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_____________________________________ ~ Bruce the Giant ~ Adgee Cross Bruce the Giant was out in the ring tonight and he bought out the Australian Champion Adgee Cross. Bruce wanted to talk about how this was planned to be the final event shown on WrestleWorld for SZW. The crowd boo the idea of it not continuing to be broadcasted before Bruce the Giant announces it is the final event this year! We announce we have officially signed a deal to continue to air SZW Events, and on top of that SZW would be announcing they will have a weekly show. SZW Eclipse! Getting a lot more cheers from the crowd, the first show will be next month, on the 1st Wednesday of January. Bruce now addresses why the champion is out here tonight. Adgee Cross will be in the first Main Event of SZW Eclipse defending his title. There are a few fans who yell out for Warmonger before Bruce dismisses that. Warmonger must have a title match in the first six months of his contract. That will not be at Eclipse. Instead Warmonger will face the winner of that title match two weeks later at SZW New Year Riot. Adgee grabs up the microphone and says that fans waiting two weeks to see him in action, is two weeks, too long. Instead asking for an opponent to come out and face him. _____________________________________ vs Adgee Cross vs Austin Tahere The protégé of New Zealand Pit Bull would get a chance to show how good he is, up against the Australian Champion no less. Adgee Cross had a lot to prove here after the beat down he suffered at Final Chapter he put on a display tonight. Adgee Cross put on a good display, but still showed Austin Tahere had a lot of development to complete. Winner: Adgee Cross Rating: 42 _____________________________________ Golden Grapplers The award-winning music played as Lee Bawes and Christian Blithe came out to the ring. An elaborate entrance from the two men before Lee Bawes got on the microphone. “At Final Chapter I had tunnel vision and cost us the match. I saw someone perform a suplex, and it was a great suplex. It was a finishing suplex. BUT IT WAS NOT BETTER THAN MINE! I had to beat that man to show him how good a suplex can be. I will show him. Brown Snake, I hope you are watching tonight. Because I will show you a great suplex.” Christian Blithe didn’t perform a thank you speech tonight it seemed. He took the microphone, yelled at the crowd calling them “PEASANTS!” before throwing it down on the ground. _____________________________________ vs Golden Grapplers vs Groovy Tokers Golden Grapplers were aggressive, they had lost their chance to challenge the tag-team champions and according to them, it was their own bravado that cost them the match. They weren’t going to let that happen again and looked like a well oiled machine tonight. Everyone in this match did great, particularly Christian Blithe. Golden Grapplers win with their Oscarplex. Winners: Golden Grapplers Rating: 55 _____________________________________ Diesel Dan The Bad Trucker came out solo tonight with a microphone in his hand. “I just wanted to come out before my next match and let you all know. Unlike last time I was here with my tag-team partner I have signed an ongoing contract with SZW.” “Everyone must be wondering why I did it, and the answer is simple. I love being out here in front of this crowd. The three matches I had last time in this company were great. All of you, even if you weren’t cheering on The Bad Truckers. Made the crowd electric, made it an enjoyable even if I was on the losing side of things. When I competed on my own, I got to experience that. I got to know how it felt winning and hearing you fans cheer. I want to do that again.” “Don’t get it wrong, I am the BAD ASS TRUCKER. I have travelled across this great country, in my Big Rig. I have seen how hard working this country is, how great this place is. You all reminded me of that. I want to give back to you all, I want to show you hard working folks. I am here to fight for you.” _____________________________________ vs Diesel Dan vs Johnathan Wesker Diesel Dan is out in this match against Johnathan Wesker. It was clear Diesel Dan wasn’t going to wait long to experience being on the winning side of SZW again. Johnathan Wesker was the person he beat in his final match for SZW back in July. The match result was still the same. The duo had pretty good chemistry and Diesel Dan made Wesker look decent, not as decent as Adgee Cross had made Austin Tahere, which could be seen as a direct comparison. Winner: Diesel Dan Rating: 40 _____________________________________ ~ Rusty Mills & Stephanie Drucker ~ Delbert DeGeorge We get a backstage interview of Rusty and Stephanie with Delbert providing the story prompts for the husband-and-wife duo. Initially starting with congratulations for the success of the big win at Final Chapter. Rusty tried to play it off as Stephanie tried to hype her husband up. The interview turned to the fact tonight would be a last man standing match between Rusty Mill and Lone Rider. Rusty took the moment to say he thought “Final Chapter” would be exactly that, but they both have a win over each other. They would finally put an end to this rivalry when Rusty wins his match tonight. Delbert then bought up the fact Stephanie wouldn’t be at ringside. She reminded Delbert at Final Chapter she wasn’t at ringside until the very end because Rusty has the support of his fans. Rusty can do this; he can win this match. Stephanie would agree to the rule that she can’t attend the ringside area. The segment closed with the couple sharing a small kiss in a show of support for each other. _____________________________________ vs Armando Guerrero vs Saul Rubennick A bit of a throw away match allowed me to really assess the potential opponents that Armando could have faced. It was clear Two-Face Tucker, Michael Rheur and Warlock were all quite past it at this stage of their careers. Saul ended up being the best option at 47 years old to put in the match. Armando put on a good display himself in this match. Winner: Armando Guerrero Rating: 44 _____________________________________ Warmonger The imposing man made his way out to the ring. He was massive and intimidating, he finally had a chance to talk about why he attacked Adgee Cross. “Adgee, you will be putting your title on the line at SZW Eclipse. I hope you’re the one to win that match. I marked you at Final Chapter. I have chosen you as my next opponent. Painted across your chest was the symbol of my war paint.” “I want to make it clear, I did not attack you out of malice. Earlier that night you told The Kipper “If you don’t give me your all tonight, you have no hope in beating me.” Well Adgee, I wanted to show you it doesn’t matter how beaten up or tired you are. When you face me! When you face WARMONGER!” “You will always get the most dominant, brutal, aggressive display every single night.” _____________________________________ Last Man Standing Match vs Rusty Mills vs Lone Rider This match had a lot less build up than their previous match at Final Chapter, but not being in the Steel Cage seemed to suit both men. Even though Lone Rider was off his game he and Mills put on a great match as both men battered each other. Lone Rider had a good spot using his branding iron to beat down Rusty on several occasions. Rusty was always able to rally back after several attempts at counts. Rusty getting to his feet each time left a frustrated Lone Rider. Both men trying and failing to put their opponent down for a ten count. Rusty attempted and hit a Northern Lights Suplex, while Lone Rider hit Dusty Trail Takedown. Neither putting an end to the match. A large monster of a man slid into the ring helping Rusty Mills to his feet. Rusty looked confused by his arrival, as did Lone Rider. The man then approached Lone Rider yelling at him “GET THE JOB DONE!” before suddenly spinning around delivering a monster of a right elbow into the head of Rusty Mills collapsing the Hometown Hero to the mat. Lone Rider looked confused as the large man left the ring. Seeing his opponent out cold on the mat, Lone Rider pulled him up and hit another Dusty Trail Takedown once more. This time Rusty Mills wasn’t getting up, the finisher from Lone Rider was probably unnecessary at that point and Keith Goggins counted the ten count and called the match. Keith checked on Rusty Mills as a confused Lone Rider looked down the ramp at the big man who stayed to make sure the match was over. Winner: Lone Rider Rating: 61 _____________________________________

Backstage _____________________________________ YEPW The formation of YEPW has occurred with London Platten being the one to open the company. They have a small budget but are located in our backyard of New South Wales. Some of their biggest signings are Damian Dastardly & Trevor Feather from ZEN, Dexter Mattell from APW, and finally Matt Stoppard & Tye The Innovator from RAW. All still working with their previous companies. _____________________________________ & Michel Bernard & Austin Tahere Two of our younger guys have gotten signed by YEPW. Michel will be an instant asset to the company as he is easily in their Top 5 over guys. While Austin Tahere hopefully can make an impact and continue to grow. Speaking of growing Austin was backstage again working with New Zealand Pit Bull, working on his psychology. _____________________________________ @Aura I can definitely see the look and why you would say that. Vincent Victory may be the new champion, but he also got the boot right away. I may try and sign him and bury him but I don't know if he will want to work for me in the future. He certainly is my most disliked character from this diary. I hope you found that cuisine and it was good. @newbiezness They are certainly still around and will be. They are fun segments and nice to roll with. I like the little backstory for him. He has one of the more over the top characters so I love using him. All the graphics from @John Lions have been so amazing. @619 He was going to be my guy, his story was one of the only I had outlined for a long while and putting it on ice for a year. I have no idea where he will come back or if he will be as heavily featured. I love Buckminster after my short lived ZEN diary. @John Lions I agree, a part of me wishes I went with someone a bit more solid in the ring than Peril (Not like A-Star talent, but someone who can stay in the company long term and compete well enough against the majority of the roster) Still I am glad I didn't as I have enjoyed having to make Peril a focal point. I agree, going to a TV show format will mean the event wont feel like a "reset" button following Final Chapter. It is crazy how guys can be drastically different across diaries and that is something I love. Unlike Vince, who I don't love. I can see me bringing him back to bury him. but he wont ever be the guy. Speaking of Greg he becomes the Australian Champion over in APW recently which is good for him.

