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Sendai, Japan. Second Thursday of January 2020 Moments after the end of WQ2020 Unkillable I stumbled through the curtain and grabbed a bottle of water, which I poured on my face to wash the blood off my eyes. Didn't care much for formalities or running a tight ship, so most of the girls were off showering and getting changed. ”Good job out there.” I heard Romi’s voice nearby. ”Not my thing, but the fans ate it up. Can’t argue with that.” I nodded, sizing her up. Guess that should be taken as a compliment, coming from a “straight” wrestler who works for 5SSW, but her tone wasn’t patronizing or ironic. Romi had a reputation for being a professional, so I didn’t think she was trying to suck up to me. ”I talked to Mr. Lee about our pay” she continued. ”He told me he’ll round up the girls and sort it out”. Ah, yes, the flipside of being such a professional. ”Go split the gate and we’ll be right with you” I heard Mirai’s voice from behind me. She was done celebrating and had just walked through the curtain herself. Romi spun on her heel and left, while I passed the water to Mirai. She didn’t look all too eager to wash the blood off her face. ”You should give a speech to the girls” she told me. That hurt me more than any of the moves she hit me with during the match and I bet it showed on my face. ”Do I really have to?” I whined, but I knew she’d talk me into it without much effort. Ugh, people. Maybe I shouldn’t have washed the blood off my face either. That would have been one hell of a scene. How many lines of work are there where your boss or HR manager assesses your performance with their face busted open? Henry Lee had everyone paid and in line by the time I joined the rest of the locker room. He also spoke both English and Japanese, so he was kind enough to translate everything I said for the gaijin. This man did all this while also putting deathmatches together, teaching young wrestlers and commanding massive respect from us all. Getting him to work for us had already paid off in so many ways. I told everyone how we were going to be so much more than just bloody deathmatches and how despite our main event, tonight was all about establishing our junior division and showing people how we are legitimate technical wrestlers. Pinky Perez had her praises sung for her performance like the international star she is and although I did not outright say it, I wanted this to be a reminder in hindsight that on this night, she outperformed Takami and still had enough class to not argue about losing the match. I also spoke of the four way showcase of the division, taking particular note of Romi Yamato’s solid performance holding it all together, then encouraged Black Widow for her dark match;if that was what she could do as a nobody fresh off the plane suffering from jet lag, she clearly had a bright future with us. Thursday, Week 2 of February 2020 WQ2020 Queens Heart title match MACHINE Takami vs Rika Tsujimura Tag Team Mad Dog Collar Deathmatch Fujiko Mushashibo and Dr. Yumaniac vs The Cannibals (Etelka The Hun and Maneater) Junior Singles match Mizucore vs The Black Widow Tables Deathmatch Naoko Majima vs Róisín Gross Casket Deathmatch Kitsune Danger vs "The Spirit of Vengeance" Onryo

Card for Predictions Main Event Time Limits are for nerds Hollywood Bret Starr vs Rocky Golden Singles Match Time Limits are for nerds Marshall Dillon vs Rogue Singles Match Randall Buckminster Bumfhole vs Tom Gilmore Tag Team Match Time Limits are for nerds Fame & Money vs Lenny Brown & Stephen Parker Opening Singles Match Time Limits are for nerds Ranger vs Robbie Retro Plus: Remo and Des Davids come face to face in the middle of the ring regarding their agreement and ZWB has a huge announcement to make after The Mission's challenge!

Great work on these two. Her default render was passable for 2016 QAW, but after the move to USPW and subsequent push, she was in dire need of an upgrade and this is top notch.

Glad to have you around! Feel like this was left unfinished for the reasons explained, I'm back on familiar territory with a hardcore company but hopefully I'll have the chance to expend on character/backstage/indy sleaze segments more between shows.

Unkillable Thursday, Week 2 of January 2020 Sendai, Tohoku Region, 546 fans in attendance We did two dark matches for stuff I wanted to try out, a singles bout for a potential feud and a tag match to see if a certain team I wanted to put together would work. Not gonna get into too much detail about it, on with the show as the lights went out and an old familiar music came on the speakers... Let's travel back to 1997... The Icon of Insanity himself, DAVE and WEXXV legend, Henry Lee made his entrance to a great reaction from the audience. Things kicked off strong with that Warrior Engine nostalgia pop and Henry took the time to address the fans, welcoming them to what would be a great show. He should know, I hired him to help put our deathmatches together, while Umeko Hotta would do the same with the junior contests. Rating: 46 Naoko Majima vs Piper Hale Our first ever bout wasn't an all out deathmatch, but it sure set the tone right. Piper Hale came out almost marching to some hard guitar riffs imitating Five Finger Death Punch's style, then Majima's fast paced, high energy music announced her arrival and her fighting was just as frantic. Chairs, trash cans, trash can lids, tables, kendo sticks anything she could get her hands on, Majima used it to whack at her opponent in a fast and one sided match that ended with her Coiling Strike and a three count by "The Rabid Referee" Kyoko Okuda Rating: 43 Individual performances: Majima 55, Hale 37 Lady San Juan vs Nami Genda vs Rika Tsujimura vs Romi Yamato This four way was meant to introduce our junior division, but I also had a bit of personal stake in it as I wanted to prove that Romi is being so misused in 5SSW. The girls were told to turn this into a spectacular spotfest and they did just that, with some no-nonesense technical high flying on display. This is how you do it: no over the top yelling, no unbearable cuteness, just straight wrestling. Yeah, we're not just about the deathmatch and we can do this thing better than 5SSW. Anyway, Rika hit a spectacular Running Knee Bomb on Lady San Juan and won the match, introducing WQ2020's junior division with a bang. Rating: 41 Individual performances: Genda 38, Tsujimura 34, Yamato 46, LSJ 35 The Assassins vs The Hooligan Sisters This was the only tag team match in the main show and it took a good chunk of rebranding to make it work the way I wanted it to. I had Hannah and Helena presented as stereotypical English football hooligans, when in fact they're Canadian (fun fact I heard: they're dating one of the Gilbert brothers each) while The Assassins are obviously the Birds of Prey under a different name, mask and gimmick. While the first two matches involved different styles and divisions, this was the mashup part with the Assassins wrestling a cleaner junior style while the sisters went full on hardcore, complete with them taking a stereo double bump through tables. You could tell that damn Higa is on another level, but with her getting into a fight before the show, I had to let Oonishi score the pin in hopes of sending a message. Rating: 51 Individual performances: Assassin #1 64, Assassin #2 51, Helena 33, Hannah 32 MACHINE Takami vs Pinky Perez I wanted the show to go full circle, so the last two matches were suppposed to be the best that the junior and the deathmatch division had to offer respectively. Seeing these women make their entrances, I caught myself having second thoughts if it was the right call, but Takami delivered between the ropes, looking like a true machine as she dismantled her opponent with rock solid technical wrestling and super stiff strikes. Of course, since she'd be getting the fall, I made sure to tell Umeko Hotta about how this was now going to be a Pinky Perez spotlight match and her lucha high flying really was a hit with the fans. Takami sold it nicely too, though whether because she didn't want to look bad or because she was being true to her word, I could not tell. Rating: 53 Individual performances: Takami 49, Perez 57 Fujiko Mushashibo vs Kitsune Danger I mean, we just had to end with a title match. And it had to be a deathmatch. I didn't have to be in it, but let's face it, me and Fujiko are the best ones to do it. It's a damn shame our styles don't quite mesh when we're going head to head, but between the blood, splinters, tacks, glass and barb wire, you'd be hard pressed to notice the finer details. I trust her enough to kick me off the apron and through a barb wire table on the outside, she took a nasty bump when she let me piledrive her onto the ringpost, it was so crazy and it just hit that sweet spot we both wanted. And just so there's not criticism towards me about booking myself to go over, it was Fujiko who gave me the Fujiko Valentine for the pin onto some thumbtacks to become the first ever WQMMXX Queen of the Deathmatch. Rating: 53 Individual performances: Mushashibo 43, Danger 56 After the match, I crawled out of the debris to shake Fujiko's hand as she was celebrating with the title. We hugged it out and it was a very emotional moment that had the audience cheer and clap, before she got to deliver the go-home speech with me reeling by her side. Fujiko welcomed fans to the era of the Warrior Queens, saying we're unlike any other women's wrestling company in the world and you can expect to see a lot more of us in the future. Rating: 39 Show Rating: 48

