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TCW Saturday Night Showcase
Saturday, Week 2, January 2020
The show opens with Shaun Doakes and Jasmine Saunders nowhere to be found. The two men at the announce table introduce themselves as Lee Bambino and Mac Smith, then throw it to the ring where T-Bone Bright and Fro Sure stand by with mics in hand. Sure uses his rapping skills to hype T-Bone as the next, big thing! 47
Devine Fortune vs The Ring Generals
The announcers put over The Ring Generals as a hefty challenge for Devine Fortune under normal circumstances, but add in the veteran technician Eric Tyler as their manager and the Ring Generals may just be ready for the next level. Not tonight, though, as Devine hits the Devine Dream Drop for the win. 49
Once again, Devine Fortune grab mics and call out the Elite. Eddie Chandler and Nate Johnson oblige, accompanied by Chris Flynn. And once again Darryl and Chance challenge the Elite to one final match, and once again the Elite decline. 56
Bart Biggins vs Xavi Ferrara
The contrast between these two could possibly not be greater; Biggins, a clean-cut, kiss-all-the-babies type and "Superstar" Xavi Ferrara, a cocky-as-hell, kiss-all-the-babes type. In the ring though, they turn out to be fairly evenly matched, both being decent all-rounders. Experience appears to be the difference maker, as the veteran Biggins eventually hits the B-Dropper for the win. 51
Jason Azaria is standing by backstage with Bad Habit, accompanied by Haley Buck. Matt Hocking and Roderick Remus explain that while they may be a new tag team, they intend to make an impact starting tonight. 62
Bad Habit vs The American Cobras
Already in the ring, The American Cobras pose for their manager Dharma, who has her phone out and is taking pictures. While they're busy tweeting, Bad Habit runs down to the ring and starts beating down Marvel Malloy and Storm Spillane before the match starts. The ref signals for the bell and the match is on. Unfortunately for the American Cobras, they never quite recover from the initial assault and Matt Hocking soon hits the Hock Shock on Storm Spillane for the win. 52
Edd Stone comes out for the next match, accompanied by Vita, with a mic in his hand. He addresses the Party People in the audience, hyping himself up with Vita's help. 66
Edd Stone vs Nelson Callum
A surprisingly even match up, the newcomer Callum takes Stone to his limit and comes close to winning. A worried Vita takes an opportunity to interfere by grabbing Nelson's leg as he runs the ropes. That distraction is all it takes for Edd to firmly turn the tables and hit the Party's Over for the win. 59
A pre-taped segment rolls, showing Triple D at a local bar drinking beer. He's telling road stories to the patrons and having a great time when Troy Tornado shows up. Diamond doesn't see Tornado until it's too late, as Tornado attacks Triple D with a pool cue, laying him out. 71
Benny & The Foxx vs Youngman & O'Farraday
Benny Benson and Flying Jimmy Foxx take on the debuting team of " The Assassin" Ernest Youngman and big "Bruiser" Findlay O'Farraday, who are hyped as very dangerous individuals that are somehow even more dangerous as a team. The new team gels well and gives Benny & The Foxx a serious challenge, but ultimately experience wins out again as Benson hits the Shockwave From Next Year from out of nowhere for the pin on Youngman. 55
Overall: 61
Booker's notes: A lot of televised debuts tonight, really happy with Bad Habit and Haley Buck, I love having a strong tag division so it's nice to see that forming up. And Triple D/Tornado is turning into a money feud, in my eyes. I've always really liked O'Farraday and I'm glad he has tag team chemistry with Ernest Youngman, another guy I'd like to push. I'm a little conflicted about their tag team name: it's not very creative but I also think it has a nice old-school feel that makes them stand out a bit.
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I definitely think going easy on the <strong>bolding </strong>has improved readability. In fact, I think it's improved enough to make me want to go back and edit the first two shows. I'm still concerned about walls of text, though, so graphics are definitely in this dynasty's future. As always, TIA for any feedback.
