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It makes a lot of sense as well given my large roster and lack of doing anything with my HGC workers. Looking forward to it. TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Mr Nuclear vs Wolf Hawkins was a huge giveaway in the Main Event, which is why I booked an inconclusive finish. Or which is why I thought I had booked an inconclusive finish, but it ending up being changed on the fly. Scythe and Dreadnought hit the ring as planned (after fans were left to wonder if they were in the building after not appearing when called out earlier in the night), pulling the ref from the ring. Shane Stones took a genuine bump and loss consciousness, which made it hard for him to throw the match out as Scythe hit Mr Nuclear with a Choke Slam. He had a stare off with Wolf Hawkins before Dreadnought went to choke The Syndicate leader. Hawkins fought out and ran the ropes to clothesline Dreadnought… which the monster no sold, before teaming with Scythe to hit a Double Choke Slam on Wolf Hawkins. As Mr Nuclear recovered he was hit with a Double Choke Slam, landing on Hawkins, as Fast Navarro finally appeared from out back to take over the refereeing of the match. He still could have called the match off, but instead counted the 1-2-3 with Mr Nuclear sprawled over Wolf Hawkins, before either of them could work out what was going on. Earlier in the night Wolf Hawkins had argued with Jack Bruce about getting his rematch for the World Heavyweight Title, with Bruce insisting that the contracts signed meant that the title shot that he earned on Sunday took precedence. Hawkins was not impressed, but neither was Bryan Vessey, who was still upset that his pin on Andrews wasn’t awarded, which brought in Andrews and Mighty Mo who both were both clearly angry at being on their back as the match ended. The show kicked off with The New Syndicate defeating the team of One Man Army and Nick Gilbert, a team that could go somewhere, but equally is at risk of going nowhere. Next Matthew Keith complained about TCW has beens before putting away Fumihiro Ota, who was wrestling his last match back, as were The Nation of Filth who fell swiftly to new tag champions Sifu Storm. The champions came out with Kathleen Lee, as an English manager talking for the two Englishmen who need some assistance makes sense, but boy did it not work. When The Empire were out to claim Sifu Storm’s victory was illegitimate as they never pinned the champions, Lee and Storm talked over one another, and that’s an idea I might have to let die. Marc DuBois and Jared Johnson were joined by DuBois’ former tag partner Davis Wayne Newton in defeat to T-Bone Bright, Ed and David Stone. John Anderson had his TV Title shot that he earned to Anniversary, and you can rely on Anderson for a decent match, albeit one ruined when Matthew Keith attacked Roderick Remus, still upset at how the Battle Royale went down on Sunday. It was the man who dumped Keith out on Sunday, Clark Alexander who was out to assist Remus – by the time Mainstream Hernandez was out the faces had cleared the ring. Finally, Findlay O’Farraday teamed with Shockura in victory over Steven Parker, High Flyin Hawaiian and Joffy Laine. The New Syndicate defeated One Man Army and Nick Gilbert in 8:24 (80) Matthew Keith defeated Fumihiro Ota in 4:22 (59) Sifu Storm © defeated The Nation of Filth to retain the TCW Tag Team Titles in 3:47 (50) T-Bone Bright and Total Stone defeated Marc DuBois, Davis Wayne Newton and Jared Johnson in 10:53 (79) Roderick Remus © defeated John Anderson by DQ in a TCW TV Title match in 8:58 (80) Findlay O’Farraday and Shockura defeated Steven Parker, High Flying Hawaiian and Joffy Laine in 11:47 (81) Mr Nuclear defeated Wolf Hawkins in 16:48 (96) Overall Rating 93 So, that Main Event was just a pure misbooking – not sure how it happened. It excited the crowd, but wasn’t really what I was looking for, but I will have to work with. PPV Main Events had been planned all the way up to Total Mayhem, but they’re already in flux, so one more spanner in the works won’t make too much difference. Wait, that’s two Main Events in a row that I’ve mis-booked now? I think I need to concentrate a little harder… I did turn Ota before this show and the crowd now have got tired of shock turns. Which makes sense. The Masked Mauler VII gets called up to the main roster, and despite expecting to be on Saturday Night Showcase duty for the near future he catches Sam Keith’s eye, who takes him on as a protegee. His partner was Bunrakuken Torii, the BCG star who has shared time with HGC and WLW. He also joins the main roster while keeping his Japanese duties, but due to the lack of heel jobbers he may see his talent wasted in that role for the near future. Peter Valentine, Fumihiro Ota and The Nation of Filth leave TCW, and Danny Fonzarelli announces his intention to retire. TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Freddy Huggins vs Pretty Okakura Mainstream Hernandez, Roderick Remus and Clark Alexander vs Findlay O’Farraday, Matthew Keith and John Anderson Mr Nuclear and Matty Faith vs Bear Bekowski and Charlie Thatcher Aaron Andrews vs Torri Steven Parker, High Flyin Hawaiian and Joffy Laine vs Jay Chord, Spencer Spade and Hellion Total Stone vs Wolf Hawkins and Joshua Taylor

Are you able to do me a favour and put how DQs come about if it's not interference? It's just really odd seeing Trapesi being DQ'd, as a face, and having no idea how it happened. EEE World Heavyweight: Valiant vs. Davis Wayne Newton vs. ‘The Star’ George Trapesi © Does Valiant need this? No. Will it work? Yes EEE Intercontinental: Honest Frank Jr vs. Charlie Corner © A lot of rematches on this card which could go the other way, including this one. Although if it does, I've got this prediction wrong. EEE World Tag Team: The Fantastic Express vs. The Twin Powers © Aaron ‘The Ace’ Andrews vs. ‘The Georgia Bulldog’ Riley McManus Prime Time Jack Pryde vs. ‘The Perfect One’ Pepper Pelton Angry Gilmore vs. Trent ‘The Talent’ Shaffer Fro Sure vs. Monty Trescarde The Eagle vs. The Masked Mauler The VCC vs. Samoan Wrecking Crew

