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EEE World Heavyweight Title: Valiant vs. ‘The Man’ Cameron Vessey © Because it has to happen this way Steve Flash Trophy Final: Davis Wayne Newton Steve Flash Trophy Semi A: Charlie Corner vs. ‘The Georgia Bulldog’ Riley McManus Steve Flash Trophy Semi B: Davis Wayne Newton vs. Trent ‘The Talent’ Shaffer Right, I'm not calling McManus to go the distance. It makes sense for him to turn face and feud with Shaffer, but he doesn't need the trophy to do that, so DWN winning to face Vessey works. EEE Intercontinental Title: Honest Frank Jr vs. Prime Time Jack Pryde © There's still a question about both men's direction, but Jack wining partially answers part of that question for now. EEE World Tag Team Titles: The Twin Powers vs. The Fantastic Express © Unless you're willing to play hot potato, the champions to retain Fro Sure vs. Dreadnought I am right behind some kind of flash pin from Fro Sure, so I'm happy if I'm wrong here Aaron ‘The Ace’ Andrews vs. ‘The Perfect One’ Pepper Pelton Hey, who's that fine looking, talented wrestler who I can't remember any significant bad event happening in the past? Eddie Howard vs. Danny Hagman Could be considered a big win, which is what Hangman needs. George Trapesi & Combat Club vs. Generation Alpha (Chip Martin & Stone Foundation) You can make this work either way, so I'm going to go for the guys who need the win, not the ones on form right now.

5-Tag Wildcard Rumble winners: Speed Shock TCW World Tag Team Titles: Human Army © (Human Arsenal, One Man Army) vs The Behemots (Killer Shark, Titan) TCW World Heavyweight Title: Aaron Andrews © vs Troy Tornado 20-man Total Rumble Match winner: Freddy Huggins EXTRA PREVISIONS: Who will have the most eliminations? Jay Chord Who will last longer in the match? Greg Gauge Who’s the lucky Entry #20 Tana the Mighty

TCW Presents Total Wrestling Edd Stone fought Hellion in a match to earn himself a shot at World Heavyweight Champion Jay Chord, but the match was ruined by Wolf Hawkins who was angry that he hadn’t been given the opportunity to take on Chord. As Edd Stone climbed to the top turnbuckle Hawkins appeared from the back and showed impressive athleticism to kick Stone down, allowing Hellion to hit a Devolution Bomb. Jack Bruce then told Wolf Hawkins that because of his actions he would not be in title contention, which just ensured that he interfered in the Main Event to help Jay Chord and Spencer Spade defeat Freddy Huggins and Lenny Brown, ruining the faces chance of putting themselves in the title picture in what had been a great match up. Earlier in the night Cameron Vessey made his TCW wrestling debut, teaming with Mighty Mo to defeat Zeus and Clark Alexander, Vessey making the pin on Zeus after delivering a Vessey Driver II. They were back with Bryan Vessey to target Aaron Andrews during eight man tag action, which the ref observed to call for the DQ… which was better observation than for most of the rest of the night. There was an upset as Findlay O’Farraday and Matthew Keith teamed to defeat Mr Nuclear and Matty Faith, but it did help their cause that Scythe and Dreadnought were beating up Mr Nuclear leaving Matty Faith on his own. Dread even appeared with Eddie Peak directing the two beasts, which is the first time we’ve seen him for a few weeks. After the mayhem was cleared both O’Farraday and Matthew Keith claimed that they had proved themselves again worthy of title shots. Which might make sense for the tag team titles, but Matt Hocking took a clean victory over one half of the Tag Team Champions Sifu, adding another challenger. Mainstream Hernandez and Steven Parker took on The New Syndicate in the longest match of the night, and it was the quality that we would expect out of this match, with plenty of nearfalls before Steven Parker delivered a Future Shock on Ernest Youngman to take the victory. Mighty Mo and Cameron Vessey defeated Zeus and Clark Alexander in 8:02 (70) Matt Hocking defeated Sifu in 9:52 (76) Findlay O’Farraday and Matthew Keith defeated Mr Nuclear and Matty Faith in 11:01 (80) Aaron Andrews, T-Bone Bright, High Flyin Hawaiian and Flying Jimmy Foxx defeated Frederique, Davis Wayne Newton, Nelson Callum and Raphael by DQ in 12:42 (78) Hellion defeated Edd Stone in 10:37 (80) Mainstream Hernandez and Steven Parker defeated The New Syndicate in 21:31 (87) Jay Chord and Spencer Spade defeated Freddy Huggins and Lenny Brown in 13:50 (90) Overall Rating 90 Hellion over Edd Stone is a huge upset, but it came about months ago when Edd Stone offered to put the youngster over. With Jay Chord taking the title off Wolf Hawkins I’ve had to move around the Main Event in the last couple of months, so the match has been delayed, but it worked here – especially as they showed great chemistry with one another. Hellion has gone up over 50 points in popularity since joining TCW, ranging between 68 and 80 popularity. Somewhere in the pre-show match between Huracan Sandoval/Quentin Queen/Akima Brave and Bear Bekowski/Charlie Thatcher/Johnny Bloodstone, Bloodstone ended up with a broken ankle. I’m not sure how I can blame it on Thatcher, but I’ll try… SWF Nothing to Lose was awesome, headlined by Rocky Golden retaining his World Heavyweight Title over Tommy Cornell (94). The show also featured a great battle which saw Hollywood Brett Starr defeating Eddie Chandler (96), and Titan revitalising his career with a tag title victory with Atlas. Meanwhile at USPW are set to start a Nicky Champion / Greg Gauge feud, which I feel may just produce some Match of the Year candidates. TCW Saturday Night Showcase: Chris Flynn defeated Gilbert Vessey in 6:04 (60) Matthew Keith defeated Harry Allen in 7:22 (70) Huracan Sandoval defeated Masked Mauler in 6:38 (52) Frederique and Raphael defeated Masked Cougar and Jaylon Martins in 9:29 (54) Roderick Remus © defeated Rhino Umaga to retain the TCW TV Title in 9:56 (67) The Empire defeated El Hijo Del Neutron and Tigre Salvaje in 7:24 (70) Nelson Callum defeated Zeus in 11:30 (66) Overall Rating 70 Gilbert Vessey is a 24 year old technician who graduated last year from the TCW School of Pro Wrestling. He has a presence around him and has been booked well in HGC but hasn’t progressed as much as some of his peers. His contract is up at the end of the month and I’m still unsure about if he gets a new contract, so I’m having a closer look at him. I’ve got another round of graduates coming up so if he doesn’t impress hopefully he’ll find a job in the indies. TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Steven Parker vs John Anderson Chris Flynn and Clark Alexander vs Scythe and Dreadnought David Stone vs Mighty Mo Sifu, Roderick Remus and One Man Army vs Shockura, Findlay O’Farraday and Matthew Keith Zeus vs Cameron Vessey Aaron Andrews and T-Bone Bright vs Marc DuBois and Jared Johnson Freddy Huggins vs Wolf Hawkins