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<strong><span style="font-size:14px;">TCW Presents: Total Wrestling</span></strong></p><p>
<em>Tuesday, Week 2, January 2020</em></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>
Shawn Doakes and Jasmine Saunders welcome everyone to the show and give a quick rundown of some of the big events of last week's Total Wrestling, including the debut of Jack Bruce, the theft of the World Heavyweight title by Joshua Taylor, and the vicious beatdown given to Aaron Andrews by the Syndicate. Almost as if waiting for a mention, the Syndicate's music hits and all five men walk out to the ring. Holding a mic, Wolf Hawkins begins taking shots at Aaron Andrews, claiming that Ace doesn't deserve to be champ after letting the title get stolen. "Luckily, at Total Mayhem, the title will come home to where it belongs, to where it will be treated with respect!"</p><p> </p><p>
"Speaking of respect, it's about time you learned to show some!" Jack Bruce steps out onto the stage and continues to address the Syndicate. "You went out after <em>my main event</em> on <em>my show</em> and attacked the champion of this great organization after he had already been laid out." Bruce looks at the camera, "And don't think I've forgotten about you, Taylor! But, first things first." Bruce chuckles a bit then appears to change his tune. He says that while it was disrespectful, it was also compelling tv, so he's conflicted. But in the name of compelling tv, Bruce has decided to book all the members of the Syndicate in matches next week. Further, if any of them interferes in each other's matches, then the Syndicate will be banned from both Total Wrestling and Saturday Night Showdown forever!. The Syndicate give each other looks and talk a bit amongst themselves. Except for Wolf, whose eyes never leave Bruce until Bruce heads to the back. <strong>73</strong></p><p> </p><p>
<strong>Freddy Huggins vs T-Bone Bright</strong></p><p><strong>
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T-Bone makes his entrance to a custom hip-hop song by his hypeman Fro Sure who performs it live as they walk down the entrance ramp, while Freddy is accompanied as always by his sister Laura. The story of this opening match, on paper at least, is the classic tale of big powerhouse versus smaller, quicker wrestler. In this case, T-Bone's inexperience comes into play early and often, giving the veteran Huggins opportunities to do some damage. Still, Bright's power is nothing to sneeze at, which he demonstrates when he manages to catch Freddy with a T-Bone Lariat, turning Huggins inside out and potentially turning the tide of the match as well. While T-Bone sets Freddy up for a Powerslam, Laura takes to the apron and begins yelling at T-Bone, goading him into a confrontation. Bright, momentarily distracted, has his Powerslam countered by the quicker Huggins. One Huggins Kiss later and Freddy is getting his arm raised by the ref. <strong>70</strong></p><p> </p><p>
Doakes and Saunders begin talking about the last match when they suddenly receive orders from the back to throw it to Jason Azaria. The scene switches to Azaria at a brisk jog backstage with a camera following him at roughly the same pace. They quickly arrive at the parking lot in time to catch a limo pulling up. As Azaria points the camera operator towards the rear door, hoping to catch sight of the passenger, a security guard gets between the camera and the limo and tells Azaria that this is a secure area and cameras aren't allowed. Azaria reluctantly makes the "kill it" gesture to the camera operator and the camera goes off. <strong>58</strong></p><p> </p><p>
The scene switches back to the venue, where Benny Benson and Flying Jimmy Foxx are standing in the ring with mics. They talk about their recent troubles with Greg Gauge, and call him out in order to make a proposal. Gauge, arrives with a mic in hand and his title around his waist, and says that Benson and Foxx have his attention. The tag partners proceed to make a challenge: "You pick a partner and face us in a tag match. If we win, one of us gets another title shot. If we lose, neither of us will challenge for the Television title again." Gauge considers the proposal and laughs. He says he has nothing left to prove to either Benson or Foxx, but if Gauge can get them out of his hair for good, he'll consider his time beating them again to be well spent. <strong>61</strong></p><p> </p><p>
<strong>Troy Tornado vs Elliot Thomas</strong></p><p> </p><p>
The "Ultimate Underdog" Elliot Thomas waits patiently in the ring while his opponent goes through his elaborate entrance, complete with the longest pyro display in TCW, including special events. After what seems like an eternity, Tornado arrives at the ring and prepares to start the match. The ref signals the starting bell when suddenly, Dazzling Dave Diamond comes through the crowd carrying a chair and a six pack. He sets up the chair near the ring and plops down on it with his beer to watch the match. Tornado finally notices Triple D and becomes visibly angry at the intrusion. With one eye on Diamond, Tornado angrily rips into Thomas, bouncing him all over the ring. For his part, Thomas just weathers the storm, surviving pinfall attempt after pinfall attempt until finally his luck runs out and Tornado hits the Star Maker for the final pin. After the match, Tornado angrily strides to the back while Triple D enters the ring and offers his hand and a beer to Elliot Thomas. <strong>64</strong></p><p> </p><p>
