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Hostile Takeover 3 <div style="max-width:1400px;margin:auto;"> <div style="padding: 10px; border: 3px solid #34ab83; margin:10px;background: #d8e6e8; max-width:85%;"> http://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW2.jpghttp://www.2d12.com/RTG/Events/Hostile%20Takeover.jpghttp://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW2.jpg Hostile Takeover 3 Saturday/3/Feb/2028 Delaware Auditorium in Mid Atlantic, 902 in attendance <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Famine Faith.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Famine Faith </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> The show starts out with Famine Faith in the center of the ring. He says that he's got a called shot against Ross Henry...but he's not taking it now. No, the best part of this is the mind games, the mental torture. Sure, Henry hasn't been defeated in singles action, but he knows that Famine has his number. He knows his time is limited. And when Famine finally does call his shot? Henry's time will be over. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating C-</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cameron Jones.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Cameron Jones -vs- Andre Reinhardt <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Andre Reinhardt.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> Our opening bout had some decent action, but nothing really to write home about. Reinhardt played the heel role fairly well and abused Jones for a little bit, but his first match out of the dark in a while didn't go so well, as Jones took control and hit the Fisherman's Suplex fairly quickly. Winner by Pinfall: Cameron Jones </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 8:29 Rating D-</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Jillian Jarvis.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Juana Huracan.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Bitch Slap -vs- The Next Big Things <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Mike Aroma.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Patrick Lindland.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> This was a solid matchup between two pretty good teams...and I apparently forgot to tell Coyote how I wanted it to end. Context clues, man! The two teams went back and forth for a while, with Bitch Slap slowly gaining the upper hand on Lindland. When Aroma made the hot tag, that's when things went to pot; Roger Reed and Micheal Savage came down to the ring, and Reed rolled in and decked Aroma behind the referee's back. Lindland would come in from a phantom tag, and would roll up Jarvis and use the ropes for some leverage to finish the bout, immediately rolling out and going after Pure Savagery on the outside. Winners by Pinfall: The Next Big Things </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 10:07 Rating C</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Patrick Lindland.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Mike Aroma.jpg" height="100" width="100"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Roger Reed.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Micheal Savage.jpg" height="100" width="100"> The Next Big Things, Pure Savagery </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> The brawl continues right after the match, with all four men laying into each other. There's obviously no love lost between them, and they brawl up the ramp and out the back as the cameras rush to follow them. Eventually, enough event security is able to come between them and keep them from tearing up the arena any further. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating D+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Duane Windham.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Blue Phantom.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Showtime -vs- Thunder & Lightning <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Jason Thunder.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Lightning Lomas.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> Tag team exhibition matchup here, featuring two teams that haven't really been in the thick of things lately. It's a solid matchup, but Windham continues to show his greenish side, as he just really isn't able to keep up with the others. Thunder & Lightning looked solid throughout, and were trying to set up for a Thunderstruck on Windham, but Phantom made the save before the move could really hit. There followed a brief four-man brawl before order was restored, and that was enough for Windham to make the tag. He and Phantom sent Thunder out of the ring, and debuted their own double-team move (a 'rana to an opponent on Windham's shoulders) the Show's Over for the victory. Winners by Pinfall: Showtime </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 13:58 Rating D+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross Henry.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Ross Henry </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> Henry comes out to the ring. He's all smiles as he address Famine Faith's rant from earlier. He says that it doesn't matter how long Famine makes him wait. Henry is the champ. He's defeated everyone that's gotten in his way. And nothing about that is EVER going to change. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating C+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross Henry.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cali Slick.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Ross Henry, Cali Slick </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> The champ is interrupted by Slick's music, as the man himself steps out onto the ramp. He says that he may not have won the tournament and earned a called shot, but Henry has offered him the spot before, and there IS after all, one man that Henry has never defeated. And hey, if Famine isn't going to take his shot at In The Red, maybe Slick can take another shot at defeating the undefeatable. Some way that they can guarantee a winner? Like, say...a ladder match for the W$W Openweight Championship? </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating C+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross Henry.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cali Slick.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Ross Henry, Cali Slick </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> Henry gives Slick a round of applause, and says he likes the way Slick thinks. The match is on! </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating C</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Shawn Orton.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Shawn Orton -vs- Isabel Duran <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Isabel Duran.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> During this match, which is honestly made up almost entirely of Orton dominating Duran, the announcers say that Orton's performances in the tournament impressed Rich Money so much that he was offered a long-term contract with W$W. They say that if this performance is anything to go by, he'll be in the hunt for a title himself before too long. He ends the bout with a Winning Palm Strike after Duran is completely unable to get any offense in. Winner by Pinfall: Shawn Orton </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 6:24 Rating C-</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 2px solid #eee8aa; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Riley McManus.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Riley McManus -vs- War Diaz © <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/War Diaz.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> W$W Blue Chip Championship Match http://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW%20Blue%20Chip.jpg This is McManus' second shot at taking the Blue Chip championship away from Diaz, but his first after Diaz claimed the War moniker. And honestly, it probably could have been a bit better. They told a decent story throughout the match, with their respective partners at ringside to promote the tag team championship match taking place at In The Red. War was dominant early in the match, and was often taking the time to pose for the crowd or taunt Allen at ringside. In fact, he had even set up for the Asian Thumb Spike at one point, but McManus was able to wriggle away from it, and in the ensuing scuffle, War was sent head first into the turnbuckle. From there, McManus claimed control, and was nearing his own victory when Plague took advantage of the referee's positioning to nail Riley with the title belt from outside the ring. He went down in a heap as Allen chased Plague around the ring in response. War tried to intervene, but in the process turned his back on McManus -- and that spelled the end of his title reign as McManus was able to hit a DDT variant and make the cover on the still stunned War to earn the Blue Chip Championship and become the newest W$W Triple Crown winner. Winner by Pinfall: Riley McManus Riley McManus wins the W$W Blue Chip Championship for the first time </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 22:11 Rating D+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Riley McManus.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Amber Allen.jpg" height="100" width="100"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Plague Ryland.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/War Diaz.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Famine Faith.jpg" height="100" width="100"> McManus & Allen, Apocalypse </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> Obviously irate with losing their only current championship, War and Plague start attacking the tag champs immediately after the bell. McManus & Allen are able to hold their own for a bit, until Famine Faith joins them. That's when the numbers game starts to take it's toll. The trio beat down the tag champs for a while until Allen suddenly gets a burst of energy. She frees McManus and the pair of them are able to send the members of Apocalypse out of the ring. The trio isn't done, however, as they continue to circle the ring, looking for an opening. That's when someone climbs over the barricade out of the crowd. <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/The Revelation.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Davis Ditterich is the first to recognize him as MAW stalwart The Architect; obviously he's been here to scout out the competition of W$W. He slides between two members of Apocalpyse and into the ring, nodding to McManus and Allen as he turns to support them against Apocalypse. With the new trio back to back, each facing off against one member of Apocalypse, Architect smirks, turns slightly, and absolutely decks Riley McManus with a vicious looking Blueprint. Apocalypse rushes the ring, and in the now 4-on-1 assault on Allen, it's only a matter of time before the two faces are unconcious and brutalized on the floor. Architect joins with Apocalypse as the four men celebrate together for the crowd. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating E+</td></tr></table> </div> </div> Final Thoughts Well. Those final two segments did NOT go as well as I'd hoped. I was hoping Architect's time in MAW would have made him a bit better here, that's why I chose to debut him in the Mid Atlantic. And the main event being a D+ just hurts. That made the show not as good as I'd wanted, but definitely still servicable. For the record, YES, Architect will be a permanent member of Apocalypse...and no, he will not be going by Architect (though I did consider keeping his "The Architect of Destruction" full name) but in the end, I came up with something I liked better. More on that at In The Red. As a bonus for everyone, I've already run In The Red, so I can provide a full card, if you'd like to make some predictions! The Amazing Caballero Bros vs Ultimate Phoenix II & Andre Reinhardt Cameron Jones vs Hellcat Hernandez Shooting Star Perez vs (The Architect) Blue Phantom vs Marcel LeFleur Mike Aroma vs Roger Reed Apocalypse vs McManus & Allen © for the W$W Tag Team Championship Duane Windham vs Richard Pennyworth III Patrick Lindland vs Micheal Savage Cali Slick vs Ross Henry © in a Ladder Match for the W$W Openweight Championship Final Rating: C- </div>

Public Relations 32 <div style="max-width:1400px;margin:auto;"> <div style="padding: 10px; border: 3px solid #34ab83; margin:10px;background: #d8e6e8; max-width:85%;"> http://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW2.jpghttp://www.2d12.com/RTG/Events/Public%20Relations.jpghttp://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW2.jpg Public Relations 32 Friday/2/Feb/2028 New England, 2600 in attendance <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/The Silencer.jpg" height="100" width="100"> The Silencer -vs- California Kid <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/California Kid.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> W$W has decided not to renew the contract of Bruce Garofalo, hence last show's attack by Silencer and his new solo stint. CK's short stint is also ending here, so we know how this match went. Kid had a good showing, but Silencer gets his first win in a while after hitting Kid with the Drop Zone for the pinfall. Winner by Pinfall: The Silencer </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 12:21 Rating D+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Amber Allen.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Riley McManus.jpg" height="100" width="100"> McManus & Allen </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> The tag champs come to the ring. They tell the New England faithful that at IPO, Apocalypse members Plauge and War had challenged them to a match for the the titles. As far as Allen and McManus are concerned, that's an amazing idea...but they want to take both of them on in solo competition first -- and when War faces off against one of them, he's putting the Blue Chip Championship on the line too. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating D+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Rich Money.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Richard Pennyworth III.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Rich Money, Richard Pennyworth III </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> Backstage, Money is telling Pennyworth that he thinks his faith was misplaced. He gave him a title shot, and he blew it. He points out how long it's been since Pennyworth has held a title. And he says that it's time he prove himself again, starting right now when he takes on Cameron Jones. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating C</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Richard Pennyworth III.jpg" height="100" width="100"> w/ <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Lisa Bowen.jpg" height="75" width="75"> Richard Pennyworth III w/ Lisa Bowen -vs- Cameron Jones <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cameron Jones.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> This is a pretty good match that showed some back and forth. Pennyworth started out strong, and looked to take control, but Jones was able to counter a neckbreaker and take over. From there, it was all Jones until Joaquin Sanchez climbed out of the crowd. While Bowen distracted the referee, Sanchez leveled Jones. Pennyworth was able to get him up and into the Money Clip as Bowen finally let the referee free, and it wasn't much longer that Jones tapped away the victory. Winner by Submission: Richard Pennyworth III </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 10:51 Rating C-</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Amber Allen.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Amber Allen -vs- Plague Ryland <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Plague Ryland.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> This was a really good match for a middle-card showdown in New England. Plague stepped up his game here, and he and Allen were able to ply this into a decent story while the announcers talked about this meaning that Apocalypse have accepted the champ's stipulations -- and that means that War Diaz will be putting the Blue Chip Championship on the line -- possibly as soon as next week at Hostile Takeover. Regardless, Plague showcases all the dirty tricks -- thumbs to the eye, removing turnbuckle covers, holding on the ropes. Allen weathers them all. Finally, in desperation, Plague brings a steel chair into the ring, and in full view of the referee, decks Allen with it. Allen is down and out, as Plague makes his way out of the arena, holding the chair high. Winner by Disqualification: Amber Allen </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 14:14 Rating C</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Micheal Savage.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Roger Reed.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Pure Savagery -vs- The Next Big Things <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Mike Aroma.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Patrick Lindland.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> Two of our top tag teams put on a clinic of action here. The going is slow to begin with, each man showcasing their own strengths against the weaknesses of the other. Around the fifteen minute mark things started to heat up with some faster paced action...and around twenty minutes, it all started degrading. While trying to get Lindland out of the ring after missing a tag, Francis Long didn't see Reed and Savage wailing on Aroma in their corner. Lindland finally left the ring, only to run around to the other side and start attacking Reed, who was waiting to tag in. Their outside brawl quickly moved inside the ring while Savage and Aroma were still fighting, and all four men started brawling. As Long reached the five-count to try to convince the non-legal men to leave the ring, he just called the match while the brawl continued in the ring. No Contest </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 22:55 Rating C-</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross Henry.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Ross Henry </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> Henry is backstage where he talks about his title belt. He reminds everyone that Famine Faith won the Buy-In Tournament, and that means that he'll be coming for the title sooner or later. He says that it doesn't matter when it happens -- Henry still has yet to be defeated in singles action here in W$W, and that's not going to change anytime soon. He tells Famine that when he's ready, Henry will be waiting. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating C</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Famine Faith.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Famine Faith -vs- Cali Slick <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cali Slick.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> A little replay of the Buy-In Tournament finals as Slick and Famine go out fast and don't slow down the pace. Both men showcase their signature moves time and again, though neither is able to connect on a finisher despite numerous near calls. The ending came after a rapid series of reversals resulted in Slick coming on on top, and Famine rolling out of the ring to collect himself. Slick stood in the ring calling for Famine to get back in. As Long was reaching the 6 count, it looked like he might, but then he smirked, waved at Slick, and backed up the ramp while Long finished counting him out. Winner by Countout: Cali Slick </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 12:25 Rating C+</td></tr></table> </div> </div> Final Thoughts Not a bad show, even if starting a game of Civ caused me to not write it up for a while. I wasn't sure what to do about the main event, so an IPO rematch seemed to be called for, especially considering their good chemistry in the ring. All in all, I think we're set for the future here. Final Rating: C </div>

Y'know...I write this, I go over it in text form, I copy-paste it here, I preview and go over it again...you'd think OBVIOUS things like that would jump out at me. But no, of course not. EDITED, thanks.

