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@619 *Until I find away to ruin this or my schedule again. CGC TITLE BOUT WRESTLING, SUNDAY WEEK 1 OF JANUARY 2019 SEGMENT 1: WELCOME TO CBN The show opens with a beautiful highlight reel of all-time CGC moments set to inspirational soft rock music, the powerslams, the title wins, the brawls and the comeback kid's redemption. But this is wrestling, so there's a heel with a microphone to put a stop to wholesomeness and appreciation. 3/4s of the Golden Elite, the competitors of the Elimination main event come out, and Jamie Atherton welcomes everyone to this new era saying they'll have to get used to his face blessing their screens. He notes however that the company hasn't conditioned the fans to it, seeing as he wasn't in the video people just had to sit through, not the promotional material. In fact, the dynastic tag team champions alongside him didn't have a single clip either. He obviously accuses Alex DeColt of personal bias, one that even let him to unretire after getting his ass whooped by the greatest showman twice. Meanwhile the Blondes are doing mean mugging and expressions so they can be rated on charisma. On the Combatron we can see Alex DeColt connecting from his private gym, making it a point of emphasis that he's getting into the best shape of his life because making Atherton shut up is a huge motivator for him. He advises the Elite to get ready for their match tonight, because Skip and Robin are really excited to get their hands on them on next Friday's Gearing Up. Rating: 68 SEGMENT 2: THE BRACKETS ARE OUT In a specifically designated, kind of updated studio-like backstage area, we find Jenny Playmate who announces the participants of the tournament that will be held to crown the first ever CBN Champion (there was actually a non-channel specific Television belt that preluded the Canadian belt in the mid-90's that only DeColt's held, a bit of a prelude to the next 14 years of TV). She announces them giving away all four first round matchups: Clause Reed vs Whippy the Clown, Robin DaLay vs Philippe LeGrenier, Hugh Ancrie vs Sterling Whitlock and Killer Karson vs Ricky Storm, with the first two matches taking place tonight! Rating: 55 MATCH 1: ROBIN DALAY VS PHILIPPE LEGRENIER Two big beefy men that would make good ambassadors for the channel, it was the all-business attitude of the young DaLay teaming up with LeGrenier's vanity in a handicap match. An american-style by the numbers brawl with some Sports Entertainment elements, no one was surprised where Philippe threw away a control segment to fix his hair, which led to a lariat/Deadlift Powerbomb double punch that gave Robin a big round one win. The young man has title winning aspirations and a PPV main event on his mind and still was more focused than the disappointing Philippe, something that was put over by Ditterich on commentary. Rating: 44 MATCH 2: BRETT FRASER, BIFF THE BRUISER AND JOEY POISON VS THE GOLDEN ELITE Biff the Bruiser is a debut/return that needs no introduction. Multiple time winner of strongman competitions in his home country of Canada, multiple short stints in CGC, he is a man in incredible physical shape for his age (at 47, the oldest wrestler on the roster), and a shoot badass. He had a great 10 month record 16 defense reign with the Canadian belt a couple years ago, then left for a good paycheck at the cinematic Battles of Hell promotion, only to seemingly return for one last run. Anyway, for the match itself, the veterans really didn't perform at their best while the Golden Elite carried the match, just trading meaningless spots until the finish where Brett Fraser blindsided his former Tough & Glorious tag team partner, turning heel and abandoning him with Biff! This led to Atherton hitting Poison with the Dangerous Brainbuster, finally pinning him after feuding with him for a while in 2018. Rating: 53 SEGMENT 3: MAIN EVENT MEDITATION Ricky Storm and Sterling Whitlock are main eventing this show against Ant-Man and Topher Smith, both duos bidding to assist Marc Dubois in answering Ian DeColt's elimination challenge, which finally means Whitlock gets to interact with the guru that inspired him so much, he abandoned the guidance of his trainer Alexander Robinson. This segment is a chance for Sterling to fanboy over pseudo-esoteric surface readings of Eastern spiritualism while Ricky Storm is completely oblivious to the weeirdness of his behaviour and just reassuring him that no matter the result of tonight's main event, it's just another obstacle to attaining their best selves. Rating: 61 SEGMENT 4: THE NEW CHAMP We get a video of Curtis Mobstar celebrating his title win, drinking, partying and most importantly, working hard in the gym with the belt hanging on the wall for extra motivation. This is accompanied by a promo where he states his intent to defend the belt at Elimination instead of participating in a multiman match, and that his challengers need to be prepared to bleed to take the title off of him, CBN be damned. Rating: 50 MATCH 3: CLAUSE REED VS WHIPPY THE CLOWN It seems that Whippy's way to cope with losing the Canadian Chaos belt is to just chase a new belt, as he doesn't really seem phased and is hyperfocused at the task at hand: Reed maybe a relative rookie, but he's a hard worker and has improved a lot in his first year of being a CGC Combatant. A solid match between the two with Reed getting a lot of babyface shine ends with Whippy hitting a top rope Clowning Around because he had kind of buried the normal version of the move as a finisher lately. Rating: 56 MAIN EVENT: THE GOPHER & THE ANT VS RICKY STORM & STERLING WHITLOCK Dubois is at ringside for this match, less to evaluate the four men but more to be there in case of interference. The two teams had a really fun sprint and took advantage of the rare face vs fare tag team matchup in order to really bring out some of their more indierrific moves. Well, other than Whitlock who's a straight ahead brawler when not trying to do movie kung fu- which he did a lot of here. Topher Smith's ability to be really safe while doing things most wrestlers wouldn't really served him well here in front of the fresh audience as his hot tag got the crowd buzzing. He almost pinned Whitlock with a tornado DDT, Storm broke up the pin, and Whitlock broke off the hot tag by hitting both men really hard, until he screeched before a backfist that missed his opponents and hit Ricky Storm, incapacitating him. This allowed Ant-Man to deadlift him with a package German Suplex and Topher Smith to hit the Gopher Suicide Dive while Ant-Man suplexed him, giving them the winning pin and meaning the unofficial Superfriends will be facing team...Canadian wrestling? at Elimination. Rating: 59 SEGMENT 5: ALL-OUT WAR Of course, Dubois being there only meant there was a target on all three guys and the heels wasted no time attacking and blindsiding their Elimination opponents, with Ancrie and DeColt targeting the legs of DuBois after incapacitating the lightweight tag team, then getting Blockbuster to powerbomb the World Champ through the announce table. Smith got up in time to try and dive on the heels but it only led to him getting flung into the crowd. Rating: 51 Show Rating: 60