Sendai, Japan. Second Thurday of January 2020 I'd been to the venue for less than ten minutes and I was helping set up merch tables when Fujiko tapped my shoulder. "You better come to the locker room," she said, blowing out a bit of smoke from her cigarette "...boss". Clearly she enjoyed teasing me for that, but somehow I could feel she wasn't just ribbing me. I was needed in my official capacity. One of the Assassins was being talked to by her partner, while a few of the girls were still struggling to hold Róisín Gross back. The fiery Irishwoman was shouting in her heavily accented language I couldn't quite understand, but it was clear that something had happened between the two. Conveniently enough, the Assassin understood English so she could translate for me while I asked her what the hell had happened here. "Girl needs to know her place and show some respect" the Assassin told me, giving the side eye to Gross who was probably shouting some profanities at her. "No one cares what she was doing in her back yard for a couple of her friends and relatives. As far as I'm concerned, she's a young lioness and she's got dues to pay. I've been in this business for almost a decade and she will show me the proper respect." I rolled my eyes at the petty ego and drama. Assassin had a reputation, but I wasn't expecting it to cause a scene already at our debut show. Couldn't tell if it was due to Gross coming from a different culture or her proving a stereotype, but she wasn't having any of this and according to the second Assassin, apparently some punches flew before the girls swarmed in to break it up. Great, and here I was looking biased in favour of one side just because I didn't speak the language. "You save that sh*t for when you're in the ring" I told Assassin #1. "Both of you. I don't speak English, so you'll have to tell her. And shake hands." My tone made it clear this was non negotiable. "And Fujio, backstage rules are clear enough, take that smoke outside" I added, making sure I wouldn't even show any favouritism towards her. "I'm not jobbing out to a nobody, especially in my debut!" I stared at Takami for a second too long. Pinky Perez smiled at me. Either it was a knee jerk reaction to her not knowing the language and what had just been said, or she knew all too well despite the barrier and she'd seen this a million times before already. She was one of the best luchadoras in the world, she'd taken some time off her schedule with CILL and QAW to fly in and work for us, and here was Takami refusing to be a professional. "We'll put the match together in a way that you're protected..." I began. "Nope" I tried to start over again. "You're gonna look strong bell to bell, it's just the finish that will go the other way." She didn't look convinced. "Gonna be a surprise roll up" I added, in a desperate last attempt. "And look even more like an idiot? I'm not doing it" Takami snapped. "Alright," I said, throwing up my hands in resignation. "you're going over, but we're flipping this all the way round. Perez gets to look strong for all of the match, so you better sell if want to get booked here again". How the hell did dad manage to tackle sh*t like this for so long?

...three! She did it! She did it! New champion! GOSH****ING DAMN IT! I slammed the screen of my laptop shut and stood up. Sendai, Japan. First Friday of October 2019 "I've had enough of f**king Yuma Maruya and her f**king cat ears! Is that what joshi has really become?" I asked no one in particular. "Always has been" Fujio snarled at me from the sofa she was laid out on. She didn't even take her eyes off the screen of her phone as she answered me. By now she was probably used to my outbursts, plus she'd already watched Japan Slam yesterday and clearly did not share my feelings about Shiori Jippensha dropping the World title to Yuma Maruya again. "It has not" I retorted. "Crusher Ichihara was a 6 time World champion! Now you got what, Unstoppable Tai as the All-Asian champion at best, when she's not doing tag matches. And don't get me started on Ishimura." Fujio laughed, but still didn't take her eyes off the screen. "Ishimura can't move that fat ass of hers in time, anyone on that roster's bound to run around her five times before she takes a single step and you think she'd be a World champion?" "That's my point!" I said in frustration. "They don't have to book Tai versus Ishimura or even put the World title on either, but why does the entire roster have to be full of tiny anime knock-offs screaming more than they actually wrestle? Jippensha can go, but noooo, she has to drop the gold to bubblegum pop Maruya again!" She finally put her phone down, but the sigh as she let her head hang back wasn't encouraging. "You know why. Boys love their kawaii idols. And not just boys in Japan. Do you know of a thing called The Internet? That's the kind of shit that draws crowds the world over. Not a lot of people messed up in the head bad enough to wanna pay money to watch women mutilate themselves on light tube shards and thumbtacks." I was just about to say she sounded just like her dad, but I immediately thought better and held the comment back. She was the only daughter of Yoshimi Musashibo and still he'd cut her off completely after that Five Woman Love Hotel Deathmatch. That had to sting, for both of them, but at least Fujio had the guts to take the hit and continue do what she loved to do. Her dad would call it "garbage wrestling" and wanted no association. My dad was synonymous with deathmatches and we still had a great ongoing relationship. Funny how we came from such opposite directions, yet still became friends working indy deathmatch shows around the country. "Emphasis on women" she said as she rolled her head to the side to finally look at me, as if she'd read my thoughts. "What your daddy did was about guys. Let's face it, wrestling still mostly appeals to a mostly male demographic. They're fine watching guys kill each other, but all us women have to do is look pretty. Hell, we had to do an entire Women's Revolution just to be thought of as legitimate competitors who can brawl and grapple. But blood and barb wire? No no, that's for the few sick perverts who get a murderboner out of this kind of stuff." It was now my turn to scroll about on my phone as I frantically searched for an old image, buried deep under a mountain of more recent selfies and photos of my cats. "You know what, now that you mention it, there's a good chunk of nostalgia for my dad's promotion" I said. "We could use it to grab some attention. Ride that wave. Then have our own revolution" I added, as I finally found the picture I'd been searching for and triumphantly showed the screen to her. Author's Note: When willr0ck shared his Women's Revolution mod, I tried to do a diary as Warrior Queen 2020 but it was short lived. Back then, the "Gory Deathmatch" product that he company utilizes out of the box required that all of a show's matches had to be deathmatches. The only available women in the default CVerse who are willing to do a deathmatch in Japan are Monster Ishimura and Unstoppable Tai, barely enough to support such a roster and even with willr0ck's mod, it just wasn't possible. Ever since the game was patched though, deathmatch requirements have loosened up so I decided to try once more, this time with a Deathmatch-Junior product instead.

