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An update: The roster list on page one has been updated for the current Season Eleven roster. The four coming from Omega are noted as such next to their names, and are still in danger of not making it to the final roster if we get any new PCs signed up by Sunday night. This also means that for PCs returning from Season Ten, you'll see your updated XP totals for training purposes, too. New bios for all GMPCs are also live, except for Sterling Silver. Her official bio contains spoilers for things to be revealed after the sign-up period closes, and so will not be edited in until such a time as she is safely on the main roster for Season Eleven (if that happens). DEADLINE FOR NEW PC SIGNUPS ENDS IN ROUGHLY 72 HOURS FROM THE TIME OF THIS POST!!!

The following is why I’m supposed to be too busy at work instead of having essentially a week “off” that I still have to show up to work and make appearances in between the vastly reduced number of child abuse referrals for the week. (Thank schools being off for winter break for that.) Nothing is set in stone yet—I don’t even have a copy of my official League spreadsheet with me to see how vast these changes would look over a three-season sample—but I am beginning to re-tool the OVR calculations for match results. After three seasons I’ve noticed that the OVR totals are a touch higher than I’d expected, and much of the fault lies in 2* matches barely affecting the loser of the match, and 1* bouts not affecting the loser as much as planned. The idea is to recalibrate the formula to be a bit harsher on the loser of a match at 2* or below, but be a bit more lax on 4* and up. The idea being, of course, that putting forth a great contest makes you look better even in defeat. A match’s division may also come into play in this newer formula, but that’s not decided yet. It is also as yet uncertain whether I will apply these new formulae retroactively as a sort of “rebalancing” of the roster. This idea is likely going to take a bit of work to set up, so the absolute earliest it would be put into effect is Season Twelve. The upshot is that I’ll have four months to fine tune the thing if I do aim for a Season Twelve deployment!

The real-life counterpart of Mel O’Hallister nods in approval. (He knew the song just by name.) 🤘

All right, so it’s high time I started getting back into good League work habits now that the holidays are behind us (and more importantly, now that I’ve survived Whamageddon for another year, lol). The working agenda for this week…okay, for tonight specifically: Make sure all GMPC stat updates are done. Ensure all characters’ OVR, SPR, and Body Health are updated for start of Season Eleven Get the George Stevens render/headshot onto CV background and put it on my Imgur, and update sheets/documents accordingly. Update database with a few updated pictures that will be coming in this thread after the New Year, as a hype teaser for Season Eleven. (We once again have Croquemitaine to thank for this!) Also to get those same pictures into my Imgur if they’re not there already, and get my links updated on my master spreadsheet and Show in Progress documents to reflect this. Go back through my PMs, Discord chats, and the like to make sure I haven’t missed an already standing order to redo a PC’s moveset, and if I have, to redo said moveset. RELATED TO THE ABOVE: If you have a PC who you’d like me to regenerate a moveset for/wish to manually adjust your own moveset, deadline to notify me about that is also January 9. I’d like to have a little time to make sure everything works properly if any changes are to be made for PCs! FINALLY, if there is still time after all of the above, I might look into adding a couple new characters to Omega and at least getting stats and such laid out to prep for movesets. Current ideas in my head include: Jessica Solomon/Devil’s Angel, a high wizardess right out of a fantasy novel, the younger sister of a current main roster member (and no, I’m not revealing any names until the first actual Omega update late in the season), and a couple more “out there” ideas designed to be experimental character builds housed within more gimmicky, sports-entertainment character types. UNRELATED TO THE ABOVE… So, remember when I said that The League is CVerse-adjacent? That reason is why I can state the below and not have it come off as wrestling blasphemy. Theme Song for Lance Heartilly: Europe’s Final Countdown (not a sound alike, the actual song). I will now accept the cries of heretic in the replies below. 🤪

Two things on the Friday before Christmas… 1) PC trait point (TP) allocation. It’s the most confusing time for most players in the offseason. So I’m going to try to hit all the high points in the notes here to make things easier for y’all leading up to Season Eleven. * Any current negative traits a wrestler has can be worsened by one level if applicable. (So if a character already has, say, Puny Human Lv 1, Fish Out of Water Lv 1, and Gasses Easily Lv 2, that character can worsen any or all of those traits by one level to gain additional TP.) * One (1) single new negative trait can be applied, as long as limits are adhered to. (Continuing the above example, our fictional character also takes Toothpick Arms.) * Players may use the resulting balance of TP for any positive traits they deem fit, once again adhering to trait limits. (Keeping the example going, this character puts a level into Respected Brawler (new) and two into Ground and Pound (new), and improves Raw Power (existing) by a level. He is unable to grab Impact Player because he is at his three trait limit for that category.) * Any TP not spent by January 9 will be banked for next season. * All GMPCs have had this done already and updates will be shown on or around January 9. * For convenience, the current TP totals for PCs are listed below. These totals already include the 1 TP granted for finishing Season Ten on the main roster: Christian Priest: 1 TP Diamond: 1 TP (trait assignment is done) Kichi Hida: trait assignment is done since November. 😀 Lucas Molina: see also “Kichi Hida.” Monty Dhillon: 2 TP Nuclear Templeton: 1 TP Scott Stevens: 1 TP 2) Possible reworking of body wear mechanic. I’m knocking together an idea that slightly changes how the “wear and tear” factor is calculated. Instead of increasing by a factor of 1.01 a season (100 > 101 > 102.01, etc), I’m looking into making the factor be derived from the overall body health of a wrestler coming in to a season. In practice this is likely to lead to more frequent rests for GMPCs and at the same time emulates the fact that everyone wears down at different rates, and may make for a more dynamic League that puts a greater emphasis on PCs. After all, they have the alternate treatment available that isn’t sitting out a season, this would make them more likely to advance divisions faster. Plus it would give me an excuse to make more than a couple wrestlers to add to the Omega Division and give me a chance to play with more experimental builds. I am still in the testing phase of this change and the earliest it would go into effect would be for Season Twelve, should I decide to implement it. Working Example: Consider the cases of Big Scott Weathers and Blood River. Both are entering their fourth consecutive season of competition. Under the current rules, their wear and tear penalty is (1.01 ^ 3), or 1.0303. In layman’s terms, the damage they accumulate over the season is increased by 3%. So if the head were to lose 1 point of overall health, the wear and tear penalty would make it 1.03 points. This is static for both wrestlers despite River having suffered little lasting damage over the last three seasons, and Weathers having suffered more. With the proposed system, the body health of the wrestlers would be used to determine a wear and tear rate that applies for the entirety of the season. With the formula I’m working with at present, these changes are less than 1% overall between the current values and the proposed. The two individuals named are the largest outliers. Weathers: at his fourth consecutive season, he should be receiving 3.03% more damage. However under the proposed rules, due to having taken nearly 11 full points of body health damage (89.30 current head condition, 99.72 current body condition), the wear and tear favor for Weathers would come out to 5.49%, meaning he’d take more damage than normal due to the abuse he’s suffered already. River: also in his fourth consecutive season, so expected wear and tear is also 3.03%. However, River has managed in three seasons to only lose just over point and a half from his overall health (head 98.42, body 99.996). With the proposed formula, this translates to only 0.79% additional damage, a far cry better than the expected 3% figure. Again, these examples are the most extreme in either direction. But the ability to make everyone unique in their wear and tear is an idea I’m still tinkering with pursuing down the line.

So, little thought project for me over the last few days… Theme music. What would GMPCs use? Now, I will preface this with one disclaimer. Normally when I think C-Verse, I try to imagine that the names of bands, sports teams, etc. do not exist. So there is no “Avenged Sevenfold” or the like in my version of the C-Verse. I also realize I broke that rule in the last week of Season Ten during the Nocturne segment, calling out Sixx:A.M. by name. So I’m looking at doing this by the following guidelines: * Unless specifically stated, the songs listed are meant to be “sound alike.” The actual themes will be slightly different but overall they’re meant to be similar to the songs listed. (Author’s note: this exists in reality too. Tell me that DDP’s WCW theme isn’t Smells Like Teen Spirit, or that Christian Cage’s Impact/AEW theme isn’t Evanescence’s My Last Breath, and I’ll tell you that you’re a filthy liar. 🤪) * This is not a complete list. I have a mostly-finished one at home, these are just going off of memory. * A few artists will repeat on this list. This is allowed because it’s my list and by and large my Spotify I’m pulling these from. 🤣 With the disclaimers aside…let’s start the list! The League itself: “Ten Thousand Fists” by Disturbed. For the early seasons, this was the opening theme to the weekly shows and is one of the “real” songs that has jumped into my C-Verse canon. Angela Wassermann: Much like reality’s Ronda Rousey, Wassermann kept her MMA theme for The League—Rammstein’s “Du Hast.” Brian Blackfield: Something he has become for many a wrestler over the last three seasons—“Nightmare” by Avenged Sevenfold. Billy Norris: One of a couple that I admit I’m blatantly stealing the ideas of from reality. In my head I envision something similar to Billy Kidman’s WCW theme for his entrance. Yoshii Nakamatsu: In the same vein as Norris, Nakamatsu gets a theme cribbed from reality. In this case, my personal all-time favorite wrestling theme—Ken Shamrock’s WWF theme. Nocturne: The Aerie’s star pupil gets two. One is her teacher’s final entrance theme, Sixx:A.M.’s “Rise” as mentioned before, which is her standard theme as it was gifted to her from Will Prydor himself (and this is one of the actual songs). The other is a more personal choice for her, and not truly suited to a wrestling theme—“Fight Song” by Rachel Platten. Mel O’Hallister: Rounding out this initial list of things I clearly remember, the fact that the character is a blatant nod to my roommate continues with one of his favorite songs as an entrance theme—“Primo Victoria” by Sabaton. Devil’s Delight: Can’t believe I almost forgot this one. One of my favorite songs in recent memory, the opening line of the refrain is what makes it speak to Delight’s backstory and character—“Entertain You” by Within Temptation. EDITED TO ADD THE FOLLOWING: Big Scott Weathers: I don't really have a rationale for this one, it just kind of stuck to me. "Fade to Grey" as performed by Exit Eden. Blood River: I was originally going to give River a song pulled from a video game based on the name of said song, but I was reminded of another song that's not on Spotify that fits better. So I submit for consideration the following--"Lies" by Evanescence. Brandy McDonald: We're staying with the same band for this one. (Yes, there is a lot of female-fronted rock and metal on my Spotify, why do you ask?) In this case, it's a message she tries to send to all of her opponents to remind them who they are--"Everybody's Fool" by Evanescence. Daniel Simmons: Probably not a song suitable for broadcast television, but that's why The League is a streaming-only venture at this point, haha--"No More" by Disturbed. De'siree Mitchell: Going back to my favorite band here, and one of their newer songs. Also kind of makes sense for her history as a football nose tackle--"The Reckoning" by Within Temptation. Diego Rodriguez: While he's a face, he kind of subscribes to the Cobra Kai mentality. If a man can't stand, etc. To wit--"Last Man Standing" by HammerFall. El Tornado: This one is solely based on the name of the song, and not much more--"Control the Storm" by Delain. George Mastachas: He's let the Season Ten championship get to his head. He's demanded League offices that his new theme is to be "Hail to the King" by Avenged Sevenfold. Jimmy Anarchy: Here's another one that doesn't really have a reason except that it seemed to tell me that this was right--"One Step Closer" by Linkin Park. Jun Onoo: Jun has decided that he's going to avoid the stereotypical Japanese-sounding songs for something more American--"Riot" by Three Days Grace. Lord Robert Abernathy: His Lordship chooses a rather stereotypical piece that goes with one of his finishers--"God Save the Queen." Pulsar: Pulsar was looking for a rather fast-paced song that wasn't DragonForce, and found a decent alternative in "Devour" by Shinedown. Reverend Johnny Gross: As befits his Southern Baptist nature, Gross uses a traditional hymn for his entrance, an instrumental version of "Rescue the Perishing." Sterling Silver: Kind of fitting for her stance, a luchadora who refuses to wrestle in Mexico if absolutely possible, Silver's song of choice is "Rise" by Skillet. (Not to be confused by the song of the same name by Sixx:A.M.) The Mastodon: Drawing another song from David Draiman and associates, Mastodon's choice of entrance themes fits how he thinks of himself--"The Brave and the Bold" by Disturbed. SONGS YET TO BE DETERMINED: Erick Gibson, Indigo Rose, Jean-Paul Ouilette, Lance Heartilly, Markus Clay, Otto von Schwarz, Sin, Terrance Stevens, The Siberian Nightmare

I’ve tried three times in the last week to knock out movesets, and every time I get distracted. 😡 So now I’m posting it to give myself accountability. Thursday, which is normally a night “off” in League activities, is hereby reserved for movesets from 5 pm until 9 pm due to my roommate working overtime that night. Any leftover time on Thursday is for updating Trait sets for GMPCs, which I plan on fleshing out on the spreadsheet while at work tomorrow and Wednesday. THIRD EDIT: So…guess who actually had time on Tuesday night to knock out all four movesets? I still need to test Wassermann’s customized set some more but these are actually done and ready. Thursday is now solely for updating trait/Attribute Sets in WS3, see below for more. Also intend soon(tm) to round out another character or two for Omega. I’ve had a couple ideas pop in my head and I might as well try to make the backstories while the ideas are still fresh. EDITED TO ADD: work done while at work today, list is still pending another five hours of the work day… * Minor updates to GMPC bios for Season Eleven., which will go live on January 9. * Alpha and Beta Division schedules are complete. Gamma Division has names filled in but no gimmick bouts yet. Delta has half the names filled in, also no gimmick bouts. SECOND EDIT: Top three divisions are now fully done, Delta just needs confirmation of names. * My “post update assistant” sheet, which is where I copy/paste the roster updates for records, XP, etc., has been provisionally updated. This alone saves me about 20 minutes of work a week since everything is right there, I just need to add formatting and let the links populate into pictures. * Of 21 confirmed GMPCs, I’ve started TP assignments and updated documentation on the sheet/“Post Update Assistant” to make those accurate for Season Eleven. THIRD EDIT: all GMPCs have had their TP assigned/banked as appropriate. * Physical Health sheet has been updated for wear-and-tear atrophy for Season Eleven. At minor damage every week, the difference is 0.08 between those competing in their fourth straight season and those just starting out over the course of 14 weeks. Subtle, but noticeable over time. * Ideas added for two new GMPCs, one of whom is related to a current roster member but a total opposite of their sibling. This is not Devil’s Angel/Rebecca Solomon as I’ve hinted at in the First and Second Interludes; this is a completely different character.

FINAL OMEGA DIVISION STANDINGS ????????????, 13-4 ????????????, 13-4 ????????????, 12-5 ????????????, 12-5 "Dirty" John Murdoch: 11-6, 9:48.182 Kyler den Boen: 10-7, 9:26.400 Lord Robert Abernathy: 9-8, 11:56.444 Jimmy Anarchy: 9-8, 7:44.222 Sakura Uematsu: 9-8, 10:29.333 Rhys Caddell: 9-8, 13:13.778 Joslin Baroni: 8-9, 7:46.500 Otto von Schwarz: 7-10, 12:35.714 Vladimir Chavinski: 6-11, 11:19.833 The Siberian Nightmare: 6-11, 12:06.000 Elyssa Anderson: 5-12, 10:52.000 Sven Ulafsson: 5-12, 10:30.800 Vaea: 5-12, 12:30.800 Sin: 4-13, 10:01.750 As PCs sign up, I'll reveal the top four from fourth place and moving towards the top. I'm purposely withholding the victory times as those might give away who falls where in the rankings. The top four consist some order of the following: Leon de Ramos, Mickey Steele, Rock Sheridan, and Sterling Silver.

