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BBW presents: True Survivors Main Event Lamprecht the Lunatic vs Nobuhito Ogiwara BBW Dynasty Warriors title match First team to have a member bleed loses Matsubara & Onodera © vs Madman Boone & Genghis Rahn Hardcore Triple Threat Tag Team match Natsuhisa Tamura & Kaneie Ichihara vs Ruy Kajahara & Oniji Hanari vs I, Butcher & Big Trouble (with Mr. Miwa) Handicap 2 vs 1 match Bloody Takai & Taka Hoshizawa vs Larry Wood (with Munenori Umari) No DQ Tag Team match Nuclear Assassins (Nukenin & The Silence) vs UK Dragon & Shiro

<p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="2AQvL6T.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/2AQvL6T.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p> <strong><span style="font-size:14px;">The Blood Bowl 1997</span></strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47280" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Ah, the ‘97 Blood Bowl. What a show that was. Somehow I was even spared the more serious backstage incidents too, which was a good sign. I mean, sure, Hide Kozu turned up late, but I didn’t really bother to punish an announcer for that when we didn’t have an actual broadcast deal. Same with Oniji Hanari, who never showed up for our meeting, as I was also doubling as road agent for most of the matches; I scolded him a bit, but nothing serious, since he wasn’t booked to be on the show at all.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="1Y07Rni.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/1Y07Rni.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="k5pIFby.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/k5pIFby.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="e8rzx2c.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/e8rzx2c.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> Natsuhisa Tamura and myself opened the show by bringing out the Blood Bowl cup to showcase the night’s prize. I also took the opportunity to get on the mic and address the absence of Lamprecht the Lunatic, Henry Lee and Big Trouble’s manager, Mr. Miwa, saying this was my chance to win the cup and challenge Tamura for the BBW World Warrior title.</p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="z0QOMbn.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/z0QOMbn.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="BTSd9eF.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/BTSd9eF.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="NOx29hm.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/NOx29hm.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> Before he could respond (and mostly because he was crap on the mic) we were interrupted by Munenori Umari and the Wood Brothers. Umari let everyone know both Billy and Larry would be competing tonight, which meant he had double the chances of ending up with the trophy, but as great as we both were improvising on the mic, fans were there for blood so the Wood Brothers stormed the ring and began a brawl with Tamura and myself to really fire up the audience before the first match.</p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><img alt="IqChfad.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/IqChfad.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong><img alt="rmysBZU.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/rmysBZU.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="4bkZcub.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/4bkZcub.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="25UZG0h.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/25UZG0h.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="tOfOq8h.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/tOfOq8h.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="RvCSj5i.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/RvCSj5i.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p><strong> Nukenin & The Silence vs Nobuhito Ogiwara & Koichi Kajiwara</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> Now the Blood Bowl presented me with a unique challenge: Many folks,myself included, would be wrestling more than one match on the same night, which meant exhaustion on top of injury risk. I had to keep the matches short, but our roster wasn’t deep enough or skilled enough to fill the time gap, so I pulled a little trick to make up for it: I gave everyone, even the crappiest jobber, a grand entrance. It was a nice distraction, but also a chance to see who fans would pop for and who was going to fall flat. Nukenin and the Silence were out first and while the fan’s didn’t really care, once they saw them work together in the ring, things changed. They were so on it, they looked like they’d been teaming up for ages. That’s where their high flying, risk taking team began. Ogiwara and Kajiwara played the brutes to their opponent’s daredevil underdog team… and failed. Miserably. I knew all four were rookies, so I overbooked the hell out of that match to distract from that fact and while it probably helped hide their shortcomings, there was no way around Ogiwara’s incompetence or Kajiwara’s sloppiness and stamina deficit. At least it felt like I’d made the right call having Nukenin roll up Kajiwara. When that decision was made, I thought it was a little hard to sell, but seeing Nukenin and The Silence at work against the nightmare that was their opponents, it made absolute sense and I could pretend like that was my plan all along.</p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><em>Nukenin & The Silence defeated Nobuhito Ogiwara & Koichi Kajiwara by pinfall after Nukenin rolled up Koichi Kajiwara</em></p><p> <img alt="0l8tY8y.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/0l8tY8y.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> <img alt="Kdw9J9O.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Kdw9J9O.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="bwZiCVM.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/bwZiCVM.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="25UZG0h.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/25UZG0h.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="vWU94Rh.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/vWU94Rh.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="pYSF9FL.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/pYSF9FL.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> <strong>Mamoru Nagahama & Matsudara Morioka vs Biff the Bruiser & Henry Bennett</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> Naga-Mori had something about them, you could tell the moment they stepped out of that curtain. They were not our usual psychopaths, but they had a ruggedness that made them feel legit. Nagahama was the perfect oldschool traditionalist to Morioka’s raging bull antics and they were blessed by their opponents showcasing great chemistry between them, all of which elevated their bout. It was the closest thing we would do to a classic “Japanese puroresu guys versus burly gaijin bruisers” at the time. That was also the first time fans got to see the dreaded Nagahama Guillotine in action as it caused Bennett to submit. It wasn’t going to be the last time, as that scene would replay between them even into the early days of Warrior Engine XXV.</p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><em>Mamoru Nagahama and Matsudaira Morioka defeated Biff The Bruiser and Henry Bennett in 5:57 when Mamoru Nagahama defeated Henry Bennett by submission with a Nagahama Guillotine.</em></p><p> <img alt="0l8tY8y.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/0l8tY8y.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> <strong>The Blood Bowl 1997 Quarterfinal match</strong></p><p><strong> </strong><img alt="k8tfSV4.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/k8tfSV4.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="25UZG0h.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/25UZG0h.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="hem3Gdz.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/hem3Gdz.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p><strong> Genghis Rahn vs Taka Hoshizawa</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> Taka was never a big deal, but I needed to fill in those last tournament spots and I was running out of non-young lion workers. To my surprise, he really stepped up to the occasion here. Not that he had much to do besides bump around for Rahn, but they did work a breakneck pace for this stunt show and Taka even agreed to get slammed onto a ladder for that extra oomph, so kudos to the man for helping put Rahn over as a badass.</p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><em>Genghis Rahn defeated Taka Hoshizawa in 5:43 by pinfall with a Rahn To The Hills.</em></p><p> <img alt="7nXiDsK.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/7nXiDsK.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> <strong>The Blood Bowl 1997 Quarterfinal match</strong></p><p><strong> </strong><img alt="e8rzx2c.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/e8rzx2c.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="25UZG0h.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/25UZG0h.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="NOx29hm.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/NOx29hm.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><strong>w</strong><img alt="z0QOMbn.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/z0QOMbn.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p><strong> Ruy Kajahara vs Billy Wood (with Munenori Umari)</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> Not to toot my own horn, but this was the first watchable match in the show up to that point. I was the ascending ace going up against the foreign wild man and with Billy being the lesser worker of his team, I had to carry his butt through the match, from my offensive spots to bumping for him and make him look dangerous. To his credit, the kid played ball and even agreed to the finish of me wrapping barbed wire around my fist before applying the Kajahara Claw on him. Great stuff.</p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><em>Ryu Kajahara defeated Billy Wood in 5:41 by submission with a Kajahara Claw.</em></p><p> <img alt="rCrbMWQ.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/rCrbMWQ.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> <strong>The Blood Bowl 1997 Quarterfinal match</strong></p><p><strong> </strong><img alt="1Y07Rni.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/1Y07Rni.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="25UZG0h.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/25UZG0h.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="BTSd9eF.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/BTSd9eF.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><strong>w</strong><img alt="z0QOMbn.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/z0QOMbn.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p><strong> Natsuhisa Tamura vs Larry Wood (with Munenori Umari)</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> Pretty much a mirror match to my earlier one, only with Tamura being the BBW World Warrior title holder, he also got the better worker of the Wood Brothers in Larry. Surprisingly clean too, given who was involved, but I didn’t want them to go too over the top and outshine the rest of the matches. I’d have to build up Larry first and get him over with the fans before I could really set him loose to do his thing. For now, he looked badass and took the loss, which was all I needed him to do.</p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><em>Natsuhisa Tamura defeated Larry Wood in 5:35 by pinfall with a Car Crash Dive.</em></p><p> <img alt="rCrbMWQ.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/rCrbMWQ.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> <strong>The Blood Bowl 1997 Quarterfinal match</strong></p><p><strong> </strong><img alt="Ls2dk3O.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Ls2dk3O.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="25UZG0h.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/25UZG0h.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="Q9cEzdh.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Q9cEzdh.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p><strong> Big Trouble vs Bloody Takai</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> Now we’re getting somewhere… two popular guys slugging it out in a longer match and Takai dropping all pretense of a legitimate fighter to go fully wild. Fans loved that character shift, though I bet Trouble wasn’t equally glad to eat those stiff shots from Takai. I’m not sure if fans were bored watching a longer match or if the lack of crazy spots brought it down, what I do know is it should have been better than mine or Tamura’s earlier and it wasn’t.</p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><em>Big Trouble defeated Bloody Takai in 10:01 by pinfall with a Trouble Powerslam.</em></p><p> <img alt="ozLd3Bm.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ozLd3Bm.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> <strong>The Blood Bowl 1997 Semifinal Weapons match</strong></p><p><strong> </strong><img alt="e8rzx2c.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/e8rzx2c.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="25UZG0h.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/25UZG0h.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="k8tfSV4.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/k8tfSV4.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p><strong> Ruy Kajahara vs Genghis Rahn</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> You know what, this match has its historic value and while it won’t make it into any of my or Rahn’s career highlights, I’m proud of how we still managed to make it work despite Rahn being a bit off and our styles not really meshing well together. Now into the semifinals, the matches had the added element of weapons strewn around the ring before the bell would ring, so we made the best of that stipulation to set up some bloody spots and stretch our selling/recovery times. Not that they were all intentional, a lot of that stuff really hurt and we had both already worked another match before, so I could sell fans on the idea of Rahn tapping out to my Kajahara Claw even if it didn’t involve thumbtacks or barb wire this time.</p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><em>Ryu Kajahara defeated Genghis Rahn in a Weapons match in 9:32 by submission with a Kajahara Claw.</em></p><p> <img alt="rCrbMWQ.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/rCrbMWQ.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> <strong>The Blood Bowl 1997 Semifinal Weapons match</strong></p><p><strong> </strong><img alt="Ls2dk3O.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Ls2dk3O.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="25UZG0h.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/25UZG0h.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="1Y07Rni.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/1Y07Rni.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p><strong> Big Trouble vs Natsuhisa Tamura</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> Trouble and Tamura had less of that crap to deal with, so they were able to focus on their match and make the best out of it. Given their place on the roster, this match could have headlined any of our shows, probably with the BBW World Warrior title on the line and that was exactly what I was trying to set up here. Trouble was an absolute beast, he took everything Tamura threw at him and got the win with a huge Trouble Powerslam, thus earning the right to request a title match against him while looking like a credible challenger; he’d beat him once, he could do it again.</p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><em>Big Trouble defeated Natsuhisa Tamura in a Weapons match in 10:15 by pinfall with a Trouble Powerslam.</em></p><p> <img alt="rCrbMWQ.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/rCrbMWQ.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> <strong>The Blood Bowl 1997 Final Light Tubes match</strong></p><p><strong> </strong><img alt="Ls2dk3O.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Ls2dk3O.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="25UZG0h.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/25UZG0h.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="e8rzx2c.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/e8rzx2c.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p><strong> Big Trouble vs Ryu Kajahara</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> And this is what it all came down to in the end. The company-made madman and ace on the rise Ryu Kajahara going one on one with the gaijin bruiser that had just defeated the reigning BBW World Warrior title holder. The story had been built and the big fight atmosphere was there, while we both came out bloodied and bandaged from our previous matches to really sell this as a titanic struggle against not only each other, but our own minds and bodies. Trouble was spent by that point so I let him throw me around for a bit and catch his breath while I was rolling around in pain. We couldn’t pull that con forever though, so we had to fast forward to the spot where he gave me the Trouble Powerslam through a table with light tubes taped across its surface. If you think that sounds like it hurt, imagine lying on top of shattered glass right after, dust getting in your nose and mouth as you try to breathe, with a huge man throwing his weight on top of you for the cover AND you have to kick out before three. But I did it and you should have heard the fans pop for that. Trouble really sold the exhaustion and frustration, most of which was legitimate, if we’re being honest, then I made my comeback and gave him an unprotected shot to the head with a bunch of tubes I was swinging around like a baseball bat. He dropped down like he was dead, I grabbed a handful of shattered glass and slapped on the Kajahara Claw. Game, set and match, Kajahara.</p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><em>In a bout that had fantastic heat and decent wrestling, Ryu Kajahara defeated Big Trouble in a Light Tube match in 13:50 by submission with a Kajahara Claw. Ryu Kajahara wins the The Blood Bowl title.</em></p><p> <img alt="mwL0z0W.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/mwL0z0W.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> <img alt="k5pIFby.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/k5pIFby.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> <img alt="e8rzx2c.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/e8rzx2c.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> I had won the 1997 Blood Bowl, the first in my career and a big step towards establishing myself as the new ace of BBW. I celebrated, bloodied and exhausted as I was, then cut my mandatory victory promo to send fans home happy. If I had a script or even bullet points of what I wanted to say, I had forgotten them by that point from all the slaughter. It was a mess, it didn’t make sense, the pacing was horrible and yet, fans ate it up. I could be making fart noises on the mic for all they cared, I was their chosen champion who had just gone through hell to make it.</p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="sma3Die.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/sma3Die.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p> </p><p> <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Show Rating:</span></span></strong></p><p> <img alt="mwL0z0W.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/mwL0z0W.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47280" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="1Y07Rni.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/1Y07Rni.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="Ls2dk3O.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Ls2dk3O.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="BTSd9eF.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/BTSd9eF.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> After the show, I told Tamura he’s an awesome man for doing what he did out there that night and did it well. Big Trouble also got some praise, though not as exciteful, since he buckled by the time we had out final match, but at age 40 to have three matches like that in a single night was a feat unto its own. He’d put me over, he’d been given a victory over Tamura and was going to headline a future show in a title match against him, so I wanted his spirits to be high. Last but certainly not least, I told Larry Wood to keep doing his thing, hinting that he may even be getting a singles push if that gap between him and Billy kept growing.</p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="LQsTUfN.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/LQsTUfN.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="NOx29hm.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/NOx29hm.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> Following the Blood Bowl that year, Henry Lee decided to focus on his DAVE career, while Billy Wood left citing personal reasons. If you ask me, he was pissed I was realizing Larry was way better and should be getting a singles push, but whatever. Tamura thought Billy was too old to be worth the money by that point and he was probably right.</p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="iaJEGJI.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/iaJEGJI.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="pM7r1m5.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/pM7r1m5.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="8ywNopB.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/8ywNopB.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> We had Lamprecht back, SHIRO recovered and I brought in a guy by the name of UK Dragon to boost our motley crew of high flying daredevils. It did help that Steve, who was the man under the mask, was a great character backstage and I was in dire need of something to elevate morale.</p></div></blockquote>

