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TCW Presents Total Wrestling:
The show opened with Jack Bruce announcing that Jay Chord and Spencer Spade would be taking on Mr Nuclear and Matty Faith in the Main Event. When Jack Bruce found Jay Chord trying to recruit Scythe and Dreadnought Jack Bruce was furious, and told Chord that if they interfered in the Main Event he would strip Chord of the World Heavyweight Title. Emma Chase told Bruce he didn’t have the authority, and that would only cost him a title shot, but Bruce said he didn’t wasn’t backing down. He told Chase that Edd Stone and Wolf Hawkins could fight for the title for all he cared if Chord felt that he needed Scythe and Dreadnought to win. Jay Chord told the two monsters to leave it, and they did not come out in the Main Event. Of course, Jay Chord still had The Empire behind him, and Hellion proved perfectly capable of ruining a match on his own, pulverising Matty Faith to end the match in DQ. The post match bundle saw Scythe and Dreadnought swagger down to the ring, before Jack Bruce pushed past, making the two monsters reconsider. Bruce threw Hellion from the ring, before countering a Stunner from Spade and hitting a New York Minute on him. That left Bruce alone in the ring with World Heavyweight Champion Jay Chord, who shouted about he was the undisputed champion while Bruce claimed without his colleagues he was nothing.
Elsewhere, Roderick Remus and Findlay O’Farraday had another wonderful TV Title match, where Matthew Keith at ringside shouting encouragement at O’Farraday seemed to distract the former champion. The men are destined for a Tag Team Title match at The War to Settle the Score against the champions Sifu Storm and Shockura – Roderick Remus will team with One Man Army (who warmed up with victory over Pretty Okakura). There was a segment with all eight men in, where One Man Army, Pretty Okakura and Roderick Remus all flubbed their lines…
Steven Parker and Lenny Brown took a hard earned victory over Joshua Taylor and John Anderson, with Ranger squaring up with Parker after the match in advance of their meeting on Sunday. Apart from that it was fairly one-sided matches. High Flyin Hawaiian defeated Raphael before he and Flying Jimmy Foxx accepted a challenge from Davis Wayne Newton and Nelson Callum, who seem to be calling themselves the Blonde Brigade. T-Bone Bright and David Stone defeated Benny Benson and Bear Bekowski and then joined Aaron Andrews after the match to cut a promo against their opponents on Sunday, Mighty Mo, Bryan and Cameron Vessey. Finally Edd Stone defeated Jared Johnson to warm up for his match against Wolf Hawkins.
Roderick Remus © defeated Findlay O’Farraday to retain the TCW TV Title in 12:58 (90)
High Flyin Hawaiian defeated Raphael in 8:29 (78)
One Man Army defeated Pretty Okakura in 6:43 (70)
T-Bone Bright and David Stone defeated Benny Benson and Bear Bekowski in 8:24 (75)
Edd Stone defeated Jared Johnson in 9:35 (81)
Steven Parker and Lenny Brown defeated Joshua Taylor and John Anderson in 11:18 (78)
Mr Nuclear and Matty Faith defeated Jay Chord and Spencer Spade by DQ in 11:59 (82)
Overall Rating 88
A slightly slow show, but that’s become the norm on the last show of the month before a PPV. Roderick Remus and Findlay O’Farraday tore the house down again, and it will be interesting to see if they can carry that momentum into the tag match on Sunday.
JK Stallings has decided to renew Charlie Thatcher’s contract. Maybe he wants to see me book Madman Boone vs Charlie Thatcher at some point? Never going to happen – it would only fit on Saturday Night Showcase, and neither will wrestle B shows. I expect he will continue the occasional pre-show job, and a rarer appearance as security. He really doesn’t have the skills to team up with a youngster.
