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MATCH CARD: MAIN EVENT 4C CHAMPIONSHIP STEEL CAGE MATCH: THE EAST SIDE ASSASSIN VS AARON KNIGHT (C, 5TH DEFENSE) #1 CONTENDER'S MATCH FOR THE 4C CHAMPIONSHIP: CHRISTIAN PRICE VS TYRONE GRAY 4C TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP: THE HARDCORE TORONTONIANS VS THE GILBERT BROTHERS (C, 4TH DEFENSE) 4C HARDCORE CHAMPIONSHIP BARBED WIRE CAGE OF DEATH ESCAPE MATCH: CARNAVAL VS KOBRA KHAN VS MOSHER VS THE ANARCHY VS THE MISFIT VS SETH WISH (C, 3RD DEFENSE) CANADA'S MOST WANTED VS THE BERZERKERS SHIVA VS PAUL VAUGHAN IEYOSHI SHIMAKAGE VS LEWIS FREY KALEPO FAINU'U VS MIGUEL ANGEL GONZALES

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Thank you for tagging along man! Truly one of the GOAT indy guys in the game. Thank you! Controversial or the Aussie C word?! Not much else left to be said, thank you for reading! As someone who started TEW with 2010, DWN, Jacob Jett, Chris Flynn, Sayeed Ali, ADV and Frankie Dee there together was one of my go-to saves. Glad to be able to pick this up! Roster Overview has been posted, tomorrow or on Wednesday I'll be posting the first card, 4C Cage Rage!

