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TCW Battleground V: The show opened with the semi-finals of the Tag Trophy Tournament, and The New Syndicate were out aggressively, keen to get their match over as they could have been in up to three matches tonight. However, David Stone has shown that he is not an easy man to keep down, and despite Ranger’s attempt to hit his finisher he could not keep to Canadian down. This frustrated Ranger and he left himself exposed to a T-Bone Slam from Bright, in what would be considered an upset. The next match was a little shorter, with the technical skills of Matthew Keith and Cameron Vessey proving too much for Chris Flynn and Nick Gilbert, the latter of whom fell to a Vessey Driver II. Then two of the teams who fell earlier in the competition, High Flyin Hawaiian / Joffy Laine and Frederique / Raphael met in a fun little match, with Joffy Laine getting a rare pin on Raphael. Next up we got Jack Bruce and Hellion, and this one was wild. The ref tried to show some leniency, but when Hellion picked up the ring steps the ref gave him a final warning. This was ignored and he cracked the steps over Jack Bruce’s head, getting himself disqualified. Hellion didn’t stop there, striking a prone Bruce once more with the steps, before One Man Army was out to wrestle the steps off the big man. The Elimination Match to determine the next contender to the World Heavyweight Title was announced as a 30 minute time limit, with whoever was in the ring facing the champion next month at Where Eagles Fear to Tread. Lenny Brown, Ranger and Edd Stone were the first three to go, before The Syndicate realised that partner Mighty Mo was not tagging himself into the ring. They forced him to take his turn and jumped down from the ring apron to watch, and although he eliminated Edd Stone The Syndicate still refused to tag in, leaving Mo to fall to Freddy Huggins. From then on Wolf Hawkins, Joshua Taylor and Ernest Youngman tagged regularly, really putting the pressure on Hernandez and Huggins. The match broke down and the ref lost track of who was the legal man, so when Hawkins pinned Huggins as Hernandez pinned Youngman the ref counted both men out. Hawkins and Taylor were furious, which allowed Hernandez to quickly roll Wolf Hawkins up in a small package to get the three count. The Syndicate leader was raging, refusing to leave the ring and arguing with the referee, until eventually Queen Emily had to lead a posse of referees and road agents out to drag Hawkins away. That ate into the time and as the match went towards to 30 minute mark, and Mainstream Hernandez and Joshua Taylor exchanged finishers but could not quite finish off the other man as the match ended with them both on the mat, exhausted. We changed pace as Aaron Andrews faced Bryan Vessey – paired with someone like Andrews Vessey can still go, but he’s certainly showing his age. He tried a few illegal moves and went for the Vessey Driver, but Andrews pulled himself free to hit his new finisher – the AA Lariat – to win the match. We then went into the second traditional Battleground match, this one being just one fall. Akima was the odd man out in the match, in his first PPV match since a Battle Royale a year and a half ago at the end on 2020. It wasn’t a huge surprise to see him take the fall, Dreadnought delivering a Dread Bomb to earn his team victory. Then Spencer Spade defeated Doc Hammond in a match, which was never going to face’s way. The final of the TCW Tag Team Tournament was next, with T-Bone Bright, David Stone, Matthew Keith and Cameron Vessey all giving it everything in the ring. The match was quality, and it was T-Bone Bright who ended up taking the pin after being hit by an Omega Driver from Matthew Keith to earn Keith and Vessey the Tag Trophy, both men's first gold in TCW. The final match of the night saw Steven Parker challenge Jay Chord for the World Title. When Steven Parker first joined TCW almost two years ago his first feud was with Jay Chord, and they capped that match with a fine match. The two men went one stage further here, pulling out a match that was a true Match of the Year contender. Over 24 minutes the two men gave absolutely everything, and Chord’s claims that Parker was not a worthy challenger were thrown out of the window as he went toe to toe with the champion. He even delivered the Future Shock, but Jay Chord managed to kick out, and it was at that point that he swung the momentum around before hitting the Cradle Piledriver on Parker to retain his title in his hardest title defence of his current reign. T-Bone Bright and David Stone defeated The New Syndicate in the Tag Trophy Tournament in 13:01 (90) Matthew Keith and Chris Flynn defeated Chris Flynn and Nick Gilbert in the Tag Trophy Tournament in 10:48 (79) High Flyin Hawaiian and Joffy Laine defeated Raphael and Frederique in 9:39 (74) Jack Bruce defeated Hellion by DQ in 8:10 (79) Joshua Taylor and Mainstream Hernandez drew in an Elimination Match that had been between Mainstream Hernandez, The Canadian Animals, Roderick Remus & Lenny Brown and The Syndicate & Mighty Mo in 30:00 (87) Aaron Andrews defeated Bryan Vessey in 12:08 (83) Scythe, Dreadnought, Findlay O’Farraday and Shockura defeated Mr Nuclear, Matty Faith, Sifu Storm and Akima in 12:29 (83) Spencer Spade defeated Doc Hammond in 10:39 (80) Matthew Keith and Cameron Vessey defeated T-Bone Bright and David Stone the win the TCW Tag Team Trophy in 11:35 (90) Jay Chord defeated Steven Parker to retain the TCW World Heavyweight Title in 24:06 (100) Overall Rating 96 What a main event. Would it have been as good without Duane Fry and Emma Chase on commentary? Probably not, but that’s why I paid the big bucks for them, as in my first year and a half to announcing team really took away from some of our main events. But the real stars were Steven Parker and Jay Chord who blew the roof away. Last year Steven Parker teamed with various midcarders to try and help them develop – will this year be the year where he can break the main event? Elsewhere Matthew Keith and Cameron Vessey won the Tag Trophy (more on that later), while Joshua Taylor earned a World Title shot next month. Mainstream Hernandez, who was also left in the ring at the end of their Elimination match, will now be allowed to choose the type of match that he gets with the World Champion at Total Mayhem, when he cashes in his King of Kings shot. Top individual performers of the night - Wolf Hawkins & Jay Chord 97, Ernest Youngman 96. The only problem with that show? T-Bone Bright’s defeat in the final of the Tag Team Trophy saw his popularity fall from 86 to 81 in the Mid South, failing my goal to keep him at 82 popularity or above. Everywhere outside Puerto Rico and Hawaii he is more popular than that, but JK Stallings hasn’t taken that into account. I did recently review my goals and as Bright was so significantly above this level I didn’t consider that this defeat would have taken him below this value. If I had done, I would have at least kept him strong (or at least not have him taking the pin in the final), although that would have affected the match rating. Stallings opinion of me has gone from exceptionally pleased to disappointed, but on the plus side Matthew Keith jumped 11 points of popularity last month (66 to 77), as did Cameron Vessey (43 to 54), so I still stick to my guns and say it was the correct booking decision. Although you know what – I’ve just looked back at all my PPV Main Events since I’ve taken over. The only new signings ever to wrestle the main events are Mr Nuclear, Mainstream Hernandez and Steven Parker (for the first time last night). So I think I can safely say that the show is based around true TCW wrestlers. Whatever Stalling says. Well done Dawn for 8/9 correct predictions - I'll exclude the time limit draw, which although looks an awful booking decision, it there were reason for it... TCW Presents Total Wrestling: One Man Army vs Hellion Chris Flynn and Nick Gilbert vs The New Syndicate High Flyin Hawaiian and Joffy Laine vs The Blonde Brigade Sifu Storm (c) vs Shockura for the TCW Tag Team Titles Freddy Huggins vs Marc DuBois Steven Parker vs Benny Benson Lenny Brown vs Joshua Taylor

