John Lions

April 22

11 hours ago, Fleisch said:

AEW is great if you just want good exhibition matches with no purpose behind why people are fighting other than just the spirit of competition. Where they come undone recently is their inability to tell stories - and that stems from a number of things - primarily the wrestlers getting injured due to doing too much physically on a TV show.

Let me make this clear -I DO NOT hate AEW - I was at one time a massive supporter of what they were doing but I also like a good story as to why your big stars are fighting and right now their biggest storyline is "I want the title". I've said it before, TK started off playing on Pro mode but has recently switched it to Sandbox mode. They need to ignore what WWE are doing (they will never achieve what WWE has - not for at least 15-20 years), write some longterm stories with people who don't get injured every 6 months and really give their product a push by streamlining that roster. Yes exhibition matches should still appear in the midcard and as a way to help elevate new stars but start using the big stars in proper feuds - like they did with MJF - that don't feel like a one and done "dream match". AEW needs to get away from pleasing just a niche fanbase and try to grow it into a proper TV wrestling show... anyway I've rambled long enough.

1 hour ago, Fleisch said:

Firstly lets put your post into context as you've missed vital parts of my post out for some random reason.

I said "no purpose behind why people are fighting other than just the spirit of competition" <--- [that there is important for context] (which is a purpose). Not that they have no purpose.

Also, I said "their inability to tell stories - and that stems from a number of things - primarily the wrestlers getting injured due to doing too much physically on a TV show." - again - it's in plain text. Not that there are no stories.

It's wild to me that less than 24 hours after a successful AEW PPV we get posts like this. It's wild to me how under the microscope AEW is, and how many people jump in to like or join in on any negative criticism whether it's true or not. I'd wager a lot of people who love liking comments or posting do so in response to videos they see on social media or headlines they read rather than actually watching the show.

Let's touch on your main points as to why AEW Is in such a worse place now than it was before:

"no purpose behind why people are fighting other than just the spirit of competition"

Let's run through the AEW Dynasty card. shall we?

Matt Sydal vs. Trent Beretta
No story for this match other than a brief exchange the Dynamite before, but it was used to build to the OC/Trent storyline that started around a month ago.
Katsuyori Shibata & Orange Cassidy vs. Shane Taylor Promotions (Lee Moriarty & Shane Taylor)
Short TV story over a couple of weeks between Shibata and the STP guys.
(C) Billy Gunn & The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens & Max Caster) vs. (C) Bullet Club Gold (Austin Gunn, Colten Gunn & Jay White)-AEW World Trios / ROH World Six Man Tag Team Championship Match
Story has been going since after World's End (close to 5 months), and has a ton of history from another year long storyline involving Acclaimed and the Ass Boys from over 2 years ago.

PPV Card:

(C) Hook vs. Chris Jericho-FTW Championship Match
Story has been moving every week since Revolution, more than just a spirit of competition/I want a title feud.
(C) Roderick Strong vs. Kyle O'Reilly-AEW International Championship Match
Story has been moving every week since Revolution, more than just a spirit of competition/I want a title feud.
(C) Kazuchika Okada vs. PAC-AEW Continental Championship Match
Story has been closer to what you describe - PAC wants the belt and so he got into it with Okada and the Elite (who he has years of history with), and they build to this match through matches and fights through the past month.
(C) Toni Storm with Luther & Mariah May vs. Thunder Rosa-AEW Women's World Championship Match
Story has been moving since Revolution, with a ton of history between the two related to the end of Rosa's reign.
Adam Copeland, Eddie Kingston & Mark Briscoe vs. House Of Black (Brody King, Buddy Matthews & Malakai Black)-Six Man Tag Team Match
Mark Briscoe has been feuding with the HOB since the beginning of the year (close to 4 months now). Eddie pulled in due to friendship w/Mark and Copeland pulled in due to being targetted by HOB.
The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson & Nicholas Jackson) vs. FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood)-Vacant AEW World Tag Team Championship Tournament Final Ladder Match
Don't think this needs any clarification
(C) Julia Hart vs. Willow Nightingale with Stokely Hathaway-AEW TBS Championship House Rules Match
Julia has been feuding with Willow/Stat since BEFORE she won the title which is over 6 months ago - I think that would qualify as long term storytelling?
Bryan Danielson vs. Will Ospreay
A match where people are fighting for the spirit of competition! A match that was announced over a month in advance and in the recent week+ of Dynamite has clearly turned into something beyond just a friendly match. Considering the post-match angle and the heating up of DCF/BCC this is just the start of a feud anyway. And if any match gets a pass for "not having enough storyline", this is one that gets a pass.
(C) Samoa Joe vs. Swerve Strickland with Prince Nana-AEW World Championship Match
Swerve, who I guess I need to remind you is just coming off an inconclusive stop to his 8 month long term storytelling feud with Hangman Adam Page has been focused on winning the World title since after World's End (so over 4 months), and this was the culmination of it.

