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3rd Week of April, 2020 Jackson Richter dialed the number he had been given and waited for the recipient to pick up the phone. He could hardly believe it when he heard that they were being let go. After all, they had been on SWF television for the last 14 years. Not only that, she was considered to be one of the best color commentators of the Big 3. “Hello?”, a voice said on the other end. “Hello. Is this Ana Garcia?”, Jack asked. “This is.”, she responded. “You are?”. “Jackson Richter. Head Booker for SPW.”, Jack stated. “I’m calling because I heard of your predicament, and wanted to offer you a contract to come do commentary with us.”. “I appreciate the offer, but SPW is a rather new and small company isn’t it?”. “We are, but I can guarantee you that we can give you more than anyone else, outside of the other Big 3 companies.”, Jack said. “Oh, really? How much?”, Ana asked. “$600 per show. We run five shows a month, so about $3k a month.”, Jack said. Ana laughed. “I bet for you that’s a lot.”. “It is, and it’s a lot for you too.”, Jack said. “No other small company is running weekly shows. They run the one big show every month. With our deal, you can also go work for any of the other smaller companies if you desired.”. “Well that’s awfully kind of you.”, she said. “I wouldn’t say its a kindness. It’s a mutually beneficially arrangement.”, he said. “At least until the business bounces back and SWF comes to get you back.”. “I wouldn’t be too sure of that.”, Ana said. A brief moment of repose passed before Ana spoke again. “Fine. You got yourself a deal.”. “Good. I’ll send over the paper work to your lawyer. When does you SWF contract officially end?”. “This Sunday.”, Ana said. “Would you be able to start the Saturday after that?”, Jack asked. “I should be able to, yes.”, Ana said. “Barring anything my lawyer has to say on the manner.”. “Alright. I look forward to seeing you there. Have a good day.”, Jack said. Ana responded, wishing the same for him, and the call ended. Jack fist pumped the air. Having a big name announcer would no doubt help the presentation of his show. He called up Evans and Granger, letting them know the score. Evans, again, was upset that he wasn’t asked, but he was a lot more forgiviging this time. ‘Striking while the iron was hot’, he said. Granger was ecstatic about the news. For once, it seemed that everyone was on board and happy about a new signee. He then shot Dane and Grace a text, letting them know they would have a third person in the booth for the foreseeable future.

SPW Sudden Impact! #6 Pre Show Match #1 In a pre-show bout that had terrible wrestling and non-existent crowd heat, The Prime Time Players defeated Jayson Van Pelt and Fro Sure in 7:59 when Jason Patterson pinned Fro Sure with a X-Factor. (35) World Championship Tournament competitors announced As the competitors are announced, Nelson Callum comes out and protests why Ernest Youngman was included, when Callum beat him the week prior. The answer came from Jason Evans, who came out from the back and explained that where as Youngman’s only commitment was SPW, Callum had other places to be and they weren’t sure that he would be able to compete in the tournament. Callum does not like the explanation and demands a shot at the title once the champion is crowned. Evans makes no promises. (41) World Championship Tournament Match: Jay Silver vs Conner Threepwood Jay Silver defeated Conner Threepwood in 5:09 by pinfall with an AG Driver. (19) Post-Match segment with RDJ, Silver and Monteiro RDJ meets Silver on the entrance ramp and, with Moneiro, congratulate him on advancing. Monteiro has his own tournament match later on against Davis Wayne Newton, a 4C competitor making his debut. (45) Kristabel Plum vs Eve Grunge Kristabel Plum started the match with a series of punches being exchanged with Eve Grunge. On the last thrown punch, Eve ducked the blow and hit Plum with a back suplex. In control of the match, Eve focuses on punishing Plum’s lower back, which works for a few minutes, until Plum fights back, ducking a clothesline with a drop toe hold into one of the turnbuckles. Plum, now in the driver seat, hits Eve with a series of fast kicks and then a charging basement dropkick into the corner. Plum drags Eve to her feet, and hits her with the Plum Tucker for the win in 5:18. (43) Post Match Interview with Kristabel Plum Garry Walker makes his debut in SPW as the On-Screen Personality/Interviewer of the company, and he goes into the ring to speak with Plum about her match and her intentions for the future. In the interview, Plum is clear in her desire to win the Women’s Championship. As she continues, Honey Badger arrives and attacks Plum from behind, posing with the belt, standing over top of Plum. (35) World Championship Tournament Match: Roger Monteiro vs Davis Wayne Newton Davis Wayne Newton makes his debut and immediately gets into a chain wrestling engagement with Monteiro. He gains the upper hand easily, but Monteiro utilizes his own athletic ability to maneuver around and wins the engagement. The match continues as such: Newton going for technical moves and Monteiro trying to counter using his raw athleticism. It eventually ends in Monteiro’s favor as he gains the upper hand in the match, eventually getting a flash pinball victory over the more experienced competitor. (35). The Uprising speak with their tag team partner, Emma May Emma May makes her debut, and converses with her partners for the evening. They focus on getting themselves hyped up for their match and only answer when Emma stops talking, which doesn’t happen much. Finally, as they get ready to go, Talia looks at Emma and tells her that what they need isn’t talk, but her to do her job. (33) Main Event: The Uprising and Emma May vs Katya Kornishkove and Lilly & Rose In a bout that had decent wrestling but didn't have much heat, Katya Kornishkova and Lilly & Rose defeated Emma May and The Uprising in 7:10 when Katya Kornishkova pinned Emma May with a Northern Lights Suplex. (48) Post Match Celebration The Uprising leave the ringside area and Emma May. Katya, Lilly and Rose celebrate their victory as the show comes to a close. (40) Overall Rating: 38

SPW Sudden Impact! #5 Opening Segment The World Championship Tournament is announced for next week, ultimately to end at the first ever Premium-Live-Event at the end of the month. (52) Backstage Segment Katya Kornishkova makes her debut and speaks with Debbie Rose and kate Lilly, offering to help them as she tells them about Higa growing cozy to the Uprising. They reject the deal, but Katya leaves it open. (38) Opening Match: Ernest Youngman vs Nelson Callum Nelson Callum defeated Ernest Youngman in 5:28 by submission with a Honey Trap. Both individuals are making their SPW debut. Youngman is a renowned technical wrestler on the indies, and Callum is a wrestler with 13 years experience who can almost go toe to toe with the younger competitor. Youngman is great, but Callum is far more cunning, and that leads him to victory. (36) Segment with Higa and the Uprising Higa speaks with the uprising prior to her match. She talks to them about her offer, and they seem intrigued, but are going to wait. All three competitors have a match, and they should worry on their own issues. Higa doesn’t say anything as she leaves. (30) Fuyuko Higa vs Christy Higgins In a bout that had good wrestling but little heat, Fuyuko Higa defeated Christy Higgins in 5:17 by pinfall with a Higa Green Driver. Higgins made her debut on the show, but was beaten by Higa, who has been perfect through 5 matches. (43) RDJ Segment with Silver and Monteiro RDJ puts over his two proteges and gets them hyped for their match later tonight. (46) Lonely Hearts Club Band vs Jay Silver and Roger Monteiro Jay Silver and Roger Monteiro defeated Lonely Hearts Club Band in 5:07 when Jay Silver pinned Billy Shears with an AG Driver. In their first bout as a tag team, Silver and Monteiro looked off and mainly won through their individual talents, rather than their ability to work as a team. (17) Locker Room Segment with Honey Badger and Paige Croft Honey Badger and Paige Croft talk to one another in their locker room and Badger explains the beenefits of them becoming a tag team, and that it’s better for the two of them to be allied than to be foes. Paige Croft agrees, but clearly states that she has her goal of becoming the Women’s champion. While she won’t actively challenge her for it, if she were to lose it, she would not let their agreement get in the way. Badger laughed, finding the idea of her ever losing it funny. (31) Main Event: The Uprising vs Lilly & Rose vs Honey Badger and Paige Croft Lilly & Rose won the match in 8:36; defeating The Uprising and Badger/Croft by pinning Selina Svelte. (48) Overall Rating: 44

1st Week of April, 2020 Ricky Dale Johnson sat at the table and looked over the World Championship plans for the next month. Jack waited for RDJ to read the notes and give his opinion of them. Alison, Jack’s wife, was awkwardly making dinner while documents and boxes of paper were strewn around the room. That was one thing that he noticed pretty quickly: he didn’t have an office space. So, he used the dining room, which was connected to the kitchen. Not exactly the safest set up, but it was the one he had available. RDJ set down the notes and nodded. “I like it. I can get behind that.”, he said. “That’s good to hear.”, Jack said. “Although, I’ve got an idea.”, RDJ said. “I think a heel turn would be a good idea.”. “You want to turn heel?”, Jack said. “Yeah. Eddie will win the title, Silver fights him for it, and wins it, confetti flies. After that, we got nothing. I was thinking of this during the tapings. We go a couple months with Silver as Champ, but he struggles to the point where, despite winning, he and I start butting heads. Silver not wanting to admit he has a problem, and me getting exasperated with him. As we get to the end of the year, I start drifting away, and in December, I turn on Silver and cost him the championship.”, RDJ explained. “Alright. I like that idea, but I’ve got to ask, who do you have in mind?”, Jack asked. “Well, I hate to tell you this, but you’re gonna have to go out and sign the kid.”, RDJ said. “Oh, okay. I mean, your endorsement’s going to go a long way. Who is it?”, Jack asked once more. “Nelson Callum,”, RDJ said. He then looked at Jack as if he were going a second head as he began to laugh. “What’s so funny?”. “I signed him last week.”, Jack said. “What?”, RDJ said. “I signed him last week.”. “What were you planning on using him for?”, RDJ asked as he laughed himself. “Well, I was gonna have him contending for the title, but if he’s your guy, it might be better to have him underneath first.”, Jack said. “He’s a champion!”, RDJ said. “In Pittsburgh. Out here, he’s not well known. We would’ve billed him as that before, but now? It might be better to hold off on that until we smash him underneath. Have him with the World Championship while also having the Intercontinental Championship.”, Jack said. “Have him as a double champ?”, RDJ said. “That could work. Crown him the underneath guy, put him over for a while, and then crown him at the end of the year. Would he stay as a double champ, or would you have him vacate the underneath championship?”. “I could go either way. If they keep it, they’re pulling double duty and are going to have to lose to somebody to get the Underneath belt off him. If he vacates it, the championship looks weak. Being discarded for a shinier new toy.”, Jack said. “Well, the World Championship should be.”, RDJ said. “I know, but you can have one be more prestigious than the other without putting the other one down,” Jack said. RDJ smiled. “Well said.”, he said. He leaned back in his chair and rubbed his neck. “How’re you feeling? You know, about going weekly and everything with the TV companies?”. “Fine. Nothing we can do about it, so why worry about it? Instead, lets focus on what we can do, and do it well.”, Jack said. RDJ laughed. “Amen.”.

