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HOWLING DOG arrives to the ring on a sled pulled by adorable Huskies. Bowen tries to attack Dog before he finishes his war dance, but this time Dog sees him coming and beats him to the punch with tomahawk chops! Dog tries to finish things quick with the Star Blanket (Splash) but Bowen just barely manages to get out of harm's way. Bowen switches tracks, building momentum with sheer feats of industrial strength. He launches Dog into the air with a huge backdrop, and repeatedly rams him into the turnbuckles at alarming speeds. Summoning the courage of his spirit animal, Dog escapes a Powerbomb and goes on the warpath, but Bowen constantly charges forward. Chops won't take the train off its tracks. Dog sees a light at the end of the tunnel after a Sky High Spinebuster, but it's a Runaway Train! Train Wreck (High Velocity Shoulder Tackle)! 1... 2... 3. BARRY BOWEN WINS (12:48) PIE EATING STAGE Several wrestlers sit at a table on a stage, as referees and arena staff bring out heaps of delicious pies. JEROME TURNER is ready to kick off proceedings. JEROME TURNER Ladies and Gentlemen, the fifth annual WrestleFestival Pie Eating Contest is about to begin. With the reigning co-champions; Land Mass and Mammoth, otherwise occupied, we will crown a new champion tonight, but who will it be. Each man has 30 minutes to eat as many pies as they can, so let's get eating! BIFF THE BRUISER and MOOSE MULDER glare at each other. The bell rings and the competitors start tucking in! Looking forlornly at the Pie Eating Stage, Land Mass and Mammoth swat away their miniscule opponents, but there's just so many of them, and they just keep coming with quick tags and quicker offense. Helen's interference allows her big men to briefly isolate Sloan, but the undersized underdog overcomes the odds to make the tag! Too many dropkicks! So much flying! Mammoth tumbles out of the ring on top of Helen, and Land Mass is swarmed! Tumbleweed Elbow Drop! Flight of the Condor (Splash)! All five pile on top for the 1... 2... 3! DRAGON, CONDOR, SLOAN, APPLEBY & HEROIC WIN (5:46) RINGSIDE JULIE FORLETTA interviews ALEX DECOLT. JULIE FORLETTA Alex, you didn't get the belt earlier, but you got the victory. How do you feel? ALEX DECOLT Like this may be the greatest night of my life. A weight has been lifted from me. The spectre of Dan DaLay has been haunting me for years, but tonight proved he's not a spectre. He's just a man. He may be big and he may be strong but he's not invincible. Just like my Dad said. I didn't get the title this time, but maybe next time I will. Or the next time. Or the time after that. I'm not afraid of you any more, Dan DaLay. Come find me any time you want. You gave me a lot of beatings back in high school, and I only got revenge for one of them tonight. One down. Many more to go. But that can wait. I'm at WrestleFestival! The happiest place a DeColt can be! Time to grab some cotton candy and watch Steve do his thing in the main event. Eric Tyler's mind games couldn't beat me, and it won't beat him either. Rather than be intimidated, Flash seems to be intentionally trying to antagonize the Italian. Rocky hits a nice arm drag? Flash hits a nicer arm drag. Fancy head scissors? Fancier head scissors. Inevitably, Rocky Psycho snaps, launching himself with reckless abandon, but Flash is ready, showing remarkable resilience absorbing the punches and stomps and headbutts and having enough wits about him to dodge the cannonball dives. Psycho gets angrier. Sloppier. He hurls himself at Flash and- eats a dropkick! Another! Flash bursts into life with an explosion of strikes of his own. Rolling Wheel Kick! Leaping Neckbreaker! 1... 2... Rocky's too angry to die. Fury knowing no bounds, he counters the Flash Bang (Snap Hot Shot) with a Shotgun Dropkick and hammers Flash with punches until he's helpless. Slice of Life (Spinning Headlock Elbow Drop)! 1... 2... 3! ROCKY PSYCHO WINS (13:01) PIE EATING STAGE The Pie Eating contest is coming to an end and most of the competitors have tapped out. DIRTY FRANK and SWITCHBLADE MIKE are absolutely stuffed, unable to look at another bite. TED MOORE is enjoying some ice cream. I'm not sure he understood the rules. BATTERING LAMB is giving away pies to fans in the crowd. Only two men are left stuffing their faces. BIFF THE BRUISER and MOOSE MULDER. Equally matched at six delicious pies apiece, they glare at each other as they race to finish their seventh. The timer counts down.... 5.... 4... 3... 2... Biff the Bruiser grabs Moose's final pie and throws it into the crowd, before force feeding himself his final bite as the final buzzer blasts. BIFF THE BRUISER Yeah! I win! I win! You're all losing losers and I... I... I don't feel so... Biff runs to a trash can and violently throws up. JEROME TURNER Oh dear. What a pity. Biff the Bruiser couldn't handle his pie. That means he is disqualified and your winner is Moose Mulder! Moose tries to get up to celebrate, but he's too full of pie. He settles for waving. JEROME TURNER But don't worry, Biff. You're not going away empty handed. To celebrate your weak stomach and disqualification, you are the proud new owner of the "Poor Widdle Baby" Championship belt. Congratulations! BARNYARD SET JOHN McCLEAN enters the Barnyard... and he's wearing a full hazmat suit. McClean clumsily and awkwardly tip-toes around his filthy surroundings, while Black Sheep is perfectly at home. He ducks. He dodges. He skips over hay bales and swings on a gate to hit a dropkick. He pelts his stumbling opponent with empty beer cans and locks in a Sleeper! "Counting Sh-" BATTERING LAMB says No. He's too full of pie to run, allowing McClean to back suplex his opponent onto a hay bale. Finally getting his hands dirty, McClean throws Black Sheep around the petting zoo, before trying to drown him in the water trough. Black Sheep smears mud onto the goggles of the hazmat suit, and strips his blinded opponent down to his tighty whities. Snap Suplex into the mud! Bulldog onto a hay bale! Now absolutely covered in mud, both men trade eye pokes and hair pulling until Black Sheep hits a Flying Headbutt and drags McClean kicking and screaming towards a steaming pile of pig sh- McClean taps!!! BLACK SHEEP WINS (10:01) Referee Andy Gordy warns Black Sheep to let his opponent go... but Black Sheep doesn't play by the rules. He shoves McClean face-first into the pig poop, shoves Gordy into the water trough, cracks open a beer, and celebrates his victory as McClean flees, filthy and trying not to throw up. INTERVIEW ZONE WHIPPER SPENCER MARKS stands by with CANADIAN DRAGON, CONDOR, JAKE SLOAN, MARIO HEROIC, and TEMPEST APPLEBY. WHIPPER SPENCER MARKS Gentlemen, congratulations on your... let's call it a victory. JAKE SLOAN We may not have the size, but we had the heart and we had the brains and we had the fans here tonight. People don't always look out for the little guy, so we need to stick together, and that's exactly what we did tonight. WHIPPER SPENCER MARKS We will see if that remains true after this announcement. Earlier tonight, the CGC Matchmaking Committee assembled to decide on a brand new championship. Votes have been cast and a decision has been made. Next week on Title Bout Wrestling, CGC will crown its first ever Bubbleweight Champion, for competitors weighing 200lbs or under, and as a reward for your victory tonight, the five of you will be competing in the match. Congratulations, and good luck. The celebration stops, five look at each other with suspicion. A steel chain has been placed on a pole in the corner of the ring. Jetson immediately tries to get it, but Monton intercepts, happy to batter his former partner with his bare fists. Jetson hides behind Rogers, using a man in a wheelchair as a human shield to get the chance at a cheap shot. Rogers is fine with this. Jetson imposes his will, but every time he thinks he's delivered enough of a beating to go get the chain, double tough Monton is back up to stop him. Frustrated, Jetson throws Monton outside next to Rogers, who screams for Security to "save him from the madman". They don't help. Monton's up, throwing Jetson from the top rope and unleashing his patriotic fury! Side Canadian Legsweep! Canadian Suplex! Monton starts climbing for the chain, and Rogers starts throwing things at him. Pens. Shoes. Security step in to take him away from ringside, but the distraction is enough. Jetson yanks Ed down. Slingshot Suplex! Jetson finally gets his hands gets the chain and takes his sweet time wrapping it around his fist, savouring every moment as he swings and- Monton ducks! Fallaway Slam! Monton takes the chain! BAM! Knockout punch! 1... 2... 3. ED MONTON WINS (16:06) The main event is imminent, and the Ferris Wheel turns, bringing three compartments to the very top of the structure. FRENCHIE MARCEL waves from the first, accompanied by CGC Matchmaking Committee members BUCK HINKLEY (representing Alberta On Air) and JAMES SANDWICH (representing BCB). In the second, FATE appears to be having a minor panic attack as CHANCE tries to stop him from looking down. Hair still wet, DAN DALAY hugs his CGC Television Title Belt. In the final compartment, GEORGE DECOLT has a pair on binoculars to look at the ring, while ALEX DECOLT waves to Dan DaLay. The two fighters lock horns, and Jack calls it right down the middle, demanding clean breaks and handshakes from both sides. Steve doesn't like it, but Tyler makes a big show of abiding by the rules, thanking Jack on multiple occasions. Steve's getting frustrated, even as he struts his stuff with a backbreaker hold and powerful punches. Jack gives his brother a warning about closed fists. Steve argues and Tyler takes advantage with a neckbreaker. Tyler teaches the champion a lesson, showcasing nothing but clean cut traditional wrestling in front of the novice referee's face... while unleashing a barrage of dirty tricks behind his back. Eye-gouging. Hair-pulling. Jack sees none of it. And whenever Steve's tries to get some revenge, Tyler makes sure Jack sees it immediately to put a stop to it. Steve won't go down without a fight, however. Luscious Lariat! Sexy Slam! He teaches Tyler a few 'lessons' of his own, but Jack steps in when he goes too far with some biting. The brothers argue. Steve shoves his little brother down and Tyler takes advantage with a low blow. By the time Jack gets back up, Steve locked in the Tradition Lift (Double Chicken Wing) with Tyler demanding he tap! Steve refuses. He powers out. Headbutts! Press Slam! But Tyler ducks the Luscious Lariat and Jack gets hit by mistake! Finally, the two fighters are free to be as violent as they want to be. Eye gouging. More biting. Tyler exposes a turnbuckle and they both fight to ram the other's head into it... but Jack isn't down for long and catches them in the act! Tyler blames Steve. Steve blames Tyler. Jack doesn't know who to trust, but he does know he needs to put the turnbuckle pad back on... and as his back is turned Tyler pulls out a pair of brass knuckles and blasts Steve in the face. Jack turns back around to see the cover. 1... 2... Jack spots the knuckles on the challenger's hand. Tyler's caught red handed. He tries to deny, to distract, to claim he was framed... but Jack isn't buying it. Tyler takes a swing at him, but Steve blocks it. DeColt Thrust! Sexy Slam! Tyler tries to run but Steve hits a Running Bulldog and Jack counts the 1... 2... 3! STEVE DECOLT RETAINS THE CGC WORLD TITLE (21:11)

Speed can depend on the time of day. I usually had my best boost-free results when I'd first wake up (UK time) and would generate a bunch of images as i got ready for work. Seemed like low traffic. Other times i generate as i write. Click the button, work on a couple of sentences, check to see if it's done. Repeat. Boosts are a happy bonus, but the bulk of my work was done without them.