TCW Presents Total Wrestling: An interesting show, where the opener was actually the best match of the night. It wasn’t entirely unexpected as The Syndicate (in the shape of Wolf Hawkins and Joshua Taylor) where given plenty of time against Roderick Remus and Lenny Brown. The finish came when Mighty Mo’s music hit, revealing him to be the man who was joining The Syndicate’s teams at Battleground. This caused the distraction to see Lenny Brown being put a way by a Full Moon Rising. A threatened post match beatdown was averted when the faces were joined by Freddy Huggins and Edd Stone… largely because there would be plenty of post match shenanigans later. Mainstream Hernandez and Doc Hammond defeated The Empire when Hellion got into an argument with Jack Bruce at ringside, effectively leaving Dazzling Dave Diamond in a handicap match that he was never going to win. Spencer Spade was out to get into Jack Bruce’s face, and Doc Hammond split it up purely to give Spencer Spade a match at Battleground. Aaron Andrews gave a sit down interview about how he respected Bryan Vessey’s legacy, but he had to focus on himself, and if that meant re-retiring a legend, that was meant to be. The semifinalists in the Tag Trophy Tournament then joined forces, with the heels taking victory after Ranger delivered a Global Meltdown to David Stone. Masked Cougar was rewarded for his superb match on Sunday with a non-title match against Jay Chord, and it wasn’t actually quite as good. That was mainly because it was booked as a Jay Chord warm up against a plucky challenger, with Cougar getting far less offence and being put away with a Cradle Piledriver. That left the Main Event, where Steven Parker joined Mr Nuclear to face Scythe and Findlay O’Farraday in an incredibly overbooked match, that saw Matty Faith, Akima Brave, Sifu Storm, Dreadnought and Shockura brawling around the ringside, but the referee had enough when Jay Chord slammed his title into Steven Parker’s head, ending the match in DQ. The brawl just escalated after the match, with Dreadnought smashing Sifu through a ringside table, and the show ending after Steven Parker recovered to hit a Future Shock on Jay Chord, before he stared at the World Heavyweight Title as it was pulled away by Emma Chase. Wolf Hawkins and Joshua Taylor defeated Roderick Remus and Lenny Brown in 19:52 (93) High Flyin Hawaiian defeated Frederique in 8:08 (67) Mainstream Hernandez and Doc Hammond defeated The Empire (Dazzling Dave Diamond and Hellion) in 7:25 (70) The New Syndicate, Matthew Keith and Cameron Vessey defeated T-Bone Bright, David Stone, Chris Flynn and Nick Gilbert in 12:28 (81) Jay Chord (c) defeated Masked Cougar in a non-title match in 8:05 (80) Steven Parker and Mr Nuclear defeated Scythe and Findlay O’Farraday by DQ in 13:34 (89) Overall Rating 92 I fully expected the opener to be the best match on the card, but as I planned the rest of the show it got moved further and further forward, until it ended it being an awesome opener. I did fear worse from the Main Event, but it worked out pretty well in the end. With ten matches on the card for Battleground, it’s looking like it might be an epic show. Meanwhile HGC’s Wrestleworld’s run comes to an end, so I move them to Public Access Select. I also replace Tamara McFly as booker with Terry Smith, who was moaning at being down at HGC, so that should keep him happy (but may upset McFly). On the plus side, he likes more frequent title changes, which is definitely not an aspect of the outgoing booker, and this could keep HGC a little fresher. Clark Alexander has now left TCW (for the third time), having been relegated to Saturday Night Showcase and pre-show duty (he teamed with Harry Allen in defeated to Marc DuBois and Jared Johnson in his last match at the company). Marc Speed has finally done it – he’s been the star of the show since returning to CZCW, but he defeated Frankie Perez in a great match to take his first ever Coastal Zone Championship. At 39 I’m not sure that he’ll get another chance at a national company, but he’ll still be highlighting cards for years to come. At the younger end of the scale, Papa Swoll (who’s appears as one to watch on my creative screen) walks out on GSW, vowing to never work there again. He still works for L-Ring. Light a candle for Gareth Wayne – he may not have wrestled since 2020, but he will be missed after passing away in his sleep. TCW Saturday Night Showcase: Bear Bekowski defeated Astro in 7:09 (60) Huracan Sandoval and El Hijo Del Neutron defeated Pink Spider and D-Pod in 11:22 (56) The Blonde Brigade defeated Quentin Queen and Jaylon Martins in 9:53 (59) Matty Faith defeated Seth Whitehead in 6:29 (69) Marc DuBois and Jared Johnson defeated Flying Jimmy Foxx and Masked Cougar in 11:05 (69) Dazzling Dave Diamond defeated Harry Allen in 6:31 (65) Overall Rating 74 Just the one worker who’s booked for Battleground – and Matty Faith ended up off his game. The show did get an inflation in rating thanks to plenty of hype for Battleground V. USPW Liberty and Justice – Greg Gauge retains the USPW World Title over Nicky Champion in a 99 rated match. I need say no more. Meanwhile Petr Novak completes a successful return from quad surgery to regain the USPW Tag Team Titles with Krusher Karloff for their sixth reign (defeating 11 times champions Natural Storm). Novak is a shell of his former self, but it’s hard to say that he doesn’t deserve it. TCW Battleground V: Chris Flynn and Nick Gilbert vs Matthew Keith and Cameron Vessey in the Tag Trophy Tournament semi-final T-Bone Bright and David Stone vs The New Syndicate in the Tag Team Trophy Tournament semi-final The TCW Tag Team Trophy Tournament Final Mainstream Hernandez, Lenny Brown, Roderick Remus and The Canadian Animals vs The Syndicate (Wolf Hawkins, Joshua Taylor and The New Syndicate) and Mighty Mo in an elimination match High Flyin Hawaiian and Joffy Laine vs Frederique and Raphael Mr Nuclear, Matty Faith, Sifu Storm and Akima Brave vs Scythe, Dreadnought, Findlay O’Farraday and Shockura Doc Hammond vs Spencer Spade Aaron Andrews vs Bryan Vessey Jack Bruce vs Hellion Jay Chord (c) vs Steven Parker for the TCW World Heavyweight Title

TCW Presents Total Wrestling: The Tag Trophy continued with Chris Flynn and Nick Gilbert defeating Davis Wayne Newton and Nelson Callum to progress, with Chris Flynn putting in one of his best performances. Also progressing were The New Syndicate, who defeated High Flyin Hawaiian and Joffy Laine, but it was announced that they would be pulling either double or triple duty at Battleground, where The Syndicate will take on Freddie Huggins, Mainstream Hernandez, Roderick Remus, Edd Stone and Lenny Brown in an elimination match, where anyone left in the ring would get would get a World Heavyweight Title shot. Two points to note – The Syndicate are looking for another team member as John Anderson’s injury will keep him out, and if Mainstream Hernandez remains in the ring at the end of the match he will be able to pick the type of match in the Main Event of Total Mayhem for his title shot that he earned as King of Kings. Aaron Andrews versus Cameron Vessey is a match that could be main eventing shows in the future, so this wasn’t going to be a clean finish. The match went over twenty minutes and was booked extremely evenly, only ending when Uncle Bryan Vessey pulled Andrews off Vessey, and the heels beatdown Andrews while the match was being called off by DQ. Scythe and Dreadnought defeated Matty Faith and Akima Brave, and a post match attack was stopped by Mr Nuclear and Sifu Storm. That’s looking like another multi-man Battleground match in the making. Then One Man Army proved the odd man out teaming with Roderick Remus against Syndicate members Wolf Hawkins and Joshua Taylor – the match ending after Taylor made OMA submit to the Josh Lock. In the Main Event, Mighty Mo took on Steven Parker, insistent that he was more worthy of a World Heavyweight Title shot. However, much as Steven Parker has been talked down by his opponents he has proved his skills over the last couple of weeks. He continued his momentum with a Future Shock on Mighty Mo, and the commentary team seemed to be coming round to him being a real threat. Jay Chord also seemed to think so, charging out from the back to attack Steven Parker, before Mainstream Hernandez and then Wolf Hawkins joined in. Elsewhere on the show Jack Bruce vs Hellion was signed up for Battleground, while T-Bone Bright, David Stone and Matthew Keith (who have all qualified for in the Tag Trophy) clashed backstage putting over their chances of taking the Trophy. Chris Flynn and Nick Gilbert defeated The Blonde Brigade in the TCW Tag Trophy Tournament in 7:59 (80) Aaron Andrews defeated Cameron Vessey by DQ in 21:51 (86) The New Syndicate defeated High Flyin Hawaiian and Joffy Laine in the TCW Tag Trophy Tournament in 8:59 (80) Scythe and Dreadnought defeated Matty Faith and Akima Brave in 8:20 (78) Wolf Hawkins and Joshua Taylor defeated Roderick Remus and One Man Army in 13:01 (78) Steven Parker defeated Mighty Mo in 13:24 (90) Overall Rating 91 Some individual ratings you expect to be high. Aaron Andrews (93). Wolf Hawkins (91). Top performer of the night? Ernest Youngman on 96. His popularity is up to 81, but he’s never quite looked that good before. The Tag Trophy semi-finals are set, and The New Syndicate will be pulling out double duty at Battleground in the tournament and elimination match. That was never meant to be the case, but after having announced an elimination match the previous week, John Anderson’s injury left me little option. The match has, however, been expanded from three to five men, as some other parts of the card have been moved around. TCW Saturday Night Showcase: Findlay O’Farraday defeated Razan Okamoto in 10:04 (80) Shockura (Matt Hocking and Pretty Okakura) defeated Tigre Salvaje and Jaylon Martins in 8:39 (70) Edd Stone defeated Seth Whitehead in 7:55 (75) Matthew Keith defeated Masked Cougar in 9:31 (82) The Blonde Brigade defeated Quentin Queen and D-Pod in 7:30 (52) Mainstream Hernandez defeated Torii in 10:06 (79) Overall Rating 83 Saturday Night Showcase was an absolute joy to watch. Findlay O’Farraday and Mainstream Hernandez met two BCG legends in Razan Okamoto and Torii, and both matches were superb. However, the highlight was Masked Cougar returning to the South West to face Matthew Keith. The two men were told to give it all for the crowd, and they put on a wonderful match, with nearfalls both ways before Keith pinned Cougar with his feet on the ropes. That is officially Masked Cougar’s best match in TCW, and a reminder that I just have not achieved what I wanted with him – and it’s largely my fault. We also learnt the Findlay O’Farraday would join Scythe, Dreadnought and Shockura at Battleground after being recruited by Eddie Peak. SWF’s second A show, Elite (which goes out on Saturday Night), has it’s run comes to an add. They still have two shows, with a B show (Sensations) on Friday night. Elite ended with The Hand member Remo and Eddie Chandler going over Des Davids and Hollywood Brett Starr in a 97 rated match. With a couple of development offers going out to graduates from various training complexes, HGC is beginning to look a little bloated. Don Diaz (22 year old ultra-charismatic daredevil from the TITAN Factory lacking actual skill) and Benito Gil (24 year old brawler from Lucha Libre de Phoenix who needs a little polish) get sent on a year excursion to EX2010, who have just grown to Medium size.

