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If they're part of your promotion you can give the big wins, hire friends - a successful turn can even help increase morale. If they've left the promotion and annoyed them by jobbing the life out of them, then those wrestlers have been known to hold that grudge for some time...

I've turned off the pre-booking requirements and bonuses, but everything else is on (apart from scouting).

Cup Final: Vessey Combat Club Cup Semi A: Vessey Combat Club Cup Semi B: The Biggins Boys Cup Quarter 1: The Biggins Boys vs. Honest Enterprises (Frank Jr & Magnum Kobe) Cup Quarter 2: Cross River Connection vs. Samoan Wrecking Crew Cup Quarter 3: Vessey Combat Club vs. The Chop Shop Cup Quarter 4: Powers of Pain vs. The Fantastic Express Empire Title: LA Star #1 vs. 'The Georgia Bulldog' Riley McManus © Tri-State Title: The Masked Mauler vs. Angry Gilmore © Gang Wars: Danny Hagman, Fro Sure & Charlie Corner vs. Bulldozer Brandon Smith, Thom Barrowman & Davis Wayne Newton The Stomper Memorial Cup lineup is great, there's five teams there I could make the case for winning it all

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TCW Presents Total Wrestling: After Wolf Hawkins and Mr Nuclear traded barbs in advance of their World Heavyweight Title match, Total Stone took on Human Arsenal and Benny Benson in the opener, a match that ended in DQ when Jay Chord attacked Edd Stone. Chord continued the attack in the man who cost him the World Heavyweight Title, and the brawl escalated as Freddy Huggins, Hellion, Dazzling Dave Diamond, Steven Parker, High Flyin Hawaiian and Spencer Spade all joined in. Queen Emily demanded that the fighting stop and made the Main Event between Steven Parker and Spencer Spade a lumberjack match. Huracan Sandoval defeated Davis Wayne Newton with a flash pin, before we went into the King of Kings with Lenny Brown taking on Findlay O’Farraday. The two had a short sharp brawl, before Brown dodged a charge and delivered a Star Treatment on the big man for a rare singles defeat (albeit his second of the tournament), to progress into the semi-finals on Sunday. Two men who were already there, Ranger and Ernest Youngman, teamed to defeat Roderick Remus and Matty Faith in a great contest, but only after Joshua Taylor’s assist. Chris Flynn dispatched Titan quickly, before Matty Faith got his revenge by costing Joshua Taylor a place in the King of Kings semi, distracting The Syndicate man allowing Mainstream Hernandez to deliver an Apparition #14. The Syndicate went after Faith, but Mr Nuclear quickly caused them to back away. Finally, we had the lumberjack match, which was awesome. Both Parker and Spade are just a step away from the World Title picture. Both men were desperate to stay in the ring, but both had periods outside where they suffered. However, a double team from Hellion and Dazzling Dave Diamond did the damage to Parker, allowing Spade to hit the Supreme Stunner for the victory, before we had an almighty brawl, with T-Bone Bright noticeably going after Hellion as the show ended. Total Stone defeated Human Arsenal and Benny Benson by DQ in 10:10 (77) Huracan Sandoval defeated Davis Wayne Newton in 8:03 (67) Lenny Brown defeated Findlay O’Farraday in the King of Kings Tournament in 8:22 (86) The New Syndicate defeated Roderick Remus and Matty Faith in 10:42 (88) Chris Flynn defeated Titan in 3:51 (67) Mainstream Hernandez defeated Joshua Taylor in the King of Kings Tournament in 13:45 (90) Spencer Spade defeated Steven Parker in a lumberjack match in 16:45 (96) Overall Rating 94 Fifth best TV show ever, and the buildup is sort of complete for King of Kings. The focus has been so much on the tournament, World Heavyweight Title match and Edd Stone / Jay Chord that there are a couple of matches with very little build. Matty Faith will take on Joshua Taylor after they both cost one another matches, Aaron Andrew and Roderick Remus will team to take on O’Farraday and Matthew Keith, and there will be a four way tag match that… has had no build at all. Fans of the preshow would have seen Sifu Storm, One Man Army and Nick Gilbert team up to defeat the heel team of Danny Darkness, Nate Johnson, Raphael and Johnny Bloodstone, where Bloodstone outperformed the rest of his team. He may be concentrating on his Road Agent work, but he’s still got it. The show was Titan’s last – when The Behemoths split he found himself at a loose end, and lost all momentum and could not be seen as any sort of threat. He’s developed into a sound brawler, so is expected to find work quickly. Xavi Ferrera also leaves with his contract up, and he will continue to work at PSW and FCW, Trent Shaffer’s USPW contract came up, and I made a play as he is over and pulling out strong matches. SWF joined in and the price went up so I backed out, and he is on the move to SWF. My ambition of crushing SWF may not be working… Lassana Makutsi lands in CZCW where I will be keeping a careful eye on him. Various bits of chemistry discovered, none of it good. Tom Eisen is a rookie wrestler from WWA: USA with decent star quality, who has the odd Saturday Night Showcase appearance on a one night only deal. This week he had a dark match with Quentin Queen… where he broke Queen’s jaw. I might leave Eisen to the indies for a while. Jared Johnson has been signed from CWA and comes with a history of great matched in Canada, and almost no overness in the US. TCW King of Kings: Huracan Sandoval vs Davis Wayne Newton Sifu Storm vs One Man Army and Nick Gilbert vs Shockura vs Human Arsenal and Benny Benson Aaron Andrews and Roderick Remus vs Findlay O’Farraday and Matthew Keith Matty Faith vs Joshua Taylor Edd Stone vs Jay Chord The Empire © vs Steven Parker and High Flyin Hawaiian vs Freddy Huggins and T-Bone Bright for the TCW Tag Team Titles Lenny Brown vs Ranger in the King of Kings Tournament Mainstream Hernandez vs Ernest Youngman in the King of Kings Tournament The King of Kings Tournament Final Mr Nuclear © vs Wolf Hawkins for the TCW World Heavyweight Title