1) Who do you want to win Supercopa De La Lucha II? I want Hijo Del Rempago to win it. 2) Who will reach the Final? (2 wrestlers) Hijo vs Axxis Jr. 3) Who will win Supercopa De La Lucha II? Axxis. Although I could see a swerve and him putting over Hijo or Pantera after shenanigans perhaps.

BOW Night Of Wrestling #3: BOW World Championship: BOW World Champion Stevie Stoat vs Hugh de Aske Comments: Stevie Stout.. reluctantly. BOW Tag Team Championship Tournament Quarter Finals: The Foreign Legion vs Future X Comments: Nate Manchester vs Stefan Raynor Comments: Merle O'Curle vs Konrad Makinen Comments: Dangermouth vs Gram Gorman Comments: Aud Valkyrie, Jeri Behr, Steffi Chee and Thea Davis vs K.T. Devonshire, Karen Bilous, Viper McKenna and Zofia Jankovic Comments: Clubber Kohl vs Eugen Semper Comments: Matthew Macks vs Magnus Cage Comments:

Looking at that list there are three potential candidates to win the title. Axxis Jr, Hijo Del Relampago, and Electrico. Axxis Jr. Has been going huge so it is hard to see him actually losing against anyone, but my money is on Hijo Del Relampago. Axxis doesn't need the win.

YEPW Fully Charged XIIII Lance Maddigan v Lone Rider I like Lance, I really do but he isn't beating Lone Rider. Vance Sturt's Test - Round 1 Fuzzy Freeman is banned from ringside and if he comes to ringside, The Party People forfeit the match The Australian Party People (Marcus Kerr & Matt Stoppard) v Vance Sturt Industries (D.O.A, Henderson, HoBoo & Switchblade) 4 v 2. If they overcome the odds Vance looks weak. Felix may come out to help even the odds but ultimately lose. Vance Sturt's Test - Round 1 Felix Harding is banned from ringside and if he comes to ringside, Mortimer Pyle forfeits the match Mortimer Pyle v Vance Sturt I can see Fuzzy and Party People showing up instead of Felix. But I think this being Round 1 Vance looks strong for the future. Australian Devil v Vortex Lothario v Quick Silver A solid win for the hero of YEPW.

Lori is right, how dare you besmirch her booking. If anything it's perfect timing. Wish doesn't look safe against Hall but is Wish just a transitional champion? If Wish wins, he needs some outside help and a surprise from Bonnie and Rigsby could be just the thing. This could be the feud that makes Wish as a guy. Sure Hittlespitz, Kobra, and Dexter are good to hang his rep on but he hasn't had "the" match. With Hittlespitz as Tag Champ, and Kobra as Australian Champ there needs to be a "real" threat, a "real" challenge someone you can see winning and Hall is that for Wish.

I want to see the locker room empty next time

Okay, second try at this. I am so hyped and ready to see you take on FCW. Strapped in for the ride.

VENGANZA II CARD Axxis Jr vs Pantera Roja Axxis has looked great since signing with LAP, but he should start putting guys over. I can see this going the other way a real coin flip of a match between the two men. The Hammers (Joffy Laine & Ox Mastadon) vs Los Rubios Canadienses (Flash Savage & Ozzie Goldstein) Give me the Canadienses over a Jiffy and Ox pairing. Though I'm excited to see if The Hammers become something meaningful. LAP Women's Electric Dreamer ©️ vs Hellcat Hernandez Kip Keenan vs Samael The Executioner Samael has to be up there in the pecking order of heels. Probably behind Chess, Frankie, and Jagged but you rate him highly LAP Women's Parejas Perez & Torres (Pinky Perez & Mariana Torres) ©️ vs Lilly & Rose (Kate Lilly & Debbie Rose) Main Event: LAP Lucha Remmy Skye ©️ vs Jagged This is one that could easily go the other way. It will be Jaggeds second attempt at getting the title? Jagged has been a thorn in Remmys side for so long and this is Remmy's most significant and long term rivalry I am pretty sure. This is Remmy's defining feud, and he could definitely lose the title to set up a rematch and continue it. I think however Remmy wins, coming out on top of the feud furthering his legacy and priming him for his biggest adversary in Chess Maniac. (TIE-BREAKER) Which 3 matches will have the highest rating? (in order) 1. Remmy vs Jagged 2. Axxis Jr vs Pantera Roja 3. Kip Keenan vs Samael

Cain Carlile vs Stuart Wilson w/ Chuck Frisby Bali Daljit vs JK Lee Non-Title Contest: Welsh Dragon vs Rhys Vali Landon Mallory vs ??? Future X & Nate Manchester vs The Northern Lights & Edison Silva w/ Mo Adebola

God I love these. I really like East Coast Panther, Reggie Hammer, Rekha

Lone Rider v Lucas Pobb Lone Rider is the guy, while Pobb is.. a warm body being fed to the slaughter Francis Burke v Trey Tallman Tall man unleashes his power!! Felix Harding v Henderson It would be cool to see Henderson dominate.. but that time isn't now. YEPW Australian Title Jester (c) v Quick Silver While you said you want to explore "The Hero of YEPW" storyline it's a little too soon for Quicksilver to be that hero.