TCW Presents Total Wrestling: The show was headlined by Steven Parker teaming with Lenny Brown against The Empire members Spencer Spade and Dazzling Dave Diamond. Earlier in the show Jay Chord was incredulous that Steven Parker was his challenger at Battleground, but Parker showed his talent but taking control of the Main Event… until Jay Chord attacked him to leave the match a DQ and the champion making a statement. Elsewhere, the Tag Trophy Tournament kicked off, with first T-Bone Bright and David Stone, and then Matthew Keith and Cameron Vessey progressing. The first match was regular, the second nothing of the sort as Scythe and Dreadnought appeared after a week off. They targeted Matty Faith, but tag champions Sifu Storm were out to “uphold the sanctity of the tournament” and were joined by Mr Nuclear. That helped the face team, but Vessey and Keith showed superb technical skills to slow them down, before Vessey pulled out the Vessey Driver II on Brave to progress. We also learnt that next week High Flyin Hawaiian and Joffy Laine would be teaming up in the tournament, as would Chris Flynn and Nick Gilbert, along with The New Syndicate. Roderick Remus kept up his superb run of performances with victory over Matt Hocking, although the heel had his best singles performance since I arrived at TCW. Aaron Andrews challenged Bryan Vessey to a match at Battleground, before teaming with Mainstream Hernandez and The Canadian Animals to defeat the group that I’m calling the 4 Non Blondes in my mind, although only some of them are blonde so it makes no sense. Wolf Hawkins was not happy at missing out on a title shot to Steven Parker last week, and he put forward The Syndicate for an elimination match at Battleground to name the next challenger for the TCW World Heavyweight Title, and commentary telegraphed that it would be Hernandez, Freddy Huggins and Edd Stone answering that challenge. Finally, Hellion defeated Doc Hammond and, as he was about to continue his beatdown, Jack Bruce came out to make him stop, and that looks like it’ll also be a match at Battleground. T-Bone Bright and David Stone defeated Marc DuBois and Jared Johnson in the TCW Tag Trophy Tournament in 14:04 (75) Roderick Remus (c) defeated Matt Hocking to retain the TCW TV Title in 14:05 (90) Matthew Keith and Cameron Vessey defeated Matty Faith and Akima Brave in the TCW Tag Trophy Tournament in 9:33 (76) Hellion defeated Doc Hammond in 7:39 (77) Aaron Andrews, Mainstream Hernandez and The Canadian Animals defeated Frederique, Davis Wayne Newton, Nelson Callum and Raphael in 11:30 (89) Steven Parker and Lenny Brown defeated Spencer Spade and Dazzling Dave Diamond in 12:10 (90) Overall Rating 92 Hellion going over Doc Hammond was the fulfilment of an offer from Hammond several months ago, but as per usual I had waited so long that Hellion was now already the more popular worker. Next night we had a house show, and John Anderson (Human Arsenal) hurt his back, and he will now miss Battleground (and may struggle to be back for Total Mayhem). That leaves the elimination match just announced for Battleground slightly in the air, unless… maybe I can make it work. It’s TCW School of Wrestling time and… it seems that they have focused on hardcore wrestling this year. Sadly, half decent performance, fundamentals and hardcore isn’t quite enough, but they should be able to find employment in the US at some point. Dustin Batch actually has some decent technical skills, but the Star Quality of a frog, so we only sign: Ben Horn – 18 year old “technician” with decent performance skills and star quality Jimmy Nash – 21 year old “high flyer” oozing with star quality Steve Alvarez – 20 year old who may never make it in the ring, but is already golden on the mic Earl Watson – 21 year old all rounder who will probably never be any more than a midcarder for a smaller company, but has some potential. That’s it, for the moment – none of the rest were rotten, but nothing was standing out. I do intend to be a bit harsh when HGC contracts are up this year, so they may get the opportunity to come back later. Gilbert Vessey leaves, and although he has star quality little else sets him apart from this year’s graduates. He finished with a 13-34 record at HGC. Okay, one worker got a last moment signing – Bonnie Corvus, the first female TCW graduate to get signed to the company. She’s a tiny little thing with half decent puro and technical skills and is an absolute scumbag. Much as it’s tempting to send her to MAW to cause a little bit of trouble there, she’s heading to HGC to shake things up a bit. Meanwhile I moved a couple of development workers to MAW to make way for my new graduates, and Texas Hangman hit the ground running with a Mid Atlantic American Title victory over Ade Nelson. TCW Saturday Night Showcase: Davis Wayne Newton defeated Astro in 7:04 (60) Lenny Brown defeated D-Pod in 7:20 (62) Frederique and Raphael defeated Clark Alexander and Jaylon Martins in 8:50 (52) Marc DuBois defeated Harry Allen in 7:44 (70) Dazzling Dave Diamond defeated Tigre Salvaje in 4:22 (70) High Flyin Hawaiian and Joffy Laine defeated Bear Bekowski and Seth Whitehead in 9:18 (65) Findlay O’Farraday defeated Huracan Sandoval in 10:45 (83) Overall Rating 81 That main event was helped by good chemistry, but even without it was a great showing by the two men. We also discovered that Marc DuBois and Harry Allen had great chemistry. Wow, Des Davids has been on great form for the last two years, but he was widely thought to be booked as the man to get the pin in the Triple Threat match with Rocky Golden and Tommy Cornell at SWF Awesome Impact, with Cornell widely expected to make the pin. However, it was Des Davids who took the victory, to earn his first SWF World Heavyweight Title, and rumours are he will now feud with Tommy Cornell.