TCW Saturday Night Showcase:Joffy Laine and El Hijo Del Neutron defeated Masked Mauler and Torii in 8:46 (56)
Bear Bekowski defeated Clark Alexander in 4:41 (49)
Akima Brave and Huracan Sandoval defeated The Modern Dragons (Seth Whitehead and Guillotine) in 9:51 (57)
Chris Flynn and Nick Gilbert defeated Pink Spider and Gilbert Vessey in 8:57 (57)
Hellion defeated Tigre Salvaje in 4:28 (67)
Marc DuBois and Jared Johnson defeated Masked Cougar and Ray Cavalero in 9:41 (48)
Dazzling Dave Diamond defeated Quentin Queen in 7:16 (67)
Overall Rating 68
I was on my normal pre-PPV don’t book anyone who’s wrestling again (apart from Hellion, who got a short match), so Gilbert Vessey and Guillotine from HGC got another match, and Ray Cavalero got a one match deal back where he had a spell at the end of last year. When I obviously never had him tag with Masked Cougar, as they were all over the place.
Anything else on Saturday Night? Just Greg Gauge winning the USPW World Heavyweight Title from Steve Frehley, the 95 rated match being Frehley’s best rated match in the 25 months since the game begun. Bitter, me? Maybe.
TCW The War to Settle the Score:
Mr Nuclear vs Scythe
Mainstream Hernandez, Freddy Huggins and Lenny Brown vs Joshua Taylor, Ernest Youngman and John Anderson
High Flyin Hawaiian and Flying Jimmy Foxx vs The Blonde Brigade
Steven Parker vs Ranger
Edd Stone vs Wolf Hawkins
Matty Faith vs Hellion
Aaron Andrews, T-Bone Bright and David Stone vs Mighty Mo, Bryan Vessey and Cameron Vessey
Sifu Storm © vs Roderick Remus and One Man Army vs Shockura vs Findlay O’Farraday and Matthew Keith for the TCW Tag Team Titles
Jay Chord © vs Jack Bruce for the TCW World Heavyweight Title
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EEE World Heavyweight Title: Davis Wayne Newton vs. Valiant vs. Dreadnought vs. Cameron Vessey ©
A Dreadnought win would be amazing, but I feel like Vessey will pick up the scraps after Dreadnought does the damage. I'm not saying he's going to be happy about it
EEE Intercontinental Title: The Eagle vs. Prime Time Jack Pryde vs. Honest Frank Jr ©
Well, he's got it again, so I guess he keeps it
EEE World Tag Team Titles: The Fabulous DeColts vs. The Stone Foundation vs. The Fantastic Express ©
This would be a booking decision unlike ones you normally make, but I think it would really stir the pot in this feud
Aaron Andrews, Charlie Corner & George Trapesi vs. Trent Shaffer, Riley McManus & Pepper Pelton
If Pepper abandons his colleagues, the numbers will begin to count against McManus and Shaffer. Am I starting to bet against McManus just as yuo get behind him?
Fro Sure vs. Danny ‘The Kid’ Hagman
I think Fro Sure's performances can keep him hot, and I'd like to see Danny win, but I feel that this will give Fro a little legitimacy that he's lost recently
Robby Griffin vs. Chip Martin
He needs a few more wins to get up to the popularity of the rest of this feud
The Combat Club vs. The Twin Powers
Unless there's a reversal in fortune I'm not expecting
Big Jon Walker & The Texas Roughriders vs. Monty Trescarde & New School Principals
Big John's going to struggle if he loses too many PPV's in a row
Seiji Jimbo vs. Cali Slick
He deserves a win, right?
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TCW Presents Total Wrestling:
A superb main event saw Freddy Huggins take on Wolf Hawkins, in a pretty epic battle. When they closed on the 20 minute mark we started to get the nearfalls, before Hawkins pulled the ref infront of him to take the full force of a top rope move from Huggins. The competitors continued to exchange moves before Huggins repeated his leap from the ropes and made the pin… but the ref was still out and couldn’t make the count. The New Syndicate hit the ring and begun to double team Huggins before Lenny Brown and Steven Parker were out to even up the odds. Wolf Hawkins smashed Freddy Huggins over the head with a chair as everyone else brawled outside the ring, before shaking the ref awake. He hit a Full Moon Rising on a barely conscious Huggins, but as he made the pin Edd Stone leapt from the crowd and climbed to the ring to hit a Party’s Over on Hawkins. The ref tried to push him from the ring but Stone grabbed the chair and obliterated Hawkins with it, and the ref had no choice but to call the match a DQ.