The first Love Shack segment begins with Dr. Love talking about how the world had room for many different kinds of love, including familial love, which gives him a segue to introducing his very first guests, Freddy Huggins and his sister Laura who are sitting together on a small, heart-shaped couch. The Huggins siblings start discussing what it's like to work together when Dr. Love cuts them off. Noting that they didn't have much time for the segment, Fonzarelli says he wants to get right to the heart of the issue, and asks Laura if there's anything going on between her and One Man Army? Laura turns red as Freddy laughs and says that he doubts One Man Army could handle Laura. Dr. Love says "Well, let's find out directly from the horse's mouth. My next guest just happens to be One Man Army himself!" A production assistant leads a confused-looking OMA out to the set, and Fonzarelli escorts him to the Love Seat, asking both Huggins' to move over. They oblige and in the shuffle Freddy winds up standing awkwardly next to the couch while Laura and OMA are now sitting together. Freddy folds his arms and glares daggers at both of them, and Laura seems even more embarrassed. Dr. Love welcomes OMA to the show and directly asks him if he thought he could handle Laura Huggins. One Man Army seems even more confused, saying he won concert tickets on a radio show and was supposed to pick them up in a place called the Love Shack? Dr. Love says OMA came to the right place, and reaches into his silk shirt to hand over two concert tickets. He then makes a pointed reference to there being two concert tickets while slightly gesturing to Laura with his head. Laura sinks even further into her seat, doing her best to hide from the embarrassment. In contrast, Freddy Huggins has an angry outburst, accusing OMA of being after his sister. OMA denies it, claiming he was just here to pick up free concert tickets. Freddy doesn't seem to believe OMA and tells him he better leave Laura alone, and he forbids OMA from taking Laura to the concert. This statement causes an immediate change in Laura's attitude, as she jumps up and gets in Freddy's face telling him that she can hang out with whoever she wants, whenever she wants. As if to prove her point she grabs One Man Army's hand and angrily pulls him after her as she stalks off the stage. Freddy, dumbstruck, watches them leave keeps the look on his face as Fonzarelli closes out the segment. Have mercy! <strong>71</strong></p><p> </p><p>
<strong>Edd Stone vs Tennessee William</strong></p><p> </p><p>
For the 24 Hour Party Animal it's mostly business as usual as he plays to the crowd and dances to the ring with Vita. William clearly doesn't like Stone's rave-appropriate theme and makes his disapproval known to whoever can hear him over the music. The match starts and Stone moves to lock up with his opponent, but Tennessee begs off and yells "You call that dancing? I'll show you dancing! Hit my music!" Everyone pauses, more in confusion than anything, but when nothing happens after a few moments Tennessee yells again, "I said <strong>HIT MY MUSIC</strong>!" Someone in the back decides to oblige and a blues-infused rock song starts playing. Tennessee starts tapping his toes, then gyrating his hips and swinging his right arm and kicking in a fairly decent imitation of Vegas-era Elvis Presley. But the similarity with Elvis immediately ends as the vocals start and the singer is objectively terrible. The crowd starts booing, being joined by Edd and Vita. At first, Tennessee William looks shocked at the boos, but once he sees Stone laughing he sees red and starts his attack. After some back and forth, the tide turns decisively in favor of Stone and he hits the Party's Over. Instead of pinning William right away, Edd decides again to dance with Vita in a premature celebration. Tennessee starts stirring, and is noticed by Vita. She warns Edd who immediately pins Tennessee William. Kick out after two, so Stone decides to hit another Party's Over, and this time Tennessee stays down for the three. <strong>60</strong></p><p> </p><p>
Sammy Bach's music hits and he comes out, mic in hand, to cheers and the traditional crowd singalong. Bach waits in the ring, looking out over the crowd, as his theme song winds down. Once the song finishes, Bach starts talking about how Jay Chord attacked him last week. He warns Chord to watch his back, as what goes around comes around. In any case, Bach can't wait for Malice in Wonderland so he challenges Jay Chord to a match tonight! Chord's music hits and he comes out to boos, standing on the stage with a mic in hand. He says as much as he'd love to kick Sammy's ass right now, he'd rather wait for a PPV payday. Suddenly, Jack Bruce's music hits and he comes out to address both wrestlers. Bruce says that he can't interfere with a PPV booking so he won't book them in a match against each other, but he can allow them to pick each other's opponent for tonight! Sammy Bach nods and looks happy while Chord looks pensive. <strong>85</strong></p><p> </p><p>
<strong>Mighty Meaty vs The Behemoths</strong></p><p> </p><p>
The announcers remind us that this is a non-title match as Mighty Meaty makes their way to the ring, playing to the crowd along the way. The menacing tag champs appear, flanked by Floyd Goldworthy carrying the World Tag titles. Eddie Peak, instead of joining the Sinner Society at ringside, sits down at the announce table and puts on a headset. Doakes takes the opportunity to ask Peak about the new member of Sinner Society he mentioned last week, but Peak doesn't take the bait, instead focusing on hyping up the Behemoths. The story of this match is two teams of gigantic men slugging it out, giving no quarter and expecting none. Even Eddie Peak has to admit that the two teams seem evenly matched. The finish comes as the Sinner Society uses numbers to swing things in the Behemoth's favor: "Nasty" Nick Booth runs down to the ring and attacks Tana while Mo and the ref are both distracted by Titan and Goldworthy, respectively, giving Killer Shark an opportunity to hit the Big Bite and pin Tana for the win. <strong>62</strong></p><p> </p><p>
Eddie Peak stands up with mic in hand and taunts Mo for the loss, but then claims that solace can always be found on the Path of Destruction. As if on queue, the Behemoths attack Mighty Mo, and with Tana still out Killer Shark and Titan make short work of Mo. <strong>67</strong></p><p> </p><p>