4C ROSTER OVERVIEW MAJOR STARS EAST SIDE ASSASSIN CHRISTIAN PRICE A former CGC standout, Price left the company after one too many erratic booking choices by Alex DeColt to establish Quebec Pro Wrestling, a COTT member upon its inception. He's been wrestling for 4C since 2018, although recent issues with his booking and 4C's expulsion from COTT make his future uncertain. TYRONE GRAY "High-Energy" Tyrone Gray is a 26 year old prospect that debuted with MAW in 2014 and was part of their USPW developmental era, meaning he got high exposure at a young age. He's a really good high-flier and was one of Sayeed Ali's first signings after he took control of 4C. Being highly appreciated by the owner and someone the booker knows and has booked surely helps his standing within the company. STARS AARON KNIGHT The "A-Game" is an absolute monster of a wrestler, and the only person to hold both the CGC World and 4C Championships. However, his CGC career is plagued by the failed babyface "Ian DeColt" run, one that ruined his credibility in the eyes of the fans and made him look like the blandest babyface in the world. After his CGC exit he spent a lot of time doing basically nothing before Sayeed Ali picked him up, repackaged him and gave him the big silver belt that made him an instant star once again. WELL KNOWN DARIUS FUNKE & RICKY KASH - CANADA'S MOST WANTED College Football standout Darius Funke and Indy wrestling veteran Ricky Kash are the most dynamic tag team duo around, with their great look and high ring ability making them a tough match for any opponent. They've spent most their time so far at NYCW before being signed by an actual Canadian company in 4C, though NYCW's standing in the COTT makes their future in the company unclear. JESSE & JOE GILBERT - THE GILBERT BROTHERS The brothers are living 4C legends, with 4 tag titles reigns together and 4 Hardcore title reigns each. After breaking up the team for a while the two got back together in 2021 and they're getting one final run at gold as they've entered their 40's. SHIVA The Muai Thai specialist is a Combat Academy graduate. He is a great striker who works a very stiff style (much to the complaints of his fellow workers some times) and he has won the Hardcore and Tag belts in 4C, with a good chance he gets the big one and completes the trifecta some day. RECOGNISABLE ALAN PARENT "Parental Abuse" may be one of the worst nicknames in the history of wrestling, his issues with bumping and selling are well documented, but damn if Alan isn't a passionate pro who's been working for over 15 years. Besides, he's a solid hand otherwise and at this point the terribleness only pops the boys (and marks). MOSHER A Hardcore specialist (you know it when you look at him), Mosher is a Combat academy product with a Metalhead gimmick. He's a very popular part of the midcard and 3 time Hardcore champion, though whether he can rise to the top of the company is in question. He does have plenty of time in him still. TATSUKICHI SICHIROBEI & TOKOYUNI HARDCORE - THE BERZERKERS These two WEXXV legends are gracing the stacked 4C Tag Division with their presence. Accomplished beyond any end in (the smallest company in) Japan, they still have plenty in the tank being only 37 years old, and can work both a normal and hardcore style. BRIAN MILLER & RICHARD BOYCE - THE HARDCORE TORONTONIANS These two guys may be young, but when you're trained by Larry Wood and have this natural chemistry, you know they're destined for big things. They're sure to accomplish much. CLARK SMALLBONE & PERRY LONGSTAFF - MINESSOTA AWESOME These Midwest pretty boys are really talented high fliers, but tired of being used as jobbers in IPW for the early part of their careers, they're now part of 4C and have the (mis)fortune of being compared with Generation Z of CGC fame all the time. CARNAVAL A young Quebecois lucha libre fan, he graduated from the House of Stone but found with his average athleticism and super cool face paint he's better at hardcore bouts, something that 4C is more than glad to let him indulge in. He still tries to do the luchador stuff though. KALEPO FAINU'U Part of the attempt of Ali to bring in a "global" feel to the promotion, Kalepo is part of the polynesian dynasty that runs RTTI. A really promising impactful wrestler reminiscent of his idols Samoan Machine and Rhino Umaga, he probably has a big future in the promotion. KOBRA KHAN He sticks his tongue out, he dives off of tall shit, and he travels from Australia to Canada once a month to dive off of different cool shit. Kobra Khan is a former backyarder whose infectious passion for wrestling shines brightly when he wants to do weird, cool shit and somehow makes it work despite not the biggest reservoir of talent in the world. SETH WISH Seth Wish is Kobra Khan's DIW nemesis, a very similar wrestler who has the fortune of being formally trained and be a crazy athlete rather than a great athlete. A surprising choice for Ali's first newly appointed Hardcore champion, he has been justifying that choice by doing absolutely insane things to keep that belt. THE ANARCHY Not particularly a fan of politics, The Anarchy is a masked Combat Academy graduate who also likes to fall off tall things and kill himself. The Boston native has been noted to not be "very good", but his dream of making it in wrestling will be realized when he ever wins a title. THE MISFIT The ugliest man this side of the Ocean is an incredibly brutal, hardcore wrestler who was hired by Sayeed Ali in 2021 after graduating Combat Academy in 2014 and being rejected by the company on the spot. He did build a reputation on the indies as a man willing to do anything to get the crowd's reaction and so Ali liked his spirit enough to give him a shot. UNIMPORTANT ERIC LAMONICA & REILLY PATTON Two fairly talented Combat Academy graduates, these two make the classic "high flyer and technician" combo work as a tag team because they lack the size and look to be solo stars. CAPTAIN CANADA This youngster is part of the "wave" of Canadian luchadors. Trained by Dermott Ayers, he uses the Montreal Crab as a finisher and while very young he looks like he will have a long career at the very least. CLUTCH MCKANE The Speed King is a man of average athleticism and low stature within 4C, but he has made it 11 years into his 4C career and had some pretty good matches that never crack 11 minutes. GAHTIR SALIM A very solid wrestling prospect from India, Salim actually moved to Canada to complete his wrestling training and has had a solid independent career so far. Perhaps not the biggest potential star or a charisma machine, he's nonetheless a damn solid wrestler. LEWIS FREY He may be a NOTBPW nerd, but Lewis Frey has worked hard to not be a soulless boring wrestler and is a nice breath of fresh air in 4C cards by bringing in that solid, grounded technical style. IEYOSHI SHIMAKAGE One of the toughest fighters in wrestling, Shimakage was primed for big things by BHOTWG management, before two failed drug tests basically ended his career in the company and the country of Japan. Through some weird contact coincidence he made his way to 4C, has cleaned himself up and is ready to have the run that will save his legacy and make him some money. MIGUEL ANGEL GONZALES The Mexican veteran doesn't have a lot left in the tank, but Sayeed Ali remembered him from his MHW run and brought him in to bleed buckets until he calls it a day, essentially. PAUL VAUGHAN Touted as the best prospect to ever graduate Combat Academy, no matter what Chris Flynn or Morgan Malone have to say, a lot of people have pinned their hopes for the future of the company on Paul Vaughan. His high flying is jaw-dropping, his mat game surprisingly capable for a modern young indy worker and his look that of a rockstar. If he develops on the charisma front and puts on a few pounds, he'll make it anywhere in the world as an absolute headliner. THE SPECTACLE A decent high flyer who trained with Dragon Academy and signed with ACPW before leaving in a matter of months, he's trying to cover his lack of charisma with this painted make-up look thing. Who knows if it'll work? THE WIZARD OF OTTAWA II A nice guy and friend of 4C ref and Wizard I Dace Lavoie, Pete Johnson agreed to come into the 4C roster and portray the second coming of the gimmick. He hopes it's a stepping stone to bigger and better things, management enjoys his role as a comic relief in these shows and a throwback to the old days.

