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Impact Wrestling 2018-Dare to Defy
tg01 replied to tg01's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties
Giving this the whole bump just because I only have a couple of matches left to write and then I'll be posting Slammiversary so if anyone else wants to get predictions in.....final call! -
Impact Wrestling 2018-Dare to Defy
tg01 replied to tg01's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties
<p>All hands were on deck as were just a couple of days away from Slammiversary, and it's already been a bit of an eventful week. Rumours have been swirling that Pro Wrestling NOAH will be ending their working agreement with us because Vince has come calling. It's annoying, but I at least used my leverage of them voiding our agreement to get them to send over one wrestler for a special match at Slammiversary and after that, screw 'em, we have our own alliances that will help us going forward, especially the one with New Japan Pro Wrestling that is proceeding very tentatively, but having Don Callis around is a great help there. I also just finished having a meeting here at the Hanner Fieldhouse in Statesboro, with the man who will induct Hulk Hogan into the Hall of Fame Saturday evening. It's going to be a surprise that I'm sure will shock a lot of people, but I'm all about reconciliation. I have no plans to show up on TV tonight, but I am very excited for what is going to happen on Sunday when we introduce our newest superstar....what a night Slammiversary is going to be! The anticipation is kiling me!</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 1: Extreme Tiger vs. Petey Williams</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the Match: Petey made his return to the main roster after having been down in BCW training our future stars. While he’s been down there Petey has still made sure to get in on the action so there was no ring rust present as he went out there and had a pretty good match with Extreme Tiger to open the show off. Extreme Tiger had the Canadian Destroyer well scouted so Pete resorted to locking in a Sharpshooter to pick up the submission victory.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Result: In a bout that had decent wrestling but little heat, Petey Williams defeated Extreme Tiger in 12:45 by submission with a Sharpshooter.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: C</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Rob Moore and Don Callis followed that match up by reminding the fans that at Slammiversary there would be a five way match between the five Captains of the World X Cup Teams (El Hijo del Fantasma for Team Mexico, Rich Swann for Team USA, “Bone Soldier” Taiji Ishimori for Team Japan, and Petey Williams for Team Canada) where the man who got the win would get his country two points to start the World X Cup off with, and the wrestler who was pinned would see his country eliminated. Callis and Rob Moore then played up that we would find out at Slammiversary who the Captain of the United Kingdom team would be, but that no one would be disappointed.</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">There was an advertisement for a new talk show format that would debut next week on Impact Wrestling…..Late Night IMPACT with….Classic Colt Cabana!</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 2: Angelina Love vs. Allie</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the Match: Angelina announced she was planning on ending her in ring career so we wanted to bring her in for one last go around before that moment, and who better for her to face than former Knockout’s Champion Allie? Angelina got a decent reaction, but Allie was fired up tonight with her title rematch looming in just a few days as she showed a new aggressive style that saw her run Angelina over and pick up the victory of one of Impact’s early Knockout greats. </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Result: In a poor match, Allie defeated Angelina Love in 7:45 by pinfall with a Sitout Facebuster.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: D</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">After the match the lights flickered and the undead Bridesmaid’s brought a casket down to the ring….and when they opened it up there was a fake Allie in it and that caused Allie to drop out of the ring and attack the Bridesmaid’s before throwing the casket over and yelling for Su Yung but Yung never did appear. </div></div></div></blockquote><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">LAX was in the ring with Eddie Kingston and Eddie wanted to know what Ortiz and Santana had decided…and they were none too impressed. They said that sneak attacks were not their way and they didn’t want to associate with someone who acted like that. “King” tried to talk them down, but then his attitude changed and he said “maybe you two p*ssies never deserved me after all” and then all of a sudden they were attacked from behind by this man….</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="AvdrNV3.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/AvdrNV3.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> …and Eddie joined in and the two beat LAX down until security intervened.</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Eli Drake was shown talking about Scott Steiner, and he was not impressed that he would be in a match with Scott Steiner at Slammiversary but at least he would have a chance to show the whole world that he had been held down by carrying Steiner, and it was time for Drake to focus on regaining the World title that was rightfully his! As he finished up Rob Terry walked by and Drake looked at him, before wishing him luck and backing away.</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 3: Moose vs. Rob Terry</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the Match: Big Rob Terry has the look, but as he showed tonight he just does not have it in the ring so do not expect to see him back anytime soon. Really though he was just out there so that Moose could get in some impressive show of strength moments by picking Rob up including the finish of the match with TheGameBreaker.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Result: In a bout that didn't have much heat and terrible wrestling, Moose defeated Rob Terry in 8:13 by pinfall with a TheGameBreaker.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: D-</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">After the match Moose got on the microphone and called out Cage who came out with Josh Matthews and Josh was on a microphone and mocked Moose but would not let Cage get into the ring with him saying they’d see Moose at Slammiversary.</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 4: Jushin Thunder Liger/Paul London vs. Matt Sydal/YANG</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the Match: The fans exploded upon the entrance of Jushin Thunder Liger who took it all in before the match began with Matt Sydal attacking him. It was a fast paced and all action match that would see Jushin Thunder Liger take YANG out with the Rolling Koppo Kick before nailing Sydal with the Shotei! Liger made the tag to Paul London who went to the top turnbuckle and connected with a picture perfect Shooting Star Press to pick up the three count! </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Result: In a bout that had decent wrestling but didn't have much heat, Paul London and Jushin Thunder Liger defeated Matt Sydal and YANG in 12:31 when Paul London defeated Matt Sydal by pinfall with a Shooting Star Press.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: C+</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">A video package played showing highlights of Johnny Impact and his opponent for Slammiversary….. Naomichi Marufuji</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Scott Steiner got the chance to respond to Eli Drake…and while it was definitely entertaining, and also censored, it’s hard to make much sense of what he said.</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Z & E came out with their tag team belts and waited to find out who was going to be accepting their Open Challenge for Slammiversary….and it was Aero Star and Drago who came out and stood at the ramp way for a face off!</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">A great video package played of the history of Eddie Edwards and Sami Calihan beginning with the baseball bat attack and promising it would end in the steel cage at Slammiversary when one of these two men would be forced to say “I Quit.”</div></div></div></blockquote><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 5: “American Great” Jake Hager/Austin Aries/James Storm vs. The Lucha Brotherhood</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the Match: Speaking of great reaction, when Rey Mysterio Jr stepped into the Impact Wrestling ring for the first time there was a loud ovation. The match itself was a great back and forth with all six men being given the chance to shine. The action broke down with all six men in the ring at the end, until Storm ended up outside of the ring and Rey Fénix flew over the top with a dive that took both men out. Mysterio went for a Huracánrana on Hager, but Jake managed to hold on and instead tried to drop Rey over the top rope with a Powerbomb, but Rey reversed and brought him over the ropes as well, both men went down to the mat’s but it was Hager who came out on top as he managed to lock an Anklelock in on Rey. In the ring now it was just Aries and Pentagon Jr who managed to put on a little preview of their Main Event match at Slammiversary with each man reversing the other’s trademark finisher’s until Aries managed to get a Last Chancery locked on in the middle of the ring. Pentagon tried to fight out but finally had no choice but to tap since no one from his team was going to be able to break up the hold. Our final show before Slammiversary ended with all three members of the Lucha Brotherhoood locked in submission hold’s after James Storm had managed to get Rey locked in an Indian Deathlock outside of the ring. </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Result: In a bout that had good wrestling and a decent reaction from the crowd, Austin Aries, James Storm and Jake Hager defeated The Lucha Brotherhood (Rey Fénix, Rey Mysterio Jr. and Pentagon Jr.) in 16:52 when Austin Aries defeated Pentagon Jr. by submission with a Last Chancery.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: B-</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Overall Show Grade: B</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">X-Plosion Tapings</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Rob Moore and Don Callis went over Impact Wrestling focusing on the storylines between the Lucha Brotherhood and their opponent at Slammiversary.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> In a bout that had decent wrestling but little heat, Dezmond Xavier defeated Matt Bentley in 8:23 by pinfall. (D+)</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> After Rob Moore and Don Callis announced a tag match for Slammiversary featuring LAX vs. Eddie “King” Kingston and his partner, Eddie introduced his partner Willie Prince</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> In a bout that had decent wrestling but little heat, Trevor Lee defeated Laredo Kid in 8:07 by submission. (C-)</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Trevor Lee challenged Argenis to a match for next week’s Impact Wrestling to finish things between them once and for all </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> In a bout that had sub-par wrestling and little heat, Santana Garrett defeated Angelina Love in 7:33 by pinfall with a Handspring Moonsault. (D)</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> In a bout that had sub-par wrestling and little heat, Argenis defeated Rohit Raju in 8:29 by pinfall. (C-)</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> The final hype was for the Eddie Edwards and Sami Calihan I Quit Steel Cage match that will open the Slammiversary PPV, they warned parental guidance would be required because this one was going to get violent!</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Show Grade: C</div></div></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Slamiversay Pick 'Em:</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Unfication Match: Impact Wrestling World Championship vs. Impact Grand Championship: Pentagon Jr© vs. Austin Aries ©<p> Impact Wrestling World Tag Team Championship: Z & E © vs. Aero Star/Drago</p><p> Impact Knockout’s Championship Casket Match: Su Yung© vs. Allie</p><p> Impact X-Division Championship: Matt Sydal© vs. Jushin Thunder Liger</p><p> Clockwork Orange House of Hell I Quit Match: Eddie Edwards vs. Sami Calihan</p><p> World X Cup Captains Match: El Hijo del Fantasma(Team Mexico) vs. Pete Williams (Team Canada) vs. Rich Swann (Team USA) vs. Taiji Ishimori (Team Japan) vs. ??? (Team UK)</p><p> #1 Contendership to the Undisputed World Championship: Cage vs. Moose</p><p> Johnny Impact vs. Naomichi Marufuji</p><p> Eli Drake vs. Scott Steiner</p><p> “American Great” Jake Hager vs. Rey Mysterio Jr</p><p> James Storm vs. Rey Fenix</p><p> Paul London vs. YANG</p><p> Eddie Kingston/Willie Prince vs. LAX</p><p> Tenille Dashwood vs. Tessa Blanchard</p><p> </p><p> Bonus question (worth 2 points): who is the captain of Team UK?</p><p> Bonus question (worth 2 points): who will lose in the Captain's match?</p><p> Bonus question (worth 2 points): who will be the defector coming from WWE?</p></div></blockquote> -
Impact Wrestling 2018-Dare to Defy
tg01 replied to tg01's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties
<p>As I sat in the clubhouse of the Eddie Stanky Field I could not have been more nervous knowing that tonight was the night I was going to make my on screen debut for Impact Wrestling. I was still very nervous about the card we were presenting with a special Basebrawl effort with the South Alabama Jaguars, but at least I was starting to key in on what the issue was. We needed some more wrestlers to fill out the midcard. We had the X-Division athletes and we had some good Main Event talent, but our midcard and upper midcard was void of wrestlers and that was something that I was going to need to work on, although I would have the World X Cup coming up that would take up some time while I figured it out.....</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 1: Jimmy Rave vs. Paul London</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the Match: Another week, another try out as I continue to try and add to our roster with capable workers. Jimmy Rave is a wrestler that hasn’t been on the national scene for a while but is someone who has a good amount of experience and has been around the world. I also like his size as he is someone who can conceivably work in both the X-Division as well as be a jobber to the stars in the other matches. To say I really hoping he would come through in this match would be an understatement, and I’m happy to say that he did manage to earn a contract with us after this match as him and Paul London put on a very solid contest with Matt Sydal once again at the commentator’s table speaking about his “third eye” and “his destiny” while Paul London actually backed it up in the ring. </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Result: In a bout that had decent wrestling but little heat, Paul London defeated Jimmy Rave in 12:50 by pinfall with a Shooting Star Press.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: C</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">After the match Sydal continued to run Paul London down, and Paul London came over and they started to argue and get into a shoving match. That was when Don broke it up and told them that Sydal didn’t need to worry about facing London, because that match was never on the cards. Paul London will face YANG at Slammiversary in the battle of the undefeated, but Matt Sydal would be defending the X-Division Championship against…..</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="VbqyTpt.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/VbqyTpt.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> …..JUSHIN THUNDER LIGER!</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">After the commercial there was special message from Johnny Impact as the “Mayor of Slamtown” promised he would be back at Slammiversary and was looking for some competition.</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 2: Cage vs. Dezmond Xavier</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the Match: After a week off Cage was back with his manager Josh Matthews, and this highlighted my problem with our midcard as I would rather Cage was not wrestling against X-Division competitors but the roster can only stretch so far. With that said Cage and Xavier put on a really good match with Cage using his impressive size to toss Dezmond around before Xavier used his speed to take Cage down. Finally Cage caught Dezmond and ended the match with the Drill Claw.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Result: In a bout that had decent wrestling but little heat, Cage defeated Dezmond Xavier in 8:10 by pinfall with a Drill Claw.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: C-</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">After the match an irate Josh Matthews got on the microphone and complained about Moose asking for a shot at the World Championship, had he not been paying attention to the path of destruction that Cage had been on? If anyone deserves to be declared the #1 Contender to the World title then it’s the Machine…CAGE!</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Alicia Atout interviewed Jake Hager and James Storm and announced that at Slammiversary we were going to get two big matches with Jake Hager facing off against Rey Mysterio Jr and James Storm getting a singles match against Rey fenix, but they were here to talk about their tag team match against Impact Wrestling legends Matt Morgan and D’Angelo Dinero and Storm once again brought up how “Impact Wrestling can afford to pay those two nobodies but sent me packing? It just isn’t right.” Hager followed up on the theme talking about how there was so much wrong in their society right now, but that slowly the world was changing and America would be made great again!</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 3: Laredo Kid vs. YANG</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the Match: Laredo Kid made his return to Impact Wrestling television without his former partner Garza Jr and looked to make an impact. But it was the undefeated YANG who managed the victory pretty quickly a week before he would be in a tag team match against one of the greatest Junior’s wrestlers of all time!</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Result: In a bout that had decent wrestling but little heat, YANG defeated Laredo Kid in 5:42 by pinfall with a Corkscrew Moonsault.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: C</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Another video played showing the NJPW debut of Taiji Ishimori and his entrance into the Bullet Club as the new “Bone Soldier.” </div></div></div></blockquote><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 4: “Bone Soldier” Taiji Ishimori vs. Matt Bentley</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the Match: The fans responded to the “Bone Soldier” outfit, but after that it was still Taiji Ishimori in the ring so the match was not as good as I would have liked. With that said I’m almost done with using Matt Bentley as he has managed to prove absolutely nothing during his opportunities. In the end Ishimori got the victory and we’re down to two World X Cup Captain’s to compete. During this match Rob Moore and Don Callis announced that next week it would be the Canadian Captain in action as “The Canadian Destroyer” Petey Williams returned!