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="olde_gregge" data-cite="olde_gregge" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47280" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>You might diss Riki Toda, but I've watched the AI make him the BHOTWG Junior Champion even when they had some of the greatest Juniors in the game.</div></blockquote><p> That's not me, that's Ruy Kajahara talking. It's an in character diary through and through. <img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>

<p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>BBW presents:</strong></p><p><strong> </strong><img alt="k5pIFby.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/k5pIFby.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p><strong> </strong><strong><span style="font-size:14px;">The Blood Bowl 1997</span></strong></p><p><strong> </strong><strong><em>A one night tournament supershow!</em></strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> Main Event</strong></p><p><strong> The Blood Bowl 1997 Tournament Final</strong></p><p><strong> Light Tubes match</strong></p><p> Ruy Kajahara/Billy Wood/Genghis Rahn/Taka Hoshizawa</p><p> vs</p><p> Natsuhisa Tamura/Larry Wood/Big Trouble/Bloody Takai</p><p> </p><p> <strong>The Blood Bowl 1997 Tournament Semi Final</strong></p><p><strong> Weapons match</strong></p><p> Natsuhisa Tamura/Larry Wood vs Big Trouble/Bloody Takai</p><p> </p><p> <strong>The Blood Bowl 1997 Tournament Semi Final</strong></p><p><strong> Weapons match</strong></p><p> Ruy Kajahara/Billy Wood vs Genghis Rahn/Taka Hoshizawa</p><p> </p><p> <strong>The Blood Bowl 1997 Tournament Quarter Final</strong></p><p> Big Trouble vs Bloody Takai</p><p> </p><p> <strong>The Blood Bowl 1997 Tournament Quarter Final</strong></p><p> Natsuhisa Tamura vs Larry Wood</p><p> </p><p> <strong>The Blood Bowl 1997 Tournament Quarter Final</strong></p><p> Ruy Kajahara vs Billy Wood</p><p> </p><p> <strong>The Blood Bowl 1997 Tournament Quarter Final</strong></p><p> Genghis Rahn vs Taka Hoshizawa</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Tag Team match</strong></p><p> Mamoru Nagahama & Matsudara Morioka vs Biff the Bruiser & Henry Bennett</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Tag Team match</strong></p><p> Nukenin & The Silence vs Nobuhito Ogiwara & Koichi Kajiwara</p></div><p></p><p></p>

<p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="2AQvL6T.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/2AQvL6T.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p> <strong><span style="font-size:14px;">BBW presents: The First Offering</span></strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47280" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="iaJEGJI.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/iaJEGJI.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="v3byjPK.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/v3byjPK.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> I arrived at the shady Tohoku warehouse we had booked for The First Offering and for a moment, I thought the show had already begun when I saw Lamprecht and Butcher shoving each other in the parking lot. Try as I might, I couldn’t remember booking them to face each other, nor had I booked a parking lot brawl, so I rushed in to get in the middle. From what little English I knew at the time, Butcher was shouting something about Lamprecht being high on drugs and crashing onto his rental car. After I shot down Butcher’s story, since drugs were strictly banned from backstage unless Dr. Beefcake was handing them out, he probably realized that if Lamprecht was in the middle of a roid rage, he probably would have ripped his head off instead of argue with him. I then turned to Lamprecht, who was raving in a mix of German and broken Japanese, saying something about those damn youngsters learning to show respect to their elders. I told him that’s no way to welcome a new worker but he didn’t seem to care, so I added that I’d be holding the compensation money from his pay for the night. That seemed to get under his skin at last, hungry as he was to make whatever cash he could before retirement. Once they’d calmed down, I forced them to shake hands and Lamprecht apologized. Who’d have thought?</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="e8rzx2c.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/e8rzx2c.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> I stormed straight into the venue, through the locker room and out to the ring. Fans were taken by surprise and so was Tamura who hit my music after I had entered the ring, but I guess it all added to that sense of danger and unpredictability anyway. Myself, I just didn’t want my heart rate to drop from that parking lot incident. I grabbed a mic while I was still hot and ripped into Henry Lee, promising to send him to an eternal hell of pain in the night’s main event. I made sure to explain the idea of an Iron Maiden match too, a casket match but with nails hammered all through the box to turn it into an improvised torture device straight out of Europe’s dark ages. It was so genuine, fans ate it up. Big Trouble should thank me for giving him such a hot lead to his match, but being the ass he usually was, he probably wouldn’t.</p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><img alt="mwL0z0W.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/mwL0z0W.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> Hardcore match</strong></p><p><strong> </strong><img alt="4bkZcub.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/4bkZcub.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="25UZG0h.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/25UZG0h.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="Ls2dk3O.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Ls2dk3O.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><strong>w</strong><img alt="cyJne4q.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/cyJne4q.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p><strong> The Silence vs Big Trouble (with Mr. Miwa)</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> The Silence never did land a move for the entire six minutes this match lasted, but he sold his ass off for Big Trouble. Yeah it was a squash match, but part of it was trying to sell Trouble’s character as more than just a big bad dude, I wanted him to really gain some heat by acting like a disrespectful bully and he nailed it. Probably because that’s not that far from his actual self. Miwa was great as usual, cheering his man on and passing him weapons to lay into the young lion with. After the match though, he told me fans on the front row were really cringing at certain spots, presumably because “the intense physicality was too much for them”. Well, I say f**k them.</p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><em>Big Trouble defeated The Silence in 6:09 by pinfall with a Trouble Powerslam.</em></p><p> <img alt="7nXiDsK.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/7nXiDsK.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> <img alt="cyJne4q.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/cyJne4q.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="Ls2dk3O.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Ls2dk3O.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> After the match was over, the Silence retreated backstage to whine about how these kind of matches don’t play to his strengths. What strengths kid, you only had to bump around for a few minutes! In the meantime, Mr. Miwa took the time to hype up his man as the greatest thing going on while Trouble was doing his best job of looking like and angry mountain of meat in the background. Now that was playing to those people’s strengths!</p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><img alt="IqChfad.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/IqChfad.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong><img alt="1Y07Rni.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/1Y07Rni.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="tOfOq8h.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/tOfOq8h.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="25UZG0h.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/25UZG0h.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="iaJEGJI.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/iaJEGJI.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="ZCOwYsZ.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ZCOwYsZ.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p><strong> Natsuhisa Tamura & Nobuhito Ogiwara vs Lamprecht the Lunatic & Madman Boone</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> This was the only match on the card that had no special indication to it. If you know your BBW, you don’t need one and if you don’t, even better to come into this completely oblivious. This was short, wild and in your face. I mean it literally, Lamprecht even headbutted a random member of the audience out of nowhere, but apparently they loved it so I hope we’re spared that lawsuit. Tamura really pulled through this one, carrying the match and his partner who got the occasional “you can’t wrestle” chants from the fans but I’m hoping those go away with time. Lamprecht probably vented his anger from the pre-show incident here but the bastard got carried away and popped his shoulder before the end of the match, forcing it to a rushed finish. Tamura later told me Lamprecht wrestled piss drunk and wouldn’t play ball with everyone else, so they had to improvise. Not that it showed, it probably added to the violence and chaos of the match.</p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><em>Natsuhisa Tamura and Nobuhito Ogiwara defeated Lamprecht The Lunatic and Madman Boone in 6:29 when Natsuhisa Tamura defeated Madman Boone by pinfall with a Murder Bomb.</em></p><p> <img alt="ozLd3Bm.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ozLd3Bm.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> <img alt="z0QOMbn.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/z0QOMbn.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="BTSd9eF.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/BTSd9eF.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="NOx29hm.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/NOx29hm.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> Munenori Umari was out next, leading the Wood Brothers to the ring for their title match next. Umari did his classic Napoleon routine on the mic, a mastermind trapped in a small body getting his way via big burly men who do his bidding. Fans took that as a cue for a bathroom break. Not that he was bad, but they didn’t know the Wood Brothers and thus did not care much.</p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><img alt="M4SOg7D.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/M4SOg7D.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong><img alt="hg6AqGX.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/hg6AqGX.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="hg6AqGX.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/hg6AqGX.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p><strong> BBW Dynasty Warriors titles match</strong></p><p><strong> </strong><img alt="39CYfNx.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/39CYfNx.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="CApKygs.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/CApKygs.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="25UZG0h.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/25UZG0h.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="BTSd9eF.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/BTSd9eF.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="NOx29hm.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/NOx29hm.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><strong>w</strong><img alt="z0QOMbn.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/z0QOMbn.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p><strong> Matsubara & Onodera vs The Wood Brothers (with Munenori Umari)</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> I made this a standard match on the fly, not in hopes the fans wouldn’t cringe again but because I realized Matsubara & Onodera don’t know what to do with a folding chair besides sit on it. That translated into the match too, Matsubara looked like he’d taken a wrong turn on the way to a Golden Canvas show while Onodera stuck to classic strong style puroresu, openly refusing to pick up a weapon. To no one’s surprise, neither was well received by the fans. The Wood Brothers on the other hand really struck a chord with the audience, especially when they pulled out two tables and set them up. It didn’t matter that backfired and they were the ones who ended up crashing through them, fans loved those two and by the time Billy ate the pin (albeit with Matsubara holding onto his pants) I found myself questioning whether I had made the right call.</p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p></p><img alt="M4SOg7D.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/M4SOg7D.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> Three Way Dance of Death</strong></p><p><strong> </strong><img alt="Q9cEzdh.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Q9cEzdh.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="25UZG0h.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/25UZG0h.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="k8tfSV4.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/k8tfSV4.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="25UZG0h.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/25UZG0h.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="hem3Gdz.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/hem3Gdz.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p><strong> Bloody Takai vs Genghis Rahn vs Taka Hoshizawa</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> Back to hardcore matches, with two great competitors and a worthless idiot who was there to get beat up and pinned. Rahn and Takai really looked like they were out to murder each other, with Hoshizawa trying to get involved again and again only to eat some sort of double team move from the other two who were trying to have a singles match on their own. Rahn set up a ball of barbed wire onto a corner, but he never got to use it. Instead, Takai kicked Hoshizawa back first into it, then wrapped it around his face and forced him to surrender.</p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><em>Bloody Takai defeated Genghis Rahn and Taka Hoshizawa in 10:23 when Bloody Takai defeated Taka Hoshizawa by submission.</em></p><p> <img alt="M4SOg7D.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/M4SOg7D.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Iron Maiden match</strong></p><p><strong> </strong><img alt="e8rzx2c.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/e8rzx2c.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="25UZG0h.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/25UZG0h.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="LQsTUfN.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/LQsTUfN.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p><strong> Ryu Kajahara vs Henry Lee</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> I’d purchased an actual coffin for this match, which I then proceeded to strip of its inner padding before hammering all the nails I could around it. It looked crude and deadly, just the right kind of tone I was trying to get across. Henry came out wearing a DAVE shirt and acting all disrespectful towards the BBW fans, establishing himself as the gaijin heel for this one. We had a great match, most of which I do not remember, but I do remember at one point I grabbed a handful of thumbtacks and shoved them into his mouth as I locked in the Kajahara Claw. I guess he swallowed some and maybe a couple ended up in his lungs too, because by the end of the bout he was really slowing down and gasping for air. As soon as it seemed that it slowed down the match to an unbearable pace, I made the secret sign and I, Butcher ran down to the ring wearing an XFW shirt.</p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="v3byjPK.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/v3byjPK.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> The few fans who knew about those two and Lee’s defection to DAVE probably popped too, but I was too much of a bloody mess to realize by that point. Long story short, Butcher ripped Lee’s shirt and threw him bare-chested into the coffin for the big finish. I won, Henry lost in somewhat convincing manner and I could justify his absence from the Blood Bowl, unless some fan also somehow managed to watch DAVE’s show on the same night to see him there.</p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><em>Ryu Kajahara defeated Henry Lee in 13:57 after interference from I, Butcher.</em></p><p> <img alt="rCrbMWQ.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/rCrbMWQ.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> <img alt="v3byjPK.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/v3byjPK.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="LQsTUfN.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/LQsTUfN.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> I’d heard of Butcher’s unusual promos, but since he only spoke English at the time, I denied him a live mic. Instead, once the match was over, I had him bash the iron maiden around until it was broken to pieces, then he picked up those pieces, nails still on them, to beat up Henry Lee. It was glorious.</p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="87E3trK.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/87E3trK.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p> </p><p> <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Show rating:</span></span></strong></p><p> <img alt="87E3trK.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/87E3trK.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47280" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="BTSd9eF.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/BTSd9eF.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="tOfOq8h.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/tOfOq8h.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="Ls2dk3O.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Ls2dk3O.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> After the show, I did praise Larry Wood for killing it in what otherwise would have been a stinker match. Ogiwara was looking a bit down, so I told him to keep doing his thing and fans will shut up one day. As for Big Trouble… I really couldn’t praise his performance or point him out as any sort of role model for the boys in the back, so I simply told him to keep working on his in-ring stuff and drop the backstage crap. They all seemed to take my words nicely. They’d better.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="iaJEGJI.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/iaJEGJI.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> I then turned to Lamprecht and told him whatever was left of his pay after the parking lot incident, I was keeping as punishment for him working drunk. Instead of an answer, he tried to attack me. It was a sad sight, a 46 year old man, tired, beaten and drunk trying to start a fight. I simply slapped on the Kajahara Claw, a hold legitimately way more painful than people give it credit for. Guess that was the straw that broke the camel’s back, because the next thing I knew, he was emptying the contents of his stomach all over me. Gross man, get a grip.</p></div></blockquote>