Ah I see, the ol' tag wrestler loses to established singles star routine. P.S. I love the idea of The Comedian passionately doing his job well on commentary it's been popping me for a while.

GCG GEARING UP #1 SEGMENT 1: COLD OPEN 2019 begins with a shot of a storage room turned into an office. Alex DeColt guides new commissioner Lee Bennett inside, and informs him that in his contract the role was "commissioner of CGC TV show", which means he has the authority to station him on Gearing Up, where he will have full control and responsibility of keeping things in check. Bennett protests, but sadly he's just not a charismatic enough promo to get his way with the boss. Rating: 58 MATCH 1: DAN DRAPER VS ZEUS MAXIMILLION The first match of the year maybe can't be described as huge, but it was a ton of fun with Maximillion finally getting to play a big conquering babyface and Draper stooging for him (it's clear that management thinks he needs more seasoning before getting a push). The match didn't at all overstay its welcome and ended around the seven minute mark with Draper tapping out to the Olympian Clutch. Rating: 48 SEGMENT 2: A CONQUEST BEGINS After the match, Zeus Maximillon announced his intention of challenging himself to once again reach the top level he can before his time runs out, saying he's going to come out here every week laying out an open challenge to the locker room, testing himself and wanting to get himself hot for Wrestlefestival season. Rating: 45 SEGMENT 3: FOOL ME ONCE, SHAME ON ME. FOOL ME TWICE, COME ON MAN. REALLY? Whippy The Clown cuts a promo on tonight's main event, and it's a very simple one: Curtis Mobstar keeps challenging for the CC belt and he keeps failing. Skip Beau beat him like, a billion times. And Whippy destroyed (rolled up) Beau, so this is really a waste of time. What even is a "street fight" anyway? Sounds just like no DQ! Regardless, Whippy aims to never lose the belt and send Mobstar back to California. Rating: 54 MATCH 2: BLOCKBUSTER & IAN DECOLT VS MARC DUBOIS & RICKY STORM Another quick match in comparison to what we're used to on last year's Title Bout Wrestling, clocking around 10 minutes. A sprint used to highlight Blockbuster who seems to maybe getting rehabed kind of after last year's failures (does anyone even remember him beating Jungle Jack Marlowe only to not do anything of importance?) and his newfound alliance with Ian DeColt who despite losing the belt is at his most dastardly yet incorporating "Stone" family moves to his repertoire. Blockbuster pinned Ricky Storm with a BusterBomb as we get an interference with Hugh Ancrie distracting the babyfaces. Rating: 62 SEGMENT 4: ELIMINATION PLANS LAID OUT Ian DeColt after the match poses with Blockbuster and Ancrie and says that he's allied himself with the best of both sides of Canadian wrestling. He challenges Dubois to find two teammates for an Elimination match, so that he can lose one more time before DeColt invokes his rematch clause and takes back what is rightfully his. Rating: 60 MAIN EVENT: VANCOUVER STREET FIGHT FOR THE CANADIAN CHAOS CHAMPIONSHIP: CURTIS MOBSTAR VS WHIPPY THE CLOWN (C) These two got 15 minutes to work with, and it was plenty enough for a solid match. There was a lot of crowd brawling and using planted props found in the seating areas. Mobstar tried to take the fight "to the streets" by taking Whippy behind Crippler position but Whippy avoided that and literally ran to the ring grabbing a water gun from under the ring and waiting for Mobstar. It took a while for him to appear and it became clear why as he had a steel chain wrapped around his right hand. Whippy's water gun included pepper spray (supposedly) so that was a painful spot and Whippy hit the clownin' around for a nearfall but Mobstar courageously kicked out, ran the ropes with closed eyes on pure instinct and just started punching hoping he'd hit Whippy who dodged everything and went for a backslide, but that's when a steel-infused backfist caught him on the back of his head and with him knocked out Curtis recovered and wrapped the chain around Whippy's neck before hitting the Flattener DDT and winning his first CGC championship! Rating: 53 Show Rating: 56