SWF Uprising Results [Fri. Wk. 2, Apr. 2020] From the diary of Samantha W. Fitzworthy Some 24 hours after The World Is Watching and despite zero title changes at the Pay Per View, Uprising still felt like interesting TV and I was curious to see the fallout. 7.532 fans showed up in Louisville, KY with 6.140.286 watching, according to the numbers sent to the office. w/ Hawaiian Crush vs Supreme Dream Team (with Dulce Moreno) A trios match to kick off the episode, great action on display and charisma in spades (no pun intended) to hook in viewers instantly. Weatherfield and Adams took their opponents by storm using quick tags and high velocity moves, with Spade struggling to keep up and hold them down, until a timely eye poke turned things around for the heels. Allen notably rolled his eyes at this non-wrestling move though, keeping the heat between him and Spade going while he and Bekowski got to work on Adams. Classic build to a hot tag from there and people did indeed go crazy when Ekuma got tagged in, though his momentum was shut down when Spade tripped him and the Hawaiian Strongman landed throat first on the ropes. Desperation tag out to Weatherfield and the excited youngster came in full of energy, only to make a rookie mistake and get caught in a Bear Trap for the submission. Strong start, I like how the Allen-Spade thing keeps getting teased and with both factions coming of PPV wins, it looks like the plan is to have Supreme Dream Team challenge for the tag titles next, which should be good. A 70 for this one. Speaking of the titles, Atom Smasher and Rogue were shown backstage in obvious disappointment at their failure to win the belts last night. The duo yet again argued about who was to blame, but the crafty Englishman once again managed to exploit his partner's excitement and short attention span to direct him elsewhere. We weren't told where, but it was made obvious that we'd be seeing something more of these two tonight. Pretty entertaining and a nice tease for later on, gave us something to look forward to, 76 for the segment. Unleashed Awesomeness hit the ring next, yet again without James Prudence who seems to be a more part-time member of the group. The three men took turns on the mic to fool about and talk down both Morgan and Gilmore, calling them has-beens who take up space holding younger talent down. RBB said what we saw at the Pay Per View was only the beginning; up next he was scheduled to wrestle Jungle Lord and one by one, Unleashed Awesomeness would be doing everyone a favour by cleaning up SWF from the dinosaurs on its roster. Entertaining as always, given these guys' characters and wrestling styles a feud against the old guard makes absolute sense and 82 for their promo feels fair. Jungle Lord vs Randall Buckminster Bumfhole Never expected this to be as good as it turned out, RBB threw in a lot of stalling and teasing and playing to the crowd in order to keep the pace down without exposing his opponent while giving him ample opportunities to get back in the fight and keep things competitive. Jungle Lord made good use of his power and for all his declining physical ability, the man knows just how to get the most out of everything he does. No wasted movement on his part, a solid ten minute contest and Randall won clean with a Running Enziguri. Well deserved 72. Now this next part was pretty interesting. Rocky Golden came out and spoke about how he'd finally put Scythe to rest (pun absolutely intended this time) after several months of the Dark Reaper stalking him. You know where this is headed, part of Scythe's meddling was costing him the title and now he's gunning to reclaim his gold, but creative then threw a curveball when Hollywood Bret Starr cut him off and came out on the entrance stage with a mic in hand. Starr told Rocky to get back in line, as he'd laid the challenge already last night. Besides, he said, Rocky had his chances and blew it, about time someone else was given an opportunity. Long story short, the two men had a heated back and forth on the mic revolving around this, before they agreed to settle it in the ring next week in what should be a banger of a match. 82 for this, I'm hyped for the bout and wouldn't mind seeing it turn into a full blown feud if I'm honest. Des Davids vs Masked Patriot This match had no right to be as good as it turned out, but Davids and Patriot seem to be made for fighting each other. Hard hitters both, they somehow decided to turn this to eleven and had a crazy brawl between the ropes and fighting at ringside. The Kentucky crowd loved Patriot and I've said so before, he's good and getting better, damn shame to have him without a storyline. Anyway, this was about another storyline, seeing as Remo turned up for the assist that allowed Davids to hit the Quarterback Sack for the pin, though Des did seem to be confused by the champion's presence. The broadcast team gave voice to what everyone was thinking, what the hell have these two men agreed to, while Mr. Eisen gave their match a 78. We then got an interview, ZWB speaking about his title defence at the Pay Per View. He was interrupted however by the Mission, who walked up to the scene. Kirsten Pearce said her client took out Dillon last night and she advised him it's best for his career to set his sights on the SWF North American title next. Don't mind seeing this one or Ranger getting a push, but if it's another case of Faith getting left behind to cause internal friction, it feels overdone if we already have Spade and Allen doing that. Anyway, let's see how this plays out, 71 for this segment feels fair. Fame & Money vs Rocky Golden and Mikey Lau Remember Rocky's argument with Starr from before? Well, we got him going up against the Rat Pack representatives here and what better teammate for him than Mikey Lau: they've proven to work unnaturally well as a duo and coming off a big PPV loss, the Dragon made the best of this setup to regain some heat when he ended up scoring the pin on Trescarde after a Dragon Whip. Couldn't help noticing a good chunk of the fans chanting "Golden Dragon", if this partnership ends up being a more regular thing, this mashup of a name wouldn't actually be bad for them. For now, a 72 for their match was pretty decent. I've been going on for God knows how long about SWF not setting up and hyping up stuff in advance to get viewers to tune in for the next episode. Apparently someone caught wind of it and before the night's main event, we got a quick recap of what to expect Tuesday on Supreme TV. Tom Gilmore will be looking for revenge against Randall Buckminster Bumfhole, we will hear from Remo and Des Davids in regards to their pact and in the main event, Rocky Golden will take on Hollywood Bret Starr! w/ The Crippler vs Valiant (with Hannah) At first I thought there was a lot of time wasting, lockups and standoffs in the beginning of the match, but then I realized they were pacing themselves for a slow burner. This being the main event, it helped add a bit of gravitas to the proceedings and it certainly favoured the methodical submission style of the Crippler, who seemed to be in control of things for the most part. Valiant found himself on defence and the audience started cheering for him, if not because they liked him, they at least wanted to see him in the driver's seat in hopes of seeing some more exciting, fast paced and flashy wrestling. Very subliminal way to get heat, teasing the fans with action that they were then denied. It had them get behind the babyface even if they didn't all like him, it made his comebacks feel even more of a bigger deal and when he finally seemed to get in the groove by stringing together a series of offence, it made Atom Smasher's interference all the more hated for it. Sure, a DQ finish was a bit of a let down, especially for a main event, but there's no denying the emotional rollercoaster the fans were taken on or the reaction the veterans got out of them. A solid 78 to wrap up the show. 78 was also Mr. Eisen's overall grade for the episode and I'll have to agree, especially since there wasn't a ton of outside interference again this time. Good matches and promos, good storytelling and some interesting things set off in the aftermath of the Pay Per View, consider me intrigued to keep watching. Quick results Supreme Dream Team def. Hawaiian Crush Randall Buckminster Bumfhole def. Jungle Lord Des Davids def. Masked Patriot Rocky Golden & Mikey Lau def Fame & Money Valiant def. The Crippler Prediction results DinoKea - 4/5 Herrbear - 3/5 smw88 - 1/5

Friday Week 2 of April 2020 card Main Event Time Limits are for nerds The Crippler vs Valiant Tag Team Match Time Limits are for nerds Fame & Money vs Rocky Golden and Mikey Lau Singles Match Time Limits are for nerds Des Davids vs Masked Patriot Singles Match Time Limits are for nerds Jungle Lord vs Randall Buckminster Bumfhole Opening Tag Team match Time Limits are for nerds Hawaiian Crush vs Supreme Dream Team Plus: We hear from Unleashed Awesomeness, Rocky Golden, ZWB and more!