“Come in, come in.” It was the morning after TCW Anniversary and given the traditional New Year celebrations afterwards no-one had got much sleep. But as I walked into JK Stallings office, it didn’t look like it had affected him one bit. It was not the best time for me to be having a review, but it had been an excellent year, so I wasn’t too worried “Great show, great show. I wasn’t expecting Jay Chord to win back the title.” Well, neither was I, but I had worked out how I could make it work. “As Malice in Wonderland will be the 25th Anniversary of the beginning of the TCW World Heavyweight Title lineage, it felt right to have Jay Chord going into the match as champion – Rip was the second man to hold the title, after all.” Stallings nodded. After all, it did make sense – if I had realised it was the 25th year anniversary more than a month in advance I may have even planned it that way. “Good, good. Embracing history, I like it. Well, we can make this quick, your target.” He held up a piece of paper. “Grow in size in two years”. He put the paper down in front of him, and dramatically drew a large tick across the whole page. “Guess you’ve achieved that”. I smiled. We had stormed through “Big” and were comfortably rated as “Large”. “TEW.com puts us as the biggest company in America, and the biggest company in Canada.” “Well done. You have used my investment well. Don’t forget that USPW are still number one in the world." “Yes, Mr Stallings, but that’s Reverie. If we want to compete with that, you know what we have to do.” “And you know that I’m not going to let you do it. We’re not following USPW, we are different. They bring light entertainment to the world – we showcase the finest wrestling talent in the land. Just don’t spend all my money – that’s your goal this year, to keep our surplus running.” That seemed ludicrous – TCW ran on a monthly surplus, and if I can anywhere near going into debt, I imagined Stallings would make changes well before we ever got there. I had a feeling that he had given me an unfailable target to stop me harassing him about starting a new network, and it worked. “Not a problem. I know we have some massive contracts, but they’re bringing in the money.” “I know, no criticism. I’m not saying don’t spend any money – if you want to keep a wrestler, you do it, give them what they want.” I felt my face begin the redden. Stallings was throwing the blame of Greg Gauge leaving at my feet. He would have let me offer more, but I thought Gauge was going to re-sign. I gritted my teeth, as Stallings wage limits made it impossible to bring in some overseas talents, and I had to get very creative with Ricky Storm and Matthew Keith’s contracts to get them in, but this wasn’t the time for this argument. “Very good. The big stars are locked up beyond this year. It might be a quiet year.” “Maybe a year to get some of those young ‘uns at HGC come on through?” I nodded. “They are getting there. We need to find the right moment for them – like Dreadnought joining Dread last night.” Stallings laughed. “Ah, wrestling. That was fantastic. But you and I know half the workers down at HGC can outwrestle Dread’s boy with one eye shut. Don’t ruin the kid, eh? His debut was some moment, but it can’t be his only moment.” That took me back a little bit. Stallings rarely commented on how individual wrestlers were used, but this was a clear warning that Dreadnought was not be used as the hoss of the month. I didn’t intend to, but I had not ruled out him proving himself not ready and having to go back down to HGC for a little more polish. Maybe Dread had a word in my boss’s ear? “I’m not going to ruin a legacy, but he still needs to earn it.” “You’re the one who has thrown him into the Main Event.” That was true. Was Dread concerned that son wasn’t ready? Was he concerned that with Scythe and Hellion being pushed Dreadnought would suffer? I shrugged and nodded. With Dread managing HGC now, I couldn’t make an enemy of the man. “Anyway, one more goal from me.” “A sixth?” I asked, confused. That wasn’t in my contract. “No, back up to five. Unless you’re still pushing Killer Shark?” I had completely forgotten, one of my goals last year was to keep Killer Shark popular, but when his contract expired, I let him walk and have a run in Japan. I’m not sure how impressed Stallings was with that decision. We hadn’t really talked about it. “I’ll welcome him back, but he had reached the point where he either had to win the title or was going to stall. You saw Baine’s USPW title run – no way was I going to replicate that disaster here”. I knew that I was on safe ground here – until defeat to Steve Frehley, Tyson Baine held the USPW World Title for most of last year. It was a true disaster, topped by an Independence Day Slam Main Event with James Justice that rated just 61 and damaging the prestige of the title. “Of course not. Just bring him back sometime, will you? I don’t want to see him tagging with Prometheus for the rest of his career”. Interesting, Stallings had followed what Killer Shark was up to at BHOTWG. Killer Shark had slotted into the vacancy that Gargantuan leaving BHOTWG had created as Prometheus’ partner, and it was a logical place to start. I just hoped that he gets a chance to partner with some of the more exciting talent there as well at some point. I nodded at Stallings; Shark was always welcome back. “So, my new goal for you. As you’ve said, none of our big contracts are up this year. Our roster is looking healthier than it has for many years, and we’ve got workers at HGC ready to come through. So, this one should be easy for you. I don’t want you hiring any workers from any established companies, the ones TEW.com call Medium size.” My heart skipped a beat. Stallings noticed. “We have all that we need here. We’re not here to destroy the wrestling industry, we’re here to run the best wrestling shows in North America – no, the world! You’ve chosen not to sign Remo, Nicky Champion, Zimmy over the last couple of years – you have chosen well. But we’ve got that talent now. We’ve got the best commentators in the land. The best young talent.” He was right. Once some of the workers that signed just for the anniversary events left we had 56 wrestlers on the roster, with more talent in HGC. I knew the commentary team needed an upgrade so signed the EILL team in 2020, but they’ve been replaced by the SWF team with Chase and Fry coming on board. T-Bone Bright missed the Anniversary show as I couldn’t fit him into a meaningful feud, and he’s the 14th most popular worker in the United States. I was actually mad at myself for giving Mr Nuclear the World Title so soon after he joined our roster, even though he had Match of the Year with Jay Chord. Sure, my quest to destroy SWF wouldn’t mean stealing their workers, but I would win with quality. I smiled. “You’re on.” OOC: I don’t want to start a network as it feels like activating Extra Cheat Mode, hence Stalling banning the option. I also LOVE not being able to hire workers from Medium companies or above for two years, even though Tommy Cornell’s contract is up again in that time. For the record, that’s 21CW, BCG, BHOTWG, CWA, CZCW (that might hurt the most), EILL (that also hurts), OLLIE, PGHW, RAW (that too), SWF and USPW off limits. 5SSW, EX2010, QAW and WLW could all potentially grow to Medium this year, but it’s NYCW who are on the verge of growing soonest. Nelson Callum is the obvious man there, for some reason still not getting the call up from the big 3. Ash Campbell and Jackpot Jordan are already going to CWA, Acid II left after falling out with Steve Flash, so the only other one workers I really had an interest in were Tennessee William, Maliek Chamberlain and Miller Fforde. I don’t want to hurt NYCW, so those three will stay – if SWF come in for Callum then I might have to compete. If I had this goal from the start of the game I wouldn’t have Mr Nuclear, Mainstream Hernandez, Steven Parker, Lenny Brown, Scythe, Spencer Spade, High Flyin Hawaiian, Ranger, Hellion, Emma Chase, Duane Fry, Queen Emily, Ricky Storm, Matthew Keith Marc DuBois, David Stone, Jared Johnson, Angelle, Hannah Potter, Shane Stone, Eduardo Prieto or Ricardo Arias. Wow, that’s a lot of the SWF midcard. Sifu, Nick Gilbert, Zeus, Bear Bekowski, Enygma, Jack Bruce and Bryan Vessey would have been allowed as they were all free agents, and Ernest Youngman came in from small promotions. However – full disclosure: I have already signed a worker from a Big promotion who’s working his notice. In my defence, the signing worked so well with the storylines going on right now. TCW Presents Total Wrestling: One Man Army and Nick Gilbert vs The New Syndicate Sifu Storm © vs The Nation of Filth for the TCW Tag Team Titles Matthew Keith vs Fumihiro Ota T-Bone Bright, Edd Stone and David Stone vs Marc DuBois, Davis Wayne Newton and Jared Johnson Roderick Remus © vs John Anderson for the TCW TV Title Steven Parker, High Flyin Hawaiian and Joffy Laine vs Findlay O’Farraday and Shockura Mr Nuclear vs Wolf Hawkins