Incredible Public Onslaught 2028 <div style="max-width:1400px;margin:auto;"> <div style="padding: 10px; border: 3px solid #34ab83; margin:10px;background: #d8e6e8; max-width:85%;"> http://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW2.jpghttp://www.2d12.com/RTG/Events/Incredible%20Public%20Onslaught.jpghttp://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW2.jpg Incredible Public Onslaught 2028 Saturday/4/Jan/2028 Tri State, 6200 in attendance Preshow Cameron Jones & Isabel Duran defeated Andre Reinhardt & Hellcat Hernandez (D) Bitch Slap defeated The Amazing Caballero Bros (C-) Joaquin Sanchez defeated Shooting Star Perez (D+) <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Lightning Lomas.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Jason Thunder.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Thunder & Lightning -vs- Riot Act <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Bruce Garofalo.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/The Silencer.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> Lomas and Garofalo started out in the ring, and from the outset, Thunder & Lightning controlled this match. Garofalo was beaten down and abused by the former champs, and they went for pins early and often. Silencer was able to break up a couple of ping attempts, but when Garofalo was hit by the Thunder Struck, he didn't even try, just watching the pinfall in silence. Winner by Pinfall: Thunder & Lightning </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 5:56 Rating D+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Bruce Garofalo.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/The Silencer.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Bruce Garofalo & The Silencer </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> After the match, Silencer helps Garofalo up, only to turn on him and beat his partner to the mat. He finally walks out without looking back. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating E</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/James Diaz.jpg" height="100" width="100"> War Diaz -vs- Patrick Lindland <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Patrick Lindland.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> Quarterfinal Matchup in the Buy-In Tournament War Diaz had sustained an ankle injury fighting in Japan, so this match was moved earlier in the card to give him some extra rest after. The injury was obvious from the get-go as well, and Lindland was able to take full advantage, pressing hard on War to tire him out quicker. War definitely fought back hard, and at one point looked like he was about to hit the Asian Thumb Spike, but Lindland went prone to avoid it. It wasn't too long after that that Lindland hit the Phantom Driver, covering War for the victory. Winner by Pinfall: Patrick Lindland </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 11:04 Rating D+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 2px solid #eee8aa; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Riley McManus.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Amber Allen.jpg" height="100" width="100"> McManus & Allen © -vs- California Kid & Mateo Deleon <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/California Kid.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Mateo Deleon.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> W$W Tag Team Championship Match http://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW%20Tag%20Team.jpg The first of potentially four matches for Amber Allen here tonight, as in addition to this tag match she is still competing in the buy-in tournament. Deleon was able to put on a better showing here than he had against Ross Henry or Shawn Orton, and this match was competitive throughout. The back and forth action got the crowd pumping, and it looked like this match was just reaching a peak when Plague Ryland and War Diaz walked to the ring. They didn't even hestitate before entering the ring and attacking Allen (who was the currently legal competitor for the champions). Francis Long had no choice but to call for the bell. Winner by Disqualification: McManus & Allen McManus & Allen makes their 1st defense of the W$W Tag Team Championship </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 10:01 Rating C+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Chad Ryland.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/James Diaz.jpg" height="100" width="100"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Amber Allen.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Riley McManus.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Apocalypse, McManus & Allen </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> Not content with ruining the match, Plague and War continue the beatdown as Riley tries to jump in the ring to make the save. The champions are rather quickly overrun and beaten into the mat, leaving Apocalypse standing tall in the ring. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating D+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Mike Aroma.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Mike Aroma -vs- Shawn Orton <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Shawn Orton.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> Quarterfinal Matchup in the Buy-In Tournament The tournament continues here, and this proves to be a pretty good matchup. These two worked well together, and put on a great show for the crowd. Orton showcased some heelish ways, going low a couple times to try to bring the big man down. For his part, Aroma was just a brute, knocking Orton all over the ring. Aroma would get the victory after a very hard fought match, pinning Orton after hitting him with a Cracked Facebreaker, putting both members of The Next Big Things in the Semifinals. Winner by Pinfall: Mike Aroma </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 15:28 Rating C-</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Famine Faith.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Famine Faith </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> Famine is backstage, where he talks about his upcoming match against Amber Allen. He says that he hears she's been beaten. He recommends that she just stay in the back and take the forfeit, because what she's already gone through tonight will be a mere footnote compared to what Famine will do to her. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating C-</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Amber Allen.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Amber Allen -vs- Famine Faith <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Famine Faith.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> Quarterfinal Matchup in the Buy-In Tournament Unfortunately for Famine, Allen was not to be dissuaded, and limped her way to the ring. Fortunately for him, her earlier match and beatdown had obviously taken its toll. Despite missing some moves early, Famine was in near complete control of this match from the opening bell, even taking the time to taunt Allen in the early going. In fact, he was in such control that he went for the Leap of Faith at around the three minute mark. Alas, Allen wasn't completely out of it, and she rolled out of the way and was able to get a bit of offense in of her own...but when she went for a Northern Lights Suplex, her knee buckled and she screamed out, and Famine was right back in control. Just a minute or so later, he hit the Leap of Faith and landed it this time, pinning the valiant Allen for the three. Winner by Pinfall: Famine Faith </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 7:23 Rating C+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Rich Money.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Rich Money </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> Money is backstage. He says that it's time to get a real champion in this place, so tonight we will see Richard Pennyworth III take on Ross Henry for the Openweight Championship. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating C</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Marcel LeFleur.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Marcel LeFleur -vs- Cali Slick <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cali Slick.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> Quarterfinal Matchup in the Buy-In Tournament This was a pretty good match all told, and these two men were able to tell a decent story in the ring. Slick started out hot, but was blunted by LeFleur's technical expertise. LeFleur wore down Slick, working on his arms and neck for a good portion of the match with both holds and impact moves. Despite that, however, Slick was able to power through and hit the Slick-Back when it counted, holding on for the win. Winner by Pinfall: Cali Slick </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 14:35 Rating C</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross Henry.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Ross Henry </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> Henry is backstage. He says that he's just found out he's defending his belt tonight in a move that smells of favors done. But it doesn't matter, because Pennyworth isn't in his league, so he'll just be another notch on the belt for Henry. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating C</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Micheal Savage.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Roger Reed.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Pure Savagery -vs- Showtime <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Duane Windham.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Blue Phantom.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> A decent match to give a break in the tournament so the semifinalists can catch their breath. Power against speed in this matchup, as Savage and Reed were able to toss the smaller men all over the ring. Windham seemed a little lost out there, but the other three were mostly able to cover for him. Unfortunately, that mean that Phantom was taking most of the punishment -- which meant that when Savage hit the Locked Hate Demolisher, there was nothing anyone could do. Winners by Pinfall: Pure Savagery </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 11:27 Rating C+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Chad Ryland.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/James Diaz.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Apocalypse </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> Plague and War are seen backstage. They say that earlier tonight, they saved the tag team champions from a truly embarrasing defeat. They prevented the tag team belts from leaving the company. Which means that it's only fair that they get a shot at the titles. So they are announcing that they are challenging McManus & Allen to a match for the tag team belts. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating D+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Mike Aroma.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Mike Aroma -vs- Famine Faith <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Famine Faith.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> Semifinal Matchup in the Buy-In Tournament Now into the semifinals, the announcers make a big deal about the fact that both members of The Next Big Things are in the semifinals -- we could see partner versus partner in the finals! It seemed, though, that Famine had other ideas. The big man made a good show of it, but Famine was able to take his hardest hits and keep on coming, probably due to the easier match he had earlier in the night. The rest obviously did him good, as he was able to get the big man off his feet and hit the Leap of Faith for his second win of the night. Winner by Pinfall: Famine Faith </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 9:49 Rating C</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Patrick Lindland.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Patrick Lindland -vs- Cali Slick <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cali Slick.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> Semifinal Matchup in the Buy-In Tournament I don't know what it was about this match, but something didn't go right. Two fairly good competitors with a big match on the line, these two nevertheless just came up a little short in the excitement department. The back and forth was there, but no real near falls, so when Slick hit the Slick-Back and Lindland didn't kick out, it almost felt anti-climactic. The announcers did talk about how The Next Big Things had a chance to have a partners final, but neither of them would be in it...and that was about the extent of it. Winner by Pinfall: Cali Slick </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 12:50 Rating D+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Lisa Bowen.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Richard Pennyworth III.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Lisa Bowen & Richard Pennyworth III </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> Bowen has a microphone and she says that in just a few minutes, her client will be the new W$W Openweight Champion. She appreciates Rich Money giving them the opportunity, and they will prove that he has his faith in the right spot. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating D+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 2px solid #eee8aa; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Richard Pennyworth III.jpg" height="100" width="100"> w/ <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Lisa Bowen.jpg" height="75" width="75"> Richard Pennyworth III w/ Lisa Bowen -vs- Ross Henry © <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross Henry.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> W$W Openweight Championship Match http://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW%20Openweight.jpg A decent match that was fast moving; so fast that both men were visibly wearing out by the end of things. Despite Henry's confidence, Pennyworth gave him all he could handle and more, as he was able to outwrestle the champion and stay out of the reach of his power moves for a good long time. Henry's frustrations were building as time went on--but so were Pennyworth's as the champ wouldn't stay down or tap out. After the third time Henry managed to snag the ropes from the Money Clip, Pennyworth threw a little tantrum in the corner...and that was all Henry needed to recover, hit a spear, then the Earthquake Powerslam. That would be enough to put Pennyworth down for the count. Winner by Pinfall: Ross Henry Ross Henry makes his 9th defense of the W$W Openweight Championship </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 15:48 Rating C</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Famine Faith.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Famine Faith </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> Famine is found backstage preparing for the finals. He says that Apocalypse's time begins now. He will win the buy-in tournament. He will go on to take the Openweight Championship. And there is nothing anyone, least of all Cali Slick, can do about it. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating D+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cali Slick.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Cali Slick </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> We cut to another part of backstage, where Cali Slick has a counterpoint. He says that he's had three tough matches in this tournament so far, and going up against Famine Faith is going to be the toughest. But he's game...and so long as it remains one on one, Slick is confident that he will come out the champion. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating C-</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 2px solid #eee8aa; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Famine Faith.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Famine Faith -vs- Cali Slick <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cali Slick.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> Final Match in the Buy-In Tournament These two men were ready for each other, there was no doubt. The match started slow as they felt out the competition, but once things started happening, the match was pretty damned good. Famine had control first, but Slick was able to fight out. Then, a toss out of the ring and whip into the ring steps gave Famine control back. Slick would reverse a Leap of Faith to take control again. And so on and so forth. Numerous near falls on either side had the crowd guessing which of them would claim victory. Finally, Famine would get Slick down on the mat and hit the Leap of Faith for the three...NO! Slick was able to kick out of it, which stunned Famine. Slick would get up, and hit the Slick-Back, but his cover attempt didn't happen quickly enough, and Famine rolled out of the ring to gather himself. Once back in the ring, the remaining time was almost a microcosm of the whole match, as they traded control fast and furious until finally, Famine was able to hit the Leap of Faith one more time. This time, Slick did stay down for the entire three count, giving Famine the tournament victory. Winner by Pinfall: Famine Faith Famine Faith wins the Buy-In Tournament for the first time. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 22:38 Rating C+</td></tr></table> </div> </div> Final Thoughts So...this tournament was messed up from the beginning. The original plan, that obviously had to be scrapped, had Blackfriar failing in his attempt to win the Openweight belt but be entered into the tournament. There was going to be a Famine/Destruction finals, with all the possible ramifications thereof. I was going to give Famine the victory, and move Destruction down to team up with Plague for the tag team in the group. Obviously, Blackfriar leaving the company put all that to pasture. Next I considered doing the same story, but with War and Famine. But as I looked at it more, War Diaz just isn't quite up to earning an Openweight shot just yet. BUT, I did have him originally going further in the tournament than he did. And of course there was the injury with Harumi forcing Allen to continue in the tournament despite my wanting to book the tag title match. And then War comes back from Japan with the injury, forcing me to reconsider all of his matches; in the end I had him lose the first one, but work the injury angle so he didn't lose too much. Even after all of that, I had the entire show booked...and sat there staring at the main event. Yeah, Famine winning was fun, but I wasn't sure if that was the way I wanted to go now. Without the Apocalypse-only storyline leading up to it, I thought maybe giving it to Slick was the better choice. In the end, I decided not to second guess myself, but I'm still hestitating even now (five days after I ran the show when I type this up), wondering if I made the right call. You tell me. Final Rating: C+ </div>

Hostile Takeover 2 <div style="max-width:1400px;margin:auto;"> <div style="padding: 10px; border: 3px solid #34ab83; margin:10px;background: #d8e6e8; max-width:85%;"> http://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW2.jpghttp://www.2d12.com/RTG/Events/Hostile%20Takeover.jpghttp://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW2.jpg Hostile Takeover 2 Saturday/3/Jan/2028 Mid Atlantic, 836 in attendance Preshow Pure Savagery defeated The Next Big Things when Money Talks interferes (C-) <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Richard Pennyworth III.jpg" height="100" width="100"> w/ <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Lisa Bowen.jpg" height="75" width="75"> Richard Pennyworth III w/ Lisa Bowen -vs- Marcel LeFleur <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Marcel LeFleur.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> First Round Matchup in the Buy-In Tournament LeFleur is by all accounts a damned good wrestler; he's the highest rated worker I have in the company. Obviously, I'm misusing him. This is a pretty good match hurt by the fact that we're in the Mid Atlantic and neither of these two are really big names, as well as the fact that it's a pair of heels. Nevertheless, these two put on a decent technical matchup interspersed with cheap tactics when appropriate. It looked like Pennyworth was going to pick up the victory, and was closing in on locking in the Money Clip when Patrick Lindland stepped out onto the ramp. Pennyworth got distracted for just a moment, and that's all it took for LeFleur to take control. Shortly aftewards, he locked on the Parisian Chickenwing for the submission. Winner by Submission: Marcel LeFleur </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 13:28 Rating D</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Famine Faith.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Chad Ryland.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/James Diaz.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Apocalypse </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> The trio of Apocalypse are backstage. They hype up War's tournament match with Cameron Jones, saying that it's nothing personal, but Jones will be War's first victim on his path to the top. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating D</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cameron Jones.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Cameron Jones -vs- War Diaz <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/James Diaz.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> First Round Matchup in the Buy-In Tournament Not a bad matchup, though the crowd didn't really get behind it. Sad, because these two worked off each other pretty well and had a good showing of wrestling prowess. War is able to hit the Asian Thumb Spike for the victory without any interference, and looked good doing it. Winner by Pinfall: War Diaz </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 14:14 Rating D+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Rich Money.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Richard Pennyworth III.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Rich Money & Richard Pennyworth III </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> Backstage, Rich Money has found Pennyworth. He says that when he started this company, he gave Pennyworth a job, and Pennyworth has squandered the opportunity. He says that Pennyworth better start getting wins, or their connection won't save his job. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating D+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Mateo Deleon.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Mateo Deleon -vs- Shawn Orton <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Shawn Orton.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> First Round Matchup in the Buy-In Tournament The sole first round matchup between the outsiders, this was desigend to calm the crowd a little. As such, these two took it slow a bit, trading rest holds instead of more powerful offense. When it was time, Orton kicked it up a notch, and eventually leveled Deleon with the Winning Palm Strike to get the cover and advance to the second round. Winner by Pinfall: Shawn Orton </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 9:25 Rating D+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Jillian Jarvis.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Jillian Jarvis </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> Jarvis comes to the ring and says that she's tired of being overlooked. She's a former Tag Team Champ. A former Openweight Champ. And now, she's calling out Henry. She wants a shot at reclaiming the title. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating E+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross Henry.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Jillian Jarvis.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Ross Henry & Jillian Jarvis </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> Henry comes out to the top of the ramp. He says that Jarvis is right -- she has been overlooked. So he'll give her a shot tonight...and if she can defeat him tonight, that'll have to put her right in the thick of the championship hunt. Of course, nobody here has been able to do that so far... </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating C-</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Harumi Asano.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Harumi Asano -vs- Amber Allen <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Amber Allen.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> First Round Matchup in the Buy-In Tournament Um...yikes. Don't get me wrong, this was a good match. These two are both good technical workers, and the buildup for Harumi, coupled with the fact that he's actually fairly well known, made this a good match. However, there was a spot a little over half way through the match where Asano was throwing Allen over the top with a whip...but both competitors held on just a little bit too long, and it was quickly apparent that neither of them came out of it terribly good. Allen rolled back into the ring, and the two went into a rest hold, and very shortly thereafter she hit a Northern Lights Suplex, holding on with one arm for the pinfall...which was NOT the plan. Winner by Pinfall: Amber Allen </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 21:40 Rating C-</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Riley McManus.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Amber Allen.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Rich Money.jpg" height="100" width="100"> McManus & Allen, Rich Money </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> McManus comes to the ring to check on his partner. She's wincing in pain, though the medics are focused more on Asano. That's when Rich Money's music hits, and the 'money' comes out to ringside with a microphone. He calls what he just saw a loathsome display of unsportsmanlike conduct on Allen's behalf, and because of that...he's booking Allen and McManus to defend their tag titles at IPO against California Kid and Mateo Deleon. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating D</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Jillian Jarvis.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Jillian Jarvis -vs- Ross Henry © <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross Henry.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> Non-Title Match This is a pretty good match, all things considered tonight. There was plenty of back and forth action, and Jarvis did a great job of making Henry look good. Henry would score the Earthquake Powerslam for the victory after a devastating spear took Jarvis completely out of her gameplan. Winner by Pinfall: Ross Henry </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 16:02 Rating C-</td></tr></table> </div> </div> Final Thoughts OK. Ok. So, the injury completely threw off the planned tag team match. Allen was NOT supposed to win that match, but there's no way to really un-book in this version of the game. Asano tore his rotator cuff, Allen strained her bicep. And IPO is just a week away. In other news, I was planning on the Money/Pennyworth connection from the moment I thought about bringing Money in. It just seems terribly obvious. I'm thinking of playing Money as the uncle or some other similar relation and running with that. Should be fun. And finally, BHOTWG has the booking position open. I considered applying...but really, I don't know Japan at all, and that would ruin the name of the diary. So, no. Final Rating: C- </div>