_____________________________________ ~ Blackwell Bush ~ Vortex The first person out tonight on our second ever broadcasted event was Blackwell Bush. He was on the mic and ready to cut a promo until it became clear that his microphone wasn’t working. He went to retrieve another microphone before the arena plunged into darkness. “Burning bush, the sign of a higher power, a greater power, a guiding power.” The voice was clearly that of Vortex who spoke as the lights slowly began to turn back on. Vortex was nowhere to be seen, only heard. “In two months at a riot the cosmic arena will have us both. A spectacle for you and I. A journey that has not had its finish written. Instead, there shall be a turn, a twist, an addition.” The voice cuts out leaving a confused Blackwell Bush before his upcoming opponent comes down to the ring. _____________________________________ vs Blackwell Bush vs Jesse Tasman This was going to be a decent match considering that Blackwell Bush was in it. The two men performed well in the time they were given. A really good start to the show, and an impressive performance from Blackwell Bush tonight. He has looked great in all his matches. Winner: Blackwell Bush Rating: 55 _____________________________________ Armando Guerrero Armando is back this time with another Armando’s Aussie Adventures. The Mexican man finds himself roaming the streets when a curious smell picks up and the Mexican looks excited. “Hola amigos! I have found something, something every Australian knows, and loves. A bar-be-que! A good ole’ fashion, shrimp of the barbie. Now why would they serve shrimp on a children’s toy? I have no idea, but we will find out.” Armando eventually tracks down the source of the delectable smell, coming to the outside of a large home improvement store. Off to one side was a small group set up selling sausages on bread, with onion and a range of sauces. Armando approached the group asking why they were here. After a brief conversation Armando discovers they don’t even work for the store they are just raising funds for a local sports team. Something anyone can do outside of the store. This seemingly gives Armando a great idea and he heads off down the street. The scene cuts to Armando now with a comedy apron that displays a man in boardshorts with a sixpack. He is setting up a small barbeque on the other side of the building. He has a hastily painted together sign “Support Armando Amigos!” as people walk past Armando is calling out to people passing by to try his genuine Australia-Mexican barbeque. “That is right guys, we have all of your favourite meals kangaroo tacos, crocodile chimichangas, and emu quesadillas!” The crowd around him look utterly confused at the idea of Mexican Australian Fusion and a lot of people initially ignore the man until one Aussie gives it a crack. Opting to try the kangaroo taco. After eating it and giving Armando an enthusiastic thumbs up a few more people jump into the queue. The energetic Mexican quickly goes into a flurry serving the costumers as more come to line up wanting to try the unique dishes. _____________________________________ vs Peril vs Jake D’Angelo A battle between someone who had just been contending for the Sydney Championship and against myself. I wasn’t expecting fireworks of a performance from us, but it was clear I was expecting Jake D’Angelo to try and cheat as I used by brute power to dominate. As expected the match definitely isn’t up to par with where I would want it from guys I see as mid-card level. Even if one of them is myself. Winner: Peril Rating: 39 _____________________________________ ~ Paul ~ Lone Rider Backstage Paul was in an office and slinking into the room came Lone Rider. He didn’t speak as before he could say anything Paul cut off his son. “Shut up, you disgraced this family. You want to show how “hardcore” you are now. How much of a “brawler” you are. I gave you SZW’s first ever broadcast match, and how do you repay the family? You lose, you lose to someone you had beaten before.” Lone Rider looks more angry than upset now and almost looks to be standing up to his father for a moment. “Christmas Clash will be on WrestleWorld Australia. You will not disappoint your family again. You will not disappoint me again. Next month, you will face Rusty Mills in the Main Event. You want to get hardcore, it is a hardcore match! Oh, and those little things you both have following you to the ring are banned from ringside.” “Get the job done!” Paul was stern and direct at his son, the first time we had seen him interact this way. _____________________________________ vs The Runway vs Two-Face Bombers The Runway were coming off one of their biggest wins in their career within SZW. Both men came out tonight wanting to put on an impressive display as they faced down a team that was definitely down on their luck. Michel Bernard like always carried the match. Winners: The Runway Rating: 43 _____________________________________ ~ The Runway ~ The Devoted Souls The Devoted Souls who had recently been destroying teams after their matches. Particularly the Lifeline lately made their way out. Their future opponents knew what was coming and didn’t waste time beckoning The Devoted Souls into the ring. The two larger men came in swinging and started to beat down the new number one contenders until… Lifeline Lifeline ran out from the backstage area, Lance and Banky looked just as battered as they did at Final Chapter. Ribs were still wrapped up, and Banky still had his shoulder taped up. Both men holding chairs and swinging for the fences. Neither man connected, but they forced The Devoted Souls into a retreat. Lifeline helped both members of The Runway to their feet. The four men looked ready for a fight, but weren’t going to get it as The Devoted Souls went to the back. _____________________________________ vs The Kipper vs Trehawke Phillips The two old dogs got a match together tonight. Both men were definitely getting past their prime, particularly the almost 50 year old Trehawke. Still a short match with a purpose for The Kipper to get some momentum back following his defeat. Another weaker match, but to be honest it was expected with Trehawke looking like a shell of himself lately. Winner: The Kipper Rating: 38 _____________________________________ ~ Adgee Cross ~ Bruce the Giant Adgee Cross was backstage and tracked down Bruce the Giant. Adgee wanted to fight Warmonger, asking why he didn’t get a match with him tonight. Bruce the Giant commented that even though he was the manager, some things were out of his hands. Some decisions he didn’t get to make, referencing earlier in the night. Warmonger being signed was something he didn’t have a say about. He did let Adgee know he would be getting a match against Warmonger. Warmonger had it written into his contract that his first match would be for the Australian Championship. Bruce reiterated he didn’t like giving people shots at the championship if they force themselves into the picture, but his hands were tied. At New Year Riot Adgee would be defending the Australian Championship against Warmonger. _____________________________________ vs Fuzzy Freeman vs Lone Rider Lone Rider came out flanked by Ceri, she wasn’t banned from attending tonight and he came out with a point to prove. This was a slugging affair from Lone Rider who displayed that aggressive in ring style and amped it up even more after his loss, and talking to by his father. The last match of the night certainly wasn’t the most impressive but both Taniko Jo and Ceri did well interacting with one another at ringside. Winner: Lone Rider Rating: 46 _____________________________________

Backstage _____________________________________ Vincent Victory Can I just say Vincent Victory was awful to work with. The guy moaned about his entire match. He was bought in on a one match contract. He is pushing 45 years old, and can go for all of 5 minutes. Yet he doesn’t want to put over a younger guy cause it might hurt his rep? What is hurting his rep is trotting out there expecting to be a world beater. Then I try and protect him and he still wants to complain about it. I almost pulled his match of the card entirely, but we had advertised it on Wrestleworld Australia so that wasn’t an option. Either way I see why RAW cut ties with him. _____________________________________ Buckminster Snark Snark suffered a herniated disc coming out of his match with Vincent Victory. Not from a botch but an unfortunate accident. He opted to have surgery on it hoping to get back sooner, but it wasn’t successful. It only increased Snark’s absence by a an extra month, but medical staff said it could create long-term issues later down the line. @newbiezness I agree I am a fan of a lot of them, but in Australia there is just too big of a variation and I wanted some consistency. Even if the art style I go for changes sometimes. I do love the hype for a team not in the chase at the moment. Although the hype is definitely warranted with those two. I kind of wish a part of me pulled Bawes getting the Australian title and Adgee winning it back again at Final Chapter. @John Lions I was worried it would be overdone as Devoted Souls keep performing post match beat downs and Lone Rider himself has been fighting people backstage. Again, I know it is easy heat and common but is something I like to shy away from. My plan is for Warmonger to end up playing a more Tweener role. Don't worry Lone Rider is still a firm part of the company. Especially considering the last six months in DIW he has won every match except his challenge for the DIW Australian Title. I definitely agree The Kipper feels like "That legend" even if he doesn't win a match, he still has enough good will that his next opponent gets over by beating him still. Jake has earned a lot of respect for me, as I think it may have been you. He is a great "dance" partner to have, not to lead but he wont let down someone who can. @619 Yeah, the main contrast being that Warmonger signed with us long term after leaving APW. I don't really want to sign guys who are under another company unless it is for a few shows. Though I do make an exception to this rule later on. Honestly the tag division was still undecided. I knew I wanted The Runway winning to give whoever is the champion after Final Chapter someone they can "expect" to win, but I changed my mind multiple times about who would win. Both with different write ups, at the end of the day though The Devoted Souls have now held the titles for 3 years straight. Which is just huge, and that was the deciding factor. General musings - From the Ashes is normally what I would say my weakest of the year. Obviously year one it benefited with guys being a lot over so it did rank higher than last, but From the Ashes (2021) was the worst show that year, and worse than the previous years show. So this year I wasn't expecting great things, as it is sort of a reset. Catch your breath type of deal. This year it did good, despite what I would consider alright match results with it coming in tied for 5th with Fully Loaded from this year.

Leighton Buzzard vs Rhys Vali #1 Contenders Match For Cruiserweight Championship: Cain Carlile vs JK Lee Bali Daljit vs Stuart Wilson w/ Chuck Frisby Landon Mallory vs BretHeartbreak w/ Byron This hurts as aside from Chuck these guys are my favourite three. Sharp & Heath (Jon Michael Sharp & Martin Heath) vs The Northern Lights (Alton Vicious & Riddick Jordan)

The opening segment did wonderful work showing that Milton is a hill that Wish hasn't truly conquered and by putting the title on the line, it would actually solidify the fact Wish is a champion. I love the continued hinting at dissention between Edwards and Milton from everyone else even though they both look happy at the moment just winning the titles. I popped hard for the Banky match and Lifeline mention. RIGSBY & BONNIE. Not exactly a Bonnie and Clyde ring to it, but still. Let's go Rigsby! I also see how Bonnie could be seen as Chopper Rourke's sister. This final segment got me hyped for the Ladder match, of course there will be shenanigans but hopefully not an insane amount.

CzHugh de Aske vs Louie Peyton w/Stefan Raynor If Hugh de Aske wins, he gets a BOW World title shot against Stevie Stoat Comments: I think they drag it out a little longer before Hugh is officially the man taking on Stoat next. Some shenanigans so he ends up losing his chance for now. BOW Tag Team Championship Tournament Quarter Finals: The Northern Lights (Alton Vicious & Riddick Jordan) vs A Pair Of Aces (Grant Taypen & Leighton Buzzard) Comments: Christian Blithe vs Lenny Mochin The winner will participate in the BOW Honour Championship four-way match at For Whom The Bell Tolls Comments: Hopefully Blithe wins here, though I don't see him getting the title. Hardcore Match: Brilliant White vs Night Spyder Comments: Vanzycha & Svensson (Pavel Vanzycha & Nigel Svensson) vs School Of Wrestling (Aurelian Bradley & Wes Stryker) Comments: Gordon Leve vs Walker van Cleer Comments: I also really enjoyed the behind the curtain look at booking. the depth of it all was good, and I agree with the 6 weeks premium events purely to not dilute the product.