Boxing Exhibition??? WRESTLEX SHOOT STYLE

had to check who Bryant Hall is and he seems like an excellent get. Good episode as well around it, particularly enjoyed getting a really brutal deathmatch out of it.

Super excited for this. CMLL has been the best company in the world for over a year now.

RIP (whatever was left off) Ares Death Cult, you kept the company alive for like 6 tough years. There's still homegrown talent that is getting built up, Wrecker just got a big crowning as a major player and I don't think I can downplay that this was a really big moment for him, but this departure is definitely a hit to the company's identity. Makes you think if someone of the young guys is turning (de facto since DIW is not dependent on it) face to crown the new top guys at the expense of the APW stable. Of course, it's early to think about The Pros going down, and I'm not saying anything you're doing is shockingly unrealistic but...it's still the Comedian's company, therefore I wouldn't expect a year of these outsiders lording over the true DIW guys. Seth Wish is one to watch out for perhaps. Or...Pat Rigsby to the rescue!

Kill GLEAT MMA and I will love this dynasty

Well, the APW Invasion is always a way to pivot from the bad luck that struck and get the fans and Comedian fired up. Although, I was shocked to see Rob Edwards drop the belt so soon. But sex Dex can carry you to some solid ratings. Especially since his APW career has left him healthy and ready to destroy his body in the next 8 weeks on TV! Which I'm happy to see return. I think the tribute was solidly done, especially with the Rigsby match being pretty much meta at this point.