Once again, Doakes and Saunders receive the order to throw to Jason Azaria backstage. This time, Azaria is standing in front of a door with a nameplate: Kyle Rhodes, CEO. Azaria reports that there has been a flurry of activity in and around the CEO's office, and he's prepared to get to the bottom of things. Before he can knock on the door, it opens and Kyle Rhodes steps out. Not seen since Jack Bruce arrived last week, Rhodes has been conspicuous by his absence at the announcer's table, but he's clearly been busy behind the scenes. Jason Azaria starts posing questions to Rhodes, but Rhodes interrupts him, saying answers would come in due time. For now, though, he had a company to run. Rhodes then gestured to security who started escorting Azaria and the camera operator away from the door. However, just before the camera was shut down by security for the second time that night, a glimpse of the interior of Rhodes' office was captured, including a very clear shot of Rhodes' special guest: Ricky Dale Johnson. <strong>64</strong></p><p> </p><p>
<strong>Sammy Bach vs Maverick</strong></p><p> </p><p>
For the second time tonight, Sammy Bach's music plays. And also for the second time, the crowd sang along, as Bach made his way to the ring where the bizarre Maverick waited. Doakes and Saunders speculated as to how Chord approached Maverick, wondering what it took to get Maverick to agree to be Chord's proxy tonight. The match itself is surprisingly even throughout, neither wrestler able to take advantage for long, with Maverick pulling out the mind games and Bach able to rally the crowd behind him at a moments notice. The finish finally comes as Bach reverses the Tiger Claw DDT and hits the Bach On Your Back. <strong>72</strong></p><p> </p><p>
In a pre-taped interview, Joshua Taylor sits down with Jason Azaria to discuss recent events. Azaria first asks him about the title, but Taylor changes the subject and starts talking about Aaron Andrews, saying that Taylor was the superior wrestler and claiming that Andrews had it coming for not recognizing Taylor as the true #1 contender. Azaria asks about Wolf Hawkins and the Syndicate's assault after Taylor laid out Andrews. Taylor immediately starts dissing Hawkins, questioning the ability of a man who has others do his dirty work for him. Azaria then asks Taylor what he thinks of Jack Bruce. Taylor says he never thought much about Bruce until he gave Taylor a match against Andrews. Now, he thinks Bruce is a piece of **** for giving him the match and making it non-title. Taylor also blames Bruce for his post-match attack on Andrews. Azaria then tries to ask Taylor about the title again. Taylor immediately ends the interview, taking off the mic and leaving. <strong>76</strong></p><p> </p><p>
<strong>Jay Chord vs Human Arsenal</strong></p><p> </p><p>
The announcers play up the danger of facing Human Arsenal, a man whose every body part is a weapon, a fact Jay Chord seems well aware of judging by the distance he keeps from Arsenal in the initial stages of the match. Eventually, though, Chord runs out of space and has to lock up with Arsenal. He immediately starts fighting dirty, pulling every trick in the book to keep Human Arsenal from gaining momentum. The dirty tricks only serve to slow Arsenal down as Chord seems almost desperate to get this match over with. Jay finally gets his chance when he's in position to put his feet on the ropes where the ref can't see for the pinfall. <strong>66</strong></p><p> </p><p>
As Chord celebrates in the ring, Sammy Bach runs down and attacks him. Chord doesn't seem prepared for the ferocity of Bach and takes the Adrenaline Shot full on, laying him out as Bach looks satisfied to close the show. <strong>82</strong></p><p> </p><p>
</p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Overall: 73</strong></p></div><p></p><p> </p><p>
<em>Booker's notes: Ouch at the main event rating. On paper, it seems like Chord should be able to drag a good match out of just about anyone, especially someone with Human Arsenal's stats even if they're in time decline. I'm also a little disappointed by the ratings RDJ is pulling down so far as I was really hoping for something higher given his pop. There doesn't seem to be a problem with rating someone in angles based on overness in TCW? I probably made a mistake in booking his appearance as a cameo. I think I'm having a little trouble booking Joshua Taylor, his gimmick doesn't speak to me beyond being a CM Punk clone and I'm afraid I booked myself into a corner by having him steal the title. One thing about my booking: I rarely plan anything out for longer than a month or two, which has me run up against myself for past decisions a lot in longer games. On a good note - I am starting to think this Huggins guy might be money.</em></p>
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TCW Saturday Night Showcase
Saturday, Week 1, January
We open the debut episode of Saturday Night Showcase with Jason Azaria holding a mic and welcoming everyone to the show. He then introduces Edd Stone who proceeds to party his way to the stage with Vita in tow. Azaria asks Stone how it feels to be in the first match of the debut show and Stone admits it feels great, but not as great as the party Denver is going throw him once he wins his match tonight. Jason Azaria turns to another topic, stating that Stone won his last match in controversial fashion when Vita distracted the ref. Edd interrupts "What do you mean controversial? A win is a win is a win! And that was a great win! Speaking of great wins, my match is up next." Stone and Vita walk down to the ring where Quentin Queen is already waiting. 66
Edd Stone vs Quentin Queen
Newcomer Queen is welcomed to TCW with Edd Stone's high flying and trademark Stone technical ability. For his part, Queen is able to hold his own for much of the match but eventually gets overwhelmed and hit with the Party's Over. Instead of going for the pin, Edd starts dancing in the ring, drawing Vita to the apron so she can dance with him. The ref, trying to regain control, orders Vita off the apron. Edd finally pins Queen for the win. 56
The Sinner Society is out next, Peak with a mic in his hand and Goldworthy holding the World Tag Titles. The Behemoths flex menacingly in the background while Nick Booth sneers at the crowd. Peak says that the Path of Destruction will soon run through Saturday Night Showcase, but tonight TCW has a reprieve because it's the debut show and Peak is feeling magnanimous. He drops a hint that he's in a good mood because there's a new member of the Sinner Society. 65