The next best match of the night saw Tag Champions Sifu Storm team with TV Title holder Roderick Remus and One Man Army to face Shockura, Findlay O’Farraday and Matthew Keith. It made sense to give the heels a victory to keep potential challengers strong, but equally it was no surprise to see it was One Man Army who tapped out to Matthew Keith.
After Mighty Mo defeated David Stone, Aaron Andrews and T-Bone Bright teamed up together to earn victory over Marc DuBois and Jared Johnson, before we learned that Mighty Mo, Bryan Vessey and Cameron Vessey would team up to take on Aaron Andrews, T-Bone Bright and David Stone at The War to Settle the Score. Cameron Vessey also earned his debut singles victory, cleanly pinning Zeus.
It looks like we are also getting Mr Nuclear vs Scythe at the end of the month after Mr Nuclear challenged Scythe after he teamed with Dreadnought to defeat Chris Flynn and Clark Alexander, and Steven Parker took some momentum against The Syndicate by defeating John Anderson. Finally, Jack Bruce’s match with Jay Chord for the World Heavyweight Title was also officially signed, with Bruce telling Chord that he would have a challenge for him and Spencer Spade next week.
Steven Parker defeated John Anderson in 10:13 (82)
Scythe and Dreadnought defeated Chris Flynn and Clark Alexander in 7:49 (69)
Mighty Mo defeated David Stone in 5:31 (70)
Shockura, Findlay O’Farraday and Matthew Keith defeated Sifu Storm, Roderick Remus and One Man Army in 11:23 (87)
Cameron Vessey defeated Zeus in 7:01 (70)
Aaron Andrews and T-Bone Bright defeated Marc DuBois and Jared Johnson in 8:35 (80)
Wolf Hawkins defeated Freddy Huggins by DQ in 25:59 (91)
Overall Rating 91
The last time Wolf Hawkins and Freddy Huggins fought was over a year ago, for the World Heavyweight Title, and it as great to see them in action together again. The Syndicate are getting a lot more action in the ring than The Empire at the moment, where Jay Chord is almost appearing as a special attraction.
Zeus says goodbye to TCW – he was brought in when we expanded Saturday Night Showcase, but never found his place on the roster, so was used to put over Cameron Vessey on the way out. He wasn’t happy about it, but decided not to complain as he realised he may have a better look than Vessey, but Vessey is clearly the bigger talent.
USPW are getting away with putting on shows in Mexico – credit to them. Would have been better if they hadn’t booked Pablo Rodriguez on the preshow…
Dan Horgan, who’s probably the finest rookie in HGC (he may not have much charisma but he has technical skill, can brawl, and has superb fundamentals), breaks his jaw at HGC. Gilbert Vessey probably gets the blame as he’s probably on his way out.
In PSW Logan Wolfsbaine has finally done it, winning his first PSW Championship from Kurt Laramee. PSW could now build around Wolfsbaine, as long as they can keep him.
TCW Saturday Night Showcase:High Flyin Hawaiian defeated Gilbert Vessey in 7:15 (61)
Chris Flynn and Nick Gilbert defeated The Modern Dragons (Seth Whitehead and Guillotine) in 8:24 (64)
Frederique, Raphael and Nelson Callum defeated El Hijo Del Neutron, Masked Cougar and Tigre Salvaje in 11:26 (66)
Davis Wayne Newton defeated Flying Jimmy Foxx in 8:13 (60)
The New Syndicate and John Anderson defeated Huracan Sandoval, Quentin Queen and Jaylon Martins in 9:59 (69)
Matty Faith defeated Masked Mauler in 9:18 (64)
Overall Rating 70
The new group of Frederique, Davis Wayne Newton, Nelson Callum and Raphael have been pushed onto Saturday Night Showcase, due to a lack on room on Tuesday. A post man attack on Flying Jimmy Foxx saw High Flyin Hawaiian make the save, and that’s heading towards a PPV match.