</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Result: In a bout that had sub-par wrestling and little heat, Taiji Ishimori defeated Matt Bentley in 13:08 by pinfall with a Double Chickenwing Driver.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: D+</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Up next we showed a sit down interview with Rich Swann and his wife, Su Yung without makeup on although that connection was not acknowledged on screen. First off Swann talked about how happy he was to be in Impact and then Callis gently got things to open up about the domestic incident that had led to Swann leaving WWE. Together Swann and his wife said they wanted to forget the past and focus on their present and their future “And focus on positivity. And have our careers be on the up and up</div></div></div></blockquote><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">. </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">LAX gathered in the ring with Eddie Kingston and Konnan made his way out after being gone for several months. With everyone in the ring Eddie welcomed Konnan back and tried to hug him, but then Konnan went off on him accusing Eddie of setting up a “hit on him.” At first Eddie denied it, but then he finally said “screw it” and went off on Konnan and told him that his time was past and that all he did he did for Ortiz and Santana because it was time for them to drop the “dead weight” if they ever wanted to be on top. “It’s either him or me, next week you’re going to have to make the choice.”</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 5: Kongo Kong vs. Kevin Riley</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the Match: Another try out match for Kevin Riley, the former Alex Riley, and another squash for Kongo Kong who was accompanied by his manager Jimmy Jacobs. Riley had some good fire in the beginning, but Kong was too much for him to overcome and Kongo ended it in short order.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Result: In a bout that didn't have much heat and terrible wrestling, Kongo Kong defeated Kevin Riley in 6:26 by pinfall with The Cracker-jack.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: D</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Jimmy Jacobs began to talk about Johnny Impact after the match when Chandler Park came running out from the back and attacked Kongo Kong with Joseph Park trying to hold him back and finally throwing him off and then Kong and Jacobs retreated.</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Alicia Atout had a sit down interview with the Tag Team Champions, where DJ Z asked to be addressed as Zema Ion again going forward as he was done hiding behind a loud speaker and it was time for his actions to do the talking. Both men talked about how they were brought together and they wanted to show the world they were more than just a “flash in the pan” and they were going to prove that they could be a great tag team and they were issuing an Open Challenge for Slammiversary against any team that wanted to “step up.”</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 6: “American Great” Jake Hager/James Storm vs. D’Angelo Dinero/Matt Morgan</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the Match: I was very impressed with Dinero and Morgan and their try out matches so I wanted to give them another chance in a Main Event situation against the team of Hager and Storm who needed some momentum. The end result as a really good tag team match with Hager and Storm working well together as they overcame the team of Dinero and Morgan with James Storm getting a victory in his first match since returning to Impact Wrestling. </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Result: In a decent match, Jake Hager and James Storm defeated Matt Morgan and D'Angelo Dinero in 13:33 when James Storm defeated Matt Morgan by pinfall with a Lung Blower.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: C+</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">After the match Hager and Storm were not satisfied with a victory, and went for a beat down to send a message and they were joined by Austin Aries but then the Lucha Brotherhood arrived on the scene and everything broke down into a giant brawl.</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Hulk Hogan was out to announce the latest member of the Impact Wrestling Hall of Fame, but before he could open the envelope with the announcement in it…….I made my first on screen appearance for Impact Wrestling. With a microphone in my hand I walked down the ramp and joined Hogan in the ring before announcing that I didn’t think we didn’t need much fanfare when it came to announcing who would be entering the Hall of Fame this year as he is one of the biggest names in wrestling, “let me save you the trouble of opening that envelope Hulk….because this years entry into the Impact Wrestling Hall of Fame is…..the “Immortal” Hulk Hogan!!!</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Show Grade: B-</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">X-Plosion Tapings:</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Rob Moore and Don Callis welcome everyone to the show, review Impact Wrestling from Thursday night and then announce that at Slammiversary we would be getting a #1 Contenders match for the Undisputed, Unified Impact Wrestling World Championship when we had a match between “Mr Impact” Moose and the “Machine”….CAGE!</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> In a bout that had sub-par wrestling and little heat, Drago and Aero Star defeated Desi Hit Squad in 7:45 when Aero Star defeated Gursinder Singh by pinfall with an Imploding Senton Bomb. (D+)</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> We had a grungy looking, think ECW, backstage promo with Trevor Lee and Caleb Konley with Lee promising to not only beat Argenis tonight, but to also hurt him!</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> In a bout that had sub-par wrestling and little heat, Laredo Kid defeated Matt Bentley in 7:46 by pinfall with a Laredo 630. (D+)</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> In a bout that had terrible wrestling and non-existent crowd heat, Tessa Blanchard defeated Sara Lee in 8:22 by submission with a Figure Four Leglock. (D)</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> After the match Tessa refused to break the hold until some serious damage had been done, and then Tessa got on the microphone and challenged Tenille to suffer the same fate at Slammiversary, and that’s when Dashwood walked out from the back and with a simple nod the match was on!</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> In a bout that had sub-par wrestling and little heat, Argenis and Extreme Tiger defeated Trevor Lee and Caleb Konley in 7:58 when Argenis defeated Trevor Lee by pinfall. (C-)</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Moore and Callis announced the Main Event of the final Impact Wrestling before Slammiversary would be a big six man tag team match between Austin Aries, Jake Hager and James Storm and the Lucha Brotherhood!</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Overall Grade: C-</div></div></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> ....after the event the nerves were still going through my stomach, and not just because of nerves. The truth was I was still not sold on having Hulk Hogan in Impact Wrestling, not after what he had said. I had been a fan when I was younger, and recognized how important name recognition was...but I just don't know. It's because of the name recognition we wanted to get Hulk Hogan into our Hall of Fame, especially since plans are in motion to actually have a legit building for our Hall of Fame, and needed a big draw. But I just don't know....I just don't know....</p> -
Impact Wrestling 2018-Dare to Defy
tg01 replied to tg01's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">June 7, 2018</span></strong></p><p> </p><p> As I sat in the back at the R.W. Harrison HPER Complex in Itta Bena, Mississippi looking at the booking sheet for the next few weeks I was a bit disappointed. We had a lot going on right now but in the effort to preserve our talent for Slammiversary there was no doubt we were lacking some good quality Main Event's. Me and Don Callis had talked about it and decided we would need to make some changes in July and hopefully having some new blood would help beginning with our very first match tonight...</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 1: Matt Bentley vs. Rich Swann</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the Match: I decided to give Matt Bentley one more opportunity to win me over after a bit of a disappointing showing last week. On the other side of the ring it was very exciting to have Rich Swann join us here in Impact Wrestling. Next week we are going to have him address what happened with him and his wife, but after talking with both of them I feel that Rich deserves a second chance but I’ve also told him he has a very, very small margin of error and if anything happens again I will not hesitate to fire him on the spot. As for the match itself there was some ring rust that Rich needed to wear off but for the most part he impressed. The finish of the match saw Matt Bentley connect with a Superkick for the two count. When that didn’t work he came off the top with an Elbow Drop, and again got a two count. He started to yell with referee Brian Hebner and then went for another Superkick but Swann stopped that and reversed into the Chicken Fried Driver for the pin fall. </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Result: In a bout that had sub-par wrestling and little heat, Rich Swann defeated Matt Bentley in 12:33 by pinfall with a Chicken Fried Driver.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: D+</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Rob Moore and Don Callis spoke about the tension between Eli Drake and Scott Steiner, but Callis figured they would have it all together tonight and win the tag team titles back in a fair “rematch”</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">A video segment was filmed with Allie holding an axe with a casket behind her. We had Allie angry at letting her anger get the best of her, between each time saying this she took a swing with the axe at the casket, and wanted to do the same thing to Su Yung that she had done to her friend at Rosemary, and that at Slammiversary she was going to do just that and get her title back because there would be no stopping her fury!</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 2: Aero Star vs. YANG</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the Match: After losing at Zero Fear, Rob Moore and Don Callis spoke up how Aero Star had something to prove against the returning YANG. These two went all out and stole the show with some great action that ended with YANG getting the pin fall on Aero Star after hitting the Corkscrew Moonsault.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Result: In a bout that had decent wrestling but little heat, YANG defeated Aero Star in 7:49 by pinfall with a Corkscrew Moonsault.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: C-</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">After the match Drago came out to support his friend Aero Star which is when El Hijo del Fantasma came out and made fun of them and said “this is why I’m the Captain of Team Mexico” and not you.</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Security once again filled the ring to keep Eddie Edwards and Sami Calihan separated while Raven came out with a microphone. He spoke about how he had been spending a lot of time thinking about the sort of sick, sadistic match that was needed to end the feud between Edwards and Calihan once and for all, and he got to thinking about some of the bloodiest, nastiest, brawls and blood feuds in the history of wrestling and he decided that a steel cage was needed to keep these two locked in a deathlock with each other. But that wasn’t enough so there was going to be weapons hanging on the inside of the cage wall which would be perfectly legal. And in case either man suddenly lost their balls and tried to escape the cage there would be no way out because there would be BARBED WIRE surrounding the top of the cage. Both men looked like they couldn’t wait to get into the cage, but Raven wasn’t done. “And when I say this Clockwork Orange House of Hell match will not end with a pin fall, or by escaping the cage this match will only end in ONE way and that is when one of you manages to beat the other so badly that you utter the two words that no wrestlers ever wants to say, the two words that Mick Foley allowed his brain to get bashed out of his head by a steel chair before uttering, the two words that Magnum T.A had to use a shiver of wood to try and gouge the eye of Tully Blanchard right out of his head to get the words out…….I…….QUIT!”</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 3: Eddie Kingston/LAX vs. oVe</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the Match: Before the match began Raven made sure that Eddie Edwards was escorted out of the arena so that this match would be able to go on without any interference. It was going to be hard following that one up, but these six men went out there and had a wild brawl that at one point saw Sami Calihan fighting with Ortiz through the crowd when all of a sudden a masked “fan” nailed Sami Calihan and took him out with a kendo stick. Security quickly got that “fan” out of the way and of course when the “fan” took his mask off it was Eddie Edwards who had snuck back into the arena. In the ring Eddie Kingston was the one who got the victory after a Backdrop Driver. </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Result: In a bout that had sub-par wrestling and little heat, Eddie Kingston and Latin American Xchange defeated Ohio Versus Everyone (Sami Callihan, Jake Crist and Dave Crist) in 11:44 when Eddie Kingston defeated Jake Crist by pinfall with a Backdrop Driver.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: D</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">“The King” Eddie Kingston made sure to celebrate with LAX after the match and the camera overhead him saying “see boys that’s how you do it” when there was a disturbance with Diamante making her way out from the back and she was yelling “he’s coming….KONNAN is going to be here next week King…and then everyone will know what you did” before she was hauled away by security.</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">A video was putting together hyping the members of the Impact Wrestling Hall of Fame (Sting, Kurt Angle, Jeff Jarrett, Earl Hebner, Team 3D and Gail Kim) and announced that Hulk Hogan would be in attendance next week to announce the latest inductee who would go in at Slammiversary. Yes, I know that inductions usually occur at Bound for Glory, but I wanted to change that and start having inductions occur as Slammiversary as I feel it works better with celebrating the history of the company. </div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 4: Moose vs. Ray Leppan</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the Match: Another try out, although the fans didn’t recognize Ray Leppan at first without his Rosebud’s with him to support him. We let Ray get some offense in just to test how he would do, before Moose fought back and picked up the victory after some of his token offense. </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Result: In a poor match, Moose defeated Ray Leppan in 8:19 by pinfall with TheGameBreaker.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: D+</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">A microphone was handed over to Moose who coined himself “Mr Impact” and wanted a shot at the winner of the Unification match, “a long overdue shot at the World Championship.”</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 5: Caleb Konley vs. Paul London</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the Match: Paul London contuse to steal the show in every match he’s in, even tonight against undercard worker Caleb Konley he still managed to have the best match of the evening. Matt Sydal was on commentary and when questioned about Paul London’s challenge he said that London hadn’t been around long enough to deserve a shot, and then brought up YANG mentioning that he had been around longer (by one week of course) and had beaten more competitors and he hadn’t asked for a title shot. After London won the match he did go over to challenge Sydal in person but didn’t get an answer as we went to commercial. </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Result: In a bout that had decent wrestling but little heat, Paul London defeated Caleb Konley in 7:45 by pinfall with a Shooting Star Press.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: C-</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Up next was the big moment the fans had been waiting for as Rey Fenix and Pentagon Jr came out with Rey Mysterio Jr. First off we had Rey thank the fans for their support before he turned to speaking about how he knew he may not have many years left in the wrestling industry but he wanted to make sure he spent that time helping the next generation of great talent along and there were two men who stood out about the rest. Two men who he was proud to know would carry on his heritage, who would carry on the legacy of Lucha, because these two men weren’t just his friends….this was a Lucha Brotherhood. They were interrupted by James Storm and Jake Hager with Storm talking about how Rey was just another star stealing food from the plate of his family and he was going to make sure that Impact Wrestling regretted the day they ever did that, and with that Storm and Hager started to approach the ring when the music of Austin Aries led to the Grand Champion coming out to run down the Lucha Brotherhood and then they started to walk towards the ring…but suddenly stopped with Aries saying they would do it when the “money was right” and then they backed up leaving the Lucha Brotherhood in the ring.</div></div></div></blockquote><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="2DvFaQg.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/2DvFaQg.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Impact Wrestling World Tag Team Championship</span></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 6: Impact Wrestling World Tag Team Championship: Z & E© vs. El Drake/Scott Steiner</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the Match: Commentary made sure to play up that this would be the final tag team Championship match between these two to add extra drama. And for a great part of the match it looked like Eli Drake and Scott Steiner were on the same page. But then at one point Scott Steiner caught Eli Drake with an errant Steinerline and it looked like it was going to break down again but they rolled out of the ring and talked things over and Steiner rolled back into the ring to continue his beatdown on Everett. But when Steiner did go to make the tag….Drake wasn’t there, he had never climbed back up on the ring apron. Instead he was walking to the back and that left Scott Steiner in a bad position as DJ Z and Everett took him down and Everett finished the match off with a 450 Press to retain the titles. </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Result: In a bout that had decent wrestling but didn't have much heat, Z & E defeated Eli Drake and Scott Steiner in 18:27 when Andrew Everett defeated Scott Steiner by pinfall with a 450 Press. During the match we also had Eli Drake turn on Steiner. Z & E make defence number 2 of their Impact World Tag Team titles.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: D+</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Show Grade: C</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">X-Plosion Taping:</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Rob Moore and Don Callis went over the results from Impact Wrestling focusing on the end of the alliance between Eli Drake and Scott Steiner. (C+)</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> In a bout that had sub-par wrestling and little heat, OVE defeated Laredo Kid and Dezmond Xavier in 8:27 when Dave Crist defeated Dezmond Xavier by pinfall with a Shooting Star Press. (D+)</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> A video played that was meant to announce and hype up the Captain for Team Japan’s World X Cup entry….the “Bone Solider” Taiji Ishimori who would have a showcase match next week on Impact Wrestling</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> In a bout that had decent wrestling but little heat, Extreme Tiger defeated Gursinder Singh in 8:04 by pinfall with a 450° Splash. ©</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> We showed some clips of an Alicia Atout interview with Tenille Dashwood who explained that when she came to Impact Wrestling Taya had welcomed her with open arms and now she was out injured with a knee injury and it was all Tessa’s fault, and Tenille planned on getting some payback on Taya’s behalf (C+)</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Tenille Dashwood defeated Lei’d Tapa in 5:48 by pinfall (D)</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> In a bout that had decent wrestling but little heat, Argenis defeated Matt Bentley in 14:47 by submission with Trevor Lee on commentary mocking Argenis (C-)</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Overall Grade: C</div></div></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Nobby_McDonald" data-cite="Nobby_McDonald" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Thanks for the kind words fella. Maybe you should start predicting. <img alt=";)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/wink.png.686f06e511ee1fbf6bdc7d82f6831e53.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> One day I just may! <img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p> -