COMPANY OVERVIEW Founded by Troy Winner in 1996, for many years Canadian Charisma Championship Combat were the "underground alternative" to the Canadian powers of NOTBPW and CGC. Using unproven young talent and workers who had been overlooked or mis-used by bigger companies, their roster was hungry to prove itself and 4C's fast-paced, physically demanding matches allowed them to do just that. Ultimately Troy was brought down by hubris - seeing CGC falling he hired expensive name talents hoping to expand. Unfortunately they weren't the draw he hoped they would be and with ACPW's rise (powered by Wrestleworld) audiences began to dwindle and they soon ended up in financial dire straits. East Side Assassin saved 4C in April 2021, purchasing the company from Troy. He has changed the product to cater to the smart "IWC" fans and hopes to create something hardcore fans will love. Starting Product: Wrestling Nerd Nirvana Starting Budget: 250,000$ Starting Pop: 38 in Ontario, 15 in Quebec and Manitoba, 6 in the Maritimes and Saskatchewan, 2 in Alberta, 1 in British Columbia Starting Prestige: 42% Starting Momentum: 49% STARTING HIERARCHY: Owner: Sayeed Ali/East Side Assassin Perhaps the biggest worldwide independent superstar, Sayeed Ali's exploits in brutal hardcore matches throughout the world's indies have helped make him a household name, a champion in 6 countries and 5 continents, arguably saved DIW and now he's trying his hand at promoting after saving 4C from bankruptcy, the company that kickstarted his career in the late 00's. Booker/Head Road Agent: Citizen X The controversial new booker of 4C, our UC, the guy tasked with making Canadian Charisma Championship Combat a name that means something to as many people as possible.. Booking Team Member/Secondary Road Agent: Grant Truman A veteran voice that everyone likes and respects, Truman may not have been the best wrestler before his injuries forced him to retire, but he's a hell of a locker room guy and very loyal. Part-Time Advisor/Owner of Caninja: Larry Wood Wrestling's biggest genius and Canada's hardcore superstar before the Assassin came around (even though Ali is from New York), he's contracted as a road agent but since he founded Canadian Ninja, North America's first company running on a Japanese puro schedule, he's been around less. There's rumours of a working relationship between Caninja and 4C being part of the company's launch but the two haven't done official business yet other than both companies contracting Shiva. STARTING ANNOUNCEMENT TEAM: Play-By-Play Announcer: Terry Smith The most knowledgeable play-by-play guy in the business, Smith never fails to mention anything that you'd find on TEW.com's history about any wrestler on a 4C show. He has been questioned on the passion his calls draw, but he will always know where someone wrestled, his fourth finisher's name, and if they held a title in a random shindie on the other side of the planet. Colour Commentator: Katie Cameron Having debuted in the wrestling business as Jacob Jett's valet to make some side money as a college student, she fell in love with wrestling and has become a fixture of 4C shows for well over a decade. Her move from manager to colour commentator has been absolutely seamless. STARTING CHAMPIONS: 4C CHAMPIONSHIP - AARON KNIGHT (1st Reign) 4C HARDCORE CHAMPIONSHIP - SETH WISH (1st Reign) 4C TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS: THE GILBERT BROTHERS (4th Reign)