End of March, 2020 He looked over the amount of revenue they got from the broadcast, as well as how many viewers they had for their first slate of shows. The revenue was paultry, at under $8k. They had about 25k viewers on a weekly basis. He rubbed his temples. He had expected a hotter start than that, but worrying about it now wasn’t going to help. Instead, he went to work preparing for the next months series of shows. Honey Badger became their first champion, and he planned on a program between her and Plum with Paige Croft, Kinuye Mushashibo and maybe a couple others as auxiliary pieces in that championship picture. Then there was the matter of the Women’s Tag Championships, and he was on the fence about how to proceed with that. Officially, he only had two teams in the Women’s Tag division, but he also knew that Badger and Croft had natural chemistry as a tag team. So, if he made them a unit, they’d have 3. After that, he wasn’t sure. He could throw people together in a tournament. See how that went. But when should they run it? After Badger lost the title? Or, smash Badger over and have her be dual champs? Hm… that could work. The World Championship picture was clear to him at least. Build that up for their first big show, have Eddie Chandler beat Jay Silver, and have that be the feud for the first few months, at least until Eddie got hired anywhere else. After that, he was thinking Callum might be a good antagonist. The Men’s Tag Championship was another that was somewhat underwhelming. He had 4 teams, but none had the star power to carry the division. That being the case, The Hot Taggs and The Prime Time Players had ‘STARS’ written all over them, but were green. Minnesota Awesome were a good underneath team, but he didn’t think they’d be drawing money anytime soon. And their names! Gotta work on new names for them. And then, lastly, there was the Lonely Hearts Club Band. That was Jerry Pepper and Pepper Pelton’s Idea, and while he wasn’t sure how it’d work out in execution, he decided to let them run with it. They still weren’t up at the level he thought was needed for the championships. Realistically, that just left him the Taggs and PTP. Of course, same with the women’s tag division, he could throw a couple pairings together. Would it be a tournament, and if it was, would it go for a month, or would it be in one night? Regardless, it’d have to wait until atleast May. Lastly, there was the Intercontinental Championship. He knew that would have to come after the World Championship. Didn’t make much sense to crown a midcard champion when there wasn’t a main event champ. That said, he wondered if it would be smart to have so many tournaments going on at the same time. Lot to keep track of as a viewer, but are easy storylines to do and introduce the audience to the wrestlers. The motivations are simple: win and you’re the champ. He leaned back in his chair, and rubbed his eyes. The company was just a week away from returning. He had to have the show set up, flights scheduled, catering sorted out and a little bit more.

2nd Week of March, 2020 Scrolling through the wrestling news the last few days were something akin to looking at the obituaries in the newspaper. The Big 3 had let go of somewhere north of thirty wrestlers in the last two weeks. He felt bad for them. Having their contracts come up during the worst time of the wrestling business in recent memory could not have been worse timing for them. Chances were they weren’t going to get a deal until the business righted itself. That being said, he was writing down names from the bigger companies that he thought he’d be able to entice to come to SPW, at least until they got brought back or go to a different one of the 3. Eddie Chandler was released and Jack’s mind was already coming up with ideas. Eddie was a good wrestler, he cut good promos and he was pretty over. Comes with the territory of being on TCW TV for 6 years. Nelson Callum was a guy that looked like he could be a World Champion. Good wrestler, good promo, good mind for the business. Was in the middle of negotiating a deal with TCW, but they put it on hold due to everything going on. Ant-Man. Shorter than he’d like, but looked like he could feasibly punch above his weight class. Good promo, good look, average wrestler. Based on what he was reading, he was getting close to going to USPW, but like Callum, negotiations are put on hold. There were a lot more wrestlers that he was reading about whose potential deals were nixed due to the downturn of the business. A handful of people were in that boat, and Jack figured they could be useful, so he made some phone calls, starting with the big name guy. The phone took a while to be answered. “Yeah?”, was the response through the phone. “This is Eddie Chandler, correct?”, Jack asked. “It is.”. “Hi, this is Jackson Richter. Head Booker of SPW an-”. “God, how many of you people do I have to tell that I’m not desperate for employment. Take your offer and shov-”, He spat out in clear anger. “You don’t even know what the offer is.”, Jack said, “Probably around $500.”, Eddie said. “I was thinking closer to $1,500.”, Jack said. “And a run as the main champion, along with a feud involving Ricky Dale Johnson.”. A pause. “I don’t know how much of a feud I’d have when you only run a show a month.”. “Actually, we’re going to be weekly.”, Jack said. “Oh, you’re that company.” Eddie said. “...I’ll take that as a compliment.”, Jack said. Another pause “$2,000.”, Eddie said. “I’ll send over the paperwork.”, Jack said. They exchanged goodbyes and hung up. The call made Jack pleasantly surprised. It took just over a minute, and everything was taken care of. Well, there was the lawyers on each side that needed to snipe at each other over detailed, but that was not his problem. Not yet anyway. He made a few other calls that day, and over the next few, he hired some other workers on a pay-per-appearence deal. Of course, when he told Evans and Granger the news, neither were very exuberant about the news. Granger didn’t care as they would only be paid if they were used. Evans was upset that he wasn’t consulted and chastised him. He then pitched a few names saying, “If we’re hiring, get these guys.”. Out of kindness and respect for his friend, he obliged.

Beginning of March, 2020: Wilson’s Goals Jackson Richter rubbed his eyes as Wilson Granger stewed. Jason Evans looked uncomfortable in his seat, and Jack couldn’t really blame him. Granger tossed the papers onto the table, and shouted, “What an absolute waste. We lost $165k, and not one company even listened!”, he shouted at him, standing up from the table. “USPW lost $1 million from January to February. SWF lost a couple hundred thousand. TCW’s just about the only company that stayed stable here in America. This funk that the business is in is hurting everyone.”, Jack said.”It’s a failure, but a failure isn’t a waste. We lost money, and we didn’t get television. We knew we wouldn’t be making money with the tapings. The whole point was to put up money to make ourselves look as good as possible to try and get TV. We didn’t. Alright, we size that down, and we save how much. Jace?”, Jack asked as he looked over to Evans. “Oh, uh… Per show or month?”, he asked. “Either.”, Jack said. “Oh, well, uh… We did four tapings, and it cost us $62k. If we do that every time, four shows in a day, we can bring that down to… about $22k. If we go weekly, it’ll cost close to $40k.”, Evans said. “We’re still in negative territory. By a lot.”, Will said. “You’re right, but keep in mind about 80k of that comes from RDJ’s deal, which we knew was going to bloat our losses, and will continue to do so in the future. Being in the negative at the start isn’t surprising. We knew we would be in that position.”, Jack said. Will grimaced as he turned away, walked over to the sliding glass door leading to the deck, and stared outside. “So what do you expect to do with no TV?”, Will said. “WrestleWorld. Everyone else is going to keep up what they’re doing. Run the one big show, and move on. Frankly, for a lot of the boys and gals in the locker room, they can’t survive on that. It’ll make us more trustworthy. ‘Come here and do your job, and you’ll get steady employment’. 1 day a month, 12 days a year, isn’t enough. We’ll build a name for ourselves in a way the others can’t. We go weekly.”, Jack said. Evans shook his head. “That’s a pipedream. There’s a reason everyone does their monthly event: it’s the only way to make money.”. “And that comes with not having storylines. Nobody runs house shows any more, all these small companies have no TV. The only way people get over is by having good matches, which isn’t a small number anymore, and getting exposure. Why do you think people are going off to Japan? At least they get their tour matches broadcast on TV.”, Jack said. Evans chimed in with, “That’s gonna change.”. “Is it? How many people are going to tune in to a random three or four hour event where they know nobody and it’s just matches being thrown together with story increments being 4 weeks apart? We’ll give them storylines and shorter shows, more digestible for people to come home, put up their feet and watch.”, Jack said. Evans leaned back in his chair, clearly uncomfortable with the idea. Will turned to look at Jack. “And how much is that going to cost me?”. “$40k a month, plus whatever we have to pay the wrestlers. And the $40k we have to pay RDJ. Over the next ten months, our expenditures are expected to be close to $800k.”. Will reacted negatively to that news. “And how much are we expected to bring in?”. “$250k from sponsorships, $200k from ticket sales, merch and, hopefully, whatever we can get from advertisign revenue. Of course, that’ll only go up as we get more people in the building, get more people watching the show. We’re going to lose money. Instead of worrying about it, let’s keep doing what we think will work, and if things start to trend poorly, we’ll re-evaluate.”, Jack said. “You want to do the opposite of everyone else?”, Evans said. “That’s not gonna work.”. “It didn’t work before. Now, everyone can get exposure. Falling into that line isn’t going to help us any more than them. We gotta break away from them, and go forward on our own.”, Jack said. Evans leaned forward, and looked at Will. “If I may, as the only one here who did this for years, what’s most important is establishing ourselves here before worrying about how we look to the rest of the country. If we can’t turn a profit, it doesn’t matter how many people see us, we’ll be out of business before it matters.”. Will stood there and thought on it, walking back over to the sliding glass door. He remained silent until he turned to the other two higher ups in the company. “We’re going weekly.”, he said. “But, let me be clear: If you haven’t brought the company up to a level that I find acceptable by the end of the year, you’re out.”. “Well, what’s your definition of acceptable?”, Jack said. “I want you to regularly sell out the Junkyard, and I want 100k viewers weekly. I will consider that a success for our first year.”, Will said. Jack nodded. “It’ll be done.”.