Impact Wrestling 2018-Dare to Defy
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<p>We're on our way to Slammiversary with the Main Event Unification match being made official tonight with a contract signing, and we have a special host for that. In fact tonight will feel like a "reunion" of sorts with lots of try outs tonight for some former Impact stars as I try to figure out exactly who I want and who I don't want on our roster going forward. The big news for us is we have finally managed to reach an agreement with NJPW for some talent exchange. The carrot I dangled will come into place tonight with a special Main Event featuring NJPW talent, as well as a special surprise, to help push ticket sales for their show in San Francisco that hasn't been going as well as they had hoped. Either way this opens some new doors for us, including a new plan for Slammiversary. Exciting times for show as the lights went down in the K L Johnson Complex in Pine Bluff, Arkansas signalling the beginning of tonight's show.....</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="32cvcQD.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/32cvcQD.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Impact Wrestling X-Division Championship</span></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 1: Impact Wrestling X-Division Championship: Matt Sydal© vs. Joey Mercury</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the Match: Mercury was our first try out for the evening, both for in the ring as well as we gave him the opportunity to act as the road agent for this match. Unfortunately, these two men seemed to have no chemistry in the ring so it’s hard to tell whether he deserves another shot or not. He’ll get a match for Xplosion so maybe we’ll see then if he deserves a contract offer or not. As for this match it was a title match to start the show off with some good action, and Matt Sydal picked up another big title defense when he used the Here It Is Driver again. </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Result: In a bout that had sub-par wrestling and little heat, Matt Sydal defeated Joey Matthews in 7:56 by pinfall with a Here It Is Driver. Matt Sydal makes defends his Impact X-Division title</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: D+</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Rob Moore and Don Callis welcomed everyone to the show and recapped the big two title matches from Zero Fear and spoke about tonight’s contract signing for the unification match at Slammiversary. They also announced there would be a special guest host for the contract signing and then promised more information on the big ending from Zero Fear later in the evening.</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">One of the things that I want to make sure we get more of on Impact is one on one video’s with the wrestler where they get to show their personality. It was Matt Sydal who had the chance after defending the X-Divison Championship at Zero Fear and he promised it was his destiny to take the X-Division to heights hereof unknown.</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">A grainy video from the LAX club was shown with Ortiz and Santana trying to calm Diamante down, but she lost it when Eddie Kingston came into the club and wanted to know what was going on. Diamante responded by slapping Kingston across the face and was yelling “you did it.” Kingston looked at her before looking at the camera and said it was time for “la familia” to have a little talk before he covered up the camera.</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 2: Extreme Tiger vs. YANG</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the Match: Another X-Division match, and I’m very glad that YANG has decided to come out of retirement because this was another good match. Both veteran’s need to get their popularity up, but there’s no doubting their ability in the ring. </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Result: In a bout that had decent wrestling but little heat, YANG defeated Extreme Tiger in 7:49 by pinfall with a Corkscrew Moonsault.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: C-</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">A video played from the Knockout’s Championship match between Su Yung and Allie at Zero Fear with Su Yung getting the victory after a hard-fought match when Allie let her anger get the best of her.</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 3: Matt Bentley vs. Paul London</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the Match: I have been watching some old Ring of Honor discs lately, and it’s amazing how these two wrestlers seemed destined for such great things circa Unscripted and their Street Fight. And while they haven’t gotten their yet, this was a good match. Paul London continues to get in the groove and Bentley more then held his own against London. I’m not sold on bringing Bentley back yet, but I will consider it. </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Result: In a bout that had decent wrestling but little heat, Paul London defeated Matt Bentley in 8:21 by pinfall with a Shooting Star Press.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: C</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">After the match we had Paul London saunter over to shakes hands with Rob Moore and Don Callis and said he was here in Impact to do something he hadn’t done before and that was to win the X-Division Championship…and he had already beaten one Sydal brother….what was one more?</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 4: D’Angelo Dinero vs. Sami Calihan</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the Match: When we last saw Dinero he was the color commentator for the company, but this was a chance for him to impress in the ring and to give Calihan a big victory over a recognizable name. Calihan was escorted to the ring with a group of security guard who took up position outside of the ring to prevent any interference in the match from Eddie Edwards. D’Angelo brought his boxing skills for this fight, but in the end Sami got the big victory and attention quickly turned to the post match situation. </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Result: In a bout that had decent wrestling but didn't have much heat, Sami Callihan defeated D'Angelo Dinero in 8:13 by pinfall with a Curb Stomp.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: C-</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">The moment the match ended the security guards around the ring were on high alert, but it didn’t matter as Eddie Edwards made his way out from the back with a kendo stick with even more security behind him. Calihan was in the ring challenging Eddie to get in with all the security between them. Edwards managed to fight his way into the ring and it looked like all hell was going to break loose when a voice was heard over the sound system….it was Raven making his way out from the back. He climbed into the ring and made sure that all the security had the two men separated with Raven in between. “After all the chaos you two have caused the folks in the back decided they wanted to give me the responsibility to settle things between you two once and for all. And after what you did to my friend, and I use that word lightly, Tommy Dreamer I can tell you that I will figure out one match to end this once and for all at Slammiversary. Next week I will be here to announce the stipulations and may the heaven’s have mercy on your souls.”</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Eli Drake and Scott Steiner hyped their one on one (tag team that is) rematch against Z & E next week, and Eli Drake told Scott that he better not screw it up this time.</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 5: Cage vs. Matt Morgan</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the Match: Prior to the match we had Josh Matthews talking Cage up as the best “big man” in Impact history which was to set up the appearance from Matt Morgan who was offended at that claim. Of course the end of the match would see dominant Cage prevail over the older Morgan with a Pumphandle Facebuster. Matthew climbed into the ring to celebrate with Cage as he stood with one foot on his opponent and his arms raised in victory. </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Results: In a bout that had decent wrestling but didn't have much heat, Cage defeated Matt Morgan in 7:56 by pinfall with a Pumphandle Facebuster.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: C</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">“All American” Jake Hager followed James Storm to the ring where Storm was given the microphone so that he could explain his return and why he seemed to be so angry and focused on Rey Fenix and Pentagon Jr. Storm explained how he had been with the company since the beginning and what sort of respect had he been given? When it came to sign a new contract he had been told there wasn’t “enough money” to go around, but then the next thing he sees is wrestlers like Fenix and Pentagon Jr taking his spot, taking his money, and he was back to “get what is mine, sorry…about your damn luck.”</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">A Rey Mysterio video played with footage from after One Night Only: Zero Fear played with Mysterio shaking hands with Pentagon Jr and Rey Fenix before raising their arms for the fans and then ending with the promise that Mysterio himself would be live next week!</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">El Hijo del Fantasma was out to brag about defeating Aero Star at Zero Fear when he was interrupted by the sounds of the Global Ambassador….Hulk Hogan who was greeted by a rousing ovation. Hogan congratulated El Hijo but also mentioned that this was just the beginning of the World X Cup. There would be four teams competing in the World X Cup and those four teams would be determined after a five man Captain’s Challenge at Slammiversary. The man who got the pin fall would get his team two points in the World X Cup and would also get to pick which opposing team they wanted to face in the X Cup first. The losing man would see his whole team eliminated from World X Cup competition this year! Hogan finished by announcing that in the weeks leading up to Slammiversary we would get to see the Captain’s in single competition beginning with next week when the Captain of Team USA would be here and it was……</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="walM0as.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/walM0as.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> …..RICH SWANN!! </div></div></div></blockquote><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 6: LIJ vs. Suzuki-Gun</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the Match: Of course this was our big Main Event that was a part of our new alliance with NJPW. We surprised Don Callis by bringing out Kevin Kelly to call this match with him in place of Rob Moore who very politely turned it over so that Callis and Kelly could fill the fans in the great talent from Japan. They also hyped up the G1 Special in San Francisco while the action was undergoing. It took the fans a while to warm up to most of the wrestlers as they weren’t overly familiar with LIJ and Suzuki-Gun, but their hard work won them over along the way to the end of the match that saw Naito win for LIJ when he pinned Lance Archer.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Result: In a bout that had sub-par wrestling and little heat, "King of Darkness" EVIL, Tetsuya Naito and SANADA defeated Minoru Suzuki, Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer in 17:03 when Tetsuya Naito defeated Lance Archer by pinfall with a Destino.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: C-</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Prior to the contract signing for the Unification match as Slammiversary we introduced the special host…..”Big Sexy” Kevin Nash! Nash had some time on the microphone before introducing Impact Wrestling World Champion Pentagon Jr and Impact Wrestling Grand Champion Austin Aries. Both men signed the contract and then Austin Aries got on the microphone to talk about beating Pentagon’s brother and how he would do the same at Slammiversary, but Pentagon Jr responded with a Cero Miedo and the show ended with the two men standing holding their belts and staring each other in the face. </div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Overall Grade: C </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">X-Plosion Taping</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Video recap of the contract signing between Pentagon Jr and Austin Aries</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> In a bout that had sub-par wrestling and little heat, Trevor Lee defeated Joey Matthews in 8:02 by pinfall. (D)</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Alicia Atout interviewed Trevor Lee who went on a rant about Argenis (E+)</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> In a bout that had sub-par wrestling and little heat, SANADA defeated Caleb Konley in 7:50 by pinfall with a German Suplex. (D+)</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> A video recap of the situation from Zero Fear where Tessa managed to injure Taya with the Figure Four causing Taya to need to take some time off</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> In a poor match, Tessa Blanchard defeated Taryn Terrell in 7:35 by pinfall with a Piledriver. (D+)</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> In a bout that had sub-par wrestling and little heat, Argenis defeated Matt Bentley in 8:28 when Matt Bentley was disqualified when Trevor Lee ran in and attacked Argenis. (D)</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Final hype for the Tag Team title match between Z & E and Eli Drake/Scott Steiner next week on Impact Wrestling! (D)</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Final show rating: C-</div></div></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Powerbrock100" data-cite="Powerbrock100" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>A good One Night Only if not predictable,love the end of month recaps and the signing of Paul London is great imo and Rey is a massive get and can be another corner stone of the X-Division My favorite dynasty,keep up the good work man.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Your continued support is very much appreciated.....while I definitely have some plans for Rey, I'm thinking a bit higher than the X-Division for him. Not to say there isn't a lot going on in the X-Division as this show set up!</p> -
Impact Wrestling 2018-Dare to Defy