Cross-post from the Rules thread: Couple of dates of interest: * PC SIGNUP DEADLINE FOR SEASON ELEVEN: December 31, 2023, 9:00 PM eastern US time. This allows for any post-holiday signups to occur before starting the new season, and gives me a little time to do the administrative work in getting them added to my documents before… * PLANNED SEASON ELEVEN START DATE: January 13, 2024. In the news post above I mention January 9. That’s when I expect to have an official schedule released, all of the administrative work done, and initial posts updated for the new roster. The first actual show is planned for Saturday the 13th. I intend to keep to my Saturday show posting unless I need to move to a Sunday due to RealLife(tm). * PLANNED SEASON ELEVEN END DATE: If I math correctly, the weekend of April 20, 2024. That should allow for 14 regular season weeks and the traditional midseason Tag Team Turmoil week. Naturally RealLife(tm) may push this back. Decisions on a potential Season Twelve will be debated at that time. EDITED TO ADD: Also, expect at least one roster member to have a new Croquemitaine render for Season Eleven. A second may come if that person gets out of Omega. Both of these have already gotten my nod of approval and are official, I just have to add them to my own Imgur and update the links accordingly on my master documents. Any other renders would be a bonus as I’m not about to demand more from him. I’d rather not get Empire Bombed into oblivion! 😂

We are currently in the lull between Seasons Ten and Eleven. Couple of dates of interest: * PC SIGNUP DEADLINE FOR SEASON ELEVEN: December 31, 2023, 9:00 PM eastern US time. This allows for any post/-holiday signups to occur before starting the new season, and gives me a little time to go the administrative work in getting them added to my documents before… * PLANNED SEASON ELEVEN START DATE: January 13, 2024. In the game thread I mention January 9. That’s when I expect to have an official schedule released, all of the administrative work done, and initial posts updated for the new roster. The first actual show is planned for Saturday the 13th. I intend to keep to my Saturday show posting unless I need to move to a Sunday due to RealLife(tm). * PLANNED SEASON ELEVEN END DATE: If I math correctly, the weekend of April 20, 2024. That should allow for 14 regular season weeks and the traditional midseason Tag Team Turmoil week. Decisions on a potential Season Twelve will be debated at that time.

(Let's end November with one final piece of news that at least one PC will likely welcome. This comes by way of what's become a "traditional" character-development piece of writing in between seasons. This time around? The boss that everyone loves to hate, who may actually be more human than we care to think...) THE LEAGUE, THIRD INTERMISSION: BLACK THURSDAY The Aerie School of Professional Wrestling, November 30, 2023, 3:21 p.m. local time The sound of the phone ringing startled me out of my idle thoughts. I wasn’t sure who would be calling today, since there were no classes scheduled at all today—Thursdays were my rest days before the regular chaos that came with The League and then regular classes during the week. Why change a schedule during the offseason? Shaking my head to clear out any remaining cobwebs, I hit the button to activate the speakerphone. “The Aerie.” “Mr. Prydor? Hold please for Mr. Gibson.” I felt both eyebrows rise a little at this. Wait a second. Karen McClure actually is his administrative assistant? Or is he just living up the gimmick? Why does he have to straddle the line that much? Any further thoughts were quickly discarded as a tired voice came over the airwaves. “Will, Erick Gibson.” “You sound like you’ve had a rough couple of weeks since the season ended, Erick.” “That’s putting it lightly. While I’ve been trying to make a go of it in The League, my so-called loyal subordinates have been plotting to steal my company out from under me. Monday was the last straw, as they managed to divert a lot of business away on Cyber Monday, and because of that and Black Friday not being as lucrative as I had hoped due to their meddling, I’m needing to put out fires in the office before the board takes action.” I’m glad this call wasn’t a video call, as otherwise he would have seen my face screw up in…distaste? Disgust? Simple consternation? “So should I presume this is going to take a few months, Erick? I highly doubt any sort of serious movement is going to happen with the end of year holidays approaching.” I head a heavy sigh on the other end of the call. “Will, I know I walk a tightrope between my on-screen gimmick and my other duties outside the ring. As I know you’re not a competitor in any fashion, I’ll be perfectly blunt with you here. Karen and I both are at our wits’ end. She hasn’t had enough time to help with researching possible counter-strategies with the weekly commitment we’ve agreed to with you, and I certainly have not been doing my part as the CEO of KMEG Manufacturing and Sales, being distracted with trying to break out of the Gamma Division. In the end, I’m afraid wrestling is more of a hobby and a way for us to advertise. I have people here who rely on me to provide jobs, and I’ve been lacking in that regard for a little while now. I need to get my affairs in order before I can come back with a clear conscience.” Ah. Now I could place the emotion that had been scrunching my face up. The dawning realization of dread that some creative maneuvering was about to be needed. “I understand better than you mightthink, Erick. You do realize that by the rules we all agreed to that you’re losing your spot in Gamma Division, even though I think I can tell that’s the last thing on your mind at the moment.” “I do, and it is. Karen and I…we need to get this set right, Will. Unless something disastrous happens, I can see this being cleared up by the spring, and I’ll touch base with you then to fill you in on what plans, if any, have developed. But as it stands we need to step away and save our business, and the livelihoods of a couple hundred workers.” “I understand, Erick. I’m not sure how much help I can be, knowing very little about boardroom politics and manufacturing in general, but the line’s open if you or Karen need an ear to bend. After all, I'm running a business too, after all.” “Appreciated, Will. We’ll make it up to you once we get things done right here. Just one other thing?” I think I knew what was coming next. “That is?” “Don’t let word get out that I’m doing this for the good of others. I have a character reputation to maintain.” Yep. Called that one. “Not a problem. Give my regards to Karen, and if I don’t speak to you again before then, happy holidays, Erick.” “Same to you and yours, Will.” The call disconnected, and the very next word out of my mouth was one completely not suitable for an office environment, and at a volume also not suitable for the office. I already had had to compromise for the Beta and Gamma divisions when Daniel Simmons had to step away for bereavement—and thinking of that made me jot a note down that I should call to check on him sometime next week to see how he’s holding up—but this development with Erick was about to ruin the Gamma Division. Even though I admit, the temptation to simply not relegate Diamond was strong—hell, she was a League Original talent, could it really be held against me if I ruled in her favor this one time?—I knew that was a dangerous slope to travel. If I did it once, who says I wouldn’t do it again? No. I had said on the record that division champions always would promote if able, and last-place finishers would always relegate. I need to stick by that. That still left me the quandary of only seven people in the Gamma Division, and no cushion to keep from relegation. I’m ashamed to admit that it took me about three minutes longer than it should have to realize the solution was right there in the Delta Division all along. There was a third wrestler who had double-digit wins in Delta, a clear step above fourth-place in the division. It would make far more sense for me to promote her than it would to keep Diamond from dropping into Delta. A quick phone call to my wife later, to alert her that she would unfortunately have another article blurb to write for The League, made it official. Part of me wondered just how a certain someone, who was expecting to be the Queen of next season’s Delta Division, would react to finding out that she would not be in Delta after all? Guess I should call her to find out, huh? ============== ============== ============== BREAKING: HOSTILE TAKEOVER THREATS TO CAUSE GAMMA DIVISION VACANCY Tori Montgomery-Prydor, press liaison for The League BALTIMORE, MD—In a move that few inside the wrestling world would have seen coming, Erick Gibson informed League Headquarters that he would miss at least the upcoming Season Eleven, if not beyond, due to bad factors attempting to put him out of business. While Gibson was unavailable to be reached for comment, his administrative assistant and League manager, Karen McClure, provided the following statement. “Corporate espionage has affected the business that Erick Gibson has spent years building. These people seem to believe that while Mr. Gibson is otherwise distracted, that they can sneak in and wrest control of a multimillion-dollar company away from him. Mr. Gibson has worked far too long to let some greedy parasites take what he’s built and sell it to a competitor for mere pennies on the dollar. In order to ensure that his business interests remain his, Mr. Gibson has elected to step away from The League until such time as he has regained control of the company that he singlehandedly put together.” This creates another opening in the Gamma Division, which has already seen one change as Markus Clay was saved from relegation due to the announcement earlier this month of Daniel Simmons requesting to be absent for Season Eleven. “While some will point to the fact that Diamond should be kept in the Gamma Division, I have elected to take a different approach. In the Delta Division last season, three people finished with ten or more wins. Two of them have already earned promotion to the Gamma Division. With this change in the roster, and given where the changes are going to take effect, I feel it’s only proper that the third person to amass a double-digit win total in the Delta Division last season be promoted to the Gamma Division. The bottom half of The League is shaping up to be very interesting, as Delta Division champion Monty Dhillon and second-place finisher Lance Heartilly will be officially joined by Kichi Hida, who replaces Erick Gibson in the Gamma Division for Season Eleven.” At the time of this article, Kichi Hida could not be reached for comment. Season Eleven of The League is scheduled to begin on January 9, 2024, with the contract window for new signees closing on December 31, 2023. Barring any further developments, the current roster for Season Eleven of The League is as follows: ALPHA DIVISION: George Mastachas (defending League Champion) Nuclear Templeton The Mastodon Brandy McDonald Mel O’Hallister De’siree Mitchell Brian Blackfield (Beta Division champion) Jean-Paul Ouilette (promoted from Beta) BETA DIVISION: Reverend Johnny Gross (relegated from Alpha) Yoshii Nakamatsu Billy Norris Blood River Angela Wassermann Pulsar Christian Priest (Gamma Division champion) Lucas Molina (promoted from Gamma) GAMMA DIVISION: Big Scott Weathers (relegated from Beta) Diego Rodriguez Indigo Rose Terrance Stevens Markus Clay Monty Dhillon (Delta Division champion) Lance Heartilly (promoted from Delta) Kichi Hida (promoted from Delta as a result of this announcement) DELTA DIVISION: Diamond (relegated from Gamma) Nocturne Scott Stevens George Stevens Four open roster spots, to be filled with by new contracts or top finishers from the Omega Division (OOC comment: There will be no further developments in the upper three divisions. Simmons and Gibson were the only two to fail their medical checks. Everyone else is locked in and we’re just waiting on how many PCs sign up before I know how many Omega folks are coming over. Also, in case you glazed over it above… new PC signups will be open for the entire month of December. Deadline for new PC signups is 9:00 PM eastern US time on December 31, to allow me a week and change to finalize everything for Season Eleven. Currently, three PCs and a GMPC are slated to move up from Omega. Sometime in the middle of next week I’ll post the lower portion of the Omega Division results, and will only add to the top of them as new PCs join and close up slots for Omega Division folks to join.)

For those interested, the League Records post has been updated to reflect the happenings of Season Ten. Overall match ratings went down a hair, Delta Division bout times went down by more than thirty seconds, and a new section has been added now that there's been more than five European Rules matches that detail the longest matches of that type separately from the other gimmick matches.

Okay, folks, buckle in. I've got one piece of confirmed news that has been announced before, and not written about in-thread/in-character that I need to touch on, one piece of rumored news (that may be confirmed/denied sometime next month), giving a peek behind the curtain regarding moveset refreshes to be done this off-season, and just something to mention in passing since I'm going to delay posting it until sometime in December, to give the thread some bumps before the end-of-year holidays. I'll cover the last but of the above first. Here's official confirmation that Omega Division action has been completed as of roughly three hours ago (as of the time of this post). In a 17-round schedule, it's going to take 12 or 13 wins to promote into Delta this season. The number of people actually promoting remains to be seen based on any other PCs signing up, and results will be officially announced sometime in December, but the cutoff is going to be 12-5 at worst. We also have an unofficial fastest match time, as one Omega Division bout actually broke the sub-three-minute barrier using the Delta Division ruleset, proving that it is possible! ========================== THE LEAGUE ANNOUNCES NEW SIGNING FOR SEASON ELEVEN Brother of recently-signed Delta Division wrestler to join promotion in 2024 BALTIMORE, MD--Late yesterday evening, the contract was officially signed to bring George Stevens into The League, starting in Season Eleven. This brings the number of Stevens in The League to four, as George joins his father Cary and brother Scott. (The fourth, Terrance Stevens of Canada, is unrelated.) "Long-time fans of The League, stemming back to our original run, may draw similarities between George Stevens and Rannulf von Krushengburg," League owner and commissioner Will Prydor said in a statement posted on YouTube. "Regardless, the Stevens family continues to expand their influence outside of Texas, with the addition of another member of the clan to the active roster. I for one will be interested to see Scott and George lock up in Delta Division action this upcoming season, and a part of me is also interested to see what role, if any, that the Stevens' patriarch will play in those two matches." The newest signing to The League is well over 350 pounds in weight, something that fans of the Delta Division may be happy to see with the recent promotion of Monty Dhillon to the Gamma Division and the relegation of Jun Onoo into the untelevised and unofficial Omega Division. With the addition of George, the Delta Division is set to consist of George and Scott Stevens, Nocturne, Kichi Hida, and Diamond, as well as up to three wrestlers promoted from the aforementioned Omega Division. The person originally scheduled to join Diamond from the Gamma Division via relegation, Markus Clay, was given a reprieve as a part of the restructuring needed with the sudden departure of Daniel Simmons for a season. Season Eleven of The League is scheduled to start in January 2024. =================== =================== =================== RUMOR: THE LEAGUE SET TO LOSE ANOTHER WRESTLER Maven Deltzer, via the Grappling Viewer Weekly newsletter My source in League Headquarters in Baltimore have sent word to me that more division restructuring is on the horizon prior to The League starting competition for Season Eleven. While I was not given names, in order to protect my source in that office from being discovered, I can confirm that it will be the two lowest divisions of the promotion that will be affected. Naturally, when asked about this, The League's official press liaison denied all claims and rumors. "Given that the League Headquarters consists of just me and Will [Prydor]," Tori Montgomery-Prydor told me, "I'm not quite sure where you're getting these absurd rumors. If something was indeed happening, I'd think either Will or I would know about it without an outside wrestling observer being told first." Mrs. Montgomery-Prydor conveniently neglected to mention that their Chief Statistician, Amelia Warder, is also listed as being on the three-member Board of Directors for The League, though Mrs. Warder's duties do not encroach into the boardroom or executive realms. Still, if one of the heads of the promotion is willing to omit such crucial information when she was originally a journalist herself, then it leads one to wonder if The League is really thriving, or only holding on by the skin of its teeth as the lack of a touring schedule destroys a major revenue stream for what is already a barebones promotion, given that they're currently housed at Prydor's wrestling school in rural northeastern Maryland. Finally, as I always note when I report on this promotion, I once again ask why this newest run simply did not reset the season count to start from Season One, instead of acknowledging-but-not-fully-counting the previous seasons in their promotional materials. Simply baffling to me, and possibly another sign that their commissioner may have lost some of his wits during the course of his own wrestling career. =================== =================== =================== BEHIND THE CURTAIN: MOVESETS BEING CHANGED FOR SEASON ELEVEN Out of 22 GMPCs who were put in for reroll, only five rolled high enough to have their movesets redone this offseason, with only one getting a customized moveset: ALPHA DIVISION: The Mastodon and Brandy McDonald BETA DIVISION: Angela Wassermann will have a custom-tailored moveset made that she cannot alter until after Season Thirteen. In addition, Daniel Simmons had also rolled for a moveset regen but that will be put into effect for his return to the Gamma Division in Season Twelve. Simmons had everything happen to him at once this offseason, lol. GAMMA DIVISION: Diego Rodriguez DELTA DIVISION: None.

CURRENT OMEGA DIVISION STANDINGS (after round 12 of 17) (+0) 1. Mickie Steele: 10-2, 10:50.400 (+9) 2. Leon De Ramos: 9-3, 11:50.778 (+7) 3. Rock Sheridan: 8-4, 12:50.250 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- (-1) 4. Sterling Silver: 8-4, 6:18.875 (+0) 5. Jimmy Anarchy: 7-5, 8:102.857 (+0) 6. "Dirty" John Murdoch: 7-5, 9:48.429 (+5) 7. Sakura Uematsu: 7-5, 10:45.857 (-6) 8. Rhys Caddell: 7-5, 14:08.286 (-5) 9. Joslin Baroni: 6-6, 8:02.500 (-3) 10. Kyler den Boen: 6-6, 9:12.333 (+3) 11. Vladimir Chavinski: 5-7, 11:18.200 (-4) 12. Vaea: 5-7, 12:30.800 (+4) 13. Lord Robert Abernathy: 5-7, 12:35.200 (+4) 14. Otto von Schwarz: 5-7, 13:04.800 (+1) 15. The Siberian Nightmare: 4-8, 13:49.500 (-7) 16. Elyssa Anderson: 4-8, 11:03.250 (-2) 17. Sven Ulafsson: 3-9, 11:45.333 (-5) 18. Sin: 2-10, 9:35.000 Steele's first loss was to Leon de Ramos in Round 10. de Ramos went 6-0 in this second trimester; Sheridan went 5-1 and has the head-to-head tiebreaker over Silver for the (current) final transfer spot. I'm not going to make any promises about getting the rest of Omega's schedule done over tomorrow and the weekend despite being off from work (again--this time for the Thanksgiving holiday), but it's not outside the realm of possibility. But at this point anyone 10th place or better on the table has a chance of making it into a transfer spot with five rounds remaining on the schedule.