The Biggins Boys (Bart Biggins, Brett Biggins) vs Benson & The Foxx Mr. Lucha III vs Gino Montero Texas Brawl: Dazzling Dave Diamond vs Texas Hangman TCW Tag Team Titles: Human Army (c) vs Party Lovers vs NXT in LINE vs The Elite Eddie Peak vs Wolf Hawkins Mighty Mo, BLITZ! (Julius Moor, T-Bone Bright) vs Most Hated (Freddy Huggins, Marc Speed, Matt Hocking) TCW World Heavyweight Title: Jay Chord (c) vs Aaron Andrews Reuniting the Biggins is great for the tag division, and I see one more reign for them. Gino is a huge signing for you, but a spectacular loss to give him a few months to go on a run before getting his win back works well too

TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Jay Chord started the show, goading Jack Bruce about his victory on Sunday. Jack Bruce came out and accepted the defeat (to the whole Empire), sarcastically telling the champion that Rip would be proud of his boy. That riled Jay Chord up, telling Bruce that he is the only Chord, and should be respected. Bruce told Chord that was sad to hear, but he had a job to do – find Jay Chord’s new challenger. He announced that the winner of the fourway between Aaron Andrews, Steven Parker, Wolf Hawkins and Mighty Mo would go on to Battleground to face Jay Chord. He also announced that the TCW Tag Trophy would also return at Battleground, but this year only wrestlers who had never won gold in TCW would be able to enter. That meant holders Lenny Brown and Doc Hammond would not be able to defend their Trophy, although they did team up once more in defeat to The New Syndicate, who the commentary team hyped as a huge threat to anyone else hunting the Trophy. The main event saw a great battle and a huge surprise as Steven Parker pinned Mighty Mo, who was busy celebrating after he had levered Andrews and Hawkins, who were fighting one another, out of the ring. Parker looked stunned after the three count followed a Future Shock, with Wolf furious outside the ring. Sifu Storm retained the TCW Tag Team Titles against Shockura, while a potential Tag Tournament Team of Huracan Sandoval and El Hijo Del Neutron bit off more than they could chew against Jay Chord and Spencer Spade, especially when Hellion attacked Sandoval outside the ring leaving Del Neutron exposed. That brought Jack Bruce out again, to tell Hellion that he needed to stick to his own business. The two went face to face, neither man willing to back down, before Chord pulled Hellion away. The team of Chris Flynn, Nick Gilbert, High Flyin Hawaiian and Joffy Laine all showed interest in the Tag Tournament, with Flynn pinning Raphael. Matty Faith also wanted to throw his hat into the ring, with Mr Nuclear giving his blessing for him to find a partner (as Mr Nuclear’s title win last year made him ineligible), as did Jared Johnson and Marc DuBois. Finally, Matthew Keith defeated One Man Army in a match that I thought I must have run before, but I hadn’t. The New Syndicate defeated Hammond & Brown in 10:34 (89) Matthew Keith defeated One Man Army in 7:27 (70) Sifu Storm (c) defeated Shockura to retain the TCW Tag Team Titles in 13:19 (82) Chris Flynn, Nick Gilbert, High Flyin Hawaiian and Joffy Laine defeated Frederique, Davis Wayne Newton, Nelson Callum and Raphael in 10:36 (73) Jay Chord and Spender Spade defeated Huracan Sandoval and El Hijo Del Neutron in 8:07 (80) Steven Parker defeated Mighty Mo, Aaron Andrews and Wolf Hawkins in 26:15 (94) Overall Rating 93 That is by far away Steven Parker’s biggest victory in TCW – he’s our eight most popular wrestler, above Bruce, Scythe, Bright and Stone, and is consistently solid. It’s March 2022 and he hasn’t lost a match since the beginning of January – and his last singles defeat came at the hands of Spencer Spade back in November. The Tag Trophy has been pulled a month forward this year to Battleground. Originally, I was planning to have a massive faceoff between The Empire and The Syndicate at the PPV, but I just couldn’t get it to work. There will be a couple of multi-man matches, but the Trophy filled the holes. With the stipulation that no competitors could have previously held gold in TCW before it should be a chance for some of the wrestlers down the card to show their worth. Until you realise some of the wrestlers who have yet to win gold that I can push here. There was a backstage segment in the show between a group of faces (Mainstream Hernandez, Lenny Brown, Freddy Huggins, T-Bone Bright, Edd Stone, Roderick Remus and David Stone) with them working out who was eligible to enter the Tag Trophy tournament (Bright, Hernandez and David Stone is the answer), which I accidentally booked Davis Wayne Newton in (trying to book David Stone, who I then added later). Somehow, he came out of this segment with a new promo, so I’m going for “I deserve a chance”, and I might redo his whole gimmick around this. If you were very early you got to see Gilbert Vessey in one of his last chances to impress before getting released, facing Flying Jimmy Foxx. No chemistry. Rating of 28. He’s got a lovely few years in the indies ahead of him. TCW Saturday Night Showcase: Findlay O’Farraday defeated Quentin Queen in 7:38 (70) Nelson Callum defeated Flying Jimmy Foxx in 9:25 (58) Matty Faith and Akima Brave defeated Masked Mauler and Torii in 8:12 (64) David Stone defeated Bear Bekowski in 8:11 (67) Matthew Keith and Pink Spider defeated Huracan Sandoval and El Hijo Del Neutron in 10:24 (70) Mighty Mo defeated Jaylon Martins in 4:17 (70) Roderick Remus (c) defeated Pretty Okakura to retain the TCW TV Title in 12:23 (81) Overall Rating 82 Tana the Mighty and Dread leave after their 3 month contracts signed before Anniversary expired. Tana didn’t do too much – Dread appeared with his son when he debuted, but the ring was getting a bit crowded and he wasn’t really achieving anything. He’ll continue to run HGC day to day. TCW Presents Total Wrestling: T-Bone Bright and David Stone vs Marc DuBois and Jared Johnson in the TCW Tag Trophy Tournament Matty Faith and Akima Brave vs Matthew Keith and Cameron Vessey in the TCW Tag Trophy Tournament Roderick Remus (c) vs Matt Hocking for the TCW TV Title Doc Hammond vs Hellion Aaron Andrews, Mainstream Hernandez and The Canadian Animals vs Frederique, Davis Wayne Newton, Nelson Callum and Raphael Steven Parker and Lenny Brown vs Spencer Spade and Dazzling Dave Diamond

2022: The year started with Jack Bruce and Bryan Vessey playing major roles in TCW… and then reminding everyone why they had retired when they had their PPV wrestling matches. However, Camoeron Vessey has joined his uncle in TCW, and that promises to be an exciting addition. Scythe was joined by Dreadnought to feud with Mr Nuclear, while Human Arsenal has retaken his John Anderson persona and rejoined The Syndicate. We have just come out of the second PPV of the year, with three months to go until Total Mayhem. TCW The War to Settle the Score: Sifu Storm (c) defeated Shockura (Matt Hocking and Pretty Okakura), Roderick Remus & One Man Army and Findlay O’Farraday & Matthew Keith to retain the TCW Tag Team Titles in 11:31 (80) Hellion defeated Matty Faith in 7:41 (80) The Syndicate (Joshua Taylor, Ernest Youngman and Mr Anderson) defeated Mainstream Hernandez, Freddy Huggins and Lenny Brown in 18:43 (80) The Blonde Brigade (Davis Wayne Newton and Nelson Callum) defeated High Flyin Hawaiian and Flying Jimmy Foxx in 7:43 (73) Wolf Hawkins defeated Edd Stone in 13:47 (90) Mighty Mo, Bryan Vessey and Cameron Vessey defeated Aaron Andrews, T-Bone Bright and David Stone in 17:37 (79) Scythe defeated Mr Nuclear in 13:02 (83) Steven Parker defeated Ranger in 20:50 (93) Jay Chord (c) defeated Jack Bruce to retain the TCW World Heavyweight Title in 12:50 (87) Overall Rating 89 Current Title Holders: World Heavyweight Title – Jay Chord (2nd reign) – 2 defences World Tag Team Titles – Sifu Storm (Ricky Storm and Sifu) (1st reign) – 3 defences Television Title – Roderick Remus (1st reign) – 7 defences King of Kings – Mainstream Hernandez Tag Team Trophy – Doc Hammond and Lenny Brown