Dazzling Dave Diamond/Joffy Lane vs Rich and Famous
Three more new wrestlers debut tonight, this time alongside TCW mainstay Triple D. Rich and Famous is built up by the announcers as a long-time, well-rounded young duo looking to make their mark. And make their mark they do, mostly all over Joffy Laine as their experience as a tag team allows them to isolate the rookie. After some fluid tag team wrestling shown by Jordan and Idol, Laine eventually hits the hot tag and Triple D cleans house with his smash-mouth brawling style and catches Jordan with the Dazzle Driver for the pin. 50
After the match, Diamond celebrates with the crowd by handing out beers and drinking a couple himself. As he's enjoying himself, Troy Tornado's music hits. He walks out and looks disgusted at what he sees. Tornado asks for a mic and starts berating Triple D for being a drunkard, and for not leaving when his match was over. Triple D responds that he didn't think he was drunk enough for this, and chugged another beer, then left through the crowd. 68
Troy Tornado vs Kip Keenan
Yet another new wrestler debuts as Kip Keenan waits patiently in the ring for Tornado to finish his entrance. Tornado seems to be in a bad mood and takes it out on the rookie, at least initially. Keenan eventually mounts a comeback, causing Tornado to take the easy route and cheat to win the match. 54
A special set is revealed to the left of the Jumbotron, looking like an audio booth at a radio station, complete with old-timey microphones and decorated with hearts. Dr. Love welcomes us to a preview of the "Love Shack," a segment where he will interview guests and discover their deepest secrets. Have mercy! 64
The Elite vs The Rock City Stars
Saunders claims she's lost track of how many new wrestlers have debuted tonight, while Doakes tries to get us back on track by hyping up the various accomplishments of both teams in other organizations. Fluid tag team wrestling is on display as both experienced teams jockey for position. The finish comes after The Elite finally isolate Stan Manna from his partner and hit Elitism for the win. 53
The Elite don't have much time to celebrate as Devine Fortune come out with mics in hand. They say they're frankly tired of the Elite, and want to have one more match to decide things once and for all. This time though, they want Chris Flynn banned from ringside. At the mention of his name, Flynn comes out and stands with the Elite. Eddie Chandler and Nate Johnson confer for a bit before saying no deal and laughing. Devine Fortune look at each other and then leave the stage, leaving the Elite to celebrate their win with Chris Flynn. 59
Greg Gauge vs Benny Benson
As in Gauge's previous title defense, high flying action went up against mat-based excellence. And once again, Gauge let his frustration show as his opponent bounced back over and over again. Finally, he puts Benson in the Proton Lock and once again refuses to release the hold after the bell. 65
The near repeat of the events on Tuesday continues to unfold as Flying Jimmy Foxx hits the ring to make Gauge break the hold. Greg Gauge grabs his title and heads to the back while Foxx checks on his partner. 58
Bookers notes: So some of my new hires are making appearances, and I'm pretty happy with the results. Rich and Famous look like solid hires to beef up the tag division while Joffy Laine and Kip Keenan are hopefully future stars. I say hopefully because I haven't been great at getting "unimportant" workers to the next rung in my previous games. I suspect I need to job out some of my time decline mid-carders and then pay them off to maintain locker room order.
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Welcome to the TCW party! Don't worry too much about those match ratings, as long as you a quality main event you'll be okay. TCW do start with a lot of midcard chaff, so there is some transitioning to do, but there's a lot of talent there too. Like the start - will be interesting to see how you introduce a signing or two (always the hardest thing to do when starting a diary).
Graphics are easiest done through linking imgur, although you can go much fancier than that. Fancy graphics bring more readers, but more time on writeups and less time playing the game, so it depends what you want out of this hobby. Personally I've ditched graphics in my diary as I want to play the game more, but footfall has definitely fallen
Thanks for the welcome and the feedback! I haven't decided on graphics yet, but I'm leaning towards doing it in order to break up the walls of text. Thanks also for the heads up on imgur, I'll check it out.
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I've been thinking I need a new hobby so welcome to my first dynasty ever! I'm not sure how much I'll update, partially because I do plan on working on the presentation. I'd love to add graphics and such but I'm still learning how to do things like that. Anyway, constructive criticism is much appreciated.
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TCW Presents Total Wrestling
Tuesday, Week 1, January 2020
Kyle Rhodes and Shawn Doakes begin by welcoming everyone to the show, and briefly speculating as to the identity of the new consultant sent by the network to observe tonight's proceedings. Before they can start throwing potential names out, familiar music fills the arena. A wail of a guitar and heavy drum beat get a nostalgia pop from the crowd who recognize it as Painful Procedure's original theme, but the familiarity quickly lessens as a more modern, remixed version starts playing. Suddenly, Jack Bruce himself walks out to a shocked but welcoming crowd. Shawn Doakes notes that it's been over 15 years since Jack Bruce was last seen in TCW. Bruce plays to the crowd takes in the adulation for a bit, including chants of "Welcome Back!" and heads over to sit next to Rhodes and Doakes at the announce table. As he puts on his headset, Doakes and Rhodes both welcome him back to TCW. Bruce thanks them and starts explaining his new role at TCW when he's interrupted by another familiar song.