THE UNOFFICIAL LEAGUE POWER RANKINGS BASED ON SEASONS EIGHT THROUGH TEN PART FOUR OF A FOUR-PART SERIES Tori Montgomery-Prydor, press liaison for The League Welcome back to the fourth and final part of the Unofficial League Power Rankings. In this post: the top ten wrestlers, what the rankings should have looked like if they were done correctly, and rumors of power rankings to come. The previous three parts are right above this post, so simply scroll up to get everything put together in order. Let's not waste any more time, and get right to our top ten! 10. Erick Gibson Overall Record: 20 wins, 22 losses. Season 8 (Gamma): 6-8 Season 9 (Gamma): 8-6 Season 10 (Gamma): 6-8 Average Time of Victory (20 wins): 111:39.600 (14th overall). 7 Significant Victories, 2 Lesser Victories. Best versus averages: Season 9, Week 2 (pinfall victory vs. Indigo Rose, 5:59) Worst versus averages: Season 9, Week 10 (pinfall victory vs. Indigo Rose, 16:04) Average Time of Defeat (22 losses): 12:55.409 (23rd overall). 3 Significant Defeats, 5 Lesser Defeats. Best versus averages: Season 10, Week 3 (pinfall loss to Diego Rodriguez, 16:36) Worst versus averages: Season 8, Week 9 (cage escape loss to Jun Onoo, 9:11) Ranking History: Season 8: 24th out of 32 (0.487 points) Season 9: 16th out of 36 (3.220 points) OVERALL POINT SCORE: 9.197 Gibson has spent three seasons in the Gamma Division, and it’s due to his Strength of Victory score that he finds himself this far up the list. His Win Factor isn’t much to look at—only one person in the top ten has a worse one—but his Season Nine and Ten campaigns in the Gamma Division were decent enough, actual record aside, to land him a spot at the edge of the top ten. His chances of remaining here are slim at best, with Monty Dhillon and Lance Heartilly coming into his division. 9. Brian Blackfield Overall Record: 39 wins, 3 losses. Season 8 (Delta): 14-0, promoted to Gamma Season 9 (Gamma): 12-2, promoted to Beta Season 10 (Beta): 13-1, promoted to Alpha Average Time of Victory (39 wins): 15:31.718 (33rd overall). 8 Significant Victories, 12 Lesser Victories. Best versus averages: Season 8, Week 1 (pinfall victory vs. Sterling Silver, 10:11) Worst versus averages: Season 8, Week 6 (blood stoppage victory vs. Christian Priest, 31:54) Average Time of Defeat (3 losses): 16:28.211 (6th overall). 0 Significant Defeats, 1 Lesser Defeat. Best versus averages: Season 9, Week 5 (submission loss to Erick Gibson, 15:17) Worst versus averages: Season 10, Week 8 (pinfall loss to Blood River, 12:04) Ranking History: Season 8: 8th out of 32 (4.046 points) Season 9: 6th out of 36 (10.158 points) OVERALL POINT SCORE: 10.827 Despite being five wins ahead of the next-best record in The League over the last three seasons, and being one of only three wrestlers to have eclipsed the 30-win mark, The Juggernaut falls to number nine in these rankings mainly on his inability in Season Eight to hit the Scotland Destroyer on larger opponents, with Season Ten's campaign also doing damage to his overall score. His three worst victories, all in Delta, combine for a -40 change to his Strength of Victory (before division factors kick in), which almost wipe out the entirety of his wins with any positive movement (20 wins). With limited defeats, he doesn’t have much to pull from in Strength of Defeat to make up for it, but it’s instead his Win Factor that does the heavy lifting here. However, when division factors are applied to his impressive 39-3 record, Blackfield plummets in the power rankings to 32nd which shows the major difference in things being calculated properly. Many pundits think Blackfield is about to hit a wall in Alpha Division, but this reporter is not so certain on that. I expect him to take a season to get used to Alpha, and then contend for the League Championship in Season Twelve. 8. Angela Wassermann Overall Record: 15 wins, 27 losses. Season 8 (Beta): 6-8 Season 9 (Beta): 4-10 Season 10 (Beta): 5-9 Average Time of Victory (15 wins): 10:53.333 (8th overall). 7 Significant Victories, 1 Lesser Victory. Best versus averages: Season 10, Week 5 (pinfall victory vs. Jean-Paul Ouilette, 5:12) Worst versus averages: Season 10, Week 1 (submission victory vs. Big Scott Weathers, 16:30) Average Time of Defeat (27 losses): 13:47.148 (18th overall). 5 Significant Defeats, 3 Lesser Defeats. Best versus averages: Season 9, Week 1 (pinfall loss to Jean-Paul Ouilette, 17:31) Worst versus averages: Season 8, Week 11 (pinfall loss to Billy Norris, 7:50) Ranking History: Season 8: 11th out of 32 (2.832 points) Season 9: 9th out of 36 (6.561 points) OVERALL POINT SCORE: 12.101 It’s quite obvious that Wassermann’s record didn’t propel her here like Blackfield’s did. So how did she manage to get herself ranked ahead of The Juggernaut? By quality victories. Only four of her fifteen wins lowered her Strength of Victory score; a total of 32 points before the division factor is applied certainly helps matters. Strength of Defeat nearly works out to zero; sixteen of her 27 losses gained points in Strength of Defeat, no matter how few. Her record may not show it but Wassermann is truly one of the tougher draws for a wrestler in The League, and to maintain that in the Beta Division shows that she’s just been unlucky the last couple of seasons. 7. Mel O’Hallister Overall Record: 23 wins, 19 losses. Season 8 (Beta): 9-5, promoted to Alpha Season 9 (Alpha): 8-6 Season 10 (Alpha): 6-8 Average Time of Victory (23 wins): 14:48.609 (27th overall). 3 Significant Victories, 3 Lesser Victories. Best versus averages: Season 9, Week 4 (pinfall victory vs. Nuclear Templeton, 11:07) Worst versus averages: Season 9, Week 10 (Last One Standing victory vs. George Mastachas, 21:42) Average Time of Defeat (19 losses): 16:19.895 (8th overall). 1 Significant Defeat, 5 Lesser Defeats. Best versus averages: Season 10, Week 12 (pinfall loss to George Mastachas, 21:57) Worst versus averages: Season 10, Week 9 (submission loss to Nuclear Templeton, 12:31) Ranking History: Season 8: 9th out of 32 (3.932 points) Season 9: 4th out of 36 (10.866 points) OVERALL POINT SCORE: 14.042 O’Hallister won a tiebreaker to earn the only promotion spot in Season Eight to Alpha, and he has not looked back since. His size works against him in terms of Strength of Victory—especially with men like The Mastodon and Nuclear Templeton in the division—but it is his Strength of Defeat score that shares equal weight with his Win Factor in propelling him to number seven on this list. In the correctly calculated power rankings, O’Hallister sits third, which shows just how much the Strength of Defeat is providing. If O’Hallister can manage to chain together a full season, instead of collapsing in the second half, he could be next to emerge with the League Championship. 6. Jean-Paul Ouilette Overall Record: 25 wins, 17 losses. Season 8 (Beta): 8-6 Season 9 (Beta): 9-5 Season 10 (Beta): 8-6, promoted to Alpha Average Time of Victory (25 wins): 12:35.120 (18th overall). 3 Significant Victories, 2 Lesser Victories. Best versus averages: Season 10, Week 7 (pinfall victory vs. Blood River, 9:14) Worst versus averages: Season 9, Week 1 (pinfall victory vs. Angela Wassermann, 17:31) Average Time of Defeat (17 losses): 13:47.588 (16th overall). 3 Significant Defeats, 5 Lesser Defeats. Best versus averages: Season 10, Week 6 (submission loss to Billy Norris, 24:15) Worst versus averages: Season 10, Week 5 (pinfall loss to Angela Wassermann, 5:12) Ranking History: Season 8: 12th out of 32 (2.308 points) Season 9: 8th out of 36 (6.976 points) OVERALL POINT SCORE: 15.113 Much like the person right before him on this list, Ouilette slides into his position based almost solely on his Strength of Defeat. Unlike O’Hallister, Ouilette holds a positive Strength of Victory score as well, and that plus a slightly better Win Factor moves him just ahead of O’Hallister in these unofficial rankings. Ouilette’s promotion into the Alpha Division next season will be interesting, as it will be the first time that a competing Alpha Division wrestler will have a manager at ringside. Cecile Corine may have been crucial in helping Ouilette reach Alpha, and her impact on these scores cannot be quantified. Can she also manage to help keep Ouilette in the top flight? 5. Billy Norris Overall Record: 25 wins, 17 losses. Season 8 (Beta): 9-5 Season 9 (Beta): 9-5 Season 10 (Beta): 7-7 Average Time of Victory (25 wins): 12:05.280 (16th overall). 7 Significant Victories, 1 Lesser Victory. Best versus averages: Season 8, Week 11 (pinfall victory vs. Angela Wassermann, 7:50) Worst versus averages: Season 10, Week 6 (submission victory vs. Jean-Paul Ouilette, 24:15) Average Time of Defeat (17 losses): 13:09.882 (22nd overall). 3 Significant Defeats, 2 Lesser Defeats. Best versus averages: Season 10, Week 3 (pinfall loss to Brian Blackfield, 17:57) Worst versus averages: Season 9, Week 4 (pinfall loss to Blood River, 6:38) Ranking History: Season 8: 1st out of 32 (8.627 points) Season 9: 2nd out of 36 (14.079 points) OVERALL POINT SCORE: 15.349 Some would argue that Norris should have been promoted to Alpha over O’Hallister in Season Eight, or at least promoted with him. He’s been in contention to move up every season so far, and many, including this reporter, fell it’s only a matter of time before Norris successfully makes the jump. The fact that he lands in fifth place in these unofficial rankings proves that lighter, faster wrestlers are not necessarily at a disadvantage in The League. His Strength of Victory mark totals 22 points before division factors kick in, and the lone Lesser Victory came in a Submission match; otherwise he might be a position higher in these rankings. His Strength of Defeat is a minor positive as well, which is another factor in his reaching the top five of these rankings. 4. Brandy McDonald Overall Record: 26 wins, 16 losses. Season 8 (Alpha): 10-4, League Champion Season 9 (Alpha): 9-5 Season 10 (Alpha): 7-7 Average Time of Victory (26 wins): 15:23.769 (31st overall). 5 Significant Victories, 5 Lesser Victories. Best versus averages: Season 10, Week 11 (pinfall victory vs. The Mastodon, 8:19) Worst versus averages: Season 8, Week 6 (pinfall victory vs. George Mastachas, 22:31) Average Time of Defeat (16 losses): 16:32.063 (5th overall). 1 Significant Defeat, 2 Lesser Defeat. Best versus averages: Season 8, Week 5 (pinfall loss to The Mastodon, 22:41) Worst versus averages: Season 8, Week 10 (pinfall loss to Big Scott Weathers, 11:25) Ranking History: Season 8: 10th out of 32 (3.591 points) Season 9: 26th out of 36 (0.609 points) OVERALL POINT SCORE: 16.130 The Season Eight League Champion finds herself in rarified air based off a positive combination of all three primary factors. Her Strength of Defeat and Win Factor do most of the heavy lifting here…starting to sound familiar?...but a positive Strength of Victory score helps seal the deal and pushes her just ahead of Norris into the number four spot. While her record may be trending downward after a championship season two seasons ago, will she be able to avoid dropping below .500 for a season as The Juggernaut looms on the horizon? 3. Monty Dhillon Overall Record: 31 wins, 11 losses. Season 8 (Delta): 9-5 Season 9 (Delta): 10-4 Season 10 (Delta): 12-2, promoted to Gamma Average Time of Victory (31 wins): 9:48.806 (4th overall). 15 Significant Victories, 3 Lesser Victories. Best versus averages: Season 8, Week 7 (pinfall victory vs. Sin, 10:36) Worst versus averages: Season 9, Week 10 (pinfall victory vs. Christian Priest, 13:16) Average Time of Defeat (11 losses): 16:25.636 (7th overall). 2 Significant Defeats, 4 Lesser Defeats. Best versus averages: Season 8, Week 14 (blood stoppage loss to Sin, 35:12) Worst versus averages: Season 8, Week 4 (pinfall loss to Christian Priest, 11:07) Ranking History: Season 8: 3rd out of 32 (6.479 points) Season 9: 3rd out of 36 (10.952 points) OVERALL POINT SCORE: 18.136 Dhillon finds himself in third place in these rankings based heavily off his Win Factor—if his Delta Division wins were properly weighted, he’d still be in the top ten, but the lower half of it. His fifteen Significant Victories are a high mark in The League, with eight of them coming in Season Ten alone. Dhillon was truly a large fish in a small pond after three seasons in the Delta Division, and now we’ll get to see if the extra time preparing pays off as he moves into Gamma and some fresh competition. As a note, two of Dhillon’s four Lesser Defeats rank, in 672 League matches over three seasons, as the best Lesser Defeat (18 points to Strength of Defeat vs. Sin) and fifth (a blood stoppage loss to Blackfield, netting 13.4 Strength of Defeat points). 2. Christian Priest Overall Record: 34 wins, 8 losses. Season 8 (Delta): 10-4 Season 9 (Delta): 11-3, promoted to Gamma Season 10 (Gamma): 13-1, promoted to Beta Average Time of Victory (34 wins): 13:11.912 (21st overall). 11 Significant Victories, 7 Lesser Victories. Best versus averages: Season 8, Week 6 (pinfall victory vs. Sin, 10:24) Worst versus averages: Season 9, Week 9 (pinfall victory vs. Lucas Molina, 20:21) Average Time of Defeat (8 losses): 15:54.625 (9th overall). 1 Significant Defeat, 4 Lesser Defeats. Best versus averages: Season 8, Week 6 (blood stoppage loss to Brian Blackfield, 31:54) Worst versus averages: Season 10, Week 5 (pinfall loss to Terrance Stevens, 8:06) Ranking History: Season 8: 2nd out of 32 (6.746 points) Season 9: 5th out of 36 (10.706 points) OVERALL POINT SCORE: 18.688 It’s hard to not mention Monty Dhillon without mentioning Christian Priest in the same breath. The two men that everyone thought would promote together out of Delta got split up after Season Nine, and Priest has flourished since, earning a second promotion in Season Ten to the Beta Division. Priest holds the third-best Lesser Defeat in The League, which garnered nearly 15 points to Strength of Defeat in Season Eight, and an already positive Strength of Victory score combined with the second-best record in The League for those who’ve been here for all three seasons, sees Priest land in the number two spot. What keeps him from the top spot is the Division factors for his matches; without those sapping away some positive points the race for the top spot would be rather interesting. 1. Nuclear Templeton Overall Record: 29 wins, 11 losses. Season 8 (Alpha): 8-6 Season 9 (Alpha): 3-11, relegated to Beta Season 10 (Alpha): 4-10, relegated to Gamma Average Time of Victory (29 wins): 14:07.862 (26th overall). 11 Significant Victories, 2 Lesser Victories. Best versus averages: Season 9, Week 1 (submission victory vs. Pulsar, 9:39) Worst versus averages: Season 10, Week 11 (submission victory vs. George Mastachas, 22:06) Average Time of Defeat (11 losses): 14:40.231 (13th overall). 4 Significant Defeats, 2 Lesser Defeats. Best versus averages: Season 10, Week 6 (submission loss to Brian Blackfield, 22:39) Worst versus averages: Season 8, Week 1 (pinfall loss to The Mastodon, 8:57) Ranking History: Season 8: 5th out of 32 (5.465 points) Season 9: 1st out of 36 (17.010 points) OVERALL POINT SCORE: 35.758 Before anyone can throw out accusations of the author being “bought” by Italian men in fancy suits…I will categorically deny any and all such accusations. These rankings are a mathematics-based system, and even when proper weight is given to all matches—read as, the matches in Season 8 under the then-“unified” ruleset are weighted correctly—Nuclear still comes out on top with only one point dropped off his total shown here. His claim to the top spot? Strength of Victory. In all but seven of his victories, Templeton gained in Strength of Victory, and the 11:2 ratio of Significant Victories to Lesser is only behind Kichi Hida for those who qualify (with a combined 10 or more Significant/Lesser Victories). The raw total of 44.7 Strength of Victory points is far and away the highest in The League, and adding in 10 Strength of Defeat points, and the fourth-highest Win Factor in this version of the rankings, and it’s pretty obvious that the numbers don’t lie. They spell disaster for anyone looking to take away Nuclear’s dominance at the top of the power rankings. That concludes this edition of the Unofficial Power Rankings. There’s no guarantee that any future rankings will be this complex—Will tells me he’s looking at possibly some sort of tiered Elo ranking for internal use only, he has been in a chess sort of mood recently—but as the work has already been done it would be pointless to simply throw it all away. So who knows? Maybe you’ll see this back in a season or two with fresh faces and updates!