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<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-size:14px;">In Summary....</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p> <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">April 11, 2018</span></strong></p><p> </p><p> Finally! I had been trying for a week to get one man on the phone and I've finally had success. With Alberto Del Rio being gone I wanted to sign someone who would be able to represent the history of Mexican wrestling, someone who could foster through the next generation of great Mexican superstars including Pentagon Jr and Fenix. And that man was.....Rey Mysterio Jr. It was Konnan who managed to get me this phone call, this opportunity to start up negotiations with Rey after they had fallen through under previous management. It took a few days and a lot of promises on my end, including allowing Rey to still have some matches in NJPW and that he would be guaranteed to take part in "ALL IN," heck I'm going to be there with him. I laid out my plans for him and we agreed on an end point, WWE has been calling and eventually Rey is going to have to take up their offer or the calls will stop coming. But I'm excited to have him on board, and he's going to be cutting back on his time with Lucha Underground and The CRASH promotion to make more time for us beginning with our May PPV. I'm very excited about where this is going to go.....</p><p> </p><p> *************************************</p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"> May 27 2018</span></strong> </p><p> </p><p> One Night Only: Zero Fear PPV thoughts</p><p> </p><p> -Match 1 between El Hijo and Aero Star was meant to get things off to a good start and to help del Fantasma show off his new heel personality. Adding the Captaincy stakes also began the build towards the World X Cup will take up a lot of content in the next few months.</p><p> </p><p> -I figured it would be good to have Moose and Kongo Kong earlier in the show because I was not expecting all that much out of this match....and overall I was right. But this was a stepping stool to get us to the next part of the story in the coming month.</p><p> </p><p> -I've been very pleased from the positive feedback I've seen for Z & E, I think they are two great young talents, but they needed something to direct their talents and by putting the belts on them it has seemed to help take them to the next level. Putting them in the ring with the very over Eli Drake and Scott Steiner has helped. Meanwhile something's up between Diamante and Eddie Kingston that will become very important as time goes on.</p><p> </p><p> -We wrote Taya out after the beatdown from Tessa so that she could have some time for her honeymoon....really looking forward to her wedding with Johnny, the two make a great couple and I wish them all the best.</p><p> </p><p> -Oh I had a lot of fun with the Paul London debut....everyone on the internet thought it was going to be the returning Nick Aldis, but it was always going to be London....and using a play on his last name, and his finisher. Having Mike around to take the pin fall also helps set up the storyline that people can probably see coming next....</p><p> </p><p> -Up next we helped do some promoting for Tommy Dreamer and his House of Hardcore promotion while also moving the Eddie/Sami feud forward. I really hope people liked the little surprise at the end with Raven of all people being the one who saved Tommy....</p><p> </p><p> -For me, just as the X-Division is important so is the Knockout's division. It's hard when the world's best talent are elsewhere, but I think we are slowly growing something special, both on the main roster and down in BCW and I hope that the fans enjoy watching the fine talents we have. Su Yung will still some time getting recognition from the fans, but I'm hoping that her aura will help win the fans over as her title reign goes along.</p><p> </p><p> -I really really excited about the match between Sydal and Drago and I think they put on a really good show with Sydal continuing to develop his character.</p><p> </p><p> -I didn't know if anyone was going to be able to top Aries and Rey after their great showing, definitely think that Fenix will be a big start for us, just a matter of slowly building him up.</p><p> </p><p> -So the pairing with Cage and Matthews....I will admit it's not the most original idea. It's meant to be a similar relationship as Lesnar and Heyman, heck it's the same as Matthews and Lashley....but I think that Josh is a great heel, but I do not want him to be a commentator....I want to put those talents to something else.</p><p> </p><p> -As for Mr Anderson.....this was about giving him a chance. And I will admit I had a back up plan in case he didn't show up in the right mindset, but I was impressed with his attitude. Maybe not enough to sign him to a contract, but I'm not opposed to using him again down the road if the time comes. Right now it's all evaluating the roster, and I am bringing back some familiar faces just to give everyone a chance to see who I want to keep, and who is definitely past their time in wrestling. </p><p> </p><p> -The Main Event.....it was about introducing Jake Hager to the Impact Wrestling fans and proving he belongs, but also about Pentagon Jr getting a good title defense against a "name" and they managed to have the best match of the night so I was happy.</p><p> </p><p> -Overall I thought this was a really good show, but there's still a lot of work to be done. Even though we seem to have the edge on ROH for the second most popular company in the USA, it's a tenuous, almost "cult" like grip and we don't know which way it will go. The fans are not buying into the storylines yet, but they are liking most of what we are putting it out. Still a lot of work to be done as I continue to tweak our presentation and the wrestlers that make up our product.</p><p> </p><p> *****************************</p><p> </p><p> The month of May 2018 in wrestling:</p><p> </p><p> Two bits of sad news to begin with: the passing of Abdullah the Butcher was of course already announced...but earlier in the month also saw the passing of Puro Legend Kenta Kobashi. </p><p> </p><p> In happier news....plans to bring Madison Rayne back to Impact Wrestling were postponed due to the happy news that Madison and our very own Josh Matthews our expecting a child!</p><p> </p><p> There must be something in the water in Impact Wrestling because Austin Aries and his fiancee Thea Trinidad are also expecting!</p><p> </p><p> Ranking the top five companies in the world in May 2018....</p><p> </p><p> 1. WWE</p><p> 2. NJPW</p><p> 3. Impact Wrestling</p><p> 4. CMLL</p><p> 5. Lucha Libre AAA worldwide</p><p> </p><p> I doubt there will be any changes to this anytime soon, but it's interesting to see where things stand right now. </p><p> ***************************************</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Frenchy_Tweest" data-cite="Frenchy_Tweest" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>This was a really entertaining reading, top to bottom! Despite the predictability of the results, I just love the format. It is truly a pleasure to read you. I would have liked a focus on the 'behind-the-scenes' aspects of your booking decisions, much like what you are doing for the weeklies. Instead, the matches had good descriptions and recap here.<p> </p><p> Looking forward to what is next, especially concerning Brian Cage and Josh Mathews, the Knockouts division in general and Z&E !</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I wanted to do something different for the PPV shows, I'm still not sure what the format will be. I've actually always been more about the match write ups than anything else, but the point of this Dynasty is to try and get through stuff quicker so I'm not sure what I will do for Slammiversary. I will continue to tweak I'm sure as I go along, but hopefully you like the end of the month recap.</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Nobby_McDonald" data-cite="Nobby_McDonald" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Very good show, looking forward to see where you take things.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Thank you....it means a lot that you have taken the time to look in on this Dynasty, I've always been very impressed with your longevity on the board with your dynasty!!</p> -
Impact Wrestling 2018-Dare to Defy
tg01 replied to tg01's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties
ZERO FEAR Location: Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri Attendance: 7318 PPV Buyrate: 129,792 buys -vs- -vs- Impact Wrestling World Tag Team Championship -vs--vs- -vs- -vs- Impact Wrestling Knockout's Championship -vs- Impact Wrestling X-Division Championship -vs- Impact Wrestling Grand Championship -vs- Impact Wrestling World Championship -vs- Overall Grade: C -
WCW: Heart and Soul
tg01 replied to The Final Countdown's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties
Fan Scorecard: World Heavyweight Championship: Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. The Unnatural {©} "The Hellraiser" Steve Austin vs. King Corino-No contest United States Heavyweight Championship: "Big Poppa Pump" Scott Steiner vs. Rob Van Dam {©} World Tag Team Championship: The Jung Dragons vs. The Unbound {©} World Television Championship: ??? vs. Bobby Roode {©} Cruiserweight Championship: Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Hayabusa vs. Jamie Knoble {©} Stu Hart Classic, Second Round in the A Block: AJ Styles vs. Shane Douglas Stu Hart Classic, Second Round in the A Block: Lance Storm vs. Brian Kendrick Stu Hart Classic, Second Round in the B Block: Eddie Guerrero vs. Sean O'Haire-while I think we're getting Eddie vs. Rey at Starrcade, I'm not so sure it will be for the belt..... Stu Hart Classic, Second Round in the B Block: Sting vs. Christopher Daniels What will be match of the night? The World title match How many championships will change hands? 0...I predict Bobby Roode loses by DQ when his opponent is attacked..... Will the Austin vs. Corino match take place? No....still one more PPV before Starrcade.....so November is where Austin beats Corino Who will be Roode's mystery challenger? Matt Hardy General diary comments/questions/critiques: I've spent some time getting caught up, thankfully not too long since it seems you have gone on a few breaks along the way, and I"m liking the new format! -
Impact Wrestling 2018-Dare to Defy
tg01 replied to tg01's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties
<p>The tension was palpable backstage today, this wasn't just a normal show...this was a go home show. The first PPV of the CW era was only a few days away and tonight needed to hook fans in if we were going to get any buys. I took the opportunity to have a meeting to go over our plans for the PPV and nail a few things down before finding a good spot in the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena to watch some Impact Wrestling...</p><p> </p><p> <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Impact Wrestling May 24, 2018 </span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 1: Bob Holly vs. Sami Calihan</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the Match: As the match began, Rob Moore and Con Callis made sure to explain that Sami had requested this match to show he was better than Eddie Edwards by defeating Bob Holly quicker than Eddie Edwards had. In fact there was a count down clock at the bottom of the screen showing Eddie’s time against Calihan’s, and in fact Sami was able to get the pin fall with his Stump Piledriver with one second remaining.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Result: In a decent match, Sami Callihan defeated Bob Holly in 13:21 by pinfall with an Assault Driver.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: D</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">After the match Rob Moore and Don Callis tried to open the show from the commentary table but were interrupted by Sami who crazily went on about how he couldn’t wait to watch and see Tommy and Eddie destroy each other “and I’ll be there afterwards to make sure all the pieces are mopped up.” It wasn’t exactly what we wanted him to say, but Sami seemed a bit lost out there after the match he had just endured.</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 2: Chandler Park vs. Kongo Kong</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the Match: We allowed Chandler Park to show his wrestling skills a bit more in this match to further the storyline of him training to be a wrestler. But it was Kong who controlled the match with his size and “experience” and picked up the fall even with Joseph Park trying to cheer his “cousin” on from the outside. </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Result: In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Kongo Kong defeated Chandler Park in 7:38 by pinfall with The Cracker-jack.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: D-</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">After the match Kongo Kong dropped a Splash on Chandler Park, and Joseph Park rolled into the ring looking to defend him. Jimmy Jacobs just shook his head, when Moose came running out from the back and went after Kongo Kong. At first Moose managed to have the upper hand against the behemoth, but when Moose went to pick him up for a Bodyslam he was unable to due to his injured ribs and that allowed Kongo Kong to get some damage in on Moose prior to their match at One Night Only: Zero Fear.</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Don Callis was in the ring to host a face to face interview between Tessa Blanchard and Taya….but that was not the big surprise. Instead it was the fact that Rob Moore was joined at the commentary table by…</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="i9kSR3s.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/i9kSR3s.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> ….TENILLE DASHWOOD! Yes, Tenille had been a part of Ring Of Honor just last week but her and Delirious had some sort of fall out that had resulted in them mutually agreeing she was done in the company, and so their loss is our gain as I look forward to having her in the company. Inside the ring Tessa and Taya both got some verbal shots in, before coming nose to nose to end the segment. </div></div></div></blockquote><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Up next a video package was shown summing up some of the activities of Impact Wrestling Global Ambassador Hulk Hogan in the past few weeks. One event was interrupted though as Josh Matthews showed up while Hogan was signing some autographs and tried to interview him, but Hogan kept ignoring him, and finally his security dragged Matthews away, but Josh could be heard yelling “I’ll get you, I’ll get all of you…..I’ll see you Sundayyyyyyy…..”</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">A backstage video was shown of an irate Eli Drake giving a dress down to Scott Steiner while promoting that they were going to get a rematch with Z&E for the tag team titles at Zero Fear, and Drake said Steiner better not screw up things this time. That led to Scott going off on a trademark rant about how “those two b****es got lucky once, but that was a once in a lifetime thing, and he was going to enjoy tossing them around with ease using the largest arms in the words because he was the freakiest freak who had ever freaked and those two nobodies didn’t stand a chance.” Or something like that. It was Scott Steiner, you do the math.</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 3: Desi Hit Squad vs. LAX</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the Match: After a bit of a rough going lately this was the match where Ortiz and Santana finally managed to get back on the winning side in a short match that was all about showcasing the LAX. </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Result: In a bout that had sub-par wrestling and little heat, Latin American Xchange defeated Desi Hit Squad in 5:32 when Ortiz defeated Rohit Raju by pinfall.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: D-</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Tommy Dreamer had filmed a message for Eddie Edwards: “All I had tried to do is save you from yourself, and you broke me open and left me a bloody mess in the middle of the ring. You woke me up Eddie, and now I’m going to beat you within an inch of your life. You won’t be worrying about Sami Calihan anymore, you won’t be worrying about anything because you’re going to be in a hospital in traction. You picked one bad mother f***er to mess with Eddie and now I’m going to teach you a lesson….hardcore style.”</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 4: Dezmond Xavier vs. YANG</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the Match: When word went out that I was looking to bring in some veteran’s to help in the X-Division I was surprised to heard that the former Jimmy Wang Yang was interested in returning to the ring to help us out after being “retired” for two years. I wasn’t sure how much ring rust he would have on him, or how good he would even look, but he blew me away by coming in and having a really good match with Dezmond. I don’t know what to say other than it appeared they had some great chemistry because I’m not sure how they could have had the match they did otherwise. </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Result: In a bout that had decent wrestling but didn't have much heat, YANG defeated Dezmond Xavier in 7:31 by pinfall with a Corkscrew Moonsault.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: C-</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Ortiz and Santana were in their clubhouse celebrating when Eddie Kingston came in and grabbed a can of beer and threw it at the wall. “You’re celebrating because you got a victory? Is that all it takes for you now? You used to be Tag Team Champions of the World, act like it! But you know what, I’ve got good news…..I went and spoke to some of the big wigs in the back, made a little deal…and now you two are in the Tag Team match at Zero Fear! So it’s time to put down the drinks, and it’s time to start training because you aren’t going to let me down like you let Konnan down!”</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">El Hijo del Fantasma was given the opportunity to explain himself and his actions last week. He was sick and tired of being overlooked here in Impact Wrestling. In Mexico I am a King, but here in Impact Wrestling it’s wrestlers like Pentagon Jr, Rey Fenix, Drago and even Aero Star who were being talked about. It was time that changed, it was time that the people came to realize that El Hijo is the best from Mexico and he would take out each and every other masked wrestler who got in his way….one…..by……one.</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 5: Aero Star/Drago vs. Matt and Mike Sydal</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the Match: While the commentators wanted to make sure they continued to hype the X-Division Championship match between Matt Sydal and Drago at One Night Only: Zero Fear they also announced that the World X Cup would be returning in July and August, but that we would have our first match with World X Cup ramifications on Sunday when Aero Star got a shot at revenge when he faced off with El Hijo del Fantasma, with the winner being made the Captain for Mexico’s entry into the World X Cup. The match itself was another good match with everyone elevating Mike Sydal to their level so that we got a good match, but in the end it was also Mike who took the pin fall from Drago after a Flip DDT.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Result: In a bout that had decent wrestling but didn't have much heat, Aero Star and Drago defeated Matt Sydal and Mike Sydal in 8:26 when Drago defeated Mike Sydal by pinfall.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: C-</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Another great video package played on Brian Cage ending with “Cage Returns…..Sunday!”</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">One final hype video for Zero Fear played, this time recapping the feud between Allie and Su Yung and hyped their title match on Sunday with the question of being how far into her dark side was Allie willing to go to try and retain her title?</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Don Callis and Rob Moore were talking about all of the great matches at One Night Only: Zero Fear when they stopped as there was a commotion going on near the ring as someone was walking down and taking a seat in the front row….could it be? Yes…..it’s the one and only…..</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="4yPOEEg.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/4yPOEEg.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> …..”COWBOY” JAMES STORM!! Storm took a seat and was staring into the ring intensely while sipping on a nice cold beverage.</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 6: “American Great” Jake Hager/Austin Aries vs. Los Lucha Bro’s</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the Match: This was a very important match for us, and not just because it was the final hype for our big PPV….but it was also Jake Hager’s first televised match for us, and we needed him to go out and win the fans of Impact Wrestling over. With that we told Hager to up his intensity out there and to use his height advantage to really come off as impressive looking. The end of the match saw Pentagon and Hager outside of the ring and Pentagon was about to try and drop Hager to the match with a Fear Factor when he was distracted by James Storm who had stood up and looked like me might actually jump over the railing. The distraction allowed Hager to flip Pentagon Jr over with a Back Body Drop, and then he picked him up and tossed him into the ring steps before rolling him back into the ring and ending the match with a Swagger Bomb! </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Result: In a bout that had great wrestling and a decent reaction from the crowd, Austin Aries and Jake Hager defeated Lucha Bro's in 16:48 when Jake Hager defeated Pentagon Jr. by pinfall with a Swagger Bomb after a distraction from James Storm.