No images. I tried them, it increased the time I spent posting shows rather than playing the game, which wasn't the plan. Whatever works for you. I'll admit I slightly skim read the TV recaps, which I never did for events, but that's my issue, not yours. Just as long as you don't make writing a chore.

Best way is to click on Contract, and sort the disposition column. Or when booking a match you can use the Face / Heel filter button at the top of the screen (available wrestlers only). Doesn't display exactly as you. We want, but does the same job.

Love the recap (and the 8 rated match). Are you able to let us know at this point who of your stars you've locked up to exclusive written contracts?

Better commentators is the only way of reducing those commentary notes (well, either that or put on worse matches).

TCW Presents Total Wrestling: The show opened with Queen Emily announcing that the six wrestlers beaten in the King of Kings competition would compete for the last place – but this would exclude Spencer Spade and Edd Stone, after their match was thrown out last week. Both men were furious, but Emily was not to be moved. However, only five of the men made it to the match after Spencer Spade attacked Doc Hammond, leaving him clutching his face (which of course was already injured). As he tried to move onto the next competitor Edd Stone intervened, before Lenny Brown led out a posse of midcard wrestlers to separate the two men. That left Findlay O’Farraday to take the victory and make his way through to the quarterfinals of the King of Kings, pinning Matt Hocking as Steven Parker brawled with Hellion outside the ring. The best matches of the night were the two quarterfinals themselves, the better one surprisingly being Ernest Youngman defeating Roderick Remus in the best 1 on 1 match either man has had in TCW. That one was explosive – the Main Event was a lot slower as Ranger took his second singles victory over Aaron Andrews in the last two months, with an assist from both Joshua Taylor and Ernest Youngman. That caused a mass brawl as the show ended involving all The Syndicate, with Mr Nuclear (who had traded verbals with Wolf Hawkins earlier in the show) making a late appearance to clean house. Elsewhere, Edd Stone pinned Jay Chord who was distracted by Spencer Spade unsuccessfully trying to interfere, but Spade still managed to hit a Stunner on David Stone as the match ended. As Edd Stone rushed over to Spade to get revenge, Jay Chord recovered and hit Edd with Cradle Piledriver to avenge his defeat. Freddy Huggins and T-Bone Bright teamed up to defeat Human Arsenal and Benny Benson, Chris Flynn took victory over Davis Wayne Newton, while Joffy Laine returned to Total Wrestling after a near two-month absence with a dire victory over Titan. Freddy Huggins and T-Bone Bright defeated Human Arsenal and Benny Benson in 11:07 (75) Joffy Laine defeated Titan in 4:29 (47) Findlay O’Farraday defeated Matt Hocking, Steven Parker, Matty Faith and Marc DuBois in the King of Kings Tournament in 11:48 (77) Chris Flynn defeated Davis Wayne Newton in 8:10 (74) Ernest Youngman defeated Roderick Remus in the King of Kings Tournament in 11:23 (90) Total Stone and High Flyin Hawaiian defeated The Empire (Jay Chord, Dazzling Dave Diamond and Hellion) in 12:21 (77) Ranger defeated Aaron Andrews in the King of Kings Tournament in 16:48 (82) Overall Rating 86 Aaron Andrews may have rid himself of one nemesis in the shape of Killer Shark, but Ranger is shaping up to replace him with his second victory over the TCW icon in the last in the last three months. Surprisingly the match between Ernest Youngman and Roderick Remus outshone the main event in a truly quality math up. At the other end of the scale no-one cared about Joffy Laine defeating Titan, both men having struggled recently. For those counting, the seventh loser in the first round of the King of Kings tournament was Killer Shark, which is why only 6 (then down to five) men were announced to compete in the lucky loser bout. 21CW lose another star to North America, with Wade Orson set to join former colleagues Tommy Cornell, Adam Matravers and Sebastian Koller at SWF. Meanwhile, Killer Shark does get the gig at BHOTWG, but unfortunately they’ve locked him down for three years. Brandon James returns from his broken neck and retires but will stick around backstage in some role with SWF. His last match was a 92 rated barn stormer, teaming with Rocky Golden in victory over The Crippler and Rogue, so he will be happy with that. TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Total Stone vs Human Arsenal and Benny Benson Huracan Sandoval vs Davis Wayne Newton Chris Flynn vs Titan Lenny Brown vs Findlay O’Farraday in the King of Kings Tournament Mainstream Hernandez vs Joshua Taylor in the King of Kings Tournament Roderick Remus and Matty Faith vs The New Syndicate Steven Parker vs Spencer Spade in a lumberjack match