Created a few copies of CVerse guys I use for my diary for SZW. I will post them all with the entire roster, but for now some of my favourites. Warmonger The Kipper The Devoted Souls (Peril & Adrian McGhee) The Runway (Michel Bernard & XS) Lone Rider Lone Shark Delbert DeGeorge

@John Lions Looking back, I think you're right it was a strong call not to have the son's owner win on the very first broadcasted show for the company. You are also right Rusty Mills could lose the match and still look amazing in it. I chose instead to give the fans the ending they would want by letting Mills go over, but it does feel like a missed opportunity. When I initially wrote the show, I hadn't done the new renders and now I wish I did let The Golden Grapplers go over here. I have plans for them to keep them relevant and building up as others are in the Tag-Team Scene at the moment. I hoped Lone Shark was a layup with how much I hinted at his appearance. I did think about making it an angle and shooting something down the beach, but opted on giving the APW guy a spot on the show. Especially with the chance to have the show actually be broadcasted. Now that I have done a AI image for Lone Shark a part of me wants to really keep the guy. You were 100% right with my booking that Snark is the focus of this match and segment. It is sad about Jake, because it is true... I have to say both teams were in the running for the spot, but for reasons revealed on the backstage segment next month I went with Samoan Destruction a team that I truly do love. After seeing everyones comments, I did think how crazy would a swerve be. But Adgee Cross is the guy, at least for now. _____________________________________ @newbiezness They didn't deliver the best match on the card, but I appreciated the fact they still delivered in the final match thank god. I hope you like the new AI art work I put some time in. Lone Riders importance is definitely going to be highlighted in the next couple of months. Don't worry about that, good call on Rusty for this match. Sadly you were wrong expecting ??? to be the ones to win it tonight. It was all about my guys. Good call on the Tag-Team match up, you got half the bracket right. You were also 100% correct for Adgee Cross and The Kipper match with it being used to elevate the champion. _____________________________________ @DAVEFAN95 Good job backing your guy, over the owners son. Everyone predicted Golden Grapplers, but I have another small storyline planned for them at the moment. YOU DOUBTED MR. SQUIGGLES AND HIS NOSE! The plan was for a running theme for Snark.. but that blew up like Snarks spine. TDS are the team, that is definitely the case. Imagine The Kipper swerve if I had the balls. _____________________________________ @Tiberious I am glad the Lone Rider & Rusty Mills decision was so split. I thought a lot of people would choose Rusty purely because of how great he can be, so the fact Lone Rider seemed like a threat. Even if it's only because of his father. I wasn't planning on keeping Lone Shark around in the company to be honest. Just wanted him for the storyline when i started fleshing it out, but now I think Lone Shark can have some value. SNARK WAS MEANT TO BE A BIG DEAL. Jake has been the most impressive part lately. He does not put in good performances at all, but does not hamper the match. A part of me regrets not putting Lifeline over. They are over here, now have groundswell support (with my doing), but the story I wanted to tell on the next show doesn't allow it. _____________________________________ @Aura I agree, I thought I may have flagged the finish with how much beatings Rusty Mills was taking throughout the build up to the match, that it was clear. I am glad it was muddied just enough. Armando definitely was in a more lighthearted match, but boy was it a good one. God all the love for Lifeline make me regret not putting them over. _____________________________________ @619 I am really glad you enjoyed the build to the card. I felt this was the one that had the best and most built matches. With the undercard ones not just being throw aways. @John Lions poster was really amazing for this, he has done some amazing work on the others and I can't wait to show the rest of them. You were 100% correct that the attack at the end of Fully Loaded was designed to give Lifeline an out, and I hope it does so. Again you were so right, Lone Shark was the guy and the fact Wrestleworld Australia wanted big names he was going to be a one of piece. Now I kind of want to sign him, but not sure how I would use him long term. You definitely need to make your predictions. As just your four picks here were all correct. _____________________________________ Prediction results. @Charasmatic Enigma 6/8 (Glad to have you along for the ride, and picking up the prediction contest win right away to boot.) @newbiezness 5/8 @DAVEFAN95 5/8 @Tiberious 5/8 @Aura 4/8 @KyTeran 4/8 @John Lions 4/8 @Charasmatic Enigma Your prize is you get to either suggest a storyline, or sign a talent from anywhere in the world. (As long as it wont bankrupt me) If you want you can message me and discuss the potential signing, and/or storyline.