Year in Review – 2021 Wrestler of the Year – Rocky Golden (1) Rocky Golden has gone 59-26 this year, successfully holding onto the SWF World Heavyweight Title since winning it off Scythe in June. On SWF TV he pretty much exclusively teams with Des Davids, feuding with The Hand (Remo, Eddie Chandler, Angry Gilmore and Montt Tresecarde). Since winning the title 24 out of 29 matches have been rated in the 90s, with a three 99s. Remo will be disappointed to come in at #3 (Hollywood Brett Star was #2) with a 89-8 record, with 4 matches rated 99 (all featuring Rocky Golden). Interestingly there were more EILL workers in the Top 20 than USPW (SWF 8 (counting Scythe), TCW 6 EILL 3, USPW 2, CWA 1). Company of the Year – TCW (1) Hopefully you know what’s going on at TCW – I’m now averaging 92 popularity across the US with 36 shows rated in the 90s (compared to none in 2020) and 64 matches in the 90s (4 in 2020). A 100 rated show and two 100 rated matches topped the year. Team of the Year – The Amazing Bumfholes (1) 16-17 this year, without a title shot but with plenty of solid showings – the brothers’ job is to feud with other main eventers and make them look good, and they excel in their role. Match of the Year – Jay Chord © defeated Mr Nuclear to retain the TCW World Heavyweight Title at TCW Hotter Than Hell (100) Jay Chord managed two 100 rated matches, the other being against Freddy Huggins, and he well and truly earned his massive contract at the end of the year. Show of the Year – TCW Anniversary – 25 Years Later See above post. Young Wrestler of the Year – Hurakan (1) A 19-38 record doesn’t tell the whole story here – he teams with Izama in regular tag matches, and adds another top wrestler for six man action. Throughout the year Hurakan has been involved in some superb matches this year in EILL (3 in the 90s). His star quality outshines his skills, but he has Main Event material written all over him. Veteran of the Year – Eddie Chandler (1) Eddie Chandler lasted 2 days as TCW Tag Team Champion (with Joshua Taylor) in 2021 and had just 7 matches at TCW before moving to SWF. There he had some strong matches before forming The Hand with Remo, Angry Gilmore and Monty Trescarde, and he gone from strength to strength. A 58-27 record with two 99 rated matches, the veteran is still yet to hit time decline. Female Wrestler of the Year – Brooke Tyler (2) The technical master (mistress?) Brooke Tyler went 35-5 at CWA with two unsuccessful title shots against Amber Allen, one of which was rated 95. Most Improved Company of the Year – CZCW (1) Frankie-Boy Fernandes was the workhorse of CZCW, but after leaving to SWF at the end of the year the pressure is back on veterans Frankie Perez, Al Coleman and Marc Speed. The Wild Cats have had a strong tag title reign as well, their biggest feuds being with American Cobras and Shoot Club. Independent Wrestler of the Year – Pretty Okakura (1) At TCW he’s gone 29-22 with a couple of 91 rated matches, but the work has been done in EX2010 with a 44-30 record. His technical and fundamentals are right up there, with only his loyalty to EX2010 stopping him moving on. Manager of the Year – Emma Chase (2) Announcer of the Year – Duane Fry (8) Colour Commentator of the Year – Emma Chase (7) Referee of the Year – Lucy Avatar (2) And finally, I have the ultimate non-wrestlers. Am I sorry most of them had to be brought over from SWF? No. Some good rises in the Top 500 (although last year’s placings were awful), with some notable leaps from Ernest Youngman, Roderick Remus and Doc Hammond. Wrestlers who have been brought in from abroad, such as Ricky Storm, Sifu, Matthew Keith and Nick Gilbert have slipped down the list. Anyway, here’s how my roster is rated by the public: 5. Jay Chord (last year 67) 6. Atom Smasher (3) 8. Wolf Hawkins (35) 9. Mainstream Hernandez (77) 13. Freddy Huggins (87) 15. Scythe (9) 17. Joshua Taylor (110) 25. Spencer Spade (90) 34. Ernest Youngman (291) 42. Aaron Andrews (63) 43. Roderick Remus (190) 54. Mighty Mo (149) 56. Steven Parker (107) 64. Lenny Brown (146) 66. Ranger (113) 69. T-Bone Bright (97) 81. Doc Hammond (202) 83. Edd Stone (162) 99. Ricky Storm (42) 106. Pretty Okakura (182) 120. Matt Hocking (270) 121. Jared Johnson (78) 134. One Man Army (225) 137. Bear Bekowski (159) 139. David Stone (358) 147. Findlay O’Farraday (228) 167. Matthew Keith (46) 177. Marc DuBois (261) 180. High Flyin Hawaiian (235) 192. Joffy Laine (417) 193. Matty Faith (-) 208. Benny Benson (247) 214. Chris Flynn (258) 226. Dazzling Dave Diamond (253) 231. Sifu (43) 259. Hellion (-) 262. Davis Wayne Newton (267) 300. Human Arsenal / John Anderson (203) 301. El Hijo Del Neutron (289) 311. Huracan Sandoval (70) 371. Nick Booth (382) 373. Troy Tornado (278) 379. Flying Jimmy Foxx (351) 384. Quentin Queen (-) 419. Nick Gilbert (161) 430. Raphael (-) 463. Tigre Salvaje (-) 479. Akima Brave (-) And a few leavers, and yes, I’m still bitter about one of them. 11. Greg Gauge (109) 149. Enygma (136) 361. Marc Speed (412) 372. Titan (271) 434. Darryl Devine (482) 469. Nate Johnson (431) 476. Danny Fonzarelli / Danny Darkness (457) Those with 10 or less defeats in TCW last year (we’re going to exclude Scythe, Dreadnought and Jared Johnson for this): T-Bone Bright - 10 Mighty Mo – 9 Hellion - 8 Wolf Hawkins – 7 Edd Stone – 7 Sifu - 1 Ricky Storm – 1 And those with the most victories (which mostly shows the Saturday Night Showcase workhorses): Doc Hammond – 42 Findlay O’Farraday – 42 Human Arsenal – 42 Steven Parker – 41 T-Bone Bright - 40 Matthew Keith – 40 Lenny Brown – 39 High Flyin Hawaiian – 39 Mighty Mo – 37 Benny Benson – 37 Chris Flynn – 37 Ernest Youngman – 36 Matt Hocking - 35 Spencer Spade – 33 Ranger – 33 Freddy Huggins – 32 Joshua Taylor – 32 Roderick Remus – 32 Aaron Andrews – 31 Mainstream Hernandez – 31 Wolf Hawkins – 30 Jay Chord’s record was 24-13 (with one draw), making neither list due to his back injury which kept him out for a few months and surprising number of defeats.