I love how you use Brutus - he could easily be midcard to jobber, but you've proved you can work with anyone. One piece of feedback - I don't know how you're posting so quickly, but it's actually making it hard to keep up. Not sure what you can do with that info as I don't want to slow down your game. Anyway, I'd love to see the winner of Match 1 win the whole thing next show.

I will admit, after failing to sign Tommy Cornell I vowed to crush SWF, and sign any of their workers whose deal came up and bury them. The first person whose contract came up was Robbie Retro and… I decided that SWF could keep him. Despite Frankie Boy Fernandes working a jobber tour for CZCW and IPW, he never dropped the COTT World Heavyweight Title. NYCW ran a match between Tennessee Williams and Hawkeye Calhoun, with Calhoun adding the COTT Title to his NYCW Tag Team Title (held with Freedom Eagle). TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Freddy Huggins and T-Bone Bright vs Human Arsenal and Benny Benson Joffy Laine vs Titan Steven Parker vs Matty Faith vs Findlay O’Farraday vs Marc DuBois vs Matt Hocking in the King of Kings Tournament Chris Flynn vs Davis Wayne Newton Roderick Remus vs Ernest Youngman in the King of Kings Tournament Total Stone and High Flyin Hawaiian vs The Empire (Jay Chord, Dazzling Dave Diamond and Hellion) Aaron Andrews vs Ranger in the King of Kings Tournament