SUNDAY WEEK 4 MARCH 1997 Red Deer, Alberta George DeColt Introduction 88 DIRTY FRANK VS BATTERING LAMB 36 Heroes Love WrestleFestival 31 Moose vs Biff; Punching Contest 31 Jack & Eric Tyler Talk 74 ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE VS CHANDLER & MAVERICK 43 Villains Hate WrestleFestival 39 Moose vs Biff; Anvil Toss 29 DeColt Family Interview 78 ALEX DECOLT VS DAN DALAY 50 Post Match Bullying 50 FINAL SHOW RATING 63 WrestleFestival continues next Sunday. Not the strongest main event. This is not the Alex DeColt & Dan DaLay of 2016. Or 2005. Young and inexperienced, DaLay struggled with the longer match (and with no Tyler at ringside, they have chemistry) and Alex isn't yet the guy to lead him. Still, it was serviceable. The strong promo segments made it a good show. Usually I would write a 'pre-show' to try to sell the upcoming main show. Like the old Sunday Night Heat. Until I realised that there's no one to sell the show to. If you're watching on TV, you're not exactly making the drive to Red Deer in time, and this isn't on pay-per-view. So I got to focus on fun and games instead of last minute promos for the midcard matches, which was freeing. Next week, I post the rest of the WrestleFestival show... CGC World Title: Eric Tyler vs Steve DeColt (Guest Referee Jack DeColt) Chain on a Pole Match: Jon Jetson vs Ed Monton Grudge Match: Barry Bowen vs Howling Dog Barnyard Bash: John McClean vs Black Sheep Frenchie's Choice: Rocky Psycho vs Steve Flash 900lbs-a-side Tag Match: Land Mass & Mammoth vs Jake Sloan & Friends Pie Eating Contest: Biff the Bruiser vs Moose Mulder

IN-RING GEORGE DECOLT When I bought this land on in 1986 everyone thought I was crazy, but I had a dream; a magical festival of fun and games, to give something back to all of the people who cheered me on during my time in the ring. Whipper thought it was impossible, but every year it's been a success, and it's all thanks to you. Every year we've added more rides. More games. Music. Comedy. And in 1991 we went from Festival to WrestleFestival with the birth of CGC. My boys have been with me every step of the way. Steve and Alex and Jack and Ricky. Each one of them were here in 1986, and each one of them are here tonight. Only this time Alex isn't taking tickets, he's fighting in the ring for the CGC Television Title. And Steve isn't working the popcorn stand, he'll be battling it out in tonight's main event. My boys have become men, and this year the George DeColt WrestleFestival has truly become the DeColt WrestleFestival. 3,359 of you have made the trip out to Red Deer this year. It's our biggest WrestleFestival crowd ever, and the best is yet to come. This is Red Deer, Alberta! This is WrestleFestival! This is DECOLT COUNTRY! DIRTY FRANK VS BATTERING LAMB Jerome Turner "Welcome to WrestleFestival. Let the combat begin!" Clothes peg on his nose, Battering Lamb battering rams his stinky opponent with shoulder tackles, until Frank steals the clothes peg and puts it in his tights. Frank assaults all five senses. Hits hard. Smells bad. Looks bad. He verbally berates his fluffy opponent and tries to put the clothes peg into Lamb's mouth... but Lamb resists! Mutton Chops! Big Leg of Lamb! Slow Roast (Torture Rack)! Frank taps! BATTERING LAMB WINS (6:25) Jerome Turner "The WrestleFestival has been rocking all weekend. Here's some of what you missed." ED MONTON hasn't even made it out of the parking lot, surrounded by kids begging for autographs. Reluctantly tied together, EDDIE CHANDLER and JOHNNY MAVERICK compete in a three-legged-race, struggling to find a rhythm while racing against fans. MARIO HEROIC, TEMPEST APPLEBY and CANADIAN DRAGON queue up for the carnival thrill ride; The Whipper-Snapper. Unfortunately, you have to be over a certain height to ride. Dragon and Heroic leave disappointed. WRESTLEFESTIVAL ARCADE A crowd has gathered to watch BIFF THE BRUISER and MOOSE MULDER compete at a Punching Machine. Biff punches so hard he gets the high score. Moose punches so hard he breaks the machine. The crowd cheer on the mighty Moose Punch! BARNYARD JULIE FORLETTA tries to interview JACK DECOLT as he holds a ladder for a crew member fixing a light. Behind them, BLACK SHEEP wanders around the barnyard set, hiding knives and broken bottles for later. Referee Andy Gordy follows him, confiscating the illegal items. JULIA FORLETTA Jack, last week you were named as Special Guest referee for tonight's World Title match. Your thoughts? JACK DECOLT Well, it's not what I hoped I'd be doing at WrestleFestival, but if the Committee voted for it, I guess I'm gonna try to be the best referee I can be. ERIC TYLER tiptoes through the mud, trying to hide his disgust at literally everything he sees. ERIC TYLER I'm sure you will be, Jack. That's exactly why I recommended you in the first place. I don't trust these CGC referees one bit. Francis Long has proven incapable of keeping Steve DeColt under control. He used an exposed turnbuckle to beat me, and he did the same to you. JACK DECOLT Steve didn't... ERIC TYLER Who else could it have been? It certainly wasn't me. I was cheering you on, Jack. As a sportsman, I want to compete against the best of the best. I would have much preferred to be taking you on tonight in honorable combat. But alas, thanks to your brother's cheating I'll have to settle for you watching my back instead. JACK DECOLT I'm not going to help you win, Mr. Tyler. ERIC TYLER Of course not. I would never ask you to do something as disgraceful as that. You'll call it right down the middle, I'm sure. In fact, I'm counting on it. Nelson Blais & Brys Turcotte ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE EDDIE CHANDLER & JOHNNY MAVERICK Jerome Turner "Chandler and Maverick came shockingly close to winning the Tag Team Titles in their first match together. How will they handle this experienced team of veterans?" Eddie and Johnny are eager to work together, but they're not on the same page. Eddie only speaks French while Johnny can't help but try to hog the spotlight, and suffers a military grade beatdown from the veterans as a result. Despite a spirited flurry of forearms and a fabulous dropkick from Chandler, he accidentally knocks his own partner off the apron, and his flying crossbody is intercepted by an Anti-Air Missile (Dropkick to Flying Opponent) from Blais! 1. 2. 3. ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE WIN (10:14) Jerome Turner "Not everyone is enjoying the WrestleFestival festivities. Let's see what CGC's party poopers have been up to." JON JETSON wheels ROGERS ROGERS through the parking lot, as Rogers fends off young autograph hunters with a pointy stick. A furious HELEN WHEELS struggles to walk through the mud and grass on her roller skates. All smiles, ROCKY PSYCHO throws a ball at the Coconut Shy. He misses. Everyone freezes, terrified at what his reaction will be, until the carnival worker jostles the stand. The coconut falls, and he quickly hands Rocky a gigantic stuffed animal. ANVIL TOSS BIFF THE BRUISER and MOOSE MULDER compete at who can throw anvils the furthest at the WrestleFestival Competition Grounds. Moose throws his anvil far, but Biff throws his farther, screaming and swearing as he puts in maximum effort. He celebrates boorishly to the crowd's dismay. BIFF THE BRUISER I win! You lose, you loser! MOOSE MULDER We're one-for-one, tough guy. How about we settle this once and for all? You thinking what I'm thinking? BIFF THE BRUISER Pie Eating Contest? MOOSE MULDER Pie Eating Contest! DECOLT LOCKER ROOM JULIE FORLETTA interviews ALEX DECOLT. JACK DECOLT sits on the floor, wearing a Referee shirt, reading a Big Book of Wrestling Rules. JULIE FORLETTA Alex, you are moments away from facing your childhood rival for the CGC Television Title. Are you ready? ALEX DECOLT We're about to find out. I've been afraid of Dan DaLay for so long I can't even remember a time when he didn't haunt my nightmares. It's time to wake up. It's time to grow up. It's time to pay back the fans for believing in me even when I didn't believe in myself. Jack puts his book in front of Alex's face, pointing to a word. ALEX DECOLT "Impartial" It means you can't pick favourites. STEVE DECOLT Well I'm picking favourites right now. DeColt WrestleFestival is DeColt County and I'm predicting a DeColt Clean Sweep tonight. First Alex is going to get some sweet, sweet payback. Then me and Jack are going to teach Eric Tyler a few lessons of our own. He made the mistake of a lifetime putting himself in the ring with two DeColts. JACK DECOLT Hey! I'm not going to help you. I gotta be imp- im-... This word. STEVE DECOLT I'm not saying you 'help me'... but maybe you look the other way long enough for me to jam a thumb into his eye? Revenge for all of the dirty tricks he's pulled over the years. Jack glares. STEVE DECOLT I'm joking... Mostly. JACK DECOLT I'm not going to let you cheat again! Jack storms off, rulebook in hand. STEVE DECOLT "Again"? Jack! Hold on a second... Steve follows his brother. CGC TELEVISION TITLE MATCH ALEX DECOLT VS DAN DALAY Jerome Turner "Can Alex overcome his old bully? We're about to find out." DaLay dares Alex to throw the first punch. Alex does! DaLay blocks, but Alex ducks the counter and punches the bully right in the face! DaLay laughs. So Alex hits him again. And again. DaLay goes from laughter to covering up to taking his own swings. Alex uses his speed to stay out of harm's way, rocks the giant with powerful punches and- Big Boot! DaLay floors him. He bullies Alex around the ring with noogies and wet-willies and Alex starts to panic. Every attempt at fighting back becomes more desperate and unfocussed than the last, shut down by a clubbing blow or Big Boot. Summoning up all of his courage... Alex runs away. DaLay finds this hilarious, taunting as Alex cowers at ringside, DaLay sees a great opportunity to charge him into the- It's a trap! Alex dodges and DaLay crashes into the ringpost! Right hands! DeColt Thrust! He dodges the Big Boot! Powerslam! Snap Driving Elbow! DaLay is rattled, and Alex gives him a taste of his own medicine. Noogies! Purple nurples! Referee Francis Long steps in to stop the atomic wedgie, and DaLay takes advantage of the momentary distraction with a Spinebuster! Senton! 1... 2... Alex kicks out and DaLay needs to think fast. Tyler isn't there to provide instructions. Top Rope? Good idea? Bad idea. Alex catches him climbing. Superplex! Alex calls for the Iron Claw and... Dan DaLay runs away. Unlike Alex, this is no trap. He flees the ring as fast as he can, taking his belt with him. ALEX DECOLT WINS VIA COUNT OUT (14:11) DaLay may have had enough, but Alex hasn't. He gives chase into the crowd as his former bully scrambles to get away. Through the crowd. Past the popcorn stand. Through the arcade. Security have their hands full keeping the fans out of harm's way. Finally, Alex corners him in the toilets. With a triumphant yell, Alex shoves DaLay's head in the toilet and gives him a swirly, as Security try to pry them apart. Jerome Turner "For those of you watching at home, we'll see you next week, but for the three thousand here in Red Deer, WrestleFestival continues!"