Rip Chord Invitational Final: Riley McManus Rip Chord Semi A: Valiant vs. Trent Shaffer Rip Chord Semi B: Aaron Andrews vs. Riley McManus EEE World Heavyweight Title: Davis Wayne Newton vs. ‘The Star’ George Trapesi © EEE Intercontinental Title: Honest Frank Jr vs. Charlie Corner © EEE World Tag Team Titles: The Fantastic Express vs. The Twin Powers © Grudge Match: Prime Time Jack Pryde vs. ‘The Perfect One’ Pepper Pelton Fro Sure vs. Monty Trescarde The Eagle vs. The Masked Mauler Angry Gilmore and The VCC vs. Crusher Toko & Samoan Wrecking Crew I see one of your own winning the Invitational, which is the kiss of death for Riley. I do see DWN as a future champion, but he can battle his way there - this is too early. Meanwhile, the Pryde / Pelton feud is here for a while, and you've always be fond of a match being thrown out to keep a feud going.

EEE Supershow: End of an Era EEE World Tag Team: The Biggins Boys vs. The Fantastic Express vs. Cross River Connection © Not sure if I've ever predicted a tag title match correct... EEE World Heavyweight: Joey Minnesota vs. ‘The Star’ George Trapesi DQ maybe? EEE Intercontinental: The Masked Mauler vs. Charlie Corner © Masked Mauler does what he does best, and that's lie down for the top of the card Aaron ‘The Ace’ Andrews vs. ‘The Georgia Bulldog’ Riley McManus Definite case for Riley here Angry Gilmore vs. Trent Shaffer Makes sure he never gets out of the midcard Valiant vs. Honest Frank Jr Frank Jr may just be the one to kill the legend, but not yet Fro Sure vs. Davis Wayne Newton As long as this is DWN's only defeat to someone not in the Main Event anytime soon, I'm happy The Eagle vs. ‘The Stud’ Phil Anders Both these guys needs the win Bradley Blaze & The VCC vs. Monty Trescarde & The Twin Powers The VCC need to win more, but they're sinking right now

TCW Anniversary – 25 Years After a live musical introduction, there was a surprise at the announce table where Duane Fry joined Emma Chase and Ricardo Arias. Roderick Remus kicked off the show with a TV Title defence which eventually saw him pin Matt Hocking. Findlay O’Farraday was booked as huge threat as he fought to regain the title, but ended up too busy brawling with Matty Faith to stop Remus from pinning Hocking. Then we moved on to Joshua Taylor defeating David Stone in a strong outing for the youngster. The younger Stone showed good chemistry with his opponent in his most impressive singles outing, despite the defeat. Before the Battle Royale we had a number of TCW legends come out to be ringside adjudicators – Tana the Mighty getting the biggest cheer, but we also saw Robert Oxford, Peter Valentine, Joel Bryant, Genghis Rahn and Brent Hill. Matthew Keith came out to cut an angry promotion on the has-beens, demanding respect, and would not be calmed down by his dad, who pointed out that should be thankful that he was in the next match, as everyone else entered was a previous TCW Champion. The entrants were Matthew Keith, Flying Jimmy Foxx, Clark Alexander, Madman Boone, Harry Allen, Charlie Thatcher, Grunt, Stink, Fumihiro Ota and finally John Anderson (Human Arsenal revisiting his Syndicate gimmick). The match was an absolute disaster, not helped by Madman Boone breaking his leg as Charlie Thatcher clotheslined him over the top rope and The Nation of Filth failed to break his fall as planned. The match meandered as Boone was stretchered out, before the focus turned to the last four of Matthew Keith, John Anderson, Clark Alexander, and Charlie Thatcher. Matthew Keith became the top eliminator by hauling Thatcher over the top rope but was immediately dumped out by Clark Alexander. That left the Hawaiian in the ring with John Anderson, and Anderson took the victory with an Ammo Dump over the top rope. The next match saw Freddy Huggins and Lenny Brown teaming up against The New Syndicate which got us back on track. The feud between Huggins / Brown and The Syndicate has been in the background of the Anniversary celebrations, but this didn’t stop them putting on a fabulous match that almost hit the 20 minute mark – Brown pinning Youngman after a Star Treatment. A much shorter match followed, as Doc Hammond unsuccessfully tried to get revenge on Spencer Spade injuring him, falling to a Supreme Stunner. If you exclude the terrible Battle Royale, the TCW Tag Team Title match that followed was the worst match of the night, and it also saw the Tag Titles change hands. Hellion was well protected though, High Flyin Hawaiian taking the pin from Ricky Storm as the other competitors brawled outside the ring. Then we had Jack Bruce and Bryan Vessey return to the ring after several years – of course Aaron Andrews and Mighty Mo were present to add a little more pace into the match. They had to take a backseat to the veterans, who were the main focus and given the most offence. Bryan Vessey hit Aaron Andrews with a Vessey Driver and Jack Bruce delivered a New York Minute on Mighty Mo, the ref making the three count on Mo while Vessey was also pinning Andrews to earn Bruce the title shot in January. Then Mainstream Hernandez defeated Marc DuBois in a match that as meant to calm things down a little bit, but was actually the joint second best match of the night. That left the cage match between champion Wolf Hawkins, Mr Nuclear, Edd Stone and Jay Chord. Cage matches are unusual in TCW, and this end of year finale could be won by escape, but the number of competitors made that an unlikely course of victory. Edd Stone was the nearest to take that path but was just stopped by Jay Chord grabbing his leg. Stone shook his off, but before Chord could grab him again he hit a beautiful moonsault onto Wolf Hawkins. As Jay Chord and Mr Nuclear fought Dread and his son Dreadnought came to ringside, with Dreadnought rattling the door to try and break in. After Hellion’s debut breaking through a cage door at the begining of the year TCW officials seemed to have learnt, and despite the whole structure shaking Dreadnought could not get in, and backed away when Mr Nuclear launched Chord at the door. Mr Nuclear stood in the ring and stared at Dreadnought, as suddenly the middle of the ring ripped apart and a huge figure grabbed Mr Nuclear and pulled him through the hole. The figure emerged and was revealed as the monstrous Scythe, who delivered an Underworld Spike on Edd Stone and Wolf Hawkins. Scythe roared, but Jay Chord took the opportunity the crawl into the ring and pin Edd Stone to become the new World Champion. As his music blared out the cage began to rise, and Chord quickly slipped under it to grab the World Title and make an exit through the crowd. The attention changed to the ring where Dreadnought joined Scythe and dragged Mr Nuclear up and hit a devastating double chokeslam. T-Bone Bright, David Stone and The Syndicate came out from the back to drag away Wolf Hawkins and Edd Stone, and the monstrous duo of Scythe and Dreadnought were joined by Dread in the ring, to test its strength remaining after the damage done earlier. Roderick Remus © defeated Matt Hocking, Findlay O’Farraday and Matty Faith in 12:58 (78) Joshua Taylor defeated David Stone in 14:24 (90) John Anderson won a ten man Battle Royale also featuring Matthew Keith, Flying Jimmy Foxx, Clark Alexander, Madman Boone, Harry Allen, Charlie Thatcher, Grunt, Stink and Fumihiro Ota in 10:26 (48) Freddy Huggins and Lenny Brown defeated The New Syndicate in 18:58 (90) Spencer Spade defeated Doc Hammond in 9:20 (80) Sifu Storm defeated The Empire © and Steven Parker & High Flyin Hawaiian to win the TCW Tag Team Titles in 10:35 (76) Jack Bruce defeated Bryan Vessey, Aaron Andrews and Mighty Mo in 12:37 (83) Mainstream Hernandez defeated Marc DuBois in 13:47 (90) Jay Chord defeated Wolf Hawkins ©, Mr Nuclear and Wolf Hawkins to win the TCW World Heavyweight Title in a cage match in 25:47 (93) Overall Rating 100 Well, there’s a lot to unpick there. Firstly, I seemed to have accidentally discovered how the perfect show theory works, and surprisingly fans were claiming that the 25th Anniversary Show was the best show in TCW’s history. Then there’s the World Heavyweight Title change which… was a booking mistake. Hawkins was meant to retain, but I clearly made a mistake and his and Jay Chord’s roles were reversed. Perhaps a Chord winning the title was the correct move for the Anniversary Show, even if it was an accident. Then we had three matches rated 90, with David Stone and Marc DuBois having their best ever performances in TCW. Jack Bruce and Bryan Vessey’s return to the ring probably was as good as could be expected, and fans will be hoping that they do not dominate storylines going forward. The Empire’s Tag Team Title reign ended at the hands of Sifu Storm, and John Anderson made a reappearance to win a TV Title shot in a match that saw Madman Boone suffer a nasty leg break. That’s Madman Boone who I signed for a month only, and JK Stallings decided he deserved a 18 month contract… Also, Quentin Queen broke his ribs on the preshow, where Yuri Yoshihara wrestled his last show before heading back to PGHW with a 1-91 TCW record. And I haven’t even mentioned the signing of Duane Fry, who’s announcing skills may have played a large part in my best rating ever. And so ends 2021.