Joshua Taylor's music hits and he stands on the stage in front of the TCW Jumbotron, mic in hand. Taylor says he was robbed in his match with TCW World Heavyweight champ Aaron Andrews last Sunday at Psycho Circus. He addresses Kyle Rhodes directly and demands a rematch for the title at Malice In Wonderland. "Mr. CEO, everybody knows that I'm better than Andrews, and his win was a fluke!" Kyle Rhodes grabs a mic and stands up behind the announcer's desk. He explains that from what he saw at Psycho Circus, Taylor lost fair and square so he should go to the back of the line and earn another title shot. Taylor, enraged, starts protesting when Jack Bruce grabs a mic and stands up as well. "Whoa, whoa, whoa! I like that fire and I usually hate to interrupt, but I think that it's fair considering you interrupted me first. As I was saying, I'm not here to get back into the ring, those days are behind me. No, I'm here as an official consultant to the Network, and I think a rematch between Andrews and Taylor would be something that would make for great TV!" The crowd signals their agreement by cheering and Taylor just stands and nods with an intense look on his face. Rhodes addresses Bruce, saying that while he agrees it would be great TV, he still thinks that Taylor needs to earn his shot so he won't be facing Andrews for the title any time soon.
Bruce waits a pause before addressing Rhodes. "I guess someone didn't read the memo. You see, given my success in this industry I've been entrusted with certain... responsibilities. And we all know that with great responsibility comes... great power. Specifically, I've been given the authority to intervene in booking committee decisions in the interest of keeping Total Wrestling aligned with the Network's paradigm. So with that mandate in hand, my first official act is to book Aaron Andrews versus Joshua Taylor in a match tonight!"
The crowd roars their approval of getting such a big match, while Taylor grins a huge grin. Kyle Rhodes starts sputtering at this surprising development, taking off his headset and stepping away from the announce table while having an angry conversation into his cell phone.
Bruce continues "Don't get too excited Taylor, there is one little wrinkle. I don't have any authority over the World Title, so it has to be a non-title match. But you seem like the type to make the most of an opportunity, I'm sure the booking committee would look favorably on you for another title shot if you manage to beat the champ tonight!" Taylor takes the news in and seems conflicted for a second as he considers the non-title aspect of the match. He thanks Mr. Bruce for the opportunity and says he knows that the booking committee will make the right decision after he proves that he's better than Andrews tonight!
Jack Bruce sits back down and verbally nudges Shawn Doakes to keep doing his job and talk about the first match. He says that everyone on Total Wrestling is under review, including staff. Doakes gets the hint and starts talking, quickly recovering his composure even though Kyle Rhodes can still be heard yelling at his phone in the background. 75
Greg Gauge vs Flying Jimmy Foxx for the Television title
Foxx plays to the crowd a bit, dancing in the ring as the bell signals the start of the match. Jasmine Saunders comes out to replace Kyle Rhodes at the announce table as Doakes and Bruce play up the pedigree of Gauge. In a perhaps surprisingly even match, Gauge lets his frustration show as Foxx bounces back again and again and refuses to be put down for the three count. Eventually, by softening up the legs, the mat-based offense of Greg Gauge allows him to counter the high flyer and gives him an opening to apply his family's Proton Lock finisher. Jimmy tries to reach the ropes but Gauge drags him back to the center of the ring where Foxx is forced to tap. 66
After the bell rings, Greg Gauge refuses to release the Proton Lock. As Foxx flails, Gauge has a maddened look on his face as he ignores the ref's instructions to let go. Suddenly, Foxx's tag partner Benny Benson runs out and hits the ring, leaping onto Gauge to break up the hold. Gauge immediately lets go and slinks out the ring and grabs his title. "Now hold on a minute!" Bruce stands up with a mic in hand. "That was a great match, boys, and definitely the type of thing we like to see on Total Wrestling. If I can segue a bit, it's also the type of thing we like to see on TCW's new show: TCW Saturday Night Showcase, which I realize I'm just announcing for the first time right now. Anyway, I'm thinking we need to kick off this new show with a bang, so how about a TV title match in the main event between Greg Gauge and Benny Benson?"
Benson looks excited at the prospect of a TV tile match, but Greg Gauge starts to protest. He slings the TV title over his shoulder and grabs a mic, then claims he needs more than a few days to prepare for a title defense. And anyway, Bruce said he didn't have authority over titles in TCW. Bruce pauses, then says while it's true that he doesn't have authority over booking the World titles, the TV title is squarely in his domain. And if Gauge wants a spot in Bruce's domain, he'll get with the program.