(Hope you guys like the AI Artwork I spent some time on to update everyone. Some guys are definitely more generic than others, so any feedback would be appreciated. The styles aren't perfectly one to one with a few looking more realistic than I necessarily wanted when compared to others.) _____________________________________ ~ Ceri Dordevich ~ Stephanie Drucker The kick off for the biggest show of the year was started by Ceri Dordevich. Surprisingly she got the first honours of gracing Wrestleworld Australia screens for the company. She had been on a baking contest and was a somewhat recognisable face, and a pretty one at that. Inside the ring the steel cage had been assembled already to ensure the team had enough time to check everything was in place, and it was secure. Ceri walked down the ring taking her time to observe the structure before her, her small frame made it look more imposing. She then climbed up one side of it before perching herself on the edge of the cage with a microphone in hand. “Tonight is a showdown. It is going to be more electrifying than a lightning storm on the open range. It is going to be noisier than a tractor tryna’ turn over in a cold winter’s morning. It is going to be hotter than a bush fire. Rougher than the underside of a boot.” Her terms focused on the fact that her man was Lone Rider. “Tonight, the hometown hero Rusty is going to find out the true meaning of pain. Inside this cage, there is no where to run, no where to hide. Inside this cage, the guy’s backstage aren’t going to be able to come and save you. Inside this cage Stephanie can’t come to check on you. Rusty you will be all alone with Lone Rider. A man who knows what it takes to get the job done, and has beaten you before.” Stephanie made her entrance, getting a great reception as she came out to the crowd who were excited for the match, and to see after last month that Stephanie Drucker was okay. “Last month I was attacked, I was attacked by you Ceri.” Stephanie motioned to Ceri who had remained perched up on the side of the cage. “That attack cost my husband in his match. Rusty would come out here and tell you all that I am not the reason he lost. That, I shouldn’t worry myself with that, because all that matters is I am safe. Because that is the sort of man he is, even if I cost him a match, he would never make it my fault. He would take the burden on his shoulders and elevate me like he always does.” “My husband is a good man, a just man. Tonight, inside that steel cage he wont be my husband, he wont be that good man I know he is. He will deliver a beating to Lone Rider, one that he has deserved for a damn long time. One his father should have given him.” “I won’t be ringside with that psycho running around. Instead, I will be watching from the back, but to make up for it I need all of you fans to cheer. To support Rusty through this fight and show him he isn’t alone, he has each and every one of you.” With that Stephanie drops her hand and heads to the back. The fans let out a loud set of cheers as Rusty came out to the entrance ramp to give his wife a quick kiss. Stephanie hit the back and the Hometown Hero’s entrance music kicked in. _____________________________________ SZW First Steel Cage Match vs Lone Rider vs Rusty Mills Lone Rider made his entrance and after he did the referee padlocked the cage door to keep anyone from entering the ring. Both men watched the lock be shut closed by our newest referee Wayne Shimmelbusch, while Keith Goggin was inside the cage to adjudicate the match. The moment it was locked shut the fists started flying. Lone Rider got to work displaying that new ruthless style in the ring since beginning to work in DIW. He threw Rusty against the steel frame and ring ropes beating down the Hometown Hero in front of the fans. Ceri made her way around to that side of the ring yelling at Rusty with venom in her words through the steel structure. Taunting him as he struggled to pull himself up on the cage. Eventually to his feet Lone Rider launched himself through the ropes into the back of Rusty slamming him face first into the steel frame again. The fighting continued as for the first time in SZW the colour red was spilt, and it was from the face of Rusty Mills. The crowd were into the match, more so once blood had been spilled and as Rusty began to have a rally against Lone Rider, the crowd continued to cheer him on. Ceri wouldn’t have it, determined to leave her mark on the match. The crowd boo’ed as she produced the Branding Iron that was at the ringside area near the announce team. Ceri took out the referee on the outside who had hold of the key. with the Branding Iron before grabbing the key to the padlock. Ceri was going to try and get herself inside the cage as she ran to the door and attempted to unlock the door. The crowd burst into cheers as Stephanie Drucker ran from the backstage area and took out Ceri before she had the chance to interfere in the match. Rusty took a moment to observe the action at ringside, but this time he remained in control of the match. Rusty hit his new move the Heartland Hammer inside the ring before covering Lone Rider for the three count. Stephanie ran to unlock the cage and as her husband, covered in blood stumbled out into her arms the two of them celebrated with the fans as they made their way up the entrance ramp. Spending a little longer to savour the moment and allow the ring crew to take down the cage. Rating: 55 _____________________________________ ~ ~ Smokers & Suplexes (Brown Snake & Fuzzy Freeman) with Taniko Jo ~ The Runway (Michel Bernard & XS) ~ The Golden Grapplers (Lee Bawes & Christian Blithe) Smokers & Suplexes were the first team to come out to the ring. Taniko Jo was accompanying the two men opting to stand closer to Fuzzy Freeman. It was clear the ring crew were still taking down the steel cage when they got into the ring it allowed Fuzzy Freeman to get on the microphone and ask a question to the Taniko & Brown Snake. “Are we having a steel cage match?” The oblivious Fuzzy got a great reaction from the crowd, hinting at the idea of such a match. Taniko quickly shut down that idea by telling Fuzzy it was too dangerous of a match, didn’t he just see what happened. The response was met with a few boo’s but allowed Brown Snake to get a quick remark in that if they get a match for the Tag-Team Champions that they will ask to have it in a steel cage, which resulted in cheers once more from the fans. Their little moment gave enough time for a red carpet to be laid out and The Runway made their way out. Both men strutting their stuff down the entrance ramp to the fans, pausing to tell fans to turn on their flash photography. Making sure to give them ample time to get their good sides before they climbed into the ring. The pair of Christian Blithe and Lee Bawes came out with microphones. Christian Blithe starting off the promo. “These peasants at least know how to put on a good show. Rolling out the red carpet for the GOLDEN GRAPPLERS! Just shows that even idiots can make the right choice sometimes. Now before I get started, I have a little victory speech. Is that okay with you Lee?” Lee simply gave his tag-team partner a nod. “I would like to thank, myself for last months brilliant victory against Rusty Mills. I would like to thank, myself for the up coming victory against these guys. I never actually learned your names, but what star does learn the name of extra’s who help on the set? Now hurry up and help get the ring down. Lastly, I want to thank the big man, the man who makes this all happen. My tag-team partner Lee Bawes for our continued success when we capture the Tag-Team Championship. Lee looked chuffed at the thanks in the speech from Christian and took the microphone. “I see two teams in the ring. You guys are both good, I will give you that. Both of you are talented in the ring, not as talented as us. I have a bone to pick with one of you though. Smokers & Suplexes! You name yourself after me? I am the King of the Suplex, I know more suplex variations than either of you have had victories in the ring. Like I said, I am the King of the Suplex, the Sultan of Snapmare, I am the Governor of the German, Headman of the Hammerlock, The Feudal Lord of the Fisherman!” Lee Bawes threw the microphone down as he practically yelled the last line before the team made their way to the ring. _____________________________________ vs vs The Golden Grapplers vs Smokers & Suplexes vs The Runway The segment before allowed the steel cage to be taken down completely and removed away as all three teams stood in the ring. The brawling happened quickly with Fuzzy and XS going after the Golden Grapplers while Brown Snake and Michel showed there would be no allies tonight as the pair exchanged blows in the early going of the match. Taniko Jo does a good job at cheering Fuzzy and Brown Snake on and even helps Fuzzy up to his feet so he can break an early pin attempt from Lee Bawes on XS in the ring. During the match each team member gets a chance to show off some impressive in ring skill, Michel shows some lengthy chain wrestling with both Lee Bawes and Brown Snake, while Golden Grapplers deliver a beautiful double team suplex. Each team hit their finishers, but someone else is always there to break up the count. A flurry of near falls and quick submission attempts it feels almost like no one will get the time to actually win the match. Christian Blithe allows his charisma to speak volumes when he clears out the ring of opponents sending Michel to the outside after a clothesline against the ropes. Realising the ring is empty he takes a bow for his effort, receiving boo’s from the crowd. Making sure to bow each side of the crowd, allowing them all to boo him. Fuzzy Freeman climbs into the ring as Blithe is distracted. Fuzzy Freeman proceeds to blow smoke into the face of Christian from his e-cig to the cheers of the crowd, disorientating the “award winner”. XS climbed to the top turnbuckle after getting on the aprox and proceeded to take out Christian with a flying cross body. XS is then taken out when Brown Snake slides in the ring and lifts him up in a suplex holding him there, Fuzzy Freeman then proceeds to blow smoke in the face of XS to allow the Hotbox Suplex to be hit against his opponent. An irate Lee Bawes climbs in the ring yelling about suplexes before tackling Brown Snake through the middle rope and the two men begin to brawl on the outside of the ring, leaving a confused Fuzzy Freeman to look on. Taniko does her best to get Fuzzy to focus but he turns into Michel Bernard who had got in the ring and delivered a double underhook DDT for the win. The Runway were able to have a quick celebration in the ring and on the outside as they were set for what would be their second ever title match in SZW. Rating: 59 _____________________________________ ~ Jesse Tasman ~ Armando Guerrero Jesse Tasman made his way out after the match and had the help of some ring crew members bringing a small inflatable pool to the ring. They placed it in the middle and he then asked for a hose only to be disappointed by the fact that no one would bring him a hose. Armando Guerrero then proceeded to come out. “Hola! Amigos! Hola! Jesse! It is clear this is a bad idea my friend. There is no water, and this is no ocean. I cannot confront my fears here in the arena tonight.” “Hold on dude, we just need a bucket of water and then you can get on here and face your fears man. Someone has got to have some water.” Without hesitation fans threw water bottles into the ring luckily all avoiding Jesse, who very quickly picked them up and started dumping them out into the inflatable pool before tossing the bottles out of the ring. Armando finally made his way inside and attempted to stop Jesse. “Jesse, my friend please. I will face my fears, but I can’t face my fears like this. I can’t face my fears tonight. You have to understand. I am not ready. My therapist he is a very tiny man, but he says I need to be ready, not forced into it.” “Dude, I get it, but you are ready. I mean you aren’t but you will be. Once this pool is filled you can take on your biggest fear.” Armando tried to protest yet again but Jesse cut him off. “Dude, I get it. I thought I was ready, and I lost my debut match against Dizzy G. You know what losing showed me, it showed I will be ready someday. You just have to pick yourself up if it doesn’t work out man. Here, dude I got you something. This will help you be ready.” Jesse produced a copy of the dvd “Hammerhead” to the crowd, taking a chance to show the fans at ringside exactly what was in his hands. The 1975 classic film with a clear photo on a Hammerhead shark rising up from the depths was a clear symbol in pop culture. “Here dude, take it. Show it who is boss, show it, it can take on a fiery Mexican like yourself. Do it for your country, do it for me. Mostly do it for yourself man, I believe in you.” Armando stood quietly looking at the outstretched dvd before yelling in his microphone. “Viva México! Viva Jesse Tasman! Viva ARMANDO!” He threw his microphone down and snatched up the dvd before tearing it in two in front of the crowd. He threw half the copy of the dvd into the inflatable pool and climbed up into the top rope and delivered a flying elbow onto it. Jesse got on the microphone cheering him on, celebrating overcoming his fears until... LONE SHARK!!! Lone Shark entrance music hit, and anyone familiar with APW or local wrestling instantly knew who he was. He came out to a thunderous applause and pointed down the ring at Armando Guerrero who was back up on his feet and backed into the corner. Tasman was still on the microphone. “To overcome your fears my dude, you gotta beat your fears. You can do it Armando!” _____________________________________ vs Lone Shark