<p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><span style="font-size:14px;">Breakup, Shakeup, Makeup</span></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> January was an off month, but that didn’t mean we were in hibernation. In just one month we had lost a bunch of talent across the board.</p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="DcTGkH2.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/DcTGkH2.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="zlPP3Y2.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/zlPP3Y2.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="RbbKQ5a.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/RbbKQ5a.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> As was expected, our tag team champions moved on to compete in Burning Hammer’s famous junior division. What I didn’t expect was that Botan Oonishi would soon follow them, thus depriving our company from its top high flyer. In hindsight, I should have seen it coming. Botan had been very vocal about how hardcore deathmatches wore his body down in the long run and how that might cost him a chance with the big leagues. I never paid much attention, but apparently he did and it paid off in the end.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="y4954av.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/y4954av.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> As if those losses weren’t enough, Burning Hammer also snatched Gargoyle away on a written deal. To be fair though, Gargoyle had already been pushed over the edge by the backstage atmosphere in BBW and Big Trouble’s prank calls in particular, so even if he didn’t strike a deal with another promotion, he would refuse to stay with us once his contract came up. That is, assuming he wouldn’t hand in his notice before that or just straight up walk away and no show for its remainder.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="DUgFfz6.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/DUgFfz6.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="SIiw5hM.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/SIiw5hM.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> What puzzled me mostly was Naotaka Fujino and Riki Toda joining the Burning Hammer. I mean, sure they wanted the big crowds and TV exposure and guaranteed pay in a somewhat safer work environment, but what was the Hammer getting out of this? It’s not like they were anything greater than jobbers, they’d never aspire to become anything more than that and frankly, their kind was not that hard to find in the market anyway.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="cyJne4q.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/cyJne4q.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> Though he didn’t leave BBW, I would also be missing Mr. Miwa due to his newly attained contractual obligations with 5 Star Supreme Wrestling. That’s Akahito Miwa, Mito’s brother. I had him play the sports manager to the monster that was Big Trouble and given that Trouble was our main gaijin monster, Miwa’s absence would be felt no matter what.</p><p> </p><p> So with all that mess going on, I had to make my moves and bring in some new bodies for the roster. First of all, I hired a bunch of young lions in hopes of investing in their gratefulness and loyalty. I was hoping for a diamond in the rough, but even I had no idea what I had set in motion.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="RvCSj5i.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/RvCSj5i.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="Kdw9J9O.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Kdw9J9O.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="bwZiCVM.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/bwZiCVM.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="t8lAELw.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/t8lAELw.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="rmysBZU.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/rmysBZU.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> You might recognize Koichi Kajiwara, Mamoru Nagahama and Matsudara Morioka. Those three I first met back then and they stuck with me when I set up Warrior Engine XXV. The other two were Hito Fuyuki, who you might know as Tiger Fuyuki today, and Nukenin, a promising young high flyer I was able to grab right under Burning Hammer’s nose while Komine and Kudo were busy throwing money at my ageing jobbers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="v3byjPK.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/v3byjPK.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="ZCOwYsZ.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ZCOwYsZ.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="pYSF9FL.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/pYSF9FL.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="vWU94Rh.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/vWU94Rh.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> Once that was done, I looked abroad to bring in some foreign talent. I,Butcher was an obvious choice, both due to his character and because bringing him in meant he and Henry Lee could rekindle their legendary XFW feud. I was also impressed by a reckless rookie by the name of Madman Boone. That’s right, he was barely in his first year as a professional wrestler back then and seeing his matches in XFW were all I needed to call him over. He introduced me to Henry Bennett, who is another man that has stuck with me when WEXXV was created. 4C pointed me towards a man by the name of Biff the Bruiser. I never saw any matches of his, all I could find was a video of him in some strongman competition where he was throwing anvils around. Clearly, that was all I needed to offer him a deal.</p><p> </p><p> With that out of the way, I did two more things to steer the ship in the right direction. First, I added a second February show, called The First Offering. Of blood, obviously. We needed to crown new tag team champions but we also needed to counter the damages of competing against 5 Star and Golden Canvas, plus Hinote Dojo once they’d roll around town. Second, I called Natsuhisa Tamura and informed him that I would spend the rest of the year building myself up as BBW’s ace. We were in dire need of a figurehead and I had both the requirements to be that and the dedication to stick around for the long haul.</p><p> </p><p> With that in mind, I sat down to put together the cards for The First Offering as well as our annual tournament of brutality, the winner of which would receive the much coveted Blood Bowl.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="2AQvL6T.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/2AQvL6T.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p> <strong><span style="font-size:14px;">BBW presents: The First Offering</span></strong></p><p><strong> Main Event</strong></p><p><strong> Iron Maiden match</strong></p><p> Ryu Kajahara vs Henry Lee</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Semi Main Event</strong></p><p><strong> Three Way Dance of Death</strong></p><p> Bloody Takai vs Genghis Rahn vs Taka Hoshizawa</p><p> </p><p> <strong>BBW Dynasty Warriors titles match</strong></p><p> Matsubara & Onodera vs The Wood Brothers</p><p> </p><p> Natsuhisa Tamura & Nobuhito Ogiwara vs Lamprecht the Lunatic & Madman Boone</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Hardcore match</strong></p><p> The Silence vs Big Trouble</p></div><p></p><p></p>