Dang, missed my shot!

Thursday Week 2 of April 2020 Live from The Greenwalt Dome, NJ Attendance: 49.311, Viewership: 6.367.025 on Premier Pay TV, Premier Pay CAN-TV, Demand-TV Mexico and The Supreme Network w/ Best of the Best vs Supreme Dream Team (with Spencer Spade & Dulce Moreno) Losing side will never team up again The show kicked off strong with the rubber match between these two teams, and everyone knew it was going to be the one to end the feud because the stipulation was that whoever lost would have to break up and never team up again. Intensity was in the air and the in-ring action matched it as Gilmore and Morgan got things going to rile up the fans and show the veterans still got it. Soon enough though the powerhouse heels were able to turn things around and an (uncalled for) leg trip from Spade ensured that Morgan would be staying on the wrong side of the ring for a beatdown. The fighting babyface persevered and even tried to reach out for the hot tag, but Spade yet again got in the way to prevent it. This caused a brief argument between the Supreme Star and Primus Allen, who said he had things under control and didn’t need the help. The argument provided enough of a distraction for Morgan to make the tag though and Gilmore hit the ring to clean house. Bekowski got knocked off the apron and Allen took a series of moves for a near fall, which seemed to seriously trouble Spade; his momentary hesitation on whether to get involved or not almost cost his side the match, but Allen kicked out a split second before the count of three. Gilmore’s follow-up attempt was telegraphed and Allen was able to block it, turning things around till he managed to get Gilmore on his shoulder. A brief glance at Spade followed, the Supreme Star raising his hands in the air to plead innocence, then Allen hit the Running Powerslam to pin Gilmore while Morgan was struggling at ringside due to some pain in his chest area. 69 After the match was over, Morgan motioned and medics rushed in to check on what appeared to be an injury. Out of nowhere, Randall Buckminister Bumfhole showed up to shove the doctors away and stomp down on Morgan’s damaged region. A slowly recovering Gilmore saw this and attempted to help his (former?) teammate, but The Awesomeness appeared to drag him away. The 3 on 2 attack continued and the exhausted babyfaces just couldn’t manage, ending their Pay Per View appearance with a loss, their team broken up and Unleashed Awesomeness standing tall over their broken bodies. 75 w/ Marshall Dillon vs Ranger (with Kristen Pearce and Matty Faith) Many expected this to be a crazy fistfight in the vein of old southern wrasslin' brawls but the two competitors took the time to let the gravity of this bout sink in before engaging in a captivating match. Dillon seemed to base his offence on strikes while Ranger utilized a fair amount of actual wrestling, with slams and power moves for big impact spots. A lot of the match involved dodging and reversing making it quite competitive, while also emphasizing the familiarity between former teammates and tag team champions league now turned bitter enemies. Fortunately, Kirsten Pearce and Matty Faith at ringside only provided moral support without getting involved in the match out of respect for the importance it had for Ranger, which in turn saved viewers from the stereotypical sports entertainment shenanigans that would have brought the overall experience down. Still, Dillon had to have eyes in the back of his head just in case and this messed with his focus, eventually allowing Ranger to execute the Global Meltdown for the clean pin in the center of the ring. 70 SWF World Tag Team titles match Hawaiian Crush © vs Atom Smasher & Rogue The entire sequence of events that led to this match began with Smasher and Rogue jumping the champions after their previous defence at Awesome Impact, something that was hinted at when the challengers once again attacked the champions from behind while they were making their entrance. Smasher was hyped to do some damage but Rogue immediately directed the action towards the ring in search of a quick win. "High Flying Hawaiian" James Adams kicked out of the cover though and the match began proper, with Rogue putting his teammate front and center while he himself picked his spots to come in and do some damage when things were going his way. Oddly enough, they didn't go for the classic tag spot of one babyface getting isolated in the heels' corner to build towards the hot tag, but instead Ekuma and Smasher had an extended back and forth segment that got a great reaction from the fans who enjoyed seeing the two big men go at it. After a double clothesline, Rogue blind tagged himself in while Adams got the hot tag; the veteran was all too eager to rush in and wrap it up though, which allowed Adams to easily turn things around and hit some high flying moves that popped the crowd before a Pacific Crush sealed the deal for the champs retaining. 67 I Quit match Mainstream Hernandez vs The Crippler This was all about the young, athletic babyface taking on the grizzled veteran and the dynamic was established early on when Hernandez used all sorts of rolls and flips to escape Crippler’s wristlocks, hammerlocks and chinlocks. After the initial standstill, Hernandez used a multitude of aerial kicks to gain the upper hand and pop the crowd but he could only get near falls for his efforts. Despite the initial shock, it didn’t take long for Crippler’s experience to kick in and he rolled through the following pin attempt into an ankle lock. Although Hernandez made it to the ropes to force a break, the damage was done and he was clearly favouring one leg, thus limiting his mobility and allowing his opponent to get to work after grounding him. Crippler attacked the leg and with every chance Hernandez got to fight back, he’d only return to the limb with even more vicious offence. The initial kicks and submission holds gave way to him smashing the leg of Hernandez against the ringpost, then trapping it between the ring and steps, before finally sandwiching it between a folding chair to inflict as much damage as possible. Vicious and systematic, Crippler tore his opponent apart with glee in what quickly turned from an exciting match into a gruelling torture session, until Hernandez could take no more and had to give up. 71 Giving up, of course, did not make Crippler release his hold and neither did the screams of Hernandez, the ref’s attempts to break them up or the timekeeper’s bell frantically ringing. It seemed he was hellbent on putting his victim on the shelf, until Valiant rushed down the ring to force Crippler into a retreat. The segment ended with the two men staring daggers at each other from a distance while paramedics stretchered Hernandez out. 77 SWF North American title match Robbie Wright vs ZWB © The action picked up here as expected, with Robbie Wright and ZWB wrestling like they were possessed from bell to bell. The champion’s prowess is no secret, but the challenger fortunately checked his cowardly and/or egotistical heel antics at the door in order to bring his best pure wrestling self, meaning there were no interruptions to the pace and flow of this bout. Furthermore, this was far from just a high flying spectacle as both men made liberal use of fast, accurate strikes and some slick rolling suplexes as they escalated their offence in search of the big win. In the end though, Robbie took a chance and it backfired when his top rope senton found nothing but mat, setting him up nicely for ZWB’s 450 Splash and a pin to mark his first Pay Per View defence of the title. 79 Hollywood Bret Starr then had an announcement to make and it sounded pretty important, seeing as the rest of the Rat Pack weren’t around and all the focus was on him. Starr declared that he’s had enough of being overlooked and he’s taking matters into his own hands. Next month, he said, he will be wrestling for the SWF World Heavyweight title against whoever’s the champion then, be it Mikey Lau or Remo. The challenge, he said, has been laid. 75 Graveyard Smash Match Rocky Golden vs Scythe No one knew exactly what a Graveyard Smash would involve, but as soon as the tape began to roll, it became apparent this was going to be a cinematic kind of match. Making great use of both Scythe’s otherworldly gimmick and SWF’s industry leading production values, the outcome felt like a captivating crossover of wrestling and horror movies, taking the best of both worlds. Rocky Golden walked into a fog-covered graveyard in the opening shot, Scythe’s voice taunting him from an indiscernible location to set the mood. Rocky pushed on and initially was attacked by “zombies” (probably jobbers with some great makeup) who he proceeded to unceremoniously bodyslam and throw around. After a while, he began to get frustrated with these mind games and that’s when Scythe appeared out of the fog, right behind him. The match then began proper, a good brawl between the two men that involved good use of the surrounding scenery, such as a spot where Rocky smashed a gravestone on Scythe’s back or another where the Dark Reaper chokeslammed Golden through a table with a closed casket on it. Laurel wreaths used to contain the opponent, urns smacked in the face, everything was fair game and it made for an entertaining match leading to the grand finale, in which Rocky put Scythe in the Rack, then gave him the Death Valley Driver into an open grave and pulled the lever on a nearby bulldozer, dropping the dirt on top to bury him alive and win the match. 76 SWF World Heavyweight title match Remo © vs Mikey Lau The much anticipated main event was up next, with Lau finally getting a title shot in recognition of his stellar performances lately. Unfortunately, it quickly became apparent that his striking style and Remo’s arsenal of power moves don’t mesh all that well and the bout wasn’t all it could have been. Still, Lau sold the champion’s offence to establish himself as an underdog fighting from beneath, fans cheering for him in hopes of the upset win. Displaying an unyielding warrior spirit on top of his martial arts inspired moves, Lau stayed in the fight and refused to go down for the count. Around the ten minute mark, Des Davids made an appearance in the crowd and jumped the barricade while the referee was talking Remo down for refusing to follow his indications and threatened to disqualify him. Davids smashed Lau with the SWF World Heavyweight title belt and it looked like this was going to be the end of it all, but the Dragon somehow miraculously kicked out before the third slap of the mat. This near fall had fans cheering in excitement for the challenger pushing through after what they thought could have been the end and indeed, the match went on for a few minutes more. Although the shot did not instantly take Lau out, it certainly did the damage on top of everything else that Remo had thrown at him and it was just a matter of time before his fall. With every kick out, the challenger seemed more and more lost, eventually allowing Remo to set up and pull off The Destroyer for the final three count. 80 Overall 84