TCW Presents Total Wrestling: This show started strongly, finished strongly, and was solid in between hand. The show opened with the King of Kings Tournament, with Marc DuBois getting a strong singles outing, albeit in defeat to Mainstream Hernandez. Wolf Hawkins then took on High Flyin Hawaiian, who was declared as challenging The Empire for the Tag Team Titles at King of Kings with his most recent partner, Steven Parker. Parker was at ringside to support HFH, but when The Empire were out to start a commotion Hawkins was able to take advantage to hit a Full Moon Rising on HFH and take the victory. We went back to The King of Kings Tournament with Joshua Taylor taking on ex-Syndicate colleague Doc Hammond in a long, technical match, that may have slightly pushed Hammond’s decreasing stamina. The veteran did his part, but Joshua Taylor took the victory after a Shining Wizard. Next up Lenny Brown’s toe had healed for him to team with Aaron Andrews against a reformed Behemoths, in a short and brutal match that finally saw Aaron Andrews pin Killer Shark after a year of frustration against the beast of TCW. The brawling continued after the match with Shark threatening to slam Andrews off the stage, but Lenny Brown teamed with the former World Champion to slam Killer Shark off the stage instead. Before the penultimate match Wolf Hawkins poured scorn on Mr Nuclear’s choice of partner to face The New Syndicate, yet Matty Faith teamed well with his new mentor to support him getting the pin on Ernest Youngman after a Nuclear Blast. Finally, in the main event Edd Stone and Spencer Spade fought for the last position in the next round of King of Kings. The two had a great match, slowly spoiled by Jay Chord’s interference on Edd Stone. That led of David Stone hitting the ring and brawling with Jay Chord, before The Empire piled into the ring, then High Flying Hawaiian, Steven Parker and Freddy Huggins joined the Stones. It was chaos, which led to the ref throwing out the match, leaving the King of Kings Tournament up in the air as the show closed. Mainstream Hernandez defeated Marc DuBois in the King of Kings Tournament in 10:47 (90) Wolf Hawkins defeated High Flyin Hawaiian in 8:54 (80) Joshua Taylor defeated Doc Hammond in the King of Kings Tournament in 17:50 (82) Aaron Andrews and Lenny Brown defeated The Behemoths in 8:07 (80) Mr Nuclear and Matty Faith defeated The New Syndicate in 12:17 (80) Edd Stone and Spencer Spade went to a double DQ in the King of Kings Tournament in 16:14 (91) Overall Rating 93 I think that’s the first show that I ever booked with no match rated under 80. However, this was partly achieved but not having too many lower card wrestlers on the show (and those that were, like DuBois, Faith and Titan were matched with much more experienced colleagues), so I still need to work on developing my roster a little. Although oddly, only seven of those wrestlers started this game with TCW, with nine relative newcomers. The biggest announcement came after the show ended – Killer Shark has left TCW and is now the biggest free agent in wrestling. I didn’t want to overpay for his services like I have done with a few other contract renewals, so I accepted that I was going to lose him to SWF or USPW. However, an offer hadn’t come in, but after feeding him to Mr Nuclear, I was stuck on where next to go with him (not helped by his awful chemistry with Aaron Andrews). Booker’s fault entirely, and if he stays as a free agent, he will be welcome back with open arms straight into the Main Event scene sometime in the future. I would love to see him do a stint in Japan, but not sure if that will happen. The final eight wrestlers in the King of Kings Tournament should be set, but after Edd Stone and Spencer Spade’s match was thrown out we will have to wait until next week to discover who will join Aaron Andrews, Ernest Youngman, Joshua Taylor, Lenny Brown, Mainstream Hernandez, Ranger and Roderick Remus in the quarter finals. Australia once again throws up relationship issues as Rusty Mills divorces Stephanie Drucker after he caught her cheating with Donovan Boon. For those not au fait with Australian wrestling that’s Mills’ long time tag partner, Donovan Boon, who he has been wrestling with for over a decade, winning the APW Tag Titles a record six times. They haven’t had one match in the game not working with one another, so this has thrown APW into booking chaos. Even more so I use this as an excuse to sign Mills to a development deal at HGC. On a much milder note, Chrissy Angelle and Akima Brave have started dating in TCW. Doc Hammond has fractured his cheekbone on the house circuit. That… affects a match next week – whether that affects contract negotiations that are about to begin is a different matter. Down at HGC Darin Flynn long reign (27 defences) as #1 Contender ended at the hands of one half of the tag champions, Prime Time Jack Pryde, who earned his first singles title run.

Yep, that was good, but the double "now" in the last sentence really jarred for some reason. I guess it stood out as the rest of the promo was so good.

Sometimes a regen just needs one stat for me to wonder if they are actually worth signing.