My interpretations of Fawn Keyes & Summer Bouffant. Two AA rookies with a ton of potential, who just can't get out of their own/each other's way. Move stealing. Tracksuit stealing. Boyfriend stealing. I'm three months into my diary game, and one of them has already been fired in disgrace from AAA. Fawn's original picture doesn't have a ponytail, but... I don't know. It just seemed right. Not sure why.

I'm a fan of all of those teams. If I had the budget and the TV time and the writing time I'd hire all of them. In my private games they all come in eventually. G-Force are maybe too much of a project for right now, and I have several blonde, muscular babyfaces already, not to mention other babyface teams. I have ideas for the Edmonton Outlaws, but not the TV time to execute. I would have to make room in my spreadsheets and scripts to feature them, whereas RCAF fit into the blank spaces that already exist. The fact that they don't scream 'stars' is a feature, not a bug. It turns them into valuable and versatile utility players in my eyes. When my stars are jacked up muscle men and scary monsters, you need some bland workhorses to act as a foundation. Experience. Performance skills. Small enough to actually bump for their opponents. Love it. Plus Nelson Blais lives fairly close by. Everyone else is in eastern Canada. You would be stunned how often travel can make or break careers when I'm put in charge.

Discussion of Terms 63 NELSON BLAIS VS ED MONTON 58 Jon Jetson Attacks 35 Highlights From Kelowna 46 John McClean Complains 70 BIFF THE BRUISER VS MOOSE MULDER 34 Eddie & Johnny Promo 29 900lb Weigh In 48 Frenchie's Five: Experience 40 EDDIE & JOHNNY VS SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE 50 Alex DeColt Promo 67 FINAL SHOW RATING 59 Despite what the pictures say, I won't be posting WrestleFestival next Sunday. Not the proper show anyway. Next week I'll be posting the one hour episode of Title Bout Wrestling that precedes WrestleFestival. Kind of a pre-show, but also kind of the first hour of the larger event, headlined by one of the marquee matches. WrestleFestival itself will then be posted on the 31st March. Gives me more time to write, and means I post on the final day in March, accurate to the C-Verse calendar. You figured out my twists! I am both furious and delighted. DAVEFAN95 instantly guessed the special guest referee stipulation, and then Charasmatic Enigma nailed his hunch regarding Jake Sloan's team. Although I could only fit 5 on the scales. Not too many 150lbers in 1997. I've had some strong shows recently, and this was a step down. I was a little worried about the main event, with unproven rookies and a babyface Hollywood Johnny as headliners, but it did its job. For the longest time, this episode was blank on my spreadsheet. I loved that at first. "Infinite possibilities". "I can have some fun with this". I was a fool, and ended up moving some of the WrestleFestival card here just so I had 'something' on the show. My brain can set up matches, but it's not so good at heating them up afterwards. In old projects half the card would be formally announced on the go home show, but here I'm trying to announce things sooner, and it doesn't leave me with many ideas for the final week. Someone asked "Who is Nelson Blais?". Mr MOTN is who Nelson Blais is. I hired him to be an underneath veteran to work with the kids on live events, but he's exceeded expectations, and the match with Monton was the easiest thing to write in weeks. So I put it on TV. He's never going to be a main event guys (small, can't talk) but is proving useful enough that I'm hiring his tag partner (Brys Turcotte) to put them on WrestleFestival. Next week, WrestleFestival begins with a special one hour episode of Title Bout Wrestling, live from the fairgrounds in Red Deer, Alberta. CGC Television Title Match: Alex DeColt vs Dan DaLay Royal Canadian Air Force (Nelson Blais & Brys Turcotte) vs Eddie Chandler & Johnny Maverick Dirty Frank vs Battering Lamb

Jerome Turner "Last week Eddie Chandler and Johnny Maverick turned down the School of Tradition. Tonight, retribution comes in the form of the Solders of Fortune... but with the Tag Team Titles on the line could this be an opportunity of a lifetime for these young rivals? We'll find out in our main event, but first, WrestleFestival is only a week away, and the CGC Matchmaking Committee have assembled to put the finishing touches on the line up." IN-RING The five members of the CGC Matchmaking Committee each stand at voting podiums set up in the ring. WHIPPER SPENCER MARKS checks that their buttons are properly hooked up to the lights (Green light means Yes, Red means No). FRENCHIE MARCEL chats to the representative from Alberta On Air, BUCK HINKLEY, and BCB, JAMES SANDWICH. GEORGE DECOLT waves to the fans, microphone in hand. GEORGE DECOLT WrestleFestival is nearly upon us. We know the main event will be my boy Steve DeColt defending his CGC World Title against Eric Tyler, but what we don't know are the terms. The Committee are ready to vote. Let's bring out the fighters. STEVE DECOLT struts his stuff to the ring accompanied by GAIL, 22, Trainee Accountant. He shakes hands with each member of the Committee and sits, putting his feet on the desk. His father glares at him. Steve takes his feet off the desk, and instead lets Gail sit on his lap. George DeColt approves. The School Bell rings, but it's not Eric Tyler walking to the ring. It's the Soldiers of Forune; CHANCE and FATE. FATE Tyler won't be making it tonight. He don't feel safe around Stevie boy, here. Not after what he did to his poor widdle brother last week. So we'll be negotiatin' on his behalf. STEVE DECOLT What I did? Eric Tyler's the one who removed the turnbuckle pad! FATE You can't prove that. WHIPPER SPENCER MARKS The Committee is ready to vote. Gentlemen, propose your terms. Chance pulls out a piece of paper and a pair of reading glasses. CHANCE (reading) "Dear Diss-Ting-Gwished members of the Committee. My victory at WrestleFestival will be a turning point for this great sport. A turn from de-gen-er-acy. Towards tradtion. Such a noble victory should be fought nobbly... nobley, under the traditional rules of wrestling as outlined by the 1945 Book of... blah de blah de something. Eleven 5-minute rounds. No closed fists. No climbing the ropes or turnbuckles. Showboating punishable by immediate disqualiication and flogging in the-" The Committee Votes. Five red lights. 0-5. The suggested stipulation fails. STEVE DECOLT How about a Reverse Detention match? We dress Tyler up in a school uniform and everyone who has refused to join his stupid school can take it in turns to spank him with a ruler. The Committee Votes. 1 green light. 4 red lights. The stipulation fails. The representative from Alberta On Air looks disappointed. WHIPPER SPENCER MARKS Serious suggestions only, please. STEVE DECOLT Sure thing. Because there's only one thing I want, and that's to not have to look at these two ugly faces while I'm beating Eric Tyler all over WrestleFestival. I want Chance, Fate, and Dan DaLay banned from ringside. Scratch that. I want them locked up. Put them in the Ferris wheel. Raise them high up in the air where they can't save their meal ticket. The Committee Votes. 5-0. The stipulation passes. Chance doesn't like it. Fate REALLY doesn't like it. FATE No way! If I gotta be in a ferris wheel so do they! His brothers... and all these crooked suits! The Committee Votes. 3-2. The stipulation passes. George doesn't look happy about that. GEORGE DECOLT As much as I was hoping to have a front row seat at my own WrestleFestival, I suppose that's only fair. CHANCE Damn right it's fair. Tyler don't trust you, and he don't trust your referees neither. Steve DeColt's a cheater and they ain't caught him once. So Tyler wants a special guest referee. The only person he trusts. Jack DeColt. Steve laughs. George laughs. Whipper looks concerned but the rest of the Committee quickly votes. 3-2 The Stipulation passes. STEVE DECOLT Remind me never to hire you guys to negotiate for me. Just when I thought Eric Tyler couldn't get any dumber, he puts himself into a match with two DeColts at once. At WrestleFestival Eric Tyler's going to be on the receiving end of a lesson he'll never forget. /w Roger Rogers NELSON BLAIS VS ED MONTON Jerome Turner "Roger Rogers wants Monton hurt going into WrestleFestival, so he's enlisted the help of this Air Force veteran." Double tough Monton throws hands with the best of them, but his Flying Double Axe Handle gets intercepted with a dropkick in mid air. Blais delivers a military grade beatdown. He salutes the flag, but no one's more patriotic than Monton! Side Canadian Legsweep! Bridging Canadian Suplex! He thanks Blais for his service, and hits a Fallaway Slam for the pin. ED MONTON WINS (5:59) JON JETSON slides into the ring, wrapping a chain around his fist, but Monton stops him with a kick, steals the chain and- Jetson runs away as fast as he can. Jerome Turner "The Canadian Enforcers collide at WrestleFestival. Next week!" Jerome Turner "Last week Jack DeColt lost his CGC World Title match when he collided with an exposed turnbuckle... but who exposed it? Let's review the footage." FLASHBACK: TITLE BOUT WRESTLING LAST WEEK Hard Camera: Steve DeColt and Eric Tyler argue at the ringpost, but Steve's back is to the camera, blocking our view of their hands. Jack charges. Steve moves. Jack collides with the exposed turnbuckle. It's unclear who did it. Rewind! New angle! A floor camera, shooting up from behind Eric Tyler. Again, the hands arn't visible. Tyler's in the way. The turnbuckle is covered before they start arguing, and exposed when Jack runs into it. Inconclusive! Jerome Turner "Jack DeColt is fine, and staying home tonight merely as a precaution. Both men claim to be innocent. Both men have reportedly visited Jack to make sure the Teen Titan is okay. Could this be a factor in their match at WrestleFestival, with Jack as the special guest referee?" Jerome Turner "Just a couple more stops before WrestleFestival. Last night a Runaway Train came through Kelowna." BARRY BOWEN drives TED MOORE into the mat with a Powerbomb! 1... 2... 3. BARRY BOWEN You ready for this, Howling Dog??? WrestleFestival! I'm gonna run you down! John McClean protests at ringside with a sign saying "Think of the Children". BLACK SHEEP throws DIRTY FRANK out of the ring on top of him. McClean gets crushed as Frank gets counted out. GEORGE DECOLT'S OFFICE JOHN McCLEAN interrupts GEORGE DECOLT as he looks over blueprints for the WrestleFestival fair grounds. JOHN McCLEAN Mr DeColt, I must protest. While I am honoured to be part of your illustrious WrestleFestival... must it be in a "Barnyard Bash"? It just seems so... messy. How about we make it a Sparkling White match. Crisp white canvas. Brand new white ropes. Doesn't that just sound magical?. GEORGE DECOLT You know something, John... it does. It like it. No, I think I love it.... If only the Committee hadn't already voted. Plus we've already paid for the Barnyard. Those things aren't cheap. What with the hay and the straw and the pigs- JOHN McCLEAN Pigs? GEORGE DECOLT Oh yeah. Gotta have pigs. And lambs, and goats. All sort of animals. If we're doing this we're gonna do it right. A real barnyard petting zoo for all the family to enjoy all weekend long. Now, apparently some of the animals don't travel too well, so there's gonna be some issues with... but we'll push most of that to the side during the match. JOHN McCLEAN "Most of it"? GEORGE DECOLT It'll be fine. See you at WrestleFestival! BIFF THE BRUISER VS MOOSE MULDER Jerome Turner "These two big, meaty man-mountains have developed quite the rivalry on CGC Live events all over Alberta and British Columbia." Punch! Punch! Jab! Haymaker! Biff batters, bludgeons and bruises. Moose manhandles, muscles and mauls! Pummel! Thump! Wallop! Left Hook! Right Hook! Uppercut! Hammer Fist! Hammer Fist! Hammer Fist! Hammer Fist! Biff spits in his opponent's face, but Moose ducks the Lariat, responds in kind, and- Moose Punch! 1... 2... 3! MOOSE MULDER WINS (7:34) BACKSTAGE JULIE FORLETTA interviews EDDIE CHANDLER and HOLLYWOOD JOHNNY MAVERICK, who don't look particularly happy to be around each other. JULIE FORELTTA Last week you were enemies, but tonight you'll team up to challenge for the tag team- EDDIE CHANDLER Je ne t’aime pas et tu ne m’aimes pas, mais nous avons une grande opportunité ce soir, donc nous devons travailler ensemble. HOLLYWOOD JOHNNY MAVERICK I don't know what you just said, but we have a great opportunity tonight. Follow my lead, and don't forget who the star is. OFFICIAL CGC WEIGH-IN STATION WHIPPER SPENCER MARKS stands beside a massive set of weighing scales, designed for weighing cattle. On one side, HELEN WHEELS is flanked by the humongous LAND MASS and MAMMOTH. On the other side, JAKE SLOAN stands all alone. WHIPPER SPENCER MARKS Welcome to the official weigh in for the special invitational 900lb tag team match, next week at WrestleFestival. As per the agreement, each team must weigh no more than 900lbs. Ms Wheels, your team may go first. Helen Wheels smirks as Land Mass and Mammoth lumber onto the scales. 898lbs. HELEN WHEELS Feast your eyes. Where's your team, pipsqueek? CANADIAN DRAGON and CONDOR enter and climb onto the scales. 362lbs. Helen Wheels bursts out laughing. JAKE SLOAN Hold onto your socks there, missy. I'm not done. MARIO HEROIC joins Dragon & Condor on the scales. 549lbs HELEN WHEELS Hey! You can't do that! JAKE SLOAN Sure I can. The deal was I find a team that weighed 900lbs. You didn't say anything about that team only having two people. TEMPEST APPLEBY joins the scales. 726lbs HELEN WHEELS I don't even know who that is!!! Taking off his colourful suit to reveal the tights underneath, JAKE SLOAN joins his team. 892lbs. WHIPPER SPENCER MARKS Close enough. The scales are balanced and the match is official! See you all at WrestleFestival. The cruiserweights leave celebrating, as Helen Wheels looks like she's going to explode. FRENCHIE'S FIVE FRENCHIE MARCEL Tonight is a battle between rookies and veterans, especially ze Chance, but who are ze most experienced fighters on ze CGC roster? FRENCHIE MARCEL Ze Flash and ze Psycho have a lot of matches under their belts... but no match for WrestleFestival? C’est ridicule! Zey should fight each other! Steve Flash versus Rocky Psycho. Only at WrestleFestival! CGC TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH EDDIE CHANDLER & JOHNNY MAVERICK SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE Chance & Fate Jerome Turner "Chandler & Maverick turned down the School of Tradition, and now Eric Tyler's goons are being paid to make them regret it." Not trusting each other, Eddie and Maverick compete to see who can go it alone, but neither makes much headway against the cohesive destruction of the Soldiers of Fortune. Maverick can't lock in a submission without being blindsided. Eddie's plucky, but Chance brings him behind enemy lines where he suffers a brutal Fate. The Soldiers do exactly what they've been paid to do, punishing the youngster, and repeatedly knocking Maverick off of the apron to prevent the tag. Frustrated, Maverick considers leaving... but has left his sunglasses in the ring. Fate steps on them. Now Johnny's mad, back on the apron, ducking a cheap shot and finally receiving the tag! clothesline. clothesline. clothesline. clothesline. He twists Fate into a Figure Four, but Chance crushes him with a Senton! Here comes Eddie! The two youngsters finally start working together. Clotheslines! Dropkicks! Neck Crank to Fate! Abdominal Stretch to Chance! Eddie and Johnny compete over who can make their Soldier tap first, but Chance hiptosses Eddie onto Johnny. Spinebuster/Senton Combo! 1... 2... 3! SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE RETAIN (10:35) Looks like the Soldiers have been paid overtime. They get ready to continue the assault on Chandler, but Maverick pulls his partner out of the ring and the two escape without further harm. Jerome Turner "A valiant effort from the two youngsters, but not enough to overcome the Champions. Next week the Title Bouts continue. Just enough time to check in with Julie Forletta to see what we have in store." INTERVIEW ZONE JULIE FORLETTA interviews ALEX DECOLT. JULIA FORLETTA The Title Bout won't stop just because it's WrestleFestival. Next week, the CGC Television Title is on the line as Alex DeColt challenges his old bully; Dan DaLay. ALEX DECOLT Last week I did something I've never done before; I took a swing at Dan DaLay. It may have ended with me getting beat into the ground, but I'm calling that a win. Because if I can do it once, I can do it again. And again and again. And as many times as it takes to leave WrestleFestival with my head held high and the CGC Television Title around my waist. But I'm going to need all the help I can get. I know I've let everyone down. I know I haven't been the hero people want me to be. But if you've ever had a bully. If you've every had someone make you feel small, I hope you can find it in your heart to help me next Sunday. I'm going to WrestleFestival, and I hope you'll all be there with me.