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<p><p>Public Relations 31</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><p> <div style="max-width:1400px;margin:auto;"></p><p></p><p> <div style="padding: 10px; border: 3px solid #34ab83; margin:10px;background: #d8e6e8; max-width:85%;"></p><p> </p><p></p><p> <span><a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW2.jpg" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW2.jpg</span><span>http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Events/Public%20Relations.jpg</span><span>http://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW2.jpg</span></p><p></a></p><p> <span style="font-size:18px;">Public Relations 31</span></p><p></p><p> Friday/2/Jan/2028</p><p></p><p> New England, 2600 in attendance</p><p> </p><p></p><p> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"></p><p></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p></p><p> <img src="<a href="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross"</a> rel="external nofollow"><a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross</a></a> Henry.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p></p><p> <strong>Ross Henry</strong></p><p></p><p> </div></p><p></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"></p><p></p><p> Henry makes his way to the ring. He talks about the Buy-In Tournament, and how about there are many worthy competitors. He says that regardless of who wins, though, it's a moot point, as he, Ross Henry, will remain your Openweight Champion. He's defeated all comers in this company, and that's not going to change anytime soon.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> He's interrupted by music that is vaguely familiar...reminiscent of, but legally distinct from his theme music in other companies...this man enters the arena.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> <img src="<a href="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Rich" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Rich"</a> rel="external nofollow"><a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Rich" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Rich</a></a> Money.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p></p><p> The newcomer walks to the ring, taking a microphone. He says that just in case there are any newborns in the audience, HE is Rich Money. And for the last decade, give or take, he's been THE money behind Wall Street Wrestling. He's been content to let this company thrive or fail on it's own merits...but it's boring just sitting at home now that he isn't an active competitor. So he's been paying more attention. And this company...well...it's boring. We have an Openweight Champion who's gone through basically the entire roster and beaten them all. And that didn't sit well with Money. So, he's sought out some of the best in the rest of the world and brought them in for this years tournaments. Orton. Deleo. California Kid. Harumi Asano. But that's not all. Because the champ is right -- he's defeated everyone. So tonight, one of these newcomers gets a shot at the champ. If HE wins, then he becomes champ, and Henry has to fight his way through the tournament instead. Oh...and that match starts right now.</p><p></p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p></p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p></p><p> A</td></tr></table></p><p></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> <div style="border: 2px solid #eee8aa; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"></p><p></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p></p><p> <img src="<a href="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross"</a> rel="external nofollow"><a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross</a></a> Henry.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p></p><p> <strong>Ross Henry ©</strong></p><p><strong></p><p> -vs-</strong></p><p><strong></p><p> Mateo Deleon</strong></p><p> </p><p></p><p> <img src="<a href="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Mateo" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Mateo"</a> rel="external nofollow"><a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Mateo" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Mateo</a></a> Deleon.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p></p><p> </div></p><p></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center"></p><p></p><p> <strong>W$W Openweight Championship Match</strong></p><p></p><p> <span><a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW%20Openweight.jpg" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW%20Openweight.jpg</span></p><p> </p><p></a></p><p> Mateo Deleon is here as the L-Ring Heavyweight Champion, a fact that announcers talk about briefly, but he is here without his belt. He puts on a good show walking to the ring, and the crowd eat it up. When the bell rings, however...it's all Henry. At the opening bell, Henry hits Deleon with an Earthquake Powerlsam, rocking the outsider. From there, Henry is thorough in his dismantling of Deleon, though he takes his time to play up to the crowd a bit. Finally, he hits a second Earthquake Powerslam, and this time he covers for the three.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> <strong>Winner by Pinfall: Ross Henry</strong></p><p></p><p> <em>Ross Henry makes his 8th defense of the W$W Openweight Championship</em></p><p></p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p></p><p> <strong>Time</strong></p><p></p><p> 7:02</p><p> </p><p></p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p></p><p> C-</td></tr></table></p><p></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"></p><p></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p></p><p> <img src="<a href="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Patrick" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Patrick"</a> rel="external nofollow"><a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Patrick" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Patrick</a></a> Lindland.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p></p><p> <strong>Patrick Lindland</strong></p><p><strong></p><p> -vs-</strong></p><p><strong></p><p> Hellcat Hernandez</strong></p><p> </p><p></p><p> <img src="<a href="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Hellcat" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Hellcat"</a> rel="external nofollow"><a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Hellcat" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Hellcat</a></a> Hernandez.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p></p><p> </div></p><p></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center"></p><p></p><p> <strong>First Round Matchup in the Buy-In Tournament</strong></p><p> </p><p></p><p> A decent matchup to continue the show, though these two were instructed to get the crowd rowdy and they already were. That made the match suffer a little bit, but these two sitll did a decent job of it. Hernandez put up a fight, but Lindland slowly took over, eventually hitting the Phantom Driver for the pin.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> <strong>Winner by Pinfall: The Fame Express</strong></p><p></p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p></p><p> <strong>Time</strong></p><p></p><p> 9:39</p><p> </p><p></p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p></p><p> D+</td></tr></table></p><p></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"></p><p></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p></p><p> <img src="<a href="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Riley" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Riley"</a> rel="external nofollow"><a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Riley" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Riley</a></a> McManus.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p></p><p> <strong>Riley McManus</strong></p><p><strong></p><p> -vs-</strong></p><p><strong></p><p> Plague Ryland</strong></p><p> </p><p></p><p> <img src="<a href="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Chad" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Chad"</a> rel="external nofollow"><a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Chad" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Chad</a></a> Ryland.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p></p><p> </div></p><p></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center"></p><p></p><p> A singles match for the tag team champ who isn't entered into this years tournament. The announcers put this over as a potential preview of a future tag title match, and these two put on a good show. Plague hits all the right spots, with McManus taking them on the chin as needed. Finally, McManus gets the opening he needs and sends Plague into the barrier outside the ring with a body drop. He takes a moment to catch his breath, and goes to follow Plague outside the ring...and that's when Famine Faith makes his way to ringside. He doesn't do anything but stare at McManus, but it's enough to make him hestitate to get out of the ring. Plague recovers and circles the ring to roll in behind McManus while he's still focused on Famine. McManus finds himself the victim of the Fusion Destroyer before he realizes it, and that's enough for Plague to get the duke.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> <strong>Winner by Pinfall: Plague Ryland</strong></p><p></p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p></p><p> <strong>Time</strong></p><p></p><p> 11:17</p><p> </p><p></p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p></p><p> C-</td></tr></table></p><p></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"></p><p></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p></p><p> <img src="<a href="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Famine" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Famine"</a> rel="external nofollow"><a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Famine" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Famine</a></a> Faith.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Chad" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Chad"</a> rel="external nofollow"><a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Chad" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Chad</a></a> Ryland.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p></p><p> <img src="<a href="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Riley" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Riley"</a> rel="external nofollow"><a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Riley" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Riley</a></a> McManus.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Amber" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Amber"</a> rel="external nofollow"><a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Amber" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Amber</a></a> Allen.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p></p><p> <strong>Apocalypse, Riley McManus, Amber Allen</strong></p><p></p><p> </div></p><p></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"></p><p></p><p> As soon as the bell rings, Famine Faith has rolled into the ring, and he and Plague start beating down on McManus. He tries to fight back, but is quickly overwhelmed. The fight spills out of the ring, where McManus is driven into the ringside barrier. That's when the crowd goes wild, and Amber Allen rushes to the ring. She lays out Plague and turns on Famine, who has rolled back into the ring. Realizing she would be outnumbered if she continued the fight, she helps McManus up and starts backing up the ring after another kick to Plague.</p><p></p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p></p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p></p><p> D+</td></tr></table></p><p></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"></p><p></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p></p><p> <img src="<a href="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Famine" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Famine"</a> rel="external nofollow"><a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Famine" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Famine</a></a> Faith.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p></p><p> <strong>Famine Faith</strong></p><p></p><p> </div></p><p></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"></p><p></p><p> Faith gets a microphone just before Allen & McManus get out of the arena, and he leans lazily on the ropes and stares them down. He says that his first round matchup is here tonight, and between Plague's victory just now and his own in just a few minutes, the future of Apocalypse is bright. California Kid may be from somewhere else, but that doesn't matter to Famine. Tonight, he's just going to be another victim.</p><p></p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p></p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p></p><p> D+</td></tr></table></p><p></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"></p><p></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p></p><p> <img src="<a href="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Famine" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Famine"</a> rel="external nofollow"><a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Famine" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Famine</a></a> Faith.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p></p><p> <strong>Famine Faith</strong></p><p><strong></p><p> -vs-</strong></p><p><strong></p><p> California Kid</strong></p><p> </p><p></p><p> <img src="<a href="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/California" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/California"</a> rel="external nofollow"><a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/California" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/California</a></a> Kid.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p></p><p> </div></p><p></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center"></p><p></p><p> <strong>First Round Matchup in the Buy-In Tournament</strong></p><p> </p><p></p><p> Famine doesn't wait around, and as soon as the bell rings, starts in on the newcomer California Kid. He beats him down hard, eventually leaving Kid gasping for air from a series of hard blows. But, Famine takes the time to play to the crowd, posing on the turnbuckles letting Kid recover. California Kid hits a sneaky rollup, and nearly gets the pinfall, but Famine kicks out. From there, there's a series of back and forth moves that do a decent job of getting the crowd into it, and it ends finally with California Kid down on the ground. Famine stares down his opponent, then climbs the turnbuckles. A moment later, he hits the Leap of Faith, and holds on for the pinfall. He gives Kid one final kick for good measure as he rolls out of the ring to celebrate his victory.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> <strong>Winner by Pinfall: Famine Faith</strong></p><p></p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p></p><p> <strong>Time</strong></p><p></p><p> 10:05</p><p> </p><p></p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p></p><p> C-</td></tr></table></p><p></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"></p><p></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p></p><p> <img src="<a href="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Micheal" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Micheal"</a> rel="external nofollow"><a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Micheal" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Micheal</a></a> Savage.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p></p><p> <strong>Micheal Savage</strong></p><p><strong></p><p> -vs-</strong></p><p><strong></p><p> Mike Aroma</strong></p><p> </p><p></p><p> <img src="<a href="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Mike" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Mike"</a> rel="external nofollow"><a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Mike" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Mike</a></a> Aroma.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p></p><p> </div></p><p></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center"></p><p></p><p> <strong>First Round Matchup in the Buy-In Tournament</strong></p><p> </p><p></p><p> Savage was the runner up in this tournament last year, falling short only due to Ross Henry's continued undefeated streak. He looks to better that result this year, but standing in his way is the big Mike Aroma. These two brutes just look dangerous, and when the bell rings they fall on each other with a vengeance. For quite some time, nobody seems to get much of an advantage; repeated attempts at shoulder tackles result in both men standing. A test of strength goes nowhere. They trade punches in the middle of the ring, and the end result is both of them lying on their backs staring at the ceiling. In short, this match is a brutal-looking brawl from end to end. Eventually, Savage is able to string a few moves together, and appears to be getting set to take it home...but Aroma shows some surprising agility and gets a go behind, and follows it up with a Cracked Facebuster. Just able to roll Savage over, Aroma falls across his opponents chest afterwards, but it is enough for the three.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> <strong>Winner by Pinfall: Mike Aroma</strong></p><p></p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p></p><p> <strong>Time</strong></p><p></p><p> 11:49</p><p> </p><p></p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p></p><p> C-</td></tr></table></p><p></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"></p><p></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p></p><p> <img src="<a href="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross"</a> rel="external nofollow"><a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross</a></a> Henry.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cali" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cali"</a> rel="external nofollow"><a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cali" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cali</a></a> Slick.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p></p><p> <strong>Ross Henry & Cali Slick</strong></p><p></p><p> </div></p><p></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"></p><p></p><p> Henry finds Slick getting ready for his match. He asks him why he entered the tournament; if he wanted another shot, Henry would have given it to him. Slick answers that he wasn't sure Henry would want to talk to him after failing and giving Henry his first loss -- and besides, earning a shot is so much better than being handed a shot. Henry nods, and the pair shake hands. Henry wishes Slick good luck as he walks out of the room.</p><p></p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p></p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p></p><p> B</td></tr></table></p><p></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"></p><p></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p></p><p> <img src="<a href="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Juana" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Juana"</a> rel="external nofollow"><a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Juana" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Juana</a></a> Huracan.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p></p><p> <strong>Juana Huracan</strong></p><p><strong></p><p> -vs-</strong></p><p><strong></p><p> Cali Slick</strong></p><p> </p><p></p><p> <img src="<a href="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cali" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cali"</a> rel="external nofollow"><a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cali" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cali</a></a> Slick.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p></p><p> </div></p><p></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center"></p><p></p><p> <strong>First Round Matchup in the Buy-In Tournament</strong></p><p> </p><p></p><p> Juana Huracan is the only former winner of this tournament in this years field, as only she and Henry remain in W$W from former winners. Slick is the historically top Blue Chip champion in W$W history (though don't let War Diaz hear you say that). The two of them also showcase some pretty good chemistry. The result is a pretty decent matchup. Huracan and Slick take turns showcasing their skills back and forth, though neither is able to get a victory from their finishers the first time around; Slick is able to get to the ropes when Huracan locks on the Time Square Lock, and she is able to kick out of the Slick-Back. And that was just the first half of the match. From there, they kicked it up another notch, to the point that the announcers actually had some trouble keeping up with them. Finally, Slick was able to hit another Slick-Back, and this time, the pinfall stuck.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> <strong>Winner by Pinfall: Cali Slick</strong></p><p></p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p></p><p> <strong>Time</strong></p><p></p><p> 10:43</p><p> </p><p></p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p></p><p> C+</td></tr></table></p><p></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p></p><p> <strong>Final Thoughts</strong></p><p></p><p> I'm disappointed in this show. Sure, everything seemed to come out ok, but everything, outside of Henry's two segments, just seemed to fall a little flat. I don't know how it ended up as good as it did overall; better than the sum of its parts, I guess. Also, I completely forgot to look at the schedule before this show, and three of the guys in the tournament were unavailable today, which really limited the matches I included in this one. The title match was going to happen, but I'd planned on it being Harumi (who is a far better and more popular worker) and it being the main event. I was planning on also having a tag title match with some of the newcomers, but that just wasn't able to happen. These four guys (California Kid, Mateo, Shown Orton, and Harumi) are all on a three-month, three-appearance contract for the time being. Not sure if I'll try to bring any of them in on a more permanent basis, but we'll see how the upcoming matches go.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> Final Rating: C+</p><p></p><p> </div></p><p></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p></p></p>

Buy-In Tournament 2028 Preview! http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Richard%20Pennyworth%20III.jpg It's an exciting time in W$W as the Buy-In Tournament will take place over the course of this month, culminating at IPO 2028. Before we announce this years contenders, however, we here at W$W would like to take a moment to honor a pair of legends in this business who have recently passed. Here in the USA, we pay tribute to the great Professor Nero, a man who inspired generations of wrestlers. Over in Japan, the owner of BHOTWG Kaneie Komina has passed, leaving that great company in a dangerous situation. And now for the tournament. For the first time this year, W$W has invited some competitors who are not members of the active roster to compete. We hope that when the arrive in the W$W ring, our fans will welcome them appropriately. This years tournament will include the following: Representing CILL and EMLL: California Kid! Representing BCG, and the current Capeonato del Mundo EMLL: Harumi Asano! The current L-Ring Heavyweight Champion: Mateo Deleon! Independent wrestling stalwart Shawn Orton! Also, the action will be spread over three shows this year, as W$W announces that they are re-activating the Hostile Takeover events that take place in the Mid Atlantic region. Buy your tickets now! <table cellspacing="0"><tr><td width="175" style="border-bottom:2px solid black">Famine Faith</td><td width="175" ></td><td width="175" rowspan="3"></td><td width="175" rowspan="7"></td><td width="175" rowspan="15"></td><tr><td width="175" style="border-right:2px solid black"></td><td width="175" style="border-bottom:2px solid black"> </td></tr><tr><td width="175" style="border-right: 2px solid black;border-bottom: 2px solid black;">California Kid</td><td width="175" rowspan="3" style="border-right:2px solid"></td></tr><tr><td width="175" ></td><td width="175" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black"> </td></tr><tr><td width="175" style="border-bottom:2px solid black">Harumi Asano</td><td width="175" rowspan="7" style="border-right:2px solid black"></td></tr><tr><td width="175" style="border-right:2px solid black"></td><td width="175" style="border-bottom:2px solid black;border-right:2px solid black"> </td></tr><tr><td width="175" style="border-right: 2px solid black;border-bottom:2px solid black">Amber Allen</td><td width="175" rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td width="175" ></td><td width="175" style="border-bottom:2px solid black"> </td></tr><tr><td width="175" style="border-bottom:2px solid black">Mike Aroma</td><td width="175" rowspan="15" style="border-right:2px solid black"></td></tr><tr><td width="175" style="border-right:2px solid black"></td><td width="175" style="border-bottom:2px solid black"> </td></tr><tr><td width="175" style="border-right: 2px solid black;border-bottom:2px solid black">Micheal Savage</td><td width="175" rowspan="3" style="border-right:2px solid"></td></tr><tr><td width="175" ></td><td width="175" style="border-bottom:2px solid black;border-right:2px solid black"> </td></tr><tr><td width="175" style="border-bottom:2px solid black">Shawn Orton</td><td width="175" rowspan="7"></td></tr><tr><td width="175" style="border-right:2px solid black"></td><td width="175" style="border-bottom:2px solid black;border-right:2px solid black"> </td></tr><tr><td width="175" style="border-right: 2px solid black;border-bottom:2px solid black">Mateo Deleon</td><td width="175" rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td width="175" ></td><td width="175" style="border-bottom:2px solid black"> </td></tr><tr><td width="175" style="border-bottom:2px solid black">Patrick Lindland</td><td width="175" rowspan="15"></td></tr><tr><td width="175" style="border-right:2px solid black"></td><td width="175" style="border-bottom:2px solid black"> </td></tr><tr><td width="175" style="border-right: 2px solid black;border-bottom:2px solid black">Hellcat Hernandez</td><td width="175" rowspan="3" style="border-right:2px solid"></td></tr><tr><td width="175" ></td><td width="175" style="border-bottom: 2px solid black"> </td></tr><tr><td width="175" style="border-bottom:2px solid black">Cameron Jones</td><td width="175" rowspan="7" style="border-right:2px solid black"></td></tr><tr><td width="175" style="border-right:2px solid black"></td><td width="175" style="border-bottom:2px solid black;border-right:2px solid black"> </td></tr><tr><td width="175" style="border-right: 2px solid black;border-bottom:2px solid black">War Diaz</td><td width="175" rowspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td width="175" ></td><td width="175" style="border-bottom:2px solid black;border-right:2px solid black"> </td></tr><tr><td width="175" style="border-bottom:2px solid black">Richard Pennyworth III</td></tr><tr><td width="175" style="border-right:2px solid black"></td><td width="175" style="border-bottom:2px solid black"> </td></tr><tr><td width="175" style="border-right: 2px solid black;border-bottom:2px solid black">Marcel LeFleur</td><td width="175" rowspan="3" style="border-right:2px solid"></td></tr><tr><td width="175" ></td><td width="175" style="border-bottom:2px solid black;border-right:2px solid black"> </td></tr><tr><td width="175" style="border-bottom:2px solid black">Juana Huracan</td></tr><tr><td width="175" style="border-right:2px solid black"></td><td width="175" style="border-bottom:2px solid black;border-right:2px solid black"> </td></tr><tr><td width="175" style="border-right: 2px solid black;border-bottom:2px solid black">Cali Slick</td><td width="175" ></td></tr></table> Note: Harumi is a random gen. Mateo Deleon is a regen of Mexico's Finest. Shawn Orton is a regen of Nathan Coleman.

Going back to one of the older entries here, because I had some thoughts. This entry really only applies to the in-ring pushes; the current Main Event/Upper Midcard/etc. How are the out-of-ring pushes being done? I am asking, because I was thinking how nice it would be to have some of my better road agents (who are currently pushed otherwise; in ring or manager) to be automatically selected. I was thinking that instead of pushes for these, there would just be checkboxes for "add to road agent pool" and probably "add to referee pool", that would allow them to be selected automatically when making matches while still having their other push. I'd make this a suggestion, but since I don't know how the out of ring pushes are working right now, I don't know if it would be relatively simple or completely ridiculous.