TCW Present Total Wrestling: Although the show opened with Wolf Hawkins confirming that he would be taking on Mr Nuclear for the World Heavyweight Title at King of Kings, the rest of the show focussed on the expanded tournament. First Ranger and Steven Parker had a long match, with Ranger eventually winning when Youngman’s presence at ringside distracted Parker one too many times. This did lead to Parker and Ranger being banned from ringside in Ernest Youngman’s match against Matty Faith, but Wolf Hawkins and Joshua Taylor made an appearance instead. Matty Faith got into an argument with The Syndicate leader, and once more this cost him via count out when Taylor grabbed his ankle to stop him getting back into the ring. Killer Shark was the favourite against Lenny Brown in a match that quickly went outside the ring and then had issues. Shark went to use the ring steps but was met by a kick from Brown… that broke his toe. He hobbled around for the rest of the match, which at least that commentary team were able to sell as damage from the monster. The match would have worked better in a Shark victory, but it was Lenny Brown with the upset – however his injury meant that he was unable to deliver his Star Treatment with his injury, so he won with a roll up. An angry Killer Shark picked up Lenny Brown after the match, but long-term nemesis Aaron Andrews was out and the two got into a shoving match with one another, before Mighty Mo was out, seemingly for the Main Event. However, Mo announced his annoyance at TCW management who would not clear him due to his eye injury that he aggravated on Sunday, so instead his place in the contest would be taken by TV Title holder Findlay O’Farraday, in his old Mid Atlantic stomping grounds. The two had a superb match, and given Andrews defeats this year it did look like O’Farraday could take his biggest scalp so far at TCW. It was not to be, as Andrews finally managed to take the victory in a match the crowd fully appreciated. In the other two matches Mainstream Hernandez defeated Pretty Okakura (their partners will face off in the King of Kings Tournament next week), while The Empire lost to Freddy Huggins, Edd Stone, T-Bone Bright and Chris Flynn – Dazzling Dave Diamond being distracted by David Stone’s presence ringside to take the pin from Chris Flynn. Ranger defeated Steven Parker in the King of Kings Tournament in 16:25 (75) Mainstream Hernandez defeated Pretty Okakura in 7:59 (81) Ernest Youngman defeated Matty Faith by count out in the King of Kings Tournament in 10:50 (80) Freddy Huggins, Edd Stone, T-Bone Bright and Chris Flynn defeated The Empire (Jay Chord, Spencer Spade, Dazzling Dave Diamond and Hellion) in 12:31 (82) Lenny Brown defeated Killer Shark in the King of Kings Tournament in 9:10 (68) Aaron Andrews defeated Findlay O’Farraday in the King of Kings Tournament in 16:07 (87) Overall Rating 89 Decent show – would have been better without Lenny Brown breaking his toe which really left him able to deliver any offence convincingly. I had this whole tournament planned out well before the PPV, so it was a blow for Mighty Mo to pick up an injury. He could have wrestled, but it wouldn’t have justified being a Main Event – and I would have replaced it by Brown / Shark, so I’m glad I made the decisions to substitute O’Farraday in. The TV Title holder couldn’t upset Aaron Andrews but put on a great performance in his hometown. Well, that’s weird. Mr Nuclear has taken Matty Faith under a wing – nothing too unusual there. However, the weird bit is that I had already planned to book them together in a tag match together next week, so it feels as if the game is in my thoughts. The King of Kings Tournament is so big this year that even Saturday Night Showcase had a match from the tournament, Roderick Remus defeating Matt Hocking in a reasonable match. The first round will complete on Tuesday as we have the final three matches, before the next round kicks off next week. TCW Presents Total Wrestling: High Flyin Hawaiian vs Wolf Hawkins Aaron Andrews and Lenny Brown vs The Behemoths Mr Nuclear and Matty Faith vs The New Syndicate Mainstream Hernandez vs Marc DuBois in the King of Kings Tournament Doc Hammond vs Joshua Taylor in the King of Kings Tournament Edd Stone vs Spencer Spade in the King of Kings Tournament

