Poet Justice

Hi, I would like to be added.

So excited to start booking and writing GSW

Welp, time to try to write another GSW diary...

For my 2016 port: Recently established the SWF Network for RIPW shows and events but wanted a B show that wasn’t just Main Event/AEW Dark for throwaway matches. Enter SWF Friday Night Funhouse, a kid-friendly show hoping to revitalize the family friendly fan experience lost to USPW and Lobster Warrior’s heel turn. Like most children’s programming it’s full of loud sounds and bright colors and over the top performances, inspired by Saturday Morning Slam. I’m using the show to book Captain Atomic as the top singles face and “main character” while he continues to wrestle as a tag team guy on Supreme TV. He usually gets a villain of the week, pulling from the midcard pool of heels like Big Smack Scott, James Prudence or John Greed. One thing I really liked about early network NXT taking lower end guys like Tyson Kidd, Justin Gabriel or Titus O’Neil and presenting them as a big deal while simultaneously maintaining their character history. It also makes an appearance by a major star like Jack Bruce or even high end midcarder like Joe Sexy all the more special. Ultimately, the goal is to take guys with family friendly gimmicks and build up their younger fanbase while the top of the card is full, starting with Captain Atomic, with Robbie Retro and Marshall Dillon on deck. as for the rest of the show, I’ve added over the top characters like Zeus Maxmillion, Super Ninja, Hugh de Aske and Spike, while mixing in more gimmicky main roster jobbers like Monty Trescarde, Jimmy Hernandez and Sammy Smoke.

I'm sad we didn't get this rivalry in MAW during the transition of power between their dads. Although Jay was way too good to be in a feeder company the moment he debuted

I think the saddest part of the WLW fallout are the two aces splitting to different companies. Angel vs. Sensational Dragon is probably the closest substitute but like you said, that history and rivalry is missing—seems more like a traditional dream match. I always saw Eddie Chandler as the face of the Elite but DaLay definitely felt like the most important member. The DeColts seem to use the rogue's gallery approach for the family of faces but DaLay always seemed in the mix no matter who else was a top heel so it makes sense to keep a personal long-term rivalry going with the arguably the most prominent DeColt. Who would you pick out as the other DeColt's eternal rivals? I wish Zeus got more of a push because I can definitely see him as a natural foil to Steve, but it's probably Eddie Chandler and Gargantuan seems like a natural Hogan/Andre foil to Jack. Ricky seems like he would rival some of the other young guys he came up with like Rivera, Powell or Nelson? One of my biggest challenges is booking both guys as more than successors to Raymond so a family feud seems like a great way to distinguish the two. Plus, plenty of meat! It's probably the closest thing we have to a current Stone vs. DeColt rivalry that should've happened when the companies merged. I can even see a storyline where Knight's adopted DeColt lineage can come up to question for a "pure-blooded" second generation star in Vessey. I've been seeing Blackwell get lots of love these past few weeks. Love to see these rivalries develop from midcard feuds

Curious about which workers are “forever” rivals in your C’Verse booking where workers are intrinsically tied to one another like SCSA/McMahon, Zayn/Owens, Undertaker/Kane etc. Canon-wise, I can think of Remo/Frehley, Rogue/Valiant and Strong/Chord. Curious about the ones you’ve come up on your own and why? For me, Steven Parker and Spencer Spade end up career long rivals given one is a highly accomplished underachieving indy wrestler and the other is a homegrown SWF super prospect. Writes itself. Cali Slick and Sayeed Ali are usually vehicles for an East Coast vs. West Coast hip-hop war storyline. Hell’s Bouncer and Scythe are always fun to book in an Undertaker-Kane setting.

Thank you, all good suggestions. I’m thinking about possibly keeping them as a dominant duo in RIPW and then calling them up and revealing Eric Eisen (my player character) as the third man and the culprit of a hostile takeover/coup of SWF from his dad and brother. At least in kayfabe, in reality, it’ll introduce him as head boomer and authority figure. Chord and Vessey both expire around winter 2016 so if the storyline takes off in RIPW, I might introduce them as a trio on the main roster. Maybe a beat down of whoever the top face is by then?

Recently ported the 2016 database to finally play RIPW when Spade/Primus/Scythe were all there. Started a stable called the Problem Children for the sons (and potential daughters) of former SWF stars who left on a bitter note from the company and the current members are Ash Campbell (Nemesis) and Greg Gauge (Sam Keith). I was hoping to make a dominant Shield-esque trio but having trouble figuring out a third man. The other Keith twin won’t be available for another year and the only son of an alumni I can think of who I can sign is Ricky Decolt. Any ideas?

The Northern Lights, Samoan Destruction Inc, PUNK Nasty Club, the Johansson Brothers, the Cali Dragons, the Eternal Kings, American Demolition, Dead Men Walking, Black Iron Corps, the God Butchers, the Apocalypse, Rich & Famous, the Natural Storm and whatever that free agent tag team of Italian male models is called

Definitive Style-Funakoshi Can't Stay Away-Danger Kumasaka, Pistol Pete Hall Shoot from the Lip: Zip the Lip Lifelong Underdog: Ben Williams

NOTBPW was BRUTAL. Tag matches ending double count outs getting 5 star ratings.

Kanishoki is obviously a nod to Yokozuna. Pistol Pete Hall seems pretty close to Stan Hansen, with a bit of an HBK career arc. I think we can guess who Bruce the Giant is loosely based on. Same thing with King Kong Kennedy and Giant Brody. El Patron=El Santo Ross Henry is probably most akin to Steve McMichael Black Diamond was a track and field star at the University of Tennessee. So was Bianca. Coincidence? Probably not.

The Minor Annoyance probably.

MEXICO CITY--$2,000 buys you the oldest professional wrestling company in the world. And a boatload of headaches, if you're Phoenix I. The retired luchador took OLLIE off the hands of previous owner Joaquin Soler more as a favor than anything else. The company was dying. Probably not making its 75th anniversary. Phoenix I But the first Phoenix always boasted proper bedside manner. He would ensure the promotion he spent his entire career wrestling for would meet a dignified end. After all, the company gave generations of Mexicans their childhood memories since its 1955 inception. Plus, his boys in the back were a talented bunch, many already displaced by the 2014 closure of MPWF. If nothing else, OLLIE would springboard them to better-paying gigs with EMLL. Then there was the matter of legacy. In Phoenix I's charge was a trove of archival footage, priceless memorabilia and Mexican national history. He needed to preserve it, while he still could afford to. So Phoenix I dialed the American phone number... A few miles away, a gruff voice picks up. "This is Dinny speaking." Dinny Rantall, a veteran referee from north of the border. But a Mexicano in every way but name, skin and blood. After all, Rantall's been living in the capital since the 60s and his Spanish was what the average Duolingo user would kill for. He listened intently. Phoenix I was offering him a job. Dinny Rantall Dinny gave up on his dreams a long time ago. At 61, he was comfortable in his $300-a-month, one bedroom apartment in Mexico City. There wasn't much left in the states for him. Rantall got his daughter through college. They don't talk much, anymore. He doesn't hear much from her kid either, who should be starting high school this year. But he was content. Even happy, at times. Twice a month, he would ref some local independent wrestling shows for cash. Most of the time, he spent pouring over his dusty collection of lucha libre history books. Each day, Dinny combs over pages full of glossy, black-and-white photos of El Patron, El Barbaro and Mephisto, jotting down inscrutable notes on the corners. In other words, Dinny was the perfect man for the job. And he was thrilled to accept. Rantall would document, restore, archive...and book OLLIE. Well, for as long as it would stay in business...