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: C</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">After the match the beatdown continued with Jake Hager getting an Ankle Lock on Pentagon Jr, but watching that Aries did to Rey Fenix was a bit more difficult. With Pentagon Jr watching Aries took Fenix up and dropped him with two Brainbuster’s before locking in a Last Chancery fully committing to his new heel persona and ending the go home show of Impact with Los Lucha Bro’s locked in painful submission holds weakening before the title matches at Zero Fear.</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Final Grade: B-</div></div><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>X-Plosion taping<p> </p><p> Don Callis and Rob Moore sum up Impact Wrestling from Thursday in a few minutes focusing on the Main Event and afterwards the damage inflicted by Austin Aries and Jake Hager (D+)</p><p> </p><p> In a bout that had decent wrestling but little heat, Dezmond Xavier defeated Mike Sydal in 7:51 by submission. (D)</p><p> </p><p> The London Calling video again…..someone is coming on Sunday!</p><p> </p><p> In a bout that had decent wrestling but little heat, Extreme Tiger, Laredo Kid and Taiji Ishimori defeated Desi Hit Squad (Gursinder Singh, Rohit Raju and Vikas Kumar) in 6:53 when Taiji Ishimori defeated Rohit Raju by pinfall with a Hammerlock DDT. (D+)</p><p> </p><p> In a bout that had sub-par wrestling and little heat, Taya defeated Sienna in 7:52 by pinfall with a Swinging Side Slam. (D-)</p><p> </p><p> Trevor Lee and Caleb Konley were out, and Lee challenged anyone to come out and face him…..but when the undefeated Argenis answered the challenge Lee all of a sudden came up lame and announced that Konley would be taking his spot. (E+)</p><p> </p><p> In a bout that had sub-par wrestling and little heat, Argenis defeated Caleb Konley in 8:23 by pinfall. (D)</p><p> </p><p> One final great hype video for One Night Only: Zero Fear (B)</p><p> </p><p> Final Grade: C-</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> ***********************************</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Powerbrock100" data-cite="Powerbrock100" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Big fan of Z&E winning the belts like IRL love both workers and like their chemistry as a team hopefully they get a lengther run then IRL.<p> </p><p> Loved the Sydal's and Drago stuff definitely different and unique not alot of ppl do utilize Mike Sydal and his relationship</p><p> </p><p> Very interested in the Knockout's championship heading into Zero Fear and what you will do when Rosemary inveibtly comes back from injury down the line. </p><p> </p><p> Love the Eddie stuff IRL and how you are presenting and doing it. Nice ish to see Bob Holly make a rare appearance.</p><p> </p><p> Planting seeds with Jimmy Jacobs. I love SEEDS! Pretty decent pay off this week with the Parks saving Moose and chasing off Jacobs and his monster.</p><p> </p><p> No surprise the world champ and his brother won am interested in Fantasma and his possible feud with Aero Star or his singles run.</p><p> </p><p> Love the Grand Championship is still around atleast for now always felt Impact needed a true minor championship for everyone and Aries holding that belt and raising everyone else up isn't too shabby. A good show this week imo furthering most if not all the storylines</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Thank you again for the kind words.....as mentioned early on in the diary the Grand Championship will be going away at Slammiversary....but I do agree with you about Impact needing a true minor championship....and I do have something up my sleeves for that....so stay tuned!</p><p> </p><p> *</p><p> **</p><p> ***</p><p> ****</p><p> *****</p><p> </p><p> Official Prediction Contest!!!</p><p> </p><p> Alright here we go, let's get this thing rolling....</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Impact Wrestling World Championship: Pentagon Jr© vs. “American Great” Jake Hager<p> Impact Wrestling Grand Championship: Austin Aries© vs. Rey Fenix</p><p> Impact Wrestling X-Division Championship: Matt Sydal © vs. Drago</p><p> Impact Wrestling World Tag Team Championship: Elimination Match: Z & E © vs. El Drake/Scott Steiner vs. LAX</p><p> Impact Wrestling Knockout’s Championship: Allie© vs. Su Yung</p><p> House of Hardcore Rules: Eddie Edwards vs. Tommy Dreamer</p><p> Winner will be the Captain of Team Mexico: Aero Star vs. El Hijo del Fantasma</p><p> Kongo Kong vs. Moose</p><p> Taya vs. Tessa Blanchard</p><p> Cage vs. ???</p><p> Bonus Point: Who is the “London calling” video package about?</p></div></blockquote> -
Impact Wrestling 2018-Dare to Defy
tg01 replied to tg01's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties
<p>Here we are with our third week, and while it has been quieter on the contract front I've been trying to reach out with Don Callis and see about building our relationships with some other companies. We're very happy with our relationship with AAA and the amazing talent it allows us access too, but it appears things our souring with Pro Wrestling NOAH. There are rumours that WWE has reached out to them and that could result in our relationship being severed right when we need to have access to some talent from Japan for our annual World X Cup. I know Don has been trying to get something going between us an New Japan, which of course is the ultimate goal, but negotiations are going slowly. Same could be said for my contacts with Ring of Honor. I think we could have a valuable relationship, I've even told them I no longer care about whether they have our talent appear on TV or even on their DVD's because as far as I'm concerned exposure is exposure, but their head booker is a bit of a weird fellow. In fact I'd almost say he was delirious with power. Here ROH is talking about how they are going to build the "Women of Honor" like they can somehow compete with the Evolution of women's wrestling in WWE, and he has already fired two prominent wrestlers, and had feud with another that has led to her quitting. Thankfully they've signed with us, so their loss is our gain, but I just don't know how people work with him. We have left Michigan and made our way to Minneapolis and the Ridder Arena for tonight's show, a big show with two titles on the line! </p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="2DvFaQg.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/2DvFaQg.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Impact World Tag Team Championship</span></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 1: Eli Drake/Scott Steiner© vs. Z & E</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the Match: The story of this match was how angry Eli Drake looked after he had failed to win the World title last week, and how he was blaming that entirely on Scott Steiner. The match itself saw Z & E using their speed advantage, forcing the over 50-year-old Scott Steiner to try and keep up and he failed as expected. But when Eli Drake was in the match it was a completely different story as he managed to show his Championship pedigree by taking control of the match over. It looked like the match was going to be over when Drake had dropped Everett outside leaving both Drake and Steiner in the ring together to take out DJ Z. Eli had pulled DJ Z to his feet and Steiner looked to end it with a Steinerline, but when DJ Z managed to get out of the way it was Eli Drake who took the full brunt of that blow. And when Steiner stopped to check on him DJ Z quickly rolled him up for the one….two…three…we have </div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong>NEW</strong></div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Champions! </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Results: In a decent match, Z & E defeated Eli Drake and Scott Steiner in 12:40 when DJ Z defeated Scott Steiner by pinfall with a roll up. Z & E win the Impact World Tag Team titles.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: D</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Once again we got our green screen open to the show with a recap of last week’s Main Event with Pentagon Jr retaining the World Championship and recap of Eddie Edwards brutal attack on Tommy Dreamer. Rob Moore and Don Callis began the “hype session” by announcing that Eddie Edwards had demanded a match against Tommy Dreamer to teach Tommy a lesson about interfering in his business, and Tommy had agreed but only if the match could be a “House of Hardcore” rules match so that he could teach Eddie a lesson about respect. After hyping tonight’s Main Event of Austin Aries vs Moose they also announced that next week’s Main Event would be a tag team match of Pentagon Jr and Rey Fénix, Los Lucha Bro’s, against Jake Hager and the Impact Grand Champion.</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 2: Drago vs. Masked Success</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the Match: Matt Sydal was out to watch this match, which as far as the fans concerned was just a warm up match for Drago prior to facing off against Sydal at Zero Fear. After a decent match, the fans got a surprise when Masked Success, a generic masked luchadore, rolled out of the ring and went over to the commentators table and PUSHED Matt Sydal away from the table before grabbing his chair, closing it up and slid back into he ring and smacked Drago with the chair right in front of the referee drawing a disqualification! </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Results: In a bout that had sub-par wrestling and little heat, Drago defeated Masked Success in 7:48 when Masked Success intentionally got disqualified.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: D-</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">After the match Matt Sydal slid into the ring and was yelling at the masked wrestler, while also looking down and checking on Drago. Finally Masked Success removed his mask….and embraced with Matt Sydal! On the commentary table Don Callis and Rob Moore made sure to let the fans in on the secret…the masked wrestlers was none other than Mike Sydal….the brother of the X-Division Champion! The two men proceeded to lay the boots in on Drago, before Mike Sydal pinned Drago to the mat with the steel chair on the throat, which allowed Matt Sydal to come off the top rope with a perfect Shooting Star Press on Drago! Finally, the two brothers left with Matt putting his arm over the shoulder of his brother’s and laughing at the injured Drago.</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">In their club house Ortiz and Santana continued to complain about their fate…when “King,” Eddie Kingston interrupted with a loud smashing of his hand on the table. He yelled at the two and told them they didn’t need Konnan, and it was time for them to get their act together and that he would personally help them get back to the top!</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 3: Miss Natural vs. Su Yung</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the Match: This was set up just to give Su Yung some more screen time, as she slowly and methodically dominated Miss Natural (a local worker) before ending the match with the Panic Switch.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Results: In a terrible match, Su Yung defeated Miss Natural in 8:19 by pinfall with a Panic Switch</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: E+</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">After the match Su Yung was ready to do some more damage to Miss Natural, when we had Allie show up on the screen to distract her. Allie was clutching her Impact Women’s Championship to her chest talking about Su Yung had hurt her friend, and now nothing was going to stop her from doing the same to Su Yung at Zero Fear. Rosemary had tried to make Allie promise not to embrace her dark side, but she wasn’t around and Su Yung was going to pay for that.</div></div></div></blockquote><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Eddie Edwards had a response to Tommy Dreamer, promising pain at Zero Fear…when Alisha Edwards returned to question Eddie about what he was doing. “Tommy is a friend….” But Eddie cut her off. “A friend?! A friend! Would a friend have stopped me from finally finishing Calihan off? No he should have helped me finally end things with Calihan. He keeps telling me to practice restraint, but would he do the same thing if someone put their hands on his wife? I don’t think so. I was just about to finish Sami off and Tommy got….in….the way! It’s me or Sami, and neither Tommy nor you are going to get in my way, and once I take Tommy out of the picture then I’m going to finish Sami off and you and I will be able to get back to living our life. And tonight Tommy….I have a little surprise for you, I’ve got the perfect opponent for a little House of Hardcore preview match.”</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 4: House of Hardcore Rules: Bob Holly vs. Eddie Edwards</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the Match: This match was actually a last-minute addition to the show after I had run into Bob Holly visiting with the boys in the back as he is living in the area now. Holly quickly tried to get me to hire him, saying he would be a “great teacher” for the new guys. Can you imagine? Does he think I don’t know about his history? I told him I would think about it….but then had an inspiration for this match, and I ran it past Don and he agree it could be fun. So I went back to Bob and asked if he had brought his gear, he’s a ring veteran and of course he did. I told him if he did a good job in this match that I might have something for him. Which didn’t actually seem to motivate him to put on a great performance or anything, but at least he was willing to take the loss and a submission one at that. Plus he was the perfect guy for Eddie to show off some of his blossoming brawling/hardcore skills off against. </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Results: In a decent match, Eddie Edwards defeated Bob Holly in 13:22 by submission with an Achilles Lock.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: C-</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Alicia Atout tried to interview Pentagon Jr and Rey Fénix prior to their match when Josh Matthews interrupted and tried to take over. Alicia finally ended up slapping Josh across the face, and then Pentagon Jr and Rey Fénix chased him away.</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">After the commercial break we had Alicia was interviewing Katarina and the Park’s about Grado, announcing that he had suffered some “career threatening” injuries and he had gone back to the UK to seek out treatment. Before they could get too far into their conversation Jimmy Jacobs walked by with Kongo Kong and mocked Grado a bit, before walking away laughing. </div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 5: Aero Star/El Hijo del Fantasma vs. Los Lucha Bro’s</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the Match: Pentagon Jr’s challenger for One Night Only: Zero Fear was out on the commentary table where he was able to spread his rhetoric some more while building up that match. The match itself was a really good display of the skill brought to us thanks to our arrangement with AAA and Luncha Underground. The star of this match was actually Rey Fénix who showed off some great moves including finishing the match with a Meteora after Aero Star was abandoned by El Hijo del Fantasma who dropped off of the ring apron and walked to the back instead of tagging in to the match when Aero Star desperately needed a tag. </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Results: In a decent match, Lucha Bro's defeated Aero Star and El Hijo del Fantasma in 7:59 when Rey Fénix defeated Aero Star by pinfall with a Meteora.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: C</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Another video played showing highlights of Brian Cage before ending with “Cage Returns 05/27/18”</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Moose was on his way to the ring for the Main Event when Kongo Kong attacked him from behind, driving him into the ring, before rolling him in and hitting him with a Splash on his ribs. The attack continued with Jacobs cheering him on when Chandler Park came running out to try and even the odds, but he was taken out by Kongo Kong as well. Joseph Park came out and tried to talk some sense into him, but it looked like Kong was going to attack him too. Austin Aries came running out with a steel chair and Kongo Kong dropped out of the ring. The Park’s cleared the ring and Aries called for the bell to be rung, before he turned and caught Moose in the ribs with a Dropkick to start the Main Event.</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="bR9tYjR.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/bR9tYjR.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Impact Grand Championship</span></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 6: Austin Aries© vs. Moose</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the Match: This match was almost as good as last week’s Main Event and I was impressed by the performance from both men. The fans were not too pleased with Aries taking the cheap shot on Moose, but it did lead to the story of the match as Aries continued to work over those ribs while Moose had to keep on coming from behind. You have to give props to Moose though as he almost managed to end the match with his Go To Hell sitout chokebomb, but Aries caught him with a knee to the ribs that stopped his momentum and than picked him up and dropped him with a Brainbuster before going to the top turnbuckle and slowly, methodically landing a perfect 450° Splash right on the injured ribs to get the victory and entry into the big tag team Main Event next week and the match against Fenix at Zero Fear. </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Result: In a bout that had good wrestling and a decent reaction from the crowd, Austin Aries defeated Moose in 18:19 by pinfall with a 450° Splash. Austin Aries makes defence number 1 of his Impact Grand title.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: C</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Final Grade: C+</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">X-Plosion Taping</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Rob Moore and Don Callis hype the Main Event of the undefeated Argenis against Mike Sydal (F+)</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> In a bout that had sub-par wrestling and little heat, OVE defeated Laredo Kid and Dezmond Xavier in 8:12 when Dave Crist defeated Dezmond Xavier by pinfall with a Super Kick. (D)</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> A video played with clips of scenes noticeable from London, England and ended with the phrase “London Calling 05/27/18” (B+)</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> In a bout that had sub-par wrestling and little heat, Extreme Tiger defeated Vikas Kumar in 8:11 by pinfall with a 450° Splash. (D)</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Alicia Atout interviewed “The Queen of the Carolina’s” Tessa Blanchard who promised that she was going to show the whole world at Zero Fear why she was the one and only heir to the Legacy of the “Four Horsemen” (D)</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> In a terrible match, Tessa Blanchard defeated Miss Natural in 8:02 by pinfall with a Piledriver. (E+)</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Alicia interviewed the Sydal Brother’s with Matt speaking about how sometimes the “sands of fate” blow in interesting way and they have brought the Brother’s Sydal back together to slay the Dragon (D)</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> In a bout that had sub-par wrestling and little heat, Argenis defeated Mike Sydal in 8:23 by submission. (D)</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Hype for next week’s Impact Wrestling and the tag team Main Event of Austin Aries and Jake Hager against Los Lucha Bro’s (D+)</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Final Grade: D+</div></div></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> **********************************************</p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Frenchy_Tweest" data-cite="Frenchy_Tweest" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I love the fact that you can explain every single move you make in your dynasty, it shows that even though I'm not sold on Jake Hager yet, there is a reason why he is here and why he is in the position he is in. What I am saying is, I'm trusting you for what is to come in your dynasty, you have the power to make things interesting even when I'm not digging them at first.<p> </p><p> Anyways, a good second show. There was a heavy focus on Grado, Chandler Park, Moose and Kongo Kong this week. I like Kong as a character, even though he is pretty limited as a wrestler. There are so many stories to tell with him. I'm also looking forward to see if you're going to push Moose. It was so good to have a true competitive match between Pentagon and Drake (instead of the joke we had IRL). Tessa vs. Taya is going to be good! Drago as a challenger, I also love that. Matt Sydal is pretty awesome in this dynasty too, the gimmick is on point! Really good work so far.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Powerbrock100" data-cite="Powerbrock100" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>This Dynasty is too slept on I have no gripes so far with your booking of Impact and like how you are keeping it as realistic as you can post Redemption. So happy Penta is still champ for the time being. Tessa/Taya the battle of the ego's. Also Sydal and Drago yes please!</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Thank you for the praise from both of you....I have to say a big reason I'm writing this dynasty is thanks to Pentagon Jr.....I think he is one of the top five best wrestlers in the world right now, and I was disappointed with his title reign so I'm hoping to do some different things with that. Next up is the final Impact before the PPV, and I'll throw up some predictions with that.</p> -