<p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong><span style="font-size:14px;">The roster, beginning of 1997</span></strong></p><p> </p><p> <img alt="JHyzQj6.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/JHyzQj6.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> <img alt="1Y07Rni.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/1Y07Rni.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> Natsuhisa Tamura was the owner of BBW back then and I was the booker. His name had already become synonymous in Japan with the violent “garbage” style of wrestling, as they called us back then, before he even set up the promotion. His body was covered with a network of scars from any number of injuries but he continued to wrestle regardless; At the time he was 43 years of age, with 25 of them spent in hardcore matches. His body was starting to give, his skills were slowly declining but he was determined to continue putting his life in danger up until the very final day he possibly can. Considering our crazy match in December of 1996, where he finally beat me to win the BBW World Warrior title, Tamura was literally willing to die in the ring if he had to in order to make this company work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="e8rzx2c.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/e8rzx2c.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> I was 39 at the time and arguably BBW’s biggest draw. It wasn’t just the matches or promos. Like Tamura, I was willing to do crazy things, only I wasn’t limited to our shows. I had gone to TV shows and those who only got away with a shoot interview considered themselves lucky. I would wreck the studio live on air, I would connect a car battery’s electrodes to my tongue, I once “wrestled” a live python even. Wrestling fans knew I was the real deal, a legitimate psychopath and that helped the way the perceived my wrestling work. Non wrestling fans didn’t know exactly what I was all about, but they knew they didn’t want their children to have anything to do with me. Which, in turn, made us all the more appealing to that 18-35 demographic.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="iaJEGJI.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/iaJEGJI.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> Lamprecht the Lunatic (or Lamprecht Kunze, if you’re a boring immigration officer) was another big name to our roster. At age 45, Lamprecht had travelled the world in his 27 year career leaving a trail of destruction behind him wherever he went. If you thought I was over the top, you should hear about the Lunatic. He probably had more unconfirmed stories about him than almost any other wrestler, including many about his origins in East Germany, fights with promoters, fights with fans and of course, some of his legendary wild brawls across 4 continents. Certainly past his best by that point already, he had made Japan his home as he felt that deathmatch wrestling was only just beginning to pick up. He could make some more money out of that before he’d retire and we’d get some more crazy matches and star power out of him until then. As a matter of fact, Lamprecht was our first BBW World Warrior and the winner of the first ever Blood Bowl, before agreeing to put me over and pass the belt.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="y4954av.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/y4954av.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> Gargoyle wrapped up the “Frenzied Four” as fans would call us. Well known in the Tohoku region of Japan, an area he'd terrorised with countless wild brawls over his nearly 30 year career by that point, Gargoyle was another aging veteran but an essential part of our initial success regardless. A lightweight who held no fear of heavyweights, his physically intense style never gelled with the lightweights of BHOTWG and as a lightweight himself, he was never allowed to compete with the heavyweights, so the sawed-off striker spent much of his career touring Japan's independent promotions, gaining particular favour for his wild brawls in the various hardcore, garbage and deathmatch style promotions before even joining BBW. At the time, he was also furious at me for my actions (or lack thereof) regarding an incident with a man known as Big Trouble.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="Ls2dk3O.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Ls2dk3O.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> Big Trouble, who I’ve mentioned before when I spoke about how the Hardcore Alliance came to be, was a 40 year old veteran from Chicago who had forged a 22 year career for himself through his willingness to take insane bumps and dish out extreme violence. For many years he struggled to make an impact before our scene popped up in Japan and it was there he got his first real break. After that, he would split his time causing atrocities of violence in the US, Japan and after a bit, Canada. It was partly due to his popularity that XFW got off the ground after its inception, but a lucrative tour of Australia lured him away and he never returned. By early ‘97, he was mostly spilling blood and causing trouble with 4C in Canada but he’d regularly tour with us too as his deathmatch "talents" would always draw a crowd. He also loved to make prank calls at obscene times thanks to never being in the same timezone for long, causing people like Gargoyle to wake up when they least want to.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="RbbKQ5a.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/RbbKQ5a.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> Botan Oonishi was our star high flyer, a 38 year old veteran from Tokyo who started his career as a heavyweight. After failing to really accomplish much in the competitive heavyweight division of the late 70s and early 80s he decided to slim down and use his natural athleticism to try to carve out a niche for himself in the junior division, where he was still one of the largest competitors due to his height. Thanks to his decent charisma and the addition of some facepaint he reached a career highlight in the BHOTWG Junior division where he competed against the likes of Elemental and Optimus, though he was never considered to be on their level. After that run flopped, he would tour with smaller indy groups, competing in some high risk matches in order to stay on the public radar. He wasn’t that much of a fan of this style of wrestling and he’d often complain about the toll it took on his body, probably because he was dreaming that one day he’d get a call from Burning Hammer of PGHW or Golden Canvas, but he was popular and his aerial stuff was over with the fans, so I tolerated him.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="hg6AqGX.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/hg6AqGX.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="hg6AqGX.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/hg6AqGX.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p> <img alt="DcTGkH2.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/DcTGkH2.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="zlPP3Y2.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/zlPP3Y2.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> Our tag team champions,or Dynasty Warriors, as they were called, were PLATINUM & SILVER, a pair of good looking juniors under the names of PLATINUM Takamatsu and SILVER Ishihara. They had the looks, they had the moves, they had the charisma, they had the experience and they had time on their side as they were both 35 years old at the time. They’d done a few tours with Burning Hammer, they’d held the QUEST Tag Team titles twice and to no one’s surprise, they were the first team to win our tag titles. Looking back at it now, it’s a surprise they stuck with BBW for as long as they did, really.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="39CYfNx.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/39CYfNx.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="CApKygs.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/CApKygs.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> Our other big tag team was Asato Matsubara and Tetsu Onodera. Those two were the definition of “greater than the sum of its parts”. Individually, they were nothing special. However, they had trained together and that experience made them gel into a pretty solid team.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="BTSd9eF.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/BTSd9eF.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="NOx29hm.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/NOx29hm.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> The Wood Brothers would regularly tour with us as our resident gaijin monster tag team. Most fans these days know Larry as a singles wrestler, but back then he would team with his (fictional) brother Billy a.k.a. Alysian Scottsfield. Essentially, the Wood Brothers were the McWades before the McWades were the McWades and Larry wanted to establish them as a global threat. Canada was the start, we were the next stop and with the East Coast Wars just beginning, he was hoping they’d also land a job in the States.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="LQsTUfN.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/LQsTUfN.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> Another gaijin you may not know wrestled for BBW was Henry Lee. 27 years old at the time, Lee had made a huge impact when he debuted for DAVE on their first show of 1995 as he had previously been one of Big Dunc Kendall's favourite performers set to be pushed as one of XFW's top stars. This is now widely considered to have been the first shot of the DAVE/XFW war, with Dunc being forced to delay opening XFW due to losing such a big name. Henry became a big name in the war since then and he used this notoriety to secure a tour with BBW too. Billed as "The Icon of Insanity", Lee had already carved out an international reputation for performing insane stunts, bleeding and causing carnage wherever he goes. His legendary scaffold fall from 30ft through the BBW ring will live forever in the minds of those who saw it live, in the hands of tape traders around the world later and on the internet today.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="k8tfSV4.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/k8tfSV4.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> "The Arizona Assassin" Genghis Rahn is another big name that used to work for us back then. A wild brawler who had been brawling around arenas through the 90s and wasn't afraid to put his body on the line to get a reaction from the fans, 26 year old Rahn grew into one of XFW's most popular fighters and his bloody and violent '96 feud with I, Butcher had been one of the highlights of the promotion. Injuries were starting to take a toll on his body of course, but this only resulted in Rahn becoming more outspoken to compensate, much to the delight of XFW fans. The improvements in his character were enough for him to be brought into HGC's debuting hardcore division back before it was re-branded into TCW, where he had already put on some wild brawls and looked set to be one of the top guys in the division, but with HGC looking to rival the Eisens and the hardcore scene exploding in the East Coast, he was amicably released to the benefit of both parties.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="DUgFfz6.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/DUgFfz6.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> It wasn’t all maniacs, though. "Funky Monkey" Naotaka Fujino was our comedic relief guy and he got his nickname from an unfortunate incident during one of his early matches where he slipped on a puddle of water and spent several seconds trying to catch his balance, flailing wildly. Noting that it looked like a disco dance, the boys in the back christened the unfortunate young lion and he spent years trying to live it down. After spending years failing to live down the name he finally embraced it and went on to become one of the finest comedy wrestlers in the world, adopting his unfortunate incident into his act as one of his signature moves while adding a huge range of comedy spots. His career had even seen him make a number of appearances in North America by that point, though he has never became more than a cult figure wherever he went, thanks in part to the number of dance routines he had mastered.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="Q9cEzdh.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Q9cEzdh.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> Ryozo 'Bloody' Takai specialized in the more brutal and physical matches we would present, so of course he was brought in from day one, even though he had stated he would only stick around for a while before moving on as a freelancer. His body held up fairly well despite the punishment he had put himself through over the years, but that was partly because when he wasn't engaging in violent brawls he often worked in the undercard of Japan's more “reputatable” promotions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="tOfOq8h.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/tOfOq8h.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> "The Lunatic" Nobuhito Ogiwara was a young lion back then but already a psychotic brawler who had made his name entirely on bloody brawls and insane bumps, a fact that has resulted in him being seen by some as more of a stuntman than a wrestler. He had only been an active wrestler for a couple of years and had yet to have a credible straight wrestling match with anyone, but BBW being what it was, he was a perfect fit regardless.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="4bkZcub.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/4bkZcub.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> The Silence was also another promising young lion, a mysterious junior whose character was known for two things; his clinical ability to use submission holds and his absolute silence at all times, even while clearly in pain. And you thought the Void in Australia is original. The Silence wasn’t just expressionless, he would never, ever speak or make a sound.His brooding character and the vast possibilities that his dark, almost assassin-like attire inspired made him a fan favourite and to be honest, I didn’t mind having a guy who could actually wrestle around.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="YKbvIkt.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/YKbvIkt.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> Another young lion that had found a home in BBW was "The Walking Dead" Oniji Hanari, a terrible worker from Tokyo, who was almost totally devoid of talent. He did however have a killer "part clown, part vampire" look and that appealed to enough fans that he frequently managed to keep himself in work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="hem3Gdz.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/hem3Gdz.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> Poor Taka Hoshizawa didn’t even have such a good gimmick to go by. Not only was he bland and unskilled, he lacked much in the way of training and tried to cover up his weakness by taking crazy bumps. To make up for it all, he was super willing to do whatever crazy thing he’d be asked to and that always was a bonus with promotions like BBW.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="SIiw5hM.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/SIiw5hM.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> Last but not least was our resident jobber, Riki Toda. Small, lovable and utterly hopeless, Riki would bump like a madman for anyone and in BBW’s environment, getting the fans to actually root for the underdog was no small feat. Plus we needed someone for all the big bad fighters to demolish in order to establish themselves and Riki fit that mould like a glove.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="pM7r1m5.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/pM7r1m5.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div><p></p><p></p><p> Then there was the masked super junior known as SHIRO. He would back his whole ninja thing with his precision kicks, slick chain wrestling and good charisma but a knee injury in late 1996 had put him on the shelf for several months and it seemed to indicate that he was a little injury prone in general.</p>

A lot of times fans, younger ones especially, look at Warrior Engine XXV and think we’re this company in Japan trying to emulate the “hardcore” promotions of the West. I think it’s ironic, because all those companies actually copied what we were doing, what we invented, way before they did. Only back then, Warrior Engine XXV didn’t exist yet. We were a much smaller company, barely known in Japan, let alone outside the country. A company named Big Battle Wrestling. Or, as fans used to call it, Blood and Barb Wire. It was the 90s or, as it is known in Japan, the “lost decade”. The growth that followed World War II and the subsequent American occupation (which, by the way, introduced Japanese audiences to pro wrestling) led to the bubble of the 70s and 80s. Back then, Japan felt like a global economic and technological superpower. The capitalist paradise on earth. Then reality came crashing down, literally, as the real estate and stock markets imploded in late ‘91 and early ‘92. No one was in any sort of a cheerful mood and as far as pro wrestling is concerned, fewer and fewer people bought the grandeur of Burning Hammer or Golden Canvas’ clinging to a glorious past. Wrestling fans wanted blood and gore, something that could connect with their depressed and desensitized souls. They wanted a shock big enough to make them forget the shock of the reality they were living in. And we gave it to them. Of course, we weren’t the only ones to sense the changing winds, but we were certainly the first ones to do so. BBW was created in January of 1996, six months before Sadaharu Jimbo created Pride Glory Honor Wrestling to bring mainstream fans a more realistic, physical, hard hitting version of puroresu. In America, they had to wait till early 1997 when Phil Vibert took over a regional New York promotion to rebrand it into Danger and Violence Extreme, now lovingly remembered as the hardcore promotion that captured that 90s angst for audiences in the West. Contrary to what many fans believe though, Vibert wasn’t the one who introduced extreme pro wrestling in America. That would have to be “Big Dunc” Duncan Kendall and Randal the Vandal, the owner and booker of Xtreme Wrestling Federation respectively. They began in late ‘95 as another New York promotion with an urge to push the envelope any way they could. That meant a sexualized product, tons of profanity and of course, graphic violence. Duncan simply wanted cheap workers willing to do crazy things for the fans, but Randal was obsessed; Randal was an avid tape trader and he dealt in three things: slasher movies, death metal and ultraviolent wrestling. That’s how he found out about 4C in Canada, back when they were still trying to establish themselves as the counterculture alternative to the painfully wholesome stuff the Stones and the DeColts have been doing forever. Duncan was on the phone with both us and 4C regarding talent trades, when Big Trouble brought up Men of Steel Combat in Scotland. Long story short, the four of us ended discussing talent trades on a pretty regular basis. Randal called it the Hardcore Alliance but I wouldn’t quite call it that. It was as much of an alliance then as the Modern Japan Movement is today. That’s probably where I based the Movement off of, come to think of it. Back then in early ‘97, MoSC had it easy; they were the only ones around in the UK. European World Class Wrestling was on its way to the gutter due to trying to do too much at the same time and it would be a few years more before UCR would repeat the same mistake. 4C had some competition in Canada, at least in theory, but in reality they barely registered on CGC or NOTBPW’s radars yet. XFW was about to enter the famous East Coast Wars against DAVE and the other promotions in that area. As for us, we were in the land of the giants, caught between an electrified rock and a spiky hard place. But with my career and my company, just like with my matches, back then when I was a young man and all the way to the day I die, I would do… Anything to survive!