EEE Starclash EEE World Heavyweight: Aaron ‘The Ace’ Andrews vs. ‘The Star’ George Trapesi © I hope Andrews has offered to put someone over... EEE Intercontinental: Fro Sure vs. Davis Wayne Newton © DWN should only lose this if he's going on to challenge for the big one EEE World Tag Team: Cross River Connection vs. The Twin Powers © Didn't see this coming, but they're here now Stomper Memorial Cup: The Biggins Boys vs. The Fantastic Express Now this is hard to call. Heart says Express, brain says Biggins Valiant vs. Trent ‘The Talent’ Shaffer vs. ‘The Georgia Bulldog’ Riley McManus Hardest match to predict all night, but there's a heel contender vacancy to full Angry Gilmore vs. Honest Frank Jr This is a heart over brain pick. Not sure if you're ready to accept Gilmore now lives in the midcard The Eagle vs. Monty Trescade He's fit... Charlie Corner vs. ‘The Stud’ Phil Anders No way you build up Corner for him to lose here Bradley Blaze & The VCC vs. Crusher Toko & Samoan Wrecking Crew Could see an upset, but not expecting it

George Trapesi, Aaron Andrews & Valiant vs. Riley McManus, Trent Shaffer & Davis Wayne Newton The heels should totally win here, but if you're having trouble convincing big names to lose... EEE World Tag Team: The Twin Powers vs. Cross River Connection © Angry Gilmore vs. Honest Frank Jr The Eagle vs. Monty Trescade The Biggins Boys vs. The Fantastic Express Charlie Corner vs. ‘The Stud’ Phil Anders

Would be interested to know if you always wanted Andrew's to win, or the only way to keep him happy was to have him win.

TCW Presents Total Wrestling: In a show with very few clean finishes, we did get a huge announcement for TCW Anniversary. HGC CEO Dread made his first TCW appearance for over a decade, with Jack Bruce thinking that he was claiming a spot in the Legends match for a TCW World Title Shot at Malice in Wonderland. However, Dread was claiming a shot for HGC alumni and his son, the monster Dreadnought. This was refused by Bruce, partly as the Keith’s pointed out that Matthew Keith had already been turned down for a title shot. Later in the show Bruce announced that he had found the last participant – he would be coming out of retirement and would face Bryan Vessey, Aaron Andrews and Mighty Mo! However, the Dreads (no, I’m not calling them that) did not take the refusal well, and gate-crashed the Main Event, causing the match to be thrown out as Dread hit the Dread Bomb on Wolf Hawkins, and Dreadnought followed suit on Mr Nuclear. Another second-generation star, Matthew Keith, continued to take issues with the returning wrestlers and got his victory over Madman Boone, but was frustrated when Harry Allen also made his return, joining with Clark Alexander to tell Matthew Keith that he would do well if he achieved what they or Boone had achieved in TCW. In a match that threw together three matches at TCW Anniversary, Mighty Mo pinned David Stone after an unseen Joshua Taylor low blow, to set up David Stone / Joshua Taylor at the PPV. O’Farraday once again got DQ’d as he struggled to control his anger, and Matt Hocking defeated Doc Hammond with an assist from Spencer Spade (who Hammond will face on Sunday). It was also announced that Roderick Remus would defend the TCW TV Title against O’Farraday, Hocking and Faith on Sunday, while Mainstream Hernandez and Marc DuBois agreed to meet in the ring. For the opener Sifu Storm defeated Human Arsenal and Benny Benson before cutting a promo with Steve Parker and High Flyin Hawaiian targeting the Tag Champions, The Empire, who they will meeting on the PPV at Sunday. It was Sifu Storm’s first promo in TCW and… it showed. Sifu Storm defeated Human Arsenal and Benny Benson in 9:06 (78) Matthew Keith defeated Madman Boone in 3:46 (58) Mighty Mo, Joshua Taylor, Ranger and Ernest Youngman defeated Aaron Andrews, Freddy Huggins, Lenny Brown and David Stone in 12:56 (87) Matty Faith defeated Findlay O’Farraday by DQ in 9:27 (80) Matt Hocking defeated Doc Hammond in 11:16 (69) Mr Nuclear and Edd Stone drew with Wolf Hawkins and Jay Chord after the match was thrown out after 18:31 (88) Overall Rating 90 Two more redebuts – Dread and Harry Allen, while Dread’s son Dreadnought makes his first appearance. Meanwhile, the last 4 matches all end in non-clean finishes, so we must be due to hit a Pay Per View, and an Anniversary PPV at that. First a B show, where we go right down the card to find someone to showcase on television – apart from T-Bone Bright who surprisingly doesn’t have a match on Sunday. JK Stallings is a nice guy, extending the one month handshake deals I gave Harry Allen and Madman Boone on for… 18 months!?! Boone doesn’t even wrestle B shows, what am I meant to do with him? This Anniversary show seemed a good idea at the time… Urgh, SWF have put the North American Title on Big Smack Scott, who went over Angry Gilmore before Gilmore leaves for USPW. Scott’s been pushed all year, and to be fair I have put a hole in the SWF midcard, but surely there were better options? TCW Anniversary – 25 Years David Stone vs Joshua Taylor Mainstream Hernandez vs Marc DuBois Jack Bruce vs Aaron Andrews vs Mighty Mo vs Bryan Vessey for a TCW World Heavyweight Title shot at Malice in Wonderland Freddy Huggins and Lenny Brown vs The New Syndicate Doc Hammond vs Spencer Spade Battle Royale featuring former TCW champions including Clark Alexander, Madman Boone, Harry Allen, Charlie Thatcher, Grunt, Stink and Fumihiro Ota for a TCW TV Title shot Roderick Remus © vs Matty Faith vs Findlay O’Farraday vs Matt Hocking for the TCW TV Title The Empire © vs Steven Parker and High Flyin Hawiaan vs Sifu Storm for the TCW Tag Team Titles Wolf Hawkins © Mr Nuclear vs Edd Stone vs Jay Chord in a cage match for the TCW World Heavyweight Title