Looking through my uploaded images. I think this is all of the 1997 stuff, not including agers, that I've put up so far. CANADA - NOTBPW Jeremy Stone - Dan Stone Jr - Duane Stone - Victoria Stone CANADA - 4C Babylon - Brys Turcotte - Frank Tucker - Joey Poison - Julie Forletta Keita Fukua - Nelson Blais - Rocky Constantino - The Natural - The Natural (Alt) CANADA - Unemployed Craig Green - Fabian Fournier - Lee Bennett - Michel LeHaste - Samson Granger Tavare Loring - Tempest Appleby - The Wizard of Ottawa - Alt - Alt Vigilante Hawk - The Black Knight (Masked) - The Black Knight (Unmasked) OTHERS Firestarter Rush - Jackson Rush - Jackson Rush (Alt) - Phantom Freak - Phantom Zero Womaniser Robbie Gordon

The images I'm currently using for my CGC 1997 diary game. Alex DeColt - Alexander Robinson - Andy Gordy - Barry Bowen - Battering Lamb Biff the Bruiser - Black Sheep - Bob Casey - Canadian Dragon - Chance Christopher Hart - Condor - Dan DaLay - Dirty Frank - Ed Monton Eddie Chandler - Eric Tyler - Fate - Francis Long - Frenchie Marcel Gworge DeColt - Helen Wheels - Howling Dog - Jack DeColt - Jake Sloan John Maverick - Alt John Maverick - John McClean - Jon Jetson - Land Mass Mammoth - Mario Heroic - Moose Mulder - Roger Rogers - Steve DeColt Steve Flash - Switchblade Mike - Ted Moore - Whipper Spencer Marks - Wolfgang Zimmerman

It was a good change that made the show a lot better. Thinking about Jack and Steve's recent history helped me get a handle on them and the direction I want them to go. Form me there's a bit of ego there. Hubris. The idea that I think I'm writing the 'real' version of events; more than just fan fiction. Which is nonsense. I also like it as a writing challenge. If I can do 'anything' then my mind tends to go blank. There's too many options. But with a few things like employments histories and title histories to act a guide, I can have fun focusing on the 'how' and not the 'what'. Choosing the new World Champion has never been a part of the part I've particularly enjoyed or cared about. I like filling in the gaps around that big picture stuff. The House Show segment and Frenchie's Five were straight up replaced by the flashbacks. Although this show was pretty stuffed as it was. I would have more than likely had to cut Frenchie's Five due to lack of available minutes, even without the rewrites. I do love posting on Sundays. I'd hate to run a promotion that runs on weekdays.

SUNDAY WEEK 2 MARCH 1997 Edmonton, Alberta (600 in attendance) Broadcast on Alberta On Air (3,637 and BCB (3,637). Combined Rating <0.01 Flashback to April 1996 52 Alex DeColt confronts School of Tradition 62 DIRTY FRANK VS ED MONTON 44 Wheels & Sloan Argue 39 JOHN McCLEAN VS BATTERING LAMB 40 Steve DeColt Promo 64 Flashback to November 1996 42 JOHNNY MAVERICK VS EDDIE CHANDLER 46 School of Tradition Recruitment Drive 48 Howling Dog Promo 30 Jack DeColt Promo 47 JACK DECOLT VS STEVE DECOLT 60 FINAL SHOW RATING 60 As DaveFan95 commented on the last episode, the DeColt Title history is counter-intuitive and slightly hard to reconcile thing. I thought about replying with my interpretation, but instead decided to add it into the meat of the show. Meaning lots of rewrites in the past few days. Even then, I don't think I covered it. The way I see it, the DeColt boys weren't top guys in 1995. They were fan favourites and heavily featured on the show, but not presented as on the same level as Eric Tyler or Ed Monton or Larry Vessey or the Lords of War. They were beloved home-grown rookies. Then Jack won the Title in a massive upset. I imagine his reign was similar to if Scrappy Doo won a belt. An undersized and naïve force of nature getting in over his head, as his family tried to protect him. Which is how Alex and Steve started interacting with the major threats, with Steve in particular stepping up and standing out and finally taking the title at Survival of the Fittest. His reign has been pretty short (only had one 'real' title defense since, probably beating Larry Vessey on the way out) but protecting Jack for his 8-month reign cemented him as a legit top guy. Which leads to this show. In the original drafts of this episode, Jack was going to win here. I was aiming for canon, and I treated this bizarre title switch (Jack specifically beats Steve in March 1997) as a writing challenge. I had no interest in a feud between the two leading to WrestleFestival. That sounded awful, and I don't think 12 weeks was enough to get there. So this was my answer. Eric Tyler sets it up, Jack wins with his signature move; the massive upset. And yet, I couldn't do it. As I make my plans for the next few months, I prefer Steve winning here. I won't go into why, because spoilers, but I explored both options, and I like this better. It helps that Steve is the better worker, but it's more about the story. Plus canon is already out the window. I think the 'canon' history is what George DeColt wanted, but I'm playing as Whipper Spencer Marks. What George wants is just a guideline. Lots of Eric Tyler on this show. Unintentional, but he's definitely my best performer so it's not the worst thing in the world. In alumni news, former CGC World Champion Sam Keith just won the SWF Heavyweight Title from Sean McFly in a 100 rated match. On Free TV. I need to step up my Title Bout game. Next week on Title Bout Wrestling... CGC Tag Team Title Match: Johnny Maverick & Eddie Chandler vs Soldiers of Fortune Biff The Bruiser vs Moose Mulder Nelson Blais vs Ed Monton ... plus the CGC Matchmaking Committee vote on the stipulations for the main event of WrestleFestival, and Jake Sloan presents his 900lb team.