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TCW Threatening Behaviour: A strong show from top to bottom started with Sifu Storm maintaining their unbeaten start in TCW with victory over Shockura, before we went into a surprisingly long match between Lenny Brown and Joshua Taylor. It was by far the longest match that Brown has had in TCW and showed a different side to him that we hadn’t seen before. They paced it really well as Joshua Taylor tried without success to get Brown to tap out, and the face took the victory with a Star Treatmen, and the crowd loved it. Next up Steven Parker teamed with High Flyin Hawaiian to defeat The New Syndicate, in the Hawaiian’s biggest victory in TCW to date. Matty Faith’s TCW PPV debut was a frustrating affair for the youngster, as despite matching up to The Syndicate leader he ended up being distracted by Hawkins’ colleagues. They threatened to interfere, but Faith pushed them away, but was blocked from getting back into the ring so he was unable to break the ten count. Andrews, Huggins, Hernandez and Remus are certainly a strong team, and lived up to their favourite tags when Hernandez delivered an Apparition #14 on Davis Wayne Newton to take victory. Mighty Mo had to sit out most of the match after catching a stray elbow in his eye, that really had him struggling. The weakest match of the night was actually the Tag Title match, which was a short all-out brawl that saw the champions retain after Hellion pinned Chris Flynn. This was followed by the highest rated match of the night when The Empire members Jay Chord and Spencer faced Ed and David Stone. Jay Chord was fully focused on getting revenge on Edd Stone for costing him the World Heavyweight, but the older Stone was ready for him and quite prepared to give as much as he was getting. However, Chord was able to deliver the Cradle Piledriver to David Stone for a very hard-earned victory. The Main Event was never going to be the best match of the night, but it was in the top three and was a fine brawl. Killer Shark had been built up during the show for his dominant singles record, and when he hit a Big Bite on Mr Nuclear the crowd were shocked when the champion kicked out. They were equally as shocked when Mr Nuclear delivered a Mushroom Cloud and Killer Shark kicked out, but when Mr Nuclear hit it again he finally pinned Shark to retain the title. Mr Nuclear looked exhausted when Wolf Hawkins came out to inform Mr Nuclear that he was claiming his title shot that he earned at Hotter Than Hell next month at King of Kings, and he would be taking his title. Sifu Storm defeated Shockura in 9:14 (80) Lenny Brown defeated Joshua Taylor in 21:40 (91) Steven Parker and High Flyin Hawaiian defeated The New Syndicate in 12:50 (80) Wolf Hawkins defeated Matty Faith by count out in 11:35 (81) Aaron Andrews, Freddy Huggins, Mainstream Hernandez and Roderick Remus defeated Mighty Mo, Matthew Keith, Marc DuBois and Davis Wayne Newton in 18:54 (82) The Empire © defeated T-Bone Bright and Chris Flynn to retain the TCW Tag Team Titles in 7:34 (78) Jay Chord and Spencer Spade defeated Total Stone in 18:33 (94) Mr Nuclear © defeated Killer Shark to retain the TCW World Heavyweight Title in 10:23 (89) Overall Rating 91 One minor change was made to that card – Hellion was meant to pin T-Bone Bright in the tag title match, but Bright flat out refused to that, and Flynn stepped in to take the pin instead. Killer Shark’s fantastic singles run came to an end in a way which would prove slightly unsatisfactory, but some things need to end for reasons… The main event would have slightly split fans, who often see a more technical main event, but it just about paid off. We go straight into the King of Kings Tournament on Tuesday, which has been expanded this year to 16 wrestlers. The Main Event is announced is Aaron Andrews vs Mighty Mo, but he’ll actually end up facing Findlay O’Farraday, so I’ll put that below. TCW Present Total Wrestling: Mainstream Hernandez vs Pretty Okakura Freddy Huggins, Edd Stone, T-Bone Bright and Chris Flynn vs The Empire (Jay Chord, Spencer Spade, Dazzling Dave Diamond and Hellion) Matty Faith vs Ernest Youngman in the King of Kings Tournament Steven Parker vs Ranger in the King of Kings Tournament Lenny Brown vs Killer Shark in the King of Kings Tournament Aaron Andrews vs Findlay O’Farraday in a non-title match in the King of Kings Tournament

I can appreciate a little misbooking. Welcome back.