Would also make for a great El Demonio alt. I already have a good one for him though, so this is going to be my Hijo del Mephisto!

Well played, sir. I'll admit I was drawn to the tag teams and Nicky Champion in that post when it was first made.

You are right to love this hair, it looks great! If anything, you should probably use it for a Byron render to go with that amazing Bret Heartbreak

YEE-PEE-DUB?

Now this is quite the surprise... Just gotta settle down to a single pick..

Agreed. Not sure what's going on with the community, I myself have been swamped and it's greatly reduced my forum presence in terms of diary writing and keeping up with other people's diaries.

Thursday, Week 2 April 2020 Live from The Greenwalt Dome, NJ Get it on Premier Pay TV (US), Premier Pay CAN-TV (Canada) Demand-TV Mexico (Mexico) and Supreme Network Main Event SWF World Heavyweight title match Remo © vs Mikey Lau Graveyard Smash Match Rocky Golden vs Scythe SWF North American title Robbie Wright vs ZWB © I Quit match Mainstream Hernandez vs The Crippler SWF World Tag Team titles match Hawaiian Crush © vs Atom Smasher & Rogue Grudge Match Ranger vs Marshall Dillon Opening Tag Team match Losing side will never team up again Best of the Best vs Supreme Dream Team

SWF Supreme TV Results [Tues. Wk. 2, April 2020] From the diary of Samantha W. Fitzworthy Supreme TV was held live in Miami, Florida this Tuesday, with 8.788 fans in attendance and 5.882.284 people watching on TV or the Supreme Network. The main event had been announced in advance on social media, Des Davids against Mikey Lau, so I was expecting this new story between Des and Remo to play out, as well as hearing Rocky Golden’s reaction to the stipulation that Scythe announced at Uprising for their upcoming Pay Per View match. The show opened with an Unleashed Awesomeness speech and just when I was starting to think these promos are fun but getting repetitive without these guys getting the occasional match as well, they put a spin to it. Way more somber and serious than usual, Randall, Huey, Jefferson and BJ O’Neil addressed this situation exactly, how RBB wrestled for the big title in January, how Jefferson’s back from injury and still they’re not getting any matches. Randall said the three of them are Pay Per View material, yet still they’re not booked to wrestle at The World Is Watching in a few days. However, as Huey pointed out, Unleashed Awesomeness are not ones to complain and whine in hopes of getting heard. Oh no, they will be taking matters into their own hands. Wonder what that means in regards to their future actions, for now they walked away with a solid 84 for their opening segment. Masked Patriot vs The Crippler Patriot has been putting on solid performances for a few months now but has not been featured in any consistent way as part of a major storyline thus far. That said, this match was his chance to work with an established big player and showcase his technical prowess, while Crippler was his usual sadistic self in tying up his opponents in knots. At one point, the referee got knocked out and Patriot tapped, but there was no official to call for the bell and thus Crippler kept the hold applied. This was the cue for Mainstream Hernandez to run down and attack his PPV opponent, breaking the hold without causing a DQ. Nice way to keep that rivalry warm while giving the match some more time and Patriot a chance to regroup. For all his heart though, the masked man ended up on the wrong side of a Tombstone Piledriver and Crippler got the win, even if he had to wrestle for almost fifteen minutes to get there. Surprisingly engaging match, a well deserved 68 here. Once the bout was over, Crippler requested a microphone and cut a short but sharp promo, challenging Mainstream Hernandez to a match at The World Is Watching. However, he said, since Hernandez always seems to get involved in his business, he will have to do it once again where Crippler is most comfortable, because this will be an I Quit match! Should be interesting to watch, 65 for this little segment. I like this new spin of the Rat Pack paying their way to various things, though after their unsuccessful bribery of the referee last time around, I’m a little worried they might be slipping into comedy stable territory. Fortunately, they saved a lot of face on this episode, when they announced that they’ve used some of their considerable financial muscle to get John Greed a match for the SWF North American title tonight. According to them, Greed would be beating ZWB for the gold and he would be the one wrestling at the Pay Per View against the #1 contender, Robbie Wright. Delivery was solid as always, bonus points for saving some of the group’s edge, using their gimmick and justifying how we ended up with a title match on free TV, a 70 from Mr. Eisen. w/ Dominic DeSousa (with Joe Sexy) vs Marshall Dillon An interesting clash between two blue chippers, Dillon’s blue collar brawling was a nice contrast to the cocky city slicker that is DeSousa. There’s no denying that Dom is a much better talker than he’s an in-ring worker at this point, so Dillon had to carry him for most of the match, while also having to deal with Sexy’s interference. This justified the match being more than a few minutes’ deal, then just as Dillon was about to win it, Kristen Pearce showed up mic in hand and talked some trash, perhaps even teasing an attack by The Mission. The distraction bought DeSousa some time, but Dillon was able to regroup and hit him with the Crackdown for a much needed win as he heads into his PPV grudge match. 