As the old thread is currently broken, I thought I'd restart this off in a new thread, so here's a short catch up. Original Dynasty here (old forum, while the forum lasts): http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=549323 Butchered version in this forum: https://forum.greydogsoftware.com/topic/51391-tcw-the-return-of-jk-stallings/ The Story so Far: 2020: In January 2020 JK Stalling returned to TCW, buying the company off BriCo, and bringing in booker eayragt. In addition he set up HGC, under the guidance of Plague and Tamara McFly, signing up some of the youngest talents in North American to development deal. At Total Mayhem XXIV Wolf Hawkins defeated TCW World Heavyweight Champion Aaron Andrews and Jay Chord in a Triple Threat match to win his 4th World Heavyweight Title, while One Man Army took the Television Title (which does occasionally get defended on PPV) off Greg Gauge in a match also featuring Matt Hocking and new signing Mainstream Hernandez. Mighty Meaty retained their World Tag Team Title over Eddie Peak and Chris Flynn (who had moved from The Syndicate to The Sinner Society), having taken the titles off The Behemoths earlier in the year. Over this time Wolf Hawkins remade The Syndicate, kicking out Doc Hammond and Nate Johnson and replacing them with Joshua Taylor and Ranger. Eddie Chandler and Joshua Taylor took the Tag Team Titles at Excessive Force, briefly dropping them to Doc Hammond and One Man Army before taking the titles back and holding them to the end of the year. One Man Army was briefly a double champion but lost both his titles within a month, dropping the Television Title to Matt Hocking who had a poor reign before dropping it at the end of the year the Edd Stone. Wolf Hawkins held the World Heavyweight Title through to end the of the year, feuding with Aaron Andrews, Sammy Bach, Mainstream Hernandez and T-Bone Bright, who won the inaugural Two Stages of Hell Match to earn himself a title shot. Steven Parker debuted to feud with Jay Chord, with Chord initially teaming with Greg Gauge and newcomer Findlay O’Farraday. This led to both Greg Gauge and Roderick Remus turning face, joining in a loose alliance with Parker and Mainstream Hernandez of former MAW workers. Jay Chord did have a great run in 2020 with only 10 defeats all year, winning the 2020 King of Kings with wins over Sammy Bach and Aaron Andrews, while TCW Saturday Night Showcase relaunched as a B show. 2021: The first show of the year saw Mainstream Hernandez and Roderick Remus team up to defeat Joshua Taylor and Eddie Chandler to win the World Tag Team Titles, before Freddy Huggins (who had been solid all of 2020) defeated Wolf Hawkins, Mainstream Hernandez and Roderick Remus to win his first World Heavyweight Title. As Huggins contract ran down there was some debate if he would leave the company as champion, but he turned face by signing a new contract, before feuding with Mighty Mo who turned heel on Huggins, angry the fanfare of Huggins contract signing compared to him loyally signing a new deal the previous year. Contract negotiations did not go so well elsewhere as Eddie Chandler left to go to SWF and Sammy Bach joined USPW after they offered more than I was willing to match. I did fight tooth and nail for Greg Gauge, but was devastated when he choose to join USPW. Jay Chord begun getting stalked by a mysterious masked man, in a feud that seemed to last for ages, partly due to Chord picking up a back injury. The masked man was eventually revealed to be Enygma, but he was seen off by Jay Chord, before leaving after an unimpressive six month run. In April TCW introduced it’s first ever Tag Team Tournament, which was won by Doc Hammond and Lenny Brown, who had joined the previous year, defeated Dazzling Dave Diamond and Spencer Spade, who had been on a fine run since recently moving from SWF. At the same show Wolf Hawkins and Joshua Taylor defeated Mainstream Hernandez and Roderick Remus to take the Tag Team Titles with the assistance of new Syndicate member Ernest Youngman, while Freddy Huggins retained against Mighty Mo, Killer Shark and Aaron Andrews to head into Total Mayhem to face Jay Chord. At Total Mayhem XXV Television Title holder Edd Stone joined his nephew David Stone in tag victory, Matthew Keith had his first TCW PPV match (albeit defeat to Steven Parker), Hammond & Brown won the Tag Team Titles from Hawkins and Taylor, Killer Shark got a huge victory over Aaron Andrews and Mighty Mo, before finally Jay Chord won his first ever TCW World Heavyweight Title with victory over Freddy Huggins in my first ever 100 rated match. Over the coming months Jay Chord cemented his reign by forming The Empire with Spencer Spade, Dazzling Dave Diamond, Hellion and Emma Chase. Dazzling Dave Diamond and Hellion (who somewhat confusingly also wrestled as “The Empire”) added the Tag Team Titles to their stash of gold, while an injury to Edd Stone at the hands of Jay Chord forced him to vacate the Television Title, which was won by Findlay O’Farraday in a four way with Chris Flynn, High Flyin Hawaiian and Matthew Keith. Jay Chord’s World Heavyweight Title reign ended at the hands of Mr Nuclear (Atom Smasher / Nevada Nuclear), who was inserted straight into Main Event after having a 100 rated match with Chord. Mainstream Hernandez won the second Two Stages of Hell match to earn a title shot, but lost it to Wolf Hawkins after putting his shot on the line. At King of Kings Hernandez earned another shot by winning the tournament with a victories over Syndicate members Ernest Youngman and Ranger, while their leader Wolf Hawkins begun his 5th World Heavyweight Title reign after defeating Mr Nuclear. In December TCW celebrated their 25th Anniversary with appearances from a number of former stars, including Jack Bruce and Bryan Vessey – Bruce winning a future title shot by defeating Vessey, Aaron Andrews and Mighty Mo. Findlay O’Farraday’s impressive 14 defence Television Title reign ended to Roderick Remus in a great match, while The Empire dropped their Tag Team Titles to undefeated Englishman Sifu Storm (Ricky Storm and Sifu). The year ended with Wolf Hawkins defending his title against Jay Chord, Edd Stone (who had returned to cost Jay Chord any chance at reclaiming his title) and Mr Nuclear. Wolf Hawkins was meant to retain, but in a booking error Jay Chord regained his title to begin his second reign after Scythe debuted from underneath the ring to wreak havoc. The other notable event of the year was Killer Shark leaving TCW to move to BHOTWG. p, div { margin:0; padding:0; line-height: 1.2; }

Thanks, that was my first pick for main alternative colour. Occasionally I use more colours during conversations, so just need to sort those out.

Okay - colour question. Which of these default colours do you think CANNOT be used clearly on the background you use (numbered from top left colour, horizontally across): Aaron Andrews vs Jay Chord Aaron Andrews vs Jay Chord Aaron Andrews vs Jay Chord Aaron Andrews vs Jay Chord Aaron Andrews vs Jay Chord Aaron Andrews vs Jay Chord Aaron Andrews vs Jay Chord Aaron Andrews vs Jay Chord Aaron Andrews vs Jay Chord Aaron Andrews vs Jay Chord Aaron Andrews vs Jay Chord Aaron Andrews vs Jay Chord Aaron Andrews vs Jay Chord Aaron Andrews vs Jay Chord Aaron Andrews vs Jay Chord Aaron Andrews vs Jay Chord Aaron Andrews vs Jay Chord Aaron Andrews vs Jay Chord Aaron Andrews vs Jay Chord Aaron Andrews vs Jay Chord Aaron Andrews vs Jay Chord Aaron Andrews vs Jay Chord Aaron Andrews vs Jay Chord Aaron Andrews vs Jay Chord I'm using dark theme, and I think 5, 10, 11 and 24 are unclear, and I'm concerned about using 4, 9, 19 and 20. I post this because looking through my diary, some of the colours seem really unclear, but before I changed anything (going forward) I thought I'd ask what the community thought, so we could come across a good set on colours. Ignoring the White/Black shade, I'm thinking 1, 2, 3 and 6 are the clearest colours?

Two posts from March 22 and one from March 23 now appear - I think we're moving!

On the old forum my age was available for public view, but not my date of birth (although it was on my account). On this forum my full Date of Birth was visible (which I have since removed). There any way to remove displaying this personal data by default?