What an awful twist of fate

NOTBPW CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING - 2020 EPISODE 5 MATCH 1: MIMIC VS SHINGEN MIYAZAKI (C) FOR THE NOTBPW TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP Well, this match wasn't kept in the backpocket for long at all! The thing about a puro wrestler trained by the Stones is that Miyazaki has essentially been built in a lab to have a solid match with anyone. As a result, this acted as a further showcase of Mimic's abilities, with Miyazaki leading the match carefully into him eating shit all the time thanks to his opponent's high agility. The issue was... there wasn't much for Mimic to imitate. He tried going for the Stone Hold ankle lock but in truth, his moves don't really damage a leg at all, so even locking it in was an issue. That having been said, he's also his own man. A beautiful crossbody led to a really close nearfall, but Miyazaki's rallying ability meant it was Screwdriver or bust, and he didn't hit it. Instead, the champ retained with an ankle lock. (13:35) Rating: 55 SEGMENT: WHEN YOU SHOOT A WORK AND WORK A SHOOT BROTHER? We go backstage in a specifically-designated promo/conference area where Cam Vessey can be found, draped in his merch. He addresses Jay Chord stealing his thunder at the end of Big City Brawl, saying it's natural that Jay would resort to such actions for his and the crowd's attention. All the time they were together in MAW, Jay was the next big thing and Vessey the megastar, the man that is the reason MAW still exists today. And when they both got signed by major companies in 2012, this persisted. In 8 years, one of them has become the World Champion, the other still talks about fulfilling his destiny by doing it. He asks Chord if he feels the weight of his own potential crushing him and that's why he can't quite get to the biggest stage. Maybe he needs a couple more years, after all, his match with Ace Andrews at Malice in Wonderland was "match of the year" (92 in comparison to Vessey vs McFly's 87). Well, while he's losing in world title matches trying to leech off of Andrews' and Vessey's starpower, he's the reason while the Ace takes paycuts to keep the company afloat. He hopes Chord hasn't forgotten the things he was taught, and that he's ready to beat Vessey rather than have a great match together. Rating: 65 MATCH 2: AMBER ALLEN & ARIEL BREAKS VS CLAIRE WINTERS & LAURA FLAME VS Pairing the two martial artists is probably more of a decision to not throw away Winters' tv time for Flame but can also definitely be seen as lazy. This match was way overlong, going past the 20 minute mark and it suffered for it. Nevertheless, it did tell the story of Amber Allen purposefully making herself an obstacle to the young wrestlers all while smiling for the fans and camera. The dynamics at self were intriguing but the match turned out a bit self-indulgent, even if still solid. Amber pinned Winters with a Northern Lights Suplex, but made sure to put over her prowess in the finishing stretch, narrowly avoiding a KO loss. (20:22) Rating: 55 SEGMENT: CHALLENGE OFFERED After the match, Amber Allen informed Laura Flame that she's not ready for a title shot yet, and that she can prove it even further than tonight, at Clash Classic! Laura scoffed at her and exited the premises, more annoyed than anything. Rating: 55 SEGMENT: SOME UNSOLICITED GUIDANCE In the backstage area right before his match, we see Jared Johnson accompanied by Sonny Wildside, getting a pre-match pep talk that you can all imagine is very entertaining, when Johnny Bloodstone interrupts. Johnson's trainer expresses very loudly his worry about the path Jared has taken, not only getting into another tag team instead of spreading his wings solo, but also downgrading. Johnson stands up for his new friend, but not too passionately because he still has too much respect for Bloodstone. This leads to Bloodstone announcing an exhibition match against Wildside for next week. Rating: 62 MATCH 3: JARED JOHNSON VS SOLOMON GOLD VS This was more fun than you would expect, but also nothing special. Jared showed off his new face tricks, blending them seamlessly with his usual offense, while Gold got a lot of sympathy for not getting easily pinned. Wildside was a really good cheerleader at ringside, and Johnson won with an MDK powerbomb. Simple as. (13:08) MATCH 4: BROOKE TYLER, DEMELZA WADE & SALLY ANNE CHRISTIANSON VS THE QUEEN'S COURT VS A 6-man tag that was...not good when someone not named Brooke Tyler or Nadia Snow was in, luckily in those instances it was great. It was also kept shorter than the previous women's match on the card to highlight Brooke's dominance as she's marching towards a title shot. Snow was almost too defeated to cower behind her minions, eventually just surrendering Jessica Conroy to a Brooke Breaker instead of breaking things up. (15:05) MAIN EVENT: ERIK STRONG & MR. IMPACT VS MOUNTIE MANN & SHOOTER SEAN DEELEY VS A solid main event tag where everyone performed up to par, this essentially ended the Strong-Deeley feud definitively. Strong's arm was still injured, so Mr. Impact had to dominate and he did as much as he could before Mann's dirty tricks and Deeley's absolute champion-like precision took over. A pretty simple story, Strong tagged himself in for the finishing stretch, almost getting Deeley into a pinning predicament multiple times, but he went to that well one time too many, instead being caught into an inverted armbar and immediately having to tap. (20:04) After the match, Deeley announced he doesn't see any challengers on the horizon, so he's not defending the belt until that changes. Rating: 75 Show Rating: 71

Is this the last episode of the trial run? It would make sense to break from the usual course- let alone the hook for the go-home show

-It's who you know: You can only hire wrestlers from a medium sized or above company if they've been a colleague of someone already on your roster. That means you have big access to the American big three with Doc Hammond, Lobster Warrior and James Justice, but really not much else other than ZEN (Willow). If someone is released you can look into them but no early megapushes since they're not "proven" in the eyes of Bruce and Faith. -Where the big boys play: Drake Young can be the only male wrestler in the company under middleweight size to win a title. If you make a cruiserweight division it can only be a brief undercard attraction rather than a star-making vehicle. -Let's make this last: Lobster, Scott and Money are the only wrestlers over 40 in your starting roster who can win the world title. You need to build the guys that will make money when the current guys are broken and retired. High-profile signings from other companies can come in and win the title but think how it will look when they bury your homegrown stars! -I wanna rock: Pick 3 PPV's alongside all or nothing. Maybe choose by favorite song considering the PPV names. Those shows need to feature an (at least) C-list celebrity, a special stage (you decide how much you want to spend), and a major band performance. This is what sets you apart, the spectacle, the rock and roll! -Million Dollar Belt: Whoever holds the Million Dollar Belt at the end of a given year, gets the bonus 1 million dollar prize in real life. Stay In Budget: Obviously, with poaching stars, having special show expenses and being 1 million down every year, there's going to be some measures that need to be taken: At any point no one on the roster can make more money than Rich Money's starting (or current if he gets a raise) salary.