THE UNOFFICIAL LEAGUE POWER RANKINGS BASED ON SEASONS EIGHT THROUGH TEN PART THREE OF A FOUR-PART SERIES Tori Montgomery-Prydor, press liaison for The League Welcome back to part three of the Unofficial League Power Rankings. In this set of ten people, readers will see where and why these rankings were deemed to be unofficial, largely because of the oversight of one spreadsheet person who forgot to account for a single thing that was specifically asked for. The previous two parts are right above this post, just scroll your window up a little. Let's not waste any more time, and start the upper half of the rankings! 20. Jun Onoo Overall Record: 16 wins, 26 losses. Season 8 (Gamma): 6-8 Season 9 (Gamma): 4-10, relegated to Delta Season 10 (Delta): 6-8, relegated to Omega Average Time of Victory (16 wins): 11:14.313 (11th overall). 4 Significant Victories, 2 Lesser Victories. Best versus averages: Season 9, Week 2 (table break victory vs. El Tornado, 7:25) Worst versus averages: Season 10, Week 13 (pinfall victory vs. Scott Stevens, 18:16) Average Time of Defeat (26 losses): 11:42.269 (32nd overall). 4 Significant Defeats, 3 Lesser Defeats. Best versus averages: Season 8, Week 6 (pinfall loss to El Tornado, 18:35) Worst versus averages: Season 10, Week 11 (pinfall loss to Kichi Hida, 3:18) Ranking History: Season 8: 13th out of 32 (2.250 points) Season 9: 19th out of 36 (2.349 points) OVERALL POINT SCORE: 2.742 Onoo has struggled records-wise in three seasons, including a demotion off the main roster after Season Ten. Ten of his 26 losses have garnered Onoo positive scores in Strength of Defense, even if the blitz loss to Hida in Season Ten wiped them out completely in the process. Similarly, the lengthy victory over Scott Stevens wiped out most of his Significant Victories. Most of his score here is based off the Season Eight Gamma Division, which remains his best result in the record books. Generally, it’s due to Onoo’s size and power, which translates to Strength of Victory scores being positive overall, that get him as far up the rankings as he is. 19. Diego Rodriguez Overall Record: 23 wins, 19 losses. Season 8 (Gamma): 7-7 Season 9 (Gamma): 9-5 Season 10 (Gamma): 7-7 Average Time of Victory (23 wins): 15:06.522 (30th overall). 3 Significant Victories, 6 Lesser Victories. Best versus averages: Season 9, Week 1 (pinfall victory vs. Indigo Rose, 6:48) Worst versus averages: Season 9, Week 5 (submission victory vs. Diamond, 20:16) Average Time of Defeat (19 losses): 13:47.211 (17th overall). 2 Significant Defeats, 6 Lesser Defeats. Best versus averages: Season 9, Week 8 (pinfall loss to Yoshii Nakamatsu, 18:59) Worst versus averages: Season 8, Week 2 (pinfall loss to El Tornado, 7:47) Ranking History: Season 8: 23rd out of 32 (0.531 points) Season 9: 17th out of 36 (2.794 points) OVERALL POINT SCORE: 4.050 In terms of pure match strength, taking the win factor out of things, Rodriguez would be in the negatives. His point totals from each season are buoyed by the fact that he’s done no worse than .500 every season. His Strength of Defeat is well to the positive (21 points), which is offset by the -27 points in Strength of Victory…once more, the curse of a primarily submission wrestler shows in Rodriguez’s average time of victory and thus Strength of Victory as well. It’s only because wins are a heavier weight than losses (a 7-7 record returns just under 2 points in Win Factor…and it’s at this point that the author realized a mistake in not properly weighting a specific division’s wins/losses compared to other divisions, which truly makes these rankings “unofficial” until that’s remedied) in these calculations that Diego finds himself just barely within the upper half of the rankings. 18. Lance Heartilly Overall Record: 11 wins, 3 losses. Season 8: N/A Season 9 (Omega): Omega Division champion, promoted to Delta Season 10 (Delta): 11-3, promoted to Gamma Average Time of Victory (11 wins): 10:16.455 (6th overall). 2 Significant Victories, 2 Lesser Victories. Best versus averages: Season 10, Week 9 (cage escape victory vs. Scott Stevens, 6:00) Worst versus averages: Season 10, Week 2 (submission victory vs. Kichi Hida, 14:43) Average Time of Defeat (3 losses): 10:47.000 (34th overall). 1 Significant Defeats, 2 Lesser Defeats. Best versus averages: Season 10, Week 7 (submission loss to Nocturne, 15:15) Worst versus averages: Season 10, Week 12 (pinfall loss to Monty Dhillon, 5:04) Ranking History: Season 8: N/A Season 9: N/A OVERALL POINT SCORE: 4.446 Lance Heartilly, in the predecessor to this version of The League, was a two-time defending champion and was aiming for a third title, plus he was a Tag Team Turmoil winner in that third season. So it wasn’t a surprise that he stormed through the Omega Division, and came within a win of claiming the Delta Division crown in his first appearance. His ranking stems mainly from a limited number of losses—both in Win Factor and in Strength of Defeat—that offset his negative Strength of Victory. Once again, the submission wrestler’s bane comes into play here. But so far, Heartilly shows no sings of slowing down, and I expect his rank in these rankings, especially after they’re correctly formatted for divisional wins to be weighted, to keep going up. 17. De’siree Mitchell Overall Record: 18 wins, 24 losses. Season 8 (Alpha): 5-9 Season 9 (Alpha): 8-6 Season 10 (Alpha): 5-9 Average Time of Victory (18 wins): 15:05.778 (29th overall). 3 Significant Victories, 2 Lesser Victories. Best versus averages: Season 8, Week 10 (pinfall victory vs. The Mastodon, 6:47) Worst versus averages: Season 10, Week 5 (pinfall victory vs. Mel O’Hallister, 21:08) Average Time of Defeat (24 losses): 16:35.833 (4th overall). 6 Significant Defeats, 3 Lesser Defeats. Best versus averages: Season 9, Week 2 (pinfall loss to The Mastodon, 21:32) Worst versus averages: Season 8, Week 9 (pinfall loss to Pulsar, 7:59) Ranking History: Season 8: 15th out of 32 (1.943 points) Season 9: 10th out of 36 (6.216 points) OVERALL POINT SCORE: 5.265 Arguably the weakest member of the so-called “Alpha Six,” De’siree Mitchell has shown flashes of brilliance at times. Her Season Nine campaign showed that she could be a contender if things fell her way, but that one season has been overshadowed by a pair of seasons in which she had to fend off relegation. With the addition of Brian Blackfield to the Alpha Division in Season Eleven, it seems likely that Mitchell’s position in these rankings is going to take a hit, especially if she falls out of the top flight. For the moment, though, her position is rather secure mainly due to her high Strength of Defeat score (despite the numerous Significant Defeats she has suffered). 16. Markus Clay Overall Record: 13 wins, 29 losses. Season 8 (Beta): 5-9 Season 9 (Beta): 4-10, relegated to Gamma Season 10 (Gamma): 4-10, relegated to Delta Average Time of Victory (13 wins): 11:09.538 (10th overall). 4 Significant Victories, 1 Lesser Victory. Best versus averages: Season 8, Week 12 (pinfall victory vs. Daniel Simmons, 7:40) Worst versus averages: Season 10, Week 10 (pinfall victory vs. Terrance Stevens, 17:51) Average Time of Defeat (29 losses): 12:39.172 (26th overall). 7 Significant Defeats, 5 Lesser Defeats. Best versus averages: Season 9, Week 12 (submission loss to Reverend Johnny Gross, 23:33) Worst versus averages: Season 10, Week 13 (pinfall loss to Erick Gibson, 7:39) Ranking History: Season 8: 17th out of 32 (1.890 points) Season 9: 11th out of 36 (5.332 points) OVERALL POINT SCORE: 5.560 Despite underwhelming performance in The League proper—two straight relegations and no season above five mins in three tries—Clay finds himself here based solely on his Strength of Victory score. Overall, a total of just over 22 Strength of Victory points will certainly factor in heavily to a positive power ranking. It’s due to those wins—something a speedy character can pull off much easier—that he can bypass his weaker Win Factor and emerge with this spot in the power rankings. 15. Diamond Overall Record: 15 wins, 27 losses. Season 8 (Gamma): 7-7 Season 9 (Gamma): 6-8 Season 10 (Gamma): 4-10, relegated to Delta Average Time of Victory (17 wins): 11:39.176 (13th overall). 2 Significant Victories, 0 Lesser Victories. Best versus averages: Season 9, Week 14 (pinfall victory vs. El Tornado, 4:36) Worst versus averages: Season 8, Week 5 (pinfall victory vs. Jimmy Anarchy, 15:34) Average Time of Defeat (25 losses): 12:42.920 (25th overall). 8 Significant Defeats, 6 Lesser Defeats. Best versus averages: Season 8, Week 6 (pinfall loss to Yoshii Nakamatsu, 22:57) Worst versus averages: Season 8, Week 1 (pinfall loss to El Tornado, 8:04) Ranking History: Season 8: 16th out of 32 (1.943 points) Season 9: 14th out of 36 (4.553 points) OVERALL POINT SCORE: 5.931 Do not let Diamond’s seven Significant Defeats fool you—in this instance, she actually has a positive Strength of Defeat score thanks to losses against Nakamatsu (almost 10 points) and Rodriguez (almost 😎 that counteracts half of the Significant Defeats. Her hybrid brawling/speed offense helps in Strength of Victory score, as the majority of her wins have come by methods other than submission. Though she may be in danger of plummeting down the rankings if her struggles continue in Delta next season. 14. Yoshii Nakamatsu Overall Record: 27 wins, 15 losses. Season 8 (Gamma): 9-5 Season 9 (Gamma): 10-4, promoted to Beta Season 10 (Beta): 8-6 Average Time of Victory (27 wins): 13:00.111 (20th overall). 4 Significant Victories, 5 Lesser Victories. Best versus averages: Season 9, Week 3 (pinfall victory vs. El Tornado, 4:42) Worst versus averages: Season 8, Week 6 (pinfall victory vs. Diamond, 22:57) Average Time of Defeat (15 losses): 11:44.933 (30th overall). 5 Significant Defeats, 1 Lesser Defeat. Best versus averages: Season 8, Week 11 (pinfall loss to Blood River, 21:47) Worst versus averages: Season 8, Week 7 (pinfall loss to El Tornado, 8:01) Ranking History: Season 8: 20th out of 32 (1.396 points) Season 9: 12th out of 36 (5.126 points) OVERALL POINT SCORE: 6.396 Nakamatsu has had a rather decent year. Three seasons finishing above .500, one promotion and just barely missing out of a second. His positive score stems entirely from his Win Factor, as overall his match factors (Strenght of Victory/Defeat) have been mostly negative over the three seasons. One of the early favorites to come out of the Beta Division in Season Eleven, Nakamatsu needs to shore up his defenses and become a bit of a tougher opponent if he really wants to make a statement in the rankings. 13. Blood River Overall Record: 23 wins, 19 losses. Season 8 (Gamma): 11-3, promoted to Beta Season 9 (Beta): 6-8 Season 10 (Beta): 6-8 Average Time of Victory (23 wins): 12:18.174 (17th overall). 6 Significant Victories, 4 Lesser Victories. Best versus averages: Season 9, Week 4 (pinfall victory vs. Billy Norris, 6:38) Worst versus averages: Season 8, Week 11 (pinfall victory vs. Yoshii Nakamatsu, 21:47) Average Time of Defeat (19 losses): 11:18.263 (33rd overall). 5 Significant Defeats, 1 Lesser Defeat. Best versus averages: Season 10, Week 6 (pinfall loss to Jean-Paul Ouilette, 17:06) Worst versus averages: Season 9, Week 6 (submission loss to Angela Wassermann, 6:31) Ranking History: Season 8: 6th out of 32 (4.753 points) Season 9: 13th out of 36 (4.844 points) OVERALL POINT SCORE: 6.552 River turned an impressive Season Eight into a pair of mediocre runs in the Beta Division. Much like Nakamatsu who was just discussed, River’s ranking is largely due to his Win Factor, as River’s promotion season barely (by 0.003 points) was the only season in which his matches ended up with a positive combined Strength of Victory/Defeat. Like a few other lightweight wrestlers, River needs to shore up his average time of defeat if he really wants to make an impact on the rankings. 12. Kichi Hida Overall Record: 16 wins, 12 losses. Season 8: N/A Season 9 (Delta): 6-8 Season 10 (Delta): 10-4 Average Time of Victory (16 wins): 7:28.188 (1st overall). 9 Significant Victories, 1 Lesser Victory. Best versus averages: Season 10, Week 11 (pinfall victory vs. Jun Onoo, 3:18) Worst versus averages: Season 9, Week 2 (pinfall victory vs. Lord Robert Abernathy, 12:47) Average Time of Defeat (12 losses): 9:03.917 (37th overall). 4 Significant Defeats, 2 Lesser Defeats. Best versus averages: Season 10, Week 2 (submission loss to Lance Heartilly, 14:43) Worst versus averages: Season 10, Week 6 (pinfall loss to Monty Dhillon, 3:53) Ranking History: Season 8: N/A Season 9: 21st out of 36 (1.485 points) OVERALL POINT SCORE: 7.134 Hida had a bit of a struggle in Season Nine, with an underwhelming 6-8 record. But the Ringmaster of the Carnival of Violence truly shone in Season Ten. Having 9 Significant Victories in an already quick-paced Delta Division over two seasons is impressive, and it’s largely due to those wins that Hida finds herself just outside the top ten. Her sub-7:30 Average Time of Victory is 90 seconds better than second place (El Tornado), but her Average Time of Defeat is almost as bad. If she can shore up her defenses, Hida would easily be a top-ten wrestler in The League, but given Hida’s personality that’s not something anyone should expect anytime soon. 11. The Mastodon Overall Record: 23 wins, 19 losses. Season 8 (Alpha): 7-7 Season 9 (Alpha): 7-7 Season 10 (Alpha): 9-5 Average Time of Victory (23 wins): 15:50.087 (33rd overall). 6 Significant Victories, 6 Lesser Victories. Best versus averages: Season 8, Week 1 (pinfall victory vs. Big Scott Weathers, 8:57) Worst versus averages: Season 9, Week 9 (pinfall victory vs. Big Scott Weathers, 23:58) Average Time of Defeat (19 losses): 16:28.211 (6th overall). 4 Significant Defeats, 5 Lesser Defeats. Best versus averages: Season 9, Week 1 (pinfall loss to Big Scott Weathers, 24:50) Worst versus averages: Season 8, Week 10 (pinfall loss to De’siree Mitchell, 6:47) Ranking History: Season 8: 30th out of 32 (-2.725 points) Season 9: 32nd out of 36 (-2.451 points) OVERALL POINT SCORE: 7.369 What a difference a single season can make. Sure, Mastodon gained a little bit more from his Win Factor, but where he made his biggest gain is in Strength of Victory—his Season Ten campaign alone netted hin over 7 points to the positive, which helped to wipe out the deficits he had accrued over Seasons Eight and Nine. While not as overlooked as De’siree Mitchell, this member of the “Alpha Six” showed in Season Ten that he’s ready to compete for a championship, and that overall victory time doesn’t matter if one can chain the wins together. (Expect the final part Monday afternoon, after I go back to work and have a second monitor to work from so that things can go faster and I'm not Alt-Tabbing all over the place.)