62 for this match. Of course, the attack did happen after the match to keep the rivalry hot, but Dillon was able to escape by the skin of his teeth. Which is great, because he didn’t look like an absolute loser and in theory he saved some fuel for the Pay Per View. A 62 from Mr. Eisen. w/ Hawaiian Crush (with Sylvester Weatherfield) vs The Pain Alliance I mean, Kurt and Scott lost singles matches recently, no one expected them to win here even if it was a non title match. This was all about giving the champs a win and some momentum in light of their upcoming defence, which was of course highlighted by the challengers interfering: Rogue distracted James Adams in order for Atom Smasher to show up and attack Ekuma, but the referee was quick to jump in and send both outsiders back to the locker room. Nice to see the ref flexing his authority every now and then instead of being annoyingly incompetent all the time. With no further distractions, the champions powered through and eventually the Pacific Crush sealed the deal, a 61 for this match. We then got a short promo from Supreme Dream Team, hyping up their all-or-nothing match against Tom Gilmore and Joey Morgan. Again, Primus Allen had some things to say after Spade was done and the Supreme Star didn’t look all too happy that he wasn’t the only talker here. I like how they’re continuing to subtly tease this breakup while the main feud is going on, 75 for a captivating segment. SWF North American title match John Greed vs ZWB Greed has a reputation of being able to get a good match out of anyone and I suppose that is why, despite pushing 40, he was trusted here to face Zimmy with the title on the line. You could argue that Hollywood Bret Starr should have been in this spot, but I say Bret couldn’t take the loss without looking bad and frankly, I’d rather they save him for the World title instead. Speaking of titles, Robbie Wright showed up with the title he stole last time around (lot of interference on this episode, come to think of it) and it seemed like he was out to distract the champion, but in an unexpected twist, he turned against Greed instead. ZWB hit the 450 Splash and got the win, with the announcing trio speculating that the reason behind Robbie’s actions was that he wanted to face Zimmy, not John, at the Pay Per View. Still, a very good bout that deserves a 77. Rocky Golden then had some TV time to share his thoughts on his upcoming Graveyard Smash match against Scythe. Pretty standard white meat babyface promo you’d expect here, but still delivered masterfully by the most over man on the roster. Rocky spoke of his previous encounters with Scythe and how he’s now familiar with all the mind games his opponent employs. He said that the stipulation certainly favours the Dark Reaper, but not even Death is going to be enough to stop him from getting his vengeance and reclaiming his SWF World Heavyweight title. At The World Is Watching, he will walk through the valley of shadow and death without fear in his heart or clouds in his mind and he will emerge victorious. Mr. Eisen was ecstatic about this, I was surprised (although I shouldn’t be) when he rated it as a 95. Des Davids vs Mikey Lau Okay so apparently Remo made an offer to Davids so they were more or less on the same side, which made sense in terms of the matchup, although I’m not sure if this match against Lau was the “in return” part of the deal or if softening up the challenger for the champion was the part that Des had to see through. Either way, these guys played to their strengths and went all out as they brawled like madmen from bell to bell, inside the ring and outside. Again, this was a Pay Per View magnitude singles match given away for free on TV, so yeah SWF are pulling out the big guns but the wrestlers themselves are also delivering. Never felt how fifteen minutes went by like a breeze, but just as Lau hit his Scything Kick and was about to make the pin, Remo showed up and smacked him in the face with the title belt to cause the DQ. Which wasn’t a swerve I guess, because Mikey was about to win it anyway it seemed, Remo just didn’t give him the pleasure of a clean win. The cameras went off with Remo standing tall over both men and the announcers wondering what he had in store for both of them, not a bad way to pull off a cliffhanger and make your audience buy the PPV or tune in Friday for the fallout episode of Uprising. A good 80 for the main event. All in all, Uprising has improved from the B show it felt like initially, but Supreme is also enjoying the benefits of having full access to the entire roster and using the biggest names to get better grades across the board. Other than frequent outside interference, even if it didn’t end up playing a part in the actual finish of several matches, I’d say this was one of the better episodes of Supreme TV, rated as an 81. Quick results Mikey Lau def. Des Davids ZWB def. John Greed to retain the SWF North American title Hawaiian Crush def. The Pain Alliance Marshall Dillon def. Dominic DeSousa The Crippler def. Masked Patriot Prediction results DinoKea - 3/5 Herrbear - 3/5 TCP1 - 2/5 smw88 - 1/5

Card for Predictions Main Event Time Limits are for nerds Des Davids vs Mikey Lau SWF North American Title Match Time Limits are for nerds ZWB vs John Greed Non Title Tag Team Match Hawaiian Crush vs The Pain Alliance Singles Match Time Limits are for nerds Dominic DeSousa vs Marshall Dillon Opening Singles Match Time Limits are for nerds Masked Patriot vs The Crippler Plus: Rocky Golden shares his thoughts on his match stipulation with Scythe, plus messages from The Rat Pack, Unleashed Awesomeness and more!