The Wrestling Spectator February, 2020 Edition First Month for Sidewinder Professional Wrestling With the first four shows taped, Sidewinder Professional Wrestling goes on hiatus as they navigate negotiations with television companies. Based on what we have heard from our sources, It appears that, like many of the smaller companies, Sidewinder Professional Wrestling will have to abandon their hopes for a television deal and make a deal with WrestleWorld as that appears to be their only option for television. Supreme Wrestling Federation in Dire Straits? Earlier this morning, SWF announced to their shareholders that they recorded a loss for the second straight month in a row, and the decline was worse this month than last. This, coming off the back of multiple contract extensions has many in the business worried. Earlier in the magazine, we mentioned the state of the Wrestling industry being poor, and we’re seeing the effects of it now. The oldest and most prestigious of the Big 3 is being hamstrung by the state of things. TCW stayed about the same this month, and USPW, while still making money, had revenue fall by $1 million. The heavyweights of the wrestling world are feeling the pinch, one can only imagine how the smaller companies feel.

SPW Sudden Impact #4 Preshow Match #1 Fuyuko Higa defeated Modesty Pador in 13:11 by pinfall with a Higa Green Driver. (42) Opening Segment Following the introduction of the show, we got to the back where The Prime Time Players are getting ready for their match when Connor Threepwood walks in and tries to enlist their help in his main event match tonight. Pryde and Patterson tell him to sod off, saying that he’s on his own tonight since he keeps leaving them out in the lurch. So, now he’s out on his own. Threepwood leaves, not very happy. (29) The Prime Time Players vs The Hot Taggs The match starts with Kalder getting into a test of strength with Patterson. Kalder wins it, and unleashed a barrage of power moves with the help of his brother as they tag in and out. Patterson makes the hot tag to Pryde who fights both of the Taggs by himself for a bit, but Wolfie puts a stop to it when he reverses a suplex into his power slam finisher, the Montana Slam. He pins Pryde and the Hot Taggs win. (22) The Hot Taggs Celebrate their win. The Hot Taggs and Fornia pose in the middle of the ring after the match. (20) Pre Championship Match Segment Grace Harper unviels the SPW Women's Championship. Grace Harper, better know by her active ring name Helen Wheels, held the Women’s Championship in two separate companies in two separate countries. She won the NOTBPW Women’s Championship in 2007, and then moved on to AAA, where she would win the top prize on three separate occasions. (40) SPW Women’s Championship Four Corners Match: Paige Croft vs Kristabel Plum vs Honey Badger vs Kinuye Musashibo The competitors start the match with Kinuye fighting Badger, and Croft fighting Plum. The match morphs into a pseudo-tag match, with interlocking moves where the competitors switch off without missing a beat. In this do-si-do, Plum and Kinuye come out ahead. They take a moment to breathe before they engage each other. Plum gains the upper hand, but before she can really take advantage, Badger chop blocks her at the knees. Plum sells the knee and rolls out of the ring, allowing Badger to take advantage of the hand Plum won. Badger hits Kinuye with a powerbomb and goes for the pin, but it’s broken up by Croft. Badger and Croft exchange words before they start throwing punches at each other. Plum gets back into the ring and dropkicks Croft in the back, allowing Badger to hit her with a power bomb. Badger goes for the pin, seemingly unaware that Plum was there, and s a basement dropkick. Plum brings Badger to her feet, and Kinuye helps Plum, executing various tag team maneuvers. During the final one, Plum goes to run off the ropes when Croft hits her with a drop toe hold into the ropes, causing Plum to roll out to the floor. Kinuye responds by hitting Croft with kick to the gut and an implant DDT. Kinuye turns to see Badger gettings to her feet and goes for a clothesline, which Badger catches. She then hits Kinuye with an Exploder Suplex into the turnbuckle, pinning her and winning the bout. (42) Championship Celebration Honey Badger celebrates as she is crowned the first ever Women’s Champion. Grace Harper leaves the announce desk and puts the belt around the waist of Badger. (26) Ricky Dale Johnson Makes His Wrestling Return Connor Threepwood comes out first, and then out comes Ricky Dale Johnson. He gets into the ring and Connor goes to leave, when Monteiro, Silver and some security block all routes of escape. RDJ grabs Threepwood and throws him back into the ring, and the match officially starts. (79) Main Event: Ricky Dale Johnson vs Connor Threepwood Connor starts the match begging Ricky to not beat him up, which RDJ does not oblige. In a dominating display, RDJ tossed Threepwood around the ring like he was a sack of potatoes. Stiff punches and clothesline finally put Threepwood on the mat with gusto. Threepwood hits RDj with a low blow out of view of the referee, and plays it to the crowd, as he plants RDJ with a DDT. A DDT that RDJ promptly no sells as he gets to his feet. Threepwood, stunned, stands as RDJ takes his head off with a Leaping Lariat for the victory. (52) Post Match Interview with Ricky Dale Johnson Ricky Dale Johnson celebrates the win, and grabs a microphone. He talks about coming back and wrestling after so long and while he’s happy to be back, says that he will instead focus up on the next generation. He getures to Monteiro and Silver and says that he’ll still be around, and if need be, he’ll still get in the ring, but for now, it’s ‘see you later’. (59) Overall Rating: 60

SPW Sudden Impact #3 Preshow Match #1 Mercutio Sleep made his SPW debut in a non-televised match, defeated Drop Kix, who also made his debut, in 10:12 by pinfall with a Go To Sleep. (36) Preshow Match #2 Fuyuko Higa and Lilly & Rose defeated Modesty Pador, Juana Hurricane and the debuting Olivia Diamond in 8:35 when Fuyuko Higa pinned Modesty Pador with a Higa Green Driver. (50) Preshow Match #3 Honey Badger defeated Kinuye Mushashibo in 9:53 by pinfall with an Exploder Suplex. (34) Opening Segement Rickey Dale Johnson announces that he will face Connor Threepwood next week, and that he plans on finally putting the little weasel in his place. And to make sure he can’t run away, he’s going to have people inthe crowd and in the back. (84) Backstage Segment with Paige Croft, Honey Badger and Fuyuko Higa Paige Croft and Honey Badger talk about their victory last week, and how dominant they were. The idea of creating a tag team being an idea on both their minds. While they speak on the matter, Fuyuko Higa walks into their locker room and congratulates them, and lets slip a rumor she heard. That next week, the first ever Women’s Champion will be crowned. The talks of making a team fall apart on the spot. (32) Debut of the Hot Taggs The next match starts as The Prime Time Players make their way to the ring, followed by Minnesota Awesome. As those two teams get ready The Hot Taggs make their entrance for the first time on SPW television, with their valet Kali Fornia. (15) The Hot Taggs vs The Prime Time Players vs Minnesota Awesome The Hot Taggs defeated Minnesota Awesome in 5:44. Wolfie started in the ring with Perry longstaff and threw him around the ring like a sack of potatoes. The Taggs control the match from bell to bell, just abusing Minnesota Awesome. The Prime Time Players watched on, not seeming to keen on getting into the ring, and when opportunities arise for them to do so, drop from the apron to avoid going in. The Taggs eliminate Minnesota Awesome, and turn their focus on the Prime Time Players who get disqualified after using chairs. (19) Semi-Main Hype Promo Plum starts the promo talking about he ongoing spat with Paige Croft and Honey Badger when Perez shows up to remind her who shes facing tonight. (41) Kristabel Plum vs Teresa Perez Teresa Perez started the match with momentum after hitting Plum with a basement dropkick. Keeping Plum on the ground, she continued to stomp on Plums legs, and turned her focus towards her arms. Plum fights her way back to a vertical base, but is limping as she goes on the offensive. She goes for a suplex, but pauses due to damage on her leg, which gives Perez the opportunity to reverse into a brainbuster. Plum kicks out at 2, but Perez maintains the pace by unleashing wicked kicks to Plum’s back. Perez picks up her opponent, and goes for a back suplex which Plum rotates through, landing on her feet. Her legs still being hurt, cause her to immediately drop to a knee, giving Perez the window to go for a shining wizard, which Plum counters by catching her leg, transitioning to a STF. Perez makes it to the ropes, but Plum is now firmly in the driver seat, focusing on Perez’s leg ina reversal of fortune. Perez mounts one last comeback attempt, when Plum reverses a suplex attempt and hits Perez with the Plum Tucker to win the match. (42) Women’s Championship Match Announced A Four Corners match is announced for next week, and is for the SPW Women's Championship. The four women involved in the match are Kristabel Plum, Honey Badger, Paige Croft and Kinuye Musashibo. (29) Main Event: Jay Silver vs Connor Threepwood The match starts with Connor trying to be a weasel nd escape the ring when Silver gains any momentum, but that comes to an abrupt halt when, after rolling out of the ring, walks around the post into a clothesline. Silver rolls Threepwood back in and begins to control the match, hitting arm drags, hip tosses and a Gorilla Press Slam. Silver goes to drag Threepwood back up to his feet, when Threepwood hits him with a low blow, getting himself disqualified. (29) Ending Segment Threepwood attacks Silver, beating him down when Ricky Dale Johnson sprints down the aisle. This time, Threepwood isn’t able to get out in time, and gets clothesline over the top rope and out to the floor. (52) Overall Rating: 45