<p>2028 Pre-Year Summary</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Richard%20Pennyworth%20III.jpg</span></p><p> </p><p> It's the beginning of a new year, and things are looking good for W$W. But before we get into that, the annual awards are out, and W$W actually had a worker bring one home. See for yourself:</p><p> </p><p> Awards for 2027</p><p> Wrestler of the Year: Wolf Hawkins (4x)</p><p> Company of the Year: SOTBPW (13x)</p><p> Team of the Year: Wolf Hawkins & Nicky Champion (2x)</p><p> Match of the Year: Wolf Hawkins defeated Demon Seed at SOTBPW Lucha Libre in January</p><p> Show of the Year: SOTBPW Batalla Real 21 in May</p><p> Young Wrestler: Ryu Sakurai</p><p> Veteran Wrestler: Champagne Lover (2x)</p><p> Female Wrestler: Fuyuko Higa</p><p> Most Improved Company: Natural Wrestling Group (Leo Price/Dark Angel) in Ireland</p><p> Independent Wrestler: Atom Smasher (4x)</p><p> Manager of the Year: Phoebe Plumridge (10x)</p><p> Announcer of the Year: Brock Cornish (7x)</p><p> Colour Commentator of the Year: Sosa Morri (6x)</p><p> Referee of the Year: Francis Long</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Yep, that's right! W$W's senior (and only) official pulled in the award for Referee of the Year for the first time. Congratulations go out to him!</p><p> </p><p> In addition, some members of the W$W roster were named to the Power 500. Among them were: </p><p> Marcel LeFleur #352</p><p> Ross Henry #366</p><p> War Diaz #390</p><p> Plague Ryland #396</p><p> Jillian Jarvis #398</p><p> Amber Allen #401</p><p> Cali Slick #406</p><p> Famine Faith #413</p><p> Mike Aroma #414</p><p> Micheal Savage #417</p><p> Shooting Star Perez #444</p><p> Roger Reed #448</p><p> Patrick Lindland #462</p><p> The Silencer #469</p><p> Lightning Lomas #479</p><p> Jason Thunder #480</p><p> Richard Pennyworth III #486</p><p> Riley McManus #487</p><p> Cameron Jones #499</p><p> </p><p> Some of our guys are currently holding titles in other organizations as well. Marcel LeFleur is the reigning COTT World Heavyweight champion as well as 1/2 of the 4C Tag Team Champions. Ross Henry, in addition to being our Openweight Champion is the reigning GWC Heavyweight Champion. Shooting Star Perez is 1/2 of the KPWA International Tag Champions. Mike Aroma holds the Mid Atlantic Championship. The Silencer is co-holder of the GWC World Tag Team titles. War Diaz, in addition to holding our Blue Chip Championship, holds half of the L-Ring Tag Team titles.</p><p> </p><p> W$W starts 2028 in the #17 position. Our goal to not fall below #20 expires in 3 days, so it's likely that's going to pass.</p><p> We end the year with $461,989 in the bank. Current goal is to reach $350,000, which we passed in October. The last couple months have been incredible for income purposes...</p><p> </p><p> Also, of note -- when Amber Allen and Riley McManus claimed the W$W Tag Team titles, Allen became a Triple Crown champion.</p><p> </p><p> Now, the important stuff...Pennyworth's progress for the year.</p><p> <span>http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Pennyworth-InRingProgress-2028.png</span></p><p> <span>http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Pennyworth-PhysicalProgress-2028.png</span></p><p> <span>http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Pennyworth-PerformanceProgress-2028.png</span></p><p> <span>http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Pennyworth-EntertainmentProgress-2028.png</span></p><p> <span>http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Pennyworth-OtherProgress-2028.png</span></p><p> <span>http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Pennyworth-USAPopularityProgress-2028.png</span></p><p> </p><p> And W$W's popularity progress:</p><p> <span>http://www.2d12.com/RTG/W$W-USAPopularityProgress2027.png</span></p><p> </p><p> For the Mystery Box, I rolled:</p><p> 40. “I SMASH!!” or “I’m In My 20s, On The Internet And I Enjoy The WWE” You can choose to add 20 points to your Brute Performance rating OR Weird Performance rating OR use a random number generator to score between 0 and 50, adding the number to either rating. [Choose Weird & Roll: +30]</p><p> </p><p> Four of W$W's top ten events came in 2027. The new top 10 is as follows:</p><p> #10: W$W Bull Market Brawl in August 2025 (C+)</p><p> #9 : W$W Insider Trading in November 2026 (C+)</p><p> #8 : W$W Christmas Crash in December 2025 (C+)</p><p> #7 : W$W Paying Dividends in July 2027 (C+)</p><p> #6 : W$W Incredible Public Onslaught in January 2026 (C+)</p><p> #5 : W$W Expected Earnings in October 2027 (B-)</p><p> #4 : W$W Incredible Public Onslaught in January 2025 (B-)</p><p> #3 : W$W Public Relations 30 in December 2027 (B-)</p><p> #2 : W$W Breaking the Bank in April 2026 (B-)</p><p> #1 : W$W Incredible Public Onslaught in January 2027(B-)</p><p> </p><p> Similarly, 4 matches from the year snuck into our top 10. The new list is as follows:</p><p> #10: American Elemental II defeated Riley McManus (November 2024, B)</p><p> #9 : Ross Henry defeated Aldous Blackfriar by DQ in Buy-In Tournament Semifinal Match (January 2027, B)</p><p> #8 : Logan Wolfsbaine defeated Cali Slick (January 2026, B)</p><p> #7 : Harvey Robbinfield defeated Joaquin Sanchez (April 2027, B)</p><p> #6 : Ross Henry defeated Micheal Savage in Buy-In Tournament Finals (January 2027, B)</p><p> #5 : Harvey Robbinfield defeated Aldous Blackfriar in Buy-In Tournament Finals (January 2026, B)</p><p> #4 : Harvey Robbinfield defeated Juana Huracan (January 2026, B)</p><p> #3 : Ross Henry defeated Destruction by Stoppage (December 2027, B)</p><p> #2 : American Elementall II defeated Ray Snow (December 2025, B)</p><p> #1 : American Elemental II defeated Frankie-Boy Fernandes (January 2025, B)</p><p> </p><p> International Companies and their champions:</p><p> #1: World Level Wrestling [Modern Japan Champion: Azumamaro Shimizu, Tag Team: Masashi Urogataya/Babau, Universal: Masa Kurata (4x)]</p><p> #2: United States Pro Wrestling [National: Rick Law (3x), Television: Dr Rudo, Womens: Joanne Rodriguez (2x), World: Spencer Spade (2x), World Tag Team: Steven Parker/Jefferson Stardust</p><p> </p><p> The rest of the top ten companies include #3 21CW (Cult), #4 SWF (National), #5 SOTBPW (National), #6 TCW (Cult), #7 BHOTWG (Cult), #8 NOTBPW (National), #9 OLLIE (Cult), #10 RAW (Cult)</p>

<p>Christmas Crash</p><p> </p><p> HEADING OF SHOW</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p> <div style="max-width:1400px;margin:auto;"></p><p> <div style="padding: 10px; border: 3px solid #34ab83; margin:10px;background: #d8e6e8; max-width:85%;"></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW2.jpg</span><span>http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Events/Christmas%20Crash.jpg</span><span>http://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW2.jpg</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:18px;">Christmas Crash</span></p><p> Saturday/3/Dec/2027</p><p> Tri State, 6300 in attendance</p><p> </p><p> <em>Preshow</em></p><p><em> Apocalypse (War & Plague) defeated Showtime ©</em></p><p><em> Cali Slick defeated Joaquin Sanchez w/Lisa Bowen (C-)</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Richard" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Richard</a> Pennyworth III.jpg" height="100" width="100"> w/ <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Lisa" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Lisa</a> Bowen.jpg" height="75" width="75"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Richard Pennyworth III w/ Lisa Bowen</strong></p><p><strong> -vs-</strong></p><p><strong> Mike Aroma</strong></p><p> </p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Mike" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Mike</a> Aroma.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center"></p><p> Decent match to get us started, though neither man exhibited much in the way of salesmanship for the other. That turned this into a hard hitting, brutal-looking affair with powerful punches and attacks that were shrugged off one after the other. Pennyworth would score the submission, locking on the Money Clip after a series of attacks to the neck actually seemed to affect the big man.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winner by Submission: Richard Pennyworth III</strong></p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Time</strong></p><p> 14:14</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> C</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Riley" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Riley</a> McManus.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Amber" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Amber</a> Allen.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>McManus & Allen</strong></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"></p><p> Backstage, Riley McManus is in the middle of a pep talk for Amber Allen. He's telling her that she has been the honorable wrestler before, and she can do it again. Tonight, she can live up to her word, and they can win this match without cheating. Allen doesn't seem to be buying into it, but she agrees nonetheless.</p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> C-</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Bruce" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Bruce</a> Garofalo.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/The" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/The</a> Silencer.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Riot Act</strong></p><p><strong> -vs-</strong></p><p><strong> McManus & Allen</strong></p><p> </p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Riley" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Riley</a> McManus.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Amber" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Amber</a> Allen.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center"></p><p> <strong>Non-Title Match</strong></p><p> A pretty decent match, though Garofalo brought it down a bit with his haplessness in the ring. McManus and Allen showed some good chemistry, working together for the victory. This match told the story of Allen continually starting to go for the shortcuts, but getting frustrated and not pulling it off. This would lead to Riot Act getting some decent offense in. Allen would eventually make the hot tag, and McManus would finish off the bout, trapping Garofalo in a figure four for the win.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winners by Submission: McManus & Allen</strong></p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Time</strong></p><p> 7:10</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> C</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Riley" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Riley</a> McManus.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Amber" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Amber</a> Allen.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>McManus & Allen</strong></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"></p><p> The match is over, and Allen shows signs of frustration. She brings a steel chair into the ring, obviously intending to lay some additional hurt onto the losers. McManus gets in her way, and talks her down quietly. After a minute or so, Allen drops the chair, and the tag champs walk up the ramp together.</p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> C-</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Micheal" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Micheal</a> Savage.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Roger" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Roger</a> Reed.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Pure Savagery</strong></p><p><strong> -vs-</strong></p><p><strong> The Amazing Caballero Bros</strong></p><p> </p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Jose" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Jose</a> Caballero.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Marcos" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Marcos</a> Caballero.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center"></p><p> This proves to be a much better match than we were expecting, as the Caballeros actually give Pure Savagery a run for their money. Sadly, it was not to be, and once Savage took both of them out of the ring at once and laid into them outside of the ring, it was all Pure Savagery. Reed would nail Marcos with the Stealth Crusher and cover for the pinfall.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winners by Pinfall: Pure Savagery</strong></p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Time</strong></p><p> 12:41</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> C</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Rocky" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Rocky</a> Weatherfield.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rocky Weatherfield</strong></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"></p><p> Rocky comes to the ring. He says that tonight, he's going to take on Bitch Slap in a handicap match. And since he knows where both of them are going to be, this time, he's going to come out victorious.</p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> D+</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Rocky" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Rocky</a> Weatherfield.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rocky Weatherfield</strong></p><p><strong> -vs-</strong></p><p><strong> Bitch Slap</strong></p><p> </p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Juana" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Juana</a> Huracan.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Jillian" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Jillian</a> Jarvis.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center"></p><p> From the start of this match, Weatherfield put action to his words, and took the fight to the tag team. For good portions of the match, all the offense was coming from the solo competitor, and he got a number of near falls. Each time he went for the pinfall or submission attempt, however, the other member of Bitch Slap was right there to make the save. That forced Weatherfield to switch gears and try to take one of them out of the match, but he wasn't able to get either of them down long enough. But they weren't able to get him down for the count either, at least until they started abusing the five-count and double-teaming Weatherfield incessently. The numbers game eventually caught up to him, and Jarvis was able to lock him into the Lockdown Choke Sleeper. Huracan taunted him from the ropes that he was just barely unable to reach (pulling it away briefly at one point). Weatherfield eventually had no choice but to tap out.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winners by Submission: Bitch Slap</strong></p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Time</strong></p><p> 15:12</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> C</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Harvey" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Harvey</a> Robbinfield.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Harvey Robbinfield</strong></p><p><strong> -vs-</strong></p><p><strong> Famine Faith</strong></p><p> </p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Matty" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Matty</a> Faith.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center"></p><p> Representing Apocalypse, Famine comes to the ring with fire in his eyes. He starts out strong and throws Robbinfield all over the ring, but eventually he starts to tire. Harvey is able to take control back, and slowly but surely starts to look like he's going to win. Famine does get in some more offense, but when he goes for a Leap of Faith at one point, Harvey is able to dodge out of the way. Robbinfield goes for the cover...but Faith rolls him up. Harvey should be able to get the kickout, but Famine reaches over and grabs the bottom rope behind Francis Long's back, and that gives him enough leverage to claim victory. </p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winner by Pinfall: The Fame Express</strong></p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Time</strong></p><p> 11:41</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> B-</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Matty" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Matty</a> Faith.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Chad" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Chad</a> Ryland.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/James" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/James</a> Diaz.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Apocalypse</strong></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"></p><p> The trio get microphones. They say that Destruction may be out of commission for now, but the spirit remains. And that starting with the tournament next month, they will show just how dominant Apocalypse is and will be. All of the championships are coming to them, like it or not.</p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> C</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 2px solid #eee8aa; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Patrick" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Patrick</a> Lindland.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Patrick Lindland</strong></p><p><strong> -vs-</strong></p><p><strong> Ross Henry ©</strong></p><p> </p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross</a> Henry.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center"></p><p> <strong>W$W Openweight Championship Match</strong></p><p> <span>http://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW%20Openweight.jpg</span></p><p> </p><p> Lindland gets a surprise championship match here; the announcers say that Henry was impressed by TNBT's recent tag team performance and with other challengers dispensed with wanted to give him a shot. This was a good match that saw Lindland in control to everyone's surprise. Emily McQueen started talking about how Henry's confidence was shot after his recent loss, and we were going to start seeing the cracks in the champ -- and for a long time it looked like she might be prophetic. That's not to say Henry didn't get his offense in, but Lindland seemed to be in control for much of the match. At least until Money Talks' music played, and Lisa Bowen stepped out onto the ramp. She pulled down her sunglasses and stared at Lindland, who started looking around for her clients. The distraction was all it took for Henry to recover, and a quick Earthquake Powerslam later, he made the cover and retained the title.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winner by Pinfall: Ross Henry</strong></p><p> <em>Ross Henry makes his 7th defense of the W$W Tag Team Championship</em></p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Time</strong></p><p> 21:21</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> C</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross</a> Henry.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Ross Henry</strong></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"></p><p> After the match, Henry rests on the top rope with his belt over his shoulder. He's handed a microphone. He says that this match tonight, regardless of how he earned the victory, proves that he still has what it takes. He doesn't take his eye off the prize. He says that next month there is the Buy-In Tournament, and whoever wins, just like he did last year, gets a shot at him. He name drops a number of probable competitors, including Famine Faith, Cali Slick, War Diaz, Riley McManus, Amber Allen, Richard Pennyworth III, and Juana Huracan. He says that it doesn't matter which of them win, or someone off the street -- it doesn't matter because in the end, there's only going to be one victor. One person holding the Openweight Championship -- and that person is Ross Henry.</p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> D+</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Final Thoughts</strong></p><p> So, like an idiot, I never put Lisa Bowen in the storyline. I should do that. Harvey gives me one last great match, snuck in because this month's show runs earlier than the other months. War and Plague don't have negative chemistry, so if I don't replace Blackfriar, they may end up being Apocalypse's tag team. And Weatherfield does the job, contrary to my initial plans, because he's leaving (I got the email saying he'd signed with SOTBPW right after I finished this show).</p><p> </p><p> And thus ends the first year of the diary. Thanks everyone for sticking with it. I'll look to get a year-end update in soon.</p><p> Final Rating: C</p><p> </div></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p></p>

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="EBEZA" data-cite="EBEZA" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46809" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Gutted about Aldous! I know this is probably your plan anyway, but I'd definitely like to see the story develop that, while he now has a loss on his record, Henry still hasn't been defeated, technically. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p> </p><p> Good work, as always!</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Aldous was just the first. In addition to him and Harvey getting SWF contracts, SOTBPW has now offered Rocky Weatherfield a contract as well...just when I realized I should be pushing him hard, too. Between them that's two main eventers and an upper midcard/main event (depending on the month) gone, and at least two of my ongoing storylines needing to be scrapped or reworked. Sometimes regional can be tough.</p>

