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Show will go up tomorrow night, so if anyone else is interested in predictions or fan questions, now's the time folks. In the meantime here's one from James the Animator: My question is for JK Lee: It’s no secret your style is vastly different from most of your peers in SNP. How did Mark Carnie convince you to work for him, and how do you feel about your current position there? JK Lee: CWW didn't exist back then and I needed work so I said yes. How do I feel about it now? Well, I like the paycheck. Don't like much else but pay is always good.

Sid was awoken from his slumber by the dulcet tones of The Verve’s Bittersweet Symphony, which meant that either Curtis was phoning him or somebody had hacked into his ipod and replaced all the good music. “What is it? ‘Cos ringing me this close to midnight just to chat could be considered workplace bullying.” “Nah, it’s good news mate. We got the Nagasaki Prize!” Kendo Nagasaki was the first Anglo-Japanese man to sit in the House of Lords, and after he’d died a prize had been founded in his honour to reward diversity in business or something. Sid had known CWW were up for it but that whole side of things had been run by other people so he hadn’t really been paying attention. “You’re kidding me, really?” “Course we won mate, we’re a company owned by a black bloke, our chief creative office’s British Indian, we’ve got a gay champion and our broadcast team are Jewish and Irish traveller, how were we ever NOT going to win it, eh?” JB was Irish traveller the way Sid was from Jharkhand (their parents had settled years before either were born), but apparently that still counted. “Right…listen, can we talk more in the morning? I’m completely knackered and it sounds like you’re hammered” “Honestly mate? I’m past hammered and coming up on totally sh*tfaced so let’s say we’ll talk tomorrow afternoon? I want to really earn this hangover mate.” *** Of course, come the next morning CJ rang him mid-morning anyway. “Right, here’s the deal. The Nagasaki prize came out to about a eighty five thousand quid, which puts us firmly on a solid financial ground but isn’t anything on what 21CW or the haggis f*cker have in their accounts…” Mark Carnie’s name was not to be spoken outside of SNP’s locker room, lest you summon him up to inflict endless toxic bullsh*t on all in the local county. “So I don’t want us to start running about and splashing the cash around. We can sit on it for now, build up some profit for a couple of months and then once we’re planning for the summer tour, that’s when we start spending, alright?” “Fair enough- there’s some guys I’m looking at bringing in for the tour but they won’t suffer for having a couple of months more to develop before we bring them in.” “Exactly. Also, we’re not using this to improve any more of our production just yet, either- I agree that spending more money on Danny Brown’s filming was the right call but that’s 500 quid less profit every month and that’s not a small percentage, alright? Unless Wrestleworld decides to start broadcasting out of the UK none of that guff matters at the moment anyway.” Sid couldn’t deny CJ’s point, even if he was still keen on upgrading the production values to something a little more polished. Still, there was always the future. “Fine, you’re not wrong. Anyway, here’s what I’ve got planned for the next show…” *** Card for CWW Only the Strong: FOR THE CWW CHAMPIONSHIP Lenny Mochin © vs. Curtis Jenkins vs. Martin Heath Jon Michael Sharp vs. JK Lee FOR THE CWW TAG TEAM TITLES Ward & Owen © vs. Neil Warburton & Jonni Leyland Bryn Archer vs. Pinfall Peters Padraig O’Hearne vs. Lynton Minehead

So, since we just had the three predictions for the show, everybody gets a fan question this time! Including new posters because hey, why not? Next post will go up later today.

Apologies for the delay, technical issues and exhaustion meant I only just got back on the computer that has the dynasty on CWW Battlefield Recorded as live at Sham 69 Friday, Week 3, April Audience: 76 The Show Neil Warburton vs. Pinfall Peters We kicked things off with our customary technical showcase, and I think this was the first time since January we’d mixed the technical showcase and Submission title match. It worked as well as you’d expect; Neil and Peters are two of our best pure technical workers (in the midcard anyways) and are ideally suited for this kind of match. Neil in particular seems to have stepped up his game after his match with Lenny, he’s not quite performing at the same level as Lenny or CJ but he’s making progress and I wouldn’t bet against him getting up there by the end of the year (always assuming there’s room for him of course, which there might not be). As for Peters, he’s still as ‘good midcard hand’ rather than ‘future star’ level but hey, there’ll always be a spot for solid performers who can anchor the opening few matches in this company. Neil got the win here- I’m not ready for a title switch just yet- with the Texas Deathlock. Winner: Neil Warburton Match Rating: 35 * Bryn Archer and Lynton Minehead vs. Sharp & Heath Right, I’m gonna have to tear up my plans; Martin Heath will at some point this year become CWW Champion, he’s operating on a whole other level than the rest of the company right now. Admittedly that might leave the tag division undermanned, but talent is talent and Martin’s got what it takes to really carry the company forward. As for his partner, JMS is a good hand but just doesn’t have Martin’s out-and-out quality; I might see if we can find another partner for him and keep him in the tag team division, see if that works. Their opponents, meanwhile, are very much projects but both look decent; Lynton’s already improved from where he was at the start of the year and Bryn wasn’t particularly awful here. Don’t get me wrong, he’s probably our weakest performer right now but he’s only been here for two shows and needs time to develop; give him a few months and I imagine he’ll have reached the same level as guys Lynton or Jermaine. If you couldn’t guess, Sharp and Heath took the win here, with JMS pinning Bryn after hitting the Disarmer (Double Arm Trap Neckbreaker). Winners: Sharp & Heath Match Rating: 35 * Jermaine Granger vs. Myles Cross vs. Jonni Leyland This was better than I’d expected; it wasn’t exactly great or anything but clearly our prospects are starting to develop and step up their game in the ring. Admittedly this one was still carried by Jonni, but then he has roughly twenty times as much experience as both his opponents put together so what do you expect? He’s certainly not going to be appearing in any main events soon but put him up against the younger guys and Jonni can carry them to a decent match whilst hopefully teaching them a few tricks along the way. As for the other two, Jermaine’s pretty good for his level of experience and has steadily improved over the last few months, whilst Myles is a bit more of a complicated case; he’s definitely improved but is still up-and-down in his performance. It’s not that he’s inclined to off nights or anything, it’s more that his floor-to-ceiling gap is pretty wide and he’s yet to bring that floor up the way I’d like him to. Still, even if he isn’t particularly likeable he’s yet to cause trouble so I’ll give him a chance to improve some more and see what happens. He still took the loss, tonight, though, as Jonni hit a Low Down and got a pin before Jermaine could break the fall. Winner: Jonni Leyland Match Rating: 31 * Taypen & Buzzard vs. Ward & Owen This one was a good-to-great match that saw the first title switch of the year as Ward & Owen took the W to get their first run with the tag titles. It was also the first time a match didn’t suffer for having the competitors try to steal the show; okay, so Gavin couldn’t keep up and Grant was off his game anyway but Glen and Leighton both stepped up admirably (even if Glen was gasping for breath by the end). I don’t have any issue with Grant and Leighton, they’re great guys and have done a great job as champions but they’ve held the title for something like 200-odd days and I thought it was time for a switch on that one; they’ll still be key competitors (and given how much our fans seem to enjoy high fliers Leighton might even move up the card if a gap opens up) but for now it’s time for another team to have a go. That team was Ward & Owen who’ve delivered solid performances all year and have earned this run (plus, y’know, if it fails miserably there’s at least two options already around that can replace them). Gav got the win here, locking Grant in the Judo Arm Lock while Glen took Leighton at ringside with the soggiest judo throw you’ve ever seen (it was basically Leighton flipping himself over Glen’s shoulder whilst Glen stood there gasping). Winners AND NEW CHAMPIONS: Ward & Owen Match Rating: 39 * Curtis Jenkins vs. Padraig O’Hearne As usual, once we got to our top matches the quality jumped up a notch. CJ and Padraig remain two of our biggest stars, and pretty much anyone could predict this would be a show-stealer, which indeed it was. Padraig remains a strong contender for the CWW Championship but the emergence of other names like Lee and Martin has seen him drop a little way down the pecking order; he’s still got the juice but I feel like he’s such a dead cert that I want to try out somebody else first and see what happens before giving it to him. As for CJ, stamina concerns have kept him away from the top spot since he dropped the belt but as we get closer to summer we need to build as many contenders as possible for the sizzler tour (more on that later). That’s why CJ got the win here, reversing the Crowning Glory into the Fisherman’s Suplex for the pin; Padraig’s body of work will always keep him as a challenger, CJ needs a big signature win to get him back in the picture. Winner: Curtis Jenkins Match Rating: 48 * Lenny Mochin vs. JK Lee This one, whilst still a good main event, was definitely a disappointment. Neither man was bad, there was no off nights or anything, but it turns out Lenny and JK don’t click and it made for a very awkward bout (and when you’re dealing with two mat technicians that can particularly obvious). Throw in his awkward attitude backstage and I’m thinking it might be time to cool the jets on Lee’s push up the card; he’s good, that’s obvious, but is he someone we want at the top of the card right now? With how many other options there are out there that aren’t misery-guts I’m not so sure anymore. As for Lenny, this didn’t reveal anything about him I didn’t already know; he’s one of our top guys, one case of bad chemistry doesn’t change anything. He got the win here (this was always more of a test for Lee than a true opportunity; I don’t know if he passed just yet), putting Lee away with the Eye of the Storm at 22:22. Winner: Lenny Mochin Match Rating: 45 Overall Rating: 45, our best show of the year despite the disappointing main event. Glen Ward, CJ and Padraig get the praise tonight.