SWF Uprising Results [Fri. Wk. 1, Apr. 2020] From the diary of Samantha W. Fitzworthy The road to SWF The World Is Watching continues and this week’s episode of Uprising came from the city of Denver, Colorado. 9.377 fans showed up to the venue, with 5.814.269 watching at home and online. w/ Brandon James & Mainstream Hernandez vs The Crippler & Dominic DeSousa (with Joe Sexy) We went straight into a match, clearly built around this on and off rivalry between Mainstream Hernandez and the Crippler. Dominic DeSousa was thrown into the mix to get the rub as he continues to hone his wrestling skills, while using Brandon James was a good call: he has the experience and star power to boost this match as well as the powerhouse style to complete the athletic offence of Hernandez. The two veterans worked the brunt of the match, with James taking the beating from Crippler and an opportunistic DeSousa, which built up to a Hernandez hot tag for some flashy moves that cleaned house before he hit the Apparition #14 on DeSousa for the pin. Pretty by the numbers, but well executed, a 62 for the opener. The camera jumped backstage, where Unleashed Awesomeness were together to hype up their man James Prudence, who would be going up against Robbie Retro next. No storyline to be progressed here, but still an entertaining segment from three great talkers that landed them a good 83. James Prudence vs Robbie Retro I expected this one to be full of posing and time wasting, but it actually turned out to be a pretty decent wrestling match. Goes to show how great Retro could be if he finally decided to drop the disco gimmickry. The action itself was pretty basic, with plenty of lockups, armdrags, headlocks and all that jazz, but they made it entertaining and it never felt like more of a few minutes, when the match went on for ten or twelve before Robbie rolled up Prudence for the surprise win. Mr. Eisen rated the match right down the middle as a 50, which I think is selling it a little short but I’m guessing he cut some points out of it for feeling like a filler since it wasn’t linked to some ongoing storyline. A brief interview with ZWB came next, the champion addressing Robbie Wright, his “theft” of the title and their upcoming match at The World Is Watching. Decent, but not one of Zimmy’s best deliveries, I think he stumbled a bit or forgot part of his promo halfway through, landing a mere 66 for this one. w/ Big Smack Scott (with Kurt Laramee) vs Masked Patriot Another match with no storyline connection here, unless the implied story here was the rare appearances of The Pain Alliance and Scott taking a singles loss to mirror his teammate’s on Tuesday. This was everything you’d expect of a Big Smack Scott match with him bullying his opponent around, before Patriot made the inevitable superhero comeback. Interesting spin though to have Scott lose it and swing a chair to lose via DQ. Got this one on my notes as a 56. Now this is where things started to get interesting, a “sneaky backstage camera” segment that caught Remo walking up to Des Davids. The champ said he heard what Davids said on Tuesday and if he really wants to correct course, he might want to watch his upcoming match with Mikey Lau closely. Davids raised an eyebrow and asked exactly what that means, to which Remo responded by leaning in to whisper something to his ear that the camera didn’t get. “And in return,” Remo added, then leaned in again to complete his thought. Colour me intrigued, I want to see how this plays out, 80 for the segment. Hollywood Bret Starr with Fame & Money and Willy LaRoux were then shown, making referee Ric Young “an offer he can’t refuse”. Don’t go all Godfather though, they were simply bribing him with money as he would be officiating the next match that involved John Greed and Justin Sensitive. This one quickly turned into a comedy skit and much to the fans’ delight, senior SWF official refused the offer (on second thought, was that an attempt to show that everyone, even refs, get paid super well in the land of Supreme?) and stormed out of the scene right into the ring for the next match. This was fun, but I’m not quite sure what the point was so I marked it down as a 62. The Rat Pack (Justin Sensitive & John Greed) vs Lenny Brown & Steven Parker Well, if these guys were up against Brown and Parker, I can get why their teammates would want to bribe the ref. With shenanigans out of the picture, the match went on at breakneck speed from bell to bell and I think this exciting pace helped things feel flashy as well as urgent. Kudos to Greed especially for being able to keep up with the others at 40 years of age and a long career behind him, as well as being a class act when he took the Future Shock and subsequent pin from Parker. Mr. Eisen gave a 59 to this, by the way. We came back from commercial as Tom Gilmore and Joey Morgan hit the ring to call out Bear Bekowski and Primus Allen. “We’ve been fighting each other for so long, now it’s time to end it” Gilmore said and I couldn’t agree more. We’re getting another match between these two tag teams at The World Is Watching, but Morgan threw an interesting spin: the losers will have to break up and never team up again. Finally some closure on a feud that feels like it’s outstayed its welcome, as Supreme Dream Team accepted the challenge. What’s intriguing here is the match could go either way: I can see the veterans splitting up on the tail end of their careers, but there’s a good chance the heels lose too and this furthers the Allen-Spade thing brewing under the surface. Curious to see the grand finale, for now this back and forth promo landed them a 69. Another skit was up next, with Eric Eisen directing a debate between champions and challengers for the SWF World Tag Team titles, in response to Rogue calling Ekuma “a big dumb oaf” on social media, claiming fans deserved a more eloquent champion such as himself. In retrospect, I should have seen this coming: Ekuma proved to be a great talker behind the wall of muscle, whereas the hot headed Atom Smasher ended up making his side look like fools. Consider me sports entertained, 70 for this one. Things picked up even more, as a pre-taped message from Scythe was shown. The Dark Reaper was shown standing in a dark foggy graveyard as he delivered his promo from between the tombstones. Scythe said there’s only one way to put his rivalry with Rocky Golden to rest and that’s to put it six feet under. At The World Is Watching, Rocky is cordially invited to a Graveyard Smash match, which I’m not sure if that’s gonna be another cinematic thing but it was made pretty clear that it’s gonna end with the loser getting buried alive. Points for the promo location and shoot style fitting Scythe’s supernatural gimmick, as apparently does the match stipulation. Now that I think of it, the setup also favours his odds since he won the match against Rocky. Very well played, a good 80 for this promo. w/w/ Ranger (with Kristen Pearce and Matty Faith) vs Valiant (with Hannah) Earlier this year I never thought I’d see this match, but ever since he split up with Marshall Dillon, turned heel and aligned himself with Matty Faith and Kristen Pearce, Ranger has been on fire and rapidly gaining new fans. This was a classic SWF match between two massive dudes, Ranger’s calm and collected attitude providing an intriguing clash in comparison to Valiant’s bubblier personality. Matty Faith and Kristen Pearce were a strong ringside presence, harassing Hannah every chance they got in an attempt to get inside Valiant’s head, which in turn brought out Marshall Dillan who brawled with Faith to break all that up. Guess it was the right call, Dillon needed to get a modicum of revenge after all the losses and beatings, but I liked how it didn’t lead to the actual finish of the match. Not that we got a clean win since Ranger would hold on to the trunks for the pin, but I’ll always take a dirty win over a messy finish to a match. 68 for the main event. Lots of filler matches this week, even if Uprising now is a far cry from what it started as. I think the Remo and Scythe bits were the highlights of the show, plus the debate was quite fun. Might have expected more from its go-home episode before the Pay Per View, but it’s likely they’re saving a lot of that for Tuesday’s Supreme TV. For now, a 71 will do for this episode. Quick results Ranger def. Valiant Lenny Brown & Steven Parker def. The Rat Pack Masked Patriot def. Big Smack Scott Robbie Retro def. James Prudence Brandon James & Mainstream Hernandez def. The Crippler & Dominic DeSousa Prediction results Herrbear - 3/5 smw88 - 2/5 DinoKea - 1/5

Seems like a successor to docdroid for me. People do their shows like a powerpoint presentation and upload it there, something like that.

Friday Week 1 of April 2020 card Main Event Time Limits are for nerds Ranger vs Valiant Tag Team Match Time Limits are for nerds The Rat Pack (Justin Sensitive & John Greed) vs Lenny Brown & Steven Parker Singles Match Time Limits are for nerds Big Smack Scott vs Masked Patriot Singles Match Time Limits are for nerds Robbie Retro vs James Prudence Opening Tag Team match Time Limits are for nerds Brandon James & Mainstream Hernandez vs Dominic DeSousa & The Crippler Plus: ZWB addresses the theft of the SWF North American title, Best of the Best issue a challenge to Supreme Dream Team, a debate between Hawaiian Crush and Atom Smasher & Rogue, Scythe reveals the stipulation he has chosen for his Pay Per View match against Rocky Golden, and more!

London getting back in a rendering groove surely means progress in the Londonverse, right? Right?