Public Relations 30 <div style="max-width:1400px;margin:auto;"> <div style="padding: 10px; border: 3px solid #34ab83; margin:10px;background: #d8e6e8; max-width:85%;"> http://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW2.jpghttp://www.2d12.com/RTG/Events/Public%20Relations.jpghttp://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW2.jpg Public Relations 30 Friday/2/Dec/2027 The Den in New England, 2000 in attendance Preshow The Amazing Caballero Bros defeated Riot Act (D) <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross Henry.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Ross Henry </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> Henry comes to the ring and says that the folks here in New England are getting a treat tonight -- an Openweight Championship bout. He says that with all that went down last month, Destruction is getting another shot at the belt tonight, but it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter that he finally lost a match, even if it was on a technicality. All that matters is that tonight, he walks in the champ, and he walks out the champ. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating C</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Harvey Robbinfield.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Harvey Robbinfield -vs- Richard Pennyworth III w/ Lisa Bowen <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Richard Pennyworth III.jpg" height="100" width="100"> w/ <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Lisa Bowen.jpg" height="75" width="75"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> A pretty good match to start us out. Robbinfield looked pretty good throughout, taking the bout to Pennyworth, but Pennyworth got his licks in as well. The end comes when Robbinfield has Pennyworth in a pinning predicament, and Lisa Bowen pulls his foot on to the ropes. This breaks the count, and gets Robbinfield to start jawing at Bowen; Pennyworth takes advantage and pulls him in for the Money Clip and the victory. Winner by Submission: Richard Pennyworth III </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 13:51 Rating C</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Rocky Weatherfield.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Rocky Weatherfield -vs- Hellcat Hernandez <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Hellcat Hernandez.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> This is NOT what I was expecting from this match. These two went out and put on a hell of a show, playing off each other very well. Hernandez got a surprising amount of offense in against Weatherfield, but he absorbed it all, and eventually started to recover and go on a tear of his own. The Implant DDT would score him the pinfall victory in an amazing match. Winner by Pinfall: Rocky Weatherfield </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 13:13 Rating B-</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Rocky Weatherfield.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Rocky Weatherfield </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> Weatherfield takes the microphone after his match. He says that he's a proven winner, but the ladies of Bitch Slap keep getting victories against him...and that's because they keep jumping in where they don't belong. So he's challenging them both to a match...Weatherfield against Bitch Slap in a handicap match. If he knows where they are, he'll win, he guarantees it. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating C-</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Amber Allen.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Riley McManus.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Amber Allen & Riley McManus </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> The new tag champs McManus and Allen are backstage, arguing over the right way to compete. It starts to get pretty heated before Allen lays out a challenge. If McManus can beat her in the ring here tonight, she'll agree to work his way. McManus agrees pretty quickly, and the two head to the ring. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating C-</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Amber Allen.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Amber Allen -vs- Riley McManus <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Riley McManus.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> A decent match between the two tag team champions. It was a decent back and forth technical affair, though Allen did resort to a coupld of cheap tricks during the match. In the end, she decided to attempt a low blow on a recovering McManus, but he saw it coming and rolled her up instead, getting the victory. Winner by Pinfall: Riley McManus </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 15:36 Rating C</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Amber Allen.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Riley McManus.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Amber Allen & Riley McManus </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> McManus grabs the title belts and walks over to Allen. He hands her hers, and holds out a hand to shake. After a long moment, she takes it, and they celebrate together. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating D</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Aldous Blackfriar.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Destruction </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> Destruction comes to the ring. He says that tonight, the reign of Ross Henry will end. And he is so confident that it will end that the other members of Apocalypse aren't even here tonight. In the ring tonight, Destruction will reign supreme. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating C</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 2px solid #eee8aa; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Aldous Blackfriar.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Destruction -vs- Ross Henry © <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross Henry.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> W$W Openweight Championship Match http://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW%20Openweight.jpg Holy Crap. New England gots themselves a show tonight. Henry and Destruction put everything on the line, and this match delivers in spades. A solid back and forth affair in which Destruction came oh-so-close to winning on multiple occasions. Similarly, Henry hit the Earthquake Powerslam on Destruction not once, not twice, but three times, and Destruction kicks out of every pin attempt. The end finally came when Destruction had locked in the Gloomweaver Clutch, but in the ropes. When Francis Long finally got him to break the hold, Destruction fell out of the ring. Henry followed, and sent him crashing into the ring steps and barricades; one of the throws had an awkward-looking landing. Destruction tries to stand but couldn't manage it, his ankle completely unable to support his weight. After he tries a couple times, Francis Long checks on him, then ends the match. Winner by Stoppage: Ross Henry Ross Henry makes his 6th defense of the W$W Tag Team Championship </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 23:52 Rating B</td></tr></table> </div> </div> Final Thoughts So, some damned good matches here. Sadly, this will be Aldous' last match with W$W for some time, as he has signed with SWF. Time to rework my planned storylines. Similarly, Robbinfield is probably leaving. He hasn't signed yet, but SWF has offered him a contract, so it's likely inevitable. Final Rating: B- </div>

<p>Insider Trading</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p> <div style="max-width:1400px;margin:auto;"></p><p> <div style="padding: 10px; border: 3px solid #34ab83; margin:10px;background: #d8e6e8; max-width:85%;"></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW2.jpg</span><span>http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Events/Insider%20Trading.jpg</span><span>http://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW2.jpg</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:18px;">Insider Trading</span></p><p> Friday/4/Nov/2027</p><p> Tri State, 6500 in attendance</p><p> </p><p> <em>Preshow</em></p><p><em> Roger Reed defeated Isabel Duran (D)</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 2px solid #eee8aa; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Aldous" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Aldous</a> Blackfriar.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Destruction</strong></p><p><strong> -vs-</strong></p><p><strong> Ross Henry ©</strong></p><p> </p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross</a> Henry.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center"></p><p> <strong>W$W Openweight Championship Match</strong></p><p> <span>http://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW%20Openweight.jpg</span></p><p> </p><p> The show starts off with a bang as the W$W Openweight Championship is on the line. The match starts out fast and furious, with Destruction rushing at the champion and getting him to the mat early. Henry blunts that offense relatively quickly, however, and starts to take control. But before he is able to gain any momentum or get on a roll, War Diaz rolls in the ring with a steel chair and brings it crashing on the back of the champ, forcing the ref to call for the bell.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winner by Disqualification: Ross Henry</strong></p><p> <em>Ross Henry makes his 5th defense of the W$W Openweight Championship</em></p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Time</strong></p><p> 5:45</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> C+</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Aldous" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Aldous</a> Blackfriar.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/James" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/James</a> Diaz.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross</a> Henry.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cali" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cali</a> Slick.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Apocalypse, Ross Henry, Cali Slick</strong></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"></p><p> Destruction takes charge as he and War lay boots to the fallen champion. Diaz nails Henry with the steel chair multiple times while Destruction eggs him on, to the point that the chair is obviously bent and destroyed. Destruction rolls out of the ring to slide another chair in...and Cali Slick charges the ring. He slides under the bottom rope and immediately drops War with a Slick Back. Slick is the one to grab the new chair, and he uses it to swing at Destruction. War rolls out of the ring and is helped up by Destruction as Apocalypse backs up the ramp. As they disappear, the announcers note that they have just been told that we will see Destruction and War taking on Henry and Slick in the main event tonight.</p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> C+</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Riley" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Riley</a> McManus.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Amber" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Amber</a> Allen.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Riley McManus & Amber Allen</strong></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"></p><p> McManus finds Allen backstage. He brings up their match at Public Relations, and asks if she knew about the interference. Allen says she did, and McManus gets upset with her -- he says that they can win without cheating, and she knows it. He tries to convince her to fight the straight and narrow tonight, but the segment ends before she answers.</p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> C-</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cameron" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cameron</a> Jones.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Cameron Jones</strong></p><p><strong> -vs-</strong></p><p><strong> Hellcat Hernandez</strong></p><p> </p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Hellcat" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Hellcat</a> Hernandez.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center"></p><p> A fun match that showcased some decent skills while allowing Ditterich and McQueen to talk about the newly announced main event. Both sides had their offense, with Hernandez looking a little better than Jones. Looking good didn't give her the win, though, as Jones would hit the Fisherman's Suplex for the pinfall.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winner by Pinfall: Cameron Jones</strong></p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Time</strong></p><p> 14:29</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> C</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Lisa" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Lisa</a> Bowen.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Joaquin" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Joaquin</a> Sanchez.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Lisa Bowen and Joaquin Sanchez</strong></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"></p><p> Bowen is with her client, and she says that The Next Big Things harmed Money Talks last month. They ruined the chances of both of her clients winning their respective battle royals, and that is simply unacceptable. Tonight, Sanchez takes on Lindland, and the big man will show just mad her clients are.</p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> D</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Joaquin" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Joaquin</a> Sanchez.jpg" height="100" width="100"> w/ <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Lisa" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Lisa</a> Bowen.jpg" height="75" width="75"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Joaquin Sanchez w/ Lisa Bowen</strong></p><p><strong> -vs-</strong></p><p><strong> Patrick Lindland</strong></p><p> </p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Patrick" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Patrick</a> Lindland.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center"></p><p> Lindland is a big man, but he was dwarfed by Sanchez here tonight, and he did a good job of looking somewhat intimidated. The two put on a classic big man versus little man match, with Lindland in the unaccustomed role of the little guy, but it worked pretty well. Sanchez got his licks in, and Lindland made it look painful. Lindland started to come back once, but Sanchez beat him back down. Then again. The third time, though, was the charm, and Lindland caught Sanchez in an ankle lock that the big man wasn't able to fight his way out of.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winner by Submission: Patrick Lindland</strong></p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Time</strong></p><p> 13:02</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> C-</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 2px solid #eee8aa; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Riley" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Riley</a> McManus.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Amber" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Amber</a> Allen.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Riley McManus & Amber Allen</strong></p><p><strong> -vs-</strong></p><p><strong> Apocalypse</strong></p><p> </p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Matty" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Matty</a> Faith.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Chad" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Chad</a> Ryland.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>-vs-</strong></p><p><strong> Thunder & Lightning ©</strong></p><p> </p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Jason" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Jason</a> Thunder.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Lightning" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Lightning</a> Lomas.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center"></p><p> <strong>W$W Tag Team Championship Match</strong></p><p> <span>http://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW%20Tag%20Team.jpg</span></p><p> </p><p> Once again, the poor chemistry between Apocalypse teammates comes into play, but it doesn't seem to hurt the match that much. This is a good match, with two teams legal at all times, the team on the outside needing to tag in to have a chance to win. Jason Thunder starts the match against Plague Ryland, and at the bell, things go crazy. Blind tags abound as each team tries to enter the ring to be legal whenever they are on the outside. Lomas gets the first near fall, nearly pinning Famine Faith relatively early in the match, but Allen breaks it up. That sets the tone for most of the rest of the match -- whenever a pin or submission was attempted, it was broken up nearly before the one count could occur. </p><p> </p><p> The end comes when Lomas and Faith had taken each other out on the outside of the ring, neither man stirring. McManus had taken a hard blow to the head from Lomas earlier, and while he was at the turnbuckle, he wasn't really effective. In the ring, Allen nails Jason Thunder with a Northern Lights Suplex, holding on. Plague was checking on his partner, and didn't notice the pinfall attempt at first. The ref counted 1..2...Plague rushes in, but the hand comes down for the 3 count before he gets there, and we have new champions!</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winners by Pinfall: Riley McManus & Amber Allen</strong></p><p> <em>Riley McManus & Amber Allen win the W$W Tag Team Championship</em></p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Time</strong></p><p> 14:40</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> C</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Juana" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Juana</a> Huracan.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Jillian" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Jillian</a> Jarvis.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Rocky" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Rocky</a> Weatherfield.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Bitch Slap & Rocky Weatherfield</strong></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"></p><p> Backstage, Weatherfield turns a corner and sees the members of Bitch Slap lounging around. He tries to go around them, but they start taunting him -- one little loss, and his tag team partner went running for greener pastures. Weatherfield says that he doesn't need a partner, and he'll prove it to whichever one wants to go to the ring with him right now.</p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> D+</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Rocky" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Rocky</a> Weatherfield.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rocky Weatherfield</strong></p><p><strong> -vs-</strong></p><p><strong> Juana Huracan</strong></p><p> </p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Juana" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Juana</a> Huracan.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center"></p><p> Huracan answers Rocky's challenge, and the two of them square off in the center of the ring. What follows is a decent grappling match, going mostly old school but with some fun high-flying mixed in for good measure. Weatherfield slowly starts blunting Juana's offense and looks to be about ready to get the win when Jillian Jarvis rushes the ring. He tries to get both of them in view, but they do a good job of splitting his concentration, and eventually Juana grabs him in the Time-Square Lock right in the center of the ring. Weatherfield fights it for over a minute with Jarvis taunting him from outside, but eventually has to tap.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winner by Submission: Juana Huracan</strong></p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Time</strong></p><p> 15:04</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> C</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Aldous" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Aldous</a> Blackfriar.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/James" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/James</a> Diaz.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Apocalypse</strong></p><p><strong> -vs-</strong></p><p><strong> Cali Slick & Ross Henry</strong></p><p> </p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cali" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cali</a> Slick.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross</a> Henry.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center"></p><p> The make-up match from earlier in the night featured some great wrestling, as these four men left nothing behind. This was a back and forth affair with some great spots. Henry came out looking particularly strong, getting near falls on both Destruction and War multiple times. Everyone in the match, though, had their opportunities to look good and get some near falls, the closest being when Destruction caught Slick in a schoolboy while War and Henry were battling outside the ring. Slick was just able to catch the rope, however, which Long just barely saw and stopped the count a fraction before the three.</p><p> </p><p> The end of this affair came a few minutes later. War was being forced out of the ring by Long after a tag to Destruction, allowing Destruction to level Slick with a low blow. Destruction waited for War to get out of the ring before he closed in and applied the Doomweaver Clutch. Henry tried to break it up, but War was quicker to the punch, and took him down as well...and Slick tapped away Henry's undefeated streak to the amazement and shock of the announcers.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winners by Submission: Apocalypse</strong></p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Time</strong></p><p> 23:13</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> C+</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Aldous" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Aldous</a> Blackfriar.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Destruction</strong></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"></p><p> Outside the ring, as Slick is apologizing to Henry, Destruction gets a microphone. He tells Henry that he isn't through -- he is still coming for the title belt, and just like tonight, Destruction is going to plow through everything in his way to get what he wants.</p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> C</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Final Thoughts</strong></p><p> I hestitated a LONG time before making the call on that main event. I knew it was about time to end the streak, but I wasn't sure if this was THE time or not. In the end, I think it worked out ok. A decent but not great show, especially as compared to the last one, but I think we're setting up some more stories nicely.</p><p> </p><p> Final Rating: C</p><p> </div></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p></p>

Public Relations 29 <div style="max-width:1400px;margin:auto;"> <div style="padding: 10px; border: 3px solid #34ab83; margin:10px;background: #d8e6e8; max-width:85%;"> http://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW2.jpghttp://www.2d12.com/RTG/Events/Public%20Relations.jpghttp://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW2.jpg Public Relations 29 Friday/2/Nov/2027 The Den in New England, 2000 in attendance <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Harvey Robbinfield.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Harvey Robbinfield -vs- Marcel LeFleur <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Marcel LeFleur.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> A fun little match designed to give Harvey some momentum and start considering whether or not LeFleur is going to go solo. LeFleur started out hot, but Robbinfield took his best shots and then took over. He would hit the Omega Driver to earn the pinfall. Winner by Pinfall: Harvey Robbinfield </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 9:47 Rating C+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/James Diaz.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Aldous Blackfriar.jpg" height="100" width="100"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross Henry.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cali Slick.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Apocalypse, Ross Henry, Cali Slick </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> The camera cuts backstage where a brawl is in progress between War Diaz and Destruction on one side, and Ross Henry and Cali Slick on the other. Unfortunately, Diaz seemed to be sandbagging it, his attacks looking weak and painless. On the other side of the coin, Henry came out of this looking like a million bucks, and after the two pairs were separated, he was the one with the last word. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating D+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Duane Windham.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Duane Windham -vs- Andre Reinhardt <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Andre Reinhardt.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> This did what it was supposed to at least. Windham didn't look exceptional out there, but definitely was servicable. He and Andre went back and forth for a bit before the Night Arrow earned Windham the pinfall victory. Winner by Pinfall: Duane Windham </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 9:32 Rating D</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross Henry.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Ross Henry </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> Henry is backstage, and he proclaims that it doesn't matter what sort of BS Apocalypse pulls, he's STILL going to be the W$W Openweight Champion when all is said and done. Backstage brawls, attacking him after matches -- none of that matters when the bell rings. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating C</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Joaquin Sanchez.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Richard Pennyworth III.jpg" height="100" width="100"> w/ <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Lisa Bowen.jpg" height="75" width="75"> Money Talks w/ Lisa Bowen -vs- The Next Big Things <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Mike Aroma.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Patrick Lindland.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> The announcers put over the fact that these two teams got the better of each other in the battle royals at Expected Earnings, and both sides requested this match. Things start out brutal, and degrade from there. Sanchez and Aroma battle back and forth with brutal strikes. Pennyworth and Lindland hammer it out outside of the ring. Poor Francis Long continually has to send one man or another back to their corner, and around the twelve minute mark it all breaks down. All four men end up in the ring, raining attacks down on one another. When the steel chair is added to the ring (by Lisa Bowen, the announcers think), he has no choice but to call for the bell and end the bout. No Contest </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 14:49 Rating D</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Micheal Savage.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Micheal Savage -vs- Rocky Weatherfield <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Rocky Weatherfield.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> Rocky deserves better than he gets from me. He never has a bad match, and even those with almost no implications get the crowd humming. In this case, he works a beauty with Savage that makes the crowd stand up, and makes Savage look really good in the process. The brutal attacks from the heel are sold hard by Rocky, and Savage looks absolutely devastating. So when Rocky is finally able to reverse the momentum, the crowd goes wild. The Implant DDT a minute or so later seals the deal, as Savage cannot get his shoulder off the mat. Winner by Pinfall: Rocky Weatherfield </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 11:31 Rating C+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Matty Faith.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Chad Ryland.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Apocalypse </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> Famine Faith leads the interview, as he and Plague Ryland talk about how it is destiny for Apocalypse to earn every belt in W$W. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating D+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Matty Faith.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Chad Ryland.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Apocalypse -vs- Riley McManus & Amber Allen <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Riley McManus.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Amber Allen.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> Interestingly, this is the first time teaming together for either of the #1 contending teams. This allows the announcers to focus on chemistry for the duration of the match -- chemistry that is easy for everyone in the arena to note. For McManus and Allen, the chemistry was positive, and they seemed to know exactly what the other was thinking at every moment of the match. For Famine and Plague...not so much. Their timing was all off, attempted double teams just didn't work out, and a couple attempted tags went awry when the partner was playing to the audience instead of waiting for the tag. Despite that, though, Apocalypse managed to look decent, with Famine Faith easily maintaining control over whichever of his opponents were in the ring at the time. When he was finally forced to tag out, Plague was looking fairly good as well. And that's when everything went sideways. The crowd started humming as Thunder & Lightning came through the audience. Amber Allen, waiting on the apron, saw them coming and drew Francis Long's attention. Plague had just nailed McManus with a devastating cutter leaving him down and out. Lomas and Thunder slid into the ring, hit the Thunderstroke on Plague, and knocked Famine off the apron on their way out. McManus came to first, locked on a simple armbar, and Plague tapped. Winner by Submission: Riley McManus & Amber Allen </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 14:40 Rating C</td></tr></table> </div> </div> Final Thoughts So, yeah. Faith and Ryland "don't work well", but McManus & Allen have great chemistry. That sort of works for where I'm taking things, but this is a lesson in testing your teams before you put them in title matches. Final Rating: C </div>