BOOKING COMMITEE UNORGANIZED THOUGHTS: FIRST PPV CYCLE - Will this even be monthly?! An idea was to make the PPV's brisk viewing. Strictly 5 to 6 matches, trying to offer variety while still being loyal to the company values. This feels like a success, as the show escalated in quality as it went on. Another idea that will be implemented is to focus on not offering the same title matches in every PPV. Sometimes a big match can headline giving the world champion a night off- which is also a necessity due to the thin main event scene. But it's also a show of faith to what a Chord vs Vessey match or the women's belt can do if given the main event slot. Clash Classic will definitely be a big test for everyone involved, which is why strings were pulled to get one of the best wrestlers in the world to fight one of the best wrestlers in the world on Canadian soil. Young David Stone got injured in the Derek Frost match and will be out through February. A shame because there've been plans to feature the young guys, try to make something out of them being pin eaters. We will see if they will still be needed. Two big signings will enrichen the Women's Division, following the nice and handy Mimic signing. There aren't major plans to revamp the roster unless a great opportunity pops up, but the Alliance loans will be heavily used and there's a thought on bringing in more freelancers on non-exclusive contracts, like these two women are already. Speaking of the women's division, it's a mess but in a good way. There's depth in reliability, the top 3-4 workers are excellent. The biggest issue is the depth isn't too exciting. Something will need to be done with the shooters. We already resisted pressing the "in case of emergency" button with Lauren getting the belt again. Nadia Snow can talk and she can wrestle but she can't wrestle as well as she can talk. The big storyline focus other than Cam Vessey has clearly been putting Jared Johnson and Sonny Wildside together. Jared Johnson seems more than ready for a main event role. 2020 or 2021 will be his year. Sonny on the other hand, despite his clear superstar potential and charisma, probably needs a little more time. We need to face the fact however we may not have that time. He'll main event a PPV this year for sure. The Television title scene has been very active and lively. Shingen Miyazaki is probably best put in a tag team role- something even GCG realized and they literally went bankrupt despite having an extremely talented roster and a fair amount of financial banking, almost as if someone arbitrarily decided they're not interesting enough and besides, BCG exists now so screw the company with 60 years of rich history and... getting ahead of myself here. Seems like Mountie Mann would make sense as a stabilizer, but he's not the only choice. Plans of turning Mr. Impact face have been floated. And through all this, there's the product change. More talking. More in-ring variety. Feels like we're stretching the roster thin however. But it's early, and the fans haven't responded too negatively to these wild-brawls appearing. The steel cage match wasn't a bet per se, but it was a tease. Maybe in the summer we can try some...stipulations. All in all, this month was very positive, but we will see how the new PPV plan works and how the main events and midcard hold up with the reshuffling of the roster. Sean will be missed and was a consummate professional, but when you screw someone's wife out of the book and a job for life, he'll walk. It's how it is sometimes. Onwards and hopefully upwards.

Noooo, missed out on a guy by starting the diary too early! By the way, my thoughts on the mod: every change is good (and I'm not saying that lightly), which is why there should have been more (obviously not actually since you already did plenty of work which is enough, just ideally). Specifically two easy ones: ACPW should get a popularity bump from having the big league act come in and save the company, and OLLIE should get a nerf. I know you didn't touch OLLIE much, but their default database is way too easy in comparison to what their description implies. They have some great and strong TV deals they can enter on day one.

Honestly, I might underdeliver in the next couple months, things are a bit hazy for now. Ah, strange, actually to me the blue reads ok in dark mode and I'm strained by the shade of red that is the "NOTBPW color". It won't be permanent anyway, I will do different colors for different PPVs and hopefully I don't fumble it again. Glad you enjoyed the show, I am really excited to write Chord vs Vessey. The McFly thing is pure booking masochism, but hopefully I can ride the storm. I can tell you I was most excited for JJ, Brooke Tyler and Cam Vessey. I think realistically I'm like two years too early to do compelling things with the young Stone, even though he's an awesome prospect and his story of reaching the top against a then veteran Vessey (hopefully) would be major box office. I am just trying to find the right use for Tyler as she completely outshines the rest of the division and I feel like she shouldn't be turning face probably. And since it was adressed in all replies directly or not... Chord vs Vessey feels like those messageboard dream matches, man. It's like getting AJ vs Marufuji in 2006, except they also share a past I can draw from. Excited to see if the match will deliver, because the build will not lol.

This Benchmark/Badass MFers will they won't they is probably different to literally any feud in company history, except maybe when Comedian retired. It's probably really refreshing to the fans unless they would really want to boo the APW outsiders. Also, I really enjoy Pat Rigsby switching things up lately.

Oh, son of a... great show, worth all the high effort.