Did you ever want to know if a worker on excursion can quit? Well, the answer is yes, Hector St Hubbins has stormed out of EX2010 after completely falling out with Burning EXILE. I’ll sign him back up if I get bored.
TCW Presents Total Wrestling:
Edd Stone vs Jared Johnson
High Flyin Hawaiian vs Raphael
One Man Army vs Pretty Okakura
T-Bone Bright and David Stone vs Bear Bekowksi and Benny Benson
Roderick Remus © vs Findlay O’Farraday for the TCW TV Title
Steven Parker and Lenny Brown vs Joshua Taylor and John Anderson
Mr Nuclear and Matty Faith vs Jay Chord and Spencer Spade
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Can we just give a moment of respect to that match between Aaron Andrews and Cali Slick?
EEE Supershow: Vengeance
EEE World Heavyweight Title: Davis Wayne Newton vs. ‘The Man’ Cameron Vessey ©
Clean? No way. Great? Absolutely
EEE Intercontinental Title: Honest Frank Jr vs. Prime Time Jack Pryde ©
Unless you've got another plan for Pryde, this isn't happening
EEE World Tag Team Titles: The Stone Foundation vs. The Fantastic Express ©
On the other hand, now is the right time to pull the trigger on this one
Aaron ‘The Ace’ Andrews vs. ‘The Georgia Bulldog’ Riley McManus
Okay, I know that I've been a McManus mark, but I DWN vs Cam can only last so long, and adding Andrews to the title picture makes sense. Still hoping for a face turn for Riley!
Charlie Corner vs. Trent ‘The Talent’ Shaffer
And if McManuc does turn face his first feud will be Shaffer, so he needs to stay hot
‘The International Sensation’ Seiji Jimbo vs. Danny ‘The Kid’ Hagman
Assuming Jimbo isn't coming off a serious injury (you did check, didn't you?), he's a huge signing. He could easily win here, but some form of cheap win won't sacrifice Hagman after his good performance last month
Valiant & Fro Sure vs. Chip Martin & Dreadnought
This would be huge for Chip, but without it risks remaining the whipping boy of this stable
Big Jon Walker vs. Monty Trescarde
When we get to Walker vs Dreadnought it'll be... awful. But spectacular
George Trapesi & The Combat Club vs. The Keelan Family (Pepper Pelton & The Twin Powers)
Maybe? Pepper needs this as much as Trapesi, so it's a coin flip
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EEE World Heavyweight Title: Davis Wayne Newton vs. Cameron Vessey ©
Hopefully a great series, but unless you rile the crowd with a cheap finish or draw Vessey needs to win this,
Ladder Match for EEE Intercontinental Title: Danny Hagman vs. Prime Time Jack Pryde ©
EEE has moved on and left Hagman behind, and he needs to tag partner to not become a midcard jobber
EEE World Tag Team Titles: The Twin Powers vs. The Stone Foundation vs. The Fantastic Express ©
Probably wrong here, as although I think the Stones will win it, I'm saying later this year
Aaron Andrews & Charlie Corner vs. Shaffer & McManus
Im still waiting for a McManus face turn. A face victory may start it, but I'm going for one last big victory (which I'm sure gives them wins at 4 PPVs in a row) and then an unsuccessful tag title shot
Fro Sure vs. Dreadnought
Again, a flash pin for Fro works for me, but then does this go into a fourth month? Maybe time to move Dreadnought into the Intercontinental Title scene
Valiant vs. Chip Martin
Gotta love the merch sales
George Trapesi vs. ‘The Perfect One’ Pepper Pelton
Surely a win for him?
Big Jon Walker vs. Honest Frank Jr
Missed this one originally, but Jon is delivering right now
The Animal & The Eagle vs. Frantic Ali & Cali Slick
I accept that if Cali Slick is not getting a new deal this is a poor pick
Eddie Howard vs. The Masked Mauler
Not quite sure what Howard is doing at EEE
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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.