You sir, win the Terry Pratchett award for exquisite use of footnotes. EFW EXTREME FORCE CHAMPIONSHIP Louie Peyton © vs THE FORCE AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH Colin Picalo vs Puffy the Sand Iron Player Burgers are bad for athletes. Assuming golf is an actual sport Royalty Divine vs Dublin Destroyer and Jonni Lowlife More upside on the second team. Assuming the first is the prince and his squire of a pin eater Notorious F.R.E.A.K vs The Damned Most likely a squash. Actually the match I'm most hyped to see Armand Hardwicke vs Liam Lutz Yawn P.S. Reading about Pigeon Mask getting lost in his thoughts, I almost see the "clueless pidgeon" expression on him

CTUC presents: Main Event Body Acceptance match for the CTUC Baddest Bitch title (That's the politically correct way to say it, means they'll be fighting naked, y'all!!!) Pride © vs Lillith Semi Main Event CTUC Nation of Violence title match Mikey Malice © vs The Grim Reefer Monster's Ball match for the CTUC Bucket of Blood title Orcus © vs EL CHUPACABRA! Three Way Women's Tag Team match The Devil's Playthings vs Annabelle the Canni-belle and Hardcore Barbie vs The Seven Deadly Sins (Avarice & Lust) CTUC Deadly Duo titles match Loser Leaves CTUC The Bonechillers © vs Killboy Powerhead Six Man Tag Team match Die Übersoldaten vs Jive Soul Bros Opening Six Man Tag Team match Club Exotico vs The Seven Deadly Sins (Gluttony, Sloth and Wrath)

Appreciate it. Had a lot of fun writing it out and really had a feeling it was something special. Glad it came across. Ghoste Esta La Pollo! Well, the worker's a Freelancer and wouldn't take a longer contract (which actually was perfect timing so he'd be leaving as soon as EL CHUPACABRA! would return from injury) but with CTUC, you never know. Especially if willr0ck is willing (pun intended) to make a ghostly re-render! ETA: This is from right after I ran Day Zero. He is now autopushed to Main Eventer

Jerry: In other news, I am grateful for the latest CTUC show, Thankskilling. Calvin: Puns aside, it was largely a set-up show. They’ve announced that Day Zero, their December show will be sort of a “season finale” to wrap up current storylines and kick off new ones, so it seems they tried to build up to next month’s event. Jerry: It also seems their broadcast deal with the Internet Wrestling Channel is paying off. We did notice the seriously upgraded production values these last few months and if they’re announcing a focal show at the end of the year, that can only mean some more long-term booking plans, right? Calvin: It’s CTUC, Jerry. There is nothing right or reasonable about it. Jerry: Well you’re right about them setting up stuff, because we got an opening segment to introduce the very first faction actually forged inside CTUC, the Jive Soul Bros! By “forged inside” I mean to differentiate them from the likes of the Sins or the Devil’s Playthings and Club Exotico who were already a group before CTUC and hired as such. Calvin: Good call to have Starr and the good disco doctor work the stick there, they’re clearly the gifted talkers of the group and it kinda fits Reefer’s character to remain silent and mysterious. Also, oh my God, Simba the Tribal Warrior, I didn’t even know he was still employed by CTUC! Jerry: Don’t call it a comeback, he’s been here for… well, little short of a year. That messed up my rhyme… Anyway, yeah, they introduced themselves and hyped up the main event match, but also mentioned we’d be seeing the other half of the group in action as well! Calvin: Speaking of groups, we had one of the most tasteless work the opening match… w Jerry: Yes, we had Abominatrix und Die Übersoldaten in a 4 on 4 match against Gluttony, Sloth, Lust and Wrath. Which built on the villainous group’s debut last month, but I think it’s also interesting because the man doing the Wrath character is not only Jewish, he actually hails from a family that fled WW2 Germany. Calvin: Makes you wonder how he got on board with the entire idea. Assuming he was asked, of course. Maybe he wasn’t. Some of his moves did seem like he was legitimately trying to hurt those guys. Abominatrix too. Jerry: I’d say Lust was the star of that match. Well, a star in general but I loved how the character interacted with the opposition. Like, ze Germans were out to hurt non-German people, Jews especially, but they just didn’t know what to make of Lust. Calvin: Guess the world was more black and white in the 40s. They kinda played into that though and Lust did get the pin on Abominatrix with a sneaky roll up from behind while she was directing traffic for her truppen to gang up on Wrath. Jerry: Hate to say it, Calvin, but this was sub-par even for CTUC standards. Maybe because they held back and tried to work the crowd more than they tried to actually wrestle. And working that crowd is never easy when the characters in the ring are so hard to swallow. Calvin: Well that’s why they rushed to the next match and from the Germany of the 1940s to women’s wrestling in the late 90s. Jerry: It’s jiggle time indeed and the next chapter in the ongoing feud between the Devil’s Playthings and the women of the Seven Deadly Sins. Also a race for the Playthings to take Pride’s CTUC Baddest Bitch title. Calvin: Personal taste aside, this match was superb for what it does. It got the crowd buzzing, it featured some good looking women in a flesh show and you know, for a sports entertainment divas’ match, the actually wrestling was actually superb. Jerry: I’ll have to agree, we rated that one at three and a half stars out of five and Lilith got the pin over Envy, who somehow managed to not injure herself again. Calvin: Envy’s a little rubber ball, she may be picking up injuries but she shakes them off just as easy to come back. Don’t think she’s actually missed a show due to injury. Jerry: Well if it’s injury and danger you’re looking for, how about the next match… Calvin: Right, right, Killboy Powerhead. In case you missed the subtext, this was Dr. Funkenstein’s return from an injury that Powerhead gave him in a dark match not long ago. There’s a lot to break down in this match, namely how it was a two star overbooked mess and somehow everyone left the ring on their own two feet, including Killboy who was once again turned into a human missile by his teaammate. Jerry: What I want to talk about is Jungle Boogie! You heard that right fans, that’s how Simba and Dr. Funkenstein were announced. Cheapest of jokes, since it’s basically a wildman and a disco character put together, but they really hit it off as a team! Calvin: Yeah I think there’s potential in that pairing if they’re gonna be the foot soldiers of the Jive Soul Bros and quite frankly, I wouldn’t mind if they replaced the likes of Killboy Powerhead in the tag team division. Jerry: Well, you may be getting your wish, Calvin. Or you may be getting absolute horror. Because we got a pre-recorded message from the Bonechillers right after the match, offering a title shot to the winner of the match at Day Zero with the caveat that the loser will be leaving the company. I’m thinking this is them writing Killboy Powerhead out, but like you said, this is CTUC. We could be seeing those two winning the titles, just so we don’t forget what this is we’re watching. Calvin: I’ll admit I giggled when they said “Congratulations for your victory (insert team name here)”. They took a really fun stab at this whole pre-recorded stuff. Jerry: Well if you want to talk about that, let’s move on to probably my favourite match of the night, Orcus defending the CTUC Bucket of Blood title in a Chicken Coop Brawl match against (Donde Esta) La Pollo! Calvin: Oh gosh, this is Final Deletion all over again… They actually recorded a match held inside a chicken coop and showed it on the big screen. Jerry: And it was great! Match of the night at two and a half stars, fight me. Calvin: They got pretty… creative with the scenery. Actually, I’d argue it perfectly encapsulates the sillyness and garbage hardcore spirit of CTUC. Jerry: It was delightful! And Pollo sold that Sin List in the finish like it killed him! Calvin: Well, narratively, it did. In the most ridiculous, surreal, CTUC way possible. Jerry: Yes! So get this, people, Orcus tossed his opponent into a meat grinder. We then cut to Orcus starting up the machine… Calvin: Some editing may have been involved, in order to prevent him from actually murdering a fellow wrestler… Jerry: ...and out of the other end… chicken nuggets! Calvin: Guess bloodied ground meat would have been too much, but we still had Orcus basically murdering a man live on demand and no one batting an eyelid. Hold on, we have a caller on standby, it’s the Attitude Era, they want their ideas back. Jerry: Back to the venue, Orcus and Moxley come out with a platter of chicken nuggets… Calvin: I did notice the absence of Scarlett Church at this point, I’m guessing Pollo’s attack was basically the way to write her out. Jerry: Probably. So the Chi Church Cult are handing out the nuggets like it’s the Holy Communion… Calvin: Well Señor Mosca did make the save last month, but I really couldn’t tell if he was out for revenge or to grab a snack off the recently deceased. Jerry: Whatever the case may be, the Cult was prepared and they subverted the usual attack angle thanks to cans of bug spray they’d packed in their trunks! Calvin: Then we got Annabell the Canni-belle out for another comedy spot… Jerry: That was a PSA acted out, I’m telling you, because Annabell couldn’t be repelled via bug spray so they hold the platter out to her and she’s like “what the hell is this thing?” Calvin: Is there even any chicken in chicken nuggets? Is this chicken or man? Soylent green is made of people! Jerry: It was funny and it distracted her long enough for a beatdown. A bloody, bloody beatdown… Calvin: And you know the smell of blood will attract predators… Jerry: Lights go out and oooooooooh sheeeeeeeeet…. <iframe width="560" height="315" src=" https://www.youtube.com/embed/gSuyuVEHby8" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> EL CHUPACABRA! Calvin: Makes sense now, but at the time I never saw it coming! Jerry: That is how you make a return! He cleaned house and fans ate it up. Calvin: So they wrote out La Pollo and we head to the final show picking up right where we left off, with Orcus defending his title against… Both: EL CHUPACABRA! Jerry: Pollo literally came in to fill in after that flash injury and he almost stole the show altogether! Calvin: And as if that shock wasn’t enough, we move on to the main event entrances. Starr and Reefer come out first... of course! Everyone’s waiting to see who Mikey Malice will be teaming with… Jerry: She’s no Barbie girl in a Barbie world, that’s New Horror Extreme’s Hardcore Barbie! Calvin: Malice was like “if no one’s teaming up with me, I’m bringing in outside help” and what a pick he made… Remember last month when we said Reefer was the first ever worker to be recruited from the competition? Well Reefer came over from LeftCoast Ultraviolence, now Hardcore Barbie from NHEW, Malice has been making some big moves, this signing was a statement! Jerry: It was decent, don't get me wrong. Certainly above CTUC's usual two star matches. It just wasn't as good as the hardcore title match. Think instead of building up to the main event, the previous match and segment kinda stole its thunder. Calvin: Two and a quarter star for the main event, and the show altogether. It was mostly there to set up Grim Reefer versus Mikey Malice for the title next month. Jerry: And debut Hardcore Barbie. But yeah, they probably needed a bit more time for this to work. By the time Reefer hit the Tombstone Piledriver it was less than ten full minutes into the match. That's a bit short for a singles match, let alone a tag main event! Calvin: So we got all the title matches set up for next month, except the Women's title really. We'll have to wait for the full card, but this show did a pretty decent job of setting up the next.