Expected Earnings <div style="max-width:1400px;margin:auto;"> <div style="padding: 10px; border: 3px solid #34ab83; margin:10px;background: #d8e6e8; max-width:85%;"> http://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW2.jpghttp://www.2d12.com/RTG/Events/Expected%20Earnings.jpghttp://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW2.jpg Expected Earnings Friday/4/Oct/2027 Tri State, 6200 in attendance <div style="border: 2px solid #eee8aa; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cameron Jones.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Cameron Jones -vs- War Diaz © <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/James Diaz.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> W$W Blue Chip Championship Match http://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW%20Blue%20Chip.jpg Good match to start off that manages to both showcase War Diaz' strength and skill while not making it a complete one-sided match. While Diaz manages to control the pace of the match for much of the duration, Jones does have his moment of looking like he might win the belt. Sadly for him, Diaz kicks out twice in a row, and before Jones can get him down for a third, the Asian Thumb Spike hits, and Jones is out for the count. Winner by Pinfall: War Diaz War Diaz makes his 6th defense of the W$W Blue Chip Championship </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 12:48 Rating C+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Lightning Lomas.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Jason Thunder.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Thunder & Lightning </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> Lomas and Thunder make their way to the ring, grabbing seats at ringside to watch the upcoming battle royals. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating D+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Bruce Garofalo.jpg" height="66" width="66"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Hellcat Hernandez.jpg" height="66" width="66"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Joaquin Sanchez.jpg" height="66" width="66"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Blue Phantom.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Matty Faith.jpg" height="100" width="100"> 10-Person Battle Royal <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Jillian Jarvis.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Riley McManus.jpg" height="100" width="100"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Marcos Caballero.jpg" height="66" width="66"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Mike Aroma.jpg" height="66" width="66"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Roger Reed.jpg" height="66" width="66"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> Ten people fill the ring at the start of the match, including three of W$W's biggest in Garofalo, Sanchez, and Aroma. The rest of the competitors seem to realize that this is a huge threat, and the match starts out with each of these three being double or triple teamed. Garofalo is ganged up on by the odd tandem of Blue Phantom and Roger Reed, and the combination of speed and technique quickly overwhelms him, and he is knocked over the top rope that Reed holds down with a picture-perfect dropkick from Phantom. Jarvis and Hernandez, meanwhile, had teamed up to try to take out Mike Aroma, but the big man is able to fight them off. After he throws both of them basically across the entire ring, he starts wading through competitors to try to get at Sanchez. Hernandez and Jarvis give each other a look, seemingly agreeing to get back into the fray. Hernandez steps forward first, and that proves to be a mistake, as Jarvis whips her over the top rope as soon as her back is turned. Aroma reached Sanchez, and the two big men face off in the middle of the ring as the rest of the competitors back away to let the behemoths fight. The trade vicious looking blows, repeatedly bouncing off the ropes to gain momentum. It's Aroma that first follows up on the retreating Sanchez and with a huge clothesline, he sends Sanchez over the top rope...but Sanchez locks on to his arm, and pulls the other big man down to the floor with him, eliminating both. Almost as soon as they hit the ground, Marcos Caballero hits on the other side, blindsided by Jillian Jarvis. Down to five, and with the big men now out of the competition, things start to heat up. Reed and Phantom's cooperation is long gone as the two of them start to trade blows while Jarvis and Faith are working together on McManus. That proves to be short lived, as once they drop McManus to the mat, they turn on each other. McManus is slow to get to his feet, but when he does, he is in prime position to springboard Reed to the outside. Reed almost saves himself, but a bounce on the ropes on the other side of the ring causes him to lose his grip and he is eliminated. The pair-ups have rotated slightly now, and Jarvis and Blue Phantom are working on each other. Phantom seems to be getting the best of it, and has Jarvis down on the ground...but he foolishly climbs the turnbuckle for a high-risk move, and she lunges at him. He tumbles off the top rope and to the outside. She turns around with a smirk, but Faith is right there, and an easy whip brings us down to the final two. Faith and McManus face off, and get into a good wrestling bout for a while before they seem to remember that they're trying to knock each other out of the ring, and the grappling moves to the ropes. McManus gets Faith to the outside first, and looks like be in good position to claim victory...but his dropkick attempt misses and Faith pulls him over the top rope. With both men on the apron, they trade blows back and forth for a long moment, both of them teasing falling...but it is Faith that finally hits the telling blow, a powerful right hand that drops McManus to the floor and giving Famine Faith the victory for Apocalypse. Winner by Survival: Famine Faith </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 17:43 Rating C-</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Aldous Blackfriar.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Rocky Weatherfield.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Destruction & Rocky Weatherfield </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> Destruction is backstage, having just seen his stablemate claim one of the spots in the tag title match. He says that everything is coming together. War Diaz retained his belt. Famine and Plague will take the tag belts. That just leaves one belt -- and it is up to Destruction to pull that from Ross Henry and destroy his undefeated streak. He is interrupted by Rocky Weatherfield. Weatherfield says that just because he's had a bell ringing so many times lately doesn't mean he's the top dog...and doesn't allow him to just proclaim himself as the #1 contender. Destruction says that's true--it's his skill and belief that should make him the number one contender -- and if Weatherfield cares to see it for himself, they can meet in the ring tonight. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating C</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Duane Windham.jpg" height="66" width="66"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Jose Caballero.jpg" height="66" width="66"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Marcel LeFleur.jpg" height="66" width="66"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Amber Allen.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Juana Huracan.jpg" height="100" width="100"> 10-Person Battle Royal <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Patrick Lindland.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Richard Pennyworth III.jpg" height="100" width="100"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Micheal Savage.jpg" height="66" width="66"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Chad Ryland.jpg" height="66" width="66"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/The Silencer.jpg" height="66" width="66"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> As the competitors make their way to the ring for the second battle royal of the night, the announcers use the opportunity to talk about the unique situtation that Plague Ryland now finds himself in -- his team is already in the tag title match, so he has less pressure on to win, but if he loses, then that tag match becomes a triple threat. The story of this match is far different than the last -- there are no real big men in this match, so nobody really other than maybe Ryland to target. That perhaps changes at the opening bell when Patrick Lindland charges across the ring and with a vicious lariat sends Jose Caballero tumbling to the floor of the ringside instantly. Jose is stunned, but he is eliminated, and then the match starts in earnest. Silencer is the second eliminated when Amber Allen catches him with a release german that fetches him up on the top rope, and he rolls over and to the floor instinctively. Ryland has been fighting off numerous other contenders from the opening flurry, most notably from Marcel LeFleur. He seems to be a little miffed over the treatment of the Dark Watch by Apocalypse, and has been all over Ryland from the get go. Sadly for him and the Hellcat, Ryland would eventually get the better of the exchange, and LeFleur hits the ground hard after Plague powerlifts him over the top and just drops him to the outside. After that, there is a bit of a lull in the eliminations, as the remaining competitors try to wear each other down slowly but surely. All of them show skill in both remaining in the ring and beating on the others; it's Pennyworth who is the next to score an elimination when he uses a fireman's carry toss to send Duane Windham out of the ring. A respectable showing for the young man, but an elimination nonetheless. Down to six in the ring, Lindland seems to go on the warpath. He is the one to finally corner Plague Ryland, and unceremoniously dumps him on the outside. This ensures a triple threat match for the tag championship, as the announcers remind us. Lindland isn't done, though, and he turns on Micheal Savage. Savage has been doing well, but hasn't eliminated anyone yet -- and he won't, as Lindland gives him the heave-ho with ease. Down to the final four, Lindland still looks strong, driving Allen to the mat before turning to the other two. Huracan and Pennyworth were facing off, and Pennyworth scores the elimination as he tosses her out. Unfortunately, after tossing her out, Pennyworth has his back to Lindland, and Patrick makes his fourth elimination of the match. This doesn't sit well with Pennyworth, however, and he climbs back up on the ring apron to yell at Lindland. The two of them get in each others faces jawing at each other. In the meantime, however, Allen has recovered, and she sneaks up behind Lindland...and grabs his legs to toss him out. He makes a desperate grab at the ropes, but is unable to save himself, and Allen has the victory, ensuring a place in the tag title match for herself and Riley McManus. Winner by Survival: Amber Allen </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 18:50 Rating C+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Aldous Blackfriar.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Destruction -vs- Rocky Weatherfield <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Rocky Weatherfield.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> The battle of words from earlier now becomes a battle in the ring. This proves to be a very good match, as two ring generals put on a damned good show. The match is back and forth for a long period, both men kicking out of numerous near falls. It looks to be over when Weatherfield hits his finisher, but before he can make the cover, the bells toll and Plague Ryland makes his way down the ramp. Weatherfield squares up to face him, but Plague never enters the ring...simply distracts Weatherfield until Destruction gets back to his feet and locks on the Gloomweaver Clutch. Weatherfield fights it, almost getting to the ring ropes, but Destruction recenters and and he has no choice but to tap. Winner by Submission: Destruction </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 13:56 Rating C+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross Henry.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Ross Henry </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> Henry is backstage. He says that tonight, he takes care of business one more time. He says that no matter the circumstances, no matter how many times these people want at him, the result will be the same...Henry will remain champion. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating C</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 2px solid #eee8aa; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Harvey Robbinfield.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Harvey Robbinfield -vs- Ross Henry © <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross Henry.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> W$W Openweight Championship Match http://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW%20Openweight.jpg Yessss. This is a nice slow-build match that shows some good chemistry and very fun action. Lots of back and forth and many near falls abound through the first half of the match. Things start to pick up after about fifteen minutes and look much more brutal. They both start throwing blows that look violently painful, and the selling is amazing. Robbinfield starts to take control, and looks to have the match in the bag, but no matter how many times he goes for the pin, Henry kicks out. After about five of these, Henry manages to hit a desperation spear that leaves both men gasping for air one the ground. They get back up on wobbly legs and start trading punches, to the crowd's reaction. After a few back and forth, Henry takes control back with another spear. A couple more vicious blows, and he hits the Earthquake Powerslam. He collapses on top of Robbinfield, and this is enough for the victory. Winner by Pinfall: Ross Henry Ross Henry makes his 4th defense of the W$W Openweight Championship </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 25:16 Rating B-</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross Henry.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Aldous Blackfriar.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Chad Ryland.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cali Slick.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Ross Henry, Apocalypse, Cali Slick </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> Henry struggles to his feet, raising his belt high. The crowd starts roaring as Destruction and Plague Ryland enter the arena from the crowd itself on either side of the ring. Henry sees them coming, and tries to fight them off, but the numbers advantage and the fatigue of the previous match quickly overwhelm him. Destruction locks him in the Gloomweaver Clutch, and Henry screams in pain. Then, Cali Slick rushes the ring. He drives Plague out of the ring first before turning and going for Destruction. He lets go of the hold and rolls out of the ring before the attack can land. Slick helps Henry to his feet, and the two of them stand back to back as Destruction calls for the title belt. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating C</td></tr></table> </div> </div> Final Thoughts This was a very good show. Four matches of C+ or better. An angle to end the show that didn't bomb. Setting up a triple threat match for the tag team championship. Obviously, there's some work to do with Riley and Amber to get them on the same page. Hellcat and LeFleur are both still heels, but have changed gimmicks away from Acolyte to Bad Ass and Pure Athlete respectively. I haven't renamed their team, or even decided if they're going to stay a team, yet...but I needed a tenth team, so they fit. Final Rating: B- </div>

Show has been run. Will try to get the report up tomorrow. Spoilers: Damned good show.:

How big were those battle royals? Since they showed records for lasting the longest, I presume they were time entries?

<p>So, it doesn't look like I'm going to get to Expected Earnings until Monday or Tuesday at the earliest, but I've planned out a card. Obviously, subject to change, but the card at the moment looks like this:</p><p> </p><p> Harvey Robbinfield vs Ross Henry © for the Openweight Championship</p><p> </p><p> Cameron Jones vs War Diaz © for the Blue Chip Championship</p><p> </p><p> 10 Man Battle Royal to determine one challenger for the Tag Team Championship featuring Blue Phantom, Bruce Garofalo, Famine Faith, Hellcat Hernandez, Jillian Jarvis, Joaquin Sanchez, Marcos Caballero, Mike Aroma, Roger Reed, and Riley McManus</p><p> </p><p> 10 Man Battle Royal to determine the other challenger for the Tag Team Championship featuring Amber Allen, Duane Windham, Jose Caballero, Juana Huracan, Marcel LeFleur, Micheal Savage, Patrick Lindland, Plague Ryland, Richard Pennyworth III, and The Silencer</p>

Nah. I'm not going for Undertaker-length entrances here.