Impact Wrestling 2018-Dare to Defy
tg01 replied to tg01's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties
It has been a busy week, trying to get a bit of rest in before we begin filming again, as I've scouted a few wrestlers and made contact to get some new X-Division competitors that we'll be seeing in the coming weeks. Also been doing a bit of promoting with Hulk Hogan and I am grateful to say that he seems to have taken our talk last week to heart and is working towards a goal of co-operation with everyone in the company. Of course, none of this compares to the surprising phone call I got last night. A wrestler from another company reached out to ask if there would be a position for him in Impact Wrestling. While maybe not the start he once was due to some injury history, he's still someone I'm pretty excited to have in Impact Wrestling once his contract runs out. In fact I'm already thinking about how he might make his debut....but that's down the road, for tonight it's all about Impact Wrestling and a HUGE World title match in the unique environment of the sold out Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort. Impact World Championship ********************************* Thank you again for your words.....I did go back and watch some of the post Redemption (end of April/beginning of May) because I did want to try and continue on with the story threads that was in place while adding my own spin. As for your comments on the Battle Royale, I have to point out that I'm dealing with a few constraints. First off there is the Mod I'm using, which I did tweak to try and correct some things (lots of face/heel alignments) that sort of stuff but overall I tried not to change to much to keep it true to Fleisch's vision. Also I'm trying to keep it ground in reality, so for eg. I do not have Johnny Impact available right now because he was off filming Survivor. So when you take away those names, and the names I already used throughout the show....it left me with the guys that you saw in the Battle Royale. Maybe not the biggest of names, but I did try to tell some stories with who was there. As for Hager....I'll be honest there are a couple more wrestlers who will be joining the company in the next month, including one who I surprisingly was able to steal away from WWE, and I remind you that while I want to keep things as realistic as possible, at the same time I want to make sure that I also stay true to the narrative I have created for this Dynasty. Namely that there is Stephen Amell in charge, and he needs to bring some viewers in to justify the investment made from the CW. Someone like Hager allows me to try and latch onto the current situation in the United States and try and use that as an emotional tie in that would bring viewers to Impact wrestling. Believe me with every signing, with every plan....I spend a LOT of time thinking it through. I am known to be someone who plans their Dynastie's quite far out, for example I already know almost the entire card for Bound For Glory and how we're getting to that point. Thank you again for your feedback and comments, I love "viewer" participation and will get to prediction contest's at some point I'm sure to further push that. -
Impact Wrestling 2018-Dare to Defy
tg01 replied to tg01's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">The Press Conference-Conclusion</span></strong></p><p> </p><p> <strong>May 1, 2018</strong></p><p> </p><p> ....the one....the only....Hulk Hogan!!</p><p> </p><p> With that out walked Hulk Hogan to join the surprised members of the media who had attended the conference. This was who the CW had wanted me to sign, they had set up the meeting, given me the money to get him signed and now have the opportunity to try and make up for his past mistakes. After everyone was settled he gave an apology, maybe not the best apology, but it got the point across. And he apologized as Terry Bollea, not as Hulk Hogan, which was important. He would be giving the same apology to the roster on Thursday and again, hopefully the fences and pain would start to heal. There's no doubting that Hogan is one of the greatest of all wrestlers and having him around would hopefully get some eyes on our product. He was finishing up so now it was my time to speak again.</p><p> </p><p> Amell: Fresh starts....the truth is, I know that Impact Wrestling has had many of them, more I think that any wrestling company has ever had. And that's why we believe it is important to give them. It's why we will embrace Hulk Hogan back into the wrestling family, and he will be out there teaching that same message. But also a message of acceptance and love of everyone. As well as continuing to support initiatives like Big Brothers and Sisters, and also promoting out upcoming events. Speaking of forgiveness, I would like to announce that a few important men have forgive some mismanagement on our part. I am proud to announce that Earl and Brian Hebner, as well as Brian Stiffler will all be returning to the Impact Wrestling fold to referee our events. With that I am very excited for the future, and I hope that everyone enjoys Impact Wrestling this Thursday and everything that is yet to come.</p> -
Impact Wrestling 2018-Dare to Defy
tg01 replied to tg01's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">May 3, 2018</span></strong></p><p> </p><p> Finally it's arrived, the first day under my care. I showed up to the Wings Event Center at 5:00 to watch the new set being set up, and it's been pretty much nonstop since. I've taken a look at some of the pre-taped matches/footage that we are going to splice into tonight's show, been in a booking meeting where we finalized everything for tonight's show, and even went toe to toe with our returning Legend tonight after he gave Don some problems. But now the clock is ticking down as I'm at the so called "Gorilla" position.....Impact is about to go live!</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Opening video showing some of the history of Impact wrestling, focusing not on the stars who were a part of the show in the past and in other companies, but focusing on the wrestlers in the company right now. Austin Aries, Moose, Pentagon Jr, Eli Drake, Matt Sydal and a few others. The only exception was Hulk Hogan who was included near the end. The show then opened properly at the commentary table where Josh Matthews was starting to talk, but Don Callis cut him off to announce that Matthews had been replaced by new Impact wrestling announcer Rob Moore. Matthews was furious and had to be escorted out by security but promised to be back! </div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="32cvcQD.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/32cvcQD.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"><strong><span style="font-size:14px;">X-Division Championship</span></strong></div></div></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 1: Matt Sydal © vs. Taiji Ishimori:</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on this match: One of the priorities for Impact wrestling going forth would be getting the X-Division back on the map. For years everyone had been trying to copy what Eric Bischoff and WCW had managed to do so successfully with the Cruiserweight division back in the 90s. At it’s peak the X-Division had come the closest, and for one night, in September 2005 with an Unbreakable main event they maybe even surpassed it. While I had not managed to have much influence over the X Division yet, I was fortunate that I was starting off with a great champion in Matt Sydal. As for this match what I wanted more than anything was to start the show off with a great bout, full of high flying action and remind the fans about what was possible. Fortunately, this match had already been taped because Taiji Ishimori was unavailable due to being needed in Japan for a little surprise the next day. </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Result: The match itself had decent wrestling but little heat, and Matt Sydal defeated Taiji Ishimori by pin fall with his Pumphandle Driver. </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: C-</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">While there had been a Facts of Life with Eli Drake previous taped, I wanted this one to be live for the fans in the crowd so I made sure that he was there. Escorted by his World Tag Team partner, Scott Steiner, who wasted little time in talking about his “freaks” and his “peaks” before handing the microphone over to Eli Drake. The fans wanted to cheer for Eli, but he quickly turned to insults to get them riled up like he was asked to do. Finally he came to the point….announcing he would be using his Feast or Fired briefcase next week in a match against Pentagon Jr. At this point we sent Pentagon Jr out with his recently won World Championship, dropped his “Cero Miedo” catchphrase and hand gesture, before raising the World Championship belt in the air between the two men to end the segment.</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 2: Taya vs. Kiera Hogan</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the match: Just like at Redemption, Tessa Blanchard was the guest at the commentary table with Rob Moore and Don Callis. This time I asked that they made sure to focus more on the match, with Tessa making sure to promote herself while also getting shots in on Taya. As for the match itself, this was just not what I was expecting out of the two competitors. Taya is great, but Kiera clearly needs some work and will be spending a lot of time in BCW going forth.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Result: In a terrible match, Taya defeated Kiera Hogan in 7:37 by pinfall with a Northern Lights Suplex.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: E+ </div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Once again the video editing team went to work with a great video on the history of the Edwards and oVe up to and including the creepy hospital visit. The video ended with Edwards promising to return next week and get his hands on Callahan and “ending him.” </div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 3: Fallah Bahh/Kevin Matthews vs. OVE</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the match: This was a match set up from the previous Impact so we wanted to include it as part of having some continuity. We used the video prior to explain why Sami was not around, still recovering, and then just used this match to showcase the former Tag Team Champions. Matthews and Bahh actually were alright working as a tag team, but in the end, they were overwhelmed by oVe and will be sent down for some more work down in BCW. Bahh has some potential as a comedy wrestler, not sure about Kevin Matthews though.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Match results: In a bout that had sub-par wrestling and little heat, OVE defeated Fallah Bahh and Kevin Matthews in 5:42 when Dave Crist defeated Kevin Matthews by pinfall with a Shooting Star Press.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: D-</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">And now was the big moment of the show as we announced the NEW Impact Global Wrestling Ambassador….</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="xzltRFP.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/xzltRFP.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> ...and brought out Hulk Hogan! The fans were just as shocked as I was when I managed to shake his hand and get the deal signed. Let’s be honest, this is just going to be a one-year deal, and then I’m sure Hogan will make his way back to WWE and back into the good graces of Vince McMahon. The plan for Hogan will not be for him to be an Authority Figure, or for him to even be at every show, but to truly be a real-life Ambassador for the company. Each week we will fly him in to where we will be running Impact or a PPV to drum up some local support. We’ll film whatever he does, and maybe showcase that a bit on Impact each week. At the same time when there is a special announcement to be made, like tonight’s, then perhaps we will bring him in to make that announcement. Truthfully, we want the name recognition of Hulk Hogan, without having to deal with everything else that comes with Hogan. I also realize that this is going to be one of my hardest tasks as “the boss” in making sure that Hogan doesn’t overstep….and that was already challenged tonight as he wanted to get physical with Aries in this segment and had a verbal confrontation with Don Callis over it. I needed to intervene and threaten Hogan a bit, before he settled down and tried to pretend like it was no big deal. It will be an interesting year for sure. After soaking up the applause and appreciation from the crowd, Hogan started to explain his role to the fans, while also announcing the new date for Slammiversary. He began to announce the Battle Royale for the evening and how the winner would get a title shot at the World Championship at No Fear….when we sent Austin Aries out to interrupt with his new “locker room leader” attitude. Aries was told to focus on his “other world title” and what about it, what was going to happen with Aries and his Championship, and when was he going to get a rematch for his other belt? We then had Hogan lay out what was going to be happening, announcing that the main event of Slammiversary would be a unification match between the Impact World and Grand Championship belts. But there was going to be a bit of a path to get there. Beginning with he Battle Royale tonight, the winner would get a shot at the Impact World Championship at No Fear, while the runner up would be facing the Impact Grand Champion. Aries started to complain about this, but Hogan stopped him and reminded him that Pentagon Jr would be defending the World Championship next week against Eli Drake, and the week after that Aries would be defending his title belt as well against an opponent TBA. We left it there with Aries throwing a fit about everything. </div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 4: Aero Star/Drago/El Hijo del Fantasma vs. Dezmond Xavier/Z & E</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the match: The selling feature of this match was that the winning team would face each other in a triple threat match the following week to determine the #1 Contender to the X-Division Championship, receiving a shot at No Fear. We also wanted to introduce the tag team of Andrew Everett and DJ Z as we have big plans for them, and we need them to be a big deal pretty quickly. Other than that we just wanted them to go all out there and try and again, show the fans what the X Division could do. There’s no doubt that the relationship with AAA has really helped get things back on a positive note and this was another example of it. Watching this match was a lot of fun as there was so much going on, but at the same time listening to the crowd reminded me that there was a lot that needed to be done in order to build some stars up. I made a note to myself that I needed to look at getting some more bodies in the X Division, perhaps some faces that would be familiar to the fans and who could still go. </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Result: In a bout that had decent wrestling but didn't have much heat, Aero Star, Drago and El Hijo del Fantasma defeated Dezmond Xavier and Z & E in 12:26 when Aero Star defeated Dezmond Xavier by pinfall with an Imploding 450° splash.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: D</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Up next we had a video on Brian Cage, showing some of his recent matches that had been filmed for Impact as well as from around the world including his defense of the WrestleCircus Ringmaster title in Australia and announcing the “Machine” would return next week. While we could have had Cage wrestle, I wanted to put this in here because I wanted to get Cage away from the X Division. I understand the success that Samoa Joe had mixing it up with the smaller wrestlers, but I have different plans for Brian Cage. </div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 5: Su Young vs. Rosemary</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Thoughts on the match: This was another one where the story had already been told, and the match had already been filmed. Unfortunately, this particular match and story was told due to an injury that Rosemary suffered back in February that is going to keep her out for a while. This angle was also about getting Su Young over, and so after a short bout that ended in a no contest the angle started. Namely with the undead brides coming out with a coffin to put Rosemary in. Allie came running out and tried to stop what was happening, with Rosemary pleading with her to get out of the way. Instead Allie was made to watch as Yung misted Rosemary, hit a panic switch off of the ramp and through a table, before finally being placed in the coffin. </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Match results: In a short bout that had sub-par wrestling and little heat, Su Yung drew with Rosemary when the match descended into chaos after Allie got involved.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: D-</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Prior to the main event we showed an interview that had been filmed earlier in the day with Don Callis speaking to Jimmy Jacobs about the destructive path that Kongo Kong had been on. Jacobs started to mock Johnny Impact…. when they both stopped talking as this man walked past them on his way to the locker rooms. </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="IAGi4pR.