Jerome Turner "Tonight, Steve DeColt fights an opponent of Eric Tyler's choosing, and the Headmaster of the School of Tradition has made an unexpected choice; Steve's own brother. Does Jack DeColt have what it takes to win the CGC World Title? Eric Tyler would know better than anyone" FLASHBACK: TITLE BOUT WRESTLING SUNDAY WEEK 3 APRIL 1996 (11 MONTHS AGO) Resplendent in gold trunks, CGC World Champion ERIC TYLER beats the hell out of young JACK DECOLT as his father George watches with concern from ringside. Tyler taunts the DeColt Patriarch, demanding he throw in the towel for his son, getting distracted before- Jack charges! O'Connor Roll! 1... 2... 3! New Champion! Eric Tyler can't believe it! IN-RING A piercing School Bell rings, and ERIC TYLER walks to the ring, guarded by the hulking DAN DALAY. ERIC TYLER Settle down and listen up. School is now in session. Today's lesson is about Choices. I could have chosen any member of the roster to fight Steve DeColt tonight. I could have sent my Soldiers. I could have sent my prize student. But I didn't. And why? Because I believe in Jack DeColt. One year ago, Jack DeColt scored the upset of the century, but he snatched more than just the CGC World Title from around my waist. He snatched my attention. His brothers have proven unworthy but Jack DeColt is a sportsman. A competitor. I felt it a year ago, and I felt it being in the ring with him last week. With the right opportunities, and the right guidance, he could be the best the world has ever seen. He just needs to- ALEX DECOLT's music interrupts. He walks out into the entrance way, microphone in hand. ALEX DECOLT Whatever you're planning, Tyler, it's not going to work. DeColts don't break. That goes for my brothers, and that goes for me too. Dan DaLay. You made my life miserable in school, and you're just as much of a bully as you ever were. You haven't changed a bit... but I have. I'm bigger now. Stronger. I've taken down giants before, and in two weeks at the DeColt WrestleFestival... I'm going to kick your ass! ERIC TYLER Strong words... but it's a little hard to hear you from way over there. Why don't you get a little closer? Why don't you try saying that to Dan DaLay's face? Alex is unsure. He wasn't expecting this. ERIC TYLER In fact. Why even wait for WrestleFestival? Why don't you put your money where your mouth is and "kick Dan DaLay's ass" right here, right now? He'll even give you the first shot. Fighting every instinct in his body, but fired up by the support of the crowd, Alex DeColt gets into the ring. DaLay doesn't move a muscle, he just smirks, hands behind his back. ERIC TYLER Go ahead. Show us how big and strong you are. Alex squares up to DaLay... he fires up and throws a right hand that- DaLay blocks it. BOOM! DaLay rocks him with a haymaker and gets the mount, raining down blows on his panicking victim. Security flood in to separate the two. ERIC TYLER Let that be a lesson to you, Alex. See you at WrestleFestival. /w Roger Rogers DIRTY FRANK VS ED MONTON Jerome Turner "Roger Rogers has been trying to soften up Ed Monton before WrestleFestival, and... Hold on, I'm being joined by Eric Tyler." Eric Tyler "Correction. You're being graced with the presence of Eric Tyler. I want a front row seat to all of tonight's action." Rogers is delighted to make his former client suffer such a stinky opponent, Ed holds his nose and gets on with it, throwing hands with the pudgy youngster. Frank tries to suffocate the former Enforcer with his arm pit, but double tough Monton responds with patriotic fury! Side Canadian Legsweep! Canadian Suplex! Fallaway Slam! 1. 2. 3. ED MONTON WINS (4:38) INTERVIEW ZONE HELEN WHEELS looks confused and disgusted to be in the presence of interviewer JULIE FORLETTA and JAKE SLOAN. Jake is wearing a very colourful suit. HELEN WHEELS I thought this was an interview for me. Why is this pip-squeak here? JAKE SLOAN Because I want a rematch. Your guys may have beaten me, Helen, but I'm no quitter. It's like the old saying "If at first you don't succeed, try arm drags, maybe, dumbass.". HELEN WHEEL As if. Face it, shrimp, you'll never beat Land Mass and Mammoth. They're 900lb of pure beef, and you're what? 150lbs soaking wet with bricks in your pockets? You don't measure up. JAKE SLOAN So the only reason your team win is because they weigh 900 pounds? HELEN WHEELS Yes. Wait. No. It wouldn't matter how much their opponents weighed. 90lbs or 900lbs. My team are unbeatable regardless. JAKE SLOAN So if I found another team that weighed 900lbs, your guys would have no trouble beating them? HELEN WHEELS Of course they wouldn't. Land Mass & Mammoth are better than any 900lbs you could possibly- JAKE SLOAN Deal! WrestleFestival! I'll find a team. You bring your guys! Let's put it to the test! Jake runs off before Helen can respond. HELEN WHEELS What? Fine. You... You're on! JOHN McCLEAN VS BATTERING LAMB Jerome Turner "John McClean's obsession with Black Sheep destroyed a child's birthday party last week. Battering Lamb isn't happy about that." Eric Tyler "I hate everything you just said." McClean begs and pleads for mercy as Battering Lamb battering rams him around the ring, until he manages to turn the portly heavyweight's mask around. Blinded, Battering Lamb fumbles around the ring. McClean tries to stay quiet and hide, but Lamb uses the cheering and booing of the fans to guide him to his target, and makes a fool out of McClean with Mutton Chops before dropping a big Leg of Lamb. He fixes his mask but McClean pokes him in the eyes. Roll up! 1... 2... 3! Eric Tyler "Finally John McClean does something right by ending this nonsense." Jerome Turner "He'll be happy with the win, but will he be happy about what's been announced for WrestleFestival? Let's check it out." BACKSTAGE STEVE DECOLT oils up his muscles, to the delight of his date Felicity, 25, Social Worker. STEVE DECOLT Eric Tyler know he can't handle the heat of Stunning Steve, so once again he's opened up his big book of dirty tricks. Now, Tyler's right about one thing. Jack loves to compete. Doesn't matter if it's in the ring or on the track or playing Mario Kart. Jack always brings his A game and I'm going to have my hands full tonight. I don't want to fight my brother, but if Tyler doesn't think I'll do what it takes to keep this sweet, sweet belt around my sweet, sweet waist.... If he thinks he'll be meeting a different DeColt at WrestleFestival... then he doesn't know Stunning Steve. I beat Jack before, I'll do it again. FLASHBACK: SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST FRIDAY WEEK 3 NOVEMBER 1996 (4 MONTHS AGO) A Chamber of Horrors match for the CGC World Title. The champion, JACK DECOLT, is badly hurt. STEVE DECOLT valiantly protects his little brother, but they're locked in a cage with three bloodthirsty monsters who won't stop coming. It's only a matter of time before one of them gets to Jack... so Steve does the only thing he can do. Iron Claw to Jack! Jack taps! New Champion! HOLLYWOOD JOHNNY MAVERICK VS EDDIE CHANDLER Eric Tyler "I'll let you in on a little secret. I've had my eye on these two gifted youngsters for a while, but which one is willing to go the extra mile?" Sick of looking at each other, both youngsters try to end it quick with roll ups. Small package! no! Schoolboy! No! Sunset Flip! No! Crucifix! No! La Magistral! No! Victory Roll! No victory! 1... 2... Kick out! 1... 2... Rope Break! Both men tumble out of the ring, but beat the count at the last moment. CHANCE and FATE arrive to watch, just as Eddie Chandler slips out of a vertical suplex and hits the Backcracker! 1... 2... Fate puts Maverick's foot on the ropes. Eric Tyler "I don't think I'm ready for this to end yet." Eddie's frustrated. He didn't see the interference. He recklessly charges and gets caught in a Sleeper, fading fast until... Chance puts his foot on the ropes. Referee Gregory Chapman misses the interference but breaks the hold. Eric Tyler " I still haven't seen what I'm looking for." Neither youngster can believe it! Why haven't they won? Giving in to frustration, they throw wild fists of fury... Pulling hair... A thumb to the eye... Eric Tyler "There! That's it! Soldiers! That's enough!" Fate pulls out the referee, and Chance shoves the two fighters apart. Chapman calls it! NO CONTEST (5:50) ERIC TYLER There it is. The passion. The fire. I came here hoping to find one student worthy of joining my school... but I think I just found two. You shouldn't be enemies. You should be classmates. Join my School of Tradition. Become the wrestlers you were born to be. The Soldiers of Fortune loom over the exhausted and battered Chandler and Maverick, but instead of attacking, they offer the youngsters School Uniforms. John Maverick is tempted. Eddie Chandler takes the uniform... and throws it in Eric Tyler's face! For a moment, everyone is frozen in shock. Then all hell breaks loose. Fate pounces! Chandler ducks and dodges! Maverick is accidentally hit by Chance! Chandler runs around the ring, weaving over chairs and between Security, chased by the Soldiers. He makes some lucky escapes, but eventually Fate catches up to him. Spinebuster! Tyler slips his Soldiers some more cash, whispering new orders in their ears and- Maverick suplexes Fate out of his boots! Another for Chance! Johnny yanks Eddie out of the ring, and the two rivals scramble away together, and Security finally manage to surround the furious Soldiers, and the even more furious Eric Tyler. Jerome Turner "Eric Tyler was looking for one new student... now it seems like he hasn't found any!" INTERVIEW ZONE HOWLING DOG Some see trains as a sign of progress, but for my tribe they are a sign of destruction. Railroads have devastated my people, cutting through their lands, separating us from nature, breaking apart our way of life. The spirit of my people runs through my veins and they are enraged at Barry Bowen, the Runaway Train. I am born of their hopes and dreams. Their vengeance and fury! I will knock the Train off his tracks at WrestleFestival. LOCKER ROOM JULIE FORLETTA is trying to interview JACK DECOLT as he warms up with some squats, big smile on his face. JULIA FORLETTA You're moments away from fighting your brother for the CGC World TItle... You seem pretty excited. JACK DECOLT It's not a fight, it's a wrestling match! And of course I'm excited. I loved being CGC World Champion. Steve got me good last time we faced, but I've been itching for this rematch for months. I would have preferred the Committee to vote for me, and not that mean Mr. Tyler...but I was told in wrestling to always be ready for anything, so I'm here and I'm ready to be the best DeColt that I can be. CGC WORLD TITLE MATCH JACK DECOLT VS STEVE DECOLT /w Felicity Eric Tyler "I believe in Jack DeColt. If I have to fight any DeColt at WrestleFestival, I want it to be him." Steve struts his stuff early, overpowering his little brother, but Jack won't let him hit the Felici-TKO to impress his date, and surprises him with amateur wrestling takedowns and submission attempts. It's a good clean fight, but the more Steve flexes and poses and the more Jack denies his showboating, the more tempers flare. Jack makes the first mistake, impetuously charging right into a Sexy Slam. Steve hesitates, but presses the advantage, looking for a quick submission without causing lasting damage. Bear hug. Canadian Backbreaker. Eric Tyler "What a ruthless maniac. Who could do this to their own brother?" Jack comes back with Shoulder tackles and suplexes and a Canadian Backbreaker of his own. Steve won't go down without a fight. Jack counters the Running Bulldog with a Back Suplex. Steve intercepts a Flying Shoulder Tackle with a Luscious Lariat! Steve hits a superplex! 1... 2... Jack kicks out. Another Sexy Slam! Jack kicks out. He won't stop coming, so Steve does the only thing he can do. Iron Claw! Screaming in pain, Jack still tries to fight back, so Steve reluctantly adds more Gorgeous Gyrations to add torque. Eric Tyler leaves commentary and starts hammering on the apron, giving instructions to Jack. Jack twists, he turns, he rolls through! 1... 2... Steve just barely kicks out. He levels Jack with a straight punch and he is furious. But not with Jack. He reaches out of the ring and yanks Tyler up to the apron by the turnbuckles, yelling at him, demanding he leave, getting distracted before- Jack charges! O'Connor Roll! 1... 2... Steve kicks out with such fury that Jack goes face first into the exposed turnbuckle! Jerome Turner "What the- Why is that turnbuckle exposed?" Steve either didn't notice or doesn't care. Running Bulldog! 1... 2... 3! STEVE DECOLT RETAINS (12:32) Jerome Turner "Was Tyler coaching Jack? When did he learn that counter? Who pulled off the turnbuckle pad? Hopefully we'll find out next week, but for know what we do know is that Steve DeColt is still CGG World Champion." Felicity tries to calm Steve down, but he's obviously not happy. Especially when he notices Eric Tyler trying to check on an unconscious Jack. He tackles Tyler to the ground and the two men throw punch as Title Bout Wrestling cuts to black.