Show will go up tomorrow so there's still time for predictions

Thanks Blake- when I looked I think the problem is that most of my roster has equal or higher popularity than the company itself (Championship Wrestling from Wigan). When you look at it in those terms it actually does make a lot more sense.

How does the game work out workers' perceptions? I can't figure it out and it's really bugging me- I've got 15 stars or major stars on a 22-man roster and I can't figure out how from the numbers.

The hardest thing for Sid about visiting Leighton Buzzard in the hospital had to be the constant reminders not to make jokes about the fact that a man named Buzzard had been attacked by an eagle. Not because of taste issues or anything, it was just that there was no way Leighton hadn’t already made them all himself. “Alright Sid, boss-man said you’d be along. Want a grape? Apparently you have to have some when you’re recuperating even if you hate the ruddy things.” “Honestly, Leigh? Right there with you on grapes. No, I was just wondering how you were.” “And how it happened, right? Honestly, I have no idea. I’m at the zoo with the family…” Leighton had two sisters, both of whom had multiple children and a tendency to forget Leighton wasn’t one of them. To be fair, once you took in Leighton’s general demeanour Sid couldn’t blame them. “I’m eating my lunch and suddenly pow, eagle to the face. Apparently I’m lucky it just broke my nose, they’ve been known to take a bloke’s eye out.” Nothing summed up Leighton Buzzard more than the cheery grim with which he delivered the news of potential blindness. “Any idea when you’ll be healed up? Vernon’s off into training camp now and honestly mate, we need you.” “Oh, I’ll be fine in a week or so, well before showtime. It’s only a broken nose Sid, I’d had hundreds of them.” “Anybody else says that, I’d assume they’re exaggerating.” Leighton burst into loud guffaws at this, clearly amused at the truth of the statement, and turned the telly on to UKB Prime for Grandstand’s coverage of the England/India test series. Sid was frankly rather relieved- making small talk had never been a particular skill of his but as a proud British Indian he’d been mocking England’s batting order since shortly after he started talking. *** From Sid’s notebook: Current finances sit at a little over 15k in the bank, with consistent profits over the first quarter of the year. Used this to persuade CJ to upgrade our broadcast quality; up to now we’ve been using Samurai’s stepson to film and edit the shows (in fairness, he has a degree in film production from somewhere apparently). Now…well, we’re still Samurai’s stepson but now we’re paying him so he can afford more kit and a couple of mates to do close-ups. Unfortunately upgrading anything else is well outside our current budget, otherwise I’d improve our production values as well. Ah well, there’s always the autumn. Oh, and Vernon went into training camp for his MMA fight. He’s due back at the end of July, I think, which will bring him in for part of the Summer Sizzler tour. *** Card for CWW Battlefield: FOR THE CWW CHAMPIONSHIP Lenny Mochin © vs. JK Lee Padraig O’Hearne vs. Curtis Jenkins FOR THE CWW TAG TEAM TITLES Taypen & Buzzard © vs. Ward & Owen FOR THE CWW SUBMISSION TITLE Neil Warburton © vs. Pinfall Peters

CWW The King of the North 2020 Recorded as live at Phoenix Nights Friday, Week 3, March Audience: 72 The Show Lenny Mochin vs. Neil Warburton We needed to open with a good technical showcase, and our best technical wrestlers weren’t involved in the tournament, so this was the obvious answer. Turns out it was also the right answer with extra marks; whilst this wasn’t quite up there with our very best it came ruddy close, and in any case it’s not like Neil’s a major star. I think I’ve said before, in fact, that he’s not ready for a top run and whilst this match proved that’s maybe not as true as I’d thought I’m still of the opinion that Neil needs time to develop some experience before we push him up the card. Lenny, on the other hand, is absolute our franchise player and carried his (admittedly very capable) opponent to a great opener. Whilst this was non-title it’s still very clear what the pecking order is here and which champ was winning; Lenny nailed Neil with the Eye of the Storm for the pin at 20:28. Winner: Lenny Mochin Match Rating: 41 * Curtis Jenkins vs. Vernon George At 6 minutes this was too short for a match featuring a top guy, but you know what? It’s a tournament opener, we don’t need it to be that good. Also, it was actually pretty good given how bad Vernon is when he’s off his game (which he was here) so I’ll take it. This is Vernon’s last match with us before his training camp, so it’s a shame he was so bad as I still don’t know how best to use him; he’s got the right vibe for CWW but is just so bad in the ring and we have too many projects in the undercard as is. As for CJ, he’s a great wrestler but lacks a bit of direction at the moment- he was the last CWW champion, so I don’t want to drop him straight back into that slot and is too big for the Submissions title. If he had a tag partner he’d be a good fit for the tag division but he doesn’t and there aren’t any obvious options out there right now. Still, he’s a good hand who was always going to win here, putting Vernon away at 6:14 with the Fisherman’s Suplex. Winner: Curtis Jenkins Match Rating: 28 * Martin Heath vs. Bryn Archer I’d booked this one as a potential show-stealer, on the basis that those matches always disappoint and here it’d be forgotten about in short order. Sure enough, it was actually no better than the previous match, although in fairness I was happier with the individual performances here. Bryn was a little hamstrung by debuting in a five-minute tournament match, he didn’t have a chance to really show what he could do and didn’t look great. Still, he was better than Vernon so I wasn’t displeased and it’s not like I was wanting to put a title on him right this second anyways. Martin, meanwhile, was as great as ever and the only reason he doesn’t already have a belt is that I don’t want to change any just yet. He took the win here, as you might expect. Winner: Martin Heath Match Rating: 28 * Jonni Leyland vs. JK Lee Oh, that’s a nice surprise. This was the best first round match so far, though that was probably always going to be the case as our ‘rising prospect’ is actually more over than the established star. Still, I have no regrets in how I booked this one; I needed something that felt like an upset, Jonni’s definitely a more established presence than JK and Lee needs as many wins as possible if we’re serious about building him into a top guy. Yes, I gave the win to the rookie here; Jonni’s capable (and actually gave his best performance of the year in this one, clearly he’s at his best in shorter bouts) but JK’s going to be CWW Champion in the next couple of years and needed the win more. He got it via submission at 6:24, locking in the Crossface as the clock ticked towards time limit. Winner: JK Lee Match Rating: 36 * Pinfall Peters vs. Leighton Buzzard Now where did that come from? This was a (very slight) step-up from the last match and I have no idea why. Okay, so Leighton’s a good hand and Pinfall can certainly go but Leighton isn’t JK and Pinfall certainly isn’t Jonni Leyland. On reflection, maybe that’s why this came across slightly better; these two aren’t big names so the crowd wasn’t frustrated at how short the match was and could enjoy it for what it was. Which was a good first-round tournament match that delivered everything I wanted from it; good solid action and a nice clean finish that saw Leighton put Pinfall Peters away with the Buzz Off (spinning heel kick) for the pinfall. Winner: Leighton Buzzard Match Rating: 37 * Lynton Minehead and Cross & Granger vs. Grant Taypen and Ward & Owen Our first filler match of the evening saw three projects getting their tails kicked by three of our better midcard hands. I took a long time going back on forth on whether Taypen or Buzzard would be in the tournament (in the end Leighton’s superior stamina gave him the edge) and put Grant with the superior team as consolation here. As for the other five, Glen and Gavin are good hands who’re looking at potential title runs in the future (unless Glen hops out for better money, the capitalistic little s*d), whilst the opposing team might as well be termed ‘team big project’. Lynton’s probably the furthest along in his development and he’s super green, Jermaine has charisma but not a huge amount else and Myles mostly exists to discourage confidence in WWA:UK as a training school. Okay, so that last part’s probably a bit harsh, certainly Myles on his game isn’t any worse than Lynton and certainly has clear air on the likes of Vernon, but whatever the case he’s unlikely to get many wins at this stage of his career. Grant, Gav and Glen got the win here, as you might have guessed. Winners: Grant Taypen and Ward & Owen Match Rating: 33 * Curtis Jenkins vs. Martin Heath You’d expect a match featuring these two to be decent and it certainly was; I might revisit this one down the line with less of a time constraint. I won’t lie and say I went back and forth on the winner here; I always knew who I wanted to go over, but either of these two would make for a good tournament winner without any complaints from me. Ultimately, though, Martin’s superior stamina was the big difference maker; these two are both good hands but I don’t want the tournament final to feature a guy who’s totally gassed by the halfway mark. Martin’s one of the best in the company for going the distance so he got the win here, putting CJ away with the Flying Fist Drop. Winner: Martin Heath Match Rating: 39 * JK Lee vs. Leighton Buzzard This was another decent match that’s worth revisiting in the future; if nothing else the King of the North Tournament has thrown up a lot of potential rematches for later shows when we don’t have so much to cram in. Admittedly Leighton was off his game here, but even with that in mind he was decent enough, and in any case it’s not like he’s going to be the key player in that many singles matches anyway. As for JK, he’s been astonishingly consistent all night, in fact I think he’s rated out about the same in both matches so far. Once again I always knew who I wanted to win this one, but this was less about stamina and about the fact that one of these competitors is just better than the other. JK once again took home the win via submission, locking Leighton in the Crossface to progress through to the final. Winner: JK Lee Match Rating: 37 * Jon Michael Sharp vs. Padraig O’Hearne The last of our filler matches delivered pretty much what you’d expect; a good solid semi-main that did its job without ever really standing out from others of its kind. There’s a big gap between what JMS and his partner are capable of, which might be more of a concern if a) Jon wasn’t still pretty good and b) I have no intention of splitting up the team anyway. As for Padraig, I started the year with him as Lenny’s top contender and he’s still in that same basic spot but the emergence of guys like Martin and JK have muddied those waters a bit and I’m no longer quite as certain as I was that O’Hearne’s a lock for the next CWW Champion. Don’t get me wrong, he’s probably still at the top of that list but that word ‘probably’ really says everything I need it to. He’s still more of a singles guy than JMS, though, and took the win here with the Crowning Glory. Winner: Padraig O’Hearne Match Rating: 40 * JK Lee vs. Martin Heath When I first took on the CWW job I was most worried about the King of the North tournament, I’ve never put one together before and my nightmare was that the whole thing would fall apart. Fortunately this first attempt has worked out pretty well; nobody complained that any of the talent was overused and the tournament final ended the night on fine form. We’ve had better matches, to be honest, but they weren’t contested between two guys who’d already wrestled twice before that same evening so this one wins the moral victory (if not, y’know, any actual competitions or anything). The winner here was JK Lee; I like Martin a lot and he would be a deserving and credible King of the North but JK’s just a better long-term prospect in singles competition (though his term with O’Hearne is also pretty good and I’m not ruling out a Tag Title run), so he finished the night as the new King of the North Tournament Champion, locking in the Crossface to force his third straight submission of the night and win the trophy. Winner: JK Lee Match Rating: 47 Overall Rating: 42, a step down from January and February but still more than good enough. JK and Martin obviously get significant praise for their work all evening, whilst Grant gets pointed out as a good example for his backstage contribution (he organised a poker tournament backstage that kept morale up all evening).