SPW Sudden Impact #2 Preshow Match #1 Drop Kix and Wild Red Stallion make their debut in SPW in a non-televised match. A face vs face matchup that started out slow picked up by the end when Wild Red hit Kix with the Lakota Cutter, picking up the victory. (24) Preshow Match #2 Fuyuko Higa defeated Juana Hurricane in 14:44 by pinfall with a Higa Green Driver. Juana Hurrican was making their SPW debut, and went to a near 15 minute match against Higa. This is, so far, the longest match in SPW history. (52) Opening Angle Paige Croft and Honey Badger are backstage getting limber for their match later on tonight. Croft is running her mouth while Badger remains silent. As Croft continues to talk, Badger gets more and more frustrated, finally blowing up after Croft states that she wants revenge. Badger gets into Croft’s face, states that she wants to win, and if that’s not what Croft wants, then tonights the last night they stand on the same side. Croft says that she wants to win too, but wants to pin Plum for the victory. Badger says she just wants the win, and warns Croft not to get in the way of that. (20) QAW Opening Match Teresa Perez, a two-time QAW Women’s tag team champion took on Modesty Pador, who only debuted last summer. Both competitors debut for SPW in this match. Perez controlled the pace of the match from bell to bell, as experience beat out youth on this occasion, as she made Pador tapped out in five and a half minutes. (36) The Lonely Hearts Club Band’s Promo We cut to a pre-recorded vignette debuting to the audience The Lonely Hearts Club Band. Lovely Rita introduces the group, with Kite and Shears stating their intention of claiming tag team gold. (18) Backstage Segment with Monteiro, Silver and RDJ We go from the previous promo right into this backstage segment, where Silver and Monteiro are hyping each other up for their tag match tonight. As they do, RDJ enters the room and does the same, wishing them luck, and that he’ll be watching from the back. (48) Roger Monteiro and Jay Silver vs The Prime Time Players Silver starts out the match for the face team, while Patterson leads it for the Prime Time Players. The two exchanged blows, with Silver beginning to gain the upper hand. Patterson tags out to Pryde and chop blocks Silver, leading to a shoulder block, knocking him down. Pryde stays on the offensive, and keeps Silver isolated. Pryde tags out to Patterson. Pryde hits Silver with an inverted atomic drop, followed by a clothesline from Patterson. Patterson goes for the pin but Silver kicks out. Patterson picks up Silver and beats on him, until he goes for a clothesline, which Silver ducks, diving to Monteiro and tags him in. Monteiro clothesline Patterson, and hits Pryde with a drop kick as he tries to get into the ring, sending him to the floor. Monteiro controls the match for an extended period until Patterson tags out to Pryde, who reached out and slapped his hand as Monteiro dragged him past, unbeknownst to Monteiro. Pryde runs across the ring, and forearms Silver off the apron, and attempts a clothesline, which Monteiro ducks, responding with a basement dropkick to the leg. Monteiro goes to pick up Pryde, but Patteron attacks, and draws the ref away from the two competitors, giving Threepwood the opportunity to interfere, which he takes. Threepwood smacks Monteiro in the back of the head with a chair, staggering him. Pryde then hits Monteiro with a powerbomb. Silver tries to get in the ring, but Threepwood grabs his leg and drops to the floor. Pryde pins Monteiro for the victory. (26) Post Match Attack Threepwood and the Prime Time Players attack Silver and Monteiro, with the Prime Time Players attacking Monteiro in the ring, and Threepwood attacks Silver with the steel chair. RDJ comes out from the back, and Threepwood slides into the ring. RDJ checks on Silver before climbing on to the apron. He gets into the ring and Threepwood gets out of the ring while teh Prime Time Players attack RDJ. He takes on the both of them, dispatching Patterson with a clothesline over the top rope and Pryde with a back body drop, followed by him rolling out of the ring. Threepwood comes up from behind and waps RDJ with a steel chair across the back, which RDJ no sells, and goes for Threepwood who bails from the ring. Silver rolls into the ring and RDJ checks on Monteiro. (39) Main Event Hype Segment Kristabel Plum and Kinuye Musashibo get ready for their match. Both wrestlers have a shared history as both worked with each other in NOTBPW for a lengthy amount of time. They fought each other twice, and tagged with one another the same amount. Kinuye, more of a tag team specialist, and Plum the former Women’s champion. They talk about that past for a minute, and say that regardless of the past, they need to focus on the present. (23) Main Event: Kristabel Plum and Kinuye Musashibo vs Honey Badger and Paige Croft The match starts with Kinuye making her SPW debut, with Croft on the otherside. As they meet in the center of the ring in a lockup, the announce team touch on the history of Kinuye and Croft. Both wrestlers also work in 5*SW and just a few weeks prior, reluctantly tagged together in a losing effort. The competitors know each other well, and it shows as they engage in chaan wrestling, with reversals, ending with neither individual in control of the pace. Badger takes this moment to tag herself in, and unlike Croft, Musashibo doesn’t have the knowledge to execute effectively, as Badger takes a attempted arm twist into a devastating clothesline. Badger drags Kinuye over to Kinuye’s corner and taunts Plum. Plum tags herself in and gets into a collar-elbow tie up with Badger, who overpowers Plum. The match devolves into Badger using her strength advantage against Plum and Kinuye, tagging out in intervals with Croft. Despite their earlier disagreements, in the ring, Badger and Croft work quite well together. Plum takes advantage of a lull in the current interval, and rolls up Croft, who kicks out at 2. She starts to get up and gets hit with a dropkick, sending her out of the ring. Badger gets into the ring, but Plum hits a drop toe hold into the ropes, which hits Badger in the throat. Kinuye rushes into the ring and clotheslines Badger over the top rope and out onto the floor, before sliding out of the ring and throwing Croft in. Plum hits Croft with the Plum Tucker and tags out to Kinuye, who hits a top rope elbow. She goes for the pin, but Badger rushes into the ring and breaks up the pin. Plum gets back into the ring and starts to fight Badger. Badger ducks a punch, and back suplexs Plum out of the ring over the top rope. Badger drags Croft over to their corner, hops onto the apron and tags herself in, before hitting Kinuye with a implant DDT, and puts Kinuye into a Anaconda Vice. Kinuye taps out. (43) Overall Rating: 38

SPW Sudden Impact! #1 Pre-Show Match Mr. Kite (Jerry Pepper) and Billy Shears (Pepper Pelton) def. Minnesota Awesome (Perry Longstaff and Clark Smallbone) in 5 minutes and 30 Seconds (4) Opening Match Fuyuko Higa and Etsuko Arihyoshi open the first ever Sidewinder Professional Wrestling show, showing off the SPW-5*SW partnership. A hot opener goes for 6 Minutes and 52 seconds, with Higa pinning Arihyoshi with the Higa Green Driver. (52) RDJ Return Promo Following the opener, Ricky Dale Johnson made his way down to the ring. He welcomed the crowd and began to cut a promo, when Connor Threepwood and the Prime Time Players (Jason Patterson and Jack Pryde) interrupted him, calling him a washed up old man who’s trying to show he’s still the man. Ricky states that even if he were an old washed up man, he’d still kick all three of their hinds. Just when it seems like the three of them are going to attack RDJ, Roger Monteiro (Threepwood’s opponent later tonight) and Jay Silver come down to even the odds. The three heels bail out of the ring and leave the faces in the ring. Backstage Promo with Lilly & Rose We cut backstage where Kate Lilly and Debbie Rose are preparing for their match against The Uprising (Selina Svelte and Talia Quinzel). They touch upon their previous matchups throughout their careers, when Fuyuko Higa arrives, and offers her help to the duo. “It’s better to have allies than enemies, especially when allies are in shortcoming”. Lilly & Rose tell Higa that they’ll think about it, and will watch her matches to see if she’s any good as one match doesn’t mean a whole lot. Higa states she’s fine with that, and adds “Just so you know, that cuts both ways.”. The Uprising vs Lilly & Rose In SPW’s first televised tag team match, Uprising faced off against Lilly & Rose. These two teams are quite aware of one another. Lilly & Rose are former 4-time AAA tag team champions, and one of the teams they lost the titles to are their opponents tonight, The Uprising. They are 1-time AAA tag team champions, and the current reigning 5*SW tag team champions. This’ll be the first time they’ll have faced each other since AAA closed down. The match is short, mainly due to a quick flash pinfall attempt by Selina Svelta, who rolled up Debbie Rose for the quick victory. The match went for 7 Minutes and 8 seconds, and at the time of the roll-up, Lilly & Rose were in the driver seat. (39) Backstage Promo with Jay Silver and Roger Monteiro Monteiro is getting ready for his upcoming match with Threepwood, and Silver is getting him hyped up for the fight. Before he can do much of that however, RDJ walks into the locker room, and the three start talking about what happened earlier in the show, with RDJ thanking both of the younger wrestlers, but says he could’ve dealt with them on his own. “True, but dealing with thugs like them is a lot easier to do with people behind you.”, states Monteiro. RDJ agrees and tells him “Good luck.”. As Monteiro leaves for his match, RDJ looks at Silver and tells him that he wants to talk to him. Connor Threepwood vs Roger Monteiro Monteiro starts the match like a house on fire, and Threepwood has to roll out of the ring several times to catch his breath. When he does get back in, Monteiro comes back at him with the same vigor. Threepwood capitalizes on this by hoisting Monteiro up and hitting him with a Stun Gun off the top rope. Threepwood, now in the driver seat, whips Monteiro shoulder first into the post. Monteiro tries to gain the upper hand, but Threepwood zeroes in on that shoulder, wringing the arm. Monteiro momentarily regains control with a DDT, but when he goes to pick up Threepwood, he gets hit in the groin with the back of Threepwood’s leg. The ref, unaware that this has happened, does nothing, and Threepwood hits his opponent with his finisher before pinning him for the victory. (36). Aftermath Beatdown on Monteiro After the match, Threepwood begins assaulting Monteiro, while the Prime Time Players start to come down to the ring. Silver and RDJ come out shortly after and a brawl ensues in the entrance way, and in the ring. RDJ and Silver gain the upper hand on the outside, and RDJ slowly ascends the steel steps and onto the ring apron, while Threepwood gets ready for him in the ring. RDJ enters the ring, and Threepwood bails. (36) Main Event Match Hype In the back, Kristabel Plum gets ready for her first match since coming out of retirement, which only happened about 6 months prior. While she does, Paige Croft interrupts and congratulates her on coming back, stating that beating her will do a number for her career. Plum laughs it off and warns the younger competitor not to make out checks she can’t cash. Main Event: Kristabel Plum vs Paige Croft The match starts off with some chain wrestling that Plum dominates. Croft gains the upper hand by hitting Plum with a drop-toe-hold into the turn buckle, and she holds onto it for awhile. Plum struggles to gain much offense for a couple minutes, until Croft goes for a top rope manuever that ends with a catch-DDT. Plum, now in the driver seat, focuses on Croft’s legs, eventually getting her into a limp. Croft drop kicks Plum’s leg out from under her, but has difficulty moving around the ring with her own leg having received a wealth of damage. She goes for another aerial manuever, but Plum beales her off the middle rope, picks her up and hits with the Plum Tucker for the victory. (51) Post Match Scrum Following the match, Plum begins to celebrate before she is attacked by Honey Badger. Croft joins the beatdown and Plum takes a great deal of punishment unti Kinuye Musashibo comes down to make the save, chop blocking Croft’s bad leg, and getting into a 1v1 with Badger that ends in Kinyue’s favor once Plum gets back to her feet. The shows ends as Kinuye and Plum stand tall. (25) Overall Rating: 51