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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
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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
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Following the staggering high quality of last week’s main event, I started to wonder why we hadn’t pushed McManus
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
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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?
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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?
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Just got back into TEW for the first time in a long time and loving jumping into TEW20 trying to absorb all the new features at once. Already have a pretty serviceable SWF save going on.
One thing I can't seem to get an answer on is why Joe Sexy's commentary stat has taken a nosedive. I asked him to start being a colour commentator, he said yes and instantly had a colour skill of 79 (same as his mic skill, which is kind of what I was expecting).
Six weeks later, his colour stat has been nosediving despite being active every week on the 'B' show I started. It's already at 71.
Why is this happening? My guess is that it's because the starting skill it generates for him is way above his potential cap, but doesn't this basically make asking anyone to be a colour commentator pointless (for a big company at least)? If there's something I'm missing I'd love to know. I'm sure as hell not letting Joe be a road agent.
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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
TCW Saturday Night Showcase:Davis Wayne Newton and Nelson Callum defeated Masked Cougar and Jaylon Martins in 9:04 (55)
Chris Flynn and Huracan Sandoval defeated Masked Mauler and Seth Whitehead in 8:50 (64)
Bear Bekowski defeated Harry Allen in 4:37 (47)
High Flyin Hawaiian and Flying Jimmy Foxx defeated Frederique and Raphael by DQ in 10:01 (65)
Dazzling Dave Diamond defeated Joffy Laine in 6:04 (70)
Findlay O’Farraday and Matthew Keith defeated El Hijo Del Neutron and Tigre Salvaje in 12:27 (73)
Overall Rating 76
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.
There was actually some disastrous booking in there, which just about rescued. I felt that Davis Wayne Newton / Nelson Callum / Raphael needed a manager, and as they were all (or had gone) blonde, I scrolled down the list of managers who were blonde and signed up Suzanne Razzle to manage them. Her debut was meant to be on Total Wrestling, but at the last minute I thought I’d give her a try out on Showcase… without looking at her gimmick or setting her disposition. So, she came out as a fun babyface during the DWN / Callum match, and the crowd had no idea what was going on. She was meant to appear later in the show with the boys (after DWN and Nelson Callum caused the DQ in the Raphael / Frederique match) but she was swiftly pulled, and Frederique stayed around to add a little more experience to the promo. It went well, and Frederique and Raphael even showed good chemistry teaming with one another, so it seems that Frederique will join the group and Brazzle will… um… enjoy a retirement bonus?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
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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
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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.
I was two months later in the game before I realised that this “PPV” was not actually broadcast at all… I think I may have taking a leaf out of the way WCW was booked towards the end of their life.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...
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
TCW Saturday Night Showcase:Chris Flynn and Nick Gilbert defeated Rhino Umaga and Grease Hogg in 8:57 (53)
Shockura and Frederique defeated Masked Cougar, Tigre Salvaje and Jaylon Martins in 8:42 (61)
Huracan Sandoval and Zeus defeated Torii and Masked Mauler in 6:34 (61)
Marc DuBois defeated Quentin Queen in 8:48 (67)
High Flyin Hawaiian and Joffy Laine defeated Raphael and Pink Spider in 8:08 (64)
Matthew Keith and Findlay O’Farraday defeated Flying Jimmy Foxx and El Hijo Del Neutron in 12:19 (74)
Overall Rating 78
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
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Mr. Lucha III vs TCW Management’s Personal Pick
TCW World Tag Team Titles: Human Army © (Human Arsenal, One Man Army) vs The Elite (Eddie Chandler, Nate Johnson)
Party Lovers (Stone, Fonzarelli, Hiraki, Tana The Mighty) vs Most Hated (Huggins, Speed, Hocking, Remus)
TCW International Title: Greg Gauge © vs Joshua Taylor
Jay Chord, Wolf Hawkins, Eddie Peak vs Aaron Andrews, Troy Tornado, Mighty Mo