TCW Presents Total Wrestling: We led into Threatening Behaviour with a fabulous Main Event – by far the best match that Killer Shark has ever been in. He was made to team with Wolf Hawkins by Queen Emily, and although his more experienced, talented colleague did most of the in ring work, Killer Shark had a devastating impact, winning the match after a Big Bite on Roderick Remus. He didn’t let up after the match which brought Mr Nuclear, then Mighty Mo and Matthew Keith, then Aaron Andrews and Freddy Huggins to the ring for an end of show bundle. Wolf Hawkins backed up, but came face to face with Matty Faith, who defeated Seth Whitehead earlier in the show, and continued an argument started earlier when Hawkins tried to dismiss his ability, Mr Nuclear defeated Killer Shark’s former partner Titan in a warm up for Sunday’s match, and after Joshua Taylor defeated Doc Hammond, Lenny Brown challenged The Syndicate member to a match at Threatening Behaviour. We saw a preview of the Tag Title match when T-Bone Bright and Dazzling Dave Diamond had a short brawl which ended in DQ after Hellion attacked Bright, and after the match match Chris Flynn became the latest person on the roster to break out a new catchphrase. Er… no, I’ve got nothing right now. Mighty Mo teamed with Matthew Keith to defeated One Man Army & Nick Gilbert, but Mo had to leave Keith to it in the ring after One Man Army’s foot caught him in the eye, which ruined the flow of the match. In the opener we mixed two tag matches from Sunday, with the team of The New Syndicate and Shockura taking the victory with Ranger pinning High Flying Hawaiian. During the show we also set up Aaron Andrews, Freddy Huggins, Mainstream Hernandez and Roderick Remus vs Mighty Mo, Matthew Keith, Marc DuBois and Davis Wayne Newton, now we’ve just got a few days to think about whether or not we can run it with Mo’s injury. Definitely happening is The Empire members Jay Chord and Spencer Spade versus Edd and David Stone, as Jay Chord looks for revenge on Edd Stone for costing him the World Heavyweight Title last month. The New Syndicate and Shockura defeated Sifu Storm, Steven Parker and High Flyin Hawaiian in 12:10 (79) Matty Faith defeated Seth Whitehead in 3:31 (51) T-Bone Bright defeated Dazzling Dave Diamond by disqualification in 6:10 (75) Mighty Mo and Matthew Keith defeated One Man Army and Nick Gilbert in 7:42 (67) Mr Nuclear © defeated Titan in a non-title match in 5:21 (76) Joshua Taylor defeated Doc Hammond in 10:51 (82) Killer Shark and Wolf Hawkins defeated Mainstream Hernandez and Roderick Remus in 16:19 (99) Overall Rating 95 I was not expecting a match like that in the Main Event – yet another phenomenal match involving Hernandez and Remus (6 matches in the 90s, 3 of them also involving Wolf Hawkins). Again, about half the card was pretty average, but we’re saving the big meetings for the PPV. Mighty Mo’s injury is interesting – he can work through it and given that he’s booked in a multi-man match at Threatening Behaviour there’s no reason why he couldn’t compete. However, he is also planned as part of an expanded King of Kings competition next month that might not be so easily covered. Saturday Night Showcase took an expected dip in quality, with none of the wrestlers booked on Threatening Behaviour appearing in the ring. The TV Title has not found a place on the Main Show, so O’Farraday got another Saturday defence over a man appearing on a one night only deal. I have got a soft spot for Jungle Jack (Lord), who carried my Cult USPW promotion over a decade ago before being stolen by (I think) DAVE. There was no way that he was taking the title here though. The first match of the night though saw some great talent, from workers not properly being utilised at TCW. It was good to see them get a run out to show what they can do. Greg Gauge received his first World Title shot in any promotion at USPW Born in the USA, but came up short against Steve Frehley, in a show that Jamie Quinn celebrated a new contract by taking the USPW Women’s Title for the second time. Natural Storm also took their USPW Tag Title reigns up to a massive 10 (4 of them since the game began) – that’s 14 in all promotions. TCW Threatening Behaviour: The Empire © vs T-Bone Bright and Chris Flynn for the TCW Tag Team Titles Matty Faith vs Wolf Hawkins Steven Parker and High Flyin Hawaiian vs The New Syndicate Sifu Storm vs Shockura Aaron Andrews, Freddy Huggins, Mainstream Hernandez and Roderick Remus vs Mighty Mo, Matthew Keith, Marc DuBois and Davis Wayne Newton Lenny Brown vs Joshua Taylor Total Stone vs Jay Chord and Spencer Spade Mr Nuclear © vs Killer Shark for the TCW World Heavyweight Title

Don't do this if you don't want to, but it'd be interesting if you had a test where there were all newbies in a control group vs a fed a with a load of uber talented workers (and newbies), and to see what affect the vets have on the newbies compared to the control group.

Yes, that tag divisions is one that definitely needs a rebuild. Rich and Famous are more suited to USPW or SWF, but could work in TCW with a rebrand. The Night Terrors would make a jobber heel team, or you could always go for The American Cobras as long as you're prepared to deal with the trouble that they'll bring with them. If you've got no plans for Marc Speed you could bring in Al Coleman to reform The Shoot Club.