EEE Empire Royale 2024 Winner of the Royale: Davis Wayne Newton Runner-Up of Royale: Aaron Andrews 3rd Place in Royale: Trent Shaffer 4th Place in Royale: Fro Sure Most Eliminations: Riley McManus Longest Run: Aaron Andrews EEE World Heavyweight: Chip Martin vs. George Trapesi © -Chip Martin clearly has something on one of the bosses to get this title shot EEE Intercontinental: Garry the Entertainer vs. Danny Hagman © Samoan Destruction Inc. vs. Samoan Wrecking Crew

This, but with Trescarde winning.

TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Angelle seems to have taken on the guise of Bryan Vessey’s manager, and spoke for the veteran in ring with Jack Bruce, claiming that no-one had given more to TCW over the many years than Vessey, a former World and Tag Team Champion, and he was back for one more shot at the World Title. Bruce made a Former / Current / Future Legend match at TCW Anniversary: 25 Years Later, Bryan Vessey vs Aaron Andrews vs Mighty Mo, but said that he was still looking for one more legend to add to the match. Elsewhere, the challengers to Wolf Hawkins World Title at the PPV, Mr Nuclear, Edd Stone and Jay Chord met in the ring in tag action, with Mr Nuclear getting the pin on Dazzling Dave Diamond to give the faces some momentum. Meanwhile in the Main Event, Wolf Hawkins teamed up with Ranger and Ernest Youngman to defeat Freddy Huggins, T-Bone Bright and Lenny Brown, with Hawkins pinning Bright. Earlier in the night Findlay O’Farraday showed that he had not taken well to losing the title to Remus by exposing a turnbuckle and cracking Remus’s head into in, causing his team the DQ defeat. Matty Faith and Charlie Thatcher got into an argument when Faith brushed past Angelle, but it was quickly settled in ring by Faith cleanly pinning Thatcher. Ricky Storm had just his second TCW singles match (and first on Total Wrestling) and showed why he was a former 21CW World Champion in a wonderful match with Pretty Okakura. Finally, Clark Alexander re-debuted (again), teaming with Aaron Andrews, Steven Parker and High Flyin Hawaiian in a comfortable victory. Ricky Storm defeated Pretty Okakura in 8:38 (80) Aaron Andrew, Steven Parker, High Flyin Hawaiian and Clark Alexander defeated Human Arsenal, Benny Benson, Bear Bekowski and Seth Whitehead in 10:38 (71) Matty Faith defeated Charlie Thatcher in 4:23 (52) Mainstream Hernandez and Roderick Remus defeated Findlay O’Farraday and Matt Hocking by DQ in 11:55 (78) Joshua Taylor defeated El Hijo Del Neutron in 7:21 (70) Mr Nuclear, Edd Stone and Doc Hammond defeated Spencer Spade and The Empire in 8:42 (80) Wolf Hawkins and The New Syndicate defeated Freddy Huggins, T-Bone Bright and Lenny Brown in 18:53 (90) Overall Rating 88 The show didn’t hugely progress stories, but in a way was looking beyond to next year, as we go into the final week of 2021. Two big Main Events are set for the Anniversary show, but there’s a few more matched to finalise. Clark Alexander redebuts (again), but I’ve got the excuse of a Anniversary show to justify that. Benny Benson and Davis Wayne Newton ink new TCW deals, and Joey Fili returns from EX2010 excursion and gets a new HGC deal. He’s improved but… let’s say there are still better workers in HGC. I did explore sending Joffy Laine down to HGC while I find a place for him, but he kicked up a stink so I left him on the main roster. His arm injury derailed my plans for his partnership with Steven Parker, who moved to teaming with High Flying Hawaiian instead. Couple of changes in that show – the Main Event was originally Madman Boone vs Matthew Keith, but Boone does not work B shows. Keith still argued with Boone about has been wrestlers returning but fought a completely different man who had no involvement instead. Also, Benny Benson no longer works B shows, so his long and unofficial partnership with Human Arsenal may be over. Which is odd, as it was about to be anyway. Grunt also doesn’t wrestle B shows, so Brutus Milano proved that you can get a match just by showing up to an event. I was hoping for a little gem between the Canadians David Stone and Jared Johnson, but they didn’t click, so it was B show fodder. TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Madman Boone vs Matthew Keith Matty Faith vs Findlay O’Farraday Doc Hammond vs Matt Hocking Sifu Storm vs Human Arsenal and Benny Benson Aaron Andrew, Freddy Huggins, Lenny Brown and David Stone vs Mighty Mo, Joshua Taylor and The New Syndicate Mr Nuclear and Edd Stone vs Jay Chord and Wolf Hawkins

That's one way to split the audience - lets hope he's worth it (is is Aaron Andrews, so he probably is).

Well, I'm fine with the name the you have chosen for your federation in your game.

One of the best adverts the games as ever had - welcome to anyone who's browsing these forums following seeing that

TCW Presents Total Wrestling: There were two top matches on this show, the Main Event doing very well after Doc Hammond returned following a Spencer Spade attack a few weeks ago, albeit it to eat a pin from Jay Chord after he was jabbed in the eyes by Spade. But the match of the night was an unexpected title change, as Findlay O’Farraday’s TV Title reign was ended by Roderick Remus just before it reached the six month mark. Much longer than O’Farraday’s usual matches, the two men managed to build on their MAW feud of seven years ago and take it to the next level. Remus tried unsuccessfully to hit a Brainbuster Suplex, but when he changed tac and locked in the Remus Clutch the champion just couldn’t break the hold or reach the ropes and was forced to tap. Stars from the past may become a theme over the next couple of weeks, and after Jack Bruce set the title match for the 25th Anniversary Show as Wolf vs Nuclear vs Chord vs Edd Stone, he said he wanted to set up another special match. Malice in Wonderland will be the 25th Anniversary of Sam Strong winning the World Heavyweight Title. Bruce said that he wanted a special match that showcased the past and present of TCW at the 25th Anniversary Show to decide who would challenge for the title at Malice in Wonderland. Aaron Andrews put himself forward as representing everything about TCW, whereas Mighty Mo claimed to be the future, someone who has worked his way through TCW and is on his was to greatness. Jack Bruce went backstage with Angelle to try and find someone to represent TCW’s past, but Joel Bryant said he just worked here now, Sam Keith told him he should focus on younger talent, Madman Boone appeared grinning but was cut off by Peter Valentine, before Bruce told them they weren’t what he was looking for. However, Bryan Vessey made an appearance during the Andrews / OMA vs Mo / Keith match to attack Andrews and hit him with a Vessey Driver (and leaving OMA exposed to eat the pin), suggesting that the former World Champion was throwing his hat in for consideration. Mighty Mo tried to celebrate to Vessey but was hit by a viscous kick, and it looks like the veteran is focused on himself. Elsewhere The Empire retained their titles with an illegal double team on HFH, Wolf Hawkins let Nick Gilbert shine a little before defeating the Australian, Mr Nuclear defeated Human Arsenal and Marc DuBois & Jared Johnson teamed up to defeat Joffy Laine and El Hijo Del Neutron. King of Kings Mainstream Hernandez’s only appearance was as a verbal target for Marc DuBois, who after whining about not being more respected was told by Queen Emily to make in impact. Mr Nuclear defeated Human Arsenal in 7:57 (80) The Empire © defeated Steven Parker and High Flyin Hawaiian to retain the TCW Tag Team Titles in 8:17 (76) Marc DuBois and Jared Johnson defeated Joffy Laine and El Hijo Del Neutron in 7:22 (70) Roderick Remus defeated Findlay O’Farraday © to win the TCW TV Title in 16:44 (92) Mighty Mo and Matthew Keith defeated Aaron Andrews and One Man Army in 10:05 (76) Wolf Hawkins © defeated Nick Gilbert in a non-title match in 8:22 (80) Jay Chord and Spencer Spade defeated T-Bone Bright and Doc Hammond in 14:14 (90) Overall Rating 92 Unsurprising spoiler alert – I convinced Bryan Vessey to come out of retirement for the 25th Anniversary Show. Can he still go, despite being psychically shot? To some extent, hopefully. More so than Madman Boone, who still rolls out for PSW each month (and has somehow had a National Title run this year). Roderick Remus and Findlay O’Farraday have faced each other before in singles action in TCW, 15 months previously at Hotter Than Hell. It was a match that Remus won by DQ… which was rated 53. Things have changed for both men with burgeoning popularity, and Remus has added a TCW singles title to his resume for the first time. Fans of the pre-show would have seen Fumihiro Ota defeat Ray Cavalero (in a match rated 27), and The Nation of Filth teaming up with Raphael in a losing effort against Chris Flynn, Matty Faith and David Stone (a more respectable 59). The former was Ray Cavalero’s last match at TCW after his three-month contract came to an end. As he was taken under Sam Keith’s wing in that time, his is expected to resurface in MAW at some point. The veteran did find time to pass on some tips to his protegee one last time. Saturday Night Showcase saw another redebut as Charlie Thatcher appeared as Angelle’s bodyguard, that did cause some of the faces to ask what made Angelle think that she was special enough to require a bodyguard. TCW Presents Total Wrestling: El Hijo Del Neutron vs Joshua Taylor Matty Faith vs Charlie Thatcher Ricky Storm vs Pretty Okakura Aaron Andrews, Steven Parker, High Flyin Hawaiian and Clark Alexander vs Human Arsenal, Benny Benson, Bear Bekowski and Seth Whitehead Mainstream Hernandez and Roderick Remus vs Findlay O’Farraday and Matt Hocking Mr Nuclear, Edd Stone and Doc Hammond vs Spencer Spade and The Empire Freddy Huggins, Lenny Brown and T-Bone Bright vs Wolf Hawkins and The New Syndicate

NYCW outgrown it's Big Apple origins?

Trapesi with the Top 3, 5 of the Top 6, 6 of the Top 8 matches. I think he's alright. Thank you for not awarding me 0/1 for my prediction...

TCW Presents Total Wresting: Mainstream Hernandez cemented his King of Kings victory by rejoining his partner Roderick Remus in victory over Marc DuBois and Jared Johnson (making his Total Wrestling debut) in another wonderful match. It matched the Main Event, where Jay Chord needed an assist from Spencer Spade to pin T-Bone Bright, with The Empire piling in before Steven Parker and High Flyin Hawaiian came out for the save. During the Main Event it had been announced that those two men would challenge The Empire for the Tag Team Titles next week, after Hellion suffered only his second TCW singles defeat against Steven Parker, albeit because he attacked Parker with a variety of illegal weapons from around the ring. The crowd really lapped up Jack Bruce’s appearance, and Queen Emily announced that the December PPV would be renamed TCW Anniversary – 25 Years Later, and Jack Bruce would be in charge of booking the event. Queue Angelle sidling up to the Rock God, which seemed to please Bruce no end, and left Aaron Andrew and Mighty Mo without an answer in their claim for a match at Anniversary against Wolf Hawkins. Nick Gilbert was involved in his biggest match to date, teaming with Lenny Brown and One Man Army in defeat to The Syndicate, while Findlay O’Farraday powered through another TV Title defence against Del Neutron. Edd and David Stone teamed for a regulation victory over Raphael and Pink Spider before Edd threw his hat into the ring for a World Title shot after defeating Jay Chord on Sunday, before Matthew Keith and Matty Faith showed Nate Johnson and Danny Darkness out of the door in the veterans last action on TCW Presents Total Wrestling. Mainstream Hernandez and Roderick Remus defeated Marc DuBois and Jared Johnson in 10:37 (90) Matthew Keith defeated Nate Johnson in 4:27 (66) Findlay O’Farraday © defeated El Hijo Del Neutron to retain the TCW TV Title in 7:06 (70) Matty Faith defeated Danny Darkness in 4:14 (52) Total Stone defeated Raphael and Pink Spider in 6:48 (70) Steven Parker defeated Hellion by DQ in 6:51 (70) The Syndicate (Wolf Hawkins, Ranger and Ernest Youngman) defeated Lenny Brown, One Man Army and Nick Gilbert in 10:35 (86) Jay Chord defeated T-Bone Bright in 13:38 (90) Overall Rating 91 Jack Bruce is putting together a special show for the end of the month to celebrate 25 years of TCW (or HGC), so expect a concentration of storyline celebrations over a quest for ratings. Pyscho Circus goes dormant to make way for this event, but I am throwing money at the PPV with a special set, band and (B-list) celebrities. Danny Darkness / Fonzarelli has worked his last TCW match after 17 years and two tag title reigns. He went 2-35 in his last year, but enjoyed himself returning to the Darkness gimmick that made him famous. Nate Johnson will also leave after one more job on Saturday Night Showcase – he was quickly identified as past it for The Syndicate, and leaves a bitter man with a 0-53 record in his final year (his losing streak racks up to 17 months). Nate Johnson appears to have hurt his back taking a Plunging Spinebuster from Mighty Mo during that Main Event. Nothing to do with my instructions, but he’ll be out of action for a few months. I sent development TCW School of Pro Wrestling graduate (regen) Herman Erickson to EX2010 on excursion… and he went AWOL to miss the first show. I’m not sure we’ll ever see him wrestle on TCW TV. Meanwhile Nicky Champion sets up The Union at SWF, featuring James Justice and Tag Team Title holders Julius Moor and Jacob Jett. He appears to have just picked everyone with names beginning with the letter “J”. Elsewhere, at USPW they set about a major expansion to their women’s division by signing Katherine Goodlooks, Alina America, Sarah Taylor and Pinky Perez. I’ve long contemplated a women’s division in TCW, but I may have missed the boat now. It was a busy week for surgeries as USPW’s Petr Novak surgery on his torn quad was a success, while Donte Dunn’s op on his shattered elbow was a complete failure, and the former World Champion may find that his CWA career may be over. TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Mr Nuclear vs Human Arsenal Findlay O’Farraday © vs Roderick Remus for the TCW TV Title Joffy Laine and El Hijo Del Neutron vs Marc DuBois and Jared Johnson The Empire © vs Steven Parker and High Flyin Hawaiian for the TCW Tag Team Titles Aaron Andrews and One Man Army vs Mighty Mo and Matthew Keith Wolf Hawkins © vs Nick Gilbert in a non-title match T-Bone Bright and Doc Hammond vs Jay Chord and Spencer Spade

Following my poor previous predictions, I will go for one prediction: At least one if the title matches will either be a draw, or the winner(s) doesn't win the titles due to DQ. Hello Vessey Combat Club!

NYCW Empire Heavyweight Title: Magnum Kobe vs. ‘The Georgia Bulldog’ Riley McManus © NYCW Tri-State Title: Trent Shaffer vs. ‘The Star’ George Trapesi © via McManus interference, of course) COTT United States Title: Danny Hagman vs. Bulldozer Brandon Smith © No.1 Contenders Match: The Biggins Boys vs. Cross River Connection vs. Vessey Combat Club Angry Gilmore vs. Davis Wayne Newton Fro Sure vs. Thom Barrowman Charlie Corner vs. Honest Frank Jr The Eagle vs. The Masked Mauler

KONY Final: Trapesi KONY SEMI A: Trapesi KONY SEMI B: DWN KONY QUARTERS 1: Prime Time Jack Pryde vs. ‘The Star’ George Trapesi by DQ KONY QUARTERS 2: Danny Hagman vs. Bulldozer Brandon Smith KONY QUARTERS 3: Magnum Kobe vs. Honest Frank Jr KONY QUARTERS 4: Angry Gilmore vs. Davis Wayne Newton NYCW Empire Heavyweight: ‘The Georgia Bulldog’ Riley McManus vs. Trent Shaffer © NYCW Tag Team: The Biggins Boys vs. The Fantastic Express © Vessey Combat Club vs. The Chop Shop Hey, I predicted that before we were unanimous in the KONY results. Thing is, I see others needing the rub more, so I will support however it goes, even if we're all wrong...

TCW King of Kings Strong show throughout, which culminated in Wolf Hawkins winning the TCW World Heavyweight Title for the fifth time. None of The Syndicate members entered the ring, but the threat of Joshua Taylor provided the distraction that Hawkins needed to deliver a Full Moon Rising and take the title. The match itself was surprisingly bettered by every match in the King of Kings Tournament. By far the best match was Mainstream Hernandez and Ernest Youngman going over 22 minutes in a wonderful encounter that saw Hernandez kick out after The Hit, before taking the victory with a Super Kick. Ranger’s victory over Lenny Brown came in ten minutes shorter, and the speculation before the final would be that this could be the difference. However, an exhausted Hernandez pulled out the victory, wriggling out of a Global Meltdown to deliver two Super Kicks to become the King of Kings. Despite some other fantastic matches, the other big news was a recorded segment with Jack Bruce who, despite having made more of a name for himself in SWF than TCW, was introducing a month’s celebration in December to celebrate 25 years of TCW / HGC. To say the crowd were excited at this would be something of an understatement. The Tag Title match ended in a disqualification (did the crowd not like that) when Hellion cracked his title belt over T-Bone Bright’s head, with the four-way tag battle earlier in the show being rated better as Sifu Storm took victory. Aaron Andrews and Roderick Remus took victory over Findlay O’Farraday and Matthew Keith, but while celebrating afterwards Mighty Mo returned from injury to attack Aaron Andrews, who was involved in the match where he was injured. Jay Chord finally got the opportunity to get his hands on Edd Stone in what ended up being the second longest match of the night. Chord struggled to put away his nemesis and was in disbelief when Stone kicked out from a Cradle Piledriver. That’s when Spencer Spade hit the ring, but Stone ducked a clothesline that ended up taking out Chord, and Stone capitalised to roll Jay Chord up for the upset victory. Joshua Taylor managed to deliver an unseen low blow en route to victory over Matty Faith, while finally Davis Wayne Newton and Huracan Salvador completed their run of three matches that started on Saturday Night Presents, with DWN taking the victory. Ranger defeated Lenny Brown in the King of Kings Tournament in 12:51 (90) Sifu Storm defeated One Man Army and Nick Gilbert, Shockura & Human Arsenal and Benny Benson in 11:37 (81) Mainstream Hernandez defeated Ernest Youngman in the King of Kings Tournament in 22:43 (98) Davis Wayne Newton defeated Huracan Salvador in 11:10 (81) Aaron Andrews and Roderick Remus defeated Findlay O’Farraday and Matthew Keith in 13:17 (90) Joshua Taylor defeated Matty Faith in 9:22 (80) Freddy Huggins and T-Bone Bright defeated The Empire© & Steven Parker and High Flyin Hawaiian by DQ in 9:53 (79) Edd Stone defeated Jay Chord in 20:02 (84) Mainstream Hernandez defeated Ranger to win the King of Kings Tournament in 17:27 (90) Wolf Hawkins defeated Mr Nuclear © to win the TCW World Heavyweight Title in 12:15 (86) Overall Rating 90 The King of Kings ended up being a fabulous contest – Mainstream Hernandez earning a World Title shot at Total Mayhem, but the highlight was definitely his match with Ernest Youngman. It overshadowed the Main Event where Wolf Hawkins became World Heavyweight champion for the fifth time, now only behind Rocky Golden’s six reigns. Jack Bruce may not be the obvious man to lead the 25th Anniversary celebrations, but Ricky Dale Johnson was not interested, and Tommy Cornell choose SWF instead. Yes, Tommy Cornell returning for the 25th Anniversary would have been amazing, I’m gutted I couldn’t get it to work. Both USPW and CWA grow, to Titanic and Large respectively, and both are expected to make signings. CWA can rely on a number of talents - Aaron Knight the most reliable, but Shooter Sean Deeley, Ricky DeColt, Donte Dunn and Jared Johnson are reliable top of the card performers (one of whom may be appearing on my next show), and the feud between Brooke Tyler and Lauren Easter have produced the best women's matches anywhere in the world this year. Nicky Champion, Joss Thompson and Rick Law are relied on by USPW... along with two newcomers by the names of Greg Gauge and Sammy Bach TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Mainstream Hernandez and Roderick Remus vs Marc DuBois and Jared Johnson Steven Parker vs Hellion Matty Faith vs Danny Darkness Total Stone vs Raphael and Pink Spider Nate Johnson vs Matthew Keith Findlay O’Farraday © vs El Hijo Del Neutron for the TCW TV Title Lenny Brown, One Man Army and Nick Gilbert vs The Syndicate (Wolf Hawkins, Ranger and Ernest Youngman) T-Bone Bright vs Jay Chord