NOTBPW BIG CITY BRAWL Red Deer Arena, Edmonton, Alberta CA: 31,769 MATCH 1: MIMIC & MOUNTIE MANN VS SHINGEN MIYAZAKI & REAVER VS The PPV begun with a high-intensity tag team match to get the crowd excited. Reaver had another date by happenstance before returning to Osaka and he teamed up with the man who defeated him 10 days ago to combat the newcomer Mimic and a staple of the company in the Mountie. There was a focus in the exchanges between Mimic and Shingen, teasing a contest down the line, but otherwise this was fairly standard, solid. An upscaled TV match, essentially, which ended after Mimic hit Reaver with the Screwdriver. (15:02) Rating: 57 MATCH 2: CLAIRE WINTERS VS LAURA FLAME VS Having two wrestlers trained in martial arts, who fully incorporate it into their moveset is relatively a rarity in the west, and these two had the opportunity to have a gruesomely realistic match, where almost every strike led to a beatdown sequence in an attempt for a knock out victory, with the other person playing defense and/or trying to get a rope break. It was also a novelty in the sense of being very short. Claire Winters relished the violence and went on full attack mode a bit too early, leaving openings her slightly more experienced opponent took full advantage of. Claire's sells became groggier and groggier, until a Flame Fire Kick she couldn't get up from. Laura carefully pinned her shoulders, then took a microphone and asked for the one thing she hasn't had in her time in NOTBPW: a title shot. (8:02) Rating: 62 MATCH 3: NOTBPW WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP - LAUREN EASTER VS NADIA SNOW (C) This match was based on simple storytelling, with Nadia Snow getting heat on Lauren Easter's "injured" eye. It built and built and built with some vicious offense at times and some well-timed comebacks by Easter. The issue is the release never properly came, as the injury angle was mostly put in place to protect Easter in defeat. A Snow Ball cut her comeback, and another put her down for the three count. She even bladed which is very rare for the company, but despite all that, this feels like the match that would have benefited most from a babyface win. (18:24) Rating: 65 MATCH 4: ALL-PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIP - SONNY WILDSIDE (W/ JARED JOHNSON) VS JOSHUA TAYLOR (C) A no-nonsense, no filler banger of a match (despite the overuse of the term), between two men who wrestled with the determination of top guys. First off: Jared Johnson offered nothing but moral support. Now onto the match itself, their styles meshed seamlessly, creating a spectacle based around their really high levels of athleticism. Sonny went wild as he tends to, while Taylor tried to use his impactful offense to keep him down. Sonny was on top for the first half of the match, as much as you can while keeping it fairly even, until he was rocked by a Suicide Dive he himself took to the outside, feeling some neck strain after- the strategy had worked. After that, Sonny fought valiantly but it's clear his ground game isn't "all world" level, and Taylor worked over the neck until he picked up a clean win with his Butterfly Lock- not before Sonny got some really close nearfalls. (14:35) Rating: 71 SEGMENT: THE WILD AND THE WOLVERINE After the match and the Champion's celebrations, Jared picked a visibly hurt Wildside up. He was clearly still conflicted after his loss to him, but to everyone's surprise, Jared did not even attempt to put him in the Carolina Crossface, instead earnestly supporting Sonny and getting him to the back safely. The Wolverine had turned face. Rating: 56 MATCH 5: NOTBPW CHAMPIONSHIP ERIK STRONG VS SHOOTER SEAN DEELEY (C) A true title match. Erik and Sean fought like men who have held the championship and know what it means, because they have and they do. Erik did his best but Shooter was the star of the show, leading the match in his own pace, getting it to the home stretch. There was a lot of Erik trying to spam the Strong Sault in order to win as cleanly as possible, with Shooter sadistically getting to the arm even though the legs are considered a better, safer strategy. As a result, it felt really early in the contest that Deeley was one mistake