THE UNOFFICIAL LEAGUE POWER RANKINGS BASED ON SEASONS EIGHT THROUGH TEN PART TWO OF A FOUR-PART SERIES Tori Montgomery-Prydor, press liaison for The League Welcome back to the second part of the Unofficial Power Rankings for The League. This installment will takes to the midway point of the table, as we look at ranks 30 through 21. As a reminder for those who may have missed the initial post, which also summarizes how these results were calculated, you may find that via this handy little link or by simply scrolling up a post. Some of the names that folks are more familiar with start to appear in this section of the rankings, and we're going to start with one of our newest signings in the number 30 spot... 30. Scott Stevens Overall Record: 4 wins, 10 losses. Season 8: N/A Season 9: N/A Season 10 (Delta): 4-10 Average Time of Victory (4 wins): 10:54.500 (9th overall). 0 Significant Victories, 1 Lesser Victory. Best versus averages: Season 10, Week 6 (pinfall victory vs. Nocturne, 8:54) Worst versus averages: Season 10, Week 8 (pinfall victory vs. Devil’s Delight, 14:24) Average Time of Defeat (10 losses): 9:12.800 (35th overall). 6 Significant Defeats, 3 Lesser Defeats. Best versus averages: Season 10, Week 13 (pinfall loss to Jun Onoo, 18:16) Worst versus averages: Season 10, Week 4 (pinfall loss to Kichi Hida, 3:33) Ranking History: Season 8: N/A Season 9: N/A OVERALL POINT SCORE: -0.985 It’s hard to get a read on a wrestler after just one season, especially someone with the experience that Scott Stevens possesses. His win against Nocturne is right on the cusp of Significant Victory status, but that’s wiped away and more by the two victories over Devil’s Delight, one of which was an actual Lesser Victory and thus a fair number of negative points towards Strength of Victory. He’s shown some flashes of his old self from the decade-ago run of The League, and with a season underneath him I expect things will improve for Scott moving forward. 29. Daniel Simmons Overall Record: 21 wins, 21 losses. Season 8 (Beta): 8-6 Season 9 (Beta): 10-4, promoted to Alpha Season 10 (Alpha): 3-11, relegated to Beta Average Time of Victory (21 wins): 14:06.143 (25th overall). 2 Significant Victories, 3 Lesser Victories. Best versus averages: Season 10, Week 11 (pinfall victory vs. Reverend Johnny Gross, 10:58) Worst versus averages: Season 8, Week 4 (Last One Standing victory vs. Indigo Rose, 21:48) Average Time of Defeat (21 losses): 14:14.286 (15th overall). 3 Significant Defeats, 3 Lesser Defeats. Best versus averages: Season 10, Week 6 (pinfall loss to The Mastodon, 22:58) Worst versus averages: Season 8, Week 12 (pinfall loss to Markus Clay, 7:40) Ranking History: Season 8: 25th out of 32 (-0.250 points) Season 9: 25th out of 36 (0.749 points) OVERALL POINT SCORE: -0.305 Simmons has done rather well in the Beta Division, though he bounced off the wall in Alpha in his one season there. Most of his matches fall within the averages for the division(s) he’s been in, with nothing significant really causing much of a fluctuation. It may well be the one additional Lesser Victory that pulls Simmons’ score into the negatives, but with already being confirmed to be out for Season Eleven, it will be interesting to see how his ranking is affected by the absence, before likely going up in Season Twelve as he competes in the Gamma Division. 28. Lord Robert Abernathy Overall Record: 4 wins, 10 losses. Season 8: N/A Season 9 (Delta): 4-10, relegated to Omega Season 10 (Omega): Pending Average Time of Victory (4 wins): 9:42.000 (3rd overall). 1 Significant Victory, 1 Lesser Victory. Best versus averages: Season 9, Week 1 (pinfall victory vs. Devil’s Delight, 7:29) Worst versus averages: Season 9, Week 12 (submission victory vs. Jimmy Anarchy, 12:50) Average Time of Defeat (10 losses): 12:04.400 (29th overall). 0 Significant Defeats, 6 Lesser Defeats. Best versus averages: Season 9, Week 4 (submission loss to Christian Priest, 16:04) Worst versus averages: Season 9, Week 4 (pinfall loss to Monty Dhillon, 7:48) Ranking History: Season 8: N/A Season 9: 27th out of 36 (0.238 points) OVERALL POINT SCORE: 0.290 His Lordship has thrived from the fact that he is a tougher opponent to put down—in seven of his ten losses he has actually gained points in Strength of Defeat, with his best loss (the one to Priest listed above) garnering more than 6 points towards that score. The fact that his only League experience is in the Delta Division really hurts him though, as the division factor for that completely tanks his score. If he can make it out of Omega and put together a better record, it would not be surprising to see his position in these rankings start to climb. 27. Nocturne Overall Record: 7 wins, 7 losses. Season 8: N/A Season 9 (Omega): Second place, promoted to Delta Season 10 (Delta): 7-7 Average Time of Victory (7 wins): 11:25.857 (12th overall). 1 Significant Victory, 4 Lesser Victories. Best versus averages: Season 10, Week 9 (submission victory vs. Devil’s Delight, 6:47) Worst versus averages: Season 10, Week 7 (submission victory vs. Lance Heartilly, 15:15) Average Time of Defeat (7 losses): 8:15.857 (39th overall). 2 Significant Defeats, 0 Lesser Defeats. Best versus averages: Season 10, Week 1 (pinfall loss to Kichi Hida, 11:24) Worst versus averages: Season 10, Week 4 (table break loss to El Tornado, 4:59) Ranking History: Season 8: N/A Season 9: N/A OVERALL POINT SCORE: 0.610 In terms of pure divisional results, Nocturne would actually be below Lord Robert Abernathy. The four Lesser Victories wipe out the gains received from the Significant Victory, and the lack of Lesser Defeats hurts her Strength of Defeat value. After all, she’s dead last in The League in average time of defeat. However, the win factor just makes up for the lack of finishing power Nocturne has shown, and the star pupil of The Aerie will have another season to improve on this mark, and her career .500 record in The League, thanks to a season sweep of Lance Heartilly and a clutch week fourteen win. 26. Jimmy Anarchy Overall Record: 8 wins, 20 losses. Season 8 (Gamma): 5-9, relegated to Delta Season 9 (Delta): 3-11, relegated to Omega Season 10 (Omega): Pending Average Time of Victory (8 wins): 10:00.000 (5th overall). 4 Significant Victories, 1 Lesser Victory. Best versus averages: Season 9, Week 14 (pinfall victory vs. Kichi HIda, 4:21) Worst versus averages: Season 9, Week 5 (pinfall victory vs. Lord Robert Abernathy, 13:24) Average Time of Defeat (20 losses): 11:43.950 (31st overall). 3 Significant Defeats, 8 Lesser Defeats. Best versus averages: Season 8, Week 2 (submission loss to Yoshii Nakamatsu, 17:45) Worst versus averages: Season 9, Week 9 (pinfall loss to Sterling Silver, 4:42) Ranking History: Season 8: 18th out of 32 (1.837 points) Season 9: 23rd out of 36 (0.965 points) OVERALL POINT SCORE: 1.096 Jimmy Anarchy sports a rather quick Average Time of Victory, which certainly helps his Strength of Victory score. Nearly half of his losses as Lesser Defeats, which helps the Strength of Defeat side of the equation as well. His poor overall record counterbalances those factors, leaving him in the lower half of The League’s power rankings. He’s shown that he can end things quickly while on the main roster, but he has yet to demonstrate the ability to chain together a number of wins to earn or maintain his roster position, which is going to lead to very limited chances to improve his power ranking. 25. George Mastachas Overall Record: 26 wins, 16 losses. Season 8 (Alpa): 7-7 Season 9 (Alpha): 8-6 Season 10 (Alpha): 11-3, League Champion Average Time of Victory (26 wins): 16:01.500 (34th overall). 3 Significant Victories, 4 Lesser Victories. Best versus averages: Season 8, Week 4 (pinfall victory vs. The Mastofon, 8:02) Worst versus averages: Season 10, Week 12 (pinfall victory vs. Mel O’Hallister, 21:57) Average Time of Defeat (16 losses): 15:28.250 (10th overall). 5 Significant Defeats, 4 Lesser Defeats. Best versus averages: Season 8, Week 6 (pinfall loss to Brandy McDonald, 22:31) Worst versus averages: Season 8, Week 9 (pinfall loss to Big Scott Weathers, 8:54) Ranking History: Season 8: 7th out of 32 (4.423 points) Season 9: 7th out of 36 (8.546 points) OVERALL POINT SCORE: 1.271 Who would have imagined that a championship-winning season would be devastating to a math-based power ranking? Yet that’s the scenario that the Season Ten champion finds himself in, with four of his Season Ten victories combining for a total of -18.2 points in Strength of Victory. It could be argued that Mastachas had the weakest season for a League Champion in the three seasons that The League has been back, and that argument certainly holds merit. However, the true measure comes in wins and losses, and with his worst season being a .500 season after three seasons spent in Alpha, Mastachas is certainly more dangerous than this power ranking shows. The fact that he will be defending the League Championship in Season Eleven is proof enough. 24. The Siberian Nightmare Overall Record: 6 wins, 8 losses. Season 8 (Delta): 6-8, relegated to Omega Season 9 (Omega): Did not advance Season 10 (Omega): Pending Average Time of Victory (6 wins): 16:27.000 (28th overall). 2 Significant Victories, 1 Lesser Victory. Best versus averages: Season 8, Week 13 (cage escape victory vs. Sven Ulafsson, 10:33) Worst versus averages: Season 8, Week 12 (pinfall victory vs. Sin, 25:00) Average Time of Defeat (8 losses): 17:54.250 (1st overall). 2 Significant Defeats, 2 Lesser Defeats. Best versus averages: Season 8, Week 4 (pinfall loss to Sterling Silver, 31:08) Worst versus averages: Season 8, Week 11 (pinfall loss to Sterling Silver, 9:09) Ranking History: Season 8: 19th out of 32 (1.453 points) Season 9: 22nd out of 36 (1.453 points) OVERALL POINT SCORE: 1.453 The alleged Siberian street fighter’s size is likely the main reason he’s listed at mid-table on the power rankings list—being in Season Eight, with scores that do not fluctuate any longer with folks like Sin and Sterling Silver in the division, is usually a good enough reason. His two Lesser Defeats make up for five other losses, and the sixth actually gained him some Strength of Defeat points. His one Lesser Victory nearly negates both Significant Victories, with the net result being a slight positive before the division factor is added in. Nightmare is a foe who is dangerous to any opponent he steps across the ring from, and is just looking for another chance to prove it. 23. Lucas Molina Overall Record: 19 wins, 9 losses. Season 8: N/A Season 9 (Delta): 11-3, promoted to Gamma Season 10 (Gamma): 8-6, promoted to Beta Average Time of Victory (19 wins): 12:50.684 (19th overall). 1 Significant Victory, 9 Lesser Victories. Best versus averages: Season 9, Week 2 (Last One Standing victory vs. Jimmy Anarchy, 6:46) Worst versus averages: Season 9, Week 8 (submission victory vs. Lord Robert Abernathy, 15:37) Average Time of Defeat (10 losses): 15:15.000 (12th overall). 2 Significant Defeats, 2 Lesser Defeats. Best versus averages: Season 9, Week 9 (pinfall loss to Christian Priest, 20:21) Worst versus averages: Season 10, Week 6 (pinfall loss to Diamond, 5:20) Ranking History: Season 8: N/A Season 9: 15th out of 36 (4.497 points) OVERALL POINT SCORE: 2.057 Unlike pure submission wrestlers already featured in this countdown (read as: Indigo Rose), Molina has a pinfall finisher available to him for slightly faster victories, which helps his standing in terms of Strength of Victory. Where he shines, though, is in Strength of Defeat, and specifically when losing to Christian Priest. Those three losses account for nearly 17 points in Strength of Defeat for Molina, and one of them is the European Rules match from this past season (which after adjustments counts for 3.6 points). It’s on the strength of those losses, and his overall win/loss record, that find Molina solidly in the middle of the table of power rankings as he prepares for his third season of League action and his first in the upper half of The League. 22. Sterling Silver Overall Record: 14 wins, 14 losses. Season 8 (Delta): 7-7 Season 9 (Delta): 7-7 Season 10: unable to compete (injury), Omega results pending Average Time of Victory (14 wins): 13:42.071 (22nd overall). 4 Significant Victories, 5 Lesser Victories. Best versus averages: Season 8, Week 11 (pinfall victory vs. The Siberian Nightmare, 9:09) Worst versus averages: Season 8, Week 4 (pinfall victory vs. The Siberian Nightmare, 31:08) Average Time of Defeat (14 losses): 12:25.000 (27th overall). 5 Significant Defeats, 1 Lesser Defeat. Best versus averages: Season 9, Week 6 (submission loss to Christian Priest, 12:31) Worst versus averages: Season 8, Week 11 (pinfall loss to Brian Blackfield, 10:51) Ranking History: Season 8: 21st out of 32 (0.927 points) Season 9: 18th out of 36 (2.606 points) OVERALL POINT SCORE: 2.400 While never a contender to promote from Delta in two seasons—especially with the likes of Christian Priest, Monty Dhillon, and Lucas Molina in the division during her tenure—Silver was a threat in her own right. Her experience led to her being a tough opponent for some, most notably Christian Priest. Three of their four encounters netted Silver almost 5 Strength of Defeat points combined; the fourth match nearly wiped out that entire amount. The bulk of Silver’s positive score comes from her 14-14 career record, and as of the time of this writing she is in contention for promotion out of the Omega Division. Of all the people currently not on the main roster, Silver has the highest ranking, and if she manages to return to Delta her position in these rankings is likely to go up even more as she winds down the final act of a long and storied career. 21. Big Scott Weathers Overall Record: 15 wins, 27 losses. Season 8 (Alpha): 8-6 Season 9 (Alpha): 3-11, relegated to Beta Season 10 (Beta): 4-10, relegated to Gamma Average Time of Victory (15 wins): 16:43.067 (36th overall). 3 Significant Victories, 3 Lesser Victories. Best versus averages: Season 8, Week 9 (pinfall victory vs. George Mastachas, 8:54) Worst versus averages: Season 9, Week 1 (pinfall victory vs. The Mastodon, 24:50) Average Time of Defeat (27 losses): 15:20.778 (11th overall). 4 Significant Defeats, 7 Lesser Defeats. Best versus averages: Season 10, Week 6 (submission loss to Brian Blackfield, 22:39) Worst versus averages: Season 8, Week 1 (pinfall loss to The Mastodon, 8:57) Ranking History: Season 8: 14th out of 32 (2.083 points) Season 9: 20th out of 36 (1.641 points) OVERALL POINT SCORE: 2.412 Despite a pair of abysmal seasons in terms of the record books, Weathers has proven to be a difficult opponent to keep down for the count or to make submit. His best example of this came midway through last season, where with a few changed events he could have potentially knocked off The Juggernaut instead of falling in defeat some twenty-two minutes later. Despite a promising start to his League career in Season Eight, Weathers has tumbled into Gamma, and should likely right himself back on track with a season on the lower half of the main roster.