vs Armando Guerrero Lone Shark eventually made his way to the ring, the inflatable pool remained, with barely any water as Jesse only emptied a handful of bottles into it. As the bell rung Shark respectfully held out his hand for Armando to take it, but the Mexican Patriot and leader of the Armando Amigo’s, host of Armando’s Aussie Adventures was still to perturbed to come in contact with Lone Shark. Jesse Tasman got up on the ring apron and gave a quick pep talk to Armando to encourage him. Armando turned around and still looked unsure about the match, as if trying to negotiate. Behind his back Jesse waved at Lone Shark to just start the match and Shark obliged. Shark delivered the first blow of the match with a hard right, and that seemingly was all it would take to remind Armando that he was a wrestler. The exchange of blows that followed was a flurry of colour. The blues from Lone Sharks attire and mask, were met by the Green, White and Red of Armando’s leotard. Both men fought wildly against one another, and it allowed Lone Shark to display his high-flying ability in the ring. Jesse Tasman to his credit was cheering on Armando the entire time. Even gesturing to Lone Shark to back up midway through the match so he could get Armando in the corner and give him another pep talk. Tasman who wasn’t as experienced as Armando was at least able to fire him up and encourage another burst of energy in the middle of the match. Armando eventually was in complete control of the match and laid out Lone Shark in the middle of the ring, inside the inflatable pool. Armando climbed to the top rope before hitting the Golden Circle Splash named after a juice brand in Australia. Winner: 60 _____________________________________ ~ The Kipper ~ Delbert DeGeorge A small promo played backstage of The Kipper in regular clothes in a sit-down interview with Delbert DeGeorge. Delbert introduced the segment initially by saying that his upcoming match would be a few days, making it clear that this was filmed before tonight’s show. The first question asked by Delbert was if the build up to this match was any different than the previous matches with Adgee Cross. “Look, it is different Delbert. The first time, Adgee and I faced one on one my title was on the line. I got the best of him that night and I retained the Australian Championship. I was focused, I was coming off the biggest moment in my career winning that title. The second time we faced each other one on one was at Christmas Clash and it ended in a draw. Then our last match with each other, we had seven months to prepare for it. That is a long time to dedicate to a match. I thought I was completely ready for it. This time, he is the champion. My back is against the wall with everything to prove, hell people thought I retired at the end of last year. I have a lot to prove to everyone else, I have a lot to prove to myself.” Delbert DeGeorge satisfied with the answer then wanted to ask a question he had asked a few months ago. Why was The Kipper gone for so long. The Kipper could only laugh after having hoped that question wouldn’t get asked. “Look I get it, everyone wanted to know where I was gone. The fact was in 2021 I had 8 full on matches in SZW, a couple independent matches and my body was sore and tired. I just needed a break, and it did me a world of good. I feel like a new man. It was as simple as needing to give the old joints and creaky bones a rest.” Delbert acknowledged knowing how that felt himself these days and moved on to his final question. Adgee Cross, he had been just an opponent, then a challenger, then a rival, even a teammate on several occasions, now he is “the guy” so to speak. How did he feel about Adgee Cross. “I love him, Adgee has always been the guy in my mind. When I first won the SZW Australian Championship, and I am going to call it that. I know we recently dropped the SZW part, but when I captured it, it was the SZW Australian Championship.” “I made a list of guys in the company I wanted to face. Guys I thought deserved to hold that title, guys I respected the hell out of and I thought would make worthy champions. If I lost my title, a bit of me would be happy to see them succeed. At the top of that list was Adgee Cross.” “Adgee is right, he is experienced. He has been around for years producing quality matches and stealing the show every single night. Hell, he was right the last two years he has had Match of the Night at Final Chapter and this year will be no different. Adgee is the guy, and I plan to take him to his limit at Final Chapter. Either I am walking out as champion, or I am proud to say I was beaten by the best.” _____________________________________ & ~ Dizzy G & Maelstrom ~ Bruce the Giant Like in previous years Dizzy G came out to cut a promo before his match, this time he wasn’t in a match for the Sydney Championship, but he was in a match to eventually compete for his previous title. Flanked by the monster Maelstrom Dizzy G climbed into the ring. “I told you all Maelstrom isn’t here to fight in the ring. I told you all he is here as my security, and can I just say what a fine job this big man is doing for me. Between taking out my opponents and beating on the Blackwell scrub. I have enjoyed having Maelstrom by my side. You guys had to sit through that lengthy boring ass interview, so I wont waste any more of your time or mine. Because I am here to get on the road to get my title back. Blackwell, get the hell out here.” Instead of his opponent Bruce the Giant came out to the entrance ramp, and his impressive size even made the hired muscle of Maelstrom look small. The general manager got on the microphone. “Now hold on, Blackwell is coming out here to fight you. That man however.” He pointed directly at Maelstrom. “That man is not here in his official capacity as your “security” tonight, I have elected to give him the night off considering we have more than enough ringside personnel for tonight’s show. Maelstrom, if you would kindly vacate the ringside area. Now.” Dizzy G is irate he threw his microphone up the entrance ramp and was yelling that Bruce can’t do this to him, he didn’t have the power. Screaming at Maelstrom to stay in the ring. Maelstrom hesitated but as some of the ring crew from earlier in the night came down to the ring Maelstrom allowed them to escort him to the back. _____________________________________ Winner will face SZW Sydney Champion at New Year Riot vs Dizzy G vs Blackwell Bush Blackwell Bush eventually made his way out to the ring. Blackwell didn’t look phased by the fact Maelstrom was gone from ringside, in fact he probably wanted to try and get a few hits in on the big man to make up for the attack. Dizzy G continued to argue with the referee Keith Goggin as the bell rang. Blackwell made sure to capatilise on the distracted Dizzy G by grappling his opponent and showing off some his amateur wrestling ability by getting Dizzy G to the mat with an ankle pick. With Dizzy taken down Blackwell quickly changed positions and performed a quick roll up pin on him, getting an early two count at the very start of the match. The frustration boiled over with Dizzy who started to actually fight back and wrestle against Blackwell. Even without Maelstrom at ringside it was clear that Dizzy G wasn’t going to be a pushover in this match. When he took control of it he certainly showed a lot more flashier moves and set up a lot of spots during the match. It worked out well with Blackwell Bush, as Blackwell would bring the match to a more grinding halt with his chain wrestling allowing the fans to catch there breaths between Dizzy G’s high flying or flashy spots. The two men kept the fight primarily in the ropes, with neither man really getting cheers from the crowd Dizzy G had to talk smack when he could to get more heat on himself so the fans could root for Blackwell Bush who had been beaten down previously. Dizzy G got Blackwell Bush up on his shoulders in the firemen’s carry position, and looked ready to deliver that rolling fireman’s carry slam he had called the G-Strain, that he had delivered last month to Blackwell Bush yet again. Unfortunately for Dizzy the move was scouted and there wasn’t a monster of a man to take the focus away from him as Blackwell Bush, hit his finisher the Bushmaster on his much smaller opponent to get the win. Rating: 50 _____________________________________ Buckminster Snark A limousine pulled into the arena, unfortunately there wasn’t enough room by the entrance ramp, so it had to pull in from the other side of the arena. Out jumped the valet opening the door for one Buckminster Snark who was already dressed in his ring attire with only his Armani jacket hanging from his shoulders. Snark pulled off his jacket that hung from his shoulders and handed it back to the valet who proceeded to back the limo out of the arena while Snark made his way through the crowd something he did well at conveying he wasn’t enjoying. “The first ever SNARK OPEN CHALLENGE will be held tonight, in front of you all. I want to face the best that Australia and New Zealand have to offer. I want to show her...” Snark paused as he mentioned her before pivoting. “I want to show you all what I am capable of. If any of my opponents in the future can beat me, in my open challenge they will earn themselves an SZW Contract. One I will pay for myself, out of my own damn pocket if I must. That isn’t going to happen, I hate to lose money.” “My first opponent comes from RAW fame. He is one half of the very first RAW Tag-Team champions. This man had been a part of their roster since the beginning of the company until 2018. Now his greatest accomplishment in his 16-year career will be stepping inside the ring with me. Come on out!!" VINCENT “THE BODY” VICTORY!” Buckminster Snark delivered the entire promo and took control as the ring announcer as Vincent Victory came out to his entrance music to some cheers from the crowd hyping them up on his way to the ring. _____________________________________ Snarks Open Challenge ~ Buckminster Snark vs Vincent Victory Vincent Victory looked good when he came out, in actual fact he was bigger than Buckminster by some size and looked leaner. It is why after the match I decided to talk to Snark about getting in a bit better shape. That is probably too much information. On to the actual match. Vincent didn’t want a long match and when the match started you could tell why, he kept it simple with striking blows and heavy strikes. Avoiding any excessive lengths of chain wrestling. Buckminster done a lot of the work, taking bumps or high impact moves to protect that fact that Victory was getting gassed during the match. Including a nasty bump from a power bomb that resulted in Buckminster looking really rough when he got back to his feet. As Vincent got visibly tired early on the signal was put out and when Vincent caught Snark across the face with a strong right to send him reeling it was as if a trigger had flipped. Snark returned fire with an open hand slap across the bigger mans face only to eat another right from Vincent. Snark started to yell asking Vincent if he was trying to make him look like a joke, look weak in front of everyone before Snark slapped Vincent across the face once more. The pair then erupted into a flurry of blows teeing off on one another. Vincent looked in control until Snark ducked out of the way of a punch and proceeded to kick the back of the knee of Vincent, putting him down to one knee. Snark continued to assault beating on the back of the head of Vincent who succumb to the successive blows collapsing forward onto his hands. With the bigger man wavering on the ground Buckminster was able to lock in a double underhook and deliver a DDT to pick up the victory. Rating: 39 _____________________________________ ~ Jake D’Angelo ~ Vortex Jake D’Angelo comes out to the ring sporting a new attire. His wrestling tights having the word “The Cheat” down the side of them Jake definitely had found himself in the conniving role as of late. His strut to the ring he looked as if he had already won the Sydney Championship. He was serious, focused and full of confidence heading into this match. Climbing into the ring he took a moment to go to each turnbuckle. Wayne Schimmelbusch the new referee tried to check on what Jake was doing, but Jake pushed him away and said he was making sure the turnbuckle pads were secured and demonstrated it by pulling on the pad. Showing he had not tampered with that one seemingly, before he continued to go and “look” at the last turnbuckle in preparation for the match. The arena plunged into darkness, a mixture or screams and cheers from the audience piqued up as the stage became dimly lit. Out stepped your Sydney Champion VORTEX! The crowd erupted in cheers and were excited knowing they would be getting to see him in his third ever match for the company, in what would be his second match at Final Chapter after capturing the title from Peril last year. Vortex didn’t seem to pay any mind to what his opponent was doing prior to his own entrance. Jake stood in the middle of the ring sizing up the enigma that is Vortex. “Jake D’Angelo… You say you conned the cosmic forces into granting you this match. You say you conned me into gifting you my title. You will experience true destiny. You will experience the meaning of reality, and the disconnect between it and your dreams. I am truly sorry Jake, but your time is not now, your time is never. In the cosmic arena you must come to terms with that fact, and I will be the shepherd destined to show you that reality.” _____________________________________ Sydney Championship Match vs Jake D’Angelo vs Vortex © This match started off fiery and fast paced. Jake started the match off by delivering a hard knee to chest of Vortex when he climbed