BREAKING NEWS! 4C EXPELLED FROM CONFEDERATION OF THE TERRITORIES! After what was considered “inflammatory comments” by the East Side Assassin on Podcast Wrestling Reporter, and his hiring of wildly unpopular figure CJ Weston, there was “heat” on 4C from the leadership of the other COTT companies, who asked ESA to reframe his comments and talk about how all of the COTT stands on equal footing. ESA according to a source essentially ‘flipped out” about how the only reason the company has been included is his drawing power and that they’ve been mostly cut off from crossovers and opportunities, and tensions escalated to the point of expulsion. It is unclear what that means for COTT company wrestlers that have a contract with 4C, as there doesn’t seem to be a “war” brewing per se. As we first at Cheap Pop broke, CJ Weston was the man who the USPW brass chose to lead MAW after its purchase from Sam Keith, replacing popular booker Jay Fair and seen as a puppet of the biggest multi-billion company in wrestling today. He did however do a good job with MAW despite having this (to be fair, not that green in some cases) developmental roster put on weekly TV. After the aftermath of the Packer scandal and USPW's restructuring into what it is today, MAW was considered surplus to requirements, and it seems the former Citizen X has found a new home in the Canadian independent promotion. Whether this is an attempt to "fix" his image for a next big paycheck or an opportunity for 4C to do something special remains to be seen. Weston has only put out a statement on his social media saying he's really excited for some "cool fucking wrestling to take place", but he's being hit with a big, plan-altering blow on what is probably his first day in charge..

“At the end of the day, the thing the fans don’t get, and I love them, but they keep forgetting it when we don’t talk about the SWFs or the NOTBPWs or the other megacorps of wrestling, it’s that wrestling is a damn business. I am here to make money as much as everyone else promoting. I think people just think doing it for the love of the game means doing it purely for the love of the game. Wrestling isn’t a side-hustle, I busted my ass off going around the world for years, and I want to do things the right way.” The voice belongs to Sayeed Ali, The East Side Assassin, on Greg Sluchinski’s podcast, Podcast Wrestling Reporter. “A passion project isn’t the same as a money pit.” the host himself succinctly adds. Ali is quick to pile on. “4C deserves to be seen like the legitimate company it is, with the stars it has produced and its place in wrestling history. And to do that, I have to be ambitious. I ran the show for a few months, but I needed to bring in a real booker. And with so many companies thriving and becoming, fucking, behemoths that hoard, there weren’t many on the market. I got the best one.” “But I think you can understand the reactions, people being taken aback from this. The legitimacy of the company isn’t in question, but there’s a certain… underground appeal to 4C that this choice undermines.” “Really? That guy? Because he accepted a good job offer, that didn’t even include him interacting with those fucks that brought USPW down? Yeah, the guy who had an anarchist gimmick during the height of the Iraq war and spent years making GSW watchable absolutely ‘undermines our underground credentials’. Come on now, Greg. He has a proven track record booking good wrestling, he has connections in the business. And people will go on Twitter and talk about me being insecure for even coming out and publicly defending my decision. I am here because 4C needs all the fans it can get. Wrestleworld won’t take us, we don’t get Wrestleworld Canada for some goddamn reason, there’s only fans that buy tickets, t-shirts and DVD’s. We are a goddamn minnow within the COTT, an alliance that we’ve been a part of since practically the beginning, and we’re being lapped by almost everyone’s exposure. Why would I have an OLLIE guy travel to Canada to be paid more than the rest of my roster combined? I don’t think Steel and American Magnet are better than my guys, but that’s the 4C I inherited, and that’s what this business is.” “Look, at the end of the day, there’s no reason Toronto’s company should be an afterthought. I am promoting for the nerdiest of nerds, the people who appreciate that I’ve shed blood from Vancouver to Victoria, who know our roster has some incredible wrestlers from all around the world, and those are the people that will sometimes complain about every little thing. But this isn’t little, it’s me making a decision that will shape 4C’s future, after I guaranteed that it will have one.” He takes a breath before continuing, with Sluchinski not bothering to interrupt and get the show on track just yet. “I am establishing a relationship of trust. With the fans, with the roster. CJ Weston is the man for the job. And we can prove this to you if only you buy 4C Cage Rage, headlined by me going head to head with the arrogant fuckboy Aaron Knight!” Cut to forced Manscaped ad read, and the show goes on.