Instead of sitting back down at the announce table, Bruce says he needs to head to the back to take care of some business but he'll be watching and "consulting" where appropriate. As he leaves, Doakes and Saunders discuss TCW's newly minted Saturday night show and its scheduled main event, then switch to introducing the next match. 60
WAR Machines vs Marc Speed/Maverick
The announcers say that this is the first time both teams are teaming up, but note that both Human Arsenal and One Man Army have had tag title success in the past, albeit with different partners. With four wrestlers who are comfortable on the mat, the match turns into something of a brawl-fest as mat techniques are countered, and then counter-countered. The cameras backstage catch the Sinner Society watching the match with some interest, causing Doakes and Saunders to speculate that tag teams are being scouted by the current champs, the Behemoths. The no-nonsense personality of Speed conflicted a bit with the unpredictable nature of Maverick, but they managed to work together as well as could be expected until the finish came when OMA hits the Guided Missile on Maverick. 62
The Sinner Society, apparently having seen enough, come out to the ring as the previous competitors clear it and give Eddie Peak's group wide berth. Flanked by the menacing Behemoths and Nick Booth, Floyd Goldworthy carries the tag titles to the ring. Peak has a mic and begins to speak on the path of destruction that led Killer Shark and Titan to the tag titles. Peak claims that under his tutelage, the Behemoths will help usher in more destruction and shake TCW to it's very foundations... Might Meaty's music hits and Mighty Mo starts with mic in hand, mocking Peak's promo. "Destruction this, darkness that, I say your boys are afraid of a super-sized challenge!" Tana agrees and calls the Sinner Society a bunch of chumps. Peak snarls at the interruption, and raises the mic to respond when Jack Bruce comes out: He says that while he likes the idea of Mighty Meaty and the Behemoths going at it, but since tonight's show was fully booked so it would have to be next week in a non-title match. Mighty Meaty looks happy at the development, while Goldworthy looks worried and Eddie Peak smiles his crazy-eyed smile. 70
Edd Stone vs Roderick Remus
The 24 Hour Party Animal hits the stage, dancing with Vita and playing to the crowd. Remus, already in the ring, looks on and visibly gets angrier the longer it takes Edd Stone to make his way to the ring. The bell rings and both men immediately start showing off some technical ability mixed with high flying spots. Remus takes advantage after Stone plays to the crowd for a little too long, and slaps on the Remus Clutch. Stone nearly taps, but Vita climbs up on the apron to distract the ref causing Remus to break the hold and get in Vita's face. Edd Stone recovers enough to hit the Party's Over on Remus once he turns around and gets the pin. 65
Backstage, One Man Army is shown in the locker room putting on his street clothes. Laura Catherine Huggins barges in and seems surprised to see a half-dressed man with facepaint on. "Oh... I'm, uh, looking for my brother." "Haven't seen him." "Ok... do you mind if I just wait? You know, I love a man in uniform. Or out of it, in this case." Both OMA and Laura seem a bit flustered by the situation when Freddy Huggins enters. Laura seems relieved, OMA is still confused, and Freddy seems oblivious to the situation, talking to his sister like no one else is there. He goes on about now it should be his time to shine now that he finally dropped the dead weight that was Edd Stone. Laura agrees and says that a new regime under Jack Bruce might provide new opportunities. Freddy finally notices OMA who has been quietly getting dressed and it starts dawning on him that he walked into an uncomfortable situation. Huggins lowers his sunglasses to give OMA the evil eye, then grabs his sister's hand and leads her out of the locker room. 65
Danny Fonzarelli vs Yuri Yoshihara
The crowd pleaser Dr. Love is out next to face rookie Yuri Yoshihara, already in the ring. A fairly quick match, Yuri looks out of his depth as Fonzarelli picks up the easy win. 52
We go backstage where Aaron Andrews is standing by with Jason Azaria, who starts off by asking about Jack Bruce giving Taylor a rematch. Ace takes the opportunity to welcome Jack Bruce back to TCW before addressing the match with Taylor. Andrews is of the opinion that he already beat Taylor, and he shouldn't have to face him again so soon, but since he was the Ace of TCW he was willing to take on all challenges. The conversation turned to the 2019 King of Kings winner Wolf Hawkins. Already guaranteed a spot in the main event of Total Mayhem, Wolf seemed to be laying low for now. Andrews commented that he agreed The Syndicate was nowhere to be found lately, and they'd stay that way if they knew what was good for them. Ace didn't plan on losing the World Heavyweight Title to anyone, any time soon. 68
Sammy Bach vs. Matt Hocking
Hocking makes his entrance, carrying a hand mirror and pausing to admire himself on the stage in front of the Jumbotron. He carries the mirror to the ring, doing more admiring along the way, ignoring the boos. The opening to Sammy Bach's theme, performed by his band "Dead Pool," brings Hocking's attention away from his own reflection and towards the stage. Sammy Bach enters and spends a few minutes making his way to the ring while the crowd sings along to his band's song. As Sammy enters the ring, Hocking immediately goes on the attack, causing the ref to hastily call for the opening bell. Hocking shows his speed, running some circles around the veteran and hitting some flashy moves. After a good back and forth, Bach takes control after Hocking catches sight of a replay on the Jumbotron and pauses to admire himself. From there Bach quickly dispatches Hocking by hitting the Bach On Your Back. 71
Sammy celebrates in the ring, stepping on the middle ropes and playing to the crowd. He doesn't notice Jay Chord run out to the ring and slide in behind him. Chord waits until Bach climbs down and turns around before nailing the Cradle Piledriver and counting to three as he pins Bach. Chord then jumps up and celebrates his "win" as the crowd boos. 79
Aaron Andrews vs Joshua Taylor