away from losing, a mistake that almost came multiple times as Strong is extremely proficient in counter work, for example turning an armbreaker into La Magistral. In the end, Strong hit a vicious, out of character headbutt to get into the slingblade, setting up the Strong Sault from the top rope. As he hit that however, Deeley maneuvered just correctly to get the armbar locked in, transitioned into the seated stretch and forced the tap out victory. Champ retains. (23:04) Rating: 78 MAIN EVENT: LOSER LEAVES TOWN STEEL CAGE MATCH - CAMERON VESSEY VS SEAN MCFLY VS The winner of the fan vote was the Steel Cage match, therefore it had to be revealed at the start of the show. Admittedly, a bit antithetical to the other stipulation symbolism/visuals wise, it did serve as a throwback to the territory era. In truth however, this was a normal NOTBW, inside a Cage, at least for most of its runtime. Save for a handful of irish whips or face washes into the cage steel for effect. The grappling was absolutely sublime, effortless, BUT, not clean or choreographed. In fact, most of the match revolved around The Struggle of doing anything meaningful in a claustrophobic space against an opponent that is having the most important match of their lifetime. No real openings, many pinning predicaments, and a lot of nervousness and frustration underpinned the early goings. Both men having a driver for a finisher meant similar approaches in some regards, until Vessey's cunning and, let's face it, paranoia took over and he started working the veteran's midsection, findnig it easier to target in the spots they were fighting over, as well as betting on some age-related strain. The result? When Sean inevitably got to his signature stretch successfully, lifting Vessey for the Delorean Driver proved extremely difficult- it took three tries, and when he hit the move it was not clean or devastating. Vessey kicked out. This is when the cage started coming into play more for McFly, as a way to inflict damage that takes longer to heal- he had to stay in this match first, then try to win it. Cameron Vessey's plan had worked, as he was outlasting the veteran. But pinning or submitting him proved near impossible. Body scissors, convoluted backbreakers, and a Vessey Driver II all failed. He went for a dive from the top of the cage, and missed! But McFly couldn't do a move. He even strained to flip him on his back to put an arm across his chest and "pin" him. 1...2...2.9! One of the latest kickouts you'll ever see from Vessey, and McFly was absolutely inconsolable. He went for a second Delorean Driver, but it became a back body drop. He went for his missile dropkick into the corner but it was blocked. He got hit with a German Suplex into the turnbuckle, and he was basically out cold. But Cameron Vessey didn't want to risk it. He picked him up, sat up the top turnbuckle, and hit a Vessey Driver II from the second rope, getting the win and getting Sean McFly out of the company. (28:06) Rating: 87 SEGMENT: THE GLOATING OF SURVIVAL, AND WHAT'S TO COME After the match, Sean McFly didn't get his time to say goodbye to the fans, other than taking a bow at the top of the ramp with Vessey still in the ring. Vessey proclaimed himself to be at the top of the world. He got married on Friday, saved the company on Saturday, and on Sunday even he will rest. He said he realized he was being too modest when he was calling himself the MVP of NOTBPW. He's the MVP of wrestling. He's at the top of the mountain. He's the- He is interrupted by a familiar theme song. A TCW theme song. And someone from his past. Jay Chord is in the building, as he joins Vessey in the ring. He reminds Cam Vessey what he's been telling to TCW fans lately, it's his destiny to be the best. To win the title his father did. But to be the best, he needs to prove he has surpassed his senior in MAW. He tells Vessey he'll have a chance to back his empty talk up, when the two face each other at Clash Classic 2020, live on PPV! The crowd lose their minds and the show closes on a staredown and them exchanging words off mic. Security rushes into the ring and we go off the air before there's any (if there even would be) physicality. Rating: 73 Show Rating: 82