Soon.

There's a ton to consider. I think it'd be less "messy" if Wish retains considering the amount of heel dominance in 2022-24 DIW but that doesn't mean there isn't potential for a better story with the Kobra swerve

These are beautiful and such incredible, stylistically consistent work. I do have to be the most pedantic person in the world though and mention that the GCG logo should actually have a tiger or panther instead of a lion, them getting a lion as a logo was a mix-up with the BCG lion at some point and it just stuck.

PGHW "NIGHT OF HONOUR" 2022 - PREDICTION KEY GLORY CROWN
 Kozue Kawashima (c) vs. Seiji Jimbo GLORY TAG CROWN
 Hirotsugu Satou & Magnum Kobe (c) vs. Chojiro Kitoaji & Eisaku Kunomasu HISTORICAL JAPAN TAG TEAM TITLES BISON Yano & Brute Kikuchi (c) vs. Haranobu Kobayashi & Joshua Taylor GOLDEN CHASE CONTINUES Hirokazu Yamanoue & Masaru Ugaki vs. KITA & SATO EIGHT-MAN TAG TEAM MATCH
 The Front (Goro Sakamoto, Kazushige Matsuki, Michio Gensai & Yasunobu Masuno) vs. RONIN VII (Akinori Kwakami, Avalanche Takano, Noriyori Sanda & Yuri Yoshihara TAG TEAM MATCH
 Andrew Harper & Troy vs. The Lions of Japan (Shinji Mihara & Shozo Furuta) TAG TEAM MATCH 
AKIMA & Joey Fili vs. The American Cobras (Marvel Molloy & Storm Spillane) SINGLES MATCH Bussho Makiguchi vs. Chomei Sugiyama HOSS MATCH Hirobumi Takimoto vs. Mutant

think it would kind of have to be Hittlespitz imo

Thank you so much for the kind words and support, rest assured I am addicted enough to this game that I'm going to be starting another diary soon hopefully. Thank you so much. Your support has been so appreciated. Damn, this was just lovely to read. Thank you for reading along and every time you've popped in with a kind message! I mean, what can I say that would be thanks enough for the constant feedback and support. I might do a post regarding my plans if the diary had kept going. As of right now I don't have anything nailed down but if I feel like I have the time, I'm popping back in soon with something. CGC 2022 would just be awful content for months sadly but it would be an opportunity to try some out of the box stuff I guess. It's a fun save for sure. Just thank you all for reading, this dynasty just got way bigger than I could have hoped for, it was just dope. At least it ends before a "vanilla midget" wins the big belt and George DeColt is rolling in his grave.

Awful news: I lost the save.

DIW Title: Seth Wish v Dexter Mattell (c) IDK if Mattell is worth sacrificing another over babyface to. Tag Titles: The Dream Team (Milton Hittlespitz and Rob Edwards) v The Benchmark (Donovan Boon and Rusty Mills) (c) Dream Team need to learn a lesson about tag team wrestling excellence. Australian Title: Con McReady v Kobra The Conqueror (c) They won't get to realize their 18th consecutive dream, sad. Hack The Hunter v Bryant Hall No way you can convince Hall to lose this one I think. The Barracudas (Chopper Rourke and Vaughan) v The Barbarians (Lloyd Banks and Psych Ward) The Barracudas are still more over and I got it wrong in the last show with the stallions but I think TEW-brain means the time decline will lead you towards this choice. Two Badass Bulldogs (Hendrix Hughes and Wrecker) v D.O.A. and ? Just too good of a team to lose to a mystery man that isn't a real needle mover (which, he might be).