A 12 match PPV card where every major match (-1 if you don't count Ospreay/Danielson) has had a story beyond "I want to be the best" or "I want to win your title". Care to compare to any other modern wrestling promotion's PPV and the depth/amount of storylines associated with their matches?

So I reiterate, what exactly is your point? If you said that "I don't like the storylines AEW has done recently, they have not been good or enjoyable to me" - that's fine! But saying that AEW doesn't have storylines other than spirit of competition is just blatantly false if you actually watch the show.

When you post blatantly false takes like this, especially when you do so in a way that makes it seem like you aren't being malicious, just fires up the trolls who don't actually watch the show either and think what you are saying is true!

"their inability to tell stories - and that stems from a number of things - primarily the wrestlers getting injured due to doing too much physically on a TV show."

I'm not even going to step into AEW's "inability to tell stories" since that's patently not true, so let's tackle the wrestlers getting injured due to doing too much physically on a TV show.

AEW MAJOR INJURIES TO TOP STARS:

Kenny Omega - Diverticulitis, unrelated to AEW in-ring style. His injury DID derail the current storyline he was in
Adam Cole - Ankle, freak accident unrelated to AEW in-ring style. His injury hurt the storyline's payoff but AEW went forward with the long term storyline they had planned (for better or worse)
Jamie Hayter - wear and tear/shoulder, nothing concrete as to why or how she got injured. You could say it was because she was "doing too much physically on TV" I guess?
Britt Baker - wear and tear/back, nothing concrete as to why or how she got injured either. Another you could probably chalk up to just wear from wrestling.

That's the 4 top stars in the men and women's division who are currently injured, and at least for the men it has nothing to do with a too intense TV match style. I'm not going to run down every single injury that's ever occurred in AEW, but if you think it will prove your point you can feel free.

I hate that I keep getting baited into responding to posts like this, but I will reiterate this before people think I'm just jumping in to "defend AEW" like some billionaire stan. I enjoy AEW and AEW has it's faults. BUT there is a very vocal minority across all wrestling social media which just blatantly spread around bad-faith takes and nonsense, and people who are critical of AEW latch on without really knowing whether the bad-faith comment was even the truth!

PSA: It is OK to not like a wrestling promotion, or product, or match, even if other people like it! But:

The fact you did not like a match does not mean it was objectively bad.

The fact that you do not like a storyline does not mean it didn't happen.

The fact that you don't like a wrestling promotion does not mean it is dying or going out of business.

April 13

Man, Jack Perry's career is certainly over after that damning footage of him not fighting back after a coworker took a cheap shot at him and attacked him!

EDIT: Nevermind, just saw the clips posted above. I should have posted this take a couple days ago!

March 22

The Foundation (Jon Michael Sharp & Martin Heath) vs XS & Aurelian Bradley
XS/Aurelian seem to have slotted into the role that State of Mind originally had, which is a good place for them since they have chemistry together and are both young enough to develop on their backs for a bit.

Christopher Lister vs Lone Wolf
AWOOOOOOOO

The Youth Bandits (Cannonball Logan & Ian Vincible) vs State Of Mind (Brilliant White & Ultra Violence)
I'm behind the State of Mind push

'The Prodigy' Darin Flynn w/ Mark Moore vs Evan Alpass w/ Marbella
I believe this is a face vs face match, and Darin stands above Evan on the card from what I've seen so far

March 17

Grace of Fire (Welsh Dragon & Bali Daljit) vs XS & Aurelian Bradley

??? vs Damian Dastardly

The Youth Bandits (Ian Vincible & Cannonball Logan) vs High Society (Dylan Drama & Joey Beauchamp)

Rohan Kirchner vs Bret Heartbreak

NWF Cruiserweight Championship: Leighton Buzzard (C) vs JK Lee

March 15

Cruiserweight World Cup Final: Welsh Dragon vs Edison Silva w/ Mo Adebola

I don't think Welsh Dragon is ready to beat a guy like Silva yet.