THE UNOFFICIAL LEAGUE POWER RANKINGS BASED ON SEASONS EIGHT THROUGH TEN PART ONE OF A FOUR-PART SERIES Tori Montgomery-Prydor, press liaison for The League It’s a concept in most other forms of sports, competitions, and even playground slapfights. Whose dad can beat up whose dad? The League is no different. Even with a four-divisional, tiered system, arguments still break out among fans. Is Brian Blackfield truly the most dominant wrestler to set foot in The League? Is it a former or current League Champion? Who really is the best wrestler in The League since its revival a year ago? That’s what this list hopes to answer. …Before we get into the actual rankings, I suppose I should at least touch on how I determined the order of this list, and some of the terms I’ll be using within it. I’ll start with the definitions: Strength of Victory: In the simplest terms possible, the speed at which a wrestler wins a match compared to the average match time of a division. If a wrestler wins faster than the average, it’s considered a “stronger” victory and counts as positive points. If slower, it’s negative points. This is calculated as a decimal number. Because European Rules matches, by their nature, take significantly longer to complete, their individual match time is divided by 8 for the purposes of determining Strength of Victory, and is the only match type where the final time is adjusted for the sake of parity. Strength of Defeat: Similar to Strength of Victory, this is how long it took a wrestler to lose compared to the average match length in a division. A wrestler who takes longer to be defeated would earn positive Strength of Defeat points. These stats are figured as a zero-sum solution: if a wrestler would gain Strength of Victory points, the opponent would lose the same amount of Strength of Defeat points, and vice versa. Significant and Lesser Victories/Defeats: These are not directly factored into the power rankings, but are noted as a way to note how many wins or losses came outside what’s considered a “normal” timeframe. A Significant Victory occurs when the Strength of Victory is faster than 80% of the average match time. Named as such as the Strength of Victory is normally 2+ points and thus can significantly affect an overall power ranking. A match on the other end of the spectrum, that takes 20% or longer than the average match time, would be a Lesser Victory as it would award a significant amount of negative Strength of Victory. On the opposite end, a Significant Defeat is a match in which the loser would lose a great deal of Strength of Defeat points, while a Lesser Defeat means the loser actually gains a good number of positive Strength of Defeat points (because the loss took longer and thus it’s not as bad, or “lesser than,” other losses). Win Factor: Wins are naturally important. Sure, many consider them the be-all/end-all but most people would not consider someone who went 13-1 in the Delta Division to be at the level of someone in the Beta Division, for instance. This is why a wrestler’s overall win/loss record is also considered in these rankings. A Brian Blackfield, who has lost three times total in three seasons, may have a higher Win Factor than a Nuclear Templeton, but if Templeton consistently has higher Strengths of Victory/Defeat he could be ranked higher than Blackfield. Wins, in general terms, offset two losses in these calculations. Division Factor: A division factor is applied to all Strength of Victory/Defeat totals. Generally, the higher the division, the more the matches weigh in the calculations. Alpha Division matches are generally given full weight, while Delta Division bouts are a fraction of that. Season Eight matches, which all featured the same ruleset, are also weighed slightly less than the current ruleset matches (Seasons 9-10) and have their average lengths calculated separately from the current rulesets. The Division Factor is used for overall Strength of Victory/Defeat totals and does not affect a wrestler’s Win Factor. The Actual Formula: Without giving away everything like specific weights of the lower divisions or the Season Eight weights, the overall formula to figure out the total power rankings is: Power Rankings are recalculated at the end of each season as more matches are added to the history of The League. The times to compare for strength of victory or defeat are as follows: Season 8, Alpha Division: 14:14.764 Seasons 9-Present, Alpha Division: 16:16.020 Season 8, Beta Division: 13:13.202 Seasons 9-Present, Beta Division: 12:12.895 Season 8, Gamma Division: 13:13.001 Seasons 9-Present, Gamma Division: 12:12.463 Season 8, Delta Division: 16:16.938 Seasons 9-Present, Delta Division: 9:09.714 With the preliminaries out of the way, I present…Part One of the unofficial Power Rankings of The League! 39. Reverend Johnny Gross Overall Record: 20 wins, 22 losses. Season 8 (Alpha): 5-9, relegated to Beta Season 9 (Beta): 11-3, promoted to Alpha Season 10 (Alpha): 4-10, relegated to Beta Average Time of Victory (20 wins): 17:10.600 (37th overall). 4 Significant Victories, 5 Lesser Victories. Best versus averages: Season 9, Week 10 (submission victory vs. Terrance Stevens, 8:21) Worst versus averages: Season 9, Week 12 (submission victory vs. Markus Clay, 23:33) Average Time of Defeat (22 losses): 14:34.045 (14th overall). 4 Significant Defeats, 1 Lesser Defeat. Best versus averages: Season 8, Week 9 (pinfall loss to The Mastodon, 18:26) Worst versus averages: Season 10, Week 10 (Table Match loss to Nuclear Templeton, 9:56) Ranking History: Season 8: 26th out of 32 (-0.452 points) Season 9: 24th out of 36 (0.842 points) OVERALL POINT SCORE: -10.381 Now, I know some of you may be thinking recency bias and are wondering where his win over De’siree Mitchell in European Rules during Season Ten is on this list. It’s actually the second-worst when you factor in the adjustment for European Rules matches. No, the biggest gap comes from that Beta Division match in Season Nine, being over eleven minutes longer than the divisional average and thus a -11 and change score to Strength of Victory. Gross has struggled in the Alpha Division, as his records over two seasons show, though he does last a little longer than the average wrestler in League matches. His biggest issue, which is a recurring one for technical or submission wrestlers, is that his wins take too long to develop. If he has another bounce-back season like Season 9 was, he’ll at least escape the basement, but Reverend Gross has shown very little aptitude for competing at the top levels. 38. El Tornado Overall Record: 10 wins, 32 losses. Season 8 (Gamma): 5-9 Season 9 (Gamma): 1-13, relegated to Delta Season 10 (Delta): 4-10, relegated to Omega Average Time of Victory (10 wins): 8:58.800 (2nd overall). 7 Significant Victories, 1 Lesser Victory. Best versus averages: Season 8, Week 2 (pinfall victory vs. Diego Rodriguez, 7:47) Worst versus averages: Season 8, Week 6 (pinfall victory vs. Jun Onoo, 18:35) Average Time of Defeat (32 losses): 9:10.812 (36th overall). 17 Significant Defeats, 0 Lesser Defeats. Best versus averages: Season 9, Week 8 (First Blood loss to Erick Gibson, 13:48) Worst versus averages: Season 9, Week 14 (pinfall loss to Diamond, 4:36) Ranking History: Season 8: 22nd out of 32 (0.833 points) Season 9: 35th out of 36 (-4.913 points) OVERALL POINT SCORE: -6.434 Tornado took too long to start finding a groove that some of the high-fliers of The League have found. Sure, when he won he normally did it quickly…same as when he lost. Tornado has struggled to be competitive in the bulk of his losses, and it shows in the rankings here—the 17 Significant Defeats is the most in The League. The only reason he’s ahead of Rev. Gross is because his average time of victory, which is weighed heavier than average time of defeat, is near the top of The League. Tornado will be spending at least a season in Omega to figure out what went wrong over the first three seasons, and looks to eventually make a comeback. 37. Pulsar Overall Record: 14 wins, 28 losses. Season 8 (Alpha): 6-8 Season 9 (Alpha): 3-11, relegated to Beta Season 10 (Delta): 5-9, relegated to Gamma Average Time of Victory (14 wins): 12:02.071 (15th overall). 7 Significant Victories, 1 Lesser Victory. Best versus averages: Season 8, Week 3 (pinfall victory vs. Nuclear Templeton, 7:21) Worst versus averages: Season 8, Week 11 (pinfall victory vs. Big Scott Weathers, 18:23) Average Time of Defeat (28 losses): 12:14.536 (28th overall). 13 Significant Defeats, 1 Lesser Defeat. Best versus averages: Season 8, Week 13 (pinfall loss to The Mastodon, 20:08) Worst versus averages: Season 8, Week 1 (pinfall loss to Brandy McDonald, 8:08) Ranking History: Season 8: 4th out of 32 (5.988 points) Season 9: 34th out of 36 (-3.738 points) OVERALL POINT SCORE: -4.033 Pulsar’s League career started off decently, getting some quick wins and being rather stubborn in a couple of losses. However, Season Eight has been his peak and he’s steadily gone downhill since. Two straight relegations will do it, and he’s going to need to shine like never before if he’s going to avoid a third. Recent history is not on his side, and with folks like Monty Dhillon and Lance Heartilly appearing on the horizon, the near future doesn’t look too bright either. 36. Devil’s Delight Overall Record: 6 wins, 22 losses. Season 8: N/A Season 9 (Delta): 4-10 Season 10 (Delta): 2-12, relegated to Omega Average Time of Victory (6 wins): 10:20.167 (7th overall). 0 Significant Victories, 1 Lesser Victory. Best versus averages: Season 9, Week 2 (submission victory vs. Sterling Silver, 8:29) Worst versus averages: Season 9, Week 11 (submission victory vs. Jimmy Anarchy, 12:17) Average Time of Defeat (22 losses): 9:00.182 (38th overall). 9 Significant Defeats, 3 Lesser Defeats. Best versus averages: Season 10, Week 8 (pinfall loss to Scott Stevens, 14:24) Worst versus averages: Season 10, Week 7 (submission loss to Monty Dhillon, 5:17) Ranking History: Season 8: N/A Season 9: 29th out of 36 (-1.159 points) OVERALL POINT SCORE: -3.270 It’s a known secret that Will Prydor himself exercised his right as League Owner to get Delight on the roster for two seasons. With such a small sample size of victories, it’s hard to quantify whether Delight could really have managed to be a contender given time. The fact that she has the second-worst average time of defeat out of everyone with at least a season of main roster experience does not help her. While I wish Delight all the best in reinventing herself in the Omega Division over the next season or two, it’s still going to take a lot of effort to work out of this hole she’s dug herself into. 35. Sin Overall Record: 3 wins, 11 losses. Season 8 (Delta): 3-11, relegated to Omega Season 9 (Omega): Failed to advance Season 10 (Omega): Pending Average Time of Victory (3 wins): 25:02.333 (39th overall). 1 Significant Victory, 2 Lesser Victories Best versus averages: Season 8, Week 3 (pinfall victory vs. Sterling Silver, 13:08) Worst versus averages: Season 8, Week 14 (blood stoppage victory vs. Monty Dhillon, 35:12) Average Time of Defeat (11 losses): 17:00.000 (3rd overall). 4 Significant Defeats, 3 Lesser Defeats. Best versus averages: Season 8, Week 4 (pinfall loss to Sven Ulafsson, 32:09) Worst versus averages: Season 8, Week 8 (pinfall loss to Christian Priest, 10:24) Ranking History: Season 8: 32nd out of 32 (-2.847 points) Season 9: 33rd out of 36 (-2.847 points) OVERALL POINT SCORE: -2.847 Sin is one of the few people who actually ends up on the positive side of the Strength of Defense table—the loss mentioned above to Ulafsson serves as a counterbalance to six other losses, and the remaining two losses in which she gained from defense just barely tip the scales in her favor against the two she lost from defense. Where she loses the majority of her points is her Season Eight finale, which ran nearly double the average match length for Season Eight Delta bouts. With hardly any other wins to offset that one loss of points, and not having been on the active roster since Season Eight, Sin looks like she’s going to be a mainstay of the lowest part of the power rankings for many seasons to come. 34. Terrance Stevens Overall Record: 15 wins, 27 losses. Season 8 (Beta): 6-8 Season 9 (Beta): 3-11, relegated to Gamma Season 10 (Gamma): 6-8 Average Time of Victory (15 wins): 14:05.000 (24th overall). 4 Significant Victories, 4 Lesser Victories. Best versus averages: Season 10, Week 3 (pinfall victory vs. Indigo Rose, 6:20) Worst versus averages: Season 8, Week 11 (pinfall victory vs. Markus Clay, 16:45) Average Time of Defeat (27 losses): 12:43.370 (24th overall). 7 Significant Defeats, 5 Lesser Defeats. Best versus averages: Season 10, Week 10 (pinfall loss to Markus Clay, 17:51) Worst versus averages: Season 10, Week 1 (pinfall loss to Markus Clay, 7:04) Ranking History: Season 8: 31st out of 32 (-2.828 points) Season 9: 36th out of 36 (-5.737 points) OVERALL POINT SCORE: -2.350 Terrance falls decidedly mid-table in terms of both victory and defeat strengths overall. So why is he so low overall? Individual match victory strength. He only gained points from four matches…okay, technically five but the fifth was almost right on the average time…and lost points on ten matches. The result is a solid negative balance, and that drags him down the order. A solid season could spring him up the order, but with Gamma Division competition getting tougher, it’s going to take results falling the right way for him to right the ship. 33. Indigo Rose Overall Record: 19 wins, 23 losses. Season 8 (Beta): 5-9, relegated to Gamma Season 9 (Gamma): 6-8 Season 10 (Gamma): 8-6 Average Time of Victory (19 wins): 13:48.105 (23rd overall). 4 Significant Victories, 10 Lesser Victories. Best versus averages: Season 9, Week 5 (pinfall victory vs. El Tornado, 5:27) Worst versus averages: Season 8, Week 14 (pinfall victory vs. Terrance Stevens, 18:09) Average Time of Defeat (23 losses): 13:41.826 (20th overall). 5 Significant Defeats, 5 Lesser Defeats. Best versus averages: Season 8, Week 4 (Last One Standing loss to Daniel Simmons, 21:48) Worst versus averages: Season 9, Week 2 (pinfall loss to Erick Gibson, 5:59) Ranking History: Season 8: 29th out of 32 (-2.512 points) Season 9: 28th out of 36 (-0.342 points) OVERALL POINT SCORE: -2.100 Rose, like Reverend Gross earlier in the countdown, suffers here from submission victory weakness. Despite overall having a nearly-midtable victory strength, only six of her nineteen wins gave her positive victory strength points, and three of those came by pinfall. Her submission victories largely fall just under the averages of the divisions in which they were earned, and even a trickle of negative points will add up in the end. Only one of Season Ten’s victories yielded positive points for her, which explains the drop from after Season Nine. If she can develop a faster way to win, maybe moving her Blood from a Rose to a finisher, she could be a force to be reckoned with in seasons to come. 32. Sven Ulafsson Overall Record: 3 wins, 11 losses. Season 8 (Delta): 3-11, relegated to Omega Season 9 (Omega): Failed to advance Season 10 (Omega): Pending Average Time of Victory (3 wins): 18:52.333 (38th overall). 2 Significant Victories, 1 Lesser Victories. Best versus averages: Season 8, Week 1 (pinfall victory vs. Otto von Schwarz, 11:34) Worst versus averages: Season 8, Week 4 (pinfall victory vs. Sin, 32:09) Average Time of Defeat (11 losses): 17:02.273 (2nd overall). 4 Significant Defeats, 2 Lesser Defeats. Best versus averages: Season 8, Week 14 (blood stoppage loss to Brian Blackfield, 28:17) Worst versus averages: Season 8, Week 13 (cage escape loss to The Siberian Nightmare, 10:33) Ranking History: Season 8: 28th out of 32 (-1.600 points) Season 9: 31st out of 36 (-1.600 points) OVERALL POINT SCORE: -1.600 Ulafsson is a one-dimensional wrestler—power, and lots of it. That has not translated well to The League, as his overall record shows. In fact, his worst opponent has been Sin—both hold Lesser Victories over the other, though Sin’s was six minutes faster. Ulafsson has struggled in Omega competition, and it seems unlikely that he will be rejoining the main roster any time soon to attempt to better his Season Eight effort. 31. Otto von Schwarz Overall Record: 4 wins, 10 losses. Season 8 (Delta): 4-10, relegated to Omega Season 9 (Omega): Failed to advance Season 10 (Omega): Pending Average Time of Victory (4 wins): 14:56.500 (28th overall). 1 Significant Victory, 0 Lesser Victories. Best versus averages: Season 8, Week 13 (pinfall victory vs. Sin, 13:16) Worst versus averages: Season 8, Week 10 (pinfall victory vs. Christian Priest, 17:31) Average Time of Defeat (10 losses): 13:13.800 (21st overall). 7 Significant Defeats, 1 Lesser Defeat. Best versus averages: Season 8, Week 4 (blood stoppage loss to Brian Blackfield, 21:34) Worst versus averages: Season 8, Week 11 (pinfall loss to Brian Blackfield, 10:51) Ranking History: Season 8: 27th out of 32 (-1.204 points) Season 9: 30th out of 36 (-1.204 points) OVERALL POINT SCORE: -1.204 Otto von Schwarz’s League career has been underwhelming from the start. Going winless in the initial seeding phases, then bouncing out of the Delta Division after a 4-win season, von Schwarz has continued to struggle in Omega Division competition and does not look to be a factor to rejoin The League’s main roster any time soon. The largest reason for his position in the rankings is the high ratio of Significant Defeats (70% of his losses), which more than wipe out any headway made from Strength of Victory. Otto is likely to be a bottom-dweller in the power ranking for many seasons to come.

(Total "real time" actively spent to run 6 out of 17 rounds: Roughly two hours for a total of 54 matches. This does not include writing time since I'm not doing match summaries here, this is straight-up running matches as quick as possible and putting the results in my spreadsheet for record keeping.) CURRENT OMEGA DIVISION STANDINGS 1. Mickie Steele: 6-0, 11:13.167 2. Rhys Caddell: 5-1, 15:08.600 3. Sterling Silver: 4-2, 6:45.500 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 4. Joslin Baroni: 4-2, 7:38.500 5. Jimmy Anarchy: 4-2, 8:18.750 6. "Dirty" John Murdoch: 3-3, 9:35.333 7. Kyler den Boen: 3-3, 10:17.333 8. Vaea: 3-3, 10:56.333 9. Elyssa Anderson: 3-3, 10:57.000 10. Rock Sheridan: 3-3, 11:37.667 11. Leon De Ramos: 3-3, 13:34.667 12. Sakura Uematsu: 2-4, 8:29.500 13. Sin: 2-4, 9:35.000 14. Vladimir Chavinski: 2-4, 11:37.500 15. Sven Ulafsson: 2-4, 11:54.500 16. The Siberian Nightmare: 2-4, 11:56.000 17. Lord Robert Abernathy: 2-4, 13:39.000 18. Otto von Schwarz: 1-5, 25:37.000 Shadowed's Takeaways from the first trimester of Omega Division action: Biggest Surprises: Mickie Steele, Sterling Silver, Joslin Baroni. Steele is the biggest shock since his handler even said that Steele would be lucky to get out of Omega. So far, he's run the table with wins against Sin, Rock Sheridan, Jimmy Anarchy, Elyssa Anderson, Vaea, and Joslin Baroni. Speaking of Baroni, she's a slightly bigger surprise than Silver (because Silver has main roster experience), but both are doing surprisingly well for lighter flyers. The biggest news concerning Sterling Silver is that she's given herself a makeover for her return after knee surgery, and has ditched her "trademark" full-head silver mask for a silver one that covers just the eyes, nose, and forehead, leaving her silver hair to be visible to all. Currently with three spots open for transfer Silver gets the edge due to victory time, but there are still eleven rounds of Omega Division to be wrestled yet. (Before people ask...Rhys Caddell is a technical wrestler and so his record so far isn't that surprising to me.) If the Omega Division schedule ended right now, Baroni would be the first one to miss the cut due to the pending announcement of George Stevens' signing to the Delta Division, which is taking the fourth transfer spot away from Omega. Pleasant Surprises: Sin, "Dirty" John Murdoch. Having retooled her Depravity finisher since her last Omega Division run--it's now done to a kneeling opponent instead of with the opponent doubled over, which helps someone of her Very Small stature actually execute the move--Sin's been competitive in three of her four losses and could have been in the upper part of the standings right now. I see her finishing with around 7 wins and using that as a building block for her next attempt. Murdoch, after a disastrous initial Omega campaign, seems to have found his form and has put himself within range of contention after six rounds, which is not a thing I was expecting coming in to Omega Division action. Biggest Disappointment: Otto von Schwarz. The original giant of The League, Otto has struggled in Omega Division competition against opponents much smaller than he. Even against a man his own size (Rock Sheridan), he lost. Otto clearly is the outlier in the "bigger men are tougher to defeat" axiom, and probably needs a serious overhaul or to just retire and let a younger person take his place.