I caught up on the old forum, and it was a great way to go. I don't mind missing out by the smallest margin, as it was Riley McManus winning that took victory away. Which considering I've been calling for a McManus face turn and title shot for over 6 months, I'm extremely happy with. Pity about the sacking, as you were in an intriguing place where you were smashing out great shows, while still at risk of losing stars. Larry's an old grump, isn't he? Any chance of a bit of a behind the scenes look at the game? What compromises did you have to make to keep workers happy? What feud could you never run due to chemistry? Any behind the curtain reason for a push ending? And most importantly - what was Brutus's record like after he left, and what was his biggest win?

Yes please Arlie. Thank you.

Just as I was thinking the mailbox issue wouldn't affect me, years of mafia PM's are back! Well, there's some history to go through there. Thanks for the memories!

I go into the last prediction contest with a very narrow lead, but I'm not actually going to see the result for a week as I'm going away and will be offline. I'll miss the beginning of Season 3, and feel EEE may look very different when I'm back. So, how many people are leaving? One of Trapesi and McManus, sure. But there's no reason for PTJP and Pepper to be fighting unless one of them is also leaving, so strike up another one. I'm not convinced that's it, either. EEE Supershow: Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow EEE World Heavyweight Title: Aaron ‘The Ace’ Andrews vs. ‘The Man’ Cameron Vessey © There would be nothing wrong with Andrews winning, it would be sad if it was because Vessey was leaving. But this doesn't seem like the epic ending of a story, so I'm going for this reign continuing. EEE Intercontinental Title: Dreadnought vs. Honest Frank Jr © Is Frank leaving? That's influenced my vote here, but ending the show with Alpha Generation holding all the titles also works, so two reasons for Dreadnought to win. The very obvious reason why not is because this is not the title that Dreadnought is after. EEE World Tag Team Titles: The Fabulous DeColts vs. The Fantastic Express vs. The Stone Foundation © Can't hold all the gold without the Foundation winning this, can they? George Trapesi vs. ‘The Georgia Bulldog’ Riley McManus It's a coin flip, it really is. Either man will be missed, but a McManus face run will really but what I'll be most disappointed at missing out on. So I'll vote that he leaves, and I'll be fine if I'm wrong. Davis Wayne Newton vs. Fro Sure vs. Trent ‘The Talent’ Shaffer A victory for Fro Sure puts him in the title picture, but would surely be an upset. It's the last show of the year, and I've always been happy to pick it voting for an upset, so I won't stop now Valiant & Charlie Corner vs. The Twin Powers vs. Solomon Gold & Danny Hagman I thought from reading the shows that Corner would be leaving, but he and Valiant are so much higher up the card than their opponents I'm going to shelf that as an idea Eddie Howard vs. The Masked Mauler Again, could argue either way on this one. Mini push for Howard continuing, or a return to form for Mauler? Seiji Jimbo vs. Joey Fili The other way would be completely justifiable, unless you were a Japanese journalist, who would never understand the move Robby Griffin vs. Chip Martin Needs to win every now and then Prime Time Jack Pryde vs. ‘The Perfect One’ Pepper Pelton Although Pepper dominating the feud, Jack won it, so it would make more sense for Pepper to get revenge. But I'll go for Jack cementing his previous victory

TCW The War to Settle the Score: The show opened with the tag title four-way – when I originally planned this show it was Sifu Storm vs Shockura, but the addition of Roderick Remus, One Man Army, Findlay O’Farraday and Matthew Keith did the match no harm. Well, not much harm – One Man Army is beginning to look slightly lost out there with all the high-octane action going on around the ring and had a couple of occasions where he had to look around for everyone else to work out what was going on. He was allowed to plancha out of the ring onto O’Farraday, Keith and Hocking, which left Pretty Okakura to take a Storm Bringer from Ricky Storm for the champions to retain their titles. Next up Hellion took on Matty Faith where Hellion is actually the more popular of the two, so him winning with a Devolution Bomb wasn’t too controversial. We then went into the third match rated “80” in a row as Syndicate members Joshua Taylor, Ernest Youngman and John Anderson defeated Mainstream Hernandez, Freddy Huggins and Lenny Brown. Again, Hernandez was nowhere near the finish (Taylor pinned Brown) – he is occasionally losing in multi-man action but hasn’t been pinned for months. Flying Jimmy Foxx has barely been on TV for the last year, so him and High Flyin Hawaiian putting over the Blonde Brigade (David Wayne Newton and Nelson Callum) was no big surprise. Foxx was the weak link in the match, which is slightly concerning for him considering this was Callum’s PPV debut. The PPV really did kick into action with the next bout, with the only criticism of Hawkins and Edd Stone’s clash was that it was a little short. They did tear into one another, barely taking breath as they pulled every move out of their arsenal to use against one another before Hawkins busted out the Full Moon Rising to take the win. Mo/Vessey/Vessey defeating Andrews/Bright/Stone should have been a lot better, but both veterans Aaron Andrews and Bryan Vessey had off days. I slightly fear for the Main Event after this, but here we saw Cameron Vessey pinning David Stone after a Vessey Driver II for the victory. Mr Nuclear and Scythe finally meeting one on one in the ring outperformed the previous match, and Mr Nuclear was up for doing as much damage to Scythe and everyone else who came out to the ringside (Eddie Peak, Dread and Dreadnought), but the numbers eventually caught up with him. As the ref banished Dread and Eddie Peak, Dreadnought obliterated Mr Nuclear with a clothesline which allowed Scythe to hit the Underworld Spike for victory. Steven Parker then faced Ranger, and it outperformed the rest of the preceding card. Ranger must have made half a dozen pin attempts but Parker just kept kicking out, and it took three Future Shocks to finally take The Syndicate member out. It did end up outperforming the Main Event, which was kept to under 13 minutes. Jack Bruce was made to look like a star for the first 8 minutes, then The Empire were out to support the champion. Spencer Spade (matchless tonight) verbally sparred with Bruce, but got taken out with a New York Minute, before Hellion climbed into the ring. Bruce bumped into him and the two had a staredown, allowing Jay Chord the opportunity to deliver a Cradle Piledriver to retain his title. Sifu Storm © defeated Shockura, Roderick Remus & One Man Army and Findlay O’Farraday & Matthew Keith to retain the TCW Tag Team Titles in 11:31 (80) Hellion defeated Matty Faith in 7:41 (80) The Syndicate (Joshua Taylor, Ernest Youngman and Mr Anderson) defeated Mainstream Hernandez, Freddy Huggins and Lenny Brown in 18:43 (80) The Blonde Brigade defeated High Flyin Hawaiian and Flying Jimmy Foxx in 7:43 (73) Wolf Hawkins defeated Edd Stone in 13:47 (90) Mighty Mo, Bryan Vessey and Cameron Vessey defeated Aaron Andrews, T-Bone Bright and David Stone in 17:37 (79) Scythe defeated Mr Nuclear in 13:02 (83) Steven Parker defeated Ranger in 20:50 (93) Jay Chord © defeated Jack Bruce to retain the TCW World Heavyweight Title in 12:50 (87) Overall Rating 89 Decent show, but these veterans who have come out of retirement are dragging down the overall quality. Their booking is a logical continuation of the Anniversary storylines, but they should perhaps begin to take a backwards step. On the plus side Jack Bruce is selling over $2 million of merchandise each month, $1 million of which I’m getting. TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Chris Flynn, Nick Gilbert, High Flyin Hawaiian and Joffy Laine vs Frederique, Davis Wayne Newton, Nelson Callum and Raphael One Man Army vs Matthew Keith Hammond & Brown vs The New Syndicate Sifu Storm © vs Shockura for the TCW Tag Team Titles Huracan Sandoval and El Hijo Del Neutron vs Jay Chord and Spencer Spade Aaron Andrews vs Steven Parker vs Mighty Mo vs Wolf Hawkins to name the No 1 contender to the TCW World Heavyweight Title A good 6/8 - Matthew Keith and Findlay O'Farraday would make amazing tag team champions, but I've got a different direction to go there.