2nd Week of February 2020: The Inaugural Show The start of the show was fast approaching. Most of the talent working it was there, except perhaps the second most important one. Plum was late, which did not inspire much confidence in Jackson Richter. She was a little carefree, but she usually wasn’t this late. Although, the time waiting for her to show up allowed him time to mingle with the workers. He could look across the room and see Jason Evans and Ricky Dale Johnson working with Jay Silver. Since the moment Silver walked in the door about a week ago, RDJ and Evans were on him and mentoring him. While that was happening in the back of the room, he looked around and saw some couples talking. The whole thing surprised him, to be honest. At an independent event sometime in January, a lot of talent he signed worked. And as a result, some of them started seeing one another romantically. That included Mercutio Sleep/Talia Quinzel and February Malaise/Drop Kix. He was happy for them, but he was also somewhat worried about what would happen during a breakup, as they would probably not want to be working with their ex if they could help it. Before he could get further along on that train of thinking, he heard the door open behind him. In walked Plum carrying a cooler full of beer. “I hope I’m not too late.”, she said with her usual, carefree smile. She was by about 30 minutes, but considering the swarm of talent that had come over to congratulate her return to the ring (and, more importantly, thank her for the beer), Richter decided to let it go. After things died down, he talked to Plum and told her the plan for her match tonight and about a potential Women’s championship run shortly. He wasn’t sure when it would come, but he knew she would be one of the people hunting for the title. “As much as I’d like to do that today, let’s see how things go first.” Plum said, stretching. And that was about all he got out of her. He walked out of the locker room and to his office. There he changed from his business attire and got into one he hadn’t worn in almost twenty-five years. He held the striped shirt in his hands for a few minutes, remembering the first few years he ref’d matches while training. A quarter of a century had passed, but he was about to do the same thing again. This time, however, it had more weight to it. When he nearly paralyzed himself in 1999, he lost what he thought was his only chance at achieving his childhood dream. He would've never guessed that another chance would reveal itself after so long. Yet, it filled him with unshakeable resolve. This would be his last chance. And he would run with it for as long as he could.

January 16th, 2020: Wilson Granger’s Grace Jackson Richter sat at the head of his kitchen table. Across from him sat Wilson Granger, and on the sides were Jason Evans and Alison Richter. This was supposedly the last meeting before the first show, as Granger had some business on the East Coast. He almost left before they could have this meeting in the first place, but Richter and Evans blew up his phone enough to get him to come in person to answer a straightforward question: How much liquid finance would the company have on the record? Yes, the company was owned by Granger, and he could put in more or less if he wanted to. But it always seemed like he wanted to do things on the cheap. He and Evans wanted to know what they would have to start with and if they could expect more money if needed. Before they discussed that, Granger wanted to know what they had planned and how much they expected to bring in and spend. For about an hour, Richter and Evans poured over the finances that Granger had given them about three weeks prior and everything that they had come to terms with since then. “That’s quite a lot you have planned there.”, Granger said. He was dressed in a suit-and-tie and looked ready to get out of there and onto a plane when the conversation ended. That lifted Richter’s spirits. Evans said, “And along with that, we’ve also calculated that it will probably cost us about $1,500 for catering, and more than likely another $1,500 for a ring crew.”. “So, $3,000, huh? You think you can make that back up?”. “In one show?” Richter asked. “Yes. In totality, after we pay everyone? Probably not. But I do think that by the end of the year, we will be making a profit.”. Granger nodded. “Always comes back around to money, huh? Well, I like the work that you’ve done. Building the roster, got a venue all booked out and we even got some deals with other companies. With that being as it is, here’s what I’m going to be giving to the company.”. Granger gave an envelope to Evans, who gave it to Richter. Well, here it is, he thought as he opened up the envelope and looked at the amount that Granger would give them. Jackson Richter had to be honest with himself. He had prepared himself to be let down, yet when he looked at the seven-figure sum on the check, and he was pleasantly surprised. "Wow," was all Richter said at the start. "Well, don't act too surprised," Granger said. "I do want you to succeed.". "I know. It's just that I wasn't expecting that much. I was expecting 100-250k. This'll make the next two months pretty bearable.". Granger nodded and stood up from his chair. "I’d be mad if it didn’t. If you'll excuse me, I have a meeting I'd like to be on time for.". Richter and Evans stood up, shook Granger's hand, and saw him off. Afterward, the two sat down and planned out the first two shows. Richter took the time to call up the talent to let them know the plan, while Evans took the time to fix up a presentable presentation for the flyers.

Being that the limit for three-way tag matches are 3v3v3, I'd have done something where I would've just had 3 of them in game, but dynasty-wise, I would have written it as a 5v5v5. It wouldn't have accurately reflected what it owuld've been in game, but that would have been as close as I could've gotten to in game. It probably would've been listed in TEW as: WCW: DDP, Booker T, Shane Douglas (Run ins from Styles and Joe) ECW: Corino, Lance Storm, Jerry Lyn (Run ins from Triple X) Kliq: Nash, BG James, Bradshaw (Run ins from the Hardyz) It probably would've been dinged for being overbooked, but that was how I had planned on doing it.

As explained in the Sudden Pro Wrestling: One Last Chance thread, this save file was corrupted and I can't continue it further. However, while I can't continue it, I can say what the overall plan was. I won't go into much detail on the weekly shows, but the PPV's I will. WCW Mayhem Shawn Michaels was going to retain his WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Hulk Hogan. Samoa Joe was going to beat Shawn Michaels on the above Nitro, and then beat Al Snow at Mayhem, becoming the United States Champion, and retaining his WCW World Television Championship. The Mayhem Match would see the return of Scott Hall, and the debut of BG James and New Jack (on a one-night only basis). The final three of the Mayhem match were going to be Steve Corino, Ron Killings and Aj Styles, who would've drawn the 1st entry into the match. The winner of the match was going to be AJ Styles, after Corino eliminated Killings. WCW Slamboree Shawn Michaels would face Sting, and retain. Samoa Joe would defeat 3 others in a gauntlet match to retain both championships The New Faces of Fear would retain, but further divides would occur between Ron Simmons and Jon Bradshaw. Steve Corino comes to Styles aid when Styles took on Kevin Nash. DDP leaves the Four Horsemen. WCW The Great American Bash In the buildup, The Kliq antagonizes Styles, trying to goad him into making a mistake. It backfires when Styles defeats The New Faces of Fear, courtesy of a Steve Corino/Lance Storm interference. This gives Triple X a tag team title match at GAB. Triple X defeats the New Faces of Fear after Simmons turns face. Triple X (Christopher Daniels and Elix Skipper) join Steve Corino's faction, and become ECW Tag Team Champions as well. Aj Styles fights Shawn Michaels in a 60-Minute Iron Man match that Styles loses 2-1 in Sudden Death. After the match, Shane McMahon comes out and after some talking, annoucnes the reinstatement of Shawn's next challenger. Shawn then gets jumped by Scott Steiner Samoa Joe defends his two championships. WCW Battlebowl A Tag Team Tournament dominates the whole show. The ending match is Triple X vs Sting/Ron Simmons, which the latter win. Samoa Joe goes it alone and makes it to the final 4, before being beaten by Sting/Simmons Hall and Nash get beat by Triple X in the final 4. WCW Bash at the Beach Tommy Dreamer vs Steve Corino Corino wins and the Alliance breaks, with Corino getting ECW, and those still siding with Dreamer joining WCW. Sting/Simmons vs Hall/Nash Sting/Simmons win and Nash turns on Hall. Shawn Michaels vs Scott Steiner Shawn Michaels retains after Steiner gets DQ'd. Steiner would've controlled the match from bell to bell, but would've gone too far. Samoa Joe wins the Cruiserweight championship, exploiting an open challenge made by Chavo Guerrero. This comes after he defends his own championships. Following this victory, he combines the US, TV and Cruiserweight Championship, creating the X-Division Championship. WCW Fall Brawl 3-way War Games WCW vs ECW vs Kliq WCW: DDP, Shane Douglas, AJ Styles (leaves Triple X), Samoa Joe (Officially joins WCW), Booker T ECW: Steve Corino, Christopher Daniels, Elix Skipper, Lance Storm, Jerry Lynn Kliq: Nash, BG James, Jon Bradshaw, Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy ECW would've won this match, and as their reward would be given the November PPV permenantly. ECW also would've gained a TV show (Independence) Scott Hall vs Shawn Michaels for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship Michaels retains, but after the match bloodies Hall. DDP comes to the rescue. DDP challenges Michaels to a match at Halloween Havoc. Michaels agrees on the condition that if Page loses, he must retire. Page comes back and adds another one of his own the following Nitro. If he wins at Halloween Havoc, he and Michaels will face Starrcade for the title. If Michaels loses at Starrcade, the Kliq invasion is over. Michaels refuses for the next few Nitros, but eventually gets cornered into accepting the deal. WCW Halloween Havoc DDP vs Shawn Michaels: Career vs Title Match DDP finally defeats Shawn Michaels and wins the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. AJ Styles defeats Samoa Joe to win the X-Division Championship. Sting/Simmons defeat Nash/Bradshaw. BG James turns on the Kliq and forms a tag team with Ron Killings. This would've been building up since the Summer. Steve Corino crowns himself ECW World Heavyweight Champion after defeating RVD, Rhyno and Mike Awesome in a Fatal-4-Way elimination match. ECW November to Remember Corino vs Dreamer for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship Corino Wins Triple X vs Jerry Lynn/Rhyno for the ECW World Tag Team Championship Triple X wins WCW Starrcade Shawn Michaels and Shane McMahon come to an agreement in the build-up from Havoc to Starrcade A winner-take-all event Steve Corino and Shane McMahon make an agreement, recognizing WCW and ECW as equals, reforming the alliance on Corino's terms. Shawn Michaels vs DDP for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship Page wins and WCW wins the overall event 6-5, ending the invasion once and for all. The Nitro after Starrcade A draft is held to even out the rosters of WCW and ECW, part of the agreement with ECW. And that's where the diary would've ended for a prolonged period. With two shows being made (WCW on Mondays, ECW on Thursdays), some new homegrown stars for WCW (Styles, Joe, Killings), and a resurgent ECW more than likely filling a 'B' show role. Where it would've gone from here, I'm not too sure, but this is what I had planned on doing, and unfortunately, I will not be able to finish it. I had a lot of fun writing this diary, but all things must come to an end. Hopefully, the same thing doesn't happen to the new thread, but this is where this thread will have to end.