<p>Public Relations 28</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p> <div style="max-width:1400px;margin:auto;"></p><p> <div style="padding: 10px; border: 3px solid #34ab83; margin:10px;background: #d8e6e8; max-width:85%;"></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW2.jpg</span><span>http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Events/Public%20Relations.jpg</span><span>http://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW2.jpg</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:18px;">Public Relations 28</span></p><p> Friday/2/Oct/2027</p><p> The Den in New England, 2000 in attendance</p><p> </p><p> <em>Preshow</em></p><p><em> Cali Slick defeated Andre Reinhardt (C-)</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> </p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"></p><p> The show opens with a video recap, showcasing the rise of Aldous Blackfriar's stable. It starts with the kidnapping of Matty Faith, goes through all of the bells tolling. It showcases a bunch of the Last Man Standing match, and finally shows Blackfriar, Faith, Ryland, and Diaz getting involved in the main event of Short Sell, ending with them standing tall before a booing crowd.</p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> E+</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Aldous" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Aldous</a> Blackfriar.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Matty" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Matty</a> Faith.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/James" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/James</a> Diaz.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Chad" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Chad</a> Ryland.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Hellcat" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Hellcat</a> Hernandez.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Marcel" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Marcel</a> LeFleur.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Apocalypse & The Dark Watch</strong></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"></p><p> <em>Take a look to the sky just before you die</em></p><p><em> It is the last time you will</em></p><p><em> Blackened roar massive roar fills the crumbling sky</em></p><p><em> Shattered goal fills his soul with a ruthless cry</em></p><p><em> Stranger now, are his eyes, to this mystery</em></p><p><em> He hears the silence so loud</em></p><p><em> Crack of dawn, all is gone except the will to be</em></p><p><em> Now they see what will be, blinded eyes to see</em></p><p> </p><p> Blackfriar and his crew make their way to the ring to the boos of the crowd. Blackfriar, Faith, Diaz, and Ryland stand on the four turnbuckles, posing for the crowd while Hernandez and LeFleur stand in the center of the ring. After a while, they all get down, and Blackfriar gets a microphone.</p><p> </p><p> "I've been waiting for this moment for a long time. I've gone from promotion to promotion, called to find this group right here. Every time I thought I might have it, but there was always something missing. Some significant piece that just didn't line up. So I'd move on. I was beginning to think that W$W wouldn't have it either, but thanks to Hernandez and LeFleur, I was able to find that last missing piece. My appreciation for everything the two of you have done is immense. BUT...the Dark Watch is over. It's purpose served, it is time for you two to move on. My appreciation has it's limits, and right now, it's all that's keeping me from destroying you too fools. Get out of my ring."</p><p> </p><p> Hernandez and LeFleur give each other one silent, significant look. Then, as one, they roll out of the ring and back up the entrance ramp, and out of the ringside area.</p><p> </p><p> "That's better. Now, you just saw what this quartet can accomplish. So allow me to introduce you to W$W's very own members of the Apocalypse. First of all, the current W$W Blue Chip Champion, just the first of many championships this group will gain, the beast of the pit, the man who cannot be stopped, the soldier of soldiers...WAR DIAZ!"</p><p> </p><p> "Next, the man who has never bothered to hide the demon within, and now has agreed to let it loose here in W$W, our very own PLAGUE RYLAND!"</p><p> </p><p> "And of course, you know our next rider, but his fall from grace has been dramatic, to say the least. He has been pulled kicking and screaming to the dark side, but now that he's here, be sure he's hear to stay. No longer Matty, allow me to introduce to you, FAMINE FAITH!"</p><p> </p><p> "As for myself, the leader of this band of miscreants, you all know who I am. But Aldous Blackfriar is no more. And I don't represent only death, no sir. Everything must end. All must die. I am the very aspect of DESTRUCTION!"</p><p> </p><p> "So with that, I believe Famine has a match scheduled for this evening. So why don't we get Apocalypse's next victim out here. You folks here have seen all you deserve to see from us tonight."</p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> C-</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Matty" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Matty</a> Faith.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Famine Faith</strong></p><p><strong> -vs-</strong></p><p><strong> Cameron Jones</strong></p><p> </p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cameron" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cameron</a> Jones.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center"></p><p> Poor Jones. All of his tag buddies are gone, leaving him all alone here in W$W, and his first foray into singles competition after that is against the returning and reinvigorated Faith. He tried his best, but he was overwhelmed from the outset, as Faith showcased his technique and strength combined with a brutality that was completely new. After relentlessly beating Jones into the mat, Faith followed up with a Leap of Faith to get the victory.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winner by Pinfall: Famine Faith</strong></p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Time</strong></p><p> 9:17</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> C-</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Harvey" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Harvey</a> Robbinfield.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Harvey Robbinfield</strong></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"></p><p> Robbinfield is backstage. He says that he knows there's a lot going on right now, but he doesn't want to fall through the cracks and get forgotten. So he is here to once again let Ross Henry know that he wants another shot at the title to make up for the one that was interrupted.</p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> D-</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Mike" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Mike</a> Aroma.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Patrick" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Patrick</a> Lindland.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>The Next Big Things</strong></p><p><strong> -vs-</strong></p><p><strong> Riot Act</strong></p><p> </p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Bruce" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Bruce</a> Garofalo.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/The" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/The</a> Silencer.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center"></p><p> This is a decent match designed exclusively to get TNBT back on the winning track after failing to earn the tag team titles. They are able to work well together to wear down Garofalo, who definitely looked out of his depth. Silencer tried to make a recovery for his team, but got run over himself. Lindland would make the cover of Garofalo after clotheslining him literally out of his boots.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winners by Pinfall: The Next Big Things</strong></p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Time</strong></p><p> 5:59</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> C-</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Lightning" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Lightning</a> Lomas.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Jason" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Jason</a> Thunder.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Thunder & Lightning</strong></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"></p><p> Thunder & Lightning are backstage, crowing about the fact that they are still champs. They say that these belts aren't going anywhere. They announce that they've heard there will be two matches at Expected Earnings to determine who their next challengers will be, and their next fight will be against whoever wins both of those matches...and if they aren't on the same team it will be a triple threat. T&L say that one team or two, the result will be the same -- Thunder and Lightning will retain the W$W Tag Team Championship.</p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> C-</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Joaquin" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Joaquin</a> Sanchez.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Richard" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Richard</a> Pennyworth III.jpg" height="100" width="100"> w/ <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Lisa" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Lisa</a> Bowen.jpg" height="75" width="75"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Money Talks w/ Lisa Bowen</strong></p><p><strong> -vs-</strong></p><p><strong> The Amazing Caballero Bros</strong></p><p> </p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Jose" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Jose</a> Caballero.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Marcos" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Marcos</a> Caballero.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center"></p><p> This is a tag team showcase that allows the announcers to talk about what Thunder & Lightning just announced. They muse over which teams will have a presence in those two matches, and if the champions can just stay by the wayside or if they'll get involved. They also question whether or not we'll see representatives from Apocalypse in those matches, with Blackfriar, excuse me, Destruction tossing the tag team he had been mentoring.</p><p> </p><p> The match itself is pretty decent, though Pennyworth was outwrestling every other man in the ring. In the end, it wasn't even surprising when he locked the Money Clip onto Marcos for the victory.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winners by Submission: Money Talks</strong></p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Time</strong></p><p> 13:43</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> C-</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cali" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cali</a> Slick.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross</a> Henry.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Cali Slick & Ross Henry</strong></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"></p><p> Slick tracks down Henry backstage, and there is a tense moment at first before Slick says he's just there to talk. The two of them discuss what happened at Short Sell, and that Blackfriar/Destruction is a problem that must be solved. Slick says that he'll watch Henry's back if Henry will return the favor. They separate with a handshake and an agreement to protect each other.</p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> B</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Amber" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Amber</a> Allen.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Amber Allen</strong></p><p><strong> -vs-</strong></p><p><strong> Duane Windham</strong></p><p> </p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Duane" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Duane</a> Windham.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center"></p><p> This match is nearly all Allen, as she outwrestles the young Windham from the opening bell. He is tied in knots that he just barely manages to escape from time and again. He does eventually manage to get some offense after reversing a figure-four lock for a while, but Allen doesn't take long to recover and start controlling the match again. And that's when Riley McManus' music hit and the man himself stepped out on stage. Allen started yelling at him, taking her eyes off her opponent. Windham grabbed her in a quick rollup, and held on *just* long enough for the 3 count. Windham rolls out of the ring celebrating the win while Allen stares in shock.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winner by Pinfall: Duane Windham</strong></p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Time</strong></p><p> 12:41</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> C-</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Riley" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Riley</a> McManus.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Amber" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Amber</a> Allen.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Riley McManus & Amber Allen</strong></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"></p><p> McManus has acquired a mic and he starts speaking into it. He says that when Allen was first here, he wasn't in a good place. He was doing things that he is no longer proud of. He was, to put it bluntly, a bad person. But Allen was the one who was doing what was right -- so now that she's here and taking shortcuts, Riley says that he feels it's up to him to show her what she has become. He encourages her to join him and become a team together. Let him remind her what it means to be honorable.</p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> D</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Rocky" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Rocky</a> Weatherfield.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rocky Weatherfield</strong></p><p><strong> -vs-</strong></p><p><strong> Roger Reed</strong></p><p> </p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Roger" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Roger</a> Reed.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center"></p><p> With California Love Machine no longer with W$W, and Micheal Savage currently working in Japan, these two men are on their own today. Neither of them really have a story going on right now, and the announcers use the match to continue discussing ramifications of the events of today. Rocky and Roger almost seem to take that as a slight, and put on one hell of a match, telling an amazing story in the ring. Both of them pause on occasion to preen to the crowd and try to put over their championship credentials, but are right back to the action. </p><p> </p><p> After about fifteen minutes, maybe a bit more, the match seems to kick into high gear. Both men start going for their big moves, but the back and forth has left both exhuasted, and attempted covers meet with failure almost every time. Even when the finish does come, after Weatherfield absolutely plants Reed with the Implant DDT, he takes so long to make the cover that Reed is able to kick out -- but it was just a moment too late, and the third slap of the mat had already fallen. With almost no energy left, both men just find their own corner for a long moment before the post-match is able to occur with Weatherfield celebrating the victory.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winner by Pinfall: Rocky Weatherfield</strong></p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Time</strong></p><p> 22:02</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> B-</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Final Thoughts</strong></p><p> Not sure I know what to think about this show. Had some of the best ratings I've seen, and some of the worst. That was on hell of a main event, and the Slick/Henry angle I think is the first straight B I've seen. On the other hand, the video recap to start the show was so poor -- I think because I had all 8 featured (Apocalypse, Dark Watch, Henry, and Slick) rated on overness. But...still one of our better shows nonetheless.</p><p> </p><p> Oh, and also, credit to Metallica for the lyrics from "For Whom the Bell Tolls"...I think it fits as a theme for Apocalypse.</p><p> </p><p> Final Rating: C+</p><p> </div></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p></p>

If you'd paid attention, most of the bells tolling were either before or after Diaz/Ryland. Not all, certainly, but I tried to get as many tied to them as possible. It was almost Robbinfield instead of Ryland though; pre-diary, he'd been kidnapped very briefly by Blackfriar as well. But that felt like 3 top-tier and one undercard guy. I was aiming for more of an Evolution style -- two top guys to midcards to build up with them.

Short Sell <div style="max-width:1400px;margin:auto;"> <div style="padding: 10px; border: 3px solid #34ab83; margin:10px;background: #d8e6e8; max-width:85%;"> http://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW2.jpghttp://www.2d12.com/RTG/Events/Short%20Sell.jpghttp://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW2.jpg Short Sell Friday/4/Sept/2027 Tri State, 5700 in attendance Preshow Shooting Star Perez defeated Thelma Jo (D+) Tigre Salvaje Jr defeated Isabel Duran (D-) Rocky Weatherfield defeated Andre Reinhardt © <div style="border: 2px solid #eee8aa; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Jose Caballero.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Jose Caballero -vs- James Diaz © <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/James Diaz.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> W$W Blue Chip Championship Match http://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW%20Blue%20Chip.jpg This turns out to be a pretty by-the-numbers defense. Jose gets a little offense in the early going, but when Diaz catches him, it may as well be all over. He plays with him for a bit before finally hitting the Asian Thumb Spike for the victory. Winner by Pinfall: James Diaz James Diaz makes his 5th defense of the W$W Tag Team Championship </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 7:15 Rating C-</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Aldous Blackfriar.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Aldous Blackfriar </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> Blackfriar is seen backstage in a darkened room. He points behind him, and the bell tolls 11 times. With each chime, he reacts, grinning with anticipation. One final cackle at the 11th toll, and the video cuts off suddenly. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating C</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Joaquin Sanchez.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Richard Pennyworth III.jpg" height="100" width="100"> w/ <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Lisa Bowen.jpg" height="75" width="75"> Money Talks -vs- The Fame Express <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cameron Jones.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Jake Idol.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> A decent match between two of our more experienced tag teams. Idol comes out of this match looking particularly good, able to hold off a number of double teams by Money Talks while Jones is down and out. Unfortunately for Idol, just as Jones was getting back to his feet, Sanchez actually climbed to the top and nailed him with a splash off the top rope. That left both of them all but unconcious outside the ring, and Pennyworth was able to lock on the Money Clip and earn the victory. Winners by Submission: Money Talks </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 13:24 Rating C-</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Harvey Robbinfield.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Harvey Robbinfield </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> Harvey is in the back, and he says that tonight the W$W brass have decided he should face off agaisnt Roger Reed. A chance to show that he truly does deserve another shot at the Openweight title. So that's what he's going to do. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating D+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Bruce Garofalo.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/The Silencer.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Riot Act -vs- Showtime <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Duane Windham.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Blue Phantom.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> Not a lot to write home about on this match. Windham and Phantom really have their debut as a team here, and they work ok with Riot Act. Windham gets the duke when he submits Garofalo; hopefully the start of a decent push. Winners by Submission: Showtime </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 7:35 Rating D+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Chad Ryland.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Chad Ryland -vs- Marcos Caballero <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Marcos Caballero.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> With his brother coming up short against Diaz earlier in the evening, Marcos tries his best to make the night's efforts a split for the Caballeros. Alas, it was not to be, as Ryland seems to go into a fury early on in the match, and just absolutely destroys Caballero after that. Winner by Pinfall: Chad Ryland </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 7:28 Rating D</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Aldous Blackfriar.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Aldous Blackfriar </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> The lights go out. In the darkness, a bell tolls twelve times. As the sounds fade away, the screen lights up with an extreme closeup of Blackfriar's face. He smirks, and says "IT. IS. TIME." The screen goes black again, and it's a long moment before the lights come back up. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating C</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 2px solid #eee8aa; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Mike Aroma.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Patrick Lindland.jpg" height="100" width="100"> The Next Big Things -vs- Thunder & Lightning © <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Jason Thunder.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Lightning Lomas.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> W$W Tag Team Championship Match http://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW%20Tag%20Team.jpg This was one of the hardest matches to book, to be honest. These two teams have had a decent program thus far, and this match, one way or the other, was going to be the deciding bout. And they put on a decent show...but the crowd was apparently over it, as this was the 4th time they had faced each other in recent months, and even as good as they were, it felt like there were a lot of retreads. In the end, though, Lomas would pick up the clean 3-count when he nailed Lindland with the Thunder Struck, cementing their reign as tag champs. Winner by Pinfall: Thunder & Lightning Thunder & Lightning makes their 3rd defense of the W$W Tag Team Championship </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 14:42 Rating D+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Roger Reed.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Roger Reed </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> Reed comes out to the ring. He says that this whole thing is an insult. He should be the champ. He should be in the main event. Instead, he's slumming it down here with Harvey fricking Robbinfield in a match that was just thrown together by the brass. But...at least it's a payday. So maybe Robbinfield can come on out to the ring so Reed can kick his ass. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating D</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Roger Reed.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Roger Reed -vs- Harvey Robbinfield <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Harvey Robbinfield.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> Robbinfield obliges Reed, and rushes the ring. The bell rings almost instantly, and the two men go at each other with a flurry of offense from both men. Reed does eventually slow the pace, getting Robbinfield into a few holds that he uses to wear down the neck and shoulder region. Just when it seems all is lost, though, Robbinfield fights out of them, reverses a DDT attempt, and hits the Omega Driver for the victory. Winner by Pinfall: Harvey Robbinfield </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 14:38 Rating C</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Riley McManus.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Riley McManus </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> McManus comes to the ring. He says that he's been thinking about this, and he deserves a chance to showcase his skills with someone who wants the spotlight of competition as much as he does. Someone with whom he's put on top-notch matches in the past, including very recently. He's calling out Amber Allen. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating D+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Riley McManus.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Riley McManus -vs- Amber Allen <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Amber Allen.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> Not quite as good as some of their other matches, this is nevertheless a solid and enjoyable match. Both sides teased victory as early as the five-minute mark, but neither could put the other away for quite some time. When Riley did finally get Amber down for the three-count, it was a rollup that she kicked out of at around 3.1. Both competitors looked almost shocked when Long called for the bell. Winner by Pinfall: Riley McManus </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 15:30 Rating C</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Riley McManus.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Amber Allen.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Riley McManus & Amber Allen </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> Nodding his head as his hand is raised in victory, McManus pulls away from Long and holds his hand out to Allen to shake. She looks at it for a long moment, and reachs for it...only to slap his hand away and roll out of the ring. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating D</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 2px solid #eee8aa; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cali Slick.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Cali Slick -vs- Ross Henry © <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross Henry.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> Last Man Standing match for the W$W Openweight Championship http://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW%20Openweight.jpg This turned out to be an amazing brawl between two men with everything on the line. While it started out a normal match in the ring, it soon spilled outside, with Slick being the first to go for a weapon--in this case a trash can lid. As the match continued, they battled all around the arena, going into the crowd on multiple occasions to get them involved. Henry at one point actually dumped a fan's beer all over Slick. The match saw everything used. Tables. Chairs. A length of chain. A sledgehammer. The Openweight belt itself. But whenever one of the two would back off and have Long start counting, the other would be up before the count of 10, and often before the count of 5. Slick came the closest, having dropped the top half of the ringsteps on top of Henry while he was laying on the steps themselves. Slick backed away to the other side of the ring while Long counted...but Henry was up again at 8. That's when everything seemed to break in both men. They just started tossing weapon after weapon into the ring, until you practically couldn't see the ring itself. Henry rolled in first, but Slick was right behind him, and both of them had chairs in their hands...and then the lights went out. In the darkness the bells started tolling. The crowd counted along as the count reached 13...and nothing for a long moment. Then the lights came back up. When they did, Slick had a chain around his neck up against one of the ring ropes, the other end being held by Chad Ryland, who was leaning back from the floor. Aldous Blackfriar was there as well, holding him in an armbar and keeping the other hand away from the chain as well. In the other corner, James Diaz had Ross Henry immobilized on a table, both legs threaded through steel chairs...and Matty Faith at the top of the turnbuckle. To the roar of the crowd, Faith launched himself towards Henry, landing with a sickening thud. As Slick stops fighting, the four attackers extracate themselves from the wreckage and stand tall, soaking in the boos as Francis Long regrettably counts to 10, with neither legitimate competitor even stirring in that time. Draw Ross Henry makes his 3rd defense of the W$W Openweight Championship </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 14:22 Rating C+</td></tr></table> </div> </div> Final Thoughts So, last time, I remarked about how California Love Machine was sniped by USPW. He's now gone, but it looks like Jake Idol will be leaving as well. Figures, I try to get some face teams going, and I lose one of the ones I DO have. This ends the bells, the establishment of a new stable. More to come on that, but I really liked the way this turned out. Unfortunately, I hadn't set Faith to turn for that whole time, going under the assumption that his appearance in the vignettes up to this point he was still looking like he was fighting. So, he'd only had 3 segments of 'build-up', and the game considered this a shock turn which didn't go very well because I'd had too many of them. Which makes me wonder just how many segments it takes to build up to it...because Slick's the only other real turn I've had lately, and he had a goood 11 or 12 segments of buildup. Final Rating: C </div>