I don't know if Jim Cornette coined it, but that's where I hear it most. "Outlaw" is from the territory days, when each area officially had one promotion backed by the NWA. Every once in a while an upstart promotion would try to run their own shows, and these were known as 'outlaws'. Not backed by the governing body. Working for these promotions was a risky move, as you wouldn't want to risk get on bad side of the NWA and every major territory that belongs to it. So the talent on these outlaw shows tended to be worse. Worse training. Worse physiques. Worse gear. Guys who had burned bridges or failed to get noticed or who just wanted to play around. And it wasn't just the talent. Production values. Budgets. Access to quality buildings that have deals with the NWA promotions. Sometimes their outlaws would run outside, with wrestlers entering by walking through the mud. "Mud shows". Cornette has co-opted the term to mean "things he doesn't like" but the general sentiment is the same. Guys with bad physiques, bad gear, bad training, doing things that you would be run out of the business for, if you'd tried it in 1980's NWA. Not just deathmatch stuff, but also the lazy take-it-in-turns brawling you get nowadays.

Definitely the latter. I start with a spreadsheet, where I plot everything out. The matches. The angles. Making sure the stories stay active. Following the rules and guidelines I've set for myself. Ensuring wrestlers wrestle enough... but not too much. Gotta have comedy. A title match. A good main event. Not too many tag matches. Not too many heel wins. It's a constantly moving jigsaw. It's how I 'see' where I'm going. I love spreadsheets. Next I create a Wordpad document for each episode. I'll add the images first, then I just write whatever segment appeals to me when I'm in a writing mood. Maybe I have some good promo ideas, so I'll write those for episode 5 and 9. Maybe I'm in an Alex DeColt mood, so I'll write all of his singles matches for the next two months. Maybe I want to buckle down and focus on episode 10. Or just rewrite a bunch of matches to add more puns. It's a pure scattershot approach, held together by the path set for me with the spreadsheet. I currently have 16 active wordpad documents (up to episode 24) although some of them only have a couple of pictures in them. All subject to change. TEW is usually the last thing I do, because the above is constantly shifting and changing right up until showtime. Running the show in TEW would just lock me into things. Back me into a corner. Maybe I suddenly realise a match would be better with a different winner. Or maybe that babyface promo should be bumped to next week. Maybe I can't find the words for an Eric Tyler promo this week and cut it entirely. Very rarely does running the show in TEW change anything that requires a rewrite. Writing always changes something regarding the booking in TEW.

I'd love to say it's simply because John McClean is an idiot, but it's one of those 'invisible camera' tropes the sports entertainers love. I try to avoid it, but it's what I grew up with. It'll sneak in when I'm not looking. I almost re-wrote the Steve line to something like "I never knew how bad Alex had it" and I probably should have. As is... Steve in kayfabe was probably too busy with girls, and Steve in 'real life' is inexperienced in commentary and said something that didn't make him look so good. He's actually struggling a lot with unscripted promos on live events. Gets far more penalties than his brothers when winging it. For the posters, AI is a heck of a tool. It helps that I generate dozens of images for each potential poster ideas and only choose what fits the best... but really I can't take credit. It's AI. I just type some words and click 'generate' a bunch. It's producing pictures I genuinely love and I'm not sure I'd even be writing this project without them., but they aren't my word. Beyond a little photoshop to add the relevant logos.

That was indeed a very young Emma Chase on commentary. Usually I use my imagination when it comes to Steve's girlfriends, and don't hire anyone to fill the role, but you can't just throw random bystanders on live commentary. So Emma was ideal. Unfortunately, Stunning Steve doesn't really do second dates, so this was probably just a cameo. In one of my private games I did fully hire her early on, and I think it ruined her career. She moved to Vancouver, lasted a couple of years on my roster before some relationship issues, and then never really worked again. Almost felt like I broke the universe. CGC became a place where promising careers go to die, not a stepping stone to the big leagues.

SUNDAY WEEK 1 MARCH 1997 Edmonton, Alberta (600 in attendance) Broadcast on Alberta On Air (3,976) and BCB (4,128). Combined Rating <0.01 Eric Tyler Promo 70 LAND MASS & MAMMOTH VS CONDOR & TEMPEST 39 McClean spies on Black Sheep 35 DaLay attacks Alex 46 BARRY BOWEN VS HOWLING DOG 50 McClean spies on Black Sheep more 33 Lloydminster Highlights 40 MOOSE MULDER VS DAN DALAY 47 George gives his son advice 71 McClean confronts Black Sheep 42 Upcoming Events with Ed Monton 50 ERIC TYLER VS JACK DECOLT 66 Eric Tyler Promo 68 FINAL SHOW RATING 66 The best episode of television yet, which shouldn't be surprising. It had a match with the best wrestler (Tyler is on fire) and a segment with the best talker (George DeColt is easy mode). The lowlights were also less low than usual, as this was the best Land Mass & Mammoth performance yet. In The Flock news, Black Sheep has decided to move to Vancouver, which is pretty great news for me. I can now use him on all of the live events without paying for him to travel across the border. He's an ideal live event act. To celebrate, Battering Lamb... started stress eating and gained 40lbs of pure fat? He's now a flabby heavyweight, tanking his star quality and sex appeal. I didn't see this coming. It probably won't change much of his future booking (short term) but I might have to switch up his move set. Next time on Title Bout Wrestling... CGC World Title Match: Jack DeColt vs Steve DeColt Hollywood Johnny Maverick vs Eddie Chandler John McClean vs Battering Lamb