Since you recently mentioned sort of taking requests again soon, and you're doing the incredible 1977 roster, I would love to see a CWF update. Obviously, no timetable since you're doing so much good work.

Really exciting update! CV22 Japan had variety but as you've adressed it was in a very transitional stage. Hope GCG and BHOTWG will survive.

Inoue Malenko Smith The Youngbloods Baba, Andre & Dory Kobashi & Kikuchi Kroffat & Furnas Spivey, Hansen, Ace Williams & Gordy

PRP be damned, you have the national draws, you'll go over.

CGC TITLE BOUT WRESTLING, SUNDAY WEEK 4 OF JANUARY 2019 MATCH 1: ANT-MAN VS FLASH VS MARC RAISIN Billed as a special attraction since I'm pretty sure we got one three way (during Elimination) in 2018, this match was the most action-packed possible way to begin the show. The cruiserweights delivered a really good opener, filled with tandem offense and mini matches. Both babyfaces dominated the lazy Flash, who didn't even get help by a cheering Ozzie Golden at ringside. After getting beaten up for most of the match, Flash just dramatically rolled out of the ring and a few people in the front row gasped at him just dropping on his sides, not bothering to protect himself. That meant the winner would either be the smallest member of the roster or the person renowed for being able to lift 350 lbs wrestlers while also having the speed of a cruiserweight aaaand yep, Ant-man wins. Raisin was actually looking the most likely wrestler to grab the W in the early goings, but as soon as we went to the finish it was no bullshit, put over the guy. Raisin got just enough offense in to go for a flying nothing that Ant-Man countered into his Doctor Bomb for the win. Rating: 59 SEGMENT 1: MAKING IT OFFICIAL After the end of the match, Ant-man grabbed the microphone to state that the Blondes have beaten almost everyone, but have been conveniently ducking the gopher and the ant. The Superfriends are officially challenging for Luck of the Draw, and the reign of the Elite is coming to an end. Rating: 54 SEGMENT 2: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF AN UNNUMBERED KIND We get a half-skit half-vignette of EMOe NOTman being terrorised by visions of Diablo Duvak only to find no one there. He starts running away, unclear why he's not turning into a bat in the process, only to run into the guy next to a vending machine being chill about his (non?) existence. He sprints past. Rating: 35 MATCH 2: ROBIN DALAY VS WHIPPY THE CLOWN Robin DaLay is clearly a big project for CGC management, so it was really encouraging that he didn't do terrible in this CBN title tournament semi final against one of the greats. Whippy made his offence look good, but Robin did a good job of filling the blanks in a way that didn't make him look green (one would say going through a dojo and a performance center helps, but who knows what they teach wrestlers in Supreme land?). Robin almost won with the Deadlift Powerbomb but Whippy managed to get his hand under the rope. DaLay knew that he needed to use the DaLay Down, but that's a move Whippy has seen a billion times and he managed to maneuver into a victory roll for the win. Rating: 59 SEGMENT 3: A VERY NORMAL SNAPSHOT After the contest, Ricky Storm entered the ring and we got our staredown between the tournament finalists. A buddist monk from Lancashire against the Clown Prince of Grappling. Next week, on CBN! Rating: 47 SEGMENT 4: NEXT SCRAMBLE PARTICIPANT ANNOUNCED Jenny Playmate is thrilled to draw another name out of a machine, once again reminding everyone of what the stipulation entails. And the wrestler is... Dusty Ducont! He takes the microphone, thanks his agent and says he'll mess up a poor sod so the ratings go up. Rating: 62 MATCH 3: DUSTY DUCONT VS LEWIS FREY You already know what this was, you can picture it. Frey hits some strikes, tries to get Ducont to the ground, he can't because his opponent is a mountain of a man, gets dominated for a few minutes, dodges a big strike to get to a comeback, hits a german suplex where Dusty lands more on his shoulder than his back or head, gets fired up only to be shut down and hit with a Thrown Powerbomb then pinned in a humiliatingly lessez-faire manner. Rating: 49 MATCH 4: MARC DUBOIS VS SKIP BEAU Someone probably let Adrian Garcia know it's not the best look if his heels wrestle more often on TV, so this is the main event we get as Ian DeColt is being smug on guest commentary. This turned out to be a pretty awesome showcase for Skip who didn't pause for a second. He was incredible on offense, taunted DeColt a bunch, sold like a maniac, and Dubois played his role perfectly, at first being overwhelmed then almost annoyed as he did his best effort to outshine Skip and get the crowd back on his side. Thankfully, he's a 6'1 blonde adonis so it wasn't difficult to pull off with a crowd comprising at least in part of kids and their mothers. The 17 minutes of this main event flew by, and Dubois managed to get him in the Dubois Dubious Pin, arguably the most protecting of his finishers, for the win. Rating: 63 SEGMENT 5: NO HOLDS BARRED The Champ didn't get to send the fans home happy, as Ian DeColt was all too pleased to tease a new strategy of regaining his title belt at Luck Of The Draw: he has searched deep within the apocryphal tapes and found out secrets like George DeColt ceasing to be a main eventer after his male pattern baldness set in, Jean-Pierre Baptiste's way to apply an Abdominal Stretch with leverage, and most importantly, doing a very dramatic low blow with your bicep on a babyface hurts a ton! So he hits a low blow on both Beau and Dubois, then a bunch of signatures and finishers on the champ, none of which are his, and he does a celebratory jog around the ring, showering in the boos as we go off the air. Rating: 69 Show Rating: 65