Due to adulting stuff, errands, and one particular furry loud feline, I’ll be starting Omega Division stuff tomorrow, instead of today like I been thinking of doing. I’m hoping I’ll at least be through round 6 of 17 by the end of this week.

No, no…you explained your reasoning right. But 51 isn’t a viable stop point for me anyway, based on how I run things: 18 people means 17 rounds. (Can’t wrestle yourself) Each round is 9 matches (18/2). 17 x 9 = 153, as established. So 1 full round = 9 matches, 2 = 18, etc. Your planned update at 51 matches would actually be in the middle of the sixth round of matches. (9, 18, 27, 36, 45, 54) With no byes, to me it makes no sense to update with an incomplete week in the books. Update when everyone has the same number of matches done, that way it’s easier to figure out. 😁 That’s where I was coming from, hopefully that makes more sense.

17 is a prime number (so not divisible by 3) and I normally run things in groups of rounds. So this would be unorthodox for me, but it may be manageable. I’ll see how it goes as I approach each point. EDIT: An example…it’d work out into 4 rounds one sitting, then 2 at some point, then 6 because I’m on a roll, then another 2, and then the final three. No real consistency there. 😂

Agenda for this week, while I’m off from work: * Finish new PC entry for Delta Division (Jman’s entering a secondary character, so minor spoilers) * Get last season’s final OVR and SPR updates put in the game database. * Get started on Omega Division stuff. There are 18 people on the roster, so 17 rounds of 9 matches makes 153 total bouts I have to run. Could I do all of those this week? Yes, since I don’t fully watch them and am only interested in win/loss and time results so it gets done faster. Am I doing all 153 this week? Heck no. * Somewhere in that mess, work some more on the power rankings document. * If time allows actually do other, non-League related stuff in my life. 😛

Two things: 1) I just noticed an AI render thread for CVerse-style renders. While Croquemitaine's work will remain the official renders for GMPCs in The League now and moving forward, because by and large I prefer human-made work as they put time into it instead of entering stuff into a generator, I may crib some renders from that thread for current and future Omega Division people when I run that division's contests (since I'm really the only one who actually sees it). I saw one that may end up being a repackaged Sterling Silver within the first three pages, I'm just saying...there are a lot of images there and I could certainly craft stories for more than a few. There may be additional Omega Division wrestlers for the running after Season Eleven in complete. 2) Not even 48 hours since the end of Season Ten and already we have braking news regarding Season Eleven... BETA DIVISION WRESTLER TO MISS SEASON ELEVEN NOVEMBER 12, 2023--In a Sunday statement released by The League's headquarters out of Baltimore, Maryland, League owner and commissioner Will Prydor announced that recently-relegated wrestler Daniel Simmons would be missing the upcoming eleventh season of The League. "While Mr. Simmons' reasons to miss a season are his own to discuss as he deems fit," Prydor said, "he has authorized me to simply state that due to a death in his family, he had to return home to Washington state to attend to matters there. As such, he will not be on the Beta Division roster for Season Eleven. Should he be ready to return for Season Twelve, he will be placed in the Gamma Division at that time. My condolences, as well as those from all of us involved with The League, go out to Mr. Simmons and his family in these troubled times, and I ask that his privacy be respected while he is on leave. "This creates an opening in the Beta Division to be filled in, and in effect also the Gamma Division, which I have elected to fill as follows: both seventh-place finishers in the Beta Division and Gamma Division are hereby not relegated." Prydor's announcement means that Pulsar and Markus Clay, who finished seventh in the Beta and Gamma Divisions respectively, will remain in those divisions for Season Eleven as a measure to fill the vacancy left by Daniel Simmons. When asked why an extra promotion couldn't come from the Gamma Division into Beta, Prydor said, "I approach each scenario on a case-by-case basis. If I had elected to promote a third from the Gamma Division, there would still be a vacancy left in Gamma to fill that spot in. Do I then promote the third place out of Delta too? And what happens if, say, I promoted a third out of Gamma and Delta and then someone else in Gamma ends up having to miss a season or more? Do I then promote a fourth from Delta? I had to make a decision that would be the least intrusive for all involved, while ensuring that when people like Mr. Simmons are ready to return that they have the right to return to a roster spot if they are still entitled to it. While I have some hard-and-fast guidelines I consider, such as a division champion will always promote even if it means an extra spot is relegated, or an eighth-place wrestler will always be relegated no matter what other vacancies happen, in this instance it seemed the easiest, correct move is to simply not relegate the seventh-place wrestlers from the affected divisions." The final Season Eleven roster is set to be announced at some point in mid-January 2024. UPDATED DIVISIONS FOR SEASON ELEVEN ALPHA DIVISION George Mastachas (defending League Champion) Nuclear Templeton The Mastodon Brandy McDonald Mel O'Hallister De'siree Mitchell Brian Blackfield (promoted from Beta) Jean-Paul Ouilette (promoted from Beta) BETA DIVISION Reverend Johnny Gross (relegated from Alpha) Yoshii Nakamatsu Billy Norris Blood River Angela Wassermann Pulsar (not relegated as a result of this announcement) Christian Priest (promoted from Gamma) Lucas Molina (promoted from Gamma) GAMMA DIVISION Big Scott Weathers (Relegated from Beta) Indigo Rose Diego Rodriguez Terrance Stevens Erick Gibson Markus Clay (not relegated as a result of this announcement) Monty Dhillon (promoted from Delta) Lance Heartilly (promoted from Delta) DELTA DIVISION Diamond (relegated from Gamma) Kichi Hida Nocturne Scott Stevens Four spots to be filled either by contracts or from top finishers in the Omega Division