Both men, already familiar with each other due to their recent match at Psycho Circus put on a back and forth clinic with neither wrestler able to get an upper hand. Near the 19 minute mark, Doakes notes that the 20 minute time limit was rapidly approaching and openly wondered what a draw would mean for title implications. Taylor, perhaps sensing the tv time limit approaching, visibly grew more frustrated as he failed to put Andrews away. After one last near-fall, Taylor's frustration seemed to finally boil over and he left the ring to grab the World Heavyweight title and slide back into the ring. He began stalking Andrews who seemed disorientated from the last pinfall attempt. The ref, noticing the foreign object, began warning Taylor but got thrown down to the canvass for his trouble. As Ace turned around, Taylor blasted him in the head with the title. The ref, getting back up, signals the bell and declares Andrews the winner via DQ. 78
Taylor clears the ring to loud boos, taking the title with him. Andrews, still laid out, doesn't respond when the Syndicate's music hits and Wolf Hawkins starts addressing the champ. The Alpha Wolf mocks Ace for his current condition, and for letting someone steal his title. Wolf mentions winning King of Kings, and his guaranteed main event spot at Total Mayhem, and says while it doesn't really matter who he faces for the title, he wouldn't be the Alpha Wolf if he didn't let his pack have some fun. With that, Doc Hammond, Chris Flynn, and the Elite head down to the ring to put the boots to a still groggy Ace Andrews to close the show. 70
Overall: 76
Booker's notes: A better overall rating than I expected given how some of the segments seemed to underperform. I picked Jack Bruce as my user character given his history with TCW and his still insane pop, thinking I can use him to give someone the rub. I'm not sure it's working given how low his segments have been so far but I'll keep trying. These initial shows are intended to feel the roster out, things like time decline and chemistry are important to my booking plans, so there may not be a lot of logic yet behind every choice I make from a booking standpoint. I'm noticing that my midcard needs a lot of work, full of time decline and few prospects, plus I don't think I have enough jobbers or tag teams, so there are several hires in the works. I have a couple of owner goals that limit things a bit: required 60 in Selling and Psychology.
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Cool how different games can be. Storm has been tearing up my main events since Marvel got poached by OLLIE after I hit medium and went a little crazy offering written contracts. I like that feature where the AI might get into a bidding war with you over shared workers, it was genuinely tense wondering whether I'd get to keep either of the American Cobras since Cliff is cheap.
Any tips from players with longer games? One thing I'd do differently is start upgrading merch right away. As of October 2020, my profits are razor-thin due to my spending habits so I wish I had squeezed some extra profits from merch early on.
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<p>I decided to try focusing on building stars by having a leaner, meaner roster so I tend to stay at 25 fighters per division with a high turnover at lower ranks. I’m pretty pleased with the results so far, I used to have to limit growth to allow fighter pop to catch up. I also bought XCC in year two I think, expanded their divisions, and set them up as a TV driven company running as many events as possible. This gives me a constant stream of high regional to low national fighters with good momentum to call up. It has also been a good place to send popular fighters on losing streaks to either earn their way back or be fed to future stars.</p><p> </p><p>
Would anyone who uses hype please go into it a bit more? I didn’t even know about it until someone in this thread mentioned it. It sounds like it helps popularity gain as long as the fighter wins?</p>
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<p>I like to stick to AI restrictions, and I will even add new ones to events that don't have them, because it can shake things up if my shows get formulaic.</p><p> </p><p>
6 months is enough time to establish dominance in the US by forcing SWF and USPW to cult. You better be building up new stars though because SOTBPW is a juggernaut. If I ever start a new TCW game I will probably take the fight to Mexico early and often.</p>
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One thing that might help people struggling with money is to up your user character's negotiation skill when you start a new game. Maxing it is not a tough choice for me if I'm running a small, perf-based company and it's a skill that can stay useful all the way to national.
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I decided to play with alliances a bit and got NOTBPW and PGHW to join with the idea that talent trades would help me expand.
The storyline centers around Marc Speed and the International title, where he decides to defend it around the world because no one in TCW is good enough to ever beat him. The TCW board doesn't sanction those defenses, so when Speed finally loses the midcard alliance title I created a new title lineage is born. It's a second-tier type storyline but he's getting over and hopefully that makes up for me never pushing Speed in CZCW.
So far PGHW has had Speed defend the title about every other week, but NOTBPW hasn't touched it yet.
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I have a few requests if anyone would be so kind.
First I'm forming a small group based on Brent Hill's Machine alt. I want to use Killer Shark renamed as Grinder and Mainstream Hernandez as Torque, both with masks. I'd be happy with reusing Brent Hill's Machine mask as a template with different colors, but if anyone has the creative impulse to do something different that still fits an industrial theme feel free. I'd also like Brent Hill's render changed slightly so that he looks more serious as Machine, the smile just doesn't cut it for me.
I would also like a Mikey James alt that fits with Frankie Perez's Kill Switch alt. I'm thinking of calling him Terminus and I want to put them in a group with Sammy Bach as Dead Pool. Again, feel free to be creative as long as it fits a Gothic/Death type theme, but if you just want to copy Kill Switch's look I'd be happy with that too.
If anyone's wondering, Stable Wars are coming back to TCW!
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