TCW Presents Total Wrestling: After Killer Shark dispatched Quentin Queen, Queen Emily announced him as Mr Nuclear’s opponent at Threatening Behaviour. Mr Nuclear then got a warmup brawl against Eddie Peak, who reminded the champion that Killer Shark’s last singles pinfall defeat came 14 months ago (he has a 21-1 record in singles since then, having only lost to Aaron Andrews who fluked a victory in his cage match against Killer Shark when the monster threw him through the cage). The ref was happy to let Peak and Nuclear bend the rules as they brawled around the ring before the champion took the victory and stood toe to toe with Killer Shark. The Main Event saw The Empire (with Dazzling Dave Diamond ringside) get a victory over the strong team of Aaron Andrews, Mainstream Hernandez and Freddy Huggins when Mighty Mo and Matthew Keith attacked Andrews and Huggins outside the ring. This left Huggins exposed in the ring where he fell to a Devolution Bomb from Hellion. Total Stone, who won an earlier match against DuBois and DWN did come out to assist after the match, but Jay Chord and Spencer Spade made a beeline for them as battles were taking place everywhere as the show ended. Earlier in the show T-Bone Bright and Chris Flynn were named as the number one contenders to the tag titles with victory over Shockura, and it was Flynn who made the pin on Okakura. We also got One Man Army and Nick Gilbert teaming for the first time, albeit in defeat to The New Syndicate, before Wolf Hawkins once again criticised Matty Faith coming to TCW. The youngster was not to be perturbed and challenged Wolf Hawkins to a match at Threatening Behaviour, which was accepted. Finally, Joshua Taylor defeated High Flyin Hawaiian, having earlier got into a confrontation with Doc Hammond and Lenny Brown backstage. TCW Presents Total Wrestling: T-Bone Bright and Chris Flynn defeated Shockura to become No 1 Contender to the TCW Tag Team Titles in 11:17 (79) Killer Shark defeated Quentin Queen in 4:02 (77) The New Syndicate defeated One Man Army and Nick Gilbert in 7:45 (80) Mr Nuclear © defeated Eddie Peak in a non-title match in 6:32 (76) Total Stone defeated Marc DuBois and Davis Wayne Newton in 8:37 (75) Joshua Taylor defeated High Flyin Hawaiian in 9:46 (82) The Empire (Jay Chord, Spencer Spade and Hellion) defeated Aaron Andrews, Mainstream Hernandez and Freddy Huggins in 14:16 (94) Overall Rating 93 The backstage segments did a good job of setting up Threatening Behaviour, but to be honest without the Main Event the wrestling was decent, without being spectacular. One Man Army and Nick Gilbert have shown good chemistry as a tag team, and that looks like a team that could work for a while, while Mighty Mo finally comes back to the main show, joining with Matthew Keith to make an impact in the Main Event. Mr Nuclear / Killer Shark could either be an amazing brawl, or distinctly average – no idea where it will end up. Following the show Marc DuBois really hit the gym and toned up (+5 SQ) – he seems to have taken it upon himself to find a path for him following Troy Tornado’s mishap. The one thing having a slightly lower quality Total Wrestling show meant was that the quality on Saturday Night Showcase was much higher than usual. The highlights were Mighty Mo and Matthew Keith explaining how they had to take matters into their own hands to earn respect in TCW, and a Findlay O’Farraday TV Title match against Charlie Thatcher, who as on a one match only deal after leaving USPW last month. Impressively, it was Thatcher’s best match in over a year, helped by O’Farraday’s overness in the Mid Atlantic. TCW Presents Total Wrestling: Sifu Storm, Steven Parker and High Flyin Hawaiian vs The New Syndicate and Shockura Matty Faith vs Seth Whitehead T-Bone Bright vs Dazzling Dave Diamond One Man Army and Nick Gilbert vs Mighty Mo and Matthew Keith Mr Nuclear © vs Titan in a non-title match Doc Hammond vs Joshua Taylor Mainstream Hernandez and Roderick Remus vs Killer Shark and Wolf Hawkins

Yes, I think the last couple of posts have got this wrong. Both Hart and Jacobs would have had decent SQ (Hart more than Jacobs). Neither original gimmicks did then any favours, and may have penalised SQ. Kane's Big Red Machine gimmick probably boosted SQ. I think this is shown by whenever he changed gimmicks he became less memorable (yes, yes, his time tagging with Bryan is an exception). What TEW can't do is replicate being able to switch back Kane to "The Big Red Machine" gimmick, knowing it will work. Which I'm fine with as would by highly exploitable in game.

Nothing wrong with a shill... and I thought I backed a lot of games on Kickstarter