January 4th, 2020: Granger’s Contributions Jackson Richter rubbed his temples as he poured over the relatively mountainous stacks of paper. When he asked for every detail of the company's financial side, this was not what he had in mind. All expenses from the last two months of traveling and negotiations were all there. Granger hadn’t even had the courtesy to sort the files, which did not make Richter very happy. After spending the better part of 2 days sifting through the papers and organizing them all, he started filing them away until he got to the reports on what sponsors he could expect. While he had been galavanting throughout the US east of the Appalachians, Granger had been back here and abroad in Japan, gathering sponsors to give them money to have their advertisements present for the show. Of course, Granger’s company would do some advertising, and other Minnesota-based companies would also be involved. Oddly enough, Granger also spent time making business deals in Japan and they had gone so well that they were okay with sponsoring their shows, giving them a little bit of money for each show. All in all, the sponsorship money totaled up to $26k. That did not include whatever money they made from Wrestleword, tickets and merch. It was a pretty nice sum, and he hoped that it would cover the production costs, as that was far and away the most painful aspect of the endeavor. He began to work on their first show. It would be a month away, but he was confident. Everything was shaping up to be in his favor. He had a professional production crew. He had a roster of solid wrestlers, headlined by a big name talent from one of the big three promotions. All that was left was to get a venue, hopefully one that looked good. He knew of a venue called The Junkyard, which could fit 1k people in it regularly. A regular sized crowd, and a steady venue were, in his mind, advantageous. He called up the establishment, and got the venue booked with nary a problem. He leaned back in his chair as he put the phone down. It was coming together pretty well, he thought. Hopefullym ti continued to do so.

December 31st, 2019: A Set Date The meeting concluded and Jackson Richter rubbed his temples. A lot had just been hammered out. To his surprise, Granger had secured a try out with the new WrestleWorld service. They wanted to see our production before they fully agreed to a television deal. That was more than he and Evans had anticipated. Along with that, the final size of their roster was confirmed at thirty-four. 18 women and 16 men. A balanced roster was not the original intent, but as they went over it, Richter was happy with the roster that had been assembled. Evans thought the roster was too large, and Granger was unhappy with low number of male wrestlers. Richter didn’t care, however. Now, he looked forward to what their shows were going to be. Evans pitched a monthly format for their shows, while Granger wanted a weekly show. Evans explained how expensive it was to do so, but Granger wanted more wrestling out than what other promotions were doing. At the start though, Richter pitched a bi-weekly format as a way to compromise, and after a discussion, the bi-weekly format won out. Until they could get a traditional television deal, the bi-weekly format would be the way to go. Then came the date of the tapings. Granger wanted them to happen before the end of January, while Evans wanted February. Richter sided with Evans, saying that they needed the time to get the logistics ready, the belts made and storylines planned out. Granger reluctantly gave in. Ticket prices was the next hurdle, and where Evans wanted cheap prices, Granger wanted more average prices. This time, Richter sided with Granger, which made Evans shake his head. He explained that what mattered more in the long-run was the appearance of a full show. The more people would mean more sponsors paying more money. Granger brushed that off, since he could gain sponsors from the local area. The date confirmed, tickets posted, venue booked and tv formats ironed out. Granger stood up from the table and took his leave so that Evans and Richter could begin booking their 4 tapings. And Richter knew just how to start it. The Wrestling Spectator January 3rd Edition Ricky Dale Johnson Comes out of Retirement, signs with SPW! Starting the year off with one of the biggest stories that we’ll probably see this year. Ricky Dale Johnson, formerly of Total Championship Wrestling, retired from the business in 2017, but has signed with the fledgling promotion, Sidewinder Professional Wrestling. The deal is official, but the amount of the deal is not. Regardless, this is a major coup for SPW as they now have their big name star. Along with that, their first show is confirmed to happen in the month of February. With the new signing, one simply has to wonder how their first show will go.

December 28th, 2019: Marketing Strategy Jackson Richter woke up and his body felt incredibly sore. He had spent the last few nights on Granger’s couch as they tried to figure out how to optimize their marketing. None of them knew how much money they’d start with, even though he knew Granger could provide a hefty sum and Evans had experience in getting merch made and how much it would cost. Granger was cheap, but it helped him become successful. The question was whether or not he’d give a lot to achieve his goals. Richter wanted to skimp on the merchandise. He’d offered to buy a press and have it installed in Richter’s house so they could make the shirts in his garage. Richter wasn’t happy about that development, but as things stood, paying a lot of money for a company to make the merchandise was not an avenue they could afford. Richter felt they could hardly afford the current route they planned, but he had to admit that having no merchandise was not an option. Shockingly, Granger wanted to go big, and he was willing to pay a lot. It made Richter more confident about the whole enterprise. If he was paying that much money to get their merchandise business off the ground, he wondered how much he would give the company. It was easy for Jack to relent. After all, why look a gift horse in the mouth. That being said, it did necessitate him going to everyone he’d contracted, and they negotiated their merchandise deals. Most of them were a standard 25%. Others less. Only one was above that standard, and that came with being the most popular guy on the roster. Jack told Granger about their big signing, and Granger was over the moon. Here we got one of the biggest names in American wrestling, albeit pushing 50, and we did so for just forty thousand dollars. That was still their most expensive contract, but now they had a marque name. One that would sell tickets and help get TV.

December 25th, 2019: Christmas with the Richters Jackson Richter opened the front door and leaned against the wall as he took his shoes off. For the first time in over a month, he was home. He could hear the commotion up stairs as the realization that he was back became clear, and he ascended the stairs. When he made it to the top, Alison came around the corner and gave him a hug and a kiss. “Merry Christmas,” she said. “How was Ricky’s place?”. “Good. He agreed to come on for the tapings,” he said. “That’s great!”, she said. “What’s he gonna do?”. “He’s gonna be doing guest commentary and we’re going to have him be the mentor to one of the guys.”, he said. “Do you know who”, she asked. “I’ve got an idea, but we’ll see.”, he said. “How was the homefront?”. “Oh, you know. Myles was at University, Lyla broke up with her boyfriend and Fred’s been a hassle, but that’s nothing you don’t already know.”, she said. “It’s good to have you back.”. “I am very happy to be back, you have no idea.”, he said. He looked around the corner and down the hallway towards the kitchen. He walked down and poked his head in the kitchen. Myles was leaning back in his chair, leg propped up on another. Lyla was getting things set up around the table, and Fred was eyeing up the presents under the tree. Lyla saw him first, and said, “Hey, Dad. How was Montana?”. “Cold.”, he said with a smile. He looked to Myles and asked, “How’d Finals week go?”. “Passed everything.” he said. “It was actually quite boring.” “You’re getting a degree in Math,” Lyla said. “Of course it’s going to be boring.”. “Economics. Not math.”, Myles said. “Same thing,” she said. “Well, how abou-”, Myles began to say before Fred interjected. “Dad, can you get them to shut up?” he asked. “They’ve been doing this since he got back.”. “Oh, I’m sure they’ve got to catch up on their sniping quota,” he said. “It’s good to see everyone again.”. “Didn’t like being on the road?” Myles asked. “Not necessarily, but I can say that it wasn’t something I missed.” he said as he sat down. “It’s good to see you all getting along.”. Myles and Lyla laughed. Fred pulled out his phone and acted like he was engrossed in it. “How’s training coming along?”, Jack asked to Myles. “Fine enough, I suppose. Can only do so much during the winter, and the field house isn’t the best place to practice digging out plays,” Myles said. “We’re pretty much just working on cardio and weight training through the winter.”. “That’ll be good. Maybe get some power behind your swing. Hit home runs instead of doubles,” Jack said. “If it were that easy, Dad,” Myles said. “You heard about the scholarship Lyla got?”. “I was gonna tell him that later,” she snapped at Myles. “You got a scholarship?” he asked. She sheepishly nodded and said, “UofM offered it. We were waiting for you to get back to tell you.”. “And we did,” Myles said. Lyla threw a kitchen mitt at him, which he caught, laughing all the while. “That’s great, honey,” he said. “You been looking up dorms or apartments?”. “Well, I’m not sure if I’m going to go.” she said. Alison walked into the room and said, “Still on the fence?”. When Lyla nodded, Jack asked, “Why?”. “I don’t know if I can take four more years of volleyball,” she said. “I thought you liked volleyball.” Jack said, “Oh, I like volleyball. Just nothing else around it. Practice is a bore half the time because we just keep doing the same routine over and over again.” she said. “Well, you guys did win the conference championship the last three years. I’d say it’s working,” Myles said. “It worked alright, but it became work. I wasn’t having fun with it anymore.” Lyla said. She looked to Jack and said, “And what did you always tell us. “If you get a job doing something you love, you’ll never work a day in your life,” he said. Lyla shrugged. “I just I don’t love it anymore.”. That statement created an awkward air around the table that, after a minute, Jack broke by saying, “If that’s what you want to do, then i support you in that. However, you need to start thinking of what you’re going to do. If you’re going to turn down a scholarship, you need to pay, and you’re going to have to get a job.”. “I’m not too worried about that,” she said. “You got something lined up already?” he asked. “Yeah. I can just go work for you?” she said like it was nothing at all. “Oh, you want to be a wrestler?” he asked. Lyla laughed. “Nothing like that. But you’ll need workers, right?”. “I will, yeah.”, he said. Lyla shrugged. “So I guess theres nothing to be worried about on that front. Hey, who knows? Maybe Myles here can help too.”. “Keep me out of your schemes,” Myles said. “Besides, baseball is gonna start here in a month. We’ll be down in warmer climates for a while. Season doesn’t end til Mid-May.”. “So we can count on your help for the summer!”, Lyla said, slugging Myles in the arm while he just seemed annoyed at the whole affair. Jack smiled. It was nice to be back home.

December 23rd, 2019: Meeting an Old Friend It had been some time since he had been at this ranch. Back when he was wrestling with the Texas Wrestling League in the early 90’s, this was like a second home. He couldn’t have thanked Ricky more for housing him while he was down here, and there were many fun times here. A few bad, but that wasn’t much to hamper his memories of the place. It surprised him that it was so renovated and clean looking. Although, he supposed that retirement afforded one the ability to do some home maintenance. The rental car he nabbed came to a stop just as a familiar face came outside the house.He put the car in park and hopped out. From the front porch, he heard his old friend shout, “Hey, Jack. Long time, no see!”. Richter smiled, walked up the steps and shook the hand of Ricky Dale Johnson. He had met him working the independents in 1990, and wrestled him a handful of time both in America and in Japan. When Ricky went to TWL and tagged with Skully, they gained so much heat that people were getting frustrated that they weren’t getting any comeuppance. So they got a manager, and Ricky got him a job there as their #3 guy. While those two went out and dominated the tag division, he would win meaningless matches and be the guy the babyfaces got their revenge on, along with the manager. It was one of the funnest years of his career. Of course, when his contract came up, he wasn’t brought back, and he went back home to Minnesota and ended up with NOTBPW. Skully went to SWF and Rick went to TCW, eventually putting the legendary Rip Chord into retirement at the beginning of 2005. He would wrestle for another decade before he retired. While he was out of the business for some time, Ricky just retired a few years prior, and as Jack could see on the way in, was using his retirement to spruce up his abode. “How’s retirement treating you?”. “I’m bored out of my mind,” Ricky said. “Finally had time to work on all those home improvement projects. You know, they always seemed like they’d take forever. Next thing I know, I’ve got all that done, and I’ve got nothing else to do except tend to the animals.”. “You got any ranch hands?” Jack asked. “I did, back when I was doing the home improvement stuff. Now? I’ve got all the time in the world and not a whole lot to do. I heard about the company up there.”, Ricky said. “Congrats.”. “Thanks.” Jack said. “It was a surprise.”. “But a welcome one, I imagine?” Ricky said. Jack nodded, and Ricky continued. “You know, I’m happy for you. To be gone for as long as you were, and get that chance? Treasure it. You might not get another one.”. “I’m aware,” Jack said. “What about you? If you got another chance, would you take it?”. “If TCW came around, I would. I never wanted to retire, you know. My contract was coming up and they felt that it was time for me to retire and move to being a color commentator or do something in the back. Maybe train some of the younger guys they had. I disagreed, and I started talking with SWF and USPW. That’s when I realized that I wasn’t going to get a better offer from them. They all thought I was too banged up. Didn’t want to pay someone big money to do nothing.”. “So you retired anyways?” Jack said. Ricky laughed. “I got the last word in that regard. I retired before they had me put someone else over on the way out. They didn’t get to take that from me, at least. Didn’t make them happy. Not one bit. That’s why they haven’t brought me back, you know.”. An uneasy silence came down as the two looked out over the landscape. A nice little breeze came through, carrying a warm wind that gently shook the trees. Ricky spoke up first. “You want me to come up there, right? It’s why you’re down here.”. Jack tentatively nodded. “Yeah. Having a big name would’ve helped get TV. Put us on the map. Ricky nodded. “Have you asked Sean?”. “Skully? God, I think he’d rip my head off for asking.”, Jack said. Ricky laughed. “Maybe, maybe. It’d sell a few tickets though.”. “I’d hope,” Jack said. “So, how much were you going to offer?”, Ricky asked. “I didn’t really have a number. I was just going to ask you what you wanted, and go from there.”, Jack said. “Bad idea. Never let the talent pick their pay,” Ricky said. “That being said, I do appreciate it. Forty.”. “Forty?”, Jack said. “That’s what TCW offered me at the end. It would’ve been a pay cut of about twenty thousand. They needed more money to keep Aaron Andrews, so they planned on taking it from me. I guess in the end, that’s just what they did, but I wasn’t there anymore.”. “And you’re fine with coming up north for that much?”. “Well, I did tell them that I’d rather go work for some Pittsburgh Steel Wrestling for that much than take a pay cut,” Ricky said. “Different company, but it works all the same. Does that sound fair to you?”. Jack laughed. “Yeah, that sounds fair.”.

December 21st, 2019: Established Names Jackson Richter walked through the pre-event fan experience and looked forward to this day to end. It was the last day he had to be on the road, and he longed to return home. He yawned when he saw all the fans meeting some of the more prominent regional names and the autograph signings. He was here for a purpose, but god was this exhausting. It didn’t help that his neck was aching something fierce, which probably came from how poorly he slept throughout his 6-week travel. Finally, he saw who he wanted to see. At an autograph table sat Grace Harper, formerly known as Helen Wheels. The two had met several times during her NOTBPW tenure, which only lasted five years. She was signing autographs and taking pictures, so Richter decided to wait until a moment of reprieve. When it showed up, he walked up to the table, and she looked up at him, probably expecting another fan. “Jack?” she asked. “I’m surprised you recognized me, considering how many faces you’ve seen in the last hour,” Richter said. “You have a distinct face.”. Richter tilted his head. “I don’t know if that’s a compliment.”. “Take it how you will. Regardless, it’s nice to see a familiar face. How’s the job going?”. “Well, today’s the last day of my scouting trip.”. “Ah. Congrats.”. “Thanks,” Richter said. He didn’t have a good way of segueing into the question, so he just came out and asked, “How would you like to be my color commentator?”. “You know, I was expecting that question to come up once I saw you, but I wasn’t expecting it to be that quick,” she said. “You have TV?”. “No,” Richter said. “A few broadcasters are interested, but they want to ensure that we don’t fold within a few months. Although, our deals with 5*SW and QAW are definitely helping our case. We also have to show that we’re professional and can deliver a good product. Good announcers and commentators help a good product become great, and we have tapings in mind. We do well, we can get on TV.”. Harper laughed. “Nice pitch.”. “Thank you. I practiced it on the way here.”. She smiled and paused for a little bit. At the same time, she thought about it. “How much?”. “That depends.”. “On what?”. “How much you want.”. Harper smirked and thought for a little bit more. “$400 a taping.”. Richter nodded. “It’s a deal.”. “Just like that?”. “Just like that,” Richter said. “I don’t have a contract on me. I’ll send one for you to sign.”. “Great,” she said. She looked behind him and sighed. “The line formed back up behind you.”. “Oh, well, I apologize.”. “It’s fine. You going to watch the show?”. “Yep.”. “Cool. Maybe I’ll see you out in the crowd.”. Richter laughed. “Where else would I be?” he said as he walked away. He sauntered through the fan experience for a bit longer before he felt someone tap on his shoulder. He turned to see someone he didn’t recognize, a young kid, maybe sixteen. The kid handed him a pen and paper, and Richter stared at him. “You’re the guy from Minnesota, right? You look like him.”, the kid said. “Look like who?” Richter said coyly. “SPW? I read that you were up in Seattle a little while ago. I was curious who you were, so I looked you up, and you look like him,” the kid said. Richter smiled. “Then i suppose that would be me, yes.”. “Can I get your signature?” the kid asked. Richter was surprised. He took the pen and signed the kid’s paper, which had many other signatures. “Thanks!” the kid said before he left Richter standing there. He thought back to the last time he had signed anything. Still, he was coming up with nothing. “Always feels good, doesn’t it?” he heard from behind him. He turned around to see an old friend. “Krissy!” he said, surprised. Kristabel Plum smiled. “Nice to see you too, Jack.” she said. The two had met each other back when Richter was an active competitor. He remembered first meeting her in Seattle for a NOTBPW event; she was one of the local talents. Considering she was a rookie, it amazed him how laid back she was. She had that reputation even now of being a very calm person. Not only that, she was one of the better female wrestlers in America. They had met multiple times since then, considering she had been with NOTBPW since 2008. Whenever they were in town for a live event, he and Krissy would go out for drinks after the show with a couple of the other NOTBPW talent, and on one occasion, he vaguely remembered Grace Harper had joined them too. “What brings you out here?”. “Same reason as Gracie over there.”. “You have a booth?”. “Had. Technically, I’m supposed to be there, but I felt like having a break for a little bit. Don’t like sitting down for too long.”. “Fair enough.”. “Heard you got the book over in Minnesota. Congrats.”. “Thanks.”. “I’ve also heard you’ve been making one helluva women’s division.”. “Wasn’t my original intention, but things have a way of working out.”. “Seems that way,” she said. “I take it you and Gracie were talking business?”. “We were.”. “Can’t say I’m surprised. She’s all business, all the time. You get her to come on board?”. “I did.”. “Huh.”, she said. A brief moment of silence passed. You got room for one more?”. Richter looked at her sideways. “You want to come work for me?”. “Work with you.”. Richter shrugged and nodded. “Same difference. I thought you retired.”. “I did. Granger wasn’t the only one who burnt some bridges when North and CGC combined. They didn’t see me as a contender, and I didn’t much see of a reason to stick around.”. “I remember reading about it, yeah.”. “So, do you see me as a contender?”. “I guess that depends. Do you think SPW can last?”. “I think it will.”. “Then I think I see a World Champion. How much do you want?”. “Eh. $300 sound good?”. Richter extended his hand, and Plum shook it. *** The show began, and it was another electric crowd. The matches were pretty good, but only one wrestler caught his eye: Onslaught. He was a high flyer and watching him wrestle reminded him that he did not sign many of them. He noted that in the back of his mind, he made his way to the back once the show was over, only after convincing the guards. He waited for Onslaught to leave the room, and that’s when he pitched the idea. The guy clarified that his loyalty was with CZCW, but Richter explained that he understood that his first commitment was with CZCW and that working with SPW would be an opportunity to gain exposure to a new audience. When that didn’t appear as though it would be enough, he asked if he was worried about travel expenses, which Onslaught confirmed. Richter then explained that hotels were covered and that SPW would be for the plane ride to Minnesota and back. That was enough to get Onslaught to agree to terms. Once that was over, he returned to his hotel room and fell asleep. When he’d wake up, it’d be back on a plane, but not back home. He had one last stop to make. The Wrestling Spectator December 27th Edition A Couple of Christmas Presents for SPW! According to our sources who were at CZCW’s Christmas Cage Chaos, Jackson Richter was present at the fan experience before the show and was in attendance. Before the show, he met with Grace Harper and Kristable Plum. It has been confirmed that Grace Harper has signed with SPW as a Color Commentator, to be paired with Dane O’Hara. Kristabel Plum has also been signed. Many here at the Wrestling Spectator believed she would be hired in a Color Commentator role due to her recent retirement from in-ring competition. However, we can now confirm that this is not the case and that she has been signed as a full-time wrestler. This is a surprise, as she only retired six months ago. Plum, a former 3x NOTBPW Women’s Champion, joins a strong women’s roster in SPW. Along with these reports, we have also learned that Wilson Granger, Owner of SPW, has been in talks with broadcasting companies to get a TV deal. Nobody knows how those efforts have gone, as they have been very close to the chest on that subject.With WrestleWorld set to launch at the beginning of March, one has to wonder whether that will be the future home of Sidewinder Pro Wrestling, or if they will sign a traditional television deal.

December 14th, 2019: Talent Scouting Pt. 4 Jackson Richter leaned back in the metal folding chair and massaged his neck. This was the last region he would scout, mainly because he didn’t want to get too close to the big companies in America. His little trip through Mid-South made a lot of noise, based on what he was reading, and that was as close to TCW as he wanted to get. Luckily, the other two big companies in America were east of the Appalachians, so that helped. TCW had been in California but moved to San Antonio a few years back, which made him more comfortable coming out to the West Coast, and why he went to QAW. He wanted to see how a company close to one of the big 3 in America could survive and thrive. Now that he had seen it, he was ready to continue his trip. Which brought him to Seattle. Combat Zone was running a show before their big event back in California: Christmas Cage Chaos. Based on what he saw, they would use some independent wrestlers in matches against their guys. The one thing he was happy about was that this was a company-promoted show. He had been to enough high school gymnasiums for the time being. The show started with Hugh de Aske, a CZCW wrestler, face against a local wrestler, Dop Kix. If the ring announcer hadn’t said that, you wouldn’t have known that Kix looked far better than Aske. That worked out for Richter, as he felt it would be easier for the local guy instead of one with a contract with an established regional company. Then the next few matches went through, and nobody caught his eye, CZCW or Indie alike. Then he saw Wolfie Tagg, perhaps the biggest guy he’d seen compete so far. The guy had a phenomenal look. While Wolfie was the biggest, his brother Kalder was the tallest, and the two just exuded a menacing tag team aura. When the ring announcer stated they were local guys from Montana, Richter could have jumped for joy. He didn’t even wait for the show to end before going to the back. It took some convincing, but he could make it to the Independent Locker Room, where Kix was just walking out. He pulled him aside and offered him a contract, and the 25-year-old kid said ‘yes.’ The Taggs were waiting outside the locker room when they saw them walking toward him. “Get out of here,” was all Wolfie said. Richter handed him a business card as he got closer, and the look on Wolfie’s face softened “Ah. I thought you were a fan.”. “You aren’t the first one to think so.”. “Hmph,” Wolfie said, handing it back to him. “I take it you want to talk about a contract, yes?”. “ I do.”. “We’re a package deal.”. “Good. I planned on hiring you both.”. Wolfie chuckled, and Kalder smirked. “That makes you smarter than any of the clowns here,” Kalder said. “They wanted just Wolfie. We made it clear to them, we go together or not at all.”. “And they chose not at all?”. Wolfie nodded. “And that makes it your lucky day.”. “I suppose it does.”. The Wrestling Spectator December 20th Edition Tag Team Addition to SPW! In other news, SPW continues to add wrestlers to their roster, this time adding in the Hot Taggs, a tag team from the North West region. Wolfie Tagg had recently turned down a contract with CZCW, which must be a coup for the fledgling promotion. The Taggs are rumored to be one of the teams to watch over the next few years, and now they will make SPW their home for the foreseeable future. In addition to them, Drop Kix was also announced as a new signing for the company, bringing the total of workers for the fledgling company up to thirty-one.

December 12th, 2019: An Bit of QAW Flair He stood in the small arena and watched the ring crew do their work. Unlike the other event he’d been to or at least ones where they let him in early enough to watch the ring be put up, this was a professional crew in an actual arena. He had looked into how much it would cost to hire one of his own but realized it was insanely expensive it was going to be. Although, for a bigger company, it would be pocket change. It was an expense that he didn’t think he’d be able to afford very much. The thought irked him as it reminded him how far down the totem pole he was. “I figured I’d see you here.” he heard a woman say behind him. He turned and saw Farrah Hesketh, the owner of Queens of American Wrestling. “Farrah! It’s been a while.”. “That’s an understatement. When was it? 2007?”. “CGC’s one and only event in the Twin Cities.” Richter said with a smile. Then it left his face. “You were expecting me.”. “I was. I heard you were scouting in the region, and figured you’d want to come look at the talent we have here,” she said sourly. “You don’t sound happy about it.”. “Of course I’m not. This,” she said, gesturing to the arena around them, “is my baby. Everything I’ve worked for is right here. I did my scouting, and we’ve been successful for about decade. It feels cheap to have others scoop up the people you found and helped.”. “I imagine I’ll get acquainted with that feeling before too long.”. She laughed. “It comes with the territory of being a small fish in a very big pond.”, she said. She leaned on a guard rail and continued, “Congrats on the job, by the way.”. “Thanks.”, Richter said. “Neck still gives you problems?”. “Occasionally it’ll get pretty stiff, but that could also just be because I’m getting old. How about your knee?”. “Could be better. But with how everything turned out, I can’t really complain. Who knows? Maybe if you stuck around NOTBPW, you’d have done the same thing up north.”. “Maybe. But, there’s no pay in wondering on what could’ve happened.”. “Amen to that.”, she said. She pushed herself off the guard rail and continued, “I take it you want to watch the show first?”. Richter nodded, and Farrah stated, “Then I suppose I’ll see you after the show.”. “You’re fine with it?”. “Of course I am. Any company that’s looking to expand on women’s wrestling is a company I don’t mind helping. Besides, too much time in front of the same crowd can make anyone complacent. If they can show their talents to a new audience, then that’s good for them, and it’s good for QAW. Just make sure that none of them get hurt while they’re up there with you.”. “You have my word.” Richter said, and with that, Farrah left him be. Fans started to come in soon after, and he was surprised at how electric the small crowd was for the show. And the show itself was pretty good. He already had two talents in mind when the main event came around. The main event was Juana Hurrican and Honey Badger, who had a pretty good match, and he made a mental note of the two of them as well. When the show was over, and the fans were gone, he went to the back and found Farrah. He gave her the names of the talent he was interested in and pulled them away from the rest of the roster. Juana Hurricane, Honey Badger, Teresa Perez, and Modesty Pador were the wrestlers he was intrigued by. He made his pitch, and in a surprising twist, Farrah encouraged them to do it, stating it would give them more exposure and a new crowd to hone their craft. The topic of travel came up, and Richter explained that they had houses for the traveling talent to stay in while they were there, which would save them money on hotel costs. Negotiations lasted longer than he would’ve liked, but he couldn't be too surprised with two long-time vets leading the charge. Fortunately for him, they agreed with the pitch, and when he left the venue, he did so with their signatures. Farrah had also agreed to a friendly relationship between their two companies. It was a paper agreement, not doing anything, but it would increase the legitimacy of SPW. Whether it would matter in Minnesota, however, he did not know. The Wrestling Spectator December 13th Edition And The Hits Keep Coming! Another surprising development in our ongoing ‘SPW-watch’ comes from Houston, Texas. It was known that Jackson Richter was scouting talent in the Mid-South region, but the news that broke this morning surprises all of us here at the Spectator. Queens of American Wrestling owner Farrah Hesketh and Sidewinder Pro Wrestling Head Booker Jackson Richter have announced a ‘working relationship’ between the two companies, as well as a list of QAW wrestlers signing with SPW, which include 2-time QAW World Tag Team Champion Teresa Perez, young up-and-comer Modesty Pador, ½ of the current QAW World Tag Team Champion in Honey Badger and former QAW World Women’s Champion Juana Hurricane. It appears that SPW is fully embracing women’s wrestling while operating a smaller men’s division, a reversal of normal trends in American wrestling. And with these signings brings the known roster of workers up to twenty-eight. For a small company to have gotten such a slate of wrestlers and already have working agreements with other, more established companies, and in only one month of operation, is something to keep an eye on.

December 4th, 2019: Talent Scouting Pt.3 (Mid-South) St. Louis was a town he had only been to once in 1991, and swore he’d never work here again. He took a gig in the town for an indie show that promised to pay pretty well. He did the job he was brought in for but got stiffed on his pay, which did not endear him to the area. Today, however, he was there for a different purpose, but one he had been doing almost non-stop since he accepted the job: scouting talent. He had a couple of events planned out on this trip, ending with a Queens of American Wrestling show on the 12th. Then, it was off to Seattle. But he was getting ahead of himself. When he made it to the event, he was surprised to see that there was an announcer. He noted that throughout the event and, by its conclusion, he knew he was good. Along with the announcer, he noted one kid. As he had done thrice before, he went to the back and spoke to those he was interested in: Dane O’Hara and Jerry Pepper. Luckily for him, they didn’t ask too much when negotiating. They were thrilled about working for an actual company and not doing these one-off indie shows. That said, he was more careful about how he went about it, waiting for those he wasn’t interested in leaving. The next few days all followed the same trend. He went out to Oklahoma City, Little Rock, and New Orleans. Unlike his stop in St. Louis, he only had three workers across those three stops, but they were exciting prospects. DeAnna Desire was working as a valet in Oklahoma City, and she cut one hell of a promo, and he signed her because she had excellent promo skills and could be a good manager. He found Jason Petterson in Little Rock and came across as a throwback to the old-school tough guys that you would find in the area in the 70s and 80s. He was also a stiff brawler, and his stuff looked legit. New Orleans looked like it would be a bust-up until Richter saw Jay Silver. Here was a guy who exuded charisma and had a great look, but god was he green in the ring. He spoke to him after the show and was very surprised to hear that the kid was only nineteen and that he’d only been wrestling since April, which stunned Richter. He looked pretty good for being a rookie, and that enticed Richter enough that he offered a contract, which he agreed to. Now, he was on his way to Houston. The Wrestling Spectator December 6th Edition Jackson Richter At Multiple Independent Shows in the Mid-South It appears that Sidewinder Pro Wrestling is not yet done looking for talent, as he has been seen scouting talent at Independent events across the Mid-South Region, but specifically in St. Louis and Oklahoma City. We also have information that he was seen in Little Rock, where another independent event is scheduled for tonight. Based on what we know, SPW has signed Dane O’Hara, Jerry Pepper, and DeAnna Desire to their active roster. O’Hara’s role is presumed to be that of an announcer, and Jerry Pepper that of a wrestler, but it’s unclear what DeAnna’s role in the company will be since she is not an active wrestler. How much more talent SPW expects to bring in is unknown, but they already have a roster of 20 workers. How much more they can bring in when they haven’t run a show is unknown, as is the company's creative direction.