<p>Public Relations 27</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p> <div style="max-width:1400px;margin:auto;"></p><p> <div style="padding: 10px; border: 3px solid #34ab83; margin:10px;background: #d8e6e8; max-width:85%;"></p><p> </p><p> <span>http://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW2.jpg</span><span>http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Events/Public%20Relations.jpg</span><span>http://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW2.jpg</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:18px;">Public Relations 27</span></p><p> Friday/2/Sept/2027</p><p> The Den in New England, 2000 in attendance</p><p> </p><p> <em>Preshow</em></p><p><em> Amber Allen defeated Duane Windham ©</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cali" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cali</a> Slick.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Roger" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Roger</a> Reed.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Cali Slick & Roger Reed</strong></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"></p><p> In a segment that the announcers put over as "recorded earlier tonight", Slick is walking backstage when he sees Roger Reed up ahead. He rushes forward, pushing Reed against the wall. Slick says that he knows Reed was behind the attack at Bull Market Brawl. Reed takes exception to the accusation and shoves at Slick. A moment later, both of them are throwing punches at one another, banging off walls. Eventually, a bunch of staff show up and pull them apart.</p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> D</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Thelma" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Thelma</a> Jo.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Thelma Jo</strong></p><p><strong> -vs-</strong></p><p><strong> Harvey Robbinfield</strong></p><p> </p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Harvey" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Harvey</a> Robbinfield.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center"></p><p> A very one-sided match that sees Robbinfield dominate Thelma Jo. He plays to the crowd, and looks good doing it. He hits the Omega Driver, and after another appeal to the crowd, covers for the 3.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winner by Pinfall: Harvey Robbinfield</strong></p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Time</strong></p><p> 4:53</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> C-</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/James" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/James</a> Diaz.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>James Diaz</strong></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"></p><p> A video plays hyping up James Diaz' accomplishments within W$W.</p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> E-</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Aldous" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Aldous</a> Blackfriar.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Aldous Blackfriar</strong></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"></p><p> The lights go out. When they come up again, it's just a spotlight focused on Blackfriar sitting cross-legged in the middle of the ring. He shushes the crowd, then snaps his fingers. A bell tolls 9 times. When it's done, the light has faded completely. When the lights come back up, he's nowhere in sight.</p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> D+</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Joaquin" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Joaquin</a> Sanchez.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Richard" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Richard</a> Pennyworth III.jpg" height="100" width="100"> w/ <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Lisa" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Lisa</a> Bowen.jpg" height="75" width="75"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Money Talks w/ Lisa Bowen</strong></p><p><strong> -vs-</strong></p><p><strong> The Next Big Things</strong></p><p> </p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Mike" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Mike</a> Aroma.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Patrick" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Patrick</a> Lindland.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center"></p><p> The nominal number one contenders to the Tag Team championship are out here to put on a show, prove that they deserve that spot. Money Talks hasn't really been lighting things on fire lately, but try to give as good as they get. Sanchez and Aroma are of similar stature, negating oen big advantage that TNBT has, but that doesn't seem to help as they roll early. Showcasing some nice tag team skills, Aroma and Lindland weather a couple of flurries of offense from Sanchez and Pennyworth, and slowly start taking control.</p><p> </p><p> Of course, that's when everything goes pear-shaped. Jason Thunder rushes the ring, getting in Lindland's face while Aroma was slamming Pennyworth to the ground in the ring. This draws referee Long's attention and ire (but not a DQ as Thunder never touched Lindland). And THAT gives Lightning Lomas the opportunity to jump out of the crowd, slide into the ring, and send Aroma to the mat with a brutal looking kick to the jaw. He rolls out of the ring, and Pennyworth is able to have the presence of mind to get Aroma off the mat and into the Money Clip. As Long turns around, Aroma is already tapping out.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winners by Submission: Money Talks</strong></p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Time</strong></p><p> 15:29</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> D+</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Lightning" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Lightning</a> Lomas.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Jason" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Jason</a> Thunder.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Thunder & Lightning</strong></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"></p><p> Reunited on the entrance ramp, Thunder and Lightning have microphones and taunt TNBT who are in the ring. Lomas says that TNBT will never be champs, because they don't have the mental fortitude to claim the belts. Thunder says that they won't be champs because they can't even beat Money Talks. Either way, when they meet again, Thunder & Lightning will STILL be your W$W Tag Team Champions.</p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> D</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Rocky" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Rocky</a> Weatherfield.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rocky Weatherfield</strong></p><p><strong> -vs-</strong></p><p><strong> Jillian Jarvis</strong></p><p> </p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Jillian" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Jillian</a> Jarvis.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center"></p><p> Recovered from his injury, Weatherfield starts this match on fire, taking it to Jarvis right out of the gate. She is able to weather the storm for a couple moments, but everything breaks down shortly thereafter. Juana Huracan rushes the ring and dropkicks Weatherfield in the back. She is followed almost immediately on her heels by California Love Machine, who catches Weatherfield and then pulls Jarvis out of the ring. Long has no choice but to throw the match out.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>No Contest</strong></p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Time</strong></p><p> 4:44</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> C-</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Emily" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Emily</a> McQueen.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cali" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cali</a>fornia Love Machine.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Rocky" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Rocky</a> Weatherfield.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Jillian" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Jillian</a> Jarvis.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Juana" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Juana</a> Huracan.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Emily McQueen, Bitch Slap, California Love Machine, Rocky Weatherfield</strong></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"></p><p> McQueen stands up from the announce booth with a live microphone, clearing her throat. She informs those in the ring that she has just been told that this match will restart as a tag team match.</p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> D+</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Jillian" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Jillian</a> Jarvis.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Juana" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Juana</a> Huracan.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Bitch Slap</strong></p><p><strong> -vs-</strong></p><p><strong> California Love Machine & Rocky Weatherfield</strong></p><p> </p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cali" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cali</a>fornia Love Machine.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Rocky" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Rocky</a> Weatherfield.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center"></p><p> As the bell rings, both teams keep both competitors in for a few moments, continuing the brawl from before. It takes Francis Long a couple minutes to establish order, finally getting the match started with CLM taking on Juana Huracan. From there, it's a back and forth affair, neither side truly getting much of an advantage, and working well together. The match finally ends with Weatherfield is able to absolutely plant Huracan with an Implant DDT, and CLM pulls Jarvis off the ring apron on the other side. That gave Weatherfield enough time to cover for the 3 and the victory. When they are announced as the winners, Weatherfield tells them to announce the team as High Octane.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winners by Pinfall: High Octane</strong></p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Time</strong></p><p> 13:44</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> C+</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Duane" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Duane</a> Windham.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Blue" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Blue</a> Phantom.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Duane Windham & Blue Phantom</strong></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"></p><p> Backstage, Windham and Phantom says that they have decided to team together as well, working under the name Showtime. They hype up a tag team match against Riot Act.</p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> D-</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross</a> Henry.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Ross Henry</strong></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"></p><p> Henry is backstage, where he is hyping up the delayed but still on Last Man Standing match against Cali Slick in two weeks. He says that Slick is on the nose when he says that Henry hasn't defeated him yet, but that's going to change in this match. Henry is undefeated, and he is the class of W$W -- and he's going to prove it.</p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> C</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Aldous" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Aldous</a> Blackfriar.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Aldous Blackfriar</strong></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"></p><p> The lights go out again. Blackfrair is seen on screen, and he starts cackling madly as the bell tolls ten times, the crowd counting along.</p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> C-</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"></p><p> <table><tr><td width="350"></p><p> <div align="center"></p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cali" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cali</a> Slick.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Cali Slick</strong></p><p><strong> -vs-</strong></p><p><strong> Roger Reed</strong></p><p> </p><p> <img src="<a href="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Roger" rel="external nofollow">http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Roger</a> Reed.jpg" height="100" width="100"></p><p> </div></p><p> </td><td valign="top" align="center"></p><p> As this match starts out, Ditterich and McQueen talk about the fact that Savage is actually working in Japan tonight, so Reed is theoretically out here all alone tonight. A newly babyface Slick eats up the crowd's cheers, and it seems to give him an extra burst of energy. There is a lot of back and forth in this match, with Slick starting out in control for a long part of the match. He hits the Slick-Back, but Reed kicks out. Then he does it again. Reed comes alive and takes over after that moment. He throws Slick around for a bit, driving him into the turnbuckles repeatedly...but he isn't able to get a cover to stay for the full three count either. </p><p> </p><p> The back and forth continues as the match spills outside of the ring. Reed is driven into the ringside barricade, giving Slick some breathing space to get back into the ring and catch his breath. Reed just barely gets back in the ring to beat the 10-count, and returns the favor by throwing Slick over the turnbuckle into the ring steps. Slick is almost in the ring at the 8 count when Reed lands a dropkick that sends him back out. Unfortunately for Reed, that causes Long to restart the count. Frustrated, Reed goes outside and slams Slick into the hard outside floor three or four times before rolling him back in the ring and following him. He goes for the cover, but Slick kicks out. As both men stand up, Slick finally hits a third Slick-Back...and this time, the cover lasts for the full three.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Winner by Pinfall: Cali Slick</strong></p><p> </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"></p><p> <strong>Time</strong></p><p> 23:04</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Rating</strong></p><p> C</td></tr></table></p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </div></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Final Thoughts</strong></p><p> There were moments I thought this show wasn't going to work, but it ended up ok in the end. Emily technically debuted her gimmick in this show -- that always seems weird to me that they can announce for years and their gimmick only comes out when they're actually in an angle. Two new tag teams. Neither have chemistry or anything, but it's something to help out the split. And a mistake when booking the 10 tolls...the game thought it was Blue Phantom. I don't know if that helped or hurt it.</p><p> </p><p> In other news, Thelma Jo's contract is up. She's an ET, and my only negative influence, so I don't think I'm renewing it. We have too many people anyways. </p><p> </p><p> And in OTHER news, I ended the show and had an email saying that USPW had offered California Love Machine a written contract. Awesome.</p><p> </p><p> Final Rating: C</p><p> </div></p><p> </p></div><p></p><p></p>

Bull Market Brawl <div style="max-width:1400px;margin:auto;"> <div style="padding: 10px; border: 3px solid #34ab83; margin:10px;background: #d8e6e8; max-width:85%;"> http://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW2.jpghttp://www.2d12.com/RTG/Events/Bull%20Market%20Brawl.jpghttp://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW2.jpg Bull Market Brawl Friday/4/August/2027 Tri State, 5800 in attendance <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Mike Aroma.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Mike Aroma -vs- Lightning Lomas <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Lightning Lomas.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> We split up the tag team champs and challengers again this month as TNBT try to 'earn' yet another shot at the champions. Lomas starts out lightning fast (pun intended?) with a surprise shot on the Aroma right at the bell that rocked the big man, and used the advantage he gained from that to good effect. Using his speed to his advantage, Lomas continued to lay leg shot after leg shot on the big man, driving him to the mat repeatedly. Every time he'd go for the cover, however, Aroma would kick out before even the two count. After four or five pinfall attempts, Lomas was obviously frustrated, and just stared out into the crowd for long moment trying to figure out a new game plan. That allowed Aroma time to roll to the outside and recover his wits. Lomas followed, only to be slammed into the ring steps. From there, Aroma would remain in control, getting Lomas back into the ring and using his power to land devastating looking shot after shot. Finally, the Cracked Facebreaker would drop Lomas to the ground, and Aroma would cover to get the three. Winner by Pinfall: Mike Aroma </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 10:02 Rating C</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 2px solid #eee8aa; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Marcos Caballero.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Marcos Caballero -vs- James Diaz © <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/James Diaz.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> W$W Blue Chip Championship Match http://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW%20Blue%20Chip.jpg Marcos gets a solo title shot here, stepping away from his brother to showcase his singles skills. Unfortuantely, Diaz outclasses him in nearly every respect. Size, strength, skill...Marcos gets a bit of offense in, but Diaz is able to shrug off nearly every attempt at getting anything going, and easily controls the match. Eventually, the Asian Thumb Spike puts Marcos away easily. Winner by Pinfall: James Diaz James Diaz makes his 4th defense of the W$W Blue Chip Championship </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 9:14 Rating C-</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Aldous Blackfriar.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Aldous Blackfriar </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> Blackfriar appears in a circle of light. He says that the time is fast approaching. To punctuate this, there is a chime of 6 bells. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating C-</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cali Slick.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Cali Slick </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> The cameras cut backstage where various officials are swarming. It appears that Cali Slick is down and out, having been attacked from behind. He is helped to his feet, and winces in pain, obviously unable to put his weight on it. As he is assisted towards the medical area, we cut back to Ditterich and McQueen, who wonder what this means for the main event tonight that Slick was supposed to take part in. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating C-</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Blue Phantom.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Blue Phantom -vs- The Silencer <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/The Silencer.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> This is a fairly good undercard match, with both men trading off on offense for most of it. Phantom in particular looked pretty strong, and seemed to have the match in hand when Bruce Garofolo would catch his leg when he was going for a high-speed move off the ropes. This distracted him just long enough for Silencer to roll him up, and with the aid of a handful of tights, hold on for the 3. Winner by Pinfall: The Silencer </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 8:37 Rating C-</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Blue Phantom.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/The Silencer.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Bruce Garofalo.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Duane Windham.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Blue Phantom, Riot Act, Duane Windham </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> Phantom gets up instantly after the bell rings and starts getting in Silencer's face. This allows Garofalo to get behind him and lay out the former Blue Chip champ. Riot Act starts laying the boots to him, and Phantom is quickly overwhelmed. That's when Duane Windham rushes the ring. He nails Silencer with a powerful lariat that sends him over the top rope, and then pulls the rope down as Garofalo rushes him, letting the big man send himself over. Phantom slowly gets to his feet, clapping Windham on the back as the two of them send Riot Act backing out of ringside. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating D-</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Tigre Salvaje.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Tigre Salvaje Jr -vs- Riley McManus <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Riley McManus.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> Salvaje unfortuantely shows his age in this match, as McManus is able to wrestle circles around him. It's painfully obvious towards the end of the bout that Salvaje just can't keep up any more, as he is sucking wind well before the half way point. After that, McManus controls the flow, trying to make Tigre look good. He finally goes for the cover, and the exhausted Salvaje has no choice but to lay there and look at the lights. Winner by Pinfall: Riley McManus </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 10:42 Rating D</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Aldous Blackfriar.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Aldous Blackfirar </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> We all know the deal by now. Aldous shows up surrounded by darkness, and the bell tolls 7 times. He gives a creepy laugh, and the lights all go out for a long moment. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating D+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/California Love Machine.jpg" height="100" width="100"> California Love Machine -vs- Jillian Jarvis <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Jillian Jarvis.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> Jarvis takes up the fight that Huracan started in New England. She and Machine put on a pretty good match that CLM slowly takes control over. As Jarvis starts looking more and more desperate, she starts looking towards the back. It finally becomes obvious what she's hoping for when Juana's music plays...but only for a brief second. Then Rocky Weatherfield steps out, wagging his finger at Jarvis. She gets wide eyed, and turns back directly into the LAX Departure. California covers for the three. Winner by Pinfall: California Love Machine </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 12:38 Rating C+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Roger Reed.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Roger Reed </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> Reed is backstage, on the microphone. He says that it looks like the main event is in danger -- obviously, Cali Slick is in no condition to be having a last man standing match tonight. But well, he never got his one-on-one with Henry, so why not slide that in here for this crowd? </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating D+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Patrick Lindland.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Patrick Lindland -vs- Jason Thunder <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Jason Thunder.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> The second of our tag team showcase matches tonight sees almost a mirror image of the opening match of the night. Lindland lays Thunder low instantly with a vicious lariat at the bell, and starts throwing Thunder around the ring. There are a couple of awkwards spots where it looks like Thunder sells a different move than Lindland throws, but that doesn't hurt the match too badly. Finally, a desperate Thunder floors Lindland with a blatant low blow right in front of the referee, and Long is forced to call for the bell, giving TNBT a clean sweep on the night. Winner by Disqualification: Patrick Lindland </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 6:47 Rating C</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Aldous Blackfriar.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Hellcat Hernandez.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Marcel LeFleur.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Matty Faith.jpg" height="100" width="100"> The Dark Watch & Matty Faith </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> We see wherever it is that Blackfriar is holding Faith. Blackfriar stands close to the camera, but offset so just half his face is in the picture. In the background, Faith is still bound, but much looser than before -- just his hands are tied to the chair. Hernandez and LeFleur are busy looking deranged in the background. Blackfriar holds up 8 fingers, and the bells start tolling. Disturbingly, behind Blackfriar, Faith mimics each toll of the bell, in time with the ringing, looking more crazed with each chime. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating D+</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px solid #34ab83; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Amber Allen.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Amber Allen -vs- Jake Idol <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Jake Idol.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> Showcase exhibition of the night sees Allen take on Idol in a match where they were given free reign. They took that ability and ran with it, and we saw a brilliant evenly matched fight out of it. Allen would control Idol for long portions of the match, but whenever she'd get close to a victory, he would power out of it and take control back himself. His attempts at pinfalls didn't always lead directly to an Allen comeback, though -- she would always be watching for slight missteps, and take instant advantage of them. One of those missteps would allow her to lock on and hit the Northern Lights Suplex, finally giving her the pinfall victory. Winner by Pinfall: Amber Allen </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 11:16 Rating B-</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross Henry.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Ross Henry </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> Henry is backstage. He says that what happened tonight to Slick is a travesty. That it never should have happened. He says that if Slick was cleared by the doctors, they'd be going out there right now to literally tear down the house. But since they want to watch him for a little while, he needs another opponent. And it seems that Roger Reed is just conveniently available tonight. That's a little suspicious to him, but if it can allow him to clear one of the tickboxes off his to-do list, that's just fine with him. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating C</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 2px solid #eee8aa; background: #d0dee0; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba (0,0,0,0.6);"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Roger Reed.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Roger Reed -vs- Ross Henry © <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross Henry.jpg" height="100" width="100"> </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center"> W$W Openweight Championship Match http://www.2d12.com/RTG/WSW%20Openweight.jpg Reed has talked a good game, and from the opening bell it looks like he intends to live up to it. He rushes at the champ instantly, and Henry is rocked back from the assault. Reed continues the all out attack for quite a while, getting numerous near falls out of it while Henry just looks completely overwhelmed. But then, Henry seems to remember where and who he is. Reed's attacks suddenly seem to faze Henry less. He takes a full on punch like one that had rocked him earlier, and while his head turns, that seems to be about it. Henry clenches his fists with a cracking that seems to reverberate throughout the stadium, and the fight is on. This is no less than a brawl, and both men rely heavily on vicious looking punches and kicks as the main parts of their arsenal in this fight. Even when they delve into more traditional wrestling moves, it involves things like powerslams and powerbombs -- of which both champion and challenger eat more than one. Both men are on wobbly legs when Henry finally lands the Earthquake Powerslam. Rather than a determined cover as he usually goes for, he sort of just falls forward with an arm over Reed. Nevertheless, Reed is unable to get a shoulder up, giving Henry the victory. Winner by Pinfall: Ross Henry Ross Henry makes his 2nd defense of the W$W Openweight Championship </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Time 18:45 Rating C</td></tr></table> </div> <div style="border: 1px dashed #34ab83; background:#d0dee0; #box-shadow: 0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3) inset;"> <table><tr><td width="350"> <div align="center"> <img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Ross Henry.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Roger Reed.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Micheal Savage.jpg" height="100" width="100"><img src="http://www.2d12.com/RTG/Workers/Cali Slick.jpg" height="100" width="100"> Ross Henry, Pure Savagery, Cali Slick </div> </td><td valign="top" align="center" width="965"> Henry has barely made it to his feet, raising the Openweight belt high for the crowd to see when Micheal Savage slides into the ring. He helps Reed to his feet, but the challenger pushes him off, and points to Henry. Before Henry can react, Pure Savagery has lived up to their name and driven Henry into the corner turnbuckle. They continue the attack as Henry is all but unconcious -- until Cali Slick, still taped up from the earlier attack, rushes the ring with a steel chair in hand. Pure Savagery quickly gets out of dodge, leaving Slick to stand tall over the fallen champion. </td><td width="85" valign="bottom" align="right"> Rating C+</td></tr></table> </div> </div> Final Thoughts So yeah, a couple of run-ins tonight. I kind of liked the symmetry, but I would have liked it more if the two stories had anything to do with each other. It works, though. And if you're keeping track, Blackfriar's count should be ending at next month's Tri-State show, where it also looks like Slick-Henry II has been rescheduled to. Something's gotta give, right? Oh, and I forgot to change Slick's gimmick after his turn. Didn't seem to hurt too much, but it was already stale. Final Rating: C </div>