You and me both - it's killed some of my predictions! EEE World Heavyweight Title: ‘The Man’ Cameron Vessey vs. Valiant © Absolutely the right time to get one of your top talents the title EEE Intercontinental Title: Danny ‘The Kid’ Hagman vs. ‘The Perfect One’ Pepper Pelton vs. Honest Frank Jr vs. Prime Time Jack Pryde © Pryde for a nice run with the title, a feud with Hagman for a couple of months works EEE World Tag Team Titles: The Stone Foundation vs. The Fantastic Express © Torn. Your willing to throw you Stomper champs to the wolves, that is clear. But your once deep tag division is shrinking, so I think we need a dodgy finish to this match to let the feud continue Aaron Andrews & Charlie Corner vs. Trent Shaffer & Riley McManus You know it. McManus (as a face) vs Vessey in the next year? George Trapesi vs. Davis Wayne Newton Not finished, but could this be MOTN? Fro Sure vs. Dreadnought Needs to win this one The Combat Club vs. The Twin Powers Assuming The Stone Foundation win the titles shortly, The Combat Club need to be built as strong challengers The Martin Bowl: Jaylon Martins vs. Chip Martin Only one Martin is getting a push here The Texas Roughriders vs. Frantic Ali & Cali Slick If you're not sure about the future of the heels, they're not winning here

This is an admission that I just learnt something about the Cornellverse today that I should have known for a long time (about a US star, who I had never booked): Mikey Lau isn't called Mickey Lau Anyone got any admissions about mistaken beliefs they had about the Cornellverse for way too long?

This is an admission that I just learnt something about the Cornellverse today that I should have known for a long time (about a US star, who I had never booked): Mikey Lau isn't called Mickey Lau Anyone got any admissions about mistaken beliefs they had about the Cornellverse for way too long?

Are you up to date on patches? There was an issue in an earlier version with people asked to be a colour commentator (admittedly not the same as this as far as I'm aware).

EEE World Heavyweight Title: Davis Wayne Newton vs. Valiant © He's in his head and... you might want to rebuild your warchest Ladder Match for EEE Intercontinental Title: Prime Time Jack Pryde vs. ‘The Perfect One’ Pepper Pelton © It's time. EEE World Tag Team Titles: Trent Shaffer & Riley McManus vs. The VCC © You give me two PPV wins in a row, I raise you to three. EEE Stomper Memorial Cup: The Fantastic Express vs. Dreadnought & Big Jon Walker Never make enemies before a big match Cage Match: George Trapesi vs. ‘The Man’ Cameron Vessey I'm wondering if this cage will be slightly more effective than the TV one that let Vessey waltz through it to interfere? With skills like that, he can't lose this one Fro Sure & Eddie Howard vs. Cali Slick & Frantic Ali Every instinct says the faces, but you've booked Howard like a man on terminal decline, so I'm going to predict as if he's a man on terminal decline Aaron Andrews & Charlie Corner vs. The Stone Foundation Keep Strong, Tainted Victory, Corner taking the pin... it might be enough to stop Andrews complaining? Angry Gilmore & Thom Barrowman vs. The Twin Powers Chip Martin vs. Honest Frank Jr Frank seems like he's spinning wheels so a Chip Martin victory is on... but so is losing via interference One-Shot Battle Royal A debutant. It's the specific predictions you come to me for.

Bart Biggins vs Wolf Hawkins Joshua Taylor vs Reijiro Hiraki Dazzling Dave Diamond vs Texas Hangman Human Army Machine (Dean Daniels, Human Arsenal, One Man Army) vs Sinner Society (Killer Shark, Titan, Nick Booth) Party Lovers (Danny Fonzarelli, Edd Stone) vs Most Hated (Freddy Huggins, Roderick Remus) Hardcore Match: Eddie Peak vs Mighty Mo World Heavyweight Title: Aaron Andrews © vs Troy Tornado I've pretty much gone for the most popular workers, and in the more even midcard matches I prefer the heels (Huggins and Remus could be a great team. If Triple D is in the way out, quite happy for Texas Hangman to push him out of the door.

TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Jay Chord opened the show with Emma Chase, showing off his World Heavyweight Title, but was swiftly met by Wolf Hawkins, who demanded a rematch. Jay Chord scoffed at the idea, telling Hawkins that he had been cleanly pinned, before Edd Stone was out to meet the two men. Edd pointed out the last time he faced Jay Chord he came out victorious, and he was worthy. The men squabbled in the ring before Jack Bruce came out, to point out that he was the unpinned man in the Main Event on Sunday – but as Edd Stone and Wolf Hawkins protested he added that others deserved a chance. Emma Stone suggested that Edd Stone could face Hellion next week to prove himself, which was accepted, but Hawkins refused to have to prove himself, saying his talent and history at TCW was all that mattered. Every match outside the Main Event featured at least one wrestler who didn’t wrestle on Sunday’s PPV, and that certainly affected the quality of the show. Pink Spider was an unusual challenger for the TCW TV Title – he’s only wrestled one Total Wrestling Show, despite being a Saturday Night Showcase mainstay, and showed some talent in defeat. Findlay O’Farraday and Matthew Keith kept up their pressure as challengers after the match, both demanding to be next in line, before Shockura defeated One Man Army and Nick Gilbert. Davis Wayne Newton and Raphael teamed up and… were those blonde streaks on Raphael’s hair? It was, and the team defeated Zeus and Clark Alexander when a bleached blonde Nelson Callum debuted to interfere, before celebrating with Davis Wayne Newton and Raphael. Given that Raphael has gone 6-77 in TCW and those victories have been on Saturday Night Showcase, the crowd struggled to care about this one. Steven Parker defeated Jared Johnson in a match which I was hoping to be better, before Scythe and Dreadnought won their first Total Wrestling match with victory over Akima Brave and Quentin Queen. We had Mighty Mo do most of the talking to introduce Cameron Vessey to the TCW audience, before being told by Aaron Andrews that all he had shown was how he could interfere – if Vessey was as good as Mo said or his uncle, he needed to show it in the ring, something that Mighty Mo said would be happening next week. We then got to the business end of the show, with Mainstream Hernandez following his victory over Jared Johnson with a great victory over Marc DuBois. When Hernandez cut a promo telling the crowd that the countdown was on to his World Heavyweight Title shot at Total Mayhem, Wolf Hawkins was out with The Syndicate to tell Hernandez that they would be facing one another at Total Mayhem – as he would be World Champion and he would retain. He followed that up with victory with his colleagues over Mr Nuclear, Matty Faith and Lenny Brown, when Brown was left isolated whenMr Nuclear and Matty Faith got into a brawl with Scythe and Dreadnought ringside. That one’s not over… Roderick Remus © defeated Pink Spider to retain the TCW TV Title in 6:52 (70) Shockura defeated One Man Army and Nick Gilbert in 7:42 (73) Davis Wayne Newton and Raphael defeated Zeus and Clark Alexander in 6:17 (61) Steven Parker defeated Jared Johnson in 11:50 (78) Scythe and Dreadnought defeated Akima Brave and Quentin Queen in 7:12 (70) Mainstream Hernandez defeated Marc DuBois in 11:36 (90) The Syndicate (Wolf Hawkins, Ernest Youngman and Ranger) defeated Mr Nuclear, Lenny Brown and Matty Faith in 22:51 (88) Overall Rating 90 A 90 rated show without matches from Aaron Andrews, Jay Chord, Freddy Huggins, Spencer Spade and other stars is a huge success, and allowed some of my stars a rest after the PPV. However, for the highest quality Main Event you did have to flip the channel to SWF, where Hollywood Brett Starr and Rocky Golden defeated The Awesomeness in a 99 rated match. Jefferson Stardust turning into a star with 85 popularity across the US, and is ready for a singles run (even though SWF don’t look as if they’ve got any plans to do so right now). Another signing – Nelson Callum has been on the radar for a while, but this was one of my last chances before NCYW potentially went up to Medium size. Teaming with Davis Wayne Newton is the obvious way to go, and as he’s been at a loose end since Team Tornado folded its perfect timing. Quite why Raphael is involved is less obvious, and why Nelson Callum had to bleach his hair is another, with fans who knew him deeply unimpressed. For some reason that was the first singles match between Joffy Laine and Dazzling Dave Diamond. Considering 18 months ago they were working closely together before DDD turned heel and then picked up an injury, that’s definitely a story that just got dumped without a proper conclusion. Hector St Huggins, the WWA graduate who’s gone on tour to EX2010 via HGC has walked out of EX2010. If I get bored, bringing back that untalented idiot for a push will spice things up a bit. Still in Japan and 5SSW grow to medium. Definitely not getting a woman’s division with my current goals. TCW Presents Total Wresting: Aaron Andrews, T-Bone Bright, High Flyin Hawaiian and Flying Jimmy Foxx vs Frederique, Davis Wayne Newton, Nelson Callum and Raphael Zeus and Clark Alexander vs Mighty Mo and Cameron Vessey Sifu vs Matt Hocking Mr Nuclear and Matty Faith vs Findlay O’Farraday and Matthew Keith Edd Stone vs Hellion Mainstream Hernandez and Steven Parker vs The New Syndicate Freddy Huggins and Lenny Brown vs Jay Chord and Spencer Spade

Yowch. A valiant attempt to bring in some new talent, although doing it at the same time as Valiant was champion doesn't seem to have worked. Gang Wars: Valiant, Aaron Andrews & George Trapesi vs. Davis Wayne Newton, Cameron Vessey & Honest Frank Jr My first instinct was to look at the draw last show and see that the face team got a bigger upgrade than the heel team, so pick theh faces. But then I looked at DWN and Vessey on the heel team, and couldn't do it. EEE Intercontinental Title: Fro Sure vs. ‘The Perfect One’ Pepper Pelton Sometimes having a title shot while in the middle of a feud doesn't work out Stomper Cup Quarters: The Fantastic Express vs. Cross River Connection We love to see them together, even agitating one another Stomper Cup Quarters: The VCC vs. Trent Shaffer & Riley McManus I'm doubling down on McManus, even though I can't remember the last time he won two events back to back. Stomper Cup Quarters: Eddie Howard & Bradley Blaze vs. The Stone Foundation Mainly due to the lack of other faces that I've predicted to win. The Foundation can afford to drop this Stomper Cup Quarters: Thom Barrowman & Angry Gilmore vs. The Twin Powers A veteran resurgence in this competition isn't unheard of, but I don't think so Charlie Corner vs. Dreadnought Am I crazy? The Eagle & The Animal vs. Cali Slick & Frantic Ali Great to see Animal back, even if he loses

TCW Malice in Wonderland: You know when you get really excited about bringing back an old legend, and then you remember why they retired? Yes, that just happened here. With Jack Bruce being the only face in the Triple Threat match against Wolf Hawkins and Jay Chord he took on a lot of work in the Main Event – and it didn’t come off. The only match worse than it was Edd Stone’s match, which was deliberately booked low key to protect Edd Stone’s injury. However, from a storyline point of view it was the 25th Anniversary to the HGC World Heavyweight Title being won by Sam Strong and was a match between the young second generation champion (Jay Chord), the former five time champion Wolf Hawkins, and legend (yes, I know he’s better known for his SWF work than TCW work) Jack Bruce. All men were given the opportunity to hit their finishers but being a three-way there was always sometimes to break the pin, until Hawkins dumped Bruce over the top rope and Chord hit The Syndicate man with a Cradle Piledriver to retain the title. The third worst match of the night was the previous match, and yes, the appearance of veteran Bryan Vessey would have impacted this. However, this match was purely a vehicle for Cameron Vessey to debut, delivering a Vessey Driver II on Aaron Andrews to allow Uncle Bryan to take the victory. And then the next worst match was probably the next most hyped match – Scythe and Dreadnought making their in-ring debut in a wild brawl where the ref was quickly taken out of action so the match became an unofficial street fight. Mr Nuclear and Dreadnought were fighting in the crowd as Scythe delivered an Underworld Spike to Matty Faith to take the victory in the ring, the ref being woken up by Eddie Peak to make the count. However, if we concentrate on wrestlers who have been at TCW for more than two months, the main roster put on some fabulous matches. The highlight was the TV Title match where Roderick Remus retained after pinning Findlay O’Farraday, but close behind was Freddy Huggins and Ernest Youngman going 24 minutes before Freddy Huggins delivered a Huggins Kiss to earn victory. The show started with three matches all rated 87, as first Jared Johnson’s PPV debut against Mainstream Hernandez showed him as a threat that wouldn’t back down. It was only after Marc DuBois tried to interfere but ended up catching Johnson that Hernandez was able to hit the Super Kick on both men and take victory. The Tag Title match was the highest rated tag title match since Doc Hammond and Lenny Brown’s reign, with Ricky Storm pinning Dazzling Dave Diamond to retain the titles. Interestingly, Ricky Storm’s performance outshone the other performers, despite being less popular than DDD and the same popularity as Sifu. He’s definitely a potential singles champion of the future, although that’s a while off yet. Ranger and Lenny Brown had the second longest match of the night, both men having been pushed hard over the last year. It was Ranger who carried the momentum with victory, as did Syndicate colleagues Joshua Taylor and John Anderson who defeated Total Stone. Mainstream Hernandez defeated Jared Johnson in 12:34 (87) Ranger defeated Lenny Brown in 18:58 (87) Sifu Storm © defeated The Empire (Dazzling Dave Diamond and Hellion) to retain the TCW Tag Team Titles in 9:55 (87) Roderick Remus © defeated Findlay O’Farraday and Matthew Keith to retain the TCW TV Title in 14:09 (90) Dreadnought and Scythe defeated Mr Nuclear and Matty Faith in 12:18 (82) Joshua Taylor and John Anderson defeated Total Stone in 7:48 (72) Freddy Huggins defeated Ernest Youngman in 23:58 (88) Mighty Mo and Bryan Vessey defeated Aaron Andrews and T-Bone Bright in 12:44 (80) Jay Chord © defeated Wolf Hawkins and Jack Bruce to retain the TCW World Heavyweight Title in 18:12 (78) Overall Rating 83 Somewhere in there was a great show if it was in a completely different order. Wolf Hawkins and Jay Chord being in a Main Event that only rated 78 was a bit of a shocker, but there is a reason why some people retired. However, it would have been completely wrong to book that match else outside the Main Event (even if it was my worst PPV in 11 months). There was a lot to be impressed by in that show though – Huggins / Youngman, Remus/O’Farraday/Keith, Sifu Storm/Empire, Ranger/Brown and Hernandez/Johnson were all worth tuning into the PPV for. The Joshua Taylor / John Anderson vs Total Stone match was kept deliberately low key due to Edd Stone’s injury but may have hurt his momentum a little given that he had been touching on the Main Event scene last year and has a recent singles victory over Jay Chord. Cameron Vessey is probably our last big signing for the next couple of years, given the owner block on signings that Stallings has made. He’s not recognised in the US, but with Uncle Bryan on the scene he might be able to bleed some of the former World Champion’s popularity. CWA made a desperate attempt to keep Vessey by building a stable around him (known as Divinity), featuring Erik Strong, Cam Jones and Syd Collier. The stable will continue with former World Champion Shooter Sean Deeley coming in as a deputy to current World Champion Erik Strong. There then lies the question – why not bring in Cameron’s dad Larry? If he was willing for another run in the ring who would have been brought in for Anniversary, but he wasn’t interested. Still, given that “greats” such as Genghis Rahn were brought in some were surprised to not see him, and to get to the bottom of that you have to go back to Dazzling Dave Diamond’s departure from NYCW which left bad blood that I wasn’t going to get in to. Larry is nowhere near as popular as his brother, so for the moment I’ve let that lie. TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Roderick Remus © vs Pink Spider for the TCW TV Title One Man Army and Nick Gilbert vs Shockura Zeus and Clark Alexander vs Davis Wayne Newton and Raphael Steven Parker vs Jared Johnson Akima Brave and Quentin Queen vs Scythe and Dreadnought Mainstream Hernandez vs Marc DuBois Mr Nuclear, Lenny Brown and Matty Faith vs Wolf Hawkins and The New Syndicate

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Winner of the Royale: Cameron Vessey Runner-Up of Royale: Prime Time Jack Pryde 3rd Place in Royale: Davis Wayne Newton 4th Place in Royale: Aaron Andrews Most Eliminations: Dreadnought Longest Run: Pepper Pelton EEE World Heavyweight Title: Charlie Corner vs. Valiant © EEE World Tag Team Titles: Trent Shaffer & Riley McManus vs. The VCC © EEE Intercontinental Title: Bradley Blaze vs. ‘The Perfect One’ Pepper Pelton © Street Fight: Fro Sure vs. Frantic Ali If DWN had retained the title I would be 100% behind Pryde, but I'll have to go for the obvious answer. I'm voting once more for a McManus victory as well, so that's guaranteed to not happen...

TCW Presents Total Wrestling: With Malice in Wonderland on Sunday, there were only two matches where both competitors were wrestling at the PPV, and neither finished with decisive results. Edd Stone and John Anderson went one on one, with commentary speculating if Anderson had returned to The Syndicate after his actions last week. A decent match ended when John Anderson bailed from the ring, not appearing to mind the ref counting him out. Edd Stone followed Anderson confused, until Joshua Taylor jumped him. John Anderson joined in, and even when David Stone came out to help he was hit with an Ammo Dump. Taylor shook Anderson’s hand, seemingly sealing the return to The Syndicate. The Main Event saw Mr Nuclear and Matty Faith team with Tag Champions Sifu Storm to take on The Empire in the wild brawl of the night, where Hellion was kept out of most of the action. I don’t think the match ending surprised anyone – Scythe and Dreadnought hit the ring, targeting Mr Nuclear. The match ended in DQ, the show ended in a brawl, and we’re off to Malice in Wonderland. Jay Chord cut an as per normal stellar promotion, talking up his World Heavyweight Title defence on Sunday. He said that it would be a monumental occasion, where after 25 years of the title he would prove to be greater than any of the men who held the title before him. Jack Bruce came out to challenge that and talked up some of the great champions of the past like Sam Strong, but when he mentioned “Rip” Jay Chord angrily cut Bruce off, telling him he should never mention that man’s name. The champion said that on Sunday he would cement his legacy, and there would be only one Chord – Jay Chord. In the other matches, I had forgotten than Mainstream Hernandez and Davis Wayne Newton had great chemistry so, like a couple of weeks ago, Hernandez opened the show with a fantastic match. After the match Marc DuBois applauded Hernandez but told him that his technical skills were nothing compared to Jared Johnson, and a match was set for Sunday. Frederique debuted on Total Wrestling and managed to talk to Queen Emily into giving him a TV Title match. Matthew Keith (who beforehand defeated Flying Jimmy Foxx) and Findlay O’Farraday were furious, and although a Frederique victory would have meant that Sunday’s match was a four-way. Remus eventually took victory with a Remus Clutch so it was all moot. Syndicate members Wolf Hawkins, Ernest Youngman and Ranger defeated Zeus, One Man Army and Nick Gilbert, with Freddy Huggins and Lenny Brown watching from backstage in preparation for their matches Sunday. Finally Mighty Mo defeated High Flyin Hawaiian, before Aaron Andrews confirmed that he would join T-Bone Bright to face Mo and Bryan Vessey on Sunday. Mainstream Hernandez defeated Davis Wayne Newton in 11:29 (90) Matthew Keith defeated Flying Jimmy Foxx in 7:12 (70) Edd Stone defeated John Anderson by count out in 9:20 (80) Roderick Remus © defeated Frederique to retain the TCW TV Title in 9:31 (75) The Syndicate (Wolf Hawkins, Ranger and Ernest Youngman) defeated Zeus, One Man Army and Nick Gilbert in 11:13 (86) Mighty Mo defeated High Flyin Hawaiian in 7:28 (80) Mr Nuclear, Matty Faith and Sifu Storm defeated The Empire by DQ in 11:48 (83) Overall Rating 88 Looking at that show, I’m really at the point that I could move to two and a half hours or a second A show, as there was so much talent left off to keep them fresh for Malice in Wonderland, but it was still a solid show. None of Aaron Andrews, Freddy Huggins, T-Bone Bright, Lenny Brown and Steven Parker wrestled, while the Main Event heels were trying to cover up for other less over workers. Some of the matches were easy predictions though – I hope Malice in Wonderland is not quite so. Edd Stone breaks his nose on the house circuit – we’ll still run Total Stone vs Joshua Taylor / John Anderson on Sunday, but I’m sure it will be affected. The injury came from Scythe, while discovering that they have awful chemistry with one another, so don’t expect to see that match anytime soon. In SWF Titan reforms The Gods of Thunder with Atlas and immediately get a Tag Title shot against the champions The Crunchers (Joey Morgan and Grandmaster Punk). It was unsuccessful, but Atlas has been one of SWF’s hot acts, so it wouldn’t be a surprise to see them as champions this year at some point. CWA hire Lassana Makutsi – although on the indies I couldn’t compete as he was at CZCW who are Cult. TCW Saturday Night Showcase: Frederique, Pink Spider and Seth Whitehead defeated Masked Cougar, El Hijo Del Neutron and Tigre Salvaje in 8:41 (59) Chris Flynn defeated Raphael in 9:03 (67) Shockura defeated Harry Allen and Jaylon Martins in 8:20 (64) Marc DuBois defeated Akima Brave in 7:28 (68) Steven Parker and Joffy Laine defeated Torii and Masked Mauler in 10:27 (68) Spencer Spade defeated Zeus in 10:35 (81) Overall Rating 81 Highlight of that show was an amazing backstage segment between Mainstream Hernandez and Marc DuBois. The two have had some great matches over the last couple of months – we will see how Jared Johnson does on Sunday. Genghis Rahn leaves TCW, having been signed up purely to show his face at Anniversary last month. TCW Malice in Wonderland: Freddy Huggins vs Ernest Youngman Lenny Brown vs Ranger Aaron Andrews and T-Bone Bright vs Bryan Vessey and Mighty Mo Total Stone vs Joshua Taylor and John Anderson Mainstream Hernandez vs Jared Johnson Mr Nuclear and Matty Faith vs Scythe and Dreadnought Roderick Remus © vs Findlay O’Farraday vs Matthew Keith for the TCW TV Title Sifu Storm © vs The Empire for the TCW Tag Team Titles Jay Chord © vs Jack Bruce vs Wolf Hawkins for the TCW World Heavyweight Title

EEE World Heavyweight Title: Valiant vs. Davis Wayne Newton © Truth is that you don't need to make Valiant champ to make money. Some dodgy ending might give him the win but not the title to extend the feud, but realistically he needs to do the honourable thing in this feud EEE World Tag Team Titles: The Twin Powers vs. The VCC © No reason for these to go back EEE Intercontinental Title: Prime Time Jack Pryde vs. Pepper Pelton vs. Honest Frank Jr © I can easily make a suggestion for all three - but I really don't think the Pryde / Pepper feud needs the title. I don't think I'm right, and expect a good six month reign from Pryde, but I feel Frank putting someone else over who needs the win more would be more beneficial George Trapesi vs. Cameron Vessey Another tough call, and I'm not sure Trapesi will be winning the feud, but he needs a victory somewhere along the line Fro Sure vs. Frantic Ali Ali should win, but I'm calling this a DQ The Fantastic Express vs. Honest Frank Jr & Dreadnought No way Frank's winning both matches, but I may have the wrong defeat! Aaron Andrews & Charlie Corner vs. The Stone Foundation Worth checking to see if the Stones can crack their knuckles again, but realistically the faces have this The Biggins Boys vs. Trent Shaffer & Riley McManus If this is going to be a tag team, I'm here to see it The Eagle vs. Monty Trescarde Monty seems to be falling quicker than I thought he would after his injury Angry Gilmore vs. The Masked Mauler But not as quickly as Gilmore

Texas Brawl Open Challenge by Dazzling Dave Diamond This has got a debut winner written all over it Freddy Huggins, Speed Shock, Jack Pryde, Roderick Remus vs Sammy Bach, American Cobras, Benny Benson & The Foxx There's a lot to like about both teams, but Huggins has made me a big fan of his Troy Tornado, Devine Fortune (Chance Fortune, Darryll Devine) vs The Syndicate (Eddie Chandler, Nate Johnson, Doc Hammond) NXT in LINE (Jay Chord, Greg Gauge) vs Party Lovers (Edd Stone, Danny Fonzarelli) TCW World Tag Titles: The Behemots © (Killer Shark, Titan) vs Human Army (Human Arsenal, One Man Army) TCW International Title: Joshua Taylor © vs Kozue Kawashima Mighty Mo vs Eddie Peak TCW World Heavyweight Title: Aaron Andrews © vs Wolf Hawkins

EEE World Heavyweight Title: Davis Wayne Newton vs. Aaron ‘The Ace’ Andrews © It may have been an accident, but it's something you can run with EEE Intercontinental Title: Charlie Corner vs. Honest Frank Jr © Charlie's not winning the title back, one way or another Prime Time Jack Pryde vs. ‘The Perfect One’ Pepper Pelton Okay, I'm going completely against what I said last month. But this works for me - Pepper goes on to face Andrews, while the eventual victory for Pryde is even sweeter George Trapesi & The VCC vs. Cameron Vessey & The Twin Powers I'm looking forward to the epic match when Vessey takes the title off Andrews, right? Many months away yet. Valiant & Fro Sure vs. Trent Shaffer & Riley McManus Could easily go the other way with the debut costing Fro, but I'll go for a post match attack instead Angry Gilmore vs. Dreadnought The Fantastic Express vs. The Stone Foundation The Eagle vs. Monty Trescarde

TCW Presents Total Wrestling: At the beginning of the show Jack Bruce gave Wolf Hawkins an opportunity to add himself to Malice in Wonderland’s, if he was still standing at the end of the huge Main Event Elimination match. That match saw The Syndicate take on Aaron Andrews, Mighty Mo, Edd Stone and T-Bone Bright. Mo and Andrews tried to outdo one another, and after Andrews eliminated Youngman, Mo eliminated Ranger, and Joshua Taylor eliminated T-Bone Bright. Then there was an uncomfortable exchange where after Mo tagged himself in, Andrews and Mo kept tagging one another, leading to a pushing match between the two of them. The ref got in the middle of it and was taken out, and we got an all out brawl in the ring, with teammates Andrews and Mighty Mo going at it. Andrews threw Mo from the ring but turned around into a Vessey Driver from Bryan Vessey, and when the ref recovered he was an easy pin for Wolf Hawkins. Mighty Mo got in the ring and waved Andrews away, but left himself exposed to a Full Moon Rising, and he was also quickly eliminated. That left Edd Stone to fight valiantly against Wolf Hawkins and Joshua Taylor, kicking Taylor from the ring apron and hitting a Party’s Over on Wolf Hawkins. As ref made the count John Anderson pulled the ref from the ring, before getting into the ring and hitting an Ammo Dump on Edd Stone. Anderson exited the ring and rolled the ref back in as Wolf Hawkins hit a Full Moon Rising to take victory. We also saw Mr Nuclear and Matty Faith come face to face in the ring with Scythe and Dreadnought. Mr Nuclear demanded a match with Scythe, but Dread (falling over his words), announced that Scythe and Dreadnought were a team, so Matty Faith would have to join Mr Nuclear to take on Scythe, a match that was agreed for Malice in Wonderland. Faith and Nuclear warmed up with singles victories over Benny Benson and Bear Bekowski respectively. Earlier in the night Lenny Brown had defeated John Anderson before Brown challenged Ranger and Freddy Huggins challenged Ernest Youngman to matches and Malice in Wonderland. We also saw The Empire sign on for their rematch for the Tag Team Titles with Sifu Storm after the champions teamed with Steven Parker to defeat Marc DuBois, Davis Wayne Newton and Jared Johnson. We also had a backstage segment with Roderick Remus and Mainstream Hernandez, where Mainstream Hernandez declared that he would be happy to face Jack Bruce, Wolf Hawkins or Jay Chord when he had his title shot at Total Mayhem. After the Remus’s match where he defeated Charlie Thatcher to retain the TCW TV Title both Matthew Keith and Findlay O’Farraday argued for a title shot, and Queen Emily signed a Triple Threat match at Malice in Wonderland. Finally, World Heavyweight Champion Jay Chord teamed with Empire colleague Spencer Spade in a routine victory over Chris Flynn and Doc Hammond, but it was still a fine match, and match of the night. Lenny Brown defeated John Anderson in 7:42 (75) Sifu Storm and Steven Parker defeated Marc DuBois, Davis Wayne Newton and Jared Johnson in 12:29 (82) Matty Faith defeated Benny Benson in 5:32 (70) Mr Nuclear defeated Bear Bekowski in 6:23 (70) Roderick Remus © defeated Charlie Thatcher to retain the TCW TV Title in 5:39 (70) Jay Chord and Spencer Spade defeated Chris Flynn and Doc Hammond in 11:27 (85) The Syndicate defeated Aaron Andrews, Mighty Mo, T-Bone Bright and Edd Stone in an Elimination Match where Wolf Hawkins and Joshua Taylor were the last men standing in 21:38 (82) Overall Rating 86 The mismatched alignments in the Main Event was a bit of a test for a future plan – the match rating took a hit, but the storyline fully justified it. It did mean the lowest rated show in 10 weeks, but it didn’t do any damage, and the upward trajectory over the last few years mean that we can get away with shows like this – a show that was admittedly still solid throughout. Yes, adding to Jack Bruce and Bryan Vessey returning to action, we’ve now put John Anderson into a big storyline as well. Although some may be concerned, this is a short-term extension of TCW Anniversary, and I hope that the younger talent has nothing to fear. Bruce and Vessey are only wrestling PPVs, which helps. Matty Faith going over Benny Benson was to take advantage of Benson offering to put Faith over soon after he joined TCW, even though Faith is now more popular, so Benson would have been happy either way. Chris Flynn has also offered to put Faith over but ignoring the fact they are both faces Faith is also as over as Flynn too. Elsewhere two of my faces have offered to put over Hellion – one of which I only have three weeks left of, and I’m not sure that I can make it work. As we were in New York Rhino Umaga made his typical one night appearance, teaming with Grease Hogg who was also signed just for one match. Frederique, however, is around for a little longer – having left FCW to have an 18 month run with USPW, he announced his impending retirement at the beginning of the year. The lower end of my card is still desperately short of heels, so he will see out his days in TCW. Guillotine is still down in HGC and recently re-signed on PPA terms, and he’s also added PSW to continue his development. Titan joins SWF, where I imagine he will flourish. Looking back, I really didn’t treat him that well at TCW. Although he picked up wins on Saturday Night Showcase and preshows, his last victory on Total Wrestling was 11 months ago teaming with Killer Shark before The Behemoths split. TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Zeus, One Many Army and Nick Gilbert vs Wolf Hawkins and The New Syndicate Mainstream Hernandez vs Davis Wayne Newton Flying Jimmy Foxx vs Matthew Keith Edd Stone vs John Anderson Roderick Remus © vs Frederique for the TCW TV Title High Flyin Hawaiian vs Mighty Mo Mr Nuclear, Matty Faith and Sifu Storm vs The Empire

EEE World Heavyweight IN A CAGE: Aaron ‘The Ace’ Andrews vs. Davis Wayne Newton © Bringing in Andrews' former partner was great, but I feel that this cements DWN's reign. EEE World Tag Team: The VCC vs. The Twin Powers © Last prediction I said they'd win it this month, so I'll honour that. EEE Intercontinental: The Eagle vs. Honest Frank Jr Although The Eagle would be fine to drop the title to if you needed Frank in the ME, I don't think that's happening. George Trapesi vs. Cameron Vessey He's a Vessey, and there's a World Heavyweight Title reign in the future for him Charlie Corner & Fro Sure vs. Riley McManus & Trent Shaffer Despite the heels winning last month, face challengers are needed here Valiant vs. The Masked Mauler And here's another one Prime Time Jack Pryde & Bradley Blaze vs. Pepper Pelton & Monty Trescarde I am torn, as this could be the beginning of a push for Blaze, but as Jack is due to win the long awaited singles rematch he needs to lose here Angry Gilmore vs. Dreadnought Hi, here's a torch The Fantastic Express vs. The Stone Foundation I guess by DQ? The Biggins are probably genuinely upset at their loss so could be the reason, but they're definitely on their way out

Battle Games Match: George Trapesi & The VCC vs. The Twin Powers & A Mystery Opponent Who is The Brain’s New Signing: Zimmy Bumfhole A shot in the dark, but Trapesi vs Zimmy would be epic Aaron Andrews & The Fantastic Express vs. Canada’s Finest (DWN & The Stone Foundation) The Stone Foundation would get a huge boost with this victory, but I can't see that happening Prime Time Jack Pryde, Fro Sure & Charlie Corner vs. Pepper Pelton, Riley McManus & Trent Shaffer I think predicting victories for Riley McManus is one of my main reason for trailling in the prediction contest, yet here I go again. Valiant, Angry Gilmore & The Eagle vs. Honest Frank Jr, Dreadnought & Big Jon Walker This would be huge for the heels. It's probably beyond them, but this is a heart prediction, not a head prediction Crusher Toko & Samoan Wrecking Crew vs. The Masked Mauler, Monty Trescarde & Phil Anders A no brainer.

TCW Presents Total Wrestling: The show started with Wolf Hawkins and Jack Bruce clashing again about who would face Jay Chord for the World Heavyweight Title at Malice in Wonderland. Edd Stone interjected himself to point out that his title shot had also been ruined at TCW Anniversary, which ended up with Hawkins and Joshua Taylor facing the Stones in the Main Event. Which was a fantastic match, which saw Wolf Hawkins make the pin on David Stone. After the match Jack Bruce seemed impressed, but still said that Wolf Hawkins would have to earn his place next week. As for Scythe and Dreadnought, they appeared on the big screen with Floyd Goldworthy, Eddie Peak and Dread after Mr Nuclear and Matty Faith won their match. Goldworthy and Peak did the talking, and although they’re not bringing back the Sinner Society the route doesn’t look that different. Just with an overweight Dread in the background. They told Mr Nuclear that he was in the way of the wave of destruction that was coming, and he had nowhere else to hide. World Champion Jay Chord joined Empire colleagues Spencer Spade and Hellion to defeat Steven Parker, High Flyin Hawaiian, and Joffy Laine and tag champions Sifu Storm came out afterwards when Jay Chord demanded a rematch for Dazzling Dave Diamond and Hellion. Mighty Mo and Bryan Vessey decided to team up and challenged Aaron Andrews to find a partner to face them at Malice in Wonderland, before Andrews had a decent match with the unknown Torii. Pretty Okakura is only marginally more popular despite his work with Matt Hocking in TCW, but he had a great match with Freddy Huggins, that was surprisingly the first ever between the two. Ranger and Ernest Youngman tried to intimidate Huggins after the match but Huggins would not back down, and when Lenny Brown, who teamed with Huggins to defeat The New Syndicate at Anniversary, showed up they left disgruntled. That left six-man tag action, where the heel team of O’Farraday, Keith and Anderson took the victory to ensure Roderick Remus had no shortage of TV Title contenders, albeit by pinning Clark Alexander. Mainstream Hernandez took his first loss on three months in this match up but was nowhere near the finish. Freddy Huggins defeated Pretty Okakura in 11:30 (90) Mr Nuclear and Matty Faith defeated Charlie Thatcher and Bear Bekowski in 6:26 (70) Findlay O’Farraday, Matthew Keith and John Anderson defeated Mainstream Hernandez, Roderick Remus and Clark Alexander in 10:36 (75) Aaron Andrews defeated Torii in 8:51 (80) The Empire (Jay Chord, Spencer Spade and Hellion) defeated Steven Parker, High Flying Hawaiian and Joffy Laine in 11:23 (82) The Syndicate (Wolf Hawkins and Joshua Taylor) defeated Total Stone (Ed & David Stone) in 17:41 (94) Overall Rating 94 That Main Event was a lot better than expected, but so was the opener, which was Freddy Huggins best singles match in five months. Scythe and Dreadnought only appeared on screen with Floyd Goldworthy, Eddie Peak and Dread, as they’re almost being treated like a special attraction... There’s no name for this faction, or any real explanation about if two wrestlers, a part timer, a manager, and a menacing yet flabby legend is a reasonable make up for a group. Tommy Cornell gets his first SWF World Heavyweight Title shot back at SWF, and although unsuccessful the 96 rating was nothing to be sniffed at. Roderick Remus seems to have struck up friendship with Ace Youngblood… I guess if I need some experienced Saturday Night talent that’s an option for the future. Ah, that’s Hell Monkey’s career over – a semi-severed spine incurred in a PGHW International Title match against Hirotsugu Satou ending a wonderful career. Despite his broken-down body I’ve come close to bringing him into TCW purely because of my memories from previous iterations of the game, and he will be missed. TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Mr Nuclear vs Bear Bekowski Sifu Storm and Steven Parker vs Marc DuBois, Davis Wayne Newton and Jared Johnson Lenny Brown vs John Anderson Matty Faith vs Benny Benson Roderick Remus © vs Charlie Thatcher for the TCW TV Title Chris Flynn and Doc Hammond vs Jay Chord and Spencer Spade Aaron Andrews, Mighty Mo, T-Bone Bright and Edd Stone vs The Syndicate in an Elimination match

EEE Supershow: Halloween Hell EEE World Heavyweight: Aaron ‘The Ace’ Andrews vs. Davis Wayne Newton © A better prediction would be that the title doesn't change, as I'm sure it won't. That doesn't mean that there won't be an unsatisfactory end EEE World Tag Team: The VCC vs. The Twin Powers © Maybe next month? EEE Intercontinental: Angry Gilmore vs. Honest Frank Jr © This is what Gilmore is designed to do nowadays Prime Time Jack Pryde, Fro Sure & Charlie Corner vs. Pepper Pelton, Riley McManus & Trent Shaffer Pepper to take another vicotry, albeit in tag action, before Pryde wins the singles match next month? George Trapesi vs. Monty Trescarde This would be the biggest upset ever if I get this wrong Valiant vs. The Masked Mauler A desperate attempt to wring some more cash out of him? The Eagle vs. Dreadnought This will make me sad, but it looks like he's on a monster run. The question is where will it end? The Fantastic Express vs. The Biggins Boys Unless they're splitting up, they're winning this. And if they're splitting up, they're still probably winning this

Like this so far. High risk moves will help the ratings (with the exception from the odd wrestler or two)- obviously there's an increased risk with it to. In my TCW PPVs most (but not all) matches allow high risk moves. Less on TV. Did you Keep Strong Wolf? I never really realised what affect that has on the match rating until this version of the game, but it's quite significant. The other thing you could have got is announcing affecting rating, as that's not a strength of TCW.

EEE World Heavyweight: Davis Wayne Newton vs. ‘The Star’ George Trapesi © It's time. There's an array of face challengers waiting for him. EEE Intercontinental: Honest Frank Jr vs. Charlie Corner © And one of those challengers could easily be Corner, but I'm not going for a sweep of title changed EEE World Tag Team: The Fantastic Express vs. The Twin Powers © They've got to win sometime, why not here? Aaron Andrews & Valiant vs. Riley McManus & Trent Shaffer Speaking of face challengers... Fro Sure & Angry Gilmore vs. Pepper Pelton & Monty Trescarde Prime Time could easily cost the heels the match, but Pepper going on a run before Jack finally gets the win works for me Crusher Toko vs. Dreadnought The Biggins Boys vs. The VCC