WINNOW Neon Genesis Evolution 19 Week 4, August 2017 Venue: Doshisha Athletic Hall [Kinki, Japan] In Attendance: 572 Commentators: Hiranuma Makoto, Yuko Okui Asami Okubo, Nami Genda and Akuro Shionoya defeated Faith McGee, Laura Flame and Ariel Breaks In a decent match, Asami Okubo, Nami Genda and Akuro Shionoya defeated Faith McGee, Laura Flame and Ariel Breaks in 10:03 when Asami Okubo defeated Laura Flame by submission with a Judo Choke Sleeper. Rika Tsujimura and Team Endorphine vs Hoshiko Tagawa and BATTLE BEASTS In a decent match, Rika Tsujimura and Team Endorphine defeated Hoshiko Tagawa and BATTLE BEASTS in 10:52 when Emiko Miyoshi defeated BATTLE Takenouchi by pinfall with a fast roll up. Ochiyo Iijima and Rei Chikanatsu vs Eri Sato and Ginko Kuroda In a decent match, Ochiyo Iijima and Rei Chikanatsu defeated Eri Sato and Ginko Kuroda in 14:14 when Rei Chikanatsu defeated Ginko Kuroda by submission with a Blue Crab Surprise. WWA World Championship match Joanne Rodriguez © vs Chitose Ariwara In a bout that had great wrestling and a decent reaction from the crowd, Joanne Rodriguez defeated Chitose Ariwara in 15:57 by pinfall with a J-Rocker. Joanne Rodriguez makes defence number 3 of her WWA World title. After the match, Rodriguez cut her go-home promo to wrap up the show when she was interrupted by the #1 contender for ther WINNOW Grand Championship title, Yu Hashimoto. The two women did a bit of verbal sparring on the mic and judging by the fan reaction, this is bound to be one hell of a match when they finally meet in the ring! Show Rating

Le F.R.E.A.K., c'est chick! Aaaaawww FREAK OUT!

Real World 2020 by Fleisch, says so in the opening post with a link.

Red Star Combat Top 10 Rankings as of August 1st, 2003 Super Heavyweight #1 Dwight Witherspoon (9-0, 3-0 RSC) #2 Colin J L Capes (7-0, 2-0 RSC) #3 Hector Jimenez (4-0, 1-0 RSC) #4 Joe Snettisham (9-4, 0-1 RSC) #5 Zsolt Hargitay (9-4, 1-1 RSC) #6 Zydrunas Sigauskas (4-0, 2-0 RSC) ⬆️ #7 Peter Windsor (5-3, 1-0 RSC) #8 Daugvinas Blekaitis (4-2, 2-2 RSC) ⬆️ #9 Fred Goggins (6-1, 1-1 RSC) #10 Melvin Yeo (4-1, 2-1 RSC) ⬇️ Heavyweight #1 Pai Cheng (12-0, 3-0 RSC) #2 Mugur Boc (12-2, 0-0 RSC) #3 Percy Catcher (13-6, 1-0 RSC) #4 Dave Lennon (20-8, 1-0 RSC) #5 Roope Kuqi (8-0, 0-0 RSC) #6 Josef Jankowski (9-1, 0-0 RSC) #7 Otto Renner (12-4, 3-1 RSC) #8 Hanif Hussain (9-2, 3-0 RSC) ⬆️ #9 Lachlan Bowen (14-8-1, 1-1 RSC) #10 Raimundo Pinheiro (10-7, 0-1 RSC) ⬆️ Light Heavyweight #1 Carlos dos Santos (17-6, 2-0 RSC) #2 Hyun-Shik Lim (17-3, 1-0 RSC) #3 Leandro Piquet (22-11, 1-0 RSC) #4 Shane Gilchrist (17-8, 0-0 RSC) #5 Andoni Olano (11-3, 3-1 RSC) #6 Frankie Burgess (7-2, 2-1 RSC) #7 Daniil Skala (22-11, 0-1 RSC) #8 Alekos Karabatsos (16-9, 0-1 RSC) ⬆️ #9 Adrian Swall (11-4, 2-3 RSC) ⬆️ #10 Gavriil Sviridov (9-6, 1-1 RSC) ⬆️ Middleweight #1 Sutton Ripley (21-5-1, 3-0 RSC) #2 Reed Howlett (12-0, 1-0 RSC) #3 Shaun Dico (11-1, 4-1 RC) ⬆️ #4 Bambang Sriyanto (26-11-2, 0-1 RSC) ⬇️ #5 Carl Ratcliffe (24-8, 1-1 RSC) ⬇️ #6 Esteban Vega (11-0, 1-0 RSC) #7 Drazen Gabelich (11-6,0-0 RSC) ⬆️ #8 Osvald Kikkas (10-3, 3-1 RSC) #9 Chaim Alexievich (8-2, 1-2 RSC) #10 Leandro Bastos (9-3, 0-1 RSC) Welterweight #1 Fukusaburu Hirano (17-3-1, 2-0 RSC) #2 Dominykas Jankovic (15-6, 2-1 RSC) #3 Carmelo Rossi (14-6, 1-0 RSC) #4 Hamilton Fonseca Jr (11-3, 3-0 RSC) ⬆️ #5 Piotr Dabrowski (21-9, 2-1 RSC) ⬇️ #6 Sebastian Fernandez (11-2, 2-0 RSC) ⬇️ #7 Rich Robinson (12-1, 1-1 RSC) ⬇️ #8 Mando Romero (11-1, 1-1 RSC) #9 Pavel Radulov (9-3, 1-0 RSC) ⬆️ #10 Mauricio de Terreros (9-1, 0-1) ⬇️ Lightweight #1 Georges Nouri (17-3, 2-0 RSC) #2 Fumiyaki Hayashi (20-11, 0-2 RSC) #3 Min-Soo Sik (10-1, 0-0 RSC) #4 Harald Hubner (9-5, 0-0 RSC) #5 Folke Dalen (9-1, 2-1 RSC) #6 Chakrit Mamanee (4-0, 3-0 RSC) ⬆️ #7 Maurice Braudel (10-7, 0-2 RSC) ⬇️ #8 Antanas Kucera (3-0, 3-0 RSC) #9 Ondrej Nikolic (3-0, 0-0 RSC) #10 Jonas Kaminski (3-0, 3-0 RSC) Featherweight #1 Francesco Marazzina (24-10, 1-0 RSC) ⬆️ #2 Rafael Tavares (18-6, 2-1 RSC) ⬇️ #3 Foggy Lee (14-3, 2-0 RSC) #4 Ronaldo Freitas (9-0, 2-0 RSC) #5 Jay Dorridge (11-4, 0-1 RSC) #6 Ilya Fedorov (10-2, 1-2 RSC) ⬆️ #7 Benoit LeMarche (5-1, 1-1 RSC) ⬇️ #8 Antanas Jelinek (2-1, 2-1 RC) #9 Marvin Crews (4-0, 1-0 RSC) #10 Saul Cervantes (5-1, 2-1 RSC) Women’s Featherweight #1 Regina de Avila (5-1, 3-1 RSC) #2 Lynda Epsom (11-4, 2-0 RSC) ⬆️ #3 Rachel McGuiness (10-4, 1-0 RSC) ⬇️ #4 Vasya Kaczmarek (9-2, 3-2 RSC) #5 Rosamaria Correa (7-1, 1-1 RSC) #6 Annika Sjolin (5-1, 3-1 RSC) #7 Nora Bethlen (4-0, 0-0 RSC) ⬆️ #8 Maja Krawczyk (3-0, 3-0 RSC) ⬇️ #9 Catherine Newmar (4-0, 1-0 RSC) ⬇️ #10 Zofia Ivanov (3-1, 3-1 RSC) ⬆️ Women’s Bantamweight #1 Maya Komagata (11-0, 2-0 RSC) #2 Katarzyna Wojchiechowska (10-1, 3-0 RSC) #3 Stella Massey (13-2, 3-1 RSC) #4 Katie-Jayne Paulson (10-1, 2-0 RSC) #5 Carmen Routhwaite (9-1, 2-1 RSC) ⬆️ #6 Vicki Summers (10-5, 1-1 RSC) #7 Thea Higgins (8-3, 0-0 RSC) #8 Dorothy Gayle (7-2, 1-0 RSC) ⬆️ #9 Tiiu Kass (11-2, 1-2 RSC) ⬇️ #10 Lucia Pessoa (7-2, 1-1 RSC) Women’s Flyweight #1 Trish Biel (11-0, 3-0 RSC) #2 Manami Ken (12-2, 2-0 RSC) #3 Daljit Samir (12-2, 2-2 RSC) ⬆️ #4 Rennaya Rives (12-1, 2-1 RSC) ⬇️ #5 Helena Broderick (9-2, 2-1 RSC) ⬆️ #6 Maria Ferraz (9-2, 1-1 RSC) ⬆️ #7 Shannon Palmer (11-3, 2-1 RSC) ⬇️ #8 Natasha Mellow (10-2, 2-1 RSC) #9 Toni Dietrich (10-2, 2-1 RSC) ⬆️ #10 Tatjana Vinick (9-1, 2-1 RSC) ⬇️

For the record, I decided to make December's show a season finale and have a Wrestlelamia of sorts because why the hell not. Starting 2017 I'll probably begin booking year-long feuds a la NJPW instead of the month-to-month booking. Brace yourselves for some set-up stuff in these last couple of 2016 shows. DONDE ESTA LA WRESTLING!

CTUC Thankskilling card Main Event Suprise Participant Tag Team match Grim Reefer & Tyrell Starr vs Mikey Malice and a mystery partner Semi Main Event Chicken Coop Brawl for the CTUC Bucket of Blood title Orcus © vs (Donde esta) La Pollo! Tag Team match Killboy Powerhead vs Dr. Funkenstein & Simba the Tribal Warrior 3 vs 3 Stable Warfare The Devils Playthings vs The Seven Deadly Sins Opening Fanservice 4 vs 4 match Abominatrix & Die Übersoldaten vs The Seven Deadly Sins

Pretty sure those are storyline losses leading to a heel turn. I know I'm ready for heel Puder, hell, Historian made heel McManus work!