NWF British Tag Team Titles: Future X vs The Northern Lights (C) w/ Frank Finkleton

Good first defense for the champs after they won them in a triple threat

NWF Cruiserweight Championship: Leighton Buzzard vs JK Lee (C)

I could see this going either way, but I think Leighton deserves it after the work he's put in the last couple months

Jase Cole w/ Christopher Lister vs Lone Wolf

I don't see Lone Wolf losing a singles match to a tag specialist after all the video build up for him

If Nate Manchester loses he leaves NWF: Nate Manchester w/ Leo Price vs 'Big Mac' Nathan McKenzie

Poor Big Mac eating another L. If Nate himself wasn't the guy who introduced the stop, I could see him losing and fighting with Frank/Legal to get reinstated

NWF British Heavyweight Championship: (C) 'The Springbok' Landon Mallory vs 'The Celtic Hammer' Stuart Wilson

I'd love to see Stuart win at some point but I don't think it's now

Bonus 1: How many titles will change hands at the event? (maximum of 3): 1

Bonus 2: What will the overall rating of the show be? (two points for spot on, 1 point for 2 either side): 68

March 10

8 hours ago, Wrestling Machine said:

Who talked about last 6 months? 😂 😂 😂 I specifically wrote how I didn't understand the benefit of putting a LEGEND like Danielson with BCC for months instead of capitalizing on him being the biggest name in the company probably, a major name and one of the best wrestlers in the world. And how I didn't understand the benefit of having Danielson lose clean against Kingston, who among other things seems to me objectively poor when it comes to in-ring skills.

You said "to see a top wrestler like Bryan Danielson used like this must be a criminal act. Stuck for months fighting outlaw mudshow matches alongside Moxley".

He hasn't been wrestling "outlaw mudshow matches alongside Moxley" as Dalton pointed out.

I took a snip of Danielson's last 6 months but I could do the same for his entire AEW run. I'll say it again - if how he's been used in AEW is criminally bad, how would you do it differently? His last 6 months in particular have been potentially one of the best runs of his career, at least in my opinion and many others.

You can just say "I don't like Eddie Kingston and Jon Moxley" without ridiculous hyperbole that pretty much every single person on the forums would call you out on...

March 9

Cruiserweight World Cup Semi Final: Welsh Dragon vs Damian Dastardly

??? vs Stuart Wilson

Darin Flynn vs Akihiro Hisato

The Youth Bandits (Ian Vincible & Cannonball Logan) vs Lee & O'Hearne

Cruiserweight World Cup Semi Final: Bali Daljit vs Edison Silva w/ Mo Adebola

Edison vs Welsh Dragon seems the most logical (re)match for the World Cup

March 9

12 hours ago, Wrestling Machine said:

He has never been a favorite of mine, but to see a top wrestler like Bryan Danielson used like this must be a criminal act. Stuck for months fighting outlaw mudshow matches alongside Moxley, and now defeated by Eddie Kingston who god good is soooo bad in the ring that I don't understand at all how he can have fans of his in-ring skills. It's all tragically comical at this point.

Danielson's last 6 months or so, with an Ospreay singles match on the horizon. If this is criminal usage of a hall of fame talent then I would love to hear how he could be booked better!

March 8

If Leighton Buzzard wins he gets a shot at the Cruiserweight Title: Leighton Buzzard vs Padraig O'Hearne

The Force vs ??? & ???

Future X vs XS & Bradley

Astro vs Brilliant White

Grace of Fire (Welsh Dragon & Bali Daljit) vs Edison Silva & Damian Dastardly

February 29

Winner Represents Wales at Cruiserweight World Cup: Welsh Dragon vs Neville Jones vs Aurelian Bradley vs Red Dragon
I think Welsh Dragon is the safe pick, but I'm a sucker for giving vets that "one last" moment in the sun, and with how Red Dragon has performed, this could be his last chance to stand on his own and rep his country since Welsh Dragon is already better than him.