Holy... tag guy beats the singles guy! Love the new Kobra gimmick and I was dumb to only now realize that the conqueror is super fitting as an evolution of his last name. Hall vs Hunter will be one of the meatiest matchups in company history! Enjoyed all the Canberra guys popping by.

CGC GEARING UP #4 RESULTS: ROBIN DALAY & THE MONTREAL MAFIA DEF. WHIPPY THE CLOWN & THUNDER AND LIGHTNING (56) ZEUS MAXIMILLION DEF. KILLER KARSON (47) CLAUSE REED DEF. GAHTIR SALIM (38) CGC Weekly Notes: -Company higher ups have noted that the ratings of Title Bout Wrestling post-CBN move have settled on a bit less than double the numbers on Channel Six, with the show's floor at about 52K viewers. However, Elimination drew fewer buys than the last 4 PPV's, which is out of the blue and concerning as it's bucking the trend of upward movement the company has experienced the last few months. The hope is for the company to keep maintaining growth and settle at over six figures, a number that makes them feel more "major league". -There's still searches being conducted for a partnering promotion to send participating wrestlers at the DeColt Wrestlefestival, but the company has officially announced a venue for the show: for the first time in over ten years, the biggest event for CGC will be taking place outside of Vancouver, with the legendary Sphere Arena in Ontario holding it to commemorate 40 years since The Calgary Wolverines (George DeColt & Whipper Spencer Marks) beat The Perfect Storm in that same building, widely considered as Canada's first ever"5 Star" match. -A new signing's contract begins next Monday after this episode of Title Bout Wrestling. -There's been concerns about the booking team not doing much with the monster heels on the roster, even whispers of "buyer's remorse" about bringing in Ducont without Elizabeth Cartier to help him get over, which is why he was switched to his "prizefighter" gimmick, only showing up for big occasions. -The Luck Of The Draw Scramble stipulation is an idea attributed to newest road agent on the roster, Nathan Black.

Can I get rules for a 2013 ROH game? I kind of want to focus on more of a Pure product to differentiate from the indie scene boom of the 2010's and challenge TNA for #2.

Haha I was so wrong! McReady and Wish vs The Benchmark could be a huge program in terms of business. So I understand how pivoting to that is both very interesting and helps make a bigger star of Con who arguably has been outshined by Wish despite more recently winning gold. Feels like this booking also takes advantage of the product (at least when the save starts) not having defined faces and heels. For example, I wouldn't have Hall as a candidate to beat Dex but he might be a great one. Slightly surprised we didn't get an AE mystery debut, but doing something with one of your guys in Kobra Khan is just the better booking. Justice for the Stallion!

Let's go! Really excited for this.