a lot going on in-game right now. But maybe that just means I need to drop a few projects and focus more on building my big events.
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Oh yeah, EZ Quick Pick for fun and maybe prizes:
American Flash vs Marvel Malloy
Frankie Perez/Al Coleman vs The Wild Cats
Deadly Deadshot vs Hugh de Aske
Notorious vs TBD
Going Coastal vs Ice Cold vs The Night Terrors
Jonnie Perez vs Heartbreaker vs JOJI vs Paradox