Don't worry, I can throw this one away pretty quickly. Also, I'm not around next week, so the door is open for the field to take over. Battle Games Match: Davis Wayne Newton, Aaron Andrews & The Fabulous Stones vs. Cameron Vessey, Dreadnought & The Stone Foundation One side is dripping in gold. Logic dictates the other side wins Fro Sure, Prime Time Jack Pryde & George Trapesi vs. Honest Frank Jr, Trent Shaffer & Riley McManus No idea, easy case for both sides. But Trapesi is on one side, so its easy to pick the other team Seiji Jimbo, Valiant & Charlie Corner vs. The Keelan Family (Pepper Pelton & The Twin Powers) Pepper can get his win back next month Eddie Howard & The Fantastic Express vs. The Masked Mauler, Danny Hagman & Solomon Gold Sure, they could lose and win the 2 rematches next month, but they shouldn't have to Big Jon Walker & The Texas Roughriders vs. Joey Fili & Samoan Wrecking Crew Happy to see them keep on rolling on The Eagle & The Combat Club vs. Denny King & The Magic Boys Youve got me to pick The Combat Club to win a PPV. How have you done that?

1. WINNERS FACE OFF IN INAUGURAL COTT CANADIAN TITLE MATCH NEXT MONTH: Bad Boys of Wrestling (Ryan Powell & Shane Nelson) vs. Philippe LaGrenier & Ace Youngblood I think the Bads Boys offer more short term upside, but equally its a good first championship feud when its decided 2. COTT WORLD JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: Deadly Deadshot © vs. Speed McKane 3. Blaze vs. Storm 4. Tzilla vs. JMB Never bet against a Bowen 5. Rock City Stars (Ryan Turner & Stan Manna) vs. Cali Generation (Charlie Corner & Chip Martin) Obviously the rookies have much better long term upside, but they need to earn their place 6. MYSTERY OPPONENT: Crusher Haverford vs. Joey Poison (BONUS: Who is the mystery opponent?

CARD FOR PREVISIONS: Mr. Lucha III vs TCW Management’s Personal Pick TCW World Tag Team Titles: Human Army © (Human Arsenal, One Man Army) vs The Elite (Eddie Chandler, Nate Johnson) Party Lovers (Stone, Fonzarelli, Hiraki, Tana The Mighty) vs Most Hated (Huggins, Speed, Hocking, Remus) TCW International Title: Greg Gauge © vs Joshua Taylor Jay Chord, Wolf Hawkins, Eddie Peak vs Aaron Andrews, Troy Tornado, Mighty Mo

TCW Presents Total Wrestling: The show opened with Jack Bruce announcing that Jay Chord and Spencer Spade would be taking on Mr Nuclear and Matty Faith in the Main Event. When Jack Bruce found Jay Chord trying to recruit Scythe and Dreadnought Jack Bruce was furious, and told Chord that if they interfered in the Main Event he would strip Chord of the World Heavyweight Title. Emma Chase told Bruce he didn’t have the authority, and that would only cost him a title shot, but Bruce said he didn’t wasn’t backing down. He told Chase that Edd Stone and Wolf Hawkins could fight for the title for all he cared if Chord felt that he needed Scythe and Dreadnought to win. Jay Chord told the two monsters to leave it, and they did not come out in the Main Event. Of course, Jay Chord still had The Empire behind him, and Hellion proved perfectly capable of ruining a match on his own, pulverising Matty Faith to end the match in DQ. The post match bundle saw Scythe and Dreadnought swagger down to the ring, before Jack Bruce pushed past, making the two monsters reconsider. Bruce threw Hellion from the ring, before countering a Stunner from Spade and hitting a New York Minute on him. That left Bruce alone in the ring with World Heavyweight Champion Jay Chord, who shouted about he was the undisputed champion while Bruce claimed without his colleagues he was nothing. Elsewhere, Roderick Remus and Findlay O’Farraday had another wonderful TV Title match, where Matthew Keith at ringside shouting encouragement at O’Farraday seemed to distract the former champion. The men are destined for a Tag Team Title match at The War to Settle the Score against the champions Sifu Storm and Shockura – Roderick Remus will team with One Man Army (who warmed up with victory over Pretty Okakura). There was a segment with all eight men in, where One Man Army, Pretty Okakura and Roderick Remus all flubbed their lines… Steven Parker and Lenny Brown took a hard earned victory over Joshua Taylor and John Anderson, with Ranger squaring up with Parker after the match in advance of their meeting on Sunday. Apart from that it was fairly one-sided matches. High Flyin Hawaiian defeated Raphael before he and Flying Jimmy Foxx accepted a challenge from Davis Wayne Newton and Nelson Callum, who seem to be calling themselves the Blonde Brigade. T-Bone Bright and David Stone defeated Benny Benson and Bear Bekowski and then joined Aaron Andrews after the match to cut a promo against their opponents on Sunday, Mighty Mo, Bryan and Cameron Vessey. Finally Edd Stone defeated Jared Johnson to warm up for his match against Wolf Hawkins. Roderick Remus © defeated Findlay O’Farraday to retain the TCW TV Title in 12:58 (90) High Flyin Hawaiian defeated Raphael in 8:29 (78) One Man Army defeated Pretty Okakura in 6:43 (70) T-Bone Bright and David Stone defeated Benny Benson and Bear Bekowski in 8:24 (75) Edd Stone defeated Jared Johnson in 9:35 (81) Steven Parker and Lenny Brown defeated Joshua Taylor and John Anderson in 11:18 (78) Mr Nuclear and Matty Faith defeated Jay Chord and Spencer Spade by DQ in 11:59 (82) Overall Rating 88 A slightly slow show, but that’s become the norm on the last show of the month before a PPV. Roderick Remus and Findlay O’Farraday tore the house down again, and it will be interesting to see if they can carry that momentum into the tag match on Sunday. JK Stallings has decided to renew Charlie Thatcher’s contract. Maybe he wants to see me book Madman Boone vs Charlie Thatcher at some point? Never going to happen – it would only fit on Saturday Night Showcase, and neither will wrestle B shows. I expect he will continue the occasional pre-show job, and a rarer appearance as security. He really doesn’t have the skills to team up with a youngster. I was on my normal pre-PPV don’t book anyone who’s wrestling again (apart from Hellion, who got a short match), so Gilbert Vessey and Guillotine from HGC got another match, and Ray Cavalero got a one match deal back where he had a spell at the end of last year. When I obviously never had him tag with Masked Cougar, as they were all over the place. Anything else on Saturday Night? Just Greg Gauge winning the USPW World Heavyweight Title from Steve Frehley, the 95 rated match being Frehley’s best rated match in the 25 months since the game begun. Bitter, me? Maybe. TCW The War to Settle the Score: Mr Nuclear vs Scythe Mainstream Hernandez, Freddy Huggins and Lenny Brown vs Joshua Taylor, Ernest Youngman and John Anderson High Flyin Hawaiian and Flying Jimmy Foxx vs The Blonde Brigade Steven Parker vs Ranger Edd Stone vs Wolf Hawkins Matty Faith vs Hellion Aaron Andrews, T-Bone Bright and David Stone vs Mighty Mo, Bryan Vessey and Cameron Vessey Sifu Storm © vs Roderick Remus and One Man Army vs Shockura vs Findlay O’Farraday and Matthew Keith for the TCW Tag Team Titles Jay Chord © vs Jack Bruce for the TCW World Heavyweight Title

EEE World Heavyweight Title: Davis Wayne Newton vs. Valiant vs. Dreadnought vs. Cameron Vessey © A Dreadnought win would be amazing, but I feel like Vessey will pick up the scraps after Dreadnought does the damage. I'm not saying he's going to be happy about it EEE Intercontinental Title: The Eagle vs. Prime Time Jack Pryde vs. Honest Frank Jr © Well, he's got it again, so I guess he keeps it EEE World Tag Team Titles: The Fabulous DeColts vs. The Stone Foundation vs. The Fantastic Express © This would be a booking decision unlike ones you normally make, but I think it would really stir the pot in this feud Aaron Andrews, Charlie Corner & George Trapesi vs. Trent Shaffer, Riley McManus & Pepper Pelton If Pepper abandons his colleagues, the numbers will begin to count against McManus and Shaffer. Am I starting to bet against McManus just as yuo get behind him? Fro Sure vs. Danny ‘The Kid’ Hagman I think Fro Sure's performances can keep him hot, and I'd like to see Danny win, but I feel that this will give Fro a little legitimacy that he's lost recently Robby Griffin vs. Chip Martin He needs a few more wins to get up to the popularity of the rest of this feud The Combat Club vs. The Twin Powers Unless there's a reversal in fortune I'm not expecting Big Jon Walker & The Texas Roughriders vs. Monty Trescarde & New School Principals Big John's going to struggle if he loses too many PPV's in a row Seiji Jimbo vs. Cali Slick He deserves a win, right?