SWF Supreme TV Results [Tues. Wk. 1, April 2020] From the diary of Samantha W. Fitzworthy It’s Tuesday and that means more Supreme TV to talk about. Seattle was the stage for tonight’s episode and 7.807 fans showed up for it, with 5.791.166 watching on TV or the Supreme Network around the world. The Rat Pack (Hollywood Bret Starr, Paul Huntingdon, Monty Trescarde, John Greed and Justin Sensitive) (with Willy LaRoux and Krissy Angelle) vs Masked Patriot, Jungle Lord, Robbie Retro, Oliver Kobb and American Machine Yet again we jumped right into a match and this time it was a 5 on 5 bout featuring the recently expanded Rat Pack against a random assortment of babyfaces. I liked how the announcers tried to justify this too, saying Starr’s group had paid a hefty amount in order to get this match, right at the start of the show and against opponents of their choosing. Plenty of shenanigans on the heel side as you would expect, plus a lot of taunting to get a reaction. I should point out Robbie Retro also worked the crowd masterfully with his comedic timing and disco moves. Not sure why American Machine was brought back from beyond the veil, I’m guessing the idea was to match him with Masked Patriot for some reason. Almost expected him to be the one pinned, but apparently Machine’s aura as a powerhouse babyface was in the way and it ended up being Jungle Lord who got hit with the Grace Landing. Unusual to see Justin Sensitive score a pin, but it could probably be spared. 58 for this one. We then moved backstage for a skit, as Randall Buckminster Bumfhole and James Prudence were speaking to Eric Eisen and pleading their case for how The Awesomeness should be the next team to get a shot at the SWF World Tag Team titles. “Easy E” replied that he understands their point, but The Mission as well as Atom Smasher and Rogue all have legitimate claims to that opportunity, so to solve this once and for all, he had greenlit a triangle match between the three teams later tonight. RBB and Prudence assured viewers at home that Huey and Jefferson would be winning, but their attitude turned to complaining when Eric told them that everyone’s allies were banned from ringside. Randall and James threw a fit and the feed jumped back to the arena, leaving me thinking that Eric’s probably peeking into my notes and the part where I complained about everyone having managers on last week’s Uprising. 68 for this part, by the way. Kurt Laramee (with Big Smack Scott) vs Mainstream Hernandez I spoke too soon, here’s a tag team guy in a singles match with his teammate at ringside. Pretty decent stuff though, with Kurt as the big bad heel and Hernandez trying to use his agility for misdirection. Almost thought we’d get a run-in from the Crippler too, but fortunately that didn’t happen and we got a clean finish of Hernandez superkicking Laramee for the pin. A momentum builder, apparently, 53 for this match. A pre-taped promo for The Mission aired next, and I could tell it was taped because they spoke about Marshall Dillon instead of their match later that night. Matty Faith mocked Dillon for his defeat at Uprising and Ranger picked it up from there when he said Dillon had been keeping him down, which is why he replaced him for a better partner. Even then, Ranger said, Dillon again messed up when he chose to align himself with a loser like Oliver Kobb, who eventually he dropped as well. Tough talk, but a solid heel promo at 68. Supreme Dream Team (with Dulce Moreno) vs Best of the Best and ZWB We’ve seen variations of this match several times already, though it’s always good when Spade gets some in-ring time on top of his promos and ZWB is no slouch between the ropes either. There were some different strokes on the story told here too, as Spade did hide behind Allen and Bekowski to pick his spots, but I could tell that Primus had some moments where he wasn’t very happy with all the shenanigans. More teasing of a potential break up and face turn for the big guy, a great match bell to bell thanks to everyone involved, Spade went over Gilmore and I marked this down as a 78. The real thing though happened after the match, when Robbie Wright showed up to steal the SWF North American title from the timekeeper’s table before the ref could hand it back to the champion. Wright walked his way up the ramp and held the title up, much to the chagrin of ZWB as the announce team further hyped up their upcoming title clash at the Pay Per View. Nicely executed, Mr. Eisen graded this as a 77. A promo from Lenny Brown and Steven Parker is usually a good thing given their skill on the stick and their popularity with the fans, but I have conflicting feelings about this one. The two men commented (read: complained) on not being in the tag team title scene and not being included in tonight’s three way tag match. Uhm, guys, you may have the skills but you don’t have the track record for that right now. Plus whining about things is not a very babyface move, something they probably realised by the end of their air time and tried to save face by saying they’ll do better and bounce back. It was a 63, but I’m sure they can do better. The Awesomeness (with BJ O’Neil) vs Atom Smasher & Rogue vs The Mission (with Kirsten Pearce) As good as this match was, I was at a loss of who to root for and so were the fans. Like, I get that you need a heel challenger for the face champions, but an all heel three way tag bout? Could have thrown in a face team in there even if no one expected them to win. Maybe Brown and Parker could have been in this instead of the promo they did. And it’s not just the cheering part, the heels had no face to put the heat on while fans inevitably ended up rooting for The Awesomeness again, which makes SWF’s refusal to turn them face even more baffling. That aside it was a great match, but it’s a pretty big thing to overlook and it ended up dragging it down to a mere 66. Also, Atom Smasher and Rogue won the bout so apparently the plan is to have them face off against Hawaiian Crush for the tag titles at the PPV. Des Davids was then interviewed in regards to losing the North American title and the losses he’s suffered since and for a moment, I thought we’d get the same promo as Brown and Parker before, only at least by a heel. I got swerved, because Des said that yes, these things happened, but he was the one to come over from Uprising to Supreme TV and essentially began the reunification of the roster. He lost the title, but he’s main eventing shows and locking up with the big guns like Rocky Golden. The results may have not been ideal thus far, but he’s moving up in the land of Supreme and soon enough, he’ll have the match outcomes to show for it. Loved this one, 78 for sheer creativity. So the big angle before the main event was a contract signing for the SWF World Heavyweight title match. Mikey did the smart thing, he kept his talking brief and to the point while letting his natural charisma ooze out as he worked over the fans that were cheering for him. Remo showed up in full corporate mode wearing a suit and talked himself up as a true champion, dropping a nice burn when he told his opponent that no one cares about kung fu anymore and hasn’t done so in decades. Of course, contract signings are like weddings in wrestling, something has to go wrong and again, an interesting spin on the trope was used: Remo tried to make an offensive move, but Lau was expecting it and tapped into some Bruce Lee antics to immediately snap into a fighting stance, which had Remo smiling as he backed down. I guess he played the classic “I was just messing with you” card, but I could buy that being the case as much as I’d believe he meant to get physical but backed down and tried to save face. Lau looked on point, Remo looked sharp, the segment got both of them over and was by far the best part of the show, hands down a 90. Rocky Golden vs Scythe Well that’s a first, a PPV level match headlining a TV episode with actually something on the line and an angle to set it up days earlier. In case you’ve forgotten, Scythe promised a clean match here with the winner picking the stipulation for his rubber match with Rocky to end their feud. I said so last week with Starr vs Lau, it seems SWF are pulling out the big guns to boost their TV shows and this only proves my claim. To their credit, the two men went all out for this one, making it fast and exciting in hopes of sweeping the fans away and hiding some of their weak points, like selling. Kudos for skipping the rest holds and opting for a faster pace too, because it didn’t feel like they were phoning it in and saving the big stuff for the Pay Per View match. As always, I was expecting Rocky to win and be protected, but I guess I should have seen it going the other way: Scythe wins clean and gets to pick the stipulation, which he’ll reveal in an angle down the road. Gives him some momentum, sets up a challenge for the face and given his gimmick, I’m expecting at least a coffin or buried alive match. 82 for this one. All in all a solid episode, which Mr. Eisen put up as an 81. I think most of the major storylines were progressed and we got a huge main event in Scythe versus Golden.The non wrestling stuff was a hit and miss really, with Davids’ promo and the contract signing being high points, while we now know more about the card for The World Is Watching. If they keep this up, they’ll probably make up for lost ground, though I do not know if they’ll do it fast enough before TCW catches up or USPW breaks out too far ahead. Quick results Scythe def. Rocky Golden Atom Smasher & Rogue def. The Awesomeness and The Mission Supreme Dream Team def. Best of the Best and ZWB Mainstream Hernandez def. Kurt Laramee The Rat Pack def. Masked Patriot, Jungle Lord, Robbie Retro, Oliver Kobb and American Machine Prediction results DinoKea - 5/5 FLAWLESS VICTORY! Herrbear - 1/5