THE LEAGUE: SEASON TEN, WEEK FOURTEEN DELTA DIVISION (z-6) El Tornado (4-9, OVR 444)* vs. (z-8) Devil's Delight (1-12, OVR 420) Both wrestlers had asked separately to wrestle this match before the audience arrived. Will Prydor denied the request, telling each of them that they should go out there and make certain the people remembered them after they had left for the Omega Division. The result was this Match of the Night contender right out of the gates, as Tornado fought back from a deep hole to eventually catch Delight with a springboard guillotina. However, Delight got out of the pin at two and a half, and fought her own way back into the contest. A Hellborne Rising and a DDT led into Purgatory’s End, and Tornado was too far from the ropes to get the break. He tapped out, and Delight at least ends her first tenure in The League on a high note, and now has to reinvent herself in Omega. Devil's Delight (2-12) def. El Tornado (4-10) via Submission (Purgatory’s End) in 9:32. Rating: *** Changes for Devil's Delight: OVR + 5.10, XP + 524.96, no notable damage Changes for El Tornado: OVR + 0.71, XP + 131.24, minor damage to head GAMMA DIVISION (6) Erick Gibson (5-8, OVR 488)* vs. (5) Terrance Stevens (6-7, OVR 477) Gibson came in to this match motivated—rumor had it that he was looking to secure his position as shareholders were sensing weakness and a possible hostile takeover of his company was in the works. Terrance got overwhelmed in the opening minutes but somehow fought back, eventually sending both Gibson and himself outside at the nine-minute mark. Karen McClure promptly got involved to get her client back on the offensive, and it paid off in spades barely twenty seconds later, as Gibson knocked Stevens loopy with a Terminable Offense. Gibson rolled back into the ring, and was content to watch the referee count Stevens out to end this Match of the Night contender. A win’s a win in his book, and Terrance Stevens earns the dubious honor of being the first person in The League to be involved in two different countout finishes (he had won the other one he was involved in). Erick Gibson (6-8) def. Terrance Stevens (6-8) via Countout (Terminable Offense) in 9:54. Rating: *** Changes for Erick Gibson: OVR + 4.19, XP + 483.14, minor damage to head Changes for Terrance Stevens: OVR + 0.71, XP + 150.98, minor damage to head GAMMA DIVISION (z-7) Markus Clay (4-9, OVR 469) vs. (4) Diego Rodriguez (6-7, OVR 506)* A rather pedestrian match after the opening contests on the card, this saw Diego control the match for the most part, and he put Clay away with a swinging neckbreaker that led directly to a Discordant Melody. Clay looked like he was phoning this match in, as Rodriguez continues to fuel speculation that next season will be the one he promotes into Beta. Diego Rodriguez (7-7) def. Markus Clay (4-10) via Submission (Discordant Melody) in 9:19. Rating: ** Changes for Diego Rodriguez: OVR + 3.93, XP + 557.14, no notable damage Changes for Markus Clay: OVR -0.07, XP + 139.29, minor damage to head BETA DIVISION (5) Billy Norris (6-7, OVR 506) vs. (7) Pulsar (5-8, OVR 473)* The only bit of drama in this one, after Pulsar at least made it look respectable, was the fact that the referee originally overturned a pinfall on Pulsar after seeing a foot under the bottom rope. This did not get Norris upset, as he simply took down Pulsar again and hit a second Down Under Disaster, hooking both legs on the cover and making sure the official got to three this time. Norris finishes the season with an even record, and Pulsar…well, he kind of makes the Wassermann/Blackfield match moot, as Pulsar has locked in a trip to the Gamma Division. Billy Norris (7-7) def. Pulsar (5-9) via Pinfall (Down Under Disaster) in 10:19. Rating: ** Changes for Billy Norris: OVR + 3.98, XP + 630.44, no notable damage Changes for Pulsar: OVR -0.07, XP + 157.61, minor damage to head ALPHA DIVISION (5) Mel O'Hallister (6-7, OVR 520)* vs. (z-7) Reverend Johnny Gross (3-10, OVR 494) Bob Sinclair: We go to the Alpha Division for our next bout, as Mel O’Hallister tries to avoid a losing season. Standing across from him is the already-relegated Reverend Johnny Gross. Frankie Garnett: Bob, surely I can’t be the only one already looking forward to next season, and the pair of matches between Gross and Christian Priest, can I? Bob Sinclair: Frankie, I think a lot of people are in that boat after the words exchanged between the two prior to Tag Team Turmoil. But that’s in the future, let’s focus on the present. Who do you have winning this one? Frankie Garnett: The smart answer would, naturally, be O’Hallister. He won earlier this season, after all. But I’m not entirely sold on that. Gross knows he’s back in Beta next season. I expect a return to Beta Division form for Gross…who, remember, went 11-3 and won the division last season. I see him taking this one, and entering Season Eleven with some momentum on his side as he prepares for the inevitable showdown. Bob Sinclair: Kind of a bold pick, Frankie, given that O’Hallister looked early in this season to be a championship contender. Frankie Garnett: If Mel had kept his earlier success going to this point, Bob, we’d be having a totally different discussion. Bob Sinclair: Fair enough. Both men have signaled they’re ready to begin, and here’s the bell…we are under way in the Alpha Division! Bob Sinclair: At least in the early part of the match, Frankie, you’re dead-on here. Gross looks like his Beta Division self and is setting the pace of the match to something he’s comfortable with. Frankie Garnett: There’s one minor issue, Bob. It’s the same pace that O’Hallister likes, especially with that leg of his. Bob Sinclair: Still too early for a pin, but Gross manages to stop O’Hallister’s momentum with a quick spinebuster. Frankie Garnett: Plus O’Hallister has to force Gross off of him, so it’s not an entirely wasted maneuver. Bob Sinclair: Gross almost stole one there, Frankie! Frankie Garnett: Not likely. Gross left O’Hallister’s good leg free. If it was the left leg that was trapped, we might be having a different discussion right now. Bob Sinclair: The collective groan you just heard from the male viewership explains it all, folks! Frankie Garnett: I’m…lost, Bob. How in the heck do you miss a low blow so badly that you catch the ref with it?! Bob Sinclair: You just saw it, Frankie. I can’t explain it any better than that. Frankie Garnett: Gross didn’t get it with the brainbuster, but he very well might get the submission here! Bob Sinclair: O’Hallister’s trying to slip out, but Gross has it on too tight…and there it is, O’Hallister has to tap! Frankie Garnett: A valiant attempt from O’Hallister, but Gross gets some momentum at the end of the season after crashing to earth like being expelled from the Garden of Eden after Tag Team Turmoil! Bob Sinclair: …You’ve been saving that line for a while, haven’t you? Frankie Garnett: Darn right I was! Reverend Johnny Gross (4-10) def. Mel O'Hallister (6-8) via Submission (Come to Jesus) in 16:33. Rating: *** Changes for Reverend Johnny Gross: OVR + 5.61, XP + 942.91, no notable damage Changes for Mel O'Hallister: OVR + 0.78, XP + 348.23, minor damage to head and body This was the Match of the Night (2 [1 this season] for Reverend Johnny Gross, 6 [3 this season] for Mel O'Hallister) ALPHA DIVISION (6) De'siree Mitchell (4-9, OVR 488) vs. (4) Brandy McDonald (7-6, OVR 519)* De’siree Mitchell came into this match with a point to prove to all of the haters who called Brandy her kryptonite. McDonald got some offense in, but never enough to be too much of a threat as Mitchell stormed through this match, hitting the All Out Blitz on the first try and scoring the pinfall to salvage some dignity on the season…as well as ensure that she’s not dropping to Beta Division. Her victory locks Daniel Simmons in for relegation back to Beta. De'siree Mitchell (5-9) def. Brandy McDonald (7-7) via Pinfall (All Out Blitz) in 13:20. Rating: ** Changes for De'siree Mitchell: OVR + 4.16, XP + 729.60, no notable damage Changes for Brandy McDonald: OVR -0.07, XP + 182.40, minor damage to head BETA DIVISION (4) Blood River (6-7, OVR 502)* vs. (3) Yoshii Nakamatsu (7-6, OVR 508) Another Match of the Night contender, Nakamatsu fought like he had something to prove, which was absolutely true. After all, he was winless against River in three attempts. This was a very close match that could have gone either way, as both men were busted open during the match, and both men were vulnerable to the other’s finishers. In the end though, River was unable to pull the trigger on The Offering. Nakamatsu had no such issues with the Emperor’s Fall. Three counts later, Nakamatsu puts the pressure on Jean-Paul Ouilette to win if he wants to be promoted! Yoshii Nakamatsu (8-6) def. Blood River (6-8) via Pinfall (Emperor’s Fall) in 13:43. Rating: *** Changes for Yoshii Nakamatsu: OVR + 5.41, XP + 685.27, minor damage to head Changes for Blood River: OVR + 0.75, XP + 171.32, minor damage to head BETA DIVISION (6) Angela Wassermann (5-8, OVR 471) vs. (y-1) Brian Blackfield (12-1, OVR 571)* A bit of a throwaway match before delving into more contests that have some meaning, since Pulsar locked up the second relegation spot earlier in the night. Wassermann got out to a rather large advantage in the first five minutes, but could not hold on to that over the following eight. Blackfield would bust Angela open with a stump piledriver and fail at hitting the Destroyer three times before simply locking on the Highland’s Wrath for the submission victory. The Juggernaut heads into the Alpha Division with only three losses to his name, and has to be considered one of the favorites to emerge as League Champion in the first season of 2024. Brian Blackfield (13-1) def. Angela Wassermann (5-9) via Submission (Highland’s Wrath) in 13:24. Rating: ** Changes for Brian Blackfield: OVR + 4.16, XP + 632.36, minor damage to head Changes for Angela Wassermann: OVR -0.07, XP + 158.09, minor damage to head Two Minutes to Midnight… The camera returns from commercial to show Nocturne, pacing back and forth backstage. Her match is up next. ???: You’re going to wear yourself out before you even get out there. She stops mid-stride as the words reach her mind, and then pivots to see Will Prydor standing a few feet away. Nocturne: I can’t help it. Biggest match of my young career so far. Prydor nods at this. Will Prydor: Just go out there and do your thing. You’ve held your own against me, and I’m about Stevens’ size. You can do this. I mean…hell, Dani, you’re one of two people who beat Lance Heartilly this season, and the only one to do it twice. That’s an accomplishment. Nocturne: And it’ll mean nothing if I get sent back to Omega. Will Prydor: Not true. Nocturne’s head snaps up at this as she stares a question at her teacher. Will Prydor: It will mean something, Dani. It means you took on a master technician and bested him. Beyond that…even if you get sent back to Omega, and have to run the gauntlet again…you’ve done it once. What more proof do you need that you can deal with any adversity that comes your way? Nocturne remains silent at this, pondering his words. Will Prydor: You’re putting too much pressure on yourself. I even told you that before the season began. That’s not a path to success. Trust me, I know, and I know that you know this. The next four or five months do not matter right now. Only the next twenty minutes. Deal with the afterwards after. There is another pause, before Nocturne looks at him once more. Prydor nods. Will Prydor: It’s your fight song, Dani. You know the words better than I do. But if ever there was a time to live by those words, it’s now. "You might only have one match, but you can make an explosion." Go prove to them that you deserve to be here, that you are that explosion. One last exhale, and Nocturne nods. The determination is clear on her face. Nocturne: No. I’m going to do better than that, Teach. I’m going to rise. As she turns to head towards the ring, The Aerie’s PA system starts to play Sixx:A.M.’s “Rise,” the theme that Prydor himself used at the end of his career, and the man smiles. It’s all in her hands now. DELTA DIVISION (5) Nocturne (6-7, OVR 425) vs. (7) Scott Stevens (4-9, OVR 418)* Nocturne’s main roster spot is at stake here; she needs to win and Heartilly to beat Onoo to keep her spot in the Delta Division next season. The pep talk she got from her teacher right before the match seemed to have little effect to start, as Stevens took an early advantage and threatened to run away with the contest. However, Nocturne showed shades of her teacher during his League tenure, enduring the punishment and slowly grinding her way back into the match. Stevens never got an attempt to go for his piledriver, looking instead to powerbomb Nocturne through the canvas. It took her a half-dozen tries but she finally got the Midnight Solstice applied, center of the ring, and Stevens was forced to tap out. Half of the equation in the lower end of the Delta Division is complete; will Onoo be able to do what only two people have done this season to stave off relegation? Nocturne (7-7) def. Scott Stevens (4-10) via Submission (Midnight Solstice) in 14:33. Rating: ** Changes for Nocturne: OVR + 4.22, XP + 486.98, minor damage to head Changes for Scott Stevens: OVR -0.07, XP + 121.75, minor damage to head DELTA DIVISION (4) Jun Onoo (6-7, OVR 476) vs. (2) Lance Heartilly (10-3, OVR 444)* Onoo had an opening flurry of offense at the bell, but his problem is that he winded himself too early by trying to bull-rush Heartilly into a pinning predicament. Heartilly utilized his excessive stamina reserves and simply outlasted Onoo, eventually applying his figure four and earning the submission victory, banishing Onoo to the Omega Division next season in what was otherwise a rather pedestrian contest! Lance Heartilly (11-3) def. Jun Onoo (6-8) via Submission (Hellacious Leglock) in 11:08. Rating: ** Changes for Lance Heartilly: OVR + 4.03, XP + 485.34, no notable damage Changes for Jun Onoo: OVR -0.07, XP + 121.34, no notable damage GAMMA DIVISION (z-8) Diamond (4-9, OVR 474)* vs. (3) Lucas Molina (7-6, OVR 473) Moving on to the Gamma Division for the next to last time this season, Lucas Molina finds himself needing to beat Diamond, and then get some help from Christian Priest, to promote to Beta next season. Much like Nocturne did earlier tonight, Molina had to come from behind in this, as Diamond took an early advantage with her speed and striking. Where she erred, though, was looking to finish Molina with the Florentine. Lucas Molina seemed to take that personally, and made his smaller opponent pay for her hubris with multiple applications of the Puerto Rican Legsweep, the Puerto Rican Pinch, and finally a Greetings from San Juan chained into the Molina Bodylock. Diamond tapped before too long, still discombobulated from the assault from Molina, and he now turns his eyes to the match later between Priest and Indigo Rose, which will determine the second promotion spot into Beta! Lucas Molina (8-6) def. Diamond (4-10) via Submission (Molina Bodylock) in 16:26. Rating: ** Changes for Lucas Molina: OVR + 4.33, XP + 561.07, minor damage to head Changes for Diamond: OVR -0.08, XP + 140.27, minor damage to head and body BETA DIVISION (z-8) Big Scott Weathers (4-9, OVR 482) vs. (2) Jean-Paul Ouilette (7-6, OVR 515)* Pressure’s on Ouilette here. A win, and he promotes to Alpha alongside Brian Blackfield. A loss, and it’s Yoshii Nakamatsu making the trip instead. Weathers put up a bigger fight than many expected, keeping Ouilette on the back foot for most of the match. The Frenchman would fight back, as seems to be the norm in most of these bouts, eventually putting Weathers at risk of Le Petit Mort. Except that Ouilette missed, and Weathers only got a two count out of the affair. Sensing an advantage, Weathers watched Ouilette get to his feet, and charged forward, looking for a Mafia Kick…and immediately fell face-first on the mat, as he was tripped by Cecile Corine. Barely three seconds later, Ouilette landed a desperate Le Petit Mort, and hooked the near leg. This got a count of three, and Ouilette owes his spot in the Alpha Division in Season Eleven to Cecile Corine! Jean-Paul Ouilette (8-6) def. Big Scott Weathers (4-10) via Pinfall (Le Petit Mort) in 13:18. Rating: ** Changes for Jean-Paul Ouilette: OVR + 4.15, XP + 505.84, minor damage to head Changes for Big Scott Weathers: OVR -0.07, XP + 158.07, minor damage to head DELTA DIVISION (1) Monty Dhillon (11-2, OVR 528)* vs. (3) Kichi Hida (10-3, OVR 464) The final quartet of bouts of the card all have promotion or championship implications. We start in the Delta Division, and Kichi Hida’s deadline of three minutes, fifty-three seconds. Certainly doable. The problem is that Dhillon knew his best bet was to simply be aggressive from the start, and he had the size to back it up. As the clock passed four minutes, Dhillon had landed a Livewire Lariant, a 1346, and the Hammer Mill in succession, while Hida still had not managed any significant strikes. The following two minutes were of no help either, and Dhillon finished things with a huge Empire Bomb that Hida tried to fight her way to her feet after. However, it didn’t go the way she would have liked, and Dhillon made the cover to secure a spot in the Gamma Division, and to do so as the Delta Division champion! Monty Dhillon (12-2) def. Kichi Hida (10-4) via Pinfall (Empire Bomb) in 6:08. Rating: * Changes for Monty Dhillon: OVR + 2.65, XP + 442.70, no notable damage Changes for Kichi Hida: OVR -0.80, XP + 110.67, no notable damage GAMMA DIVISION (2) Indigo Rose (8-5, OVR 490) vs. (y-1) Christian Priest (12-1, OVR 578)* Speaking of Gamma Division, it’s time to see who promotes out of it alongside Christian Priest. If Rose can do what only Terrance Stevens has managed to do this season, she will have earned her promotion to Beta. If she becomes the thirteenth victim of Priest’s Season Ten Crusade, it’s Molina who advances instead. By three minutes in, it was pretty clear what was going to happen, and by the time a Judgement was rendered unto Rose, just past seven minutes in, it was confirmed. Rose never stood a chance this week. Priest cruises to a 13-1 Gamma Division record, setting the mark for best even Gamma record (remember, The Juggernaut went 12-2 in his Gamma campaign), and in doing so brings Lucas Molina along for the ride into the Beta Division! Christian Priest (13-1) def. Indigo Rose (8-6) via Pinfall (Judgement) in 7:15. Rating: * Changes for Christian Priest: OVR + 2.69, XP + 509.67, no notable damage Changes for Indigo Rose: OVR -0.82, XP + 127.42, minor damage to head ALPHA DIVISION (3) The Mastodon (9-4, OVR 520)* vs. (2) Nuclear Templeton (10-3, OVR 532) First half of our double main event. The winner of this match would have a shot at becoming League Champion pending the results of the actual main event. This matchup of Season Eight Tag Team Turmoil partners started this in the manner to which each is accustomed—that is to say, it started as a slugfest from the opening bell and did not let up for the first seven or eight minutes. Around that time, Templeton started to get an advantage, and only widened it over the next minute or two. When a Radiation Spike failed to land, Mastodon fought back himself, busting Nuclear open with a stump piledriver. The punishment he’d taken was enough to thwart a Cull the Weak, though, and Nuclear feigned an Armageddon Lariat, catching Mastodon out of position and opening him up for a Radiation Leak! Mastodon nearly made it to the ropes before finally passing out, and Templeton has done what he can. He’s now in the unenviable position of hoping Daniel Simmons can pull a major upset in order for Nuclear to repeat as League Champion! Nuclear Templeton (11-3) def. The Mastodon (9-5) via Submission (Radiation Leak) in 19:05. Rating: ** Changes for Nuclear Templeton: OVR + 4.48, XP + 733.74, minor damage to head Changes for The Mastodon: OVR -0.08, XP + 183.44, moderate damage to head, minor damage to body ALPHA DIVISION (1) George Mastachas (10-3, OVR 523)* vs. (z-8) Daniel Simmons (3-10, OVR 504) During the final commercial break of the show, in between the last match and this one, League security had to escort Nuclear Templeton from the ringside area. He demanded that he should have the right to watch this match from ringside since he had a vested interest in it, but that was quickly denied by senior League official Jacob Smalls. The final match of the season would happen without any other wrestlers in the ringside area. This was a surprisingly close match for the opening seven minutes. Simmons looked like he could hold his own against Mastachas, while Mastachas weathered the storm and dealt punishment where he could. It all started coming apart for Simmons around the nine-minute mark, as Mastachas got in a lengthy sustained run of offense. To his credit, Simmons didn’t panic and fought back again, turning what would have been disaster (a superplex Mastachas was going to use to counter a Working Man’s Dropkick) into a pinning predicament. As they got back to their feet, though, Mastachas stunned Simmons with a quick DDT, and followed it with a Wrath of Zeus. It only took three seconds after that. Season Ten ends with George Mastachas raising the League Championship in the final match of the show! George Mastachas (11-3) def. Daniel Simmons (3-11) via Pinfall (Wrath of Zeus) in 15:49. Rating: ** Changes for George Mastachas: OVR + 4.30, XP + 731.39, no notable damage Changes for Daniel Simmons: OVR -0.08, XP + 182.85, minor damage to head /\/\/\/\/\/\ FINAL STANDINGS x – Clinched promotion y – Clinched Division Title z – Clinched Relegation ALPHA DIVISION y-1. George Mastachas: 11-3, ATV 17:43, (AMR 2.500), OVR 527.49 2. Nuclear Templeton: 11-3, ATV 14:19, (AMR 2.214), OVR 536.08 3. The Mastodon: 9-5, ATV 15:13, (AMR 2.429), OVR 519.57 4. Brandy McDonald: 7-7, ATV 13:35, (AMR 2.071), OVR 519.00 5. Mel O'Hallister: 6-8, ATV 16:06, (AMR 2.286), OVR 520.32 6. De'siree Mitchell: 5-9, ATV 16:27, (AMR 2.357), OVR 492.57 z-7. Reverend Johnny Gross: 4-10, ATV 26:01, (AMR 1.929), OVR 499.29 z-8. Daniel Simmons: 3-11, ATV 14:53, (AMR 2.214), OVR 503.76 Mastachas wins the tiebreaker due to faster victory time over Templeton. BETA DIVISION y-1. Brian Blackfield: 13-1, ATV 14:22 (AMR 2.071), OVR 574.71 x-2. Jean-Paul Ouilette: 8-6, ATV 12:05 (AMR 2.500), OVR 519.45 3. Yoshii Nakamatsu: 8-6, ATV 13:14 (AMR 2.143), OVR 513.50 4. Billy Norris: 7-7, ATV 13:10 (AMR 2.429), OVR 510.36 5. Blood River: 6-8, ATV 11:00 (AMR 2.071), OVR 502.73 6. Angela Wassermann: 5-9, ATV 10:40 (AMR 2.357), OVR 470.73 z-7. Pulsar: 5-9, ATV 11:52 (AMR 2.286), OVR 472.57 z-8. Big Scott Weathers: 4-10, ATV 15:28 (AMR 2.429), OVR 482.41 Ouilette wins the tiebreaker via faster victory time over Nakamatsu Wassermann wins the tiebreaker due to season sweep over Pulsar GAMMA DIVISION y-1. Christian Priest: 13-1, ATV 13:24, (AMR 2.714), OVR 580.74 x-2. Lucas Molina: 8-6, ATV 15:08, (AMR 1.929), OVR 477.37 3. Indigo Rose: 8-6, ATV 15:09, (AMR 2.429), OVR 489.66 4. Diego Rodriguez: 7-7, ATV 18:44, (AMR 2.286), OVR 509.65 5. Erick Gibson: 6-8, ATV 10:14, (AMR 2.429), OVR 491.73 6. Terrance Stevens: 6-8, ATV 10:23, (AMR 2.357), OVR 477.24 z-7. Markus Clay: 4-10, ATV 10:48, (AMR 2.286), OVR 469.00 z-8. Diamond: 4-10, ATV 10:10, (AMR 2.143), OVR 473.95 Molina wins the tiebreaker due to better victory time over Rose Gibson wins the tiebreaker due to season sweep over Stevens Clay wins the tiebreaker due to better victory time over Diamond DELTA DIVISION y-1. Monty Dhillon: 12-2, ATV 7:05 (AMR 2.071), OVR 530.91 x-2. Lance Heartilly: 11-3, ATV 10:16 (AMR 2.286), OVR 448.12 3. Kichi Hida: 10-4, ATV 6:49 (AMR 1.786), OVR 462.75 4. Nocturne: 7-7, ATV 11:26 (AMR 2.000), OVR 428.92 z-5. Jun Onoo: 6-8, ATV 10:24 (AMR 2.071), OVR 476.18 z-6. El Tornado: 4-10, ATV 6:46 (AMR 2.071), OVR 444.88 7. Scott Stevens: 4-10, ATV 10:54 (AMR 2.071), OVR 418.37 z-8. Devil's Delight: 2-12, ATV 10:19 (AMR 2.214), OVR 424.69 Tornado wins the tiebreaker due to season sweep over Stevens PREDICTION STANDINGS (Reminder: The standings will now show “official” scores with the bottom two weeks dropped.) 1. Croquemitaine: 130 (this week: 11). Total score: 146 (drop weeks 4 [8] and 5 [8]) 2. Eternal Phoenix: 130 (this week: 12). Total score: 143 (drop weeks 4 [5] and 5 [8]) 3. SeanMcG: 127 (this week: 9). Total score: 127 (drop weeks 7 [6] and 11 [7]) 4. ShadowedFlames: 124 (this week: 11). Total score: 131 (drop weeks 4 [7] and 10 [0]) 5. Derek B: 124 (this week: 9). Total score: 128 (drop weeks 3 [0] and 5 [4]) 6. Jman2k3: 117 (this week: 10). Total score: 131 (drop weeks 4 [7] and 7 [7]) With a tie atop the standings, the first tiebreaker is total picks correct. By a three-point margin that goes to Croquemitaine. The Week 4 predication disaster that led to the majority of us using that as a drop week is the difference maker this season. Croquemitaine wins the prediction pool for Season Ten and will get to dictate which matches Monty Dhillon will have as his gimmick matches next season once the participants are locked in. Because of the tie atop the standings, I’m also going to award a consolation prize to Eternal Phoenix, and allow him to pick a single match for any of his characters to determine the gimmick. While I may have already done the end-of-season medical rest rolls and the like, it doesn’t mean I’m going to give away ALL of the results now! The overall total also determines the tiebreaker between fourth and fifth places. THE LEAGUE IS NOW ON BREAK UNTIL JANUARY 2024. I WILL STILL POST OCCASIONALLY DURING THE “OFF-SEASON” AS I HAVE A FEW THINGS LINED UP, PLUS THERE’S OMEGA DIVISION THINGS TO WORK THROUGH. AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE START OF SEASON ELEVEN I’LL POST A REMINDER ON HOW TO SPEND INCOMING TRAIT POINTS (TP) THAT ALL RETURNING WRESTLERS WILL BE GETTING.