Future X (Petey Barnes & Eric Future) vs State Of Mind (Brilliant White & Ultra Violence)
I think Future X are the third most interesting veteran team you have (behind Sharp/Heath and The Force), while Brilliant White has been impressive in his singles matches and State of Mind are a very unique team compared to the rest of your division.

Cruiserweight World Cup Quarter-Final: Bali Daljit (India) vs Davey Celtic (Scotland)
You've been behind Bali for a bit despite him not getting nay signature wins, but this could be his chance.

Cruiserweight World Cup Quarter-Final: Edison Silva (England?) vs Akihiro Hisato (Japan)
The false English rep takes the win here, with an eventual rematch with Leighton on the horizon

February 27

Great show as always - I'm not surprised I was wrong about Landon losing, but I think we'll see a gimmick rematch (or a triple threat) down the road for him.

Good showing from Leighton Buzzard who is rapidly outgrowing his tag team partner. I had a feeling his World Cup hopes wouldn't be over, so I'm glad I sniffed that one out at least.

February 25

Winner Represents England at the Cruiserweight World Cup: Leighton Buzzard vs Edison Silva w/ Mo Adebola
Good way to keep Silva away from Landon for a little while. Will be an interesting wrinkle to the World Cup when the representative is a heel. Given his kayfabe backstory of being from Brazil, I wonder if there's any wrinkle where Silva and Buzzard both make it into the CWC? Should be a good test for Buzzard as well as seeing how Silva can do with a non-title program.

Dangermouth, Darin Flynn & Evan Alpass vs High Society (Byron, Dylan Drama & Joey Beauchamp)
Could see this one going either way, since the lynchpin of the whole angle seems to be Bret. Does Bret end up helping his dad win reluctantly, or mess up in helping and cost them the match? No clue, but in the coinflip I'll go with the established group over the loose alliance of young guys fighting it.

NWF Cruiserweight Title: Jase Cole vs JK Lee (C)
I think the Jedi involvement in the Cruiserweight storyline is more of a catalyst to split up Lee and O'Hearne than for either of the vets to win the title - Lee and O'Hearne are both way more valuable as singles guys than as a tag team with how your divisions currently look.

NWF British Tag Team Titles: The Foundation vs The Northern Lights (C)
No way the Network drops the titles this soon, though The Foundation are on my shortlist to win it. There needs to be some tension heading into the main event that Big Mac might walk out with the gold.

NWF British Heavyweight Championship: 'The Springbok' Landon Mallory (C) vs 'Big Mac' Nathan McKenzie
YEAH I'm crazy (I'm 2 points ahead in the predictions so I can afford to take a shot here). The more I think about it, the more I think Big Mac steals the title. Why? I don't really see any potential feuds for Landon if he wins. Silva will likely be tied up in the World Cup, Big Mac will be done and dusted, and the rest of the heels that could realistically work with him are tied up in other storylines/not ready for a main event feud (Wilson w/Frisby, High Society with the zoomers, JK Lee with O'Hearne and the Jedi). Big Mac takes the title and The Network take over as heels. Big Mac can't be the figurehead of your top heel faction when he loses every big match. He has a much longer list of potential PPV challengers in Nate Manchester, Darin Flynn, and an inevitable rematch with Landon.

Bonus Questions:

1. What will the overall rating of the show be? (two points for spot on, one point for 2 either side)
66

2. How many titles will change hands at For Queen And Country? (maximum of 3)
1

Any other comments/questions on the diary:
It really feels like you could use an openweight midcard title - you have a lot of guys who could use a championship to fight over that don't fall into the "Cruiserweight" division. You have a ton of vets (Byron/Beauchamp) and heavier midcard guys (Dwayne Dark, Stuart Wilson ATM) that don't have any real accolades they can target as singles wrestlers other than the World title. After all of the work you've put in especially in re-establishing guys like Beauchamp and Byron to their home country, it would be sad if they never win gold in NWF, and your tag division is too stacked for them to get it there IMO.

February 21

Neville Jones vs Stuart Wilson
Excited to see who else Stuart ropes into Olympia long-term. Right now I've got Stu pegged as the guy to beat Landon.

The Foundation (Jon Michael Sharp & Matin Heath) w/ Mark Moore vs Black Country Boys (Gazz Vedmore & Mickey Robson)
The BCB continue to pay their dues and get over having competitive matches with your top tag teams

The Force (Jase Cole & Christopher Lister) vs JK Lee & Padraig O'Hearne
The youngsters learn a tough lesson from the vets and JK Lee gets his first real challenge of his reign so far.

Red Dragon vs Dwayne Dark w/ Chuck Frisby
Poor Dwayne is a heel-by-proxy while being the most normal dude in an angle full of wackos. Looking forward to him getting his hands on Stuart at some point.

Cruiserweight World Cup Qualifier Final: Leighton Buzzard vs Brilliant White
Could see this going the other way, but having a young guy who's a product of the most important dojo system to NWF (ROF), who can talk and wrestle representing his country makes more sense than the silent masked character of Brilliant White (at least for the first World Cup)

February 17

Future X (Petey Barnes & Eric Future) vs Black Country Boys (Gazz Vedmore & Mickey Robson)
Good bounce back win for the former champs against a young up and coming tag team

Evan Alpass vs Byron
Tough call but if you want Byron to be popular enough to match his role on the roster he needs to leech some popularity from the ex-21CW guys and this seems like the perfect opportunity. He definitely isn't winning this one clean, though. He needs to "win" to still hold that over his son's head before Bret eventually picks a side.

Cruiserweight World Cup Semi Final: Leighton Buzzard vs Ultra Violence
#bangeralert

Cruiserweight World Cup Semi Final: Grant Taypen vs Brilliant White
Actual #bangeralert. Brilliant White is a guy I never really give a second glance and he's been putting on great matches for you. I see him vs Leighton in the finals, with him having a non-zero shot at winning (I think Leighton is the favorite given the amount of angle time he's had compared to White).

Grace Of Fire (Welsh Dragon & Bali Daljit) vs JK Lee & Padraig O'Hearne
Poor Bali the pin eater

February 17

6 hours ago, Scott Zodiac said:

Hi @John Lions, do you have the Logo for Wrestling Premier League (WPL)? I'm making sure all the closed and yet-to-open companies have your art, but I cannot find the WPL one. There's a banner, but not a logo so I'm guessing you just haven't uploaded the logo.

I do actually have one, here:

February 14

Evan Alpass vs Bret Heartbreak w/ Holly Leves
Could see a sketchy finish, but Alpass losing here just cuts his legs out from under him IMO

Cruiserweight World Cup Qualifier: Grant Taypen vs Glen Ward
#bangeralert

Jase Cole vs Puffy The Sand Iron Player

Cruiserweight World Cup Qualifier: Stardust Phil Cox vs ???
Gotta go with the ???

NWF World Heavyweight Championship: 'The Springbok' Landon Mallory (C) vs Welsh Dragon
This'll be a good test for Welsh Dragon

February 10

Non Title Contest: Team Chaos (Neville Jones & Norman Gates) vs The Northern Lights (Alton Vicious & Riddick Jordan)
Fresh team for the new champs to maul and remind everyone how good they are

Tournament Quarter Final: Leighton Buzzard vs Gavin Owen
#bangeralert

Tournament Quarter Final: Cain Carlile vs Ultra Violence
Cain needs a lot of rehab at this point to be taken seriously, while Ultra Violence at least has a gimmick that props him up as a realistic threat

Darin Flynn vs JK Lee
Feels bad having your Cruiserweight champion losing again, but I think this match will help out both men in the long run

February 6

NWF British Tag Team Titles: Future X (C) vs Celtic Dragons vs The Northern Lights
Frank is making a play for The Network to take things over and undermine Mo. The Northern Lights winning, probably by not even pinning the champs, sets up a future big 2v2 match and gets some much-needed Ws for Frank and his boys.

Darin Flynn w/ Mark Moore vs Stuart Wilson w/ Mo Adebola
Tough call, because I don't really want to see Wilson lose here but I don't think he's over enough for Darin Flynn to LET him lose. Also, Stuart has a lot of negative karma built up for how he handled Chuck and Dwayne and I can see that coming back to bite him.

Dangermouth vs Bret Heartbreak w/ Holly Leves
Tough one, but if Dangermouth loses to Bret then there wouldn't be much reason for High Society to keep harassing him, right? Shower thought is Bret may finally find his wrestling "soulmate" in Dangermouth, but his family pressure keeps him from aligning with him a-la Romeo and Juliet.

NWF Cruiserweight Title: Bali Daljit vs XS vs JK Lee (C)
I think you did as much as you could with this build, but neither of these guys are realistically "ready" for a big show match for a title IMO.

NWF British Heavyweight Title: Landon Mallory vs Nathan McKenzie w/ Frank Finkleton vs Edison Silva (C) w/ Mo Adebola
Landon winning the title should be a 1-1 match IMO. I think Big Mac and Silva get in each other's ways here, but Silva slips out with the win again.

Bonus: How many titles will change hands at 'Three Lions'? (max of 3) 1

Bonus #2: What will the Main Event rate in game? (closest prediction gets a bonus point) 68

February 4

The Foundation w/ Mark Moore (Sharp & Heath) vs The British Bangers (Taypen & Buzzard)
Taypen and Buzzard have time to grow before they are ready for a PPV title shot.

Bali Daljit vs XS
Calling a draw because I'm not sure which way this match goes - my guess right now is Paddy and JK Lee run in and turn it into a no-contest, leading to a tag match next week?

Cain Carlile vs Stuart Wilson w/ Mo Adebola
Man you really need 1 more jobber for this spot, feels like Cain has been getting pummeled

High Society (Bret Heartbreak & Joey Beauchamp) vs Team Chaos (Neville Jones & Norman Gates)
I like the new team of indy vets - perfect guys to put over the vets with mostly European popularity

Landon Mallory vs Alton Vicious w/ Frank Finkleton
Landon keeps on rolling to his title match

February 1

Man, losing Relampago for over a year is a huge blow. Electric Dreamer is a double-whammy - the first Women's champ, only woman to hold both titles, and easily the #1 babyface gone without really putting anyone over.

Looking over the roster, I really think Frogue Element deserves a shot at a mini-storyline where he gets some mic time. He's a good wrestler, but he was a top champ in a purely entertainment based promotion and he can talk and work an angle better than most of your roster. Give him a chance!

Your women's division feels really thin with Electric Dreamer gone. A lot of your heels have been monsters of the week for her during her reign (Simony Sentinel, Queen Amazon, the former Purple Viper), so they need some rehabbing to get some credibility back. Miss American Pie and Raven Nightfall are both vets at this point, and there doesn't really seem like there's a younger star to pick up the ball that Dreamer had. Maybe Alina America?

I think on the men's side, I'm excited for Pantera & The Foxx to continue their great reign. Chess Maniac finally holding gold will be great as well. I'm most excited for the singles runs of El Hijo Del Neutron, Mustang Blanco Jr, and Frankie Perez. All three were day 1 stand outs and have tons of fresh match ups after wrestling mostly tag matches for a while now.

February 1

@newbiezness To be fair, I think Welsh Dragon has been perfectly fine as a character - I meant more in the ring he's underperformed. For the first Cruiserweight champ and babyface title holder, he hasn't really held up his end of the deal in his matches and has been outperformed by most of the other guys on the card in that role: Lee, Padraig, even Brilliant White IMO. I've used Welsh Dragon in my current game and my take on it (in and out of kayfabe) is he just doesn't have the age or experience to be in that spot. I think a long term team with Red Dragon will do wonders for both men.

'The Swansea Kid' Neville Jones vs 'Big Mac' Nathan McKenzie
Strap a rocket to Big Mac. I think you've mostly held off to this point, but you're starting to pick up a handful of meaty boys that could have some great hoss fights in the future (Big Mac, Wilson, Dwayne Dark, etc)

The Celtic Dragons (Red Dragon & Welsh Dragon) vs ???
I talked enough about these two earlier. Both men have clear weaknesses at this point in their careers, and with the Cruiserweight title off of Welsh Dragon for now, I think a tag team suits both men best. Give Welsh Dragon the time to get the experience and cover for Red Dragon's time decline.

'Captain Crash' Cain Carlile vs 'The Bulldog' JK Lee

'The Springbok' Landon Mallory vs 'The Celtic Hammer' Stuart Wilson
This match should be great. Looking forward to how Chuck messes this up.