Show will be going up tomorrow evening folks, so if there's anyone out there who still wants to get predictions in, now's the time. After that updates may slow down a bit- I've hit a creative block on writing up CWW's summer shows so they're taking a while to sort out. Anyway, here's a question from Herrbear Grant: It goes back to my training at the ROF Dojo, back when it was Turnbuckle Wrestling. My dad's a butcher and big on fresh produce so we always have loads of meat around the house, and instead of cutting it into sandwich meat or the like I'd just take a whole ham joint to training and cut it up there, share it with the rest of the lads. So for a while I was known as Ham Boy, and then it turned into Pig Boy for some reason (I think there was an Anne about the place, she was someone's girlfriend or sister I think, and nobody wanted to get mixed up).

The CWW-Cast “Hello fans and welcome to another edition to the CWW-cast. I’m your host Justin Blackham, joined as always by CWW analyst Jackie Goldstein, and it’s time to preview our second annual King of the North Tournament.” “The King of the North Tournament is one of the centrepieces of the CWW Calendar. Fought between eight men, four established stars and four rising prospects, the King of the North Tournament weighs heavily in your CVOA ranking- thanks once again to the great minds at FightAnalytics.com for their support- and the winner of the tournament sets themselves up nicely for a shot at the CWW Championship. Indeed, let’s not forget that last year’s King of the North was Lenny Mochin and we all know where he is now.” “In just a few minutes we’ll be looking at the field competitor by competitor, but before we get to the individual breakdowns let’s bring in CWW Senior Official Sid Chaudhry to break down the rules of the tournament. Mr. Chaudhry, welcome to the show.” “It’s a pleasure to be on the show Justin.” “Now, the rules of the King of the North Tournament are fairly simple, aren’t they?” “I’d say so, but there are a few factors that CWW fans should bear in mind. The first round will feature four singles matches pitting an established star against a rising prospect, with each match having a time limit of 6 minutes and 30 seconds. In the event of a first round tie both competitors will be eliminated.” “So there’s a real emphasis in that first round on getting a decisive win.” “Absolutely, though standard CWW rules are enforced so disqualifications and stoppages are possible. Now, in the second round the time limit goes up to 10 minutes and 30 seconds and the rules surrounding a draw change somewhat. In the interests of fair competition, if any match finishes in a no-fault draw, that is to say a time-limit draw or double stoppage through injury or other factor, then both competitors proceed to the final which becomes a triple threat match. If the draw results from other factors, for example disqualification or count out, then a review will be held during the show and the competitor who is adjudged to be more at fault will be removed from the tournament.” “It’s worth pointing out that that’s yet to happen in the tournament, folks, a lot of these rules are designed to answer problems that may never arise.” “That’s what we’re hoping Jackie, we didn’t have to do this last time and I’m hoping that’ll be the case again this year. For the benefit of open procedure, the review panel will consist of both CWW officials, myself and Allen Round, head trainer at the Ring of Fire dojo British Samurai and a trained analytics expert from FightAnalytics.com who’ll provide the data analysis to help back up our decisions. And don’t worry, those decision will be announced during the show itself, we’re not in the business of springing surprises on the great fans of CWW.” “All that takes us to the King of the North Tournament Final.” “And this is where the rules get simple- two or three men, thirty minute time limit, first to pin or submit an opponent wins.” “And on that note it’s time thankyou and goodbye to Mr. Chaudhry and take a look at this year’s field of competitors” “First up is former CWW Champion Curtis Jenkins, making his tournament debut.” “This time last year CJ was the CWW Champion and there’s no doubt that a win here will put him in a good position to try and reclaim the belt. The big question is, though, will CJ have his mind right? There’s no denying that his record since losing the belt has been hit-and-miss.” “You think he’s lost focus recently?” “I’m saying it’s a possibility. One thing’s for sure, though, you look past this man at your peril, he’s a top competitor and a serious possibility to win the tournament.” “Our next competitor and the first of our rising prospects is JK Lee.” “A fairly rapid rising star, if you will, as Lee already has a victory in tag competition over the CWW Champion this year, but this is the best chance Lee’s had yet to stake his claim as a major player. He’s got the talent, that’s for sure, but his tournament form isn’t great- last year he lost in the first round to Jon Michael Sharp. Now, he’s come on a lot since last year but there’s still that question mark over his performance. Can he improve on last year or is Lee just not a tournament competitor?” “Our next star competitor is current CWW Tag Team Champion Leighton Buzzard, making his tournament debut.” “Leighton had only just arrived in CWW when the first King of the North Tournament was held, so this is his first chance to make a run at the trophy. He’s got the ability, no two ways about that, so the question has to be will he be as successful in singles competition as he has been in the tag team division? He’s only had a handful of solo matches in CWW to this point, so it’s very much an open question.” “What’s your prediction on that, then, Jackie?” “Tournament competition is so very much it’s own beast JB, but I think Leighton’s got as good a chance as anybody else, providing of course the draw goes his way, and we’ll be finding that out at the end of the podcast tonight.” “Next on our list of rising stars is CWW and MMA force Vernon George” “Vernon’s one of the toughest blokes I’ve ever seen so for once I don’t think we can question his mental fortitude in handling the tournament layout. The question with Vernon is more in the ring; he doesn’t have much experience, and up against an established star that could cost him the victory.” “Our next veteran competitor is Jonni Leyland.” “A bit of a left-field pick as Leyland hasn’t had huge success in CWW thus far but Leyland’s a veteran with multiple title reigns in his past. Plus, he was last year’s losing finalist so he’ll definitely be keen to make it over that last hill.” “The big question is, how?” “That is an excellent point JB- the nature of a tournament is such that you can’t just repeat what worked last time and expect the same result. For example, neither of the men Jonni beat last time- Neil Warburton in the first round and JMS in the second- are competing in tournament action this year. The key for Leyland will be taking the right lessons from last year, the versatility and competitive edge, and responding to his new opponents as specifically as possible.” “Our next competitor is another returning prospect, Pinfall Peters.” “Peters will be hoping to better his performance from last year, when he went out in the first round to eventual champion Lenny Mochin. He’s certainly upped his game since then and goes into the tournament undefeated in 2020, but he’s a rising prospect for a reason. Against any of the top guys in the tournament he’s a definite underdog.” “The last of our top names is Martin Heath, who’ll be hoping to better the record of his partner Jon Michael Sharp who competed last year.” “Sharp went out in the second round, whereas Martin is the favourite in a lot of minds to win the whole tournament. He’s got the speed, he’s got the talent, does he have the stamina? That high-flying offence doesn’t always lend itself to tournament conditions” “Heath’s no one-trick pony, mind” “That’s true, the man’s a born flyer but he can certainly handle himself on the mat, and I’d expect to see him focus on that area early on, store up energy for the big matches down the line. Of course, that’s always assuming he doesn’t end up against a technical specialist like Peters or Lee, then he’s better off getting airborne as soon as possible.” “Our final competitor of the evening, and a man making his CWW debut, is Pontypool’s own Bryn Archer.” “Archer’s the first man to ever make his CWW debut in the King of the North tournament, and this rookie sensation will be looking to make a splash. He has the advantage of unfamiliarity, only Jonni Leyland’s ever shared a ring with him, but at the same time you have to wonder about debut nerves. Archer’s a rookie with real potential but he’s 19 years old and getting his first big break. Who knows how he’ll respond?” “With that in mind, let’s head to the draw and look at how the King of the North card will pan out…” *** Card for CWW King of the North 2020 THE KING OF THE NORTH TOURNAMENT- FIRST ROUND ACTION: Curtis Jenkins vs. Vernon George Jonni Leyland vs. JK Lee Martin Heath vs. Bryn Archer Leighton Buzzard vs. Pinfall Peters THE KING OF THE NORTH SECOND ROUND ACTION: Jenkins/George vs. Heath/Archer Lee/Leyland vs. Buzzard/Peters THE KING OF THE NORTH- THE FINAL: TBD vs. TBD CHAMPION VS. CHAMPION NON-TITLE SHOWCASE Lenny Mochin vs. Neil Warburton Lynton Minehead, Jermaine Granger and Myles Cross vs. Grant Taypen, Glen Ward and Gavin Owen Padraig O’Hearne vs. Jon Michael Sharp

This looks interesting- I don't really know this part of the C-Verse so I'll hold off on predictions until I've got more of a sense of where everything fits but I'll definitely be following

So, let's take a look at the predictions for the last show: 4/6 for James the Animator, and Lee and O'Hearne's team is actually in the starting database so I'm really only leaning on what's there. 5/6 for Herrbear, who's thrown off only by the main event. 4/6 for Aura, who maybe thinks more of Cross and Granger than I do. 3/6 for Regis, who may have spotted the wrong pair of JOBBERS. 3/6 for Pluto, who also gets kudos for spotting a typo in the show. So, Herrbear wins out and gets the right to ask a question of any member of the CWW roster. Next post will go up either tomorrow or Tuesday depending on how writing goes.

You're right, I don't know how I missed that. I'll edit it, thanks for spotting that one. Next post will go up tomorrow some time, depending on life and how long it takes me to watch the Crockett Cup.

CWW The Call to Arms Recorded as live at Sham 69 Friday, Week 3, February Audience: 72 The Show Glen Ward vs. Grant Taypen Having learnt from last week I opened the show with our technical showpiece, and this time it worked even better. That’s really to be expected, though; these two are good solid hands who know what they’re doing, although I wouldn’t say either of them are likely to overtake Lee in the standings any time soon. Don’t get me wrong, they’re good midcard hands, but unless something changes I don’t see them as main event stars on the regular. Maybe for a one-off match or two, they could probably handle that, but for now they’re best used in this kind of slot, as key players in the midcard who occasionally step up against the right talent. Grant took the win here; sure, Glen’s probably better but Grant is a) a champion, b) one of the nicest guys in the company facing one of the worst, and c) needs a bit more momentum. Hence the win here, putting Glen away with Single-Arm DDT at 14:44. Winner: Grant Taypen Match Rating: 36 * Cross & Granger vs. Pinfall Peters and Vernon George This was a comedown after the opener, though I always expected it to be for obvious reasons. Cross & Granger are both rookie hands who need a lot of work to develop, as is George, and whilst I love Peters he’s very much a work in progress without much name value. Honestly, I’d thought about putting Lynton in this match ahead of George as he’s worlds better but George has training camp for an MMA fight coming up in a couple of months so I figured building his name value up for that would hopefully bring some extra eyes our way. He could be worse, in fairness, as his actual workrate is decent, it’s just his fundamentals that suck like a dyson vacuum cleaner, and he was definitely better than Myles Cross tonight. I expect that will be refrain going forward, as Cross just doesn’t have anything positive that stands out about him and is probably close to holding his partner back; not that Granger’s all that good himself, in all honesty, but he seems to have more potential (and less of an attitude) than his partner so I figure he’ll eventually get more of a chance to show what he can do. For now, though, they’re very much enhancement guys and took the loss here, as Pinfall rolled Jermaine up with an Oklahoma Roll. Winners: Pinfall Peters and Vernon George Match Rating: 23 * Jonni Leyland vs. Lynton Minehead This one was definitely an improvement over its predecessor, not by much admittedly but then this had the pressure of being our designated would-be show-stealer. I’m starting to get a bit of a handle on where Jonni fits; he’s less of a sub-main eventer and more of an upper midcard player, somebody who beats the rookies but shouldn’t be facing the top guys much at all and doesn’t win when he does. Given his experience and lethally good fundamentals that’s a good use for him as he’ll hopefully help them develop and give the likes of Vernon, Myles and Jermain a real masterclass. Lynton, meanwhile, is already a solid hand but still needs to build up plenty of experience, and in all honesty he probably wasn’t the best choice for going all out in a match like this. Still, Jonni carried the match, even having a rare off day, and took the win with a Low Down (rolling standing senton bomb) at 11:41. Winner: Jonni Leyland Match Rating: 24 * Neil Warburton vs. Gavin Owen vs. Leighton Buzzard After a couple of fairly lacklustre matches we got back on track with Neil’s title defence, which was as solid as I’m already coming to expect from him. It probably helped that there were no external obligations or weak competitors in this one as Gavin and Leighton are both solid competitors, but whatever the case it’s nice to see the show get back on track. Gav in particular stood out as performing exceptionally well here; I’m not sure which but I’m definitely considering a title run for him in the near future. As for the other two, Leighton was off his game but handed in a solid performance; sometimes with these tag specialists there’s a real drop off in singles competition but that doesn’t seem to be the case here. Neil, meanwhile, I have less to say about- he’s good, always delivers as champion but doesn’t stand out in any way as ready to move on from the belt to bigger things. That’s largely why he retained here, locking Owen in the Texas Deathlock to chalk up another title defence. Winner: Neil Warburton Match Rating: 36 * Jon Michael Sharp vs. Martin Heath It’s becoming clear that our top stars are definitely carrying the shows; we have a handful of decent midcarders and a lot of projects but it’s guys like JMS and Martin (not to mention Padraig and Lenny, who we’ll get to next) that are really making a difference in how our shows come off. It’s lucky that we’ve got such a talented top line, then; this was a great match and both guys came off looking great (thought apparently 18 minutes was a little too short for a big match, I’ll have to remember that). Martin in particular is just insanely good, if his team with JMS wasn’t so good he’d be our next CWW Champion, no two ways about it. As it is, though, I want to keep them in the tag division where they can work with the rookies. Oh, and as for partners facing off against one another I had JB and Jackie spin it on commentary as a competitive tune-up, both guys self-scouting via the route of competitive violence. Martin got the win here, putting JMS down with the Flying Fist Drop. Winner: Martin Heath Match Rating: 43 * Lee & O’Hearne vs. Lenny Mochin and Curtis Jenkins I wasn’t sure if we’d be able to follow JMS/Marty with something better; turns out I underestimated these guys. Sure, no singular performance matched Martin’s but Lenny, CJ and Padraig all came close and JK wasn’t far behind so this was a great main event. I’ve got to say, I lucked out with CJ as my boss; not only did he not complain about being on the losing team he was the guy who tapped out to JK (who’s substantially less popular than he is) and never said a word; given how many egos you hear about in this biz that matters. As for the others, JK’s a legendary misery-guts but is insanely talented, and if the singles run doesn’t work out he and Padraig would make for very credible tag champions (I’m not planning on that any time soon but they’re top of the list as back-up plans if injuries screw things up). JK took the win here as part of my plan to build him up as a top guy, locking CJ in the crossface and getting the submission at just past the 22 minute mark. Winners: Lee & O’Hearne Match Rating: 45 Overall Rating: 43, keeping step with last month. Plaudits go to CJ, JMS and Padraig as all three delivered and I want to spread the love a little bit.

Sorry for the long delay (writer's block plus general life stuff has slowed down progress) but the next show will be going up tomorrow evening. In the meantime, here's the fan questions: Firstly, from Regis: Question to Sharp & Heath: Who are your dream opponents? Any time, any place, living or dead, reality no obstacle. Jon Michael Sharp: There's two answers to this one. Firstly, the serious ones, which is... Martin Heath: Bumfholes all the way. Randy and Zimmy Bumfhole, best tag team I've ever seen and I think we'd have a great match. JMS: Yeah, thanks Marty. On a lighter note, I'd love to work with La Rebelion, Mecha Wolf 450 and Bestia 666. They've got a similar style to us and it's always fun to wrestle those kind of lucha-influenced guys. Martin Heath: Them or The British Invasion, Doug Williams and Nick Aldis. Secondly, this one from Herrbear Padraig O’Hearne, what made you decide on wrestling for a career? Padraig: Oh, that's an interesting one. You talk to the likes of JK or Lenny, they'll talk about the history of British catch wrestling or the legacy of Tommy Cornell, that tradition of technical excellence. But for me, it was actually an episode of 21CW Best of British Wrestling. I don't remember the exact date, just that Jonathan Faust was wrestling Adam Matravers in the main event and DJ Reason got attacked by Stevie Stoat to open the show, but it was just the first thing I'd seen where I thought 'I want to do that', you know? I'd always been sporty, Gaelic Football and Rugby and the like, but wrestling was the first thing I really wanted to do for a career, not just a bit of craic.

Sid Chaudhry had gotten used to attending work meetings in a variety of different settings. Even leaving aside his brief stint with Ring of Fire (where the few meetings he’d ever needed to attend had taken place in the oversize garage that housed the training centre), his days as a Hindi interpreter had taken him all over London and even, on one memorably dramatic occasion, to a windswept Portsmouth dockyard with the SAS lurking nearby. Compared to that, fish and chips and a beer at Curtis Jenkins’ surprisingly spacious apartment in Wigan made for a nice change. “Okay, so what’s the word on finances, how’d we do last month?” “Well, fifteen hundred quid profit says we’re better off than we were at the start of year so that’s not a bad start, is it?” “Certainly hard to argue with that. Bearing in mind, though, that gives us a bank balance of 11.5k so let’s not go buying Manchester Stadium or anything, right? Anyway, what’s the plan for February?” “Well, I’m still sorting out the card for The Call to Arms but I’m thinking of maybe running the judo guys against Grant and Leighton for the tag titles, they haven’t matched up in a while, and putting Padraig and JK against Lenny and someone, set up a title match for one or both of them. It worked pretty well last time, after all, and JK’s definitely got championship pedigree.” “Can’t deny that, even if he is a miserable little s*d. Okay, you just send the card over once you’ve got it sorted out, it worked out pretty well last time so I’m not going to back-seat booker you or anything. Any other plans?” This was Sid’s biggest aim for tonight, if he could pull it off. “I’d like to bring in an extra hand to wrestle. Right now we’ve got, what, seventeen workers on the roster? It doesn’t work, we’ll keep having to do triple threats or handicaps to use everyone and I don’t think that fits what we do so well. There’s a few good prospects out there, guys like Bryn Archer or Aurelian Bradley, who could really do well for us. We’ve got the money, we’ve got the space, so what do you say, can I bring a new guy in?” “Yeah, I’m gonna put the kibosh for that for a month, okay?” That…wasn’t really what Sid had been hoping for. “You’re the boss, I suppose. Why wait, though? The same guys are going to be there next month, always assuming they don’t get picked up by 21CW between now and then.” “Couple of reasons, really. Firstly, I’d like to add more to the war chest before we start to add to the payroll. Secondly, the National School of Wrestling has a new year of graduates coming in March and we both know how good they could be so let’s take a look at them, eh? Like you said, if it don’t work out there’ll still be the same options out there, or we could pick up anyone from up north who’s fed up with Mark Carnie’s b*ll*cks.” That actually made sense, especially the last part- Sid had encountered a somewhat alarming number of out-of-touch muppets in his time but the rumours about Mark Carnie made the out-of-touch old racists in Whitehall look positively fluffy. “Okay, fair enough. Now, if you don’t mind, I’m going to finish these chips before they get cold and this beer before it gets warm…” *** Card for CWW The Call to Arms: Lenny Mochin & Curtis Jenkins vs. Lee & O’Hearne Martin Heath vs. Jon Michael Sharp Grant Taypen vs. Glen Ward FOR THE CWW SUBMISSION TITLE Neil Warburton © vs. Gavin Owen vs. Leighton Buzzard Cross & Granger vs. Pinfall Peters & Vernon George Jonni Leyland vs. Lynton Minehead

Show's over and done with, let's take a look at the predictions. Two from 6 for GooverDan; I don't like doing title switches on the first show otherwise you'd probably have at least one extra point for the tag title match. Four of Six for Regis- and for the record, Why not Lynton? 'Cos he kinda sucks. Three from Six for James the Animator. Yeah, the Black Country Boys are absolutely on my shortlist but don't expect to see them for a few months; CWW don't have a ton of money or big profits to throw around. As for Vernon, MMA counts for something but not sucking counts for rather more. Four from Six for Siah463, who I like to imagine is one of a long series of clones of the pop singer Sia. Joking aside, it's interesting how many people liked Vernon George to win early on; trust me on this, Vernon George is not very good, look at his fundamentals. Four from Six for Herrbear, who was the only one to correctly guess the triple threat. So, Regis, Siah463 and Herrbear win this month's predictions, and to fill out the personalities in CWW I'm bringing back fan questions from my previous dynasties; each of you may ask a question of any member of the CWW Roster, to be answered ahead of the next show going up. Next post will be either tomorrow or Sunday, depending on schedules.

CWW Championship Showdown II Recorded as live at LeChuck’s Revenge Friday, Week 4, January Audience: 71 THE SHOW Pinfall Peters vs. Vernon George vs. Lynton Minehead We kicked things off with the triple threat; for some reason we have an odd number of wrestlers on the roster, so this match was the result. It was reasonable enough; nobody’s going to mistake Vernon for a wrestler with good fundamentals and Lynton’s so green he’s invisible in grass but they’re decent enough for their level. As for Peters, he’s unlikely to be a big star for us any time soon but I like what he does and he’s definitely got a good shot at a Submission title run in the next year or so if he continues to develop. That’s why I gave him the win here (well, that and the other two in no way deserve it), which he got via pinning Vernon with a Bridging Back Suplex. Winner: Pinfall Peters Match Rating: 23 * Ward & Owen vs. Cross & Granger Okay, oof. This was a good match, definitely an improvement on the opener, but of the four men in the match only one was actually on his game. Fortunately, that was Gavin Owen who’s one of our best midcard workhorses so he was able to just about hold things together. To be fair to Glen Ward he’s probably the most talented guy in this match (even if he’s a shameless money-grubber) so it wasn’t like he did a bad job or anything; no, the real problem was the two guys across the other side of the ring. Jermaine Granger at least has charisma to make up for his shortcomings but Myles Cross doesn’t even have that and is also the only real problem character backstage (Glen and Vernon are problematic but aren’t really what you’d call bad people whereas Myles is genuinely unpleasant).It’s probably a good thing that I don’t see Cross and Granger getting many wins, therefore; they certainly didn’t here as Gavin forced Myles to submit to the Judo Arm Lock. Winners: Ward & Owen Match Rating: 29 * Neil Warburton vs. JK Lee Chalk this up as a learning experience; I’d booked this one to serve as a technical showcase (our fans expect one every show) and it was the wrong time to put that kind of match out there. Next time I’ll move it to earlier on the show when our fans aren’t already fired up, but at least this wasn’t a crippling mistake or anything. In fact, it was our best match so far so whilst I may have lessons to learn about where to put our technical matches at least I can spot the right talent. Lee in particular did a great job here, he’s a sour-faced old crosspatch but by gad he can wrestle and that’s what we want, isn’t it? He’s definitely looking at a major push if I can find the right spot for him. As for Neil, he's not as far along in his development but still can develop in the right spot; I wouldn’t want to build the show around his match but here in the midcard he’s a good fit. He took the win here (if I’d known how good JK was going to be I might have gone the other way but I didn’t) via submission, trapping JK in the Texas Deathlock at a little over 15 minutes. Winner: Neil Warburton Match Rating: 33 * Curtis Jenkins vs. Jonni Leyland In addition to a technical masterclass our fans always want to see an absolute show-stealer on our cards, so I put the responsibility for that on our boss and my predecessor as booker. It…wasn’t a disaster but I’d still have to call this a disappointment, I’d hoped for something a lot stronger. The issue was ultimately that I’d overestimated what Jonni was capable of; he’s a solid worker but couldn’t handle going all out to steal the show and ran out of steam by the end of the match. Fortunately CJ carried the match to a strong showing, although his stamina might be a problem; our fans wanted a longer match than 15 minutes out of these two but I had to drop it to that length when it became clear in advance these two couldn’t go much longer. I’ll have to figure out where and how to book the show-stealer in the future, but at least this first sally was just disappointing rather than actually bad. Curtis took the win with his trademark Fisherman’s Suplex. Winner: Curtis Jenkins Match Rating: 34 * Sharp & Heath vs. Taypen & Buzzard Holy smokes- I was hoping this would be good but I didn’t expect it to be this good. Admittedly I had to experienced and specialist teams, one of which also has excellent chemistry, going up against each other but even so, this was a very pleasant surprise. Martin was the stand-out of, well, the entire show so far really; the only guy who looked anywhere near as good as him was CJ and there was still an obvious gap in performance. As for the other three, JMS was really great, and the champs weren’t quite as good but still more than held their end up with good performances (and in fairness Leighton was off his best form so he’d probably be better on a good day). I had this go to a time-limit draw; I didn’t want to take the belts off Taypen & Buzzard straight out the gate but didn’t want to have Sharp & Heath lose so this seemed like a good compromise Winners: None Match Rating: 42 * Lenny Mochin vs. Padraig O’Hearne I wasn’t sure if this one would be able to match the tag title match; turns out I shouldn’t have worried, it was even better. I’ll say this for Jonni, he may not be the best wrestler we’ve got but he knew how to pick our top stars, Lenny was great and I think was our number two performer of the night behind Marty. Plus, unlike Martin Lenny’s not part of a top tag team so he’s in the best spot for him, right at the top where he can carry our shows. As for Padraig, his talent and star quality meant he didn’t need a whole lot of carrying, he more than held his end up with a super performance of his own. Still, I wasn’t pulling a top title switch on our first show without a darn good reason so Lenny took the win, hitting the Eye of the Storm at 22:26 to get the pinfall and hold onto his title. Winner: Lenny Mochin Match Rating: 45 Overall Rating: 43, a really good start to the year. I singled out JK, Martin and Lenny for praise after the show as three of our best performers.

The CWW-Cast “Hello fans and welcome to another edition of the CWW-cast. I’m your host Justin Blackham, joined by broadcast partner, CWW Analyst Jackie Goldstein, as we look ahead to Championship Showdown II and Jackie, it’s going to be a great show, wouldn’t you agree?” “Absolutely JB. As I’m sure all the CWW faithful are aware, at Championship Showdown every belt is on the line as the champions of CWW take on their top contenders as determined by our partners at FightAnalytics.com, using their patented Competitor-Adjusted Value over Average system. I won’t go into too much detail here, you can find out more on their website, but let’s just say that if you beat Curtis Jenkins it means a heck of a lot more than pinning an unproven rookie like Lynton Minehead.” “Absolutely Jackie, it’s a great system and we’d once again like to thank FightAnalytics.com for all their support. Now, let’s get down to business and there’s only one place to start; our main event, Lenny Mochin versus Padraig O’Hearne for the CWW Championship.” “An unusual match here in that it’s a direct rematch from their last bout at Head to Head, not something you often see in CWW. However, Padraig O’Hearne got a big win over top competition at Winter War last month which kept him at the top of the rankings- especially when you remember how close he came to victory last time these two met. But for one lucky rope break on a submission attempt and a slow follow-up on the Crowning Glory it’s likely that Padraig would be CWW Champion now.” “The Crowning Glory, Padraig’s brainbuster, has one of the highest success rates in all of wrestling, almost nobody’s kicked out of that move.” “Exactly, JB, the only thing that saved Lenny in that match was how long it took Padraig to initiate the pin. A few seconds earlier and things would likely have been very different.” “That’s the million pound question Jackie, isn’t it? Will things go differently this time, can Padraig avoid the mistakes that cost him the win in their last match?” “And what will Lenny do this time to make sure it’s a repeat result? We’re talking about the CWW Champion and reigning King of the North tournament champion, Mochin’s one of the best there is and his Eye of the Storm butterfly powerbomb is maybe the only move that can match up against the Crowning Glory. It’s going to be a heck of a match, JB, that’s for sure, and I for one can’t wait to see it.” “And on that note let’s move onto our next feature bout, as former champs Sharp and Heath will take on the current CWW Tag Team Champions Grant Taypen and Leighton Buzzard.” “This is a weird one for me, Jackie, I was at commentary for Sharp and Heath’s professional debut and here they are now, one of the top tag teams in all of British wrestling.” “I’ve been watching these two teams since they arrived in CWW, JB, and trust me, this is going to be one of the hardest fought matches you’ll ever see. Sharp and Heath have the experience edge and the speed edge, but when you talk about impactful offence the edge has to go to Grant Taypen and Leighton Buzzard. This match will come down to whoever can assert stylistic dominance and control how the match is fought.” “I’m assuming it’s not as simple as talking about high flying versus mat wrestling, given that Buzzard’s as comfortable in the air as either Sharp or Heath.” “You’re quite correct JB, it’s easy to assume the champs will want to keep things on the ground and the challengers will want to stay airborne but it’s more about the speed of the match and the impact of the offence. Grant and Leighton prefer to stay one-on-one and really hammer away at their foes, grind them down with Taypen’s technical wrestling and Leighton’s high-impact offence off the top rope. JMS and Martin, it’s all about the rapid tag and chipping away at speed, moving the opponents around so quickly they can’t keep up and get beaten mentally. Whichever team can impose their style on the opposition, that’s the team that will win” “Then I guess it’s time to turn to our final feature bout of the night for the Submission title, with champion Neil Warburton defending against rising star JK Lee.” “This has the potential to be a mat-wrestling classic, the Submission title’s all about technical skill and that’s not something either of these two lacks. You’ve also got to bear in mind that the champ’s coming off an ankle sprain that kept him off Winter War- will that be a big difference maker or is Neil fit and ready to go?” “You think he might not be?” “Neil’s a fighter, a real warrior, and that can be a two-edged sword when it comes to these kinds of niggling injuries. On the one hand, Neil’s definitely tough enough to have made a full recovery but on the other…well, he wouldn’t be the first man to try and fight through the pain to come back earlier than he maybe should.” “The other question, of course, is how much Lee can capitalise on the ankle. Let’s not forget, he prefers to finish his opponents off with the Crossface and builds his game plan around attacking the head and neck, not the leg.” “That’s true, and if it was JK Lee’s ankle we were talking about I’d hand the match straight over to Neil Warburton and his Texas Deathlock. But Lee’s no fool, he’s more than capable of reading the situation, making the adjustments he needs to and targeting whatever body part he can to ensure that victory. I say it a lot on this show, but this one? It’s just too close to call, either man could win and either man deserves to win.” “And on that note it’s time to draw tonight’s CWW-cast to a close. Fans, Championship Showdown II will be taking place at LeChuck’s Revenge on the last Friday of the month, and if you stick around for the end credits we’ll run the rest of the card down as well…” *** Card for CWW Championship Showdown II FOR THE CWW CHAMPIONSHIP Lenny Mochin © vs. Padraig O’Hearne FOR THE CWW TAG TEAM TITLES Taypen & Buzzard © vs. Sharp & Heath Curtis Jenkins vs. Jonni Leyland FOR THE CWW SUBMISSION TITLE Neil Warburton © vs. JK Lee Ward & Owen vs. Cross & Granger Pinfall Peters vs. Vernon George vs. Lynton Minehead

And the Finn Hudson Memorial Award for 'Seriously? SERIOUSLY? Are you freakin' kidding me?!' goes to!

Oh, that is gorgeous, nice one Scap!

I've got no complaints about the shows, they're easy enough to follow. All I'd like to see is maybe a roster rundown with some pics? It'd be easier to figure out who everybody is that way.

<p>I'm loving this dynasty- death's door-era WCW were one of the first companies I really got into and it's nice to see some of that vibe continue. It's a shame you had to drop The Magnificent Seven, but I'm guessing cost was part of that.</p><p> </p><p> Also, is it me or did you drop the Cruiserweight Tag Team Titles? I've not seen any reference to them.</p>

I really like this one, it looks fantastic