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/IAGi4pR.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Yes that’s right, we got the All American Jake Hager added to the roster.</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">Match 6: Battle Royale Participants: Chandler Park, Grado, Joseph Park, Jake Hager, Kongo Kong, Moose, Ortiz, Rey Fénix, Santana, Trevor Lee</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Eliminations:</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> -Trevor Lee started the match by attacking the other nine men, stopped to celebrate, just to be picked up and tossed over the top rope with a Press Slam from Moose. </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> -While everyone fought from there, at one point in the match Grado and Chandler Park came face to face and started to shove each other. Joseph Park intervened and tried to get between both men, but when they wouldn’t stop he dropped them both a Black Hole Slam. Park looked shocked which led to him being victim to a German Suplex from Hager, and then he came to his feet and was sent over the ropes with a Clothesline from Moose. Both Chandler Park and Grado were then easily thrown over the top rope from there, once from Moose the other from Hager. </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> -In other parts of the ring Ortiz and Santana were doing their best to work together, beating down on Fénix, before looking at Kongo Kong and deciding against it. When Moose and Hager came face to face, Ortiz and Santana decided to go after them. That didn’t work as they both ended up getting eliminated from there. </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Final Four: After Moose had finished eliminating Ortiz, he was ran over by Kongo Kong. Jimmy Jacobs was on the outside yelling at his client, while Moose tried to fight him off. In the end though Kong was able to get Moose up and over the top rope to eliminate him. That left Fenix to face off against Kongo Kong and Jake Hager who took turns working him over. Hager seemed to be yelling instructions now, but things didn’t work out exactly as planned. Kongo went running at Fénix, but he dropped down and pulled the top rope down which resulted in Kong flying over the top rope to the outside eliminating him from the match. Once it came down to the final two it settled more into a wrestling type of match with both men trying to get the other over the top rope to end the match. A couple of times Hager managed to get Fénix in an Ankle lock, not looking to win, just looking to maim. That was important because after Fénix managed to get some offense in he flipped over Hager and landed on his ankle, and immediately dropped down clutching it in pain. That gave Hager the opportunity to pick him up and send him over the top rope with an Overhead Belly to Belly Suplex to win the match, and earn a shot at the Impact World Championship at One Night Only: No Fear </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Match thoughts: In a poor match, Jake Hager won a battle royal in 15:05. The other members of the 'final four' were Rey Fénix, Moose and Kongo Kong, with Rey Fénix being the final elimination. Moose got the most eliminations over the course of the match.</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Grade: C-</div></div></div></blockquote><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Final Show Rating: C</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;">X-Plosion taping</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> A video package that highlighted some of the great moves from X-Division matches of the past, before Rob Moore and Don Callis explained that Xplosion would be the Showcase of the X-Division going forth (B+)</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> In a bout that had decent wrestling but little heat, Dezmond Xavier defeated Brett Gakiya and Shawn Daivari in 7:35 when Dezmond Xavier defeated Brett Gakiya by pinfall. (D)</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Alicia Atout interviewed Trevor Lee and Caleb Konley about their match later in the evening (E+)</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Argenis made his debut in Impact Wrestling by defeating Marshe Rockett in 7:52 after an Asai Moonsault (D)</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Allie defeated Kiera Hogan in 7:44 by pinfall with a Sitout Facebuster. Allie makes defence of her Impact Knockouts title. (E+)</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Alicia Atout interviewed Matt Sydal who was proud of his title defense against Ishimori, and would be watching the triple threat match on Thursday to find out who would get a shot at No Fear (D)</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Trevor Lee and Caleb Konley defeated Mike Bucci and Shark Boy in 8:16 when Trevor Lee defeated Shark Boy by submission. (D)</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Final hype for Pentagon Jr vs. Eli Drake ©</div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> </div></div><p></p><div style="margin-left:25px;"><div style="margin-left:25px;"> Final Show Rating: C-</div></div></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><p> *********************************************************</p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Frenchy_Tweest" data-cite="Frenchy_Tweest" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I love what I'm reading right now. Good, promising stuff! Looking forward to the first show. Hopefully it won't feel like a completely different promotion even with all those changes.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Thank you....I don't intend to change too much, I actually think Impact has the makings of a great roster, it's just a matter of some stability, and adding a few star's to bring the ratings up a bit. But I do seriously intend to try and do something with the X Division as that to me is what makes Impact so different historically speaking.</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="graav" data-cite="graav" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="45597" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Looking great and looking foward to it!</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Thank you, I hope you enjoy the first show....will be tinkering with the format as I go forward, but here's the first outing.</p> -
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tg01 replied to tg01's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">The Press Conference Part II</span></strong></p><p> </p><p> <strong>May 1, 2018</strong></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Question #1: It says here in our briefer's that you will be giving wrestlers health insurance, 401k's....c'mon, this can't be serious can it?</strong></p><p> </p><p> Amell: I'll answer that, and yes, it's 100% true. Any wrestler who signs a contract with us will be eligible for some benefits, which I will come back to in just a moment. The idea was that we wanted to have something that set our contracts apart from other companies, and give wrestlers from any company around the world a reason to want to sign with Impact Wrestling....and it's part of our plans to be THE innovative company in wrestling. At first we were looking at trying to get our wrestlers involved in a union, perhaps through the Screen Actors Guild, but there is just to many obstacles to go that route. The next thing we figured is if we can't give them a union, then at least we can give them the benefits. Now as I mentioned, there are different levels to these benefits. Only wrestlers who commit to a full time written deal with our company will get the benefits. With that said, if a wrestler who has signed a deal with us does end up competing for another company through some sort of trade agreement, and they were to get injured....they would still be covered. For wrestlers who do not sign a commitment agreement with us, we will still cover them as long as they are performing for us....either for Impact Wrestling directly, or again through some sort of talent trade agreement. This includes the wrestlers signed to developmental contracts with BCW. </p><p> </p><p> <strong>Question #2: Speaking of BCW, is there actually any developmental talent there, or are we just going to be seeing the wrestlers who are already competing with BCW?</strong></p><p> </p><p> D'Amore: I'm excited to answer this one! Yes, you will still continue to see the talent who has shown up to BCW shows before, including our BCW Heavyweight Champion Kongo Kong and the BCW Tag Team Champions Phil Atlas and Jake Something. But you are also going to see some premier talents, like the three men who are going to be helping me train the wrestlers down there. Petey Williams, Doug Williams and the Notorious 187 himself...Homicide! You're also going to be seeing a few wrestlers who have had some visa issues and are unable to compete in Canada like "Speedball" Mike Bailey and the team known as Super Smash Brothers. While these wrestlers have signed Impact contracts they will be sticking with us in BCW until their visa issues can be attended to and then you will get to see them competing for Impact. I'm also very excited to announce that we are going to be crowning a BCW Women's Champion this week as we have a Women's division that will feature wrestlers like Mercedes Martinez, LuFisto, Sereena Deeb and Cheerleader Melissa among some other special surprises. Finally I can tell you that Mr Amell over there has been busy scouring the world and signing some GREAT tag teams that I think will lead to a revitalization of the tag team scene, including one team that I would say it's a bit of a riddle how one of the other major companies hasn't signed them yet.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Question #3: What sort of changes should we expect for the weekly Impact Wrestling show? </strong> </p><p> </p><p> Callis: If I may....I'd say you have already seen changes these last few months, a bit more real, more story development, some new stars. That will continue, but when it comes to the production end, we have a whole new production crew with brand new camera's, some new video editing equipment, very much cutting edge stuff and I think you're going to enjoy it.</p><p> </p><p> Amell: One other big change, you're going to be seeing monthly PPV events again including the return of our big name events like Destination X, Victory Road where the finals of the Bound for Glory tournament will be held, Bound for Glory as well as our One Night Only series will continue beginning in May with One Night Only: No Fear.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Question #4: What's this about Slammiversary being moved back to June?</strong></p><p> </p><p> Callis: That is a result of a few announcements you will hear more about this week on Impact Wrestling, but when Amell joined he pointed out that Impact Wrestling was formed in June, so why would we be celebrating our anniversary in July?</p><p> </p><p> Amell: Speaking of those announcements, there is one big introduction I would like to end this conference with and now seems like the right time so you can make ask our guest some questions. Ladies and gentlemen, may I present our new Global Ambassador......</p><p> </p><p> To be continued....</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> OOC: Now seems like a good place to explain a coupe of things. As readers of my work would know, my 1994 Dynasty came to a bit of a sad ending. And while I won't close the door on it completely, I would say it's hiatus is longer then I was hoping. And I'm getting the itch to get back into TEW. I've been hoping to get a 2006 or 2011 Dynasty going, something with longterm play, but the Mod's just aren't there yet. So I am going to with this modern day take, with the premise being "if I was in charge of Impact wrestling what would I REALLY do?" Obviously there are some changes with the adding in of CW, but it's just to try and match the narrative of why Amell is a part of the company. Since this will be a bit different for me the formatting will be a bit different then the past, with less match write-ups, and more explaining where I want things to be going. When it comes to the PPV's, that is where I will probably bring some of the class write-ups back. Up next...the very first Impact Wrestling under my control.</p> -
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tg01 replied to tg01's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties
The Press Conference-Part I May 1, 2018 A lot has happened in the last couple of weeks....alliances have been forged, we have a new World Champion, one of our biggest stars is off filming a reality TV show, episodes have been taped that we will edit into future episodes....there's lot of moving parts. Fortunately filming is over, and now I'm here at a press conference to announce everything that is happening going forward. I hear the moderator, our new announcer Rob Moore out there introducing the President of Border City Wrestling, and then Don Callis the President of Impact Wrestling. After they were settled it was Callis who took over. Callis: Thank you everyone for attending today's press conference, I want to begin by bringing everyone up to speed and clarify any misconceptions. As of 12:01AM the CW Network, LLC has purchased a majority stake in Impact wrestling and has formed a partnership with Anthem Wrestling Exhibitions, LLC to form Impact Wrestling Sports & Entertainment LLC which will be a joint venture with ownership of Impact Wrestling, Border City Wrestling and the Global Wrestling Network. A new head office location for Impact Wrestling Sports & Entertainment LLC has been purchased and will be opening in Detroit, MI. We are very excited by these changes, and the growth that we believe will come as a result of them. First off, with the profits from it's divestiture of Impact Wrestling ownership Anthem Wrestling Exhibitions has invested in Border City Wrestling. This will lead to an upgrade and increase in production of television time, which I will allow Scott to speak to a bit more. The one thing I will touch on is a transfer of our TV contracts as BCW will be taking over the slots currently taken up on Thursday night by Impact wrestling on the Pop Network as well as The Fight Network in Canada. BCW will broadcast at 6:00PM ET, before Impact Wrestling begins at 8:00PM ET on The CW Network across all applicable and available networks in North America. The international contracts that we have in place for Impact Wrestling will not be effected. I will now allow Scott to talk about BCW and the relationship they will have with Impact Wrestling. D'Amore: As many of you know that in addition to running the Border City Wrestling promotion, I am also the proud header trainer at the Can-Am Wrestling school. Some of our alumni include Rhino, Bobby Roode, Gail Kim, Frank Trigg, the Motor City Machine Guns, Moose, Petey Williams and many others. The long list of wrestlers who have competed for BCW include Bret 'Hitman' Hart, Ted DiBiase, Jake "The Snake" Roberts and The Rock just for starters. And we hope that is only the beginning. From here on out BCW and myself will be focusing on combining those two elements as the premier development company for Impact Wrestling. Not only will be able to work on training as a part of the Can-AM school but having weekly televisions shows will allow for our wrestlers to get ready to compete in front of fans and camera, before making the transition to Impact Wrestling where I am sure we will be able to add some more World Champions to our alumni. Callis: Before we begin to get to questions there is one more person that I would like to introduce because he is going to be my boss as well as Scott's. Ladies and gentleman, may I introduce to you the new President of Impact Wrestling Sports & Entertainment LLC.....Mr Stephen Amell. Amell: Thank you everyone for being here, thank you Don, thank you Scott....I'm incredibly pleased to be here today to speak about this new and exciting adventure. Now I know what you're all thinking, what is Stephen Amell doing here, what could he possibly know about wrestling? And that is why I want to stress....I am here as a coordinator between the CW Network and Impact and BCW, that is my role. Don and Scott will continue to have full day to day control of Impact Wrestling and BCW, I think we all can agree they have been doing a pretty good job for the last six months in charge and I don't want to interfere with that. At the same time, this is a very complex situations that is developing with lots of moving parts between the different departments of our company, and we want to streamline things with there being one person who is in charge of making sure everyone is working towards the same goal and on the same page. Plus, I have no intentions of quitting my day job so don't worry that means you won't be seeing me every week putting down the wrestlers. Now, I think we have a few moments to open up for some questions. To be continued.... (I figured I'd leave this open ended so that if anyone wants to throw some questions out I can answer them....otherwise I will be returning to the press conference in the next couple of days) -
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tg01 replied to tg01's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties
<p><strong>April 10, 2018</strong></p><p> </p><p> At least losing Del Rio had led to the booking of a great main event being announced for Redemption. A rematch between Austin Aries, Pentagon Jr and Rey Fenix would be better in the ring than anything we would have gotten out of Del Rio. Not to say that I haven't been busy trying to get some new wrestlers signed, with one particular target being difficult to get pinned down even though he is one of the most important signings I think we need. In between finishing up filming I had been making plenty of phone calls and getting some contracts official. Word has leaked out about what is going on, and that has resulted in the calls becoming more frantic as I know that I'm now in direct competition with the WWE machine. I got one wrestler signed out of Britain just about 30 minutes before WWE came calling, that's just how close this is. The race is on....only three more weeks to go until we officially take over Impact wrestling. What could possibly be next?</p><p> </p><p> <strong>April 17, 2018</strong> </p><p> </p><p> Okay, this I was definitely not expecting. When I was offered this position, I was offered a fair amount of latitude on how I spent our budget. I made sure a lot of that went towards updating the product, better set's, better camera's etc. And then I turned to the benefits portion to attract wrestlers, before finally turning the last of the budget towards attracting new faces to Impact wrestling to set up the future. What I was not expecting was to get a phone call saying I needed to meet with a specific person, sign him to a contract, whatever it took, and the it would be money coming from the CW. As we finished up our wonderful supper, he took one last look at the contract, looked at his agent for a final okay and then signed his name on the dotted line. I couldn't believe it. What a legend....but was he going to make my life more difficult than it was going to be worth?</p> -
Impact Wrestling 2018-Dare to Defy
tg01 replied to tg01's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties
March 4th, 2018 Here we are just a couple of days away from announcing the location of our All In project, and I haven't even been able to tell my best friends about what is going down. While there has been some rumors out there, hi Meltz, about what is going there everything has been kept so under wraps to prevent any sort of interference from the WWE company. We all know what Vince McMahon has done in the past, and is still currently doing. While they would like you to think that's in the past, all it takes is to look at what's going on with the NXT UK brand in response to ITV's World of Sports to know that is not true. Even though everything has been kept quiet that has not prevented me from doing scouting on wrestlers who I am going to want to sign, or from talking with the group of workers who would be making up our new production crew. Everything from upgrading the camera's, possibly to 4K eventually, to designing new sets and looking at little things we can do to make things "pop" when we hit the ground in May. Before I met with them I had another sit down with Mark and some of the higher ups just to talk about what we wanted the Impact wrestling identity to be going forward. One of the things we focused in on being key was that we had to start getting people to PAY for the product. While it was a great cost cutting measure taping in Orlando, we were never going to be able to grow our product if we were known as the "free attendance" company. WWE had set a model for success with live shows on a weekly basis, moving from one city to another. I laid out a planned schedule that would see us film, but also see the return of house shows! What I wanted to do was have a house show on Wednesday night, Impact on Thursday, and then one more house show on Friday. The "big name" wrestlers would take part in the Impact show, as well as one house show while the younger wrestlers would take part in both house shows to gain experience. While we wouldn't have all the superstars at both house shows, we would make sure that things were coordinated that we would have enough stars at each show. And since we would probably have a couple of hours shows per market each year, that the stars would appear in each market at least once per year. When it came to PPV weekends, and yes PPVs would be monthly again, there would be no Wednesday house show. Instead we would have Impact on Thursday, and then one house show on Friday, and two on Saturday with different crews all to hype the PPV on Sunday. One other thing I was working on, and something that was going to have a huge impact on the wrestling industry....maybe not a full fledged wrestlers union, but we were going to get as close as possible. Health insurance, benefits, 40K's....this was something that Impact wrestling apart from the other wrestling companies. Completely sponsored by the CW Network and the CBS Corporation this was going to make sure that our wrestlers were going to be taken care of. I was still getting some of the details ironed out (would this only apply for wrestlers who signed written contracts with us, or would it cover wrestlers only when they were competing in Impact sanctioned matches) but that was what the lawyers were for. I had some filming to finish up, and then it was going to be full time into signing wrestlers. April 6, 2018 It had been a long, intense day of filming and I couldn't wait to get in the shower when my phone rang. I looked down at the ID and saw it was Don Callis calling. At this point the announcements had been made, the purchase was about finalized and the new Impact wrestling was going to take off. I knew tonight they were running a special event against Lucha Underground, so I was not sure why I would be receiving a phone call from Don. I answered and Don quickly began to outline the "situation" from the evening. Alberto Del Rio had no showed, and they had to change the event card around to try and make up for it. As I listened my heart dropped as I had been planning on making sure Del Rio was one of the starts we built around even with all of the professional issues he had already displayed. But at some point when was enough, enough? Finally Callis asked what should be done, and I took a deep breath: "Let him go." "Are you sure?" "Yes, I know it sucks, but we need to set an example to the rest of the roster that it's a new day and we will not stand for this sort of stuff. Del Rio is clearly trying to test the limits thinking he will get away of it, but it's time to get him off of the roster. We need to make sure that going forth the troops we have are going to be with us there in the trenches." "For what it's worth, I think it's the right decision, I will get it done." I hung up with Don and sat down. Now who was I going to get to fill that spot on the card? Damn Del Rio! -
January 19, 2018 How could I have known just how much my life was going to change with just one phone call. But when Mark Pedowitz calls, you better believe you answer the phone. I've known Mark for around six years now, and considering he more or less controlled my career I figured it was probably going to be important. Sure we don't talk very often, especially since he's been busy trying to get approval to get an extra night of TV programming allowed by all of the affiliates. What I was not expecting was why he was calling me....he actually wanted my thoughts on something; something he figured I had a bit of expertise in. He wanted to speak to me as the fan of professional wrestling that he knew I was. Rumors had been abounding about Vince McMahon taking his companies shows to Fox with a big money deal that was going to shake up the TV scene. Say what you what about the man, but Vince had managed to create a virtual media empire out of sheer will and determination and it looked like he was to cash in on it. Big time. Mark wanted to know what I thought about the wrestling world, and whether there was money to actually be had in the wrestling industry. Thinking about everything going on with my good friend Cody Rhodes, and the success of things like Bullet Club and the great WrestleKingdom event I had just witnessed I tried to explain that it felt like wrestling was on the verge of another golden era. Maybe different than the one from the 80s when Hulk Hogan was the big name, or the controversial Attitude era of the 90s, but it seemed that wrestling was becoming a part of the cultural zeitgeist once more. Maybe I should have been more careful with the excitement, but once I got started I couldn't help and soon I was talking about Chris Jericho's Rock 'N' Wrestling Rager and our little "All In" project in September. Finally when I finished Mark said "thank you," and that seemed like it was the end of our talk. And afterwards I couldn't believe I had just gone off like that with the CEO, but I shook it off. It was time to get back to filming. February 5, 2018 Filming had just finished up for the day when I was shocked to see Mark approaching me across the set. He never shows up for filming, what could he possibly want. Oh no, was he here to tell me the show was cancelled? I know the ratings maybe weren't as great as they once were, but surely that couldn't be it? Finally Mark did make his way over to me and asked if we could talk, he had something he wanted to tell me. Something in private. Sitting across the table from Mark my heart was beating a million miles a minute, even if his friendly face seemed disarming. He quickly reassured me that this had nothing to do with the show, and everything to do with opportunity. An opportunity for the network, an opportunity for the company...and an opportunity for me? In whispered tones he explained his plans for the network. Not only was the network expanding to include Sunday programming, but they were going to be rearranging the schedule a bit. It would have an impact on all of our shows in our "verse," but part of the reason for the shuffle was that wrestling would be returning to the network. Everything was very "hush, hush" at the moment but things were being finalized, and the end result that would be as of May 1rst the network was going to officially be 51% owners of the former TNA, Impact wrestling. I was dumbfounded, when I had talked with Mark I had no idea. And if I had, I certainly wouldn't have told him to go after Impact of all things. I had heard about the work that Don Callis and Scott D'Amore had been doing to try and get the company back to respectability, but it was still a long ways coming. Why not ROH, or doing something with NJPW? Mark explained that there was a great deal of politics going into this, speaking about how ROH was off limits as part of the Tribune-Sinclair Broadcasting Group purchase discussions. But if anything, during their discussion they had realized just how good a job Don and Scott were doing, and that was why they would continue to have a role in the new vision for Impact Wrestling. It's just....the hierarchy would be changing a bit. "You see, Callis will be retaining his role as Executive Vice President of Impact Wrestling, but there was going to be a new President. A President who will help grow the brand, who will oversee the big picture. Don will still be in charge of the booking team, and taking care of the day to day operations. But we want someone to make sure that Impact is focused on growth, focused on taking it's place as the rightful number two in North America. And maybe one day....well....who knows. We want someone the Network can trust, and we want someone who knows about wrestling, but someone who also has the experience of working on a successful episodic show. Someone who can be the face of the company when it comes to dealing with the media, and for pursuing future new hires. And we want that person to be you. Wait, I know what you're going to say, you're too busy. That is why we will make sure you have all the resources you need in order to run things smoothly even when you can't be there. We merely want you to the "one boss" that everyone reports too. Our very own "Vince McMahon" as it were. What do you say?" I couldn't believe it, but Mark was so sincere, and he seemed to think it was going to work. What could I say, but yes. Yes to this great opportunity, yes to having the chance to single-handily change the wrestling industry. My name is Stephen Amell....and it's time for me....and for Impact Wrestling to....
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WCW: Heart and Soul
tg01 replied to The Final Countdown's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties
<p>Fan Scorecard:</p><p> </p><p> World Heavyweight Championship: CM Punk vs.<strong> Rey Mysterio Jr. {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p> World Tag Team Championship: The Jung Dragons vs. <strong>The Hardys {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p> United States Heavyweight Championship: Lance Storm vs. <strong>AJ Styles {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p> World Television Championship/Ultimate Fan Series, Opening Round (#2 The Phenomenal Enigmas vs. #7 Bonnie's Dingos): <strong>Sean O'Haire {©} </strong>(Enigmas) vs. Brian Adams (Dingos)</p><p> </p><p> Triple Threat for the Cruiserweight Championship: Hayabusa vs. TAKA vs. <strong>"Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p> Ultimate Fan Series, Opening Round (#1 Uncrewed's Crew vs. #8 Scotty's Band of Misfits): <strong>Bryan Danielson (Crew) </strong>vs. The Destroyer (Misfits)</p><p> </p><p> Ultimate Fan Series, Opening Round (#3 Sin-free Society vs. #6 The Dead Jesters): Fit Finlay (Society) vs.<strong> Bobby Roode (Jesters)</strong></p><p> </p><p> Ultimate Fan Series, Opening Round (#4 Satyr's Hopeful Few vs. #5 The K-Nections): The Unnatural (S.H.F.) vs.<strong> Rob Van Dam (K-Nections)</strong></p><p> </p><p> If Knoble loses, he must join The Empire:<strong> Jamie Knoble</strong> vs. King Corino</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Aguila and Volador</strong> vs. The Unbound</p><p> </p><p> <strong>The Steiners</strong> vs. Made in Italy</p><p> </p><p> What will be match of the night? The Main Event</p><p> </p><p> How many championships will change hands? 0</p><p> </p><p> Steve Austin will appear on the show. Who, if anyone, will he talk to? Booker T......and now I understand what you and Beejus were talking about with the name....I was so confused because I was like "Wait, that was their name in Japan I didn't come up with that" hahaha <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> General diary comments/questions/critiques:</p> -
WCW: Heart and Soul
tg01 replied to The Final Countdown's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties
Really hard to pick a winner out of this bunch but I'm going to go with Satyr's Hopeful Few, managed by Satyr24 and hope that consistency can win out over some of the big names in the bunch. -
WCW: Heart and Soul
tg01 replied to The Final Countdown's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties
World Heavyweight Championship: The Unnatural vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. {©} World Tag Team Championship: The Jung Dragons vs. The Hardys {©}.....unless we can all goad you into switching it up of course haha Submission Match for the United States Heavyweight Championship: Shane Douglas vs. AJ Styles {©}-early debut of the Calf Killer perhaps?? World Television Championship: Sean O'Haire vs. Fit Finlay {©}-this is the hardest one for me.....but I am going with Finlay here just because the match up of Finlay/Styles for the US just seems too enticing to pass up. Cruiserweight Championship: Billy Kidman vs. "Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels {©} Sting vs. Lance Storm Jamie Knoble vs. King Corino Two out of Three Falls: Bryan Danielson vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr. What will be match of the night? The World title match How many championships will change hands? One if Finlay vacating counts tonight, zero if it doesn't. BONUS (worth three points): Who will be the next World Heavyweight Champion? Shane Douglas....I know he hasn't gotten the same attention as some of the other names, but that doesn't mean he isn't still 'The Franchise.' -
WCW: Heart and Soul
tg01 replied to The Final Countdown's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties
<p>DANCING WITH THE DEVIL</p><p> </p><p> Fan Scorecard:</p><p> </p><p> World Women's Championship: <strong>Devil Masam</strong>i vs. Manami Toyota {©}</p><p> </p><p> AAAW Singles Championship: Chigusa Nagayo vs. <strong>Aja Kong</strong> {©}</p><p> </p><p> Alexis Laree vs. <strong>Etsuko Mita</strong></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Kyoko Inoue</strong> vs. Takako Inoue</p><p> </p><p> Meiko Satomura vs. <strong>Shinobu Kandori</strong></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Melissa Anderson and Nattie Neidhart</strong> vs. Daffney and LuFisto</p><p> </p><p> What will be match of the night? Nagayo/Aja Kong</p><p> </p><p> How many championships will change hands? 0</p> -
WCW: Heart and Soul
tg01 replied to The Final Countdown's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties
Fan Scorecard: Ladder Match for the World Tag Team Championship: The Hardys vs. True Heroes {©} World Heavyweight Championship: Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Booker T {©} United States Heavyweight Championship: AJ Styles vs. Shane Douglas {©} Cruiserweight Championship: Jamie Knoble vs. "Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels {©} Rob Van Dam vs. King Corino "Big Poppa Pump" Scott Steiner vs. Rick Steiner Street Fight: Sean O'Haire vs. Chuck Palumbo World Heavyweight Championship #1 Contender's match: Sting vs. Chris Candido vs. The Destroyer vs. The Unnatural Mask vs. Hair: American Dragon vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr. Diamond Dallas Page vs. "Sugar" Shane Helms Cruiserweight Shootout: Billy Kidman vs. Hayabusa vs. Teddy Hart vs. Cash vs. Psychosis vs. TAKA Hugh Morrus and Konnan vs. Mortis and ??? The Smiths vs. The Jung Dragons What will be match of the night? Main Event ladder match How many championships will change hands? 3 Who or what is Rob Van Dam's "equalizer"? Jerry Lynn Who is the newest member of Salvation? Raven TIEBREAKER: How long will the main event be? (minutes and seconds) 34:12 General diary comments/questions/critiques: -
<p>Predictions</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Last chance to make predictions for DESTRUCTION in FUKUSHIMA. The show will be posted tonight or tomorrow morning so get your picks in now!</p><p> </p><p> NJPW "DESTRUCTION in FUKUSHIMA", 9/10/17</p><p> Fukushima Sport Arena Soma</p><p> </p><p> 1. <strong>Yuji Nagata & Hirai Kawato</strong> vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Shota Umino </p><p> 2. <strong>Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI</strong> vs. Tomoyuki Oka & Katsuya Kitamura </p><p> 3. <strong>Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens</strong> vs. Beretta & Jado </p><p> 4. <strong>Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe, KUSHIDA, Ryusuke Taguchi & Ricochet</strong> vs. Takashi Iizuka, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, TAKA Michinoku , Taichi & El Desperado </p><p> 5. IWGP Tag Team Title, 3 Way Match: <strong>Raymond Rowe & Hanson ©</strong> vs. Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa </p><p> 6. Kenny Omega & Bad Luck Fale vs. <strong>Juice Robinson & David Finlay</strong> </p><p> 7. <strong>Tomohiro Ishii & Will Ospreay</strong> vs. Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi </p><p> 8. NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Title: <strong>EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI ©</strong> vs. Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano & Rocky Romero </p><p> 9. NEVER Openweight Title: Minoru Suzuki © vs. <strong>Michael Elgin</strong></p>
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WCW: Heart and Soul
tg01 replied to The Final Countdown's topic in Total Extreme Wrestling 2016 Dynasties
<p>Fan Scorecard:</p><p> </p><p> Stu Hart Classic Finals:<strong> Rey Mysterio Jr.</strong> vs. King Corino....let's go Rey!</p><p> </p><p> World Tag Team Championship: AJ Styles and Sting vs.<strong> True Heroes </strong>{©} What's that a ladder match at Starrcade you say? But who will they face??</p><p> </p><p> United States Heavyweight Championship: Davey Boy Smith vs. <strong>Shane Douglas {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p> Cruiserweight Championship: American Dragon vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. <strong>"Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p> The Steiner Brothers vs. <strong>Booker T and Bobby Roode</strong>....just the keep the Steiner's thing going</p><p> </p><p><strong> Rob Van Dam</strong> vs. Chris Candido...and your Co-Main Event for Starrcade is.....RVD vs. King Corino!</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Diamond Dallas Page</strong> vs. "Sugar" Shane Helms</p><p> </p><p> Tag Team Championship #1 Contender's match: The Hardys vs. Hayabusa and Jinsei Shinzaki vs. The Jung Dragons....a DRAW! To set up the craziest four way ladder match in the history of ladder matches at Starrcade! Can you just imagine these four teams in that sort of match? Seriously.....that would be the epicest of epic ladder matches......only thing I could think that would make it better would be a....SUPER KICK PARTY....but that's still a ways off haha</p><p> </p><p> Sean O'Haire and Jamie Knoble vs. <strong>Chuck Palumbo and TAKA</strong>...is this the beginning of something for Jamie Knoble? Hope so!</p><p> </p><p> What will be match of the night? Rey/Corino....there's a few matches I think could compete for it, but I'm going to hope your Main Event delivers here!</p><p> </p><p> How many championships will change hands? 0</p><p> </p><p> Will Father Isaac's newest Salvation recruit appear on this show? If so, who is it? Yes....I saw Raven a lot, and I sort of like that idea even if I don't really think that's who it will be.</p><p> </p><p> TIEBREAKER: How long will the Stu Hart Classic Finals last? (minutes and seconds) 28:34</p>