TCW Presents Total Wrestling: A superb main event saw Freddy Huggins take on Wolf Hawkins, in a pretty epic battle. When they closed on the 20 minute mark we started to get the nearfalls, before Hawkins pulled the ref infront of him to take the full force of a top rope move from Huggins. The competitors continued to exchange moves before Huggins repeated his leap from the ropes and made the pin… but the ref was still out and couldn’t make the count. The New Syndicate hit the ring and begun to double team Huggins before Lenny Brown and Steven Parker were out to even up the odds. Wolf Hawkins smashed Freddy Huggins over the head with a chair as everyone else brawled outside the ring, before shaking the ref awake. He hit a Full Moon Rising on a barely conscious Huggins, but as he made the pin Edd Stone leapt from the crowd and climbed to the ring to hit a Party’s Over on Hawkins. The ref tried to push him from the ring but Stone grabbed the chair and obliterated Hawkins with it, and the ref had no choice but to call the match a DQ. The next best match of the night saw Tag Champions Sifu Storm team with TV Title holder Roderick Remus and One Man Army to face Shockura, Findlay O’Farraday and Matthew Keith. It made sense to give the heels a victory to keep potential challengers strong, but equally it was no surprise to see it was One Man Army who tapped out to Matthew Keith. After Mighty Mo defeated David Stone, Aaron Andrews and T-Bone Bright teamed up together to earn victory over Marc DuBois and Jared Johnson, before we learned that Mighty Mo, Bryan Vessey and Cameron Vessey would team up to take on Aaron Andrews, T-Bone Bright and David Stone at The War to Settle the Score. Cameron Vessey also earned his debut singles victory, cleanly pinning Zeus. It looks like we are also getting Mr Nuclear vs Scythe at the end of the month after Mr Nuclear challenged Scythe after he teamed with Dreadnought to defeat Chris Flynn and Clark Alexander, and Steven Parker took some momentum against The Syndicate by defeating John Anderson. Finally, Jack Bruce’s match with Jay Chord for the World Heavyweight Title was also officially signed, with Bruce telling Chord that he would have a challenge for him and Spencer Spade next week. Steven Parker defeated John Anderson in 10:13 (82) Scythe and Dreadnought defeated Chris Flynn and Clark Alexander in 7:49 (69) Mighty Mo defeated David Stone in 5:31 (70) Shockura, Findlay O’Farraday and Matthew Keith defeated Sifu Storm, Roderick Remus and One Man Army in 11:23 (87) Cameron Vessey defeated Zeus in 7:01 (70) Aaron Andrews and T-Bone Bright defeated Marc DuBois and Jared Johnson in 8:35 (80) Wolf Hawkins defeated Freddy Huggins by DQ in 25:59 (91) Overall Rating 91 The last time Wolf Hawkins and Freddy Huggins fought was over a year ago, for the World Heavyweight Title, and it as great to see them in action together again. The Syndicate are getting a lot more action in the ring than The Empire at the moment, where Jay Chord is almost appearing as a special attraction. Zeus says goodbye to TCW – he was brought in when we expanded Saturday Night Showcase, but never found his place on the roster, so was used to put over Cameron Vessey on the way out. He wasn’t happy about it, but decided not to complain as he realised he may have a better look than Vessey, but Vessey is clearly the bigger talent. USPW are getting away with putting on shows in Mexico – credit to them. Would have been better if they hadn’t booked Pablo Rodriguez on the preshow… Dan Horgan, who’s probably the finest rookie in HGC (he may not have much charisma but he has technical skill, can brawl, and has superb fundamentals), breaks his jaw at HGC. Gilbert Vessey probably gets the blame as he’s probably on his way out. In PSW Logan Wolfsbaine has finally done it, winning his first PSW Championship from Kurt Laramee. PSW could now build around Wolfsbaine, as long as they can keep him. The new group of Frederique, Davis Wayne Newton, Nelson Callum and Raphael have been pushed onto Saturday Night Showcase, due to a lack on room on Tuesday. A post man attack on Flying Jimmy Foxx saw High Flyin Hawaiian make the save, and that’s heading towards a PPV match. Did you ever want to know if a worker on excursion can quit? Well, the answer is yes, Hector St Hubbins has stormed out of EX2010 after completely falling out with Burning EXILE. I’ll sign him back up if I get bored. TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Edd Stone vs Jared Johnson High Flyin Hawaiian vs Raphael One Man Army vs Pretty Okakura T-Bone Bright and David Stone vs Bear Bekowksi and Benny Benson Roderick Remus © vs Findlay O’Farraday for the TCW TV Title Steven Parker and Lenny Brown vs Joshua Taylor and John Anderson Mr Nuclear and Matty Faith vs Jay Chord and Spencer Spade

Can we just give a moment of respect to that match between Aaron Andrews and Cali Slick? EEE Supershow: Vengeance EEE World Heavyweight Title: Davis Wayne Newton vs. ‘The Man’ Cameron Vessey © Clean? No way. Great? Absolutely EEE Intercontinental Title: Honest Frank Jr vs. Prime Time Jack Pryde © Unless you've got another plan for Pryde, this isn't happening EEE World Tag Team Titles: The Stone Foundation vs. The Fantastic Express © On the other hand, now is the right time to pull the trigger on this one Aaron ‘The Ace’ Andrews vs. ‘The Georgia Bulldog’ Riley McManus Okay, I know that I've been a McManus mark, but I DWN vs Cam can only last so long, and adding Andrews to the title picture makes sense. Still hoping for a face turn for Riley! Charlie Corner vs. Trent ‘The Talent’ Shaffer And if McManuc does turn face his first feud will be Shaffer, so he needs to stay hot ‘The International Sensation’ Seiji Jimbo vs. Danny ‘The Kid’ Hagman Assuming Jimbo isn't coming off a serious injury (you did check, didn't you?), he's a huge signing. He could easily win here, but some form of cheap win won't sacrifice Hagman after his good performance last month Valiant & Fro Sure vs. Chip Martin & Dreadnought This would be huge for Chip, but without it risks remaining the whipping boy of this stable Big Jon Walker vs. Monty Trescarde When we get to Walker vs Dreadnought it'll be... awful. But spectacular George Trapesi & The Combat Club vs. The Keelan Family (Pepper Pelton & The Twin Powers) Maybe? Pepper needs this as much as Trapesi, so it's a coin flip

EEE World Heavyweight Title: Davis Wayne Newton vs. Cameron Vessey © Hopefully a great series, but unless you rile the crowd with a cheap finish or draw Vessey needs to win this, Ladder Match for EEE Intercontinental Title: Danny Hagman vs. Prime Time Jack Pryde © EEE has moved on and left Hagman behind, and he needs to tag partner to not become a midcard jobber EEE World Tag Team Titles: The Twin Powers vs. The Stone Foundation vs. The Fantastic Express © Probably wrong here, as although I think the Stones will win it, I'm saying later this year Aaron Andrews & Charlie Corner vs. Shaffer & McManus Im still waiting for a McManus face turn. A face victory may start it, but I'm going for one last big victory (which I'm sure gives them wins at 4 PPVs in a row) and then an unsuccessful tag title shot Fro Sure vs. Dreadnought Again, a flash pin for Fro works for me, but then does this go into a fourth month? Maybe time to move Dreadnought into the Intercontinental Title scene Valiant vs. Chip Martin Gotta love the merch sales George Trapesi vs. ‘The Perfect One’ Pepper Pelton Surely a win for him? Big Jon Walker vs. Honest Frank Jr Missed this one originally, but Jon is delivering right now The Animal & The Eagle vs. Frantic Ali & Cali Slick I accept that if Cali Slick is not getting a new deal this is a poor pick Eddie Howard vs. The Masked Mauler Not quite sure what Howard is doing at EEE