Jerome Turner "Welcome everyone to another exciting episode of Title Bout Wrestling! We're three weeks away from WrestleFestival where Eric Tyler challenges for the CGC World Title, and I'm joined tonight by the champion himself, Steve DeColt, and his... friend?" Emma "Oh my gosh this is the best date ever! I can't believe I'm actually here. Is my headset really plugged in? Can everyone hear me? Hi Mom!" Steve DeColt "Eric Tyler may have scored himself a date with Stunning Steve at WrestleFestival, but he needs to prove he deserves it. My brother Jack can't wait to show him some DeColt justice, especially after his thugs took the Tag Team Titles last week." LOCKER ROOM ERIC TYLER Steve DeColt thinks he has set a challenge before me, when in fact he has given me a gift. A chance to share the ring with one of the most promising young wrestlers in the world today. A chance to impart my wisdom, as a competitor and a mentor. Jack may not see me that way, but oh the things I am going to teach him tonight. No brothers to get in my way. No father to poison his mind. Tonight, I sit Jack under my learning tree and give him a true lesson in tradition. /w Helen Wheels LAND MASS & MAMMOTH VS CONDOR & TEMPEST APPLEBY /w Jake Sloan Emma "Land Mass and Mammoth are huge! How are the two little guys gonna beat them?" Steve DeColt "If anyone can find a way, it's Jake Sloan. Defying the odds is what he does best." Condor and Tempest are severely undersized, but Jake advises them to stick together with quick tags and double teams, and to never stop moving. It works. They run rings around Mammoth! They exhaust Land Mass! Helen is furious, trying to get Jake kicked out of ringside, before trying to trip Tempest. Helen only succeeds in getting herself kicked out, but causes enough of a distraction that Tempest gets squashed with a Ten Ton Avalanche. 1. 2. 3. LAND MASS & MAMMOTH WIN (5:57) BACKSTAGE BLACK SHEEP is trying to light a cigarette under a No Smoking sign, but his lighter isn't working. Little does he know that JOHN McCLEAN is spying on him from the shadows. JOHN McCLEAN That's right, you animal. Enjoy your sin sticks. Mr Whipper will surely fire you once he sees this flagrant rule breaking. Before he can light up, a MYSTERIOUS WOMAN approaches BLACK SHEEP. They talk in whispers, and Black Sheep hands her a wad of cash, before leading her inside. JOHN McCLEAN Scandal! I've got you now! DECOLT LOCKER ROOM JULIE FORLETTA interviews ALEX DECOLT. JULIE FORLETTA Last week you and your brother Jack lost the Tag Team Titles. How are you feeling? ALEX DECOLT Like I let everyone down. Which is exactly what I did. I wanted to follow in my father's foosteps. I wanted me and Jack to be like the Calgary Wolverines, but my Dad never ran from a bully. Whipper Spencer Marks never abandoned his partner when he needed him. Maybe I don't- DAN DALAY kicks through the door and levels Alex with a big boot. Julie runs for safety. DAN DALAY C'mere dweeb! You look thirsty. He drags a stunned and struggling Alex to the bathroom and shoves his head into the toilet, flushing to give him a swirly. Julie returns with Security, who struggle to pull the giant away. Alex coughs and splutters and gasps for breath, utterly humiliated. BARRY BOWEN VS HOWLING DOG Steve DeColt "Barry Bowen came tantalizingly close to scoring a date with yours truly at WrestleFestival, and he blames Howling Dog for denying him the pleasure of my company." Bowen smashes Dog into the turnbuckles before he's even finished his war dance. Emma "Boo! What a cheap shot!" Dog tries to go on the warpath, but the train has already left the station. Mighty blows. Powerful slams. Bowen's picking up steam, and no amount of courage can slow him down. Dog unleashes desperation tomahawk chops, but Bowen's a Runaway Train! The Train Wreck (High Velocity Shoulder Tackle) sends Dog tumbling out of the ring, where Bowen is happy to continue the punishment. He repeatedly hurls him into the barricades. Into the ring post. Referee Andy Gordy threatens a disqualification, but Bowen doesn't care. He prepares to powerbomb Dog through the announce table, and that's when Steve DeColt gets in his face. Steve DeColt "Don't you dare! You pick him up I put you down." Emma "Oooh. Is he going to get suspended again?" Bowen pauses, suddenly having second thoughts... and that's when Dog backdrops him through the announce table! Steve just barely pulls Emma out of harm's way. NO CONTEST (6:09) Security and doctors flood in to check on the fighters and keep them apart. Howling Dog rolls back in the ring, fired up and willing to fight, even though he can barely stand. Bowen's hurt, but still manages to shove away any doctor foolish enough to get close. Jerome Turner "We apologise, folks. This one got out of hand and obviously it cannot continue. No winner tonight, but I don't think we've see the last of these two in the ring." PARKING LOT JOHN McCLEAN is once again spying on BLACK SHEEP, who is meeting with a Shady Individual in the parking lot. Money is exchanged, and Black Sheep picks up a mysterious crate from the back of the Individual's van. McClean takes more pictures. Jerome Turner "Last night the stars or CGC were in Lloydminster, Alberta. Here's what you missed." Emma "My Uncle's from Lloydminster!" A furious ROCKY PSYCHO hammers TED MOORE with punches until the referee calls for the bell. TKO! Roger Rogers cheers on his hired gun; NELSON BLAIS, but ED MONTON catches a crossbody and hits a Fallaway Slam for the pin. CGC TELEVISION TITLE MATCH MOOSE MULDER VS DAN DALAY /w Eric Tyler Steve DeColt "I remember this Dan DaLay from school. Even kids in my class were afraid of him, but Alex always got it worst." Emma "Moose Punch! Moose Punch! Moose Punch!" Finally picking on someone (almost) his own size, DaLay needs more advice from his teacher than usual, only managing to overpower Moose with handful of hair. DaLay bullies his ever-so-slightly smaller opponent around the ring with wedgies and purple nurples, but Moose is a grown man. He goes on a rampage with some burly brawling, but Tyler instructs DaLay to duck the Moose Punch and hit a Big Boot! 1... 2... 3! DAN DALAY RETAINS (6:02) Jerome Turner "A formidable monster, learning from the most devious man in CGC. Can anyone stop Dan DaLay?" DECOLT LOCKER ROOM A forlorn ALEX DECOLT sits in the locker room, watching DaLay's celebration on a monitor. GEORGE DECOLT sits down next to him. GEORGE DECOLT I'm not going to make you fight him, Alex. You're your own man. You make your own decisions. But I think you should. And once the fists start flying and the sweat gets in your eyes you'll stop seeing him as that punk kid who made your teenage years hell. He'll be just like every other opponent you've faced. He's big, but you've fought bigger. He's tough but you've beat tougher. He's got Tyler on his side, but you've got your old man. I could never help you with your homework, but you should listen to me now. Fight him. Or you'll spend your whole life running. BACKSTAGE JOHN McCLEAN practically drags an irritated WHIPPER SPENCER MARKS through backstage towards a particular locker room door. JOHN McCLEAN Come, Mr Whipper. I believe I have caught that dastardly wretch Black Sheep engaged in most duplicitous acts. I believe narcotics are involved. A woman of ill-repute! I have tailed him all night, and it all leads to this door. I insist that you see for yourself, so Black Sheep can get the punishment he deserves! With a sigh, Whipper knocks, but that's not good enough for McClean, he barges through the door to find... A Child's Birthday Party, with BLACK SHEEP signing autographs and BATTERING LAMB giving piggy-back rides to the happy children. The Mysterious Woman? A CLOWN. The object in the mysterious crate. A fabulous birthday cake. JOHN McCLEAN What? No. This is... He's up to something, Mr Whipper. I'll find it! McClean attempts to search the room, but immediately trips and falls into the cake, destroying it. The birthday boy cries. Battering Lamb is furious. UPCOMING EVENTS Saturday Week 2 March - CGC Live! in Lethbridge, Alberta Saturday Week 3 March - CGC Live! in Kelowna, British Columbia Sunday Week 3 March - TITLE BOUT WRESTLING in Langley, British Columbia Sunday Week 4 March - THE DECOLT WRESTLEFESTIVAL in Red Deer, Alberta Sunday Week 1 April - TITLE BOUT WRESTLING in Langley, British Columbia Saturday Week 2 April - CGC Live! in Slave Lake, Alberta Saturday Week 3 April - CGC Live! in Cranbrook, British Columbia ED MONTON Roger Rogers had a surprise waiting for me in Lloydminster, and I'm sure he'll have another one for me this Saturday in Lethbridge. I told him I won't stand for his dirty tricks, and I aim to be a man of my word. In every town and city in Canada. ERIC TYLER VS JACK DECOLT Steve DeColt "I know I'm ready for WrestleFestival, but is Eric Tyler? He stole the victory in the No.1 contender's match. Let's see if he can handle the Teen Titan, Jack DeColt." Emma "Tyler seems excited. Should he be excited?" Jack attacks with amateur wrestling takedowns and mat-based submission attempts, but Tyler isn't taken by surprise. He has Jack well scouted. Blocking, countering, then condescendingly offering to teach young Jack those same blocks and counters. Frustrated at the 'lessons', Jack gets impetuous, and Tyler takes him to school, teaching him a lesson using every trick in the book. Eye-gouging. Hair-pulling. Cheating behind the referee's back while explaining to Jack exactly how he's doing it. Jack explodes with Flying Shoulder Tackles and Suplexes. Canadian Backbreaker! Tyler begs off, and the boy scout falls for it. Sucker Punch! Tradition Lift (Double Chicken Wing)! No stranger to submissions, Jack escapes, and honours his father with the Iron Claw! Tyler twists, he turns, he rolls through! 1... 2... 3! ERIC TYLER WINS (11:27) Eric Tyler celebrates as Steve DeColt checks on Jack, who is unhurt but furious with the outcome. ERIC TYLER Settle down and listen up. Jack, you were a difficult student, but I think you learned a valuable lesson here tonight. Your family traditions are only going to take you so far. If you want to make it to the top, you'd be a fool not to join me. Next week, Steve's got a lesson to learn, and I've picked the perfect substitute teacher to act in my stead. Steve DeColt's opponent will be.... Jack DeColt!

I can be either. Or neither. Or both. It depends on how you want to book them. Personally I lean more towards the Von Erichs. Like Fritz Von Erich, George DeColt was a major heel (flamboyant "Gorgeous" gimmick, instead of evil German) who settled into a specific region (Western Canada, instead of Texas) to become a beloved local figure. He raised his sons there, and started a wrestling promotion that those sons became the stars of. How is that different from Stu Hart? How is that different from the Stone Family? I don't know. I guess because the Stones feel more like a more fitting fantasy version of the Harts, it's a better contrast to lean into the Von Erich elements for the DeColts. They're big. They brawl. The Iron Claw finish, which I believe is part of the 1977 mod, is something I'm using for the rookie DeColts. I always imagined young Ricky DeColt wrestling barefoot, like Kevin Von Erich. Of course, there's nowhere near as much tragedy to the DeColt Family. There's a defection and a divorce and Alex goes off the deep end (I think getting institutionalized is part of a non-canon mod). Ricky breaks his foot as some point. That'll teach him not to wear boots. I almost went to see The Iron Claw movie. I wonder if it would influence my writing.

AI is a very powerful tool. I can see why it's so controversial. Deadlines kill the perfectionism I have in my brain. I wanted this to be perfect, so I would have loved another two weeks to work on this before posting. Maybe three. Let's call it a month. Given the chance, I would still be tweaking episode 1 right now... but I gave myself a deadline. I had to post on the first Sunday of 2024, and keep posting weekly to keep things in 'real time' (minus 17 years). This project isn't perfect, but it exists... which is more than I can say for a lot of my projects, inside and outside of TEW. CGC's TV only being an hour long also helps. More wrestling shows should be an hour long.

SUNDAY WEEK 4 FEBRUARY 1997 Calgary, Alberta (528 in attendance) Broadcast on Alberta On Air (3,319) and BCB (3,619). Combined Rating <0.01 DeColts arrive 64 MAVERICK & BIFF VS CHANDLER & MOOSE 39 Eric Tyler & Steve DeColt Confrontation 65 Prince George & Quesnel Highlights 38 Barry Bowen Promo 47 ROCKY PSYCHO VS BOB CASEY 27 Frenchie's Five; Foreigners 43 JOHN McCLEAN VS BLACK SHEEP 45 Roger Rogers & Ed Monton Argue 36 Upcoming Events /w Rogers 35 SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE VS ALEX & JACK DECOLT 54 Steve Chooses His Choice 63 Final Show Rating 57 No one saw the title change coming? Personally, I thought I'd telegraphed it a little too much. I went back and forth on how this would go down in the planning stages, but sometimes you write yourself into a corner by stacking the odds too much against the babyfaces. I had planned to make this save 'canon' by following the actual CGC title changes, but that idea is already out of the window now. In the real CGC history, the DeColts did retain here... but in the real CGC history, Dan DaLay is still working indies, so maybe the whole idea was moot from the start. Any thoughts on the tag belts? I was really stumped for something more interesting than eagles and globes, until I thought of them as tribute belts to the Calgary Wolverines. It took many rounds of AI to stop ripping off the X-Men character. FEBRUARY BUSINESS ROUND UP This month CGC lost $69k. Better than last month, but I'm still disappointed. I really thought it was going to be $30k-40k, which as bad as it sounds I consider an acceptable loss while trying to expand the company. I've pondered a lot of changes, but ultimately I think I have been shooting myself in the foot when it comes to my perception of live events. I've been picturing CGC going to the same small venues I used to perform in when I worked the indies. Gentleman's Clubs. School gyms. Conference rooms in Rugby Clubs. The occasional Leisure Centre. I've added venues to TEW with that in mind, scaled for anywhere between 300 to 800 fans. Even then, I've been wringing my hands together, wondering if smaller Canadian towns even had venues for such things. Forgetting two things. 1) Ice Hockey exists, with 2,000 to 5,000 seat venues all over Western Canada. And 2) CGC aren't a no name indy. They're very popular in Alberta and British Columbia. The game literally tells me a lesser event will draw 1,200 fans. Those extra ticket sales (at $15-18 each) more than likely fix my finances. To an acceptable loss. So there's my fix. Future venues will be set up to resemble small ice hockey venues. Not function rooms in wedding venues. It almost feels like cheating, but no. George DeColt and his boys can draw that, and the towns can hold that. Once or twice a year anyhow. Although speaking of George, I'm noticing he's costing me $2.5k a show. I fixed his son's contracts, but I may have to leave him off some shows. He's mostly behind the camera at this point. Top Performers: Eric Tyler (78 in his only match) Steve Flash (66 in 2) Barry Bowen (64 in 6) Steve DeColt (61 in 6) Ed Monton (55 in 5) - After taking January off, Bowen steamrolls over most of the roster. Worst Performers: Christopher Hart (12) Bob Casey (20) Dirty Frank (20) Mario Heroic (24) Ted Moore (25) - Same guys, different order. Hart is on the chopping block. He's based in America and too much of a project. Punching Above Their Weight: Xander Robinson (46) and Johnny Maverick (45) seem to be getting over despite losing a lot and getting zero promo time. Moose Mulder (41) has been killing it on live events. Most Improved: Steve Flash (up 17 skill points, cheating as he works for 3 promotions) Switchblade Mike (+16) Jack DeColt (+15) Moose Mulder (+12) Black Sheep (+12) Best Show: CGC Live! in Medicine Hat (Week 3 - 62) The DeColts mixed it up with the School of Tradition and Moose overdelivered against Bowen... in front of 400 people. Worst Show: Title Bout Wrestling (Week 3 - 55) Eric Tyler becomes No.1 contender in a show that needed a good promo segment. Decent enough. Best Match: Barry Bowen vs Moose Mulder in Medicine Hat (68). Hellacious brawl. Worst Match: Land Mass vs Jake Sloan (19). Between travel for Land Mass and Sloan's base fee, I paid a lot for this dreck. I could have thrown two local bums $20 each to do better. Watch me book a rematch. Despite being in jail, Christian Faith is repeatedly being touted by online fans as The Most Entertaining Wrestler in the world. Next week on Title Bout Wrestling... CGC Canadian Title Match: Moose Mulder vs Dan DaLay Barry Bowen vs Howling Dog Eric Tyler vs Jack DeColt ... and Eric Tyler names Steve DeColt's next opponent.

Jerome Turner "Last month, the DeColt Boys successfully defended their CGC Tag Team Titles from the Soldiers of fortune, but the arrival of Dan DaLay has shaken Alex DeColt to his core. DaLay will be at ringside tonight. Will that be the difference maker in this huge main event rematch?" BACKSTAGE The CGC Tag Team champions arrive. JACK DECOLT immediately sees a crew member struggling to carry some equipment and rushes to go help. ALEX DECOLT freezes in terror when he sees at the other end of the corridor... DAN DALAY laughs and walks away. HOLLYWOOD MAVERICK & BIFF THE BRUISER VS MOOSE MULDER & EDDIE CHANDLER Jerome Turner "Maverick and Eddie Chandler have developed quite the rivalry lately. As have Moose and Biff on live events all across Western Canada." Biff and Moose throw hands, while Maverick and Eddie take things to the mat. No time for teamwork, everyone practically fights their own partners to get their hands on their specific rival. To his credit, Moose tries to encourage some double teams on Biff, but Eddie only has eyes for Maverick. Biff's throws a wild Lariat, but Moose ducks and it takes Maverick's head off. Similarly, Biff ducks a Moose Punch that winds up knocking out Eddie. Neither big man seems to care, as they continue to throw hands at each other. CHANCE, FATE and DAN DALAY hit the ring and attack Moose and Biff. NO CONTEST (7:03) DaLay levels Moose with a Big Boot, while the Soldiers of Fortune take out Biff with a Spinebuster/Senton Combo. Fending off Security, they look to continue the beating on the helpless Maverick and Eddie. ERIC TYLER gets into the ring and calls off the troops. Not those two. He lets the youngsters go free, even helping Chandler to his feet and personally handing him to Security, before taking a microphone. ERIC TYLER Settle down and listen up. School is now in session. Today's lesson is in Timing. I could have won the CGC World Title two months ago, but the timing wasn't right. Where better than WrestleFestival to begin the new era of Canadian Golden Combat? Where better than WrestleFestival to teach the DeColts a lesson they'll never forget? George DeColt's degenerate dream will become his nightmare as I take the heart and soul from the DeColt Family. STEVE DECOLT struts his stuff to the ring. STEVE DECOLT You're a lucky man, Eric Tyler. Stunning Steve doesn't usually do second dates, but at WrestleFestival I'll be making an exception. But don't expect things to go any differently for you this time around. I beat you before I'll beat you again. You can call last week a victory if you want, but anyone with eyes can see you stole it. You hid and let others do the work before sneaking in and- ERIC TYLER I won with a legitimate wrestling move! A reverse cradle. Some know it as the Schoolboy, although I can see why that would be confusing to you, given your obvious lack of experience with both traditional wrestling and fine schooling. Besides, you only beat me before because you cheated. You took advantage of an exposed turnbuckle- STEVE DECOLT Stunning Steve does a lot of things, but he doesn't cheat! You're the one who exposed that turnbuckle. You're the one who tried to cheat. And you did it because you know you're not capable of beating me. ERIC TYLER You have no idea what I'm capable of, boy. So allow me to educate you. You wish to test my qualifications? Pick anyone on the roster, and next week I will take them to school, but only if I get to do the same for you. STEVE DECOLT Bring it on. I'm not afraid of you, your student, or your hired thugs. ERIC TYLER You should be. Because tonight these 'hired thugs' are going to give you a preview of WrestleFestival when they confiscate a pair of belts from around DeColt waists. Jerome Turner "This week the stars of Canadian Golden Combat headed North for a spectacular pair of shows. Friday night we were in Prince George..." WOLFGANG ZIMMERMAN squeezes the life out of TED MOORE with a Ragdoll Bear Hug. Steel chair in one hand and an envelope stuffed with cash in the other, FATE advances on STEVE DECOLT. Steve knocks the envelope out of his hand, sending the money flying! Fate tries to recover the payoff! Running Bulldog! 1... 2... 3! Jerome Turner "... before making our way to Quesnel on Saturday." An unhinged ROCKY PSYCHO yanks TEMPEST APPLEBY off the top rope and hammers him with punches until the referee calls for the bell. TKO! HOWLING DOG tomahawk chops his way out of WOLFGANG ZIMMERMAN's Ragdoll Bearhug, and hits the Sky High Spinebuster for the pin! INTERVIEW ZONE JULIE FORLETTA tries not to get too close as she interviews BARRY BOWEN. BARRY BOWEN I should be headlining WrestleFestival, and I would be if it hadn't been for a cowardly Dog refusing to stay still and take his medicine! Howling Dog! I'm gonna run you down! Splat! Road Kill! Next Week! There's a Runaway Train a-comin', and you can't out-run it! ROCKY PSYCHO VS BOB CASEY Jerome Turner "Rocky has already scored some dominant victories, but his temper is putting him on thin ice with the CGC matchmaking committee." Rocky outwrestles his opponent with elegant arms drags and fancy head scissors. Partly due to skill. Partly because Bob is terrified of making him angry. Bob finally gets (un)lucky with a back elbow, and Rocky Psycho snaps! No elegance, Nothing fancy. He launches himself at Bob and hammers him with punches and stomps. Hapless Bob tries to flee but Rocky starts hurling him into the guardrails. Referee Andy Gordy starts counting them out as Psycho rains more punches, and more kicks... before rolling inside to beat the count. ROCKY PSYCHO WINS (4:11) Psycho immediately tries to continue the assault, but Security have surrounded poor Casey, curled up in the fetal position. FRENCHIE'S FIVE FRENCHIE MARCEL Canadian Golden Combat has ze finest talent Canada has to offer, but some fighters come from far further afield. Who has travelled the furthest to compete between ze golden ropes? JOHN McCLEAN Well this explains a lot! He's not even from here! JOHN McCLEAN VS BLACK SHEEP Jerome Turner "Black Sheep has become a thorn in McClean's pristine side." McClean insists that Black Sheep is thoroughly checked for foreign objects, and Referee Gregory Chapman finds a beer, brass knuckles, fluffy handcuffs, another beer, several packs of cigarettes, and a working tazer. McClean jumps the Black Sheep, determined to wipe the floor with him, until his tights get pulled down during a sunset flip, exposing his tighty whities. McClean tries to pull them up, but Black Sheep keeps his hands busy with madcap mat wrestling, and a little light spanking. McClean pokes the eyes and is finally able to pull up his tights, but turns around to find Black Sheep mooning him. McClean is aghast! Roll up! 1... 2... 3! BLACK SHEEP WINS (6:29) McClean complains to the referee as Black Sheep collects his contraband, cracks open a beer, and celebrates in the crowd. INTERVIEW ZONE JON JETSON has pushed the wheelchair-bound ROGER ROGERS into the interview zone. ROGER ROGERS Last week, Ed Monton continued his cruel and unfair assault on me. He has gone from violently kidnapping me, to now getting my clients disqualified. This costs me money! This is financial abuse! I am being victimised in an unlawful campaign of hate and I demand that CGC officials do something about it! ED MONTON I didn't 'get you' anything. Your boy got caught with a weapon in a wrestling match. What did you think would happen? I said I wasn't going to let you get away with dirty tricks, and I meant it. You play things straight, you'll never hear from me again. JON JETSON You know something, Ed. I never noticed it before, but I'm starting to realise I don't like you very much. ED MONTON You know something, Jon. I think the feeling's mutual. How about we do something about it. You. Me. WrestleFestival. Leave Rogers at home, but bring that steel chain. I'm sure one of us will find a use for it. UPCOMING EVENTS Saturday Week 1 March - CGC Live! Lloydminster, Alberta Sunday Week 1 March - TITLE BOUT WRESTLING in Edmonton, Alberta Saturday Week 2 March - CGC Live! in Lethbridge, British Columbia Saturday Week 3 March - CGC Live! in Kelowna, British Columbia Sunday Week 3 March - TITLE BOUT WRESTLING in Langley, British Columbia Sunday Week 4 March - THE DECOLT WRESTLEFESTIVAL in Red Deer, Alberta ROGER ROGERS Ed Monton's not going have the last laugh. He's not going to make it to WrestleFestival. I'm going to have someone waiting for him in Lloydminster this Saturday. Mark my words! CGC TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH /w Dan DaLay SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE ALEX & JACK DECOLT Jerome Turner "The DeColts just barely beat Chance and Fate last month, and now the Soldiers have a massive difference maker in their corner. Referee Francis Long needs to have eyes in the back of his head for this one." Jack takes the Soldiers by surprise with amateur wrestling takedowns and submission attempts, but Alex is completely thrown off by Dan DaLay's presence at ringside. He misses tags. Messes up simple double teams. He accidentally collides with Jack before falling victim to the Soldier's cohesive destruction and getting caught behind enemy lines. DaLay takes great pleasure in watching the Soldiers do exactly what they've been paid to do, bully Alex with noogies and wet willies while keeping him as close to DaLay as possible. Alex frantically breaks free of a double team wedgie and tags in Jack! The Teen Titan explodes with Flying Shoulder Tackles and Suplexes! Canadian Backbreaker! He takes a Chance on an Iron Claw, but Fate intervenes. The numbers game start to catch up to him, while Alex is practically having a panic attack on the apron. Alex is knocked off of the apron and when he gets up, Dan DaLay is looming over him. Alex instinctively backs up, further away from the ring. He can see Jack getting mauled by the Soldiers, but the only way to help is through his old bully. Alex balls up his fists and- DaLay charges, and Alex runs away. All alone, Jack manages a surprise suplex and desperation roll up! 1... 2... Fate says no. The Soldiers maul him two-on-one. Spinebuster/Senton Combo. 1. 2. 3. SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE WIN THE CGC TAG TEAM TITLES (11:43) The Soldiers of Fortune take the belts, as ERIC TYLER joins them to celebrate in the ring. INTERVIEW ZONE WHIPPER SPENCER MARKS is with STEVE DECOLT, who is clearly angry at what he just saw. WHIPPER SPENCER MARKS Chaotic scenes once again on Title Bout Wrestling, and a big win for Eric Tyler's men, but Steve, have you decided who will fight him next week? Before he can speak, JACK DECOLT stumbles in, out of breath, hurting, shrugging off the doctor who's trying to check his ribs. JACK DECOLT Steve! Did you see what just happened??? Alex ran off and... and that danged Dan DaLay... that danged Eric Tyler... You've gotta pick me, Steve. Let me take that no good sneak Eric Tyler down a peg. I can handle it. I'm... I'm mad as heck! STEVE DECOLT You've got it, Jack. Eric Tyler needs a dose of DeColt Justice, and there's no one I'd rather have delivering it than you. Next week, Eric Tyler fights Jack DeColt.

Filling out more of the Canadian scene in 1997. Samson Granger Keita Fukao Babylon

Don't go to the trouble of setting them up for generated workers, but don't ditch the pictures entirely. A good pic pack should have a wide assortment of images for the player to use as they see fit. As user characters. As alternate looks for characters when they change looks/grow up/lose their mask/lose their hair. Younger. Older. All shapes and sizes to fulfill whatever needs the player has, not the game.