Lovely main event, the shows are coming together well considering the circumstances. Especially in a hardcore company where you can't kill your main draws weekly.

NOTBPW CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING - 2020 EPISODE 3 MATCH 1: DEREK FROST VS MIMIC VS This contest was the debut of John "Mimic" Yates, a unique competitor that psyches opponents out using their mannerisms and taunts. Frost however is too cool and unbothered most of the time, wanting to get the job done, but the inherent mystery of the debuting wrestler and lack of ability to scout them gave Mimic an advantage that proved to be insurmountable. His combination of speed and stoutness really gave Frost trouble, disorienting the big man long enough for Mimic to hit a visually impressive Screwdriver (Spinning Michinoku Driver) for the win. (9:21) Rating: 52 MATCH 2: DEBORAH YOUNG & JESSICA CONROY VS SANDRA SHINE & ZOE AMMIS VS Some nice tag team action between three of the young members of the women's division and the veteran Ammis, in a match that served to give the Queen's Court some momentum back after getting victimized by Lauren Easter for the past month. The match was as frantic as it gets with a huge powerhouse like Young in it, with Shine and Conroy in particular getting some almost lucha-libre exchanges in. With the babyfaces dominating the youngster, Deboray Young became the hot tag, annihilating everything in her way to hitting the Sit-Out Powerbomb on Sandra Shine for the win. (13:54) Rating: 44 MATCH 3: ARIEL BREAKS VS NADIA SNOW VS The Queen gave a decree to the decorated challenger by beating the everloving crap out of the person she's been tagging with. Ariel is considered an advanced prospect, but her best role is still face in peril that gets dominated by experienced heels, and so this was almost all Snow. Ariel did managed a very good comeback where she even hit the Breakerfall for a very close nearfall, but that just led to Nadia hitting her with some Snow Balls to the face, making her bleed from her nose, and pinning her. (10:22) Rating: 55 MATCH 4: LAURA FLAME VS SALLY ANNE CHRISTIANSON VS After her great performance last week, Laura Flame wanted to build up momentum against a very successful and dangerous veteran in Sally Anne. Her karate and kickboxing led the match, with a lot of it having Christianson forced into defense, dodging and parrying and minimizing damage, until the right opportunity to drive Laura to the mat ensued. Trying to work the leg with stretches and heel hooks is logical, but also brings you closer to being kicked or knee'd in the face, so a lot of this match was worked in the negative space, with the danger of moves rather than them being hit all the time. Which was a necessary evil to put over Laura Flame's KO power, with the Flame Fire Kick giving her the win the minute it was hit. (14:35) SEGMENT 1: CHALLENGE IS ISSUED After the match, Laura Flame complained about the prospect of being passed over for the new shiny shooting toy, who got to wrestle before her this year, and called out Claire Winters for a match at Big City Brawl. Without saying a word, Claire accepted and they had a staredown. Rating: 46 SEGMENT 2: ANNOUNCEMENT OF SUPPORT Jared Johnson and Sonny Wildside are backstage, a few steps before Crippler position. They announce that they've answered the Dynamite Express's open challenge and then Jared takes the liberty to announce he'll be at Sonny's corner for the All-Pacific title match at Big City Brawl, something that catches Wildside off guard. Rating: 58 MATCH 5: THE DYNAMITE EXPRESS (C) VS JARED JOHNSON & SONNY WILDSIDE FOR THE NOTBPW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS This match ruled, all thanks to the four men's willingness to bump like crazy for one another, leading to some PPV-level offense that must have really left some bruises, like the assisted blockbuster Johnson and Wildside hit to Collier on the steel stairs, or the double kneebars by the express on Sonny that really took the spring out of his step for the rest of the contest. This one had a very short feeling out process, since Johnson and Wildside knew that they're at a cohesion disadvantage and just wanted to get the champs to their limit in order to fully utilize their chances. Johnson put Collier in the Carolina Crossface, but Cam Jones was there to break things up and keep things going, which led to all four men in the ring for a while, before the finishing stretch of Cam Jones and Sonny Wildside, with Wildside missing on his 630 degree leg drop, allowing Jones to hit him with a backdrop, then tag in Collier to end the contest with the Texas Cloverleaf, Sonny tapping out to protect himself for his singles title match before Jared could intervene. (20:12) Rating: 71 SEGMENT 3: POST-MATCH ATTACK The Champions were victorious, but the Canadian Blondes felt they were entitled to a title shot after their week 1 victory, which led to them taking matters to their own hands and attacking them viciously after the match. We'll see when and if a match is made, in the aftermath of this. Rating: 45 MAIN EVENT: CAM VESSEY & SHOOTER SEAN DEELEY VS ERIK STRONG & SEAN MCFLY VS The All-Star Tag Main Event, a Canadian wrestling staple, really delivered a great match worthy of standing with the best matches of January so far. This mat wrestling clinic almost behaved like the rare shoot-style tag match, with isolated mini-singles trying to find an inch to work with, someone to be the weak link. This after a few minutes proved to be Erik Strong, slipping and getting himself in a stretch from Vessey, which transitioned the match into a more conventional form with Strong the face in peril for the second half. Strong sold for the heels like everything was disintegrating him, and when the Sean McFly hot tag came in, he wrestled like there was no tomorrow. He literally has never spammed DeLorean Drivers, but he did it now, hitting both men with one en route to pinning Sean Deeley after a second finisher. (22:24) Rating: 78 SEGMENT 4: (NOT) A GOODBYE Sean McFly closed the show, saying that he has been grateful wrestling in this company for the past 21 years, but he is more grateful for the opportunity to rid this place of the most arrogant, self-centered wrestler in NOTBPW history, someone who doesn't fit what the company should be at its best, despite the fact he's a world class wrestler. This is still McFly's NOTBPW, but more importantly, it always has been the fans' promotion. The very best of Canadian Wrestling. Rating: 65 Show Rating: 73

Yu Owada is a new young boy who debuted for NOAH in July, and his debut received much more fanfare than the last one, so they should probably have similar-ish stats despite him being four years younger. Lightweight to middleweight I would say in terms of size.

Oh yeah, both a better roster and a lot more quality and popularity than the CGC diary. Ironically though in this version of the mod my roster is arguably thinner than CGC's. And thanks for all the positive feedback. Well then, one vote for Steel Cage! Sonny is great. The Alliance is a gift considering how thin the roster is, only issue is the fact that talent trades aren't easy due to the popularities being limited to each country, so I have to be careful with my loans. As for McFly, you won't be scammed, it's been adressed in the background posts of the diary!

Youngman vs Callum Last time I went with Nelson, big mistake. Campbell wins the Big Ass Brawl final four? Campbell, Caufield, Logan, Ali The wrestler with the most eliminations? Cavanaugh And, after experimenting with the booking, I found two competitors who thought they should win the Big Ass Brawl, who were they? Caufield and Cavanaugh

Ha, you're too kind, but booking the established team to go over is always more relevant than you'd think! A more lowkey show but it set up a ton of things. A tight hour of wrestling.