<p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>RSC 25: Biel vs Rives</strong></p><p><strong> Sunday, Week 4, July 2003 - St. Petersburg, Russia</strong></p><p><strong> Attendance: 328</strong></p><p> <img alt="ncShYcW.gif?1" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ncShYcW.gif?1" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="50sH9iF.gif?1" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/50sH9iF.gif?1" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> <em>Preliminary Card</em></p><p> <table border="0" bgcolor=#DCDCDC><tr><td align="left" width = "780"> <details><summary></summary></p><p> <strong>Women's Bantamweight:</strong> <img alt="6Re0glD.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/6Re0glD.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Malgorzata Potocnik (CR#19, 2-0, 0-0 RSC) def. <img alt="6Re0glD.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/6Re0glD.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Mateja Ivanov (CR#13, 3-0, 0-0 RSC) via TKO (Strikes) - Round 2, 4:30 [Good]</p><p> <strong>Women's Featherweight:</strong> <img alt="OMys27k.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/OMys27k.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Johanna Lagerholm (CR#20, 3-1, 2-1 RSC) def. <img alt="GsoDPQW.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/GsoDPQW.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Fang Hu (CR#11, 4-0, 0-0 RSC) via Submission (Armbar) - Round 3, 3:49 [Fantastic]</p><p> <strong>Women's Featherweight:</strong> <img alt="6Re0glD.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/6Re0glD.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Zofia Ivanov (CR#15, 2-1, 2-1 RSC) def. <img alt="yAoAYiG.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/yAoAYiG.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Ophelia Touchstone (CR#19, 4-1, 1-1 RSC) via Submission (Kimura) - Round 2, 3:53 [Fantastic]</p><p> <strong>Welterweight:</strong> <img alt="6Re0glD.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/6Re0glD.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Pavel Radulov (CR#11, 8-3, 0-0 RSC) def. <img alt="6Re0glD.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/6Re0glD.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Nojus Potocnik (CR#15, 1-2, 1-2 RSC) via TKO (Strikes) - Round 1, 4:02 [Great]</p><p> <strong>Light Heavyweight:</strong> <img alt="6Re0glD.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/6Re0glD.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Lukas Markovic (CR#18, 1-2, 1-2 RSC) def. <img alt="W4smB04.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/W4smB04.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Bienvenido Romulo (Unranked, 4-3, 0-3 RSC) via Unanimous Decision [Decent]</p><p> <strong>Middleweight:</strong> <img alt="6Re0glD.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/6Re0glD.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Vlad Kogan (CR#23, 2-2, 1-2 RSC) def. <img alt="tfsHCWV.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/tfsHCWV.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Jemaine McKenzie (CR#13, 10-6, 1-3 RSC) via Unanimous Decision [Decent]</p><p> <strong>Women's Flyweight:</strong> <img alt="yAoAYiG.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/yAoAYiG.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Toni Dietrich (CR#13, 9-2, 1-1 RSC) def. <img alt="EJfWgKs.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/EJfWgKs.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Kyoko Junna (WR#23, CR#10, 10-3, 1-2 RSC) via Knock Out (Punch) - Round 2, 3:54 [Great] [Kyoko Junna retired after the fight]</p><p> <strong>Women's Flyweight:</strong> <img alt="EJfWgKs.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/EJfWgKs.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Chisaki Gojo (CR#16, 8-3, 0-1) def. <img alt="yAoAYiG.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/yAoAYiG.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Elizabeth Lindley (CR#21, 6-3, 0-1 RSC) via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) - Round 1, 4:05 [Good]</p><p> <strong>Women's Featherweight:</strong> <img alt="EgAPcIM.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/EgAPcIM.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Nora Bethlen (CCR#10, 4-0, 0-0 RSC) def. <img alt="GsoDPQW.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/GsoDPQW.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Xia He Wang (CR#12, 4-0, 0-0 RSC) via Knock Out (Punch) - Round 1, 2:11 [Great]</p><p> <strong>Super Heavyweight:</strong> <img alt="KhHEJ8o.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/KhHEJ8o.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Daugvinas Blekaitis (CR#13, 3-2, 1-2 RSC) def. <img alt="GsoDPQW.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/GsoDPQW.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Sun Lu Tang (CR#14, 3-4, 0-1 RSC) via Submission (Kimura) - Round 1, 4:40 [Average]</summary></details></details></td></tr></table></details></p><p> <em>Main Card</em></p><p> <strong>Heavyweight:</strong> <img alt="PMBmujh.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/PMBmujh.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Jean-Pierre Richelleau (CR#5, 25-12, 0-0 RSC) def. <img alt="AHeE6PK.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/AHeE6PK.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Lachlan Bowen (CR#9, 14-7-1, 1-0 RSC) via Knock Out (Punch) - Round 2, 0:42 [Great] [Richelleau retired after the fight]</p><p> <strong>Lightweight:</strong> <img alt="6Re0glD.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/6Re0glD.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Antanas Kucera (CR#8, 2-0, 2-0 RSC) def. <img alt="PMBmujh.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/PMBmujh.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Maurice Braudel (CR#6, 10-6, 0-1 RSC) via Unanimous Decision [Great]</p><p> <strong>Women's Featherweight:</strong> <img alt="yAoAYiG.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/yAoAYiG.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Lynda Epsom (WR#14, CR#3, 10-4, 1-0 RSC) def. <img alt="6Re0glD.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/6Re0glD.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Vasya Kaczmarek (WR#20, CR#4, 9-1, 3-1 RSC) via Unanimous Decision [Very Poor]</p><p> <strong>RSC Featherweight Championship:</strong> <img alt="9j1KX0s.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/9j1KX0s.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Francesco Marazzina (CR#2, 23-10, 0-0 RSC) def. <img alt="qYGvcU9.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/qYGvcU9.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Rafael Tavares (CR#1, 18-5, 2-0 RSC) via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) - Round 5, 3:20 [Decent]</p><p> <strong>RSC Women's Featherweight Championship:</strong> <img alt="wkJRxLq.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/wkJRxLq.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Trish Biel (P4P#8, WR#3, CR#1, 10-0, 2-0 RSC) def. <img alt="qYGvcU9.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/qYGvcU9.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Rennaya Rives (P4P#14, WR#7, CR#3, 12-0, 2-0 RSC) via Split Decision - 47:48, 48:47, 49:46 [Average]</p><p> </p><p> - A comeback from behind in the opening contest from "The Count" Jean-Pierre Richelleau, who found himself almost TKO'd in the first round. The 37 year old Frenchman perservered to the end and opened round 2 with a big head kick that set up his killer punch, capping his career with one last win as he retired right after the fight.</p><p> </p><p> - Tough fight but no clean finish for the second Frenchman of the night and Maurice Braudel lost on the scorecards to fast rising prospect Antanas Kucera. Kucera entered the fight as the favourite thanks to his all-around game and indeed he took the kickboxer from Lens down twice, but Braudel successfuly fended off all submission attempts. However, it wasn't enough to convince the judges in the end, who agreed that Kucera had dominated the fight.</p><p> </p><p> - A disappointing fight after all the trash talk between Epsom and Kaczmarek, with a lot of slow grappling and smothering for the full three rounds. The fall continues for former RSC Women's Featherweight champion, while Epsom claimed her stake to the top by calling out McGuiness next.</p><p> </p><p> - Italy's Francesco Marazzina was off to a hot start in the main event, taking down the defending champion for some ground and pound, but was unable to finish him and found himself on the opposite end for the rest of the fight. Likewise, Tavares couldn't get past Marazzina's excellent ground defence and just when it all seemed like the judges would call this one, Marazzina jumped in with a hip toss and rear naked choke to steal the win and title out of nowhere!</p><p> </p><p> - Tactics and a bit of luck kept the RSC Women's Featherweight Championship on Trish Biel in the main event. The German grappler closed in to prevent her opponent from using her kicks and constantly shot for takedowns. Rives got her chance when she knocked down the champion with a head kick in the third round, but couldn't finish off Biel, pushing the match to the full five rounds and the judges, where she lost.</p><p> </p><p> <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Bonus</span></strong></p><p><strong> Fight of the Night:</strong> Kucera vs Braudel</p><p> <strong>KO of the Night:</strong> Richelleau vs Bowen</p><p> <strong>Submission of the Night:</strong> Marazzina vs Tavares</p><p> </p><p> <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Post-Fight</span></strong></p><p><strong> Trish Biel:</strong> <em>"I look forward to meeting my next challenger"</em></p><p> <strong>Francesco Marazzina:</strong> <em>"Shout out to Gothenborg Submission Fighting for helping me prep for this fight. Here's to a long reign!"</em></p><p> <strong>Antanas Kucera:</strong> <em>"I hope Folke Dalen has the guts to step up and try to stop me, but I doubt he will!"</em></p><p> <strong>Jean-Pierre Richelleau:</strong> <em>"Enough with the jokes about us French always surrendering, eh? What a finish tonight, not just to the fight but my career also. Yes, this was my final go. Merci beaucoup."</em></p>

<p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><div style="padding: 15px; border: 5px solid #000000; margin:10px;background: #DAA520; max-width:75%;box-shadow: 0 6px 12px ";"></p><p><strong><span style="font-size:14px;"> </span></strong><img alt="Xw83uX2.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Xw83uX2.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="q6Zq1Ve.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/q6Zq1Ve.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p><strong><span style="font-size:14px;"> WINNOW Golden Dreams 2017</span></strong></p><p><strong> Week 2, August 2017</strong></p><p><strong> Venue: Doshisha Athletic Center [Kinki, Japan]</strong></p><p><strong> In Attendance: 554</strong></p><p><strong> Commentators: Hiranuma Makoto, Yuko Okui</strong></p><p> </p><p> <img alt="a9HagOj.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/a9HagOj.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="tQ8Sd3n.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/tQ8Sd3n.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> <strong>Hiranuma Makoto:</strong> Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, Hiranuma Makoto here alongside Yuko Okui coming to you live from the Doshisha Athletic Center, the first time ever that WINNOW holds a show in this venue.</p><p> <strong>Yuko Okui:</strong> It's been a long time coming, after selling out the Hall of Nagahama so many times and having so many fans unable to see the show live, WINNOW is finally moving to a larger venue and we thank all you fans for your support. It is what's made this possible.</p><p> <strong>Hiranuma Makoto:</strong> Indeed, a testament to the growth of WINNOW and its fanbase. Also another first, as tonight is the first show ever that no titles will be on the line!</p><p> <strong>Yuko Okui:</strong> That is correct, Joanne Rodriguez was scheduled to face Yu Hashimoto for the WINNOW Grand Champion title but J-Ro was injured wrestling a match for GDR in Mexico, as was the WINNOW Rising Champion, Romi Yamato. Of course, there's no shortage of talent here in WINNOW so tonight in the main event, Hashimoto will be going one on one with the only woman besides Rodriguez to have ever held that title, Chitose Ariwara!</p><p> <strong>Hiranuma Makoto:</strong> A clash of styles for sure, but there are so many other exciting matches before we get to that and we start with one featuring our GDR guests as well as the main card debut of several young lions!</p><p> </p><p> <img alt="YZVLLiv.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/YZVLLiv.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="qIYQtpx.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/qIYQtpx.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="suPaLQd.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/suPaLQd.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="8K3BnUB.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/8K3BnUB.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> <img alt="25UZG0h.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/25UZG0h.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> <img alt="8J3PvE9.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/8J3PvE9.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="TaQQThD.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/TaQQThD.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="hzNMvzh.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/hzNMvzh.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="YaI0jNw.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/YaI0jNw.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> <strong>Ariel Breaks, Estrella Blanca, Selina Svelte and Velvet Suarez vs Fuyuko Uoya, Haniko Iseya, Hoshiko Asai and Toku Hayata</strong></p><p> A standard multi woman tag match to warm up the crowd, this one featured WINNOW's crop of young lions, all of which made their main card debut except Fuyuko Uoya, who has made a few appearances in the past before her atrocious conditioning sent her back to the pre-show dark matches for polishing. For the record, she still didn't seem to have made much progress, somehow being visibly tired by the end of this 8 woman 10 minute opener. On the other end, the gaijin team featured GDR imports Estrella Blanca and Velvet Suarez alongside promising youngster Ariel Breaks and the technically oriented Selina Svelte, who debuted two weeks ago at Neon Genesis Evolution 18. Every woman had a chance to shine and do some spots, with Breaks getting the win over Uoya in the end.</p><p> <strong>Winners: Ariel Breaks, Estrella Blanca, Selina Svelte and Velvet Suarez</strong></p><p><strong> Finish: Ariel Spiral [Corkscrew Moonsault]</strong></p><p> <img alt="7EqFCw6.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/7EqFCw6.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> <img alt="n1i1cZU.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/n1i1cZU.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="kecxQgj.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/kecxQgj.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="0OTqIIo.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/0OTqIIo.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> <img alt="25UZG0h.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/25UZG0h.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> <img alt="fvhNV8F.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/fvhNV8F.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="FmwlnFT.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/FmwlnFT.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="DbpgfdK.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/DbpgfdK.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> <strong>Claire Winters, Faith McGee and Laura Flame vs Asami Okubo, Hoshiko Tagawa and Nami Genda</strong></p><p> Another undercard match to keep things moving, this one saw Nami Genda lead her fellow young lions against their opponents. Faith McGee was the only veteran wrestler in this match and of course scored the pin over Okubo, but in terms of in-ring performance she did get somewhat outshined by both her teammates.</p><p> <strong>Winners: Claire Winters, Faith McGee and Laura Flame</strong></p><p><strong> Finish: Flying Cross Body</strong></p><p> <img alt="7EqFCw6.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/7EqFCw6.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> <img alt="eVnzbeS.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/eVnzbeS.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="8B2D2n5.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/8B2D2n5.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="ZgHlMpJ.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ZgHlMpJ.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> <img alt="25UZG0h.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/25UZG0h.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> <img alt="QAaEoST.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/QAaEoST.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="DpTyyCL.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/DpTyyCL.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="R5hc6Zf.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/R5hc6Zf.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> <strong>BATTLE BEASTS and Akuro Shionoya vs Team Endorphine and Rika Tsujimura</strong></p><p> In the last of the multi-woman matches, current WINNOW Duet title holders BATTLE BEASTS teamed up with young lion Akuro Shionoya to face their recurring opponents in Team Endorphine, who had Rika Tsujimura with them. Jaguar Endo led the match and it seemed to throw the 39 year old veteran a bit off at times, but she still has the quality to stay on top of her game and Endo was indeed the finest wrestler in that match. In a true moment of getting the next generation ready, Endo also set up the finish of the match but instead of claiming the pin for herself, she tagged in her partner who did it.</p><p> <strong>Winners: Team Endorphine and Rika Tsujimura</strong></p><p><strong> Finish: Miyoshi Cradle</strong></p><p> <img alt="7EqFCw6.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/7EqFCw6.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> <img alt="8sEkkAa.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/8sEkkAa.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="RCvIapy.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/RCvIapy.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="25UZG0h.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/25UZG0h.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="NoBX4AM.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/NoBX4AM.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="mSoHzQS.jpgg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/mSoHzQS.jpgg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> <strong>Eri Sato and Rei Chikanatsu vs Ochiyo Iijima and Ginko Kuroda</strong></p><p> Speaking of getting the next generation ready, veterans Iijima and Kuroda were in the main event against Sato and Chikanatsu who are just hitting their peak phase. All four women really pulled out all the stops for a fast paced, jaw dropping match that almost stole the show and it did in fact end with a bang as Eri Sato finished off the WINNOW Pure Heart champion with a Buzzsaw Kick to claim the right for a shot at the title.</p><p> <strong>Winners: Eri Sato and Rei Chikanatsu</strong></p><p><strong> Finish: Buzzsaw Kick</strong></p><p> <img alt="vPM9lw6.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/vPM9lw6.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> <img alt="zPaHPzb.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/zPaHPzb.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="25UZG0h.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/25UZG0h.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="aqw0BcD.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/aqw0BcD.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> <strong>Chitose Ariwara vs Yu Hashimoto</strong></p><p> The main event really brought the pace down after the crazy match that came before it, allowing fans to recover from the intensity and invest in it as the match built up to its final crescendo. Both women did a great job of telling a story from start to finish, with inaugural WINNOW Grand Champion Chitose Ariwara fighting to climb back to the top against the current #1 contender for that title in Yu Hashimoto. Each competitor pushed the other to the limit in this long test of their physical resilience and mental toughness, but after several failed attempts at Ariwara's finisher, in the end it was Hashimoto who was able to connect with her own and knock down Ariwara for the pin.</p><p> <strong>Winner: Yu Hashimoto</strong></p><p><strong> Finish: The End Game [spinning Back Fist]</strong></p><p> <img alt="At6zmyr.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/At6zmyr.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> <img alt="aqw0BcD.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/aqw0BcD.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> After the match, Hashimoto got on the mic to pay her respects to Ariwara and praise her toughness, before she turned her attention to Joanne Rodriguez, who she promised to beat for the WINNOW Grand Champion title.</p><p> <img alt="pyf9Pt4.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/pyf9Pt4.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> <strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Show Rating:</span></strong></p><p> <img alt="pyf9Pt4.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/pyf9Pt4.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></p></div><p></p><p></p>