through the ropes. Tossing him into the middle of the ring. Jake followed up with a hard kick to the ribs taking advantage of the surprised Vortex. Jake kept control of the early going of the match trying several pin attempts but only ever getting several one counts. Vortex was able to get control of the match when he reversed an attempt at a spinebuster from Jake, turning it into a DDT. With Vortex in control the pace of the match picked up. Vortex employing some hit and run tactics against Jake D’Angelo which were successful until Jake exposed a corner turnbuckle sending the champion crashing into it. Back in control of the match Jake wasted no time employing his next tactic, he pointed out the exposed turnbuckle to the referee distracting him in the process. With the referee distracted he went over to the turnbuckle he had tugged on earlier in the match and pulled out a small steel chain and wrapped it around his fist. Jake was ready, he watched Vortex stumbling to his feet and swung. Knocking out the current Sydney Champion in one punch. The Sydney Champion appeared out of it and as Jake went for the cover the lights went out. The lights stayed out for almost twenty seconds, when they finally turned back on Vortex was still laid out in the middle of the ring. A confused look between both Jake and Wayne is expressed as they are unsure what just happened. Jake goes for the pin again and just as Wayne is about to count to three Vortex kicks out to the delight of the fans in attendance. Jake gets to his feet and proceeds to argue with Wayne telling him he has won because it was clear Vortex was down and out for over 10 seconds and therefor unable to fight. Wayne was in the middle of trying to explain to Jake that he didn’t count while it was dark. Vortex struck Jake from behind to take control of the match once more. With Vortex in control the pace once again picked up, but this time Vortex wasn’t going to succumb to any hidden tricks from Jake as he put away his challenger cementing his destiny to remain the Sydney Champion. Rating: 62 _____________________________________ ???? ~ The Devoted Souls (Peril [Thats me!] & Adrian McGhee) The first team slated to come out were the duo of Banky Bremner and Lance Maddigan. The new entrance music for the team known as Lifeline played to the fans, but no one got to the stage. The backstage crew seemed as confused as the fans were as they restarted the music for the team of Lifeline hoping that would spur the duo to come out. Yet again the team did not appear. The ring announcer then was hailed down by ring crew and instead of introducing Lifeline the music changed and he would be tasked with introducing the newest tag-team to grace SZW. The thunderous sound of drums and tribal war cry came out of the speakers as two menacing men from APW fame made their entrance. Brisbane Devil and King Malietoa both made their entrance to the ring. The two men climbed into the ring and acted like caged animals pacing around it, pulling on their ring ropes. The two men looked primed and ready for a fight. The music hit for the champions. The Devoted Souls hit the stage. We both took our leather jackets off on the entrance ramp and raised our belts high as we stared down at our opponents in the ring. Adrian and I wasted no time we dropped our titles by our jackets and sprinted to the action. _____________________________________ vs Lifeline vs Samoan Demolition vs The Devoted Souls © The moment myself and Adrian slid into the ring the fight was on. Both The Devoted Souls and Samoan Demolition were ready for a fight and that’s what this match was going to be. It was not going to be a technical display between the two of us as both groups battered each other around the ring. I found myself against King Malietoa for the start of the match, the big man and myself beating each other around the ring stage area. Meanwhile our more “talented” tag-team partners were in the ring exchanging blows and progressed to a more generic style of wrestling throwing in some actual moves in there aside from clubbing strikes. Lifeline (Lance Maddigan & Banky Bremner) After almost ten minutes of action between the two teams the entrance music of Lifeline hit once more. This time running out on the stage, sporting some new merchandised shirts were both Lance Maddigan and Banky Bremner. The two men pulled their shirts off to show their battered bodies. Lance had bandaging wrapped across his entire midsection, until just below his chest holding his ribs in place. Reflecting the steel stairs that Adrian McGhee had driving against them repeatedly last month. While Banky Bremner sported a shoulder that had been heavily taped up, after crashing onto it from repeated powerbombs from myself. Repeated powerbombs through the announce table I might add. The two men ran to the ring where they were met by all four of their opponents, but they initially made quick work eliminating them all from the ring. Leaving them both standing tall inside, as the fans cheered them on. With their opponents on the outside, both Lance and Banky took dives to the outside, showing the contrast of their in-ring style when compared to their opponents. Bodies strewn across the ringside area, the dives had detrimental effects on both members of Lifeline as they also struggled to pick up themselves up. The grinding pace returned with short flurries or bursts of energy courtesy of Lifeline as all three teams brawled against one another. The finish for the match came as Lifeline looked to have the match won hitting Vital Hope in the middle of the ring to Brisbane Devil. Banky went to make the pin. I grabbed Banky by his feet from the outside and dragged him out of the ring to break up the count. Lance looked in disbelief and went to help his friend before being cracked in the back of the head by Adrian McGhee who hit him with The Loaded Glove. I threw Banky through the ringside steps as Adrian threw Lance over the ropes. Adrian made the cover on the still downed Brisbane Devil to pick up the win. Rating: 55 _____________________________________ ~ Lifeline ~ The Devoted Souls The Devoted Souls weren’t done, we both got out of the ring and continued to beat down both members of Lifeline targeting the obvious injuries both men were sporting on their bodies. Samoan Demolition rolled out of the ring and didn’t want any part in continuing to fight tonight. Instead, they allowed the brutalising of Lifeline to continue. We drove Banky through the ring post on his bad shoulder together before turning attention to Lance and his taped-up ribs. I held him up, and Adrian McGhee delivered strikes to the ribs with his loaded glove repeatedly. Finally, the ring crew came out and separated us allowing Adrian and I to head to the back and grab our titles on the way. _____________________________________ Adgee Cross As both members of Lifeline were being helped to the back Adgee Cross made his way out, checking on both men briefly. Once they had made it to the back safely, he went back up the entrance ramp and queued for his entrance music to hit. After hearing from his opponent earlier in the night Adgee Cross wanted to deliver a statement heading into his match. “I get it, the challenger should make his entrance first. It just makes sense, but after hearing from The Kipper tonight in his sit-down interview. I wanted you all to hear from me before our match.” “Ladies, gentlemen, friends, family and every single person in between. I want to thank each and every one of you for the support you have shown me throughout this incredible journey. I want to just take a moment to talk about the Australian Championship and what that means to me.” “This represents more than just a title. It represents the spirit of the country. The spirit of Australia. Australia has always been a sporting nation, always been the gritty underdogs from the outback. Hell, we sing songs for a sheep thief, idolise a bank robber with a pot on his head. Australia has always been about hard work, hard yakka if you will. That is what this title is, it is the culmination of hard work, heart, desire, passion for a sport, and personal sacrifice.” “I face The Kipper tonight. A man who I greatly admire, one who I want nothing but success for. A man who I truly believe deserves to hold this title as much as I do. That doesn’t mean I am just going to roll over and give it to him. No, I didn’t come by this title by chance. I didn’t happen to luck into winning it. I fought tooth and nail for this title. I earned this title. The first two times I fought for this title I didn’t actually win it. It has been a journey you all have been able to see.” “Speaking of not winning it, every time I have been in a championship match with The Kipper. I have come out on the losing side. Tonight, that may happen again. I just want you all to know that if I don’t leave this ring as champion. I gave it my absolute all in this ring. The Kipper, I know you are back there about to come out here. If you don’t give me your all tonight, you have no hope in beating me and reclaiming your Australian Championship.” Adgee Cross held the title high as The Kipper made his entrance. _____________________________________ Australian Championship vs The Kipper vs Adgee Cross © It was finally time for the biggest match of the night, or at least what I was hoping could be the biggest match of the night. Both men reached across the ring and shook one another’s hands briefly before the first lock up off the match. This match started off slow, mainly to give fans to continue to invest more in the champion and challenger and also to allow Kipper to ease himself into the match. Kipper was clearly more of a brawler as Adgee Cross tried to parry the blows and make it a more technical affair between the two with several take downs against his larger opponent. Neither man gave an inch. The match spilled to the outside briefly and as the lead referee Keith Goggin tried his best to get both men back into the ring. Adgee had a good spot of running along the apron and diving onto Kipper to take him out against the barricade, leaving both men’s bodies strewn across the ringside area. After a few long outside counts the two men were able to get the action back into the ring. The damage and brawling on the outside looked to have an effect on both men, but the larger Kipper looked more in control as he continued to beat down the smaller Adgee. Kipper set up for his signature Lariat coming springing of the ropes almost folding Adgee in half with such a strong swing putting him down for the pin. Adgee showed the resilience he has had the entire time during his run as champion and managed to kick out in the last moment, leaving a lot of fans initially believing it had been a three count until the referee made it clear it was a 2 and 9/10ths. Kipper was first to his feet and could only smile, and nod. He was acknowledging the heart of the champion. The Kipper although admiring that fact about his opponent looked again to lift him up and deliver his finisher a second time. This time as Adgee laid in a crumpled heap on the mat Kipper paused looking out to the fans at ringside taking almost a minute to decide whether he was going to go for the cover or not. The Kipper took a deep breath in visibly and went down for the cover, this time to put Adgee Cross away for good. Cross kicked out! The Kipper had taken too long to actually make the cover wrestling with his morales about pinning a man he respected. The time was long enough for a dazed Adgee to recover, or at least instincts to kick in and him to kick out. The shock of the kick out clearly spurred The Kipper on who went for his finisher a third time, this time lifting Adgee to his feet. Adgee was able to duck under the Lariat proving The Kipper went to the well, one too many times. Rebounding of the ropes and hitting back with a flying elbow. The champion was able to rally the crowd behind him despite facing off against another fan favourite, showing he had the fans support. Adgee Cross hit a scintillating Cross Fire on The Kipper to end the match. Rating: 51 _____________________________________ ~ Adgee Cross ~ The Kipper Both men laid on the mat as the fans cheered, eventually they were able to pull themselves from the mat. The Kipper was up first and retrieved the Australian Championship walking over to Adgee Cross. There was a moment where both men just stared at one another, as if the match would continue. Finally The Kipper pushed the title into Adgee's chest before embracing the Australian Champion in a hug. The Kipper showed respect to the champion thanking him for the opportunity as the two men embraced. Kipper then held up his friends hand high, pointing at the champion telling the crowd that Adgee Cross is "the guy". The Kipper eventually climbed out heading to the back and allowed Adgee Cross to celebrate the fact he had won the match. WARMONGER!!!! As Adgee Cross was celebrating in the ring a little longer he was attacked from behind by a DIW and APW stalwart in Warmonger. The menacing figure and imposing man levelled the champion from behind. He picked up the battered Adgee Cross and threw him over his shoulders. A variation of a firearm carry, he has a hold of Adgee's hand and leg. He threw Adgee over his head in an impressive display of power almost throwing him down in front of himself. It was a devestating looking Fireman Carry Front Slam. The commentary team stated that was his signature more "The Overwhelming Power". Warmonger rubbed one hand across his head, smearing the paint over his hand before he reached down and rubbed it against the chest of Adgee Cross. Leaving him with a smear of white and red paint across his chest, with the show closing as Warmonger looked down at the broken Australian Champion.

On The Grand Slam topic, I agree Milton feels like a guy to do it next. Although I want to make a cause for Vaughan not completing it would feel like a let down considering he was a big part of DIW history even before Lori's take over. A stalwart of the tag-team division, and leading one of the longest running stables in the company. It definitely is close to a now or never for Vaughan as his career seems to be winding down and more focused on putting over other guys. Aside from that, the news of their own streaming platform could be huge if they manage to keep the viewership run they have. Horn being an ally to the Dream Team and getting beat down is actually great for him long term. He could definitely end up turning as he give them support but never gets it.

Backstage _____________________________________ Buckminster Snark After last month Paul and I dissected the show like we did every single time, and we get talking about how everyone had done. A highlight for Paul this month was Buckminster Snark who praised the New Zealander for his charisma pointing out the guy had the “kid” had a lot of potential. I mean that kid is 6 years older than me, but sure. Still a lot of praise for Buckminster was warranted, and I was glad to hear Paul was taking an interest in the younger guys. _____________________________________ WrestleWorld Australia With the company officially moving up to small, we were seeing a loss in cash. Not a major one but our recent buy outs and going hard in previous months. We bit the bullet and hired in-house music for the company. Which was expensive, but because of that we were able to negotiate a deal with WrestleWorld Australia. Final Chapter would be the first show on for the company so we were planning to make it a big one and got a few recognisable stars from other companies on the show to help highlight our own product. To be truthful I was nervous it wouldn’t happen as the deal had only been finalised 11 days before Final Chapter. Secondly, they wanted a promo package for Final Chapter, an ad essentially that would get run on Wrestleworld Australia to draw more attention to our show. To be honest we didn’t have it, so we spent the afternoon scrambling together a little advert instead of celebrating. The video package hyped up the Steel Cage match between Rusty Mills and Lone Rider, Vincent Victory from RAW would be in attendance, Bruce the Giant from USPW fame making an appearance, finally The Kipper from RAW fighting for the Australian Championship. Sadly, we didn’t touch our Sydney Championship match, our actual Australian Champion Adgee. It was what WrestleWorld wanted. Credible names from actual companies is what they requested for the highlight package. Left a sour taste in my mouth, on top of that Vincent Victory someone who would be a surprise for the crowd ended up being flagged as well. Whatever the deal is done, next month we can have some of our stars on display.

God I knew I remember this show. It is the reason why I love Vance Sturt and his "flour" business. Lothar as a fashion designer is always great. Trey's long running story of being ignored was fun and the eventual turn. Lastly Lone Rider's adjusted look and being a monster is amazing. All the way to Slade being eventually banished. Reading through the diary bought back so many memories, and I am glad I am along for the ride again.

Damn I missed the last round of predictions, one thing I wanted to add is I also loved how you incorporated the signs in the events. Definitely an idea I want to steal down the line for a show.