So from where I last read, here's some of my thoughts off the top of my head:

The characterization has been great. You've done a great job with segments to make me care more about pretty much everybody. Chuck Frisby heading in the direction of sympathetic babyface is not what I expected, but I'm all for it. Having Stuart Wilson in a more comedy role to get him reps until you could turn it around and make him way more sinister as a bad guy now that he can hang with your top in-ring guys was a great choice.

All of your non-wrestlers are great, I think they add a ton to the show. The relationships with your cast of characters all feel very genuine and more nuanced, not just "every good guy is friends, every bad guy is friends" like WWE tends to be. Which makes sense, since you are marketing the product as TV first and it feels like a TV show with wrestling more than just a wrestling show.

Only blemishes so far have been the Dragons failing to really live up to their initial billing, and Nate Manchester refusing to take a pin to your big monster (which I think is more of a TEW problem than a Nate Manchester problem). All of your guys are starting to get the momentum and experience and they are starting to put on great matches.

Both Edison Silva and Welsh Dragon were two young guys with some 21CW undercard experience who went in two different directions. Both won the inaugural singles titles (which makes sense given their TV experience), but Edison Silva really stands out as a star. I was thinking he might be a transitional champion at first, but he's been putting in some great matches and Mo Adebola has helped in the promo/storyline department. I never would have called Mo/Silva/Landon pulling 70 rated segments a couple of months ago.

I really thought it was a no-brainer for Nate Manchester to be the guy to dethrone Silva, but with how Landon has been a complete star even with way less name value, it's hard not to want him to be the next champ.

January 29

The Foundation (Jon Michael Sharp & Martin Heath) w/ Mark Moore vs Glen Ward & Gavin Owen

I'm a fan of Sharp and Heath, and I'm glad they've found their footing with Moore.

Landon Mallory vs ???

Landon continues his to be unstoppable on his way to Edison Silva

The British Bangers (Grant Taypen & Leighton Buzzard) vs Black Country Boys (Gazz Vedmore & Mickey Robson)

Another underrated team that I'm glad is getting some shine.

Rave vs Padraig O'Hearne

Rave and Trance doing everything in their power to put over your more talented wrestlers.

Welsh Dragon vs 'Big Mac' Nathan McKenzie

Welsh Dragon (and to a lesser extent Red Dragon) have been the only real disappointments in NWF (IMO). Big Mac needs this popularity ASAP so guys like Nate Manchester are willing to take a pinfall loss to him.

Bonus Point: What match type will Frank Finkleton make Landon Mallory's match this week? [1 pt]

Going to go old school and say Strap Match

January 28

Great episode. Glad to be caught up. I'll do a bit more detailed of a write up next time I post predictions.

Loving everything with Chuck, Mo, and Fink.

January 28

On 1/25/2024 at 2:29 AM, RouxBTV said:

Rendermaker Link works, TEW AI Designer seems to be the same as before?

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This page could not be found.

Thanks for letting me know. It looks like it didn't save when I tried to make it public again, so the link should work now!

January 28

Just got caught back up with this one @newbiezness. A lot of title changes since the last time I read, which I think is a good thing!

I thought Sammael MIGHT be the guy who dethrones Remmy, but with his focus on destroying FCW and his matches being pretty average (up until recently), I thought he was set up to be a monster in the midcard. Once him and Raven both won the Gran Batalles it made sense, especially with Raven taking the women's title earlier in the night.

Relampago getting injured sucks, I hope it's not serious. Neutron and Mustang Blanco are both super talented and I think their talents are better served in singles than tag at the moment. I think individually both guys could do a ton to elevate the midcard, and they both have a ton of fresh match ups.

Happy to see the Perez bros finally split, even more happy to see Pantera get some gold in dethroning them. I think more storyline could have been done to build up his face turn and his tag team match with Remmy, since Remmy was the guy who brought him to LAP in the first place to team against his brother. I think that match could have been made a much bigger deal given their history.

I understand your decision to strap the belt onto Axxis. I've always leaned towards giving the superstar in the twilight of his career some gold to boost up the lineage of your title belts. Remmy spend years making that title a big deal and making the person who could beat him into a star. Every single one of your Lucha champions were undefeated when they won the titles, which I think is pretty unique, as it also means whoever BEATS the champ gets a huge rub. My first pick to beat Axxis would be Relampago, but with his injury I think that opens things up a bit more. Is it finally Frankie's time to shine?

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