Well this looks promising! Should be invested and able to keep up, since I already got a bit of Stardom knowledge thanks to their cross-promotional stuff with Pro Wrestling EVE.

Jerry: Hey Calvin, it's time to break down CTUC's Halloween show! Calvin: Plenty of tricks, not sure we got as many treats to go with them. Jerry: Well we were warned straight from the opener, at first a fairly standard segment of Mikey Malice trying to avoid facing Lust by reciting technicalities like the good chickensh*t heel he's supposed to be, then Tyrell Starr comes in. Calvin: I'm fairly certain Starr was shooting, because he showed up when the Lust-Wrath teaming was mentioned and he basically proposed an alternative tag team match saying Malice has "no friends in that locker room". Ouch. Too close to the truth, if you ask me. And out comes Starr's new friend and teammate... Jerry: Hold up, waiiiiiiit, hope you ready for the next episode, heyyyeyyy.... Calvin: That was actually the part they blasted to announce the arrival of The Grim Reefer! Jerry: Shots fired, Calvin. Reefer is a former LeftCoast Ultraviolence employee. So far CTUC hadn't employed ex LCUV or New Horror Extreme talent before. Calvin: Well I hope they do that more in the future, because Reefer was one of the few LCUV wrestlers that could actually wrestle. Judging from the opening match, they desperately need that kind of people. w Jerry: It's Killboy Powerhead against Club Exotico, with Carlotta at ringside. Calvin: Satanico is the technician and Exotico Muerta the high flyer of the group, so they were probably counting on them to carry the match. Though, come to think of it, Carlotta and Muerta could be an interesting mirror to the power/aerial combo of Killboy Powerhead. Assuming those two could ever learn to work a watchable match first. Speaking of which, this was a bit of an overbooked mess, but I did notice Exotico Muerta is getting really, really good in that ring. He kinda stood out to me. Jerry: I was actually surprised they didn't do the usual spot where Powerhead uses Killboy as a human missile, the match had all the big messy spots except this signature double team move. Even more surprising since Killboy Powerhead did actually end up winning, even if they had to cheat to get there. Calvin: I for one was surprised and almost angry they won, imagine what a clean victory would have felt like for the audience. Another two star CTUC standard bout, please let's move on to the next part. Jerry: And I thought you hated eye candy matches... Jerry: Another Strip the Flesh bout and I'll have to rank this just under three stars, maybe two and three quarters, because Anabelle and Lust just don't work as opponents. Calvin: I mean, I could do without that implied lesbian... uhm, oral sex spot? Dunno, having a cannibal character and an overly sexualized gender fluid character in such a match... it did offer some really terrible creative opportunities and they weren't shy about going there. Including the finish, because of course people want to see Lust in his/her/their underwear, right? Jerry: And once again, just when you thought that was it... Calvin: Right, right... Jerry: Looks like we have a full blown N A Z I faction now, Abominatrix was paired with not one, not two but a trio of goons dressed up like WW2 soldiers and they all showed up to beat down both Anabelle and Lust! Calvin: Which in turn brought out Wrath for the save. Jerry: This was actually kinda funny, because Wrath is big and strong and scary, but he's also pretty slow, so die truppen had enough time to panic before retreating. It built up anticipation for a beatdown, then shot down the pay-off. Calvin: And all that because in the face of big bad Wrath... Jerry: Why are you putting on sunglasses? Calvin: ...ze Germans chickened out! Jerry: You've been waiting to say this, huh? Calvin: Of course I was, Jerry, it's time to ask ourselves... donde esta la pollo? Jerry: What Jerry's building up to is the next match, Chris Moxley versus that chicken mask wearing person that attacked the Chi Church Cult last month. Calvin: Oh you're not sticking with Rabid Rooster now? That was a pretty good pun you came up with last time. Jerry: No, actually, since you quoted his intro theme I'm inclied to now call him... LA POLLO! Calvin: I've created a monster... Jerry: You had it coming, Calvin. Anyway, let's talk about this match because I'd say it was a notch up from the usual two star CTUC matches. Calvin: Well, for starters, it lasted for what, six minutes tops? I'm amazed, CTUC matches usually go on for at least ten minutes. For that alone, I'd give it a rating boost. Jerry: It was the right duration for what it was and what it was supposed to be, a raging dumpster fire of a match, a train wreck you can't help by look at. Calvin: Or hear commentary on. What did Weller call that finisher, Make An Omelet? Jerry: He did, I guess it's part of the gimmick. So apparently they're giving him the push originally meant for EL CHUPACABRA! Calvin: Yeah he's probably challenging Orcus for the title next, judging from the post-match angle as well. Or maybe a tag match. Jerry: We should explain this one for our audience, so Orcus came out after the match to attack La Pollo but it backfired because guess who came out for the save... Señor Mosca! Calvin: I can almost hear our prediction contest winner alpha2117 rejoicing. Jerry: So to get back at what we were discussing, I could see these two teaming up against the Chi Church Cult, but it feels a bit too similar to the opening segment of Tyrel Starr and Grim Reefer teaming up against the big title holder Mikey Malice and some other guy to set up a title match. Maybe La Pollo could do a program with Orcus while Mosca feuds with Moxley? Calvin: If there's one thing I've learned with these CTUC show recaps, it's never try to predict where they're going with something. But speaking of title matches... Jerry: It's Pride versus Arabella for the CTUC Baddest Bitch title, main event of the show and apparently the match went to the one who scored the pin over the champion, not the stable's leader. Calvin: As soon as I saw Arabella without the rest of the Playthings around, I immediately got suspicious. Thought they'd interfere during the match, but for whatever reason, they didn't! Jerry: Very unlike the Devil's Playthings, but a pretty straightforward wrestling match nonetheless, two and a half stars out of five and on cue with what you were saying last month Calvin, about CTUC having to use their women in more than just juggle wiggle matches. Calvin: Assuming they don't kill themselves first. Envy seems to injure herself with every match and I did notice Arabella limping and favoring one foot after a certain point. It was a brawl-heavy match, so it's not like she was selling some submission damaging her foot. Jerry: Pride did hit the Divastator in the end though, retaining and making her very first title defense moments before the 15 minute mark, which did finally bring out the rest of the Playthings... Calvin: Then Avarice and Envy to even the odds... Jerry: Catfight! Catfight! CAAAAAATFIIIIIIIGHT! Calvin: There's plenty to work with there, a Sins vs Playthings feud and maybe a three way program if Abominatrix and her friends get involved as well. Pretty solid way to wrap up the show if you ask me, sex and the promise of things to come next time. Textbook cliffhanger. Jerry: Overall I'd put the show at two and a half stars, some good stuff, plenty of new faces, storytelling potential and I did notice a serious boost in production values too. Looks like they're putting that IWC money to use. Calvin: Looks like they're starting to turn in a profit, or at least breaking even. Glad I didn't bet they'd be folding in less than a year. Two more shows left for 2016 and apparently they will be hitting that first milestone. Jerry: And we'll be here for it!

THE FORCE has an interesting taste in 80s rock. I'm assuming he's the one naming the shows, right? EXTREME FORCE CHAMPIONSHIP Louie Peyton vs ??? Guess who's gonna FORCE themselves into a title match. And win it. Armand Hardwicke vs Bigger Dan Ewe SQUASH! Nigel Svensson vs Liam Lutz Can't hurt one of the few guys that can actually wrestle. Mainly because he can carry everyone else. Prince Neville vs Colin Picalo Prince vs Peasant, nice. Now I'm hoping for Prince vs Pheasant. Get it? Because Pigeon Mask... ah, nevermind Puffy The Sand Iron Player vs Pigeon Mask Damn those pigeons for messing with his shots!

The Album 1. Mikey Malice - 2. Tyrell Starr - 3. Pride - 4. Lust - 5. Club Exotico - 6. Sloth - 7. EL CHUPACABRA! - 8. Abominatrix - 9. The Bonechillers - Monkey Island - The Skeleton Dance (Rock Mix) 10. Wrath - 11. Anabelle the Canni-belle - 12. Killboy Powerhead - 13. Chi-Church Cult - 14. The Devil's Playthings - Bonus Track: